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"i 'rtedby the rector for augmenting his tithes." At s 'ich a meeting, and for such a purpose, the Pre 't'nce of the hector, \rho, to use their own .had enforced these exactions,'' *4 . 8 surely not required ; but in the present in. lita ftee, he most unwisely thrust himself for. Itac - (1 1 and therefore has no right to cow. , Main of the treatment he received at the oa° '4 4 5 of- his ang r y pa r iShioners. With tk 'le disput e s, how ever , w e have nothing to ci ° I but we cannot help expressing our regret ‘'llei t any feud or misunderstanding exists be -41"(11 th e incumbent of a living and his parishi "'l's- The first and chiefest duty of a clergy -411 IS to prOmote harmony and peace, and is it io 4 possible for him to discharge that duty if 1; is engaged in angry discussions with his-flock ? are not, however, so unreasonable as to il Nine the incumbent of a living is to suffer 1 " - Y encroachment on his rights without an ktli, IN. to recover them ; but we do say ills duties and character impose upon a clergy. 1434 th e absolute necessity of great circurn i)ection, and the adoption of more than ordi -4427 caution before he consents to apply to the : 4 / 3 fo r th e en f orcement o f t h ose r i g ht s , ,how nt`" indisp u t a bl e th e y ma y b e . Nor is there any 1 4° .g Very h a rd in requiring this caution at the 1 1 " s of th e c l ergy , Th e y are no t t o c o n s id e r 1 la( livings were conferred on them to enable li 4111 to make money. Beneficeslwere given to them to support themselves with respectability, : 4 to afford them opportunity to withdraw from le c ares of the world, and turn their minds t o r "Piritual concerns, that they might be enabled to 4 slend their parishioners, and hold them in 'irtuous and religious life by precept and e xa too. l' ar this re a s o n it i s we d e p re cate the proceed :ll43°f th e Cl erg y i n th e City of London, under )1 O ct of Henry Bth, and we should do so had t : been no o bj ec ti o n to the validity of the Sta. , bite upon which the claim is made. The amount r ti thes payable under that Act would be most IN A "Unfit, and more than that we believe that 4144 tatice can he shewn where that Act was en.. 1 41. 1 e ") until within very modern periods.— I: 4 "er, the vested right thus sought to at "tabliShed, is one of doubtful existence, tits authority of the Act of Parlia theilt upon which it is founded denied—de too upon grounds, which, if the question tiott 2 1 4 tlen agitated shortly after the Act in clues- W 45 passed, would, it is acknowledged, 4v,a defeated• the claims now proposed to be 14t ' t1 upon it. ,1 il ti s' ; he law in many instances permits the ef io:‘" of time to defeat claims of long'stand : setawill, for the sake of upholding U r -4-4011 , presume that deeds have been lost, of g r ants made, according as the nature , ad case may require. Bdt it seldom thug these presumptions against posses ist4l:°l. (0 give effect to claims which, if they ex t.: 4 t all, ought to have been made years be tol Tile principle of justice upon which these are founded are clear and obvious, and yet 411 th "e must be overturned if the Clergy are t'we d in the pr e s e nt instance to presume the 11 4)11 "ent of the award required by the Act of ci a . ''' " r ) and without this presumption their i 'ls are nothing worth' od i ll der circu ms t an c e s lik e th e se, a d e gre e of ri o tin4 is excited, by enforcing such d ormant 11.1' • 48 ) which a w i se man would endeavour to tvh O . ld ' as it must give rise to reflections of 1 1 c11 can never exa l t hi m i n t h e est i mat i on Aiti':B Parishioners, or teach them to behold- him tag, kindness and regard. With what advan ,llort:c:an they be supposed to listen to his ex- N r -t 'ans in the pulpit, or resort to church to th e Word of God, when the first object t tib li , l "lid there, must bring back their minds to ‘' o l,„ -ra l affairs, and wholly unfit them for de " and prayer. ,hei r : it ' Lords of the Treasury having had under rtol..critrisi.ttlera,ffon the . change of currency, which, by an Act l k ."1 last Session of Pa liament takes place in Ireland ,'ray 4„ date of January next, it r has been decided by a minute, b,uat e the sth instant, that the pay aad allowances of the 0P, 411 , fro m the commencement of the military year, viz. "Jecemb be issued inßritish money, which may be tketi~higlß4ered virtually trifling increase in their pay, for al he Pay u o d f the Army was nominally the same, whether , I 're i rl 7 Great Britain or Ireland, it was only issued in Irish e 1 4 st t. 1 3: to the troops stationed in the latter country. _ We tt Measur e will operate greatly to the advan f I t he 'l'B i mmediate effect will be a considerable increas e to 4 bu ri c:.l,:tting medium of the country, and that the same be extended to the Civil Departments. thisit ' .(a t l - 11 r0N.