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LAW REPORT. -r COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. 10. WELLER V. WELLER. Mr. Rourst.x stated, that this was a petition from. -tbe mother of the defendant, a young Lady, a ward of Court, who had departed for Gretna-green in company with a young Gentleman of the name of Crampton, without the knowledge or privity of the plaintiff, or of wither of the guardians. It was not that any formidable objection _was taken against this alliance. The young Lady owns one.third of an estate, as tenant in common, which produced upwards of 900 1. a year. The Gentle. man has about 561. a year in real estate, and 1,5001. in ready money. The petition therefore prayed that the Master should be directed to report separately—first, if the parties were lawfully married, aud, in that event, of a sufficient settlement of the ward's property. The Gentleman had, by letters written on the North" road, signified his entire readiness to comply with the wishes of the Court. The LORD CHANCILLOR observed, that the panics, ought to have known that this was a gross contempt of the Court. He wished the petitioner to state what she knew of the matter of courtship prior to the marriage. Mr. Rourar.r. said, that she admitted the intimacy of the young Gentleman with the family of the ward and it was generally allowed 'that he was of sufficient respectability to have satisfied the Court, as the guar dians, had they been regularly applied to, would not have thought of refusing their consent. The LORD CHANCzt.Los said, that the consent of the Court ought not to have been overlooked, the jurisdic tion being more deeply concerned than any of the par. ties seemed to suppose. The readiness of guardians to dispose of their wards did not always satisfy the Court, because it was found that a young Lady's fortune would often have the effect of softening their opposition to a marriage of wards to their own sons. Nay, there were cases in which guardians found no objection to a mar= riage of their wards with themselves,—one instance of which, as his Lordship well remembered, had caused a guardian to appear in the pillory. The husband must have a subpoena served upon him on his arrival, to ap pear before the Chancellor, and give a more satisfactory account of his conduct.—Ordered to attend the Court on Monday next. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. NOVEMBER 10. WYNNE V. CALLENDER AND OTHERS. _ The plaintiff's bill in this cause stated that he had lost large sums, amounting in the whole to 6,0001. to the three defendants, Callender, Charretie, and Fleming, at whist, which was played after dinner at the house of one of the defendants. 19, liquidation of his losses, he accepted bills to the amount before mentioned ; and this suit was brought to restrain the holders of the bills from proceeding on them, on the ground that the con sideration, being a gam )ling transaction, was illegal. One of the defendants had demurred to the bill for multifariousness, the alleged losses having been to the defendants separately, and not jointly, as was assumed by the form in which the bill was drawn. Mr. HORNE was for the plaintiff, and Mr. HEALD for the defendant; but the VI&E•CHAICCELLOR without heat:- ing any argument, decided that upon the face of the bill, the demurrer was a good one. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. NOVEMBER 10. HARVEY V. RUSSELL. This was an action for verbal slander, tried before Mr. Baron Hullock, at Lancaster, when the plaintiff had a verdict with 20/. damages. The words proved were—" You are a rascal—a scamp. I have taken from you my work myself, and have prevented you from raving many hundred warps to size from other manufacturers, which you would have had, but for my persuading them not to employ you:" Mr. Serjeant Catlin now moved for a rule to shew cause why the judgment should not be arrested, on the ground that the words were not sufficient to sustain the action.