The Sun. — London, England, 1816-01-25 00:00:00

COMBINATION JOURNEYWN CAWCO-PRINURS: At our Quarter SvSbinill, which commenced on Vt.-dttestlay 14st, was heard an Appeal fruit's , a, t.;onviction , before the Magistrates. of. 1101tott4!,'Ilin Ik:6:Combination Act, wider which the appel, Ault's, John. Fletcher, Edward Collins.' Daniel lialliwell, :',1,,1en • !lnrrox, James SloritlPS, .1111105 ;I:nites:• fleyes, .and Major flatliwnll, were sen tenteil .to three months' intorisonnteot,.but (rout uhirit they appealed ter the Quarter Seision ',phis ruse, than which few of more titan poi tieuee. i We are pet snuffed, have ecru come*. • lorea Court of Justice for decision, Caine on to be hem' on Friday morning ii)(ti after nine ► o'cloct.. and engrossed the Cli)itSt nl'olooll of rime (_'our, lot nearly six, hours. The Counsel_ retain- I it for 11:e appellants were Messrs. STARKI4. LAW, 111141. tillti Ent , the responnents, W 11.1. 1 .4015, and COLTMAN, IGlr. Cll,ols tspeiied the CUS properly taking or. easitan to expatiate on .the evils, which nece4sArily arise by the introduction of such anomalies in go- Vermin:tits n self-incorporated bodies, who 01'00 v ithe r j,, , o pen deli:mee of ow -l o ws, or to contrive means to - evade them ; who, under prctettee ; asN , rioting for ptirpcmcs ostensibly benevolent, tweet to tteqrtty order, and sup the constitution. /Our titix e!•oittiun), itoreeiled to give ii t•ltoit hisi , ry of:the origin . of the Corabiliatioti,of i Juin neymen, Cni!eo.printers, of whom the tervap- i . totineWa rvniall, part delegated tor the puy post . of;-riiiiitiA foe wages,- told controlling, tiler heir cmployerk. Ftoni t lie - evidence pupeffk, J im", ‘vriltell rand . liri.atetl doeu tunas, whidi he produced, and which had been m.ir,ed on the pi:rhino: of the eunvicted persoris,:lie that a CollthilliltilM Jititlbeen loniVformed by :,be •C*4IICO-printers ; oi /. that in the- year .iiil4,,tatter 11:11 . ing tried tioeixperiment . the whole of .the itnirneyntett refs to work , 111 the., einplo y of eowe one or ore individual rnaktcr calkolitinters, tire whole bwly ofjottr-. oeysiten Ciiiieo.4.Oilitel6 bad, /h e y e u rn ne d,,,jr, " turned out," ti l litt it, d without employ ment lot manyranouth*, 1114.4'.0g whieli time 'they., lived partly upon eke fluid. , which had been plie. viously provided for wartV.re , teitli, their. ina,6,icrl, and pertly by the contrik outitais . ot other 046nciat ed•joiirneymen of otheg' trades, r tvhejy W h by 01'" parent lellow.feelingo/iiippotied them .in't heir nn., 18%0;11 combination t o. ru in the trade of those per•. l() ","" ' w ere "bk.: to live that wages 104 high, iorAnete wants", • lid which - tempted' °Levi to un lawful • nom LI " tarn' oat" of Idi .1 ti'its de feated hlt OW unanimity' . VIA tirnyt'est . of their El, l ,l lll) Yerb.' ilia Men carte AgPIII: in . work., ;ind ult scented! peace.. In De/7'61 1 6er hot; fortu- M;e l Y for,.lie.ends of Justice; and forttittately for the twelis ,re of tbe.cominerical ittteresrb of . this• Couintry..,, anti most' happily ftir that class of fio• tictY r.f which tl u appellants form it' part, toi acci,l'ent exhibited ^tti• .the Pollee of iiniton,le lie.ort, the.pcoofs of.the existence of H deeply ramified etnnitination on .the part of 4 tltti . thiYchievottit leaders of what We' hope are a well-tneaning andloyal hotly 6! men. 'oleo print 'ed • papers, which the accident alluded to 'had • rtkeowii into flte . litindi of the rolfee,fiilly pro eft 'ldle existent organization of a v'astmachinc, trhicll lexituded froM one dad tii the'rnited Kingdom to. .tbe other,, and 'diverged its baleful sysient.iuto everv, , flue most dii;ant corner of the *eitipire.