The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-12 00:00:00

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.
nearly at the close of business the British Securities took
a sudden start, and Console, which had been as low as 86}
in the course of the morning, went up to 874 4. This is
said to be caused by its having been ascertained that a pri-
vate arrangement had been made, by which no further
Exchequer Bills would be thrown on the Market. This
morning the first price for Consols was 854 86 for Money,
and 874 4 for Account, and rose rapidly to 874, at which
rate they were done, but have since receded to 874 4 for
Account, after having been as low as 874 4. India
Bonds, 86 8, and Exchequer Bills, 52 S prem.
The Foreign Funds have had but few transactions;
Mexican Bonds are 694 ; Colombian are 32, being a trifling
advance, arising from the state of the account rather than
to any other cause; Greek are 17 4.
Shares remain in the same inactive state, nor has any
alteration. taken place in prices.
Three per Cent. Consols, 88 4 ; Ditto for Account,
274 4; India Bonds, 86 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 52 3 pm.
Foltz/sm.—Brazilian, 594 60 - Buenos Ayres, 82 3 ;
Chilian, 27 9 ; Colombian, 1824, 3112 ; Danish, 62i;
Greek, 174 ; Mexican 3 per Cent., Al 6i ; Ditto 6 per
Cent., 60 4; Peruvian, 254 64; Portuguese, 78 ;
Russian, 944 ; Spanish, 104 11.
314zEs.—Angle Mexican, 45 40 die.; Brazilian, 1 dia.
Pse; CulOmbian, 10 12 per Share; Real del Monte, $0
60 dic,; Unitad Mexican, 19 18 dis.

Two cloa.
Consols have been 87i for Account, sellers o'
; are now
buyers, pith little business. Three per Cent. Reduced,
864. Th Exchequer Bills have advanced to 55 pm.
e Foreign Funds have been without any variation,
except in Colombian Bonds, which are' 32k; it is now
said the Congress have refused to accept the resignation
of Bolivar,

HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols, 874 buyers—Colombian have been
33, are now 314 32.

FOUR .o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 858 86 Danish Bonds 63
Do. for Ac. 878 i Greek Do. 1825, 16
Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 698
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do.
Chi Han Do. Russian Do. 941
Columbian, 1824, 324 Spanish Do. ]O

LORD PALMERSTON'S FIRST LEVEE.—
Thug day Lord PAttazurrow held his first Levee, at the
Horse Guards, as Secretary at War. In consequence of
its being the first since the resignation of the Duke of
W2LLINCITON as Commander-in Chief, it was very nu-
merously attended ; upwards of seventy General and other
Officers waited on the Noble Secretary.
Viscountess ITAMPDEN had a grand dinner
party yesterday, at her house in Great-street, Grosvenor_
square.

The Ladies FITZPATRICK entertained a dis-
tinguished party of the haut ton yeaterday evening, at their
house in Grosvenor-place.
Lady MART MITRE entertained a select party
of fashionable+ yesterday evening, at her house in Groove-
nor:sqnare.

We understand that Lady BYRoN has en-
gaged Bifrons, near this city, the scat of EDWA zn TAYLOR.,
Zig. —Kentish Chronicle.
The Lady of Baron ANSELA: ROTHSCHILD
was safely delivered of a son on Saturday last, in Paris.
XING'S THEATRE.—Mr. EBERS'S Benefit
is, we perceive, announced fur to-night. It cannot fail to
be fully and fashionably attended---first, from the well-
known unremitting anxiety of Mr. Emma to cater for the
amusement of the public ; secondly, from the strength of
the talent engaged, which includes the celebrated names
of PASTA, COkIIICOA, CAZADOILI, CUIZIOXI, Toliti, Di-
vii-Lx, and Giesituct. We heartily wish our friend
FEIIae all the success which he deserves.
THEATRICAL UPROAR.--.....On Saturday,
June soth, a piece, called the Co7itYfliaCe, was performed
at a minor theatre of Rouen. The erdience did not ap-
pear to
appreciate the merits of the
performers, and had
ridiculed more than their patience could bear. Just as the
curtain
was about to fall, the performers assailed the
in hand, and attacked several persons, and
Min
sword
one, in particular, who had been most active in chewing
his hostility. The ladiee_ were
terrified, and a violent
carnage was
expected, when the Commissary of Police,
who happened to be accidentally present, lifted up his
voice, and restored calm. LourntilcCispoault
Trargibeutnhael performers
Were ormers
Were summoned before the
and were fined and imprisoned.-French Paper.
A case of breach of promise of marriage is ex-
pected to corn* on for trial at the ensuing Assize. for
Bussex, which cannot fail to
prove what is called " a sport-
jag cause." The eircumbtantocccabe it to be set down
i
rrleda little previously
to the last circuit, but too near to en
for trial at that time. The defendant srellaed,
distinguished
lady well known
in Brighton, being, with her sister and
"Irresistible,"n " De_
b.y the singular appellation of the
fiance," and " Linchpin." They possess a
Handsome in-
come, and are exceedingly dashing in their appearance.
The gentleman was formerly a banker in Ireland.
Yesterday afternoon the Queen of WußTEm-
sea°, and her Royal Highness Princess AL TA
recreation for upwards of two hours in the GrUeaSt4tookPark. a
G-

