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en ell ntl m, ;e, ho T 7 ve g a m shall be allowed tech diet as he pp direct : are shin b 3 token that all provisions supplied to the m puYeweea be of row qua airy and weight : scales and legal weights and mensuree shall be provided, open to the use of any prisoners, under such restrictions as s hall be made by the regulations of each prison. f o urteenth—Prisoners who shall not receive any allowance from the city, town, borough, port, or liberty, whether confined for debt or before trial, for any supprund crime or offence, shall be allowed to procure for themselves, and to receive at proper hours, any food, boding, clothing, or other necessaries, subject to a strict exami. :u nion, aid under such limitations and restrictions, to he prescribed by the regulations to he matte in manner directed by this Act, as may lie reasonable and expedient, to prevent ex Irsvngiince and usury within the walls of a prison ; all articles of clothing and bed. ding shall be examined. in order that it may he ascertained thin such articles are not likely to communicate infection, or facilitate escape. fifteenth.—No prisoner who is confined under the sentence of a ny court, nor any prisoners confined in pursuance id' any convic tion before a Magistrate, shall receive any food, clothing, Of reef, saries, ether then the goal allowance, except under such regulations and restrictions as to the Magistrates in general or splatter sessions instinbled may appear rspetlient,with reference to the several classes of prisoners, or under spend circumstances, to be judged of by one or nave of the Magistrates. Sisteenth.— line provision shall be made for the admission at proper times, and under proper restrictions, of peraarts with w h orl , prisoners committed for tnal easy desire to ; and such rules and regulations shall be made by the Magistrates in Re. petal or quarter sessions assembled, for the admission of the friends sir convicted primmer., as to such Magistrates may emit expe dient; and the Magistrates shall also itinnes such ri.strietions upon the communication and correspondence of all such prisoners with their friends, either within or without the walls cif the prisen, err they shall judge necessary fur the maintenaumeof good order and discipline therein. seventeenth —The surgeon shall essniine every prisoner aho shall be brought into the prison, before he or she shall lit pass,d ism the peeper ward : And no prisoner shall be discharged there from, If labouring under any acute or dangerous distemper, nor until, in the opinion of the surgeon, such discharge is safe, mile.% such prisoner shall require to be discharged. The scoring apparel I of every prisoner shall be fumigated and purified, if requisee, shit which the mine shall be returned to hint or her, or in elate of the i!isufficiency of such clothing, then Other IttlfliCiellf elotiorg shall br furnished, suseonling to the rules and regulations thereof; but no prisoner before trial shall be compelled to Wear a prison dress, unless his or her own clothes he deemed insufficient or improper. or necesoary to be preserved for the purposes of justice ; and no prisoner who has hot been oanvicted of felony shall be liable to be clothed in • party-coloured dress ; but if it be deemed expedient to have a prism rheas for prisoners not convicted of felony, the same shall be plain. Eighteenth—Every prisoner shall be provided with suitable bed ding; and every aoale prisoner with a separate bid, han ttttt cot, either in a separate cell, or in • ecU with nut his titan two other male prisoners. :Nineteenth The walls and ceilings of the wards, cells, room., and passages used by the prisoners throughout every prime, shall be scraped and lime-washer:l at least once in the year ; she day moms, work rooms, and sleeping cells shall be washed or tie:Ward once • week, P O s t s ' l o l re ' ner, if requisite: convenient places for the rrsoners to wash themselves shall be provided, with an adequate allowance of poop, towels, and combs; and each class shall have the use of a privy. Twentieth.—All prisoners shall be allowed as much air and e-:erciee as may be deemed proper fur the preservation of their dealt h. Twenty-first—No tap shall be kept in any prison ; nor shall spirituous liquors of any kind be admitted for the use of any of the 'prisoners therein, under my pretence whatever, unless by a written order of the widgeon, specifying the quantity and for whom, use: no wipe, beer, elder, or other fermented liquors s h all be ad mitted for the use of any prisoners, except in such quantities, in such manner, and at such dines, as shall be allowed by the rules hereafter to be made in }romance of this Act. Twenty-second.—No gaining shall be permitted in any prison; and the keeper shall sew and destroy all dice, cards, or other in struments of gaming. Twenty-third.—No money under the name of garnish shall be taken front any prisoner on his or het entrance into the prison, under any pretence whatever. Twenty.fourth—lipon the death of a prisoner, notice thereof shall be given by the keeper forthwith to one of the Magistrates, as sell as to the Cermet. of the district, and to the nearest relative of the deceased, where practicable. CIASSINICATION fIF PRlsoNEfts. First.—ln all such gaols the male and female prisoners shall be eunEneel In separate wards or parts of the gaol. The male prisoners shall be divi,ted into five classes: Ist, debtors, and persons commit s d for contempt of court on civil process : 2d, two classes for pats suers convicted ; the convicted prisoners may be put into either tel these classes, as to the visiting Magistrates nitiy seem meet, refer ence being thul to the character and conduct of prisoner., and the tinture of their offence: 3d, two classes tor risen:Ts roinniitted ; prisoners may also be put into either of these two classes, as to the visiting Magistrates may areal Inert, reference being had in like manner to the character and conduct of the pri a nees, and the nature of their offence. Tile female ptisoners shall be divided at least into three classes ; First, d e beirs and persons committed fiw contempt of court on civil process I second, prisoners convicted ; third, prisoners coneniitteel fur trial. Second. —in An Ruth bosses of correction, the mule and female prisoners shall also be confined in separate wards r parts of the hrnse. The male prisoners shall be divided into five classes : %so classes ter primness convicted; prisoners convicted may b e put into either of such classes, as to the visiting Magistrates may seem meet, regard being had to the character and conduct of psi_ sun es, and the nature of their offence : Second, two