Star. — London, England, 1822-06-29 00:00:00

• w i,bed that, for the credit of cottntry:*iith f. re i.,• era, all public Monuments, and.other. speoissieu,s , o f .1 I throughout England, were. opened upon th e same terms asthe BriLisfi Museum: - Mt. IL RENNET was sorry that he did not sae adde.i to the voie a pension fora man of great big& nuitv ursdition, who had forrtierty been an officer o f the Ilvi i .1 Museum, and who was now in a state of n derangement.- Application, he understood, had h.-ea made to Government for a small allowance, of f.:ItO or 12200 a year, to keep the unfortunate in-. di v from being absolutely a pauper; but his Ma- • je,t Ministers, with that judicious economy for w hi, h they were distinguished, had declined acced- ' l ing So Oie request. A patty of the Trustees of the B r iti,h Museum had benevolently done something to better Dr. D—'s situation ; but surely some small al lowance as a pension might have been given to him. Mr. ILINKES said, that something had already been ,:one for Dr. D—; he thought it would be a bad precedent if pensions were granted in such cases upon application to Parliament. MISCELLANEOUS. In answer to a question from Colonel DAVIES, The CH A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that the Budget could not be deferred beyond Monday. Mr. PEEL hoped that no objections would be made to the Alien Bill going through another stage that night. Mr. 110BHONSE expressed his &termination to oppose the VA in every stage. Mr. M. A. T - AYLOR, objected to the measure being gone into .1t Sc) late an hour. The measure should have been brought f ns...rd at an e s irli..r period of the Session. Much time had been l•„: from , here being no Houses, in consequence of the non-at t:adatice of Ministers. Mr. Pi.:1 7 .1. had repeatedly postponed the measure, at the re cuest of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. He conceived it to he the duty of the lion. Gentlemen as much as of Ministers, to attend, in order to make a House. _ . Mr. TAYLOR would appeal to the Chair for the punctuality of hil attendalce. The cries of " Chair, Chair!" were loud and reiterated, but the Chair was mute. After some farther observations, the Conunittee on the Alien Dill was fixed 1 ., :r Monday. Mr. A 2RC :111IY moved for the production of the pro. cetdings in the civil suit between Alexander and Bonhwiek ; the ci imi::al proceedings by Alexander against Borthwick; and preeognitioas and other informations by which the Lord AdV.,:.lti And La 11:putti acted in their proceedings against Thlnhwich. Thr oth;:r Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at Twelve o'Cloek. PUBLIC DEFAULTERS A Return has been made to an order of the House ri Commons of all ele Jefaulter s in the Government Oilices since the Ist i,f January, 1310, with the amounts now due to the by each defaulter re f:per:ie.-Ay. The list occupies 63 folio pages. The fol -10-ving is a lie of some of the most important : Mr. Chinnery, the Treasury d:fatilter, was deficient £87,000, lc; \vier.% • eiet 00 has beer. recovered. The balance remaining dee t.t the is £iio,llo. 15c. 3Ltl. In :he Army Pay Office, Kenneth Macrae, late Deputy Pay inastet •Geeeral in Jamaica, is deficient £2584 ; and John Mel), late Acting Deputy Paymaster-General in Bermuda, £856. In the Bat rack Office there is a list of eight defaulters, in various v i m:, f t om .4:20 to £lOOO. In zit: N-tvy Pay Office, Charles Tyreedie is a defaulter to the amount . of £C.29,94:2 ; of which upwards of £ll,OOO has been ac- Really recover, d, and there are effects in possession of our Con sul at Nee:: ork to the amount of Alooo, so that the actual de ficiency is about sCOGon. In the same Office. there are five other defaulters, namely. Jehn Smith, Naval Officer at Barbadoes, £847 ; J:..llcs 7 , 111!er, Clark v; Stores at Montreel, £4OO ; Henry Prehle, 'fhitd Pe;-Clerk Pertsmouth, • 3.;6 ; and John Slade, :the Feet E.y-C!:::k at Cheat trn, who destroyed himself, was deficinnt 8u 0 ; and Charles Barrow, a defaulter of £5959. In the Royal Nleriee Pe) , Office, there is a Captain Mould a defatirer to the amount of £3OGC. In the Vietua:ling Office, there is a i ienry Holman, Agent at . Triecninelee, deficient :4 - .1343 ; and St lie minor t:.faulters. • In the Tex ()Mee, Henry Boyle Deane, late ICteeiver-Gene rel of Ber'eF, was a defaulter to the .:mount of £40,866, all of which has been recovered except £2.5ii9; Thomas Eyton, late Peceiver-General of Salop, a defaulter for £94,250, of which £ .0,000 still reateins due; there are also Henry Hollier, Re v:Leer-General .