The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-19 00:00:00

81)1RJ T OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The question which has been a geographical problem for
upwards of two centuries, the north-west passage around
the continent of America, is at length determined, and we
have the satisfaction to lay before our readers, in another
column, an abstract of the journals of the intrepid disco-
verers by whose enterprise the object has been accom-
plished, and in the progress of which they have evinced in-
telligence, activity, and hardihood, not inferior to any of
those daring and enduring men who have preceded
them in the arduous path of Arctic discovery. Re-
ferring our general readers to the manly and unpre-
tending narrative of the gentlemen who conducted
this expedition, so honourable in the annals of British
commercial enterprise, we beg leave to point out to our
more scientific readers the interest belonging to the geogra-
phical, and we may almost say the topographical, questions
determined by the observations of Messrs. Dease and
Simpson. The fact of the continent of America being
eircumnavigated—the determination of the latitude of its
northern extremity, in the attempts to ascertain which so
many expeditions of different nations have been unsuccess-
ful—the knowledge that the great mountain ridge extending
from Magellan's Straits to the most northern parts of the
American continent previously known actually reaches the
shores of the Arctic Sea—all these are highly interesting
discoveries, and we owe them, as we do many other valuable
geographical discoveries, to commercial enterprise. We by
no means disparage the efforts of Government in the same
honourable career, or the excellent qualities and admirable
• conduct of the Gallant Officers who have, in our own times
as well as in former periods, been employed in Arctic
discos cry ; but the facts are notorious. Hearne, by
whom the Coppermine River and the Arctic Sea were first
discovered, was a trader in the service of the Hudson's
- Bay Company ; Mackenzie, who first explored the great
river which still bears his name, and who first crossed the
chain of the Rocky Mountains, and reached the shores of
the Pacific Ocean, was a partner of the North-West Com-
pany, long the rivals of, and now incorporated with, the Hud-
son's Bay Company ; whilst the crowning enterprise pre-
sented to our readers has been planned and carried into
effect by the Hudson's Bay Company as now constituted,
at their own charge ; and we see, with much satisfaction,
that the same gallant party who have been so successful
in the examination of the coast between the extreme dis-
coveries of Captains Franklin and Beechey, are now,
while we write, in actual preparation for a further sur-
vey of the coast, to connect the eastern extent of
Franklin's discovery, " Point Turnagain," with Back's
" Great Fish River" and Parry's " Straits of the Fury
and Recta," or any other opening which may be found to
cotamunicate with Hudson's Bay. In referring our readers
generally to the narrative which we have the satisfaction to
lay before them, we cannot help again alluding to the
,simple, manly, and unassuming tone in which the details
ar,.. given of difficulties and hardships scarcely conceivable
by those who have not seen something resembling- them,
at.,f the result appears to prove that even in boats the
north-west passage is impracticable, since, with all the
credit due and that can be given to Mr. Simpson and his
.btave companions, if they had not found the Esquimaux,
a 4,1 got their skin canoe, it is es ident they never could have
reac,.'ied (tape Barrow ; and many other similar expeditions
ma_Jit ,set out wi'hout one of them att..itlirr.: the same sac-
c„.,,._2l,:orning Chronicle.
All one tr:iands of the country and Constitution will
with pleasure the stiikiig displays of Conservative
fft,eling wnich the tour Sir Francis Burdett is making in
provinces has already elic:ted. Yts•erdaY we pubLslied
a reiaort of the Couset vative fastival at Leeds, and to-day
we are cnai,lcd to lay be!'ore our r,,adcrs an account of an
equally gratifying assemb:age at Salford. More will shortly
In: ow, to the increased mortification of the Ministers and
inei, • supporters, whose agents are spitting their spite at
Sir g, :mei.; for no other reason than that thousands of
v, :ter as. d better men than themselves are thus cordially
and sig„,,:jv,doing honour to his worth. 9t would not be
easy to deck, a which is the stronger and the more valuable
evidence of th.' praiaeworthicess of Sir Francis Burdett's
p,alieical conduct---the reception he is meeting with at the
iostivals to which he has been invited in the North, or tl.e
ai,Tse with which the agents of the Government assail him.
;tut mast right-minded and patriotic men will envy him

