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GEORGE CHARLES CANNING,

ELDETI SON 01 ISM 'LICHT HONOURAILI GEORGE CAKSIVC, ANS
JOAN SCOTT, HIS WITS.
J3*i Aptil 25th, 1801 ; died March 31st, 1840.
(k'ruat Vat Neap Mon/14 Magetther.)

Though s!lort thy span, Gon's unimpeach'd decrees
matte that shorten'd span one long disease,
Yet, merciful in chastening, gave thcf: scope
For mild, redeeming virtues, Faith and Hope;
Meek ltelignation ; pious Charity:
And, since this world was not tha world for thee,
Far from thy path remov'd, with partial care,
Strife, Glory, Gain, and Pleasure's flowery snare,
Bade F.atth's temptations pass thee harmless by,
And fia'd on lleavEN thine unreverted eye !

Ob! mark'd from birth, and uurtur'd for the skies'
In youth, with more than learning's wisdom, wise!
As sainted martyrs, patient to endure !
Sialple as unwean'd infancy, and pure!
Pere from all stain (save that of human clay,
Which Cu assis atoning blood bath wash's' away)!
By sull'rings now no more oppress'd,
sitileAs Spirit, to thy destin'd test!
While l—revers'd our nature's kindlier doom-
-I'tur forth a Father's sorrows on thy tomb!

MADASIG DE GENLIS.—This distinguished writer
is just produced a new and rather extraordinary
Novel, entitled, Palmyre et Flamihie, of which she
thus speaks in her Preface:

" Reflecting on the moral afflictions of life, I have discovered
one which has not hitherto been noticed, but which, notwith_
standing, is the most painful and distressing that a generous and
susceptible mind can possibly experience. This affliction natu-
rally produces a situation so novel, and internal torments so
overwhelming, that if I have succeeded in arranging my fiction
fr) as to *slit mile of the details arising out of the subject, the
lit:mance must at least possess the tuerk of exhibiting (in the
second Volume) scenes and pictures of great originality, the re-
sults of which are all equally moral and pathetic. This powerful
interest is not to be ascribed to the talents of the Author—the
most indifferent writer, availing himself of the sante idea, and
the saute knowledge of manners and of the great world, could
net fail to produce an attractive work."
TilE LATE DIJCI/ESS OF NORFOLK —Her Grace
has left no i:ear relation, and her fine family estates
go to a vecy distant heir. 'there had been for some
time a commis ion of lunacy granted from the Court
of Chancery. The right to the Holm Lacy property has
been iu dispute for some time, amongst several per-
sons who have claimed it as heirs to the last Lord
Scutotuoual but it is supposed that one moiety of
the property will fall to Sir EDWIN STANUOPE, Bart.
and the other be. divided between General Bona and
Mr. PARIONS, „ho claim, it is said, as co-heirs at law
of Sir Jasir.s SCDDAMORE, who lived in the reign of
Queen Earzassrir, they being descended from two
of his daughters. The Bev. J. HARWOOD, B.D. F.S.A.
claimed as being descended from a son of Sir JouN
So:Foal/one, Gentleman Usher to King HENRY
VIII. and a Mrs.JACKSOW, of London, who was the pe-
titionet when the Dachess first became insane, claimed
as being descended from a daughter of the same Sir
Joust. Thus the fine liohn Lacy estates go into an
indirect line, after an uninterrupted descent of many
hundred years, and; in fact, those three, who it is sup-
posed will take the property, will do so as heirs to a
person who was born nearly 300 years ago. This is
an immediate proof of the great necessity of preserv-
ing the records of family alliances.
CIRCLEVILLE 01110), DEC. S.—Sunday morning,
the Mother of AAR Duncan, convicted of horse-steal-
ing, came 'to town to visit her son, previous to his
departure for his lodgings in Columbus, and by the
..iudulgeuee of the jailor, was admitted into the dreary
cell of the prison, where die bosom of the fond mother'
was filled with horror at beholding the darling oilier
declining years fettered and chained to the floor. Af-
ter theaheart-rending interview was closed, and the pa-
tent was about to take a long farewell of the child,
the jailor was sammeared to release the sorrow- stricken
dame from the cold damp of the dungeon. His sym-
pathetic heart was moved with pity for her grief;
on returning from the prison, some refreshments
sveve k;aLiiy offered to the sorrowfulZ visitant, who de-,
accpling them, and departed from the house
with tear:, and loud lamentations. All remained in I,
perfect harmony until Monday morning, when the
jailor, ou visiting the prison, was informed, with an
air of exultation, that " there had been a change ey
risovers there, on the night before r' When, on
more strict examination, he found, to his great sur-
prise and ectreme chagrin, that he had the Mother
of Duncan safely secured— but that the culprit, John,
had deliberately gone his way, in her habiliments!—
This is the second time, within a few weeks, that this
malefaczor has effected his escape from this jail, which
is considered inferior to none in the State.

CAUTION.—A person residing at St. Afinver, in'
Cornwall, hating salted a pig, weighing upwards of
400 ass. with salt on which the duty had not been
paid, the same was seized a few days since by the
officers of Excise.

Copy of a Treasury letter, relating to Duties er-
roneously charged on deficiencies of Etc i seable articles
exported from the docks in the Port of London since
. .
the 30th of May last :

" Tren4nry Chambers, December 22, ia93.
• In answer to the reprtunitations of the 4th inst. in behalf
of tile Merchants of London engaged in the exportation of
▪ restive to the duties ise deficiencies of spirits in the ware-
houses. I sin commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury, to nelitaint you, that my Lords have been
pleased to aphorise the Commitsioners of Excise to return any
sande+ received on deficiencies of Exciseable articles exportrt
from the dints in the pat of Loudon since the .10th of May last.
(Signed) . " HARRISON."