—The Cover granted the rule. SULLEN U. SPRINOFELLOW AND WIFE. This action was brought to recover damages for ma licious mischief to a picture. The case was tried be fore Mr. Justice Barrough, at Chelmsford, when the Jury found a verdict for the defendants. Mr. ADOLPHUS now moved for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence, and The dii ection of the Learned Judge. The case was proved by a servant of the plaintiff, who left the defendants in the room where the picture was, and who found it defaced shortly after their departure. The Learned Judge told the Jury, that if they believed this witness, on whom there was no imputation, they must find a ►erdict for the plaintiff, and ought not to confine their damages to the cost price of the picture, as it probably was rated at a higher value by its owners. Notwithstanding this di rection, the Jury found a verdict for the defendants. The COURT, understanding that the value of the picture was under 201. said the case came within their general rule, and refused to disturb the verdict. The rule was founded in mercy to parties who would have to pay the costs of the first trial, and thus would pa.y very dearly for the chance of a second, in whichatey m►ght also fail. They could not, therefore, interfere with the verdict of the Jury. THE KING W. RUSSELL AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for a nuisance in building gears in the river Tyne. The case was removed from Northumberland to Yorkshire, on a suggestion that a fair and impartial trial could not hi had in the former county. At the trial it appeared that the defendants, who occupied extensive coal-wharfs on the side of the river, had erected two gears on its bed for shooting coals into the vessels in a more advantageous manner. The gears were buildings of wood and iron, 36 feet in breadth, about the same height, and pojecting 191 feet into the river—about one-eighth of its bed. Several witnesses proved that inconveniences to craft navigating the river arose , from these buildings. The Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Bayley, however, left the case to the Jury on the questions whether a public benefit was derived from the mode of shooting the coal ? and whe ther a public benefit outweighed the public inconve nience proved ? The Jury found a verdict for the de fendants, upon an agreement, that if the direction of the Learned Judge shduld ke found erroneous in point of law, a verdict should be entered for the Crown. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a role to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the Crown, chiefly on the ground that the improved mode of shooting the coals was not a public. bui a private benefit, andcon sequently could not be se against the inconvenience suffered by the public. The defendants, by this means, were enabled to sell coals better; but it was more pro bable they would. sell them dearer than cheaper; and thus the direct advantage would be entirely their.own. They were not bound to sell at all, and might fix their own price. Now, suppose a public-house built across a public way, that would be snuck uscietu public benefit, because.the innkeeper would be oblited.to entertain all who' applied at reasonable hours, an sl yet surely that would be a public nuisance.—The COVET gran* a rule to shew causes THE KINO V. THOMAS HUGHES. This was an indictment against the defendant for perjury, which was tried before Mr. Justice Buriou4h at the last Assizes for Guildford. The defendant, en 182, prosecuted two persons named Chandler and Bamford, for stealing lead from a house which he oc cupied in the vicinity of GuilgOrd. On that trial he swore that he saw the two prisoners at his house on the night of the robbery, when they were observed by a watchman, named Sngar, and cursed him for them. The men were :•Cquitted, and afterwards preferred the present indictment, in which perjury was assigned on the defendant's testimony, at the preceding trial. The case for the prosecution was principally sus- 1 tained.by the evidence of the two men and Chandler's uncle, and was met by the evidence of the watchman, who swore the men were on the premises. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. BRODRICK now moved for a rule to shew cause why a new trial shiuld not be had, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the weight of evidence. The, Learned Judge told the Jury, if they believed the watch man, the defendant was entitled to an acquittal. He had aho affidavits, tending . to shew that the case ought to undergo a second inquiry.