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HANTS.-WINTNEY HOUSE

A moat desirable FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, with about 27 Acres
of ornamental and productive LAND; in a fine healthy and
. Sporting Part of the County, only ene Mile from the Winchfield
Station on the South-Western Railway, with Possession.
MESSRS. DANIEL" SMITH and SON will
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Mart, on TURSD&T,
May 30, at Twelve, by order-of the Proprietor, (unless an acceptable
offer shall be previously made),

The above most cimfortabie and desirable FREEHOLD RE-
SIDENCE and HUNTING SEAT, in the agreeable parish of
Hartley Wmtney, in the midst of an excellent neighbourhood,
only a few miles from Strathfieldsaye, and in the centre of
Sir John Cepe's hunt, aid within easy reach of the Hampshire
and Vine hounds. It is a place of moderate expense, with great
comfort, and stands pleasantly in handsome park-like grounds, well
timbered, in all about twenty-seven acres; with gardener's and two
other very superior cottages, productive walled gardens, greenhouse,
good stabling, and various out-buildings.
The estate may be viewed with cards, and particulars, with
lithographic plans, had upon .the premises; at the Auction Mart;
of Charles Berkeley, Esq., solicitor, 52, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and of
Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, In Waterloo-place, Pali-mall.

SUSSEX.
Beautifully situate FREEHOLD ESTATE, between Crawley and
Brighton, and One Hour and a Half's Journey from London.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL, by AUCTION, early in June (if not previously dis-
posed of by private treaty),
A remarkably compact and beantifully wooded ESTATE, 0' about
570 acres, surrounding a small Villa or Hunting Seat, with superior
stabling,
walled garden, ine springs of water, and ornamental plan-
tations ; bounded on one side by a small trout stream, and abound-
ing with game.
Further particulars will be published, and in the interim informa-
tion may be obtained, and a plan inspected, on application to Messrs.
Bray,
solicitors,
Waterloo place, ateri. Grecaet, I
Pall-mall.{ stre et ; or to
Messrs.Br , Wan a rr
Daniele ,
Smithn d
(r id
Son,ing,v

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supposing them married, questionably contented.
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
LTJL One half the world are desolately Si,
lantildde the
nc other
e, or a
bitter the latter. The solitary one may himselfshield
coprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
domestic happiness
under the pule:
of caution and worldly prudence, and the .
ra
and broken health, are the great hindrances to
and social content. The dowry should net be indissoluble,u n
dement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
the only marriage set-
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little.
MEMOIRS `On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 volt., l
.
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refined, 4.,r prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiudel a I
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
thevat They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
little publieationa claim your attention (same price Is. each,
Avoidpost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life , who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of Vie maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
an the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
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39, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally.
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REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND .MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.
lust published, and may be had in* French or English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. fiti„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two
Stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION;. a Medical Treatise
on the Physiology ef.Marriage, Infencitdirs and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of. Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at. an early period of life, which enervate
.he physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
withdlndigestion, Practical
Ofebe
sl ienrvg sa,
uaonnds eoxnhtahues tT therea tvrni teanl eonfe rNg iee sr voo
fu
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bhooi 1,1 n
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis-
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ex their structures, uses and the various
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
injuprieslaining that are produced In them, by and
solitaryfunctions, habits, excesses, and
infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of .Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order
chat it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin. of domestic wretchedness, be raised.
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which wisest
used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused .the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less !Wary
to the constitutional and svital powers. The particul.ur excesses, on
the nature and conseanence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame,
than any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation ef the health
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. it unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
.n early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
trout their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by his possession of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extentied. Dr.
LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
certify, and the great extent of his practice fer many years is a
guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards,
52, Paternoster Tow; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne-
street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146,
Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamps,
from '.he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally
or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his
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CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was on Satur-
day held by Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey,
at the King's Arms, on 'the banks of the Surrey•canal,
Camberwell, on the body of a female child, which had
no doubt, been murdered and thrown into the canal. A
lad, named Wengrove, sated that on Wednesday last,
about dinner time, he was passing along the banks of
the Surrey Canal, near the bridge, when he observed a
large bundle floating on the water. He had a dog with
him, which he sent in, and the animal swam with it to
the shore. lie could then see the head of a child in it,
and being alarmed, called to a woman, who opened it,
and discovered it contained the body of a child, which
was taken to the above house. The jury returned a
verdict " that the child was found dead, but that they
had no evidence to show whether it alivewasabsoranppoint appointed
or
the
not."
DRrev Hampden,
William
ox,B
Hereford,.D h
~
Rector of St.
Martin's, Oxford, and Vice. President of St. Mary's Hall,
rnifldiaem n)
in the University of Oxford, and the Rev. George Clark,
Bishop Hay w ward C
M.A., Vicar of Cantley, Yorkshire, to be his Lordship's
Examining Chaplains.
Nature does not stop to lament over any single
victim of human society. When misery is the deepest,
there is something awful in this perpetual and smiling
round of natural movements. It teaches profoundly the
insiguiacance of the atom of creation.

