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MIRO , le We i, in• .. -.. S 4 55 53 0 .. - 53N 3 Di .. .... - iB9 1 .951! 'Ol I •• .... PO ' .. .0 .. II ...."' ~ " 2 1 .151t1 ~~r: ~,e ~~r VIII; KING v. HENRY FAUNTLEROY. JUDGES' CHAMBERS. This morning, long before nine o'clock, all the avenues leading to the Court of King's Bench Were thronged by persons of respectable appear ance, awaiting the moment of the doors of the Grand Jury Room opening, so anxious were they to be present at the conclusion of arguments of Counsel in the case of this prisoner. On the doors opening,the first rush filled the room, which was crowded to suffocation. At ten o'clock the Lords Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Chief Baron of the Ex :chequer, entered the Chamber and took their places at the long table ; the other Learned Judges immediately followed, and on the twelve Jedget; being seated, The I.OIID CIIIEV JUSTICE ABBOT said, the tim e was now arrived for resuming the argument in the case of Henry Fauntleroy, and the Learned Counsel who was to advance the further argu ment was now to proceed. Mr. BRODERICK then rose and said, lie was ',110*) as the Learned Judge said, about to per forrn the painful duty which had devolved upon lita,and lie lamented, on finding from the anxiety of mind under which he laboured from is variety o f Causes, the probability of his being totally in stleilunte to the dot y ; however he would pro •ceed to sle w , from the circumstances which had wale withi n his knowledge, that the conviction ill this Case was not one affecting the prisoner's life, hut one founded on another statute, which, to all cases of verdicts being specially re !limed, rem o v e d the highest penalties of the ate. Their Lordships, as he had intimated `°, them in hi s o p en ing argumeet, were aware Inat the ludi e t nThu t was founded upon one of the Statutes of Geo. 11. and had ten counts .4poo which the prisoner was given in charge ; b ut that cou n t o f the indictment upon which the Prisoner had be-n convicted of " uttering " a cer tain forged letter of attorney, no matter how explicit as general the term of it might be, was .founded up on a statute , w hi c h in every section of It, although it mentioned covenant, deed, and bend, said nothing about a letter of attorney, therefore he contended, as the clause of the Act of Parliament had this omission, it clearly never co ntemplated the act of tittering the power of attorney ; therefore upon this ground the convic 11°0 could n o t stand. The Learned Counsel to proceeded, at very considerable length, canvas the arguments he made use of Yesterday, and laid particular stress upon t he question, Could a deed, as mentioned in the Actof Parliament, be considered within its mean ing RS a letter of attorney ? he contended it could not v fairly b e so cons id e r e d. In the case of the 41 4 V. Waite, that question was not mooted ; 4 ," on consulting some of the criminal statutes, fie found several cases in which similar Points at civil law had been held special, Particularly where recovering property under covenant was argued. Now the statutes of , B th Geo. I. and 31st Geo. 11. were more 'ally recited • in that of the 4th and sth 'GeO.lll. l yet he could not find in any of them the mention of the power of attorney. or money, or money invested by warrants of attorney In consolidated funds ; and as it was a maxim of 1. criminal law that the terms of the indictment should be fully stated, and clearly founded upon specific Acts of Parliament, he contended that every count of indictment should embrace en abstract recital of the terms of the Clause ; and if that was not the case, • Clearly the conviction must be rendered nugatory. He had yesterday contended at large upon this point of the case, and the Learned Counsel for the Bank of England had in his re- Ply to the argument stated his opinion to be, that the 64 deed, bond, or testament" fully em braced every description of warrant, or letter o f attorney, b u t h e r a th e r thought, altho ug h some Acts of Parliament had been cited, this de- Pended more upon the Learned Gentleman's s sxertion. The Learned Counsel here, at very g r eat length, s tat e d the points of law arising f rom the question before mentioned, and submit ted, that as his first proposition for their Lord ships' consideration had been that it was not 'a correct legal description of a letter of attorney t ° describe it as a deed, their Lordships here bound to decide only upon that abstract deStion, wav i ng ever y decision, every prece ent, and all that had been contended to the contrary;it was a melancholy duty he had to Peru 'rnt, but that duty he was convinced a r "e upon a que sti on s o clear in itself, th at when they considered the definition tv the term " D ee d" t o b e a con t rac t s ealed, i ir g l fed, and d e li vere d, n o i ngenu ity c o uld place t h_erithin the meaning of the statute ; therefore failed upon them firmly to decide that point to I,: f l avour of hi s unfortunate client. Ile then at tte cited authorities from Buller, Hale, Glynn, a I C I some of th e s t a t utes o f Eli za b e th, s h eav i ng " his second proposition arising from the first, sh ow dig that the letter of attorney equitably ormiidered, was not a deed within the meaning statutes, Bth Geo. I. `.2d Geo. 11. and 4csrtlttliaGeo. 