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reritAct OT A TIROM LA oriintA, DATrb DAT 5. " Frites of Produce at Caracas, on the sth of )lay, IIEII. Colfee 12 dollars per Spanish quintal of 100 lbs. Cotton II Ditto . ditto . ditto. Ilkley 10 Ditto - ditto . Jiro. Cocoa 27 j I)itto per fan. of 110 lbs. Indigo Stf rs. per lb. " Praluee very scarce, and buyers numerous. A parcel of 210 4juin Isis of Collet was sold some days ago at Porto Cabello at It dollar•. Indigo is entirely wanting, and the price consequently nominal. The Twins have been an :optima daring the whole of last month, that thettuting of Indigo will commence this month ; and as the crop will be abundant, prices will very quickly fall hack again. As for Coh"..e, although several parcels have yet to come forward, such is the demand, that we expect prices will maintain. `• Our dry goods market continues without alters say, neither active nor fiat. '• Exchange 51 current dollars per pound styling. " Prods.ce being very scarce and very high, makes the deinand tar bills on England great at this moment." is to -" 14 4* - - 4 RBO - 4eitN • , „ er• ; 11:iil w ' • 6101 \' ll - 1; -A ft - 7 .* • SOUTII AMERICA. " A Historical and Desc r ip t i ve N arrat i ve of T wenty Years' Heal. deuce in South America, in 3 Vols. t containing Travels in Arauco. Chile, Peru, and Colombia ; with an Account of she Revolution, its Rise, progress, and Results. By W. B. Stevenson, formerly Private Secr e ta r y to t h e P res id ent and Cap tain-Gene;al of Quito, Colonel, and Governor of Estneruldwa, Captain de Fragile, and late Secretary to the Vice-Admi ra l o f Chile, his Excelteucy the Ri g h t Hon. Lord Cochrane, efaa. Mr. Stevenson, to whom the public are indebted for these, valuable volumes, prepares his readers in the preface to Judge how far he is qualified to meet the prevailing de mand for information respecting the new world, while he at• the same time enables us to appreciate the extent and emthentieity of the resources from which it is derived, and the confidence with which it may be received and acted upon : The interest (says he) which the late successful Revolution in Spanish America hue awakened in Europe, renders any genuine account of the new world so highly acceptable to the British na don, that it has become an elmost imneritire duty in those who may posses* original marten to communicate it to the public ; for it may be said, without the least exaggeration. that although the countries thus emancipated were discovered in the sixteenth century, they have remained almost unknown till the beginning of the nineteenth. " Fully convinced of these facts, and being urged by my friend% when I was on the eve of again crossing the Atlantic, to publish my collection of notes and memoranda—the gleanings of a enemy years' residence—in order to contribute my quota to the small stock of authentic matter already laid before an anxious public, I bare been induced to postpone my voyage, and to embody my observations in the manner in which they now appear. " It is undoubtedly of great importance to become acquainted with the features of a country which has undergone any re markable change in its political, religious, or literary career, before' that change took place; and it is equally important to know the cause of, and the means by which the change was edictal. I ban therefore given a succinct history of the state of the colonies before their fortunate struggle began to germinate, br detaining their political and.ecclesiaatic a l i nst i tut i ons ; t h e character, geniu s,' and education of the different chime* of inhabitants; their peculiar customs and habits : their historical remains and antiquities ; and lastly, the produce and manufactures of the country. " My opportunities for obtaining materials fur the formaeion or this work were such as few ilKiitidualt even among the natives ar ,Spaniards could possess, and such as no foreigner could possibly enjoy at the period of my residence. Dr. Robertson's celebrated history renders any account of the discovery and conquest of America unnecessary ; but as the Spanish authors from whom his work was collected always kept in view the necessity of lulling the anxiety of general curiosity whit respect to the subsequent state of the countries under the Spanish crown, that work cannot be supposed to be better than the ma. tennis from which it is formed would allow; to which I may add, that the different books published by the philosophic iltunhotdt are tee scientific, and enter into too few details, to become lit fat peers! perusal. •• I am induced to believe, that my descriptions of tribunals, cora paste bestirs, the law., and administration, the taxes and duties will not be considered unimportant, because the newly-founded governments will follow in great measure the establishments of I bpain, modified by a few alterations, perhaps more nominal than Aid. Indeed the present authorities have already determined, that far as the 'Spanish codes du not interfere with the independence, of the country, they are to be considered as the fundamental laws of the different tribunals. " The plates are from original drawings taken by Don Joao Camillo, a native of Quito, now in England." The important effects of the Emancipation of Spanish America are b:coming every day more visible. Great Britain is, of all nations, the most deeply interested in all movements, whether enintnercial or political. A period is rapidly approaching which will change the face of Europe. The general diffusion of knowledge has given a new sur face to society, and its rapid ailvanument is gradually pro ' ducing an influence greater or less on all existing institu tions. The New iVorld has profited by it is a inauner, ant, to an extent,that the most sanguine well-wishers to the cause of moral freedom had scarcely ventured to hope. Events that but a few years since were the most improbable, and to all appearance the most remote, have been brought about, and have even taken their place among the regular and recognized order of things. The benevolent scheme of Providence to mark ous the welfare of the human race h silently going on, and the prospect of the future brightens in every day's contemplation of the past. Not only the political but the philosophical reader will Intl an abundance of novel and interesting intelli gence, as to ell that respects the condition of society in the South American States. But as this extensive Em pire lays open such an unbounded field for mercantile speculation, we shall prefer to make our extracts from that part of the work with which the commercial classes are more immediately concerned, and we therefore quote the following as being of peculiar interest:— " Owing to the diversity of the climates in the ;gee -royalty of Peru, all kinds of European manufactured van find a ready sale: ltfrose from England are mostly preferred to any other; in. deed many can only be procured from that country; and the sup plying of those by Great Britain to a nopulation of a million and a half of people, must be considered as means of extending her commerce, and the decided preference given to them must be highly flattering as well as beneficial to the British nation. " On enterina a house in Lima, or in any other part of Peru that I visited, a n litioat every object retninded me of England; the windows were gland with English Riau—the brass furniture and ornaments on the commodes, tables, chairs & e. were English—the chints or dimity hangings, the linen and cotton dresses of the females, and the cloth coats, cloaks, &c. of the melt, were all Enalish:—llle tables were covered either with plate or English earthenware, anti English glass, knives, forks, &c. ; and even the kitchen utensils, if of iron, were English ; in fine, with very few exceptions, all was either of English or South Ainericaa manu facture. Cnanie cottons, nankeens, and a few oilier articles, were supplied by the Philippine company. Spain sent some iron, broad cloth, Barcelona prints, linen, writing paper. silks, and ordinary earthenware. From the Italians they bad silks and velvets ; from the French, linens, lace, silks, and brow! cloth ; from Germany, linens (platillas), common cutlery, and glass ; every thing else was either English or of home manufacture. I do not hesitate to assert, that goods of a superior quality al ways meet with early purchasers, because those who can afford to buy foreign goods always inquire for the best ; and the more modern anti fashionable the goods are, the better and the quicker is the sale. Thick broad cloths, in imitation of the Spanish San Fernando cloth, are best for the interior; and thin tine cloth, in imitation of the French sedan cloth, is most suitable for Lima. The Mancihater broad flannels, either twilled or plain, with a long dark and light blue, crimson and pink, bright green, pale yellow, brown, white, and any shades or half colonit, are very aale rale commodities, either on the coast or in the