The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1822-10-30 00:00:00

Sc re W. he Os rd 1 5- :II ly LITERAL ----- irreg. Ihe American "Costriseretal Adeerffser."l ••••MID I y he of an Masai Entioos—florne twenty your, ago I used to write ocessioually for the Press, and was lbws led to take a littk more notice than common of tyliographiral mistakes. I was vexed enough, and often at Ilse trouble given by the blunders of lime ig•oraat or careless workmen, and com pelled to revise my own proofs to give my readers some tolerable chance fur ascertaining my meaning. It was about this time that ■ printing house, under the title of the " Literary Office," was established, with good reason, but poor success, fur its pruductio•s were rather more ill:feral* than those of any of its fellow craftsmen. Since then, I pre. some, these literary pretensions have bees dispensed Wish in print' rr, and artli..rs left to see to the correctness of their works themselves. However that may be, I have bad nothing to do with the busiursa for some time, but to read the publi- CAIiODS of the day, without caring whether they were well or ill printed. I could not but smile, though, now and then, at the ludicrous mistakes I cunttooslly perceived in the news papers, generally the extent of my literary researches ; soil at length, a few days since, commented a memorandum of such material ones as should fall under my oliaereation. The list being now full enough, I believe, to fill a column, or newspaper essay of a decent length, I send you its cootents for republication, and if you do not smile at some items in the catalogue, you will at least learn from them Low math importance may depend on (the omission or addition of) a single letter. The first blunder I noted was in an acennot of • dreadful storm in Prance, after which "two hundred and fifty *peasants were found killed by the hail," according to one paper. What an awful destruction! thought I, and how im. !—until in some other papers I found it correctly stated, pdassants, the A beiug omitted in the first. Tbe 'loose paper contained the advertisement of what i■ deitiitiaated • (Asa/ store•-•doubtless intended for Antis one. lyres, thought I, possibly ilea truth by mistake, sad ! the refireLbe more provoking to the trader, who might well tell the papier his paper ought to be " right to s f." A few days after, skimming over a bindle of old country papers, I lit upset a dismal writer on the Missouri ovestion, who Wittily deprecated the possible consequences of that dreadful dispute to the !!‘ Moiled Stales ^ Whether he meant Coiled or not, I could not discover by his lamentable strain, as be was spin elatiosive of a dissolution of the Union. Per. Asp, the printer did not transpose the letters. About this time I saw an ace Mint of a _Acing attorney apparently Intended for a feeling one, but very possibly the, more safe, if not correct resdisg, witlsoAi the 1. la another paper I read a story of a number of persons who had been to a great religious 'sociably, where they were vehemently exorcised. Ab! thought 1, like the days of the opeatho—east out devils—well, perhaps in this way the good folks exercised their visitants. And if suc► were the case, It could not be said, as I once saw in a paper, that " they who weal to jest refereed to Om" instead if prey, as the graceless compositor should have pot A•advcrlieemest Is a late Gowns announced a properly isle, of which it said the gardens were " laid nut with yell waifs." Possibly true! thought I, although taste was the word intended, sad both not Incompatible with each zither. Not "right to a r again. Another offirtd a nosnisfocinry for sale, "calculated for • very e.rpestsfre establishment," Poe Minute,. Nut " right M s f'again ; yet porgibly more true. The seat memorandum WII.I of a eelehnstrol temple of an' Artily raged by the hoods of its builder. ‘Vhat an ■ffiont ts the memory of the pions monarch who raised it. The language is out murdered, as Conan said, it has only am knocked oat. I was soon after startled on falling in with an article headed 0 isfernaf improvements" of this state, and predict. lay nothing but mischief sad ruin to certain district; even to Albin) , itself , from the great canals. Ilere I suspected my aid friend f was ill-treated assia, and shoot., be restored folds place to all the is Collefflll of the commoiswealth. As editor, by way of congrotaloting a new.married mats so the acquisition of so mach bung is his bride, was sus peeled not to be so very wide