111. In the case of the King 1% I ot fk) a similar question had been decided o , 3. aVou r of the defendant at civil law, 14 ,;‘ . 1 . 1f the case of contention for property, 2 ; 1 7 the case was without the purview of the el earl e °: l l-, the mischief was removed, then „,y,_ lll the case of the life of a party being 1, i3 Vice the point ought to be reserved in I°° °"r• The Learned Gentleman having re iler7r,ed and observed upon the arguments of t, uses Bosanquet, and stated some of the to es of thin Act of Parliament mentioned in his - •Rtitu e , ci s& dof yesterday, again contended, upon pre fo, 'Y the same grounds, that the conviction must lit " being considered within the Act of Parlia blent ali g h t y, and in order that the question br. more clearly brought within their Lord hi?! recollection, he shortly stated the whole of grgunlents, and in the abstract gave some ad ditional authorities, and in his conclusion called upon their Lordships, as they might sup pose he laboured under much anxiety, if any point presented itself in their deliberation, al though he may not have observed upon it, as often in the cloud of mind occasioned to the ad vocate by his anxiety, circumstances of a very favourable kind escaped as were but slightly remarked upon, to give the prisoner the full benefit of them. Ile also would say, that in the course of his argument he may have touched too deeply upon the dt e 4 sions of Judges, and if, having done so, any unintentional extent of language or expression was used, he hoped it would be only attributed to his anxiety to save the prisoner ; and as he there saw before him the Judges of England assembled in deliberation, he felt a proud satisfaction at knowing, that amid the amazing extent of legal knowledge and con summate learning which they possessed,their deci sion would be founded upou these great attri butes, and would be marked not only by its bril liant clearness, but founded upon equitable justic e and the great attribute of mercy. lie, but perhaps unnecessarily, would, before he sat down, implore them not to found their decision upon precedent, and whatever their judgment might be, he, as well as the unfortunate gentleman the subject of it, would receive it, knowing that it was the result of mature and great deliberation. Mr. Broderick sat down, and a considerable degree of applause arose from the Gentlemen of the Bar. The Lord Chief Justice A naorr asked if Oleic. was any thing further to be offered in behalf of the prisoner ?—llis Counsel replied, No. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Learned Judges were left in deliberation. [For the Proceedings of yesterday, see the Fourth Page.] CORONERS' INQUESTS. SurcinE.—Last evpning, at seven o'clock, an Inquest was taken at the work-house, Bishopsgate, on the body of Mr. John Henry Frankyer. It appeared that the deceased, in the month of March last, entered the service of Capt. Har rington, at Batavia; he was a young man of respectable appear ance, but he worked in the ship on his passage to England. After he had left Batavia, he used to cry and be particularly dejected, and frequently expressed a wish to return to Batavia. On arriv ing in England he resided with his master in Devonshire-square, and preserved the same dejected appearance. On Monday evening about six o'clock, he called to a Miss Hedger, who was sittingin the parlour, thanked her for the kindnesses elle had sluown to him, while he had been in the house and during his illness : he then left the parlour, and she followed, but he en. tered the dining-room, shut the door, and discharged a pistol at his head, which blew off the hack part of the skull. The pistol was one which his mnsterhad recently had cleaned; they were keptttn der his son's lied, but the deceased found them. Ile had loaded both, intending, it is conjectured, to discharge the other in case the first did not take effect. On searching his trunk, after his death, there were found a miniature of a young lady, a hand kerchief with several peculiarly tied knots, a pair of costly brace lets a pair of lady's silk stockings, and a lock of dark hair; and some documents which went to chew that he had the ma nagement of one of the plantations up the country, and bore a most excellent character.—The Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, an Inquest was held betnre Mr. II mos, Deputy- Coroner for Westminster, at the Monster tavern, Sr. George's. row, Chelsea, on the bodies of Joseph Knowles and John Smith, two f the vat.wien employed in the extensive distil. lery of Messrs. Cook, Smith, and Co., who on Monday even ing were suffocated by falling into one of the back vats in the distillery. Verdict—" Accidental Death, through suffocation." Deodand on the vat, Is. SUDDEN Di:A.m.