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STEAM ARTILLERY. The merit of originality for the introduction of steam for warlike purpoves, which has hitherto been supposed to long to our countryman, Mr. Perkins, seems in danger of bring disputed. • The Germitioi have ever been consi dered an int: A miens people, and however high the English 1 ,,, te stand fur advancing the discoveries of oth.ls • and for inaLieg them applicable to the variouspurprsea of life, it must be conceded that as yet we have not been thought to I ; sw ss at:y very great genius for original invs odor,. sher.fore. Alr:Krkins male known the result of his cx p. rim tits in the application of steam, with a view to super le& the use of gunpowder, die more sceptical part of air countrymen doubted its practicability ; not to much from any precise idea which they hail of the nature of steam and i:s various powers, as from the eiretstn mece of their never having heard of the thing being trier before, which they thought was an essential pnlimittory to soy ingenious operation performed by an whose•mily Merit they deemed to consist in t•tilurOtiguporr and htinging to perfection the conceptions of fon•ig:As. Time; however, had begun to shake their faith in the exclusive faculty of German invention ; and Perkins via greet to enjoy the honours of being en original, rdthomilt an Englishman. Hut, alas! recent Lindh g • or •fr Vlentas seems calculates d to deprive him of his Loge; and "even the F:enelt coesp:re to tear the lamed from him ; fqr, in the absence of any thing original among themselves, the y have maliciously selected from tai Aeltrian journals one only article, and that evi d.ntly with a view to detract from the character this virility was about to acquire. in having the happiness to give birth to the great originator of a pornr that is to impose a new aspect on warlike operations, and tonstinre a new era in all that relates to national direetrd anthrs. The article - lbw proutinendy put forward hitorms us that M. Fraucois lit nosily, alter having filled the office of Inapt elm. of Public Buildings, bad applied himself to the discovery of some more efficacious means to despatch an enemy than by the inadequate power of gunpowder ; and that he had slice/T.40 in making a piece of artillery which, by the force of steam, could, at the distance of 130 paces, avid a musket ball through a thick plank, such as is cam tuenly used for a target. Bills hail been thrown by it w7aitts: a wall at the distance of 170 !rams, and were coin pletc'y ill:toted by the force. The power cf the steam re•pio ) cri in this last experiment was equal to three times the weight of the atmosrhere. As this power can be augmetited two hundred it green, the most astonishing results muy he expected from it. Such is the cptickness with which the balls are thrown, that one hundred and fifty a minute can be sent in any direction whatever. The steam artillery, or whatever else this destructive engine i to be designated, admits of being removed from place to Al ice by a single ihrson. who may at the same time charge .1131 ditcliatge it. The host of reflections that come upon its when eevtemplating such a tremendous power is over whelming; but our present purpose is merely to notice that the Germans are den rinined to be up with us in every thing, be it for life or fur death. Let Mr. Pakins look to this. The statement in the Moreiv aims He respecting Sir Walts-r Scot.'s maniage is altogether premature. The story is nil to have originated in a joke of Mr. Jeffrey, who, as • instal-maker, is said to have expr, ss ti an opi nion that 8:r {falter should marry either Mrs. Coutts or Mia Bruce. This proposal, in being repeated, was meta inorphoin <I into the complete rouudetl-off fiction, against which neither the London nor the Provincial Papers can always goal. Should a marriage follow the rumour, it will nut by any ravine be the first that has had such an origin.--Glosrow ihrawiele. The alteration in the strive; of the mail at this town (Whitehaven) has at length taken place, bin we have not yet received the full benefit of the change, as, by some un arc mutable neglect. our London hag has been forwarded to Pennth, as formerly, instead of being left at Kendal. so that Government, or some intlividusht, arc taxed with • double expense; our Loudon letters being brought by ex press from Pt with, and reach this town about three in the se . terttooti. We trust the error will soon be corrected, and that we shall receive the letters, &e. from London by the mail rovh from feudal.—eittrberiond Paclrel. According to the arrangement now made, a person may leave Liverpool at six o'clock in the evening and arrive at Whitehaven at half-past lane; leave Whitehaven at bor. pan two, and reach Liverpool at eight o'clock next morn- Mg—being absent from Liverpool less than two days. Th, same facility of travelling from Whitehaven to Liverpool mid hack is also afforded, with the ailvatitaAe of retuaiuing, tett hours in Liverpool.—Cumberland Pdel.rt. C4IIN TR•In.—BIERI.I X, SEPT 30.—While the 'Conies ter!: Juurted continues to discuss the goestinti, whether tiie exportation of corn is advantageous or injurious, ex portation continues without intermission, and it is probable that the decision of the question will come when it can be 0: 110 use. The manufacturers of India imitation shawls at Paisley rre via parting with their weaver*. Some of those who hare been carrying on pretty briskly during the depression, are now 'suiting cl own all the webs of the kind as they are KAMA. The Committee for m tugging the Relief Fund are continuing to discharge those employed at out-dour labour. o.a Monday and Tut slay last those employed in breaking sterna were paid oft and on Saturday last a great many of those employed on the roads were discharged likewise. These individuals are supplied with relief tickets, to the amount of from 2s. to 3a. 641. a week, according to the size of their families. The Committee have had re otase to these measures as the only means of t keing out the existence of the nifling Porn they have mill at their aU.posal ; the cons, pience of such an alarming state of things is, that a general gloom pervades all classes; but the state of despomlency to which the poor people are re alized who are obliged to %please hunger, day after day, the above pittance, is alto:tether indescribable ; and. what is worse, they can now form no Wes of any period of time that will bring them relief —Glasgow Chronicle. C N A xi) KENTISH Tow NS, SI:.