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TEE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, ,August 16 [BRITISH PRESS.] Wednesday's French Papers, which reached us last night, are utterly barren of any intelli gence. The illonilenr contains I\loncey's dis patch, in the usual bombastic style of the old Marshal, dated from Villa Franca on the 2d, an nouncing Curial's movements. All this repetition we had fully before. The French ministry and their journals, in the absence of intelligence, trumpet }end repeat every trilling account, as if it were the bulletin of one of 'Napoleon's tremen- _ . dons victories. The dispatch has it, that on the L'Otb of Jul , at four in the morning, the Spa niards mad 3 sally from Barcelona, and appeared suddenly the extreme left of the lines of in: o f Ve -, tineitt ii the city, 1% ith about 5,000 men, six pieces. :4f, cannon, and 80 cavalry ; these forces were lifizi etl on Santa Mart 6; the right of the Constitutill alists was supported by six armed ehalatrpes. A. warm cannonade took place from,the borders of the sea to the village of Clot. The contest lasted several hours. The Spaniards,thoughoccording to this account,utterly repulsed, had only from twelve to fifteen men killed, and a hundred wounded ; the French loss, four dead and twelve wounded. Mina, the dispatch states, according to all accounts still an invalid, continued at Barcelona ; the invest ment of the place by land was complete. Milans and Llobera, Moncey states, who were moving rapidly by Mont Blanc towards Santa Colonna and Ole Col de Santa Christine. appeared to have directed their march towards the tamp of Tar- ragona, on learning that of the French on Igua. hula and Villafranca. Cadiz %%as said to be fully provisioned ; more than a hundred sail of vessels had entered it with supplies of different sorts within a few days. [MouNi CIIIIONICLE.] .Advires were yesterday received' from I-L -iraninth, dated the sth of July. They contain 110 local information ; but, with reference to re cent advice from Mexico, they mention that a spirit was manifesting.itself in several provinces in favour of a Federative form of Government r , with a .local administration in each. This spirit 'had more particularly broken •out in the Pro- Airco. of ( nada lajara r where the inhabitants were prepared to defend their' views with open force. There can he no doubt that a well-contrived federal union will most effectually secure ..to..,the diGrent provinces„of an extensive country the benefits of good government, and duo at tention to their interests. Nothing is so. much to be dry aded by a people dekirous of liberty as a powerful central . government, with etensive meaus at ihr disposal. The centre in finch a case too soon becomes a hot,bed . of corruption ; and in a half-civilized country, where there are great obstacles in the way of communication, the Representatives from the dis tant provinces can be very imperfectly supported by the approbation or checked by the disappro. bation of their constituents in critical moments. now much strength and security do the United States derive from their kcal government's,' and the interest th.y create, and in how different a situation would they he were all the local mea stires of suclt •dissimilar and distant States, its. MaSsachnsets, Carolina, and Louisiana to be drawn to WaShington! It requires, no doubt, Oval wisdom to separate nicely the functions of a local GevernMent from those of the general Government ; for if the line he not well drawn, and the local legislatures encroach on the func. COl's. of the - general Government, so that the pro vinces come to have different financial systems,&c. the' .civilization : of the cottittry may be greatly impeded. It would appear as if some fears on this score. were entertained, for many sensible and reflecting persons were apprehensive that the distant and secluded. portions of 'the country,, in which much ignorance prevails and many rooted prejudices exist, could not be held together by arty Goverment 'formed on the federative plan. But it should always be borne in mind that a. -strong Government has a tendency to make a weak people. Almost all the French travellers in the United States exclaim with Beaujour, the Government is not sufficiently strong, it is no where felt. They have seen in France the Go vernment regulating every. thing down to the -construction and repairs of a common sewer of a market town, and the system of France is with them the system of perfection. • [THE TIMES.] New aggressions, apparently the work of the .44 Holy A Itiance," present themselves eu the side of S witzerland, We have now before us letters from the town of Geneva, dated so recently as the 7th instant, :which