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TIIP, TIICATItE. IJIHIRY..LAN E.—The Siege of Belgrade, one bf the dramatic productions of the late Mr. Coma, whose name never should be mentioned without a tribute of respect to his memory, last. night introduced Mr. SAPIO on theatrical boards in the character of the Seraskier. Mr. SAPIO is well known in the higher musical circles for the sweetness of his voice, his scientific knowledge, and-the accuracy of his taste. As he is of foreign descent, and is accustomed to foreign intercourse, it was to be expected that his accent and his ac tion . would be proportionably affected, but we were agreeably disappointed. His accent was pure and his manner characteristic. He per formed the part with great spirit, and sung With so much ability and effect, as to be oblig ed by general requ isition to rep ea t s e v e r a l of his s °ogi. Miss GRAnnoN, so far as her musical taints are concerned, acquitted herself very suc cessfully, but her deportment requires great im provement, and the best measure she can adopt ita employ some eminent dancer to give her some notion of tie Graces. Miss STEPHENS was the Ile r singing was delightful, and her acting more than usually spirited. In her duet with i Lropo/d, a character admirably supported by 61 ILLY, she was most agreeably easy and ani mated. The heroic part of Cohenberg received ,arnPle justice from Mr. WALLACK. This Opera is n musing and interesting. The alternation of ludicrous and pathetic situations is skilfnlly ma- Nod, and evidently shews that Mr. Conn, whose 'conic productions in general display humour, fancy, and judgment, and the purity of whose character prevented all violations of good taste, niay be j us tl y ranked among the best Operatic Writers of his time. CHANCERY ROLLS--(WswaspAy.) --- Mr. KNIGHT prayed for an Injunction against James Weller Lad broke, Esq. and others, to r(— airtilo them from building on the Notting-hill " 1 1114', Kensington, Mr. Stockdale, of the Opera Calnnade, claiming such estate under an agree- Meat for a building lease of 99 years. Lord GIFFORD—Take the Order ; but let the lotiCe be served instantly. FORGERY. (From thr Nei, Mauritius Gazette.) GOVERNMENT Nov C E.—A forged Government 'me or the present issue for 20 dollars having been presented st t helreasury, in addition to the forged notes of the same , 1 2 3 1 11 ,,," for five doll a rs each, as advertised in the Gazette of the ," of )lay l a st, and as .it is probable there are also forged at" of 100 dollars each, his Excellency the Governor has ;)!ecteil the publication of the present notice, to warn the inha ,i'.!ants against receiving any such forged notes that may he in ( 1 ; reulation. The good notes are printed on fine paper, and on tP i t l h Mdes—on one side in French, and on the other in English. forged notes are done on common paper, apparently with 'jell, and have pieces of paper pasted on the backs, They "gyean old defaced appearance, and can be detected on minute eX aniination by the irregularity of the printing, as also, more r ' ictilarly, by raising the paper pasted on the back, and by trying whether they are printed in the same manner as the good notes. Chief Secretary's Office, sort Louis, sth August. 1024. By order, G. A. BARRY, Chief Secretary to Government. FAUNTLEROY.—PreciseIy at eight o'clock Ou 'Nestle v evening, the undertaker employed by the family of this unfortunate gentleman ar rived at Newgate to demand the body of Mr. l'auntleroy of the Governor. It was immediately delivered over to him in the shell in which it had been placed when removed from the scaffold. It was dressed,and the features appeared not to have undergone the least change. The body was then Conveyed on the shoulders of four mess to the house of the undertaker, and at 10 o'clock at night it was deposited in a !codes' coffin, and then in a Superb case : this was performed in the presence of a g e ntleman, a sincere friend of the deceas ed, and who bad been deputed by the familyto see his remains thus deposited. Yesterday moving Mr. Baker went to Newgate, and having obtained Possession of the ring which the above unfortunate gentleman wore at his death, he delivered it to Mrs. Harris, the wife of the principal turnkey, Pursuant to the dying request of Mr. Fauntleroy, ac companying it with the acknowledgments he fe lt due to that person, for ler unremitting at to his wants and comforts during the time had been under her care. A short time before Fauntleroy left his apartment to proceed to t he condemned cell, he presented a valuable 1 Portable writing-desk and apparatus to Mr. who received Isis cordial acknowledg r4ms for his humane attention towards him. Ws. FAUNTLEROY.—It was, we are as , l ured, from the best authority, intended !o conceal the fact of the execution of the I msband of this unfortunate lady until t0;14,37, ; 14 ,3 7 , and ever since the final determination of s fate she has been led to believe that to-day "`.Hs the day appointed for Isis death.— Nerday morning, h owever , th e f a ct was ;: ) e tli tlninicated to her, in the way iu which al r friends considered would a dd th e l eas t to her caf !ndy harrowed feelings. The communi on" Was made by letter, by a gentleman who , 5 49 all alon g t a k en a d eep i nterest i n th e f a t e o f r unfortunate husband, as well as in , that of Fauntleroy and her son. This was done :00ut ten o'clock in the morning. This letter ~as also accompan i e d b y one f rom h er son. M rs. idle is suff er i ngs are the mos t p o i gnan t ; ia confined to her room, and sees none but her u kn own friends. A s soon as t h e f act was ma k e , Yin to her ) th e s h utters o f h er apartments were of l' ll ° vEL SMUGGLING.