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abandon every name of note for old Eldon, with whom the Duke of Wellington took care not again to encumber himself, having once go' r him fairly out of the Cabinet ; and three Noblemen, who throughout their lives will enjoy the advantage of never exciting a feeling of jealousy in any of their own sex, now tlvit Lord George Gor don is dead—anel a young Nobleman, Lord Chan dos, who seems to have been mowed by the lamenta tion some time ago in illackwood's Magazine, that the old Tories were going out like the snuff of a c..ridle, without any successors. The idea is beyond measure droll. Admirable political saviours, the Neweastles, the Winchelscas, the Falmouths ?. To n :me these heroes is quite sufficient : the cause is worthy of them, and they are worthy of the cause. From the moment we learned that the Duke of Wellington had determiner.' to make the settlement of the Catholic Claims a Cabinet measure, we were quite easy as to the result. We were aware of the existence, in many districts of England, of much prejudice and ignorance on the subject of the Ca tholic Claims; but there being no intelligible ob jects for which any men of respectability and cha racter in the country as politicians would think of cemmitting - themselves in opposition to the Ad ministration, the threats of this mob count for absolutely nothing. Numbers with leaders are something; without leaders are nothing. There cannot, iii the nature of things, in this country be a party formed on the negative principle of Catholic exclusion. On the other hand, we are quite assured, though we have not the very highest opinion of the high Aristocracy of England, that their instinct of self-preservation will always pre serve them from throwing themselves into the arms of such desperate men as might be tempted to adopt the bolder course of pushing matters to the extre mity of bloodshed. In a country like this, full or active and energetic men of desperate fortunes and loose principles (for notwithstanding all our cant and hypocrisy, we believe men's principles sit as loose on them bere as in any other country), the prospect of commotion would soon draw together men of a very different stamp frona the Wirichelscas, the New castles, the Falmouths, &c. These men's conse quence would be derived from the commotion, and they would soon know how to avail themselves of the necessity for their exertions. At present, the Meier ranks of this country possess all the power, 'which property and their situation give them. Every man, however slender his property, feels himself, in times of order, interested in supporting authority. lint let the sword once be drawn—let the operations of peaceful 41 dustry once be disturbed, and then it_ g,"% , found that th e r i g h t o f property i s ..111 be tron—that property belongs t , 1 6; abcrae daring, and not to its,- the boldest and most the overwhelmiemet..,s nominal. owner. Once let .bs inu4Lbonet -,, E ; masses of this country loose, and a bold man who can predict the point at which they will stop. In the convulsed state of England, the Aristocracy, who are now every thing, would be literally nothing in the multitude of able, active, and skilful men then thrown loose; but who now fortunately dedicate their talents and their in dustry to the improvement of their fortune and the increase of the resources of the nation. No matter in what corner of the empire the sword is drawn— if a part of the population in any part of it be once in arms, the conflagration may soon spread. What so secure, apparently, as the Government of Charles the First, before his ill-judged expedition against the Scotch Covenanters ? There was no hotly in England that ever dared to entertain the idea of opposition by arms to the Government, till the at tempt against the Scotch. There are many poor Protestants in the north of Ireland, whose importance as altogether derived from their being Protestants, des perate, unprincipled men, who would gladly rush, like tigers, on the Catholics. There wants bet a begin ning to throw all Ireland into a blaze ; and knowing as we do the eombustible nature of Irishmen, their ardour and impetuosity, we are not so confident as to the result as Mr. Peel seems to be. Hostilities may begin in the north of Ireland, but God alone knows where they may end. It never, therefore, can be the interest of the High Aristocracy, of all men, to provoke resistance to authority, to appeal to the brute passions of the multitude, and to arras citi zen against citizen. But they know better. They are not to be confounded with the Winchelseas, the Newcastles, &c.; and mortified as Lord Eldon must he at the negleCt in which he is. now held, even he, if he could see an inch before his nose, would shrink from the anarchy which his stupid conduct tends to produce. The Duke of Wellington will quietly move the Nobles in the direction in which it is necessary they should go; and in spite of vulgar gla mour the whole will be accomplished with ease. We have confidence in the tact, temper, arid shrewdness of - the Duke ; and believe that he has a thorough knowledge of his people. (FROM THE MORNING POST.) At this moment of general alarm and sorrow to all the true and steadfast friends of the Protestant Church and Constitution of England, we at least have one source of consolation to which we can refer with the utmost satisfaction. If the Consti tution of our country is to be now overthrown—if the Church of England is to be exposed to the attacks of its inveterate and implacable enemies— if the national altar is to be profaned, and the con sciences and persons of our Protestant Connt►ymen to be exposed hereafter to persecution and vioknee ; while we view the approach of this reason of cala mity and horror, the cup of grief and anxiety is not rendered still more bitter to us by the additional ingredient of self-reproach. We have done no thing to promote—we have done our utmost to avert this unutterable ruin. For some time pre vious to the last General Election, and during the whole period of its progress, we suffered no day to pass over our heads, as our readers must well remember, in which we did not at tempt to impress upon the minds of our Protes tant fellow-subjects the absolute necessity of mak ing choice of Members to be returned to the House of Commons, with reference solely and ex clusively to the preservation of the Protestant Con stitution of the Empire. These repeated warnings arid admonitions were not sufficiently regarded by a people, who, prizing the object we had in view as dearly as we could do, nevertheleSs permitted not themselves to foresee the possibility of that object being exposed to danger. The people of England were at that time over confident ; they rested in the consciousness of a security, which it is now evident was false, imaginary, and delusive. Had not this been so, no man who knows the present feelings of the country can doubt that such a House of Com mons would have been called together as would have rendered it impossible for any men of sane minds to dream of obtaining its consent to the admission of Papists to great and indefinite political power. Is it for the gratification of any worthless and selfish feeling of vanity—is it for the sake of venting silly and useless reproaches upon our Protestant fellows subjects, who then felt so nearly as we did, and now feel altogether as we do, that we refer to these cir cumstances ? No ; it is to stimulate them to make atonement for their former error, now that the danger forces itself upon them so closely and dis tinctly as to I►e visible .to all eyes, by the earnest ness and vigour of their efforts in defence of the Constitution. The Protestants of England have permitted themselves to be surprised and betrayed, and the destruction of the Constitution seems likely to be the result of their culpable want of vigilance and self-dependence. Let then% now, by strenuous and si multaneous exertion, redeem their error,and avert its fatal consequences, while there is yet time. It will cost theme efforts to uphold the Constitution, powerfully .as it is assailed, much less painful than those by ,which their great and glorious ancestors established in, much less painful than those by which, if they . now suffer it. to be destroyed, their children will be compelled to struggle, perhaps to struggle in vain, for r,s restoration. The enemies of the Constitution seek to delude us by the assurance, that if we now wil lingly surrender a part of the Constitution, we and our children vei:l be permitted to enjoy what remains in peace and security. This is a juggle as auda- cions tis it is contemptible. We know that no con scientious Catholic can be content so long as. the Roman Hierarchy, which forms an essential part . of his religion, is separated from the State, and deprived of all civil and political authority. He may indeed be quiet from policy, and be is found to be so when circumstances forbid the hope of ad vmicing his religion by his efforts. But does any man in his senses think that the Roman Catholics of Ireland, 7,000,000 of people, under the absolute command of their Priests, will believe themselves to be in a situation in which all further efforts in behalf of the Catholic religion are hopeless, and niter having already prevailed too, by menaces and intimidation, upon the British Government and Legislature to surrender to them an important pait of the British Constitution ? Or is there any one so regardless of experience, so in fatuated and bewildered as to doubt, that let their future pretensions be what they may, they will find support in Parliament from men calling themselves Protestants ? Did not Bonaparte (when his avowed object was the annihilation of England) find men in the British Parliament to applaud his conduct and to promote his views ? And yet these men called themselves Englishmen. Did not the in sane claimants of a Parliamentary Reform, which would at once have thrown all the powers of Government into the bands of a fierce and turbu lent Democracy, find men in the British Parlia ment to advocate and espouse their cause ? And yet these men call themselves loyal subjects of the King. What the spirit of party effected in Parlia ment on behalf of the tyrant of the Continent— what it effected on behalf of the Revolutionists in our own country, it would effect also on behalf of Roman Catholics, were their claims to extend, as they will extend, if they do not now receive a cheA, to the selection from among the Priests of their communion, of all the Archbishops and Bishops of the United Kingdom. If the proposed surren der of the Constitution should take effect, a fierce and protracte.l struggle between the Protestants and Roman Catholics of the United Kingdoms, for the ascendancy and dominion of their respec tive churches, is inevitable, unless the former are prepared to persevere in concession, to give up their church and their faith, to prefer the glory of martyrdom to the peaceful advan tages of toleration, and to stipertnd.itift,:id. gar process o f T r i a l b y J ury and myste r i ous i nves t- --, favour the silentent xdtions of the Holy Office. are or; . This strugul:' . -.11,.,.mu5t ensue if the Roma n Catholics oi.;,!;i • admitted to political power, notwithstan, 'lug all the guar& and securities to prevent it whici human ingenuity can devise. We rejoice, however, that guards and securities arc talked of; they must excite protracted discussion, and by whatever means time is gained, if the people of England use it as they ought, an additional chance is afforded for the preservation of the country. There is the further hope also, that in the progress of these discussions the Catholics may so expose the ulterior objects, which, whether they expose them or not, we know they must entertain, that the consequences of yield ing to them any increase of power will be evident to the dullest apprehension, and undeniable by the most headlong and perverse will. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD.) Admiring, as we do, the personal character of Mr. Peel, and his hitherto unimpeached political inte grity, we regret that we cannot applaud the course which he has taken upon the Catholic Question , or consider it that which is likely to confirm and per petuate his reputation. Indeed those who watched the Right Honourable Gentleman's words and man ner, during his speech on Thursday night, agree in declaring that he seemed to shrink within himself, and had all the appearance of one who had a task to perform, in which his. mind end inclination bad but little share. Laying aside the merit or demerit of the course which the Duke of Wellington is now pursuing, it cannot, we think, be denied that Mr. Peel, at least, was too deeply pledged to one view of the matter, to render his sudden conversion in any point of view excusable. There are those, we sus pect, (rho will be inclined to ask, " What is there after this that public men may not be expected to retract ?" " Their very allegiance to the Throne may at last be found to hang upon some point of temporary necessity." Mr. Peel is avowedly not a convert from conviction, but from necessity; and, therefore, had we been his counsellors, our advice would have been that he should not have been a convert at all; and that he should have sacrificed his place, rather than those principles upon which his public reputation has hitherto mainly rested. It may, perhaps, be said—and not untruly —that the most difficult