enumerate the fresh mor tiacations. to which that and the adjoining can tons have been called on to submit. These con sist of,--1, A demand, not . for restraints I mere y, but .for n total suppression.of the liberty of th e press ; 2, The banishment from Switzerland eve n of those foreigners who had been natura lized there ; and 3. The abolition of the clubs ►rid reading . societies. On the point of . the li berty of the press, the benefits of which are hardly estimated, except perhaps in - the can tons of Geneva and Basle, there is under stood to exist every disposition ''to make con cessions, and no objection is started, the weak. ness of the country being held as a valid cause for subrnisson to a certain extent, to the exclusion of those foreigners who have recently sought in Swit zerland a place of refuge ; but the insisting on the banishment, also, of naturalized foreigners, and the proposition .for abolishing the. amusements and places of literary resort for the better classes, have given rise to the most lively indignation.— in the class of naturalized foreigners, to show the extent of the proscription, are actually to be found a Member of theßepresentative Government of Geneva, and a Gentleman who fills the Chair of the Professorship of Civil Law in that city. The clubs are in peculiar degree the recreation of the Genevese, and their chief object- is.the,providing a plao . where persons of the same rank in society: • 'may meet each other. They have amusements uch as befit their station; but they 'are guilty, —will it be believed ?—of taking in--news papers`!. 'The reading societies, which are but re cently established, are also much frequented.— That in Geneva consists of a reading-room, where periodical publications •re so to be found, political, scientific, and literary ; a room devoted to conversation, where the most enlightened part of the society of Geneva spend their even ings ; and a library of. 14,000 volumes, the accu mutation from voluntary gifts made by the mem bers during the four years it has been established.—These are the institutions against which the ban of the Holy Alliance is understood to have been directed. To say truth, since we became convinced that a steady design ekisted to put down and keep down . the most precious enjoyments of mankind, our wish has been that the attempt should be prosecuted with such a degree of reckless eagerness, as would be most likely to rouse the public attention, and to provoke the indignation of every people in Europe. The Holy Alliance, we must say, ap pear not much inclined to disappoint us ; and in due time the tree so carefully planted will bring forth its proper fruit, [NEw Tunes.] Efforts were made in the early part of yester day to depress our Funds by reporting the French Rentes to come per Cent. lower. Con sols. opened at 82k, declined to 82-1, and closed at their opening.—Spanish Bonds were at Sq. There was some business done in the French Rentes at the price of 03 francs, which indicates an expectation of still greater improve ment.—The idea of a speedy submission of the Revolutionists in Cadiz seems to become daily more and more prevalent. If they have the King in their bands—their own wives, children, friends,- and property, are in the hands of the Royalists ; so that it is hardly probable that either side will proceed to extremities against the other. With regard• to the geperal state of opinion in the Peninsula, we have only to' refer to' the Private Correspondence in our Paper of yesterday, from Soria, in Old Castille. It was written by a Gentleman of independent fortune travelling in Spain,' Who' is perfectly well acquainted with the language and habits of the people: As an Englishman and' a Protestant he was naturally disposed to think well' of some of the measures of the Constitutional Party ; and so long as he resided only in the large towns, he could not conceive how general the feeling was against the Constitutionalists throughout the country ;• but his candid and perfectly unbiassed remarks, resulting from intercourse and conver sation with all-classes of people, may open the eyes of some persons who are still deceived as to the real state of opinions in Spain. . • [MORNING POS'Iq The short Bulletin from Madrid, dated A' ug.7, throws some . light upon the past, and especially Upon that part of it which has remained a blank for uesitice all communications withCortinna have been interrupted by the French blockade. It is evident that notwithstanding the desertion of that place, under various pretences, by so many offi cers who had sworn two days before to bury them serves beneath its ruins rather than surrender, it still remained up to the sth or Gth of this month in the hands of the Patriots, and seemed likely to maintain itself much longer. For the statement that flour& waited the arrival of heavy artillery to commeece the bombordtnent, - . is an admission that by bombardment alone could the town be reduced : but where that heavy artillery is to , be found, and when its arrival will take place, are questions which he would have much difficulty to attsker.