Star. — London, England, 1823-11-13 00:00:00

_ THE MISERIES OF HABIT. • II Habits are stubborn things:" And by the time a man is turn'd of forty, His ?tiling possins's grown se haughty • Them is no clipping of his wings! • The truth will best be shewn By a familiar instance of "our own : Dick Strype • • Was a dear friend and lover of the pipe ; He used to say, " One pipe of Wishart's best • Gave life a zest l" To him 'twas meat, and drink, and physic, Ts see the friendly vapour • • Curl round his midnight taper, And the black fume Clothe all the room In clouds as dark as science metaphysic ! So still he smoked, and drank, and crack'd his joke ; And, had he single tarried, He might have smoked, and still grown old in smoke : But Richard married. His wife was one who carried The cleanly virtues almost to a vice, She was so nice : And thrice a week, above, below, The house was scour'd fc om top to toe, And all the floors were rubb'd so bright, You dar'd not walk upright For fear of sliding ; But that she took a pride in. Of all things else Rebecca Strype Could least endure a . Mix She rail'd upon the filth) , herb tobacco, Protested that the noisome vapour Had spoil'd the best chintz curtains and the paper, And cost her many a pound in stucco : And then she quoted our King James, who saith, " Tobacco is the devil's breath!" When wives will govern, husbands must obey: For many a day Dick mourn'd and miss'd his favourite tobacco, And scolded oft Rebecca! At length the day approach'd, his wife must die: Imagine how the doleful cry Of female friends, old aunts and cousins, Who to the fun'ral came by dozens ! The undertaker's men and mutes Stood at the gate in sable suits, With doleful looks, Just like so many melancholy rooks. Now cakes and wine ate handed round, Folks sigh and drink, and drink and sigh, For grief makes people dry : But Dick is missing, nowhere to be found. Above, below, about, They search'd the house throughout; Each hole and secret entry, Quite limn the garret to the pantry ; In ev'ry corner, cupboard, nook, and shelf, And all concluded be had hang'd himself ! At last they found him—Reader, guess you where, 'Twill make you stare— Pt rcli'd on Rebecca's eels, at his rest, Smoking a pipe of . Wihart's best ! LONDON GA MLST ERS. An offer of a general disclosure of the gambling sys xlm was made Jo a person high in office, by means of an anonymous letter, in the early part cf last week ; but, as the Gentleman to whom it was addressed never attends to communications of this sort, no further notice was Sakets of the affair until either Weduesday or Thursday, when the proposal. was verbally made throUgh a third .person, and after some consideration was finally accepted. :The principal was subsequently introduced, and pointed out the tendency of his information, demandiqg as a preliminary measure, that his name should in nowise be coupled with any ulterior proceedings the Magistrates, tinder the circumstances, might think proper to adept. This . condition being considered perfectly reasonable, was immediately granted, with a further promise of special protection, should circumstances at any future period dictate such interposition. On the following xtioining (Friday), a scroll was exhibited, on which upwards of two hundred (!) gambling-houses of va rious rank and notoriety were described, with a nuteness and accuracy that none but the most inti mate of their visitors could have accomplished. In ad dition to the names and characters of the keepers and servants of those houses, were superadded those of the persons who chiefly frequent them, together with their respective callings, whether real or fictitious. Front this document, topic, are being taken'for the private pos smsion,of the different Police Magistrates, wlio will no doubt apply their information to the public good. It was at first suggested to publish the whole in the news papers, with the view of guarding inexperienced young men from these haunts of vice and misery ; but, on re considering the subject, the