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ammmmw. - ; SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. with the offices they hold,the commands of superiors. The official situations of these gentlemen were not of a political We insert another letter on Mr. Trotter's late mar l charact er; t wo o f t h em, at l east , were p ure l y li terary; ! riage; a n d. thi s , with a few observations upon it, must they were the rewards of superior literary merit, displayed suffice on the topic. The writer of the letter replies butt ;it works to which the country was indebted, both for in-i to few of out:preceding remarks. Persons of all the re-? , structien and am usemen t; literary excellence was th e formed Churches are frequently married by the rites of consideration for which, it was said, and believed, that I the Church of Rome, without either protesting against k ,they were conferred. The world had never been apprized the ceremony to which they submit, or being suspected !hat abject political obedience to the Minister of the day,~ 'having changed their faith. Our paper of yesterday every p a rti cu l ar measure w hi c h he mi g ht b r i ng f or : -morning contained an instance of such a marriage. The ward, was an indispensable requisite to the contintae mere civil stature of the cerem on y o f ma rr i age neither isr• ance of the enjoyment of Royal patronage, by literary, nor can be acknowledged by any one who believes his men. There was nothing to apprise Lacretelle, Ville- Bible.in any way, or according to any interpretation. Let 4 .s main, and Michaud, of the servitude by which they the writer of the letter peru se th e passages in which ouri were bound, or of the true nature of the tenure by which! Saviour' has spoken of marriage—in how especial a man- they held their offices. Had these gentlemen engaged ner he mingles up the Creator with it; and though it may wantonly in political warfare with the Ministers, and cares be asserted that Christ was human only, yet surely his into that warfare an indecent bitterness, the Crown assurance may and must be taken, as to the high religious might have been justified in withdrawing all marks of, nature of a _ r it e th roug h which God is said to make of 1.; Royal favour from them. Their offence, however, is not , two, one ;fah. While the Dissenter sttstggles for the -t that they have plunged into the extravagancies of political' rights of con sc i ence f o r himself, he cares nothing for the con- faction, but that they have dared to express their opinions science ;of the officiating clergyman. Why is this - latter eon one specific legislative measure. That measure, too, is to accept of a protest against a ceremony which he re-"t= one in which they have a deep individual interest, and in -veres, in. the very Temple of the Gad whom he serves ?`..5* which the public would-expect them to declare a plain Does even the civil Judge ever accept in his Court of .: Opinion, either the one way or the other. The law of the a protest against the law which he is administering press would operate most especially on men devoted to and which he is sworn to adMinister as it etands ? If the • literature, and on the classes of the people connected with, Dissenter must make his objection, to the matrimonial ce- or employed by them. The French Academy, in expres remony known, he may make them known in a thousand sse sing their sentiments on such a subject, did not inter• ways, without insulting the Minister whom he calls upon sry fore unnecessarily in politics. They merely took into to eiciate, and profaning the Church dedicated by conse- their consideration a particular measure, likely to exercise. cration t o th e e stablish e d re li g i on. W e b el i eve that the es , an important influenc e on th ose lit erary i nterests w hi c h i t ' only persons i n t eres t e d in en e subject are the flock and' was their especial duty to protect. Is it just or generous shepherd . of the himself. - Let him, as we said 1 to deprive literary m en o f t h e mar k s o f R oya l f avour w hi c h before, make kw:en to them by protest, th at his going to ; the Crown has conferred on them for literary merit, simply Churckfor ceremony, re e is no proof of his general con-, because, on such an occasion, they state their opinions, version another faith, and he will have done all that the and vote as members of a literary body, according to those case 6enafide requires;-or if this :sill not suffice, if greater 4 , opinions ? M. de .Peyronnet may imagine that the re-, 'eublicity, for pretty obvious reasons, beysought, he might moval of these gentlemen from office is a vigorous proceed-' paste his'in , ofest up against _the -walls, of the church-yard; : ing. It shows, certainly, that he is not afraid to injure or, at tt ietsry'trioderate expence, send the b e ll man a b out to rthose who have no means of preventing the injury, and cry it e However, we _dp not. pretend to prescribe one that he hss courage enough to brave public opinion.— amours' thi*O t r e i fiyvaish the protest might, if necessary, Such, however, is not the energy which it becomes a be malephbriC e esthey..are.fruiumerable—we only contend Statesman to manifest; and, for sake of the future tran that it. is a jpgat oppressive and unjust proceeding to make :e quillity of Fiance, we wish sincerely that its rulers - may act the Cl4le-yosart, who reveres.the service which he - is called upon more liberal principles.—New Times. on to perform; the instrument of publishing in his own ;e. consecrated • Church the objections which others start h .: against its forms. Where is it laid down as a part of a 1: Clergyman's ditty fo receive protests ? What is he to do "I's with them when he has got them ? We are for liberty of conscience to all a to the Clergyman of the Church of Eng land (to Which we belong) to perform his duty without ob struction or impediment; and to the various Dissenters tc pursue their dissent as c .Teely, till it pleases God to eie lighten their mint's,__ 'Muses. COURT OF SESSION-SECOND DIVISION, EDINBURGH, DEC. 5, 1826. TROTTER V. TROTTER, &C. EFFECT OF A TESTAMENT MADE IN INDIA.