—The COURT granted a rule to shew cause. AfORSTON V. NANTER AND OrHIRS. This was an action brought to recover from the de fendants, who are stage coach proprietors, compensation for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, through the neg ligence of the defendants' servants. The cause was tried' at the last Assizes for Chester, when it appeared that one of the defendants, who was intoxicated, was driving the coach (the coachman being at the •:me sitting be side him on the box), to Chester, at a furious rate, when , the plaintiff, who was also going with his horse and cart towards Chester, apprehending some accident, drew his cart as near as possible to the foot-path on his Own side of the way; but notwithstanding this precau tion, the defendants' coach came in contact with the cart, which upiet, and threw the plaintiff into the road ;, the consequence of which was, the fracture of one of his limbs. At the trial, it was objected that the coach, at the time of this accident, was not, as alleged in the declaration, in the chazge of the defendants' servant, but in the charge of one of the defendants, and that one partner could not fix another with tort, and the, plaintiff was nonsuited. Mr. J. WILLIAMS this day moved for a Rule, calling upon the defendants to shew cause why the nonsuit should not be set aide, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff for the sum of 2001. (the sum agreed upon' between the parties, if the opinion of the Court should be against the nonsuit), - on the ground that the coach' was in the care of the defendants' servant, who was at the time of the accident sitting upon the coach-box, and had only given for a few minutes, to a drunken. man, those reins; which he immediately resumed after the accident had occurred.—Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 10. GREEK LOA Ne.•DEIVITTS V. HENDRIKS. This was an application on behalf of the plaintiff to set aside the verdict ob,ained by the defendant in an action tried at Guilatll, before Chief Justice PEST. Mr. Serjeant Patr, stated that he was the plaintiff's Coonsel, and the question - Which he was about to sub mit was relating to a Greek Loan. The Cuter JUSTICE observed, that when the case was tried he thought that the plaintiff ought to have been nonsuited, on the point that it was illegal in the sub jects of this country to make a lean to the subjects of another country then contending against their Sotereign, who was in alliance and at amity with this country. Mr. Serjeant Part. said, that this was as action of trover brought to recover certain deeds. The plaintiff,) on behalf of the Greeks, applied to the defendant through a Gentleman named Contess, residing in this country, to assist him in raising a Loan for the assist ance of the Greek cause. The defendant required that some security should be left with him, and certain Spanish bonds, together with some instrun:ents pur.i porting to be warrants of attorney from the Greek Go. vernment for the purpose of raising a Loan, were placed in his possession. The business, however, fell to the ground, and nothing was done. Contess then applied for the return of the Spanish bonds and other instru.l menu , . The Spanish Bonds were saleable securities, and the defendant refused to deliver them up. They were, however, not things very desirable to have, as some people knew to their cost. The CHIEF JUSTICE remarked, that at the trial the verdict returned was for 4961. when the security of the bend was for .5,0001. Mr. Serjeant PELL observed, that Spanish Bonds had risen lately, and would rise still higher, if the promises which had been made were kept. The defendant had refused to give up the bond until his expenses were paid ; they were then offered to be discharged, but he still refused to give them up until they gave him the commission on the Scrip, which was never brought into the market. The question at the trial was simply whether Contess had a light under all these circumstances to recover? The verdict was given in favour of Contess for all he claimed, deducting the expenses. On the trial of the case the defence set up was, that the whole was a fraud, and that the plaintiff had no authority from the Greek Government. What fell from his Lordship on the trial was strongly stated to the Jury, who found for the defendant. The Learned Counsel said, that supposing this to be a loan' in aid of those struggling people, even although founded on insufficient authority, still he knew not on what ground plaintiff was to be prevented from recovering what he had de posited, even although it might not be valid. Chief Justice BEST—I left the case to the Jury on the merits, and they found a verdict to my satisfaction. I left it to them to say whether the instruments were or were not forged ? The documents were in modern Greek, and there was nobody at the trial to prove what they were. (His Lordship, after reading the whole of the evidence, proceeded to the following effect). It was proved on the trial that the signature of the Burch at tached to the document was made in London and not in Greece, and there was a doubt even as to the authenti city of it altogether. Mr. Serjeant PELL