— We haVe been repeatedly informed both in NeWspapers accounts and official Reports that the battering trains of the French army were still in France. 'The one nearest to Spain was tbat which had been moved to Bayonne, and that it has not yet crossed the frontier, is provEd by the fact that the sieges of Pampeluna and SvSebas. tian are not yet begun. It is the same in catatonia, where not only Barcelona, but even the Se St cl'tlrgel which stanch: within view of the French territory, have not had a single heavy gun broughtagainst them. If therefore the battering artillery have not reached those fortresties which are so close to the frontier, in how short a time can it he ex. pected at Corunna, which lies, at a distance of upwards of 500 miles ? But, it will be s a F t f,, th e French will use the heavy artillery found at Ferrol. It is now clear that that they. forimi none. They occupied Ferrol on the 13th or 14th of July, and it will certainly not be 'contended that in the space of more than three weeks they would not have con veyed the guns the few miles that divide Fer rol from Corunna if those guns had been in their possession. What is the natural, nay, the neces sary inference therefore ? Why, that they had as usual boasted on entering Ferrol of having made acquisitions which had no existence, and that the artillery which they, pretended to have taken, is at this moment planted on the ram parts of Cor►►nna, and gtiards what it was in• tended to destroy. Under those circumstances, unlesi the Wilda be substituted . for the ti/- lima ratio Re amp and the heroism that beat back the assailants on the 15th of July, he not proof against gold on the 7tVbfAngus.t. we may hope that Corunna will still pa in a refuge for 4 , , the brave, and a b e aco n of f ree nto an enslaved land. It is remarkable that instt'•ad of venturing upon a second attack on that city, Gen. liourck considers his not having been attacked himself in his positions a circumstance of sufficient import ance to be mentioned in his dispatches. [MORNING HERALD.] At no period have the moral virtues figured so frequently in the speeches of Sovereigns and their Ministers, as at the present day. Every Congress or Consultation that takes place, or is to take place, has for its object a. regard for the welfare of nations and the happiness of mankind. Even war itself—and one of the most insolent and un just upon record—that which the French Go vernment wages upon the Spaniards, is intended for their benefit—indeed, to bestow on them ',(outrageous as the contradiction seems) the blessings of peace. It is singular that since the Councils of great Powers are so much alive to the calls of humanity, where their interference is not called for, yet in an other case, they do not stir a step to put an end to horrors too shocking to be related, in the war between the Turks and Greeks. In no stage of the war have the cruelties mutually ex ercised by both parties been more dreadful. The Austrian Observer and Augsburg Gazette agree in describing the cruelties committed by the Greeks upon the Turks, and by the latter upon the Asiatic Greeks within their reach. Several Ipsariot vessels landed some thou sands of troops on the coast of Asia, 'at a place called Sandarly ; and after plundering, it is said, and burning several villages, defeating a Turkish force sent ag ainst them, and pillaging the residence of the Turkish Governor of the province, returned loaded with booty to - their ships. The Turks, enraged at this sudden and terrible incursion, vented their fury upon the Greek inhabitants, in a massacre which ended in .the loss of a thousand lives. It is remarkable that the Vienna Court ,Journal relates this deplorable transaction with an evidently favourable bias to the Turks. It states that, upon the receipt of the news at Constanti nople, the Sultan ordered a body of troops from the Bosphorus to Pergamo, the scene of the massacre, with orders to punish its authors. Why is it that no vengeance was. taken upon the authors of the massacre of Scio, which was still less excusable ? The Universal Gazette of Augsburg does not palliate the excesses committed' by the Greeks, but. ascribes this descent upon• the coast of Asia, rather to policy than the desire of plunder. The modern Asiatic Greeks, like those of old, receive too easily and submit too patiently, to the