The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, attended by the Baroness
AHLEFELDT and Sir lamas Ittvriarr, honoured the Duke
and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND with her company at
dinner, on Wednesday evening, at Northumberland-house.
Prince LEOPOLD came to town yesterday afternoon, from
his residence at Claremont.

The Duchess of KENT, the reigning Duke of SAXE-
COBURG, and the Prince of LELNINGEN, visited the
Duchess of CAMBRIDGE yesterday.
The Duchess of CAMBRIDGE honoured the Earl and
Countess of JERSEY with her company at dinner last even-
ing, at their residence in Berkeley-squAre.
A numerous meeting of the Lords of his Majesty's most
Honourable Privy Council was held at one o'clock yester-
day, at the Council-office. There were present their Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of SUSSEX and GLOUCESTER, the
LORD CHANCELLOR, the Archbishop Of CANTERBURY, the
Bishop of LONDON, the Lord President, the First Lord of
the Treasury, the Secretaries of Stste for the Home and
Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State
for Ireland, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Master of the
Horse, the Lord Steward, the Grootr of the Stole, the
Earl Marshal, the Deputy Great Chamberlain, the Earl of
CARLISLE, the Duke of RICHMOND, and Lord HOLLAND.

The meeting, it was understood, was for the purpose of
making arrangements respecting the Coronation.
Their Lordships remained about two hours assembled,
Mr. GREVILLE attended as Clerk of the Privy Council.
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A conference of the Ministers of the Great Powers was
held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was
attended by the Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassa-
dors, the Prussian Minister, Count MATUSCEWITZ, the
Russian Envoy Extraordinary, and Viscount PALMERSTON.
The conference lasted between two and three hours.
Viscount GODERICH entertained the Cabinet Ministers
at dinner on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Privy-
gardens.

Major-General Sir AncinnALn CAMPBELL left town
yesterday for New Brunswick, of which colony he has
recently been appointed Lieutenant-Governor.

THE CORONATION.:

Preparations have commenced already for his Majesty's
Coronation. This morning the workmen were busily em-
gaged in removing the temporary depository for the Re-
cords in Westminster-hall, which is to undergo an imme-
diate cleansing. The Records are deposited in the King's
Mews.

It is remarkable that not a drop of rain fell at
Virginia Water during their AIAJESTIES' stay there on
Tuesday, whilst at Windsor, and even so far as Cumber-
land Lodge, it rained in torrents.
The LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed Mr.
BLUNT, of the Chancery Bar, to the Commissionership of
Bankrupt. iacaut by the death of Mr. btrnv.
The announcement of the second reading of
the Reform Bill was received in this city with demonstra•
Lions of almost universal satisfaction. The bells of the
churches early on Friday morning, with merry peals, an-
nounced the welcome tidings, and continued ringing at
intervals during the whole day. It is rumoure'l that the
unceasing clang drove several of the birds of prey, who
have built their nests in the church, out of the city for the
whole day. Probably a few more such ringings will rid
us of them altogether.—Lincoln Times.

We are 14py to notice that the export trade,
the chief vent for which is at Liverpool, has been parti-
cularly brisk during the last month. Cotton manufactures
were exported to the value of upwards of eleven hundred
thousand pounds. Woollen manufactures, which were
thought some time ago to be decaying, to the value of
nearly six hundred thousand pounds, and the infant manu-
facture of silks, has exceeded eighteen thousand pounds for
the month only. —Liverpool Courier.
ST. SWITHIN'S DAY.—A gentlemen who
has examined the truth of the popular adage respecting the
" forty days' rain," has observed, that in nineteen cases
out of twenty, if it rain on the 15th July, it will rain for
above five weeks.

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The estimate of
the sum required to provide for the payment of certain
salaries, allowances, pensions, and services heretofore paid
out of the Civil List for England and Ireland, the here-
ditary revenues of the Crown in Scotland, and the Four
and a nag per Cent. duty, but for which no provision has
been made in the Civil List of his present AIAJESTY, from
the periods to which the said services were severally last
paid, to the sth July, 1831, is 240,0001. clear of fees and
all other deductions.

The influenza, which has been so prevalent
in London, and at Exeter, Plymouth, &c., is at present
very rife at Falmouth, where whole families have been
affected. Happily, though severe in the commencement,
it is rarely dangerous.

All the letters from Italy mention that a con-
siderable Austrian army is now concentrating in the en-
virons of Milan. The Piedmontese troops which had been
marched towards the frontiers of the Austrian possessions,
are now on their way to Savoy. Our Ministers are no
doubt acquainted with those dispositions, and Marshal
SOULT is preparing, we hope, to act both in the south and
in the north.

