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I LITERARY CLEARINGS. No. I.IV. Trot FUNERAL.—In the church-yard at Wool'Raton t h e re is a tomb-stone with the following inscription In me mory of FRANC!. lAA!, who died on the 23e1 of D ec ember, 18—, aged 40 years." I saw this grave re ceive its tenant ; and there were many circumstances of „t rios connected with it, in addition to those inseparable f ro m such a scene. LVAL was one of those interesting and A i l e d beings in whom " la lame use le fourrean:"The ;wool eats away the scabbard. This chess of persons is not onnumerous ; and yet we feel towards each of its in dividuals as if he aline belonged to the race. There is a send halo round those whom we see in the bloom of year; de.li pea for the grave ; who at the time when others arc w r ing hopefully forward to the pleasures and pro verities of life, have their thoughts fixed solely on eternal mum Their prospects are all beyond the grave—their impel are all in heaven. LvAL was at school with me ; and being some years my j o ke, and his parents being known to mine, he was, in p i ne measure, under my protection. I had thus occasion t o witness the buddings of a mind 'which gave promise to b e o ne of no common order. I was sent to an University the Continent, and lost sight of Lyal for some yearn. tt t h at a ge health is little looked to, further than the ab ince of direct sickness ; and he had not heeded, and I had not marked, signs which might have foretdd what fol- I ,, e d. As it was, I hadmo thought of finding him in the s ate I did. On my return from the Continent I went germ into the part of the country where his parents lived, :oil one of the first persons I asked for was Lyal. I was l a that he was in a rapid consumption, and the first mo ment I saw him too fatally confirmed it. The deep red hectic spot burned in the centre of his cheek. The tire of „ n i ne was fading from his large grey eye, and was sup plied by the false brightness of hs deceitful malady. din of his forehead was of that perfect and trans parent white which adds the mockery of beauty to the rava ges of disease ; and his bright brown hair had that n ak en pow whiz!) is common in persons of delicate frame. li e bad always been tall, sod his form was now wasted to a fearful thinness ;—but if his figure had the spareness of a grerhound, it hut much of its elegance also. His gait was the fin-footed tread of weakness, not :be bounding cep which is common to youth. In a word, he was wasted to almost the utmost point of fragility to which the human frame can be reduced without dissolution. But it is re roarkaVe that in this extreme degree of extenuation neither Isis figure nor his face evinced the least effeminacy. If the vigour of mighty intellect was gone, its mark was indelibly at arnp,d upon the features. Genius might have sunk from its " throne of light," but it was plain that it had once hen there. Its traces, indeed, will always he visible where it has once existed. A volcano may have passed assay, but its vestiges will still remain. I.val showed great happiness at seeing me. He smoke wit]; tenderness of former days, and alluded, in a manner the treat heart-touching, to the frustration of the hopes which I had felt and expressed concerning him. He ac koowledged that he also had once hoped to have done something which would have made his name live behind him ; and it seemed to be Isis chief regret that he was going down to the tomb without having, as he expressed it, "done one thing for which it was worth while to have He had been at Ortroan, and had distinguished himself n.ucb during the short time his health pennitte.: him to its, there. But he (lid not remain long enough at the Omen:lay to attain any of its higher honours. It ap pend, however, that he had Bogert(' on there too long ; that he had striven ngainst declining strength, until he had sank at once under increasing distase into the state of debi:ity in which I found hint—and from which lie never recanted. The following lines, which were found among his papers after his death, prove plainly the existence of his sadness, tart they throw but little light upon its cause:— The freshness of my heart's young day Nothing can now rrature— Its early bloom once pas,ed away Can be regait,cd no more. 'Ti, true that still in years I'm young But in sorrow I ton °U— N, heart's elastic chord's unstrung, Its youthful glow's groan cold. The comrades of my boyish days Are what their age should be— noshed with the world, their eager gate Looks coward ardently I Bat l am like the youthful tree The lightn—ig strikes to earth— Onee scathed, its bloom no more will be ; It knows no second birth. I was in the country when LYAT. died ; and, having hero a school-fellow and a youthful friend, 1 was asked to attend the funeral. It was an office indeed of pain, but I did not hesitate to go. A young man of such distinguished promise was naturally the idol of his parents ;—in dreadful addition he was their only child ! Of the mother's grief it the time I cannot speak, for, of course, I saw it tot; but to use a homely but most forceful phrase, " She has never held up het' head since.' The father's sorrow I did ice, for be would not be dissuaded from being himself the :Lief mourner :—he said he was so in heart, and he would be in form. alas. what a morning that was! When I arrived at the Louse, I was admitted by a servant whom I recognised as basing been the tutor and associate of poor Lyal in his held sports. The man said nothing, but the unspeakable look which he gave me as be showed me to the room where the eorapany was assembled, was the very epitome and mane of speechless sorrow and affection. But on °ca tholic like these. circumstances of contrast add pain as reach as those of parrailel,—at least it was so in this case. When I entered the room where the mourners were, I mild not but be forSbly struck with the strong differ ence of expression on the countenance of the servant and the friends— friend,!—of the deceased. There were -linen a dozen persons present, who were in detached Pupa talking, as I found, of the gossip of the county at the general news of the day. A young man, who had seen at school wi.h Lial and me, came up to me as entered, and, after saving, " Poor fellow ! who would have Bought it !"