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-- 7 "."'""7nlr= KTrTg f' , ;~ • LONDON ! ~ r•. A F,-. _ 7. 7 40.-~ panics ascending and &wending) they farina a pie wavering line from Resift to the hermitage, mad thecae to the cone they were scattered about in thick and fantastic troupes. On reaching the hermitage we found it so crowded that we could not enter ; the large fist arontid was covered like a crowded, fair by people of all nations and of all ranks, from the beautiful and accomplished Countess of Fiquelmoet, wife of the Austrian Arnbassador, to the Austrian @rerun and his wife who had come to see the blazing mountain ; numbers of people had come from the towns and villages . below with bread and wine, and 1 fruit aqua-vita all of which articles seemed in very great de- :nand. The motley scene was lighted by the bright silvery moon, and the ell toring flames at the summit of the volcano. We toot snmt. lig ht. refreshment, and repaired h o m e wards in the midst of as gay grouper as ever returned from scenes of festivity and joy. When we got tower down, we found that the lava had approached very near to the road, and had already seized upon a fine vineyard, which was blazing very brilliantly. After our retreat, we learned that the lava traversed the road On Wednesday the 27th, the eruption was in a great measure. tranquillized ; still, however, crowds of people continued going up the mountain; and an Austrian Officer, who had come from Capua to see it, was unfortunately killed on the ridge of the cone, by a large stone striking him on his head. On Thursday scarcely anything but smoke issued from the crater, and it has continued in this peaceful state ever since. TII E EVENING, STAR• TUESDAY, APRIL Q. 1522. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 80 for the Account ; imme diately some eminent Brokers made large sales, upon which Consols were done at 79/ ; and, it is reported, the above sales were owing to an empress having arrived from Paris at a late hour last night, to one of the first mercantile houses in the City: the information it brings is yet a secret. Consols are now 79/ for the Accouut, and 791 for Money—with the appearance of a heavy market. Five per Cent. Navy 103 *l. looasioN 11'am:rt.—The Spanish Bonds seem to be more in demand than yesterday, and the prices have advanced, which may be attributed to money not being quite so scarce as it has been for a few days past, and the determination of the Cortes in their retrenchments. —Spanish (New) 613 i ; Old 681, buyers; Prussian 83, es. dividend; Danish 86/ ; Neapolitan 71, sellers. STOCK EXCIIANGE--ONE O'CLOCK. Within the last hour the parties receiving the express have been selling largely ; and, whenever the 'Market appears on the rise, these panics come in and sell,which tends to keep down the Market. The parties who have been buying largely hitherto are now turned sellers. Some large sales have also been made for the country, and the Market looks dull. Ten per Cent. has been given this morning in the consideration for a continuation to the Account or Settling Day. Consols for the May Account are 801 /. ROYAL EXCHANGE. The principal business has been in Spanish Bonds within the last hour. No alteration in prices. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols 79 3 / 4 1 / 2 sA 5 per Cent. Navy Aims. 103% IA India Bonds, 61s. 635. pre. Exilequer Bills of £l,OOO, 3s. ss. pre. Ditto Small, 5,7 s. pre. Consols for Acct. SO 79 A 3 %• This morning we received a Ilamburgh',bringing Papers to the 27th instant ; but their contents are unimportant, unless some speculations as to the Russian Tariff, and some regrets as to the mildness of the winter can be considered as such. The XING of DENMARK is somewhat better. Ilamburgh exchange on London, 56 411 36 71. I'etersburgh, By a Paris journal of Saturday, which has been received, we find that the feelings in the Political Circles are not abated. The Funds on Friday left off at 89Fr. 30c.