The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S .BENCII, Ftua. 2ft. ..
Before Chief Justice Anaorr and a Special Jury.
THE APOTHECARIES' coMpANv v. nowt.
This was art action to recover from the defend int .cutain
penalties imposed by the 550 Geo. 111. oil all persons (not
practising as Apothecaries at the time) who_should; after Alie
passing of the Act, practice as Apothecaries.
Several persons, who gave the defendant tun greatest Credit
for skill and capacity, were called, some of whom pro►eu. him
to have practised as an Apothecary after the pasShig-tif the
Act, and others proved his having acted previous to the,p;l•s-
-ing of the Act, but he bad not at the time served more than
three years and a half of his apprenticeship. • .
Mr. DEN lAN addressed the Jtiry for the defendant.
The Jury retired for a few minutes, and on I heir return
delivered a verdict for the plaintiffs on the lit count—Da-
wages 201 ; and for the defendant on all the other counts.

The House of Commons was last night gra-
Aifled with a most sublime spectacle; Absolute
Wisdom pleading the cause of Unblemished In-
,tegrity. In other_ words, Alderman WOOD moved
for a Select Committee to examine into the out-
;ages alleged by the Common Council of Loudon
to have been committed upon _Alderman lirArru-
ArAN on the With of _August, at Knightsbridge
j3arracks, The motion was supported not only
-by the Enfans Perdia of Opposition; but, by.
,Mernbers on the other side of the "Ilouse, who
were fID2CIOUS for a full exposure both of the
-transactions at Knightsbridge, connected with
supposed outrage, and of the manner in which
_the City of London Committee had• got up the
„case laid before Parliainent. This accounts for
,the fact, otherwise so surprising, that the motion
was negatived only by 184 votes to
Never certainly was a case brought forward,
.which, upon the first dispassionate investigation,
4turned out more, thoroughly, we may say more
.itulicrously, contemptible. Sir ItocenT WIL-1
sox's complaint did afford some scope for tragic
„exhibition, though-marred to a certain degree by:
the humours of the' Memberfor Aberdeen ; but
_Alderman WArrultrAx's story was irresistible
broad farce froM beginning to end, nor .could
..:serf the solemn obtestations and Cassius-like
yhyLiognomies of Mr. nocuous': and Mr. DEN.
"444 restore that " decent horror " which had.
b yen irrevocably put to flight by the tale of Mr.
I.roperjohn and his man.. This precious morsel
evidence,, read by Sir WILLIAM Cuivris from
411? MiUnter, of the Committee, made

• • • •. . • • ",Laughter keep men's eyes
,e3,4incl. strain their 'cheeks to idle.merrimen;
A passionliateful to" the purposes"
lef Alderman WOOD, his client and his spppor,
ers, 1111(1.61'4 to be superseded by occasional
of,.indignation when the. principal. pas-
:sages.of Mr. YtrAvrnmAN's letter were contrasted
with the facts really disclosed in evidence. Mr.
:TVAiTamAN stated tb Lord BATUURST that, as

,the procession 31.ent Co Kensington, a brick
,was thrown from ttle' barracks, which fell near
()As horse, and wounded, as he was informed,
4.1 young girl. The " young girl" nevu, was
forthcoming, nor has. any 'distinct account
obtained, either of:the throwing of this
.hrick, or of any person being wounded by it,
though, it fell near the Sheriff's horse, one
4votil4 tlih that worthy Gentleman could have

given pr procured some better account of the
kircumstance than we have hitherto been fa-
owed with. A wiibess indeed stated to the
Committee, that he " saw a brick thrown from
illtitinci the Pigracli oval on that day, just at the

