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RIOTS IN THE ISLE OF MAN. WRITEWAVIII, Nov. 7. A boat arrived here yesterday evening, about eight &doc k, express from Douglas, which place she left that flar ing, with letters on hoard aliens:ll to the Secretary a State for the Home Deportment, which were im awevely delivered at the post•oftice, accompanied by the followine note c o t:ewe of the Custom*, flanging, Isle of Man, begs lore to eticime four letters to the Postmaster of Whitehsven, with t e e . as they are will letters of considerable reeve, On Postmaster will cause them to be forwarded by the sachet: moor:unity. 0 i i kof glut. 3th Nov. 1823." Aside Landon mail would not leave ‘Vhitehaven before 0 ,.. 0 .,10ck this afternoon, it was deemed expedient, from t h e a pparent urgency of the case, to forward the letters w i t hout loss of time, and a messenger was accordingly A s epatched in slant or. We hare made inquiry of the boat's crew respecting the mere of the disturbance in the island, and have obtained the following particulars :—For some time part of the smi ruktual population in different parts of the Island aye manifested a decided hostility to comply with all legal cus toms which in any degree of their own interest. The po r t ent disturbance oriinaed, we understand, in cone orace of some individu g als, t who had resisted the pota s to ; a i l ...gatherers of the Lnrd Bishop of that idiocese, having two committed to Castle Boehm. On Wednesday nearly the whole . population of the parishes or Kirk christ Rushen, Kiritarbury, and Kirkpatrick, amounting to near one thousand men, hiving arMed themselves with tithes and other dangerous instruments, proceeded is a body to Castle Bushell, where their refractory com panions were confined, whom they immediately liberated, Ple garrison not daring to interfere, in consequence of their treat disparity in point of numerical strength, and the dangerous and formidable manner in which their oppo nents were rwett. After this point had been gained with out resistance, they set fire to several corn-stacks belonging to the Bieho; , , which contained the whole of the tithe-grain collected in the above parishes. The next scene of destruc tion was at Kirktnalew, where the residence of Mr. John Collister, the late coroner (an office somewhat similar to that of our constable) was entirely demolished. Finally they proceeded to the brewery of Mr. Edward Gawne, at port gr. Mary, where the owner,. for_ the preservation of his property, was obliged to comply with their demand, aw l s upply the whole rabble with ale so long as they thought fit to drink. Property to a great extent has been entirely destroyed. and several persons have been se riously injureiL A man named Lsnanv, clerk to Mr. M'Crone, the Bishop's Proctor, had one of his ears cut off with a lithe ! His Lordship (the Bishop) deeming it prudent, for his own safety, has left his Palace in Kirk— michael, and is at prevent in Douglas. The disturbance, it seems, was chiefly confined to the parishes we hare men-' booed. VIE GOODWIN SANDS. It wits not be amiss to give our readers some account of the Goodwin Sands, which have again excited such fatal interest, and which have so often caused the deitraction of our ships and their ill-fated crews. The Goodwin Sands are verr retnarable banks, situated between the North and Smth Forelands, opposite 1)eal and Ramsgate, and about seven or eight miles from the coast. The length of the wad is about ten miles, and the breadth nearly two, and consists of a more soft, fluid, porous, spongious, hut witball tenacious matter, than the neighbouring lands, and consequently of such a quality, that when a ship strikes upon it there is little chance of her get ting off, the nature of the sand being such as to swal low the vessel up, sometimes in a few hours ; while the *surf which breaks upon them renders all at tempts to approach the ill-fated vessel impossible. We here often, when some miles inland, seen the wares break ing over the sands with fearful violence, and plainly dis cernible, although at a distance of ten or twelve miles. This will enable our readers to form some idea of the tremendous waves which, with a west wind, the worst that can blow at that spot, hurried the Ogle Castle to destruc nos, and her despairing crew to a melancholy death, when almost within sight of their destined pert. When the rated er th, se sands, they become exceedingly hard anti fins, so that people may land, and stay for hours upon, them in summer ;.ituleesfirielactAratches have been played nivethein, but woe to. those who do not quit ai tile pro ' per Eminent, for in a ',try short time they become a quick and, and float to and fro with the waves, and when they settle as before. When rite Trinity house, some yeas since, formed a design to erect a light-house upon the,, th. engineers employed penetrated to a great depth with their boring augurs, hat they could reach no solid hotter;, as the spongy material's roach to such a depth u to ?mkt the design utterly impracticable, and a Costing Felt was in consequence established. On the 26th Nov. i7n, a most dreadful storm arose from the W.S.W. and new for many hours with great violence, during which till= men of war drove.fmun their anchorage in the Darns, ran npon the fatal Goodwins, and sage totally lest, with nearly ail their crews, only seventy-one being wed. Coneenunft the ckigin of these sands there ore various 07iiif7its, but the common received story of their hiving ctce been die estate of Godwyne, Earl of Kent, the father eif Harold, who fell at Hastings, is now exploded, as well at their having once bent an island called Lomea, and to kave Men drooled by the sea In the year 1091 the most ;Inhabit opinion of our best antiquaries being, that instead of these sands being occasioned by en intnidation of the sea, they were canted by the sea's leaving them at the time of that terrible inundation in the reign of King William ?cfueor Henry the First's reign, which drowned so large prt of Flanders and the Lew Countries. This desertion p a i n ; h e* , p ar t s mi g ht have been further increased ev followim; innndations in other places, especially upon the parts of which anciently c insisted of fifteen Wands, emit of which were swallonTtl up in ,henry the Seemtl't tune. Such are the Goodwin', which no vessel ought to paws withowt, a pilot: and had the Ogle Castle taken the Dover on. who offered his Orrice, off Hythe the pesioem night, pcsbnp, th. catastroOte might never bare happened, the vessel might have beau in the Thames, and unfortunate crew in health and spirits among those friends who have se long be txpecttng their return.