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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.' 11XTRAVTF). FROM TIIE DAILY MOII , IING PAPERS, JCO? liar)) 11, 18'23. r . [NEW Tim Es.) By advices of Wednesday last from Paris, it appears that antyther rapid fall in Spanish Bonds hpd taken place there ; and this intelligence of cot rso produced a similar depression in that fancy-article ott our: own Stock Exchange. The fall at Paris on Wednesday was from 53 to 491; and the reason assigned for it was a pretty cogent owe. It was said that the bills drawn by the Itep4blican Government at Madrid were disho noured by the Liberal Bankers who had hi therto cashed them. The Bankers stated that Rll' the money received by them as instal ments had' beau previously advanced, and any therefore declined advancing more for the piet,ent. It is not improbable that when , this news reaches Madrid, it will produce an explosion fatal to the faction in power. These gentry are already in Et great strait. On the one side they are attempting to put down monarchy by fire and sword : on the other they are struggling against the still attire ferocious anarchists of the Lauda boleti Club. For our own part, we regard the refusal of the Paris Bankers to furnish them any longer with money as an event pregnant with the best hopes to Europe. [vii a ,TIMES.] We have seen a letter dated Kingston (Ja maica), November 18, which comments with strong, and, if the allegations are correct, with just, indignation on the recent conduct of Morales, the Spanish General, at the taking of Maracaibo, a port on the Spanish Main, belong ing to the Republic of Colombia. ThiS place had hero fixed on by the foreign merchants in general, but particularly the English, as a maga zine fur the deposit of goods suited to the traffic - with the interior, which was expected to be very consideiable. It appears that at the period of the capture, which took place, early in Septem ber, the English merchants resident in Maraicabo made application to the Spanish Commander to learn what course of proceeding was meditated with respect to tl:em, and received, through the medium of the Captain of a British fri gate, then in the port, general assurances that► they would not be molested. Soon after he wa's fully established in the possession of the place,. Morales, whose chief object in the whole expedition seems to have been plunder, subjected them to frequent annoyances. and at length, on some vague pretence of a violation of his blockade of the coast by a British merchant vessel, con tiseated and seized upon the whole of their pro peril, and ordered them to leave Maracaibo im mediately. This arbitrary command was carried into effect, and the greater part of the English merchants settled there, or consignees, for mer cantile houses in this country, with their families, had arrived in Kingston. A warm remonstratree on this subject will be presented, we understand, to the British. Government. , - [rincrtsu rims.] The influence of the Jesuits seems to revive at Paris. They it was who stlceeeded in causing the French Government lately to order out of Frauce a most respectable old Spanish Priest, named Liorente.—The crime of this learned and good Ecclesiastic was, his having published a work, in which lie unveiled the enormities of the inquigition ; and also, another, under the title of 'Political Portraits of the Popes." As to the latter work, the ' Jesuits made a curious mistake. It appears that they confounded it with another work, entitled " Crimes qf the Popes," not by Llorentu, They regarded the titles tks syno_ nymous, and concluded that the, contents were identical. [MORNING POST.) received last night Bayonne Papers to the 3d inst. They contain intelligence from Madrid, by which it appears that all parties were disposed to forget their differences and to unite as a *ingle man, in case- any attempt should he made by fo reign interference to effect a chanzu in the Con stitution of their country. Even the Landuburian Club had ceased to abuse the Ministers, and de clared that they had " surpassed the hopes of all good Spaniards.'' Ilhey have indeed shown much energy and skill in their measures, for in the contse of, a few months they ,have rege- Iterated the army, repaired the disorder in the finances, and placed Spain in a situation to bid defiance to all the Powers of the Continent, if they should he so mad as to send their troops across the Pyrennees, not to victory, but to slaughter. They have besides, it seems, dis played a degree of forbearance,and moderation for which they have as yet obtained no credit, though they are entitled to much, for the con duct of the French Ultras towards Spain, the incitements which they gave to insurrection, and the arms and resources with which they supplied the Insurgents, would certainly have, justified a sysfetn of reprisals on the part of