—in a tone as if he considered it ne . "yr. , rs my something on the subject which occasioned vur meeting, began to discuss the merits of a ni,w horse which I had seen him on a few days before. The wretched I s a! ) .rr was. I need rcirrely gay, not present: his feelings "%at, I think. has,: imposed some restraint on three swallow-like profaners of the name of friend. Sly heart sickened to see the hollowness of what is called Splendotir of genius, warmth of feeling, beauty ofPerson,— all these, joined in one for whom they professedinterest, and cut off in the bloom of years, could not for one Short hour suspend the thoughts or their shal l^ and frivolous pursuits, —even when they were gathered, a' I 'lir; sar. around his corpse ! Thri feelins were mor strenghtened than interrupted t!ii• en:ranee of the und e rtaker to furnish us with s.'rrzeis and hat-lasnds. Ile was a busy, bustling animal, w :uwed , Cogei look, and mercenary simper, showed plainly thin all be lid was "in the way of business." We have ro right to expeict grief from an hireling ; but there is six:hr.? revolting in seeing the trappings of woe borne by " whose mind is e n g ros s ed by the paltry pounds ielach he can make by their display. The village of IVoollaston, where Lyal is buried, is alrsu fir , ' miles from his father's house; and thither we ruetrleil U tnot:rning toacilus, and, of course, at a foot's lalcn we reached Winllaston. we quitted the carriages 'l ' C hurch gate ; anti here, for the first time, 1 saw the "• lie wa.c leaping on the arm of a relation, and tot -1 up the pathway tic‘t after the van into the church. , 1 the service was performed here, and this, per mottrnf,t. part of the whole. It was on tat the church, which WAS large, was pt ourselves. The piercing cold struck to the from the effect of the stone pavement of the I its yaq uninlisbited space. The measured and 1" of LIPr clergyman echoed through the void of I aiding wit . 3 a sadness and solemnity which went at every panne of his voice, was heard trys (leg+ Rl') of hilf-suppressed agony. At a cur ., .riod in th e sorv i ce. we went out to the grave. A f ew 1 ,1 1 ,31ers of the village had gathered round it, to gaze on tr'ery of the funeral show. There war one woman mo,t so tt with a wailing infant, which site was striving to hush. Its cries attracted my notice:—and the commencement and and the close of life being thus brought into immediate opposition, caused, perhaps, the deepest feeling which I experienced during that melancholy day. The sinking the coffin into the gave is the most impres sive part of the ceremony of burial. It is then that th e dead seem finally cut off' from all connexion with the world —it is then that we lose sight of them for ever ! At the moment that the coffin sounded on the bottom of the grave, I booked ion ards the . falher. Ills face at that moment is in delibly graven . on my memory; but I cannot embody its expression in words. It made me light well understand why the painter of old evaded tbe picturin; of parental agony. These visitations, indeed, are far beyond all painting, whe ther of the pencil or the pen. 1 have been twice sin , : to the tomb of FR•NCIS LYAt. The simple inscription I have cited is all thit remains to tell of one who, had he lived, would, probably, have made his name known in the fo ur corners of the earth. Ile now moulders unknown and unremembered in the church-yard of a distant and obscure village ; and the passer-by, who carelessly reads the legend on his headstane. attaches to it no high2r idea than is excited by those of the numberless grans mound it. With the exception of his father—his mother never could—l am, perhaps, the only person who cvsr has visited his tomb. I had been thrown but little into contact with him, but I loved him much, and his fate has left a deep impression on my heart and mind. I never go to that part of the country without making a visit to his grave.—.lthem. BRADFORD COM arns AVD IVEAVERS. (From the Leeds Intelli A yncer.l It will swear from the prweed.iigs at Fairweather green, on Monday, and the facia we s,re about to commu nicate, that our prediction of the fate of the Bradford turn-cuts," is. we may av, fully verified. Last week, notwithstanding the exertions made in all parts of the country to gather funds for the Union, only just as much cash was procured as sufficed ro pay the men their paltry allowance on Saturelly. We also understand that a re duction of Is. per wee: front the rate hitherto paid to each person has been resolved upon. In the meantime about 500 cumbers and reay..rs had, u-r to Priday last, applied to their ennsters, to be re-instated in employment at the old wages, but although most , 1 the former were set to work, nearly the whole of the law r wet e rejected. The following statement of the aleplicatiros last week to come of the masters illustrates :l f assereln : Mr. M. Thompson—shout us-svers applied, l!9 refused ; comber applied and art Os. Messrs. llollinp aad Stans6eld—about 48 comber, applied, all set on. Messrs. John Rand and Sor — l O combem applied, and set on. Mears. W. and T. Illarshall-3 combers engaged, about 100 weavers applied, bot were refused. Messrs. John Wroe and Sons-12 comber, applied, 6of whom are employed ; 30 weavers applied, all refused. 31r. John Wont-7 combers applied, set on. W. Roux and Son-12 combers applied, 4 refused ; a number of weavers applied, but were all refused J. Wade, Son, and Co. ; about 10 combers applied, 13 refused; 30 weavers applied, none engaged. Mr. S. Rhodes_..{ Bombers and 6 weavers applied, all refused. 111 r. John Mason-1 weaver applied ; refused. Messrs. Alargerison and Peckover-12 comber* applied, 11 re. fused ; 6 wearers applied, all refused. Mr. T. Flolilaworth-3 comber, applied and set on. Messrs. Leach and Cousen--11 combers applied. and 3 set on. 3lessrs. Chapman and Milnes-1 comber applied and set on. Messrs. Illingworth and 31urgatroyd-2 cambers applied, and set on. Messrs. Smith and Chapman-15 weavers applied, 1 only em. ployed; no comhets applied. Messes. Cousen-4 applied and set on. hlessne. Bankart and Benson-3 combers applied, refused. Messrs. Pearson, Whitehead, and Co.