Cuii.loOg POLISH Cup.—A beautiful silver cup
at Polish workm‘nship, and comnarno:.ating in its several tn-
itiiments some of the most interesting events of the late i evo-
lutionary war„ was presented to Dr. E. Straw Blundell, as a
testimony of the cratitude of the Poles for that gentleman's
services to their cot,rttry, and more particularly to the emi-
gration, in his capacity' as Honorary Secretary to the Polish
Literati; Association, „y ttich has done so much to mitigate tho
sufferings of the exiles in this country. The cup is of apc
cutiar, but elegant form. ",lhe lower portion, standing on a
short Aoarr shaped base, is of gldostlar form, from which
rises a bell-shaped calyx. The tipper aced lower portions are
nitedby a band, in which is inserted a twig of alder from the
'od of Grochow, rendered ever-memorable by the battle
was fought there on the 20th of February, 1831,
and :n which 35,000 Poles. with a hundred and twenty pieces
of calm on, defeated 130,000 Russians, with 340 pieces of
cannon 1 Tne wood of Grochow will ever be regarded with
tcnerasioo by the Polish people, for in its thickets their heroes
bad achieveur the freedom of Poland and the safety of Europe
—if subseque.at treachery did not destroy the fruits of their
victory. It was' in that glorious battle, which lasted from six
in the morning to five in the evening, the youths of the Uni-
versities tore front the brows of ,Diebitsch the laurels which
he had gathered in the defiles of the Balkan—and struck the
soul of the barbarian with the chagrin which in no long time
after sent him to his grave. In the upper portion of the
cup, there is inlaid one of each of the coins struck during the
short period of the independence, in 1831, except the large live
florin piece, which is inserted in the base, and bears the motto
of " Krolestwo Polskie," or kingdom of Poland (for the
Poles wished only to restore the kingdom of 1815, not
to create a republic). Of the other coins, one is of
remarkable interest. It is a golden ducat, one of those
made out of the wedding rings of the ladies of Warsaw,
ho contributed all their ornaments to meet the expenses of
the war. It is about the size of a sovereign, is stamped with
the arms of Poland and Lithuania, and has the inscription,
" Perm concordia crescent Res"—" Small things grow great
by union." The cup is richly chased with laurel leaves, and
in the intervals has embossed' the weapons used in the war,
wit forgetting the destructive scythe of the peasant. The
names of th e subscribers and presenters we omit, for reasons
which may ho obvious to those who know anything of Russian
policy ; indet,l few are aware of the workings of that power
even in this cot entry, and the number of her spies and emis-
saries in London. In some instances there are two, three, or
four spies set ovt r one individual, having nothing to do but to
watch his steps, ',and note his actions in public and private ;
and it can be proved that the recent most injudicious and ab-
surd interference of a few misguided Poles in the Nlarylebone
election, was the work of a Pole who is now known to have
been in regular communication with the I,Zussian Ambassador.
Greenwich Fair this year has proved a. bad specula-
tion. Most of the stall-keepers and venders' Df goods com-
plain of loss. The site upon which the fair is he'd affords no
shelter when the wind is northerly; consequently the prevailing
cold and windy weather proved a sad misfortune. in several
instances the ruin destroyed and damaged large quantities of
food and articles provided for the juvenile visitors. The
better sort of toys shared the same fate, and to complete the
mischance the merothants and traders found no purchasers for
their commodities. The hop-merchants (keepers of dancing-
booths) made, it is said, the most profit. Their receipts formed
a reasonable average. The larger shows took some money,
but nothing like the sum antici;lated. Yesterday and Tuesday
the place was almost abandoned, An effort was made a few
years since to remove the fair to a spot more favourable to the
interests of the inhabitants, but the scheme failed. The.re is
mow* project on foot for converting ale ground on which the
fair is held into docks for steamers. A large capital has beeo
raised for the purpose ; but whether the Land is applied to the
formation of docks or not, there cannot be a worse place for
',holding the fair.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, APRIL 16.0
The market to-day has been exceeding flat ; very little butsi-
ness has been done, and those who have sold have obtainea
very low prices for their goods. The wool market has beau
dull; but the last week's priees have been rnainta ined. —Man.
chester Gazette.

