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SUN.

BUENOS AYRES

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER DATED RUEI4O3 ATRIA,
♦PRIL 26.

" The election of a new Governor for this province took place
in the early part of this month, and Don Gregoria de las Heras
was chosen by a large majority of votz.s. This has given very '
general satisfaction, as he is a man of excellent character, and
likely to follow up the plans Of, as well as to retain in office,
the present Ministers ; but in the election that has since taken
place of representatives for the Junta, (the opposite party), or,
as they are called here, the " Anarquistas," have been success-
ful, and 12 of their friends have got seats in that Assembly.—
It is much feared that this unfortunate concern will be the
means of overturning the present system altogether and should
this be the case, the rapid improvement thitt the province of
Buenos Ayres has been • making for some time past, 11 every
branch, will be put a stop to, and it will again fall into that state
of confusion and mismanagement which so long crippled its re-
sources, and injured its commercial prosperity. Government
funds, notwithstanding this unfavourable aspect of affairs,
maintain a high price : a large sum of 6 per cent. was sold a
few days ago at 46 ; and as there is very little now in the hands
of needy people, it would be impossible to make purchases of
• any amount even on these terms.
" The Bank of Buenos Apes goes on very prosperously ; it
paid 20 per cent. on the deposited capital in the first year; and
the whole amount of capital fixed by the original charter, say
one million of dollars, has now been subscribed, and a share
could not be purchased under 10 to 15 per cent. advanee at this
moment. There are at present four English Directors, and five
Spaniards and Creole*, and the British must hold about one-
half of all the Bank stock."

ZITRACTS FROM THE ARGOS or BUENOS AIRES.
BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 2. '
Yesterday being the day for electing the Governor-General,
Don Juan Gregorio de las Heras was elevated to that dignity,
by a majority of 2E voters out of 30•
The Representative of the province addressed a vote o
thanks to the late Governor and Captain-General, Martin Ro
driguez.

APRIL 10.
PACKETH.—The Government having considered the pro.
posals presented by the Consul of his Britannic Majesty for the
regulations of packets, has decreed as follows :-
1. The Captains of the British packets may land with the
snail (correspondence) without waiting for the visit of the officer

•
of the port.
2. They must, however, on landing present themselves first
of all to the Captain of the port, that he may take those sans-
tor measures from which no vessel is exempt.
3. The Captains shall go with the whole of the correspond-
ence to the office of the British Consuls, where they will leave
the official dispatches and will then proceed to deliver all the
private letters to the General Post-office.
4. The postage of a single letter shall be two teals instead of
three which it has been hitherto. Double letters in proportion.
5. Every packet shall remain in port ten days after its arrival,
unless detained for some extraordinary reason by the British

Consul.
6. The British Consul-General may establish in his office a
box to receive from the English merchants the letters which the
packets are take back, the Captains of which shall receive them
without the intervention of the General Post-office.
7. The other letters which the packets are to take for the mer-
chants in general shall be delivered to the respective Captains
by the Director-General of the Post-office, without which no
one shall depart, giving notice of his departure the day before.
B. The letters of the Government for England, or for any i
other part of Europe, shall be taken on board the packets free
' of postage, with the sole condition that those for England shall
be deliveredl to the Post-office in London, and those which are
intended for any other part of Europe shall be under cover to
some correspondent in England..
9. The British Government packets are exempt from all port
duties, but the passengers and crew are subject to the regula-
tions and general police of the country.
10. Three days after the arrival of each packet a mail shall
be dispatched for Chili.
11 With respect to which no change will be made in the
present practice till an agreement is made with the Government
of Chili.
12. The official dispatches for the public agents of the Go-
vernment of his Britannic Majesty in Chili and Peru shall be
taken by the mails from this capital postage free, it being taken
for granted that none but the letters in the service of the said
Government shall enjoy this exemption : the Consul-General
of Buenos-Ayres may put them into a separate bag and seal it-
-13. This decree shun he sent to those whom it may concern,
and inserted in the official Register.
The paper of the 14th contains the news of the arrival of the
Spanish ships Asia and Aquiles in the Pacific. An express
was immediately dispatched to Chili and Peru with all the
particulars that had been learned respecting those waylay, and
the direction they appeared to take.
Aram 17,

Yesterday arrived the first English packet-boat, the Countess
of Chichester, which sailed from Falmouth on the Bth Feb. ;
it had on board M. Pousset, the Vice-Consul. The second
packet was to sail on the 20th of the same month.
It was on the 6th of April that Mr. Pariah and Mr. Griffiths
were first received by Don Bernardino it evadavia, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and delivered their credentials as Consul-Gene-
ral arid Vice-Consul; which credentials, signed in due form by
the Right Hon. G. Canning, and a letter of introduction, of
which we have obtained a copy, anti which we insert with the
more pleasure, as it is the first official document from Europe
in which the Government of the country is addressed in a direct
manner, and conformably to the character which the country
has been endeavouring for 15 years to acquire.
THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING TO DON BERNAR-
DINO ItEVADAVIA.

