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SOUTH AMTHICA. We have been favoured with a file of the Colombian°, l'aracas paper, to the 11th of February, from which we (vy the following articles : PERI'. Cope ea! titer writ en by the Commander.in-Chief of the Ring's li my 0 Peru Dim Jose Camerae, to his Assistant Adjutant (Ce ntral Don Jose Rodil, confessing the excesses committed by the bra n s ish sraiy, on Oct spying Lima, and shelving the d , !estitbk mom. et hit noilow policy. The officer fearing lest the penes /notions illustrative of hhi most violent and sanguinary measures Jerald retch Europe, and thereby openly disprove all that has beta a thousand tunes reiterated of the adhesion of Peru to the tool calyx, entleat:ours to withhold them at any hazard, ordering for this Iturpose that they be collected together and suppressed with allidespatch : mr much esteemed Roans Camp. June '2ll. It is not expedient for us to suffer the proelmnations pub!ished In Lima to reach Europe, which will inevitably happen if the first week's publication be allowed to circulate. For this reason, let all theetipsea of it be eolected together, and l'artiba will go this even ing tt fi t-F l ange with you respecting the supply of matter for the said ications, as I repeat to you, that we ought not in the ith& papers to make mention of p;uclaniations, which betray vio lent seesaw, is contradiction of what we have said respecting the adlieteeec of the people, be. I.e. .ts yet not MR the dragoons have arrived from Lima, which are expected by 1 - 007 west afrectionate friend, CANTERAC. nub the Peruvian Ooveroment Gazatc, where the original of thz above letter exists. COIVESPUEONDENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNORS 0 P U ERTO CAVELL°, AM) THE ISLAND OF CCIRACAO. Puerto Cavell°, Nov. 19. 11e1-13. "last Excellent Sit,-1 have the honour and satisfaction to inform 'oar Excellency as second in command of the army, and mili;ary commandant of this formers., that the Colombian flag was planted on it on the morning of the 11th inst. being the result of an assault atchieved Ey the Commander-in-thief Jose, Antonio Parr- As the fruit of this 'marvel:a, and of the poosession of the city by the Re publican aeon , the eitsd,l of Sao IFelipe entered into a treaty with Res Excellency, the Commander. in. Chief. which was happily con cluded on the 10th instant, and by which we have become masters of the citadeL The desire which is so well known to animate my Government, of establishing the strictest friendly relations with all nations, and of modelling as corduct in this particular, by the usages of the most civilised states, induces me to make this happy event known to your Excellency, in order that you may be pleased to announce the same to the inhabitants of the island under your Government, and that tins purl is open to all who are not the enemies of Co. lorabia. I remain, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, JUAN I)E ESCALONA. To Rif Excellency, the Captain General of the Island of Curacao. REPLY. CURACAO, DEC. 30. 1823. Moat Excellent Sir.-1 have had the honour to receive the o'ficial COIRMLOIkation of your Excellency of the hilt of lastononth, in which you have been pleased to inform me of the possession of Puerto Cavello by the Republic of Colombia, and that its port is open to all who are not the enemies of Colombia. In thanking your ExeMeney for this communication, I have to assure you of my ardent desire that the commercial relations between the people of Puerto Cabello and of this island should be renewed, tot mere ly as heretofore, but with all the extension which mutual good offices can produce ; and on your Excellency's assurance that the tag of the Low Countries shall he well received in your port, I pledge myself that the flag of Colombia shall always obtain like rasped in this neutral Tart. remain, wizli great consideration, Your Excellency's most humble servant, CA IN TZ LA A R. To his Excellency, the second in command of the army of l'ene• such, and l'ommasdant of Puerto Cavtilo, Juan de Escalona. MYXICO. The latest accounts from Mexico state that a Tleprerentative popula Federative Government has been adopted in that country. Thus she integral par;. of the Mexican l'svion are free, sovereign, and indepardant states; those which comrose it at present arc the fallowing, Chiapas: Guanjusto: Sonora, sinalta, and the two Cali fornias : Chihuahua, Durango, ard New 31exico : Coahuila,' New Leon. Texas, and New Santander: Mexico: filicheaciin Deiaca : Puebla de los Angeles, with Tlaxcala: Queretaro: San buts Potosi : Tobasco : Vera Cruz : Xalisco Yucatan : los Zacatecas. We have accounts from Alvarado, that the Spanish fleet from' fiarannah. with supplies of provisions and troops fur the Castle of titan Juan de Ulla., arrived at that form% on the 22,1 November. While engaged in receiving there succour., the Cattle suspended the bombardment of the city of Vera Cruz until the 2d of De cember. On the eprearance of the boa& sguailina, General Victoria 'ordered the Mexican fleet to retire from Sacriticios to Alvarado for safety. This fleet consists of two 1$ gun schooner., and six gun boats, each carrying one 32 and one 21-poulder. The enormous sum of twenty seven trillions of dollars is said so have been raised trt the Mexican lorernment, from property belong. bag to European Spaniards, confiscated agreeably to the Lite act of Cowries. THE UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA. C'ulembia* Guzftlt, .11ce..21. The Ron. Rir.harti Anderson arrived in this capital on the 10th instant. and having held an official communication with the Fo reign ()See, the lriih was named fur the purpose of presenting his credentials as Minister Fler.ipoteutiary to the Executive. On that day the Secretary of State for Foreign -Weirs sent Senor Lopez. one of the under Secretaries, to compliment Mr. Anderson, and neeon.pany him to the Palace. On entering therein he was received with military honours by the various guards of the Palate. On 31r. Andemosis arrival at the Foreign Office, Senor Caul received him very wamtly, expressing the great pleasure he experienced on beholding so distinguished a person in our capital ; and forthwith presented him to several gentleman of the High Court of Justice, the Senate, the Chamber of Representatives, the Chief ()}ficers State, &c. ifte. Mr. Anderson then introduced Mr. Bullit to them, as acting Secretary of Legation. At the appointed hour, the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs conducted Mr. Anderson to the principal Ilall of the Palace, where his Excellency, the Vice-Pre sident, with the other Secretaries of State. were expecting him. The Commandant flenersi of the Department ens in the adjoining room, with a splendid retinue of all the officers in the capital. Mr. Anderson, on being presented to his Excellency the