-tf Glamorgan, a defaulter for £3269 ; Richard My.ton, late Receiver-General of \Vales, £10,687 ; and John YetHenn, £1626. Id the Customs in England, Samuel Henderson is due to the Puhlic £14,964 ; Charles Wratford Cracroft,X2l37; and Henry Partington, £372. la the Excise of Scotland, James Anderson, a Collector, is deficient £ib9 l. In the Stamp Office, J. Bishop was a defaulter to the amount of ; J. Cooper, £3931 ; and J. Roberts, aC3705. In the Post Offices of England and Scotland, there is a list of tvet pages of defaulters in various suint e from a guinea upwards Ia the Office of Commissioners for Auditing Public Accounts, we have as defaulters—William Bodington, in a sum of £3427; Hon. John Cochrane, £1402; Richard Cumberland, Agent far N'.va Scotia, £3664; Richard Clark, £2152 ; John Craigie, £5`,624 ; Sir James Duff, Bart. is due to the Public the sum of J.7::;,773 17s. 11c1. Lit inenant-General Simon Fraser, £8296. Aatl now comes two of the most notorious of public defaulters, Joseph Hunt, late Treasurer and Paymaster of the Ordnance, who died abroad in 1315, in distressed circumstances, though due to the Public in a sum of £97,03.5; and Valentine Jones, the defaulter of upwards of £200,000, of which £187r:32 still remains due. In the same Office, there is due from William Lewis, £3907 ; John Robinson Pearson, £2860. This person is al.:1 a defaulter in the Lottery Office for £2941. James S.tuo, £3335 ; Joseph Henry Vans, Resident Commissary at Cue:cea and Barbadoes, a defaulter to the amount of .t 12,089 ; .J see John Alexander Woodford, the Chief Inspector of Fo reign Corps raised on the Continent between 1794 and 1797, died in ISIS, a defaulter in £26,873. In the Colonial Audit Office, Theodore E. Hook, the late Treasurer of M writitts, stands as the only defaulter, but it is for no trifling sum, being £12,383. In the Court of Exchequer, in Scotland, we have a John Campbell, Collector of Assessed Taxes in Argyle, a defaulter for £525.5; Alexander GiCics , a Sub-Collector in Edinburgh, £3437 ; Robert Charles Lockhart, Sub-e'ollector in Lanark shire, £32 ;s. In the Tax Office, Ireland, there is a list of 71 defaulters, in various sums, from £4O to £3OOO. In the Irish Stamp Department there are numero"c defaulters. The fallowing are for the largest sums :—Edward Po per, £4277 ; Elizabeth Fleming, £3448 ; Jame, Harming, £2063 ; John But ler, £4lBB ; Florence INtearth;, £2903 ; Edward Pardon, £2718; Robert Coghill, 3343 ; James Christian, £8499; J. Prentice, 2113; Charies Oliver, £2827 ; Stanley Lees Cliffard, £2968 ; T. Rorke, .L'eta96 ; Richard Day, £20'20. The total amount due by sletaul: ers in this O ffi ce is .E 51,746. In the ltish General Post-Office the defaulters are very nu merous, but they are not for large sums ; the l.igltest is Thomas Rorke, of Galway, for £778. In the Irish Military Accounts the principal defaulter is Colonel William Browne, General ltecruiting Agent, who is a defaulter to the amount of £lBo,oen, of which £107,(:00 is in the 3i per Cents. ansl £70,000 3 per Cent. Consols. Sir Frederick Falkiner, the Colonel of a Regiment which he raised, also stands debited in a sum of £2,622; and John Ilogan, Paymaster of the Royal Fencibles, in £2,191, which is, however, a disputed claim. Marcus DA hunty is a defaulter for £3,730; Peter Paul Haquiere, Agent to several Regiments, stands as a defaulter for various sums, amounting in the whole to upwards of £40,000. William Shaw, Paymaster of the 97th Foot, a defaulter in £9,375 ; Richard Dominick O'Connor, £2,975; Christopher Clarke, £8,412; Henry Beaumont, £11,401 ; Messrs. Taylor and Finlay, Army Azents, nearly 46,000; and Charles Linden Daniel, £2,999. The above are only a few of the principal defaul ters in this ,4 huge memorial of misfortune , ' as Baillie Aichol Jarvic would call it ; but, large as the sums are, they form bnt a small portion of the amount of the country has been defrauded by its servants. 