--The Belgian Journals h ot ,:v: 26th, mention 'a circumstance which caused for some th e "„!,Oe whole p o li ce to b e i n mot i on . " Y ester d ay (says so n, s' ea raelf rle Bru.vellss) at one o'clock, an unknown per which J 7 .Yolg a chest covered with packing.cloth on his arm, het o, said contained glass, went to the inn Rupellmonde. retu rt t u "n his burtlien and went away, saying . he would bo x ° take it, At four o'clock no person coining for the ed i' n " t l ,? was opened, and young dead child discover itnligetlit,",;Fe box. It was decently dressed. At five o'clock collected on the spot, and while the proper t( ' all • were going on, the mob giving themselves up l ie de'erta of conjectures, the :man came back for his box. th at ,„a,ld that he was a Jew, and that the dead body was the re uL h is own child, which he had brought here because , was no Noen ce Proper place of interment in his own place of re ', tere n Q i rr I,yungogue. nor Rabbit) to perform the proper ne was took t o p r i son , an d t h e b ox d eposite d i n o Proper pen e , P ace. lie was much surprised that the box had been *ary l , ru eid he not there. Simil ar importations, anti for the fai t 1 ( 8 2 ) take pl ace front time to time.—( C ourier Fran- FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Countess of Dysart, from her seat, Ham House, Surrey ; Ludy Ileathcote, from Ham House, Surrey; Earl Gower, from a tour ; Sir Roger Gresley, Bart. at the Clarendon Hotel, front the seat of the Earl of Coventry, Croome, Worcestershire ; Ge neral and Mrs. Gordon, in Grosvenor-place, from Boulogne ; Mrs. and Miss Nesbitt, in South Audley-street, from Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire ; General Smith, of the Royal Artillery, and Mrs. Smith, at Hyde Park-corner; General Macleod, in Piccadilly; Lord Berwick, at his house in Grosvnor-square, from his seat, Hattiagham Hall, near Shrewsbury, Salop ; Hon. Colonel Howard, M.P. and Family, from their seat, Ashtead Park, Surrey ; Lord Alvanley, from a tour ; Sir G. Robinson, Bart. M.P. at his house in South -street, from his seat Roehampton; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, at their house in Albemarle-street ; Admiral Sir David and Lady Gould, at Blake's Hotel, Jerman-street, front their seat in Hens; Mr. and Mrs. Blake, at the London Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Bath ; John Harris, Esq. from his seat near Plymouth ; the Bishop of St. Asaph, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from St. Asaph, Flintshire ; -Mr. and :Mrs. Jarvis, at ditto; the Earl of Clanricarde, at the Clarendon hotel, Bond-street, from Ireland ; J. West, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's. place, from Warwickshire; Sir Charles Sullivan, Ban. at Fla dong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from a tour; Colonel Lewis, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Major Hay, at ditto, from a tour. CIIANGES.—His Excellency Sir Charles Bagot and Suite, for the Netherlands; the Marchioness of Hertford, from Man chester-square, for Hastings, if Sussex ; Mrs. and Miss liar ropp, from Ramsgate, for Bath ; Sir William Cockburn, Ban. for Lansdowne-crescent, Bath ; Major and Mrs. Alton, from Scarborough, for Bath; Captain and Mrs. Norman, from Bon logne, for Ramsgate ; lion. Richard Curzon, M. P., for ley Ilan, in Staffordshire; Colonel Wood, from Edinburgh, for Banchory : Major end Mrs. Fitzgerald, from Newport, in the Isle of `Night, to the New Sterne, Brighton; Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, for General Ross's seat in Hants; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, on a tour ; Count Re rod, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Melton Mowbray, Lei. cestershire ; Sir Robert Bolton, Bart. from Fenton's Hotel, for his seat in Hants ; Captain Sherwood and W. Norton, Er q., from Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Melton Mowbray ; the Earl of Besborough, for Roehampton. . .. - 1,41 !A ...) - ' 'J., , ,cr i e• • -1 ) 414'1 . _ u "43 -- 0 . 1 1) lisi 1• 4 ) • 4 4.1.11 -- - fl ' • Z .. ~ it' 4t. ,le V , r - I - 1, 'l l O t•T p .i s ~i,-'e.\-. l i Ze. it of 1 ~„ „, , P 41? • b , ROYAL SOCIETY. The Aniversary 'Dinner of the Royal Society was on Tuesday held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. The President, Sir Ilumpliry Davy, was in the Chair, supported by Mr. Peel and Lord Bexley, Davies (filbert, Esq. M.P., Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, and many other Uentlemen distinguished for art and science, were present. After the usual loyal toasts had been given from the Chair— Mr. DAVIES GILBERT rose to propose " the health of the President." Among the duties which the Society had imposed upon him, in electing him to the office which he bore, none was more congenial to his feelings than the annual task of thus claiming their attention to the distinguished individual who occupied the Chair. The discoveries of Sir 'Humphry Davy, in analyzing the alkalies and the earths, were un equalled in brilliancy and importance since the clays of Sir Isaac Newton. He had the satisfaction of announcing an other discovery •of a similar character, and of the greatest practical utility. It was known to the lovers of chemical science, that Sir liumphry Davy, in die course of his experiment upon the alkalies and earths, was led to suppose, that the chemical affinities of bodies have a certain relation to their electric and galvanic attractions, and that by affixting an alteration in the latter the former might be changed. This, which at first was no more than a sagacious conjuror or loge.' nious theory, Sir Humphrey Davy had now established by sso. turd experiment, and had applied to purposes of great national importance. Ile altered the chemical affinities of copper, so as to render it nearly indestructable. Ships could now perform the longest voyages, without the ccii)per sheathing on their bottoms being corroded by the action o the water; and, while a very important saving was thus effected in this neces sary article of naval equipment, the invaluable lives of our seamen were rendered less insecure. He had may to add, that while the Royal Society was under the guidance of such a Pre sident, its honours would perpetually accumulate, and its ser. vices to science would hourly increase.