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- . - • ' JAMAICA. HORRIBLE CREWE I.V FRANCE. —mom-- [Prom —am.-- the Royal Gazelle of Dee. 4.1 A letter from Dreux, dated the 14th instant, states the HOUSE OF ASSESIIIIX. THURSDAY, Dec. 2. following:—" A manufacturing proprietor in the vicinity of Hr lirtwarr rose to s u bmi t a Bill to a pp o i nt Commissioner this city married a woman of Itnuen, who hal one Icgiti „ousts for a Loan or Loans of Money in kugland on behalf of mate daughter by a former marriage, and other children ." cT e dit of the island. Before he would offer Use Bill, he should who were said to be illegitimate. The latter being ex „"the indulgence of the House in giving his reasons for sub "etiae'ct t his measure to its consideration. The island had f or se- eluded by th e l ow , th e young f ema l e b ecame heiress to a `„i y - ea rs been afflicted with a series of ass et s dry weather, and fortune of 400,000 francs. In case of the death of this , o gle commodities had, at the same time, been depreciated in child, the fortune went to the mother : the father had, it i degree not to reward the cultivator or manufaettirer. appeared The child had disa , ordered this in his will . p e ,o a a • arcumstan of distress and hardship, it was ditfizult th e , n nt-s to assist the Co!ony, or to supply resources at Peered for a con s id era bl e ti me . A wor k man having some ' a istin ' in i g crisis. Several osjecni ad occurred to him of vast altercation with th e manu f acturer, di sc l ose d t h e whole. ' e. which should be upheld, and other s to he pla ce d on a The public o ffi cer, accompanied by hi s reg i strar an d a p h y-1 ' l r ro nti s hment. When we considered that in Kingston alone sician, repaired at nine in the morning to the chateau in „,,, „ e , a population of 30,000 people, and that there was only habited by the mother and the stepfather. They asked ~"f h 1 the creablislied religion, quite insufficient for such a .„, ...,. see the children ; the mother said the) , were still laden, o f fo r . want of necessary accoolinorlation many per rl--- tin w ereinductid to go to ether places of worship, it was obvious in bed. The Magistrates made her conduct them to their k t hi s should be remelted . Here then was a great w a nt. I t apart men t. Th ey fi rst went to that of the eldest, who 00 - f ,„ i e e ,, e reasons he thought that part or the projected Loan was up. They asked for the youngest. The mother said ~i d b e a pplied for the inc n r , euss oje of c.hurches.HebelieveduTait she slept in the same bed with the eldest. It was remarked is want or sufficient aceoni ad- _n . in th e . Established d 1. : , : c to her that this was impossible, as the lx:t1 was so small. .., ~,jr , e rs o.s to frequent other plates of worship. an whichha d . tos ,'" w en et the very great increase of Methodism. Be was not in. T hey ins isted upon seeing the rooms. All were opened e t era nt, for one after the other ; b u t as t h e mot h er passed one - Homo stun, nihil humanam , ime alienem puto;" they required admission to it; she pretended to have lost ' ta ilwind Church and State ought to go together; he was, there- the key, but they found it i mme di ate l y i n h er poc k et. The ' kg& for increasing the Episcopal Churches ; and, it the measure gloat was opened, when a b a d o d our was f oun d to procee k .' . osed photild take effect. a great part of the money so raised W o dßeapplied to the erection of Churches and Chapels. The from the room. They ent ere d, an d f oun d a young g i r l , d. O la f Commons had lately toted one million of money foe an about thirteen, pale and emaciated, having only skin upon k~awsof fifty Churches. and lie thought th a t H ouse s h ou ld tut- ! her bones, and covered with vermin, stretched upon a 0 w i e sdable an example. Another object he had in view was ' wretched bed, placed under a large window, the glass of it w rieeme nt of oil! gaols. Any Gentleman visiting Kingston which was broken, with no covering except a ntiserable 'nforin himself of the stet- of the gaol in that city, = P wss l" inadequate i to all its purposes. and in a wretched • rag upon her feet, and two napki ns by way of sheer. satlMya It was some years since he had visitor! it to report its ' The unfortunateehild had been in this state six months. 1.1)0 was on she Journals , stating its site to be an ins. l They threw her each day, in the morning, a morsel of sae, as it ought to be some distance from the City. e nbanish Town was in such a sharking state as to bee sham" ... , try and was a dungeon not tit for the reception of pri- . Tile i bread, scaret•ly su ffi cient to sustain existence. She hail nei -1 t h en chemise nor other clothing. The servants in the house were ignorant of her existence. A female servant was ter ' who, though un f ortunate in trade, shocid not, on that !e -lle treated with vengeance. It never was intended that their rifled one evening at seeing a little ragged creature, who valls t. should be so confined as to d e priv e t h e p r i soners o f t h e coin- sprung with a famished air upon some bread, which she e on sir, rendering the prison so extremely hot as to preclude them seized with astonishing avidity. The servant could not ro ot taking necessary exercise; their families might wish to visit tell where she retired to. The fact was, th e y had forgotten uteri, which, in the present horrid condition of the prisons, they were ti -These ( mi nt , m i g h t to give her that day her food; but fortun a t e ly th e y a l so i ) g i e d, in many instance , , to refrain from. provided fur with part of the proposed loare. Another object , forgot to fasten th e d oor . Th e mot h er an d h us b an d are h w auld r -sire a portion of this money, he should also notice. I kept in strict solitary confinement." . we had no means of transporting criminals... .4 they formerly were sent now refuse to receive , consequently concealed in the difft.rent pats of moment, and were a very dangeroas description 'old therefore propose, that the workhouses in e established on a larger scale, so as to give such criminals in the island. The (louse, adopt every means in its power, which would elfare of the island ; and in times so extremely conceived it would be wise policy to improve and and measures should be taken to in . from England, Scotland, or Ireland, in .1 in the interior of the island, and thus lay increasing white population. The interior of settled, and the immense woods and fastnesses hordes for runaways, in the highest degre.: afety of the country. Another object which attention from the House was the improvement The Hon. 31ember concluded by presenting read a first time, and then ordered fur a sucoad COLOMBIA. „ d e B 'TOM COUltilliCiaffril of Oct. 7-1 blished in the London papers, the Letter of in the Government of Buenos Ayres by 31r. Al. we bare received orders to publish the Letter, presented to the Government of Colom (Translated f.om tl e Spanish.) Foreign-Office, Oct. 10. mt. , the King of the United Kingdom of Great ...having determined to adopt such measures as to the establishment of friendly relations with Colombia, has appointed Colonel Hamilton, and James Henderson, his Confidential W important