Star. — London, England, 1821-11-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, g,iled on Thursday last, front Portsmouth, the ship Windsor ew e , Captain Lee, for Madras and Bengal, with the following e rs, viz.—Captain and Mrs. Osborn, Captain and Mrs. Captain and Mrs. Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, Mr. a nd Mrs. Crisp, Mr. and Mrs. Collie, Miss Wallace, Miss Carr, Diesel Sullivan, Captain Hodysou, Captain Coombe; Messrs. eisatthie, Tritton, Arahin, Brown, Harper, Walker, Grant, n asi Trimmer, writers and cadets; Mr. Stoddart, free mariner. The Harmony, HAMMER, from Liverpool to Pillau, WaS lost aim ...7th September, on Barra. The Ann, HIGGINS, of Kincardine, for Limerick, was driven w here during the late gale, on the north-west coast of Donegal. The Brian Faixente, ILavixtrAnn, from Bourdeaux, was *inn on s hore near Dunkirk, on the 4th instant. Great part d h e r cargo expected to be saved. /he Samuel , Das, from Bangor to Galway, was driven on awe nea r Rutland, in the county of Donegal, on the 6th instant. o ne &charged- The Wallington, of Irvine ; Phcebe, CITHIHNOHANI, of Glasgow; B ea k Caawroas, of Kincardine; and Eiza, from Liverpool fp Limerick, were driven on shore near Rutland, on the 4th wo g. The former totally lost, the rest expected to be got off. Quote, Der. L—The brig Rob Roy has brought Captain see, and part of the crew and passengers of the brig Earl Dal bask, of Greenock, from Fort William. Captain Scow says, Wort the brig on the sth of September, between the east end rill south point of Anticosti : all saved, but 140 men were left s oothe island that could not be got off. FALMOSITIS, Nov. I.l—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived off this port the pane, TAYLOR, from Quebec. homer'', Nov. 15.—Wind S. E.—Arrived, the Friends, Dom hoin linscoff ; Blessing, LONGSI ran, from Newfoundland; Teas, Daum, From Gijon ; and Kitty, Quiznen, from Altea.- I{ebsek, the Harriet, for St. Michael's. Sailed, the Pomona, c a rs, for London. Diet, Nov. 14.—Wind West.—Arrived and sailed for the Weer, the Asia. BSTHA;t, from Bombay ; Swan, Core, from lierannah ; Rr solution, SMITH, and Pacific, TAYLOR, from Que kc; I. tore!, NPDoreaLn, from Zante; and the Allies, Klaxon, cross ['tyrant' th. Porrsosourn, Nov. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Expedi- Ike, Forma, from Oporto; Caroline transport, from Plymouth ; Eli sa beth, SMITH, from Havre; and Nymph, Disavow, from Wen. Went out of Harbour and brought up at Spithead, the Trams and Mary, and the Fanny, transports. Sailed, the Ai n hoeso, Trues, for Havre. M a mma ' Nov. 14.—The American ship Ariadne, GRIMM. 110116 from Hamburgh for New Orleans, hes put in here with hoof anchor and cable, having struck on the Long Sand. Sailed *Leicester packet, for Cuxhaven; and Henry Freelini ditto fir Holland, each with a Mail. Shouts, Nov. 13 —The Maxwell, Mucus, has been got off die rocks, and towed in here damaged. DASIWOUTH. Nov. 13.—Arrived the Swedish brig of war Pasta Lite!, Major CHARLES L4(11'1452'0, Commander, from Cotherooa for the Mediterranean. War Gtascow, Nov. 11.—It is reported that the Susan, imam, from Miramiehi, is on shore on the Island of Arran. Tomas, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Jane, BAUM, from Arch ai Von& damage. The Rowe, Lavas, from Newfoundland, b wind at Teignmouth, with damage, and part of her cargo *on overboard. Coampllouse, Nov. 14.—.. Ships Entered Inwards:—The Carats, and Iris, from Charente; George, from Rotterdam; lowa Frederica, from Wiemar ; N'etley, from Bilboa ; Ips witi,from Davis' Straits; Amphitrite, from Oporto; Nancy, ad Alliance, from Waterford ; Regent, from Malaga ; and Better Lack Still, from Stangate Creek.—Cleared Outwards : Isabella, for Randers • Aurora, for Cork ; Limerick Trader, for Dale; General Gr aham, for Jamaica; General Murray, for Awn"; and Janet and Margaret, for Seville. Tams vox= went.