against Messrs. O'Brien, flit hell, DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—This' being the first day of
Easter term, and the opening of the State prosecution
and Meagher, con-
siderable excitement prevailed in the hall of the Feur
Courts, and the immediate locality of the courts, for some
time before the ordinary period for commencing business.
In a few minutes after the door of • the Queen's Bench
was opened, the junior bar, the solicitors' and reporters'
seats, and the parts of the building appropriated to the
public,, were completely occupied.
At twelve o'clock the Hon. Justice Crampton entered
the court, and the grand jury was sworn.
Mr. Justice CIIAMPTON proceeded to address them in
the following terms Foreman and Gentlemen of
the Grand Jury of the city of Dublin,--The recurrence
of the presenting term has once more assembled you in
that box, and devolved on you the very important office
of grand jurors. You are aware, gentlemen'
that
your duties are of a twofold character—civil and
criminal.
y
- In the discharge of your civil duties
you have to make presentment for the various
public establishments of the cit which are sup-
ported by grand jury, cess—to superintend and check the
expenditure of the public money, and to discharge the
various other important functions connected with that
part of your duty. Into the details of those matters I
will not go. Your experience as grand jurors, and the
addresses you have often heard from my venerated pre-
decessor, render it quite unnecessary that I should do
so. Should any legal difficulty arise, however, in the
discharge of your duties, the Court will be ready to
afford you every assistance in its 'power. One general
observation I may make upon this part of your duty.
While you will liberally provide for the proper main•
tenance of the various establishments, you will also, as
guardians of the public purse, wisely economise the
funds entrusted to your administration. Gentlemen,
another and not less important province of your duty
will be the consideration 1:4 such' bills of indietmenf
as shall be submitted to you by the Clerk of the
Crown ; and as this part of your duty is not
very frequently—as you are not very frequently
called upon to discharge this ;part of -your duty in
this court, it may not be unseasonable for me to make
some suggestions as to the manner -in which this
part of your duty should be discharged. I am informed
that it is intended on the part of the Crown to prefer
bills of indictment against certain parties who are
charged with seditious, practices, tending to disturb -the
public peace. If this be so, gentlemen, it will be your
duty to give your calmest consideration to such bills;
and if you are satisfied by the evidence- laid before you
that they are 'true bills, you will find them so to be; but'
if you are not satisfied with the evidence you will sak
" No bill." • Gentlemen, I 'cannot enter into any detail of
the particular cases that may be submitted to you: I
have neither the wish nor the -materials to enable me
to do so. But I shall state to you generally, for your
guidance, the nature of the charges likely to - be
preferred—the law applicable to them—and the proofs
necessary to sustain them. The bills of indictment
likely to be submitted to you, will, I understand,
contain certain charges for the publication of seditious
libels, and the speaking of seditious words. I refer
here not to mere private libels or slanders upon
individuals. These, though they may be the subject of
criminal prosecution or action, are looked upon more
in the light of private injury than of a public offence.
But the matters to be brought before you involve a grave
offence-=an offence against the State—an offence that
comes under the general head of sedition. The term
sedition is a comprehensive term, and it serves to include
all those attempts to disturb the public peace which come
short of high treason, but the natural tendency of which
is to incite to insurrection and rebellion against the
Crown and Government. From the earliest period of
our law sedition has been held to include high treason ;
but though often closely allied to that highest of crimes,
and always tending towards it, sedition is now held only,
as a misdemeanour, and punishable only with fine and im-
prisonment. It is a high misdemeanOur, a graveOffence—
tor its tendency and objeCt are to incite opposition to the
law and Government—to bring the administration of
justice and the sovereign authority into con-
tempt—to excite discontent and disaffection among
the people—to create public slisturbance, tumult, and
civil war, with all their pernicious consequences. In
short, sedition is disloyalty in,action—a species of civil
mutiny, or rising up against the sovereign,po:wer and
the state. Gentlemen, you are aware there can be no
indictment for sedition in the abstract, any more .than
for high treason or misdemeanour. generally. Fer the
purpose of the charge a seditious spirit must be evidenCed' .
by overt acts, by doings, by writings, or by words. I
will not here speak of seditious doings as contradistin-
guished from seditious writings or speakings, because it
is probable your consideration will be confined to sedi-
tious writings and speakings ; and though these may
appear to terminate in words they are often more dan-
gerous than the musket or the sword. For an armed
indidual can do but individual injury, but a Seditious
speech, and, above all, a seditious press, may stir up
thousands and tens of thousands to combine for the
destruction of property. In such writings and speeches
liberty is; made the pretext, and the weak-minded and
ignorant are deluded to believe that they are the slaves
Of a foreign power, and that their freedom• can be
achieved only by trampling upon 'the law of the land,
and subverting the Government of the country. These
preachers of sedition forget that there is no part of
the world—l say it emphatically—there is-no part of the
world in which civil liberty exists to the same degree as
under the shelter of' the British monarchy; that in no
other country would such writings .and speeches be
tolerated as remain unpunished with us. The subjects
of the British empire, all submitting to the sovereignty
of the law, are free from individual dominion. Liberty
of speech and writing, and liberty -of action, are -the
birthright'equally of every subject of the United King-
dom; but the liberty, as secured to us by sovcreignlaw,
is regulated by the same laws, and .hiis. its' necessary
limits. In our free country no censorship on the press
or on the tongue exists. Every man is free` to write
and free to speak.as he is free to act; but he is as respon
aible to the laws for what he writes and speaks as ho is
for what he does. He is free, but he must not use his
liberty as a cloak for sedition: He shall not, under' the
pretext of exercising his own .rights, violate the legal
rights of others. Above all, he Must not presume to
insult the Sovereign or her Goverment, under 'the
security of that constitution which is the protector of his
own person and of his own property. If be does so,
gentlemen, he is a -traitor to the law, and he must answer
it. Gentlemen, private libels are redressed by private
remedies. Political libels are those which form the sub-
ject-matter of that sedition I have spoken of ; and,
gentlemen, while political writings or speeches are con-
fined within their legal limits, they are not only allow-
able, they are not only justifiable, but they are entitled
to respect and praise. A man may lawfully and bene-
ficially discuss and criticise the measures adopted by the
Queen and her Ministera, provided he does so fairly,
temperately, and with respect, without imputing to them
porrupt or improper motives ; within the same limit a
Olaf' may lawfully comment ou the laws and constitution
of the realm, the acts and proceedings of the Houses of
i'arliament, of the courts of justice, and the administra
lion of the laws, and this he may do in our free country
freely and boldly. Our law will not permit any
narrow
or strained construction to be put on his writings or words,
hor hold him accountable for hasty or intemperate ex-
Pressions. In these discussions, or the ability of his
own eloquence, the utmost lattitude is allowed him to
exercise his judgment; but if he advisedly pass the limits
of free discussion—if he wilfully. trespass beyond the
bounds, then it is the seditious spirit is manifested; and
thus it is, gentlemen, and this is the material subject for
your consideration=-if',, from the whole scope and tenor
pf these speeches and writings—if, from the whole scope
and tenor it appears that their object and tendency are
to alienate the affection of the people from the Sovereign
Or the Government—to teach them that they ,are en-
slaved or oppressed by England, or the English- Govern-
Iment—to sow dissension .between different portions. or
classes of the Queen's subjects—to
te h
tration of justice into disrepute--to stimulate athet
lawe,people
to procure by force of arms chang
tts.ahomelders--..
_to invoke thet-
bring the adminis-
tration
with thefidealinyd
government of the country—to
lawful authority of
et 'nous meetingsletlings
the State—to encourage multitudinous aidofthe f
foreignuee n Queen's pe
powersace-o ffint;:isn
against
tr
to
force in order_intimidate
the Government—to
the display of physical
pure arms, and practise the use arms, ' for the
encourage
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high
havey
mentioned
purpose of civil war
excite to tumult or rebellion-7a
are clearly sedition;
theclearly category
all the prosecutions,g. and espe-
treason. Gentlemen, I do not mean. here to enumerate
d every, such .
all the clauses of such words or wrihtinntglswhich may be
s seditious i ooufs
sedition,
e libels;ditiaol
nl
used for the purpose I have stated
enough' to describe their general
gentlemen, Subject of your inquiry. I know, men, there are
enable you to deal with the bills. which will be made the
some who disapprove of
called state prosecutions; that there
many of what are
are some who exhibit a morbid feeling towards offenders
and are comparatively careless about the safety of
dividuals or the public, and that such persons are dis-
posed to look with an especially indulgent eye upon
what are called political offences, as if. an offence , or
crime lost its effect by_ having
Ithe whole public
for its object. But I own.cannot' sympa-
thise with such philanthropist!, as
.they may call
themselves.. I cannot but view high treason as
the greatest and most dangerous of all.offences that-can
be committed against human laws, involving, as it
'does
every other crime connected with violence and blood.
I cannot but view also seditious attempts to stimulate
the multitude into insurrection as an offence of the
gravest character. The motive for such offences may
not be traitorous; it may be merely selfish; it may be
a desire for low popularity, or a love of .notoriety, even
at the expense of degradation. The sedition uttered
may be but the effusion of a heated imagination, or the
effects of a mischievous restlessness of mind ; but what-
ever the motive, be it more or less culpable, the dangers
to the community from such practices are exactly
the
same. The principles which such would inculcate are
inconsistent with all government. They are as hostile to
the
spirit of the wag' qcustittiti9l3 ae they are at
character,wr. and
afotroee

