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TIM LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Jan. 22, 1825. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] t would be difficult to describe the sensation produced yesterday in the Foreign Market, by the posting of a letter from Panama at the New -BngiandCoffee-house,in which it is stated thatßoli- Tar was completely defeated near Truxillo on the 17th of September, and two of his Generals killed. This letter was received at New York by the Agent of the New England Coffee-house, who hail it from the Editor of the Boston Sentinel ; so that little suspicion could attach to it as to the source through which it came, although the dates ae4 other circumstances were calculated to raise serious doubts as to the correctness of the account in its origin. These, however, were overlooked in the panic that was excited,and the South American Securities fell considerably ; Colombian Bonds to b 9, and Mexican to 80, whilst in the Mining Shares it was difficult to find purchasers. In a short time, however, persons had time to weigh the merits of the intelligence, and the opinion against its authenticity became so general, that the Stock rose' again, Colombian to 01, and "Mexican to Si. The Share Market, however, continued very heavy ; the improvement in the Bonds was caused in some degree by an an nouncement that an eminent South American house hail received letters from Bogota of the 9th November, in which it is stated that Bolivar was, at the date of the last accounts, received in Bogota from Peru, driving Canterac upon Cusco. In the English Market every thing remained steady. Consols for money are at 9-11, and for the Account at Wt.—The Bonds of the Greek Loan remained very firm, notwithstanding the reports in circulation respecting the disunion among the Greek Chiefs.—French Rentes have fallen from 1031 to 103, but without any cause beyond the general dullness of the Market. [MORNING POST.] Much effect was produced yesterday on the foreign market by the posting up of a letter from Panama, transmitted by the Agent of the New England Coffee-house, at New York, and said by him to have been received from the Editor of the Boston Sentinel. This letter stated that a great battle had been fought between Bolivar and Can terac, very near Truxil!o, i❑ which, owing to the treachery of one of his battalions, which went over to the euemy in the hottest part of the ac tion, the former had experienced a severe check, and had been compelled to retreat so far, that though he had fallen back in good order, the triumphant Spaniards had been enabled to invade the Colombian territory. This com munication immediately occasioned a consi derable depression in Mexican and Colom bian Bonds ; but the panic was soon dis pelled. A look at the map showed that Boli var's last position was upwards of 600 miles dis tant from the seat of his reported defeat, and that both he and his antagonist must have marched more than thirty miles a day, without any inter ruption, for three weeks, in order to engage in the vicinity of Truxillo, which was hardly prac ticable. It was also observed that Bolivar's force had been reduced to 6,000, and that of Canterac - increased to 13,000, which was a complete reversing of their numbers. The strange fact that the Boston Editor should have. communicated to a person at New York s. piece of intelligence which he withheld from the public at Boston, contributed to throw additional doubt on the matter, and the South American Securities resumed a great portion of their buoyancy. All fears were a# last set at rest by the arrival of the Jamaica Gazette, which contains extracts of letters from Truxillo, dated the Ist of October, in which no mention whatever is made of an action, or even of the approach of the armies in the neighbour•, hood. Several letters were also brought by the Jamaica Mail_ from Bogota to the 9th of -Novem ber, and the Bogota Official Gazette, .which an nounces that dispatches had been received by the Colombian Government, from the Intendant of Guyaquil, dated the 27th September, advising, th-at, in consequence of furti.er successes of Ge neral Bolivar in Peru, he had reached the river Apurimac in pursuit of Canterac, who was re; treating with all speed on Cuzco. Instead of having fallen back towards Truxillo, it there fiiti appears, that Bolivar had penetrated nearly 1000 u ile's itfta the heart of the country. • [Tue. Tunes.] Among the subjects to which time and circum stance have rendered it unavoidable that Parlia went should devote, and devote immediately, a large portion of its most seious inquiries, is the condition of our national marine. There is no one branch of the public interests which more tteserves a Ml and industrious examination -there notteAna-grieve to say, which more !audit calls for it. In spite of every attempt by Corn missioners, Secretaries, Clerks, &c., whether as Members of Parliament or placemen, to inilster up the hackneyed sayings of the public offices, to give plump contradiction to positive facts, and to stifle by ridicule, by insolence, or by majorities, each successive proposal. to decide the truth of