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SEAMEN'S HOSPIT4I. 84c1t:7Y. Yesterday the Friends of the above institution held their .Inetni Meeting at the rociety's Rooms in itt , horsyote-street. At nne o'clock the Chair was taken br 11'17.1.1a .11V tl. t. I sr:, Esq. M.P. t Ise.Treasurcr. _ Mr. I! AR LEY, the Stecretsrv, read the Report for the l ast year. It comments.' by sitting the distni <IA state whieh s. amen no. ic it-slimed to hr the want of the aid and attention, iurri ssss thefonuation r 7 this Msbbli.hment, and the emit wezantam s a large pollen of that inclustrines nod • ithiehle class of men hail rived from thc medical assistance they hail received. Fro the rommermner.t e'.* the institution, entry Noblemen aril kntlemen o f the hiAhtot resist.. 'ability had riven their ruiprawt to the under. taking, and in the s'oort petted it Pan horn inethuted it has acquir ed an ow , (.I , tiett of slip:meets i•hiett fully demonstrated its value and importance. The Report upon the necessity of ar fording an ssylion in the time of sichneos and distress to those breve and valan':ln fellows, eta enernilitered dargere in all the earions forms ;!le'idnit to a 14.11 life, and stated further, that the tirammis hrl been emnmodientely fitted up as an ilespitnl, into svio;ch every silt seaman, of whatever nation he belorg,d, a 94 re seined on pr e senting hi m self alongside the vessel, and provided in every shave with such alit and relief as his situation required, with. .eat tieing ..',!iqed to product a recommendatory letter. or any other aarhothy than thrt which the condition of his health Kest owed. The total rondo! of patients rho had been reetievl in tae Ilespi tal ditrieg the hot year KM 14021, and there now retrained foully whi were sthl Ts:Making of the benefits of the Institution. The which had been received in aid of the Charity c ec,:e.i of the fernier years. but the relief aliorded to di, !Trawl' sealer,, 1110 been sn ostensive, that the fund. were found to be inedenuate to the gmwirg 4:amines that were d made on them ; n•-it it 1934 therefore necessary that the friends tithe( hari le shone , ' noi•e their elfin/ to advance and make permanent an timististiment that lied been found to &Moe the most solid ad vantee/ e to our sick oral hitherto reelected seamen. Mr. Alderman Vt. I %REM' said he had witnessed the pelmet of the institution, and had great pleasure in informing the Meeting , that ke had eves found it productive of the greatest advantages to those unfortunate seamen whom it had taken under its protection,' and saved train becoming the miserable victims of neglected dis enee. He that sailors in general were bred up to their' occupation from early youth, and attained few of the habits of per.' sons employed An shore. They had no conception d.f the approach of misery, 31141 if informed rf, or direct. d to hospitals or other , ' pieces of relief on share, they were lin willlnc to approach, and were to cc driven to such receptacles only by Citrert!eallgili4ll owl miszty. lie entreated of every friend to the distrbaszd seaman to whit the hc spite', and via convinced that no visitor would have it wiehern hecomin4 a contributor to its funds. Mr. 1 1.43• r slid, from the observations he had trade since the etabblibment of the inattention, he was quite conriLeed of is great importsr ee aid utility ; indeed, he thought it was a disgrace tatip nation that the seamen hid born so long neglected, ar.d ?air fares.' to pine away their lives in rain and disease, without having a friendly hand to assist them. Opinions were 11160111 as to the propriety of having the hospital alinat or on land; but all yore vatted in thinking that some place of refuge ought to Lc provided Se our motors in the time of aiekress and distr.—a. Ile was it'. dosed to hope that a Committee of the Dome of Commie.% would take rip the subject, and provide some efficient mOe of relieving their distresses; fur it was well known that numbers of our sea men, during the temporary agitations of the last two yeses. had left the country nutter than risk their 'tenths, and then return to Eng. laid, where they we t ild he unprovided for. Ile also hoped that no appeal would be made to Lord Liverpool to maintain those men, to whom we were all so much iudebted, upon some principle hodt pendent of that of charity. The thanks of the Meeting were most sespeetfolly offered to his Majesty, fur hie continued patronage of the Ihistittilion. Thanks were also voted to Lout Melville, the Vice Presidents, the Com mingle of Management, the Treasurer, and many other flea.lemen dbo had distinguished themselves by their seal in the advance ment of the obj eels of the Society. At the clot of the Meeting the ('hainran informed the compa ny that the Anniversary Dinner would be held on the atith inst. on which 00'31491 the Right lion. laird Viscount Melville would peatide. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEL 4. ENTERED INWARDS. 'Ark, Chibitian (Laugh and to. 1;0lien), imm Sierra Leone. Wtley, Vlvens (Ray, broker), from Messina. aterloo, Kembcr (Coe, broker), from Ostend. FALMOUTH, FEM. 2.—Arrived the Perthshire, Sangster, from London for St. 3lichaers. Sailed the Lady Mary Pelham packet, lot the Islands. POZTIIMOUTH, FEM. 3.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Medina, from When/tar in nine days; and Liberty, Aldndge, trout 31es sits. Sailed the Medway. Hammon, for Rio Janewo; the l'o3t humus, Spencer, from London to Jamaica, came into harbour to repair a leak. Cow as, Fan. 3.—The following outward-hound vessels remain wind bound, via-I:nstle Mundy, Drummond, for India; Sneatnn Castle, Brown; Marquis of Anglesea. Williams; Gamey Hu:- gess; William Henry, Southworth ; Volant, and Juno, Tuit. - DEAL, Fcs. 3.—Arrived the Royal George. Rllerby, from Bombay. The collaring outward-bound vessels remain, viz.— ilenry Davidson; Salacia; LOIXIDO Packet, Tracey; Topaz, and Clarkson. _ _ RAM/GATE, FEW 3.—The wreck of the Swedish brig Mart s:Me Hentiette, bat drifted off the Goodwin Sand, and been towed ow shore near Brusdstairs. Okay zazx Frs. 3.—Arrived the Floriday, llodgeon, from Smyrna.—Sailed the Marianne, Gardner, for the South Whale Fishery; Viscounteas Down, Arnold, for lliunburgh ; and Minable Elite. Granden, for Rouen. Ltvitroot., YES. 2.—Arrived the Mediterranean, Bully, front Pernambuco; sailed 24th December; Tolson, Simpson, from Per .namboco; sailed 16th December; Blandford, Soper, from New foundland, in 17 days= Flambe, Mathewson, front Cbarleaton; sailed 26th December ; Kitty, from Charleston • eerier, A ikcn bead, from Marseilles. Sailed the Mansion , Petrie, for Charleston. BompAy, A tic. 16.—The Honourable Company's ship Bridg. *stet will sail for China in the course of a few days. Atm. XL—The Royal Charlotte, a ship of this port, is loading for England d but her day of departure, we believe, is not de cided on. _ . CAP! or Goon lioec, Nov. 11.