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80(171I AMERICA. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF P THE ISTI SErT. IAIr 7. s. AXIIIP4A. Ile the Colombian schooner Don clohtotte in I/ days front li s snchsco, and which anchored trkelay in this hiebour,the General Commandant and Intendant has received the following olticial awn. snanica:tua " REPUBLIC OF PERIL "PIErEETVIC Ll.ing D CCCCCCC NT Or TRUIILLO. Tauxtxxo, Auo. lit. " TJ TA I INTENDANT AND AAAAAA L COMMANDANT Or TSB DEPARTMENT Or THE ISTHMUS or cantina. " Sta.—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I have the honour to *hoe to your I:xi - Meng the Gals ffrEitroordioary of this City, which contains the official statement of the brilliant battle of Junin, which 1 retired last night. •• This tint success opens the door to the hest-founded and flatter. ing espenatons„ and is • presage of the concluxion of that war which has hid waste the rich country of Peru. The battalion of l u ll s , the squadron of Guns, the praguon Guards, went into quarter the day after the action of Junin. " Although the Report of the Secretary-General is execet:ingly accurate, permit me to communicate to you aeveral circumstances o f k n ee n OA have come to my knowledge by means of pri vate leans from the army, which render this action still more glorious. •• :Wore than one thousand of the enemy's horse, who were ad unciAgecaly posted, have been completely routed by four hundred of ours. • Lantarse, on his shit, and thr liberator on ours. commanded their cavalry in person. I:satanic fled before the Liberator, and has felt his irresistible power. " The cavalry wu the flower of the Royal Army, and was composed of veteran nolditrs, the most part of •hout Vera Spaniards. The contest was terrible, and our cavalry performed pro digies of valour. Camerae exerted his utmost ability and cou age. but was compelled to fly in disgrace, with very few of Nee brave men who constituted almost the third part of those whom he commanded. The Liberator appeared conspicuous in every place of danger ; but his presence, which availed more than an arms, created despair in Camerae and his veteran soldiers. " The people here have received this news with transports of joy which I am unable to describe. There is DO one who has set bent enlivened by the pure air of a liberty which he. with good noon, expects to sea consolidated by that genius which baa dope undertaken to give them their country, peace, and re. SIMIL " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant •• JOSEPH GABRIEL PEREZ." " OFFICE OfSECRETARY-GENERAL. " HEAD-QUARTERS REYES, Auo. 7, 1824. " TO THE MINISTER-GENERAL. Or THE. ArrAIRS Or PERU. " By the command of his lacellerroy the Liberator, I have the satisfaction to announce to you, that yesterday, at five in the afternoon, the Spanish army experienced a dreadful humiliation on the plains of Junin, two and a half leagues from this place. The cavalry, on which the enemy principally relied for the subjection of Peru under the Spanish yoke, has been beaten In Inch a manner, that it will not again present itself on the field of battle. " His Excellency, informed that the enemy had approached fon the purpose of reconnoitring us with the whole of his forces united, began his march with the liberating army from Conocancha, with vie determination of bringing them to a decisive action. In the mean time, the enemy, who had advanced as far as Pasco, retraced their steps by forced marches, in consequence of the notice they had received of the direction which our army had taken. "His Excellency reckoned upon forcing them to a general en gagemeet, by posting himself in their rear on the road which they must have taken towards Jauja ; but the precipitate haste with which they marched enabled them to reach and even to pass the point in which we should have attacked them several hours be fore our army, which had a long journey to perform through a rough and uneven tract of country, could come up. Upon this his Excellency, observing that the enemy continued their retreat without intermission, and considering, on the other hand, that the opportunity of relieving this unfortunate land from oppression, and of deciding the fate of the country, had escaped him, determined to advance in person with the cavalry, which was under the corn. tool of the intrepid General Nicochea, at a trot, and to post it in theory plain which was occupied by the enemy, hoping that when they perceived us, they would boldly seize the opportunity which presented ioelf of gratifying their desires; or that, viewing the Inferiority of our cavalry, they would hazard an action to save the whole of their Amy. The event answered these expectations; for, through a blind confidence in their cavalry, the enemy charged our horse in a situation very disadvantageous to us. The shock of these two bodies was tramendons ; and at the end of the different conflicts, in which both parties seemed to obtain the advantage, the enemy's cavalry, thoorh superior in number and better mounted that oust, was poi into confusion, beaten, and driven back with diviner to the tiles of their infantry, which, during the action, had continued its march towards Jauja, and was many leagues Net the field when the battfl was decided. Our cavalry has emend a courage which my pen is unable to express, and which to orly be conceived by re' e-. to ages of chivalry. " Ihe molt of this - brilliant battle has been 236 dead on the fell. amongst whotn were ten chiefs and office's. 31ore than 300 ill-equipped hone have been taken. The for on our side in killed and wounded is hut GO ; among tee fanner, Contain lltbina, of the /lone-grenadiers of Colombia, and Lieutenant (bates, of the lit Regiment of the Cavalry of Vent. Among the hum, Brigadier.Gcneral Nicoehes, with seven wounds, none of which are dangerous ; Colonel Carbajal, of the Hone-grenadiers of C.slombia ; the Commandant Sobervi, of the id division of the Regiment of Pere ; Major Philip Brum, and ' Captain Perna, both of the Cavalry of Colombia. The first and two last slightly, but the second rather severely : of the rest. ' far are in dangr. The war of Peru would have been concluded iesurday. if se e enemy's infantry had not continued its march imhout ceasing, at a rapid pace, and it ours had been able to fly, a locum have done to have reached them, because all burned sui t the desir e of destroviog than enemies. They have taken tot.tng by experience, and their terror is so great, that since !saris - warning they h , ive not ceased mawiling, not even during the to:. "To-morrow the army will continue its operations, and I flat ter emit' that I shall very soon date icy communication to you hec 6.e valley of Jauja. I congratulate you and the whole of Pm on the success of yesterday, which, as it is the beginiong of the