-13 applied, set an. Messrs. Holmes and Fa —2 applied, set on. On Monday mart leg last, the spinners and manufscturers as sembled at the Court-house, Barley- t, where, as stated in our last, the question of revoking the resolution respecting the Union, which was passed on the 19th ult. came under discussion, and it was agreed that it should continue in force. The matters also pasted the following resolutions, which cannot fail to show the utter hopelessness of the cause in which the deluded operatives are now engaged. Court House, Darley-street. Bradford, Oct. 31, 1825. At a Mee: irg of the Worsted Spinners and Manufacturers, holden pursuant to adjournment, M. Thompson, Esq. in the Chair. In consequence of the intemperate Resolution of the workmen, at their meeting at Fairweather.green,t on Monday, the 1 1 471 . 1 e !f October inst. wherein they declare their determinationoteote to return to work unless the whole advance required at the time of the turn out he given, and the associated masters being satisfied from information received since their meeting, on the 24th inst.. 'that there is a sufficient number of men in the neighbouring Ms ,' tricts who are willing to work at the present rate of wages, this meeting is of opinion, that frequent meetings of the Masters are no longer necessary. Resolved therefore, unanimously, that this meeting be adjourned Ito Monday, the 26th day of December next, at ten o' c l oc k in the foreno , m, to be thew holden at this place. In the eighth address of the men, published in another column, it will be seen that Tester endeavours to invalidate the correctness of Messrs Rands' statements respecting his wages, previous to the strike. The manly conduct of John Rand, jun. Esq., at the meet ing on Fairweather...green. on Monday last. in coming forward to refute the imputation, is grew!, to be commended. Without en. tering into particulars until Tester has had an opportunity of de fending himself, we can say that we have seen Alegi's. Rands' books, and thee their representation of his earnings for the time they specified is perfectly correct. The average wages he received for the ass continuous weeks referred to was 245. lid. per week: In consequence of the resolution adopted by the Bradford masters on the 12th ult., relative to the Union, the masters of Halifax met on last Saturday week. After some deliberation, they determined not in future to require the signatures of their men to papers disclaiming connexion with the Union—hut to set them to work at the old prices, and subsequently to discharge such as proved to be con. necied with Combination. The following letter is from our torte. spondent " Bradford, Nov. 2. 1825. " I have aten a letter from Keighley this morning, which states that hand-bill. are posted in that neighbourhood, in the name of Mr. John Wood, yen. signifying that he is in want of comber', and offering employment to such as may apply. The Commit tee of the Workmen'. Union have paid the rents of those ten ants of Sir. Matthew Thompson, who are in the Union. to the amount of 461. or 471. The rent-day was yesterday. The Com mittee profess an intentiln of paying the rents of all the Union men out of employment. Maninmas-day will try the value of their professions." The following bill has been circulated at Halifax " TO tax PUBLIC.—We, the Committee of Wool-cumbers and Stuff-weavers of Halifax, feel it ircumbent upon us gratefully to return thanks to our friends in Halifax and its neighbourhood, for the kindness they hare shown towards us and our brethren while we hue been out of employment. We also feel it our duty to inform them, that we have re:eived near 4001. from our benevolentirlends in Halifax and its neighbourhood alone, and although we are now chiefly in work at Halifax. we ►urther request you to continue your aid and support in behalf of our fellow workmen at Bradford, un til such time as they also shall have returned to their employment." MEETING ON FAIRWEATHER-GREEN: On Monday alit , noon the members of the Bradford Comber' and Weavers' Union held their weekly meeting on Fairweather-green, when their muster was unusually small. Tester had not yet returned from Hull. JOSEPH IFIoLmEs via called to the Chair. As soon as this ap pointment was made, Mr. John Fland, jun. of the firm of Messrs. John Rand anil , tions, manufacturer', of Bradford, stood forward. in request of the Chairman permfmirm to contradict a statement con tained in the eighth address, published by John 'rester, as Seem eretary to the Comhers and Weavers' Union, when the following 'mover:a:ion took place : Mr. RAND (to the Chairman)—Sir, I have come to the meeting to-day solely :or the purpose of contradicting, as fully as John Tester has asserted, a statement contained in the eighth address of the Combers sad Weavers' Union. The Cuat am/at—Well, Sir, we shallhave no objection to hear what you have to say if John 'rester was present ; but as he is not here, I had rather defer it till be comes, a we cannot in his absence disprove what you may say, nor can we prove what he has asserted. Mr. Rasto—l shall of course accede to your wish on the subject, and wait for a pmpa tame for its discoed's, bat I considered it ad visable to seise the very first opportunity of refuting in toto what he has stated respecting our firm. • One of the Committee proposed that the matter should be dis cussed in writing. through the osediam of the public papers. Mr. Rarria--1 conceive it to be the most likely means of giving the greatast publicity to my counter statement, to contradict it when the whole body of men in the Union ars assembled together, as by this means it an at once go forth to the world. JAMES IVALlVOllTHZETerypaTisibleopportnr.ity shall be given to yen to contradict John Tester a statements in Ms prrience but in the absence of the person to whom that contradiction refers, it had better be deferred. lIIICHAZ I. DALE T—l think it is the best far Mr. Rand. In he is her?. to enterinto his etatement now, as reporters are present who can make month.