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\oWitiii , , -,--- A „ •.,,,!______' ,toßrl -\,-,.\ Il i t T iM ' S U -/ ,91 , 14- ZZZ W`J -'9! ';,(t , : de- N. ent ies, of ter eir ro- ias - ien le uf of NUMBER 9796. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1824. PRICE SEYENPENGE. VICTU4LLING-OFFICE, Jan. 14, 1824 THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His 31A.:TIESTrs NAVY, ere. do hereby give Notice, that on Friday, the 28th Instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for . One Thousand Sacks of BISKET .STUFF ; to be delivered between Me 29th Janua r y instant, and Mi 4th February 7!ezt, into the Victualling Stores at Deptford. The Conditions of the Cont, act may be seen at this o,4T:ce. Each-Tender must specify Me price in words, at leng..h. and be delivered befvre One o'clock on the day appointed ; and the P e r "" who makes the Tender, ur same Pertan on his behay; must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jan. 14, 1824. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENCi- TRADING to the EAST INDIES, Jo hereby give TIotICC~ That the COURT will he ready to .reaeire PROPOSALS at any time on or before WEDNESDAY;the 4th of February Avxt, from such Person or Persons as may be willing to BUILD for the Company, in the River Thames, a SHIP of the Burthen of ahout 1300 Tons Builder's measurement, spe- Caying the Rate per ton at which they will engage to build Such Ship. . The Particulars of the Dimensions and Scantlings, and other Conditions conforinithly to which the Ship is to be built, may be bad, and the draft of the Ship seen, upon ap plicxtion. to Captain Boulderson, the Company's Master At tendant, 'at this Hotise, on or after Friday next, the_ 16th • Instant. The Tender;; with the words "Tender to build a Ship" on tile Cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Se cretary, at this House, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon/ an the said 4th day of February next, beyond which hour no Tender will be received. JOSEPH D MIT, Secretary. GOVERNMENT has given the immense Number of SEVEN of £20,0001 on teenunt of the l'e , :relted DISSOLUTION of LOTTERIES. All whu value Splendid Fortunes will not tail to avail themselves of this . (near) Three Times the usual Chance. The Drawing begins 191 h FEBRUARY, when the TWO 'FIRST PRIZES will have 020,000, ALL MONEY, Extra . each and when, in fact, ALL ARE PRIZES! THE SCHEMC CONTAINS i .... o r £2n,000 All Money £40,000 0 5 . 20,000 Money, and 3 per Cents 100.000 0 5811..:.1,000, 500, 200, /00, 50, 12, and 10.... 70,C36 4 Er , ?ry Blank (before 10th March) £to L„ st 1,000 Blanks, Second Day, the same Xi 90,036 5 • ,Blanks no longer continue, as formerly, but have Three Chances, as these Interesting Events are certain. Tickets mny be twice Drawn Blanks, Twice have the option of greatest part of the Money being returned, and, finally, be drawn Twenty Thnufiand Pound 'Prizes. These are only part of the Splendid Improvement!, which the Scheme at large will 'prove. J. and J. SIVEWRIGIIT, CONTRACTORS, 37, Cornl►ill, 1 t, Holborn, 38, Haymarket. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' . SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL • STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.L-Ready ' Money Only. THE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above t stablishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who in have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper 1 4 1 , 44 any House tan do in London by twenty-five per cent:, I ,_ -- ete bei ng no other profit required on the Goods but the bare %% •.Tlse expenses ; at th e same ti me will be sufficiently satisfied WI havin g constant Employment for themselves and families. 2p ;1° Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of "lechanies, adding the number of their Wives and Fami tfi':'R'"natinted to 66; in June, 1819, five more were added to total' oc iety ; in June, iB2O, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The this he Society now receiving Support through the Means of ~,ca tablishment is 191. l'he Society and their Families beg leave to return their ?Te thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda nns, arid shall always feel happy in their endeavdurs to give ,itilletiiirre satisfaction.; at the same time solicit a Continu a n ce o f the _Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase TheiN„umber of the Society. `tirit; Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Full 4.°71 rices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mall° an four-post Bedstead, lath bottonrs3l. 15s. size tent _sans 11.65.-Bordered hair Mattress to f2l. it 11. h-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 3L N.-Feather Bed 19s. -Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 108.-- 3 JaPanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Beist do. ,v ash-hand -stand Ifis.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Ifearth Rugs 1 45..-3 ft 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke T a bl e 11. 18 s .-Th ree -f oot di tto on p it. t ars and c:laws 31. 158.-:-.Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto bidett, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. 85.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. Ditto ditto 21. 25.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate 155.-Ditto ditto ls. 65.-Ditto ditto -11 18s.-Ditto Syvin g Glass, lar ge s i ze , 'commode 35.-Ditto ditto' 55.-Ditto 44!tto N.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d -Ditto ditto 6 5.