mis.ion. is at the he-.I of the Commission, will deli. this letter, and I have to request that entire the Government of Colombia to what be name of his 3lsjeoty. I have the honour to be, Sir, Nsellency's toast obedient humble Servant, - Secretary of GEORGE CANNING. STOPPAGE' OF A BANS IN DUBLIN. [From the Dadia Morning Poe of Tuesday:l Died on Saturday evening last, at his seat, Killester, in the neighbourhood of this city, the Lord Viscount New conten. The announcement of the death of this Noble man, coupled with the fact of the doors of the Bank in Castle-street being closed, caused a great sensation in town during the whole of yesterday. A written Notice was affixed to the door to the effect following : " NOTICE. " In consequence of the death of Viscount Newcomen, the busi ness of this Bank has been suspended until arrangements shall be made for its recommencement. " 17th January, 111 - 21." Various reports are in circulation respecting the state of the Bank affairs, which we, of course, refrain from pub lishing. (From the Dublin Mercantile Register.l NEWCO3IEN'S BANK: The Bank of Viscount Newco men has suspended pay ment this morning, in consequence of the death of that Nobleman. According to the Notice at the Bank, the suspension is only temporary. It is needless, however, to add, that the sensation produced among the mercantile community is extraordinary, this firm being generally a bank of deposit. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Wind water, 22 min. put Arrived Perfect, Prince, from Charleston—sailed 19th December ; Westmoreland, from Calcutta ; Mary Cathe rine, from Charlston, sailed 23d December; Hope, Porter, from Demerara ; Unity, Owen, from Drogheda ; Traveller, from Ipswich ; Integrity, from ditto ; Mars, Wilson, from Cape of Good Dope anti Dublin ; Fame, from Drog heda ; Duke of Athol, Dawson, from Dublin. . FROM THE LOW COUNTRIES. ab Quartet, Colonel In the Royal Navy of the Low ;night of the Military Order of 'William 1., Commis. • Government of the Republic of Colombia, from the c.oraeoa in virtue of full powers to that effect from .ng of the lAW Countries, reached this capital t, and after the customary communications hail ..e Secretary of Stat • fur Foreign Affairs. and Iris exhibited, he requested to be presented to his Excel- Vice-President, which accordingly took place on the 29.1 t at 11 o'clock in the morning. Ilin Excellency the - 1, in- company a ith the other Secretaries of State, Audience Chamber, and M. de Quar.al addressed terms :-.- avely satisfaction in being presented to your talents and merits so justly entitle you to the fill, of Vice. President of the Republic of tision, of which your Excellency is in. of his Excellency the Governor of Curs di of ,Hay, and by my credentials, which hands of the Secretary for Foreign At Liint, shorn them t, your Excellency, I beg of rceeiee the assurances of esteem which his the Low Countries, Prince of Orange Nas. &c &c. Stc., offers to the Supreme Ament of the Republic of Colombia. His Illajesty is de mos to establish commercial relations between Colombia and the ..or Countries, for the common interest of both ; and wislirs to . ..more all doubts, should any exist, of his anxiety to be on the one footing with this Republic as Great Britain, a nation in very respect worthy of our esteem. In conformity with these enornems, his MajestTy has commanded that Consuls should be stablished in tfiose ports of Colombia where I may think them ccessary. The diplomas of the Consuls already appointed are a the hands of Senor Gual, the Secretary of State, waiting for tie exequatur,' or other necessary document, to enable them neuter upon the exercise of their duties, conformably to their in. auctions. " I ought likewise to mention to your Excellency, that orders Sine been given, that any person sent officially, as well as any Minh of Colombia, going to the Low Countries, should to friendly veered,. and that vessels under that flag should be admitted into mr ports, and treated as they have hitherto been; and I flatter myself that those of the Low Countries and their Colonies will beet with a similar reception here. " Your Excellency will allow me, in virtue of the character nob which 1 am invested, to intrude on your politeness so far, ■ to request yin will assure his Excellency the President of the Itepablic of Colombia, the hero of the Southern Continent of initrica, of my high esteem for his person, and that I am in ropes of one diy seedy him. It is always a source of pleasure to military wan to become acquainted with the man who, by his talents and valour, has broken the chains of his countrymen, and aught them the sacred rights of man. • Your Excellency may feel assured that I shall give it faithful retail of what I have seen here to my Government, which cannot let be productive of an increase of confidence on their part in your pinciples, and a positive moot' to them that anarchy is tar distant 'am these regions. •• As I shall see myself under the necessity, after having col ,eted information relative to the trade advantageous to these °entries, ate, of leasing this coy, to proceed to the other ports f Colombie, to establish Consuls, whose diplomas shall be for yarded tMough the usual channel, fur the purpose of obtaining se 4 excquatur,' and then leave this country to execute the other ammissions with which I am entrusted, I am in Impel that your laeellency, and all the real friends of Colombia, will view me in Se light of one of them. I hope that this favoured country will eery shortly obtain a general peace; that her salutes and lances may be (vacated into the spade and ploughshare ; that her agri 4there may prosper ; sad that Colombia nioy enjoy a tranquillity to that of Palestine under the reign of the wise Solomon : that the energies of this viola' may become conspicuous in a short snit in foreign markets, by the produce of their labour ; that the ftellenge of merchandize may bring to this country the riches and abundant* which the caravans brought to the people who live.l ander the King I have mentioned ; that the amiable character of the Gavernmeut of Colombia, and of the other inhabitants of this f aaldel soil. may encourage the einigratious of industrious families ti cheese here a sew home." Mires Excelletey the Vice-President replied, that he felt the liveliest satisfaction at re:eying the assurances of the good ilispo- MINIS Vt . 