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IHE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Mornzng Papers, June 9, 18%t• • [THE TIMILS.) TEE DECCAN A riMY.—We understand that in some obscure quarters, the observations in our - Paper Friday . last, respecting the Deccan l'./rze-money, have beet) characterized, as far as regards the East India Company, as a tissue of 141sehoods. Nothing would induce us to notice Oria)inputation., but the wish we entertain that this cruel awl vexatious case should be fairly un- 44 . rstood by otie whole public; but when we 4uciTthe Duke of 'Wellington and Mr. Arbuthnot distinctly charging the East India Company with refusing to give ;item, for a whole year, any in formation on the subject of the captures made in the Decca:i, and with compelling them, " after a I,engthe*iied correspondence," to resort to the interference of the TreaSury to enforce the pro.' duction of that information, are we wrong in im puting to them feelings of an unfriendly nature towards their army ? Upon this subject we speak - with• confidence. The letter of the Trustees -of - the Deccan Booty is before us. We have also before us the reply of the Treasury to the Trustees, enclosing a copy of the letter which their Lordships' Secretary, 'Mr. George Flarri son, addressed to the Court of Directors, in conse quence of the appeal made to them by the Trns tee's. These documents speak for themselves. They compel us to believe, notwithstanding the report we have heard, that the Company offered, two years ago, to pay over 300,0001. to the Trus tees, and to refer all disputed questions to any competent tribunal—that they do not sympathize with their troops, as it is both their duty and their interest to do. So far from denying infor mation, it was incumbent on the Courtof-Direc tors, not only to have furnished it with the utmost . promptitude, but by remonstrance, and by every exertion of their influence even, to have spurred on.the Trustees to render immediate justice to the army—to bestow upon them immediate pos session of that reward to which their gallantry and their exertions so justly entitled them. It is no proof either of the justice or of the grati tude of the Company that they have been passive spectators of the distress and embarrassment of their faithful soldiery, when it was in their power to relieve their sufferings, and to procure redress for their wrongs. [NEW TIMES.] A very extraordinary new light has lately broken in upon the world, by which it has been discovered that the persons who practise a par ticular art or profession, are the only -individuals whose advice ought not be taken in regard to any matter connected with such professon or art.— Physicians are, on no account whatever, to be consulted on medical questions ; nor Lawyers on the practice of • the law. The old rule, ne sutor Ultra crepidant,is to be completely reversed ; and the cobler, instead of" sticking to his last" is to be presumed to understand every thing , but shoes. If your horse wants to be bled, beware of the far rier; and take it for granted, that no sailor knows ant -thing about a ship. We were first led to admire this new philosophy by a letter in the Morning I Chronicle, in which the writer gravely proposes that an "efficient inquiry" be instituted into the important question, whether the Plague is or is rot contagious—" omitting professional men !" The reason assigned for this curious exclusion is, that " they would he both parties and judges"— that is to say, having some knowledge of the sub ject, they would feel interested as parties to sup port that knowledge against sheer ignorance ; and, with such a bias on their minds, they could not maintain a judicial impartiality between sense and nonsense. scarcely had we recovered *from our surmise at the naivete with which the Gentleman in the Morning Chronicle disposed of the medical question, when we were called upon to admire the application of the.same principle ton question of law. An inquiry was to be made into the pro cedure of a particular Court of Law, that Court being one of most ancient establishments, of most extensive jurisdiction, and involving the consider ation of most abstruse and.intricate questions of law and equity. To whom should the con duct of such. an inquiry be committed ? To a number of experienced persons, conversant with the subject, ILibituated to the practice and forms of the Court, and well aware of their principle, tendency, .and, effect ? Or to Gentlenien who could not even 'understand the phraseology of the Triblacal, and were utterly at a loss to:corripre, head the nature and bearing of its regulations ? 