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This Lady gave a grand ball and supper, on Thin 5. day night. at her house itsWimpole-sreeet, which was attenied by six ktindred Iliibuiity and Fashionables. The magnificence of the arrangements were oily equalled by the elegance. Three rooms were appro priated on the ground floor for supper. The firct yr.is a most beautiful apartment ; the walk were. covered with India muslin, over a green netted-work t apers at the entrance, a tasteful festoon of India niu.d.o, intermixed wish garlands of different formed a triumphal arch. A double Gre in festonised drapery went round the top of this . and was looped up with garlands of ar ricai terminating in true lovers' knots; in middle of which were placed bell lamps in or•Roolso "'Arches, with lights ; from the ceilicg was suspend ed a Grecian diamond-cut-glass lamp. Three ta hles were laud in this delivhtftil apartment, each tor sixty-four persona. The rarest exwies, in ele g int gilt china yaws, were placed on the tables, in termixed with well executed ornaments. A grotto, in almond pastry, was placed on the middle table. and on the opposite side two Turkish tarbans, in puff paste; mimerms pines decorated the tables. The two other rooms were set out in the same style of lighted by silver branches with lights. Nona- figures, supporting patent lamps, were placed en the stair< Ice . t wo drawing-Innens were threw,' open, and wtte converted into a ball-room, and lighted by diamond-cut-glass luitres. Or-reee branches were placed round the room. which were reareed by the nu Merous mirrors, judiciously placed areund.--At eleven o'clock the ball was owned by Lard A LENA MDEII CrOIDOW. and Lady ELIOINUIt Burt e'. the Countess's daughter, to the favorite air of tier Bsgie, who were followed by thirty cou ple; among whom were— fart Port, Lady E Lindsay. tall So !Ik'qr. Teo Hon. Miss Drummond. Laut,in CrAmptite. The Homiest. of St. Allan's. Vt. F...gu.4111, The Duch-ss of %VIII. Hos cc.r. Marnhirmets of Waterfotd. Mryu•.or Ely CoUlatri• of Rarryisuro. Vat.wit reiltsbasi, Hon. Miff Mons . lo. Mr. R umd.id, Mu. lobw.m. The second dance. Tekeli. wa: 1.-.1 off by Lord A taxasnen f;oenow, and the Hon. Miss Mori:sort. Atter whicii, upwards of three hundred persons sat down to supper, which consisted of every delicacy of the season. The choicest wine: graced the t-sh oe board in ahundance. The 'luble Hostess was. during the whole evening. unremitting in her atre ition to her c•impany, who, at three o'clock, ' returned to the hill-room, and dancing re-com sneaced vri.h Fairy Daiire which was led off by the Earl of Kini•Ptit. and the Duchess of Sr A La miss after which ree's, commenced.—The com pany did not break up till half.past seven in the morning, and were his!l!} gratified with their enter %lament. The nristc was under the direetion of M'.1411. Cow, and the arroagemect of the tables geiewsz,rti.lir fc Mr. 'Hut r Melte. Amongst the sion pally were— P.:oco letier•lasy and ohs nuke de Bourbon. 13uchr7sreio4tutlsnd, St. Aflame'', and Athnl. klarquesoesa•aWatrefurd and Fly. adarelainnein-A.e.Witterford Cod Winchester. tasho..Liakeeiek, I.ono. 1. Percy, Selkirk, hard. Vick*, Clostmedl, Pow'', and Moyne. Cntincsoes--aarryineret, Limerick, Clonmell, Minter., rtrailetam, Itikaborosagb, kin/win, POWI.. Piorarlingtnn, Bele+l , 4g, Cork Hardwiekd , thi,raser and Camden. V;iieriont.4--Fttisroaar, Hinton, Petashass, and arge Lordra-41sadk7, Hamilton, ?umiak'', G. eassaford, and H. Pongeraid. Liana--4. Manners, Hawke. Punk, Martha)le. P. and C. Stnassa, M. Fordyce, C. &serail, Toenshend, Wetsomery, Murray. Ilz:r.ard, S. Hay, 11. Clive. ?errs, Campbell, C. Send, M. E..reine, Rc.us, Crdion, Lismore, &Fitzgerald, lifilitywaal. Fortis, C. Barbaro, E. Fievoys, and S. Saville. Saran Hompeach. Dunwood aiM Dlrid Baird. 