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~ offic e° dart on fin ieCt a the • p t° f th e t eS ,ora' Oa' 0' )1! 03e . . _ TURKEY AND EGYPT. By mercantile advices from Smyrna. we learn that the cotton t'svas hY -110 means so good as was expected, although equal o,.that of last year, , owing to the rains Whit+ had fallen. The I ' t llre crop in the vicinity was very bad, and would scarcely suf fbr the local consumption. The price had already risen to l i l t ) Piastres. The market was very thinly supplied with coffee, .y 1 the pri ce was 800 piastres, with a tendency to advance, if uo additional supply arrived. 4 Ai -ExAlinnt, No 15.—" A vessel arrived; this morning, the Capit an Pacha, with answers to the letters lately trans tutted by the Alfred. There appears no longer any reason to k Mit Of the sultan's pacific disposition, which is confirmed by utietter from the grand vizier, to whose influence, coupled with o t e l ,lecent defeat of the Turkish army at the strong pass of . ', Ol l-Kishlak (or Tchislak,) this Favourable change is, no 6 a" sto be ascribed. In the present distracted state of the i:ltau's dominions, he is not in a situation to dictate, and will E glad to accept the honourable terms proposed by the paella. I th nsed is the bulletin* of the affair at (julon-Kishlak, since en Ibrahim Paella' has receiVed offers of submission from the r r „. r ounding country for many days' journey." bulletin alluth it to has not eome fonward . 4 this opportunity. MISCELLANEOUS. h Lord Arthur Hervey, fourth son of the Marquis of Bristol, entered into holy orders, and his noble father has presented t al with the valuable benefice of Ickworth, in Suffolk. ma rt K EN TON .—W e un d ers t an d th a t thi s no bl eman , as a Olt of his gr a titude to Almighty God for his recovery from 5 1 t 8 late serious illness, has given a donation of./.300 to the poor t he parish of Hitunier.Chester Caurant. 0 4 E SCOTTISH PEERAGE.—The Times calls upon the minis ,iits to swamp the Scotch peerage, •because it, too, is tory. We ° aid think the act of union will be a bar to, that, unless the 1411 with Scotland as well as that with Ireland is to be re eed. Our contemporary, perhaps; never heard of,-or read, act of union.—Guardicia. tgliacii OF STEAM.—The Champlain, a steam-boat built re kiribtlY in America;lately made the voyage froni New York to t ri . any, a distance of 180 miles, in nine hours and forty-five I ,: u alltes, including a loss of time occasioned by fourteen stop ' 1 1 0 reducing the actual.time to eight hours and thirteen un ,7B, which gives nearly 20 miles an hour. k ,s'INGOLAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 29th of November last, John Ewbank was shooting on Ebdeu iu Craven, 1- 4 1,killed a moor-cOck with a brass ring round his leg, with the 'll L oWing inscription engraved upon it—" Col. Thornton, 1812; Thornville Royal 30." The ring is in the possession of Mr. 4 nas Joy, innkeeper, in Hebden, near Grassington, in r aven.—Leeds Mercury. rCaluacH REFORM.—We are assured that the object of the late dNt ofa dignitary of the church to the premier related to the ended retOrm in all the ecclesiastical establishments ' and that 14nnunication was made in the name of nearly the whole Y that it was their intention to resign into the hands of the 4•a' , the whole of their sacred functions, in the event of such a ~, 'a being introduced.—Aferniag Post. t•lrr TO GOVERNMENT. — On Thursday morning, Captain pner, of the royal artillery, and a Tarty of mei], twenty-six in m eats and arrived (with a baggage -waggon containing Milne bi!rits a n d a carriage of immense strength, constructed for the pose, drawn by eight horses) 'front the royal arsenal at bolwi c h, at Mr. White's house (the district surveyor of St. 404Y-le-bonue parish) in the New-road, fronting St. Mary-le btetne Church, for the purpose of conveying an immense ,piece tt olid brick-work, which 111 r. White has :presented to Govern ikeol't, 'for the purpose of trying an experiment against it with t and shells, - at Woolwich, it being 'considered snore than L ath-pr oo f, a nd to make more resistance than stone. The I r ht, urernent of this solid piece of brick-work is as follows aght six feet; length five feet nine inches ; width three feet; Weight upwards - of eighttons. Atter great exertions, •it was: *noved on tollersirom out of Mr. White's yard into 'the road, w h ere it was raised, by immense ropes being stun g around it to L , Rni on. the carriage a ppropriated to remo ve it. About three . t j'tock in tondoternoon, Captain Cait.er anti his men proceeded h ! t 'll this pous weight of bricks cemented towards Wool anh. It has been in the possessions of Mr.' White between five d six . years, and it is suppo s ed to resist shot and shells with kh greater effect than stone will.