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany bl 4& --- -Japanned Book Sh e lf 7 5 .-T e a C addy 10s.Porta r a ebesk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs- I O Y pattern Bs. 6d. -Eight Mahogany Chairs, Covered with trse hair, brass nailed 61. 65.-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.-8 ditto ;I t ? 71 . 'A.-8 Trafalgar ditto 91.9 .-Mahogany Sofa to match t ie I:h.-Ditto Couch 71. IN.-Ditto ditto 81. 10s.-Ditto, with tu_ntead 71. 105. -Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on I_,T t Od legs, banded in rose-wood 81.155.-Set of Mahogany D ittos tw o Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.--- _, /lan t , le best that can be made--to order or pattern 161. lOsi Iback 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved )- ~ oa th -- itto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of bittog Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.- 1 , 111 - leZ 4 fatit 2 by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto 4 foot 6 by 12 foot 6, 41 nis' h an advance of 31. ' 105.-Straw Palliasse c 3t4441 anct k e , r ' r t Bedstead and furniture M. 15.-Bamboo Bed- Five -foot a/Ith elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 103. Fiv e - foot d i .,2 ll ahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with ,I;T a tiis, lined all through, complete, 151. 103.-- zanpterdio rraTzl.co, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a Z e 'Kel 181. 10s.--:Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele- I 'ttle and 4 6 7. 201 -Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Mo "-Ditto, _lnntz, fitted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. braw,„_• of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- toitt o -A-room rose-wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs 1 8 . ',plaid with buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181. "„:67t:itto 11. ls.-Drawing-room Soth 61.65 .- Ditto, 71. 7s. 'Pit o 41. 81 . es. -Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered W. TH URNELL, Agent. to corsratuY DEALERS SUPPLIED. _,'Pods packed free of expense, except the materials, and sent batt l i 41,.....1Pcaartpstaoil Great Britain, ad to the East and West In ns tteet out and merchants supplied with Ca s ponds for Exportation. 4aa%_APartinents Furnished. at a few hours' notice, and a two or four days. VANTED to RENT by the Year, a ready - v furnished DETACHED HOUSE, with well-pro portioned Rooms, Coach-house, Stables, Offices, and every requisite for the reception, of: a genteel Family ; Garden and Pleasure-ground attached. Distance within ten miles of town. The neighbourhood of Fulham, Sheen, Mortlake, or Rich mond, will be preferred. Letters, post paid, describing Rent,. Situation, and every particular, addressed to Mr. W. A. Scripps, Newspaper Agent, Southmolton-street, will be duly attended to. THURTELL'S HEAD. SPECIAL PERMISSCOSIVaving been given to the EDITOR of the MEDICAL ADVISER to ex amine the BODY of THURTELL, immediately after the Execution, a FULL ACCOUNT of the PECULIAR CRA NIOLOGICAL APPEARANCES, with illustrative En gravings, including a Correct Likeness of Thurtell after his de cease, will appear in the next n4mber, price Threepence only. *,,,‘ The Mdical 'Adviser is published every satu r d a y Morn ing, by Knight and Lacy, 24, Paternoster-row. TH I JR. TE On Thursday morning will be published; with a correct de scriptive Engraving•of the Execution, price Is. 6d. EiVIOIRS oG• 'I'HURTELL, &c. inter LV.III. spersed with numerous Anecdotes; an Account of the Editor's second Interview with him (never yet published), and every particular relative to the ExecUtion, and his demeanour after sentence was passed. - By PIERCE EGAN, Author of " Life in London," &c. Being an Appendix to his Account of the Trial, the Sixth Edition of which is now on sale, price 2s. London : Knight and Lacey, Publishers, 24, Paternoster row; sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. On the 4d of Fetnuary.will be published, In Two Voluntes 3 .Bco. price 245. THE BOOK OF THE CHURCH.- By ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D. . . _ . Printed for John Murray, Albemarle•street On the 21st instant will he published. RIVINGTON'S ANNUAL REGISTER, for the Year 1822 ; in One large Volume, Bvo. price ISs. in boards. 4 .,„. Lately published the Volume for 1821, price I Rs. of which an Account is given in the' British Critic• for Jinte 189.3; also, for the Year 1820 (commencing with his preseut Majesty's Reign) ; price 18s. St. Paul's Cli firch-Yard, and Waterloo-place, Pail Mall, Jan. 1824. . IMPERIAL TWINE CLOTH FOR SHIRTING, By His Majesty's Letters Patent. Ne contenent pas de Lin, mats en poss6dent les agremens. AXERCEINNTS and FAMILIES from IN irte- DID; &c. - are . respectfully infor m ed Cloth f or wear i n b ot h t h e Indies, on the Contitient and in-the cold c li mates , i s SOLD ci lde•lusi te above virlyatN d: lI LARD and SON'S EAST INDIA and FOREIGN and -Bill- TISH WAREHOUSE, No. le, CHEAPSIDE, Sole P'ttet'• tees, stamped with the Name, Nunilier of the House, &c., by lie. Piece of 96 to 52 yards each, at the fixed prices of I 8 d• - 25.-25 6d.,&c.-per yard: and in wide widths for Sheeting, and in entire Cases of SO and 60 pieces each, for Expotlati°", and nowhere :Ise whatever.