— rem Herold. Captain M'lntosb. of she lnpia, of this port, when at die whale fishery this season, - landed on the east coast of Davies Straits near Wilcox Point. lat. 74. 10. N. long. 37.15. W. that be 'nicht get to some high point of land, ham width to stew m e hm e Bay, in order to discover if tins was soy passage through the tee to the northward. Afor h e w as a tt rac t e d by the appearance of one of the huts of the Esquimau x and on entering it found, elt h hater Sod virprise, the bdahw of 22 of the natives, w ho arpraied to hare perished in the course of the winter. ni ne of them being in a state of putridity. They had their tishirg and hunting apparatus rear them and among tk t=act WM': three ride fowling pieces, winch were of cur brought away.-11w11 Packet. Cols Revenes.—At Scnlcoatts Hall, on Tuesday last, ttforrostiiin came on to be heard against Mr. John Bax ter. for makio g a false return as to the price of 479 qrs. of ` 14 !7. Mr. Charles Frost appeared to support the infer tlit,on. and Mr. Bower, of Beverley, with Mr. Anderson, ° f Iron, for the defendant. Previously to entering upon Ilk eiligure. the Magistrates, after adverting to the nu exe:pt'utis takes) against the former information at 11 "rricy, intiiiiated their wish, that if there were any to be aPtiost the present form. they should be urged at 3.47 e 01 the proceedings. The attorneys fur the de • e then made several ingenious objections, the chief of P "• 01 was, tit it their client was not the party charged in nbich purported to be against John Baa whereas he resided in Drypool. Before, ...,;istratis came to any decuion on these 1 me obs,. rved, that the present information as it ••::r: not laid within the proper time. The --rill's`, by the act was three months, which, ac. mg to mu m rout cases, meant three lunar months, or 4= w et ks• The off e nce was a ll ege d t o h ave been com a' ii on th e Nth of July, but the information was not ILI th of October, which would be a few days I t!!• tim e . This objection mime being considered t u n was dismissed.—Toni (Ara*. the :femme • - "Luß.Gati j`t , ‘r, tbMl '"eft fail, as it Ms:se. pr, . 111.! ‘c wet FIRE AND HURRICANE AT MIRAMICHI, NM? BRUNSWICK. Yesterday, a public meeting was held at the London Tavern. for the purpooe of taking into consideration the heormesna of affording relief to the sufferers by the late calamitous tire at Illiramichi, New Brunswick. At half-past one o'clock, JOHN BAIXIIRMGE, Esq. took the Chair. He stated that, as arzent to several !errors in New Bruns wick. he had been requested to call upon the public to give some relief to the many sufferers by the melancholy occurrence to which he alluded. The CHAIRMAN then read the extracts from various letters, con. wining the silbstance of the intelligence conintunicated by the British Press of yes:erdey. Esq. then proposed the first Resolution, which allueltd to the melancholy circumstances that had occurred, and the urgent necessity for an Immediate subscription, in order to alleviate the miseries of the sufferer.. H. BrAss., Esq. rose in second the Resolution. He described himself as a native of the Province that had been so fearfully vi sited, and one who had had frequent opportnnitles of being so far acquainted with the nature of the country, as to be enabled to bear testimony to the melancholy emits which must inevitably attend so fearful a visitation, unless some means were adopted for alle viating the misfortune. Appeals of this nature, he observed, were not rare ; but it seldom occurred that a call so pitiable was made upon the British petiple. A Inge portion of our colonies in North America had been laid waste and destroyed by tire, in consequence of the burning of immense forests ; but the litter was an event of very common occurrence in America, it was often caused by the carelessness of the native Indians, and often for the purpose of clearing a tract of land. The circumstance of a burning forest, therefore, Suited no alarm in the minds of the inhabitants, and no apprehension of danger was felt until the day previous to the 7th of October, when the sky became retinal], darkened by volumes of smoke. On that fatal day the wind shifted, and a hurricane of fire involved all the neighbouring district in delimit:ion. So power. ful did it come, that there was no resistance—so suddenly, that there was scarcely any escape ; and all whose age and infirmity prevented their flight perished in the flames. Many houses were consumed. and several of the ships that lay in the stream were burnt to the water's edge. Thos, in • few minutes, all, whose industry had given them corn forte, were reduced to absolute beggary ; those who had but little len i t their all ; sad those who dessended on manual labour for their simport. were deprived of the hnpe on which they existed. The loss of property was immense. In Newcastle. 240 houses had been consumed ; and in Douglastown, forty. Of the latter,ne knew that the Ramose value of the lonise% was 10001. each. exaggerat'on,therefore, there was a loss of aubstancealinost unequalled. The destruction of human life was also enormous. It was already known That between 2 and 300 perished, but doubtless the number was fur greater, and many parties who were collecting timber in the woods, must a sacrifice, and not one have returned to tell she , fetal tale. Sei dreadful were the effects, that the accounts described the dying as unnoticed, and the dead as unburied. 'lle heart 'sickened at contemplating the melancholy picture. The event that had Impoverished she country had seldom If ever been equalled in any other. There had been a burning wilderness, a hurricane of fire, sweeping all before it ; and so enor mous was the smoke, that it had been felt at Halifax, distance of three hundred miles from the scene of destruction, lid 4 a thick fog over the city. No one could describe, and scarcely any one could eonceiee, the extent of the calamity. Bet great as it was, he feared it was not all over much was to be apprehended from the situation in which the survivors had been lett, for theme who had escaped the name,' must expect famine and disease, and the dread ful results that followed the despair of many who had been left destitute. He felt assured that such an appeal to a British public could not be made in vain—tn those Britons who, when aliens and strangers to their name and their language had called to than for aid, had cheerfully and liberally given their assistance. The peo ple of the American colonies bad been the first to set an example of liberality. and in Halifax alone a large subscription had been rained ; and thr United States would doubtless follow die example : England, therefore, could not, and would not, be behind-hand in the charitable work. (Applause-) Powsns, Lsq. in moving the second resolution, ob served, that the sufferers were our fellow-subjects, and inhabitants of one of oar most interesting colonies. They had a claim on us not only as Christiana, but as Englishmen. He then moved that a onbseription be immediately opened for affording relief to the unh a p. py sufferers by the late fires at Miramichi and its neighbourhood.— Passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then informed the meeting, that a letter had been received from Earl Bathurst, inelosing 100/. ; from the Earl of Liverpool 11W. ; from Mr. Huskistinn 261. ; from Mr. W. Hor ton 30/., their private subscriptions. He added, that his Majesty's Government had not received any official information of the circum stance ; but in order that no time might be lost in affording the sufferers relief, they had transmitted the enclosures to the Com mittee. He also read a list of other oubscriptions, to the amount, we should suppose, of about 1500/. JAS. Torso, Esq. moved a resolution for the appointment of a Committee, and expressed his sanguine hope that the appeal on behalf of so many suffvrers would not be made in vein to a British public. If such an epportunity were allowed to pass unnoticed, he conceived it would be a stigma on the British name. Nothing could lift the sufferers from their depth of distress, but the libe rality which wag then confidently anticipated, and which it NU hoped would not be confined to the metropolis, but would extend over the kingdom.. The resolution having been seconded. passed unanimously. Mr. JAQUES, an inhabitant of Miramichi, observed, that the :deset*tion given by Mr. Bliss was pet friar porrect ; and he knew theetheenelanehnly five at New Bronswiele 'would produce the most wretched and deplorable effects, unless the lit:entity of the British people relieved the inhabitants from their deeply distressed si tuation. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and a subscription was immediately opined. Notice was given that subscriptions would be received at the London Tavern ; at Lloyd's t and at the North and South Ame rican f efrbe-hou.es. The Meeting then separated. WHIREITI:ktp TN' THE B. If AM AS.-1 to the Roth of Sep tember, about fire in the afternoon, this place was visited i by a Most tremendous hurricane. In the oourse of five minotos it destroyed about thirty houscs. The storehouse of J. Thomson and Co., full of goods, was thrown down ; the goods however received but little injury. Part of the poorhouse (a strong stone building) was also throw down,. as well as several others. The scene is represented as most awful, and, as might be expected, the utmost,cousternation prevailed ; it is gratifying however to find that no lives were lost on tie occasion. The oldest inhabitant has no recollection of a similar calamity occurring there before.— Nassau Pdper, New Providence. NORTH IVALSHAM ANO.DILHAM CANAL.—The an nual mineral assembly of this undertaking was held on Monday. the 7th instant, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the St-and, agreeably to the Act of Parliament. After the Chair had been taken, the Report of the Committee of Management and of the Engineer were presented and read. The Report stated, that the work had been begun in April last, and was making great progress towards its completion. which it was expected would he effected by the month of May next; and that altlfongh the Act of Parlia- ' ment authoriz_d the raising of 30,0001. by 600 shares, at AO/. each, yet the Committee had well grounded hopes, that the canal would be corhpleted for a considerably less sum. After some general Resolutions were passed, with thanks to the CoMmittee and others for their exertions in the p a of the work, the former Committee were una nimomuaryesre-elected to manage the concern for the year ensuing. So w o r. C Y.—An extraordinary instance of somno lency occurred on Friday night last in this town (Leeds). A Toung man, an apprentice to a respectable tradesman, retired to b 741 at an early hour ; about one o'clock in the morning the family were surprised to see him march into the cellar kitchen,- holding in his hand a bunch of keys, which he had procured out of the shop. He next went into a pantry, obtained his slippers, and from a shelf a candlestick : shot three bolts, and unlocked the outer door; and how far his dexterities would have gone is uncertain, for his master, imagining all was not right, called out to ask whither he was going ; and not until some time, and rubbing his eves, he exclaimed, " I thought it was locking up time." He was desired to retrace his steps.—Leeds In telligehros. OnlVednesday morning, as the Regulator coach, from London to Exeter, was hanging horses, between the hours of five sod six o'clock, the guard missed a parcel directed to Mr. Wm. Feltham, draper of Blandford. On the alarm being given, it was ascertained that a man had left the Crown Hotel with a parcel under his arm. A ser vant of Mr. Spooner itnunediately pursued him, and se cured him in a nursery ground, about a quarter of a mile out of the town. Just before he was taken, he tore some thing to pieces. and threw it from him ; the fragments, on being carefully collected together. proved to be the bill of parcels of the goods which had been stolen ; they con sisted of braces, Ike. Two men and a woman, who had been seen in company with the thief abore mentioned, were afterwards taken into custody; on searching them the whole of the contents of the parcel were found, as was likewise a great quantity of other stolen property, belong ing to tradesmen at Blandford. The parties were brought before E. B. Portman, Esq., who, after a patient investi gation of the circumstance, committed them to Dorchester gaol, for trial at the next assizes. The following arc the names of the prisoners:—Patrick Galaghar, Thomas Nor ton, William King, and Mary Ann Moore.