" Foreign Office, Dec. 15, 1823.
" Sir—The King, my master, having determined to take
measures for the effectual protectiOn of the commerce of his
Majesty's subjects at Bueno.4 Ayres, and to obtain accurate in-
formation of the state of infra in that country, for the pur-
pose of adopting such (measures) as may eventually lead to
the establishment of friendly relations with-The Government of
Buenos Ayres, has been pleased to nominate and appoint Mr.
Woodbine Parish to the office of his Majesty's Consul-General
in that state.
" Mr. Parish will deliver this letter to your Excellency, and
I must request you to be pleased to grant him what is neces-
sary, that, as being duly qualified,- he may enter on the exer-
cise of his functions.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your Excellency's obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " GEORGE CANNING.
" To his Excellency the Secretary of
the Government of Buenos Ayres."
It appears that on the same day Mr. Parish was recognized
in form, and that on Tuesday, the fah, he presented to Senor
It evadavia Mr. Thomas Rowcroft, Consul-General for Peru,
who proceeds by land tdhis destination.
It is said that M. Funes, Charge d'Affaires from Colombia,
is authorized to negotiate at Buenos Ayres a loan of from
300,000 to 500,080 putstres, for the use of Peru, under the gua-
rantee of General Bolivar, either with the Government, with
the Bank,. or the merchants separately.
These papers contain the account of the insurrection of the
garrison of Callao, and the declaration of General Olaneta In
favour of the Royalists, dated Potosi, Feb. 21.
A letter from San Jago de Chili of 12th March, mentioning
this mutiny of the garrison at Calloa, says, " The Liberator re-
trained at I'atavilia, recovering from a serious illness which
attacked him in January. The Colombian force was 0,600 men
of all arms ; the Peruvians at Truxillo, under La Mar, a little
more than 3,000, and were to be doubled. More Colombian
troops were expected, but it was not known the Liberator would
take the field.
The enemy seemed to have—Canterac at Jauja, 4,500;
Valdez at Arequipa, ; Laserna at Cute°, 500 ; Olancta,
'2,000; and-at lea, 1,600.

SEvEriPENct.

PA

;Its.

(From vo Cowiar-Fradvair.)
PARIS, LT. Benjamin Constant k not
so silent when be thinks it proper to reply to the
Journals as when he interrogates the Ministers.
lle accuses us of malevolence on account of what
we said of his dumb interrogations and his silent
eloquence, as if there could be malevoleuce in
pointing out an innovation in the art of oratory.
To silence us, M. Benj. Constant quotes a para-
graph of his speech,. in which he refers to the
anarchy which is destroying Spain. This para-
graph merely proves that M. 13enj. Constant only
wished to attract the attention of the chamber
to the condition of the interior of Spain, when it
was only required to take the contracts of M.
Ouvrard and the defalcations which they have
occasioned into consideration. if he wishes to
remind us of this he might have spared himself
the trouble ; it has been both remarked and' re;
membered. We do not say, however, that M.
Benj. Constant always makes use of the silent
eloquence which he has adopted for the tribune;
far from this, for we know that hav;ng published
a work of which very little was said in the world,
he has just spoken of it himself at great length
in the Cunstitutionnel.
STUTTGA RD, Juvg 47.—T Chamber of De•
puties of Wurtemberg has again taken the -Tarif
into their consideration.—Cotta, the Deputy, as
well as several of his Colleagues, had before esto,
blished the principle that the augmentation of the
duties on imported commodities was not produc-
tive of an increase, and very often produced a
direct contrary effect. The Minister of Finance,
by virtue of his office, has supported the plan
for a new Tariff, and even advanced, during the
discussion, the opinion " that experience shewed
smuggling was not occasioned by the high duties."
This paradox made even his colleagues smile,
and the opponent of the measure not only proved
the direct contrary, but shewed how much smug
gling, by the temptation of high profits, seduced
and demoralised the. people. This discussion is
not destitute of interest for other countries. The
Chamber adopted unanimously a proposition, to
express, by an Address to the Government, the
wish and hope that all the Southern States of
Germany would establish a better system among
them, and abolish those restrictions which pre-
vent the free circulation of commodities iu their
common country. The Chamber lo 60 Same
Address expressed also the regret it would ever
have at discussing any system of duties directed
against neighbouring States of Germany.