the Spanish Government, But though such a system was actually ,proposed by the Neapolitan General Pepe, and by several distinguished French Generals who had taken refuge in the Peninsula, and though 'there was no doubt that, with the aid of the leak' and the influence which they possessed over the French people and soldiers, insurrections might have been created in France 'to a far greater extent than they had been in Spain, yet, those Ministers who are represented as hohtite to every thing just and moderate, re fused to avail themselves of a plan which they knew would be advantageons, but which they thought would.be dislitemurabk. [ttron,Ni yr nv...ttALu.] The same preamble--if preamble were neees. sary, might serve to introduce the notice of the Paris news at least six days out of seven—with no alteration htit"that of date. The accounts of "Wedooday, which arrived yesterday, re. setnbte their precursors in the ascending line nearly as far haik as the late clvinge in the French Ministry. If there be any difference, it is that the public seems in a more doubting and de pressed temper. Itis in vain to look for satisfactory or probable causes. There is no light—scarcely any conjecture, to be derived from interrogating the whole _round of probable events on the face of French politics. The non-assignment of the true causes by the French Journals may he the consequence of their restricted liberty and their fears. The health of the King of France is a subject the most important. It would go a great way in accounting for the state of anxious' alarm, if his Majesty were is imminent peril---a►nd this is a point upon which the French Journals would be dumb. If his infirmaties were even less alarming, still it would, at his time of life, account for much of the anxiety that prevails.-- The Journals, however, state that he transacts public business. It is difficult to reconcile .the eagerness to rush into a war with the evident distrust of the spirit of the French army which prevails. The war Journals of Wednesday— whose evidence, when it tells against themselves, may be relied on, mention several instances of superior and . other Officers either dismissed or placed on what 14 e call half-pay—the Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, and sixteen Officeriof one regiment have been absolutely dismissed. [MORNINGItONICLE.] The French Funds continue to fall. The com mercial men throughout France are full of alarm. They naturally tremble for the ruin to which their preperties may be exposed by war. Accord-. ing to intelligent travellers who have returned from France, the fear among the classes not en gaged in trade or manufactures, and who dislike the Bourbons (and of this description there as may be supposed, a great and a growing number), is rather that there wilt be no war than that there will be one. The Bourbons indeed had at one time the real support of the Liberals, but that time way at an e►nd when the system of terror commenced. What their real sentiments are respecting the war we. will not attempt to state. War, however, is not certainly feared by the generality of the people, who would gladly see the approach of whatever might rid them of the Bourbons. it is true the mass of the French have, by the division of property effected by the Revolution, and the abolition of the old inequalities of taxation, lac., been placed in comparatively easy circum stances, and if events do not put them in motion, they will remain tranquil. With a population in the enjoyment, of such competency, it would be no easy matter to overturn the most unpopular Government (luring the continuance of peace. But war alters.the state of things. War fur nishes the very conjunctures which persons de sirous of change would wish. Of this the Ultras, with all their gasconatling, are now perfectly aware; and their clamour for war is rather the result of an impossibility to change their system without exposing themselves to the consequences which it would produce on their own instru ments, than of any.confidence in the result. in deed the late desertions on the frontier, which we were at first disinclined to believe, but which we now know to have taken place to an alaru,i►rg amount, and the peremptory refusal of the men whose term of service had expired to renew their engagements (a thing quite unusual among the French, eighty out of every hundred having hitherto been ready to enter on a new period), must have taught them how little they possess ' ed the affections of the army. COACH ACClDENTL—Thursday evening, about 8 o'clock, as the Carmarthen coach was coming down Malvern Hill, the Ceachnum, owing to the fog, mistook the road, and driving the coach into a hollow, it was upset ; several of the pas. sengers were slightly bruised (among whom was Sir W. de GRASP! CiN Y, Bart.), but noneseriously injured. The coachman had walked his horsee nearly three miles before he came to the spot, fearing that in such a dark night some accident might occur.