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SIR ROBERT WILSON. 18, Regent-street, Pall Mall, Oct. 9, 13'21. GEXTLEDIEIi,-i feel it to be my duty to lay before you the copy of a letter which I addressed to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, immediately on my arrival in England, 'with a copy of his Royal Highness's answer. Gentlemen, your very obliged servant, To the Ele c t ors o f Southwark. ROBERT WILSON. Regent-street, Oct. 8, 1821. sett,--I have bad the honour of receiving your Royal High ness's answer to my letter of the 20th ult. in which, after coin- Plaining that I had been removed from the army without. a hearing, and without even the statement of any charge against Site, I respectfully demanded an investigation of my conduct either by a court of inquiry or court martial. His Majesty's Ministers have advised their Sovereign to refuse this request, and I thus find myself, after so many years of service, subjected to the severest punishment which can be inflicted upon a British Officer, without being told of what I am accused. To defend myself against charges which, if they exist at all in a tangible shape, are studiously concealed from me, is evi dently impossible. I can neither conjecture their motive nor by whom they are preferred, nor on whose statements, mis r,7,resentations, or fancies, they may rest; whilst this con cealment gives a sanction to every latitude of surmise in which oefolly may indulge. It is true, I have seen in the papers, and heard by rumours In society, a variety of things imputed to me, and suggested as the grounds of my dismissal ; but I declare upon my honour, that everyone of these allegations is utterly false, and that in ever y instance where the mention of names has enabled me to trace those statements to their supposed sources, their falsehood has either been at once exposed and acknowledged, or they have been disavowed by the parties said to have made them. Those who have proceeded to punish me without either trial or hearing, or accusation, render it impossible to give a more precise contradiction, until they shall be pleased to inform me t'at I ha.vc done, or what has been whispered against me. But I once more earnestly beseech your Royal Highness to in stitute, in whatever way shall be deemed the most searching, a-rigorous investigation of every part of my conduct. our Royal Highness is well aware, that before my dismissal I was, beyond all doubt, subject to martial law; and if it be 'ow said I am no longer in this predicament, I desire to wave all objections to the jurisdiction of a Military Tribunal, in O rder that no obstacle may be interposed to the.inquiry which I t n'urt• It is with unfeigned reluctance that I again presume to remind your Royal Highness of those services which you were formerly pleased to acknowledge ; but the strange situation in which I am now so unaccountably placed, compels me to refer your Royal Highness to your letter of the 24th of January, 1 815, and the documents to which it relates, in further support of in% claims to justice on the present occasion. I have the honour to be, Your Royal Highness's most obedient Servant, R. WILSON. HORSE GUARDS, OdT. 9, 1821. Silt— I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yes terdaY, urging again an investigation into your conduct, to w hich I mn only reply, that having laid your former applica_ t . ' ol l before his Majesty, and communicated to you his Ma ietY's sentiments upon it, I do not consider myself warranted 41 taking any further step. I am, Sir, your's, Sir Robert Wilson. FREDERICK, Commander-id-Chief. cc A i le tter from M a d r id, d a t e d S e pt. 25, says — The a ppointment o f G enera l P AMPLONA t o b e Ministe r of War in Portugal, has made a great sensation here. That officer is one of the Portu r -dfrancesados. .H e had been condemned death for contumacy, and executed in effigy. e escaped from the prisons of Braga!' to France, ', 7 .here he obtained the command of a military The Spanish Afrancesados, fortified by this nomination, cry out loudly against our Go "rnment. Certainly no impartial man can re rd with indifference the miserable situation of g important fraction of the Spanish population, whi ch reckons among its numbers men of eminent merit, who have rendered, and may still render, t r eat servi ces to t h e country, an d w h ose f au l ts er e only the in ev it a bl e consequence o f th e posi t ren in 1% hick they were placed." ST ocKnor..m, SEPT. 18.