% of the prdeecdings for publicsr.on. RAXD-1 am desirous of discussing the subject in the most public manner possible. and I have awns hen in order to meet the individual to whom my remarks mei refer, in the most manly and open way. that this may be aceomplisheol ; but as he is not here am willing to defer it for the present : at the same time I wish it to be clearly understood that it is my determination thus publicly to meet him the very first ortort.inity that presents itself. AXES WIILWOSTE—if you hare anything against the Com- THE BRITISH PRESS. mince generally, that may be stated now; but what applies to John Tester, he will take the opportunity of answering himself. Mr..RAwn—Sly remarks will apply solely to that part of the address which relates to John Tester's wages while in our employ. MICHAEL DantY—lfJohn Tester cant of answer ynur charge against him, it is right he should personally bear the blame. Mr. RAND—The ground of my objection to what he has said is this: we have stated to the public that John Tearer's wages have,• within a given period. amounted to a certain auto ; he has published another atateintnt, and has said that ours is incorseo, and that we are therefore unworthy of credit; on this subject I will meet him aiiy where, and at any time. One of the Committee--Mr. Rand, when you come again, bring your book with you, if you please. Mr. RAND—]lost unquestioeably I will. (11r. Rand now retired.) MICHAEL DALET-If the master% would cornp and meet the men en Frirweather.green in this gentleman!). manner, uur dif ferences would soon be at an end. The business, which was of a very uninteresting kind, then pro ceeded. The Citainscag addressed the meeting in a tone nf despondency He hoped on that day to have had something niece pleasing to corm munirate to them. Their difficultiea, he said, were many, the distresses of the poor am great, and he gave them what consola tion he coild in a serioua addrtos. He adverted to the reasonable ness of their wages. and the manner in which they had conducted themselves. He expressed a fervent Isiah 'hat their strength might be equal to their day, and that the Almighty would forward their design in the enUrse of his providence; and concluded by exhorting them to meet their difficulties with fortitude and march on with courage. 311CHAEL DALEY said it was astonishing to hear the surpris ing.expresaions that were made at a n eeting which he attended last week, where they had a Union of 10,000 strong. the men promising to give them a noble gift, by subscribing five shillings each. He wasead to see one of their master* present; he called it a manly and a gentlemanly act. .Ir. Rand was a gentleman who did not wish to grind his workmen ; Mr. Wood, Jr. 3 Garnett. and Mr. Marshall, were of the same class; the men did not strike against them, but they struck against the men. It the firms of Margeriaon, Nrrete. and Cousens, would come forward and publish their books, there would be somelting to look at. The wretched abodes, and the starved and ragged appearance of the children of their work. men, would prove that they deserved striking against. The men struck against them to make them come up to the prices paid by other metiers, and thorn manufseturns ought to make common cause with the men against those firms. They had received several encouraging letters from their worthy secretary, T. EVMLEIOII saw in a statement n.ade by the masters some time since, that a gond woolconitier could earn 225. and a comber of inferior sons —but they would be glad to take 15s. per week. They also stated that the trade lIHM soon learnt, and with little expense, and if so, he would ask how it was that men should be at it 10, 16, 20. and 30 years, and yet not be able to do the work to the satisfaction of the Bradford masters? The Committee would endeavour do what they could to get them supplies. They did not boast how many thousands they had, because they did not want any one to know any tiling about it. J. THonNTON said, their cause was known by all the inhabitants of Great Britain, and they were ready to support them to the ut most of their power. While they cautioned to strive to break that chain, which, if suffered to exist, would bind all tile country, the masters would fail in stopping their supplies. The masters had stated that women and children could earn from 12s. to 14a. per week, when a man could not earn tr, .re than 10s. and at present he could not earn much more than as. He contradicted the statement that low wages were a blessing to the country, and instanced the state of the inhabitants of' Lancashire in proof. He hoped, there fore, they would stand forward to protect their rights in a political point of view. WALWOIITH—The week that had passed bad given the Com mittee another proof their firmness. They last week passed a resolution of great importance, and they had been charged with haring done it with precipitancy, but their future conduct would prom that that was rot the use. Some would say that where wages were low, the people are peaceable and orderly ; hut where high wages predominate, and prosperity is enjoyed, disorder is the consequence. Fact proved to the contrary, inasmuch as ignorance was the parent of crime, and the cause of ignorance iv the state of low wages, which actually adds to the increase of immorality. High wages would aLo be beneficial to the country at large. If 3a. per week in advance were paid to the working classes, it would cause a circulation of 3.00111. per week mare than formerly, which would be 116,0001. per. annum. It had been said that wearers could earn 10a. 12s or 12s. 6J. per week on an average, taking men, women, and children. This was not the cave. He had been a weaver several years, and by working on the finest pteces, sixteen hours a day, he could never earn more than 14s. per week. He regretted that their Secretary was not there that day ; if he had done wrong it was right he should bear the blame before eery one of diem, and he hoped he would be proved a public liar before them all, if he could not prove what he said to be true. (They cannat do it—if he (Mr. Rand) had not known he had been away he would not have come.) Although the manufacturers had met to devise plans to starve them to death, yet be would treat them with every due reapeet. Their plans had all failed. their mountain had not yet been delivered of a mouse, because powerfal execution requires skilful device, and in this they had been very defective. Not one of the statements of the roamer, had injured the men. THOMAS EVELEIOR said, be had received a letter from De. vonshire, stating that some statements had been inserted in an Exeter paper, calculated to deceive and mislead the public against their interests. Ile wondered much that any one should be so foolish as to carry news all the way from Fairweather-green to Exeter, a distance of 300 miles. He had sent letters and papers to counteract their tendency. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and[the meeting separated about half-put four o'clock. COMBINATION IN IRELAND. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a party,iimount ing to two hundred of the working classes, attacked a building intended for a distillery. that is now erecting by Mr. Ring, of this city, in Itlackmiller's-lane, Water-course, and demolished a considerable part of the new work, having previously knocked down the watchman in charge by a stroke of some weapon. The cause assigned fur this out rageous attack is, that Mr. Ring employed some workme n who did not belong to this city. While completing the work of demolition. Mr. William Ring, who resided near it, got some intimation of the outrage, and hastened to the place with two individuals, each armed with a pistol, which they fired at the incendiaries, and, from circum stances that have subsequently. transpired, there is every reason to believe with effect, and that one of them was wounded. Mr. Ring then hastened into town for assistance, and on his way he arrested a mason named Cornelius Desmond, who was one of the party. This man was given in charge to the Shandon Guard, where he remained for Ant two ' hours. during which time he took off his shoes and sox..- logs, and, getting near the door, he rushed on the sentinel, knocked him down and ran off; he was immediately pur sued, and, finding that he was likely to be apprehended, lie jumped into the river with the intention of swimming to Kyrfs-quay on the opposite side. The roldiera by this time had got at either side of the river, and called out to him to surrender, bnt he wall insensiblz to all their threats and entreaties, and remained in the water till he absolutely sunk! which he did near the Coal-quay dock, uttering the imprecation of "By G—(l, lam gone ! " 'fhe body of the nnfortunate man was taken up yesterday, near Lapp's The party, when returning after committing the out rage, threw a stone at Mr. Connell, a respectable man in Blackpool, who was looking out of his window, which struck him in the month, gave him a severe wound, and knocked out four of his teeth. They were guilty of other minor outrages.—t'ork Parr, October 29. INDIAN ARMY. GOVERNMENT GENERAL ORDERS. PARDON OF THE BARRACKPORE MUTINEERS. Head-Quarters, Calcutta, April 22, 1825. Sir-Edward Paget is pleased to announce to the Army of this Presidency the following sec of grace, which he has thought the present a lit moment for carrying into effect. The deep sense of abitorrenee and indignation which, his Ex cellency is assured, ha. been felt ar'.d expressed throughout the Native Army. at the mutinous proceedings which occurred at Bar rackpore on the Ist of November last, has impressed the mind of the Commander-in-Chief with the satisfactory conviction, that the actors and abettors in those disgraceful proceedings stood entirely alone, and unsupported in their disloyalty. Satisfied, therefore, that the ends of jar tire havc been attained, that the rules of discipline and subordination, so shamefully vio lated on that occasion, have been amply vindicated, and that the devotion and attachment of the Native Army stand unimpeeched, hit Excellency is persuaded that the present occasion afTards him the gratifying opportunity, without committing the interests and discipline of the Army to the slightest risk, of extending an net of grace in favour of those unhappy men, who having been appre hended, tried. and condemned to pay the forfeiture of their bees for their guilty participation in the late mutiny, were consigned. throng!) motives of clemency, to the mitigated punishment of labour on the roads foe certain terms of years. To these individuate the Comnsander•in-Chief, with the concur rence of the Right lion. the Governor-Oeneral in Council, hereby proclaims a free pardon, in consideration of the merits anti services of the army of Arrscan anti Assam. With this act of grate, his Excellency trusts he may never liae.e occasion to read to his own. or the public recollection, the occ.er tenets which it has been his painful duty to advert to in the tor.- going remarks ; and, in order that every trace of them may be obliterated, his Excellency in pleased to direct, that the body of Ilindah Tewary, Sepoy, who vat sentenced to be hung in chains near the spot where the mutiny took place, may be removed. LOSS OF THE COMET STEAM PACKET. [From the Greeno7lrfrertiser of Tbefodity.l HALP.PAST OXE O'CLOCK. T.Y. Our .mersenger has just arrived from Gourikk, which. he left only an boor ago, at•which time tbo veastls on - the rivet had just commenced active operations for Maim& Comet. It still blows strong : no other bodies have been found. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK. The greatest anxiety prevailed yestvrday in Lloyd's, and in fart in all parts of the City, to endeavour to ascertain the name df the vessel that was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands; but as late as five o'clock, (the hour for closing the room, at Lloyd's) nothing could be learnt respecting her, with the exception of the following paragraph. posted at Lloyd's in the afternoon :—" A letter from Deal states, that the ship loot was about boo or 600 tons, with figure head, yellow sides, painted ports, and a poop, and there appeared to be between thirty and forty people on the poop." [FROM TETE AGENT TO Lcovn's.] DrAt., Nov. 3. About day-light tbis morning, blowing a violent gale from the IV.S.W., a ship, apparently about 400 tons, with a poop and figure-head, painted yellow sides and ports, was observed under her topsails in a direction to wards the South Sand Htad, standing it. on the larboatd tack. Almost immediately afterwards (half-past six in the morning) she struck on the Goodwin, with a tremendous sea going over her : the masts soon fell, and the crew as sembled on the poop, from which every succeeding sea les sened their numbers. Seven Deal boats Wein out to their assistance, but such was the violence of the wind and sea, that none of them could get near enough even to obtain her name. The whole of the crew and all on board pe rished. She was under English colours, having, when she first struck, hoisted her ens'gn, union downwards ; the ship broke up entirely about noon, and disapPcared. J.Loyn's. Nov. 4. 