—Families residing out of London will do well to send their orders direct to the PateffiePatente es as above. or th ey w ill b e l i a b le (as have been the case in Innu merable instances, to the great disappointment of.the pur. chasers) to have imitations substituted. Families from India will find the above Cloth the most useful to wear on change of climate, as well as for its economy, it pn i ses ing the beauty and utility of Linen with all the advantages of the India Madras Cloth, and is the must conducive to health to wear in both the Indies, as well as in the cold climates, by avoiding the too reducing effects of Flannel, at the same time that it affords the most geriial warmth., It never gets damp on the longest sea voyages, and is the most desirable for Gen. tlemen in the. Army and Navy, for persons who take great exercise, as it never strikes cold, and for youth at school.— .Orders for the above. together with every description of Foreign and British Family Linens, Cambtics, French, India, an d British Piece Goods, executed at the wholesale price, and the discount allowed tit . time. THE ARMY. The several Detachments which recently ar rived from India and. the Cape of Good Hope, oa board the Thames free trader, and disembarked at Gravesend, have been ordered to Chatham. The 88:h Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Infantry, ar 'rived at Naas, yesterday, frona-Castlebar. The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, is now on its march from Naas to Dublin, to replace the 77th Regiment, 'which is ordered to Jamaica. The Detachment of the 7th (the Prince Royal's) Regiment . of Dragoon Guards, which recently marched from Pimlico, is expected to arrive at Liverpool on Monday next, to embark for Ireland. CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY. On Monday the Sixth _Anniversary of the above Society was held at the Mitre Tavern, Aldgate, when a very numerous meeting of its members assembled, and par took of a sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion ; upwards of 120 members were present, being an addition.of 34 since the last year. The professed object of the founders of this Society is to give emplOyMent to industrious and ingenious rnecbanics; who have' tor the most part large families to support. . After the cloth was withdrawn, the CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the King, the Duke of York, and the Royal Fa mily, which were drank with great applause. The Chairman then gave the healths of several Ladies , and Gentlemen who have honoured this Society with their patronage, all of which were drank with the most enthusiastic applause ; we particu larly noticed that upon the health of Sir George and Lady Barclay being proposed great approbation was testified; upon which Mr. Thurnell rose, and, in a neat, appropriate, and im pressive speech, returned thanks on behalf of Sir George and' his Lady. Mr. J. S3llTki then rose, and spoke to the following ef fect : " Getletnen—lt cannot fail to be highly gratifying to my feelings to address you upon the present occasion, when we are met for the purpose of celebrating our sixth anniversary. Since I had the pleasure of meeting you last year, I learn with much heartfelt satisfaction that during that interval the members of this Society have added to their number thirty-four ; and I trust that unlimited as this Society is, with every opening prospect before us, and with a full and unequivocil share of public patronage and confidence, every new year will but add to the increase of its members. Much, however, as I may regret to inform you, that owing to a few unprincipled men, whose names I shall forbear to mention, this Society has partially suf fered,the surplus not being(from this circumstance, together with the increase of its members) so great this year as the preceding ; nevertheless it 'affords' me matter of consolation to find so large and respectable a portion of the community (all having some, and the greater part large families) enabled, through the public favour, to obtain full employment. I shall now briefly ' advert to the returns, which last year amounted to 26,100/. de ducting therefrom for materials and labour 24,8001. house rent, taxes, printing, salaries. and other incidental expences, 1190/. leaving a surplur of 1101. Ofthis surplus no division can at present take place, arising from the loss sustained by the So ciety of 981. there remaining only a small actual surplus of about 12/. I cannot conclude without assuring you of the plea. sure 1 feel at this moment of our meeting, nor without the hope that our next may be more prosperous, and equally convivial, with a progressive increase of our members." lipoQ the h ea lth o f M r . Smith b e i ng g i ven, he returne d thanks in an appropriate speech. Singing then commenced, and the evening was spent with much hilarity and good humour. , LAW INTELLIGENCE: COURT OF CHANGERY, JAN. H. IN THE •)18TTER OP SIR GREGORY. PAGE TURNER. Mr. HORNE obtained the order of the Court, for.admitting the'•4ilicitor to unrestrained colinnunication with the lunatic in the prison a privilege or right which, as it'ap.petred,,has been withheld. The other proceedings of tl:e daY were affairs it; bankruptcy, of no public interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 14. • • THOMSON v. MACIRONE. • - Mr. GASELEE stated this to be an action hrnushe by the plaintiff, a 'manufacturer of army equipments, "tigainst'the de fendant, a Colonel in the Spanish Constitutional service, for 1441.185., the amount of an ar m y equ ip age . • Robert Semour, the plaintiff's foreman, proVed the Order of goods to.the amount mentionede and'the stipulation that they were to be paid.for byes: bill at four months, accepted by.a Mr. Smith. 