-IVoloelklay e..eaiog a neon:roue meeting of the proprietors of houses awl housekeepers of Rimers, Kentish, and Camden Towns, ttt. t k place in a spacious room in Gee-street, Clarendon tpare, for the purpose of adopting the best means of oh taming a more direct communication with each of those toms front the New Road and the southern part of the t nen than they now enjoy, this desirable communication king at present impeded by the vacant and intervening pturrty of the Duke of Bedford. The meeting-was nu merously attended, and comprised a majority of the re-- tpectableinhabiannts of the vicinity. Mr. Portington, who 61 been t intrusted with the preparation of the plans. briefly stated the object of the meeting, and laid the plans of the intended roads before them, which, after a length . .. tied discussion ' were adopted. The proposed line of road will he through Seymour-etrcet, Euston-square, to Cam den Town ; and to Kentish Town, through Union -street, New Rawl. The former proposal was received with high approbation, inasmuch as it will then complete the direct Lae of street from Covent-garden to this outlet of the town, there being already a straight communication, as frr as St ymout-street, from that spot. Previously to any fixed resolutions being adopted on the subject, it was deemed most advisable that a general meeting should be convened ity public advertisement, and arrangements are making to that effect. A general document, addreised to the Noble Doke, has be.m most numerously signed by the resident bourelioldeis and tradesint n, among whom are many of the tenants of his grace, soliciting a co-operation en his part in the objects of the meeting; and a select committee of seven vrmi appointed to wait upon the agents of the Duke with this document preciously to the general meeting taking place. Libtral subecriwions were entered into to defray the expenses of preparing the plans, advc rtiqements, &c. &c., in which the vestry of St. Pancrai, and the cleri ell gentlemen of the neiglibuurhood, have consented to participate. llama and Co. respectfully remind the Public that Next IVellneulay is positively fixed as the Day when all Lotteries must for ever cease in this Kingdom. Six Prizes or Thirty Thousand Pound.; will then be drawn, and it will be recollected Ilazard sod Co., in one Lottery, sold All the 30.000/. Prizes ' • and very recently Thre e 20,0 00 /. Prizes, drawn in (Inc Day.—Royal Exchange Gale; 26, ( ornhill ; anti 945, Oxford-street; and by their Agents in .II the principal Country Towns. LETTER THE EIGHTH, viol' TUE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF STAMPS, THE RIGHT HON. T. WALLACE. Sta,—l come now to the observations submitted to the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury, on the third Report of Messrs. Sykes and Forbes. This third Report, having the Distributor's Department for its subject, hail not the same mass of corruption to screen, nor the same Agents to protect, as the two former. It, of course, offers a more favourable specimen of their boletus for reform, and of the fitness for the ta►k to which they had been thus especially chosen. In this point of view it would have seemed un fair to withhold it, because, if it can lay no particutar claim to praise, it at least contains nothing which, like the former, calls for serious reprehension. Stamp.c.ffice. March 19, 1622. MT LORDS,—A3 my Colleagues expressed a wish that I should report separately on the first and second Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of the Stamp_ office in Scotland, I have thought it better to do the same on eteh. Xi the Same 'vegan appli"a equally, though not in the same extent, to the third and fourth, as the former The pscaent Report, which is the third, relates chiefly to the Distrihutots. The iie'smirtisskinutio begin with Glasgow : " The 1114sgoa Distrirt includes the counties Lanark, Ren frew. Dll.ll i 14.1011, aid Bute; and a. the grater part of it is ex tremely populous, anti as the flourishing towns of Glasgow. Pais ley, Greenock. ar,d Poet Glasgow, are comprehended within it, the dottiibution of Statnps is necessarily very great. The average for the best fire year was 99,thla Its. M., although last year it only amounted to 91.7411., the poundage for which, at 41. per cent. was 1.7101. Os. 74.; out of this, however. the Sub.distributur has to pay alinwar.mt to slx agents in different psrtsof his district, besides Cu: expenses ettntult: g the sale-office at Glasgow, which amounted las* year to 1,06 a, so that the net profit arising to him was 2.1:31fi. as. 7:1. %re conceive that this sum may suffer a reduction, lzsvit.g the Snit-distributer a proptr retvmpense for the re spoo•ibility and trouble connected with the office." The statement is somewhat ambiguous; it would ap pear here that the expense to be deducted is 1.0601., but it would h..ve item desirable to hare separated the expenee of the estahlishment at Glasgow from the expense attending the six agents in different parts, because, as the Commis sioners of Inquiry w.:11 knew that this lucrative office of Distributor for Cflasgow is performed by Deputy, it fol lows that their proposed reduction learns him a nct profit of 1,914/. Ids. 7.1. after paying those persons by whom the duty is discharged, or, in other words, is the salary of the Mike as a sin, cure. It is under this view that the question of reduction ought properly to have been brought under the considera tion of your Lordships, because, if the net profit was (as might he inferred from this Report) the remuneration for the duty performed by the Distributor (Mr. pure), after discharging all contingent and necessary expenses, the point then to be determined would be, is this remunera tion more than equivalent for the duty so performed, or is it not? But if, on the other hand, there is no duty per formed, and this 1,9221. 