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pital in celebration of the unholy triumph ob tained over the liberty and independence of Spain. We have not room for the insertion of the letter till to-morrow. In a postscript the writer says, "I can state from authority that the King's health is worse. It is perhaps not pub licly known that he has had an attack of apo plexy. The discharge from his legs has in creased." CITY ) TWIN o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 8641, at which price they have re mained steady, with little fluctuation, up to this hour, and little doing. We do not hear of ally Express from Paris this morning, which, no doubt, is owing to the boisterous winds of yes terday. ' Private Letters received from Vera Cruz, of the 13th October, mention that, after sixteen days bombardment, that city had sustained but little damage, which was owing to the houses being built fire-proof. The Spaniards, with their Property, removed to the Castle of St. Juan de Ullos, where the Governor considers them as his prisoners, and their property is confiscated. PottUtGN MAllKET.—Spanish Bonds opened 0281 to at , which price they remain with scarce any business transacting, which is the case in all other Foreign Securities, as the Public are waiting the next accounts from Paris. By the arrival of his 'Majesty's ship the Tyne , PortmmOuth, from Vera Cruz and from the liavannah, the i mPattant news has been received of the arrest of the French General Le MoTTE, and of several French Spies at Mexico. T hey had, according to this information, been detected in a treasonable correspondence with the French Ambassador at Wa shington, the object of which was to place one of the iloun. B O Family on the Mexican Throne. They had been thrown i nt° such close confinement, that even their wives were not per. miffed to visit them, and all Frenchmen had been ordered in. shindy to leave the country. By the same ship letters have been received from the HA , 1 411401 , dated on the Illth November, of one of which the fol. "iriffis a copy:--" I take the opportunity of his Ma j est y 's 114 Tine, to inform you that no Treaty of Commerce, or of 1117 Wier class, has been concluded betwixt the Spanish Com 4ers and the Mexican Government ; the said Commis. *bars haring arrived here this morning from Alverado, in con sequence of hostilities having been commenced on the 25th SePtetilb er by the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa against the city of V era Cruz, the bombardment of which was continued on the 1 3th ult..when the last vessel sailed, at which date above one third part of the city of Vera Cruz was in ruins. In conse. .Ifuenee of this attack, all Spanish property in the empire has been confiscated, to make good the damages done to Vera Cruz. The natives.of 0111 Spain and of the islands had been ordered out of the,Empire within three months, anti no vessel under the Spanish flag was permitted to enter any of her ports. The Com mandant of the Castle has called on the Government of Cuba to succours, in a naval force, provisions, soldiers, and mini atatv of war, which -were sent to him on the 31st ult. in two uan notts and six vessels of war -a force sufficient to blockade effect', 1, all the ports of the Empire in the Gulf, which, it is said, will be done, as soon as they arrange their plan of ope 14t1"*. However, their first object is to destroy the fortifica tion, built on the island of Sacrificio, and to prevent others Nal being erected thereon, which, if not effected, the occupation of the Castle will not answer the views of the mother country 14 holdi ng it, particularly as the Mexican Government has re. move the Custom-house to Alverado, where they say it shall from and nothi ng b e p erm itted to enter into, or be shipped 1° ,,,, °1 Vera Cruz, while Spain holds the castle of St. Juan 1 I ' ll ° ll . By th e l atest accoun t s from the city of Mexico, all the provinc es h ad been reconcile d to t h e C e ntral, or Mexican general Government, and had elected Deputies to the new in gress to b e convened at 3lexico on the 31st ult., when the f unctions o f t h e old Congress