—On Sunday night as the Bits- Minghamand Bristol Mail was approaching Droit wich, the coachman mistook the road down ltushwood-hill, in consequence of the denseness of the fog,and drove off the road : he was precipitated from the box, but not materially hurt ; the horses proceeded for a short distance, when the mail was,upset ; as it was falling, Lieut. Folliott, of the SBth regiment" who was inside, owing to the pressure of his fellow passenger, had his hand forced out of the window, and the coach falling upon it, it %ir as lacerated in a dreadful manner; surgi6tl , assistance was procured at Droitwich, and immediate amputation was found necessary. The other inside passenger was not hurt. The guard received several severe bruises, but was able to proceed. We are happy to state that in both these- accidents no blame attaches to the coachmen.—( Worcester Journal.) DREADIUt; ACCIDENTS. -- The Macclesfield market-coach, called the True Briton, on its way . to Manchester, on Tuesday the 7th inst., in con. sequence of the rim of one of the wheels coming off, broke down within a few miles of Manchester; when it is said that, dreadful to relate, two per sons were killed on the spot, and several others received very serious injury.----( Stamford News.) EFVECTS OF Dal NKI NCI To EXCEss.—Lafit night, between ten and eleven o'clock, the neighbour hood of Green Bank, Tooley-street, in - the Borough, was thiown into considerable alarm. A seafaring man, of the name of Patrick Harley, lodging at No. 7, Green Bank, in a tit of tempo rary derangement, occasioned by excessive drink ing for several days, rose from his bed, and after a fruitless search ,of Mime minutes fora knife, took a poker from the fire-place, and beat him self on the head with it in a most determined manner, and afterwards stabbed himself no less than eight or nine times in the abdomen with a pair of scissors which were accidently left in the apartment. A man who lay in the s•tne bed, seeing his wild and terrific conduct, and alarmed for las own safety, threw up the sash and leapt into the street in his shirt, shouting out 64 Help ! Murder ! Murder !" A number of persons col lected on the instant, several of whom, assisted by Icettrick the officer, who happened to be pass ing at the time, entered the house and secured the unfortunate man, who had sunk down literally bathed in his own gore, and conveyed him imme diately to Guy's Hospital. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 10. EX-PARTE CHELSEA HOSPITAL Ili 'DE BROTUERB AND LEITH. - Mr. MONTAGVE hoped that the Lord Chancellor would give final judgment on this petition, which had been signed by Sir C. Long, as Treasurer of the Hospital, and prayed that he or his Deputy might be allowed to prove a considerable sum of Java prize-money drawn from the Hospital by the bankrupts. His reason for urging the Court was on account of the bank rupts being detained in prison while their certificate was stayed. The LOST) CHANCELLOR Was of opinion, that the (Hos pital must be allowed to prove the debt, andthe.bankrupts must be again subjected to examination before the agent of the Hospital upon that point. - It was his Lordship'S opinion (ex pressed in consequence of the suggestion of Counsel) that the petitioner himself must prove the ;ebt. Mr. 11loarraGtir inquired if the Court would not at the same time order the discharge of the bankrupts who were de. tained in custody. The LORD CHANCE LLon said, that their best course would be to. apply themselves instantly to the examination now, or dered, after which they would be at liberty to renew their ap plication to the Court for the certificate. EXTPARTE WILLIA,IIB_IN RE DAVID AND OTHERS. Mr. MONTAGUE stated this to be a case of some difficulty. There were two firms in the same neighbourhood in Wales-1 one of Williams; Pearce, and others, woolstaplers, who had be come bankrupts, and owed to the other firm of David, Wil liams, and others bankers, the sum of .5001. It had been well observed by the Court (in ex-parte Vere) that composi tions were theither more nor less than private bankruptcies, partaking of all the inconveniencies of public ones, by which it was generally sought to call in new creditors to undertake the burdens of the old. In the present case, supposing him self to have been consulted as to the best way of securing the banker's interest, he would have advised him as follows : « Get the man who owes you the money to buy all the wool he can purchase, and snake it over to you in barter ; then sweep away all the remaining effects by executions, so that there shall ro be no i pperty left on the estate to litigate your right to the Tile LOUD CHANCELLDR hopped that there was nobody in Court who wanted instructions as to the best way of fleecing their neighbour. Mr. MosTaiatE