alarming statements in such a manner as to satisfy sober and. discriminating judges—in spite of all this praiseworthy diligence, on the hart of Lords and gentlemen in office, a con viction has somehow or other spread itself rapidly and' widely throughout the kingdom, that the whole system of our navy demands a rigorous revision, both as to the materials of which our men of war are composed, as the laws and usages by which they are manned and governed. A disease but little known to our ancestors, and not more familiar to foreign nations, appears to have made, within 30years, the most unparalleled and frightful ravages amore:; the King's vessels of war. Ships not serving for more than a fourth of the period for which they had been esti *rated" to endure, have been brought into dock, .receive, at • ttn- enormous expence, .what is described as a 44 thorough repair ;" and even before the process of repair was completed, have, from the virulence of the distemper which afflicted them, decayed almost under the carpen ters' hands, and been pronounced incurable. New ships of the first order, magnificent as models, costly in their materials, elaborate in workman ship, and of proud and encouraging promise, have, on the earliest inspection after being launched, turned out unserviceable from the dry rot ! At this moment not a few of the finest looking vessels in the British navy have actual ly perished in their respective harbours, and the hundreds of thousand pounds which have been expended on them might as well have been cast into the ocean. - This fact has not been denied. It is terrifying : it is more so, because, from the conduct pursued by men in office, the nation are kept studiously in the dark respecting the nature and rapid growth of the calamity. This is one grand subject which we humbly propose to the notice of the House of Commons at the commencement of the approach ing session : and we recommend it with the greater confidf.nce, because there will then be so much a better tale wherewith honourable gen tlemen may recover the strayed affections of their constituents before another meeting of Parlia ment. A second—nay, a more important sub ject—is that of the British seaman himself ; and impressment, with its long train of mischiefs and of horrors. To that, perhaps, we shall return anon. [BRITISH PRESS.] A very clumsy attempt has been made to cheat the holders of South American Securities by palming one of the grossest fabrications that can well be imagined, upon the agent of the New England Coffee-house, resident at New York. We have given the dispatch of this " learned Theban" in another column, and our readers will at once see, from the internal evi dence of the document, that it is not worthy of the slightest regard. It was posted, however, in the public room of the coffee-house, with every circumstance of appropriate dignity, headed— " Late and important from South America." The story itself is too outrageously ridiculous to deserve a serious refutation by a critical ex position of its wild absurdity. Suffice it that Bolivar, who we know on good authority was pursuing Canterac, in the direction of Cuzco, is by some magic operation brought back to Truxillo, a distance of above six hundred miles, where, with an army diminished by some means in number to 6000 men, he is completely defeated, through the treachery of a battalion of his veterans ; and, to crown the wonderful nar rative, he retreats to Guayaquil, 300 miles fur ther, and the victorious Spaniards invade Colom bia! Never was there so feeble and wretched an imposture ; and yet so morbidly sensitive is the Foreign Stock Exchange, that it produced some effect for a time in depressing the South Ameri can Stocks. The broker's " eye, in a fine frenzy rolling," saw the absolute dominion of the beloved Ferdinand restored throughout the vast conti nent which once acknowledged his sovereignty, and the fires of the Holy Inquisition spon taneously rekindling, to burn the new Con stitutions and their supporters' together. The report, we are told, was first received at Boston, from whence it was transmitted to New. York, where the Ambassador of the New Eng land Coffee-house, " keeping his eye on the watch," writes up to the last moment of the packet's departure. When this vessel arrives at Liverpool, by some accident this news, which the editor of the Boston Sentinel had alone received, having been deposited in a second bag, is over looked for two days, and instead of reaching town on Wednesday with the other American intelligence by the same conveyance, is detained till yesterday. Its history is not less extraor dinary than its character. Its certain falsehood is established beyond doubt by several facts.