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when it was ordered that a strikrxedeas should issue, the solicitor personally payi ng t h e costs. Mr. Iloans stated, th a t h e t h oug ht th ere h a d b een some Misunderstanding, the Registrar having drawn up tl.e order as if the solicitor had been ordered to pay the costs personally. That order he (the Learned Counsel) never understood the Court to have pronounced. The ground s of the application for the supe-sedeas were most singular, the bankrupt stating upon his affidavit that lie teas pe r f ectly solvent ; but at the same time being obliged to admit that he was confined in prison for not paying one of his creditors. The trading, too, was equally singular, tho•bank rupt, b eing incarcerated in the walls of a prison, had carried on a most flourishing trade, by selling to his fellow prisoners meat and drink. At the time of the dis cussion of the petition, he (Mr. Horne) felt bound to say, the petiti on i ng creditor's debt was so constituted, that it c ould not support the comtnission ; but he could see no thing what ever i n the conduct of the solicitor, calling upon t he Court to make him personally pay the costs. He felt q u ite Sure that this was a mistake of the Registrar's, and trusted the Court would direct the minutes of the erder to be corrected. Mr. Rost contra had no doubt the order drawn up by the Registrar was the one pronounced by the Court. The solicitor had not only been the solicitor of the petitioning creditor, but he also, on a former occasion, appeared as at torney fur the bankrupt. Mr. H ORNE—Surely that can be no ground for his per sonally payin g the costs. You are Counsel for one per .;:.soone day, and perhaps the next you appear for another Person as Cou nse l, aga i nst the very party whose case the 'I F )/ " ef °re you pl ea d e d. I t was true t h ere was not the be g ht est imp ropr i ety i n t hi s, and i f so, how could there l el n ay impr o p r i ety i n a sol i c i tor act i ng i n the same man leris ? As to the trailing of which in much had b een sa id, 'poor man had merely taken in beer for his fellow- Pthoners, upon which he got a halfpenny a pint. AThe VICE-CHANCELLOR did not recollect the order lie P ' he wou ld see Mr. Bar b er, the Deputy Secretary in 4k rOptco, and have the matter put as right as it could be. FRY V. LORD SHERBO RXE . case stood in the paper to be spoken to-day. t?The SOLI CITOR-GENERAL stated there were several laterial papers which had been called to the attention of the Court before it pronounced its judgment. These z p e isiondisel,osed fa c t s which would materially alter the ° ` r his Honour. He (the Solicitor-General) there fore asked permission either to be allowed to call these 1:14.pe", to the Court' s a t tent i on now , or th at some ear l y natght be appointed for that purpose. b"lore the R ORNx conte n d e d th a t a ll th e ma t er i a l f ac t s were Court when its judgment was announced. The SO LICITOR -GENERAL had never seen a copy of the sett lement ma d e at the marriage of Mrs. Fry till that rn av -- ": tui ng• He had no doubt the moment that settlement further frotn himread to the Court, it would n ot re q u i re one w or d After a sharp discussion betw een th e S o li c it o r-G e ner a l Cr.ri '' ll. • Horne, the Court ordered the case to stand in the ' 11 " on Wednesday next. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. O p i a T E NTERDEN sat again this morning, but his Ppled ashy appeared very w ea k i n vo i ce an d muc h indis- LACK V. SEWARD. BRODERICK (with whom was Mr. TommaisoN), r'led to the Jury that this was an action to recover corn- Enßaation in damages for injury done to a barge belonging d th s e tin P it ia t i ntiff, on the river Thames by being run foul of Th e a barge belonging to the ' defenda . nt, owing to by I; sllBe n'e of the defendant's servants, in the mode halien \ e v a - ' e ,," t he vessel was navigated. The accident hap b.,,,,enth, 1 0th of April, when the p laintiff 's bar g e 6 e l a r Y. It h ;t0 Chamberlain's-wharf for a cargo of -e 'Rg ebb-tide, the men having the care of the lyipg moored her to the stern of the lkfagnet, a vessel °l3Posite Chamberlain's -wharf, below bridge,and called ham Pier, till the tide turned and enabled him to 1 1 'c e 'Pl the river. This was early in the morning, and def endant's barge was seen coming down the river with e t ide by a li g h terman, w h o observed, that they were b, eY"gdidno ating h g ter badly, and who called out to them th if get help they would f ou l the starlings of at the i e iri ge• Th e men on p board, how ever , returned an ineo nt ewer, and con ti nue d i n sp i te of his advice to do ex 41y the contrary of what they ought to have done. The consequenc e was, that they run foul of the starlings, un shipped the tiller, and seemed to have lost their senses, as t hey even then did not all they might have done to repair tat mistake, and their barge met the plaintiff's barge with ea th viol ence t h at s h e was much injured and sunk. He 114. Broderick) believed that the defence intended to be et u p was, that the plaintiff's barge had no business there, 0 1'Y an order of the Harbour -master, only a certain number p r :,: a aela were allowed to remain at that spot. He should tegui;thiZever, that no publication had been made of such het w until after the accident. Even if it were so, that tha n i7l(l"tjustify the defendant in destroying her any more *hi h would justify a coal-waggon in destroying - a coach s pot. ,rhight happen to stand longer . than allowed on one Learned Counsel called witnesses to prove this na g ee nt• This was the plaintiff's ease. that G URNEY (with whcm was Mr. PLATT) contended don,the barge was properly navigated by a man, who had tip, , ee "fely for twenty-five years, and that if the plain eaulduarge had not been in an improper place the accident den n oto have happened. He could well explain the evi theate the plaintiff's witnesses who were belonging to llatd , aet Party, who were always jealous of the West men, out I.4PPesed that no barge could be well navigated with be e t ' ae Y had a hand in it, more especially as they would it ntitled to * at re uirea. fee of h a lf- a - gu i nea f or t h e i r ass i stance, if toutn '' videnqce having been adduced of these facts, the Jury of in , for the aintiff—amages 45/., being the amount Pry proved to hav e b D een sustained. