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My commercial e ngagements would p erm it th e d evot i on of a considerable portion of my time to the affairs of the Company, and if I shoUld, attain through your kindness and confidence this object of my ambiti on, I w i ll endea vour gratefully to repay them, by a strict and unremitting discharge of the arduous duties ao responsible a situation would impose upon me. I remain, Ladies and Centlemen, Your obedient, faithful Servant, RUSSELL ELLICE. 145, Leadenhall•street, July 10, 1827. To from Gravesend, on the 18th instant, DIRECT FOR CALCUTTA, THE Fine First-Class Ship, YORK, HENRY R. WILKINSON, Commander. Bur then 500 Tons. Lying in the East India Export Dock. Has very superior Accommodation for Passengers, and will carry an experienced Surgeon. For Freight or Passage apply to the Commander, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Coruhill ; or to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 33, Mark-lane. FOREIGN CLIMATES AND DELICATE HEALTH . ASYLUM LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 70, CORNHILL, LONDON. For Persons going Abroad, Females, Invalids and others to whom the restrictions imposed by the generality of offices would be objectionable. DIRECTORS. Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. President. The Honourable William Fraser, Vice President. Foster Reynolds, Esq. C. W. Hallett, Esq. Thomas Meta, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. John Kymer, Esq. • 'Steph. N.-Barber, Esq. Francis Kemble, Esq. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Capt. G. Harris, R.N., C.D. George Farren, Esq. Resident Director. Annear, OFFICERS—R. Gooch, M.D., H. Mayo, Esq. THE COMPANY ASSURES PERSONS of DELICATE HEALTH, Irregularity of Form, or suffering uader Chronic Disease. FEMALES, without requiring appearance before a Board of Directors or a Medical Officer. PERSONS RESIDING or VOYAGING ABROAD, particularly in unhealthy Climates. OFFICERS in the ARMY and NAVY against the risk* of Battle and Actiie Service. PREMIUMS. EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE. Annual Premium for aseuring £lOO. 7 YEARS. 7 YZARSI. .LIPZ. Z 2 19 2 3 3 1 £3 16 11 3 0 9 XS .7 S 7 3 /0 COMMON INSURANCES, Until Embarkation for a Foreign Country. GE yEAM)IE=rI7 . I 7 IKARS. WHOLE LIAR. 15 LOl5 S £1 9 1 35 18 6 £2 10 _1 25 10 10 117 11 45 116 0 3 I? 4 The intermediate ages are properly graduated, and in surances are granted to persons of very advanced age. The Premiums for unhealthy Climates, are calculated from satisfactory data, and accord in every case with the particular risk incurred, during the existence of which the European rates are discontinued. The rates for slight disease, are, in many cases, lower than those charged by the generality of Offices for persons in robust health. A Director resides on the premises, and a Medical Offi cer is in attendance at. Three o'clock daily, to facilitate the proposals of persons who may wish to effect Insurances without delay. SPREAD EAGLE, GRACECHURCH-STREET. OHEAP TRAVELLING TO MAN CHESTER : Inside. 21. 1/. Is. The HERALD, New Light Coach, from the Spread Eagle, Gracecburch-street, every Evening at Five o'Clock, through Coventry, Nuneaton, Atheratone, Tamworth, Lichfield, Newcastle. and Macclesfield, to the Royal Hotel, and Star Inn, Manchester. On the following morning, at a rate equally economical, Pa neap proceed throUghLancaster, Carlisle, and Dum fries, to Messrs. Lyon and Burn's Offices, Giasgow. WILLIAM CHAPLIN and Co, Light and Fast Coaches, conducted upon the most ap proved system, leave the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch street, and Spread Eagle Of f ice, Webb's Hotel, 220, Pic cadilly, and connected with the following Country Pro prietors:— Bath and Bristol, Lane and Niblett, at 5 and 7 in the Morning, and half-past 4in the afternoon. Brighton, Snow and Co. at 7 and a quarter before 10 in the morning, and a quarter before 3 in the afternoon. Cheltenham, Haines, at 6 in the morning. Colchester, Waterhouse, at 9 in the morning, and a ginner before 6 in the afternoon. Chelmsford, French, at 7 in the morning, and half-past 3 in the afternoon. Canterbury, Clements and Co. at a quarter before 3 in the afternoon. Coventry, Peters and Packwood, at 5 in the afternoon. Chatham and Rochester, Chaplin and Edwards, 6 times a day. Dnver and Deal, Chaplin and Cements, at 8 and 10 in the morning, and half-past 7in the afternoon. Dorking, Broad and Co. at 4 in the afternoon. Faversham, Chaplin and Edwards, at 12 in the morning. Glouc, , ster, Neylor and Dowling, at a quarter before 7 in the morning. Gosport. Heath and Hyslop, at had-past 7in the morning. Guildford, Faulkner, at half-past 4in the afternoon. Holland and Harwich, Boyce and Co. at 9 in the morning. Hull and Lincoln Mail, Featherby, at a quarter before 8 in the evening. Hull and Lincoln Coach, Walkden and Co., at a quarter before 4 in the afternoon. Ipswich, Basel], at 5 and 10 in the morning. Liverpool and Birmingham, Vyse and Co. at 6 in the morning, and 5 in the afternoon. Margate and Ramsgate, Fowler and Kirby, at 8 in the morning, and half-past 7in the evening. Norwich and Bury, Boldero, Bolton, and Co. at 6 in the morning. Norwich and Ipswich, Bolton and Cobbold, at a quarter before 6 in the evening. Paris, J. B. Lafitte, Caillard, Javal and Co. at S and 10 in the morning, and half -past 7in the afternoon. Portsmouth, Nance and Norris, at 8 in the morning, and 7 in the afternoon. Southampton and Winchester, Scarborough and Forder, at 7 in the morning. Worthing and Horsham, Howes