From the Constitutionna.)
PAWS, JULY 3.—The Brigadier-Geueral who
commands the third subdivision of the 19th mili-
tary division, has caused the following notice tv
be inserted in the two Journals which are pub-
lished at Clermont (Puy de Dome):--
" His Excellency the Minister of the Interior has informed
the Minister at 'War, that some banking•houses are collecting
in the different departments information concerning the num-
ber of emigrants, the property which they have lost, &c.; and
that it appears, this information .is collected with a view to
speculations on the indemnity which may be granted to the
victims of the Revolution. By desire of the Lieut.-General
commanding the 19th division, the Brigadier-General com-
manding the 3d subdivision hastens to inform the Chevaliers of
Saint Louis, anti the officers under his orders, to be on their
guard against the effect of intrigues which may be set on toot
by cupidity. They are at the same time informed, that accord-
ing to instructions received by the Prefects, information on
these points will only be supplied to parties interested, who are
to apply to the proper authorities proving their claims. •
(Signed) "DE SAINT SUZANNE.
"Clermont, June 28, 1824."
From the Pilots of Sunday.)
ST. CLOUD, JULY 3.—The King received irl
private audience the Duke de finval-Nlontrno.,
rency, the Ambassador to-the Holy See. M. de
Villele transacted business with his Majesty.—,
Neither the King nor the Princes have been out
to-day-
PARIS, J oLY 4.—The Circe frigate, command-
ed by M. Duplessis-Parseau, arrived at Brest on
the 25th ult. from the Isle of Bourbon, and last
from Martinique, which latter, island she left on
the Ist inst.
MANHLIM, JUNI 9.B.—We have received here
some private information respecting the dismissal
of M. de Chateaubriand, which, if not wholly
conformable to truth, is not less worthy of being
recorded in the chronicles of the day. "1t was
not (says our correspondent) either the indivi—
dual views of the FA-Minister with regard to the
affairs of South America, or his conduct .during
the discussion of the projet of law on the Rentes
which was the motive of his disgrace. M. de
commute!
Chateaubtiand is accused of having favottted
the recent conspiracies in Portugal. Mr: Can-
ning having received the most authentic ittfor;.
Ambassador. The latter forthwith informed the
enoontddtioc
t otherwise
o rM.
d e than
chlai ,
French Cabinet, and
cared it toonthtehiPs hneloti:yreestito:ht.
the sudden journey of the Ambassador to Paris.
teau,
briand, which was diametrically opposed to hid
• te sentiments, and thus it is easy to account,
private
public in uncertainty.
for not only the dismissal of that Minister, but
dillihsaepl‘pirOtvlearcohf ett
also the manner in which it was signified to him!
There are, however, important reasons for con-
This sum
„flung the real cause of this dismissal, and foe
cieutly expliiins why his dismissal did not Aria.
place until after the
rejection of the project oh:
the Rentes, although it was already decided -et.
the moment when the proofs brought by3lie:
Prince de Polignac had rendered the fault of the
leaving the
Minister notorious:'
PA•
1181 JULY 3.—}litwort Fumns.—Fiveler Pent. COP,
lUn4 Opened at 1011. ; Closed at IQIE 35c...--BirailtAtock, 1,900 f.
Neapolitan Five per Cent. lii Ducats, 87 i itinites cnsfagne,.
I,ll.—Rvyal Spanish Loan, 1820, 691—,Exchango on 149n,r0n,:
Memo*, 26f, 2k.—,Three do. 2:if. ioe.--7( Court Autheu..
ague, July

INTELLIGENCIL

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 3.