interior. Kersey. names, cords, and velveteens; Irish linens and common lawns cut into pieces of eight yards each, it, imitation of the French bre , owes and es topillas ; coarse linen in pieces of about thirty yards. imttatirg the Garman platillas ; and flne Scotch eambrics, as well as table linen. sheeting, &c., meet a great demand. All kinds of cotton goods, particularly stockings, muslins, and fashionable j prints of delicate colours ; also dark blue prints with small white sprigs. &c. which are used for mourning by every class, are in common use among the poor; besides dimities, jeans, and white quilts (Marseilles), which are all very saleable articles . Silks, damask (crimson), ribbon., particularly narrow, and good velvets (black), arc in great demand. Glass and earthenware, all kinds of hardware and cutlery (few forks), mechanics' tools, large hammers and wedges for the miners, spades, shovels, pickaxes, &e. ; yuick silver, in the mining districts, also iron and steel, are saleable articfes. Trinkets are not in much estimation, because the in- I habitants seldom wear any that are not of gold and precious gems. Hats are well made in Litre, and the materials are of the best quality. Shoes and boots are another manufacture in which the natives excel, and their materials are tolerably good. The cor dovans from Lanibayemie are excellent. Drugs are extremely dear, for even those produced in different parts of the Spanish colonies are generally first sent to Europe, and thence back again, except, in Lima, the chinchona bark, sarsaparilla, copaiva balsam, gums cunt. and some others, the produce of Peru. " I shall have occasion to mention, at different places, the utility that wohld result from the introduction of machinery, not only as it was evinced at the date of my narrative, but as rendered more apparent by the subsequent political changes of the country. " In Lima, an intelligent Spaniard, Don Matins de la Beta, established looms and other machinery for weaving cotton sail cloth, and some coarse artic'ec of the same material. At his death the manufactory was abandoned ; btu there is no doubt that the plan would have answered well bad the projector lived. At pre sent (IBM a pottery or manufactory of common earthenware would be a very lucrative establishment ; a. elan, a work for ordi nary ginsa ware; because the materials for both way be had con veniently, and of good qualities; the consumption of both is very great, and their prices comparatively high. Indeed, if the intro. duction of either will pay the freight and other indispensahle charges, it is evident thut a speculation of this kind could not fail. All the earthenware for ordinary purposes is manufactured here; hut it is heavy, and very cholla) , ; however, as it is, large quan tities are sent to different parts of the country. " Good steady mechanics carpenters , cabinet makers, mill wright*, blacksmiths, whiteamiths, silversmiths, watchmakers or repairers, shoemakers, and tailors, would meet with constant work and good wages; but it would be advisable for each artificer to take a supply of tools with him. I mention this on account of the changes that have occurred in the governments ; because during tho colonial system, a foreigner was liable to be ordered to leave the country at a very short notice ; but , notwithstanding that risk, several were established in Lima in 1808 and the succeeding years, and were never interrupted. " The subjoined is an account of the mica of some articles, which will convey an idea of the profits derived by die merchants, principally old Spaniards, before the revolutions in America af fected this market. • velveteens ^ to 4. Blue and ohlte earthenware plates, per I=l4l from 12 to 1 dollate--Common German half-pint glasses from 11, to 12—Coinmon Lnives with bone kindles (torn 10 tO 12—Common knives with wood handles from a to S. " Much hat been said by every writer on South Amerlen respect. ing the Spanish colonial restrictlon& They certainly were, like au others, most severe, until experience proved to the Government al the parent state, that it was not the welfare of the individuals or of particular companies or corporations employed in commerce, that could enrich tl:e Govern:l:tent. The Conde de Arend's.% When Prime Minister in Spain, was well apprised of this truth, and what was really sound policy in him was called lileezality. flow. ever, as Peru was at so greet a distance. frent Europe, she never was so much oppressed as these colonies nn the oppcsite side of the New World. The returns from this market have been gold, silver, and vin ; bark, cocoa, cotton, ectina s‘oalodierp wool, and some drugs." TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.. n,--Inclfilge me with a place in your veer candid Journal for a few remarks upon the rrport made Ity the Tietes newspaper of the 24th instant. of what passed on the preceding evening in the debate upon Mr. Buxton's motion in the House of Commons. • Ido rot, of course, assume that what is there reported was said in the House of Commons ; my observations apply to what I read in the newspaper. It semis, that in October 1833, one or more numerous and riotous wnemblages of white persons took place in Barbadoes (mobs, in short), who proceeded to acts of most unjustifiable vio lence, originating, npparently; in a spirit of opposition to the mipis. try of certain missionaries then resitient in the island, and portico. laxly directed against a Mr. Shrewsbury, one of those miseidnaries whose chapel the mob. in 's. furious manner, destroyed, committing, also, other ..iolations of the Its. ?.Jr. Buxton brought the facts and cirnmstanees under the con. sideration (tithe !louse of Commons, and that House, by its yew lution, marked its indignant genie of proceedings so disorderly and disgraceful. As to the subject immediately tinder the consideration of the House of Commons, the report of the debate does not show that there was any nlatetial difforence of opinion. Mr. Buxton, indeed, is represented as endeavou r ing ( m ore sun ) to connect this incidental act of a furious mob in Bat-bedews with what happened to Mr. Smith in Demerara. and, indeed,' with an alleged general indis. position of the inhahitanu of the eetbnies towards the means of af. I finding to the negotes religious Instruction • but this part of his t argument is ran salt! *whet estr in aselerwl or deep unprewsion. Instances w e r e, I not' de s flitted, wherein weeny of the colonies have shown a Woes disposition to afford the utmost possible facilities to the labours'of missionaries of various deserip. lions, when those labours have been directed simply and purely to the means of religious instructicin and have not been connected with doctrines which, whether abahactergy true or false, are incon. sistent with the. peace and wcffare of the community in our colonies. I have personally an intimate cannex ion With, and knowledge of,' Jamaica, which in extent and population forms newly a moiety of our insular possessions in the ll'est Indies, and I can assert fear. lessly challenging contradiction, that, for many years past, the Moravians and AVestleyan Methodists have there pursued their Missionary labours, generally without obstruction, and often with marked encouragement ; and coacerning the Westleyan& or which body Mr. Shrewsbury was a member, I shall presently have a few words to say. I have nothing, to offer in defencehf the Barbidoes mob. (indeed, what friend of truth and or:1-r does aot dread the tumultuous moti on of a multitude, misled by error and inflamed by passion, be they of what chisi they may ?) Hat. judging !lawn what has passed else wl ere in the colonies, I more titan eonjatrure, that the inhabitants of Itarbadoes who committed 'Stole' attrocities were under a persuasion that air. Shrewsbury, and the other Missionaries with whom he was connected, artittl under the Immediate directioa of a poweriailaatocia ion in Great Britain. who, with is iirofetised Seal for the welfare of the black. in the colonies, have declared declded war against the interests and the characters of his Majesty's white sub jects, who, under the sanction of the British laws, have embarked capital and hold prepeity in those settlements. I have no means of knowing whether Mr. Shrewsbury acted at any time under rich influence, and let me not be understood to in. 