yoke of the barbarian. The design was to prove to them by this descent that their submission to the Turks could not procure them security, and that their safety was to be found rather in uniting in the common cause against their common oppres sors: The same policy is stated to have been prac tised in other places, and are to be followed by the same retaliations upon the peaceable inhabit ants by the barbarians. Will no attempt be made to put an end to these horrible excesses ? They are the more deplorable that they do not directly affect the issue 'of the war—or if at alt tend in favour of the Greeks, of whom those who hitherto remained quiet, will he forced into insurrection for safety. It becomes a war of extermination and amidst the oceans of Greek as well as barbarian blood that must be shed if these cruelties con tinue, it is a melancholy consolation that the Greeks must be the surviving conquerors. Thi s surely is a case for the interference of those powers which have such ardent wishes for the peace and happiness of mat:'..ind. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Livempoo) Courier, ilugutt 13.) SPAIN.—The Spanish subscription appears to lie, for the present, suspended, the London Committee being d if e ezt v i e on an o d f resistance n i c i e op o ef n id t_he we be a c r a e use gla th d at to is fiannt tion we have always , p r a ort disposed th of t ) . Spaniards r el c w i ' p li l t e f o o f r an thist o nl r ea manifestation that so, small a sum intimation that but few ohasbjecbteeedn, raised,an it persons have been so lost to their public duty as to declare war against France, When their Government has resolved upon neutrality, and thus to usurp the functions of Go vernment, and introduce, as far as they can, a downright anarchy. Such is the blind and headlong the character of great clamourers for liberty among us, that, influenced only by passion, they arc regardless of the first principles of public duty and public right, or else they are ignorant of them. In either case, they are fit re formers; and to them the country will bolt up with more confidence, in consequence of this new proof of their judg ment and prudence. It is also nat u r a l to ask, why t h is interest in favour of the Spaniards and so little in favour of the Greeks ? The sufferings of the former are not to be com pared with the , latter. The consequence of the subjectibn of Spain to the 'old regime cannot be so terrible to life and limb as the subjection of the Greeks to their barbarous oppressors. If the French and the fanatic faction triumph in Spain, the triumph must he a short-lived one ; if the Turks triumph in Greece, the extermination, the almost total extermination of the people must be the consequence. The case of Greece is also a fair one. No law of nations is violated by affording as. sistanee to them. IVe have often showed, that the case of the Greeks is one which falls not u nder the law of nations, but under the common law of humanity ; and so the Government of our country agrees to consider it, as it does and permits many acts inconsistent with a strict neutrality among civilized nations. Ia affording assistance to them, we are aiding a people strug gling, not for itleel liberty, not for theoretic constitutions, but for their hearths and their altars ; their wives, their children, and their own lives. But the fact is, tint our liberals are not influenced either by the humanity or the law of liberty to which they pretend in the Cage of Spain. They. have no accomplices there, as in France and Spain, by whom they hope to over throw legitimate governments, and stir up revolutions, which, in their 'sweep, they hope, may influence those radical changes which it is their aim to introduce. The case of Spain is not one either for that interposition of British power which has been clamoured for, nor for that exercise of British benevo lence which bas, in many instances, been insidiously solicit ed. If there be any cause at all in Spain, it is the cause of the people, meanin by that not the radical people, not the mob; but of the thinking part of the community who have some stake in the welfare of society, something to lose by any change which would affect the rights of property and per sonal security. If that people are friendly to the constitution,. it is ridiettlous to suppose that they cannot struggle through their difficulties ' sooner or later ; if not, it is as ridiculous to attempt to force upon them that which • they do not value. This is the only sober view of the case, and we think that there is reason to believe that Spain herself is able to work out her own freedoni, and by a process much more fa vourable to permanent arrangements and wise legislation, than if her constitution load been forced into unnatural growth in the hogged of foreign influence. The news from Spain is certainly, upon the whole, favourable. Another week of. elapsed ft very anxious state and crisis of the atiltirs of that country, and no or certainly, has been made by the invaders' . towards their object. No fortress has fellen, no constitutional leader has been defeated, and no new desertion of the cause hall taken place. We may add, abet no new manifestation of public sentiment in favour of the invasion has eccurreel. This then is the view which Spain presents.