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After this hint no one dared to . bid,;, by this meaty many at the finest pictures were'preserved,tolthis country: After the Restorationniany'werp recover;; ed from' priVate hands,' and great additions, were made by, Charles James 'IL,' and N 4 William,' who placed . the Palace at Kensington, and anew' catalogue was, made,which is still preserved, in the 'British: MuseuM. This collection was consid e rably - an P g- . : mented at the ex p e n ce of "Queen . earoliae;Con= sort of George for, justly lamenting,the,dis-,... persion that had taken place, her Majesty sought every . means of recovering the pictureS. Qutilirature of the Circle.—M, - Scaalarella, a , Venetian geornetriCian, annaunces'in 'the Gazette of Venice, 'of the 22d NoveMber, that h e h a s solved the , p ro bl em o f t h e quadrature of .the circle, and that lie is ready to demonitrate, it in controvertibly to all the mathematiCiani in the world. Accarding to M. Scarnarella, the' super-; ficjes of a circle is equal to the square of the proportional between the diameter of` the circle,, and a line equal tolliree-fourths of the same di ameter. It is also equa l to' the square , of the cirCuinfetence", — multiplied by half "the radius,,, estimating their ratio as 7 to 21, and not as '7 to 22, as: Archiinides . 'taught. M. Scanntrella fu - ther engages to solve all the most' difficult, pro.( bleins of this nature, in faccia ti* Diaicunq ne Ma atice: • T HE- COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY - of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading to the 111AST . INDIES,.(16 hereby give notice, and J. SIVEWRIGIIM ' adver- I• tised every particular of the Scheme for the ensuing Lottery, which commences Drawing 2 . 60; February, have now only to state some of its merits, viz It contains auXeopoo, ALL MONEY 70 OTHER CAPITALS, ALL MONEY ! 6610 OTHEIt PRIZES, ALL , MONEY_! AND NO TTWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE! J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT are Selling Tickets and Shares at No. 37, Cornbill ; 11, Holborn ; and 38, Haymarket, London; Where - thiYy sold in Shares, in the late Contract, 4021, a Prize of X 25,000, &c. ; and on the last Day of Drawing last Lottery. 18,051 X5,000 I 6,740 500 1 17,822 2OO • Yesterday these Sessions commenced before thief Baron RICHARDS and -Mr. Justice Btn nouwzr.—Thee calendar is by no means a full one, .there being only -145 prisoner,s for trial. Among them, there is one for murder, five .for burglary, one for maliciously stabbing, one for Manslanghter, five for em bezzlement, and Bfilarcenies. There are alsb • four prisonerS, John Barclay and .three . others, ,whu refuse to , discover their names (the shopmen of Carlile), charged with unlawfulliand wickedly publishing a certain blasphemous and Profane libel concerning the Holy Scriptures. • • Samuel Home was indicted for stealing two-mares, value 01 the property of David (letting, of Godstone,_Suricy, and Wit ham Smith Cutti was indicted, for receiving them, knowing them to have been stolen. .. - It was proved by the evidence for, the prosecution, that the • two mares were.turned.put into a field belonging to Mr. Get ting, without shoes. One was six years old, and.the othernine. —On the lath of December last, 'they *ere: . .,teen: safe in the field, and next morning they were gone.. The:101-es Were at length traced by Mr. Getting to the stables of the prisoner Cu ttS 7. at No. 8, Canal-wharf, Paddington. Mr. Getting was accom panied by Rice, an officer of Union-halL On looking into one' Of the stables (forthere were two), Mr. (letting saw his-two mares. —The prisoner Cutts, was not there,. but he was inquired for by the name of Stith (the - name -Which he went by at Paddington.) The officer went foriiim, anale came. Mr. Getting told him he. wanted to buy some horse's, mid Cutts unlocked a stable, where there were five horses. ThiS was not the stable where his (Mr. Getting's) Mares were placed. The horses were sheen, but Mr. Getting said th a t none o f them would suit tar, tiding, " Have you no other horses to shew me ? There is another stable there, is that youirs ?" Cutts said that it was, but that there were only two iinSliod colts there, that i would not suit bins. ".Well, let me see them, at least," said,Mr. Getting, " I sometimes buy colts; and-they. may suit me." After a good deal of hesitation, Cutts opened' the stable, and Mr. Getting went up to hiS own mares, and, aid, " Here are two that will suit me;" and added, ". '"liey are' my horses. Th e y h ave b een sto