—(Private Letter.) — The Swedish army yesterday sustained a heavy r i c ' s s by the d ea th of 'Lieutenant-General Baron tkiiarden, Grand Master of the Ordnance, who T e n sank und er a pa i n f u l a nd li nger i ng ill ness . 11 4 " 0 fatal event was communicate d to t h e Ki ng 7 an extraordinary courier. The King has re knitted 1000 dollars Banco to Count Rosen, Go v_,?rnor of the province of Gottenburgh, to be I,‘ltstributed among those who lost their property Y the late fire." s t Pr i _ivute accounts from Petersburgh, received at (3c1 °101m; state, that the Emperor intended to iave the capital to join his army stationed on the 4r kisit frontier on the 19th ult. ,4 1%5 Ele totzl number of Bank Clerks dismissed is at e - ,, t lt , dismissal took place in the most deli bath: a ntler, the selection having been made by - Iv ar -`) and all w h o h ave serve d 15 y ear s an d up ds bein g exempted from it. tl; •'I NCIITST ER , O CT . 9.—A general meeting of " i t ' i eutenanc v of this County was holden this thr ii ,ing at 12 o'clock at the Al bite Hart Inn in at which the Duke of WELLINGTON ; he arrived, according to his usual plan exactitude, abo u t five minutes before 12. M ier e wa.s a full m ee ti ng o f th e D e p u ty Lieu -7 a u n ts, Lord R o d ney, Si r Th os. B ar i ng, Burt. Af t ' '5 Sir John Pollen, Bart, M. P. &c. &c. / , er the' meetin g hi s G race re t urne d t o Strat,- - x - " -s aYe. It i s sa id t h at h e ' w ill rev i ew t h e °F t i " liants before their time of servitude expires. 0 , 13 Y lett ers received this morning from the Cape 41,fGood Hopewe understand that the Royal ri Cali Corp s J ude laast.—( E was disbanded there on the 26th dinburgh Courant, Oct. 6.) co14:3111 EL L'ENIBOROTIGII once decided that stage deli 11 Proprietors were responsible for the safe t h v e t rY of goods of any value, notwithstanding be e Y had made a bye-law that they would not ansvverable for any thing worth more than 51., ti tuess it was pa id for accordingly. Since t h at C oache s another Judge h as d e cid e d th a t stage b° aches are not li a bl e f or goo d s a b ove 5 1 ., un l ess l ai u r ke d as such. The latter, we suppose, is the W g u I/0 ik fashion ; but how long will it be '---(7131ne _Mercury.) REGISTER. OF FASHION. Prince Esterhazy is expected to arrive at Chandos House on Friday, from Paris. On Monday the MarqueSs and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, arrived at Cholmondeley-house, Piccadilly, from Chohnondeley Castle, Cheshire. They intend leaving town again in a few days for their seat, Houghton Hall, in Norfolk. - Yesterday afternoon Lord and Lady Burghersh arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Brighton. They in tend leavinc , town again to-morrow, on a visit to the Earl of Westmoreland, at his seat, Epthorp, in Northamptonshire. Lord and Lady Grantham and family arrived at their house in St. Jam2s's-square, on Monday, from their seat, West Cowes, Isle of Wight. They will leave town again in a few days, for their seat, Newby Hall, in Yorkshire. On Friday last the Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devon shire-house, Piccadilly, from Chatsworth, his seat in Derby shire. His Grace would have left town yesterday for Pans, were it-not for the arrival of the Duchess of Devonshire from the Continent. On Saturday last her Grace embarked at Ca lais, and landed at • Deal, where she was met by the Earl of Liverpool, and conveyed in carriage to Walmer Castle. — This day her Grace left Walnier Castle for town, and arrives at Devonshire-house in the evening, where a suite of apartments has been fitted up fur her reception. The Duke has invited a select party to dinner, this evening, in order to meet her Grace. The Marquis of Worcester is this year the Comptroller of the Chepstow Hunt, which takes place on the 16th and 17th inst., after which the sportsmen give an elegant ball and supper to the Ladies. DEPART ET RES.—Lady Sophia Ileathcote, from her house in Grosvenor-square, for Helmingham Park, the seat of her mother, the Countess of Dysart, in Suffolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Ha milon and family, from Batt's Hotel, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, - from ditto. EDI2iBITIWII, OCT. 6.—Arrived at Barry's lintel, No. 3, Prince's-street :—Thomas John Fordyce, Esq. of Ayton ; Mrs. Fordyce, John Fordyce, Esq., jun. and Miss Fordyce; Mr. J. Smith ; George Roebuck, Esq. ; Capt. Stewart, 15th hussars ; Captain Hay, of Belton ; Captain Frazer, of Brackla ; zEneas Morrison, Esq. ; Alexander M'Dougal, • Esq. ; Archd. Scott, e:sq. ; Mr. Grant. Departures—Thomas Kingsbury, Esq., and Mrs. Kingsbury ; william- Kent, Esq.; Mr. Morris, Mrs. Morris, and family; Capt. Hay of Belton : Mr. Grant ; Archd. Scott, Esq. THE LATE Doxr: or/Non Tii u MRERLAND.