Vice-President, addressed hint to the following terms:— •• Senor Presieent, " The Presid2nt of the I7nired States, animated by a lively desire of cultivating the most friendly and generous relations between our respective countries, has directed me to assure you, most unequivocally, of the liberal suit! :tents he will ever en. tertain, in common with the people of the United States, towards fore institution's throughout the globe. I offer yon his ardent de sires for the re-establishoter.t of peace in this Republic, and for the increasing prosperity of its c:tizens. " dly personal admirn: ion of the free institutions of Colombia. and of the Florions manner in which they have been established and maintained, is :he had guar.mtee of the sincerity of my senti ments. Should my mission happily tend to establish and strengthen these friendly dispositions on the part of our lellos-c tuntrymen, it will be a source of unmixed joy to all who admire liberal go. vernruents. _ _ . " It is on this Continent rind in this age, Mr. President, that man has returned to the knowledge of a truth long concealed • 'that, under the protection of heaven, he can take erre of himself, and that God ha. rot given him the comprehension of a human being in vain.' I:.sv moeve that can animate a good man impels him to Reek institutions tou...ilod on the discovery of these truths, and to cherish those prinriples which alone can mair.tain them. It is a most sublime spectacle to behold ma species illustrating by rea son and argument this truth, that voluntary consent is the only true source of pnlitical power.' 11 . hen a nation is once satisfied of this feet, bee liberties are then placed beyond the resch of violence or fraud. " Under such (hivernmenni we Mar reasonably hope to behold Me people of this COotinent devoted to such pursuits ns give vigour sod enjoyment to private life, and lustre to intellectual endow ments; and that, rejecting all that is rile and gross, they will de vote their energies to the inipmvement of the:us:lves and their country. It has hmg been the doctrine of despots, that the pursuits of peace are insuflicient to absorb the occupation of mankind, and their sincerity in asserting this doctrine has hero illuierated by the wicughter of toilha-e. Thus it becomes the exalted duty of those whit preside over die besot itul Iteptildirs of ,tottrica, to prove the I,lseh o od or a principle 10 ',VW:4) . OT to virtuous inen,and soothing only to tyrants. Time has not yet been given for beholding the effect which the principles of Govitnment disseniitiated throughout this Continent may ultimately hwee mi tile habit. aril usagis of mankind ; but though has already been established to rejoice the friends of )saes, UM animate time.,, to a noes al of their etliwts in behalf of prinei-, plas which, rejecting war and bloodshed, tend only to peace. " In roncludieg. II r. President. allow me to observe, that as the establishment of this Itepuldie presents to the world a most bril liant example of the triumph of virtue and courage, so may it con (Moe for ages an illustrious evidence of the omnipotence of truth 4MI of the gond cause." (hi concluding this s.wecli, Mr. Arilerson delivered to his Excel lency the Vire-President his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary 'rte the Chihli States, who, on learni..g their contents, conk-rant- 'lied Mr. Anderson on his sire arrival in the capital of the Repub he, remarking, wrong other observations. as follows: ''chat inasmuch us the ['oiled States bad always been the grand luminary which the inhattitants of this part of .Inwrica had ever k?pt in view ilunng their conflicts. so would they now (and more "Petnally the Itt public of ( endeavour in peace to prove to the clas,ie country of American liberty the high consideration in "it'll they lull her ) hmetrinient and political institutions, soil their desire to improve and dray closer the friendly relations which so 17 "Pi!y rxirt between the two cimatries." This ceremony being concluded, Mr. Anderson took his leave. having immifested in all his actions the most philanthropic and snare sentiments, with a hee-t truly republican, and a sincere fnenth.hip f u r rokiythiu the human rate. S I cii!AMPTON, MAR(' il ;eneral Mina'm lady and atTivAl ht.re by the Chesterfield, from .larre, on "'mazy morning, and rtopped at the Star Ilotel. They IL•t thiv town for 1./.lttlen on the following morning,. FIRST REPORT FROM THE SRLECT commiTTEE ON ARTISANS AND MACHINERY. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the Jaw in the United Kirgdom, and its consequences, respecting, Artisans leaving the kingdom, and residing abroad also. into the state of the Law, and its consequences, respecting tie ex portation of Tools and Machinery and into the state of the Law and its effects, so far as relates to the combination of ‘Vorkniet, and others, to raise wages, er to regulate their wages and hours of working. (Continued from our Paver of Saturday.) We next come to the subject of the COUBINATTON IaA•TX. These laws were first introduced into our statute books nearly three hundred years ago, when King, Parlia ment, and manufacturer, wire alike ignorant of the prin ciples of commerce, and alike regardless of all printipler, whether of commerce or any thing else, that stood in the way of their own immediate interest. The same spirit has, unhappily, survived to our own age. The science of Politi cal Economy, it is true, has of late made vast progress, Int the practical illustration of its tnaxinis is but beginning to manifest itself, and is even yet working its way slowly, and with great struggle. In Gig a; aT BRITAIN, the most opulent and commercial kingdom in the known world, and in , the Parliament of Great Britain, which is—or at least with its means of information onght to be—the most enlightened legislative body in Europe, a Committee of inquiry is ap pii"nted in the reign of George Me Fourth, to report on the policy of repealing the Cow hinatioli Laws, which were framed in the despotic and dark age of Edward the Sixth! And this, not until the mischievous consequences of their impolicy is so glaringly manifest and so extensively felt, as to force themselves upon the attention of the Legislature with an appeal that is irresistible. How entirely, at the time when these laws were first enacted, the rights and in terests of the artisans hung upon the arbitrary determina tion of their employers, and the merciless severity with which the Legislature lent itself to the views of the latter at !he expense of the former, is sufficiently conspicuous from the statute itself, 2 and 3 Edward VI. c. IS, which ushered in these protective regulations, and which enacUr— " That if any artificer, workman, or l'hourer, do conspire, that they shall not do their work tad at ac r tai. price, or shall do brat a certain work inn daq, or shall not take upon