were to cease . N one b u t na ti ve z . tizens. it 1 v 1, 1 -4 further stated, have been elected to this Assem -8". Ste. Thus it appears, that out of the ruins of Vera sruz will issue that spirit of hostility to the Government of' in over Mexico, which must secure the liberties of the peo- Pi ; for this wanton attack, which the Governor of the Castle of fit. Juan alllioa has made on the offending inhabitants "f V era can do n o other injury than destroy that city, its cannon s unfortunately comm a n d ; b ut i ts effects will . _be beneficial to the cause of civilization, for they will oe h tin that spirit of opposition to the mother country which Previously was doubtful, and Bourbon principles can never litt er w las make any progress amongst a determined and hostile PaPulstion. Letters have been re ceiveil from Malta, dated °llti le lath o f N ovember, of which the contents are f ar f r om rlelhg unimportant. Sir Tnnatas MAITLAND had arrived I , let "od Commissioners had been appointed to take a military Iv q of the l on i an I s l an d s . A l arge nava l f orce was likewise ee tlog at M a l ta , f or th e p ur po s e of prOceeding to Tunis, to 1 1:a r)1 " .satisfaction for an insult which that horde of Pirates cornmitted against the British flag. it 4-I clei of a Letter, received from Cephalonia, dated September 15.) 4` The political affairs of the modern Greeks 14e C i f lat e b orne a c l earer as p ec t. P r i n ce May r°e6rdato shown some skill and ability in :""lishing a co mm unication with the respective utat inces of the Murea : he has even begun some ' l', : ro ada ; and, if th e si g ns of civilization con t * t the creation of these means of intercourse (I e xchange , a reasonable hop e may be indulged tu the general amendment of the people. A mo. li! ldis truat reigns amon g th e S e n a t o rs. Mane 1 , 14 e1i, th e B ey of Maine, is still undeterm i ne d n4th ell aide to take. Conscious of his own secure I,6„,°ritY over th e prov i nce h e governs, h e is un.- de"linß to r iskits loss by any premature act Or 1 h c a ratien on one side or the other. Neutrality. 141 4 kre, for the Present is his aim, although he littel lthid several meetings of the Provisional Senate; and, upon the strength of this, they have placed his name in common with the others composing it, a measure that he has totally dis approved of, and has already condemned Mavro cordato for doing. Patios still remains in the hands of the . Turks, and will continue so, unless the Greeks ,should happen to exert a greater spirit -in their operations than they have hitherto. The general mass of the people want energy. In dividual spirit Is to be met with among the Ka. pitani (Chieftains), but the military array has not yet earned a name for warlike intrepidity.— The want of a regular disciplined army is se verely felt, and it is said that Mavrocordato has proposed a plan to embody a certain number of the male population of the Morea„ to serve at a stipulated pay. At present the Greek peasant who takes the field has "so much corn for his services, upon receiving which he immediately quits the scene of war, and hurries to his family; nor will he stir from home until the want of food compels hip. Thus may an army be entirely broken up through private views, either of inte rest or affection. Lord BYRON has touched at this Island (Cephalonia), but it seems his Lord. whip has abandoned his original Intention of as. slating the Greeks. He has consequently changed his first course, by sailing to the Archipelago in stead of the Morea." DREADFUL EFFECTS OF TUE STORM.