task which the Duke has had to encounter upon the occasion has been to win over the consent of a high quarter to the ceurse which his Grace has at length determined to take, it'd that Mr. Peel's assent to the measure in ques ion was a necessary preliminary to such a conces- We confess that there is much weight in nis ; but still the " oracle tea virtute" so power fully dwelt on by the first Lord Chatham, in his cele brated letters to the first Lord Catnelford, should be uppermost in the mind of every honourable man ; and a forced consent, " where discontent sits heavy at the heart," finds but a poor apology in mere ex pediency. ! lad Mr. Peel dull been justly alive to the value of his reputation, he would have left the Government (however embarrassing to himself and it)—have left it for a time, at least—rather than have imposed upon himself the sombre and unen viable task of making a recantation. (F ROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER.) mon. The temper in which the important communica tion respecting the Catholics of Ireland, which his Majesty has made to the Legislature, will be received in the country, will be looked for with some anxiety. In the Papers which have already reached us there is but one opinion expressed, and that opinion, we need scarcely add is in favour of the important mea sure which the Cabinet is about to submit to the Legislature. We recceive also that several meetings have been held in different, parts of the country, and petitions signed, in favour of the Catholic Claims; and there is but little doubt, in consequence, that the Bill for conceding them will pass with but very par tial opposition. It is but fair, however, to allow, in speaking of the measure, that the Cabinet has, in this instance, taken the lead of public opinion, in stead of following it ; and that were the votes of the whole people of these realms to be taken on the subject,- there would be a considerable majority against the Catholics. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 5.--Wind water 49 mioutem past eleven.—Arrived the Indian Chief, Gill, from Demerara ; Eagle, Batty, front the Cape of Good Hope ; Arethusa, Wright, from St. John's, N.B. ; Mary, Harry, from Genoa; Lyra, , from Ham burgh ; Menta, George, from Charlestown; Hannah, Cowan, from Poole. Sailed—The Georgia, Snow, for Boston ; America, Evans, for Neiv York ; Euphemis, , for Nassau ; Try, , for Gibraltar ; and Union, Steadier, for Barcelona. The Trusty, from St. John's, N. B , is supposed to be arrived off Dover. FELL 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Stir, Davies, from Cadiz ; Dogoe Selin, —_—, from IsLintes ; Jessie, Con nor, from Ile of Man; Sovereign, Kegg, ditto; Jane, Leitch, Fort William. Sailed—The Euphemia, Findlatcr, for Havannah and Nassau; Earl of Surrey, Barney, Isle of Man ; Gnlnare, , from Naples. FFI3. N.W.—Arrived the York, De Cost, rom New York ; Arab, Ball, .Savannah ; Golconda, Janvrin, ditto; Alexander, Fryer, Paraiba; Brazilian, , from Buenos Ayres; La Amiable Eugenee, Havre de Grace. Sailed—The Mii., Iloseason. for Barbadoes ; Three Sisters, —, for Maranliam ; John Welsh, Woodhouse, for Jamaica. On Saturday the despatches for Bengal and China, by the Blythe, Captain George Clerk Arbuthnot, were closed at the East In. , ia House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEE. 7. new V. DUVTA. His Loansurr observed that this was an appeal from the deciSion of the Vice-Chancellor, which was argued a consi derable time since upon the merits ; at the hearing, the Court had pronounced its opinion that there was no suffi cient grounds to justify it in setting aside the deeds. Some of the arguments of Counsel, however, turned upon the words of the deed ; and his Lordship, although his opinion was so strong upon the point, said he would postpone his judgment till he had had an opportunity of reading the deeds The Court had now done so, and saw no reason whatever for altering the opinion it hail formerly expressed. The appeal must therefore he dismissed ; hut, taking all the circumstances into consideration, without costs. SPECIAL INJUNCTION.-CLA 'IKE V. ATKINSON. Mr. SUGDEN applied e.r-parte for a special injunction in 'his case, to restrain the defendant, a carpet-manufac turer, carrying on business at Kendal, from ininufactur i.)g, selling, or disposing of any carpets, made, as the plaintiffs alleged, by an infringement on a patent obtained by them. The plaintiffs were carpet manufacturers at Market Ilarborough, in Leicestershire, anti also at .28, Kenton street, Brunswick-square. In May, 1827, they took out a patent for an improvement in the machine used in ma nufacturing carpets, by which they were enabled to employ a greater number of warps and threads, and to produce a ranch larger and richer carpet than had hitherto been dune. According to the old plan only fifteen ground warp threads could be used ; by the new mode nineteen could be applied. In December, 1828, the plaintiffs were informed that a great quantity of carpets were in the mar ket very similar to those manufactured by them, and sold under a similar name; that adopted by the plaintiffs being Royal Damask, that of the defendant li.mask Carpet only. Upon receiving this information one of the plaintiffs immediately proceeded to London and upon calling at a house in Watling-street, where he hail been informed the spurious carpets were sold, he was told that the defendants were the persons from whom the articles were obtained. A bill was then immediately filed, and the parties came to this Court for its protection at the earliest possible moment. According to the affidavit of one of the Messrs. Clarkes, who had been over the ma nufactory of the defendants, the machinery used there was in all material respects the same as that used by the plain tiffs. An engineer, who had been consulted by the plain tiffs upon the erection of their machinery, swore most posi tively that it was quite impossible to produce the carpets on the l::: s ' of . th e manufactured by th e defendants without an i n f r i ngement . . . , plaintiffs. The affidavits strongly corroborated the circumstances stated by the Learned Counsel in every reapect.—lnjunetion granted. ::%-- IN RE CLEMENTS. The ATTOaNVY-GENTMAL proceedd to reply in this case, which the Learned Gentleman concluded about twelve o'clock, when his Lordship retired into his private room, for the purpose of hearing the lunatic petition in the mat ter of Dlitdhell , which is expected to occupy several days. COURT OF KING'S BENCEI, FF B. 7. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE sat for a short time to hear motions of course, after which their Lordships sat in Banco. Lord TFNTERDEN informed the Bar that the Court ..vould sit, under the King's warrant, during tlee follow ing per;ods after term, namely, from Friday, the 13th inst. to Thursday, the 19th, and limn Wednesday, the 2:2d Al'ril, till Tuesday, May b. his Lordship also inti mated that he should sit with his Learned Brothers on the Monday, Tncsday, and Wednesday, in the first week after Term. THE KING V. REV. J. SIMMONDS. Mr. CA tI'I3ELL moved the Court to discharge a rule ob tained by Sir J. Suarlett, calling upon the .defendant to show cause why a criminal information should not he filed against him for some abusive- expressions towards the late Mayor of Hereford, Mr. Garrat. It appeared that the defendant had received a summons to appear before the Mayor of Hereford at the Guildhall, to show cause why he refused to pay a certain balance of wages to his female ser vant. According to Mr. Garrat's affidavit, the defendant was summoned to attend at 12 o'clock, and did not attend till four; that on discussing dieser vant's claim, the defendant, Mr. Simmonds, behaved with such insolence, that he con r.idered it his duty to order him into custody ; but upon his making an apology, he was released, and agreed to pay the wages. This was on the 4th of Octob e r. O n t h e fol _ lowing Tuesday, after Mr. Garrat had gone out of office as Mayor, he was walking near the Nye Bridge, when he was accosted by Mr. Simtnonds in the following terms: —" You exceeded your duty on Saturday, and are no longer Mayor." Mr. Garrat replied, "Iflam no longer Mayor, I am a Magistrate, and will not be insulted." —Mr. Simmonde then followed him, and said, " You are a dirty fellow and a Magistrate, and I will have you put in the stocks; you are no longer Mayer." Such was the affidavit of Mr. Garrat, who swears that he eon' I not have used abuse, but he (Mr. Campbell) bad the affidavits of two other persona, who heard detached expressions from Mr. Garrat, and their Lordships would find that abuse was used by him, and that the retaliation was very excusable under the circumstances. Mr. Sim motls now swears by his affidavit that on the day in ques tion he attended to the summons at half-past two o'clock, and had agreed to pay the whole of the wages before Mr. Garrat came in. When he entered deponent was writing out. a stamp receipt, which he had prepared for the purpose. Mr. Garrat addressed deponent, with " What, are you going to pay the whole of the wages?" Deponent replied, that he was, and that he should proceed in another way against the servant, for the misconduct of which she had been guilty whilst in his service. Mr. Garrat replied, that he was bound to tell deponent publicly, that he had behaved most shamefully in the business, and had tampered shamefully with the boy ; alluding, as deponent believes, to John Harpole, who had been examined on another occasion relative to some dispute between the ser vant who had summoned him end another ser vant of the deponent's family. Deponent immedi ately wrote down the words tittered by Mr. Garrat on the back of the receipt. This greatly enraged the Mayor, who said that he would have the whole affair published in the newspapers. Deponent replied, that he could do that as well, and Mr. Garrat immediately ordered him into custody. Not wishing to be at variance with the Mayor, he made a slight apology, and was liberated. He was afterwards told that Mr. Garrat had exceeded his duty, and seeing Mr. Garrat on Tuesday, he crossed over to tell him so. A few words passed between them, in which Mr. Garrat said he would be happy to meet him if he would go to law. He was going away, when he added, "_ and expose you, you scoundrel." Deponent followed him, and asked him if his ears had deceived him, or if he had really addressed that epithet to him? Mr. Garret replied by telling deponent that every one called him the fighting parson, and accused him of beating a tinker. De ponent then said, that if it were not for his character as a Clergyman, he should take a decisive course; that it was cowardly of Mr. Garrat to have used the above expres sion., when he knew that deponent could not resent them. lie admitted having added, that Garrat was a disgrace to the Magistrary. Sir J. SCARLETT here remarked, that Mr. Simmonds had had the advantage of swearing last. Mr. CAMPBELL then submitted that the ride ought to be discharged. The COURT thought that it was a ease in which they ought not to interfere, and discharged the rule. REX V. KNIGHT (CLERK). Mr. BROUGHAM moved that the rule in this case should be made absolute. Sir J. Scaamtrr shoved cause against the rule. The defendant was a Clergyman and a Magistrate of the county of Oxford, and the principal charge against him was, that he had, out of res e ntment against a Mts. Higgs, re f use d to grant a license to her husband, who kept a pubhc-honse in a small village near Oxford. Rule discharged, without costs on either side. EX-PARTE INGLIS AND RAIKES, TRUSTF.EB OF THE ESTATE. AND ZPVECT3 OF MESSRS. LAW ES AND CORVALLIER. The ATTORNEY-GENERA I. now showed cause against a rule obtained by Sir J. Scarlett in the course of List Easier Term, calling on the Commi+sioners appointed by the 59th of the late King, for the liquidation.of the claims of British subjects on France, to shetv',cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel them to pay the claims of the applicants from the surplus in their hands in the French Compensa tion Funds. After Sir J. SCA KLETT hail been heard at some length in support of the rule, the Court took time to consider, before pronouncing judgment. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 7. THE KING V. MARY SWINTON. This suit was instituted on the part of the Crown against the defendant for u trespass, inasmuch as she had cut and carried away turf and peat for sale, and to an extent, not warranted by the Act of Parliament. The plea set up for the defendant Was, that having a right of common, she had, under the Act, a right to cut and carry away what ever quantity of turf or peat she thought proper. The CHIEF Baum; delivered his opinion t o th e e ff ect that he did not pushier the plea put in as one Which could be received in justification, and that therefore the verdict should go for the Crown. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, FEB. 7. The Court sat for a short time this morning, and dis pose4l of several motions, none of which possessed any public interes►. Sir CH RISTOPMF.R DOBINSON intimated that it was his intention, on the next Court day, to pronounce judgment in the case of the Adelaide. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEI3. 7. MILLS V. REVETT. Mr. Serjeant WILDE moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not he granted in this case, on the ground that the Learned Judge (Hohoyd) who tried the cange, had, in his address to the Jury, taken an improper view of the case.