former measure was adopted, as apparently more conducive to the ends of justice, and affot ding mote ample protection to the Public at large. It is true, that with such perfect information the po lice might, in some measure, destroy there even in the nest; but it is very well ascertained that they are no sooner trodden dawn• in one place, than they spring up in another. Much good may, however, result from a patient and prudent warfare on the part of the Magis tracy and police. . . A circumstance is related which is highly creditable to slue 9f the survivors of the dreadful catastrophe at 13;ncon Colliery, Durham. After the explosion, every one who was able of course made his way to the shaft, and eagerly seized the rope which was to convey him to a more wholesome atmosphere. One man who had thus secured his own retreat, observed at the mo , meat of. ascension a little boy within his reach, who was almost overcome by the choke damp ; he seized bißky the collar of his jacket, and thus holding him, gallantly bore him to the surface of the earth—a more humane or noble action has rarely been performed. A case of some interest was decided at the last War relichire Sessions, between the parish of All Sa i nts, Der y, appellants, and the parish of Birmingham, re-. spAndents. C. Johnson, a pauper, was removed, with five ehildren, to the former parish, claiming his settle • . ment there, from renting, about eight years since, fur nished lodgings, for which he paid weekly the sum of one guinea. The yeiily rent•of the house in which the rooms were amounted to 321. The appellants case was ably argued ky Mr. ADAMS and Mr. GinmsukNz; but the Court decided, that a settlement was gained from the_rocims being, • exclusive of the furniture, worth 1044 ` .rotzti. AITIELZGENOE • ' ) '`. ; . BOW-STREET. Mr. Scarlatt, tbe t bartister, was summonedlestertlay ammistar by the driVer of to tadney-coach, No. 90, to she eqw why he Amid not pay the Sum of one shilling and sixpence, due to the driver aforesaid, for well and truly conveying him, the aforesaid Sir.-Stariett, in coatis' aforesaid, fitom the.cottrer of• Mitrescourt, in Fleet-stteet, to a certain messuage or tenement, situate, lehies and being in a certain street, commoaly called or known by the • 'name, style, and title of New-street, Spring-gardens, at No. 5, in which street, defendant resides. • Defendant pleaded that he was not liable, and thereupon issue wali Mr ig, Sc e(L arlet . t addressed the Court, and contended that the distance did not entitle the driver to recover the " valuable consideration" demanded, and endeavoured to bar the plaintiff's claim, by showing that said Instance did not exceed one statute mile. As neither party ' -was prepared with evidence to prove the precise length of groilad Sone-over; the . worthy Magistrate ; referred to his maps andatna passes, when it was found to be so nice a point that he deMed giving a decision - upon the case, but ordered it to stand over tin an ether sitting, in order that the test of the theodolite might be applied lathe meantime, each party previously paying into Court ss. in order to oiver costs. We are afraid that Mr. Scarlett has miscalculated. Yesterday Janc Doilminer, a woman of wretched appearance, .was brought up for examination on a charge of being concerned in a robbery lately committed en The premises of Mr. John Hooper, of Carey -street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, law-stationer, when a quantity of receipt.and other stamps of the value of £l5O were stolen. No trace oi the delinquents could be obtained, until the prisoner went to Mr. Hoaper, and confessed that she had herself been concerned In the robbery with two men; who gained access into 'the shop by means of false keys, and that she handed the stamps and paper out to them, which they carried off in a truck. She said the uneasy state of her mind had induced her to make this confession, and that At was willing to tell whO the other persons were that were concerned in the robbery. Her confession