--A Public Meeting has been called D t ,: °4ll , and a subscription entered into, for +rl - ,;',.P°se of procuring a Marble Bust of the l ' )1 11. EGltcmoyr, which is to be placed in it e ' i gible situation in the projected County 1 ":1 4 4 •' 41 ) as a testimony of the grateful sense en 4tvie," by the inhabitants of Brighton for the dll rendered, and the generous consideration, ``4 0 1„ 1 1, 44 '5, of his Lordship to its interests.— t e u, that Mr. BEIINES be applied to to exe )s`i4ii ; and that no individual subscrip m r t , e ,ecd one guinea ; and that no subscription (41-e'ved after the present month of December. hi;,tts DuzicomßE, Esq. of Duncombe Park, f o la te audits, returned his numerous tenan -41c11,,,P,er cent. on th e i r half-year's rent, due at -`icklas last. THE KING, &r. Wrxnson, DEC. 9.—His MAJESTY took his usual exercise this afternoon, in the Great Park, accompanied by his suite.— The King left the Royal Lodge at two o'clock, and drove him self in his pony phaeton tier nearly three hours, visiting Virginia Water, Cranbourne, and the New Lodge in the Forest, which route he seldom fails taking when enjoying his airing:. His Majesty generally occupies the fore part of the day in his study, transacting public business, and dispatching messengers to the Home and Foreign Departments, who are constantly passing to and from the Royal Lodge. His Majesty regularly dines at 7 o'clock, mostly entertaining a portion of his suite ; and we are most happy to acid that his Majesty has for a length of time possessed, and still continues in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits. Ilrtmwrom, DEC. B.—The weather yesterday was again humid and unpleasant; but the Duchess of Gloucester took a carriage airing, honoured Lady Calthorpe with a call, and taking her Ladyship into her carriage, her Royal Highness alighted, and passed some time with her, at the infant charity school in Ship-street, ere she returned to the Palace. To-day the weather has been comparatively favourable; the Royal Duchess was in her low pony phaeton for something better than an hour, accompanied by Lady Charlotte Legge ; but; induced by the stillness of the elements, her Royal Highness - alighted front the carriage, and, after a pleasant promentulc, walked with Lady C. back to the palace. -e p r v 7 JP : (1C e•tr , r e fs (5 7 . = i„-e 4 er:f DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, etc. Countess Spencer, for Althorpe. From Warren's HoW, Regent-street—Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd and .family, for Kent ; Lord Lynedoch, for Cosgrove Priory ; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ellison and Miss Davis, for Kent. From Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street—The Rev. Alexander and Mrs. Cotton, for Cambridgeshire ;. the Rev. Mr. Powell, for Dublin. From Marshal Thompson's hotel, Cavendish-square-111.s. R. J. H. Vivian ; Sir Henry Watson, Lady Watson, and Captain Watson ; F. Fowell, Esq. From Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street—Monsieur Marian Bolonese ; Mrs. and Miss Thoroton and the Misses Farquhar. From NiTarne% Hotel, Conduit-street—E. Gilchrist, Esq. and Mrs. Gilchrist, for Scot land. From the Salopian Coflie-house—Captain C. Fraser, R.N. for Ashling House, Sussex, from a tour in Ireland. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. The Duke of Devonshire, from Chatsworth. At Long's Hotel, Bond-street—J. Tollernache, Esq. from Cheshire; John Gray, Esq. from Wales. At the Royal Hotel, St. James's street—The Rev. Dr. Forrester, from Worestershire; B. Gott, Esq. and Mrs. Gott, from 14 eds. At 3livares Hotel, Lower Brook-street—Colonel and Mrs. Pemberton and family, front a tour ; John Douncey, Esq. from Buckinghamshire ; Sir Ed ward Mostyn, from Oxfordshire. At Fladong's Hotel, Ox ford.street—J. Bart , n, Esq. from a tour; Rev. Mr. Holmes, from a tour ; F. Willis, Esq. from a tour. At Marshal 'Amur son's Hotel—J. L. Buck, Esq. and Mrs. Buck ; Mrs. Colon,' Alarsack ; Samuel Gist Gist, Esq. and Wm. Gist, Esq. ; W. Doraville, Esq. At Nerbt's Hotel—Mrs. and the Misses Fle ming ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Topham. At Warne's Hotel— The It. J. Hamilton and Mrs. Hamilton, from Cheltenham ; Mrs. Graham and family, from Whitney ; Rev. Dr. Batten, from Oxford. BATH A it arrAt.s.—Lord Montague, Hon.Miss . Montague, Bishop of Elphin, Hon. Dean of Leighlin, lion.. r. St. John, Lady S. Lyon, Admiral Sir W. Blackwood, Sir H. Strachey, lion. Mr. Arundell, Mr. and Lady C. Martin—Lieut.-Gen. Burton, Lieut.-Colonel Elton, Lieut.