The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-08 00:00:00

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THE KING V. MARY 'ANN TOOKER.-
.This was an indictment against the defendant
for a libel published in a Country Newspaper,
called " The West. Briton and Cornwall Advertiser,"
upon the. plaintiff, Mr. R. Gurney the younger,
Vice-Warden of the •Stanhary Court in this
County of Devon.—The cause was no sooner ea.ll
ed than the lady appeared in Caort as her own
advocate, and was .accommodated at the .
Bar-
rister's table. The pleadings uere opened by Mr.
Wun.
Mr. Sergeant Pau. then stated the.eas4;,hich,
lie obsrveil, consisted chiefly in a charge made
against the plaintiff, of .malversatiOn in the dis-
charge of a public office. He could not bring the
merits of the question, which the Jury was now
about to try, more shortly under their review,
than by reading the libel itself, as it appeared in a
public journal. It was addressed, in the form of
a Letter, to the Editor of -The West Briton, and
was in substance as follows :-
- Sra,—The fact which I am about to communicate' may,
perhaps, appear more-singular than important, althongh in
times less calamitous than the present, the statement of any
circumstance illustrative of the borough-mongering system,
now universally execrated, must of itself excite an interest.
It is something new in the history of this country that it-
should possess an out-[awed Judge. It might be called an
instance unparalleled in the annals of Parope, if a case had
not recently occurred at Vienna, of a Magistrate and Mini-
ster of Justice being sen!eneed to the punishment of sweep-
ing the streets. A gentleman of the name of Toinkin was
some time past removed front the Office of Vice-Wardetr of
the Stannary Court, its ordi r to make town for Mr.R. Gurney,
son of the Rev. It. Gut hey, of electioneering notoriety. This
last Gentleman, not. pet feet ly satisfied with, two considerable
benefices, the reward of former services, on procuring this
situation for his sou, obtained at the same time a promise
that tlre salary should hi' uctupled, a promise which, to the
honour of the patron, has not been fulfilled. Soou'after this.
promotion of Mr. Gurney the younger, it unfortunately hap-
pened that he was obliged to leave the county in -which-he
had been appointed to exercise judicial functions, and this ,
necessity arose trout pecuniary entbarrassmenta: In comse-
quence of this absence, a petition was presented to the ....ord
Warden, complaining of the neglect and delay of justice, ocs
casioned by this conduct, and desiring the appointment of a•
new Vice-Warden, but no notice was taken of this represen-
tation. After this statement, it may be matter of wondur that
be should still retain hit place ; and the fact can only be tract'
eel to the famous borough-mongering system,tand to .pnlitical.. •
motives.. Lord Yarmouth has lately purchased largely in tlie •
borough of Treguny,witlo view of opposing the interest of the
Earl of Darlington. Under this protection 4r4imrney-fotind• •
it convenient to go to the t ontment, and was twice outlawed
in the market-places of Plymouth and Dock'iwhich outlawry
has not been reversed. Instead of attending his court, he was
therefore iilsliged to secrete himself. -Now, Sir, 'afts.t.r this
statement. no one can be at a loss to coejecture what are the.
motives which operate in retaining thii imam ill a situation the
duties of which he is unable to discharge. I inthearttoccopy-.
ing too large a portion of your valuable and patriotic paper,
or I could mention many anecdotes showing: lithe Mr. It. Gun..
ney and his son have rrolited in the school of corruption. I
shall only add. that he demanded various sums of money from
the suitors over and above the fees of Court, in the only two
causes which he ever decided, .viz. 'Lopes v. Doubtfree, and
Whitehair v. Webb. •
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I am, Sir, " An Enemy to Corraption.'

It was impossible, he apprehended, that a more
injurious or libel could be published
against the of any man. He should be
able to prove the publication, not merely in the
usual way, but by means of 'a
subsequent letter
addressed to the Editor; in which the libellous

flatter was distinctly acknowledged. The brother
)1' the defendant. had been secretary to the Vice-
Warden, and upon his information she had ten-

