The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-26 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE. - Passovvo, Nov. U.—Arrived the transport N a ry Ann, Captain Carr, having on beard part of t h e Life Guards bound to Lisbon—she sailed from Portsmouth with the fleet, under convoy of the /M -om frigate, and was forced beck by contrary winds, having missed the convoy ; the transport Edward and Ann, Captain Cope, bound to Halifax, With stores; the Rostock brig, Schnelheit Arfston, Master, from Malaga, bound to London, with le ptons; the Spanish brig Mempasino, Captain Pin cillos, from Corunna, with wool, bound to Lori don; the ship Racehorse, of Guernsey, Robert Thompson, Master, from Pensecola, bound to Guernsey, with tobacco—was captured on Sunday morning last, to the west of Scilly, by a large French ship privateer, of 16 guns, and 153 men, out of St. Maloes one day only—and the Racehorse was re-captured the next day by the Rota frigate. The above vessel touched at the Havannah, which place she left Oct. 1.; also the Prussian brig Two Friends, J. Williams, Master, from Bourdeaux to London, with wines. Sailed the Poxiorte frigate, with convoy to Ports mouth; the Speculator lugger, with convoy to the Downs; and the Rapid gun-brig to the westward. DEAL, Nov. 25.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Admiral Berkeley, from the South Seas, under cooroy of his Majesty's ship .Royalist, from Ports mouth. FaLmoutm, Nov. 23.—Arrived the Rapid, Cap tain Masters, from the eastward ; also a West India man to join the fleet, which are still here. Sailed several coasters. Arrived the S'and.zieh packet, with a Mail frnrnt the beewarti Islands ; in consequence of the death of one of the passengers, the packet is put under quarantine, and it is supposed the Mail will not be landed to-night. Sailed the Rapid schooner, with a convoy for the Downs. Pooc, Nov. 25.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Hardy, from Newfoundland, left St. John's on the 29th ult. with the Admiral, Sir J. Duckworth, in the Ante * man of war, with a fleet of about 30 sail, eight or nine of them separated on the voyage, owing to bad weather, but the Admiral and the rest of the feet kept company into the Channel. The Leestird Island Mail has arrived in town And will be delivered to-day. 44 The Lords 'Commissioners of the Admiralty, having represented to the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that Masters of merchant-yes- Sets are extremely inattentive to the signals made at the signal-stations, lc:1 apprise them of enemy's cruisers being on the coast; the Committee request, agreeable to the suggestions of their Lordships, that owners of s'•iils will Bite directions to their Masters, to pay the strictest attention to all signals made from the signal stations; and further desire, that running ships, or ships separating from convoy, homeward bound, will rendezvous at Falmouth or Spithead, for convoy up Channel, and on no consideration pass Portsmouth without protection, as tecommended by their Lordships to the Chairmen of the different. Trades, in Nov. 1810: should it he Impracticable for vessels to reach Falmouth or .Spithentl, on ac count of easterly winds, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty recommend, that they put into any of the intermediate ports, or even into Scilly, and there wait for convoy, Loyd's, Nov. 25. JOHN BENNETT, jun." The following is said to be a correct list of the Corps serving in the Peninsula : CAVALay. Ist and 2d Regt. Life Guards 9th Re t. Light Dragoons lit Heat. /fore Guards, blue 10th Ditto ditto 3tl Regt. Dragoon tinards lith Ditto ditto 4th Ditto ditto 19th Ditto ditto sth Ditto ditto 11th Ditto ditto tg Ditto, or Royal Dragoons 16th Ditto ditto 11 Ilitto Dragoons lit and 2d Dragoons, K. O. L. Itti Ditto ditto Ist and Hussars, ditto DMA ?Cram . Battalion'. I • Battalions. ist Regt. Ft Gds. Ist and .2cl 49t1 -Regt. Foot 1 Id Ditto 1 44th Ditto uti 3d Ditto 1 45th Ditto 1 Ist Ditto Foot 1 Cita Ditto Std 2d Ditto 48th Ditto 1 9d Ditto 1 bOth Ditto 1 4th Ditto 1 *nit 51st Ditto 3th Ditto 1 sad 2 b2d Ditto 6th Ditto I 1h 1 Ditto it! 24 1 and 2 Yd sth 1 1 itb Ditto 1 57th Ditto Pet