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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Fixtraets from the Morning Papers, April 2% [MORNING POST. Tiii KlNG.—Though his Majesty continues to he aff►cted with a severe cold and cough, our Readers will be rejoiced to hear that he was yesterday iii a considerably improved gate. French Papers to the 27th readied our Office last night by Express. The discussion on the reduction of the interest,nf the national Debt wes resumed on Monday,- but the rest:lt was not known when the Jour:ells were published. Nei ther is it likely to, be speedily ascertained ; for as the, contest now lies between the Ultras and t'ae Royalists, and neither are quite aware of the exact strength of their opponents, there is a mutual indisposition to make a sudden appeal to numbers' lest the hopes of each should be disap pointed. Both parties therefore observe and feel each other, and try to obtain certain iudications of the ti,dit act which the majority islikely to be found, before they come to -a division. Under these circumstances caution is likely to protract the Debate a considerable time, even if the sub ject were not one which rendered ample investi gation desirable and necessary. As a compli ment to the Duke of Angouleme and the French Army, the 120 guns ship lately launched at TOIII4NI has had its name changed from le Formid able to the Trocadero.. There is intelligence in these papers from Madrid to the 16th inst. The .Merftal du Commerce contains what appears to be a confirmation of a statement in the Bayonne Papers (which have also arrived), of an attempt to burn Madrid. The two parties, it seems, are quarrelling as to which committed tke deed. One would suppose thit the Constitutionalists could hardly be suspected ? since the King, who in such case would be the principal object for destruction, ‘, was absent from the capital. It is almost certain • 2..* that General Bourmont is to be recalled, and :`,01,,z • 44 , oome -offices less -fasc;nstiad. with Ow 'virtues of Ferdinand is to succeed him. Bourmont has long. been suspected of favouring the Royalist party, and his recal under such circumstances, therefore, denotes a very proper feeling in the French Ministry. We only fear that their pre sent moderation comes too late to repair the great vice of the invasion.--(//fid.) V 4 [vna TIMES.] The Public will be aware already that the Drawing-room appointed for this clay has been put off, in consequence of the indisposition of the King. In the course of yesterday a bulletin (see THE SUN of yesterday) was issued by the proper authority. Notwithstanding the satisfac tory nature of the bulletin, we shall venture to make a remark or two upon it. It says, " The King " has for some days been much iudisposed." Now is it not rather singular that the people should not have been informed of this " great indis " position" (for we know not how to convert the adverb much into any other adjective than great) —that the people, we say, should not have been informed of that " great indisposition" of his Ma jesty till its termination ? " Some days of great " indisposition" would surely allow time for the official publication of the occurrence. The fact is, that the King's recent attack by severe cold would never have beefi known but by secret whispers—a very mischievous mode of intelli gence—had it not been for his inability, even in his„convalescent state, now to hold the appoint ed Drawing-room.—Again, the. bulletin states, that " unless, unhappily, his Majesty should " suffer a relapse, there will be no fur. " ther bulletin." Suppose, then, the relapse (verbo übsit omen) should take place, when is the fresh bulletin to come forth ? Certainly not till After his Majesty has recovered from the relapse--just as the present bulletin has made its appearance after his recovery from the first attack. The public, therefore, has to fear that his Majesty may even HOW be suffering from a' relapse, of which we are not to informed till its result. We urge these topics in order to press upon. those by whom the King is surround ed, and who have the care of his person, the ne cessity of openness in all their proceedings. His Majesty appears but little (we might almost say not at . all) in public. It is only from the papers that his people learn, and the papers only learn from the domestics of the Palace, that his Majesty is at Brighton, at Windsor, or even in town. It is the more imperative, therefore, that the state of his health, or any variMions when such occur, should be made known from authentic sources, in The most prompt and precise manner. [NEW TIME.] Much anxiety was expressed yesterday morn ing by the public in general as to the King's health. The postponement of the Drawing Room was supposed to have been occasioned by serious illness. In the course of the day, how ever, this cloud which obscured the public joy was dispersed. It became known that the epi demic cold with which his Majesty was attacked had given way to judicious treatment, and that the King was convalescent. Much as tire desire that our beloved Sovereign should often grace the courtly circle with hi s pre . sence, we cannot but applaud the wise caution which spared His Majesty the toil and fatigue of a Drawing Room, when his frame was in the least degree weakened by indisposition. Tfiat which was a comparatively slight attack might otherwise have been converted into a severe fit of illness, and the agitation and alarm which•had already begun to pervade the Public mind would hese assumed a painful intensity, in proportion as danger might have been-supposed to threaten the. precious life of the Monarch.. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Adjourned Quarter Sessions for the coun ty of Surrey, held at Reigate, on Tuesday, be fore the Chairman, Lord Eastnor, the County. Members, and a large body of Magistrates, was distinguished at its opening by peculiar warmth, n od even violence. After the repo r t o f th e Sur geon of the Brixton House of Correction was put i n , and read—which stated, among other things, that no prejudicial effect had been endured by the prisoners from the operation of the particular species of labour from the tread-wheel, Mr. Briscoe, a most respectable Magistrate, rose to address the Chair, and stated, that he had a specific motion to bring under their consideration ; and he appears to have been met by prejudice and clamour from the Bench in the very outset. We were sur prised to see Mr. Denison, the patriotic Member for Surrey, and Mr. Randle Jackson, a leading Member of the India House, among the most vio lent of Mr. Briscoe's opponents, and wishing at once,• to drown , his motion by clamour and nurn berg- Mr, Briscoe may have taken up opinions too suddenly, and without due reflection and in vestigation, against the punishment now in ex istence within our prisons, of the Tread-wheel. But his representations, as an unprejudiced and respectable Magistrate, were entitled at least to attention and respect ; they were fairly and openly preferred ; and the attempt to get rid of them by unwor thy technical objec tions---and these failing, to put down Mr. Bris coe by violence and vituperation, bears little testimony, we are sorry to say, to the impartia lity and good temper of the Bench of Surrey Ma gistrates in general. When Mr. Biscoe came for ward with an open opposition to the discipline of our prisons, and to the indiscriminate use of the tread-wheel, he ought to have been better pre pared with his arguments and proofs, and we do not think that the solitary instance of cruelty in the case of - the soldiers Noggett and Wilson was at all sustained. These men appear to have acted outrageously within the pris on o f which Mr. Green was the governor. They had been refractory.; they had refused to work upon the wheel when confined, and cut up all their blan kets. One of these soldiers had even assaulted the Governor so severely, as nearly to break one of his fingers, and the other had given one of the turnkeys a most dangerous kick. f 55OiNIrta Iltß A Ln.3 Of tho many projects to which the present su perabundance of capital has given rise, the most important is that which has been announced under the title of the West India Company. We have no hesitation in pronouncing this the most im portant of them all, as we apprehend that it con tains within it the means (if any exist) of saving the West India Proprietors from the ruin which appears to await them, and of ultimately averting the loss of these Colonies from the Mother Country. We consider both the objects and 'the consequence of this association to be much more extensive than is perhaps contemplated by its projectors, and that it will end in the transfer of the whole or greater part of the territorial possessions of tke West In dies to this Company, and to its establishment in the West upon the same footing as the_ Lords of 'Leadenhall-street in the East. Whatever objec tions might have existed to such a measure for merly, recent wants seem to have annihilated them. Common danger often produces results which even common interests cannot accomplish. Besides, the present mode of conducting West India affairs seems but little calculated to meet the crisis it has produced. The means of com munication at home through agents of unequal views, knowledge, and discretion, and the Government abroad through the means of local assemblies, all seem but to produce disu nion, and to shew the necessity and importance of one general system, which acting alike through all the Islands, with decision, tempered by huma nity, and unalloyed by local prejudices, may ac complish the deliverance of the West Indies from their present alarming state. We may, perhaps, be told that this Company has no such views as those which we impute to it. Perhaps not. What we say is, that its establishment is likely to tend to such a result, and that so far being an object of alarm, we hail it as likely to b e beneficial. [MORNING cAIRONICLE.] We have to call the attention of our readers to a very curious document, viz. the Return of the number of Persons committed to duo Prisons in London, Middlesex, and Surrey, from the seve ral Police Offices, by the several Magistrates of the City of London % and of the Counties of Mid dlesex and Surrey, in the years 1821, 182 t, and 1823, stating the numbers from each Office, the names of the Magistrates who committed, the number of bills found, convictions, &c. Our readers will remember, that when Mr. Hume moved for this return, Mr. Peel saw no objec. tion to it, but that Mr. liolrne Sumner at once caught the alarm, and complained of the hard ship of subjecting Gentlemen who gratuitously gave their services to the country, to the obloquy to which the disclosures in the Return might give rise. Sympathy with the gratuitous Megis- tracy prevailed, and a sort of compromise was entered into, by which a certain description of Magistrates were to be withdrawn from inquiry, and the stipendiare s were to be exhibited to the gaze of the profane multitude. Let us be thankful for what we have obtained. Though Mr. liolme Sumner gained his object, the public will be at little loss to conjecture, from the particulars of the information received, the nature of that which is withheld. From what we ,have seem of Mr. Peel, we believe he is quite above wishing to throw a veil over the abuses of the Magistracy ; and we are embolden ed to hope, that the present Return will lead ,him to adopt, or to sanction, some measures cal culated to meet the dreadful evil which it exhi bits in all its hideousness.—The first division of the Return exhibits the Committals from the dif ferent Police Offices to the Gaol of Newgate in 1821, t, and 5, the number of Bills found, con victions, &c. It is upon the whole creditable to the parties concerned, and some of the Offices dis play a care which may be considered al togther ana nialous in Magisterial matters. In 1821 the corn mite's were 1908, the bills found 1661, and the con victions 1274. In 1882,the committals were 1940, the hills found 1696, and the convictions 1244 ; and in 1823 the committals were 1936, the hills found 1692, and the convictions 1201. The Mansion-house, and Guildhall in particular, stand pre-eminent, the convictions amounting to about three-fourths of the committals. But the moment we leave Newgate, a strange state of things presents itself to our view. For instance, in the list for the County of Surrey, No. VI., we find for the year 1821, under the head of L. B. Allen, Esq., 152 commitments, and only 66 bills found ; R. J. Chambers, Esq., 139 com mitments, and 48 bills found ; R. Hedger, Esq., thirty-six commitments, and only five bills found ; D. King, Esq., 30 commitments, and only four bills found ; D. King, Esq. and the Rev. A. C. Onslow, seven commitments, and not one bill found ; Sir J. Pinhorn, Knt., 51 com mitments, and eight bills found. We find, for 1822, L. B. Allen, Esq., 193 commitments, 68 bills found ; R. J. Chambers, Esq., 123 commit ments, and 37 bills found ; M. Swabey, jun., Esq., 215 commitments, and 59 bills found ; Sir J. Pinhorn, Knt., 35 commitments, and not one bill. We find, for 1823, L. B. Allen, Esq., 177 commitments, and eighty bills found ; 156 commitments, and .6 R 4 . J bilis Ch fo am ui b id er ; s, M E r s .q ., s wahey, jun., Esq., 213 commitments, and only 69 bills found ; R. Hed ger, Esq. 30 commitments, and only live bills found Esq. 13 commitments, and not one e ; bill D. fouKing' nd.These statements do certainly appear very singular. What is the impression which they will convey to the world ? What will Europe think of our boasted regard for the liber ty of the subject, when they see one Magistrate in one year committing thirty-five prisoners, with out a bill being found against any one of them, and another committing 215, while bills were only found against 5) ? When it is seen that, in four cases out of ive, or rather five out of six, English Magistrates commit on grounds which do not even wear an air of probability to a Grand Jury, tha inference which will he drawn is, that any man may be thrown into prison to tape his trial when it suits an ac cuser to subject him to that indignity--that between the gnat body of Englishmen, and ruin and disgisce, there is no barrier In the tribunals if their country. To tell a poor man that he has the double security of a Grand and fiat Jury, when he may be torn from his famiy and affairs, and thrown among felons, and deified for many months in some cases, till eider Grand or Petit Jury can have any knowledge of his case, is a piece of the most insulting mockery that ever was uttered. We talk of the inclease of crime. Can we wonder that crime increases, when we find that so little care is taken tc prevent the innocent from being thrown into tie places, of all others the most likely to corrupt, and vitiate them ? GUARDIAN SOCIETY. A Meeting of the Guardian Society for the pre servation of public Morals, by providing a temporary asylum for those unhappy Females who have deviated from the paths of virtue, was held yesterday in the Egyptian Hatt, at the Mansion House. In the pursuit of its laudable objects the Funds of the Society became considerably diminished ; and it was to ask for an addition to those Funds, by public sub . tion, that the present Meeting was called. We are sorry to say that it was very thinly attended. At twelve o'clock the Chair was taken by the Loup -MAYOR, who, after stating his approbation of the objects of the Society, and the conduct of those who were entrusted with the manage ment of it, expressed his regret that the discharge of his public duties compelled him to leave the Chair, which he had no doubt would be more ably filled by one of the Gentlemen round hint. Sir PETER LAL'aIL, one of the Sheriff.., was then voted into the Chair ; and the business of the day was opened by the read ing of the Report of the Committee, which being received and confirmed, Sir PETER LAWRIE begged that, as the Meeting was not numerous, the Gentlemen who intended to address the Meeting would condense their speeches as much as possible. Sir CLADIUS STEPHEN' IiEXTER, and several Clerical Gentlemen, then addressed the Meeting in support of the call for subscriptions to aid the funds of the Society. They observed, that the thin attendance of the meeting was to be attributed to a prejudice which had gone abroad against the Society; many persons conceiving that it tended to the encouragement of pro stitution, or to an improper exercise of those good feelings for which the female sex were distinguished. Both these supposi tions were denied; the former by reference to several cases of conversion, and laudable after-conduct in the unfortunate women; the latter by an appeal to the example of the Duchess of Wellington, and other Ladies of known character, who pa— tronized and countenanced the Society. Several Resolutions were proposed and agreed to in approba. tion of the Society itself, and the conduct of its Patrons and officers. The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the' Lord Mayer and Sir Peter Laurie, for their conduct in the Chair. SirPETha LAURIE returned thanks in a short and sensible speech. The Meeting was then dissolved ; and we understood that a very good collection was made at the doors. DEsTRucTIYE FIRk EDINDURGU, APIUL It6.—Yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occupied as a brass foundry by Messrs. Armstrong, Niddry street. The city engines were promptly upon the spot, and every exertion was used to stay the progress of the devouring element. The flames, however, so rapidly gained strength, that they Wiled all the efforts of the firemen to subdue their force, and in a short time they communicated with the printing office of Messrs. Hay, Gall, and Co. immediately above the foundry, so that before eight o'clock the whole of these exten, sive premises were enveloped in one dreadful and destructive flame, exhibiting a scene at once fearful and awfully grand ! Upon the arrival of engines from Leith, their additional powers were promptly exercised to defend the buildings on the north of the foundry and printing-office. The fire, however, had by this time burst into the rooms above the shop of Mr. Morton, agent and leather factor, the upper flooring of whicld speedily gave way, and the roof fell in with a tremendous crash. But the diligence of the firemen at last became successful, and the flames were prevented from farther extending their savages.-_. We learn that, by the exertions of Mr. Gall and some of his workthen, the office books and 3 few valuable stereotype forms, and other printing materials, were preserved. Mr. Gall also, at the imminent hazard of his life, contrived to save a money drawer from one of the rooms, which was at the time shrouded in smoke and flame. One of the firemen was severely bruised by the falling of a burning plank: we have not heard of any other personal injury sustained at the fire.—The extensive stock of leather in Mr. Morton's warehouse, in value to from ten to twelve thousand pounds, by the exertions of the legal authorities, was all s ave d from being injured by the fire, ex cepting one or two d ozen o f sheep skins ;and the whole was removed to a place of safety.--The Sheriff; Magistrates, Capt. Robison of the Police, and a strong body of his officers, with a number of the military from the Castle, were on the spot soon after the fire broke out.—We understand the premises were insured. The disturbances on Friday night were marked by a ferocity and a love of mischief, which reflect disgrace on the lower orders of this city. At the head of the North Bridge, any person respect ably dressed, while walking past, was called to by the mob to take off his hat, and if this order was not instantly complied with, he was assailed by bands of young lads, knocked down, probably his hat carried off, and his clothes torn. In con sequence of this cowardly mode of attack, seve ral persons were severely hurt.—(Edinburgh Courant) THE KING'S LATE BARD. MR. EDITOR---111 consequence of what has ap peared in some of the public prints relative to the late EDWARD JONES, Bard to the KING, as he was denominated, several unfavourable re marks have been made by persons who conceive that he was neglected in his old age by his Royal Master. The fact is, that the situation of Bard to the Prince of Wales was merely an honorary one bestowed on Mr. JONES at the request of some friends who interested themselves in his behalf, and all the emolument he ever derived from it was apartments in St. James's Palace to reside in, which he occupied until the period, when a part of the building was destroyed by lire. Mr. JONES was born at a farm in Merioneth shire, called Henblas, or Old Mansion, in 1752. His father was, what is generally termed, a mu sical genius ; he not only could play on various instruments, but he also made several ; he taught two of his sons, EDWARD and THOMAS, the Welsh Harp, another son, the Spinuet, and another the Violin ; be performed on the Organ, so that the 44 Family Concert" was at least a tolerably strong one. EDWARD JONES came to London about 50 years ago, under the patronage of several persons of distinction connected with the Principality. His performance on the Harp was considered in those days—when taste, feeling, and expression, were the characteristic features of a Lyrist, to be very superior. He met with great encourage ment, and had the honour of giving instructions to many Ladies of rank. In conjunction with Dr. 0. PUGIIE, Mr. WAL. TERS, and a few literary friends, he published a volume of Ancient Bardic Lope, and Welsh Airs, about thirty years ago, and in four years afterwards brought out a second volume, contain ing much valuable historical information. In 1820 he published the first part of a third volume, and has employed his days chiefly since in pre paring the remainder, so as to complete the work ; but he was not permitted to accomplish it. He had been severely afflicted with rheuma tic pains for some time, and his memory became daily more defective ; he was a very reserved man, and passed most of his time alone, with his chamber door locked. He had been a collector of scarce books, and possessed many valuable ones ; but his inability to follow his professional pursuits, and his high spirit preventing him from making his situation known to his relatives, caused him to dispose of a part of his library, on the produce of which he existed. I and many others saw that he was daily be coming au object of our friendly attention, and we endeavoured to ascertain his circumstances ; but from him we could learn nothing, notwith standing it was pretty certain that he passed many days without a dinner. It became at length a duty incumbent on us to take him under our care ; a recommendation to the Governors of the Royal Society of Musicians was signed by Mr. F. CRAMER, KNTYETT, SHARP, SHIELD, •MACKINTOSH, myself, and a few others, which was promptly attended to, and an annuity of fifty pound: was granted him—unknow to him. I was deputed to give him the first monthly payment. It was in the evening when I called ; I found him locked in his room, at his lodgings in Great Chesterfield-street, Mary-le-bone; I was admitted, he did not recollect me immediately, although Most intimately acquainted with him ; he had his dressing gown and night cap on, his harp standing by the table, on which was a blotted sheet of music paper. I told him the purport of my visit, but lie did not pay much at tention to me, and only asked, with much fer vency, whether I knew " The Melody of Mona," a most beautiful pathetic Welch air, in the minor key, to which Mrs. HEYMAN bus written an excel lent song, called The Lamentof the Lust Druid." lie took his harp, and with a trembling hand, Struck the deep sorrows of his Lyre," It was impossible nut to feel affected on such an occasion--the scene reminded me of the dying hour of a celebrated Bard, who called for his tarp, and performed a most plaintive strain— " Sweet solace of my dying hour, Ere yet my arm forget its power, • Give to my falt'ring hand my shell Ono strain to bid the world farewell." In a few days afterwards he was sitting in his room, when he fell in a fit; the landlady, who sat in the apartment below, heard a noise ; she ran up, but could not gain admission ; she called, but received no answer; she was greatly alarmed —went for assistance—the door was burst open, when the poor Bard was found lying on his face, with a heavy chair on his back. Messrs. PARKER and JoNis, -of Devonshire street, were called in, and every attention was paid to him, but in vain ; he laid senseless for two days, and expired without a groan. When tidings of his death were made public, several of his old friends called to offer their as sistauce, and highly to the credit of the benevo lent feelings of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, they sent to ascer tain if any pecuniary aid was required to bury him in a respectable manner. He has a brother and a sister in London, who have done every thing in their power. He has left a number of valuable books and much music, so that his effects will more than defray the expenses of his funeral, which took place on Sunday last. He was fol lowed to his silent home in Mary-le-bone burial ground by a few of his old friends, including myself. The idle reports relative to a successor having been appointed are scarcely worthy notice, only with a view of contradicting them. While his MAJESTY was Prince of Wales he had his bard, and no longer ; the epithet of " Bard to the King" was given to Mr. JONES by his friends ; and never officially bestowed on him, conse quently he was not entitled to any pension from Government. But had his situation here been made known to our benevolent MONARCH, I need not add, that due attention would have been paid to it. I have honosr to be your obedient servant, .1011 N PA *AR Y, Registrar of Music to the April 26, 1824. Royal Cambrian Institation. LAW INTELLIGENCt. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 28. Sittings for Westminster before the LORD CHIEF JusTICE• EDGE V. FROST. This was an action to recover 1221. for repairing a gas appa ratus, and lighting the 'West London Theatre in 1822. The question was, whether Mr. Frost, the defendant, was one of the persons who employed the plaintiff to do the work, and whether he had made himself liable ? The Superintendant of the Gas Works in Peter -street, proved that an application was made to light the West London Theatre• Plaintiff had previously supplied it with gas, but an interval had occurred during which it was not supplied. The plaintiff said he had no objection, provided the gas apparatus was CXa mined and put in order by persons in his employ. Frost said, whatever was necessary should be done. The workmen wer e then employed, and ord ers were g i ven b y t h e p l a i nt iff and Frost. The Theatre was finally lighted, and the charges were proved to be reasonable. On the part of the defendant, Mr. Beverley, formerly ma' nager and proprietor, and his son, the comic actor, proved that Mr. Frost had no interest in the theatre, but acted under it Brunton. The LOILD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to say whether the defendant was one of the persons employed at the theatre, and whether he had made himself answerable for the plaintiff !' demand. The Jury found a verdict for plaintiff, with 1221. damages' They also stated that the defendant had made himself liable. FORFEITURE OF A LEASE. -DOE, ON THE DEMISE OF THE COMPANY OF CLOVI WOUKERS, V. HAWKINS. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. It was an action to recove r possession of the Queen's Head public-house, in Twickenham , on the ground of forfeiture of the lease, by assignment t° Messrs. Whitbread and Co. the brewers. The Company had been particularly caref u l to k eep t hi s a f ree h ouse, an d h a d refused repeated applications to let it to brewers. In the lease for 21 year to Olden, there was an express provision of for feiture in case of assignment to brewers. Olden became in' debted to the house of Messrs. Whitbread mut Company to the amount of 8001. The lease was deposited as security with Messrs. Whitbread. Messrs. Whitbread applied to the Con , 7 pany of Clothmakers for a licence to Olden to assign the lease, which the Company refused. Messrs. Bland and Martineau, the acting partners of the house of Messrs. Whitbread and Co, afterwards put Hawkins in possession, by proceedings upon'l l warrant of attorney. Mr. Crump the Company's clerk, and Mr. Martineau, one of tile attornies of the defendants, proved that application had been made and refused for an assignment, and that Hawkins was now in possession under the other two defendants, Messrs- Bland and Martineau. In cross-examination Mr. Martineau said that Olden was indebted 8001. to the defendants, and that he was desirous to sell his lease, This was the case for the plaintiffs. Mr. ScanLETT contended that there was not a case to go to the Jury. It did not appe a r by w h at t i t l e tile defendants were in possession. A forfeiture was odious, and must therefore be strictly proved. No fact was to be presumed. If then the de fendants could be in possession without forfeiture, the Jury could not presume that they were in possession in any other form. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE said he should agree, if the forfeiture could only be by assignment. But any parting with the interest to brewers was a forfeiture. Mr. SCARLETT then addressed the Jury. The Defendan t came into possession without the forfeiture„ for they came in by the judgment of the Sheriff, without fraud or collusion. This he proposed to prove. . . _ • • . - The LonD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that he was of opinion the There depositing of the lease was a parting with the interest for' the benefit of the brewers, which forfeited the lease. Verdict for the Plaintiffs. NUISANCV. THE RING V. CAMPION AND ORE X. 1 The AT stated the case. The Defend' ants were vinegar manufacturers at the corner of Old-street- A steam-engine, lately erected for the purpose of carrying 0 1, some improvements in the manufacture of acetous, acids, was found an intolerable nuisance to the inhabitants of Charles square in the neighbourhood. The fumes, too of the acid' which were particularly volatile and pungent, obliged the neighbours to keep their doors and windows shut in July. After an ineffectual offer of submitting to a reference on the part of the defendants, Mr. Francis Hicks, of Charles-s q u are , was called, w ho reset s bf n oa o rd i n s notes made daily from April to November last year.. They stated that columns of smoke annoyed the square,. that the e was l great,Strong in the orn masg, smell very e eurr s yi m nbg e a l a stench, and smoke so great, that I would not live in FAY ind s r ( m e )fr a e k e l n f l a s d s i. :t r — e r . in stii r d e h k i :s n y an er w d — e n r t o e h i e s e n o ti t i e l :r: 551. a-year rent. Next house is larger," &c. By Mr. Bitot;GßAm—The next house is a charity-school; since December the smoke has not been so bad. Some day s there is very little. Mr. GURNEY objected to this inquiry. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I shall make a note o f your; offering, Mr. Brougham, to inquire into the present state of the manufacture. Mr. Snellgrass read a similar diary of smoke, smell, an d noise. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, they must have the le dict as a security. Judgment might not, perhaps, be called/ o r' Verdict—Guilty of Nuisance. NEW MODE OF TEACHING GEoanAptry.—Th e Hamburgh Correspondenten of the 13th inst. con tains an article, dated Washington, United Stateer which states, that an individual of the name 0( ITS HILL had applied to Congress for a gran t of 10 acres of land, and 10,000 dollars, with which the individual in question would form in the neighbourhood of the capital a Geographical Garden, which should most accurately represcot the several component parts of the terrestrial Globe, to-wit, its seas, rivers, mountains, &c. in miniature. The tEquator, the Eclyptic, as well as the Latitudes and Longitudes, will also be deleniated with mathematical precision ; so that a promenade for a few hours may be made to impart a much greater degree of Geographical science than is usually acquired by the study of year.. The mortality this spring at Dover has been unusually great ; on Saturday last there were no less than nineteen persons lying dead and unbu ried. - 341 Od ,t2e pd 33t 6d to 43a 64 COAL-MARKET, APRIL 28. Ships at Market. Ships sold 251 Newcastle - - 7 Sunderland - - 6 BIRTH. On the 27th inst., Mrs. David Pries, of Fleet4treet, of * daughter. MARRIED. On Wednesday, the 213thinst., at illarylebone new church., the Rev. William White, M.A., vicar of Stradbrooke, in fr;ui• folk, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Serges"' Marshall, of Teddington. On Wednesday, the 28th inst., Louis Cohen, Esq., of *20 ' New Broad-street. to Floretta, eldest daughter of this late Aso." Keyser, Esq., of Finsbury-square. DIED. Yesterday, in Percy-street, at the house of Mr. Richard Rees, her brother-in-law, Miss Mary Curtis, aged 39. On the 27th inst., in the 70th year of his age, Iteubea Fletcher, Esq., of the Royal Mint. On the 25th inst., after a long illness, aged 27, Betsey, th 4 wife of Mr. James Ludgater, of the Commercial-road. On the 27th inst., aged 33, Mr. John Barton, of Fort-place , Bermondsey. At Aberdeen, on the 16th instant, Charles DonaldsPn, 1 / 9 4 " advocate. . . At Garth, Scotland, parish of Fortingall, on the 16th inst,, Margaret MacDougall, relict of Alexander MacDougall, farme r. at Garth, in the 103 d year of her age. When above a kundred, she thought little of walking from her own house to Wt.vm or Aberfeldy, a distance of seven miles, and retuming before breakfast. Last year she travelled to Drummond (*tie, which is thirty miles distant, and returned next night. At Drumore, Scotland, in the parish of Kirkmaiden, on the. 9th ult., in the 105th year of his age, Julia King, officer of hi, Majesty's customs. Ile was born in Edinburgh, and was three days under arms, when the citizens at Edinburgh armed for the defence of the town, in the year 1745. He used to tell 5! . .. a joke, that he hat been three days a soldier, for which he ha d not yet got his pay. For the last four years he was cloSely con' fined to bed. Printed and Published for the PnornixTofts, at the OFFIGE, 112, strand, by J. il. ~~ Pre Pe] lila the 'llk Y ea Rus Ebe Nicl Ric] Sim Jan; SYI C)u 'l3l Lon, inter _L. r. Ca Nods and PA few, :i czated ilUer. !titre'' i t ;ti( som e thriv. 'easo well 14 , 1 ti Artie i ) t ; at} made Sa . ; wow TrCtic fur Priet( at 57, cadili Royal ders