4l."^afel*-.Wlrarlane and Itearal. C.Arsnats-.4lurter, Surto, Wearily, Stewart, Gordon. and ..2.l , o*—Coeke, Guidon, Mentionrcy, ?eche'', eel ?auk:. tte .n —(kaftan, Vauban, 61oed , Gme, Cults lintrawml, o.olrood. Chichrga.r, F erSaatti, P.toao..bv • l.b. O'CA I,..cluiv, Gordon Latnttch Okiev. hiqpntags:, Hume?, Yttariceta, 4.01 d• bmne. and Liv. Miltrowm--G , otart, G. Knar. Sammy's, Ne."l, Haman, ° 6 l' Home'. Ereetuantk, Vin4an, Dashrowl, Lled Iswkeip M".es—+;ratrmn, mond, Owls, Prrys. ►ers, Tufstri.6e444, Anow, U.bns, Manners Fitarnis, Dubai's, 11:+tv. Modals.; .s, Add Cbesbts•. Y-verday H r hlA.ltst Y, the Dukes of Casia,itsee and Stiollt Z. FrlßCftlell EL IZ• InTas Ilia y, arkl AMLI. I a, stfelded by Lid, I.l'm v isms. Mn. , l) Caney *Noe. General Firzitor. and Co- Ti tit's. went in their carriages to H.ninslow Heath, to see the 10th Regimental Light liragoons reviewed by the Preece of WA LIS. if I'4/kiln'''. tuneesses Anoths• acid Surma, took their usual tide in W•ndsor Park. 11 .! Eat! of HARRINGTON if espeßed to return to heler d in a f..w days. Mr. Etc rsros is performing with great ItlteeS3 it 'he Birmii.gharn Theatre ; on Monday :telt he is • i appear in Tbr Tarn and /hr Deuce. Ma. griller was to make his debut on M,.nd l y in% at the Dublin Theatre. in his tAvour.te parts Of TO, and yebi l Las" Mrs. GROS' all. MU. SORITII, Mr. Lewis, and Ci.s sonar. have joined the compare at the Lrerpur,l Theatre. Ths Countess of DIROV, who was said, by e iiorring Paper, to have figured as a Fr:i, Spari4rd. at the AleacoaN Masquerade, was on r.,ist night p?rfornsing the warm trearlier. at her house, in C rosvenor,quare. 11. e Earl and Countess left on Saturday, for Lancashire. Countess FORT ItSCUS is on a visit to the Marqt.is and Marchioness of BUCIII/I•MAIR. at Stowe, to which place Earl Foßrescut will ge it the course 4 f a few days, and then proceed to his seat La De- The Eleelcws of Reading have presented a rely likTant silver vase to Mr. asieristar, u a tok-u of their esteem for his public condo& and P""te wank e. while their R e p resentat i ve it s i x Parl:- aliases VP A _Jo 1115. •••z._ c -7 G COUNTESS DOWAGER OP oRMoNn 411 D ossoßrs GRAND BILL AND SUPPAR. 77111 nuouss ofr GORDON'S ROUT. The Dnehms nf C:ua oos gAve•a gransl rout. on Thur.day nig t. at her house in Grosvenor square, which was num.:rously attended. Almongt company were— The Duk- of Ridlind ; Duette:sea of ilitoithener. Bedford, Rutland, and Braid n t ; 4he Marquis and Marcli..ons r,f Abort-ion Earl. Nasal..., Westmoreland, Wincite'sea, ham, Stair s Jefirt, red Anoyne; Colintees, Meet:eater i es", OL:tOrl, Jer.cr, Km.i.rist, and Dowager Sefton Vi.critints llom.niihrisoCe and Pri nru.e ; tecse, et.? 7 ve.. and S Ayr: Lerch Bayni..g, lianowtry, Dv negro, and Notiorirm ; Ladies Kinitaird, A. Clever:Nl, C Long, M. Fordyce, S. Sl• sine. N. Stanhope, Catherine and Cecilia Stewart, L p4, 4l eu. lii.. Ihmittnn, A.D , ey, Sirloin', K. Whitbread, Yorke", Pato, A. Windham, and Ilarmoby ; Baron Trip; B..au sivs:it, Talbot. Hutton, Balfour, IrSe, Montague, Viltier., Goldburn, and Bouverie ; Sillittressn Winidet I, Seymour, Freemantle, Beaumont, and Montagu- ;jiitaea Guns's. Tounalseurls, Hervey. Hunloke, and Suonervillan MASQUED BALL. A CARD The MANAGERS of the . .(ASCiUEIt ‘DE, in ARGYLE- STR EET, big to infroni tho sunscßituoti, that the only day.