Star. — London, England, 1825-02-26 00:00:00

t . Z F F"'` - ' . THE EVENING STAR. LON DON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1825. THE FUNDS. - 1* - MAIM. .. £lOO - 100 - 40 - • 100 • os • plaintiff. Mr. Tyrrell. who was connected with his fa mily by marriage. Sir A.' Cooper gave the plaintiff the right of publishing his Lectures. The publication did not issue from the Press till the month of October. On the 20th of September proof sheets were printed, in which the ca.e of Timothy Desmond. an Irish labourer, was tepotted. It happened that Desmond had been taken to the Hospital with a compound fracture of his skull, and the report stated that the patient was doing well, and in a fair course of recovery. In a few days, however, unfavourable symptoms presented themselves, and the patient died. As the sheets were printed off, the plaintiff did not think it necessary to reprint the . case, but added an erratum, stating_ the change in the patient's health, and his death in consequence. The defendant, in a number of g The Lancet,' at tacked the plaintiff, under the name of Simon Pure, and proceeded to comment on the "imbecility of his head, heart," &c. and went on to dissect him. The Learned Counsel then read several passages, which were alleged to be libels on the character of the plain tiff. The defendant proceeded to criticise the report of the case of Desmond, but emitted to notice the erra tum attached to the book, although he got both the' erratum and book together. The defendant then went on to say, that he would not contrast the report of that case with the report in' The Lancet:- He made Mr. Tyr rell a plagiatist from 4 The Lancet,' when, in fact, Mr. T. was in the habit of publishing the Lectures of Sir A. Cooper, and adding notes and remarks of his own. The Lancet' even charged Sir A. Cooper as being a plagiarist from its pages, and said, that were it not far the " es istence of a public Censorship, such as that exercised by 4 The Linea,' the public would be imposed on in the report of medical cases." The reason why the plaintiff published the book so soon was, his eagerness to have it out by the time the Pupils met in October, so that they might have it as soon as they met. He could assign no reason for the defendant's conduct, unless it was for his expulsion from the Hospital for publishing a report of the Lec tures delivered there.—On the subject of damages be did not &now what to say—he left it entirely to the Jury. He wished them to give the defendant the benefit of a fair candid, and cha ritable construction of the_ libelous passages read. The libel im puted not only the want of talent, bat errors of the head and heart. The defendant was proved to be proprietor of The Lancet. Mr. George Underwood proved the publication of Sir Astley Cooper's Lectures ; he published them under the authority of the plaintiff, and subscribed them round the trade on the 28th of Sep tember. The plaintiff gave hint directions not to dispose of any without the erratum being appended to each. The books were sent to him by the printer on the Ist and 2d of October. The nate et erratum was then read. Mr. Green examined.—Was one of the Surgeons of St. 'Thomas's; Mr. Tyrrel was also one of the Surgeons. The cue of 'timothy Desmond came under his observation and care ; while he was out of town the plaintiff had the care of it; he returned to town on . the 6th of September, and took the patient under his care till he died; the report in the note read was quite correct; the unfa. vourable symptoms only came on a little time before the patient's death took place. Mr. Watley was a pupil of the Hospital. and was excluded from it in May, 1824. Witness did not see him after that time, to the best of his recollection, nor make any communi cation to him. Matthew Ledger, an nicer at St. Thomas's Hospital, waited on the defendant, by desire of some of the surgeons, and read a paper to him: the defendant said the surgeons had no authority to give that paper ; he took it back to the Hospital ; can't say what passed between himself and the defendant at the time. -Mr. listoecuaw then addressed the Jury for the defendant in a very powerful 4peett. Ili. Learned Friend bad said, that when a person publishes a book he has only one of two courses