rerpaign, tutors a still more fortunate result. The land cf :he Iva is wet with the blood of their oppressors, and will wil- Jar,!varer to the oppressed the beatinful plains in which the pre cue.t:et of liberty has arisen ; and those who have been conquerors !vs !tturteen years will not leave these humiliated inhabitants, with ", bnyttse to their recollection the crimes which they have corn tend in the time of their prosperity. Ilia Excellency wishes that is; mkt circulate the information among all the people sod +wide. tres of the pastry. " TII_OIIIAS_H ER ES, __ " Smeary-General or the Inteiior." COLOMBIA. Ja,s' arr of Frc• F:mi the last Colombian Papers we extract the two fol -1,1::ig Decrees respecting the commerce of the Republic: ••AN DE ENCAI ONA, BRIOADIER•DENERAL OF TIRE ARMIES , 1 Tilt REPUBLIC, ISTENDANT 02* TAE DEPARTMENT fiF rEirrErt:l.A. lir.ag taken into consideration the proceedings of the Commis " r.! the admi.siou of foreign merchants, of the 21st and 2•2 d inst. • 4 t. - ii:tnl to this intendancy on the 21th, and accompanied by se- I • • • rverreniations and documents from the Litter, setting forth ' •.•-• .-ds on which they conceive themselves exempted from the ,"'reri. , a of the d ecree o f the Stipreme Government of the 27th of t ' '-'tft Ilya. I have thought ht to decree as follows: An:O. : ltb. In strict observance of the 31st article of the said de. fi . r. 4 comment. foreign merchants ought not to possess, neither k .. ' Possess, any commercial influence, and consequently none ' 4 ' t •••rt•lnan merchants are permitted to buy, sell, and transact ''' 4,•'.(i business., exchangm. and mercantile speculations. under e• .—Nure and ee.poneibility, they alone being liable for the of tratz undertakings, both in a Judicial and extra-judicial tern. I '' it te sll . As a nntural consequence of this commercial in. rhe pan of Colombians, and inasmuch a partners in a •'''' 4 . and in eo• , meree, are by all laws, public and private, its rt.; 4 b Y the existing ordinances, indivisible, and mutually as ~, "! "kestately responsibl e wit h th e i r p ro p ert y f or t h e safe re. ".!trir transactions : rut, moreover, the signature of the firm 1 : ~. :.tv : l. equal cr.stlit and Wright, whichever partner may sign •,: .r.iier. the object of Government in making this provisi o n. 1..7;ft to encoarage industry among the Culonibians , in order to ", 7switalists, who nay sustain nail secure the national credit, a tr „ - ' 1 et"; or tie irrerest they must take in the advancement of t, , r tout country : and as these just and beneficent views will Dt. ',ittnl abortive at.il vkilaary, if partnerships be suffered to I ,;''' i ..t tertlftreigners and Coltnnfrian merchants, Inasmuch as the 1t. , •-% by uniting Moraelves at little expense, and on any terms, `.:4,::e‘ponsild. partnere, possessed of no mercantile credit, do so 1"....1 notorious injury of the neral interests of the Colombians, 1. ," 6 :hit disgrace and opniobiiini of that commercial weight ti . , - , t ; "bed to beton to them ; for all which reasons it is ordained ....t.rt fureigners can become partners of a Colombian in a coin „„ •:', Jinn, unless on the conditions provided fur by the foregoing I n ,.. -. e milt respect to eminences, and not on any others ; or, un t. ' ' o•r": n r it ) possess a joint and equal commercial influence, i . ":' 1 1 admitted ; neither can Colombians, in such firms, be re- J.nr m a salary ur income, but must indispensably enjoy . the dos frrt_sornon of the profits of the firm, and an active share in all its o.'".trrakings : and in due proof hereof,' such firms will submit to L ,...:Zta vr commission of qualifications, the writings, contracts, , 0.-7 documents of the couipany, in order that these documents, „,7. , e_n g duly examined, may be ret;istered and acetified, without _al Grnality they will not üb:ain credit either in • coin ut is.. a elsewhere. ...r. Aftfl:h.. No commercial house can esta bli s h anot h er i n i ts ? -•-e t ,:47, any other place or situati on , un l ess i t b e con fid e d to a 3 rltn partner or a„.eht, duly qualifitd by the respective corn ' , i stt; .. •;rll. The 1113.1 Articl e o f t h e C onstitution having provided 11, 4,.._ttserers of all r a ti ons s h a ll b e admitted into Colombia, and .1 1. ' 7: 0 , ill their persons and properti es t h e same secu rity as 1 cLuens, provided they obey the laws of the Republic. they " tv rtsequently a right to exercise any handicraft, office , c'r in ' .4'6." Callin g% and are hereby permitted to retail goods in ~'''l._ wise vaults, chandlers' atom, observing herein the usages, . 7 "„,;! c l l t . l arcs e t wstoma of the l'olombian shopkeepers, grocers, and ; paying the saute taxes, charges, and re..ta as they do; and eo-operatinic like them in all services required of' , them by Government, in return for the benefit they derive front the community which admits them t o it s b osom . Art. 11t h. Certificates of Colombians duly qualified to become merchants, will be issued by the said Junta Of Communion, in oider to avoid frauds, and Insure the fulfilment of the deuce of Government. Given in Perseus on the 26th of July, 11164-1 L JUAN DE ESCAIA/NA. 11, superior order.—The Secretary of the Intendancy, JOSE I,UIS RAMOS. RAMUNDO RENDON SARMIENTO, Secretary of the C,otnistiasion. It having been pmvided by the 11th Article of the Derree of this Intendancy. of the 26th of last July, that thy Comechoinn appointed to qualify foreign merchants to act as consignees, shill deliver certificates of such qualification to all Colombian merchams, in order to avoid frauds, and insure a compliance with the results. bone of Government, I do provide as follows: " Article 1. All merchants in this capital shall, within the term of sight days, present themselves at the house Of the Second A!. chide, President of the Commission, in order to receive the said certificate*. " Art. 2. The Collectors of the Customs In 14 Gears and Puerto Cabello shall not deliver cargoes to any persons who do not produce the said certificates, after eight days tram the publication of this Decree. " Given inEaraccas on the &I of August, IN4-14. JUAN DE ESCALONA. On the 12th of August I published the foregoing by proclama tion, according to military usage, in the most publie parts of this city; at which ceremony very many of i:s inhabitants were pre sent, and notification of the same was given to the Government on the same day. JOSEPH RAVEL°, Government Notary. ORANGEIS3f IN AMERICA. BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. [From the New York Cotnnwreial.idvertiser.l The October term of the Court of Sessions for the city and county of New York, cm closed on Saturday. It will ha remembered that at the last term, four of the persons called Orangemen, were con. victed of an assault and battery, upon one James Momey, viz. George Black, David