The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-17 00:00:00

ROBERT BURNS. • .001( ft.4TES I.V SIiEFFIELP At the late public meeting on the subject of the bur throe areimmlate,l upon the rat e -pay ers by the progress ..e .L: . •. • • • roe NOW ago as oar tate ning, lived happily in a unit rime stab near fifty years, and he survived the l'ountess only two months. They were " united in life, no:- ll• rotted by death." The Earl served in the Am er i can nr.r (as Colonel Howard) with honour; and was a coa st nt attendant in the House of Peers, until a short time before his death. His integrity throigh a long life was nnitnpeachable, and his virtue inflexible ; a promoter of the int arts, anal a sincere Christian. Lady Suffolk was Tort sopentsel by her frienolo, who knew her best, as her irtYM ieot obtrusive ; but if purity of heart, true benevolence to her fellow beings, and a sera - of her duty to flop, are justly anore enforce the 'precepts they received by her own example, to make them happy in this world, and secure their interests in the world to come. The Will of the Right Hon. Barham, Countess Dow . .. . . wet of Shafteabory, ieliet of Anthony Ashley, the late was roved in Doctors' Commons on the tith ult., br flb• Right Hon. rropley Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury (ilet brother-in-law), the sole executor. Her Ladyship died Aptil last, at Florence. Her daughter, Lady Barbera Ponsonby, and any children she m.ty hare, are entgenyelle 11res bag Barbara. and all the re asa HenryH iesloe to Augustus Webb, son of Sir Thomas Webb, Bart., who has also a legacy of 10001. To the present Berl of Shaftesbury and his descendants are left ,three silver Genoese vases and dishes, to be preserved as family plate, with all her diamonds and jewels, which are to descend in like manner. His Lordship is also made residuary legatee. The personal estate is sworn amass 80,0001. The will is dated the 20th August, 1017. (hat..—On Monday morning Lieutenant C. of the ' Army, and Captain De B. of the Patriot service, met at BallYharniere, near this town, to decide an affair of ho nour, as theme rencontres are technically called. They were accompanied bv their respective seconds and a sur geon. Home delay !melee taken place in the arrange events, the affair bitleb known, and many people assembled at ilk viset 'no - 1 •-•wever, final!' _ ..e ground was, howevv. ... 'simmered, Net the peed,' took their station ; asd on the Orval being gives of dropping a hat, t , both Bred, wittiest farther elect, ai we are infor, than that Lieatinant C.'s ball tore fart of the sleeve of the Cep. tale's met. It Nitrite,* said, that Capt. De B. was slightly womitiod is theolkow ; bat we have the autho rity of his second for seyleg, that there is no foundation r atwt for the • The meads were proceeding to charge 1 the again, wham, fortunately. a Magi s tr a te hu tsne Is is ray nd, aid the parties dispersed.—( BeYisat 1 Chreeiele) YORTONATI RICA Pc—On Sunday last, fonr Ladles, as we are informed, belonging to the family of J. Singer, *sq. of Aenadale, were proceeding in an inside pleat ing -car to church, when the hone suddenly leaped over the Text /ow battlement (or rather no battlement) of )itillybough-bridge, exactly where the river is deepest; the Rood was very rapid, and the title at its fell height. The hone, for some moments, hung suspended in the air, being balanced by the car. At length, both Audis and traces broke, aid the horse fell from a great height I into the current, carrying the servant with him. AP. though several persons were on the bridge, they were tented, by terror, from rendering the least assistaece ; _ horse swam to the shore; the servant was so leaf %%der iraiorthat a considerable time e i l , a , s before bar& riveted. Th e Ladle, escaped ashen.deeply isilgr with a row of the interposition of ear s la' r ' Correepeoselar, Feb. it) The following song, composed by Mr. Boswell, of Auchinleck, was snng by him, with great power and Of souls so congenial, and wanted with such lire, The wild flow or fancy in ecstasy greeting. Ah! what might hare beet the bold notes of his lyre ? ills bosom had sward to your cheering reply ; oft sympathy soothing the bean that was troubled• A smile for his mirth—for his sorrow a sigh. Admied, but uoairled, bow dark was his story ; His struggles we know. sod his efforts we prize From murky neglect. as the dame lamest, to glory. Ile rose, self-embalmed, sad detraction defies. A ploughman he was.—would that smiles of false favour Ilad never decoyed him from home aid his team, And taught all his hopes and his wishes to waver, Aod snatch* milt), loft him—a dream. To took and to title, due deference owing, We bow, ai befitting society's plan; Rut, judgment awaken'd, and sympathy glowing. We pass all distinctions, and rest upon—Mau. And. from the poor hind, who, his day's task completed, With indindr's pride to his hotel return-, To him, who in itualty's splendour seated, If soul Independent be found liras in Burns. His birth-right, his Muse I like the lark In the morning, How blithely lie earroll'd In praise of the fair : With nature enrapter'd, and artifice scorning. flow oweet were his notes on tlw banks of the :1),r! • And near to that spot where his kindred dust slumbers, And mar►'d by the Hard on the tablets or fame. And near the thateh'd shed where he first lisp'll in numbers. We'll raise a proud tribute to honour his name. SHERIFF'S COURT, PRESTON. ?Lamm; P. CHAPMAN. Saturday this cue came on before J. WiLson, Esq. Under Sheriff. The plaintiff was the treasnrer appointed under the Act for paring, lightiug, and watching the town of Manchester t and the defendant was the printer of The Manchester Meerrer. The action was for several libels, pabliabed in that paper, in the beginning of the yawl 1819, charging