— if be mob is fanatic, and under thefinfluence of the priests and interested persons : the eople, generally; nei ther app r ov e of the constitution in its present ,forni, nor of the old system ; but will take an opportunity to resist invasion and foreign influence whenever it occurs. A considerable body of constitutionalists, or, at least, of men who will not be dictated to, are in arms, either in email but active armies, or in the fortresses, or in gue riUa which appear to be increasing. On the'other hand, the trench have publicly proclaimed their diseensiorts with the U II ltra royal . t • • • Party, by dividing Spain into Military 4istricts. This is, unquestionably, a most impo r tant decision. It shows lainly that the Spaniards cannot be trusted on either side. I hose who have been favourable to the invasion must be re. strained flenn vengeance, and their thus publicly proclaimed thirst for it will decide the neutrals. M all events, it is Clear, that the French cannot fulfil their promise to make short work of the war. They find it ecessary to take military possession of the whole country, and . this will operate both upon ,Prance and the invaded country. If Spain is to be impoverished, re sistance will be provoked ; if France is to be at the expenee of a protracted war, am unpopular war will become still . more tin popular. The kopolicy of the French Cabinet is - daily berone. ing More visible, and we doubt not but they would be glad to get fairly out of this interminable and vexatious affair. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG. 15. Ex-PARTE KIIIKLEY, IN RE OULIIER. A very - nice question arose in this case, as to the proper con struction to be put upon the Act, the 3.311' Geo. HI., commonly called Mr. Rose's Act, which gives to friendly societies a full claim upon the effects of their treasurers or other officers hold.. ing their money in trust, in case of such officers becoming bankrupts, to the postponement of the dividends of other cre ditors. Mr. Bulmer had been treasurer, president, and one of the trustees of the South Shields Benevolent Institution. The society determined upon a conversion of their stock from the three to the five per cents. some time in 1814. The money was drawn out under the joint power of attorney of the four trus tees, and paid into the Bank of Mr. Bulmer to the advantage of his private credit. The transfer was not made, though Mr. Bulmer continued to account to the society for the dividends as if it had been made. Upon Mr. Bulmer 's bankruptcy taking place, the society obtained an order from the Vice-Chancellor to prove their debt under the commission, conformably to the direction of the statute. Mr. HEALD and Mr. SPENCE now appealed, on behalf of Mr. Bulmer's creditors, against the order made by his Honour. Their Opposition to it was chiefly on the ground of the society having a complete remedy . in their claim upon the three trus tees, who had not become insolvent. Mr. WETHERELL, who was followed on the same aide by Mr. SISIPKINSON, supported the order, and contended for the unconditional remedy which was left to the society by the word ing of the aet, without any reservations or exceptions what soever. The Lour) CHANCELLOR said that Mr. Rose must have had a strong feeling in favour of friendly societies, to give them a paramount claim of 20s. in the pound upon the effects, to the postponement of the other creditors ; and he doubted the justice of doing so very much. However, such was certainly the pur port_ of the act in cases where there was but one treasurer. The question in this case was, whether the act did really give such a claim to the society upon the estate of one trustee, when that claim must be considered in a manner useless, because there were three other trustees who were equally implicated in the misapplicatiOn of the funds, were equally responsible for the ef , fects, and who, moreover, were all three solvent. It appeared to him, that a- court of eqftity would find great difficulty in bringing this case within the meaning of the act. He could not, however, undertake so say that it did not come within, the act, until he had read through all the acts (for there were seve ral besides the 33d (3eo. III.) which had been passed for regu lating the interests of friendly societies. This he proposed to do in the vacation, and give his decision at the first sittings after the vacation. His Lordship, having been addressed by one of the counsel upon a motion which had been fullyargued, said, that although he could not sit after to-morrow, as he did not intend imme diately to leave town, after taking Sunday and :Monday for a respite from his labours, he would look over the motions, which had been fully argued, and communicate his decisions to the parties. He proposed to occupy his time till the end of next week in that way. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, COLEMAN-STREET. ASSAULT.—LEVIS V. GOODENOUGH. This was an inquiry before Mr. COLLINGRIDGE for the as sessment of damages in a case of assault, judgment having been allowed to go by default. Mr. ANDREWS stated the case for the plaintiff. The defend ant, he said, way a baker, resident in Fleet-street, into whose service the plaintiff; who was a son of one of " The Society of Friends," and bearing a characteristic love of peace, entered in the month of February " upon liking." This was preparatory to an apprenticeship. A month had not elapsed before the spi rit of authority began to manifest itself in a very disagreeable manner. The master, on returnin" from a party, where there had been no lack of drink, accused the man of having done his work badly. The imputation was good humouredly retorted upon the master, who thereupon struck the man, knocked him down, beat him for falling, and afterwards boasted of the feat. Whatever might have been formerly said about the right 'of masters to beat their servants, the practice could not now be endured. What, then, could be said of a case in which the coti , : op because flood, n w t i l fi h i s e i n had the weeks' a tt en d ance o f a surgeon was found necessary i n consequence of the viol ence o f t h e p l a i ntiff. i John n r t e e b s ee e e r hn v l i td c occ e ,d o ou f npe t ied h a e uahtish defendant, omworek. and tTho we ga hich ire whether h his evidence with great reluctance , stated that the defendaßt a the plaintiff replied that he had not d e li vere d the bread in the 3 s i kei de fendant told him he was of no use to the consarn, and the other said he could do his work as well as the defendant. A:alai/i -mage then ensued between them, and they both scaled to gether : the plaintift'went down. Caroline Hazzard, a late servant of the defendant, deposed that she heard him say on the evening of the day in question, that if the plaintiff " took the law Of Mtn, he would beat him whilst he had a drop of blood in his body," At supper de fendant asked witness whether the lad had said any thingabout it. Witness said he had complained of being beaten whilst he was down. Defendant said it was a lie, for he had knocked the fellow down three titpes, and then picked hint up again. Did not think defendant was at the time in liquor. Another' witness deposed that the defendant observed, upon being spoken to on the subject, that the plaintiff should have kept out.of the way Upon seeing him in a passion. Dr. SCowdell stated that the plaintiff's knee was much swol. len—that he complained of a pain in the side and breast, from blows received from the defendant. It was thought neceassary to put him to bed. Some time after he was attached with a pleurisy, which might have arisen from the blows or from other causes. The bill for attendance, &c. was between 41. and 51.—The damages were then assessed at 51. spowriNG INTELLIGENCE. IVORCESTER RACES, THURSDAY. A Produce Stakes of 24rs each, h. ft . for three year olds. A mile and a quarter. Mr. Saddler's hr. c. Triumph - . - 1 14 Warwick's b. e. Cardinal Puff, by Phantom - 2 2 and 3tol on the winner. A most excellent race, won by a neck. A Match fur WI. h. ft. One mile. 31r: 11. Gardiner's g.-g. by Fitz James - walked over. A Gold Cup of WM value, by subscription of 10 soy. each, the surplus in specie. Four miles. 15 Subscribers. Mr. E. Foley's Euphrates, 9st. 41b. .- . - 1 Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Aimwe . ll,_list.lolb. - - 2 Decrhursi's c. Rossini, list. - Sir E. Blount's b. li. Broxusii, list. 101 b. Von easy._Even on Aintwell-5 to ,4 agst Euphrates. A Hunters' Stakes of 5 soy. each, with 501. added by the County Members, for horses of all descriptions. Two-mile heats. Mr. E. Foley's ch. g. Deputy, list. 41b. - I 1 Mr. Lovesay's' b. g. Whynot, by Woful, llst. 41b. 2. 