The Sun.
London, England, 1822-06-13 00:00:00

LATE DUEL IN SCOTLAND.

[From the Edinburgh Courant, June 10.1
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—This forenoon
the Court met, and proceeded to the trial of
JAMES STUART, Esq., accused of being the prin-
cipal in the duel in which Sir ALEXANDER BOS-
WELL, of Auchinleck, was mortally wounded on
the 26th March last. The trial is not expected
to be long, but as we are necessitated to go to
press at an early hour, we will give the particti-
lars in a second edition at six o'clock in the
evening.—Mr. STUART entered the Court at
10 A.M.
, accompanied by his relatives, the. Right
Honourable the Earl of MORAY, and DAVID
EttsKINE, Esq. of Cardross. t1(1 Judges
taking their seats with the usual 'fortn..s, the
LORD JUSTICE CLERK announced to Mr. STUART
of his being to be tried for acting as priticipal
a duel with Sir ALEXANDER BOSWELL, Bart. who
lost his life ; and he desired the indictment to
be read by his Majesty's Counsel, which. being,
done, a Jury was chosen of the following gentle-
men) viz.—

Sir Alexander Maitland Gibson, Bart.
Sir John Hope, Bart.
Sir James Dalziel.
Hamilton Dundas, Esq. of Duddingsto4,
James Watson of Saughton.
J. IVauchope of Edmonstone.
Thomas Adinston of Carcant.
William Pagan, Esq. Spittleton.
J. Haig, Lochnn.
J. Thomson of Burnhouse.
John Anderson of Whitburgh.
D. Brown, clothier.
Paterson, ironmonger.
Thomas ➢,`Ritchie, merchant, Limb.
Stewart Telfer, ditto, Leith.

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MANstori-Hotrst.—The Concert for the be 7
nefit of the Irish Poor was given last nig t,sat Ole
Mansion-House, when the Egyptian-hall was, by.,
favour of the I MAYOFt, fitted, up in expecr
tation of a numerous company. All,the leading' •
members of the musical world, foreign as well ,
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British (with one or two exceptions), .came
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nerously forward to support the cause of eharity..•, • 7.,
The music in general was well selected, from
Cherubini, Rossini, Mnzart, and others. • Thg t
audience, however, Was by no means crowded, ' • •
notwithstanding the distinguished names of the
Patronesses ; though there is reason to believe,
that at the west end of the town a considerable • -
number of tickets were paid for by families who is
found it inconvenient to attend.. Refreshments
for the company were liberally provided in an •
adjoining apartment; and those orthe Lady P 4.
tronesses, and their friends who were present,
were invited to supper with the Lord and Lady
Mayoress.

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PUGILISM AT M OULSEY LIURST.--FoUitFIGHTS.
Yesterday the amateurs mustered very numerously to witness
the fight between Acton and Ward, for a purse of * guineas,
given by the P. C. This battle lasted only 144 minutes: Ward
had it all his own way.--The second fight, between the Ypipg
Gas and Burke, was won by the latter in two minutes, owing to
the former spraining his ancle. The third fight, between the
Gipsey and Scroggms, after a most desperate contest of 27 Mi-
nutes was won by the Gypsey.—The fourth fight, between
Stockman and Jones, the Sailor Boy, was decided in the fiat
round. Jones having sprained his ancle.—Ward offered to fight
Martin for 1001.—On the whole it was $ good day's play.

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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

13TRAC1S FROM THE DNALY MORNING PAPERS,

June 13, 18/2.

[MORNING POST.I
The debate on Mr. Western's motion relative
to the Currency was resumed last night, and con-
tinued till a quarter past three o'clock this morn-
ing, when on a division it was rejected by an
immense majority, there being against it 194,
and only 30 for it. Upon this result we congra-
tulate the country. As we have already ob-
served, we foresaw in the first instance the incon-
-veniences now complained of, and accordingly
raised our voice against the measure. In the
present state of things, however, the only dan-
ger would be to attempt retracing the steps,
while the futility of the idea is fully mani-
fest. Whatever research or talent some of the
speeches delivered last night may evince,
they now come too late, and can only serve to
agitate, and consequently injure the country, at
a time when we have so considerably recovered
from all injurious effects. The prevailing distress
we sincerely regret, but still it is only partial,
and cannot be, of much longer continuance.
Within the last year Ministers have remitted no
less than four millions of taxes, and reduced the
expenditure two millions, making an aggregate
saving of six millions in twelve months. Indi-
viduals should follow the example, and a fixed
hope be entertained, that Providence, which has
so bounteously favoured us at all times, will won
romove the passing visitation, and restore the
Empire to universal prosperity.