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ; DOE V. LORD TxyNiram. rd „ i: ro portant cause, which is a n ac ti on o f e j ec t men t, a ,;' 4l ch it i s expecte d w i ll occupy the Court several '" Venially appointed for the 11th of January. VASiIIER AND ANOTHER V. BISHOP. t ot "e plaintiffs in thi s case are t h e ass i gnees o f mr. Ind t ," 1 1 agent, late of Craig's-court, Charing-cross, p oot "e defe n d ant i s a Lieutenant in the 43d Regiment of It appeared at the time of Mr. Winton's bank- 8 ig P e teY that the defendant, who used to draw upon 1 117 n i t : 41 ,edvance of his pay, had overdrawn his accounts bat "'e Present action was therefore brought to recover sum. be ha erjeant STORKS, for the defendant, admitted that . “a'l overdrawn to the amount of I OW., and was Intl ingili:erdiet should go against him for that sum. prO,e offer Was refused, and evidence was produced to -4„the amount over drawn, after which the Jury re e4 a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 117/. d r ' Sarjeant Wilde was unable to attend the Court to -IY, arising freia indisposition' LONDON SESSIONS—(THIS DAY.) Th e heiti ad journed Sessions for the City of London were Aid_ th is mor n i ng b e f ore M r. S ergeant ARABIN and several 81 1 °ll2 as Keen was indi c t e d f or an assau l t upon Sarah pi e d on the 19th of November last. The trial occu ptoliteheentire mornin g , th e d e t a il s o f w hi c h are unf i t for Otte re at orter left. on• The Jury had not retur ne d a ver di c t w h en p Th e Sr th - Duchess of GL O UC ESTER took h er l eave Pa°44'e Duke an d Duchess of C LARENCE (with whom her ) Highness h a d b een stay i ng on a, visit for some days te t i d " a nd came to town yes t er d ay morn ing, from their e ,e in bushy Park; the Duke ef CLARENCE arcon , l- N c h '. "is Royal sister. On their way to town tie l'isit,,r s st opped at the King's Palace at Kensington, and Ro he DuchKENT and the Princess SorA.— , oug Het R o iss of m Yal Highness afterwards proceeded to Gloucester as by Paile-lane. The Duke of CLARENCE returned to Park in the afternoon. 1 Ir y ". LAT E BARBAROUS MURDER NEAR tUtri u :* --- We are h a p p y t o l earn t h a t t h e revolting cir trate "ce, to which we alluded in our last, of the perpe 4'4t a .of the atrocious murder of JOAN TURNER having " one of her breasts, is not true. Her bead was he O .Y severed from her body, but there were no particular ct,,.l_les discovered on any part besides. Mr. CAINES,. the d ~,e7er, and a respectable Jury, assiduously investigated 3 t ' eire ntiastan ce which could possibly throw . light on ,It srr 4 , l : sa v e tion, but in the absence of sufficient evidence . to veedia-:' th e committal of any individual, they returned "n their third day of sitting, of Wilful 21furd . c, qu est .'" i ° l >te person or persons unknown. After the in 'ro,v- nteeting of the inhabitants of Chard was held in the Tiiittelaet ali,when resolutions were entered into, and . a Coin di,cveorrned to use every means in their vowel fur the the d ee d a nd pu n i s h ment o f t h e h eart l ess perpetrator of , reh,, eed • Y A reward of . 100/ has been offered for his ap -4troe?,/:51"". Tbecorpse was interred en Saturday. The the pl. (1 N -'d contin ues t o exc i te un diminished interest in Yet, C e e near which it was committed ; but no clue, as toltiel4Wktirttenwt traced as to th e p erson , o r persons, by whom perpetrated. The deceased was a native el 'urch, Dors e t, —Dorset Chronicle. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Wheat, Barley, and Flour, this week are tolerably good ; of Oats the arrivals continue small. The Wheat trade reu a;ns much the same as reported on Moni!ay !a=t. Barley for malting sells freely, other sorts are dull at last Tiotation. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats of good quality find buyers at rather higher prices, but the demand for other descriptions is limited. The Flour trade has no variation from our last report. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish Foreign _: 150 Wis. CITY MARKETS.-(TWO O'CLOCK.) PLANTATION SCGARS.—The demand this week has been 'very limited, and some of the soft brown and mid dling qualities have been sold on rather low terms, but the strong refining and fine Grocery descriptions not being pressed on the Market, maintain their prices; the Barba does:offered by public sale on Tuesday went off heavily, but not generally at any material reduction in prices. FOLEIGN SocAns.—There does not appear to have been any sales made this week. REFINED SCOARS are in less demand this week, the buyers for the Continent having discontinued their pur chases, the lateness of the season preventing their making any further shipments for the present; Low Lumps in consequence have become rather more plentiful, and lower prices have ken accepted, some parcels having been sold as low as 705.. and 70s. 6d. ; of crashed also the sales have been more limited, but the great scarcity of the sort of goods suitable for making it (for the Mediterranean, has prevented any material re duction, but the Refiners appear inclined to ac cept offers when they are made, and consequently business can be done upon rather more favourable terms; of fine Hamburg Loaves for the Doublo Refined bounty's he stock- on hand is rather accumulating, and the Refiners are rather pressing them on the Market, and purchases could be made at the present moment, crashed at 395. fid. a 40s. ; in the finer descriptions for the gro cery trade also there is very little doing. COFFEE.—OnIy one public sale has been brought for ward this week, consisting chiefly of the ordinary sorts of Plantation, which went off without alteration; but a few lots of the middling qualities (being ill demand for home trade) brought Is. a 2s. advance. FRUIT.—About 700 brls. of new red Smyrna Raisins have been sold this week, but at 2s. lower prices than were quoted last week; the importers on Monday last to effect sales having accepted 415., at which price they now continue on tap. In new Currants there is no alteration, the trade continuing to take them as they are wanted at 705., but pick the finest parcels. The price of new Va lentia Raisins has been advanced to 48g., but none have been taken off at present at that price. New Turkey pulled Figs continue to be inquired after, but the finest parcels have been nearly all taken out of the market. In the finer descriptions of new Fruit there is only a limited business doing. Rust.