Ditto 1 58th Ditto lUth Ditto 1 59th Ditto llth Ditto I 601 h Ditto Mb Ditto 1 61st Ditto 2nd Ditto I 66th Ditto 24th Ditto Id 68th Ditto 27th Ditto Id 71st Ditto 18th Data I 74th Ditto VOth Ditto 9d 19th Ditto Slst Ditto 1 81st Ditto 32d Ditto I 82c1 Ditto 54th Ditto SS s3d Ditto 35th Ditto I 87th Ditto Vitit Ditto I Kt* Ditto 18th Ditto I and I 91st Ditto 35th Ditto Id 92d Ditto 40th Ditto 1 s4th Ditto 42d Dit : o I I 1 95th Ditto awes GTRIVIVe I. rGION. lst and 2d Batt. Light infantry ' . Ditto Wattevile Ist, bil, 'id, sth, 7th, Bats. of 1 Ditto Calabrese the Line 3 Brigades Horse Artillery 1 Regt. Brunswick Del, 2000 British and German Foot 1 Ditto Chasseurs Biwa:alone! I Artillery Total--19 Regime:us of Cavalry t 'l3 Battalions of Infantry, 9 Brigades of Worse Artillery ; 91100 Foot Artillery, Engineers; and Stall' Corp,. GUERNSEY, Nov. ‘2o.—The following is a list cf corps now stationed on this island :-4th garrison battalion, 1,000; veterans, 600; 56th, 400; 97th, 450; 4d batt. 35th, 600; militia of the island, 6,000. Might not some of the above named corps, its the present crisis of affairs in the Peninsula, be more advantageously employed than in performing sham fights for the amusement of the inhabitants ? We age concerned to state, that the infectious ophthalmia, first introduced by the troops which arrived from Egypt, has never been completely eradicated from the military hospitals. General Sir T HOMAS GRUIAK is now on his may to London, with the design of speedily resuming hie sommaud in Spain. . . 1, $, and 3 ,- , .. THE_ grAtESI4N: • -LIEUTENANT DAMAGE. • - LAW 110TELLIGENSE. nature, when it was considered that it was addressed --essie-- ...........e -. • •• .•... t • - . . ' ton Gentle Man who had undertaken the high and la. We have communicated the particular of the m. , COURT CIFKINO•9 DIENpH.WEISTaiIIiMIR, !f4;i.25. !borious office of a Magietrate, in the exercise of the cution of this young Officer. The following h his' , ......... BUYING GUINEAN. duties of which he yes entitled to every protection. B speech upon his trial : ;Their Lordships would eicinie hit/i t however, when DEFENCE.' attention to a co MR. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMPJI OP T RIG H ONOUR - : THE KING V. DOGG/111:-LTHE KISSG *V. BROWN. he for a moment drew the The Defendants in these two cases were brougthentisldera. ht tion of the case in which the Defendant steed. He " ABLE COURT, . up to. receive the judgment of the Court, having been Was a surgeon in entifidetable practice the father of " it is with the utmost poignancy (greeting, with the deepest bitteroess and regret, that t appear before yon in my present as.- convicted at the last Lancaster Assizes held at ' ' 1 ful and unf o rt un at e s ituation. To the wretch hardened in chester , on two several indittinents of purchasing , t Man- a family, and the master of this apprentice. One crimes, and growing grey in the pursuit low-lay, the reeol-part, and a grand part too, of the object weich the. guineas ' at more than the legal value. Both the De- • Def en dant to accoi rch , by having • teethe; of having avottwly deprived a fcreature of exist- cue, the divine gift of the Creator, what ever crowd his imagi- fendatits had purchased guineas from the same woe had in TRW, he had been enabled this day nations with a load of the most intolerable ideas. man, named Martha Hawkins ; Dougan having given np i , it put on record. in Ihe elle. davit this day filed by him, that he had not violated How then can any power of language express the multi- h plied pains of my situation, the pangs of remorse whi c h Sw ell in er at the rate of Us. and Brown at the rate of 4 235. one o f the g reatest duties and trusts ' reposed in him— my bosom with the most heart-rending sensations en the remem_ for every guinea. that of abusing the person of the girl whom it was brance of tae past, through an unpremeditated and deep ly I ' a- Mr. Justice GROSE, after that guineas ought of M his duty to protect. It appeared frotn the a eidavit merited act, which has led to this investigation. Ab, God, could ' not to be bought or sold at all ; an d that, in the pre years of banishment and pain atone for the mania of : a• moment , could teai.; tit' blond , or sobs of acutest grief recal The fl ighte sent state of our currency , the Act of Parliament r. C arpenter himself, that the girl at first the expressly . disavowed idea of any intercourse hay . .. spirits, the; seorplon s swig whit h now rankles in my hOs 4 mls for punishing this o ff ence was not only highly neces - tug taken place between her master and her. It was might he removed. 