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THE LONDON JOURNALS. NXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, November 21, 1822'. [NIORNING• CHRONICI,Ee] The statement, which lately appeared in the Journals, that the Archduchess Maria Louisa had made her appearance at Verona, has no doubt been noticed by most of our readers. 'We have heard that she appears there to claim from the Allies the execution of the Testamentary Dispo sitions of Napoleon in favour of her Son, and that this claim has .occasioned very great embarrass ment to the French Ministers there. We merely allude to• this subject for the present. [MORNING POST.] Letters. were yesterday received from Maciao, bearing date Sept. 29, which state that the Eng lish residents at that place had been treated with great Insolence by the General of the Rio Jane rian army (La Bata), who had landed there on his way to Bahia. That'port is tepresented as having been converted into a complete military depot ; all the country people who approached the place had - had their horses seized for the convenience - of the soldiers, and Gen. La Bata has caused all letters to he stopped and brought to hirn. During his stay he caused severalbf his officers to be placed under arrest,Und compelled•all the English resi dents (by sending a file of military to enforce his orders)' to appear before him. It was much regretted by the English there that none of our ships of . war were off the coast to protect our merchants, who were in consequence subject to great inconvenience and indignity. 'The conduct of the Brazilian General had occasioned the British merchants at Maciao to forward a me - rnorial to the Provisional Junta. [TII E TIMES. j "More notices, though but slight, creep out re specting .the views of the different Powers of Europe on the subject of Spain, and the pro priety of attempting to alter its, constitution by arms, or of suffering it to take its course. So far as we can learn, there really is but a mad party in France—the Ultra-Royalist faction—that Wishes for war. It is well known that that party had -at one moment almost succeeded in carrying its object ; its sinister efforts may therefore be dreaded with more reason for the future. We shall describe first, its present position, its strength, and hopes ; and then proceed to discuss the-opinions of the other Powers of Europe. The turn which the late elections have taken in France is evi dently favourable to the war-party; though there perhaps may be some among the new Mem ben who might be inclined to moderate counsels. We hoar also of a singular organization that has a warlike aspect. It is said that fifty men out of each of the companies of Gardes du Corps have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for a long march. The whole corps consist of four 'companies of .200 men each ; the detach ment, therefore, will amount to 200, and is re ported to be destined to accompany the ..Duke d'Angonleme to the Spanish frontier. His Royal Highness's presence, thus attended, has certainly a hostile aspect.,; and though the aid of such a detachment might not be necessary to the success of any enterprise against Spain, it would certainly give great countenance to the Spaniards who have so long harrassed the northern frontier; and, in the mean, time, nothing,- we believe, would give such pleasure to the war party in France, as the commission of any excess by the constitu tional Government of Spain, which might afford a pretext for beginning hoitilies. [NEW TIMES.I • We have in very recent history a plain and distinct pattern of revolutionary madness and folly, which the faction now or -lately prevail ing- in the Spanish capital are copying with the closest exactness. They have degraded the No bility as the French Jacobins did ; they have robbed the Clergy as the French Jacobins did;. they have driven the King's loyal subjects to arms by their' oppression and tyranny,and created a'civil war, as the French Jacobins did; they have impoverished the whole country as the French Jacobins did ; and they will of neces sity be obliged to 'make a national bankruptcy, and sponge 'out great part of the Debt they, are now contracting, as the French Jacobins did. The generatimpression produced by reading the Foreign Journals of the last few days is, that war is more.serionsly apprehended than it was a short time ago. The English Cabinet is and has all along been most earnest in its efforts to 'main tain the peace of the Continent ; but the Foreign Powers seem to apprehend more ultimate danger of an extended war from suffering the Repub licahs of Spain to triumph, than from crushing their atrocious projects by one F‘ort but powerful effort. , [MORNING HERALD.] - If any doubt' could exist respecting the real value of those articles in the Journal des Daats, to which so much importance was really or af fectedly attached, and a sort of official character so falsely ascribed, that doubt is now removed. The Moniteur has disavowed and