' head of procession ; it. went in amongst some 1
. .
females' close against a lamp post ';.the brick was
picked up and-. Shewn to Mr.. Sheriff WAITH-:
MAN." • The witness could' not say whether it
hurt any body ; lie " saw the person throw it ;
he was in hiS shirt sleeves." Now, if the bar-
rack gates were shut, any, person who has been
at Knightsbridge must know, that, 'the witness,
-unless placed in, a very elevated situation, could
not have seem a man behind the wall on the in-
side. And again, if the brick was thrown before
any disturbance began, and fell near the head of
the procession, it could not have fallen near She-
riff WAITIIMAN'S horse,for Ald.Woon stated:that
the Sheriffstationedhimselfopposite Sloane-street,
where he saw the pocession pass, and .never ,
went near it till the people-began hissing. With
regard to tire act which has heen represented as
' an attempt to assassinate the Sheriff, the repre-
sentations on that subject are completely falsified
by the best evidence, that of the man who struck
'aside the soldier's carbine. This' person stated,
that the Life-guardsman was pointing his piere in
different directions, but he twice declined saying
that the carbine was aimed at the Sheriff.; and,
on the contrary; declared that although the
man, from his elevated situation, had the oppor-
tunity of picking out any person he pleased:, yet
he did not hold his. weapon as a person worth.' who
_wished to mark an individual opposite to him.
Mr. WAITIIM.AN, one would suppose, might have ,
noticed these circumstances as well as the wit,
ness, but being. occupied in making his horse
plunge, and perhaps, for other reasons, not
wholly master of his powers of .observation, he
had some excuse, in this instance, for setting
down facts- in his mind
,ina different man-
ner from that in which: they really took
place. Again, the Sheriff stated to -Lord
134TurntsT that he sent a message .to the Officers
requesting -thatthe'men might be kept within the
Barracks, and that the answer, returned was,
" that the Sheriff? might be d—d," &c. upon in-
quiry it turns out that the message was carried by
a constable of his own accord, and not by the
Sheriff's desire, . ana that the answer was not
sent by the Officers. The first fact Mr: WAITII-
MAN must have known; the second he might
easily-have learned upon inquiry.
The general observations suggested by. the
Proceedings of the 26th of August need. scarcely •
be dwelt: upon. All persons, we suppose,
must agree that the - funeral procession of
that _ day was a most impudent and crimi-
nal attempt to provoke ,riot and bloodshed,
and to' raise up new matter of unjust" aecn,
sation against the Government and the Mili-
tary. The general expectation. was, that a scene.
was to take place at *Knightsbridge ; and that
,
expectation must bare - been greatly height,.
ened, when the 'Magistrate, who hid .taken
such an unheard: of part- against the -Mill,
tary upon the Inquest then depending, exhibited
himself in ostentatious .activity on. the road ad-
joining the Barracks: ' But: the Magistrate was
' there to preserve the 'peace, to protect, all
par-
ties, to perform his -duty to his country!
,Let
the facts answer him.. Violent disturbances took-
place ; the lives of two soldiers. were endangered;
252 windows were brOken.'. at.the barracks ; yet
not a single:rioter was arrested,- and the tumult
,was 'finally quelled - by another Magistrate, after
Itlie;Sheriff had gone, home !
i0t,:.:.:,
. ..

We would refer those persons who speak invi-
diously of Ministerial majorities, to the division
of last night upon the Salt Tax, when, a dif-
ference of opinion being really prevalent in the
House to a considerable extent, Ministers carried
their point by only four voices.

We received this morning the French Papers
of Tuesday, the contents of which are rather
warlike. An article from Petersburgh, of. Jan.
20, says, that no doubt is entertained of •the
opening of the campaign in the spring, and the
pflicial declaration of war by. Russia is daily
expected to appear. 'The Second Army, un-

er Couut de \iriTTQFNrsTEIN, is to conlUieuce

hosti'ities ; and his divisions have been rein-
forced by the third corps of the First Army
under the . orders of General WORONZOFF,
and the fourth corps of the Cavalry of Reserve,
under the command of General BcfROSDIN. This
warlike intelligence is ..co-rroborated .by accounts
from Frankfort of the 20th ult., which state that

the hopes of peace have suddenly diminished at
Vienna, particularly among the bankers and mer-
chants who do business in the East, and are
generally considered to possess the best infor-
mation.
The following nominations to the vacant offices