31sjesty the King of the Low Countries, &c. &c. the iminby ileseendimi of a Prince who had Oral the hest practical txample in modern history of resistance to Spanish tyranny and loPression, towards the Goveroment and people of Colombia: that :lie spirit and desire of Columbia was to maintain friendly and mer candle ielatiorts with all the nations of the earth : that with respect , o the arointment of Consuls, 31. de Quartet wouhl receive the ne- Ne 47 document. through the Secretary of State foe Foreign 444 ers t asscriog hire: in the mean time of his particular esteem tail anxiety fist relations, mutually advantageous to both parties, i•oelti be established between the two ns • 'nos. His Excellency the Vice-President then asked M. de Quaid *Thal questions r; alive to his journey, and, after a short time tamed hi conversation, he retired, leaving in the minds or those *he were proton at the interview. the most favourable impressions sf Olt frank and amiable character of 31. de Quartel, and hope, of 'eordy secim; two nations, who have fought against the same iolineal sod inquisitorial tyranny, united in the bonds of a slr.ctere cid last:ng friendship. THE BRITISH P R COURT OF COMMON C'ouNcrh. Yesterday •Coutt of Common Council was held, for the despatch of gentril business. It was very nunicrottaly attended. Alderman %VAtruat•w moved, that a Petition should be pre sented to the House of Commons, to enable the Corporation to remove the prisoners confuted in the Borough Compter to the gaol of Newgate. l'he Borough Conipter was in a very dilapidated state, and it would require the expenditure of 13,Outii. to keep the prisoners there. The removal would be highly salutary, and would occasion a great saving to the City. Mr. DI xox whaled that the documents on which the motion was founded, and which had been laid before the Court of Alder men, should also be laid before the Court. Mr. Alderman WVstruuax agreed to the suggestion, and the matter was referred to the Gaol Committee. ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH. Mr. SLADE presented ■ Petition from several inhabitants of the parish of St. Bride's, reeking the proceedings which had taken plsce for the purpose of throwing open the space to the public view. It prayed that the Court would second the spirit of public improvement displayed in this instance, by making a pecuniary grant in aid of the subscription which had been raised to defray the expense of the proposed measure. The Petition stated, that the improvement would be productive of greet local convenience to the inhabitants. ..... Mr. 3IARRIOT. one of the inhabitants who appeared at the bar ma petitioner, stated that the impression had gone abroad that this improvement was contemplated by the inhabitants merely for the sake of local and private advantage, but he declared that such an impression was ill-founded, and that the petitioners were only in. tluenced by a sense of public utility, sad the general desire for improvement. 31r. SLAne congratulated the Court that the spirit of improve ment had gone abroad, and was likely to produce the most bench. vial effects. The subscription, which now amounted to nearly 1,0001. was a proof that the laudable spirit which he had alluded to was really felt by the citizens at large. He hailed it as a happy presage of future exertion in this course, and he hoped the Court would not be backward to giving all the aid in their power. He moved that the Petition should be referred to the Improvement Committee. Mr. Fsver.t. seconded the motion, and said he hoped the COT pnration would rally round this beautiful steeple. By aiding the subscription, a noble example of good taste would be set. Alderman SI'AITTIMAW said, he had ever been one of the most strenuous advocates of improvement, and no important measure of this nature had ever been brought forward in the City without his best support. Ile had been 35 years an inhabitant of the Waal where the improvement was proposed to be made. During that time he believed there were but six individuals who paid higher sates than himself. He had sons who also paid rates there, and as his premises were very near St. Bride's Church, it might be sup posed that, independently of his official situation, he had some in terest in the measure, and had some right to expect that he should have been consulted with respect to it. He had, however, received no notice whatever of the meeting which had been held at the Lon. don Tavern, except through the public papers. He received no notice whatever of the meeting held fa the Ward, and no one had thought it proper to consult him upon the sub ject. He had written to the parties foremost in the measure to know whether this conduct was intended as an insult to him, and received no answer. He could not say from what motives this conduct had originated, or whether it was from any narrow party feeling (hear, hear); but if it were so, the little minds of those who so acted, had greatly miscalculated, if they supposed that private feeling, or any thing so paltry and dirty could affect his conduct with respect to a public measure. The worthy ,alderman then spoke at great length on the expediency of sup porting every measure f o r impro v eme n t They should keep pace with the improvement going on at the other end of the town, if they would prevent the trade of the City front being taken away. Ile expressed his opinion that the persoffi who had undertaken to conduct the measure, had done it in a somewhat bungling manner, and let the opportunity which had been offered to them slip, as there was building now going forward on the space which it had been intended to clear. lie concluded by giving his support to the motion for referring the Petition to a Committee. The LORD :BATOR said, that as he had presided at the Meeting alluded to, it was necessary foe him. lifer what had fallen from his brother Alderman, to say a few words in explanation. When the deputation waited upon him to request that he would preside as Chairman, he asked them whether that was not a local matter, and whether as a matter of delicacy they ought not to apply to the Aldernian of the IVard ? (Hear, hear.) it was replied, that it rag considered as a national measure, and that he might very pro perly preside. With this view of the subject he consented. It was then proposed that the Meeting should be held at a tavern in the Ward. lie declined presiding at a Meeting in the liVard, for the reasons he had first stated. It was then agreed that the Meet. ing should be held at the City of London Tavern, and he presided, under the impression that the matter was to be treated as one of a general nature. Alderman WAITIIMAN begged to be allowed to state, in addi tion to what lie had already said, that he had received no notice whatever Many intention to present a Petition to this Court. The conduct of the Lord Mayor was gentlejianly, and the objections which bad occurred to him confirmed the impressions entertained by him with respect to the persons alluded to. Mr. Deputy REEVE supported the Petition. Mr. BUTTERWORTH and Mr. fiattoway said they had re ceived no notice of the intended motion. Mr. CROOK said, the assertions with respect to the buildings on the site of the house, which had been burnt down was erroneous. The buildings now going forward on the spot were not at all in contradiction to the plan in contemplation. (Hear, hear.) The petition was then referred to the Committee of City Ins. provements. COLONEL TRENCH'S PLAN OF A NEW QUAY. Alderaoan IVAITHM•vr presented a Petition from a number of the inhabitants of the north bank of the Thames. The Petition stated, that it was the intention of Colonel Trench and a number of Noblemen and Gentlemen, to apply next Session of Parliament for leave to bring is a Bill to form a joint stock company. for the purpose of erecting a Quay, to extend along the north bank of the Thames, from Scotland-yard to London-bridge. The Petition characterised the measure as neither necessary nor expedient— that it would be a mere fanciful decoration, of no public