said, that it. was not for him to tell the Court how he came by the particulars; but it would be seen how the transactions agreed with his description. Late in the year of the bankruptcy, the petitioner and one of the bankrupts arrived in town together from Wales. The .bankrupt made purelites of wool, which on each occasion were immediately transferred to the petitioner.. The last purchase and transfer were on tilt...day in which the act of bankruptcy was committed, and the parties, who had resided at the same hotel during their stay, returned to Wales. The petitioner levied execution on the remaining effects shortly after they got home, and became thus possessed of the whole estate. The other creditors, hoW. ever, interfered, and a commission was sued out. The peti tioner procured himself to be named chief assignee, and the other two were of his own selection. A creditor, named RAW -IMs, petitioned for their - reinoval ; and thereupon arose three questions—first, if here Was not a fraudulent, pfcference of cre ditors ; secondly, whO was the right owner of the wool seeing that the samples only w e r e d e li vere d w h en t h e act o f bankruptcy was committed, though the wool Wasafterwards regularly de livered to the bankrupt, and by him to the assignee ; thirdly, the transactions were not altogether void from the foreknow. ledge of the parties agreeably to the statutes of bankruptcy. The Vice-Chancellor, feelingthe difficulty of these questions, had directed an issue to try if the present petitioner was entitled to avail himself of his knowledge of the bankrupt's affairs to get himself appointed assignee. Either .the order had been too loosely drawn, or the conditions were not satisfactory, one of which reasons had Originated the present appeal. His (Mr. Montague's) motion was to have the assignees set aside, because their interest from first to last was opposed to that of die gene ral body of creditors. Mr. COLLINSON followed on the same side. Mr. HART, in support of the petition, sought to have the commission established. The order was incorrectly drawn, and was unsatisfactory to his clients, and therefore he had to move the Court for Amore perfect'one, with a view to determining the right of property in the petitioner to the wool. He apprehended, that whatever was the nature of the commission, his Lordship would scarcely undertake to disturb it under this motion, be cause that might materially . affect the interests of the creditors, who, from any thing in the proceedings, had not sliewn the slightest dislike to the present assignees. The Loma CHANCELLOR thought that Williams should never have been appointed assignee. As to the suggestion just thrown out respecting the jurisdiction of the Court, the appeal had left it open to him to do as lie would, supposing the busi ness originally brought before him. He desired That the pro ceedings under the commission might be brought into Court m to a -i i n n o o rro f h w is m pr o es rn e i n n t g o . pi lj io a n ft , e t r ime lo n o i k v in o g o intt vz int ti o i r en he should t i hept esen re t,as: signees must be set aside, because Mr. Williams, as an assig nee, was bound to give all the information in his power to the creditors even in those cases where it would manifestly go against his own interest. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, JAN. 10. crtaatartts v. HOOPER. This was an action brought by Mr. Chambers, as surviving partner of the firm of Birch and Chambers, bankers, on a guarantee 'by the defendant, Dr. Ifooper, for the payment of a bill for 1,000/. by a person named Ifarpur. It appeured in evidence that Mr. Harpur, who was the son in‘law of the defendant, had an account with Messrs. Birch and Chambers, and was pergonally acquainted with Mr. .Birch. They permitted him to overdraw his funds to the extent of 2,0001., 1,0001. of which was paid off; and the residue was to be secured by bill. To this bill 'they wished to have Dril Hooper% name; but he wrote to them, stating, that he had made a solemn engagement never to sign any bill or note ? but had no objection to guarantee the payment of the Money in six. months, it Harpur should be unable to pay it.at the expiration Of that period. When the six' months expired, Ilarpur had Some cash in the hands of the bankers, but not enough to sa tisfy the bill, nor was he .then able to pay it: No attempt, however, Was then made to compel payment from Harp!, nor Was any notice given to Pr. Hooper that he was holden liable. sonse time after, the defendant, by what means did not appear, became acquainted with the fact that the bill was still un paid, and two applications were subsequently made to him for a renewal of the guarantee, which he refused. An action was then commenced against Harpur by the bankers, and they, 1 iwithont consulting Dr. Hooper, took a warrant of attorney from Harpin; by which