DR. IRVINE.—At the late Sotoerset Assizes, Dr..
Irvine, of Bath, was found guilty of a .misdemeanour, for
falsely answering the third question required by the Reform
Act to be put to voters, the purport of which is—" Have you
tk',e same qualification for which your name was' originally in-
set ted in the list of voters for the City of Bath ?" Having
chat 'zed his residence, and therefore not having the same gua-
lific,it 'on, the Doctor replied in the affirmative; and for this
inigderceanour he has been convicted and will be punished,
besides Z,aving lost his honour. We call attention to this case,
because it is an offence eommitted at every election, and the
consequence's cannot be too well known. The Taunton peti-
tion was occasioned solely by this offence ; and but for such
cases, Mr. Bainbridge's majority at the poll would have been
so great as to have destroyed even the pretence for a petitican.
—.Somerset County Gazette.

very plentiful is fish in the river Wye, in the
neighbourhood of Builth, that Stephen Prichard, the fishing-
tac!:io antker,. of Builth, caught on Tuesday last, in tie course
of four faours, no less than 143 grayling, trout, and salmon
pink ; and in fit 'e hours, on the following day, 22.5 fish of the
same description.. —Gloucester Journal.
SHOCKING I.CICIDENT.—On Saturday last, as a
man, named Thorne, was employed at the Tangier F:ron
Works, Castle Green, 10 drilling with a machine moved by
means of a weight suspei:ded by a hook, which is dr a wii
d0..1n by the hand of the won;:rnan. and flies back when -the
hand is removed, with enormous' force,
fooli hhe was disturbed by the-
pranks of a boy working :n the same shop, and the
hat, 'lli, slipped from his hand. Shocking tc relate, the he ok
to wt..ich the weight is suspended caught his ".d
hismoclth, tore. :may a portion of the plate, t he
upper jaw, and dragged out a tooth, literally forcing its re-
sistk,a way through every oh9taele. The poor fellow in
great ago ly ; it is hoped that the consequences
(I
mortal, thu ppolt he will be maimed for hfe. -orth Derlp
will tot, he
,hire
Chronicle.—.lV r