and Perkins, at S and 10 in the moraine,. Yarmouth and s ßuniay, Hogarth, at a quarter past 5 in the morning. It is presumed, that the surest criterion to estimate the character of these well known Conveyances, and of the high consideration which the Country Establishments, connected with them, are h eld by the Public, is—the nu mft oerous the S Booking Shops constantly openin g t o th e r i g h t an d lefSpread Eagle, Gracechurch-street, and sur rounding the Spread Eagle Office, Piccadilly. These futile and from d the pauciisreputable of ev attempts at competition, (in one case, cry other pretension, reduced to the ty pitiful extremity of exhibiting a Spread Ele,) cannot fail of completely establishing o i th e preference tithe Public, al o bj ect of so much and the reputation f the or i g i n rivalry and contention. or At the Sprea d Ea g le . In n' Tavern, and H o t e l, ac b e y om anj od e a f tio th n e , Passengers and Famillvieisii le fi a n y d ing su L pe o r n i d oorn on the spot when above Conveyances, combined with the advantage of being the Coaches start. DEBIL ITY. DNERVOUS COMPLAINTS, AND R. FOTHERGILL's NERVOU S DROPS.—To those who are afflicted with Nervous disorders, and their vat ions distressing affections, as Op ' pression of Spirits. Head Aches, Loss of Appetite, Indi gestion, Spasms, Tremors, Fainting Fits, and Debility or Relaxation of the System, it is confidently recommend e d to have recourse to the above celebrated M edicine from which they are assured of obtaining immediate relief, and by a due perseverance in it, agreeable to the directions given, the complete re-establishment of their health. Sold in bottles at 4s. 6d. ; lls., and 225., by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, Lon don ; 54, Sackville-street, Dublin; and 73, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond-street, and 220, Regent-street, and by the principal Medicine Venders in the kingdom. Of who'a m a y be had, Dr. FOTHER GILL's TONIC FEMALE PILLS, recommended in general Debility of the Constinitiolt, also as a safe and Ixcellent remedy in those periodical irregularities which c e a males of delicate an d languid circulation, m ore ewe -I,ly the y ounger part, Are liableto.—lußozo At Is, lid. and 2s. 9d, The late rains will prove of the greatest benefit to the Corn Crop—more especially to the Lent Grain.—The present weather is so favourable that most probably the harvest will be unusually early.—Worcester Journal. THE ORANGEMEN.--Large supplies o f Oran ge Ribb on h ave b een transmitted from the Dublin shops, by private purchasers, to the North, for the approaching Juggernaut mysteries on the 12 th. —Dublin Morning Register. On Monday the populace of Limerick, evinc ing a dispositio n to oppose any potatoes leaving the str ee t s , continued in a tumult the greater part of the day. In Ti pperary and its neighbourhood there exists a great scarcity of provisions amongst the labouring classes, and the magistrates per mitted some car-loads of potatoes to proceed in that direction, under an escort of police, followed for a short distance by a detachment of the Scots Greys. Carlow Morning Post. 5. f3d. g. el• ns. 6. 86 59 10 :;6 the tee• to Nit!. £3 13 7 4 5 No. 10,873. pCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE •4 SOCIETY, No. 34, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. DIRECTORS. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, M.P. Chairman. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS, Esq. M.P. Deputy Chairman. Capt. George Harris, R.N. C. B. Francis Kemble, Esq. John Knowles, Esq. F.R.S. Thomas Meux, Esq. Henry Frederick Stephen son, Esq. AUDITORS..--M. W. Clifton, Esq. ; John Kymer, Esq. ; J. Whishaw, Esq., F.R.S. PnvzierAN.—John Paris, M.D. F.A.S. 28, Dover-street. SURGEON. —Benjamin Travers, Esq. F. R. S. 12, Bruton- st. SOLICITOR.—Henry Young, Esq. Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY.—Mr. John Naylor. ADVANTAGES BELONGING TO THIS INSTI- Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Stephen Nicholson Barber, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. Adam Gordon, Esq. TUTION :- PREMIUMS en young and middle-aged Lives consider ably lower than those generally required. Three-fourths of the present savings and profits, and eventually the whole profits, divided among the assured. Policy Holders (if assured to the extent of 5001. for the whole term of Life) entitled, after five annual payments, to vote at all General Meetings ; the Members of which have absolute controul over the affairs of the Society. Full particulars are stated in the Prospectus, which, with every requisite information, may be obtained by ap plication at the Office. Yr CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT -111. • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen tlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Ristols, &c. together with a large and well •manu factured stack of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding; Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other description of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical climates; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement will be made. THE NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIETY, Established for the sole purpose of giving constant Em ployment to the poor Weavers and their numerous Fa milies of Spitalfields, and to educate 500, and clothe 200 of their Children ; and also to educate an unlimited number of the Children of other industrious Silk-Weavers. THEIR PATRONS, and the NOBILITY and Public, are most