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MUTINY BILL.

;The House, on the Mdtion of the SCRETAJAY at
WAil, having gone into a Committee on the Mu-
tiny Bill;
The SECRETARY al WAR made a few ob-
servations. on the momentous obje& of the Bill,
which. went to preserve the Civil. Power from all
possibility of a' military encroachment : he then read
some of the. Clauses which he wished to have made
part ,Of the Bill:—Officers or Soldiers charged with
capital offences to be turned'over to the Civil Ma-
gistrate ; but no Officer to be, ipso faao, cashiered
fbr not aiding the 'Civil PoWer; until convicted of
such charge before a Court of Justice,—Another
'Clause ' was introduced and agreed to, ena&ing,' that
a mark shall be fixed on the bodies of deserters who
have been twice guilty of desertion.—. Another Clause
compelled desert9rs to serve tbr life, and made .such
. forfeit additional pay and pension .—A *tiler tlause
revised thfrit no person should be sentenced to' the
loss of life or limb, or to transportation, by a General
Court Martial, 'consisting of less than thirteen
ADtcers...The Clause relative,to the Enlisting 'Mo-
ney ; ad.also that' providing Compensation for Mas-
.ters whOse servants or labourers may have enlisted
before the time contraEted for had expired, gave.rise
'tee short' conversation between Mr. Dondas, Sir T.
Turton,. Col. Barry, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Secretary
Windham; when, after a s:ight Amendment of the
latter, both were agreed to.—The remaining Clauses,'
including one. declaring all 'Negroes in his Majesty's
service free to all intents and .purposes', were, then
severally read and 'agreed to ; and, on' the Rouse
resuming, the Report was ordered to be received to=
morrow.
..

A Return of the Amount of the Five per Cent.
Annuities',.vas ordered to be laid before the House.

The Sugar Drawback Bill was read a first time,
and ordered:to be,read a-second time to=morrow.

Mr. HIDBERT- postponed the. consideration of the
Petition he had presented from certain Merchants;to
Thursday . next. '
Mr. Secretary NITINDHAm moved, that there be,
laid before the. House a Return of the Recruits raised
from the Ist of January, .1807, to the latest period
the same can be made- out. • •

SLAVE TRADE ABOLITION

]4r. osxous~ bpug-I4 up th 4 Aevort of tl-e

Slave Trade Abolition 'Bill. On the Motion that the
Amendments be read a second time, •
Lgrd HO WICK rose and said, that before the,
Amendments were read, he was anxious to' "advert
to what had passed on a former occasion, and 7-iifo.;
pose what he flattered himself would be founduf-
ficient to obviate certain qbje6tions : in,doing this,

however, he begged to be understood as not in the.
slightest degree swerving from the
_opinions he had
advanced, and still entertained, of the principle of
the Bill itself. • He wished to give Gentlemen, who
had started their obje&ions, every possible aCcom-
modation ; and though he could not see. hoW- the
preamble of the Bill in its present form could be
productive of the ill consequences that had been so.
strongly apprehended, yet he would consent, by
omitting the two first lines, to put.that preamble •
form less objectionable: at the same time, when he re-
colleCted-that all the former proceedings of the .two-
Houses'of Parliament, relative to the Slave Trade,' had
been publiShed in all parts of the West Indies, and there
circulated; and especially the very Resolution declar-
ing 'the trade to be inconsistent with justice, hu-
manity, and sound policy,, and that those pnbliCa--;
tions were not produCtive of any disturbance'ordis-
affeaion among the Negroes ; he could' net 'think:..
that if the preamble stood in its original state;Aatii
could be productive of the least evil ; this opiiiiOn,
however, should yield to his anxiety for • general
accommodation on a great question like the present.
The amended form of the preamble then proposed
.by the Noble Lord excluded the terms " founded in
inhumanity," &c. &C. and substituted " for certain
special reasons," it is expedient that the Slave Trade
,he abolished.

