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214. ilheei sboalesers• t (Inside of Masai It) -411. e • 1 Meath,' on interesting insure, as eenneeted with Ilk tewaeh of Vide, toot piste on Monday last, in the Revisionist Court. The Commander of a Chinese junk had imputed a large quantity of tee, 537 quartet. chests of which ha bad sold to our of the resident Chinese merchants at she rare of three Spanish dollars. A muster.of the cont.. *Wiry was exhibited-10 chews were delivered as an Ninon of the bargain. and a written engagement was en- Ord into. The put chaser kept the ten cheats of tea in his possession for two days, at the end of which he made an experiment of the quality of the article, which he found ellevokl altogether of the flavour of tea, and of' a hitter and supalatable mute. Ile consequently refused to complete his bargain, and was accordingly prosecuted by the vender tee br each of contract. Specimens of th e commo di t y i n Oration, with a great variety of other teas, were exhibited iet the Court, and several Chinese were examined who had been engaged in the trade or culture of tea, while botanical descriptions and drawings of the tea-plant, with fresh spe (amens from the Governinent garden, were exhibited. It is well known that botanists have not yet entirely agreed whether the genus tea consist of several or one species only, varied by climate, soil, culture, and preparation, so as to produce in comm ute as many sorts and qualities as the same circumstances superinduce in the case of the vine. 're. latter opinion, however,. prevails, and appeared to be corroborated by the testimony of the Chinese now examined. was stated by them that they recognised three distinct plant, under the generic name of tea (te and chs), one oft which is the Camellia Japonica, the external resemblance of which to the tea-plant is suftieiently obvious, and which is in fact of the same natural family with it, and the other the Camellia Sesangue, occasionally, as we are told, used ist China as tea. One Character of the tea leaf appeared to be generally admitted by the Chinese who were examined, sad was in particular strongly insisted upon by the defend ant—its serrated margin. All the genuine teas that were examined, including the fresh specimens from the Govern ment garden, possess this character invariably, but the disputed tea as invariably wanted it, and was therefore adjudged to be spurious. Neither could it have been ei ther-of the Camellias, beesuce the leaves of these are ser rated also. It appeared, however, that a similarcommo dtty had long been imported by the Chinese, and sold to their own countrymen, and no charge of fraud or adulte ration lay with the plaintiff'. Under all the circumstances of the case, therefore, the Court decreed to him moderate damages for his loss of market. The leaves of this spu rious commodity, independent of wanting the serrated edge, and the sensible qualities of tea, were generally much larger than the genuine leaf, of a paler green and more oistinctly veined. In the elliptical form, they bore an en tie* resemblance to the tea-leaf, and both in this respect, and in the mode of preparation, the article had a much closer resemblance to tea than the sloe-leaves, which are passed off for it in England. The very low price to which the commodity now alluded to was sold, it may be sup posed would be rcas , nably accounted for by its being spu rious, but this was flat the case, fox it appeared in evidence, during the trial, that 350 quarter chests of tea, coarse in deed, but genuine, had been sold at the same time, at a much cheaper price. This parcel, originally from Fo 'Lien was imported into this place from Sai-gun, in Cochin, China. The first price for which it sold here was some thing short of three-pence per pound, but it was imme diately re-sold for exportation to Batavia, at an advance of too per cent. YE t,LOIV FEVER. DISCUSSION OF THE FRENCH PHYSICIANS IN THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. An eye witness of the yellow fever of Barcelona, in MN, °Errs the following refutation of the assertions re cently hazarded by Dr. Pariset, in the Academy of Sciences of Paris. flaying taken for granted, contrary to sill the facts of the case, that contagion existed in the epidemic of Barcelona, Dr. Pariset alleges (also by assumption) that it was conveyed to Tortetsa, Palma, and other places, from that city. Now without dine* on the absurdity of supposing it possible shit epidemic, which commences and terminates at piet ig . periods, and runs a similar course, in the various wbieb it afecta, being in, or nearly in the same la titude, can depend upon a specific contagion, it is an un dutiable fact, ascertained on the spot, that the first person ibo sickened of the malady at Tortosa viz. Buenaventura Puicb, had not been at Barcelona at all. And what was *a treatment of the unfortunate man, under the base system of sanitary laws, for having been the firet person *ha was seirlal with the epidemic? He was dragged from hove on the night of the 13th of August, by four armed soldiers, with a rope round his neck, to a lazaretto in the country, at which lie arrived after a march of three hours. The lazaretto, being unoccupied, was forced open, and the unhappy and helpless victim, without assistance, IX even water to allay his thirst, was left to his fate the remainder of the night, without a bed on which to repose, Eithout an individual to whom he could speak, and with out nourishment of any kind. Ile died on the 15th. The truth is, that Dr. Pariset knew nothing at all of the fever of Tortosa, but from the assertions contained in the report of the Spanish contagionist physicians, who were sent from Barcelona, as commissioners, to that place-- amnions which were fully refuted in the Barcelona ma nifesto of the fifteen foreign and native physicians pre sented to the Cortes. One fact, from among many, will suffice :—ln the villages of Jesus, liaquitas, and Regens, IliA the opposite bank of the Ebro, and in sight of Tortosa, to which the inhabitants, both sick and well, of that unfor tunate city resorted, at the height of the pestilence, and of whom many died, nut a ri sidcit t was afF,fctcd who had not vi sited Tortosa, although in ft e,.! cem in et nica tion with the sick, the dying, alrcl t:i..: di ail. This single fact, which is not dis puted, is coaclusive respect r..i. rot tofa. Now, with re s p ec t to Pen, and the other places alluded to by Dr. Parini, it will tie sufficient to observe that no contagion could have been Imported into any of these places from Barcelona, fur the best of all possible reasons, because it is distinctly proved that at