respectfully informed, that their Establishment, 59, Oxford-street, WILL OPEN on MONDAY, the 25th Day of this Month, and that they have commenced Selling at their Warehouse, No. 15, De vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church, previous to opening their Retail House, at No. 59, Oxforl gtreet. They cut at their Warehouse au x quantity of Silk from the piece, at one penny per yard on the ccst price, where they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape, plain and figured Gros de Naples, stout Lustring and Sarsnet, Black and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every de scription and quality, and a most extensive assortment of rich Silk Damasks, including, amongst a variety ot others, Thirty new Patterns of elegant Taberets, the designs of which are perfectly Original, and executed exclusively for the Society, consequently will be found the greatest no velty ever submitted to public inspection. Ladies are most respectfully informed that it is not profit they seek, but only sufficient to cover expences, and keep the men i n constant employment. Those Ladies and Gentlemen whowill h onour the Society by becoming yearly Subscribers of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon at their respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their being submitted to public sale. The Subscriptions will go to the Fund of the Society, to provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has been established, viz.—at each member's death, 121. A member's wife's death, 6/. If any member sick, 12s. per week, and if out of employment, 10s. The purchasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the progress of being manufactured. W. G. GARLAND, Secretary. CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY. CHEAP-CABINET & UPHOLSTERY, 1.-1 at the LONDON REPOSITORY for the CA BINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY, being the only real one now existing in London, No. 71, corner of LEADEN. HALL-STREET, opposite Aldgate Pump, and which has been established upwards of Six years. For Ready Money, and no Abatement. The Trustees and Committee respectfully inform the Nobility and Gentry, that they still con d uct t h e a b ove Ebtal.-.!is!im,:n6 for tha Beoefi, of imimirx:ous a:..! inger,iotis Mechanics (who have large families), by offering their Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line of the best workmanship, and cheaper than by any House in London, no other profit being required than to satisfy the warehouse rent and incidental expences ; being satisfied with constant employment to enable them to support their families, the number of whom appear by the Books of the last Quarterly Meeting to be 146. From the great patronage the Com mittee have received, they are in hopes of increasing that number. The following is a Specimen of the Low Prices asked ; all Goods warranted :—. Fire feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post £4 10 0' Tent ditto - - - 1 6 0 Bordered Mattress to fit - - 1 1 0 Mahogany Drawers with solid ends - 3 5 0 Eight Mahogany Chairs . .. 610 0 Mahogany Pembroke Table - 2 0 0 Feather Bed free from dust and smell, from .£2 12 0 to 8 8 0 Drawing-room Sofa, from .£5 5 0 to 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead _ 3 8 0 Mahogany Horse -Hair Sofa - - 6 10 O. A quantity of Paper Hangings for Bed, Dining, and Drawing-rooms, at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth their attention. Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, and Apartments in a few hours.—Goods packed free of expeace except the matting. THU RNELL, Agent. J. HASLER, Secretary. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1827. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 14, wiLics V. LORD PALMERSTON AND OTHERS. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied all day in hearing this cause, which was adjourned till Monday (this day), in consequence of the absence of Sir C. Wetherell, who was engaged at the Cockpit. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 14, THE EJ' V. HALLETT AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for a conspiracy against William Hallett, Thomas Oliver, Zachariah Thomp son and Robert Edward Richardson. The first count alleged that Charles Robert Henderson issued a writ of execution against the defendant Hallett and his partner Charles Henderson, to recover a debt due from them, and that Hallett, to deprive Mr. Henderson of the means of obtaining the debt, con spired with the three other defendants to sue out a fraudulent commission of bankrupt against the firm of Hallett and Henderson. The second count alleged that the obiectS of the defendants was to prevent Charles Henderson from receiving an equal share of the partnership effects. Mr. ERSKINE opened the pleadings. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that in conse quence of some disclosures which the defendant Richardson, who had been Hallett's clerk, had made, the prosecutor did not wish to proceed against him. He was not sure the prosecutor stood in need of Richardson's evidence, but perhaps they might have occasion to call him. The COMMON SERGEANT said, he appeared for all the defendants, and he certainly could have no ob jection to his client being acquitted. Lord TENTERDEN directed the jury to acquit Richardson, as no evidence was to be offered against him. He was acquitted accordingly. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the defendant Hallett was an attorney, in Northumberland -street, New-road, in partnership with Mr. Charles Hender son. They had each put 250/. into the business, but as they wanted more money, they borrowed of Charles Robert Henderson, the father of Charles Henderson, 6004, upon a joint warrant of attorney. The business was chiefly managed by Hallett, and was very profitable, but the parties did not agree; and Henderson desiring a dissolution, his father pro posed to dissolve the partnership on certain condi tions, to which Hallett refused to accede. He offered to return the 250/. Henderson had put into the business, and also to pay off the 6001. out of the partnership effects ; but he refused to do any thing more. As the parties could come to no agreement, Henderson, senior, on the 23d of last December, put an execution under the warrant of attorney into the house of Hallett, where the business was carried on. Hallett, to defeat this execution, endeavoured to pro cure a commission of bankruptcy to be issued against himself and partner; but as the business had been very prosperous, and as all the debts, exclusive of the 600/. due from the firm, did not amount to 100/. he foundit extremely difficult to procure a petitiopingcre ditor. lie made several attempts to procure one with the assistance of Richardson his clerk, but to no purpose, until at last he , prevailed upon the de fendant Thompson to draw a bill for 100/. upon the firm, to whom at the time he was a debtor, and this bill, Hallett, in the name of the firm, and as a part. nership transaction, accepted. It was drawn on the 29th of December, the very day it - appeared to fell due, for it was dated the 26th of October, and was payable two months after date. Thompson endorsed the bill to Oliver, who was also a debtor to the firm, and Hallett procured a tailor of the name of Menzies, to present it for payment. The parties were denied, and Oliver immediately struck a docket against Hallett and Henderson, relying upon the denial as proof of an act of bankruptcy. When Henderson became aware of the matter, he attended before the Commissioners, and the commission was not proceeded in. A separate commission was then sued out against Hallett, but as it appeared that he had told several people that he did not owe 20/. in the world, and as the business, instead of being a losing concern, had been very profitable, it was quite clear that the bankruptcies were concerted, and the present prosecution was in consequence instituted. Charles Henderson, examined by Mr. GURNEY---•• Witness became partner with Mr. Hallett in June, 1825. Their office was in Northumberland-street; 111 Marylebone, where Hallett lived. Witness lived in Chapel-place, Oxford-street. They had articles of partnership ; each brought 2501. into the business. After they had been partners about two months, they found their capital was not sufficient for their business ; whereupon witness applied to his father, who lent Hallett and himself 6001. upon their joint warrant of attorney. Witness left town in June, 1826, through illness, and did not return till August. When he left town there was 256/. in their bankers' hand; but when he returned he found the account overdrawn. Witness was taken ill again in Novem ber, and wished to go out of town. His father had given notice that he should call in his 600/. Wit ness went with his father to Haliett, who said he could not manage to pay more than half the 600/. by February, when it was to be paid. His father then proposed a dissolution of the partnership. Hal lett said he should have no objection if they could agree upon the terms ; and that they had better take an account of the partnership effects. This was assented to. On the following Tuesday they met again. Witness then produced an account of the debts due to the firm, they amounted to 3,3761. Hallett admitted it to be correct, and that nearly the whole could be collected. He also said that what they owed, with the exception of the 600/., did not amount to 1001., and he made out a list which only amounted to 581. Witness and his father then spoke about dissolving the partnership, but Hallett refused to dissolve. Witness's father Shortly after issued an execution against the partnership effects, and the sheriff's officer put a man in possession. There were then some meetings to effect a dissolu-. tion, and they met on the 30th of December, at a public-house near the office, when witness proposed to take 1,000/. out of the partnership effects, and to discharge his father's debt out of it. This ffer was refused. Witness then set down the names of se veral persons who he thought were indebted to them. Hallett said, he had received some of those debts, to the amount of 350/. Witness's father said he would listen to no arrangement, unless that 3501. was paid in part of the debt due to him, but would remove the g oods, and have them sold under the execution. Hallett said, " You may do your best, a commission of bankruptcy has been sued out." Witness said ," There was no bankruptcy." Hallett said, " You'll see that." The defendant Oliver, who was at the meeting, then left the room. We had done business for him. He owed us 1501. We had his acceptances to two bills, one for 1001., and the other for 50/. ,The 100/. bill had been paid to our bankers. The other bill witness had. Witness pro duced it. They went from the public-house to the 111 office, when a notice signed by Richardson, who was our clerk, was, by Hallett's direction, served upon The notic e was warn ing the t s h h e er man iff no in t the goods, a s a comm ission of possession. remove ssion. bankrupt had been sued out by a Mr. Hiscox against Hallett and witness. Witness went to the Bank