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v ia Valparaiso, of the total defeat of the Patriots, must be incorrect. We have Panama Gazettes to the 18th January, which do not furnish any political news. VALPARAISO, NOVEMBER 30, 1823. The second Lima expedition to Alto Peru, under St. Cruz, Sucre, Miller, &c. has again been defeated. St Cruz was completely defeated at La Paz by Val dez, without the latter ever filing a gun, and only saved about 1,200 out of 4,500 men. In consequence of this disaster, Sucre retired from Arequipa with his division, about 3,500 men, and took shipping for Pico and Callao, where they have arrived. We have a report that La Serna has declared Peru independent. The Cloninel Herald states, that on Sunday se'nnight a man was shot dead in endeavouring to escape from the police at Lismorta, in the neighbourhood of Kille naule. Without any particulars as to the circumstances which induced the police to fire on him, it is impossible to say to what extent they are culpable; although it is impossible not to regret the event. It will, however, . afford a fresh ground for abusing the police, as if they Avere the authors of the principal crimes of Ireland. But outrages of this description have not been confined to the police alone; if they have committed one or more murders, the work of deadly retaliation soon commenced against them. At the Assizes of Cork, no longer ago than Thursday last, four individuals mere arraigned and tried for the unprovoked murder of a policeman of the name of Orpcn, whom they butih!red in cold near Kantn:k, in that County. Tlnee of the prisoners wer e acq iii• t.:d oa trial ; the fourth, Linehan, was capitally convicted, and has since been executed. —On the evidence given, it a l .peared that the only cause of deadly quarrel with the unfortunate deceased was his heing a policeman. Cronin, the principal wit ness for the Crown, stated that Linehan fol.owed the unfortunate Orpen on the road, and urged the murder, whispering in I.is ear, that " there was a policeman on the road, and to go back and give him a knock." The witness soon after saw four n:eti strike the policeman to the ea: !h, and mur.!er before they quitted.— His evidence was corroborated by a Mr. NASH, who heard the principal nun derer, Linehan, say,—" A policeman is at Murphy's, of Seart ; let us kill him."— Mr. Nitstr saw the mangled body of the wretched man on the next morning, ahr ut ten o'clock, when he was going to Kanturk, in company with his brother, and found him dead near a stream of water, at the side of the ditch, and some bashes hanging over his body. The :act is horrible, as occurrences of this description are both on the Fart of the police and the people ; and v e ale far from justifying the police on the last oc.:asion, in which they have caused the death of a hu man c:e,lture, ytt, until we learn the circumstances un der which they committed the act, we shall not indis criminately condemn them. The situation of troops in an enemy's coui try is comparative peace and security to that of a policeman in some pairs of Leland. We ought not, timeline, be too rash in deciding on their conduct. I'he Gazt.tte contains a notification that the Right Hon. George Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af. fairs, has received his Majtsty's commands to signify to the Minis ters of friendly and neutral Powers, residing at this Court, that the necessary measures have been taken, by command of his Majesty, for the blockade of the port of Algiers ; and that from this time all the measures authorised by the Law of Nations will be adopted and executed, with respect to all vessels which may attempt to vio late the said blockade. Yesterday evening, Mr. DRAFFAN, one of the King's Messengers, arrived at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, with Dispatches, in 16 days, from Sir CHARLES BACOT, at Petersburgh. Th=. KING has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland appointing the Earl of Fldon Chancellor of Great Britain, and the Chancellor Lord Keeper aniCommissioners of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the time being ; Lord Redes dale ; Lord Gifford, Master of the Rolls, and the Master of the Rolls for the time br.ug ; the Right llonourable Sir John Leach, Knight,Vice- Chancellor of England, and the Vice-Chancellor of England for the time being; Sir CharlesWetherell, Knight, his Majesty's Solicitor- General; Samuel Compton Cox, Esquire, one of the Masters of the Court of Chancery; Anthony Hart, Esquire, one of his Majes ty's Counsel learned in the Law ; Stephen Lushington, Doctor of Civil Law ; Williani Cuurtenay, Esquire, one other of the Masters of the Court of Chancery ; Robert Percy Smith, Joseph Littledale, John Herman Merivale, Nicolas Conyngliam Tindal, and John Beames, Esquire, Barristers at Law, his Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the practice established in the Court of Chancery. His