Star. — London, England, 1829-01-10 00:00:00

MR. ROWLAND STEPEIENSON. The following ktta details the phr.-nzied language sixTheliniour of Mr. Sliftwaitsost, a few hours before his - flight from the tropolis, while under fears of being apprehended and'brought to justice. It is a singular epistle. The writer, Mr. Weser, is proprietor of the Argyll-rooms. , TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. ARGYLL ROOlll, R1C11312 JANUAIT 9, 1829. Sta—My name having been mentioned as the indi vidual whp accompanied Mr. Rowland Stephenson from London on Saturday morning, the 27th ult. I feel myself bound to admit the accuracyof the assertion, and to submit through your paper the following state vient—but, in the first instance, I am most ansious to show that a long' intimacy and friendship have sub sisted between Mr. Stephenson and myself, and to instance some of the proofs of friendship which he has given me, and the deep obligations undet which he has raid me. In consequence of partnership differences, I apprehended a run of my creditors upon my estib lishment, and communicated my apprehensions to Kr. Stephenson, who immediately removed my uneasiness by desiring me, if' necessat y . to draw upon 'him to the • amount of 10,0001. . . In another emergency he became guarantee for me, •Ind remains so, for the pigment of • no less a sum than nine thousand pounds. Many other pio'fs of the most disinterested friendship I could produce, buVilie two I havq mentighed will be quite sufficient to sbew the debt of gratitude I owed him. Such a' benefactor was., Mr. Stephenson, who on a sudden solicited my pto tecdon on Friday, the 26rh of December, at half-past five in the afternoon. He assured me that .a ;ileum. stancehad-oecultederbich rendered it impossible'for him again to return to Lombard-sneer, for hat Itaskiusetsome property of the Mete dbring the late tun. wh:ch, in one fortnight after the payment of the dividends, he could have replaced, but the discoiery of his having so used it having taken place at the Banking-house at eleven o'clock that morning. hi bad not fortitude to bear the interrogations to which he should be subjected.— He had therefore quitied Lombard-street, and if wished to preserve his life, I. should afford him shelter tinder my roof. I endeavoured to persuade him to allow me to send for his partners, saying that it would be to their own advantage to,replace the property so used, and 1 made no doubt but they might again be friends. He said, rather than see either of them he would blow his brains out in my pa4our, and dre* from hts pocket a brace of pistols. He then told me that he had abeady attempted suicide in a pawn broke, 's shop in Quet.n-stteet,Cheapside, but that the pis tols bad missed fire. I used every effort to divert him from so liturible a purpose, and to calm his mind, in which lat length succeeded. After a great deal cf persitasion, he permitted me to send fur his eldest son, and the in Ureic* beta era them being over; I proposed that be should return to his home at St.*Battholotnew's Hos pital, and abide the consequences of the discovery...- Hiving with much difficulty overcome his sctu,ilerito 'this measure, I said ! would send for a coach to convey us, erhenhe put. his hand into his pocket, saying, o cannot pay for one, as 1 have but.6J in the world." 1 ditectly nest up stalls to borrow Mrs. Welsh's pulse. We (Mr. Stephenson. Mr. Hornor. of the Colovseam. and myself ) then set out and' reached the Hus~rital. U"finkunatelYs 11 " /Wl', Mr. Lloyd 'aimed the room, and told us that the attempt Mr. Stephenson had made upon his life in Queen-street was k n own to his partner, and that they were ransacking the drawers. This communication led Mr. S:ephensoo to abandon at once his former resolution. and to determine upon im mediate flight. But be exclaimed "that he had no money.'. His eldest son instantly emptied his pockets for his father's service. Mr. Stephenson burst lute tears, and rejected the offer, saying he c• old nit use his sou s pittance. Mt. Lloyd then said, 4 . I have ninney, Sir ; I have eight hundred pounds."