3'RESEI2FATION OF POT AI6FIS. - • TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. DEAR SIR—In Addressing one who has so long amd so zealously laboured for the public good, no alMlogy befils to be offered fo r an e n de av ou r to guar d ou r 'brethren of Ireland against the recurrence of the greatest of all human calamities. Lord LIVERPOOL, in his reply to the Earl of .. DARNLEY, respecting the sufferings in Ireland, states, that " the Noble Marquis at the head of the Irish Government was not many days in office until he considered it his duty to have an inquiry made into the state of the late harvest in Ireland ; the result of which was, that - there was no scarcity of provisions to be apprehended in any part of the country, not even in the article of potatoes : the scarcity in that article since had been caused by what could not have been anticipated—rains, which got into the pits they were put into for safe keeping." That the Irish population are the best and most experienced cultivators of the potatoes I am satisfie from personal observation, but it appears evident from the Noble Earl's statement, that they are dan gerously deficient in the mode of preserving them. The destruction of potatoes in pits ma for their preservation and safe keeping may seldom take place in dry seasons or peculiarly favourable situations ; but in wet seasons, or the sudden melting of snows, 3 pit DUG in the earth becomes the common drain o f the surrounding superstratum, and, unless on a sub stratum of land or gravel, must become the common receptacle of all waters that fall within the range of that drainage, then the destruction of all the potatoes in that pit must be the natural result. Damps are unfavourable to the safe keeping of potatoes in any situation wet earth, or water in the pits, certain destruction. Nothing tends so much to the wholesome preserva tion of that most necessary article,of food, as lifting them from the ground in dry weather, and -either earthing them up or housing them, and afterwards keeping them as dry and free from damps as possible. Many a good crop has been lost by inattention to _ _ • this particular. In the season of taking them from the ground, if so much rain has fallen as to make the earth adhere to the skin of the potatoe, the digging should be left off till the land dry so far as to admit of the potatoes rising clean and free from wet earth. This precaution is doubly necessary in late seasons, when the cultivator is forced to lift his crop in a greenish and barely ripe state; the potatoes in that state are very apt to ferment and spoil, if not kept in particularly dry situations.—But to the point.: The model would recommend to °or **Oren of Ireland, for their future protection againit a icor rence of the existing distress, and which should be seen done and properly-executed by . the Overseers of the different parishes and .ilissiiCts, is, when the po tatoes ate - to be taken froth' the ground, and pre served from winter frost, for future consumption, in stead of digging a pit, let the surface of a _piece of dry ground be only levelled, not dug wiih the lade or shovel, of a breadth and length proportionate to the quantity to be deposited, then let thepotatoes be gathered into a long heap, broad at bottom, and gathering to a point at top. When this is done. cover the potatoes with dried grass or straw, or what is infinitely better than either, and easily come at in most parts of Ireland, the very tefuse scutchings of flax, or the dry surface turf of the peat bog. to pre vent the earth mixing with the potatoes in the heap. Then let as many spades be employed, as necessary, to dig as much earth from around the potatoe heap as to cover the whole to the thickness of not less than six inches (six), clapping and smoothing the covering earth with the back of a clean spade, as they go along, to give it consistency and firmness sufficient to resist the effects of wind when it dries. • When this is done, let a new made turf be laid along the ridge for the same purpose, to prevent the winds from baring the potatoes. Water is the prime conductor of frost; as the earth covering the potatoes must necessarily be compara tively dry, it must be a very severe winter, such as is seldom known in Ireland, that will even penetrate this covering. Should such be apprehended, flax scutchings, or the stems of the potatoes may be ga thered off the ground and thrown loosely over the heaps. But the stems, or withered shaws of the potatoes, should never in any case, however dry, be applied as a substitute for the first covering of the potatoes, for the stems, as well as the potatoes, con tain so much of the elementary principles of pot assium, that they of themselves copiously attract moisture, corrupt, and would prove the destruction of the whole heap. I need not point out to you the obvious difference between putting the potatoes into a pit, to draw moisture, as if for the very purpose of destroying them, and placing them dry, by draw ing a pit, a ditch, or trench round them, to drain the principle of destruction from them. When this mode of preservation is judiciously executed, the rains may fall and the winds blow—nothing short of a deluge could ever affect or reach the potatoes. Was this mode of preservation