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USE OF SALT IN EXTINGUISHING FIRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTSMAN. No, 11,330. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1829. PRICE 71). Samples of the Oatmeal, Pease, and Cocoa, must be produced by the party tendering. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the Price iu Irords at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appoints/4 ; end the person who makes the. Tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called fix. AL WALLER CLIFTON. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Dec. 31, 1828. 1111 E Commissioners for Victu a lli ng His la- Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give notice, that on TunIiSDAY, eh 15th day of January next, they will be ready to receive Terd&s in writing (sealed up), and treat for Twenty Thousand SHIRTS Two Thonsand Ditto, for Hospital use Fire Thousand DUCK FROCKS Five Thousand DUCK TROWSEftS Ten Thousand FLANNEL IVALI,:TCOATS Ten Thousand FLANNY.L DRAWERS Ten Thousand BLACK..SILK HANDKERCHIEFS One Thousand CAPS, for Boats' Crews • Three Thousand FLUSHING JACKETS To be delivered into the Victualling Stores at Deptford, one-half thereof by the 31st day of March next, and the reenaindor by the 30th day of April following. Also for Ten Thousand BLANKETS, To be delivered at a Pasker's in London, in the month of May next. Patterns of the above-mentioned articles, and the Con ditions of the Contracts, may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed, atd the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. WEST INDIA DOCK COMP A N Y. rrHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ..11- WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY heret' , givo Notice, .that a kLF-YEARLY GENERAL COURT will he hold, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Par &uncut, at the West India Dock House, 8, Billiter-splare, Faioar, the 9th of January next, at One o'Clock in the afternoon ' at Which Meeting a DIVIDEN D will be de-, chrod for the half year ending the 31st instant. By order of the Court, H. LONGLANDS, Secretary. Weat India Dock House, Dec. 16, 1828. W.B. ilso Chair will he taken at Two o'Clock precieely. THE SAILOR'S DEPOT. THE DIRECTORS of the ROYAL BRUNSWICK MARITIME ESTABLISH MENT have the pleasure to announce, that although various delays have necessarily taken place, they have now succeeded in purchasing and completely paying by Public Subscription, for the LEASEHOLD INTEREST, which the Assignees of Messrs. 'MAURICE and CARRUTHERS held in the site on which the late ROYAL BRUNS WICK THEATRE stood, and they have paid likewise for all the present RUINS of that THEATRE. They have also signed the final arrangements to purchase the *bele of the FREEHOLD PROPERTY in that Ground, and to pay down between One and Two Thousand Pounds for that Freehold on FRIDAY, MA Y 29, so that the Ground Inter be devoted for ever to the Benefit of Sailors. A pußuc MEETING will be held for this purpose at the City of London Tavern, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1829, when further arrangements for building a Re ceiving and Shipping Depot, a Distressed Sailor's Refuge, and a Sea Boy's Rendezvous, will be considered and dis cussed. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MANDEVILLE will take the Chair at Half-past Five. EMOLLIENT VEGETABLE SOAP. IN this SOAP is introduced VEGETABLE -it OILS and HERBS of the most approved emollient *ltialitiee, as likewiselxtracts from Flowers of the purest ir ,"'grance. The skin, by its constant appli ca ti on , w ill "'came perceptibly soft and clear, and the unpleasant sen sation derived from sudden changes of slirnate and seasons, as well as the harshness which it generally acquires from sea-bathing, will speedily be removed ; besides the above advantages, its peculiarlyagreeahle application has obtained h the favour of the Nobility and Gentry, whose unequi vocal approval emboldens the Proprietors to engage for its PerMantat reeeptien at every . Ladies' teNette, if once used. Made and sold at la. a square by Rigge, Brockbank, and Xigge, 35, New Bond-street. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COM PANY, D3TABLISHED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Capital £5,000,000 Sterling. LIFE DEPARTMENT. BOARD Off' DIRECTION. I'ItESiDENTS. 341 k 9 living, Esq., M. P. N. M. Rothschild, Esq. Fr‘nci s Raring, Esq. SfaseeMontefiore, Esq. %Mitt Gurney, Eaq. 11( James Alexander, Esq. M.P. G. H. I3arnett, Esq. Edward Blount, Esq. John Bowdon, Esq. T. Powell Buxton, FAT M.P. Arelagild Campbell, En. William Crawford, Esq. Sir P. T. Farquimr, Bart. U. P. T. A. Curtis, Esq. Edward Fletcher, F_.sq. George Harrison, Esq. William Howard, Esq. John Innes, Esq. William Kay, Esq. H. M. Thornton, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. AUDIORS. Henry A. Douglas, Esq. - Thomas Masterman, Esq. John Routh, Esq. BA NEERS.-Measts. Barnett*, Hoare, and Co. Acre - ALT.—Benjamin Gomperta, Esq. F. R. S,, SIirtRTAILY.-Andrew Hamilton, Esq. Pur 'cux•—John R. flume, M. D. Curzon-street. Soeterroa.—John M. Pearce, Esq. Suarnyoa.—Thomas Allason, Esq. The principles of Life Assurance are cow so generally understood, that it is unnecessary at eresent to attempt their fuller elucidation.. The object of this Advertisement is to present to the Public the advantages and facilities which are enjoyed in transacting business with this Company. Assurances are effected on moderate terms ; the rates required for Assurance on the greater period of life being lower than those charg e d by most respectable offices. The ae.snrrrs for the whole of life participate in the Profits, whirl] are to be divid e d at the close of every successive period of five years, and which may be applied either to the tsaerease of the sum "smell, or to the diminution of the future payments of the Policy. Assurances may be effected either by one payment made at the commencement of the Assurance, or by Annual Payments closing at the end of fi ve , ten, fifteen, or twenty years, at the option of the Meurer ; or by Annual Payments to the time the Assurance shall elope.