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as guides, :rat discovered the ambushes laid for them, wink nommen erved them as interpreters and spies. " ftverniting was particularly carried on at St. Domingo ; th i s i s l an d was already tilled with liquors and mulattoes ; they were formed into regiments, and sent over to the con tinent. The*. men w-re the best soldiers that could be em ployed in this burning climate. It is doubtless liv inherit ance that the Indians still indulge an implacable hatred against men of calorr." The efEct of the increasing influence of knowledge, and the extensive intercourse which a free commerce wit open between the entegiitelied nations of Europe null this vast region of the New World, cannot fail to introduce a great c hange in the comlition of • great portion of the human nee, and to uroetice ass influence decidedly favourable to that regress of mind winch is daily ameliorating the condition of sieenk.nel in all countries, in spite of the rciistance omrseel to it, and of all those - intermediate ob stacle+ with which it may hare to contend. These travels of M. When are full of interest, as they throw a light upon every topic connected with the sew Columbian Its public, upon which we require intim instiou. SHOCKING CASE of DEATH by ADSTINZNCE. The horrible feelings produced by complete abstinence Late hien lately tt ciao, il in a number of Hefeland'aJorri ,,,l der l'niesisi•Ace Ihilkandie. The substance of the case a as fellows: — A t;vrittan merchant, aged 32, depee►sed by armee re verses of fortune, fool the Coes:sot tit slights of his relatives, funned the results:Wit of destroying himself by abstinence. With this view b•, repaired, on die 13th of September, lalb, to an only Twitted wood, white be constructed a butof boughs, and remained, without feud, till the 3tl of October following. At this period he was found by the landlord of a nei,ildvitring put-house,—still alive, but ve►y feeble, spetehlt•u, and insensible. Broth, with the yolk of an egg, was given him. He swallowed it with difficulty, asd died ilium di:tit-Iy. . In the pocket of the unfortunate man was found a journal, written iu peewit, aingular in its kind, and remark able as a narrative of his fe dings and sentiments. It be gias thus:—" The g is rous philanthropist, who shall one day find use here after my death, is requested to inter me; sad in cuitaiderati.m of this service, to keep my clothes, v ase, knife, and letter-case. I moreover o!serve, that 1 sa so suicide, but have died of hunger, because, through weekni men, I have lost the nixie of my very considerable property, and am unwilling to become a burthen to my trivia." The ensithig remark is dated Sept. 17th, the second day of alienist sac:—" I yet live ; but how have 1 been waked during ile.• night, and how cold has it been ! 0 God ! when will my :az &rings terminate!! No human being has for three darn been seen here; only some birds." The next extract I'0.1i1111:1 a, —" And again, three days, and I have beets so soaked during the night, that my clothes to day are not yet dry. 11.0 w hard is this, no one knows ; and nay last hour must anion arrive. vutbtless, during the heavy rain, a little wilier has got into my throat ; but the thirst is not to be slaked with water; moreover, I have Lad noise even of this tOr six days, since 1 am no longer skit to move from the place. Yesterday, for the first Issue daring the eternity which, alas! I have already passed here, a man approm he.t one within the distance of eight or ion paces. Ile was ceiminly a shepherd. I saluted hi 11l in silence; and he returned it in the same manner. I'robably he will find nee after my death !" " Finally, I here protest, before the all-wise God, slut, notwithstanding all else misfortunes which I have stiff red from my youth, I y. t die very unwillingly; although ne e.asity has imperimes:y striven me to it. Nevertheless I pray for it. Edina.. forgive him ; for lie knows not what he does! More can I not write, for faintness and spasms: and this will be the last. Dated near Forest, by the side lithe Goat pub Ne-house, Sept. 29th, 1919.—J. F. N." Considerable interest has been excited in this tow.:, during the present week, by a visit front a confidential tient of no less a personage than the Pacha of Egypt. The .4tne of this exit aorelinary visitor is Ali Effendi; and it 3 stated to us that he fills a station in the Court of the ?ache, somewhat analogous to that of Grand Chamberlain. Trots his title of Effendi, however, we should rather sup sac that be is a secretary. We believe he was a Slame ake, and served ire the capacity of aid-de-camp to Ibrahim, them of tl.e Packs, when the B'echabites were driven itualites. We underatand that he has been wilt to this irmery ter the purpose of studying its language, manners, and imitations; and certainly, from what we have heard 0f his intelligeeire and 'WNW el, we should think that the Pads (veld hardly base chosen a better agent. Ile brioicht an introduction to Messrs. R. and W. Garnett, tine town, by whom he was takes to see the processes of spinning, and power-leen weaving. and the various riches at seek in the establishment of Messrs. Roberts, mid Co. machinists • with all of which he evidently tilt,sreatly intimated, an d seemed readily to comprehend s l / 4 t esplatations given to him, though they were conveyed amber a circuitous manner, being interpreted into French te Mr. William Garnett, and then translated into Arabic 4 a Greek named Panaitnis, who accompanied Ali "'Retell the capacity of interpreter, and appeared to passes, the ability and acuteness peculiar to his nation. In addition b the mechanical wonders which were exhibited to this stranger, he was taken to a party at which toast ladies were present ; and we are happy to inform ear fair readers, that hr gave a decided preference to the kbert? with which the sex are indulged in this country, vice compared with the mate of bondage and seclu,ion It which they are kept in the East. Betides this officer, tx itudentattel the Paella has sent over a commercial agent, on inuenian, named Piezzin, probably for the purpose of Gearing con n exions in this country for the disposal of his ones, of which be is now the most extensive grower in be leek!. We are informed this agent has stated, that the crop in Egypt, this year, would amount to alOO,OOO Laic;; and that the country possesses a capability of pro iaeiag this valuable commodity to an almost unlimited ex tat —ifinehesfer Guardian. From Poland we learn that two officers of rank (Major LOL,sittsky and Lieut.