l en. " The prisoner then Said, " If they are yours, you will at least allow me to get my money back, and I will show you the man from whom I received them." Cutts then took them to a public-house, and showed them the prisoner Home, who a: that moment was coming out. Home was taken immediately into 'custody, and locked up. Cutti was, taken, to a public-house, and there said that the two horses had been brought to stables by two men. over night, who requested that they might be put into his stables, as there was no 'other house open. The next' morn, tim ing at Home was taken before a. Magistrate, and Without t. y in ion of reward confessed that he had stolen the horses. At The stable, when Mr. Getting claimed the horseS, the prisoner Cutts was very desirous of gettingaWay. The Mares smiled to be very tired, having travelled, in one 04y, from , his (Mr. Getting's) house at Marles-farm, Godstone, to Paddington, a, distance of between 30" and 40 miles. In his cross-examination, Mr. Getting corrected this inaccuracy .aato distance; ' The Counsel for the prisoners, : nfter the .evidence for .itb e. pro., secution had been gone through, took an objection, that there was no proof whatever that these mares had been Stoleb' in the " County of Middlesex. The, objection was .received ;.' and the prisoners, under the direction of the Judge, were acquitted.— They were, however, detained to be tried' at the next Assizes for Surrey. That the' Papers respecting the System of Education in the Oriental hangUages.adopted . at the Company's College and Seminary in England, 'Whrch were ordered by the General Ceiurt to be Printed • for the use of the Proprietors, are now teady for delivery at this House. JOSEPH DART, Sec. PROPOSED CHURCH or CHAPEL, in the PARISH of WHITWICK, in the COUNTY of LEICESTER. THE attention of the Public in general, and of the opulent and well disposed Inhabitants of the Cuunty br Leicester in particular, is solicited to the following state tent : LAW INTELLIGENCE. en it. he Easy and entertaining Philosophitiar Experi ments.--Partial flashes of lightning, Aurora, Borealis, &c. are to be beautifully' exhihited, "- by taking in a spoon about a dram of the powder - or seeds of hycopodium, and throwing it agailist:,. ; a candle, all other lights being exquded: Powder resin is equally fit for the.purpOsei but from its adhesive quality sticks to the hand, or any thit!g_ on which, it may fall. .A very entertaining'sort of coruscation of light is obtained by the use of phosphorised lime. When a small quantity (20 or 30 grains) is thrown into a glass of water, bubbles of gas are successively extracted" froth " .it, which, rising" to the surface of the Water;'are Inflamed on coming in contact with the air of the atmosphere, producing a flash of bright fight , and as w,succession of such bubbles is prodiice - d,„ during a considerable time, a repetition of sUtti flashes will be seen. The Parish of Whit Wick, although consisting of three pap-u -I°llll Hamlets or Townships; viz. Whitwick, Thringstone, and S wannington, has at present but oxe Church. Of these the 'T ownship 'of Whitwick' alone, in which the Church is situate. has a population of 1004: fOr which the Parish Church ha 'nfEeient, but, it is conceived, not more than sufficient rooms The Township of 'Phringstone contains tlEtt persons, and that of Swantiington 541: and out of this joint population, it is es . tiMated that not less than . 1200 live fit the distance of a mile and a half, and from 40u to SOO between two and three miles, from the Parish Church. To remedy this deficiency in Church room; as well as to af ford'inereased facility of _access to the National Church for , the ParishionerS who are at present most distant from it, it is proposed to erect - a:Chapel un a site ,to be hereafter ob tained, which shall be so far central to the Townships of T htingstOne . and SwanninitOn, as not to be more than a ' bi les or at farthest a mile and a quarter from any closely in habited part of either of these Hamlets. The expense of the •, ' an aertakfrig • cannot be precisely estimated, as the extent to which it is carried will depend on the nature and degree of the support received; .but supposing the building to be-eli er te nded to the utmo s t "Ittuit proposed, vit. to be capable Of „. vo ataining fr om 350 to 400 persons, it is computed that a s ent from Eight Huttdred to One Thousand Pounds would be s ufficient a and shook the building be contracted, the expense "'geld fall short of the lowest of these snms. 