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MP' MONEY MARKET. OF THE BRITISH PRESS. suggest. through your rafter, to the (crests of the Ctty of London, as also to c generally throughout this country, ah holding public meetings for the tag the groundless and mischievous prevailed in the Money Market, abate it. When Exchequer It;Ils 60. t. discount, it surely becomes of London to appeal to the Govern those assistance has never been with tplitd for, and to require from it its and protection. your most obedient servant, JOHN WILKS. Dee. 12, 1825. 'R PETER POLE AND CO. , that the Banking-house of Sir P. ;cr under the necessity of suspending morninz. iVe understand that house obtained 3.50,006;. on unjoutiiiil 1.1311 k of England, and might have demands on it, with only a small por will not say indulgence; but the thin substantial relief to the Pole and Co. woe the corre -forty country banks, and in the we are credibly assured, paid up very customer, however, instead forbearance to a house struggling, by the ins, to maintain itself, pour ed in result, as might have been ex , to banker and customer. It is inow that all the other Bankers were evening that Pule and Co. could morning, and, with a taste, feeling, and • honour on them, contributed funds to to meet their engagements of that day. such a failure by a Saturday night's ail destruction and dismay throughout instead of the bane, we are happy to was despatched on Saturday to such as this event is likely to in fl uence. transacted by Sir P. role aud Co. is , Lloyd, and Company, and Smith, believe that the two latter pay a very country hank-notes made payable at Company. s rA7' OF 7'!)'! T O THU EDITOR ()I Allaw me to suggi " ▪ it commercialit— interests t: 'al interests gm W '" 1 • toe c' ll- , rnrc ; r ee t of forthwith of inr~tigating tl Aare r' - ‘ Ol which 111111 htely pi Jee,ollig means to at 501- ev ahle in March are at 61 *n y d y ttrity of the City of I bt l . ' 4 ° of the country, wittier A t e , hen prope rly applied g irls, in H ence, and )lotsl am, Sir,' your H o K yr, Brea-Wed. Dee. fur I. FAILURE OF SIR of a are 'erre to state, th ye k . =get Co. were ur I. ts yesterdLe le s. r/1 ;„ last this house I: t s from the Bank a II the dema of nds 111 4 . 14 'it e LO,. feu p l ay, we wi ll pon I t„a a had turned t re (' to of the house. ea! news , t7,, sa of six-and-fort of last week, we P l ll4O '7l; o f 300,00 01 . Evil ug d ' te ,,,„„i ng forbearance t 11 or """ means, pot bOLOUTI jr derfamis, and the cc" 4 0 1 , 1 1e 1 , 1 ; ala i ' wa s fatal both to au' satisfaction to know *me 00 Saturday ever • H en yesterday ;portant to t ars - reflecting honou shin iaalM Pole sad Co. to wee ation of such to CI) A cova uic n nailul would have spr ead d er t .t a ntry, whereas, mate ate ben -e 7that the antidote was •Il t s Country Banks as i !t a t ° Tot tuskless formerly t ran rani Ixtocen Jones, Lb 43r r ' p r one, and CO. AVe belie nroport ion of she cow the house of Pole and Con' PROF I Xi ting :to. Ptvatotrn BANN, &C.— inks • to the affairs of the late fin Ho. tut; nor is it likely that Grea obtained till the anignees Wan led take place. we underst know gentlemen are named who ha la nation : and, if the choic ormin Mem, the most ample jut 'ainf done to the affairs of the 11 in th a order to bring the bust ly re ass be declared. lt.is a /editors to know when a rash'. met In the pound the cm Eva'. Imb new Min of distress ke that failure, the sad effects no weir felt in these towns a to, Hie stoppage of the xi Deis mg Cuming, of the Ash kR we are happy in sayin 1824 - Acute loss to their credal ece iv day in January to pay off cane r Fr saposaion of payments I Mg in rot being enabled in th speedpit in town, in none Fern' eerie. We tuakratand lad Yawata.; and that whe ' I t Wises Of the Bank will s endi Confidence appears to t 'wh . nab* Banks in this toe tht f Imam proceeds as quiet) Are • happears from the Ex San hay a the different Banking ei paw s hoed being met with p hat t %%Aire Freeholder. end A correspondent of rea lea received from Ash Maus. Brown, Witmer, IN.- nyment, will pay off th tat; indeed their notes a am of that place. In th. itut edit, we have much ph to th "formation, anti hope it a '; us interested, within th an, Jusirnul. lent B "col Pat • Smith, Hall, and Co.'s Bank stopped e ayment of which a hand-bill was ins oa, the Bank would be resat 914 Fear or five of the princip that their cash notes wouh Hot pat crowds flocked to tt , 11 Co matey, at d made purchas olk • BANK OF WE` tel, i York Herat on t We stop the press to ins P. fro just been issued by WI "Hewn. Wentworth and Lie cninstances, been Compellt Is requalat the public, that ends orngements, in the course 0 MID unary tars claim, and to rca Inds The bank of Mesas. r 1114 , tern, of Northampton, sto nnus ohm they stated by hand' retro sadden and unexpected pet day, they deemed it prude o' present, at the same time 'per claims upon them in full, tram Ata"—Noeifierroptors Met Esq. seemem e. ► COMM ERCE E TO THE EDITOR I I, II !t0t..." Render unto C 111.1 ." is a maxim of very ds • 1 vet: sou would apply n t !au P . aper of IVerinesdi Teri :in importance of this t row lan of the highest commi latin ems statement ha.a tin. ' rr to exaggerate that i ":'•..P:ue (not so long, ins wit keer's), all the packet al re alt 1 and infers that the I day ' !me of pickets is a gri I kt e ' • of Liverpool. This e a •-i these ships (and tx lie I orb ; all their C rn re l ' .lo- r respective crews. ahe ro.ho fJoodfi,m the Uni, rise rmlierce is a commerce b tom. The eminent Live erG '! writer RS " rondo nets Nal, the rt , nsignees, ant unie l aaalt,of., mote or less, an: "a the val ue o f t hi s p i ece 1 an )11 95. So that, as far a , an me:amen-ail importance,' 4 ttur of New York than Farkas. and also that `mil 44 The way in New Yor • )35. 1 ante n simply to cone n t it,this •••or internam , statemei ece i to : prise (in th' respect) rind dwil y due•—lcy inserting 1 AN AMERICAN f Dec. 12. at ill publish the forego f ro . :over recommends it to r *ft profemdly extract) he ' i • 'NCIAL BANES. &c.