13 to be the sinecure salary of the office, it ou;ht not, without this fact being disclosed, to be recommended to the sanction of your Lordships. For the purpose of settling more adequately the rate of remuneration, the Commissioners divide the Distributor ships into five classes, and they make the first to consist of Glas ;ow alms.. It is surely somewhat extraordinary theta single Distributorship should be allowed to form a class, and not less extraordinary that a net salary should be assigned to it equal in amount to that of all the other classes taken toge ther. The principle on which this proceeded requires to be explained, as there is no apparent reason which can justify this Distributorship being treated with such select and exclusive favour. The Commissioners of Inquiry state it as their opinion, that— •• This district (ala• Row) might be divided, no doubt, and the distribution of stamps be plum' under the management of more thou one Sub-Distributor; but this would not ue an advantageous abange to the public, snit Is obvious that the distribution may be effected at a lower poundage, always in proportion to the amount sold, till we reach the limit 'elicit does not allow of a foir remu. nemioit for the trouble and risk attending ssles by the Sub-Agent." —Page 25._ _ _ I would here observe that, with regard to the trouble at tending the sales by the sub agent, with that the principal has no concern, as lie has no share of it ; and with respect to the risk, as the agent is ehown by himself, and gives sureties moreover for the stock of stamps consigned to him, it is the fault of the principal if he either choose an im proper person. or take insufficient securities. What is a fair remuneration, therefore, to the Distributor for Glas gow ? and whether it would be advisable to sub-divide the district? arc questions hot at all governed by either of these considerations. The true point Of inquiry is this—Why should not such populous towns as Paisley, Greenock, Port Glasgow, and Dunbar, be included in the saute district with Glasgow ? These towns embrace an aggregate of population greater than, perhaps, the same her of towns in any other part of Scotland (Edinburgh and Glasgow itself excepted), and no season can be given for comprehending them within the Glasgow distributorship that would not equally justify the comprising Stirling, Perth, or Dundee ; Stirling being about as near to Glasgow as Greenock. Glasgow is, with out exception, the worst managed of all the Distributor ships in Scotland ; and there is no doubt but that the revenue would be much better collected if there were one Sub-Distributor, at least, established at each of these towns. 'Fite classification of the districts for the purpose of ad justing the rate per cent. on the sales is not a measure thnt can be practically useful. The remuneration will generally held find its own level. The Commissioners do not enter sufficiently into detail to citable either your Lordships or the Board of Stamps to form a judgment as to whether the salaries of the distributors in any particular district should be continued or reduced. For instance, in ranking Cui.ar within the third class, they say— " There must also be room Mr discussion in runnings seals of this kind, where the higher duty (1 presume they mean the higher per centage) should end, and the interior one co ',menet ; and of course it may be doubted whether we are Comet in keeping Omar out of the second elms, and intrNincing it in this one. The sun, of duties collected for the last year in that district was 13,0111/. the poundage on which was 7841. 17s. 2d. The expenses, however, in curred is this collection, are stated to be 268/. Is. dd., leaving the net emolument only of 516/. 151 s. lid. which we cannot suppose will he considered as too great • and the sante observation it list npply to all the collections of an inferior amount, so that no reduction on them, at least, ought to be made."—P. 23. Hut no judgment can be formed as to whether it is too great or not, because here—as before with respect to Glas gow—it is not stated what are the deductions which this expense of 26M1. Is. 6tl. consists of, and consequently it cannot be known whether the net profit is the protit cleared by the Distributor who petformed no part of the duty, after paving the persons by whom it is performed, or wlee tln it is the n?t emolument for hit personal discharge of the duty, after paying his agents iu the snore distant sub-divi sions of his district. I have no doubt but that the former is the case, as I don't believe there're more than two distributorships in 3.11 Scot land the duties of which are not wholly performed by de puty, which are Dumfries and Aberdeen. But the Com missioners not has in; gone into these inquiries, their Report is defective in the particulars most important to be known, with a view to el( ciding. either on the expetlit ncy of reduc ing the salary of the Distributors, or on the extent of that reduction. The great fault of the present system, a 4 far as it re rpects the 14..tierality of the Distributorships, appears to me to be, that the emolument derived from them is such as to enable the parties to convert them into sinecures, and to leave the duties of the situation to be managed by Clerks, to whcm so scanty a remuneration is given, as will not re pay the attention and official attendance required ; and tile result is, that the public business is ill conducted. There are, as I have already intimated, only two districts in Scotland in which the Stamp Duties are properly col leetcd, which are Dumfries and Aberdeen, in both which the principals (Mr. Syme and Mr. Brown) discharge the duties of the office personally. The Commissioners of Inquiry say— " We cannot avoid remarking, that the districts do not seem to us to be always divided very . judiciously. We do not, for instance, ate any advantage from leaving Forfar—neither in amen, nor popu lation greater than the adjoining County of Perth—with four Sub- Diuributors, when the business is managed by a single Sub-Dis tributor foe Pertltshire."—P. 34. As one of the present Commissioners of Inquiry (Mr. W/Iton v. Gower Phillip, v. Corder F.itlie v. Rife Graves v. eohehli Hart V. Thacker Adams v. linoolehi WO!Man v. &owl hqrst ;Novell v. Thompson Crick v. Ler. Fawcett v. Wrathan Lawrence v. Payne. P ,tridge v. C,phind Thornell v. lisvis Nichols v. Norman Garnett v. Pratt Hop v. Moor Hurt ♦. DesTek; !Jennell V. Knfelf c , ,rt t. Net nrdy Glovrr v.l hudiwi Name t. Rea 11 yet , V.Teyler Ilenvon v. Dowley getioloil V. Sllltir•ft IVotlsh v. Pietehee The King v. livity hove v. Whlttlu.et Hol..ertsoo v. 11atd..4- Rsll litvvg. v. rot . . Gnlti , wain GOld- vwvin floorvton •. Drayton Purett Dane. I an..,els v. SI 'rue ter v. Plehlnv F.mmeroon v. Neat• Milner •, Od e ll Memel v. In•uyh 'taper ♦. Heath bunt -- Hope v. Bertv lkone. v. Sarjeant fl3llln4brooke V. De Maine R,.rbe.tre v. Itoboutt !tame v. Abbott Aihnuel V. Levy lfillere4 v. Cardisev Ro4Rer T. Samba 11. Setabovie v. Chilton LAW NOTICF:S. COrrIT OP ICING'S BENCH. TIIII DAT.