Waugh, John Mullin, and John Moore; but their sentence was suspended until a trial on one of the cross-indict. mems could be had at the present term ; there having been five in dictments against the Orange party, and three 1 indictments against three of thou professing the Roman Catholic religion. The names of the latter were Hugh 21`Avoy, and Cecelia his wife, James Cassedy, David M`Williams, and Timothy Leary. This was an affray which took plate in the village of Greenwich, on the 12th of July last, in consequence of a celebration by the Orange. men of the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Our readers must by this time have become so well acquainted with the lead ing facts of this use, that it Is hardly necessary minutely to re capitulate theni; we pass on, therefore, to the observations of the Recorder on this occasion—premising, that on the latter trial of the Catholics, he had stated the law in strong and decisive terms to be —that whatever provocation might have been given, it could not amount to a justification —not even though the first blows, as well as the first provocation, came from one party : that no person was permitted to mingle in an affray, unless with a view to prevent further mischief; and that any person so interfering, was bound at his peril to give notice that his intention was to keep peace, and not to take part in the affray. And as it appeared that the parties lived on opposite sides of the street, and that the battle had taken place on the side occupied by the Orangemen. there was there. fore a presumption that the others bad crossed the street with a view of encountering them, and that it resembled the case of two men going out to bog by agreement—the one accepting the challenge of the other, in which ease, both parties, and all that took part with either, were alike guilty of a breach of the peace. Messrs. Emmet and Sampson, of counsel for the Catlklie party, agreed that their clients should, the trials having already been greatly protracted, submit to a verdict against them, leaving it to the wisdom of the Court to admonish the aggressors, in such man. ner as they should think the case required, and to bind the parties respectively to keep the peace. On Saturday the respective parties appearing, pursuant to their recognizance'. the Recorder first ad. dressing himself to the Orangemen, proceeded substantially as fol . lows :—He began by representing to those called I Irnngemen and ' Purple Marksmen, the extreme absurdity.—not to call it by a worse r.atne—of their reviving, in this country, such antiquated. danger. ous, and unbecoming prejudices. Perhaps they had not been long here, and had not yet discovered how worse titan contemptible I such violent and unjustifiable antipathies, on the score of religion, I must appear; and he hoped that it would he unnecessary to apply that severe correction that often in cases of this kind had been known to harden rather titan reform the offenders. After some general observations on the evils of religious pease. eution. the Recorder proceeded to address the defendants personally to the following effect : " With respect to Catholics, or United Irishmen, roe so these have been altereately denominated, we possess in them valuable accessions to our strength, and ornaments to society. Their cha racters are known to us all, and to me in particular. 11'e again re. gret that any of them should have suffered themselves to have been provoked or betrayed by their feelings into an affray which has not only coot them much time and trouble, but brought them into this place as offenders against our laws. 31r. 3l•Avoy appears to be a respectable man, and you all look like, and are represented as in dustrious citizens. For Mr. M!..lvoy there is some excuse, as he went into the affray to protect his wife front insult and injury. Mrs. M'Avoy also is • respectable female ; but she was wrong in throwing a stone, although she did so from seeing • relation in trouble anions diem With respect to you who are called Orangemen, or purple marksmen, the Court, from well considered motives, are inclined, for this time, to let your own reflections counsel and direct you to • better way of thinking—you will con sider how much of your time you have lost by getting into quarrels and prosecutior.s, to your impoverishment. And all of you must feel bow such passions tend to embitter your own lives, and to dis credit yourselves in this condnenity, which receives you with the only onditioa that you respect the laws, and conduct yourselves with propriety. You will also soon perceive that political (snail_ "ism, though not so odious, can lead to no good result, and that nothing can be more absurd than the cherishing of idle re:nem. brances and antipathies, formed upon events so antiquated, and fo reign to the opinions and concerns of the country which you have selected for Your habitation. You are at perfect liberty to comme morate any festivals of public events, but it must be done in a man ner to give no offence to your neighbours, or to disturb the public peace. As to the celebration of the battle of the Boyne, of what good can it be to yourselves, while it ran but appear absurd to us ? It appears that about 123 years ago, King William made war upon his father-in-law, King James, and obtained a victory upon the banks of the Boyne. This was also considered a victory over the Catholics, and the respective parties took sides. It men are so irra tional as to look back into antiquity for causes of perpetual feuds, at what time is there to be peace upon this earth ? In this country I ft appears too foolish to be seriously spoken of, and we hope that I your reason will better cure these unmeaning bickering', than a I heavy punishment. Therefore, to give it a better chance to ope rate, we shall fur •he present trust to this admonition, and order that each of you who have been found guilty, be bound in your own recognizance' fur '2OO dollars, with a security in lOn dollar to keep the peace for one year, It !ming that by that time you will be of opinion that your best policy and your truest interest and happi ness, will be in conforming to the laws that protect you, and avoid ing the consequences that must follow, it such disorders should ever be repeated by any of you." SEDUCTION. I From the Dullin Star. Perhaps the whole history of crime in this country furnishes no parallel to the iniquitous case we now lay before our readers. The criminal is :11r. J. J. Pl'', a young man, about twenty-three years of age, connected with one of the most wealthy and distinguished mercantile houses in the kingdom—a house, in whose very name even so much respectability centres, that he who bears it finds it not only a passport into any society, but a letter of credit throughout the commercial world. _ On Thursday afternoon the