-Colonel Dobrognfsky) have been tatenced• to imprisonment, one for nine scars and the eller fur sever, by the Supreme Military Tribunal in that °miry, which possesses the same powers as were fot - rely vested in the High Tribuual of the Diet of Poland. h is Out a little remarkable that the wentenee does not "tails the crime of which these officers have been guilty. Tlit Emperor of Russia has remitted e‘el, of them two !fin of his imprisonment.—tiallesani's Messenger. Ike new sloops of war, Champion, Orestes, and !glades, . 11 e sole out of Portsmouth Harbour (the two latter hee -1 aadergone alterations), foe the purpose of again sailing also experimental cruise. Sir John Plaillimore, in the Ttetie is to take then under his direction in the prnseut 4 4 and they will he seloo accompanied by the Scylla, one 41 'n largest converted, and the Jasper, one of the smallest r:A N, brigs of war. They are to cruise sto leagues to the vestearel of Scilly. The public may confidently expect that this interesting question will be pursued by Sir John rialinnor e to a perfect conviction of every Officer in the 'feels, of the merits claimed by their several buildets fur alperienty of plan in ship-buikiing. Captain llayes pro -oe4lagain in the Champion; and it is expected that the Leis of the Admiralty will renew their leave for Officers Li volunteer and make a report to them of their observe .. 4 ,4 en the vessels. The extensive and deep interest which ciesuhjiet has excited exceeds belief. 44, 1 Wednesday the indictment against Cnackfoed, for involving penalties for Tommie will be tried. The -.'iowing Noblemen and Gentlemen are subpoenaed by the ' n arrator Ord, viz.—th e M arqu i s o f H er tfo r d, Lord Glen • lord Alvanlev, Mr. Itaikes, &c. 11 * 4 hums. which sailed from Quebec on the 16th ult., !fon: of Deal on Friday. By this arrival we leant, that Harlequin, from Liver viol to Quebec. bail been 'ecked at a short digester from that port. The valu pawn '. lll na l few were saved, but it was feared that her :TO, rall ie d at fi fty thousand pounds. would be lost, • ".) eatly e. damaged, that what may be saved will be a !sate NTl44:Quirterly Meeting of the Portsmouth branch of the wWal .itinaitant Society took place on :ilionlav se'uttight, •nl it appeared that eighty-one members bail joined the i'l4l Y during the quarter, making a total of 903 ; arsai si.e. the po uf s A. l llllinig the sam e riod, had receives! an in •making the Socie pe ty*. espital nearly I,oe 01. MARSH, SIRACEY, FAUNTLEROY, AND CO. AT TIIE COURT OF COMMissioNERA OF BANK HASIN.:I! ALI...STREET. Another Met inn, of the Creditors of these Bankrupt* having been appointed for S.sturtlay morning, at eleven o'clock, three of the altenthal at the Court. It had been anticipated that the bankrupts would attend for the punitive of being examined, but it appears that the Lon' Charicellor has suspended the proccedime, a will appear by the following notice, which was placts:l under the list of meetings for Saturday 3larah, Stracey. launilerey, am! Graham—The proceedings under this Commission are alayul by older of the Lord Chan cellor." -- 'l - Otwithatandinw. the Solicitor to the Commission attended. and a number of creditors were present. for the purpose of proving their debts. As usual, under all couintissions bui more particularly on. der such an this, where the transaction. hir:e been so extensive and complicated, many were, as a ntatter of course, sent back to procure better mot In one instance, a claim war made under a power of attorney, but it appeared that them was no account with the parties on the books of the bankrupts. Another case of considerable im. pmrance to the estate of the bankntius was a (lain) for 5,101/. Ils. 10d. by the respectable housed Latitte and t:41., banker'. at Paris. This arose from a transawiun with the house of Marsh and Co. under the following circumstances : Marsh and Co. wrote I.ntltte and Co. to accept to the amount stated for a 31r.W. Burton, and to reimburse thesuselves, they ehre to draw upon them (Mandl and Co.) as behoe. Mr. 31014TACIVR, on behalf of the creditors, took an ',Nettie.) to this claim, on account of it not being shown that they (lodine and Co.) did dn.., and if they had not hO done their remedy should be against Hutton. The learned Counsel stated he knew some thing of the transaction, and the mon being of so much Mims., to , ce to the estate, he certainly ahotshl wish to look further into it. The transaction might appear clear to the chtintant as a matter of business, but lawyers might take another view of the word draw. Its the remise of the pincer 'inga one of the Coitiniissioners observed that he understood that our of .he bankrupts (we believe Mr. Graham) had some papers relative to the estate in his possession; these papers he requested the Solicitor would imnsesliately apply Gar; the bankrupt. had no right us retain them ; they should Ise to the possesanso of the awignt es. The bankrupts ought to have nccess to their hooks aul paper., fur the purpone of making up the.r Sc. COSMO. but they certainly should nut be in the custody of any of then, A Tax Collector applied to the Commissioners for advice about a sum lod o r.a with the bankrupts for safety. This could not be done; all that they could dm was to hear his claim. lle then suited that he had a balance of about 1504 in their hands, and that he had not resorted to the suing out an extent in aid from the dread of the ex. ;tenses. Ile wui therefore left to make himself content with any dividend that the estate may pay. 3lr. Collector appeared to con. sole himself with the reflection that the loss was not greater ; had it been a few days earlier, his loos, as well as that of a brother colter. tor, would have been very great, but fortunately for them they had very recently paid over a very considerable suns to the Receiver- General. Dunne the Meeting, debts were proved hi the amount ..f nearly Miro' thousand pounds. One debt alone was ter more than five thousand pounds. Neither of the bankrupts attended, and the usual minute of !heir non-surrendcr was placed on the proceedings. Another Meeting is appointed fur sau.rday next. In the Commission issued against Henry Fauntleroy a minute was also made that be did nut appear. ANOTHER GENTLEMAN APPREHENDED FOR EXTENSIVE FORGERIES (AT IIIIIST01). For the last four years a Mr. &very, the MI of a hanker in Bristol, has been carrying on buzitais in that city as a sugar refiner, in conjunction with a Mr. Seward. Their reputation was unimpeachable, and their credit extensive ; !Autrey, however, as it is repotted, Mr. Saver!, who was the managing