—The lives of females in a state of Pregnancy, are accepted at the common preminm, a small fine only lasing imposed for the fist year's Assurance; and the ordi nary eases of Gout, Hernia, and several other diseases may be roeered under a small extra charge commensurate to the enertissed risk. The Aires of Naval and Military Offic ers , not engaged in.aetnal service, are assured at the com mon Ta t o , of premium, and persons do not lose the benefit of their Assurance by residing abroad in any part o f the Con tinot of Europe, provided they proceed thither in decked 'Tassels by any pert between the Texel and Havre, and take abip ton their return within the same limits. The lives of persoimgoing abroad, are assured under an extra premium commensurate. with the additional risk. There is as charge coy entrance.nloney, or for the policy, beyond the value of the stamp. The appearance of those individuals *hose lives are pro- Posed for Assurance may be taken every day, Sunday ex ted, at the office of the Company, No. 1, Bartholomew :Ns, London, or by any of the Agents of the Company 7 1 Inghout the Country. A. HAMILTON, Secretary. ,_APProcations for the Agencies of the Company, for the Lviseentinn both of Life anti Fire busine4s, in those place 1 1 ?itre,.. nu Agents have as yet been appointed, " . may be ad reessd to the SecretitrY, Mr. Hamilton, Allt4mee Assurance "nix' London.. AUTOMATA. r si-°' OPEN, at the HORSE BAZAAR, King-street and Baker -street, Portman-square, the magnificent EXHIBITION of MUSICAL and MECHA NICAL AUTOMATA; comprising nearly twenty dif ferent subjects : including the celebrated Musical Laly, Juvenile Artists, Magician, Rope Dancer, and Walking Figure; also a magnificent Classic Vase, made by order of Napoleon ; together with a Serpent, Birds, Insects, and other subjects of Natural History—the whole displaying, by their exact imitations of animated nature, the wonder ful powers of mechanism.--Open from Eleven to Six.— Admittance In. 6d. ; Children Is. The whole of the Exhibition for Sale; also several Self acting and other Musical Instrtanaents. PATENT FRENCH AND ENGLISH LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, &e. EVANS, (Fish-street-hill), Manufacturer fir • and Improver of the deservedly much admired French Lampe, begs leave t• announce to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that he has just completed an ex tensive Stock of the above elegant and economical Article, combining all the kite improvements, which may be had of all sizes and designs, in Bronze, Plated, and Ormolu, with plain or ornamental dome shades, adapted for the dinner table, sideboard, hall, staircase, conservatory, &c. at very reduced prices. . This Lamp is warranted to diffuse a light equal tc, six wax candles at the escpence of only one, and may be safely forwarded in packing boaea (2s. Gd. each) to any part of the Kingdom. Orders of any extent executed in the course of a few hours, by addressing a line to J. EVANS, at his Stove orate, and Lamp Bazaar, Fish-street-hill (corner of Great East Cheap) near the Monument, or at his Ware-rooms, No. 5, Finsbury-place (South), near Finsbury-square, London ; where may be had, Genuine unadulterated Sperm Oil (producing neither smoke nor smell), at 6s. per Gallon. A variety of Bronze and Ormolu OHANDELIERS' Hall Lamps, &c. TWENTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COM MERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY. JOHN GARRATT, Esq., Alderman, President. THE Members of this So c iety are reques t e d to attend a GENERAL MEETING, to be held at the Old London Tavern, BishOpsgate-street, on WEDNICS DAY, Jan. 7, for the ELECTION of OFFICERS, and other important business. N.B. The President will take the Chair atEleven. The Society, as usual, intend to have the pleasure of DINING _ together upon the occasion, and hope to be favoured with the company of every Member and their friends, (to meet the President--the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and Sheriffs), who feel an interest in the prosperity of the Institution. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair. STEWARDS. William Ward, Esq., M.P. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., M.P. John Hall, Esq , Hanoverian Consul. W. FL Brind, .Esq. Daniel Hawkins, Esq. Paul Briscoe, Ell. Thomas Ingledew, Esq. John Clementson, Esq. James Keen, Esq. J. P. Cook, Esq. Chapman Marshall, Esq. James Cousins, Esq. John Miller, Esq. R. S. Cox, Esq. Edward Tewart, Esq. John Downes, jun., Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Jeremiah Evans, Esq. Wm. Were, Esq. Thomas Gates, Esq. Charles Were, Esq. Dinner Tickets, 20s. each, to be had of the Stewards ; of any Member of the Committee ; of the Secretary, at the Office, 25, Cateaton-street, to whom an early application is requested ; and at the Bar of the Old London Tavern, —By Order of the Committee, THOMAS PEACH, Scc. 25, Cateaton-street, Dec. 15, 1828. 1 ORD BYRON'S WORKS. A New ALI and Beautiful Edition, with Portrait and Plates Four Pocket vols. 18nio.. Prise only 18s. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-stw` This day was published, Second Edition, 2 vols. post Bvo price 15s. SKETCHES OF PERSIA. From the Journals of a Traveller in the East. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street This day was published, No. V. (to be continued every - Two Months, alternately with the Gardene►•'s Maga zine) Ss. 6d. THE MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, and JOURNAL of ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, and ME TEOROLOGY. Conducted by J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S. H.S. &e. Vol. I. containing the first five Nos. may now be had lss. boards. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. Of whom may be had, by the same Anthor, The GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, Vole. 1 to 4, 2/. 19s. 6d. DANIELL ON METEOROLOGY. This day was published, the Second Edition, in Bvo., price 18e. METEOROLOGIC AL ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS; embracing, among others, the following important Subjects :—On the Constitution of the Atmosphere—On the Climate of London—On the Trade Winds, considered with regard to Mr. Daniell's Theory of the Constitution of the Atmosphere, by Cap tain Basil Hall, R.N. F.R.S.—On Evaporation, as con nected with Atmospheric Phenomena—On Climate, con sidered with regard to Horticulture—On the Oscillations of th; Barometer—On the Gradual Deterioration of Ba rometers, and the Means of Prevention—On the Horary Oscillations of the Barometer, &c. &c. With Plates of Instruments, Diagrams, and Linear Tables. Second Edi tion, improved and enlarged. By J. FREDERICK DANIELL, F.R.S. Printed for T. and G. Underwood, 32, Fleet-street. " THE OLD SOLDIER TURNED POLITICIAN." " WRITING versus " FIGHTING." ADecidedly CONSTITUTIONAL JOURNAL, under the popular Title of TIM OLD SOLDIER, will be published, (price 7d.) on Sun day next, the 4th of January, 1829 ; and as there are Po liticians and Agitators ridiculous in themselves, and whose consummate vanity places them in ridiculous situations, one mode by which " The Old Soldier " will attack such persons will be, by Illustrating the Politics of the Day by Caricatures. The first subject of the Series will represent " The Old Soldier turned Politician." "Doing," rot " Talking," being the characteristic of " The Old Soldier.' A Preliminary Address to his Country is published at the Office, No. 4, Catherine -street, Strand, price 2d. Advertisements will be acceptable; sod as all the world knows where a Newspaper is to be bought, so where all the world goes, there will be found at Lis post " The Old Soldier." GRAY'S SUPPLEMENT TO THE PHARMA CONEIA, INCLUDING THE NEW FRENCH REMEDIES. Fourth Edition, 1828, improved and enlarged. This day was published, in Svo., price 14s. A SUPPLEMENT to the PHARMA iw COPCEIA ; being a TREATISE on PHARMA COLOGY in general ; including the Drugs and Com pounds which are used by Practitioners of Medicine, and most of those which are used in the Chemical Arts, or which undergo Chemical Preparations, together with a Collection of the most useful Aledical Formulre; an Expla nation of the Contractions used by Physicians and Drug gists ; and a very copious Index, English and Latin, of the Names by whiCh the Articles have been known at different periods. By SAMUEL FREDERICK GRAY. Printed for T. and G. Underwood, 32, Fleet-street. The present Edition contains a large collection of the most approved Horse and Cattle Medicines, and Per fumery. By the earns Author, ELEMENTS of PHARMACY and CHEMICAL HISTORY of the MATERIA MEDICA, Sve. 101. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMURIDGE, JAN. 2.--The Rev. W. Hanson, B.A. Fellow and Tutor of Trinity-hall, was on Saturday last appointed to a Senior Fellowship and Tutorship of Caius college. On the same day, J. Smith, B.A. was elected a Junior Fellow ; and F. 0. Martin, W. Stokes, and J. H. Jer rard, 8.A., Perse Fellows of that society. The Rev. Hugh Rose, B.D. of Trinity college, was on Friday elected Christian Advocate, by the trustees of tht late Mr. Hulse's bequest. • The Hulsean prize for last year has been adjudged to' Mr. A. Watson, of Catharine hall, fur his dissertation upon the following subject : How fur have the Laws of the Jews been abrogated by the Christian Dispen sation ? The following. is the subject for the present year:— What was the -ertent of the knowledge which the Jews had of a future State, at the time of our Saviour's appearance • The Master and Fellows of Trinity hall have presented the Rev. Horatio Banks, LL. B. vicar of Dullinghain, to the living of Cowlinge, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Isaacson. • At an ordination held by the Bishop of Bath and Wells on the 21st ult. the following gentlemen of this university were ordained : DEACON-Henry Bond, Chri.t college. PRIESTS—G. Goo:len, B.A. Jesus coll. ; W. Whiter, B.A. St. Peter's college.- On the same day the Bishop of Bangor ordained the fol lowing gentlemen : Pants - a—Edw. Owen, 8.A., Downing; .1. Roberto, B.A. Trinity college. DEacox—J. Rowland, B.A. Magdalen. - - The following gentlemen were also ordained by the Bishop of Chester:— PaiEsTs—F. Smith, Al. A. St. John's; F. Ford, R. A. Trinity; J. Baker, B.A. Sidney Sussex; J. Horrox, B.A. and Wm. Mason, B.A. Trinity; R. Rempthorne, B.A. St. John's ; E. Smith, B.A. Pembroke. DEACONS—J. Haselgrave, B.A. and W. Tyrer, B.A. Catharine hall ; T. Ashworth, 13. A. Trinity ; G. Du gard, B.A. Nt. John's ; T. Bosdell, B.A. Magdalen ; G. Corper, B.A. Pembroke ; H. Costobadie, B.A. St. Jelin's; J. Piston, B.A. Queen's. &me day the following► gentlemen were ordained by the Bishop of Gloucester :-. PRIEST—R. Templeman, LL.B. Trinity. . DEA coNs—C. James, B.A. Christ's; W. Phillips, B.A Corpus Christi. The Rev. L. V. Vernon was lately installed Archdeacon tif Cleveland, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Arch deacon Wrangham., The number of persons existing in France who had been liberated from sentences to the gallies, after having undergone their punishment, is estimated at 11,402. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. J. JoHN sToNE.