classes for prisoners committed ;in all houses of correct where such pri sm:vs are cervical, well prisoneis to be also put into either of these classes a. to the visiting Magistrates may :tent tticot, regard bee% hail, as already mentioned, to the character ni.tl conduct art the prisoner, a, d the nature of his offence : Third, one Clara for v ante. In places where the gaol and house of correction are united, the male prisoners shall be divided into six flosses at least : First, debtors and prisoners conimitted foe contempt of court on civil pre s.: Seemed, two classes for convicted prisoners, sod two for th ,, ne onnolitted for trial; such prisoners to be assigned to either of these dames of prisoners convicted or committed res:wctively, as to the visiting magistrates shall seem meet, regard being always had to the character and conduct of the prisoners, and the nature of their offence : Third, Gee clam for vagrants. The female prisoners, in each of such I sea of correction, shall be divided into three classes : First, two claw. for prisoners convicted ; the prisoners to be put into either of such classes, as to the visiting magistrates shall seem meet, regard bring had to their charrcter and conduct, and the nature of their ollencc vagrant. shall be assigned to one or the other of these classes, as the nee Osmium, in their discretion, may see meet : second, where femnt ." ore committed to any house of aeration bes.e trial, they shall' In kept in a class by themselves. A private letter from Paris states. that in the event of a Congress of the Allied Powers, the fate of I:re.•ce will form a leading subject of discussion. It is helievi'd that the re cognition of the Independence of r;reece will form the basis of this discussion, and that the only dillicul•y will be the choice of a Sovereign—the Allied Powers having all put forth p•rete:tsions to this nomination. An I trdinane • relative to French subjects Tee( iving Fo reign t /viers, without due permission, has • just been issued at Paris; the preamble quotes the laws forbidding these privtices, and states that the King resolves that the penal ties shall be limeeforward strictly enforced. The Attor ney-General is directed to prosecute all pasons wearing orders without the !toys! permits: . I)sii r ut FRANci:.—The proposed reduction of the public debt of Franco is to be fully tlisouskail in the Cham kr of Deputize On the •.:tth inst. On Srturday M. l:iranliu expressed his dissent from the plan, aril accused the g..- verinuent of int: tiding to rub the ants of a third portion of Ilion- ino M. de ropli• 11, that Cie ff's:r of 103 francs for stock which had boon bought at he- Creen fifty and ninety, could not be called .1 robbery of the rockholders. M. Casimir Perrier, a Paris banker, called for a copy of thc agreement entered into between the Minister of Finance and the great capitalists of Europe, to enable the gotcrtiment to execute the great operation for which they s:dicited the concurrence of the Cliainher. No answer wa:i xi'. it to this demand, which erected a can- Sitlerahle Eensation in the assembly . Letters received front Malta, dated on the -rad of March. state, that the n port of the appointment of the Marquis of Iliwinga to the Governorship of that Island had anivtal lay the way of Marseilles on the 13th of the same month, anal that it hail boni rixeived with the greatest satisfaction, Milieulady as the co tttttt and had been made distinct front that over the lonian Islands. A letter P..otit Lisbon, datol April 10, received by an eminent tiverentit.!e house in the Cit.: yestenlay morning, states that an expedition of in./101/ men was preparing to act out fur the 11;ards. As the Lesiti Papers du out mention auy such preparation, we doubt the accuracy of the Mae ligence. PIIVSICIANIL—The physicians of China, by feeling thi ants of a sick man in three places—to observe the slowness, the increase, or quickness of the pulse—can jud;e of the cause, the nature, the danger, amt the dura tion of his ilisordt:. Without their patient's speaking, they ti veal infallibly what part is infected. They ur: at Suite Physivisitts and apothecariis. composing the rout dies t!tcy proscribe. They are paid when they have a cure; but they receive nothing when their reimates do not take effect. European physicians. it must be eon leaked. sre by no means sat sktltial as the Chitiere ; hut in on , .i thing they bare the advantage twir them, which is in taking their fees before they have performed the cure. Thus unlearned pltysieiaiii rd: in their chariots in Lon eon ; while learn:al ems walk en iu Pek:u. TO TIII: EDITOR. OF THE BRITISH PRESS. I beg to request the favour of your inserting the inclosed in your l'Aper, as soon as you possibly call. I pre►ume, that as a public journalist you will publish both sides of a question, and leave the public to judge. The inclosed is 10 answer to a letter which appeared in your journal of Ow 17th. 1 am, sir, _ Your most obedient Servant, !Anil April, Is2t. Z. _ ST. CATHERINE'S DOCKS. Si a —ll would not have iittertered with the question which has !nought forth so much discussion among the mercantile uutt and ethers of this metropolis, concerning the construction or new ilockl at St. Catherine's, but a letter I read in the columns; of your paper of the 17th instant, sigte..l : 1 4. M. NI. tempted me to ask the favour of a placir in your paper for a feet remarks on it. Every statement that has yet been laid before the public, in favour of this. docks, has been stated as " plain facts," although I tittuly ltel:cYc, nulled I know, that the prin t ipal part of the assertions made are either erroneous or false ; but I soppese the St. Catherine's Dock proprie tors and supporters thitik, by making good sound aaser- Mills, true or not true, and stating them to he facts, to gain to their inter. st the Mirsisterial and other Members, who have neither time nor inclination to probe the matter to the root, but trust. their voting to Ministers or the public voice. In the first part of Mr. M. M. M.'s letter, he sagely re mit:Ls that i: non, i-ar that the snore Insurance Ciniqemies thinc are, the tome business there is for the elil ones to du. N•.w this WY be notorious" Dock Logic," as he calls it, but I say that it is notorious not.mense, therefOre not worthy of a remark; however, I will not dispute, that aseil facilities und diminished dues toil attract additional foreign busitess to this port; ; but that is nit to say, that before that can be done, additional deo-!.,s must be constructed, as there is al ready abundance of aectanit.odation on tle. banks or the! c !br the t rage of the port. Let Mr. M. NI. M. consider how many wharfs have fire igo stifferaisers