and safe keeping of potatoes generally adopted and put us practice in Ireland, no such calamity could ever befal the coun try : no recurrence of the preseat alarming and deplorable distress, that has called forth so much corresponding sympathy from all ranks of their fel low-subjects, could ever be dreaded. There is no doubt accidents may happen, and par tial distress may be occasioned; but it is evident that there must be some radical error in their mode of preserving the potatoes, otherwise so general a misery could never have come upon a whole district of country. But to make the most of a bad thing, and . turn even an evil to some account, when it sh all so, happen that a parcel of potatoes are so far • de)troyed as to be unfit for food of either man or beast, even after they are reduced to the consistence of soft soap by frost or wet, there are two ways by which they can be rendered useful—either in the manufacture of nitre, or converted into a rich manure. To make nitre, beat up the spoiled potatoes with dry quicklime, mixed with the ashes from the common hearth, where either wood or cow-dung, or both, are used as fuel, or the fuel used in drying corn. Let the mixture be turned over, sprinkled with stater, and exposed to the atmospheric air, for the further absorption of azote. The formation of nitre may be ascertained by washing a little of the mixture in water, and moistening therewith a slip of brown pa per, which will become match-paper when dry, and burn with a force proportionate to the strength of the nitre. When sufficiently strong, the whole mass can be washed, the liquid boiled down for crystalize :ion, and the - sediment thrown to the dunghill; or the brine can be used with common salt, for the preset-• vation of meat, for pickling wheat, or any other pur pose to which saline preparations are generally ap plied ; or will be found particularly useful as sods for washing and freeing dirty clothes of vermin. To form the spoiled potatoes into a rich fertilizing manure, it only requires the mass to be intimately mixed with !hue and black earth, when it will be found the best garden manure that can be applied, particularly for melon-beds, &c. May 28,11122. SOUTH AMERICA. G AVIN ING LI& EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP CONWAY, DATED " Off Panama, Ist February, 1622. " I wrote y ou l ast i n Oetoher, whrn remaining behind at Valparaiso, since' which period we have lust the 11. in. Mr. Leona, one of the Lieutenants of the ship, who, poor fellow, died about three weeks after, the Service losing thereby an or nament to it, and us a most worthy companion. We fitted out for a long cruize, and sailed from Valparaiso on the 14th of No vember for the Northward, visiting as we came alonl, not only all the ports, but the interior of all North Chili: at Copiapo we ascended the Cordillera;, and at Iluasco, and there visited seve ral Gold, Silver, and Copper Mines. We arrived at Callao in the middle of December, and visited Lima. We found SAN MARTIN in possession of Callao, Ste. he had behaved ill to Lord ONCIIRANE, and quarrelled with him; he required of his Lord ship to hoist the Peruvian flag, which he would not, bearing, as he did, a Commission of the State of Chili, nor would he allow any of his squadron ; he then endeavoured to gain over some of the Officers, in which he succeeded. Capt. Gersz had previously left him (Lord CoeuttAxE). After this,. on the Royal forces aps proaching Lima, Sax .%lAreror sent the treasure (public and pri vate) on board souse English and other vessels at Ancon, to some considerable amount. Lord COCIIRANE sent one of his Captains to ascertain what money it was, and afterwards laid his hands on it, returning all private property, and with the other paid the whale of the: squadron, and sent 200,000 dollars to Chili, for the Government. The whole expense of the expeditioh, you must know, was stipulated to be defrayed by Peru, on getting possession of Lima ; the army had been paid up; but the General. had put off the navy from time to dine, and at last refused posi tively to pay them. Lord COI:HRANZ dispatched part of his squa dron to Chili, and sailed with thr rest for Guayaquil, where he put them in repair and well manned them ; from thence he sailed, it is said, fur Panama, to take it, and afterwards in search of two Spanish frigates on the coast of California. _ _ " We remained in Callao only a few days, but pushed on this way, calling at Payta. and arrived at Guayaquil on Christmas Day, which, if not the pleasantest, was certainly the hottest Christmas Day I have experienced, the