of the mark, however blast ilecontplinient, slibough it wu evidently no much beauty meant to far. But bow slat mcd mast the musical world have been. upon wing ',Bounced for public exhibition, a duel by Messrs. lortedoa and Philippa! Discord betwees these two cute. bested sons of harmony, to so deadly a pitch, sod the public invited to wdness it! Nothing hat s duet after all, if poor t had been permitt►d to arreapy its proper place. "The perm, with all its errors," was held op in ferritetnn lately to s political ad y, who •u•t have smiled ■t the Impotency of the threat, which is divested of all its force, and a mere blank cavelike, by the urnisvoie or the 1, to constitute the terrors. team, well printers he " right to a I '^ T &este. 1 read of a train ship hrior spoken at sea, bound to Ne. Orleans, probably the Rob/ rf re/tow, nevi. gated by strum, and nut use of our Lune busts of the fem. s. ant what wool.' the gestalt (or New York) eulogist% say to that elisisiby robins, who told his readers that Mr. Keno, the finorms actor, wee playing theve to . froof hooves! More Nast thee set Ike ear in giving foil is broad an accent. T llol4l lor of a foreAly publication, lately inserted the pLrase reahly moseelleny, in speaking of his work, whether thrinigh ire yenaonse modesty, or dagessiosts mistake, I will not One of our Papers the other day said of a certain tele. lusted. though 14.11111C1t hat f 4pIIVOCaI military character, that, en a pal to rim nees•ion, hi* retreat being cot off, he found 1 10 resource but iiiiiifilit—mrassiim fight, but she her slum. Idnig nearer the fief or oul, 1 CIIIIIIOI N3y. In one of the " rrinissi "of Ow 1:11110011 Papers a ofticism of Dr. Bytes was called ■ witticism. From the k.“.nia chasm er of the Rev. Doctor, ho , I presume into r phrase woold he correct. Rut what think you of 111,000 dollars loss on a single " rap coffer," said in h.• suffered in 11.11 e of she %Vest India ~ land.! Impossible! sinless the cup were like the bowls of leopstres wine, in which were melted pearls of immense r4isse. Tire careful printer meant to say crop. In a New Jersey Paper the teacher of a female academy to iiiiitruct young Indies in the elegant and woeful ac e. nipli*limeat ',sighing, instead of singing. Perhaps some ea los fair pupils /mold prefer lhe mistake lu the correction. It is sot an bad, .boarever, as • painter Is paint eight, by the priater 'Wier then a too lung hind leg. read is s city Paper that such as actor played the Dog of Venice—a sew character, ratistitaitd by the printers for the Doge of Fogies. Rut, Sir, silly imagine gay aatosishment, os earefolly laukirig into old Papers, is are it asserted, ou a camera bal. luting in a (WWII real boom ur assembly for a Speaker, that a aerobes of Members weve bought aver to vote against the candidate from their own Stale! Mercy as us! says here's srawdahos isopeafsiss, contempt, breach of privilege, and I know not what all, if not high treason itself! Aad 1 'ailed, la the grimiest anxiety sad anspenge, mill I found h " °PIM, in the nest day'. Paper, strain his absence at the time of the publieatim, sad desiring his readers foe the I.telitlfe word so mibmitiste the istmeed morroayllable h,"ght, Aud so 1 kuppose tbat storm bk. over poor pf. • • timpißstry OF 44MBRIDG Itseems sear Is b• getwreally believe/ shot the Slegker la started as one of the candidate, fur the University of Cam, bridge, is the Place of the Solicitor-General; but there are some doubts and difficulties, worthy of cainaideration,which have been suggested as to Ms eligibility. The first question that occurs ki, whether the Speaker, or any Member of Par. haulm?, is eligible, dorleg the retells, while he entrant Member for say other place! or whether, in order to become eligible, he ought not previously to vacate hie seal ? The writers on the law of election hold, that any person who has taken his seat in Parliament fur one place is not eligible foi another place, •nleas he first earlier his seat. A candidate may be elected by two or more places at the same time, and may take bus rest fur either; this continually occurs; it is • cosmos practice also for Members to vacate their weals by taking the Chillers Hwadreils; and, after taking this precious step, they may be, and often are, elected for •s -other 'date ; but 'it in difficult to indent's(' noon what priweigie the same person can represent in Parliament rove & plates at the same time. All just reasoning on the theory or the cosstitstion, and cm the ditties of the