141111 tile fever of a young man be , sueded by - peace of mind and tae sweetness of content.: but alas ! what ! ear but that the transgression of the Act ought to . strange, therefore, that she vliould after %Oki& come human power can rq.kindle the vital Spark, or illuminate.the •be severely punished,ordered , as a warning to t he Defe- . back to Mr. Carpenter's, and swear the Defendant I faded eye; the flood of a ffl iction and the humane • tear are in D d vain; they rend my sOul, but yield no consolation to its wougd. Jen ants themselves and others, that the Dein , . to he tile fathei of the clue!, with which she was then. " Thus, though impressed with the deepest contrition , n , my. dusts be ' severally imprisoned, for six calendar imagination ithof recoils iv ith her and indignation a t t h e s h oc ki ng mon th s, i n t h e Ca st l e Lancaster, and be, in the supposed to be pregnant. The girl did not appear en imputaßtal of murder,-thoegh the unfortunate ma n did i n d ee d remanded to N e e to in execution of ev then, to be aware of the nature of an oath, and I fall by my hand , the violent mutinous tenour of hi s conduct, mean time ,ga, min those circumstances , it might be supposed by the I heightened by the most aggravated eiremnstances to me s his to ' as- ; their sentence. . mansling Offi c ar , in the act of carrying On the duties of m y s i- . , • ; Defendant to be somewhat strang e t that without tuation, worked me in a frenzy of passion, in the tempest of I THE KING D. WitiTAKTII. ANTS OTHERS. I warning of any kind, Mr. Carpenter should issue i which he fella sad victim of his Ono consummate ob tinacy. Charles Peter Whitaker, and William Schmidtl warrant against him - immediately on the back of this ; ! Of • ' '. rent nature fro the whirlwind of rage by which t otherwise Andrew Wilson, were brought up to re a very dill( nt ' he was swept from among men. is the prepense mali ce o f t h e de- ! and while the Defendant's mini' might be supposed • liberate and iusalious murderer. I ceive thejndgment of the Court,they having been con . to be iii a state of irritation, followed the :otter I " tiod Almighty knows my heart bleeds at the recital; bet t victed en an indictment charging them with which* was the eoesPi - subject of the information. Hi , (Mr. I is a duty I owe to m3self, and to the world, to draw your 1 • r run anong with Noah Edward Louis; otherwise ' attention to my situation as a First Lieutenant, and the cons. - r" Serjeant Pell) that •. agreed, to many places the letter quart provocation; and I fondly hope this' Honourable Court • Knight, who was also tried under •the same indict- was highly unjustifiable. Their Lordships would :w el accompany me in may feelings as anOtlicer, and as a elan. went, but was acquitted : and with another person, A complaint had been made to me by the carpenter of the ship, ' • keep in suited, however, that the Defendant had named Augustus Stevens of the deceased, who had conducieriltimself in the most riotous g, otherwise Whitaker, who never exhibited the letter to ant - person but to Mr. ! and•eionderie manner to the said per-on: weighing the dream. ' was not tried, not having been found, to defraud Carpenter himself, and that the great and natural . stances, I, is ith a lenity natural to me, and whirl!; I trost, I one. Edward Gibson, and h • actually eying defrauded shall prove to have ever been my characer, from nigh '•virh-nce, out of irritation produced on his mind b y conduct which be • ordered him a slight punishment, too trifling in its oattire, and hi m net unbecoming his sittiatiun as a soldier, merely to walk the the said Charles Peter Whitaker to be represented as reasonably account for the limited veryproduction Iquarter-deck aoh a musket in his