—The mentions storm which raged with so much fury last night was very dreadful in its effects in many parts of the town ; and the various streets were strewed with bricks and tiles, &c. in conse quence of stacks of chimnies, copings, and other parts of houses, being blown down. At about eight o'clock in the evening a very heavy stack of chimnies was blown down at the house of Mr. BOWEN, hatmaker, of Charles-street, Black friars-roild, which did considerable injury. The weight of the bricks, &c. caused the roof to fall in, and shortly after the whole of the house gave way, and buried the furniture in the ruins. The crash caused considerable alarm, and the neighbours rushed from their houses, anticipating similar accidents, but fortunately no further damage was done in that street. From the nature of the ac cident, the sudden manner in which it took place, rendering the whole of the house from the roof to the shop a mass of ruins, considerable , fears were entertained that Mr. BOWEN and his family had fal len victims to the dreadful storm; but on inquiry it was ascertained that they, on that evening, passed their time in the lower part of the house, and had just sufficient time to escape,being buried in the ruins. The whole of the furniture and other property was completely destroyed, and Mr. BOWEN'S loss must be very considerahk.— A stack of chimneys was blown from the roof of the house of Mr. PLANK, stationer, of Black friars-road, whicli fell with so much force, that the whole of the pavement was completely smashed. Ap elderly lady, who was pass ing by at the time, was struck by some of the pieces. She was much cut, and she had a narrow escape of her life. A similar acci dent occurred in Bear-yard, Blackfriars-road ; and it would be tedious to enter into a detail of the numerous accidents of the kind that occurred during the night in the neighbourhood of the Borough and its precints. Several accidents oc curred also at the West and East ends of the town. The unfortunate situation of the Greek Bishop, IsAcmtus, whose life was attempted by assassi nation, at Paris, having reached the ear of the Duke of GLOUCESTEtt, his Royal Highness has, with his characteristic humanity, become a sub scriber for the relief of the venerable sufferer.— To others of elevated rank, in such a case, we would only say " Go ye and do likewise." Letters from Weimar say that the celebrated GOETHE is again dangerously ill. A numerous caravan of German Colonists has passed through Frankfort within these few days on their way to Hamburgh, where vessels are ready to convey them to Brazil. The faculty of Jurisprudence at Tubingen has just decided an important law suit against our city. Capt. STOEDEL, a native of this country, but settled and naturalized in France, is plaintiff, and the City of Frankfort defendant. A rich merchant of this city, a relative of Capt. STOE DEL) and of the same name, who died some years ago, bequeathed his whole fortune of a million and a half of florins for the purpose of founding a Museum of Painting and Architecture in the City of Frankfort; the City took possession, and was confirmed in it by the Tribunal of the First In stance, which sits in the city itself. Capt. BTOZDEL, and the other relations having appealed to Tu bingen, the faculty has annulled the decision of the Tribunal here, on the ground that no one can be at once judge and party, which seems reason able. But by the Constitution of Frankfort a judicial power is always confided in the same persons, who are invested with the Executive, the Senators being both Members of the Execu tive Power, and Judges in the Tribunals. The city will therefore carry the cause before the Court of Appeal of the free cities sitting at Lu beck. This is the more necessary, for if the de cision made at Tubingen should be declared valid, the Republic of Frankfort must neces sarily, by ,adopting the principle on which it is founded c hange its constitution. ; THE THEATRE. CoYENT-GARDEN.. -If the weather had not been so inclement, we do doubt not that the repre. sentation of Much Ado about Nothing, last night, would have been attended by it larger audience. As it was, however, there was a more numerous assemblage than could reasonehly be expected. It is but truth to say, that the Comedy was generally well supported. Benedick is one of Mr. C. K EMU L E'S best Comic characters, and, considering his merit in Tragedy, he 'is well entitled to rank with the chief favourites df the public. We never saw him more easy and animated than last night. His scenes of gaiety with Beatrice were sprightly, and those after his avowal of love to her, and his determination to call Claudio to account; were marked with na. tural and impressive energy. In