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situation, as the chief motive to duty, are most fre-
quently found among the men that flutter round
Courts and Cabinets. We admit, however, that
old " says" must sometimes be unsaid, and that
which affixes _dishonesty to courtiers among the rest.
We have said thus much, because we feel tha an
attack on the Press is an attack on ourselves, come
from what quarter it may. We shall never be in-
duced to join in the coarse and vulgar abuse in which'
some of our contemporaries have indulged, in regard
to persons for whom we entertain very great respect;
but we must say, that if any thing could excuse that
abuse, it would be the honesty of the motive, and
the violence of the attack, that provoked it.—New
Times.

LAW-INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF PRIVY COUNCIL.
APPEALS.

On Saturday the Lords of the Privy Council assembled
at the temporary Council Chamber, in Whitehall-place, to
hear an appeal from the colonies. There were present the
Master of the Rolls, Lord Plunkett, Sir Gore Ouseley, and
Mr. Elliot. Some time having been occupied in hearing
special motions, their Lordships proceeded with the appeals
which had been set down in the paper. The first of which
was that of

POIGNAUD AND DOODT.

This was an appeal from the judgment of the Court Royal
of Jersey. The circumstances of the case were as follows :
In 1822, Paul Lehman, of Dantzic, freighted at that port the
galliot Aurora (of which the respondent is the master) to carry
a cargo of wheat to the island of Jersey for the appellant
and his partners, who are merchants of consideration in the
island. The amount of freight agreed upon was 2851.
The-bill of lading contained the usual Condition of safe de-
livery, with an exception in the case of perils of the sea,
tee. It appeared -that, upon the arrival of the ship at Jersey,
the Cargo was so much damaged by wet and other causes,
that the merchants to whom it had been consigned declined
taking possession of it.— A survey of the ship took place,
and the surveyors reported that at the time when the cargo
was put on hoard at Dantzic, the ship was in so bad a con-
dition as to render it extremely improbable that she could
etTect the safe delivery of the cargo at its destination. It
was then agreed between the partierthat the damages should
be estimated, and the arbitrators assessed them at 991. 13e.
2d., including as well the actual loss upon the cargo
as the expense of kiln-drying and additional cartage. It'
was further agreed that the appellant should advance to the
respondent such sums as he might have occasion for, always
-taking care to retain as-much of the freight as would be
'sufficient to cover the extent of the damage which the cargo
-had suffered. Notwithstanding these agreements, the re-
spondent on the 3d Jan. brought an action against the ap-
pellant for the full freight, and an addition of 41. a-day for
-derrmrrage- from November 14, when the vessel arrived at
Jersey. The appellant appeared in obedience to the pro-
cess, -and applied to the Court to have the case sent
tcyproof (7-lase en preuve), that he Might have an opportu-
nity of giving evidence in support of his allegation that the
-ship was not seaworthy on quitting the port of Dantzic.—
He also pleaded a payment on account. This application
was combated by the respondent, on the ground that he,
the respondent, had sufficient evidence to prove his own
case. This very singular argument the Court of Jersey
considered as entirely conclusive. They therefore refused
the application of the appellant, and proceeded to hear in
support of the action some written' depositions-made before
the Court of -Admiralty at Dantzic. -And upon this evi-
dence of the respondent, without hearing any testimony
upon the other side, they ordered the appellant to pay the
whole amount of the freight originally agreed upon.
Mr. CARTER having been heard in support of the appeal,
and Mr. PEMBERTON for the respondent, the Council
Chamber was cleared, and their Lordships, after a short
consultation, reversed the judgment of the Court Royal of
Jersey, and granted a rehearing of the case ; with directions
to the Court below to hear suck evidence as the appellant
should produce, in reference to the state of the vessel on
her quitting the port of Dantzic.