—The Oscar, Sayers, from London to R Timm's, on the 4th instant, in lat. 40. N. long. 13. W. intaswick, from Liverpool, on the 6th ult. off Cape de Gatt; Pau, Tozer, from Gosport to Alicant, oa the 30th ult. in lat. IL long. 8.; Triore, from Liverpool to Bahia, on the 7th inst. h1.14.10ng. 25.; Nestor, from Liverpool to New York, on die Ist Inst. in lat. 44. long. 37. ; and Findlay, from London to {babee, on tie 23d ult. off Cape Ray. Assn:as—At the Creek, the Little Sally, Gibson ; London, Canary; and Arab, Dobson, from Smyrna; South Ksk, Um Cephalonia; Astrea, Hodgson, ft on Zante; Fame, Britten, tram Sake; and Sarah, Nicholson, from Messina. At Charles us, Octavio, Wilson, from Liverpool; and Rosina, from Dun es At Quebec, Christina, Oxley, from Portsmouth; and Uri Exmouth, —, from Plymouth. At Liverpool, Fame, lerrr,from Charleston; Hindsays, —, from Gibraltar; Agnes, Cdy, from Lisbon; Maurice, Gifford, from Valencia; Re hm, Reid, from I famburgh ; Julie, —, from Ostend ; and llinkrmere, from Africa. At Cork, Reward, Nough, from Laden. At Limerick, Victory, Mekols ; and London Packet, Ifilbms, from London. At Liverpool, Rebecca, Glynn, from Nemo. At Rio .laneiro, Packet, from Falmouth. At finsanab, Dromo, Pollard, from Liverpool. At Penzance, Raney Evans, from Boston ; and Susan, Newman, from Ma issx At lowestoffe, John, Waters, from Hamburgh. At Dover, Caramadel, I/ay, from Philadelphia; and Bee, —, from Immo. At Jersey, James and Helen, from Teneriffe ; and Intuy, from Udevalla. At Gibraltar, Express, Barrett, from Imam At Dungeness, Virgin, Cunningham, from Baltimore. Ashtray, Amphitrite, from Gottenburgh. At Milford, Henry Minton, front Seville. At Liverpool, Brothers, Ferguson, ha. Rio Janeiro; Gkfitanner, from Quebec ; and Site, from lirstoicbie. Artnieble. At Waterford, Alice, Miller, from London. At Wardeaux, Alonzo, Perkins, from London ; and Lewis, lutes, from Gibraltar. At Yarmouth, Triune, Small, from it Petersburg& CANTERBURY, NOVEMBER 13. Another, and a very daring affair (when the brightness of the ism* is taken into consideration) with smugglers, took place st fluldgate, about three o'c'oek on Saturday morning, at which her a large best put on shore near the National School, and was immediately attended by nearly 400 smugglers from the easetty, a very considerable portion of whom were armed with gas led pistols. An alarm was given by the seamen of the Coast ascitade on duty at the spot ; on which T. Moore, Ma,- seelf-Anas, left the watch-house, with five seamen under his mewode ad when within pistol-allot commenced a spirited attack a dm wawsgiers, who, in the short space of ten minutes, W stet ads be discharging a cargo, supposed to consist of arat as weds. ,As the NW band who first commenced the action became re started a the arrival of Mr. W. Lowry (an Admiralty Mate), with sea, the smugglers retreated up the Military-road, leading to the Amilere Barracks, pursued by that Officer and In " sunwl• Mr. Moore having been detached to secure the vessel mid 34 tubs left by the smugglers, which duty he per iseulds but the working party being sent a-head, and their ef ittemipstsuit retarded by the aimed party, the ammunition of he Aida* Service being expended, the chace was r,lin r.. altar Mr. Lowry had been severely wounded in the and two seamen also wounded. The bail has been from Mr. Lowry, and it is hoped he may do well. Ile beavery of this Officer before so great a disparity of force too much extolled. die alarm reaching No. 4, Tower, Mr. Shallard, Master's " 1 4 who came off duty at 12 o'clock, and had retired to rest, ." dr with Lk party to endeavour to intercept the smugglers 'MS but front the distance of his station, and the time as 1 /"Ay,_ _ occupied, the zeal of that Officer was ineffectual, al. I s. b continued his starch from three o'clock until half- Si We. e Riding Officers, and the parties of the 9th Lancers on the ( *Misty, had, by some false information, been drawn to the I " l ttratd; the Ilythe patty in particular were occupied all the ~ 'l 4l l but on the return of Mr. K Nlowle to his house, about !igbt o'clock in the morning, he received such information as shod him immediately to proceed to a shave near Postling, m hve stales from the coast, with a small detachment of the gth Lancers ' where were found tour parcels of tubs, amounting to 110. On the approach of the Officers and soldiers, two men sere seen to q u it th e s p ot w h ere the tubs were concealed ; one whelk named It. Rolfe, of Lympne, was taken, and had in ▪ Paues4ion a pistol, pow der-horn, and slugs. Rolfe, with the leads, was of course seized, conveyed to Ilythe, and, after e xamination before W. Deedes, Esq. at Mr. Rlwyn's Office, he "at committed for present safety to Ilythe jail During