'innate, that, even if lie did an, the violence which maned was justifiable; but it is only under such a supposition, that I can sc. count for the contrast betwitt the disposition shotin in this instance to Mr. Shrewsbury, and that displayed on marl occasions by the colonists towards We,tleyan and other lillissionaries. Is it net notorious that, combined with persons of rank and talent in this country who have associated themselves for the declared pur pose of mitigating and gradually terminating the state of slavery to the West Indies, there arc Nit a few individuals who, actuated by motives less pure and liberal, are seeking their own emolument by the overthrow of the old Colonies ? Speculators in Eutern or in African commerce, they use their effort/ to ruin the West Indians, both black and white. by diacouraging,and annihilating if possible, the consumption of their produce ; and do not scruple, in publica tions in d ustriou sly circulated, to give it forth as Certain, that the sugar which is imported int, this country from the East, Whether it may have been made in our Indian dependencies, or in Siam, Java, China, and God knows where. is all produced by free labour, or by that of a description of beings infinitely superior in worldly comforts to the negroes in the West Indies*. In their more laboured productions they apply unreservedly and generally k the Colonists abuse and contumely of the most coarse and orendve description ; and In what they call their " Catechism," tell their young pupils that the case of Huggins is to be understood as represterning the average of negro treatsnent, and any well.authenticated *stances of a contrary de scription as except ions. Is it not. I sae, notorious that a warfare thus extr nesse ..la naiad on eipsinat the Colonists, and apparently dictated by one spirit and tripported by one purse ? Now, if I were resident in the Colonies, and should discover that any of the Missionaries sent out thither were intimately connected with the bad) , I have just described, I certainly would not use violence either to their persons( or their dispels, but I would afford them no encouragement : I would cache, to the best of my abilities, a most watchful and jealous control over all their dealings with the black and coloured population. And here I cannot avoid noticing, that in September last certain Westleyan missionaries in Jamaica, apparently with a view of showing to the colonists tint the instruction they practised, and the doctrines they taught, were confined to topics which could not ex cite in the minds of the slaves a disposition to discontent and re volt, met together, and passed certain Resolutions, which they subsequently published, expressing their grateful sense of the faci lities which they had met with among the colonists for the good purposes of their mission ; and they moreover went the le:' th of declaring, that, in their opinion, the state of slavery was not incon. sistent with the Christian doctrine. Far be it from me to embark upon a question of such a nature t but yet I know that, for thill their opinion, they may cite most respectable authority : nor can 1 think it was a matter of indifference to the best purposes of their mission that they should teach that neither the master possessing slaves, nor the slaves obeying a master, were, by those circum stances, in the smallest degree disqualified for enjoying all the ad. vantages and blessings of the gospel of Christ. Such. however, was not the judgment of the parent body whom these missionaries were sent out. On the receipt of the proceed. infra in Jamaica, a Meeting was convened in llatton.garden, and by their Resolutions, they passed a severe censure upon the sentiments expressed by their servants in Jamaica; and indeed their publics. tion (decidedly prolsouncing upon a point on which the most spectable authorities have differed) adopts so much of the spirit the party acting adversely towards the colonists, that it is very dif. &tilt to make a distinction between them. These contradictory proceedings of - the body sending, and the individuals selected and seat, appeared :o me worthy of notice, and I wrote to a. most respectable individual in Jamaica (were I at liberty to mention his name and the office be fills. I should insure confidence in his authority), begging of him, with the utmost can dour, and after diligent investigation into the facts, to inform me whether there was any reasonable ause for suspecting that those individual missionaries, whose proceedings had incurred the ten. sure of the general body at home, had been influenced in what they did either by cajolery or fear—by any motive, in short, that was not strictly comprised within their conscientious sense of duty. Ills answer I will give in his own words:— " I had observed the disavowal by the Westleyan body on the sentiments expressed by their missionaries here; their proceedings were, lam satisfied, the result of their own feelings. They were quite uncalled for, and without the least inducement or any in fluence being used to bring them forward. It was altogether a matter of their own. /slo reliance can possibly be placed on those persons who may he sant out In the room of the recalled." Without knowing whether these persons be Indeed recalled, and others sent out in their place, I wish to ask attention to the con cluding sentence of my friend's answer; for it appears to me to be ! ,a sentiment which must naturally:m:Be I n th e m i n d s o f t h e co l on i sts. " The offending inissionarbgs," they will say, "had the con& Bence of the genaral body ; they were chosen, commissioned, and instructed by them, and doubtless selected with duo care as being! well qualified for their undertaking. They conic out and reside! amongst us, and, by their own voluntary act, they adopt and pub lish certain proceedings which, while they afford a testimonial of the liberal spirit of this colony, have a tendency to preserve a tran quil and contented spirit among the negroes. But this proceeding ' of their servants is not only disavowed but censured by the general body, because it does not accord with doctrines--not by any means universally 'minted to—but which that body now professes :o enter tain, and which is some instances are alined to be the tenets of those who are most active in opposition to our characters and our interests. We wait to see it these persons arc to be recalled, and miters sent out in their place; but these last, if they come, we must' conclude, will have been carefully chosen as of quite a different spirit to that of those they succeed, and they will arrive among us' instructed to conduct themselves on quite other principles. Of course we must receive them with jealousy, and withhold from them the confidence which their predecessors have enjoyed." It is thus that I interpret my friend's concluding sentence, and it is upon these grounds that I feel convinced that the liWestleyan body are in danger of forfeiting that confidence which their missionaries had lately obtained in Jamaica; and, should that happen, are the colonists to bear the blame ? 1 hare yet to encounter Jlr. Brougham, but allow me to do It in another letter. 0 0,Ntael. . 0„ •••fts :, ir- ~_ ~. TRADE. OF Plit'SSIA. The following is the official account of the Imports and Exports of the kingdom of l'russis for the years 1822 and ISi3:— roaTATiox, 1822. Dollars. Raw Material* - • - Rix 3 t 107.388 illr.ufactured Good* da , 140,tt79 IMPORTATION, 1823. Raw Materials . 36 927.30 Manufactured Goods • . 41,611/,M3 EXPORTATION, 1622. Raw 'Materials . - - 72.314,520 Manufactured floods . . 68,614,436 RIPORTATION, 1323. Raw Materials . . '25.866.437 Manufactures Being an inc-ease of above ten millions in the amount of the experts during the year 1823. LIVERPOOL, IVrnxesllAY EVENING. lVind W.A.W. to N.N.W _7i g h Water, 12m. p. 10. man. Arrived last night—Decagon. !touch, from St. Vincent's; Delta, t'srkson, from New Orleans; Arnrlia, Roberts. front ditto; 1141LIC Hick.. Macy, from New York; Lucy, Shackford, from ditto; Adamant. from Antateid.tm. Arrived this Clay—Trent., Bristow. from New York; Florida, Shan, from 31obile ; Ardent, Davies, from Maranhant ; Crosth. visite, Wilson, from Pernambuco. sailed 13th May : tampion. Fletcher. from ()dears; Tiffin. Dryden, (rain Maranham ; the, Dob.on. finim ditto, sailed 10th May; Dow.on, Robinson, front 31irsmiehi, *riled Ist of June; Criterion. Rica, from New York ; Conan, from ditto; Lydia, Rubinson, from Mira. 'nicht in 91; days. Signals of Sir John Tobin., for the Sarah from Demerara; E. Molyneux for the Dorset, front Alexandria and Milford. Seven o'clock—four ships, llnur brigs, and one snow. The Cartes, from Liverpool for New Ynrk, and the Irestmor. lan& fur Newfoundland, passed Holyhead 211th June, at 1 with the wind at E.N.E. and a fresh hreez'. The Doris, imp Liverpool, and Richard, from New Orlear.s, have arrived at IleMut. The frodaella, O'Neil, from Liverpool. has arrived nt Newry. The Hayti, Watson, from St. Domingo, has arrived at Fal. mouth. The Brilliant Star, Brice, from Liverpool, arrived at Ancona in :It days. The Maria, M'Call, from Hamburgb, has arrived at Rio de Jsneito.. The Cornhill, %gm from Liverpool, and William, —, from liiSralfar, have !mired at 31,4ranham. The Regent, Poston ; William Datrvon, Hutchinson ; Lune, Young; Lune. Itninn • and George, Comm, from Liverpool, have arrived at MirsmiChi. The renelore, Penn, from Madeira, has arrived at Miramichl. Our Cotton market this day was dull, very little demand, entire qualify price% may be said to be nominal. The market at :Ilan'. cheater yesterday was very dull, and prices very low ; the spinners cannot get the prices for the manufactured article up. in any pro portion with that of the raw material. A lot of Twist was sold at Id. per lb. len than the cotton coat. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Coun cil was hell at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. The Cabinet sat iu deliberation till about half-past four o'clock. We have received a file of the Sierra Leone Royal Ga zette. from the Pith March to the 24th April. It appears by a list of merchant vessels, and their burthen (detailed in the Sierra Leone Gazette of 231 April), that the amount of invoices of merchandise imported by each, and upon which duties have been paid at the Port of Freetown, Sierra Leone, from the Ist of January to 31st December, lte2t, was 80,9171. Me. rid. The same Gazette also con tains a return of exports from the colony of Sierra Leone, for the ; year commencing Ist January, and ending Slit Deeembett, 1824. By these returns it appears that the trade of the colony was rapidly increasing, especially in the articles of gold and timber. The Gazette of the eSil April says— , " We have learnt by one of the late arrivals, that the Commissariat upon the Gold Coast is to be separated from any connexion with the department here, and placed unib r the direction of an Assistant Commissary-General, who hes left England direct for Cape Coast." The Lirerpool Courier of IVednesday thus notices the arrival of the American Ambassador :—" On Sunday last his Excellency Mr. Rufus King, Ambassador from the Cabinet of Washington to the Court of St. James's, ar rived at this port, in' he packet-ship. Pacific, Captain Solo mon Maxwell, after a passage of twenty-five days from New York. He is accompanied by his son, Mr.dllohn A. King, as Secretary of Legation, and the o ther members of his family and suite. Ile landed on the Prince's-pier :bout six o'clock in the evening, and was loudly and en thusiastically cheered by the ass, raided crowd. Mr. King is a venerable-looking old gentle nan, rather bent with sl7e, but possessing a very intelligent countenance. Ile was Secretary under General Washington. We understand that a Deputation from the American Chamber of Com ieeree waited on Mr. King on Monday, to solicit the honour of his company to dine with the Members of the Associa tion ; but we are sorry to learn, that, owing to indisposi tion from the voyage, 'Air. King was unable to accept of the invitation. The same cause has prevented him from ac cepting the personal invitation of the Mayor, to dine with his Worship and a select party in the Town-hall." The Right Hon. Sir J. Newport, Bart. has arrived at his seat, Newpark, near Waterford. STEAM BOAT EXTLOFION,—Y(StCT(I9,y morning, a little before six o'clock, the boiler of the stestn-boat Legislature, burst with a most tremendous explosion, just as it was purhing from the wharf to proceed to New Brunswick. several of the crew were killed, and many burnt and emitted severely. A young lady, on seeing tile confusion, jumped overboard, but was providentially 'encl.—Neu. York Pam. of *June 3. 'f he Amethy st, Capt. Bussey, which arrived at Liver pedl on Monay has made two very quick passages in euceession--one hence to Boston in 23 days ; and another from that city to Liverpool in 18. COELTINMAII, Jvve 29.—Last evening, Mr. Judge, the Editor of the Cheltenham Journal, received another horse-whipping. The incensed person was Mr. S. Y. Grif fith ; and the matter of provocation was Mr. Judge's ani madvert:ion, in his last paper, on a letter written by S. Y. 4i - ditch, and which appeared in the Courier last week. The! purport of the letter iu question was to rectify a mistake which the Courier had made when speaking of the im pending trial of " Juth e e r. Berkeley and others." The eeene of action was at the Theatre, where Mr. and Mrs. Judge were come to see Macready in Virginia. Just as they -lad seated themselves comfortably, and spread their play-bill before them, Mr. J. was called out, by the insti- 1 getion of Mr. Griffith, who, being provided with two horsewhips, was waiting outside the box-door. Mr. Judge no sooner appeared, than Mr. Griffith offered him one id the whips; and on Mr. Judge's declining the favour, Mr. Griffith commenced his application of one of the whips over the shoulders and posteriors of Mr. Judge, which the persecuted Editor bore with Christian-like fortitude. _ A meeting was held at Brighton, on Friday, J. Crippa, Esq. in the chair, when it was resolved to esta- 1 blish a Mechanics' Institution in that town. The Chair man, in acknowledging a vote of thanks, said that he would prtsent the Institution with his valuable collection of mi. ntrals, fossils, &c. estimated at 1000 guineas, together with a collection of Botanical varieties, and a collection of books on the above !subjects. It was announced that Dr. King Lad consented to lecture gratuitously on Algebra, Mr. Paillips op Botany, Mr. Masquerier on several branches of tiw Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Martin on Chymistry. ABEL EXT It A OaDI NA duel was fought at Jeffer sonville, Indiana, on the 21st of April, between a Ken tuckian and a Frenchman, at which were present, as spec tat,xs, o (mull of people! They fought at seven and a hall paces distance, and both were slightly wounded. The; psrties are said to be residents of Lexington, Kentucky.— gt2l Gazette. THOMAS VENABLES. Whitehaven, June 27, 1125. • Consult on this subject a very able work by the Abbe Dubois, a new edition of which is lately published at Paris, in two vols. /Ivo. entitled " Mows, Institutions, et Ceremonies des Peuples de Node." " Oocul broad cloth, per yard, from 10 to 20 dollars—Kerseymeres - -- -- from 7to 10—Broad coloured flannel, from 3to I—Fine Irish On Saturday last, the new church of St. Mary, at Green- Linen from 3to 4—Fine German vlatillas Iron- 14 to 3—Ordinary wich was consecrated by the Bishop of Oxford. The cere- German platillas from 1 to 2—Fine French Lawn from 3to 1— mony was atten d e d b y L or d B ex l ey, t h e rest of the Fine Frenchkambric from 10 to 12—Printed calicoes from 2to 3t Com mitt e e , and about 2,000 persons, many of the first Fins primed calicoes from 3 to 44—Fine muslin, from 3to distinction. We understand Mr. Based is the a r c hit ec t. Fine Lacubric muslin, from 3 to 3--Silk velvet from 10 to 12—Fine ELECTION OF SIIERIFrS. CHURCH' L'ISSThM4Ry SOCIETY. I Prom the flivepool Cotir'ite et - Wednesday:l The Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society was . held last night in the Musie-ball, which was crowded to an over flow. The Rev. ROBERT PEnnsa Dunn:eon was called to the Chafe, and addressed the Meeting in a short speech. The Rev. W. RAWSON, one of the Sect : manes of the Auxiliary Society, then read a very satisfactory and cheering 'report of the proceedings of the parent I:isthmian and its auxiliary during the ply - erling year. The Meeting was afterwards addressed, at great length, Fr seve ral Rev. Gentlemer.. The Rev. G. C. Dnirrtre.n, of Present, enfireed ills necessity of {wares to Almighty God, tar the smear of Ilisslonery effort* ; mid related an interesting anecdote of • poor negro who had reached England, and been boomed into tie Christian Church. • fire Rev. T. Woonaor4-r, of Drayton, Ostonbhire, sue. einctly reviewed the success which had attended the Society's el forts in preceding years, and called upon. its friends - to renew and to Increase their exertions in the same glorious cause for the future. The Rev. HUGH STowEt.t., of Ltallaugh w in the Isle of Man, expatiated with his characteristic ability on 'he necessity of edu cation to the youthful mind, not merely editcation In the worldly knowledge, bet in the principles of genuine Christianity.- The Rev. Gentleman narrated several pleasing anecdotes in the couise of his stseeCh. The *Re - .. T. BART LETT, one of the Secretaries of the Parent lnstit'itinn, took a comprehensive retrospect of the wide and ex tended field of exertion occupied by the Society in Asia, Africa. and America ; and read a variety of extracts of letters received from the Missionaries at the various stations, all of which showed the gratifying progress which Christian knowledge is making throughout the Reuben world. The Rev. Gentleman, in the con. clusioo of his speech, contrasted the moral state of the world; before the light of Christianity penetrated its darkness, with its present state ; and showed, that the Gospel which had raised this end other nations of Christendom from the depths of ignorance of superstition, and idolatry, had lo s t none o f i ts di v i ne potency,. Ile depleted in strong language the degraded state of the Wombs throughout the Heathen world, and announced thee.