—Nothing has transpired relative • firm of Elford and Co., since our that any Correct information will be assignees to the estate be chosen, which understand, on the 23d instant. Several who are likely to be elected to the si choice of the creditors should fall on le justice, we are persuaded, will be the house, and every expedition used r business to a close, that a dividend , t.is a question of equal import to the -1 a dividend will be declared, as how estate will pay. Every day brings distress of parties who have suffered by id effects of which will be long and se towns and neighbourhood. to respectable firm of Brown, Winsor Ashburton Bank, announced in our lying, will not be attended with any creditors, as they have fixed an early off all demands on the firm. The Ha entirely arose from a disappoint , enabled to obtain gold from their cone in consequence of the state of the money understand that their stoppage is merely - • when their affairs are arranged, the ill again be resumed. to be restored as it regards the re , town and neighbourhood, and their quietly as if nothing had occurred. )e Exeter Papers that a run took place ing establishments of that city, but the ith promptitude it soon ceased.—De- respectability informs us, that by a A Ashburton be finds that the bank of 'Maw, and Co., which recently stopped f off their notes on the 2d of January notes are now current among the trades the present agitated state of public pleasure in giving publicity to this it may quiet the alarm of many who the circulation of tlsis Journal. — Co.'s Northampton Town and County nt on Thursday morning, soon after issued, stating that the business of resumed on Saturday (this day).— principal shopkeepers having announced would be taken in exchange for goods, 'co their shops on Thursday and yes purchases.—Leiccater Journal. WENTWORTH ANT) CO. Harald Office, Saturday, Hslf.past Four. insert the following circular, which y \Ventworth and Co., at York :- 411 am%. Wentworth and Co. haring, under the most painful erranstarces, been Compelled to suspend their payments, beg orsaissiat the public, that they cohlidently hope to make such ta. in the course of a short time.'as will enable them to Zyrr n eTy claim, and to resume their Wiliness as heretofore." The bank of Meson. Smith, Osborn, Howes, and Os born, of Northampton, 'tor* payment on Thursday last, 'hen they stated by handbills--" that in consequence of a *Men and unexpected run upon their bank on iVednes day, they deemed it prudent to stop their payments for the present, at the same time declaring their ability to pay all Claim! upon them in full, and to hare a considerable sur ?Nl —lVertiunieptoo Mercury. COMMERCE OF LIVERPOOL tO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Render unto Cesar the things which are Cie - "et" is a maxim of very high authority on all accounts. vou would arply it to the stattinent published in !xo P . sper of IVednesday, respecting the great cornmer 'll importance of this town. No doubt Liverpool is a toss of the highest commercial importance, but the writer "UT statement has resorted to a pet t y concealment, in to exaggerate that importance. He enumerates in a ue (not so long, indeed. but far more 'winding than 11 7, , re5). all the packet *hips between Liverpool and New ' and infers that the ability to support such an expel'• of packets is a great proof of the wealth and corn of Liverpool. This is not exactly the case. Every thew ships (and noble ships they are) is owned in v , I Desk ; all their Cenmanders are Amencan, as well rogreetive crews. The passengers are all persons and fe.t-m the United States and England, and the C MlLlleref is a commerce between England and the United 441 0.• The eminent Liverpool merchants who are named n Y , iu writer as " eanductor3" of these packet lines, are r 'foh the rt , nsignees, and receive for their trouble, &c. 11.4 01., more or less, on each voyage. They do not the value of this piece of paper in either or all of the So that, u far as these packets are evidence of ° omn-niel importance," the evidence is far stronger in r 0 7 °51 ' of New York than of Liverpool. The London line 14e rielitto. and also that to Havre de Grace, is owned in * The way in New York solely. My object in writing al' 60 ._ • v ' I Imply to correct the mistake (or concealment) 0r interesting statement, and to give the credit for en j141.P.:12 e (in t hi s respect) to t h e quarter w h e re it is most Jody doe•—lly inserting this note you will oblige 14 AN A We MERICAN READER 0, YOUR PAPER. . 12. W • is t • e Pithlish the foregoing lett?? on the principle on which 4...._"ier recommends it to our notice. The aricle tn winch he vete* . Preenedly extracted iron: a new Li vcrpool Paper called • Ai10a...-En. FRIENDS OF POOR ORPHAN CATHOLIC CHILDRIt'N. The Anniversary Dinner of it is eveellen' Charity took place yes terday at the Freemasons' Tavern. Ahont one hundred gentlemen ~at down to dinner. The Reverend Thomas Weld filled the Chair. Atter the rotvinc touts had been drunk iri:h the customary ho non's, The CIIA/RMAW rose, and proposed the health of the Right Rev. Dr. Poynter, the Patron of the Chanty, a hich was received with much applause. The Right Rev. Dr. RR•MITON returned thanks. Ile said his Rev. Brother had sent a substantial proof of the interest be felt for the charity, and he wan sole the heart of that esteemed prelate was with mei indivienal present, in proportion as that individual con tributed to forward the objects of the charity. lie believed it was possible to possess ambition without pride, and avarice without parsimony. Most persons were satisfied if they considered them selves well off in this world, ar•d were likely to he happy in the world to come. The Rev. Chairman was well off in this world, ard, he thought, was generally considered as certain of pursuing the right course to gain the world to come as Any person could possibly be; yet he au not satisfied with giving an example of piety and religion to an illustrious family and extensive connexio t, but he wished to sacrifice himself for man kind, and especially for the pane. His ambition was to plant righteousness in the souls of others, both by precept and ex. ample. He (Dr. Bramston) felt it one of the happiest momenta of lab (ire when he hsd an opportunily thus publicly of aspesasirg fi,tst admiration lus Rev. Friend, Ur. %Veld, and calling upon the assembly to drink Lid health in the same feeling with which it was given. After the applause which followed this toast had subsided, Mr. N Eno rose and returned thanks. Ile said he little de served the compliment which had been paid to him, but he wished he had deserved it more. With regard to the present Charity, it was a great