—=When the late Duke (then Earl PERCY), was at Cork, previous to em barking with the army for America, he saw a fine boy in the ranks as a cadet, on which he asked his name and connexions. The Roy—" I am, my Lord, the son of an old officer, who, " after many years service abroad and at home, is now a cap ' tain in the Royal HouSehold, at Dublin : I am his third son, " and my two elder brothers are now in the army." The Earl was so much struck with the spirit and frankness of the youth, and felt so much for his situation. in the ranks, that he wrote to his agent to purchase for him an Ensigncy in the fifth regi ment. • The Commission was obtained, and at the battle of Bunkir's Hill, his Lordship's Ensign showed great courage and good conduct, which reflected equal credit on the regiment and on his Lordship who introduced him to it. • TUE LATE ADMIRAL KoDDAM.—When Captain, after wards Admiral nonnAsi, was tried by a Court Martial for the capture of his ship, he gave directions to the Printer at King ston to publish the Minutes, and give copies to each Member of the Court Martial, to his brother Officers, and some other friends, and then to sell the remainder. It was some time af terwards that he - again saw his publisher ; when, in order to settle accounts, the book was referred to, and the man stated that, according to order, so many copies had been disposed of. " ll'hy that is the .number I ordered you to give away in my " name ; how many have you sold ?"—`= Not one," was the reply, " though I advertised in all the Papers."-- That is " strange," said Captain RonnAsl, " for Admiral BYNG'S " trial went through three editions in a week:"—" That is a different case" said the Printer ; 44 if you had been con " demned to be shot, your trial would have sold as well ; but the publiz take no interest in an honourable accuittal." ArACCINATION.—The festival in honour of f)r. J ExxExt, to whorn mankind are indebted for the discovery of Vaccination, was lately celebrated at Berlin, by a superb banquet. All the Faculty in the city were present, together with several Func tionaries and Statesmen. The Counsellor of State, M. HUFE LAND, presented, at the close of the banquet, lists of the chil dren who had been vaccinated in Prussia during the year 1819 ; and the result was, that upwards of 400,090 children had been Inoculated within that period. DRUNKENNESS Expels reason,' drowns the memory, distempers the body, defaces beauty, diminishes strength, inflames the blood, causes internal, external, and incurable wounds, is a witch to the senses, a devil to the soul, a thief to the purse, the beggar's companion, a, wife's woe, and children's sorrow ; the picture of a beast and self. murderer, who drinks to others good health, and • robs himself of • his own. AN ANCIENT Wu:L.—The following is a trans lated copy of the very curious old Will, which we noticed some weeks ago, as in reserve for the amusement of our readers, when opportunity should offer - : A 'co UST 23,1530.—R0ger it Gate, of Cowfold, in the county of Sussex, made his will, in .which, after bequeathing his soul to Almighty God, his Maker and Redeemer, and to our blessed lady the Virgin, and to all the holy colip.any of heaven ; and his body to be buried in the church-yard of Cowfold, he gives to the mother church of ChicheSter 12d.; to the high altar of his parish church; for tithes and offerings negligently forgotten, 20d ; to each of his godchildren, 4d; and to one of them, Roger, son of John lt Gate, of Walehttrst, several lands in addition ; - to his daughter Joan, his best feather bed and his great cauldron; to his daughter Margery, his greatest pan and a feather bed ; to his daughter, Margaret, his best mattress and the greatest brass pot ; to JOan and Agnes Shoo, his servants, the one 31.65. ltd., the other 31. 13s. 4d; to every priest that cometh to his burial, saying dirige and mass; tad. for his labour ; those who come not to dirige but 64. tinless they be Englishmen born and will promise his execueors to , sing it afterwards ; the like sum is also to be given to every priest performing thesame service at his " monthes myrule ;" to poor to pray for his soul, 10s. on his burial day, and the like sum on his " nionthes day ;" to his grand daughter Elizabeth Colecoke, daughter of Richard Colecoke 61. 