representative, la decidedly against the legality of such a doable representa tion, which seems as contrary to the policy of the relation subsiatior between the representative and his constituents, as a double msrriige is contrary to the policy of civil and social life. Then, if • Member of Parliament must vacate his seat, in order to be eligible for some oilier place, this serried Tres lion will arise—whettser the Speaker of the House of Com mons ran legally vacate his sect dining the teens, without the consent of Parliament? In the first place, let It be coos • 'Meted what the eonseqweeires would be if the Speaker were to viral, his seat, •nd afterwird. fled in the election. The Speaker would titre cease to lie a Member of the II onse of Commons—whereas mote but • Member ran lie Speaker. Further—all the, functions of the high office of Speaker would be suspended, sod no person would he conipetcill to issue writs, in care of the death of any Member fir soy county or borough, before the meetingof Parliament ; wherein the lay...requires writs to he issued, and the election to pro ceed within a fixed and limited time. Nor would the diffi• culty be 113 the slightest degree removed, even if the Speaker were to powered in the election; for in the Wriest between his vacating his present seat mot the election for another peal, be will have erased to be Member of the Honor, sod therefore ceased to be Speaker; and after hie election he can not resume the office of Speak. .r at his own will and pl These are some of the many extreme inconveniences which would nectsssrily result from such a state of shines. The qurstioo, in a consiitiiiironl point of view, is one of great importance, and well worthy sot-consideration. TO TIIR EDITOR OF THR BRITISH PRESS. The frequent orerturnings of stage roaches have of Into beevime %homing, and are • subject of high importance t• the public. A glance at the (noses may Irad to prevention. The opinion of many coachmen is, that the cause of a coati guise over when earning • corner, is the locking of the foie wheel under the body. This is not the range—for a roach in that situation always turns over on the opposite side to that which sack a position of the wheel would east It. They (the coachmen) die not, perhaps, consider the laws which govern motion, and the tendency of every thing which re ceives an impetus to keep in a straight forward coarse. Therefore, when at fall speed, if the frost part of elm ve hicle be soddenly drawn on one aide, the body or bulk of the weight ■till tends straight forward, which to the new posi tion of the roach is oblique or sideways. If at this critical juncture the weight be high and the base barrow, the danger Is great indeed. Coaches, when going at s great rate, to avoid each other, by forming too acute and sudden au angle, have goiie over from the same cause. Rut as no foresight of the coachman can at all times avoid these sudden turns, it foliose that r coaches should be more safely construirlerl. Formerly, when roads woe bad Of fall of ruts, it was impossible for wheels to run an a wider track than the rats would retsina; bet now that rots have disappeared on every road, there remains tro remise fur Ilse same narrow base; fur the slow rate they formerly travelled this might do well enough, a sixty years ago • stage-roach was two days mid a night on the road from Luella' to Reeding, • distance of only thirty nose miles—now a coach goes three hundred in the same time. Coaches then require a broader base, fur the srloeity is so great, that the wheel coming in contact with • assail Nome or hollow produces on the horigrontal springs now la see a rebound, whith perhaps cants the hotly of the come a foot ors one side and if there he weight on the rf, each as impetus her oo •• beiroad the line of gravity, sad desemesion of eons se follows. The absurd and dang. rout practice of loading coaches on the roof is muds defended by eoarhmrs, as it oilers no limit to She quantity of baggage; they have also • strong prejudice that the higher the weight the easier the draught. The following expresser nig were tried in pre sence of some who, instil then, were of that ("isms:—Sever half-hendreda were placed us the roof of • coach, which then required an additional twenty five pounds over a pulley to move it ; the same wrizhis were afterwards placed inside of the coach, when Ma, fourteen pounds were required. These experinierits were repeated many limos • ills Ilia same smelt.; therefore, luggage un the roof is as OlUfb