absence of Mr. P" first excited fears that he was a party in the elopement of a neighbour's wife, a beautiful woman, the mother of three children, the youngest of whom is a babe only a few weeks old ! On Tuesday night, it seems, the guilty pair hired a jab carriage. and filled it with trunks, containing money, plate, and other valuables. The lady, Mrs. 31 , had not been long seated with her paramour ' wiien, ac cording to the driver's account, she burst into a fioisl of tears, and upbraided him with his and her own crime. They took a route which inclines their respective friends to believe that they have gone to Waterford, there to take shipping to America. The distraction of the husband of the unfortunate lady mocks the force of language. He kfi Dublin yesterday morning, accompanied by some friends, in pursuit; and other parties are also is quest of the offenders in various directions. _ . But the adulterous intercourse of Mr. P. with the wife of his conliiiing friend, is but one division of his enormous guilt! He has not only robbed a most respectable, and once happy man, of his beautiful and accomplished partner, and a nursery of children of their mother. but he has availed himself of his connection with one of the first mercantile families in Dublin, to obtain large sums from almost every merchant with whom he had been intimate ! Nay, he has induced the lady, as well as to dishonour her husband's bed, to rob him of his money, plate, and other property. On the very day they absconded, Mr. P. borrowed of the man who was that night to be the victim of his perfidy a sum of 1701. The Bank of Ireland was, a few days previously, taken in to the amount of 700 f. 'rile respectable house of tiewrge Thompson and l'o., of Temple-lane, wine merchants, have been defrautied of root. Other houses lust equal or much greater sums ! A house in Iteinster.street, that of Mr. Mane, loses neatly 300/. I: but, in fact, the recentness of the discovery renders it but too probable that these are minor transactions, in comparison with Wow which may be dia closed during this day's inquiries. The whole of the property, amounting to many thousands of pounds, has been carnal off; several Dublin merchants will each give, we understand, a hundred pounds for Mr. P.'s &pp m hension. We 'egret to say that Cat male offender's mother is over. whelmed by her sorrow ; her life, it is feared, may yield to her peewit deep affliction. Owing to her being of the Protestant re ligion. Mr. P. was reared in that persuasion, though his father was of the hoeisty of Itieads. THE BRITISH PRESS. GEORGE HALE, TILE PAA'ATIC. This unfortunate man, who was lately discharged from custody, oti account, we believe, of an opinion that be was not exactly a fit object of the severity of criminal justice, has s,:tit its the following Circular, accompanied by a Pamphlet, entitl2,l, " An honest and faithful Address to the King, the Government, and People of England ; or, the Cloak of Clirkaian Profe:;sion stripped from the back of the Devil and his Angels. By George Hale." This Paniph!ct, which we need hardly say is a farrago of the wildest non sense, is opened with an Introduction, in which the author states his design to be, " to separate truth from error — the precious from the vile—Christianity from Anti-Chris tianity ;" and it concludes with "an earnest and affec tionate Address to the Army," from which we will make one extract only, for the purpose of chewing the spirit and tonolency of Mr. !Talc's religious labours. He is pro bably not aware of the penalties inflicted by a recent Act of Parliament, lbr endeavouring to seduce the military flbm their ditty ; or perhaps lie is in that state of mind which renders him indifferent to all consequences. The most charitable course would be, to send him to settle the qtp stion with Mr. Gourlay. •• There is a most awful responsibility attached to every man, who either speaks or writes upon the sacred subject of religion : I am bound, therefore, to act in ibis case as in the immediate presence of fir Maker bearing in mind to acquit myself of your condemna tion, by declaring the whole counsel o. Clod in this matter ! I there ere do mos" solemnly, and in the name of Christ, charge you, from the King upon his throne down to the meanest soldier in the army, to lay down your arms,—to Nee from fist system, and desert that standard which is so contrary to the tiospel of Christ ! or other wise candidly to acknowledge yourselves anti-Christians—enrmies and pervertersof the truths of the Christian religion, and not to heighten your own condemnation, by calling yourselves " De fenders of the Faith," while you live and act in wilful opposition to the vital principles of Christianity ! 13ot if you are still deter mined to persist in a life that is contrary to the religion you p rofess, I ant clear from your blood ! your souls will hot be requ ired at my hand ! your blood be swots your Cu.. kends,--1 aws ekdue !' • For all they that take the sword (when 'tis contrary to.every principle of their religion, and die in their sins) shall parish with the sword! !' " (CIRCULAR). These pamphlets are .but to be tii.tributed as extensively through the army as the author's means will allow ; and, as some persons have very strangely accused him of having done things se. cretly, be hereby gives notice beforehand to the Goverment and the public press, that they may adopt what measures they think proper. GEO. HALE:. 4, SL Alhan's-street, Kennington, 16th Nov. 11124. MORE DREADFUL FIRES`. We lament that we have to add to the mel4nelioly ca talogue of fires that have so recently alarmed the Metro polis, an account of two very serious ones that broke out It an early hour this morning, and which, from their appearance, we fear have occasioned a most destructive loss. We had not time to gather any full particulars of them before our paper went to press. The first broke out at a Roman cement warehouse in Curzon-street, Donate hill, communicating its ravages to a contiguous paper warehouse, and burnt for some time with considerable fury, but was, by the activity of the firemen, got under. The first alarm had not subsided when the whole town was illuminated by a second fire, which burst forth in an instant, and which, we learn, broke out at Hockley's, a coiree-shop in Leadenhall-street, completely consuming that and the adjoining premises, consisting of an eating house, &c. and for a while threatened destruction to the houses of Mr. Jackson, the Common Councilman, and Mr. Forster, the stationer. We fear that much damage was sustained by the houses 111 the courts contiguous. DIR•DFUL GAN EXPIOSION.