-- 4 Then swill both go," replied Mr. Stephenson. He ordered a few clothes to be got reedy; -and his car riageouJing he would go one stage with his own .He requested me to accompany him a few sttiles;Snsi.that he might, when his mind was more col lected,: give me directions respecting his children. I consented, and Bristol was the road ,he determined to take. On my proposing to quit him at Hounslow, heor dered the coachman to proceed to Staines with the same horses, and on the road requested of me, in the name of the mom 1 and long friendship th t had subsisted be tween its. to give him are and the last proof of it, and to arty him until he Was on board some vessel. I cuuld n rt .efu:e, and we swivel at Pill at nine o'clock on Soul day night, and had an interview with the Calmat) of a pilot yacht, when I recommended that the boat should be hired for one mot 0. at two guineas a• day the terms proposed by the pilut. Mr. Stephenson' said he thoughl . it would be throwing money away oh necess.o4y. fair no doubt they would meet a vessel bound tb Arnerica•within a fortnight. I advised them, When therviese ai sea, to disclose to the Captain the necessisfel - their going to America. an I if be would take clew:-he-should be amply remitter: ted. Mr. Ste phenson• aziiet risi,lngreat distress of mind, where the money ,itirs t;O'Come froio—they had but 80.1 Oa _Suliday morning, at half-past seven o'clock, they went ...on 'bond. I returned to London, and was in Itegenr-,eteetat seven on Monday moining-nor have I, as erroneousiX *Westin some of the papers, returned to Air. Stephenson, or had any letter os communicatioa. since, directly.or indirectly, from either of the parties. Such is .the statement which I beg, through your Paper. to' iobhtlt to the'puhlic. 1 was totally ignorant when 1 accompanied Mt; Stephenson if the extent of his embartassnient, or the embarrassments in which be had involared'ufeers. I listened only to the dictates uf gratitude r .ahiehlmpelied • ire to render all the service —the only one I was ever able to render him—to the man whoiradvien so long my Itiend and so often my benefactor.. • THOS. WELSH. likins dir. your obedient servant, P.a. Since *riting this le.ter, I have teen it stated that my deposition before the Commissioners WAS volun tarily made. •'I therefore enclose the summons for you to see that I was . compelled to speak the truth, under my oath, whieb, even for friendship, I would not violate. as By Virtue of • the King's Majesty's Commission under the Great &al of Great Britain, grounded upon the Statute made enocerning Bankrupts, awarded against William Remington, Row land &ephen'ann, David Robert Remington, and Joseph Petty Tualatin, ortembird•street, in the City of Loudon, Bankers and Co-partners, carrying on trade under the Brea of Remington, ikepbanson. liiimington, and Toulmin, directed to us the major pert of the Commissioners therein named, who bate hereunto set OW names, addle others : These are to will and require you, and 'Very of you, to slam this our Warrant is directed, personafly w he and appear beteg, the major part of the said Commissioners, on Samorrow, Tuesday, the tith day of January instant, at half•past two of the clock is the afternoon precisely, at No. 32, Soutliamp ten.beikihip.,Chancery.lane, London—then and there to be ex- Wined by the major part of the Conarn'aionera, by Virtue of the slid Comodolub, and the Statues therein mientioned. at Whereat Pa are nut to fail at your per% Given under our bands this Sth day of January, 3829, • ** JOHN TURNER. "Q P. HAMMON. " J. B. MACAULAY. I' To 11r. Thomas Welsh." REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, AND CO. . --...--- • • . Ae two o'clock yesterday the first meeting of the creditors of Mesirs. Remington, Stephenson, and Co. late . Bankers, to k place before the first list of Commis. sioners, at the Chambers, Basinghall-street. Long be fore the hour 6f meeting the staircase was ciowdrd *kb persons anxious to attend to the proceedings, and as soon as the doors were opened the room was-thronged. ' The pressure and confusion was so great that those who . leoved could not get retiring room lo t a conside r able ngth of time, so that the creditors behind could not `force their way to the table where the Commissioners sat but very slowly. The Commissioners were Mr. Turner. Sir G. F. Hampton, Mr. H.T. Shepherd, end Mr. J. B. Macaulay. Mr. Montagu appeared as Counsel on behalf of the estate. Mr. ROOTs appeared on behalf of Mr. Fr uctuoso, to sobniit a claim against the separate estate of