—((great applause.) The PRESIDENT returned thanks in a very appropriate ad dress. The field of science was boundless—diere were no limits to human improvement. lie proposed the health of their Treasurer, Mr. Davies Gilbert," who returned thanks. The PnEsiDENT proposed "The health of the Right lion. Robert Peel." They were peculiarly happy in being honoured with the presence of one of his Majesty's Ministers, who, from the nature of his office, was the natural patron of every disco. very in science and applicationi of art, which tended to promote the internal improvement of the country. The Royal Society was already under many- obligations to the present Home Se cretary, and lie was confident would yet be under many more. Mr. Secretary PEEL returned thanks, in a speech peculiarly happy and appropriate, and sat down amidst the cordial appro bation of the company. The PRESIDENT then gave—" The health of Dr. Brookby, the President of the Royal Irish Academy." He had; in his address in the morning, explained the grounds upon which the Council had conferred the Copley Medal on this distinguished mathematician. In the higher analyses he seconded La Place. His papers upon the parallax of the fixed stars were before the Society in their " Transactions." Last year the Copley .Medal was conferred on Mr. Pond, the Astronomer Royal, for a series of observations made at Greenwich, which seemed to establish the parallax of the fixed stars; this year they conferred the same medal upon Dr. lirookby, for a series of observations made at Dublin, which go to prove that she fixed stars have no parallax. He would not pretend to decide - between these dis. tinguished mathematicians. All be would say was, that the controversy between them was carried on in a Spirit which shed additional lustre upon science. Mr. Pond, as a Member of the Council, was the first to vote for conferring the medal upon Dr. Brookby. The toast was received with great applause. The PRESIDENT then gave " The Progress of Science all over the World ;" and the company, consisting of po Members, broke up about ten o'clock, after a day peculiarly gratifying to the lovers of science. DEATII OF MR. BRIGOS.—A drendrul occur rence took place about eleVen o'clock on Friday - night. Mr. lininns, of the firm of Messrs. Briggs and Co. of this town, was picked up in a state of insensibility, and with one of his legs shattered to pieces, at the entrance of the Hotel yard, from Briggate. Mr. Briggs immediately underwent the operation of amputation of the leg, but we regret to say that he expired at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon.— Mr. Briggs, it is said, wax first discovered by the driver of a chaise which arrived at the front of the house, and which did not enter the yard of the Hotel. An in. quest, however, was yesterday taken before Mr. Barry, when the principal witness alleged that one or two men, apparently labourers, were heard to say that the chaise threw Mr. Briggs down, and inflicted the Injury he sustained. —The driver of the chaise, on the other hand, deposed that his vehicle was never sufficiently near the deceased to cause the dreadful catastrophe, and we understand this evidence was at tested by the inmates of the chaise. It was to be regretted that the person or persons alluded to, who can alone be sup posed to have witnessed the scene as it really transpired, were absent from the inquisition. Upon their testimony alone, a proper verdict can be returned. We may, however, add, that from what we can learn it was the prevailing opinion in tite Jury room, that Mr. Briggs came by his death owing to some colo n . bl e transaction. It is, therefore , ver y desirable that th e above-mentioned witness or witnesses should come forward to promote the ends of j u stice by a deposition before the adjourned Inquest , which will be held to.morrow e t eleven o'clock, in the Court-House. This, it must be apparent would also be consolatory to the afflicted family of the deceased. We observe, by an advertisemen t, that a hand some reward will be given for the appearance of the man or men in question. I t is rather singular that Mr. Benson, whose i accdent we relate in ano ther paragraph, anti Mr. Briggs, were alled—the wives of those gentlemen being sisters. l'he limb of Mr. Bense: was amputated on "ruesday, and that of Mr. Briggs on the Fri day.—( Len!, Intclligencer, Nov. 30.) DOCTORS' COMMONS. In the COURT of PECULIARS, 3lieu,lEL3tAi num, 1824, on the 211th of November. Before Sir Joint NIcuoLL, Knight, Dean of the Arches, qtficial Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Judge of the said Court. TIIE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY ENGLAND AGAINST HUItCOIIUE. TILE SAME AGAINST WILLIAMS. TEE SAME AGAINST RICHARDSON. SENTENCE OF THE JUDGE. Sir JOHN NICHOLL—" It seems to . be quite desirable, I think, that these several causes should be put an end to us speedily as can be, and I therefore proceed at once to give my opinion in respect of them. Indeed, I must acknowledge that I had been much in hopes that what had passed on a former occasion would have had the effect of inducing these parties to come to an understanding between one another, so that this kind of continued litigation, and this unfortunate breach of harmony which have taken place in the parish of bt. Mary, Newington, might be at length entirely assuaged and removed. The defendants, however, in each of these cases, have in some degree profited by what fell from the Court on the occa sion I have just adverted to ; in as plod) as they have not gone on to examine witnesses in support of the defensive allegation* that they have brought in, in reply to the articles exhibited against them ; a proceeding, intleal, which, had they adopted. could have been of no avail to them in making out any thing like a case of defence ; and, therefore, so far as that goes, their conduct, I think, has had a tendency, in some degree, to lessen the expellees that would have been incurred had they persisted in going