'File Old maxim, experto erode, is in favour of the former mode of inqUiry ; hut'the New Light de- . nides_for the latter,. ; .Some of .the °Pinions thrown out in' the course of the Chancery discussion; illustrate the effect that Mighfhe expected from a:Committee excloding,all ".'profesSional meth". (due _Gentleman. of great talent* and, much ge neral information (but no Lawyer), conceived, that in order to prevent' delays in 4ankrtiPtoy, business, there should. be only seven Gommission-, ers p f, R a n krupts instead .of 70! He thought,rtao, - that., the Court of - Chancery should proceed 'on' aft vcit4 and. solely „accardlitg -to coarse of the ,Qomirion.Law ; siii4lte_Very,doirable, only it would.refotm.the C'auft.. annihilating its very natu re 'and ,efficacy: If'. IPtlg:trui;„ akserted piAtiiie,. of .oe4t,Coact of Chancery -is, rn its. est:Ott-4i principles, 4 4 well fitted:. to .'settle t controversies to-Which., ft . sl,llt/i otsociety necessaray gives birth," itAlterWs,•thtiLtb Compel the. Cour*Cof,Chancery *coUrse.of* the Couritnoo Iv* a extremely injurious to 'society. Yet sucici • reformation to he_ expected. fr'-'4:44;oits:whO inquire into abuses., without solue:-.,previotts' knowledge of .the system which tbef*ltt)laitake ..• 4 e " [VOICNING POST.] 1 9n . hise received," - Our New York, some late -4,444irmat.,: accounts' Irani the Sandwich Isliketd* , coittrnitig thelate disturbances and at . . tdstitAtioutspAin:Aohland :of . _Apoi. fhe for acs the Leader- of the re. behili-vrinee:;Geotteritnoree, ht - , the heart of considerable body of followers, was lurking in the mountains. Krimakoo, the acting Regent, happened• to be - at Attooi when the rebellion commenced, he immediately placed the Mission aries on board certain vessels, and sent them to -Oahu for safety, at the same time dispatching orders for reinforcements to all the circutnja cent tslands. Such was the zeal and enthu siasm of the natives, on receiving this intel ligence, that, the vessels appointed to convey them to the scene of action could not contain half the volunteers. In a very short time the mal contents laid down their arms, and Prince George was made prisoner. lie had not arrived at Oahu when the accounts left, but was daily expected. The young Prince, son of Rhio Rhio, had been established King of A tooi ; he is about twelve years of age. .The Rebel Chief, it was expected, would, be marooned, a sort of banishment to a distant island. It appears that throughout the Sandwich Islands great improvements are making in civilization. At Otaheite, a sugar manufactory had been established, where excellent sugar is made from the native cane. An Eimeo, a build-ing designd for a cotton manufactory, had also been erected, the machinery having been sent from England. The whole was in a state of for . worthless, and there would be no scarcity of stock, for cotton, said to be of the first quality, grows spontaneously iu abundance. EMOILNING HERALD.] Mr. Herries last night, in the House of Com mons, gave notice that on Tuesday next, in a Committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill (for 10,500,0001.) the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move the " appropriation" clause. Such clause will introduce all the grants of the Session, and the appropriation of the same, and it is ge nerally considered the last Government measure of the Session. After such period, the several Government measures then before the House are forwarded as rapidly as possible through their several stages preparatory to the pro rogation (or dissolution) of Parliament. It is calculated about the House, by the Mi nisters, and at the Government offices, that the prorogation cannot take place before the beginning of July, though last week it was said Mr. Canning considered that the prorogation might be fixed for the 28th inst. Mr. Huskisson mentioned that a Committee of the }louse of Commons had inspected the Lord's Journals to ascertain the fate of the 13111 for releasing the Warehoused or Bonded Corn ; that such Bill, it was found, had been thrown out by their Lord ships, and he therefore gave notice that to-day he should move for leave to bring in a similar Bill. He said it was very important that such a Bill should pass, even advanced as was the Ses sion—without it the ports would be opened be fore next Session. . . [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Lord chancellor is a fountain of patron age ; he dispenses his favours most copiously, but it must be confessed that the good things fall, by a natural law of gravitation, into his own basin. In the distribution of his bounties he is domestic to an examplary degree ; and in the instance of his own son,-he has shewn a liberality that cannot he too much admired. He has given him as much as he 'Well could give him in place, with as little to do for the money as possibly could be conceived., This is a great virtue in a parent ; some fathers have a strange notion, that it is good to give their chil dren occupation; the Chancellor has more liberal ideas, and has heaped sinecures on his son, which kind of office he doubtless considered as more pleasant to the Gentleman in question, and as best suited to his peculiar turn of mind. " It appears," says Mr. Miller, in his work on the State of the Civil Law, " from a return made to the House of Commons in 1822, that a near re lation of the Chancellor has recived from him a grant of the six following offices :-1. Register of Affidavits in the Court'of Charxery; 2. Clerk of the Letters Patent to the Court of Chancery ; 4. One of the Cursitors for London and Middlesex ; 5. The Clerkship of the Crown in Chancery in re version ; and, 6, The grant of the Office for the execution of the Laws and Statutes cOn cerning Bankrupts, in reversion likewise.