—Saturday, at 89f 15c. We this day present our Readers with the most ample details of the late melancholy duel in Scotland. Although these accounts differ according to the sources from which they emanate, yet they all agree in two points: first, that Sir ALEXANDER BOSWELL was the acknowledged author of some articles in which Mr. STUART considered his character so libelled as to entitle him to demand satisfaction. Secondly, that the duel, according to the recognized laws of honour, was perfectly fair. Lamenting, as we must do, that a Gentleman of Sir ALEXANDER BC/SWILL'S talents and amiable disposition; should fall a victim to party politics, we cannot but censure, in the strongest terms, the modern system of party contro versy, which, quitting the fair field of political dis cussion, wages war not against the opinions, but against the private character of individuals. That such has been the case in the present melancholy in stance cannot be denied. Mr. STUART, by his exposure of the iniquitous Beacon co-partnership, bad rendered himself very obnoxious to the party which had, unfortunately, en listed Sir ALEXANDER BOSWELL ill its ranks. This Gentleman, it is stated, contributed a series of articles' 'to the Glasgow Sentinel, a Paper to which the party had transferred their services when the Beacon was abandoned. Among these papers there were several in which Mr. STUART'S character was attacked, and particularly a song,- which appeared in the Sentinel on the 26th of December. In this song were such epithets as no Gentleman forgives, or forgiving, can ever hope to maintain his rank in society as a man of honour or of courage. By some means, into which we shall not now enter, Mr. STUART discovered this song to be in the hand writing of Sir ALEXANDER BoswELL. In the song he was reproached as a coward; and although we are far from thinking that fighting a duel is an abso lute proof of courage, yet, according to the modern. code of honour, Mr. STUART had no other alternative than that of challenging his accuser. He did so— ;XA EDER accepted the challenge, and the issue fatal. As so many erroneous statements :n circulated, we deem it an act of justice, STUART as well as to the friends of the ALEXANDER BOSWELL, to reptint the song is the cause of this fatal catastrophe. The omitting only is a correct copy of the song, . <" --r the name of a Gentleman who. hes.had no 'herein this much to be lamented trammtetiont *OlO 80N0 • Supposed to be written by one of the Jasma's—eertainly not by King lons the Flan, or King Paws the *tram, but proba bly by one of the Boost of STUMM Tuss—Sheryf Muir. There's some say that they're Whigs, And some say that we're Whip, And some say there's use Whip m, man; But ae thing I'm sure, Aspawky Whig doer. Is the Whig that outwhigglOes a' man! viioatts. And they crack and we ta'k. And they tali and we crack, And we talk and they crack awa, man! For conscience, the auld Whip Were sterling and bauld Whip, And gird their oppressors a cliw, man; But now Whip for eke (Theit calf on the pillar), Rea nought about conscience an, man ! And they crack and we talc, Ste. The Dell took the lawyer, And left the poor sawyer, He wasna a mouse to his paw, man; Owr straught was hi mark, man, But a Whig Signet Clerk, man, Can ouy thing, any way, thraw, man ! And they crack, and we tali, &c. They rant about Freedom, But when ye ha'e fee'd 'em, Cry het, or cry cauld,- and they'll biaw, man ; Tak him maist rampagant, And mak him King's Agent, And, hegh! how his fury will fa', man ! And they crack, and we talc, &c. There's stot-feeder Stuart, Kent for that fat-cow—art, How glegly he kicks ony ba', man; And lang chic!, man, • Whose height might serve wee!, man. To read his ain name on a man ! And they emit, and we ta'k, &c. Tour knights o' the pen, man, Are a' gentlemen, man, Ilk body's a limb o' the law, man; Tacks, bonds, precognition., Bills, wills, and petitions, And ought but a trigger some draw,.man ! And they crack, and we ta'k, &c. Sat foul fa' backbiter., Wba rin down sic vt iters, Wha fatten sae brave and sae braw, man ; Ilk Whiggish believer, Ilk priviledg'd rievar, Come join in a hearty huzza, man! For they crack, and we tilt, And they ta'k, and we crack, And we ta'k and they crack awa, man ! A AVAL IN FELLIGENCE. FALIKOCTII, MARCH 310;—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Mar garet, Symms, from London for Genoa; and Industry, PRRRIAN, from Lisbon. Sailed the Stamper packet, for Lisbon , L • Agnes, CARD, ; Concord, FRIMAN ; Industry, PERRIAI4 ; and Three Brothers, Smut., fur ditto; and Margaret, SPARKS, for Genoa. Psymotritt, Manes( 31.—Wind N.F--Sailtd the Nepos trader, for Montserratt ; Elise, WDIZILHOI for St. Libes; and Economy, Roma, for Demerara. LteKaroos, MARCH 31.—Wind N.N.E.—The Sappho, Daum mosm, for Virginia, is on shore on the North Bank ; two lighters have gone to her, and she is discharging part of her cargo. PORTSMOUTH, Aram I.—Wind N. W.