the plaintiff with bribery, dishonesty', and peculation, in his office of treasurer; and also with Atheism. The defendant bad suffered judgment to go by default, and the case now came on for the purpose of assessing the damages. Mr. FELL appeared as Advocate for the plaintiff, and Mr: B. Lonna attended there, as was said, on the part of the defendant, and took notes, bet did not appear pub licly to take any part in the proceedings. Mr. Fell, having detailed the case to the Jury, and given evidence of the situation and circumstances of the parties, be nest proceeded, in the way of aggravation, to *bow that even th• libels were false, anal that the defendant must have known them to be so, and gave in evidence the pro ceeding* of the Conunissioners of the town, in which it appeared that votes of thanks to the plaintiff bad been, from time to time, passed for his gratuitous and faithful services; that the defendant attended seine of those meet- ings as a l'uniinimiuner, and had signed some of tie vuteii of thank,. Mr. Wit.sum summed up, and left the case to the Jury, to give such damages as they thought it merited. The Jury retired, and tonic with them the papers con taining the lapels, and after remaining scale time to grtber, returned, and gave in their verdict for 250/. da- usages. POLICR. /011,1111ABLIE GANG or II ENDOW-MI[IICW IN THE CITT. MANSION-HIWSII.—A riling thief, named Wall, was charged at this office, hy a watch-maker, with having starred his window for the purpose of robbing his shop, at five in the evening. Hi% window bad been broken a week before by a gang of young thieves, of whom lir believed the prisoner to 1w one. Ili. wife haring seen the attempt, prevented anv further mischief. A short time ago he hail been robbed of a watch worth five gui neas by some of the gang., who rot his window, with the greatest ease, with a common knife. Upon this lle• caajun he followed the prison/ r, and watched him as fur as llountbillitcli, where the boy went op to a stationer's shop, anti in an instant cut a great pi e ce of the wind ow without the least noise. Mr. Kelly, of Hound's!itch, stationer * stated that his window had been cut, hut that he Isa , l lost nothing. Forrester, the officer, said the prisoner was oue of us gang thrt infested Fish-street-hill, in the rki;;lsbour hood of which they destroyed nightly hour or bye win dows, and pillared the shops. All the officers 'mold do was ineffectual in checking the depredations by young' thieves. After the witness hal lorkell up the prisoner he retarned to the watch-maker's house, and hoard that the windows had been starred in his absence. The prisoner wa• rept to the House of Correction, where he is to be placed in solitary confinement. CAUTION TO ILLOCOLT LADIES. NOW•STaErr.—•-MillS 4 'ally, nn the verge of 60, residing in i distant' part of Middlesex, came to this, It Office the other day, accompanied by her niece, a bloom ing girl of 17, and intimated, that Fite bad an affair of rather a delicate nature buy before the Ma rate, upon which she sl m ald retpure his advise 1101giSt. end'. The Magiatrate teutureil her she might rely upon re~eiviug svery possible assistance from him, sad desired tote actutainted with the subject. moinsthat tudgsrrasseci, said, she was under tl e necessity; 01 applying for a warrant to apprehend a rising man of soate reapertability for obtaining no less a satyr than 2501. under a false pretence. Magistrate.—" What was the false pretence, Ma -1 dim ?" Miss W.—(simperingly.)—u .1/menage, Sir." Magistrate.—" With this your; lady, I presume." übli, dear, no, Sir, not me," said the blushing girl, osoilestly retiring behind her aunt. Magistrate.—(To Miss Are yen then the per son who has been deceived by th e y ou n g man f" The elderly lady, in great confusion, said it unfortu nately was so, and related the circumstances of her case. She had known the young man in question for a con siderahle time, and he had insinuated himself so deeply into her good grac es by hi s warns professions of regard. that the was induced to believe him really stricken with her, notwithstanding the great disparity of years. He had long solicited her to make him happy, and hearing In mind the old adage, u better late than never," she at length consented. The preliminary arrangements were completed, and the day fixed, and she verily believed that no earthly power mold turn aside the current of her good fortune. But, alas ! such is the " mutability of human affairs," that, notwithstanding all her caution and all her confidence, slie,was deceived—basely de ceived ! Under pretence of Ktiking some necessary pur chases, he prevailed upon her to ashes.', hips 4504 and from that moment that he obtainNi it, he became an altered man. Be was no longer the doting lover, bat was peevish and distant ; and having expended some of her money in the ?whose of dogs and horses, he spec the whole of his time between the field and the tavern. i In short, after *considerable delay, he hail the effrontery to derlare of the match altogether! Such treatment, she thought, was not to be borne in a Christian country, anal she trusted the Magistrate would issue his warrant, 'ltt order that the offender might be punished. The Magistrate, kindly condoling with the lady on the loss of her money, nisseived; that it was base Weed so to trifle with the feelings of a laity, and especially one of her years, and he certainly thought it a case strongly i demanding the int er f erence o f t h e l aw. A warrant was issued, an d an of fi cer dispatched in I search of the gay deceiver, but he was not to he found; and it was subseqttently ascertained, that having got scent of the hostile intentions of the lady, lie had scraped Itis few matters together, and taken a hasty departure I for the Continent. The offender, therefore, has