on to examine witnesses. The Court hiving read all these proceedings, and heard what th e l earne d Counsel have thought proper to offer on each side, it remains that I should proceed to express my opinion as to the sentence which it may be proper to pronounce on each of these parties. The same general principles apply to all the three cases which are at this moment before the Court, as apply to such cases at all times; and were,. indeed, applied by the Court to that upon which it gave judgment on a former Court day. The cases being in a little degree distinct from each other in respect to costs, the Court will presently state the grounds of the distinctions which it will take in pro. nouncing its sentence. Having so stated,! in another instance occuring on a former day, the . general principles applicable to such matters, it will be unnecessary for me now to lay them down again. The Court is of opinion that these articles have been promoted by the proper officer, with a view to provide for the upholding of the sanctity of the place which is in question, to prevent any sort of indecorum and indecency from taking place in that edifice which is by law set apart for the purposes of Public Worship; and that the Court is not to look at the case before it, in order to decide upon the merits or demerits of the individuals who may have been engaged in quarrelling and brawling in that situation. The Court only knows that the law prohibits them from quarrelling at all in a place of Public Worship. The offence out of which this case and the other cases before the Court arise, grew out of certain transactions occurring at the time of the election of the Parish Officers for this Parish; which election, I think, was held in the Church of St. Mary, Newiugton, at Easter, in 1823. On that occasion a poll was demanded on behalf of one of the Candidates, who wits named for the situation of Churchwarden. On the same occasion a great quarrel took place, it appears, between a Mr. Roffey,who was one of the Churchwardens, and a Mr. Hurcombe, who was a parishioner. Against Mr. Roffey the Judge's office was some time since promoted in a cause of brawling. Mr. Roffey being prosecuted was found guilty, and sentenced and condemned in costs; and perhaps the offence of that indivi dual was in some degree aggravated by the nature of the very office that he held ; for he was the Churchwarden. It would appear, indeed, that in this capacity even Mr. Roffey acted, not without considerable provocation at one part of the busi ness. At the same time offensive conduct towards a person holding so high an official situation in the parish as that of a Churchwarden is no justification for an of fence of this sort committed itY the Churchwarden. And I think, indeed, it does appear in some degree by these proceedings that the first offensive words that were made use of in the course of these transactions were made use of by Mr. Roffey ; for it should seem that after Mr. Hurcombe had been speaking for some time upon a question which had been raised tot to adjourning the vestry, Mr. Miry did, th ou gh perhaps not in the most offensive or insulting way, if such language can be used in any other sense than that of extreme insult and offence—call Hurcotnbe a coward, to which Mr. Hurcombe re torted by c a lli ng R o ff ey a co mmon infor mer . But after all, the result if the whole evidence is, I think, that Hurcombe did over and overegain in the course of that evening, and while the business of, the meeting and election was going on, and not merely on the first occasion of Holley); calling him a coward, — call Roffey an informer and a common informer ; but certain it is that tile words Cow ar d and informer were ban di e d b ac k war d s and forwards between th ose two persons all the evening long. in the former cases, that even on n re o tuitin awn wt evidence Court w was of opinion, . Hu be appeared to be pretty much ' fn part delictu with Mr. Ridley, and it intimated, at the same time, that if that should reel turn out tube so, upon evidence in the case in which he was defendant, it would be the wisest course for him to take to find his way out of this Court in th e shortest way he could. And to a certain degree this advice up. pears to have hail its effect upon Mr. Hurcombe by his not exa mining witnesses to his allegation. but on the other hand, in support of these arti c l es w hi c h have been exhibited against Mr. Hurcombe, no less than witnesses have been examined, who depose to his having repeatedly called Mr. Rolfey a common informer, stating that he had brought actions against several of his fellow parishioners, for the purpose of putting money into his own pocket. But all this matter of accusation and recri mination had in a great measure subsided, and Mr. Roffey was goin quietly out of the Church, when th e b rawling was renewed by Ilurcombe. For I think the result of all this evidence is, though some objections have been taken to it, (very ingeniously it must be allowed by Counsel,) that as Ral e y w as go in g quietly out of the Church down the north aisle, and passing by Hurcombe where he stood there; Bur combe did himself renew the dispute by addressing sonic words (and this is perhaps the most aggravated part of this transaction in which Hu:combe was engaged) to Roffey, as he did so pass him, and again, after Wiley hod passed him ; so as to induce him to turn back, and ask Ilurcombe what he meant? This question was asked by Roffey, he himself being perhaps at the time in some state of irritation. And what is the consequence of this renewed brawling ? (for in that light the Court must consider die conduct of both these persons.) Why, that it immediately produces a degree of outrageous tumult, which is followed by a scene of the most disgraceful ccnfusion ; so much so, that Sir. Roffey is himitell violently attacked by persons around him, ill treated, and finally put into the hands of a constable, who take him into custody although a church. warden, but not until after he had