variance with the precepts of the Gospel of truth, and
',they have received no countenance from the great con-
stitutional lights of the law in former days--the Hales,
the ll°ltg, and the Mansfields, or our own Bushes
or Plunkets, or' other eminent 'interpreters of the
constitutional law. And, gentlemen, if ever there
was a time when the application of such principles was
dangerous it is emphatically the present—a time of
change, of excitement, and of popular commotion unpa-
ralleled in the history of nations. Not, gentlemen, that
I entertain any apprehension of the stability of our own
institutions. The revolutionary tide which is sweeping
away continental thrones from their unsteady basis, re-
coils in broken waves from the solid and well-balanced
fabric of the British constitution. The sound good
sense, the love of order, and the affectionate loyalty
which have for ages characterised the great majority of
the British people, directed by the vigilance and energy
of a paternal government, with the blessing of the Great
Being in whose hands are the destinies of nations, have
hitherto been the shield of the British nation and of her
glorious institutions, and aro, I do believe, the surest
guarantees for our constitution. You will remember
always•that the higher and the more penal the crime
charged against any party, the more satisfactory must
be the proof required to support that charge. It is true,
gentlemen, yours is but a preliminary inquiry. You
are called upon to consider whether the parties shall
be put upon their trial; and you can receive no evidence
but evidence in support of the bill. The party against
whom a bill is found has a right to a public trial by ti
petit jury of his peers before he can be pronounced
guilty, or made the subject of punishment. But, on the
other hand, gentlemen, it is no light thing to put a man
on his trial for a serious offence. Such a proceeding
should be adopted only on a clear prima facie case,-upon
such proof as, if uncontradicted and unexplained, would
justify you as a petit jury in finding a verdict of guilty.
In the case likely to go before you there are two points
for your special consideration. • First, the publication or
speaking of the seditious writings or words charged in
the indictment, and the motives and intentions of the
parties accused. Secondly, the criminal character or
otherwise of the writings or words' so set out in the
bill of Indictment. The first inquiry is a'tnere Matter
of fact, and its result will depend upon the testimony
of the witnesses whose names will be endorsed on
the back of the bill. These ounelystioynouofwliallwextahmaitnie;
The second inquiry involves
riatincigs. Such questions are
as to the character of thet.
duty. of the Court to give them its
the jury ; and it is thel
have endeavoured to do on
advice and assistance, as
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in the indictment were pub-
writings or words charged
and with the
the parties charged,
lished or spoken by
and if you
indictment ;
view and motives imputed in the
othfethpereksueniltt occasionof'tlipa;rt)• but
are also satisfied that they are according to the views
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would
The Foreman asked if the bills of
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be sent up to-day. to Suggest—libellous
sPercio:viteri
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satisfiedto b e
are. Clerk of the Crown—Yes ; hero they