LAW INTELIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN' S BENCE, APRIL, 18.
THE QUEEN V. JOHN JOSEPH LAWSON.
Mr. TNESIGER said that he had been instructed to move for
a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be
filed against the defendant, the printer and publisher of the
Times newspaper, for a libel on the character of Sir John
Conroy, published in that journal on the 9th of March last.
Their lordships were, no doubt, aware that Sir John Conroy
had for many years held a highly confidential appointment in
the establishment of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
and had been, during the whole period of his services, con-
stantly and zealously devoted to the interests of her Royal
Highness, and had discharged all the duties he had been called
upon to perform with perfect fidelity and care. He had not,
however, escaped without censure, and it was impossible for
any person holding a highly responsible situation to be altoge-
ther free from it ; but, since the accession of her Majesty to
the throne, he had incurred the displeasure of one portion
of the press, which had used every opportunity of assailing
his character, and placing him in the most unfavourable
light before the public. The attacks made upon him for
some time were of so general and vague a description, that it
was almost impossible to meet them with a public notice. He
was not disposed to be unnecessarily sensitive with regard to
his character, but was willing to pay that penalty which at-
tached to the high confidence which in the situation he held
he had so long and so deservedly enjoyed. But when the ob-
servations descended from general remarks to specific and
particular charges, and when he found himself accused in the
article of which he now complained of malversation in his
office, and of having abused the confidence which had been
reposed in him, and turned it to his own private and pecuniary
advantage, it was quite impossible for him to remain silent any
longer, and he had taken the earliest opportunity of vindicating
his honour, which had hitherto remained unsullied, and of chal-
lenging his calumniators, to the proof of the charges that they
had ventured to make against him. In the course he had
taken he had been placed in a situation of some difficulty, be-
cause it was impossible for him completely to vindicate his con-
duct without entering into some examination of the pecuniary
concerns of the Duchess of Kent's family, and involving her
Royal Highness in some degree in the inquiry. If there had
been anything in the transactions which it would be
necessary for him to detail which required secrecy, Sir
John Conroy would have endured all the consequences
of the unjust imputations which had been cast upou him
without bringing them before the public. But, inasmuch as
there was nothing which might not challenge the minutest
and the strictest inquiry, he had the entire sanction of her
Royal Highness for the course which he had pursued. She
was anxious that the matter should be fully investigated, in
order to afford the completest justification to a person who had
so long and faithfully served her. The libel was contained,
as he had mentioned to their Lordships, in the paper of the
9,11 of March. and he would read the whole of the article com-
plained of, before lie drew their further attention to the case.
It was in these terms :
" The British public, we believe, was aware of the demands
of a certain newly created Baronet attached to the household
of the Duchess of Kent when her Royal Highness's daughter
ascended the throne of these realms—' a red riband' (to be sure
one little thought how that decoration would be afterwards be-
stowed), ' peerage ! a pension I' We eish he hal had the red
riband promised him ; it would have been as much honoured by
his wearing it as by its present possessor.
" We believe the chief merits of the person who made these
demands were his respectful conduct to the estimable Monarch
then just dela ,ct, and the happy state in which the pecuniary
concerns of the illustrious lady whom he servo d were found
wider his management. The amount of this latter obligation
of the nation to him it is perhaps hardly possible to compute ;
it may be thought to be in hard cash somewhere about
80,000/ ; and the large annuity of 30,0001. was granted with
an understanding that a gradual I quisation of the 80,0001.
should Silently teke place. Happy be the end of the affair 1
ee say, but a matter which has come to our Itecrele lgo may
throw some doubt en its success. We learn that the Baronet
of whom we are speaking, having been so happy in conciliating
the respect of the late King of England, is desirous of exer-
cising the same amiable and modest qualities towards the
King of Sweden, and to be sent to that court in the character
of Ambassador I and we have been told that tile Premier was
disposed to acquiesce, for the purpose of getting rid of him ;
but the highest personage did not approve of such a represen-
tati‘e of the Crown of England.
" Should he quit his present position, we ask where are
talents to be found capable of applying a due portion of the
30,0G0/. to the liquidation of the 80,0001, and who can so
well understand wiping off as he who has chalked on ?
" There is another matter also worth notice. There is a
certain estates in \\Talcs, purchased and paid for not long ago.
If any public inquiry should take place whence the money for
the payment came, who so competent to answer the question
as the Baronet ?"
He had now read the whole of it, and he apprehended it was
impossible for any person who had heard it to come to any other
conclusion than that it was intended to convey, with respect to
Sir John Conroy, not merely an insinuation of mismanagement
of the pecuniary concerns of the Duchess of Kent, but also cf
improper appropriation to his own private use and benefit of
the funds that had been entrusted to his inanegereent. This
was an imputation of a very serious kind, and he thought that
there could be no doubt that such was the imputation intended
to he conveyed by the paragraph. There was, however, the
most complete refutation given to the whole of it ; and he en-
treated their Lordships' attention to the details which he
should take from the affidavits, because the apprehended they
would entertain no doubt at all that Sir John Conroy had put
himself in a position to claim the rule which lie now asked at
their hands. With regard to the first portion of the paragraph,
if all the article had been conceived in the same terms, Sir
John Conroy would have passed it by unnoticed. That
part was, perhaps, not to be treated as libellous j and,
therefore, he did riot refer any portion of his affidavit as an
answer to the statement there made. But it did appear to
him that there was a coarse imputation that Sir John Conroy
had been guilty of having treated his Sovereign with disre-
spect, and he was therefore happy to say that there was a
most complete denial on the part of Sir John Conroy that he
had ever, on any occasion whatever, behaved to his late
Majesty with any degree of disrespect. Sir John Conroy
had also stated, though he (Mr. Thesiger) should not have
thought it necessary to make any statement of the kind, that
be had never been desirous of being sent as ambassador
to Sweden or to any other Court whatever, or of being sent
to any foreign Court in that or in any other capacity what-
ever. He (Mr. Thesiger) thought it was quire unnecessary
to make this denial, for he did not know whether it could
be called libellous to assert of a person that he had been de-
sirous of being sent as an envoy to a foreign Court ; but in
this case the statement was altogether unfounded, and Sir
John Conroy had therefore thought himself called upon to
deny it. But, of course, the most important part of the
libel, and that to which he was desirous to give the most
direct contradiction, was that part which related to the im-
putation of mismagement of the pecuniary concerns of the
Duchess of Kent, and the benefit which it was alleged he
Lad himself derived from the misapplication of the money
entrusted to him. Oil this subject he (Mr. Thesiger) should
read from the affidavit of Sir John Conroy what appeared to
him to be a most complete contradiction of the allegation.
The Learned Counsel here read the whole of Sir John Con-
roy's affidavit :
" Sir John Conroy, of the vicarage of Kensington, in the
county of Middlesex, Baronet, maketh oath and saith, that he
has read the affidavit of William Shakspear, sworn in this
honourable Court, on Wednesday, the 18th of April inst.,
and the paragraph contained in the newspaper called the
Times, to that affidavit annexed, such paragraph commencing
with the words, ' The British public, we believe, was aware
of the demands of a certain newly-created Baronet,' and end-
ing with the words, ' Who so competent to answer the ques-
tion as the Baronet ?'
" And this deponent further saith, that the person in that
paragraph „called and described as ' a certain newly-created
, Baronet attadeed to the household of the Duchess of Kent,'
t and the person t:ierein also called ' the Baronet' is, as this de.
ponent verily belieees, meant to be himself this deponent.
" And this deponont further saith, that his conduct to hid
late Majesty King Wiliiarts the Fourth was always ' respect-
ful;' and that he never ‘ has been desirous of being sent to
the Court of Sweden,' or any other Court, ' in the character
of ambassador,' nor in any other character or capacity
whatever.
ii " And with respect to that part of the paragraph which
!Teaks of ' the happy state in which the pecuniary concerns
f the illustrious lady whom he served were found, under his
nagement,' and the following words, ' the amount of the
ie. tter obligation of the nation to him it is perhaps hardly pos-
, ble to compute. It may be thought to be, in hard cash,
somewhere about 80,0001., and the large annuity of 30,0001.
was granted with an understanding that a gradual i;quidation
of the 80,000/. should silently take place. This deponent
psHaoiiratth, Highness
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vindication'of his character and honour, and with the entire
seidction and permission of her Royal Highness, upon his oath
sa,.th,
" That upon the occasion of the manage of her Royal
Highteess the Duchess of Kent, her jointure, payable from
the estate of her former husband, having ceased upon con-
tracting t'er second marriage, she was obliged to borrow a
sum of monety to make a proper and suitable preparation for
such marriage,. of which a part remained unpaid at the time
of the Duke of Kent's death, in 1820.
" That upon this event, in consequence of the situation in
which the pecuniary affairs of his Royal Highness the Duke
of Kent were left, her Royal Highness relinquished to the
creditors of the Duke of' Kent the whole of his property, in-
cluding every article in the aoyal apartments at Kensington..
" That her Royal Highness afterwards purchased from the
eneeditors and others such furnitere, plate, lima, wino, horses,
cee riages, and other necessaries, es she. required; but basing
at tale time an income of only 8,0001. per 14104M34 she was com-
pelled, in order to affect these purchases, to borrow and ese-
persd a large sum of money.
That owing to these circumstances her Royal Highness'sliabilities, In the, year 1820, amounted to about 12,000/. ; but
tee addition thereto was .made during the nine following years,
her Royal aghneas's (irks in 1829 being 11,475/. 9s. 6d., and
Be MOM,
j'Thllt in Inese, ;1830, her Majesty .becroxie heiress preserenp-
tivd to-the three:es e and en the 6th .of ;September, 1831, a
grant of 10,0,0.01. per aunuoi wes made by Parliament to tire
Duchess of Kent, by 'an Act enabling his Majesty to grant
art annual sum to her Roydi ilighnese the Dueheas of Kent,
for a more adequate provision tor her, and for the honourable
support and education of her Royal Highness the Princess
Alexandrine Victoria of Kent.'
" That the altered position of her Majesty and the Duchess
of Kent rendered this ineernq inadequate to the necessarily