BOROUGH OF PETERSFIELD.
THE KING V. CURUIZ, GENT.
SCAILLETT.—My Lords, I am to shew cause against a
rule which has been obtained against a Gentleman of the name
of Currie, who is the Steward of the Court Leet of the Borough
of Peterstield calling upon him to 'thew cause why a criminal
information should not be filed against him. My Lords, the
defendant is a young man of highly respectable connections,
end gentlemanlike manner;_ and I should feel exceedingly
concerned, if, in the issue of this case, your Lordships should
feel yourselves called upon either to make this rule absolute,
or to pass the slightest censure upon him. My Lords, the affi-
davits, upon which the application is made, are very long, very
tedious, very minute, and very full. The Borough of Peters-
field and the Manor, which are en-extensive I believe, have
been for many years vestedein the family of a Gentleman of the
name of Jolliffe. It is stated to me, that four-fifths of the
property in the Manor belong to that family. I do not mean
tq conceal from the Court, that for a vast many years the repre.
'mutation of that Borough in Parliament has been very much
influenced by, that family, and that persons supported by their
interest have represented it. My Lords, some years ago, a
. Gentleman of the name of Atcheson. having taken a house in
the Borough, and being desirous of restoring that Borough to
that state of independence, which 1 hare no doubt is exceed-
ingly agreeable to his feelings, as well as to the feelings of a
great number of other persons in other parts of the kingdom
(ant each party thinks his own views of independence arc the
most correct), endeavoured to undermine the interests of this
family of the Jolliffea, and he first commenced by being a
Candulate f'or the Borough, but he failed, and presented a
petition to Parliament, in order to bring in question the right
of Election. There was a Petition of Appeal from the decision
of the first Committee, and the Committee to whom it was re.
!-erred, determined that the right, of election was in the free-
Seeders, and that the freeholds might be divided ad infinitum.
Mr. Atcheson having thus gained a step, thought it right to
endeavour to get your Lordships high authority in aid of his
views, and he began by a very legitimate mode of proceed-
ing upon every question of a like kind, by moving for and
obtaining an information in the nature of a quo warrantm—
There have been several successive quo warrants informations.
Now I ant very far from complaining of all these proceedings%
I think Mr. Atcheson was handling the proper weapons m
such a controversy ; but what I am now going to state is going
a little beyond that which is usual upon these occasions. Hay-
ing.obtained these several Holes, he thought it right to apply
against a Gentleman of the name of Hector, the Steward to
Air. JollifFe at the time, by a criminal information for adhering
to that very custom that lie heel been questioning by quo.wan-
ranto. The ground of his application was, that although the-
Court had thought the point sufficiently doubtful to grant a
.sere wirrrauto to try it, he had thought proper to adhere to the
old custom, and he had selected the Jury himself, and that he,
being the servant of Mr. Jahn, had actually selected the Jury
not. out of the quarters Of Mr. Jolliffe's enemies. The Court
egranCed that Rule, but they enlarged it till after the quo war-
rant° information was tried, and upon the decision of that
.in-
tbrmation they discharge I it. Your Lordships will now see
Atcheson's actkity. Having obtained these quo tear-
rautos, and this information against Mr. Hector, and as these
proceedings were not brought' judicially to a termination, it was
. thought proper to elect another Mayor ; and as the Steward
must either from the experience of all these proceedings, fly
into the arms of Mr. Atcheson, or take the risk of adhering to
ear old custom, he thought it most discreet to adhere to the old
custom, and select a Jury as his predecessors had done. Upon
.vhich ground Mr. Atcheson in the course of last Hilary Term,
and before your Lordships had pronounced judgment either
-upon the informatios in the quo warranto, upon the motion for
ea new trial, or the information against Mr. liector, applied for
and obtained this rule. Now, my Lord, I will state part of the
gravamen of Mr. Cutriest crime. It is, that Mr. Currie ven.
*tared, notwithstanding the Court had granted a Rule against
Hector, to pursue the saute custom that had been chalked
out by his predecessors. Mr. Currie was at that time a clerk
in the office of Messrs. Ilanrot and Metcalfe, Solicitors, than
-whom Done can be named of greater respectability. It seems
is was a great offence in hint, being a clerk to Messrs. Hermit
~and Metcalfe, Attornies of Mr. Jolliffe, and engaged in
the proceedings respecting this Borough, that this young man
accepted the appointment of Mr. Jollilfe as his steward, and
pursued the same course-that former stewards had done. It is
stated that he wildly gave a list of the Jury to the Bailiff,
'and that the Bailiff returned that Jury. It is then stated that
-there were a great many oche,/ persons to the Borough who
were equally ht to serve upon the Jury, and there were forty
petsona who, in Mr. A tchetton'e opinion, were fitter. We have
a very long affidavit, filed by a person of the name of Brewer,
who does not state that he was a partizan of Mr. Atcheson's.
lie has not the candour to state that he was made constable by
this very Jury, and dined with the Jury at Mr. Jolliffe's ex.