111 r. Smith a'fierwardsreftisecl to endorse this hill ; but the goods had at that time beeif completed. The•defendant was On board ship and sailing from Ramsgate, when he was arrest:. ed at the plaintiff's suit, and the hmenint ^sued for deposited in the Sheriff's bands; to abide the issue of this action. Witness had made inquiries as to the defendant's credit, which were not satisfactory to him. Hannah Thomson, the plaintiff's sister, proved a conversa tion in her brother's shop, between him and Mr. Smith, in which the latter refused to endorse the bill. • Mr. SCRLETT, for the defence,, contended that the goods not having been shipped pursuant to theelefendant's stipula tion, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. He was-prepared to prove, from the plaintiff's own conduct, for he was unable to proVe it in - any other way.; that it never could have been pro posed that Smith should endorse the bill, and that the contract between the parties had been broken by the plaintiff alone. The defendant, being highly exasperated at the treatment he had received, having been stopped in his voyage, and taken from on board ship, had resolved to defend the action. His credit would be shown to be beyond question, as well from the evi. deuce - about to be produced, as from the circumstance of his heVing procured the amount in dispute, which he had lodged in the hen& of the Sheriff: Mr. Smitle was then Called, who stated, that Thomson's fareman called upon him in November, 1822, and asked him if he worked for a gentleman of the name of Macirone. Wit ness replied he did. The foreman asked -if that gentleman was worthy of credit. Witness replied, he had known him a num ber of years ;- had not only worked for him, but had been re commended by him to others, and had received many favours and large sums of money in the way of- business, from him ; that witness would give him credit to.. any amount. The foreman then told witness that he came from Mr. Thomson, to whom Colonel Macirone had applied for a camp equipage. and whom he had referred to witness as to his credit. The foreman expressed himself to be satisfied. The same person called a second time, and said there had been a conversation between Mr. Thomson and Colonel Macirone about a bill, in Which it had been proposed that-witness's name should be used as a security. Witness replied that he was bound to do what ever Colonel Macirone should require of him. The foreman came again, bringing a paper from Mr. Thomson, containing an undertaking that he would endorse a bill, which he requested the witness to sign. Witness refused, because Colonel .Maci rone (whom witness bad seen in the-interim) did not wish him to do so. He also saw Mr. Thomson at his own house, whither he went with a reference to other persons for the purpose of further satisfying him as to the defendant's credit. The Plain tiff requested witness to endorse the bill, and said, that witness need not fear the bill's getting into circulation, for he had a person ready to discount it, who would not part-with it until it should become due. Witness declined because it was not the defendant's wish • 'the plaintiff then became angry, and the conversation ended. Witness called again on plaintiff on th e day after the defendant left London, to know the name of the person who Wes to ship the defendant's goods. Plaintiff then gave witnes s the address of Mr. Lane, of St. Mary-at-Hill. Cross-examined by Mr. GASELEE.—The applications made by nlaintitf' s foreman were in t h e course o f f our or f i ve days, and . happened early in November. The plaintiff did not tell witness that he had accepted the order solely upon the faith of witness endorsing the bill. • C. B. Fish e r recollected t h e plaintiff calling at the shop of wchooenftstelgerqoou he might m e of , his uncle, Mr. Odell, a gold fringe-maker in. the Burlington arcade, and said he ecanee in quantityrepliedreferredgentle.t In by Co a l n on w el it ll h l a ac c ir e o r n ta e i to know Witnessig t trust being that hat he might do so very safely. Plaintiff said he wes quite stitis• fied, and should certainly give -him credit. Mr. Lane had volunteered his services as shipping agent for Colonel Macirone. The bill in question was left with him by the Colonel, who told bin that the plaintiff had engaged to 'ship goods to the amount for which it was drawn : that they were not then shipped ; but that when they should be so to th e witness's satisfaction, he might give over the bill to the plaintiff: Plaintiff after Wards applied to witness to Lacey whether the Colonel het{ sailed, and by what ship, and witness gave him the name of the ship and the broker. e llaintiff made this inquiry to knowevliether he wax in time to send his goods by the- vessel.- Witness :said lie apprehended lie was,too late.— Plaintiffsaid if he could not ship them by that vessel, he should send them by the next that might sail for Bilboa. Plaintiff called the next day, -and said he thought he should be able to send th e goods by the Good 'Joyner, and if he could, he should come- to me for the bill. Cross-examined by Mr. Gase.:LEE.—Plaintiff did not ask • me whether the bill- was endorsed. Mr. GASELEE replied : and .the LORD CHIEF-JUS'T'ICE having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff --Damages, 1441. 18s. tid. - BRANDON v. HARRIS. While the Jury were deliberating upon the last cause, the Loan CHIEF-JITSTICE, addressing,the Counsel in this cause, said he thought it would be more advisable to settle it else where than in Court. The Counsel -having conferred together, replied that-they were willing, oil the behalf of both parties; to adopt hi s Lordship's suggestion. The Cause wins afterwards called on, and a verdict was given for the plaintitl:for'l33/. 