—Thc de cision in this case very deeply interests a great many of out countrymen, who, after having made fortunes abroad, have, in expectation of coming home, from time to time, re mitted money to Scotland, to be invested heritably, or de posited in banks. Most of the individuals situated, in India for example, make their wills before sailing home ward, in order to prevent any disappointments arising to their relatives if they die on the voyage, or meet with any fatal accident. Now, in a majority of cases where there is heritage in Scotland, the proper solemn words are omitted, and the intention of the testator to a certain extent de ' feated, We would, therefore, strongly recc.mmend that in dividuals abroad, who have any heritable property in Scot land to leave, would consult some man versed in Scots la* previous to making their wilts. - But, as we are - aware this is 'a privilege seldom to be attained abroad, we would seriously inculcate upon all our - countrymen, who leave this tc reside in a foreign country, with the prospect of realizing 'a fortune, and which they may happen to have heritably vested in Scotland, to be exceeding careful in noting d own , in their memorandum book, the following words, which may save to their dearest relatives, whom they mean to favour, a great deal of vexation, viz.—" I hereby give grant, and dispone, &c." whatever the property may be, which of course they will describe. These technical words of de preesenli, conveyance, are ab solutely necessary to transfer property, i. c. land or rights connected with land. The word dispone, is indispensable.l If a man makes his settlement, in the form of a will of testament, without these words, though expressly desiring, in the most explicit terms, his executors to convert all his property into money, and then divide it in a particular way, which he shall point out, still it will be insufficient; and ,if there be any heritage in Scotland, the heir-at-law will take it up first, and then perhaps come in as a legatee foi a share of the moveables under the will, though the com mon sense interpretation of the will would lead to a different conclusion. We shall illustrate what we have stated by a case which was decided the other day in this Court. Colonel Charles Trotter left Scotland, and went to In dia on the Company's service, where he continued about thirty years. During this period he realized a considerable fortune. Intending to come home, he, from time to time,. remitted money to Scotland to his youngest brother Wil liam,who acted as his attorney and factor. This money was to have been deposited in banks. But it was heritably secured by bonds to the extent of about 3,0001. The Colonel was apprised of this, He approved of the inN estment of of hie money over land. In 1819 he,.died in India, leaving a will apparently executed in the English style, and just such a one as a soldier, unpractised in legaltechnicalities,would be expected to make. The words of conveyance were, " all my estate and effects, which may belong to me at my death." After stating certain provisions which were to be paid, he hares the residue of " his whole property in Europe" to residuary legatees, share and share alike, who. are specially named—of whom young Trotter, the pursuer, is one. Colonel Trotter had, for above ten years previous to his death, signified his intention, by nutnerotts letters ex tant, of leaving all his property among his brothers and sisters and their children equally, in the same way as their own father had divided his fortune among his children,viz. the Colonel's brothers and sisters and himself. Upon this settlement a dispute arose relative to the intention and in terpretation, and effect - of the will of the deceased. The pursuer, the immediate younger brother of the Colonel, claimed the three heritable bonds, as heir-at-law of his brother, and also a share of the moveables as a residuary legatee under the will, without collating or communicating heritage ; that is, throwing it and the moveables into one mass and taking his share from the aggregate fund. The MiaW'seex Justices, it FeCTIIS, have, by a majority of 28 to ;:I, Otermined that the public business of the Cour.:ty 'shall continue to be transacted with closed doors : P..nd their reaeees . Tor this determination, as far as we can ' gather tire kern the ,account furnished, apparently by olie of t t.e4r.,own body, to some of the public papers, are, that tAeLpraqice in other counties is the same, and that to admit thepublic to their deliberations, and with theM :. persons. on the part of the Press, would tend to encourage !the relit)* •of -persons who' possess the knack of publie • speakingeeend;•deter'those whci hare not the same talent from giving = 'their:- opinion's ttpon subjects whiCh come before thew:" 'Certainly,' if wse may judge from the only 'specimen which is given of the organ of the 28, we must allow that they have very 'substantial grounds for the decision they have come to; for if the person in question , furnishes, as he may be supposed to do, a fair specimen of the oratorical and reasoning powers of the Middlesex' Justices, they do very right, as far at least as themselves are concerned, to shut their doors ; and were they to shut their ears too, no great loss would be sustained. The Press, it cannot be denied, has its evils, as well as its; advantages ; and among the former, that of administering to the overweening vanity of weak minds ought not to be , : overlooked. But the .true reasoning on this occasion, as:. far, at least, as we are made acquainted with it, seems to i.