- , -• These documents furnished' a elite to the Comiilete trnicovery of the measure in 'petio ; for. they ap pointed a Getterpl Meeting of the .Pelegat es, fruits the sob. or tli4triet legklative power, furnished with iti: 7 trattions • from their constimients iii the respective.disiricts f iner large pt'itit.ontiotts, on the first dayof the tire Sent year, at the sigo'Of the Alan and t 'Milton. l'ooo•t,ed of this important information, the l‘lagistrates;resitlent iu liolton.and its neiglitiour hood; grained warrants for the aprelioqing of the. Members r of the ° High-Court . of rtoliament, assettiloied at the house - Mentioned iij the-rerits • sent . to : tlie' hinough-like• edintnittees. - ekkmt. I'2 . o'clock, the lioronglireeve and Constables of Hol ton, attended tiy,a proper' numbee,iii Special Coo.? Ithibies, went , :to the u n to and Scythe, and, going. up stairs, foitud.tha,uppellants, ten in .iitimbet, „..asiembled. ,They.were.. : tutnetliately.propeily sc-, cured') and, by their books and papers lictiirty them, and from the papers , found out the persons of !evert of diem, the.whole nature of the.oitlaw. 14. t atrillOsation,..,Wltich, was perfectly, und ß otood kOdii, itliit Made ahriouply manifestant! :It appeared ,front these Swiped doctitnents,, that tlrc coMhinatiOn of journeymen calico-printers' had 'raittified Its inteteits with shoemakers, btuxb makers', paters, flax-dressers, bOok-hinders, wea vers, &c &c. and that the combined of these tradei, throughout the kingdoms of blugiand,,Scotiantl, and Ireland, were united in - bni . contmon.ranse, and mutually lent assistance 'to each other, in order, (its they choosst•to call their unlawful and ruinous at(a'ck' commerce and prosperity. of this eountey), tiriesist opprestion. Of this filet, and ofithefaceilf:tbe iontbittation of the journeymen caliceeprlliCers, to fix the price of their own 'boor, told 10 prevent similar labour from being tiotorati . d by , ,uten who were too honest to jute then* pittetiees, the hooks and otWrAdetonetits seized, furoisited stifikcient evi dente 'limy also furnihifeth eridence• Of large had"been raised by thelhandatory laws 'Of' previous delegated - assemblies . , which had us:it- only declared war against 111,e:employers :o.f work .iiiiiculirolrinters,, hut had_ laid JikxesopOn the suNptts (If their rialtu, to enable.tbam to carry it ui, H . • r L; • • )0111 g• gi the.outijnes the partert _Seized ty the inatiltipatotheers of BOltoO ofterWaids resularly,prutluced in esidt tlce, anti their seiiure authenticated) 11Ir. Cross` 'proceeded to examine the reittiOnewhich might :possibly, nay, whitilt were sure to be 'oll'Nred in justification of the conduct n't the journeycpen. • t could not, he. Said, be truly urged, that, Impelled by riecessily, they .here forced to the measure of resistance tp their t mployers, for it was .easy to se that theY • were already is aitt too much. The mita. of • • ' , Orly anti opprtssion were a Want of flit comfort* of life, 'Which it circumscribed inconie 'dill not aifoW. 'Fhb was .not the case in the present ittz stance—for this description-of men had burn, so, notch consideredhy'S lie 4overnittent of thiS Court 'try, that, vt hilst other perstias were payi'lle a Property Tax of one-tenth, .and in some casts of nue-eighth of their inyorne, they pAiti nothihg• rintl yet, said 111 r. Cross, this tor bearatice had not orighotted, nor did it exit iii the trait sot' tueti.er' 'to cowl - dime to the er•i , ;'etreies of the State,'lt . r it..appeared front the. evidence furnished by tie papers before the Court, that upWards of 11 pounds per man had