and examination were of course private ; but we are informed that she has disclosed several particulars which promise to lead to the- detection of a numerous 'gang of thieves, who for the last 18 months have subsisted solely on the plunder obtained by breaking opeuflifferent law-stationers shops. She was remanded. Five persons,-of suspicious character, who have been in custody for a week past, on suspicion of being concerned in robbing the Swan public-house, in Chandos-street, Covent-garden, of a box, containing money to the amount of XBO, were again brought up, and. the evidence not being able to attend, they were again remanded. MARL BOROU G H-ST REET. A Messenger under the Commission of Bankruptcy issued a'short time ago against Tkonaas Thurtell, landlord of the Cock, in the Haymarket, applied yesterday, in consequence of what appeared in the Papers of that day, to Mr. Dres,' the'Sitting Magistrate, to request he would rescind an order which had been given by the Magistrates, of this Office to prevent the removal by any person, for the present, of a certain quantity of furniture, supposed to have been deposited by John Thurtell and Joseph hunt at the house, No. 4, Cumberland -street, New-road, and topiable him, th mes senger, to tale possession of the said property, belonging, as he has no doubt it does, to the bankrupt, Thomas Thurtell, and removed for the purpose of concealment, from the Cock, in the Haymarket. Mr. DrIFR inquired, supposing the order to be taken off, how he could identify or prove the property to be Tlifirhas Thurtell's? The messenger said, that if the Magistrates would only remove their prohibition against touching the property, he would take upon himself to seize it, and would be We to prove by the carrier who removed it, that it was part of the property of the bankrupt. He had already seized property which he had traced from the Cock to Kensington Gravel-pits, - and to the horse in Manchester-buildings. Mr. Draft said, that he should certainly not Interfere in the trans action. The business was in the hands of another Magistrate, Mr. Conant, Who would be present this day, and to whom he advised the messenger to renew his.application. Mr. Daffern, the carrier, of Compton street, Soho, whose cara van removed some goods from Probert's cottlige after the murder, was present, and was served by the messenger with an order to at tend before the Commissioners to-day. • GUILDHALL. A common case of an information for overcharge in the pm-- terage of a parcel of game, but which from the determination of the coniplainant, and the trouble the defendant had put him to, had excited much interest, came on for a final hearing yesterday before Mr. Alderman GA IMATT, who, as the information had been received by hint, attended to decide thecause. Mr. Barclay, the brewer, who resides at Bury-hill, Dorking, hall been so cuntiuually imposed upon by overcharges from the coach inns, sometimes for carriage, and at other times for porterage of his baskets of game, that he at, length determined, if possible, to put a stop to it, and a complaint was accordingly made at this office against Mr. Eames, the coach. proprietor, White Horse, Fet ter-lane. Mr. Roach, a professional gentleman, attended on the behalf of Mr. Barclay. The complaint in this instance was, that a basket of game, which came by coach trom the country to the White Horse Inn, and had only to be removed into the Dorking coach (which starts from the same inn), to be conveyed to Bury-hill, was charged with the por terage of Gd. 4d. being the utmost extent of charge warranted by the statute. The clerk who attended the first summons set up as a defence, that the Durkin; coach from their inn had set off before the game arrived, and, in order that Mr. Barclay might have his game as quickly as possible, the basket had been forwarded to the Spread Eagle, Gracachurch-sreet, to be conveyed to Dorking by a coach from that inn. his. Humphries, fo"? Mr. Eames, took two objections to the werdiag of the infotrnation—first, that