at minus her 2501., and a living example to all aged spinsters. I • e (FROM Tilt WINING corasar) Between three and four o'clock on Tuesday • the extensive premises in Lychee, which lately bol as to James Paterson, manufact urer, wer e enveleter,„ names. The first burst out in three different Nary the premises at one time, —in the manufarto ri ; principal dwelling-house, separated fro m i t bit lak" t i t i lze w, th p a i n ac t ed wen a t t y a fee c . t t m i t g i m br er ea gb d i ch g; raena,:eirndtihsetalinereelikalfriii both. Is a short time, the roofs and greater pa rt ,' floors of these hoilnintrs, with the straw is the li ft yarn behind the heckling-bowie, were d estroy , i. erene of the Dundee Asatiranee t: pany, nailer t 4 charge of the Superintemlant, havi ng been oMaiaN soon as possible, continued to play till there was me i " to hope or fear. The supply of water was but s em , and the Saperititenelant reports, that though there,' soil a few active individuals, set . . whol _ . .. .. &I 01 , t. : ;.• 4. , ..4111Aa... L...... a. .. 51a...:.......t .06. .. .. _ . . . - . . • - • ' • THE Sif ATE& AN. • ..-----err-;:.....--. . OOK RATES I.NT SHEFFIELP. ROBERT BI'ILVS. . SHERIFF'S COURT, PRESTON. WILFUL FIRES. _.....-_ _ At the late !while m ee ti ng on t h e subject of the bur-, The following s on g , com p ose d by M r . Boswell, of ransom; ta CHAPMAN. (PROM THR IDINDURGR WININ G COCSART.) , throe aceiminlated upon the rat e -pay ers by the progress .luchinleck, was sang by hum, with great power andSaturd ay !lsis case cause on before J. ll'iasos, Esq. Between three and four o' c l oc k on T unas , aof Pauperism, in this to w n, it was eatim.,iell by the ?lima, at the dinn er g i ven on th e an ni ve rs a ry of Burns, U nd e r Sheriff . the extensive premises in Lychee, which lateferesfiatig‘ The plaintiff was the treasurer appointed under thel to James Paterson, manufacturer, were envrio . 11 1 over/awes, that their expenses, for .the maintenance of at .Iyr, after laying the foundation-aloes. of' the mono- P"s n filmes The first burst out in three differ the Pour this year, wou ld reac h F orrr y THocsvin spent to the memory of the hard, at Allows Kirk :- Act for paving, lightin , and watchyng the totteof . . . -in the „, wa g Manchester 1 and the defendant was the printer to The l the premises at one time, 1 Pocens. From an authentic record, which lies before Vain thought! but had Buns ever witnsss ' d a minting Mansheetrr Oloserrer. The action w a s for several libelsi principal dwelling-house, separated from it bi t l as , - . 41 na. we copy a few memoranda of the disbursements on Of souls so congenial, and warmed with such ire, nrat.ishrearti'ng p b a rr e i y i , oh u t ad iinier i : ,I 4 . this account, in former years ; by the very first line of The wild flow of fancy in ecstasy greeting. pabliabed in that paper, in the beginning of the year more than twenty fret io breadth ; and in the herat 2f 1819, charging . the . plaintiff with bribery, dishonesty.' house placed at a considerably greater di staa - 7 which, it' will be seen that, thirty-five years ago. these Ah! what might have beea the bold notes of his lyre ? dalso rill ' 1 time, the 4 re fill expenses were scarcely one fourteenth part of their and peculation, to his office of treasurer ; am w t both. a a short As rays by reflection are doubled and doubled. Atheism. The defendant h a d suffered judgment to go floors of these buildings, with the straw in the l iso , 1 sermon now ! His bosom had sward to your cheering reply ; by default, and the ease now came on for the purpose of yard behind the heckling-bowie, were d ea r rotoi Tit e. • P eon Rates collected in the Township of Sheffield:- • Roft eympattiv soothing the heart that was troubled- sasessiag the damages. In 1795 - .(2.754 19 3 A smile for his mirth-for his sorrow a sigh. 1790 16 6 soon as possible, continued to play till there was wo o .. char g e of the t t h h e e S it u fl p n e d r ee inte A nri: 1795 - 4,846 2 1 Admiral, but uosirted. bow dark was his story ; Mr. FELL appeared as Advocate for the plaintiff, and His struggle.' we know, and his efforts we 'wile t Alr:E. Lorma attended there, as MRS said, on the part of l the defendant, and took notes, but dial not appear pub- to hope or fear. The supply of water was but w ash - IMO - 7.074 410 From murky neglect. as the flame bents to glory. Rely to take any part iu the proceedings. Mr. Fell. and the Superintendent repots, that thongh ther e 1; many spectators, and a few active individuals, yo l ra 181P2 - 14.349 3 9 Ile rose, aelf-embained, and detraction defies. 1905 - 8,613 19 9 1805 - 9,742 4 2 having detailed the case to the Jury, and given evidence A ploughman he was :-would that smiles of false favour of the situation and circumstances of the parties, he newt the whole he never saw men " more unwilling to wok . 1108 - 12,54 I 14 1 taill never decoyed him from home and his team, proceeded, in the way of aggravation, to show that even The women, however, diatinguisheil Ilteallelve k H . the late occasion in Dundee, by their indefatigabl e -- • And taught all his hopes and his wishes to waver, 1910 - 15,102 1 0 Pee '` And snateltiog reset), loft him-a dream. as• libels were false, and that the defendant must have known theist to be so, and gave in evidence the ro- wreranee. 1812 - 16,137 2 1 1813 - 25,741 19 8 To rook and to title, due deference owing.. The village was again alarmed by the discovery ~t ' ',I • 1814 - 20,452 10 a We bow, av befitting society's plan; ceedinge of the Commissioners of the town, in which it appeared that votes of thanks to the plaintiff bad been. mew fire in the same quarter, between one and is, the morning of Wednesday. The working nteasik. .. 