said,that whether the authorities for the loan were or were not genuine made no difference to the plaintiff's right, as those instruments had stamps upon them, which, on returning to the Stamp Office, themoney advanced for them would have been returned. There was nothing offered in evidence to substantiate the statement of fraud, so strongly mentioned to the 'Jury by the Learned Judge. aiafJustica Bkat—; am of opinion Aar shot whole' is fraud—the .h,u7 bare so found. I do. not know how I can separate Fie part of the cause from another, nor do I perceive one part more free than another from the imputation of fraud. The verdict, consequently, remains undisturbed. socvoa v. SIMMONS. Mr. Scjesint TADDY moved for a rule to sheaf cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The action was for an assault, and was tried at the la,t 'Guildford Assizes, before Mr. Baron Graham. The evidence adduced by the plaintiff consisted of her two daughters, and two other women,' named Bell and Saunders. There was much contra. dictory swearing by the witnesses for the defence, in deed so much so, that the Learned Judge left it to the Jury to decide to which of the parties they would give credit, for there was certainly gross perjury on one side. The Jury, after a trial of five hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with one shilling damages. The defendant now said that he was taken by surprise at the trial, and was not then able to meet the asser tions of the plaintiff's witnesses; but he had affidavits now to prove, that two of the plaintiffs witnesses, Saunders and Bell, were not present at the transaction, and that Saunders herself had admitted that she was not present, but was determined to swear, in order to enable the plaintiff to conquer the defendant. The learned Serjeant now submitted, that though the da mages were merely nominal, yet they carried costs, and the defendant was most anxious to remove the imputa tion which had been so injuriously cast upon his cha racter by the transaction. The COURT were of opinion, that though it was very bard for the defendant to have imputations thrown on his character, yet they sa:v nothing in the affidavits which might not have been brought forward at the trial, and under all the circumstances of ,the case, they saw no reason for disturbing the verdict.—Rule refused. POLICE LVIELLIGENCL M A NSIO N-HOUSE. Yesterday, the Loan Mayo* sat in the Justice-Room for the first time as Chief Magistrate. In the course of the day, he re ceived several complimentary visits. .IJorr3tt, the person who was some days ago charged before the late Lord Mayor, with having committed bigamy in marrying a widow named Wood, while his wife was alive, was again examined. It will be recollected that the mysterious conduct of the pri soner, with respect to the absence of his first wife, excited much suspicion amongst her friends, and that the wife was represented as baying no oLjectiou to the fancy of her husband fur another Woman. Extraordinary as this circumstance may appear to be, it terns out to be the fact. The poor woman is in a declining state of health, and much friendship having beets shewn to her by Mrs Wood, of Chancery-lane, she offered no opposition to a wedding proposed by her helpmate which would be likely to make him more comfortable. She expresses her satisfactiun at the present condition of things, and does not scent at all disposed to interfere, at leist so long as she is provided with an asylum: We find that the matrimonial arrangements had, from the commencement, her concurrence; that she was removed from her former lodging to hxr present abode, at her own desire, and that she receives frequent visits front her husband and his new spouse. The Solicitor fur the prosecution had no further evidence of the bigamy; but considered that, upon producing the certificate of the second marriage, the evidence would be conclusive. The Loan Matron, could not think of committing a man to prison upon such evidence. The plainer had been some time in confinement ; and except proof of the fact with which he was charged were immediately produced, he should no longer be de tained. His Lordship acestrdingly discharged Barratt frost custody. S. Duval, charged with firing a pistol at his wife, was brought up. The woman bring sufficiently recovered, attended, and stated that on the 50th day of October, about nine o'clock in the evening, the prisoner came to her , and rallieg her by name, presented a pistol, which he immediately fired, the contents of it' did not touch her : but he instantly struck her a violent