* distinct Society had been formed in London, the funds of wisieli it was in tended to devote to the lifting them froin the deseedatton In which they were now sunk. The Rev. P. il'aok, of Kilkenny...lfeland, addressed the Meeting in an impressive speech. The Rev. J. Jones, Minister AT St. Andrew's Church, spoke nazi, and the excellence sod weight of his observations seemed to make • deep impresaion on the minds of the auditory.', Several other Clergymen end Laymen addressed the Meeting, which did not break op until a late hour. HIGHBURY COLLEGE. The foundation atone of the new College to educate young men for the Ministry among the Dissenters of the Independent deno. mination was laid at Iliy,hbury-park on Tuesday last by Thomas Wilson, Esq., the Treasurer of the So c iety. The Academy had been situated st Iloxton since the year 1721, under the name of Iloxton Academy, and was found inadequate for the purpose, in regard to convenience, space occupied, and salu brity, which has induced the benevolent individual who superin tended the business of the day to present four acres of freehold ground to the Institution, the coat of which amounted to 2,0110 guineas, and will in future be tl.:signated Higlibury College. The building is intended to correspond with the times in regard to architecture, attd in a situation for prospect, 'salubrity, and comfort, adapted to the health of the Students, and the purposes of the College. After the usual . ceretnonies, depositing the comms of the realm, and I the plate, with the following inscription.,— " This foundation stone of a building, erected by voluntary con. tributions, for the purposes of an Academy, sometime at Houton, namely, for affording gratuitous cd tcation, in sacred and userul literature and science, to young men of piety and good talents, who desire to improve their qualifications for preaching the Gospel among Christians of the Independent denomination, was hid by Thomas Wilson, Es& for more than thirty years the faithful Treasurer and liberal ' Benefactor, June 23, A.S. 1826, in the Pros_Jerous reign Of George the Fourth." The Rev. George Clayton, of SS'alworth, delivered an inaugural address, and the Rev. Joseph Fletcher, of Stepney, an appropriate prayer. The ministers and gentlemen dined at Canonbury House., Islington. After thinner a beautiful model of the intended edifice was exhihited, and the Chairman, Thomas Wilson, Esq. explained the various departments, and the uses of them. The General Meeting was held at the same place, and appropri. ate 'speeches were delivered by the• Rev. George Border, I)rs. Mor rison and Styles, the 11ev. H. B. Jenla of Greenwich, J. Morrison of Chelsea, J. Blackburn of Pentonville, Dr. Barris, the theologi cal tutor, the Rev. R. Barton of Somers-town, and J. Atkinson of Southampton. The sum of 30001. received, was reported at the close; and the amount of 20,000/. la expected to be raised by vo.l luotsry contribution, to defray the erection of the building. PUBLIC DINNER ~.1...---- [From the Freeman's Journal of Tuesday.] The splendid room in the Frermasms'-hall, Dawson-street, was yesterday a scene of gayety and ttu!y rational entertainment, on the occasion of the annua l dinner of the friends and subscribers to the Denmark-street Orphan and Daily Schools. The company amounted to seventy-six. The Chair was filled by D. O'Cotx NELL, Esq. " The King" was the first least given. Mr. O'CoNitaaa, said tint( " tong life" to his Majesty was new of the deepest interest to us all. It was 'wild to contemplate ary premature accident that might deprive us of our present stay and hope, and we should look with a steady and unwinking eye to our situation. " Long lite to the King" was reiterated through the room with loud, and certainly sincere and heartfelt, plaudits. Song—" Clod pave the King," Mr. Morrippon. " Old Ireland." said, that a fearful combination was fcrmel against this country., but it was in our own power to ret,der it harmless as the screams of the sea-gull. We had spent nearly seven hundred years in dissension ; and it was now clear that, unless with unanimity, them was no prospect of a tcrminatiou to such a state of things. Song, " Irish Oak."—Mr. Mcirrisson. " The Duke of Sussex." In eulogizing this distinguished character, Mr. O'Cowxtr.r. said, that his Royal Highness was the liberal and enlightened patron of charity. Ile had established a system of well-regulated economy, that left him not only able to pay his debts without calling upon the nation for eleemosynary grants, but he was enabled to extend a portion of his income to the relief of suffering humanity. His tradesmen were never disappointed, nor was he himself in any danger of having the horse upon which he rode grasped by the hands of a bailiff, to satisfy a pecuniary demand. (Loud plaudits.) The Marquis Wellesley." The CHAIRMAN said, we were much indebted to the Noble. Marquis fir his vote by proxy in support of the Relief Bill. Though that Bill not exactly such as could be wished, after the Lords Lieutenant that we had seen, it was something cheering to see the head of the Irish Government voting for Catholic Eman. cipation under any fain. The Marquis Wellesley had succeeded in tranquillizing this country; and our enemies may be assured that, without violating the law, the most strenuous exertions would be made in the cause of freedom. (Great applause.) Song fir. Walsh. " The Catholic Hierarchy." Mr. O'CoNNELL painted the virtues of this amiable an 1 pious body in glowing colours. So clear, and so ingenious were the an.' ewers of the Catholic Bishops In the recent examinations, that It was not found necessary to expunge a single line. What a con.' trast did this present to another famous interrogation at the opposit! , aide I Although the Catholic Prelates were, from the earliest period, distinguished for their piety and zeal, they never stood' higher than at present. (Long continued approbation.) The Rev. Mr. Isldsruastoe returned thanks for the preceding testimonies of confidence in the Catholic Prelacy, and lie could say with truth, that every member of that venerated body was ready to lay down his life in support of that faith upon which the lustre of their virtues had reflected such credit. The heath of John Finlay, Esq. being given, the Rev. Mr. Griffiths said, that professional business prevented him from at witting as Vice-Chuirman, and he (.Mr. G.) was called upon to fill his place. Than Mr. Finlay, there was not a more enlightened or liberal Protestant existing. He could not better conclude, than by proposing the health of their worthy Chairman. Here the ac ' claniattons were continued so long. that it was a considerable time before Mr O'Connell could obtain a hearing, for the purpose of returning thanks. " The Attorney-General." Mr. O'CowtatEnt. was very warm in his praises of Mr. Plunkett. He said he was always a friend to Catholic Emancipation, an enemy to the Union, and that we should never forget, that when the question was under discussion, he said. "if British eonnexion were an injury to Ireland, he would give his allegisrlce to the winds." Mr. O'Coxxxt.r. took occasion to advert to Mr. Bellew's opinion upon the late act respecting the Catholic Association. He could not see any necessity for his giving this opinion, and without being called upon, or without getting any fee! Formerly Mr. B. had extolled the Catholic Association to the skies—now he saw nothing but danger in any thing of a similar nature. But it was very true, that Mr. Bellew had made great efforts to get himself nominated on the Committee of twenty-one. Had he succeeded he never would have thought of giving to the world this celebrated opinion. All he (Mr. O'Connell) regretted was, that file Izt 'twenty-four hours pass without giving his own opinion, and he' would so far imitate 3lr. Bellew in not requiring any fee for it. Allan, the painter, whose picture of the Death if the Regent Murray has been purchased for 800 guineas, by the Duke of Bedford, has had two others bespoken by the Marquis of Bute, of which the subjects arc to be taken from Scottish history. The forthcoming work of Milton. called De Doetrinn ChriAtiona, will excite a good deal of astonishment among the admirers of the poet. The work consists of certain propositions, on which the writer argues• at length, and which he enforces and illustrates by quotations from the Scriptures. The publication of this book will prove Milton to be what he never was suspected of being—an Arian.