- Mr. HIBBERT said he should reserve what he had,
to say for.a future stage of the Bill. ,
General VYSE required that the original preamble
be read.

The SPIIAKER reminded the Hon. Metriber,.that
the question now before the House was generally,
that the Amendments.he read.

. General VYSE contended warmly, that the terms
used •in the first preamble were but chara6teristic_
of so infamous a trade, and represented in glowin'g
-terms the miseries of the wretched vi&ims in a three-
fold point of view, the circumstances of their cap-
ture and sale in Africa, those of their passage to the,
Colonies, and the manner of their reception on their
arrival !there. . ,

Mr. Rost thought, that the wording of the
preamble, as it originally stood, would have been
produ&ive of dangerous .consequences .among the
Slaves.

Mr. WILBERFORCE could not See it in so plarm-
ing a point of view, but had novobjeaion to the
amendment.

• Mr. FULLER felt himself much obliged to the
Noble Lord for the willingness he had evinced to,
wards the general accommodation of this subje& 3:
he could not however help adverting to the Unfair'
and unhandsome construction that had • been rpui
upon his condud in this business. ; lie ditlinot
like to see, upon a former night an Honourabie,
Member going about the House asking questions'
about his estate in the Colonies, the name of it, .and
other circumstances, as if it were to dew& him •
(Mr. Fuller) in any assertion that -might not be .
strictly consonant to the fad ; he sfibuld.scorn to
assert any thing which he did not thick he could
-substantiate. .He knew what was due from ,every
Member to that House,-, and he knew also whatwas due from a man of honour to hirnself.. He was.
no pitiful canter;-confident in the integrity of his
intentions, pa superstitious folly hurried him to In-;.
terpret every little casualty into a dire visitation of
Providence. But had he no internal ..principle- to
guide him,- he had to support that `chataiaer a longs
line of ancestry bequeathed him. The family weet
well known and respeded in 1607, and this.is.
1807, and they are now, as they were then—tit 4
one of them indebted to -any faction orto any Mi-
nistry for sixpence of the public money ; they were
then in prosperity, and now in the fairest way of
prospering, if Gentlemen would let them proper
—(a laugh). As for himself, he had always voted
in that House as a Juror upon oath. He was not
endeavouring TO GET IN wiTH- Government—he
felt and acted .as an independent man, and was
never' an admirer of AFFF,CTED piety.

Mr. WILBERFORCE briefly explained.
Mr. BARHAM approved of the Amendment hi
the preamble proposed by the Noble Lord (Howick)
on principles of policy. The impressing upon the
minds of thenegroes that it was by-a violation of the
laws .of justice and humanity that they came there,
would be only filling.their minds with. unavailing
regret. 'He• acknowledged that the circulation of
the Papers respeEting the Abolition, in the West
dies; was rather a singular sort of proceeding. /314 t,
at the same time; the negroes must have 'learnt
from these that the sentiments concerning the inhu-
manity, injustice, &c. of the measure, were only
those of the minority in this country: He recom-
mended conciliatory measures, and observed, that .
:whatever bad ei-Tefts might result front the mode of
proceeding in this business, he had nothing to do
with them. He disapproved of. the trade itself; but
had Objeaions to the manner of abolishing it,
Mr. acKnisoN observed, that the opinions
Which he formerly maintained -on this subje4 were
much weakened; he ,still, however, doubted thr%.
policy of the measure, but at the same time-could,
nothelp paying his tribute of approbation to th&
moderation of the Noble Lord.
General GASCOYNE also approved of the Amend.
ment ; but still contended that the measure
in the,- first instance, occasion a- separation of inte-
rests and opinions between this country And the'co-
lonics, and ultimately occasion an entire separation,
unless thelaw passed. in 1807 should be- repealed in
1808.
Lord Howrcx proposed a Clause to prevent the
late Regulations for Limited Service extending to the
Neo.rocs
.The Negroes, therefore; ate still to be in-
listed for life in the first instance, his Majesty having
the powerto make such regulations respe6ting theM as
he may: hereafter judge prorr. The object of this
was to prevent any apprehensions of their becoming
chargeable to theislands.—This Clause was received
And added to the. Bill. .
The Amendment in . the Preamble,, and the
Amendments in the Committee, were 'then agreed
to, and .the. Bill ordered to be -read 4 third time on
Wednesdav next. -