MAJESTY has appointed the Earl of MORTON, K.T. to be High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Yesterday Ili', MAJESTY received visits frpm the Duke fa YOWL. and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. Monday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and a select party dined with the Princess AUGUSTA. The Princes AUGUSTA received a viit from the Du chess of GLOUCISTIR yesterday. Yesterday then :ncess A UGUSTA honoured Viscountess CAFMORNE with a morning visit, at he: Ladyship's hut:- c, Chelsea. The Duke of GLOUCESTER continues indispo'etl. The Duke of CLARENCE is completely recovered from his indisposition. The Countess of ARRAN had a musical pa: ty, on Monday evening, at her house in Dover-street, which was attended by upwards of fifty distinguished fashionables. Among whorniwere the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Leeds, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Darnley, Lady Thigh, the Earl and Countess Cathcart, the Ladies Ashburnham, &c. The Countess of SANDWICH entertained another dis tinguished party at dinner, on Monday, at her house in Dover street. Among whom were Lord Dungannon, Lord Ellenborough, Countess Powlett, Mr. and Lady Harriet Baring, Mr. F. Baring, Mr. sad Lady Vernon, Messrs. B. and C. Greville, &c. We under tand that Mr. Justice BEST has beets ap pointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. On the 7th instant was married, TriomAs ROBINSON, Esq. eldest son of A. RAMSAY ROBINSON, ESC'. of Kensington, to Purim-an:a, only daughter of the late Sir GEORGE R:tAIIiWALTE Bout:ill-nu, Bart. of Poston Court, Herefordshire. Saturday, General ITURBIDE, Es-Emperor of Mexico, arrived at Wright's lintel, Dover, for the purpose of raceiving his wife and family on their landing from France; but they not arriving so soon as lie expected, lie proceeded again for London. They reached Dover on Monday, by the Due de Bordeaux packet. Lord Avr.Essuny is arrived in town, from Paris. SAYINGS AND DOINGS.—We are not much surprised to !tzar that this Work has been, accot ding to the booksellers' phr:ise, ' 'Jut of print" for sonic time. As a consolation, however, to those %/ho have not yet been fortunate enough to procure a sight of it, we enabled to state, that a accond,edi.ion will appear in the course wet. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • The Joseph, BROWN, arrived in the Downs from Alexandria, sailed the Ist February, and left loading there tite Osprey, BROWN, for London ; and the Baltic, Miti.co, for Liverpool. GRAVESEND, Aram tz. Arrived the Honourable. Company ' s ships Inglis, Charles Grant, and Farquharson, from China. , FALMOUTH, Aram 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Marquis of Salisbury packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed 17th February—passen gers, Lady and liss COCHRANE. S iiled the Eclipse packet, for Halifax and New York ; and Kingfisher packet, fur Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind W.—Arrived the Matilda, Cuattarc, from Bahia in fifty days, for Hamburgh—spoke the Hannah, of North Shields, from Liverpool, on the 21st of February, out forty days, and the Ann, of Chepstow, from the Downs, out thirty-five days—both off Bahia. PORTSMOUTH, Amu. 13. Wind W. The Cato and Success transports have come into harbour. Sailed tke Elizabeth, TAYLOR, for Hull. The Loyal Briton transport went out of harbour, and is waiting at Spithead a fair wind for Ireland. Dna z, A reri.l3.—Wind W.—Arrived the Sophia, Surma, from Bengal ; Iloddart, —, from Honduras ; Joseph, BREAM, front Alexandria; and Younghusband, BROWN, from St. Lucia. Came down front the River and remain, the Denmark Hill, FOREMAN, for Van Diernan ' s Land ; Traveller, ANDERSON, for Le&rborn ; and Lady Juliana, SMITH, for Quebec. The Bredalbane, 13uttGos, front Jamaica, is off Dover. Livzoroor., APRIL H.—Arrived the Canada, Booms, from New York; Uxbridge, BUTCHER, from Palermo; and Lancashire Witch, from Lisbon. Cowas, Aran. 13.—Arrived the Portsea, WORTHINGTON, from Calcutta, for orders. Thursday se'nnight, Thomas Backhouse, John Elmore, John Bantrick, and Robert Jacobs, four pilots, left Bawdiey Ferry in an open yawl for Orford Haven, and a very heavy gale coming on soon afterwards, the boat upset in Holiesley Bav, and the four men were unfortunately drowned. The boat was 'found bottom up wards in Orford River, the following morning. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 12. - - SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS— The Mirables, from Sc. Vincent's; Prince of Waterloo, from attend ; Dublin packet, front Trieste; Favourite, from Memel ; Carl, from Maria Anna, from Antwerp ; Telegraph, front Havre ; London, from Charente; and Prince of Saxe Coburg, from St. Michael's. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Maria, for Newfoundland; Regent packet, for Bilboa ; Prince of Saxe Coburg, ,for Rotterdam ; and Jorge Sophia, for Antwerp. CI.RA a t\ - ; OUIWA RDS—The Prince of Orange, for Rotterdam; Union, and Welton, for Elsineur ; for Antwerp ; Eagle, for Quebec ; Dyson, fur Newfoundland; Sarah, and Reliance, for Hamburgh; and Emelie, for Calais. SOCIETY OF BitIFISH ARTISTS. Yesterday evening, a grand dinner took place at the new Gallen y in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, to cele brate the establishment of the above Institution. The pictures which are intended to be exhibited on the opening of the Gallery on Nlonday next were hung up, and naturally attracted the attention of the company. They are in number 753. HAYDON, MARTIN, LINTOT, HEAPHY, GLOVER, HOFLAND, and other well-known artists, have several excellent pictures. HAYDON has a picture of extraordinary merit. NORTI4COTE is the only member of the Royal Academy who has sent any pic- tures to the gallery: two of his paintings are in the great room. At half past six o'clock the company, in number about 150, sat down to an excellent dinner. Mr. 11EAPux, the President of the Society, was in the Chair, and was surrounded by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Honourable D. Kinnaird, Mr. Hart Davis, M.P. Mr. Lambton, M.P. Mr. Hob. house, M.P. Sir R. Ferguson, M.l'. Mr. Rolland, Captain Morris, Mr. Thomas. Campbell, and many other Gentlemen eminent for their rank or abilities. The usual toasts having been drank after the removal of the cloth, Mr. D. KINNAIRD proposed the health of the Duke of Sussex, which was drank with three times three. The Duke of SussEx, after expressing his thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him, observed that he felt a very strong interest in the success of the Society. lle thought that the It. y.tl Academy, so far from feeling any jealousy with respect to the present Society,ought to look upon it with satisfaction and pride, because it had in some manner emanated from itself— ( Hear). He had no doubt that if the object of the So ciety were fairly represented in that quarter whence honour and distinction were derived, it would receive all the encouragement to which it was so justly entitled —(Hear). Long, he hoped,would the institution continue to flourish ; and he felt proud in being the first to propose Prosperity to the Society of British Artists." Mr. HEAPHY acknowledged the compliment which had been paid to the Society by their Royal guest. The success which had hitherto attended the Society was far beyond what its most ardent supporters had anticipated —( Applause). It had encountered much opposition, but it had triumphed over every impediment. He concluded by toasting " The Patrons and Supporters of the Society." Mr. LAMBTON said, that no man could feel a more anxious desire than he enter tained for the success of the Society whose institution they were met to celebrate, because no man was more anxious than he was to pro mote the welfare of British Artists—(Applause). " The Royal Academy" was drank with three: Mr. HEATH returned thanks. " The British Inbtitution," was next drank with like honour. Mr. HART DAVIS returned thanks, and expressed a warm wish for the prosperity of the Institution. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Royal Society," which was drank with three. Mr. HOISHOUSE, as a Member of the Society, returned thanks in an eloquent speech. " The Society of Arts" was next drank. Mr. LAMBTON then proposed, " The health of Mr. Thomas Campbell, and the Potts of Great Britain"—(Applause). Mr. THOMAS CAMPBELL rose, and was received with loud applause. He begged to return his most respectful thanks for the honour which the company had been pleased to confer upon him. He also begged to express his most cordial, sincere, and sanguine wish for the suc cess and prosperity of the institution--(Applause). It was extremely gratifying to him to observe that the company had been honoured by the presence of a scion of the British throne, who had identified himself on all occasions with the interests of the people—(Applause). There was a congeniality between the arts of poetry, painting, and music; and it was the wish dearest to his heart, that there should be a similar congeniality be tween the professors of those arts—(Applause). Several other appropriate toasts were given, and the company did not separate till a late hour. The beautiful and extensive Highland barony of Girlielg, in the county of Inverness, was purchased last week in Edinburgh, by the ltight Honourable Charles Grant, M.P. at I:82,000 sterling. A few years since the same estate brought nearly £lOO,OOO, and a vast sum has since been expended in improvements upon it. If any neglect to purchase a Ticket or Share before next Tuesday, 20th April, it must be from their not knowing of the opportunity of trying for the Three remaining £20,000 Prizes almost free of expense, as Mr. Sty ZWRIGHT guarantees that all who apply before the 29th April, may receive back at least the value of a £2O Prize