—The remains of this justly celebrated actor, who :field supreme sway in Irish characters for the last 45 years, are to be removed from his late residence, No. 5, Tavi stock-row, Covent-garden, this afternoon, at two o'clock, for interment in one of the vaults beneath the church of St. Paul, Covent-garden. The body is to he deposited in a hearse drawn by six horses, and followed by six mourning coaches, containing Messrs. Kemble, Price, Fawcett, John Bannister, Matthews, Elliston, Munden, I'ope, Powell, rlalley, T. Cooke, Power, Cooper, Keeley, Blanchard, with several friends who had long known and esteemed the deceased. There is, says a Paris letter, i x St. P e l ag i e , the King's B enc h of Paris, at this very moment, an American, Colonel Swann, who has been confined there these 25 years. Endeavours have often been made in France to dis Cover a substitute for foreign coffee. According to 31. Pajot Deseharmes, the seeds of the broom answer this purpose exceedingly well, according to the °Ogg me person who has taken it for dera,tely roasted, ground on +« ^' in the manner of finds no difference between it and coffee. It is not the garden, but the forest broom, the seeds of which are to be taken for this use. It ap pears that in that part of Holland bordering upon Ger many this substance has been used for coffee for many years. Much as Walter Scott is read everywhere, in no country of the globe is the enthusiasm for him carried to so high a pitch as in Denmark. A single number of the Copenhagen Journal contains the announcement of three different translations of one of his works ; and a pro fessor of theology has even gone so far as to recommend to his pupils the study of the Waverley novels, as the surest way of attaining that knowledge of mankind so indispen sable in ministers of the gospel.—Bllit. fur Lit. linter. Grain of all kinds, maize, the seeds of cruci form plants, potatoes, &c. by treatment with chlorine are much increased in vegetative power, are sooner ripe, and produce a crop three or four times as great as that ob tained under ordinary circumstances. The process is to steep the seed twelve hours in river water (never in well-water), then 14 or 15 drops of a strong solution of chlorine is to be added for each quart of water, the whole well mixed, and the maceration of the seed con- tinned for six hours longer in the sunlight, and under a bell-glass, or for want of a bell•glass under a cover made with Oiled paper. The seed is :then to be separated from the liquid on a cloth, and for the convenience of sowing mixed with a sufficient quantity of cinders, sand, or dry earth. When sown, the water of maceration is to be poured over the ground. The strange avarice of a Laplander is most gratified in collecting vessels, or even pieces of silver and gold, nav, even of brass. These, from his mode of life, can be of little or no use to him ; and, being unable to carry this treasure with him upon his journey, he buries them in some unknown spot, so that, in the event of death they are frequently lost. A liberated convict, named Peverone, whose numerous murders had given him great celebrity in Cor sica, was shot on the 10th ult. by a corporal stationed at Ajaccio. This notorious bandit, however, defended him self with great obstinacy against the whole of the eosnpany commanded by the corporal, and wounded several of them before he received his own death-blow. It gives us great pleasure to learn, by the last accounts from Florence, that at the time they were written, the Marquis of Douro and his brother Lord Charles Wellesley, were visitors of that city, as this in telligence effectually sets at rest a rumour which has been for some days in circulation, namely, that the victims in the horrible Turkish: tales of mutilation end poisoning (first published in the Brighton Gazette, and subse quently noticed in all the London Papers) were no other than the two young Noblemen above-mentioned. From the first we considered the whole story extremely apo cryphal ; we are now satisfied that it never had any foundation. SHERIFF PARKINS' EXCHEQUER BILLS. —Sheriff Parkins fortherly banked with — Fauntleroy, but it happened that one night the Sheriff had a dream that it not right to leave his 20,000 Exchequer Bills there; he accordingly proceeded the next morning to demand his property, but Fauntleroy made some evasive answer to the sheriff, which threw him into a great rage, end deter mined him to have his bills. Fauntleroy, finding that lie was not to be got rid of, returned him the amount; but, on the Sheriff's examining the bills, he found that they Were not. of the same numbers which he deposited with them. lie was, however, contented with obtaining his property again, with which he immediately proceeded to Child's. On having an interview With one of the prin cipals of the house, he began to be vituperative against Fauntleroy, which the principal would not listen to.— This again enraged the Sheriff, who went off with his bills i❑ his pocket. It soon after, happened, that Sheriff Parkins was standing as candidate for. an election, and on being on the hustings, his competitor demanded to know who he was, and from whence he came? The Sheriff im mediately put his hands to his pocket to exhibit his bills, but to his great astonishment they were not to be found. This caused great confusion in the town, and at the mar ket-place, but after some search his property was disco vered, and again restored to him. The above adventure was the cause of his placing his Exchequer Bills in the hands of Stephenson. Their further adventures may be as various. LORD TENTERDEN'S ACT. • The Act of the 9th Geo. IV. chap. 14, entitled " An Act fer rendering a written Memorandum ne cessary to the Validity of certain Promises and En gagements," came into operation on the Ist of Ja nuary. By the