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DIVIY LANZ. lerforrne I at this a Geatiernan, gue, spoken by speift novelty of Pier The nada, Lem Want The Spanish Painter eldest, so vain. tough beet with ddressed by the nobleman, w•ho • his palace, car. 'innately ill love R her spirit, and eremony is over, icing her there, 'neighbourhood. tr ; that he is a•t bis only posers. bagatelle, bur is bes for a runt est rccupatior, life, and bitter 'sequence. The ndcoolness, and Flory. She pre. liberty, and Ries he Doke, who is C!, Jailors, who, complaint; and me ensues similar it, h the Opera lands a divorce, I together for a to .be divorced, but the amiable the time arrives, ad wish, and she 'here is a second 'male in disguise, love," but is at His cbarAfteT seaulaNt, as is the who is a copy of iformed by Min ain. has wade a very dialore is euel mg with beautiful ro first ads were a one of the fullest was a trifling dis. to character of the rry well dispensed rd a village dance, I DUNCAN j 411eti. daace Was pen• ITtplicity. ft was isarnrnced with a eetly sung by Miss is Ka, with the (a ide is tied by the and received the I Mr. ELLISTON% night, he was haa t all parts of the ,*s the Cafkrinr• bsidgl dress. the lave ever see*, and overbeerieg pests ith judginknt and tllatlog Pale of her her htuhaloa of the as to Il the rlit s of en wog, oiastion to - . * - *4 " save • men he int at • • t • . 'ability. • us was the hr. resting. Re sang noes Mr. 13S 11• the father and Or men'. Mr. Cottsve than in Asa°. Ite gning his place. 1110 ie Costa. Miss Dc vhieh turned on the nt•Garden to Re's a s would make Thr ie concluded amitq e will. no doz.bt, h e Proprietors for the n got up. COVIENT.O.SID Frederick, last Odic,' evinced in his sad all the applause S. The house over my, in which we oh- Avis's, the Cou.uess Cu 'chisel-Es. L. dl we understand, ari es wo o'clock, the rtin 'Y. FNMA of GLOUMII.It. PaINCESSICS. In t I a sele' party. estate of Thotrm . l.e wand, was not fin.o Nought it a duty Ire the PANORAMA In the of praise to the Arno miiiently trlcrit. Out ighly gratified in heir and Ba*am to make , still more attraaisr ,l apartment to the Vivi Painting of Sir SiO' he Eti IMV4 FLOTILLA :ity—the Flotilla in tbt r objeas to enumerate, sting and beautiful prir r . OPIOMMI or .. TIIE I_ONDON DOCKS. as Tuesday Tuesday everting last, preparations were made reT ,,•.,g t he vessel, whose head and stern posts, I; t rig into a groove us the walls of the entrance l" .-i ' a Doc ks from the River Thames, had Ithe Lan on r e& and can hereafter be replaced to serve, as a p.gate .ig tine the tide ; some difficulty attended operation , owing to the swellin g of the wood ce t h e vessel was - built, in the situation above de oed; and the aid of screws was necessary, be so the amazing buoyancy of the vessel, 23 feet ~0 i n the water, to free her from the grooves in Visalls. The tide serving about eleven o'clock, water was pumped out of her, she rose, and was l i ' :red to the North-east corner of the entrance Ba p, w here she now lays. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, one hun ted and fifty trading ve s sels in the vicinity of Her. pt age Bridge, hoisted their flags and pendants on a salute announcing the opening of the Dock ; .1, at ten, the vessel destined to the honour of ' O4 t!ie first to enter this noble work, began to es' cie r s elf in her most sp lendid st y le. At half ten this business was completed, and she splayed fifty-seven different flags, being the trad g colours of every port and nation expetled to use is Dock, and store their merchandise in the depo- Aries prepared for their reception. In this num r we observed the following : The flays of the East India Company upon the bowsprit.. Of the West IndiaCempany open the yard-arm. Arsenous colours. Rums, Prussia, Denmark, Swedes. Norway, Naples, &c. item the suibaard. Malta, SaelaMa, &e. tuber& At eleven o'clocicohree boats from the shore, ' h the Band belonging to the First Regiment of opal London Volunteers, came on board ; being ated in the boat, they continued playing loyal •rs• • About the same time Captain Walton and Cap. 