Barcelona no contagion existed. The proofs consist in the following facts, some of which were known to Dr. Pariset, and all of which he might have been acquaintd with from the various publications to which the epidemic of Barcelona gave rise. An Italian refugee labouring under yellow fever, in the house of Mr. Sinillach, in the valley of San Gervasio, was atterd,ed by fourteen of his countrymen and some servants without their being injured by the communication. He was visited by Dr. Pariset. He alio, it was stated, bad knowledge of the case of a Mrs. Demestres, who died of the yellow fever in the village of Saris, wheec twenty-six persons, inchailiry ten children, who were constantly at her bed side, rectlvcd no injury fron t the communi ca tio n . Of fifty peria-s, who were constantly employed in transporting and burying the dead in Barcelona, only two died. In the Lazaretto, called Marine, situated at a distance of une mile iron the city, thirty-two persons who were in mustn't au:Aida:lee on the sick net one contracted the disease. In the hospital called Vereyna, distant one mile from Barcelona, of thirty-two attendants on the sick only four were affected with fever, which, according to the testimony of Dr. Calopmani, the attending physician, they contracted in Barcelona. In the Seinhiario llnspital, where 1,293 p ersons died of yellow fever, of ninety attendants three only were affected with the malady. In the epidemic al Seville, in the year Isoo, when 15,0 00 persons died of yellow fever, Alcala de law Panaderoa, a neighbouring village, in which the bread for the city was baked, continued he althy. Besides fugitive., to the number of In, from Seville, died in the village;without communi cating the disease to the inhabitants. In the vear 1800 sixteen person% labouring under the epalcmic lever which raged in Catlin, clandestinely inuo- Ott , .:ed ti.eruseives into the valve of Burnes, where they did. The disease did not propagate. A iter the town of Espexit bid - been almost depopulated by the yellow fever, the clothes of huesdteds of the unfor tunate yictims were introduced sod sold in Burnes, without infecting ao individual. In the general hospital at Xeres, the year 1800 (distant half a league from )he town). from thirty to forty persons died daily, and the disease was hot communieAtcd Is any of the attendants.—Soria, ittperpre.—Gluic zArr INDIA SHIPPING. The *Cereair. Robinson, has arrived tell' Falmouth t stia imbed from Singapore the 26th April, tram Batavia the .15th May, turd from St. Helena the 29th July. The Bridget, Leslie, hem Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool: she left Bombay the April, and kit. Helena the 30th July. The Hero. Steele, hu arrived at Liverpool: she sailed from Bombay the 15th May, freers the allautitlus the 23d June, and ttom St. Helena the lath August. ARRIVALS AT TUN 1 1 1•tritietna.—The Genera Palmer, Trust:mt. from London, 10th June; the hero, Smelt, from Bom bay, the 17th June. datt.txcs I HOU THE File de France, Geoffrv, tOr Nantes, the 9th June; .the General Palmer, Truseott, foe 3lidras, the 14th June; the Venus, Kilgour, for the Cape, the 15th June; the Ann, Worthington, for Madras and Bengal, the 23d June; and the Pero, Rutter, for London, the 28th June. ARRIVAL AT 1 1 / 1 1110AL.—The lord Amherst, Lucas, from Rangoon, the 20th April. SAILING RENGA L.—The Timandra, Wray, from Cal. eutte. the 19th April, for London. Snips Brox EY WITH.—The Conde for China, the 21st May; all well. The Sparrowhawk, from the Clyde to the Mauritius, on the lst Juli, in lat. I. S. long. 24. E. The Malay, Richardson, from Sumatra and St. Helena to Gibraltar, the Iltb of Sept., in lat. 34. long. 55. Artairat. AT BOIIIIAT.—The Ogle OeStle, Weyelol3, from London the Stn May. Aattivat. AT SINGAPOHN..—The Hamlet, Fulcher, from London. SAIPa LOADING AS Stnoasonat.—The Minerva, Bell, to sail for ',melon early in May. The Aguilar. Watson, and the Ann and Amelia, Aysenugh, for Penang and London. PAS3INGERS PE* ALBIANDIR, Captain Richardson. from Ceylon :—Licut..Colonel Sullivan. let Ceylon regiment: Captain Wilson. Royal Artillery ; Capt. Sanderson, 83d regt., died at sea: Lieut. Ilaggerstnn, 83d regt. ; Dr. Hume, Staff; Dr. Tigh, 83d regt.; Dr. Iturklcy, 16th regt., died at sea; Mr. Wilson, Mr. Vanderstraaten ; Serge. Stapleton, wife, one child, and one orphan Mr. Biddle, wife, and two children ; Canivan, (private) wife, and one child ; Hatton and Cole, Privates- Satt.tNOS FROM BOMBAY—The Charlotte, 'lector, for China the 6th May ; the England, Ratty, for London the 7th May ; the Regalia, Henning, for the Cape and London the BthMay. The Ogle Castle, Waynton, was to sail for London about the 10th of June. ARRIVALS AT MADRAS.—The Louisa, Woolls, from the Cape the 18th April ; the Bombay Merchant, Hill, front Rangoon the 19th April ; the Grenada. Anderson, from New South Vi'ales the 27th April; the Isabella. Wallis, from boudoir. the 29th April. SAILING! PROM MADRA9.—The Louisa, WOOBS. fOr• Bengal the 26:11 April; the Isabella, Wallis, for Calcutta the 30th April. ARRIVALS AT BENGAL—The Francis Charlotte, Johnton, from the Mauritius the 13th April ; and the Lord Amherst, Lucas, from the 31aurititts the 25th April. SAILIWGS racist BENGAL—The Two Brothers, Meek, for New York the 18th April; the Adrian, Gordon, for London the 20th April. PASSENGERS PER TIIE ENGLAND, Reay, expected from Bombay:—Mrs. Reay, Mrs. Ogilvie, and Lieut. Sellwood. PASSENGERS PER THR REGALIA, Captain Henning, ex pected from Bombay:—Mrs. Rnbinson and three children, Dr. and Mrs. Robertson. J. H. Little, Esq., Edward S. Wood. Esq , Lieut. J. Harwood, Lieut. S. Quintin, John Kentish, Esq., U. Bird, Esq. Annivax AT BATAVIA.—The Jane, Tankersly, from Liver, pool the 2fith April. The Couch, Matson, had arrived at Penang, from Singapore. The Liberal, front Batavia, sailed from the Mauritius the 20th June for Rotterdam. The Britannia, Captain Mackey. of and from Calcutta to Pe nang and China, was totally lost the dth January, on the Brill Shoal, in the Straits of Salayr; by accounts from Batavia to the 27th April, the Captain and crew reached Bontham at the south east end of Celebes after being in the limpet's() days and nights. Captain Mackay had arrived at Batavia in the Merkus the 16th April, and was to ptoceed to Calcutta. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-H6USE. StPT. gam EXTeRLD INWAIII3I.