— The defeat of Bolivar is represented to have taken place near Truxillo on the 17th of Septem ber; and the (forged) letter announcing it is dated Panama, 20th October. Letters were yes terday in town from La Guayra, dated the sth of December, from Guayaquil dated 28th of September, and from Truxillo dated the Ist of October, in none of which is there the remotest allusion to any such occurrence.. The letter from Truxillo describes the positions of the armies, which were then„..a fortnight after the date of the pretended battle, near five hundred miles distant. Letters vere also received yes terday, by. way of „Jamaica, from Bogota to the 9th of November - . The Bogota Gazette an nounces that dispatches had been received by the, Colombian GOvernment from the Intendant of Guayaquil, dated the 27th of September, ad vising, that, in consequence of further successes ' of General Botivar in Peru, he had reached the River Apurimac in pursuit of Cantarac, who was retreating with all speed on Cuzco. We have , no doubt that the next advices from Peru will bring the details of the uews we published in subsiauce on Wednesday. - [i*Eve-ir tin The French Papers contain a Cabinet Order of the King of Prussia, :lilted the 28th ult. respect ing the Censorship of the Press. This Order forbids the publication of all works calling into doubt, or treating with derision, the historical or doctrinal truths of the Bible. It permits the' controversial writings of different sects, but for bids them to use harsh expressions of each other, and particularly to call each other heretics. — Some sarcasms are directed against the Austrian Observer,forthe favourable accounts which it gives of the Turkish affairs. The alleged order of the Sultan to Ibrahim Paella to leave the Bay of Macri and make a descent on the Morea, is ridi culed." It is very easy,"says the writer," for the Sultan to order the conquest of Greece ; in fact he has done nothing else for the last four years ; but the execution of these orders is a little more difficult : and the rodomontades of Mussulmans, always boasting and always beaten, are too well understood now to frighten even the women and children of Greece." The Etoilc observes," the Journal des Debuts, which is not very suc cessful in its reasoning, is still less so in its facts. It announces that M. Hyde de Neuville has remained in Portugal, and that the frigate Armide passed by Lisbon without com municating with him. Now the fact is, that M. Hyde de Neuville has just arrived at Brest in this very frigate, the Armide." We have often shewn that the Journal des Debats was an un principled Paper, and we are not much surprised at this exposure of its ignorance. The French Rentes closed on Tuesday at 102 80 for the Account. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] Yesterday another hoax was played off on the holders of South American Securities ; and, in spite of repeated cautions, several of them, we understand, have been severe sufferers, by a fraud, too, of so gross a texture, that, they forfeit our pity, in consequence of the contempt in which we are obliged to hold their understandings. A letter was posted up in the New England Coffee-house, dated Panama, 0ct.20, according to which, Boli var was defeated near Truxillo on the 17th of the preceding month, with great loss, and forced subsequently to abandon the whole of Peru, and seek refuge on the Colombian territory. The first objection to the truth of this statement, is, the impossibility of the occurrence which it re lates ; as it was not physically possible that an army which was at Iluanca on the 25th of Au gust (the date of Bolivar's last dispatch from that &ace), could be at Truxillo on the day when the engagement is said to have occurred. The distance between both is about 500 miles, in a straight line, and more than 600 by the usual route. The next objection is the si lence of letters from Truxillo, which were writ ten two weeks later than the date of the alleged engagement; but it would be an abuse of words to waste another ou so glaring an imposition, particularly as we have the means of proving that Bolivar was more than 700 miles from Truxillo, pursuing his victorious career, and in full march on Cusco at the time of his pretended defeat. We have seen a letter from Bogota, of the 12th of November, which was received yesterday by a very respectable house in the City. This letter gives the substance of a Bulletin, dated the 29th of September, which had been received from the Intendant of Guayaquil, in which the intelligence we exclusively published on Wed nesday last is fully confirmed. It announces the defeat of Canterac in a second battle, with the loss of 1600 men, and that Bolivar was rapidly approaching Cusco, in the confident hope of soon destroying the remains of the hostile forces, either by compelling them gsi disband, or to fight under such circumstances 4 would insure their total defeat. Whoever is disposed to give our Govern meta credit for the priudence of their proceed ings, will, after that late decision, concur in this opinion. [MORNING HERALD.] One of the prevailing follies to which the thirst for personal vanity and distinction gives rise, is that of people toasting each other's health at public dinners, and of lauding each other to the skies in the shape of resolutions coming ready out and dried to Public Meetings. So methodically is all this arranged now-a-days, that the pro poser and seconsier of each resolution are prepared 'and advertised witk' admiratkie minuteness-; and if a performer, not previously engaged, attempts to step forward on die boards, both the Managers and