to pursue, either by acquiescence, or by prosecution. But be would tell him of a third course—neither to acquiesce nor prosecute, but leave to time to do him justice, when the meriteof his wcrk would find their own way. When he published a book he courted criticism. and his first offence was to get angry at the criticism, if severe. Mr. Tyrrell expected nothing bat praise—praise unstinted, unquali fied—no other praise would satisfy an author; and when he received censure, whether deserved or not, he required a Jury to give him damages, as he must either have praise or money- 7 ( Laughter). The plaintiff had not followed the most judicious course in bringing his case before a Jury. Would any man say that the plaintiff's book was not to be attacked ? If be had published a stupid book, a bad book, or one of evil tendency, was a person to be held amenable for holding him up to the laughter and scorn of the world? Cer. tsiely not—for criticism should be free, liberal, and unfettered. — The criticism in the Lancet was not directed against the man, but the author ; and if he went out of Court more ridiculous than be came in. the fault was his own. The Jury were told that Mr. Tyrrell was an eminent Surgeon. Of the Lancet he knew nothing, but was told that bitter complaints were made against it by the plaintiff. He bad seen the work, and thought it was constructed on a useful plan, which was greatly &sedated to advance medical knowledge, and to check the impostures of quack ery. He did not here enter into the right of reporting mother man's lectures, but he contended that the publication erf the report constituted it the publisher's property. The Learned Gentleman went on at great length, contending that the purchaser of a book was not bound to read the errata—it was enough for him to read the trash which preceded it. The defen dant was not guilty of publishing anything against the plaintiff as a man, but as an author, in which character he was responsible to public criticism. He concluded by trusting the Jury would find a verdict for the defendant. The Oiler JUSTICE ' in summing up, said, that he would never plact a feather from the wing of the Liberty of the Press. He it to the Jury to say, whether the plaintiff had suffered in character by the publication in question ? and to find damages accordingly if they thought se. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffe—Damages seso. 3TOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this mersdngai 94 to A, for April Account, aad for Money 93/, with little doing. • FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market little is doing, except in Spanish Bonds, which are improving. Current Prices: New Spanish 191, Old 2411, Russian 971, Mexican 801 & Colombian New 901 11. Chiliah 891. French Scrip ISa 18, Austrian 971 1, Brazilian Scrip 414, Mexican Scrip 31 Greek Scrip 1 prem. Gold Coast 2 a prem. MID. TIJCZ 10-10 Ar Alliance Assurance • 3610 ie Anglo Meoican Mines - 10 1221 1271 United Mezican ditto - 10 145 150 Colombian ditto 5 391 401 Pasco Peruvian ditto - - 37 36 Brazilian ditto • 100 - S 15 16 Buenos Ayres ditto - - ..... 25 26 Alight Chaim .. . 1 6 12 PUCE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 238% 14 3 per Cent. Red. 94% 3 4 SI per Cent. Cons. 93% $4 31, per Cent. Red. 101 1 ,4 5 / 8 4 per Cent. New 106 1 4 6 Long Ann. 23 5-16 % Vs India Stock 285% V l —lndia Bonds 97 South Sea Stock 109 £l.OOO Exch.+ Bills (1 1 ,4 d.) 62 60 61 A3OO ditto (1 1 ,4 d.) 60 62 £lOO and £2OO ditto (1 1 4 d.) 62 63 60 Cons. for April 94',4 937/8 On engulfing at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, this forenoon, we were happy to learn that Mr. Secre tary CA1111111143 is convalescent, though still confined to kis room r As if the subject of the Catholic Association bad no already been sufficiently discussed, it gave rise to a some what long debate last night in the House of Commons. My. Got/t utists':3 Bill for suppressing illegal societies in Ireland was, however, carried by a large majority ; the numbers being, for the third reading, 226, against it 96, majority in fajour of the Bill, 130. The 13111 will bow be carried to the Upper House, where it will, We doubt not, be warmly opposed by some of the Members, but ultimately,carried, by a majority as