—On Monday evening an Inquest was held before Mr. Moos, one of the Coroners for Westminster, at the Queen's (lead, I):lke's-court, Bow-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas Pastur, who died at that house on the previous Saturday. Ile went to bed in apparently good health on Friday night, and remained in bed until Saturday evining, when the waiter entering the room found hint on the On: of death. Medical aid was procured, but in vain. The cause of his death was not ascertained. Verdict—" Died by the Visi tation of God." Bra.r.'s Lire IN Lo Nnore, of Saturday, Nov. 27, will contain the best. account of the Fight at Warwick, between Hudson and Cannon. (It will be kept on sale, at the Office, in the Strand, London, for three days after the 27th instant.) — BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, AND SPORTING Cnrto. Prtcr,t, combining, with the news of the week, a rich Repository of Fashion, Wit, and Humour, and the interesting incidents of Real Life, the price of which is Seven pence, is a full-sized Quarto Weekly Newspaper, published in London every Saturday Afternoon, in time for that Day's Post, by which it may be received in any part of the Country, within one hundred miles of Lon. don, on the Sunday Morning.—Orders attended to by all the London and Country Newspaper Agents, Booksellers, and Postmasters ; also by Messrs. SMITHS, No. 192, Strand, London. As connected with this appalling sobject, (the fires), we . may notice an instance of deparavity, which is un paralleled in the annals of crime, anti which might have involv ed a another di str i ct o f t h e c i t y in the same devastation which the High -street has been subject to. On Thursday evening. sur geon was brought by a woman, residing in Cowan's-close, Cow gate, to see her son, a decrepit lad about 1/1 years of ae who is afflicted with strangury. Th e surgeon , by the light of a small fire, observed the lad stretched upon some straw, with his head resting upon the hearth, and in a state of complete in anition. The mother told him (for the lad could not speak) that he had not tasted food for two days—a story more than :pro bable ; upon which the surgeon not only prescribed medicines, and a copious supply of warm milk,lbut gave her 6d. to purchase the milk with. He then took his departure. In the course of a short time, the mother, who had gone out, returned home in a state of beastly intoxication, wanting her under v,arments, which she had pawned, anti having spent both the sixpence and the money she had got front the pawnbroker in the purctv.se of spirits; she vocceded to kick t h e poor h e l p l ess f amis h e d lad ; and, in the, teight of her frenzy, th rew t h e s t r aw and other combustibles upon the fire. Very soon the apartment was till ed with smoke and flames, which the neighbours extinguished : and then conveyed the fury to the police-office, where she now remains.—f The Scotsman.) There is now living in Hereford, on 01(1 woman, named Smith, who is in her 81st year, and she has never from her birth tasted of any kind of spirits, wine, malt liquor, or ' cider ; her sole beverage has been tea. This respectable and eccentric female has been married 58 years 1 her husband is alive and in his 83d year, a:AI both of them enjoy excellent health ; and:though, during their long peregrination, they have been deeply wounded by the arrows of misfortune, the v-nerable pair murmur not at the fiat of Omnipotence, and are contented and happy. PICKPOCKETS ON TM: EXCITANG E.--Yosterday a commercial Gentleman of great respectability came to apprise the Loan IVI A Volt publicly that the Royal Exchange Will infested by a gang of pickpockets, who were dressed so like merchants that their real characters could not easily be dis tinguished. He Wits himself walking from the south gate of the Exchange towards tiweeting's.' alley, when he passed four of them, who looked like men of business standing together in con. versa Con. As lie passed through the knot, he felt a twitch at his pocket, and afterwards found that his pocket was cut through, but not suffi ciently to permit his pocket-book to drop. Ile had 1,7001. in bills of exchange in the pocket book. The communication was made to put commercial men on their guard. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Titchfield, at Welbeck, Notts, from a tour ; the Earl of (Bengali, in Grosvenor -street; Colonel and Lady Eleanor, Lowther, at the Earl of Lonsdale's seat, Cottesmere, from Westmorland ; Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, at their father's (Viscount Clifden's) seat, at Roehampton, from a tour; Sir Wm. Bellingham, Bart. in Curzon street, May -fair; Mr. and Mrs. Montague, in G rosvenor-p l ace; M rs . anti *Miss Capel, in Brook -street; Mr. and Mrs. Poyntz, in Grosvenor-place; Capt. and Mrs. Pemberton, in South Audley-street; Lord and Lady Erskine, and the Hon. Miss Erskine, at the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, from West Winstead; the Reverend 111 r. and Mrs. Lovell, and the Misses Lovell, at ditto, from Northampton; Capt. Hadden, 3d Dragoon Guards, at ditto; John Musgrave, Esq., 9th Lancers, at ditto, from Oxford shire ; Capt. Laroche, R.N., at ditto, from Rickmansworth ; Mr. and Mrs. Parther, in Saville-row, from a tour; Lord St. Helens, from Windsor; Lord and Lady William Bentinck, at Grtillon's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Norfolk; Captain Pe:tie, of the 97th, at the Union lintel, Cockspur-street, from Chichester; Col. Warnfonl, at do., from the North ; Rev. Mr. Thomas, at do., from Brighton; Capt. Stannus, of the 97th, at • ditto, from Chichester; G. Robins, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford. CHANGES.—The Dowager Marchioness of Exeter, for her scat, Roe.hampton ; Lord Molyneux, for his father's (Earl Sefton) seat, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool; Sir H. and the Right lion. Lady Emily Hardinge, for the Marquis of Cam den's scat, the IVilderness, Kent; Air. and Mrs. H. Seymour, from Chippcnham, in Wiltshire, for Hampton Court ; Sir Thomas Hamlyn Williams, Bart. for Brighton ; Colonel and L'Estrange, from Ch e lt en h am , for Bath ; Hon. and Rev. H. Watson, for Carleton It ectorv, near Rockingham ; Mr. F. 'P. Corbett, for Elsham Hall ; Mr. J. Hamilton, from Cork, to Dublin; Mr. C. Courtney, far Alcester ; Mr. and Miss How ard, from Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire, for Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Manning, from Cheltenham, for Bath; Mapr and Mrs. Haviland, from Brighton, for B a th ; Si r H usse y ivian, Bart., for his seat, in Hants ; Sir Thomas Farquhar, Bart., for his seat, Itoehampton ; Mrs. Parnther, for 3laresfield Park, the seat of Sir John Shelley ; Mrs. Price and Family, from the Pultney Hotel, Albemarle -street, for their seat, near Dover ; Capt. Vaughan, from ditto, for Brighton. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENIIA3L—Gen. and Mrs. Orr, Gem. Clarke, Capt. C. Shamley, Capt. Manghan, Colonel and Mrs. Howard, Lieut. Thos. Brydges, R.N. ; Capt. Beaty, Major Graham, Captain Chalmer, Messrs. Lewin, Pigott, Bowf?rd, Faulka, Bailie, Gasthorpe, Irving, Mosley, Gough, King, Brookes, Anderson, Clark, H. Denny, Kelly, Hawes, Saul, Culler, Fitzgerald, French, Jine, Forbes, Belcher, Corry, Middleton, Gillman, Rolland, Nightingale, Brett, &c. Il'oncEsTE a, Nov. 22.—The Duke of Gloucester arrived on the 13th instant, at Croome, the seat of the Bari of Co. ventry, where his Royal Highness 1:4 expected to remain till the end of the present month. The illustrious visitor is in excel lent health, and enjoys the diversion of shooting every day. Parties of the Nobility and Gentry of the county are daily in. vited to meet Ids Royal Highness.—The Duke of Leinster is now on a visit to his noble relative. Lord Foley, at his seat, Ncitley-court, in this county. An elopement has taken place from Leicester within the last few days, which has excited no inconsiderable portion of con versation during the last week. The gallant is a married man, between forty and fifty, filling a public office in the town ; the lady unmarried, about twenty-five years of age, recently living as companion to her seducer's wife, and the daughter of a re spectable inhabitant. The injured wife, it seems, was prevailed upon to visit a watering-place a week or two ago, and her absence was taken ativantage of to make arrangements for the intended journey. Brussels is said to be the place of retreat which the fugitives selected. _ ) 4.1 1 0 :cH "' 44. r* • tk 4:1- 4 11 • • , ••:. tO .?1:4 t ' - tiR oy ~4 4 ;•• ----- 'Mt" . ST. 3 IARGARErS Clll, l lWil, WEST3IINSTER. This Church, which has been always consi dered, independent of its parochial character, as apper taining to die House of C ommons, h as l ate l y un d ergone extensive and ornamental repairs, was on Sunday last re-opened n for . the per inhabitants of Wes:minster, their old favourite and hi ghly Divine Worship. To the great gratificaon o f the g ifted preacher, D r. SrEvENs, now Dean of Rocit.Es formance of mn, preached a • most appropriate and highly bene fi c ial sermon in aid of the Fund now forming for the rebuilding the Westtninster Hospital. The worthy Dean, at the solicitation o f the Trustees, and at a very short notice, 101 Rochester for the charitable purpose; and it must be hi eitly grad fying to bins that the result of his eloquent appeal, in aid of the Charity, was I,roductive of don a tions amounting to n ear l y 700/. It h as b een long contemplated, in consequence of the very inadequate size of this Hospital, to receive the applicants for admission, not only to rebuild, but also considerab ly to enlarge the Institution.