[MORNING HERALD.]
In all that has hitherto been said or written on
the subject of the fall in the rent of land, and in
the price of agricultural and other productions,
we do not remember that the following circum-
stance has been taken into consideration :—The
difference that now exists in the value of the
national debt of 800 millions, compared with the
price it was worth during the greater part of the
last war. Its present value is about 801. Money
for every 1001. Stock ; which requires 640 mil-
lions of capital to purchase it. During the
-war, its average price was not more than
QO/. Money for every 1001. Stock ; which
consequently required but 480 millions of
capital to compass it. If, therefore, we deduct
from 640 millions the sum of 480 millions, we
have the sum of 160 millions of capital, taken
from land, houses, agricultural, and other pro-
duce, which we will call the real thing, and that
amount has passed into what we will call the
unreal thing. Exclusively, however, of this
drain of capital from the one thing to the other,
an immense capital has found its way into ano-
ther unreal thing, called foreign securities. We
should think the drain, in the later instance, has
been not much less than 40 millions since the
peace. If we. should be near the mark in our
data, we have the sun's of 160 millions for the
English unrealities, and 40 millions for the fo-
reign, making the sum of 200 millions taken from
the realities, and put into the unrealities. We have
been often surprised that Mr. Ricardo, Mr.
liuskisson, Sir Francis Burdett, and others, who
.have spoken and written so much on these ab-
struse subjects, should never have contemplated
the probable effect, per centum, that such an
operation as this must have had on the price of
land, of horses, and of all other descriptions of
property. We are especially surprised at Mr.
Ricardo, since it is said that he calculated to
such a nicety in the affair of Mr. Peel's Bill, as
to assert, that it had made, or would .make,
exactly four and a half per cent. difference in the
price of all things.

[MORNING cnttoNlcr,r.]
We profess ourselves utterly unable to see the
benefit that would result from going into a Com-
mittee to inquire into the effects produced by
Mr. Peel's Bill. Who would recommend a re-
turn to a depreciated currency now that we have
got a good one? If it is not meant to return to
a depreciated currency, why go into a Com-
mittee ?—Mr. Western seemed to think that to
depreciate the currency was an infallible means
for promoting the prosperity of a country. Such
a description led, in his opinion, " precisely to
the same results as the opening of the Ame-
rican mines on the diminution of the value
of silver, and the consequent increase of the
quantity of metallic money throughout the
nations of the world. But though the impor-
tations of America did produce depreciation of
value in the Silver Currency, did not that event
also .give an increased stimulus to the industry
of all the nations of the world ?" And he ap-
pealed to the famous mistake into which Hume
fell on this subject, which has been so well ex-
posed by M. Mill. " The man," says the latter,
" who goes first to market, with the augmented
quantity of money, either raises the price of the
commodities which he purchases, or he does not
raise it. If he does not raise it, he gives no ad-
ditional encouragement to production. The
supposition therefore must be, that he does raise
prices. But exactly in production as he raises
prices, he sinks the value of money. He there-
fore gives no additional encouragement to pro-
duction." The whole amount of the effect pro-
duced by depreciating the currency, limits itself
to the transference of property from one set of
persons to another.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
We mentioned a few days since that a ballot
-would be taken at Lloyd's, upon the vote for
giving 5001. to the suffering Irish. It took place
yestettlay (Wednesday), and we are sorry to an-
nounce this trifling sum (trifling compared with
the former gifts of this house), was lost by a ma-
jority against the grant of 23—the Noes being
269; the Ayes 246. The supporters were stre-
. THIOUS in their exertions, and canvassed with in-
defatigable assiduity ; but the Committee were
decidedly against them, and also a party who
conceived the funds of this house ought not to be
applied to any charitable act unconnected with
nautical mercantile distreas or claim. It is
curious to observe the feelings which actuate
the same men at different periods. When a vote