them to ~ffatea what another hullo terns, or shall not work but at certain flaws, every per,on so conspiring shall forfeit for the first offence 101. ; and if he do not pay the same 'Lubin six days, shall be imerisoned twenty days. and fed upon bread and water; for the second offence shall pay 91 fI. within six days, or suffer the punishment of !hr pills? y ; and for the third, shall pay 401. or be pillorcd, lose a.a car, and be deemed is/I/moss." A penalty of fort l nunds, in those days, was about equi valent to a fine of Aar hundred pounds in our times; the punishment, therefore, which was to follow tort workman on non-payment of this enormous penalty, with/or six days, was certain enough to follow his offence. And this is the great precedent from which we have copied, in the spirit, though not precise'y in the letter, the combination lairs, passed by the 12th Geo. 1., extended by the 22d Geo. 11., and still further extended by the 36th Geo. 111 !! These dews it is that the nianiffileterersthernselres are now seeking to repeal; they have long since found out that they do not vet what their workmen lose ; they have found out, too, that masters and men may each be safely trusted with the preservation of their own interests; and that in any dis putes, whether about priers or any other matter, the Le qi.slatore can never interfere between them, without giving both parties cause for complaining. Experience has at length brought them—as it has brought all thinking men— to this conclusion, that the management of the national interests is the great concern of Parliament, and that the reirate interests of arty leers and their employers are wholly out of its province. Those who jiT/wherelhe shoe pinches can best adjust it to the shape of the foot. All persons, whether in power or out of it, that officiously in terrneffil'e in what they do not understand, are sure to make matters worse. It is monstrous to sec persons undertaking to regulate the complicated machinery of manufactures, that ought not to be even trusted to oil the wheels. The evidence given in these Reports cannot fail to carry with it that conviction which it is intended to convey ; and we trust it will lead to the sweeping from the statute book a set of laws. as dishonourable to the wisaotn of Parliament as they are destructive to those mutual interests which they so iniquitously interpose to conciliate. Mr. JOHN .IIARTINI:AI• E.anutimod., What is your opinion of the erect of the law against the combi nation of workmen, to far as it prohibits them from combining to raise their wages, to regulate them, or to regulate their hours of working ?—1 have fomied my opinion, not on experience of my own, because our divot of workmen are not liable to enter into those combinations; they are paid according to their quality ; a ;rood workman receives in proportion higher wages than an inferior one, which rerders it impossible that combinations can take place with us ; but I hare flit need a ern, derided opinion upon the ere: of the ecialinatirm %.n:: s, which have been enabled to do, tram bowleg studied the habi ts an d dispositions of the working classes, and I am certainly of opinion, that instead of prodneinc the cart intended, they art in a diametrically apposite way, and that they, pita, in fact, a hand of union among the workmen. Have the combinations generally taken place in that class where smifbentito of wages fir lime p revails; for instance, a shilling, fir six hours latmor, he the work good or bad, as now etists is the - remvdgand other branches ?—They have. Does the combination exist principally there?—Decidedly so; it can take place only under such circumstances. Taking into consideration a period of pears, do you think the laws against combination keep wages lower than they would he, if no such laws existed ?--I think that it no such laws existed the :eves would probably be /owe, ; there would be, at any rate, a better feeling between the martens and the men than that which row exists, and a comp:titian would arise amongst the men, which would have a tendency to redner the pi ;cc of Wow.. Would not the cril•et of removing the laws be that, from time to time, the wages would rise and fall according to the circumstances of demand and sup itly ; and that by that means the evils which are now Mond to arise from combinations would cease?—/ ant decidedly of that opinion. Do not the masters freyncally combine, and thereby compel the nun to do so in their own defence ?—/t is a eireninslanec of almost daily notoriety ; indeed it becomes a subject frequently of public aikei firemen', in which media:pi of masters are called expressly to regulate the walrs et md thr tinte . if wailing of their men. Can you state any instances which have occurred lately ?—I have lately visited seta! irdshire, and I there found that a combi nation ;sat this time taking place anior„^st the masters, certainly of directly to lower the rate of wages of the men, but to effect • thing which will haves kailearn I, it their interests—it is that of combining together to raise the price of iturr, in the London market, which would. of course, have the effect of diminishing the consumption of the article, and, as far as that pea, oPetiesc the in terests of the workmen wham they employ. I have in my pocket a copy doe/no/las which has been sent from Yorkshire into Stafford shire upon the subject. Do you think thel'ombination Laws tend to disturb the harmony which should subsist between the workmen and their employers ? nal co , :fident that snrlo it the ease ; it is a constant soarce of die-': agicealent het:all, the :on barn awl the masters. I io not the Combiontion haws prevent wages being raised and low erect according as the demand in each particular trade may be ? —They certainly have that tendency ; the Combination haws hare obliged the men to combine together, and the consequence of that has been to prevent the rising and fulling of wages according to the , demand that may happen to exist for labour. Do you know of instanc.w of the masters combining and fixing the rates of wages, beyond which they will nut give ?—Titat is a twitter of daily notoriety. In your opinion, should not the men and masters be allowed In make ;drat IntrAvin thew please, as to OMONOti W• 14,,„ the liners of weerVeig, and made (of pry:meal. provided a speedy method of en forcing contracts was established ?-1 Amid have no ques:ion but that s u ch an arrangement sreeniel tee _nod teeth massless and men ; with respect to the t .et Mil of enforeiog contracts, Into not prepared in speak deeid t slly, lint I think that should be left open also. !lave not the prosecutions which have taken place by the masters of the men. arisen t their not fulfilling their engagements in work ?—Sione of them hare, but most of them have been for combining to raise wares. Do you not know that by the law as it now exists, any man re fusing to complete his work linty b^ rum.aitt, el to prison tend ./ 10 1:tr it ?