satisfaction to him to feel that it flourished, but what he had done was trifling; without the assistance of others what would the Charity have been? In conclusion the Rev. Gentle. man begged to propose the 'Rabb of the Right Rev. Dr. Ilmniston, which was drank with every manifestation of respect. Mr. llaaxazox returned thanks. lie said, it was usual on such occasions to display modesty ; lie thought such a course un necessary, for that every man should get credit for the goodness of his intentions towards the Charity. Ile would yield to no man in # desire to promote its interests. On these grounds he thanked the assembly for drinking his health ; but he wished them to do it sentimentally, by giving their assistance to support the Charity. The CHAIR max next gave—" The Friends of the Orphan, and success to their exertions." The male and female Children belonging to the Charity, decently appareled, then marched in procession round the morn, and ex cited much interest. ...... One of the children addressed the assembly, imploring those present to think of the misery from which he and his fellows were preserved by their benevolence. They were preserved, he said, from the pestilential ■tmotphere of the cotton factories, the grave of thousands of poor children ; and from the dangers attendant on ignorance, the parent of vice. They were blessed by having pre served to them the religion of their ancestors, together with edu cation, clothing, and feeding. The infant advocate called upon the meeting to think of the happiness afforded to the departed pz rents of those poor children who had been admitted under the pro tection of the Charity, and that others were now ardently waiting for admittance into its walls. The Rev. Mr. ,SIACCONALD said that the exhibition which the company had witnessed was calculated above all others to repay and stimulate exertion. The benefactors to this Charity may sit down in the shade created by their own benevolence, and luxuriate in the prospect of abundance which it ofered. They had cherished innocence and protected orphanage; and he hoped they would go on. and be still the admirable instruments of divine goodness. It was securing to themselves the help of God Almighty in sickness and in sorrow , and entering into a league which took from Death its sting, and despoiled Hell of hs triumph. In his Name who pressed little ones to his bosom, he would commit the little one and the orphan to every one present. Several other toasts were given, and the company separated at an advanced hour, tilled with those pleasing sensations which naturally succeed to the exercise of benevolence. when untainted by any in fusion of polemical or political asperity. Several professional gentlemen attended, and promoted the festi ' trity of the evening by the introduction of appropri a te s ong s an d gloss. LITERARY GLEANINGS. No. LXVIII. CHARACTER OF SAMUEL RICHARDION.—The author of Ccaatssa was always fond of female society. He lived in a kind of flower-garden of ladies: they were his in spirers, his critics, his applauders. Connexions of busi ness apart, they were his chief correspondents. He had generally a number of young ladies at his house, whom he used to engage in conversation on some subject of senti ment, and provoke, by artful opposition, to display the treasures of intellect they possessed. Miss Mulso, after wards Mrs. Chapone ; Miss Highmore, now Mrs. Dun combe ; Miss Talbot, niece to Seeker, and author of some much esteemed devotional pieces; Miss Prescott, after wards Mrs. Mulso ; Miss Pieldings ; and Miss Colliers, re sided occasionally with him. He was accustomed to give the young ladies he esteemed the endearing appellation of his daughters. He used to write in a little summer-house, or grotto, as it was called, within his garden, before the family were up ; end, when they met at breakfast, lie communicated the progress of his story, which, by that means, had every day a fresh and lively interest. Then began the criticisms, the pleadings, for HARRIET BYRON or CLEM ENTIN• ; every turn and every incident was eagerly canvassed, and the author enjoyed the benefit of knowing beforehand how his situations would strike. Their own little partialities and entanglements, too, were de veloped, and became the subject of grave advice, or lively raillery. Mrs. Duncombe thus mentions the agreeable scene, in a letter to Mrs. Mulso:— " I shall often, in ides, enjoy again the hours that we hare so agreeably *pent in the delightful retirement of North End: " For while this pleasing subject I pursue, The grot, the garden, rush upon my view ; There in blest union, round the friendly gate, Instruction, peace, and cheerful freedom wait ; And there, a choir of list'ning nymphs appears Oppresed with wonder, or diutolved in tears: But on her tender fears when Ilarriet dwells, And love's soft symptoms innocently tells, They ail with conscious smiles, those symptoms view, And by those conscious smiles confess them true." Mr. RICHARDSON was a friend to mental improvement in women, though under all those restrictions which mo desty and decorum have imposed upon the sex. Indeed, his sentiments seem to have been more favourable to female literature, before than after his intercourse with the fashionable world; for Clarissa has been taught Latin, but Miss Byron is made to say, that she does not even know which are meant by the learned languages, and to declare, that a woman who knows them is an owl among the birds. The prejudice against any appearance of extraordinary cul tivation in woman was, at that period, very strong. It will scarcely be believed, by this generation, that Mrs. Delany, the accomplished Mrs. Delany, objects to the words intellect and ethics, in one of the conversation pieces, in GRANDISON, 11/1 too scholastic to proceed from the mouth of a female. What would some of these critics have said, could they have heard young ladies talking of gases, and nitrous oxyd, and stimuli, and excitability, and all the terms of modern science! The restraint of tbrmer times was painful and humiliating; what can be more humiliating than the necessity of affecting ignorance ? and yet, perhaps, it is not undesirable that female genius should have something to overcome; so much, as to render it probable, before a woman steps out of the common walks of life, that her acquirements are solid, and her love for literature decided and irresistible. These obstacles did not prevent the Epictetus of Mrs. Ca arse, nor the volumes of Mrs. CIIAPONE, from being written and given to the world. _ The moral qualities of Richardson were crowned with a serious and warm regard for religion; it is conspicuous in all his works; and we shall. probably, not find any writings of the class of novels, in which virtue and piety are so strongly and uniformly recommended, without any party spirit, or view to recommend a particular system; and it would be doing injustice to the taste of the world not to say that they were highly valued on that account. 