Madame de BURG, widow of the late
Danish Minister to this country, has had the honour of re-
ceiving an imitation from his 31Ancsrr to pass a few days
At Windsor.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
The Loan CismscaLLtas sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day.
IN TISK )lATTZL OF JOHN AND CROSS STARK'S,

BANKRUPTS.

Mr. Suanin moved that this matter might stand in
the paper for Saturday. It was of much importance, in
consequence of the nature of the property, that it should be
heard forthwith, the point being short too.

ATTORNZT-GZHIRAL V. LORD HOTZAM.

The LORD OSA/MELLOR gave judgment in this appeal,
from a decision of the Master of the Rolls. The question
related to the identity of a piece of land, called the Hall
Platte. His opinion was, that from the explanation that
had been given at the sale of the lands coming under this
denomination, the landelin question had bee. fully identified,
and that the decision of the Master of the Rolls had
substantially decided the question. This having been so,
the Court dismissed the appeal with costs.

CZAMBISCII V. WATXZe.
Mr. SUCDIN stated that this case had been often heart
before the late Lord Chancellor, and that on the last occg
sion it was proposed that unless the defendant, who had
been a long time in contempt for not putting in his
answer, and had been in France, did not pay the costs
of putting in the , answer, and put it in within a
given time, an order should be drawn up, dismissing
all the motions Mr. Taylor had made in the course of the
cause,!,with costs. He had not paid any costs yet ; the
time for putting in the answer had • long gone by without
its being put in ; he was still in France ; and the present
motion war, that an order such as had been proposed
might be drawn up, unless the answer was put in, and the
costs paid, within a week from this time.—Motion granted.

DI Vint' T. NOBLE.

Mr. ScrapEx stated that this was a case that had been
heard by Lord Eldon, who, it was expected, would have
given judgment in it; but on having been applied to for
it, his Lordship had sent back the briefs he had, with this
endorsement, " This cue having been only part heard be-
fore me, and it having stood over at the request of Counsel,
it is, as far as lam concerned, done with." Consequently,
the present application was, that the cause n4ght be al-
lowed to go into the present Chancellor's paper.—Leave
granted.

MliMill V. DAVIS.

Tke Common Law Counsel haying attended in this case
to-day again, the motion for new trial proceeded—this
baring been the third day occupied by the motion.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings at Westminster before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,

SCOTT ♦ND SUSANNAH HIS WIFE, v. CLIMINT.

