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~~ A ati / - a 44 • (1 4 5'4w:0i1" N. NUMBER 9954. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1824. PRIC,E pitOPOSED SHIP CANAL for the JUNC TION of the ENGLISH a nd BRISTOL CHAN LS.The Committee of Management beg to acquaint the S ubscribers, that they have received from Mr. Telford a preli unitary Report of the most favourable character, and highly encouraging to the prosecution of this important undertaking. The necessary Surveys will proceed under Mr. Telford's direc tion, anti when completed, the Committee will have the satis faction of convening a Meeting of the Subscribers, to determine upon such further measures as may be deemed expedient. The Preliminary Report of Mr. Telford will be printed and for warded to the Subscribers forthwith; and any further informa tion may be obtained by application to Messrs. King and Lukin, No. 5, Gray's Inn-square, or Mr. Clarke, Chard, Somerset !hire ; and also at Messrs. Bosanquet and Co., Lombard-street ; Messrs. 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BODIBAT.—At midnight, on Saturday the 17th January last, was floated out of dock the new ship Asia, of 84 guns, built for his Majesty's Navy. The Asia is the seventh line of battle ship that has been built in the Hon. Company's Dock-yard at Bombay, and is not only the largest ship that has been built in India, but also that has ever been on this side the Cape of Good Hope. Her dimensions are— - Feet. Extreme length upon deck . 196 4 Ditto breadth . 51 5' Length of keel for tonnage . - 162 51 Pierced for 86 guns. Burthen in tons - - 2289 44-94ths. The Asia on passing out of dock received her name from his Excellency Commodore Charles Grant, C. B. the Naval Com mander in Chief. The best — and most faithful account that can be given of the Asia is, that she stands as high in the opinion of professional judges as any ship that has been floated out of the Bombay. docks before her, and is an incontrovertible proof that the skill, talent, and zeal of the late highly respected head builder, Jamsetjee Boinanjee, have descended to his son Nowa)* Jamsevee, with all their primitive force and excellence; and it is with much regret we contemplate, that the powers of this deserving architect are likely to be suspended for some time, there being no other ship of war in progress of building. The following statement of ships built for his Majesty's Navy may not be uninteresting, viz. Guns. Burthen in Tone. Floated out of Dock. A 36 Gun Frigate named Pitt 36 Gun do. do: Salsette • 74 Gun Ship Minden - 74 Gun do. Cornwallis 74 Gun do. Wellesley 38 Gun Frigate Amphitrite 12 Gun Brigantine Sphymt Brigantine Camelion 18 Gun Brig Victor 10 Gun Brig Zebra - 74 Gun Ship Melville - 31 Gun Ship Trinconuiley 74 Gun Ship Malabar - 38 Gun Frig. Seringapatarn 84 Gun Ship Ganges 46 Gun Frigate Madagascar 84 Gun Ship Asia - - ( Bombay Gairtte. 872 88-94thsi 885 38.94th5, 117th Jan. 1803 ,24th March, 1807 : 19th June 1767 119-94ths1 2d Nay 1813 1745 75-94th 8 ;241h Feb. 1815 1064 4-94ths 1 14th April 1816 239 66-94ths'25th Jan. 1013 239 49.94th5116th Jan. 1616 384 1694ths 29th Oct. 1814 385 15-94ths118th Nov. 1815 1767 75-94ths , 11th Feb. 1817 1063 119 th _ Oct. 1817 0- 1715 128th Dec. 1818 1162 2.94thal sth Sept. 1 . 819 2284 110th Nov. 1821 11166 84-94ths3lit Oct., 1822 2289 44.94th5;17th ihin. 1824 NOTICE TO MARINERS. [From the llfadras Gazette.l " In giving the Longitudes of the different Shoals, our Cor. respondent has adopted a very proper method of stating the Longitude he takes his departure tram—hereby affording the information necessary for correcting his Longitudes, if at any future time, that of the place departed from, should be found not to be correct,•and how few Longitudes of places are per fectly correct. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MADRAS GOVERNSZENT GAZETTE. Sett—l - raving in my notice to you in January last, promised to give the public an account of several Shoals, seen by me in mY Passage to PORT Jacksos (and not laid down in any Paper,chari Katie futill ,i s ,nreni,illic,bseg n ow through the medium of your that is if you think the following worthy of a place in your valuable columns:— Extract of the Leg Book Vila! Brig John Shore. Thursday, Sept. 11, MS.