consequence of the continued indisposition of Mis CHESTER, the part of Beatrice was assigned to Miss JONES, who has appeared to much advantage in Rosalind. Miss JONES really acquitted herself very well: she seems thoroughly to understand the part. She delivered the biting sarcasms with pointed effect, and was unaffected in the more humorous passages. Her sympathy with Hero was tender and interesting, and her zeal to incite Benedick to vengeance was very ef fective. The father and brother were ably sus tained by EGERTON and BARTLEY. FA RREN'SDOK. berry was highly diverting. As Miss FooTe conti nues on the sick-list,Hero was performe&bya Miss BODEN, and with a degree of merit which de. serves encouragement. The Comedy is one of the best of its great author, and must always be attractive while the public have any pretensions to taste and judgment. COLONEL THORNTON'S WILL.-011 the 12th instant the French Tribunal decided the ques tion of Colonel TnowroN's will. The French Judges have declared that the Colonel's do micile was in France ; and consequently, that the French laws alone were competent to decide on the validity or invalidity of his testament. —By these laws the will was null and void, which they accordingly pronounced it to be. The grounds of nullity declared by the French Judges were t‘“): first, that the property was bequeathed to the Colonel's mistress and her child, he being a married man ; and, secondly, that the property was entailed in a manner con trary to the laws of France. It would appear, therefore, that the same instrument is held good in England, and bad in France. DEATH OF LADY ELIZABLTH KAVANAGH:— Died yesterday at Borris, LadyELIZADETH KA VANAGH. The disorder, which terminated the existence of this excellent lady, was brought on by billions affection. Her exertions to improve the condition of the, poor in her neighbourhood, were most praise-worthy--and her unfeigned piety and extensive charities will be long remem. tiered by all whd had the happiness to know her. --(Carlow Morning Post, Dcc. 15.) Letters from. Philade,lphia, dated the 14th of November, state that Sir Wm. Lusthyr has been re-invested with the Government of the Island of Bermuda, and arrived there on the 15th of OCto berl in the Glasgow frigate. ItAvANNATT, Nov. 7.—The Spanish schooner Gallego, from hence to Vera Cruz, was captured by the Itineerlor, Colombian privateer ; but while giving chase to another vessel, was recap tured by the crew of the Gallego, who brought her back to this port on the 4th ult., and she sailed again on the sth inst., for Tampico. The patriotic MINA, and a part of his suite , stopped at Congdon' s H o t e l, on Friday night last, and proceeded the following morning for Bath. The General, desirous to elude the ob servation of the inhabitants, was perfectly incog. —even the inmates of the hotel were not imme diately aware of the personage who had honoured them with a visit.--(Exeter Alfred.) It is said that RICIIARD CARLILE, who is con fined in Dorchester Gaol, has of late exhibited such symptoms of mental derangement, that on one occasion it was deemed necessary to handcuff him for some time. The statement of the death of Mr. BLACK MORE, the celebrated slack-rope dancer in Mr. , Lloyd's company of performers, who were lately exhibiting in this city, said to have been killed by falling from the rope, is entirely void of foundation, Mr. B. being alive and Well.— , (Gkucester Journal.) On Friday last, Mr. DAVID WEBSTER, Horse. wynti, was called before the Court of Session, on suspicion of having been the printer of the paper presented by Mr. Hay, which gave ,offinee to the Court. , Mr. Webster had been previously examined by the Sheriff: The Court, we under. stand, proceeded on the supposition, that Mr. 'Webster had not been t proved to be the printer. T After some remarks by the LOUD PRESIDENT, on the means which every per. son possesses in this country of getting justice easily and expe ditiously, and on the criminal nature of any attempt to throw aspersions on our system of 1aw,..0r the courts by which it is onnnistered, Mr. Vebster was dismissed from the has. After. wares, we are informed, metion was made by Loti and agree.a to, to ascertain whether Mr. Hay was a fit ob,zet of judicial punishment. Physicians were named to make in. quiry".