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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ' We have the satisfaction to state, that General
MARTINS AND CO. V. PHILLIPS. Fsitouson, who so mfich tlikingtiSished himself during
It appeared in this case, that O'Sullivan, of Cork, the first campaign in Portutal, is immediately going
domiciliated, frequently for months together, in a out to Cadiz, as second in command to General
respectable House in the City of London, drew bills, GRAHAM.
dated Cork, on that house, and on another house Tuesday se'nnight, the Ist (or Highland) regiment
bearing a similar firm at the West end of the Town. of Edinburgh Local Militia was reviewed on i3urnts-
At Christmas last O'Sullivan stopped payment, field Links, near Edinburgh,ty.General SCOTT, who
and at the same instant a dissolution of partnership expressed his approbation of the appearance and dis-
took place in the City Firm, and it was declared that cipline of the corps..—Their drills ended next day.
the house in the City had no connexion with that at Monday the Royal Edinburgh Light Dragoons
the West end of the town, which also stopped pay- marched into quarters at Musselbergh, for ten days.
ment. I Same day, part of the First Dragoon Guards marched
O'Sullivan, as a paper•maker, among other per._ through Edinburgh oa their route for Ireland.
sons, had had various dealings, with the defendant, :
COURTS MARTIAL.—Deputy Commissary-General
and had paid him considerable amounts of the Wes- . R. W. Alexander has been tried by a Court Martial,
tern acceptances, and others on a Mr. Atkins, of at Fort Zealandia, in Surinam, for unofficer-like con-
Finsbury-square, Al of which, when due, were dis- duct, in striking Captain Imthrum with a horsewhip,
honoured, and the defendant was likely, in conse- and in posting up at a Tavern a paper tending to in-
quence, to lose the entire amount. Atkins kept a jure the character of Captain Imthrum. The C‘ airt
banking account with the plaintiffs, and had nego- having found the prisoner Guilty, sentenced him to
timed with them a Lill for £395, drawn by O'Sul- be suspended from rank and pay for six months ; and
livan on the defendant. llls MAJESTY has been pleased to approve and confiim
In the threatened bankruptcy of O'Sullivan an- . the sentence, and has commanded that lie shall be
other point of difficulty presented itself ; viz. that he dismissed the service.—Lieutenant H. mr. Hanken,
had drawn the bills on the defendant on Irish stamps of the 96th Regiment, has also been tried by a C.lnrt.
in London ; and their consequent invalidity might be Martial, at Christiansbad, in Santa Cruz, for being
objected to them by trustees or assignees, and 'the drunk when Officer of the Castle Guard, and cAling
defendant, i consequence, lose the entire amounts. Lieutenant Armstrong a damned sconndrel. For
Under legal advice, therefore, the defendant.applied which the Court sentenced him to lv cashiered; v.liAl
the P Ito Plaintiffs., offering llaintito indemnify and guarantee ;g sentence has been confirmed by his M.uLs.n.
them front all deficiency and loss, provided they
would, in the first instance, take their remedy against i
1 &Sullivan and the other parties to the bill • from
which remed ,by the payment of bills to which he
! was not legally bound, he would be precluded. This,
{however, ey refused, and brought the present action
to recover the agiount; in which, by direction of the
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Judge, they were nonsuited.
Serjeant BEST, the Defendant's Counsel, after the
decision, repeated, as he had done several times during

the trial, the Defendant's proposal to indemnify
Messrs. Martin and Co. for the whole of the principal
and interest, which, during the trial, they had refused.

SPORTING INTELLIGENLE.

AMERIC.I.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 27,

Agreeably to the order of the d.ty,'the Hous: tt.ok
pp the Bill concerning Commercial Intercourie. A
motion was made that the further consider.ttion of the.
Bill be postponed to Monday next.—After a debate
of two or three hours, this motion was ncgatived—
Yeas 74.—Noes, 54
Mr. MACON moved that the House adhere to their
disagreement to the Senate's amendments (which
would totally destroy the Bill.) The motion was
supported by Messrs. Macon, Smilie, NP.Kee, M‘Kint,
and Fisk ; and opposed by Messrs. Troup, Lyon and
Sheffey. An adjournment took place.
The following message was received from the Pre.
sident :

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MFETING, MAY 25.
Mr. Howorth's Jubilee Jack beat Lord Kitinaird's Branden.
burgh, Bst. 71b. each.. Two-year old CJursc, 50gs —l3 tcs 8 on
Jubilee Jack.
Mr. Wilson's c. by Eagle, out of Tim's dam, Bst. beat I.d Kin-
naird's Don Juan, Bst. 510. Fast half of Al). M. Lugs.-7 to 4on
Mr. Wilson's c.
Major Wilson's Juniper, Bst. 71h. beat Mr. Shakespear's Har-
pocratts, Bst. Across the Flat, .50g5.-6.t0 4on Juniper.
A Subscription Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3 and 4-year olds.
Two-year old Course.
Sir J. Shelley's b. c. IVlarmion, 4 yrs old, fist. 91b. 1
Ld Foley's b. c. Illumination, 4 yrs old, hit. 71b. - 2
Sir C. Sunbury's br. c. Fair Star, 4 yrs old, 9st. 71b.
Ld Darlington's b. c. Levant, 4 yrs old, tsst. 51b. - -
7 to 2 agst Marntion, 2 to 1 apt Fair Star, 7to 3 agst I.evant.
Sir J. Shelley's Fanny, Bst. 31b. beat Ld Stowell's Invalid, Sst. 71h.
Ab. M. 100gs.-7 to 4 agst Fanny.
I.crd Gresvenor's Antonia, list. 71b. brat 14 F. G. Osborne's
Rabbit, 7st. D. 1. 5.30.-6 to 5 agst Antonia.
The Gold Cup, value 80gs. by Subscribers of 1 Ogr. each. Eight
Subscribers or no race, the overplus to be paid to the winner in
specie, to be run for by horses of all ages. D.M.
Lord J...rsey"s Langton, aged, 9st. 711). - 1

TO nit HOUSE Or REPRESENTATIVES Or Tilt UNITED STATES:

" In consequence of your resolution of the 26th inst an en •
quiry has been nude into the correspondence of our Minister at
the Court of London, with the Department of State from which
it appears that no official communication has been received fi oin
hint since the receipt of the letter of November 2::d last, from
the Secretary of State. A letter of January 4, I sin, has hero
received from that Minister by Mr. Smith, but belt% stated to he
private and unofficial, and involving moreover personal con,ide-
rations of a delicate nature, a copy is considered as no, within
the power of the call made by the House. JA id Li M A 1113 U "

. ._ . ... .
Lord St3Wl'll's Invalid, 5 yri old, Bst. 91b. - - 2
Lord Kinnaird's Gundy, o yrs oil, 9st. - - $
Gen. Gower's Curryc3mb, aged, Bst. las.
Major Wheatley's Sunbeam, 5 yrs old, Bst. 10th.
Ld G. IL Cavendish's Bramble, 5 yrs old, Bst. 81b.
2 to 1 apt Langton, 4 to 1 agst Gundy, 5 to 1 agst Bramble.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH MAY 23.

Sailed his Majesty's ships GANT MID!, 'rums, and LINNET.,
volth the Portugal, Spanish, and Mediterranean convoy of about
So sail ; Princess Elizabeth packet, with mails for Lisbon ; and
the Duke of Manchester packet, with mails fur the Windward
Islands.