The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-29 00:00:00

CAPE OP GOOD HOPE:

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 17th of September have been
received. They repeat the notice of the arrival at Graham's-
town of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Province, Mr.
Andries Strockenstrom, of the address to him from The inhabi-
tants of Albany, and of his refusing to receive such address, a
fact which, it may be remembered, was conveyed by papers
heretofore noticed. These journals, however, forward the
Lieutenant-Governor's letter declining the address ; in the
course of it he says—

" Your 'indefeasible rights' as British subjects pave the way
for your grievances and representations to the legal tribunal of
the country, the government, the legislature, and to the foot of
the throne itself, and thus insure you protection against every
injustice or abuse of power. It shall be my anxious study to
uphold them inviolate, not from public duty only, but front pri-
vate interest, as my own cannot be preserved when yours are
trampled upon; but those rights do not create you judge and
jury in a cause in which you are pleased to constitute yourself
plaintiff, and me defendant. Before competent authority, and
an impartial public, I shall justify my official acts and words,
and defend my opinions; and it is but candid to inform you that
I am determined to act strictly up to the latter, without thirst
for popularity or dread of the contrary; whilst your remon-
strances against my measures, however strong, provided they
preserve due respect to the King and his government, shall be
readily and faithfully transmitted to my superiors."
The address, it will he recollected, disputed the correctness of
the Lieutenant-Governor's evidence before a committee of the
House of Commons, charging upon the settlers ill-treatment of
the native tribes, and other conduct inconsistent with the Bri-
tish character and the requirements of humanity and justice.
And then, in the address, they "claimed for themselves the
indefeasible right of questioning the merits of public men who
may be called to exercise authority over them, or the expe-
diency of measures which affect their most vital interests; and
whilst they present themselves to your honour on this occasion
in the exercise of this their sacred birthright; they, at the same
time, deprecate any imputation of being actuated by factious
views, or by partial or local feelings and prejudices. On the
contrary, they take credit for an anxious desire to uphold the
institutions of the country, for a firm determination to respect
and support lawful authority, and for unshaken and ardent at-
tachment and loyalty to their King and country."

LONDON LAW REPORT.

COURT OF COIVIMON,PLEAS—Nov.

MRLLIN v. TAYLOR.
The Lord Chief Justice Tindal said that in this case a rule
had been obtained in the :.begioning of this Term, but he had
requested Mr. Cresswell (who appeared for the rule to show
cause why a now trial should not be granted) to suspend the
rule until he should have had some communication with the
learned Judge before whom this case was tried. He had com-
municated w►th that learned person, and that learned Judge had
declared himself quite satisfied with the verdict of the jury.
His lordship said that this court therefore felt bound, as a matter
of duty not to graut the rule.—Rulo refused.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—WEDNESDAY.
THE KING v. ?HE'S LIVERPOOL CHRONICLE."—The Attor-
ney General was instructed, on behalf of Mr. Charles Law-
rence, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal informa-
tion should not be filed against the proprietors of the Liverpool
Chronicle. Mr. Lawrence had been fur thirty years a West
India merchant, was a magistrate of Lancashire, and had been
mayor of Liverpool. On the Ist of November, he was elected
a councillor of one of the wards of that borough. This paper
had imputed to him acts, which, if true, would disgrace the
ward that elected him. Mr. Lawrence was chairman of the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and he was a member of
the finance committee of the borough of Liverpool. The article
in the paper charged him with hay] ng, in his official situation,
purchased land of the corporation at ss. a yard, and having sold
it to the railway company for 303. or 40s. a yard, and that be
had disgraced the ward that hail elected him. Mr. Lawrence
swore that 1w had never disposed of any land whatever to the
tailway company.—Rule granted.