utility. and undertaken without making any provision for any probable damage that might be done to them. He had attended a meeting held on the Thames, for the purpose of discussing the merits of this plan, and it appeared to him to be highly magnificent, and worthy f the greatest attention ; but they should not advance one step, without making the most complete inquiries. He con cluded by moving that the Petition should be referred to the Na vigation Committee, for theta to inquire and report thereon. Mr. Dixow said, that the question as to the expediency of sup porting or opposing this project, was one of the most important that had come before the Court within his time. Whether they viewed it with respect to the probable capital that it would absorb, the effect upon the property adjacent, or their own rents, the subject was one of the greatest magnitude. The chief recommendation he had heard of the plan, as to its utility, was, that it would here an imposing effect upon foreigners. Now, if that were the only good to be ob tained, he did not think it worth purchasing at suck a price, and at such a risk. The pros ace of foreigners was not of such paramount importance. They never came over here fur our good. (A laugh.) When, who were the persons to carry the plan into eseeutiort Doubtless practical men—persons who had property adjacent—who well knew the localities—were well qualified to judge of the pro bable expense and produce of the scheme. No such thing ; they were men of fashion, military men, noblemen, and gentlemen, who knew nothing, and cared nothing about those points. Amongst the projectors was noleu a personage than the Duchess of Rutland, who said she had no idea of the civilized state, and elegant man. ners of the citizens of London, until she saw the later Lord Mayor. (A laugh.) The worthy Member then pr>ceeded at great length on the necessity of keeping open the quays generally. Ile knew well enough. that money enough in the present times was forth coming for any absurd project, and especially for the promotion of joint stock companies. There were always Aldermen ready to come forward. If a person were to propose to-morrow to block up the Thames, and divert the waters to some other course, it would find supporters. (Laughter.) He had heard of one Alderman who had warmly engaged in a plan for bringing mile,' cows into the City, in miler to get a better supply of milk. (Hear, hear.) But the chief inducement held out was, that the milk of Alderney cows Unproved the complexion. Ile concluded by seconding the motion for sending the Petition to a Committee. rile most close inquiry should be made. Mr. FAY ni.r. said, that when Mr. Dixon said that foreigners never came into this country for our good, he forgot the entliorisam which we diplayed when the Allied Alonarchs vsmted the City, the expenses incurred for their entertainment, and that he had his like ness taken as one of the principal figures in a picture, now extant. of that great emertainment. (Laughter). He agreed, however, that this sits a project which ought to be seriously examined on all sides. _ _ Mr. °Lull Alt said. the Corporation bad certainly hesitated with respect to London-bridge, as their funds were deeply involved. but they should look upon this project in a very different light, u others were to advance the money for this purpose. Mr. thing said, the foreigners who came hither had turned agaiLst us all the improvements they had seen, Alderman WOOD said, lie had been intbrined that the proposed Qnsy would actually benefit the adjacent property; that the wharfs would be rendered much tome tali/able, and a highly desirable shelter given tar coal and other barges. which would be received under archways. The Petition was then referred to the Navigation Committee. A Petition was presented from the Radii's, High Steward, Re corder, and Freemen, of the town of Kingston, in relation to the rebuilding Kingston-bridge, which was read and referred to the Navigation Committee. A Petition was also presented, from sundry owners and occu piers of wharfs and buildings in Southwark. near 'Cooley -street, between London-bridge and St. ()lave. Stairs, relative to the damage done to their rharfs and buildings by the removal of the London-bridge waterworks and the works now carrying on in the erection of the new bridge, which W9i referred to the Committee who have the superintendence of the new bridge. The Committee for General Purposes presented a Report in re lation to the office of principal clerk of the Court of Requests, which was reCire.l bark for reconsideration. and for the Committee to report on the qualifications requisite for tlist office. The several Committees for the year ensuing were appointed. After some business of minor importance, the Court adjourned. Detachments of recruits marched on Wednesday from IVestminster, fur Portsmouth and the lide of Wight. It provided tor with part " skiich would require a po I was well known that w se places to which tbe th iem _ i rany were conseq • to island at this mnmen 51* p e rsons. He should ie country should be !fs ebbe employment to s s thought, should adoi " seduce to the welfare o ▪ s ngerous, he conceived • erg/then the militia; • nee emigration either r 6 _, =Hies, to be settled b " ie foundation for an inns e country was not settle sae receptacles for herd • inmates to the safety *add require great atteni IP• t the public roads. The 1 r ha Bill, which was reed I" ceding. ems. ry (From the B ".* listing seen published oduction presented to tt if' e ravish, Consul-General, Mowing Official ',tier, (Trans !!` Sta.—His Majesty, di li iritain and Ireland, havi nay eventually lead to th u- ne Goverment of Cohn til Lieut..Ce(. Campbell, a th igents is execute this ire s Cul. Hamilton, who is 'cr to your Excellency et "; tech( may be given by t is tray tray represent in the nem n I has Your E utile ▪ o his Excellence the Se; 6 the Governmentof Ecd, sg COM M ISSI Fl o M. H, W. de Quartel, (minutes, Knight of the he otter to the Governmer ovemment of euraebn y, is Mejeaty the King of n. n the nth instant, and ▪ ten made to I he Secrete' redentials- exhibited, he :Pry the Vice-President, cptember, at II tieloei 'tee-President, in' comp sn 'veil him in the Auttie o ' in the following terns "Sir.-1 feel a lively A Excellency, a hose talent" n. iimortant iituation you his. " In virtue of my mi fraud by the despatch o ea. &c. of the I4th 1), have placed in the ha ly rho, doubtless, has slur ur Excellency to rrce ilajesty the Keitg of the 2U, Duke of Luxeinbur ;ocemment of the Rept TM b: ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 11th Light Dragoons, and the 16th (the Queen's) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers), the lath (Ist Somerset) Light Infantry, the liith (Buckingham), the 38th (Ist Staffordshire), the 4 ith (East Essex), ar.d the 87 th (the Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiments of Infantry, embarked, on the 18th in stant, on board the Bridgewater, East Indianan, for Bengal. A considerable detachment of men, who volunteered from the depot of the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, for the 2d (the Queen's Royal), and the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiments of Infantry, has received orders to march from Portsmouth to Chatham. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. A few days ago a young gentleman of the name of Edward W. attempted to put a period to his existence under the following affecting circumstances : o ic It appeared that Mr. W. had for a considerable p • . paid his addresses to a young lady, the only daughter of a m spectable tradesman at the west end of the town. although ag ar ssikhe con sent oldie parents. 'At length it came to the ears of 31 r. WV. that another gentleman was selected by the parents as the future husband of the object of his attachment, in support of which rumour he received a letter from the young lady, stating in the most affectionate terms her parents' selection, and strongly urging him, as their union could never take pate,. to banish her trout his thoughts, as aim was determined neem to marry against the inclination of her parents. ljpoh tectipt of this let. ter, Mr. W. lost no time in gainifig an int with the fair object, when, with the most persuasive I her to become his in defiance of her parents' mandate, • bout her, happiness would ever be a stranger to him. Theirs) having listened with the greatest agitation of feeling, oh that notwithstanding he possessed her bean, she could not act with such ingratitude, as she was convinced mach a line of conduct would embitter her remaining years, and she therefore conjured him to forget her. Mr. W. itntnediately left the room, vowing be would never live a life of wretchedness, and leaving the young lady in the greatest apprehension for his safety. He proceeded told, lodgings in the New.road, having previously provided himself with a powder. which he mixed with water, and swallowed: this was no sooner done than the unhappy youth was seined with violent consul. miens, and the most racking torture of the intestines. The land lady suspecting the truth, from the wildness of his appearance on entering the house, she immediately sent for medical assistance, which soon arrived, and on examining the remnant in the glass. it unfound that the unhappy sufferer had taken poison. The surgeon directly administered various antidotes, fur a considerable time with out effect, and little hopes were entertained foe his life; however, by the most powerful emetics the drugs were dialodgml. Restoratives were then introduced, Ina from the debility produced by the rapid action of the poison, a complete recovery is extremely doubtful. Ur. W. is constantly attended by the object of his affection. and it is presumed should he recover, that this unfortunate catastrophe may be the cause of a reconciliation, and that by the parents' consent to a union, happiness may yet be the portion of the young couple. as it is proved, on inquiry, that Mr. W. is of the greatest re spectability. Cc:outwit. Etraox.—On the 17th inst., an Inquest was held on the body of Colonel Ensor. Ile was found dead in his bed, at his lodgings, in Kingstown. He has been observed lately of a melancholy turn of mind, and was of apoplectic make and constitution.—Dublin raper. There is now living at Winslow, Buckinghamshire, • man whose name is %Villiant Ovitts. He was the second person who enlisted into Elliott's regiment of light dra goons, raised in the year 1758, and is now, and has been for some considerable time, the only survivor of that regi ment, as originally formed. This man is known to have been an excellent and brave soldier while be served in that regiment, from which he received his discharge about 30 years since. In the battle of Freyburgh, which took place near the conclusion of the seven years' war, when the then Hereditary Prince of Brunswick was attempted to be car ried off' the field a prisoner, by two French dragoons and a foot soldier, Ovitts, single-handed, galloped after them, killed the three French soldiers and rescued the Prince. In this gallant exploit he was badly wounded ; the Prince took him to his quarters, had hint carefully attended until his wounds were healed, gave him a purse of a hundred guineas, and recommended him for promotion ; the latter he modestly declined, on account of his education and habits being such as were not suited to any rank above that of a private soldier. This man, now above ninety years of age, with those infirmities and wants which are usually attendant upon so advanced a period of life, is obliged to take refuge in, and submit to the privutions of, a parish workhouse. LAW INt*ILIGENCE. ~._ VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Miriam?, JAW. 20. INJUNCTION. MANTON V. MARSHALL. Mr. TnrsLovE moved for an injunction to reitrain the de fendant from putting a certain inscription upon gun locks and barrels. The plaintiff stated in his affidavit, that defendant placed the name of Manton upon twelve gun barrels and locks which he intended fur exporiation to Bombay. The putting of such an in scription was a fraud upon the plaintiff; the articles of *hose manufacture were much supnior to those fabricated by the de fendant. The defendant had also placed in a mahogany box. containing the guns intend e d f or I n di a , a p aper , atatilt his re sidence, and ayling himself gun-maker to his 3lajesty, the Duke of York, and Boyal Family. He (Mr, Trealove) therefore prayed that the injunction be granted, for the purpose of restraining the application of such inscription ; and, also, that the defendant be prevented from exporting the twelve gun barrels and locks to Born bay.—lnjunction granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 20. Sittings at Guildhall, London, before the hoed Chief Justice ABBOTT sad Spot' Juries. SALMON V. BE !MET'. This was an action to recover damages for a nuisance occasioned by tlic erection and working ,of the defendant's steam engine used by him for the pOrpoSe of pi - totting. Mr. Gurney, Mr. Park, and Mr. Tindall, were Counsel for the plaintiff . ; Mr. Searlett, Mr. Brougham, and Mr. Pollock, for the defendant. The cireurnitances of the plaintiff"s case were, that Mr. Tlensley, who was a printer in an extensive way, had a large printing establishment in 80lt -court, fleet-street, where he had erected a steam engine of considerable power, for the purpose of working the presses upon the newly invented principle, first introduced by his (Mr. Bensley'a) father. The plaintiff resided in Gough square, and his house adjoined the printing house of the defendant. in consequence of the working of the de'endant's steam engine. the plaintiff had sustained Considerable annoyance in his own comforta, and a very great loss by his lodgers having from time to time left his house, all of whom assigned the nuisance arising from the ' 1 engine as the cause of their so doing. This nuisance consisted in the extraordinary noise occasioned hyrhe working of the machine; the smoke that was emitted from its chimney, and the great degree of heat that the furnace of the engine produced. The noise was such that it frequently awoke the plaintiff and the other persons residing in his house outof their sleep, and caused a vibration sufficiently great to make the things that were in the house shake. The plaintifFand his inmates were also in continual alarm front the danger of the