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Pir :~ ,~~; POETRY. • The following Verses are copied from the Literary Gazette, a Periodical Work of great merit : LINES WtITTEN SY A YOUNG LADY IND'', To TITS LIRTLY. BROTHLa IN ENGLAND, o HIS BIKTII-DAY, DEc. 29. , The Moon shines bright In Hindustan, Her silver waves are dancing ; And starry Heaven looks down on man, To wake the mind's romancing : The fire-fly sparkles on the tree, And Time glides fast and pleasantly. But while the Eastern beauties glow, My love ! my darling ! where art thou? . Oh ! thou art in that distant Land Where bitter winds are roaring, • And where the tempest's iron hand Hangs o'er a world deploring ; But yet, with all its storms and tears, I love that home of early years, And think that in her wintry morn My love, my darling, thou wert born!! Oh take, my Brother, take from me The love, the wish sincerest, For they shall fly across the sea, To dwell with thee, my dearest ! ThOu seest again the circling day Which led thee on thy mortal way ; And 'mid its rain, or wind, or snow, )Iy love, my darling, blest be thou! Oh ! thou art in that happy age When smiles chase transtent sorrow, And when Life's light and merry page Looks just the same to-morrow. Thy fair light hair, thy sparkling eye, ' Ah ! could I but behold them by; And could I kiss upon my knee, My love, my darling, who but thee? Thou yet art in thy native land, And let that one thought cheer thee; And learn to lend a brother's hand To those who there dwell near thee. Forsake not, and forget not thou, The hewthom hedge, and banks of snow, For, be the seasons foul or fair, My love, my darling, peace is there! Trichinopoly. EPIGRAM, TO THE RIGHT HON. 0. TIERNEY. The Dutchman's juggle, with the Bank Directors, !las long requied some sage acute Detehtors ; Timm! proceed, pursue thy Patriot plan-- Marshal thy Hosts, and crush the •CLOUDY VAN ! Thy pious seal we suffering Sinners crave, Old Nick exorcise, and Old England save ! • Before the cloudy Van E'er the rough edge of Battle in it PILISADISI LOST, Book VL line 107. By the Leeward Island Packet we have receives letters from Trinidad to the 7th of January, with some inclosures from the Main, but they contain no materill news. The following is an extract of the former : " Port Spain, January 6, 1819. " By letters from Generals ARISKICIIDI and Goss:, dated 7th December, which I have seen, Margarita is in a flourishing eon.. dition. Admiral Biumes fleet had procured a reinforcement of 500 sailors. Captain Jetty had just taken two Guineamen, bound to the Havannah, with 750 slaves, and two brigs laden with cocoa and coffee, and other prizes, General BIZMUDEZ writes, value in all 500,000 dollars. BMW'S fleet consists of 14 large vessels, besides the gun-boats, or Seekers'. Fite of the' Margarita Seams, commanded by Gurszaasal had the teme rity to attack two Spanish Government schooners, two sloops, a large felucca, and three flecheras, well armed, and manned with sailors and Spanish soldiers ' off Punta Arraya, near Cu m.- It was a drawn Pattie at night, but the Sachem lay to, v Fn and.renewed it nest morning. They lost forty-nine . and, after making great havock among the Spaniards w at last overpowered,, and lost three flecheras . The sur:d s jumped overboard and swam adtere, and were afterwards taken off: paggpxa, second in command, was killed. All this ins done in breach of instructions; but Go:trams reconciled it, by tell ing Mammon he could not keep his hands off the Spaniards when be saw them : and as they supported their character by the most determined valour, it was all well." A Letter from Ceylon, dated August 29, mentions the deaths of Lieutenant ATHERLY, of the 29th, and Lieutenant SMITH, of the 73d. " It is calculated, says the letter-writer, that we have already lost, in this unfortunate war, between twenty and thirty Officers, six hundred Europeans, and double that number of Sepoys, besides between two and 3,000 Coolies, or baggage carriers, whose death causes the greatest misery amongst their families; who generally' have, othing but their labour to depend upon. The Candians seem determined not to submit to our arms; they say the GOVERNOR has deceived them ; that by his convention he gave them a worse Government than they had before; that they will not be conquer ed, but will defend themselves in their mountains, and that their GOD will avenge them, by killing the Eng lish by the badness of the cliinate. The expenses which the Governor of CEYLON has incurred by this war is already £70,000 a month, and will, when all our other troops come from Bengal, amount to nearly £lOO,OOO a month ; half the number of our troops which have come from Madras, are rendered unfit for any service by this climate, and by the badness and scarcity of food in the interior. We, who are accustomed to the wise measures of the Company, are perfectly surprised at the measures of this Govern ment, where the whole powers of Government—Le gislative, Judicial, Revenue, and . Civil—are vested without any