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London, England, 1825-04-14 00:00:00

rSIOIIN !NG P041'73
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The Inaugur-al Address of ti-e present Pre aim
dent of the 'United States, has little interest for
the. people of this country. It relates almost
exclusively to the local politics of the Union, and
the state of parties, in that federate, Republic,
previous and subsequent to the last war. The
J)raises bestowed by Mr. Adams uPon the con.
stitution of his country, whether deserved or not,
are natural—and we
.freely confess, that to the
present circumstances of the United States, the
existing mode of Government may be tolerably
well adapted. But the defects of that system,
and its frailty, at
.critical conjunctures, are
implied throughout in Mr. Adams's Inaugural
discourse. It is impossible not to see that even
the President himself is aware of the ilinisy and
precarious Bond of Union which connects the-
several States, scattered over a whole Continent
into a pseudo-consistent permanent confederacy.
If the late war connected the interests of the
Union, another war may loosen, Perhaps dis-,
solve a compact, which-is allowed to depend on
temporary- feelings. There is only' one hart of the
Add ress which has a general bearing worth noticing
--and that only for the edification of Mr. flurn
and statesmen of his stamp. Mr. Adams, adopt..
ing the policy of his predecessor, asserts the tie.;
cessity of providing, during peace, the means of
defensive war, as the surest means of:preventing
aggression and hostility. Our Scotch.eeonomist
would follow an opposite course—he would emas: 1
culate. the military and naval power of the British
Empire ; :and, adverse as we are, in,principle and
conduct to all the rest -of Europe,
.he would
leave our freedom; our commerce, every thing
dear and valuable we possess,. at the . mercy
of. the - first military despot, of the Coritinent
wbo chose to sound the tocsin, and attack our
independence. MK. Adams's address is.the best,
or, at leasOhe most ambitiously written M'essagei
which we,„recollect to have been, delivered to the
North American :Congress.-7-The American Pa.
pers : antioUnce the arrival at the Ifavannah' of
upwards of 2060- Spanish troops ; but eye are ha..
clined to doubt the accuracy of this statement.--
The. dead and headless.
_bodies lately stated to
have. bee-ti washed ashore at Cu racoa are supposed
to hay.e, been the crew of an American ship which
had fallen into the hands of the pirates.

. , irriORNIVG FIE(tAL.I)...I
PU.illl( or popular education midoubtedlY has
made, and is making,; prodigious way. There
will soon be nothing, in even manual labour and
;the Common arts of life, which carrhe called illite.
fate. The propagators of learning, however,
seem, like :inost other great conquerors, to have
a.certain .grasping
appear. to stretch and inordinate ambition.- They
their views too fat--to calculate
too •sanguinely. their force of arms, and even
to show, souie disregard to other; and - independent
interests. . It -should be observed- here, 'in
that these observations—sogge'st(4 by a
partic4.las Dr+ct,--a re mere I y- •tintritv-m- oat- with '-
Out -ati:.ab4olute confidence in {well
founded. The proj.ct ig pne, whikAt should-.,not
be hastily judged. it is said . to be patronized

by some of the ablest and most estimable men, in
the •
country;
it is inculcated 'with zeal approMiug
to enthusiasm, by a. most' accomplished scholar
and eminent poet, and its influence, beneficial or
injurious on the community„
„must be highly
important. But the suggestioii of doubts only
leads to discussion, whit') is the surest or the
only path to truth. The design in question
is that of creating a great Metropolitan Univer-
sity. We assume that the intention is to esta-
blish a University in London which shall confer
diplomas, degrees in arts, possess certain fran-
chises, and, in fact, be on a level with those of
Oxford and Cambridge. Now, in the first place,
it is avowed that scientific education is the
great object—to recruit not what are called the
learned professions, but those various occupa-
tions that are contradistinguished from them.
But it is a property of scientific investiga-
tion—whether abstract or experimental, that it
is pursued as well out of a University as in it.
He who has the vocation will pursue it in either
case, and the mere routine of academic lectures
would make him who has not the instinct and
capacity merely a smatterer. In the next
place, will not this establishment of a Uni-
versity in the Metropolis cause a serious, and
perhaps ruinous desertion from manual or han-
dicraft occupation ? Is not there this objec-
tion also, that it would create two classes
of academically educated persons—the aristo-
cratic and plebeian which would destroy the
graceful ascendancy which an academical educa-
tion actually possesses, and the sentiment of
social equality which it produces. But above
all, is not London the very last place which should
he chosen for the seat of a University ? True it is,
the capitals of some other countries have Uui-
versities, but they either have no resemblance,
as that of Paris, to ours, or their examples are
against them. In the great cities of Germany
the Universities are nuisances, from the vices,
and the organized mal-practices of the students.
The characteristic morality of our northern neigh-
bours, perhaps, renders the existence of their Me-
tropolitan University innocuous to the students and
the inhabitants. But in Dublin we have heard that
it is, or at least it has been, widely different
There the University flanks the capital, or forms
part of it, ana the consequence is, that dissipa-
tion of the most pernicious kind—scenes of noc-
turnal riot and debauchery—are of ordinary
occurrence. It is said to be a standing subject
of regret amongst the heads of that University,
that it was not founded at a distance from the
capital. But perhaps this project, like many
others, will continue as it is, to exist only in
nubibus.