partner, extending the business beyond the capital, and, rather than expose the necessities of the con cern, resorted to raising money on acceptances which now turn out to be forged. About ten days ago, he left Bristol for London, under pretence of attending to the business of the firm, and wrote it. a day or two after to excuse himself, on account of illness, Irvin immediately returning, and his wife and family left apparently to attend him. On Sunday last his partner received intelligence that excited alarm. A meeting of some of the principal bill holders was con vened; forgeries to a great extent appeared, one gentleman holding bills to the amount of several thousands; the part ner was despatched to London to make iminirit s after the offender. At Bath lie met Mrs. &very, her son, and her father and member, on their return to Bristol. They said Mr. Savory haul left the Thames for America. The partner, on arriving in London, gained information which led hint to suspect that the fugitive might join 4 . the Hudson," which left the Thames on the Si! instant, and was then at Cowes. He immediately went to the latter place, and on going on board the Mebane, discovered his unfortunate ' , lnner, passing under the name of Henry Serrington.' The offender was taken into custody on Thursday last, and conveyed to Bristol, in a state of great mental agony and despondency. Extract of a letter, dated Cowes, Dcc. 10:—" Sailed yesterday, the American ship Hudson, Champlin, master, for New Yurk, with passengers. Billie the ship was under weigh, a Mr. Savory, merchant, at Bristol, who had an bark'd on board her the preceding day, was token out of the ship by a constable from this place, accompanied by a gentleman, who is • partner of his : it appears he is sus pected of forgery. Immediately Mr. Savory saw his part ner come alongside the Hudson, be threw himself over board, but was prevented being drowned. lie then at tempted to make away with himself, by dashing his head against the side of the ship. He is at present at the Vine- Inn, in custody of two peace officers, who are fumed to watch him very diligently, to 'nevem his committing suicide. lie is in a dreadful state of mind, and aeknow blips that his crime is as bad as Fauntleroy's. On the Tide-Surveyor's mustering the crew of the Hudson, Mr. &very passed by the,name of Henry Serrington." We regret (says a contemporary) to state that we have received information of the failure of /mother Bank, in a city of the West of England, of which the transactions were very extensive, under cireutnstances that will, if our information be correct, excite much attention. MCLANC/101.Y ACCIPENT.—A most calamitous event took place on Thursday last, at Weduesbury, in Stafford shire, about seven miles from the town of Birmingham. We allude to the sudden bursting of the boiler of a steam engine, belonging to Mr. Richard Adams, of that town. The accident happened at nine o'clock in the morning, and from the noise of the c:,:plosiun excited the alarm of the whole town. Not few , :r than six unhappy persons have lost their lives, among whom were Mr. Aflame himself, Mr. Charles Adams, his uncle, and four of his workmen. The hremises were almost entirely destroyed, and the scene of orror which was presented to the eyes of the spectators scarcely admits of description. Several of the materials and heavy pieces of iron were scattered in the surrounding fields. The boiler itself was scattered in like manner; one third of it fell into the field of a Mr. Hanks; another part fell in Dudley -street, and a third part near the New Ranters' Chapel. One of the men. named Talbot, was found in a pool, at a distance from the manufactory, with his brains dashed out, anti otherwise a dreadful spectacle. The other persons killed were Auto; Spittle, his brother, and Padmure. A man of the name of Oldbury is missing. John Lavender, John Howard, and route of the other workmen, are severely wounded. Mr. George Adams happened providentially to be away at his breakfast, or he would inevitably have shared the fate of his brother. Several persons were injured by the falling figments, and a wooden-legged lad, we have just heard, was blown t o th e top of Mr. Howding's garden, his brains dashed out, and every article of his clothes torn from his holy, excepting his stocking. Mrs. Adams was so affected by the unhappy occurrence, that she has ever since remained insensible ; and the families of the other suta•ren are not lies to be pitied. The caws of the accident has not yet been dis covered, and no doubt there must have been some neg ligence in suffering the pressure on the boiler to become too powerful. Ots Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, the shock of an earthquake was very sensibly felt in the city of Chichester, which alarmed a considerable portion of its inhabitants, many of whom ran into the streets, in the greatest conster nation, under the impression that their dwellings were actually falling. In several houses the bells were set la ringing, and the window blinds unrolled • and one indi vidual states, that he was sitting in a small room. and dis finely saw the walls move from south to math out of their perpendicular, and as instantaneously resume their position. The shock lasted from three to five seconds. W e f lare no t heard that it was felt further in tins direction than the vicinity of Arundel. Many persons imagine that there has been an earthquake in some place abroad, as in the year ISM a shock but much slighter. was experienced in Chichester, which at the time proved so destructive to pro perty in the city of Caracas (West italics). TUE MilTiSii PRESS SJIIPPING IN7'ELLIGENCE. FROM LIAWD'S LIST. SCIf.LIr, 1)1LC. B.—On *nth November none in, the 17nion. Sandmen from Gijon fur bisbon ; was tin y, n hr re with loss of bulwarks, and sails split. About twenty leagues to the westwanl ttf this, abe fell in with a binge brig. with her masts, sails, and Jigging, alengsido not any person on board. lien name could not be made out, being a forevier, and apparently a new vessel ; inside of her bulwarks 'mitred , 114) boats on deck, and hatches open. Thu Joseph", t~andenon, for Venice, has sailed and put . back twice. _ _ FA I. MO V 111, HT:C. 11.—Yo arrivals or railings. PLestouTst, Ilec. 9.—A large ship levy seen breaking in at dark • supposed to he an outward-bouLd Wan Indisman. A vemel was di•coeered sunk this morning. about three quarters of a mile nom Yalm. %slimmed to be a btig, a pan .