hand, and to which 1 was ii- a duced by a prepossession in his favour, dud a wish to preserve ' - person in good circumstinices, and Schmidt, Au- ' 1 of the letter. . him Irvin condign punishment, which must have been the cease- gustus Whitaker, &c. as being also persons in good Mr. BURROWS, on the thought 't , same side , e une • quenee if the regular steps had peen taken. When, aim insuf- circumstances, and of' great worth and respectability I necessary to add one word. I feratile contempt, better expressed by the carriage and demure . p m • I I eounten , snee and eye than bylauguage lie impertinently refused •at P alermo at Messina and other places. The . i Mr. ileum. said s at Mug as the protection of the tor-to:Hu om ; I again and again commanded farther cpliance , • : case, which exhibited a complete tissue of fraud and , Magistracy was the peculiar duty of their Lordships; the same I.rovoratioa was renewed, I flew to my weapon, and deteption, by which Mr. Gibson had been indu ced ' here. before Gest und my Coniary ; m sokinnly disclaim iit would be an idle waste of time in Counsel to ene • any inteation .o endonger the life of t a i deceased, mid declare to enter into partnership with. Charles Peter White- i I tleavour to point out to them what was the course of ! I vacate simply to intimidate, and thereby force obedience to ker, as general merchants, and thereby to give to ; their duty. Ile denied t:at the conduct of the De : ray orders. Acting on this princi e le, I several times struck the him , amid to his associate, M r. Schmidt , otherwise museet e hieti elle deceased held is his hand , and desired him to fendant could be attributed to irritation. lie ead s walk about-ibis seemiegly had :he desired effect-he shouldered Wilson, the controul over property to the amount , long after the writing of the letter, been advised to arms, and my sword was returned to its scabbard. Rut in the' of befweeit .10001. and 50001. obtained from different' make an a p ology, and had refused, saying, he should very same moment, say soul still glowing with imlignation at his cit outrageous entiacity of air and aspect, he again refused cornslit the was tried at Guildhall, before' merchantsy,wish to hear the letter read in a Court of Justice.— , ;Aimee, and dared me to the fatal act. The imposing attitude Lore Ellenhorough, on which occasion we gave a, He had been so gratified, and a Jury, on hearing it of the MAD, the fierce arrangement of his features, his high in- detal of its leading circumstances , which we now' gratitude and disdain, working on my imagination, already In- . I read, had pronounced the letter a libel. furiated by irsitated exasperation, that darted like a fl ash of j abstam from repeating, Mr. MOORE and Mr. Girecieo followed on the lightning across my brain , reason forsook its seat, raging mad- Tie two Defendante now filed -affidavits in mitiga- , same side. nest tisurprd the sway, and my sword obeying its hurried mans Hon, by which itappeare d, dr a t they had already been I date, was passed jinn his body. 1. Mr. Justice Gaon, in passing sentence, said, the 1 " Cruel! cruel 1 most cruet sword ! a Melt at once element •in Newgate, on the present change, the former for ' present was surely a bad offence, being a libel on him into eternity-to appear unprepared liefore his Gud-and 14, and the latter for 13 months. •I the charaeter of a Magistrate, who, having done no • nos into the dee,.est gloom of misety and remorse. I trust Ido ed , .r. Justice GROSE conceived the resent to be one • ' not exhaust the indulgence of this Honourable Court with a re- more than his duty, every man was bound to See 1 . petition of my regrets-w h at bosom can dent the sigh, or *hat 'of the most eye the tear, when charged with the death of a fellon-creature, under any circumstances whatever I Tbefull heart feels relief ever been acquainted with. Impressed with this per- ' . • that lie did nothing to annoy him. The letter in thoughwritten only to him, •ht question, might irritate ,on the heaving forth of its sorrows : and though no pencil ran suasion, the sentence of the Court upon the pres e n t • him to skew it. There was this circumstance, how poortray the anguish which preys upon my maid at this moment, ' Defendants was, that they be severally imprisoned ever, in favour 'of the present Defendant, that the y et I fe"" consolation in thinkin that Limit "In w as fin ' itt the gaol of Neweate for IS calendar months, and ..