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An imisottant decision, relative to tlie.principles on
which divorces are obtained in Scotlancl.,•toolr place,
lately_ in the Consistorial Court at Edinbitteh.
libel was at the instance df MARIANNB HOMPREY,
otherwise NEWTE, daughter of Sit Jxkr Hosier( sr, of
Crom Rondda, Glamorg,anshire; and set forth, that
she was married in December, 1806, to Thos. IsILMIEr,
Esq. of Llandaff, in the cathedral church of Llan-
daff; that the parties cohabited together as husband
and wife; that in January, 1811, the defendant had
withdrawn his affections from his wife, deserted her,
and began a course of adulteries in London, Bath,
and other places in England; that thereafter he came
to Scotland, resided there some time, and continued •
his adulteries for several months in 1812 ; and, there-
fore, praying f r divorce against him, with liberty to
marry again in common form. , After ample discus.
sit n and mature deliberation, the Court fount, " that
according to the Common and Statute Law, adultery
committed in Scotland is a legal ground for divorces
without distinction .as to the country where, or form
in which the marriage was celebrated ; and for this
reason also found, that whatever may be the views
which the law of England takes of the indissolubility
of marriage contracted there, or whatever force the
decrees of the Scotch Consiitorial Court may receive
in foreign countries, all such foreign views and con-
: sequences, especially when, as in the present case,;
they are directly adverse to the settled dictates of the'
law of Scotland, can have no effect in regulating the
decisions of that Court.. But in order to ascertain
whether there was, or now is, any collusion between.
I the parties, the Court, before farther procedure, ap.
points the pursuer (Mrs. Newts) to appeal and de.
ti pose de ealtannia, and to be judicially examined upon
eath, whethei any commdnication took place between.
her and the defendant, their friends, or agents, rela-,
titre to the action of divorce; pretious to or since resi-
dent in Sntiiind."
In the above case, Mr. Commissary GORDON, who
dissented t rom the other Judges, gave an opinion to the
following effect : " That, as the par ties were English,
land married by the Law of England, where the mar-
', tinge contract is held to be indissoluble ; although it
t4*as dissoluble by the Law of Scotland for adultery, it
was in fraudens legum of .the two kingdoms for parties
to attempt to take advantage of a temporary or oc-.
casional residence in Scotland, for the purpose of ob-
taining a divorce in the Scotch Consistorial Court,
which could not be got in the English Courts ; and
..that jure gentiumi where there was so very remarkable
• a coqflietio /rpm, in a question tried ad civilem
lee-
tam, the lex loci eon:racists ought to be taken into
view in deciding .it, as was invariably done in all,
Mercantile and Admiralty cases, and not the lex do-
',della alone ; 'and that none of the very late di.
vorces which had been obtained in similar cases
ought to be allowed as precedents, as they had either
passed in absence or from the Defender privately
wishing the divorce, the indissolubility of the mar-
riage, and the point.ofinternational law had never,
been pleaded till now in.'s,' of thew."

VACCINE INOCULATION.—It is gratifying to us to
have to record any striking instances of the beneficial
effects of Vaccination, especially when they occur in
our own couniry : as such, we are authorized to state,
that in the city of Glasgow, containing about 100,000
inhabitants, the Smallpox has exptrienced a great
decline. Ily the Glasgow Bills of Mortality, it ap-
pear., that forty-nine persons died by the Small-pox
in 1811, and in 1812 only twenty•four persons !
Prior to the introduction of Vaccination, several hun-
dreds annually 'died by this dreadful disease. May
lsbeh. Al. example excite to the universal acceptation
!fisf.The lif4reserving practice of Vaccination !
THE Fast's() WOMAN.—Dtception having been
suspected-in' the late: watching of Anne Moore, the
fasting woinati-of Tetbory, another watching is to
take place, to be undertaken entirely by 'Magistrates
and GentLmen of the Faculty. According to the
report of the persons about her, this ettraordinar)
woman has now. existed for five years, without meat,
drink, or sleep ! Fidm the middle of the body down.
wards she is quite dead, and the skin on her hands and
arms much withered—she sits in an i!rm-chair, from
which she is sometimes removed in order to make her
seat soft and comfortable : on being asked lately what
the thought of her present surprizing existence i she
riplied, she had an idea that she should be the List
living person upon earth. She is attended by a daugh-
ter, and receives presents from numerous visitors.
Tate COSSACK.—The following is a description of
:he person of the Don Costack, alio has attracted
o much' attention :
" His stature is about 6 feet : his make robust and
nanly : his carriage and demeanour are easy and even
qaceful, his motions and gestures being entirely free
r
nom that angular stiffness' which civilized etiquette
ias attached to the soldier. His features and counte-
ance, though rough and military,are at the same time
xpressive of exceeding good-nature and honesty. His
i.
.rad and. open forehead is the very mirror of candour
d simplicity : and whether from the softening hand
age, or thrpastoral habits of his countrymen, there I
not one trait of the brutal character in his face.—
Lis beard is long and bushy, adding much to the
awer of his eyes, which, though light in colour,
:am forth with much fire: His hair.less grey than
s bawd, flowing unconfined, is combed back over
s neck about the length of six inches; on the fore-
yacl, it is cut. short and straight. His dross consists
a blue jacket and loose truwsers of coarse cloth,
tow
shoes very broad and round at. the toes, as. if to
free action to the feet, on, which he stands re-
arkably straight and firm. His hand is remarkably
Irjaid in its spread, though his fingers are not tong ;
id 'be manages his arms, .coaristing of a pistol, a
niket; a sabre, and a long pike, with wonderful ad-
ens and ease, and carrymg them without the least
refearince of being encumbered by their weight, or
convenienced by the length of the musket or pike."
is said that a subscription is contemplated for the
ircinsz of sending him back handsomely clothed and
tried, in testimony of the general admiration of the
iiish nation for his countrymen's valour and his
in. He was on Thursday at the great room at
CKERMANN'S Repository, where an artist was taking
sketch of his figure. He seemed pleased with the
entions paid to him, and very readily held out his
,acious palm to. any person who was willing to
azure his comparatively "tiny dimensions within
grasp.