Sun ay a great number of suspicious characters were observed in ": lawn, and, apprehending that an attempt at rescue might be 'tale, the hlagittrate, fur perfect security, authorised the re t!nv.ll.nf the prisoner to the Barracks of the Royal Staff Corps, ieervts of which Regiment p,troled the streets all night. It is °ihevol the smugglers suffered very severely. We have heard sx , lev , n killed, and two woun d e d ; both of whom died on ihmaitt.y. THE ARMY. Wednesday, the troops in garrison at Enniskillen, eomposed of the 88th Regiment, were inspected by Major-General Esau. TON, who was pleased to express his entire approb Mon of the efficient state and internal economy of that distinguished Corps. Thursday, the 29th Regiment of Foot arrived in Dublin, from England. Tuesday, the transport which bad a detachment of the 16th Lancers on board, arrived at the Ingewn-house Dock, Dublin. Great apprehensions were entertained for her safety, as she had been eleven days missing. She was obliged to put into the Isle of Man. An Officer belonging to the 18th Hussars, at the battle of Waterloo, lost leis favourite horse, which ran overlli'the French lines. A great value was set upon the animal by the Gentleman who owned it, and its loss was consequently regretted. It hap pened, some time afterwards, that the Officer was at a review of the French Cavalry, as a spectator, when, to his surprise, he recognised ht+ old favourite in poisessiun of one of the ()Seers. After the review he waited OR the Gentleman, and inquired bow he came by the horse? The reply was, that it was purchased of a Commissary, the French Officer intimating at the same time, after the circumstances were related, that a fair price would not be refused, should the English Gentleman wills to purchase it. The sum was agreed on, and the horse again be came the property of its original master, who, a short time since, was in Brighton. SPORTING IN7'ELLIGENCE. BOXING. The Match between Saospiso (the Birmingham Youth) and Abbot, who beat Oliver, was made not on Tuesday evening, at Randall's, by a deposit of twenty guineas. The fight is to take place on Tuesday, the 18th of December, in a twenty-four feet ring, for Fifty Guineas a-side, and the w hole sum to be made good at Randall's on the 13th of December.—Betting is even. WORCESTER NOVEMBER MEETING. At the conclusion of the Race for Mr. Hornyold's Cup, a Match was made between H. %lemon, Faq. of this city, and Joins loon, Esq. R.N. for X5OO, to run 150 yards. The Race to take place within a month. Another Match was agreed to, between Mr. Tnost►s &wa n/SY, of St. John's, and Mr. FRANCIS (well known in London some rars ago as the Prince of Wales's Flying Groom), to run one mile, the latter giving 100 fard-, for £5O. These Matches will create great interest, from the egtablished celebrity of the parties al pedestrians—Mr. STILSIIIST having beaten some of the hest men in the neighbourhood; and Mr. FRANCIS, Though now rather corpulent, having never yet been outdone at a single mile. T.AMBERTON HUNT RACES. At the November Lamberton Hunt Races (one day) on 'Tues day, the Silver Cup, with 20gs. added, was won by Major Her bert's Strideaway beating Bagatelle and four others. The Hunters' Stake of lOgs. each, with 15gs. added. Heats two miles, and to carry Hat. A finely contested race. Mr. HoneywoOd's Flint - - 4 1 2 1 Captain Jessnp'. Prodigal - - 1 3 3 2 Mr. Meredith's John Bull - - 3 2 1 3 Mr. Henson's Joke - - 2 4 dr. Mr. Grant's Susan - - 5 dr. 31r. Ruth's Chess After the first heat, even on Prodigal; after the second. six to four on Flint ; after the third, six to four on John Bull, but be got lame in running. The sports concluded with several Matches. HUNTING. The Brighton Harriers will hunt regularly en the following days :—Nlontlay, near Patcham ; Wednesday, near the Race Cowrie ; Friday, near the Dyke. After the 25th of December, they hunt four times a week, via. Monday, Wednesday, Fri day, and Saturday. THE ORMOND HUNT—(IRELAND). This splendid pack of hounds, of which Colonel Evaz's hounds now form a part, opened the campaign in the home country on Friday, the 2d instant, in brilliant style, though the wetness of the morning prevented their drawing until one o'clock : as soon as Old Toney gave the word " Away !" the celebrated Knockal ton was taken in a flight. Reynard found with