he had conducted himself in the most exemplary manner. The defendant was a soldier; he was an officer in the 35th regiment of foot. terrupted the proceedings, by attempting to state some circumstances which were deemed irrelevant by the judge; and, persevering in his design, was excluded from the court. Mr. Campbell then published a pamphlet, intituled "A Letter to Mr. Justice Graham," reflecting upon the character of captain Mills, asserting the innocence of the girl, and impugning the validity of the verdict, to which he prefixed the following motto: multi "Committunt eadem diverso crimina fato; "Ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit hic diadema." Juvenal. Mr. Burchall, in summing up the evidence, observed, that it had been justly stated, that the true principle upon which damages were given in such cases as these, was, the degree of comfort or happiness of which the plaintiff had been deprived. In this instance, a voluntary separation had taken place between the parties, before the defendant, for any thing that had appeared in evidence, was even known to them. Here were none of those topics which were usually urged in aggravation of a defendant's conduct. There was no breach of friendship-no breach of hospitality-no arts to seduce-none It was for this publication, of those acts in fact which were which captain Mills considered calculated to excite a strong preas a libel, that Mr. Campbell was judice against the offender. It now called upon to answer. was the province of the jury to take these facts into their consideration, and to give that verdict which their own sense of justice might dictate. The jury, after a short consideration, assessed the damages at 2501. KING'S BENCH, Libel.-The King v. H. Campbell, Esq.-The following are the circumstances which gave rise to this prosecution. The prosecutor, captain Mills, of Pimlico, was indicted some time since for a rape upon Hannah Whitehorn, a female employed in his service. Of that charge captain Mills was acquitted; the girl was afterwards indicted for perjury, and she was also acquitted. During the trial of captain Mills, the present defendant in "Ev'ry age relates that equal crimes unequal fate have found; "While one villain swings, another villain's crown'd." Mr. Scarlett, for the prosecution, briefly detailed the facts which have already been stated. Edward Thomas, a bookseller, proved the printing and publication of the pamphlet in question. Mr. Campbell, having requested that the whole of the libel might be read, addressed the jury at length. He declared, that whatever might be the errors of his letter to Baron Graham, they were not errors arising from any sordid, interested, or unchristian motive, but springing purely from the detestation which he felt for cruelty, brutality, and oppression. The defendant then proceeded to state, that he had held the rank of lieutenant in the service of his country, in which situation he had witnessed many engagements; that he subsequently studied surgery, and was now applying himself to law. As a medical man, he then said, he had been called upon to attend Hannah Whitehorn; and, after delineating the wretched condition in which he had found the girl, and asserting her innocence of certain charges which had been preferred against her in the indictment for perjury, he entered into a most bitter commentary upon the general character and conduct of the present prose cutor. Mr. Campbell then read a royal proclamation for the encouragement of religion and morality; in the spirit of which proclamation he contended he had acted, and upon the letter of which he was entitled to reward rather than to punishment; he then adverted to the deplorable prevalence of prostitution in the following words: "Gentlemen, let us glance for a moment at the misery and hardships that are often introduced into the most amiable and virtuous families by irreligious and depraved servants! Let us then as Christians, as patriots, and as judges for the moment, cast a glance of commiserating pity upon the hardships and sufferings to which the evil propensities of such servants too frequently expose themselves; and from the aggregate of the inferences which humanity will elicit from the views, we will be enabled to come to the conclusion, that virtuous female servants should be cherished and encouraged, and the most effectual means taken to prevent the contagion of vice from infecting those who are yet untainted! Let us now, Gentlemen, briefly glance at the page of virtuous women; and let us recollect the happy influence of a virtuous and prudent woman over her husband, should he unfortunately be addicted to vice. The Scriptures have justly, though figuratively, described such a woman to be strong as an army with banners-a jewel round the neck of her husband-and an honour and an ornament to his house! So much for the uncontaminated portion of our women. Now, Gentlemen, let me for a moment call your attention to that hapless class of the sex, that of all others have the strongest