-Colonel Harding, Major Lumley, Capt. and Lady Buller, Capt. and Mrs. Lang, Col tains Barnard, Dicks, Gosling, Mamwaring, Paget, Sheer, Thompill, Lieut. Beckett, Lieut. Daniell, Lieut. Hewing— Rev. C. Frankland, Rev. Mr. Glasse, Rev. C. King, Rev.:llr. Staffbrd Smith—Dr. Graham, Dr. Hug! On Thursday, the Duke of York left town on a visit to Mr. Greenwood, at his peat near Sudbury, Suffolk. The Cancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Sarah Robins( n came to town yesterday from their house at Beckenham, lieLt, and in the evening► returned to Beckenham. _ The Duchess of Kent honoured Covent-gardCn Theatra with her presence yesterday evening. Sir Thos. Lawrence yesterday arrived in town from Paris, having been engaged in painting a Portrait of the King of France, by commission from our most gracious Sovereign. Sir 'Thomas will present the Medals to the different successful Candidates in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture this day, which is the anniversary of this Institution of the !loyal Academy. Earl Spencer has arrived at the Earl Talbot's seat in Stafford shire, from Lord Bigot's seat, Blithtield. Earl Gower has arrived at the Earl Harewood's seat in York shise, from a tour. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oxionn, DEC. 9.—The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes, for the ensuing year, viz. : , • For LATIN YERsES—MOntge Pyre Wei. For an ENGLISH ESSAY—" ha rude, or a refined age more favourable to the production of works of fiction ?" For a LATIN ESSAY—" Quibus prrecipue de causis in artium liberalium studiis Romani Grrecis vix pares, nedutn superiores evaserint." The first of the above subjects is intended for those Gentle men of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years.. Sir ROGER NEWDIGATE'S PRIZE, for the best Composition in English Verse, " not containing either more or fewer than Fifty Lines," by any Under-Graduate who has not exceeded four years from the time of his matriculation—Trajan's THEOLOGICAL PRIZE, instituted June 2, 1825—" The operation of human causes only will not sufficiently account for the propagation of Christianity." The above subject, for an English Essay, apro'nted by the Judges, is-proposed to Members of the University on the fol lowing conditions, viz. 1. The Candidate must have passed his examination for the degree of B.A. or B.C.L. .2. He must not on this day (December I.) have exceeded his Twenty-eighth Term. ... __. _ _ • _ _ 3. Ile nut have commenced his Sixteenth Tenn on or before the Ist of February next. In every case the Terms are to be computed from the Marti culation inclusively. On Thursday last Mr. William Cripps was elected to the Vinerian Scholarship, vacant bp the admission of Mr. Bel lamy, of St. John's College, to a Fellowship on that founda tion. The other candidates were Mr. Mylne, of Baliol, and Mr. Evans, of.lesus. On the same day the following Degrees were conferred : Doctor in Civil Law.—Philip Williams, Esq. late Fellow of New College, Vinerion Professor of Common Law, Grand Compounder. Masters of Arts—Rev. James Allan Park, Balliol, Grand Compounder ; Alexander Atherton Park, Palliol. Bachelors of Arts—George Monnington, Worcester ; .Tohn May, Exeter; Charles Gilbee, Queen's ; - Horatio Todd, Queen's; Richard' Lewis, Magdalen Hal; George Tho Mas Picton Jenkins, Pembroke; William Leslie, Lincoln ; Arthur Lewis, Trinity ; Wadham Locke, Merton. On the 27th ult., the Bishop of Hereford held an Ordination in the chapel of Winchester College ; when the following per sons were ordained : ...... Deacoxs.—Augustus Hare, A.M., New College, Oxford; George Jeans, A. 13., Pembroke College, Oxford ; W. Web ster, examined Student in Civil Law, Jesus College, Cam bridge; Allen \V. Lechmere, A. 8., Pembroke College, Ox ford ; 'l'. Taylor Lewis, A. 8., Si. John's College, Cambridge ; Philip Hall, Palmer, A. 8., Jesus College, Cambridge. Priests.—Edward Wickham, N. 8., New College, Oxford ; John Evans, A. 8., Magdalen College, Cambridge ; John Ac ton Hanson, Brasenose College, Oxford. WHlsKy—There is a prospect of our being soon cheered in London with the real " moun tain.dew." By a recent Act of the Legislature, this pure spirit will be allowed to be imported and sold in London. We have not time Statute before us : but to the best of our recollection, it will come into operation at the beginning of next year. It is a curious fact that, not many years ago, the two Winter Theatres received each 2001. per annum from one of the Newspapers, for the ex clusive privilege of advertising the Play for the night. At this moment the Theatres pay scarcely less than 1,5001. per annum to the Newspapers for doing the same thing. POETRY. THE MARCH OF INTELLECT. NIIW SONG. Ohl Learning's a very fine thing, As also - is wiSdoM and knowledge, For a man is as great as a king. If he has but the airs of a collage. And now-a-days, all must admit, Learning-were wondrously favotted, For you scarce'o'er your window can spit, But some learned man is beslaver'd Sing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. We'll all of us shortly be doom'd • To part with our plain understanding, For Intellect now has assum'd. An attitude truly commanding ! All ranks are so dreadfully wise, Common sense is set quite at