1811 - 16,111/9 17 6 Rut. judgment awski•nal, and sympathy glowing. • We pass all distinctions, and rest upon-Man. from time to time, passed for his gratuitous and faithful services; that the defendant attended som e of those meet- all the property saved from the fi rst coullagrafia e , 1817 - 22,275 0 ti 1818 - 30,303 2 0 And • from the poor hind, who, his day's task complet e d, ings as a Cuimuissioner. said had signed softie of the been put into a large adjoining house. Thi s ISI9 - 21.759 8 3 With industry's pride to his hovel returns, ‘utes of thanks. with every thing in it which could be igniter!, To hint, whir in Huy alty's splendour Is seated, Mr. Wi ague summed ap, and left the case to the Jery. apeedily commuted. The fire-engiue attended as hel m • The Coanty- Rates, in 1814, amounted to 2 4 51. ills, 6d. In 1418 they were 1,087/. 136.7 d.; in 1819,1,4a6/. 45.9 d. If soul independent be found 'twas is Duras. to givesuch damages as they thought it merited. but it could be of no use. and for the present yea r , en di ng at E aster nest, the Hie birth-right. his Muse! like the lark Is the mornin g . The Jury retired, and toolt with them the papers con. Th ere i s strong re :son f or suspecting that these a i Overseers have paid 1,60111. Th is i s a itte l anc h ols and How blithely lie earroll'd In praise of tits fair : tamping the libel s , and a ft er rema i n i ng s ome ti me to- have been wilfully r a is e d. Non e o f the houses • idarmiapr ler ,as the principal part of the Countr- With mature ea ra pt ur 'd, an d artifice scorning, g r tb er , retu r n e d, an d gave i n th e ir ver dict for 250/. da- h a bit e d ;i n none o f t h em was fi re used; new g , Rate is expended in the maintenance of the Wakefir d floeoweet were his note s on ti w b an k s o f t h e .' i r ! maps, were even shut op; and we have remarked, that, es . -.* !lona of Correction for the West Riding, and the pro- And near to that spot where Ilia kindred dust slumbers, fir oenr.on, where there were no visible a 5.... • ' secittion of felons and other offenders. And mark'd by the Hard on the tablets of fame. POLICE. cm. nninnication, the flames burst from the interim And near the thateb'd shed where be first lisp' in numbers, 'lire,. different and widely separated buildings at em s In Briehteide Bierlow, the Poor Rates, in 1814, were-- - . : 3;003/. 14e. &I.; in 1819, 3,453/. Iss. 10d. lit Atter- We'll raise a proud tribute to honour his name. VOIIIIIMADLE GANG or SI IN now-nacmcaas IN THE CITY. :Irlie Procurator-fiscal of the county came from Fad e ,- cliff', in 1814, they were 2,131/. 15s. 9.1.; anal in lal9. ----- - - itlaxsins-Horse . -A young thief, named Wall, was f hnretiay, to lead a precognition, at the instances/ .. • 1,992/. Ills. Thus, la a period, during which the burthena WALTER SCO7'l'. charged at this office, by a watch-maker, with having Dundee Assurance Company, who had taken as sureties. on the premi , extent, s said, -of the Township of Sheffield hare been doubled, those of — a .- remises, to the it i ' two of the most populous adjoining hamlets have been starred his window for the p ur p o se of robbing his shop, three thonsand fin hundred pounds. A Mr. O'Brie has p ubl is hed L etter, stating • that- at five in the evening. His window had been broken almost stationary. It is tree, we have no estimate of „ About a week before by a gang of young thieves, of whom be * their expeaditure for the present year, which probably three weeks n since, accident a placed before him believed the prisoner to for one. Ilis wife having seen FI R E AT SJIVR.V.4• the title pa g e of the l as t R omance b y t h e A tet h or cat i Mill greatly exceed th a t o f any f ormer year. the attempt, prevented any further mischief. A short -ate.-- ' Tinsley, a farming township, in 1814, raised 463/. lis.9d. Weverley of the existence of whirls hr 'had not till then ) and in 1110. 111 t kid. a sus pi c; ',. a . li e cast his eye over a few of its pages; time ago he had been roldred of a watch worth five gm- A letter front Messrs. Wilkie and Co. of Soo Tllnn: , ...4. Wilkin, and Cu. London, dated Smy rn a, Jo Frill and they served to explain sonic arubiguras circutnetan- netts hy mime of the gan, wo cut his window. ss ith r - - . ces anti a return to strangeness in the menner of his the . greatest ease, w i t h a common knife. Upon this ue• 0 I N A) r -, " An' a - l A ir:ii - ling fire broke eat yesterday menia l; •• I The Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, Commis- acquaintances. Ile determined to ask of Sir. { falter caapun he followed the prison/ r, and watched him as fi,- commenced in the Fruit linear, and owing to a • 1 sionera of Supply, and Heritors of the county of Scott an explanation . . The opinion a so circuits - as Hounibillitcli, where the boy went rep to a stationer's Dumbarton, at a Meeting held at Dumbarton. on stanred 'bight entertain of him, totally tru n knosva es he shop, arm in an instant cut a great piece of the window i f the southward, the II owing • g' 4 e from sto S l r. Walter Scutt, never evert lacing seen him bare. 'liter were chucked in sonar eseasnre by de I the 9lh current, voted an address of condolence to w; '• • ' - * M K witimut the least noise. l'it.tle and the larg e M • must, it was true, hr indifferent to him. One whom lon r. ell y, of Hoonlisilitch, stationer, stated that his new osque; but they tusks t' his Majesty, on the death of our late Sovereign. have never dirt may injure, he adds, but cannot insult. window had here cut, limit that he lied lost nothing. ruct i on round the Moralise towards the Turk . Toes, The orders for the removal of the military to a However, friends are lost by uncorrected muse Forrester, the officer, said the primmer was one of ti cmitintioal their progress even to the gates of the fed Fish-street-hill in the r. 4 alsbour- • - I - Deaneries adjoinieg your house. To give yea as' distance of three miles from the scene of el. - l ion tation : and lie had hoped to leave an unblemished gang that inft•s . for Members of Parliament, have been prepared name, as the lest portion he could bequeath his children, iof which they destroyed four or hve win- -•.... extent of-the damage, hoo, . . . nightly o r ~. 