—Nett. Monthly Magazine. Major-Gencral Taylor's head-quarters are to be fixed at Belfast; Sir C. Bingham's at Cork ; and Major-tieneral Thoruton's at Athlone. The polling Awl &Way se Room as the Livery found that Alder. man Crowder and Mr. Kelly were lb apprehend nothing front • rivals. Me. Dove, who relived In such good humour the day before, walked up to the hustings and voted for the two new cast . didates: At three o'clock the following numbers were exhibited Crowder - Hurd 2,7 Kelly 1312 Marten - 134 Dove 453 %V oolle, . fel Alderman Cnowrfta retprned thanks. Ile wee never niter proud rhaii In holding so high a situation on the poll. and he es. tutted the Livery that he should do all in his power to stettair. the high reputation of the City for dignity, hospitably, and splendour. Mr. KICI.I.Y also said that he enould act with spirit mid hoapl. tslity, and that he was most grateful for the warm manner !a which the Liverv-earne forward to suppdrt LIM. The Hill was then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGF: A VCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, THURSDAY, JUNR 38. .11ENNETT V. I,IIIOIIT. This was an action brought to recover a balance of an account due to the plaintiff lot work and labour done by him for the de. Pendant. . It appeared by the evidence that the plaintiff i s A bud had been employed Ly the defendant, s:ho is the widow of an of ficer of rank in the army, to do some repairs in her house, for which, at the plaintiff's own request, he was to receive some furniture which the defendart had to dispose of at a fair price, instead of money. Some difficulty at first occurred about the price to be set ppan the goods, but the plaintiff at length topk them at a valuation less (as it was proved) titan what w furniture-broker would have ',given for them for the purpose of selling vain. When the work was finished th e plaintiff produced his bill, end aceordirg to that it appeared there was a balance in favour of the defendant r but this she was willing to give up. The plaintiff; however, do. mantled to be paid a balance, insisting that the goods had been ra llied too highly. The defendant ranged the demand, and the co:- sequence was that the plaintiff tholight proper to continence the present action. The only eircurty!•ahce peculiar in this casa was the conduct the plaintiff's attorney and one of lila wiiheeSes. This witness (a sham bail) was called by Mr. Guns EY, to prove the adults:don of thedebt by the defendant et the t!o:o of tenting her with the notice of declaration. On his cross-examination . • Mr. SOant.r.vr —lle admitted that he had obtained an inter , view with the defendant, by writing to her an anonymous letter. order to serve her with the writ. Ile denied that he demanded lialf-a-crownfrorn her, but admitted that he said to her, the as he was very thirsty, he should like to have a glass of brandy and water, and that the defendant gave him a half crown instead. which it...afterwards give to the plaintiff's attorney. Mr. Scan LETT—What is your proftlaion, sir? 11itnesr—That is a question Which you have no right to ask me, Mr. Scadett, It is altogether irrelevant tc the cause now before the Court.. • SCAIIitTT repeated the quesdoh. Witness—Why, I am a server of writs by mansion, M jett call, and I should be very glad to serve you with one. After some other very Insoient replies, the C04711T told the wit ness that if he did not answer the questions in a decorous and pro per manner, he should be committed to prison. The witness then said he had been a draper, tut did not knew how long ie•waa since he had leFt of that business. though he had nn objection to swear that it was not six years. Re had been ex. quainted with the pinintiff 's attorney for about 16 months; and was employed by several other attorneys occasionally. Mr. SCARLETT then addressed the Jury on the part of tee de. fendant, and commented with great severity on the impudence of the last witness. [This witness was then standing ditectly oppo site the Learned Counsel, and was making the meat insolent gesturce at hirml The Learned Counsel cautioned Jinn not to be found guilty of the infamous conduct he had practiced agairtt the defend. ant a second time, as he would stand a good chance of being trans. pore!. The Learned Counsel then stated the defence which he should be, able to establish, and which v..ould entitle the defendant to a verdict. He should prove that the defendant's attorney had called upon the pl.iintitra attorney, and proposed to go through the accounts, and had offered that if be did not satisfy film (the plain. tiff's attorney) that a balance was due to the deferiffant, lee would immediately pay the costs and settle the action. The plaintiff% attorney refused this offer, and said that as he seas indemnified hie costs, he should go to trial, let whatever be the verdict. Miss Knight, daughter of the defendant, was then called, who proved that the last witness obtained access to her mother by means of an anonymous letter; that he served her with a copy of a writ ; and afterwards with a notice of declaration • that he demanded the money for it ; and when her mother said site would take back the goods and pay the plaintiff his bill, he placed his back against the door and said the money should be paid before he left the room. and then he would talk about the goods afterwards; lie said that she was a swindler, and that there was a nest of swindlers in the house; and lie then used some very gross language, after which, when her mother had given him the half crown he left the house. This witness also proved the nature of the contact botween the plaintiff and the defendant. Mr. George flunce, the defendant's attorney, was called, Ard proved that he waited on the plaintiff's attorney and proposed to inspect the accounts, and if there was no balance due to the defend ant, he would pay the costs and settle the action. That is the gentleman (pointing to Mr. Pinero, who was then speaking with Mr. Gurney). Mr. SCARLETT—And what did he any to that ? Mr. fir consent to be ronsuited. The witness was about to answer the question, when— M. OURNF.Y interrupted him and said, you have no rigit to hare the question answered, Mr. Seeded, if I consent to be :lons suited. Mr. SCAD.I.ETT then folded up his inief and sat down. I'laintiff not suited. tb!bt 6 .2 Y ~y A ; . 1 ARY SOCIETY. ELECTION OF SIIERIFFS. -- --....--- 'elf ref 'Wednesday:l ' • The polling dial stray al soon as the Livery found that Aida. urch Missionary Society was man Crowder and Mr. Kelly were tb apprehend nothing from thick was crowded to an over. rivals. 31r. Dove , who resigned In such good humour the day before, walked up to the hustings and voted for the two new ca n - 17Dnre0St was called to the didatese. . a short areech. At three o'clock the following number. were exhibited :- • !‘, se Seeeetariea of the Auxiliary Crowder - 87111 Hurd 24 - y and cheering 'report of the Kell' . . 1312 Marten - - 13 , 1 hi I and its auxiliary during the Dove - 453 ‘Voollee . . ell Alderman Cnowrstu retprned thanks. Ile was never more med. at great length,, Fr sere. proud th an .in holding so high a situation on the poll, situ he as... timed the Livery that he should do all in his power stoaain the Prawn, enfireed die necessity high reputation of the City for dienity, hospitality, d e l an splendour, smear of eliedonery effer „te • Mr. KLI.LIT also said that he enould met with spirit and health. • a poor negro who had readied tality, and duo he was most grateful for the warm mannnt !a which Chrietian Church. the Liverieeame forward to supper' LIM. • Drayton, Oefordshire, sue. The Hill was then adjourned. 'tad attended the Society's ef. * ' upon. its friendw to renew and e glorious cause for the future. • LAW INTELLIGF:XCE. •• • ; rorr—r. Sallaugh„,in the Isle of Man, lity on ,he necessity of edit. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, THURSDAY, JTINg 30. 1 ' This was an setiOt! E bro lc ugh pr t to v reco . IN V 'rely education In the.worldiy . r -- I' genuine Christianity.- The a 4! e i r u a irr b;lance of an account wag anecdotes in the mni 'F due to the plaintiff lot work and labour done by him fur the de. ' 24 fendant. had been employed ey the defendant, who is the widow of an of. f the Secretaries of the Parent • . : ficer of rank in the army, to do some repairs in her house, for which, at th e pissoinmeertd.'is ffi ocuwlntyraeqt ufirseste:carred. It appeared by the evidence that the plaintiff is A Atipeiltet, bud ~ retrospect of the wide and ex- . t y the Society in Asia, Africa, - which the defendart had - to dispose ° was of at o :fair y of extracts of letters received , I about tre th i c ep p g ric n e , stations, all of which showed tof en tic itu Se re t rice, furniture of ristian knowledge is making mone y. t Rev. Gentleman, in the con. ppaes the goods, but the plaintiff at length topk them at a valuation le moral state of the vmrld ; less (as it was proved) titan what a furnltere.broker mould have tetrated its darkness, with i ice 'Owen for them for the purpose of selling vain. When the 77 e Gospel which had raised this work was finished the plaintiff' ploduced his bill, nnl according .m the depths of ignorance o f to that it appeared there was a bal ance in f avour of the defendant: me of its divine potency,- • e but this she was willing to give up. The phaintiff, tiorever, de: Traded state of the gentiles mantled to be paid a balance, insisting that die goods had been va- i announced theses* distinct hi m ioci highly. The defendant retested the demand, anti the co:- the funds of irlaieli it was in. ; ' 1 root the degradation in which sequence was that the plaintiff thought p roper to continence the • I' ' present action. The only eireums.e.hce peculiar in this case was the conduct o'- iny„,..lteland, addressed thel the plainti ff 's attorney anti one of lids witheeees. This witness (a sham b e il) was called by Mr. OtrereEr, t o T wo r t St. Andrew's Church, spoke the admission of thedeet by the defendant et the tote of terrine of his observations seemed to i ; her with the notice of declaration. of the auditory. ', 1 On his M cross-examination be . • (men addressed theeeting, Mr. Itcanir.vr-Ile admitted that ue [hail obtained an inter: nu. -........., view with the defendant, by writing to her an anonymous letter. le • i ' order to serve her with th e writ. He denied that he demanded )lLEGE. lialf-a.crown•frorn her, but admitted that he said to her, fha'. - as he was very thirsty, he should like to have a glass of brandy 'allege to educate ynung men and water, and that the defendant gave him a halt crown instead. rs of the Independent den°. which h.! afterwards give to the plaintiff% attorney. / on Tu a last b Thomas e • este y y .Ir. SCAR LETT-What is your pronseion, air? aciety. Witness--That is a question Which you have no right to ask Huston since the year 1721, me, Mr. Scarlctt, It is altogether Irrelevant tc the cause now before I and was found inadequate for the Court.