'rite house of Richardson was a school of virtuous sentiment and Rood morals. The following letter, from Mr. REICH, of Leipsie, shows the pleasing impression a visit to him made on the lively feelings of a foreigner. " You know, sir, I set out for England purely with a view of cultivating a personal acquaintance with so great a man as Mr. Samuel Richardson, who had so long endeared himself to me by his works, and who, afterwards, by the correspondence established between us, granted me his friendship. I arrived at London the Bth of August, and had not much difficulty in finding Mr. Richardson in this great city. He gave me a reception worthy of the author of Pamela, Clarissa, and Grandison ; that is, with the came heart which appears throughout his works. His per son, his family, and even his domestics, all answer this character. lie carried me into his library, and his print_ . llis iht§§. '44souse (for he is a printer), in both which I never s a w things so well disposed. Sunday following, I was with him at his country-house (Selby-house), where his family was, with some ladies, acquaintances aids four daughters, who, with his lady, compose his family. It was there I saw ' beauties without affectation; wit without vanity; and thought myself transported to an enchanted land. After . chocolate, Mr. Richardson brought us into the garden, ad joining to the house. He invited me to partake of its fruits, of which the trees afforded the finest of their kind, and, perceiving that I hesitated, gathered some himself, which he presented to me. Every thing I saw, every thing I tasted, recalled to me the idea of the golden age. Here are to be seen no counterfeits, such as are the offspring of vanity, and the delight of fools. A noble simplicity reigns throughout, and elevates the soul. The harmony of this charming family furnished me with many reflections on the common ill-judged methods of education, whence springs the source tither of our happiness or misery. The ladies affected not that stiff preciseness peculiar to coquettes. Trained up by a parent who instructs them still more by his example than by his works, they s t r i ve to i m i tate hi m; and, if you feel a tenderness for objects so lovely, you will surely be sensible of a still greater rsts., "'1 e the garden, over agaiost the house, we came to a kind of grotto, where we rested ourselves. It was on this seat, Mr. Le Fevre (Mr. Richardson's friend) told me, that Pamela, Clarissa, and Grandison, received birth ; I kissed the ink-horn on the side of it. We after wards proceeded to table (dinner), where an opportunity was offred me of reading the letters written to me by Mlle. Sack, front Berlin, concerning my voyage, and Mr. Rich ardson. One might in them discern the wit which is the peetiliar characteristic of that lady; and every one listened with the closest attention to whatever truth obliged me to say concerning her. IVhereupon Mr. Richardson °ban-red to me, that the ladies in company were all his adopted daughters ; that he should he very proud to give to them, as well as to his own, so charming a sister; and desired to signify as much to her, and to send her his picture, which he gave me for that purpose. The rest of our discourse tnrned on the merits of Mr. Gellert, and of some other Germans of distinction. I told him we had the same rea son to glory in our relationship, as countrymen of these worthy gentlemen, as the English had in regard to him. Mr. Richardson's usual modesty dictated his answer. To wards evening he brought me to London, where he made me promise to come and see him as often as I could. On the Sunday following 1 was with him again at his pleasant country seat. IVe found there a large company, all people of merit ; Mr. Miller, author of the Gardener's Dictionary (which has been translated at Nurnburg, with such suc cess), and Mr. Highmore, the famous painter, were there. This last, two days afterwards, conferred on me a genteel piece of civility, which I shall never forget : he must, in deed, be the accomplished gentleman he appears to be, by obliging with so good a grace. I was extretnely coned' ned on not seeing his only daughter, who was in the country. I have read some of her letters, which excite in me the highest esteem both for her understanding and her heart. In the evening I took my leave of the family, and returned with Mr. Richardson. 1 saw him several times since, dur ing the eight days I staid in England ; but it was neces sary, at last, to quit that divine man. I gave him the letter entitled No. I. ; lie embraced me, and a mutual tenderness deprived us of speech. Ile accompanied me with his eyes as far as lie could ; I shed tears." RICHARDSON was, in person, below the middle stature, and inclined to corpulency ; of a round, rather than oval, face, with a fair ruddy complexion. His features, says one who speaks from recollection, bore the stamp of good nature, and were characteristic of his placid and amiable disposition. He was slow in speech, and, to strangers at least, spoke with reserve and deliberation; but, in his manners, was affable, courteous, and engaging ; and when surrounded with the social circle he loved to thaw around him, his eye sparkled with pleasure, and often expressed that particular spirit of archness which we see in some of his characters, and which gave, at times, a vivacity to his conversation, not expected from his general taciturnity and quiet manners. He has left us a characteristic portrait of himself, in a letter to Lady Bradshaigh, written when he was in his sixtieth year, before they had seen one another. She was to find him out by it (as she actually did,) as he walked in the park. " Short, rather plump, about five feet five inches, fair wig, one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leaps upon under the skirts