decisive as in the House of. Commons. In the early part of the evening, Lord PALMERSTON put off the Army Estimates to Friday next, in order to make room for the discussion of thelkAssociation and contented himself with taking a vote of one mil lion on account. Two Reports of Mr. CAPPER, the Superintendant of Ships and Vessels employed for the confinement of Offenders under Sentence of Transportation, have been published, by order of the House of Commons. From these Reports, it appears, that on the Ist of Jan. 1824, there were 2,953 prisoners on board all the convict hulks in England, since which period there have been re ceived (including 440 irons the Penitentiary) 2,801 ; 1885 have been transported, 542 discharged by par don or otherwise ; 15 have escaped ; 82 have died and 3,230 remained in the hulks on the Ist of January inst. The expense of the Hulk Establishment at the several stations of Portsmouth, Woolwich, Sheerness, and Chatham, for the year 1824; was £33,767 ls. 3d. and the earnings in all the ships amounted to the sum of 30,0961. 14s. 3d. _ _ The convicts are represented as generally healthy, and, with a slight exception, obedient and industrious. The reports fibm the Chaplains at the respective sta tions, describe them as regular in their attendance on Divine Service, and orderly in their behaviour. The youthful convicts appear to be the most difficult to manage; and the Chaplain to the BELLEROPHON, a t Sheerness, in which upwards of 300 boys are kept, gives but equivocal evidence of their character ind conduct. It is true that. many of them have commit ted several passages of Scripture to memory, and that they are tolerably industrious in the trades they are taught; but he says their propensity to lying is such. that scat cely any confidence can be placed in anything they say ; he adds, that " during Divine Ser vice, owing to very strict vigilance kept up, they con duct themselves very . well." The accounts from the convicts sent to Bermuda, state, that they are engaged in the public works, at Ireland Island, to the satisfaction of the Naval Depart... ment, and that they have generally conducted them = selves in an orderly_manner. Plankton Papers to the '2oth inst. reached us thi, forenoon. The Emperor of RUSSIA has revived an' edict of the year 1757, ordering all private teAchers in families to provide them -elves with previous testimo nials of good character and qoalifications, for the task they undertake. The French 'Papers of Wednesday are still *occupied with the discussions of the Chamber of Dejuties on the project of indemnity. These discussions, except iu so far as they indicate the spirit of the parties, or tend to modify the proposed law, can be of very Dull inarest to the English reader. There seems to be no doubt that the law will pass the Chamber of Deputies with a triumphant majority. It is stated in the Eloile, on the authority of letters from Madrid of the 17th instant, that the King of SPAIN'S health daily improves. A farrago of nonsen sical news respecting victories in South America, ap• pears in the Madrid Gazelle. Our Readers will not be very anxious to see this useless fable. We have receivedthe Etoile of yesterday by Express, but it contains no political news, and is entirely filled with the debates in the Chamber of Deputies. Fes. 24.—Rentes far money,lo4f. 95c.—For time, 105 f. Sc. FOREIGN FUN I)S,•TWO O'CLOCK. Austrianßonds 5 per Ct. 981 1 Mex. Bonds, 5 per Ct. 80j aj a Brazilian Bonds 89 81 Ditto Scrip 5111 a pm. Ditto Scrip, 5 per Ct. 16 pre. Neapolitan Bon :., 5 per Ct. Ditto 1825 Perna. Bonds, 6 per Ct. 85 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 92 11 Ditto Acc. Ditto Acc. Portuguese Bonds 91 01 1 Chili= Bonds, 6 p Ct. Ditto Ace. Ditto Acc. Pruss. Bonds 1822, 5 p. Ct. Columbian Bonds, 6 per Ct. 921 Russ. 80nd5,1822, s p. Ct.97j 81 Ditto for Acc., Spanish sp. Ct. Cons. 241 1 1 4 Dittoklonds 1824, 911 1 1 011 Ditto for Acc. 24j i A Ditto Acc. Span. 5 p.Ct C. 1825,191 1 Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. 102 Ditto Ace. 191 Greek Bonds French Rentes,s per Ct. Ib4ll. Ditto Scrip 1 of 1 pm. Exchange 25f. 10c. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. SHAM Pato. 