—Captain Sbutticworth. the Supercargo, and crew, of the lEclip‘c, were all saved, and ha%e proceeded for the Mauritius. The Ridley, Whyte, from London, for Trieste, hu put into Malta leaky. Cargo discharging. The next packet forJaniatca is detained until Saturday next. The Provident* Vanderstein, front Antwerp to Tester'We, put into Dartmouth on Sunday, with loss of bowsprit, rigging, top. me" sails, The Vrow Drent, from Rot erdam to Lyon, wen hilly lest on the Galloper Sand the 2 2d or 23t1 Derembie. saved. _ _ - The Comets, ---, from Pernambuco to Macao, fa totan'ttioSi rear the latter platy, part of the cargo saved in a damaged agate. The Ineomparavel, Alyea, from Lisbon, arrived at Pernambuco 2.oth December, taken in the Bay by the Brazilian brig of war WIZ', and ber specie transhipped to the Later. Sr. PaTsatintitcm, JAN. 9.-" It is "mid soon hare a new Italian ()pert here, and that an e'er ha. been trade to Madame .Nlainville Fodor, the celebrated per t .rmer in London, of an annual salary of 60,0n0 rubles in paper currency, and fire benefits. if she will come litre. The Italian Opera established at Moscow, in 18V1, conti nues to prosper." - - &n. e. ear.—The /Ridden disappearance of a young lady, whose expectations are very considerable, has furnished mat. ter for much speculatioo in the higher circles at the west end of the toga. The gentleman and lady who form the leading characters in the present affair are both of high condition--the former being a near relative of a Noble House, and a l'olonel in the Army, to which rank he was raised chiefly by his own achievements in the service of his country, having been actively engaged in the Penin. sula, and in many other pars of the world. The young lady is, it is said, the only daughter of a wealthy commoner, whole meatus lie in one of the border counties on the northern frontier, and possessed ! firmest personal and mental attractions. The parties met at Pane fo Pre. and the Colonel became a constant visitor at the Hotel of the wealthy borderer, which wits distinguished by all the comforts and hospitality of an English mansion. Here, it is presumed, flint torn matte its first impression on the heart of our faircountry woman, and when the gallant of fi cer was compelled to return to England by prcssirg family arrangements, his fait inamorata soon became tired of the French capital. In the year the family returned to England, and the Colonel soon after paid • visit to his Parisian Irked. Its the North, where he was received with the acme cor diality, respect, and lave. Two or three mnoths passed rapidly away, .. and a • Winter in London" being decided upon by di: iadu ent parent. for the gratification of bit fatally, the Colo nel Lad an unnilling farewell, and set off for London. In No vember the lovers met once more at an elegant town residence, is flimcvenm.street, which was exchanged for the rustic solitude of Smile ; all the .ealeties of the metropolis were visited in tu rn , and the gay and gallant aim was elected master of the revel, On Tuesday week, after the concluelen of the Opera, the party returned to tirosvenne-sneet, and after partaking of a pent umworr, and discussing a bottle or two of choice Burgundy, the Colonel withdrew, and the family retired to rest. On the following meeting, however, it was discovered that the young lady hail Mat occupied her bed—her travelling apparatus had quitted her dress itigeroom. and every thing meowed strongly of being 0 absent widiout leave." In this distressing dilemma, her , filk de ehambre was applied to, but in vain. The Colonel was sought at his usual quarters, get here they were coually foiled, that gentleman having quieted them conic days previous. and the impenetrable valet, who appeared as his r. eresentat ire, not aftheding any clue to a discovery of his present ;darn cif abode. In the evening of the same day, however, the mystevy was cleared up by a repentant letter written at an inn on the Northern mad by the fair fugitive, explaining every eircomiesnee. It was conceived that Mi., trip would have afforded employment to the gentlemen of the long robe, as it mut asserted that the Colonel was already married : that report was in part true; inserted he certainly had been, but wives do not li ve r oe ever, sod his first lady has, we learn, been long since numbered teltbsbe dead. An accommodation is, therefore, likely to be irctad, whichwiiimake the matter agreeable to all. The lady is yeti, bar teens; the gentleman is said to be thirty or forty years tiktmouth NV/ lie ►etwao. SCOTCH NATIONALITY :-A VISIOA • London : C. Stocking, 3, Paternoster-row. Poetical Fatire is generally the production of a bid ar vitiated taste. There arc many brilliant exceptions ; bat the observation will be found to apply with truth to the greater nember of those who have so distinguished them- Is lets. I. is a common weapon, and is never drawn in any came but that of warfare ; like all oilitrs, it is as likely to !turn its edge against justice as against oppression ; and I bet too oaen rankles the wounds it creates. We are .refore inclined to be hostile, rather• than friendly, to any peblicatien v:hieh has no other aim than to ridicule a ju.l:4i or a nation ; more particularly if we perceive a feel ing which we know inuet have arisen from spleen, or a worse motive. Such was the observation that suggested itself to es, when we had read the work which now lies on cur table; a work on which much talent has been ex pended ; but Expended to very little purpose indeed.—' Scotland is the mark at which the arrows of the author of Scotch Nationality are levelled—Scotland, which has for so many gener.tinns been the butt of all, from the beggar to the Peer—Scotland, which, notwithstanding the slicers of those who dwell to intently on " the fidge, the boo, and the grip," must call forth the warmest eulogy of him who &heists to see the human mind rapidly advancing in its I erte . ;rees to perfection, and watches with joy the sereadlng or the " thinking. principle" over the civilized world. The Preface to the Poem will give, at a glance, thc sen timeat and feelings of the author, when he seated himself for the purpose of placing before the public a poem of , fifteen hundred lines in length, end scattered throngh #I seme of the meet beautiful Mewl and poetical images we • have cvt r met w ith. " The author of this poem (so says the 1 Preface), is descended from gentlemen of the Northern Border : tradition still whispers that his pate nial grand mother wore breeches ; she was, nevertheless, most cer tainly a Scotchwoman. Zealous for the honour of her enquiry, he celehratest the heroic virtues of Scotehamen in suitable