—There is a good inquiry for Leewards, but not much business has been done. Jamaicas are less in de mand. Prices as last quoted. EAST INDIA TEA ALE.—This afternoon the Com pany's sale of Teas closed, and it may be fairly stated that the declaration has been got through with more briskness than for many sales past. Low Twankeys have gone off Ad. per lb. cheaper ; the finer sorts are from 24. to 3d. per lb. dearer. Low Ifysons hare gone off one penny dearer, but the finer sorts are the same as last sale. COTTON here and at Liverpool is less i❑ demand, but prices are firm. BALTIC Pannucc -The date from St. Petersburgh is the 25th ult. There were 10 degrees of frost, and no communication with Cronstadt. The Exchange was 10k, and Tallow 90 to 92 rubles. Here Tallow is 355. 3d. Clean Hemp, 455. to 465. The stack is 12,000 tons. Flax St. Petersburgh, 355. to 365. per cwt. Hors. -The trade is not brisk, except for choice bags, which sell from 81. to 8/. 155. Kent Pockets are from 71. to Si. Bs. East Kents, 91. 9s. to 11/. I Is. Sussex, 6/. 15s. to 71. Yearling Pockets, 105 s. to 112 s. per cwt. Prices are fu!l 60s. lower than expected, but the poverty of the planters compel them to sell. Otr.s.-There is a steady demand for all kinds of Oils. Sperm is looking up as well as Turpentine, and from its low price, speculations in it are indulged. Sperm, 711. ; Greenland, 281. 10s. naked ; Southern, 32/. to 341. with casks, per tun. Pale Rape, 43/. and Linseed, 281. per tun. Pale Seal, 30/. ; Brown ditto, 28/. per tun. Cod Oil, 281. 10s. per tun: Turpentine, 555. to 565. per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The attendance yesterday was thin, and the betting dull ; the only changes were in Cetus and Custard, who are in better favour ; so also is Mouse, 20 to 1 being taken. As trials generally take place about this time, some alterations may be looked for ere long. We subjoin the present odds : DERBY. 74J - to I agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer 11 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 12 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Cetus (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Chilney's Cressida colt 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud (taken) 18 to 1 agst Lord Selton's Sall colt 18 to 1 agst Air. Thornhill's Wat Tyler 20 to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Tavistock's Custard colt 22 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 25 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur OAKS. to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 8 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma 9 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly Sir HARCOURT LEES, and his second son, while walking on Sunday afternoon, on the Bray road, ac companied by a favourite water dog, of the old Irish breed, were attacked by a cow, following her calf, tied on a car. The cow, from some unknown cause, suddenly turned on the child. Sir HARCOURT, with great quickness, threw himself between the enraged animal and the boy, and with his walking cane struck her a violent blow on the forehead ; which had the effect of making her retreat some paces.— However, it was only for the purpose, as it appeared to an eye-witness, who furnished us with the account, of making a second and more wicked assault on the worthy Baronet himself, who, cool and undismayed, protecting his child with his left hand, averted the charge by a still more powerful blow on a tender part of the nose, which had the effect of bringing the cow on her knees ; at this critical moment the dog that had been in advance of the party, turned round, and perceiving the danger to which his kind master was exposed, rushed forward and seized the animal by the forehead, and thus diverted her from her contemplated attack, which was taken advantage of by Sir HARCOURT. He called loudly to the man, who was look ing on, paralyzed with fear, to drive forward, which had the desired effect, for the cow immediately followed the car, and gave up all further attack.—Dublin Morning Register. A Meeting of the Friends of Mr. R. B. WATTS, whose case of meditated suicide has appeared in the newspapers, was held on Wednesday, at the Equestrian Coffee-house, near the Surrey Theatre. Mr. ELLISTON, who took the Chair, strongly urged the Meeting to spare no exertion to assist Mr. WATTS, who was deserving of their sympathy, and who, as the founder of the Philan thropic Societies, had caused relief to be afforded to many thousands. Mr. ELLISTON accompanied his recommenda tion by subscribing five pounds, and said he would allow Mr. WATTS to have a benefit one night at his house; and after his friends had done the utmost they could for him, he would give him an engagement of 11. a week at the Theatre. This speech of Mr. ELLISTON'S drew ferth loud applause. Several other gentlemen followed Mr. EwsroN's example, and the Meeting then separated. TRADE IN LElTH.—Business in general has been for sore time past as dull in Leith as it is in any of the inland towns, exclusively dependent on manufactures. There are no new houses going forward, and there is no appearance of activity in the carpenters' yards. In pros perous times above two hundred hands were employed at the glass-works; but the demand has so decreased that not one-half the number are at present employed. The sail cloth manufactured in Leith is allowed by mariners to be superior to that made in other quarters; it consequently sells higher, and though eventually cheaper, there is so little business doing among the shipping, that the owners, obliged to economise, now rig their vessels with the cheapest canvas that can be obtained. Hence there has been a still greater reduction in the number of men em ployed bot'i in the rope-spinning and sail-cloth manufac ture, than there has been among the glass-blowers. Dealers who have been in business for a quarter of a cen tury, declare that they never saw such dull sales, and such a scarcity r f money.—Scotsman. UNIVERSITY INTEi .I:NCR. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 1 I.