. .
in the Spanish Ministry are reported to have
taken 'place :--- Senor CUESTA, Archdeacon of
Avila, who was prosecuted by. the Insittisition,
and obliged to: emicr,rate to France,. under
CHARLES V I is appointed Minister of Grace and
Justice; and Senor. CLEArtNcts, Minister,of the
Interior. rioth aremember.s of theCortes,aud belong
to the liberal party. The Count de TORRENO was
designed to be the new Minister of Foreign Affairs,
but has declined the office, and is .going to Paris.
The opening of the new Cortes will take place

,on this day, previous. to which it was expected
the new Ministry would be formed definitively.
In the. Chamber of Peers, on Monday, the
proposed Law on the Press was the subject of
discussion.. Three Members spoke—the Duke
de la RO,CiIEfOUCA.ULT against, the Count de.
ST. ROMAN for, and Count BASTARD on, the pro-
jet. Ail these speeches, and one of the Keeper
of the Seals, were ordered to be printed.—ln the
Chamber of Deputies the debate on the Public
Accounts was continued.

The French Funds closed on 'Monday at
91f. 45c., and after the closing hour rose still
higher.
It is asserted, in the very latest Letters from
the South of Germany, that the Emperor ALEX-
ANDER will place himself at the 'head of his
army, against the Turks, the first week in March.
His presence will ensure a two-fold object—
union in, the Councils and promptitude of execu-
tion. Austria, in 'an official Note to the Diet,
has declared her intention of observing a strict
neutrality. Accounts from the interior of Russia
state that women and children, not excepting
even the families of the Commandants of Choczim
and Bender, are, to repair, forthwith, to the left
side of the Dniester,_ a circumstance manifestly
indicative of an approaching rupture. Very large
magazines of corn, hay, &c. have lately been
provided for the. Russian army.

American Papers arrived this morning to the
3d of February.
Extract of a Letter from Washington, 29th
Jan.:----44 As it is probable some calculations may
be made on a change of the laws in relation to
our West India trade, think it proper to state,
whatever difference of opinion there may be as
to the wisdom of the plan we have adopted, it is
not at all probable any alteration will be made
during the present Session of Congress."
It is impossible to give any satisfactory opi-
nion as to the fate of the Bankrupt Bill.—The
ice is nearly cleared out of the harbour, but
some yet remains in the bay, but not enough to
prevent navigatiou.--(FrOm the Mercantile Ad-
vertiser, Feb. 2.)
( From an American Paper of Jan. 26.)

understand that it is intimated, on semi-
official out-door communication at Washington,
that information has been received from our Mi-
nister at the Court of St. James, that there are
strong grounds to believe that the British Mi-
nistry are tired of our restrictive laws against
the trade of their Colonies, and that a little
longer perseverance on our part will inevitably
attain 'for us all we desire. This information
comes very apropos to chect; the ardour of oppo-
sition now manifesting itself in the Southern
States against the restrictive laws of our Govern-
merit. .

CONGRESS.—(NEW YORK, FEB. 1.)
A-Resolution was proposed in the Senate on
Monday, to instruct the Committee on Com-
merce and Manufactures to report a Bill for
allowing drawbacks on merchandize imported,
which shall be manufactured from foreign ma:te-
rials, to the amount of the duties on such ma-
terials. '

IRELAND.—The Papers received this morning
contain the Proclamati6us of . the Lord Lieu-
tenant, Placing the Counties of Cork and Lime-
rick, with the exception of the City:of:Limerick,
and the Liberties thereof, under the provisions of
the Insurrection Act.—Baron M'CLELLAND, and
the" ATTO.RNEY.GENTiItAL- for, Ireland, have ar-
rived in Dublin from Cork:—The Magistrates of
Kerry were to. meet on, Saturday last, at Tralee,
for the purpose of applying for the extension of
the Insurrection Act to, that Count y.— Thirty-jive
of, the prisoners, capitally convicted before the
Special Commission at Cork, have been selected
as. victims , to the offended laws, and ordered for
as follows :-IThree at Churchtown, on
the 25th of February ;—four Carriganimmi,
February 28th;—,five at Deshune, March Ist ;—,
four at Newmarket, March. sth ;--q)ne near Kin-,
sale, March Bth,;--.-fifteen, April_ Ist, (the place,
not stated in the Cork paper) ;--three, May I,st,,
(ditto). Two are ordered to beimprisoned one
year, and twice publicly whipped ; and .one to,
be imprisoned, sip: months, .and twice_ publicly.
whipped.
•