it did not set forth the Ward in which the White Horse Inn was situated, but merely described it as in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. This, he contended, was nut a legal and seificient crime to give the Magistrate jurisdiction; and secondly, that Mr. Eames was only described as the coach pro-, prie•or, whereas, in order to render hiraJiable undentlic statute, he should have been set forth as the inn-keeper, warehouseman, or otherwise. As coach proprietor he might have nothing to do with the parcels beyond conveying them from the country to the inn. After much lengthened argument, the Magistrate over-ruled Grath the objections, and convicted the defendant, fixing the amount of the penalty at 20s. which Mr. Humphries immediately paid. UNION-HALL. Daartio Ihonwar Roaazay.—Yesterday, a young and powerful man, named Philip Joeepta, was brought up in the custody of Pople, .charged . with having robbed Mr. Patrick Kent:Len, the preceding day, at the fight on Moulsey Hurst. Mr. Kellehen stated, that on the day before He went down to Moulsey Hurst to see the fight between Hudson and Ward, and while there he was surrounded by a gang of London thieves, among I whom the prisoner was the moat active. Witness suspecting their intentions were to rob him, endeavoured to get away, but the pri- I soner confined his arms and ultimately succeeded in forcing his 'pocket-book from histrowsertporket,whichcontained.C2 Gs. During the time he was struggling with the prisoner, the latter said, " He supposed I was some pour d—l who had not got much blunt about me, but be would soon see that." Mr. Kellehen added, that he was afterwards knocked down by the gang, and at the conclusion of the ;fight he again saw the prisoner on the ground, upon Whom- be kept his eye until he' left Molder) , for town, and followed him to King storthottom, where Pople and ltim were on duty. He pointed the prisoner out to these officers, who took him husk tpatody in the prisoner's pocket, besides some ither,was Comte petition from ;some of the pi taceiers coulhied in Maidstone jail, to the Secretary of State.—He was committed. t II A TTON- G A R DEN. Yesterday, a miserable looking woman, named Ann Llonty,iiai brought from the watch-house, on a charge of having defrauded the contractor for the dust, by removing some of it from a public dust. hole, in North.-tareet, Pentonville. Wm. Dolton, servant to the contractor, state 4 that he saw hes scraping together a few cinders, which, as she collected, she put into her apron. The dust-hole he admitted to be lit so exposed a situation, that any person could get at it without trespassing. The woman pleaded that foam di stress she was compelled Aar i • WALTON COURSING MEETING. TLIIMSDAY ' Nov. 6 .— For the Ce Clt s. • • Dr. Blomberg's dun dog, Blucher, beat Mr. V.insittsrt's black bitch, Julia. Mr. 13rst's red dog, S;reamer, beat General 80/tellies blick and white dog,' lli vers. Mr. Vansittart'sred b. Jessy, beat Mr. Lumleyts cast Mr. Fox's blk. b., Elisabeth, beat Mr. Lcswilser's Haruki Mr. Best's black dog, p. Tickler, beat Sir J. Jolutone'sblatard *bite bitch, Patel,. hfr. Best's red d. p. Striver, beat Sir J. Johnstone's bl. b. Lam Sweepstakes of See soy. each, to be ran in Classes on Tuesday isa Thursday, B. F.—beeood Claas. Mr. Lumley's blue bitch, Jessy,bcat Mr. Vansittares bbsebitek Nimble.—The Sweepstak e s won liy Jessy. , Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each, to be run in Classes nit Tersday a nd Thursday, B.P.•far puppies--Secand Class. • Mr. Lumley's dint dog, s l)octor, beat Mr. Beu's M. bitch, Gazelle. Ttie Sweepstakes won by Doctor. Sweepstakes of 5 goys'. each, for puppies, to be run in Classes se. Thursday and Friday.— Fir-t Class. "Var. ltrei black dog, Gelert, beat General Bosvilte's IfKlager:' • Mr. Vansittort's blue bitch, Nike, beat Mr. lanwther's blatt bit* • .rlayftd. . Sweepstake of Cloys. each, terbe ran in Classes on l 4 .1 • _ . •, • • PridayFirst Chit. Mr. Lismley's black dog, Clermont, beat Sir J. Johnsbnei brae ' and White dog Stookey. Mr. Best's red dog, The . 