A new comedy in five acts, entitled The Schad fur.
Coquettes, was last night produced for the first time at thiS
Theatre. It is from the pen of Mrs. Goau, and is a
lively, agreeable play. The linguage is invariably good,
if not witty, and the situations comic and well imagined.
The plot is something to the following effect :—Lady
Honoria Howard, a young married Ldy, doubting the
warmth of her husband's affection, determines to excite
his feelings by her coquetry. In this she is unexpectedly
Assisted by the arrival of an early friend, Frederick
Lumley, who has made a clandestine marriage, and whose
wife she takes into her house under a false name. A
number of suspicious circumstances arise out of this,
which at last are the cause of her forfeiting her husband's
confidence and her parents' affection. From the warmth.
of her husband's conduct, and the discovery of a duel, she
learns the extent of her power over him, and at the same
time is taught the danger of involving herself in the
charms of coquetry. The characters in the piece
are not very striking, or original, still they contrive
to furnish much entertainment. Miss TAYLOR, a very
sprightly and versatile young actress, performed the
part of Honoria, and showed that she possesses the true
vis cornica. Her manner was arch and animated, wit).-
out trespassing on ease or elegance. She is a great acqui-
sition to the Haymarket. The remaining characters wtra
well sustained, and the play was decidedly successful. A
little curtailinew, however, would do it no harm. The
epilogue, which was a very short and apposite one, was
written by Mr. &HAVER..

SUMMER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WINCHESTER, JULY 14.

DEACLE V. RARING AND OTHERS.-FALSE ARREST AND

IMPRISONMENT.

The plaintiff is a country gentleman, residing within six
miles of Winchester; the defendants are Mr. Francis Baring,
Mr. Bingham Baring, the Rev. Robert Wright, magistrates
of this county, and two other persons. Some information
charging Mr. Deane with having aided and encouraged a
mob during the rustic insurrection of last year, a warrant
Wit issued for the apprehension of himself and his wif ,
and the manner of executing that warrant constituted tl e
feundaion upon which the present action was built. Mr.
Deacle was brought to trial upon the charge at the last
assizes at this city, and acquitted by the Jury, without being
ea led upon to enter into any defence.
Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS address I the Jury at great
length upon the subject of the violence and injury to which
Mr. and Mrs. Deacle had been subjected by the defendants,
and concluded his aidress by calling
William Lewington—l am a sad,ler and harness-maker
in Winchester, and served the office of constable in No-
vember last. I was sent for on the 24th of November,
by Mr. Seagrim (an attorney, and one of the defendants).
I went to the Magistrates' roma in the gaol, and was
asked if I knew Mr. Deacle ; I answered that I knew bitn
well and worked for him. I was asked if I could appre-
hend him, and I said that I could. I received instruc-
tions to do so from Mr. F. Baring, in the presence of the
other gentlemt n. Mr. Seagritn gave me a wart ant, and
Mr. Becket, the gaoler, gave me some hand-bolts, and
after getting a light cart and two men, I set off for Mr.
Deacle's house. On arriving there I told him I had got
a warrant against him ; he asked to see it. He said that
the Magistrates must be mistaken, as his conduct had
been the reverse of that imputed to him. I said Mrs.
Deacle must come also. He said she was very poorly.
She at this time came out of the parlour, and said that
there were some gentlemen riding about the house.
These gentlemen then came in. They were the two Messrs.
Baring and Mr. Wright. On coming into the house Mr.
Baring said to me, " Constable do your duty, handbolt
them." I hesitated to do so, but after a time I band-
bolted Mr. and Mrs. Deacle together. They bad both
behived in a remarkable quiet and civil manner.,and. came
np to the handbolts when I held them out. Mrs. Deacle
had at this time neither bonnet nor shawl, and requested
that she might he allowed to have them before she was
taken away. Mr. F. Baring said, they could not wait.
Mr: B. Baring then said to me again, "Do your duty ;"
and Mr. F. Baring said, that he did not gee any necessity
for carrying the lady handbolted. She is very small and
delicate, and seemed in bad health. Mr. F. Baring fine-
ing that there was no key to open the bolts, which were
spring bolts, tried Mrs. Deaele's hand with the bolt, and
it came through and she got free. Mr. B. Baring then
having a loaded pistol in his hand, went up to a man that
was standing near with a gun, he presented the pistol at
the man's head, and told him to give up the gun immedi-
ately, which the man did. Mr. Baring then brought the
gun into a room where there were three or four others,
and poured water into them all to prevent them froin
being used by any body. I took Mr. Deacle out of the
house into the yard, where .we met Mr. Seagrim. Mr.
Deacle said to him, " I know you. Good God !
what is all this about ? I am quite innocent of
this business." Mr. Seagrim answered, " I dare say you
are, and so is your wife too." Mr. B. Baring and one of
the constables then brought out Mrs. Deacle to the cart.
She said she would not ge in such a conveyance, and asked
to have her own horse, but this was refused. There was
no spring to the cart. The road was very rough, and Mr.
B. Baring made toe hasten on. Mr. Deacle, who was
handcuffed, Mrs. Deacle, and I, were in the cart at this
time. Mrs. Deacle begged that the cart might go slower,
as the jolting distressed her so much, that she could not
possibly continue it. As the cart continued on at the
same rate, she made an attempt to rise and get out of the
cart. Mr. Deacle put out his hand, and said to her, " Sit
still, my dear : it is better to be quiet." Upon this Mr.
B. Baring rode up, and struck Mr. Deacle a blow.with a
stick upon the arm, directing him to sit quiet in the cart.
Mr. Deacle looked very earnestly at Mr. B. Baring, but
said nothing. I saw nothing whatever that could justify
or provoke the blow. Mr. Deacle only inquired, after he
had been struck, the name of the gentleman that had
struck him. We went on about four miles farther, when
a post-chaise came up, and Mr. and Mrs. Deac'e were put
into it, along with Mr. Becket, the gaoler, by whom they
were conveyed to Winchester gaol, where I saw them
next day. I did not observe the least signs of resistance,
nor hear an uncivil word addressed by Mr. and Mrs. D.
to any of our party during the whole transaction. "
Switzer, another constable, deposed that when Mr. B.
Baring refused to allow Mrs. Deacle to have her horse, the
witness said to him—" Good God ! Sir, let the lady have
her horse ; and I'll hold the bridle, and be answerable
with my life if the lady goes away." To this Mr. B.
Baring answered, by once more exclaiming " Do your
duty, Sir."
Ann Scarlett, a servant of Mrs. Deacle, deposed that
Mr. B. Baring took Mrs. Deacle round the waist, and
carried her under his arm part of the way across the yard,
her head being at one side of hit arm, and her legs dang-
ling down at the other.