're meet this stun required, - it is feared that no Very coasi ale!'able support can he anticipatedfrom two Townships.:_both sco t very poor and indigent. Thringstone burdened with Population of France-work-Knitters. SwanningtOn also im averisbed by heavy demands from Colliels,who have formerly "tall ied Settlement's there. The remaining sources from t W k lie nce , supp or t i s l ooked for are. !sr, from Voluntary Dona -4,03,... ` 2 clly, front aPpliCation'to the Society f u r p romo ti ng th e 'Rung of Churches and Chapels. It is to advance the for fomer of th ese two modes of support, that the present state rent is r espectfully submitted to the public. And when the • i t j e s g ( 'lng facts ate generally considered—When, in particular, L uid s t u ti ggested tp the affluent members of the Church of Eng a sitnil roughou County'of Leicester, that no prospeet-of their Cl, (and certainly none of a more urgent) appeal to t ount , ; .'ritY inanlediately presents itself . throughout the tht- it will not .be or want of an ade ,quate ' s ' l , lt is hop e d Ihr - th , t ' 4re f public libeiality that the Parishioners, of sif t ' h e ' . .'e and Swann4igtun continue deprived or abridged ,tiqr., ,rd. Inestimable blessing of worshipping.Almiglsty , Gad, . Mg to Ilt burs aria Apostolioal Rites and. Ordinances s ttle Church of VA) la r d 4 1 lbscript wits ions, glu, ;ee ' eived at the Banks of Messrs. Snove c - ,', Co., 21^,. Strand, London;, and Messrs. Mansfield and 1 vs.eicester ; at the Banks of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinck -I.e:mt.eol to,glilthorausghieaorirdtotlenltOn mowbr a y ; atid.by the Rev, ear Ashby-de-la Zouch. h e K Names of thOSe who have already Subscribed. .i. (-,, 1 '.,_,°,as Duke of Lancaster . - £lOO 0 i iii ,- ..9; ek ßesumetit,. Bart.' Lay Impropriator . of 1-1 6',." , i , h , ..e the Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of l'h,`„, c unnty of Leicester • - Earl of Lincoln , .-lotionrable and Right Reverend the Lord Ili. ° tor re, Gupsall Hall , . - Ti!ge Moore, 'Esik - Snarestoni, High ..lberifrof the eutiuty of Leicester It': Venerable the Ai chdeacOn of Leicester - 11 j e e r erld Fs Me`rewether, Vicaeof Whitwiek - .. re nd D t ' W daw rth llaster of Trinity C u l l oc or or o , I, th "eges Cambridge - 5 3 Ittx,4o.....Watsott Esquire, Clapton - to in G t , r "' way, To ' ppesfield,'Essex - - v 2 it ig e .GIPPs, Esq M I', Howletts, Kent - 5 5 k tv rederic Fowke, Bart;Lowesby Hall, Leicestershire 5 5 44 11, 1 1 1 4 Norris, Hackney - - , - 5 5 fri„. 4 e9), Esq Crescent, Bridge-Street, Black tt „'s, Lond on ' 3 0 . - : - Ite` Nett wether. Egg 51 Chencery-lane, London 2.2 ' I t h e: ( 1 1! , 1 „' Bayley, SO b-Dean of Lificoln - 5 5 ''',.tr (-, :,way, Great Yeldliatus Essex - 2 2 144 f : t"'latt, Curate of Whitwick -5, 5 '4 - act`'v Whitwick 1 1 . - 11:s b iers w er, e, Wilts - A. 1 k,h",skert Wetherell, Newton Longville, Bucks 5 5 t , li t) er i l l 4 Yer, Esq Halstead, Essex . - 5 0 -t v j T i . y .'dler, Esq Ell hani,'Kent , , 10 0 I t ' briddecke, Ashby de la Zouch - 5 5 s r t%.1-adan, Rector of lbstock - 10 0 ii. 4 vracer Madan, Curate of Seale -• 2 2 tlr t ~MeDouall Vicar of Ashby de la Zwick 1 i Per: l t K ,,."lght, Cole ' Orton. .. - I 1 ist . III! Hopwellall. Derbyshire - 10 10 ~i n , j Vatter Fellow of Sr. lohti's Cambridge 5 5 gtv4nes.' sc i:Ringwood;fia . riti '. 1 1 ile Walton, Reeteir Of Birdbrook, Essex 5 0 l i leV r.:,::llia_wei, Salisbury 11 . , .. . C hesi'` ,dV,'Rector of Loughborough 5 0 at:v Vil 4,l'r 4 a, Langley Priory 1 - • 2 2 , T. „._. ! la n, Vicar of Polesworth ' - 2 2 li,cv p t t:ukley, Curate of.Kegworth , - - 1 1 iies Robe,rt, Vicar of Haverhill. Suffolk - . 0 t t 'ke r ii steourt, Rector of Newnton, Gioncestecibtrt I i I t t v bP i r ell,Esq, St, Giles's, Oxford - 2 2 Ltv 1 , - °Yd. Appleby : .2 0 •"'lr Ad • -- t_ v Ata ti • pu tt, Rector of Croft . - - 2 2 it7,-psieYsAshbrde la Zotich ' - 1 1 Sig it tir e sßector of Thu r last on • • - 2 2 key ,c e rriott, Rector uf Lotiei hack - 5 5 t W i i ‘tes Bart. Catlike Al'ibey - 5 5 4 It o leaver, Rector of Wanlip - 10 0 4 , e, Vicar of Rolla.);2 0 i , k 13. A *. - I, t , le,i b 'h the completion of the Building., la Committee of , t:,li,eve4etesurtesident in ti . ie immediate i neigh,l,oissrlitoboadt they 44ttle re Publish e n d e :n t' de a r n' t i lt e le n jne ro tt b l t e ttrn in s l i n gifie o d by their y i " the Leicester Jourt P al. r 4 / cont LL ARD'S PATENT TWINE CLO l'H'. •h t e ieol pas de lin mais en pussedent I , s. agreinens. i 'ice et/ A ° BILIT V, FAMILIES, and MEIt -16 'At N . ; et . e k r . TS, arc reipeetfUily inf orme d, the atio.eitloilt, 1 11 Q hst 4 , Its Peculiar conduciveness to health to wear, in tappplieretuodi4loVrest Indies; O i s welt as In this forchangl.e and 1 4 , 4bi e t__ imates,, for its great economy, .and. being CNei, 4, u . all the purposes for which the fine India Long ~14 entieell,as Linens, are used, and at half the price,, is k,l` e 1)1 re Cases of 30 to 60 Pieces, for Exportation; and 1 11.,Ltrk t i "..." of 20 to 52 yards each, at l ed.