increased annual expenditure of her Royal Highness ; so that
in July, 1837, on her Majesty's accession to the Throne, the
debts of her Royal Highness had increased from 11,4751. 9s. 6d.
to 63,1951. 35., which was their total amount, and not 80,0001.
as stated in the above paragraph.
" And this deponent says that he has on all occasions en-
deavoured, to the best of his ability, to prevent and check all
unnecessary expenditure in the establishment of her Royal
Highness. That the management of the household of the
Duchess of Kent was divided into departments, each of which
reported to the Comptroller's office, in which office every ar-
ticle of supply was ordered and checked, and all the bills were
audited ; after which each tradesman received notice from such
office that his account bad been audited, and upon producing a
receipt at Messrs. Coutts and Co's, the bankers to her Royal
Highness, payment was made.
" And this deponent saith that the orders upon Messrs.
Coutts and Co., to whom all the income of the Duchess of
Kent was remitted, were up to the 28th of July, 1827, always
signed by her Royal Highness herself, with the exception that
on the 2d September, 1826, this deponent drew a draft for a
cum of 20/. in favour of Mrs. Fletcher, the housekeeper of
Kensington Palace.
" That on the 28th day of July, 1827, the Duchess of Kent
gave an order to Messrs. Coutts, authorising this deponent to
draw checks upon them on her account, which authority this
deponent exercised chiefly by drawing drafts for the expenses
of journeys and for the charitable donations of her Royal
Highness. All the accounts for which the money was from
time to time drawn by this deponent, as well as the accounts
for every payment out of her Royal Highness's income during
the last 17 years, are still in existence.
" And this deponent further saith that he never had any
money belonging to her Royal Highness in his hands except
upon journeys, when the necessary sums were given by him to
the servants who attended her Royal Highness, and whose ac-
counts were afterwards audited by the account clerk, and that
he never did, directly or indirectly, appropriate any part of her
Royal Highness's income or pecuniary means to his own use,
nor derive any advantage of any description whatever from any
dealings or transactions with the persons supplying her Royal
Highness's establishment.
" And this deponent further saith that from the year 1818,
when he first entered the service of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Kent, up to the year 1820, he, when his Royal
Highness died, and from that period to the year 1831, he
served his Royal Highness and the Duchess of Kent, without
receiving any remuneration whatever, either by way of
salary, allowance, pecuniary present, or recompense of any
sort or kind.

