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ury ling ►wt+ )li6 . r 3;4 , ?P . ; • ' tho tio op , out for no. .•s INDIA. MAVIS IPETLESLEI , S COLLEGE in EENGAL. Tits following has been transmitted from,nengal by the last packet, as an authentic Copy of the Let. ter addressed by the Vice. Provost of the College to the Senior Student, for the general information of all the young men attached to that Institution: MY DEAR ncki )I'o. , PARISIAN FASHIONS, AN! Of nv re. 11. t• lost [Ed t of , ryr, of On. arc uric 10 0 ' $ 4. SO' and left den and aVc.' As some unforeseen rumour prevails in College, tespeaing a Letter from the Court of Direttors to Lord W t LEI . on tilt) subject of the College, 1 will thank you to mention, that the Lefter of the Court of Dilators contains the most approbation of the plan, and of the purposes of the institution. • Their onlyobj.:Ction has respea to the expcnce : they oh serve, "that they have great pleasure its expressing their high approbation of. the public spirit and conspicuous talents of Marquis W. in the conception and arrangement of a plan, which, under other circumstances of the Company's finance, • they should have thought deserving the most serious cots ,' Iteration." They therefore propose that the. College should be modelled on a reductxt plan, confining it to two or three languages, and cutting off the additional ;allowances of the Students. His Excellency being sensible that such reduition would Answer the purposes of the present institution, and that the objeCti on as to expenee arises from supposing that the Colley is on a scale of magnitude which does not e‘ist, hag I ssolv e d to represent these cirCUMStatiCeS to the Court of I)i.. !Wins, in the confidence that they will sanction the existing, i !` 2t 'tution. In the mean time, to prevent the necessity of Stu dents coming fr o m the oth e r Presidencies belbre the 'V he finally established, His Excellency 1144, by an, Ad of 1 C • wined, decl ar ed th e a boliti on o f the College 'on the 3 tat of , December, 1803. Till i. lhalpericol, the existing institution shall remain as it And ! -rapit......na and Statutes concerning p as n is his Lordship's determination, ;hat it shall be ";'.every degree of energy 'hi s G overnment can at , that merit, as hitherto, shall be conspicuously re. slily to the stattites 1 ,1 43 w, andthat discipline shall be strictly preserved agree- The llomisay arsdof the Institution. Coll Mtsdras Students of 1799 and doe, leave !"g agreeahly.to the Regulations at the end of :Soz, and ti fie' of aot, at the end of 180 3. Your's, &cc l'""e 41 1802. C. BUCHANAN. la Tut hair i s exposed over the brow, in a tuft of rge curls. The turbans, capots, and tque caps dn not come forward on the brow. The edges of the evots - are still turned up, and pressed into wolf's teeth 1(44.. 'Those in the newest fashion are elf grey satht Tp he Toe Caps are of satin and g re y elve !. Orshge,' rose, at.d a flesh colour are going out of fashlan, Hats of radiated ribbons, sewed together, are still worn. The small Savoy peck_ handkerchiefs are also in vogue.. Black velvet hats are Are rare. Short tunics are much in , a 'hidn; they have now the name of Jewish tunics ; out ; i r e the same which were last year in fashion, ut'der the name of Mameluke tunics: They are of black velvet, with a deep black l a ci ng , of white ve lvet, or o f w h ite. crape, with a border of silver embroidery, on a hand of velvet, or a ribbon. Silk and cotton mnrning robes, of a chequered tex- O re) and of an amaranth, or a Turkish red colour, are much worn. The square shawls of fine l loth, ar e chiefly scarlet. No person o f .f as hi on wears a Spencer.. The full dress for Gentlemen is, now, coat, vest, 4NI breeches, of black cloth, with pockets ; sword, :ith a silver hilt; shoes; with buckles ; point ruf. at,..,the hands and b reast ; great.coats of an Airiericau drab-colour, c. English now inTaris intend t o g i ve , on the ii I.