—TO qIT AT MALT-PA T London o.mnlnn Juries . Thomas v. 110.1 Whinkin y. Itu-lock Wood v. Wr:kht Dards) , -. Hirt& Dlrot. v. Sett 'more Mid v. ttillips Same v. Cohen Han v. Williams Goad v. Mahon,. Plotwalthy v. Poster Butt v. Br twn Heald v. Thacker? Moore v. hurry Downes v. (ruMll Ma.termiln v. Rune PlatiOsid v. %Pestle), Hobert 4on v. Downes Pl•ormsn v. Johnson Aldred v. Smith Taylor v. W inter Loklbrooke v. Grlßn Carne v. Tllyn Cone v. 44 , 4 &MIT T. SIoIPT Same v. Hutton •ante v. Muse LAW I.VTELLIGIINCs. COURT_GIF KINGI3 TftuesnAt, OCT. It. Remeutet Silitngs boire ihiLbitt; dted Juries. For the flint two hours that the Court saiethla looming. 04 Loeb Cute/ . J 175 r ;cm !am oceopie,l almost eatittiv in striking nut 'causes in which the parries did not attends Two or three att. defouletl 0L10.% only were tried befotre eleven o'clock. l/uring the contusion which prevailed, Mr. (, r efuter moved that a ::tum, which was called on tiligtit stand over, by the consent of bat', The LORD (!lliEr JURTICR--1 do not give wry consent. It parties who have canoes In the lion do not chooite ,o atiend,they rite.vt take the consequences, and their ratt.s must be struck ot.t. All parties conceroe l knew, or might have known. an long ago as last July. that I shotild sit here (minu than usual in the vaca.ioh, for the purpose of getting thrriugh the arrear of tiosineat If pomlbte. I am brought from my home, and you, Oentletinni, are broug: c from your homes, and after we have pri:t here, through. the fault of the parties then: elves, we hay?. nothing to do. I don't take con. cents, thereforC anj this case must be str uc k ou t ao we ll as t h e reat . Alter severa l other caste had shared the same fate, one cause acs found in which the parties were ready. . COLE r. M• GOWAN. Mr. CAMPBELL Mated tl.tt the plaintiff had been in pa:tomt i t:o with 'mother, an.l had carried on the hominy's of stationer' ; .one defendant, among other huainerat 4, sold type. at the we.t ei.d town. Front the end of 1822 till the close of 1824 the plairtitf, frith Cie partner, lixil'been in the habit of supplying the defends it with paper, at which, time the partnership was duißolrail, and th! claim on the defendant amounted to 1,50111. An account was the.: di livered ,to the defendant ; he sub sequen tl y ca ll e d on t h e tilt t who continued to citiv On the stationery business, and said tit had looked over it, and . found it all correct but one item of Al. : Mr. Cole could not satiafacturilt explain title item. and there urs had aarented to forego that sent t. but had not been able to aucee-d in getting paid, though the defendant had promised repeatedly dime the account. Jlr. DENMAN, con&a, claimed a set-off fur type that the defend ant had delivered to the partnership. The Learned Counsel then suggested a reference. This was agrerd to, and The Jury fdinielit verdict for the plaintiff', damages 1,5001., sub. ject to a reference of the cause, and all matters in dispute. TIIO24AS V. COANSTOSI. Mr. POLLOCK was for the pltiniiff. The action was by the in agaitiat the acceptor of a hill of excharge for 291. bv. Whe t the intimate called on the defendant, who bees at No. Fish. street-hill, when the bill become due, tar payment of it, at hest ha said the bill had been accepted for the accommodation of the drawn. who wa, to have supplied him (the detentlant) with the means of paying it, hat wilt, had not clone aa, and therefore be shuuld art pay it. On an.ither ()gallon he aid manse to pay it: V'erdia tot the p!aintitr, 2 4 .0. 53. 81,4MOKS I'. ROCK. Mr. MAR lIYATT stated than caseto the jury. The plaintiff re. sided in Gloucester-street, Queen. square, and let lodgings. The defe .dent was an attorney in the country, and took "pertinent. id the plaintiff, for which he was to pay b!. a quarter; he occupied du rOnnit fifteen months, and had fetid it on seeleunt of ibe ems.. bin the plaintiff had not been K 1 :14 to get the balmier. There Wa4 something an account, gf which rot charge was to be made, and therefore the plaintiff only went for The plaietiffs itiughter proved the agreement, and the occupa thin on the part of the defendant. ' Verdict fur the plaintiff, 104 DICY INSOW AND •WOTHER, AnIONEES Or COILED, r. MOSES. was an action of hover brought by the assignees of a bank rupt, to recover a quantity of broad cloths (or the value thereof. to the amount of VIOL), which the defendant Moses bad purchased cat the fa nkrupt, after an etc of bankruptcy. r. 31 Anneal' T (with whom was 31 r.Crr ITTY) stated the plain. tiff's case to the Jury, and informed them that Mr. Me w , (th e defendant), who kept& public-house in Vinegar-yard, Was a per son extretnely fond of a good bargain," as he called it. The color. tunate bankrupt Cre:d had been a man's mercer acid clothier, in Bedford -court, and having become greatly embarrassed in the year 1825, he resorted to the expedient of pledging and selling his stock, to satisfy the demands of his creditors temporarily. In the desperation of his circumstances, and after he laud committed an act of bankruptcy by causing himself to be denied to his creditors who called upon him, he was introduced to Mr. Moses, the detesid. ant, by a person named Henry Isaacs, who acied as a aert of agent between the parties. The defendant was shown the broad-clocris in ques•ion ; hut as it was not very likely that a publican at the door of Dritry.lane Theatre should be intimately acquainted wilts the value of such commodities, he desired to see the invoices of the cloths. These were exhibited to Min ; and for one lot, which had limn sold to the bankrupt for 15sx, lid. a yard, he offered Bs., and for aeother lot, invoiced at Ills. a pad, he offered 3s. After som e : lie advanced his hi !ding for the 15e. 6,1. cloth to IN., but made no advance on his offer of ale, for the other. At these prices, necordingly, Muses bought both lots, consisting cat cloths that cost nearly 201.11. in the trade, for 106/. odd, and after invoices were made to him in Henry Isaacs' name, the property was removed from the premises. The Learned Counsel believed that Isaacs was to have sonic commission upon this trarsactior, which savouted very strongly of tested, as Mr. :times had said that lie