13s. 4d. towards her marriage ; in case oilier death before mar riage to Ile equally divided between her sisters Joan and-Mar garet, or on the death of either, to go intire to the survivor, but in case they all die unmarried, then, to be bestowed for the wealth of his soul, their souls, and all christian souls. Besio this contingency, 31. Os. lid. is bequeathed to each of the younger sisters under similar provisions, except that the soul of his wife Lettuce, is to profit by the lapse ; to his grandsons, Thomas and John, sons of John Genet ..31. 6s. fid. each a house is left-to his daughter Joan Colecoke, with rernaincrer after the heirs male of her eldest daughter,t,o Margery his daughter, wife of John Genet ; his lancla . ' in the parish of Horeley Common, Surrey, are left to Thomas Person, his son-in-law, and Marga ret his wife; and his executors are charged to find an honest priest, " English born and none alien," to sing for his soul and all Christian souls in Cowfold Church, for the space of a year, he to have for his lab Our 61. tis. Bd. His farming stock is then disposed of chiefly:among his sons-in-law and grandsons, a bullock to one, his best shod steers and oxen to another, and the worst shod to a third, fOgether with his corn wain, chains, a harrow, aplough,and . all things to them necessary. To Elizabeth, his wife, 101: (which John George, of Cokefield, is bound by indenture to pay half yearly) in full rec c ompenee for all jointure of dower • also a ".spruce cofer ;" to 'Margery his daughter, a lease of fend called Polder's Lad ; . to Hugh Stile and. John it Gate his servants, each a 713)Allock of two years age ; to Roger Okenden and Roger Gratewike, each a bullock of one year old; to his son-in-law Thomas Person, a lease of lands called Holyeys ; to Sir John, his,ghostly father, 6s. fid. The. corn and hay are then diVided as the other stock and farming implements had been, between hia - Other sons-in-law. He fur -1 ther bequeaths to Cowfold 'Church, two altar cloths and 161. 13s. 4d. towards making the aisle there, in case it shall be commenced within two years after the date of his will.; if not, to be bestowed in repairing the highways between Crawley and Reigate ; finally his eXecuPors are directed, within. one year, to lay upon him and his wife, a .marble stone, with a superscrip tion upon the same. His executors and residual.); legatees are his sons-in-law Colecoke and Person; the supervisors of his will are Nynian BUrrell, clerk, and Anthony Bewike, Esq. who are each to have 40s. for their labour ; and Sir Thoihas Broune, Vicar of Cowfold, Sir John Pelee, James Gratewike, Richard Colly, John Gratewike, John a Gate, of Walchur s t, Th omas a Wode, John Ward, &c. are witnesses. Proved 12th Sept. 1530. (Sussex Advertiser.) Packet-boats are in future to sail regularly between Marseilles and Leghorn at fixed periods. The first, called the Zephyr, was to take her departure on the 20th inst., and another was preparing to follow her. These vessels are described to be ele gantly fitted up, and to have on board a table note for the convenience of the passengers. .i) 0 E T it Y. • On Miss CUOPLEY'S l'ouTnArr of the tnnicEss srA, and her COPY of the Pictitre of the DA uGHTER. of llE.nomAs, by CAT:LO Dozci, in Windsor Castle. . CROPLEY has *WI such skill display'd The person of the Royal Maid; And caught 0 well the gentle grace Which beamS on her benignant face, The whole so spirited, though meek, We wonder that she does not speak: And Could old CAliLo live again; And see the Copy, he'd complain, So firm the touch, the lines so true; And all with such a vivid hue, That he'd be puzzled to make known Which CROPLEY'S'Wcirk, and Which his owti; And feel inclin'd to take an oath That he had really painted both. SPORTING. PIGEON MATclr..--A Grand Match GSA place on Monday, on Eastwood Down, Oxfordshire, between six shots from the Counties of Oxon and Bucks, with five other picked men, against II of All England. It was for 209 gs a side, at 15 birds from the trap, at 21 yards from the gun. It was decided as follows : ETJG AN i). Killed Mr. Jones . . 14 Mr. Thorpe .. . 14 31r. Burtinshaw . 13 Capt. Smith . . 11 Mr. Wells . . 11 31r. llerbert . . 11) Mr. T. Jones . 10 Mr. Kent . . 9 Mr. Harbor . . 8 Mr. Morris . . 8 Mr. Cave . . 7 Cot-NT TES. Killed Mr. Herring . 14 . Mr. Knapp . . 13 Mr. Elfie . . 'l3 Ntr. Meredith . 11 Orrison . 10 Mr. Disco& . 10 Mr. Deacon . 10 Mr. Ilarrison . 8 Mr. Selkirk . . 8 Mr. Gilbert . Mr. Arnold . . 6 The three reputed best shots them DJ ; and one 8 birds, wine] 110 n the Counties, killed—two of lost them the Match. . . EXTRAORDINARY PEDZSTRIAN FEAT.