—All of these offices are for life, and all of them are executed by deputy. The annual amount of each is set down in the Report at the several. sums of 1,260/. 14s. 10d.-4511. ss. 5d.-5811. 25.-500/.-1,0811. --:-and 4,5541., and some of them are believed to be rated much below their present real value. Of the four first he is now in actual possession, receiving from them pro liahly not much less than 3,5001.. a year, and should he survive the occupant of the" other two, the 'reversion of them may swell his income to about r 9,000/. a year. It certainly is true that the Lord Chancellor has; in strictness, a right tObe stow these places upon whom he pleases—but the gentleman alluded to has never done, or been required to do; any service to the law, and whe• ther Lord Eldon holds beneficial appointments himself, or confers them on his immediate con . liexionS, a certain 'degree of Moderation ought never, to .be disregarded.''. •But , glory.to the office Lchich gives its- holder, together 'with • a , princely. forthne; the Bower of - providing thus handsomely for-lii' near relation, without putting his 'hand' ititjo his pocket, and that, too without' troubling ti)e - . .favoured party with irksome employment. Immediate ernolument, patronage, and power, Oniideredi there is 'no plaOp,,io this kingdom o f places, lo .he compared with that :o€ the Chan. tellorhis Lordship's adhesion to it; is, indeed; means wonderful, he sticks in the sweets. . . [TIIV. PUBLIC LEDGER.] ) Th e ~., . uontittenta c l Papers have c on t a i ne d of late {to political intelligence of the slightest import. 0&,. lint such as relates to the aff airs of G ree ce , il x . : 1 1)Ch is a preity.:fair,proof of the good under. Landing now subsisting between the Great VOkVers. We are much mistaken if a much greater dilgree of 'tip' rmoni , does not , subsist . between them .than is generally - imagined ; and .as the COnt,inetital States.are pretty well aware that , n 6 clOn.is'ever advanced by our Government in op. Position to the .European system, as it is termed', till: the - public voice , in this country has . une. qulvoCalll,4nd even strongly, expressed itself in its favour, their resistance to it is more spe cious than real. It is, therefore, a great error to imagine that it is a part of their policy, col lectively or individually, to embarass the English Cabinet, as such embarassment would eventually recoil upon themselves; and, besides, they must be aware that our ruling Statesmen are as little addicted to political novelties as themselves. — These considerations, whatever merit they may have on the score of principle, or lofty feeling, possess, at least, a value, as far as the conti nuance of peace is concerned ; and, in fact, the political sky never wore a more settled aspect than it has done for some time. If any clouds arose in consequence of our Government having recog nized the independence of the New States of America, there is not a vestige of them at pre sent ; and as this was the most ticklish step we could have taken, the manner in which it has been met by the other Great Powers fully con firms our view of the sentiments they entertain towards our Cabinet. The innoxious character into which the Meeting at Milan has dwindled, is another corroboration of our opinion, for, had it constituted itself into a Congress, as was reported at' first, 'it would have exposed our Cabinet to a considerable degree of inconveni ence. To this general rule of a disposition on all sides to accommodate one another, the pe remptory tone, which Ministers are said to have recently used towards Spain, seems to be an ex ception ; but the issue will shew that it is more apparent than real . ; and our Cabinet, could they follow their own wishes, would cheerfully make any moderate concession to relieve that Power from its difficulties, instead of adding to their weight; [BRITISH PRESS.] In the Paris Papers that arrived last night, the' correspondence from Madrid is dated the 26th ult. T he only allusion to the Spanish finances relates to the failure of the mission of M. Uriarte to Holland, for the purpose of negociating a loan there, through M. Navia, the Charge d'Affaires at the Court Of the Netherlands. It was this failure, we believe, that decided Ferdinand and his Ministers to accede to the terms offered by the English capitalists. Great repugnance was felt to the partial recognition demanded for the bonds of the Cortes ; but overwhelming necessity left the Spanish