—Sailed from Port Jackman, with two detachments of 11. M. Royals and 89th regiment on board, steering towards Torres Straits, keeping as near as possible hi the tract of Captain M. Flinders, having on board three excel. lent chronometers—well regulated. September 23d, at 2, 40 a.m. Saw Cato's Bank bearin g ; per compass N. %V. half N. disc. 3i to four mites, sounded with 95 fathoms of line, no ground, hauled to the Eastward until day light, 10 a.m.—The Bank bettring•about E.N.E. distance 5 or 0 miles, it being calm ; left the bri4 kn the jolly boat, and at noon succeeded in landing on the N.W. side of the Bank, in a small shoal bay formed by the surrounding reef.—Found the Bank to extend from N.E. to S.W. about half a mile in length, and from N.W. to S.E. about 100 fathoms, surrounded by a steep and dan gerous reef.—The Island or Molt inform an oval, and is about 3-quarters to one mile in circumference, extremes of the bank and reef from E. to W. 8i to 4 miles and from N. to S. two miles, on the .N.W. side, the reef forma a small shoal bay, and is the only part in which a boat can approach the Island to land. It is covered With a thick hairy: graas or weed about knee deep, and is on the South East side from fif. teen to eighteen feet above the level. of the sea at high wa ter ; the reef on this side forming a steep wall, with very heavy breakers—the N. W. side 10 to 12 feet above the level of the sea, it is frequented by astonishing numbers of the feathered tribe so thick that it was impossible to walk without treading on their nests and, young ; our people killed as many of the Old ones as handed the boat in 10 minutes with sticks ; on the S. E. side was part of the wreck of a vessel, as also the remains of huts or tents which had been erected by the unfortunate crew, with aniniaber of casks sunk in the sand. as I suppose to obtain water, there were no traces by.which could discover the name of the vessel, on one of the colts was the following mark (A) (A) No. 78-111 Gallons; from the freshness of the rigging it would appear that the utifortunate vessel had not been lost many mouths ; in returning to the brig, steering a W. by S. course, carried soundings from 1.0 to 15 fathoms, wand and coral regular soundings for about 3 miles. then had 10 fathoms, sharp pointed rocks, the bottom visible under water, all the way from the 'bank ; after crossing this rocky bank deepened gradually to no ground at 20 fathoms line, and on reaching the brig had 63 fathoms sand and shellS; centre of the Island N. 73 deg. E. per compass.—Latitude of the bank by obiervation 23 de 13m. 211 a, South, and longitude from Port Jackson per 3 Chro. 155 deg. 311 u. 495. East, allowing 1 1 the latter to be 161 deg. Ilm. 495. L. of Greenwich--from Cato's bank steered to pass to the eastward of Wreck Reef, and on September 25th at noon the observed latitude was 21 deg, 43m. 28s. S. Long. per Chro. 15i deg. 42m. 49a. E. steered on a N. N. W. course per compass 18 miles, when an extensive shoal was seen a head, with two dry sand banks,--immediately shortened sail, and hauled our wind to the eastward, running along the southern side of this new discovered and dangerous shoal, at the distance of five or six miles. At 1. 3 5 . P .M. ex. trainee of the reefs, and sand banks from N.W. N'l r . to N. by E. distance from the S.W. extreme about six miles, and the western and highest bank seven Miles, which appeared to be about a - mile in length, and Bto 10 feet above water, at sp.m. The extremes of the reefs from S.W. by W. to N.W. N. per cooipass, the westernmost sandbank W.S.W. a smaller one V. by S. S. rocks above water W. by N. The S,W. extreme distance about seven miles, and the northern extreme 6 miles, the courses from 3 p.m. was East 3 miles, N.E. 3 miles, and North 3 miles. At 5.30. saw more breakers as far as N.W. by N. with rocks above water—ti. 30. hauled our wind to the east- . ward ; the northern extreme of the reefs, consisting of sharp conical rocks above water, bore S.W. per compass, about throe miles, having steered from 6 