discredited the , authority of that Journal on the subject of -war between France and Spain. It is not worth while to notice the n;ma - murs or the surmises of a rebuke being given to the erring Journal by a Minister, or to hunt the insertion of paragraphs and counter-paragraphs written to allay the wrath of a Foreign Ambassador. The chace would afford neither interest nor amusement. Suffice it to say, that as far as the French Papers afford any indication, the relations between France, Spain, and the Congress, seem still as entirely matter of uncertainty and specula tion as they were a fortnight since. The Moniteur enters at some length into the question of war with Spain as a point of international right and of prudence. But with the exception of a con troversial kick, en passant, to the " Liberal " Journals, and a feeling of hostility to the Spanish Constitationalistsy Which oozes at every pore, the article has all the obscurity and mysticism, though without the depth, of a page of German metaphysics. If any thing may be collected from it, it is, that though France may have right and reason to attack Spain, she also has many reasons for not attacking that kingdom. [BRITISH PRESS.] Speculation is still very busy as to the affairs of Spain. Many of the Frencl Papers, most de voted to the Ministry and to the Court party, are strongly advocating the necessity of war ; they breathe out threatening and slaughter against the Constitutional Government of Spain, and declare that France must interfere to put it .down by force of arms. It cannot be denied that France, as a nation, is strong ; her finances are unimpaired, her debt trifling ; and she has an army and officers' whose prowess and abi lity cannot be doubted. But the great ques tion is, can Louis, with safety to himelf, send an army into Spain ? What may be the consequences ? Is there no danger of that army joining the Spaniards ? Can its allegiance to the Bourbon family be depended upon ? This consideration is the only obstacle we believe to a French invasion; and by pausing Louis is acting wisely. On the first march of an hostile army, the Spaniards would be obliged, in their own de fence, to place Ferdinand in confinement, to pre vent its being made a tool of by their enemies,and whether his life might not ultimately pay the for feit of his past infidelity, is not very questionable. The Spaniards have suffered too much to trust him . again ; and while with one hand and one heart they opposed their invaders, they would, in the natural fastnesses of the country, as well as in ,their fortresses and cities, oppose barriers pro bably too formidable for their enemies to force ; and the most that could possibly be gained by the invasion of the Peninsula would be the military occupation of the country, at a vast expellee, after three or four campaigns. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Extract of a letter from Hobart's Town;dated July 23: " Our most sanguine expectations have been realized since our settlement here, and the produce of this island continues to increase. We carry on a considerable traffic with New South Wales, particularly from Post Dalrymple, whence eighteen ves sels have sailed fpr Port Jackson, bearing the produce of that portion of our island, since the 31st May last. Since January _we have dispatched six vessels loaded with wheat, the growth of this place, five of which were for Port Jackson and one for the Cape of Good Hope. The climate here is very salubrious; and entirely free from those stagnant and pestilent vapours too often found in this part of the world ; and no venomous reptiles have yet been fOusid of any consequence. This island affbids every facility to the husbandman, as, from the total absence of woods of any .great extent, there is but very little trouble, in preparing the land for the plough, and the soil is naturally rich and fertile, occasioned by the rains which fall in due season, and con stantly as well as gradually water the earth without occasion ing any dread of inundation. Within the present year the po pulation of these parts has much improved in respectability, and the' order of the Colonial Officers, prohibiting the per- mission to settle here of any individual not poSsessing up wards of 400/. has made it at once select and creditable, and has tended to improve the health of the place, as almost all settlers prefer this to any other part of New South Wales, both on account of its fertility and its general respectability. Port Dalrymple is becoming a place of considerable import ance, and for this it is principally indebted to its fine liar bOur, which affords a secure retreat for this shipping. This of course is of great service to the inhabitants of George Town, who are 'rapidly rising into Wealth, and that place, in course of time, • will become a town of some magnitude. «'e have abundance of iron here, and recently large quantities of coal have been discovered near Launceston, which bid fair to be of great