a crash, and not allowed a moment to breathe or think of breathing, till, as a last resort, be thrust himself into a rabbit-bole. A second fox was soon found in the Fort, and after a brush round Knockahon, broke and run down the wind, which blew briskly front the west, towards Grenningstewn, then sinking the wind, ran over Ballintotty earth, thence to Lisinisity. where At also thrust him self into a rabbit-warren, after which a heavy shower drove all to shelter for a few minutes, which was scarcely over when the hounds went off from the edge of a furze covert with another fox, which, crossing the turnpike-road and the tilled lands skirt ing Knockinglass, and though the wind was right against him, ran for Rathuries; there, finding himself shut out, he ran through three large flocks of sheep, then to the cold and low lands between the Old Church and Rapla,which, with the heavy lowering clouds that hung over, brought the hounds to their noses; here every hound in the pack proved his skill, as the fox ran the gripes of ditches and wet lands through Ranaghleen i thence to Mount I'leasant, the seat of the much-cekbrated sportsman, HERO JACKSON, F.sq. ss hen the day getting somewhat milder, and the grass lands lending better scent, the hounds began to talk to him in earnest, and ran at a dashing pace through Mr. Wizt.ncovon's farm, tinder Beeeliwood deer-park, through Ballygibbon, and the plains of liddletvalk, to the great wood of Ballycapple, where they hunted without ceasing, though a brace of fresh foxes got on foot, till night compelled the horn-home to be sounded. COURSING.—SEAFORD, HANTS. NOVEMBER 13. A Silver Cup, given by the Stewards, was won by Mr. Reeves's Royston red dog. MATCHES. Captain Rnberts's Slim beat Mr. Rogers's Fancy. Mr. Hannall's tan bitch beat Mr. Lliddulph's Rose. Mr. Hanson's Slug agst Mr. licminater's Random, undecided. The Silver Collar was won by Mr. Owen's Hartford-bridge 4 Rambler. _ _ _ . Captain Slocomb's Andrew beat Mr. Fordland's Brratbless. Mr. Goodchild's Froth agst Mr. Udney's Sloth, undecided. Mr. Mason's Tul p beat Mr. Humphries Soap. Mr. Fourdrinier's Juno beat Mr. Hoffman's Lady. The slogs were in excellent condition. A cat belonging to Mr. Oman, of Trowbridge, was lately missing, and, after a lapse of nine days, was discovered in an unoccupied room, banging by the neck from a hole in the ceil ing, through which it bad pushed its head, probably in pursuit of prey. The creature was carefully extricated from its perilous situation, and is likely to recover. There is now in blopm, in the garden of JoHN BELL, Esq. Walthamstow, an apple and pear tree, and raspberries and strawberries, the latter of which appear set. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. KEAN last night performed the character of Othello, and with all his wonted excellence. His early scenes were particu larly marked with more than common ease, and his address to the Senate was delivered with singular fe licity, for, though not loud, every word was distinctly heard throughout the Theatre. The other characters were well sustained. Mr. COOPER acted logo with considerable effect. The House was well attended. Cover+ T•GA RDEN.—Last night, after the Opera of the Exile, Mrs. CI:A TTERLEY appeared in the charac ter of L ady Elizabeth Freelove, in the " Day after the Wedding." This Lady's conception of the part was perfectly correct, and the burst of passion with which she tore up the gown, drew much applause from the audience. Mr. Jones's Colonel Fredove, was, as usilal, excellent. On the first day of every Lottery, there are cer tain arrangements to make which causes it to be rather later than on another day before they can commence drawing. This accounts for the news of the 1.:80,000 Prize, drawn on the 30th ult. being sold by BISH, not reaching his Office till eleven minutes past nine, although it was the very first Prize. Next day of drawing, if he sells the £30,000, we think he will receive the intelligence about three minutes and a hislt after nine. XING'S BENCH-THISDAYr MARY ANN CARLILE was this day brought up to receive judgment, for the publication of The Apple dis to Paine's Theological Works. The sentence of the Court was, that she pay a Fine to the Crown of Five Hundred Pounds, and be confined in Dorches- 1 ter Jail for the space of Twelve Calendar Months; at the expiration of which she is to give security, her self in £lOOO, and two sureties in £5OO each, for her future good behaviour.