'n Owen, principal dockers, .went on board, d gave Captain Stouile, the master of the ssel, the necessary instrutlions for the cere ony, and accommodation of the company in :ted. The vessel was, we understada, the Loa is Packet, and not the P er sewnsiece, .as. was re ted, a beautiful two-masted vessel, laden with ine, from Oporto ; and the Company being on board, he proceeded, under the care of Mr. Marshall, the 'yer pilot, to the entrance of the outer lock, where e quitted her, and Captains Walton, Owen, and uddart, took charge of her. The swivel bridge was town open with the assistance of eight men only, 12 o'clock, and at one she entered the Lock,leading . . • the River, to the entrance bacon : on board of were, the band of the Ist London Volunteers, • . Rennie, the k.ngineer, under whom these amaz i works I, ave been constructed, and a large party oblemen, Ladies, and Gentlemen; several guns •ere, at the same time, fired by the ships, to wel come the event. The London Packet proceeded majestically across the entrance bacon ; and, at tbirty.five minutes past one o'clock, entered the great Dock, the immense concourse of spettaiors, who lined the banks of the Locks and Docks, saluting her with nine buzaas. Immediately on her entering the Dock, the band on board struck up a Rule Ms- Sameish" Alum the company upon the quays were, the Duke of St. Alban's, Earl Temple, the Porte vise - • • up v rbassadors, Sir Andrew 1-fkisnd • 3. B. arrem Aldermen Rowero 1/141111stier, the Directors, Ac.—Five more ships ll be towed this day. The Dock was nearly covered with a thin ice, the Mild Ming intense, and a considerable fall of snow 411 *a at the time, together with the miserably Amy ate of the hanks of the Dock for want of ; all these circumstances contributed to 1= itiedieft and the ole.isure of this truly grati fying wee. Ropes were previously laid across the Dock fir towing the ship to the opposite bank, where the was greeted by the buzzes of an immense con course of - spectators of the most respectable class; the band of the East India volunteers •• es stationed there, sad played several excellent and appropriate pieces of :ethic. The London Parkes was towed along the north bank of the Dock, to the upper or north east corner, where she was about two o'clock moored for the pus pose of unloading her cargo. About three o'clock it was high water, and the tide flowed Rifest above the cil of the outer lock We sball sow give an account of the works. The, or ties, on each side of the first or outer reek, proksit near 100 feet further into the river than the line of the wharfs above and below it ; intended, no desist, to increase the current in this place, and keep the channel deep for the entrance of ships. The lock-gates are most massive pieces of carpentry, and have four shuttles or sluices in each pair of gates, for letting out the water, which are drawn by rack-work moved by handles ; ever each lock-late, is a safe and convenient platform or pas ser for the sailors and other persons ; at the front dead) gate is a brass roller to lessen the friAion of the gate upon the bottom of the lock, which can be adjusted from time to time by a screw, as the gates wear or settle. Across the entrance lock, but not exaelly in the line of Wapping-street, is a east-iron bridge, intended to be open, at all times, far the passage of carriages and persons, except when ships are going in or out of the Dock. The contrivance of this bridge does great credit to the engineer & it is in two divisions, turning on centres npon the opposite walls of the Lock, and shutting into recesses on the top of the walls, while ships are pa,sing. The top is covered with strong planks; two ribs of wood owe to guide the wheels of carri ages, and leave a convenient and safe foot-way on each side for foot-passengers, who are further secured by a substantial railing of erought iron on the outside. This bridge is composed of 14 ribs,about three tons weight eaChshaving also several cross-pieces,and a circle, of east iron, which tuns on a great number of rollers, sapreeted by the masonry helot ; five tons and up wards of pirison are also stowed at the shorter, or land end of awls division of the bridge, by which it is air 'WILT balanced, as to be moved with perieft thee Bat the principal excellency of this bridge imaiiire ha a frame of cast-iron, moving on a joint, abase three it from the top of the walls, on each eyed the Mel, which, when the bridge is placed lardy far the pseesju od carriages, is let down by IIIMMII•glega, tumid by 4 winch, mid completes 16C aoutnienss _ perfeit manner, so that carriages do not make it tremble in the least ; the same screw lakes up this frame in a few seconds, when the bridge is intended to be swung round, or off the Lock, for the passage of ships. Oathe banks of the Locks are several capstans, for opening the dock-gates, and hauling ships in and out, which are composed of a strong cast-iron shaft, of considerable length, *the bottom of which works in a centre, at the bottom of a well, iced working through a collar of iron," connelled with the masonry at the top of the same, by which the utmost strength is obtained, without any beam or support above, and ropes can be hove over there with