SILK TRADE.—By the official returns, printed
by the order of the House of Commons, it appears, that in the
year ending on the sth of January last, the quantity of raw
silk imported into Great Britain was 3,047,70531b5., of which
1,047,640:fib5. came from Prance, 1,307,300.3-If:lbs. from the
East Indies and China, 334,4441b5. from Italy, and 1118,3971b5.
from Turkey. During the same period, 334,233.11b5. of thrown
silk were imported from Italy, and 4lelbs. from France.
There were, also, llb. of thrown silk imported front Spain, and
1 1.-16th lbs. from Malta. The total quantity of silk, raw and
thrown, imported during that year was .3,382,357 10-16th lbs.
The total amount of drawback paid on raw anti thrown silk,
and on manufactured silk goods, was 472,255/. 18s. ed.
PUTNEY BRIDGE.—.By the account rendered to
Parliament, it appears, that the amount of dividends paid to
the shareholders of Putney Bridge, during the last eleven years,
averages about 4,3471.
LUNATICS.—By a return made to Parliament,
it appears that the number of houses licensed for the reception
of Lunatics in 1822, was 43. • in 1823, 44 ; and in 1824, 47 ;
and the number of lunatics con-tined in them during the first of
these years was 1,725 ; and during the two last, 1,727.

PRIDE OF ANCESTRY.---All anecdote is related
of Mr. PitoGEa, of Werndee, in Monmouthshire, which ex-
hibits the pride of ancestry. in a striking point of view. The
house, which had lately been repaired for the tenant, was in
such a state of dilapidation, . that the father of the last proprie-
tor, Mr. Proger, was in danger of perishing under the ruies of
the ancient mansion, which he venerated even in decay. A
stranger whom he accidentally wiet at the foot' of the Skyrrid,
made various inquiries respecting the country, the prospects,
and the neighbouring houses,and among others,asked, Whose
is this antique mansion before us?" "That, Sir, is Werndee,
a very ancient house ; for out of it came the Earls of Pem-
broke, of the first line, and the Earls. of Pembroke of the
second line ; the Lords Herbert of Cherbury ; the lierberts of
Coldbroke, Rumney, -Cardiff, and rork ; the Morgans Of Ac-
ton the. Earl of Hunsdon; the Jones's of Treowen and La-
narth and all the Powells. Oat of this house also, by the
female line, carne the Duke of Beaufort." " And pray, Sir,
who lives. there now ?" " I do, Sir." " Then pardon me, and
accept
.a piece of advice: come oat of it yourself, 'or you'll soon
be buried in the ruins Oft."

CHARLES XII. of SWEDEN, in his youth, was
given to el:re:is in wine. :One morning he had
drailk copiously before he, set out a hunting, and
the effects had not gone off when he returned
from the chase, splashed with..mud, and stained
with the blood of a deer that had been killed.—
In this state, he appeared at the dinner table of
the Queen, his grandmother, and as she began to
scold Itiin for it, he started up suddenly,. and his
spur being entangled in.the table cloth, the dishes
were thrown. into her lap. -11 e, however, de.
parted abruptly ; but presented himself the next
day at dinner-time,' when. the Queen again re•
preached him severely. Charles, thereupon,
arose deliberately, 111,1e,d a -large goblet of wine,
and drank:it- off,.saying•-to,her Majesty, that as
that liquor had once made hips forget the respect
due to her, he would ite'.v-e—r touch it again in the
whole course of his.life.j' This promise he pre-
served inviolate.