thermometer being from 96 to 101 deg. day and night. We found the city in a state of alarm. They had some time since beaten out the Spaniards, and had declared their independence, and were determined, if possible, to preserve it. The enemy's army, or rather part of Bocsvita's army, is within eight miles of the city, and the Gene ral (Svelte) actually has his head-quarters in the city. Lord Coco RANT, who had left it about a month, whilst here, had ad dressed a Proclamation to the inhabitants, to persevere in their independence; and, from his general conduct there, had gained the hearts of the Guayaquilanos. At the same time, the Pro tector of Peru had sent an Embassy there, inviting them to put themselves under the protection of Peru, and promised them every advantage and as►istance; which Lord C. had done on the part of Chili, and had promised to return there in two or three mouths: however, Bouvaa is now before Quito, which is the Capital of that past of South America, and it is expected he will soon bring it to terms. Ile is certainly the best Patriot of all the Chie(s, and will put them to rights; his wish is that they should unite with Quito and form one State. " 1 ought to have mentioned, when writing of Lima, that SAN after gaining over several Officers, had taken the first opportunity of quarrelling with them, and the whole of them, including Captain Guise, who had been dubbed Admiral of Peru, were out of employment when we were there, and had received orders to leave Peru, but which afterwards was coun termanded on condition of their behaving themseives as goad settled& This treatment to them, though it chews the baseness or the tyrant, is rejoiced at by many, on account of their conduct to Lord COCHRAN& SAN MARTIN, who had declared himself Protector of Peru, the head and source of aU law, honour, &cc. was making rapid strides to get himself declared King of Peru. So much far the man who industriously had it circulated about, that immediately after the f.sll of Lima, he. be should re:ire into private life, and that it had ever been and should be his pride to model his actions, Stc.atter WASHINGTON. a We sailed from Cuayaquil for the Galapagos, a cluster of Islands situated on the Line, uninhabited, except by terrapins, turtle, guano*, and seals. We remained a fortnight there, making some scientific observations, particularly on Abingdon Island. We left there on the 17th, with about WO terrapins or tortoises, &c. and have been ever since endeavouring to get to Panama, almost roasted alive. I have never experienced the heat so much as I have this cruize, and am now doing, the temperature of the air being now is a draught of 22 deg. and fiat water alongside 96 deg. After leaving Panama we go to Acapulco, and after wards to St. Blas ; and should we get through what we have to do at those places quickly, we proceed farther on the North-west coast, managing to return to Lima about June, when it is said we proceed to Valparaiso, and round Cape floru ; when, should we be well freighted, it is reported we return to England, than which, I can most truly assure you, nothing could give me greater satisfaction. There never was a ship of which I was so heartily tired as the Conway. I hope she will be the last scien tific ship that I ever set my foot on board of. " I enclosed from Valparaiso, four bills to the amount of £230, and one from Callao for £lOO ; and send from Panama the du plicates of Those, and one of £47 15s. lid. the whole of which, I hope, will arrive safe. The shipping off of specie is now nearly at an end, and therefore the station will cease to be a de sirable one, that is, in point of pecuniary matters. " We have just beard of the death of her MAJESTY, which, •if true, will tend to put an end to party spirit, which on her ac• count appeared to run high." " Panama, February 3, 1822. " This place has declared its independence, and the old Spaniards have but Quito now to depend on, and Bolas , As is before it, and will certainly have it." The Novel of Graham Hamilton begins to excite the highest interest, it being discovered to be the pro. duction of a Member of a Noble Family, who, on a similar occasion, some years since, created such an extraordinary sensation in the circles of fashion and literature. On the evening of the I.sth inst. two fine young women, each about 17 years of age, went to bathe in Lough Neagh, at a place called Columbkille, within a mile of Maghery. One of them undressed, went into the water, and unexpectedly finding her self out of her depth, called to the other, who generously rushed to her friend's assistance. With sorrow we add, that they sunk in each other's arms. Tne LATE MR. CADFLL.