controul in a Military man, who never was in India till he came out as Governor of this Island, who is between 50 and 60 years old, and who can know but little of Civil Government or of the Indian character. What we have already seen of the nature of what is called the King's Government in this Island, makes us grateful that we live under the Company's Government, and that there is no proba bility of its being altered. The enormous expense which has been incurred, and the total impossibility of keeping the Island without the troops andconstant assistance of the Company's Government, will, we understand, be the cause of this country being deli vered back to the Company. All classes of inhabi tants say they offer up their prayers, day and night, that it may be so, as it is the only, chance of saving it from complete ruin, restoring its trade and agricul ture, and securing the prosperity and liberties of the people." LAW INTELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT LAW POINT. In the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday, in the case of. The King against Fontaine, it was ruled by the LORD CHIEF BARON, that the name of a Special Ju- - ryman being mis-spelt In the Sheriff's Return, is fatal to the cause : the facts as far as they appeared in Court, were as follow :—The cause having been called on, the names of several Jurymen were read and called by the proper Officers, several of whom answered, and took their scats in the Jury-box, and when the Officer came to the name of " John Faires, of Howland-street," a Gentleman from amongst the crowd answered, " John Farey is here ;" and advanc ing towards the Jury-box, mentioned, that his name ended with ey, a circumstance which hp had men tioned to the summoning Officer, chewing him at the same time his door-plate, and refusing to receive the summons : but the Officer oame again, and insisted on leaving the summons, adding, that Mr. F. must attend, at his peril, notwithstanding-the mis-spelling of the name, as the Christian name, and street and number, were admitted to be right. The ATTORNEY GENERAL then apologized to the Gentlemen who had taken their seats in the Jury-box, for the trouble, which through the inaccuracy of the Sheriff's Lists, had been given to them ; and added, that although the cause could not go on, they and the other Gen tlemen who had been summoned and attended, and were then in Court, would be paid for their atten dance, both on that and the preceding day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY is. WIIITESIDES V. COOPER. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a young man of fortune, against the Defendant, a coach maker, in Bond-street, to recover £25 money had and received for the use of the Defendant. The Plaintiff had ordered a gig, which was to be sent home, com plete in every respect for 65 guineas; the Plaintiff paid £25 in part payment, and whett the gig was l sent home, it had more the appearance of an old ve hicle than a uew one. It was sent back, and the Defendant undertook to remove all objections by al teration; that was never done.; and, under all the circumstances, this action was brought to recover the money paid on account. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff—Da mages, £25. FEBRUARY 17. BATHURST V. ADAM. This action was brought by Captain Bathurst to recover £2lO, for a years rent of a house in Water loo-place. The house had formerly belonged to a Mr. Burton, whose tenant the Defendant had been; but on its becoming the property of Captain Ba thurst, notice of the fact was given to the Defendant; and at the same time, he was informed that Mr. Dance, the Plaintiff's Attorney, would call for the rent. Mr. Dance accordingly called on a quarter becoming due, and the Defendant apologized for rli4 being prepared with the cash. He however fixed Fri day or Saturday next ensuing for payment, and ap pointed Mr. Dance to call again. Mr. Dance could not see the Defendant, and twelve months rent growing due, the present action was commenced. It was contended, on the part of the Defendant, that his original agreement with Burton, his first Lessor, had not been duly observed, and, on that ground he could not be called upon to pay rent. Having failed in proving his case, the Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £2lO, Costs 40s. COURT 6F COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY is GAMBLING.