—Yes, I 11 0 1 aware of teat; but I am not prepared to suy that such a h.w is politic% • Do you not think there should be some summary way of enforc ing the fulfilment of a contract ?—No good workman, in a manta. factory properly conducted, would be intlined to leave his work on fini.hed ; and, as a manufacturer, I should say, that if I had men of a different description, the sooner they were gone the better. In your opinion, is it requisite that any written agreement should take place between men and toasters to prevent disputes ? —I think that this would be a very rood plan, or to have it fiwin tan is the case in most MA iefactoti w) one of the rules which are burg tip in a conspicuous part of the manufactory. Do you think that sort of engagement, written or otherwise, should be left entirely to the toasters and the men ?—Crt hardy. No legislative enariment appears to you requisite ?—I should think it would he Ivry injurious he its ~1/ret. Does anything material occur to you upon this subject ?-1 will merely mention this circumstance:— I was a flu eh.gs a;nre at Li t repool, and there saw a report in one of the nswspapers, of a man having been a few weeks since 101,CUCC11 10 belle months impri. s 'amens tinder the Combination Lana. Les, Moodaq, while I was at Liverpool, A 55110 :re, nenrele red in the struts, for having IC. J . 1114 so a in a r thention ; 1 mention this, browse it shores the ineffseeery tarinenishnecnts wider the Combination Arts ; and I think it would rot be too much to say, that the warder qf the. lattrr teas crew.' by , r;ty of the !enmeshment inflicted 111 tar former. There is much matter for sail and serious refit ctiort iti this satetreitt. Whott the ut a feel that the laws have secured to their masters the nines of Wide, while thy ' unfairly withhold from them all mi ans of deftnee, it is na tural that the spirit of bitterness which this excites should break out into acts of hostility. That the masters should he permitted to combine and tix tlt.! rate of wages, while the melt arc punished with the extreme of severity for meeting together to adjust what they eligh: in Justice to receive as the fair reward of their labour, is so flagrantly partial and oppressive, that no man can contemplate the fact, when it tomes before him, without astonishment, that in a free country, and under a constitution like our such laws should have remained six months in the statute kook. rumination of Mr. ALI:SANDER GALLOWAY. What is your opinion of the effect of the laws against the com bination of workmen, so far as they prohibit their combining to raise their wages, to reeul ite them, or to regithre their hours of working ?-11 'lave always found that in those employments where 1 the wages 1, err and the same in amount, and where an bipolar and idk man wt, paid the same compensation as the Nie peva°, and iadastrioNs, there have always been combination:tanning those men. Now, in all those trades where the men have made their own individual engagements, we never see anything lik e conn [ blowhole': and previous to the Act for the repeal of the Lth of Elizabeth, which took place in the year 1814, combinations were much more frequent than the) are now; and while that law was in existence, every trade was Mlbil et to its most mischievous proviaions; but after its repeal, when a man was allowed to work at any em ployment, whether he had served ote„ two, or three years, Of not at all, that broke the neck of all combinations, because then the excluding party were No overwhelmed by new men, that we could do without them; but that which has struck most effectually at the root of all combination tinting work rest is, to pay every man according to hie merit, and to allow him to m ake his own agree ment with his employer. 11'hat, in your opinion, is the erect of the Combination Laws now existing 't —My opinion is, that they have a pr:juiiicial effect both against the !lien and their employers, and that it has excited jealousy and ill-will ; but, from my own knowledge, I do rot know a single ease where the masters - have conspired against the men, further than that of associating together. If the men are allowed to make their own engagement , they need not fear any conopiracy ; but 1 knew the masters could conspire with impunity agantxt the men if they chose, because their numbers are few, and they can carry on their measures with more Fealty, and perhaps with more dexterity than the workmen. On that account alone the Act ought to be repealed, as both parties are not equally protected by it. _ . Are the Committee to understand, that, in your experience in those branches where each man works by piece -work, or receives payment according to his talent and time, you hare not known combinations to take place ?—Very rarely ; seldom or never ; not thir.k there exists such a thing, since each man has heed allowed to make his own bargain, and not to he all inguenced by what his neighbour did ; all combinations ceased in those employments where that regulation governed. You refer to your own branch ?—I can speak only by hearsay of misers ; I will Jute illustrate this by a case: our business is corn_ ' poses of six or eight different branches; workers in wood, which we call pattern-makers; they consist of good cabinet-makers, joiners, mill-wrights, and others employed in wood : iron and brass founders, smiths, firemen, and hanimennen, as they are called; %icemen and tilers ; and brass, iron. atol wood turners, in all their variety. It has been the practice, in every carpenter's or joiner's shop, to pay every man :WI, a-week, whether good, bad, or in. different, and they wanted to carry this seine system into our em ploy, but we could not act upon it ; whereas I have some carpenters that I give two guineas a-week to ; others 364., others 315.. anti so on ; and others even below what an ordinary carpenter gives. We have found, therefore, that those men have never attempted, in our manuf.ictories, to conspire, for every man is impressed with the idea, that the moment he can work better and quicker, lie will have his wages increased; and I have frequently six or seven applications on a Saturday night for increased wages, as by their attention and good conduct they become moo valuable, and expect to be coin pensated accordingly. But in all those maneactorics where the wakens are the same, it is no uncommon thing f.r a man to receive from his master double the wages he has earned. But in engineer shops, new men's wages are generally fixed after working a fortnight on trial : we give as much as we can afford to the most expert men, and then bring down the reward upon that standard; but in the business of a millwright, all the men have two guit.eas a week, and a man of that class formerly was employed to turn a