--London papers. t il ' e4 l.ll:6H REvonm.—Lords OsSulston and Howie]: have been ained without opposititin, fOr the northern division of Nor k'ennberland. "With reference to the church (observes the th., 4 'etnal e J o u rn al) Lo r d Howiek's declaration s were m anly, and . 4 him honour, though they called forth the disapprobation of I .' , ous who .took•him , lry the .hand under-the impregsion that he 1 ,; 4 , - s the reform act'as means, not an end. We entirely agree " 1 nn and's() do all good tones, When he says that the chUrch,. ,s "h01e,5 a is not in the enjoyment of much,rbut that regulation 'lesi ra bl e ; th a t a b uses oug ht t o b e remedied; that a better N lst ributio n i s wanted ; th a t pluralists should be done away; t a general commutation of tithes would benefit the clergy as oft , as prove a general benefit. If the government -plan of e ch reform extend thus far only, it will comp and the assent th all conscientious churchmen, clerical and lay, But we confess ! I t haYe our misgivings. In the first place Wumust bear in ere that the noble Viscount was addressing the 'right-minded of the northern division of - the county of Northumber ti of whose correct sentiments on this, and all other ques t:l'ns of impiirtance; the noble Lord is fully aware. In the second l a ce, we think the cloak of insignificance wasput on by his tur n ou h t p that the noble Viscount has his reasons fornotspeaking ' , l .' upon church reform. We . Shall be glad to .find ourselves t ''tften.. We confess, however, that our faith in whig straight orwardness and plain-dealing is by no means of a lively cha "leter." • I. I A CHRISTIAN'S WILL.—Mr. John Hill, who departed this t 'e at his house, Great Chapel-street, Westminster, on Monday, ~. 12th alt., in th e 88th y ear o f hi s age , h a d b een f or many 'als a subscriber and friend to most of the principal religious kll beilevoieut institutions, and has not forgotten them in his ' he following arc among the sums left:—Lock Asylum, h ; : ) , London Female Penitentiary,. £100; British and. Foreign Society, £2tl); Church Missionary Society, £200; Lon ‘,.,n_Niiseionary Society, £100; Moravian Missionary Society, c . -" 0, Deaf and Dinub Institution, £100; Female Peniten lilY(‘Yes!), £5O; Religious Tract Society, £2OO ; Ranelagh "Qs' Friend S oc i e ty, 2,50; Hibernian Society, £100; West ii,'lnster Ho s pi ta l , £100 ; B ap ti s t Mi ss i onary S oc i ety, £lOO ; A l t e _ tu _g e jor the Destitute, £100; Emberton ,Schools, £5O; l'ilgrims £5O; for an annual sermon at Ranelagh ,napel on 'Whit-Sunday morning' £100; Home Missionary reiety, £100; Indigent Blind, I:100; Infant School, Here ,?,rd, £150; Schools at• Hereford, £150; Westminster New ' r'llarity School, £100 ; London Or , Asylum £100; High u,nry College, £100; Islington College, £100; Christian In !'action Society, £100; Friends' Almshouses, Camberwell, 'It); Hans Town School, £5O; Philanthropic Society, £lOO ; •kss • , und (Poor Ministers'), £lOO ; Penitentiary, St.• orge's East, £80; Bromyard Meeting (in trust) . £lOO ; "Onday Schools, Broadway Church, £10U; Pimlico 'Sehools, ii ) t ) ; Broadway Church Benevolent So c i e ty, £100; National enevolent Society, £5O; Charles-street Dispensary, £200; L t istol Education Society,• '£100; LOngaere''Schoills, £5O; ° agacre Benevolent Society, £5O. T OUCHING EFFECTS 01."FHE HEALING (q. heeling?) MIKA. Maxwell Chronicle,- in its report ofthe Lanarkshire election, a yes the following account of a singular fracas between Mr. Votwell and Mr. Hamilton, the two liberal candidates. Pretty h 4 nes these, when' gentlemen'Tesort . .to . fisticuffs in the and tad dressed of their.quarreAs Hamilton. stood 'forward and ad teBsed the meeting. So many electioneering speeches of that rtitleinan, and'of his oppenent, Mr. Maxwell, have' of late been r a r, l4 before the public, thatit is'needlessnow to particularise. Suf hi It to say that, in stating his political views, (which are ch eered liberal) he was clear and explicit, and was loudly by the audience;• btit on entering upon the persowal q u arrel between himself and Mr. Maxwell, he .was not so for owlia!e, the crowd .showing. „great marks of impatience, and ve heard ,enough of that, ' resounded from all quarters. the whole, however,''his l'etOptitin was flattering, and he 2red amidst Considerable - tiplettse.