Mr. Row land Stephenson. His client had lent to Stephenson 6,0001. for which he had received and held as a security Clime bonds for 2,0001. each, drawn by one John Owen ia favour of the , bankrupt. Ultra this, he claimed to prove for 8,0001. the value of 250 pipes i f wine sold to ithe bankrupt. The proposition of the Learned Counsel was, that his client should be allowed to prove against Ilse seprrate estate, giving up the bonds to the solici tors ender the Commission, who were the most com, petent to enforce payment of them, taking a dividend on the 8,0001. and half of that which could be pros diced on the bonds. .. - Mr. MONTAGU inquired if notice had been given to Mr. Owen 0 Mr. Room said no notice *had been given. Mr. MONTAGU was then of opinion that Mr. Root:s client was not ent.ded to prove for a farthing in respect of the bonds, and that he would have to give them up. • ' Mr. ROOTS contended that no notice to the obligor was necessary. On reference to authorities it was agreed that no no- Lice w,s necessary, and therefore the proof for wine sold and money lent was admitted, Mr. F. having given up the bonds. Mr. Room applied to prove another debt of 54.0001. on behalf of the same Gentleman. He named 54,000/. because, until the Commissioners assented to receive the 'proposed method of proving, he could not state the amount more exactly, inasmuch as the amount a ould in some measure depend upon their decision in receiv ing the proof. The bankrupts were employed by his client to purchase for him Foreign Securities, consisting of Mexican, Colombian, Brazilian, and Chilian Bonds, to the amount of 54 0001. The Securities to this amount Avesepurchased by them, and remained in Their posses sion ; they never were in the possession of Mr. Fisica taoso, with the exception of 7,0001. which was de,so. sited with them by him. His bankers had rendered an account of them to him, and credited him with amount upon them; and the question was, whether he was en. titled to prove against the e tate for the actual value of the bonds at the time they wet... punches .cl, or fur their actual value at the time when Mr. Fructuoso demanded payment of the b. Dd.? Mr. Fs uctuoso having been alarmed, made a demand upon. the bankrupts for the delivering op'of the bonds before the stoppage of the house, but that demand was not complied with ; and those very bonds were part, f what the Learned Coon iel called the absconding property. Mr. F. sought to prove again-t the j int estate for the amount of what the bonds were worth at the time they were purchased Mr. MONTAGU inquired if Mr. Roots had a list of the securities? Mr. Room replied, that such list had been delivered in some time ago. Mr. MtINTAGU was a illing to admit a proof to the 'amount i f tie value of the bonds on rile day. when the demand for the b•rods was made. The bonds had teen received by Stephenson, and his co-partners had not received any value in respect of them, therefore they were not to be charged except with the amount as he had before stated. Mr. Room contended that his client seas entitled to prove for the value of the bonds at the time they were purchased and deposited. Mr. F. had never seen .the great mass of the bonds; he did not know wherhet they had been ab patted in 18A. 1827. or 1828 ; and sup posing them to h .tie be n niut.h more vain .bie in 1826 than in 1827, and to have been abstracted in 1826. be. thought it or uid be an extremely hard thing upon his client to be compelled to lose a dividend on the df ter ence i f the va:ue. After a few further observations, which were in audible, Mr. Room handed a paper to Mr. Montagu, containing his client's calculation at the sum he sought o payee. Mr. Montigu consulted with the S.rlicitors, and those i f the bankrupts who were present, namely, Mr. Itemineton, sr n. Mr. Remington, jun. and Mr. Toulmin ; and then it was declared that the proof ac carding" to such statement should be ailmitt-d. Among the other creditors who proved were— Mr. James liaiinsboitom. . Mr. C. Pratt .. •9421 brewer its Windsor £515 Nir, J. Y. Turner . 281 Str.itieb.ied Ileathheld 255 Mr. A. Murray . . 2,050 Mewls. Ihrviogtoa & Co. 1,045 Mr. J. Elkins . 212 Ditto . . 1171 Mess..fteesat Stephenson 1,469 Mews. &racban and Co'. 5,059 Mr. U. Johnson . . 602 Si? H. 7 Bott . 225 Mr. L. Thornton . 