" That in the year 1831, her Royd Highness having re.
ceived an increased income, she immediately placed this de.
ponent and other members of their household on liberal sa.
laries.

" And this deponent, as to that part of the said libel which
states that the said annuity of 30,0001. was granted with an
understanding ' that a gradual liquidation of the 80,0001.
should silently take place,' said!, that her Royal Highness ac-
cepted the grant of the 30,0001., unfettered by any under-
standing.' condition, or arrangement whatever, and that no
understanding' or arrangement fur the liquidation of her
debts by the nation was ever proposed. directly or indirectly,
by her Royal Highness ; but that, on the contrary, her Royal
Highness decl'ned to have a vote proposcd in Parliament for
the liquidation of her debts.
_

" That on the grunt of a pension of 30,000/. per annum
beimg made the Duchess immediately borrowed, through her
bankers, the sum of 63,1951. 35., which she placed in the
hinds of trustees, for the payment of her debts, consisting, of
three bonds, amounting together to 29,5001., and simple con-
tract debts to the amount of 33,695/. 3s. The security for
the loan was a covenant by her Royal Highness to relinquish,
so long as she resided with her Majesty, the sum of 18,0001
per annum, part of the annuity of 30.000/. so granted to her
by Act of Parliament; or the annual sum of 10,000/. out of
the said annuity, in the event of her ceasing to reside with her
Majesty., until the whole 63,195/. 3s. should ba paid, with in-
terest and insurance thereon."