the greatest ease. In an elegant building, on the East side of the en trance bason, are two most capital ,team engines, of Bolton and Watt's most improved kind, and which are kept in the neatest order possible ; in the centre of the building is a well, co r n , y a b range of large cast iron pipes, with th river, at the level of low-water, or nearly so; out of which well the water is pumped by these engines, for supplying the great dock ; which, owing to the rise in the ground I towards Ratcliffe-Highway, has its bottom, and the surface of the water therein, three feet higher than the entrance-bason, at the ordinary height of tides in the river. The pipes conneding the engine with the river, and with the dock and bason, are three feet in diameter ; and the connections with them are opened or shut at pleasure, by means of three sluices in the front of the engine-house. These engines make about sixteen strokes each in a minute, and consu me about two bushels and a half of co als in an hour. The great Dock, and the immense ranges of ware houses which are upon its North and East banks, do not, at first sight, strike the mind with that wonder and a:ma:meat, which a further investiga tion and view of them are calculated to inspire. The immen.e expanse of the water takes of the effea cf the height and magnitude of the buildings. , At the east end of the great Dock, which ranges east, and parallel with the River (being about twice as long as it is wide), are the surprising large ware houses, intended fot the use of Government, instead of the tobacco warehouses now used at the old Viaualling-office, on Tower-hill ; beneath are spa cious arched vaults, intended for the stowage of goods. In the centre of each of the three large warehouses, which are but one story high, above the ground, is a large well, extending from the sewers below the building. quite up to the roof, intended for containing the snow which will be liable to collet on the many acres of roof which there here Are, and by chocking the gutters to flood the building below when the snow melts. In this well, privies are very properly construfted for the use of the per sons employed. Between each of these three large warehouses are double doors of wrought iron, and strong at 4 tall party walls for security in case of one of them taking fire In the south entrance of these warehouses are a kiln for burning all the damaged tobacco, and a room or cellar for stowing the ashes therefrom, which are very valuable. At the north end of the tobacco warehouses, the entrance bacon to another Dock.. intended to be hereafter made further to the eastward, is completed. as far as the high but temporary wall which bounds the premises on that side at present. Along the northern bank of the great Dock, within a few feet of its edge, is a surprising long range of sheds, open from one end to the other. with cranes at proper distances, to be worked by men walking in a wheel, for loading goods into carts. but not for hoisting them out of the ships, the ship's tackle being intended to be need for such purpose, and the goods to be placed on trucks fitted to the railways, which conned with each ware house. At the back, or more northward than this open shed, is a most magnificent range of buildings, comprising five warehouses of immense size and height, and behind these other ranges of warehouses are intended, the fronts of which are carried up as -high as the first story, and which, with a proper view to economy and safety, are at present bricked up in a temporary way, where the doors and win **, are intended, so as to form a high and strong All on all the north side of the premises. At the principal entrance into East Smithfield, at the north-west corner of the Docks, the fronts of the warehouses are in like manner begun, forming a most noble circus. and the openings of the doers and windows bricked up to form a temporary ex ternal wall. The whole of the east end of the premises are bounded and defended at present, by a high, but temporary wall; and at the south-west corner of the great Dock, the entrance baton, intended to conno!l with the Thames, through Hermitage Dock, is completed as far as the temporary wall. On the south-side is a similar temporary wall, which, like that on the west end, will be removed, when the intended grand range of warehouses, which are to be built without it, are completed. By these most judicious arrangements, the trade, which will begin immediately to be carried on u p on the Docks, will be secure from depredation. All the stair-cases leading to the grand warehouses on the North side of the Dock are of stone, with wrought-iron balustrades and doors, for security from