480 Mr. AlrLevyarin ' '-. • -029 Mr. M. Smith . . 1.033 -There were other creditors of course. whose names and amount of debts we did not catch. There were probably debts to from 100,0001. to I eO,OOOl. protest iss a b s whole. The Meeting broke up at half-past three. The Clergy, Gentry, Ye , tro int v, •nd others, residing at Bridgwater. have signed a Public Declaration of theiraentimcnts, in opposition to the claims of the Roman Catholics. Mr. linovottaat is .o much indisi.m:-d as to be con flood to his room. _ WENT INDIA Duce COMPANY.—At the half-yearly Meeting of this Company, held yesterday. the usual dividend of 5 per cent. for the lit half sear, was declared. But a Report from the Directors was read, in which it was intimated, that in coolie. queries of the Increase to the dock accommodation of the port, and oldie arrangement made between 'he East India Conti, .ny and the East lndia.Dock Company, the Directors were decidedly of opinion that is would be expedient to reduce the dividend at the next half. yearly Meeting to the rate of a per cent. per annum. The following are said to be the names of the depu tation who are to accompany Mr. 01.:Guriata. to this country, is his attempt to take his seat in the House of Ctmosons.—. O'Gorman Mahon. Richard Shin!, Thomas Steele, Charles Fitz. alma:, 3. C. Brady, Richard O'Gorman, Joan Redmond, Maurice OT•eastell, Sir Thos. Rantoode, Richard Barrett, Patrick Murphy. Wilasm Forde, John Browne, Bartholomew Corballis, Lord KWeen, H. G. Curran. P. Ccstelloe John Lawless, Thomas Norton, J. A. Curran, J. T. Dolan. J. S. Sugrue, Michael Staunton, N. Coisyn, Thomas Reynolds,William F. Fynn, SirJ. M , Donnell, Stephen Coppinger, Philip Fogarty, OIL Dillon, F. W. Conway, D. Itimayne, N. J. Coppinger. Thos. Reynolds. William Mallon, WiaMm APDertnott. Daniel O'Reilly, M. D. lieliew, M Lanigan, Richard Scutt. W. J. Kelly. Thomas Roney, J. D. Brady, J. D. Murphy, Andrew Ennis, Robert White, J. Dwyer, M. 0411taugh- Deasy, J. O'Dowd, and R. D. Boylan. Tbutiday, the 25th ult. as a fishing boat. containing .even of a mew, was entering a small creek at Seter, 'near John n'Groat'i, a sudden suit arose, by which the boat was upset, and all on boardperisbed. Four of the 'sufferers were snarsied, and have left families to deplore their untimely end ; four of the bodies have betn fouids bet nothirreas been seen of the boat, or the other three. --Solway. • . . 1 ALARMING nu E. The utmost consternati in and alarm was oceasiore earls yesterday morning in the neighbourhood of High Holborn, by the breaking nut of a fire in the public house called the Six Cans and Punchbowl ; and such was the rapidity of the flames that it was with the ut most difficulty that the inmates escaped death. The 'fire was discovered by the watchman at a quarter to •one o'clock, burning with tome fury in the lower part f the house, when be immediately gave the alarm.— The inmates appeared at the windoos imploring aid to make their escape.. The landlord, Mr. Smith, fi.'t made his escape by the front door, and his childten were also saved. ' The roof of the public house fell in about two o'clock. Owing to the confined nature of the buildings in the rear, where several small cottages, named Ryley's Cottager, stand, serious apprehension were entertained. es' easily as full three quarters of an hour elapsed from tte blesir ing rut of the fire before any of the Assurance Compa tries engines arrived. The parish engine of St. Gileb's came first, and was followed by that of St. George's, Bloomsbury. They proved' effectual. A most unfortunate circurn•tance must be noticed— a friend of Mr. Smith. who has lately sold his business and stock for about 7001. was staying with Mr. Smith until hishould hear of another house to go into. This individual had the whole of the money with him in his root*;' but he Was so much hurried on the alarm of ti; that he escAped without his bark-notes, which there is every reason to suppose have fallen a ►a• crifice to the devouring element. . EDINBURGH. JANUARY 8. - /MOW THZ C A 1.21) , N lAN 14118 CURT. RESOLUTIONS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. The follow log Resolutions of the Royal College of Physicians, in reference to the late unexampled atroci ties, were unanimously ..reed to at a meeting i•I the Co:lege, held in their Hall yesterday. They are