Iludibrastics. For, though Scotch prai s e is by no means scarce, and though ' Scotland and &otchinen are (as they ought to be) the sole subjects of it, yet—with, perhaps, the single exception of breekete—Sawi.ey praises hie country for imaginary excelb ocies, leaving all that cytistitines true Scotch merit unrecorded. What author, been north of the Tweed, has written in praise of the edge, the boo, and the grip?" If this be the best speci men of his prose, it falls far short of the author's poetry. As an example, we select the opening passage of his book, which, although not the lest, may be read as a faithful specitnen of its style and matter : I've bought of 11hsrdarorth,—not thoughts deep As truth i' th' bottom of a well, Nor wings of power to soar, and sweep o'et summits, inneazsible IV idiom. such aid ;_but, for a penr I've bought a hero, one worth many A genuine pedlar. IVhat he said, Or dream'd, shall in Three nooks be penn'd. e'er your true Epie must, I've lead, I lave a beginning, middle, end : So said the Saitehman, Aristotle, So prov'tl his pupil, Autos Cottle. In modern, as in ancient, days, What have not mortals done for prelate? Thou, who to th' sarluting skies I.ink*st ashes, by an empty name, With Time, and two Eternities! Shadow of dust ! humorist) Fame! Thou only deathless where all die! Priz'd nothing 1 sole reality! Pride, that unbow'd can pass the shrine Of Glry's God, yet bends at thine; And well may man love trifles here, If e'en their shadow thus is dear! But who, alas ! will dribble forth My praises front the grateful North ? small praise need he expect, in Booth, 11'60 praises Sawery with the truth. nut wile I laud the booing nation, I have this common consolation, That when I shall be lowly laid , And turn'd to dust, which casts no shade, The loftiest' Scot, that lives a slave, Would boo, fa sixpence, o'er my grave. The hero of the poem, is a " Sawney," " Mac Whisky hight," who has wandered free the North, all in a deep vision of the night, and paid a visit to the much-talked-of region, which " some saints could ill sppre," yclep'd Hell. Here he meets a variety of clerical sad political characters, and an opportunity is taken to give them and their prohs skins some merciless hits. Here also he encounters the monarch of the place, who is pictured in very vigorous 'slue. A long converaatidh 'manes between his majesty et the lower world and the Scot, which teems with allusions to, and reflections on, the nation of which Sawney is a child, until the hero of the piece awakes from his vision, and the poem terminates. We must notice, among its faults, the glaring one of an occasional departure from the paths of delicacy, which not even the lludibrastic style of the production ;an warrant. The following passage is not in keeping with the cha racter of the Arch-fiend, as he has drawn it, when he describes him as terrified at the shriek of Sawney— From whom a yell Arose, at which the Prince of Hell, Lihe ajlower withering on the stalk, Trembled. We must conclude our observations with the following extract from the body of the poem : Last, with heart-wrung, heart-breaking air, And long loose locks, and banded head, Came one, ' who bad no business there,' Ssd, silent, as the beauteous dead. Taxation, war, and waste, had clothed Iler husband in the rags he loathed ; Ile, infant on her breast had died, Because that fount was unaupplicd ; Four other babes to her for food, l.nok'd up in vain. With culling blood, • The note her Edward forg'd. she paid, tura. And kiss'd her babes! then, undismay'd, And hand in hand, and side by side, While thousands aobbsl„ with him she died ; And thousands in the breathless air, lllix'd with mounted curses pray'''. Now, pale as snow, but not appall'd, She gated on scenes so strange : and call'd On lleav'n, to aid the orphan'd for, Who uc'er would see her sorrow mare ! JAII ES T Fl RST.—This king's eloquence only served to excite the severity of criticism, nor did his subjects pay all that justice to his erudition which he thought it deserved. Henry the Fourth of France used to call him Muster James; nor did his own subjects give him more 'flattering titles. In one of his speeches to both Houses he made use of these words:—" I hare piped unto ,you, wed los hare not glanced ; I hare mourned, and you hare sat !absented." Thus bringing his prerogative into ques tion by idle speeches, which were but ill-received, he seldom obtained the subsidies he demanded. His pro finites Innt Ittrinints obliged hint, like a great many other princes, to make a sale of dignities and titles, for which the vanity of mankind pays dear. He created two howbeit baronets, each of whom paid two thousand pounds for this trifling honour. Their whole privilege 'consisted in having the presiedescy of knights; but neither of them could sit in the House of Lords, and the rest of the nation had but a slight opinion of this new tide. 'hat alienated the minds of the English from him more thau anything else was his giving himself up to avouria.s. thiaxn Moores Ttinoxr.—The throne of the Grand Mogul, Aurengzehe, is estimated by Terniver, in his travels, at three hundred and sixty millions of litres. Twelve columns of massy gold, which supported die throne, were covered with large pearls, the canopy was also of pearls and diamonds, mounted by a peacock with a tail of pre cious stoney; every thing else was proportioned to this astoui..hin•; magnificence. The g►eatest solemnity in the year was, when the Emperor used to be weighed in golden scales before all the people, on which occasion he con stantly received above fifty millions of lines in presents. Nine children were Many alive in the courhe of the last fortnilit, in the southern district of this county ! Sl4/Ltdaiire Advertiser. 11aa sure c AC C IDL T.—Tuesday evening, as some men were euga„-ed in unroofing the Haberdasher,' Almshouses, at bosu", &considerable portion of the wall and some of the beams fell with a tremendous crash. and buried several of the workmen in the rains, and many sustained serious injury. We lament to add, that two of the labourers had their thighs broken and were other wise dreadfully muti!ated. They were conveyed to St. Banho lomew's Hospital on litters, in an almost lifeless state. A singular circumstance occurred at the Old Church, in berets. on Sunday week. A child being given into the arms of the Vioir, far the purpov of christening, he discovered. no doubt *his great surprise, that the infant ass lifeless !—York ^per. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDNESDAY, FEL 4. ISTOLEN MARRIAGE. Mr. If AMT.