—The Augustus Cater, Selby, from St. Petersburgh ; Fortuna, Jancke, from Dantsic ; Hobbs, Buchanan, from Standgate Creek • Zr. Felix, Riper. from Otlansee ; Charlotte Willielinina, ahl, from Stralsund ; Francis Feeling, Gibbs, front Hamburgh ; Roseville, Scott, from Bilbos; Anatolia, Pyle, from Memel; Three Friends, Peterson, from Christiania; Aurora, Nausch, from Dantzic; Comet, Mitchell, from Belize; Ambrook, Cafes, from Lisbon; AVilliams, Aitken, from Calais ; Telegraphe, Grandin, from Havre; Amy, Bloom field, from Leghorn; Patriot, Schroeder from Pillars; Ajax, Hofker, front Leer; Fran Helena, Odena, from Varelerziel ; Catherine, Swain, from Belize; Cordula Sophia, Mohr, from Pillau ; Jane, Hicks, from Cork. _ ENTERED OurwAnns.—The Angerona, Baker, for Mont serrat and Teneriffe ; Rose in June, Priulex, for Guernsey; London Packet, Randall, for Limerick; Jane, Hicks, for Cork ; Castle Forbes, Ord, for Madeira, Teneriffe,Madras, and Calcutta; Joseph, Christopherson, for Tenerifte and Calcutta. CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT GRAVESEND.—The Tiri:annla, Fox, for Hamburgh ; Skylark, Davis, fur Smyrna and Constantinople. CLEARING OUTIVARDIL—The Tula, White, for Malta, Smyr na, and Constantinople; Mentor, l)umstrey, for Stettin; Perse verance, Rnmbeet, stul Fame, Hatfield. for Harnburgh ; Au. guste, Orandin, for Ilavre ; Vrouw Antonia, Maas, for Antwerp; Rose in June, Priutlx, for Guernsey; Earl of Clancarty, Heath, and Onverwa•• ' !it, Roorterkirk, for Rotterdam. CLICAREDOETWAUDI TO IRELAND.—The Mars, Rowland, for Dublin. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. COWES. SEPT. 211.—The Cape Packet, Ke (English ship), front London for New South Wales ; Friends, of Scarborough, James Gray (English brig), from Memel for Newport, [sir ot Wight. On the 42.1 inst. off the Isle of Wight, the American brig William, Capt. Ellis, of and from New York to Amsterdam, was spoken with by the pilot-boat No. 15, off this port. Gnaviesaw ix, SEPT. 28.—Arrived the Georgians, Watt, from Grenada ; George, Forster, and Prince George, Parker. from Ja maica ; Wellington. Martin, and Bruce, Thomas. from St. John's, New Brunswick; Duckentichl, Lyon ; Argo, Taylor; and Her cules Kerr, from Honduras ; B ' ritannia Bourke, from the Cape of Good Hope; Enterprize, Bridge, and Andromeda, Eden, from Quebec; Borsetahire, Burgess, from Virginia; llirables , !Lip ner, front St. Vincent's ; Amelia Padden_ from Africa; Alex ander, Richardson, frorn Ceylon ; Pusey Hall, Head, from St. Lucia; Ann, Rule, from Antigua; and several ships front the Baltic, names unknown. Sailed the Catherine, :)Plntosh, for Cal cots; Kangaroo. Bunnell, for Leghorn ; Para Packet, Pott er , f or Para; Crosbie, Pace, for liatnburgh ; Marnhull, White, for New.. tbundland. ST. Htt.EY•. AUG. 23.—The ship Lotus and three other vessels, times urknown, is reported to have gone on shore in Ran- goon River. GUATII.t. A uo. 2.—Carthagcns, per the Leader, Sheffield, arrived at New York in %day*. brings papers to the Ist of August and Bogota C32:!te% to the 14th of July. VICSSELS SPOKEN WlTti.—The Constant, of Antwerp. Sept. 10, from Bin Grande, bowl(' to Antwerp; 14th, the brig Albion, of and for Guernsey. front Valparaiso; 23d. the WI Commerce, of Liverpool, b•mnd to Barbadoes; 25th passe.l a wreck, apparently part of a vessel's deck, by the Euphrates, :Meade, arrived in the Downs. Sparrow Hawk, Thompson, from the Clyde to the Mauritius, Ist July, by the Dispatch, arrived at Bahia, from Gibraltar. Malay, from Sumatra to Gibraltar, 11th inst. by the Corsair, strived at Falmouth. Isabella, from Liverpool to Cape Breton. 37th uh. ; Indian, from Southampton to Pivot', Bth inst.; Isabella, front Bristol to Iliramichi,l7th,with lessor sails, by the Mary, Cumming, arrived at Liverpool. Caledonia, Cityra. tie, from Jamaica for London, 17th tilt. through the Windward Passage, by the George, Forster, arrived in the River. 81111P11'HECICS. [From the Dumfries Coo 110..1 The sloop Resolution, Appleby, master, of Bangor, laden with bullocks, sailed from thence for Whitehaven, on Thursday, the 22d curt. The wir.d blowing a fresh breeze from S.W. the master, who had formerly visited Garlirstown harbour, bore for that port, the entrance to which is excellent, but, from some unaccountable infatuation, the vessel was run aground amongst the rocks near the White Isles, on Friday night, the 21d curt. bhe has sustained considerable damage in her hull, and, unfortunately seventeen of the bullocks were drowned. These occupied the lee aide of the ship; the remainder of the poor animals, consisting of twenty-six, were placed on the weather side of the ship, and from the prompt a id worded by roma cf the Barliestown villager., they were all safely landed. The captain and crew, during this operation, abandoned the vessel, leaving all sails bent ; and the forma, dur. ing this day (Saturday) has been drowning his sorrows in a public. house ; the crew, however, appear not to he altogether void of re.. deeming qualities, as they have made some arena today in clear. ing away the large stones surrounding the vessel, and she will ultimately be got off if proptr cxe7tions continue to be made. Tito cattle belong to Ir.• John Dickson, of Bangor, and we-e in. tended to be show , , for sale at the approaching lirotigh-itill lair, along whh two other sloop-loath, which our sailors conclude have reached 'Whhelta yen etc now. 3lr. Dickson is at present in Carlisle, unconscious of his loss. On W .- edamlay loot the body of' a man was found by Mlle bop, on thy shore at flarloeow, in the parish of !Niglio Thera was neither money nor papers found on him ; he wore a long. loose. coarse blue coat, corduroy trousers, and strong shoes. Though greatly disfigured, he appeared to have Inca in the prime of life; his dress resciubled that of a driver of cattle: and it is probable he had been coursing to Ireland. The body was put in a coffin, and deventlyinterred in liirknot'reves chorch.yard. - Since writing the above, we have read the fidlovring paragraph in a London paper, and we think it highly probable that the man cast on the Borgne shore had been one of the crew of the Lively:- - Behest, Sept. 14.