drawn up, as we knew they would be, with equal good feel. ing, judgment, and discretion; and they pout to the only means by which the recurrence of such enoressiti as those which have recently transpired can, in fume,' be prevented: 1. That the Royal College, taking into consideration the recent disclosure of crimes, which have so justly excited the horror and indignation of all classes of the community, think it due to their own character, a d that of the profession (although no one of the it numhrr has ever been in the smallest degree c"nne test with.the perretrators of those crime.) to express their deep and sincere regret that the anatomical .iiisti tact on, which they conscientiou , ly believe to be an ess-trial past of tl.e education of Physicians and Surgeons, should e. er h eve In • nished a temrtation to such unexampled atrocities. II; That the College have some consolation in think ing, that many members of the profession, ' and t :is body its particular, have on a former OCc a,imi distinctly and strongly stated to the public, and to the Legislas Cure, their sense of the evils which they knew tn. be con oected with the teaching of Anatomy in this outs ry. 111. That it is not for the sake of the advancemen! of any Speculative Science, but with a direct view to the pracntal relief of human suffering, that the C. 1 ege consider Anatomical Instruction to be of essential im portance to society; and th it it was with this view solely, that they concurred with other members of tl.e profession, in recommending to the attention of the Le gislature measures which they think we uld be effectual fur providing the means of that introduction, w.t . tout injury to the feelings of individuals; without the sie..es si.y of she purchase of lodies f om a' y private persons whatsoever ; and therefore without the p %Ability of encouragement to any tort of cti lie. IV. That the College trust that the!estreestinns now meet with the s•rious attention of the G settlement and of the L gislature; and in the nieantin.e, can only further express their anxious wish to give any atsistance which nil; be in their power, for the prevention or de. tection of any such iniquities as those which have loci; been exposed. Lestly, That the College direct their Council to transmit a copy of these Res-lutions to tl.e Right Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of Sate for the Home Depart ment; another to the Right Hon. Sit William It .e, Bart. Lord Advocate fir Sc. :land; and a third to Het ry %Varhurton, Esq. late Chairman of the Committee of the Home of Commons on Anatomical 'natio finis. PUBLIC MEETING AT HAUDINGTON. At a public meeting of the ithabitants t f die Royal Burgh of Haddington and the iieighboutho.d. held within the Town Hall there, upon Monday, sth J .n. 1829. to t eke into consideration the name of the un paralleled 'and atrocious murders lately committeJ in Edinburgh, and what measur s may be deemed neces sat y to pre. cut the perpetration of such diabolical crimes in future. Archibald Dunlop being called to the Chair, the following Resolutions were moved by hies, and, being-seconded by Sir James G ir diner Baird, BAIL they were unanimously adro ted : First—That this Merin% have seen with surprise and horror, the disclosure of a systematic course of murder, and the sale of bodies so murdered for dis• section, practised in Edinburgh, disgraceful to a ciei. I , zed country, and repugnant tb every mural and.rei gurus principle. Secosid—.That the meeting consider much credit due to the Puhlic Pi osecutor.for the zeal and ability shown upon the recent tell of Wlfliaim Burke, in discovering and exposiegs by wi , 6ohtlukive a chain of evidence, thet ohiqt and extent of these unprecedented deeds; sod th,• bpi.* that shessore energy and talent will not only be .toutinueii to being all concerned to ultimate poniebe, anent, but to de vise and ;arty into • effect such measures as may prevent the outrage Of • public feeling and the perpetration-of crimes so diabolical. Third—That these Resolutions, as a manifestation of the sentiments of this Meeting, be signed by the Preses, and 'transmitted to the Biel. Honourable* Sir William Rae, His Majesty's Lord AdvoCate for Scot land, and that copy thereof be also sent to jhe Right Honourable Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home Department. Too much praise asset ie bestowed on Lord LOWTHER, for his judicious improvement of widening the bi.ttom of 'Bedford-streer, nest the Strand, thus making an easy communication with the west end of the 'OM n. We understand the'Surveyors of the Woods •and Forests have concluded . a settlement with the pro prietors of the houses causing the present nuisance. Mancratz, JAW. 7.