The Sun. — London, England, 1821-04-11 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. • -ATTC4NIES AND SOLICITORS. Mn. Earrott—l believe that it is usual in most .. eases to allow 'to the original proposer of a ques tion, a reply to the answers of those who differ. Ivith. him, and I therefore claim from your •COur . te.tY the customary privilege. :The object of my letter addressed to-1,4r. Ser jeOt CVsLoW, which you inserted in your Paper of!the 31st of March, was to propose, first, that the principle upon which Attornies and Solicitors are-... restrained from taking more than •two Ar ticLed Clerks, at any one period should be fur ther extenclEd, nod that they should be allowed to. take, . on% one , at a time,. and that not until the.y should have . been of a certain standing •in their .profession. 2ndly, That Attornies . should iot. be permitted to practice until 25 years of. age- 7 -and 3dly, That the present Stamp duty on Articles, of Clerkship should be doubled. These were my propositions; the propriety of which I attempted .to show- by urging in support of my fs st.proposition. the enormous increase. of Attor ul s and Solicitors. That almost every private : family has some member of it either in the or. bringing up to the law—and that to afford to . such vastly inrrea.sed and increasing numbers a. competent livelihood, business must be •forced- - or "'rade .for their support, of course at a cost to the acid to. the encouragement of litigation.— In support. of my 2d. proposition I merely stated my , conviction, that it was sufficiently early for a profe'isional man to -be entrusted• with the ma nagement of the fortrnes and property of others at 23 years.of age—and in support of my 3d sug gestion. I urged that. money was one of the in-, gredients of respectability, and that no •person; should lie brought .up to a profession- in which 'there is so much temptation and. opportunity to ,ito wrong, who is not in some measure placed abov the temptation by a moderate independ ence of his own,..out of which he should be able to, pay the. duty proposed. In answer to, or-in observation upon, this let +..er, two .others have appeared, th e • one signed. ccA _Barrister," and the other ." An Articled I Clerk." . . " A Barrister" differs with me as to the defi nition of the word respectability, of which he dues not, seem-inclined" to allow that money forms any - portion. But as he agrees with my prOposi, tiOns.generally, I shall not stop to discuss this point with him, for I believe there are few who do not. know that practically, and in the common acceptation of the word; riches do form a very material ingredient in the compound term of re spectability,.and do:afford a considerable exemp tion frorrr the inducements to dishonesty. - " Au Articled Clerk" deserves from me much more attention; he . has fairly taken op the ques tion, without attempting; to quibble upon the !pearling, of a word ; and- though I cannot but think that- his observations are more ingenious than substantial, he nevertheless seems to be one of those few who use discussion as !means to ar rive. at truth, without stepping aside to vituperate his opponent.. He considers that the restriction proposed would lessen competition by creating a monopoly, and he justly terms monopoly a pub-' lic-notsance. But I am not disposed to-admit that the limiting a Solicitor to the taking one Articled Clerk at .a time would be in any sense of the word al nron.opoly, and, I. think I can satisfy your readers and your correspondents that my view is correct. Our great. Lexicographer, Dr. Johnson, says, ",a monopoly is an exclusive privilege..of selling any thing.'.ia There- are. now about seven thousand. A.ttornia" Eitgland and Wales : eade of these, according to the proposed limitation, would, be. able to take one 'Articled Clerk.evevy 'five years. Allowing to each of these to practice for twenty years only, he would, during that period, be able to take four clerks, so that if only the number at present practising were to take a clerk, there' would. be, in 20 years, %B,ooo.new Ittornies., to say. nothing of those who- would, in the mean while a .have become competent to take clerks,7=---- Now, T .will ask of your correspondent's- good. sense,ilthis can ,he considered practically either' as limiting competition or creating a monopoly ? It.is not necessary for me now to contend for the' principle of some such restriction as that pro posed.. • It bas for years been admitted in the present 'Jim' itation to two clerks, and it hAs been carrii.d•sti-11 rajZ.ller with Proctors; who riot only' cannot'talce more than oneclerk, but cannot even, take 00 until *the principal shall have been very many years in the profession, and there shall be only a certain number remaining. , An Articled . Clerk" objects,. 