— Provided with funds more than sufficient to maintain the patients which the present old building is capable of con taining, and on which considerable sums are every year ex pended for repairs, the Governors have with praiseworthy zeal determined again to make an appeal to the Public, in aid of a fund commenced a few years ago for the above purposes, but which latterly has been suffered tolenguish. From the proximity to many great public works, and the river Thames an immense number of most serious accidents arc constantly tilling its beds, independent of diseases which are now considerably augmented, from the great increase of population in its immediate neigh bourlmod. The general Hospitals in thin metropolis, which administer incalculable benefits to every variety of invalid per sons, and which are well known to be under the direction of men of the highest professio na l ta l ents, w il l never be su ff ered by a humane public to droop, if their wants are made known.— The very forcible and eloquent appeal deliver e d a t St. Mar aret's Church by its late worthy Lecturer, we are sure, if pub limbedd and disninuted, would continue materially to aid the humane purpose for which it was intended. We are authorized by some of the Directors of the Canada Company to state, that several points, which they conceive to be of the utmost importance to the success of that undertaking, are yet unsettled in their negociation with the Colonial Of►ce ; and that it is probable, unless these points are satisfactorily arranged by Go. vern►nent, the undertaking may he entirely nban. dotted. We think this intimation may be useful to speculators iu the shares of this Company.— ( Times.) His Excellency Lord Gra vsvtt.t.r, the Ambas sador and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Bei- TANNIC MAJESTY to the Court of France, has been admitt e d t o a pr i vate au di ence o f his MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY, not, however, in his Lord ship's character of British Ambassador, nor for the purpose of presenting his credentials; the etiquette of the French Court preventing the per yet expi re d f or hi s l ate romance of that ceremony during a fi rs t C our t Yesterday the Greek youths who have lately Majesty y n o w o h l i s e h x l v i s i i n f o . t arrived in this country fur education, were intro duced to the Gallery and study of Mr. HENRY SASS, the Professor of the Fine Arts. They displayed considerable intelligence, and appeared delighted with the various fine specimens of Greek scull). tore with which the Studio abounds. They were dressed in the rich costume of the Gri k. Some foreigners, as well as Englishmen, distinguished in Art and Science, met:them, and contemplated their interesting and picturesque appearance with considerable pleasure. After partaking of some refreshment, they retired highly gr a tif ie d b y t h e i r visit. The Manager of the Margate Theatre has great success. The house is fill e d every n i g ht opened a temporary 'theatre at aamsgate with with the most respectable inhabitants and visitors of the town, whose taste and liberality augur the erection of a regular Theatre, POETRY. The King's favour is as dew upon the grass. Proverbs (y' Solomon. The crystal gem that sparkles in the flow'r Which springeth in the shaded fragrant bow'r, Or on till breeze -swept mountain's turfy breast, Where purple heaths and yellow furzes rest, Fading and dying through Apollo's beams, Taste with delight the dew's delicious streams. The verdant grass that springeth on the mead, Assumes new verdure, lifts its vigorous head, As heaven's balmy dew it fondly sips, Shining like sun burst from a dark eclipse; Just so, th' unhappy mortal in despair, Whom hope bath fled, like visions in the air, '.Vho in his waking hours and fever'd sleep, I'erplex'd and agitated like the deep, Rent by remorse and its dire train of woes, Nought but a thousand galling miseries knows, His sunken eye, his nerveless drooping frame, The perturbation of his soul proclaim, No medicine, save the favour of his King— That Mercy, which like heav'n's dew cloth spring, Can change the horror of his ghastly hue, Or sooth the sorrows which his soul pursue. Around his tortur'd soul, his nearest ties Cling as the poignant darts where poison lies, But Royal Mercy dropp'd upon his head, 'Would be as incense by the Angel's shed— The keenest arrows from his spirit tear, Calming the anguish of his 3lother's care; She, who unconscious of his moral tall, Till his guilt burnt him into prison wall, In frantic grief bewails her wretched fate ; Scarce Eve more woe-struck, grieved or desolate, When Cain in furious mood, his hands embru'd In righteous Abel's pure and holy blood ! None but the Sov'reign pow'r can sooth her mind, Low at his footstool, could she entrance find, Like weeping Priam, when dead Hector's curse, He knelt to beg—so