Mr. lioaanttrxr opened the pleadings. It was an
action, he said, for libel, for certain publications, which ap-
peared in the Morning Chronicle and Observer news-
papers, of which the defendant is the proprietor.
Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUIT stated the case. It was one
which required the most serious attention of the Jury, and
was of the deepest interest to the plaintiffs : it was also of
deep interest to the proprietor, who was charged, as the
proprietor of two newspapers, with having published in
them paragraphs respecting Susannah Scott. These
publications, excepting the last charge, imputing to
her perjury, adultery, and theft, professed to be certain
affidavits filed in the Court of Chancery. One of these
was the affidavit of Bearge, a groom of Mr. Long Wel-
lesley, and stated that Susannah Scott had been guilty of
perjury, inasmuch as she had sworn to a false affidavit;
and that she had had an illicit intercourse with a French-
man named Bergery, who had been the cook of Mri. Helena
Bligh. The other affidavit published by the defendant was
that of Maria Evans, and it imputed adultery and theft.
The third publication charged against the defendant
as libellous, purported to be a report of certain proceedings
at a police-office, connected with Mrs. Bligh, who in that
report is made to charge Susannah Scott with theft.
To so much of the declaration as charged the defendent
with imputing perjury and adultery, he put in the general
plea—not guilty. In his first plea he alleges: that Mrs.
Scott had been guilty of theft and adultery, but does not
allege the truth of that part of the libel charging her with
perjury. With respect to this latter charge, the defendant
pleads that the publication in which it is contained was
an affidavit filed in Chancery, upon a petition heard
before that Court. That the matter of the affidavit
had been heard and discussed there, Ind that
the defendant bad published a full and impartial report of
the proceedings in the Court, and that the affidavit in
question foimed part of it. The defendant, in his second
plea, omits the allegation that the charges of adultery and
theft were true; bet, as in the former plea, insists that he
merely published an impartial report. In his third pleahe
justifies all that is contained in the affidavits of Bearge and
Evans, without resting his defence on their having formed part
of the proceeding: ii Chancery. He also justifies the charge
made in the Police report as true. With respect to those
parts of the plea which justified the adultery and theft, it
would be indispensable to the Learned Sergeant to wait
until some sort of evidence was offered by the defendants.
It was of course impossible for him to anticipate what that
evidence would be, and until he heard it, he could not think
either of commenting on it, or of offering evidence to rebut it.
The Learned Sergeant then proceeded to read the affidavit
of Bearge, which was made December 2, 1826. This
affidavit, after reciting a passage in an affidavit made by
Susannah Scott, to the effect that Mr. Wellesley had upon
some occasion waited near the residence of Mrs. Bligh, until
an answer was brought to him from that lady,
declared that the whole of that statement was false. This,
the Learned Sergeant said, was a ,direct charge of wilful
and corrupt perjury. The affidavit of Bearge went on
to say that he had been informed by one Bergery, then in
Paris, that he had taken improper familiarities with Su-
sanna Scott, and had illicit intercourse with her, and
Bearge expressed his belief in this communication so
made to him. The next affidavit which the de-
fendant was charged with publishing, was that
of Maria Evans. Evans says that she had been informed
by a nurse that an illicit intercourse had been carried on
between Bergery and Susanna Scott, and the deponent
verily believes the same from having frequently seen Ber-
gery and Susanna Scott coining of out each others' bed-
rooms, and from haring heard them talking in their bed-
rooms at very unseasonable hours. This intercourse had
been much talked of in the family of Mrs. Bligh,
and the deponent further says, that, to the best of
her belief, Bergery took lodgings for Susanna Scott,
who lived with him as his mistress, and that he
had subsequently left England to get rid of her. This af-
fidavit of Evans also states, that Susanna Scott had stolen
one silk, and several other dresses from Mrs. Bligh ; and
that Mrs. Bligh had refused to settle her account
until she (Susanna Scott) brought some of them back.
In the last libel, viz. that which purported to be a report
of the proceedings at the police-office, to which Susannah
Scott was no party, there was also a direct imputation of
theft. These proceedings arose out of some charge made
by Mrs. Bligh against George Scott, the husband. In that
report Mrs. Bligh is made to say, in answer to a_ question
put to her, as to her reason for discharging Susannah Scott,
" I discharged her for theft and impropriety of conduct."
The Learned Sergeant entered into a variety of details,
with a view of showing that the publication of these two
affidavits could not be justified on the grounds that they
formed part of a repel.; of proceedings in Chancery, inas-
much u the defendant had not subsequently published in
his papers the affidavits filed by the plaintiffs and tither'',
distinctly denying the charges made in the affidavits of
Bearge and Evans. This was not the case of a person tak-
ing notes for a newspaper, who, supposing that he
was doing no wrong, might think it his duty
to publish certain charges, even before the conclusion of
the case, with the honest intention also to publish anything
which might be urged in reply er in explanation of the
charges. This was no such case, for the affidavits in
question, had never been used, read, or commented
on in the whole course of the Chancery proceedings.
No person had even taken office copies of them, except
the solicitors of the respective parties. Did the defendant
then search the offices of the Court of Chancery, for the
purpose of finding any filth which he thought might gratify
the curiosity of his readers, or did he do what was still
worse, lend himself to any other person who might
feel an inclination to bring Mrs. Scott into disrepute,
because she made affidav;ts adverse to certain parties?
The Learned . Sergeant after urging the usual topi,s
in aggravation of damages, left it to the Jury to say
by their verdict, what compensation in damages would
repair the injury done to the character of Mrs. Scott.
The publication and proprietorship of the newspapers by
the defendant were admitted, and the libel. put in and read
by the officer of the Court.