fire. Ir. the upper story of each warehouse are two cranes of excellent construaion, intended to be worked by men walking in them ; :he wheels are about fourteen feet diameter, open at each side, for the men to jump out in case of accident. and with circular hand-rails in the centre ;by means of lines conne.ting with the different warehouses, the crane can be cast on or off at pleasure, and a brake, or friaion-wheel. applied to lower goods ; near the jib of each crane is a fixed iron at m, standing out from the building, with a block at the end , by me ans of which, and a small rope extending to the ground, the jib can be traversed at pleasure. The posts of timber which support the several buildings, rest on stone bases. except in the long open shed, where, to give st.bility to the building, several of them are set into the ground ; in those cases, the lower ends of the posts have been char red, and afterwards driven full of small iron nails with large heads, as the most effeaual way of defending them from decay. Six large mooring chains and buoys are fixed in different parts of the great Dock for the mooring of vessels, but since the soaking of the wood as the ad. missies of die water, it bas Woo found dim they wasted more deal isbar onsebed to this to Soot this, which as. aiding. um... • --. 0 .0.--• ` • and complexion, ana are Luz ~...,__ C 311 RT 017 KING'S UN cti, • WLSTIONSTER, JAN . St . strengt h and lon g evit y ; her husband was about 70 years Oi aglip.,! Mr. GA %sow moved for stn conditional mule to & lim a \,% i te m i ses lathe Defendant had stated,' file a crinsi'eal information na behalf of a M r . Stone, that s& - • was much given to the brandy bottle of late who was a Gollefter of Customs at Dover, against years. and had got so partial to it, and applied .in a Lieutenant of the 1401, who commanded an frequently to it for a Mile c onsolation, that it afea- armed cutter in His Majesty's service , for sendin g a A her h e alth . e. to such a degrees as ultimately to put letter, with intent to provoke a challenge ;• this, he an end to her existence. On the evening of the observed, was a matter in which the Court. and the day on which she went to Manchester, for the pur public in general, were particularly interested, as it pose of being examined as to the state of her chiefly concerned the health of the community at health, in order to efed the insurance, in returning large, and the prevention of infeltious diseases home on hntseback she fell to the ground, and re throughout the tingclom. The gentleman against ceiv:l a considerable wound in her chin. She was whom he moves, being, he understood, a very me- carried home, And a female friend called to see her ritorious Officer, and one whei, in other respeas, in a day pr sn after this accident, at which time she was a person of great respeaebility, the present ap plication was thought the most lenient way of bring- was very kept her bed ; she declared to this friend. that she bad, and expressed hee apprehensions that mg the business before thetSourt, and of preventing ~she would not live out the da te of the Policy, and a repetition of the like prailices in future . After then her husband would not get the money on it. these preliminary observations, he did not think it necessary to go into all the circumstances of the •Phis witness Also stated , th at she had frequent ly seen her take to the bottle, and knew her to 1 case, but to state'a few of the faits sworn to. It be in the constant habit of drinking, sometimes I appeared, from the• affidavits on which the motion braii.ly and weer, sometimes rum end water s.. repd WAS grounded, that the vessel which this gentleman fregoeii-ly brandy without - ' o °- .-- _so. - • • commanded, a hired armed cutter, came into Dover L ,son the whole of the Harbour with the yellow flag fi ying 'Aber mast-head; it appeared she had r She maul signal of •a ship being under quarantine. from excessive drink The coming into the harbour, the Learned Counsel was not an insurable observed, was, of itself, highly improper for a ship policy ; upon which under such circumstances. However, application found a Verdi& for the was immediately made to him to depart ; and he, in The question was, answer, said. that his cutter had received considera- the insurance, she wa. ble damage at sea, the crew were run short of pro- The Court expressed visions, and they were, in other respeas, so very as returned by the . 