utility to us. , We have fOund no difficulty since our arrival here of raising ony description of English vege tables ; all that we have tried always turned out successful, and cabbages and turnips we even imagine to have a better flavour than in England. Potatoes are very prolific here, and are raised with the greatest facility. We expect next' season to carry on a considerable cominerce with the Cape, as we un derstand their wheat crops have failed entirely for the laSt three seasons, in which case our market will be enabled to supply part at least of their wants. " This town has improlied most astonishingly in its archi tecture, and the houses are built as regular as in many parts of ,England, allowing, of course, for our want of some of the most useful tools requisite to finish off a building. " It is immagined now, that the population of this island is about 7 or 8,000 persons, without numbering those connected with Government; and we have about 12 or 13,000 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation. " One of the things most in request among- the settlers is proper harness, for very few are adepts enough to make a set, although they contrive, from dried skins, to produce a substi tute ; and some of your saddlers, we think, Might make a toler able speculation •by sending out a few sets, receiving in return some of the produce of this place, which they might turn to good account on the arrival of the vessel in England. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF GAVANISM.— The benefit to be derived from the application of the galvanic principle to the human body under certain diseases, has long been doubted, and even held in derision ; but we have lately witnessed so powerful an effect from this kind of operation, that we feel no hesitation in laying .the same be fore our readers. Many of the inhabitants of this town are aware that there - is now residing in King-street a man named FOULDS, who, for up wards of two years, had lost the use of his lower extremities, and was to be seen, upon crutches, dragging his legs after him, at once an object exciting our greatest pity and commiseration. — This poor fellow had been favoured with the most respectable medical advice, both in and. out of an hospital, and was at length given up as incurable. A benevolent and venerable Quaker, Mr. FREDERICK SMITH (of Croydon, and of the Haymarket, London,) happened to be visiting lately in this town, and hearing of this poor man's miserable situation, he, with that philanthropy which has long marked his cha racter, was induced to attempt his relief. With feelings of pity he entered the poor man's abode, and by the persevering use of Galvanic Points (an instrument resembling Metallic Tractors) " the patient sufferer was enabled in a short time to lay aside his crutches, and walk to church, to pour out his grateful praise to ' God for blessing the means thus made use of for restoring him to the use of his lirubs.—(Maidstone Journal.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 20. THE MERMAlD.—(Further Particulars.) STEPHEN' ELLERY V. BARETTI. Mr. HART was instruced to make an application to the Court, under rather pressing circumstances. His motion was, that his Lordship's injunction should issue to restrain one Baretti, the defendant, from removing the Mermaid, or dried specimen, represented to be such, from the room in St. James's street, where it was at present deposited and exhibiting, or from otherwise disposing of it. The LORD CHANCELLOR—A Mermaid ! • - Mr. HART-A Mermaid, or at least the representation of one, which (whatever it might turn out to be) his 'Lordship would find had cost the plaintiff upwards of 1,2001. The Learned Gentleman then went on to state, that about five years ago the parties in conjunction purchased the ship Pickering, of which they were to hold shares according to the rate in which they had respectively contributed, namely, the plaintiff seven-eighths, and the defendant one-eighth. The ship sailed from London. for Ostend, under the care of Baretti, in August, 1818, upon the South-whale fishery. .She touched fro'in time to time at different places, and the defendant kept up a con _sfant communication from port to port with plaintiff; informing him of the speeies of traffic in which the vessel was engaged. This continued to be done regularly up to March in the last year, when plaintiff was advised by letter that defendant was about to take in, a cargo with which he should imme diately return to England. In January last, however, the defendant wrote another letter (which plaintiff received with much surprise) in which he stated that he had sold the ship for upwards of 6,000 dollars, and declared that it was his intention, to return with the produce .to this country, having first endea voured to obtain fron- the Government of the Netherlands a gratuity as recompence for his exertions in having saved the crew of a Dutch man of war. Instead of going to Antwerp, however, as he had proposed, he