—At a Congregation on Wednesday last the following agrees were con ferred : BACHELORS 1N mviNirr. Rev. Richard Lowe, Sr. John's College•, (Comp.) Rev. John Evans, S'. John's College, (Comp.) MASTERS 01' ARTS. John Price, St. J„hn's College. Edward Sneyd, Christ College. LICENTIATIC IN VIKYSIC. Gurdon Peene, Trinity College, (Comp.) lIACIIELORS IN CIVIL I.A.W. Herbert Charles Jenner, Trinity Hall. John Bury Dacent, Trinity Hall. At the same Congregation a grace to the follow ing effect passed the Senate :—Toappoint the Vice- Chancellor and the other Trustees of the Botanic Garden, Professor Henslow, Mr. Peacock of Trinity, Mr. Ilildyard of Trinity Hall, and Mr. Garnon, o f Sidney College, a Syndicate, to consider of the best means of removing the Botanic Garden ; and to re port to the Senate before the Division of the next Term. SMITHFIELD PRIZE CATTLE CLUB. Yesterday the Judges appointed to distribute the prizes founded by the Club, met at the Castle and Falcon, and afterwards proceeded to the show-yard, in the Repository, Goswell-street, to inspect the cattle, &c., sent into the thirty-first annual show. The number of cattle sent into the show this year, far exceeds that of any year since the Club was established, and without exception the spec:- mens of fine breeding far surpass all the previous exertions of the feeders, assisted as they have been by the season. The number of fine beasts in the yard occasioned some difficulty among the Judges, as to where the greatest prize should be given. If an abundance of fat is any proof of superior breeding, the cattle sent is this year are beyond praise; in deed, two oxen were unable, after reaching the yard, to support themselves, and sunk under the burtlen : they were killed. Some beautiful specimens of sheep breeding are exhibited, as well as some pigs. Lord Althorp was unable to attend the awarding of the prizes. After the business of the day, the judges and their friends dined together at the Castle and Falcon Tavern. The prizes will be an nounced to-day, when the Cattle Show will be open to public view. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10. — Licutenan t Jeremiah Seavers (1794) to be a superannuated Commander, vice Sir John Reid, Bart., deceased. APPOINTMENTS, &c.—Lieut. Edward pilkin g ton is appointed Flag• Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral E. G. Colpoys, whose appointment to the West India command we announced in a recent paper. Lieut. Geo. Goldsmith, of H.M.S. Samarang, is appointed to the Madagascar in the room of Lieut. Richard Hussey, who is invalided. Mr. Wm. Mitchell, of the Isis, is promoted to be Lieutenant of the Sema rang, vice Goldsmith. Mr. Charles Godly, Mate of the Briton, is promoted to be Lieutenant of that ship, vice Douglas promoted to be Commander ; Mr. I3abington, whose appointment to that ship was announced last week, being since dead. "1 he Rev. John Falls, of the Prince Regent, is appointed Chaplain of the Ganges. The Rev. Jas. Eveleigh is appointed Chaplain to the Prince Regent, vice Falls. The Rev. Wm. Lewis is appointed Chap lain to the Shannon, and the Rev. Keatinge Pent land is appointed Chaplain to the Druid. Mr. Wm. Crane is appointed Purser to his Majesty's sloop Childers. The Bolivar, fienzell, of this port, arrived here on Saturday from Miramichi, after a very rough passage of 46 days: spoke, Nov. 28, in lat. 49. long. 11., the ship Henry Wellesley, Alexander, from Cork for Tobago, with troops, who supplied her with bread. Dec. 1, in lat. 49. 51. long. 9., seeing a vessel with a signal of distress flying, bore down to her, and found her to be the ship Burdon, of London, Garbatt, master, from Quebec for Lon don, having been completely waterlogged for three days, her stern washed out, and her cargo washing out, and the vessel expected every minute to turn over. The whole of the crew got on board the Bolivar, and landed here. Same day spoke the Brothers, of and from Halifax for Liverpool, which had on board the crew of the Three Sisters, of Li verpool, which was abandoned on her voyage from Rio de Janeiro. Lieut. Thomas Livingston, is appointed to the Coast Guard Service. Lieut. Geo. Alex. Leary is appointed to the Sussex Blockade. Lieut. N. Sortland is appointed to the Arachne— Lieut. G. G. M'Donald to the Childers. The Reindeer brig is ordered to be brought for ward at this port for the packet-service. On Tuesday the Echo steam vessel arrived from Portsmouth with supernumeraries for the St. Vin cent and Druid, and sailed again for Portsmouth. Remain in Hamoaze--St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Pylades, Hyacinth, Leveret, Royalist, Raven, Star ling, and Meteor Steamer. At the Island—Bramble. His Majesty's ship Shannon arrived at Bermuda from Jamaica and Havannah 27th Sept. Arachne, arrived at Vera Cruz 22d Sept. The Grasshopper and Speedwell arrived at Jamaica from Curacoa 21st Sept. The Espiegle arrived at Jamaica from St. Thomas, 23d. Taing, from St. Jago de Cuka, 30th Sept, The Skylark from Falmouth, and Harpy from St. Jago de Cuba, arrived at Jamaica 4th October, the former sailed 6th, and latter 7th do. for Vera Cruz. The Matilda, Cuming, of this port, arrived at Mes sina from Naples, sth Nov. The Welcome, Hamlyn, of this port, arrived at Odessa from Constantinople 9th Nov. The Tantivy, Hodge, of this port, sailed from Newport for Malta 7th inst. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, dined with the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, at their residence at Kew, on Wednesday. The Prussian Minister had an interview yes terday with the Earl of ABERDEEN. HOUSE OF Lortps.—Yesterday the House of Lords met, pursuant to prorogation. The LORD CHAN CELLOR, the Earl of ROSSLYN, and Lord MELVILLE hav ing taken their seats on the woolsack as his MAJESTY'S Commissioners, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the attendance of the Commons. As soon as the Clerks and other Officers of the House of Commons appeared at the bar, his Majesty's commission for further proroguing Parliament was read ; after which the Loan CHANCELLOR. declared Parliament to be pro rogued from that day fill Thursday, the 4th of February next. A great many strangers were present to witness the ceremony. COLMAN'S Comedy of John Bull was per formed last night at Covent-garden, for the benefit of that liberal and charitable institution, the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum. The performances of the evening were under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX. The house was crowded in every part. AN AMERICAN STORY.