—0 n Saturday night, shout nine o'clock, P. sr. the Lively, of Whitehaven, in ballast, Charles Stewart, master, was loot on the Long Rock, near Dontighatlec, and erne hand on board, amounting to nine in all. perished. No assistance could be rendered from the shore, although the boat was nearly alongside. The Captain's corpse was got on Sunday morning. His watch (stopped st five minutes twenty-one seconds put tine) is in. the bands of Mr. J. Lemon, of Donaghadee.'t THE BRITISH PRESS. CORONERS' INQUESTS. SINGI'I.A R TERMINATION OF A CORONER'S JURY. On Wednesday night, at nine o'clock, an inquisition wu taken at the Bull's Hag public-house, in Crown-street, St. Ann's, Solio, before T. H loos. Esq. Deputy. Coroner, touching the death of a man named John Williams. • The first witness examined was Mr. Edward Walkinson, stir. gems, of No. 10, King-street, Soho. lie stated, that about nine o'clock on Thursday morning, the 22d inst. he was called to the deceased, at his house i. Chapel-place, Crown-street, and found him in bed, in a very low and exhausted state, from a violent nausea and evacuation. which Le understood had continued from the day before. The deceased, who was quite sensible, said that he had been advised by a neighbour to talcs half a teacup full of meadow ariffton, or colchicum, infused in rum, as a remedy for the rheumatic gout, under which he laboured. Witness understood that his wife hid taken it before, and fancied it did her good, and she gave the same to him. It was too late to admi nister any antidote, but he gave him some medicine, which he deemed essential in the case, and saw him again on Friday, when he was much worse ; he continued to take the medicine he had prescribed him, and on Saturday last he sunk under the disease and died. _ _ Coroner—l suppose the dose was made too strong, and perhaps mixed by an inexperienced person. The witness said that he was not aware of what strength It IMP made, but his body was in • very weak state, and the excessive catching caused by the mixture had worn him out, and his death waa the consequence. Ily a Juror—lt is • common medicine, and frequently taken by individuals labouring under the rheumatism. Coroner—lt is frequently steeped in vinegar, as well as rum, I believe, is it not Juror—l have known many persons to take it, and they gene rally found relief from it. It is quite evident the quantit- given to the deceased was too much for the weak state of his con stitution. Mary DeLolfe, residing at No. 7, Chapel place, mated that she lived next door to the deceased, who was 48 years of age. About two years ago, she being subject to the rheumatic gout, prepared a liquid, sonsisting of -ea ounce and a half of meadow saffron, mixed in a pint and a half of water, and after it had been Infused nine days she introduced half a pint of old rum into it. Witness was in the habit of taking every now and then a table spoonful, but it had no particular effect upon her. She took it as a cure for the rheumatism. On Wednesday last Mrs. Langford, another neigh bour, came and told her that the deceased was very bad, and in hopes of curing him she poured rather more than a table spoonful of the preparation, and•gsve it to her to administer to him. She shook the bottle before she . poured it out, which she always did when she took any. The deceased swallowed the draught, the qualities of which he was aware, be having before tasted the root, and he died on the Saturday following. Witness gave him rather more than the spoonful, because she thought he was so bad. Juror—When was the lest time you took any of the mixture? Witness—l hare taken some three times since I gave It to the decease I. Coroner—How have you been in the habit of taking it, on an empty . stomach ? ttness—l always tale it before breakfast. Amelia Langford stated, that on receiving the liquid front the last witness she took it to the deceased, and said, '• this is the stuff Mrs. Dehoffe was talking to you about ; it is the same that you tasted the root of before it was mixed some time ago." The de ceased's wife was standing at the door, and witness placed the cup on the table. In the evening witness was called In by the wile, who said her husband was very sick, and requested to know if that was the way the saffron operated on Mrs. Deboffe. Witness told her it was not, and then some alarming fears were excited, and the doctor was called in. The deceased continued retching from Wednesday night till he died. Juror—Was her husband and her on good terms ? Witness—l'artieularly so; I never knew such an affectionate couple. The deceased was a musician, and has lived in Chapel place for the last six years. The Coroner said he knew well that the decoetion would cause a violent nausea, and he recollected some years ago, a woman, living near the Hay-market, died from having taken a wine-glasa full. Several of the Jury who were subject to the rhumatic gout, said they were in the constant habit of taking meadow saffron steeped in rum; but it certainly was not so strong as that given to the deceased. One of them said he had taken two table spoonfuls just before he left home. At this stage of the business, there being no further evidence to produce, the Coroner proposed to take a view of the body, when it was found that it was screwed down, and in such a state of decom position, that it would be highly dangerous to the Jury to have the lid taken off. The Coronet said there could be no inquest, unless they could view the body. The undertaker, who was present. said, that on Tuesday, he was sent for by the wife of the deceased to screw the lid down, owing to the decomposed state of the body, and after the searchers bad seen it, he screwed it down very securely. One of the Jury said, that as it had been proved that he had been ill for some time, there could be no necessity to view the body, it would be different. if he had died suddenly. The °neon., said, that it was the chief part of their duty to view the body, without which there could be no inquisition; unless they saw it, they could not return a verdict. The only way to be adopted, to prevent contagion, and to go through the requisite form of viewing the body, will be to have the coffin opened in the open air. Mr. S. Smallhorn, the undertaker, No. 5, Little White Lion street Seven Dials, stated, that he was employed to bury the de ceased, and on Sunday last, he was requested by the widow to put him into a coffin, having been told the searchers had seen him, and on Tuesday morning, be screwed the lid down, and it would now be impossible to raise it without breaking the coffin all to pieces. The body was in a dangerous state when screwed down, and he considered it would be attended with very serious conse quences if the lid was to be taken off: If the coffin was to be opened, the Jury would not be able to discern the sex. The Jury after a consultation said, it was impossible, In their opinion, to view the body in the state it was represented to be in, without serious danger to themselves, and, indeed, to the in habitants. The Coroner then said, there was an end of the inquiry, as he could not receive any verdict without a view being taken. It was a very awkward business, and what was very unfortunate, he could not issue 1.4 warrant for the Interment of the Imdy. The Jury persisted that they could not with safety to them selves stand by while the coffin was opened ; arid under those cir. cautstances, the Coroner ordered