--Dore t Ciro /fide. THE BRITISH PR CHURCH MISSIUNAIW SOCIETY. Yesterday a meeting of the friends and subscribers of this society was held in the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, for the per. pose of communicating their instructions to the .11isalonat les about to be sent to foreign putts for t) e propagation of the Gospel among the heathen. At an early hour the great room was crowded with a large and respectable assembly, the majority of whom were females. The Missionaries occupied a conspicuous situation on the left of the platform, and near them were their wives and rela tions, some of whom are to accompany them in their travels. At twelve o'clock the Chair wu taken by Lord GAMBiEII, and the business of the meeting enrnmenced. The attention of the Church Missionary Society has been anxiously directed, from its first establishment, to the due quali fication of those persans who should be sent forth by it as labourers among the heathen. In the preparation of these labourers, the Committee have, till very lately, pursued the plan which, under existing circumstances, appeared best calculated to insure the ob feet in view. Candidates for missionary labour have been placed for a given period on probation with some pious and judicious clergy. man ; and, in the event of a favourable report from him, have ei ther remained with such clergyman until their entrance on their la bours, or have been removed to one of the Universities, as was deemed best in the judgment of the Committee. This mode of preparation, although the best which then pre vented itself, was obviously attended with many disadvantages. For the personal inspection of the Committee, It stfbatituted the less re sponsible superintendence of a single and distant agent. The atudents, not being brought together, had not the benefit of being subjected to a common test and discipline while they were pre_ eluded from other local advantages. This system, moreover, allowed little of that variety of education which different missionary stations might require, yet rendered it next to impossible to obtain that in. timate knowledge of the slight turns and shades of character, which qualify or disqualify individuals for particular spheres of labour. In these and other respects, the course of Feparation heretofore pur sued, though it involved considerable expense and anxiety, fell very far short of the efficiency which may be anticipated from a more organised and comprehensive system of missionary educating. Under these impressions the Committee, in 1821, resolved upon the establishment of the Church Miseioeary Institution et Isling ton, with the view of supplying those defects in the preparation of the Society's Missionaries' which have jusr been stated—by collect ing the candidates and students in a spot near enough to the me. tropolis, for the constant inspection of certain responsible indi. riduals appointed by the General Committee—bringing them under a common instructor and guardian—subjecting them to a com mon discipline—furnishing the advantages of a war* of Ittollm more immediately suited to their respective destination.--institut ing the most vigilant inspection into their intellectual and moral qualifications for their high office—endeavouring, in lepers. dcnce on the blessing of God, by every means to lead them I to seek that divine grace, which may eminently tender them men of God, and fill them with devotedness of heart to thoit Re deemer—and cherishing in them that ardent love of souls, that spi. rid of missionary enterprise, and all those hardy, vigorous, self-de nying, disinterested and magnanimous habits, which their peculiar °cremation demands. When the establishment of this institution had been determined on, the Committee felt the strongest persuasion, that it would at once approve itself to the public mind. In this conviction they resolved, in order to carry their plan into effect, instead of drawing on the ge neral funds of the society, to open a separate fund for the express purpose of purchasing suitable premises, and preparing them for the reception of students. Their hopes, however, have not been fully realised. And. although they have as yet prepared accom modations at Islington for only 22, instead of h 0 students, which was the number originally proposed, not only has the separate fund been exhausted, hut it has been found necessary to borrow 1,0001. from the general funds of the sa fety. The following is a list of the Missionaries who, after receiving the requisite preparatory education at the Society); Institution at Islington, are now to he sent as labourers in the different foreign countries which have been, or are now to become the theatre of Missionary exertions : WEST AFRICA. The Rev. William R. Betts THE The Rev. Samuel Gobatt pi;;iiev. Alfred Scholding ERRANT:AN. The Rev. William. Rouse The Rev. Christian Ragler The Rev. J. R. T. Leiden The Rev. Theodore Muller Mr. A. F. elner, Printer • NOUTHERN INDIA. The Rev. John Latham. BOMBAY. The Rev. William Mitchell I The Rev. John Steward WEST INDIES. I Mr. H. C. Taylor CETLOE. The Rev. J. Selkirk I The Rev. G. C. Trimnell The Rev. Mr. IlicatasTETir, Secretary to the Society, ad. dressed rich of the Missionaries in turn. and delivered the instruct tions of the Committee in a very impressive manner. Several of the Missionaries made suitable replies in a manner so luminous and striking, as to call down the repeated approbation of the meoting. The Rev. J. Laxitast, Missionary to Northern India, express. ed his gratitude to the Society ; and although he was now un avoidably to las removed from their immediate presence, looked forward with pleasure to the support which he trusted their advice and counsel would still afford hint, when conveyed over the great deep which was sem to trepeastetheru. It was with the utmost sinew* he declared, he Would father be a faithful Missionary, to preach the glad tidings of the Gospel, than a monarch on his Me. J. Jones "' The Rev. JOHN STEWARD. 11 liallOtlary to Bombay, felt in ' couraged to enter upon the labours by the auspicious events, and the evidently improving state of society of the present age. In taking leave of the Committee, he begged to return them his best and most sincere thanks for their care and counsel, and to beg a continuance of the latter. Though they were never again to meet together in the flesh, he trusted they would be found together at the right hand of God in the great day of the Lord, and hear the benediction, " Well done. good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord." The Rev. J. SELKIRK, Missionary to Ceylon t. trusted that the proceedings of that day had created an impression which would long remain engraves on his memory. He depended on the arm of the Almighty alone, and on no perishable um of flesh, to sustain and support him while going forth to preach among the gentiles " the unsearchable riches of Gad." Much was laid upon him and his brethren—much was expected front them; to ece.om. plish which they needed continual aid and support of the Most High, sad fresh supplies of " grace frorr above." It did not become this Christian country, highly favoured as it was itself, to leave the benighted heathen to perish in their sins, without e i g effort to evangelise them, and lead their feet into the way of peace. The Rev. SAMUEL GORATT a OCTRUDI , and missionary to the Mediterranean) felt it was hard ly necessary for hint to offer any apology for the circumstance of his birth. of the uncouthness of his speech to a meeting assembled to " break down the wall of parti. tion" between the nations, and teach all to speak one language— that of praiseand thanksgiving to the Almighty. It