----A n Irishman ar rived at Boston last summer, and sought employment as a labourer, and finally obtained an engagement on one of the islands in our harbour. Pat had never seen a duck in his life. Shortly after his entering upon the discharge of his new duties, a brood of chickens and another of ducks were hatched, both by hens. The owner put both broods to one hen, in order to save the services of the other, and told Pat, as he was short of meal, to he particularly sparing in his allowance in feeding them. Pat made a small dish of dough, and commenced feeding his mixed flock, when he was struck with the fact that about half had broad shovels for beaks, and shovelled up the dough very fast, while the others had very small sharp beaks, and got but little of the allowance. " Arrah !my dar lings," says Pat, " fair play is a jewel; I'll just be after putting you upon aqual futing." llest ar t e d for the house, got a pair of shears, caught them of the shovel beak, and sheared them down to the calibre of those of the sharp beak ; put them down and said, " wag away, you spalpeens ; I am told this is a free country, where every man, baist, and bird, are equal ; no exclssive pri vileges, my darlings, if you p leas e." —Providence Ad vertiser. ►YAL ACADEMY. Last nigi.t the distribution of prizes took pl:ce at the Royal Academy, Somerset-house. The candidate; were greater in number on this occasion than we recollect in any preceding year. In the class of historical painting, the subject of which was Venus entreating hdean to Arge arms for ./E aces, there were as math' as nine eal;ddates. In that of original models, the subject of which was Ajax tearing Cassandra from the Altar of Minerva, there were two; and in that of architecture, the subject of which was an original design for a British Senate house, there were three. There were seven copies in oil from a Virgin and Child, by Vandyke; twelve drawings and three models from the life; thirteen drawings and three models from the antique, and two architectural drawings of the Banquetting-House, Whitehall. Prizes were awarded in almost every class, and were distributed in the following order to the suc cessful candidates:— For the best Historical Paiiiting,—a gold medal to Mr. George Smith. For the _best Original Model,—a gold medal to Mr. Legrew. _ For the best Original Architectural Design,—a gold me cl.tl to Mr. Grellier. For the best Copy in the Painting School,—a silver medal to Mr. Clack. For the next in degree of merit,—a silver medal to Mr. L. Smith. For the best Architectural Drawing,—a silver medal to Mr. King. For the next in degree of merit,—a silver medal to Mr. Barnes. For the best Drawing from the Life,—a silver medal to Mr. Millington. For the next in degree of merit,—a silver medal to Mr. Goblet. For the best "Model from the Life,—a silver medal to Mr. Lucas. ror the best Drawing from the Antique,—a silrermedal to Mr. Maeleish. For the next degree in merit,—a silver medal to Mr. Bell. For the next best,—a silver medal to Mr. Warrens. For the best Alodel from the Antique,—a silver medal to Mr. Papworth. Copies of the Discourses of Reynolds and West were delivered with the gold medals ; and with the first silver medals i❑ each class, copies of the Lectures of Barry, Opie, Fuseli, and Flaxman. The medals were awarded by the President, Sir Thomas Lawrence, who, in conclusion, delivered an eloquent and appropriate discourse on the subject of painting, which elicited the warmest. applause. THE ARMY. A detachment belonging to the 96th Regiment of Foot arrived in town this morning from Devonport, on route to Berwick, on the Recruiting Service. LIEUT.-GENERAL RICHARD BINGHAM. The late Lieut.-General Bingham entered the service on the sth of October, 1787, as an Ensign in the 47th Regiment of Foot, and obtained in May, 1790, a Lieuten ancy and the Adjutancy. He raised a company in May, 1793, in Ireland, with which he was sent to Chatham, where it was drafted. He was promoted, on the 31st of October, 1793, to a company in the 102 d Foot; to a Majority in February, 1795, and to a Lieut.-Colonelcy on the 16th of September, 1795. The regiment was drafted the 24th of September following, and this officer remained unattached till placed on half-pay in the beginning 0f1798. He was sent, in July 1798, to Alderney, to take the corn mind of the forces stationed there, and remained till July, 1799, when he was placed on the full pay of the 6th West India Regiment, and removed in August to the 9th Foot. He embarked on the Ist of August, and joined the expedition under Sir James Pulteney, and after wards that under Sir Ralph Abercrombie. He returned in December to Lisbon, and in March, 1801, to England. He was again placed on half-pay, on the 24th of October, 1802, and was appointed on the 9th July, 1803, to the 3d Foot. He obtained on the 25th of September, 1803, the rank of Colonel, and on the 25th ofJuly, 1804, was placed on the Home Staff, on which he continued till the 24th ofJune, 1806. He was appointed in 1808 to the Staff, in Ireland, and remained there till the 25th May, 1809, when he was removed to the Staff in Malta. He was subsequently employed on the Staff of the Sussex district. He was raised on the 25th July, 1810, to the rank of Major-General, and on the 4th of June, 1814, to that of Lieutenant-General. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. ATEOINTMENTSFOIL THY ENSUING WEEK. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, atCrowle Village ; Thursday, at Round-hill ; and Saturday, at Spetchley—at Half.past Ten. . . The Holme Harriers, on 'Tuesday, at ; and Thursday, at Broom-Lill, Winfrith-common—at Ten. Mr. R. K. Sampson's Hounds, on Monday, at West dean ; Thursday, at Bourne; and Saturday, at Mr. Ade's, Duttles—at Ten. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at IVewrnarket- Hill ; Wednesday, at Ashembe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at Telsconthe Tye—at Half past Ten. _ _ _ The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on Monday, at Hardwieke Arms; and Friday, at Potton Wood—at Half-past Ten. The Puekeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Hare-street ; Wednesday, at Peverells; and Saturday, at the Kennel— at Half-past Ten. Mr. Mures Fox Hounds, Tuesday, at Rougham Old hall ; and Thursday, at Higharn-green—at Half-past Ten. The Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Green's mill ; and Friday, at Mill-field. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Melbourne Hyde; and Thursday, at Buckland—at Half-past Ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Park-house ; Tuesday, at Wardley Toll-bar; Thursday, at Holpvell; and Friday, at Cole's Lodge--..at a Quarter before Eleven. Sir Richard Sutton's Hound's; on Monday, at Fiskerton Long Wood and Tower on Moor ; Tuesday, at Spittal ; Wednesday, at Welton•mill ; Thursday, at Half-way-house, Newark-road ; Friday, at Kenwick Thorn-bar; and Sa turday, at Wellingore_at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday and Wednesday, at Usselby-house ; Friday, at Lea- house ; and Saturday, at Wrawhy-mill—at Eleven. Sir GEORGE MURRAY transacted business yesterday morning at the office of the Commander of the Forces, in the Horse Guards, with Lord HILL. Sir GZORGE left town in the afternoon, for the Royal 11lilitary College at Sandhurst. Between ten and eleven o'clock last Friday morning, some persons passing on the West-street road, discovered, about half a taile beyond the town, a female, rather elegantly attired, lying on the road, apparently in the agonies of death. They raised her, and conveyed her to the George and Dragon Inn, kept by Mr. T. INELSEY, where she was received with the utmost promptitude, and attended to with commendable humanity. Surgical ad vice was obtained, and it was then discovered that the unhappy woman had swallowed a quantity of laudanum, with the intent of destroying herself ; but, by the appli cation of due means, the deadly effects of the poison were counteracted, and she recovered from the stupor which had benumbed her faculties. Si hen she recovered, how ever, she had to relate a history pregnant with misfortune and crime. She was a native of Scamblesby, but had been for many years living a profligate life in London, until an opportunity presented itself to her of again reaching the home of her childhood. The kindness of an acquaintance furnished her with the means of travelling down to Louth ; she was there taken very ill, however, and sent to those who had been her friends before she plunged into the guilty course she hail adopted ; she conjured them to come to her, and receive her last breath, as she imagined herself dying, but they refused, and even threatened to have her apprehended as a disorderly person. Contrary to her ex pectations, she recovered, but was obliged to leave the few clothes that she could spare to pay the inn-bill. A humane individual paid her coach-fare to Horncastle, and from thence she came on Thursday evening by the Sociable to Boston. After paying her fare she had only one shilling left, and this being expended for her lodging, she had no refreshment from Thursday morning until Friday noon.— Stung to the quick by the harsh manner in which she hail been treated, weary, faint, and desolate, she was at last induced to swallow poison, and wandered forth in the madness of despair to seek her death, when she was promptly rescued from self-destruction. This unfortunate creature is only about 22 years old, but the scenes of crime and misery that she has been called upon to bear a part in, create a sensation of horror and astonishment. She has since so far recovered as to be able to leave Boston fur Scamblesby.—Boston Gazette. MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A very numerous body of Magistrates, in the Commission lot the county of Middlesex, assembled yesterday in their Sessions•lionse, Clerkenwell, when, in consequence of a r, port received from a et Committee, respecting certain chatges now for the first time preferred against the county by the Clerk of the Peace, a discussion ensued as to the expediency of applying to Parliament to obtain a complete revision of the whole law, relating to fees, emoluments, and duties of that office. Coss - r, Esq. presided as Cliairthati. It may be necessary to premise, that during the forty years Mr. Stirling officiated as deputy clerk ol the peace, he sent in no bill for extra services, but received on account generally about 1,500/. On the appointment of the late Mr. Allen as his successor, that gentleman, at the expiration or a year, sent in a bill, claiming, as the representative of his princi pal, H. C. Selby, Esq. the snm of 555/. for extra services performed for the coanty (luring the year, and for which no remuneration by fees from the suitors of the Court was receivable. The bill was referred to a Committee, whose report thereon was yesterday read. It stated in substance, that the bill consisted of forty-four closely-written columns, and specified charges for services distinct from those for which the Clerk of the Peace was entitled to de mand fees. Colonel CLITIIEROE suggested that the report ought to be printed and circulated among the Ma gistrates, beore they were called upon to adopt it. Mr. Serjeant PELL approved of the suggestion, and recommended that a copy be sent to the Clerk of the Peace also, that he might know the grounds on which the county resisted his claim. Mr. RAWLINSON thought, that in all that they had done and proposed doing, they were merely blinking the question, and that it became the great and influential county cf Middlesex to call to the other counties to co-operate with them ; and if they refused their co -opt-ration, to go by themselves to Parliament, ask for a committtee, and call for the fullest investigation into the whole law relating to the fees, the duties, and the modes of the appoint ment of the Cleik of the Peace. Mr. Serjeant PELL was satisfied, that whenever this question was touched, they would touch the whole consiitution of the appointment of the Clerk of the Peace. Whether the doing so would be pro• ductive of harm or good, he would not then stop to discuss. He was satisfied, however, that if ever the attention of the public were drawn to the subject, it would be productive of infinite good. The report and appendix was then ordered to be printed. The question respecting a revision of the t,ible of fees payable by the suitors of the Court was adjourned, at the suggestion of ?dr. Orme. MR. STIRLING'S BILL. The rule absolute for an attachment against Mr Stirling fcr the non production of his account, or the return of the county papers, which had been obtained avreeably to