11 A.M. The name of the vessel wrecked on the Goodwin Sands isnot yet perfectly known. One or two names have been mentioned ; but as the crew have perished, it would be improper to state any name, except on the best authority ; but she certainly appears to he from Bantbay. Several bales of cotton have been picked vp, and landed at Brocd stairs, marked s GO ar.d CO.l LL [EXTRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTETL] DEAL. Nov. 3. It is our painful duty to record the following detail's of a distressing event which occurred off here this morn ing : At day-light a large ship was observed on shore on the inward part of the Goodwin Sands, on her beam ends; and, soon after, the whole of her masts went by the board, at which time the crew were distinctly seen from hence in a cluster, apparently not knowing what part of the ship to approach for aafety ; consequently several of our boats im mediately went off' to her assistance, each boat well manned. The sea on the sand at this time was tremendous, and the gale continued increasing, and our intrepid boatmen, at the great hazard of their lives, used every effort they could devise to get alongside of the ship to save the unfortunate crew, who continued waving their hats and hands a$ a signal to implore their humane assistance. Some of the boats were within two cables' length of the ship, and re mained there as long as they possibly could, in the most imminent danger, having shipped several heavy seas, and being nearly worn out with fatigue, consequently they were obliged reluctantly to return (without accomplish ing their object, which they were so desirous to fulfil) anti leave the unfortunate crew in that awful situation, where, we are fearful, long before this they are consigned to the merciless deep ; but we sincerely hope our fears will not be realized. The writer of this, having been for many years an eye witness of the praiseworthy exertions of these boatmen, cannot help observing how useful they are in endeavouring to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, at the imminent hazard of their own • and it is much to be lamented th a t the merchants and s hip-owners are not better acquainted with the value of their services, which would then be more appreciated in similar catastrophes. The only particulars we can at present ascertain of the ship is, that she has a figure-head and a poop, and appears about SOO tons. Should any further particulars transpire before the de parture of the mail, me shill not fail to furnish you with them. RALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK. No further particulars have transpired respecting the unfortunate ship, which has totally disappeared. The following accounts of the heavy gale of Thursday were yesterday received at Lloyd's:— DrAL, Nov. 3. A ship, of about 400 tons, drove out of the Downs at eleven a.m., with a signal of distress, and proceeded to wards Margate Roads. _ _ Flys P.M. The gale has moderated, but, in squalls, it still blows hard ; wind about W.S.W. Several of the outward-bound are riding with two anchors a-head. Arrived and remain the Albion, Radcliff, and the Arab, —, from Smyrna; Ceres, Down, from Quebec; and Hope, of Bristol, from Naples. Put back the L!an Rumney, Turner, and Ex press, —, for Jamaica. HARWICH, NOV. 3. It blew a storm of wind the whole of last night and this day from the westward. A brig, supposed to be a collier was seen in the early part of the day on shore on di; West Rocks, with a signnl of distress. The life-bna went off about noon, and his just returned. The crew had left the vessel, and she will become a total wreck this flood. NORTH VARISOUTH, Nov. 3. It has been blowing a heavy gale from W. and W.N.W . all night, and this morning a large brig was seen on the outside of Corton Sand. Boats from Lowestoffe and Gorl stone went off' to her, and about one o'clock she came off the Sand, and is drifting out to sea. She is said to hare lost her rudder, and to be deal laden. THREE o'Czocz, P.M. It still blows hard from W.S.W. Lowrarorrz, Nov. 3. This morning, about four o'clock, the Frances Ann, of London, George Shipley, master, from Dantzic to London, got ashore on Cotton Sand, in a heavy gale, and the crew, finding no likelihood of her continuance, were compelled to quit the vessel, with a narrow escape of their lives. She has floated since; but there is little probability of much being got from her. Wind W.S.W. blowing very hard. The Harriet, Fletcher, from Singapore, lost both her anchors and cables in the Downs yesterday, and was blown out. She is now getting supplied with others from Woad stairs. DREADFUL AND DISTRK 4 SII4O OCCURRENCE FORTY PERSONS DROWNED. ( From the cork Advertiser. A most dreadful and distressing event, of frightful mag nitude, which has spread terror and dismay among a vast portion of the population of an extensive district, occurred early in the forenoon of Saturday last, in the west of this county. On that morning, a boat. having on board be tween forty and fifty persons, and passing from Cape Clear Island to Skibbereen, whither her passengers were going for the purpose of marketing. and, agreeably to the late Act, to receive English in exchang. for their Irish silver, was unhappily upset by striking on a rock near the Island of Sherkin, when all on beard perished, save two, an aged man and a boy, who, by clinging to her mast, providentially escaped the fate of their less fortunate fellow passengers. These are the details which have reached us as yet ; they have been furnished to us by a gentleman who has recently come from the west : hut at the period of his departure ro particulars were ascertained even as to the extent of the direful calamity, or who the parties were. We hope in our next, to be able to relieve the public anxiety do such' a loss of human life. We arc happy to fbul, by a letter which we have seen from Javra'.ca, dated the 15th of September last, that the new Bichnp of that island has entered on the ditties of his sacred office with great teal. On a single day he baptised betwixt 80 and 90 negroes on one gentleroan's *saw. — Liverpool Courier. 