—Rule refused. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The squadron of Capt. W. Walpole, consisting of the Ranger, 28; Pallas, 42; and Nimrod, 18, are cruising off Terceira, for the purpose, it appears, of obstructing the landing on that island, either of the Constitutional troops which have sailed from Plymouth, or of any armed force in the interest of Don Miguel, Government considering, that granting permission for so large a body of men as composed the former, though un armed, to proceed direct from this country, to that quarter might be construed into an interference on the part of Great Britain in the question between the Emperor Pedro and the Usurper. On the 20th Ult. a small Portuguese squadron from the Tagus, were warned off, and told they could not be per mitted to land the troops they had o}l board; not withstanding which, a frigate on the following day attempted to open a communication with the island, when the Pallas proceeded in chase of her, but although she pursued her for 12 hours, 'she could riot come up with her. Extract of a letter from Malta, dated Jan. 7:— On the 28th idr. arrived his Majesty's ship Dryad, from Pores, with Mr. Canning and suite, French ship of the line • Breslau, with Count Guilleminot ; and the Russian frigate Constantine, with M. de Ribeaupierre; all now performing warar;;;fe; 'they get pratique on the s;Titlp . roceed to Naples a few ,thjit t The Tyriaa arrived from Corfu on the 30th alt, and sailed again for Gibraltar and England on the 2d inst. On the 31st ult. the Mastiff, from Hydra and Poros, and this morning the Mos quito, from Poros and Corfu. The Doris, Captain Sir John G. Sinclair, Bait being condemned is to be broken up at Valparaiso, she having been surveyed, and found unfit for repair. From the circumstance of the freight with which she was charged for England being necessarily trans ferred to other ships, a considerable pecuniary loss will accrue to Sir Jelin. His Majesty's ships Maidstone, Sparrowhawk, and Helicon, were at the Mauritius Dec. 1. The Ri naldo arrived at Jamaica from Falmouth, on the 25th November, and sailed on the 28th for Vera Cruz. The Victor arrived at Jamaica from Grand Catnagres, on the sth December, and sailed from Chagrea on the 7th. The Espcigle arrived from Chagres on the 4th December, and sailed for Ha vannah on the llth. Harpy arrived at Jamaica from St. Jago de Cuba on the 13th December, The Sphynx, from Falmouth, arrived at St. Vincent on the 91 h December, and Jamaica on the 15th. The Harlequin sailed from Jamaica for St. Jago de Cuba on the 13th Deceniher. The Sapphire arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Monte Video, on the 27th of December. The Cadmus sailed from Rio de Ja neiro for Monte Video on the 30th November, and the Heron for Valparaiso, on the lit December. The Alert arrived at Valparaiso, from Coquimbo, on the Bth October, and sailed on the 21st for Arica. The Grasshopper arrived at Ha vannah, from a cruise, on the 7th December. The Barham, from Bermuda, and Mersey, from Jamaica, arrived at Nassau on the 6th December. The Jaseur, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, was spoken on the sth December, in lat. 4. 10. N. long. 23. 12. W. The Britomart, on the Portugal station, was spoken on the 21st January, all well, six weeks from Gibraltar. Mr. Thomas Giles is appointed purser of his Ma jesty's sloop Cordelia. It will be in the recollection of our readers that, a short time since, we stated that R. Blake, Esq. of this Dock-yard, had projected a how for ships of war, which, combining great superiority in other points over that hitherto constructed, t•ould give an ex traordinary advantage to vessels in chase. It was then remarked, that all Naval Officers, of experience as well scientific individuals, to whom the model had been submitted, were so sati,fied of its being an essential improvement in naval architecture, as to express a conviction that it must be adopted. The judgment of the Board, we are happy to ob serve, accords with the opinion of the profession, an order having been this week received to fit the Vin dictive, 74, now in dock,' with a bow formed from Mr. Blake's model. By this plan a great deaidera• turn is obtained—that of enabling vessels of every class to fire a head on a line with the keel. The Brig Marthull, John White, Master, arrived here on Thursday, from Leghorn, laden with grain, for Southampton : she touched at Gibraltar on the 16th, and obtained a clean hill of health on the 17th January, but is under quarantine. The Swedish brig Estatnening, Andreas Woberg, Master, from Genoa, bound to Amsterdam, has put in here, received Fatigue, and gone to Cowes, to remain until the ice is broken up. The Melville, 74, Capt. Henry Hill, arrived on Wednesday from Gibraltar, having :ailed thence on the 19th ult., at which period we have the gratifica tion to state perfect health prevailed in the garrison. The troops had all removed into their barrielts on le 9th and 12th, from, the camps at Europa and the neutral ground, and the inhabitants had returned to their houses and stores. The 16th instant was set aprt as one of solemn thanksgiving to the Almighty, for his beneficent interposition in delivering the gar rison from the epidemic fever, and to propitiate a continuance of the divine favour, for which purpose all places of public worship were opened. The Mel ville reached Gibraltar Bay on the 7th ultimo (in six days' passage), from Plymouth, with detach ments of the 23d, 42d, 43d, and 94th regiments, (four hundred men), mot there remained until her departure, without any other communication with the shore than by letter with the Lieutenant-Go vernor, excepting in the case of the Chaplain, who, at his Excellency's request, landed to perform divine service on the day of thanksgiving. On the 19th, the detachments were disembarked froth the Mel ville and the transports in the Bay, and on that evening the former quitted for England. As she passed Tangiers ou the following morning, a com munication by signal was made to the Melville from the Meteor (lying in the bay with the Ores tes), that the blockade was taken off. The Dart mouth, 42, Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes, C. 8., anchored hi Gibraltar Bay, after a passage of thirty days from Malta, on the 9th ult. under orders from Sir Pulteney Malcolm, to remain there for a time. The John Bushman transport, on her way to Eng land with invalids from Cork (last from Malta in 26 days), anchored in the Bay on the day the Mel ville sailed, owing to contrary winds. She may be looked for daily. The Amity transport, with detach ments of the 12th and 73d (180 men), readied Gib raltar from Cork on the 9th tilt., and were landed with the other troops on the 19th. The Amity was to be fitted 11K,the conveyance to England of con valescents and-Ahe widows of deceased soldiers from the garrison. The Duke of York packet arrived from Falmouth on the 17th, and sailed for Malta on the 19th ult. The homeward packet from the latter island was hourly expected. The Russian line of battle ship passed Gibraltar to the Eastward on the 6th ult., and the Russian frigate and two brigs on the 151 h. The Melville is the .first ship that has brought a clean bill of health from Gibraltar since the fever ; this, however, not exempting her from the performance of quarantine, she was put under that restraint on her arrival. She received pratique yesterday, and this morning came into harbour, and again took up her moorings as a guard-ship at this • port. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STR EET. On Saturday Peter Paul, a native of Zurich, was brought in custody from St. Martin's watch-house, and charged before Mr. HALLS, by a Mrs. Rosser, of No. 17, S.lisbury-stree, Strand, with having defrauded her of 201. under these circumstances : Mrs. Rosser stated, that the prisoner called at her house in the latter end of last December, and hired her first floor, for which he agreed to pay one guinea and a half a week. He represented himself as a wine-merchant in extensive business, and said he was in hourly expectation of receiv- ing a cargo of wine and other articles of foreign merchan dise, which he intended to dispose of in this country. Wit n'ss felt quite satisfied, from these representations and the appearance of the prisoner, that he spoke the truth, and she accordingly not only let him her first floor, but pro vided him from day to day with whatever he wanted. The prisoner lived so well and saw so many friends, that at the end of the week his bill amounted to 201. and up wards. Being pressed for money to pay her taxes, wit ness applied to the prisoner for some money ; but he put her off for a few days, telling her that his vessel had arrived, and was about to discharge her cargo in St.: Katherine's Dock ; but as his agent was unfortunately out of town, he had no money to pay the necessary fees at the Custom house. The prisoner then took from his pocket a bill for 100/., which he said, had but a few days to run, and the acceptance being that of a man of very great opulence in the City, the bill was as good as a bank-note. He then asked her if she could advance him the sum which he re quired to enter his goods at the Custom-house, telling her that he would leave the bill in her hands as security. Wit ness declined this offer, saying that she had no money to lend, and requesting the prisoner to go amongst his city friends and obtain her the 20/., of which she stood in great need. The prisoner promised he would do so, and, putting on Lis hat, the only article in the shape of luggage with which he was provided, he walked away, and she neither saw him nor heard of him after until last Friday evening, when she ascertained that a person answering his descrip tion had been to another lodging house, kept by a widow lady, in Northumberland -street, from whom he had en gaged two parlours at two guineas a week, regretting at the same time, that the first floor, at four guineas a week, was not unoccupied. Upon this information witness went to Northumberland -street, where she saw the prisoner, and upbraided him with his ungentlemanly conduct in leaving I . l tki'Z'Writout seithiig his bill. The prisoner replied, that he had commissioned a friend to settle the matter with her, but he supposed it had escaped his memory. Wit ness then gave the prisoner into custody. Cuss, a constable, stated, that he searched the prisoner, and found upon his pernon a memorandum, containing a list of the several lodging-houses where he had lived for a short period, and the. various sums of which be had de frauded the proprietors. -The list also contained . . uames of other parties whom the prisoner had evidently in tended to gull in a similar manner. The constable 'also found upon the prisoner an agreement between Peter Patti, Esq., of Zurich, on the .one hand, and a widow lady, named Millar, on the other, whereby the latter consented to let her house furnished, situate at No. I, Seymour-street, Portman-square, to the said Peter Paul, Esq., (the pri soner) at the yearly rent of 5001. Mr. HALLS observed, that the prisoner appeared to have a penchant fot• widOws. Mrs. Rosser obsei wed, that such, indeed, appeare 1 to be the fact, as she herself happened to be a widow also. ME. HALLS said, that the prisoner was evidently one of those persons who go about town and live by swindling.— It was a pity that there was no law to reach this species of offence; but, unfortunately, the prisoner had obtained cre dit; and the amount of the fraud became merely a simple contract debt. Persons in the situation of Mrs. Rosser ought to be careful to ascertain the character of those whom they take. into their houses. s. Rosser admitted that she had not been sufficiently c:intions, lint hoped that the case would be publicly noticed in order that other persons in her situation would be put upon their guard not to trust the prisoner. The prisoner, a tall, lusty, fair complexioned man, was then discharged. QUEEN.SQUARE. On Saturday Thomas Gallowin was charged with re ceiving the stun t:6 belonging to Government, which were s'olen from the Bull and Mouth Inn, on the Sd of Sept. last. The eight bundles of stamps, it will be recollected, were directed to Mr. Blackburn, distributor of stamps at Worcester. They were packed up in the counting-house of the Bull and Mouth, nn the night of the 3d of Sept., and on the following morning it was discovered that the office had been forced open, and three of the bundles were missing. Mr. Davis, of Sutton. street, Clerkenwell, said lie had known the prisoner about six years; he was a travelling jeweller, and they had traded together. In the early part of last December the prisoner called upon him, and at his request accompanied him to the - Bull and Mouth, and wrote a letter for him to a person at Worcester ; a few days afterwards the prisoner called upon witness, and said he had been making some speculations in business, but was afraid he should be unfortunate, and begged of him to take charge of two trunks, the contents of which lie un derstood were very valuable. Witness not having room in his shop, requested his sister, who resided at Shepherd's Bush, to take charge of them for the prisoner, and she con sented. A cart was obtained. and the trunks were remov ed from 21, Richardson-street, Bermondsey, to Shepherd's I Bosh, and the prisoner gave witness a sovereign to pay the cartage. They remained at the house of the witness's I sister about two mouths, and witness then ordered them to he removed to a friend's house in Kensington-square. Lloyd, the carter, was then engaged to remove them, and he was apprehended, with the trunks in his possession, at Kensington-turnpike. James Garrett, the owner of tire house in Richardson. street, Bermondsey, said that in September last, a man named Seymour, alias Greenwood, asked his permission to deposit three large parcels at his house, to which he con sented ; a few days afterwards Seymour directed him to deliver the parcels to the prisoner, who came for them with the horse and cart.