-CHRISTIP O. JONES. This was an an action brought by Mr. Chiistie, the Auctioneer, to recover from the Defendant £509, which he alleged being money belonging to him, was won by the Defendant at games of cards of his clerk at different times and places. Mr. Serjeant COPLEY stated this curious case, which was more regularly detailed in the following evdence : William Rickards said, he had been servant to Mr. Christie seven years. He was discharged at the end of July last. In his situation as clerk, he was in the habit of receiving money coming to Mr. Christie as an auctioneer, to a considerable amount. The va rious sums were paid on account of jewels, pictures, and property, sold in Pall Mall. The witness had known the Defendant between one and two years. The Defendant lived in Pall Mall, and kept a billiard table. The witness had played with him on many occasions at cards. He played with him for money about the 22d of April last. The Defendant knew he was a clerk, but did not know he received his master's money. The first time he played with him at cards, they played at the Star and Garter,' in Pall Mall. They played at cribbage, and the witness lost £5O, the money of his employer, 'Mr. James Christie. He met him again About the 50th of April, and play ing again with Mr. Christie's money, lost £7O. On that occasion they began with £5 a game, and in creased it to £lO and £l5. He met the Defendant also at Bedford's ROoms, in Pall Mall, and played with him to a late hour. Two of the Defendant's brothers were present, and he believed Mr. Bedford was there, but could not speak positively. The wit ness also played with a friend of Jones's, who was introduced to him. This friend pretended ignorance of the game, and it was understood that he was from the country. The Defendant proposed his friend' should play for him, and the witness should give him two holes at cribbage, leaving him at the ,same time at liberty to instruct him in his play. The witness was a winner on that occasson to the amount of £6O, part of which remained unpaid, but Jones paid it next day. On the Ist of June he played with the Defendant's friend on the same principle he had play ed before. The stakes were made good by the De fendant ; he lost E 125, which was Mr. Christie's money. He was unable to pay £l5 of the lost money that night, but next day he met the Defendant, and paid him £l5 out of Mr. Christie's money. He, upon another occasion; played with the Defendant's friend, at the sign of the Haunch of :Venison, in Brook street, for £l5O. The Defendant pit down the stakes. The witness lost £BO, which was Mr. Chris tie's money. He remembered going with a £lOO Bank note, which he had taken at Ranson and Mor. land's, in payment of a cheque given by Mr. Wood burn, of St. Martin's-laic, for prope r ty b oug h t o f Mr. Christie. He lest the now in question to the Defendant. Cross-examined by Mr. Sejeant VAUGUAIT.—He , could not speak to an precise days on which he lost the money; but was positive to the dates of three gambling transactions, namely, the Bth of May, the Ise of June, and the Sd of June. He did not know the name.pf the Defendant's friend. He found the Enowledte of the friend improve,and the loss of his money was the consequence. He had never been threatened with a proseLttion by Mr. Christie. He confessed his xnisconduct to Mr. Christie, being un able to make up his accounts. He was 25 years of age at the time of the transaction. He had lost mo ney since, by playing with a man named Kirky. He was a married man, and ha t property to the amount of £3OO, just before he lost Mr. Chr;..,tie's money. He had no property when he lost Mr. Christie's. John Langdon, another clerk to Mr. Christie, v.-as at the haunch of Venison, in Brbok-street ; he went by invitation of RickardS, and met him there, play ing with the Defendant. A Mr. Davidson was also present. Davidson was the friend of the Defendant. About twelve o'clock Rickards went out for money, and came back with a Fipply, which he lost. Mr. William Woodburn, a printseller in St. Mar tin's-lane, proved that he paid £lOO to Mr. Christie by cheque, which Rickards received on the Ist of June. A clerk, from Morland and Co. proved that the above cheque was paid to Rickards in a`£loo Bank note, No. 18024.. The note was then traced to the hands of the De fendant, by Mr. D. Williams, a stock-broker, who received it from M. Jones, on the 9th of June, to purchase stock for him. This was the Plaintiff's case. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN addressed the Jury for the Defendant, and contended that no credit ought to be given to such a person as Rickards, who came into Court as a Witness, , to avoid a prosecution for felony. He called no witnesses. The CHIEF Jusrics drew the attention of the (Jury to the main features of the case; namely, the ' credit due to the principal witness. It would be dangerous, he said, to the public interest to hold that a person who had been decoyed into a gaming-house and led to commit crime, was not to be received as a witness. Transactions similar to that before them in general took place at 'midnight, and persons who be came dupes of the designing' gamester were, per haps, the best witnesses to bring offenders to justice. Independently of all other considerations, the Jury would find the witness, Rickards, confirmed by other witnesses. If the Jury had a .doubt, they would I give the Defendant the benefit—if they hid not, they ought to find a verdict for the Plaintiff If they did find for the Plaintiff, they might rest on their pillows with the consolation that they had ten- I deredl service to the public. The Jury, without hesitation, found a Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages £509. This cause attracted much attention, and a numer ous attendance of sporting characters. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced in the Justice Hall, Old Bailey, before the LORI) MAYOR, Mr. Baron GRAHAM, Mr. Justice BEST, and Mr. Justice RI CHARDSON. Joseph Wick and John Barefoot were capitally in dicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Wray, on the 31st of Ja nuary, and stealing therein a pair of boots, a pair of shoes, a pair of silver knee buckles, a silver salt spoon, and a variety of other articles, his property. Mr. Justice RIOHARDSOW summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after a short consultation, pronounced them guilty of stealing, but not of the burglary. Isaac Cook stood indicted capitally for assaulting John Franklin on . the King's highway, and forcibly taking from him a watch and Is. 6d. in money, his property.—The prosecutor is a journeyman colour man. On the night of the 3d February, between ten and eleven o'clock, he was returning home across the fields from Somers Town to Camden Town, where he was met by the prisoner and another manl the prisoner put one hand to his mouth, and the other hand to the back of his head, to prevent his calling out, while the other man took from under his arm his umbrella, drew his watch &Om his foS, rifled his pockets, and both of them ran away.—Guilty, Death. Daniel Mac Vey, who was acquitted last Sessions in consequence of Mr. Parkins's name having been misdescribed in the indictment, was again placed at the bar, upon an indictment , which charged him with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Joseph Wilfred Parkins, Esq. and stealing therein a diamond rug, value 150 guineas, .a great quantity of Louis d'ors, Napoleons, Portugal coins, pagodas, a hunting l jacket, and plush pair of breeches, together with a great number of other articles, amounting in the whole to nearly £lOOO, the pr6perty of J. W. Pae kins, Esq. The Jury, without hesitasion, found him Guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house above the value of 39s.—Death. Charles Skinner was found Guilty of stealing 281bs. of soap, the property of Alexander M'Kay and Co. WiWam Sampsox, a young lad, aged 15, was found guilty of stealing some sheet lead off the dwelling house of John Langston, in Buckingluag-place, on the night of the 29th of December. • BOW-STE/MT.—Yesterday William Fox fuss fully committed for trial, charged with robbing Chelsea College of bed linen and wearing apparel.—Several well known characters were committed for robbing and 'others for attempting so rob Gentlemen at the front of the Hustings, in Covent - G arden. DoEL.—An affair of honour took place on Tues day morning on Wimbledon Common, between F. A. R —N, Esq. of the Kent-road, and Mr. F —a, belonging to the Staff, when the latter was wounded, it was feared dangerously, by the ball entering his right side. The dispute originated at the Opera on Saturday night. The mania fur duelling spreads its ravages morel, and more in the German Universities; in that of Hanel alone, no fewer than 80 of these pri'vate combats having taken place during the last month, and occa sioned the loss of nay young Students, whose rising worth had constituted the dearest hopes of their rela tions and friends. . • There is .a cause depending in Chancery, wherein the extraordinary name of kiitkvervaarotsdoryra kingatchdent appears as a party in the suit! the pro. nunciation of which seems to be no small annoyance to the Gentlemen of the Long Robe. TANDEM MATCH. Fwasmna'a match for 100 guineas, to drive tiro ,„, tandein tweiVe miles in one hour, o v er an indiffercrt ground, took place from Harleston into the Worthn • terday morning. Mr. Frank:in was bound to carry I ' • i in nd a er ve b hi r cl ok e , as ir lij o h: caast,,h:er,cehtosehe. didA aatsaintarti:rialf : hi : brr r; nhihe whole was done as follow Miles Mitt, S::c. Miies Min. Sec. mil es m in. 1 7 0 5 4 24 9 2 4 CO 6 6 53 10 3 4 42. 7 4 50 4 1 4 4 44 8 7; 0 12 4 44 In the whole 59 minutes a7.d 4 0 . secon Before starciag, 6 to 4 against pet formins ;:te ln:tier brehe again in the sixth mile, an:i I :.rought the match very near thir:t. The driver kept his horses together in coacimh.n-hite style; and the road was very uneven. The Lords Commis , ,ioners of the Admiralty h ordered the sum of ,50!. to be distributed arn ou the Folkestone Boatmen, for their very human t ° . sistance in saving the Flying Fish tender, and c rew when in great distress at the entrance of Folk est „ Harbour, on the 9th of January last, when, by d t , r • praise-worthy exertions, the vessel and crew vet rescued from their perilous situation, and towed', the harbour. His Majesty's brig RALEIGH arrived at Barbad on the 12th of January, from Antigua. The brig ltadcliff, from Pictou to Liverpool, a. driven on shore, unmanageable, on Cape S t . Geor. 6 —crew saved. The - British brig Nancy, from Jamaica to Londi foundered at sea on the 2d Januarv. The Cap *, and crew arrived at Charleston on the Sth Jarman.. The Amphitrite, from St. Michael's to Bristol, -ia s wrecked on Thursday night in Barnstaple-h ay . Hors:. Nlaitise APPOINTMENTI.