Government no alter native : the treasury was absolutely empty, and all hope of supply was extinguished except on the condition to which Ferdinand finally, with much reluctance, assented. The negociation had been long pending ; and the admission of the Constitutional bonds was agreed to several months ago ; but it would seem that Ferdinand did not till lately abandon his expectation of ob taining relief upon terms more acceptable. The overthrow of his authority in Peru, and his daily increasing and severely pressing wants, at length fixed his wavering and tedious purpose. Some of the Evening Papers of yesterday, without ven turing to deny our statements on this subject, have nevertheless affected to treat them as if they were without foundation. One of these Papers remarks, in its city article, that " the assertion (that a Spanish loan is concluded) has been so often repeated, that it has lost its effect." If the design of this sentence be to insinuate that we have sent forth any asser tions concerning the new Spanish loan, which have turned out to be in any respect groundless, we deny the fact imputed to us ; and we challenge the writer of the article to point out a line we have published on this subject that has not been since justified by events, now generally known to be true. All that we said previously to yester day was, that the negociation far the loan had not been interrupted, as the Times had positive ly stated. We said, that so far from being broken . - off for the reasons alleged by the Times, viz. Fer dinand's invincible determination never to ac know ledge the bonds of •the Cortes,we had agreed ,to admit them in the subscription to a new loan, and that it only remained to be settled at what rate they should be received. We said farther, that we believed the negociation would be successfui ; but we never stated that it was concluded till yesterday, because it was only on Tuesday even ing that the letter was received from Madrid, on which our information rested. If there be yet any doubt remaining us to our correctness, a few days must entirely dispel it. Meanwhile we advise those who have not contradicted us not to have re course, for their own sakes, to misrepresentations, which can serve them only until the following morning. They will, besides, find it difficult pre sently to retrace their steps, when circumstances shall render that movement absolutely necessary. rim 1 HEATICAE, SAL m JERVIS, pri. cipa.l Actress at the Coburg Theatre, summoned to the Court of Requests the Proprietors, for • the sum of 2/. 195., which they had stopped of her salary of two guineas a week, to Cover the expences of a benefit, which, agreeably to the usage .of the Theatre, they insisted she should take ; but which she refused... Mr. BExaouGir stated that such was the cus tom at the Minor Theatres.--A Mr. TIGRN tmwErt said, that the benefit season was the harvest of the proprietors, and urged the necessity of performers taking benefits.—CommassloNEß: What you term ,benifit; often sends - performers who cannot command a house to ,gaol.--A division of the Commissioners then took place, when was • decided in favour of Mrs. JERVIS,. and they ordered the amount,• 21. Ws:, to be -paid . before Friday next, otherwise execution would issue against all parties.---Mr. HoRICRLOWEa said, that payment would be resisted. SMUGGLERS.—A body of armed smugglers hav ing on Friday last attacked, near Lymington, Lieutenant P lta, R.N., and some of his crew, the latter were obliged to use their pistols and cutlasses in their own defence, when seve ral of the assailants were wounded. one of whom died on Sa tutday evening. • MP,LANCIfOLY SUICIDE.—On Monday evening Mr. Andrews, landlord ,of the. King's. Head public-house, King-street, in the New. Kept 7 padolestroyed himself whilst labouring under a Ot .of temporary, insanity.. -Several days preceding his death he had ; been observed in a very low and . desponding state, produced, it is conjectured, by unfortunate occurreticesinhis buainess, that. led him into embarrassments from which he found. it. impossible to extricate Fiotri these causes he. had beep observed in the day in ques tion to be peculiarly affected in his mind, and leaving gone into the biek kitchen for the purpose, iris supposed, of washing his hands, he into. that opportamity of precipitating himse lf head foremost ntii the large- butt of wate,r,tbat was used for family pFpoies. The deceased's long 'absence having excited .the attention of his wife, who had a 'few days previo usl y been de-; livered Of twins, she ' directed she boy to search. for his master, I and on his going into the kitchen, he.