was his wish to go forth humbly, yet boldly, as a servant of the Lord, and en. flavour to bring into the fold of the faith the unhappy wanderers " through the dark places of the earth, the habitations of cruelty." The Rev. Mr. BICEERSTETH wished to add a few general re marks to the particular instructions each individual had received. It was scarcely 50 years ago when a most culpable torpor prevailed as to Missionary exertions ; and now, lo a sum of 500.000/. was annually raised for the propagation.of the Gospel. The Gospel was preached and printed in all the principal languages of the known world, and the Bible translated into no less than 14. tongues and dialects ! The children of the Heathen were educating in " the nurture and admonition of the Lord," and colleges and seminaries for instruction were rising in every quarter of the globe. Many thousands of the heathen bad been already converted through the exertions of the Missionaries, and of these not a few had died in the Lord, and gone to receive their recompense at his "right hand, whete is fulness of joy and blessings fur evermore." The great work of Christianizing the gentles continued to advance, and the prospect of future usefulness was exceedingly gratifying. He would conclude with exhorting the Missionaries to goTorth boldly ; the Lord would prosper the work of their hands. And if he and they should berm meet again in this vale of team, they would all, he trusted, "sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of their Father," where tears should be for ever " wiped away from their eyes," and " they who sowed and they who ?mind should rejoice together." The Rm. Mr. JERREM (Principal of the Islington Institution) addressed the Missionaries with a long and forcible exhortation, which was subsequently ordered to be printed. J. REFFELL, Esq. of Sierra Leone, was here introduced to the Meeting by . Mr. Z. Macauley, and received the thanks of' the Meet ing and the Noble Chairman for his exertions in the cause of the Society and the assistance he had uniformly rendered their Mission. aries in Sierra Leone. Mr. Extrwitu.s. returned thanks for thi honour done him. Ile had been acquainted with the Society for a length of time through the medium of its Missionaries, to whom he should always be most happy to afford all the assistance in his power. Air. Maeatiley made a few observations, more particularly ad. dressed and applicable to the Missionaries. Among others, he assured them that the climate of Sierra Leone was not so unwhole. some as was supposed, and instanced himself and life friend (Mr. Reffol), who, he thanked God, were in pretty good health, not withstanding their long residence there, as proofs of his assertion. The Rev. J. STEWART moved "the cordial thanks of the Meeting to the Rev. Charles Jerrem for the discourse which he had last night delivered in behalf of the Society; also to the Rev. Principal of the Islington Miettionary Institution, fur his address of this day, with a request that each discourse may be printed, to gether with the instructions to the Missionaries." The Rev. J. W. COXITTNGIFIAM. ViCtir of Ilull, seconded the resolution, which was put and agreed to. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Noble Chairman for his kindness and excellent conduct in the chair, and the Meeting ad journed at four o'clock. Another of those accidents occasioned by leaving fire arms carelessly exposed, occurred on %Wednesday, at the house of Mr. Bartholomew, in Esher parish. Mr. B.'s sore had been nut shooting during the forenoon, and on returning home to din ner, he left his gun loaded in the kitchen. The servant girl took it up in a frolicsome msrmer, and it went oft and lodged the con. tents in the beck and shoulders of Paget, one of the boys on the farm. SArgre.tlntil was at hand , bat the youth is in a very dan. gems stri?, and the girl is in the greatest distress of wind, Paget being a r:',ll:m. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY Nov. 10. Wind N.E. fair.—High Water, 50 min. p. 10. Arrived the Betsey. Milton. from Antigua; Catherine, —, from Malaga; and Christian, Goss, from ditto. Off, at a quarter past tour, one ship, two brigs. and one snow. Sailed the Manchester, Damply. for Philadelphia ; Romulus, Webb.. for Charleston ; Samuel Wright, Gage, for Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Cherry. Gubble, for Gibraltar; Robert, Evans, for Jamaica ; Paulin, Bartlett, for Mobile; Elisabeth, Arm strong, for Brazil; Courier, Clover, for Jamaica ; British Tar, Newby, for New Orleans ; Prince of Waterloo, Petrie, for Oporto; Andes, King, for Rio do Janeiro ; Alexander, Newlaod, for Ja maica; Pallas, Pike, for Savannah; Anson, Lincoln, for Wis casset ; Iris, Butcher, for Adra ; Three lietreys, Wright, for Havre ; Isabella Henderson, Pierce, for New York ; Godfrey, for Virginia ; Edward, Fairelough, for the Azores ; Mar mion, Petrie, for Charelstott ; Anna Eleanora, Madan, for Ham burgh ; Gleaner, Blanchard, for Boston ; Godolphin Sureuck, for die Azores ; Baltic, Miller, for H a v r e ; Matilda, Lauder, for Messina; Caroline, Walleye, for St. Michae l's ; Worrall, Thomas, for Leghorn ; Broughton, Love, for Mobile; Roman, Duckman, for New York ; Claude Scott, Murphy, for Messina ; Apollo, Der Haumer, for Sr. Michael's; Margaret, Thompson, for Tri nidad ; Pyramus, (Jell, for Jamaica ; Franklin, Harding, for New York ; Meteor, Nowland, for ditto ; Julie, Atulenbmok, for Ostend ; Alexander, Baldwin, for Philadelphia ; Hannah, Savage, for Rotterdam ; Elizabeth, Higgin, for Alvarado ; Bar ton, Hill, for Newfoundland ; Tantivy, Buck, for ditto. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 9. • Wind N.E. by N. Arrived in this harbour the schooner Tagus, T. Kettle, from Smyrna, for Liverpool, and the sloop Earl Kilmorey, from Liver pool to Newry, with all her sails split. HEAUKARIS, Nov. 9. The Ayrshire, Messenger, from St. Andrew's, North Britain, has put in here for shelter. The Henry Grattan, Friend, from Bay Chsleur, for Liverpool, has arrived at Padstow, with loss of deck lumber. The Sampson, Billings, from Adra and Lisbon, for Chester, has put into Pwlhely, with loss of anchors and cables. The Clarendon, —, for Jamaica, is on shore near S:acombe ; alto the Hope. —, tor Waterford. The sloop Heart of Oak, --, fur Dublin, was run down and sunk in the river. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM.HOUSE, NOV. 10. SHIPS ENTERED INWAILDL—The Ilarriet, Fu!cher, from Singapore; Monarch, Summevson, from Quebec; Angerstein, 'ruff, from St. Petersburgh ' • Harmony, 31ertma, from Cadiz; Elizabeth, Yoeman, front Cork ; Elizabeth. Ronald, from ditto; Thomas Farrel, Barry, from Wexford ; Velocity, Dyer, from IVaterford ; Anna anti Mary, March. from Rio Janeiro; Choice, Bums, from Dantzic ; Mackerel, Martin, from Guernsey; Friends, Sparrow, from ditto; Susan, Miller, from Quebec; Swallow Packet. Denholm, from Tarragona; Puget, Wing, from Smna; Arno, Young, from Trieste; Providence, Pearson, from Dun kirk; Harmony, Woodall, from Demerara; Coast, Fisher, from C,ubs; Eden, Smith, from St. Petersburgh; Nelson, Agar, from Quebec; Charlotte Emilie, Clseye, from Oporto; Arab, Rolatolte, from Smyrna; Friends, Pitt, from Seville; Fair Arcadian, Junes, from Demerara; Baron Holberg, Blanc, from Schien. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Forums, Olsen, for Fahrsund ; Peru, Graham, for Buenos Ayres; Henry, Ilunney. from Ma dras and New South %Vales ; and Quatro Irmaor, Moreira, or Oporto. CLEARED OUTIVAIIDS FINALLY AT GRAVESF:ND.—The Tulloch Castle, Pearce, for Jamaica; Ann, Foreman, for ditto; Hannah, Stone, for St. Michael's : Sarah Christiania, Fisher, for Jamaica; Redligheten, Ostberg, for Stockholm; Acne, Pieters, for Marseilles; Gambia, Grove, for St. Mary's, Arica; Iris, Bateman, for Havre : and George, Jansen, for Copenhagen. (7LEARING Otrwsnps.—The Sisters, Ilannuty. for Deme rara; Henry, Lund, for Hamburgh ; and Black River Packet, Reid, for Jamaica. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Pans•row, Nov. B.—A boat was picked up near Boacastle, sth inst. marked " Vertumnus, Robert, Kirkaldy ;" also, a piece of American balk, marked in two plates " DP." and a spar cut in three places. The cargo of the Spring, Flowers, is discharging •it is supposed the vessel will go to pieces ; her long-beat be enl picked up near New Quay . : and it is feared the master, with part of the crew who accompanied him, were drowned. FALMOUTH. Nov. 9.—Arrived the Magnat packet, from Lis. ' bon. sailed the 30th ult. On the 27th his Majesty's brig Cameleon arrived, with a mail, from Falmouth, and on the 28:h Sir ll'. A'Court received the despatches taken out of the Dover packet at sea by the schooner Elicit. Arrived the Mars, Bailey, from the Downs, for Cork and Tobago; the Unanimity, Herbert, frost Portsmouth, and the Diamond, Fanel, from Cork. Sailed the Lady Louisa Packet, for Jamaica, and the Dodge Hcely , Ilea thome, for Havre. Put back the Rising Sun, Martell, for St. Michael's.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH. Nor. B.—lt was his Majesty's ship Pandora which patted her table yesterday, in a squall, when proceeding to Ha mnaze in tow of a steamer. and not the Harlequin, as then 'stated. She did not sustain any damage. Wry:scot:rem, Nor. 10.—It has been blowing a tremendons gale freest the N.E. the whole night. There are two schooners and flee four-and-aft vessels on chore near Portland Castle. The gale mill continues with unabated fury : about '2O sail got under-weigh at the first start of the gale, and bore away to the Westward. The only vessels now riding at Portland Roads are, the Rate, revenue cutter, and Royal Louis, from Guadeloupe for Havre. The Union, Swatridge,from London for Topsham ; and the Effort, Pitt, are on the rocks at the entrance of the harbour. The Hinchinbrooke, Post-office packet, which arrived yesterday from Guernsey and Jer rey, lies in a dangerous situation at the mouth of the harbour. PORTSMOUTH. Nov. 10.—It blew a heavy gale all day from N.E. to E. .F.., the nutward-bound could not in consequence get their anchors, except the Salaekt, Hearne, for Jamaica ; the Deny and Sophia. Gangway, for Dominica, and two others : all the rem appear to ride in safety. Arrived hie Majesty's ship Rainbow, from Chatham, for the Cape of Good Hope and India. Half-past seven P.m. very squally,with a heavy rain. The eutworol-bound remain et SMthead and the Motherbank.—W ind N.E. to E.N.E. DOVVR, Nov. 10.—By his Majesty's packet, Spitfire., which arrived yesterday evening , cams passenger Mr. Tomlin, * Deal pilot, w ho had reached Calais from Dunkirk, at which port him self, and nine persons, forming the crew of It schooner, fortunately arrived in safety. It appears that he was shipped to take the schooner to the Riser, but in the dreadful gale last week was driven upon the Girdler Sand, and eipteting the vessel would every instant go to the bottom, they abandoned her, and took to their beet. Having only one oar, they were obliged to erect that as a mast, and cut their clothes, up to form a sail, by which they were enabled to make bead a liule towards the Flemish coast, but ihich they thought they ehould never reach, the sea breaking over them with tremendous violence, and every moment filling the boat, so that they were constantly obliged to keep baling her with their hats. They were upwards of forty-eight hours in this horrid situa tion, without-any thing to eat or drink ; with their clothes drenched through and through, their limbs benumbed with cold, and their thirst so great, that they had recourse to some lead in the boat, by sucking which they were much relieved, and hailed Dunkirk as men risen from the grave. Arrived his Majesty's packets the Auckland and Eclipse, with the mail from Ostend. By these arrivals we learn that part of the cargo of the late ship Ogle Castle has drifted to the Flemish coast, an Ostend fishing boat having picked up three bales of cotton, which were carried into that port, and seized, on the plea that the fishermen intended to smuggle them.—Arrived his Majesty's steam packet the Fury, with the Marchioness of Hertford, Lady Keith, and other passengers. DEAL. Nor. 10.—Last night the wind was well to the eastward, but this morning and throughout the day it has been southerly._ Passed through yesterday from the River, the Tulloch Castle, Pearce; Sarah Christina, Fisher; Ann, Foreman; and the Eliza, Johnson, for Jamaica. The Seger, Towel, has put into Ramsgate, with loss of anchor and cable. Remain the Ruth, Hare, and the Redman, Bryce. The rest of the outward bound hare sailed.-- Wind teS.W. • GnavEst ND. Nov. 10.--ft has blown a severe gale all day, et E.N.E., and several Teasels have passed, names unknown. Ar rived, the Landsrrom, Eroeck, from Pillau ; Delight, Simon, front Dunkirk ; Pere de Famille,—, from ditto ; Hazard, Jolly. from ditto; Speculation, Ely, from Boulogne; Mary Christina, Stolle, from Bilboa. Sailed the Sir E. Hamilton, —, for Jamaica ; Aurora, —, for Bremen ; Zephyr. Scott, for Teneriffe. NORTH SHIELDS. Nov. 9.—The Memnon, Mather, which was upset upon the bow Light Shore, has been carried into dock to repair. The Telecnacluks, Chatter, of and from hence to hoo doo, having struck heavily on this bar on Monday night, has put back leaky, and it is feared must discharge her cargo and go into dock to be repaired.—Two brigs, mimes unknown, coming for this harbour, are upon the Herd. anti will be dry at low water. A long boat has content% shore from one of them, with • Hope, Aber deen, James Wood.' upon it. Se xogardiwo, Nov. 9.