- be all on one side, and that, in the teeth of the decision, s s this Worshipful Body have come to. The question is not whether stupid people would be ashamed that their stu pidity (should- become known—for, generally speaking, stupidity possesses no sense of shame—but whether an it-;` responsible body shall be allowed to deal with, and to raise large revenues upon, their fellow subjects, without the: persons-whose funds they then possess themselves of being': - permitted to know how or why they are so disposed of.— We - We readily admit that persons appointed to the Magistracy' ought to be such as an implicit confidence can he placed in ; and if they were such, little anxiety need be felt about the result of their deliberations ; but when the public know, as they have to o muc h reason to d o, t h at J ust i ces, more • especially Middlesex Justices, have been, in past times, corn- .. pesed ofpersons with whom the t erm j o bbi ng h as b een almost synonimous,we cannot wonder that they should wish to know ss little about the proceedings even of the immaculate and irreproachable race upon whom the mantle of past jobbers has devolved. The worthy cheesemonger, who was the principal and apparently sole opponent of publicity, who had the hardihood to avow himself upon this occasion, al— luded, it would appear, in reity, but somewhat coarse terms to this paper ; expressing his evident, and no doubt serious - alarm, lest his sapient harangues should be handed up to to the pnblie in our columns. It is the painful duty of: ' public journalists, certainly, to be obliged to record a great : deal of very worthless trash. If the result of education is to bring incompetent people into public situations, and if, in such situations, they utter a great deal of nonsense,' the fact itself is very much to be deplored. But one re sult -. of publicity is, that it, sooner or later, puts such ~ people to silence; and- their alarm soon subsides in the in significance to which the- Press reduces them. And the very reason which this sapient orator gives for opposing the publicity which the measure in question would have given to the proceedings of the Middlesex Justices, will , form, withessany persons, a convincing reason in favour of it—viz. that ignorance and vanity would find their level, and be no longer-permitted to intrude themselves where l the public interest requires the exercise of very different qualities. This qtiestiOn, however; lies in a nut-shell. A public Court is a public place, from which the public can not legally be excluded; and we trust that some person . will be found with public spirit enough to try that question with the Worshipful Advocates of closed doors and secret proceedings. Let some rate-payer demand admission to'` this secret. conclave ; let him be pushed aside, obstructed, or turned out by some of the Justices or their officers; and let him bringhis action against the person so assaulting him; and j e l' 6 . ll ,then be seen what a Judge and Jury will say to persona anting in an open Court, under the King's. Commission, wh o dare to oppose the entrance of any of the King's sulieete t o evilness those proceedings and deli berations from which t h e inclination nor the pewern to King himself has neither the Herald. . - , . exclude them.—Morning ~, _ • ,„ MM. de Lacretalle , Y Manikin, and Michaud, have suf fered for the ,part they took in supportin g the Address of the French Academyagainst the Law of the Press, which is now in progrsss. Lacretelle has been deprived of his post of Dramatic Censor; Villemain, of that of Maitre de Requetes to the Council of State ; and Michaud has ceased • to be one-of the King's Readers. It is natural that the Ministers should have been provoked at the step which the Academy has taken; and it is natural, too, that they should feel pique and resentment towards those liter ary men, whose influence in that Body might have enabled them t o keep it quiescent. But it is silly to act according to the suggestions of that pique and resentment, and to allow such motives to • hurry them into a course,l in which there is neither justice, nor generosity, nor; policy. Such me n as Lacretelle, Villemain, an d Michaud, cannot be regarded as mere official de-' pendents of the Ministry, filling places for which strict political obedience is the known arid indis- 1 pensably requisite. They are not subordinate functionaries,' , whose duty it is to follow, even in matters unconnected It was objected by William Trotter, and the other resi ' ciliary legatees, unless you collate, you are only entitled tol the heritable bonds, and have no right to any of the move ables. You cannot, at one and the same time, approbate and reprobate the will; which you would effectually do ,l if you took the moveables in terms of the testament, and 'also the heritage in direct opposition to its intention. It was answered by the pursuer, my claim is well found ed, and 1 do not approbate and reprobate the will, which can only convey moveables; and there is no provision for the conveyance of the heritage at all; therefore, as it were ab intestato, I take up the bonds, and also a share of the • money under the settlement, without collation. This is manifestly the law of Scotland, which is strict in the ex pressions necessary to convey heritage. MR. LONG WELLESLEY. The following are the letters alluded to in the trial Madam—Since your elopement on the Slat of July last, I have! been under the painful necessity of endeavouring to ascertain facts relative to your conduct previous to that date ; and I hare, in con sequence, to inform you, that I have been enabled to procure such: a strong body of evidence, publicly and authentically attested, as! to leave no longer any possibility of doubt