—Arrived from London, the Hardys, HARDY, for Quebec, with loss of anchor and cable ; Ciucinnatus CotArcut, for New York ; brig Busiris, GARDEN6R, for Genoa, with the loss of anchor and cable. Sailed the Wil liam Money, JACKSON, for Madras and Beugal, last night; and the Harriet, 'reruns, for Africa. Last Monday week, a person at Ilastinp exhibited for sale three young thrushes, perfectly fledged, recently taken from a nest, which he had discovered on the Ist of last month. • Sir ALEXA .1 has been • .1* have been t i ci ate Mr.S Sir A • which wal • following THE GREAT TROTTING MATCHES. Yesterday the three greatest attempts pet haps ever recorded of trotting, and on which thousands were pending, came on.— The first was that of Mr. WILLAWS horse, which beat the slate coloured American, backed to trot three mile! in nine minutes, for 100 gs. It was reported that the horse was lame, and up to the evening before the start, 6 to 4 was the betting on time, at the Tun Tavern, and more than 2 to I was betted before starting, as the horse shewed a little lame in going from Hampton to Sunbury Common, where the match took place. Mr. Desoses man Jack rode the horse, and when at speed the lameness was not apparent ; but the horse was more than three minutes doing the first mile, and there was no increase of speed during the match. The horse broke into a gallop near the George Inn, when about ICO yards from home, and the pressure of horsemen was so great at his heels that his jockey turned him with diffi culty, and the match was last by 40 seconds. Captain JLsLroan's matches to trot eight miles and a half in half an hour, and to carry list. with a horse bona fide Lis property, for 100 gs. and a second match for a like sum, to trot . a horse seventeen miles in an hour, also property, took place yesterday, over a two-mile piece of ground, at blerston Vale Surrey. The eight miles awl a half match was done as follows : vain. sec. Ist two miles 2d ditto - min. see. 1 35 - - 7 7 1 The half mile -- 7 3 29 57 3d ditto - - - 7 4 4th ditto - - 7 8 A manceuvre not dreamt of was here practised ; a jockey, of 10st. immediately mounted the same horse, and proceeded on the second match, to the astonishment of all present. The horse had evidently been kept in, as the figures under will shew. The mile and a half, min. sec. I spun. see. makinglo miles, in- Bth two miles - 6 47 eluding mounting The last mile - 3 29 time, was done in 6 50 6th Y miles - - 6 54 17th ditto - - 6 53 50 13 The match was lost by 10 seconds, when the Captain backed the horse to do the 17 miles within the hour on Thursday next, and to carry lOst. 71b. Six to four was immediately bet un rime, after the day's work. The match is for 200 guineas. HUNTING. His Majesty's Stag-hounds meet on Thursday, at Stowell , near Bedfont. _ _ _ ----__r_l o __ The Ear l Derby's Stag-hounds, on Thursday, at Wickham Cross Ways--being.the last diy of hunting this season. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, APRIL 1. 2 to 1 agst Midsummer 4 to 1 agst Frolic c. 6 to 1 apt Reginald (taken) 13 to 2 apt flanker 13 to 2 apt Richard 8 to 1 apt Mr. Lowe 6 to 1 apt Aquilino (taken) 13 to 2 agar Syeorax 13 to 2 gat Whalebone (taken) 14 to 1 ag►t bio.toAntunio(tak) . OAI 11 to 2 asst Pastille 6 to 1 apt Cat 3 to 1 apt 31r.Crockford's two (taken) 9 to 1 apt Euphrates 10 to 1 agst Link John 10 to 1 agst Ardrosaak colt 15 to 1 agst Mystic (taken) 15 to 1 agst Landscape (taken: 16 to 1 agst Midsummer .17 to 1 agst Stamford (taken) 9 to 1 apt Tippltywitchet 10 tu t agat later to Nava e _. __ ~: " . • • FATAL. DUEL I.V. • SCOTLAND. . . • c rilerftEß PAWITtCULAts, ' The Ractsvillg account:l el - thetiletmitancei nected with the late duel in Scotia - ad - 4re takeis fro* the different Scots Papers: Perm the 7E4inietegh Ackertiter of Pridery. a We are deeply concerned to state, that a ineetingtookpktite on Tuesday morning, abnut tie o'clock, at Auchsertool, in 'Are between Sir Attainder Boevrekliart. of Auchinleck, attended by the Honourable John Douglas, brother to the Marquis of Queensberry, and James Stuart, Esq. younger of Dunearn, at tended .by the Earl of Rosslytt. The parties fired by signet, when Sir Alexander was mortally wounded in the right shoulder, the bail shattering the collar-bone; but on the most minute ems mination'its course could not be discovered. Sir Alexander was carried to Iklmuto House, the seat of the Honourable Lord Ilaimuto, at no great distance from which the duel took place, when he died on Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock. We have heard a more minute accopat of the unfortunate