rupt-office, and found a docket had been struck. He attended with counsel a meeting of commissioners. Oliver, Richardson, and Hallett, were there; wit ness also attended all the meetings under a separate commission of bankruptcy, which was afterwards issued against Hallett alone, Thompson was a plas terer in Devonshire-street, New-road, and owed the firm about 3001. for business. Charles Robert Henderson proved the partnership between Hallett and his son. He was subscribing witness to the articles. The warrant of attorney, and the judgment upon it which was entered upon the 23d of September, 1826, were proved, and the petition for the com mission of bankrupt against Hallett and Henderson, the bond and the affidavit of Oliver, the petitioning creditor, were produced from the Bankrupt-office. A ekrk from the public-office proved that. the affidavit was duly sworn by Oliver. Richardson ap peared to be a subscribing witness to the proceed ings. The commission of bankruptcy was also produced, as was ,also a separate commission against Hallett alma e. John Hiscox.—Witness was an attorney at Croy don.. Richardson, who was his clerk about eleven years ago, came with Hallett, last December, to his house t.t Croydon. He did not know Hallet until Richardcon introduced him. Hallett said he wanted a docket struck against Henderson and himself, and asked witness to strike it. Witness was surprised, and asked the reason. Hallett said because an exe cution had been issued on the warrant of attorney. Witness asked who would be the petitioning credi tor. Hallett said he hoped witness would, and pro posed that witness should draw a bill for 100/., which he would accept for the firm, and for which witness was to give a draught. Witness declined. Cross-examined--The conversation might have lasted three or four hours. Mrs. Hiscox was present. Ed - . - ,ard Smith Bigg—Witness was a solicitor. He went with Mr. Henderson, sen. to Hallett to propose a dissolution. Hallett had no objection. Witness asked if the account of 3,376/. as the assets of the firm was correct. Hallett said it was, and added, that the firm did not owe as much as 100/. beyond the 6001. Witness sketched out proposals for the dissolution, and left them with Hallett. He called a day or two afterwards, when Hallett de clined them, and said he would allow Henderson 856/, which was to include the 600/. due to his father. This was objected to, and witness told Hal lett that other measures would be resorted to. Hal lett then said, " Something will happen that will put an end to the business altogether." Witness said, " What ! do you mean to have a bankruptcy?". Hallett answered, " I do." George Cobb proved that Hallett told witness that his (Hallett's) partner was going out of town for a day or two, and he added, " if he could get him into the country for a month, he would have his own way, for he hadgot a thing ready to sweep the whole away." Hallett called on witness on the 23d of December, and told him that he had got a cus tomer for 6501. Witness said he wished he could get such a customer to take away part of his stock. Hallett then said his partner's father had put a per son in for 6501. Witness answered that he should not like such a customer as that. Witness advised Hallett to accede to the proposals that had been made to him. Hallett refused, and wished witness to give him money for a bill of 100/., but he declined. Hallett then said he would have a bankruptcy, and that he would go to somebody else. Witness ad vised him not. The next time witness saw Hallett Richardsoß was with him. They were then going to Croydon. Hallett said that " Charley," mean ing his partner, " had better have taken the 8501., for be would make him a good boy before he was done with him." John Heslop, a tailor, owed the firm 152/. 11s. 6d., which he paid Hallett on the 27th of Decem ber last. William Menzies, a tailor, proved that Hallett called upon him to request he would present a bill at Hallett's house for payment. Witness agreed to do so, and he received afterwards from Oliver the bill he was to present, and a notice he was to leave at the house upon the parties being denied to him. Witness presented the bill, Hallett and Henderson were denied to him, and he left the notice. Oliver was to have called upon him the next morning for the bill, but as he did not come, witness took it to Hallett's house, where he saw the three defendants, Hallett, Thomson, and Oliver. Witness said to Oliver, " You did not call as you promised." Oli ver answered, " No, we have altered our plans." The bill and notice were put in and read. The body of the bill, with its acceptance, was in Hallett's hand-writing. It was dated the 26th of October, 1826, and was for 1001., payable at two months date, drawn by Thompson upon Hallett and Hen derson, accepted in the name of the firm, and en dorsed by Thompson. H e nryßurridie, a clerk of Hallett and Henderson, proved that the clerks were writing the depositions in the office. Hallett desired witness to swear to the denial of Hallett and Henderson, but he refused. Witness went before the Commissioners, and saw some of the depositions sworn to, which bad been prepared in the office. Robert Crib.