of your - criminality, of i which you did not hesitate to make my house the theatre. have only row to make known to you, that I have taken thei proper course under the existing circumstances. I have the honour to be, &c. BLIGH. August 9. Mr. HART stated, that that proper course alluded to in Captain Bligh's letter, wa; to give notice to all tradesmen to give her no, credit on his account. On the same day Mrs. Bligh returned this answer to her husband Sir—Considering the lapse of time which has taken place since you drove me from my home, and the manner in which you have abandoned me to want and misery, and the way in which you cast off from me all hope, I think your letter is at least ill-timed. Whatever may be the evidence against me, however public, and however well-authenticated, yet I sin not unwilling to meet it. I desire that the evidence you possess against my character may ' be transmitted to me without delay, and, upon my honour, it shall receive a satisfactory answer.—(After alluding to the decla ration of her husband to the British Ambassador, and to Mr. Maxwell, that he had nothing to allege against his wife's charac ter, the letter concluded thus) :—Courting inquiry in every shape, I am quite ready to give answers to every question which may he put to me. I have this minute received your letter through Mrs. Maxwell, and I answer, as you perceive, without hesitation. I remain, &c. August 9. HELENA BIAGI!. SIR, Naples, Oct. 2, 1823. The time is at length arrived when I consider myself at liberty to call upon you for that satisfaction which, under all the circum- 1 , zlances, I am entitled to claim it your hands, and which I do not see how you can possibly refuse me. It is not, Sir, the deep stain .done that you have dared to put'on me and my family that must 'be wiped out, buflikewise the repeat'ed insults I haste, for these last - two months, been subjected t0,. - in Consequence of the 'very .. , xtraordinary line of conduct adopted by you and 'Mrs: Wellesley ./awards Mrs. Bligh subsequent to her elopement kora try house. Under any circumstances; Siicl la*e -- Yet to learn what plea you Or Mrs. Wellesley can possibly hara for interfering in my family affairs. I do not think myself called upon to•- account to yon for the length of time that I have, from imperious eircumstaners, been )bliged to take, before making this communication to you, al though in your very insolent note to me of the 20th of August, you make that a plea for "assuming to yourself the power of ',olding no communication with me ;" I must, howel er, remind, you, that (in every way) I am as well entitled as yourself, to' assume to myself powers. I therefore shall expect a speedy and satisfactory answer.—Your obedient servant, (Signed) TILOS. BLICIL The Hon. W. L. Wellesley. P. S. I beg leave to propose Terraeia or Beneventum as a place of rendezvous, as I believe we are both bound in honour not to , break the peace in the Neapolitan dominions. (Signed) B. 1 SIR, October 3, 1823. I distinctly decline giving you the satisfaction you demand, but not without offering you alternatives, which hereafter will enable me to acquiesce in your wishes. • . My reasons for not now acquiescing in your wishes are, be cause your letter, of the date, I believe, of the 2d August, to Mrs. tegether with the conduct with which you followed it up, I allule to that letter by which yon deprive her of credit with tradespeople) fully justified any one giving to any wife so aban (lulled, support ; but the peculiar circumstances under which I was !dace(' made it imperative upon me to give Mrs. Bligh protee tie A publicly. The same cause fully justified the subsequent and present eon ' Wet of Mrs. 'Wellesley and myself; which is, has, and will con , :inue to he, so long as it meets with the assent of Mrs. Bligh's, t'amily, to give her delicate and becoming support agaiast that ,chich we believe and contend to he calumny, and which Mrs. Bligh as well as myself have offered to prove to be eo. Beemse ever. had you written no such letter as that above alludNl to, the period of time which has elapsed (about two,' months), since your wife quitting your house, precludes the pro priety of your seeking the redress you require for a conduct so un-, equivocal as that of Mrs. Long Wellesley's and mine, and of such lengthened duration. B2cause, were Ito accept of your invitation in the present stage 'if Mrs. Bligh's affairs, I should prejudice her cause, and I might compromise my character—the insuperable objection to granting your demand. TBe alternatives which I offer you are, when you prove in a British Court of Justice your wife's criminality with me. If the Duke of Wellington and Lord Darnley think proper to occupy, themselves with my conduct to Mrs. Bligh—.when they, after, riving me an opportunity of explanation with their Lordships, come to the result that my conduct has been, in ally shape, dero- 1 gatory to your honour. To Captain Bligh. (Signed) W. L.WELLESLEY. SIR, Naples, Oct. 4, 1823. In answer to your letter of yesterday, refusing me satisfaction or the injuries and insults I hare experienced on your account I lave, in the first place, to say that part of your letter where you accuse me of having abandoned my wife, is positively false—" any wife so abandoned ?" It being a notorious fast, that she on the contrary, abandoned me, and quitted my t a ;use for no other osten sible reason than because I had refused to permit her any longer, to receive your visits, which (as I told her frequently) I thought' highly improper. My letter to Mrs. Bligh of the 2d of August, to which you refer, was the ❑ecessary consequence of her having taken this step. Your affording Mrs. Bligh your protection (under all cir• l cumstances) I cannot but think very rational ; but you were not therefore obliged to appear publicly with