p.m. between N. and N.W. nine miles. The whole of this extensive shoal appeared to be con nected by a line of breakers, and as there is no account of such a shoal in either Flinders', liorsburgh's Arrewsinith's or Node's Charts, or books of directions, I h avei great reason to believe it is a new discovery, and directly in the track of ships from Port Jackson to Torres Straits, passing to the eastward of Wreck Reef ; when passing the reefs had sights for the chron. ometers, and make its position and extent as follow : S.W. extreme in list. 21 deg. 18m. South, and long. 166 deg. 40m. East, or 4 deg. 28m. 11s. East of Port Jackson. N.E. =acme in lat. 21 deg. 07m. South and long. 16. deg. 41 m. East, or 4 deg. 29 m. 11 s. East of Port Jackson, ex. tending from South to North 11 or 12 miles, extent to the westward not ascertained, but saw breakers from the mast head as far as the eye could discern. In correcting the lati titude, one mile per hour was allowetl for a northerly current as found on the following day, and the longitude is measured from Cato's Bank in a run of two days, allowing the latter as above ; two days after passing them had loners, and the above positions will be by lunar the means of 6 sets, sun and moon, by two observers worked back by chronometers 2 miles more easterly than above, viz. S.W. extreme 155 deg. 42 m. East) Differing. two miles from of Greenwich. the above per Chiorio. N.E. extreme 106 deg. 43 m. ditto.) from Cato's Bank. As 1 believe the above to be a new discovery, have named dims extensive shoals, the John Shore's nee fs.--keorinKfrom Torres Straits, saw no other shuale, until we made the Lastern 1681 Fields, (an extensive line of reefs at the eastern entrance of the Straits) on the 11 of Oct. at 6. P.m., being then in lat. 10 deg. 07 m. S. and long. 143 deg. 41 m. East, measured by chrono meters from Cato 's Bank and lunars agreeing two days back. — Oct. 6, anchored at Murray's Island, where we lost two an chors ; several of the natives came on board, and bartered their implements of war, viz. bows, arro ws , a nd spears, for knives, razors, and all descriptions of iron; they also brought off to barter, cocoanuts, semis, sweet potatoes, arrow root, and plantains ; the yams and sweet potatoes were very fine and large ; the whole of the men were stout and well made, few less than six feet, each canoe contained from 20 to 30 men ; anti at one time 10 canoes off. On the 12th cleared the straits, and steered to make New Year's Island, but owing to Calms, light winds mostly from N.W. and strong currents, were driven down on the Coast of New Holland, to the south. ward of New Year's Island and group, which extend from the coast to the latter • on the 23d of Oc to b er , stood to the west ward, to the sout hward of the Islands laid down by Flinders as three in number, between the Coast of New Holland and New Year's Island, the group consists ofXive Islands, instead of three, as laid down by the former navigator, and we passed between the south westernmost Island, and the Coast of New Holland in a fine clear channel between 12 and 13 miles wide in regular soundings, tacking from the Coast in 7 and 12 fathoms mud, and from the Island in 20 fathoms. The south westmost Island oldie range, which I called New Year's Range, bears nearly north from a steep bluf Headland, a few miles to the S.W. of which is a deep bight, forming like the entrance of a river or deep inlet; a few miles to the W.S.W. of which is a very deep bay, with six small islands fronting the entrance of the bay, anti apparently sate passages between them ; nll this part of the coast appeared to be well inhabited from the num ber of natives we saw, as also the great number of tires seen during the night : the whole of this part of New Holland, as filth the Islands appeared to be well clothed with timber, with the appearance of a great many places of shelter. The Wes termost of New Year's Range or Bowman's isle, I made in latitude 11 deg. 8 in. South, and longitude 133 degrees East, corrected from Booby's Island. This part of the coast of New i Holland does not appear to have been visited by any navigator, if I may judge from the