-25,--2s, 6d.— Sib"?. ''' G d• Per yard,'stamped, MILLARD'S PATENT t 1: CLOTH sc • "at , . , •:, , i . g nu'ANI , , I c. the Warehouse, No. lt . ), CHEAP .l44i,tlee e,,°.sthere else whatever a and which it is necessary Ni.. Th e g„e!°lls Imitations having been Produced, and sold li C il l p4ruirileees hi! Sheeting contain horn two to four pair l '''l 2 ,, 4 ett ~ es sending orders will have them executed as " r4/00 • are con :11h1 *li4re the Kreatesx variety of British and Fo stantly on sale. .50 0 26 5 90 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 10 COORT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 9. Before the Loup Clem*" JuarrcE and a Special Jury. LORE V. BRIIFITT AND OTHERS. This was an action against certain Custom-house officers for seizing a quantity of crystallized verdigrise. The defendant Brufitt went to the house of the plaintiff, a merchant in Ab church-lane, on pretence of purchasing verdigrise; a quantity (about 2501 b.) was sliewn to him, when he declared that it was French, and that _he had come to seize it ; Mr. Lore assured the defendant that the artier was English and carried him to the person from whom he had bought it ; Brufitt, however, per sisted in his intent, carted the verdigrise, and sent it to the Cus tom-house. Mr. MARItYAT said that the verdigrise, even if it had been French, was not on that account seizable; it had since - been sent back to the plaintiff as English, but it had sustained so much damage in its absetite - that he refused to accept it. l. The So' c yrs:A:GENERAL contended that the verdigrise had been packed and put up so as to resemble French verdigrise, and that the officer, under the circumstances, had been justified in his seizure. Proof was given that the article had, been (in order to ob tain the highest price) made to resemble French as closely as possible. Mr. MArtnyaT proved the damage done to his client. The verdigrise, after it came back from the Custom-house, sold for little more than one-fourth of its original value. It appeared also that in the ordinary custom of trade crystallized verdigrise is made to resemble the French. The SOLICITOR.GENE EAL then called a witness acquainted with the trade, who declared that he should have bought the verdigrise in questionls:Freneh. The cases, paper, and string, were all imitations of the foreign.. The Loin!) CHIErjuSTICE said that, by act of Parliament, it was for him to say whether there 'had or had not b een pro bable cause for. the seizure. In his opinion there had been pro bable cause: • Mr. MArtitl-AT submitted that the Jury must find for the plaintiff before his,Lortiship could certify. The SoLicrion.-(4N - ERAL admitted that the plaintiff, must haVe a verdict, but denied that he could be entitled to damages. The Jury found for_the plaintiff—Damages 731. 15s. Bd. The LORD ettlEt - jUSTIE said, that he should certify under the act, that there had been probable cause of seizure. What the effect of that certificate would be the law must decide; LEWIS,V. WALTER. This was an action against the Proprietor of THE TIMES newspaper, for a libel published in - that paper. The defendant had pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. CttiTTY opened the pleadings. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the plaintiff's case to Jury. The plaintiff was, he said, an attorney of that Court, and also the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster ' - the defend ant was proprietor of The Times .newspapee. The libel of which he had to complain was published in the report of a trial which took place at the Surrey Assizes, and certain observa tions of the publisher thereon., Reports - of legal proceedings were very beneficial when made with impartiality and Candour, but all who were at 'all conversant with. the proceedings Of Courts of Justice must know that ex-parte statements must often be made by Counsel, but yet nothing could b e more un j ust and cruel than to publish such statements to the world. It often happened that m en o f t h e most un b lemished characters were included in a criminal `charge ; ' circumstances were stated by Counsel, and part 'of the, evidence gone through, when the Judge interposes