THE. GREAT BELL AT RANGOON.—The
inscription on the great bell at Rangoon is in the Burman
language and character, and is cut in twelve lines round
the circumference of the bell. It records, in the usual
strain, the virtues of the granter, and the merits of the
grant. The bell, from its size, is a curious specimen of
the progress made by the Burrnans in the art of fusing and
casting metal, as it forms rather an unmanageable mass,
being declared to weigh 15,555 vie, or about 56,000
pounds. The great bell of St. Paul's weighs but 11,470
pounds •, and there-ate•few bells ih Europe larger than the
Rangoon bell, except the Tsar „Kolohot, or King of Bells,
of Moscow, which weighs 430,000 pounds. The Rangoon
bell was presente,', about forty-five yearn ago,- to-the temple
of Swe-dagon, b) Senku, the grandson of Shung-plaura,
whom Europeans call Atrompa. In the late war it was
removed from the temple, and an attempt was made to put
it on board ship, but in so doing it fell into the river,
whence, after remaining some months, it was again raised,
and restored to its former situation. The illustrations
aecolupanying the translation afford much new and accu-
rate information on many points of the Burman religion,
and on the history' of the celebrated Swe-dagon Pagoda,
the sanctity of which building is derived from its enshrin-
ing the relics of the four last-Bnclhs.

Between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday
night last, a fine male child, about two months old, fashion-
ably dressed, and enveloped in a large silk shawl, was found
at the gates of the Foundling' Hospital. From the circum-
stance that a watchman had but just quitted the spot, it
was evident that the helpless innocent had not been deserted
above a few seconds before its cries attracted the attention
of the porter, who instantly removed it into the lodge, and
sent information to the watchhouse. Messengers forthwith
were dispatched in every direction, in search of the un-
natural parent, but without effect. hr the course of the
following day, the little unfortunate was conveyed by Hutt,
the night constable, to-St. Pancras workhouse, and placed
under the care of a nurse. This is the fourth instance of
the kind on that spot within the last two months.
SHOCKING .MURDER.—=Extract of a letter
from Parsonstown, dated Monday last :—" A most brutal
murder was committed here on the Ist instant in the open
day. An unfortunate man had been summoned to give
evidence at the Sessions (which were then going on here)
in some trifling civil bill cause ; a little after he left the
Court, he was passing through one of the public streets,
when some ferocious ruffian gave him two blows on the
head with a kind of weapon now common in the country,
consisting of a large lump of lead fastened upon the end
of some elastic woodbine twigs. The unfortunate victim
died during that night, and, I regret to:add, that the•assas-
sin has yet eluded justice. This waste of human life is
said to have-been occasioned by revenge, -arising from the
evidence the wretched deceased had given but a few minutes
before. It was a melancholy sight to behold a weeping
widow and seven orphans lamenting over the corpse on the
following day.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

AWFUL VISITATION.—On Saturday an-
night, an inquest was held by Mr. Caine., at Riclkr's
Farm, in the parish of Dalverton, on William Webber, a
farmer's servant, aged 21. It appeared from the evidence
of Robert Hill, a fellow-servant, that on' the Monday pre-
ceding, he' was at work with the deceased and several
other persons, in a field •called Sanctuary-hill,- where'they
were' all employed- in burning the sward—that about three
o'clock in the 'afternoon, -.he 'Was at the distance of about
three land•-yards from the deceased, when•he heard thun-
der at a distance, but saw no lightning—that it soon be-
came dark, a few drops fell, and that he was instantly
struck down, but by what means he knew not. Witness
then stated, that after recovering his senses, on looking around
he saw deceased lying on the ground, naked, and soon dis-
covered he was dead. • A horse, which had been employed
on the spot, was lying near, upon his back. He disco-
vered that all the other party had left the field, and he
then proceeded to the farm-house,. to tell the melancholy
tale. On his way, he met with some of the persons, with
whom he returned to the place where the awful event had
occurred. The sight was truly wonderful. The clothes
of the deceased were scattered in countless pieces around
him—some driven into the earth, in an aperture of about
two feet in diameter, and some much scorched. Deceased
bad received a wound on the back part of the head, and
three or four on hie feet; there were also some stripes ex-
tending down the body, and blood was oozing from his
ears. Deceased had a watch in his pocket, the enamelled
face of which was completely destroyed, and the machinery
twisted in a singular manner. He had on a remarkable
strong pair of shoes, with large nails in the bottoms,
some of which had been forced out, and the upper leathers
rent asunder. Near the spot where the horse lay was
another aperture, similar. to the one before' described.—.
None of the other persons saw any thing of the catastrophe,
nor did either of them receive any injury. One of them,
who was at a distance of about 50 land-yards from de-
ceased, stated, that he felt his hat MVO. at the time of a
remarkable flash of lightning, and that he and those near
him left the field to seek shelter at the farm. Verdict,
Died by the visitation of God. The horse continued. in a
torpid • state until the following morning, when he was
-killed, there being no possible chance of his recovery.--
Taunton Courier.