—Iktween six and seven o'clock last evening the utmost consternation was excited in the neighbourhood of Fetter-lane, by a tremendous ex plosion of gas on the premises of Mr. Barrett, grocer and tea-dealer, corner of Dean-street. Mr. Barrett had been enlarging his shop and making some trifling alterations in the cellars, where tw J of the carpenters were employed at the time the explosion took place, both of whom were thrown down, and one had his thigh most severely bruised. Mr. Barrett, who was making up goods behind the coun ter, declared that lie felt himself literally raised some inches off the floor. The house shook from base to sum mit, every thing trembled, and the windows were driven into the street with terrific violence, but in a manner par ticularly worthy of remark : that on the right was shattered to atoms, glass and frame, whilst the one on the opposite side teemed u if it had been cut through with the most mathematical precision ; and strange to say, one pane' from which the the thnber-work had been torn away remained without a single fracture. In the rear of the shop, the window looking into a hack yard was also driven out, and the brick-work round the chimney quite shook. In the cellars the force of the com bustion was even more distinctly marked; three strong lattice windows were shivered to atoms, a partition of boards was thrown down, and two large doors were wrenched off their binges. The flames ascended to the shop in three distinct and amazingly brilliant columns, and instantane ously communicating with some light timber work, gave strong reason to apprehend a repetition of those fearful ca lamities which have agitated the public mind for the last four days. However, by the copious use of water, the flames were got under without further damage. It is sup posed that owing to a detect in the main pipe, a quantity of the inflammable matter had exuded through the aper ture, and on the werkinen introducing a lighted candle into the apartment ignition consequently followed ; but certainly no bla:nc can attach to the men, who could not possibly be aware of the danger attendant on so doing. The report was distinctly heard at the distance of between three and four hundred yards. Thomas Coombs, the man fully committed from Cnion Hall Office, charged on suspicion of having shot James Morgan, the under gardener of Emanuel Goodhart, Esq. of Langley Park, near Bee.enhain, was on Monday last removed (tom the county prison in Horsernonger-lane, to Maidstone gaol, preparatory to taking his trial at the en suing Assizes for the county of Kent. DARING Houk:ay.—Early on Saturday morning the house of J. L. Holland, Esq., of Cornwall -terrace, was entered by some daring thieves, who succeeded in carrying off a quantity of plate, and other articles marked J. 1.. H. Information was immediately given at Mary-la-bonne police ottiet, and bills describing the property printed, of fering a reward of ten pounds for the apprehension of the offenders. PARING BURGI.ARY.—On Sunday night last, some daring thieves broke into the house of J. Stull, Esq. of Middlesex-place, New-road, and were successful in taking away silver candlesticks, spoons, two drab coats, umbrellas, he. Information was given at the Mary-la bonne Office, when Morris was directed to examine the premises. Morris, on examining the premises, found that the thieves had got into the garden, and completely exca vated the ground, until they got on the line of th e . base ment story, by which m e ans they easily entered the kitchen, after which they cautiously proceeded up to the parlour, from whence they took the property. Five Pounds reward is offered for the apprehension of the offender or offenders. An instance °ccurnd yesterday morning of the fatal effects of leaving children alone. 'file wife of a man named Cox, a labouring man, in ('hapman-street, Com mercial-road, having gone out, leaving three children, (the eldest not above six years old) alone. the dress of one of them, a tine boy two years old, caught tire. The shrieks of the children brought some persons to their assistance, who put the flames out, but not before the poor infant was dreadfully burned in the lower extremities. IMITATION—BEA Cs Gat: .--Jarnes Atkinson, per - hanker respectfully informs the public. that owing to the great demand for the Bears' Grease imported by him, there are Lulus, rous articles sold for lle..re Grease, exactly ;,wenibling bin in the outward appearance. These are in general nothing but common lard, mallow, Re. possessing none of the qualities of genuine Bears' Grease. Heal Ite..rs Grease, when procured Iron the animal in its native climate ;in which state it is recommended by all writers on natural philosophy) is an very rich penetrating quality, ilitliaing front all tither animal and vegetable fats, and the reputa tion it has long held for promoting the growth of hair, bas been lately roved in such numerous cases, M to place its peculiar ()na iades beyond the question of a doubt ; and when properly purified and perfumed, it is a very pleasant and elegant article for dressing the hair, making it heaiiiifally soft and glossy. The following is a description of tit. manner in which Atkinson's Bean' UMW is sent out. It is in pots, with the words "Atkinson's Hears' Grease for the I lrowth of Hair" burnt on the top, and it is enclosed in a wrapper, with his signature : price '2l. fat. ; double, 4s. • per fumed with Otto of Rose. 3s. and ss. Sold by Jam e s Atkirson, perfumer, 44, Gerrard -street. Sidle-square. and trust perinuters and medicine readers. THE NEW VAGRANT ACT. No statute of late enactment has presented so many diffi culties as tb7s. One clam?, in particular, scents to have set the Magistracy quite at fault in regard to its true con- Atruction, and the powers that it gives them in their judi cial capacity ; that is, the .sth seetb n, which gtkli to dcscribe who shall be deemed incorrigible rogues and vagabonds, and spLeir:les the quantum of punishment which uffinders of that class become liable to on conviction; and as the e.rt at; r number are those which have been previously con victed of vagrancy under the 3fl of Geo. IV. cap. 40, it was by some considered that the former conviction shouldstasad in force, and un any subsequent repetition of the offence, after the passing of this Act, the person convicted should be considered an incorrigible rogue and vagabond, and be treated as such. Others maintained, that the offences com mitted against former enactments were not included in the previsions of this, inasmuch as they were repealed and not now in force, and that it was those alone who should be convicted of vagrancy after this Act came in force (the 21st Jane 1824), that could be properly dealt with as incorrigible rogues. To remove all doubts on this important point, it was judged expedient to take the opinion of one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the following case was accord ingly submitted to his Majesty's Attorney-G,mai for con sideration : C.iSE. " fith Geo. IV. tap. 83. be it further