affair, which states that the parties were bound over to keep thu peace by the Sheriff of Edinburgh, on Monday nigho ; in consequence' of which both parties set off for Fife early on Tuesday morning, and met on the ground at ten o'clock, attended by their respec tive seconds and by two surgeons. The distance at which they stood was twelve paces, and on the word being given by the Earl of Rosalyn, both parties fired; Sir Alexander received Mr. Stuart's ball in the breast, and immediately fell. " It is said that Sir Alexander dld not intend to fire, bet from the impulse given to his arm by the wound Ite received, his pis tol went off, and the ball struck the ground as he fell. Mr. Stuart immediately felt the field, and Sir Alexander was carried to Balmuto House. The melancholy intelligence was communi cated to Lady Boswell in Edinburgh, who went off to Fife tte same evening. The distress of her Ladyship and family may be eadly conceived. - " The ball by which the wound was inflicted, entered the right shoulder, broke the clavicle of it, and injured the spine. Evety medical assistance was immediately rendered by Doctor Wood and Mr. Liston, and afterwards by Doctor Thomson. The circumstances which led to the fatal meeting are differently de tailed, buc agree in most essential points. It appear'', that one of the partners, who had conducted the Newspaper published iu Glasgow, call ed The Sentinel, having been imprisoned for debt, not connected with that Paper. on being liberated, it is said, int mediately went and got possession..of various privae papert be longing to the copartnery, and'delivered them to Mr. Stuart, or his agent, under circumstances which were followed .by a pre cognition before the Sheriff of the County of Edinburgh. One of these appear.:d to be in the hand-writing of Sir Alexander, who was on his return from attending the funeral of his brother in London, when he received a communication from the Earl of Rosalyn, og the part of Mr. Stuart. The Meeting was accord ingly arranged, and the parties met at Atelitertool, near the spot at which the duel took'Place ; Sir Alexander, as already stated, did nut fire till struck by Mr. Stuatt's ball, when, he fired in a different direction, and immediately fell. " The fatal issue of this truly melancholy rencontre has caused a great sensadon and an universal feelinkbf regret. The high e%teem in which Sir Alexander was held; was expressed in the strongest manner by the deep interest which was so generally manifested to ascertain his situation, while there was the small est hope of his recovery; this, however, from the nature of the wound he received; was from the first despaired of by his medi cal attendant', and the accounts of.his demise were received with the most unaligned expressions of sorrow." • From the Edinburgh Corresport4ent. " It la with the greatest regret we state, that a meeting took place on Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, at Auchtertool, near Bohemia, in Fife, between Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. of Auchinleck, and James Stuart, Faq. the younger, of Dunearn, which ended in Sir Alexander being dangerously wounded. The ball entered a little below the shoulder, and, taking a slanting direction upwards, lodged in the body of the unfortunate Gen tleman. The seconds were John Douglas, Esq. brother to the Marquis of Queensberry, to Sir Alexander oswell; and the Earl of Rosslyn to Mr. Stuart. Sir Alexander, immediately after the rencontre, was conveyed to the house of his relative, Lord ILL Anne, and received the prompt assistance of Professor John Thomson, of this city. Lady Boswell, the anguish of whose feelings our readers may well conceive, is in constant attendance upon her husband. Mr. Stuart and Lord Rosalyn have since passed through Edinburgh, for England. " Without alluding particularly to the various rumours in cir culation, we believe we may state, that this unfortunate occur rence had its origin in the transaction connected with the affairs of the Glasgow Sentinel, to which we lately referred. Our readers are not to be informed, that Mr. Stuart had brought an actio:: against the printers and publishers of that journal, on ac count of certain strictures which he conceived to be injurious to his character. It appears that, soon after, some change took place in the partnership of the printers or publishers of the Sett dad, in consequence of which one individual withdraw or was thrown out of the concern. That person having been incarcerated