'RIC' ?ZS SHANG All. Brit. For. Fire & Life £lOO - XlO - XI9I Do. -Marine - 100 - 5 - I MINES. SHARE. PAID. rims PER SHARE. Anglo Mexican - - €lOO -,C15- iss. 15 pm.X1221 125 Anglo Chili= - - 100 -5 - - 161 16 1 * Brazilian - - 100 - 5 - 5 - 251 261 26 Colombian - - 100 - 5 - .5 -40 39/ General Mining Association - - -16 17 Illberniln - • 50 - 4 - - 91 10 91 ' Pasco Peruvian , - 100 - 5 - . -43 411 42 411 Rio de la Plata - - 100 - 5 - •-30 31 United Mexican • 40 -20 - . 2 pm. - 150 1471 Ditto New - 40 - - 321 34 pat. Welch Iron & Coal - 25 - 5 - . 67 311 8 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. GUARS. PAID. PRICE !ID SNARL Continental - - 100 - - 91 IRON RAILWAYS. London and Northern - 100 - 1 - 1i i MISCELLANEOUS. MARL PAID. TRIM TIM MAD& Australian - - £lOO - sCI -.28 British Iron Company - 100 - 5 • 9i 110 Canada Company - 100 . 10 - 59 40 General Steam Navigation 100 5 - 10 Gold Coast Association 100 5 71 II 71 Alderney Dairy:. 25 4 41 Great Westminst* Dairy 25 - 2 - 21 14 5 Metropolitan Fish Company 25 4 2 4 1 Pearl Fishery .ess au 462 pd. in. £lO pm. 11 24 201 22 201 White Ditto - .. 16 TAR ARMY. It N reported that the Ist did 14th Dragoons are tole sent to. Ireland ht Spring, to relieve the sth Dragoon Guards and the 10th 'Hussars, ordered to England and Scotland: Two Troops of the 17th Dragoon Goardi have been ordered to march from Canterbury, Deal, and Shorndiff. . Detachments belonging td the 4th (Qmeen's OWn), the 11t11 and 15th Regiments of Light Dragoons,.marcbed on Thursday morn ing from Westminster for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. Detachments belonging to the 60th (Duke of 'York's Own . Rile - Corps), and the East India Company's Service,tharched on Thurs day morning, from Westminster for Chatham. Detachments belonging to several Regiments of Infantry were ordered to march yesterday morning, from Westminster for the Isle of Wight. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. OZWIMAL AISTRACT or THIC 11121*ATICS 701 1825. Ordnance . I. • • • £790,655 Barracks . . . 250,407 • Commissariat . . . 175,685 Total charge Deduct Rents, Savings, Old Stores, . Sum required for the effective X 1,805,138 --... Ordnance, Military and Civil Soperanntiations .C 349,808 Barrack Pension . . . . 20,045 Commivariat Pensions . . 40 Total Non-Effective Exchequer Fen ,C 1,632 Total Sum to be Voted foe 1325 3E1,376,841 Voted for 1824 . . £1,410,044 Less than the preceding year aG33,403 NA PAL INI r.i.LIGENCE. Arrived off Poole, the Alacrity. FINDLAY, from the Cape of Good Hope—sailed 20th December ; also the Manly, Bannorr, from ilerbice. The Wellesley, and the Emma, Southseamen, have arrived at St. Helena. FALMOUTH, Frs. 2.4.—Wind F.—Arrived the Thetis,Tuasauwas, from Malta for Leith, in 22. days • Artlgour, Faun D , from Alex andria—sailed 20th ulr . Loyal B riton,i Hums from London, for Alexandria ; and Neilson, LouoKvos, from iouthton for nidad. Sailed the Cambria, Coox, for Vera Cruz; and Fortuna, Cortaw, for t'oronna. • - PLYMOUTH, Frs. u4.—Wind F.—Arrived the Margaret. BOW MAN, from Itlogadore ; brought home part of the crew of the Spring Grove Southwaman—spoke on the 21st -inst. the Royal George, outward bound Indianian. Arrived the Mary, HATTON, from the Downs for the Cape of Good Hope, for orders. PORTSMOUTH, Fr... 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Syren, TAYLOR, froni Bilboa, in ballast. for London. DEAL, Frs. 25.—Wind K—Passed through yesterday from dos River, the Branston, NVitsolt, for ltio Janeiro; James and Theresa, Asron, for Marseilles; Mary, MiCtoaa, and Clark stone, iuu.areros, for Jamaica. FASHIONABLE ARRIVAI.S. Don- Miguel de Alava, at the Duke of Wellington's, Apsley House, Piccadilly ; Dowager Viscountess Anson,.in Curzon-street, May fair; Lady Cecilia l3uggin, in Great Cumberland-place; Mrs. and Miss .Blake, In Portland-place; Earl and Countess Beauchamp, in Portman-square; Viscount Carleton, in George-street, Hanover square ; Counter:. of Clare sod Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, in Sa ville-row.; Countess Dowager of Clonmel, in Portman-square; Mr. Cawthonie, in Piccadilly , Mr. and Mrs. Carteret. in Park.street, Grosvenor-square; Mr. Mrs. and Miss George Dorien, 3n Wey mouth-street; Mr. Frederick Dundas, in Hanover-square; Mrs. and Miss Dalton, in Baker-street; Mrs. and bliss Delatre, in Park. street, Grosvenor-square; Lord Eliot, in Dover -street; Mr. Felix Ellis, in Sackville-street ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Free, in Portland place ; Colonel Durnford, in Somerset-street ; Mr. idward Daw king, in Portman-square. We regret to state, that the Marquis WELLESLEY has been for some time indisposed, in consequence of which the Levee and Drawing Room, announced to beheld at the Castle of Dublin, have been postponed for a few days. His Royal Highness Prince Licorot.o is daily expected to arrive from Calais. Also, the Lady of the Right lion. Gaoaca CANNIND,Vritt - Lady HARROWRY. Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, trans. acted business with the CISANCELL'OR of the EXCHEQURIR yesterday. Yesterday the Earl of HARROWBY and the Earl of WESTMORLAND transacted business at the Foreign Office. . Lady Commis NE lies extremely ill, at her house in Park-street, Grosvenor square. Yesterday the dispatches for Madras and China, by the ships Atlas and Herefordshire,' were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of those ships. Captain CH A RLES STUART COCHRANE'S Account of Ish Residence and Travels in Colombia, in 182/S and 1824,wi1l ap pear on Alontlay next. ENGLISH OPERA.—Mr. BARTLEY'S Astronomical Lecture attracted a very numerous and elegant audience last night. His dem4nstrations of the sublime truths of the Solar System were applauded throughout. THE THAMES TUNNEL.--Active preparations are making for the commencement of this great and Important public work. The preliminary operations will be begun under the in spection of the Directors, on Wednesday next, the .2d of March. Tile opening of the ground on the Surrey side will he very near Rotherhithe Church, while that on the Middlesex shore will be near Sir William Warren's square, Wapping. The Oxford Concerts took place last week, and were of the first order. N/ADAI.I2 CATALANI'S FOUR GRAND. CONCERTS, rarvrops io TIER DEPARTURE TO TIM CONTINENTMadaIUe CAT/S -LAM has the honour to inform the Nobility and Gentry, and Pub lic, that her Concerts will take place on the four first Thursdays in March, viz.—the 3d, 10th, 17th, and 24th, at the Argyll Rooms, and that she will sing nowhere else than at these Concerts.—Tickets 10s. 6d. each. Applications for Tickets and Boxes to be made at the Rooms, or at Mr. Chappell's SO, New Bond - street . — Further particulars will be duly announc ed. LITERARY NOVELTIES.—Among the various new Works of peculiar interest immediately forthcoming are, the Me moirs of liadame Ds Giczus, written by herself, in Two Vols..— Gaieties - and Gravities, a Series of Essays, Comic Tales, &c. by one of the Authors of the Rejected Addresses; Three Vols. Tremaine ; or, The Man of Refinement, a Novel, attributed to a distinguished political personage ; ThreeVois. Journal of a Residence and Travels in Colombia, in 1823 and 1824 ; Two Vols. Bvo. By Captain C. S. Cocnsame. R.N. Don Esteborn; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard ; written by himself; Three Vols. And, the Memoirs of the Court of France. By the Marquis Dx Danosau; Two Vols. Wednesday night an accident that threatened serious consequences befel Sir WILLIAM and Lady TA tnszon. The carriageborses at starting plunged so violently, that the coachman broke both reins in endeavouring to coatroul them, and then jumped off the box to stop them, but the shock threw him down. Mean while the horses set off at speedwith the carriage, taking the Botley road,burst open the turnpike gate, passed over all the bridges after grating some of the ballustrades, and were at length stopped near Botley, by the foot boy, who having been jolted off the coach box, had clung with difficulty to the foot board, and thence crept along the pole Of the carriage to the horses' beads. We are happy to add that the coachman is but slightly bruised, and that Sir WILLIAM and Lady Tammy sustained no injury beyond the fright of so perilous an adventure. MARSH, STRACEY, AND CO.