the ride of a former Court, was produced. Mr. Sejeant PELL said, the question was, what was to be done with respect to this gentleman ? They wished to pay him his bill, andiget back their papers. It was a most melancholy thing, but if he would so pertinaciously resist, they had no alterna tive but to put the attachment into the hands of the sheriff. The CEIAIRMAN said the matter had been a long time not properly noticed. Mr. Stirling had for 40 years nerformed all those duties which were charged for in the bill just brought before them by his suc cessor; and if those charges were allowed, it would make a material difference in the claim Mr. Stirling would have to make. lie thought, therefore, they ought to let it stand over with respect to Mr. Mr. Serjeant PELL said that he would then give notice, that at the next Court day he should, if no thing were done by Mr. Stirling in the interim, move that the attachment be instantly acted upon, Sir GEORGE HAMPCON thought they ought to \vait no longer. Ir would be unfair to allow Mr. Stirling to avail himself of any charges made in Mr. Allen's bill. Mr. Sergeant PkLL said, if he thought this would be done, he wou;d at once move the issuing of the attachment. They would stand in an awkward si tuation if they had now to pay for 40 years' services. Mr. BROUGHTON said that blame attached to the bygone Magistrates, for suffering the accounts to run in arrear. They ought not to proceed harshly with a man in declining health, and already with one foot in his grave. Mr. Serjeant PELL—I f he can still perform the high and important duties of Coroner, he must be perfectly competent to give them his bill. A number of other gentlemen addressed the Court. The papers were said to be of great importance to the county, and it was expected they would elu cidate many outstanding claims to a large amount. It was finally resolved that Mr. Allen, the son of the late deputy, should confer with Mr. Stirling, explain to him what the Court wanted, and apprize him of the consequences, if something were not done by him before Hilary Term. The Hanoverian Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs. CURING A HYPOCIIONDRIAC.—A gentle man who bad for a hug time fancied himself dying of a liver complaint, was advised by Dr. CRAWFORD, of Balti more, to make an excursion into the State of Ohio. After travelling about three months, he returned home appa rently in good health, but, upon receiving information of the death of a twin brother, who had actually died of a schirrous liver, he immediately staggered, and falling down, cried out that he was dead, and had, as he always expected, died of a liver complaint. Dr. CRAWFORD being sent for, immediately attended, and on being in formed of the notion which had seized the hypochondriac, immediately exclaimed, " 0 yes, the gentleman is cer tainly dead, and it is more than probable his liver was the death of him. However, to ascertain the fact, 1 will hasten to cut him open before putrefaction takes place."— He called for a carvine knife, and whetting it as a butcher would to open a calf, he stened up to him, and began to open, his waistcoat. The hypochondriac became so hor ribly frightened, that he leaped up with the agility of a rabbit, and crying out " Murder ! murder ! murder !" ra❑ off with a speed that would have defied a score of Doctors to catch him. After running a considerable dis tance, until he was almost exhausted, he halted ; and not finding the Doctor at his heels, soon became composed.— From that period this gentleman was never known to com plain of his liver, nor had he for more than 20 years after wards any symptoms of this disease.—. New York Paper. On Thursday morning last, a large ship, having signals of distress flying, and being apparently unmanageable, was observed drifting into the Bay of Dun drum ; she struck on the sands between Newcastle and Tyrella—the crew were happily saved. she proved to be the Sir James Kemp, LUNDY, master, bound for Liver pool, with a cargo of timber, from St. John's, New Brunswick. It appears, that having sprung a leak some time previously, she became waterlogged on the 29th of October, and that the crew, consisting of 13 persons and a female passenger, with an infant three months old, were driven to the tops, where they had remained fur five days continually drenched by the sea, and without any suste nance, save a few raw potatoes. A few hours more, and the sufferings of many of them would probably have been terminated. They were brought to shore in a state of extreme exhaustion, and immediately conveyed to Tyrella house, where they have been since restored through the humane exertions of Mrs. HAMILTON. The Preventive Coast Guard of the Tyrella and Newcastle stations, under the command of Captain Mortals, R.N., and Lieutenant HARDING, R.N., were in active attendance, and having launched their boats through a heavy surf, succeeded in reaching the ship shortly after she struck. 'the Rossylass life-boat also, with commendable activity, soon afterwards arrived there. Some fishermen of Newcastle, on dis covering th esignals of distress, immediately pushed off for the ship ; unfortunately those gallant fellows lost their boat in their exertions, but we trust they will not be un compensated or unrewarded. It is but justice to two in dividuals, namely, PHILLIPS, chief-boatman, and CASES", of the Tyrella Coast Guard, to notice their promptitude and activity on the occasion ; the intrepidity and humanity evinced by CASEY ill particular, merit no ordinary com mendation.