•hieh *.II tint smartest with other Ira•ht .n.b.e Parties, la TUESDAY, the lath. On that. th, Argyle-street Rooms will open, positively far the last time thlt Seavon, to a Masque.' ULM. Tee needs of obtaining Subscriptions may be kuosit by apply lee at the office. The Managers being extreme', desirous that the List rmter tairunent for this scab% in Argyle-street. should be distin guished fee its excellence, take the liberty thee publicly 14 express their hope, that the prafttee of opc,,ing great Houses to receive Welt% will b^ for that eight discontinued, as the injury esteemed on such occasions; though not intended, is of cossets/ibis extent. MANCH:. SI'ER THEATRE. Expediation has long been on the tip-toe respelling this new Theatre-Royal, which having been in..oghr to a completion, was ripened, on Monday evening last, with the Comedy of Folly as is 11i.s. and the en tertainment of RaiMC It is unnecessary to say much as to its exterior aspeß, the whole being built of plain brick ; lent the interior is finished in a style of peculiar elegance and taste, equal, if not superior to any Theatre in the United Kingdom. It is, be fore the curtain, in the form of thury-line home, and ornamented in a superb and delicate manner ; .there are two rows of boxes under tire gallery, but the latter is inconvenient and defective, owing to its not being sufficiently sloped ; insomuch that those persons seated on the benches in the rear, arereclu ded seeing the front of the stage; a defrai which, we doubt not, will be remedied at an early period. This inconvenience was fully exemplified on Monday evening, when the performers were repeatedly called upon to retire farther on the stage, in order that the people in the back s ats might have a view of them. The prop ietors merit rv:ry praise for the liberality they have evinced in the whale building; and the respeaive artists have displayed the utmost judg ment and taste in the seer. , ry, which is uricu.amoely beautiful; nit is the mechanist, Mr. C 4 vott.L. less entitled to eulogy for the adroitness he Las rr eel in the machiatry. The interinr is ort.am,:rited in an exquone style; and the Kr era's Arms are placed over the orchestra, on the roof. The orchestra is a kind of Oblong, with tyre nese of musicians, par; of whom sit with then faces, the other with their backs to the stage. The sew theatrical auxiliaries are Messrs. MeLvie, Muscle, HILL, Mts.Hint , Mrs. W. Peresere. and Miss BOOTS. H•starron, the town's old Irish favourite, is gone, aid Mr. M'Clieenv supplies his place. The Theatre. which is estimated to hold_3ool. was nearly filled on Mon. day. Mr. Youno, last night, at the Haymarket Thea tre, perforra•,d the part Lit The Strap', in K °Tat sties play of thAt name, and gave a very excellent delineation of the unfortimate milanshrope. In the fourth 3a, where he exclaims, God ! Girl ! What are chains and tortures eornPared with the agonis.ng thoughts of a deez:eed, yet doat.og but. band !" he received the most unbounded applause. A young Lady made her ilehat in the part of the Cow.i.w of Wallowa. She is tall, and a good figure, but WAS two much overcome by bet fears to be a fair 'Ojai of criticism. The house was extremely full ; the Earl of GALLOWAY, Lord HAAEWOOD, wad Lady Tuossesos, were present. The last arrivals at Brighton are— Th e co, m r, s s of Genbsgli, the Mio...s Fielding, Mr. and Mts. Parr, Sir Wm. Shirley, Mr. K. Home Gordon, Mr.. Clutters, Mr. and Mrs Beanelerk, Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mr.. Green, Wand Mrs Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Peet., Mr. Paver pnit L.atharu, Mr. Charles, &c. The last arrivals at Chelteaham— and Lady Sout'swell. Lord Viscount Lorton, Lady Rrougtrion, Lady Mary Line ty . HOll. Lisist.