-perceived the body of the I deceased in the water-butt, with his feet pointing to the ceiling. Medical assistance was immediately prosured,, but all efforts to restore animation were useless.: The unfortunate deceased was a man Much restieeted in bisneighbourhood,,and has left a wife in a precaurious state:of health,. and a large family, to deplore his untimely end LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 8. BOWES V. STRATHMORE. This was the case of a bill filed to vacate the presentation of' a living to the Rev. Dr. Liddel, upon the ground that he had been unduly presented. The subject has been repeatedly before the Court; and as it occupied the greater part of the morning without being brought to a conclusion, we cannot lay it before .our readers in a shape that would be satisfactory. It was a demurrer, and the question turned upon abstract points of law. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JUNE 8. THE LOWTHER CASTLE. Lord STOWELL proceeded to give judgment nearly as fol. lows :—.This is an action brought against Captain Thomas Baker, Master of the East India Company's ship Lowther Castle, for damages, on account of an unjust, or, ut least, ex cessive punishment, inflicted upon Michael Comerford, a mari ner of the said ship. The imputed offence, which occasioned the infliction of this punishment, was, that of a negligent and lazy performance of his duty, in unloading the ship, and °falls respectful welds addressed to the Officer, who had made an observation upon the insufficient discharge of his duty. The punishment was that of thirty-six lashes, inflicted upon his bare back, after an imprisonment of four or five days in irons ; fbr which he claims a compensation of 2001. damages. The proceeding, which finally led to this. punishment, was conduct ed by four of the Officers, constituting what is styled, in the language of these papers, a Court of Inquiry; the Captain then being absent upon business, at the city of Canton. Upon his return on board the ship, he received the Report of his Officers, and, on that Report, and the declaration of their opinion thereon, he directed the flaggellation complained of. It does not appear to me that there is any doubtful question of law arising upon the legality. of inflicting bodily correction upon offending mariners, such punishment being commensu rate to the offence - committed, being awarded by due authority, and being administered with due moderation. The law recog nizing the authority has been settled in the cases referred to by the Counsel on both sides. 1 t originates in that necessity of compelling, if it cannot be otherwise had, by bodily suffering, that attention to the maritime duties, in which the lives and fortunesof so many individuals are so intimately concerned.— There is no branch of our commercial maritime service in which the lives and fortunes of those on board, as well as the fortunes of many other persons, are more extensively concern ed than that of the shipping of the East India Company; and the power of securing those interests, by penal infliction, is no where more cautiously guarded than on board those ships, it being, as I understand, a standing regulation of that Com pany, that no such infliction should take place under the sole authority of the Captain, though the Captains employed are generally a very respectable body of men, but must be sanctioned by the Report of such a Court -of Inquiry, as I have described,. and the whole proceedings finally reported to the Governors of that Company, upon the return home of the vessel. • The immediate transaction in which this matter originated was in the unloading of part of a cargo, consisting of logs or billets of wood, about which this mariner was employed. He had to receive certain heavy logs of wood, from a lower deck, from a person who was to hand them up to him, and he was to receive them and hand them up further. In the performance of this duty he was extremely negligent and idle—so much so, as to attract the observation of the superintending officer, who re marked' to him how much more dilligent a youth was, em ployed nearly in the same way, whose name was Long, and who was ready to receive and hand upwards two logs of wood, while lie handed only one. In answer to this observation, he only said, that the other worked too hard, and would not be able to hold out long, and that he himself would take it easy, and would not hurry himself; that is, in other words, that he would not alter the behaviour of which the officer complained, upon which the officer observed, he was a disrespectful fellow. Now, if this was the solitary instance of misbehaviour, I should be inclined to admit that the punishment inflicted rather exceeded the offence, though the offence was twofold_thas of slackness in the performance of his work, and of a disrespect till reply to his Officer, who had reprehended him. It was, therefore, a very natural policy on the part of his Counsel to hold out, that the attention of this Court must be entirely confined to that charge, and that neither the Court of Inquiry, nor this Court, at present, could look further back. But this point, emphatically adverted to in the opening, was not pressed in the argument, and, indeed, could not have been pursued with any effect- The general