sustained a great deal of personal violence. Now, as to this part of the business, I think the " smiting" or striking is not very satisfactorily established as against Mr: Hurcombe. As far as I can collect from the statements contained in the articles and the depositions, it would appear that Hurcombe was apprehensive that Roffey was going to smite him ; and that under this apprehension he lifted up his arm in order to ward oft' the blow that he thought was about to be inflicted upon him ; anti in so doing, he cer tainly might have struck Alr. Roffey unintentionally, who was, however, thereby driving back against the scat behind. Now, certainly, an net of thus kind can hardly be considered as amounting to what the law would call, smiling, because the blow was not intended for Mr. Roffey. At the same time this blow, accidental or not, having so happened, and inure espe cially seeing that it was accompanied with other incidents that passed in quick succession, such as the seizing of Mr. Roffey, his ill treatment by some of those who stood around him,—and his person being taken into custody by the constable ;—all these were circumstances that 'night very naturAy induce Mr. ltof fey to suppose that he had been intentionally struck by Mr. Hurcombe on this occasion. Upon the whole of this evidence, therefore, I am of opinion that the brawling which was originally articled, is proved ; anti not only the original brawling, but this renewed brawling which took place in the north-aisle of the Church when Mr. R o ff ey was about quitting it, and was called back by the offen sive language of 111 r. Hurcombe. And I cannot help thinking that in truth, if the cases of Mr. Hurcombe and Mr. Roffey are to he put in opposite scales, it will be found that there is no great difference in their respective offeneetk. But it unfortu nately happens that if the Court should be of' opinion, us I feel that 1 am bound to pronounce, that the Court must think here are not sufficient grounds laid for extenuation; it must condemn Mr. Hurcombe in the costs, yet still those costs will not be so severe, as they would have been, bad Mr. Hurcombe adopted a different mode of proceeding in these Courts; not so severe as I presume they were in the former case, because I perceivethat he has not gone on to examine witnesses upon his ' d e f ens i v e plea, nor endeavoured in any other way to incumber the cause. The next ease is that of Mr. WILLIAMS which has. no par ticular connection either with that of Mr. Roffey or that of Hurcombe. Six witnesses have been examined on die articles exhibited against him, and they very fully prove the brawling charged and objected, and as I have read the deposi tions taken in the cage, which have Slot been opened, however, by Counsel, and upon which I have n o t h ear d C o unsel, it may be proper that I should now state a few passages from these depositions. The first witness examined is Mr. John Pair, who says, ad verting to the proceedinssa that took pl ace on the day in ques tion—" The friends of Mr. Jones demanded a poll, which w as " granted; that during such poll sonic very angry words had passA between Mr. Richard Rofrey, the Churchwarden, ap ' " pointed by the Rector, and Mr. Joseph Hurcombe, one of the " parishioners, and now one of the sidestnen of the saki parish ; " after and in consequence of, which the aforesaid Jame, " Williams attacked the said Richard Roffey during the con " tinuance of the poll for speaking to such a man as Mr. Hut " combe in the way he had spoken of him, by calling him, Mr. " Hurcombe, a coward, and the said James Williams knowing " that the said Richard Rofrey had formerly been a wheelwright " by trade, insultingly asked him what he would fight Mr. " Hurcombe with, whether with an old wheelbarrow ? He " also called the said Richard Roffey a blackguard, and a " cobler of carts. He repeatedly called him a blackguard, and " was otherwise very abusive. That the said James NVilliams " was intetfering and troublesome the whole evening, and the " Chairnian had frequent occasions to call him to order. Mr. John Meggett Cranley, another witness who has been examined, speaks very much I think to:the same effect ; he says that oa the day artioulate " he saw the said James 1191- " Hama, the party articled against and objected to in this cause, " at the said meeting ; but he did not hear him, addressing " the said Richard Raley, say ' you are,' nor speaking of him I " say he is a blackguard, a cobler of carts, and the greatest " blackguard in the country,' save and except as will herein " after be deposed, nor anything to that or the like effect. De " ponent was at various periods paying so much attention to " the poll as not at all to observe what also was going on ; so !.' that it might have taken place without his having heard or " known anything about it And again to the fintrth article " he says, that during the aforesaid poll he heard the said " Jaraes Williams tell the Rev. Arthur Cyril Onslow, the " Rector of the parish, and Chairman of the said meeting, that " he ought to be ashamed of himself for appointing such a " blackguard as Roffey, ►meaning the aforesaid Richard Roffey, " to be - his Churchwarden ; or he used words to that precise " effect, and he so expressed himself in a loud and angry man " ner, and he was repeatedly called to order by die Chairman " for his improper behaviour in being noisy and troublesome." The Rev. Mr. Onslow, himself, who is the Rector of this parish of St. Mary, Newington, deposes pretty nearly to the same effect. "He very well knows the articulate James Wil " liams,the . party articled against and objected to in this cause, " and he was present at the aforesaid meeting in Vestry, and " deponent heard the said James Williams tell the said Richard " Roffey that he, the said Richard Roffey, was a blackguard, " a cobler of carts, and the greatest blackguard in the country. " The deponent does not know of any provocation given by " the said Richard Rolfe) , to the said James Williams for