for debt, wrote to Mr. Stuart, offering, upon certain conditions which he stated, to pot him in porseasion of some important in formation. Mr. Stuart immediately procet ded to Glasgow; and the person in question obtained his liberation, in consequence of the sum for which he was imprisoned being deposited in the hands of the jailer, by sonic friend, it is presumed, of .Mr. Stuart: We are farther informed, that Mr. Stuart, along with several of his friends, waited in an inn in Glasgow the arrival of this per son, who brought with him a bundle of papers. These papers Mr. Stuart refused to receive, but 'required to be put in pos session of the original manuscripts of those ankles which re- Betted upon himself, particularly of that one which was made the foundation of the prosecution. These were accordingly se lected from the parcel, and delivered up to Mr. Stuart, who gave- a receipt tor them, and a letter discharging his action. " A precognition into the circumstances of the transaction was commenced before the Sherill'of Edinburgh; and on Mon day se'nnight, we believe, Mr. Stuart underwent a long exami nation. The papers given to Mr. Stuart, or one or more of them, 'having been found to be in the hand-writing of Sir Alex ander Boswell, or to have been transmitted by him to the Sea find, led, we understand, to a correspondence, which terminated in the melancholy result we have stated. The parties had been previously bound over by the Sheriff of Edinburgh to keep the peace ; in consequence of %thich they proceeded to the neighbour ing county of Fife. We forbear at present from making any re mark on this unpleasant subject ; but we may be allowed to ex press our satisfaction, that nu blame whatever attaches to those in the management of the Glasgow &Wind. " Since writing the above, we find that intelligence has been re ceived of the death of Sir Alexander, yesterday, at three o'clock." (It should be stated in explanation of the above, that Mr. • Stuart was examined before the Sheriff of Edinburgh, touching the point of the documents or MS. found at Glasgow ; but Mr. Stuart was called, not as a party to that point—bat as a witness; and he le fully and completely exonerated from all blame con nected with it). From ihr Glacmotu Courier of Thurstla- "Sir Alexander arrived in Edinburgh on Satur - day from Lon don; being shewn a manuscript by Mr. Stuart, and asked if it was his? be answered ' Yes.' A challenge ensued, and was in stantly accepted. It is reported that they drew lots, and that the lot to fire first fell to Mr. Stuart, and his fire unfortunately took !fleet. The ball entered the socket of the right shoulder joint, and passing from thence penetrated downwards towards the spine. Justiciary warrants were immediately issued, and a strict seareh made in the houses of both Lord Itosslyn and sir. Stuart, but both had previously lied, and set off for London, from whence, it is supposed, they will proceed to the Continent. • " The cause of this duel is, we hear, a song which appeared in a Glasgow weekly yaw, the &Wind, on the 26th Dec. tuber last, and which Mr. Stuart has ascertained was written by Sir Alexander. The manner in which Mr. Stuart became possessed of that information is, we understand, as follows : " A person, named Borthwick, was c.incenied in the 3.•atind at the time an article appeared in that P;:per reflecting upon Mr. Stuart, and for which the Paper is under prosecution for a libel. Some months zgo Borthwick went out of the concern, and an advertisement was pubiisited in different newspapers, stating the dissolution of the co-partnership, and that he ceased to have any concern or interest in the Sentinel. lionhwick relinquished his share and claim under an agreement for a suns of money,whieh, he alleges, has not been fulfilled, and it, in consequence, at this moment carrying on a prosecution against the other proprietor or proprietors of the &Wind, either to receive the sum in (pies don, or to be admitted again as a partner in the concern.=— linrthwick was subsequently incarcerated in our jail for a debt amounting to £5O. *. Sunday, the 9th lust. a legal Gentleman from . 11.tmiltos came and tendered fur payment of lln•thwiek's debt/ and got him I:berated from prison the same day. "Next morn ing, about eight o'clock, 11.,rthesick went to the S•ntin.