.2th. I-lin:NJ:lt gave notice, that, to-morrow, • he'
woulf.l move fur the pnstponernept of the Cnsidcra,•
tion of the Aberdc.„:44ire .e,'AiGri I'etitict.
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LONDON,

TUSSDAX, MARCH 10, .1807.

THE Ekpedition under" the Command of General
WniTuocr..E sailed' yesterday from Portsmouth.
It is, supposed that they are destined fOr South
America. •
•

SOME more private Letters have been received
from the Continent, which _ represent the, success of
the Russians as much mare decisive, in the Baffle of
.Eylau, than it is stated to have been
,in the official
accounts; and it is singular that the German Copy
•
Of General BENNIGSEN'S Letter to the EMPEROR of
RUSSIA represents the loss of the French at
15,000 men, whereas the Translation in the
Gazette only states it at 19,000. We are inA
diried to, believe that the:..former is the most
correa, because Barth BUDEERG, in his Let.
ter to the Marquis of DOUGLAS, states the loss,
of the French to have been from 12 to 15,000
men.,

It gives. u 74 great pleasure to. find that the assertion
in the French Bulletin, that the Reinforcements un-
der General VoN Easnt had joined the Russian
Army before the Battle ofEylau, is unfounded. He
'diiriot join the Russians till
.after the Bth, and as
his Corps consisted of near 40,000-men, it would
give the Russiano a decided superiority over their
.Erfernies:

YESTZRDAY. morning Sir HOME POPHAM entered
upon his,. defence. • His. Speech, we understand,
occupied near four hours in the delivery. It is
probable that the Trial will conclude this day.

l• PRIVATE accounts from the Continent state, that
it has been decreed in France, that if any of the
eighty thousand Conscripts who are to be sent to
Join the Armies, secret themselves, their relations
are to
.be taken into custody till they appear. Such se-
. vere measures must strongly, contribute to excite dis-
content-and distOrbances. It is stated by the same ac-
count, that it is declared criminal to receive any Pri-
vate Letters in France or any part of Germany under
French influence, from the Armies. This regula4
tion forcibly cO-operates with all the other Accounts
to strengthen the opinion that the French -Atinles
are in a very critical if not desperate condition.

" THE Bill_ introduced by Lord HO'WICK, and read
for
the first time on Thursday night, embraces two
objects. It is proposed, first, to remove an incon•
gruity
,which at present exists between the Military
'Regulations, of this Country and of Ireland, and.
'which might be produdive of great inconvenience
and injustice. For this purpose the Bill will give
effeEt, in this part of the United Kingdom, to a Sta-
tute of the-Irish Legislature, enabling Catholics to
serve in the Army. Its is, also intended to enlarge
• the provisions of that Act, and to enable not only
Catholics, but Dissenters of every description, to eta
ter into the Naval as• well as the Military Service„'
without any restraint on the exercise of their
Reli-
gion, or any Oath but that contained in the Bill.-75;
The A63/4 which was passed by the Parliament dr
Ireland enabled Catholics to hold every situation in
the Army except that of commander in Chief,
Master-General of the Ordnance, and that of a Ge-
neral on tb