31alkeasso, .beat Mr. I.owtheet red, dig, Waveilety. ,•• BOXERS. There was a meeting at the Fivia',Court yesterday, for thelests fit of Craztirk • Ile is a known gobs! Professor, anilitis he'nertros a reward due to pugilisti c tal e nt. Alt t h e fighting men werepr. sent, and the combatants of the,former day's play were there Ass. The sparring was airoggther a secoudacy epusideratiam. }b,4, Hudson and Ward met, and there was nothing but a welcome system. It was all w The land we live'in," and the t oasts Oa f appropriate to the milling Fahey, the great Ciptain, and the Kin t. The heads Of "both men were wpapped up. The punishment:Seas not so severe as the time of display ieetned to shew. Lots of cla ret in reakity crowned the day's play. Crawley had a pumper. _ MAU: WRUSTLERS. Lately a match at wrestling took place in a stack-yard.neat Great Stainton. The combatants were two athletic womus, wits after displaying several manceavres with astonishing triremes, lsil each other head and beets on th!♦ ground, whence they vett Tata in a state of insansibilitq, and for several minutes their reviver was doubtful. GOLF. The Seotscraig Golf Club held their autumn meeting no Tues. day the 28th ult. when. Major Playfair, of 'the Honourable Fat India Company's Bengal Eitablishment, was elected Captain fit the ensuing year. Saturday was shot, by Mr. l',WEinc..s, in a. field nest Weyhill, belonging to Gaoitca JSTIOSZOS, Esq. a beautiful Barbary partridge, having red legs, a red•beak, a blue breast, As back brown, round the neck a beautiful variegated riot; under ths wings the colour is a tortoiseaheli . The Duke of Atboll has presentee to thc Royal Borderer, tionelin Ennis, a beautiful seas, frost the forest of Mar. This Si animal has arrived at the headmpsertens of the regiment, 'minis* tained a slight injury on the tips of his bonus. 0. 0 • • • FATAL ACIIMINT.—Monday se'nnight, a - ilimi.ta4 betw'een five and six years of age, went into die Sata ten's Head Inn, Gloucester, to offer matches for salt; and as he was turning round the end of the settleinpe kitchen, he came violently in contact with .the servo[; girl, who was corning from the fire with a large saute pan of boiling water, by which means the contentsane thrown over him, and he was scalded so dreadfully as to occasion his death. Snch is the effect of perseverance and industry in the science of Medicine, that great numbers many of whourbad lingered under the most painful and , obsanate disorders, .akv were pronounced incurable by respectable practioners, ad Mad .lischarged from Hospitals, have been restored to perfect heddthf the celebrated Dr. EADY, who, after a long and laborious ra tite, is enabled to remove the most obstinate Venereal Combats. however long and deeply fixed in the habit.—Erßytioas. Ma& the Limbs, obstinate Gleets, Dimness of. Sight, Nodes sit dik ebb bones, Ulceration , and Sore Th a roats, nt among the symptaao arising out of improper treatment, and which without timely It. istance prove fatal. The Doctor is consulted daily by patieth both sexes, at 58. Dean -street, Soho, and 1, Hatfield-army Ili& ford -street, Blackfriars and' Waterloo Raids, by persons front eery part of the country, and by l'etter (if post paid) enclosing a fee!, • • • _• ' DIET). Thursday, atWernouth, Cal. Chlelitsterof.Arlington, • Sunday,. at lirookinans, aged us, the James Aj a Monday. in Pratt:street, Lsambothi , aged Si, Watti, widow of Cagnala Walter Watts, /I.N. _ . On the sd of November, at C a rd eran , Mir BouidesslitY2 after a long and painful illness wuith idsebore'vrith'un 41 ' renity of mind, piety, and reeeisethi li -ligOrs o phla Eternising. e_ • • v . : n ips at Mar k et, • Slilps S o ld.' . - I .; tile.room s cluing, naciustve VI urn ItirlilLl.4 l VPIJA“ , aVa- sae woman pleaoca mat trona antreas sos was com pelled .to go Unusually po als n o dih. tint hsh. lietween soo, and 400 w e i g h t ~_. Co4,l4kiltifKitT. N.0vg54311,11,1a, . ~ Ili a-year. There