defiance, And the child for its porridge that cries, ;Must cry in the language of Science. Sing, tol de rol 101, &c„ &c. The Weaver it surely becomes, To talk of his web's involution, For doubtless the hero of thrums Is a member of some Institution ; lie speaks of supply and demand, With the airs of a great legislator, And almost can tell y ou off-hand, That the smaller is less titan the greater ! Sing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. The Tailor, in cutting his cloth, , Will speak of the true conic section, And no tailor is now such a.Goth Hut he talks of his trade's genuflection If you laugh at his handy-legg'd clan He calls it unhandsome detraction, • And cocks up his chin like man, Though we know that he's only a fraction Sing, tel de rol 101, &c. &c. The lit.ac asswnt 'midst cinders and smoke, Whose visage is one of the dimmest, His furnace profoundly will poke, With the air'of a practical clrernist; Poor Vulcan has recently - got A lingo that's almost historic, • And can tell you that iron is hot, Because it is till'd with caloric ! Sing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. The MASON, in hook-learned tone, Describes in the very best. grammar The resistance that dwells in the stone, And the power that resides in the hammer ; - For the son or the trowel and hod hooks as big as the Frog in the Fable, While he talks in a jargon as odd As his brethren the bdilders of Babel - • Sing, -tot de rol Iql, &c. &c. The CODDLER who sits at your gate Now pensively points his hog's bristle,. Though the very same cobbler of late O'er his work used to sing and to whistle ; But cobbling's a paltry pursuit For a man of polite education-- Ms - works may be trod under foot, Yet he's one of the Lords of Creation ! Sing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. - Oh ! Learning's a very fine thing ! It almost is treason to doubt. it— Yet many of whom I could sing, Perhaps might as well - he without it ! And without it my days I will pass, .For tome it was ne'er worth a dollar, ,And 1 don't wish to look„like an Ass By trying to talk like a Se tror.An ! Sing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. Let schoolmasters bother their brains In their dry and their musty vocation; But what can the rest of us gain By meddling with such botheration ? We cannot be .very far wrong, If we live like our fathers before us, Whose LEAH N I NG went round in tl►e song, And whose cares were dispelled in the throlnus. Singing, tol de rol 101, &c. &c. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. llis 31ajeNty's,Stag Hounds. on Monday, at the Crooked Bil let, Iver Heath: Friday, at Farnham Common. Sir It. Sutton's hounds, on Monday, at Harpswell ; Wed nesday, at Skillinthorpe ; Friday, at Blankney ; Saturday, at G reatwell. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hill Court ; Friday, at Wyre Piddle Village. Mr. Muster 'a Hounds, on Monday, at Thornby; Wednen. day, at Arthingworth ; Thursday, at Laniport ; Friday, at thiston. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Monday, at Little Har wood ; Wednesday, at Titfield ; Friday, at Furzen Field. The Oakley Hounds, on Monday, at Knuston Fall ; 'Tues day, at Bromnarn ; Thursday, at Wooton ; Saturday, at Col worth. The Quorndon Hounds, on Monday, at Hohue Pierrepont ; Tuesday, at Twyford ; Wednesday, at Bunny Park ; Thurs day, at Owthorpe, Notts; Friday, at Keyhani ; Saturday, at Kettleby. Lord Ansoh's Hounds, on Monday, at Croft Hill ; Tues day. „ at Lindley ; Friday, at Shuttington Bridge; Saturday, at Kirkby. Mr. ljewing's I.lounds, on Monday, at El;•nham ( Broom Green) ; Wednesday, at Bradenham - Hall ; Friday, at Sax -1 n„ Siam. The Westacre Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Barth-lly Mills ; Friday, at 11 ilbro' Swan. The East Essex Fox Hounds, on Modday, at Wormingford Common. The Conock Harriers, on Monday, at Enford Barn ; Friday, the Bustard. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Clif ford Moor.; 'Wednesday, at Harewoud Bridge ; Friday, at Kiddall Lane. Mr. Farquharson's Fox hounds, on Monday, at Honeycombe; Tuesday, at Elsington Wood. The Weymouth Harriers, on Monday; at Kennel; Thurs day, at Bradford Plantations._ _ Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Mond ny, at tong Norton ; Thurs day. at ; Saturday, at Chillington. The Chester Harriers, on Monday, at Newton Wood. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Calveley ; Wednes. day, at Chasle Mill; Thursday, at 'Dunham Massey; Satur day, at Minshull. - • Fox HUNTING IN THE CLOUDS.