—The prisoner was immedi ately taken into custody by the tipstafr. Our Readers are aware that Miss Carli e s brother and her sister-in-law, are already confined in the same jail of Dorchester. COURT OF CHANCER L NOVEMBER 14. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE COOPERS COMPANY. Mr. HART said, this cause originally came before his Lordship some time since, on a very litigated in formation, which was filed by certain parishioners of Egham, in the county of Surrey, against the Coopers Company, as Trustees of the estates for the support of the Charity-school of Egham, and against Doctor Jeans, as Master of the school, for having removed the said school from tht spot where it originally stood, and for having made several alterations in the alms houses attached to the school. In answer to that in formation, Dr. Jeans stated, that in all the altera tions which he had made in the school and the alms houses, he had acted under the authority and with the sanction of the Coopers Company. His Lordship, after hearing the arguments on the information, di rected Master Cook to inquire and report respecting the alterations which had been effected. Master Cook accordingly made inquiries respecting the alterations, and reported, that some were abuses, but, at the same time, approved of others as necessary. When the cause came on for hearing for further directions on Master Cook's report, his Lordship ordered all the al terations which a ete considered unfit to be reformed under the direction of Master Cook. All the abuses pointed out in the report of the Master had been re medied, and since that time the school had been con ducted by Dr. Jeans with great propriety; The Learned Counsel then stated, that he was now in structed to move his Lordship upon a petition of Dr. Jeans. The petition prayed that it might be referred to the Master to inquire what money is due to the petitioner for the repairs and alterations which lie had effected upon the school at Eghain, under the sanc tion of the Coopers Company also that it might be referred to the Master to inquire whether girls, as well as boys, might not he educated at the Charity-school Egham?of and, finally, that the Court would direct the arrears of the annual sum of thirty guineas, with interest, since the year 1807, to be paid to the peti tioner out of the funds of the Coopers Company.— He had omitted to mention another prayer of the pe tition, which was, that Dr. Jeans might be permitted to send in a scheme for the future regulation of the Charity, for the approval of the Master. The original scheme of 1708, on which the Charity proceeded, al lotted Ss. per week to each of the almsmen, and a stipend of £4O a-year to the Schoolmaster. This ar rangement continued to exist until 1750, when the income of the Charity having increased, the Coopers' Company formed a new scheme, by which the sum of 4.5. was given to each of the almsmen. But the new scheme, instead of giving the Master a specific in crease of stipend, directed that he should receive an annual gratuity of thirty guineas in addition to his salary of forty pounds per annum. Dr. Jeans, in his affidavit, stated, that this gratuity was promised to him on his election to the office of Master to the school. Dr. Jeans, however, could only obtain the salary of forty pounds from the Coopers' Company, who refused to pay the gratuity of thirty guineas.— To some persons who were accustomed to deal in thousands, the• sum of thirty guineas might appear very inconsiderable, but it was a matter of importance to Dr. Jeans, to whom the arrears of seven or eight }ears were now due. Mr. HoRNI here observed, that Dr. Jeans had never received the gratuity on any occasion. He also took that opportunity of observing, that the same appli cation which Mr. Hart was now making was made on motion in 1817, and refused by the Court. Mr. HART said, that when the application alluded to by Mr. Horne was made to :he Court, his Lord ship considered it premature, and refused it on that ground alone. The Learned Counsel then read the affidavit of the clerk to the Coopers Company, in order to skew that when Dr. Jeans vias elected Master, he was given to understand that he was to receive the