was seen soon after in Lon don. Mr. Hari stated that the plaintiff had just discovered that his reason for so doing was this—that he had touched at Batavia, at which place a.vessel had just arrived with the spe cimen in question on board, which the proprietor had brought there for sale. The defendant became the purchaser, and in the transaction expended 6,000 dollars , out of the produce of the brig, which he•then held in his hand in trust for the plain ' tiff. He then came to this metropolis, where he had been ever since exhibiting the mermaid as his own property, keeping the `produce exclusively to himself. The plaintiff then stated that he believed Baretti .had neither money nor means of his own with which to make the purchase,'excepting the produce of the vessel, he having remitted his 1-Bth share of the profits of the trading long previous to his family in England. The bill then charged, that the defendant had directed the persons who had the care of it, that in case any claim should be preferred to the -mermaid by the plaintiff, that then it should he removed to some other country, intending thereby to defraud the said Ste phen Ellery of 7-Bths of the produce of the vessel, or nom the advantages resulting from the expenditure thereof. The ob ject of the bill was to restrain him at present from 'removing this subject, whatever it was, in order that it might remain within the power and controul the .plaintiff, until he could prosecute his legal remedy. The Learned Gentleman was aware, that so grave an application respecting a personage who had been hitherto generally supposed fabulous, might have a ludicrous effect with some persons. Tae Loup CHANCELLOR did not think so, but was clearly of opinion, whether maid, woman, or fish', or - all three, that it came within the jurisdiction of the. Court. Mr. HART said, that to his client it was matter of serious import. The LORD CHANCELLOR.--The question was, whether it' had been made out sufficiemly.clear that 'this lusus naturce had been brought over by means of the produce of the ship ? whe ther the- plaintiff's interest in the ship was followed up by a .legal claim in,the fish ? What were the terms in which it was sworn that it was bought with the produce of the ship ? Mr. HART.—The terms in which it was sworn were most positive. The Learned Gentleman then read the affidavit, : which bore out the above statement., it appeared that' the mer maid was caught in the seas north of China, and that it , had been exhibited at the Cape of Good Hope for upwards of a Month, without mention of the circumstance being made to deponent. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Let the defendant be restrained from removing or disposing of it until further orders. Mr. HART—Perhaps service of his Lordship's minutes would be deemed good service to the defendant's servants or agents? The LORD CHAN CELLOR-In order to keep clear of any mistake arising out of this method, it would be better they should be signed by the Registrar. His Lordship thought also that they might at the same time be served with a subpoena.—lnjunction granted. The Court then proceeded with the case of DEERE V. WARD. Mr. WETHERELL concluded his argrnent against...the al lowance of a new trial. The LORD CHAN c-PLLon asked if notice 'of this motion had been served on the Attorney-Goieral ? Mr. SHADWELL apprehended that Mr. Attorney would not press for anew trial, as the'verdict already given was favour able to the Crown. ' _ _ _ The Lo itirCRANcELL on did not think it was quite of course that he would so act. Mr. WETHERELL.—If by his misconduct the defendant had brought upon himself the animadversion- of.the.. Court, such punishment by fine or otherwise, as it might think fit, the Court ought to have visited upon him ; but it should not, at. the suit of persons who were participators to a large degree in the offence, rob Mr. Ward of an estate of 2,0001. a year, be cause he had permitted that secresy which had originated with his predecessor, and from Which it was not attempted to be shown that he had-reaped any - benefit. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought Mr. Wetherell took a very different view.of this case to what he did. He did not look at the case as regarded the punishment, but considered it in this soft of way—that from 1796, and perhaps a longer period, it had been represented to the Court that certain persons were the next of kin and heirs to the estate of the lunatic, by Mr. Ward, who was the officer of the Court in the , character of Committee. Now in ordinary cases it would be of course when the lunatic died that the gentleman who had got pos session of the estate, or Committee, should be told there was an end-of his title to hold by that character. It was not merely-the interest of the parties that was to be attended to, but by calling in the assistance of the next of kin, the Court was bound to secure the property of the lunatic, and there fore it would have been matter of