2dly, to the restraining an Attorney from practisin'ar until years of age, observing, that age is a very fallible; criterion of A man's judgment,, and further,' that etien 44 An Old Practitioner" may not poEses,s half the talents of a Clerk whose articles have just 'er.pirect. It is impossible to deny this; but an . oarasionar exception affords no solid. argument against at general rule, if the generalarule be good-Una hirwitio not facit cetatem. 'NOW' the law has . the period, at_ whieli arnan shall succeed to his estate. and `air to Cain. 'other Vriyileges. .By parity of 1 ., with your Corre'spond'ent, some lads better' 'competent to manage an estate the . er men at'2l; but the' line Must be d' •yr _ewhere.. If may be true,thfil Age does •..,,t r .. :r talents, hUt it gives experience, even. to foots. 'Talents - alone will not constitute a good LawyerL - --A net-, tame experience 'in the ways of men' (le world is equally necessary, and frequetatf? more 'S6., and it is inipossible that a man 1at..21 4 ever clever, can possess this experience;;-she rng'y' be competent to enter upon the pOsseasion, , itne perhaps to manage his own estate, but if he - lids; manage it, he alone suffers,.. whereks a want' of experience, either legally or, worldly, on the part of a Lawyer, may often plunge. Client into , liti-- ation, and perhaps into ruin. 'lt follows there fore, I think,. whatever are-the talents of a man at 21., be they many or be Aney.few, that they Will be ripened and improved, ; and (what may hd necessary also)„, corrected at - .25, If to this • restriction thc .'examination 'proposed by your Correspondent be added, : the security of the public will be greatly assisted: As there have not been any objections started to my 3rd proposition of increasing the duty on articles by either of yoneborrespondents, I need not say more upon this - point . than that-the - duty at pre_sent imposed has been 'found to have a sa lutary effect in restraining, to a considerable extent, the admission of needy adventurers—an increase IA duty watild proportionablY increase the benefit to the public and to th e revenue. I should perhaps apologise :fur the length of this letter, bt.4 I have felt naturally anxious to place my propositions in a .right light to' those .. .who may be interested on th e s u bj e ct, an d I shall not again have occasion to trespass upon your indulgence. . With many thanks for your courtesy, I am Sir, Your most obedient Servant, AN OLD PRACTITIONER. April 9. GLOUCESTER ASSIZES.-CRIM. CON. WATERHOUSE, ESQ. V. COLONEL BERKELEY. The trial of this cause, which has excited a very extraordinary degree of interest throughout this county, came on about two o'clock on Satur day last, before Mr. Justice PARK and a most respectable Special Jury, of which H. Burgh, Esq. was foreman. At one time'during the day, owing to the indisposition of a very important wit ness, it was expected that the trial would of ne cessity have been postponed, to the great disap pointment of numberless persons, who had been drawn here from a distance on the occasion ; but. he soon so far recovered as to enable the case to be entered into. The damages were laid at 20,0001. The plaintiff, John Waterhouse, Esq. is the son of the late Benj. Waterhouse, Esq. of King ston, Jamaica, who was connected with the house of Willis and Co. bankers in London ; and in the year 1810, whilst on a visit to the Isle of Man, became acquainted with Miss . Jane Lascel les Blake, eldest daughter of Captain Blake, R. N. who was for several years a • resident of Gloucester. The lady was amiable and highly accomplished ; and the parties being about the same age, an attachment sprung up:between them, which eventually led to their. union ; and on the sth of September, 1812, they were married under the sanction of the lady's parents. After remaining about three months in the isle of Man, they visited London, whence they proceeded to Scar borough, where they lived in retirement for three years ; and the happiness arising from their union was crowned by the birth of three children. In 1817 they removed to Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, in which village Lady Wraxall, aunt to Mrs. Waterhouse- on the maternal side, resided. - _ In the latter end of,.the month