The Rev. Mr. Rogers deposed that Mr. Deacle had
been educated and taken a degree at Oxford ; that he was
the son of a clergyman of the church of England ; and
that both father and son were, in the highest degree res-
pectable persons.
The JUDGE having summed up, the Jury retired about
20 minutes, after which they returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, against Mr. B. Baring, dam ,ges 50?., and bend
for all the other defendants.

This verdict seemed to excite the greatest astonishment,
for most of the bar, and almost every one in Curt said if
on the Jury they would have given at least 5,0001. for so
gross and wanton an insult and unfeeling conduct towards
those who had not uffeted the least resistance, the defend-
ants not adducing the slightest evidence in palliation, or
attempting to justify it.
Mrs. Deacle was in Court ; she is a very delicate lady-
like woman. The case seemed to excite the greatest inte-
rest, the Court being crowded to excess the whole time.

By an arrival from Cape Coast accounts have
been received of the termination of the long and disas-
trous dispute between the English forts and the Ashan-
tees. The circumstances are stated in the following letters:
" Extract of a letter from Robert Roberts, Esq., dated
Cape Coast, April 12, 1831 We have at last received
the promised and long-wished-for security from the King
of Ashantee ; he has lodged in the Castle the 600 ounces
of gold, and sent a son and a nephew of his to reside at
Cape Coast as hostages, and to be educated ; and we are
only waiting to assemble the different native Chiefs to tell
them publicly of it biifore peace is proclainu-d.' "
" Extract of a letter fro►n Robert Roberts, Esq., dated
Cape Coast, April 27 I have now the plea•ure of
informing you that peace has bee❑ made this day with the
King of Ashantee for all parties, including the Dutch arid
Danes, as well as the English, and am happy to say there
was no obstacle whatever given to it by those native Chiefs
who some time ago were quite averse to settling the
palaver. We may now congratulate ourselves on such a
happy occasion, after eight years of nothing but trouble.
I sincerely hope it may be the means of doing good
fur us all.'"

EAST INDIAN FEMALES.—The feet, ancle,
and waist of a fair Brahminee, and indeed of almost all the
female natives, are perfect symmetry, whilst the band and
wrist are cast in a mould of elegance far superior to that
from which, in other countries, those beauties are de-
rived. —..otley's Rustum Kahn.