--Mir Maxwell then came kraed, - and-at once tifoklip the disputed points between him ijandr Mr. Hamilton; 'hut he'had , not . gone far, till he met an . i\f..eYruption. Hiving denied point'blank the statements or 4 .'•' deelarnig tin ins' that they were totally O 'b inule(l,-he was sainted. witha severe kick, or rather push hsitit the foot of 'Mr.- Hathilton 'whO stood behind, whick'sent upon' the 43f the hustings. So soon as'he , 4 .'leviscl his balance, he turned'upon -Mr. Hamilton, who was k:ttly-to receive him,.• and the . two instantly closed. Mr. H.'s k ‘ n - round•Mr. l M.'s neck,' the 'latter gentleman's hat was \ cj ekeciiiff, and soon lost all shape amotig•the fee; of those h. A d ) erewded •to . the rescue. Sir Windham Anstruther and h.,„ - Tb"al Fleming-seemed to be' the most forward, where all' t 'enger'• to 'Separate the Combatants; some one in . the hall, 8 1 t 9t y kriewin g passibly*to what it 'Might lead, calledlor the con tii",lll-%,came running u_p stairs from' the lower apart but 'before they arrived, their interference was . found e 'necessary, the highly absurd scene having been brought to'a 'All ! this - passed in less. time than it takes to tell it. 1: 1 ) ' l "Ing the scuffle 'the crowd seemed quiteilumfoundered ;hut LatFenuing fairly to •coniprehend•whatmuf what, their' disappro 'un Was loud and vehement."...Cilasgow Courier.. BENEFITS OF THE REFORM BILI.—ASSESSED TAXES.—We learn that in the several boroughs in the West Riding, those persons whose names are returned in the list of voters for mem bers of Parliament, and who are not assessed to the house-duty, have already received charges for the same ; and we find that measures are taken to have them assessed in this borough.— Leeds Mercury. REPolim REALLY WANTED.—The retail value of the, gin an nually consumed in this country amounts to nearly twenty Including the smuggled spirits, it is probably more. Here, then, are the people of this country, and principally those of the lower orders, taxing themselveS to the extent of nearly half the whole rey,qie of the kingdom, and that in the con sumption of an article which, in return for a momentary grati fication, entails upon thousands misery of every kind, including disease and premature death! PARTY DEVOTION.—A remarkable instance of self-devotion to consistency, and the cause of civil liberty, was witnessed at the Windsor election, in the case of a Mau named Tutton, who, in his generous enthusiasm fir the cause of independence, left his'dving bed, opposed to the entreaties of his wife, to the ad vice of two physicians and his friends, and was conveyed to the poll, where he gave his vote in favour of the independence of the borough, and expired in a few minutes afterwards ! Sir John de Beauvoir had also begged that he would not leave his home s in the.dangerou,s. state he was in, to record his vote'.• BANKRUPT'S EFFECTS.—III the year 1816 a commission of bajikruptcy was issued against Mr. Joseph Hudson, tobacconist, residing in Oxford-street, and his debts were discovered to amount to £6,931. No dividend was ever paid to the creditors, nor does it appear that any steps were taken to wind up the pro ceedings until within the last few months, when a rigid inquiry was made. The consequence was, that yesterday Mr. Commis sioner Fonblanque made an order, which he is very seldom called upon to do, viz., that a dividend of twenty shillings in the pouud should be paid to -each creditor, leaving a surplus for the benefit of the bankrupt.—Staudard, Saturday, Dec. 22. NEW TAHMANIENT.