such " insulting language, though he says that the said Richard ' " Roffey was pretty sharp in his replies to the said James Wil " Hams. The deponent fhrther says that the said James Wil " llama was the most troublesome person in Church during the " whole night, and deponent was under the necessity of calling " him to order, and desiring him to be quiet, more frequently " than any other person." To similar facts Mr. Onslow speaks again in his evidence to the 4th of the articles. Why then here are, it seems, continued and repeated disturbances occasioned by Mr. Williams, who acts, it is clear, in a very improper manner, without any re. Bard whatever, either for the sanctity of the place, or the au thority of the Rev. Chairman, especially considering that Mr. Onslow was also a Magistrate of the County—and inconsist ently also with that respect which was assuredly due to him, as the Minister of the Parish ; and therefore it does seem to me, that all this misconduct on the part of Mr. Williams consti tutes likewise rather an aggravated ease of brawling. Theremaining case, then, is that of Mr. RICHARDSON; and that certainly does seem to be the most aggravated case of these three. John Fair, in his evidence, states that It was at this vestry be saw Daniel Higley Richardson for the first time. lie was then coming up to the poll; that just as he passed dtponent, he said in an angry tone, " you damned rascals, I'll work you," meaning, as deponent understood and verily believes, the pillions who were anxious for the success of Mr..lones, the other candidate; and in his evidence to the 4th article he says, that the Rev. Mr. Arthur C. Onslow, the Chairman, having congratulated Mr. Richardson on his having obtained some place or situation lately, which was done on Mr. Richardson's coming up to vote ; " Mr. Richardson thanked him, and ea' , " I hope I soon shall congratulate you on the retuntof Mr. " Palmer, meaning the afbresaid Samuel Palmer,,Wben Mr. "J. M. Cranky, who was slttirg at the table, said, I doubt it, " and I hope not ; the said D. H. Richardson, in an angry " violent manner, who are you, Sir, 1, , t) home—go home. Mr. Cranley, in rFply, said, not for such a monkey as you. Mr. " Richardst.n instantly observed, if you say so again, I Will " knock your ugly teeth down your throat; and at the same " time he held Ins clenched fist across his breast up to big left " shoulder, as if he was going to strike the said John M. Cran " ley a back-handed blow, and deponent really thought that "he would have so done ; but he did not. Mr. Richardson " then took his own card-case out of his pocket, and deManded " Mr. Cratiley's card. Mr. Cranley then wrote something " upon a card, and exchanged cards with Al r. Richardson, the " altercation continuing the whole time. Mr. Richardson then " voted end went away. In ten or fifteen minutes lie returned, " and gave Mr. Cranley's card back to him again, saying at " the same time that he would not soil his pocket with it. In " the whole of this transaction the conduct of the said Daniel " H. Itichardsoa was riotous and disorderly, and created a " great disturbance in the church." same effect that I have now tinhge .A : n tbe d uyt t . l a i i e t r yrt e eir a lyu re rt : ., e r r oo a v i no o ksi tl edo i w er ,a witnesses ; Mr. Cranky himself, evidence does certainly constitute, not merely a case of brawl. f and tad te ht an eh e xe r c s e , e d w nh sly l ysubstancedepose aggravatedof l the i ii one. Before any provocation takes place, as the voters come up, who arc adverse to his party, he calls them " blackguards" and " rascals ;" and after receiving a very civil and polite congratulation from the Rev. Mr. Onslow, on an appointment that he had recently received, Mr. Richardson, instead of re plying to that gentleman in the :tame courteous and conciliatory manner, says in rather an exulting tone—" I hope 1 shall " soon congratulate you on the return of Mr. Palmer," in sinuating thereby what the deposition-which I have just read ' from, appears to intimate. And though Mr. Cranky possibly was notjustitied in taking. up the matter, upon this observa tion in respect to Mr. Palmer, yet it must be admitted that this Mr. Richardson was very gross in his language, and that his menacing tone was accompanied by an attitude of actual menace which might reasonably enough induce persons who stood by to suppose that the matter would not end there. But in fact the matter does not end here, for lie demands of Mr. Cranley an exchange of cards, which demand might naturally lead any bystander to suppose that something more serious would yet ensue. The mat ter, however, does not even terminate at this point ; for in ten minutes, or so, Mr. Richardson not being at all cooled in the interval at' time that had elapsed, or come to that concilia tory and proper feeling that ought to prevail in such a place at all times, returns back, and says to Mr. Cranley, " that he will not soil his pocket with such a card." Certainly it must he allowed that it does not at all diminish the °nine of this gen tleman that he belongs to a profession that ought to have taught him to behave better, and enjoys an official situation that should have instructed him to preserve always a very different line of conduct. . _ _ Now these are the three cases on which the Judge's office has been promoted severally against these defendants; and I must pronounce the articles exhibited in all the three cases to have been proved ; I must hold that the brawling has been proved in each of them. The Court has already made some observations in respect of o :i s i n s i%l suit was Ti jo a n c i t s i n case, a in the first of these cases ; that of Mr. Burcombe. Thu Court would really have been glad —could it, consistently with jus tice, have found any grounds for such a course,—to mitigate theciists: , more e o l re especially, in this case the Court did find, and did assign such gt he u rounds. In Mr. e promoter his official capacity of Churchwarden, it is true, andth at