Star.
London, England, 1831-04-05 00:00:00

THE WEYMOUTH CASE.
Prim th• Calamine Mercury qf Satraaa.
In the statement which we made on Thursday of this cu-
rious case we studioasly kept clear of all the polio of the
real :natter at issue between the pirties, and conked oar-
selves solely to those in which the public could have any in-
terest. We find, however, that we were misinformed in re-
tard to the action being quashed ; and we regret to find
that we have given circulation to statements regarding Col.
Gordon, which are said to have been irrelevantly introduced
into an ordinary action of accounting, for the purpose of ob-
taining a favourable settlement as the price of their suppres •
sion. We therefore think it only an act of fairness and jus-
tice to Col. Gordon to give the following statement:
In the first place, it appears that Colonel Gordon's ap-
pointment to be a trustee to his nephew did not take place
till 1828, two years after he was elected one of the Members
for Weymouth ; that his standing a candidate for that bo-
rough wan not a proposal of his own, but urgently and
earnestly pressed upon him by the Johnstone family, and
that the object of his doing so was solely with a • view to
continue and strengthen the connection between his sister's
family and the borough.
At the time of Mr. Sugden's first eleotion In 1828, Major
Weyland stood upon the Johnstone interest, and Mr. S.
upon the independent one. Col. G. at that time was anxious
for Major W. a success, and as much disappointed at his
defeat as the rest of the family. Colonel G. never had any
communication with Mr. Sugden prior to the election of
188, and his motives for entering into the subsequent
arrangements with him are said to have been a conviegon
thasit.waa better policy to conciliate than to keep up say
hostile feeling against %Ir. Sugden, who had risen to emi-
nence" at '
.the bar, and acquired great popularity in
Weymouth, and who had been greatly, if not entirely, in-
I debted for his return to the same interest which opposed Col.
Gordon so violently in 1826, and which seemed to possess
such very great weight.
With respect to the purchase of Messrs. Henning and
Horaford's property, and the arrangements between Sir
ward Sugden and Mr. Fraser, it is said that Colonel Gor-
don has never seen the original contract to this hour; that
some of the stipulations are so preposterous, that be never
could have listened to them, and that if be had been made
fairly acquainted with every stipulation (as be ought to have
been) he would not have concurred in the purchase at all.—
The charge of wishing to set up a separate interest for him-
self, or as Mr. F. says, " seeking his indemnity by selliug or
otherwi'e disposing of seats in parliament for the said burgh
to the best advantage," is altogether denied ; and it is said
that the purchase eas made to strengthen the family
ence, and that, though not pretending to the Quixotry of
sacrificing his property solely tu promote his nephew's advan-
tage, Col. G. considered that their interests might be bene-
ficially conjoined, and that Sir Frederick was given distinct-
ly to understand that the property should be his when-
ever he chose to acquire it, and that the payment of the price
would be made convenient to him.

The accuracy of the alleged copy of agreement with Sir
Edward Sugden is disputed. It is denied that there was
any stipulation as to a Peerage—that it was provided that
Major Weyland was to be excluded, or that Sir E. Sugden
was not to bear his own share of the election expenses.
With regard to the allegation, that Colonel G. bad an alter-
cation with Sir E. Sugden, because the latter bad failed: in
obtaining a Peerage for him, it is said to ley false; and that
although Colonel G. had a differ..nce with
.Sir E. it had no
reference to the matter alleged ; and, in general, the %%hole
statements in the summons are said to be false, malicious,
and calumnious.

NEWCASTLE-UPON.! Y.VE, April!.
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(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT )
Great preparations are making to open, with Mat, the
new road to Scotsaood, and the beautiful suspension-bridge
across the river Tyne, at that place, on Tuesday, the 12th
instant. Our worthy representative, John Hodgson, Esq.
has come down from London expressly to attend the in-
teresting proceedings. The company, which it is expected
will be both numerous and fashionable, and include a long
train of carriages and equestrians, will meet at the Assembly
Rooms, in Westgate-street, at twelve o'clock, on the day
of opening, from which they will set out in grand proces-
sion. In the evening, a public dinner will take place at
the above-mentioned rooms, the Right Worshipful the
Mayor of Newcastle in the Chair, supported by Mr.
Hodgson and the High Sheriff for Northumberland (George
Silvertop, Esq.) as Assistant Presidents, and Mr. John
Clayton and Mr. Nath. Grace, as Vice-chairmen The
accommodation which the public will derive from this new
line of road into the county of Durham, will be very con-
siderable ; the whole too has been executed in a very shott
time, not quite two years. I have further great ;Aconite in
mentioning, that that important undertaking, the Newcastle
and Carlisle Rail-road, is now progressing most favourahl.v.
Above 600 men are actively employed upon it, and in the
course of five or six weeks more than double that number
will be in full occupation. Indeed, we have the authority of
Mr. Giles, the engineer, for the statement made at the
anniversary meeting of the proprietors last week, that he
expects to open for the use of the public the line from New-
castle to Hexham, and that from Carlisle to Blenkinsopp,
the two most important districts, in the Autumn of 1833.

The King patronises the Hereford Music Meeting, which
is appointed to take place on the 13th, *ad 15th of Sep-
tember.

Sir Manasseh Lopez, the boroughmonger, is said to have.
left among branches of his family, nearly a million.
We are glad to hear of the multiplication of minor
theatres, because we regard them as public instructors. One
has been opened in the north-east of the town, and another
is proposed for the west, at Knightsbridge.
Mr. Haydon has displayed his original conceptions as a
designer, in a portrait of Napoleon in meditation at St. He-
lena. Its execution is also favourably spoken of, and we
are glad to see efforts made to expand British art beyond the
range of mere commercial pictures.
The Edinburgh papers assert that the window-breakers
were led on by the natural son of an un-reforming M.P.
and that he has been held to bail.

An attempt of certain Pharisees to put down the annual
revelry and popular enjoyment, has been defeated by the
good sense of the Magistrates of the district; and the
people were as happy yesterday as they ought to be.
There may have been a few broken heads, and some pockets
picked, but there is no sterling good without alloy. The
Pharisees are every where too busy, and in spite of their
outside hyrocrisy ought to be every where opposed.
EAST INDIA AND CIIINA TILADE.-437 the returns
made up to the year ending January 5,1830, it appears that
the total value of imports into Great Britain from the East
Indies and China (exclusive of the Mauritius) amounted to
9,479,5761. and the exports to 4,412,4971. 10s. 7d.
The acquittal of Miss Clarke without the adjudication of
insanity, has created great surprise. It may be hopvd,
however, that her friends will take future care of her, and
in that view the verdict was creditable to the humanity of
the court and jury. We have beard too much of the hope.
less suffering% of criminal lunatics in Bedlam, often restare.t,
and akt IIVB repentant, to wish tc have their number increased.
It is an alternative which besets the solecism of hillPVille
cruelty.