- • . 41 e, space occupied, and sale. . e oil'. oCARLETT repeated the questiote lent individual who superin. 'Witness-Why, lam a server of writs by mansion, M roe resent four acres of freehold . , call, and I should be very glad to serve yo u with one. I f which amounted to ,0110 2 •° ll ° After sonic other very Insolent replies, the C OURT t o ld the win- 4 t signated Iliglibury Colle ge . fleas that if he did not viewer the questions in a decorous and p ro - -1 with the times in reg a rd to per manner, he should be committed to prison. mect, salubrity, and comfort, The witness then said he had been a draper, -but (lid not knew R rats, and the pureuses of the how long it-was since he had leR off that business, though he had ig the coins of the realm,no objectien to swear that it was not s i x y ears . H e h a d b een ac . and ' quainted with the pinintiff 's attorney for about 1G months; and ; 1 n e e was employed by several other attorneys occasionall It y. ig, erected by voluntary con. Mr. SCARLETT then a dd resse d the Jury on the part of tee de. cation, , demy sometime at Hea commented n, . , fondant, and commented with great severity on the impudence of in sacred awl userul the last witness. [This w i tness was then standing ditectly oppo. a of piety and good talents,. . site the Learned Counsel, and was making the meat insolent genuine ions for preaching the Gospel :1 - at hi:n.] 'the Learned Counsel cautioned him not to be found t denomination, was hid by guilty of the infamous conduct he had practiced ageimt the defend. I 1., an thirty years the faithful ant a . second time, as he would stand a g o o d ch a nce of being trans. one 23, A.S. 1826, in the port , !. The Le arned Counsel then tamed the defence which he should be able to establish, and which would entitle the defendant :I ; orth, delivered an inaugural to a verdict. He should prove that the defendant's attorney had , of Stepney, an appropriate called upon the pleint ire attorney, and proposed to go through the • t dined at Canonbury house, arenunts, and had offered that If he did not satisfy him (the plain- :odd of the intended edifice tiff's attorney) that a balance was due to the deferreant, ire would • muss Wilson, Esq. explained them. immediately pay the costs anti settle the action. The plaintiffs eof . attorney refused this offer, and said that as he Was indemnified bit e i to game place, and *mope:. costs, he should go to trial, let whatever be the verdict. •se '. George Burden Dr,. elm- Mime Knight, daueeiter of the defendant, was then called, who ti i sof Greenwich, J. Morrison proved that the last witness obtained access to her mother by ulean.e le, Dr. Harris, the theologe or an anonymous letter; that he served her with a copy of a writ ; tees-town, and J. Atkinson and afterwards with a notice of declaration ; dint he demanded the ' • • eceived, was reported at the money for it ; and when her mother said se would take back the tt expected to be raised by vo. goods and pay the plaintiff his bill, he placed his back against the Rion of the building. door and said the money should be paid before lie left the room. ...• and then he would talk about the goods afterwards; he said that • VNER she was a swindler, and that there was a nest of swindlers in the • . - house; and lie then used some very gross language, BATT which, i 1 ad of Tuesday.] when her mother had given him the half crown he left the house. its'-hall, Dawson-street, was s Thi • • witness also proved the nature of the contract between the • ational entertainment, on the Isteinliff and the defendant. Friends and subscribers to the Mr. George Hence, the defendant's attorney, was called, aced . r Schools. The company proved that he waited on the plaintiff 's attorney and preposed to . . inspect the accounts, and if there was no balance due to the defend. . • CELL, Esq. ant, he would pay the costs and settle the action. 'That is the na. gentleman (pointing to Mr. Pinero, who was then speaking with life" to his Majesty was new Mr. Gurney). vas awfitl to contemplete ary mr. _ s _.. CARLETT -And what did he say to that ? re us of our present stay and Mr. • • - • fives:FY-I consent to be nonsuited. ly and unwinking eye to our when witness was about to answer the question, 1 . . 0. to , ' was reiterated through the M. ( TURNF.If interrupted him and said , you have no eel , 1 rd heartfelt, plaudits. hare the question answered, Mr. Scarlett, if I consent to be nuee Morrisson. stilted. Mr. SCARLETT then folded up his brief and eat down. ful combination was fennel Plaintiff nonsuited. cur own power to ret,der it — ams... -. ill. We had spent nearly PREROGATIVE COURT, .11:YE 30. / and it was now clear that, - :aspect of a tcrminatiou to PARSONS V. PARSONS. I I ' This was a suit instituted to (Detain probate of a Codicil to a tral I. which h :d Leen d 'stroyed. It appea ed that the testator, Mr. Parson', wits possessed of a i erecter, Mr. O'Co3rwter. copyhold estate in Somersetshire, of the value of 1001. per annum. i . he liberal anti enlightened In 1814 he married, and within a few months afterwards made hie I a system of well-regulated sill. Four years. subsequent, having in the interim had twe to pay his debts without children born to him, he - executed the codicil now propounded- ‘ puny grants, but he was and shortly Afterwards destroyed the orig inal wilt. By this codicil ite to the relief of suffering he left his crate in trust to his brothers, who were to pay thcreoet r disappointed, nor was he an annuity of 30!. to his wire, and to apply the residue to the bene. l• 1 . , loran upon which lie rode fit of the children. ~ meet's , a pecuniary demand. Dr. JE SSE eon beetilf of the widete stated that she A nest. , . , ' 1 was the only person who could he interested in oppos ing this paper, •• t as ascording to the cumin of that part of the country, should it ••• •• .s i ich indebted to the Noble be proved thst the deceased died intestate, she would be entitled Lippert of the Relief Bill. to the whole of the tapyhold property. Of this custom, however. us could be wished, after the she was not willing to ay..il herself, to the injury of her own del. . I was something cheering to dren, and would, therefore, offer no opposition to the paper pro- , v ot i ng for Catholic Ern a , pounded, but would be content to take the proportion allotted to , s Wellesley had succeeded her therein. i 1 . destruction of a will. he it enemies may be assured Sir J. NICITOLL said that in general the . _. . . • : - , it strenuous exertions would its author, must he coneidetri as an invalklation of its codicil atm : t . it applause.) but as the verde% were willing to accept probate of this paper. • he felt himself called on to pronounce for it, and grant probate as. cordingly. TiTTPSoUrsoars I of this amiable an 1 rim i il so ingenious were the an. OLD 8.411,Eri --.......-- recent examinations, that it The Sessions cornmcenced yes tenlay before Mr. Baron Garatctw' • . 1 ce n t line. What a con- Me Justice rt -I.IIROUGII, the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, Its . interrogation at the opposit r es were, from the earliest corder, &c. HOUSEeRREAKING. : 1 . •, and zeal, they never stood George Wafers, a young man of respectable appearance. stood ; eel approbation.) capitally indicted foe breaking into the dwelling-house of a gen- ttl thanks for the preceding . tleman named Truernan, situate in Prospect.tereace, no person c Prelacy, and lie could say being therein at the time, en the 15th of May last, in the day titre, I, ( vnerated body was ready to and stealing property of considerable value. s. It upon which the lustre of ! It appeared by the evidence that the prosetutior and his sister. . at one o clock on the Sunday morning, being the (lay mentioned in being given, the Rev. Mr. the indictment, left their residence, and retnrned at ten o'clock the ss prevented him from at- same night, when they found that the premises had been enteeed 1 .. Mr. G.) was called upon to by means of false keys, and had been eiiied throughout. Pm. was not a more enlightened perry to a great value, consisting of silver plate, silk drew", Id not better conclude, than sheets, table-linen, ice. they found had been carried off. 