could remove the whole lot, by means of hackney coaches, in an hour, and Creed's creditors would be not the wiser. " Wheii rogues fell out honest men came by their rights ;" and, in con tr . quence of some misunderstanding b e t ween Moses and Nimes, as to the commission the latter was to receive, this transaction, which took place in October, was discovered to have taken place after an act of bankruptcy committed in September, and accordingly u.s present action was brought. lA, this transaction occurred before the recent Bankrupt Act, the old proof of the commission, petitioning creditor's debt, dcc. wee given. I George Derones, a shepman in the service of the bankrupt, thee proved several acts of bankruptcy, particularly one in the month of September, 1825, when, by . the bankrupt's order, he was denied to a creditor, though he was sitting in the parlour at the time. The witness also proved Moses's purchase of the cloth on the 9th sett 12th of October, subsequent to the abovednentioned act of bank. runic,. Henry 'Mit% was then called, and unexpectedly appeared. He stated that he knew Creed in the year 1825, who was very mute embarrassed, and spoke to him about raising sonic money on goods. Moses also knew Creed, and was aware that he leas in embarrassed circumstances, in consequence of which he spoke to witness; and said that he knew Creed must go, and he (Moses) might as well here the goods as any one else, as he had a WI, note to spare, and del not mind buying the whole Ire. After that, he saw the lots in question, and was shown the invoices at his own request. He offered Be. a yard for the cloth that was invoiced at Ibs, lid. per yard, and ss. a yard for that which was invoiced at 10s. per yard. He afterwarda offered Ifs. dd. a yard for the cloth that cost lAs. 6d., and at these prices tie purchased the cloths, fresh invoices being made out to liim in the name of the witness. Sonic time after this. witnesa met a person named Isaacs, who was a friend to Moses, and asked witness to go with him to Moses, who wanted to speak io him. Ile then accompailied his namesake, haus, to the neigh. bourbood of Duke's-place, where they met Moats, who staked wit. nee" whether he owed him any ill-will ? Witness replied that he did not, but Moses had behaved to him in this business like a rogue. Muses said, •"fhen do you wish to :cork me The witness re. pled he did not, and he should not appear as a witness on one side or the falter. itiloees then asked him if he should like to go into the country ? which the witness declined, saying he had business of his own ale mind in town. Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. CHITTY), for the defence, then cross-examined the witness. Mr. Gu st r —lVhy, Mr. Isaacs, Mr. Moses tells me quite a different story about this. He sass that you offered, if he would give you 201. you would go any Where he liked. Isaacs—l newer said no such a thing. Mr. GuRNEV--I suppose you were trio }lncest for that ? Isaacs —Why, as foe honesty, I don't know that. (Laughter.) Mr. GURNEY—I beg your pardon, lam sure, for basing understood your character. Proof was then given that the goods in querile 'wart invoiced •cr the bankrupt at fair and reasonable prices, upon a short credit, al. lowing only a profit of five per cent. to the clotlMnerchon , q. Mr. Gus w Ey• then addressed the Jury for use defendant. He admitted, that sa this purchase had taken place after the act of bankruptcy, there must be a verdict against his client, but he sub. trained that the Jury ought not to give the full invoice price of the cloths. It was clear that they were purchased upon credit, and the defendant could not he wicused of any fraud, as he gave two thirds of the invoke price for one of the lota. 'rate Jury, wider the direction of th e Chi e f Justice, found fo r th e plaintiff—Dsninges 1501. One of the jurymen then asked his Lordship whether 51osta would be allowed the 1041. he had paid? The Loa DCHI EF JUSTICE informed the Jury certainly sit, and they expressed their satisfaction, as they gave the above verdict o that untlerstandiag. TOT IMMUICC, y." After degiring One of the jurymen then asked his Lordship whether semis at this place its it ta , .urr kvec tlll - G,101,1 VI one %Ana Justice , four f , .4 or the will be recollecttil flasard aud Co., in one Lottery, sold us to be always mimeo very . pandowdy. We ito not, rations of the combination been thwarted, and a fres h grate comfort in morning _is every morning pleintiff—Daniages 150 L 4 * I cook' wish would be allowed the 104 L he had paid ? H UST ICE .n.orm__ the Jury certainly not, are any advantage from leaving Forfar—neither in swim, nor popu- inetancc been afforded tp proprietors of cotton works of the All the 30.000/. Prizes • and very recently Three 20,000/.nes.rley it prepares vu t i t s he pe d nion utiezo h f e t p h ri e d a .1 expressed their satisfaction, as they gave the above we ' t r o ed hear this Mnistr, ou wou dbe convinces:lof The Lomb Fit J f' Prizes, drawn in (Inc ' Day.—Royal Exchange Gate; 2-, lotion greater than t h e adjuitiing County of Perth—with fwur hub- , . _ asss 0 Distributors, when the bosoms is managed by a single bub-Dis- vgniage of employing men unconnected with the ex- ytomoeattredtutehmembe ornhill ; and 94 t, Oxford-street; and by their Agents in trubutor for Pertlishire."—P. 34. elusive monopolies of trade attempted to be enforc e d • in your sad state by nateur and A wai t you f ought to be by grace, end and they all the principal Country Towns. As one of the present Commissioners of Inquiry (Mr. this nt ighbaurhood.