before a' single witness has been called for the defendant, or a word said by his Counsel in his' behalf. This was most 'cruel, ,he .might say most ille ga l ; b ut h ow m uch more cruel for ihi publisher to add his observations on the case ? Such was the nature of the present ease. It happened that the plaintiff was employed by a person named Bingham, in Hamp shire, against whom an ,execution had .beewissued, and the . Sheriff was in possession of his goods. The property was given up afterwards, and the p erson aga i nst whom it was held. in dicted he . plaintiff, Mr. Bingham, and another person for a conspiracy, which' came on for trial at Kingston. It happened that the plaintiff was not properly - prepared to prove his case, and the cause was therefore stopped. His Learned Friend (Ser., jeant - Onslow) stated a great number Of faCts hi the Jury Which were not proved. His Learned Friend wasjustified in 'stating them, for he spoke from his instructions ; yet.when he failedin proving them, it was most unjustifiable to, publish them.. But this waSnot fill"; at the conclusion of the report it was said, " The. Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, were obliged to acquit the defendants, to _ the great regret of crowded Court : the statement of Counsel aziallieevidence, so, far as it went, had made a strong iinpression of the guilt of the .defendants." With respect 'to public libels (said the SolicitOr4.leneral); though frequentlY highly reprehensi ble, yet they were of a very different charaCter froth those of 'a private nature. The spirit, of party paralized their,effect, but against private calumny no character could bear pp, if it might be assailed with immunity by . libels of this kind. The plaintiff had brought, this action to give the defendant an opportunity of justifyipg, if he were able; but he had placed,no justifica tion on the record. If, therefore, he proved the' pUblication of the libel' by 'the defendant; the only question would be the amount of damages to which the plaintiff was entitled. ,It could not be said; that by this action any restraint was sought to be put 'on the liberty of the press. No one could 'be more friendly than he was to that liberty e: but lie was . convinced that those were its best friends who kept a vigilant eye on its exceisis, because its liberty 'could — never be attacked with effect except it first made itself -odious by its licentiousness: Joseph .Mallison, from the Stamp Office, put in the Times Paper of the 12th April, 1819. . . J. Manning, the plaintiff'S SolicitOr; produced an examined office sopy : of the record of acquittal on the, indictment at King4ton. He proved that the plaintiff was admitted a n attor ney of the Court or King's Bench on the sth July, 1813. Cross-examined by fir. ScARLzTT.--lie had not searched if the plaintiff had taken out his certificate, and knew nothing of it except that the plaintiff had told him that hiS Certificate expired in the NoVeinber ensuing the month of July in which he was indicted. Mr. SCARLET T then submitted, that the ff h plaintiad not proved that he was' an attorney, as set out in the four first counts of the declaration. By the - 37 Geo. 111. tee. 31, no at torney could act without having taken out his certificate.. That, in this . case ' would have been the best ev id ence; b ut t h at h ad not been produced. The CHIEF JUSTICE thought the.production of the certi ficate not necessary. They might yet offer proofof his having acted as in attorney. The admission and acting being proved, is . prima facie evidence that he is an attorney. 'Mr. Scarlett might afterwards prove the negative, Mr. Scaur.t TT re-urged that the pl a intiff was not proved to be an Attorney. The SOLICITOR.GENER A I. relied upon the admission. Mr. SciaILETT contended he ought to shew some The objection just . mentiOna'aimilied to the first counts; but he had a still , more 444 d -objection against the two last counts ; in those counts the alleged.libellous matter, was set out not as the speech of Mr. Serjeant OnslOw, but as the - statements of the defenclanfhimself. Ire referred his Lordship to' the case of Bell v. Byrne, in 13th . East., , tried before. Lord Ellenbo . rough : , in which similar allegations were made, a nd upon argu ment in the Court of Kingli Bench it was decided that those counts could not, be sustained., . The Scrt.icrron,GEANnar: and Mr. CHITTY contended that thelaets Were truly set out.' The.Clutr J thr asid,. the allegations were ' that the plaintiff }vas'an Attorney and practised ai. suc h ; t h e last had , not been proved ; and on the authority Of 'the case cited (froth • which`he'cotildnot diatitigilialklie present), he thought the tWo last counts of ;be declaration could not be sustained.