—The prisoner made no defence, and he was remanded till Wednesday. MATTON-GARDEN. Edward Dtatcontbe, a bookseller, who has recently transferred his establishment front Fleet-market to No. 9, Middle-row, Holborn, where are daily exhibited in his shop-windows, to the eye of public curiosity, prints and books of a filthy and obscene description, and of the most immoral tendency, appeared on Saturday before the sitting magistrates, Mr. Lets and Mr. ROGERS, upon the in formation of William Atkinson, laid under the 39th Geo. 111., cap. 79, for unlawfully printing and publishing— that is, without the printer's name, place of residence, &o. —a certain book, entitled the Frisky Songster, whereby he subjected himself to the penalties of the act,—fine, or imprisonment. A Mr. Butler, who attended professionally for the de fendant, took an objection in lintine to the information, which the Magistrates considered immaterial, and over ruled it. John Baker, the informer'e witness, deposed, that on the 30th of January last he purchased in the defendant's shop the book now produced, upon the first and last leaves of which, contrary to the 27th enactment of the chapter aforesaid, there did not appear the name and abode of the printer. Mr. LAxxc examined the book, and finding on its title page the words "Published, Edward Duacombe, Middle row," observed that a doubt thence arose in favour of the defendant, of which he would give him the benefit, " though," indignantly observed the Magistrate, turning to the defendant, " you are unworthy the benefit of any doubt : you are one of those individuals whose offensive and scandalous publications, whose gross violation of public decency, justly subject them to the severest censure and bitterest invective of every honest man. You are one of _ . time enemies to morality and corrupters of the heart, re specting whom the Magistrates receive daily information in anonymous letters, and are called upon to interpose their anthority to cheek the progress of so grievous and so de plorable an evil. Children of the tenderest years, whose minds are u ninformed by principles, are seen congregating around your shop-windows from morning till night, gloat ing on the wanton and lascivious oijects th ere ex hibit e d to their view, and imbibing a virulent poison that is sure ta corrupt all the streams of life at their very fountain, the heart. If the parish anthoritics had done their duty long ago, you would have experienced the punishment you de serve ; and, perhaps, ere long, you shall find yourself in the House of Correction, committed there as a rogue and vagabond." Addressing himself to Mr. Field, of the Mint, the Magistrate said, " Now, Sir, you, a respectable inhabitant of the parish of St. Andrew, know what our opinion is upon those scandalous exhibitions, and I trust you will act accordingly." Mr. Field replied that he certainly would act in further ance of the intentions and wishes of the Magistrat es . The defendant an d his solicitor then withdrew. M A RLBOROU GH .STREET. A DEALER IN FUTURITT...-All old woman, d resse d i n a moat grotesque manner, whose name iVaa stated t o b e M‘Neil'aliasWalh was placed at the bar, charged with having, by false pretences, obtained a quantity of wearing apparel from a very pretty-looking young Woman of the name of Louisa Allen. The constable informed Mr. Dyer that the prisoner was deaf and dumb, but whether it was the fear of the Houle! Correction' we are unable to explain ; fir, to the su of all present, the hitherto dumb woman made an incli/ tion to speak, which being observed by. the worthy Mae tratelae asked her what her name was. " Riry M‘Neil," she replied. • Mr: DYER.—As you have recovered the use of tongue, perhaps you will now state Soar Age, and how 1 0 • you hare 'been following this trade? To these qaestiO) she made no reply. Louisa Allen said, on Wednesday shit came on a visit! a lady of the name of Cox, at No. 26, Sherrard-se . Soho. On Thursday a person came to the door; whi being opened, th e p r i soner was perceived standi n g the' She handed in the following card :—" Do you or ens the ledis wish to have there fortan told by a gentelwoma° born def and dumb. She can tell what is past, and wla is to corn, and if she don't give you satisfaction yn ar monl shall be retur ne d."—O n l oo ki ng at th i s invitation, aae. Miss Allen, I refused to have anything to do with be e ' when she went away; but in the course of a few titillat e ' I changed my mind, being anxious to hear something re specting a friend of mine. The prisoner, observing ae irresolution, came back, and showed me half a *cross'', signifying that that was her price. She was according? , invited in, when I gave her two shillings and sixpence , s' After having wrote down my fortnne she wrote down that if I would have my planet ruled, it would be three shilling'. additional. After some hesitation I consented t o h a ve I l i done, when she w ro t e d own on t h e tea-beard, with a p i e d l of chalk, the following isentence:—. While I rule tltj plannett let no one open'ithe door bat you, and yon will ae' i William Taylor with me in ten minutes. Mr. DYE-a—Pray do you know, any person of that nal Miss Allen—l d o , Si r . Mr. DYER—How did she k now I t ? Mi ss A11e n ...