blew with the butt-end of it, which knuck.ed her down. He repeated the blows until the watchman came to her assistance. The prisoner was committed. BOW-STIIEET. Yesterday, Benjamin Barn, the well-known pugilist and land lord of the Rising Sun public-house, in Windmill street, Haymar ket, was brought before the sitting Magistrates, Sir R. Buis= and T. HALL% Esq. by Morris, charged with violently assaulting and beating James Gardner, one of the patrol of this establishment, and rescuing James Burn (defendant's nephew), who was in legal custody upon a warrant of bastardy at the time. The case having been established by evidence, Sir R. 11111M11 said that the conduct of the defendant was most aggravated. liere was a publican, who was bound in a recogni zance to keep good order in leis house, and yet he was one of the first to break the peace and resist the execution of a Magistrate's war rant. The defendant might rely upon it that independent of any proceedings for the assault and rescue, the facts of the case should be . transmitted to the licensing Magistrates of St. James's, that they might consider whether he was a proper person to have a li cense at all ? Mr. HALL, said, that as far as he was individually concerned, he objected to granting a public house license to boxing men at all. He could not consider it proper that licenses should be granted to men who were notoriously in the practice of breaking the peace, whenever it suited their pleasure or their profit. Burn was then ordered to find bail, himself in W. and two sureties in 451. each, to answer the charge of assault and rescue at the Sessions. Mr. Pitt appeared before Mr. Ilxu.s, to answer to an informa tion preferred by 11r. M. Stukty, for placing an iron rail two feet and a half across the pavement, on the east side of Adam-street, Adelphi, and thereby obstructing the foot-passengers. contrary to the provisions of the 57th of Geo. 111. c. 50. The case having been proved, Mr. Pitt took an objection to the proceeding, on the ground of the Magistrate's having no jurisdiction, as the house in question was private property.—This objection was overruled. Mr. Pitt then proceeded to cross.examine Mr. Stukey, and the witnesses tailed by him, on a number of points completely irrele vant to the case, and in this mode occupied above two hours. Mr. HALLS then said, that willing as he always was to give every person who came before him a patient and dispassionate hearing, he could not, however, be unmindful of the interests of the Public, which starred materially from this occupvtion of time, he must say most uselessly. Mr. Pitt said, the case would last two boors more at least. He was determined to make the most of his lights, and any be had be was determined to support to their utmost extent. Mr. Hau.s conceived, that the mode he was at present pursuing was not calculated to preserve his own rights, but to infringe upon those of the Public. _ _ _ _ Mr. Pitt said, if the Magistrate refused to hear him he must re. main satisfied. Mr. HALL, said he did not refuse to hear him as long as he pleased on points affecting the merits of the ease, but surely two hours were quite sufficient for him, if he only asked irrelevant questions. Mr. Pitt, then, snatching up his papers, said he had done. Mr. HALLS thought himself bound, under all the circumstances, as no answer bad been given to the accusation contained in the in formation, to convict him in the penalty of e•e. and costs. Mr. Pitt thin said he should appeal, on the ground of a refusal having been given to hear him. Mr. Haus said he might use his uwn discretion on that subject Csinttsausx.—Nonce Suniven, a lady from the Emerald Isle, who is another Madge Wildfire in appearance, was brought up by Kelly, a Bow-street patrol, charged with utte ring counterfeit coin.. Kelly, who is himself a son of Erin, and a most powerful young man, seemed completely worn out, from the violent struggle he bad to b ring this virago from Battle-bridge, where she bad attempted to pass off some bad shillings eta baker s shop. Calton, a constable, who it no very great Mend to the " smash ing association," stepped fotward, and having eyed the fair culprit as she stood at the bar, pronounced her an old and daring offender. This roused the half-smothered flame of Nonce's revenge, and despising all foolish etiquette, or respect for the Magisterial pre sence, she roared out with Stentorian fury, " You lie, you villain, I ar'nt--only let me get at you." Presuming that a few hours' would cool the fervent heat of the lady's temper, the Ida es ordered her to be