good character and behaviour of this man had been pleaded, as usual, in the summary .petition ; and this is ntet by a direct opposition, contained in an undisputed article of a defensive allegation, given by the Captain. The "facts, therefore, of general character and demeanor are directly put in issue between the parties, and I am clearly of opinion, that the Court of Enquiry, and the Captain, and this Court, have a right to look further back, and to see whether this was an isolated act, or a continuation and habit of misbeha siour. It is not, as upon an indictment, when a single offence is charged, and if the party is cleared of that, can be pursued no further. Ile mixes again with the general mass of society, per_ hags with more or less imputation upon his character ' • but he is not associated in the same vehicle with the persons who have tried him, and who have a right to protect themselves against the dangers that might follow from his own future Conduct; or from the evil example which it might have held out to the prac tice of others. It is a procedure connected with the future safety of the ship, dependent upon the conduct of the mariners, and whose habits of behaviour are, therefore, highly interesting to them. If those habits are of a mischievous nature in them. selves, and, still more, in the example of impunity which they would hold out to others, they are objects of fair consideration in the estimate of the penalties applicable to any act arising out of any such habits—laziness, for instance, and slackness in the performance of duties, are not single acts, but con tinuations of habit, and the same observation will apply to rude and undutiful behaviour. The Captain has, there fore, with great • propriety, travelled into a retrospective charge of both those offences—of lazy and disrespectful be haviour, and I think no charge can be better sustained by the whole of the evidence of this case, than that lie was a man grossly idle, with respect to work, skulking froth the most im portant duties on board, and, though sheltering himself from Immediate punishment, by a dilatory performance of what was assigned to him, yet always performing it, as one of the wit nesses expresses it, in a grumbling and growling manner, and as another phrases it, in a muttering and mumbling manner, and with a' most disgusting shew of dissatisfaction, and not without the use of contumelious expressions, which even the vessel itself could not escape, under the title of being only a bl— y merchant ship. It is impossible for the Court to consider this concurrent cha racter given of him by all his superiors on board, and to impute this enmity of theirs to any thing but a just 'dianleascre at his conduct. The testimony of the Officers who composed the Court of Inquiry, of the Officer who instituted that Inquiry, and those of the inferior officers . --the boatswain and armourer, all unite in representing him as a worthless; lazy fellow: slovenly and careless in his habits, by no means a good seaman, extremely, indisposed to work, expert at skirking from the performance of it, and, if compelled to perform. it, doing it in the most negli gent and dilatory and ungracious Manner. Being satisfied by this evidence of the general conduct and character of this man, I am not disposed to pay attention to his complaints, further, than to consider whether the facts itnputed to him in this charge are not fully supported and highly aggravated, by its being a continuation of every thing that had occurred in his conduct be fore. I hope few Courts have a more just regard for the inte- Jest and comfort of British mariners than this ; but this Court will expect that seamen shall do their proper duty, and ifi a proper manner, and, in ,my opinion, this man's conduct has been one entire violation of it, includingthe present transaction.. I am satisfied that the representation given by the Officers, though with some variations, occasioned by the lapse of time let' which they have been examined, is ,substantially cereect, and, justifies the making of this man pay the penalty of. Ilis general misconduct. If I could have seen that he was a man of ordinary diligence, and had been betrayed into an act os s estpresaion of insubordina tion, by an unusual failure of temper and manners, I should have been inclined to have taken a somewhat different view of this matter, at least at its degree of, malignity.. But I. am satisfied, thattale immediate a;tltnizik, place,, as .represented by the offiberaa and though the ingenuity of Counsel ine.Ybave dis covered some minute discrepancies :in the evidente given lay' those Gentlemen, at a remoteiperiod.of . time frqrn the transac tion itself, yet that the, explanations given by ,Dr. -Tanner, are more than satisfactory. I do not feel it neces sar y to repeat them ; they are such as generally presented . themselves to my own mind, upon, the veryfirst attentive consideration of ,the evidence, and toy mind has not been for a