°lll°fisiwary, a magnificent Ball and a e nir th . day Sup G per, in onour th nit t utu. of the (.2vERN Of lt SAT Several slight shocks of an Earthquake were felt On t he iaSth and 26th ult. at Sion, in the Upper Valais. Two Martians of the most furious kind, kicked up a row Y e 'terdaY, in Was e middle of e day, in Cheapsid e , which the th th occasion of collating a gre at mob. These two Irishmen, it appears, v ere, in th e rd Horning, -gr eat f r i en d s ; b at, meeting fair gyprian, t h ey took her into a coach, and timed so inuch smitten with her,' that - both ins. rneiliately became candidates for her favour and atfation.... This pt o d uce d a quarrel, which ended in blows. One of them was severely .beaten, and: his face wils covered with blood. As they.fn ug h t• in the coach, the battle did not last ling; for there . was no roots for shifting. ' The fair objea of their quarrel chose, in her opinion, the bat man, and of course went off' with the conqueror.. The defeated lover was driven away in the coach, who, on re !. flen rs, ion might fairly co nc l u d e he was a gainer liy the h. • ANECDOTP*—Wen FIELDING 'bad finished his Novel of 'rain goner, being much distresied, he sold it t o an obscure Bookseller for zgl. on condition of being paid on a certain given day. In the meats. time he slimed the MS. to Thomson, the Poet, wh o was immediately struck with its great merit ; ad. 'sited Ftt Lot izo by all means to get free from the bargain, which !te did w i t h out 'much difficul ty , as t h e konkseller 'wal"bot capable of estimating Oat value of hi s p urc h ase. THOMSON recommended the work 10 ANDK Elv 'MILLER, and the parties met at a "Isa. Vern over a beef -steak and a bottle, MILL ER b e .. R a a , with saying, " Mr. Ft ELDINO, alway s d e t er _ I min e on affairs of this sort at once, and neve r c h ange Ycifer, I w ill not g i ve one far ' thing more t h an !'0 hundred pounds." " Two hundred Nunds (crie s Ft s ut rto) " Yea," says the other," "and If not one farthing more," Ft s LDING, whose cur. Prize arose from joy, and not disappointment, shook hin t by the hand, and sealed the bargain, and ordered in two bottles of wine. MILLER got a .very large 31int by , the sale of th e b oo k . He at different times, du,rint:bis life, a ss i ste d F IELDING With 25004 4cbt he cancelled in his will. I n the erigti of CIJAR LES 11, a Professor of Clas llow, named Z ACHARY BOYD, translated the Bible into rhyme, and left the MS. to the University of Cla sgow, with a l egac y o f 30061. •to defray, the txpence s of printing it. The University refused to accept the money,. but retained the MS. That they consulted bath their own .ereclit, and,. that :of t he testator,' in not publishing it, will appear from the following specimen : "#Rt Was three days in tbe whale's bellyi without fire or AM eaa ot die, had hhint all tht %Nis but cold till-guts to ~bandis,•l OLD RiaLEY, ?HMO DAY---JAN. 14. MURbER. George niter was indieled for the wilful Mur. der of his wife, by drowning her in the Padding. ton Canal on Sunday the sth of December last; to which he pleaded not guilty. He stood charged also with another indidment for the wilful murder of his infant female child, of about the age of eight months, at the same time, and in the same manner. He was tried only upon the first. _ Mr. KNOW LYS opened the Case for the'Prosectt_ tion, in a very sensible speech, observing that the evidence was purely circumstantial, and arising out of fads which were to be compared with the deli berate declaration of the Prisoner himself before Sir RICHARD FORD, at Bow street, and by which cir cumstances, as they should be detailed by the Wit. nesses, it would appear that the most material parts of the Prisoner's declaration must of necessity be false, and that these circumstances could not exist consistently with the possible innocence of the Pri soner at the Bar; so that the necessary and unavoid. able inference must be, that the Priioner threw his unfortunate wife with her infant in her arms, into the Canal, by which they were drowned. He then stated all the circumstances of the case, and proceed. ed to examine the Witnesses, the substance of whose testimony was as-follows Jane Ilotha-m•—• 4 .‘: I mil the mother of the deceas. cd ; I live in Boswell,court, near Carey-street ; she left my house on the Saturday three weeks before Christmas Day, about five minutes before four o'clock. I took her from the Work-house to sup. port, her with her child, and to live with me on her endeavours. She slept most nights and in gene ral with me. She left me three Saturdays running to go to him (the. Prisoner at the Bar). She .hail four children, two were at Barnet at the Poor-house, one had died, and one in her, arms. .1 never saw her after that Saturday, neither did I ever see the body. She took the child with her when she left use on the Saturday." Cross.examined, she'saiti; the deceased had been twelve months in the Work-hot:se, She was eery unhappy in her mind. They wanted her little, child to be sent to Barnet, hut she was so fond of it that she would not let it go. Joseph Bradley.