first section, it' is provided that no acknowledgment or promise shall be deemed stiffi dent- to take a case out of the Statute of Limita tions, unless it be in writing or by part payment : and by the third section it is enacted, that no in dorsement or memorandum of any payment, written or made upon any promissory note, bill of exchange, or other writing, by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment shall be made, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such payment. This enactment is of great importance, especially to commercial men. It is well known by the Statute of Limita tions (21 James I. c. 16) no action can be brought upon a promissory note, unless commenced within six years fronsrth)s date, or within six years after an acknowled, of the existence of the debt; hut with respect to bills and notes , bearing interest, it has been held that the successive endorsements of the receipt of interest were sufficient to take the case out of the statute, although signed by the payer only, provided the last endorsement appeared to have been made within six years preceding the action. It will, however, now be incumbent on the holder of every promissory note to obtain a new one within six years from the date of the last en -dorsement, or an acknowledgment signed by the debtor (by indorsement or otherwise) that the money is still unpaid. The Act contains several'other important clauses, rendering written memoranda necessary in several cases where verbal acknowledgments or engagements were heretofore held sufficient; among other things, it enacts that any promise made after full age to pay a debt contracted during minority, or any other con firmation after twenty-one, of a simple contract or promise, while under age; or any representation concerning the character or credit of another person, made in order that he might obtain credit, money, or goods upon it, must, to render the party liable, be in writing. There is also another important provi sion, deserving particular notice—namely, no con tract for the sale of goods - to the value of 10/. or upwards , is to be allowed to be gooe4 except the buyer shall accept part of the goods, or give some thing in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part pay ment, or some written memorandum of the bargain shall be made, notwithstanding the goods may be intended to be delivered at some future time, or may not, at the time of the contract, be fit or ready for delivery. By the eighth section, the written memoranda required by the Act are exempt from stamp duty. THE ARMY. On Friday last a Court Martial assembled at the New Barracks, Limerick, at which Captain Gray, of the 36th Regiment presided, to investigate certain charges preferred against private Thomas Roche, of that regiment, by a countryman, named Patrick Grady. It appeared that on . Christmas eve, about' seven o'clock, Grady, who lives near Meelick, was on his way home, when he met Roche, who was a distance after three other soldiers coming into Li merick, all of whom appeared to him to be intoxi cated. Deponent stated, that he previously heard that there was some quarrelling . between the soldiers and the country people. He asked Roche what was the matter, and immediately he drew his bayonet, forated his coat, and made au incision of the skin near the hip. In the struggle they both fell, and after getting up, the soldier took his (Grady's) hat, leaving the cap he wore after him. Grady, as soon as he discovered that he was net severely wounded, came into Limerick, and gave the cap to the Brigade Major, to whom he made the statement of what oc curred. These were the chief facts of Grady's case. He then proved the hat to have been his; and the Adjutant of the regiment having been called, deposed to having found it on the prisoner, and also that the cap left by Grady with the Brigade Major was that produced in Court, which the soldier ac knowledged to be his. The Court adjourned to the following morning, when a further examination of Grady took place, after which the case was finally postponed, until a Court of Inquiry was appointed to investigate the affair. . On Tuesday morning the.67th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed in Liverpool, under the command of Colonel Burslem, were marched from their parade, in Clayton-square, to a vacant piece of ground near Toxteth Park, for the purpose of having a new pair of colours presented to them. Upon the arrival of the regiment on the ground, about eleven o'clock, they were formed into a square, and the two senior Ensigns received the colours from the hands of Co lonel Burslem's lady, who delivered an address suit able to the occasion. Immediately on the reception of the flag, the band of the regiment struck up the national anthem of" God save the King," the sol diers presenting arms; and after giving four times four cheers, were marched to Clayton-square, from whence the colours were conducted to the Colonel's quarters, under the guard of the first company of Grenadiers. The Earl of Sefton, accompanied by his Countess, Lord Molyneux, and several of the female branches of the family, together with a number of ladies and gentlemen, honoured the regiment with their presence during the ceremony. In the evening the officers of the regiment dined together at the Waterloo Hotel.—Liverpool Courier. The surest and most convenient way of ren dering meat or poultry speedily tender, is to wrap it in a cloth to preserve it from dirt, and expose it the preceding evening to a gentle and constant heat—such as the hearth of a fire-place.