against the draught as it is against safety. The treatise is, the pre. cise point at which force produces the greatest • frt et—ibe centre of concession, in coder to which there must be a. Much weight below as there is above the level of the busses' collar, which mimeos be when luggage is on the roof. If eoachmastern will carefully consider the Act for Tern latimr star coaches, they will find an inducement to adopt • sari: method of loading their coaches ; the latter part of this clause most have escaped their /tutorship, for by the :Wilt .f George 111. they ere not only allowed two more palace gm for placing their luggage low (of this they see sware), bet they are exempted from all Roes mentioned in the Act for doing so: this perhaps has escaped notice. The words are " without subjecting the driver., owners, or proprietors of such coaches, or other carriages, to any of the penalties, bees, or punishments imposed cr authorised to lie imposed by the Act, guy thing biteas contained to the contrary sot withotauding." To decide from the words of the Act they are clearly not .object to any Gam; and if not subject to ally, to which Aar tea they be collect ? Cut to be gosented by the spirit soil acirairiag of the sew Art, safrty of passengers is all that ia scoot; that secant pitched, nothing more is required ; the spirit thee wed meaning as well as words of the Act clearly pats soch coaches out of the reach of hammers. his is worth the coosiderat ion of all combats sssss . October 30, 1822. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. On the !..th Activist, in Jackson county, United States, a Coronet's *invent was held on the body of Richard David, who was found dead in the woods. The invite!, on ezorni. nation, was of opinion that his death sag occasioned by this bite of a rattlwaliake which app►ared on his ankle. He was to have been married nit the illy following to Miss Catlin. nue Chaimbera, of this county, and was in search of his home to ride on the occasion, when he received the deadly blow. No intelligenee Wing had of him until the morning of the day iu which be was to have been willed to Mier Chambers, she made the necessary preparatioos; the marriage party was collected, and were waiting in merry mood the approach of the expected bridegroom, when they received the painful intelligence of his death. The scene was then changed, and the intended bride, together with all who had AWNS. lard to witness their happy papilla., repaired to his burial. The leader can imagine the feelings of t►ose who witnessed this solemn icene, hitter than we can di scribe the:rt.—(/'w dinner Former.) Oa the evening of Friday the Timer Oxford coach was overturned between flight Wycombe and West Wycombe. The accident was occasioned by the leadsrs starting at ron►ething which frightened them. and suddenly jumping out of the road. The coach was much broken, but the parserigers escaped unhurt, although they were so nu►nerous in and about the coach, that hi►e poat•chuisev were obliged to be roomed to convey them ou. . 10*11 .• AND trlk YPONCI LAs CASES. , The following article ix extracted from the Courier of last night. the decided advocate of Sit iind.on Lowe:— " The following circumstances have conie to our knowledge. ai connected with the recent occur rence between Sir H. Lowe a n d t h e sol i or Las Cases :-- The lodgidg at the Dog tavern. it appears by information given to the police °Meer who wrist there to inquire for young Las Cases, had Lean taken for him by Mr. Holmes. who resides at No. 3, Lyou'it Inn, close adjoining. Mr. Holmes had called on the Thursday; and said that the young gentleman would not require the lodging for three or four da3r. " Ou the day after the occurrenr•e with Sir H. Lowe, the publication of Las Cases' journal was announced by Mr. Colburn, the bookseller, 61 Conduit-street. Mr. Colburti having been applied to for information respecting the young mail, re- Pried the person applying to Mr. °Wean', who, it is understood, resides in the same house at Lyon's loin, with Mr. Holmes. " The publication of 1,411 Cases' Journal ih its original form, had been some time since announced io the French Journals. The reason why thii pub licotion did not go on in that country, is nut pie cutely known, hut it is certain that since the publi cation of Mr. O'Aletira's work, the work of La, Cases his been announced for publication in Eng. land ; of course, stove Mr. Culburer says ro, young Las Cases has not been employed iii this affair ; but there is