['tired to charge Mr. Gurney with bribery and
corruption ; and with the specific act of ex-
! tolling twenty guineas from the parties in a
cause which he refused to decide till the sum
in question was paid. The worst- part of the
libel it still remained for him to- state. It
was contained in a subsequent letter, and must
fill every well-regulated mind with a sensa-
tion of disgust. The defendant thought proper
to instruct the Editor that Mr. Gurney hall been
outlawed, that this outlawry had not been reversed,
and that he was incapable of bringing an action.
He was sorry to see a lady of an understanding
and talents so conspicuous in the situation of the
present defendant ; hut he felt 'himself bound to
say, that no slanderer had ever aimed a more
deadly blow at the reputation and character of a
Gentleman. The detendacq, he understood, would
be her own advocate, and was a woman of no ordi-
, nary understanding. He had to lament that she
did not make a better use. of • the faculties with
which Providence bad been pleased to gift her; it
was not too late to make atonement,. although
that atonement must follow a verdict of
.guilty.
He would not dwell with any peculiar emphasis
upon the nature of a newspaper publication, Pe-
cans.. he thought such publications most import-
ant and beneficial to society ; but he would state,
that in his opinion the surest means of preserv-
ing that invaluable- blessing was, that the' free-
than which it involved should not be abused.

Mr. E. Budd, the Editor of The West Briton,
was then called, and deposed, that the defendant
had in conversation acknowledged the' original
statement to be her own. He received it by the
post, but had subsequently seen her, and in ta►k-
ing.upon the subject she had admitted the former
writing to be her own. It had been submitted to
him with a discretionary power of altering or
omitting such passages as he might deem unfit fur
publication, and he had accordingly. made consi-
derable alterations. He had certainly received a
pledge from Captain Wootridge, of the Navy, the
brother-in-law of the defendant, that 110 prosecu-
tion should. be instituted for any letter, except
that which was printed in The West Briton.
.The Lady now rose, observing, that she stood
there with reverence, but without fear. Fear,

indeed, was the inseparable concomitant of guilt,
and of any offence in a moral view her conscience.
entirely acquitted her. She did not appear there
personally from any feeling of presumption, but:
from. her inability to procure Counsel. That
inability
,Was caused by a debt doe. to her
brother, which the. plaintiff refused to;;" pay,.
and her own disinclination to encroach on the
comforts
.of a widowed.. parent. She mitt be.
indiscreet,_ but she was not conscious of
crimi-
nality. It was the first time that she had ever.
entered a 'Court of Justice, and no person. could
-entertain a deeper sense than herself of rise excel-
lence of that enlightened system of jurisprudence
'~iilticli was establisheri in this cOubtryi. The pro.
sgeblitor -Would, however, deiii-e his chi4'adrati...
f:Sge frO'ni het' ignoeariee ate LiW; 16r Shiconld
only'take the.phin'and''siMple .'round ordenying
the fateehriodind'oralicechargeil in ti,e indictment.
With' the perMisiion bf the Court she would
II Vir read•-a passe -0 from Lord Ellenborough's
Address .to -tire. Jury- on the trial ol
Cobbett. (Here the-Lads, read an extract lion) the
reported speech of the Chief Justice, touching the
license ofAiscossing the character and 'conduct of
men in -public offices. The main point on•which
she.remed,her.defence was, that Mr. Gurney was