*pence, according to custom. It takes the whole of the Jury
summoned and sworn in, and gives a history of each of
them with great partictileriey, to thew that each had at dif-
Terene times done something to indicate his attachment to the
eittiliffeintereet ; that they held some property under Mr. Jol-
liffe ; or that they held property under au agent of Mr. Jot-
litre ; or that they were employed by Mr. Jolliffa or his
agent (such an ent as Mr. !lector); that some of them were
leis tenants. ag
these particulars arc brought forward as
argent. meteors of criminatton against this youpg Gentleman,
•ivfio went to the Borough with the. guilty; intention of selecting
persons Lieu appeared to be attached to the Jolliffe interest.
:f t appears that Mr. Atcheson was in the Court at the time of
the eleetior“—tbat the Court was exceedingly crowded with a
Treat number of other most respectable, persons ; but. that the
ury were . for the most part sworn from the friends of Mr.
Jolla Fl. That three or four not attending, Mr. Currie called
three or four others from those standing by, nod .then it Is
'swots' that a number of other persons were fitter men, or as
fit. My,Lords, proceed further to state, that in order to ea.
• tier the Court of the influence of the Jolliffe'it in the Borough
of 'Petersfiehi, a Gentleman of the name of James Andrew
Afinaliu, whose affidavit was made in Al ichaelmas Term, 1019,
has even detailed u letter, written by Mr. Jollifre's father or
grandfather to games Andrews, who probably from the name
was an ancestor of the Gentleman meleing the affidavit. It
hears date the leth January, 1001. ,This is the letter of the
Lord of the Manor to his own Steward J enclose a list of
Woe fary-el think fourteen ertough ; but I leave it to Mr. An-
drews. The dinner niust be a fixed mint, 2s. fal. each, includ-
ing room, fire, bread, beer, and dinner. The liquor must be
ale and punch. As to that, I leave It to your discretion , to do
what you think right. I would not spare, and there is no need
of waste. As to the houee, I have no one of my own, and
therefore leave it to youe but the Alton beer is so much better
'than anyother, it should be at some house where titat beer is
drawn. Letlhe bill be got in the et xt day, end %end it to me
to return to Mi. Andrews for payment. Young Mr. Fylee, I
Itelleve, will lie Mayor ; and then:fare my beet should be aired
and made up for hint, and the room ready, as he will be there
either Seto rday or Smulity. I am your ntuth obliged, (Signed)
*WILLIAM. 301.1APEE.-4 should think the tolls of the fairs
• soil markets must now be worth 201. a year at the least. If the
Jury tire sixteen, there will be two, Mr. Ryles, Sir Joseph,
sod Mr. Andrews. in all twenty." lie is particular about
the moldier, as the custom is, that the Lord of the Manor pays
fofelfe dinner. It appears that this Gentleman line thought pro-
per to bring this letter thrward, either to drew that they paid
211. fidsonic . a head, or for other purpose, I ir a show that be inter.
feted in the arrangement for the dinner. But there is anteater in
1791 It gives the history of Mr. Aletets. It seems lie had been
fonnerly Mayor, that he had served upon several Juries; and a
history is given-of him to strew that he was so connected with
theidollifie family that a reference was made by Mr. Jolliffe
to Mm as far hark as 1798 : so that it is quite clear he is a pat-
etesn of Mr. Jolliffe.—My Lords, I will now state the eillarit
of Mr. Currie, answer to all dme elleeationm. In thr first
Otte°, I hardly need entertain a doubt that the Court will'con-
ceivrethat, though Mr. (horde acted at some risk in what he
did, yet that, under the eireumstancee, he could not do other.e
wine than pursue the custom that had not been declared 'to be
illegal • and as to his keying in the room with the Jury, as he
swears 'he did nothing, nor say any thing, that in that reepeet
he did nothing wrong. Ile swears, after giving a history of
owes! informations, "• That in consequence of the proceedings
nnf tire said Nadia-hid Ateheson, in the Borough of Petersfield,
tine inhabitants at the Borough have become divided into two
fort` the said Ilylten Jolliffe, and the other for
the said Natheillivl Atcheson ; and, according to the best of his
hetet; there are very few persons who are not the partizans a
tire one side or kite other. That he was appointed Steward attic
said Court [sect by Mr. Jolliffe, in Januury, 1023 ; anti that in
tire tame rncrnth,m the tienal and actevuorned manner, he nomi-
nated the Jury Ad remained with them in order to assist them,
if necessary, whilethey deliberated as their presentments, art he
understood end believed to have been the invariable mode of all
leis predecemsors. TI baton the 19di January last pest, ire Also held
14:01aurt Led for the said Borough, in the usual manner, and
that is the exercise of the right of nomirestion vested in him, as
Steward, he selected such persons as uppeared to him fit and
proper to he Jurymen ; and that although wane of Om were,
as he believes, the supporters of the interest ofltlr..lelliflie he
wait informed, and verily believes, that several of them veers
not the decided partirris of either side ; and he then; be-
lieved, and now verily believes, dint all 'the said ',tritons
would do their duty conscientiously and honourably, as Jurors
that he appointed Mr. Meeres foreman of the Jura, because
he had heard that it was usual to nominate a person of hlti
Tucker and property, and who had before served the office of
Mayor to be foreman—that ha believes that Mr. Mecrea is quite.