incorrectness of the charts. From West or Bowman's Island, steered along the Coast inside all New Year's flange to a steep Bluff' point which bears from the former about N.W. by \V. 14 miles; from this the coast takes a N.N.W. direction for about 10 miles, to a low sloping point with a ridge of rocks dry at low water, extending from one half to three-quarters of a mile out, and a small islet of rock, mak ing like a boat laying from 1 to 14 mile off the point, which 1 called Cape Hastings, in honour of the Noble Marquis, late Governor-General of India ; all along this part of the coast the soundings are regular from 16 to 20 fathoms, mostly mud and sand. New Year's Island of Flinders bears from Cape Hast ings E. b' S. per compass 4 to 5 leagues, and from the above Cape, which I made in latitude 10d. Mm. 15s. South, longitude East of Greenwich 1325. 46in. 385., the coast turns abort round to the W.S.W. From Cape Hastings we steered off the coast to the N.W. by N., carrying irregular soundings from 13 to 10 fathoms in very thick muddy water, such as is generall, met with off' the mouths, of great rivers, for about 13 miles off' Cape Hastings. I made New Year's Island of Flinders in 10d. 57m. South, and 133 d. Sin. 38s. E. Flinders tra t' k ro t m .or C l ay nn e etn b course er, at t o n g oo e n t into onr latitude was 9 deg. 64 m. 28 a. S. by observation and longitude, by °l A. :n i tric 2 s a t t o e f red No a v means of Lunar and Chronometers 129 deg. 25 m. 3.1 a. E. the latter corrected by an exellerated rate back from Timor agree able to the plan of our great Navigator M. Flinders—as this placed us near the position of the 7 fathoms bank of the above Navigator, steered a course for it, and at b. 30. saw the rocks under the brig's bottom, sounded and bad 10 fathoms, lowered the jolly boat and sent her ahead, steering west after the boat, bad 9 fathoms least water, gradually increasing to 17 fathoms and quickly to 40, 48, and 50 fathoms fine sand, and then 60 to 115 fathoms coarse sand and shells ; this shoal lays directly its the track of vessels from Torres Straitht_to Timor, and ap peared, to be from 24 to 3 miles across, east and west, and bringing up the reckoning from noon will place it in 9 deg. m. 30 s. S. and longitude 129 deg. 20 in. E. corrected in a run of 11 days to Copang on the Island of Timor—Steering be tween N. W. by W. and West, with very light winds, carried Soundings of GO or 7U fathoms during the night, and on Nov. Ud St 9 a. at. saw the rocks under ouritottout.aounded and had 8 nutonna. salting at the rate ofd knots per hour, steered W. N. W. and lowered the boat to go ahead, and carrying 7i and 8 fathoms, with one cast S fathoms, deepened gradually to 18 and 26 fathoms no ground—at 10, having run two miles on a W.N.W. course—at 10. 30. had 35 fathoms—at I I had 35 fa. thorns, and immediately saw the rocks again under our bour:el . ,. having run W.N.W. 3 miles from th e l as t s h oa l, stee ring W.N.W. 3 miles more, had from 13 to 10 fathoms gradually deepening to 16 fathoms—at noon, when the observed latitude was 9 deg. 40w. and longitud e by chronometers corrected as above 129 deg. 00m. 495. East—steering on the same course, hash from 16 to 10 and 25 fathoms until 12 30 tem., running at the rate of 3 knots per hour, then had one cast of 14 fathoms, next cast 23 fathoms, then irregular to 19, 13, and 25 fathoms no ground, to 10i, rocks visible unde r t h e b ottom , carr yi ng 111, 12, 111. and 25 fathoms no ground, having stn from . I ,ition W.N.W. 5 miles, and West 4 miles, which will place these extensive shoals between the parallels of 9 deg. 54m. S. and B deg. 38m. S. and between the meridians of 129 deg. 20m. and 128 deg. 50m. East, (allowing Fort Concordia at Copang to be in 123 deg. 35m. 465. East of Greenwich, at which place we anchored on the 13th, ten days after falling in with the shoals), in which latitude and longitude we lost the shoals. It would appear Captain 31. Flinders, after sounding on the Eastern most of these extensive shoals, had passed to the Southward in his first, and to the Northward in his second voyage. During the whole of my passage from Torres Strait; where we