•f her broken mart is 14a lenses diameter. A bag. marked •• W ysc 32," has been picked up near her. The Semis, 31.Connick, trot t ly mlon to the Cape of limn, !lope, which wisa driven an 11110 y.! during the late gale, way sold thin day. .DAIIITMOITTII. 1/EC. I.—Part of the crew of the Sprctilator, node. from Viana tie L'iverperii, have been taken off the wreck by a Norway brig, and landed bt ; the maszer and two men were dinned; the mate and two men s a v e d. Pcsaysnotrvm, Hi:c. 10.—The Victory, from the East Indies, floated off last night's title, w::h assistance frcru 1114 Jlaje►ty's Dock-yard. Put in, Witili.l.o.lllll. the Martinis of Anglesey, tbr Jamaica; the Sea Nymph, Iturrouglis, fur Naples., wrh law of fnm.yertl; and the Pria. Aquist, tier the 31rditerranesn. Does:a, 1/gc. 10. —Artie. d the Monarch picket front Pen. Imme, with his iit;cellettcY Count d'Aglic. Suede:tan Ambas.ador. fitr the parr, the Helen's. Currie, front Pienw . El wen lisgslicads ni Frcrit II red wine, and tau pieces of brataly, have br•en brought in this day by a Dover smack, which picked then, lip to the west. ward. i)EAL, DEC. 10.—Arrived the Jean, James, front ()ocher; on the 7th instant spoke the Hector, Hewlett, for .L.s t i act ,,„ fifteen leagues west of Scilly, all well; pasreAl a schooner. water.logesl, 1110 miles south. west of Scilly, ooh no one on board. '1 he whole of the outward-6,mo' mard late night and this tworn;tig, with the following vessels from the River the day, viz.:—lams Doug, king, for Jamaica; Poathutuus, Dope, for sit.m. Lome; Diana, Sllll4, for the Alediterraneaut • Fortitude. &Ocher. for llarlsoloes; Preston, Hall, for Ileum; cad Levant, Vraeman, for st. I►ut'c. 31 lo.—Lantlrd here yesterday an iron-shichetl anchor, three cwt., marked on the shank •• Betsey," ALA' an the crown •• Creamer," with about twenty-tire fathoms of chain cable, taken up in our rends. _ _ - • DEC. 11.— Arrived tho prightly. Dryden, from Riga; Lushania. Jun. from Riga; Isabella, lilderson, from Riga; Cuba, Waimea, frau filavannah ; Mentor, Edmonds, fermi eetersburgh ; Caatkreagh, Wightnian, from reter•hureh Enter iiriue, Watson, from Figueisa; Susan, ‘echh, from Guernsey ; Union, Swartkrige, from Jersey; and Mathews. Winter, (r u m Ilaniburgh. Smiled the Colombia. Wilson, ler l'obago ; Friend., ut tam. Ibr Coals; ( eivrity, Dickenson, fur Jersey ; and Atlan tic. %Volker, for flaniburgh. LerTheteanwrow, Alh;en, Webster, from Sunderland for Plymouth, drove on the Oars Rocks yesterday, and went to pieces. The crew arrived here yesterday in their small boat. not having time to get their long boat before she sunk. NEVIIIIAVEN. MCC. 10.—liv advice just received from East bourne, a vessel has sunk ar Wachs , Dead, aid a number of boats were endeavouring to tow her in Ice the shore. Serval pipes of wine, also some fruit, have been picked up and carried to Dover and Per:sumo th. II new it: Owe. 10.—The crew of the Leith smack Prompt, Atitlemit, are arrived here in a sniaek, the Prompt having sprung a leak and sunk on the Sth instant, about twenty miles off OrtUrd. ness. The Marchioness of Huntley, Bien kinsop, has been assisted into this port leaky, having struck upon a wreck whilst turning up between the Nesse% ois the evening of the Pill instant. VAII DI l•Til e I. W. Mc. 10.—The Watton, for Lisbmi, after several iodlixtual attempts to get oir, has been obliged to begin to unload, after having thrown part of her cargo (coal) overboard. I.IV F. PUOI., Lies 2.—A 111,131 the Ilarriet, Sibson, and Car. rick, Blake, nom Ilichebucto—sailed November; Omen. Havelock, and Nelson, Crook, from Miremiclii—sailed 12th No. Timber; Charlotte, Shearer; Maria, White; and Mils/mid, Mos. sop, from Quebec; Crossthwsite, from Bay Cheleur; and Alpha, Stewart, from Cape Breton. Cesintri, I)Ec.9.—.The Clio slearns, bound to Naples, the Benjamin, Phillips, and Sampson, Harris, both bound to Cork, have been got off the strand, after discharging part of their cargoes ; the latter has come into this port to rest. The Oratitude, bound to Cork, has landed part of her cargo, and is expected off next Springs. The George, Hopper, bound to Newcastle, has dia. charged her cargo and is under repair. Eitils:a BEe. 7.--The Banger- of this port, sailed from hence on Sunday, tor Liverpool, and went on a reef of rocks at Ila:lianhaven, where she broke her rudder : she beat over the rinks, but being untnatragable drove upon a sand bank close to the mouth of the IVater of (Jule, but by great assistance was got off the next title mad hauled into this harbour, and it is leered she has sus. t,ned It damage. Li Mt! ItK. l)Lc. B.—Vesterday morning( the .Jane of ll'ork. ington, Wilkinson. in moving from Fishers to Spaight's Quay, rt.n on baard the Protector, small coaster, from Cork, the latter immedietely filled. _ PARIS, 6EC. 11.—f4tters from Cadiz of the 19th ult. mention that the Spanish Vice-Consul at Faro, had given notice of an in sur4ent prnratier's trailing to that neighbourhood, which had Captured ►racial Spanish veatele, among them the N. S. de Regla, from St. Andero, to Carlin ; the prii.ii.vr is armed wi , h one 6, one 12, and two 18 pounders, and a compliment of 129 %ten. NEwrouxot.sxn, Nov. 16.—A brig belonging to Allen. in Sone.and, in ballast. who.* name we could not learn, is sunk on the %Vest Cape itccf of this Wend ; crew saved. The Usenet, of Aberdeen, is Jost on Miratniehi Captain Rutherford of the , on the *29th ult. 8 leagues southward of the Start, saw a foreign two decked ship under Jury masts, standing to the N.E. apparently to make the land, and he supposts is the Teasel lost on Portland the following day. The Hugh Crawford, Laugdou, fut. Van Diemen's Land, put into Torbay, and remains. VLSSELS SPOKEN w rrn..—Sclionner John and Thomas. from Ilarbadoes for Halifax, Nor. 11. by the Emma, Rathbone, arrived at New York ; Aurora, Swain, from Cadiz for New York, and supplied with provisions, by the Lewis, Skiddy, arrived at New York; Pacific, from Liverpool for Bahia. 6th lust. off the Salters, by the Collins, arrived at Liverpool ; Hector, Motet, from Lon. dun for Jamaica, 7:h inst. 15 leagues W. of Scilly, by the Jeaa, longs, anired an the Dosna. LIVERPOOL IMPORTS. Pr.cstuawa In. A warea.—The Aries, from Angola, and St. Thomas, with elephant teeth. barwoud, gum copal, 'carnotite teeth, tortoiseshell, cocoa mos, and coffee. BR ITISH Aargau:A.—The Transit, from Pugwash, with tim. her, deals, lichwood, spars, masts, and salmon. Puke of If d int:von. from New Brunswick, with timber, deals. stave' , and latliwood. True Blue, from 3firamiclii, with tie tittilKr, deals. ant'. lathwood. ‘Villiam, front St. John's, New Brunsvrck, with fir timber, birch timber, deals, stoves, masts or spots. and latliwousL Newburvpoet, from Norforlk, with tobacco. cotton, and SHITe4. Orion; from New Brunswick, with pine timber, deols, :and lath. wood. Cato, from (Jurors. with ook timber, pine timber, deals, masts, and staves. • XITED ST AT ES.