a public officer, and that she, and every other
subject, Ivereentitled to examine his conduct iu
that capacity. She was fully prepared to prove the
truth ofeverystatement contained in the published:
letter.)
Mr. Justice Bengotton---That the law of the
land does not allow y6u to do.
The defendant proceeded; expressing a hope
that she might atleast'be alloWed to prove that
the publication in question was 'no libel. • The
Jury, she trusted, would riiit be induced by any
legal sophistry to sanction a principle equally ad.
verse to religiotrand• to morals---.that -truth could
be a libel. It was -the dOctrine not of the law,
but of the abetters of tyrrany, ever vigilant to en-
slave mankind.: Vengeanc.e, not the vindicatinn
of character, was •the, unworthy and unmanly
motive of the, prosecutor,... ad lie .been act pate:l
by h better feeling, be.....w0u1d. have brought his
aCtion,, in which as ,afaWyer he most have known
that eiiidence produied wins regard to
Every fact stated in the "ptitilication,— 1-W had)
IthweVer, adopted tbeeriiirardlyresource of indict-
ing a female Toi'an:l36f Tendilif to. a hi-FM-jar the
peace ; lehimself haVitik; 'lot-look since; been
sentenced tO'six menebte in 'lst' the
COurt'of King's, Bench, Ei -poSitive• bre‘teh of
the 'peace in hortewilippingthe,present-Solivitor.
General..- The- stavement:,•which she had ittnt to
the' Editontof - The West Briton referred ,;wholly to
the official and public,conduct...of • the proseevor ;
etyl.p.ithigreaksubtrtiSsion to. the Caur4, is ap•
prchendeclAat,„the coming!, of, ever.y, person in
a public station wag opsu to,publi.e e2catnina.
tlon. This position, as she bad before. stated,
she had the authority Lurd Ellenboiongh is
maintaining. ,
'Mr.'"fustice 13tattOuGif."-:.4.0rd Olenliorpugh
never NSW :talk such nonsense„:, or'esssert Wet a
nian iii a judicial office maybe charged with 'bri-
bet'y 'and 'dorhiptior by any person'who thinks
proper 'to pnblisb. stiCh- a statement to the 'world.
I inn:wry rseeytin transgressing • the at
every-step; froth 'a false notion of -moral right.—
Many Gentlemen at this Bar' Would have .been
happy to*assist.-yon, 'anal would, Uato.snre, have
advised a very different sort of defence.
Miss Tucker continued, and begged leave to
read a clause:of. the Act of-the 32d of George the
Third,, by which the Jury, 'in a case of libel,. are
empowered to give a verdict on the whole mat-
ter, and on the.general issue, of guilty or not
guilty.
Mr. Justice BURROUGH.---This Act was never
construed to enable a defendant, upon an indict.
ment, to justify by proving the truth of the libel.
Miss Tucker proceeded, and reniarked, that the
essence of the indictment
.consisted- the evil
tendency of the publication. This tendency; she
was prepared to show, was good, Cud would con-
tend that resentment might exist without' malice.
The celebrated Mr. Locke had quoted an expres'
,sion from Sr. Paul to this effect—" Be ye angry,
but sin not.'' 'lf the law of libel really was what
she bad heard it interpreted to be, a new system,.
•of ethics ought to be prefixed to it. No lawyer
or legislator could intend to punish where there,
was no malicious.,motiie or intentional prgvoch!i
tion. The falsehood and malignity were all oa
the other side; 'and she hoped no legal sophistry
wouy induce the Juryto convict her of an offence
where her object' was meritorious,
Mr. J'u'stice Bonitikroif then charged the Jury,
expeeSiing his decided-opinion that the publics.
Lion -in' question" was libellous in the highest
degree. ••
The Jury retired for about half an hour, and
delivered a-verdict of Not Guilty at the Judgt's
lodgings.