--Jour. des Conn. Usuelles. ROWLAND STEPHENSON3THEEX-BANKER. —Rowland Stephenson, the banker, whom you mention as having rather unceremoniously withdrawn himself and a considerable sum of money, is a man of so much inge nuity, experience, and travel, that the visit amongst the Western States of North America, which your City Cor respondent has chalked out for him, so far from being dis pleasing to him, will suit his likings, and enable him to find himself quite "at home." Years ago he had tra yelled much, and amongst the Indians, in both hemi spheres, it I mistake not ; certainly in various wilds, where it was requisite for him to carry his gun, to earn, or rather to procure, his dinner. This he did for a long period, and with this course of life he was much delighted. It occasioned him to perfect, rather than to acquire, the useful talent of providing and attending upon himself un der all circumstances ; so that the absence of servants, shops, and markets, to him created no inconvenience. " Robinson Crusoe" himself (or in reality Alexander Sel kirk, Daniel Defoe's model for Robinson Crusoe) was not a " handier" man. He had every species of Crusoe cle verness—but, above all, he was a specially good sports man ; and he could sport well even without dogs, and the other " paraphernalia" of so much consequence to your " Gentlemen of England, who live at home at ease." He was an admirable mechanic, a right excellent turner ; lie could use a lathe with skill and taste ; but, to leave off particularities, - tosee him, to hear him speak, to observe his simple pleasures, he was the last man in England you would have supposed to be likely to grasp at enormous wealth by enormous crime and fraud, if all that has been said be true. But if he be the Rowland Stephenson, the London banker, whom, years ago, I met and beard of in sporting excursions in Suffolk and on the borders of Nor folk, amongst the American Indians, in the back settle ments of the United States, lie will find himself quite at home and at ease.—Morning Paper. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, BANKRUPTS William Remington, Rowland Stephenson, David Pc ben Remington, and Joseph Petty Toulmin, Lomhai d street, hankers, to surrender Jan. 9, at one, 16, at to el' e, and Feb. 13, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Barrow, Vincent, and Plumley, Basinghall-street. Thomas tiodgson and Thomas Hartley, Cheapside, warehousemen, Jan. 13, 16, at nine, and Feb. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bell and Broderick, Bow- Church-yard ; James, Bucklersbury. Richard Thomas, Piccadilly, coach-proprietor, Jan. 6, 16, at one, and Feb. 13, at two, at the Court of Commis sioners. Ford, Pall-mall. William Cooper, Nottingham, wine-merckant, Jan. 13, 16, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Black's Head Inn, Not tingham. Fearnhead and Campbell, Nottingham ; Hurd and Johnson, Temple, London. John Bradley l✓teaumont, Newcastle-under-Lyme, com mon-brewer, Jan. 9, 16, at eleven, and Feb. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Ewington and Chilcote, Walbroolc. DIVIDENDS. John Allen, Short-street, New-cut, Lambeth, Surrey, builder, Jan. 27, at two, at tke Court of Commissioners.- William Shattock Bowen, St. Albans, Hertford, surgeon, Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Thomas Hacker, Bank side, Surrey, timber-merchant, Jan, 30, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Robert Thornley, Vale House, Mottram-in-Lengden dale, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, Feb. 8, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Jatnes Bremmer, William Yates, and Alexander Smith, Manchester, merchants, Feb. 5, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. William Thomas Roper, jun., Houndsditch, carpenter, Jan. 23, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Christopher Hammond Wearing and William Green wood, St. Paul's Church-yard, merchants, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. William Mathews, Crooked-lane, tin-plate-merchant, Jan. 27, at ten, at the Court of Commissioner,. Joseph Eveieigh, Manchester, merchant, Feb. 7, al wo, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Marina Rolfe, Mansfield•place, Kentish-town, victualler, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Sir Walter Roberts, Bart., Courtlands, Devon, banker, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. William Smith and Thomas Richards, Manchester, tailors, Feb. 4, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. John Whittle, Rochdale, flaunel-manufacturer, Feb. 7, at nine, at White's Hotel, Manchester. James Fisher, Llanthewy-Skerrid, Monmouth, maltster, Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Abergavenny. Charles Stretton and Wra. Bonfield, Great St. Helen's, wine -merchants, Jan. IS, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Samuel Sidwell, Bath, Somerset, spirit-merchant, Jan 28, at one, at the White Lion inn, Batt. Felix Jones, Bristol, mason, Feb. 4, at one, at the Com. mercial Rooms, Bristol. William Webster and John Yates, Bolton-le-Moors, Lan cashire, ironmongers, Jan. 6, at two, at the Commercial inn, 13olton-le-Moors. Peter Banks, Bradley, Staffordshire, coal-master, Jan. 23, at ten, at the Littleton Arms Inn, Penkridge, Stafford , shire. CERTIFICATES.