grind-stone, while one st Ills. a week would have done as well; but the men would not allow a man at Ills. a week to perform such a duty ; bin a millwright, at two guineas • week, must do it. The consequence has been, that engineers have become millwrights, and we make our machines so much better, and so much cheaper, that that trade that used to scof f and spurn at the name of an engineer, are obliged to take up the name of an mimeo., and conduct their business by the engineer's economy, anal that change in the short progress of fifteen or twenty years. Having employed a great many men, is it your opinion that the num and masters should be allowed to make what bargain they please, both as to amount of wages or of working, the method of payment, and the number of apprentices , pmvided a summary method of enforcing the contract is established ? It appears to me that all that is necessary is to have a law °Nixing p•rties to do that they agree to do; that they should be left at pope( liberty. Ito yaw conceive any inconvenience from the. repeal of all the laws which now exist?—/ MINI: Mc greitt..4 bell' world result b.th to the reviewers aid employed. There is enough in the experience of the past, to convince us that in all that relates to commerce and manufacture, those concerned want no other guide, if their intentions are honest, but individual integrity and mutual good-will. If, in their affiiirs, anything should perchance go wrong, it is at once invidious .and unavailing to seek a remedy in the wisdom of Parliament. The injudicious tampering with such subjects on the part of the Government will be sure to beget an embarrassment infinitely greater than the wrong which led to it. Of late years there has been a inanifest anxiety to regulate all the conduct and concerns of life by Act of Parliament. This interference constitutes not only the essence of political economy, but of moral re form. All this is as ill judged as it is misehievour ; it will always happen, in such cases, that the reformation is more grievous than the evil ; no testimony or confirmation of this truth can be stronger than that which is before us. The second Report of the Committee contains much valuable evidence, in addition to what we have here ad duced, on this important subject of the Conthi.sulion Lou's, which, if our space permit, we shall lay before our readers to-morrow. 7HE ARMY. The Improved System for the Anny is now printed, and will, it is understood, be shortly issued, by command of his Majesty, to the British army. The 2d (or the Queen's Royal) regiment of foot, now stationed at Athlone, will be soon ordered to England, preparatory to its pro. eroding to India its future destination. The Commissioners of the Turnpike Road, in this vici nity, on Thursday entered into a contract to lower Ports down Hill ten feet. The work is to be completed in the course of July next.— l'ortssituuth Paper. At the present Assists there are seventy-three causes for trial ; of which seven are from the hundrecis of Amound erness, Lonsdale, Blackburn, and Lcyland ; thirty-four front the hundred of Salford ; and thirty-two from the hundrtml of West Derby.—Lieerpud 211erreiry. ALIJA; un Multi/ER AT PA lITINGTON.—It will be seen front the list cf committals to Turk Castle, that a person of the name of Edmund Hobson, of Parting on, stands eharp,eo with the wilful murder of his wife. We have received some .particular of this case, which Is involved in great mystery, but as die Assizes commence in so short a period, we deem it advisable to withhold them from publication. The prisoner is a schoolmaster, between sixty and seventy, and his wife was still oider—h Is stated seventy nine. The parties, unhappily, did not live on good terms. On the evening of Tuesday week, he went home, at a very late hour, much intoxicated, and a quarrel took place, during which he be. hayed to her very harshly, and threatened further ill-treatment. A neighbour interfered, and the parties became, in some degree, re conciled. The next morning she was found dead, in a well near the back door of the house, with one of her arms broken llow this event occurred will form the subject of future inquiry. —!/ail AN ALCII M I vt's Ta t ices.—The best delusion ever prac tised by the Aleitynnists, gays Voltaire, was that which a 11osi. crut ion played. towards 1620, on Henry 1., Duke of Bouillon, of the house of Tourenne. reigning Prince of Sedan. " Von do not possess," said the llottering charlatan, " a sovereignty worthy of your great qualities, and it is in my power to make you richer than the Emperor. I can only remain. however. two days in your tern. weirs. for 1 ant obliged to go to Venice, to attend a grand meeting if the brethren ; it'. therefore, I confer wealth on you, you must keep toy secret. Send to the chief apotherary of the city, an' purchase solo° sugar •of lead ; throw in a single grain of the red powder which I will give you, and put the whole into a vessel over the tire, and in less than a quarter of an hour it will be con- Iverted to gold." lie performed the operation, and repeated it three times in the presence of the itoiticrucian, who had previously pur chased all the sugar of lead which was in Sedan, and had resold it mixed with some gold. On quitting Sedan, he made the Duke a present of all his transmuting powder; who, having obtai.ted a small quantity of gold in his experiments, did not doubt that, with the three hundred grains of pow& t, he should gain three hundred ounces of gold. lie began to reckon his wealth ; anti talc-aimed, that within a week he should gain thirty-seven thousand pounds, without thinking of what he might afterwards gain. The philo sopher, however, was in haste to depart. He had given all hi s treasure to the Prince, and only wanted a small sum of the current money of the country to carry him 10 Venice, where he was to be preset at the meeting of the Iler sartie States. Ile wit very tno.• iterate in his desires, and travelled without spending much money. He only asked 20,000 crowns to defray the expense of his journey to Vence: the Duke was ashamed that a man who had given him MD much should receive an small a sum, and gave him 40,111.00. lie soon afterwards consumed all the sugar of lead in Sedan, and then he made no more gold. The adept returned tin more, having made ' a very good bargain io getting /0,000 crewna fur about three i ounces of geld—The Chartist. NAM INTELLIGENCE. The Arachne lit gun sloop, Captain 11. D. Chads, sailed from Portsmouth on Wednesday for the Cape of Good Hope, the Mau ritius, and-Madras, with despatches. She also.took out despatches for Lisbon, where she is to call in the first instance. The Hasty surveying vessel, commanded by Mr. Fitzmaurice, sailed front Portsmouth on Saturday, to be employed in the survey. ing service oT Dungeness, in conjunction with the shamrock, Capt. Me-in White. The Starling cutter, Lieut. C. F. Turner, sailed from Ports. mouth no fl edneadly fur Jersey ; and on Thursday the Sparrow. hawk 18. gun sloop, lino. Captain Pandas, baring been refitted. weat out of Portsmouth harbour to Spitted, where she remains, with the t;rasshopper, (*amain .1 plin. The Terror brimh.vessel. ('apt A. D. V. Arbuthnot. is lifting for sea with all po ss ibl e expedition, and is expected to be ready for service in the course of a week. Lieutenants Thomism Robinson and Charles Thomson are ap pointed to the Bulwark; Lieut. C. Callecott, to the Cyrillic; and Mr. Arthur Frame, Purser, to the Terror. rORTANIOUTIT, ltd. UCH 19.