-Cniortrl Coch rane, Lady Caramiwt. Mae Cochrane. Colonel tat'Lean, Lieu tenant-040nel' Buchanan and Cuassingbara, Capt. Cottre R.N.i Captains ilenosy arl FoWiff ; Ct. Hegkrt Rea. M. and Mr* Rummy, Rev. Mr. Evans, Rev N,. Hen, Rey. S. Mister; Messrs. and PrlatreassatLaieoe, Francis and Knight. The last arrivals at Batb are— The Lord &shop nfltalia and Mir. Stock ; LAM 14hop of London and Mrs. Pertouss Hon Mr. Re.., lion . Mr. W. Woo. Sir W. Sidney Smith. Sir W. Guise, Colonel Stanley, Colonel }Zinc, Ai.jnr Mains, Major O'Brien. Rey. Dr. and Mrs. Burnaby. ker. Do. Yuuug, Capt. Lowe, Capt. Cannily, Capt. Weninsn. Lieut. Carroll, best. L. Watson, Lieut. Manettett, and Mr. and Mrs. Adair. The foilow . ini curious caution was iately pasted upina conspicuous place in N wth Shields 3 . . " Whereas several tile a..d disorder,e persons bate lately mwle a practice of ridme nn at. ass belonging to Mr. the head of the Roper. Stairs ; n••, lest any occident abstain happen. he takes chi. method .d 'mortising the public, that he is determined .to shoot the...latest, Sod caulkedzany pers.tn *lto tu..y be riding upon it at the tome to take care of the•,.. selves. lest by soma unfortunate tutstake he sli,ukl shoot ti.c wrong ant mall On Tuesday, MajoryGeneral the Hon. CNA furs Hors arrived in Canterbury. to re.iiine the cr.m. Mend of the garrison of that city ; hu is acconapA. :lied by Mrs. Hoes. " 1•" e often wi,h • A that I had drat, " Vet Isle, ax huodted podia. e year." The above asuplet of ,wart's happening to occur to a gentleman who was passing a Lottery Office, hat stepped in, and purchased the Half of a Ticket, which, being drawn the very neat day a Capital Prize, put him in possession of what the Pet wished tor. Many, whu little dream of their wishes being leaked, wi.l Late the sweet cup .4 indepewler.ce, by adventui ins, in a similar way, in the coming Lottery, which begins Drawing Cis 14th intl. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GutLDs•Lt. JOLT 9. Sifting. a? Nisi Print, Soars terd Chie J.ulite EL GLO kr,Clllll D. Pit',stow riis was an ailtion 4.ooght by; Publican in the Mintnies. ag tins' the Defendant, an Attaney, and Agent I'4 tw•i of the Can:tildes at the Lite E!ee ti•nn ttir the LtorJaa,h of Yollf noutli, fir refre,liaidnts furbish - d to tiw Eleflors of that noto.)irh, waiting f•rr c-tach•s to take them d asu to the •r -tion. It appeared that the Defend( t Lad iovvn milers to this and had lodged GI. iu Coon, as an equivalent, and the question S'AS, wb••rhrr that SIMI Was sufficient, the Plaintiff's dement] b"in;• hul.? Atter some evidence had b-en gone throu.th, the CAW was referred to arbitration. Several other cathes, of no public interest. were disposed 01. couß r OF COAMO:4 PLEAS-.Juvr 9, 1817. 011.11 T VPVIAII4. This cue has already been before the public, bat, on account of the interest it excited amongst the booksellers and prinibrs, ae shall lay before our readers a short statement of tie pro:eedings ref this Jay, when it came on to h.- re-:vied before Sir James Mansfield and a Special Jury, at Guildhall. The unfortunate accident which give rise to question is yet fre s h in the recolleaion of the p . uh. lie. It was the dreadful fire which took placid in the month of December. 1843, hoSeliaborr-court, Fleet -street, by which the whole premises and printing utensils of the Plaintiff, Mr. Gillet, a printer, were burnt to the ground. The Defendant, Mr. Mawman, a tespeaable books. Her in the Poultry, had been in the habit of employing Mr. Gillet in printing, and at the time et this IE4I catastrophe had several works lying in the custody of the Plaintiff, in an unfinished state, which were completely destroyed along with these premises. Tjte sum claimod by the Plaintiff from the Defendant in this affirm, upon balanc ing accounts, at the period of the accident, was 1,8191. 