last the S. E. trade, had very light airs, mostly from the westward, the sun being then within a few degrees on either side our Zenith, during this part of our voyage to Copang in Timor. I am afraid you will find this a very long extract, and that it will take up too great a space in your valuable paper, my only reason for making it public is to guard the Navigators oa those Seas against the numerous dangers immediately in the track of ships tram New South Wales to th e I n dian Seas, and if pos sible, prevent a loss of lives and valuable property 1 ", I am, Sir, your moat obedient Servant, J. J. R. BOWMAN, Commander of the brig John Shore. Brig John Shore, Madras Roads, February 15, 1824." " There cannot be a better reason, and we are glad to give publicity to so much useful information.—ED. DISTRESSING MISTAKE. Op Saturday an action, was committed of such egrOgioutfolly. that One would think it would not be neces atm to record its tragical results, to prevent a refietition of It in future. This however, is the second instance of the same kind that has happened within these two months. as such. ru o m o rn i n g tartar and think.. —About five weeks ago , a g irl found in the ruins of an old house a whitish pow der, in a p iece o f paper , and car vied it home , to her moth er. The mot h er at first thought She afterwards de tetlrgsni tiatle f(1 r il f e li, , itl an hdati t y l ii needed et shouldea n e tl d e dp physic, s u l ic i s e e l , do itn Saturd a y a s c she dissolv ed Was such in water, and sweetened it with sugar, taking some of it herself, and distributing the remainder among 3 of her children. The whole four in a few minutes began to complain of intolerable heat in the,. stomach, and had continual vomiting. „Medical aid was instantly afforded them, but about 2 o'clock a girl of fifteen years of age died ; and a child 3 years of age died on Sunday morning. The mother is in a very bad state, but is likely to recover ;—the other child is out of danger. —On Saturday night an order was issued from a Magi strate to inspect the body of the girl, who had died on Saturday, that it might be ascertained what was the dele terious substance. This, when intimated to the f at h er , en raged him to the highest pitch of frenzy, a n d h e t h reat . elicit, with the imprecations of his country (I re l an d) , deat h end destruction to the 111edical Gentlemen to whom the inspection was entrusted. On Sunday morning the Superintend ent of Police repaired to the house, when the father still show ed his determination to resist the authority of the Magistrate, and began to use violence to the police officers. Ile was carried to the office in a state of fury, and is still there. The inspection went on quietly, and it was found that the substance taken was arsenic. The woman bed kept the powder in her pocket all the while, and part of it was found there, which when exa mined in the usual way, was found to be the same chemical substace.—(Glesgow Herald.) 1810 FOR THE SUN. INGRATITUDE. Mn. EDITOR—There is not one of your Readers more delighted than myself with. SYM• MONS'S Translation of Aganwmnon, which ouly sinks below the original, because the English is so inferior to the Greek language. The quota tions, too, which were taken from it, in your Pa per, have been selected with taste ; and though, it were impossible to quote amiss, yet there is one passage which is so beautiful in both languages, and comes so home to the heart of every man in all ages, that I cannot refrain from transcribing it—for the enjoyment, and, it may be, for the improvement of those who would, otherwise never profit by it either in the translation or in the original, and who may be equal strangers to Symmons as to rEsehylus, but who must feel the beauty and justice of the sentiment—happy for them, if they do not feel it too painfully. It is part of the celebrated address of the ill-fated King Agamemnon to the Chorus, just before his horrible Consort Clytemnestra came upon the stage,and•it is a pity she was not present to hear it, as it must have struck a pang even into her conscience ar4oSouXoc *,and armed with a triple coat of mail us she was : How few