—Glitle, from ‘Vilinitigton, with turpentine. Franklin, from Virginia, with oak, barrel stares, and tobneco. ILDIT CRIAW E Vf.--Providen,„ a from Smyrna. with valonia , raisins, opium, galls, boa -Maul , and tigs. Olive Blanchard. front Palermo, with sumach, lemons, or.itiTa. walnnts„ MAI, and al. moods. Edith'. from Sicily, with cut stones, anchovies. sumach, "seed- and brimstone. Haim, from Sicily. with suirach, wine, lemons, mats, reeds, brimstone, raw silk and liquorice paste. NEWFOUNDEAND.—Favourite. with train oil, codhsli. salmon, cranberries, tongues, caplins, and firrwtn 1. Th ree F r i en d s , wit h codfish, pickled salmon, train oil. and seal skins. Puna' COAL.— Douro. from Oporto, with wine, corkwood, oranges, and lemons. I% . illiatit, from Oporto, with oranges. 11c sst a.—Perseverentia, from Archangel, with dart, coati, deals, deal ends, and tongues. SPAlN.—iirtiCy. from Leant and Xahia, with raisins. ni ts , with wine, tip. and lemons. Jane, front Altea, with Denis raisins and sweet almonds. Salamanca, lions 3Llaga, with raisins, sumach, grapes, lemons, and almond'. The following communication from the Navy Office was on Saturday received at Lloyd's::: Nays Office, Dee. 9, 18 . 24. Sts—l am commanded by the Commissioners of the Navy to transmit a circular letter of this date, which they have caused to be sent to his Majesty's Consuls and Vice Consuls, communi. rating to them the sentence awarded by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, on Lowther Chrism. pherson, Master of the Trafalgar, of Uarypurt, In Cumberland, for Curving and leaving four of his crew• on shire in the 11.1 of Cha. late; and I am to request that you will make this sentence and conviction known to mast, rs of Itritish vessels, that the y may be deterred fruin the commission of the like offence. I am. Ste. (Signed) U. SMITII. (ctanct.•lt.) Navy Office. Dee. 9. Int St 11.—In reference to our circular letter of IGth May, inn, stating that John Ferrier, Master ot the Endeavour of Arbroath, had, upon representation from his lilajesty's Consul at Genoa, been tried for wilfully leaving behind him two of his crew, whom he took out with him, they being in a condition to return, and being convicted thereof, was sentenced to three month.' imprisonment. Pursuant tie the Statutes of II and 12 William 111. chap. 7,—and 58 (1,0.1 111. chap. 38. we have now to acquaint you, that Lowther Chris- I teplierson, Master of the Trafalgar, of 3laryport in Cumberland. ' was, at the sittings after Easter Term Tact, before the Lonl Chief' Justice of the Ci tart of King's Bench nt Westminster, convicted of the offence of forcing and leaving foot of hi. crew on shore in the Ilay of Chaletir, in North America, and that he was on thenth of ' last month adjudged by the nail Court to be imprisoned fur three' months, being the specific punishment provided by the aforesaid arts—in the King's Bench prison ; and we have to desire you will make the conviction and sentence of Lowther etristopherson pub. lid, known in your Consulate. In order that other Masters of British vessels may be determl frum the conimiseiou of the offence. (Signed) To H. 31. Consul at -- METROPOLITAN I.AW S'OCIETr. The anniversary dinner of this Society took place on Saturday night, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. Its object is to pntmout fair and honourable practice in the profession of the law ; •to prevent those abases with which it has been stigmatised ; to protect 'lre rights and privileges of its members, and in adopt such .asures as might be generally advantageous. The Chair was taken at half.past six o'clock by NATHANIEL. A TCINESON, Esq.. the principal of the Society. lie was supported on his right hand by William Williams, hag. M.!". and on the left by Colonel '1 tench, M.P. Among those who sat at the dais. or board of ho. 710111 . , we remarked IVilliam l.cake , Kim. M.P., Sergeants t'cake, Spankic, Wilde, ■ud Adams, and Messrs. Preston, Williams, Pollock, Courtenay, Fairer, Dugdale. and Ilacdougalt Upwards of three hundred members and their friends were in the moat. The loyal toasts, with the customary honours, having been dis posed of, _ _ • Tbe Seca realm of the Society read the Annual Report of the Coninsittee. It detailed at sonic lergth the nature anti objects of the Society, its battle ion and progress, and pointed out ROM of the advantages it was ealetilated to produce. The Ctiatit wax then rose. Ile observed. that after the rePer. which had just been read, it would be oupereuteis in him to make any remark either on the objects or the benefits of the Society. Some said that it was in its Infancy, Inn lie directed their attention to the extraordinary results which had followed its establishment. What. however, hsd been done. was a guarantee of what would be dime; and he bad MI doubt that it would achieve Rennie/xi as ho_ movable to ha members, as benefit ial to society at large. (Ap plause.) He 'mild thereon propose—•' The Metropolitan So ciety of leoodon, and Sweets to its exertions."—(Three times there) The Civaieman proposed • bumper to the health of the lord Chancellor of England. (('heers.) It was row necessary for him to enlarge on the legal character, the talents, and the abilities of Lord Eldon. All who knew him at well a. he did, put no faith in the many idle @toilet, the weak and tidieelotis charges, which had been made against Ids character as a lawyer and • Judge. He had Itnown his Lordship foe upwards of thirty year.: and without being carried away by hi. partialities, he might repeat with truth every little of the eulogium which lie had peered upon him, lie was, like other*, a brilliant instance nit the advantages which the Constitution of the country held out to merit. lie had sprung front a tomparatively low station, to enjoy the most eminent office which could he enj o y e d in Laigh:nd • and thus not unlydol his sue crefal• ambition open • path fur the emulation of youth, but it proved the value of his own services. As this was the laid time when he (Mr. A.) wooed have an opportunity of addressing so many of his brethren, he could oily now express his hope, that Lord Eldon would, when he descended from his office, experience the gratitude of his country; and he trusted that its propriety would stand on the ruck of his unshaken judgment. (Loud ap plause.) Mr. WI r.1.1A sts, in preposieg the