4 within the last bur days, and are now ready to be (In these points he is insensible." doves, arid 'alleged the ramps. All the officers could do w i t h the situ . " of the Bazars, we cannot do a was ineffectual in checking the depredations by young He than enidinUes— family than to say, tile: from the Fruit Bazar, std• issued at the War Offlee. This circumstance cur- iof thieve. After the witness hal lorkell up the prisoner On my arrival in London, 1 inquired at the house die-t roved, exempting two or three :retired nes (fi \ roborates the report of an immediate dissolution,lie returned to the watcli-maker ' s bowie, anal found that Ipublisher of " Works, where l • • 1 tme a . r. &coo s it th is to there is malting but a heap of ruins to the outer gsui The severe winter has been fatal to many aged pito- found. I was told he was in Scotland, pra hal y hi a, . his tim e windows bad , , the two Bazar s adjoining, wh e r e it s p rogress was ' pie. The Earl and Countess of S u ff o lk, wto were of place, about 4 0 miles from Edinbur g h. 1 wrote to hi m Ihe prisoner was sleet to the House of Correction, The bath is destroyed, with one mosque. The I+ • ' the same age as our late King, lived happily in a mar- a letter, of which the followi ng is • I• ' a cop), an, waited at where he is to he placed in solitary confinement. gate, the Calathea, arrived the day preceding, Wei rive state near fifty years, and he survived the Couritesis the house of a friend his answer. CAUTION TO KLIIIIRLT LADIES. Commandant lauded from her and the other rtes . '''• ' only two mouths. They were " united in life, nor . 11. Mr. Scott lies not vouchsafed a reply directly to 01r. NoW-Slier—Mills W--, 4 lady, on the verge of of war here, about 300 men. This is the mat • vorced by death." The Earl served in the American He ha s written to my friend, enjoining iiim mot to show 60. residing in i distant' part sof Middlesex, came to this which Mr. Montrabrier commanded at thetins tore (as Cokes.' Howard) with honour ; and was a coo- the letter, lint saying, as it appears, that never in his life Office the other day, accompanied by her niece, a bloom- house was burnt 1 and it is remarkable that she et rat attendant in the House of Peers, until a short time did he in any a.f his works point at a living character. in girl of 17, and intimated, that she bad an affair of arrive only one day before this fire. It is said the • uefore his death. His integrity through a long life was Thus the usatter stands. rather a &lino. nature to lay before the Magistrate, I sailors were eery active at the commencermeet slit ' .. • unimpeachable, and his virtue inflexible ; a promoter of I am, Sir, with great esteem, far. upon which she should reenter his advise sod assist.l They wished to destroy the enstom-hossam the Ilse arts, awl a sincere Christian. Lady Suffolk miss London, Jae. 1 4 1 tertt J. 011. , once. The Magistrate assured her she might rely upon Customer would nut agree to it, as he amead mkt most enacted by her friends, who knew her best, as her , 'earl viug every possible assistance (runs him, sad desired the meriting, that the moment any real damertaliV virtues meta .got obtrusive • but if purity Of heart, true (airy.) ... , toile aequainted with the subject. of is being destroyed by lire, be himself mistakes, -IramiSte, benevolence to her fellow beings , and a sera- Lendon,:len. 28,1)120. pu , illisa .. amasenbat t admrtassed. said. she was ander it, to horde thuuresrces of the flames. Mselated, elate bes scharge of her duty to diOno, are justly appr e - ata- If the opinion current h e r e b e Woe, that roe, le c hz fleet ...i ll ; ar - a - ppla i„ r or a warrant to apprehend a mewed at about two o ' c l oc k i n t h e morn i ng, m d . d, she must he esteemed as one of the excellent yeer romance of Isanlose, have put your se lf f orwar d as young man of sisee re-Tenability for obtaining no less for twelve hoer,. The retest of the lowa sad • upon the earth. It was ever her endeavour to dispense the champion of modern chivalry --of chivalry , whose a aa... than 2501, under a f a l,,, pretence. of property coameated eauuot be as yet wend's& happiness to every brand. of her family, and comfort to activity is slander, whose admires., to wound in the dark, alliagistrate.-" What was the false pretence, Ma- I we believe most a dse shopkeepers had tinsels • • all grossed her; not only to provide (Or their temporal and win...courage, nut to blush at a lie-1 am ready to d their property." .. - wants. bat provide instruction for the ignorant, and to accept your challenge. W.-(si . enforce the precepts they received by her own example, If in this h oo k y ou rea lly h ave meant to d es i gnate' Miss Magistrate.- o niperiegly.)-" .1/arriage, Sir." _ e: With this one; lady, I presume." Dosses et leasers neer Res. ... to make them happy in this world, and secure their me. the want of resemidanee in the portrait, and of truth s. am, d ear, no. Si r, not rue, " said die blushing girl, • interests in the world to come. Is the detail. are no reasons why 1 should nut demand sa- TOgy 14tore end joiessing wife. ..• .naculestly retiring heltitel her aunt. . • The Will of the Right Hon. Barbara, Countess Dow- tisfaction. 'fbe intention alone would constitute the of- illagistrare.-(To Alias W.)---'- ..re yore then the per- ' QOCRITES. by his discourse on a • wet of Shafteabary, relict of Anthony Ashley, the late fence. sou who has been deceived by the young man ?" 