enacted, that every person breaking or escaing out of any place of legal confine ment, before the expiration o f the tarn for alitch or she shalt have beet committed or ordered to be confined by virtue of this Act; every person committing any acne against this Act, which shall subject hint or her to be dealt wits. as a rogue and vagabond. such person having been at some former time adjudged so to be, and duly convi •tcd thereof; and every person apprehended as a rogue acid vagabond. anti violently resisting any constable or other peace-officer so appreltcntliag hint or her, and being subsequently convicted of the offence for which he or she shall have been so ap prehended, shall be deemed an incorrigible rogue within the true intent and meaning of this Act ; and it shall be lawful for any Jus , tine of the Peace to commit such offender (being thereof. convicted before him by the confession of such offender, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses) tote House of Correction, there to -entain until the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace ; and every such offender who shall be so committed to the (louse of Correction shall be there kept to hard ' labour during the period of his or her imprisonment." " In submitting the above recited section tar the Attorney-Ge naafi' opinion. his attention is particularly directed to the sehtence, such person having been at solute former time adjudged a rogue and vagabond, and duly convicted thereof,' whether, under ouch former conviction, and a repetition of offence against this Act, it is to be inferred that such offender conies under the denomination of an incorrigible rogue and vagabond, and be dealt with according to the provisions of this Act?' OPINION. " I am of opinion, that a person convicted of anrorence under the new Vagrant Act, which shall subject him to be dealt with as a rogue and vagabond tinder any former AC of Parliament, thereby becomes an incorrig.ble rogue. within the Sth (,co. IV. c. 83, and is subject tG be punished as such. (Ng:led) •` J. S. COPLEY, Sergeant's Inn." - - - - - - . - From the above it is evident that offences against former Acts are provided for by this; and the high legal opinion now given has relieved the Magistrates from much embar rassment in the discharge of their judicial duties, a circum stance, which, from its frequent occurrence, gave an oppor tunity of escaping punishment to many notorious offenders. - - EXCISE P:IPEK , Sc. DUTIES. By a late Act George IV., amp. 35) the duties on paper and paper hangings will cease on the sth of January next, from which date the duties payable on the like ar ticles in Great Britain will commence, which ditties be come chargeable by weight or measure, without reference to the engine.... . Licences will be required to authorise the exercising of those trades, according to the following rates : For every Maker of Paper or Past e bo a rd 4:4 l British Cotten e,. For ever Paper *tamer - . 4 The traders will be severally subject to the regulations and restrictions in conducting their business, to which the like traders in Engknid are subject. Before any licence shall be granted, the traders must make entry in writing at the Custom-house, of their names, piaci of abode, and of every mill, and every room, place, tic. used, or intended to he used, for making, drying, or keeping paper, and materials fur making the same, and all vats, premises, utensils, and vessels tube used, and must in every such entry distinguish every such mill, utensil, Sic. by a particular letter or number, to be painted ins large and distinct character upon some convenient and conspicuous part of every building, mill, room, and utensil. Every papermaker should have th e A c t referred to fur his go vcrnment.—Dublin Pape r. MURDER AT MILSTHORP.--MILNT/lORr, Nov. 14. Several individuals have been taken up on suspicion, but as yet the real perpetrators have escaped detection. Mr. Lavender, the active Deputy-Constable of Manchester, is now making strict investigation into the circumstances; and from the known vigilance and skill of that officer, it is to be hoped that the parties implicated will ere long be brought to justice. _ _ A unactovii Br tic ARY.—lnformation was given at Lambeth-street office, that on Monday night the premises belongirg to Mr. Carter, (one of the Society of Friends) a carpenter and builder, tituated in Irish-row, Initechapel, had been entered by thieves, and the panel of a store-room door, in which was deposited nearly 101. in halfpence, made up in cartridges of Ss. each, was cut through. and the money, with other articles, taken therefrom. On the re maining part of the door which they broke through was written in large characters, with chalk, 31It. ESQ. Dear Friend,—Nee thenk E tor this small favour, there are three of us in the gang, catch us if y,,u can. Mt: I. A SCII OLY ACCIDENT.—T wo men, and three horses belonging to Mr. Simpson of Nottingham, were drowned on Sunday morning the Tth instant, at a turn of the river near Stoke, when in the act of haling craft from Newark to Nottingham. The late Hood washed down part of the bank, which had been since mended ; but owing to the river heiug again swollen, the bank, it is supposed, gave way with the horses and riders. The men in the bo.tt, from the winding of the river and the interception of some willows, did not immediately observe the accident. The water was very deep, and some time elapsed before the bodies were got out. A melancholy accident occurred at Clen c h war t on on Tuesday last. * A fine boy, about six years of ar e, son of the Rev. Mr. Coldfrapp, of that place, hail been per mitted to play in the church-yard, 1, hich being completely enclosed, was considered a place of safety. The child, however, got out into the ,ttarden, and fill into a pond, where he was discovered by a labourer's seeing his bat afloat on the surface ; the body was directly taken up, and every means of resuscitation were resorted to by the meth ! cal attendants, but the vital spark was fled for ever. • , I NQI , EST AT NE IV-MA TO N.—On TUCEllay last, Eliza beth Hobson, a pauper, aged about twenty-eight years, who had laboured under a severe disorder fur some weeks, during the latter part of which time, " the world was all before her where to choose her place of rest," was removed from Farlington, in a very distressed and dying state, to Sheriff-Hutton, and thence, without any legal process, to New-31alton. On her bring conveyed to the poor-house, she presented a most horrible spectacle, and, notwithstand ing all that medical and other aid could administer, she died early on Sunday morning. On the slay following, an inquest was held on the body, at the house of Mr. Thomas Sorehead, the Crown and Anchor Inn, in New-Mahon, before Thomas Harrison. Esq., the (orsiner for the North Biding, when, after a long and impartial investigation, the Jury returned the following verdict:—" Died, labouring under a dtarrinra, accelerated by being removed from Sheriff-liutton in an inhuman manner." At this moment any continent would be highly improper; but our corres pondent cannot avoid remarking, that, however ignorant and barbarous the 11:-adten world abroad may be repre s.mted, we are not without several, even in this enlightened Isle, who are greatly their inforiota in the observance of the nobler duties of Christianity.