le Staff: These disqualifications, which

might in various circumstances, and particularly in
the latter case, be attended with indignity to the
individual anctdisadvantage to the Country;
.will be
removed by the Bill which is now submitted to
Parliament. The disability to serve in the Army,'
which attaches to Catholics in this-Country,- vvot2l4
.subjed per Sons of that description to the penalties.
of the LaW, notwithstanding the Mt of the Irish
Legislature, even if a Regiment should be dispatched
from Ireland .to succour England in a moment of
This :absurdity requires an imniediate re-
rriedy, and will he obviated by the present •Bill.—
'l;e, eitension of this privilege to.the Naval Service
....
is consonant with reason and justice ; for if the Ca-
tholic Can 'be safely trusted to serve and hold
in the. Aimy, he cannot be a just
and reasonable-
plass of. Dissenters,
,objea of suspicion in 'the Navy. permission
rank
e,t'l•yieir periods of. ser-
vice The
grantedto acqui
ra:
tt
hh the
rank
oinke timet o which
cehv
and talents entitle them, and to exercise their
Religion fifsei of n such capacities, is'another judi-
s provision
the 8i11... The pledge which was
ri
given on a former occasion to the people of Ireland,.
that the Mt passed by the Irish Legislatnre should
be adopted in this Country, is now redeemed, and
1. the Catholics have proved on the shores of Egypt

-and the' Plain of Maida that they are'not unworthy
of the confidence reposed in them. As the causes
19f .exclusion no longer continue, the removal of un-
wessary restraints peonies the diaty of a Onerous

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and enlightened Government. As the danger has
ceased to exist, 'considerations of prudence and po-
licy strongly recommend the o'doptiOn of. a measure
Which will enable His Majesty to avail himself of
the services of all his faithful subjeels, at a moment
which demands the exertions of every individual in
the Rea who willthus be permitted to co-operate
in maintaining the public safety and welfare; and to
contribute his share.to the poWer, the independence,
and the glory of his Country.,

An Evening Paper, which has been frequently
noticed for its indiscriminate hostility,to Govern-

ment, and for its intemperate sallies, attacked the
Financial Plan on Saturday. According to the usual
praCtice of that Print, the discussion of the matter in
debate appears to be a secondary objeCt, very subor-,
dinate to the gratification of reviling .Ministers.—
The principle with which the Inquiry commences
might have been happily applied. to prove the bene.
ficialsefFeCt of the new Scheme of Finance, but its
application is utterly inexplicable if it is intended
to confirm an opinion unfavourable to the Plan. It
is argued, that, as taxes • increase, money is de-
preciated, and commodities rise in price. It is then
observed, " What may be the consequence of this
depreciation of money when Peace shall be well es-

tablished, and things begin to find their level with

the Continent of Europe and • other parts of the
World,. we know not." But, in the next sentence,
`. a glimmer of intelligence darts through the gloom of
ignorance in NA hich _the writer professes that he is
involved Heavy Taxes will keep the price of
commodities and labour high in this country, while,
in neighbouring nations, they may be so low as to
ruin our rnanufgture end commerce." With this
principle, and this probable result in view, would it
not be expedient to attempt a pause from taxation,
jest, by the increase of taxes, and the consequeut dei-
preciation of money, and rise in the price of com-
modities-in this country, other nations should be en-
, abled to under-sell'us„ and thus exclude us from fo-
reign markets ? If the prosperity of our manufac-
tures and commerce is menaced by such a danger,
ought not the public applause and gratitude to be
bestowed on the Authors of a System which pro-
vides for an annual war expenditure of 32 millions
'without the necessity. of a single additional tax for
three years, which fondle seven succeeding years
will require new taxes annually to the amount of
less than 300,0001. on an average, and which,.
for the to following years, will require no new taxes.
whatever ? Can any System be better calculated to.
prevent the evil which the writer apprehends, and
which he has traced to the accumulation of taxes ?
The Writer- observes, that " the labourer, the arti-
san, the farmer,. land-owner, merchant, and mann-
faaurer, all make their priges keep pace with that'
of commodities;" that ‘..‘ if the People paid the per-,
rnanenLtaxes in commodities they would find them
very little more than they ,were tvienty years, ago j"
and that " this seems to be the true explanation' of
the ease with -whith the Nation bears the great in-
'create of taxes." A continuance, therefore, in the
former system of taxation is.recemmended, notwith-
standing the Writer's' belief that our manufactures
4nd commerce way be ruined, and that bankruptcy
may happen at the return of Peace, by the augineu-,
'tation of the taxes. This singular specimen of rea-
ioning, and of obje6ion to the new Plan, is embel-
lished by bitter reproaches against Ministers, and
loud censure oft C financial projea. It may now,
however, SUITICe to observe, that this extraordinary
produaion begins with shewing that the increase of
taxes may ruin our Manufadures and commerce;
and occasion bankruptcy ; that it proceeds neverthe-
less to recommend a perseverance-in the old system
of taxation, and that it concludes with pronouncing
the Minister's Plan of Finance a" Sublime Bubble,"
in conformity with the opinion 'and language of ,Sir
FRAN IS BURDETT.