—JA,vsns• '23. Isaac Hands jun., Aston, Warwick, brass-founder. James Nicholls, Kidderminster, innkeeper. George Moravia, Bucklershury, merchant. William Merrick, jun., Bristol, carpenter. Emanuel Manly, Long-acre, chemist. John Thompson, Liverpool, brewer. William Hobbs, Bristol, druggist. Joseph Enock, Bath, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henry Wild and Thomas Mild, St. Martin's-lane, wine merchants. Flora Kew and Robert Kew, Norwich, jewellers. Edmund Butterworth and John Fulton, Rochdale, Lan - tersbire, lace-manufacturers. William Griffith and Richard Hall Griffith, Bath, eurriers. John James, F. L. Bodenhan, and Thomas Hardwick, Hereford, attornies-at-law. Jacob Carruthers and Robert Patterson, Croydon, tea dealers. Thomas, James, John, and Benjamin Ashton, Newton- Bank, Chester, calico-printers, Thomas, James, and John Ashton, Hyde, Chester, cot ton-manufacturers. William and James Ward, Jewin-street, Jewin-crescent, and 'White-friais New-wharf. Butcher, Moncur, and Co. Mark-lane, spirit-deslers. John Mounsey, Thomas Rie'dardson, Thomas Mounsey, Thomas Richardson, jun. and John Mounsey, jun. Bishop- Wearmouth, furriers. John Dashwood and Willia►u Dashwood, Southampton, painters. George Green and Chas. Ttlottram,Shrewilbury, mercers. Alexander Ross and David Craig, Grange-road, Ber mondsey. James James and John Gray, Bishops Waltham, Herta, grocers. _ _ _ Zachary Macaulay and Thomas Gisborne Babington, merchants. John Beatson, Robert Carter, and John Bonus, George.. yard, Lombard-street, insurance-brokers. Ann and George Chidley, Leicester-street, Leicester square, ironmongers. - Thomas Clark, John Gilmore, and Robert P Clark, Bristol, ship-agents. Rich. Masters and Baynham Jones, Cheltenham, coal mon-brewers. John Anyon and Jas. Hollings, Charles-street, Covent garden, bookbinders. Sarah Coliens and Mary Barham, Pall-mall, dress makers. Edward B. and Thomas Corney, and John W. Bridges, Old Broad-street, wine-merchants. Thomas Connorton and John Merideth Connorton, Thomas-street, Horsleydown, mast-makers. William Henry West and William Baglehole, Corn Ex change, Mark-lane, corn-factors. William Bell, Thomas Winkworth, and Henry Wink worth, Cheapside, silk-manufacturers. Lewis Henry Lazarus (acting for his son, Henry Lazarus, a minor), Bevis-Marks, London, pencil-manufacturer, Abraham Lyon and Nathan Jacob Calisher, Birmingham, jewellers. John Dearman, Henry Lyne, and Edwin Harford, Free man's-court, Cornhill, stock-agents. John Fairweather Harrison, Antonia Joaquim Freire Marrero, Henrique Joze da Silva, and Jacob Ruffy, wine merchants. Antonio Joaquim Freire Marreco, Henrique Joao da Silva, and Jacob Ratify, merchants. Roger Banks and Andrew Richardson, Boston, Lincoln, shipwrights. John Bannatyne and R. 13. Dunlop. Theophilus Richards and William Broomhead, Birming ham, merchants. Daniel Barrett and James Franks, Green Lettuce-lane, wholesale-coffee-dealers. William Kay, Joseph Kay, and Benjamin Syddall, Man chester. John Mason and Thomas Morris, Haymarket, hatters. Robert Kendall and John Williams, Cheltenham, linen drapers. Alfred Anstie, Geo. Taylor, and :Henry Appleton, Cooper's-row, sail-cloth factors. Wm. Wild and Robert Wild, Prospect-place, Cambridge heath, joiners. Thos. Marshall, sen., Thos. Marshall, jun., and Chas. Marshall, Iligh-street, Whirechapel, cheesemongers. Frederick William Stephenson and Ellis Reeve, Pope's Ilead-Alley, Cornhill, stock-brokers. John Bowler, James Bickerton, and George Paull, hat manufacturers. Theophilus Carr, John _Gooch, and John Vanner, Wood-street, Spitalfields, silk manufacturers. James Smith and Wm. Smith, Langley, Chester. James Bushnell, Wm. lioneywill, and Wm. Wool, Oxford-street, coach-makers. Charles Butler and Charles Sainsbury, Cheapside, chemists. The number of pockets of hops weighed in Worcester Hop-market, from December 25, 1827, to December 25, 1828, were new, 16,885 ; old, 8,798. Worcester Journal. filc t % l a,r i ae a cti t eohr a iai ass s l o oaa l nt i gte i a t e. i in o nt i e i dTi o nht f oe t s hr a nee l la : yseox a t n i i d l g N u v i a s t i e l i r n i g s SIR—I believ e it h as b een l ong un d erstood o a f m fi o re re t e h ffi an i n leig is ht o , bv a i l o id us t — be w t h ie e g n re a e of heat considerable, the water is no sooner . . thrown on it than it is instantly converted into ' i vapour, and flies off without producing the effect 1 ietended, whereas when a strong solution of salt and water is applied, the effects are more install , taneous and complete. Owing to the great afii, nity the salt has fior water, it is prevented from flying off into steam, and remains as it were act ing powerfully on burning materials, not only extinguishing flame, but penetrating the charred and burnt wood prevents the rekindling of the Same, which but too often happens when no thing but water is applied. I saw a most con , vincmg practical illustration of this fact at the fire which lately happened at the soap works of Messrs. William Taylor and Co., Leith.— The engine being solely occupied with the, roof, could not be spared to keep down a very threatening fire which was making rapid progress m one of the lofts. There being no; water near it,' the men belonging to the works were ordered to throw soap leys on the flames, which from their containing a certain quantity of salt, had a most astonishing effect, for whenever the ley was thrown on the fire it be came instantly extinguished, and the burnt wood rendered incapable. of again igniting, which ap. pears to be one of the best effects resulting from the use of solutions. At this fire the practical effect of both water and solution was by acci dent completely exhibited. Ido not hesitate to say, from what I saw, that had the engine been supplied with the latter, it would have been more. effectual than five with water, and the roof on fire would have been extinguished in half the time, and more effectually. More water was required to put out the burst wood than was ne cessary to extinguish the flames. Now when salt can be had at so cheap a rate, . _ _ I think in every town where engines ace, there ought to be quantities of salt solution, aiwayg ready to accompany the engines when called out. It is perhaps unnecessary to enter into a detail as to the arrangements which might be made re garding a supply of this solution for the pur- pose suggested, but I would recommend gene. rally, without descending to Minute particulars, that tanks or cisterns made of iron plates, eqiable of holdin g f rom 10 to 12 tuns each, migilt, be erected in var i ous centra l parts o f l arge towns , kept constantly f u ll o f a strong saturate d solu tion, so as to be ready at a moment's warning.