—For our own part, we see no reason why the Tories ought to regret that the elections have taken a turn generally - so favourable to the ministry. The time is not yet ripe for a thorough expulsion of the Whigs from office. They have not yet sufficiently disgusted the country; nor have they yet been permitted to show themselves in their true colors. The.blind partiality which has been exhibited towards them, by a considerable and active body of the people, has yet to be 'alienated, and 'every day is assisting the friends of order and right principle in eflecting this important and essential object. ! We say, let the Whigs take their full swing, and then let the country decide upon their conduct—Edinburgh Evening Post. C las TM A s CHEER.—At Bristol, the principal manufacturers and merchants have'determined on presenting to each operative stiffiCient beef 'of:the primest . quality to afford a substantial meal for himself and family on ChristmasAuy. Mr. Edwin Ames, of the Bristol pottery, has undertaken to superintend the piir chase of fifteen or more fat oxen for this purpose. The sub scribers to the fund mean also to present the chairman and treasurer of the 'Operative Conservative Society • with plate of the value of twenty guineas. Ma. Pott,Ett Tfiosisox.—(From Cobbett's Register.)—The Lord have mercy upon poor Poulett Thomson ! There will be Baxter boring him with his . pompous inanity. There will be the Potters with their broad shoulders and broad simper, pes t(;ring him for measures to save the 'kingdom by enlarging the intin-oved'system qf banking,' and 'Mimi buying,' carried on at the golilen'bali4"rhOte Will be that remorseless Yankee, Dyer, plaguing him to death with his earding-machines and 'his patents, and swearing, in the usual Connecticut twang, that to make the kingdom perfectly secure,. there is nothing like giving him Shake in the • profits of the Bank of 'England. And there will be Shuttleworth, offed and scoffed and coughed 'out of Manchester, hurrying aWay to 'London, and . rapping 'everlastingly at his door, calling upon him for the extension of - trade' and the liMitation in the breeding 'on the part of the women. Poor Mr. Thom Son Will have to muffle his knocker, .and to'lay straw iu'the street opposite'his door. Ire will have to listen to all the eulooituns on their sons and relations; and to hear ih'ein.poilited out as :persons extremely capable, and also extremely desirous, 'to assist in saving thelingdom. His house 'will be besieged by them : the instructions - which Pope gave to 'his porter, e say '1 am sick, 'I• am dead,' will not . avail poor' Thomson. Shuttleworth and Dyer will insist upon seeing - the lied', which they now, at this present Moment, look 'upon as their .property 48 much as the, man in'thelable looked upon hi s wooden god as his preTeity. If 'I were Mr. Thomson, would' have these fellows painted, tell them that 'he had •a desire to 'have theiilikenesses, on account of 'this 'their 'grand achieve uerit. Painter never performed'an easier task; for •the group 'to resemble 'them, hinnan nature has not provided. Having their pictures ,'I hang them up in my hull, and then take porter, and say to him—' There ! you See those - fine pictures; and, if you let in over the 'sill of my door any one of the !fellows whielithOse pictures resenible,'not a whole bone shall'be 'left 'in ,your skin, in one hour after that.'' They will try to catch him in - the street: they will hunt'llim to his country seat, if he be not as wily 'as a 'hare is in taking her' fdrm. As to 'their letters, of 'which he will soon have half a dozen volume's, as long as there, is'fire in the world'there is a remedy forthem. -Dyer said in one Of his published papers, that Manchester stood in need Of a minister for one of its members, that well-informed persons in the ,town might be in constant communication with him! DreadfUl'intiinatiOn !" THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND HER REVENUES.—(FrOM !Parliamentary documents:)-4 'feiv plain facts addressed to iltadicals.—L'Only about two-thirds of the land in England and Wales are titheable.2. Laymen have one-third of the whole of the tithes.--3. The whole tithes paid to the clergy, when wheat was £3 18s. 2d. a quarter, far higher thanit is now, were £1,426,527 . 185. Old., or less than one million and a half. —4. If the - tithes were equally divided, each parish cleigyinan • would have, according to the present .priee of wheat, £l5O a year. Thii is proved by papers published by Parliament, • and. these papers came not from the clergy, but from the farmers.--; . 