the Court to be dissolved, and no verdict was returned. On Wednesday evening an Inquest was held before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at the Bell and Crown, King -street, Camden-town, on the body of Mr. Thomas %Vallls, tic principal partner of the firm of Wallis and Sons, coach varnish manufacturers, of Eong.aere, who died suddenly in his bed, at his residence in King-street, Camden-town, on Sunday morning last. The deceased had attained the age of 81 years, nearly 60 of which he had been in bui,iness, and had been an inhabitant of Camden-town about four years. He had been long afflicted with an hectic cough, which, it had been observed, had troubled him very little for the last month. The first witness examined was Thomas Harding, of No. 48, Velstead-street. Somers-town, carpenter, who, being sworn, de posed that nn Saturday evening last he was with the deceased, at his house in Camden -town, between seven and eight o'clock. The deceased appeared in his usual health when he first went, but pre sinus to 114 leaving complained of a violent pain in his chest. Witness mentioned it to his daughter, and said that he had expo rienced the spasms in the stqautch, and had found relief from a little warm brandy and water. The old gentleman said he had no brandy in the house, but gave witness a 10/. note, and requested him to go the Bell and Crown, and get a shilling's worth of brandy and water, which he did, and took back the change and gave it to the deceasel Witness soon after took his leave to return to his house. Bevil on the following Sunday of deceased's death, and went on the following morning to his house, and saw his daughter, who told him he was no more. He was afterwards shown into the bedroom of the deceased, where he saw the corpse laid out on the The undertaker stated to the Jury, that when he put the de. ceased into his coiFn, he observed no marks of violence on his per. son, but his lingers and nails were disc o lo ure d ; an d h e h a d no doubt, front his own experience. that the deceased hat: died front some cause produced by the sudden stoppage of the circulation of the blood. In this he Wall confirmed by the surgeon who had been In the habit of attending the deceased fur some considerable time, and who was of opinion that he had been seized in the night by a vio lent tit of coughing, which had produced suffocation and caused his death. From the evidence of the daughter of the deceased, it appeared that he was an early riser, and not having made his appearance on Sunday morning at his usual time , she w e nt int o hi s bedroom, and found him dead in his bed. A surgeon was sent for, but his assist snee was of no avail: anti, front t.te appearance of the body, the surgeon wss of opinion the deceased had been dead two bouts be fore he arrived. The Jury having viewed the body, returned their verdict—." That the &ceased died by the visitation of tiod." On the afternoon of the sante day an inquest was held at the Half 11Inon. letwer.street, Islington, on the body of John Donovan, a brick-maker in the employ at Mr. Scott, of Islington, who died In the brick. field. It appeared from the evidence, that, on Saturday week last, the deceased left his work, as lie informed his fellow-labourers. for the purpose of going down to Bristol to see his wife and family, and returtud on the Frid a y wee k f o ll ow i ng , when lie resumed in the brick-field, and took up his lodgings in the Rand-house, but did not work. lie complained of excessive fatigue and dines*_ lila was able to walk out, but got worse every der. On Monday l.st be went out to some doctor ' and got bled. His son, a boy about ten years of age,. slept with him . Early on Tuesday morning the boy left his father in his hammock in the Band-house, anti went to inform his uncle, who lives on Saffion-hill, that his father was so bad he could hardly speak. About ten o'clock on the same morn ing two labourers in the briek-tield went into the sand house fur some tools, and found the deceased dead in his hammock. The son of the deceased, in answer to a question put to hint by the Coroner, if he knew where his mother was, appeared much af fected, and answered in the negative. • The Jury, after viewing the body, returned a verdict that the deceased bad died by the vtsitatlon of Clod. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 99. James Flinn was opposed by Mr. POV.LOCI. on behalf of John Wells, a Hour factor, residing at Dorking, in Surrey. The insolvent, on his examination, stated that some time since ho was discharged from the Court as an insolvent debtor. Subsequent to that period he purchdied a quantity of flour from a person of the name of Kent, who was the accredited agent of Mr. Wells, Kent being well aware of the (*Act of insolvents having formerly takes the benefit of the Act, sod that at the time of the transaction, he was a prisoner within the rules of the Bench. This assenion was contradicted by Edmund Kent ; but on being cross-examined he admitted, after some hesitation, that he had often been In the company of the insolvent, in the prison of the King's Bench. The insolvent was discharged. John Goulding, late of Curtain-road, Shoreditch, a silk-manu facturer, was opposed by 31 r. Loci: on behalf of Gibson and another creditor. _ _ _ The insolvent, in reply to the questions of Mr. Po LLOCK, said that the last fire which occurred on his premises was in May, 1823. He then received from the Insurance Company 1320!., hut none of his present debts were at that time contracted. lie purchased after that tire about 601. worth of furniture. On the 20th of June last his house was robbed. lie then lost 241. worth of silk belonging to Mr. lirownwell, 191. worth belonging to Messrs. Waitliman, and 301. worth belonging to himself, and also a French gold watch ; these articles were in his warehouse; he also lost some money, and several silver table and tea spoons, and a large quantity of linen and wearing apparel. He supposed that the thief must I hate entered at the back valour window, which was fastened by an old fashioned shutter, with a bar inside. A pane of glass had been taken out, and by this means the catch was unfastened ; there were two silk baskets ander the window which prevented the bar from making a noise in falling. lie found the bar in this state the next morning. lie had a fire in his house before the one al hided to. The first fire took place in 1816, and he then received 7001. from the Insurance Company. The thief might hare easily gone front the back parlour to the front—from whence some of his property was stolen ; but at the bottom of the stairs was a door, which was forced open. lie slept on