she her pray'rs would force Upon the Royal ear his heart to move, With heav'n's own Mercy and redeeming love. Hail ! Mercy, hail! who mightiest dolt appear, When Monarch's in their crown thy essence wear ; Bright Faith, and smiling !lope, shall both expire, When the globe sinks in one consuming fire, Whilst Charity, or Mercy, both are one-- Shell live for ever, near th' Eternal throne, The cherisled Angel of the King of Kings, The harbinger from his benignant wings-- May the sweet Cherub now exert her sway, And turn the instrument of blood away. ARIEL. THE LATE COUNTESS of DUNDONALD In the vault beneath Sleeps all that was mortal of ANNA MARIA, Countess of Dundonald. In the :ifith year of her age t On the 18th of September, 1822, She finished her course upon earth; Illustriously distinguished by Her filial piety, her conjugal fidelity her maternal tenderness, The large charity of her heart, Her entire self-devotion to duty, even when the most Exacting and severe. Descended, by her Father, from the Plowdens of Plowden, in Shropshire, And, by her Mother, from the Philippses of Cwmguilly, in the County of Carmarthen, She became the Consort of ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL COCHRANE, Ninth Earl of Dundonald And, with the emanation of her virtues, she gave lustre to Her honourable lineage, And brightened the gold of the coronet, Which sate in dignity on her brow. ANNA ! with thee the mortal toil is o'er: Thy sigh shall heave, thy tear shall gush no more; Grief, pain, and death, for ever past away, Thou draw'st the spilit of empyreal day; And, for the wounding paths thy feet have trod, Tread'at the pure sapphire of the CounTS OF GOD. But, ah ! (if so thou may'st) thy Weaving throw On those thou loved'st on earth, and calm their woe. Regard thy Mother's, Consort's, Orphan's doom, And his, who, weeping, now inscribes thy tomb: Breathe on their hearts thy breath, of power to heal ; In their rich dreams THY Cnowar or LIFE reveal. Inspire them with THYSELF ! till, all forgiven, They quaff with thee the cup of bliss'in Heaven ! BEQUIF.SCAT IN PACE! •V• We have heard a very unfavourable story respecting the fees demanded for placing the stone over the grave of the departed Lady, and, subsequently, more fees for permitting the stone to be inscribed, which we shall be glad to have an opportunity of contradicting, if ill-founded. FIGHT between CANNON and JOSH HUDSON. Warwick was yesterday the scene of action, and such was the interest excited, not only in that town, but in London, that the latter place, so far as regarded the lovers of the science, was com pletely deserted. Th e morn i ng was propitious. Cannon at an early ho ur was on t h e spo t. Every vehicle was i n requisition, and the r i ng h av i ng b ee n formed, the men set-to. Cannon took the lead, and in twenty minutes had completely beaten his opponent. Josh, who once had the name of being an invincible, found in Cannon an fron-moubled opponent, who put him at defiance, and he reluctantly resigned. Dick Curtis and Aaron were present; but, to use the technicality of the P. U., it was no go. Aaron received the 10111., and his friends the peoples, were much in the dumps. flow fur the pre4ent no go may operate with the patronisers of the ring, time will show. 'lnn EATIIEII.—The lettees pip, ei f ne r ng o T yne r ytthheseezosretue_rt we stern attempte m o re ia r ( ln e ed v w: ioerene occasio ne dneut fnr than oalbnl tOOO w ithinrgreatap t h a e coast.ports g T iv i e le m etr el: eta ncl o w f ly th a e cc g o a u le nts inl o an f t d he ha s v h e i in r e e swell, memoryth that About 2 o'clock yesterday morning, the river at high water was ion any of the watennen. The wind was south south-west, and wthe ble awoc st a t er boats Itaetwrsofatle.nict made it g l l e r e i u ts tf r ho r t pass the w re it a h cl il i z men in it, was with difficulty prevented from being stove and all hands drowned. Fortunately none of the vessels drifted. and no lives lost, or serious damage sustained. tit nine o'clock in the morning, the gable-end of a house in the Maze Too ley-street, No. 6, gave way, and in its descent broke in the window -casements of the first floor of the house opposite. and fell with a dreadful crash into the street t happily at the instant no person was passing. Ab ou t th e same ti me fell the stacks of chimnies of three houses, 6,7, 0, in William's-place, Wal. worth. At No. 6, the roof and back rooms were wholly demo hshed, from one of which two infant children had but the mo ment before been taken from bed. Between nine and ten o'clock the stack of chimneys belonging to Sir. Warren's house, in Bedford-square, was 'blown down, and broke the roof f the house, and man of the tiles and mortar were forced into the bed-room but no person received any injury. . About eleven o'clock an immense stack of chimneys belonging to Salvador-house, in Bishopagate-street, fell with a tremedous crash ; they forced in the roof of the house, but we are happy to say the terrified inmates escaped without sustaining any in jury. Most of the bricks and rubbish fell into the fore court of Mr. De Tastett's premises. The front of one of the mo dern-built houses also, near the Albany-road, Camberwell, was completely blown in yesterday morning: although inha bited, no one was hurt. t is stated in a Scotch paper, that the loss of property sustained in the late fires in Edinburgh may be estimated at from 150,0001. to 170,0001., and that nearly 300 families have been burned out of their houses. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.--Wind S.W. 7r. blowbel a heavy gale.--During the whole of last night, and up to t!iis time, we have had one of the most tremendous gales front S.S.E. to S.W. ever remembered here, and what, we fear, will be productive of serious damage to the shipping of this Port. The Shipley transport is on shore on South Seath Beach. The Victory homeward.bound from Calcutta, a very valuable ship, is on shore on Blackhouse Beach. The Admiral Berkly transport, with troops for Cape Coast Castle, on shore under the Hospital, with masts gone and bilged (people all saved). The Madras, -, for Madras, on shore in Stokes Bay ; Lady Arabella, Renner, parted a cable at St. Helens, slipt another at Spithead, and ran into the harbour, where she now lays upon the East Mead. The brig Coventry, a Dutch gallic, and several schooners, without anchors and cables, have also come into the harbour. DL,►t., Nov. 23.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. 4 P. at.—During last night and the whole of to-day it has blown a most tremen dous gale from S.S.W. to S.W., during which several of the outward-bound have returned. The Belina, Craig, struck upon the South Sand Head and went to pieces ; in half an hour not. a vestige of the vessel was to be seen; Capt. Craig, the second mate, three seamen and a boy, were saved by four Deal boats' crews at the imminent peril of their lives ; the remainder °fah.: crew, 13 in number, were lost. Put back and remain the Boyne, Westbrook, Breadalbane, Louisa, Elizabeth, Benewal, John Buschman, and Cecrops, riding heavy with two anchors a-head. The Falcon with several schooners have gone fur Ramsgate harbour. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind S. to S.W.--•Arrived the George Canning, Chisnell, from Denia In 25 days; master washed overboard yesterday and drowned. FAL3roti TB, Nov. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived yesterday the Lord Hobart packet, front the Mediterranean, sailed from Corfu the 15th October, Malta the 23d, Gibraltar the 11th No vember, and Cadiz the 12th ditto ; and Hebe, Brown, from the Downs. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon; Zephyr packet, for the Islands; and Camden packet, for Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Illoming Star, Charles, from Africa; Ann, Mordaunt, from Buenos Ayres; Brothers, Smith, Quebec ; Fame, Hustable, Newfoundland ; Jane, Campbell, Malaga ; Doris, White, Zante; Nimrod, Bruce, Gibraltar ; and the Champion, Blackett, from Faro. • [From the Agent to Lloyd's at Poole, dated yesterday.] " The past has been an awful night of weather, never in general opinion has a more tremendous gale been experienced in this quarter of the globe. It blew very hard the fore-part of the night, but it was not till about three o'clock in the morning that the gale commenced its fury, and in fact it has not greatly ceased to this moment, only that it has lightened up a little now and then ; the wind veered somewhat to the W., now S.W. by W., in the S. to S.S.W. A sloop is said to have been totally lost this side of Christchurch Head, and two hands drowned, re. ported to be stone laden, fur Southampton. The Albion, Motley, arrived yesterday from Bahia, drifted from her anchorage, and lies grounded in the mud i n B rownsey R oa d s, where it is to be hoped she is not likely to meet with any serious injury; but it is thought the whole, or a great part of her cargo (su gar ), must be discharg e d, t o li g ht en h er , before she can be got off.—a most fortunate circumstance her putting into port yesterday.. " The tide this morning was immensely high, and half the place overflowed ; never before was any thing equal to it, and great will be the damage and less. Shipwnghts' yards swept clean ; never before has a storm caused so much desolation trt this place.—lt now blows heavily, and a most threatening sky." The Albion, Botley, from Bahia, is on shore in Brownsey Roads, near Poole. The Kelso, Ramsay, off and for Sunderland, was abandoned off the Yorkshire coast, 18th instant. The Cornelia, Sepkes, from Bahia to Amsterdam , is on ahnre at the back of Ramsgate Pier, with four feet water in the hold. The Hope, Nicol, from Maracaibo, was totally lost near that place, Aug. 29 [PRIVATE LETTER.] DEAL, Nov. 23.