health of the Chairman, said, that he had the happiness of knowing him many years; and he telt pe.suaded that those who knew him the longest esteemed him the most. (I(teen—'Three times three.) The CHAIRMAN, In retumirg thank', said, that the kind sp. probation which had met his feeble ext.niona would enlace him in the last moments of hi. life, and woad always be recalled by him soh peculiar grutification. hie brethren around I , lie had been obliged to combat with ibeliculties. A man coming in early lite from the country had hi r counter many obstacles to his Iwo grem. All the aristocracy of London were arrayed against him yet, by steadiness anti persevf-rance, he had overcome dire di,- eutiraing symptoms; and he hoped that their agency would ope rate with the Name benefit over all who heard hint ; and that It would be their highest esteem to show to the Metropolitan lawyers, the advantages of the priticidles. the talons, and the legal know. ledge, (a laugh), which were eng•mdered in the country. Although his health was declining, he would eta feel in his retirement the same anxiety to forward the interests of the Society ; and though whatever he did would be dictated by kindnes., it should yet be done with firmness. He was sa,isfi-el that the Courts of Justice were favourable to the principle which they advocated. He had received proofs of this already, and he confidently looked for more. It was their duty to protect the people of this country, and to disci. tangle them from the miseries witch hung round the transfers of real property (cheer.) ; for by the present system the expense of conveying an estate worth lOU/. was as great as that of one whose value was equal to 80.1N10/. Ile lumped his brethren would show themselves above the paltry feeling of personal gain, and put the transfer of property tin a immuring which was consistent with reason and propriety. (Much applause.) The health of the Muter of the Rolls was drunk, after • short pretace. The CHAIRMAN begged to transgress in the line of toasts which had been laid before b u n. by proposing the health of Sir William Grant, late Master of the Iloilo. When it was recollected how rest were the advantages which the country derived from his pus. seesion of that high office, he was sure that no or c would hesitate to give their tribute of gratitude and affection to his great worth. Hi. judgments wise 110 t IN temporary importance; they were far' poen. decisions, and would, with thinte of Lord Eldon, be long and profitably rememlired. He had heard that Sir William was fast shrinking room hie • and if this were the case, it was dint duty to remember Min ere le was gathered to his fathers. (Ap. plause). The Cheit•staw next gave the health of the Twelve Judges. (Cheer.) tie war afraid that he was inadequate to do justice to' their merits, and to the excellence with which they hail admitiisered the law. It must be recollected that the duties of the Courts were not all alike, but they all tended to the sante end. The first was in its features and character unknown is any other country, when the for non reeieni was so well understood, and whose constitution had such powerful eflect• in stimulating and animating the people of England. The " Glorious uncertainty of the Law," was the palladium of liberty iii England. We did not want statute law, said the Honourable Gentleman, to goad, irritate, tease, and please the suitors, Mr it was no sooner made than it was repealed. (Laughter.) We owe more to the King's Bench than to spy oilier • cause in the Kingdom foe etching litigation. The othertmirts pos sessed likewise a controlling blower over the property of the people ; and as to them, he admitte d, that the law was administered with kindness and propriety. There was one Court which had been the mite* of great uneasiness to the people—he meant the Exchequer; but of late there had been a very moderate feeling there; and whether the Leecutive had resolved upon new measures in reference to revehne, or frum whatever cause, the prictice in that court had gone to nothing ; and the people were very happy and very corn_ foetal& without it. (('heers and laughter.) lie called on them to :admit, that the administration of law in this country was unparal. Irked In the world. The law admitted of no distinction between the high and the low ; and if the Judge or the Advocate shrunk from their hi ;h anti important duties, they found they had • corrector in the public press. Ile did nut, indeed, wish to see either bow before it ; for he hoped their own consciences would lead them onward to the path of justice; but still he could not help thinking that it wan to the press that this country owed the high station it held in jurisprtmeace„ and alas the enjoyment of every other valuable gift which it possessed. (Much applause.) The CHAIRMAN begged now to propose the health of the bar.— (lentil cheers.) The country were feelingly alive to every advan tage, civil and political, and ag none more so than to the irate pendent character of the English bar. lie could assure his friends that, at the present moment, there was as much independence, spirit, and feeling in that body, as there ever was within his memory. Luring that period. indeed, some meteors had shone forth and blazed for a Reason ; but they had now gone to the grave,' to the great satittaction of their friends. (Loud laughter.) He begged to correct himself: he meant to bay. that their friend, had reposed on the excellent character which they had l e ft behi n d. (1 ear, hear.) Ile begged, therefore, to suggest the following toast The Dar ; and may that body ever arrogate to itself the kind. aess and the affection of the people ; and unite itself to the other branch of the profession in maintaining their liberties from the en. croachinents of the Crown, or from whatever quarter they may come." ((mud cheers.) Mr. Sergeant Prime returned thanks. Ile hoped that there would always be, and, as far as his recollection 'erred, there had always been a great cordiality between the bar and the gentlemen of the law. There had been among the many improvements of the day one which nothing but the libe.ality of the present times had exhibited. lie meant that of a body of men associating themselves without any regard to personal interest, in order to maintain the honour and the integrity of the profession of which they were men bets. It was an honourable feature in the history of the period, to see such an Associatiim leagued together for the purpose of correct. ing the inaccuracies, and urging the impurities which had too long been Ow disgrace and the