the first floor, and the warehouse was on the second floor, over the room in which his two sons slept ; his room adjoined it. It appeared that the thief had escaped over the back wall. He had a dog which had been kept at night in , his yard, for upwards of a twelvemounth, but on the night preceding the robbery, he had lost the dog in Shoreditch, and had not found it since. About twenty days after the robbery, he had a meeting of his creditors, when he made them an offer of 4s. in the pound, which they refused. Ile had then machinery for which he paid 1371. but a short time before. lie had also furni tore, the lease of a field, and the lease of his house. On the 3d of August, he sold his machinery, and on the 9th of the same month, he was arrested. lie got 481. for his machinery, from Mr. Man nick. He also sold part of his furniture on the 3d August, and another part had been sold on the 23d June, before the meeting of his creditors. In the month of June, also he sold the lease of his tisld to a Mr. Smith, of Dock Head, a builder, at a premium of 101. lie also sold his house and the fixtures. Ile had no pension from the East India Company, but he expected some prise money. lie sold his stove and counter for 81. to Mr. Alan nick. Mr. Potiocu—Did you not apply, by letter, for that sum of M. within the last fortnight, since you have been in prison ? Insolvent—l might have done so. My memory is bad. I hive been very ill. The th ings were sold to be paid for. I think I have. Mr. POLLOCK—Have you any doubt, Sir? Insolvent—l think I have. I can't recollect. Perhaps, I might have done so, Mr. Pot.L , ocx—Did you not write a letter of a similar kind to Mr. Brownwell, demanding Al. Insolvent—No. Nothing is due from him. An account book was then produced, some of the leaves of which were torn out ; and another which the insolvent admitted was written at one time by his son, and copied, because the old book was not tit to lay before gentlemen. It was written on the 25th of June, subsequent to the robbery. Ile had an organ pledged for he pledged it in July before the robbery. Mr. Put.r.ocx—lVlty, I thought the robbery took place in Juke. Insolvent—Oh 1 . I mean in May. Of all the property that existed at the time of the meeting of creditors there is nothing at all left, and there are ro debts owing to me. Mr. Daniel Hodgson, a machine-maker, of Gun -street, Spital fields, stated, that he supplied the insolvent with machinery in May last, for which he was charged a fair price ; and he should suppose they were worth two-thirds of their original cost when so ld. A month after the robbery he went to Mr. Golding's house, and it was shown to him. Mrs. Golding pointed out the way in which the thief got in, but said nothing about the badsets. Thomas Garton, an officer of Worship-street, stated that on the day of the robbery, Sunday, the 20th June, be was sent for by Mr. Golding, and he went to the house soon after. Mr. Golding pointed out to him the way itt which the thief had entered ; the bar was under the window, and one basket was there ; he did not know that the bar was upon it. lie examined the back premises, and it appeared to him that any one might have easily entered the house. The doer at the iJottom of the stair 3 might have boas opened by a skeleton key, which was co:nmonly used by burglars. There were marks upon the door of force having been used. lie got a description of the thing. stolen, and some bills describing them were printed. Mr. Brown well stated that he received a letter about a fortnight since from the Insolvent, demanding payment for 61. 44. It bad not been paid, as it was kept to pay the taxes of the house. Mr. Mannick stated that &letter to the same effect had been re ceived by him frog the insolvent within the last ten days. Air. l'or.coex having addressed the Court on behalf of the op. posing creditor), and lie. HEAT'', on the part of the insolvent, Mr. Commissioner liaanis said, that as far as concerned the robbery he should do injustice tt the insolvent if he did not believe that it hod taken place, but as to what extent was another ques tion. list wish regard to the property he had made away with after the meeting of creditors, lie should direct him to prodace to morrow vouchers to show how it had bees disposed of. The Court did cot adjourn till half-past five (idea. POLICE. GUILDHALL. A genterl looking young man, named Ccortre Moore, a resident of Clifton, near Bristol, was brought before 31r. Alderman Iley. gate, yesterday, charged with felony. ills wife Caroline, a very elegant young female, had been discharged from the bar scarcely an hour before under the following circumstances : Mr. George Smith, of the firm of Smith and Co. mercers, Bris tol, mated, that the husband of the lady had lived with them as shopman until about a fortnight ago, when, in consequence of some suspicions of his honesty, he was dismissed, and a day or two after. wards a shop which he had opened in the mercery line at Clifton was searched, and a quantity of lace and other articles, their pro. perty, was discovered. It was also discovered that the female pri soner had offered to dispose of a piece of lace which cost them 3s. fa a yard at 2s. a yard to a lady at the same place, which lace had been given up into his possession, and he could swear to as having formed part of his stock. The female prisoner and her husband had fled, however, previous to this investigation taking place, a nd lie had made a fruitless tour of upwards of tioo miles in pursuit of them. having abandoned all idea of further inquiry after them, lie came up to London yesterday, and on his way to Mr. Harvey's, the linen draper on budgate.hill, he casually met with the female, near to 3lr. ll.'s doer, wearing a gown which he had no doubt whatever was corn. posed of silk which had been stolen from his shop. lie accordingly gave her into custody, and row begged die 31agistrate to send her down in custody to Bristol, or remand her for a week, to give him the opportunity of searching for her husband, whom lie :inspects to be in London, although she declared he was upon the Continent. After some sonsultation with his legal adviser, Mr. Iteresford, the Worthy Alderman declined acceding to either of Mr. Smith's requests, observing, that if a felony had been committed, which his evidence seemed too vague to establish, still, if site was the wife of the thief, and had merely been found in possession of :he stolen property, her overture would be a good plea ; and, if she was not his wife, of which Mr. Smith entertained much doubt, she micht be presumed to have received the materials for the gown as a pre sent, and be should therefore dice barge her. 