been paid in ,the course l of hoot 12 trsoittlip, far, the purpose of oppressing their employer 3, whom they tbentselves i buti chosen to cull oppressors. The ,Journeymen, who were reitlly the, oppressors, by throwing uhstitclo. in , : 111 e way.of !hair Atoployer, shric4litig their means of spreading .ttitti increasing tlie titres and- commerce of this had, eat played so harken sum its eleven pounds a man,' in the course of a siot!le year, nut ttf their 'earnings, iir "rder to OPpose the. existing law at the laud. How - much more meritoriously would that money •diave hero, applied, how . mach more lastly too, wotild that rtpplieation hate been made, it it trio! Weurptild into the Government treastrty, to assist in cooserratiug instead at brealiing the iaty , --in aiding, the me.stis o f ,posi, g the,encuries of the country, Instead of employing , it in carrying an t , Stn enttturattreastin-like warfare,' which, if th:Ar design liad'nut been, happily frustrated, mit , its consequences have torn Out the very ~ 4111 at H national Itrosperity. Such , ail. evil. ap, f ecopiopeia.,„ • tion of their 31H - re of the present 11Arishing state of this country, lie, hoped would s',,•;. : tv tiovertiment how much it. hod. erred, in exec j; a great body, of men, whose ..incomes, very moderate . ex. ertions, amounted tram eAllry to one hundred. pounds per antaalt, frill) the operation of the Property 'fax the I, a ymeitt at which might, alt probilt'olty would have pre Vented 'the conintissien of OA a ct,. for witieh appellants had been setstrA c4 d to impyisonnicut: • The kittitVil Gentlemen Oren adverted to one Of Alltt' objee whleli the journeymen contititrally hail vte",l that of restricting their ettiployerS trout itittic,iti (lie of ,buys as aliffentices ; as if .these 'bt>fs bad not as much right, to procure the means .tit subsistence as themselves.. Indeed the boys, as well US Men, artist have Subsistence, and it [Ws W m as•denied the. the WM:itliiiitS.t 5t0.1) np , their pertluous months by 'bunging or drowning them in arderby getting: rid of thetn,' to 'gratify th,e WiSlie4 of the sell-created legiShittme, which nu d ie s . laws, 'Hilt oily for theniselve3, but . for the boys which ViliVi'aellee Sends into ',tire world, and fdr. w 'the masters 'ho are r i sking : their Capitals, and etietOutieriug all 'theyauitiety oft etidlitit • tipion speculative trade, in order that their jotirirtymen tuAry.he enabled to expend in nap:lllll.es of oppres .tt soon. whiell Might he . Most laudably and 'l j iStlfttlly.timplayed itia he .serVice of the State. • ' Adverting to the Mittintl ntsi;trinee of dd e i en t etudes, to eniable them respectively to rake tire Brice: of wages. Mr..Cruss very properly 'asked, what real set vice could such an advance bring to t h em a , .'Yoircolubitie n•ith luttter*, bysttieiistheinin tkeyiniy have thqlf witgesraised ; .: .itt other words,, tbat yon it greater price foryour ','Assist s that you may pay a greater, price far yttiir shoes.;.. natl so through the whole at the many coationts• . lions .•witiclt' the. mule or thiS conntry exhibits, Y'et ,thins liarl.beeti theffoolish aOpiieritiutt of al ready il/t% great earnings, whiCli it 'was for the happiness of the iiitiriteynten illell4Btivet ti) a iSII tcefe• [4.94, tll'At tiivy might be. taught the leS3l•lll)( i ptoverly uppre,ciating the, eoutforts they 'enjoy, and then prope ruse of • Money,. This. I'oo th.e . p:iperi filly preyed ; and tin this, new.. ;cape' i9) 1 1 rOVellAl)t hats the journeyman Calico-printers, .in C011 . itilleti(111- 10(11 the CO111 1 141104)11; of other trades, for a twig . oitte astral. Au applicatitOt of mortey, than