5. There are in England and Wales 1,361 livings underl:lso, there are 176 livings' under a year, 730 under 1:50 a year, '1,315 under £BO a year, and 1,963 livings under £lOO a year; there are not 30 livings in all England worth £2OOO a year; livings which in high times were Worth £2500 a year, 'are now worth £l2OO a year.-6. Theie are 4;800 livings where the clergyman has no house to live in;, of these 3,080 arc under 1:150 a year : can the clergyman build the houses when the livings are £l5O a year ? Ail the houses are kept in repair by the Clergy. At this very time £220,000 - has been borrowed by clergymen, to build or rebuild parsonage-houses.-7. The fees to the clergy, iu country parishes and country towns, vary from £3 to *7 on every thousand persons of population. The ..reater part of the fees paid does not belong to the clergy. In Louden and large towns, where the fees are large, the clergy- Man has nothing but fees and offerings.-8.• Of the bishoprics only eleven pay their expenses, and from three of these eleven, (beside private charities,) . the donations and subscriptions are £3OOO a year each.-9. The number of deaneries, prebenda ries, &c., is about 600. • If all the cathedral property was di vided, it would not pay £5OO. a year to each. Many prebends are not worth £l5 a•year; some not worth one penny.-10L If the income of the parochial clergy, and of the bishops, and the . cathedral property, were equally divided among the parochial clergy, it would give barely £2OO a year to each, and out of this' they would have to pay 400 curates, that is to pay, at least £300,000 a year.—Manchester Courier. A. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.—If we lay out of account patriotism, public good, and a few 'abstract feelings of the sort, the real "existence iirwhieh is doubtedby a great proportion of mankind, - what, after all, is the "lanced good" which a seat in St. Stephen's brings the possessor ? In the first place, he has to indirre the labour of a protracted , canvass, to set up his mind, and principles, if he should 'happen to have any fixed ones, as the target at whicheverywould-be politician may shoot his Crude and undigested, 'and impracticable or absurd propo sitions 'He has to fee largelya parcel of needy and insatiable lawyers, and to disburse . thousands on thousands to meet the enormous dist . of miscellaneous demands. We may speak thus now of Scotch elections. Formerly promises, patronage, and a slice ufl'the common money of the state were sufficient; now hard cash froni the purse of the candidates is the only substi tute. Suppose the wished-for seat gained, if the member be a ninny or of mediocre talent, his very first efforts at speechify ingVill be coughed down, his repeated attempts will be voted a bore, and at past' he 'will be . shuffled and -hustled down, to a mute for life, with only the•privilege of voting• aye or no at an occasional division. Suppose him a man of tirst-rate talent,. or even of good common sense, with active inclinations, he must either attach himself to a . party or faction, act as they act, oftener against his 'convictions than with them—or if he attempts independence; he will have the mortification of finding hiniself abused or neglected by all, and his most brilliant efforts or'lest 'intentions thwarted and undermined alike by friends amid foes . If he attaches himself to the aristocracy, he is hated and reviled as a tyrant. If he sails for a moment in the stream of popular applause, he may expect the next to sink into some fickle 'vortex or whirlpool of their displeasure. If he go in, bound hand and foot with pledges, he goes a slave—a mere machine and'puppet. If he retains his freedom, he is constantly assailed with conflicting and perplexing interests and sugges tions. In short, from the days of Solon downwards, the life of a legislator has been that of vexatious care. We know no pleasure that a Member of Parliament has but that of flankin g letters, . and this too, may sometimes turn out a pain. There is some consolation left then for rejected candidates.—Edinburgh Observer. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. AN HONEST BEGGAR.