and extensive premises. but do not take advantage of those privileges, because there is not trade sufficient to support the establish tnent. I .1111 within limits %At n I say that not one-fourth of them laud foreign gasps ; indeed there are only four principal wharfs besides the ligith quays, viz. :Maim. Bell's, ‘t r mum's, brown's, and Schneiders; and upon inquiry I that do y could and would Wye acco 1111 l iodation for double the cut:tiskit Intsiniss they transact at present in foreign goods, provided they saw a fair prospect of getting it. Resides, alter the vat ious dock charters are expired, all the fin ei r m sufferance wharfs that can will then take ad vantage of their priyilews; and, by this immense addition of comp( (item, must naturally decline and plenty of accommodation be found for the foreign trade. In studio r rat of that brilliant production, Mr. M. 111. states that a pi :Ilion has been presented to the House of Common! its favour of the St. Catherine's Docks, signed by of the first firms in Loudon. 1 will not doubt the respectahility of the si:rnattires to that petition, but I will doubt whether more than one-third of them gave the matter due vonsideration before they signed it, or troubled themselves in any way to ascertain the trittli of the asser tions made therein, viz. that there is not accommodation in the port of London for the traie now resorting to it, or what eta;: be ; but I verily believe that the prin cipal part of Cie houses who signed that petition, did so either to oblige friends, er knew no harm in signing it, thereiOre rested on the assertions of the " ritfhleen gentle r/Ira aal aha f' wit c to le directors of this new Dock, for acir hat right ill signing it. Now, Mr. Edi tor, I leave the I..„:islature and the public to say whether this p• tition, ou which the St. lit th, rive'a Dock supporters piaci so muidi stress, should he given forth to the world as " Me de, i.I i 1. a ! re, d opinions of Nee Inerehanfit Louis." Besides, I deny that the principal or most ex tensive part or the merchants of London are in favour of this It.b. I only wish that the St. Catherine's Deck pm- 1 prietors would act fairly, and before they make such asser tions, Lotaill scud persons round to the merchants ill gene ral. to get their assent or dissent to this speculative scheme, an .I the ma;ority woula shcw Parliament the feelings of the merchants, aim let the !till be treated according to their wishes. There is a pitiful. nay a spiteful statement, composed and published, I told:l , mnd, by Mr. J. H. (and no doubt with tin a oilstone,: or this wonderful elmeidaior, Mr. M. M. M.) ageiost the London Doak Company, which should he beneath the Secretary of so respectable a direction as the St. Catherine's I arks. wherein lie cried down the manage ment of the Directors of that respectable Company, for buying twenty acres more land than they required; and this same Mr. M. Id. M. hit on the same point. But I will not make a remark on this, as I ant not acquainted with the cause of that land being purchased; but can easily suppose that they looked thrwatd to the time when the West India Hock charter would expire, when they would receive ad ditional business, their premises being so much nearer the metropolis than those docks, and thought it prudent there fore to take the ground when Parliament was disposed to give it them. lint what I wish to say on this iv, why should the Legishiture allow two parishes to be disturbed, and the inhabitants injured, when the houses which stood on twenty acres of laud have heti) alreaAly knocked down, the inhabitants of course turned from their dwellings, and a Hoek Company °tiering to make use of that land. It is very tav Gar the St. Catherine's Duck people to answer, and this by saying that they will het p up their charges ; but I contend that if Go vernment would ;rant the privileges of legal quays to cotaiii wharfs that have for;itot sulk:rances, the Lon don !hick Conpany ina,t then either rt duce their charges, or have little or no busints:. 0111)os:thin is certainly good for reducing charges, but all the opposing subjects should be in play before a now opposition Coll:IllelleeS, and not lying dormant fer a certain time, as they are in this case. Mr. NI. NI. M. asserts ilea this Dock Company comes for ward under " the immediate auspices - of the Legislature. Ilut it this ia true (whielt I presume it is not)• how was it that the two Print:h.:l Seeretaries of Soite, ?.Ir. Canning and Mr. Pc,:l, left the while the diseussion about their lid! was going on, and dill pm/ vote on either side of the question? In my opinion, that kx)ked as if they did lint approve of the however, to say the least, the y must be cool about it, mid I suppose did not like to oppose Mr. M'allace in his endeavours to procure Mr. J. 11. a good birth. '!'hilt man also says in his eoistb:, that lb.? St. Catherine's Pocks propri, tors as no privileges, but I would rem:n ut nil him to look into the copy of their BBL and he will find there, ti ::t the pi iviloos of legal quays arc requested, w:iich ahc mit allowed to wCarti:gers on the riot r, a lthou4 l c.ey are muter heavy hoods to the Customs and Excise ; y.a this lb els Company have the audacity to call out to the public, Vie/ lair clomp.l,le t is di tiny want. Ile also aaserts that the Hock CAnpanv are content to pay fur what they acquire ; if they are, why did they nut agree at INICO to insert tie clauses asked for by thus Chair- HUM of the parish of St. Catherine, which, I am authenti cally informed, were perfectly flmmable, and purely tended to provide for the seenrity of the property of the parishioners, iontead of leasing them to the mercy of a deint Comp illy. who profess great economy, until would, prelohility, be stiagy in their compensations to the ha tide they ii.jure. Mr. M. NI. NI. .dso wishes to make the public believe, 1 . that the I bneto:.: of this ern al Company have propounded their sdictu • so 'wonderfully clever, that slur. s cannot le sohl t r jobbed in ; but any ulna who is acquithiroa W1:11 the 1111,1111':S, or has a truth part al the sells.' r. Nl. M. leo displayed in his letter, knows that a eel liealt .:;ratit.al to A, purporting that he is , the roioiteer if ..ft to mere • hares, call be sold to lt, B as, 11 knowing that A could mit have procured that eta-- title:lle wilmot tirst prang tl:e deposit; and it is a fact that the S:.