---.--" I live with Mr. Row near Grosvenor-square. The Prisoner lodged with me ; his wife and child did not lodge with hiin at my house. On the Saturdareeening before the death Of the unfortunate woman, she. was at my house; she slept there with .her husband. I saw them all three on the Sunday morning ; his wile breakfasted with me, and she partook of a glass of rum, before they went away from my house, which was near or about ten o'clock, I did 'not see the Prisoner again at his lodging until about half past eight o'clock 09 the Sun. day night ;:his wife and child w.e re not then with M T , neither did I ever see them after they left my house on the Sunday morning. The Prisoner. did not make any inquiry after his wife and child again of me until the following Sunday, the a ails of Decem. bee. On that city I• had been to Highgate, and I believe the Prisoner had been to Barnet. lie called frt hlt at my mother-in-law'S hou:e ; her name is Young. He bad never called for me there befOre, except, as I believe, once, which was the Summer before.. On Sunday the t ath he had no conVersa "„ticin whatever with me about his wife and child Highgate. - We came' from there altogether., the Prisoner, myself, and my 'brother.in.law. • When 'We Came to town, he asked me, if .his wife had been at my house. I replied, not.thar• I knew of. She used to call on him in general twice a week. In the beginning of the week often, but always on the Saturday. ..From what I . heard hoth his wife aedhim say to each other, I found that they were not on good terms, and they appeared to live un haprOy ats husband and wife; but they did not live togethei. I • cannot tell exadly, . but I think he lived :with me about three quarters of a year. She Used to come to him on the Saturday to. receive, I believe, some little matter of. money,. She wanted .to come home to her husband . and - live with him', andthatappeared to be the: cause of her uneasiness." .cross-examined, he said, 41 She did 'not' sleep malty times in my house, it might, be four timeg; She used 'to come on the Saturday, to receive a little money. , I never observed in my life that she was addicted to drinkirig. I had seen her but : sehliim ,beforershe Jeft the Work-house, and what her habits • Wert before that time,. Ido not know. Whert.'the Pt;,'orire asked me about his wife, ...whether she had been at my house, there had been no tumour of her haVieg been lost. • The PriSoner is a Coach-maker, and from. the sth of December down to the time he was taken, he went to his work daily, and followed, it as usual." Margaret Bradley, the wife of the last witness. " The Prisoner had lodged at our house for six or eight months. I saw Isis Wifc .09 the Saturday previoei 'to her death ; she staid at our house all night• l —l knew her and her child very well. I was at borne when_she left our house in the morning of the Sunday, which was abOut ten o'clOck. From what I obierved from both of them, I Am convinced that they did not live on good terms at itll.—On the. Wednesday week afterwards I saw the body of • the child at Chelsea : I knew it very well to be the Prisoner's child, which was brought to our house by the. mother; it was a little girl, her name was Louisa---I cannot seiy,tliat sever saw the Prisoner's, wife in liquor:" - : • .Eleanor Winter.—" I live at Westbourn Green, hy'the side Of the Canal., my house' was c ?t it e ,t t h e Spotted Dog ;it is-now called theWestbOurn Green Tavern.; Oil the sth of December last, I Saw t'ire Prisoner' , at my house-. lie came aloha eleven' o'clock in - the morning, with his wife 'and cliild3o: hcr arms' They staid at our: house tecleek they 'brought some beef-steaks, which • were dressetniy the Prisoner. They had a two. penny glass of brandy, and fuer pints of porter be. twcen them. My house is about two miles from the Mitre TaVern, which is nearer the:Canal"; my house is on the side of the towing path, and the other is on the opposite side. While they were at our house, she seemed low in her spirits, and she bad .been cryitig—she . Said in the prOserice of her has. band while he W;9l . .Clost by her, that Ike ,ad *B4'M 1 . ! '1 tile, tbtre ihrlu. timer; ,and I Tecollo. and she sold, that they tootesa,,,tb meet a malt , i,tho owed her betsband money, and . 