The affidavit of Maria Evan., appeared in the Observer
of the 24th of December, and in the Morning Chronicle
of the 25th of December, 1528.
The affidavit of Joseph Bearge, was published in the
Morning Chronicle of the 26th of December, and the
report of the proceedings of the Marylebone Police-office,
appeared in the same paper of the 3d of January, 1827.
William Miller, examined by Mr. Sergeant ANDREW%
-1 have known Mrs. Scott from her birth ; she is now
24 or 25 years old ; her maiden name was Porter, and her
fiends
and a huslive in the City of Ely; her father is a m ar etk gar-
ener bandman ; I did not know her husband
until after they were married ; I knew them afterwards at
King-street, Soho.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Virunz..,-1 went with

AVM (the husband) to MM. Bl4ll's-honse, and afterwa' rde
to a Police Offiter'sVith'him.- Mrs,. Scott has been under
my observation for nearly mix years; did not know her
in Lisle-street, Davis-street, Berkeley-square, Rathbone-
place, Drury-lane, or a Court off the Strand.
The witness was examined at considerable length as to
the nature of his acquaintance with Mrs. Scott. She had
been constantly under his observations, though he had often
not seen her for intervals of Six months.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Sergeant Wrinz.—Nov, do you know enough of
her to say on your oath, that she did not walk under the
Piazzas of Covent-garden, and in the Strand, as a common
prostitute ?—Witness—On my oath she never did to my
knowledge. •
Mr. Sergeant Wrz.nz was .proceeding to examine this
witness, ae to the •eircumstances under which Mrs. Scott
lived with a Mrs. Barbury. at Stoke Newington, when
Mr. Sergeant 'Cross objected to that line of evidence.
The LORD Cruz,. JusTrcz thought it highly irregular—
when a specific charge was made againif an individual,
and when an individual came into Court upon that charge,
it would be tyranny to bring forward imputations against
his whole life. This would be in fact not trying the spe-
cific charge, but entering into a general history. Every
person must be frightened at the idea, that a publisher of
a Newspaper should, in the first instance, have it in his
power to make a specific charge, and subsequently
endeavour to justify that by a general charge made for
the purpose of criminating the individual whom be had
in the first instance libelled.
Mr. Sergeant WILDI said, that his Learned Friend Mr.
Sergeant Bosanquet had talked of compensation for the in-
jury, and said, that no damages could repair the injury
done to the lady's character : he had next produced a wit-
ness who talked of this lady from her very birth. Under
these circumstances the Learned Sergeant thought that he
had a right to know who the witness was, and who and what
the lady herself was, in order that the Jury might have an
opportunity of judging of the injury done to her feelings.
The Learned Sergeant did not adopt this course for the
purpose of avoiding the necessity of proving the truth of the
charges on record, as he meant to support them by the
most direct evidence.
Mr. BROUGHAM followed oh the same side, and said,
that as the witness had given an interesting account of the
old gentleman, her father, who was described as a market-
gardener and husbandman at Ely, it might not' be un-
important that the Jury should know whether Mrs. Scott
was not herself a professional lady.—(A laugh.)
The LORD CHM' JUSTICI, after reading the charges as
set forth in the pleadings, said, that the defendant had no
right to prove any thing but those charges. This is my
opinion, said his Lordship, and I wish it to be on record,
if I have stated it wrong—it is important that it should
be known at this time, when there exists such a strug-
gle between the press and the justice of the country,
that when a party makes a charge against any person, and
puts him, as it were, on his trial for the preservation or
destruction of his character, that party cannot be at liberty
at that trial to travel beyond that charge, for the purpose
of making a general attack on the individual against whom
he had in the first instance made that specific charge.
John Jefferson, from the Affidavit Office, in the Court of

Chancery, produced the affidavits of George Bearge, and
Maria Evans, filed Dec. 14, 1826, and stated, that office
copies had been given only to the solicitors in Beaufort v. Wel-
lesley. The witness also produced the affidavits filed by G.
Scott and his wife on January 5, 1827, as well as affida-
vits filed by Anne Shaw, James and Mrs. Nicholas, and
by a person named Hodges.

Robert Wheatley, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, searched
the files of the Morning Chronicle and Observer news-
papers, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the
affidavits filed in answer to those of Bearge and Evans
had been published in either of those papers. The wit-
ness did not succeed in discovering any such affidavits in
these newspapers.
James Fitzgerald, a short-hand writer, attended all the
proceedings in the Court of Chancery, and was certain that
the affidavits of Bearge and Evans had not been publicly
heard or discussed in that Court.

Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT.—On the 21st of No-
vember, the affidavit of Mr. Scott and his wife had been
the subject of discussion by Mr. Shadwell, and had been much
relied on by that Learned Gentleman, who was counsel
against Mr. Wellesley. At one time the Lord Chancellor
asked who dared to publish the affidavits in a cause still
pending before him, and threatened to commit any such
person for contempt:3k :. "-
Lora Chief Justice Brsr—lt is a great pity he did not
effect his threat; no person could have objected to its pro-
priety.

Several affidavits produced by Jeffersca were then
handed in.

Mr. Sergeant Want then addressed the Jury for the
defendant He said, the" knowin7 the general correct-
ness with which his Learned Friend conducted a case, and
assuming him to hive received full and correct information
en the present, he could not help expressing his surprise
that his Learned Friend should speak of the publica-
tion by Mr. Clement as one of peculiar malignity.—
Whatever became of the present case, and it would
not be becoming of him ',Sergeant Wilde) to anti-
cipate its result, he was sure there was nothing which
Mr. Clement conceived equal in importance to the con-
tradiction of the charge that he had published a ma-
lignant libel on any person. Whatever difficulties Mr.
Clement might be exposed to as an editor, and the perils
and difficulties of an editor were great, Es had never been
known to publish anything with a malignant intention,
and defied the world to prove that he was guilty of
such base conduct. It was very true he might be
imposed on, for a newspaper editor must often repose on
the accuracy and good faith of others, knowing that he
was responsible for their accuracy and good faith. Mrs.
Scott and her husband brought an action, complaining that
Mr. Clement had published statements injurious to Mrs.
Scott's character. It was, therefore, of essential import-
ance that the Jury should know who Mrs. Scott was ; for
how could they award compensation for character, with-
out knowing whether that character was of value
or not. In considering the present case, it was most
important that the Jury should be acquainted with the
nature of the libel, which was the subject of the present
action, and which it was alleged reflected on the plaintiff's
character. It was for the Jury to see whether the libel
was a loose paragraph, the creation of private ma-
lignity,
hatched for the indulgence of private slan-
der, and first made known to the world by pub-
lication in the defendant's paper, or whether it was
an accurate copy of evidence given in a Court of Justice,
with all the solemnity of an oath, and under the responsi-
lity of an indictment for perjury if what was thus sworn
was false. The latter was the present case ; the libel was
neither more nor less than the correct copy of an affidavit,
nude in the Court of Chancery, in which the
names and situations of the parties making the
affidavits, as well as those reflected upon in those
affidavits, were accurately described. If this case
should be decided against Mr. Clement, he (Sergeant
Wilde) hoped to hear no more observations on the value
of the freedom of the press in Courts of Justice.--
If the present defendant was guilty of publishing a
malignant libel as stated by the plaintiff's Counsel,
to talk of the freedom of the press was only a
snare, for there was so much difficulty in know-
ing how to give the proceedings in Courts of Jus-
tice, there was. so much accuracy required, and so much
fringe to be added to the material facts of the case, that the
man who spoke of the freedom of the press, as con-
nected with the publication of proceedings in a Court
of Justice, only meant to insult the understanding.
If the defendant could not sustain his cause, the maxims
he had been use-cl to hear about the freedom of the press,
were only calculated to mislead. The editors of news-
papers, naturally turned their attention to matters of great
interest, and were anxious to obtain full information on
such matters. If newspapers were confined to the publi-
cation of the Court Circular, and to mere tea-table gossip,
it was true they might have some circulation, but they
would be entirely deprived of their interest and their use.
In fact, to confine a newspaper to such limits would be
incompatible with its existence. A newspaper editor
naturally sought to obtain information on matters of
general interest, and during the last year a ques-
tion came on in the Court of Chancery, of me-
' rnentous interest. It was, whether a father should
have the bringing up of his own children ? An exten-
sive subject, and one of momentous public interest.
It appeared that if children were entitled to a property
under certain circumstances, the Court of Chancery
assumed the right to decide who should bring up those
children. The power thus arrogated by the Court of
Chancery, was one of the greatest importance. No one
could hear of such a power, without being alarmed that a
bequest of property should deprive a child of the guardian-
ship of a parent, and that the children and parent should
thus be separated and held up to ignominy. This
was the subject which gave rise to the present
action; and he repeated that there could not
be a subject of more momentous interest to
the public. The plaintiff complained that the de-
fendant published the particulars of this case day by
day. When, he asked, were the public to hear of it, if
not day by riay ? It was said, when the case was deter-
mined. To this he would answer—" Do not mock us."
What object would there be in publishing a Chancery snit at
its end ? By that time its origin would be a matter of history,
a coucern of the last age, and not of the present. To a