( atherin , s Ikal shares have been sold on the Stock Fo.change, every day, in commou with the shares of utlwr new scheme It. _ _ The eon:y:110We ovcrlay way in which this gnitletnan o f t h e plod:It:on and houses being disturbed, v e ry titsinly shows :hat h. is unacquainted with what be writes about. I would wish to mk him, where the whartingcrs, whose s this Pock i' , ..irrahy wish to demolish, are to move their business to, es their connections sod busi ness ire not worth a jut without they have premises on the !liver, and as adjacent to the 'ity. Mr. M. M. M. will please to recoil• ct that there arc hard-headed, sensible men, in the Legislature of this country, who will not be gulled by such irothy atguments as he has put forth. Before 1 conclude, I beg to remark that the Pool is the may i i;.• iu the Xver that is ever nowded with vessels, and then nM to obstrutt the navigation ; but this could be easily rectilled,if the Harbour-masters would do their duty, by ordering a portion of the vessels to moor lower down the River. lam, Sir, your very obedient Servant, . - . lath April, 1821 - -- Z. ••• Thourh our own views on the suhject of the St. Catherine's Dock may be in accordance with those of our Correspondent M. M. M., we shall on this, as on all other I wealjons, admit the fair and free discussion of every sub ject, and have therefore, at the writer's request, given the above letter the earliest insertion. TO THE EDITOR OE '1 HE BRITISH PRESS. Ste—l have carefully perused the letter of your cor respondent, signed, " A LOOK Ell oe," in your paper of the 3th instant ; and I concur, in the main, in the justice and importance of his observations ; but there are some points, comparatively minor points I admit, on which I differ from that writer—for instance, with respect to the Irish not sending spirits to this country, he says, that " The profit to be obtained under the present duty not being equal to the risk." This is, I think, at variance With the statement of the excessive monopoly profits of the Eng lish distillers, being at least Is. 6d. per gallon, in which he is correct; for if the law would allow it, grain spirits would be furnished by the Scotch distillers, of the very best quality, delivered in London, with the duty of los. ad. paid, at Its. per gallon, which is Is. 6d. per gallon under the English price; and the Scotch distillers would most readily engage to execute -orders at this price.— Again, " the profit to be obtained under the present I ditty not being equal to the risk." I should be in clined to state it thus, that the Irish distillers had either as good or a better market at home, that prevented them send ing spirits to England; or, perhaps, the Irish distillers may again have mails an agreement this year, as they did the lett, with the English distillers, to send a given quantity of spirits into England, to be rommiited to the care of the English distillers themselves to sell, on purpose to keep up ! the monopoly the English have so long possessed, and for which I refer to the statement made by one of the English distillers, when examined before the Parliamentary Corn ruissioners of Revenue Enquiry, 23d January Ise% and to be found in page 36L of the Appendix to their Report, ordered to he printed by the House of Commons.3oth Islay 11v23, No. 405. Another error is the price in that country, 3s. 34., compared with that of England, .Ss. Two of the i largest distillers in that country, that work for England, have also each about the largest (one of them certainly the very largest) works for the Scotch mork:t, where, instead of getting 3s. 3d. for their grain spirits, made at more expense than those for England, they have he:n selling at prices that will not leave them much over 2s. Gel., being one half of the price (five shillings) that Me y, by the monopoly in England, get for those spirits sent to that market. Surely this state of things requires only to be known to Government to be remedied. The Scotch distillers have certainly a right, in justice, to the same privilege as the Irish distillers, who are permitted to send their spirits to England ; and under the liberal principles of the Chancellor of the Exche quer himself, the proper thing would be a pet-teeny free trade all over the United Kingdom, in home made spirits the same as In corn, and these allowed to be made of the best quality, and go into consumption at any strength buyers may wish. If this was done, and the duties re duced in England, it would prevent all smuggling of foreign spirits along the cast coast of England, a hich is supposed to amount to several millions of gallons yearly ; and save all the expense of the preventive, or water guard, along the coast, which is said to cost about half a million of money yearly, and it is believed would even yield an in crease of revenue. Nothing can exemplify the effect of low duties in a stronger point of view, than the reduction of the salt duty in England ; and accounts just printed in the House of Com mons, shew the quantity of home made spirits that paid duty ha Scotland and Ireland, in the year ending 9th Oct. last, to be 30-'6,1419 gallons, and the quantity from then to 22e1 February, in Scotland. and 6th March in Ireland, 6,317.319 gallons, being an increase, for little more than one third of a vcar, of 2,590,699 gallons over the whole of last year. And I should think it fair from this to infer, that at the expiring of the year, the quantity might be fully 15,000,000 gallons, which at the duty of Is. is 1,300,0001., against 3,1410,11119 gallons last year, at 4a- ed. 1,051.9551. as. 61—making an increase of revenue of 415,0741. ISs. 6d. This occasioned, as fairly stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in pages It: and 13 of his speech, '23d Fe bruary last, not by an increased consumption of spirits, but by bringing all consumed to pay duty. The decrease he states in same page 1:1, and refers to Appendix No. 4, as arising on sports in England, stands thus: the whole quantity of English, Irish, and Scotch made spirits paying duty in England on the average of the three years ending sth January, IS•21, ISYSI, and 1823, was by that, when rightly added, 4.955,609 gallons, while for the following year ending Sth January, 11+24, it was only 4,V.23,361; this decrease of 6312,2t1 may not only be scribed to the mo nopoly that subsists among the English distillers by keep ing up the price, but also to the bad quality of the spirits. By the population returns in Session 1821, Ireland and Scotland contained 8.938,963 persons, England 11,977,663 persons. Taking spirits for these in Englsnd in the pro portion already shown for those in Ireland and Scotland, the quantity would be upwards of 20,000,048) gals. This, at a duty of '2a. rid. per gallon, would be 2,300,0001., while that on the 4,W3,361 gals. in the year ending .sth January last, at Ills. 6d. per gallon, is only 12.117.'1611. 