claim upon our sympathy and our pity! And, Gentlemen, I feel convinced, that you will agree with me, that it is an object worthy of Christians, to attempt, at least, to turn those unfortunate creatures, who have either been led, driven, or seduced astray from the paths of integrity and virtue. And, Gentlemen, the man who could impiously add to the census which I took during the last winter, of 100 of those unfortunate creatures, under 16 years of age, would be but ill qualified to stand before a jury of English Christians to ask for a verdict ! During the inclemency of the winter, I went round the purlieus of Covent Garden, &c. &c.; and by treating to a pot of porter five or more at a time of these unfortunate, houseless, and unsheltered creatures, I acquired the following account of their seducers :-The seducers of 55 were above 50 years of age, 29 had been left to the evil propensities of their evil companions, from infancy, by negligent and depraved parents, 11 by procuresses, and the other five by their young masters." He concluded by leaving his case to the jury, with the fullest confidence that, by the verdict which they were to pronounce, he should go out of court as he had come into it. The Jury, after consulting for a few moments, found the defendant-Not Guilty. SCOTLAND.-A letter, dated Stirling, June 24, says-" A true bill for high treason, has been found against John Johnstone, of Falkirk. The prisoners against whom bills were found on the 23rd, received notice that they would probably be arraigned about the 6th of next month, and that they were now to name their advocates. Some named Mr. Moncrief, Mr. Cranston, and Mr. Clerk, but the majority named Messrs. Jeffery and Cockburn. The 18 against whom bills were first found were the prisoners taken at Bonny Muir. IRELAND-Galway. The assassin who perpetrated the diabolical and inhuman murder of the late Edward Browne, esq. has been apprehended after a lapse of several months, by the Rev. Mr. O'Rorke, a magistrate for this county, who manifested a great zeal to suppress the commotions which lately prevailed in this county. 26. SCOTLAND.-The Special Commission for the trial of state prisoners at Glasgow, was open on Monday (the 26th). Forty-eight persons were then sworn and locked up, as witnesses on the cases of James Wilson, hosier; William M'Intyre, weaver; William Robinson and William Watson, all of Strathaven parish. The jury, after being inclosed about two hours, returned with a true bill against the four indivi duals whom we have mentioned. Robinson and Watson did not appear, but the other two being in custody, were brought into court, and were informed by the lord president, that the jury had returned a true bill against them. 27. Sudden Deaths from excessive Heat of the Weather.-Monday Jos. Becs died in a field in the parish of Keynsham; and yesterday Thomas Jones, in the parish of Backwell, Somersetshire; George Batt, at Doynton, Gloucestershire; and a woman in the employ of farmer George, of Marlborough. 28. THE QUEEN.-The Secret Committee of the Lords, upon the affairs of her majesty the Queen, met this day at twelve o'clock. Her majesty's counsel, Messrs. Brougham and Denman, attended, and put in a sealed letter, expressing the sentiments of their royal client, upon the extraordinary proceedings which have now commenced against her. The learned gentlemen remained in waiting for a considerable time, in order to receive an answer to the letter, delivered on the part of the Queen; but none being returned by the committee, they withdrew. This evening her majesty, accompanied by lady Anne Hamilton, took an airing round the Regent's Park in a carriage and four. Her majesty had scarce entered the Park before she was recognised, when the horses were taken from the carriage, and she was drawn round the Park. The immense multitude which was collected, kept loudly calling, "Long live the Queen, and may she get the better of her enemies." Doctor Parr and a large party dined with her majesty, at her residence in Portman-street, yes terday, at two o'clock, which early hour for dining is her majesty's usual custom. The heat of the atmosphere, since the summer solstice, has been daily increasing, and during the last three days, the sun has been so powerful, that several horses have dropped dead on the public roads. The mean average of the thermometer in the shade at two in the afternoon of the above days, has been 85 degrees with the wind to northward and eastward. The heat of Tuesday was more intense than the preceding one, the thermometer in the shade being as high as 90. Yesterday morning, at eleven, it was at 75. GLASGOW. Last night an alarming affray commenced in the Salt-market, between a party of the 13th foot and the police and inhabitants. It began between seven and eight o'clock, and is said to have thus originated. About a dozen of the soldiers walking up the Salt-market, were hooted at by a number of blackguard fellows, when the soldiers drew their bayonets. The police arrived, but