—YOU Lordship may remember that I applied to you before the hat vacation, for an order too Clergyman inlVales, end others, to appear before the Court, that they nugbt account for • contempt of Court and breach of a previous order of the Court, ! inhibiting the solemnization of marriageand is of a certain retry with the Ward in question. The tOO% were these, my Lord I • The infant is a young lady whose mind certainly appears to have outgrown her person ; her mental maturity seems to be quite pre ' mature.. She was domiciled in a respectable family of the name of j Byers, for the purpose of receiving a proper education. She arrived at her 11th ylear. A beneficed clergyman, Mr. John James, lived jin the neighbourhood . His daughter freq uented the same school. His younger beefier, dlr. James James, visited there; became j acquainted with the Ward, and after some time they thought pro per to elope, and get married by a 'Welch clergyman, Mr. Evans. It appeared that the Rev. Mr. John James had lent his horse to his ! younger brother on the occasion of his elopement. 31y instructions !on my former application were, that he and the Welch clergyman had knowingly and willingly conspired and assisted in bonging about the marriage. lam happy now, my Lord, to say that nei ther of the gentlemen have Alcod culpably or improperly. .Mr. John James has made an affidavit, in which he swears that he eer. tainly did lend his horse to his brother on that occasion, but with. out knowledge of the use to which it was to be applied ; that he was previculdy in the habit of assisting his younger brother with money and other matters ; that he met the parties on their way, ; remonstr a ted with them on the impropriety of their conduct, and requested the young lady to return to her school. She, however, 1 with a peremptoriness not, I hope, very common among young ; ladies of her age, declared her positive determination to proceed on I he..! hopeful journey. I have also an affidavit of Mr. John James's . dsugl.ter. Der schoolfellow, who left it with the pieties; but, as she' sweat., without a knowledge of their intention of eloping. They met j her father on the road, who took her away from them, and after that period she had no communication with them whatever. The Rev.! Mr. Evans swears that the young lady wes represented to him as of the age or eighteen yam; that they requested him to publish this bans of their carriage; that he did publish the bans of marriage on three several times with the usual public ceremonies, and ,Mined the parties in marriage according to the established regular rues of the Church. The witnesses to the marriage also stated that they had nu previous knowledge or concerted connection with the par ties; one was the clerk, and the others persons who happened, through accident, to be ip the Church at the moment of solonniz. ation. lioder these eircuffistances I am happy to remove unmerited inculpation from the parties to whom I alluded. The husband, in order to escape the power of the Court, left the kingdom and went • to France, where he now is; the wife is at present domiciled with', her guardian. My present application to 3 our borfiship is for re- ference to the Mower, to ascertain what SUM is sufficient for the se- parsec maintenance of the lady. This sum is to be paid out of 12,We'. her property, now icing in the hands of the Court. The Lon t) CIIAN C E1.1.0H —%Vial not the Ward's mother pee sent, and cossetting to the niar-iage ? Mr. Hanr—My Lord, no; she has no mother. The LORD CHAN cELio R—What ! had she no mother? Mr. lIANT—My Lord, 1 mean ahe has no legal mother; the Wart' is illegitimate. rt would be a novelty indeed if a young lady_ could exist without the suutiatance of a mother. The Loan en ANCELLon—True. I have no objection to grant her u separate maintenance., but in ouch a manner that her husband shall have no control over it. 31r. heat-1 have also to apply far an order to the husband to appe..r before your Lordship on a certain day. Ile is at present out of the kingdom, through the notion that by remaining out at the jurisdiction of the Court until his wife shall be twenty-one years ofd, he may, after that time, return secure from any punish ment for his contempt of Court. This is a gross mistake. How. ever long he may remain away, whenever he cornea back he will be liable to any punishment which the Court may think just to inflict on him. It is better he should rctum as soon as convenient, sad' try whether, by making a proper settlement on his wife, be can appease the justice of the Court. The Loan CHANCELLOR —Take an order for his appearance oa the second day of neat Term. COWS? V. 11/11118, The LORD LHANCEITCOII: after aosnedisettsiion on the effect which the deed of 1012 may have on the deed of 1822, relative to the Lessees of Covent-garden, gave notice of hie intention of giv ing judgment on the ciao finally to-morrow morning. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, LINCOLN'S INN HALL, WEDNESDAY, Fts. 4. MIDDY v. LORD WESTMORLAND. Mr. Rosa, who was Counsel for the plaintiff, stated the we, from which it appeared that the present was a question as to the validity of the tide on which Lord Westmorland held certain landed preperty. Two pleas of objection to his title were set up ; the insufficiency of the consideration, and secondly, that the plaintiff had a reversionary interest in the property. The father of the present plaintiff had, it appeared, in the year 1777. mortgaged the estate in question for the sum of 8001. and upwards, to which deed the present plaintiff had solisegibed hie name. In the year 1781, the father paid off the former mortgage, and re-mortgaged it Ito the present defendant, Lord West morland, to whom he subset qtiondy deigned over the property in acquittance of the mortgage. dead, and in consideration of a further sum of money that recent'. ed. It was now argued, that as the present plaintiff was seised with a teversionary Interest, the ti of the Earl could net be pod, inasmuch as the plaintiff's in& had only a temporary inter ' est in the estate, and, therefore, could not make over to him a good title. Itlr. HE•LD, as Counsel for Lord Westmorland, passed over the plea of insufficieney, observing, that even if it were truly aver red, it could not by itself be a good ground of objection. In respect to the reversionary interest set up, he contended, if the present plaintiff had ever been possessed of it he had consigned it over to his father. The Vicr-Citaxer tato a inquired if the deeds of 1777 and 1781 were in Court, and learning that they were not, he oboerved, that looking at the extracts from them, which were tn COurt, he could not but be of opinion, that the deed of 1777 left the sole equi ty of redemption in the possession of the plaintiff's father, and that if his conjecture were correct, the title of Lord Westmorland was certainly good. It was afterwards mutually agreed to between the Counsel, that the deeds should be b ght into Court, and that the decision