of his coat, that it may imperceptibly serve him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or dizziness, of a light brown complexion, teeth not yet failing him." IVhat fol lows is very descriptive of the struggle in his character be tween innate bashfulness and a turn for observation. " Looking directly fore-right, as passengers would imagine, but observing all that stirs on either hand of him, without moving his short neck ; a regular even pace, stealing away ground rather than seeming to rid it; a grey eye, too often overclouded by mistiness from the head, by chance lively, very lively if lie sees any he loves ; if he approaches a lady, his eye is never fixed first on her face, but on her feet, and rears it up by degrees, seeming to set her down as so or SO." The health of Richardson was grievously affected by those disorders which pass under the denomination of ner vous, and are the usual consequence of bad air, confine ment, sedentary employment, and the wear and tear of the mental faculties. It is astonishing how a man who had to raise his fortune by the slow process of his own industry, to take care of an extensive business, to educate his own family, and to be a father to many of his relations, could find time in the breaks and pauses of his other avocations, for works so considerable in size as well as in merit, " nine teen closely printed volumes," as he often mentions, when insisting upon it, in answer to the instances of his corres pondents, that he would write more, that he had already written more than enough. Where there exists strong genius, the bent of the mind is imperious, and will be obeyed; but the body too often sinks under it. " I had originally," says he, " a good constitution; 1 hurt it by no intempctance, but that of application." Richardson scarcely writes a letter without mentioning those nervous or paralytic tremors, which, indeed, are very observahle in those written with his own hand, and which obliged him often to employ the hand of another. Yet his writing, to the last, was small, even, and very legible. Though a strong advocate for public worship, he had dis continued for many years going to church, on account, as he tells Lady B. of his not being able to bear a crowd. It is probable, however, that he also wanted the relaxation of a Sunday spent in the country. He took tar-water, then very much in vogue, and lived for seven years upon a ve getable diet; but his best remedy wag probably his country house, and the amusement of Tunbridge, which he was ac customed to frequent in the season. He never could ride, being, as he declares, quite a cockney, but used a chamber horse, one of which he kept at each of his houses. Ilis nervous maladies notwithstanding increased, and for years before his death he could not lift the quantity of a small glass of wine to his mouth, though put into a tumbler, without assistance. He loved to complain; but who that suffers from disorders that affect the very springs of life and happiness, does not? Who does not wish for the friendly soothings of sympathy, under maladies from which more material relief is not to be expected ? That sympathy was feelingly expressed by Mrs. Chapcme, in her Ode to Health, in the following apostrophe: Bast thou not left a Richardson unblest ? He woos thee still in vain, relentless maid. Tho' skill'd in sweetest accents to persuade, And wake soft pity in the savage breast; Him virtue loves, and brightest fame is his : Smile thou too, sioddess,;nti complete his bliss. In the latter part of his life he was rarely seen among his workmen, sometimes not twice in a year, and, even when he was in town, gave his directions by little notes. His principal workman was hard of heating; and Richard son felt a nervous irritation, which made it not easy for him to bear any thing of hurry or personal altercation. His will shows the same equitable, friendly, and benefl• cent disposition, which was apparent in his life ; L e gacies to a tribe of relations, to whom, it appears, helm(' given little pensions during his life ; one third of his fortune to his wife, and the rest to be divided equally among his daugh ters; recommending, however, his daughter Anne to her mother's peculiar care, from the weak state of her health and spirits. Yet this object of his tender anxiety was the survivor of the whole family. She is said to have possessed an excellent and cultivated understanding, true piety, sen sibility, resignation, and strength of ;ninth—Mrs. Bar /via s A;count of his Correstondhce. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. BEFORE THE LORD CHANCELLOR THIS MORNING AT TIN. Petition pan heard—lahrtwood v. Rich. ntroar THE TTCX-CITANCELLOR THIS PAT AT HALF-FAST O. Exceptions And further directions:— To be Spoke to, exceptions—Jones v. Harrison. Exceptions and Petition pet order—Pemberton v. Oakes —Pembar. ton v. Parsons. Exceptions and further directions per order—Hisde s. h inde, Same v. Same, Ssme ►. Same, Same v. Same, Same v. Custance. Same v. ilinde. Exceptions per Doter—Ovey T. Leighton. Exceptions—Baldwin v. Cawthurne, Rogers v. Cawthome, 1 homp 1100 v. Sam,. Further directions and costs—Marriott v. White. Exceptions and costs—Hunter v. Marsh, Marsh v. Hunter, Hunter v. Marsh, Pye v. Abbott. Exception.. Knowles v Godinn I Fournier v Paine 1 Freske v Walters Matteson v Scotch. Turner v. Same Heartley v skin burn ROLLS COURT. .. The Abater of the Roils Ate every evening tats week at six o'elock, except to-morrow and Saturday. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. LONDON CABALS TO BE TRIZD THIS MOITTIBO AT HALT- PAST NINE. SP=ct►L JURY—Sanford • GrimsdelL COMMON .1t: Laud . Juekez lislliley v Tuner Bmith v Early Leigh v Alexander Evelyn v Jones Nottage v Dean Bowyer v Carpenter Bell v Manton o ;aM Mee ♦ White Wilding v Prideaut Bishop v Douglas Same v Boys Goddard w'Jones Allure') v Kinnear Kemp v Brown The King v Evans Gardiner r Durant Blackburn v Prior Mortleman v Gibbs Blokes v Pinker Rayner v Linthorne Briant v Milnes James v Poona!' Yates v Claridge Cox v Stephens Hill v Lawrence Tooley v Baker Chapman v Peake Maskeli v Walter The Bank of Eng land v Soanes Pinckney v Morris The King v Hutch. inson Crowther v Lamb AVeatherheld v Early Parker v Harrison Taylor v Davies Durwood v Cunt Nichols v Sayer Hathiday v William son Warmott v Yount The Thames Tull nell Company 1 , Sheldon Same v Same COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LONDON CAUSES TO BE TRIED BY SPECIAL JURIES Till MORNING aT TEN. Hume r Bothnia 1, Snow r Peacock COMMON JUNIES. Johnson v Didier Harding, Hill I France r Lucy Crowder r Austin Salmon v Ward Smith r Thackwtay. Sherman v :N•Ler• Pullen r Hearn roth COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sitting at Gray's-Inn-Hall, this morning., eit ten. Gardner v Lyddon, Report and Atkinson v. Hutton EXceptions Fielden v Meynell Ridley v Obee, Report and Es. Evans v Williams ceptions Bamford v Archer Bass v Thomson. Report Bossingham v Boar Lloyd v Llnyd, Petition I Hamilton v Earl of Strathmore, Iledfeam v Livesey, by order on sequestration Price v Spencer Wade v Stabington Hugo v Job Watkins v Smith Dean and Chapter of York T. Illiddleburgh LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MONDAY, DEC. 12. COMMISSION OF REVIEW. POWELL V. MOUCHETT. This was the day appointed for the Civilians to attend to argue this case. The application was, that a commission of review might be granted to reconsider a decision of the Delegates, upon an appeal against a judgment of Sir John Nichol, which decision set aside an instrument called a second will, and declared it void. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Dr. ADDAMS, and Mr. COPR TENAY, appeared in support of the application; Drs. JENNLR and LITSHINOTOW, Mr. HART, Mr. WAKEFIELD, and Mt. PLPTS. were on the other side. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had read all the papers, and it did not appear to him that there was any question of law in the case at all. His Lordship took it to be extremely well settled, that upon proper evidence a part of a piece of paper might be held not to be a part of a person's will ; therefore the Court thought the question here was a mere question of evidence. The SOLICITOR•OZNERAL then proceeded to open the case. The case, though knows In this Court by the name of Powell v. 31outbett, was known in the Ecclesiastical Court by the title of Isherwood v. Rich. The subject of dispute arose upon instruments made in the shape of wills by th e l a te Alt% Litchfield. In the year IBV7 he made his first will, by which he left his property to his na tural son. of his own name; in 1813 he executed another will, re voking his will of 1807, and leaving his pdaperty undisposed of; and the great question between the parties was, whether the instru ment of 1813 could be considered a valid will, it being contended on one side that the testator was not of sound mind in that year. The Vice-Chancellor directed four issues to be tried at law upon the case being brought before him ; the Jury found upon the trial of those I...ties a discrepant or contradictory verdict ; it then came back to his Honour upon a motion for a new trial; he granted it, directing two issues to be tried ; before another trial could be had the subject aunt before this branch of the Court, upon an appeal against the direction, of the trial of those two issues its Lordship upset the order, and directed the question to be tried in one Issue, the trial of which issue is at present depending, hav ing stood over for some time for want of parties. Ad interim Isherwood v. Rich was discussed before, and decided by Sir J. Nichol, as well as an appeal from that decision, discussed before and decided by tits Delegates. One ground for the commission of review was, that one of the three Judges, Mr. Justice Little dale (the three Judges being Mr. Justice Gaselee. Mr. Baron llullock and Mr. Justice Litticdale, who ought to have attended as Delegates), was not present to give his opinion upon the ques tion referred to the Delegates; and though the ',earned Solicitor- General would not c attend that this was a sufficient ground for vitiating the whale of the proceedings before the Delegates, yet he instated that it was a strong reason why a commission of review should issue. The Learned Gentleman next submitted, that the decisions of Sir J. Nichol and the Delegates were erroneous, accord ing to the arguments of those whose duty it was to support them ; and likewise that they were erroneous, being against all the prin ciples of law. • The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired how nanny of the persons named in the commission as Delegates were present. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, three Common Law Judges astd six Civilians were named in the commission, but only two 01 the former and four of the latter attended. The Solicitor on the other side nhxerved, that it was not usual fir more than two Common Law Judges to attend on such an oc casion. Dr. A DOA), s desired distinctly to contradict such an assertion ; he having hardly ever known an instance in which fewer than three Common Law Judges had attended. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL continued his address at great length on the points of the case. I Mr. Litchtield carried on business as an upholsterer and cabinet-maker, in St. lliartin's.lane, end died in 1313. possessed of personal estate to the amount of between forty and fifty thousand pounds, as well as possessed of real estate.) IN THE MATTER OF TOWNSEND, A DANITIFET. Mr. Townsend appeared in person, and stated he had applied at the office of his Lordship's Secretary in bankruptcy, to give notice that he wished the petition in this matter to be set down for hearing, and he had now to beg that his Lordship would have the goodness to appoint en early dry for hearingit. The LORD CHANCELLOR permitted it to stand first 'n the bankrupt paper, to be heard nest week. and directed Mr. Towns end to give notice or this permission to all parties. Mr. Townsend undertook to do sc. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, I)tc. 12. The Vice-Chancellor WAR occupied the entire of the day in going through cues, none of which were of the slightest public interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. GUILDHALL, 1110NDAY, DEC. 12. Sittings in London before the LOUD CHIEF JUSTICE and Common Jury. The Court was this day engaged in trying cannel which were en tirely destitute of grnetal interest. In consequence of the darkness created by the denseness of the fog, the Court was lighted up with lamps during the greater part of the day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MONDAY, Dec. 12. steljvurned Sittings in London before Lord Chief Jrstice BEST and a Special Jury. The Ceurt was occupied the whole day in a cause which in. volved questions of account that were very complicated and unin teresting except to the parties immediately consented. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MONDAY, Drc. 12. William Rodney Chambers, Esq. was opposed by Mr. Pot- LOCK on behalrof Messrs. Galway and Son, and several oilier creditors, principally resident in Ireland. . _ . . It appeared bj th'e it:solvent's petition, that doting the time the debts on his schedule were contracted he had been attached to the army, and resided at a number of places. The petition stated him to have been formerly of Hyde-park Barracks, and of Spain and Portugal,,Lientenant in the Ist Regiment of Life Ousrds, then of the city of Paris, gentleman ; of Oxford-street, Cornet In the TM regiment nf Light Myosins, no half-pay ; of New South IVales, and Van' Merton's Land, Cqrnet in the 11th ; and of Crown street, WeifiNtilattii 'Cattle In the 21st regiment of Light Ar m& - r • ; ti.. Mr. Coon! (who held Mr. Pollock's brief) stated, that it was not the intention of the creditors to have the itiinfvent etathiheti before the Court nn the present oecasi on ; he (Mr.' Cooke) was therefore instructed to apply to the Court, to hare the eV', ferred for investigation before the Provisional 'Ark;gnee, Chambers, in order for that . gentlemsn to report upon the mallets cmitained in the schedtile, on 'such day as the Court might be pleesed to order. The Court granted the application, and ordered the inset ilat tO be brought can ageiu 03 the 110th inetant: The Her. Henry I.lord. Doctor of Divinity, and Regius Fes. inset of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge, was pr pee e by a person named Jolly, who claimed to be a creditor for 591..78. 10,1. Tge upprieing creditor stated that he is e compositor, end keopt a boarding house in Bride-lane, Fleet street. In thecarly part of February last the insolvent and Ills daughter came to his holm, and engaged apartments at one guinea a week. including attends an re, beyond which they were to pay for their board ad celo•rnt, so much per diear.—(A laugh.) The insolvent inforthed •imns that he enjoyed the living of Dareoham, and received an untolus ment frpin hit Professorship at Cambridge, beyond which, witness was gi•ren to understand that he received 401. a year from the Lord* of the Admiralty for sacerdotal duties. At first the insolvent paid regularly. but in the course of a little time be apologised tf7st ha could not nay until he received some money from the Accothitasits General. which had been decreed to him by the Gourt of Chancery. -2 1 siat-coo.plarkwithche former reprimemationa, intliieed the witness to extend his credit. When he became printing fur money, the In solvent gave tibn two bills for 161. win ; but on the evening before the drat became due, he sent a note, stating that he was going to surrender to the Fleet Prison. Cross-examined by Mr. HlATTl—lisle nut got the bill Of par. liculars against the Insolvent ; but the aggregate of which was the sum of 881. 6s. 10d. ; of which the insolvent had paid 28/. beyond the two bills before alluded to. upon which some of the insolvast's friends bad paid 281.; so that, altogether, he had received W. The reason why he still claimed 1191. is. led. was, because he en-. derstood the 231. was given ass douceur for the trouble he had been put to in consequence of the insolvent's irregularity. The Coeur expressed its surprise that such en idea s:tould hewn rested in the mind of the complainant, for it was evidently a pay ment In liquidation. The insolvent denied that ha ever made the representations at tributed to him relative to the living and professorship, for it was notorlotie that they had been both sequestered seven! years ago. With respect to the Chancery property, a decree had been made that his daughter should have 1,500/. and upwards, and the Court for some time past had allowed her 601. a.yedr for her support. The insolvent declared that he had no power or control over the ptoperty. The evidence having been gone through, 31r. HIATif übmitted to tho Court that no tan had been made out against the Rev. petitioner, to induce it to remand him; fur by the complainant's own showing, he had given credit upon representations made, and dwelt upon a paper which he had produced, which instead of bein a pro o f of progeny, was a proof of pove rt y, f or it was a humbleg petition to the Lords of the Admiralty, for a Chaplaincy of 401. a -tsar._ 'Mi.Commissioner. Bowtw said that he did not see that Mr. Jolly had addured evidence sufficiently strong to warran t t h e C ourt to detain the petitioner nevertheless, it appeared necessary that tome information should be given relative to the Chancery property, because it might turn out that the insolvent had a life interest in it. The insolvent was then remanded, in order to file the particulars relative to the Lord Chancellor's decree, after which, the Court will proodunce him discharged. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, MONDAY, Dtc. I. James Pinkert, a silk weaver, aged 18, was indicted for burgle riously breaking into the house of John Stevenson, on the 2Uth of November, and stealing a watck, value IL, his property. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been engaged with several others in a bullock hunt, the favourite amusement of the Bethnal-green boys, and that, in the glory of the chase, some of them smashed the window of the prosecutor, and the hand of one of the hunters was seised in the act of taking out a watch, but the fellow escaped with the watch. The prisoner was afterwards taken in the King and Queen public-house, smoking a pipe at his ease, and the watch was found on his person. The only answer made by the prisoner was, that he had unluckily found the watch. The prosecutor could not swear to the identity of the prisoner as being the person who took out the watch; but the property being found on him, was presumptive proof that he was one of the party. Mr. Sergeant Aaaatx would make no comments on bullock hunting; but it was well known that the practice gave rise to much disorder, and was frequently got up for the purpose of burglary and other similaroBinces. The question here was, whether the prisoner had taken the watch or found it : they must either find him guilty or not guilty. The offence was clearly a burglary, as it was