her on your arm before my face ; an insult which nothing but the obligations I have hitherto lain under could have prevented me from having re sented at the moment. Your objections to affording me satisfaction, appear to tne !absurd. It is surely the injured person that has the power of clmosin,g his time, and place of redress. It is here, at Naples, that I have been injured—that I am pointed at as a cuckold ; and it is here, and at the present time, I again demand redress. You are phased to offer it to me, when I shall have proved in a British Court of Justice, my wife's criminality with you. I must remind you that there are many cues of this sort, where, though it sissy not have been possible to prove the fact in a Court of Justice, it has, nevertheless, been folly proved, to the belief and satisfaction of every honest mind. Should I, however, succeed in so proving the fact, I am sufficiently redressed in another way ; -Ind, as to the, reference you propose making to the Duke of Wel lington and Lord Darnley, I cannot possibly conceive how they are Ito decide upon a point of private feeling, and I, therefore, refuse to accept your alternatives. . . (Signed) To the Hon. W. L. Wellesley. TLIOS. BLIGII. Sin, Capella Vecchia, 4th Oct. 1823. You appear by your letter, of this day's date, to have strangely misconcieved the sense of an expression in my letter to you of yes terday's date. The term 'so abandoned' applies to your letter of 2d of August, to Mrs. Bligh, and has no reference whatever to your general conduct towards your wife. I conveyed any letter to roil yesterday by Dr. Bulkeley, in order that he might explain 1 • to you any ambiguity there might be in ifs contents. The cause you assign for Mrs. Bligh's quitting your house was 'quite unknown to me; her intention of doing so was equally un known to me, till it was in execution ; and I used all the influence in my power to prevent its fully taking place. With regard to givin g your w if e m y arm, I most assuredly hav e done so, in conducting h er , i n com p a ny with Mrs. Wellesley, fr om 'Mrs. Wellesley's box at the Opera to her carriage. 1 Upon this point lam at issue with you, and until it is cleared up, I never will give you the meeting you require. I contend 'can makeevident,that the evidence of criminality against Mrs. Bligh and my se lf I You say it is true ; but gi ve it t o me ; let it come forth, and I i will prove t false; mull will manifest to you that your wife wail to any h ones t m i n d of plain sense, to be f a l se . l 'free from crime with me as any virtuous woman can be. When l of this truth I fail to convince such men as the Duke of Welling-! give you the satisfaction you require. y, or Lord Darnley alone, if you please, I will 'ton and Lord Darnley, i I am, Sir, &c. To Capt. Bligh. .(si gne d) W. L. WELLESLEY. Lord Pitmilly decided against the heir, but the Judges wished the opin►on of English Counsel to be taken upon the effect which the will of Colonel Trotter would have in the conveyance of heritable or real property, supposing the question had occurred in an English court of Justice. Messrs. Searlett and Shadwell, to a variety of queries pro posed in cases prepared under the authority of the Court, gave it as their op►nion, that no transference of real pro perty is intended, ex facie, of Colonel Trotter's testament to the legatees and executors, as the " due solemnities " have not been used, so that the pursuer is not obliged, un der the circumstances of the case, to " make his election." , 4 ......„ 1.111....) . The se opinions being English law, are therefore matter of On few occasions have the thieves been more active, fact in Scotland, and to be viewed differently . from matters ,11.1 of law among us. Upon hearing the parties' counsel, and f maturely deliberating on the case, and English opinions, „..; their Lordships found the pursuer, young Trotter, entitled 7 1 House, and, regret to say, in many instances , more successful than on tl late u'e melancholy occasion at St. James's. Among the End : f e i r e ers are a gentleman na►eed Bowes, connected.with Somerset who lost a gold chain, seal, and key; another gentleman, Ito take the three heritable bonds as heir-at-law, and also 4 - - to take a share of the moveables without collation. We i named Slarke, lost a gold snuff-box, a silver watch, and a pocket book ; the latter of which was cut from his breast. The loss of ;understand that there is an appeal entered against this silk handkerchiefs is incredible, and, notwithstanding the activity judgment. ~ of the Police, the plunderers, with few exceptions, have escaped. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Surrey harriers meet on Wednesday, and Saturday, at the Kennel, Sanderstead—half-past ten. The Brighton harriers, Wednesday at the Race Course ; and iday, near the Dyke—half -past ten. The Lewes Brookside harriers, Wednesday at Ashcomb (on the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel, Ilford); and Friday at Tel lescombe Tye—half -past ten. Mr. Meynall's hounds, Thursday at Teddesley ; and Saturday at Henhurst--hall-past ten. Sir G. Sitwell's hounds, Friday Norton—ten. Mytton's hounds, Wednesday at half way between Chirk !and Oswestry—half-past ten. 1 The Union harriers, Wednesday at Toperoft Church ; and Fri day at Tressingfield North Lane—eleven. The Cottesmere hounds, Wednesday at South Luffenham ; and Thursday at Castle Bytham—quarter before eleven. Lord Fitzwilliam's hounds, Thursday at Hunt's Closet—at ten. Lord Harewood's hounds, Wednesday at the s Spacey Houses; 'end Friday at Jockwith—ten. The Worcestershire hounds, Friday •at Hirnbleton Village-- half-past ten. Mr. Griffith's harriers, Friday at Land Gak—at half past ten. The Gransden hounds, Friday at Childerley Gate—ten. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wednesday at Redburn North Wood; Friday at Kettleby Thorpe; and Saturday at Bradley Wood—eleven. 1, Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Wednesday at Kettlethorpe ; Thum :day at Langworth Bridge • and Saturday at Blankney—eleven. The South Wold hounds, Thursday at Holme Wood ; and Sa turday at Thoresby—eleven. The Shropshire hounds, Thursday at Wolf's Head Turnpike; and Saturday at Acton Burnell=half-past ten. Mr. Boycott's hounds, Wednesday at Tuck Hill—half-past ten. Sir R. Puleston's hounds Wednesday at Bangor Bridge; and Saturday at Barra's Hall—eleven. Mr. Dansey's hounds, Wednesday at Hanway ; and Friday at Hazledine—ten. The Cheshire hounds, Wednesday at High Leigh ; Friday at Dredton Heath ; and Saturday at Highway Side--half-past ten. The Westaere stag hounds, Friday at Loughsm Church—half past ten. Mr. Dewing's hounds, Friday at Saxthorpe—half-past ten. THE RING.—FIGHTS TO COME. Jan. 23.—Robinson and Young Gas ; Feb. 20.—Cannon and O'Neal. Feb. 27.—Dick Curtis and Barney Aaron. Feb. V.—Young Dutch Sam and Gypsey Cooper. March 6.—Ned Savage and Jam Wallace. April 24.—Wiliteheaded Bob and Jem Burns. ROBINSON AND YOUNG GAS.-These men will fight to-mor row. Several of the London Ring have already gone down to Hereford, but the muster of the Metropolitan Fancy will, we think, be inconsiderable. Tom Spring's, the Booth-hall, Here ford, is the head-quarters, and the spirit of the Ring there seems 'to he kept up in the old English style. Both men are in " prime I twig, and Gas is backed in London at . to 4. It is not expected Ithat Gas and Robinson will mount their mourning till after the mill.—By intelligence received yesterday, it appears that there is some fear that the Magistrates of the county of Hereford will in terfere to prevent the sport taking place in their bailiwick. If so, ,a move must take place, and, in all probability, Radnorshire or Mcnmouthshire will be chosen. O'NZAL AND CANNON.—The second deposit for this tight, for 100 sovereigns a side, is appointed to be made at Harry Holt's, in Cross-lane, Long-acre, on Tuesday evening. Youwo DUTCH SAM AND GYPSEi CoorEit.—The second de posit for this interesting affair was made good at Howard's Cof fee-house on Tuesday last. Cooper is rather the favourite in betting. Sam is gone into close training at Virginia Water. Dicx CURTIS AND BAnNEY A.saost.—The fifth &omit for this fight will be made good at Howard's Coffee-house, St. I .Jarnes's-place, on Thursday next, when a numerous attendance of the friends of both men is expected, and the betting will assume a ,more decided east. Mr. King's hounds met on Wednesday at Aurora Wood, and' after drawing that and the adjacent covers without success, they were thrown into a Plantation on Boney Heath, when a fox was tallied away on the opposite side. He took towards the village, where lie turned through the marshes to Bellamarsh, which cover, most gallantly, he merely touched on, and ran straight for the Sands ; here, crossing the Newton-road, be continued hi t cours e l to High Dunscombe, from thence across Haldon to Four Acres ; from this he took across Ashcomb Bottom, and was run into, from scent to view, in an open field within half a mile of Dawligk. This was a most brilliant run of an hour and a half in duration, without any thing like a cast, and but a very slight check on Hal- From point to point, it was at least ten miles, and there can be no doubt that this gallant fox must have run upwards of 15. The country rode over was most sporting, and proved that it is not impossible to hounds in Devonshire, as the field, thirty in number, were with the hounds nearly the whole of the run. Amongst the many Sportsmen conspicuous, from first to last, were, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hole, Mr. Carew, Mr. Huxham, Mr. King, Ike. The brush was claimed by the Rev. Mr. Kitson, who, by a skilful manoeuvre in outwitting a brother Parson, was first in at the death. The accounts from the manufacturing districts con tinue to be favourable. The local Journals are, indeed, silent as to the rate at which the improvement proceeds ; but their silence is not the worst 'evidence that the process of recovery is neither retrograding nor stationary. The Indigo Sale at the East India House on Tuesday and Wednesday went off with great spirit. The Indigo offered for sale was all the property of the Company, and was sold l et an advance of from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. on the last sale. The quality was generally very good, and the quantity disposed of was about 870 hags. This advance is, in all probability, owing to ,the total failure of the crop in India. FERINTOSH WHISKEY.—The word Ferintosh signifies Thane's land, it having been part of the Thanedorn of Cawdor (Maebeth'e), or Calder. The barony of Ferintosh be longed to the Forbes of Culloden, and contained about 1,800, , arable acres. All barley produced on this estate was privileged to be converted into whiskey, duty free; the natural consequence of 'which was, that more whiskey was distilled in Ferintosh than in all the rest of Scotland. In 1784, Government made a sort of compulsory purchase of this privilege from the Culloden family, after they had enjoyed it a complete century. The a nm paid leas 21,8001.—Mirror. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENO A small lot of Demerara Molasses has been sold at 28s. p cwt. from the quay. The business done in Coffee is confined small parcels to the grocers at former rates. Rums are in m e m I demand, but the sales are not extensive ; 60 punch. Demera 0. P. were yesterday sold at 2s. 6d. per gallon. The business in our Cotton Market has been steady througFo the week, and our last quotations have been fully supported. T 1 (total sales of the week amount to about 11,700 bags, consistit of 6,00 Bowed, at 6ad. to 7d. for inferior to fair, 7d. I 7Ad. for good fair to good; 950 Orleans, 6id. to OP. ; 1,51 Mobile and Alabama, 614 to lid ; 60 S ea I s l and, 11 id to 12d ; 4 Bowed ditto, 10d. ; 200 Pernambuco, 10d. a 141. ; 440 M: ranhatn, Sid. a 94-d. ; 1260 Bahia, tild. a 94d. ; 20 Barb does, 7id. ; SO Demerara, Sid. a 9id. ' • 10 West Indi a , 7id. 10 Cartbag:cna, 6Hd. ; 5,`30 Egyptian, 7f i d. a 9d. ; 200 Sura bid. a 61d. ; 100 Bengal, sd. The arrivals are 4,468 bags. In Hides the sales have been only 250 salted BuenosjAyt Cow and Ox, at 54d. per lb. Imported into Liverpool, from the ISth to the lath January, ii elusive. By 1 vessel from Demerara, 1 Carthagena, 1 Sava' nail, 1 Virginia, 1 Pernambuco, 2 Sicily, 1 Legh9rn, and 1 lr land. Demarara Sugar, 215 hhds. 3 barrels; Molasses, 249 casks Rum, 79 puns. 77 hhds. ; Indigo, 5 serons ; Cotton, United State '2,904 hales; W es t I n di a , 360 ; B raz il , 1,20 4 ; Flour, 500 brl 'Rice, 145 casks; Flaxseed, 74 do. ; Tobacco, 274 hhds. ; Sib 10 bales ; Nicaragua Wood, 70 tens; Lignumvitm, 6 do, ; Brin ' stone, 43 do. ; Shumac, 2,g.53 bags. The Indigo market here is very dull, owing to the Company quarterly sale in London of about 7,000 chests, which commo ced on the 16th inst. only about 850 chests, were disposed of c the 16th and 17th, at an advance upon the October sale of 11 'sd. to ls. 6d. for middling and good censumers, and Is. 9d. H2s. 3d. on the fi ner qua li t i es. We have had a fair business i Saltpetre, and 700 b ags middl i ng quality so ld 25 5 . 6d. a 2 6 9 . 1 ' Saran Cochineal has been taken at 15s. Bd. Nothing done i Lae Dye or Safflower. The sales in Olive Oils are three tuns Gallipoli at 44/. ; I end 3 tu ns at 40/. ; 40 tuna Palm a* 27 brought forward were w i t hd rawn, an d 75 bugs sales of s a BSicicilil a y ' i t ii B- e u4n,a since oebeen sold 1 Is., being a reduction of per cwt. on cur former price ; 30 tons Barilla at 18/. a 19 Our market is bare of good Argola, and the arrivals that are ea pected will meet with a ready sale. 1,2,55 bags East Indi a o ff ered by auction an The sales cf Plantation Sugar amount to a b out 4 00 h ogs h ea d at steady prices; withdrawn, with the exception of a few bags of tine white sold I 79e. 6d. a SOs. ; by private 200 bags good white have foto buyers at 765. 6d. a 775. 6d. No sales in Foreign. Th e trate actions in Molasses are confined to a few puncheons Demerar , at former prices. In Coffee there has been very little done, Km small lots Plantation have been taken by the grocers at our quote tions. Nothing done in Cocoa, Ginger, Pepper, or Pimento 35 ti erce! Carolina Rice at 20s. 6d. a 235. ; and 80 bags Es India at 18s., in bond. The sales of Rough Turpentine to the trade continue enter sive, about 3,200 barrels of old import have been taken at 12e the parcels of recent import which are warehoused, are held f( higher prices. The only transaction in Tar is a parcel of 16 barrels American at 13s. 9d. per barrel. Rosin remains stea( l l There has been little doing in Montreal Pot Ashes, 27 8 , i s tl price generally demanded for new; about 100 barrels old hal brought 255. 6d. to 255. 9d. In States' Ashes 230 barre Brand, 1826, have been sold at 275. (id., and 10 barrels Stain( at 245., being a decline on this description of Is. 6d. to 9s. pi cwt. Pearl Ashes are in very limited request. Dyewoods less inquired for, but prices remain steady; small sales of LoP wood are effected at 81. 15s. to 91. for Campeachy, and 71. 10' to 71. 15s. for Jamaica.-A parcel of 30 tons Spanish Fustic breught 61. 10s. ; in Cuba nothing done.-Camwood is stead at 10/. to 10/. 10s, ; far the best quality.-Nothing has bee phia Quercitron Bark continue to be effected a t 12 s . 6d . to 1 3 1 per cwt.-Some inquiry has appeared for Sicily B ar ill a , t h e sa lt are 30 tons at 18/. to 19/. per ton.-Ei g ht cas k s goo d Cream , done in Nicaragua Wood or Bsrwood.-Small sal es o f rihil a d e l Tartar have been sold at 808.-A parcel of 93 bags E. 1. Gal were offered - by auction on Wednesday, but no bidders appeariri they were withdrawn.-A single seron of Silver Cochineal 10 brought 15s. Id. per lb.-In Brimstone nothing done. Abot 13.200 bags new Sicily Shumac hare been offered by auction dot ing the week, of which 700 bags were sold at I Is. per ewr.; other descriptions nothing done.-Afore inquiry has app ea red fo Saltpetre, and about 700 bags have been sold at 25e. 6d. t o 261 for good quality. The market for new souring American Fie Seed has opened by a sale of 200 hogsheads New York at 56e. t 56e. 6d. per hogshead, 120 quarters Canada have also been so) at 38s. per quarter, and 50 &Fluters old Dutch at 425. per quarto COUNTRY CORN MARKETS Per Quarter. And0ver........ Car1i51e........,.... Morpet li, Romney ---, Sunderland Winchester Per Bushel. Birmingham. Coventry Newcastle (Staff') Nor thallerton Pecrith gtafibrii War.►ick - Worcester—..—. Per 8011. Barnardcastle Darlington Durham NAUTICAL SUPERSTITION.--The following is.a singular instance of recent occurrence. In the notice, of the shipwreck at Fort George, in our last, it was mentioned that besides a male there was a female passenger on board, and we have now to add, that the loss of the vessel is seriously attributed to this feminine Jonah. It appears that she belongs to this town, and had gone to Caithness during the herring fishing Beason. She had engaged a passage on her return by another vessel, which having been driven hack by stress of weather, put her ashore ; she was afterwards, in an evil hour, taken on board the Lively, and that ill-fated vessel, having been also put back, the master, on the representations of his crew, and finding she was not of the purest name, had his passenger solemnly interrogated whether she had " committed murder, or given a false oath?" to which she having replied in the negative, the vessel proceeded on the voyage home and was lost. She contrived to move the comps.. i t nof h then wreck- who her had half l f y preserved her ages, if 2 l l. eby a lOs. w t h a c o h t , h a o t n she the hadlo' ssuppo sition that what she said was correct, was more than made up to' her.