145., subject to a reference. His Lordship then proc ee ded to t r y special juries, the first of which was . 130I.DROT V. WIDDOWs. M. SCARLETTstated this to be an action of damages sus.. • tained by the plaintiff, in consequence of defamatory reports spread by the defendant. 'The plaintiff is the master of a large school at Kirby-hill; n ear Ri c h mo nd, i n t h e N orth Riding of Yorkshire. The defendant is a carpenter and builder in Lon don, who-had sent two of his sons to the-plaintiff's school. Th _defendant had been ind uce d to enter int o a sc h eme f or sett i ng up a discarded usher of Mr. Boldron's in a rival school ; and to effect this purpose he had gone about to the parents of the plaintiff's scholars, accompanied by Mr. Cade, the usher, tell.. mg them that the boys slept in a cock-loft ; that they lay eight in a bed, exposed to the weather • _ that their food w a s -un- . wholesome ; that they were devoured by vermin and the itch ; and adding, that if the parents had any regard for their chit_ dren they would not let them stay another .hour under the plaintiff 's roof. To all this Mr. Cade gave some sort of con-, firmation, not by words but by significant gestures. The Learn ed Counsel proposed to prove these facts, and to &hew - the total falsehood of the defendant's allegations; he should then shew the injury which the plaintiff had sustained in consequence, and calculated very confidently upon his client'sreceiving from the hands of the Jury such a recompence as they were able to give hint. He then called • • John Doswell, a butcher, living a Islington, who said, I have a son at Mr. Boidron's school. Mr. Whitlows called upon me in March last, accompanied by Mr. Cade, who was formerly an assistant in the school. Mr. Widdows asked if I had a son - at the school ; and upon my replying that I had, defendant said, " If you have any regard for your son, you will send for him home :" he said, the boys were treated mere like pigs than Christians : the bread . they ate was made of bean flour, fit only for pigs. .They had such potatoes as only pigs would eat, and nothing more. He said they slept eight in a bed in a cock-loft, close to the roof of the house, which was quite open, so that the rain and %snow came is and fell on the children as they lay; that they had sour milk to drink. Ile said. that they never received any pocket-money ; that they _ were eaten up with disease, itch, and vermin ; that theeboys' clothes - Were tatcen away fronts them and changed.. Cade was present; Widdows said Cade .would confirm what he said. Cade said- nothing at this time, but lie.nodded as, sent. Widdows referred also to a Mrs..Bruslitield, and to a per son named Powell. Mr.. Cade called on the following day. alone. My son came home about.4.foetnight after this; he was in as good a state of health. as a boy couldpessibly he. I sent' for him,in consequence of the report, by Mrs. Brushfield, who was going down. Crossaexatnined by . Mr. Gun Nr. F.—l am not now in busi ness.; I live in Camden:street, Islington; 1 took his boy to a surgeon soon after he came home. There was some slight eruption; the surgeon said it was not the itch; the boy has not been sent, hack in consequence of the expense. Mrs. Brushfield.—l had a son in the pl a i n tiff' s sc h o ol i n February last; I saw the defendant at my own hOu - se at White chapel market; Mr Cade came with him; Mr. Widdows asked if my son was 'at Mr. Boldron's. I said, 1 .• Yes." He said, If I had any respect for my Child,' I should take hint away, for he was half-starved; he had a bad head, and could not hold it up. They had nothing to-eat but sour black bread, and po tatoes that were thrown to the pigs ; that my son was one of those that slept eight in a bed ; that they slept in a cock-loft, exposed to the wind and wet, through an opening in the roof." I was highly displeased at. his manner of telling me this, and asked him what proof he.had of it. He appealed to Mr.'Cade for eonfirratiOn; but 'latter' declined to say anYtlng. The defendant said his own word was enough, but lie referred me to Mrs. Fowler. Mr. Doswell afterward: called upon .me, and, in consequence of what had passed, I made a journey to Yorkshire. I brought home my own and Mr. Doswell's boys: I remained at the school three days, and saw the 'general state of the school. .My boy was in perfect bodily health, and his head as clean as'when lie left home.-_ He had been there'three year's. I Went into the bed-rooms ; -the bed in which they slept was a very -large high bedstead, made to fill a space with two beds on it; the boys slept feet to feet--four in each bed. 1 had 'no objection to my own son sleeping in this way. The roof was perfectly whole, the walls were white, and if there had been:any damp I must have seen it, for the snow was ancle. deep as I went to the ho use . I • had given no notice of my coining. When I arrived the childra n were at dinner. There were a great many. I observed they had plenty of good beef and good potatoes. I went another day to see their soup, it was such as 1 would wish my own family to eat. During the time I Was there I saw no cause to object to any thing. Alf the boys seemed in good health,, with the excel). tion of two, who, having colds, were nursed by the parlour-fire when I was these. The boys appeared very happy and cheer ful, no children could be-mere so. My - son had not the itch. I brought him home in consequence of the representations which had been made; his father desired me to do so. I should have no objection to his going back. Twenty guineas a year were paid with my son, - for which he was provided with every thing. Cross-examined' by M r. G URN EY.