—On Thursday evening, a gentleman had just alighted from one of the Canterbury stages, near the Elephant and Castle, and was proceeding in the direction of the London-road, when a poor old match-man accosted him with " NOR have dropped this, kir," holding forth a pocket-book. The gentleman immediately recognized it as his own, and find ing the contents all right (bank notes and bills of exchange to a very considerable amount,) presented the poor fellow with a sovereign, as a reward for his honesty. The joy of the beggar can be better imagined than described, as he took no pains to conceal his delight. COBBETT'S CUT AT " WESTMINSTER'S GLORY."—CObbetI seems to have had but short breathing time for his Register of last week ; but the following, touching the Westminster elec tion,.is powerful :—" I read that these base fellows were covered with every species of opprobrium; that they were saluted by showers of decayed vegetables, and handfalls of that mud, a sup ply of which was so much wanted for them in August, 1830. (god ! thou art just,' thy ways are inscrutable; but, in some way or other, sooner or later, punishment is sure to overtake cool, premeditated, intentional wickedness. This Burdett, once, in conversation with me, laughed at this notion of mine, that wickedness brought in time its own punishment; and he mentioned the instance of Sheridan, as a proof of the contrary. Sheridan had several years to live after that, and Sheridan verified my notion; for he almost died without a penny-piece to lay upon his eve-lids; and was shunned and scorned, even by those who had been the companions of his days of successful imposture." DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI.— Extract of a letter dated St. Peter's, July 25.—" I arrived at this place yesterday, from an expedition through the Chippewa country to the sources of the Mississippi, accompanied by a detachment of troops under the command of Lieutenant Allen, of the sth Infantry. We found the waters of the Mississipi in good state for ascending, and I availed myself of this circum stance to carry into effect the desire of visiting its actual sources; a point which has continued to be problertlatical in our geography. Pike placed it at Leech Lake, in 1806. Go vernor Cass carried it much further north, and left it at Red Ceder Lake, in 1820. But it was then ascertained, that its sources were considerably north and west of that Lake. I encamped the expedition (with the troops and heavy baggage) at this last-named place and p r o cee d e d u p th e river in five small birch canoes, capable of containing one man and his bed, in addition to the Indian and Canadian who conducted it. 'The Mississippi, above this point, expands into several lakes, the largest of which is called Traverse. A few miles above 'this it is formed by the junction of a southwest and north-west Ibranch. We ascended the former, through a number of lakes, to its source, in a small creek; being an inlet into a lake.— From thence we made a portage of six miles, with our canoes, into La Biche or Ibasca Lake,. (the latter being a derivation from veritas caput,) which is the true source of this celebrated stream, being at the same time, its most northern head. This lake is about seven miles long, having somewhat the shape of the letter Y,. It has clear water, and pleasant woody shores. It has a single island, up on w hi c h I landed, caused some trees to be felled, and hoisted the national flag. We left this flag flying, and proceeded down the northwest or main fork." MINISTERIAL MAXIMS. " Wisdom crieth out in the streets, and no man regards'her." SHAKgPEARR. I take a'state to he truly in danger, both as to its religion and government, when a set of ambitious politicians, bred - up in atred to the constitution, , and a contempt of all religion, are forced upon exerting those qualities to keep or increase their power. EARL GREY. • Those who are always undervaluing the advantages of birth, and celebrating personal merit, have an eye only to their own, Which they are fully satisfied with, and which . nobody will dis pute with them about. Loan BROUGHAM. a has often happened..thal those very men who have pretend ed most to relieve the,peoiDle from fanCied grievan ces ' an d op pression,, have, in s t ea d restoring the old constitution, delud- Vd the people into a worse tind more ignominious tyranny. 