independent of Mr. JoMire, and is possessed of considerable
landed and personal property—that he had no communication
previously to holding the Court with any of the Jury, nor did
he directly or indirectly, either before or at the Court, influ-
ence them in the election of any person to be Mayor of the'
borough ; nor did he during the time he remained with them
have any conversation with them on the subject, but that the
election of Mr. William Blunt, as Mayor, was their free and
spontaneous act."
.Qtie. of the crimes charged is, that Mr.
Blunt is also stronl
JY, suspected of having a favourable, disposi-
tion towards Mr. affe, although at the time when that elec-
tion was made, it was not likely that any Parliamentary elec-
tion would take place.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Did the steward act on his own judg-
ment, or at the suggestion of any other person ?
Mr. Scan LETT—I am reading his affidavit. " That the se-
veral persons, named in the affidavits of the said Francis Brewer
and of George Leer, sworn in this matter, as being eligible
and as well qualified, in point of rank and estate, to serve on
the Leet Jury as the late John Meeres and the several other
persons who served on the Jury, are, ns deponent is informed
and believes, all the decided and active supporters and parti-
zans of the interest of the said Nathaniel Atcheson, except one
or two thereof, and also except John Edward Shacklethrd,
Thomas Bonham, Fielder.Kiag, and William Binstead, who
are (as deponent is informed and believes) old and infirm,
and who did not attend, nor were likely, if eummoned upon
• the Jury, to have attended as Jurymen at the said Court
Leet." becomes material, because the affidavits on the
other side enumerate a'good many persons, whom they say
were as independent and as fit persona. to serve as those that
did serve. They enumerate Shackleford, Bonnham, King, and
Binstead, whom they say were not the partizans of either side.
We admit that to be true, but we say they were old and infirm,
and would not have attended if they had been 'summoned.—
The deponent solemnly denies, that in selecting the Jury, he
was influenced by any criminal or corrupt motive ; he never-
theless admits that he did not think it any part of his duty, as
the steward of Mr. .lollitre, to select the Jury with a view to
exclude therefrom his tenants, who form the great majority of
the said borough ; and he further says, he " believes the said
Nathaniel Atcheson and his partiians would-not have been
satisfied with any Jury, except the same had been composed
either wholly or for the greater part of persons attached to his
party and interest." 34 Lords, I have also the affidavits of
several other persons to the seine effect. Now, the question is
this, !nether or not the steward of Mr. Joni% ut the peril
of having an inforthation filed against him, to be bound to
throw all the influence he possesses from that situation into the
arms of Mr. Atcheson. l'our Lordships can easily conceive
the great probability there is, that this, whatever the final event
may be, is likely to produce violent party divisions in the
place ; and how difficult it is, in the midst of those divisions,
so find a sufficient neutral number to do justice to. both parties.
'We know, that at, before, and after u contested election, the
most innocent acts of either party are supposed by -their op-
ponents to conceal a wicked design. Mr. Atcheson is no,
-doubt warmed with patriotic zeal to enlarge the rights of this
borough, and a very laudable zeal it was—.as long as he con-
fined himself to the legal means •of warfare; but it is very
hard that he should come to the Court. and endeavour to put a
criminal colouring until' the acts of the avowed agent of the
other party, and to treat it as a crime, that Mr. Jolliffe's own
Attorney should be the steward of Ilk manor, and also a crime
that that steward should net sel.,et the persons that Mr. Atcheson
likes. I conceive myself, that whether st:ly thing is to he gained
or lost by the selection of the Jury, person placed in the situa-
tion of Mr. Currie, the servant of Mr. Jolliffe, is under no
obligation of any rt whatever to accept from Mr. Atcheson
the person he recommends. It is sworn here, and I have no
doubt your Lordships will thin!: it very probable, that the 80-,
rough Is divided into two vioknt factions. Now, I ask, put-
ting aside whether the selection of the jury arose from an im-
proper feeling or not, whether Air. Jollifl'e's Steward is to be
considered as committing a crime, because he does not select
the persons that Mr. A tcheson'a party choose to name. Now,
my Lords, when this application was first made, it was impos-
sible the Court should not grant it, because there had been a
former application,-which was then depending, against the for-
mer Steward, Km! the Court, not having heartlthlly discussed
the merits of that application, could not but grant this rule,
because it appeared that this Gentlernahwas acting in the same
way that his predecessors had done.