•l Mee, and by force broke open the desks, and caviled of the whole vi 1 the paper aid esseesedpts. nese Ile carried dlroetly to thi t T. 1" voltati 111.11.1"41111esuie; abil 'declare Geri. E"clsif die her, beet Volfrabergh,. were. let! who bad ros e . the Kota* ltaterday 'ocelot. The papers w e r e a n lod into the haat of these (leadsmen, who selected what "Ad them, but delivered the reandeder lierthwidt or hie anent ; and departing as Ihneburth that evesiag, carried those tinted selected with them. Prom these papers, the. discovery of the author of the article mentioned, as well as thet of others, wire nude. Mr. &nart, we bear was never not of the inn dmir s the dine be was in this thy. when the .450 cane f rom t i Lit was paid for the liberetke of Herthwick,..no one concerned knows—all affect ignorance. A legal investigation is, -we en. dentand, going on regarding these extraordinary proceedings. albeit which the PubUe will, we presume, soon receive more information. " The sensation which this event has created is Edinbur g h is, we are informed, excessive. We may add, that here it is equally great. Sir Alexander is so well known, and to uni;e:t• sally beloved, that the Public has taken a deep interest its his fate, and its opinion is deeply arid strongly expressed on the tr,i. lancholy occasion.* Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, dated March Q 7, lag: " You will, of course, have heard of this unfortunate business of Sir Alexander Boswell and James Stuart. The If had beard of it, and the night before it took place they bound over to keep the peace. This took place at ,„4 yesterday morning (Tuesday) the one party set ..ff te. „,d the other at four o'clock, for Fife, where they met — Lot it9sf— ' km, Stuart's second, and Mr. D ouglas, Sir A'exantl-r's. T ee meeting took place at ten. The word was given by Lurd lyn, and both parties fired it once, whet: Stuart's hall ertz rea Sir 'Alexander's breast at the celler-bone, went ihroueh, and in jured the spine, and he instantly fell. The distance was tweire paces, and there were two surgeons on the ground. Sr'.. Alex ander was afterwards carried to Lord Balmuto's, about twa miles distant. lie did not intend to fire, but front the way he was struck, it had given his arm a sudden impulse, and the pis tol went off as he tell. Stuart left the field intent-lately. The whole parties concerned have pone off." " Uy the •tle.ith of Sir Alexarder Uerwell," says the Ayr ('eerier, " society has been deprived of one of its brightest or =meets, and the Government of the country of one of its moat zealous ft lends." • Front the Wasgoto Courier of Serhaiku. " It is with the . deepest regret that . .ve have this dty to an. flounce the death of Sir Alexander Boswell, of Auchirleek• lie lived oily about twenty-frur hours after receiving the wound. In him s•tciety has lost one of its highest oreaments—his coun try a man of superior abilities, and one of its firme.t suf.porten, and his family a most affrctiotiate hus'•and : to then, the lo,s is irreparable. The public levet :s deep. shiver; strongly expressed, and we are sure, will be ii!crt:Ased, nor di. minished, as the trore remote causes which led to this fatal ren ' contre are more fully developed. Toe itnroediat cause was fully and accurately detailed in our lost. AK the movements of the more secret springs previous to liorthrrick's hheration, we say nothing. These is some shape or tithe! w:11 yet meet the light. A tribunal above all legal ingenuity, or legal cognizance., and whose judgment is inflexible and irreversible, muse pro nounce the verdict on this occasion. The fall of Sir Alexander Doswell. of Auchinleck, will long he remembered, and with it, `that Sorthwick and his counsellors assembled previous to the sad event. " It is asserted that no regular dissolution of the Sentwel co partoery ever took place, and that llorthwick never advertised out of that concern. To ascertain this, we turned over the fol lowing files :—The Sentinel, where we find t!te advel:is.xteilt in that paper of the 28th November last ; our own. wker ice find it in the Courier of December 13; and in the Edinburgh of the same date—in each regular.y witnessed, and with the sir ;satires of both parties attached. What right I3orthwici h. d, without legal authority, to go to the office of that paper and carry away any papers, but more especial): papers that had been received there after be had relincinislied all share the concern, we cannot divine. The Sing which led to thi. duel was inserted in the Sentinel of the 26;11 December, a mulith after the dissolution. We must live under strange laws it such proceedings can be tolerated or held as legal and just. After