which nothing could be lit(Pr'e int " proper,. more likely to defeat. lime. ern: rcipilUt ; . or eolith be, Ultimately., inure saint/its. One of the papers, he said, .mentioned an in. • tention un tist part of the,conthined. journeymen of the trade, to apply, to Parliarrient tor an Act of protection ti; . ;iitist the oppreSsiou art heir ,initsters.. An atiplidation than which nothing could eribibit' - . a greater degree of elfrooteik on the phrt 'at the applicants s , since they li‘ed iii.th . e of eXiSt big laws, frantril tor the prott!iitiun Of the commerce they wished to retina Till stu;ll ' as they had learned to pay doe detortilice to the -.11.aw of the laud.as ,sr a mk, li tt l e retention -to tilt attintelon of the lei;i\latlire wind). they say they,mean. to...petition far a new Act , of Parliament. concludingtai .rt most eloquent speech, the learitellGentleman said, such, wm view of t i le magnitude of the offence committed;:—suo his view ;of the consequences involved in it, ,he. had , Only to ',egret, that, insttuul of an information on the Combination Act, an .imlictmeot fOr a t..Yonvi., racy had not been presented ; and theat.atter con,. iierion, of which.thete wasolot even.o anadow Cqr doubt to hang on, instead of three months, op itoprisotiment of more than , that nutoberof.yeats, with all the consequences of .such.a coutigthm, would he wits sure have heen• the ittst se 'truce cat 11) , Coot of ~ ,Instice before which they . might hare been tried. Alter stutteicgal argument, the,,exatnination o f )larret, the . Deputy-Constable of Bolton,. %vita procetnied on ; anti tie ptoved, that the meeting wits held ILI P.,1101) ; that ti R ! ten !nen conviCt eti were ; and that the paper's' then laid' before the Court and read, were tlio%e he bad Wird: , On the conclusion of hit.evidence, Mr. Cross aid, this, was. the cast of the respondents. M. STAitpktvolw iu. d!fenee of dos; appel lants. The C.tratOtAt+ then said, 'that althmtgli the w .isiegistrates ere uttaultpous iu their opinion of ilte legality of the POliViOt ipp o ttitti OM, Iltliprivty knotir ming Iti yet, in einth;deu,ttion of tht, cafe they had just heart! argued, hring•tif such vast euroctittence to the country at large, they dumb! withdraw for a•fewtoillutes. The Bench nccordtngiy withdrew .for *.talsort , time, and, on returning,. the. apprilmitA , b e i ng it the. hiir,.the Chairman (Ur tiny. M r. , Hots) Confirmed the Convietion4u a speecji !kith, _ t w,c wish tee could te a give fnatuit I 'hot as we are 'Obliged to trans,cribe front turmoil?, w e can on ly give an i tripe - Act outline ikhi - s'addresto.Whiel, Was td the followingelfect , He. never had ocemoidn tee .give et decision from the. cilair, more important than the resew ; inasmuch as, the crimeati. Which the prisouers had been convicted hefore the magistrates at Bolton; and which the Court now sitting, unanimotisli confirmed, Was a treason, most Widely .spread ; through so Many'deseriptioni of persons combln ' ed,.in express 'violation of the law of the land, to effect 'Ole ruin of the piOsperity• of the country, impeding the business of ,that meritorious Nod valuable part of the comm Unity which bad em barked and hazarded d vast, 'ttapitul ; • and eventu-: ' ally to entail mistry and distt.tss triton: themselves, Ite.work men,. and their unfortunate families. yr the existence of such a wide spread and ruin oils .combioatiou, he .bad .lOng been aware, (rain the colleteral, .evidettce • of, many persons, and from circumstances. Which; had conic to his knowledge, both in his i vale and magisterial capacity. The prot6 whirl; had beet) that day ex ; hibited, bad/ only coniiinqd