We.understand Mr: TERRY- and Mr. \VacNut
are in treaty with the rePiesentatives of the late
Mr. RODWELL for the purchase of 'the •Ailelphi
Theatre, but nothing is yet definitively settled.
TERRY is a man of excellent sense and judgment,
and from his experience, Weill calculated to cater
with advantage for the public taste, and his own
emolument at the same time. We hear that there
is no truth whatever in the report of Miss CitEs-
TER'S being about to• retire from the stage at the
expiration of the present season ; that lady taq
signed articles of re-engagement for three years.—
(Morning Chronicle.)
The Magistrates and , Council of Stirling, at
their Meeting on Saturday last, agreed to Peti7
tion Parliament against any further concessions
to Roman Catholics.
A petition to Parliament, from the -Ladies of
Edinburgh, ,against
.cruelty to animalg, is at pre'
sent receiving signatures
tie rrngineer of the Henri .IV.:Frencli steam
Paclot,- unfortunately had two of his tingeri jam-
med -off,- by the'collatefal, inotiotr of the shaft
:against tlae condenser, where he had introduced
his hand to try the heat on the •pass affe from
Dover', to Calais, on Friday.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

• COURT, OF CHANCERY, APRIL 13.
MARSH, STACEY, AND Co.'s BANKRUPTCY.

EX-PARTE STONE-RESUMED.

Mr. )lostTAGuE addressed the Court on behalf of the estate
of the bankrupts, in opposition to the application of the trustees
of the 17,400/. stock sold-out under a power of attorney forged
by the late Mr. Fauntleroy, in which he contended that the pe-
titioners could not claim through forgery ; they could not waive
the forgery and elect to proceed for the civil injury. , They were
not demntfied, he said, as they had a clear claim upon the Bank
of England for their,stock, Winch had been settled by .the case
of " Davis v. the Hank of England ;" and this was a mere
question between the creditors of the Bank of England and
those of Marsh, Stracey, and Co. both innocent parts, but it
was a loss which would hardly be felt by the former, whilst it
might ruin some of the latter.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied. He contended that no
case of felony could be posthumously brought forward; and if
this debtwas to be mimed by crime, the crime must he proved.
With respect to the money having been applied to the purposes
of Marsh and Co., the fact was, amply proved by the circum-
stance of the broker who had effected the transfer, debiting the
house with only one-half of the usual brokerage. This, in his
mind, was-an indisputable proof that the transaction-hadl refer-
ence to the whole firm.