1,.r.t1.14. 6Usiness was not settled that day, she would not come after rt. any thoi-e. They were both close togetbekin my house then.", [This assertion of the deceased, alluded to what her, hus. tx , nd had told her, by way of inducenient, to p, , o—xith him to the side i,the Canal, r for, he said; it was there he vies to , set" the Orson who owed him sonic nwney, and Who pro mised to pay it to him therel The Witness proceeded.—" They left my house A little before one. Abotit a fortnight after, I saw the body of the woman at the Mitre Tavern, 'and knew it immediately to 'be the - same person I • had seen with the Prisoner on the Sunday." John Gough.—“ I was waiter at, the Mitre Ta vern, on Sunday, the gth of .Dece mber last. I le_ colic& the Prisoner was there at two o'clock. I think it Was half east four when they left our house, because it . was quite dark. They left our house both together, and the child with them. I was in the house all the time they were there. Duririg the time they 'were there, timber of them requetted a bed, or prajmred to stns all night. They turned to the left hand when they left our house, and that led them to the opposite side of the towing-path. I saw them from our house about too yards. A little girl, of the name of Sarah Daniel, came to our house few . minutes after the Prisoner and his wife left it." (This the little girl corroborated afterwards, saying, she saw the Woman with a child in her awls, and heard her say to the child, " Your Daddy will come presently," and at that tirnp it appeared that the Prisoner, alter having gone ,out with his wire and child, carne back again in searvh c,t the child's shoe, a material circumstance, because it showed that the Witnesses were right as to the time of the afternoon, it being then dark t h e importance of which will appear when we conic to the statement or the Prisoner, signed by him.. The Witriesi J. Gough proceeded—" \Viten the Prisoner and his wife left our house they had not. the least appearance of b. ing the worse for liquor, Th s e body of the woman was.afterw,trds brought to the Mitre Tavern, and I knew it immediat'ely."- Cross:examined, h,. said—t' - My mistressServed` them with the last quarter!) of rubs. I will posi= tively swear it was about half past four when they.' left our house, • though We have no clovk in the house; the I have tar that is, that it was gtotviOg dark, my mistress came into the kitchen tor catidles . ---1 think •it w,t . s alymt half past four. - The Witness'then added, that the way".the Prisoner and his wife went from the Mitre Tss'etu teas not the usual way, and that no bud wvnt,it, 'there he. ing railings to stop the wly, except a person had a mind to go over the fields to . Mr. Fillingham's house, for which there was vin Meth, amid over which he never observed any body' go before. He saw the Prisoner anti his wife, howei;er, 'go . that way for about a hundred yards," Hannah Patience." I keep - the Mitre Tavern. 1. On Sunday the gth of December last, the Prisoner was at my house within woman and a child in the Tap. room. They left my house about half after four, as near as I can guess, but I have no clock. I saw them leaving the house—neither of them tip. peared to be the least in liquor. Sarah Daniel came to me at that time and asked far a candle, and' the Prisoner came back for the child's shoe, which Was not found. I had nobody at the time in my house but the Prisoner at the bar, and the woman.-- - .litm very char,. rho. Neither rbi l o se.lhe 11, 1c .4a' e l edrie a bed at ely net er asked ati bad," trace f have been ce t?.:e spot, balf.a.erti-wis• for a bed at our bout:. I afterwards saw the body of the woman, and I ktiew it from the person andapparel." Sarah Daniel gave the Evidence we have stated already. Charles Wield—" I was a fellow-worktnan,with the Prisoner, at Messrs. Williams and Bushnel's, coach.makers in Oxford.road, near Park-street.