course, admitting the estate to belong to Ward, that lie should have delivered pos session of it over to the heirs at law. If this were to be considered as an ordinary motion for a new trial, his only consideration would be whether he was satisfied with the for mer trial ; but it involved much grave matter. Taking this view he most anxiously desired that Mr. Attorney General should not only have notice of motion, but that at his Lord. ship's instance he would consider it fully, and speedily decide on what course he intended to adopt. If Mr. Attor ney attended to this notice, he would explain to him his notions on it. If in this particular case the sort of treatment which the. Court had received at the hands of Mr. Ward was to be overlooked,- it was fitting that it should be under stood as forming a precedent where in other cases it might be repeated with impunity. It Was for this reason that lie more particularly wished that the Attorney 'General should con sidered it. Serjeant Bosalnau ET, on the same side, weadd not interfere with his Lordship's jurisdiction in lunacy or equity, but confine himself to the general merits of the case. With respect to the new trial, the only question was, whether his Lordship was satisfied with the fact found by the Jury, namely, that the lunatic was born out of wedlock ? In support of the negative of this question, the Solicitor-General had laid considerable stress on Mr. Carr's having kept material documentary evidence from the consideration of the Jury. Now, allowing the objection, the strength 'of it would rest entirely upon the value of these affidavits so alleged to have been withheld. - The first was that of Rebecca Cotton, the mother of the lunatic, which merely de posed that the allowance to her son met the general approbation of the family. 'What effect this could have had on the decision of the Jury he could not conceive. The other was, the affidavit of Evelyn Rowland Cotton, the brother, who stated that his father'had before his death taken out the Commission of Lunacy against his son. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it a most important part of the affidavit, where, in taking out the commission, the father termed the lunatic his heir. Serjeant BesANQuENT.---That was set forth over and over again before the Jury. Adverting to the concealment of the illegitimacy by defendant, he contended that the head and front of his offending wee, that he did not inform against his mother and aunts (the plaintiffs), and they were now the persons who brought it forward as an offence that ought to deprive him of his estate for life. It operated severely enough against himself; but be conceded the point, because he would not deprive them of their only maintenance. After the - Learned Gentleman, had concluded his Lordship rose, and the cause was postponed sine die. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 20. The COURT were engaged, till near one o'clock, in hearing Mr. Rotniasow and Mr:MARRYAT on the motion for a new trial in the Tithe cause of Butt v. 'Wiseman. Before one, the Lord CHIEF-JUSTICE left the Court, to sit at Guildhall, and the other Judges took only ordinary motions, and shortly rose. Nothing occurred of any interest to the public. It is still quite uncertain when the case of the King v. Williams will be heard. coma OF COMMON PLEAS, NOVEMBER 20. DAWSE V. OARRATT.. This was a special case, brought before the Court for the pur pose of determining whether an additional, pair of horses put to a stage-coach as leaders, to assist in drawing it up a hill, ren dered the coachmaster iable to the duty on them, as oh post horses, under ihe'provision of the•Post-Horse duty Act? The arguments occupied the Court during the greater part of the morning, when the CHIEF-JUSTICE said, the Court would defer giving judgdment till a future day.—Mr. Serjeant LENS argued in support of the imposition of the duty, and Mr. Ser jeant LAwEs against it.—The Court broke up about half-past two o'clock. • - PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 20. CHASE V. YOUNG. In this case the Archdeacon of Norwich had entered his caveat in the Prerogative Court, against its probatepassing to the will of a party who had died in the city of Norwich. This he did on the ground that the case came within his jurisdiction. It had been satisfactorily proved, that the goods and credits were of sufficient amount to establish the case as coming within the jurisdiction of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The executor named in the will had suffered considerable inconve nience by reason of the caveat which had been entered. Dr. JENNEIL submitted to the Court that costs should be de creed against the Archdeacon, on account of the inconvenience die executor had suffered. Dr. lAUSHINGTON on the other side, contended, that these inferior jurisdictions were frequently subjected to the greatest difficulty in ascertaining what cases did or did not come within their cognizance. It would