of March, 1819, whilst the plaintiff and -his wife were on a short visit to Mrs. Probyn, widow of the late Go- vernor Probyn, who_ had. been intimately ad ' quainted with Mrs. Waterhouse for many years, they were first introduced to the „defendant, Co lonel Berkeley, who made ,a, morning call on Mrs. Probyrr previous to h er leavingChelten ham, which she, dicV"On the next day. In the middle of April following, the plaintiff was called to London by the illness of his brother, and was absent froth home . till the' 10th of - May ; and from letters subsequently found in Mrs. Water-i house's possession, and which were admitted to -bey in the hand-writing of the defendant, it would appear that the- particular intimacy 'of- the par ties, apd"The circarnstmaCes upon which this action was gr,Otnle.d, otig - ii - Kted in this short interval. By 'the==-evidence'' 6r- seine-of the domestics, It was during this- period 'that The defendant first called upon Mrs. 11, 7 ,e'terhouse ; , upon "which occasion she gave orders "that' no one elSe was to be admitted 'whilst Colonel 8., was with *her. It was likewise proved that he called afterwards at different times, when ,sirni.. lar.instructions were given to the servants-, and the female cook swore,, that on - one occasion she observed that Mrs. hair - ,and the Tri,ll about her neck. were -1 - nuchAike?dered. In the July following, the plaintiff wentto J e rsey ; and soon after his return hOmeT.in'Atigust, he ekpre-ssedlo Lady ram. W _ his'distVess . .at'finding that in of some scandalous reports that had been spread abroad, Mrs.. Waterhouse did not receive that attention from the ladies of lrei ac quaintance which she had, been accustomed to.— This being commltnicge . ll.49Mrs. W. she asserted her own innocenccoand, 'satisfying her husband and Lady Wraxall that these reports were un-. founded, the plaintiff and his 'Wife continued to live together as before.' In January, 1820, the plaintiff. left his family and went to Bristol, whert on the 14th Feb. he. embarked for Jarnaica,for the purpose of visiting,some estates in that island. On his return, some months afterward s,information was communicated to him which left no doubt in his I mind of his having been dishonoured in.the person ` of his wife. ,She was then in, a stat e . of preg nancy ; and on the 11th of NoVernber following,. ,was delivered of a male child. It might be- , proper here to remark, that on thus leaving his wife for Jamaica, Mr. Waterhouse left her under the same protection as he had..on the two former occasions, .with an ample provision for her maini , tepance during his absence.. From Jamaica Mr. . Waterhouse returned in July, and knowing that !IL; hitd 'had no intercourse ,with his wife, from the. I Oth , Jan. preceding,the Jury might better imagine than he was capable of describing,theagonised si tuation in which i he was thrown on -being informed of the course which she had adopted. He went .t 9 cbelteuham, but took the precaution of avoid ing the abode of his wife. - He remained there throe days after the communication of the, pain ful' intelligence,. and then left the place, deter mined never to see., her again. His suspicions, which were, unhappily, but too well. founded, .vv . e.re' confirmed by an intercepted letter, , the eon tentsof which„as it had come from Mrs. Walter-- house, 'he was not at,liberty to state,; it was.ad dressed to the, present defendant, .in, language calculated to excite sensations which he would not venture 4o express. The letter fro.a Berkeley to Mrs. Waterhouse was dated the Ist. of May, during that absence; it was in.the fol lowing terms : `,` Noibing but the fear of losing an . opportnnity of seeing you could induce me to Write; but I am obliged to •ne in London on Monday; therefore I now send. To-night, at nine, I will be in the appointed spot. If you love nie, do not foil the—there is no danger " He (Mr. Jervis) was in possession of 24 letters and eight notes, written by the defendant to Mrs. Waterhouse, which were obtained from that lady on the 12th December, in • consequence of •Mr. WaterhOuse; with liis solicitor, having gone to her lodging and obtained them by means which, under the circumstances, were not to be -repro bated. From these letters he had made a seleeL tion, - Which he would now • take the- liberty of reading, and from- which . it - would be' im possible to doubt that - a criminal intercourse had taken place '• between the parties. The Learned Co4iel then proceeded to read the letters in • qatttion, which were couched In