19s lOJ. which the Defendant thought himself justified in withholding. on account of se veral sums to be deduded for the damage he had sustained. In that sum was included the expense of ,printing an extensive and valoable work called 74e Tratoo of .Imoriarsis in Gnome, amounting to Ml6l. The value of the p per fu rn i s h e d by Mr. Mawman, amounting to 8311. 10s. and of the pa per for Nowa': French Dictionary, 2731 ; both which sums Mt. Mawman claimed upon the ground of their having been insured by Mr. Gillet, who had received the amount from the Imperial Insutanee Office. Ihe whole eet-off, therefore, against Mr. Gillet's claim, amounted to 1,674 C. 10i. leaving an acknowledged balance Cue by Mr. Mawman of 14H. Os. 10d. 'flu decibiaa fienverly pro- Bounced in this case was iu favour of Mr. Gillet ; but upon a further representation to his Lordship, he was pleased to grant a new trial, which this c.ty occupied the Court from half-peat nine in the morning till seven in the evening, and induced the attendance. through interest an 1 curiosity, of some cf the principal Booksellers and'Printera in Londoa. ..The Counsel for the Plaiting were Serjeenre Vaughan, °callow, aid Marryet ; and those for the Deteadant were Serjeatits Shepherd, Lens, and Holreyd. • Serjeszt VAUtia•II first addressed the Jury, on the past of the Plaintiff, and after expatiating upon the great importance of the question, and the necessity of its receiving a dispassionate and delibe rate attentiim. recapitulated the whole circum stances attending it. The parties having come to certain admissions, materially shortened the CAN.— The bill comprehended three distils& subjeth, via. works printed, rid in pert, bat not entirely deli. vered to the Plaintiff ; works in part completed, and partly destroyed ; and lastly. a work altoge ' Cher destroyed. The two first of these were not now resisted, so that their attention was to be limited to the last of these descriptions, viz. the work called Anachorob, which was completely destroyed Sy the lire. He contended, that Mr. Gillet. the printer. was fully entitled to an adequate remuneration for his labour in printing that WOlk, although it was bunt, and the Defendant had not derived any advantage from it • and also that he was not bound to pay the sass c harged as the value Of the paper destroyed, it not being the dory of Printers to insure the property of their employers which was in their custody. Besides this, sup posing that the printer was to be deemed liable. yet tnat liability, in the present instance. could only lest during the space of six months, that being the period Within which Mr. Mawman had engaged to furnish him with the work, from a Mr. Beaumont, his Editor and Translator, but which,, through negligence attributable to the Defendant. be alleged was the cause of the work not being completely printed and delivered. In support ot these allega tions. he called the following Witnesses : Mr. Robert Chapman, a compositor, who wrought at Mr. Gillet's previous to the fire. He deposed, that ifeerieeses'e Trerrela were put into hand in the month of Fe!' 1805, and that they were to be com pleted in the space of silt months. In order to elle& their oampktien within the time, five hands were employed upon them at tit it, but they were gra dually reduced to one, on account of the si,slay on the part of the Editor in furnishing copy. Had not this delay taken place, they could easily base completed the work within the time expel:led by the pasties. Mr. Mitch-lt, a managing clerk to