•
nettgpaper such a permission Would be of no advantage,
for. the public were Only interested in what was pass-
ing around them. He wished the Jury to understand
the difference between the objection to publishing the
proceedings in 'this cas:', and in cases where an individual
was brought to a Police Office, and a charge was publish-
ed hgainst him, which, of necessity, rested for some time
without refutation, and was read Ly those who were after-
wards to be his Jury. The objection to the publication of
such proceedings was, that an impression was created,
and the Jurors liable to be prejudiced. But in the pre-
sent case there were no jurors, and those who knew any-
thing of the great mind of him who then presided over
the Court of Chancery knew that his mind was not to be
lightly prejudiced. In November an affidavit was made
by Mrs. Scott, reflecting on Mr. Wellesley and Mrs.
Bligh. He called on the Jury to bear in mind this'fact.
The affidavit then made by Mrs. Scott charged Mr. Wel-
lesley with acts which rendered him unfit to manage his
own children, and imputed to Mrs. Bligh such conduct, as,
if true, would have rendered her infamous. Well ! Mr. Cle-
ment published every word of this affidavit. He had given
Mr. W. and Mrs. B. the dregs of this bitter cup in November.
Long after an answer was filed to that affidavit, and then
what was the course adopted by Mr. Clement ? He pub-
lished the answer, stating all that was stated in the affida-
vits upon the oath of two deponents, and those he published
as he had before published the affidavit of Mrs. Scott, as
documents on record. On the 11th Jan. the Lord Chancellor
expressed his opinion, that no affidavits filed in the cause
ought to he published, and after that intimation of his
Lordship's opinion, no affidavits were published by the de-
fendant in the same form ; but on the 17th of January,
when the arguments were resumed, and Sir Charles
Wetherel, Mr. Shadwell, and Mr. Horne, severally
addressed the Court, they alluded to the affidavit
made by Mrs. Scott, and in commenting upon
that affidavit, as well as upon others filed against Mr.
Wellesley, used all their powers and ingenuity to defend
the statements contained in Mrs. Scott's affidavit, or in
other words to set up Mrs. Scott and pull down Mr. Wel-
lesley. The speeches of all those Counsel who commented
on Mrs. Scott's affidavit, with a view to establishing their
truth, were all given correctly in the defendant's paper. The
Jury now saw how the case stood. The defendant pub-
lished an attack on one side in November, and in December
an answer was put in to that attack, and it was now
complained that the defendant had not allowed the
attack to rest longer. In the answer it was stated
that the plaintiff was a servant of Mrs. Bligh's, and
had been discharged. She had come before the public as a
volunteer witness against the mistress who had cast her off,
and it was therefore important that the public, who had
read her evidence, should know who and what she was.
it was stated, that whilst in Mrs. Bligh's service she had
been guilty of adultery and of theft, and the question for
the Jury to decide was, not whether the defendant
had published the affidavits a day too late or
too early, but whether these charges could be sus-
tained. He thought he should be able to make out to the
satisfaction of the Jury, that the plaintiff was guilty of
adultery and theft.

[The Learned SZRGEANT had not concluded his speech
µ•hen our Reporter left.]

THE ARMY.

A detachment of the 4th, 11th, and 13th regiments of
Light Dragoons, have received order to march, to-morrow,
from Westminster, for Maidstone.

A detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards will also
march from Westminster to Coventry.

A detachment of the 35th Regiment of Foot will march
for the Isle of Wight, to-morrow.
A detachment of the 76th Regiment of Foot will march
from Westminster to Jersey.
The very general approbation, not to say admiration,
which the close firing of the right wing of the brigade ex-
cited yesterday, was not owing to the superior discipline of
that battalion over the other, but was in a great measure
attributable to the new arms which had been issued previ.
ously to the review. The sergeants were also supplied
with new halberts upon the occasion.

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS,

Wxbrnuoit, JULY IL—Yesterday the KING,
accompanied by the Duke of Dxvowsxxxx, the Duke of
Doasrr, and the distinguished attendants of his household,
proceeded from the Royal Lodge in pony phaetons,
to Virginia Water, where, after inspecting the new water-
fall, the new bridge, the site on which the Elgin Marbles
are erected, his MAJESTY proceeded to the new fishing
temple, where, with his Royal party, he embarked on
board the new cutter, and took a pleasurable excursion on
the bike, and at half-past seven o'clock returned to the
Lodge, where his MAJESTY was met by the Earl of Fur,
Lord and Lady GWYDYR, and Madame Da BURG. The
whole of the distinguished party had the honour of dining
and passing the evening with his MAJESTY. The Band
were in attendance, and played during the evening.
This day it is expected that his MAJESTY will visit the
Castle, and dine with his distinguished visitors at Vir-
ginia Water.