—At an early hour this morning a Gentleman of the name of 1111LEs, who is stated to be an Ottcer - on half-pay of an Infantry Regiment, started to perform the distance of ten miles within fifty-five minutes, for a wager of 150 guineas, on the Brighton road, near a small village called Tutfield, a short distance from Croydon. The bat was made a few days since at a well-known sporting house in the neighbourhood of St. James's, and time was backed at odds of six and seven to four.' Mr. Miles com menced precisely at seven o'clock, and performed the clitance as follows, stopping twice to take refreshment : Minutes. Seconds. 10 :11 10 Li! 11 6 11 10 11 14 Ist, 2 miles, 2d, 2 :Id, 2 4th, 2 sth, 2 It will thus be seer: that Mr. Miles accomplished the distance within seven seconds of the given time, he having performed the ten miles in fifty-four minutes and fifty-three seconds, which is, we believe, the shortest time in the annals of pedestrianism in which the ten miles has been run. STEEPLE CHACE.—A dangerous exploit of this kind took place on Monday, between Mr. EAuxstiAw, of the Farley Hunt, and a Gentleman of the name of 11A It It ING T os. The match between the parties and their friends was for three hun dred guineas aside, over a piece of ground about 21 miles; as a bird would fly, situated from Mr. EARN SHAW'S cottage at Swal lowfield 3loor, Berks, to Bracknell lnclosures, on Windsor Forest. Each took the same direction until they came within sight of Sculthorpe Wood, which they skirted at opposite angles, after a severe gallop of eight miles, over the rough moor, with many hazardous leaps. They were at, equakdistances two miles from home, and made an interoding race up the hill to the finishing spot. Mr. EA II N3H AM , won it by superior strength at last in one hour and thirty-five minutes. The celebrated Zodiac of Dendera, or Ten tyra, which, when first discovered by the French, during their expedition in Egypt, ocoasioked much discussion respecting the antiquity of the earth, has been lately brought to Marseilles, and is to be conveyed to Paris. The Courier Fran caise states, that the English Consul in Egypt opposed its removal, on the ground that it was within the district in which he 'bad purchased the right of digging for curiosities, and wished to claim it for his Government. The dispute was referred to the Pacha, who determined in favour of the French explorers, M. SAur.Nirrt, and an other. An account of their journey is to be printed. The herring-fishing, on the coast of Caithness, and on the south shore of the Moray Frith, is now over for the present season. The quality of the fish has been found excellent; but it is as certained. from the most correct information, that the quantity caught has fallen short of last year in at least 100,000 barrels.—(Edinburgh Courant.) • A tanner near Portsmouth has discovered a most important process, - which has baffled all the attempts of chemists durmg so many centuries, whereby crop hides are tanned in FOUR MONTHS, 'and made to ovEnwEic it the raw halves (which is the present common standard) from live to ten pounds upon each hide. The leather thus tanned has turned out a very bright colour, and fetches the best prices in the market. Tuesday night the crown, which was erected on the top of one of the Gas Company .chimneys on the occasion of the Coronation, was illuminated with gas. - Hitherto every attempt to show this ornament partially failed, principally • owing to the high winds which prevailed ; but the calm ness of the atmosphere, aided. by the darkness of the night, allowed it to shine in all its splendour. We 'are sure few who saw this ever witnessed any thing so brilliant, every part of the crown being completely lighted.---(Caledonian. Mer cury.) A MELANCHOLY CATAnnornE.----Late in the afternoon of Saturday se'nnight the wife of a la bouring man, named Benge, while picking hops in. a plantation within view of her residence, nigh to Mill-corner, in the parish of Northiam, was greatly alarmed on observing a column of smoke issuing from her• house, wherein she had left an aged mother and her infant child. Half frustrated from apprehension, she hastened home, and on her arrival found the premises on tire. She, nevertheless, entered them, and unmindful of danger, rushed into the room where her mother and infant child were in bed together, and protected by Providence, rescued- the latter, and placed it in safe'Zy ; but ere she could return to render any assistance to her helpless mother, which she was most anxious to do, the roof fell in, and enveloped her i❑ !lames, and thus, un laappily, perished the poor old woman, in the 00th year of her age. On being taken from the ruins she presented a shocking spectacle, the fire having nearly consumed both arms, a portion of the head,• and other parts of the body. Verdict— Accidental death. No account can be given how the fire happened.