the audience unite in preventing his being heard. There is something so ridiculous in all this, that we wonder how people of sense and respectability can be found to come forward to be gibbetted in this ludicrous manner, which can only be accounted for, we suppose, in the weak ness which induces almost every one to covet a niche in Vanity Hail. Our attention has been called to the subject now, by a series of resolu tions passed a few days since (and published in most of the papers), at a Meeting of the British Catholics, in which the usual laudatory strain is adopted ; but in their zerl to praise almost every body and every thing, they have been betrayed, as might be expected, into one or two manifest in consistencies. Of this a striking instance occurs in the praises and congratulations they bestow upon Mr. O'Connell for his share in the late proceed ings in Dublin, after having in the same breath declared their attachment to " temperate discus sion," and " calm investigation," and declaring that " intemperance may debase a good, but never can exalt a bad cause." If this be not blowing hot and cold, we know not what is. No man can have read the accounts of what has passed at the Meetings of the Dublin Association, and not be convinced that temperate and calm dis cussion is what has never yet occurred within its walls. And if the British Catholics, who, we believe, are prompted by a milder and more conciliatory spirit than that which animates the leaders among their warmer brethren of the sister island, would promote their joint interests, it must be done by repressing, not by applauding, the heated and intemperate zeal which has eaa racterized most of the proceedings of the Dub lin agitators. We cannot, too often repeat, that it is the misfortune of the Catholics, as a body, to he spade the . 2,9910 of the personal vanity and ambition of persons who appear to care little for the main body of the people, in comparison with themselves and their own selfish objects. It is the duty of those who wish well to the Catholics—who would give them all that can safely be granted under a Protestant Church and Government, to save them from themselves, and from the violent injudicious courses to which the conduct we refer to every day more and more exposes them. The British Catholics, however, we are happy to see, have not ventured to applaud the proposed prosecu tion of the Courier. Here they have sl.own their judgment ; for, of all the injudicious pro ceedings of the Dublin Association, this is en titled to the first rank, and, if not forthwith abandoned, will do more injury to their cause than any thing their decided opponents can ever accomplish. The worst of tyranny generally proceeds from those who talk loudest in favour of liberty. And the attempt of those persons to employ the Press to give vent to their own vi tuperation on the one hand, while they would shackle its free agency on the other, is a toler able specimen of the candour, the liberality, the mercy, and consistency of these worst enemies of the Catholic cause. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 21. There was a long list of judgments to be given, cause peti tions, and matters of lunacy, in the paper, but nothing was dis posed of. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAN. 21. There was no business of any public importance in this Court to-day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN.. 21.. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE sat for the Lord Chief Justice. The cases of " The National Bank of St. Charles r. Bernales," and " Mackenzie v. Layard," were passed over by desire of the Learned Judge, who, having been consulted upon them when at the Bar, declined to try them. In the first case, both parties expressed their wish that the Learned Judge would wave his scruple ; but he declined to do so, and the cases stood over. HOGG AND ANOTHER v. TREAK. This was an action of trover by the assignees of Mr. Kelly, a bankrupt, to recover the value of certain silks, and warrants for the delivery of silk at the India House, alleged to have been placed in the defendant's hands, in immediate contemplation of bankruptcy. The plaintiffs alleged three distinct causes of action—the con version of 13 bales of silk ; of warrants for the delivery of 14 bales ; and of warrants for the delivery of sixteen bales of the same article. They failed, however, as to the two last; for one parcel of warrants was not traced to the defendant's hands, and the other parcel was of no value, being forfeited by reason of the neglect to make good the deposits in time : their case, therefore, was ultimately confined to the thirteen bales actually traced to the defendant's possession. It appeared that Mr. Kelly was nephew tce the defendant, who had been a ship broker, and lived in retirement at Blackheath. In August last Mr. Kelly absconded, considerably in debt, and, not re turning, was in his absence declared a bankrupt. About a week before his departure, he rose at six o'clock, and, having sent his servant out of the way, dispatched a cart with thirteen packages of silk to the defendant's house. After he was gone, Mr. `freak observed to one of Kelly's men, named Gadsby, " that his master must be mad, for he had sent him silk in the cart ;"' and, on its being proposed to place it in a dry room, said he would take care of it. The plaintiffs therefore contended, that the silk was delivered to the defendant in contemplation of bankruptcy, and consequently belonged to his assignees. On the part of defendant, it was contended that the silk was bona fide sold and paid for ; and to support this case, bills of parcels and a receipt were produced, importing that silks had been sold and paid for at the latter end of May. The daughter of 31r. Kelly also proved that her uncle made repeated ad vances to her father, and that silks were delivered to him on'the tith of June. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, urged that it was clear these bills of parcels referred to other transactions, as the dates did not correspond, and the quantities were not nearly equal to the contents of 13 bales of silk. Mr. Justice LIT TI.EnALE left the jury to decide whether the 13 bales of silk in question were really sold and paid for, or were delivered in contemplation of an act of bankruptcy, in order to secure the defendant, to the injury of other creditors. The jury, after a short consultation, said, they found for the plaintiffs, but had no evidence before them to enable them to ascertain the value of the silk. A witness was called hack cor the purpose of fixing the quantity; when it appeared that though the term " bales" had been used by the witnesses, they did not mean to employ it technically as denoting a certain quantity, but merely as signi fying packages. Mr. MARRYATT and Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendant, then urged that the case had not been rightly understood, and that the discovery now made went not only to the amount, but to the verdict; because the observation that the bills of parcels were insufficient to cover 13 bales, would not apply if bales only meant packages. - A long and desultory argument ensued, in which the merits of the c.tse were fully discussed again, and in which Mr. Scar lett, who was with the Attorney-General, took a prominent part. After nearly an hour spent in the argument, amidst great noise and confusion, the Learned Judge, by consent of the plaintiffs, submitted the case again to the Jury. The .Jury again found for the plaintiffs, and the amount of damages was referred to Mr. Child, one of the special jurors. ARCHES' COURT, JAN. 21. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROMOTED BY MONTAGUE BUR COYNE, ESQ., versus THE REV. DR. FREE. This was a suit instituted by Montague Burgoyne, Esq., against the Rev. Dr. Free, Rector of Sutton, at.Betlford with in the Diocese of Lincoln and Province of Canterbury, calling on him to answer certain articles and interrogatories, which charged him with fornication, incontinence, cursing and swear ing, indecent conduct. drunkenness, neglect of divine service, converting to his own use the lead over the chancel of the church, refusing the use of the church for the performance of the baptismal and burial services, and with various other acts. The PROCTon for Dr. Free prayed the Court would be pleased to allow the case to stand over until the nett court. , day, in order that Dr. Batton, the Vicat-General, and official principal of the Diocese of Lichfield, might be allowed to have the opportunity of tendering a protest against the jurisdiction of this Court. . Sir JOHN NICHOL said, he was willing to allow the case to stand over, provided that both parties assented. . Dr. LIT SHING TON opposed any delay. Sir Jon Nt NlctioE said the Court would certainly not wait for Dr. Batton, unless it was agreeable to all parties. He wished to know if any practitioner of the Court could recollect an Instance of a Chancellor of a Diocese interfering in this way. Several Counsel said they never heard of such a circum stance. Dr. JESSE ADAMS was heard on behalf of Dr. Free, and contended that the party complained against was not compelled to give any appearance to the citation. The case came on by letters of request, signed by Richard Smith, M.A. ' Commissary of the Archdeacon of Bedford ; and the Learned Counsel said, the question which arose was, whether the letters of request should lie in the Court of Arches, or in the Diocesan Court.— The letters of request should have been assigned to the Chan cellor of Lincoln, and not to this Court. By the Canon Law there was no doubt an appeal lay from the Commissary of the Archdeacon of Lincoln to the Chancellor of Lincoln, but not to this Court. 'The Learned Counsel cited several portions of the Canon Law in support of his argument. Doctors LUSHINGTON and SWADEY having been heard in argument, Sir JOHN Ntcrtor. over-ruled the protest, and assigned the party to appear absolutely. c:ekti :4litthitlit eee, HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JAR. 21. .lUDGMENT—TILE ZODIAC. Lord STowEtr. said, this case came on last term, when he referred it to the Registrar and Merchants to report thereon. They had made their report, and he (Lord S.) hoped it would not be considered,a departure from the,general rule, if he dis sented from theth in some particular circumstances.. The case was relative to a bond of bottomry. This description of bond was sometimes occasioned from absolute necessity, particularly in foreign countries, where repairs are done to ships, and bonds are given, which constitute a lien ion the vessel. In former times bottomry bonds were considered as a lien on the ships until the time of Charles the Second, when the lien ceased. In fo reign ports, however,, it is all times necessary to resort to this sort of contract, and in such cases bottomry bonds have always been held sacred. The present case was one which contained some peculiar circumstances ; and although his Lordship had examined the ancient and modern writers on maritime law, he had not been able to find one that bore on the present quetition.' Tlf4Qourt' had always been extremely cautious and tender -in meddling' with these contracts, but it was necessary to look carefully into them in order to see that no disadvantage is taken of the distress under which the ves sel may labour; generally speaking, however, they . are con tracts in which both parties agree at the time of execution, and, therefore, unless the contract be impeached, the Court will not interfere. This case was said to be distinguished by speciality of circumstances ; one of which was for the services of a Consul. His Lordship did not recollect such an item occurring in a bottomry bond before, but he was prepared to say that it may not very properly occur. The circumstances of the case were these :—The Zodiac sailed from Bristol in 1822 or 1823, with a cargo for Bristol, United States, and during her voy age she met with misadventures, one of which was of a very grievous nature—the death of the Captain, who was also the owner. He was, of course, succeeded by the mate, the Captain's natural successor—a person in many respects ex tremely unfit for his situation, as he himself acknowledged, was ei v consigned e d ttchohetciirogtoewd. cargo i t t o laivna .s etntri l l yti r iel . for he expressed his wish to return to his more humble station mer chantcwahrgoorcof n - o te i. . Bo T st i e le n, but cvlelsasregle. e(r,ohavingnwshu which a hw n y a is : eh applied indgi discharged 1 e p ‘ sce l o r t i uin i d t i ni l l s t deo h l re o un e r : tslo t y . freight, got another freight for her to New Brunswick, and proceed ed in her himself. His exertions were testified to by the Attorney-General of Saint John's, New Brunswick, as well as by associated merchants who exercised an imp a rtial judg ment on the Consul's merits. The ship at length returned to England. That the Consul was, therefore, entitled to remu neration, could not te doubted; but the quantum was objected to by one of the parties in the cause. The amount charged ' was 5 per cent. and it was charged on two grounds ; one by a paper called a tariff, which authorizes a charge of 5 per cent. for the care of an intestate British subject's effects. What the authority of this tariff was, did not appear, nor whether it , had been acknowledged by any competent authority at home. There was, however, no intestacy proved, and whether the deceased Captain made a will or not, was not known ; therefore the charge on the intestate person's estate could not stand, and consequently the matter of the tariff did not apply to the case. The other ground was, that 5 per cent. was the common mercantile premium for services of this nature done by merchants. Now, that sum may or may not be a pro. per sum for the services of the Consul, but it was certainly a very disproportionate rate generally, because there might be but slight trouble regarding property of great value, or consi derable trouble with property of small value ; therefore, the five per cent. would be too much in one case, and not sufficient in the other. " I tremble at the idea," said his Lordship, "of making five per cent. the standard sum on property of every value." Now the only question was, what ought the Consul to have for his services ? It appeared that an old paper was found in the ship, which stated that her value was 4,0001. On what opi nion that value was fixed, his Lordship did not know, but it also appeared, that she had been purchased by the deceased Captain, at 1,8001., and since then she has been sold for 2,5201., at long bills, which would bring her under the value of 1,500/. ; so that how she should have been worth 4,0001. in the intermediate time nothing was known, and yet the per centage had been charged on that sum. His Lordship's opinion was, that she was not worth above 2,0001. at the time alluded to. The per centage on the value was not a proper way of remune rating a public officer, yet the registrar and merchants had so fixed it. His Lordship, after some further observations, con firmed the validity of the bottomry bond, but limited the re muneration of the Consul to 1001. SINGULAR ROBBERY IN A FRENCH CHURCH.