— On Sunda'' , the 5,11 of December, just before he got to the house where he lodged., I me rbi i n ; it rwas illiVii6olll six 6%1,4,1, or , ver). -little after six o'clock ; I knoie the time, for I was come from Chapel. He did not go into his lodging, but went with me to the Horse-Grenadier Publie.hoose, where I always go to. I parted with him about a quarter after eight. It might perhaps 'be . half after six .when I met tke Ps-Isomer, bat 1 'ass quite su'e' it ;cos not Jeven.'' John Atkins, ,a Boatman who dragged for the body by order of Sir IcICY4ARD Fokp, gave an account of his findi , ng it at a part of the canal call. ed Chelsea Reach, abont two hundred yards from the Mitre Tavern ; that of the, infant was found a little way off. Sir R. Fotto.**" I am one of the- Magistrates at Bow.street. The Prisoner was brought before the for examination. I had (heated him to be taken. I do not recollea the day, but it was about a week after the death of the woman I took the examina tion of him. I examinee{ him two or three times. At two different Examinations, what he said, which had been taken down, was - read distinetly over to lum. He desired some alterations to be made in it, which were made accutdingly. I read it over to hini paragraph by paragrah, .and that distinetly, and I asked him at the end of each, whether it was true ? He said it was. I told him he might sign it or not. It was for him to consid,:r the conic quences of it; and he did sign it. There was not the least threat or promise hell'out ro him before he did it, but it was perfectly voluntary on his part." The examination was then rcad, Which is, as nearly as we could hear it, as follows : My wife and child came to me on the night of the 4th of December, and slept at ray lodgings that night. The next morning, between nine and ten o'clock, .I went out with them, and we walked to 'Paddington ; we went to the. Mitre Tavern and had some rum and some porter, and bread and cheese—. Before that we had stopped at tile public house by the Bridge, where we had Sk nu: beef steaks and porter, arm which site wi,h4 itte to walk on by the same way, so I _wi9;,,lyith.her, and I left ,h er directly after we canyl ,fru!rt the Mitre .Tavern ; which was about three o'clock.' E Ibis was in. terhined by , the Prisoner's own request after it was deliberately read to him.l I made the hest of my way through lanes. and fields to.NAThet stread, being desirous to go to Barnett 9 see my MO children, who were in a Work.hunse there. I was about an hour and a halt walking front 'the Mitre to Whetsead—C This %yds not less than shuns ten miles, by the must desirable way, nor , less than eight miles any way.l—When I got th'Zlre; I f',, un a it bu dark that I did not go to Bittnet,, but came Lion. i ilOrparo4olW . llT step MTV ITU 'TITTnIId since. had' not inquired for them, but meant to do so as came back. came from Whetstead that evening, bet %Ten 7 and 8 o'clock. I saw no person in going t 4) Whetstead,.nur did I stop arty'where i except at - the Preen-Dragon at Ilighgate, where I got a glass of. ruin. My wife had a hhick bonnet on the sth of Dec. cember, and the chile had a straw bonnet or,. Afj. t o fe Ewa! a little in lipat. Then the Prisoner tnade - an addition to his fiat exantinatinn, so deliberately' read to him. 7 --"M_ y wife asked the mistress . of the Inn, Whether die could not have a bed there? .bas the mistress of the Inn raked I:l4 . la.crcun for it, quhick 1 and my wife thought too much, and there. fa re _she Said she :s i aoald go_home," _ MI-is the substance of the cSse for the Prosieu. Mr. Hoosow, Coroner .for_ Middlesex, befOre whom the Inquisition was taken on the body of the deceased, proved there was no mark of violence on the body, and' therefore the verdid of the jury be. fOre him was accidental death. He described the Canal and the paths near it, and shoved the rz i. sorter antibis wife went the nearest tray to the toad to Towo, as they went from,the Mitre Tavern. The Prisoner had an excellent charatler from hi, : master,. and others. The Cut F. BAR.ON Qf the EXCHEQUER summed Up all the Evidence with clearness, and made Many remalks on the most important parts of it, as well as on diC nature of the . case itself, and left the quesOon of'thii . goilt or innoeence of the Prisoner.,. entirely to the jury, ..who retired, and having re: Mained out of Court Abut a quarter of an hour, brought in their Verdiet Gujhy., The REcottbEß• immediately pait the Sentence of the Court, which was, that the Prisoner be hangs;: ed no Monday, nytt, and his body, be disseeled and ~ a natomized, pursuant, to the Statute. jameslilley was charged with feloniously killing and slaying Elizabeth Hardie, against the peace, Sec. IhiS Case waif shortly dispose4.of.