opprobrium of the law. (Chem.) The area of such an Institution was visible, not only to them and to every thinking person. but to tt.e world; for it had been seen, that men, at whom the linger of scorn had been pointed, were per. mined to proceed in their fraudulent career, because no one had the pnwer or the epirt to protect the vi•tims of their injustice. It was the poor. and those whom misfortune bad reduced to poverty who felt the ejects of their depredations; and whose unfortunate slims. thin prevented them from exposing and punishing their oppressors. (Cheers.) The Learned SerKeant briefly ulludel to the projected improvement going forward in ‘Ve.mnitister under the direction of Colonel Trench ; anti proposed a health to the honourable end gallant (Itfieer. (Cheers.) Colonel Taxsturt shortly r:turtied thanks. The health, of the OfEce-benrcre of the Society were afterwards drank, with several other appropria: • toasts; and the conip.a.y did not separate till a late hour. iVe are continually reeding letters limo our lamb keepers, saying they have the rot amongst the lambs and tags, and that their losses arc daily increasing: the ilium is also in that part of Romney Marsh called the Yoakcs, and a most respectah:c grazie has, within the last week, sustained a very serioLs loss; indeed, so wet is the land, that unless dry weather shortly takes place, it is feared that numbers of persons, who have the whole of their capital embarked in grazing, will be totally ruined.—Keatish Ga%ette. Another match for Wu° sovereigns has been wade between Metcalfe and ('aptain Parker, who ran lately at Doncaster a mile for the Lime stake, when the Captain was beaten holiow. The present match is to run a quarter of a mile, and the Captain's friends are confident that fur this distance his speed will be greater than that of Metcalfr. The race takes place on M3f1,13y sennisiit oa Sudbury Common. LAW I NTe'L LMENCR. COURT OT CHANCEIIY, tlaetraDAY, Dge. 11. Mr. lIART said, he had a petition, which was one of anpesi front an order made 11 Ili. Hunan the Vice-Chant(llor, in Iced Om:index cue, and which was of gnat tanisequence to he decided without delay. The whole question turned on the construction of a Dere few words in a will, and creditors to the amount of 4nt1,0001. were waiting to be paid, which could not be dune till thin questing was d-citled, because, till his Lordship's judgment could be ob tained, the trustees would not pert with the ,egal estate*. Ilia Loa oust p said that if Mr. Hart would hand up the will to him, marking the words upon which the question arose, lie would read it, and say as soots as pusaible what he thought of it. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, DM JONSSON e. rtru.nnon•r. This wu an action by the indorse against the areeptcrr of a bill of exchange for 240?. dated rth June, 1:e20, imitable six weeks afterdate, and drawn by the defendsm's brother John. Al r. CHITTY conductul the idatotira MC, and 31 r. SCAR LETT the defendant'', The plaintifr is (:apitain Johnstone, a gentleman formerly of sumo for his transactions between the coast of Bent and land, in the spirit trade; the defendant was represented to be a shopkeeper and general dealer. at Moulsfore, in Berkshire. The plaintiff's case rested upon the usual proof of the hand-writing of the drawer and acceptor. In answer to the action, two grounds of defence were set up. first, that the plaintiff had thsroutited the hill for the de f endant at the usurious interest of 10 per cent. I and second• that the bill in question hail been, when do relieved by several successive bills, the last of which had been taken up by Mr. I/cennan. The principal witness to support this defence was John Full. ! ' , Tooke, the defendant's brother. and dower of the bill, and Ins proved that his brother' loving in 11121 occasion to raise some ma wiry, he. the witness, applied to the plaintiff for his assistance. The plaintiff agreed to discount the bill in q.t.-4ton, in considers. tion of a discount of ten per cent. The plaintiff &dew:red the whole lof the money in cash, Teak Ing at that time no deituoiut. fee dis count. The witnes. s. John, had at that time a running account with the plaintiff. in which the discount of the bill in neestlou w as charged. When the bill beanie due, the defendant was mishit• to take it uo. It was then rerewed, and two other renesals after. garde took place, the first h:11 never haying been cancelled by the plaintiff The last renewed bill was taken up by Mr. Delman. Two of the intermediate renewed bills were now p•oilticed and The witness accounted for the non production of tit last, which had been taken up by Mr. !Seeman, by saying that the, detendnnt, when in prisms, burnt une-haff of it; but no account was given of the other half, Liryand the witnssa's statement tint It was 101 t. A witness was called, on the part of she plaintiff, to mese that John Fullbruoke teas a person unworthy of held' on his cage. (In cross-examination. this witness said he was now a servant of Captain Johnstone, and had been employed by him fur the last Astir years, in building four sub-marine boats. The 1.0111) CHILI , JUSTICE left it to the Jury to determine lb* case upon the credit of the witnesses called to prove the wo grounds of i!efence whi c h b a d b een set up. Either of those grounds, if sa tisfactorily established, would be a cmuplete answer to the action. The Jury retired fur about half an hour, and found a verdict for the defendant. rnearcig v. tir.YnEVIES. This was an action for assault and tale imprisonment. Mr. Hanoi; 11 A X stated the case. The plaintiff wax a grocer, in Elul. street, in the northern part of Westminster. A lady named Brost.. n.-r, with whom the defendant, a foreign dotter of medicine, was on terms of close intimacy, had some ante since lodged in Earl -street, and left the neigh bourimoil In the plaintiff"' debt. for grocery goods. The plaintiff traced the lady to a country dwelling at Shepherd'a Bush; and having taken out a summons against her in the County Court, privet:Jed in person, on the Voli Msy last, to rerre her with the process. On arriving at her horse, the Doctor came out, and refused the plaintiff' an interview with the lady, and desired him to quit the premises. The wit. he would not go away until he had accomplished the purpose of his errand ; upon which tba Doctor sent for a constable, mid gave the plaintiff in custody for a breach of the peace, ■nd ordered the constable to lock him up.