—(Edbiturgh Courant, Dec. la.) HynaoenoutA.— A melancholy occurrence, arising from this appalling disease, has just taken place in this county. On the evening of Wed nesday week JOSEPH DUNNING, a young man, servant to Mr. HASSALL of Alpraham-green, after performing his usual day's labour, complained of indisposition, and retired to bed. His illness continuing the whole of the next day with in creased violence, a surgeon was sent for at about o'clock on Friday morning, who, on entering his room, discovered that the sick' man was unusually affected by the sight of the . Water, With which his (the Surgeon's) upper gar . - ments were saturated. This suggested to the surgeon the true character of his patient's dis. order; and on presenting to him a glass of water, he was unequivocally assured that the distemper was hydrophobia. All medical op- , plications were now useless; the young man remained' in a state, which we shall decline at tempting to describe, till Friday forenoon, when he expired. It has been ascertained that about two, months before the young man had been bitten in the hand by a strange terrier dog in the neighbourhood, but what afterwards became of the animal is not known.—(Chester Courant.) FASHIONABIig CHANGES. Sir John and Lady Burke, and . 11,1 r. Calcraft, M. P. from Hanover-square, for Rempatone, Dorset ; Mr. Gage and Mr. Gage Rockwood, front a tour, to town ; Sir Thomas Brooke Pechell, Batt. M. P. for Aldwicke, near Chichester; Lady and Miss Campbell, from Brighton, for Bath ; Hon. Mr. Petre, from town, on a tour; Mrs. and Miss Hardcastle, from Harrowgate, for Bath ; Mrs. and Bliss Simeon, from Ramsgate, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Harpur, from Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, for Brighton; Sir John Honey wood, Bart. from Dover, for Canter-. bury ; Mr. Walpole, for Epsom, from town ; Colonel and Mrs. Macdonald, from Ramsgate, for Bath; Mr. Macdonnell, from Calais, for Bath ; Major and Mrs. Seabrooke,' from Newp ort Pagnel, for Brigton ; Mr. Ramsden, for Brighton ; Colonel West, for Portsmouth ; Mr. and . Mrs. - Paulet, for Bath, from Leamington-Spa ; Mr. Mrs, tind the Misses Drake, from the German Spa, for Bath; iUis. Ai iil Lemon; from the South of France, for Bath ; Col; and Mrs. Lambert, from Aheryst with, for Bath ; Lad and Miss 'Stoughton, from Abb evi ll e , in France, at Rama te ; Col. Collyer, f r o m a t our , ; .. to town Geo. Farley, Esq., d Mrs. Farley, at Marshal Thompson's Hata, Cavendish-square ; Captain [I. Buckworth, Esq., Mrs. -Buckworth, and 'family, at ditto; 'John Elphinstone, Esq., Mrs. Elphinstone, and Pamily, at ditto, from Scotl an d ; E. H. Adderley, Esq. at ditto ; Captain George Baker, from ditto ;. Duncan Maletnn, Esq. front ditto, to Seotland. • . FESTIVITIES AT HASTINGS. Mrs. William Cainac save a splendid Ball and Supper at her new house, in Wellington-place, Hastings, on Monday last. The drawing.rooms were most brilliantly illuminated, and were filled with beauty and fashion at an early hour.. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock. At twelve a regu. lar sit clown supper was announced, which consisted of every delicacy of the season, hot turkeys, pheasants, partridges, &c. Dancing rocoMmenced immediately after supper, and. was kept up with the greatest spirit until near three o'clock. The Ladies' dresses were all new, most elegant and expensive. Amongst the company present were—The Countess of Ash. burnham, Lady Charlotte Ashburnham, Lady Theodesia Ash burnham, Lady Georgina Ashburnham, Lady Robert and the Misess Fitzgerald, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, Lady Maria Meade, Viscountess and Miss Allen, Lady Mary Coote, Lady Prudentia Coote, the Hon. Mrs. T. Jones, Sir 'William Ashburnham, the Hon. Lady Burton, the Hon. Mrs. AVhaley, the lion. Mr. and Mrs. Fowls, Mr. St. Ouintin, Mr. Adams Gordon the Messrs. Briscoe, and all the fashionable residents of Hastings and the neighbour. hood. Drumm:ix, DEc. 16.