1u„ secu ii• . i y AMINMEENsmii • LAW NOTICES. 1 COURT OF KING'S BENCH .. • . LIST Or CAUSE; TO RE TRIED THIS DAT AT WESTMLHEER4 i . it comment/warm Hood ir. Sexton &pint v. Dusan Bevan tr. Ellison Bern. r. Randolph Newport v. Monis I Drinan et. Bait ad o Theßing v.Speocer - Elmo w. flamer The King P. id ip B`yant e. Lealre ThalDngv. Perron Calmet tr. 441piiith ••.' ha 1 .setesenee-sote.sowoooo-otA. „ t i - .. - .: TAW 1., IArTEI. IG ENCE. , i , r. COURT OF effANITIF, IV, FRIDAY, 270V.4 ' . .:I.' Inlttellin AND orn,ens V. PETERS AND 973E14 Mr. Hoinz acid be h a d an application tq make. crime*, ( an injuoction in this ease, the einumstancevof which wem se- tremely singular indeed. , A person of the mimeo( Pierre matolat " e qUinet. otherwise John . Courtnis, a native of France, Cr 1 at; 4; ! many years ago. came to t a le country, in extremely indigent tit. . cuntsianeea. He was moat industrious, parsimonious, entitle, acll steady, unfit he had attained in age of about 66 years. Front awls t e°a . Lihrv n laiae i rn c egro l g. e reiel a loteh l a lo n e he Rained -hy w eerhea s oul l Pecti k odj n urea O gc le t::; t l;f i ntr n YetoPti T aner ran i:uldn f: lll:l ;: hi ld aed: l4 dUaTw op nfaloas i: rit t nu r n e Fte n tr77n l is r 4lth e l'e° l : C rrl , r ti . :l; toss. He remained unmarried, but for a long tlma cohabited with: a Mrs. Woolley, by whom he had three children; tonerch whom, as well as to Mrs. Woolley, he (very meritorlcuely) teisvhicted himself with every possible kindness and affection ; all along melts.. log resolved to provide for them in the most comfortable and pens i I teel manner his ample means were calculated to enable him. se tits, ' .. until he attained the age already stated. Unfortunately, at tbatsfld • . .. ege, he changed AO completely, from the sober habit* he had lime lin before, as to plunge into mini possible excess of vice and indeh ' cenehr. At that advanced age he was, if not infirm in some respects, certainly infirm in mind, and quite incompetent to manage bin af-• faint. He became inti mate with a woman of the name of Phippo, a most unworthy diuractcr, who kept one of the lowest bre:theft in some filthy place in Gray's.inn-lane. where, for a lengh of amt. he almost constantly was. At that hovel he got acquainted wide another woman, of like character, called Brown, who persuad e d hi m to take a lodging for hi mse lf and her, whirs they lived together Soh. some time. Another similar character of the name of Hannah Pt- • tent was introduced to him by Brown, who gained influence enough t 4 over him to induce hint to go and lire with her as man and trife j • and with whom he actua ll y did cohabit till he died. During the time Peters lived with hint, she beenme 11. e mother of three r children, having borne the first child within two c m th ree mo n th, , ; after she went to live wi t h hi m ; a ll o f w h om. h owever, she pre- , railed upon him to believe were his, though a person of the name of Parker had admitted that the first child was his, and though there wee strong reason to suppose that the other two were his alas, , as from the evidence there was every reason to believe that Parket i continued to cohabit rich her during all the time she Bred with t the testator. While the old gentleman was in the habit of going . 1 4 to Phippo's, it was sworn th a t on one occas i on s h e an d B rown t i ed i him into a chair, brandished a large knife before bim, app pro. tested that they would murder him. unless he either gore them a i large sum of money, nr a promissory note; accordingly, for the purpose of escaping with his life., he signed a note to the amount t • of' 2,080/. and then got away with the utmost difficulty. Thu • subsequently formed the ground of an indictment against those women at the Old Bailey. Brown was admitted, on the part of the prosecution, to give evidence, and Phippo suffered a long im- prisonment, having been convicted of the crime. Phippo was afterweda tried and executed f or mur d er . D ur i ng t h e coha bi tation with Peters, particularly at one house where they lop ed, .. g such in decencies were committed, hy numbers of the most dOraved pros- titutes having been brought into the house together, conducting themselves with the utmost iedecency and even appearing In a • • state of nudity, &c. that the landlord, u pon ascer t a i n i ng i t , or d ere d . the testator to quit, which (after refusing) he was compelled to dot by the aid of the parish officer.. Peters had the greatest influence over his mind, and being one of the moat artful of women, she employed, or caused to be employed, an attorney, alleged le be of no respectability, in Shire.lane, near Temple-her, to make a wilt for th e t estator , i n t h e year 181 4, b y which the i testator gave almost th e w h o l e o f hi s f ortune to the defend- ;. , ant Peters and her three children. It eccerred abcrot that time 2 •t that the will might be disputed, either on the ground of in. sanhy, or on some other grounds, and with a view to avoid that event, as much it, rossible, a deed was subsequently prepared and executed, transferring the bulk of the property to ti.e sane individoulo but not until after the death of the testator. I Small portions only were bequeathed to Mrs. Woolley's children, whom the testator had deserted without any rational cause. The testator died in the year 1816. leaving his property thus dispooet! I of. One 'Nuance sworn to of the testator's singular conduct to one of his children, by Mrs. Woolley, was., that he used to buy Sit- pennyworth of fowls' heads, have them all boiled up tngether (blood, ace.), and protest, if the young gentleman did not eat I I them he should h ave not hi ng else - to subsist upon , slthnugh bra (the testator's.) income at that time was upwards of 1 6,080 1 . thytalh 1 .. A cause has been instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court