SINGULAR OCCLinat3NC2--Oh Thursday night,
Mrs. Monk, the wife of a butcher, in
,Long.
alley; Finsbury-sqoarc, 'sat up in order to► have
her husband's breakfast ready in the morning at
the early hour he intended to go to market...—.
About 2 o'clock she put a smoothing-iron into
the fire, to smooth some linen,'and keep her frnin
falling asleep ; but whilst the iron was heating,
she tell into a slumber, and dreamed one of her
children bad fallen out of the window, u bleb ter-
rified her so Lunch, that she suddenly started to
save him, and unfortunately tell on, at the third
floor windntv, into the street, by 'which si.e was
dreadfully cut in various parts of her• head and
body ; she gave a shriek, which brought the in-
mates to her assistance. She was carried into ►he
house in a senseless state.—Hopes are entertained
of her recovery.

LITERARY RES:II;W.

147011IER'S SECOND Joun:NrY TO PERSIA, 4to.

(Continued from our raper df Wednesday.)

Mr. MoREHR conceives the Persians to he emi-
nently susceptible of civiiization and refinement
The Prince Royal of Persia, Waits Mitt a, like
the (zar Peter, has suhrnirt•ed 6r) he taoght isv
foreigners, in order to he capable of givinot in-
s'iturtions to his conn,Tvini.n. in the war with
Hussite. perceiving the advantages which the ene.
'my derived from their "'riflery, the Princie de-
termined to introduce antong. his soldiers th'e
tactics of Europe ; and When tlre British ...Ambas-
sador and Mr. Morier reached Oian, the seat of
Abbas Mit za's Government, they aver e sainted
with a regular discharge of artillery, which forci-
bly recalled to the mind the cittoms and eiviliea-
lion of &nape. Mr. Moder give. an interesting
detail of 'his official introduction at a subsegnenr
period to this accomplished Prince :-
16 After 'having been introduced with the usual forlats, I
was desired to seat myself opposite the Prince—he himself
'was seated tailor-like, at one extremity of the tent, with his
ca" on one side, leaning farwards in a playful manner over
his knees. On one side of bins was an ink-stand and some
papers, and at the other extremity of the tent was Hyder Ali
Khan, one of his favourite officers. After saying some
obliging things, he asked me for the letters of which 1 was
the bearer, which I then delivered to hint. OW of them
contained a sketch of the Treaty recently concluded between
Russia and Turkey, over which he pondered with consider-
able attention for a long while, without opening his lips. He
then made a sign to /leder Ali Khan to withdraw, and re-
quiring me to come close to him, he made some very shrewd
remarks upon the different Articles of the Treaty, showing
himself a perfect master of the nature of the political rela
thew that existed between those two States. Among the
letters of which 1 was the Shearer, was that of Mi. Gordon,
from Teflis, to the contents of which he paid the most mi-
nute attention, and when I informed him, that by desire of
the Russian General, Mr. Gordon was about returning to us
through Karabagh, by Ganja, and Shisheh, iu order to in-
spect the Russian possessions in that part of the country, the.
Prince exclaimed, ' Oh, I know those wiles of old; they will
make Mr. Gordon believe that they are very strong, when it
is all the contrary. On the one day they will march a set of
men before him, and on the next, changing their dress, they
sxill exhibit the very same set as fresh troops newly arrived.'
He finished this part of the conference by saying, that be
would think upon what was now to he done, that he would
write to the Ambassador, and that at night be would send
for me again to tell isle what was Isis determination. Ile
then conversed upon indifferent subjects; and when I told
him of our aereeahle sensations upon beholding his troop
of horse-artillery at Ojan, and that we felt ourselves in some
Pleasure transported to England, his eyes glistened with the
crust lively pleasure, and he said, ' Well. that is just what
Mirza Abut Hassan Khan has told me. He assured me, that
on entering Aderbigian, he thought himself again its Eng-
laiid ; amd that if the Persians want to see what England is,
they have only to look at the country over which I govern.'
roor Prince! could he but take one look at England, how
great would be the revolution iu his ideas ! . How great would
be the probable consequences to • the whole of his country,
end perhaps to the whole of Asia."

We cannot resist the inclinalion to transcribe
the following Sketch of the late Rev. Mr. MAtt-
TYN, who breathed his last in Persia, and by
his exemplary virtues attracted esteem, and even
inspired reverence, in a land of strangers :

" The Persians, who were struck with his humility, his pa-
tience, and resignation, called him a Merdi Rbodai, a Man
of God ; and, indeed, every action of his life seemed to be
beat towards the one object of advancing the interest of the
Christian Religion.
4" When be was living at Shiraz, employed in his translation,
be neither sought nor shunned the society of the Natives,
:many of whom constantly drew him into arguments about
religion, with the intention of persuading him of the truth
and excellence of theirs. His answers were such as to stimu-
late them to farther arguments, and in spite of their pride
.the principal Mollafts, who had heard of his reputation, paid
hirwthe first visit, and endeavoured in every way to entangle
bins in his talk.

"At length he thought that the best mode of silencing
them, was by-writing a Reply to the Arguments which they
brought'buth against our belief and in favour of their own.
His tract was circulated through different parts of Persia, and
was sent from hand to hand to he answered. At length it
made its way to the King's Court, and a Mullah of high con-
sideration, who resided at Hamadan, and who was esteemed
one of the best controversialists in ti►e country, was ordered
to answer it. After the lapse of more than a year he did
answer it, but such were the strong positions taken by Mr.
Martyn, that the Persians themselves were ashanied of the
futility of their own attempts to break them down ; for, after
they had sent their Answer to time Ambassador, theyrequested
that it might be returned to them again, as another Answer
was preparing to be given. Such Answer has never yet been
given; and we may infer from this circumstance, that if in
additiosn to the Scriptures, some plain treatises of the Evi-
-dcnces of Christianity, accurApanied by Strictures upon the
falseness of the doctrines of Mahomed, were translated into
Persian, and dissen►iwatcd throughout tbat.couutry, very fa-
vourable effects would be prAtteed.
" Mr. Martyn caused a copy of his Translation to he beauti-
fully written,-and to he presented by the Ambassador to the
King, who was pleased to receive it very graciously. A copy
of it was made by Mirza Baba, a Persian, who gave us lessons
in the Persian language ; and he said that many of his coun-
trymen asked his permission to take Mr. Martyn's Transle
Con to their homes, where they kept it for several days,
and expressed themselves much edified by its contents."