1.7 raptured his auditors with the subject, that i i lierl, was roved in Doctors' Commons on the 2411. ult., : If, on the contrary, yon are hut a simple novelist, free The elderly lady, in great confusion, said it unfortu- I Wes Seer to their wives, sad the betelselo It .by As Right Hon. Cropley Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury • from fraud or malice, von can have no objection to din- mutely was s o , and related the circumstances of her case. wedded ; and " The Spectator" has WI 'het lb • wife' wirer (imse brother-in-law), the sole executor. Her lmolyship i avow all individual allusion, and to give that disavowal she had haawn the entin matt in attesting , far a con. ' sacred lu m s o ti s t t u a try of marring el died In Aptil last, at Florence. Her daughter, lady 1 , a pablicity co-extensive with the utisatief your work eldership time, and he haslinsinuatei himself so deepriz The desi HIM of Lio n~ ' our npaymeet, teeming not „ s' Barbara Ponsonby, and any children sae m.ty have, are ' has produced to me. into her good graces by lois warm professions of rega po em s o li ea r th, b a t di s p os i ng the m a 1 1 „if to stated to be amply provided for by the will of the late My long persecutions and deeply wounded feelings, that the was induced to believe him really stricken with with bliss hereafter. • . i FAA. and by her grandfather, Sir John Webb, Hart.- gin me Cie right to propose you this alternative. bee, notwithstanding the great disparity of years. He Preloes, however, to eistering tato thLs believes! The testatrix , therefore, expresses her desire of disposing Tour answer will ttnd Inc at Gruenalown Cottage, Old- hail long solieited her to make him happy, and hearing lion, it becomes as Imperative duty, mot oily to ;of her property fur the benefit of other relations, friends, damn Somerset. whence 1 shall beaten, either to London in mind the obi adage, " butter late than never," she at Passions, but clanse the grosser nature from f sad servants : but it is first directed that the stock in the or to many place you may name within fi fty miles of it, l enoth „. omiented. • The preliminary arrangements were runt's-% which to tehe !endow of- uarestrieted Mail 5 per Cents. left by the late Earl after the Countess's and tat any appointed day, 7 re- ermopleted, and the day fixed, aul she verily believed 1 "STS SR tailed ou it. To the neglect of seek at _ dent to the said Lady barber' Ponsoaby, out of which quire. that no earthly power could turn aside the current of her ate Heatable many of those hapless instanees• whisk. f. 20.00111. have been advanced oo mortgage for the pay- , I am, Sir, Ise. J•ers O'Butaie. 1 they excite the enataiseratioe of the beholder, good fortune. But, alas ! such is the " mutability of impress Illei with the fear of self- eh. I meet of his debts , be made good of that deduction, and I To Walter Scott, Esq. human affairs," that, notwithstanding all her caution L uxur i ous habits will Abattoirs the body-e alms of any further sales that may be made thereout for I Care of Messrs. Constable and Co.. Edinburgh . and all her confidence, sin was deceived-bast/ de- the maples will relax the elastic fibre-het were 01 C the said Impose. All the plate marked with the cipher I G eeivel! Under pretence of /iking some necessary pur- does tbe premature latateation of you th too fresmeady • H. S.. and ea which the testatrix's arms, as a widow, are chases, he prevailed upon her to &dere , ' hies '504 and I promise the natural digaft_yjohaft state of insides, LI.VLITHGOIV. , wegepretl, a given to Lady Barbara, and all the re- from that moment that he obtained it, he became an lart="! tfte 4 -311 zes; wearer mere than doubts*. • antis*, to Hairy Augustus Webb, son of Sir Thomas ---ana-- altered man. Ile was no longer the doting lover, bat of relief. To all sad% then, we address ogranives. Webb, Bart., who has also a legacy of 10001. To the WAI:OR AND OTHERS V. Tits eanvoter, MAGISTRATES, was peevish and distant ; and having expended some of hope--msargy-muscular strength--felicity ; nee will Fromm Bari of Shaftesbury and his descendants are left AND COUNCIL olt LI N I.ITII6nW. her money in time purelierie of dogs and horses, he spent „ allssases .__. l/09ssrc l ee ' sfi°14111)1 "' sanctioned e... s _____r_ lhe Y ale Alum silver Genoese vases and dishes, to be preserved as At last Michaelmas election of the Magistrates of the Ihe whole of his time between the field and the tavern. "*". 'did...proofs of toasty years sueeellSim oonovvomv.. • . fatuity plate, with all her diamonds and jewels. which A t of Linlithgow-, whets tire names of the Council In short, after a considerable delay, he hail the effrontery lllll easy cares of married life, are smoothest . ' it- are to descend in like manner. His Lordship is also were inserted in the newspapers in the usual way, i dif- to derlare a, the match alto ether! S h it- by tile8.."11.1.11 e tilos. - g .um treatmen., nup tial blessings whin wreeth--for the female habit is often a -, made residuary legatee. The personal estate is sworn ferent list was also publislied by desire of a law agent in sbe thought, was not to be borne in a Christian country, weak-yet it eau be strengthened, sad deficient •. easier MI,OIIOI. The will is dated the 20th August, 1817. Edinburgh, of the names of twenty-eh persons, said to and she trusted the Magistrate would issue his warrant, proved into erections! power. . Dean.