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4MITHIMU) NUAMET, anfi4
Fla wale git ab. To_ ups Tag etVAt.
leer' 41, te•ts I Vest,- es ed ei
*sew es Os io 7s 14 I Post Is Od to Ts r
tugs as cd to to, ad.
• pasts, skint 600-:-Sheep and Lambs, 3,110.

Calves, 310-l'igs, 230. -
SKI!MATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET.
. ~ . By the Caroms. . . •
Iher.pei Mane, Ss 01 to 6s 4d. Veal; 98 94 to 7s 44 .
Mutts* . 54 8d to 6s 44. P'* lia.Ott' to is Od
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. • '
• ST. JAMB S. WiltetellAret..
Hay 31. Os. to 51. 15s. Od. Hay 41. , Os. to 51. 101$
,traW 11. 19s. to 21. 14s. Od. Clover 61. Is. to 7L 7s
Straw 11. 16s. 7is eJ.I. 66
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH MARKET. •
Bags. Pockets.
101 Os to 141 Os Kent 121 Os tis 161 Os
101 Os to 191 Os Susses 101 Os to 141 OS
101 Os to 141 Os Farnham 16 lOs to 251 Os
RAW HME.S. .‘
Zest Heifers and Steers (per Oidinary 2s. Od. to 2s. 441;
stone) Ss. 2d. to 33. 4d. Market Calf 17s. Od. wait
Middlings 2s 81. to 2s. 104. English Heise 154. to 16$. Yd
Lamb Skins. Os. 01. so Os. 0.1. Sheatiings 43. Od. to 7s. OIL
PRICE OF TALLOW:
St. James's Market Ss 4d Town Tallow 91s it
Clare Marker Ss Ad Yellow Russia ..7,1. sovod '
K:hitccLapel Market Ss 4d White ditto . " 21:1s:Od
per iitoue of 81b. ----•-• Soap ditto Sits Ott
lo 01 Melting .:tuff 76. Od

Kent
Susses
Essex

5s 4d Ditto rough 52s Oil to 00k
Graves 24s std. Good Dregs 9s Otl
Yellow Sap 100s--.Mottled, 1105---Cord, 114s—P:tint 60s. •
Price of Candles per dozen, 14s. 6d—Mefulds. IGs od •
PRICE OF LEATHIIR .1N LEAD ENHALL MARKET.
Butts 2tal 241 Coif Skins • 32d 4ad
Ditto • . 24d 23i1 • Ditto sad 4.54
Merchants' Backs 214 gad Ditto 40d 44d
.
Dressing Hides 2nd 21d • APO Beals -26 d 47d
Fine Coach Hides Vld '23d . large ditto, per doz. 14us Islas
Crop Hides for cost. 20d 21d Tanned Horse Hides 2.1 d 25s
UXIIIIDSZ, April 15.—Wheat per toad £36 lOs to £36 10.
Barley, per quarter 555. to 63;. Oats 45... tel 564. Deans Cies. to
735. New ditto 00s. tip 00r. Rye 005. to 00s. 'PP* tits. to /16s.
Oases°, 4ratt. Io.—The second best price of a bushel of
Wheat was tar. "Od. seconllng to which price, end a due allow.
'•ince made to the baker, the assize and price of bread are as
!ow, viz.—The peck loaf household. to weigh 171 b. Coz. is 5s
The halt peck 2s 7d. and the smaller in proportion.
The loading Nilson has in general been very fortunate. both
as to un-nbers and health, an/ fewer ewes have been lust than
ever known; but the distemper among horses has been very
general this spring.
'Caistor Fair, Lincolnshire, which was held yesterday min.
atht, was well attended, and a good deal of business was done
it. As usual, on such occasions, the light. fingered gentry Were
aumerous aid active. Mr. William Fletcher, of Grimsby, was
bustled in the horse fair, and had his breeches pocket ricked of
a small pocket book, cuataining bank-notes amounting to £3l.
Monday evening last, 20 shearling weathers, worth £3. 10s.
per head, were stolen from a paddock belon‘iog to J. q.Calthrop,
Esq. of Uosberton, Lincolnshire.