— The constable, however, refused to proceed to that extremity, as there was a Magistrate then sitting at Hammersmith, who would hear any cause of complaint against the plaintiff. The defend. ant then desired hint to take the plaintiff before the Justice. Accordingly the plaintiff was taken before the Magistrate, who. upon hearing the complaint, dismissed it as frivolous and vexatious, and advised the to bring his action for the false imprison ment. This advice he had eilopted, and now sought a reronvense in damages fin the tujoatilialde conduct or the defendant. The plaintiff' hail been detained in custody of the constable for nearly an boor, and lie bad been subjected to the unpleasant exposit?. t:t walking a mile and a half through a populous neighbourhood, with a constable at his heels. John Dailey, cativable of the hamlet of Hammersmith, prre4. that on the 25th of Slay the deitnd int came for him to go to ti house of Mrs. thosienor, for the purpose of taking the plaintiff into custody. The Doctor did not reside in Mrs. Orosreoor's house. lie only visited. On arriving at Mrs. Grosvenor's, he laund the plaintiff standing on the foot-path, close to the house. The defendant ordered witness to take him away. M'ltness de sired the plaintiff to go away. He amid he should not until he had seen Sirs. Grosvenor, whom he had come to serve with a sum mons out or the County Court. The defendant then insisted that witness should lock the plaintiff mi. Witness objected to do that sa there was a Slagistrate then sitting, v.ho would dispose of the flintier. 31r. flaorox.tra.—l believe you gave the defendant some ad. vice without a tic, which lie would not have dune in your owe case. (A...l.augh). 11'Itiiess.-1 advived him to compmmise the matter. Mr. 0I:II A /PI nit was very wholesome ads ice. and mono no, I dare say, titan you would have received from the doctor. (A laugh.) Icitnesa—lle would not take my advice. Mr. Ilitot:Gittiss—l hope you will do so by him. (A laugh.) IVitness-IVe went before the alegistrate. The defendant gut there as son as we dial. The 31ngistrate, upon hearing the em.a. plaint, immediately dismissed it. The plaintif was in my custody for shout three quarters of an hour. We had to walk ami a and a half and better. Cross-ezainined by Mr. DEW MAW—When I got to Hrs. Oro's*. nor's house, it was about halt past six in the tuning. Theta were frost twelve to twenty persons collected before the house. chiefly boys; I heard ho noise or disturbance. The defendant charged the plaintiff with mating a disturbance. and collecting a mob before his house. I heard no noise; every body was very quiet. The plaintiff refused to go away until he had served Mrs. Grosvenor with the summons. I took the plaintiff into custody at the defendant's desire. Two other witnesses were called, but their evidence did not go .e the merits of the ease. Mr. 14:w MAN tufdrewed the Jury In mitigation of damages. Ile admitted that the plaintiff must have a verdict—a farthing damages would he quite sufficient to satisfy the justice of she cue, inasmuch as the defendant would have to pay the costa We both aides. The Loan Coins. .1 s rter said, the plaintiff must have the!. verdict. The Jury would say what damages they would give, recol lecting that the defendant would be liable only fur taxed ants. The plaintilf would have to ply his own extra costs. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. MOLT, ASSIGN tr or Rll.ngs V. WIIITTAZra aWD i•enisx. This was an action brought by the Assignee of a Bankrupt, to recover of the late Sheriffs of Middlesex the value of certain household furniture and stock 6t trade, the property of Hilda, and seized under • writ of execini,m. to satisfy the claim of a judgment creditor, amounting to 711. Ills. The bankrupt II Wier had been en oil and eolaurman and genre., revidiag in Brick lane, Spitaltields, and his gads had been seized in February last, in discharge of this claim of a judgment creditor, by the name of Oliver. !gilder had bee:, gaol from the 10th of January preceding, and in the following March • con, - mission of bankruptcy was sued out against him, upon the p, . tition of • man named Smith, claiming a debt of o e hundred pounds. Hilder's surrender to gaol on the Inth of January was deemed the act of bankruptcy under the commission, and his property was therefore claimed by the assignees, on be half of the general body of the creditors: but it was disputed, on the part of the judgment creditor, whether the debt of Smith, on which the Commission had been issued was • /ton& fide debt, or • fraudulent claim, contrived between him and the bankrupt. lie. 51 , foe the plaintiff; proved the surrendet of Milo der, to the Fleet prison, on the 10th of January last, anti his sub sequent removal by Ilabeas Corpus to the King's Bench, with the honing of the commission of bankruptcy in March. He called several witnesses to prove the delivery of goods by Smith to Hader. On tie part of the defendants it was urged, that Smith was not of stitficiont property to have supplied II dare with goals to each an amount t that he was frequently changing his reeidence, and had opened a ahon at Barking, the whole stock of which had been sold by aucrion for 371. The servants of Hilder had never sees any good* delivered at their master's house by Smith. the Loan J STICE left it to the Jury to say, whetbee Smith, the petitioning creditor, had ever supplied the goods to !tilde?, upon which he claimed the debt of 1001. Verdict for the defendants. i ~` 4k # t I \ j 1 i COURT OP COMMON PLEAS, &Trailer, Dic. 11. [Atioirruct Sittings is Landon, Mfb►e the Omits 'vs', ter and • Common Jory.l /WALLS V. DAVIS. Mr. Sergeant Prt.t. stated, that this was an action which the plaintiff had been under the necessity of bringing, to mover da rouges for a most violent and improper assault, c•tnmitted upon Mut by the defendant. if the rase should be proved, as he sr la structed it would he, he thought it was one which - serving of ennsiderable damages at the hands of the amount of those damages was entirely in their discretion, in eve—y other ease of a similar nature. If be was pet strueted as to the facts of this ca.e, he thought the jury • m,inion. that the plaintiff was fully justified in bringing 'fie plaintiff was a yiiur , and the defendant was a man resting in Welby's or the County terrace, Kent-road. thr parties was very disproportionate; the plaintiff was great strength or size, and the defendant a man of large great muscular powers, Sir. Serena% VAI/OSAX said tbere were three azt, t i would be de- the Joey. The talon, in this ie vas peoperlir awe jury wouldbe 'Ring this sedum- man of prmerly ad. The size si was w maw el so burp kerns sad :rani &pestling it -IR