—A schooner or ketch was ob served about nine this morniog to go on the Longsand, and shortly afterwards disappeared. The boats which proceeded inothAt direction have gemmed without hay. in discovered:any thing of her; they report, however, to have fallen in with a vessel appatendrsloop-rigged, sunk in seven fathoms water, the tOpinast above water, and• double cross trees, both painted white, and has a dart vane. kgallioi coining in from sen:goe on. the Naveland Rock this afternoon, disabled her rudder, and has proceeded upwaids,in.charge of, and steered by a logger frost hence. • LAW iNTru.D4N::E. • COURT OF NINO'S BENCH, SAL ' • • BAili 10. Cilia. This was an action btoucht by the rtaintir eletlird part owner of the ship Lancer, to recover Ir.tis the-de. fenlant, an underesitat. the turn nt 5,1001. [no arhich his share had been insured. The ship had been em ployed in trailing in the Atlantic and in the Nor h and South Pacific Oceans. It tails stated in the first court that the ship had been captured in 1821 by certain pirates; and in the second it wa, Allege' t .at t‘ .e ship was captured by persons tu.khown to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded that he was not liable. Mr. F. l'oct. , cm stated the case to the Jury. Th e ship which WAS the sofject of the ptesent charge had hero employed in the S , utli Amertcan tt aJe. and had been empl eyed in 1820 in a leading st, yage between i llio Jai eiro And Lima. A policy of insurance had been effected on this voyare,but a letter was received . . from the C • plain of the vessel, requesting that the po licy might be enlarged. in consequence of the post of Callan being blockaded by I. , :rd Cochrane. The first policy bad only included ti e posts above mentioned, • and at the time it v.:4% effected there was no blockade of the post; a second policy f insurance was 'effected on this ship, iticludo g all poets between. and to and from or to 'he north of thoie pests, and thence to Gib salter: The Capt.iits's letter to his owners was dated September 14, 1820; and the [sulky was 'fleeted no• the 21st January. 1821 The' poliey included all or any past amidste in the North or South Pacific Ocean,. and Isbertys so dischaige the cargo at each or at y of shim. 'As Callao was blockaded, this vessel proceeded to San Mit', and afterwards desceneed to Piste, where it was unlit ell. At this time the indep edence of the. GeiteinMent in 'South An , erica had not been acknow ledged by the E n glish Government. Certainly great delay had ()cent led in tli.s Ca.& ; but he should be able to account for is in a satin actr.ry. mai.ner. An .action .had been. commenced against the under *rivets, for. -the iitiorance r f ti is ship, immediately intent/ s eine of its Toss had been received. It was then to-ted Nt •tsthe insurance was only t&cted rattle posts t.f . Rio and Cal lao, and ports between those place , , and not a pl..ce to the north of those ports. An application had been made . to postpone the ttial until ihe a.r Iva) of the M ste or Captain of the Lancer. The Mate had arrived is. E• land, but W4b drowned he ete the case came on for trial, • and tl e Captain isadainly recently' E./rived in this coon.' try, and would be called by him as a witness. It aas, , he understood, alleged that the ship had been captured by 1. , rd Cochrane previtAii to the letter being winter), II ch led tit the new policy of insurance; this, he would . be able to *how, WAS entire y unions ded. Mr. Ewing pieced that he had tied an insurance on this ship to tote defendant. CI , s , ezahlin-dby So J. SCARLITTHe was aware that notificati , nof the Llucicioe of Callan by the Clolian Government had appeared in Lloyd'. List,. in December 11120; The date of the issue of the decree if blockade was August 21, 1820. Crptiin Milling, the C .entnander of the Lancer at the time of V e tepid' e, examined by Mr. F..I I I•LLOCK i his voyage to Callas., in Sept. 1820. he received intelligence of the blockade of that port. He in con sequence of this put into risco, a port one hundred wiles to the S , .uth of Callan. He then proceeded to 54.1 1 1 1 .s, in Mexico; :if er some delay their, as he was unab e to land his cargo, he determined to descend the coast to Chili. On his voyage down the coast, the want r I a ater.com; erred him to ; ut inio Piscm, sr/hem his ship A. caoirieJ, the latter end of 1821, 1.1 the insurgent f. ices. Ele ued all his endeavours tog, t his ship back, b , .t fte,. - wai unable to so. By Sir J. SCARLETT.