Average •

. Last week some men employed in moving grotmd
for the purpose of forming a road hi Fair MUe Bot-
tom, near Arundel, discovered an entire Roman se-
pulchral urn, containing the ashes of a human body.,
and two-brassflyts, or fastenings, used for the
or cloak, and a Imall brass coin of the EmperoV.
AvuExfus CARUS.

Exectmon.—Saturday se'nnight Henry Sutcliffe, for
forgery ; John Senior, a bankrupt, :.or concealing his
effects; and John Rolineon, for highway robbery, were
executed at York. Isaac Bottomley and Thomas Pendk-
tory, for uttering forged notes, received a respite.—
Robinson, after the-Jury had pronounced him guilty,
protested his innocence most solemnly— he left a
written declaration to that effect in his cell, and con-
tinued to assert his innocence till he was silenced in
death, leaving a wife and three small children to
lament his unfortunate end.
BOW-STREET.—.Thursday evening William Clarke,
Frederick Salmon, and John Wilson, who were appre-
hended in Kensington Gardens on Monday, on suspi.
cion of having committed several robberies there,
underwent an exaniiilation; when it appeared, by the
testimony of several witnesses, that on the arrival of
the Procession at the Palace, the throng was extreme-
ly great, and that the prisoners, who were arm in
arm, appeared to be the ringleaders of a numerous
gang of depredators; that they particularly pushed
with great violence against Mrs. Johnson, the witeof
Mr. Johnson, a surgeon, of Queen's Elms, who, with
her tiusband, was observing the procession, by which
means she was separated from Mr. J. and at the same
moment she felt her gold watch, seal, and key, were
forced from her side. At the same instant also a
Gentleman, who was standing near Mrs. Johnson,
and had 'observed the conduct of the prisoners, was
robbed of his silk handkerchief, having been forcibly
hustled by the prisoners, whose conduct had been no-
ticed by one of the City Officers, but who, not consi.
dering himself competent to secure them all, applied
to Bacon, belonging to the above office, for assistance,
and also to an Officer belonging to Marlborough-
street Office, when they pursued the prisoners, and
came up with them near the Mount ; and, on search-
ing them, found Mrs. Johnson's watch in Wilson's
breeches.—They were all committed for highwiy
robbery, Mrs. Johnson and the Gentleman robbed of ,
his handkerchief; being put in fear at the time they
were plundered.
Some of the persons in custody for the Marchioness
Of Downshire's robbery underwent a private examina-
tion. 'flie son of Simmons, and his wife, who received
part of the property, was apprehended a few days
since, concealed under a bed, at a house in Poplar.
The now church at Peterhead wasatnroofed by the
wind on the 2d instant, the lead having been unroofed
like a sheet of paper, and carried upwards of one
hundred yards. _
A shocking accident occurred lately in St.Martin's-
lane. As one of the labourers was employed in pull.
lug down on old house, the ceiling of the second floor
gave way, and he was precipitated into the room
underneath, and broke his thighs, besides being dread-
fully lacerated about his body. He was conveyed
to St. George's Hospital, where he languished until
Sunday last, %Shen he died in great agony.
Wednesday se'nnight, a coal-pit adjoiningHowden
unfortunately fired, in which a numl4%ir of men were
at work, 25 of whom were severely burnt. A boy,
named Blench, who had escaped the fire, in his hurry
to regain the top, caught hold of a man's leg, by
which he hung till very near the surface, when his
strength failing him, he was precipitated to the bot-
tom, and bis skull was literally dashed to pieces. A
young man, named Arkley, while. in the pit, was so
dreadfully tossed about by the fire, that his skull was
fractured in a shocking manner, and he died on Fri.
day. Many of the other sufferers are considered to be
in danger.

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Yesterday morning, a4' Ss 1110000-Placet.Sit WAS
Ridley, Bart. aged 67.
At Edinburgh, on thipillgek ohs. Whitslaw, second son of Mr.
Ainslie, W. S. •
At i)unkekl, on the 11th ult. Mi. Alexander MThristle, gar-
dener.to the Duke of Atha 'Yids hottest and industrious man
' had been iu his Grace's setvice,forty uue years, daring which he
must have planted nut less than It) ti'r 12 millions of trees.
March 94, the Rev. it obinson, Vicar of St. Mary's, Lel.
cestrr.—He was seized with an apoplectic fit while to the act of
shaving himself, and never spoke afterwards.
Lately, aged 52, the Rev. R. Payer, Vicar of I.cdsham, and
Rector of Kirksmeatun, You lo.hire. In apparently perfect health
and tranquill.ty, while ridlrg out in the company of h.s son, with-
out one moment's warning, he fell dead morn his hur..e.