—Witness received a note from Hallett on the 23d of December, that he wanted money to take up a bill, and witness thereupon paid him 601. due to the firm from a Mr. Williams. William Bailey Fox, a grocer, proved a debt under the c ommission again s t H a ll e tt, w ho was very muc h offended with him for desiring to know who the petitioning creditor was. Witness asked Hallett if he really owed 1001. to any one of the people about him—meaning the defendants. Hallett answered that he did not owe 20/. in the world. Mr. Squires proved that the firm kept cash in the house of Ransom and Co., and Mr. Edwards proved that Oliver's acceptance for the 100/. was taken up before it was due. Edward Robert Richardson proved that the de fendants agreed together to draw the bill upon the firm, and that it should be endorsed to Oliver, for the purpose of issuing the commission. The bill, though dated the 26th of October, was actually drawn on the 29th of December•. All the defend ants were present at the meeting before the com missioners. The Jury immediately found the defendants Guilty. Application was made to commit the def en d ants , who w ere a ll ca ll e d upon their recognizances, but did not appear. They afterwards, however, came into Court, and were committed to Newgate until next term, when they are to be brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. The Court, at rising, adjourned until the 29th of October. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 14. SCOTT AND WIFE D. LAWSON. After some discussion in th i s case, a verdi c t was agre e d t o b e taken for the plaintiff on all the issues generally.—Damages one farthing. A valuable discovery was made the other day in Westminster Abbey. It had become neces sary to make repairs near the tomb of Edward the Confessor, when, by removing a portion of the pavement, an exquisitely beautiful piece of carved work, which had origin a lly formed part of the shrine of Edward's t om b , was di scovere d. This fine relic (the work o f t h e e l even th or twelfth century), appears to have been studded with precious stones ; and th e presum ption is, that during the civil wars it was t a k e n down for the purpose of plunder, and after the gems were taken out, buried under the ground, very near the surface of the earth : to avoid detection. SIR WALTER SCOTT AND NAPOLEON. The appearance of the History of Napoleon by Sir Walter Scott, is an event which has created some sensation at Faris, and of which we must say something to our readers. We have cast our eyes over the first volumes, and we have observed the greatest incorrectness in many parts, and a want of talent in the execution, which has excited some surprise in us on the part of a writer like Sir Walter Scott. He has also consulted the English Journals which were written during the late war, and he has faithfully collected all the 'diatribes and calumnies against France with which they were filled. This work may perhaps be read with pleasure in the taverns of London, but among us it will excite only disgust, Sir Walter Scott is not sufficiently penetrated with the duties of an historian, the principal of which is to consult official documents—to com• pare testimonies—to throw light on obscure facts by impartial criticism, and to popular reports. The Scottish Author has spared him self this trouble. Events the best known are disfigured ; he writes under the inspiration of those national dislikes, which happily, are grow ing weaker every day, and are retreating among the least enlightened classes of society. We did s. expect better of Sir Walter Scott, in spite of Paul's Letters, and we have been, as our neigh bours express it, completely disappointed. We do not see even with what object he has connected himself with the popular prejudices of his country. The two nations are at peace ; there is no longer any motive for exciting na tional antipathy, and the example of some French authors might have taught him urbanity, respect for the usages of society, and respect for truth. Napoleon is now a great historical figure, of which it does not belong to all historians to mea sure the dimensions. His passage over the earth has left deep traces ; and his history, writ ten with impartiality and talent, would be a mo nument of long duration. It is not Sir Walter Scott who will raise it ; let him return to his Highland Chiefs ; there he is in his element. That Napoleon has done great things ; that he gave to French industry a salutary impulse ; and that he carried to the highest point the glory of our arms, is not contested by his enemies. If all this is only introduced imperfectly into a history, and to it palpable errors are united, this history will not obtain any rank among the literary productions of the period, and will be speedily forgotten. This is the fate with which the new work of Sir Walter Scott is threatened ; even those who admire him as a novel writer will neglect him as a historian. This is only a preliminary judgment, the fruit of a first impression : we will hereafter justifS , both the one and the other by elaborate articles. —Constitutionnel. HORRID ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROBBERY. (From the Kentigh Gazette.) On the night of Tuesday last, about half-past ten, two men knocked at the door of Mr. William Buck hurst, at Binney Farm, Allhallows, in the hundred of Hoo, and on the maid-servant inquiring who they were, they replied that they had a letter for her master from Mr. Richard Knight, on which she opened the door, when they rushed in, and taking the candle from her, one of them proceeded up stairs, while the other remained below, threatening that if she made asiy noise he would silence her. At the instant they entered the house, the girl gave a loud shriek, which aroused her master, who was in bed, and asleep at the time, and he immediately arose; on opening his bed-room door, he encountered a man having his face blackened, and holding a candle in one hand, and a bludgeon in