-. was that which compl e t e l y overpowered all my ch,abte for he is at pr esen t i n t h e W est I n di es, and I was con dent that the p r i soner h a d never seen him. Miss Allen—Sh e th en b egan to chalk upon the ter board several cur i ous fi gures, w hi ch she called a horosenPe; this she 'oohed at intently for 'about ten minutes, a nd thele wrote down, that if I would give Ler an additional 29. she would give me a piece of enchanted herb, which woo° bring the person who was to be my hnshand into my Pre aenee within three days at farthest. I paid her the monei and received the charm in return. She the , ) ,desired " look at my h an d s , w h en s h e examined my , fi r, - er a and en!' three of the n a il s; th ese were to be intrierr o ,h`e aske d _Lave _some arti c l es wort f iri in n presence. I a ccor di ng ly gave h er a veil, two caps, sere'- ' handkerchief. She desired me to inake haste and g iv e them to her, f or th e y oung man was i n great agony daring,: the time. Sh e th en d es i re d me to put t h e enc h ante d h e o nuder my pillow of a night, and went away ; and e° Saturday she returned again, and brought me my n#riti I drawn out. The following is a copy : " You are horn to live to a great age, and yon will le g your last days to he your best days ; and . you will see pfedi sure full days in the w or ld ; an d you w ill see yoursel f we ' settled ; and you will go several journies, and yon will re turn, and always have a eettelment its London. Yoe sister will meet with a deal of trouble, and will he 70 11 ill, and her husband is dying for love for yon at this time; but there is one at this time loves you, and yoti love and he is prevented from coming to yon by his plannettsi he is an honourable good young roan, and yon may depen u that if you sleep three nights - with the herb underyon r bead, and then burn this here herb, you will see William Taylor, and he will offer you . a laWful bed *f ma rriage' You will see that he will make you a good husband, an d yon will never repent marrying William Taylor, and you will see your grand-children." Miss Allen said, upon the prisoner delivering the above paper she wrote down that she could not finish her under taking unless she had a pound. I replied that I had tie; thing like the sum with me. She then wrote down, ha d I any thing of that value, when I mentioned any silk,Pe' lisse and ear-rings. Finding they would do, I took the ear-rings out of my ears, and gave them to her with th e pelisse, and sLe went away. I then began to suspect that I had been imposed on, and Mrs. Cox coming in, I in• formed her of what had taken place, on which we both pursued, and gave the prisoner into custody: Mr. D YER —Y on ' say you never ment i one d t h e name o f William Taylor to her? Miss Allen—l never did. Cook, a constable—Oh, I can explain that circumstone° to you, Sir. Miss Allen and Mrs. Cox spoke of him be; fore the prisoner, not thinking that she was as quick 01 bearing as either of them. The Worthy Magistrate asked the prisoner if she had any thing to say? Prisoner—Nothing, your Worship. Sir G. FARRANT-At all events you have broken the charm, by making the dumb to speak. v t prisoner punish wasyo n then further.committed to the House of Cm' i e h r e e Mr. DrER-i s h a ll comm i t you to t h e House of Cor reetion for th e f u ll per i o d , an d I regret that i t is not i n r d p o rection to hard lab our f or t h ree months. The new society of Magdalen college, in Oxford, having examined the treasury of the college , found, amongst other things, three hundred pieces of old gold, but with this injunction of the founder, that that money is not to be employed in any way but in repairing of the college in case of fire.---Ellis Correspondence. MAIDENHEAD.—A ludicrous scene occurred hero an Wednesday last; a tenant being in arrears f o r rent his landlord distrained on hie goods, and as usual bad placed a man in custody. The tenant and his wife, trot altogether pleased with their new gnest, ' resolved to eject him, by the following ingenious expedient dog, Which was in the habit of prowlin g abont the town, was .enticed into the house, when a frying-pan and gridiron were ar pended to his tail; thus equipped, he soon broke from hi" cover and bolted, when a gallant rhace commenced, in whi the guardian of 'the property and the tenant joined. He was soon overtaken, when the former claimed the property and the Litter resisted, alleging his jurisdiction extended only to the charge of goods in the home. No sooner less the house rid of the unwelcome guest, than the good housewife turned the key on him. On the return of this trust-worthy servant, he found, to hie surprise, that ,he was unexpectedly discharged from his situation, when the malicious tenant exclaimed—" Well here's a game ! I de clare, if my wife ;ern% locked us both out ; well, never mind it ; let's go and talk the matter over a pot." di The man in possession," announced Ito his .employer he had taken the wrong course, and although placed in custody. of the goods, did not prevent the tenant from cur-tailing the property. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Stanstead rectory, Suffolk, the huff of the Rev. S. Sheen, of a eon. On the 3d inst., at the Priory, Cardigan, the lady of G. W. Griffith, Esq., of a son and heir. At Oxford, the lady of Dr. Ogle, of a eon. On the 24 inst., at Gordon Castle; the seat of his Gra - ee the Duke of Gordon, the- lady of• Joined Duff, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at St. Giles's Camberwell, by the Rev. J. A. Hyde, Mr. W. Isaac, of the firm of Swains and Company, Piccadilly, to Caroline, youngest daughter of— _ _ . _ .ie late Charles Porter, Esq., of Broomfield, &SPX. On the sth inst., at Ruslingford church, Joint BarLer, Esq.. of Clare priory, in the county of Suffolk, to Geor gina, eldest daughter of Colonel Weston, of Shadowbus!fr in the same county. On the sth inst., at Lewisham, by the Rev. the Vicar, Eliza, daughter of Richard Smith, Esq., of that place, to Francis Wilson, Esq., of Hawkhurst, Kent. On the sth inst., at Richmond, Surrey, by the Rev. Charles Lawson, M.A.. Mr. George Rydie, of Birming ham, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Hop wood, Richmond. DIED. On the 4th h►st., at Afarkyate Cell, Herte, Mary Anne, the wife of D. G. Adey, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Kentish Town, William Helder, Esq., in his 69th year. On the 6th inst., at his house in Pall-mall, Sir Mark Wood, Bart., aged 82. On the 3d inst„ at Newton priory, Wiltshire, aged 8 1 , the Hun. Jane Estcourt, relict of the late Thomas Est court, Esq , of Esteotirt, Gloncesterskire, and daughter of the Right Hon. James, second Viscount Griniston. On the sth inst., at his house, Chiswell-sheet, Robert Atkinson, Esq., in the 59th year of his age. On the 7th inst., Robert Brantley, of London-walh second son of the late Robert Brantley, Esq., of Leeds. On the 6th inst., in Gower-street, Isabella, daughter of William Brodrick, Esq., in her 10th year. On the sth inst, in Upper Nor►on-street, Harriet, relict of the late Josiah W. Tnekett, Esq., of the Colony of Ber bice, South America. On the 6th inst., at Kennington Common, aged six years, Alicia Jane, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Dedham, Essex. On the 7th inst., at York-place, Portman-spare, aged 58, Mary, the wife of James Farquharson, Esq.,. On the 7th 'inst., at Ashley-park, Surrey, Frances Charlotte Fletcher, aged 15, the only surviving daughter of the late Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNP, at the SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONTIOSt.