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.1; f q . omo,. . 4) ) Pt 9 • ' - ,1• =1 - .4110t9 4111 • - 4* '."/ •eit„.. '`‘ _ r s- et Kiln-dried Household FLOUR. a • / &flirty Tone of COCOA, British Plantation. tricity. Previous to his death he was pronounced by a commission of lunacy insane, from the Ist of January, 1821. He died in November of that year. By the will in question, which bore date in March, 1817, he bequeathedthe bulk of his property, about 40,0001., to his nephews, Thomas and Valentine Clark (the appellants), to the prejudice of his only child, Mrs. Charlotte Mary Dew (the respondent). to whom he left merely a trifling annuity. Admi nistration was granted to the executors (Messrs. Clark) under the will, and the property was in part, if not wholly, realized by them. In April, 1822, Mrs. Dew, the daughter, commenced this suit, on the ground that the will was invalid by reason that the testator was of unsound mind; and after a very , protracted argument, Sir John Nichol!, in Easter Term, 1826, pronounced against the validity of the will. The former letters of administration were ac cordingly cancelled, and the deceased was declared to have died intestate, whereby the whole of th e property devolved upon the daughter. The case is considered to be novel; there being no precedent, in which a will was set aside on ac count of partial insanity of such a character as that of Mr. Stott. The - counsel for the appellants were Sir C. NVE TIIERELL and Dr. LUSIIINGToN ; fee the respondent, Dr. JENNER, Dr. PHILLIMORE, the COMM ON •S EF .- LEANT, and Mr. KNIGHT. 10 11 Four Hundred Quarters of PRASE, (Kiln-dried). Thirty Tons of New RAISINS, and No. 11,030. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1828 PRICE 7D. It Twenty Tons of New OATMEAL. To ke delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Fhptford, one-half of each of those Articles by the 1 February, and the remainder by the let of March next. Sampiss of the Cocoa, Pease, Raisins, and Oatmeal, Mutt 6e produeed by the Parties Tendering. THE MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT. Office, 52, Parliament street, Westminster. The Public arc respectfully informed, that by reason of His Majesty's proclamation in the London Gazette of yesterday, proroguing themeeting of Parliament to Tuesday the 29th of January, the publication of the first part of this great work will he of necessity deferred, in conformity with the plan detailed in the Prospectus, until the following Monday, the 4th of February next.--Wednesday, 16th January, 1628. 4D ~ J SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 16. LAW INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY, JAN. 19.—High water 21 minutegpast nine. Wind East. —Arrived the Betsy, Shaw, from Cephalonia, with currants—Star, Haynes, from Oporto, with orange, —Mary Ann, Deane, from Bremen, with bark—Maria, Lone, from Charente and Bristol, with brandy —Countess of Lonedale, (steamer), from Whitehaven, with sundries —the Etna, (steamer) Emerson, from Dublin, with the mail. CLEARED OrTWARDS.-ThiApenerai ßrown, Sharp, for Charleston—Lime, Brown s ,* prew Orleens—Thos. Burrow, Dawson, for Tortola,—Jane r Wilson, for Doug las—Providence, M'lntosh, for Madeira—Thos. Bunch, Jaques, for Mobile—and Jane and Henry, Pearson, for Monte Video. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. IN RE JODDRELL, A LUNATIC. The petition mentioned some days ago came on to be argued. It stated, that Mr. Joddrell, the com mittee of the lunatic, who was in possession of the Lewkner estate, had been very much annoyed by some colts which had been suffered to run wild about the property, and he prayed a r e f erence to t h e Mas ter to ascertain whether it would b e expedient to sell them. The conditions of tlie Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length, and be dek4red before One o'Cloek on the day appointed ; and the person who makes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. PEEK. Beans. 'too D 43 41 3 41 D 411 1 tij M. WALLER CLIFTON. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after hearing Counsel, directed the reference as prayed. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. Telegraph Office, Jan. 15. IloLv MEA D, JAN. I 4.—Arrived the Liverpool, from Ipswich, for Liverpool—Charles Rashleigh, from Swansea, for Liverpool. Sailed the Annandale, for Bombay— Friends, for Cork—Martin, for London.—Wind, fresh breeze, N.E. 'ICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 16. JOHNSON U. CHIPPENDALE. Dr. JENNER only was heard to-day; he spoke for upwards of five hours. The common law Judges on the Commission were Mr. Baron HULLO(K (who presides), Mr. Jus tice LITTLEDALE, and Mr. Justice GASELEM. The Court adjourned at half-past three. I bareir NEW CITY LIBRARY. havinf rley, adily out la I *kali: :8 5 1 nie gas. 44 4, Ws. 44* Ws. 41* , at W erstioa Beaus o 4.4. o 19,:. 0 5510. D 404. criCa thiA year. i4:c - acs. 4d. "d. d. .1. t. bap. euergli howl whicb t frac tkivg 'rid tliti' • :e the ) pur apliixtr n 01 0 s begirt mount It mill. y Arid and thing 6d. heat, , and ....... ...0.....' Esq• VALUABLE WORKS, tk iv, , of q. Of .egh► Miss igleY Inn, lest by Klas, oke? .f ;, of by of THE SPRING COURSE o f LECTURES will commence on MONDAY, the 2lst inst. Theory and Practice of Medicine—Dr. Elliotsou. Materia Medica—Dr. Roots. Chemistry—Dr. Burton. Anatomy—Mr. Green and Mr. John F. South. Surgery—Mr. Green. 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MANCHESTER, through Derby and Macclefifiehi. 111ILFORD HAVEN, through Carmarthen and Haver ford -west. NORWICH, through Colchester, Ipswich, and Scole. The following POST COACHES start regularly at the time specified:— MORNING POST COACHES. W'ey'mouth, through illandfoid and Dorchester at Five. Norwich, through Bury and Scole, at Half-past six. Nottingham and Derby, through Leicestec, at Half-past Six, Exeter, Falmouth, and Plymouth, at half-past Six. Windsor and Eton, at Seven. Birmingham, Coventry, and Ifolyhead, a Quarter before Eight. Liverpool, through Birmingham, a Quarter before Eight. Southampton, through Winchester, a Quarter before Eight. Cenberbury and Dover, at Eight and Ten. Prighton, Eight and Ten. AFTERNOON POST COACLIES. Cautorbllyaod --- DOrtr, at Half-past Two. Carlisle and Edinburgh, through Garstang, a Quitter before Four. Derby, through Northampton and Leicester, a Quit ter before pour. Glasgow, through Kendal and Dumfries, a Quarter be- Foie Four. 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Cambridge Entiarprise, New Post Coach (in six hours), through Buntingford, Royston, before Six. and Melbourne, a Quarter Wisbesch, superior fast coach, through Ely, Littleport, and Ly nn , (in twelve hours), a Quarter before Six. IWauchester New Independent, threw h Leek and Mac cksfield, a Qmuter before Seven. bef ore Glaagow, Edinburgh,_Dutnfries, and Carlisle, a Quarter Seven Canterbury and Dover, at Seven. Nat. POST COACHES to every t itY and Manufac turing Town in the Kingdom. W. WATERHOUgE and SON, Proprietors.rtir The Proprietors of the above C arri ages will not b a i lcemuut d bl e for any Parcel or Package whatever, 0 „, for any Passeng er ' s Luggage above the, value of blive Poi nu i„ , 'Wets th e sam e be entered and paid for accordingly at the 1 " 11 0 of the delivery of any such Parcel, Package, or P,,,,.. "%el.'s Lu gg a ge, to them their Agents. ________ uggage, or ESTABLISHED MEDICINES. p NEWBERY, and SONS, Proprietors • of Dr. James's . and other valuable Medicines, . i ttition th e P u bli c aga i ns t C ount e r f e i ts, an d acqua int them, that none but the genuine are sold at their Warehouse, No. Ch ' 1 n Saint Paul's Churchyard, the third house from e•Plide. d. Dr. Steer's Opodeldoc.2 9 —Camomile Drops 1 9 —Convulsion Oil ....2 —ParegoricLoeenges 1 1 Bilious Pills (New bery's) Dr. Salerni'sPowder 22 0 Ems. of Coltsfoot ...• 2 9 Ditto, ditto 3 6 d. Dr ' James's Powder 2 9 --1 2 in Pills 4 6 D®iPowder 1 6 it) ' r ,_, Y Carminative 1 9 "Ana's Cephalic Slita 1 lf its gpenee'sDentri fise 4 0 ,-}run's Tincture 3 6 „i I ah... 't authenticity of tlse above will be ascertained by the ti7 t _°f "F. Newbery" being engraved in the 3 temp. r. dander's Tea ...2 9 I Dr. Hooper's Pi115...1 11_, the Ad every other Medicin e o f repute. On taking Six, . 4.411 Ps are allowed. ROBBERY OF THE LEDBURY BANK. There are some very curious circumstances connected with the perpetration of this most daring and extensive robbery, which have not yet been communicated to the public. They are important, also, as well as curious, in asmuch as they will serve to show haw alarmingly sys tematic and ingenious the thieves are in their plans of rob bery. The two persons who, beyond all doubt, committed the robbery in question, had paid more than one visit to Ledbury before the last occasion, and were supposed to be London travellers, and therefore attracted no particular notice ; and of course they took care to inform themselves of every circumstance connected with the Bank which could at all favour their nefarious views. The banking house itself was not inhabited at night, but was " taken care of," if it may be so stated, by an ancient couple, who oc cupied a small tenement adjoining, and from which tenement there was a door of communication with the Bank. The old man, in addition to the emolument he received as the nightly guardian of the banking establishment, carried on the busi ness of a barber. He and his wife were both of a very re ligious turn of mind, and regular in their attendance at places of divine worship, but were never known to go toge ther, because of the important charge intrusted to them; so that they made their visits in turn. One of the two men alluded to, upon the last visit, went regularly every morning to the barber's to be shaved, and having made him self acquainted with their habits, he took care to provide himself with religious books, to which lie drew the atten tion of the barber and his wife, and would sit and converse with them upon their favourite topic for an hour together. His manners were pleasing, his information apparently to them extensive, and the old couple were quite delighted with the strange gentleman. On Friday morning last, (the robbery was committed on the evening of that day), " the strange gentleman" called as usual to be shaved, and the conversation taking the customary turn, he observed that a friend of his, a most pious and an exceeding clever man, was going to preach that evening at a chapel which he named, and he wished he could prevail on them to go to hear him. They would, he assured them, be greatly edified, and their souls comforted by the discourses of his friend. They hesitated, and he even offered to accompany them. This latter proposition was irresistible, and the barber and his wife consented to go. He called in the evening, and they all went to the chapel together, the bar ber securing his doors in the best manner the fastenings would allow. They had not been long in the chapel, how ever, before the stranger whispered to the barber that he was seized with a violent pain in his bowels, and must re tire for a time. He did not return, and the barber con cluded he was worse, and remained until the conclusion of the service. In the mean time, the work of plunder was going successfully on. The door of the barber's tenement was opened with picklock-key s , and an easy entry to the bank was effected in the same manner. The iron chest from which the greater part of the property was abstracted had a s ecret sprits, but this the thieves disccvered, and thus set at nought the ingenuity of him who had construct ed it. An iren-safe, however, in which some very valua ble property was da7soedsitedia3esitocatipeeedd, thoer villains—whetherw ewere from its having p that they un a bl e to open it, cannot be known. The thieves were ma n y miles from Ledbury with their booty before the rob-. bery W5l discovered. An active officer has been to Led bury to make inquiries, and to examine the premises. Basket, MEETINGS OF CREDITORS Kingston ----.—_ • I '' , CI O III' , ITRY DIARYtiRxv, .lei . IR. Cook and , Poole—Antelope, P001e..... ............... . ~ .......... Barton-on-Humber —K ingston ... lio — tel ll ,-, So uthtalv en " -- cm 0 ind an d ... ............................................................. 12 Hickman andCo' Liverpool—George, Liverpool ............ .. . Birmingham .... Birrninghani—Office of Mr. Whattelyne, 11 Hughes, it., m.._...•.. 1. .8 w ., L e y embu tr—Globe i Exeter J is o loo hn r s e t , on N , v. J , . , Manchester —White's, Manchester ... ...... n'e, MancheAter—White' 6 Hotel, Royal hotel, Manchester 12 %Tendon, Liverpool 'Rrai3lnien:ne're,h"llt.e,TiZi:o..o.j:::i.• INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCIfAIIGED, Petitions to be heard at Port u_naLstreet Lincoln's Inn Fields. Jan. 21, at Niue o'clock. Sutton, W., P u lt e ney-street, Gold en-square, tailor urandon, W., Somerset, horse-dealer Holland E. City-road, cotton-manufact urer J Oxley, ~ South Leverston, Notts, farmer Page, R. Sutton, Surrey, wheelwright Sedgwick , J., Walthamstow, sawyer Simmons, J., Guildford-street, Southwark, en g i neer Viner, J., Bath, carpenter and joiner The Corporation of the City of London, not to be left entirely behind in " the march of in tellect," have formed a new Library, which is shortly to be opened i❑ the Guildhall. The books have been collected under the auspices of Mr. Bolland, Mr. A. L. Jones, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Oldham, the City Solicitor, and Mr. Upcot of the London Institution. The collection already made is more numerous than that possessed by the mechanics, but not so numerous, or perhaps so generally useful, as that ,attained by the com mercial and professional youths of the city, at the City of London Literary and Scientific Insti tutions, though more costly works of rarity res pecting civic history. The most important work contained in the new Library, is a complete set of the London Gazette, from its commencement to the present day. For this 2401. was given, and it is believed to be unique. The set m the British Museum is very imperfect. There are many book collectors in the city who possess large libraries, some of which it is hoped the owners will bequeath as additions to the New Library', and the Committee are ambitious of making it: the first for works of authority on municipal subjects. Whether it is to be freely open to the public, as the Bibliotheque de la Ville, and all the other libraries, Government or Cor porate, at Paris, are—whether the admission is to be a matter of solicitation and patronage, as is the case with the most accessible public libraries in London—whether the Court of Common Council will confine it to their constituents, the citizens, or whether they will confine it to them selves—is vet, we believe, undetermined. The Corporation have in their possession public documents of unknown value to the historian, but there is no intention of rendering these avail able to the public. There is in the Town Clerk's Office upwards oflooo volumes of manuscript re cords. We believe they contain a perfect series of the minutes of the proceedings of the Corporations from the reign of Henry 11. These must be of considerable value to the historian, as throwing light on the transactions of the Government during those periods, when its affairs were so much interwoven with --- those of the citizens. The sumptuary regulations which th e Corpora tion at various periods chose to make, and its ordinances for the internal regulation of the City, would, no doubt, be of considerable value, as illus trative of the history ofmanners. Besides these,they have large quantities of judicial enrolments of deeds and other records, no doubt of equal in terest and importance, which, until latterly, were allowed to be neglected in mouldering heaps. The present Town Clerk and his assistants, who happen to be men of some erudition, have for some time past been engaged in superintending their repair and preservation. These documents, which would form the most valuable accession to the Library, the Corporation arc unwilling to throw open to the public, though the majority of its members are profoundly ignorant of their contents, and are obliged, whenever a litigated point occurs respecting city privileges, to depend on the inclination, the industry, or capacity of their officers for snaking suitable researches. The Commissioners of Public Records have set an example, ill making the records in the cus tody of Government_ more available to the.pub lic, and, for this purpose, both at the Tower, the Chapter House, and at the State Paper Office, triple indixes of names, places, and things, have been formed, or are in the course of formation, to facilitate research. Notwithstanding the depression of the times real property Bells well.—An instance occurred on Wednes day se'nnight at an auction at Ryhall, near Stamford. A small house, and two acres and a half of pasture land, (in the occupation of a lady at that place,) which had been valued at 4001., were knocked down to a gentleman near Bourne at the extraordinary price of 7661.—Hu1l Packet. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—Mr. BRUNEL was in.the diving-bell on Tuesday morning and on Tuesday night, as long as the tide would permit it. Ile resumed his inspection yesterday morning for three hours, remain ing as long and as deep as the air-pipe could safely be used. He found nothing that could induce him to alter his original plan of using bags of clay. A barge full of bags was accordingly thrown in, over the deepest part, this afternoon ; and now eight or ten barges of larger bags, or bundles of bags, will be thrown, through an opening made in the raft which is moored on the cavitlV. It is with ex treme concern we hear of Mr. BRUNET, jun. being very seriously indisposed. Mr. BEasissx, another of Mr. BRU NEL'S assistants, is also very unwell. Mr. GRAVATT, a third assistant, was ver y ill the night before the accident. It was its consequence of Mr. GRAVATT'S illness that Mr. BauNEL, jun., though he had been on duty the whole of Friday, continued in the frames until six in the morn ing of Saturday, when the accident happened. It being the hour of relieving, Mr. Braausn was kept a ter, minutes longer above to write the orders, and give the men, w ho had justsleft work, something to drink. Mr. BEastistr might thus for the second time have been in the situation in which he distinguished himself for his coolness and pre sence of mind. It must he remembered he was the last to quit the frames in May last. MIRACULOUS E SCAPE. —Yesterday morn ing, as a poor -looking woman, with a baby in her arms, was o of Wych-stre e t, a h ac k ne y- coac h came r s s driving ng up, at the a top t a pace more rapid th an o r di nar y ; an d c before the poor woman could get out of its way, she was knocked down by the pole. The screams of the woman and hir child were instantly attended to by the coachman, but before he was able to bring his hot sea to a stand-still, one of the fore wheels had passed over the stomach of the woman, and would have crushed the head of the child to atoms, had not its mother, by an exertion almost super human, while actually writhing under the wheel, rescued it from its perilous situation, by plating it away with her only disengaged hand. The child was uninjured, the mother sadly bruised, hut, notwithstanding the wheel had passed over her stomach, she experienced no inconvenience whatever in that part. Mr. Mx:is/rum. (the fare) who alighted after the accident bad happened, ordered the poor woman and her child to be taken home in the coach, where, some time after, he visited her. Abraham Martin, an infirm old countryman, was indicted for feloniously stealing a quantity of corn, the property of Messrs. La Coste, bankers, at Chert sey, on the Sth of December last. The daughter of the prisoner positively swore that she had gleaned the corn, found in her parent's house, from the fields of the prosecutors. The Chairman having summed up the evidence with great precision, the Jury returned a verdict of " Acquittal." The following are the Resolutions moved by Mr. Randle Jackson on Tuesday last : " 1. That this Court regard with great concern the alarming increase of crime within its jurisdiction, particularly the crimes of burglary, housebreaking, and street robbery, which, in many instances, have been committed with such confederated strength, and in a manner so open, violent, and atrocious,. as to have placed the persons and property of the in habitants of this county in such a state of insecurity, as to demand the immediate attention of the magis tracy, and of all persons in authority. " 2. That a Committee be formed, to take into their consideration from time to time, as occasion► may require, the state of the police of the county, and such matters as they think connected therewith, and to report their opinion to the sessions. " That the said Committee consist of— Sergeant Scriven Messrs. Spicer Sir Richard Frederick Spur Sir Thomas Turton R. Hudson Messrs. Denison Crawford Patimer Edgell Wyat G. Holme Sumner 1 B. Allen Trotter Gaitskell S. Thornton Woolley Page Briscoe Jackson Robert Hedger Wightwick The Rev. G. W. Onslow Barnard The Rev. John Courtney And Messrs. Chambers, Swabey, and Hone, the Police Magistrates of Union-hall. " 3. That this Court will at all times be ready to attend to communications from Government, and will, to the best of their power, contribute their aid to the protection of his Majesty's subjects both as to their persons and property. " 4. That William Joseph Denison and Charles Nicholas Pannier, Esqrs., the' Members for this county, be requested to present a copy of the fore going resolutions to the Secretary of State for the 'Home Department, and to give their support to any bill which may be brought into Parliament for the remedy of these evils. " 5: That the Chairman be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London, and to the Chair men of the Middlesex, Kent, Essex, and Sussex sessions." ANCIENT LONDON. From a History of the Wards of London, just published.) Jcwin-street, anciently styled the Jews' Garden, was the only place appointed for the people of that persuasion in England to bury their dead in, till the year 1177, in the reign of Henry IL, who, after long suit to himself and Parliament, then assembled at Oxford, assigned them a special place of burial in every quarter where they dwelt. When the Jews were banished from England, the place was con verted into a pleasure-ground, with summer-houses. The ground, with appurtenances, was called also Leyrestowe, and was granted by King Edward I. to William de la Forte, Dean of St. Paul's, being. a place," says the record, - " without Cripplegate, and the suburbs of London, called Leyrestowe, and which was the burying-place of the Jews of Lon don; which was valued at 40s. per annum::— Milton having escaped the prosecution commenced against him after the restoration, for his attachment to the republican party, and his having been Latin Secretary to Cromwell, removed from Holborn to Jetein-street, where he married his third wife, Eli zabeth, daughter of Mr. Minshull, of Cheshire. Mil ton removed hence to Bunhill-fields. The street has been lately very much improved, and a suitable and handsome building erected as a place of worship for a congregation, under Doctor Abraham Rees. A portion of Barbican is in this ward, and the re mainder in Cripplegate ward; and it may not there fore be irrelevant to extract in this place a portion of the very curious account of Roman London, given in a letter to Hearne, the celebrated antiquarian, in 1711, from the perseveringly industrious and elabo rate Mr. John Bagford, particularly known for his researches into the history of the antiquities of the city. He says, " I shall now observe another old building of the Romans which was a Watch Tower, then and now called Barbican. It is men tioned by John Stow; but nothing remains of this antique building but the name. Here they kept cohorts of soldiers in continual service to watch in the night, that if any sudden fire should happen they might be in readiness to extinguish it, as also to give notice if an enemy were gathering or march ing towards the city to surprise them. In short, it was a watch tower by day, and at night they lighted some combustible matter on the top thereof, to give directions to the weary traveller repairing to the city, either with provision, or upon some other occasion." 1783, the town of Oppedo, in Naples, was destroyed by an earthquake. "So remarkable were the effects of this earthquake on the human organs, that in the two following years the women either did not conceive, were prematurely delivered, or brought forth dead children : and of those that were born alive many immediately expired." I have since been informed that the barren women of Mes sina, as well as some who had left off childbearing, became fruitful after the earthquake. In Scylla, a very opposite effect was produced by this dreadful visitation of nature. Bar ren women, and those who had left off chiidbearing, again became fruitful. Some of the former had married, and had remained childless till they were nearer the age of fifty than forty."—London Medical Gazette, Jan. 12. A singular dispute is now raging with great violence in Glasgow, and which would seem to fix upon that large city the spirit and the opinions of the time of KNox. The Magistrates having determined to erect a new church in Saint Enoch-square, appointed Mr. CLELAND, the .3tatist, and superintendent of public works in Glas gow, to devise the plan and direct the building, which he proceeded to do with universal approbation, until in an u nlucky moment, he resolved, after the manner of Edin burgh and all England ; to introduce a window of beauti fully . stained g l ass . N o t an ti c i pat i ng t h e l east o bj ect i on to tins, either on the score of taste or piety, be did not divulge his design until it was completed, when a storm burst upon his devoted bead, which has had no parallel since the time when the " good folk" of Glasgow lifted sip their unanimous voices against the admis sion of an organ into one of their churches. In both inst ances t h e o ff ences were d eeme d " most popish, idolatrous, and abominable," not to be exceeded in the annals of the scarlet Lady of the seven hills. To lu s h a h e i g h t i s thi s spirit carried in Glasgow, that crafty corruptionists take frequent advantage of it. On a recent occasion, when the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr were assembled to discuss the important subject of the other pluralities, nail the induction of the very Reve rend the principal of the college of tw o li v i ngs; a l earned orator who w as friendly to pluralities, (the unpopular side), addressed the listening thousands as follows :—Am I an enemy to the rights of the people ? Am lan enemy to the purity of the Church? Am I hostile to the great cause of Christianity? What have I not done? I ask again, what have I not done ? Did I not in the moment of danger step forward and successfully resist the introduc tion of an organ into this very Church.— World. His HoNc•tiltitr a few words gave judgment in this case. The point in dispute was, wheth er • chose in action could be sequestrated. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that there was a solemn decision of Lord Eldon's upon tli3 sub ject, and, supported by that authority, he had no hesitation in deciding that a chose in action could not be sequestrated. NYE V. MOSELEY. This was a case in which a bill had been filed by Sophia Nye, for the purpose of compelling the de fendant to give her a bond of 1001. a-year, in lieu of one which he had taken away from her and destroyed; or, in the alternative, a bond for .50/. a-year, and for two sums of MU, to be given to the illegitimate children which the plaintiff had borne to the defend ant. The case had been very fully argued before Sir John Leach, who was of opinion that the bonds were valid ; but in order to set the question com pletely at rest, he drew up such a case as he con ceived would embrace all the doubtful points, and sent down to the Court of King's Bench. It was there argued, and the result of the trial was, that the claim of Sophia Nye could be supperted by law. Mr. SUGDEN now, upon this decision from the Court of King's Bench, applied on the part of the plaintiff for a decree direeting the Master to have prepared for ber a new bond for 100/. a-year. The Learned Counsel also asked for the:costs:of the suit. Mr. SPURRIER followed on the same side. Mr. LovArr, for the defendant, thought the whole of the costs ought not to fall on his client. Mr. SUGDEN said, if the costs were resisted, he would go into the whole facts of this disgraceful case. Mr. LOVATT was not to be deterred by threats of that kind, and repeated his objection. Mr. SuGoKs then went into the case, the details of which were of a very indelicate description. It will only be necessary to state, that, on its appear ing by one of the defendant's letters, he gave the bond to Sophia Nye in order to reconcile her to the breaking off the connexion between them, which the defendant was anxious to do, as his legitimate children were growing up, and he feared his example might be injurious to them. The VICE-CHANCELLOR did not wish to hear any more of the case.—The defendant must pay costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, JAN. 16 THE RING V. ROBERT BOLTON AND ANOTHER. This was an indictment for a conspiracy to defraud the Sun Fire-office, by making a false representation of a loss by fire. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, stated the ease for the prosecution. The defendant Bolton, until lately, carried on the business of a spice and coffee dealer in Little Eastcheap, and had a private residence at Kennington. The defendant, William Briggs, was a servant in his employ. Mr. Bolton had effected in the Sun Fire-office an insurance of 1,000/. on his stock in trade, consisting of coffee, almonds, spices, and other articles. He was in partnership with a gentleman of the name of Pearson, as a wine arid spirit merchant, but that business was kept quite distinct from the other. On the evening of the 10th of May, 1826, a fire broke out in the upper part of the premises in Little Eastcheap. The Sun Fire office was apprised of it the next morning, and their surveyor (Mr. Toplis) went to the premises to make the usual inspection and ascertain the amount of loss sustained ; and in answer to inquiries of the defendant (Bolton), that gentleman stated generally that a large quantity of almonds, and other articles, had been damaged by the water used for extinguishing the fire. The surveyor remarked, that the injury done to the premises appeared small, and expressed some surprise at hearing the extent of damage of the goods as stated by Mr. Bolton. The latter, however, repeated that considerable damage had been done. Mr. Toplis went to the premises again the next day, and then saw, on the ground-floor, several casks (which he had not observed on his first visit) containing ahnonds,pepper, ginger, and other articles, which appeared to have been damaged by water. Mr. Toplis desired Mr. Bolton to deliver his claim, in respect of his estimated loss, to the office; and after some delay, a claim was sent in to the amount 281/. 16s. 9d. The office having considered this an exorbitant demand, made some resistance to it, and the matter was eventually referred to arbitration. The defendant Briggs, who was examined before the arbitrators on the part of Bolton, stated every particular which it was thought necessary to give in evidence to substantiate the claim made; but the arbitrators, after a full investigation of the matter, reduced the sum from 281/. 16s. 9d. to 180/. ; and the balance, after deducting half the ex penses of the reference, waspaid by the insurance-office to Bolton. Shortly after a letter was received by Mr. Toplis from the defendant Briggs, which led to a suspicion on the part of the Sun Fire-office Direc tors that some fraud had been practised by Mr. Bob , ton. The letter, dated the 2-Ith of January, 1827, and addressed to Mr. Toplis, as the surveyor to the office, stated, that the writer (Briggs) was about to leave Mr. Bolton's service in a few days, and ex pressed his regret that he had ever had any thing to do with the business connected with the fire. Upon the receipt of this letter the directors caused a fur ther investigation to be made respecting the loss alleged to have been sustained by Mr. Bolton in con sequence of the fire, and the result had led to the present indictment against the two defendants. The Learned Counsel then detailed seine of the principal facts. He did not mean to attribute to the defendant Bolton, that he set the premises on fire. What he meant to charge him with was, that he had taken advantage of the fire (which it was believed had been occasioned by accident), for the purpose of making a claim on the Fire-office greatly beyond the amount of the actual loss sustained. That was the offence imputed by the present indictment. Four or five witnesses were examined as to the character of the defendant Bolton. Several of them used some very equ i voca l express i ons. One of them ' said, " I n ever h ear d any thing directly against him;' and anoth er state d t h at hi s c h aracter h ad b een t hat of a " k een " man . The Jury conferred together i n th e b ox far about five five minutes, and then prono u n c ed a verdic t ° "Guilty." The Counsel for the prosecution lollyediately 2 h_tte plied to have both the defendants corn"' d. Lord TENTERDEN inquired wh ether they were both in Court, and being answered in the negative, his Lordship said he ,could make no ordui-. HIGH COURT OF DELEGATES, JAN. 16. C L AR K AND CLA RK v. 'LAW. This was an appeal from the sentence of the Pre a testamentary su i t. Th e &- Mr. Ely S tott, f ormer l y of a medical elect r i c i an o f some noto crßoeigaosaoetitiriN:sebtCisroyta:itrotr, iL s riety. His character was marked by great eccen- riSHE ATHENIEUNI, No. 111. just pub lished, contains, among other interesting and able papers i—l . 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THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO A CITY The supply and distribution of water in a large city, since the steam engine was added to th ,, apparatus, approaches closely to the perfection of Nature's own wiirk in the circulation of blood through the animal body. From the great pumps of a high reservoir a few main pipes issue •to the chief divisions of the town ; these scud suitable branches to every street ; the branches again divide fir the lanes and alleys ; and at last, into every house, a small leaden conduit rises, which, if required, carries its precious freight into the separate apartments, and yields it there to the turning of a cock. A correspond ing arrangement of drains and sewers, con structed with the greatest exactness,-in obedience tolthe law of level, receives the water again, I7llCit it has answered, its purposes, and carries it to be purified in the great laboratory of the ocean, And so admirably complete and perfect is this counter-system of sloping channels, that a heavy shower may fall, and after washing and purifying every superficial spot in the city, and sweeping completely all the subterranean passages, it may, within the space of an hour, be again collected in the river passing by. It is the recurrence of this almost miracle of expansive, sudden, and perfect purificatio►►, which has made London the most healthy, although the largest city in the world. " English citizens have now become :Al ha bituated to the blessing of a supply of pure water, more than sufficient for all their pm poses,. that it causes them no more surprise than the regularly returning light of day, or warmth of summer. But a retrospect into past times may awaken us to a sense of our obligation to advancing art. How often, formerly, did perio dical pestilences arise from deficiency- of water. and how often Las fire devoured whole cities, which a timely supply of water might have saved. Kings, .1104-I*en accounted wo r thy of divine honours;for having consti u c t e d aqueducts to lead the pure streams from the mountain into the peopled towns. In the present d a y, h e on ly who has travelled on the sandy plains of Asia or Africa, where a well is more prized than mines of gold, or who has spent months on ship-board, where the fresh water is often doled ou t w i t h more caution thus, the most precious product of the still, or who has vividly sympathised with the shipwrecked man spreading out his garments to catch the rain of heaven, and then with mad eagern ess , suck ing the delicious moisture into his cracked lips--_ only he can appreciate fully the blessing of that abundant supply which most of us now so thoughtlessly enjoy. The author will long re member the intense momentary regret with which, on once approaching a beautiful land, after month:; spent at sea, he saw a little stream of fresh .. w a ter sliding over a rock into the salt waves ; it ap peared to him that he was witnessing a most precious essence, by some accident pow jug out, to waste."—Liverpool Museum. METHOD OF CURING THE ITCH E THE JUICE OF THE HEMI,ock.-Dr. G. Pellegrini, in a letter to Dr. Omodei, observes, that he has Found the external application of the above juice highly efficacious in curing the itch ; the pustules are to be bathed with it for five or six days. Thy doctor employs the juice expressed from the fresl - of the hemlock, bruised in a mortar, but he says that the extract, decoction, or the powder o f the leaves, is equally efficacious, and that he never failed in effecting the cure. The remedy is not only easy to be had, but also important, because it is to be obtained at so small an ex pense.—London Medical Gazette, Jan. 12. arc a l 1 acil)e'acitit:i-saati:fri,s I n a l .) o ' lajlra,°lld religious GAELIC JoUßNAL.—W s c ohi an nounce, from authority, that ugii l a .a rr r a io ng u e s n t i , e h n a t i s int a eh i lle e s settled for the publication of a monthly journal Mille Gaelic language, and that n it ir i ii n- s o te s r p s of the work Nvi 11 be printed forthwith. It Nvi 11 be prepared and conducted bit:" of church community, qualified in all respects f or the duty ; and being to be b it ri i i s lg h t o h p e ed ni t e l a ia n t s it o i n . instruc tion,a, promised so m a detailed foreign stations, who and of general knowledl..,.l.e, within the reach at t eplorably i►, want of our country.. n ature and object of the work, and circumstances, which seem to make it otbnafe‘ai, have , l habri(gtleelaritaiodt honeib i e t c e l r i interesting ac countthem. oi l . t lr l e e 71 f S Nvell timed as it is imperiously call ed for bY e p x c i c s u ti l the present condition of the Gaelic u wion. pop --- Edinburqt Evening Courant. b ins'C'vrlY history at Marseilles, there is ~ XTR AoIiDINARy CRANIA.—In the cabi „et of natural tradition has yet pre served the cranium of a man, named Borglnui, of very extraordinary dimensions. He (lied a t t he age of fifty, and was not quite four feet high, His head measured three feet round the sides, and On e foot from the summit to the base. The in_ proportion to the quantity of brain which nature ellectual faculties of this individual were not in kept up the proverb a ~ as great a fool as Borg hini." When he a rrived at the age of manhood, had bestowed upon him, for he was obliged to support his unwieldy head by means of cushions placed upon each shoulder.— A Moor resided some years at Tunis, whose head .vas of a most unusual size. His nose was limy inches long, and his mouth so capacious, that he could put into it a middling sized melon. This man was an idiot. --London( Medical Gazette, Jan. 12. This day was published, in 3 vols. p os t S vo . I/. B s . 6d. C U H B E It T. " There's a divinity that shapes our ends, " Rough-hew them how we will." "In point of style and language, Cuthbert may he re garded as superior to the generality of Novels.—London Weekly Review. 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