annual gratuity of thirty guineas, in ad dition to his salary. The affidavit set forth, that when Dr. Jeans was chosen Master, some of the Gentle men who were present informed him that in addition to the salary they believed a gratuity had been granted, but that it was contingent and depended upon an increase of rents. After the motion of 1817 had failed, and all litigation between the parties had ceased, Dr. Jeans again applied to the Company for the payment of the gratuity. Upon that occasion the Company informed him that they were willing to pay him the gratuity, provided the Parish of Egham—that is, such persons as chose to meet in Vestry—would consent to it. In consequence, a Vestry Meeting was called to take the question into consideration, at which only seventeen persons, some of whom were informants in that cause, attended. Dr. Jeans, after fairly submitting his claims to the Meeting, quitted the room, and left the Vestry to de cide upon them. The Meeting was divided in opi• nion, but the majority, nine out of seventeen, was in favour of Dr. Jeans. The scale was, however, finally turned against his client by a ruse de guerre which proceeded from a quarter whence he (Mr. Hart) should have little expected it to come. Mr. Rosser, the Solicitor of the informants, who was present, in formed the Meeting that the Company had suspended Dr. Jeans for neglect of duty. This piece of infor mation, which was totally false, had the effect of in- ducing the Meeting to reject the claim of Dr. Jeans. Mr. HORNS said he felt it due to the character of Mr. Rosser to state, that he made the representation alluded to upon the authority of a paper, purporting to be a copy of an order of the Company, which was given to him by an agent of the Company. Mr. HART said, that Mr. Rosser might have stated that fact in an affidavit, if be had thought proper. The LORD CHANORLLOR Raked what the Vestry had to do with the question ? The Vestry there was assuming a power almost paramount to that of the Legislature. It happened now, that no important ' question, either political or otheryise, could be agi tated, but a Parish Vestry must be.called to decide i. Mr. HART replied, that it appeared to him that t7;e Company were unwilling to exercise a right which undoubtedly was vested in them, without the appro bation of the Vestry. The LORD Cu A Iff:SLLOR said, the Company either held the funds for some trust, or for their own benefit, and in either case the Vestry could have nothing to do with the matter. Mr. HART then proceeded to contend, that if it should appear that Dr. Jeans was not entitled to the gratuity, still he had a right to call upon his Lord ship to direct that the Company should augment his salary in proportion to the augmentation %%Lich had been made to the allowance to the almsmen in 17.50. With respect to the prayer of Dr. Jeans to be allowed to furnish the Master with a scheme, he would merely observe, that if it were not granted, the Master would never receive any scheme, or at least none upon which he could act. The order directing that the inform ants should submit a scheme for the approval of the Master was made in 1819, since which time two schemes have been submitted to that Officer, both of which he had rejected. lie understood, however, that since the present Petition had been filed, a new scheme had been submitted to the Master, who, in consequence of the informant's delaying presenting a suitable scheme, had refused to take it into consider.. ation until his Lordship decided upon the Petition. Mr. SHADWELL followed on the sante side. Mr. HORNE next addressed the Court in opposition to the petition. He thought the conduct of the pe titioner very extraordinary. He now asked by petis lion exactly the same thing which he endeavoured to obtain by motion in 1817. After hearing all that could be said on the latter occasion, his Lordship said that he could make no order for directing the' payment of the gratuities, but that the Company must exercise its discretion on the subject. The Com pany had exercised its discretion, and had refused the gratuity. He was surprised to hear his Learned Friend dwell upon the circumstance of the Vestry Meeting, which, as his Lordship observed, had no. thing to do with the business. The Learned Coun sel next contended, that the first oisject of the peti, tioner's