the other. Mr. Buck hurst immediately closed with the villain, end seis ing him round the neck, endeavoured to push him down the stairs; in the scuffle the stick was dropped, and Mr. Buckhurst having forced the fellow near to a door of his man-servant's bed-room, called to him to come to his assistance; instead of which the man, alarmed at what he heard, secured the door and re mained inside his room; in the mean time, Mr. Buckhurst was knocked down, and the villain re covering his stick, after beating him about the head with it, threw him down stairs. Here he was severely beaten about the head by both the fellows, and they then attempted to tie his hands, but notwithstanding the cruel treatment he had re ceived, he still retained strength and presence of mind sufficient to struggle with them, and ulti mately escaped from the house into an adjoining mea dow, followed by these diabolical villains, one of whom appears to have thrust the rugged point of his bludgeon into a deep wound previously inflicted at the back of his head. In this meadow they over powered their victim, and after a further beating trampled on him and left him for dead. In the mean time, the man-servant came down stairs, and brought the dog in from the back of the house, for the protection of himself and the servant-girl, con cluding that his master was murdered, and that the thieves would return. Mr. Buckhurst came back to the house, and en deavoured to gain an entrance, but was unable to speak, and the servants when they heard him grop ing about the door, supposed it to be his assailants, and he remained outside until his sisters, on their return home from Stoke, found him faint from loss of blood, leaning against the garden fence. He spoke to them in a low tone of voice, and as they concluded all were murdered within the house, they led him to the village, being a distance of three quarters of a mile. The ap proach of this part of the family is supposed t o have induced the parties to decamp. Th e servant girl describes the blows which were inflicted on her master after he was thrown down stairs as dreadful, any one of which seemed sufficient to deprive him of his existence. It is greatly to be lamented that the man did not come to the assistance of his master at the moment when he had nearly overpowered his first assailant, as in that case there can be no doubt that he might have been secured. The men are described as being dressed in dark-coloured clothes, one of them tall and slender, the other of the middle size ; their faces and hands were black, and each wore a cap made from light-coloured cotton hose; their shoes apparently of light make, with iron heel-specks, one of the specks half an inch shorter on one side than the other. The following articles were left by them :—The two caps above described, the bludgeons (a blackthorn hedge-stake cut in two), a small tin pot containing charcoal, three pieces of dark cloth, from a coat or jacket, with a gun pick, and " John Allan" scratched on the handle. A reward of 30/. has been offered for the discovery of the offenders. Mr. Buckhurst lies in a dangerous GUILE, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. An Irish gentleman at cards, having on in spection found the pool deficient, excl a imed, Her e ' s a shilling short, who put it i n ?" PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.—This morning the Duke of. York steam - Teasel return e d t o this Bart; • from Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Lisbon, with fifty-two passengers, among whom are his Excellency Count Villa Real, the new Portuguese Ambassador to this country, and Captain Waller, A.D.C. to Governor Sir Gene Don, charged with dispatches from that officer, from Sir W. Clinton, and from Sir W. A'Court. The Duke of York left Gibraltar the 28th ult., and Lisbon on the 3d inst. The Fran Ii squadron at Cadiz had made a movement; two of the ships were cruizing off the Port, two remained at the anchorage, and the rest had sailed for Algiers.. Our squadron at Lisbon, except the Genoa, were lying at single anchor off Belem, waiting for orders, from England. The Spartiate and Albion had been provisioned for ten months. Lord Amelius Beauclerc had shifted his flag into the Genoa. All was quiet both in Portugal and Spain. The Spanish troops had been withdrawn fiom the Portuguese frontiers. The rebellion of the Marquess Chaves was almost forgotten. The British troops remained in their former quarters. The Dryad frigate, Hon. Capt. Crofton, was to leave Gibraltar for England, on the Ist inst. A Colombian privateer had burnt a Spanish vessel, of Ceuta, and had taken another . prize off the Reck, which was retaken by a Spanish gun boat, and the Colombian beaten off, after a long en zagement. The Colombian was peremptorily or dered away from Gibraltar for disorderly conduct—, The Ellas-gowan, in passing. Ceuta, was fired at by !he Spaniards, who mistook her for a privateer, and the first shot striking her ballast port, she sunk ; she had English colours flying. The Duke of York had strong easterly gales until she had half-way crossed the Bay of Biscay, when it became moderate; she was not able to seta can all the pa cage. • She took shelter two days in Cireubion (a few wiles from Finisterre harbour) ; it is a spacious landlocked harbour; it is surpriiing that our transports over looked it during the whole of the Peninsular war. The brig Atalanta, from Jersey, laden with pota toes, had lost her masts in a squall off Cape Finis terre, and had put into one of the small ports there.. The Duke of York landed her Bristol passengers at Dartmouth. The Primrose, 18, Capt. Octarius Vernon, sailed from Vera Crux on the Bth of May, for Tampico and England. The Medina, 18, Captain W. B. Green, was paid off yesterday into a state of ordinary. His Majesty's ships Jupiter and Alligator arrived at Halifax, from Bermuda, June 19; and the Ring dove, 18, from St. John's, N.B. June 16. PROMOTlON.