'l' his result equally astonished and disappointed Mr. Smith. It turned cut, however, to be the very beat decision that could have occurred for his interests. She had stated she resided in Rich mond-square, and as no such place was known in the metropolis, the probability is, that if she had been detained the husband would have surmised her apprehension, and again taken to flight; but upon her being discharged, she vanished front the neighbour hood of the °thee in a tonne :It, and went directly to the doini cik of her husband, at a Mr. Agg's, book-binder in Shoemaker_ row, 111Rekfriars, followed by Mr. Smith, at a cautious distance. Mr. S. immediately obtained the assistance of Potter, the beadle of Illackfriars, and the male prisoner and his wife were surprised conversing together in a small room, in which they had been lodging for the past week, and in which a box, containing a number of rolls of lace and lace caps was founnd. 31r. Smith esti mates the deficiency in his stock to exceed a thuuband pounds in value. The prisoner was merely brought to this office pro forma, and, without undergoing any examination, was taken away in custody, to be cnnwryed to Bristol by Mr. Smith, he himself happening to be one of the sworn constables of that ell , for the present year; QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday, Mr. William anglers, a grocer, in Milbank -street, Westminster, was brought up on a warrant, by Joseph Cooper, the officer, charged with creating a riot and disturbance about the dwel ling-house of Thomas Porraft, 51. of the lioure t.r Lor,l s , i n Smith-square, and with grusely insulting Mrs. Parrott and her daughter. liappearcd in evidence that, for some time past, till very lately. the family of Mr. Parratt hail tkalt with the ilclemlant for grocery, &c. hut on account of some persuasions against the family, they diaconticaed to deal with him, which lied given rise to the offence now complained of. t bt Wednesday Pet, between three and four o'clock, a tremendous knack canto to the door, which was opened by Dills Rliza Parratt, the servants being from home. when in rushed the dercodant, who exclaimed, in a loud tone, " I am come to tell your, Papa he it a cheat and a scamp." Miss P. was very much alarmed, and endeavoured to remonstrate with hint, but he was so outrageous that there was no pacifying him. He swore vehemently that he would not leave the house till he saw Mr.Par ratt. Ile then took his sent in the hall near the street door, where he sat for some time, indulging himself, net In the most agreeable language to the female ear, and preventing any person going out to cause an alarm. Mrs. Permit and bee daughter took refuge iu -- the parlour, where they were kept in a st a t o of the ells., alarm, from the extraordinary behaviour of the defendant, ah., act .,, , , like a madman. After he had sat in the hall as long as h e plea, ; l he rushed into the parlour, and took his seat immediately a a g,.: the window, and swore he would not leave till the scamp ( nitoot. , - , Mr. Permit), came home and approaching AIMS P. who is a re.;; lady about 17 years of age, his conduct was such that he so tertcj her that she went into hysterics. He went on to s t ate , t h at he did nn cars a for the Magistrates, that he could ge t b ail for E, amount, and that he would give 1 . 0.:, (.!iss P.) al. to give has 1;, custody of a constable. He rel . :mined in the house for Nadi.. hour and a half, and his violent conduct caused a m o b to c,,t!.., about the house, many of whom opened the parlour wirdol.l;; ascertain what was the matter. The defendant told the asemb;.l multitude that Mr. Parrett was a scamp, and that lie would tx; , o4 him to the Ministers in the lobby of the House of Lo r d s , and a: ta, Custom-house, to which he also belonged , and th at h e 0 u:.;1 k:cj k . him wherever he met with him. At length lie thought mop e , to leave the house, and he was now brought forward to answer for }, a violent conduct. Mrs. Parrett and her daughter, Miss Eliza Parrett, were swornto the above facts, and the defendant was called up on to answer tit; charge. Ile said that on the day in question he had bee n from born, 0s some business, and on his return he was told th at h e h a d bun tut for to Mr. Parrett's, and by the daughter. He went th ere to ev. plain some misunderstanding respecting him and th e servants, Est declared that he had not caused the disturban ce t h at had bat. stated. He admitted forcing himself into the parlour, b ut date) having Insulted Miss Parrett. The Magistrate asked him if he made it a practice to fe, ce N o ,. self into a gentleman's parlour who favoured him with his tern, and to take a seat without being invited ? The defendant answered in the negative, and said he had D em drinking rather freely on that day. Miss Parrett denied having gone to the defendant's heals to re. quest him to call. She went there to desire lie would desist fro m prevailing on the servants to leave their employment, or if oc did not proceedings would be taken against him. The Magistrates said, enough had been proved again': him, an d lie should therefore call upon him to And bail, himself in lqi , q two sureties in !SOL each, to answer the complaint at the Stisions. Mr. Hughes put In the required sureties, and he was thsclart;sl M A RLIIOROUG H-STHE E T. Thomas Rich, the young gentleman who flourished his 01 1 4, pies at this of so magnificently on Wednesday mortnn i e, again brought up on a charge of being drunk. About tislt-p ue ten last night this hopeful youth dropped down in liwalhr.tnee. dead drunk, and called " Watch ;" the watchman tame RI, at v . . summons, and having gathered hint up front his ample bed, him to the watchhouse. On hie arrival there he 'bowl the ettul e tribe of watchmen most outrageously, calling them a set of d—_ rascals, and piteously deploring that such was our degenerat e sr, that a man cannot go to a public-house for a pot of btu. bet Ls Ls in imminent peril of being clutched in their rough embrace. " What say you to this ?" said Mr. ROE, the sitting 3 lnittrate. " Nothing at all," replied the prisoner -Ain a tone of subdued penitence, that strangely contrasted with his former dilly depart. ment)--" Nothing at all; but that I had drank two glasses of ale upon an empty stomach, which completely ' stole away my tenics' and overthrew the throne of reason. lam exceedingly sorry f.;r this accident, and wish to make the fullest apology." He was ordered to be discharged on paying five shillings f,t being drunk. Samuel fund, a broker, and John Jenkins, a gentleman's ser vant, were charged by Mr. Lloyd, Old Bond-street, with luti:re about his premises under suspicious circumstances. The prisoners were examined separately, and Russel old s most prevaricating story. It turned out, on the evideace of one of the beadles of Seta Giles's, that this man had long been known as a very bad character. He and his father at one time had kept a moat notorious house la the Seven Dish, the resort of thieves and vagabonds of every es. scription. lie had also been tried for a felony at the Old Buhr, and is point of fact had been out of gaol only a short tire. The other prisoner, Jenkins, also had been tried for an ssese:t, and had net been in employment for some time. They were committed for three months' imprisonment. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITIIII PRES: Sia,—ln your paper of Monday last, there appears under the head of " Insolvent Debtors' Court," an account of certain pre. ceedings taken by my clients, Messrs. Bate) and Finley, tailors, of Duke -street, St. James's, to oppose the discharge of a Mr. Tholuss Bell ; and as in that account there are several inaccuracies which, if uncorrected, may tend to prejudice my clients, :.e•.i directed by them to request you to insert, at your earliest cense:ilea:ft, the following observations:— First, it would seem from your account of the facts of the NW of the arguments of the insolvent's Counsel, and of b e judgment of the Chief Commissioner, that the insolvent had dealt veldt the opposing creditors several years, and that the bills he contract:4 had, during his parents' lives, been regularly paid by them. The real facts of the case arc totally diflcrent; the bill which formed the subject of the plaintiffs opposition being the hilt eta contracted with them by the insofeent, from whom, or from his ',seems, v." /vvo,iely whatever was ever received by the plaintiffs, in satisfaction of any part of his debt due to them, which amounts to 100 guiness. For another branch of his family the plaintiffs have long had the honour of being employed, and by them they have been punctually paid. It might further he inferred from your report, that the charges of my clients were justly branded by the insolvent's Counsel es es. cessive and extravagant. On that point, finer observing that 74 guineas, incorrectly stated to have been the price charged far Cit; insolvent's coats (six guineas being the price really chargea for coats, and 73 guineas for a frock coat), it may suffice to state, dist on the trial of the cause, it was proved on the oath of the plar.tills' witnesses, that the insolvent is of very great bulk, and far cute ing the stature of common men, his weight being not less thee 21 stone, and that consequently, instead of one yard arid three quarters (the usual quantity), his coats required nearly three yards, and na other clothes exceeded the common size in proportion. I think it right, also, to add, that I Was in Court nt the heerirg of the opposition, and that, as far as my recollection serves tee, your reporter is not quite correct in having put the charge of errs. vagance into the mouth of the Learned Chief Commissioner, u as well as of the Counsel. To the latter it was, of course, an eb. vious and necessary topic. I beg, in conclusion, to state, that my clients feel no disoofittei in directing me to take this step, to add the slightest unpleassrt newt to the situation of the insolvent. It was a public f finciple. and not with a view to their private emolument, that they op; mid his discharge. Consistently with that aim, they would wish for nothing mem than the greatest possible publicity through the medium of your columns. At the same time they feel confident that you will co!.. rest the errors above alluded to, which t Icy are quite sure were unintentional on your part, and so by making your report more correct, render it more useful to the public, and deprive it also et the possibility of inflicting an individual injury. I am, Sir, your obedient si want, New Inn, Sept., If;?5• TIIO.3IAS niNms 7'111? .411 M T. Detachments belonging to the tith 32:11, GOth, 70th, Ch. A.`il. foot, and Royal Staff Corps, arrived' in town on Scotland, and will march forthwith fur the Depots of touts specify(' corps. A Detachment belonging to the East India Company's Serr.:e. embarked on IVedneaday at Billingsgate, for Gravesend, on tone to Chatham. Mon Isa•Nn—Muanenous OuTna ct.—Atin Saturday night last, about twelve o'clock, as two dravmcn in dr employment of Messrs. Sweettnan and Co., who had ittea delivering porter at Me. Connor's public-house, at Ilat7 bough bridge, were returning home, after having been pee : t: fur the port er , th ey were attacked between , Old Balla:lug: , bridge and the canal, by the gang of thieves that have r( long infested that neighbourhood with impunity. (Met.; the men was so dreadfully beat about the head by lb , : bludgeons with which the gang were armed, that the thi,na seeing him bleed profusely from the head, thought dead, and apprehensive of the consequences, ran awl' without attempting to rob. The men during the time en deavoured in vain to alarm the neighbourhood. Ths ought to be a caution to both rich and poor to avoid that spot at night. I t is not long since a party of gentlemen were attacked, and one of them almost murdered by t! rei ruffians; and on the present occasion, two poor rain. 1 7!.. had just received their week's wages, only escaped robbed by being dreadfully beaten, and one of them for dead on the road.-17u/tin Freeman's ,J,eatral. BIRT H Pa A rk t er l , ll C .°4 .R w . t o ich t d on aug th h e ter 26 : ll tett. the helY of lj"( .11".1 MARR ED. On Tnesd a y l as t. at Wineltelsea, l Sussex, Ernest Christian WA ford, Esq. of the Royal Staff Corps, to Frances, daughter of late Richard Deane, Esq. of IVinchelsea. On I t'cdnesday, at St. Pancras New Church, Joseph Jacob Esq. of Egretnont-place. Nt.w.roatt, to 31Argarct, fourth rlaugLte , of the late 'dent—General Gammell. On the kith Het. at the New Church of Chelsel, 'Wm. E. P. , T: tolin. Esq. to Jane Mary, eldest daughter of Henry lilooadicht Keane, Esq. MED. On the 28th inst. at Barnes, Surrey. Miss !libbers. On Wednesday, Diana, the wife Cl Dr. V. M. Latham, of lamer Grosvenor -street, and youngest daughter of the lion. Maj ral Clictwynd Stapyhon. On the 211th inst. at Epsom Surrey. aged 41, William Ilay-artb, Esq. of Langhem-pl a ce, e ld est son o f D r . !hy oi d% of 11.111. At Joy's Hotel, Cock., Esq. in the bilth yea r o f hi s age . Covent-garden, on the 27th inst. Bolan-is Ift HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TH S • Morning 85 rain ' after 3. _I Evening 50 ad% Aft at THE BRITISH PRESS Offics, by J.W. Cierr"' 181, Strand, sad publiahsd I I it, cAirm.q*, tam ►ice '+ \