.....
.
The ROYAL FAMILY` expeEted -
morrow, and the KING tO bold ‘,lll t°"'" to-
il ,-,ourt at the
Queen's Palace.
- BONAPARTE, according to report,
_.
for the
degree " thank himself." 'as the a great
may in
ha
.signal defeat which his troops pve recently
is,
ex-
perienced. It must be- remembered,
that in one of
the Bulletins which he issued in Poland,
‘..er_the Russian
Soldiers, particularly the Cossacks,
with' the utmost contempt. This Bulletin:illein ['oiled
bt the Rus-
sian Commander very properly, ordered to
sated, and read at . the head of every clivisieT/7 oti;rnis;
liussian Army. The consequence Was such as r/1;01''
be expected ; a general burst of indignation irnine-t
diately took place, with expressions of the most de-
termined vengeance. Hence the-, Russians vented
their rage inthe . furious attacks upon the
14'rench, and i refused re_use- -to give them •quarter. The
Russian
berality of General BENNI NGSEN,. however, with. aH-
Spirit towards an Enemy,. which that
Enemy
will never
imitate, promised a ruble
_for
avert' French soldier
checked the unntecter brought in alive, and thereby
ROYAL ACAD EMCYSSaryIN effusion of human blood.
Oha, the Professor of -
Tainting to this Institution,lr.
for last night finished his
course of Le6turesthe present Season. The
I;ubjeCt was cotouniN/o. whi.ch he treated .with
t;reat knowledge and ability, introducing appropri-
a te. charaCters of TITIAN and RUBENS, .% ,110 parti . ,
, cu-'i
il trly excelled in, that: quality of the The Course 1
ii, .ii been well attended, and.vvas th Art.
voughout mar'- d
.. • I
t y strong juLiment and extensive -,. . -A(
in.ormation.

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NAVAL NEWS.

PORTSMOiITII, MARCH 9. Arrived the Sitar
oter Lieut. GoLDIE, from off the
Guernsey, itationl" and the Ant Schooner from a
Cruize.

Sailed the Expedition under the command of Ge•
neral WiIiTELOCKE, under convoy of the Thisbe
Frigate, . Capt. SurrnEARD, Cormorant! Sloop, Capt.
HUGHES, and the Hermes Sloop, CRPt. SIBLEY:
The Transports with the Troops are, the illo.izeirat,
Lieut. 'SIZIP3OI!7, ,Majestic, HARLAND, Malabar;
Ascimax, William Pitt, WEST, Albion, DODD,
Heron, BRoww,• Jane; SUNELL, • Prinees's RoYal,
If o s 641110 N, Mary Ann, PHILLIPS, Ceres,
Collins, HARE, Ranger, APPLEBY, and the Duchess.
of NOrthumberlandy GELLEY. , ,•- •

This day, at nine o'clock, ,the Court-Martial on
Sir HOME POPHAM.Teumed their Sitting, when Sir
HOME immediately entered on his defence, in a
Speech which occ*id four hours. _

DOVER, ALticki. g.---A most serious disturbance
took place here last night, in consequence' of an
'attempt having been made to rescue- a 'party of
Smugglers that were conveying to gaol ; but the Ma-
gistrates having timely called in the aid of the Miti-
tary, and the Riot Ad having been read, the Mob
Were dispersed, bat not before three of the Smugglers
bad made their escape ; the rest, however, were
safely lodged.
• 4,,