10s. fid. These quantities together, for all the United Kingdom, would be 35,000,000 gals. But allow them only to be 30,080,000 gals., the whole to be put under one law and one duty, at the rate of 3a. per gallon, would yield inure revenue than is belie veel ever to have been got from all the distilleries in the l!nited Kingdom upon any given average or )cars. It is therefore well worth the consideration of those enlightened and liberal Ministers, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Pre sident of the Board of Trade, and also of the landed interest, to w boor it would create an extended demand for nearly an additional million quarters of grain yearly. As to allowing ruin to be us.d by the recall:Ts, there certainly can be no solid objection to the measure, for if goods pay all the duties Government impose, the owners should be allowed to manufacture or prepare them for sale in any way they can turn them to the greatest account, ex cept to ally pur i sm.: that may lessen the revenue by their subsequent application, atter having paid the first duty (tor instienci., as malt into beer or spirits), or that may be hurtful -vo society, none of which app.ies at all against allowing rum to he rectified. Thy only interest it would interfere with is the monopoly or the English distillers, and perhaps the barley grower a little, but not materially. Regarding the duty, however, there has always been a dis tinction, 'which it would be equitable to continue. I am, Sir, &c. X. Y. Z. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. An inquest was held at the %Vbite Hart, lleptfiml-green, an Saturday. before J. rattert:a, Esq., on the holy of William Thottipsor, quarter-muster of the tiv mei, discovery ship, who was found hanattitt in the lashings of his hammock, at Ma ludgings (Mrs. Elliot's), 1/eptford-green. It appered upon the evidence of Mrs. Elliott, the landlady, that Ave souse days past he appeared murk depressed in spirits, and that he was rxtreincly careless in his meals. lle slept in his hammock, shish he had lashed up in hia lodging, where he used to sleep. That on Saturday morning the landlady went up stairs, and asked him if he was coming down to breakfast? Ile peevishly replied that he did not care about any. lint notwithstanding, Mrs. E. took him his breakfast sometime afterwards, when she found him sitting up in hi. hanittiock, with a Bible in his hand; she said William l I have brought you sonic breakfast ;" he Tel:lied, "put it down.' She accordingly placed it on a chair snit left the room. About a ! quarter before twelve she went up to the moot again, being fearful his melancholy VMS increasing, when, to her great ;darn), aloe found him impended by his jaw to one of the clues of his hant imok. !ihe instantly alarmed her next neighbour, Mr. Hatton, shoemaker, who immediately extricated the body, and medical aid was in the meantime sent for. Dr. Edwards of Union-street, with that promptitade and humanity for which he is so remarkable in this town (Depttiwili. rendered every assistance possible, also aided by the medical gentlemen belonging to the different discovery ships, but the spark of life was extinct. Tne deceased was highly respected, nod had accompanied the late Discovery ships in the same situa (ion. No cause can he assigned for the rash act t but a letter was found from a female in the North. to whom he Ilan much attached. lin which she expressed the warmest sentiments, and at the game fume regrettina he had not seen her since his return from the last ! voyage. A letter was also found in answer to the above (not fur -1 warded), excusing himself tie the negligence, but expressing his intention to du so previous to his departure. The Jury came to • conclusion, that in a momentary fit of de rangenieut he camintitval the rash set. Verdict—Jr:acuity. THE LAI 4 E Sllip..coLLlAß, AND ER. JAmsrsi NAVAL i I - ITIFUIik: Mr. Thomas Collier, brother of the distinguished oMeer whose melancholy death is so freih in public recollection, has written a long letter to the editor of an evening paper,' in answer to Mr. James's statement respecting the escape of the American ship Constitution from the Leander, and two other British frigates, during the Pate Mar. Mr. Collier observes— The American ships cut their tables and pat to sea from the roads of Porto Prays, on observing the British force; inimaliately on which the signal front the Leander was made to chime. The weather was so thick :Is to skew the enemy's ships. very indistinctly, which, combined with Sir George Collier's first Impression at their force, satisfied hint that the three ships seen were Asserseasidgolcs, and upon this impression he acted. lam jusdbed in this observe. thin by the assertions of such of the officers of the Leander as I have had the means of referring to; who have also added, that this WAS the full belitt of themselves at the time, =dot' all on board that ship. I would, in charity, hope that Mr. James, Its ignorance, and not with design of mis.statentent, represents the signal made by the Leander, for tacking, as intended by Sir George Collier to distal tinue the chain of the large ship to the eastward, which afterwards proved to be the Constitution, for the mere purpose of engaging the whole British force, in the unnecessary duty of capturing a much somata ship. The signal ordered by Sir George Collier (and my information is not merely from his public letter, but also from Lieut. Rich- I mond, then on board the Leander. and now at my side) was for the Acasta dime to tack; and for the very good reason of enabling the Acasta to elate with one of the ships to windward; but tea Midshipman, a Mr. Morrison (I think it proper to give names), whose duty it was to make the signal, did, by mistake, hoist the • general signal $ when Sir George WHAT, SOON time alter, °beery ' mgthe Newcastle had tacked, and expressing his great suilithle, it was reported to him a mistake had been wade by the signal officer, in hoisting the general signal to tack, instead of the ACIIStell only. In remedy of this, Sir Georg! Collier immediately ordered • the optional signal, a signal established in the squadron, to be made to the Newcastle, which left ba tome her discretion, she I being advanced three or four miles, and in consequence best able to i judge whether or not she had any prospect of keeping sight of the I enemy. The optional signal it afterwards appeared, from the , j thickness of the weather could not be nude nut by the Newcastle. Thus it will appear the orders of Sir Ge or ge Collier were clear and Idistinct, although, by accident the signal was incorrectly made ; . and Mr. James does not venture to say the Newcastle had any , hopes of getting up with the Constitution, but confines himself to 1 the Amiens, bad she not been drawn off