prayer was already under the consideration of the Master. That Officer was also the proper per son to decide upon the question of an increased salary to the schoolmaster. He denied that it could be fairly inferred from the affidavit of the clerk of the Com pany, which Mr. Hart had read, that Dr. Jeans was made to believe, at the time of his election, that he was to receive the gratuity of thirty guineas. The only Master who had received the gratuity was the immediate predecessor of Dr. Jeans, and it -Ras given to him, on the ground of his excellent management of the alms-houses and the school. If the state of those two establishments was compared under the re spective management of Mr. Jones and Dr. Jeans, his Lordship would find ample reason why the gra tuity should be given to the former, and withheld from the latter. In answer to what had fallen from Mr. Hart, with respect to the delay on the part of the informants to submit a suitable scheme to the Master, he would inform his Lordship, that the pre sent petition was filed in November, Iwo. His Learned Friends, therefore, had kept their brief in their pockets for a year, and then came forward to accuse him of delay in not presenting a suitable scheme, although they knew he was precluded from doing so, until his Lordship had decided upon the pe tition. That part of the petition which played that the Master should inquire whether the Charity did not extend to the education of female children, intro ' duced quite a new view of the question. That part of the petitioner's prayer ought certainly to have ob tained the sanction of the Attorney-General before it was urged. The Learned Counsel concluded by expressing his conviction that his Lordship would dismiss the petition. Mr. DUCKWORTH followed Mr. Horn. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it would become a question' whether the trustees ought not immediately to apply all surplus funds in fulfilment of the intention of the founder of the charity, by distributing them equally among the objects of the charity. It happened that trustees too often lost sight of the object for which they were appointed, and made the execution of their duty a source of favour and patronage. Mr. HART rose to reply, but his Lordship requested him to postpone his observations until to-morrow. The term of Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY'd imprison.. ment terminated on Tuesday. The Navy Pay-office Cashier, announced a few days ago as having decamped with £40,000, has been traced to a ship bound for America, three days after she had sailed, and a fast-s:tiling cutter was im mediately dispatched in chase of the vessel. • MYSTERIOUS AF FAIR . — For the last four months, at intervals, the family of Mr. Dickens, residing in Skinner-street, Somers Town, have been nightly alarmed by the back windows of the house being broken with stones, thrown by some invisible hand, and although the maid-servant had been set to watch, and other plans adopted, to trace from what place the missiles were thrown, and by whom, nothing ever transpired to form any conjecture who the invisible assailant could be. On Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, the family were still more alarmed by the maid-servant calling out .. Murder Thieves !" &c. which roused the neighbours, and the whole street was in an uproar. On Mr. Dickens running down stairs he found the poor girl in the kitchen .in the greatest distress; she could not articulate for son.e moments; at length she stated, that on leaving her bed-room, a few minutes past six o'clock, she went' down stairs into the kitchen to light the fire, and was going from thence into the wash house in the yard, when a tall figure, apparently about seven feet high, with a most horrible countenance, stared her in the face; she shrunk back with horror, and ran into the passage; the monster followed and grasped her by the throat; she struggled, and he clawed her face with his nails, and then vanished over a high wall, exclaiming, in a hollow sepulchral voice, " D—n you, you are not the one I want F' She ran down stairs into the kitchen and fainted away, in which si tuation she was found by her master. This , myste rious affair has excited considerable consternation in the neighbourhood. 1 7 me , the *it r H. la* hoot louse. ,IY 4 , refer,. A is 1 rat ts