therefore be extremely hard, in this case, _to condemn the Archdeacon in costs. Sir J. NICHOLL said, that as to the question of the expence of the proceeding, which the parties might have incurred, be was not disposed to consider.the question on that ground as upon another and more important one. His objection was, that the Archdeacon had thought fit to enter his caveat in this Court, and as the interference of inferior jurisdictions with the power of their superiors should by no means be drawn into a precedent, he felt it to be his duty to condemn the Archdeacon nn costs. BROWNE V. COATES. Sir J. NrcoLL, in pronouncing his decision in this case, said, that it had come before the Court in shape of a petition. The defendant had been condemned in costs. These costs were regularly taxed; a monition was issued for payment, which was served upon the party in the regular form, and the Court was bound to enforce the payment. Coates subse quently had prayed to be heard by , petition, and that petition prays not that the costs should not be paid, but that Browne had given him some deed or engagement to pay the whole costs of both parties. Browne has alleged that the deed was ob tained by means of false suggestions, when he had not the be nefit of legal assistance. The Court was not competent to decide upon the validity of that instrument, nor could it enter into any transactions of that kind. But a monition for the payment of costs having issued, the only obedience must be a compliance with the monition; and if there had been a viola tion of any such compact as had been set up, the party must resort for redress to another tribunal. He was therefore bound to reject the petition, and with costs. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, Nov. 20.. RE-HEARING. IN THE HATTER OF RICKEY. The insolvent was discharged about two years ago • since which time Mr. Atterson had been informed of a copce alment' of some property, and on his affidavit of that fact a Rule was granted for the insolvent (a hackney coach-master), to be brought up to be examined touching his estate and effects. The only witness called by Mr. PoLtocw, who supported the rule, was Thomas Surguy, who was formerly a watchman, who deposed, that he saw the coach-washer of the insolvent convey ar considerable quantity of -harness, furniture, bedding, &c. &c. to the premises of Mr. Brown, who had formerly been coachman to .Mr. Willett. He particularised the articles re conveyed between half-past eleven at night, and four o'clock in the morning, about 1D weeks before Mr. Rickey went to prison. Witness visited him there ; that made him know it was a long time before. He saw defendant go into the apartments of Brown, about four in the morning in question. When the In solveni was brought up for his discharge, witness was in Court. Cross-examined by Mr. HEATH—Was ready in Court to tell the same story two years ago, but was not examined ; has not been a watchman for two months; was obliged to retire from office in consequence of a rote. The row was, that he was ac cused by Mr. Blackburn, M.P., and Mr. Brown, of stealing the property he was intrusted to guard—ill health, however, was the real cause of_his giving _up his situation. ",Werelbu never arraigned-at the bar (bail dock) Q" Only once; and many a . etter man than I have been there"—had been at a police office once. Several persons stated that the witness was not 'to be believed on his oath. Mr. Robert Brown examined—Withness wag coachman to the late Lord Melville, for 13 years ; and since his death had served another gentleman in the same capacity—is now money receiver at Covent-garden Theatre. The goods spoken of by the last witness were purchased on defendant's premises at a sale under a distress put in by Combe, Delafield, and Co. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER here interruyted Mr. Heath; and informed him the case was closed, on which Mr. Commis sioner Harris made some remarks on the conduct of Mr. A. the opposing creditor. When a prisoner was discharged from that Court, he was virtually acquitted, and it ought not on to be a clear but a strong case which should induce them to a dmit of a re-hearing • otherwise they might be continually harrassed.— Rule discharged with costs. A letter has been received from the Levant, which states that the Turks have lately pulled don a part of the Parthenon, at Athens, for the sake of the lead which is employed in the junction of the stones, and this new depredation has strewed the ground with fragments of both• sculp ture and architecture. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Sheriff, accompanied by the Superintendant of Police, and a strong body of officers, proceeded to the Cordiner's-hall, Potterrow, where about 150 persons were assembled, engaged, as was understood, in the discussion of doctrines sub versive of Christianity. On the Sheriff being an nounced, the persons assembled endeavoured to escape, but they were prevented by the police officers until the whole of their names were taken down. Two or three persons, who appeared to be the conductors of the meeting, were appre hended, and several atheistical books which they had been using, were secured by the police.