capacity, in t o generally speaking, he was be protected. He was also acting with the sanction and at the desire of the Vestry, but the Court had the misfortune to differ in opinion from that very respectable body, the Vestry of St. Mary, Newington, as to the directions it had so given to Mr. Palmer. Because, tak ing all the circumstances of that case into consideration, the Court was of opinion, that instead of instructing. Mr. Palmer to institute prosecutions against Mr. Roffey and Mr. Tijon, the Vestry ought to have instructed him to proceed against those two parties whose animosities and brawling were so violent and an long continued. And the Court cannot help thinking Mr. Hurcombe to have been the more blameable cause of that re newed quarrel in the north aisle of this church, which was pro ductive of so great a tumult and disturbance in so sacred a place. But independently of the considerations just named, the Court must here observe, that Mr. England, by whom the Judge's office has been promoted in the present instances, is also pro ceetling in his official capacity. And in regard to what fell from the Learned Counsel as the real prosecutor in these cases, and the argument which was drawn from the late period at which the proceedings new before the Court have been brought; I omit say that I cannot see any thing to warrant me in sup. posing that Maley is the real prosecutor in this case of which I am now speaking. it is true that Mr. England did not be gin so soon in laying proceedings as other persons have done ; but let it be remembered, that when Mr. Bailey ceased to be any longer Churchwarden, the of fi ce of the Judge was no longer to lie promoted by him ; that duty devolved on Mr. England, if, as sidesman, he thought it necessary to institute such pro ceedings for the purpose of sustaining the decorum and the sanctity of the Church. And if he was in no great hurry to promote these proceedings, (actuated, ss probably he was, by the hope that harmony would yet be re-established in the parish, and amity restored on both sides), I do not know that the Court is very much to blame him for that considerate sort of clay. In Proceeding as he now does, this Gentleman is act ing, as far at least as the Court knows, or can suppose, on his own official sense of the duties that have devolved upon hint ; and generally speaking, persons in official situations are to be protected in the discharge of their duties. In the next place, in regard to Mr. Tijou, it is necessary that I should state very briefly what induced the Court to mitigate the costs in his case. Mr. Tijou was not originally in the Church when the disturbances began ; but he finds on coming back into it, attracted by the uproar, a great confusion prevail. ing in the Church ; he also finds his Churchwarden Mr, Roffby, to whom, by his oath of office as aidesman he was bound to adhere, and whom he was also bound to protect, in a situation of great jeopardy and peril. 1 think it is described that he was held down upon a bench, treated with great violence, and that he had his shirt and his waistcoot torn in the scuffle. Now it was Mr. 'rijou's duty undoubtedly to assist him ; and if he had merely confined himself to the discharge of this duty in assisting his Churchwarden under such circumstances, and rescuing him from the situation in w hi c h h e was so 'Lad, the Court would have thought that Mr. Tijou's proceedings amounted to no more than the discharge of his duty; and it would have held that they furnished a complete justification ; but on other accounts the Court did not think so. There were, however, many extenuating considerations in hi s e ase , an d though he Court pronounced him guilty, yet it mitigated the costs to the sum of 601. And really 1 have looked th roug h all these cases which art before me, for the purpos e 'of finding some such grounds of mitigation ; but I really can discover nothing else but cases of aggravated brawling. If Mr. Hurcombe, for instaece, in the first moment of his irritation, had merely retorted on Mr. Roffey, and there suffered the matter to rest, the Court would have considered it as a question of' mitigated costs; more espe.. cially because Mr. Miley, as far as I see at least, was the hiss aggressor in the business; but, instead of that, the tumult goes on for an hour or two together, - Mr. Hurcombe taking part in it; and is then, by Mr. Hurcombe himself, renewed in the north aisle of the Church.. With respect to the s e tw o other persons, I have already stated why I think their's to be cases of aggravated offence. I say r should have been glad to find, (if the Court could be permitted to entertain feelings of such a sort its between these persons, consistently with its official duty, and perhaps it marat so express itself in regard to the interests of the parish), I should have been glad to find grounds Ibr such a sentence as might have tended, in some degree, to restore harmony to all, without giving any triumph to one party or the other. And perhaps the Court may not illegitimately entertain feelings In. favour of such a public object. However that may be, it has a duty to perform that is paramount to all these; and when I consider that this person, Mr. England, is discharging by the promotion of these articles his official duties in a legitimate way, and that he has not perhaps that prospect before him which Mr. Painter had of being reimbursed in all the expences to be incurred—by the parish—considering the nature of his situation, and that he is entitled, as I have said, to be protect. ed in the discharge of his official functions ; and that it is this Court's duty to protect the sanctity of the church, and to enforce the decorum that ought to he observed there ; I am sorry that‘ I can perceive no }Founds for pronouncing any other sentence than that these pullet have, all githem,been guilty qf brawlfv; That they be therybre suspended eft INGRESSIT ECCLESI.I.:, for afbrtnight.