—N3 arrivals or sailirga. Ships in Harbour—Queen Charlotte. Victory, Bulwark, Jupiter, Tweed, iSantarimt„ Aledins. Cyrene, Sparmwhawk, and Terror. 1 Frans ,he Jamaira Royal Gazette, Feb. 7.1 Remi nin run Royal Barbour thefollowing ve.seisuf vit.:— I Forte, 44, Captain Sit T. J. Cochrane, lint.; Helicon (bri(t), 10, I Captain %V. R. Dawkins; Assiduous (schooner), 3,31 r. VS wen, Commkbder : and Serapis (deg and convalescent ship), Lieutenant 0. V. Jackson. The following letter from Vier:Admiral Sir L. W. Halsted. KALB., to h.s Honour the Mayor was received in this city yesterday:— _ _ Scrapis, in Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica, Feb. S. Sir-1 have the satisfaction to ae4saint you, for the informs lion of those intercated, that the authotilio4 at Pori!) Rico, yield ing to the recla:nationv of Commodore Sir Edward Owen, late Commander-in-Chief. have returned the rum of 1,675 dollars for the goods illegally plundered front the schooner Fait.Fan by the Fortune privateer. The money is in the hinds of Captain Sir T. Cochrane, of the Forte, and will be delivered to those who may have a right thereto. The A - tithorities of the above Wand leave alao ahewn • strong disposition to retuler the same justice in the use of SW Eliza, of this Wan& likewise piratically plundered by the Fortuna: and I have every ressm to believe, upon receivinic further proof of the sable of the goods taken, that thW claim will to Short tirne be finally settled. I have the honour to be. Sir, your most obedient Servant, L. W. HALSTED, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Nassau, Dec. 17.—1 t is pleasing to see the officers of govern_ meat act in such a manner as to draw forth the 'probation of all classes, and rewire the public thanks for the attention paid to the security of trade in the Colonies. We have every reason to believe that this approbation, and the thinks of the (louse of Assembly of Jamaica, have been justly and deservedly given to Commodore Owen, for his attention to the intekssts of that Colony during his command in these seas. It is however to be regretted that this Colony has not had a like opportunity of voting thanks to the Gallant CAnnuidore; for our little tra.le has been lately left top otett itself, when that with Cuba is generally to those parts moat infested by the pirates. Some time ago the Speedwell was continued on this part of the station, and was of essential service under the command of a very active officer, Lieutenant W. H. Geary, but latterly we bare had no vessel of war stationed here, and seldom any look in on s DFCEMPER 20.—We are pleased to learn that the north side ot'Cuba, to which part the trade of this place is generally directed, has not been negharted, as will be Peen bv the following extr :et of a letter from Ragged Island, dated the 10th inst. re:vived here two days ran : " His Majesty's schooner Lion touched here yesterday, on a cruise. Lieutenant Hobson, the commander, and Lieutenant Manners, of his 31ajasty's ship Pyramus, called to see me. These gentlemen state that they have searched the roast of Cuba for some time, and can get no intelligence of a single pirate any where ; that the cow of Cabs appears to he tranquil. The Pyra mus is still there. Lieutenant Hobson wishes to acquaint the mer chants of :ssssau that the navy are using every exertion to keep the pirates under, and that they have now nothing to fear fro:n them." On this subject we have been infrmned to-day, on undoubted authority, that the l'yratints, Speedwdl, Lion, and Union, are now cruising on the north aide of Cuba, between the flavannah and Cape Maize; and the Icarus is to proceed immediately to the in—^" SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM.IIOUSE, ALtica zwrEar.n JXWAIDI. Harard. Sony (Schofield, broker). from Dunkirk. William, Nazeby (Jutting), from Harlingen. Lady ltlackworth. Capes (Hughes), from Honduras. Norfolk, (ireig (Isbester), from Calcutta. 31orley, Holiday (Lachlan), from Calcutta. Mancti H). ENTERED OLTTWARDS.—The Trusty, for Pernambuco; For titude, for St. Kitt's; and Oscar. for the Cape of Gond hope. CLEARING OUTWARDS.—The Vittoria, for Trinidad So crates. fur Gibraltar; CntellGeßvoug, for Drones ; Julie, fur Calais ; Courier, for Naples; George, for Cadiz; Peace, for Bahia; and Barbadian, for Pietas. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOVTII, Ilfettcs 18.—Arrured the Lord Sidmout It picket, from Jamaica—coiled the 10th ult. and from Crooked 11 , 14:4 the 224 E ; oleo, the Frolic packet, from the Leeward islands—sailed from St. Thomas's the al ult. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.:Attived his Majesty's ship Thetis, from the Coast of Mexico, with Mr. Ward, last trues Havannah, only 18 days, with specie ; also, the Dispatch, Crabb, f rom L o ndo n , or Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20.•-• Arrived at Cowes the Loyal Briton transport (1), Lieutenant Williams, Agent, in 35 days from liar_ badoes, with ordnance stores on board. The following passengers landed front her this morning:—Major-General klainwaring Hate Lieutenant-Governor of St. Lucie), and his Lady, Miss Dixon, and Lieut. Mainwaring, A.D.C., Captain Coleman, 93d regiment, Lientanast, Seargill, 9th regiment, and Lady, Surgeon Sprout, R.A. and Lady, Lieutenant Weller, of the Scout, Mr. IPArthur, Antietam Sention of the Superb, and some other naval officers and invalided seamen and soldiers. The Hussar, 46, Captain George Harris, C.B. had arrived out from England, and proceeded to Ja maica. The Scout had gone to La Guam, to take convoy to the Mona Passage, and relieve the Ringdore ; the Surinam and Ring_ dove were at St. Thomas's; the Ganges, Superb, and ];den, were at Barbedees. The slave population was perfectly quirt, though Demerara was still under martial law. On her passage home, the Loyal Briton spoke the brig Lady Hamilton, 22 days from Oporto to Newfoundland, all well.—The Terror bomb, Capt. Arbuthnot, which was intended for service at Algiers, has been got ready tor sea with extraordinary expedition. She will go out of harbour on Monday. . . . . . . _ DEAL, 31incif 19.—Arrived and remain in the Downs, the Delt, Waters, form London for Rio Janeiro Sanguinsni Dal. from Demerara for London ; and Argonaut, Turnbull, from Newcastle fur Liahon. GRAVESEND, MARCH 19.