his knowledge - that so extended a treason .exbted ; anti he rejoicel that the PoliCe of Boltoo'ittuko fortosottety Ctlitt;,4, the Means tosetiare those proof, and had 1. Si? .fiappilY for the saletiy and happiness and wel 7 rare of the kingdom av large, and • even tor the good of fitti pelsonersitheafselees, been success. -tal in seizing the pap(!ra. which had been read, and in secttring.the agents of :a dark *nil ritinons system, which had it not been properly checked, threatened conseqminces . to the „prosperity of, every rank .of . society in. tidy conotry.-4-and to pme more than to.tlie -description of. persons of . wiluich - the prisoners themselveS *ire-Composed. Alluding to,the-cmweition. between• jouroeymets of various trades, which had. been seen by' the' documents which bad been proved and,read in .court, lie said, he'believed he'llad not mentioned tlie' fact before lit than place, but ifite bad, he thought it, a fact str important , that he was ton afraid of being reproached with this repetition. At a lion , ' tefraet Sessions, aim:ober of cutlet's, resident at 'Sheffield, appealed against a conviction tinder tin: Combination Arr.; The appellants setae in Conti, but hour after hour •passed, and no Counselutuved the case. • The• reason was a want of fonds tor the' nornote. At last . , whilst. iii tunrt, a rem it- Lance. from the clubs in'Manchester, to the amount ...of one hundred 'pounds arrived, •and -then. tire Counsel were feed, and the case,. Which but .for the arrival of the money. front this. town, *mist have tlropt in that stage, was proceeded in. The • conviction was however coatirmed ; but the ay. .sistance.afforded, proved the . ekisrenee of the Ta= system of conibininiou to oppose the laws and the proSperity •of the country as touch aa the roars which had that day been pro doced ; form Manchester there _Were no cutlers to supporri he alleged imaginary oppression of cutlers of-Shedield. • Being fully aware of this , fact, he was; he.sall, nothing surprised at time discovery now made,.froot which he- hoped- most' .henecied'etrasEcittertees would result to the public. The proceediugs.ot the combination of svotk :log persons had been• twist- harassing to their employers, ands hiOst baneful 'to' the prospe rity, and Imappiness;;and hiqulity of the coon tryy ;,• for they lorml.vittlated every orinci :. ple of ralhotiestyammd true policy, and bad set the laws of tfreiil tatnntry at defiance: — ! lappily a provision been unmle for the 'distribution ot, juslite," which reinoved the decision - op the hteiming of any act, and the exatuinatioif of any alleged fact, front the persons who Were nfore imsnediately interested - , . • into the hands o f per Shits, who co4lil' have rtes' interest iu pereerting the law as it wisely. 3tatiik, or ism disfortingan act committed: Galati) , and ithpartiallytheeofirt had listened to the evi dence Offered, and to the ingenious argaments . of the lartted Cootiser Who had , defended' the pri , hilt there .Imad not been any thing tinged, to [nuke the Court hesitate. ti Moment 'in continuing. s the conviction, which it did Most •cooicientiously. - The learned Chair Man 'then said, that oni'an • occasion 'Of so 'Mud) montent, in' a caSinifiat - volved hi itself eonsi : quenets of such •Magnitude to the general interests, and 'individual luippiness of, time populat mot) of 'this country, he should deem ••ImitlisClf woofing in his duty., if' he did not trans- ' mit' the thiettlimental proofs of 'The existence at itt(,st trea.tnotble conspiraby, to Chivernmern, 111' 1 infer that tits,' Majesty •At tr.rney 'General inight &Ott. ? tviiitlier it would ant be higfily proper'fur the couts,ervigioo) ONOciety, and the happittess of this etiontry, that ;!