—When Dr. &am had finished the Sermons, the excellence of which afterwards reflected so much honour on his name and on his country, be was so greatly in want of money, as to find it necessary to bring the manuscripts to London, for the purpose of procuring a purchaser. The book seller to whom he applied was Mr. CAVELL, and the price asked for the copyright, £lOO. Sermons were not articles of the greatest promise, Mr. CADILL informed him; but added, that if they were left with him for a few days, he would shew them to some friend on whose judgment he could rely ; and when he called again he should have his answer. The sermons were ac cordingly kft, and Dr. JOHNSON happening to drop its that very morning, undertook their perusal. On returning the manuscripts two days after, Mr. CADtLL asked the Doctor's judgment of the compositions? Instead of giving him a direct reply, " What (sal , ' he) does the author ask' for these productions?" " One hundred pound's," replied the bookseller.' " Paha, paha!" grum bled out JOHNSON, " give him her, man, give bins two I" Mr. Cantu . not only followed the Doctor's liberal advice, but find ing himself afterwards an immense gainer by discourses, the arguments and eloquence of which forced theist into the hands ' of everybody, he voluntarily presented the Inwood and ingenious writer with an additional gratuity of .450 V. '~~►,;' . . LAW IND-ELtIGENC& AMITRALTY COURT. • THE CASTILIA. This was a question of seamen's wages, of importance to the coal trade. The mariners, proceeding against the owners to recover their wages, under a contract from Shields to London and back, alleged they were entitled to be paid for the run, having quitted the . vessel under circumstances on which there was some contradictory evidence. Tht vessel sailed from Shields on the 5d et December, and arriving in the River, a severe frost set in, by which she was prevented returning. After being dee' tamed twelve days, the Captain desired the men would look out for other emp (Intent, and for that puipose lent them hie boat, saying he would pay them half their wages and discharge them. The men being unsuccessful in obtaining other employment, and orders being given that no provisions would be cooked on hoard but for the Master, 'Mate. Cook, and a boy, they having gene without their breakfast that morning, quitted the shlp - of their own accord. They contended, that by the lustom of the port of Loudou, they were entitled to leave the ship after being detained five days ; and that the ship's delay to return to Shields was not in coiisequence of the frost, but of the•voluntary act of the 31a3ter, detaining the ship in hopes of a greater price being given for the coals. On the other hand, it was denied that they were without provisions, but that the orders given were, that such men as refused to do the work on board should have no provisions. Th e ex i stence o f an y such[ custom as, that Mariners were at liberty to quit the ship before the voyage was performed, was in like manner denied by the Owners, and there being insuf ficient evidence to support such custom, the Court struck out from tht present inquiry the determination of that part of the question. Lord Srowstr., in giving judgment, observed, these men went 'ashore without leave; and they alleged in their justification, that this was because they went without their breakfastthat morning, being told that no provisions would be cooked for them, and they were therefore obliged to desert the ship for want of provisions. Now if this was true, there was no doubt it amounted to a com plete justification. In Merchants' ships as well as King's ships,it was an established rule that the ship shall find provisions for the men as long as the; remain on board. Now the question in this case was, whether under these circumstances this was a criminal desertion, or one of necessity? In this case, there was no doubt the ship would be disposed to.get rid of her cargo as soon as she could. No doubt, in same instances, it was the interest of the Owners to wait for a frost, its order to get a better price; but that was subject to the disadvantage of a fleet perhaps arriving, by which means the price might fall. The ship arrived on 17th Dec. and staid till the 20th of January ; and before site disposed of her cargo, she was frozen up. Perhaps the practice of waiting in order to get a better price, was one which the custom of the trade did not altogether discountenance. The observation of the Captain that the owners were subject to a great expense by the delay was allowable ; and it was likewise very reasonable that he should propose to the men their taking the chance of getting em ployment on lxtard some other slip. The men, thereupon, came up to Doctors' Commons and took advice; and no doubt they were very properly advised to adopt the present proceeding. The preponderance of evidence, although contradictory, was in sup port of the fact, that the Mariners having gone without their breakfast, and being told by the cook they were to have no fur ther subsistence on hoard, amounted in the opinion of the Court to a justification.