no doubt that the young man has been living, or msticiHiing, nearly the whole time he has b een in this country with Mr. Holmes and Mr. O'Meara, and as a Morning Paper has well remark ed, if he came over to resent the conduct of Sir H. Lowe, it is siring, that he should bare bottled up his filial piety and courage for a whole month at the Dog Tavern, and that at last he should not have sent Sir Hudson so honourable message, instead of lying is moil, with a bravo at his back, to ensure his own impunity. . " Mr. Holmes, it must be observed is the only English person, sod indeed the only person, whose name is brought forward. in say way, to vouch for fike Itutheutivtty.of Mr. O'Meitra's compilation ; fur, it is to be observed, where Mr. O'M eara spea k s o f Count Bertrand or Count Montholon. he refers on.ly to them for the facilities he had in obtaining information s owl out fur the fidelity of his state ments. Almost the whol2 of the other persons spoken of in Mr. O'Meara's book, whether English or foreign, Ire dead. "Thus the authenticity of his relations rests almost exclusively olio's his own assertions, particularly iu what relates to Sir Hudson Lowe, backed and sup. ported by a simple declaration from Mr. Wale', that the original manuscript bad been confided to his care. " The Journal of La. Cases relates to a great part of the seine portion of time as the compile bon of Mr. O'Meara. Hence many important me tives for desiring that the two narratives should humanise together may be surmised. " 'chat the public may judge oldie nature of she relations previously subsiatilig between Mr. Holm e s, Mr. O'Meara. said the foreign persons who were under Sir H. Lowe'. charge at St. Helena, some ex tracts are here added from a letter sent, at the same time with some French books. under a false ad dress, from Mr. Holmes to Mr. O'Meara, whilst the latter was supposed to be still at St. Helena. " The discovery of this letter, and the consequent failure. at least for some time, of the plans and schemes it disclosed, with the disappointrneot to the connivers, whether foreign or English, may well acconnt for the inveterate hostility which has been abetter) to Sir Willson Lowe. The public, however, will beet draw their own in ferences; and, if young Lus Cases does nut escape justice, they will have, perhois, still further oppor tunities of judgiug, whether his quarrel with Sir Hudson war, in any sense of the word, a private quairel, said whether, on the contrary. it did not arise out of r cowardly ciinapirecy (of which Las Cases was only the tout) against that officer, for having faithfully perfumed sit important public duty. " Mt. 1101.111 ES TO JAME/ I,OIIIIES, Y/4).* DEAR D'ailtAßA-1 have at leogll seen Mr. The ktter you gave bias for me lie left at Aseessiou blued le be forwarded, a that I keep sot year iesinietimia. He did think of going to the Coatiamit, hat is fearful of japers r motives being ascribed to his taking the journey. I told hive that if ittatdodge had aey sling to de with Ilse ohjees of his jourary, I would be happy to go is his place; bat be says be has only 'me commlassun to execute at Paris, which is so unpleasant, diet ha !timid not trouble me, and that, laileed, his vase being mentii.mod, be theuglit I cork) not effort it. If, therefore, you an swan of she assure of the eumesiamien, mad ibat it la siereurary still to execute it, you bad better get me selheriaed to trammel the Itemisers for yew.. " I expect to hear fouls ay Meade ►t Rome tad Illuoich, of wltielt you shall Moeda* eatunwatiou. 66 Ler is us the Cosiiseni, so that I mutt keep Las Com,' welch maid I he•r from kir. I have writle• to •OW 1.11111 bk. a mail **closure from Lis friends. 6. I ameetateed to base sees, sad that she parcels brought by bin should be appropriated se directed. _ Ever yours, (Signed) ." W. MOLMES. Another day is allowed, sad I continue this duplicate, In say that Ike letter from Aarension Wand, left by B--, is just came to Impel. All the parcels sent is July list by Mr. I-- are safe, since which two have bee. left by some uuknown hand; one brought by B—, and two by 0--. " I have persuaded Brash to take the French hooks, in.a they follow him to DeA to sight, lu be ahipp, ; he hss in strap to give them to F—. The English hoiiks are seal to Stithoe. " I intend starting for Paris seat week, to fee LeAtte, and perhaps will see Las Cases; but fear my journey +lll be useless, from the insufficiency of the Apenmeats I hold. B— much regrets be did sot bring's, full aothoilti to act. " street and Parker refilled to 'pay Gawped% bill, but they have since heard from Las Cases, and it is nettled. 