—(4 fact. )—Monday last the Worcestershire fox hounds threw off on Bredon Hill ; and, although the. vale country lay clear beneath the sportsmen as they ascended, yet, so completely was the high land enve loped, not merely in mist and snow, but in clouds, that nothing thereon, even of the surrounding hedge-rows, could be seen at the distance of 5 yards. The hounds found almost immediately on entering the cover, and went away in excellent style; but, after a sharp run of upwards of an hour, Iteynard escaped under favour of the snow flakes, which fell so densely, that, combined with the impervious obscurity of the vapour, not one of the horsemen ever saw the hounds during the chase, but followed them by the echo of " the tongue." Several gentle men who rode from Cheltenham to enjoy the day's sport were unable in " the darkness visible" to find the hunters they had sent on before them to the cover, and were obliged to return on their jaded hacks.-(CheltenhamChronicle.) On Thursday and yesterday the King's fisher men, with a number of assistants, dragged the pond in Ken sington-gardens'drag with a large net, when t h e y caug ht a great number of tench, carp and roach. The tench were im mediately put into barrels of water, and afterwards emptied into a well' attached to the kitchen of the Palace, from whence they are shortly to be removed to Windsor, where they are to be put into the ponds in the Royal Parks. The carp mid roach were'returned into the pond. Yesterday morning the fishermen and their assistants endeavoured to drag the basin in Kensing ton-gardens, but it proved to be so extremely full of weeds, that it was found to be impossible for the net to act. Extract of a letter from Zante :—" You will be sorry to hear that Mr. tir— has committed himself most seriously. In a quarrel that took place between T—y and F----, W. and F. are said to have shot through the body, and F. was ini mediately shot dead by servant. Mr. W. was put under arrest by order of the Government, and afterwards libe rated. T—y is slowly recovering from his wound. He has been received on board one of our frigates, together with his young Greek wife, only in her 14th year. Mr. H is gone to England, and left his Turkish Mere amie here, to bewail his departure. The two gentlemen, Messrs. E— and sent out some time ago by a London Morning Paper, to coy. lect information, have also quitted Greece." ANECDOTES, &c. • JACOBIN.—The club of that name in France originated with about 40 gentlemen and men of Letters, who had united themselves long before the meeting of the States general for the purpose of disseminating political knowledge amongst the mass of the people. Its popularity having render ed it numerous and having obtained possession of the convent of the Jacobins on the dissolution of the Monastic Orders, the public were admitted into the galleries, and applauded or cons demned the speakers as passion or caprice dictated. Its princi pal object was to discuss such political questions as seemed likely to be agitated in the National Assembly. Some of the most violent members of this Revolutionary club afterwards became the most servile flatterers of the Emperor Napoleon. THE ECCENTRIC Mr. 111--, Minister of Jed. burgh, had a habit of asking •so many questions in a breath, that he could get a reply to none of them. Once, however, he had met with a person who was able to accommodate him. Riding home from a sacrament, by a muirland road; and com ing towards a ford, he met a woman who had crossed the river with a sack of meal upon her back, whom he thuS accosted : " Wed, Janet, how's a' wi' you ? How far is it to Jeddart ? How deep is the water? What's the price of your meal ?" To which she replied, " Vera' weel, I thank you, Sir—twa mile— middle deep—and it saxpence." I'ANVOAIIME. The inventors of this extraordi nary art were too obscure Romans, named Pylades and Ba thyllus, who, we are told by Zozimeus, were rivals in its pro fession, in the reign of Agustus Cmsar. Pantomime was the name given to the performer, not to the piece, and the admira tion bestowed on this rank and specie of commedian was, at one time, carried beyond that given - to any other performer.— Cassiodorus, indeed, has thus designated them—" Men whose eloquent hands had a tongue, as it were, on the top of each finger —men who spite while they were silent, and knew how to make an en tire recital without opening their mouths'— men, in short, whom Polyhymnia had formed, in order to show there was no necessity for articulating, its order to con vey our th ou gh t S." Th ere i s an abun d ance of anecdote handed down by Lucian, and other writers of that age, which sufficiently prov es t h e hi g h op i nion then entertained of them. Pantomime flourished in Rome for about two centuries, and finally sunk in the general annihilation 'of the sciences and literature in that country. In our own country it has arriv ed to a great degree. of perfection ; and for the attainment of excellence in this art, we are indebted to the late Mr. John Rich, the original patentee and manager of Covent Gar den- theatre. In this particular Rich was possessed of the greatest taste. lie had acquired considerable reputation by his own performance of the motley hero, under the assumed name of Lun, junior (being thus designated