IMPORTANT NOTICR.--HeSSPS. J. and J. &vs-
wrionr, the Contractors for the present Lottery, in-
tended their advantageous mode of adventure should
be open to the Public to take the advantage of till
Valentines Day, 14th of This Month, as they ex-
pected there would be Tickets sufficient; but, from
the very extraordinary 'unprecedented demand, it is
more than probable they cannot supply the Public
on those advantageous terms.for more than a few
days longer: tlitnefore those persons who usually
"delay their pprchases till the last day or two, are ad-
vised to purchase this Week, as Messrs. Stvawmour
think, that on or before Saturday nett every Ticket
and Sliaie will lihve been delivered.

LAO' INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. FEBRUARY E.
:In continuation from the early impressions of Saturlay's Sr*s.]

THE KING F. SIR F. BURDETT.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the judgment of
the Court on Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.

The defendant entered the Court, accompanied by
Mr.•HoanotTsa, &c.

Mr. Justice BEST read his report of the trial.
Affidavits were then put in on behalf of the de-
tendant.—The first was an affidavit from Mr. Bic-
kersteth. The deponent swore that he was not in
Leicestershire during any part of August, ISI9, and
that he received the letter, afterwards published, in a
sealed envelope.
The second affi Javit, from Sir Francis Burdett him-
self, set out the paragraphs respecting the Manchester
transaction, which appeared in two Newspapers of the

, . .
18th of August,.lB.l4-; and stated that, u'pOn those
paragraphs, in what he conceived to be the discharge
of his public duty, the deponent had written the letter
now treated as a libel.

The affidavit of Arthur Seale, a printer in Totten-
ham-court-road, stated that, in the month of March,
1820, he had, at the desire of one Fletcher, or Frank-

lin, printed fifty copies of the circular letter after-
wards sent to the jurors by whom Sir Francis Bur-
dett was tried.

The ATTORNEY•GENERAL objected to the reading
of Seale's affidavit.

Mr. SCARLETT put it in in order completely to
exonerate the honourable defendant from having been,
by himself or friends, the contriver of tiiat letter.
The COURT thought it improbable that any one
could have suspected Sir F. Burdett of such an act.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Quite impossible.
Mr. SCARERTT put in the affidavit, also to shew
that pains had been taken to influence the Jnry.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—That would have been a
ground of motion for a new trial.
Mr. Snit KLETT had not been in possession of the
facts contained in Seale's affidavit at the time when
the Rule Nisi for a new trial had been granted.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE thought, that if- Mr.
Scarlett could in any way connect the prosecutors
with that attempt to influence, the matter would still
be most important for the consideration of the Count.
Mr. SCARLETT was not prepared to make out such
connexion.

The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said, he had himself
filed an information against Franklin for the act.
The affidavit was rejected.
The fourth affidavit put in was that of William
Bullock, a book-binder, describing the transactions
which took place on the 16th August, at Manchester.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that the affi-
davit could not be receive/ Sir Francis Burdett did
not ground his letter on the truth of the facts, but
upon the account which, in a Newspaper, he had read
of them. To the defendant's affidavit, setting out that
account, he (the Attorney-General) bad not objected.
The SOLICITOU-GENERAL contended that truth,
even supposing it to be proved, could not justify
libel. In the case of " the King v. Peter Finnerty,'
which was a libel charging Lord Castlereagh with
acts of cruelty and murder in Ireland, affidavits in

mitigation of punishment, stating the truth of the
charges, had been refused.
• Mr. SCAIILETT insisted that although truth could
not be pleaded as a defence to a crimintl informa-
tion for libel, yet, in mitigation of punishment, it
formed a most important feature. It made infinite
difference in th.; quantum of offence whether the
party merely stated that which was iv)toriously true,
or whether he published a malicious falsehood.
Mir. DSKIIAN thought that it was of the highest
consequence to the defendant to prove the truth of
that which he asseited ; particularly as it had been
made matter of accusation against him upon his
trial—that without inquiring as to truth or false-
' hood, he had at once proceeded upon the statement
of a Newspaper.
Mr. PHILLIPS and Mr. BLACKBURN followed on
the Same side.

Mr. J. EVANS said that the case of the " King r.
Finnerty" did not apply. -The affidavits in that case
were fresh libels. indeed, the whole of Lord Castle-
reaglis life was deposed to upon affidavit.
The Couar thought that it would be improper to
!receive either affidavits of truth in mitigation of
punishment,or affidavits of falsehood in aggravations
If the present affidavits were received, affidavits must
be received in contradiction. Such a controversy
would be almost endless ; and the Court would, in
fact, be trying upon affidavit the conduct of parties
not before it.
Mr. Scant Err had a volume of affidavits similar
in effect, for the most part, to that. which had been
rejected. If the Court would put off the fin tl:cr con-
sideration Pf the case for a day or two, he would en-
deavour to compress his matter into a single affidavit.
The Counr.then fixed Wetinesky nest (subject to
any necessary additional delay) for the further pro-
ceeding in this case.
The Honourable defendant, on leaving the Court,
was surrounded by a large concourse of persons, and
loudly cheered on his way to his carriage.