1 anderstaud the old General dues nut mean to publish, but should he, Perry, of the Chronicle, has premised his sails' ante. " I understand you are to draw for 48100/. Vow shall hear issue of toy •isii to LaStir, sail if your reotittaun• aie paid, trade of that kind cau be carried on to soy extent. Again, God bless yes ! (Signed) " W. NOLMF.S. " Jesse SO, 18III." • This wie the empereerfp/iest of the letter; bat it eau osesees, " boar U'lleire!" Government. it is confidently expected, will pro hibit Me wange exhibition of dretvting the statue of King WILLIAM, in Wier' Green, Unblin s on the 4th Niatillber. L 4 mrsiisctivci , .. • COURT Of KING'S RUCH. Guitnnut.t., Toreoui, Oevimit 99. iitior• hie CORD CHIEF !ernes a,,d Comutou Juries. 411.1!XANDBit v. aeoovrErl. +his was au victim n of detentre to recover certain Hebrew types, manuscript'', mild plates, alleged to have been detained by th e tit fendant; after 4 nonce from the Plaintiff. The Plpintiff is a Hebrew printer, who sometime since had the tnigatinse to have his house destroyed btr drr; but the Ors in questions were 'saved. While his bottle MIS mpaiviag, the Plaintiff sought Out some place in which to carry on his beanies, in the mean fiche, and hating agreed with the Defend- nut to that purpose Isrremoved the property in ques tion to the Defendant's house in Windmill-arm., while the Defendant Was employed to pitied the work which the Plaintiff then hail in hand, viz.. Hebrew edition of the ," Old Trani/tilt," with the English livoviation. It appeared the Defendant had curried on the leak to a certain but the Plaintiff becoming diSsatisfied, demanded the Pos session of his types, plate', &c. kolas Idle that she Defendant rehired to give them op, unless he was find paid the mogul of his bill for she work done. In the name of the demind served by Plaintiff on the Defendant, the plates in question appeared to have been omitted, and that part of tle subject of action was in consequence abandoned. It was alleged as the principal damage which tbe Plaintiff had sustained, in ennoequence of the De• fendant's refusal to give up the types, &r. that the Plaintiff had breu prevented from completing the work iii question, to condhct which he hail been at the expense of bringing over a printer Item Hol land. On the part of the Defendant, the chief ground of defence was, that he had nut refused to deliver up the property on the ground *list his bill bed not been paid, but that he had told the Plaintiff be might take away his types if he thought proper to send and separate them from others of the De - - fendant's, with which they had been mixed in the progress of the wni k, and unless such separation was made, he had it not in his power to deliver up the types. Witnesses were called to prove the Defendant's case. ----- The LORD CRIER JUSTICR told the Jury, that in point of law the Defendant had certainly no right to detain the types till his bill wsa paid; hot it was for them to say, as a qnestion of fact on the evidence, whether the Defendant bad refused to deliver up the types—for if he had not refused to deliver them up, the action would oat lie. . The Jury found a verdict for the Defendant. Mr. MAIRTATT and Mr. JONES were for the Plaintiff; Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. CCUNIN for the Defendant. ASNLIN V. INITNI. This was an action to recover the um of 98/. 12.. Sd. the amount of a quantity of eiiris lewd to have been sold to the Defeadamts: the parties were corn-dealers. On the part of the Plaintiff it was sworn, that 4e corn in question had been sold to the Defendant, and upon hi. credit. For the Defendant it was sworn, by a man named Ward, who had been a bankrupt, that the corn had been sold to him, and not to the Defend ant. It appeared, however, that the sale -note was made out in the Defendant's name, and that be was the principal actor in the transaction, although it was suggested that he was only the guarantee for Ward. The case went to the Jury es a question of fact for them to decide to whom the goods h•d been sold end the credit given. The Jury found • verdict for the Plaintiff.— Damages, gel. Hs. 3d. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUIIT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 48. This day Philip M.Gowan woe opposed by Mr. MATIII, on behalf of several creditors. The Insolvent, gas soon as IU• case was culled or, addressed the Court, and asked leave to relate all the circumstances of his case, as for as related to the ship Lewd Nelson. arid to his marriage- with the wi dow Ittoberis, or, as she was called IA the newel.