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or his fellow-citizens—(violent murmurs and ap-
plause)—whilst privilege stands between him
and promotion. If you, wish to have soldiers, do
not deprive them of the hope of advancement. Do
not make commissions and promotion the reward
of informers and sycophants. Do not accustom
brave non-commissioned officers to see the King's
household troops and the Royal Guard made,
as it were, the nursery for officers of the line."
He then eulogized the war administration of
Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr, who kept the veterans
of the old army embodied in reserve. " Those
invincible phalanxes," said he, " who obtained as
imperishable renown as the phalanxes of Mace-
don, or the Roman legions—under the orders of
that immortal Captain, whose name will go down
to posterity with those of Alexander and Caesar."
This allusion 'to Buonaparte excited a conflicting
storm of applause and murmuring. " Pardon,
Gentlemen," continued the orator ; " I thought
a word of that brave old ' French army
might find an echo ;n this Chamber which so
many of its trophies once decorated.—(General
Foy-4' Patience ; the time will come again."
From the right—" No, never.") Give, then, to
the remains of the old army officers whom they
know, and at length forgive them the crime of
having shed their blood for their country in 1813
and 1814." An effort was made to obtain this
speech the honour of being printed by order of
the Chamber ; but the proposition was vehe-
mently opposed and rejected.

[MORNING POST.]

American Papers to the 6th ult. have come to
hand. They furnish us with a confirmation of
the intelligence of a revolution having taken
place at Porto Rico, where the Patriot Flag was
left flying. By a vessel arrived at New York
from Porto Bello, a copy had been obtained of
the regulations adopted by the Patriot Govern-
ment at the different ports of the Isthmus of.
Darien. The ports of Panama, Chagres, and Porto
Bello, are declared open to vessels of all nations.
Goods introduced by foreign vessels for the con-
sumption of the country are to pay a duty
of twenty-four per cent. A discrimination
of two per cent. is made in favour of the Pa-
triot Governments of South America. A French
man of war is said to have arrived at La Guira,
in the latter end of January, to intimate that the
Colombian flag would be, received in all the ports
of France and her colonies. The Congress of
Colombia, as an-evidence of their gratitude for
the eminent services of General Bolivar, have re-
solved to found a city which is, to bear his name.
This is intended as the future seat of Govern-
ment of 'the Republic. The Hon. W. Pinkney,
Senator for Maryland, died at Washington on
the `2sth ult. Both Houses of Congress, and the
Judges and Members of the bar of the Supreme
Court attended his funeral. The Commissioners
under the sth Article of the Treaty of Ghent,
appointed to settle the boundaries, have disagreed
in opinion on the principal points, and *ill each
make their separate report to their respeaive Go_
vernments.

LENT ASSIZES.

SURREY.
11A3IMOND V. THE INHABITANTS Or WOKING.

This was an action against the inhabitants of the hundred of
\Yoking, to recover a compensation for an injury sustained by
the plaintiff, in consequence of the destruction of certain stacks
of hay, &c.

It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiff, a clergyman, re-
sides at Wigglesham, near Bagshot, within the hundred of
Woking. After his family had retired to rest on the sth of
May last, they were alarmed about twelve o'clock by a cry
of tire. It was immediately discovered that the plaintiff's
hay and straw stacks were on fire, and burning with rapi-
dity. Considerable damage was done before the fire was
subdued. Several elm trees were literally burnt to the
very roots ; and others so much scorched as to stop their
growth. By -the intrepid and activelexertions of the neighbours,
who procured a fire-engine from the Duke of Gloucester's
Lodge, the flames were prevented communicating with the plain-
tiff's dwelling : but their progress was not stopped until some
outbuildings were destroyed. Upon examining the cause of the
flames, no doubt could be entertained that they orignated in
the diabolical design of some incendiary. It was observed that
the stacks of hay and strew were on fire at different places, and
in such spots as to remove all supposition that the fire was ac-
cidental. The usual notices having been given by the plaintiff's
attorney, under the Black .Act,.9 Geo. I. upon which his action
was founded, the plaintiff, after having in vain- endeavoured to
discover the perpetrators of the offence, now sought a compen-
sation against the Hundred for the injury sustained. The sum
sought to be recovered was 1931., which included the injury
done to the trees.

Witnesses were called to prove the manner in which the in-
jury was committed, and the amount of loss occasioned by it.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found their
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1871.; excluding the value
(tl.) of the trees injured and destroyed.