—Arrived, the Margaret, Hart, front Rotterdam; Hazard, Solley, from Dunkirk; William, Naleby, from Ilarli:,gen ; Peter and Maria, Eggers, from Antwerp; Young (atnilie, Potter% from Ostend. Sailed, the Gowan, !Beams, for Genoa; -Inger, Barber, for Bremen; Countess of Harcourt, Bunn, for New South Wales; Richard Reynolds, Roberts. for Jamaica; Alexander, Errington, ftw .llndeira; Miry, Ednier.d, for Steltin ; Concord, Hicks, for Elsineur; Calthorp, Newton, for Copenhagen. A xxtut*A, E ER. 14.—The George, Leach, from Berbfce to London, put into this island on the Ist instant, very leaky : the cargo has been landed, and the vessel is undergoing the necessary repairs to enable her to proceed to her destination. 1)x wERAILA, J AY. 27.—The Reine des Anger', Nicholas, which arrived here on the 27th ult. from Quebec, distnasted, has been condemned and sold, with part of her cargo. We have had strong northerly gales here for some time past ; and it blew so hard this afternoon from the as to oblige three vessel, to return to port, a circumstance perhaps never known here before by the oldest inhabitant. GRENADA, YEN. 9.—The Eliza, Dwight", attached to the ship St. (kluge, in working out of Calvary Bay, was taken aback by a sudden change of wind, and got upon a dangerous reel. but did not receive much damage. The weather has been unusually tem. pestuous for nearly three weeks. JAMAICA (KINOITONI. FEL 17.—The sloop General Drum mond parted from her atm tots in Orange Bay on the night of the Rth instant, during a severe north gale, and it is feared she will be totally lost. JAN. 21.--List of the Argues convoy from Negri' Bar :—prig Hibernia, Patterson ; and schooner William, Hawbelt, f or u s _ lifar ; and brigantine Cordelia, Williamson, for Liverpool--41 from this port. .lAW. il.—We learn that a Curacao vessel, pilot built, has been captured by a piratical felucca off Porto Rico. The pirates after- I wards scuttled their own vessel, haring previously put the crew of the Curacao vessel on board. As the piratical felucca was sinking the Curacao sailors jumped overboard, and attenipted to save themselves, but they were shot in the water by the pirates. One boy alone escaped to the shore; he was nearly drowned. 11e, how eraa found his way by lard to St. John's, Port-Pico, and gave in. formation of the atrocious deed. The Pirates have sailed in the captured Curacao vessel on a cruise. This vessel is a Baltimore pilot-built schooner, with two top-masts, and boarded waist. When captured she had on board a conaidaable quantity of specie. TORTOLA, FES. 17.—Brig Europe, Reavely, from Demerara, with a cargo of sugar, ruin, and molasses, bound to Liverpool, on the 10th Jan. sprung a leak, and put into this port on the 2.1 d of the said month, the greater part of the cargo has been landed, the leak snipped, and the cargo just commenced to be re-shipped; she will be ready to proceed on her voyage early in March ensuing. The following are extract* of letters front the Agents to Lloyd's: " Port of San lllas, December 12.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Aurora, from the coast of Peru. She contradicts the report circu lating here, that Bolivar had beaten the forces of Laaerna, and made hint prisoner." Acapulco, Ihvember 15.—.irrivcd on the 14th the British brig Colombia, Bere-tord, from thaayaquil. touched at Sonsonate. The 31aster statm, that Lima was in the hands of the Patriots; pan of their anny had embarknl for Avica, the remainder was to b: kept in the neigh!smrhood of the capital. Several .tmerican vessels had arrived on the coact of Peru, having taken the Spanish flag at the Island of eltiloe for entising as privateers." the l'orielanus (wh:ILT) was at Van Diernatis Land last 3laach, FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Crown-Office, March 20, 11121. MEMBERS RET UH NED TO SERVE IX THE P2ESEXT PAR- L IA !LENT. lir , eourh of Plympion Ee - rle:—.ToWn . Henry North, of Alerrion: square, in the city of Dublin, in Ireland, I:sq. in the minis or Hanald George Marifonald, E.q. who has accepttd the office of theward of the Manor of East If endred. • -- ..... enmity effrestrwatit.—Rolicrt. .Smyth, Of Drumeree Hi the ssiti county, E. in tic room of Gustavus flume Ho chfort, E-q. deceased. /brooch of New P , sr.—John I)Aerty. of the city of Esq. in the rossn of Francis Leigh, Esq. ,'ho has ateepted ;be Chiltern llundreds. RANKRI:i'TCY ENLARHEU. • • A. Naughton, Huddersfield, York, (:mete, front March See tv Apul 6, at eleven, at ill:. Rose and CronHudderaflekl. RANKRUPTS. G. Hassell, Alban,/ Elnunbetw, Piccadilly. horse-tleak ' td surrender March 27. April 3, an d M a i 1, at e l even , at the Bank , rupte Court. Solicitor, SI T . Bl ac k, I;lol4rd's Inn. 'l'. Bretell, Sumnievhill. Staffed, scrivener, April and May I, at eleven. at the Wheat-Sheif Inn, Rewd'ey, Worcester. Solicitor, Mr. Roberts, Stourbridge, Woreesterihire. P. and W. Mackenzie, Shrill:Ad, York, npbolsteref*, Isreh kJ, April 3. and May I, at ten, at the Itailmi ti Court. &h -i eater, Mr. Rodgers, t anierburx.equare, Sbuthwaric. 1 W.Jeferys, Quadrant, Regetn.street, painter, March M.'9, and • May I, at twcive, at the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mt. Pratt. Lincoln's Inn New Square. G. Evans, }listings, Stuisex. jeweller, March 27, April 2.. end May 1. at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Co urt. Solicitor; Mr. Ccur. I teen, Sise-lane. J.' Jay, lie:cent-street, licm draper , Jlareb 27. April If, and May I, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court- Snlichon4 Mclicca• Walker, Rankles and Riehirds, Masinghall-itreet. W. Kterart, t'heapvide, merchant, llttreb and May I, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' Court. tiotieltor, Mr. Robinson, Carey•street. F. Moon, 31irtleld, York, woollen-AA merchanykOtil t, sista. 7. and May I,* ten, at the Cleoryge Inn, IludderslAL tcolititat; Mr. W. Jacontb, 11 F. Webb, Waping-street. grocer. March 23, rt. and Mak I. at eleve!t, at the Itanktupte Coats. tisFteltori Mr: Pstoils; 70, Queen-strect, (711cap.it,e. DIVIDENDS. April 10. R. A. Jaren, Tottenham Court-e‘itl, liaenAiraPai, eleven. at the :Bankrupts' Court. April 10. W. Chil6, Whitehall, victualler, at deem, at thd Bankri.pte Court. March 30. J. Giotto°, Liverpool, merchant, itt twelve; de dui Bankrupts' Court. Iprill3. T. 31ulligan, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, at one, it lib/ Bankrupts' Court. April 2G. T. Dibbont, J. Oibboant 4 and D. Dibboir, jail. Wols verhanipton, Stafford, bankers, at eleven, at the Jern.ngharu Amy Inn, S h an d , Salop. April 11. I'. Lloyd,. Ron*, Ileldhed i greed', et deter, at the Blush Tavern, Com-street, BristoL April 11. W. Twigjc, Sheffield, York, pltitaber, at twelk, tits Tenting Inn, Sheflied. April 27. J. liehdertern and A. Neilson, 31Itte-couiti Itli!ki street, merchants. at twelve. at the Bankrupts ' Court. April 10. J. Kingsell, Blackwell, it/anther, at eleven, at the Ban kru pts' Court. April J. Schofield, Sheffield, York, merchtmt, at eleven, diet 'unimercial Inn, Sheffield. A iMil 13. G. Robertson, %Wapping, sbi'p-chandier, at one, at the Ban krupta' Court. April 10. C. Irving, SO uthamptol, schoolmaster, at twelve; at the Coach and Horses Inn, Suinthanipton. April 13. T. Dudley, Brighton, carpet-deder, tt twelve, it the Bankrupts' Court. April 10. C. Reuel% Prospect-place. I.n.irbetlt i Surrey, Mau , ranee-broker, at eleven, at the Bankrupts` Court. April J. Bromley, Cirens.street, New-road, Mary:la-betcner ironmonger, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court. CERTIFICATES.