- Pe" the buxom widow Roberts. The Insolvent, without Witilutig for any reply from the Court, pro ceeded to relate his story with • volubility that reo dered him scarcely intelligible. He said lit married the widow Roberta in St. Andrew, in New Bruns wick ; soots slier which he came to this cuotit4 with his wife. He purchased the lord Nebe' portly . with his wife's money, and partly withhisopp, and having entered 1111.0 a charter party to go to Ma deira, hie wife gave out that he was going to run • away with the cargo, inconsequence of which he was arrested, and was.oldiged to let a ahip-broher put a maste2r ip the vessel, who went the voyage ; mud although she made 1,300/. freight, the master besought tier in debt 4001. The Insolvent proceed ed to state, that the ship was illegally detained io the river Thames, that her register was illegally de tained by the ship-,broker, and that his creditors and his wife had entered into a conspiracy to ruin hum. He was proceeding with great Hoency, when The Chief Commissioner told hint, that when he had exhausted his abuse of his wife and creditors, he mint* answer the queations put to .him by the Learned Counsel. The Insolvent, nn receiving this check, declared himself ready to answer; and in reply to the que.- psit to . him by Mr. Heath, stated. that he was committed to Whoecross-airret prison on the 90 of December, 1820, and was removed by Habeas Comes to the King's Bench on the 4th of May, MI. On trirrt•nce to the affidavit filed in the Court, ou which the Insolvent obtained leave to pr. tine°, it entwined that it stated, that the Insolvent had been first committed to prison on the 4th of May, 1821, sold laid not petitioned within fourteen days from that date. in the expectatiou that hr would be able ;o gay all his cteditors by the sale of his ship, the Lord Nelson. Mr. 1111ATH submitted, that the Insolvent's pe tition could not he allowed to stand. It stated the time of she Imolimit's arrest five mouths later than it was in reality ; consequence, it did not account lot Its not petitioning wohits 14 dais utter .1 . , . he Pres arrested, btit for dot petetabin during 14 days that did not *arrive kit eetrend months enter Ins 1.. • errrst. Tile Cabiar said, the objetti in taken 4 the I:Periled Counsti wits total to the petition; which Roust be dismissed. bLb BA/LEY, TUFAIDAY. OCTOiti ff/. EtTENSIYE RdeSERY. edt,. 111 4 We/leans roes capitally inflicted for hor glariously entering the dwelling of Mr. Sheltoo, a Upper King -street, Bloomsbury, and steeling vi nous articles of plate and jewellery to a spry large amount, on the Ibtb of September Isit. It appeared that on the night Of the day laid in the indictment. the Prosecutor, who i• a j►welkr, lock ed his shop doo► end retired to rest. On hie riiissi< on the following morn•ug he found the !bop door iipeis..aud discovered be had been robbed. He sp. Ate" plied to Bow.strert Police office, and in pose. 4ternee of information he had received, he proceed ed with two Police officers to Draper's•place, Biirton.creicenr, where the Prisoner and a W 0111•11 *ho cohabited with him lived as man and wife. Neer Se. Pancras church they met the Prisoner and the Weiner), and the officers told them that they wanted them, and that they were then pr, • to their lodgings to search them. The Pt-tonne said he lived at Alsry-le-bone. The officers, how ever, took them into custody, and proceeded with them to Draper's-place. The woman denied that they lodged there. One of the officers knocked at the door of No. 27, a person who opened it, on being questioned, said that the Prisoner nod the woman did lodge there. On searching the house, the office,, found twenty parcels, which correspond. ed in site with some stolen from the Prosecutor, which had been in silver eases. In the ears of 'lid woman were found a pair of drop ear-rings, "shun the Prosecutor knew to be his property, bees iise they corresponded with some which had been stolen from him. On the first hoer of the bowie *ere found five skeleton And several other key s , fur ffritmsh's, and many others , were food in a closet at the top of the stairs, with tbreephosphorus boxes. Four witnesses, on the part of the Prisoner, posed, that lie was at the IVliite Hart public-hnore„ in Castle-street, Oxford-road, until eleven o'clur