ridiculously- pas sionate terms, and contained allusions which could leave little doubt as to the nature of the intimacy that had „subsisted. At length the defendant evinced the waywardness-of illicit love, and in his la - st short and hasty notes proved that his once ardent attachment had alto gether subsided. The --Learned Counsel then went on to state the oral testimony with which he was provided as to the occasional visits of the defendant to Mrs. Waterhouse—their private in terviews and the subsequent disordered aPpear-: ance of -the lady's dress ; and finally, made 'an - animated and eloquent appeal to the Jury, to compensate ; as much as damages could compen sate, the plaintiff,- for the injuries which he and his helpless infant family had - sustained. • The only evidenCe offered for the 'defendant consisted of four letters, addressed to Colonel Berkeley; which *ere distinctly prOVed to be in the hand , -writing of Mrs. Waterhouse, though the character of the two first was evidently and avowedly disguised. The first of these, dated April 5, 1819, in the - most' explicit manner de clared that the writer had long nourished an un controllable passion for the person to whom it was addressed, though, at the same time, it affirmed a resolution not to make herself known to him, and described the efforts she had made to avoid being in his company. The others also manifested the most ardent attachment. The witnesses were then called, and ten let ters from the Colonel were put in and read. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case with perspicuity and impartiality : and at twelve o'clock at night the Jury, after a few minutes consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, One Thousand Pounds—Costs, 40s. SURREY SESSIONS. COAL TRADE. Yesterday these Sessions were held by ad journment; to hear and determine upon the com plaint of Mr. T. Bradfield, against Francis 4igg, Esq., the principal Coal-meter for the County of HAR aisos, Esq. took the Chair, and there was a full Bench of Magistrates, amongst whom were Randall Jackson, Esq., S. King, Esq., T. Hedger, Esq., and several others.—Mr. TURTON appeared as Counsel for the Petition : Mr. NOLAN and Mr. HEArx conducted the de fence. The Petition which was first read, was of con siderable length, and set out with stating, that by the 43d of George 111., the office of Chief Coal-meter, for the County of Surrey, was vested in Mr. F. Bigg, and that upon petition the Ma gistrates Of the County were empowered to pro-' seed in a summary manner to inquire, and upon evidence to dismiss him for misconduct. —The appointment of a successor is by this ATct in the' Overseers and Churchwardens of the several Parishes in the County. The petition went on to state 'the great complaints that had been made for years past in the de=. ficiency in quantity of coals, and the charge that the great cause of all the frauds complained of was in Mr. Bigg's not appointing a sufficient • number of meters to do the duty. It stated that in one station comprising an extent of two miles, and several wharfs, there was only one labouring man, and one land-meter for the last four years. At the Putney station there was only one meter to do the duty, and he also acted in the capacity of foreman at the wharfs of Messrs. Fisher and Beton. At the station of Barnes. Mortlake, and Kew, containing an extent of two miles and one-half, there was only one meter, and he in .consequence,of not being able fo be at more than one place at a time, was frequently obliged to leave blank tickets to be filled up by the yen ders of the Coals, with what quantity they thought proper. At the Rotherhithe station, where there were four, places for the delivery of coals, there w.as only one meter, and here also blank tickets were left for the dealers. The petition then went , on to state several cases where the consumers of coal had suffered in censetluenee of the duty of the meters not having been performed. It charged Mr. Biggwith not having superintended the meters as he was in duty bound to- do, and with not having any person in his office qualified to receive com plaints ; and lastly, it. charged him with being frequently in -a state of intoxication, so that he was unfit to perform his duties; • and the petition concluded by praying, that, under all the cir cumstances, Mr. Bigg might be dismissed. Mr. TURTON spoke more at large upon the nature of the charges against the defendant, and spoke of the disadvantage which existed in making an attack upon a person so respectably situated. Evidence was then heard at..great length, but was not concluded when the Court adjourned. THE SCOTCH BAGPIPE:I.