should stand subject to the matter fact. COURT OF ICING'S BENIEII, WEDNESDAY, Frs. 4. JUDGMENTS. -GAMING HOUSES. THE into V. 101 IN FIELDER. The defendant was brought up for judgment on die conviction in 1017, which he had compmmised. An affidavit by Dr. Wilktt. of, Piccadilly, and Dr. Forres, of Soho, stated the health of the defendant required change of air and escrow.. An affidavit by Mr. Fickler himself, stated that he never em ended his residence, and that • complaint of the liver made change of air and exercise indispensable for the preservation of his life. Another affidavit by defendant stated, that he had not for two years been in any way concerned with Games or Gaming Houses, and Intended never to be so concerned again. An affidavit by Mr. Stafford, defendant's Attorney, corroborated the last atlidayst. Mr. ADOEPUUS addressed the Court in mitigation. The de fendant stood for judgment for an offence of which he had been con victed seven years ago. .1 late conviction had been frustrated by an arrest of judgment, when one of their Lordships recollected a former conviction for which judgment had not been called for. The period of time was only seventan days, and nothing unfair, as appeared by Mr. Justice Baylcy's lamas, had ever been done in the house kept by the defendant. MT. CHITTY followed. The length of time since the offence had been committed, and the sense of his error entertained by the defendant, were considerations which punishment not neces sary for the eorreetion and prevention loch offences. An ar rangement made by the defendant with t prosecute: was the cause of his not having been called up for j - - Mr. Justice llEsv paid that was sonsethinclikeeonspiracy. por Mr. CHITTY submitted it Was not, conviction. Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL. it] Tation, observed, that the two years sworn to, left a whole year ter the second conviction in IMO, in which Mr. Fielder continued the practice for which he stood for judgment. Alt. Fielder had sworn nothing as to inabi lity to pay any fine which their Lordships might think it right to impose. 111 r. Fielder, after their Lordships had consulted for atone time, begged to call their attention to a ciicumstance which an obser. vation by the Attorney-General made it nrcevaary for him to advert to. lle had alluded to thc conviction on which judgment had been arrested. Now he had an affidavit surging. that he had not been at all conriccted with the garning.bouso indicted, since June, 1919. This affidavit he had been advised not to present, hacause no al. lusion would be made to that conviction. Ile now, in consequence or 11r. Atiorney.tlenerars allusion to it, humbly begged that this affidavit might be read. The LORD CHILE JUSTICE Raid it would be irregular. and waa unnecrasaiy. The Court would only take the conviction in 1817 into their consideration in panning judgment. The Co t:ItT deliberated for a considerable time, and Mr. Justice BAYLEY pronounced their judgment. The offence was of a very high and aggravated description ; because it brought ruin on many young and thoughtless persons, and involved families in the greatest distress. Potions who kept houses of this kind knew that they offended, yet committed the offence for the sake of gain. The defendant forbore to negative that he had himself pre vented his being called up for judgment. This privately and per sonally did him credit—for it was impossible to live in the world without knowing how defendants and prosecutors arranged such matters. The Lourt owed a duty to the public, _and by an arrant-e, - intent defendant aggravated his °Mame, by withdrawing the whole some example of his punishment front die public. It would have been a very important circumstance is mitigation, if he had ceased to be connected with such practices after his conviction in 1817. He had not done so. The Court had taken the medical affidavits and all the circumstances into consideration, and adjudged that the de tendant be imprisoned in Newgata for one month, that he pay to the King a roe of 8.00111, that he give secant f for good be haviour for live rear*, himself in 4.8C4 1 1., and two sureties in 2,11111/1. each; and that he he further imprisoned until such fine be paid, and such security given. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the rule for the arrest. It was not stated on the mord what was the object of the bill in equity. and therefore it was impossible to know whether the ques tions were or were not material. AI(. Dr warm/. 31r. CIIIiTY, and Mr. ANDERTON followed on the 61111 he side. The ( . otrlT thought the case would turn one way or the other, according to the terms of the draft of the agreement in question, and therefore they made an order upon Mr. frarren to produce the draft on Wednesday next ; and, in the mean time, directed the matter to stand over. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WEDNESDAY, Fite. 4. MARTIN T. ALI EN. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN, for the defendant, stated that this w as a motion calling on defendant to deliver up . a certain receipt, dated the 24th of October, which had been given by plaintiff to the defendant, for money paid in past payment, and at a subsec,gent time the parties had a quibble respecting the costa, and defendant, on being asked by plaintiff to give it up, refused, but said he would burn it, and a piece of paper wail then burnt, which at the time plaintiff considered to be the receipt, but had since reason to believe it was not the receipt which had been burnt, and that it we., to be produced as evidence against him ; some time after plaintiff called oo defendant for payment, including costs, but defendant re fused, and asked him to give a receipt, deducting the costs, amounting to about 21. ; plaintiff stated he had no stamp receipt, and wrote an acknowledgment upon a plain piece of paper, for the payment of the money, which was nude in fourteen sovereigns and four shillings; this circumstance was of consequence, as the plain tiff had called since, and asked in what description of money the payment was made. After some further argument, it was agreed that this case should be referred to the Prothonotary. WALGRATE V. Jowts. Mr. Sergeant TADDT showed cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Sergeant Limes, for a nonsuit, upon the grounds of the appli cation having been at too early a stage of the proceedings. Rule discharged with costs. HOLMESV. MERTOW. Mr. Sergeant Cnoes appeared to show cause against a motion made by Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, why the defendant should not be discharged out of custody , under an order of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. The insolvent had been adjudged by the Court of Insol vent Debtors to be imprisoned for a term of IS months, for having fraudulently made away with part of his property ; that Court had acted under an Act or 1 lien. IV. c. 119. see. 117. The beamed Sergeant then stated that he showed cause for the administrator of the plaintiff, and who, if the Court should think it requisite, will commence a fresh suit against the defendant. A verdict was given at the last Lent Andrea for the plaintiff, and the argument, made use of by Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, for the defendant, was that the deceased had omitted to enter up judgment after the verdict had been given, previous to his (the deceased'it) death. Now he (Mr. Sergeant Cross) contended, that by the - rule of Court no defendant was entitled to his discharge upon the neglect of a plaintiff situated as the present one, to enter up judgment and issue out execution ; the nature of this order was that the defendant was to continue in custody at the suit of one o more Corey bet. should Sla.Gloient think it neceseeey.