Two large rolls of parchment were then handed up to
the foreman; and the jury retired to their room.
The county grand panel having been called over,
The Hon. A. Southwell addressed the Court, and
stated that his name had not been called, though he bad
received a summons, and had always served on the
grand jury. lie had received a summons, but yesterday
he got a note from the Sheriff, stating that the summons
had been sent him by mistake, Ile was not aware what
mistake there could be in it. lie was there to answer
his name, like any other juror, and could produce the
summons he received.

COURT—You are quite right in appearing.
The Hon: Mr: Southwell trusted that he would be
placed in his proper position on the panel. He did not
think these were times io which a man coming forward
to discharge his duty should be rejected, or treated with
discourtesy or unfairness.
COURT—We are all here in the discharge of a duty;
and know of no place. on the panel - but according to the
Act of Parliament.
Hon. Mr. Southwell—Will the Sheriff, be directed to
put my nameon the list in its pioper position?
. COURT— We cannot interfere with the Sheriff. -
Hon. Mr. Southwell—l have always- discharged my
duty as a good juror, and in other places, and I see no,
reason why my name is not on the panel, after 'tot a
summons..

Tim iH,n. Gentlemans name was then put- on the
panel,•immediately after that of the foreman.
Two indictments were then handed to the grand jury,
who retired to their room. At a quarter before three
o'clock the.grand jury returned into court.