1 deficint, that it became absolutely necessary for fatly justified by the . him to run into port. Upon this, Mr. Stone, as the Counsel that it would , afting officer, desired he would weigh anchor and case. leave the harbour, which he refused ; the former Mr. Serjeant COCISEI.e, on the par of the Plain then said he should be under the necessity of report. tiff, said, that this was not the only groudd, on , ing his conduit ;to which the latter replied, he which he had taken an obfisaion to the verclia sat would report him in turn : Mr. Stone added, that he the trial he objected to evidence, which, he corium; had afted irregularly in the first instance. It was to ed, was inadmissible, and ought not to have been be observed, that Mr. Stone did not make use of received. This was the declaration of Sally Irises any improper language, or any species of abuse to a third person. whatsoever which could provoke the subsequent Mr. PA KIN, for the Defendant, observed, that this conduit of the Lieutenant ; and, instead of this re- was an obje.tion wholly unexpected by him, and for monstrance producing the desired effeift, Mr. S. re- which he was not immediately prepared. as be did ceived a letter the same d a y from t hi s gentleman, not till then understand such a ivestion had arisen • in which he told him, that he had no hesitation in in the ease. declaring that his indecorous conduit had sa- the Court, therefore, postponed the farther con- UAW him he did not possess the manners sideration of the question to another day. of a Gentleman, and recommended him, in TIII KING Te. linTileNTOS. an authoritative tone. to mend his manners in future, or abide the consequences. Soon after, Mr .In this case, the Defendant was convi.aed of ob- Stone was walking on the quay, at Dover, aid ta ming a sum of money, for the purpose of com passed by a naval officer, who immediately called pounsfing Penal Actions, for his own private ante lumen, to the injury of the Crown. out to him by name, and asked him whether he had Of this case, and the subsequent proceedings, we received his letter ? he answered, he had received the letter he alluded to, and had made the proper use ga ve last. a report in our Paper of the lat h of November of it ; meaniog thereby, that he had laid it before The Defendant was an attorney, and wrote sew his superiors in office, for their consideration. The rat letters to persons selling Patent Medicines, inn. Lieutenant then observed, if the other was a Gentle mining to them. that he had been employed to cos. MAP, he knew where to fi nd him, and he was ready . . • • . mence criminal pi osecutious against them for to rive him any satisfaCtion he required. is Medicines without the necessary Stamp; b ut . if that Mr. GAIIROW, in conclusion, said, that it was uy no means the wish of the party to press this matter, w ould c .n on s f i e m r w o i f th in h o ir u n ey o . o the sulajta, he would, for prevail on the party to and he hoped the present application wo uld have the a drop the proceedings. Upon charges be was proper effeit ; and that before the rule could be convicted, and brought up foe • Term. made absolute, be would be satisfied of his im p ro. when Mr. Bu 'mown moved : skeengeidOstijt per conduct; the business would be adjusted. and mint. on these grounds • first, thatit was us an ns their Lordships would not hear any thing more on diaable offence, and secLadly. de. iadiansont was the subjea. not sufficient. The Court granted a Rule to show cause. The A t tosser Gensea t. law ligy shewsdamoe Int KING 0 ALLIANDtft MORRIS. against the Rule for as osssiss=st, ado is This was the case of the Qat Tam actions, corn- the course of a ewe' leaspealt menced by the Defendant, under the Game Laws, contended, that a mentioned in our paper of Tuesday last. l'he lk- statute in force, for te die • fendant was an attorney, and brought actions against pena l t y for the use of • motAkienh e. persons sending game from the country, to Gentle- an offence; but a ICAO thiesooktirn - men In town, by the stage-coaches, which set up at private emolument, and fandir . the Bell Savage-yard, where he resided. When to be paid to him by sums OIL ltana,* application was made to him for the name and p lace guilty of a misdaseasionos and. dm sa air of residence of the Qui Tend Plaintiff, he referred to c ommit this misdemeanour, was of buff salad*, • a person who appeared to be defunft. Upon those meanour. The pasty in such case sondsl circumstances being represented to the Court, a means he the only injured persons Alm •., conditional rule for an attachment was granted early would be injured, inasmuch as he worn be • Re last term, which kept its place in the peremptory of his portion of the penalty ; linden AS& of the paper ever since. legislature, in instituting these paned ilentotts, would Mr. Laws this day moved, that the Defendant also be evaded. He further contesdnd, doss a fraud might