The Duchess of CLARENCE, accompanied by
the Princess CARLOTN, Miss FITZCLARZN'CE, and Colonel
Cooran, left her residence in Bushy-park yesterday morn-
ing, at the early hour of seven o'clock, in a carriage and
four, to proceed by easy stages to the seat of the Earl of
MOUNT EDGECUMBE, near Plymouth, for the purpose of
joining her Royal Consort, the LORD Hen. ADMIRAL, an
his tour of inspection. The Duchess, it was expected,
would stop at Salisbury yesterday afternoon, and sleep
there, reach Weymouth this day, and leave there to-mor-
row morning, for Exeter, where her Royal Highness would
stay all night, and then proceed to the seat of Lord MOUNT
Eno ECUMBE, to meet the Duke of CLARIENCR at Plymouth.
Mr. CANNING, the Marquis of LANSDOWN,
Mr. Secretary 800 art', Viscount Go DERICH, Viscount PAL-
MIRSTON, Mr. WYNN, Lord BEXLEY, and others of the Ca-
binet Ministers, left town about four o'clock yesterday after-
noon, for the purpose of attending a Cabinet Council, at
the seat of the Loan CIIANCRLLOR, at Wimbledon. After
the Council, the LORD CHANCILLOR gave a sumptuous
dinner to his colleagues.

The meeting of the Lords of the Privy Coun-
cil, which was to have been held yesterday at the Council-
office, was postponed, the Earl of HARROWBY, Lord Pre-
sident of the. Council, being unable to attend, owing to
the dangerous state of his Lordship's daughter, Lady
EBRINOTON. The Earl and Countess of HA RROWAY have
taken up their abode at the residence of Earl FORTESCUF,
father-in-law to Lady EBRINGTON, in Grosvenor-square.
The grand dinner parties intended to have been given by
the Earl of HARROWBY to-day, and also to-morrow, have
been put off, in consequence of the illness of Lady
EBRINGTON.

Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas-
saor, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.—It is remark-
able that a few minutes previous to the spasmodic seizure
with which his Lordship was attacked on Saturday last,
the Noble Earl had mentioned to the Countess of LIVER-
POOL, with whom he was conversing, his intention of visit-
ing Widmer Castle in a short time, and was giving direc-
tions for the necessary preparations for his departure, when
he found his hands numbed with the cramp. The attack
was so decidedly considered of a spasmodic nature that a
very large dose of laudanum, of from 90 to 100 drops, was
immediately given to the Noble Earl by Dr. DREYER, after
which his Lordship had no return of spasm. Dr. DREVER,
after issuing the following bulletin, came to town yester-
day afternoon :

" Coomna•Woon, JULY 11.—Lord LIVERPOOL was
able to sit up yesterday the greatest part of the day, which
he did nearly as comfortably as previous to the spasmodic
attack, and has passed a tranquil night, with a good deal
of sleep.

(Signed) " T. D."
Mr. PLANTA. leaves town thin morning, for a
few days only, as he is expected to return to his official
duties at the Treasury about the beginning of next week.
The following Gentlemen have been called to
the Bar by the Hon. Socxxxt of the INNER-TEMPLE, viz.
—T. Tommort, Esq. F. J. HALL, Esq. T. M. MAUDE,
Esq. E. M. ARCIIDALL, Esq. R. B. WlNcrixim, Esq.
and W. A. Hut.Tox, Esq.

The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY
entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at
her house in Arlington-street.

BITIPPINO INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.;

FROM LLOYD'S.

DrIL, JULY 11.—Wind S.E. by E.—Arrived from
London, the frussaren, Gibson, for the Cape ; Rapid,
Warren, and Express, Wells, fur Gibraltar ; and Diadem,
Smith, for the Coast of Africa.
FALMOUTH, JULY 10.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the
Frolic packet, Barron, from the Leeward Islands ; sailed
from 3t. Thomas'. the 7th June.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 11. —Wind N. by E.—Sailed the
Frederick, Legge, for New South Wales.
GIBRALTAR, Jurist 19.—This morning, while the Pin-
chincha, Colombian privateer, was becalmed in a fog, off
Ceuta, two Spanish Revenue boats took possession of the
brig schooner, her prize, and carried her away.
MESSINA, Julia 20.—The Annanziata, from- Leghorn
and Palermo, was wrecked on the Islandof Lipari, the 7th
instant,. The Frenice Laguna, from Trieste to Gibraltar,
was wrecked, 7th instant, near Chesiola.