—IIe believed that the mg* WAS all Engb.li, and nil Solidi. The papers de Cla ed that the goods un boatd.'weie all Liglish. Ile enjea vowed to land hi. c•ri.o' . .0 Sin 'Bias, but he did not know v lathe. it was then stated that 0 e cargo was •Spanish. fire goods were put on board by English meicliants, and chartered to .he Seanisiv merchants.— There was a ilia' about the ship his f ire the Pros, Cowl in Nit', and withess produced all the bills of lading which he had, but the ship was constenired. He did nut iirterfese with the cargo, as the cliastetets looked. alter that. He undeastoud the shop was condemned as a smuggler. Sir J. SCA a LETT addressed the Jury for the defend Ants. The e. el ence was founded upon an alleged , deviation from the terms of the pol cy ; but the Jury found a inh dict for the plaintrff—damages.loo/. SMITH V. SIIAW. This action was brought by t::e plaii.(ff. who . : s the mater and. owner of a vessel caller.' the Rebecca, against Ow Comnurcial Dot.k.' • CEMpis..y, to reco ver damages for the illlestit int, riper conduct and negligence' of their .servants, in cr,no Time 01 wbkh •the'plaintifrs ship went aginone, d su k tained con side fable injury It eppeared on the evidei ce, that the Rebecca soming up the River en elver the Com inertial Docks, in January 1827, mach- fi,t to the buoy, a little beide , the Dock entrance.; slie.. was moved into the channel - to gri into the Docks, and it was found there was not a sufficient depth r f w-ter. The ship drew sixteen feet five inchkt, and the water in the Qock was only sixteen feet seism inches. Captain Thompson; the Dock-master, then ordered her back. and in her removal, the ropes which held her a-head having been loosened, the ship vent on Store. The plaintiff comp‘isined of . e A ligeore in two•Liiiices—Fitsr, he said Cartaiw Thomp,on did • nat• make due inquit y as to . the s hip's draught of water until he got to the D,ak-gateti and secondly—the peopWbelonging to the Docks threw off both Topes. which hacrbeen Listened on shore, and left the men on board navemas. of holding her off the grounds. the plaintiff's cao was proved by the second mate _ _ 1,1 the :hip, and•by.two other men who vete on board when the acciJent happened. On the vitt of the defenJant, Captain Thompson said he vw, induced to allow the ship to enter The Dock Channel in coosequence of a misrepresehtatiob re.pec:- - ing the draught of water; he wa. t Id so.e drew no mnie than lift en feet five inches. On her removal hick the • people on board loosened the ropes, which he ordered them to keep fast, and thereby occa.ioned the accident. Laid Torranotu left the Jury to decide on which side the weight of evidence turned, and . they found a verdict for the plAiattf.—The datnageb weie settled out of Court. • • - NloggLy, who, when asked, "what wine do you • drink, Doctor r answered, " port at home, claret abroad !" Hit- POCILATICA, the father of physic, recommends • elwerfLl glass; and ItIiAIWB, an ancient Arabian physician. says no liquor is equrl to - good wine. Rener.cit wrote a dissertation, Dr Pots Vinod°. amt the learned Dr. SHAW lauded the" juice f the grape." Bet the stoutest of its medical advocates was:foam; Wiltragan, physician to Cnoat.as the Second, who undertook to prove the pos-i - .llity of maintaining life from infancy to okl age, without sickness, by the use of wine. It must, however, be remembered that Wsli.eras • was cordially attached to wine, and a greater friend to the None, than to the apothecary, having as utter a dislike to unrietsinw medicine as the most squeamish of his patients; therefore Dr. Toav's evidence must be taken with caution. independently of the Courtly spirit that might have led him to adapt his theoties to the times.—Quarterly Journal. • , ';' , 5 01.