*** We must omit the names of the respec-
tive Publishers it future, as we find that other-
wise the LITERARY Ruvrew, which we insert for
the information and amusement of our Readers,
will be chargeable as Advertisements at the STAMP-
OFFICE.

The Mike of ROXBURGH, who has, for the
first time, been elected one of the Sixteen Re-
presentatives of the Scottish Peerage, is the only
Scots Duke who is not also a Peer of Great Rri•
taut —His Grace is now in the eighty-first year of
his age, and his son, tie Marquis of BBAVMONT,
Las just entered into his second !

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Wednesday last. The following are extracts
" Pacts, AUG. 5 —Yesterday the Ambassadors
and Foreign Ministes paid their respects to the
King and the Itoyal Family..
" His Majesty also received, at a private au-
dience, the Duke de Fernan Nunez., the Spanish
Ambassador, who bad the honour of delivering
to the King the credentials by which her Majesty
the Infanta Duchess of Lucca has appointed him
her Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France.
The Count de Grote, the Hanoverian Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, was
also admitted to a private audience, at whiclt he
presented to the King a letter of Notification,
from his Sovereign respecting the marriages of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence with the
Princess Amelia Adelaide Louisa of Sax-Mein-
engen, and of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Kent with the Princess Dowager of Liningen,
Maria Louisa Victoria of Saxe Coburg.
" A Royal Ordonnance has been published for
regulating the General Staff of the Army.
" Wednesday the 29ils ult. the three legions of
Ille et Vilaine, Loire Inferieure, and iVlorbilian,
were assembled in the morning on the Cours
d'Ajot, at Brest, commanded by Colonel Cadudal.
At half-past eight the Duke of Gloucester pro-
ceeded thither, accompanied by 'Generals the
Count d'Hoffelize, and the .Baron de Goguelat,
the Count nGoordon, the Mayor and Sub-Pre-
lect, and a great number of Officers of different
arms. After reviewing the troops, which de-
filed in his presence, his Royal Highness vi-
sited the Chateau, the Ramparts, and the
Parish Church of Saint Louis: The Duke
abccuded to the top of the tower, where the
telegraph is placed, and which immediately an-
nounced to Paris that his Royal Highness was ob-
serving its movements.

After the dinder, given by the Count de
Gourdon, his Royal Highness went on board the
frigate, to which, by his invitation, he was ac-
companied by the Countess de Gourdon, Made-
moiselle de Gourdon, the Countess de Hoffelize,
the Countess de Redon, and several others.—
His Royal highness, who on his arrival
was saluted by the Royal Battery, now in his
tern, on his getting on board the frigate,
saluted Admiral the Count de Gourdon.—
On his Royal Highness's departure the salute
was returned by the Royal Battery. All those
who had the honour of forming part of the pro-
cession to the frigate, agreed in stating that it
was impossible to experience a more polite,
gracious, or affable reception than was given to
them by the Duke and the Officers of t he frigate.
His Royal Highness set sail on the 30th ult. and
stops at Belle Isle, before proceeding to Rochelle
and Rochefort. His Royal Highness sent 200
francs to the comedians. The Duke will proceed
to Bourdeaux, and proposes visiting Languedoc,
after which he goes to Rome.

" The house of Joan d'Arc, at Domremy la
Pucefie, between Vaucouleurs and Nenfchateau,
is to be repaired, preserving, as much as possible,
all that may tend to recall her memory and the
bas-relief over the door, which, ?luring the Revo-
lution, was destroyed, is to be completely re-
stored,

" A violent shock of an earthquake was felt at
Inspruck, on the 22d ult. at ten at night, which
lasted for some seconds, and was accompanied by
an explosion similar to thunder. The ocscillation
was from west to east.

" The Allied Monarchs, it is said, will pass
some days at Spa before proceeding to Aix-la-
Chapelle.
'• The cause of Lievt.-Colonel Barbier Dufny
against the Countesses of St. Moryq and de
Gaudeaart, for calumny, came on again yester-
day before the Tribunal of Correctional l'olice.

X. Couture was beard at considerable length tot
the Ladies. After which the case was postponed
till Tuesday next; to hear the reply of the Advocate
of M. llteay.

FIVE PEE CENTS.

Tuesday tFs f. 35c.
ik„ Loan Cvrtiticates

DBl,Bllltttri STOCK
of the 22d March, 1817, BB f. 25 e.
22d Sept. 1817, 8t; f. 25c.
22d March, 1318, B4 f. 30c.