burst ing of the boiler,—an accident having already happened on the same premises by fire, which, however, it was admitted, was not pro duced by the steam-engine. An to the smoke, and fl a k e s of soo ty matter that arose front the engine, the nuisance was so great, from that circumstance, that it was rendered impassible for the plaintiff to open any window of his house. without having the room imme diately covered with what was termed blacks, or soot falling from the dark thick smoke that issued from the chimney, and which the ton incumbent air would not carry off. The heat, too, that was oc casioned by the intense fire that was necessary to set the engine at work was so considerable, that it caused a very unusual and un healthy decree of temperature in the plaintiff's houie, the walls of which were rendered quite hot by it. This was the substance of the plaintiff's case. Mr. SCARLET T argued, that however desirable It might be that the arts and manufactures of this metropolis should be carried on, yet it could not be for a moment tolerated that they should be so to the prejudice of any man's health, or to the detriment of his pro perty ; and that wherever a nuisance arose, whether from the use of machinery, which in its proper application, Its that of a strain engine when carefully worked, was calculated to render the public a very great benefit; still that nuisance, if it tended to injure either the whole of his Majesty's subjects, or a private individual only, must, notwithstanding its utility in other respects, be instantly abated. Several witnesses were then called, whose evidence went chiefly to prove the noise that was occasioned by the engine, and which they described to be like the rumbling of thunder. The inconve nience experienced by them from this circumstance they represented to be very considerable. Ann Jones, in the course of her cross-examination, was asked by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL whether she recollected him ? Witness--Yes, sir, we are old acquaintances, I presume. (A laugh.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Perhaps you recollect what I allude to ? _ 11 itneas--I have no recollection whatever, nor do I wish to have. (A laugh.) This witness spoke of the noise as being quite horrible ; and Mary Byford, another witness, said they were poisoned every day of their lives by the blacks, from the kitchen to the garret. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL then addressed the Jury for the defendant. He observed, that this cause was certainly of very great importance to his client, and he thought he might with pro priety say, that it was equally important to the public. If the plaintiff should obtain a verdict, then, as far as the defendant was concerned, he must entirely abandon his business. Every body knew that printing on a large scale was now in almost every in stance carried on by machinery, and he hoped he should be able to convince the Jury that it was impossible that it could be better con structed than the machinery in question, and if they should be of opinion that the plaintiff must notwithstanding hare their verdict, then it would be impossible for the defendant to carry on his bust. ness either there or anywhere else ; for he could not think it would be said that that situation was more objectionable for such a ma chine to be worked than any other place in the metropolis ; and therefore, if the defendant was to be prevented from continuing his business there, the same reason would hold good for preventing him from doing it anywhere else within the limits of London. It was impossible that he could go two or three miles from the me. tropolis with his steam-engine, as his business would by that mea. sure be entirely suspended, as he must necessarily have intercourse with printers, authors, publishers, and others connected with his trade, all of whom were living in the very heart of the city ; there fore he (the Attorney-General) was right in saying. that this action was of vital importance to his client. The plaintiff's Counsel said, that this machinery was a nuisance, that the noise was very great and disagreeable—granted ; but shall this great and important im- provement in the arts be continued, or shall it be abandoned, be- ' cause in its operations it occasions a trifling annoyance to a few in dividuals ? Did not every manufactory afford matter of complaint ? but were they therefore to be suppressed ? We were not living in the peaceful quiet of a country village, where the rumbling of a single carriage would he sufficient to shake the delicately strung nerves of its inhabitants ; no, we were speaking of an establi.hment in this great metropolis, where a sort of licende was granted to noise and smoke, and other inconirnoding circumstances that were not to be avoided in the carrying on the extensive affairs which constituted its wealth and greatness. The question was, should printing in future be carried en by machinery, or should all those great and important advantages which had been introduced into it, be for ever abandoned ? This action was not an attack upon the defendant. but upon the steam engine ; and, therefore, the question was, whether we were to continue these great national im provements, or should we retrograde fifty years in the art of print ing ? But where was this business carried on ? It was carried on in the very vicinity of all the great establishments of the city—just op.. positc to it was the great Gas Compa ny which supplied the principal part of London with light ; and t here were the large forges of Mr. Huger. which were in his opinion a much greater annoyance than the defendant's steam engine: so that the situation for the defendant's machinery was as eligible as could be had ; and he would ask in what part of the metroolis could his printing business be o arr:ed on if not in the spot where it now was situated ? It was said th oe were three grounds of complain' against the defendant. He (the Attorney.deneral) should not have ventured to address them so confidently on those grounds, if he had not himself-been on the premises and witnessed the machinery in its fullest operation. First, it was said that the plaintiff's house experienced a great heat from the steam engine; this was impossible, for the engine was detached twelve feet from any part of the plaintiff's house. The witness who spoke to this fart admitted she kept a large tire, and never folt the wall nearest the printing-house, so that her evidence was incapable of supporting this part of the case, and he should therefore dismiss it. But now look at the complaint as to the smoke. He would ask whether, in this crowded metropolis, it was at all extraordinary that a toilet, as described by the witness, would not, on the soot and other matter coming down the chimney where no lire was kept, become in a few hours quite black ? He was sorry to say this was the exact situation in which he was him self at that moment placed. But as to the soot coming, is the pre sent instance, from the &fondant's chimney, it was impossible, for his Cue was actually 100 feet from the ground, and fifty feet above the rooms in question. He would ask in what direction must the smoke go to get into the windows, or go down the chimney ? In certain states of the atmosphere, he allowed that the smoke being prevented by the density of the air from rising, would go horizon tally for sonic distance ; but here the smoke must hare descended peopentlicularty to have gone dawn the chimney of the plaintif's house, which was directly under that of the defendant's- A Juryman--I really think, Mr. Attorney-General, you may save yourself a great deal of trouble as to the smoke and heat, for we are satisfied on those points—l beg your pardon for inter rupting you. The AyToasore-firscnat.