moment di4odged from the conviction with which 'it was 'then impressed r---,Thar the immediate facts took place in the manner represented by the Court of Inquiry.; that the behaviour of the plaintiff upon that particidar occasion.WasconforrnabletO his general 'tenour . and habits of idleness an d di so b e di e nce; intithat the punish:. ment inflicted wa s no t severity. ' disproportionate, nor ekcc,uted with undue I think I -ought not. to omit that two out of the only three Ivitnesses produced on his part, one of whom, a youth of sixteen years of age, were produced at a time :wbett,they.vsere out of the reach of a cross•exiiiiingion, and that the patFtihilliselfligs confirmed the: truth of 'the Particulai.fieti - alleged, bYhii own adinigsinnS and by the offer of suing fiat ps"don for th'is l fre* with which lie was charged.' The Co unT accordingly decided, that, the mariner was not entitled' to Ae 'compensation Claimed, atilt digthissed Captain Baker front the suit,. .•' MASQUERADE, ARGYLE ROOMS. [Further Particulars.] The high patronage und er whi c h it was announced that this splendid fete would be given, 'was an earnest attic: Unrivalled magnificence with which it might be expected to be got up. No wonder, then, when the attraction was so powerful,.-that the number and high fashion of the visitants, who honoured the Rooms with their presence, greatly surpassed what has hereto fore occurred on the like joyous occasions. Gentlemen of the first rank and talent supported characters with considerable eclat. A talented person, as a postman, evinced his k now l e d ge o f t o wn and " ton," by his correct delivery of letters, prepared for the occasion, to different individuals, who were astonished at being known. We recognised a great many of the leading men of fashion in various disguises :—Mr. H., as a ballad singer, sung " Green grows the rashes," con amore : and Lord —, in a si milar character, was vociferous all night with " Oh ! 'tis love, 'tis love." "We were a long time at a loss to discover who was the Dame Quickly of the company ; but accident having given us a glimpse of the Lady's face, we recognised the beautiful and accomplished Mrs. T., who had spirit enough to assume a character which her talents were equal to support. A groupe of Parliamentary Orators got up a mock debate on the Chan cery question • but on a division, the noes refused toga oat, and the Speaker was obliged to leave the chair. (3. as a celebrated Ministerial Orator, was excellent; while 111 r. 11. was peculiarly happy in his imitations of a leading Opposition Member. D. was successful in hitting off the manner of a ci devant Chancellor .of the Exchequer ; and Mr. Q. echoed a cer tain Irish Orator to the life. Mr. S. T. was about to pronounce judgment as a solemn Lord .Chief Justice, when Death step ped in and took the parties out of hearing. Mr. W., es Doa Juan, captivated all hearts, but was at last caught himself by Madam V., who has been already so much celebrated is the part, and we may expect soon to see their' joint ap pearance in public, for her benefit only. Sir ;lames headed a band of Spanish guerillas, and Colonel' J-- and his Lady were admirably dressed, after one of Eastlake's pictures, as a Roman bandit and his wifeee--We could not be mistaken in our friend It-- as Jerry Sneak, or in Mr. D. as Major Sturgeon.—Captain W. played Death to the life; and Tom I. as the Devil was delightful. Sir Isaac announced new stone coffin company. Mr. I. as a German Doctor, was loud in praise of what he termed an antidote to swoonernelar choly, and despair, and a stimulant to the awakening of jol • and mirth, which he recommended with irresistible drollery.-' Many ladies, prompted by the curiosity so natural to thei r sae, tasted of the Doctor's nostrum, and the immediate sparkling of their bright eyes, and their increased vivacity at once proved that lie did not over-value his delightful potion. The boa of k satisfaction which attended the Doctor's prescriptions drew the attention of the well-known Charles Wright of :the market, who tasting the medicine, at once established his fame in the circle, and covering the Doctor with confusion, by declaring the specific to b e n o o th er than his' own spark ling champagne, which,. be further informed the company', would constitute one of the delights of the supper 'table , An illustrious Falstaff, and the Honourable Mr. a* the Prince, afforded much amusement, and were admirably supported by three gentlemen (whose names we could not learn) in the characters of Bardolph. Poids, and Pisi`Ol, Jews, Gypsies, Monks, and Countrymen, filled up the indes cribable mass; who, supplied by good humour and mirth, their want of more prominent and distinguishable points of character. Bands of music were stationed in the different rooms, and kept in constant requisition for country dances, waltzes, and qua drilles. Excellent refreshments were provided, and nothing left deficient to please the eye and