" BERLIN, JULY 25.—Our Council of State
opens its Sittings on the 26th October. It will
have under its discussion the most important pro-
jects relatiVe to the Constitution, the Finances,
and Legislation.
" STUTTGARD, JULY 28.—The 'report. of Las
Casas paying a visit to the Princess Catherine of
Wurtemburg is entirely unfounded."

Lord CASTLERCAGH does not leave town on his
important mission to the Continent fur at least
fourteen or fifteen clays.

There is a long article in The Morning Chronicle
of this :lay, respecting Lord CASTLEREAMII'S mis-
sion to Vienna, and among a heap of unmeaning,
silly, ridiculous questions, it has the following
passage :—" The Army of Occupation is to be
withdrawn. So says the Emperor of RUSSIA,
whose fiat on a point like this is the nod of JOVE
to the Dii ininores." There is more poetry,
or rather fiction, than truth in this assertion.
The insidious design of it is to throw all the
other Potentates into comparative insignificance.
That the Emperor of RUSSIA will have the weight
attached to the importance of his character can-
not be doubted, hut we are assured, from what
we take to be good authority, that the Emperor has
not affected totake_ any lead in the ensuing delibe-
rations, and that whatever arrangements are to take
place, will proceed front the united consultations
acrd full consent of the whole body of Sovereigns.
If the Chronicle were ,not, known for the daring
effrontery of its reports, upon every subject con-
nected with politics, in any part of the world, as
well as for its factious spirit at home, it would be
difficult to account for its daily falsehoods ; but
its usual malignity, and bitter hatred of G.
iernment, because it stopped all revolutionary
movements in this country„‘Vill'weltaccount for its
attempt to degrade Sovereignty in any but a
republican shape. Cannot TherChronicle satisfy it-
self with the melancholy posture of affairs among
the Misguided Labourers of Manchester (most of
them, probably, Readers of The Chronicle}, with-
out attempting to excite doubts and jea-
lousies respecting • the -Allied Powers ! Hap-
pily those Powers, if they ever hear of the
venom of The Chronicle, will only despise it.—
Let The Chronicle indulge itself in the ,hope that
the discontents of Manchester will ripen into
riotous commutions and more seditious move-
ments, and then it will find a despicable re-
ward in the success of its endeavours to dis-
turb the minds of the people, and bring that
Government into disgrace, to which Europe
is indebted for its deliverance, and Great Britain
for the glory which it acquired, by the spirit,
energy, and perseverance, which led to that illus-
trious issue.

Our intelligence from Manchester this morning
states that matters remain iu slatu quo. The great
fear is, that harangues from -such desperate cha-
racters as BAGGRRTV, OGDEN, DRUMMOND,
JOHNSTONE. and others, who were last year
charged with high treason, may have an ef-
fect upon the credulous minds and inflam-
ed passions of the poor workmen. —lt is
evident that, the just price of every man's
labour must vary according to his skill and dili-
gence, and therefore ought to be matter of pri-
vate compact between himself and his master,
consequently the attempt to fix the price for large
bodies of men by combination is equally unjust
and pernicious. The least reflectiv would con-
vince the men of this truth, if they were not heat-
ed by Factious Newspapers and Revolutionary
Agitators;

The Chronicle has taken the pretended letter
from MoNsteun to the KING of FRANCE, which
we inserted yesterday, but. %i ith its uaual meanness,
a meanness equal to its rancour, does not 'state
whence it derived it. It adds, with Intiicrous
9imPlicity, that it has little doubt, " from the stile
of the letter, of its being it fabrication." If it
means a.fabrication. as imputed to MONSIEUR,
there is no route for doubt, but if it doubts the
fact that such a letter was really written and so
imputed, we pity its ignorance.
The report still prevails thlit ttle Marquis. of
LANSDOWNE is to lead Opposition in the House
of Lords, and Mr. TIERNEY in the Commons, if
his health will admit. Mr. BROUGHAM, it seems,
aspites to the latter hollow-.

The British Press- of this day expresses some
doubts as to the tiet of Hussey's acknowledgment
of his guilt. We announced that fact ou autho-
rity on Tuesday last, in a Second Edition. The
wretched mail made a full confession to Mr.
Itbooe, the Clergyman, and certainly desiited to
have it kept secret, but that Gentleman properly
revealed it, for the satisfaction of die Public.