—(Sussex Advertiser.) JOHN RENNIE, E 34. The death of jottri 'RENNIE, Esq. is a national calamity. His loss cannot be adequately sup plied by any living artist,. for, though we have Many able engineers; we know of none who so eminently possess Solidity of judgmetit - with pro found knoWledge, and the happy tact of applying to every situation; where he was called upon to exert his faculties ; the precise form of remedy that was wanting to the existing 041: Whether it was to stem the torrent and vicilence of the most boister ous sea—to make new harbours,or to render those' safe which were before dangerous or inaccessible —to redeem districts of fruitful land from en croachment by the ocean, or to deliVer them from the pestilence of stagnant marsh—to level hills, or to tie them together by aqueducts or arches, or by embankment to raise the valley between . them—to make bridges that for beatity surpass all others, and for strength seem destined to en dure to the lateSt posterity, Mr. Rennie had no rival: Eery part of the United Kingdom pos sesses monuments to his glory and they are as stupendous as they are useful. They will pre sent to our children's children Objects of admi ration for their grandeur, and gratitude to the author for their utility: Compare the works of Mr. Rennie with the most boasted exploits Of, the French engineers; and remark how they tower above them. Look at the Breakwater at Ply mouth, in comparison with the Cassoons et CherbUrg—any one of his Canals With tbat of Ourke, .and his Waterloo-bridge with that of Neuilly. Their superiority is acknowledged by every liberal Frenchman. Ile cultivated his art with the most enthusiastic ardour, and instead of being merely a theorist, he prepared himself for practical efficiency by visiting, and minutely in specting every work of magnitude in every country that bear similitude with those which he might be called on to construct, and his library abounds in the • richest collection of scientific writings of that of any individual.— The loss of such a man is irreparable. Cut oil in the full vigour of his mind, his death seems to suspend for a time the march of national improve ment, until the just fame of„his merit shall ani mate our rising artists to imitate his great ex ample, and prepare themselves by study and ob servation to overcome, as he did, the most for midable impediments to the . progress of human enterprise, of industry, and of increased facility in all the arts of life. The integrity of Mr. Rennie in the fulfilment of his labouls, was equal to his genius in the contrivance of his plans and machinery. Ile would suffer none of the modern subterfuges for real strength to be resort ed to by the contractors employed to execute what he had undertaken. 'Every thing he did was for futurity, as well as present advantage.— An engineer is not like an architect. lie has no commission on the amount of his expenditure ; if he had, Mr. Rennie would have been one of the most opulent men in England, for many mil lion's have been expended under his eye. But his glory was in the justice of his proceeding, and his enjoyment in the success of his labours. It was only as a millwright that he engaged himself to execute the work he planned, and in this depart ment•society is indebted to him for economising' the power of water, so as to give an increase of energy, by its specificgravity, to the natural fall of streams, and to make his mills equal to four-fold the produce of those which, before his time, de pended solely on the impetus of the current. llis mills of the greatest size work as smoothly as clock-work, and by'the alternate contact of wood and iron, are less liable to the hazard of fire by fric tion. His mills, indeed, are models of perfection. If the death of such a man is a national loss, what must it be to his private friends and to his amiable family ? Endeared by all who knew him by the gentleness of his temper, the cheer fulness with which he communicated the riches of his mind, and forwarded the views of those who made useful discoveries or improvements in .machinery or implements, procured him universal respect. Ile gave to inventors all the benefits of his experience, removed difficulties which had not occurred to the author, or suggested altera tions which adapted the instrument to its use. No jealousy nor self-interest ever prevented the exercise of this free and unbounded commu nication, for the love of science was superior in his mind to all mercenary feeling.