was a full bench of Magistrates, case was determined by a . majority I vote only,. aggoaer of Sir i Inav Titir.s;jAY Pvening, aS the w ity o. one and the Oxasnobt, Bart. of Droome,_ was on his journel hisme- • =used wards from Canterbury, he was seized by a ootpads about collecting booca and tags, and that while searching for these, Sliding a cinkr or tWo, had pht them also Into her lap, thinking to [Hake a bit of fi re With them on getting home. )fir. Se • t .Sutou refused to convict in sent, aid ' • her with a cautin!t• WORSHIP-STREET. -• 3 (13. i ' • Of large eels were at the same timertaken in - the, obi' l'Vlsv. • ..,,', a . ' .. - '' ''' . ' al - - ink od.liiettw, such a uswes4he law . The Re n w h er h e s nd d Wi lhltr betn ..t4Ae fishga titws, l° w r h te cs a pe .Ye e a aebetti• TlL P n ' t v iit.. ' 1 tt - T ,lgi3C4 S e oteagl eo li ±:,1 2 , : ; 0111 :ic „ - c•-: . ilf k g. li , ::'. ;461 .44 =W ei ll • —,---....____. j . c ., . re s. Ode ~ , James's Church, .Piec.atlilly, pu•S t p%.4, l4 . ma ni l a& k om . r ~ ~ , • P-.- • • f' 7 . i • VIC te 4 l t ."," 0 0011 , mike a mock at "in s " A Prifebi du. xiir " .. ' . :".' 1: - . '' IL ."-- 1 i1a " ... who jtimped . from the, hedge*nd dentaßcleill n iis mmieyi pußue.m __ _ In the act of dQing so .the waggoner fylt, via t h e w heel of the seqgon passedsmer his body without doing him ~,„,, 0 wiw ate : I I any .r4teraai injiiiy : he regained his legs, ensued; .and the villain, on .beiring one of. the coaches Dose moot THJC WOOLCOSIItiIIe Aar.— is Mee wt. • when a scuffle on a thron ba se a d ut to eicess H yes oisn t e e a r , da o y e , in o nam osa atroa qc iseeth e4 amiere4. •94 t ha • protracted eth Yer.) Imintitip la- WPrialino and *Went 1 , --) fr 1 •.:. :ti VI t 3'; ~., faill.." ' AP 4 4 . NOM .• "T it ral D hn ehnly n n e e r yi . W fa b f kk iarDp ." CleeP li ' Or li = " 4 lle: je ll :Li rat' bad . Tuer itCrficd use - y an . d . Jenny . ..:13 a 2 il l '' 3 ir1ie 24 2 14.11;441.... n r"l " mil :)1.j;v o l LE 4"11114 ' 7 bsi' • • ty, o 41 COM II 4 eornpluly, and a scornful disregaridqr ragtime* dirtier. IL BaTiut Ea+ I:" a boat Cleciao9.. ..' . that the unparalleled strocialy atdaideed. indi •ii fess{ ll g igps. ' eteg tj elt,aL ar. A • ..' * ''' - 1 IPI --.....-.11.- Iliall (." 'Ai "I- 4 The infurmattonwaa .e lat . d 17 1 Firby, the informa=ll la t h e eat i ep o . vaa4 dommogrA.gainkun . ma _,_ : 4: : : ••-•••••• -' •' "‘ To . OW 0.. • &0.......w gr 114 ;laril - approiChing the spot, 'decamped, without having sue- that he went into the t i l d aan !bit house °° the "th" 9 . b e y on d u it °t h em t 4 Ly ' laity us e' hurt • 7 w" , C'') 4iteit (3; Sit`t lia/fl. Q•• - • ii;:: , 1 14'. ' ' drapk a pint or goner, the nouse "rosin every resphatlike gi ahanauta m h ra i m i tmt , • , f . , ~ . _,. , 3 est, r' ' tended in his attempt: .. • . &public-house. • ' despair . and - -res' en' a" " dm- tc. retrieve asal. inobey, I 'MI , ti. • •... . thmtomet . : ••' . ' gull) uod.th *ai r that "of all the bans of marriage . Air. 114atatasolta Attorney, attootlod to argue poi:Keg Op la i e y ,- et d e l ll"att;,a__ ll QW-•' -' la °,) la' , )..: gin: 0 !. . . to praimilitoodt meow eoevoitteioa teevir t heafd9:ll:ne gire him half soinuch pleasure as the union of' part of the' deknce, and set up a right unkr the ,3 No. JIL imi s chrs -. wwegesko • . Meehiernovi . .r ; •%:loCit 7.;0 . 1/1161M■Ne denote .110%-ebOV y with good Joix-dory ." Iltp wit and.the'sehd- cap. 124, the defendant being the sclnia'z' wool f t fp,iprove an eaeneatne ,l l 7,ls, l " evi tret e llili viv t . tagth a __ i _ . t . nit - . . mint me equally worthy of the died of Apicius. ' - which he, put in the indenture of the defendentlrikkar, iltitaigkd pressed with the dreadful subject. - . 