in the bills of the day, and in the titles of the pantomitues which he published), and it is most probable that the great reputation he obtained as Har lequin might have arisen, in s o me measure , from the splendour with which he produced these pieces, and from his being the first performer who had rendered the character at all intelligible in this country. Since the period of Mr. Rich's exhibitions, pantomime has increased rapidly in popularity; and at Covent Garden Theatre more especially, has attained its chief emi nence. This may be easily accounted for, as it is much easier to find both, managers to comprehend, and actors to personate the vagaries of harlequin and Clown, than the sublimities of Shakspeare and Otway. AN 02,n S.tir.ort.—There is now living - an old man, who is a seaman en board one of the passage-boats which sail from Chatham to Sheerness, who was some years back in an American vessel which was captured by the Algerines. These barbarians, as usual, made slaves of all the crew—to use the old man's tarns, they were all drawn up rank and file in the market-place of Algiers, and sold like bullocks. It fell to his lot, with some of his companions, to be, purchased by a man of wealth, who employed them very frequently in ro wing his pleasure-boat, in which, as is usual with slaves, they were all securely chained. As they were treated with much'indig nity and cruelty, and miserably supplied with food, chiefly of the vegetable kind, they were, of course, weary of their bond age, and had resolved, when a favourable opportunity of fered, to deliver themselves from the galling yoke of captivity. Such an opportunity at length presented itself. When they were rowing at some distance from the African shone, their swarthy lord chanced to fall asleep, with his sword by his side ; the man who sat at the oar nearest to him reached forward, and being fettered, was barely able to seize the sword, which he instantly plunged into the bosom of his petty tyrant, who sud denly starting up on receiving the wound, and the boat at the moment making a lurch, he fell overboard, carrying the wea pon in his body. The men immediately pulled hard for the Spanish coast, but were pursued by an Algerine galley of 100 oars, who, it is supposed, observing the direction they were taking,,and the violence of their rowing, suspected all was not right. The poor fellows in the boat, weak from the low diet upon which they had subsisted, and exhausted by fatigue, found the galley gaining; last upon them, and expect e d n othi ng less than falling into the hands of their enemies, who, as the veteran narrator expresses himself, would have cut them up alive, into joints, as a butcher does a carcass ; when, most pro videntially, a Spanish frigate, standing out of the mole of Ma laga, perceived the chase, and hoisting Turkish colours, de ceived the Algerines until they were within range of her guns, when she captured the galley, and rescued the Christian fugi tives from their savage pursuers. The former were almost dead with flitigue, hunger and apprehension, when they were taken on board the frigate; hut the Spaniards behaved with the greatest kindness anti prudence towards them, administer ing at first small quantities of light and nourishing food, not suffering them too - hastily to eat as much as they desired, and ultimately restored them to strength. Ihe inhabitants of Ma laga contributed very liberally, and presented each of the men with a considerable sum of money. BARBAIIOUS'AIeRDEIt.-On Monday night, a young woman, Sally .111`Vicar, who lived somewhere about Barrowlield-road, was stabbed in the neck in a public com pany, and expired in about half an hour afterwards. There •was a raffle and a dance in a public house in he r neighbour hood, and she was induced to join the company. On coming into the room, she was recognized by Chax. Campbell, a cotton spinner, to whom she was married, but seldom lived with him. They both joined in.a dance, but with other partners ; and in the course of the dance, Campbell patted her on the cheek in a familiar manner, and without any appearance of animosity. After the dance had finished, Campbell observ ed the deceased sitting on the knee of her partner, for which he reproved her, and desired her to leave her partner's com pany, observing, it would be more becoming if she had been with himself. This she refused to do, and remarked, he ought to he with his wife at Johnston—alluding to a connection he is said to have formed there—whereupon he took up a small breakfast knife, and attempted to strike her about the face, but was prevented by the persons present from doing .any injury. He made a second attempt, however, and succeeded in inflict ing a deep wound in her neck. She then ran out of the room, but fell down, after getting through the kitchen, in an attempt, it is supposed, to leave the hou s e. Sh e bl e d profusely, and fif teen minutes