—Mr. Ren nie was born in Scotland, and from hiS earliest years devoted himself to the art of a civil engi neer. Ile was the intimate friend and companion of his excellent countryman, the late Mr. Watt; their habits and pursuit were similar. They work ed together, and to their joint efforts are we chiefly indebted for the gigantic power of the steam engine in all our manufactories. He married early in life Miss Macintosh, a beautiful young woman, whom he had the misfortune to lose some years. ago,. but who left him an interesting, and accomplished family. They have now to lament the loss of the best. of parents, who, though pos sessed of a constitution and frame so robust as to give the promise of a very long life, sunk under an attack at the early age of 64. The Court of King's Bench sat yesterday at the Sessions-house, Westminster, and again ad journed its sittings to Westminster Hall, to the .18th instant. It is understood that the Sessions house will - be wanted for its.own business and that this is the reason of the change to Westminster. Another instance of the intolerance and bigotry of the French clergy with respect to funerals is mentioned in the Paris papers. It is stated that tint remains of M. HENRI, an attorney, before the Court of First instance at Caen, being carried to the church of that town by the relations and pro fessional colleagues of the deceased, the doors of the church were found shut; a notice posted on the walls intimating that the entrance of the body of M. HEN at into the church • was prohibited. The mourners, who consisted of the most eminent persons belonging to the bar at Caen, did not oppose . this clerical interdict, but proceeded to the cemetry of St. Nicolas to complete the fu neral. M. Henri had received orders in his youth, but bad availed, himself of the law which allowed priests to marry, and had embraced a useful profession; which he exercised in an ho nourable manner. MURDER NEAR ROMFORIi APPREHENSION ,OF THE .MURDERER, INQUEST, (S.C. We haVe already giiren a short account of murder having been perpetrated near Itomford, and of the murderer ha v i ng absconded. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that through the exertions of the loCal police .of Romford, &c:, the delingtient has beenappre hended. He Was taken in bed at a tavern at Gravesend, and eonveyed lief Ore the Mayor, fore whom he Was eamined on Saturday last; The prisoner, Whdse name is Daniel Seward, is a: dark, ill-favoured Man ; he is about 24 years of age. lie was charged with the wilful murder of John Ballard, by Ctitting and stabbing him in five different parts of the body. On the prisoner being brought to the TOwn Hall at Gravesend for examination, thousandS of per Sons had assem bled, anxious to catch a glimpse of the accused: The etidence against him was the young woman whom he fdrinerly courted, and who was in the cOmpany .of the, deceased when the prisoner stabbed him: The following is her evidence : .111snt SrarTit sworn-the was servant at the White Horse Tavern at Chadwell, which is shout two miles from Romford. She kneW the prisoner ; he had ;it one time paid his adress... her. She knew the deceaied Ballard; at the time of his deat4 he was her lover. On Wednesday last she Went with the de cea:ied to RlMfOrd to see the Staiiite Fair ; while they were in the fair, she obs'erved the prisoner following them from one part of the fit!" td aridther. At eight O'clock the deceased and herself returned from Romford towards Rush Green, and there met the pr:sonee Ile Said, " Mary, I want to speak to yeu." She speak then Y Can hear you ;" he' rejoined, " I wish to *.at a Word privately to you." She answered, " What you have to say to me speak out." He refused to do so, and intieated her to leave the deceased, and walk aside and heae what he had to say. She want up to the prisoner, some short distance from the place where the deceased stood, and the soner begged. that she would not go home with the deceased ; she said that she certainly should, that she did not wish his (the prisoner's) company, she had done with him, and requested him to leave her. Ile declared that he would not, and seemed greatly agitated ; he called her many vile names, and said that she was a w —e, and she knew it. The deceased stepped up on hearing such infamous language, and told the prisoner to go about Lis business ; the prisoner appeared very furious, and seemed inclined to do her some harm ; he used the grossest language towards her, and then the deceased took him by the