. - .
Mr. OAsELE::.—The former rule was discharged before
this application was made. This information was • not ap.
plied for, while hfr. Elector's rule 'was depending, but after it
was discharged. The Court granted the rule on the ground
that Mr. Currie had pursued the same course that Mr. Hec-
tor had done, in nominating the Jury only from Mr. Jolliffe's
party. .
Mr. St A 11.1.1: 1 I.—Tbm I. am, very sorry you did not state
that the circumstances' had been conshlered in Mr. (lector's
ease as furnishing no ground for the application. I pray the I
Coort to Snow every possible indulge nee to the passions and •
feelings of men, hut I do entreat you would arm no party with
your great authority in a case of this kind. 1 think they ought
to be content with that species of warfare, justifiable and left!.
tintate, and not to borrow the aid of this Court on the One side
or the other to carry a political point. ' The sole object of Mr.
Atcheson .is, if he can have information after information
against these parties, to get a Jury of his own and a Mayor of
his own.

Mr. Anase.—Notrithstanding the very full and conclusive
manner in which my Learned Friend, Mr. Searlett, has stated
this case, I trust the Court will sufFer me to 'make a few
observations, as It is a case of deep importance to the young
Gentleman who is concerned. The question for your Lord-
ships to determine, I apprehend to he, whether sufficient
grounds have been• whewn for supposing criminality upon
the part of Mr., Currie. and to call upon the Court to in-
terpose in this particular and special manner. What are
the facts of the case, to which your Lordships' rule is to
be applied ? four Lordships see, both Orion the affidavits
of Mr. Currie and of Mr. Atcheson and his friends, that
political parties in this Borough are as high as they can well
be ; that the town is so divided between the parties, that.
persons. eligible to the situation of Jurors, can be
few persons.
attached to one party Or the other. It appears
from mr. Curries statement, that,
in his judgment, the Jury
found,very f e
'
he selected was as impartial as under the circumstances of the
case could be found. Ile does not /Orem to say there were not
friends of Mr. Jolliffe neon it; because ho says,
without
apply-
ing to the friends of one or the other party. a sufficient number
could not be found to constitute a Jury. What course was Mr.
Currie to pursue? Was he to choose all the Jury front the
Mends of 111 r. Jolliffe, or the friends of .31r. Atcheson : or to
compose a Jury of half of the friends of Mr. Atcheson, and the
other half of the friend* of Mr. Jnllifll., in which event no busi.
news could be done at all ; for although, with respect to the elec-
tion of Mayor, there is but one view in which to consider this
case, namely, that the Mayor is the returning officer, there are
oth important services to be performed by the Jury. 1n'1023
AMC. Currie held a Court led,
manner as his predecessors; had done, and in the same manner
to which he nroceeded in the same
as in
.13.24. or tho4l proceedings in 11323 no complaint was
made by Mr. Atcheson; therefore he proceeded upon the second
occasion in the sante way as he bed done at first; for he had
the sancion of Mt. Atcheson. I theseritessohmit to your Lord-
41iPs' it is impossible to infer any criminal intent in Mr.
Currie's mind from the course he has taken.
Mr. MEREWVPIIHR.-1 am also to chew your Lordships
cause against this rule. and J think your Lordships will he ra-
ther surprised to find that, although Mr. Atcheson refers to the
former proceedings against Mr. Ilector, which were precisely
of the same desatintion, and, although he now mien some of the
affidavits used on that occasion, he has not the candour to inform
your Lordships that the rule was discharged. I believe, on these
occasions, it is usual to bring forward the whole case. I woad
add one other observation, that this is a case referring to a
great variety of' facts. and if them is any thing in this Gen-
tleman's conduct these parties can impute to him as nn
offence, that they might go to the ordinary tribunals of the
country. r trust your Lordshipa, in considering all the facts
of the case, will think, that if the grand Jury would not have
fonta the bill upon this occasion,-you will not grant a criminal
information, and particularly where the person so called upon
is an Officer having a discretion to exercise in the Court where
he presides.

Sin GAiir.r.r.E.—l am to address your Lordships in sup-
port of this little, which, I apprehend, when you have heard
the affidavits a little more fully stated, you will feel yourselves'i
called on to make it absolute. My Learned Friend, who has
just sat down, has complained, that Mr. Atcheson has ben
guilty of ward of candour in not informing your Lordships
that the Hole against Mr. Hector was discharged. Mr. Atche-
son, in his affidavit, has not referred to the application against
Mr. Hector, and he could not, therefore, without stating the
acts which were alleged agrainat this Gentleman have stared
that the rule was discharged. My Learned Friend, when he
complains of want of candour, might as well have himself
stated, that, though it was discharged, the circumstances under
which it wan brought forward wertsuch, that the Court thought
it right to discharge it without costs. Mr. Currie is a young
man, and as far as his general character is concerned, if it had
depended on that, your I.prdships would not havebeen troubled
with this motion • but our complaint is, that, with a full know-
ledge of all that Lid passed, he thought fit to pursue the same
course which it appeared Mr. !Teeter, brid done ; and I think
your Lordship will find that Mr. Currie, ham one of the faults
which young men usually have--u certain degree of courage
(to use no other tear} that led hint, at all hazards, to follow
the saute vatie which his predeetasor had pursued, and which
the Court, though they aid not grant the ruleagainst
thought a fit subject for much animadversion, . My 'Lords,
though Mr. Currie k a. young man, hi is not no* for the first
time acquainted with the proceedings in ibis borough.,, It,ap,
pears that a great number of proceedings haVe taken place re--
specting the elections in this borough, the whole of which were-