—The bed-rooms had no ceilings; there was no plastering. • Mary Anne Jeremy.—l have two sons at M r.l3oldron's school. I seen 3lr. Widd-ows once. Two boys called on rue first, who said, they came from my son ; I knew from Widdows after wards th'at lie had sent them. The boys said MY son was so eaten up with the itch, that he wanted to be sent for home. My son was about ten years old. I asked the boys if they had been at the school; they said, " Yes," a nd I to ld th em th e i r appearance bespoke their 'being very h a ppy t h ere . I s e n t the boys away, and 'the next day I sa w M r . Widd ows , w h o said I was hard of belief, to behave so cavalierly to his two boys : I said their - tale appeared too improbable. He said he regretted lie had not brought a piece of the bread with him, which was as black as his hat. He said that Boidron was a most consummate villain, and that he got the children there merely for the sake of the money. I said I had a good opinion of Mr. Boidron. The defendant recommended me to go down ; he said he had commenced an action,against Mr. Boldron ; that it was high time the Yorkshire schools were put down, and . lie would do it for them ; he referred me to Mrs. Fowler in the Haymarket, and told me that another lady had been down, and was so incensed at the treatment of her son, that she had t w g i a t r es t a h w e r a e d t d e r , e a ss nd of h C e ad ea e l t le o a co u n :e .. next day. ' fibrrmougwhhtahtihrne *red, pai Defendant gave the address of Cade to core. firm what he said, tt o e nhdoannl Mr. 'James White, apprentice to a surgeon at Hu was brought up at Mr. Boldron's, Kirby-hill. I was there for seven years, and always well treated with respect to my person and food. `The rain and snow never came in upon m e . Th e ot h er boys were also well treated. Mr.. Boldron's own sons were in at Mr. Boldron's, Were treated in the same way. 1 have a brother who is six year's old, and who went there in came away. Be went with my approba tion. - f ere were. Bo. boys when I left; the numbers since Mr. Boldron commenced. There was an usher Called Cade,' who left three days after I did. I know why he left. (This question was, objected to.) cross.,examined by Mr. P. Poi.Locx.—l slept in an upper room ; rnore than lialfthe boys did 50. There were three bed rotas where there 'was :nothing but a slate roof between the boys and the skic. One of these rooms was as large as the other two ; there was one window in each of the rooms_ There were not forty' bOys sleeping in any of the rooms. were of There were about 14 or' 15 boys' slept-in two beds; the mat tresses Were i ncr ease d 6lr yotahnk t h tresses on e s heet, two Straw; the,beds of feathers and chaff; • thee e was blankets in the winter, and a quilt ; the sheet was above, the blanket below. The beds were very near each other. (A piece of brown bread was handed to witness.) This u , have been some. of th e b read, but i t must have grown d a rker, by being kept. I never had any bread given me to eat so dark as thia. We breahfasfed on bread - and milk, and oat, meal,and milk. We dined on Sundays on Yorkshire puddings, and beef, mutton, or pork ; on Mondays the same dinner cold. We had meat three and sometimes four times in a week. We had bread and Milk for supper. I was alwaysstrong and healthy. The itch was never at the. school while I was there : 1 assisted in rubbing the boys with hellebore-powder, and hogs' lard. This was in the latter part of 1822. It was for a cutaneous complaint, but I don't believe it was the itch. This rubbing continued about two or, three weeks. There were, I think, about 40 or .50 be ys rubbed. 1 went as an apprentice to a surgeon in April last. I don't , know that hellebore powder is . used as a cure for the itch. The hellebore did not cure me. The boys used to comb each other sometime!, under the superintendence of Mrs. Boldron. They were not in the habit of catching vermin ; they used to comb each other into a plate: I have' seen one or two of the boys catch vermin. The fleas were' at one timein great abundance before the mattresses were changed. I think it was about the time of this cutaneous disesse breaking o u t. Th e boys w e r e in t h e h a bi t o f catching fleas and putting them into a quill: After the mattresses were changed, the fleas- did not annoy us. lenry Doswell.—l was at Mr. Boldron's school three years. I had very good victuals; and plenty to - eat.. I lay on a mattress with a chaff or feather bed over it. I slept up stairs in , a dry : room. I was in good health, and very comfortable. Cross-eSainined by Mr. GURNEY.-1 Should like to go back again. I never had bread so black as that ; was nearly as black. All of us had not form s nor d es k s b e f ore Mr. Wid. down came down. 'We had no table-cloths, either before or since. I don't think 20 or 30 windows *ere left unmentied for weeks together. The boys who had no forms used to stand: The plaintiff had a farm, which took .up a good deal of his time. .Some of the boys who liked t o d o it, went out to co ll ect .ch- . stones anttcougrass. _ Raisbeck.Ll am an usher at Mr. Boldron's school, and have been so 18 months. The boys appeared all in good health. I was at the school when Mr. Widdows.caine. He expressed himself satisfied with his children's condition. He and Cade went out together to a public-house on the North. road, and returned home drunk. On that night the defendant Slept in plaintiff'slteuse.