-She eta* deceased, for whom he (Sergeant Cross) appeared, wou Immediately charge the defend. ant upon a fresh suit. Mr. Sergeant Vatrottax contended at some length, that the suit was abated, inasmuch that the plaintiff had nut entered up judgment. The Cotter considered that there was no necessity for judg ment to be entered up, and that the rule of Court alluded to by Mr. Sergeant Cross had been made for the purpose of not putting the parties to the expense of It ; and that tht. order had per haps been one cause why judgment was not entered up. Ride discharged. POLICE. imam that he could 'not have come honestly by their dt o hat e Tot RIX6 v. TITOI.II llTONfli.n. SEN. ram. bad him detained. •, L'l Yes, Sir, I acknowledge I ought to have dote go. i by the Directors and Trustees of a Fire and life Association, pro- , was imprudent. rupt Th per e d j ef ur enalla y, ass t ign in ed this u el pc: his bad an been swer con inV: ct hari ed ee ci ry g to lifu a l bill filed e I Caroegy— jetted by him in New Bridge•streef, Bfackfriars. The alleged I Sir R. Bias tr_i m p re g ert ! It was something /err much perjury was, in substance, that the defendant had, in his answer, beyond imprudence. falsely denied that he bad agreed to advance 10,0 8 01., to be vested It was stated that the necklace cost originally 200 gctineat a m in the names of trustees in the three per cants., by way of a guaran- that the pearls now tveze worth ias. each at the trade price. --- ,ve fund for the Society. The Court in a &niter term granted a Other evidence was atlt'uned by which the Ifighlamt Cies chi rule to chew cause why the jud n -noent should not be arrested, or a nese carved snufrffinx, &I card-case, and several other' a -- things, the new trial granted, on the grocnd, first, that the alleged perjury was proper.? of 31r. 31aci,ueen, were traced to the prisoners, &Il'', have be en despatched the- e r; not charged in the indictment tribe relevant to the matter in issue in i were all three fully committed for trial. " "'../ Chancery ; second, that the evidence adduced did not chew it to be DATTON-fiARDEN. relevant; and, third, upon af fi davits, 'hewing that the ddenda.:t lin consequence of the numerous burglaries which are niolrj v was in condition, front circumstances occurring since the former , committed in the neighbourhood of PentonvUle, Limbrick and Th . ' I trial, to chew that he could not knowingly, wilfully, and corruptly, I tletnn, of.iceroto.f this catahli:nment, have stated the circuinsuuwe which formed the foundation of the: the last two nights. Accordingly, on Tuesday night last, at ; s ki e r ;charge. This latter topic was founded on a suggestion that the hour, they met two lads in v.outbaraptor.street, Pertutville, wi t h ' draft of the agreement mentioned in the defendant's answer was a basket containing bread and butter. part of a cooked ham and leg different from the engrossed agreement afterwards executed, and 'of mutton, china, plates, &c. having the appearance of being j ust therefore lie might have fallen iota a mistake as to its terms, and, 1 taken front some grrtleman'. larder. On being brought up tb i a . . inasmuch an the defendant's Solicitor, Mr. Farren, who had a lien : day, the officers acquainted the Magistrates that they had Teethed upon his papers, and was not called for the defence, was in posses. some clue to the robbery ; and, to give time for further infennation, saon of die draft atTnement, and would be a material witness, on a . the prisoners were remanded for a week. I second trial, and had so expressed himself after the first trial, the I Read, yen, the head officer of the establishment, appenrci het' re defendant submitted that he our entitled to another investigation of, the Magistrate on Tuesday night, t o prefer a charge of x4 ;4 his ease. 'against it Wk. a constable of Wit. James 's, (lerkenwell, The 1401113 CHIEF JUOTICE proposed to have the arrest o f ' It appeared that Read, in the proper discharge of his and judgment argued first, for, if judgment should be arrested, there duties, had called on 'Webb to res;g m t o hi s care some p•c ,, m, scald be no occasion for a new trial. I found on a prisoner, which ll'elib refused to do; and oa La. 4 Mr. SCAR LETT then proceeded to show cause against the wren Pressed, he melted Head by the thro a t, and tore hi s teat x d of judgment. The ground ot arrest was, that the indictment did and w aistraat not set forth that the questions answered by the defendant's affidavit ' The Magistrate warmly exprzssed his indignation at suc h CI in Chancery were material. The Learned Cnunacl contended that outrage on the chief officer, and i m medi a t e ly d e Patc h e d Th istles:: it was not necessary to state in terms that the questions were ma. to apprehend Webb. Such were, ho w ever, t h e f ee l ings o f t h e off i cet . , terial. The indictment set forth, that the bill in Chancery Terre- that they all hastened to the spot, an d i mme di ate l y b rought up acnted that there was an indmiture, by which Itignold became fl by the neck and heels It was so late an hour th a t t h e M s : bound to advance forthwith 10.J001. for three years, to answer any gistrme could not wait for his procuring bail, and h e was comm .... id call that might he made upon the funds of the association, and to minor: for the night. His bail w as , ho wev er, a cce p te d yesterday called upon Mr. Bignold to answer whether he had or had not be-for his appearance at the Sessions. r! ..________ conic an bound, and that Mr. Bignold bad answered that be bad I not made such agreement. 