conducted by Messrs. Iranrott and Metcalfe, "for Mr. JAM;
Mr. Currie had not, therefore, on his appointment, to learn
what the situation of the Borough was. My Learned Friend,
Mr. Searlett, is a little mistaken in point of_time, when he
states that the application for this rule was made before
the quo warrant o was tried, or the discussion upon the rule
against Mr. 11 ector disposed of. The quo warrant° was tried in
11122. It decided the point of law which had been litigated,
namely, whether the custom was good for the Steward to select
and nominate the Jury. There was an application to set aside
the verdict, but judgment was given against the prosecutor
long since. -The Rule against Mr. Hector has also long
been disposed of, and we complain that Mr. Currie, after lie
was appointed Steward, has pursued the same conduct which
this Court thought fit to animadvert upon in the case of his pre-
decessor. My Learned Friend Mr. Adam urges it as a charge
against Mr. Atcheson that he slid not apply to this Court on
the occasion of the first Court Leet held by Mr. Currie, which
was in 11123. I think your Lordships will be of opinion that '
Mr. Atcheson is entitled to souse merit that he did not com-
plain of this first attempt, as he might have done. Ile gives
Mr. Currie, it' he had any doubts on the duties he had to per-
form, time to loo'.: around him, and to consider whether he
would repeat the offence a second time, after the proceedings
and the notice which he had had in the case of his predecessor,
and therefore one of the greztt complaints that is made against
Mr. Currie is, that after this forbearance, and with a full know-
ledge of all these facts, he chose to pursue the same course, and
to persevere in an undue and partial selection of the Jury. I
think yoor Lordships will find by Mr. Currie's affidavit, that
according to his account there were no impartial persons in
this Borough. They are almost all the partizans either of Mr.
or of Mr. Atcheson, and that in consequence he has
thought fit to Select only the dependants and partizans of 111 r.
Jollitfe. My Learned Friend says, what would 'you have them
tin? would
you have them take all of the one side or of the
other, or would you have them, take half and half? the conse-
quence of which he says would biz, that- no business would he
done. To this I answer, that if they chose to summon 23 on
the Jury instead of 12 or 13,' they would have their business
done; but if they pm.tist in 'going' S') narrowly to work, and
only to summon •and provide a tlinner for thirteen, instead of
twenty-three, they must, t,%e pare that they are impartially
selected. My Learned FriendAtays:it was not his duty to exclude
the tennants of Mr. Jolliffe hit was it his duty to exclude
persons because he ilunight they; were the partisans of Mr.
Atcheson? Certainly not. -It is said that we have detailed the
history of the persons summoned on the Jury. Undoubtedly
we have, and from it we shew the corrupt motives of the person
who appointed them, by tracing- in this manner the connection
with Mr; Jolliffe, awl the sort of influence he can exercise
over them. My Learned Friend has thought fit to direct your
• Lordships' attention to an institution in Petersfield, called
Churcher's College, by reading one of the letters stated in our
affidavits, but he did not inform your Lordships that the trus-
tees have a right of supplying vacancies In that College, nor
did he tell you who those trustees are, and the persons from
whom the vacancies are supplied. My Lords, it appears that
Mr. Jolliffe, the Lord of the Manor, is the first of these tau.
tees ; the second is the brother of this Mr. Jolliffe ; a third is
Mr. Twyford, his relation or connection ; a fourth is the son of
that Mr. Twyford, and a fifth is Mr. Jolliffe's nephew. All the
trustees therefore of this Churcher's College are under the in-
fluence of Mr. Jolliffe, and those persons who have voted on
this occasion, and were summoned for the .Jury, were persons
who.had sons put into this Institution, under the influence of
Mr. Jolliffe.

Mr. SCARVETT-1 wish you to distinguish between what
are stated as facts in the affidavits, and what you state merely
as your belief.
fIASF.LrE—I won't trouble your Lordships with the
detail of the affidavits. I will leave that to my. Learned Friends
who are with me, and will content myself with stating the
general nature of the case. It is stated as a breach of confi-
dence in bringing forward the first letter, because it is a letter
which was written to the Steward, of the name of Andrews,
from the custody of his desecnile9ts. But it appeirs that the
letter was not directed to the Steward, Mr. Richard Andrews,
for lie says, " Let Mr. Andrews do s and so, and do you pro-
vide me a bed." Is it likely that he would direct the Steward
and Attorney to get his bed ready ?. That he would. give such
directions to the Steward ? The person who broultht forward
this letter is not the descendent of 3lr. Richard Andrews, and
it does not appear that he came into possession of that letter
in any confidential capacity whatever. It has certainly serv-
ed my Learned Friend's (31 r. Scarlett's) purpose, to excite. a
little merriment by turning it into ridicule, but lie forgot to re-
mark the intimation it conveyed of the person to be proposed
as Mayor. Your Lordships see that it is not necessary for the
Steward to name the Mayor, for it is the custom for the person to
be pro posed to come from the Head-quarters. It is communi-
cated through another channel, and the housekeeper in told that
Mr. Eyles will he the Mayor ; so that the decision arid election
of the Jury, who are sworn to
a proper person, is fore-
stallud by the land of the Manor, before he could know whom
the y would appoint. Before ever they exercise, or even-know
that they ate to have an authority in the election of a Mayor,
the bard tali sir lious3Jkeepev.--" Get the bed ready for Mr.
Eyles, for this Gentleman the Jury are to present as the Mayor
for the next year."
'Mr. SCA ItLETT—What is the date of that ?
GAsELEE—thoz,