—As a Scotch ha;- piper was traversing the mountains of Ulster, he was one evening encountered by - a half-starved Irish wolf. In this distress the - poor fellow could think of nothing better than to open..his wallet, and try the effects of his hospitality ; lie did so, and the greedy wolf swallowed every thing . that was thrown to him with the greatest voracity. The-stock of provisions was - soon exhausted, and the piper's only resourse Was then to try the vir tue .of his bagpipe, which the wolf no sooner heard than lie took to the.mountains with geater precipitation than he had - come down. The poor piper could not- so perfectly enjoy his deliver 'ance, but that with an angry look, at parting he shook his head, and said; "Aye, are these your tricks ? Had I known your humour, you should . have had your music. before supper." MELANCHOLY OCCUIIRENCE. ' ConoNta's I NQU EST.—Yesterday afternoon an I Inquisition Was''htdd before J. H. GELL, Esq. in ' the Organ Room, adjoining the Jerusalem Chatu • ber, Dean's, Yard, Westminster, on view of the body of Henry Joshua Rowley, son of Admiral Sir . C. Rowley; and one Of the scholars belonging to Westminster School, who died Yesterday morning,, from the bruises received by falling from a window the preceding day. As soon as the Jury had been sworn they took a view of the body, and, on their return, the •following evi dence • was adduced :- , ---Master; - Percival Walsh was The first witness. examined. He deposed, that he was one of the scholars in Westminster School belongt-ig to the 4th form ; the deceased was in the 61h-form he-always considered him of sound•mind-and intellects ; he had not seen him on the morning .of the accident, llis bed room was on the first flOor,haek part of the house 'of ‘S ti roik , where he and the dedeased bn.irded. He was in the passage abont half-past eight o'clock, When he heard something fall, and then he heard Price, the glazier, say, - " For God's sake send for a doctor, somebody lies in the area," or words to that effect. At this time the glazier was coming dowin stairs.• Witness - rap out immediately, and saw the deceased ly ing in' the area. The glazier then went into the area alone : and he • (witness) fell .back, ter rified at the sight ; he afterwards returned to the _school, and informed Mr. Preston, the Usher, of what • had occurred. When the accident happened the deceased should haVe been in school, - and witness was positive he , had not been there that morning. lie Was re quested by Dr. Goodenough to call Rowley ; but not finding him in his room, he-asked the house keeper to halloo him, which she did while here mined on the ;round-floor; but 'there was no answer. Just after this it was he heard the gla zier, Price, exclaim, . 0. for God's cake send for a doctor."—Dr. Goodenough,- . Head' Master of Westminster school, deposed as follows. It is the custom fOr a return to be - Made every morn ing in the school - of the absent boys, as soon as it can be made out, after I enter the room. On Monday morning the name of =the deceased ap. peered in the list. Upon my doming to the fourth: form, I -inquired of Mr:..P'reston the Usher Of that'form and•alSo Usher of MrS,Stillfox"sboard ing-house, whether he had" Mr. Preston's leave of absence, and -finding he had not, I sent Walsh of the forth fora to look for him and send hirn into school:. Walsh returned 'in a. few -Minutes With an account of the melancholy event: The de ceased had•been more than twelve months in th - c school, and upon fir S t -coming was placed on the shell form very high for' his Age, and in a fore♦ very few boys are put on their -first coming to school. The deceased ativays condtitted hirn 7 self uniforinly w&hl and: with • aistinc- tion in the: form, :and! had not long 'since -been examined by. the - Doctor for his removal into the,. sixthjorm, , and ; ;went through that - ex'. amination.with very- considera=ble Credit,—During the time •he aye's:in:the Sixtliform, :Up to . the meat of his decease, he had invariably conducted himself in such a Manner as tonierit,- and to re ceive,- his freqiient 'and decided commendation, who looked, upon Jilin its a bOY': • N ' '.e . ry great pro mise. His inte Hect Was at AM imeg, according to the best cif,his ebservation„ remarkably sOund, distinct and acute ; and his manners were always gentle, 'and agree -able - ..c and he might he reckone'd 'to hive been terms with him. lie had bad no task punishment, threat, or apprehension of -.pttnishment, in any shape whatsoever, • nor - had. he any reason to expect' or apprehend.anY.Pnbishrnent on.acconnt of his . ab;.; sence that'. mornings 'on . the.supposition of his being at his boarding !louse. Sending for the boys ender the circumstances.of absence, similar to those of the deceased, is a constant practice.