The Industrie Mayoli, from Lanzarotte to Maldonado,
was wrecked on the Isle of Sal, the Ist March—crew and
passengers saved.

The schooner Waterloo, of Barbadoes, is totally wrecked
~ff Porto Rice—crew saved.

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY)

These Sessions commenced this morning before Mr.
Sergeant AR.ABIN, the City Officers, &c.
The Calendar contains 252 prisoners for trial, of which
two are for murder, seven for burglary, one for cutting and
maiming, one for uttering counterfeit coin a second time,
ten for highway robbery, seven for house-breaking, eight
:or stealing in a dwelling-house, five for horse-stealing, three
for sheep-stealing, one for bigamy, one for a post-office
robbery, four for embezzlement, thirty-nine for stealing from
the person, three for receiving stolen goods, one hundred
Ind forty-nine for larcenies, two for rescuing a felon, two for
perjury, three for fraud, and four for uttering counterfeit
coin, not having been before convicted.
Mr. Justice BURROUGHS and Mr. Justice Gazsrats,
took their seats at about a quarter past ten.
(Before Mr. Justice BURROUGH.)
John Byford Smith, aged 21, John Wright 20, and
Joseph Wells, 16, were convicted of a burglary in the
house of Andrew Barclay Drummond, Esq., and stealing
a box-coat, his property, a coat and other articles, the pro-
perty of Bryant Benwell, his coachman, and a coat and
other articles, the property of Wm. Wheeler, his groom, on
the 6th of June last.

(Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALI.)
TVm. Raymond, aged 26, Charles Johnson, 19, John
Cowley, 21, and George Lord, 28, were indicted for
assaulting Henry James Harman, and stealing from his per-
son 11. 2s. 2d. his monies. The prosecutor stated, that on
the Bth April he was in the tap-roo,-a of the Black Dog,
Drury-lane. The prisoners were there, and about 30 other
persons, Lovel was acting as waiter; the three others were
sitting at a table with him, one of them said, he should not
go till he had tossed for a pot of beer; he did so, and lost
it ; he then lost a second pot, and, throwing down a shil-
ling to pay for it, tried to get away, but the four prisoners
and several others prevented his leaving the room ; he could
not say that any of the prisoners touched him, but some of
the persons who surrounded him held up his arms and
seized from behind him ; he had the money in his waistcoat
pocket before the " row ;" he felt a person's hand in his
waistcoat pocket, and when he got loose be missed all his
mosey ; he went to the door and told the watchman that
he was robbed; a young man went out to the watchman
during the struggle, he was bound over at Marlborough-
street Office to appear here, but is not now to be found;
witness pointed out all the prisoners to the watchman.
Cross-examined by Mr. CRESWELL—There were about
30 persons, male and female, in the room at the time of the
scuffle, and witness had never seen any of them before. It
was about five in the morning. He jumped over the table
when he was so frightened. Did not see the faces of the
other persons who surrounded him, or should have pointed
them out.

By the prisoner Johneon—Was never sitting between
two women of the town before the scuffle.

John Bryan, watchman, corroborated the prosecutor's
evidence as to the apprehension. The witness who could
have identified the robbers had absconded, and witness could
not find him ; searched ths prisoners, and found some silver
upon Cowley.

Win. Ferguson was then called upon his recognisance',
but did not appear.

Raymond stated, in defence, that he was a stranger to
the house where he had been asked to drink and toss by
the prosecutor ; he saw the row, hut knew nothing of the
robbery or of the other prisoners.
Cowley said, that the prosecutor was so tipsy that he
could not see a hole through a ladder.
Love!, the waiter, heard a noise in the tap-room, and
went in to see what it was ; he was afterwards charged
with participating in the robbery, and the prosecutor ga►e
charge of every one whom he saw in the house.

Raymond called several witnesses, who gave him an ea•
eallent character from his childhood.
Johnson also called several witnesses to character.

The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and the
Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty for all the prisoners.
Thomas Wilson, aged 17, and John Haggerty, aged
16, were indicted for assaulting Richard Williams on the
King's highway, and stealing a hat and other articles.--
Verdict,