—The Court, therefore, decreed them their wages, with expenses of suit against the owners. WF.ST3I I NSTER SESSIONS. Yesterday, Samuel Waddington was indicted for a riot, and assaulting Bucki idge, a watchman of St. James's parish, on the 10th of March last. The prosecutor, on the night in question, was dis persing a riotous mob ho were fighting in Wardour street, when the defendant interfered, and struck him several blows. The defendant appealed to the Court whether the watchmen and constables, being themselves the'par ties interested, were proper per,ons to he admitted as witnesses against him? and called several persons to prove that he s was not drunk, and that the watch men were the aggressors and promoters of the riot themselves.—The Jury Acquitted the defendant. Michael Donovan was indicted for assaulting R. Thomas, a watchman of St. George's parish, Hanover square.—the defendant was sentence to three months imprisonment in the House of Correction. George Hall, a good-looking young man stood in dicted for attempting to rob the house of Messrs. Evans and Co. tobacco and st:uf£•manufacturers, in the Haymarket. The Jury found him Guilty, and the CHAIRMAN sentenced him to five months imprison• meta for the first, and two for the second offence. DUEL.—Yesterday morning a duel took place on Finchley Common between Captain isi—s and a Mr. M--n—s, in consequence of a dispute at the Opera. The first fire was without effect, and in the second the Captain was slightly wounded in the Side, but not so as to prevent him walking away. In formation had been given of the affair to the Police, but too late. BOXING. The fight between Rotoial and Merlin,. fixed for the 3d of September, will not take place. Randal, it seems, by an original article, had the choice of the day he would tight, but by subse quent articles, his backers in his absence named the 3d of Sep tember: Xl5O a-side is down, and next Tuesday is the day for doubling the stakes. The day named is licensing day, and Ran dal cannot fight. then, but he is ready on aay other day, as he thinks the Hole in the Wall safer to stay at than the boxing ring. Martin will fight an the day named, or not at all; and as no forfeit can be claimed, the money must be drawn. The match between Oliver and ifigtot, fixed for Thursday next, will be off, as Oliver has met with a severe sprained ancle. PEDESTRIANISM. Mr. Mother:tone, a young Surgeon, who has•been labouring at the Borclay mutts of a thousand miles in a thousand succes sive hours, tor a trifling suns, resigned his task on Thursday, at Moehington, Somerset. He hal but five more days to finish, but he was attacked by fevtr, which increased, awl compelled. him to resign. LONDON BRlDGE.—Wednesday afternoon, at low water, the Surveyors appointed by the City surveyed the depth of the River from the present bri.lge to Old Swan Stairs, between which two places a.id 170 feet from the present bridge, the contemplated structure will be erected. They extended a rope across the whole of the River at Old B..van Stairs, and another from the point of one of the starlings of the centre arch to the point of the other starling; a third rope was fastened to the middle of each of the two first ropes, and was divided into a scale, having every twelve feet made conspicuous by a piece of red cloth. The Surveyors measured the depth of water 'in tile centre of the River from the commencement Of the rope at Old Swan Stairs to the point of the starlings of the centre arch, and back again. The following is a correct statement of the depth of the River, at low water-mark _ Ft. In. At the point of the star lings - - 17 0 12 FL-et from the Bridge 11 6 24 - - 25 3 36 - - - 28 0 4$ - - 29 6 60 - 11 0 $1 6 34 - . 33 6 - - 26 9 1911 - - 25 0 120 - - 22 0 132 - - - 19 0 A in. 158 Feet from theßridge 14 9 169 - - • 12 3 180 - - 11 5 192 - - 11 0 204 - - 9 216 - - 9 5 228 - . 10 6 240 - - . 13 S 252 - . 15 4 964 4 14 • 276 , . 11 9 2811 . . I; • 290 • 9 • 1 144 - - 17 o ~~ ~3 4 '.77M -: ,