to set aside i that will, and one in this Court, by the legatees (Peters and her children), to have the provisions of the will carried into execution. both of which are now depending. An order was made some time ago by this Court. directing the children to have their share s trans- i leered to them as they attained their ages of twenty.ore years, but the money was there to r est , unt il the further order of the Count : i. two of them have attained their majority, but the third has not. .... „ and therefore her share remains in the hands of the Accountant. • General. The Learned Counsel then stated, that it was impossible to have made this application earlier, because the next of kin (foreign/es) had not before become acquainted with the facts, which have now enabled them to bring this very extraordinary case before biz Lordship. • The affidavits were then read by Mr. SIDEBOTTOII, as Mr. • Horne's junior, which supported, and went further than all that had been stated at the bar :, and the prayer of the bill was, that • ' 0 the money might be restrained from being in any way removed or St altered from the state in w hi c h i t now stan d s . -• S' The Loan CHANCELLOR read the affidavits, and then granted • the injunction upon the terms that notice of the injunction shnuld be served with the whin:ens, and an intimation that the Court would hear the defendants the moment they pleased to apply. atMS r. RIDGE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that this was an appeal from an order made by the Muter of the Rolls. The plaintiff was the administrator of the effects of a gentleman of the name of Sims. who at the time of his death was indebted to various persons to a large amount. Part of the estate of that gentleman consisted of securities for money, but among which was a bond executed by the Marquis and Marchioness* of Hastings, jointly with the de- . fendant Mr. Ridge. A bill was fil e d against M r . Ridge, as one o f the obligors (his co-obligor!. Lord and Lady Ilanings, /Tin g • • abroad) praying that it should be r e f erre d to t h e M aster to ascertain what was due to the intestate's estate on the bond. and that the sum reported to be due should be tea:lnferred to arid for the benefit of the creditors ; but the Mastet et the Rolls was of opinion that th e p ra y er o f t h e bill cou ld not b e • granted, inasmuch as that it had not been proved that the bood was executed by the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, mu . • that there was no means of obtaining their answers to the bill, as they were not within the jurisdiction of the Court; he, therefore decreed that the bill should be dismissed. An appeal was intended to have been made against this order; but the Marquis and hie Lady having subsequently returned to this country, and having put in an answer in which they admitted there was such a bond as that set forth in the bill, he now, instead of proceeding with the appeal, had to move his Lordship that hewould be pleased to order What ought to be done under this change of circumstances. Mr. Heston, tor the defendant, said he had an objection to make in point of form, as to the notice of motion, which had been served on him by the other side. The words of the notice were, after stating the return of the Noble Marq uis and his lady, th at the plaintiff would move •' tar his Lordship's directions what ought to be done under this change of circumstances." Them words were so indefinite in their meaning that he could not tell what it was he had to answer; he came quite unprepared to meet any spe- cific motion ; such an application was the most extraordinary ht bad ever heard of- The LORD Cnaneetton rememlocreil enough of the ease to know that it was a little hard upon the plaintiff to kW. his bill dismissed, if he had any thing like a case, upon the ground that this bond had net been proved to be that of the Magill. of Has- tings. He though it was quite clear that the Noble Marquis would, not deny that this was his bond. The SoLletco a-GENERAL, in reply to his Learned Friend's) observation as to the extraordinary nature of the present motion. begged to state, that having himself requested the favour of his Lordship that he would read over alt the papers in the 'quit, and in 1 the moan time the Marquis and Mtschioness of Hastings coming home to this country, his Lordship had had the goodness to in.. dorse upon the brief, then before him, an observation under which. • he (the Solicitor-General) would seek shelter from the attack of has Learned Friend, and hoped to find a sanction for the step he had taken. The memorandum which his Lortithip had written was.-- " That as the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings had returned • to England, after the decree of the Master of the Rolls. notice ' should he given to the opposite party that, at the next Seal, the matter would be mentioned :o the Court, for directions as to what ought to be done under this change of circumstances." So that it would be wen the motion he now made was in the very words of an . order of thls Court, as the memorandum made by his Lordship usig_ht with propriety be called. Mr. Snanw nth followed on the same side. The LORD CUA)ICF.LLOR observed, that when he wrote the memorandum under which the Solicitor-Geneva talked of shelter- ing himself, he. of course, expected that the two Learned Gentbs- tnen (the Solicitor-General and Mr. Shadwell) would pot their pro. .. 1 fessional heads towhee, and w i sest to kiln what directions ought to be made under the change of eircomstinces.; MI it certatakr wishedwt right to bthate done. 1 t vas then l .i sh l ex e t l c (tat. terms i t drt s h o uld tno a , sb be c o f t e i r i dn h , oat a p p r ised o o u t l i o d T n b ik e oes f ts i or j hy e e n w n h p a e t a o ‘r l ,t th a i e t .3 1 7 e e n p ii, i a . t ian a e y t tsitzla'''i v nag i n e dg E Pecw - h C ii6c H hca 4l l: N Y" C s ELLORI3COURTManuar. Noy. 4. This being the accent! seal. Ms ilonour thelirisa.Ch e y tee ik, am ' oe.tapied during the ream part of the asembar b hearing makes • of ao pablic interest. RADCLIFFE OAS COMPANY. zooms r. awes", la this sae a bill was Bled by the Admit; 447 agisliost:on toads si • . , o . .4 . _.....