by signal The motive for the Leander tacking, as Lieutenant Richmond I, states, was in the full persuasion that the two ships of the enemy 1 were frigate*, and not entailer ships ; for I bare the authority of I ' Captain Al'lliougall and Lieutenant Richmond, who area in the Leander, to declare that, fro u the situation in which she wad, and the haziness of the weather, all on board the Leander at the time believed the ships seen were frigates, however they may have ap peared to the Aesata, which ship was nearer to them. Mr. Collier then gives an extract from the Acastea to chew that the Constitution " escaped, owing to the thickness of the weather, and being too far to windward. - The letter thus concludes : I have thus, I think, 'hewn, that in all I have stated, I have authority that fully justifies me, whereas in all Mr. James has stated, by his own confession he is without any authority whatever. Yet he did nut hesitate io making the most slanderous remarks 'on the conduct of my brother, and the foulest Insinuations against his professional character, although excusing himself In the observation " that being a landsman," be was likely to err, and apologizing after my brother's death, when his apology was worthless. I will add only, that had Sir George Collier felt any backward ness in meeting the Constitution ' he never would have used ever) inducement in his power to lead her out of Boston to meet the Le ander singly, by proposing even to reduce the strength of his ship, if Captain Stewart would, upon his honour, declare the Constitu tion mounted feria guns than the Leander. Had the two ships met, which Captain Feed and Lieut. Richmond told me wu not only hoped but expected, if lam to credit these officers, although Mr. James, " a landsman," expresses so many apprehensions of the result of any such meeting, the officers and seamen of the Lean der were perfectly fearless of the consequences. My brother's valuable life has born the sacrifice of Mr. James's slander, and comments more offensive to an honourable and sensi tive mind, upon . conduct of which Mr. James professes himself in capable of judging, language could scarcely furnish ; and I think I have fully sheen that such comments could not have been directed where they less applied. It has, indeed, been alleged in excuse by Mr. James, that Sir George Collier exhibited symptoms of disordered mind at other periods of his life, and that his friends could have proved this, had they been so disposed. I beg most distinctly to add, to the public testimony already borne by Lieutenant Richmond to the contrary of these insinuations, that this statement is entirely devoid of trail,. and that the wanton and slanderous comments upon the proles sional eharaiia and honour of coy launemcd brother, were the sole and entire cause of his melancholy ate. I am, Sir, Your eery obedient Servant, THOMAS COLLIER. Fitzroy-Meet, Apr:l 90, 1824. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTO3I-HOUSE, Aram 21. ENTERED INWARDS. William, Stewart (Spier', broker), from Calais. Duck. Nichols (t) Key). from Oporto. Diana, Miller (Blake), from dlogadore. Marger, Ferguson (Robertson), from Odessa. Hope, Knowles (Coe). from Gravelinea. George Home, 1 oung (Batten), from Batavia and Rotterdam. Esperanoe, Geyt (D)e Bie), from Antwerp. Fraw Johanna, Stein (Bremer), from Kunipberg. Vrow iiuke, Swart (Hofaian), from Antwerp. Vrow Hendrina, ()ever (Simon), front Rotterdam. Union, Ilroceke (De Bie), from Antwerp. Verbuch, Tulke (Benham), from Dentate. APRIL 20. ENTERED OUTWARDS--TbC Man, for Beams Ayres ; Esther, for Berbice ; Furst Blucher, far Rostock ; Britannia and Rachel. fur Ilamliargh; Camden, and Prince of Wales, for Madam's Bay. CLEARING Or TV/ARDS—The Georgians, for Virginia= Au rora, for Pill.tu ; Pacific. fur Buenos Ayres; Laren. for Demerara; Earl Bathurst, fur Rotterdam ; and Navigator, foe Jamaica. • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Mathews, Steele, from Pernambuco to liamburgh, ran nn shore on the ttearttorn on the i sth lust. but was got off= the 17th, after discharging part of her aux°. The Billow sailed from Newfoundland the end of December, and has not since been heard of. FALMOVTIII, APRIL I9.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon in eight days—on the 17th the Marlborough fell in with a brig waterlogged and abandoned, laden with umber, called the Ilanr.ah, of St. John's. PLTMOUTII, iftqllL 19.—Arrived the Hobe, That, from Para ; Hurd's, Leader, from I,islam. Off the Poet, the Charles and henry, Keife, from Charleston ; and Eagle, of Boston, Smith, trom II avannah. PORTSMOUTH. Aran. 20.—Sailed the Ptinee of Orange trans. port, for Cork ; his Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk, on a cruise; Messenger, Pace, for Ilaniburgh ; and Penns, —, fur Quebec. Drat., A Pali. N.—Passed through from London the Lord Cathcart, for 31iratnichi ; Trial, fur Jamaica; Skipaey, foe II sli. fait ; Hobert Edwards, for New Turk; Saha, fur Smyrna; Des patch, tOr Lisbon ; and Mary Jane, for Quebec. Lies:meow., Arum 11—The Lune arrived here this day from 11.:vbice, passed, on the 3d instant, in lat. 19. 44. long. 111. 32. a brig, with loss of bowsprit and foremast, waterlogged and aban doned ; she had yellow sides and blue mouldings; her stern was nut. Artut 17.—The Elizabeth, from Dublin to Preston, tan on shore at Berber Bunk, on the Welsh coast, the day before last, and Was abandoned by the crew. Some fishermen afterwards got her off, and carried her into Lytham harbour. Arum 19.—.Irriced the John, Brewer, hoot New Orleans; Eliza Ann, Ramsey, front Odessa; and Aetivite, °Melton, trout Havre. GRAVESEND, Arm'. 20.—Sailed the lion. COTrany's ship Princess Amelia, Williams, for China direct ; Jane, VI ylie, fur St. Luria; Christopher, Knight, for 31iramichi ; Caledonia, Rae. for Stettin; and Union, DeAdes, and Friends, Garrett, tor Elvineur. Arrived thcAnn, IsArtield, and A'iolet, Charreain, from llarlingen ; Union, %%outlet Mock, and Esperance, Van Geyt, from Antwerp; H o p e , Kinialer.