-On Monday morning Lieutenant C. of the . hoses been duly elected Magistrates and Council, anon's- ' Itti order that the offender might be punished. In erery case of syphilitic intrudes. as wee ws Army. and Captain De R. of the Patriot service, met at puttied with s cold, stating that as *Pre had heels a The Magistrate, kindly condoling with the lady on relaxation (tribe generative egrolowa, r , we Piedgeour • Billiksessere, near this town, to decide an affair of ho- donbie election, the whole would heroine the subject oft the loss of her money, rilmerred; that it was base indeed to care speedily, and with erect. wantestiy i Dour, as theme relic-owes are technically called. They legal discussion. Accordingly, no Ins than five differ- so to trifle with the feelings of a huh-, anal especially one expe l the " f "lintt ""'PYrie f rom lb. P"Itl" ' l2 . were accompanied by their respective seconds and a stir- eat actions, in the form of suspensions and interdicts , of her years, and he certainly thoniht it a case strongly ' ' ous y take tip, we deviate from general pvlaeigia keenest= ; and minident in meow. hereerabie • . • Been. Rome delay haying taken place in the arrange- arising from that election, were eunimenced in the Court demanding the interference of the law. Men hers of the College of Surgeons we refer (era . wets, the affeir became known, and many people of Session at the instance of the last mentioned party A warrant was issued, and an officer dispatched is I Immunity of either Sex ( especially . t • ' .aseembiedat the spot. The groun d was , h owever , finally against the former, all of which, however, were saran search of the gay deeeiver, but h e was no t t o be found • ;1 triumaisi Wrist toce efile vii w house. where daily an o sneed, and the peed.. took their station; and on the either dismissed or abandoned ea untenable, and fell and it was subsequently ascertained, that Having got ils given for personal coesuitati ou ; and !eaters . ' t..,r`• sigma Whig ging of dropping a hat, t he y both fired, casts paid. But a petition and complaint, founded on seent of the hostile intentions of the lady, lie had scraped 1 country are ;immediately answered; these must . whi t est amber sleet,' alt we are iefor, than that the election statute% was also resorted to, in the flame his few matters together, and taken a hasty departure 1 feminist% for Advice sad Medicine, which can be ' ..11 Lieutenant C's ball tore Imre of the sleeve of the Cep- i of Allan Waugh and certain other persons of the twenty- for the Continent. The offender, therefore, has at pre- 'to Ley part of the world, however distant. ea • ' tale's coot. Is hairbeell • said, that Capt. 1)e B. was s i x a b ove - ment i one d, aga i nst the Provost, Magistrates, ' sent escaped from justice, and the lady remains minus 00tig awl CO. M. R. C. gorgeous.* • (1 slightly wennded in theelliew ; bat we have the autbo. a r id Council, for setting aside the whole election, en the her 250 L, and a living example to all aged spinsters. Ronverie-street, Fleet-street, Lambe ma rity of his second for saying, that there is no foundation groun d o f an a ll ege d i rre gularity in choosing the flea- Just published (Tenth Edition), . ___ _ • for the e :cwt. The meads were proceeding to charge con of the incorporati n e of tailors, and th a t cer t a i n o f _ The iRGI if Lilo K. a finsiliar Cmiameetary on the the pi again, whoa, fortunate • ly, a Magistrate has- the Council were dispeohjfed. This complaint being A letter from Limberg, a northern town in the INSIDARM. Hy 00511 and Co. Addressed to the Y 11 s t• *nod to the praand,aad the parties - dispersed.-( Beffast followed with answers on the part of the Provost. Ma. Prussian dominions, says-" Since 1811, we have Maturity of both Sexes • may be had at fps ' Teri i` Chreath) gistrates, and Council, and replies and duplies came to not had such a winter, and b far much row' 0, Pall- Nell ; 91, earrard- street ; 174, . Iv y not so U and of ,E, ti.,,,okseilers. Pelee Is. Ilta reitTertAre Fiore.-On Sunday last, four Ladies, be advised by the Court (First Division) on Saturday subw as now. For some weeks past Limberg has - eon as we are informed, belonging to the family of J. Singer, last, the 12t11 February instant, when their Lordships born, as it were, buried in snow. In the country,' Bag. of Aanadale, were proceeding in an inside jaunt- arnaaintersly pronounced the following judgment, via. -BIRTHS. • . to church, when the horse suddenly leaped over seg-eer" Edinburgh, 12th February, 1820. Ile Lords baring assay - houses said i are to have been crushed by the ea the 12di hula*, at Dritwell-Hotow the aill • 4 11 the yery Poo battlement (or rather no battlement) of resumed consideration of, anal advised this petition with win • ht of the snow on tl • mu. roofs. In many parts Id/. of anDa. low eleventh *did. Ballybough-Midge, exactly where the river is deepest; answers, replies, duplies, and whole cause, find the cam- Mud fears are entertained of the approach at wild ea Felder last, at Great Itissendeo, Beets, the • I . ..... letlitin IL cheat. R. N. a a sop, f In • the good was very rapid, and the tide at its fall height. plaint not relevant, anti dismiss the same; find the peel. beds' s ." 7 --_ • ... . : The horse, for some moments, hung suspended in the 'loners liable in expences of process, appoints an account ASSIZES OS THU NORTHRRN rtacurr. By a asti! ..* DIED. Co l air, being lasiaoced by the car. At length, both shafts thereof to be lodged. and remit to the auditor to tat the rsagement. Mr. J us ti ce Pans will open the Assizes for l '''• „,,tei " the 1.111 in. " lll * Gm/era ' Ile ' -1 Re+ , and traces broke, and the horse fell from a great height stmt. - the orhernN Circuit at Carlisle, on ll'edneeday, the 234 PR rued, Bart. Colonel of the 461 th • . tioi ... into the current, carrying the servant with him. Al- instant, and on the following day Mr. Justice liarsai ' 1 year af hie age. ae l ---,-„ though several persons were on the bridge, they were A few days since one of the soldiers stationed in Do- will open at Durham. Mr. Justice PARK will ..11er-! jigii ---- ' nom tins D. , Prevented , by terror, from rendering the least aasistaisce; Ter Castle, Yell over the cliff, by the Rocket-house, and wards peoce-u to Appleby, anal Mr. Justice BaTIAT t• I ATM AT LONDON-11R1 ._, . 