having elapsed before a surgeon could be got, his endeavours to save her were unavailing. Campbell, the cul prit, was, we hear, clerk or secretary to the Committee of Cotton Spinners; and, as such, exceedingly active in col lecting. materials to furnish correspondence to London upon the Repeal of the Combination Laws, and discussions arising out of their repeal. He was much intoxicated when he corn mitted the fatal deed. Upon being apprehended he was car ried to the Police-office, in which he soon fell asleep and slept soundly till morning. Upon awaking, he inquired of the per son in attendance what the news of the morning were. He was answered, very bad. He inquired what—you have killed your-. wife, was the reply. What, said he, have I killed the only per son for whom I have any. regard ? lie was assured the fact was certain. His sister afterwards visited him, and it was inti— mated if he would wish to see his mother. He said no, and im mediately began to accuse her as being the cause of raising in his mind that jealou,4Y against his wife which had instigated hits to commit the fatal deed. He stated that in order to obtain charges such as would secure a complete separation betwixt him and the deceased, that his mother • had encouraged a man named Orr to endeavour to take improper liberties with his wife. For these reasons he said he never again wished to see his mother's face. He said life was of no value to him now that he had destroyed the only person for whom he could have wished to live. The house in which the murder was committed is, it is stated, a complete rendezvous for riot and dissipation, and as the master of it has, we hear, been refused a licence from the Justices, we are surprised how he comes to be allowed to continue to sell spirits. It is in such places as these, too numerous about this city and suburbs, that thousands are led into a course of dissipation, and multitudes to be initiated into the path of crime, and which hurries many to untimely graves. _(Glasgow Courier, Dec. 8.) 111ELANCIIOLY ACCIDENT.--Yesterda y morn ing, at five o'clock, as the watchman was:going his rounds, lie discovered the body of an unfortunato. man in the open sewer between the corner of Manchester-street and George street, Portman-square, which is forming for the purpose of damming up the river stay, and has been long in operation. It is supposed he fell in the preceding evening, either in a state of intoxication, or through the narrowness and insufficiency of the crossing path, which was formed of twis planks only loosAy laid. ['he unfortunate man was the foreman of a carpenter near the Horse Bazaar, in King-street, and has left a widow and large family. Proper care ought to be taken to protect the public against the possibility of such accidents. An in• quest was to be held on the body this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—(Tit►s DAY.) PRACTICE OF THE COURT. The LORD CHANCELLOR was ti.is day occu pied during the whole of the morning in hearing a tithe cause, which has already been through the Courts below,- the Vice-Chancellor's Court, and now comes before - this Court on an Appeal. —His Lordship, adverting to the practice of directing a trial in the Court below, said he was decidedly of opinion that in all such cases the precise point ought to be laid down . which the Court wished to have tried, as otherwise ex pences were incurred without any beneficial re sult whatever. In fact, his Lordship invariaLly found that the intention of the Court completely failed unless this was done. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S - COURT (Tars DAY.) NONT-ITTENDA N CC OF PA ItTl ES. The VicE-CnascELLou, hrving disposed of three motions, directed the causes in the paper to be called over: In four 'successive cases the parties were .not prepared to proceed, and his Honour observed that he now, in pursuance of the order he had pteviously made, order them to be struck out. of the 'paper. Th e Court would not submit to:-bear the blame of suitors who did not think fit to• appear when called on. The causes were dismissed accord ingly. ROLLS COURT—(TO PAT') "I The MASTEtt of the ROLLS liiiiiirot—tittough, the cause petitions, demurrers, and further ex ceptions, directed that Tuesday should be fixed for the general petition day. His Honour will preside on Monday to bear causes.—The long litigated cause of Johnson v. Telford, which has already undergone so much discussion, stands first in the paper for hearing. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS—(Tuts Day.) TRIAL OF SAMUEL SHARPE, LETTER-SORTER. The Judges were occupied the whole of the morning in hearing the case a4ainst this indivi dual, who stood charged with stealing a letter containing notes to the amount of 3,0001. on the 24th of October last, from the General Post Office, where he was'employed as a letter-sorter. The facts of the case were fully stated on the examination of the prisoner at the Mansion House. ThoP. Venables, Esq. private Secretrry to the [tight Hon. Mr. Peel, gave the prisoner a very excellent character, as did the Keeper of Hyde Park, and several other gentlemen. At.r. Justice GAZALEE summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found the prisoner " Guilty of secreting the letter with intent to appropriate the postage to his own use."