locked up in the strong room, when she was with some difficulty searched ; and whilst Calton was standing within a few paces, she made a spring at hint, and whit the certainty of a tiger, contrived to bite a Lwow mid Published by'. F. KZALT, she Sus Orric* No. I, licLell-Have, Temple-Aar. - • • lag fits no aa e to the o ftas m t e i ti ca i l l i ti os i . s p w le a te lo o w u ed t o , f ev h e is n c w h i ee:, out whkh so dote . she. was ordered for tnination on Wednesday. The men's cheek bled profusely, the wound being indicted a ;iv!, helots the eye, where a number of small arteries are Situated. QUERN-SQUARE. • Ames byte, landlord of the Prince of Wales public-house, Ems. l Gore, was brought before D. W. G EST f or an as. I sa n t n upon a person 'flamed Manning. It appeared shat the complainant, who is a licensed hawker, t en d the home to vend his goods, when defendant took up a p a i r or braces and offen d to p urc ha se them, but they could not agree as price, and defendant insisted he would keep them. Som e time after be called again, to request the snide to be returned or th e in one r when defendan t seined him by the collar, and violently kicked hir; out of doom The irarrant was pot into the hands of weate mad Woodberry. The defendant behaved very abusively to thf•c t , Id laid hold of Woodberry by the collar, saying he was tirtcrnonetCL,4 to go. Weak finding his partner thus assailed, interfer k 14 force brought him to the *See. Be was held to bail, to answer for the assault, and to ; l ye „ 3 homes notice. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday was the day appointed for the final examicatiod of James Hayley, the fruiterer, lately residing in Argyl:-0,, , .for setting fire to the premises of Messrs. Ethetington and nutlik. Mary Hayley, a girl about eighteen years of age, depos e d that she is davgkter to the prisoner. She recollected the morning th e fire took place. She usually slept in the atop, and her father a n d the rest of the family in the parlour. No person slept below st a i r , About half past two o'clock in the morning witness was awoke by a sense of suffocation, and immediately jumped out of bed a n d aroused her father and mother. Her father unbolted the sh op shutters, and forced them inte.the street; he then made his es cape out of doors with an infant in his arms.- She was the last perk s on Saturday night in the kitchen. It was about ball-past tu t o'clock when she left to go to bed; she 'eft the Are burning, a 01; 1 which she was not in the habit of doing. She placed the account. books in a cupboard, and then bolted the door. There was a hose trunk in the closet, which contained wearing apparel bet/angina to the family. and 95/. in cash. She believed there was that amount, From having heard her father say so; it was all in Bank -notes, ant was partly the produce of a clock and some other furniture, which her father had disposed of some time before the fire, to assist io paying the rent ; the remainder he bad received from his customers. The prisoner's daughter was asked if part of the family had not been removed from the house the night preceding the fire? She said that her brother and two sisters, the eldest of whom was only eleven years, had certainly gone to the house of a Wend of h:r father, in Westminster, of the name of Kirkman, who had under. taken to procure them some medicinal waters. Mr. W. H. Plielby, of Moreland-place, Solicitor, stated that, oat the f.7th of October, the prisoner called at his house and requested to see Mr. Creatable, who is Solicitor to Messrs. Etherington sad Dundee. He said be wanted to pay him 15/. Ss. 6d. for a quarto', rent due at Michaelmas. lie saw Mr. Crombie, who declined re ceiving the rent, as he was not authorised. The prisoner never tendered the money.—Theprismaer said nothing in his defence. He was fully committed to take his trial, and the parties were bound over to prosecute. Tsia Amanrran Assasamaxsow sx Bonn-irraxer.