—Glargow Chronicle'. hope you will attend upon Divine Servis on the Lard's Day." on :at untlerstruldiag. • veamaimugga., , • • THE I3RITISH PRESS. I Forbes) is the Sheriff of Perthshire, and the Stamp Dis tributor for this district, Mr. Husband, is his Sheriff-sub stitute, he had obviously the means of obtaining full in formation as to whatever related to it. The Cotninission ers put the point for your consideration thus—lf Perth shire has only one Distributor, why should Forfarshire, which is not greater in extent Bud population, require four? But there is another view of the question, and it Is this—lf Forfarshire requires four' Distributors for the offi cial supply of the district, how can it he that Perthshire, which is nearly double in extent, should be put under one? Now I have no hesitation in saying, that the for tier ersngement is the beneficial one for the public—the latter the profitable one for the individual. I remember this struck me forcibly when I was myself at Perth. The Perth district reaches to within one mile of Stirling, and even heyoml it in another direction, to Dumbartonshire on the South West, and Argyleshire and Aberdeenshire on the North and North West ; it is in many places seventy or eighty miles in extent. Mr. Husband. the Distributor, as well as the Sheriff's Substitute for Perthshire, makes this extensive Distributorship a complete sinecure, and its management is certainly not such as to furnish an example that would at all warrant the placing all Forfarshirc under a sim4le Distributor. The Commissioners add, _ " Nor cal we pee rel necessity Fir haring n %Ili-distributor at Inverley. and antrher wri.in a few wires at Campbel-tows., in the Highland aid thinly peopled malty of ,Irgyle. If these were revevively consolidated, the dis:rict of r ,, rlat would fall into the second else, and Argyle into the Earth ciasa, and thus a further reduction wo u ld b e effected." But the Commissioners are extremely incorrect in stat ing Inrerary to be only a few miles from Camphel- town ; I have been at both places—their distance is between sixty and seventy miles, and this it is that occasions the necis sity of having a Sub-distributor for the supply of Stamps in each of these places. I shall conclude this Report with offering some obser vations on the proposed reduction of the Distributors' sala ries. A reduction of their per wastage will, no doubt, he so much service to the Revenue; but as far as it affects the Distributors themselves, it operates very unequally ; proceeding on no principle of discrimination, it hears very hard upon some, while it is very favourable to others. If one Distributor, for instance, lives in a district where there is a considerable demand for Receipt Stamps, and sells thirty thousand 2d. Stamps, this (exclusive of Sundays) Will be about 100 every day thrott4hout the year; the dine this must occupy, and the trouble it must occasion, is manifest, and yet his remuneration at 41. per cent. will amount only to 101., while another Distributor, in a more opulent district, will receive at one payment an equal amount—two hundred smith fifty pounds for instance—of Legacy Duty, and for this single transaction will receive the same profit of 10/. It is quite clear, therefore, that to make an indiscriminate reduction of the Distributors' poundage, without first ascertaining on what class of Stamps this poundage principally arises, and on the sale of what denomination of . Stamps it is that, taken on the average, returns the profit made by the Distributors of the different districts, must be productive of great hardship and injustice. The - sales of the sub-agents, who supply the more distant parts of the district, consist chiefly of the lower de nomination of stamps ; and having no inducement, as their principals have, in the profit on the higher duties for the trouble occasioned by the lower, they will gradually abandon en employment which at present is but ill-paid. and which they can hardly be expected to retain, should the Distributors reduce their profit, as of course they will, in the same ratio in which their own is reduced. This, should it happen—and it is very likely to do so— will occasion great etobarrarstnent and inconvenience to the public, and great loss to the Revenue. It is just as easy to supply a Deetl Stamp of 20!. as a Boni Stamp of 205., or a Receipt Stamp of t2tl., and yet the profit on the one is It— on the other Is., and on the laat not the half of a farthing. Distributors of Stamps differ wholly from Receivers- General of Taxes, or from Receivers oce.Revenue Duties of any other description ; the latter class of persons may be alike subjected to the same reduction,. because their duties are exactly similar, and therefore the rate of reduction, whatever it may be, applies alike to the whole class. But in the sale of Stamps, the trouble of selling the very low price stamps is compensated by the profit on those of higher amount, and by this mean; it is that the aggregate profit settles itself into a fair remuneration. This may be made manifest by a very slight calculation. Taking, for example, the sale of Receipt Stamps—no person could sell this class of Stamps alone, at a poundage of 1/. per cent., or even 10/. per c e nt., because, if he were to sell two penny Stamps at the rate of one every minute, tluring seven hours every day (excluding Sundays) throughout the year, his poundage at the end a it would hardly amount to forty pounds ! Before any equitable reduction can, therefore. be made in the allowance given to the Distributor of Stamps, it seems essential that each Distributor should be first called upon to transmit an account of the total amount of his an nual remittances for a given period, distinguishing each head of duty, and deeper c•ntage, as it accrued under each. This account would show in what proportion the poundage should be aeljnsted, sapocsing them, for instance, to be classed in some such manner as the following ; Poundage on Stamps under the value of 6.1., and under Is. Of the value of and under I/. Of the valve of I/., and under 50/. - . _ Of the value of .51/1. and ,ipward __. . . On all other Dutie‘ except on b . 14,1 cir. Probates. Admini stration in Enland, and Inventory Duties in SoAland. On any amount of Duty under 1001. paid on any Legacy, Probate, or Atintinistratima, or Inventory - On any such Duty so paid, amounting to 1001. and un der riont. . - - - _ _ . If amounting to aOOl., and under 1.0091. If amounting to 1,000/. and upwards- . - On this system it would not be difficult so to apportion the poundage, as might, under any reduction, put the respective Distributors on a fair scale of remuneration ; but an equal reduction of their per tentage, when the labour and profit of the duty to be discharged is unequal, must always afford ground of complaint; this, however, must unavoidably be the result of any system which does not proceed oil some such principle of appointment as above suggested. I have the honour to be, my Lords, Your Lordships' most ot edient wrvant, JAMES SEDOWICK, Chairman. To the Right Honourable the Lords Coal mis.ioners of his Majesty's Treasury. I had intended in my next Letter to trace the intimate connexion between this uommission of Inquiry of Messrs. Sykes and Fortis, and that Commission of Inquiry of which you are the Chairman, sod of which this was the precursor. But the extract in the daily papers betokened the appearance of die Appendix to the fourteenth R: port ; and having glanced my eye over the copy which I have just procured, I shall not fail to make it the topic of a few remarks, which, in the way of illustration, it seems imperiously to call for. You will, therefore, pardon me if I sair this to take precedence of the subject to which I bad intended that my next Letter should have been devoted. I subscribe myself, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JAMES SEDGII ICK. Stamp-office, Somerset-house. Oct. 11, 11126, ERRAT M.