11-14141i t'Mr` 7is-771, Jt I • amitP . i '' 2.laiV 4 lttinsfei it, . . Wathartied Rime, whmktteer kind fdily years, sttidAha s t he *as the thitmatmedshers is. 1 Oa, dt, ThPilltha Murray, sleollierf*totos,produced the yletfenclanes re. ,gister of baptism, provi9g* was the legitimate, son of the man nannid in the indenture. Hassan now contended thedefendant was net liable to con. victiothliainsuch aelhe law authorised him to pursue any trade in any town hi Greet Britain, the Univerakies excepted, without being subject to the penal statutes, end that in case of complak it ought to come from the Excise or Customs. - The Magistrate considered the proof of his being the son of a wool comber had not exempted kirn, and tharunder cap. lilt of the same Act, he was liable to conviction. He therefore convicted him, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 410. Mr. Haspasa instantly served the clerk with notice of appeal, and the defendant entered into theselial recognhance. The case is to go to the Court of King's Bench. ifiga Cou'it 1 ,11) . 14 ' I:IIdLTY. THE t sissis matstx. This was in application for a decree of costs. OonsoN briefly stated the circumstances under which it was made. On the 29th of June last, ope Herring applied at.the office of Mr. Watson, a Proctor, for professional assistance in recovering wages due to him, for services as a' seaman on board the New Phi& nix. The Proctor's clerk wrote theletter ' usually ad-' dressed - on such occasions to owners, and made the claim. On the 30th, the Master attended at the office of Mr. Watson's desk, and offered to pay the sum of I/. Is. 4d. as the amount or wages due to Herring; but he refused to 'pay the usual and accustomed fee of lOs. 4d. which was charged by Mr. Watson's clerk, as the cost of making such claim. The Proctor then waited on the Master. and informed him that if he per sisted in his refusal, ,an action would be entered agaitist him for the 10s. 4ct An action was entered accord ingly, and then the Master declined to settle the coati, :but tendered the wages. The clerk of the adverie Proctor then attended Mr. Watson, or rather his des k—. Lord Srowgtt..-4 am sorry to find the clerks thus 'interfering bere on both sides. Why don't Proctors themselves' attend to such cases ? Dr.DODSos.—the Captain theti °toed' the 10s. td. and the wages; bit refused to,yiar me - rurthe K expenses. incurred. The Proctor for the Master (Mr. Addams) wrote aletter, to Mr. Waiscn, infortnirig')l4ll that he should bring his conclitet Under tho ficalse oflhetpurt, the next eourt.day,.. On receipt of this initinasipn l Mr. Watson% df s k 'applied tb Messrs. Addams and Co. bet ging.that the matter Might* postponed till the out Court-day, astir. Watson hirilself was onto!` town, WI would be back dating the week, Thii.reqnest wa* re fuse4.l, an .the . !natter wits brouit on at the next Court. It had become quite necessary for Mr. Watson's justib• cation, that it should be heard as'soon as possible; and indeed the conduct of Messrs. Addanisanil Cp. had pity it out of the po u rer of Mr. NV iltson to settle the :muter, on behalf of his.cliestt, quietly out of doors. After the affidavits .should have been lead, which were pow brought into . Court on both sides, t . the learned Counsel Would move the Judge to.condeam tMr. aliddums in the costs o this petition, and also in are wbieh had been incurred in the recovery of the wages. He (Dr ? )0-. son) was sorry to be thus obliged to occupy so much the Court's time. Dr. JESNE ADAMS S.lld, he would, after the affidavit had heza heard, stklartit that the conduct of Mr. Watson had been highly uujustitsble, Lord §rowata. a.)ked whether this matter had been referred to the registrar for his opinion ? It was a ques tion much more fit to be brought befre hips than be fOre.the Court ; and at anrrate the Court would have' the ,benefit of his judment, if it shook ! appear to him, that according to t Tie pr,acuce.of the Admiralty this charge and these Wages were due, doubtless they would befatd ; if not, the Registrar's- deteemtitation ought to suffice. The Court then animadverted on the nature of the affidavics,which principallY detailed cgnvecsations and meetings between clerks. Tile Court would listen only to piincipals; and time seas Hot to be taken up in listening to these cases, where the question etissue was the sum of half-a-guinea.' The matter was then referred to the Registrar. GUN BOATC--NNMES. oustNywxt-i--(l, 2,3.) . TIVe . Tulin s ADVOCATE Obtained the capes decree for head money en the destruction of three ebonies sup. boats' each having a coniplemeta 0175 me% in thereat 1 . 