—[ The witness also generally deposed to the health and good condition of the children, and the wholsouaeneasand sufficiency of their food.} Cross-examined—The cutaneous disease disappeared in May last;' I believe I did recommend an application to kill vermin inthe" childrens' heads; I know I did ' • it was red precipitate; I don't know that it is poison ; 1 d on ' t know that it is.an oxide of mercury ; I don't know how Many boys used it; I suppose four or five might have used it ; will swear there were not 10 times as many ;' the: :bays have hail chilblains, which have broken and got well; the red, precipitate was nev er use d f or t h e chitblainS ; one or . two 'Of . the boys had a ring-worm on their heads I never, to knoWledge, said that the disorder was caused by the. boys 'sleeping "so rank." I n ever b e li eve d i t; I never said so; I believe the disease was occasioned by the boys bathing when they were heated. The Mas Lister.—l am the plaintiff's bailiff; the plaintiff fattens his own meat, and keeps cows ; he feeds the school upon his own stock; it is capital good meat; plaintiff; when he buys, gets the best meat; has • excellent potatoes; I eat theni, and have often dined with the boys, who have good appetites, and are never stinted. Three other boys, who had been at the school, deposed to the treatment they experieneed, and expressed their entire satis faction at it. Guit;i•EY, for the defendant, said he was prepared with witnesses who would prove satisfactorily the justification which had been pleaded to the present action. Ile trusted he should satisfy the Jury, that the defendaktehad only acted as every parent ww id anal ought to have done undef similar circiun stances ;. and in endeavouring to prevent the children of others from experiencing the same neglect and cruelty to which his own sons had teen - exPoSed; he had merely Obeyea the dictates .of common. 'humanity, He should priave, that all he hid said of the school was strictly true, and the deplorable condition of the children. He then called . • • Edward Thornley,•a stirgeon,'Who 'said., I ivas called in De cember to the defendant's two sons, Who had the itch, and one of theM was oth er wi se ill . I t hi n k the itch. was of long standitig. I attended them'for about a: fortnight,' whea they were cured. Toey elder • boy' had an ulcer in one of 'his legs.: A - Want - of cleanlines and attention is a common cause of the itch. I attri buted the ulcer to the itch. . Christopher Siems.—l was at Mr. Boldron'S school; the numbers were 80 odd. • Eight was the highest number that slept together in, a bed ; there were two such beds ; the general number was three in a bed ; some hed . foilr, stole Five, softie six, - and some seven in a bed. I 'iniVe knOwn thetheet to remain unchanged a couple of months.. The 'blanket . underneath was never washed -that I remember. I have lain- on a straw mattrass, without a feather-bed over it. - tfoil't for how long. The bed-rootna were very hot in gurinPc,r, and very cold in winter. The rain and snow have sifter, come.in on the beds, and we have caught it in pails. We had sometimes good meat enough, but at others the meals were so had we could not eat them. The boys had vermin in their •heads• ; 7 tiler' used to comb one. another; the monitors used to comb them into 14 pewter plate, and what they caught they threw either into the fire, or into the yard. I dinet think there ivas ere in the school who had not the 'itch; it remained for weeks or months. - We had no night shirts, and changed our shirts once a week.— After I carne home I slept with Air. flicker's sor. who caught the itch of me. ' Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—A was rot one of the boys who made a resistance against the tl:L.st?r and the new usher, when the latter first came. Mr. Hincken.—l am the guardian of die last witness ; after he had been in my family a month .or six • weeks, 1 discovered that he had the itch, which he communicated, to three of my sons. Mr. Curtis, a surgeon, proved that. &ems had the itch,:and that witness attended him. He could not tell from the ap pearances of how lons standing it might live been. John Little.—l took two Snits of clothes with me to schoel ; one of which I wore, and the other I do not knOW what became of. I had a suitof Mr. Boldron's clothes. I used to wear my baton a Sunday ; the other days I went without. I slept up stairs in the long garret ; there was no ceiling ; the last' winter the snow came in upon the beds through• the roof and the windows.-- The servants put tubs to catch the water. I had the itch while I was there ; I am not cured yet i • I have it i n my blood now. We had pl en ty t o eat ; t hi s was the sort of bread (handing 'it) we used to have ;, we ate the crust, and left the' rest on the table, because it was sour. The milk was sometimes sour, but generally goo d. Th ere was a great number of fleas when ' I first went down ; they afterwards had new mattresses, and the old ones were burnt.. Mrs. Little (the mother of the last witness.)— I sent my son down with two suits of clothes, end had none back ; he was in a good state of health when he came:back, 'excepting that . he had the itch, whi.ch he gave to my other son and a lad who has lived with me two years and a half. Mr. Cad_' called upon me. John Dalley.