Mr. Gillet, in 1901. also deposed as to the possibility of the whole being completed within six months, bail the copy been regularly furnished. Five volumes were en tirely completed, and two others had °sly some odds and ends wanted in order to their beiog fiuislied also, at the time of the fire. The men were first icutly kept at a stand. and he had ben otten obliged to give them other works to keep them employed. Mr. Charles Bird, aouther person in the employ of Mr. Gillet. also sp be as to the copy not being regularly supplied. and said it was not the custom fin printer; to send away that which was completed. He applied frequently to Mr. MA* r 1141 1 .4 warehouse man, and desired him ti. scud tor tne Svc volumes that were completed. • VAlJtillAtt stated. that he s'lntild at this rage content himself with thus having preyed the neelea 13 / 4 Sir J. Maesrteco observed, that he thought no case of negleCt had been made out, as existing on the part of Mr. Mawman, because, unless the Eci. for supplied the copy, he could not help the defy occasioned. , • Mr. Vauonaa considered Mr. &outflow as the Avant of Mr. Mawroan, and therefore he was rt ,,,lllesible for that delay.• Mr. Uremia°, on the part of Mr. Nlawman, thee addressed the Jury. Ile could not help think. inR, that those who bring forward evidence upon so untenable a pnint as that of netigence, io such a CA'vf as this, did not feel strong in other more ter. able points. Tile way in which this negligeoto was to support the case of the Pltaiutiir, WAS. that aak . - p.ti.lg Mr. Gillet be.und to insure, mid aftioeily t hive done sr., that, without this negligence, Mawman would not be bound to ray thi• ; in other Wends, itiat the work, tieing left in his past a stipuloyd period, by negligence of :;•.• Defendaut, the PAliteti was named frank his 0,,,1-g g aioo. 'fhere w.-re'gcis 'rally three ch sooners c. so. eerua I in every work—the Author, Woks. liar, .4, Primer. He did nu; doubt but that the Printer km. it the nature of authorship as well as the Osaka der and when he undertook to print a Wjf k, knew hied not been completed by • Le milat have heels aware that the progres% of thset Work depended a thousand accidemal stances. Wh.ii he undertook to print that Worst. be undertook it subjeft to every delay w:.ich the in6rmities of the Inimen mind were likely to occa sion. In the first place, the Editor might die; or, secondly, he might be seized with sickursa or fa. mily misfortunes, as was the ease with Mr. Sew - moat. Besides this, it was impossible to make the work of a man's mind a alert handicraft, lire printing itself. For these reasons, therefore, them could not be any grounds of negligence imputable to Mr. Mawman. The Wish which Mr. Mane. Imo eat desired to fetch away, was Anaelicrart, but that was not completeif, and therefore the Bookseller was not bound to take it. It was Cr. tirely a ditferentWork which the wituesses must have been alluding to. Vise Bookseller has as great an interest in getting a work speedily accomplished as the Printer could hors. The Bnaksell.ir had bought the paper, wnich in this case amoun:eil to £l3Ol. while the priming only came to 5881 old for the first sam so laid out he could sae get a shilling till the 'work had come home, and be had disposzd of it to other flookselless As to the fire. he e J not impute any improper conduct or ncgligeni:r. on the panto Mr. Gillet, as he attributed it purntry to accident ; but what he would state was, that soma if there ens no totage at all in this business, yet Mr. Gillet had, by his own words and con ch:3, undertaken to become she insurer, and was therefore liable for any damage or destessikion of the paper so sent to him. Neitlser had Mr. Gillet any right to charge for printing upon that psp..!