--=) When a fire occurred it might be drawn off info carriages for the purpose, containing from 20 to' 30 cwt. ; they should be of an oblong shape/. with four wheels, so that they might follow aid engines down any close or lane; their contents could then be run off by means of stop-cocks into the engine. We all know it is half the battle to get a fire speedily put out, but how often is that prevented from the difficulty of find, ing water for the engines when they arrive ? Now if each engine had a carriage or two fol , ; . lowing it w ith th is s t rong li qu id, ( one ga ll on o f which would be more efficacious than ten of water,) such difficulties would be obviated, and a fire at once got under. The expence attend ing such a n arrangemen t as I have pointed out, would be of little consequence compared with , the advantag e s t o b e d er i ve d f rom i t . Th e c i s t ern to hold 10 or 12 tuns, may be made at the ex pence of 301. each ; carriages —l. each ; the salt writll4 nest stand more . than 10s. per Edinburgh, winch would 1101 U WOW/ UV Were two carriages attached to each, there could in that case be brought to any fire, on the shortest notice, from 10 to 15 tuns. No fire could resist the powerful effect of such a quan tity, even though the fire had gained a great height. IMPORTANT TO MAIL COACH TRAVEL RS.--A regulation made by the Post-office, and of con siderable importance to travellers, came into operation yes• terday morning. It is to the following effect he luggage can be allowed on the roof, which interferes with the proper packing and safety of atiy sacks of letters Which the mails are obliged to carry there. No luggage to i!t4 placed on the roof till after the boot is full, and then only that luggage which belongs to passengers. No mere than three articles, being portmanteaus, or carpet-bags, are on any pretence to be allowed to any one passenger, whether they be large or small; and the largest portmanteau is not to exceed two feet four inches in length, and one foot six inches in height, and are never to be placed on each other. The following anecdote is told as a proof of the determination of Don Pedro to uphold the Portuguese constitution :—A short time since a placard was placed against the walls in Rio Janeiro, containing these words : —" Brazilians beware ! the Emperor's brother has over thrown the constitution in Portugal!" The Emperor being informed of this circumstance, cawed the placard to be brought to him, and having written upon it " The hand that gave the constitution will maintain it," ordered it to be again placed upon the wall from whence it bad been taken.—Plymouth Journal. On Christmas-day a distressing accident oc curred at Poulton, in this county-, by which the lives of two individuals were sacrificed. An industrious labour ing man, named Joseph Hew, having paid a visit to his sister, also residing in that parish, in the morning, took his nephew, Joseph Cox, home with hint to spend the afternoon with his family. About seven o'clock in the evening, young Cox left the house, intending to return home, but he had not proceeded far when his foot slipped and he fell in-c: a quarry close to the footpath, which was partly filled with water, and left in a very un[narded state. A neighbour hearing the splashing i❑ the water called to Joseph Hew, who ran to the spot, and finding that his nephew was struggling in the water, he instantly jumped in to his rescue, contrary to the earnest persuasions of the by-standers. Hew was ;in excellent swimmer, but owing, it is supposed, to the young man grasping his body„ he was unable to make any effectual exertions, and they were both drowned, without its being possible ta render them any assistance. The bodir s were dragged out of the water in about half an hour from the time of their sinking, and great efforts were Made to restore animation,. but without effect. Joseph Hew has left a wife, who is expected shortly to he confined, and six children, without any provision for their support.—Bath chronicle. CHILD POISONED.—On Friday night a woman arrived here, saying she came front Wisbawton ; she gave her name Margaret M‘iNeill, and was committed to jail on Saturday, charged with the above offence. The particulars are these :—On Wednesday night she called at a house in liridgegate, with a female chi'd in her artn4, where she procured lodgings for a few d;;•. s. On going to bed that night she gave-the child, which is only four weeks old, two drops of laudanum which she had in a phial, and on Thursday night she repeated the dose, but in place of two gave three drops. The inmates where site resided took no notice of this conduct, suspecting very naturally that it was t• cause it to sleep sound during the On Friday night, however, she took the infant into a dark room, and gave it a great deal more than three or four drops of this de leterious drug. No sooner had she administered it than she became alarmed, and told the people of the house that in giving the child (which had every appearance of being healthy) the usual quantity, which she said t he did by dropping it front the phial into its mouth, the infant put up its hand and caused considerably more to conic titan Was intended. She took the child to a surgeon immediately after, who used the usual means resat tell to in such cases, and latterly to Dr. Nelson, in the Police Office, but not withstanding every care and attention, it died the following day in the Police Office. The reason she assigned for giv ing it laudanum was because it was subject to cholie. The case will be submitted to the Crown Lawyers.-- Glasgow Free Press.