— ( rbat, I think, Mr. Registrar, was the tam fixed, i n the other case, was it not 1) REoistrnan—No, air; in the former case, I think it was a month. Sir JOHN Nictiox.r.--.3ltis, there is one such case that hes been already adjudged, and 1 think the suspension here should be for the same time. Let them be suspended then ns nitEsau ECCLESiiE, for the space ,f one month; and be OW demised to pay all coals. " I would really recommend to all the inhabitants of this parish of St, Nary Newington, to let all these past matters sink into oblivion ; and, that for the future, they would endeavour to forget all those unfortunate animosities." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAT., DEC. 1.--Wind N.W. to S.W.—Arritied and sailed fin the River, the Cineinnatus, Bliss, from New York ; also, and remain, the Triton, Clear, from Madras; Christopher, Knight, from quebee ; Juno, Storr, Xabia ; Ilusorah Mer chant, Rawion, trout ludirs, last from Gibraltar; and Fortuna, Carlow, from Malaga—the three latter have nailed for Stange' e Creek. Passed through from the River the Amelia Wilson, for the South Seas ; William Lushington,Sughrue, fur St. Kitt's • Waterloo, Leveque; Waterloo, Wilkinson ; and Duke of danchtster, Hood, for Jamaica ; and the /tuckers, Soper, for Grenada. • Potrrestotrrit, DEc. l.—Wlnd W. and moderate.-. Arrived the John and Elizabeth, Rawlin, front Newfoundland t Royal Charlotte, Corbyn, Downs, for New Smith IVales ; and Sappho, Nautilus, from ditto. gailed the Spring, Ruch, for DanUie. PLYMOUTH, Nov 30. Wind S.W., blow';; a severe gale. ...Arrived , the Alereurius, Itussbergi from Bahia. The Per. cival, Livingstone, for Montreal, arrived last night from the Downs, and having fouled her anchor, drove 'this *naming, about nine o'clock, on the rocks in Mount Batten Bay, where she now lies in a most perilous situation, with nothing but her lower masts standing, and great doubts are entertained of her getting MI; a great number of dock-yard launches and men hays been sent to her assistance. The Olive Branch, from Newfoundland, drove un shore this morning on Drank ;'s Island, and with her cargo totally lost. The Spring, cut from her anchors and ran on the mud in Sutton Pool--all safe. Arrived the Idrus, Lancaster, leaky, and her linnipi choaked ; Standard, Lothetington, from the Downs; and tii4 Jane, , from Newfoundland. • FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—1 t has blown a gale all nigh; at S.W,—The outward-bound have now increased to • about 12',) all of which are riding in perfect safety. Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon, sailed 24th instant. Put in the following outward-bound ;—Hope, Pattison ; Johnson; Nelly, Vivian; Lively, Stealers; Joe, Orarnley ; fiche, Brig ; llooghly, Reeve; Melville Nt'aton, Purdy ; Jane Catherine, Snell ; Eliza, Sleep; and Bur sigh, Chancel lor. The Nancy cutter, of Perth, put back to - Lis ton the 22d ult., with loss of mast. IVEYIIIOOIII, Dec. I.—Part of the wreck of a large vessel was thrown on shore this morning abreast of the 11111 of Port. land, and the sea is covered with puncheons and beanie ; some pieces of Nankeen have come on shore. About ftur feet of the masts of a large ship appear out of the water abreast of the Lower Light Bowie. A large Dutch galliot was thriven on shore yesterday to the westward of Portland, and all on board drowned ; her caw) consisted or walnuts, lesions, and totmeo stems. A piece of board has washed on shore with,." Leonora" painted on it. The Elizabeth, —, fram Newfoundland to Bristol, was abandoned by the crew in lat. 40. long. 35. The Dundee, Duncan, from Davis' Straits to lAnnion, ar. rived at Lerwick the 10th ult., with damage and U feet water in her hold ; on the 13th she was driven onshore, And got (Aron the 13th November. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn in to the corn. mand of their respective ships, namely, Capt. Win. Cruik shank, Farquharson, St. Ilelena, Bombay, and China; Capt. John Hine, Atlas, Madras and China; and Capt. Win. Hay, Charles Grunt, China direct. It appears front Boston papers, that the Colornbian steam. boat, Capt. Clark, in her passage from Charleston to Georgit town, sunk within two miles of Sullivan's ,Island, and four persons on hoard were drowned the crow and the rest of the passengers were rescued with great difficulty. AGRICULTURAL It !WORT FOR THE COUNTIES OF WOIICESTER, STAF FORD, AND SALOP, Nov. The uncommon heavy rains, a ccompanird with tempestuous gales, has very materially relented the neatness, and reduced the land into a very bad state for the liloeigh.— What little wheat has been sown looks tolerably well; but if the season does not undergo a very rapid change, die root will considerably sutler. Very little wheat has been broeg !t to bl flail: The farmer expects a great advance on this article, al. though it must be acknowledged that the rick-yards seem wry well Med. The present unprecede ,ted' price of barley has caused that grain to be particularly brought out Our prices do not affect the averages, as only the maritime district-4 are• noticed in the Gazette,. or the ports would ny this time have been opened—the price being in our market 9s. lttl. and per bushel. Oats are again looking up; and the quantity damaged last harvest will make them very much enquired after. Beans and pease, were in great request; t lose at present shown are very troll, and of inferior quality. Turnips run very small ' • end should there come any sharp frost after Vie con. tinned rains we have had, the damage these roots will sustain will render spring-feed very deur, for they are tow so soft that they will soon decay. The fanners seem all alit e,.—the 111141- pected advance of ,prices has raised their spirits greatly : we hope that they will not be soon damped, either by an Aver ce of rent or by the too early opening the ports, The quantity of oil and whalebone brought to hull this fishing seasun is—from Greenland, $7l tons of oil and 331 tons of whalebone. the: pro duce of Blf fish ; from Davis' Straits, 2,346 taus of oil and 109 i tons of whalebone. 111