—lt came on to blow very hard last night from the N.E. with rain, when the following vessels, in bal. last, got on shore to the south of this harbour, viz. Dove, Bell, Adoina, Potts, and Mary, Hatton ; the latter vessel has gone to pieces. The Transfer, of Scarborough, was lost on the Scroby Sand, on Tuesday night. The Charles, Steddart, from Newhaven to Sunderland, was driven nn shore near the Texel, on the 3d inst. Crew sated. The Union, gwatridge ; the Effort, Pitt; two schooners, and five small vessels, are on shore near Weymouth. The Thisbe, Creed, from Ne /castle to Jamaica, has pot into Harwich, with loss or anchors and cables, having been on the Whit. iag sand. it has been stated that the Floyd, arrived nt Cowes, had broken her cable ; it appears to hare been cut in consequence of having a foul hawse. An accident of an alarming native occurred on Tues day se'nnight at Bi idgewater, to the passengers of the coach which runs between that town and Afinehead. Shortly after passing through Watchct, the wheel flew off, the coach fell on its side, and seven outside passengers, and one inside, were thrown to the ground. Provich.nti3lly, no life was lost, nor limb fractured, thetigb smne acrimts bruises weresustaincd.---Taustan Cettrit i. LAW INTELLIGENcE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FRIDAY, Nov. 11. BOWES v. LORD STRATHMORE. The LORD Cstawcf:f.to a was oc:upied almmit the whole of th. morning in again going through the facts and details of this case. It will be recollected that it was an appeal from the 3laatcr of the Rolla, praying the Court to call upon certain persons to refund a sum of nearly 6,000/. three pe • cents. The property belonged it! Lady Mary Isab e ll a B owes ( now Lady Mary Oh ; ject to the question, whether it was to be her's upon her attaining 21 years, or nor until the death of her father. Just, however. upon} the eve of Lady Mary's attaining her majority, a petition leas tire sen!ed to the late aster of the R o ll s , praying Tor leave to have BIC money ;Ibis; nut of Court to Mr. Burn, writer solicitor and trustee, with a statement that it should be immediately applied to the young Latly's sole use and benefit. The order was made before, but it was not and entered till after-she attained her age. And M., stead of l rs ie lting applied as stated, an arrangement *as enteted into between a part of Lord Strathmore's family, Mr. Bum, and Mr. Fernie, of Cornhill, that the said money should be laid out on mortgage, on part of Lord Strathmore's and Lord Olsmie's in' tereste on the estates, that deed providing that she should have the interest paid to her froM the execution of the deed till 1830, at which time she was to become possessed of the capital. All this was done withdut intimation to Lady Mary, though it was alleged lb have been advised by her present husband, att tounsel. Mr. F. became the carrot of the deed. and the rnorey was paid Imo his hands. Subsequently he alleged that the deed was drawn In a Mistake, inasmuch as it ought not to have provided for Lady Mary's receiv ing the interest, and therefore he refused to deliver It up. A peti tion was presentzd, calling for the money to ludoe refuuded, upon which the Master of the Rolls thought he not jurisdiction to act. Hence the present appeal. The appeal having been argued before the vacation, his Lordship took the papers with him into the country, and sent up his judgment, calling upbti Mr. Burn and Mr. Fernie to bring the money back into Court, there to abide the decision of the Court as to who should be entitled to it, upon a full discussion of the ciril rights dna parties. Those gentlemen were dissatisfied with that order, and called upon Ma Lordship to state his grounds for making it, Which wait done to-day, and the ground his Lordship reared upon *as, that it wits the imperative duty of 'the Court to take care, when representations were made to it for the purpose of getting nut of it money belonging to infants, that thooe representations Should be founded in truth, which the repretenta- Roos made in this case certainly were not. It Was probable theft; mi..:ht bean appeal to the Loose of Lords in this case; if the par ties wished to have the opinion of the House they would do well td take it; but that House only would prevent his ordering the %toner to be brought back. with all the dividends that had been riceiec urns it since it was taken out; and which order the Court DOE made, to be complied with.on or before the 12th of Decembbr, serving the ronsideration or all coals Mahe money was refunded. At one o'clock his Lordship lift the Court to attend the Re corder's report. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY, Nov. 11. Dtwe e. wilt. • Mt. Tgartrawe stated that this was an anpllesiron for an in junction to restrain from negotiating a bill of eitehange which 11. - had obtained under th e f o ll ow i n g c i rcum stances:-..The plaintiff was a merchant residing at Canino, in China: and the defendant, also a merehant, had, the latter yeius of hi s lif e , resided in the East Indies, principally at Bombay. A Rer having carried on Llama,: there for a leng h of time, he resolved to return to his native country. Previous, however, to cerrying that resolution into drect, he mad. a voyage to Canton, 'heretic met and became acquainted with the plaintiff, to whom he repreented himself as a man of greet pro perty, stating that he h a d 12,0110 aims rupees in the b a nk , ' Al•Leod at Bombay. Seein g th at t h e plaintiff placed entire con. fidence in what he said, he reque s t e d h am to give him a bill ma London, for .which he would give him a draft on bis banker ad Bombay. Thq plaintiff fell into the trap and without hesitation gave the defendant a bill o n hi. agents, Biennia, Alaciiintesh, and Co., in Bishopagate-striet. The defendant soon after returned to this country, and on presenting the bin. it was duly accepted. Not; so with the drdftlivan Ai the defendant to th e pl aint iff, w h o, w h ea he sent the draft to "Mr. Mitecers, was told that the defendant had drawn out all the money he had deposited. there. It was under these circumstances that the plaintiff applied fir an injunction. Injunction granted. ABUSES OF COURT. Several causes were now called on, but no one appeared in then'. This produced 4 conversation between Alt. Heald, Air. Home. std. his Honour, concerning the cause of this mischief. From what was stated, it appeared that it arose from the circumstance of causes getting on the paper that had no business thus at all. No. thing was more common, when a cause WaScalleti on, for a Learrei Gentleman t 6 rise and inform his Honour, that since the cause was first put