The LORD CHANCELLOR began by observing, that when
previous to the holidays he had consented to the present appli-
cation being brought forward, he had been actuated by the con-
sideration that a great body of creditors were concerned inhav-
ing an immediate division of "the bankrupt's property ; and in
the next place, if it should turn out that the inquiry into the
facts and the law ought to be before another tribunal, the
sooner such an investigation took place the better; therefore
in apologising to the other suitors whose causes might, by
the preference given in the present instance, have been de-
ferred, he could not avoid saying, and he *spoke before Gen-
' tlemen who would do him the justice of adMitting the cor-.
rectness of his statement, that he devoted as much .of his
time and attention to the general interests of ,tbe suitors as
it was possible for him to do ; but it must have been evi-
dent that for a great many months there had been such a vas
riety of applications. for injunctions relating to Canals, Joint
Stock Companies, and other matters, requiring the immediate
attention of the ourt, that although not regularly employed,
yet he had not been idle; on the contrary,- he had disposed of
matters of no great importance and difficulty, and occupying
as much time as any question which had been discussed since
this Court had at. With respect to the present ease, the sim-
ple question was, whether the petitioners had any right to
prove under the bankruptcy, and that depended, as he had
already observed, upon the question whether the money
had been applied to the use of the firm of Marsh and Co. of
which application they were cognizant. His Lordship then re-
capitulated the facts of the case, and the circumstances under
which the fraudulent and felonious transfer of this property was
effected, and having done so, and adverted to the doctrines con-
tained in the case of " Davis v. Bank of England," said he
should take a bolder step than any Chancellor had ever done, or
even, than he had ever done himself, and he believed he had de-
cided more cases than any of his predecessors, without that as-
sistance that he had a right to call for, andif he decided this
case without sending it to trial before another jurisdiction, lie
was the more particularly called upon not to venture upon a de-
cision on his own authority, when he reflected that the judg-
ment of the Court of Common Pleas was to • undergo revisal in
consequence of a writ of error having been brought for the pur-
pose of obtaining the opinion of a superior Court. Upon these
and a variety of other grounds to which his Lordship had re-
ferred, it appeared to him that this was a question which was but
to be decided by an issue, the terms of that issue to be, whether
the houscof Marsh,Graham, and Co. were at the time of issuing
the commission against them indebted to the trustees, Stone,
Galiagan, and Fauntleroy, in any, and what sum of money ; at
the same time directing that upon the trial of such issue the
trustees might attend, or decline to attend as they shotild think
fit. If it occurred to the Learned Counsel that the matter could
be put in any better way, it was his wish that they would inti-
mate their views to him when he next came into Colin; but es
at present advised, the strongest inclination, of his opinion was,
that what he had suggested was the most proper Mode of bring-
ing this question to an ultimate decision.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL, 33.
WALTON v. GREEN. ,
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who keeps a
lodging-house in Pitt-street, Fitzroy-square, for one year's
board and lodging of the defendant's wife. The defence set up
was that the lady in question was a loose character.
Mrs. Kirby, the daughter of the plaintiff, proved the oecu-
pation.—Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—Who are you,
Mrs. Kirby, you are not a widow ?—No.—What is your hus-
band ?—(After some hesitation and becoming blushes)—A liar-
lequin.—Oh ! a harlequin, a clown, where ?—At'the Adelphi.
_What is your father ?—A sculptor.—A sculptor, you say ;
that is what we call, in common prose, a mason,' a dealer in
stones.—Re-examined by Mr. SCAR LETT—Did you ever se
any improper conduct in Mrs. Green ?—Never.
Mrs. Quinan-and. Miss E. Quinan deposed that Mrs. Green
was a very proper person.
Cress-examined by Mr. BROucatAat—Now.Misa Quinan,
don't you laugh, this is a serious matter ; now, I say, what are
you ?—An actress. What parts do you perform ?—ln the bur.
lettas. How often have you seen Mrs. Green ?—Cannot take
upon myself to say exactly. Three or four times, perhaps?—
Cannot say exactly ; cannot speak to more than three times.
And how long did you see her at any of these times ?—Perhaps
half an hour.