they were entitled to take out execu tion at an earlier period thall if the cause had proceeded. In' the interval, If arpur had at various times balances in the hands of Messrs.'Birch and Chambers; and at one time had cash de posited with them to the amount of 1,208/. Upon this evidence,.Mr. ..MA.,RRYAT, for the defendant, con tended his client was not liable on the guarantee ; first, because the bankers were bound to apply the money in their hands to the satisfaction of their claim ; and secondly, because they had given indulgence to the principal, without the concurrence of the slimy. Mr. SeARVETT, in reply -to the first ground of defence, ar gued that the debt, at-the expiration of the six months, be came absolutely the debt of Dr. Hooper ? and .that no funds of' Harpur were thenceforth'applicable to its discharge ; and in reply to the second, that ;as no time was given, the arrange ment was really for , the surety's benefit. The Loin) Ciligy JUSTICE said that the question which fie should leave to the consideration of the JutY. waa,. whether the bankers had so acted as to give Dr; Hooper reasonable ground to suppose that they . did not hold him liable ; because, if so, lie was clearly of opinion that they had discharged him, It was true that the warrant of attorney . put an earlier termina tion to the suit than it might have otherwise reached ; but the surety had a right to expect that the creditor should not volun tarily suspend his power of arresting the princiPal, at any nio ;nerd when the surety might require the pressure Of law to be exerted. Mr. SCARLETT then said that his client was quite patistled with the opinion of hh Lordship, having: brought ail the bear ings of the case before hint, and would now submit to be non suited. The plaintiff' was accordingly nonsuited. • • OWEN V. MANSEALIi, This action was brought to recover a halanee alleged to be' doe to the plaintiff for lamps and devices furnished for an illu mination on the Coronation of his Majesty. The plaintilrplead ed a tender of AI. Ila. parcel of the demand, and denied his liability to pay the residue. it ap . peared that the defendant, who is an attorney residing at Kettering, and the tinder Mead the county of Northampton ; being desirous of making a splendid demonstration of loyalty on the night of the Coronation, called at the Shop of Mr. Owen, at the corner of 41ov:sell-street, Cofent.garden, looked at a crown and letters, and afterwards' gave orders for the words and letters " George IV." to he sent it/ him with a large crown, and thirty dozen of lamps, ready for lighting with oil; The lamps were accordingly sent, but they were never returned, and Mr. Owen accordingly charged for them first as if letto hire for the occasion, and then for .their value as if sold ; Making in the Whole a charge of His, per dozen, besides the oil and devices. He tlid• not chew tlito the original contract was. for hire,: and not Or purchase : un le s s thi s inference might be drawn from a list which he sent with the articles. Witnesses were called on fits behalf to prove that the mode in which he charged was accord ing to the usage of the trade. The defendant had advanced 101., and tendered 81. I Is. 6d„ which be had paid into Court; but the plaintifrs demand, according to his rate of charge, amounted - to about 81. beyond this sem. • For the defendant, James Rarlow was Called, who fixed the price of lamps prepared for illumination at 12s. per dozen ; and ,Mr. Randall, of the firm of Matthews and Randall, agents for the defendant, proved that the plaintiff had expressed his will. ingness to take 18/. I Is. 6d. in addition to what he had already received, in satisfaction of his claim. Mr. SCARLETT, in his reply, observed that the defendant, like others of the present day, was willing to let his loyalty shine forth at the expense of others; but when the day of reetioning!..aMe, like them he was unwilling to pay the costs of his enthusiasm. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to say whether 181. lls. M. was or was not a sufficient compensation for the lamps, under all the circumstances before them. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. ABnATIAMS V. COOPER. Thii was an action for slanderous words, imputing theft to the plaintiff. The words in question were used at the auction rooms of Mr. Phillips of Bonet-street, in the month of Mar last. On that occasion, a dispute loose between the parties, who are dealers in old plate, when the defendant said to the' plaintiff, " You are a common thief. I will put down five pounds to your five pounds, to be forfeited, if I do not prove you a common thief; and if I do, your five pounds will be forfeited, for you robbed Mr. Japp, and I will . prove it," with other opprobrious words. The defendant, in justification of part of the words, pleaded, that the plaintiff did steal a picture from Mr. Japp, and the general issue to the residue. On the cross-examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, it ap peared that much altercation took place at the time, and that the parties actually paid 5/. each by way of wager, on theques tion of the guilt or Innocence of the plaintiff, anti that these sums were still in the hands of the stake-bolder. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE - interposed, and said, he thought the plaintiff could not temp more than a shilling damages. If the parties did not content to put a stop to the case, he should feel it his duty to do so, and not to permit the Court to be occupied by the tri a l o f suc h a wager. The more regular course wouldbe, to enter a verdict for tie plaintiff with Is. damages on the general issue, and to discharge the Jury from giving any verdict on the justification. This was assented to, and the verdict of is. taken on the ge neral issue. By this arrangement each party bears his own costs. RUSIIIVORTII V. WILSON. (We have been requested to state, that Mr. GURNEY, in al luding to the arrangement by which this cause was disposed of, admitted that there was a variance between the report, and the expressions actually'used by Mi. Justice 'BAYLEY. Our Iteporter has no recollection that such admission was made ; but he thinks it possible that, as some confusion prevailed at the time, it might escape him.— Times.] HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JAN. to. This was the default day of the last term. Dr. DAIIIMNY presided in the Chair of Lord Stowell. An adjournment was proclaimed of the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, which were appointed to be held on the 21st at the Old Bailey, to a more distant day. Other business of mere usual form was then dispatched, and the Court rose ; no matter of any public interest having transpired. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JAN. 10. THE JUNO, ON THE PROSECUTION OF JOHNSON v. NORRIS. A short time since the defendant, Mr. T. Norris, licensed victualler, of White Hart-yard, Drury-lane, appeared, amongst others, at the Police Office, Bow-street, to answer an informs.. tion under the late Act of Parliament, preferred by Johnson and Pringle, infonners, against him for keeping his bailie open beyond the time prescribed by law on the Ist of Decem ber last. The. ,charge was denied by the defendant, who, ,it appeared; was afflicted with an attack of the gout at the time, but being positively sworn to have had his-house open until after one o'clock, he was lined in the penalty of 5/. and costs. He, however, gave notice of an appeal to the Sessions, and en tered into recognizances to that,,etrect. The appeal was this day called on. WALPORD appeared for the respondent, and Mr. ADOLPHUS for the appellant. Mr. NlTatronn, prior to the case being opened by Mr. Adolphus said he was instructed to oppose the going into it on the ground of an informality in the recognizance, which had not been drawn up according to the Act of Parliament, which directed that security should be :given for the payment of all costs, penalty, and expences.. Here the recognizance djd not contain any expression as to costs., penalty, and expences, and the party not having complied with the Act of Parliamen t , t h e Court was not empowered to decide on the merits of the case. Mr. Anot.Putrs— Good God ! I never heard such-an objec. tion in my, life before. The JUstices take a cognizance for the appearance of my client; and you, now that the cause is called on for hearing, turn round on us and say that the Magistrates have done that whi c h th ey oug h t not to have dune, and-that we are to suffer by it. After some further arguMent and a conference on the Bench, the Chairman said, the Court were of opinion that the objec tion was a valid one, and consequently the appeal could not be heard. Mr. Viravronm—Then the appeal must be dismissed, and the distress will Issue. _ _ _ _ Mr. A niii:l 7 lius - .LThen if the Magistrates venture' to issue the distress, I will immediately apply for a Mandamus to the Court of King's Bench. The Order war then made absolute for the dismissal of the appeal. The 0 rand Jury having disposed of all the Bills presented to them, came into Court at three o'clock, and the Chairman hay. ing thanked them for their services, they were discharged. PRI . SONS MADE PALACESI--A rew days ago, the discharge of a debtor, named Culliford, reached , Dorchester jail ; but the man was so attached to the place, that the Governor was obliged to employ a peace-officer and the whole - force of the prison to eject hitn.—( Lincoln Mercury.) DEATH OF Fond PERSONS BY POISON.