Yesterday afternoon his MA3 tsTy held a Privy
Council at his'Palace at, Brighton; The Earl of
HARROWBY as Lord President, and Mr. BULLER,
as Clerk of the Council, left town in the morning
to attend it.

We this clay received a private letter from a
respectable Correspondent at Birmingham, which
gives a very satisfactory account of the improved
state of that great manufacturing town, and which
we shall insert to-morrow.
The Archduke CHARLES is heir to the Duke
of SAXE TESCHEN, who has left him forty mil.

lions of florins. He has also left legacies to most
of the Archdukes, brothers of the Emperor, and
of the Prince Royal. Prince SCJIWARTZENBURG
is executor.

On Monday morning, at two o'clock, the Civil
Tribunal of the Seine heard with closed doors

the affair relative to the deposit of five millions
made by Napoleon Buonaparte in the Bank of
M. Lafitte, and the testament of the former in
favour of Messieurs Montholon, Bertrand, and
Marchand, the Valet de Chambre of the Testa-
tor. M. Dupin pleaded for the legatees, and
M. Persil for M. Lafitte. The tribunal ad-
journedl to Monday next, to hear the plea of M.
Jacquinot tie Pampelune, the King's Attorney.
We continue to receive accounts from various
parts demonstrative of the uncommon mildness of
the season. 'A late German paper states, that
in the last days of January,' a 134 H-finch's nest,
with, young ones, was found near Neumagen,
on the Moselle. According to some very ancient
Chronicles, similar seasons of precocity obtained
in 128 Q Ochen the grapes in the- Moselle were
in blossom in the month of April) ; and in 1325,
which was a still more extraordinary year, as the
trees blossomed in January ; 07 corn-harvest
was gathered in ,at Whitsuntide; and autumn,
when the vintage was made took place on Saint
James's Day (July).

6 to 1 agst Cat
7 to 1 agst Parasol
7 to 1 agst f. out of Reserve
DONCASTER

II to 1 agst Meteora
9 to 1 agst Tiptywitchet.

9 to 1 agst Marion
LO toil agst Swapp
.1 to 1 agst Ajax.

ST. LEGER.
18 to 1 agst Newbyth
18 to -1 agst Eul;..hrpSyne
20 to 1 agst Sycorax.

Some discords, according to. report, have arisen
between the Directors of the Concerts of Ancient.
Music, and the Conductors of. the Vocal Con-
certs, in consequence of which the latter have
made a movement from the Hanover-square to
the Argyll Rooms.
TuE AamY.---The right wing of. the first bat-
talion of the 3d Regiment of Guards, on their
route, on Wednesday, from Dartford to town,
were met near the Elephant and Castle, New-
ington, by a number of their friends, and rela-
tions, who testified much pleasure on their re-
turn to the metropolis. The whole battalion
looked well and healthy, and seemed in excel-
lent spirits.
CHARGE OF RAPE.-It waS stated a few days
ago, that a Clerk in a Public Office had been
charged with having violated the person of a
young woman in whose father's house he lodged.
The name of the former is Miller, that of the
latter, Shearmait. A public examination of the
case took place-.yesterday, at Bow-street Office,
when both the parties appeared, the young wo-
man being attended by her father, mother, and
sister. A long examination of .witnesses took-
place, in the course -of which it Appeared that
the Presectitrix was by no means circumspect in
her conduct, and;a Gentleman in the course of
his cross-examination was compelled to admit a
fact which took from her entirely the plea of
innocence. The charge was of course dismissed,