—l am much obliged to you: but (he continued) if the Jury had thus discovered the witnesses tolhtv• been guilty of exaggeration in those two points of the case, what, he would ask, was the degree of credit due to them as to the whir yoint—that of the noise ? But let its look at this point of the corn. plaint- Where were they while investigating this question ? Were they not in a business-cloing,bustling, transacting metropolis ? not in the calm retirement which the country afforded; and yet it was remarkable that almost all the witnesaes had said they came from the country. But were they to put down trade, FuTend the operations of this great city, and render all the labours of mecha nical genius of no avail, because of an occasional noise? Why, who that lived in l'all.mall was not annoyed every Tuesday and Saturday night by the carriages that were going to and nom the Opera : but were those persons to be at liberty to indict the parties for &nuisance ? and should they be allowed to put down the ()pens because there was this occasional , "sturbance of their domestic re. pose? lie did hope, and indeed felt confident. that so respect. able a Jury as he was then addressing would feel tie importance of the question they were called upon to decide; and having theinselses 'jewel the premises where the nuisance complained of existed, they would mine to the concluaion, that in a metropolis like the noises that were necessarily occasioned by the work ing of such extensively useful machinery as that they had seen, were no more than most be tolerated; and that to call upon the defendant to suppress, would, in effect, be striking a roost alarm- ing and merinos blow at the very safety of all machinery, and glass a cheek to the further progress of the must important Of out national advantages in the Arts. He should, with those 'bum. tion., leave the rase, with perfect confidence. in their hands. The LORD CHIEF JI , STICIt in summing up, observed, that the complaints alleged in the declaration was for a outshone, sad which arose from the smoke, heat, and noire, occasioned by the erection and working of the defendant's steam-engine. As they had expressed their opinion as to the smoke and heat, it would not be nectewary for him to say more on th o s e p art s of the oat. But indeed, if they had not, the evidence on those parts weans uneatia. factory, that he thought it must have failed. The ream:Ming point then was the noise. It had been urged, that if they put down this steam-engine, they would in effect be doing an itijury to all the On. nufacturers in this metropolis. flow far that might be he did not know ; but this he knew, that if a person did an act which was a nuisance to another person, lie must bear the consequence', what. ever they might be. But he should hope, ho wever , t h at if t h e i r verdict should be against the defendant, it would net be the de struction of his property, but that he might very practicably re move his machinery from the place where it was now situate, to some other, farther from the plaintiff, although it might be attended with some expense. It wet always satisfactory to know, that the verdict for the one party should not work immoderate injure to the other. It was very true, that in this metropolis every class were exposed to much annoyance that could not be prevented ; but if any individual, whether in a high station or a low one, experienced a considerable inconvenience from the art of another, either in his comforts or his health, by the erection of any noisome or noisy ma. chincry, he was entitled to tedreas at the hands of& Jury. The Jury consulted about two minutes, and then returned a ver dict for the plaintiff: Damage. Is., the e ff ect cf which will be th e t. abatemnt of the nuisance, either by renwesing the atearn-engine altogether, or by its being so constructed arid worked as not here after to produce the effects now complained of. WEISS v. PRUDEN. This was an action to recover the aim of 16111. Which the defen. dant was stated to hate rendered himself liable to pay to plkintiff, by having fraudulently represented the person by whom the debt was originally contracted as a respectable and solvent Man, when, in fact lie was, to the defendant's knowledge, at that tinak an in. solvent. Mr. SCARLET? and Mr. PM-Loge were Counsel fro the plaintiff; and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. CAMPBELL for the defendant. The circumstances of the ease were these. The plaintiff Being • cutler and surgeons' inetrument-makci, tesiding in the Strand, vs', In the month of September, 1821, applied to by a person of the name of Miller to credit him with some cutlery goods to take out to India, whither lie sou about to sail in a short tiger. 'The plaintiff not knowing Miller, spate of the propriety of his having a reference to some respectable marl, who could speak to his charac ter. Miller mentioned the name of the defendant, and said he was his particular friend. The defendant being known . to the plaintiff. the latter promised td apply to him, and accordingly he requested a friend of his to call on the defendant end ascertain Whether Mil ler was a person worthy to be trusted with goods to the &Mount of 3or 4001. This posh, whose name vu Pioster, called on the defendant as requested, and having explained to hiin the applica tion made by ;tidier to the plainti ff , he asked whether Millet *as a person worthy of credit? to which the defendant replied, that he was a very respectable man, that he (dtfenclAnt) had bad consider. ab:e dealings with him, arid had trusted him to a large amount. and that he had always paid him honourably. This *u commu. nicated to the plaintiff; and When Miller called again, the plain tiff, on this representation, agreed to let him have goods to the amount of 3201. upon the usual terms—that is, half in cash, and half in a bill at 13 months. The goods were made Sp Ind invoiced to Miller. They were then sent to Messrs. Taylor 014 klts. Eas' India ship-brokers, who sent them to India on iceboat Of Miller . Miller's bill, for the remaining 1601. *as ii' ' had Millet t = subsequently became a bankrupt, and had nil' at ditidend. 