- Prosecutor need not have shewn it, unless he had merly the object of my lenity-whom , from motives or compas sion, and the just sense I entertained of his professional abilities, that they do severally, within the period of one been so iliClilleli ; and, in that event, it would I had shielded from punishment, though implicated e itli the se- month from the date of their sentence, stand in and ; never have become a public libel. This, however, riot's charge of mutiny. From this circumstance, I hope it will appear to this Honourable Court, that there wastes premeditated • upon the pillory, at the Royal Exchange, for the yeas still a libel which must be punished ; and, malice against this unhappy victim of my miseuided passion-- I space of one hour, between the hours of twelve aid on the whole, the sentence of the Court was, that and that a moment's cool reflection would have rather induced ! t wo o 'clock. the Defendant, for his said offence, be committed ' me to stretch Lath that arm for his preservative instead of his de etractioo. 1 TUE KING V. NENNELL. t o the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea 4 . I cannot leak back on are unhappy event without suffering t The Defendant in this case,n ho was a Lieut. in the !of the Court, fur the space of six weeks, and he then the Most painful sensations , not only us respects the deed itself, I lc. a Ast Gloucester Local Militia, was called on to re- d• h e d but also as regards a sort u'r unhappy destiny, and not as a ea- ' 1 isc arg . sual occurrence. lion forbid that I saould firer a 1110111 CM dare to ! ceive the sentence of the Court, having !Wowed judge , _ or , arraign, or evea to call is question, the justice of au everlast. I invent to go against him by default, for challenging, I COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 45. log . Providence : but if ever fate preponderated the action of • and after osti p gnas a coward Mr. Cram Sur Surgeon, ' Mr. Serjeant BEST was heard this day in support . , an individual, or hurried him to a crisis, smue unknown power.. with cruel and desperate sway, tyrannized on flint lamented j of pi istol, o f an objection taken iu behalf of tee underwriters and also a Surgeon of the same corps itt , . . day over the atrectinns of my bean, and dashed its calm Plea .. .which the Defendant was a Lieutenant. The die.; in a policy of insuranc e cause on the Americ I, at and cidity with the tumultuous waves of violence and rage. ' I " I must claim the indulgence of this Hou. Court for occupy. . pute arose iii consequence of an altercatioe betweep from any part north of the Scheldt to Archangel. ingot° much of its valuable time, it' 1 have deviated from the the parties respecting a seat in one of the boxes of t It appears that the Lords of the Treasury granted subject before them; hut Si . ben they recollect the very critical the Cirencester Theatre. . a licence .to an English merchant of the name of situation in wliicii Lam placed, 1 hope they %ill be ready to • • pity and forgive the *metering. oh' the mind. I shall beg leave The sentence of the Court was, that the Defeo- Simpfin*, to import goods from Russia. Simpfin, by . to call the attentive of the Court to the testimonies I g-hall ad • dant he imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of means of the licence, enabled alien enemies at Arch wince to prove the eneral calmness and indulgence of my tem- the King's Bench prison for three calendar 9 Arch per towards ever o n e in public and in private. I have more; particularly at this time to lament the death of my much-re- and that he do then enter into recognizances to keep goods for England. The question under these cir spected friend nail commander, Captain Rushbrook, as slso ' l the peace for three rears , himself •in 1001. and two cupistances was, whether the property was protected ' the absence of Admiral Dixon from this country ; but yet 1 trust