such was the terrific appearance of the soldiers, that no one dared to approach them. One of them, however, having separated from his companions, was made prisoner, and, after a severe struggle, carried to the police office. The rest had by this time complete possession of the Trongate, the inhabitants flying through every opening where they could find access. The crowd soon considerably augmented, and stones were flying at the soldiers from all quar ters, and some of the more daring rushed in upon them, and attempted to wrest the bayonets from their hands; in one or two cases this succeeded, but the soldiers keeping so well together, those who attempted it in general paid for their temerity, as they were often knocked down, and severely struck with the sides of the bayonets. The soldiers were at length overpowered, and 16 of them carried to the policeoffice, when peace was restored. Almost all the 16 soldiers sent to the police-office were more or less hurt, and two of them were carried to the Military hospital. Some of the police officers and patrol are also hurt. A civil and military inquiry is also now going on. The supply of herrings at Carlisle has recently been so great as to have caused a sensible fall in butcher's meat. 29. PROPOSED NEW MONARCHY IN SOUTH AMERICA.-Accounts have been received from BuenosAyres, by the Blossom sloop of war, of a curious nature. They relate to a project discovered to have been in agitation for placing a prince of the House of Bourbon at the head of an indepen-dent sovereignty on the river Plate. The circumstance has been brought to light by the late changes in the government of Buenos-Ayres. The prince proposed by France to be the head of the new dynasty in South America is the duke of Parma, ci-devant Prince Royal of Etruria, and son to a sister of Ferdinand of Spain. An alliance with a princess of Brazils was pointed out as likely to follow. A memorial was handed to the envoy, which, after recapitulat ing all the foregoing arguments, urges the necessity of secrecy, in order to prevent obstacles from Great Britain; and avows, as one of the principal objects in view, a design to thwart British influence and commerce in South America, and to raise French and continental interests in that quarter. On the 26th October, Rondeau, then director ad interim, made a secret communication to the Congress, and transmitted to them the letter of the envoy, together with the French memorial; the result was a resolution, that the Constitution lately sworn to allows no alteration to be made. That a branch of the Bourbon family, so closely connected with the reigning monarch of Spain, was in itself an insuperable objection; that Great Britain was the power from which South America had most to fear, and most to expect. It is at the same time suggest ed, that the Envoys in Europe should put the communications from Paris into the hands of the British ministry, whose good opinion and protection South America is most anxious to conciliate. PARIS. The last Paris papers state, that a peer of France is mitigating the severity of the debtors law as it exists in his country-and there is added an abstract of a very valuable account of the prisons for debt. The author publishes a statement of the characters and occupations of the "incarcerators" and the "incarcerated." This statement flings in the face of the London tradesman a most humiliating contrast:-" Among the creditors there are not three known in trade," because, adds the author, " "they very well know that a confined debtor rarely pays." There is, however, in the review of the prison of St. Pelagin (the debtors' chief prison at Paris), another feature, which, we venture to say, would not be found in England, and which may, in some degree, counterbalance the preceding one; daughters are the incarcerating creditors of their fathers; a son keeps his father in relentless captivity; a wife, wallowing in wealth, refuses to give the slightest succour to her husband; and another celebrates as a fête the anniversary of the day on which she incarcerated her spouse, with no sustenance but the poor allowance, whilst she is enjoying riches and rank, "although one of her shawls would ransom the captive." The abstract then goes on to enumerate several hard cases; a colonel, who, after 43 years gallant service, and a loss of two sons in battle, remained in prison for the price of three pair of boots, until he died of despair,-and concludes with a comparison between the treatment which the wild beasts in the royal menagerie receive from man, and that which man receives from man. The question of reforming the law on this subject has been taken up chiefly by MM. Lanjuinais and Lally-Tollendal. Their improvement is to shorten the time of the confinement, and impose upon the confining creditor the necessity of affording more adequate and liberal sustenance to the debtor. THE QUEEN.-About 6 o'clock this afternoon, the Queen went to Guildhall, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Wood. Her ma |