-. which, when in b's einrOdy, was destroyed. It .Ip.• peered that Mr. G•llet had received from the lo surance Offace the sum of 59001. which mm, he so- • leged, did not even cover his own preparty. mist unfortunionly h.ppeued too, that tife. Us:- let had not even coinpleted his policy in a m tn nor du: would have entitled him by law to have been paid. Mr. Gillet had formerly insuzestin the f r ocenizifireafice, and brad conamitly insured an goods in trust. and from op: to the time he ed'eled this first insurance at the Imperial Fire Office, he had not insured at all. The LeasseJ Counsel, after .s considerable num ber of inganious arguments dUiki observations, pru ceeded to call the following Witnesses, on the part of his Client: Mr. Beaumont deposed, that he was he Editor of this new translation of The Travel, #' dime:beeves. which be said was to contain considerable additions and alterations. The copy was to be furnished from time to time ; but he bad come nodes no par amble stipulations as to furnishing st within six months. In the mon:b of February, when it was first sent to Mr. Gillet's, nothing had been dune towards the new edition, except that small part which was saved from Mr. Hamilton's fire. A cir cumstance occurred, which considerably retarded his progress, his wife was taken ill and died. Hp, however, furnished as mach cup,, as, ander circum stances, he was able to Jo, and no neglea could be attributed to Mr. Mawasan. In the month of Sep tember, Mr. Gillet said to him, that surely Mr. Mawman could not expea the witaeu to furnish it sootier than he did. At the time the fire happened, he had brought it to that length, that it muss nave been finished in a fortnight. Mr. George Wilkie. Kooksallet, was the neat wit. ness called, out was objeaed to by Mr. V•1741.1*N. accaunt of his having had an interest is pa.t of the other work., jointly with Mr. &lawman, at Or time they were destruyed ; but it came oils. th tr. Mr. Hayman had given him a release against any claims that might arise out of this quesitiue ; aod that he, the witness, was ready to release Mr. May/man s in a similar manner. He remembero meeting Mr. Gillet, shortly after Mr. Hamilton'. fire. bit. Gil:et carne to his counting-house, and, after making a remark as to she lute that had wows frasn that coil 6 tgratiian, otsurved, that st; such an accident hat happened At his ufrxe, no person could have sustained an injury, as he always how, c.a. Since that time, too, Loa* witness had recali,i to Mr. Gdlet's reculkfts.in this particular c inv.•;- sation, and he was as positive as he war, that h. stood In Court, that, u,)ost the morning of she is, at Mr. Gillet . ll, be repeated that observation t.. s. i . autsuason s his partuisr, sad aubs,:quantly to air. Billet himself. Mr. Owen Rees, bookseller, standing ia a similAr conoediou with Mr. Mawsnan, as the lam Wiubess did, deposed, that he having got a release. seas equally willing to tract one. He rseolledod rise fire at the Proatingol dice sot Ur. Hamilton, wt.o.h took place upon the 24 Febreary, ISW, and to saw Mt. Gillet istune.liately atterwaids, and expreaw I his anxiety as to the poverty be had ac his let's) office, and Ms. Gillet told him he miynt r:u perteffily satisfied, as it was insured. Mr. John Fauna*. foreman t:. Mr. Mawas He remembered Mr. Gillet coming iato their soon after Mr. Hanolton's tire, Lid sta. g to Mawmaa that he might rest perle.lll easy, at &foe property he had in hi. office was completely occur .1. He recolleacd also Mr. Gillet calling a • ...it nom previous to has ore* fir• I