be discharged from under the attachment, committed upon an individual was sot on indictable issued in this case. He stated, that he was a offence under the sutute, brat the 'INA at a civil wretchedly poor man, much stricken in years, and aition ; but when the crown inuouslood• sod the of a very infirm habit of body ;he had been in cus- interest of an individual InCenn diaintleed adb rosy upwards of a fortnight under this attachmene, that of the King, then the areete is rosholio by and was ill able to bear imprisonment ;he had criminal process. After a very itios nertleowes in made every pecuniary compensation in his power to the course of which he adverted,* dineoreirel NSW the party, and threw himself entirely on their Lord- in the indictment ; and in of which. ha In. ships' mercy. ferred to the various Acts sll 2 ll flu t liarnent of Flies- Mr. GA a Row. on the part of the prosecution, said, both, of George lit and M s and cited a number of that he had understood that the Defendant was a cases, he concluded that. Ono, these grounds, the man very much advanced in years, and had made offence :.n question was a misdemeanour created un what reparation was in his power to the party in der the statute, upon which the judgment of the the civil aition ; but it was entirely for their Lord- e ...ourt should pass. ships to say, what should be done in the present Mr. Glass and Mr. Serjeant Lcties followed on matter before the Court ; the case was a very bad the same side, contending first, that a penalty was one ; the Defendant had brought an altion, as had the punishment inflicted upon an offender for an already been stated, in which he appeared to be the offense committed against the King ; c and. secondly. attorney, and the Plaintiff a dead man; after this, that this w a s a breach of a_p duty. and not he had commenced a second information in the merely of a private nature. The arguments of twee name of the same Plaintiff, who, upon enquiry, un- Gentlemen took up the greater part of the day ; fortunately for the Defendant, had come to life, and Mr. DAN! tea was proceeding to f °Rove on the and was found to be living in the same garret with same side, when the Court direited, that the further the Attorney before then Lordships. consideration of the question should stand over till Lord lit see soaouo 11.—n Since he has made re- Monday next. partition to the party. the Court will not now re q uire ....mmineimmail. more of him; but it is not right that the public COMMON PLEAS. WISTMINSTF.‘. should be subjeti to his illicit prat:lice:, and he is Sittings at Nisi Prier, Were Ste J•is ms Ma uses LLD. not by any means a fit person to remain upon the Hong e. STILT/OLD. Roll of Attorneys of this Court. Discharge the Rule, This was an aftion of esseeipsii, brouglitjbe the and let his name be struck off from the Rolls of the Plaintiff, to recover the sum of tool. obtained from Court." him by the Defendant, under fades and 11A1Adatlit IVISON th LORD ILION A ISO. pretences. This was an Aftion upon a Policy of a Life In - Serjeant Cocas'. stated, that the Defendant had 1 surance, effeited the Sod of November, 1802, upon been the owner of a public.house, and had tete ed the life of Sally Ivison, the wife of the Plaintiff. into an agreement with the Plaintiff, to sell hun his and was tried at Manchester the last assizes. when a g ood will in his house, the profit of which be said verdift was found for the Defendant. was 251. a month. The Plaintiff agreed to give him A conditional Rule to set aside the Verdia was 5001. for it, and entered into a contraet to that el obtained last Term. felt. 1001. of the money was paid down, but the It appeared from the Judge's report, read by Mr. Plaintiff soon after, finding that the profits of the be. Justice La BLANC. that the warranty in the Policy sine's did not amount to any thug like die sum the was, that Sally Ivison was in gold health at the Defendant said, very properly refused to abide by time of the immix*. namely, the 19th of the contrait, and now brings his aCtien to recover Novonsbor at Ills arta 22 Yea". the money advanced. It ,at do evidence for th e Plaintiff. Eli sa beth Miller deposed, she had beers servant apposod dot She was alms* of remarkably good health , to the Plaintiff, and that, in the mouth of Mamb o . . • -, ithutt: water. t the evidmce for the Deraptt, contrafted a bad habit of t and frequ:nt intoxication. atilt : life at the time of cffetlietl 4., h the Jury, without hesitati the Defendant. whether. at the tier of maxii% , vas an insurable life ssed their opinion of the Vert" • Jury, which appeared to them e evidence, and intimated to the lid mt he necesury toltripy; the • r .1_ 11l