—The Earl and Countess of Aber. derdeen, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Lord Lieutenant and Costar Roltdorum of the County, t he Earl of Egremont, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Besborough, Lord Holland, Mr. Pox.and the Russian Ambassador,Codnt Lieven,had the ho. nour of dining with the King and Royal suite,at the Palace, yes. terday. In the evening the company was increased by the fol lowing distinguished personages :—The Earl of Hopetoun, Lord and Lady Duncannon, the Count and Countess Munste4 Mr. and Lady B. Ponsonby, Sir C. M. and Lady Burrell, Mr. Walter Burrell, M.P., Mrs. Huskisson, Mr. and Mrs. Hope. Colonel Thornhill, and Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Vernon.--His Majesty's Band was "straining each note in melody's wide compass" until after midnight. The second Blackheath Assembly (for the season), held at the Green Man, on Monday last, was attended by upwards of two hundred fashionables of the neighbourhood. Dancing was kept up with great spirit, and the evening passed off with great Met. The Professional Society of Musicians gave their first Concert on Friday night ; and it was, in all respects, most successful. The orchestra contained about 30 performers, besides vocalists, of whom there might be about an equal number; an d t h e ar rangements, from the drums at the apex of the_pyramid, flown to the chorus at its base, were very complet e . The music went off admirably.—(Edinbutet Courant, Dec. 15.) q.. , . 0 s •-. e.':4!...:- ' ~:. ' ti, '.. • . , ': ' 4 'B l'' r 'At .. 1 .. . . I • i l oki '' : • ••''- i' Vpi ',. #:, 0100t:.....,..,4:0 s lit ~ 'lt: ~...:... •,Fb„.13.4„.4. ~ rojr,..::tN,. s• 1 .4,' P'l, p`i,t...CEOV"i• . : 'P 2 ' l _,--die "i'' . ' i. 7. ' : IEII Or 1.,. -- li . ', .- ~• , 7 • . At ionvi T.• „tow • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASHTON PARK COURSING.—TUEIDAY, DEC. 15. A numerous field of Sportsmen attended the Meeting. Eight couple of Dogs afforded fine sport for the . Silver Bowl, va.. lue 30 sovereigns. Capt. Itouveric's Logic Mr. Stone's Clara, of Lord Mr. Harrison's Penelope River's stud Major Howard's Slim Alr. Udney's Fan Mr. Goddard's Phantom I Mr. Arrowimith's Joke. Mr. Jones's Fly These were the winning dogs the first matches. TIM TITS. Logic, Slim, Fly, and Fan, won the matches in this tie. SECOND TIES. Slim beat Logic, and Fly beat Fan. FOIL 'TIE nowt.. Slim beat Fly for the bowl, in an excellent run. Captain Woodcock's Juno beat 111 r. Lee's Flirt, in a motet for 15 sovereigns. 110YAL CALEDONIAN HUNT. At a Meeting of the Royal Caledonian Hunt, held last wee k, Sir Alexander Don was elected Preses, and the Autumn Meet ing next year was fixed to be held at Kelso, on - the second week of October ; and that upon that occasion .5151, have been voted to be given in plates by the Hunt. HUNTING I NTELLIGENCE. BnEctni lltTxT.—Sir C. Morgan, with his usual liberality, lately presented two fine deer to the Members of this hunt, before whose excellent harriers one of these, a doe, was turned off on Monday last. In addition to a good field of horsemen, muck beauty and fashion were attracted to the spot, and the fineness of the weather acting in conjunction, it formed alto. gether a most interesting aceae. The deer, however, did not afford all the sport that was hoped for, or indeed expected, as it was taken completely exhausted after a very short run. y s Lord ERSKINE AND J. P. CUItRAN, ESQ.-= Some time after Mr. EUSKINE was raised to the Bri. titifi House of Lords, he happened to dine at Carlton-hOuse, where, for the first time, Mr. Cu attar; was a guest. During dinner, the conversation turned on the Law—and on Lord Ensioxn obserVingt that he, a younger brother Of a Scotch Earl, had, through the Law, become a British Peer, a Chan cellor, and so forth—Cun ass quick!) , added, "The Law, my Lord, has done still more ; it has raised me, the son of a pea. sent, to the table of my Prince." SPOTS ON THE SUN,---A large spot has beeti traversing the sun's di,k for eight or ten days past, which ,is rather of an uncommon size. It appeaut to be about the ninetieth part of the sun's diameter, and is