'MIDDLESEX COUNTY IP ('S'E OP CORRECTION, Mr. Orates - and Mr. Anoxruns also were heard against the i COLDBATII FIELDS. rule. [From the Fifth Report of tl77.7"turnittee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, etc.] oc-rotten 1823. The ember of commitments to this House of Correction, for the last eight yews, has been as follows : Year. Males. Females. TotaL l'arrants 11114 - 1181 - 60.4 - xt A - 664 1816 . 9178 - 697 - 2873 - 789 1817 EOl7 - 7:81 - 3667 - 1 / 9 9 111111 . 21111 - 748 - 3902 - 1734 1819 - 2941 - 774 - 3713 - 1•419 11120 - sets . 638 - 3322- 1287 1821 - 2629 - 749 - 3379 - 1823 - 1822 . 3131 1267 - 439 8 . 132.8 The number of deaths were—in 182% eight; 1821, se. Pi int eleven ; of whom seven were vagrants ; 1823, first three months, eight ; to the end of tletobcr. thirteen—making twenty-one iu ten months. In the early part of the present year the prison was less health than usual. The number of deaths, for the tint three months, will be remarked as presenting a heavy proportion, compared with the preceding years; since which period, however, the health of the prison has recovered its usual state. The dietary in use Curin g the winter, consisted of one pound and a half of white bread and a pint of gruel, daily, with half a pound of beef on Sundays. This allowance was altered in the first week of March, ar.4 the folios ing was substituttd - . . - - Three days in the week—six ounces of boiled meat, one pint of gruel, and one pound and a quarter of bread; three days in the week, one pint of gruel, one pint of soup made from the boded meat of the pr...ling day, with one pound and a quarter of bread; one day, a quart of gruel, with a pound and a quarter of bread. The time allowed for the prisoners to see their friends is now re. stricted to one day in the month. This regulation, so consistent with good discipline in a house of correction, must be felt as a severe additional restraint by most of the prisoners. The 3faltis. trees in this district, however, grant occasional orders of admission. The juvenile prisoners are instructed about two hours in the afternoon of each day, under the care of a schoolmaster. TM chaplain attends to perform service twice a week, and on Sundays, both in the morning and in the afternoon ; the men and women ire brought up to chapel at separate times. The number of prisoners in confinement at the period of this visit, was 527; three months ago it amounted to 7:Z. The num. bcr of inferior officers has been incmased to twelve male turnkeys, two female turnkeys, two day watchmen, and four night watch. rent—in all twenty, over live hundred to seven hundred prisoners, or one officer over twenty-five to thirty-five prisoners. One tarp key is in constant attendance at each of the eight yards, whilst the prisoners are at work in the tread-wheels. This extensive piece of machinery remains in the same state as reported last year. The power derived from the combined exertion of upwards of 200 persons, is still applied to no useful P whatever, being expended in the air, by means of a large fly-waned. We earnestly anticipate the erection of a mill. The state of the vagrant department is improved • they as. now divided into two classes, and are generally provided with pristn clothing : their present employment is picking oakum. The prison is well ventilated ; the walls, &c. are repeatedly lime-washed, wed particularly the edges of the flooring in the pas. and smil e...sok which is of much advantage in point of alnol;aen There arerdtii int:marten, or sick rooms, two for each eel. The whole prison appeared quiet and orderly. GUILDHALL. Nicw CASE AND DECISION UNDER TSIE VAGRANT ACT.--1 As the Vagrant Act, from the general alarm and disgust the deci sions under it have cleated, will necessarily undergo some revision and amendment this Session of Parliament, it may be useful to' notice every new species of offence it is interpreted to extend to. With this view we notice the following case, the decision upon which is certainly the time of its kind under the statute. John Midas, who is, it seems, one of the watchmen of Cripple gate Ward, was brought up yesterday before the Sitting Magis trate, Mr. Alderman Scholey, on the charge of Mr. John Pym, linen.draper, 57, Barbican. The prisoner came to the shop to purchase a yard of cloth, and threw down in payment a new far thing, desiring Mr. Pym to give him change. " Change !" re plied Mr. Pym with much surprise, taking it up, " this is only • farthing." The prisoner insisted that that was not what he had thrown down. II hat he had given was a sovereign, and with many oaths charged him with wanting to cheat him, and became so out rageous. that Mr. Pym found it necatsayy to send for Mr. Perim, the constable; to him, however, the pr soner still persisted that be bad given Mr. Pym a sovereign, and accounted for having had cne in his possession by saving be had just received his pay as a watchmen from Mr. Brinier, the paymaster of the watch; and / offered to be searched, to shew that he had not got one about him. Arta an ineffectual search the officer got • glance of something in I his hand, and after a violent resistance upon the part of the pri soner, succeeded in getting his hand open, sod took front it a small purse, which was found to contain a sovereign and two shil lings. As it was thus pretty clear that the prisoner's intentions were to trick 31 , . Pym, the constable considered this an offence whiel warranted him to lodge him in the Compter. This was the case against the prisoner, to which he offered no other defence than that he had had a hurt in his head, and not finding the sovereign lit any of his pockets, thought he must have given it to Mr. Pym. On hearing the facts, the Alderman seemed somewhat at a lose as to the precise nature of the offence, sod was about to remand the prisoner for the purpose or inquiring into his general character, ; when Mr. BEILESYARD, the Chief Clerk, suggested, that the offence would come under the third clause of the Vagrant Act, which enacts that " all persona imposing or endeavouring to impose upea any Churchwarden or Overseer, or on a Charitable Institution, or a private individual, by any false 00-fraudulent representation, verbally or in writing, with a view to obtain money, or other ad vantage or benefit, shall be deemed rogues and vagabonds." As it was quite c,rtam that the fellow's object was to obtain money or some other advantage or benefit to himself, the Alderman adopted his legal adviser's interposition of the statute, and committed the prr otter to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month. BOW -STREET. Mn. MACQUEEN'S ROBBERY.—Yesterday the three brothers named Thanyruid, who stand charged with robbery to a large au.ount in the house of T. I'. 