611, by the boats of his Atifetty . % •I•fritspur r 'cap tarn Percy. These vessels formed part, of a French 3°6113, which was anchored in a little harbour near the rocks of Calvados, not far. from Cherborg. The ene my.% batteries, under the guns of Which they were rid ing, severely annoyed the captors, whose vessel took the shore when within half gun-shot of the forts. The gun boats' crews escaped or were drowned ; two of the boats being run on shore . and 'destroyed, and a third sunk.— Head money decreed. A numition was' - obtained against the master of a merchantman belonging t4S Smith' Shields, fur having on the 24th of January lasrhoilied :a blue royal ensign in port. The Captain of his Majesty's ship Niemen, ob serving the merchantman without any colours, sent his Lieutenant on board, who desired the master to hoist one. The blue ensign was run up, the excuse being that they had no other on board.—Monition grouted. The present Earl of AninciewAtett was. the only Englishman not gonsi . gnstd; to Verdun, after thelupture of the Treaty , of /Smelts, and the occasion was•this The first English barouche arrived in loiriv". 4) . 1802. Jose?trrxe saw, and admired it. The .liev. lissav FRANcis, like 4s gallap; man, presented:it to the Em press. " Her great failing," said NAPO*BOII. " is, that she will accept avjeting." In 1803, Mr. Eosasrott was waited upon by an escort; he sent a-message to.J.oss- PHLNe; she interceded, wJ he was allowed to remain. Thursday last, a popd. at . Ftlbridge Waters, near East Grinstead, on the estate cid). Hon. Q. C. C.:Jati- KINiON, was fished, and. 236 pikes take*, all of large size, and many of them weighing 181 bi. .oack: The number of carp and tench, in consequent:it:ache devat tation these leviathans of the lake had made,.*as very inconsiderable,..not more than 30 brace of the former, and 60 brace of the latter„beiag caught,liot du** r oe also unusually fine : fish. Between 300 and 400 Weight 4 INsotvEmr I)PBTORS COURT. ' Yeiterda'y //sae. Gikad CrShaunessey, the celebtaiN fencing -master, applied for his discharge, %chick if t , HEATH opposed on behalf of Messrs. Carter, A nvk Brown, Ausender, and others, a il respectable trA4tt men, principally.jeweHers o silversmiths, &c. of ~ the insolvesit had, in the s p ace o f two months, obt 4 goads to the amount of neatly 7001. From a very lo ng exam i na ti on , w hi c h presented feature of peculiar . iaterest, it appeared that the.ie*, vent obtained property by falsely representingbi nmi as possessed of cfrtatin sums of money, and that he 11 1 ,1 been engaged in bill- transactions of very stispiti k , charsreter ; and further, his actount of the mannerie which he had disposed of his property was conside.ej extremely unsatisfactory and improbable by the 0140., He was sentenced to be confineJ eighteen calms months within the walls of the, prison. ••• - • SPOIITING" 17f7'f.LL,IGENCE. • HUNTING. • The North. Somerset Foxhoands meet nn Friday at Leigh rook and on Monday at Illber. Thy Earl of Derby's Stag hound* do not take the field Is Rum ? this season quite so soon as usual. They leave Lanershireaa d ie lath inst. so that about the 20th Gentlemen may be lookint on: ky a gallop. Thelthorses must be well tip to the mark, as the cinittil rides very heavy after the Lite rains. • • BIRTH. Oct: 1, at Constantinople, the 'Lady of the Rev. IL IA Will of a daughter. _ - • MARRIED. At Plisnouds, on the 11th instant Mt. Jane, chant, of that place ; to Harriet Idasi; Rowe, way late Mr. WM. Ro w e , Mercer, Plymouth A:a. At Barnstaple, C. E. Palmer, Esq. solicitor, of that p Fanny, yopu6st daughter of the late Rev. Win. Edition Of Northam and Rector of Newton Tracey, Orrin. - e