• FAIeMOUTH, MARCH 7.--Arrived the American
Brig Rowe!, COtiiat,6 from Rotterdam, in.distress;
she left Helveotsluys on Monday last, and brings
an account of the sailing of a Dutch Frigate about
three weeks since, with 300 troops on board, and
money for Ciaracoa and Batavia. An embargo was
laid on all Merchant Ships, and two other Frigates
were prevepted .sailing in consequence of the appear-
ance of two English 'Frigates. The wind was S.- B:
when the Dutch Frigate sailed.
- Sailed. the Auckland Packet, Cart. SCHUYLER,
with Mails for Lisbon.

DEAL, MARCH 9.—=Sailed through the Downs
from the firer this morning, the Rolla, GRAY, for
•
Virginia.

Came down from the Riter, the Diamond; SUM.=
MFRS, for Africa, and several other Outward-bound.
Vessels, and sailed froth the Downs this day under
Convoy of the Zebra Bomb.

Arrived the Vestal Frigate from a Cruize, and re-
mains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships as
per last. •

SHEERNESS, I%,ZARCH 9.—Went out of Harbour
to the Nore the Agamemnon, of 64 guns ;_ and the
Alkmaar Store-ship, Capt DAVEY.
Arrived His Majesty's Ship Coniiatlni from Deal.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZt-.MONEY,
To.the Officers and Company. of. His Majesty's Gun-brig
Minx, for the capture of the Dogter Catharina,, an. the,4th
tune, 18(4, and of- the Susanna Margargtta, on the 23d Au-
gust following, the net proceeds of the said capture, at No.
18, Clement's. Inn, .on the 13th inst. and every Tuesday and
Friday for three months.
To the Officers and Coinpany of His Majesty's hired
Armed Ship Providence, for the capture of the Louisa
rica, on the 14th Sept. 1804, the net proceeds of the said
Prize, at No. 18,- Clement's Inn, on the t3th instant, and.
every-Tuesdasrand Friday for three sears.
To the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's
Ship Triumph, for the capture of the American Brig Rar.gcr,
3d August silos in company with His Majesty's Ships War.
rior, Glory; and: RaiSonahle, an Wednesday and Thursday
the I lth and lath 'instant, at No. 13, Holborn-court, Gray's
run, acid every Wednesday and Thursday for three nionthg.
TO the Officers and Company. of His Majesty's' Sloop
Cormorant, for the capture of the Brig Hope, on the 13th
Feb. last, the salvage received for her, an board, on the gth
inst. and on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays, at No.
-z3,_Norlolk-street,' Strand.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's. Ship Uni.
corn, the proceeds 0-1: the cargo of the Catherina Thotin, cap-
tured,on the 2;141 9ct. 1803, so company with the Antelope,
at No. it, Ce,:d..strefb, Strand,. on the 14th instant, and for
three yearsJt the same place.
The followil in'tilllzgence relative to the French
, trOrt
.
Squadron at.rto be is contained in a Letter from
on board the Montetiue, of 74 guns, dated off Roche-
fort,..lan. 31.

" On the 13th instant we weighed anchor, and
'bent our course to anchoring ground off Rochefort,
where we came-to in about 12. fathoms water, and
distant from the French Fleet about ten miles, who
lay under the proteLlion of . a strong fort. On the
gli.d our Ship got under weigh,. for the purpose of
taking a nearer view of the French FL:et ; we had a
fine_beating wind, whichh, enabled us 'to stand so
close to am, that their shot might easily have
reached us,. when two of their cr. Ships loosed
their topsails, and.Ahe Admiral began to ‘sho4en
cable, when we thought proper to tack, haul our
courses, and lay our-Main-topsail to the mast ; when,
in-a feW' minutes, . the cowardly-. dogs handed their
topsails again, and lay still, not wishing to take any.
notice of our bull-dogs, farther than all of them
having their dastardly colours flying, and the Admi-
ral's Flag flying at his.mizen-topmast head. There
Pare six large two-deckers, and' one three-decker,
mounting 140 guns, and'having t 6QO men on board,
as our pilot tells .us, who is a Frenehman—besides
-several smap Ships of War; be that however as it
will, they seem to have no inclination to leave their.
births as long as we continue here. We have always
six 74's upon this Station."