at the office where they purchased, if they miss all the more valuable ones, and £lB,OOO Consols, with £2,000 Money, are sure to he added to the first Prize drawn, thus the utmost that will be risked is .t. 5 19s. in a whole Ticket, and 9s. in a Sixteenth, other Shares in proportion, whilst, from the advance in the Funds, these trifling sums may absolutely gain considerably more than a X 20,000 Prize. OLD BAILEY--THIS DAY. Wiqfted Millmore, aged 26, a married wrlrnan, far advanced in pregnancy, and of very respectable appear ance, was put to the bar, charged with stealing a quan tity of ribbon, the property of John Wild, of Rath bone-place. Colonel Taylor gave the prisoner a must excellent character. The prisoner had lived with the gallant Colonel's family upwards of two years, during which time she had uninterrupted access to the drawers of his Lady, and might have robbed them of property to a very considerable amount. The COMMON SEILTEANT summed up the eviJence to the Jury, who instantly acquitted the prisoner. George Challis, aged 22, was indicted for embezzling the purchase money of a load of hay, the pier. e, ty of Ins employer, Mr. Joseph Rickards, farmer, of E,•:ex, from which place the prisoner had been removed by a writ of Habeas Corpus. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, said he had spent the money, w;nch lasted him nine days. The facts were fully proved, and the Jury found him Gui George relic was indicted for stealing a quantity of articles, the property of his employers, Messrs. Newton and Co. in the parish of St. James, Westminster.—The case was not made out as laid in the indictment, and under the direction of the COMMON SEUJEANT, the Jury found him—Not Guilty. Yesterday, Benjamin Gaskin, aged 40, was indicted for stealing a quantity of hay, value 3/. the property of John Nicholl.—Guilty. John Philpot, aged 37, was indicted for stealing 8001bs. of lead, value sl.—Guilty. James Whitbers was indicted lor stealing two sacks of chaff, the property of Mr. Walker, of Enfield. The facts el this c.te being clearly made out against the pi isonei , j the Jury found him Guilty. Upon the JUDGE asking the prosecutor if he wotiJd take the prisoner again into his service, he said he did not know ; but he wished him to have a sharp and short punishment.—(Much laughter). Tintaby Donaghue, aged 18, and Alexander Burgess, stood iudicted for stealing two decanters, value twenty shillings, the property of John Hari is. Verdict—But gess Not Guity, Danaghue Guilty, but recommended to mercy on account of his former good chat acter. William Jewel, a tailor, 21• years of age, was indicted for bigamy. It was proved that the prisoner was married to Mary Ann Todd, then a servant, in the year 1819, at St. Martin's in the Fields. They lived toge- ther as man and wife until about 15 months ago, when they separated. On the '23J of January, 1823, the pri• sone►• was married at St. James's, Clerenwell, to Mary Lewis, with whom he lived comfortably, until he was taken up on the present charge. The prisoner, in his defence, admitted that he had married Mary Ann Todd, but said that he had been most grossly imposed upon, for at the time of the mar riage she bad a child living; and in some time after wards she left him, carrying off a considerable portion of his property. He saw no more of her until she came forward with this charge against him.—Guilty. We are requested to state, that the a ccount of a duel in high life, inserted in die STAR of the 2d instant, from a Morning Paper, is entirely erroneous. A Petition from the London Missionary Society, rela tive to the case of Mr. SMITH, of Demerara, was last night presented to the House of Commons by Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH. The Petitioners proceed on two grounds : they desire, that as Mr. SMITH died in confinement at Demerara, without having had means to appeal from the sentence passed on him by the Court Martial, they may be per mitted to vindicate his character, by proof of his entire moral and legal innocence. The second ground is still more important. They demand inquiry into the trans actions at Demerara, in order to insure protection and safety to other Christian Missionaries there and elsewhere. The question thus agitated is not a political one in any sense of the word ; lot the London Missionary Society is totally unconnected with any Society for improving the temporal condition of men in any re spect; neither is it a sectarian question; for the mem bers of the Society belong partly to the Established Churches of England and Scotland, and partly to dif ferent bodies of Protestant Dissenters. Their sole view is, in their own words, " to spread the knowledge of CHRIST among Heathen and other unenlightened na tions." The Church Missionary Society and various others pursue the same pious task, and are animated by one and the same spirit of charity. We, for our part, hold the spreading of civilization