—Arart It E. Jones sea J. Minis, Badge-row, stationers—j. Cook, Hoek.' dale, Lancaster, ironmonger —T. H. Pollard, Howland.street, Fitzroy-square, Sour-factor—C. Niven, Holborn-bridge, oil-broker —.l. Itattliogs, Shiptoo-under-li'hiehwood, Darold, druggist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, .1. Gordon. J. (I. Miff, W. 11. Inglis, sod J. Hem, London, (so t.r a. regards the said W. H. In g li s ) —H. Elli s , T. C ox, ar d J. 31illiouni, Newensdr-upon-Tyne, plumbers —T. Dalffinsre and Dallimore, Doctors' Commun. pottmesters—T. Hall and J. Duncan, wine-merchants—T. Barker, sera, and .1. !((ears, baytnn. , stone, Essex, common brewers—J. Musran, and IC Abbott ; 1.a.. valmtoli cheirdsts--J. Hopkins and B Fanfold. Worthing, Susses: wine-merchants--W. Bell and J. /Inward, Norwich, turttem...— E. Petherbridge and L. Petherbvidge, Woodooreet. ChCapide. feather- deafen —W. Evans, jun. a nd J. Tatman , &lnto!, colour.' men—W. Landell and Ai'. W _,Landell,Cesuonaricst, and tithed. Thant* Southwark, and at * Rtitherhitbe, Surrey, eorwfaeteros., R. k'owler. A. (ledge, ard G. (ledge; Norwich. Brad. slum and B. Fisher, Sltc•flield, York, teider-rnakers—.W. Mosley. Angleses.street, Dublin, and U. llslop s 4;andssuerea4 Holborn, jewellers--J. Crook and W. Steel, tverpooll—.J. Child, 0. Priest ley. and J. Tetlow, Rishworth, Hold's*, York, tottomupinnerit..., J. Stanadeld and H . Emett, flandroki, Wrffigky, HalYatt, York, chemists—J. Steel and (I. W. W. Fraser, Sallord. ' Lireamov, dad spinners —E Coker and S. Bryan, Ch niter„ Dor Carle, sen. and R. De Carle, jun. Norwich, orone.msaons-i.K. sack, 11. Bilke, and E. Ifillre, Change-alley, stoek.Arokers two fate as regards the said R. bout, k)--J. Keene end J. Tester, !tomb Audley-strett, tailoni—W. 31aePhenion and T. t'arter, chamista—s A. Gondar and W. H. Thrupp, Winebeiter-wharf, Brookside, surrey, coal-rnershants. T. e average price of Brown or 3luecovado atm, 'from the Returns made in the week ending the 17th day et 1821, is 335. per cwt. exclusive of the Duties at Comma paid or payable thereon on the imporudion thereof into Great Britain. Average price of Corn from the Retort's feceived 10 the Waif ending March 13, 1024. 'heat. Barle. Oats. Rye. Beans. Pats. s. d. ► 8. s. d. s. d. S. d. t d. CS 7 38 10 I 25 8 44 0 141 3 39 NEETINGE OF CREDITORS, AT Tat AA AA 4:0131T, ■ASINIAHwCGdTAEI'T, - _ THIS DAT. TIIIRD MEETING!. Holden, J. Bmker's-rovr, ironmonger - : Kinnear, J. Brighton, banker . - Nash, F. liarden.row, Southwark, merchant - Penney, T. li. Brighton, linen-draper - Perkins, .I. Upper Thames street, stmicener .: Hist, C. lannbard-strtet, auctioneer . ... Honaldson, J. J. Bmad-street-place, merchant Tarlir.g, T. S. Layton, Eases, tailor . . SECOND MEETING. Horgan, J. J. York -street. Commercial-road East, carpenter FIRST liver!Nisi. Boswell, T. Snrrey-street, Strand, tailor Udder, S. Brick-lane, it'hitechapel, tea-dealer lJetfreys, W. Quadrant, lit-gent-street, plumber Keele, J. H'aterloo-road, stat:oner Strain, W. 3litre-court, theapside. merchant We'ob, B. P. Wapping -street, Middlesex, grocer DI IDENDS. Barker, T. and Ilutiron, F. flup-Grotmd Retire", Strarforti f Essex, brewers - Greases, J. I'. sharp, H. and Fisher, F. King's Arens.yard, Cnlen:an-street, merchants - - Iff Lee, J. Charles-streeet, Ifundeydoww, lighttrosaw . II W. Rye, Sussex. draper 11 GUILDHALL Saturday J. Coheir, •eryaWron;ry 11111wied farattte, *tut charged with defrauding a poor Journeyman baker, who had just come from Devonshire to learn the Loaders way of making bread. of 21. lOs. lie had it, seems, perassout the simple fellow to= his own watch to buy another wonkier rasemblance of one, by a ptetcnded sailor prornbang ghee him H. more for it, as the sailor would not deal with hims,os amount of his teligbn. The Jew, however, was cot to be hood after Doeghey had bargained with the sailor. M A R 141,01t01"6 H STREET. The inhabitants of Pimlico inving been frequently alarmed of . late by the report of fire•ar n is in the night, one of the Daman, an Friday night, apprehended a Mr. Berber', who had fbed a pistol front hie house. The dAendant urged before the 3lagistrate, on Saturtl:7, erne he was brought up for examination, that the house ►ad been attacked by thieves, and hr tired as a warring td thtrn. The 31agistrate (Sir (I. FAH coo.) said %nen tiring, in a Ole? like I.ontlon, created ',mat alarm; the patrok had therefore only &we his duty; but under the tireutneancee be should discharge the case. TOWN-H : 11.1,, sorTIMARK. SINGULAR MODE OF Ss . turday Mrs. Mos.-T, a lady of i....posing ;manners, hahited in the height of fasaltion, r...- peared, at.euilipanied by hes husband ar.d several friends, to an swer a charge of assault. Mrs. Diana Jones, of No. 5, 31eltnn Terrace, said that the de fendant and her husband, with their children, had resided in the said house for nine months past. lln the recent death of her (the complainant's) husband, she had applied to them for payment of rent, which being unattended to, she sent in a broker to discrsin their goods, whom she was following up stairs, when the defend ant nits her and smack her backwards, with the expressions " Get you gone, old cat, to your dad dog." One witness was =lied to prove the assault, who described it es a push. The husband of the defendant requested to be heard on the part of his wife, who appeared much agitated, and hosing been sworn, informad the Magistrate that he had advanced monks on of rent to the coninlainant's husband j u st thrte weeks ago, fused further payment now (there not bring a cleaner due' war sstis6ed that she was entitle:l to siairst it as the Mali of her limband'a effects. whose body yet armaineiht unhoriecl, emitting horrid effluvia.. .tklerman SMITH advisrd the genffenum to mate iramediatt application to the parish others' on the subject. Mrs. Jones_" The body is my property, sod shall Roe hou‘e until they do." The 3logierms pepeatsd his advice, and dismissed the n the score gn, and re- 0 , until he finsuntrit the haus* inrcediair ot leave the le charge. al th- Ent M led sails this • we Mr. toe fa-