—lnverness Journal. • DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat, s. to a. 54 62 60 5 0 5S 47 52 43 os 50 M t 59 s.d. s. d. 74 80 70 76 90 04 69 79 00 74 90 A 0 7 0 '7 6 78 7 8 Bade- I Oats. j Beans. I Peale. s. to s. to 5. 25 28 42 36 :33 35 40 35 33 11 6 16 0 1 13 6 16 01 12 0 15 0 13 0 13 9 138 136 13 0 15 6 s. to 34 38 25 38 2 33 29 34 a. d. e. d. 60 66 50 56 68 70 50 b 8 00 53 6A 70 53 56 58 66 s. to s. 49 54 48 56 46 t 51 . 60 S e. d. s. d. 53 50 52 60 50 56 20 40 4% 00 60 66 50 56 46 53 11 o 14, o 10 6 11 0 96 106 00 100 00 00 10 0 10 6 )'7O so 1 70 110 i 80 86 ) 7 0 00 1 70 00 1150 90 i.d. a. d. 1 4 9 4 66 80 90 100 60 70 00 00 00 100 68 78 80 90 r. d. o .' 00 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 0 80 0 10 0 121 - 0 15 126 Ito 100 120 00 00 00 0 00 00 Stanhope Stockton-- . -0 1 5 116 1 2 100 1 1 00 0 00 0 00 0 i'Volsingtiam SCOTCH il GLASGOW CORN No alteration in Wheat. A Oats, and the former rather dear,. Wheat, per 2101 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 46 4 / b . s. d. 0 . 4 British, old 2O oto3o 0 Irish 24 oto 29 new 2i 0 29 6 British 0 Canada, free 2B 0 30 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish i7 0 28 6 English .................. 0 Barley, per 3201 b Scottish .. . .. . ......... 28.0 SO English 33 0 34 0 Pease, ScotVish .... .. .. 2-7 0 29 Scottish Irish 2B 0 32 0 Flour, per 2901 b. , _ __ • , IARKETS. MARKET.—Jan. 17. steady demand for Barley au lIADDINGTON CORN MARKET. -.Jan. 1 9. We had a middling supply of Wheat in this day's market, pric nearly the same as last day, average Id. per boll downward' o pe o r th bo e li t . op price, while Oat s , P , ease, and Beaus hal Whcet. Barley. O a t a. nrt ?11s Od ?Us Od PO, od Barleys declined i s 6 u d p . Second Third Os fd le Od les Qd There were 651 bolls of Wheat in market, wkereo 10 at 11. N.-5 at 11. fla.M.-11Sat 11. 8 6.-150 at It. 96 at 11. re. ed.-72 at 11. 65.-14 at 11.5.. Gd.-101 Average, 1/. 7a. Od. 8-12ths.-27 Unsolc Poem.. SEis ad Ms Od 94e Od f 634 gold al 71. 6d.—l& a li. 5i......8 1-78 Grey. DALKEITH CORN MARKET_ Th. quantity of Wheat at this day's market heavily, at last week's prices. Wheat First Second Third 2ss Od P rley. 283 (id 2f3,s Od 213 Od Beans. 48s 6d 48s Od_, 245 • follows :- 3 at IL '4.1 at 11. 35. el Oats: 313 Od 27s Od 213 Od Jan. 18. was large Pease. sOs Od Pis Od 2!s Od and soil Beane. 03s Od Vs Od 24a Od --------:-. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. CW Quantity of Copper Ore sold az Redruth last Thursday Average Produce 34 6 Quantity of fine Copper . ........................................ 189 O. Amount of Sale, X 12,772 6s Od.—Average Standard, £lO2 IS.. Od. ----- On Thursday evening a monster, in the dress of a 'gentleman, followed a young woman, of the name of Mash, for a' considerable way along the City Road, but finding his urgent and most disgraceful importunities of no avail, he struck her with some s h a rp instrument, which pierced the fleshy part of her left arm, and then ran off. The young woman's cries soon brought several persons to her assistance, to whom she communieated the circumstance, but it was useless to pursue, es the villain was oat of eight. She was led to her residence in Goswell-street, and the wound examined, which proved to be of a serious nature, the in strument having entered one part of her arm and come out at an other. The blow, there is no doubt was intended for the young woman's breast, and had she not lifted up her arm at the moment the wretch was about to strike, it is evident the instrument must have entered there. We are happy to state that she is not consi dered in any danger. A few evenings ago, as Mr. Lilly, who resides at Walthamstow, was returning home, he was stopped as he was passing near Wanstead Flats by two footpads, one of whom pre senting a pistol at his head, demanded his money, threatening to' DIED. blow his brains out if he did not instantly comply. Mr. Lilly s. On th e 18th i nst ., t h e i n f an t s on o f M r . R o b ert G arrar d, 0 having no weapon to defend himself, and the spot where he wa s St. Joh n ' s - woo d- roa d. (stopped being rather an unfrequented one, he gavi up all the mo- ` On the 16th i ns t., at Lewisham, Kent, Mrs. Chri s ti an Tay Ine that was then in his possession, which fortunately did not ~:il lor, in h e r 76th year. ( amount Y to much. The robbers, however, insisted that they 4 On the 16th inst., at Sidmouth, Elizabeth Mary, only daugh i 4 ter of Lieut.-Col. Steevens, aged 3 years and 6 months. 'should have his watch also, which was yielded with considerable reluctance, when the footpads left Mr. Lilly , enjoining him on 4. -.---- —___ __,...............,..„_____ pain of instant death not to give the alarm. They escaped across V? Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at thte Ave-0 roes the fields. iii No. 119, STRAND. INSOLVENTS •APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields JAL 25, AT NINE. Burrell, IL, Goodman's-fields, tiu plate worker Croden, R., liaise, Somersetshire, sho ema k er Calmer, J., Stonrmouth, Kent, dealer. Dobbs, W., Mitchell Dean, victualler• Dodds, J., Huddersfield, bootmaker Douglas, W., Austin Friars, agent Fisher, G., Somers'-town, hew-writer Griffiths, J., St. James's-place, milliner Marston, G., Chandos-streei:, waiter May, J., Peckham, builder BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., in New Norfolk-street, Park-lane, the lad: of Charles Mills, Esq., of a daughter. On the ISth inst., in Howland-street, the lady of Samut Hannan, Esq., of a daughter.