'f he plaintiff afterwards ascertained that Miller bad Yid consi derable dealings with the defendant, audit also appealed Miller hid been a bankrupt in 1816, and had paid between Ni ei7s, in the pound upon that coremission. Letters had sled ftalfaamd by the attorney under the second commission, among MEW/ , written by the defendant to the plaintiff, longtbefore Illo.l=l had itepresented Stiller as being worth, of credit; bugsoth letters, dated the 7th of March, 1820, was addreelitasa Mier. at Calcutta. and spoke of a Mr. Watt being Very enmesh hint at net being able arrest Miller before he left the coundy I, end that he ( Watt) had blamed the defendant is hating assisted 'Mr In by escape. The defendant in this letter also said, that Maid paid Watt 4001. on his (Miller's) account, and had twenties* that the balance due to him should be paid so soon is it had bun Memtained by the person appointed to arrange their sceotinta. The nthfi had also sweetened that Miller was then going to t7ateaßa with goods; that he afterwardi rettirned With a ktter of eteditilorn the house of Palmer and Ca. at Calcutta, on the house dfs Baring and Co. hi London. for 6.0001. upon his (Miller's) consigning goods to Palmer and Co. to that amount, and depositing the bills of lad ing with Baring and Co. ; that part of the goods procured by Miller for this purpose, was the Foods actually obtained by him from the plaintiff, on the representation of the defendant, lad that out Of the 3,000 L which hi reeeived front Besiarg and Os-ve we.. count of those and other goods, no less a stun thin !ANL had bah traced into the hands of the defendant. dlr. et gAeLetry contended, that on theie !bets being clearly , proved, it would be obvious that the representation made by the defendant could be with no other vied than to enable Millet to r-o- • cure goods to consign to Palmer and Co., so as to entitle hint to • the 5,0001., for which he had a letter Of credit on Bating, and then having obtained that, to be able to pay him (the defendant) the balance owing to him by Millen This motive then, coupled with the knowledee that the defendant Must have had of the insolvency of Miller. sufficiently brought home to him a fraud upon theplaintiff„ and which rendered Him liable to the plaintiff to the fall amount of his loes by the transaction With Miller. To prove these facts, several wimemes were called. An account current between Miller and the defendant was also put in, In order to show that a consider-ethic balance was due to the defendant prior to the titne when he recommended him to the plain tiffs, worthy of credit, and the inference wail, that that recommen dation was tainted by a sinister view. The A vvonit EY-(JENEEtAt. for the defendant, argued that the very account just produced by his ',earned Friend, showed that the defendant was not merepresenting Bit. !Oilier at the time he spoke of him to the plaintiff's friend, fbr by that seenimt it woulti appear, that the defendart had lent Miller upwards of 20001. after the goods had been obtained by him from the plaintiff. The question was, did his client know that Millet was insolvent when he spoke of him to Mr. Proster ? Nothing had appeared in evi dence to show that he did ; nay, nothing had appeared to prove that Miller was insolvent at that time. As (o the commission of bankruptcy in 1815, it had nothing whatever to do with the case. Miller had obtained his certificate, and had entered upon the world as a new man. With regard to the letter written by the defendant to Miller in 1820, that was easily . explained. It often happened that men claimed more than their due, and finding that the person of whom they claimed was about to leave the kingdoia, they retorted to the remedy of arrest in order to detain him. Now that person feeling that it was an unjust claim, and anxious to avoid delay, very naturally sought to elude the vigi lance of his creditor, while at the same time he entertained not the most remote wish to defraud him of his just demand. Now it ap. pcared by this letter that the claim of Mr. Watt, who had been formerly an agent to Miller, was no less than 1,2001., 8001. of which Miller disputed ; was it not natural, therefore, for him to seek to avoid being detained in this country until that dispute was adjusted! And was there anything eetraontirraty in the defendant, who was Miller's friend, and who knew the circumstances, writing to htm on the subject ? Nothing, then, had shown that Miler was insol vent, or if so, that the defendant knew it. The Jury must have c'ear, Ratisfactoty, and indisputable evidence of the fact, for the plaintiff was here endeavouring to bring home a fraud to a respect able tradesman, and such a charge must not be the result of a mere inference, which was all that his Learned Friends relied upon for the obtaining of their verdict t but inference in such serious cases could not be tolerated. The Loin) Cttirn JtAt.len briefly summed tap the evidence. and left it to the Jury to say whether it had been sufficiently 'nude appear that the representation made by the defendant was with a fraudulent intent to prejudice the plaintifT in order to rime spit ? or whether it was done Irma fide. and as his real orinion of Miller at the time in question ? Th:. Jury deliberated a few minutes, and then returuel a verdict for the defanlant. THE 1/NO V. tronaosr. This was an indictment for a nuisance, arising from the magus factory of the defendant for melting and rolling lead and drawing pities, situate in St. Martin's-lane, Tower -street, and which emit ted such a stench and offensive effluvium, together with large volume-4 of dense smoke, as to render the place unwholesome not only to the persons residing in the immediate neighbourhood, but to all his Majesty's liege subjects who passed to and from that place. Mr. tiluttNEY and Mr. BOLL AND were on the part of the wows • elation, and Mr. A SOL en us and Mr. T spats. for the defendant_ Twelve witnesses were called to prove the nuisance, who all spoks of the stench and smoke to be in the highest degree intolerable. The Lord Mayor also attended as a witness to pnwe that he had, a. Alderman of the Wank called on the defendant and cautioned hi previous to the ereztion of his steam engir:e, not to erect it, Si it would certainly he deemed a nuisance and suppressed as such. Hi Lords:Mi came in his robes, and was attended by his sword at • mace bearers and the City Marshal. Re took his seat on the bout with the Lord Chief Justine. Mr. AntaLeutis addressed the Jury for the delendanL and ash. that he should be able to prove that these premises had liven k at), years in the occupation of a sugar-baker, who had live chin , nies emitting smoke continually, and consuming annually no ks than six hundred chshlroit of coals, and that still his was not deemed a nuisfnce ; whereas the defendant had but one chimney, and consumed but one hundred and twenty-6ve chaldros of cos: yearly, so that the inference must be, that the defendants could ac,e be a nuisance as to the smoke. With regard to the other points, lie should produce upwards of twenty witnesses, who lived in the neigUbourhood, and were in the habit of passing the premists eve: day, all of whom would swear that they never experienced any ni since or disagreeable smell from the derendaut's manufactory._ The Learned Gentleman then called his witnesses. The Loan eittEr .Irsricr summed up the evidence; sett the Jury returned a verdict of—Not Gaikp. On Tile,lay last, as Mr. Stevenson, land steward to Owe Earl of Darnley, was riding on horseback in company wf :t his Lordship and 11r. Collis, at Cunton, he was taken 1.! t fit of apoplexy, fell from his horse, and instantly eapiree.. .I.faids to le Gaze:te. i * .-- 4 I 4 1,11 ,x . t