-41. meeting of the cre ditors that have subscribed for the purpose of having the accounts of Marsh. Stracey, and Co. investigated, was held last night at the Oxford Tavern, Oxford-street, for the purpose of receiving the re port of the accounts from the sub-committee. J. Lunn, Es q. was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, after opening the business, directed their atteation to a singular circumstance, that in 1514, new account was opened, and continued in the hand-writing of Falmtleruy alone • yet in a few mouths it receives indiscriminately l the hand-writing Of Messrs. Stracey and Graham, along with that of Mr. Fauntleroy, until June, 1824, from which date, to the failure of the house, the whele of the credit side is again solely in the hand writing of Mr. Fauntleroy. A Member of the Committee then stated, that they had made important discoveries, but dtd not deem jt politic to make them public, lest it might prejudice them. It was Wowed, seconded, and carried unanimously," That the solicitors be requested to attend the public meeting on Monday next, and take such course with respect to the last examination of the bankrupts , is they. may deem expedient and advantageous for the interest of the teeditass."-i-The meeting then adiourued. ae1A16,775 • 211,639 _ter • - , .r sib AO • • .et Aqui r•J . . NMB !,rrr!.:- -votitt col 4- COMP% hi I f firl-INI • „on* the Ca :Isimstl4bre W ericifts4 or good fib Tons eiee at Pitied Aar Voyage to That the Ci Writing, on the lot good sound a 'hos and upwal . 3 Yeight vb k To7lie to SKI That the Co Writhrt Oa di Oinim arm 440 tom •rat• 4Preybt -eft Vera,to 1 The Tatham orvenikrevolod before Twelve boyood which E The partieuh able . wlll be re, .4te Mee of the ve es after shut NORFOLK, _ riIHE SHA - 11 - respectful through the coon to the selection - adopted ; attd th letting the most thereon. As soc will be printed. 8, Old Jewry, AT a mine FisHitic polls and its Ravi ihbed Fisheries Sunders, Remo Panay, the 2Sth JAMBS BB IT WAS Mix rho the Petits Stoat . # . lslt, COOP sad preient state -can sever be real That the °maid died whilst the Mau, sad therefa smello east newel That with the arising Amin the I supplied with a whielkthroashot pad frequently tonsumpdon. That if the Lei Public will be tr strayed; because ifebey ire to seri yearly averages t• existence of their . aaaddiated, and t the gauder-part That the props, 4 1 ‘4;i04 the Ins unman of their Ti "Ibbileut,abtaio as tiertions are iada apt, viz. Wag IPertri and A* lem &Dud intedident. 1 . 11 4 t the. PPP fluty Mewl tome WitFit'thicirger U rfiri lV Y L Y d el 14 VI% P l OO4l they severally bele Tait tar 'theses' the Boon .4 Coo alai the Tacorpo • dieliti&tiniedien papersomd *rap t That Mean. ,S Wit. 0474 iheii Chilitman 11/041*-1116r 41411 041 09 44 atlas lAmblica SA • , o*: 2 . In y.rw.in • . era s. ri lotEAbFot. rat, • , • Ebtitsinißosi, FETIRUAItiAnt. • ; i 'Abobt eight . o v eleek fait night, a fire was dtstoitet44 lb burst out from the, fourth fiat of the back land of that lofty house in the. High-street, at the head and on the west side of i3lukfriars Wynd. This lands which is seven %units in height, exclusive of the attic, was so separated from the front land, that it might bb eonsi, dered a distinct tenement. It was called Lady /Loves house, basin. been occupied, within the recolleetiOn of many, by th - e.widow of the unfortunate Simeon, Lord Lovat. The apptment where the fireo e r2inOed, was the printing-uffice. of Mr. Ritchie. We spconfidently when we say, that had a single engine been upon the spot ,at the commencement, and _properly was ked, the fire might have been quenched ; but some times/Hist neces sarily be consumed before operations can be conirfienred with such regularity as to produce a result. In less than half an hour the scene became truly tertific."fhe atmosphere being calm, the flame shot upwards, and reflected little light upon the dusky front ofthe'.High. street; while the cavernous-looking Wynd, andStrikens- close, westward, viewed from the street, appeared to be filled with lurid flame. There was the same hurrying to and fro as on the former occasion of women and children, with distraction on their faces, flying from the flames; while men, mute with despair, but hustling with anxiety, were seen removing articles Of furniture in every direction. Communications between the different sides of the street were kept . open by the police, and lighted will flambeaux, so that every facility was presented for the transportation of furniture. The flumes soon raged with uncommon fierceness, and penetrated to