have that congenial happy spirit To brook the elevation e'en of friends, When blest and glorious, without envy's pang: For envy, like a poison at the heart, Sits doubly loading the diseased wretch : First, his own woes, which life has put upon him, Seem no small ourden, which he scarce can bear ; Then, when his eyes look outward on the world, The happiness which smiles at others' gates Makes him sigh deeper that another's glad. Well may I say it, for I long have mark'd • Life's raree.show before me in a mirror Reflected to my eyes; there I have sat Musing to mark the shadows as they pass'd, And saw that those who seem'd my warmest friends Were, like the twit, but images of shades; Only Ulysses, who sail'd 'gainst hit will; Was, when his harness once was on his back A steady, yokemate, drawing by my side With all alacrity, fast bound unto me. Agamemnon, in the midst of his distress, still had one friend to console him ; and though at the moment of this address he was not quite sure that he wns alive , or dead, yet be could reflect with pleasure upon the friendship which Ulysses had always shown him, when they were living to gether in the midst of all his trials. This was enough to cheer his spirits, while he mused upon all his sorrows, and seemed, by anticipation, to presage the horrible scene which wns so soon about to close all his sorrows and his joys at once. But how many unhappy mortals are there wan dering in this world, to them another wilderness, who, like Job, have not so much as one friend left.—" Once he sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army ; but now they that are younger than E have him in derision, whole fathers he would have disdained to set with the dogs of his flocks. Children of fools, yea, children of base men ; viler than the earth.—But now is he their song and by.word ; they abhor him, and flee from him. Upon his right hand rise the youth ; they push away his feet, mar his path, and set for. ward his calamity, and leave him a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls." Such base ingratitude from those to u horn he naturally looked for kindness and affection, was the most cruel stroke of all. All other misfortunes he might not feel so deeply, because they might be dis persed; or at least: the sore pressure diminished by the force of sympathy, and its sting taken out entirely. '‘ The Sabeatis fell upon his oxen and his asses, and slew his servants with the edge of the sword, and one only escaped to tell him; fire fell down from. 'leaven and burnt up his sheep and the shepherds, and again one escaped to tell him ; the Chaldeans fell upon his camels and sleW the servants, yet still one escaped to tell him. Then came a great wind from the wil derness and smote the four corners of the house, when his children and their friends were ban queting, and slew them all, except one who still escaped to tell him. But the last shock. was more complete and more cruel than all the test : Ingratitude, more fell than the Sabeuns, the fire, the Chaldeans, and the tempest, seized on the hearts of all his friends, and from this plague not one escaped to tell him." C. • Some have thought this term to express what I here trans. late it, with Symmons, while others interpret it " thinking of her lord," and others again " laying snares for him :" but it appears to be a two-edged sword in the hands of the skilful Chorus, who is too cautious to disclose openly his full mean ing, and yet cannot help expressing his sentiments, and there fore, expresses them in such a manner as the oracles used to do, ambigu' ()Italy, Inlna double form, so as to take shelter from the more offensive meaning under the other, or rather speaks in praise of one whom he could not in his own mind refrain from condemning. This term, therefore, in his mouth, may mean both "a man in c00n5.21," and one "laying snares for h. r lord," which seems to harmonize with the crafty and considerate policy of the Chorus in other parts of this play, as well as with the spirit of double entendre, which shews itself in some other passages, especially in the word x 7 ) 6 4, which is an expression used both for woe and for wedlock, and which this tragedian therefore uses iu accommodation to his pur pose,—by one word to describe the ill-fated marriage of Helen ; and he condescends to play upon her name, es Syrn mona observes, still harping on the fatality of names. Fiat.