gratify the senses. At ;wc • o'clock, the large supper' rooms were thrown open a nd filled it' a few minutes. An excellent supper was soon disposed of, al when the cheerful g la ss hid revive d the exh au sted spirits those who had partaken most freely in the cliarnis'of the bill, crowd up stairs, their stores of Min - lour were again opened e ana the table flashed with wit and repartee.' Several characters took off their masks, and the surprize of acquaintances, and the re cognition of friends, gave no slight zest and variety to the scene' This joyous entertainment abounding in wit and graced bf beauty, talent, and fashion, wits prolonged to a late hour. The wines were furnished by that famous connoisseur, 11r. Cherie , Wright, of the Opera Colonnade, Haymarket,' who really e% . seeded himself by the richness and variety of those produceje and gained imperishable cr e dit a n d renown for the excellence ot his fine sparkling Champagne, which not little contributed tv promote the general hilarity and happiness of the evening. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON (LA NC,ASHIRE) RACES.—Farnar, JUNE A Plate of 70/. given by Sir T. Farquhar, Bart. for all age . Heats, two miles: '• Mr. W. Wynne's ch. f. by Rubens, 4 yrs 1 a l Mr. Wyvil's br. g. by Corpus, 6 yrs - . • ' 3 Mr. Simpson's b. h. by Corrector, 5 yrs - '2 a Ten were drawn. A Sweepstakes of 20 sov. each, and 20 added. One mile and a distance. 1 Lord Wilton's b. h. Mystic, f; yrs Sir W. Wynne's b. f. Signorina, 3 yrs - - -'.s Lord Grosvenor's ch. f. liybla, 4 yrs • - Hunters' Stakes of 10gs each, for horses, &c. not thor9, bred.—Two miles. Mr. liretherton's b. g. by Screvington • Mr. M`Minnie's b. us. Maid of the Mill - CRICKET. A Match of Cricket was played in. Lord's Ground, betv i two Select Elevens of England, and decided: on -Tv04 (1 4 favour of Mr. Lloyd. YD, Ist Innings - 2d Ditto . - LLO 70 I ist Innings 224 12d Di•to - 15/ .-- 1 51 145 294 Mr. Lloyd w in by 44 runs. • LONGEVITY IN RUSSIA.—The last arintl4 , o bh tuary of the Russian Empire, published at St Petersbor‘ records the death of a man at the very advanced age of 4. o f (Old Parr was only 152), near to Pobsk, on the trontiet:k.s, Livonia. He had seen seven Sovereigns on the throne of Rtl v ia and remembered the death of Gustavus Adolphtts. He (s bean a soldter in the 30 years war ; at the battle of , PoltoWsitis 1709) he was 51 years of sge. At the age of 93 he r uarriea, es t third wife, with whom he lived 50 years: the two. Y° 9l ',sr WS of this marriage were, 86 and 62 .respectively in the 7 , ai 1796; the oldest of his other sons, in the same.year; , sre r- 0 1 , and '93 respettively. The entire family of this patriarch c 0 of prise 13d descendants, who all lived 'together in the Nill3k t o Pallotzkoa, which the Empress Catharine the second caul ale be built for them, granting at the same time' a .consid er* e, tract of land for their su`pport.* In the 163 d year of hts„aPst this modern Nestor was in the enjoyment of the titbit p ,- . health. - of Yesterday the Loan MAYOR lidd a COUC t ''' Aldermen at Guildhall, for the general dispatch of public tt,e4 ness. Precepts were directed to be issued for jttries . lo be for the purpose of assessing the.value of several parties' We's in and about Pleet-maiket, wanted for the purposes of tho&v. market. The' Rulers 15f the Ntratermen's and • Li g hternielo Company were,elected for the year ensuing. 'Messrs: Dello. and Hathway attended, and were sworn into tint, of6se of g et sf meters in 'trust, and Mr. Figgins into the office of corn'"'"ol in trust. Several Persons were allowed and sworn b r okers, e iji , the beadles of the Court of Requests for the eity , were re-ote6 Price., 29s Od 30 s od to At, COAL MARKET, JurrE 8. Ships at Market. Ships sold 871, Newcastle - 631 55 Sunderland - 464 .• " ' On Tuesday, the 7th inst. B , IRTH the wife of Mi . . F, M. Wege off' No. 13, Red Lion-Street, Wapping; solicitor, of a son. MARRJED. • '• On' Tuesday, the 7th inst., at Willesden, Middleelz. i esr Joseph Chater, of 'St. Dunstan's-Hit, Tower-street, to youngest ,:daughter of. Mr. E!-Chattir, of Kilb rn. b ort , On WedPesdaY , the Bth inst., at st. geonle',s, Etloore s d off Lewis Lewis; "Esq., o? Camberwell-grove tir.). Mrs. V!,-, 0 09, widow of the late Csptalti Yirker, R.N:oof Nert O e''' . Warwickshire. • On TueSday,, the 7thinst., at Ighth9l, ~ne ar Seven ° lo•l Captain Chadwick, of' the 86th rgin-tent to Aee s nes belle, &tighter' of the " Rev. George Ma.rkhllnll3.D late ..9 , of . York. -' • -•- DIED. pd 57' P' 'On Sunday, the sth instatit,'ln Conduit-street,aS after a lingering illness, 'which he .19ore' with.the tilost,` - 5 0 0 ' Karl folitucte, Sir Henry Carr Ibbotson Bart. of. 11 ,, e , ef tlfi' in 'fhb Countrof YOrk, whose loss will long be 7,0 0 '; lamented by a inOSUninerouti Circle , • • On Saturday, the 4th ins Rochester, Printed' and Pubit , bod for the Pnopgrtion4, ' Orrice, Nn. 11i, St.-and, by:X4lf,'Cva'rivrAlit'' •