—OD the morning of Tuesday, the 7th inst. about three o'clock, the neighbourhood of St. George's-road, Manchester, was alarmed by the cries of " mur der" issuing from a house in fillin g 's-b u ildi ngs , close to M r. Lacy's (the stage-coach proprietor) stables: On the watchmen and others approach ing the house, they were informed that a number of persons had been poisoned ; and, on entering they found two persons dead, and four others struggling in the agonies of death. Medical assistance was procured as soon as possible, but two of the lingering sufferers died in a short time : the remaining two, it is expected, will re cover, though they are now in . a very. languish ing state, from the effects of the poison. The inmates of the house were, a man, his wife, and their son ; with a young man and three women lodgers.. The poison is supposed to,have been mixed with the water used for culinary pur. poses; as all who partook" of the water expe rienced its effects: One lodger only was well (a female), and she is now in custody on suspi cion of having administered the deadly dose.— A Coroner's Jury would sit on the bodies on Wednesday, when farther particulars would most probably he, elicited. When our account left Manchester, the origin of this . shocking business was involved in mystery.—(Stantfird News.) Last week, as two lads belonging to Tintagel were, returning from shooting, they met a poor tnan, whose weakness of intellect has rendered him the sport of the urchins and mischievous youths of the neighbourhood. In order to amuse themselves with the poor creature's fears, they pointed their, guns at him, and threatened to shoot him. The panic into which he was thrown, and his entreaties for mercy, afford ed them high sport for ,a considerable time, when one of them,: whose gnu was loaded with powder only, resolving, to carry the frolic to the highest pitch possible, fired in the poor man's face, which was so dreadfully burnt that it is apprehended he will lose his sight. We have not learned whether these rural imitators of the Torn and Jerry system of the. metropolis ; have been held to bail for the assault.—(West Briton.) LITERATUitE. Tice ENTAIL; . or, The LAIRDS of GRIPPV. This is another production of the Author of " The Annals of the Parish," possessing all the characteristic excellencies and peculiar ties of-the Balquidder achool. But the founder of this school has, upon the present occasion, aimed his flight beyond the simple pathos, and broad or quaint hu mour, which distinguished his former narratives. He has chose* to represent, as the central- figure of his work, a strong-minded '. though uneducated man, acting from boyhood to old age, under the enslaving influence of one master-passion, struggluig with natural feeling, and maintaining a hopeless warfare with conscience. The mixed chamcter of ClauMt alkinshlw doubtless affords scope for much powerful writing ; but the vul gar ambition of a vulgar mind. is a passion too alien to our common humanity to possess any enduring command over our sympathies. The Lain! of Grippy is, therefore, store an ob ject of curiosity than of intense interest ; we prize him for the pains the artist has bestowed upon him, and not for any value inherent is himself.—Now, we love the single-hearted Micah, and the long-headed Pawkie, for their own dear sakes. t° timtely this Grippy is but the patriarch .of a flock of exquisite originah, who vie with each other in commending themse lves , to the good liking of every lover of genuine humour, drolierb and truth of delineation. The story is of the simplest 1 Bible texture. Indeed, if the uninitiated durst venture a conjecture about the mysteries of authorship, we would. sot pose that some of the characters had so amplified and eipar 4- ed under the hands of the writer, as to compel him to cuitl the story of its fair proportions. . The whole affair is the old story of interest and family pride, setting the heads of' diverf, of the Lairds of Grippy " a b a nning," to revive their (mg ancestral dignity, and love creeping into the . hearts of ths Juniors, and playing at cross purposes with thiswaisesvortb/ design. We have, accordingly, a variety of original chino" ters bustling_away in the events of every-day life, each after bit kind ; and this is all the story. Among the most amusing Ca effective of those originals areNVatty, the daft Laird, and his hop den partner ; sundry West Country lairds and teddies, all rilt 4 r slenderly appointed as to intellectuals, but well diticrinditatedo s kind and degree of their mental deficiencies; also several Ni. 