the front land (six stories,in height), which was speedily in a blaze. The fire-engines, long ere, this, were in active operation, and didgreat execution, but nothin g could save the front land 'from destruction. The .mass of flame which aicended horn the two houses in our, as magnificently terrible, and the more so that it was half enveloped by a dense cloud ( f smoke, which hung lazily in mid-air ,over the street. The greatest tears were entertained that the fire would communicate to a wooden land on the east , ide of the Wynd, and hom ing the street, and to other wooden lands in the Wynd. About ten o'clock, detachments of the 72J Regimen t of Font, stationed in the Castle, and of Cavalr y , from the Barracks, made their appearance, and assisted greatly in preserving order. An excellent machine, newly made, was brought horn the premises of the ma chinist who had the construction of it. This 'a, a triangle, having a pivot at top, upon which a pipe was fixed, which pipe was attached to a fire engine. The pipe, by means of very simple machinery, was made to traverse with great exactness, and did decided execu tion. There were many instance: of great daring dis. played. About half past one in the morning, two men, who had entered the flat under that which was burnigg, fur the purpose of cutting out the windows, that the engines might play within, had not left the spot half a minute, when the roof above fell in with a crash. Fear was entertained for awhile that one of those intrepid men had actually perished, which happily turned out not to be the case. About two o'clock the fire began to subside, and all fear of its spreading farther was removed. It was ul timately subdued, alter it had utterly consumed the land where it first broke out, and- four stories of the land in front. The lands burnt down, were let :out usuer ally to families, at thy rate 01 k room to each, Old is believed that not fewer than fifty families, mostly poor, have been dispossessed of their homes by this ter. rible conflagration. Among the most effective engines present, were the Ordnance one horn the Castle, and the one from Leith Fort, they have just now (eight o'clock) ceased playing. We may add, that the alarm of the fire spreading was so great at one time, that shopkeepers, as far up as Hunter's-square, commenced removing their property. No personal injury of a serious nature was' sustained, excepting by an artilleryman, who fell from a ladder and had one of his limbs broken., Daumr-LawieTtticaTaz.—The first:part of the Ora torio of last night was a martial piece by Waltz, called Ifinsif wed seg. It was well performed, both in the vocal and instrumental departments, and was received with warm expressions of favour. The second and third acts were miscellaneous._ BiallAW,Sano, iiaaa;r, Miss Svemoss, Miss GILADDOK, and Signor and Madame Da Beams, were the principal singers, and were frequently and deservedly applauded : At the end of the second part, an apology was made for Miss Sveruzus, on account of sudden illness, by Mr. BEDFORD. She was to have sung in the third Act, but was thus rendered unable to appear. The House was numerously attended. MANSION-HOUSE. D*vwo Roaster.--Yesterday, a stout ybung fellow was brought before the Loan Maros, charged with committing a daring robbery. Thursday evening, ab outi seven o'clock, the shop of Mr. Gray, jeweller, in Leadenhall-street, was robbed of a considerable quan tity of watches, jewellery. &c. by a short stout man. who thrust his arm through the window. He was immediately pursued by a young man who had watched his proceedings; and, on the alarm being given, he was followed and eventually taken in Northum berland-alley, and conveyed to the Compter. Charles Coke, chief plate of the ship Valiant, deposed, that as he was passing Mr. Gray's shop, about seven o'clock, he saw the prisoner suddenly dash his hand through the etas, seize the beano rod on which a quantity of jewellery hung, and run off; witness pursued him, crying Stop thief !" the prisoner dropped the ant cies as he was pursued, but the winless did not stop to pick thew up, and he succeeded in securing the prisoner in Northumberland - • court, Feneburch.street. As Mr. Gray was not in town, the prisoner was remanded. The witness Coles begged to be excused attending the trial ; the ship he was mate of had been taken np by Government, to proceed to Jamaica, and she was about to sail. The Loan Mason said he could not release him from attending a public duty. He had behaved with great propriety, and de- • served the thanks of the public for Ms manly conduct. He must; however, be bound over to give evidence, but his Lordship would exert all his influence with the Court to get hint properly remune rated, so that there was little fear of his being a loser.