•praceettilig for a conspiracy (mit tOiliitauding the prisoners how 'stood eon viete.4l. - of, - is;ul Were about lindergii punish.;, a wn ( fin; combin'afibur (Might: not lea salitiary, theastire.. He said lie~ thought thlrprisoners ought to be made acquainted with this bitentiOti,, tor they still rentained • olinhiloug to theforther' rigour -of justice, for measure's so-repugnant to fhe laws of, the land, and ar, critvintilly roinons the come:. (petters,- which persistiog • in such conduct west inevitat4y produce. ' ' • he prisoner, were,,then ordered trout the bar from wi)euce they-were jaken,into the cast Ody of . Mr. Dimstin, and licked-up in'the New Bayley Prison. , GittENWICH ,OiD,DEPTFURD COACHES. Yeiterflay, Mr. litcluteLt. and Mr. Jones, .Bolicitors to the Admiralty, came to Mr. Jus tice, FtELDINTO. sit the ..Police Office, Qucei.rs. squoc, ut the .request of• the Lords Commis sinners of the bdisiitnity, ,for the pnrpose at, receiving• advice ,ratative to the obstructions caused opposite the Admiralty by the Greenwich and I)gptlGrll stages, tvhicit, since their removal trots', uppottite the iittetkingrlittUse of .Messes. Drouttstcoll4,ltave taktm up their stand near the ArimjrnitY• Mr.,Ftsti.ntnp yecoinmentled that two of the mew vigilant (Aker* sitotii.l go and liist request ti L em to Keinove theirsoaclies,and if those Mull were admonished did not attend to it, gamest-4=P finny mode whicktlic law authorised must bete sorted to, in order, that the nuisance Wright be copipletelr Aco!ovell. 'Fits Solicitors caressed' themselves chligrA tn . ilre Learned. Magimate for. his a(lviret , 444 it ortiere4l to be acted 046, AMEniCAi . ."Ve :are._thdebitici ,(say the . ..!National I . dein., gencer), to the politeness ut one of the Officers of , (iovergnieut for• a copy of . the 1011(..., i;ig letter, addressed' by Cmptelin.GahiWP . , of.the Mantles, to , _I '- . • ....,... ColtllltOttine Porter, :oti-tise return of toe former , ter the United States; in August last. Ciip;Ain . • (IA itiPlty i . the reader will •recollect, was lett by ~. CI - 1144( ore .Porter, With . a few inen, in charge of ..; -.: • ' two or three vessels, ,cud some public' properly ~ when he sailed limn Madison Island for . Valpasi raiso, previous to his ever niemorahle bailie id .. •. • , t . the Essex. Thu . following let ter cornprises.all the sUbsettuent occurrences ; • . ' . -• , a ozr . or 4 LEtlitt ritom ,c urrArs . o.katotat!Ttl. . oommooottx roark. it .' • - ~ .► Ve a, iorx, ziqi,r11.0 , 31.), 1815. 1 . 1 frih—With regret I have to inform you, the frigate had not gotlakar of time Alarqueses before we iliseoreted in the: ' • rtatiecs ahnsiile disposition towardi •us, s oho in a few dayi became SO insolent, that I hamd it alissiluteb necessary, not only for the Security of life Ships and prOperiv.on shore.. but!.. for our personal SAfety, to land - nay rued; Uittl'regaiffbOurCti ' ' of arom . the 'malt things . t hey' had, is Aft most dating 'itiati , .. ~ • )ter, stolen front the. encampment ;, and .what„was ut still grtater ituportant-e, to prevent; ii pi.lslibre, aerie Rutting threats into csecutiop'wlsieh tniglitshave been attended' with the most serious cousatioeurei ems usir-pa'rt, front duly requite. '. sag in tom to be so much it I;ai:ate:tl; ....', " •• 1, lig n wever, bad the satithie . .ion to accionplish toy wish ' withihit .11ring a instoket,. anifs , friinOthat time lived id the cutest perfect amity with them, Until the Ph ut May loliov/ 4 ..s: IPA, when my distressed situatuns Oozed -ue its tileir r ilgr(lf n' " Micro mentionieg