'liners, writers, and country ladies ; and, above and amigo' ing . all, the incomparable Gtrzy Hypel, the wife of Claud—sba. is indeed a gem of the first water. What exquisite deiglt octante have atibriled to her Biographer, as coyly degrees her various charms of character unfolded te. o imagination. We have her in all relations, from a bloonuoi bride to a reverend grandmother; but " age cannot wither hir. Our author's fancy seems indeed to have run riot with Oaft, and byro., . Hypel, and he has ransacked every element to find souse we ne and appropriate attribute to adorn this pet heroine, at last from his hands a perfect counterpart of the Venus L. Apelles-4 thing compounded of every creature's best. We have premised that this story will not bear abridgeire:: and therefore merely present our readers with one or two sile ,„,1 mens of the work selected at random. The first shall be purpose of marriage," propounded by Claud, between h is lZ Watty and Miss Betty Bodle, heiress of Kilinarkeckle. -1 "" concluding extract is in a different, but notwithstanding , a t. s l: recteristic style. For we conceive this writer to be quite a: ginal in painting the scenes chosen on which to exhibit ill characters, as in delineating the p er sonages who figure oF 4 ' them.—( Edinburgh courant.) till sbecort:. auanammomat SelClDE.—YesferdaY an Inquisition was take ll '..: before C. J EMMETT, Esq. Coroner for Stifle'', 3C the Red Lion in \Valworth-road r .on the body , Lawrence Kirkpatrick. Captain Gawsock, re' siding in South place ) Kennington , deposed t ll3l . the deceased was his groom ; he was very 1111/Cll addicted to drinking, and his constant inebriA. tion produced an aberration in his intellects.; The Jury ' after some deliberation, retur ne d their verdict—" That the deceased shot hinlself, being at the time in a state of mental derange' 1 mein, which was brought on by excess in c r ing ardent spirits." at Tr ug is:gt4hhaptio,,ooafrrnnalialratalsttlicawaneticeel rat-catcher while e w m h p O l s o e y e o d c c u pati" le a rat spear, and in thathasdtatielis, did Nathurst, a distance of twelve miles, wnere instrument, which is a gagged one, wai trailed 14 Mr. AtARTIN a Surgeon of liorsbar ft ' • but notwithstanding his humane and of forts, the poor fellow san d tii i io e att d oimieca t: u i at o no wad tn t yi i d a :o y dw : lTitl a iv, f oi t :i e irol r ael . : : :: cid ( te ß sno r a : swt g pu h hrr t odi o : n glyise : ee u d f ea e uns t , t ii e ttnia . g : tchelizasi • was tg conv ey ed ou pierc edyea t mf‘iktvultlioisitieitftci:eliedlirsitltiaoloeitildpcihsorarnits:iaopsnnt sisters m o b r uere t da h t : r e soe a u t s e t n hv i ei n o g ife , onr w eme i e t t l ro i hl a ias i d a üleir r g o y h r is ee d ei e v m ed an a d s s w f i t d )r o l o p , oi e n Y i l l comply al lowance money from Government her 1 1314- It having been .blown up in the Powder Ith lls F:eversham. twi.dtha COAL-MARKET, JAR. Ships at Market. Ships, so 24 Newcastle - 113 0 Sunderland , Printed and Published for the Puovitrtaltis, 443" (Mice, N 0.112, Strand, by J. U. CAOI'.O6. COAL-MARKET, J. 10. Ships at Nlarket. Ship s , sold Price . : 24 Newcastle - - Ili . 38s Od t° ', o : 0 Sunderland . , 0 . —s Ott to """' ~.....° --------- COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 10. ~. Musts, dam . Ditto, atSight l2 2 .' Rotterdam 12 t Antwerp l2 5 ;f1;, Hambu rgh . Attona Paris, 0 Day's siBnt fis 65 0 , , Ditto 0 VP flouttleaux, ditto 1 1 Fntttli 101 i tql the Malts ` Exl. ii . ec r Madrid Cadiz ',. liana 36 F,tiret pa rcelona ieville Gibraltar Leghorn. (iet.t.t..... IS —Venice, Ital. LIP 4l 50 Malta 45 Naples ...... Palermo Lisbon Oporto o.todatteiro I)nblin .... 9i . . C.oi I, 93 pet Cent. BULLION. rlt' ld Portugal Gold, i n ('„in . / .0 0 0 P Foreign sold, in liars ' 317 6 New 1/oubloons . ... . ... .. -..... o 0, o New 1)ollara 0 4 91 Silver in Bars, Standard t,.......................... . 1...... .42 2. lIIR'rIIS, the l isll On Monday last, at Glangwnna, Carnarvonshiret ..' 1 of the Rev. James Williams, of a daughter. OW On the Bth inst., in Cadogan-place, the Lady of ' Charles Shaw, IL N. of a daughter. - ....,„..../ MARRIED. . , a g li! ~. Yesterday, at [St. Mary's, Islington, the Rev. .I . ()b 0 o 7 . 0 0 son Coombs, of illanchester, to Eliza, daughter o f Wilson, Esq. of Ilighbury-place. - Cis t ; 1 At St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Artlnir Daly, Es ( l% 0,1 in his, Majesty's h3d R-vimenr.„.to Caroline, sixth' ditliPlß 0 William iltunplays, ].7.1q., High Sheriff of the CO O Cavan. On Tuesday, the 7th inst., at Kingston, Surrey, Liels te :4 11. I. C. Allmardiere, of the 15th Itegiment of blagio * ort, P Infantry, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of Dr. 'la te° the above place. DIED. . O _ o On Thursday last, In her 133 d year, Mary, widoW El' ' ~h J r s , re . Charles Graves Eaq. , ....or,- ..t, On Tuesday last, at Hampton, Mrs. Elizabeth I.g'- At w lief of the late Edward Strewn, Esq. Advocate-Gelle r , . l ot, cotta: solo l p On the 24th ult. at Stockwell, Mr. Edward Ttli ( ball h a , J, and one of the attomies of the .Marshalsea and l'il I , 031, At Kensington, on the 7th inst., llardresse Ws lk i ost Esq. a Captain in the army, and brother of the lateJO hg " of Gloucr3ter, Esq., King's County, aged 84. , f i r o o tu tv On the lith instant, Richard Smith, of North Lt5_ .........e0 0, smith, aged . 6:3.