— C. pt G il bert I•llintt, to t l a . Glasgow, in the ‘iediterranean.—Capt. T. Mori. to the Ln. fey, intended for tile West India au:tem—Capt. I•3:•!ernan, ts the NesVcastle, the flag-sbip of Rear-Admiral GrAch. going Ott I as Commander-in-Chief on the Halifax station, to relieve Rear. Admiral Harvey.—Capt. William Rowe, t ) the Roche-fort, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle, Cummoxi.t•- in-Chief in the Mediterranean.—Capt. Win. Ramsay, to :he vern frigate, stationed in the Downs.—Capt. Ge4‘t,e Grai, t o the Vengeur, stationed at Leith, the flag-ship of R ear-AensirHa Otway, the Commander-in-Chief on the Northern Coas- Monday sennight the following gentlemen passed their ea minations for Lieutenants, at the Royal Naval College. Pa::. mouth: John Brown, late fique ; G. A. Butler llamas. 1t.:•34 fort ; Henry Fortescue, late Minden ; James Hogg, late liar rier; Thomas James, Racoon ; J. Kooystra,Wasp ; Samu' !) Protherue, Ferret; Wm. Forsyth Smith, late ; Corp : Torrane, late Beaver; and John Wordsworth, late itosaria. The Liverpool Courier of Monday last crnitaini follov.ing statement :—" The colliers in St. He'..2.; and the 'neighbourliosd have for some time past be- forming themselves into societies, for the purl ere obtaining an advance of wages. The ohiect th,; 'organization, we are informed, was, for the workmen in one colliery to make the demand, and, if they suc- ceeded, then it was to be made by the others is sue- i cession; but if it was rejected, then those who had made the demand were to strike, and were tc he sup- ported in their designs by the men who veinained in employment. The proprietors bf the collicri how- ever, having become acquainted with their 1, - .entions, and with the view of frustrating them in dirk ebject, ' came to the resolution of immediately discharging all those who were engaged in the combination ; apd the whole of them left their work. Up to Friday every thing remained quiet ; on that day John John- son, alias Cooke, who acted as Secretary to the body, was apprehended under warrant for administering unlawful oaths. Soon after Johnson arrived at the Raven Inn, in St. Helen's, some hundreds of the col , liens assembled, and great apprehensions were enter- tained that they would endeavour tuescue him; but very fortunately Colonel WILLIAMS and Micaart HUGUES, Esquire, two Magistrates, were thenatthe moment, and while the former was addresiiag the multitude on the impropriety of their conduce mil motives, Pollitt, the constable of Warrington, sue ceeded in conveying his prisoner away in a chai from the back of the Inn. As soon, however, 1: they were acquainted with the circumstance. . l a.: mob became very clamorous, and followed the ch.:ise, but without being able to accomplish their object. The men then dispersed ; but, we understand. that, in the evening, they visited the pits in large I:edit's, with fire-arms, and put out the fires and discharal the engineers at the different works. Ala:vied .a these proceedings, the Constituted Atithoritiesthough: • it necessary to call in the aid of the Military; on Saturday evening, a company of the 52d Regi- ment and the Liverpool Light Horse received orders to march for St. Helen's. A party of Infantry also marched froni Warrington for the same purpose. We are happy, however, to state, that up to Friday afternoon every thins remained • perfectly tranqui It. is said tlrat a meeting of the colliers is to be cer- vened this day at St. I lelen's. These disturbances are entirely confined to the colliers at St. Helens; and weshave not heard of any new demands bei...lg made by the men employed at either of the celliv.les of Prescot or Whiston. Johnson arrived at our gad on Friday evening, and we understand warrams Lave been issued for the apprehension of several others. Accounts have reached town frem Stocki.se - a an assemblage having taken place there to ..:r.1 , ;•:• strata with the REGENT on the subject of Fail , tm tart' Reform. But the Meeting not having been del or regularly convened, it was dispersed by the manry before it could proceed to the hlls.ness f.• whichsthe multitude had been called together. BIRTH.. • At Berlin, the 25th ult. the Lady of Captain Janes. A. D. C to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cunsberland, c. 3 0 7 ' i l DIED. The Bth inst. Sir John Roger Palmer, Bart. of B•ilyshas.•o 7 in the County of Kildare, Ireland. Tuesday, at his Lord ship's seat, in Kent, the Countess c Thanet. The 11th inst. at Croydon, Mrs. Chamberl•re. relict of ,late Rev. T. Chantborlatne, Rectos of Llualwa„ Etat. COAL MARKET, Frs. 17. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Pttee. y. Newcastle 284 mil, 0.1 to 431 03 4 Sunderland 4 33s id. to .41s 63 MAILS 7.141$ AIM I' : /Olin 1 0 I Malta • 6 TA . 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