—l am 14 • I was , at M r. Boldron's when . the S b s a c d h o with ol the He itch, which h e gave to f our ot h ers of my children.Widdows wer e th ere . This witness generally corroborated the statements of the oth er s choolboy s , w i tnesses for the defence, respecting the state o f t h e sc h oo l . H e also had the itch. epherd p . em he r a twelveso na m t t o h t e th p s l , ain v t e i r ff ) : came he last eho S m John Shepherd, the son of - the last witneis, caught the itch at the plaintiff's school. Day. —I had a son at the plaintiff's school from 1821 to 1823. I desired that he should be sent home in cOnsequence of some information I had received. When - he came home he had the itch, and a hole in each of his legs. He has been in the hospital for six weeks, in consequence of the same disease, and has never been well since. I have brought him from the hospital to-day. Cross-examined.—He was in every o►her respect apparenty in good health. . Cleorge Day, the son of the last witness -I had the itch six weeks before I left Mr. Boldron's ; there were eight boys slept in the same bed with me. Cross-examined..—llly, legs swelled, and were lanced by the Doctor about six weeks after I went to school,' and have ncier got well since. Frederick Guilt, Thomas Widdows, ,and John Widdows, gave evidence as to their treatment, and their haying contracted the same disease. . The defence being cjosed, Mr. SCARLETT replied. the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict for the.plaintiff—Di:un;iges;l4W. NIF.ETING OF THE SILK WEAVERS. On Tuesday 'evenin g th e . Ad our Meeting of the Jourheythen Silk Weavers of the County er Middlesex-, and Cities of London and Westminster, took place at the Red Lion, Phenix-street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of receiving a Report of a Committee appointed (at a previous General Meeting) to examine; revise, and correct their present book of prices —Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. BENSON took the Chair, and in a little time the room became n e a r ly as f u ll y crowded as on the for Mer night. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated, that in compliance with their Resolutions on the last night of meeting, ..the Committee had entered upon the duties committed to their care—that they were present, and ready to enter into a full explanation';' and he hoped whatever opposition or observations which might be Made in the various branches of their trade, that it would be done with moderation and temper; and that, as such a debt of gra ' titude was due to the Committee for their labours, they were at least entitled to the benefit of a full and 'w patient. hearing.- "et , Mr. WILLIAM BAKER stated (after reading the Resolutions authorising them) that the Committee undertook the discharge of their duties with all due - regard for the intititai interests of both employers and journeymen. He would first beg leave to read under their respective heads the alterations iu price which. elee - Committee deethed it proper to recommend. These altera tions and the standards of 1810, 1805, and 1795, would be laid before them ; and it would' be seen VI order to meet thoAvishes of the masters (so as to enable them to meet with ariy compe tition in the markets) how far they recommended is reduction of prices in • some cases down to the standard of LLIO4 , and' in others down . even to the sta n d ar d o f 1795. s woilld, however, be for the meeting to judge ; and he hoped they. +Nctiltl indulge him with patient hearin g . • • [MT. BAKER then read over the new list of pries ;r, the various branches of the silk trade, at least 30 0 1 VStlerk‘hied. by the committee, and contrasted them with eheerws 1805, arid 1795 ; after which the chairman erared then/3v 'be separately put, when they were, with an exception or two;'car ried uhammously.l •- . . Mr. J AS. Fu NELL then rose, and said that as such unani mity seemed to prevail,:they could not consistehily separate with out coming to some specific resolution. 'They, he said, had sacri ficed much to meet the wishes of their employers ; the public, also had a yight to be made acquaint e d with th at sacrifice. A few resolutions had twin just put' into his hands; which he would read for their 'approval or disapprobation ; for his own part they met his cordial concurrence, but-it would be for them to decide. He theh read the folloWing Resolutions, which being . moved, Seconded, and put from the Chair, were carried'unanimeisly I. "That in order to enable our employers to meet any com petition in the market from any quarter, we do agree t a re duction in the piice of labatir in almest every branch of our trade: • " 2. ". That the List of Reduced Prices now read and prepared by our Committee, be, adopted. • 3. " That the Committee he empowtcd to respectfully wait upon our employers for their approval of them. 4. ".That this Meeting* adjourn until Thursday evening next, to receive the Rep or t of t h at a p Pli cat iOn . J. "' That our warmest thanki are due In the Committee for their .exertions and labours upon the present occasion." Thanks were afterwards passed to the Chairman; and the Meeting, a little before twelve &dock, iiroke appearedthat the fall of wages w a s . frordfive to twenty per cent. in 1110 st cases, but the reduction on ribbon was by far the most. con siderable. ~„~~.,z: On Monday se.'nnig . ht, as the Liverpool mail was passing through Stannin . gley on its way to York, it came in contact with a waggon and writ overturned, but although; there were flour pastengert.theteen, indiiiclual sustained ma terial injury. The bags were forwarded in a post-chaise- 7 13 ! he le, g e oct if of rle .% ile