— On Sunday last the service was disturbed at the church of St. Roch, by a scene which must not be passed over in silence, at a moment when the project of a law is presented respecting transgres sions committed in churches. A young man, of elegant appearance followed two females upon their entry into the church, without, how ever, addressing them ; whilst they were at prayer before the altar of the Virgin, the young man dropped his glove, and pretending to pick it up, he raised a purse that one of the ladies placed upon a chair,and retired with the greatest coolness. In the first moment of astonishment, and out of respect to the place where she was, the person robbed confined herself to some corn- plaints uttered in a low tone of voice. Those near her perceived the circumstance, and in a moment the church resounded with the cries of " Robber." Some of the police arrived, and upon the information given them they hasten ed, not after the robber, but after the beadles, who were on the other side of the body of the church. He must be a very awkward thief that. did not escape in this period of time ; and he who had boldly stolen the purse was not slow inf availing himself of it ; however, time officers re turned, add compelled the ladies who were there for the purpose of hearing mass, to repair to the commissary, and sign a proces verbal of the cir cumstance.—(Courier Francais.) We hear that it is Mr. KEAN's intention to move for a new trial in the ensuing Term, which commences on Monday next. A DEiPERADO.-It - is stated in the Baltimore papers, that a soldier deserted from Fo r t T t l'H enry , on Fri day, thel 10th instant, whO had stolen forty dollars from one of the Officers. A serjeant and a I'e of men were dispatched in pursuit of him, and by the assistance of a wetchman he was traced to a den inhabited by the frail sister hood on the causeway, and by making a rapid movement upon the Gentleman's bed-chamber, surprised him in the arms of his " dearee." He was conveyed thence to the watch-house. The serjeant informed Capt. Evans that he was a bad fellow, and had better take cart"; upon which the Captain demand ed of the prisoner whether he bad not a dirk, to which he very civilly replied that he had ; the Captain then ap proached nearer to him, and desired him to deliver the dirk ['he soldier drew out the dirk and stabbed both Captain Evans and the Serjeant almost at the same instant, and fled. He was pursued by some soldiers and watchmen. One of the soldiers came up with him and pricked him in the back ,with his bayonet, when the ruffian turned upon bins and gave him several stabs with - his dirk, and again got off. The next morning he was pursued and taken on the Philadel phia road, but not without some difficulty, as he again brandished his dirk, and threatened destruction, but on a pistol beigg ; snapped at him, he yielded.--( American Paper. ) Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a boat crossing the river to Irongate-stairs, having two men and a woman passengers, in passing a tier of ships the woman imprudently, in the boat passing under a ship's hawser, took hold of it, which • •. pulled her out into the river. On her rising, she was fortunately caught hold of by a boat-hook and saved. • COAL MARKET, JAN. 21. Ships at ;Market. Ships sold Price. 22/ Newcastle . - 13 -30 s OEI to 46 61 ioi Sunderland - . 10i -31 is ocl to 41s 94 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 21. Amstettlam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam li 2 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburgli 3G 10 24 Pis: Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Plourde:tux, ditto Berlin 7 5 Ft ank fort on the Nlain , .... 151 Ex. Monei Peletsburgh . 9 Vienna lO 2 Trieste lO 2 Madrid Cadiz !Whoa 354 EffectiVe l Barcelona S - eyille Gibraltar .. 11 Leghorn Goma 44i-Venice, Dal. Liv. 27 Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto - ..- % ,-, 4 1 Rio Janeiro Bahia . 50i _ , . Doblits .... 9k Cork yi pet Cent. . 1 BULLION. Portugalpold n Coin S / 0 0 0 pt. 01*; Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons .. New Dollars 0 4 403 Silver Standard in Bars, - -0 MARRIED. On the 19th inst., Mr. William Slitter, merchant, of 13rus sels, to Marie, only child of the late Mons. P. M. J. PharazytT*' merchant, of Ghent, Pays Bas. On Thursday, the 20th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, I1r• E. R. Cowie, of Nicholas-lane, London, to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Martin Ready, of Peckbam. DIED. On Tuesday, the 18th inst., at his house at Benninporll,' Henry Frederick Horneman, Esq., in his 47th year, a native 43' Copenhagen, many years domiciliated in this country. At his death he was his Bavarian Majesty's agent to the Embassy in t London, and Assistant-Secretary of the Society of Friends 0 Foreigners in distress. He had successively been his. Danish Majesty's agent for the Danish prisoners of war in England: . and his Consul-General in London. He has left a wife and eight children. - Yesterday, at her house at Wa'worth, Mrs. Philippa Davis' in the 81st year of her age. On Monday, the 10th inst., at his house in Mandr-terracer Chelsea, aged 64, Thomas Smith, Esq. On the Ist of July last, at Calcutta; George M'Coivan, M.D., aged 38, after an illness of only seven days. Printed 'and Pub Hailed for the ZROPRIXTORIC, at the SW' OFFICE, No. 112, strand, by J B. CABSTAIIIS.