—A question will consequently arise for the opinion of the Twelve Judges. NEW COURT—anis DAY.) STREET ROBB ER T.--.lames Smith, aged 17, deaf and dumb, was indicted for stealing, on the 19. th November, in the parish of St. George's, Bloomsbury, a silk handkerchief value 6s. front the person of the Rev. Henry Daniels. The prosecutor said he was looking, on the lath ult., in a window in Broad-street, St. Giles's, when he felt something at his back, and on turn ing round, saw the prisoner running away and. escaping through a crowd of persons. Witness suspected the prisoner, and on feeling his pocket missed the property, which he had in his hand only two minutes before. On his purNuing, the prisoner he threw the handkerchief a way. lie was positive that the prisoner was the lad who robbed him. The evidence against the prisoner was in terpreted by his brother through signs. iie ma d e no defence, and the Jury pronounced him prosecutor most strongly recommended him to mercy on account of his afflictions. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. BODY SNATCHlNG.—Yesterday James Gerrard was in dicted fin. a misdemeanor in entering a burial ground, with intent to steal dead bodies. Ellerston and Grange, two paupers, were stationed, the one with a gun, the other with a pistol, to watch the ground ; and it appeared that Grange snapped his pistol at the prisoner, but fortunately it missed fire. The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, said that the offence which it was charged these men intended to commit, w o u ld, h a d i t been committed, have amounted to only a misdemeanour, and the attempting it, therefore, could not be more. The parish had employed the witnesses to watch the ground, and had given them arms, and in so doing be could not say that they had done wrong,hut then the using of those arms, as one of them ad mitted having done, was another and more serious affair, the offence being, as he had before observed, only a misdemeanour. If, indeed, the pistol was used in defence of his life, he was justified in so doing, hut if not another and a very different sen timent would be entertained by the country. Gerrird being found guilty, the Court sentenced him to seven days imprison ment, declaring that it imposed so light a pena'ty solely be cause his life had been improperly put in jeopardy. MERCANTILE Slllll'l NG. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Wind Northerly. —Arrived and sailed for the River, the Swift, —, from St. 'Michael's. Passed through' from the 'River the Woodman, Leary, with convicts for Van Dieman's Land ; Fame, Smith, for Sierra Leone ; Speke transport for Cork ; Mary Ann, —, for the westward ; Astrop, for Smyrna ; and the Highland Lad, Frost, for Allalta. Remain his 31 ajesty's ship Ramillies. Po ILTSMOUTII, DEC. N.E. by N. fine weather.— No arrivals or railings. FALMOUTH, Dile. 8.--Wind E.--Arrived the Nancy, Field, from St. John's, Newfoundland, in 21 days, with loss of bulwarks, staunchions, head, and part of her cargo thrown over board ; Azores Packet, Al‘Donald, from Denia, sailed the `24th October; and Fanny, Brokenshire, from London. Sailed the Albion, Proctor, for Van Dieman' s Land ; A heona Petrion, for - St. Michael's; Cecrops, Gilmore, for. Trinidad ; Brazil Packet, Scarlett, for Rio Janeiro ; Henry William, Worts, for Malta ; Sir F. Adam (steamer), Copper, fur Corfu ; and the Enterprise, Cole, I , r Bilboa. PLYMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind E.—Arrived the Doncagter, Tuft; from Landon for Van Diemen's Land ; William Mait land, Mormn, from Waterford tbr London; and the Mind, Bartlett, from Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Wind S.—Arrived the Washing ton Jones, and Lancashire Witch, Neale, from Lisbon ; Berkeley, Miller, from Bremen; and the Magdaleine, Ken nedy, from !ante, &c. Arrived off Dover the Marcus, Drew, from Boston. Arrived off Penzance the John, Dougan, from Smyrna; and the Hope, ---, from Lisbon. Arriireci at Whitehaven the Eliza Ann, Hamilton, from Miramichi. Arrived at Cork the Brown, Barnes, from Buenos Ayres. The Orion, Behrendts, from Dantzic to Liverpool, was to_ tally wrecked the 2d instant on South Ronaldshay ; crew saved, cargo and part of the materials expeete.l to be saved. The death of Mr. RowELL, of Bi!shy, near Alford, was remarkable from the circumstance of Mr. Fretwell, who married his only child, being called to Don caster to bury his mother, at the same time that Mrs. Fret. well was sent for to Bilsby to bury her father. t