—lt generally appeared from the 'evidence, that the, partks were, very nearly related. At the time the unfortunate event took place, they were both in a state of intoxication, and had a kind of quarrel, in which it appeared thedeetased was the aggressor, and had first assaulted the Prisoner. There Was . no direa evi dence. of his having struck her. She died not long after the affair, 'but was — in'a latigiiiihing state from that period. the opinion of the Medical At tendant, her death was not caused by external vio knee, but proceeded froM an inflammation of the lungs and 'heart, which was owing, he seemed to say, in a great degree,: from the intoxication of the (Ircea,;cd. In short, the Case was. of that nature, as to induce the Jury, taking into their consideration the-opinion of the Court upon the Case, to pronounce a general verdiftOf Acquittal. Samuel Richard. was capitally convicted for a robbery of pl4te, is the dwelling-house of his roaster, Wit). job3on, RI. of Finsbury-Nqu3re. C44iR li EN;rALL QUARTER SESSIONS. H 1 CIi:i t S.HALL ) JAN. 14, Edward Gaybrerne was tried for uttering, know ing it to be forged, a seven shilling piece, as the lawful coin of this realm. From the evidence itappeared, that the Prisoner, in company with another petson, went, on-the ad inst, into a tripe.shop in Rosemary.lane, and after buying a piece, to the amount of Id. the other person demanded change for a 7s.' piece, which he laid upon the counter. The woman of the shop ex amined it, and finding it to be a good one, gave him the change, which, however, he immediately returned to her, saying he did •not want it, and got back his good 7s. piece.. However, in a moment after, he said.he found that he could not manage without the chaoge, which the woman returned to hire, receiving in exchange a counterfeit piece, which she put in her pocket without suspicion, as she supposed it to . be the same she had examined be fore. The two • men then went away together ; but in this tratlae.tien, the Prisoner' appeared to have atted only a subordinate part. They next proceed. ed to a public house in the same neighbourhood, kept by a person of the name of Smith,' on whose wile the same trick• was repeated, with an equal de. gree of success 6 hut a discovery of their persons being made, the Prisoner was, apprehended and searched, but no more base coin found about him, As to the confederate he had note yet been taken. 'ln both houses, as will as when apprehended, the Prisoner appeared to have been much intoxicated, but , was perfeetly sober in a quatter of an hour altetwards, when carried before the Justices. , . . The Jury, on, account of no more, bad cnin being fou.ai upon him, - and Mrs. Smith having arknow.r ledged that the put the counterfeit into her pocket with other seven shilling pieces, thought, proper to Acquit him. Mary IL!! was tried for a similar offence, in ut. tering . a ladd shilling, knosving it to be forged, on a person of the natue of Neighbour ; but no other counterfeit money being found upon her when search ed, she also was ilegurited. This was a fortunate acquittal for her, as she had been conviaed of the same offence before, the record of which . was proved,. and the law makes a tepeti. tion of it Smsalitoh Sortie" on a charge of uttering a bad sixpence to i 4 Mr. Bellamy, was pronounced--Nor Gtirlty. Thorsday night JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq. Comp. troller of the Cu,storus' ac PCHISMOUtiI, seized in - the London Stage Costeh, a very large quantity of French Lace. Seth was the power and impetuosity of the east erly wind on Tuesday, that the tide was driven up to Chelsea in a torrent, an hour and a half before its regular time, and swelled to such a volume of flood, that the Thames overflowed its banks, and rose so hi g h f a cing the' church, as to cover the road and footpath, and extended at some depth even to alit wallAtf the cli if not quite, fifty feet from the wharf.