corn. mitted after dark. A witness had said that the prisoner had been at work till five o'clock, and the offence took place at half-past live. The pr isoner had received a very good charrcter. Verdict—Gaiby, but recommend to mercy by the Jury and prosecutor. , ;„ Cornelia, .10torseina l a labourer, aged 27, was indicted For steal ing in a certain dwelling-hotise a watch and other articles, the pro perty of Michael Lyons, on the 23d of November, in Bainbridge. street, St. Giles's. The prosecutor and prisoner both lodged in the same ham, and it appeared that the prisoner had broken open the room of the pro. secutor, from which Its had stolen apparently his whole wardrobe. Guiky. Patrick Mabry, a labourer, aged 21, was indicted for felonis ously breaking into the dwelling-house of John Keefe, the elder, in the month of October, and stealing therefrom a scar f and other articles, value 90s. the pmperry of John Keefe, the younger. It appeared that the prosecutor's son, who was a sailor, had re. turned from China, and had brought a scarf as a present for h:s sister. There were also some Cowry shell s , one of wh ich was the only property found a qttartn of an hour afterwards on the pi - sober, who said it was all is fun, and in proof of that suffered his pocket to be searched. The son and a girl, his sister, both swore to .11110 identity of the property. The prisondr, in his defence, *aid that it *as all malice on the part of the prosecutors, beetinse he refused to marry the daughter. They had formerly been on good terms, but since he discontinued his visits, they endesvoured to persecute him. lie could prove that the daughter hail given money to people to come forward and swear against him. On the clay in question, as he was passing the street, the daughter and brother called him in, and in a short time afterwards charged him with breaking open a drawer, and taking away the property, but it was all false. lie had several witnesses here on' Saturday, who were frightened away by the prorecutpra threatening them with imprisonment if they came forward 10 tits defence. He gave a shilling to another girl to get three penny worth of pears, and it was that girl who searched his pockets, in the presence of the proaecutrix, bat the shell was there without his knowledge, anti that girl was not now suffered to come 'inward. If the case was allowed to stand over, he would send for his wit nesses. Mr. Justice GARELEE said, that if the request had been wade before the trial began, he would have acceded to it, but It vas now too late. lie ought to hare mentioned it before. The prisoner said that he did not know of the eircumstance tall his mother came down during the trial with the intelligence. Mr. Justice oas LEE summed up, observing that the prisoner had borne a good character, and that the only witness against him was Eleanor Keefe, the daughter, and it was rather extraordinary that the prisoner should have given money to the other girl in her presence, in order to be quiet and not tell, as she represented. The absence of the other girl might be material. The prisoner was arquiticd. James A'icholas &alien, a mariner, aged 28, was indicted for committing a rape on Amelia Niker, the wife of George Niker, on the 234 of September last. The proseeutrix examined by Mr. Justice BAYL/LY-1 have two children, and was married about seven years ago. I live to Soper. ville.street, Lime:louse-fields. My husband is a journeyman painter. The prisoner first came to my house about nine er ten n o iths ago, to see a female of the name of Pearse ; he often came to visit her, but I never saw him take any libertiei with her. She is married to a man in the same employ as the prisoner. He then went a voyage, hid on his return called at my house to know when Mrs. Pearce was gone. She had then left me. He subsequently called again ;my husband was out. He asked me if I would meet him at the City Arms ? 1 said I did not know where it was, and I was not in the habit of meeting people. He then sentthe child out for a pint of gin, and during the absence of the child be assaulted me, and caught me in his arms.--[The prosecutrix thee detailed the particulars of the assault.)-1 did not give any alarm, but went immediately to my washing. I could not halloo out " Murder !" or give any alarm, although I was able to yel,l him, " It' he was a gentleman, to behave as such." I did not tell my husband till four days after, and did net go before a 31agittrate for near a month after the misfortune happened. Cross-examined by Mr. Apo!. rtuus—l lived with Mr. Morris in the Walworth-road until I was married. I was bred and born in Colchester. I was married at a church on Tower-hill. I cannot tell the name of it. I have been six or seven years married. M y eldest child was horn before I was married. I cannot say when he was born. I was married about nine months afterwards to my pre. sent husband, the father of the child. Mr. JUstif; BAYLtY—Oentlemen of the Jury. (,do not hilt to stop a case of this kind; but if your minds should happen to be made tip, it is useless to proceed with it. Foreman of the Jury—l believe, my Lord, that such is the ease, and that we are unanimous. Mr. Justice BAILEY—One always looks to the conduct of the prosecutrix in cases of this nature, for that speaks forcibly. The Jury then acquitted the prisoner. Richard Goddard was indicted for burglsriously enteringtoed stealing from the dwelhng.house of John Lane, Swan-street, Beth.. nal green, certain articles of westing apparel, his prouerty. John Lane deposed, that on the 29th October haat, at shrew o'clock at night, he left his house to the care of his daughter Matz, a young girl. nged 13. was a few minutes absent, and ou•lshi return he found that the articles named in the indinment were missing. and a room inside the parlour had been broken open. Marc Laic stated that she went out after her father, and *Win she returned she found the articles gone, and the door of the parlour hail been broken open. William Gibbs deposed, that on the night of the 29th October met the prisoner and two others in Swan street. They, watt.** Goddard's house and Caine out agun. One of .theint he e‘w had something under his arm. He watched them, and saw the sleeves of a shirt drag along the ;Witted., He told Stapleton of that Ht Lid seen, and then went and told Lane, who immediately said.. 1' 1. 1 , )) i t • • I I '! • i . 1 ti • 4,00(