The celebrated. Ox, the property of Mr. Jorm
TomKw:, of 'Abingdon, was last week sold for reo
FUineas, to a person who has taken. him to Bristol
air. His weight is 32 cwt. 2 qrs.; girth, behind
the fore legs, a_teet and. a half; round the belly, 11
feet 2 inches : from the ground to 'the brisket, 14
inches; and the height 7 feet 4 inches to. the
shoulders. The usual quantity of water he has been
accustomed. to.think wiled fed on meal, is so gal-
lons a day.

E n.L.TNI3 r.laG LI, NIA ucii 7.

COURT OF s.F.ssloNr.

a late. l'ap,,sr I.Ve'ga're'o
,
short- vita. of sonic.; of the titidet discUssion of
• relatincf to the dispnted to the
I.;rineely estates of' the. tidble family 07. ROkburgli.
We then mentioned, that, the grant poiin of
CoMpezition between Sir James Niirelifi-b Irides and-
' Getrerml Ker, each .of.WhoM'claiibatti the; estates
and dignities, as heirs-Male under the anci6tii family
titles, theCoUrt, after considering long and ingeni7
Ous rnemcriLns, had ordered a further hearing of
Counsel. In consequence, very full pleadings lately
took place, arid were condueled with singular ability
;and acuteness by Mr. Boyle and the Dean of Facul-
ty, on the part of Sir James Junes, and by Mr.
Cranstoun and Mr. Gillie 3, on tile part of Gen. Ker.
It appeared from the pleadings; that, in the year 1648,"
Robert Ker, then Earl of Roxburgh, bad ekeCuted
an entail, in favourof a grandson by a daughter, giv-
ing hini.hiS estates and titles) on condition of his
marrying °tie of fout grarid-daughters, by a son Who
had predeceased him. This grandson .aceordingly
married .his :cousin, the eldest brand-daughter, and
the estates have ever since been enjoyed by their di-
rgt descendants, till these terminated in 1865; by
the death of the last Duke. The queStion then came
to be, who.was next in succession, and this, it Seems,,
depended on the construaion of a particular clause'
in the old entail. i 64a. •It was contended,- on the
part of Sir James limes, that, dccording to that
clause, the estates add title must now gd to him, as
The heir male of the body of the third grand-daugh-
ter of Earl Robert (the second havingdied without.
issue-male, at least none-crow
owexisting); and on" the
part of General Ker, that, in virtue of the same:.
clause, he Was, entitled' to the estates and' titles, as'
heir-male general of the eldest grand-daughter. The
points that thus came under discussion were so much
involved in the critical construaiou of clauses in old •
title-deeds,. and the legal import of certain techni:.
cal phrases in these deeds, that it is not easy to.,
give an abridged view of them. Indeed, the, interest
.which this case, has created arises mare tioni the
immense property at stake (probably the largest that
was ever in dependence. befere the Court of Session)
than from any thing very reinarkable in"the:case it
self,.which seems purely one of legal nicety, and,not
very easily understoOd, but by Gentle Men of the
profession. .

- The Court Yesterday delivered long. Opinions; and,
.by a considerable' majority, determined thf.t points
which were the subject of the above competition in
favour of fir „Tames Innes. The,other point in the
case, where Air. Ballenden Gawler her, the dis-
pbnee of the late Duke, is apnrty, we underst.,nd is
again before the Court, for a - review of their former
judgment, which reduced the settletheiits made in
favour of that. Gentleman, , • • ,