—The wit ness was then bound over in 1100. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCII._ - - The great match upon which thousands were pending. between Captain Parry and Mr. Powis, for 100 sovereigns neide, took place yesterday morning. It was to go from the 58 mile-stone, near rho Marquis of Granby, a mile on the London side Beading, to Hyde Park-corner; Captain Parry taking the London-bridge, or Forest road, nearest by about two miles and a half, and Mr. Powis the . Maidenhead road. Betting was six to four on Mr. Pow* cele brated for doing sixty miles per day for ten days , at Bath. In thls match, Mr. Penis did four miles to Twyford in half an hour, and to Maidenhead, twelve miles, in one hoar and forty minutes. •rt.e • pedestrian kept on at a regular rate of about seven miles as hour, and reached the London Hyde Park gates in five hours and eleven seconds. Captain Parry, who had decidedly the worst road, per formed sixteen miles in two hours and twelve minutes; bet at Hounslow, where the roads meet, he was seven minutes bellied. and ten at Smaliberry Green Turnpike, where he resigned•M . den, Captain Captain Parry's trainer, travelled on from Hounslow, and beat Mr. Pow is by three minutes. having gone the whole distance from the start. DEATlL—Thunday, at his house in Pimlico, Mr. Vick, the King's Messenger. LoxouN Printed nevi Pubhalted by J. F. Kiu.t.Y, at des sfla OTIICP 14. 1. Pickett-Race, Temple-Bar At eassairais • THE very ..st4Tx, - tal:74 AVMs. , 1 . Tat. ‘,....i•Hcset4,l eTsaits.itirril ICEY, AND 1.30.—0. meeting us me cre• Co for the purpose of having the accounts road, est by - about two miles and a halt, ana au. rows. ~.. 71 , V11 PI II rw.114 and Co. investigated, was held last night at the Maidenhead road. Betting was six to four on Mr. Powis, cele . - , , tford.street, for the purpose of receiving the re- ; from the sub-committee. J. Lulea, Es ‘. was braced for doing sixty miles per day for ten days, at Bath. In this match Mr. Powis did four miles to Twyford in half an hour, and to Maidenhead, twelve miles, in one The Cuanaux, a ft er opening the business, pedestrian kept on at a regular rate of about seven miles an hour, ltiOil to a singular circumstance, that in i Sl4: ,uilin.3 ri opened, and continued in the hand-writing of --- - I and reached the London Hyde Park gates in live hours and eleven hour and forty minutes. Tte • HE very 4 V yet in a few months it receives indiscriminately seconds. Captain Parry, who had decidedly the worst road, per- formed sixteen miles in two hours and twelve minutes; bat at Messrs. Stracey and Graham, along with that Hounslow, where the roads meet, he was seven minutes behind. Sitti Wow until June, 1824, from which date, to the failure tbi a dibi and ten at Smallberry Green Turnpike, where he resigned. Man- hole of the credit side is again solely in the hand- - den, Captain Parry's trainer, travelled on from Hounslow, and beat , oolighti- - and intieroy. A Member of the Committee then Mr. Powis by three minutes, having gone the whole distance from Gr.oBlBl, pod Ga il made important discoveries, but dld not deem the start. mew. **ems ( kern public, lest it might prejudice them. It was sad carried unanimously, "That the solicitors be lita•ni.—Thundiy, at his house in Pimlico, Mr. Vick, the . leo& Wow id Kit •'s M essenger. ao,d'ihe Tilbura - 414 l the public meeting on Monday next, and take to ... _______________— Cenitandi 4 'ltte espect to the last examination of the bankrupts =:-.::= 7 :— . , expedient and advantageous for the interest of LoroaoN : Prwtte gl and Publeshed by J. F. Karin - , at the IRAS Oariiireinligell he tneetingthen adjourned. M. 1. Pickett-Race, Tattp l lc-Bar , rehrelotuge ... iradisgAm m a t - t ta ' A IN4 iti —lrmo. *ilk. a . . ' a . . .1 :'