Isbell still be able, from the testimony of Capts. Trollope and sureties i n 501. each. iby the liceece, so as to make the under% ricers liable Brainier, and another Officer lathe Court, and sit many of my ' TUT 11,1NG a. UAKNIBROoK. • !for the loss i'—The Learned Serjeant contended, that inewmates and brother O&M-and what must lead still mimeo Mr. I JEKYLL moved the judgment 'of the Court the King's licence could not have given the right of , convince this Honourable Court of the extent of my clemency, as Defendant in this case, who is a surgeon importing the goods to any other than Simpfiti, a Bri t it respects my conduct to those placed under my command, to• ,against the Bri • gethcr with my other depositions, the leading men of the Griffon i of considerable practice in Tavistock. ; tish subject. are also ready to bear testimony. I trust the warm and artless , . . , . information ten against the On the other side it was urged, that the present et criminal had been n effnsions of their manly and unsophisticated hearts will su Mclean- ! ly convince the Honourable Court of the repugnance of may tin-' Defendant , for writing anti publishing a Lett er of a state of commerce has changed tee construction for- • i titre to the act ; and that nothing but th e irritating conduct of I libellous nature to Mr. Carpenter, a Magistrate, merry put on licences, and that the decisions in the the deceased could have made me outstep the bounds of reason , .. Adheralty Court had considered enemy's property, and justice. A seemiag obedience returned the blade unpolluted ' of the County o f cond uct Devon, for his w hil e ac t. to its sheath, when an unexpected recurrence of the °Pace, carried under such licences as entitled to protece ing in the exercise of his duty as a - Magistrate.- under aggravated circumstances, overwhelmed at once my din - The information was tried at Exe ter , before Mr. lion. [ cretioo and my judgment, and drove me on to commit the horrid deed with which' Island arraigned at the bar of this Honourable i Justice Chawbre, and the Jury foundthe Defend ant Mr. Serjea t BEST,' in reply, argued that the . i : Judges in Westminster Hall, could not be g overned , Court. r --Guitey. 1 4, When I turn my . thoughts towards the melancholy cams. , I The Libel in question, which was contained in a by the Admiralty Court,- which of late had shifted ! trophe, the retrospect is agonising in the extreme': but I look , forward to whatever may be the result of this Court Martial, ' letter from the Defendant to the Prosecutor, charged its legal opinions in confiirmity to political circuit,. with becoming deference and resignation, which can only pro- ae nsr. Carpenter The Common Pleas could only place a with haring allowed a young woman, stances. . ceed from a conscience awakened to its guilt, and assisted by . , knewaction on the licences . ..according to the strict no more of the nature of an oath than a conetr the Divine Power. 1 feel supported by the confidence of ever also having acted on humans sad honourable principles. 1 know baby, to make a solemn declaration against the De- law of the land. It was also stated, that the same myself incapable of committing an ill action, and am horror- fendant, without afforded his being present, and that too after : question, with respect to the protection by struck at the magnitude of this . I trust there is not a spectator the De,. I such licences, n e w remained for• judgment io (be to this Court, who does not believe these solutions to be the 1 she had in equally positive terms etculpated genuine inmates of my breast-if there be any amongst them_ the . fendant from any such charge. Was not this, the - Court of King's Bench. 'The Court did not give a contrary opinion, I address than In the language of , Defen d an t i • ed . hietlt • This • is considered a question of the asked, condemning him to infamy without j g • i Apostle Would to God you were all together such as Lam, , I except Inc bonds.' being heard ? and loading him with a crime at which ' greatest iinportauce. I 1 . 