2 Mr. Turner's b. nt. Clausina ' by Clasher, l Ist. 41b. 5 3 Air. Trever's b. g. Haniber, by Sorcerer, list. 41b. 4 4 Ld Deerhurst's b. m. Mary, llst. 111 b. - 3 5 Deputy the favourite. The first heat was very closely con tested, after which 2to I was betted on Deputy. The last heat was won cleverly. EIGHTEEN MILES IN TWO HOURS. This match was undertaken yesterday by a gentlernari of the name of Watmore, over nine miles on the western road, upon a galloway. lie was to walk six miles, trot six, - and gallop six, in the time stated, and to carry 12 stone. The horse walk ed the first three miles in 30 minutes 30 seconds, having been often turned round in breaking front the walk, and the second three was done in 38 minutes and four seconds. The first three miles upon the trot was done in 12 minutes and 58 seconds; and the second, in 14 minutes and 40 seconds. The first three miles upon tl►e gallop was performed in eight minutes and 42 seconds ; and the second three in nine minutes and 20 seconds,. which lost the match by 40 seconds only. It was for 100 sove reigns, and the galloway lost the match by so frequently break, in g out of his paces.-5 and oto 4 against the performance. Lord Dunwich has matched the grey horse Swap against Mr. Pyrrwl tit Jones's cll. in. Prosody, to run across the Flat at New. market, nest October; even weights, and 100 sovs. each, h. ft. DEATH or TAM O'SIIANTER.—At. Lochwin noch4 on the 9th instant, died - TIMMAi REM, labourer,_ lle was born on the 21st of October, 1745, i n t h e c l ac han of Kyle, Ayrshire. The importance attached to this circumstance arises from his being the celebrated equestrian hero of litntrts` poem —Tarn O'Sharder. He has at length surmounted the mosses, rivers, slaps, and stiles" of life. Fa r a c o ns iderable time by_ past, be has been in the service of Illajor HERVEY, of Castle Semple, nine months of which he bas been incapable of labour, arid to the honour of Mr. IiERVEY be it named, he has, with a fostering and laudable generosity, soothed, as far as was in his power, the many ills of age and disease. lie, however, still retained the desire of being fu' for weeks together." ,C EOGRAPHACAL SNUFF-BOXES.--A speculator has lately construCted a number of geographical snuff-boxes, each exhibiting a small map of . Spain and Portugal.' Ile will make his fortune, if they are purchased by all politicians who eau see no further than the length of their noses ! ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. AIAIDSTONE, THURSDAY, AUG, 14. . WAIN V. LORD SYDNEY. . . This was an action for work and labour, to recover the .suni of 350/., the amount of a bricklayer's bill. The plaintiff de clared as admipistrator of his deceased father, who in his life time carried on the business of bricklayer at Chiselhurst. Mr. GURNEY conducted the plaintiff's case, and called wit nesses, who proved that the intestate had been employed by the defendant, from the year 1801 to 1808, as bricklayer, in erect. ing a lodge, and other works connected with the residence at Frognall. In 1816 it appeared that the intestate died, and down to that period no claim had been made upon the defend ant for the work in question ; but in 1817 a son of the intestate applied to the defendant for the amount of his father's bill, which had been previously delivered, when his Lordship pro mised payment by instalments, being then short of money. Ap plication was again made in 1819 for some payment on account, when a sum of 36!. odd was paid on account, with a promise to pay the remainder upon the spring fall of his Lordship's timber. It appeared that the bills had been submitted to the defendant's steward, who had pronounced them correct. Since then the steward had died, and another had been appointed, who applied to the plaintiff for a fresh account, which was de livered, and the promise of payment expected. Mr. MARRY AT' addressed the Jury on the part of the de fendant (who had pleaded the statute of limitation), and con tended, that after so long a lapse of time they were bound to pronounce that the debt had been discharged. Mr. Baron GrumAm summed up the evidence, and the Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 350/. METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. BY It. BANCKS. PHILOsOPHKAL, IN4TRUIVIRNT 111AKPR. rfliernso. Weather. 'litter. COAL-MARKET, AUG. 15. Ships at Market. Ships sold 33i Newcastle - - 20. 