„ from firavelines Jenne Arnie, Cares, from Rouen ; Diana, Miller, from Mogadore ; and Margery, Ferguson, from t htesaa. We are happy in having to announce the safe arrival in town of Mr. hlatthews, the Englishman who was taken prisoner with the unfortunate Riego, and conveyed to Ma drid. Mr. Matthews was released from prison on the 3d instant, and quitted Madrid on the 7th, with an English courier. During the interval of his release and departure he was unable to go out of his lodgings, Sir W. A•Court having pledged his went that be should not appear in public ; but we understand that he was visited by nearly all the principal Spanish Constitutionalists in Madrid, who expressed a lively satisfaction at his release. Mr. Matthews speaks of the present state of Spain as ex tremely favourable for the views of these who desire the overthrow of the existing Government. We regret to announce the melancholy fate of Lieutenant Hume Johnson, of his Majesty's discovery ship Fury, who has been observed for some time past in an extremely dis tressed state of mind. This unfortunate officer put a period to his existence about seven o'clock yesterday morning, on board the above ship, with a double-barrelled gun, which had only been made a present to hint on the day previous by a relative. The only cause assigned for the rash act was, that his friends had strongly urged him to relinquish such a dangerous expedition, which so much affected his mind as to lead to this desperate resolution. Ile was a most pro milting officer, and related to highly respectable and vim lent families. LAW INTELLICkNCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WEDVZSDAY, Aran. IL Befigre Me Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and 0 Special San. 11011(.401( i. TWENTY MAX. The pleadings having been opened, Mr. Sc*lt LETT addressed the Jure. lfe said. This is an meth* which has been brought by 31w.srs. floeufsiii and Deane. who are brewers of great eminence. rgairst Mr. Taertynian, charging Mm with having fraudulently branded the name of Mean. 11 . 1.40 et and Co. cm certain casks of beer, which were sent to India, In which country Messrs. Hod son and Co. have a considerable trade in what is called ..11odglon's pale tiLt " I are happy to find disc the defendant, though at a hie period, at.% recanted. Shd sc. knowledged hi. error ; he •itlaitits that a verdict shall be metered for the plaintiff... for Ltny shillings, and has written a letter. to acknowledge publicly that he has been u'.ing the brand.matk of the plaintirs firm, and to express Isis regret. 1:e has agreed up 'lay all thP costs, bath at law and in equity, on the subject; and :))caws. Hodgson anal thourh they lia7e great reaWin to be offended, and might !took Mr large tiamager% it your hatiabt, are con% tent to take the verdict btr ilte amount co.tsented to by the defendant. I hate seen the brief of lay lteurr.ed frie::d, the Common tier: great, erinsenting to this. The Jury found a verdict for the p!aintilra accordingly. Da; wages. 40..—(:outs, 'she following is the letter alluded to by 3lr. Scarlet : Loidon,l l :Jth Apiil, 11721. Mews. lindgon and Co. nentletnen,—l hereby publu ly acknowledge having, In,fre quent instances, u s ed th e b ran d- mar k o f your reapectabb hien, upon casks of ale brewed by other persons. which has caused me regret; and on your agreeing to withdraw your actions against 1111 e, for having so done. I will obetettlly pay aft the es. l.cnaca, both at law and equity. and will also enter into a bond, en gaging n•-ver to use your brand in future unZet any circumstances whAtever. I am, Gen:Tanen, re:pa:if:llly, your obedicrt humble iservpn, Jour: TWENT If X.Ol. cm HICIIIIRT) arrant( I. THE 11•11 K OP ENGLAWI). Mr. SC A RLE TT said this was an action brought by the plaintif against the Rank of Enkland, for neglecting to verify a power d auntie,, the object of which was to trattsfir stock, steadies In the name of Sir Richard Sutton, to an unreasonable length of now, by which delay the plai:Mfrsustritted pecuniary has to the AMMO% of 1:301. 4s. 10d. Sir Ricitord Sutton was a gentleman of large for tune, arc on the death of the late 31architiness of Rath came into postieseion of a large sum of money, exceeding 300,0001. which woe in the funds. Sir Ifichani had, from time to time, sold out differ.. cut parts of this sum, and Ig.d done it through the agency of Mrs 31•1)isugal.•gentleman of torsi respectabili.y,who was well known at the hank. in October last Sir R. Sutton bemght an caste ,Hors folk, the deposit money for which was to be rodeo the else of that nanith 4 and to provide the money net...nary for such payment, kir Richard, who wan our of town, triersmiteeti his power of attorney to Mr. .51`Dougal, with instructions that he should sell out sulat suck to answer that pttrpese. This power of attorney was delis vcred by Mr. APDougal to his broker, who took it as usual to the Power of Attorney Office, at the Rank. to have it verified—this woe done on the 20. h of October, and the broker proceeded to sell week to the amount of 23,0001. preparatory . to the transfer being made on the following day, by which time, in the towel tonne of basis nen, the power of attorney would be verified by the Bank. On the following day, at one o'cluck, Mr. INN - meal attended his broker to the Transfer-office, in order to transfer the stock, when be was told the power bad not been verified, mid therefore the transfer could not be made. Application was then matte to the Power ef Attorney office, to know the reason of the delay. At first he was told that the power was before the Directors in the parlour. but Would MOO be passed. Subsequent applications were made, but sitbout effect. and at length Mr. 31`Dougal was info-rated some doubts had sri.en as to the signature of Sir Richard. Mr. M‘Dougal offered to give . an indemnity, and to produce the checks of Sir Itidiard on hie town bankers, and letters of Sir Richard to himself, but In vain: the Directors would net pass the power, and of comes the transfer of the stock could not be made. A delay followed of several days, and it was net until the 29:h of Oct. that the sale could beefected t and then, owing to the fan which had taken place in the price of consols, at a loss of MI. 111. Bd., and for that sum, which it wan all.ged had been lost to the plaintiff; through the improper delay interpos..•d by the Rank, in verifying the power of attorsey, the present action was brought. Mr. Sennett was ready to acknowledge that the Bank had a right to adopt eveti necessary precaution ary measure—but here, knowing Mr. M•Dougal and the offers made by that gentleman, that cught t, have satisfied them. Mr. SCAR rETT then etfied Itenjamin Boyde, a stock-broker—. Ile stated, that In October last he hail a power of attorney handed over to him—the sante now produced—it was one of the Bank printed tarots. Witness, on the 20th et October, took it to the Power of Attorney ofiice, in the Rat k; it wan the usual ere put in the power one day, and act upon it the next. noes% ow the same day, pursuant to his instructions, sold out on that same day 3 per Cent. Consols to the amount of 23,9521. 