----Thursday !fight, about teu o'cint*, a. watchmen discovered a tire in the lower part of the boalitl of M r . Tyler, a gold-beater, in Bridgewater equate. The In mates, with the AliLlitanee of Attie neighbours, AUC ktee)ed k gett ing out thy_ greater part of their forptiure, neighbour the tire wee gut under without cluing any onsiderabk daniage. LrkEitAttY NOTICE. TCIUg on the CONTINENT, in FRAN(E, SWITZER -LAND, and ITALY, in' the YeaiA 1817 and 1810. 4y Roor.it lioo, Esq.' thor of "Adelaide de Oninuanut," and PoeuiB.' • The author of this tour is a rapid but not au unobserving traveller. Ile has certainly, to use the ordinary phrase, made the, most of his time. his excursions have been various and extensive. Ile may be said to have taken a bird's eye view of ruestef whichth eplacry places which he has visited, and of the curiosities contain, and therefore, though he does not enter, into an ela borate descrip- Lion of the chief works of art, or venerable remains of antiquity, yet he brings them into sufficient notice to excite the -attention of future tie vellers,and his Work may well be reccommeoded to attention as a Vade Mecum to those who are inclined to fellow the author's course. 1( y 11. fact, in all the places tha't he visited, nothing valuable for workmanship or antiquity escaped his notice. It may be properly observed, that almost' every place to which he directed his at. teution, had something worthy of observation, and 'the Tour will therefore be very, useful to those who pursue any of his tracks. Before the title pr e s e p n a t i g n e g there e i is l a e rge ros i y n t tatog view ra phi c prin t approachingre- Viterbo from the North, well calculated to give a general idea of the place. WINCHESTEIt SUAIAIER. ASSIZES. TIWRSDAY, AIJOUST EXTRAORDINARY.. OCCURRI 7 ,NCE.-This_ even. ing, atter leaving the Court, Mr. F. NV'Lt.r.Ams, the Parris ter, was violently attacked by a gentleman of the name of Bur rage, who struck him once or twice; and when Mr. W. had placed himself in an attitude of defence, he was surrounded by many of the other Barristers, who having ordered the man to be taken into .custody, he was conveyed to the town-clerk's of ice,' at which place appeared • More Barristers than bad ever been seen there before, to support their, friend Mr. Williams. Mr. Burrage i when called on for his defence, alleged that Mr. W. had conducted a cause for him at Dorchester, and which Mr. B. alleged had been 'lost by Mr. Williams's not calling some witness, who Mr. B. had wished should have been called. Mr. B. was committed to the county jail for the night, and will he tried to-morrow at the City Sessions, which will then be holden. It is said that Mr. B. had written often to Mr. W., and to most, if not all, of the twelve Judges, stating his sup posed grievances. FUIDAY.—ToAay, at the City Sessions, an indictment was preferred by Mr. Williams, and a true bill having been found, Mr. Al twcillx,, Mr. Burrage's Attorney, made a very hand sonic apology to Mr. W., which Mr. B. afterwards confirmed • in person, and also called at Mr. Williams's lodgings, but he not being at home, Mr, B. did not then see him. Mr. B. was also bound in a 2001. bond to keep the peace two years tolvarda Mr. Williams.. THE KING V. EMERY._ A Verdict WU recorded against the defendant; but as it ap. peared that he acted under a wrong impression as to the nature of the writ issued against him, which was called a Writ of Assistance, and not a common 'warrant, which the defendan t thought was absolutely necessary to enable the officers and con stable to search his premises—and the man being veryy illiterate, it is imagined that it will have the effect of lessening his punish melt when brought up tor judgment. . - - DOE ON DEIL-TILNAN v. TARVER. Judgment for the plaintiff: Damages to be estimated by arbitration. •PIKE CARTER. The verdict was also taken for the plaintiff, by consent, for two sums amounting to 6/. 