4 hie. President, and Gentlemen of this Honourable Court, human nature revolted ? This wet a conduct which , is your hands I place my honour and my existence, the hopes , and fears of my family, and all that is valuable to the Officer, the Defendant conceived to be illiberal, u nkind, and i the Gentleman, and the Man, fully sensible they can be no . ungentlemanly. Mr. Carpenter too had given to the were sasafely confided as to the breasts of those of my own girl a Bible and a pair of shoes. In some countries profession, the pride and boast of my Country, mid the terror . of its foes. have proved before you, as before my God, the this would be accounted a bribe. If•It was, how , case of my unfortunate situation, and whilst you decide on my ever, necessary that men should do to others as they future destiny, 1 earnestly entreat you to remember, ' That • would wish that others ehould do to them, he left it earthly power doll then skew likest God's when merry seaway I ' Mr. Carpenter to say if he had act ed towards the justice. Defendant on this principle, in the present instance, where on such evidence as this girl's be had issued a warrant for apprehending him. . . . Ateaffidavit of the Defendant's wall read, stating, i that be is a medical man, residing in Tacistock, and having a wife and child. The affidavit also bore, in. express terms, that the Defendant had never had amy criminal connectiou whatever with Elizabeth Lander,. 'the girl on whose declaration the warrant against thpi Defeadant was issued by Mr. Carpenter, the girl being then of the age of 14 . or 16, and being the Defendant's apprentice : and farther, that the De fendant had never shewn the letter in question, writ ten to Mr. Carpenter, to any person, except to his wife and family. _ Several of the Midshipmen, now prisoners of wit. in France, are promoted to the miik of Lieutenants. Colonel CONGREVT'S apparatus for securing Willy. lane Theatre against fire, brings to mind what "Sr WILLIAM DtTENANT said to the audience ou as alarm of fire when he was Manager.—" He begged the people not to be at all uneasy; for be had the happiness to assure them, that if necessary, he could ustOwts zits WIIOLII PIT in less than five mieutee!" FONT/LILL ABIST.—II now appears from accurate mensuration', that the height of this extraordinary structure is within a few (25 or 26) feet the same as of St. PAUL'S! And what is an additional aggrandize ment, that the grows(' at the foundation is on a level with the top of saliabury spire! While again, that spire is among the loftiest knetwn, at Strasburgh and Vienna; namely, above 400 feet (perhaps 410 feet); of coun t . foico dig hojakt of the DIOXVIICSI ! .. lA* kr ~~ ~ ~~~ , w • • i P :4 t • i ... . ' . ' • . a . I A COURT OF - EXCHEQUER, Noe.??. • THt ntsray. nir4ot.o. • I This *as an application to the Barons of the Er. chequer in•lehalfiof two Societies established at • Norwich, under the name of the Union Life and t. Fire Assurance Societies. Ilappeared that the Com. missioners of Assessed Taxes had made their assess - • r milt on the property of these Societies on. a scale, 4, . which 'they contend war by no means proportioned i.,- to the real state of their sconcern. A represent*. floe having . beee made by the Secretary of the Socie. i t; ties, first to the Board of TA W S, and finally to the . . , Commissioners, a. revision of the assessment was made, but the Commissioners affirmed their former determination. Mr. lioutialro endear - oured this day to shew, by a '/'. statement of the affairs of the Society, that they had and he contended that the . .. , ~:.. been unfairly assessed, ‘ Court had a power to tontrout the Commissioners, and reverse their decision. i, The 4rroaNtY-OrAgaaF. opposed the application , , to quash the assessment,, on the ground that the Commissioners had a poier given them by Act of r Parliament, ,which did not admit of the interference of any Court in their decisions. ' ... The Polio Basun, in giving judgment, observed * 0t . . . , . . 1 . . . 4 r ' . - . • .., --- ''• .I.''..#' Mr. Serjeant Put. said, the offence of the De fendant amounted to this, that he had sent to Mr. Carpenter the libel in question, which he (Mr. Sei . - 4eant Pell,`. admitted was an offence of a very serious v ar.: •4 41`~~ 'S j'a p *. °*l - PIONw.M I-o •rVeri• - • Ii ' l l !i' i :