—Plaintiff notsuitcd. • To give an idea of traffic in The City of Lon don, a statement has appeared in many of the Papers, of the number of .foot passengers, &c. that passed Over London Bridge on a given day. The account, however, is one which was taken many years ago, arid falls considerably short of the amount which had been ascertained in the month' of July, 1811.—The following is the account of the persons, &c. that then passed over London and Blackfriars Bridges London Bridge. Blackfriars Bridge. Foot Passengers - 89,640 . 61,069 Waggons - 769 - 533 Carts and Drays - 2,924 - 1,502 Coaches - - 1,240 - 990 Gigs and Taied Carts 485 500 Horses - - - 764 - 822 In the summer of 1781, on the day that the action took place betw'een Admiral PARKER and the Dutch fleet under Admiral ZOUTMAN, off the Dogger Bank, an old man in Arbroath, who hap pened to be lying in his garden, affirmed that he heard most distinctly the firing of the guns; and by placing his ear on the ground, he said in th e vernacular idiom, that he felt the yird dinule.— He called on some of his neighbours, but they could not be sensible' of hearing any sound ; he, however, continued firm in' hi s assertions, point ingin a south-easfdirection, and requesting them to note the day and hour, for he was certain thit they would hear of a sea-fight in that di rection, and at that time. The spot . where the man lay was about a third of a mile from the shore, and slightly elevated above the level 'of the sea, and no other land intervened between Arbroath and the scene ofaction, which, when the account of it arrived, was found to correspond exactly with the time pointed out by the old man.—(Monti-ose Chronicle.) . . On New Year's Day, a sprig of sweet-williaim, a marigold, and some violets, in fall blow, were gathered in a garden at Fincliale Abbey, near this city. On the same day two Minh.; rooms, about seven inches in circumference, were pulled in the garth behind the. house of John Lax, at Chester-le-street.-- (Durhain Chronicle.) . . . THE DOUBLE ROBBERY.---,FOr sometime past, a numerous gang of thi,lvei haVe infested the' Borough of Southwark, committing most extensive depr,edations, princi pally on publicans. Th e ir plan is to t a k e a night's lodging in the house, and in the m i ddle of night, when the rest of the family are asleep, they get pp and explore theplace (always hav ing candles and phosphorus with thetia); and carry Off every portable article which falls in their way. On Friday night last, two of them were detected at this trick—one at the sign of the' Naked Boy in Tooley-Street, the other . at the hOtise of Mis; Spry, the Red Cock in Mill-lane, 'and both were corii mitted from the' Town Hall. Ram men, who are supposed to be accomplices w i th the ..prisoners, called on Mrs. Spry oh Tuesday, As. she was coming to the office to be bound over to prosecute, and attempted 'to . compromise theMattef; bin failing an this, they called for some beer, and seated thetnSelveS in the tap-room ; in the course of half an hour; one of them was met on• the staircase by the boy, to whom lie excused himself, by saying that he was looki ng f or a Captain Willianis, who had promised to meet him there, on which the lad allowed him to depart, and th e o th er three 'afterwards' folloWed. On the arrival of Mrs. S. soon afterwards, she went up stairs to take her things off, and was suiprised to find her'bed-room door open, and a picklock key sticking 'in the lock; 'the 'chest of drdwers were alSo open, and a cpiantity of bank notes, eleven sovereigns,, and some plate, which she lied placed there, stolen. 'DitEADF6t. AeciDENT.—Sunilay night last, about 11 o'clock, as William Weaver; a stoker,. • • • belonging t o th e brewery of Messrs. DRURY, THOMPSO'4, And NEALE,. Park-Street Westrnin; ster ; b was raising up to the flap o f the iiincrrn Brewery, for the' use of the upper: Stake4iOle, his foot slipped, .and he fell dowri into the street, a height'of between.4o and 50 feet. The Unfor-, tunate sufferer had several' of his :riti . .and his • thigh: diSlOCated, and vas dreadfully lacerated about the head and face. He now lies in Guy's . Hospital, hi ekeriiCiating agony, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. [FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.] (No. XXIX.) Titidi.ronittßicAL •SußVEY.