—Commander the Hon. C. L. Irby to the rank of Captain. A letter from an officer of his Majesty's ship Challenger (one of the experimental squadron), dated the 4th instant, states—" As yet the weather has been light, and water smooth. The Columbine has generally been the headmost and weathermost ship at the end of the day's sail, and about a mile generally from the Challenger, which latter ship has not in any way lost her former good qualities. Both these ships head and weather the Galatea. The Sapphire is not improved by the alterations she un derwent. The Wolf, Acorn, and Satellite, are on a . par; the Tyne and Alert are the worst sailers." The Lord Bishop of Calcutta (the Rev. De. James), Mrs. James, and Miss Jane Ommanney, daughter of Sir F. Ommanney, will sail to-morrow, in the ship Mary Anne, for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. The Catherine, Mackintosh, for Cal cutta, will sail on Monday. The 87th Regiment, which lately returned from twenty-one years' service in the East Indies, arrived at Albany Barracks yesterday. On Wednesday the ship Frederick, Legge, which embarked horses at this port, sailed for Van Diernan's Land; her cargo consists of live stock, for that settlement. His Royal Highness tke Lord High Admiral went past this port on Sunday last, at 4 p.m., in the Royal Sovereign yacht. The Badger, Capt. C. Crowdy, stood out to sea, and saluted the flag; on doing which the Lord High Admiral made the signal for the Badger to part company, and return to her station. This morning the Badger sailed for Cork. The Marquis of Anglesey, in the Pearl yacht, and his brother, Admiral the Honourable Sir Charles Paget, in the Emerald yacht, went to the westward on Thursday, it is supposed to attend his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral on his Welch visit, the ancient Isle of Mona being almost the sole property of the Gallant Marquis. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, with the Princess Alexandrine Victoria (heiress presump tive to the Throne of England), and the Princess Carlotta, with their household, will pass through this place, in a few days, for Ryde, where a large house has been taken for their reception. Our yacht visiters increase but slowly ; the latest acces. sion comprises the Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal, Earls Ilchester, Carrie, Belfast, and Surrey, —Hampshire Telegraph_ DISCHARGE OF SALT WATER.--To the westward of Warwick-lodge, upon the beach, exactly where the cavity has been dug, there has been discovered a curious salt-water spring, which flows continually, resembling in appear ance the boiling springs of Switzerland. The discharge of water is considerable, and what makes it no less singular, although it is within the sea-mark, it is a good deal above the level of the low tide. The only probable conjecture that can be formed is, that there must be some filled gr great excavation ow s i t og still onfeatrheer tide,th esh a o o r d e, th which i is . charges itself at the opening which has been made in forming the cavity. We may also notice a num ber of piles of wood, much decayed, which have been dug up a good distance from the surface. We have heard, but it is merely a report, that about 200 years ago coal was dug for at the same spot, but whether they have been placed there at that time, or whether a small pier has existed at this place, it is impossible to say. At present search is making for coal, and already partial quantities have been found immediately beneath the shelving rocks at the surface of the ground.—Scotsman. Btruanyi v. BoATvm.—The following whim sical circumstance occurred at Painswick, Gloucestershire, last week :--An old weather beaten tar entered the village with a ship fastened upon his head, and singing, in a very lugubrious style— Ye gentlemen of England as livesat he m Domeat All little does you think upon the dangers of the seas. And little did poor Jack think of scarcelythe dangers which awaited him on land ; he got loadedhalf-way witht hro u s g t ho stone, e drawn village , b w hen y a bull, wh ose nervous system wa s so irritated, either by t h e ease,eta cart sound which the tar uttered or the sight he ex.. hibited, that he made a pause—then a rush—. Jack did not stop to hail—but crowded all sail— and made off with his frigate ; the bull followed in his wake, but did not gain upon hi m , h av i ng a heavy tender in tow ; in the eaaerness of the chase, however, the cables broke, and the tender was left behind ; and now Boatum found Bullum gaining so fast upon him, that he made a tack, hoping to out-manmuvre the enemy—but the bull tacked too, and the chase became severer than ever—happily for the sailor a port was at hand (a public-honse), into which he steered without performing quarantine, and the bull not daring to venture farther, Jack saved himself and the frigate he had in tow. Though the poor fellow was really in some danger, the scene was so irresistibly comic, that the gravest of the spectators lost their gravity,— Worcester Journal. PRICE 7D. ek ; are !ntly it is the de and 11 of low males Insi pur- the The le to pro- The 27 23 12 5 . d. 2 0 Od , Ott, 40- 0 0 V 9 layV :eIS I 4d, r! . 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