and religion among our foreign dependencies to be a duty. What was the original title under which any of the West Indian or American Settlements were acquired by Europeans? A pro fessed intention, in the words of the Pennsylvania Charter of 1681, " to reduce the savage natives by gentle and just manners, to the love of civil society and the Christian Religion." This, which was the very condi tion of our dominion over those territories, has hitherto been lamentably neglected ; for it is confessed that, out of a population of between seven and 800,000 slaves in our Colonies, there are not 100,000 who have any distinct knowledge of the Christian Religion; and there never has been a sufficient number of the Esta blished Clergy to instruct half or a third part of the slaves. Those pious individuals therefore who labour to supply so fatal a defect, are entitled to peculiar en couragement from Parliament and from the Public ; and more especially ought they to be protected against all injustice on the part of the Colonists, to whose neg lect of a solemn duty the necessity for the intervention .of Missionaries is plainly owing. The length of a motion made last night by Mr. F. Burroa respecting the West Indies was very unpre cedented. The reading of it twice, according to usual form, occupied one entire quarter of an hour. Mr. I'., WILSON pronounced it part of a dangerous system.l Mr. Hume said it was only lad ing a foundation for dis cussion.—When the moLioo is so long, we may antici pate a costive debate whenever the subject conies under discussion. An additional pleasing appearance is tendered t o t h e enuntenance by the well-arranged Curl, the braided Plat, and the Bowing Tresses. In dressing the Bair, nothing prmluces such a beautiful effect on natural or artificial Ilair, rendering it admirably soft that it will Le in any direction, producing beautiful curls, which it preserves in damp atinosphere or violent exercise, at the same time adding a most incomparable, transcendam, and beautiful lustre, rendering the head-dress truly enchanting, as Itowiastsu's MACASSAR OIL, which has by its unexampled excellence in promoting in every respect the elegance and durability of that grand ornament, gained the admiration and astonishment of the whole world. As impos tors offer for sale a pernicious composition instead of the genuine, it is necessary to ask for Rowland's, and observe the prices are as. CW. , 7s. 10s. 6d. and 21s. per Bottle, and each Bottle is signed—" A. Rowland and Son." ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. We are pleased to find that Mr. BARTLEY continues to deliver the Lecture on Astron.my, and that his ex ertions are attended with success. The orrery is admi rable; the bi i Mane y of the plaiiets, their well proportioned motion, and the appearance of the comet, are all highly effective. We d' not remember any former instance in which opake bocies, as the earth and moon, actually teceived their light from an imitative sun. The effort is ingenious, and the result perfectly ticces , ful. The zodiac forms a splendid scene; and the drawing of the moon has hi,;ll claims to approval. As a k% hole, the Lecture is a beautiful and highly interes:ing di , play . t and no one can attend to it wit:iout receiving muds valuable inforniation, which it would be difficult to ar. quite by any other means, without considerable study and perseverance. _ THE AILIIY. Yesterday afternoon, coon after font o`clocic, his Royal tlighness the Duke of Yon K, as Commander•in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the horse Guards, which was attended by between tl,irty and forty Officers.-- , Among whom were General Sir B. Tarleton, Lieutenant. General Sir John Dalrynt ple, Major-General Nicoley, Major-General Baynes, Major-Gene ral Lord Blantyre, Alajor-General Blount, Major-General Sir C. Grant, Lieutenant-General Gray, Major-General Macleod, Major• General Calcraft, Lord Wm. Russell, Lord A. Ilill. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries-shire James M'Alpin Leny, Esq. George Scott Elliott, Esq. John Staig ; and Christopher Maxwell, Esq. to he Deputy Lieutenants. Duno ries-shire, &c. Militia—. John Morin, Esq. to be Captain, vice Ogilvie, promoted; William Younger, Esq. to be ditto, vice Go rdon, resigned ; Thomas Beanie, Esq. to be ditto, vice Borth wick, deceased; Ensign Thomas Mackie to he Lieutenant, vice Swanson, appointed to the East India Company's Service; Wita Liam Syme, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Mackie, promoted; An drew M'lntosb, Gent. to be ditto, vice Bremner, promoted; A. S. Singer, Gent. to lee ditto, vice ?Morin, promoted; Wil liam Scott, Gent. to be ditto, vice Singer, appointed to the East India Company's Service. LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL IS. ELOPEMENT OF A WARD. Mr. PEMBERTON said, that he had a motion to make of a very pressing nature respecting a young lady who was a ‘Vard of Court, and who had recently eloped. The young lady possessed a large fortune, and it was of importance that some order sholild be immediately made by the Court. The parties were now in London, and if his Lordship would read the papers, notice :night be aerved upon them without delay. The LORD CIIANCELLOR read the papers, and directed that the gentleman with whom the lady had eloped, should appear before the Court On Thursday morning. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 13. HORDON V. DALTON. The plaintiff was a Banker, and the defendant De. puty Postmaster in Dudley, Worcestershire. In consi deration of a certain extra allowance, the defendant had constructed a box in his Office for the purpose of putting into it the letters of the plaintiff, in order to pre vent delay in delivering them. The present action was brought in consequence of delay in delivering letters containing bills of exchange, which were dishonoured, and respecting which the plaintiff could obtain no re dress, in consequence of the delay. Mr. TAUNTON stated the case to the Jury. The par ticular letter in question had been addressed plainly to Messrs. Hordon and Co. but had been put into the box of Mr. Hayd , in, who was in no business, and.had never had a partner, and there it lay for three days. For this gross negligence this action was brought. If it had been as deputy postmaster that the negligcnce had been charged against the defendant, the action could not be maintained ; but it being in another capacity, into which he had been quite competent to enter, he was clearly answerable for his neglect. J. Leadbeater gave evidence of the agreement to pay " half-a-guinea a year annually," for the accommoda tion of a separate box. When the letter in question was delivered, regret was expressed by the defendant that it had not been delivered earlier, it having been overlooked. There were two bills of 2001. and 3101. The one was re fused because too late in being presented ; the other, be cause the party I iable had,in the interval,become insolvent. After a long investigation, it was found, that by send ing special messengers to the parties, all the inconve nience charged upon this delay could have been avoided. His Lordship thought that where there was only a mis take charged, the want of dile diligence was not a good defence; besides, it was not yet clear that the half-guinea was only a Christmas-boz for a pigeon-hole. It could not be considered a pi emium fur such responsibility as this.—Nonsuit. KNOWLES V SIR ALEXANDER MAITLAND. This was an action by the assignees of a bankrupt named Gilpin, to recover a sum of £1,649, for goods sold and delivered to the defendant, as Colonel of the 49th Regiment of Infantry. The bankrupt, Gilpin,.had been the agent of the 49th Regiment, and goods had been supplied by him for the use of the soldiery to the amount above stated. It was alleged on the part of the defendant, that the bankrupt had received money front the Pay master General on account, which exceeded the amount demanded, and the question was, whether these payments could be set off against plaintiff's demand? At the suggestion of the Lonu CHIEF JUSTICE, the facts of the case were ordered to be turned into the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court above.—A verdict for the sum demanded was entered, subject to a case. IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO FAMILIES FURNISH. nics —Uy applying atithe real Manufacturer'*they will find a Saving of nearly One-Half. Every article of Furniture manufactured on the Premises, and Warranted of the best Quality. Sixty different patterns of Chairs; from Twenty to Sisty Dozen of well-seasoned Mahogany, real Rosewood, stained kosiwood, Cottage and Berg room Chairs of all colours, ready for inspection, and real Rose wood nearly as cheap as stained. Card, Nob, 1.00 Tables, and Ca binets to match. A large assortment of well-seasoned Mahogany Sliding Dining 'Fables of all siz •s, Sideboards, Wardrobes, Drawers, and all other arricles of Furniture, to., numerous to men tion, at R. W MAMMON ' S 4, High Holborn, op posite Soot hampton-st rect, ry-square. Monday, an Inquisition was taken before C. J. hug. METT, Esq. at the Crown and Cushion public-house, Bet. mottdsey, on the body of Mr. John lied, late a clerk in the emi boy of Me,srs. !Labe:, what lingers, of Tooley. street, oho died on Tlitusday last, in consequence of taking a quantity of 4,x:die acid in mistake for Epsom salts. A verdict, Decew-ed died inconsequence of tilting oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom salts," was then recorded. MARK-LANE, APRIL 14. There was .earce a. y b in our Market tbls ( morning, there hcutg but f ; e ui V ill''sl buyers, tractinn a s u a dth g ose few by no, means disposed to purc:tase; therefore we cannot state any alteratioai s but must quote the price et all Grain nom i na lly as on Monday. Friday will be a close Holiday. . . y-_