2s. Id. for Sir Richard Sutton, at WI:, preparatory to the transfer to the rurchaest being made on the following day. On the followingday, Tuesday. the 21st, witness went to the Transfer Office With the purekaaer, to i make the transfer, when he was infoneed the power had not beta to - warded. Witness, upon this, went to Mr. Nesbitt, the Wipeout, who said the power wan in the parlour before the Directors • th at he had himself looked at it, and b e li eve d it was correct , and had no doubt it would pass. At one o'clock witness again _applied, bat the power had nor come down. Soon atm he made a thWd and was told the power was under a)! consideration of Mr. Kaye. Witness next saw 11r. Kale, who said if Mr. fili'Dougal weak, KIVU an indemnity the . poser would be passed. Mr. 3PDougal, who was present, itnuerfook to give an indemnity, and they were then referred to Mr. Dateres office; but here, on seeing Sir. Dawes, he could obtain no other information, except that the power WAS Kinn the Directors in the parlour. Mr. APlDougal then ma monstrated on the inconvenience to which be was subjected. 31r. limres said the delay was occanioned by some doubts,which bad arisen on a difference between the signature of Sir Richard Snow' to this and a runner power. Mr. 31`Dougal offered to produce proof of the authenticity of the signature, and said be would kid the Rank responsible. Mr. Dawes replied, Mr. M•Dotigal would do as lie pleased. They then went away, and witness proceeded to resell the stock back again: Witness called every day at the ogee from that time to Saturday, the 25th October, and on that day be was told the power had passed. Ile then gave notice to Me. M•Dougal, but that gentleman was out of town. Monday was one a public transfer day, Tuesday was a holiday, and on Wednesday the witness sold out the sum of 36,30d1. at 82t. This was a loss en the sum first sold out of 2001. I Is. Bd., independent of brakemen. lied the sale been on the Monday the ditlinence would have been the sabre. On the Saturday it would have been WI. 16a. a Mr. Mtl)ougal is a anlicteor in London, and has been se for up. wards of forty years. Since Sir Richard Seaton cattle of age, wit ness had acted for hint as his agent, and as such had, previous to October last, sold for hint muck to the amount of 200.0001. October last Sir Richard purchased an estate in Norfolk, end en the 2lst the deposit -motley was to he paid, and witness received a power of attorney from Sir Richard to sell out sufficient stock be n longing to him to raise the snm necessary to pay such deposit. Witness. accordingly, on the 20th, heeded over the power of =Cr. ney to 3lr. Boyde, .he last witness, who was his broker, for him to ' take the necewary steps preparatory to making the transfer. The witness then proceeded to corroborate the testimony given by the lam witness. %Vents' described the inconvenience to w hi c h the plaintiff had been put by this delay, and the offer which be had made to the Bank of his own indemnity, and of producing the banker's cheeks and other proof of the genuineness of Sir Richard's isignature. The power of attorney was put in and teed. The AsroaNnv-ficsmstaz. then addressed the Jury for the defendants, and contended that the Bank had in this case exercised only a proper shared caution, and that no unreasonable delay bed beer, introduced into tl.e transaction hy them. The Learned l'eus set then proeetded to detail the course cf transacting this description of business at the Rita. If II power of attorney was (many son lout than 211.11101., then the doeuinent was only inspected by Nesbitt, at the Power of Attorney's office; but if above that tutu, then it was transmitted to the Accountant.tienen.l for his in spection also. In the present inrance the power of attcrney was for $0,01101., and Mr. llawt a, as was usual. proceeded to Inwood gate the signature of Sir Richard. by reference to other signatures of that gentleman then in his possession. The only notating which was then in the (tank, however, was a signature to a power of attorney granted by sir Richard in 1821; and, on the nor pariion, there was such a ditterer.ce as fully justified the Direr tors in the course of inquiry they had instituted. Whes the amount of the stun was considered, was it surprising that, acknow. ledgiog to the fullest extent the respectability of Mr. M•Dougel, the Bank should have hesitated to take his indemnity ? The= however, lost no time, as he would prove, in writing to tit R Sutton, to wacestain whether the signature was gsendne; and further he would prove. that 11r. lki'Dougal himself held suggested this course, and to this proof he would further add, that the greater portion of delay and loss had been occasioned by bin st•ltougal himself, who by hi: absence from town had delayed the transtir from Fri:tar. the 24 to %Vetinesday, the :alas of October; and if the si tL Led hen transferred on the "'tidal, the extent of the iiefiet_:..y scold not have exceeded one•tightli per cer.t. The public rot perhaps aware of the important* which attached to the .in , y devolvieg on the Bank with respect to power of atturnees. lie !tank had upwards of 40,000 pow SO investigate annually. Nxt a-d en the average 110 (Lily and when it wits recollcct..l that this was a power for no brae a 14111) than 60,0001. he wts prionidtd the Jury would not eossider the eantion adoped by the !tank ss iinre.:sonable; and if suede was their opinion, then he the Sauk would be entitled to a verdict. At all events t:.e pLirtilf could only be entitled to the difference on Friday's price, compared with that of Wads ntialay. Ifswes is Chief Accountant of the Rank of England. Ile has been in the employment of the Bank scarf, 44 yeas. lie been eighteen years in his present situation. When powers of at. torney are of a considerable amount, upwards of 20.0001., they are first examined at Mr. Nc.bitt's office, and tee:,, for further els mination, passed to the office of witness. The rower of attorney in question was so passed to his office. It was accompanied by a Pinner power of attorney, which he now held in his hand, of Sir R. Sutton, for 2041,0001. This was the only means be hid of judg. ing of the authenticity of the power, and on comparison there au. peered to him, at first sight, a material dissimilarity i• the heat writing. In consequence of thi. be ntlepted the usual COLIIe, and sent them both to the tiovernor for inspection. The two powers were handed to the Jury fur their inspection of the lined.teriting of Mr R. Sutton. IV itness continued.—ln consequence of the foliar examination of that power by the Governor, he addressed a letter to Sir R. Sutton at his mulence„ as tleseriood in the power of attorney. Mr. Kare at:crwards came to tis ofike, and gave him another edema to Sutihrolte. To that letter te remind an answer on the 11111611. tog of the 24th, anti he then passed the prom rat tittrwrioy, sad I' I l' t f