31acqueen, Esq. ALP. underwent a final examination, which lasted from hail-past one until fire o'clock. In addition to thefomter evidence, that of a jeweller named Car r.egy, living: at No. 57, King-street, Soho, was taken. Bishop and Avis, of this °Bice, having been unremitting in their exertions to trace the property, succeeded in obtaining information which kd them to the house of Cameo, where they found a valuable pearl necklace belonging to Mrs. Mamma, and in consequence of the account he gave of it he was taken into custody, and committed on Monday night last by Sir It. Birnie for re-examination yesterday, when Mr. Adolphus attended as his Counsel. The Magistrates, however, upon consideration, were of opinion that there was not sufficient evidence to go to a Jury against hint ass receiver, and he OW admitted a witness for the Crown. Carnegy stated that on the day at.cr Christmas Day the prisoner, Jaws Thompson (as be believed) came to his house and offered for side a pearl necklace, with diamond chaps. Witness said the pearls would not do for him, and the prisoner said, " Perhaps you will purchase the diamonds." Witness agreed to do so at 31. per carat, and the diamonds were cut out from the clasp end weighed. They weighed a little more than three carats. After some further j conversation, witness agreed to purchase the pearls at 2s. each. There were seventy-eight in the necklace, and he paid the prisoner for the pearls, diamonds, and gold, something short of Nil. - He had a book in which was a scale of prices of pearls, and according to the sae of those produced, he believed them to be worth about 255. each on the average. Sir R. BillXlE—.kml so, believing them to be worth 25a. each, you purchased them kt Mr. hlroantms.--lt was your duty, Sir, to bare told the young DREADFUL FIRE AT HAMMERSMITH. About ten o'clock on Tuesday night the hamlet of Ham merimith was thrown into the greatest coaftuion and slam by the cry of " Fire!" and the bursting forth of Reuses from the lower pan of the house of Mr. Cox, grocer and chandler, King. street ; and so rapidly did the flames extend, thitt scarcely had the family time to fly from the dreadful danger, before the fire COM. municated to the first flair, and burnt upwards with tmnendous fury. The parochial and other engines of the neighbourhood were very soon on the spot, and plenty of water being obtained, Ma were in full action; but at the most critical juncture, when the in. tenor of the house was nearly in flames, were heard the shrieks of a female. Some persons instantly recollected that &young wale, who was brought to bed about ten days before, was in the haute with her infant, said a thrill of horror ran through the multitude, all believing she must inevitably perish ; however, the female sue castled in making her way to the windows, where her senses left bet. She was, however, rescued by some of the firemen and taken to a house when, on recovering her recollection she exclaimed, •e Ohl • where smy ch ild ? The suddenness of the fire, and its sable. quest consequences, had, it appeared, deprived every one of hit memory, and the poor infant would have perished in the flames. but for its mother's exclamation. Several persons instantly rusiied into the burning house, and one man moot intrepidly exerted him. self, and succeeded in finding the infant asleep on a couch, and making his appearance at the window with it, finding he could not return, as the stairs were giving way, and, in fact, the rum was in flames, he held out the child, and some person stepped toner* to catch it in his arms, but at the moment the infant was dropped he withdrew his emus accidentally, and the child falling on one pavement, was killed co the spot. The man was obliged to jump out ; he was terribly scorched, and much bruised by his falL The body of the infant was carried into • house. Sonic women who witnessed the shocking catastrophe fainted away. The devourisg element then extended its ravages in every direction, and although the Sun. County, and Exchange engines arrived front Lodz, the rapidity of the fire was such, that )Ir. (ox's hcuse was burnt to the round, and in • short time the house of his next door neigh' hour. Mr. 31illward, watchmaker, shared the same fate, being entirely gutted. The houses of Mr. Way, Dr. Duncan, and Dr. Terrett, were also very much damaged, as were a number of small wooden bunt ings, which were burnt to the ground; several other houses in the street were much injured. At one time the tire threatened destruc tion to the neighbourhood. Mr. enx, we are informed, was insured; Mr. Millward was not, and although he saved considerable property, yet he has lust many articles of value. CORN EXCHANGE, Fts. 4. The supplies of grain fresh up this' morning were but small, bnt that of Flour was roller intent.ive. Our marked was not brink to day for any article, but we have not to note wiry imaterial variation in prices from 111ouclay, excepr In some instances that sales were forced; for the purpose of cicarityg the vessels, a small reductia. was submitted to. PREFERRED. On Wednesday last, Philip IVilliams, Esq. B.C.L, his Fellow of New College, Csnibrioge, Barrister at Law, was urenlntou4y elected Professor of Common Law on the Vinerian Foundstio:, In the corm of J. Blackstone, Esq. D.C.L. who has reigned. The Het. 3lr. Thorp:lr ' of Norwich, has been elected Crate ef High Wycombe, Bucks. 1)1ED. On Sunday evening, suddenly, at Harrow Parsonage, fleirs;ie. in the 28hh year of his age, the Illy. Mr. Itas , rth, offxi.tring liatister of that parish. Ile had delivered an excellent dibanll: 4 frotn the pulpit that afternon, but from his appearance ass sup posed to be ill before he concluded, and he foetid it necessary to stop at the house of the Nt tor, the Rev. A. Jlainaaring, sh:7e he expired, notwithstanding that every practicable assistance s given him. Oa the 2d of November, on board his Majesty's ship Spartiste. where he ass serving as Midshipman, Edward N. Bed field, lh:sq. aged I;, fourth son of Sir Richard Bcdingfield, Bart. of Oss borough Hall, Norfolk. Lately, et Somerton, whilst on a visit to ber nephew, Adrian! Stephens, after a long and painful illness, in the ;W year of her age, tlmce, sister of the late General Howe, M.P. foe Yarmouth, and niece of the late Sir Philip Stephens, Bart. Lately, at Crookhaven, Cork, Mrs. Catherine Donovan. relict of the late Mr Jeremiah Donovan, of Keelerohane, same mum!. at the advanced age of WI This venerable lady was in the full possession of all her faculties to the last moment of burnt:wad life, and left a numerous progeny of both sexes to hew her lan: amongst whom is her eldest PON a prodigy for his age, who has attained his 85th year, a gentleman equaily gifted with all the rare, natural, antracquired - endowments of his aged an! who apparently seems namely to have yet arrived at tr e nUr U idilli i of life. 1110 friV ATP R Tills DAVAT 1.6\ DWN-111111) 01, ittiming. bit nun. alter .1. 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