— Mr. Wm. Prickett, an apothecary, stated, about half-past S o'clock on Monday morphig he attend ed the deceased, and found him . perfctly insen sible, lying on a bed he examined him, and found a Wound in the back part of the head, and a compound . frecture on the right leg ; he attended, the deceased till he died, which took place about twenty minutes after nine o'clock yesterday: morning: :Understanding that Mr. Astley Copper and Mr. White, two su,rgical Gentlemen, were sent for, he bled him in the interim, and during the performanee of that operation Mr. White arrived ; he then assisted Mr. W. to bafidage up the leg, and - proceeded to exarrifne what injury was done to the head, in doing of which it was discovered that a small part of the brain had es caped through the cover-of the frame, and that a very considerable fracture had also taken place in the bone. The deceased was afterwards at tended Nr..Aitley Cooper. Witness has.no doubt whatever but that the injuries,he described were the cause of hii death.—G..W. Rickets, Esq. stated, he had known the deceased from. his infancy. On. Sunday last.witnesabreakfasted with Sir Wm. Rowley, 'in Lower Grosvenor-. street, when' the deceased was present ; he.ap peai•ed ih very 'good spirits, and - he asked him several questions 'respecting his school-fellows at Westminster, all of which he .answered in his usua.l lively manner. Sir William, Rowley, uncle of the deceased, fully corrobo rated the former Witness's testimony respecting the "boy's manner and behavicsur. The deceased had attended hini (Sir William) to church I on Sunday, and afterwards went on a visit ta his maternal nnCle.• An Evening 'Paper of , Mnday was produced, containing an account of the ac. cident, whieh Sir Wm. observed had been given incorrectly, and had caused the greatest lensation . _ among the deceased's friends and relations.—Mr. George Preston, usher of the boarding-house, deposed that he gave the deceased leave ou Sa turday to go and see his friends, who appeared highly delighted. On Sunday night be Nvet:rt round the room, it was about half past eleven o'clock ; and on examining the bed the deceased was there, and apparently fast asleep ; he does not conceive that his mind was in the slightest degree bordering on a state of -derangement.— Price; the glazier, was repeatedly called for, but did not appear. A messenger was dispatched fOr him, and 0n his return stated that he was not to be found.—The Jury then deliberated for a con siderable time, and on the return of-the , Coronor, some observations were ►nails respecting the man's absence, or what his evidence might amount to. Mr. Preston stated, that . he would acquaint the Jury what he, Price; had informed him.-- 'His evidence, it appeared, would prove imma terial. The Jury then returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased came to his-death by a fall from• a window, but how it was occa sioned there was no evidence-to MASSACRE AT MANILLA., [FURTHER PARTICULARS.] Extract of a Letter tidied in the Content of Altai gustin, Manilla, Oct. ls, 1820. " I address you from _this convent 'in - the deepest state of affliction and distress. The _hor rible and afflicting events which have passed in Manilla since the 9th of the current month, have thrown me into a state of delirium and stupor, which almost deprives me of the faculty of com- municating what I would wish to relate. On the Ist day of this month a tremendous gale of westerly wind, accompanied by a heavy fall of rain, occasioned a rise in the waters of the lake far above its usual level, inundating al/ the loW lands of Manilla. On the 2d. the water began to subside ; and i n consequence of the dreadfUl commotion in the lake, proceeding from the tor rents which poured into it from the surrounding mountains, as well as from the mass of filth which had,been left on its banks, sent forth an infection in the air, which has produced an ePidemic dis ease to which thou Sands have fallen victims: native population, either from-Wind, ignorance or influenced in their opinions by those who do not wish the foreigners well, imagined that the Frencit residents had poisoned thelake and