He (Mr. Thesiger) must say that it was quite impossible
that that part of the libel which charged Sir John Co,,roy
with basing been instrumental to the increase of the debts of
her Royal Highness, and that those debts had been increased
for his personal benefit, could be more distinctly and positively
denied. The affidavit went on thus :
And this deponent, with respect to that part of the para-
graph which speaks of a certain cs!ate in Wales, purchased
and paid for not long agu,' further said', that he is possessed
of an estate in Wales, the largest part of which was agreed to
be purchased by him in the year 1824, for 18,2501., and the
purchase-money wai paid on the 4th day of February, 1826,
out G f the produce of 17,500/. Three per Cent. Consols, then
standing in deponent's name, and sold by deponent's bankers
on the 7th day of October, 1825, and of 2,0001. like Consols
also standing in his name, and sold by them on the ad of Fe-
bruary, 1826, and out of the balance of cash then standing to
his credit with them.

" That an addition was made to the estate by the purchase
of an adjoining farm, for the sum of 1,8001., which. purchase
was completed and the amount paid on the 25th day of May,
1826, out of the produce of a further sum of 2,0001., like-
wise standing in this depanent's name, and then sold by his
bankers.

" That a further addition was made to the said estate by
this deponent, by the purchase of another adjoining farm, for
the rum of 2,400/ , which was paid on the 2d day of Dc-
c.-tuber, 1826, out of the produce of a further sum of 3,0001.
like Consols, also standing in his name at the Bank, and sold
out also by 11-.3 bankers; which purchases are all the pro-
perty this deponent possesses, or ever did possess, in Wales.
" And this deponent further saith that such stock and cash
so invested in such purchases were his sole and entire pro-
perty and money; and that her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent neither directly nor indirectly furnished, contributed,
lent, gave, or paid, or became security for any part thereof;
nor was the same, or any part thereof, in any way, means, or
manner whatever, or at any time, derived or acquired, di-
rectly or indirectly, by, from, or through her said Royal High-
ness, or from her property, estate, or effects."
He had now read the whole of the affidavit, and to him it
appeared impossible that a more strong denial of the serious
imputations which had been made against the character of Sir
John Conroy could have been given. The moment that this
libel appeared there was an application, by the solicitor of Sir
John Conroy, to the editor of the Times to give up the name
of the author of the paragraph. The solicitor of Sir John
Conroy applied to the attorney for the paper, who refused to
give up the name of the author ; and then a notice was im-
mediately served that this application would be made at the
earliest time possible. He trusted that their Lordships would
think that he had stated sufficient to entitle himself to this
rule. The imputation cast on Sir John Conroy in this libel
was one of a most serious kind. It was one which he was
most anxious at the earliest moment to have an opportunity
of refuting. He had denied it in the most positive and the
strongest terms, and he trusted that he had shown to the
Court sufficient grounds to call for it to interpose by granting
this application.
Lord DENNIAN—You may take a rule.

BAIL COURT, APRIL 15.
THE LATE FIRE IN THE TEMPLE.
Mr. ALEXANDER applied to the Court to allow a copy of cer.
t Lin articles of clerkship to be enrolled instead of the original
document, which had been destroyed by the late fire in the
Temple. lie founded the motion on an affidavit, stating that
the original articles had been engrossed on the usual stamp ;
that the amount (1201.) had been duly paid at the Stamp-
cffice in certain Bank of England notes, as a proof of which
Eta the affidavit went on to state, that the identical notes had
since been traced to the possession of the Commissioners of
Stamps.

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS granted the application.
His LonnsinP, after disposing of several motions of no pub-
lic interest, and relating only to points of practice, rose shortly
before three o'clock.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL IE.
WEBB V. SMITH, JUN.
In this case, which was only part beard yesterday when we
went to press, the rule Nisi for a new trial was refused.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, APRIL 18.
CLARKR V. DIGNAII.
Mr. KELLY moved for a Rule to show cause why the verdict
in this case, which had been for the plaintiff, should not be set
aside, and a verdict entered for the defendant. It was an ac-
tion tried before Mr. Baron Gurney, during the sittings in
Middlesex after last Term, and had been brought to recover
two sums of 69/. and 51., the latter of which claims had been
disposed of by a set-off which greatly exceeded the amount.
The COURT granted the Rule Nisi.