'y Chairman. Here the ac- Mr. Dealt, a gentleman restlent in the neighbourhood, nid e t it was a considerable time that he had been at a place of public worship on the metnlng of hearing, for the purpose of the 15th May, and on passing by the house of the prosecutor he saw the prisoner staiding near the gate reading a paper. A mats came out of the prosecutor's house with a large bundle, end as ;,e his praises of Mr. Plunkett. passed by the prisoner he spoke to him in a low tone of voice. The Catholic Emancipanon, an , prisoner joined the man, and they walked off together. Witaess I never forget. that when the ' thought the circumstance strange, but did not think he had our aid, "if British connexion thotity to interfere. He was positive as to the prisoner's identity. r give his allegiatice to the Grout, it police officer, said, he saw the prisoner, and another man, in the afternoon of the 15th May. The prisoner was carrying • t e a advert to fir . Bellew's a b und l e on h i s shoulders. He stopped the prisoner, and inquired 11 t Catholic Association. ociation. He where he got the bundle ; the prison dropped it and run away i 2 g this opinion, anti without hut was pursued and taken. On the prisoner's person were four 4 tiny a sk Formerly Mr. B. skeleton keys, and other implements of house.breaking. The to the ies-now he saw keys opened with ease the prosecuto r 's door. .. similar nature. But it was r 1 he he prisoner put in a written defence, stating thnt he was em. grea e. t effort Hadhe s to saes himself hr 1 ploved to carry the bundle by the man who h a d esca p e d, but that onccet•dedl ie iituself was ignorant of its contents. o the world this celebrated The property was identified by the prosecutor's sister. regretted was, that elle tat Verdict, Guilty-Drat4. • e his own opinion, mei Inc . . The prosecutor and ome of the Jury recommended him to mer e /. • requiring any fee for it. H IGH WA Y ROBBERY. i .....-.. Jane Davis and Catherine Ferri: were capitally indictee. fort • i re of the Death rf the assaulting James Mark on the King's highway, on the 4th of Jung . l . sell for SOO guineas, by last, and stealing from his person a purse, a 3411. bark of Enela7 ,d ' t. wo others bespoken by note, eight sovereigns, half a sovereign, and a 61. 1 j it subjects arc to be taken Pe T t3 t . 4 prosecutor was a clerk in a factory. and had received t his money mentioned in the indictment from his master (11 . the t sa ne . ton, called De Doetrina day. Ile t ti hoer to was going through Wentworth.stren tan,. ... e 5.... . , . e 1 of astonishment among about seven o'clock in the evening of il k te d 4 ii r m a to J go iwinhee with pork consists of certain accos:c.i by the prisoner Davis, ho .2. as e drink,d attempted to her ; anti on his refund she asked hi m for a . n T argues •at length, and but otter a little Orme ghee he escape is , drag him up • court ; He was follow te be by quotations from t h e and crossed to the othz side of the o TratK.e prisoner Ferris a a ' this book will prove 11)°.6', who was won h ifi rre j n o r l .en Taken. Ferris comity up SI ,Al suspected of being—an Bendier woman, wn i shall give the woman satisU.etion.' f i, him, said,.' y . B • (i yon 'ed hold of him, and pinioned bit Orals . I Upon this they all three sets Jarters are to be fised at pocket , and rew out the sums men. Davis put her hand into one piece . . wrapped u lit a ot paper. Tat rk ; anti Major-General Honest in the indictme nt, , , p etika 1 prisoner Farris put hcr hard Into tbel rocket, add wets s • . . ---...- -4 ft•-;7.... - . .-- T.:. tae i ii / . ._. ...-....-• ,-.•. PREROGATIVE COURT, JUYE 30. PARSONS V. PARSONS. This was a suit instituted to 'attain probate of a Codicil to a wig: which h.d teen d.stroyed. appea ed that the testator, Mr. Parsons, was possessed of a copyhold estate in Somersetshire, of the value of 1001. per annum. In tBl4 he married, and within a few months afterwards made hie will Four years subsequent, having in the interim had two leiildren born to him, he-executed the codicil now propounded. and shortly Afterwards destroyed the original will. By :his codicil he left his estate in trust to his brothers, who were to pay thereove an annuity of 30!. to his wife, and to apply the residua to the bene fit of the children. fr.sEaaEAnasts, on betalf of the widotr, stated that she was the only person who could he interested in opposing this paper, as according to the custom of that part of the country, should it be proved that the deceased died intestate, she would be entitled to the whole of the eopyhold property. Of this custom, however, she was not willing to ay. il herself, to the injury of her own chi!. dren, and would, therefore, offer no opposition to the paper pro. pounded, but would be content to take the proportion allotted to her therein. J.Sir Kresrot.r. said that in general the destruction of a will. by its suzlior, must he conaiderel as an inealklation of its codicil also : but as the parties were willing to accept probate of this paper. he felt himself called on to pronounce for it, and grant probate as. cordingly. OLD BAILEY. The Sessions commcenced - Te=ar before Mr. Baron DattltaW I Mr. Justice Btitilot:Gir, the LOUD MAYOR, Aldermen, Us' corder, d.c. HOUSE.BREAKING. George Waters, a young man of respectable appearance. stood capitally indicted for breaking into the dwciling-house of a gen tleman named Truernan, situate in Prospect terrace, no person being therein at the time, on the 15th of May last, in the day tiros, and stealing property of considerable value. It appeared by the evidence that the prom-mint and his sister. I at one o'clock on the Sunday morning, being the day mentioned is the indictment, left their residence, and returned at ten o'clock tbe same night, when they found that the premises had been entered by means of false keys, and had been rifted throughout. Pro. perty to a groat value, consisting of silver plate, silk dresses, sheets, table-linen, ice. they found had been carried off. Mr. Beak, a gentleman resident in the neighbourhood, satti t that he had been at a place of public worship on the morning o the 15th May, and on passing by the house of the prosecutor he saw the prisoner eta tiling near the gate reading a paper. A Merl came out of the prosecutor's house with a large bundle, end as l,a passed b x the prisoner he spoke to him in a low tone of voice. The prisoner joined the man, and they walked off together. Witness thought the circumstance strange, but did not think he had aue tbority to interfere. He was positive as to the prisoner's identity. Grout, n police officer, said, he saw the prisoner, and another man, in the afternoon of the 15th May. The prisoner was carrying • a bundle on his shoulders. He stopped the prisoner, and inquired where he got the bundle ; the prisoner dropped it and run away; hut was pursued and taken. On the prisoner's person were four 4 skeleton keys, and other implements of house-breaking. The. keys opened with ease the prosecutor's door. fhe prisoner put in a written defence. stating that he was em. ployed to carry the bundle by the man who had escaped, but tl - aa he himself was ignorant of its contents. The property was identified by the prosecutor's sitter. Verdict, Guilty—Drat)'. The prosecutor and tote of the Jury recommended him to mere/. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Jane Davis and Catherine Ferri: were capitally indictee. foe assaulting Janice Mark on the King's highway, on the 4th of June last, and stealing from his person a purse, a 3411. bark of EnNiand note, eight sovereigns, half a sovereign, and a 61. note, his pro. perty. The prosecutor was a clerk in a factory, and had received the money mentioned in the indictment from his master on the wind day. Ile was going through Wentworth-street, Whiterhap4:: shout seven o'clock in the evening of the 4:11 of Jane. He te . ls her ; anti on his refusal she asked him for drink , 4. accosat.l by the prisoner Davis, rho asked him to an go d s hows drag him up • court • but liner a little struggling . he eacalt and crossed to the ot h er side of the way. He was tallow b e d pitiioncd his anu risoner Ferris s. Darin him, said,." By ei—d you shatl give the woman satisfa.ctiort. and drew oat the rums men. another woman, who had not been taken. Ferris coming tip sfs ed la a piece of paper. Tat joined hiald o b f y him th , e a i n prisoner Ferris put her hard into Me ether pocket, add 11101 Upon th w is ho he w y m al all e 'e i r zed t p to u n v et is t put in the indictment, h audtinto unwerPa7pket,