the lanteist4file `events'. or that!, _ and the two succeeding ours, I shalt efire yinialie,efaccoitut of a few preceding occurrences, wt,lets Weral•sonrees of great uncasiaess to me.. Thelirst was ttu death of Joon Wetter,._, (Mnrinej,:Wlto kill. inturtu stately droWneit in the suit; Oim flirt' afternoon of the 2MI, February, and. the ticiettinn of four or 103 two. They took time adritutag,:,tst et dalk .eigpf 4 , 40 left • .1411. hay unobserved by,any perk u, all eleceptiii4t..titit• 41 pi - • seem . ), haring thew/nib - on dick. They took with mein se- ',.' resat antrskets, a supply of atuatutsition, and many aiticlesa :bat little value. ;sly attempt to ini6oe thrum wits prervuted f by their destr.i)ing partially the only boat (neat thr•bittrim),. - •at that' time serf-trilrthy. ,: . - • , , ' ' '' ' ' ', ' . • " Ou the I :tit April. began-to.,rig Use ships; Seriiigakutolli • cad 'ir .k.iorew_tbsimilort.4, WiliOiu.s,l.calcolaten, emplo)Ci the men until theist of May; • All liatitt; W.efe.tlto.944lie" iu getting the reiminuter'ot the propeityfruni the arfAiv►cut .. tie Ilse .S.tringapalaw,..int j Organ to desp . .o4- of. voui - rejoining nie at that place. . .. . • '"The Work went on Fell, .and thenitit Fry:: o:i.cclicrit to my orders, th,iaglt fdi , tiiierat • dii 'evident' change' so 'their . ciouuteninces, which' led rut to suppose there rdts $(301(411 ,1 4 %gun/gin. agitation, and Under.that ~itnpress)6l -Withal' t t o!'.. nri - )iets., suumaattiiio,lino eatep.:lEr t no ~ ,f, e eeeyinesctiittiotio , toketstkthe tit:centric!) (the ship 1-.lieett oir hoarti:. 4 oijlF o4 : the yr laiiiit, is . a. necessory iirceuutioiritgainst a - surpris 4 ' an i'Siy own men. . , • , ip'- ,' On the: 7tli of- May; while.,.o h A . 04 1.4 th e S t 4.i h t e ratarni rs on ditty which required my living. - primal, a:immany toot . - • P 1402 in. 0,-40404. l W;!itlviamslest I Mit i AIM • WWII It rtit'btiVerfittt ' 111 getting the Seringapatain out of toe bay—rwu days Alte f, ~, when tatelostg time necessar) preparations, to depart tor V 4 1 1 4.7. ,riliso, - we were ajtackeil h) the ii.tvage:. and A have, with 'tire' deflferlit regret, to inform you, Sir, :Midshipluen• 'llium 1-'el.; • Ape, 4.411 u Thomas, Thimms (illabs,.end-, William Ortultnelli wirelegssacred,' andketer et:4(1111p on, marine, dimgetouSiy . . Wininded, After, lieudibg, the jili and spatilier,'•We ctn. oar um rings, and fortamately had a ligut breeze that:carried that ; ship cleat tit the bay, with inx eartsidges reusalaing oar di the. (July barrel left . to us by the -Mutineers. • " - • . "After getting. out of the hay, we found our situatim*SMnit distressing. . its attempting to .roil the boat,up, it bruise la • ' two parts, and .we were conapelled, to ,cut away, Jrinu chalk • :'' bows, lime only atialuir, ntit'being able to cat it. ' We monster , . eil„altogether, cigist periansir out of which there was tuna •' . cripple, Que'clangerousty•wounded, one sick, one join recover-- lag frout the scurry, and, torten,. couflutd to my tied with P. highlever, prodneed by my wound. . . . . . • " In that state,qiestitute eretaitts, and retreat of Orel/ means La traeigging the ship; I reached the Sandwich Islits *Mai' A I,llls4ge..lll.heVellteetl days, and suffering much (runs fatigue atitt,hardslfipt. . I Was there. unfortunately captured' 4 the Engliih sisimt.t.herrib i rentaitted o prisoner •tsis board .1 1,4 ~,t col troutte,duti•l winch time III) II11:11 were treated in a Moo ,h..,..etiii Mintier. We wire then put oil sloac at Ilio ile J.2,.eiro, without the possibility of getting away until after heating of the peace. I then, by the advice ot.the phy sician