— York Currant. CO M, NE a S !NW(' E ,;r.—An Inquest was held yesterday, at the sign of the London Spa, Exmouth -street, elerkenwell, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of 3lr. Samuel Dania. It appeared that the deceased was a widower. between fifty and sixty years of age, and occupied a house iti Middleton-street, Spalields- Ile was a silversmith by trade, and touch respected by his neighbours. 11:1 Sunday night he went to bed in perfect health, and about ten o'clock net morning tout getting up at his usual time) he was found in bed, part in and part out, a lifeless corpse. There were to marksuf tiole•ice on the body, and from the evidence adduced, thoJ,:ry returned a verdict, " Died by the visitation of (MI" LAW 11VTELI.IGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17. GARRICK AND LORD CAMDEN. This HIM a mere question of costs, which it ASS insisted by Mr. Eimer, upon the part of Mrs. Payne, one of the devisees of the lite Mt. Peter Garrick, should be paid by sir. Hugh Bayley, the toting trustee, who did not obey • decree of the Ince-Chan ' cellor in making a transf e r o f t h e sum o f 407 . 31. into the office of the :lecountant-General. Mr. PEPTS contended that the mutton was the effect of splay and ill will; and Mr. Bayley had no right wherever to be saddle , / with the Mats of the transaction. The confusion on the use was owing to the length of time the Ince Ain:. Garrick sourvived her husband, and in consequence of her having a life interest in part ut the rotate. ioontions of the property of David Genef, the anginal acquirer of the estate, was nut administered to. With respect to th: artier of transfer at the time it was holed the property had beet. tearoamed by Mr. Bayley. . The le 111) CHANCELLOR thought there were t*o questions in. volven in the case—Whaher. previous to the transfer. the stone came properly into the fiends of 31r. WAVIey ; and whether, pubes quently, any impreper expenses had been incurred ? It was easy to procure affidav i t s res p ect i ng these motets. They may be sub mitted twitim. and he would give judgment oo Saturday. fX Tiii: X TTTTT OF minons 11•NERVI'Ve PETITION. Mr. 310/ croon, for the petitioners, stated in this case the peti tioners, who were bankrfbts, had been opposed in obtaining their certificate by Aldus. Bingham and Iloply, and that a box con taining bin books, notes, letters ond docummts, &locoing tbe na ture of the nonnectioes of the petitioners with these person", and the inspection of which was bighly necessary for many purposes. was in the The of Mr. Bingham, to which petitioners prayed acmes. The Learned bentintien read a letter addressed by one of the petitioners to Mr. Winifred Parkins, the co-assignee, in which he detailed the vidue and importance to the other creditor. of the documents contained in the box. They would chew. the virile, said, that It was to the nature of the connection with Bingham and Hoply, and to the mode of doing business, that his albumen runts were owing, and by which his ruin was careed. Ile (Mr. was sure the credime had no right to detain these doe u m enti . The papers were, however, withheld by the detaining creditor, and of the transaction complaint was made to Ale. Parkins, the co. assignee. Nor was this all: petitioner's Solicitor was removed, and was succeeded by Dlr. Rinkeenan. the private Solicitor of thus very creditors. In addition to the amptents to the wesignee• the the petitioner, laid before Mr. rarkins the opinion of Mr. Rose. It wu unnecessary for him to remind those who knew this Learned Gentleman how sound his opthions were on all matters appertain ing to bankruptcy ; sop it was nut i o be wortdered at that the opi nion was not acted upon, as. !f at were, the sum of 8.11001. should be refunded by litiogltarp and lloply, fee the benefit of the genera/ kneditors. In the postession of this sum they were protected by them own Solicitor, who acted for the Commission. A few days after Mr. Heileman had Xi interview with the petitioners.at their house, and behaved in the moot insulting manner, and asked for the nature of their accounts with Bingham slid ° Haply. They gave a writt e n statement of their derlings ; they pnrcaased eine, 'gonna, ace., ow account, sometimes on credit for two. four, and six months, by dis counts end acceptances. This mode efdnling became very beery. The dissounts were heavy : they wen compelled to buy parcels, for the purpose of accommodation. Petitioners expostulated opt such a mode or proceeding, and were threatened with legal printed. ings for the recovery of what wax already due, if they did not con tinue. Under this fear, they did buy wine and volts at such a rate that they could not sell them for prime cost ; and when they were pressed by this mode ofproceedirg, they bought at beans discounts and sold at short prices, for the purpose of making pay ments. The particulars of these trannsetiens would be site be the papers which 31r. Ming' am had in his pessereitm. Insert it was recollected bow much doe untioninate bankrupt was In ther power of a great crednor under the t Outionesion ; when the Solicits* of the Commission was also the private elicitor of the creditors, it must be admitted that the peritiener hal acted a bold pan,'f a statement of the truth could be called bold. He apprised this very Solicitor of the necessity of instituting an inquiry Into the business, and that the papers and 'documents in the box would explain the nature of all the proceedings. The learned Gentleman read other letters or the Abbots, complaining of the want of materials to make the necessary communications, n:c. One fact was, that for wee 1001. petitioners hid discounted, they should purchase a pipe of wine. He was not acquainted well the price of a pipe of wine, it must be 701. or PAL, and this upon 100/. would be high indeed. The Intan CHANCEL Loa asked, what was the description of wine, as the prict would depend on that. Mr. Mawract: said, he supposed it was Tokay, or, perhaps. Malmsey ; and, by this mode of traffic. the petitioners' cellars may be well supplied, but their pockets would urn be filled. Even this regulation was assented to by the petitioners, and was continued for many montloa. %then these facts were stated to the other cre ditors, there were no documents to prove them ; the