The Sun.
London, England, 1833-03-11 00:00:00

COURT OF SESSION.

(From the Scotsman.)

ALEXANDER. HUMPHRIES, OR ALEXANDER, DESIGNING
HIMSELF EARL OF STIRLING,* V. THE OFFICERS OF

STATE. AND GRAHAM OF GARTMORE.

This was an action for proving the tenor of a charier
of norodurnus, said t '.ave been granted to William, first
Earl of Siirling, conveying to him the lands of Gartmore,
and others, in Scoti nd, and the territory of Nova Scotia,
and a great portion of Canada, and New England. in
America, and conferring on him the title of Earl of Stir-
ling, with remainder to his heirs, whomsoever. The
action proceeds on the n irrative that the original charter
was stolen from the grandmother of the pursuer, and sub-
sequently lost in America; and the o►•ject of the present
proceedings was to prove the tenor of the lost deed, and
thus create a new one, whereby the pursuer (who pretends
to connect himself, through his mother, with the Stirling
family) might be aide to assume the title, which in the
previous patents, was limited to heirs-male.
In support of the action, the pursuer produced an ab-
stract or excrrpt from the proposed charter, and several
affidavits, to prove that it was a true copy of it.
The ca-e was opposed by the Crown, on the grounds,
let, that no such charter had ever been granted ; 2d,
that no trace of it appears in any of the fair records in
which such a charter must necessarily have appeared e-
fore its completion ; SA, that the most material of docu-
ments produced as adminicles to pr, ye the tenor of the
eh titer were forgeries; and, las ly, that at best the docu•
ment principally founded on was not a copy of a charter,
but ..f a precept for framing one.
After hearing counsel at considerable length, the Court
unanimously dismiss.-d the action, and found expenses titre
to the priva'e defender.

* This person, on the faith of the documents referred to in
this case, has assumed the title of Earl of Stirling, and exercised
the right of conferring the dignity of Baronet on several of his
Majesty's subjects ! He has moreover voted (under protest, of
course) at the election of Scotch Peers; and on the occasion of
the late election, addressed, through the newspapers, a sharp
lecture to the Scotch nobility on the proper performance of their
duties.

IRISH COERCIVE BILL.—At a meeting of
the Council of the Sheffield Political Union, held at the
Town-hail, on Tuesday night, T. A. WARD, Esq., in the
chair, after a short discussion, it was unanimously resolved*
en the proposition of Mr. E. ELLIOTT, the author of
"Corn Law Rhymes," seconded by Mr. JOHN BRIDGE-
FORD, that a petition be immediately sent to Parliament,
praying that the Irish Coercive Bill might not pass into
law for three months, and that in the meantime the re-
medial measures be forwarded with all despatch, the same
to be sent to Messrs. BUCKINGHAM and PARKER for pre-
sentation, with a request to support the prayer of the peti-
tioners.—Doncaster Gazette.

It appears, by the Police Gcnette, that no
less than 115 persons were on 111-,:aday last charged, at
the various police-offices with felonies of different grade••
Coals have risen in exact proportion to the
recent fall in the thermometer.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATUR-
DAY.—The demand for Cotton during the week has been
general, and an advance has been realized in Brazil
descriptions, in consequence of considerable purchases
made in them on spt nation of i. per lb. There bas
also been some little improvement in American kinds,
particularly in Uplands, which, in several instances, have
been sold at id. per lb. higher. The market to-day
closes steadily, and the inquiry from the trade continues
good. The sales of the week, including 2,000 bales Per-
nam, 1,000 American, 1,000 Maranham, and 300 Bahia,
taken on speculation, and 240 Carthagena, and 200 Ame-
rican for export, amount to 24,380. Import 20,953
bags. To day the transactions amount to 2,500 bales,
the particulars of which are 400 Br sails, in Pernams at
yid. and 10id ; Bahias at Sid. ; and Maranhams 9d.
to 9itl. ; 50 Egyptians at 9fd. ; and about 2,000 in
American descriptions, fine 6jd. to 80.