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MERCANTILE Sil IPPI NG.

DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived: and sailed for
the River, the Hebe, Hannington, from Messina ; June, Dor-
kin, from Seville; Graham Moore, Dixon, from Palermo;
Importer, DeejieF, from Berbiee ; and Enterprise, Lloyd, from
Riga, the latter remains. Arrived from the River and remain,
the Henry and William, Worts, for Malta; Progress, Barton,
for Trieste; Hop.?., Madge, for St. Michael's; and Samuel and
Ann, Hawes, for Cork.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind W. by N.—Arrived from
.the Downs the Skelton, Carlill, for New York ; Cambria, Cook,
for Jamaica ; Glasgow, Phillips, for St. Michael's ; and the
.Daphne, Kohler; from Hamhurdn for New Orleans, litter
passed on. - . .

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 80.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived • from
the Downs the Amelia, Bully, for Cadiz ; Three Brothers,
Sampson, for St. Michael's ; and the David Lyon, Berry, for
Jamaica.

LIVERPOOL, JA:f.3o.—Wind W.—Arrived the Martha,
Middleton, from Buenos Ayres; and James, Anderson, from

Charente.

The Spring Grove, Hughes, from London to the South Seas,
was totally wrecked on the 23€'• November, near Soffee, and two
of the crew drowned. .

The Eliza, Foley, from Dungarvon to Bristol, was driven on
shore, on Wicklow Bar, on Wednesday night; cargo discharging
with damage.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT
FOR JANUARY, 1325.

Notu ithstanding the very heavy rains, and
humid weather experienced during the greater part of the.
month, the Wheats continue to look kindly, and have not run
so much as might be expected ; but should the present mild
season continue, it will be necessary to permit the sheep to have
a few days pasturage upon them to prevent their becoming too
winter proud. The season has been so mild that the slug and
other insects have been enabled to commit great devastation,
and of consequence the labour of the farmer's friend, the rook,
has been incessant; a great portion of the cold lands remain
untilled, and must have of course to be sown with the spring
seeds.—Barley, in consequence of the quantity required by the
Scotch distillers, remains in very great request, and keeps up
its very high price.—Oats and Beans turn out but very indif-
ferent, and maintain almost importing prices ; and indeed we
should not be much supriseii to find the ports opened for seve-
ral sorts of Grain before the next harvest. —Huy of4ood qua-
lity is rather scarce, and ,will be very high in price by the
spring, as it generally-happens that such mild winters as the
I present always precede cold:and backward springs.—The Man-
-1 gel Wnrzelaud Cairots will then he in great request, and the
experienced by those. who have a steele will .no donLt
induce many of their neighbours to cultivate such beneficial
plants.—Potatoes generally do not keep well this year; the
I quantity of rain that fell just before they were harvested causes
I them to decay in the burrows.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, .lAN.. 31.
( Sittings in Hilary Tcrrn for the City of Loudon, 13,y:we the
• LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.)
MILITARY ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRI9ONI:ENT.

M'INTYRE LAYAIID.
Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case to the .fury. The plaintiff
had been Quarter-master-serjeant hi'thelOth Regiment of Foot,
which was in 1819 stationed at Malta. The defendant was
Major-General of the same regiment, and at that time was
Governor in the absence of Sir Thomas Maitland. The plain-
tiff bad held the highest character for correctness in all the
duties of his station. But there had been serious complaints
by the troops of being supplied with bad pork s • but whatever
delinquency there had been of this kind, it had been that of
another person, who was allowed to sell out all his commissions,
and, what was most extraardiaary, to rrtire on the rank of
Brevet Colonel. The plaintiff was tried by a Court-Martial,
and found guilty of having neglected to examine tha pork, or
submit it to examination after he had received it from the
Commissary. He was sentenced to be reduced to the ranks;
and he was so reduced. But, after he had been thus sen-
tenced, General Layard, who acted as Governor, thought pro-
per to have the plaintiff arrested, thrown into the provost-
prison, and there confined from the Ist of July to the sth of
October. For some days no person was allowed to see him,
and during the whole of the trine his wife was not suffered to
see him or converse with him, without the presence of the
gaoler, who placed himself between them. The cell was a nar-
row, low, dark hole, without window or opening for light or
air. The Jury could judge of the nature of so long a confine-
ment in such a place and in such a climate. The consequence
was a fever, which had nearly proved fatal. His food was exa-
mined ; even a lemon was cut into quarters to see that no com-
munication was made to him. The Learned Gentleman
then called witnesses to prove the facts, and powerfully ap-
pealed to the Jury to redress such grievous oppression and
suffering.
The evidence of Colonel Rate was read, from which it ap-
peared that General Layard had ordered the arrest and impri-
sonment, and that the reason was to prevent any communica-
tion between lU'lntyre and Major Trickey, who were believed
to have conspired in the issue of the pork from the stores. Majer
Trickey resigned rather than stand a Court-martial.
The AT addressed the Jury, and began
by expressing his conviction that they would decide according
to the evidence, and not the inflamed and exaggerated state-
ments of Mr. Brougham. The case was defended by the Trea-
sury, because General Layard, who had served for many years
in Spain and various other places, was now absent on the
public service ; but if any one supposed that, should damages
be given, the Treasury would pay it, lie was greatly mis-
taken. The Plaintiff's character had been good, and there-
fore he had been promoted ; but he lent hiniself probably to the
temptations of Major Trickey. It was not because Major
Trickey was superior in command that a fraudulent collusion
could-be justified. The plaintiff had made an over-issue of
beef without authority, and he had also withdrawn beef an&
substituted unwholesome pork. This was-done in the absence or
the officer whose duty it was to inspect the. provisions. They.
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say whether lawfully or not.
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satisfy the case. .
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed Up. The circum-
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