—A most melancholy and awful instance of shipwreck occurred here this morning. The outward bound West Indiaman Reline, JoaN CRAIG, master, got on the Goodwin Sands in the course of the night, and at daylight was seen in the most distressing situation, a perfect wreck. The wind at this time was blowing a complete hurricane from the south-west, with a most tremendous sea. The Deal boatmen, with an intrepidity and disinterestedness above all prnise, were on the alert, though, from the first, there was no hope of saving the vessel ; several attempts were ineffectually made by the hint-people to board the ship, at the imminent hazard of their. own lives, when, horrible to relate, she went to pieces, and 13 of the crew unhappily met it watery grave ; but, by the perse vering efforts of the Deal boats, they fortunately succeeded in saving the master, second mate, three men, and a boy, who were landed here-about nine o'clock, amidst the sympetbising feelings of a multitude of persons collected on the beach, anxi ous to learn the particulars of so heart-rending a catastrophe. It is impossible to speak of the Deal boatmen upon this occa sion in terms of sufficient admiration, since but for their excr.- eons every soul on board must have inevitably perished. Wo hope, therefore, that " the Royal National Instal-glen for the preservation of life front shipwreck," lately founded in the metropolis, will reward the highly enterprising conduct of these men, with a liberality equal to their merits. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Passenger: per Me Genoa Painter, Capt. Trusevtl, from Madtas.—Mrs. Colonel Morley, Mrs. Colonel Frith, Mrs. Wroughton, Mrs. Captain Gill, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Teell, Mrs. Vivian, Miss Hickey, Miss Morley, Colonel Monroe, Madras Army, Captain Anderson, Engineers, Capt. James, ditto, Mr. Wroughton, Civil Service, Lieutenant Brown, his Mitiesty's Dragoons, Lieutenant Dople, ditto, Dr. Tomlinson, Madras Army, Lieutenant Gordon, his Majesty's Service, Lieutenant Day, ditto, Lieutenant Thompson, ditto, Miss Flower, Miss Teed, Miss Kelly, Master Fitzgerald, Maater Vivian, Master Thompson. Arrivals at illadras—The East India Company's ship Duke of York arrived at Madras on the 25th June, and wits to sail for China on the 10th July. The William Faitlie arrived at Madras 2d July. The Lady Melville, Clifford, arrived from London on the 2d July, and was to sail for Penang and China. on the sth of August. The Greenock, Richardson, front New South Wales, on the 4th June; the Triton, Ctear. from 't Dieman's Land, on the 10th of June ; the land ilungerford, Farquharson, from London, on the 10th of June ; the tielteml Palmer, Truscott, from London, on the sth July ; the Doke of Bedford, Cunynghame, on the 6th of July ; the Larkins, Wilkinson, on the 9th of ,July; the William Money, Jackson, on the 18th of July ; the Catherine, Mackintosh, on the 28th of July--all from London. The Louisa, Walls, from the Cape, on the 28th July ; and the Susan, Hamilton, from Rangoon, on the 30th July. Sailing, from Madras.—The Lord 11ungetford, Far quharson, sailed for Bengal, on the 10th June ; the Greennek, Richmond, for Bengal on the 20th June; the Duke of York, Campbell, for China, on th e 11 t h J u l y ,• the Triton, Cre a r, for the Cape of Good hope, on the 21st July ; the William Money, Jackson, for Bengal, on the 20th July ; the D u ke o f Bedford, Cunninghame, for Bengal, the 20th July ; and the Catherine, Mackintosh, for Bengal, on the 36th July. =Arrivals at the Cape of G l a d Hope.--The Triton, Crear, from New South Wales and Madras, on the t.Y.Itl and was to sail for London on the 3d of I umber; the Avon, Sunnier, from Bombay, on the 23th of September; the. Nero. lop, Brukager, from Amsterdam, bound to Batavia, on the 20th September; the General Palmer, Truscott, from Miveras, on the 211th September; the John, Mererr, from Rio Janeiro, on the 30th; also the Arethusa, Strong, from London. Sailing: &pa the Cape qf Good ifope.—The Cape packet, Kafir, for the Mauritius; and the Kerins, Wade, a whaler, on the 20th September; and the Minerva, Bell, for New South Wales, on the 30th September. TIDE ARAI Y. [From last NionT's o.tzrrTr.) Commissions bigned by the Lord Lieutenant of the N or th Riding of the County of York. The Hon. Richard Pepper Arden, to be Deputy Lientettant ; ' Francis Philip Bedingfeld Esq. to be ditto. North York Regiment of Ttiomas Stapleton, Esq. to he Captain. Richmond Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Simpson, Esq. to be Captain. CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 24. The boistercsis state of the weather keeps out supplies. There are scarcely any samples of fine Wheat at market, and other qualities are not in demand. Barley is dull, and hardly sup. ports last rates. Beans and Pease are rather dearer. Oats find buyers on the same terms as Monday. ARILIVALB.—EngIish Wheat, 7,600; Barley, 2,700 . ; Oats, 1,660 quarters; Flour, 3,100 sacks.