whoattended one, ..ttibarked on inlaid a s c ovedish -hip bound Ingarre tie Grace viteme being no other means t it my getting ateay at that tinmej, leaving behind acting Alids..ipalaut Clapp and fire men, having lust one scion after cry arrival Ma thatinace with the %manilas. " On the Ist iiist.int, lat. 47. N. long. 13. W. we fell iri war' the Acnifictia ship °firer Ellsworth, front 'Havre, bound . to tlmis •port. I took a passage oil. board of her, mind armed. • Inlet wo days *nate, atter bring , upwards of an hundred ilays at sea. 1 aut at present unable to travel, "and ;hall therptuto :strati either yourorderi, ar the orders of the Cornuatutlantnt ' the .Marine Corps Mt this Niece. '' - • ' ; " 1 tare the humour to remain, with the highest respcd! • mid estecoi, Sir, your obedietmi servant,. •- •. ... " JOHN • M. GAMBLE:" . . • Or ANC DULY ACCIDENT.—On Friday !as!, a !.bttap belotiginglo ,his 111ajesty4 .at , Deal, ' ha . carrying . " an . anen6r, • about 67: cwt. bOard the - Iltitt• .East India Compafly'S ship Mar tinis of 'Ely, which had been fvtitlEWAliat par .. noS,.abont 12 o'clock, by•soitte acch!ent, 'fowl . <feted 4ong , ide, with the atlchorin, by which, ac" eident Mr. 11. Pettit was magirtunately drowned, ••.I.eaViiiga'wile and tl children to hsinnt their lost the• morning of the 2d inst. 'a seriou s luid nearly fatal accident'occutied at Clerk-111 11, near Blackburn, front the' explosion of suit e r,unpowder, which a boy (u s the "sereice or.. I.4ady: tlardinil), - by w ay .of a f ro li c : e m ptied put of a powder flask into the fire. • . The re +dr!. Was - loud enou gh ' to. be h ear d at is great distance, 'and the - shock sitriolent; ti 9 lo'oasoe a tcry painful degree of. terror to one.of her Lindr danglyers, who occupied an apartatleoc ltnmediately over that in which the exploiion took' " place. Very considerable ilansage Was: done to the ; WincloWS.in different parti of . thetousu, and it ia and sbuilar disasters •10ity thievotts persons frOnt then incautious use of such. dangerous The' boY - 'lies-•in. a mu"' 'helpless state ; but we uuderstand's.come hope! 0 ! 1/' eni c rtained. of his - recovery; • _ td)AL 61.411-KET ) JANuARY 24. . . Ishirs - 3t 51orlol. iiiivirs bold. Prie.e., ~` le 5i Nowcast 1t... ......... 14 . — 401. , ed: to .4/.._ o° . tfi Su ritrl simi ....... 4. ' ' 41 . 11. *44 la . oarvao • BIRTUS. - On gnn , lay la-o, in Claiges-stti.e,t,' of 3 daughter; 60 -:, of Cajanni Marshall, of the Royal K aty-,.C. B. 1 • On the 'atil last. at Great lent'ord-Haute; OA /AO' of Li°°*. ~i's nt-OcnorFtl Loft, of a son, her 18th c liki. • • a S3ttrrtiav last, to.' his. house in' Ilehrietta r strect,, tba` . ~ of the IfOn. Charles LaW, of a iitughter. . • 04y On Tinnatay .eveiting, at his Lordsliiii's rriidencet 11 0 14114 Cm Countess of 4sithurnia3w of a dauger. i • ht. L.—. DtEl). On the 10'W - inst. at ittitheetar4 Mr. Mark Hantuwood.; agC Cl, after aserrice of upwards of 40 years norler,ttie Hullo/Ara: bur Board of Cask:nit': 33 of which he had filled the other 0 1 ; Chief Mate of thr Otter cutter and Assist4\nt to the s4iitr intendint of Quarantine at Stangate Creek.. 011 Suodarbsi uLthe I.tOwse, WI aallS.,M l l. K tn Y ° ' - ;" - Larkteaford-ruw, laria.l..letssint,dattghtcr of 4eYov• st9t ., lrt 'Season, of York. - 01 4 .3*.e4terJay; in •Nloual , street, titelifon.:Ap4terrialharAV c i . ausal son of tho.late , Lith ansl,.otily bt'ollAcc of • s t O P r l s 3 "Earl jliatiattrit. LONDON : tirinted- by: .1. 11..G.A .‘I RS. N0..71 (linon, ittstitlings! . and maltlished . lo/ W• 41..5C1t1 wf Br ix at chi.. st,N.nr vieg.: No. HQ, Strand 'where Ailviktiite* Orde/s . ,Let,teri (rat, Kau.st