14s. 6d. Mr. Carter is the Mayor of Portsmouth, in which rapacity he had ordered the plaintiff . to pay these sums to a men who had been struck off the lists Of a Benefit Society, for not conforming to its Miles; the plaintiff Is Treasurer of the Society, and had resisted the payment of these sitms. Mr. Sergeant PELL (Who came special on the occasion) stated with great clearness and perspicuity the Rules of the Society, and how they were borne on by several Acts of Parliaments, some being adverse to, and others coinciding with the said Rules ; and as both plaintiff and defendant admitted that the, decision of this case.would be the law for almost all others of the same description, it W4sl agreed on by both parties that the verdict should be taken as above stated, subject to the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas—the hard Oder Jul. Lice congratulating himself that his Court would nut have the decision of so complicated a question. In the case of Plc:unix° v. NOTES, (Common Jury cause,) the Celebrated Mr. Henry him: was examined as a witness for the elaintift: Nothing particular was elicited from him, but when it became buzzed about the Court who he was, it was remarked that he was quite silent. DOE TARS ER. This was one of those hard cases which sometimes occurs in a Court of Justice; it was an ciectntent against - the possession of a Farm in the isle of Wight, which the late Lord Fairfax, had sold to the ancestor of the defendant; but as his Lordship. was only tenant for life, he could make no title to—a verdict was therefore given to the plaintiff: It was understood that otht4 property was similarly situated. 1101.11 ES, BART., V. LOVE AND TUCKER. This was an action brought by Sir L. Worsley Hoboes, Bart, M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight, against hlessrs. Love and Tucker, very respectable Auctioneers of Newport aforesaid.—.- It appeared that a person of the name of Edwards had taken a farm belonging to Sir Leonard, called East Afton; for the sum of 2501. per annum, in the year 1821; in . 1822 he-be came embarrassed and signed an instrument, which was in. tended to have been for the benefit of those creditors who choSe to sign it; that Love and Tticker entered into Possession of the farm, and paid rent till Lady Day, 1823 ; that they so con& nued in possession till Michaelmas, I 823; that before Oct. 11, 1823, Love and Tucker, by means of using several rbr.ishing machines, had thrashed' out, sold, and carried away, all that tan' gible crop at that time, so that Sir Leonard bad nothing 03 seize on as distress for his rent; he therefore hretight he' ucttaxi against the defendants for use and occupation. The defence was, that the deed of assignment was Mega,' but the beamed Judge (A bbott)ruled otherwise, 444 4is.Pcle, verdict to be , given for the pLiitititf. This action was Sent down from the Court of Kint a ve il:LT. to be tried again, on a motion granted for a ntn w n s ei t ! having beep given at the last Assizes tor hdefetldil c, J airedpuisneJailgee Justice Abbott not being then presenti n tl i T_ gave their opinion in favour ct• tiler LllVltichstiicsenaersoti. there: fore strengthened by die opinion chid Justice - tad After tire . business was over: n .rr ers. Mr. penal; UFrow tql" ehc f nu* at Steep-hill Cottage , in 1 ' 4114 °raja rider taken ibr three mortthi,'''' in the Isle of Wight, which he las An awful instance of sudden death occurred in York on Sunday evening last. A Mr. JoH N . CABLING, of Stockton-on-Tees, had just arrived by the Shields Mail on a Nisit to this City, g on his way to the place of hi s &mi rth " lion preceded by a porter, who was' hea r ing his luggage; and when a b out the raf Stonegate, he de.k. sire d him t o walk low m:dille r a his pace vvas too qu ick for hi ;, be uui scarcely uttered these words when he fell dun n ) a bl ood vessel having b urs t, an d - gush ing front him in a frightful m anner. li e s conveyed into Mr. Joy's public i house, ilnlles where h e iirmi e dtetely ex p Tuesda y s by M r . s t Was held On the body, on LLISTON, the Coroner, when a verdic t of 4 ‘ Diets by the v i s i tat i on o f God „ N H S returned,