4 'the horse Roam to the shore; the servant was so long was killed. The Coroner sat on the hods'. and the Je7 Newcastle. lYhen these are over, both Judges will 1 111111111114,111 talc after 4.- Afte r noon 40 eds. sag ° SO leader wata_r A thar a considerable shoe e before he re- brought in a verdict of " AccideatelDeath." It sat Y ilt, and COUISHke the Assizes there on Saturday 1.1111 " 8"... " ....... "'L aaaaa , 1 .,.., ____ _ - ;It revered. 'ne Ladles escaped unhurt, ly impreasea supposed he was endeavouring to get eat in the eves - the of March, and thence proceed together as for; - - -- siTa. ' nu. j aad in ar P o s i bllstied e, b.‘ . the .. . • with a issue of th e interposition of mace in their ing. and being in liquor, fen over, a height of nearly • to Lase -aster. where the Assizes will - he opened es sit e at. ca mas t s c h • urch , No. whe „; oni I •ibtoitirS--eDiteihs eorPeopoodose, Fel). NJ 10 feet. Satiirday, the Ifith March. gem mad Asisertiseasems are requested le * • - ..... ._ - - -- - milLrEn SCOTT. A Mr. O'Brien has pnhlisheil a letter, stating. that— " About three weeks since, accident placed before him the title page of the last Romance by the Atetl:or of If aeerity. sf the existence of whirls he bad not till then a sitspic:un. Ile cast his eye over a few of its pages; and they served to explain some anshigumas circumstan ces anti a return to strangeness in the manner of his acquaintances. Ile determined to ask of Mr. Walter Scott an explanation. The opinion a person so circum stanced might entertain of hum, totally miknown as be was to 31r. Walter Scutt, never even having seen him. must, it was true, he imlifferent to him. One whom you hare never ihrt sissy injure, be adds, but c a nn o t insult. However, friends are lost by uncorrected misrepresen tation ; and he had hoped to leave an titiblrinighed name, as the best portion be could bequeath his children. (In these points he is insensible." lie then continues— On my arrival in London, I inquired at the house of the publisher of Alr. Aicott's Works, where be Y•ts to lie found. I was told he was in Scotland, probably at his plare, about 20 miles front Edinburgh. I wrote to him a letter, of which the following' is a copy, and waited at the house of a friend his answer. Mr. Scott lass not vostehsafeti a reply directly to toe. He has written to my friend, enjoining bill, nut to show the letter, but saving., as it appears, that never in his lif e did he in stir u r his works point at a living character. Thus the niatter stands. 1 am, Sir, with great esteem, Ere. Lawlss, Jam. 12, Itoitt. J. o'll. ase—lf the opinion entreat here be Wm, that pre, in year romance of Iroahoe, have pet yourself forward as the champion of modern chivalry—of chivalry, whose activity is slander, w hose address, to Noland in the dark, awl win...courage, not to blush at a lie—l am ready to accept your challenge. If in this hook pm really have meant to designate air, the want of resemlolanee in the portrait, and of truth Is the detail, are no reasons why I should nut demand sa tisfaction. The intention alone would constitute the of fence. from fraud or eualiie, 'eon rsn have no objection to dis avow all individual allusion, and to give float disavowal pablieity co-extensive with the utimAief your work has produced to me. My long perarcutions and deeply wounded feelings, OW rK t:ae right to propose you this alternative. Taw answer will hod me at (Wren-down Cottage, ()bl ame tionserset, whence I shall hasten, either to London or to any place you war name within fifty miles of it, and on auk• appointed . day, as circumstances may re quire. I am, Sir, &e. Jalikire To Walter Scott. Esq. Carr of 31essrs. Constable and Co.. Edinburgh. LINLITHGOIV. WALOR AND OTIMRS O. TUX PanrmiT, MAGISTRATES, AND COUNCIL OP LINLITuo:MV. At last Michaelmas election of the Magistrates lathe burgh of Linlithgow-, whets the names of the Connell were inserted in the newspapers in the usual way, i dif ferent list was also published by desire of a law agent in Edinburgh, of the names of twenty-six persons, said to home hems duly elected Magistrates and Council, accom panied with a note, stating that as *err had hems a donble election. the whole would become the subject or legal discussion. Accordinely, no less than five differ ent actions, in the form of suspensions and interdicts, arising horn that election, were commenced in the Collet of Session at the instance of the last mentioned party against the former, all of which, however, were soon either dismissed or abandoned as untenable, and full eon. jraid. But a petition .tod complaint, founded o n the election • statutes, was also resorted to, in the tissue of Allan Waugh and certain other persons of the twenty six above-mentioned, against the l'rovost, Magistrates, acid Council, for setting aside the whole elertion, en the ground of an alleged irregularity in choosing the Dea con of the incorporation of tailors, and that certain of the Council were discitchjeed. This complaint being followed with answers on the part of the Provost, Ma bestrates, and Council, a n d re pli es an d d up li es came to advised by the Coort (First Division) on Saturday last, the 12th February instant, when their Lordships vaaninamely pronounced the following judgment, viz.— ,' Edinburgh, 12th F e b ruar y, IMO. The Lords having resumed consideration of, anal advised this petition with answers, replies, duplies, anal whole cause, find the com plaint not relevant, anal dismiss the same; find the peti tioners liable in expences of process, appoints an account thereof to be lodged, and remit to the auditor to tact the nat." kr WILFUL FIRES.