11 Sunderland - 10 Dr. vrii OF A BOY BY FIGHTING. Late on Thursday night, an Inquest was held at the Queen Catherine, Brook-street, Ratcliffe, on the body of James Elliot, aged 11 years. Elizabeth Crutchley, of Harris's -court, Ratcliffe, deposed, that on Monday, the '2lst of last month, she was cro s sing Harris's-court. and saw the deceased run after her son, whO Ls nine years of age ; she imagined they were playing until she saw the deceased strike her son; they then begun scuffling, and she went to part them; annother boy, cousin to the de ceased, then came up, and wanted to beat the witness's son, but she took hold of him by the collar, and said they should not both beat him ; she then parted them, and they went home. George Robertson, aged 12 years, deposed, that he lives in the same house as the deceased did, and is his cousin ; on the day in question, he and the deceased were going up Brook street, and Crutchley was standing by the gate in Harris's court ; the latter ran up to the deceased and struck him in his side, which appeared to take his wind away. The deceased re turned the blow, and they fought about five minutes. Mrs. Crutchley came Lud collered witness, and held him while they fought. She did not attempt to separate them, and they parted of their own accord. Neither of them fell during the battle. Mr. Hallon Cleland, surgeon, deposed, that on Saturday after the occurrence took place he was called to attend the de- ceased whom he found in bed labouring under fever; his pulse stood at 120; he complained of pain round the cavity of the abdomen; after administering the necessary medicines he ap peared better, but on the Sunday the fever returned, and the inflammation of the abdomen continued with fever till he died. Witness handed in a certificate from Dr. Robinson, which stated that the deceased's death was produced by in. flammation brought on by the blow he had received. The Jury returned the following verdict :—" That th• - : deceased came by his death on the 13th of August, occasioned by a blow he received on the 21st of July, by William Crutchley, a youth of tender years, but it did not appear that any malice existed on either side." The Jury severely censured the conduct of Mrs. Crutchley, for standing by and.allowing her son to fight the deceased. = .... r. 4 -, ?' t.. ;'' y§ ?';it - F 7 x , °:, . • r. r. • et • ~ , -s ~ 0 o itsChvfi August 8 58 ei 50 29.85 .09 Hain nail' 9 .57 58 50 .95 .04 Do. Fair 10 89 114 68 30.15 .21 Do. Hain I 1 61 68 60 .07 Fair Muth. I-2 65 68 61 29.96 Do. Fait !J 66 76 69 .75 .04 1)0. (.:Inutlyli* 14 60 66 51 .14 Do. Fair -- .38 of rain have fallen its tLe above seven days. - R. B. • • nintd Night. Price. 36s 6tl to 441 } Oil 30s 6d to 44s '9d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, August 15. Arnsteidttnt Ditto, at Sight • l2 B , Rotterdam l2 11 Antwerp lt 9 38 11 1i V s Hamburg!, Altoint . • Paris, a Day's sight 9.5 SO 0 Vs. Ditto 96 5 0 lis. BonteicAux, ditto 159 Ex. Monty Franhforton the Al a i n 'Madridtrid :361 Ei'ci live Cadiz 35 Eth.ctive !Minns 36i Et: voice Barcelona r'' ieville Gihraitst 3 04 Lrgliorn Gel ..et ... Malta 45 -Napi es 391 Palermo . Lisbon Oporto Rin.bitieiro Doblin .... 9} cod qf pc; cent. BULLION. Portur,al Gobi, ii► Cribo I .0 0 O. pet Os. Foreign Gol►l, in Bars 3 17 New Doubloons • • ....... .•. 3 15 to New 1)oi1at, 0 4 84 Silver ►n B:trq, 4t,►tnlard 0 4 10i BIRTHS. At Hampstead, on the 15th intit., the latly of Andrew'Spot tiswoode, Esq., of Bedford-square, of a daughter. On Wednesday, the 13th inst., inEustonTsquare, the lady of George 'Medley, Esq., of the East India House, of a son. AIARRI&D. , On the 12th inst., at Dettishaiti, in Devonshire, Oporge tell Greenway, of Warwick, Esq., to Catherine, of the late Charles Durnford, Esq., of Teignmouth. Thursday, at St. Oeorge's, Ilanover-square, Nor.' tague Esq., eldest son of Win. Williams, Esq. M.P., to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Samud Scott, Esq. 31. P., of.Sundridge Park, gent, and granddaughter of Sir Claude Scott, Bart., of Lytchet Minster, Dorset. DIED. At Nackingtopllouse, near Canterbury, on Thursday, the . 14th inst., at an-advanced age, Mrs. Mines, 'relict of the late Richard Miller, Esq., of Nackington, in this county, and - of North Elenham, in the county of Norfolk. Yesterday, in New-street, IVestrninster, in his 34 h par., of apoplexy, Mr. John Midgley, late Surveyor of TaxeS for the Stamford and Yorkshire districts. Mr. MitlgleY. was re markably powerfunuid athletic man, having been SiN. feet four inehes in height, and of great streng.rth and symmetry of form. Ile was of mild and gentlemanly manners. Ile has left- a widow far advanced in pregnancy, and four young children, totally unpeovided for. On the Bth inst., after a long and painful - illness, Franctsi, wife of James Tilson, of-Foley-place, Esq. On Saturday last, at New.house.place, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, after having been delivered of a still-born child, the lady of Sir Codrington Edmund Carrington. • On the 14th inst., Mr. Jonathan Ilateinan, of Maze Pond, Sothwark, aged 21. . . Printed and Published for the Pa OPILIVTOD,S, at the Stitt Orr :cu. Strand, by J, CA lin Anti.