river which runs from it to war d s M an il la, making this a pretence to assassinate and - plunder not onhr i . the French, but, all strangers without discri minatiOn. The horrible design was carried into effect on .the oth of the current-month, in Bonindo,the suburbs of Manilla, commencing first with*the French, and ultimately with all stran gers, without distinction of nation. Tweuty-fivr gentlemen, captains and supercargoes, of th? fo reign ships now in Cavete, including, I deeply regret to say, my partner', Messrs. Shaffa/itzky and Duntifelt, fell a sacrifice to the. cruel knife • of these barbarian's, and on the following, day L Chinese,,who, as they supposed., were coneetnel . in the poison, plot. Every thing which.they can - find in the bons4 of the unfortunate people %clic- 7 had fallen victims to the. fury. of these barbarous wretches. wag either burnt or carried off. The' loss is estimated at 400,000 dollars, and the.difr ; ferent residenes'of the poor innocentS •w ho been so cruelly .tnassacred present th-e. moot dreary aspect of rapine, murder, and devastation/ not to be described, and never, never to De for- - gotien., The Government, though. perhaps. Doc so early as might be epected, afforded all tho protection in its power ; by conducting those who had the good fortune to escape into the citaGe. of Manilla- where they now remain, and I ii"e been humanely and kindly received into thi Convent." A FRIGIITFUL STORM causing diyasters and losses to an. extent which it is impossible as 54 to calculate, has ravaged during three succesr sive days ,he eastern and southern coasts 01 INlediterranenn. It began on: Abe. 7t'i QC' *March, in . the" ever ing, withdredfulhur,rir . cane., Incessant lightning cleft the firtnamOtt_; the clap, of thunder shook .the hearty most dauntleEs earnen ; the rain - / with such violence that:no one, could, witbt)iltT" running "the greatest .danger, expose himself. tP .1• • • - • - their rage ; th e w i n ds, with, ungovernable fogy' lifted the ? - illows to so prodigious.a. height th " t the oldest ailor'rieVer remembered such. a 'P '%- tacle. _Happily fo r F rance an d I taly, the 1""7 constantly Ws. w from th e nor th an d s uorth-q4 -.. This direction has been fatal to the , ports Qf Malta, and Af r i ca . A t Messina, notwithstanuolo the goodness and security of the port, many yes " sels")ver3 wrecked and the quays damaged, but "f;, E wes' lost.. At Malta, tw9 vessels were swallow"' up in the port.of Marsamuscetto, and a thir(l 14 , 35 dashed to pieces in that of Marsascirocco. Te fort of Ricasoli, at the mouth of the great PO" and consequently more directly exp o .ied to tit° , Waves, has been almost entirely, des.troyed ; o r !'' f • of the bastions, unable t o res i s t t h e force (),.. the sea, was demolished, and nine large pie"; of cannon disappeared. The magnificent clo3Y of this port were all broken, and an enoraus i d' rock, detach e d f rom th e heights which, surrou n • thq entrance of the harbour, fell with 8, mentions crash into the se a . Th e coas t of .1 v tre "3r.. bary, which lay uncove re d t o th e direct : rr petnosLty,,of the tempest, suffered still 11 ° re ,: f The roads of Tunis an d B ona presented:in aPPlii lira spectacle. The vessels which lay there, T . , the number of more than two h un d re d, have r „ 3 o. , beet: swallowed u p or d as h e d i n pieces.. The LI nishw squadron, of which th ree f r igates: for a part, met with the same fate. More than -Vi t dead bodies have already been cast ashore. Loa with great anxiety that accounts are expel' ex . from the other. countries, which have boo" posed to this destructive scourge. • s biog CLAkIA Prsura. has been " £1.0" ;11. the natives" of Exeter with her juvenile_ thea'r r . cal performances, - w.hich proved hi g hly auv-Itt4.- peeps . te herself. and theMartaaer. DIED. r ••• Monday tit,r tat! jtt4'.ict to 3 , 0 : , Ft , n o t t fi,te a li t iv : , : ps. r (t) . o :: ..g e ti l . tivy t r , !,:ttly her loss will bg severely ft It out! since,. ..' , lonclas. nif,rninz 1.-rt a t his Cha t nher.. .A 1 John., exj the Esq. one of th e Beochers'of the HononralAc A ‘ 4 '''''` l-179t `Middle Tmple, a1..., , e(1 69. Tue e sdNy, 1!.)e 10th instant, Thomas King, Esq.,of (Th• Tuesday, tfic 10th instart, ageii 7!. place, aftei: illness. Walter spencer 5i . :1 .1 1 1, "P e . " ,, f C' • non- lir.ll, the West Riding oft re o f York , o• r, At ‘V'ithlm`tow, (..1:4 the 9th instant, in!!.imm:ii the stomach, Jam:, wife of Air. 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