on the paper, it had been compromised or otherwise dis posed of. Five or six causes were thus dispowtd of in as many minutes. The consequence was, that the causes following them were called on before the time calculated upon. This was the cue ta. day. Some causes had been heard before the Master of the Rolls. The conversation dropped without any resolution being come to. The few remaining causes were heard. The Court was then obliged tosfse at half-past one. His Iltilatirn, 14 he deputed, observed that some remedy tend be provided. The last three days they had been loaded with per. titularly heavy business. and each day they had lost an hoot or two. This very day eight caus e s had been struck off the paper. Jr was absolutely necessary to provide a remedy. COL'ItP OF KING'S BENCH, WEsTmnaTra, Nov. 11. CRIMINAL INFORMATIO N . Mr. SCARTRTT moved for a rule to show caute why a Milting! information should not issue against five p ers o ns , namely, Drys+ dale, the printer of the Reading lifcrenry, Gerrard and Mendip, the proprietors and editors, Leach, a publican. and Smith, nn at torney, for having joined in the publication of a libel on certain Mao-nitrites of • the county of Berks. lie moved for a rule, on - affidavits made by the four Magiatrater, Mr. Monk, 111. P.. the Rev. Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Harris. The libel vat published in the shape of an advertisemeht, published in the Rending Mercury, and professing to contain a statement, but' which was, in reality, a mistatement, of the proceedings took place before these Magistrates at a session held for the pur pose of granting licenses. Leach, one of the peons Leach, apinet whom he moved, wan the occupier of the Four Horse Shoot public-bony, situated near Heading, just out of the jurisdiction of the foto'. air. Harris, in his affidavit, stated, that in the month of last July,' having heard of an assault and disturbance which had taken plate at this hotter, at a very late hour of the night, he mentioned the' circumstance to Mr. Stephens (a person entirely distinct from the.' Bev. Mr. Stephens the aingisttnts, and having no connexion with him), and told him, that if he cOmmuell to have such a tenant, the • Magistrates woul d obliged to refuse licensing his house. Ste phens said he had heard of the bad conduct of Leech his tenant, and had given him notice to quit. Dr. Alitford had been in the habit of passing the house. and said that he had frequently observed about it persons of very Indifferent character. At the licensing day, the 17th September, Dr. Dlitford 'mentioned tbe obstrvatioas, which he had made to his brother Magistrates. When Leach came in to have his license renewed, he wss told that the license would not be renewed. He then staked the reason and was told. that no reason would he given. Leach then B ald ;hat he would take advice and apply to them again in a few days. On the Min of September he came again, accompanied by Mr. Smith, an aunt- . ney. Mr. Smith demanded of the Magistrates torenew the license.. lie said that they had no power to refuse it; that their discretionary power was taken away by the Act of Parliament of thefiri Geo. 1V.,- by which the al agistratea were empowered to tire a publican M. anti 1111. for the first and second offence, and m refuse him only tor the third offence, after two convictions. The Magistrate asked for the Act, and having esamined it, returned it, saying, that it had no relation to this case. Mt. Monk said it was impossible that this Act could have any application to the business before them, for that he himself had attempted to introduce a clause limiting the discre tionary power of Magistrates in rethaing licences. which was rejected; The magistrates still refusing to assign any reason for art renewing• the license, the solicitor then asked if a man wars to be condemn ed without a hearing. Mr. Monk said that. " ifthe refusal of the ' magistrates to grant a renewal and not to assign their reason,was to. be considered as equivalent to condemning a man unheard, that the law wan so ; we sit here not to make the law, but to adatinistvr it." The house was afterwards licensed to another tenant, the mi -1 gistrates being all of opinion that the premises were well situated for a public-house. These, Mr. Scarlett said, were the rireani stances ea they really occurred, and the mistatement of which con ., atituted the libel. It was published in the Iteadin,o• Me, cite which is printed by Drysdale, Gerrard and Mendip being the Lob: prietors. There can be no crubt of the active part which Sniith took in this affair, as it was on affidavit that he had Orestes ed to expose the magistrates, anti that he fubsequently whined Leach to send it to another paper for insertion, which was refused The advertisement professed to be an address to the publicans of ' Heading, signed by Leach. It was addressed to his " brother pub. licans, gave a most perverted statement of what had occurred bc.• fore the magistrates, anti In particular entirely misrepresented the reply which Mr. Monk had given to the question, Whether a 1110 , i was to be condensed without s hearing ;" stating him to hare an.' awned to this question " yes," absolutely and without any quali fication. The tour gentlemen on whose behalf Mr. Scarlett made' the application distinctly negatived, in their affidavits, all the elle.: gationa charging them with having acted Illegally, or from partial and interested motives. The Court granted the role. GREEN I'. TUE 110 N. AND ntlt. I untrr sAvir.t.r, This action was tried at Olouiester, bcflrre Mr. Justice llolrorJ, and a verdict found for the defendatst. It was brought to retover damages for a breach of an agreement to let to the plaintiffs farm, called Primrose 11111. On the IMs December, 1823, an agreement was made that the plaintiff should take possession of this firm the ensuing iAdy-day, on giving as surance to pay the rent and cultivate the rum in a fit and proper manner. An inquiry being afterwards made on the part of the de fendant, as to the plaintiff a mode of managing the Cann he theta held, and the result being unsatisfactory, a letter nal written to him, on the 16th January, stating this fact, and that, in cons.. quence, Mr. Saville would look out for another tenant. At tbet trial, it was proved for the plaintiff, :hat after this letter ite had cr.- ecuted a bond; with two good securities, in a penalty of 5001. to pdy t the rents, and that he hail repeatedly called on Mr. Saville for purpose of offering it, but that he had never been able to ere Gina. It appeared 'also. that he had himself, of his own property, as estate of 150 acres, and, which was let at 30s, an acre, and also elevei ',cum. For the dcfcrce, There was no evidence of plaimirg I • i