—Mr. whose wife, it will be recollected, was much alarmed on night last, when fired at • by an air-gun, appeared in the Junice room, and informe4 the Magistrate of the dreadful anxiety his wife laboured under, in consequence of the vague reports that were is circulation respecting the attempt upon her life. Among others, it had been given oat that two Gentlemen were observed looking is at the window the moment site the shot was fired. He had .t first believed such to be the case; but be now produced a sht.e. maker named Critcbley, who nw the two Gentlemen truss the road. when the window was broken, and be declired that they were not the persons who attempted Mrs. Jarrin's life. If they had bred the gun be could have observed it, and as he had every opportunity of taking them into custody, he would have done ;,o. Mr. Conanr said, that - 11obably these two persons could gin some description of the person who fired the gun, and it was ad visable they should attend. Ile knew of no other anode of mu molesting with them than through the medium of the Public Press ; and probably Mr. Jarrin's application would be made public. GUILDHALL. William Poole, a middle-aged nun, was charged with endeavou't fog to obtain goods under false pretences; the prisoner, it appeared, was formerly in good business, and dealt with the prosecutors Messrs. Pritchard and Pearson., of Lawrence•tane: Ire requested a man named Styles to carry a letter to their house on Saturday morning, desiring some bombazin and twilled stuff to be sent by the bearer, for Messrs, Lewis, of Oxford-street ; some suspicion arisir • r, an tear was sent *kh Styles, but he did not find him at the plate appointed ; but he was afterwards apprehended at Styles's house, when he called far the goods. Ik was remanded. HEAD OFFICE, DUBLIN. lx rinsiva Roaeznv.—Monday, SO, drifter of tl.t Waterford Mail Coach, and Catherine his wife, were brought to this Ofiice, charged with having uttered Bank Post Bills, feloniously stolen out of the Water ford Mail Coach; the entire sum taken amounting to £l,OOO, the above notes uttered being a part thereof,. A clerk in the employment of Mr. Harris, pawnbroker, identified the female as having passed in the once a note for £3, then produced Mrs. Connesi who keeps a ready made clothes shop in Capel-street, proved a note of similar value having been passed to her by a nun resembling the prisoner, but he was fully identified by her servant maid. Silk and wife were fully committed for trial at the next Commission. The two notes above-mentioned, with a few others of the stolen ones, were in course of business tendered at the Bank of Ireland, where they were stopped, notice having been given of the robbery, and the numbers of the notes, by the owner of them, by which means they were traced to thaprisonen; it appeared that the names of the persons to wheat the bills were payable, were forged indorsements in order to make them negotiable. Last week a trial was made at Woolwich Arsenal, of an invention to lessen the recoil of ships guns, on a sim ple self-acting principle, the result of which was highly satisfactory. The inventor is Lieut.Tnomas COOK, R.N. The forfeited Earl of WINTON quarrelled with his father; resided some years abroad, working as a jour neyman blacksmith; and when he succeeded to the titles, us.-,* man knew where to find him till accident led to the discovery. Thursday last, five men employed on the works car rying on for the improvement of the navigation of Lewes river, who had been to Rodmel to take their ac customed refreshment during the flow of the tide, oa their return to the water's edge, attempted to cross the river between the Sound Shallow and Asham, in a small fiat-bottomed boat, which about the centre of the river sunk with them, and consigned them to a watery grave, the whole five having unhappily perished, in sight of several of their fellow gang's-men on the opposite shore, who could afford them no assistance, and who, guided by prudence, had previously and safely crossed in the said boat, two at a time. The boat, about ten minutes after it sunk, rose again, so as to exhibit one of the ill fated men, about half his height above the surface of the water, and what is very extraordinary, standing perfectly erect, but be again disappeared before any means could be taken to rescue him. The bodies were soon after dragged for, and on being found, were placed in a row on the bank of the river, and presented a very melancholy spectacle. They were next removed to a neighbouring barn, where the bodies were viewed by 'the Coroner's inquest, who returned their verdict—Ao cidental Death by drowning. Aso. MIL Dublin 1 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey and 'may 0 0 Lisboa 0 0 Gottenburgh 1 Brazil 1 0 DAT. France 0 0 Hambargb 1 S Flanders 0 0 Holland 0 0 Leeward Wanda 0 ° America 0 u • . ~~ wasoll• J. A Irsoder Totter blow win to to Alto P t i ! TWA aft 1 aleatia &ores The be pew tigli Ii fistates RIGH-W ATER at LONDOS-BRIDGR TOMORROW. Noma. ` • • Si Wastes after 5 Attarauue • • - 21 minutes after 6 fig Irak RUI CO( )1E Vu Ibiel dative wbo o to for N the A To h To Is Beri Cua Hes km CAW d, Tio 1 b• 1 tier Ras I)* soi yr be ~i 1 6 r