collar, and a scuffle immediately ensued. The prisoner struck the deceased a blow, which was returned by the deceased, and they fought two or three rounds. The deceased appeared to have the best of the fight, and at the third scuffle the de ceased cried out, " he has murdered me, he has cut out my bowels," and put his hand to his belly, to prevent his bowels protruding. There being a number of houses near' the'spot, she alarmed -the inhabitants by crying " murder !" The prisoner ran off' before assistance arrived. The &Ceased walked a short distance, and then was carried to the Crown Tavern, at Havering Well. She did not see a knife in the pri soner's hand at the time of the scuffle. • After the above evidence had been received, the prisoner was delivered, by the Mayor, into the custody of Adams and Finch, the constables of nomford, on their producing a warrant under the hand and seal of—TALßoT,Esq.tbe Magistrate of Ron►ford. On Saturday evening the prisoner was taken to Romford; l►e slept in the gaol at night, and on Sunday morning he was taken to tl►e Police Office, before TALBOT, (Esq. and STERRY, Esq., the Coroner.—An Inquest was held on the body of the deceased at the Crown Tavern, Havering Well, before Mr. STERRY, and, in addition to the evidence of Mary Smith, tl►e following was adduced : JAMES BASKET sworn—He is a shoemaker, residing at. Romford. Ile had known the prisoner for some years ; they had worked together for a considerable time ; but not recently. On Wednesday last the prisoner came to his house about five o'clock in the evening, and borrowed a sharp pointed knife, which he (witness) used for cutting the edges of shoe soles.— He said he wanted it to .cut a stick with. He went away with the knife, and returned again a little after nine the same night. lie took a seat, and said that he had been almost murdered since he went away. He had not brought the knife which he bor rowed back, having lost it; but he would pay him for it. H a (witness) declined receiving any thing for the knife, though the prisoner offered to pay him twopence for it. The knife was about six inches long in the blade, with a common wood handle to it. He (witness) asked the prisoner what had been the matter ? He replied that he had been as far as the hurdle makers at Rush Green, and had met with a young man and woman, and he talked to the young woman with the knife in his hand, and whilst he was talking to her, the young man that was with he came up and struck him, and in the scuffle he lost the knife. The prisoner then asked him to go as far as the White Horse, Chadwell, to learn what -was going forward, and what was doing relative to the quarrel with the deceased. Ile refused to go.L. His (witness's) wife said to the prisoner, " 1 hope you have not done any bad act with the knife ?" The prisoner replied, " No, unless the man fell on the knife in the scuffle." He (witness) then became alarmed, and ordered the prisoner to leave the house, which he did. Mr. CARUTHERS, surgeon of Romford, was examined; he described the nature of the wounds inflicted by the prisoner on the body ,of the deceased. There were five wounds. Three of them were mortal. One of them was between one and two inches in length and depth across the belly, below the navel. The Jury returned a verdict of " Mur der against the prisoner, Daniel Seward." The above evidence being read over to the pri soner by Mr. STERRY, he was asked, if he had any thing which he wished to say ? The prisoner re plied, " impart of the evidence is true, and part is false ; that is, all. I have to say." The prisoner was then fully committed to Chelmsford, to take his trial at the next Essex Assizes. When the prisoner was being removed from Gravesend, he said to Finch, the constable, " the knife was in my waistcoat pocket, point upwards, and the de ceased might have been wounded in the scuffle ; I know nothing more about it." On the night the deed was perpetrated, the prisoner (after he left Basket's house) went to the Fox and Hounds Tavern, at Romford, and asked for a bed, and was informed that all the beds were engaged.— The landlord noticed that his coat was torn. He (the prisoner) afterwards, went to the Crown, at Romford, and was drinking with the company (who had not heard of the murder), as if nothing had occurred, and appeared quite unconcerned. The unfortunate deceased lingered of his wounds till five o'clock on Thursday evening. lie in quired very anxiously, a short time before he expired, if Seward was taken, and said, " that he was dying, and he hoped justice would be . done to his murderer." I 1