-- (Edinburgh Courant, Nov. 18.) EMPLOYMENT OF THE Pooa.—The gentlemen belonging to the workhouse of Lambeth parish have taken a large. wharf in Lambeth, close to the water-side, and which they are fast covering in foe the purpose of employin g . those applying for relief that they think capab le of working.— They occupy them in breaking large stones to mend the roads with. They have a shilling a day,lind a portion of bread and cheese at night allowed them. The bo dy of a poor, woman, named READ, has been stolen from the new burying-ground be longing to the church-yard at ltoyson. The deceased was interred on the 3d instant ; a few days since something transpired that all was not right, and the husband requested the sexton to re-open the, grave, which being done, and the lid of the coffin removed, it was discovered that the body had been taken away, and nothing was left but the habiliarners made use of on such occasions. A medical Gent!email, who has recently tra velled coastwise from Penzance, Cornwall, to Brighton, states, that/the medicinal. strength of the salt-water of the former place is equal to that produced by 6-1 ounces of Epsom salts dissolved in a wine-bottle of fresh water ; and that of the latter to three ounces in the same quantity.— ( Brighton Chronicle.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE• TITHES. Maxsiox-HousE.—Yesterday Dr. Owen , Recta of St' Olave, Hart-street; applied to the Lord Mayor to issue an ° r° , against a Solicitor, who resides in his parish, to whom seve : summonses has been sent, requiring his attendance W an o the Doctor for refusing to pay a quarter's tithes. pay the sum demanded within a certain number of days. ord D e r r ! Owen hi s w ta o t u ed ld th m a a t k i e t w it as im w p it e h ra r u el v n e ctan up c o e n h t e he ag l f i e e n d d a n for t sa to After much discussion, and several remarks by the Lo t , t i i i s s e l o b or e a the in occasion n ot at o n ; MAYOR on the general hardship of the Tithe Systein,ilis L°....., c to ders co t n o s o u d lt th Co at u i ship said he should postpone the case until'he should have tw; was no t to a t ; in question the humanity of Dr. Owen's demand upo n defendant. Doctor OWen said he knew the Solicitor would not At° a ' but had no objection to the postponement. hole We have been given to understand that Dr. Owen , al t •fied he insists upon the right of the Clergy to the full sum si s s o in the Act of Parliament, the present efficacy of which than strongly contested, has in no instance demanded more t cebudtechideinwgis,hed it to be _ i , Is. 9d. in the pound on the rack rentals of his parishioners' HORRID MURDER. . a at 'h i ' BOW-STllEET.—lnformation was yesterday rece ived ale Office of the cruel murder of Edward Needle and his wi fe ' hep Western Turnpike-gate keeper, near Aylesbury, Bucks. ler " were each about 60 years of age, and had kept the g ate o f number of years, except a very short interval in conseque nee so new farmers of the gate, and were highly respected by 3u jobt knew them. They were murdered either late on TuesdaPjhe or early yesterday morning, but the general belief is rh a the ir horrid deed was perpetrated yesterday morning, becau se who bodies when found were not quite cold. The last persons saw them alive have not been discovered. assia At six o'clock yesterday morning, a baker was P_ through the gate with bread on horseback; he found thtr hot cipal gate open, which he did not wish to pass throngltoo, through a side gate, to proceed to the villag of llr e l o i c led and supposing Mr. and Mrs. Needle to be asleep, he a 5 the disturbing them, and went. through their garden. i p, a bori custom for them to leave the gate open for the ItY'•-,15 or coach to pass through, when they had not any Pa re r ; the message to give the coachman. The gate being ope coachman drove through ;—a boy, . who was waiting with t he parcel at a short distance through the gate, entree ri r g het coachman to stop, saying Mrs. Needle was lying aao back, and he could not wake her. The coachman altileo, inhabitant of Aylesbury on the outside of the coach 6° t ,,.c11e when a most shocking spectacle presented itself. 3lrs• • a he r was lying on her back dressed, her skull beaten in, i n e „ t l brains out. Mr. Needle was undressed, in bed, marl he 05 a similar manner, with his hands in a position as endeavouring to parry offhlows. t° hav e The blood-thirsty villain or villains are- suprsed,. ; j i tbei perpetrated the horrible deed with a hedge stickle, wu' e t ' c h so left behind. The principal property missed is a w a r ec eipt pistol. It is suppesed the booty contemplated was the r e p re of the toll, but which had been paid by the decease d th ceding day. It was the subject of great alarm at Aylesbury rounding country. • Ofk eeg Mr. Mricsnum., the Magistrate belonging to th,i„oo l being near this spot, was applied to ; he sent off i t f 0„ teh'' to the Office, when active and intelligent officers were disl it ril, ed in all directions. Bills were printed, offering 1001' Puy the and every possible exertion made at the Office to P l.-- villains. and the stiv t . 4 CAPTURE or A DESPERATE GANG OF 130 1- jk O ' QUEEN-SQUARE.—IIIark Herd, Wm. Watts, Joi-i , p n i 017. ler, and Thos. Brown, were charged with a b ur glary A l ice , bery in the house of J. A. de Reimer, Esq. 12. Eusto,po'r Dry New-road, and Charlotte Barnficld; with having been ac— after the fact, to the said robbery. frected The capture of this gang of desperate characters los e t about seven o'clock on the morning of ThursdaY la s ' c ' e Cooper, Handley, and Pace, of this office. In conseffnelloieci information which they had received, the officers Ju st to s; proceeded on the morning in question, well arn, 3 , ) ,'" e stref; house in Castle-street, Long-acre, where Herd lodged, ": ti irs.,7, door of which stood open, and creeping softly t l P,Ord the attic, on arriving at the door of which they 0e,;:,, OA voices of the prisoners conversing in a subdued tone P, bursting open the door they discovered Watts, Fulled so",, Brown, sitting at a table before the fire, and Herd in wyaee t o female prisoner. A drawn cutlass, presented by head the breast of Watts, and a pistol, held by Handley to the of Herd, enabled Cooper- to secure the articles that •a c a table; and Watts, Fuller, and Brown, being,then ban 60, before they could recover from the first shock o f their O r l i :, ja- Herd was ordered to get up and dress himself, which stantly did, and was quietly linked to his companions. of t he Herd and Watts are notorious, as having been ton s oca most active, of the " rescue gang," that some time ago r e eh' from the custody of Marsden, the turnkey of NarlhorfOleck' street office, some prisoners whom he was i conveviniq' t° ce lf by enwell for trial ; the former had also distinguished nn n 'oce o the determined resistance he opposed to 'the police -o on more than One occasion, and had repeatedlY that he would never be - taken alive ; and the chara`iacl an Fuller and Brown render it more than probable that, o jea attack been foreseen, or a few minutes longer time been, oc c i ,pl o therein, the appeals of their leader united with his , 53 „idir and that of Watts, would have rendered them equally n) ainfy ble in action. Yesterday they were brought up for re-'i r ics, tion, and the officers having, in the course of tbeir incl t _ o pti ascertained that the house of Mr. De Reimer had beenb,e'rjet'. into and robbed on Thursday morning, that gentleman * the pri; yesterday and identified the plate found on the table when r ,10 ,0 son ers were taken, the snuff-boi dropped by Watts or Fill. alter, 5' the penknife dropped by Herd, with some other small srtn . 'the his property, and as having been stolen from his house on morning in question. His cools, who first discovered that th' so irsl had been broken open and robbed when she came daw n ider about seven o'clock that morning, likewise attended , ° l ud° tified the umbrella as belonging -to the house-maid, her ,tjy , re' servant. She also pointed to Watts, and said he s tr°l ll,e 16t. sembled a man whom she had frequently observed in,.. n a her . chen and back-yard of a house of ill-fame situated 6 "„ l bberY master's house, up to about a fortnight before the r,.." r obe' but, upon recollection, she said she thought his /Ito' dis' darker than that of the man she alluded to. 'dershle t he It appeared that the robberX had walked a consi f tance along the wall which divides the back-yards__° thei r houses in Euston-place from those of a row of houses of the, rear, and descending by the privy into the premises_wgs ti,etelers:,, of prosecutor, had forced out the screws of the s h uttersash-fas tel the back kitchen window, and then, boring in the &O il d hole large enough to admit a man's arm, they 113 ,_ I , too, back the bolt which fastened the shutters. They til e , an' down an alarm bell which was hung to the scullery irol, n! opened it ; and cutting out the pannel of the door lea( IL l r to the the back kitchen into the passage, they had free nea: s9 3 li the . front kitchen and up- stairs to the parlours, in which article' drawers were found to have been rummaged, and the . before enumerated carried off. in Herd's lodging, on being compared with the thos e o n _ sash and sill of the back kitchen window, and with.tly ti_ A chisel and a turnscrew, found among the other in , r i s e P o th e e cupboard door in the front kitchen, were found Cu' ta correspond. over They were committed for trial, and the parties bolin . . prosecute and give evidence ; but they. will be broug ht tg" e` Mona riderlm on Moay next, by which time it is expected that o l eo , BIRTH. 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