ADAMS V. 241(744E..
Mr. CHILTON moved for a rule to set aside the verdict in
this case as being perversely against the direction of the
Learned Judge, and also against all evidence in the cause. It
was an action tried b.fore Mr. Justice Coltman, at the last
Carmarthen Assizes, in which the Jury had found for the de.
fendant, and was brought to recover 82/. 10s. for two years
and nine months' service as farm bailiff.
The COURT, after hearing the statements of Counsel,
aranted the Rule.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-ROUSE.

A man named Benjamin Nash, .who resides at Camber-
well, was summoned to answer for having purjured himself
in giv.;:ng evidence before the LORD Mavoa against John Eves,
who hall been an old soldier, and had lately worked for the
defendant.
At the beginning of the month Eves was charged by Nash
or more
cw,intltiahinaivnigngaup eo feloniouslyleof
cakes. obtainedand some astae V f
apples, a gg 0 n
not fie
worth a
th parcel,
than 3s. or 4s. at the mos!. Eves, who is the brother-in-law
of Nash, declared that he iod never seen the parcel ; and the
Lora, MAYOR expostulated with Nash upon the harshness of
the
rte could to induce b
rosccutton, enjdslisehias Ld
rgeilorEvcs, a. though the other did
all :kip
to punish the accused
with transportation or imprisonment, .and: departed evidently
chagrined at the judicious and humane coarse pursued. Eves,
upon ibeirig
discharged, did all he could t() redeem his cha.
ractes from the obloquy whicia zttachod to it on account of the
charge, and at length .ascertained.that the psd.rcel had not been
removed from the wazgou-office at all, in co nsequenee of want
of uccuiracy in the Address. ge thin :3p4 ieu at the justice-
mom for a summons to X 69 4C ouser, virlnt4 the LP)M MAyort
most readily granted.
.Eves sar4, that after having been dischaft .;ed from his con.
fi„vment, which laated ;from Saturday ti 1 Monday in the
'Cmipter, .upon,the.chetrge of robbery, he iq tinediately began
40 make inquiry about the parcel which het had been accused
of stealing. Upqn going AO the Saracen's 1-4 ad wavon. !
.officv and.cskieg,partieularly about a parcel irected to Lien-
j%mia Nash, be was told
.by the clerk that tiv !re was a parcel
then in tlio ace, directed to 13enjannii t Nash, Acorti•

Street, London," which had never been delivered to the party
addressed.

An °Hirer was immediately vent by the Lord Mayor to the
Saracen's Head for the parcel ; and the Lord Mayor found
that it was directed as had been described by Eves, and that
it contained some pieces of stale cake. It was stated (the
officer said) by the clerk at the office, that the parcel, upon
being brought by the waggoner from, the country, contained
some apples, which, as they became quite rotten, were thrown
away, and the parcel itself was improperly directed, and there-
fore never reached Camberwell.

The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)—What can you say
now, after expressing a wish to transport this poor man for
life ?—Defendant—l am very sorry, Sir, but the waggoner
told me and the policeman that Eves had a parcel. When I
asked the waggoner why he said that Eves had it, he said he
was mistaken, but he thought he had got it. But, my Lord, I
don't know that this is my parcel after all.
The LORD MAYOR severely reproved the defendant for still
attempting to criminate the complainant after such palpable
evidence. " What a base and contemptible fellow you must
he," said his Lordship. "It is evident that all this arises
from a malignant feeling. How can you recompense your
brother-in-law for all that he has suffered? You would, I

perceive, have pursued him to death. I thought myself that
lie must have been guilty, you urged me so strongly to punish
him, even without trial ; but it turns out after all that he is
just as innocent as any of us. What recompense can you give
to him ?—Defendant—l am willing to give a pound for the in-
jury I have done him, and to beg his pardon. I was misin-
formed by the waggoner, I do assure you.
Complainant—l shall be satisfied with the pound and his
apology ; but I will not work for him any more. I have got a
situation notwithstanding all he has said against me.
The LORD MAYOR--Very well. Your conduct ought to
make him more ashamed of himself.