—At the close of Mr. Sedgwick's letter to Mr. Wal lace, in the British Press of Wednesday, for " that I may not interrupt the pain of reflection," read " the train of reflection." The workmen of several of the principal cotton-mills in this vicinity hav e received warn ing of the intention of the proprietors to make a reduction of one farthing on the rates paid for cotton spinning. The rates paid to the power-loom weavers and dressers have in some instances undvrgone a reduction of about a third.—Ghogow (;/iron. The attempt to intimidate the new workmen at the cotton-mill, in Gorbals, has been completely baffl ed. They are continuing at th e ir employment in perfect security and peace. Captain Graham, to prevent further molestation, ordered a strong party of police to be in readiness in the evenings to escort the new workers into town, and appre hend any disturbers of the public peace. On the first ap pearance of the police, the mob scampered off in all direc tions, and have not shown face since. Thus have th e ope rations of the combination been thwarted, and a fresh inatance been afforded to proprietors of cotton works of the advdniage of employing men unconnected with the ex clusive monopolies of trade attempted to be enforced in this tit ighbaurhood.—Glasgow Chronicle. AMERICAN INDIANS. A treaty was held h ere , last week, BUFFAL with t he Chiefs of the several remnants of Indian tribes residing in this country, by Oliver Forward, Hog. commissioner on the part of tite United ft tams, and John Ceeig, Eqq. agent ( 4 )f the propriet o r s of t h e pre-empt i on right of the Indian Janus in the western part of this state. The result has been, we understand, the purchase, nn the part of the proprietors, of the Caneadea and Gardeau Reservations, entire. part of the Tonawanta, and about fifteen thousand acres of the Buffalo Creek tracts—possession to be given in two years from the ratification of the treaty by Government. The sale from the Buffalo Creek Reservation was mode front the southern part of the tract, the natives choosing to re tain their present location near this t:llage. In consideration of these lands, the Indians are to receive annuities to the amount of about :1,610 dollars, exclusive of such reasona ble comp!msation as may be made fur itnprovements on soon: of th. it lt-servationa. The celebrated Indian Glief, Ittel Jacket, opposed cvet proposition to part with a foot of their land, by an *To que:it appeal to his red bretltrui against the encroachment of his white brethren on their territory. Red Jacket is now nearly 70 years old, yet when called to preside in the Councils of Lis nati%'t, and to give his opinion on any im. poi tient subject, he rises will all the vigour sudoiwill'a4ian of form'r years; and his letnguage, gesture, and every look, evinces a talent at forensic eloquence which is uot, p. 'lisps, excelled hut by few men in the Union. lie, how ever, so far yielded his own opinins, as to sign the treaty. accoextr OF REP JACKET. Jacket is, intleitl, en extraordinary man. By the Sec tarians, who have endeavoured to rimier him their prose lyte, he is denominated a Pagan; though, as we have heard him avow II firm belief in a superintending and over-ruling Providence, which he denominated the " Great Spirit, we should rather consider him a Deist. Ills extraordinary powers of eloquence, and peculiar native sagacity and shrewdness, have heretofore rendered him an object of great intereat to the whites, and almost of adoration to his red brethren. In consequence of his as tonishing powers of mind, he bad acquired an influence over a great proportion of the sons of the forest with whom he was conneettil, which it was not in the power of the most subtle of his opponents, either among the whites or the Indians, to shake, while he retained the vigour of his faculties. But he is now getting old, and his star of glory is is aning. In latter years he has been subject to beastly intemperance, which •seems to have en tirely prostrated his towering faculties, and tarnishes the brilliance of his fame, which, teat for Met, would have still shone with meridian splendor; but which now can only be compared to the lingering rays of the setting sun, whose pale glimmering gives the token that the glorious lwrinary item here with us. Now, in the decline of life, Jacket beholds his energies paralyzed, his influence gone, and Isis enemies triumphing over his favourite doctrines and politics. In regard to this forest statesman's opinion of, and pre judices against, the Missionaries, and the project of selling the lands of his brethren, many interesting and character istic anecdotes might be told : 'but at present -me have not room to dwell upon the subject, though, perhaps, we way recur to it hereafter. The nearer this race of men become extinct, the more they become, to the world, an ohj••ct of interest ; and if any portion of their history can be snatehill from oblivion, it will be a rich legacy to future generations. On the egth ult., Mr. W. P. Blakey, of Forge, near Keswick, while on a shooting - exettraion, had just dis charged both barrels of his fowling-piece, and was in the act of re-loading, when by some accident the powder ig nited, bursting the flask in his hand, which it severely lacerated, and also greatly injurcl his face and his eves. He is now in a fair way of recovery,—Cemberbind t'id'y('!. CLERKEYWELL ellitttCH MISSIONARY SOCIETV.—The Eleventh Anniversary Me:ting of this Society took plAeg toast even ing at St-larnes's Cliorz;), Clerkenwell, which was a:fel:tied by a highly respectable and numerous assemblage er the ink :Intents el this parish. The Chair was taken at seven o'clock by the Ite•• r. Sheppard, A.M. and af ter open i ng t h e b us i ness o f the meeting, the Report, which was highly satisfactory, was read by tlr Secre tary (Mr. Smart). It roved h.