—CapLain Ve tch and' Mr. - Drummond; the engineer 'officer's 'en trusted"with the conduct of the trigonometrical survey in the -north, of Scotland, have finished their task in Orkney and' Zetland, by establish ing in those clusters of islands the several posi 4ionswhiCh'Serve to connect them with the main land of Scotland. In their operations they were attended by the Protector gunZrig, Captain Hewet, commander; and - that gentleman was em ployed at the same time' in a nautical survey of various - harbours among those islands which stood in need, particularly in . Zetland, of more acCu rate charts than have yet been given to mariners. The laborious and hazardous task has' been brought to a conclusion, with one loss"; Mr. Fitzjames, midshipman, and four men, havins gone from the rendezvous at Calfsound, in Eda ; to the islandlof Sand, for -some provisioni4 were loston their return, in one of those fearful cur rents of tide (the lashY roast), which - are 'fie quent among those islands. NATURAL Clanny, of Sunder land, has presented to the Literary and PhiloSo phical SoCiety of Newcastle, a very fine Collet tion Of insectsl;'made at the Cape of Good Hope, by C. Colcleugh,- Esq. which is so much the more interesting to the entomologist, as it is under stood to be complete. THE LEECH OF CEYLON.—This animal is sel dom more than half an inch in length,:and is nearly semi-transparent. It is very active, and is said occasionally to spring. Its powers of con traction and extension are very great. It is like a fine cord when fully extended, and its point is so sharp that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed, to have . an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly on the spot from all quarters.-= " Those who have had no experience of these :animals," says Davy, " of their immense numbers in their favourite haunts, of • their acti vity, keen appetite, and. love of blood, can have . no idea of the kind arid 'extent of annoyande they are to travellers in the interior, of Which' they maybe truly said to be the plagde.. In rainy weather it is almost shocking to' see the legs of m en on a long•march,- thickly beset with them, gorged 'with blood, and the blood trickling down in streams.' In attempting to keep them off, - they crowd to the attack, and fasten on quicker tha n th e y' ean be " r em o ved. I d o n ot exag gerate when I say that I have occasionally seen at least'fifty on a person at a time. Their bites are apt to fester and become sores, and fre quently degenerate into extensive ulcers, which,' in• too many 'instances, have occasioned the loss of limb, and even.Of life." BOTANY.—It was some time ago s tated i n th e accounts received from New Granada, 'that the .whole, or the greitest part;• of the results of the botanical researches of the celebrated Mutis, carried on at the expence of the Spanish - Govern ment for more than forty years, in one of the finest regions of South America, had been recently' destroyed amidst the conflicts of 'contending ar mies.; and considerable regret was excited in the breasts of scientific men, on account of so irrepa rable. 'a hiss. It is - satiSfactory to announce, that the whole, with the 'exception of a 'few in (lice's- and - partial descriptive Catalogues; have arrived safe at Madrid, and t are now deposited in the . ,Botanical Garderirin char ge of - P r of es sor Gasca: The drawing,s are executed in the most beautiful style, on the spot,, chiefly by South ArnericanS,who, it is acknowledged, have a peen liar taste for design and painting';' and they ex ceed 4000: e specimens were collected 'on wide and secluded districts, in a'tropical and all copied the intnicent each plant was g thered. This gives to the 'drawings a brilliancy and 'nature almost 'unellinit among led, and ang them are some - hendreds of plots - nevei' befOre known in Europe. The'hiStorv'bf the chinchona, 'or briftige-bark,' ina long series of drawings, em bracing the geizera - atid Txtensive'varietiei, is pe . - culiatly 'fine.' This Valua,ble - treasure fell into the hands of Gen . f Aloritio,'When lie entered Santa Fe, anti he 'had the whole 'pricked up and sent' -down to a shippin g port 4 Where the paCkages•were' 'embarked for :The descriptive pieces were a t the time left country,' and -*conse quently they are not lost: . the tressed state of the finances in Spain, it may by many'years b'efore'this collection, which no doubt stands Utleiilliled,"'Cart be lAid baorethe public: General liolivar, and the government over which .he presides, in whatever arrangements they may hereafter make 'with the Ministers of Spain, re- . specting - the, acknowledgment 01•their'indepen denee; ought to stipulate for some plan - for the pubticatten of .gutf . due 'to* • I science in 'general, as 'welt as to the 'themory'bf that - diStinguiihed botaiist ad his worthy jutors; some of i horn, particularly the iamentd .Caldas;'felt in'thlit•very contest NVliit;h i ii now so near its close. - - Sr:ANlsx Jot RNALs. - -tEireo day 'the puhfica tion '6l`''new ' journals' is'' ailvertised — . iu,Mddrid : many of them hear' the most singiffarand the-‘yay, titles ; .such are : 64 'The 'Periodkait " The Cries thei l arrot'or Gtana'fia;"--= (clarnores . delPapa . gayb Cianailino);4c: - PAINTINGs; &e. fN KE'Sl7462Ci$ pleasant anecdote is . relaied'of 'Crornwell'S logo , for the Fine Arts. Wheli the Parliatnt•nt had resoNed't6 sellall`the prbpe'rtYi'belonging to the late King, .the pictures . wilich hail teen collriteil with 2 S'o. inuch'taste that . arcorn:. , . ptistieeNortarch - . were . put'up - to public PATENTS LATELY GRANTED. • • . -J. 11ARTir and C. 'GRAFTON; of "Birinitightim; Printing .. Ink manufacturers, for a method of making fine light, black of very superior colour, which, for distinction from other blacks; they call spirit black ; and a new apparatus for producing thC same. October '24, 1821. B. THomPsoist, of Ayton Cottage, Durham, for a method, of faCilitating the conveyance of carriagei along iron ana wood rail-ways, tram-waYs, and roads. October 24, 1821. . _ C. TUS LY, of Kenton-street, Brunswir.!:-square, for cerfzin . improvements applicable to window-sashes, either • double hung, fixed on sliding sashes, casements, window-ibtit term and window-blind s . N ov . 1 , 1821 . , S. HonDAY, of Birmingham, for a method - of priiiciplolCf manufacturing the furniture for umbrellas and paritrJls, • and of uniting the same together. Nov. 1, 181.. J. T. ARciincinD, of Serjearits'-inn, Pleet4tzeet, tot of ventilating close carriages. • Nev. 1, 1821. ,R. VI'RIoHT., of Mount-row, Kent-road, for certain- ith!. provements,in the process of distillation. - 0v ! .9, 181. . , D..REn i 1 ND, of .Agnes-circus, Old. , street-rpad,' foi an provement in the construction or manufacture of 'hinges - fur doors: Nov. . _ F. A. EGELT:3,.of Britania-terrace, ity-road, for improve+ mentS on steam-engines. Nov.'9, 1821. J. GARDNER, of Banbury, ironmonger, fora rnaChirie • paratoly s to ,melting, in _tie manufacture of .tallovi, *soap, at 4-.., candles; ilnd which macbine may be used for other similarpar pOsei. 'Nov. 9, 1821. J. GROiIT, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, for a new matufaCturei of crape. Nov. 13, 1821. ATIMIOSPItEIifC •PHErtomeStA.---; Extratt • 'of a . - Letter: frir'm Bamberg, dated Dec. 25 Yes- h ".. - terday;'alroUt seven o'clock in' . the eietring, the sky being clear andsererre,•there was obseeved the neighbotirhood of Battenheirn and Altendoir : an igneous meteor,' of •a glOhular form; about apparent site'ofa full moon, which, after takihi"' - ' a direction from north'-east to sOuth-east, fell le," the pound, and diSappeared, air'ekplosiOn,.',' . as loud . as'the report of a otindri. Its light - ivas as strong: as that of a 'bright flash of lightning, and it Could be seen within the space of moree + ' -than a'mlle: 'On the 25th the mercury hr the , harcimeteefell lower than-hadeVer beki Veen 151 ,- the oldest inhabitants.—[This'phenorifenOn, says'" a let t€ 4 from' Frankfort, of the 'list ult. appears* to have'beedgeneral. 'On the nights'-of the 24th and 25th the Mercury 'likewise fell at''Prarikfort • to 26' inches sit tines,4ithoutbeing accompanied by any other - change the atmohitiezle`'lsUt strong wind,"whiCh did not rise to' a ferni) . eit,.aP in other 'Places: ' The wind was stionker iiethe 'night`of the 29th, though 04 mercury had risen'' - a little . .] • "Gentle ••• REFUGE FOR TH E frovitifss.- =The. -- tneil ftirming 'the Comniittee belorigln "to . this • ihudata'liistitutiOn''havelsilitelht e commence-': ,rnent of the inteseiit 'amp A : her, 'had several' meetings to talte'i t rito* their 'consideration the ,•prOp m o iietY of recep . tac t_ he a( f r , , vvretc n a. hougefeis' 'Provqin4r, them vviiti fOod:' The 'London, Workhouse', *ga te-S ti'ee t, 'Ate - late - ie t fug*e; • could` not 'he" tained for the accommodatidn Of th'e this season ; and preiiiiieg,"'On a very extensive scale, have been sq,dged 'in' Honduras-st ree t, Olch:stri;et; St. Lnke'S, near crbideV,l'44o6.; they • ci ere fOrt4rly oc'covied"hy a are ve s'ry cioAaiiidtonitnOdVons7 II ke A .t •receptacle this receptacle is 'yer'y' f ij.cnti.hr for thd jiiirpose,.as 'a is bduri,cied by the gliishes of • Clerketi*ell,; • Be thinfigr t e en, gr.C : . Institution Opel' premi'se's t cau Le fitted tip. • .