k of the night Lid in the indictment. He acted clerk of a club then, sad was so intoxicated oo tl'ot night there, that he was nut able to perform is duty. The woman who cohabited with the Prisan►r deposed, the called for the Prisoner at the Winte Hart public-house, et eleven o'clock on that eight ; he w► s intoxicated, and she took him home, 0:. , 1 he slept by her side all night. She admitted ti; , .t ,the *Roy she told the officers, of her not Draper's-place, was false; she said en as she %%as /earful they would make a disturbance in the particularly so as they had been may residing there two days. The err-rings found in her eats „brother had given her nine months before. Tl.e skeleton keys, &c. were also given to her by brother to take aim of them, he haring found the ,n ins field. • The RECORDER summed up the evidence, n , the Jury found the Pri►oner guilty of stealing L. .11 dwelling-house, which is a capitol offence., tint c quitted him of the burglary, •s there war no evi dence that the house was broken into in the right time. The RECOILDER then addressed the Prisover. and observed, if he had never thought of death • - fore it was now time for him to do so ;as t. , certainty the law would be fully carried into ese; u tion. He would not then pass sentence of de.,:h sa him, but he saw nothing in the way of extenuation that would prevent that sentence whenever pii,st,l from tieing carried into execution. Person. stan•t ing in his situation, who committed felonies, and d.d not make restitution of property so ftlontonq stolen, had no right to expect mercy. The Prisoner was then taken from the bar. The Itticoaboa then directed that the woman who cohabited with the Prisoner should he c;.rn milted until the Court come to some deterrni,..- tion as to what proceeding ought to be taken agaii st her. The unfortunate young woman, who is of e e ry interesting appearance, was then pained through o . e dock into the geol. POLICE. SOW STRSET. Yesterday Gawp Willis ord Irma Paden, two is the employ of Mr. Dupree, • respectable perish cos. tractor sod Oasis's, unelerwont as eTllllllll4liOll before G. R. Missilell, Ifsq , Ibesinter IWatietraie, charted wish a most vim ostrsaw, by violently assaulting sail wosseliag a young lady of the same of Mks Paseee. _ _ It appeared that Miss Pascoe was pisaiwg thrinigh tie Strand en Monday overbite' sheet half.past meets o'clock, near Heneftfordetreet, at which time the Pricier, were riditig o 0 owe horse at full gallop throat\ the Steam'', knocked ber doers, sad rode over her; this scaidslous soh. duct excited the just indigestion of the paseesgers and twits beanie is the illeseid, who called for amistesee. Nichols, with a party of the patrol•beloaging to the ohice, who were on duty near the spot, paneled and overtook the Prison., n in Deis -street, Westminster, they having taken that ceti•• . to avoid their pioneers instead of going to the Cuck I ,r.. yard, Haymarket, ow Mr. Dupeee's huoinea. • 'I hr y did not deny being the authors of the at:tray, and herd the young lady wlta not seriously leittred. The screams of the yoong lady brought et halftime per mits to her assistance. she was coaveved its almost an lawn. sible state to the house of Mts. M.Nally, iu Heogrifrud. street. It was found necessary to reed foe a 'settee, a hose eertilicate tn the Alsgiatrates yeitereftry reported her to be in such a bad state as not to be a►le to be removed to glee evi dence. One of her front teeth vas knocked nut, and the whole loosened. From the wooed. and bruise. s►e lout r.. eeived, it was Meowed neemeacy to apply silt leeches to her side. Herprlisse end the obeli*, her clothes were entirely spoiled. The Priseftere defence wee, that a comatose baying flogged the horse, was dieters, of its gellopping at suck s foriuus rale. Mr. Dupree ettendrd, sad regretted the serittrnt. He con demned the resider. of Hoe Prosinvere bosh riding on one horse, especially as limey had only a belles bridle. He rove thew ►w.rb geed eliereciers, parlieeleHe who had worked foe bile reverel years, had been int.:meat. ed, cad combatted biaserlt r ely cell, and offered to bail him, The ot►er bed eel worked for Isis 0 long. UNION-HALL. HORRIBLE CONIVUCT OF A PAREN r. The J, hide rhildirn. lashi'do and Lorton 8011, who stood charged with sicsbng &mice of primed eett-•• Pool the shop or 11r.Cwghilr , she iirreo.drsper, ai Newhigtow, liege hrouiht up jeuterclay foe tt , !olh..e elutnitiokm. The publicity ditto to the Bezepapers cf their apprebta. . 1 i \s , i 1 , i