•t this Society had roc ivied, since its commencement. up to March last, the sum of 1.198 e I Is. tid.— Among the individuals who delivered their sentiments were, the Rev. Mr. Thomas, the Rev. W. S. Willson, the Rev. J. Harris, &c. At the termination of the meeting, • liberal subscription, in aid of the funds of the above Satiety, was revived at the doors. De; sec! ettom (ThustassiglNG.—An Inquest was last night held at the Marquis of Granby public-house, Knightsbridge, bet re Mr. limns, on the body of Thomas Cooper, • gentleman's coachman, 30 years of age, who met Its death in the following ex. traordinary way:—lt appeared in evidence that the deceased and a number of other pe rsons , supped togethe r a t th e a b ove h ouse , off three geese , on etmesday night, when the d.eeased, who ate mast voraciously, afterwards got drunk, and was assisted to the watch house by some of the party, where he became very ill, and appeared to be choking. A doctor was sent for, but the deceased had ex pired before ht. arrived. On looking into his mouth, the surgeon perceived it stuffed full of large pieces of goose, and he had died in consequence of being choked. The Jury. after a long and angry discussion, postponed the inquiry, foe further evidence. AceIDENT AT THE Pos r-OPTlCE.—(Further particu lars.)—Westbrook passed a very sleepless night , having Impede , end the greatest agony trots hi s woun d s . lie was:howerer, much bet ter yesterday morning; indeed, so much so, that Dr. Price who alends him, expected to find but little inflammation or swelling having taken place, but the right hand is nut cons:ch.:red out of den gee. Westb•ook's eyes, on Wednesday night, were completely closed and inflamed, but were slightly opened yesterday morning. The affair, it is understood, is unde rgo i ng an i nvest i gat i on by the principal officer at the Post-uflice. It is supposed that no mil:chins attempt was comemplated, as the letter hail written upon it " glass;" and was directed to a druggist in London, so that it was probably sent from some chemical manufac ..ry in the vicinity of town. The stamping of the letter, perhaps, broke the phial which was contained in the letter, and the pressure caused the ignition of its conten s, viz. detonating silver. The Post-office has given or ders that every possible care should be taken of the unfortunate man, as !he was a va uable servant, and so expert • stamper as to stamp 300 letters per minute. Detween the hours of twelve and one o'clock on Wednes day morning, a fite broke out in the house of an individual named Hart, the proprietor of a bru.ll-slinp, in Kennington.lane. The fire originated in conacquencc of the boiling over of some material that was placed on a fire in the lower part of tlie house. The greater part of the family had retired to rev. Owing to the cNit buatible nature of the materials that were in the apartment, the flames spread with irresistible fury, and in a few moment* the lower pan of the premises were in one blaze. Several engines soon :.reined at the scene of conflagration, hut, owing to the scarcity of water, they were come time bethre they could render any assistance. A man nein af Edwards, who happened to he passing at the time, on hearing that an infant was up store, rushed through the fiances. at the imminent risk of his life, and succeeded in rescuing it. When water Was at length procured. the firemen exertel them. selves, and secured -the premises adjoining, one of which was in the occupation of an oilman. PRESTON Hovas or CORRECTIO N.—The excellent ma. ',opulent and discipline of this prison have long been well known and appreciated thoug:tout the county; hut a circumvance has this week come to our knowledge, which reflects the highest credit, not only upon the discipline of the prison, but upon the worthy Chap lain. and affords a pleasing proof of the success of his exertions in hi. holy calling. It has given us much pleasure, and will doubt less gratify most of our readers. The circunuttance to which we allude is the receipt of a letter, dated the 27:h ult. by a woman, residing near this town. front her husband, who, at the last Preston Sessions, was convicted of felony, and sentenced to one year's im prisonment, and alto, we understand, bore, before his imprison ,pent, a ray indifferent character, and had grown old in iniquity. This letter is now before us, and from it arc make the following ex ! tracts verbatim et literatint:— " My deady beloved Wife, with all the tenderness of love and grattetude, I write to you these few lines, in order to inform you that I ham in a good state of belch, us I hope the will meet you all at the present time. My Deere, I have eau* to thank God, that as I have ad the misfortune of being a prisoner that my lot as been cast hear for the Minister of this prison as been the honoured instrument in the hands of Ood of ',hewing me the clangours I was in wile I won *Ming against God which as cloned me to pray to God for Christs sake fur pardon of slimy sins, and I continue so to do Morning and Night, for the assisians of his Orrice to help me to live to his Glory the remainder of my life. My Desire I intend with the blessing of food tai recave the Lords Supper in fumes' as I freeley furgiv all my enemy's and prosecomrs and prays to God to turn their harts, as they well knots that I ant loitering in the tong, and my deare Wife I hope you will joys me in your prayers for the sake of your own sole, and send our children to the Sunday School constant that they may lariat to read the Holy Scriptures and be braught up in the feare of God and taught there duty to all men so that the may shun all bud company, and not bring themselves to shame and disgrace. Give my love to all my dear relation*, and let them know that I hope they will all take toy advice and turn to Gaul in time before sin prove their ruin. • • I have to inform you that I find a as grate comfort in morning servis at this placeit is every morning nearley it prepares me for the duties of the day." [After desiring to be remembered to various persons, he proceeds] ' I could wish you and them to hear this Minister, and you would be convinced of your sad state by nateur and wat you ought to be by gaze, and I hope you sill attend upon Divine Styria on the Lard's Day." I I