—Dablin Evening Mail. SPIRIT OF THE FUBLIC JounNAL4r4rl We have received a letter on the subject of gin-shops, and grieve that we cannot produce to public notice as faithful, vigorous, and moral a composition as ever came into our hands. The .! writer is so illiterate that almost every word in hie letter is mis-spelled ; but he is a close ob server, and a sound thinker, and a credit to his class of the community. There is a deep curse inflicted on this nation by the unhappy coinci dence of " bad beer and cheap gin," winch drives the bulk of the people from the strengthening beverage of their forefathers, now placed by law beyond their reach, to a dreadful stimulus, which may be bought for almost nothing, in quantities which madden and destroy. Even llogarth's immortal contrasts between a beer drinking and a gin-swallowing people are faint representations of those real si ene; which occur from day to day in London, Ind unhappily far beyond it. The family of the labourer, deserted by him coe the vicious mart of low-priced ruin, —the Sunday's faer,—the Monday's incapa city of work,—the broken-hearted wife and fa mished infants,—the gin-shop, at last resorted to by the wretched woman herself as ,a momen tary respite from despair,—and the blazing poi son inoculated upon the palates of children when j a e ne liq m u i i n d cl thesepa rch parched e fo h r o w rr a o n rs t otofofotoetrlriabrlied forawho ielsuonni to dwell upon; yet the Legislature cannot be ignorant that they exist, and are multiplying in every village throughout the land. The crimes which spring from a familiarity with London gin-shops arc not unknown to the magistrates or the police, and will every hour be brought for ward more strikingly to the attention of his Zla jesty's Ministers. We have no doubt that in such a quarter the whole of this vital subject will meet the consideration which it so impe riously demands, and that we shall see, ere the end of another session, what every good man in the country calls for—an extensive reduction of the tax on malt—a removal of the obstructions to the home brewery of beer—and an augmenta tion of two or three hundred per cent. in the duties on home-made apirits.=-Tinrea. Mr. O'Connell, in his letter to the people of the county of Waterford, inserted in the Chronicle of yesterday, asks whether Lord George Beres- , ford " will agree to reform Parliamentary catr ,, ruption—to lesson the load of taxation—!o abolish grand jury jobbing—to repeal the Sub letting Act or the Vestry Bill—to diminish tithes—to extinguish corporation monopoly, and all the grinding oppression of our corporate bodies—to tax absentees—to supply a due pro vision for the destitute poor—to regulate the funds for education so as to extend them to all who want them—to cleanse the Aegean stable of the law—to destroy the insolent and irre sponsible despotism of the code of magisterial laws—to regulate the internal police on con= stitutional principles—to terminate the horrible crime of slavery in the West Indies—to extin guish the monopoly of the East India Company, and to put an end to that odious system of miaa rule by which these supporters of the priests of Juggernaut crush the energies of upwards done hundred millions of human beings ?" Lord George Beresford will certainly not do an, part of this ; he will not even attempt it. If Mr, O'Connell himself should live to a very advanced age, continue in possession of his present enemy, and devote himself exclusively to the task which Lord George Beresford will assuredly decline, he will, we fear, at the end of his career, have still left work enough for his successors; With respect to Ireland itself, the Act of last Session will be of incalculable benefit, as removing the grand obstacle to the entering on any one mea sure of improvement. While Ireland was di vided into two nations, Government were at the mercy of the ruling caste, and no measure durst be attempted, which might have a tendency to provoke the Irish Janissaries. A series of re forms must and will be attempted forthwith by Government. The leading evil of Ireland is the prostration of the great body of the people. There is a want of a middle class, to check the insolence of the higher, and the lawlessness of the lower. The great problem to be resolved, is the mode of obtaining such a class. It is, how ever, a very difficult problem, more especially in a country in which the Aristocracy possess such an overwhelming influence. In the Belfast Northern Whig of Monday last, there is a picture of the tenantry on the estate of the Mar quis of Hertford, for which we have not room to-day, which exhibits in all its force the diffi culty of assisting a people weighed down to the earth like the Irish. The Marquis of Hertford is, indeed, described " as the greatest, we had almost said the worst, of those absentee landlords by whom our poor country is afflicted." " The Hertford family (adds our Belfast contemporary) have always been aliens to Ireland, in birth, con nexions, feelings, and residence. They were among the first to introduce the small English acre in the measurement of land, by which the poor peasantry, who were but little able to cal culate the difference between English and sta tute measure, were deluded with the idea of paying a low rent, whilst in reality they were were paying a high one. The system of sub division, for the purpose of making slaves, under the name of forty shilling freeholders, was carried forward upon the Hertford estates to a greater extent than in any part of ths country with which we are acquainted. It is but a few years since any decent farmer whose lease might soon expire, was compelled either to have his labourers' cottages vacant or to have the alternative of a clan of independent voters' established round him the moment his lease dropped. Acting upon the principle of giving the new tenure always to the occupying tenant, every hovel with a large garden, or two or three acres of ground, became the residence of a freeholder.' This wretched system created endless jealousy between the tenant and his labourers, destroyed the farmer's holding, dif fused general animosity and ill will, and congre gated upon the Hertford estates a population dense in proportion to their extent and quality, beyond what is to be found in any other part of Ireland. By these means, however, a rent of nearly 60,0001. a year was drained away to Eng land from a laborious tenantry, and the county of Antrim was made a close borough in the gift of Lord Hertford." This was the sort of franchise, the loss of which some people, who are led away by words, so feelingly deplored. But it is easier, it seems, to convert forty-shilling freeholders into ten-pound freeholders than to place a people th e remains saddest t ai h n i this s tob prostrateparet told. oo condition lfLo u r A ta leisiia change intle Journalist)ics o influenceil tas situation in which they shall experience any re lfranchise has produ ce d a n c i i s zuige of i tactics pa ramount part o. his Lordship. in the county m us t b e pre . ieft.lt"electiveßut he served—and that too without lessening his in come ! But how were these two great objects to be accomplished ? Reducing the areable '~`~~