this we hope we shall bear no more from certain quarters about the infamy of employing spies and inform• r.." From eke Caled'4liflle 3fercur7 of Saturdo.v. " Since our last, some farther particui.rs have transpired re specting the late unfortunate duel between S'r A. Boswell and Mr. Stuart. It is stated that the parties were bound cv..r to ke p the peace by the Sheriff of Edinburgh, en Monday night. io con sequerce of which they set off for rife early on Tut day mim ing, and met on the ground at eleven o'clock, atteydA y their respective seconds and by two sitrgeons. The distance at which t:.ey stood was twelve paces, and, on the wor being given by the Eatl of Rosslyn. both parties fired ; Sir Alexander received Mr. Stuart's ball in the breast, and immediately fell. " It is said that Sir Alexander did not intend to fire, but, from the impulse given to his arm by the wound he rect iired, his pistol went off, and the ball struck the ground as he NI. Mr. Stuart immediately left the field. and having missed the steam hbat, crossed from Aberdour in a small boat, and was in Edin burgh about one o'clock. The ball by which the woutA was intlicteel entered the right shoulder, broke the clavicle ot . it, and injured the spine. Every medical assistance was immediately rendered by Dr. Wood and Mr. Liston, and afterwards br Dr. Thomson. _ _ _ " It is agreed on all hands, that the quarrel originated feels certain articles inserted in a GLisgew newspaper called the S in which Mr. Stuart conceived himself to be unjuiey at tacked. An action was raised by 'Mr. Stuart ard...t Borthwick and Alexander, proprietors of that paper. Porthwick was lying in Glasgow Jail for a small deb-, svhea hi. ax-nt, it appears, expressed to Mr, Stuart his great desire to have th action settled, and asked if he (Mr. Stuart) was Willi. g to do so? Mr. Stuart replied, that it would depend on the commutticattens which Borthwick would make to him. Borthwick, being after wards liberated from prison by the payment of his debt, brought Mr. Stuart the papers and MSS. which led him to fix on Sir Alexander Boswell as the author of the articles which had I offended him." The Lords of the Admiralty have directed spots of ground ta be chosen and purchased, on which to erect telegraph stations houses, between Portsmouth and Plymouth, for the parynse •:' • conveying on mesnees from the Admiralty Office to the isiter port. There are to be twelve established stations between Pot re mouth and the Admiralty. Lieutenant Damns is appointed to that on Clargate-hill, Surrey ; and Lieutenant Se sax Ssiriu t.) the new station at the New Sallyport, Portsmouth. }laymen, Arm. I.—Wednesday evening a Grand }mete o: Druids was established and opened at the Hastings' Arms, end .r the superintendence of proper Officers, with their insOs'ai ~1 office. A number of the Members were installed. The room was handsomely and superbly decorated, and a suir.ble spee:h made by Mr. Joins, librarian, Hastings, the Provincial Deputy Grand Master, describing the foundation, principles, and cottons; of Drolds, and the utility of so laudable an Institution. The evening terminated at a seasonable hour, after much satisfactui conviviality, sociability, aid harmony. EXECUTION.—The execution of Edward OA ram - . alias C/inc, took place this morning, at a quarter past eight o'clock, in front of the Debtors' Door in the Old Bailey, for an extensive burglary in the louse of Miss Kelly, at Hendon. Three persons v ere con cerned in this robbery, one of whom, W. o.,horn, was to have suffered with him, but he received a respite, late on Sturday evening, during his Mans - ry's ill, a- Aure. It api e:tr that the uninttrinate sufferer planet the h-rle of &e robbery, - having lived as servant a itrr Miss Kelly, which gave him an opportunity of know ing whae the most valuabl: part of her property was kept. his behaviour, since condemnation, has been very penitent, and as no hope of mercy was to he ex pected, under the flagrant circumstances with which the crime was committed, he resigned himself to his fate. He Was a well-looking young man, not more than '2l years old. Previous to leaving the prison, he returned thanks to those around him, and acknow ledged the justice of his sentence. He was atten.k.l to tne • *drop by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Ra,. He itacended the platfcrrir with great firmness, are, after a feqir • minutes spent in prayer, was launched into eternity. 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