conse quently about nine thousand miles in breadth. When , seen through a telescope, magnifying about eighty times, it ap. pears nearly of the figure of an irregular pentagon, stir. rounded with an umbra, or faint shade, of exactly the same figure; which forms a presumptive, proof, that the spot a nd the umbra are intimately connected ; and the question Is— whether such an appearance proceeds from immense excava tion in the sun's body, or from a huge prominence rising from its surface. This spot is just now verging toward the north• western part of the disk, and will disappear in two or three days. It may be distinctly seen with a telescope magnifying six or eight times, and some persons who have acute organs Of vision might probably distinguish it with the naked eye 5,..... Another ipot, of much smaller dimensions, may also be seen approaching the sun's centre. For some time past few large . spots have been observed on the disk of this luminary.— ( Perth Courier.) On Friday, during the trial of a case in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, the day being very COld,Sir WILLIAM STAMER, Foreman of the Jury, addressed the Court, and stated that the cold was so excessive, he hoped he would be indUlged with the liberty to wear his hat. The , Cnize BAnoix replied, that he thought a hat looked rather awkward if worn in Court, but if Sir WaLtAsi pleased, he might be indulged with a wig Every body strove to stifle a laugh, but it could not be kept down—from the Court it was soon caught in the Ball. The Worthy Baronet sat down without adopting the suggestion of the Cunt BARON.--(Dublin Morning Post.) MIDDLESEX SESSTONS.—(Turs DAY.) Eleanor Gums iris put to the bar on an indict ment charging her with having kept a house of ill fame in Lisle-street, Leiceste'r:iquare. The Defendant pleaded Guilty. The plea excited some astonishment, but Mr. ALLEY begged leave to call Ivitnesses to prove the line, of conduct pursued. • The Defendantettid sha had left the house two months since. The Chairman (MrXostsr) cautioned the pri soner as to the line of conduct shames pursuing. The Defendant, however, perskted in her plea. Mr. ALLEY said, as she waza single woman, if she would enter Into , a- recognizance to appear and receive the judgment -of the Court, when, ever called on, the parish wouldtbercontefited... After some fu r th er observe:U(l4,x, Mr. A LLEY wished the Defendant to give.up the lease of the house. The Defendant said, she had let.the house to a Mr. Dance, and had not got it. .% • The CHAIIIMAN again' 'informed' the prisoner that by persisting in her pleu.she;would do her self no good whatever, The defendant still pessistediks her plea, and witnesses were called to prove the facts ehaeged, from which it appeared' that tbe4touse watt' one of a most infamous kind. .;;, The CHAIRMAN asked the , defendant if she -was now. disposed to retract he.ripi t ea. The defendant replied in theAtegative, and said she had three children,'(.and no father to protect them. She expressed. a: Willingness to enter into reeognizances oot to offend again. The CHAIRMAN expressed a :wish to have it generally understood that the plea of guilty would not be played with ; but, as she had given Up the house, the Court would' take her recog. nizance in -lOW., and that she , should come up for judgment when called on. kIEIICANTILE DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind SS W. blowing strong.—. Came down from the River this morning the Roseville, Anderson, for Trim; she afterwards slipped front an anchor and cable, and went into Ramsgate, harbour. The Calais Post-office packet landed mail and passengers here this afternoon, not being able to fetch Dover. Remain the Guardian, for Batavia; and a few others, names unknown. PonTsmotmt, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—It came on to blow a strong gale this morning► about ten o'clock froth and still continues ; the outward-bnund ride all well. Arrived the Louisa, Walker, from the Downs for Jamaica. A ship arrived from the Eastward, apparently an ontward-bound In diaman, but too late to learn her name. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the, Lcan. der, Thomson from Guernsey in 12 days for Cette. Passed up Channel the Wilbelmina,• frnm Batavia. FALMOUTH, DEc. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's packet Emulous, Lieutenant Croke, from Plymouth ; Neptune, Downing, front London tier Terceira. Sailed the Active, Banks, for London. LINER Poor, 16.—Arrived the Ellen, Ross, from Demerara; George the Fourth, Thomas; Prince of Austurius, Ayrshire; Scott, and William Davidson, ---,from Quebec; Endymion, Todd ; Crown, Havelock ; and Thornton, Harri. son, from Miramielti ; Anglent, Glaister, from Richebncto; William, Bartlett, from Genoa; and Hibernia, Field, from Lisbon. Off the Port the Bradoek, from Jamaica ; and Harriet, from St: Domingo. • Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn in to the cote. mend of their respective ships—viz., Capt. John Tween, Sir David Scott, for Bengal and China; nod Capt. Richard Clif. ford, Lady Melville, for Madras and The East India Company's ship Buckinghamshire was all well, in let. 17.81. south, 1ting..27.. 46. west, on the filth of Septemt er. AN EXAMPLE FOR LAWYERSe—CUAMILLART, Comptroller. General of the Finances in the reig n 'of Loma XI V., had be en a celebrated pleader. Ile once lost a cause in which ho was con. corned, through his excessive fondness for Wl liards. His client called on him the day after in ex treme affliction, and told him that if he had made use of a document which had been put into his hands, but which he had neglected to exa mine, a verdict must have been given in his favour. CIUMILLART read it,, and found it o f decisive importance t o hi s cause. 46 You tined the defendant," said lw, 44 for twenty thousand livres. You have failed by my inadvertence. It is my duty to do you justice. Call on me in two days." In the mean time CiUMILLART pro cured the money, and paid It to.bis client on no other condition than that he would keep tlt transaction a secret. CHALLENGES rx AmaurcA.--Such an extensive circulation has the practice of duelling obtained, that it has extended itself even , te,Divines. We find in a Kentucky Paper, challenge by Mr. A LEX ANDER CAMPBELL to Mr. W. L. MACALL A , to a debate, cc if God perndt i '' on. Baptism. So much confidence has Mr. Cimenerz that he will out-talk his antagonist, that he is desirous to cir culate the challenge as Much as possible, and re quests printers throughout the countu to give no tice that lie (Mr. CAMP LL) will yieei the said Mr. MACALLA, at Washington, Mason county, Kentucky, on Wednesday the 15'th day of Oc tober, at eleven o'clock: This bold Ecclesiastic, in the plenitude •of his wisdom ) , and re l y i ng on the world 'for the truth of his assertions, Sent a general challenge,in the year 1820, as fol. lows this day publish to all present, that I fief disposed to meet any Pedoheptist Mini ster, of any denominatibn, of good standing in his own party ) and 'engage to prove in a debate with him, either viva yucca, or with the pen, that infant sprinkling is a hotnen tradition, and inju. rious to the wit-bring of society, religious or political."---(Frons The Pillage Register.) Finn DAMP.-LLAA unlearned man, but clever mechanic, of this town (Stall'ord); named Geo. LOYAT, 13 anxious to communicate to his country men a scheme for lessening the danger from that dreadful accient—the explosion of fire damp in, coal mines. The remedy which hasiuggested self to his mind is, the employme!it of bellows, to be worked by the steam engine. Six or seven pairs of ordinary forge bellows might be Fir (paired to produce the proper effect. They might be placed one or two hundred yards from the shaft. Atmospheric air is intended to be propelled by a main pipe down the shaft, and thence conducted by smaller pipes, having re. gulating stop cocks to these parts of the mine , where the colliers are at work. The stream of air will have force equal -to a common current above ground. The „fire damp will thus be dis lodged from the situation occupied by the miners, -or so much diluted us to render It harmless; and ultimately being lighter, than atmosiiheric air, be. ing forced out at the mouth of the pit.--(814ord ildvertiter.)