petitioners bad not the bill.books and papers, and they did not wish to undenake an uncertain litigation where there were no fords. This was the conduct of his clients, and they acted in this manner against &pow erful creditor, and at the hazard of calling down upon them ail those evils by which they were at present surrounded. The box containing these important document., and the letters written to hint as co-Assignee, were handed over by Mr. Parkins to the detain. ing creditor. There were also miter letters aid papers, whir!! would gives clear statement of all the proceedings between the parties. Ale. DART said, them was not a single allegation in the petitieit ' which called in question the justice of the proceeding.. The Loan CHANCELLOR—II theobject of this petition be to get rid of the opposing creditor's debt, it cannot be done by tine proceeding; you must go some other way to work. Wino the parties entered into this contract, no matter whether the sum was for 40.0001. or for 40,000,000 e ; the remedy for the :Tetley the withholding of the certificate There was this difference be tween the bankrupt and the insolvent, that when the latter said to his creditor, "you shill have no remedy except that which the Commissioners glee you," the creditor may reply, I have sties a claim upon port--wken you work for !annuli you are work ing for me.' It was the duty of the person holding the Great Seal. I not to suffers debt to be cancelled, of the car.celling of which there was no idea at the time wl m it was originally contracted. In this case, the party becomes bankrupt : it only astonished hint that bankrupts were not more numerous, front the manner in shish they speculated. The debit proved under the Commission amounted to 70,01 W /. This must be come& red a very large sum, as conipared with that for which the creditors signed the certificate. The aniumit of the debts due to those who signed was 9,0001.; thin was but small portion of the ?aim of ;lateen. It was clear, that under the old law that the certificate would not be granted ; upon such an ap plication by the law, as it stood formerly, all the earnings of the bankromne life went to the creditors, if the certificate was net signed. Under the eresent circumstances the proportion signed for is 9,0001., and the conduct of the parties is this: they come to the Great Seal and ask, add to this the debt of 52,000 e %ran this not sufficient to awaken attention, when it was recollected that nice. small creditors could nullify a debt of 52.0001. if they please ? The law is so, and that was enough for him. Ile was now called upon for the first time, for the painful act el remising %hat the world supposed to be a mere discretion ; but this was not the eine ; he was called upon, in his apprehension, to exercise a sound (Tejon. There was also another reason which operated ; the cre ditors were the sole judges of doe propriety of signing the am eticate or not. There mar be connected with the case certain moral aeon which it was not tit the world should know ; there were many cases in which it was better that the certificate should not be given dna ' that the reasons for the refusal should be known. In this cage ais inquiry must be made also into the moral conduct of the creditor. The expenses are also to fall upon the individuitl refusing the sig nature, and be must account, not only for the conduct of the bank rupt but his own. It must be granted that the creditor !tact some debt ; if he had not he had no concern with the matter, and if he had there was no necessity for an application to him before the last act. If the debt was to be reduced, they *Would ece what the rffetc of the reduction would be. It load been well said by Mr. Montagu. who said every thing wisely for lois client, that he did not want law. if the certificete was duly signed, and all was feund right; it sat the business and duty of the person holding the Great Seal co grant the certificate; it was declared over an.. over trom that chair. that it was conformity with the statute that gave a right to the car tificate, and when many complained of the bankrupt laws, and affirmed they were the cause of ruin to numbers. he felt convirced that lre out of ICO of there very persons would sign certificates, and thus give operation to those very laws of which they cemelaieed. Ile was not now going to throw out any remarks respecting the application, but he wished it to be remembered, upon every presentisr estate, that where the debts of the signing creditors bore so small a proportion to the entire, he would think it his dor, to scru tinise the matter. There was another circumstance which lie shouni also conceive it his duty to hare clearly ascertained—at sea: period the great portion rat the debts wascontracted. Nine months before the bankruptcy, the crediten called upon the bankrupt for their assets, that they should know the men with whom they :Lanni and the property they possessed. The statement was given rat surplus of assets to the amount of 20,0001. and in a short /see sect, in place of this surplus, things ended in bankruptcy. Be fore, therefore, be went farther, he should require to be ruminant with a statement and description of this property, also the ainotoet of property subsequent to the bankruptcy, and the dsta upon which the assets were valued nine truths before the bankruptcy, and what be:air:co( them. .Me. l'ili)kr.titt•—Would your Lordship wish to know how much of the debt was contractrd within that time ? The LORII ell %NCI: i.t.ol—No. I assume the debt contrac:id within that perind to be rittrc.nely small. I am nnw going to remak. ,wt a future vase, without making an allusion to the presert,—* ti -re an individual, fur the purpose ut obtaining farther advances. sta.,* his property at a higher v:thie than it is, no matter how small tf: advances be. I will not give the crrtilicate to such an individual. :t it he refused by his Li-cilium& Mr. MONTAGU said, be never yet found a man in distress did not look at things in a light betia than he ought, and r:pre sent them secuedinely. N hethtr this were the etil..ct uC distress, or it arose from the worship ut Mammon. he could not saw. The LOUD I HANCELLOR the Mlle, but it rhea':] be admitted that an untitundsul representation diser"! its ever, to i.:g. 11r. thus ucc asked, if access should t - , , t be had IJ papa:lll, . , The howl CHAN cr LLoa—Vou shall have access to a:1 neer , - sary documents. , t int net travel too fast—we ❑ot thr..w any stigma on the psethi in title transaction. Tnt Act of Pr.. hament ghes certain liowett re,pecting the certifiaite— , 4e know all the ;natters. and terst trey will be correct—we lope they winlat :mind su. Mr. HAIL r said. it should be - ccollected that one of these bark. raps al, and vt-s sci:l • 3 !i.vtatm art evensava S 1., li 1. i i t : il. e. , . ,C E 1. 1 I