And during this time said Mr. Brougham, with a leer that
shook the Court with laughter, and during these-three long
half hours you saw nothing indecent in Airs. Green's conduct ?
—The witness tittering with-a nascent emotion of laughter re.
plied, no. . .
Mr. BitouGnasf—l saw, Miss Quinan, you laughed when
I put the question to you about Mrs: Green. -
Mr. SCARLET T—No, she did not.
Mr. 800 trGitAstßut indeed she did. .
Alr. ScaRLETT to the witness--:-Well, if you did laugh, wag
it not occasioned by the queer look which myfriend gave you
at the time, and not at the question ?
The witness here.' could not refrain from Mug.= , Mr!
Brougham gave another of what Mr. Scarlett.called his queer
looks, and the peculiar situation of the two Learned Gentle.
men and the pretty witness, brought-down a continued burst of
laughter from the whole Court, which was at length silenced
by the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in a due solemn manner, say-
ing, let the young woman stand down.
0 f 'al
dvarietysettlement o f evidence
ory linea maintenance ;ext!csuptelaokn
Green's character and cleineanour.
Aasirhs.erGerpeueztfisnmtoaiportoe
to the character of Mr. Walton and his house; anti Mrs..
Mr. BUOUGIIA4I7' for the defendant, addressed the Court,
which Mrs. Green had writen to her husband.following
and terminated it by reading passages from a bundlef of letters
'The
is a specimen :—" Damned Demon,—Dearest Frederick (this
was one of her paramours), dearest Frederick Isidore thee ; by
try beautiful face I adore the ; by thy fine form_ I adore thee."
" Dining with my fine Frederick; he promises to degrade him.
self so far, if he should ever find you, ct! tic3ie give you a,,Voku:.
poor devil
,; 19IS of time ;
,lOIS of
ing—vengeance is. sweet--vengeanceshall -Urine."
are a poor• Pilgailick—a
time to write to old swine ;. Fred. finds me paper," ite.., -&(:....._
SOmetimes sheptat a portion of her abuse on the outside:of
!the
letter, 'thus :—" Attorney. Green sleeps every night -with his
of hercdearest dnar-Freder:ick, '.iitrfh-:
have her rorights ;" then ~
wife's sister," &c. She,t,aclkuedekooof,4:u_b_ceikonogld:..dAbriu:;ell,:tesr.hte.o'nd
whom she west living—
equally. ridiculous, occasionally intermixed
this way :—" The officers are fine fellows—drive tandem every
lot§ of -fori__ted de rol ; beigho, says Rowley !" and a
day
is the Learned Counsel said, was a- proof
therepkrensoewntiendg.thtoatthslet .eigwnaosrsaon.tinLyt
1 liwwooait
t:::-
roaiaft'nhtoseat:hapenporde.aiatpslhtgus
fff;ri! stuff
tmhw i
s,
d education. ' a'prQ°
of this lady's manners an The present action
• had been called. who actually -knew any
,-, r not
one witness .thing of
this woman—she had dfather„ a mother, a sister, a brdther, but'
not ode of them - had stepped-forward to livelier a good word,
word,
treated by her husband. He should put the letter he bad al-
luded to in• evidence, -and-give proof of the notoriety of this
ro Archer was clerk. to. Mr. Greer, at the time Mr.
Greed resided at Everton, near Liverpool. In the morning
A;wilor%rxen.:O.i'inii i:e:. prostitution, and that would entitle-him to a Verdict.
V .en Was In . the habit of leaving his house at.EVerton,
and
going to Liverpool, which,v:as his place of business, and
to return. home inth !e evening. Mrs. Grew almost Universally
dressed herself for walking inimediately her husband left, and,
went Out toward-a
Liverpeol.: He has freqfiefitly seen her walk.,
ing with Gentlemen. On one occasion !I, Gentleman accoinpa-
Ided her on her return hirrie to within one hUndred yards ()flier
hasband's house. She thed desired the Gentleman not to go
With her any further; for fear her fattier should see her. On
leer return borne she always changed herdressi'and put-on. the
dress shc was accastomed to wear in the house. Witness,
upon
.one 'occasion, Went with lier to a military'revie*, at.Ever-
ton ;. when they arrived on the. field, she left him,
_and he had
and
much difficulty in'fintling her again. About twelve months after
the &It separation, site came to the defendant's hours; she was
then. very dru'il broke a great number of thera..' Mr. omen was obliged to
k---:she commenced in attack upon the. windows.,
go away, but Tilt's. Green remained in the house all night:.--she
liaAl mimes gin :state Office,. which she sent` the servant fora--Mr.
Gre.en did not strike Airs. Green;
there was some blond ,uponher fi,:e, ivhiels was occasioned by hf•r cutting' herielf it break-.
11`1. the winder "' On the following day the separation deed
wa, signed. Al :',l: 'Gruff told witness that wifirst she Was away'
s:1;: tied been ./ith a gentleman at Alane:iester,
.and that she was A

going to him again; she said. also that she had btenivithVl
gentlemen on the Continent. The -letters now prtglueslisl‘
Mts. Green's handwriting.
rit)l
Cross-examined.—Witne.ss is tubed s
21.; he has been Gk.
Mr. Green since he was 12 or 13 years of age. Witness 1
lects seeing Mr. Green's former wife once ; he thinks that. ,10
lid
died eight or nine years before the second marriage ; ve
one child by her, which is dead ; at: the time witness seenit,
nied Mrs. Green to Liverp
00l and the review, witneo "
Vri
fourteen or fifteen years ago; witness did not conmun,ote sc
he has now related to the tiefendant until within Abate WI •
months.
Before the letters from Mrs. Green unto her husband wen;
read, Mr. SCARLETT submitted to a nonsuit, in order to en-
able them at a future time, to enter into a full investigation.