'LORD JOHN ELssELL. All great changes have the same effects upon commonwealths as thunder has•upon liquors, making the dregs 'fly upto the top. LORD 'DURHAM. By a weak or corrupt administration the madness of the peo ple riath risen to such a'height as to break in pieces the whole frame of the *best instituted, go verinnents. Loan "HO LLAN D. They who take their measures of administration only with a view to popular applause, are called the governors, but are in fact only the slaves of 'the people. Loan Aurnolie. An immoderate passion for fame in all affairs is dangerous, and lir political matters dettructive. Loan PLI'NE,ETT. if a 'statesman suffers himself to be carried along with the erroneous notions of the people, the government will' soon be in a tottering and ruinous condition. LORD PALMERSTON. The lowest plebeians rise to the head of affairs, 'and there preserve themselves by representing the nobles and other friends to the old government, as enemies to the_peoplb: rOULETT THOMSON. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH,-GUILDHALL, DEC. 22. EICXMAN AND ANOTHER V. CARSTAIRS. Sir J. SCARLETT stated that this was an action by Messrs. Rickman and Co., who 112. d been for 20 years merchants in London, against Mr. Carstairs, ah underwriter at Lloyds, on a policy effected by him for them. The plaintiffs were owners of the ship Mary, which was pro ceeding to the coast of Africa, to commence trading there, and they effected an insurance on the vessel and her cargo, the former for £l2OO and the latter for £lBOO, to take effect 24 hours after her arrival on the coast. The vessel reached Sierra Leone, 'but was not so successful in discharging her outward cargo as was expected. she was engaged trading at other ports for 12 months, and on the Ist of June, 1830, a year after she-set out, was lost on the coast with all her cargo ; that cargo at the time consisted of part of her outward cargo, and such goods as had been taken in since her arrival on the coast He was not aware what defence was to be set up. He was in a situation to prove that at the time the Mary went down, the goods on board were of con siderably more value than the , amount insured by the policy, and that the plaintiffs would therefore be losers to a large amount. The Soticyroa-GENERAL.—We.wiII admit all relating to the vessel and the amount insured upon it, but we contend that the amount of insured goods on board when the vessel was lost was much less than the amount of the policy, and therefore submit that the matter he referred to arbitration, and that a valuation be opened. We contend that we are not liable for any of the outward cargo which remained on board when the vessel was lost. Sir J. SCAR LErr.—That about the outward cargo is a point of law : you would not refer a point of law to the arbitrator. lamin a situa tion to prove in a very short time that the value of the goods on board was very much more than the amount insured. The COun Curs F JusTicH.Lliiiif the arbitrator values the whole cargo, and separates the outward from the trading goods, will not that raise all the points required 7 . Sir J. SeAnuirr.-1 believe I can prove the value by witnesses in a few minutes. WaneAses were then called to prove the value of the property on bodrd • wln't the tosser wag lost,"ln continuation of the learned coun sel's statement. The Sometron-GuN HUAI., in his address to the jury for the defend ant, said he was still of opinion that this matter, which was one of cal culation, might be much more easily settled by an arbitrator. There was no doubt that the plaintiffs were entitled to the verdict, and the question was merely as to the amount. -The learned counsel referred to the case of "Forbes v. Aspinal," and contended, upon the decision in that case, that the policy in question did not relate to any part of the outward cargo remaining in the vessel at the time she wa s lost, but (Ally to that part which had been received since her arrival on the coast of Africa. Witnesses were then called to prove the quantity and value of the goods actually on board when the vessel was lost. Verdict for the plaintiffs. RICKMAN V. HUTCHINSON. This was an action by the same plaintiffs against another defendant on the same -policy as In the former action, and upon another policy collaterally. By consent a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs on the former, and the defendants on the latter, policy. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,-FRIDAY, DEC. 21. HAMLET AND OTHERS V. RICHARDSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, as the trustees of the C Milan and Peruvian 'Mining Association, to recover back a sum of £B3O, alleged to have been paid in their own wrong for the freight of the defendant's vessel, the Aurija. Mr. Sergeant WILDS, assisted by Mr. WHATELY, conducted th e plaintiffs' case; • and Mr. Serjeant,do;iss,, assisted by Mr. Sim, the defence. On the 9th of April, 1825, the defendant's vessel was chartered by the plaintiffs to perform a voyage from London to any . port or ports on the coast of South America ; she was to be retained in the service of 'the freighters for 12 months, and not longer than 24 months, provided 'that if she was to return 'to an European port and be there discharged, the freight was only to be paid for the time she was so employed : but if she were discharged in any port of South America within the period of 12 months, then three months' additional freight was to be paid. The vessel was actually employed for 19 months, and then discharged at Valparaiso. During that period freight-notes were sent to the com pany's office every two months and regularly paid. The defendant also claimed freight for three months more, the vessel having been discharged in South America, which was paid to him under ( as a ll ege d 'by the plaintiffs), ignorance of the real circumstances; and to recover back that sum this action was now brought. For the defendant it was insisted that the plaintiffs could not maintain the action, inasmuch as they had full opportunity of knowing the provisions of the charter. party, and must have known them, because it was not until after an action. for the freight in question had been commenced against them, and the subject discussed by the directors, that they gave checks for the money. Having, then, put thei r own construction on the terms of the contract, and paid the money in conformity with that, they were now precluded from saying that they had acted in ignorance of the facts. _ The Jury, after having retired for some time, returned a verdict for the plahitiM—Damages XB3O. HORRIBLE MURDER AT ENFIBLD-CHASE 0 •On Saturday information was given at the various poliee-offices of ja horrible murder committed in the course of the week near the plea sant little village of Enfield, which is situate' about 10 miles from town. It appears that: on Thursday morning a little boy, named Ellis, was coming from Enfield-chase towards Enfield-town, down Holt White's-lane, when he observed something in the ditch, which appeared to him a human body. He called out to a man named Wheeler, who was going to his work at a farm occupied by Mr. l'oi ser, who went with him to the edge of the ditch, in which they found the body of a man. The face was in the ditch, but on turning the body face upwards a most awful and horrible sight presented itself. The face was cut and slashed in a most dreadful manner : the flesh was scored out, as it wete, in five places, and the right whisk er cu t away, and in the throat of the murdered man there was a deep stab right through, as a butcher would kill a sheep, and as if the knife had been turned round in the throat... The body was insttntly reCog nised as that of a young man named Benjamin banby, about twenty four years of age. This young man, it appears, was the son of ti e late Mr. Danby, the well-known forensic wig-maker, of the Temple. When very young he adopted the seafaring profession, an d h e only a few weeks since returned from a long voyage. On landing he started off at once to Mr. Addington, a master-baker, of Enfield, who was a neat relation. He, of course, met with a very kind reception, and his joyous spirits and free sailor-like manner attr ac t e d th e no ti ce of the inhabitants. He appeared to enjoy himself, and spent his mo ney, with which he seemed well provided, with great freedom. On Wednesday evening last, about four o'clock, he left Mr. Addington's house, promising to return at 10 at night, but he did not make his appearance at the time specified. This, however, did not crea t e any as it was imagined he had fallen in with sbme agreeable com panions, or had taken a longer stroll than usual. The next morning the family received intelligence of the situation in which the unit)) - tunate man had been discovered. Speedy inquiries were, of course, set On foot, and it soon transpired that the deceased had bvn drinking at a small public-house, called the Three Horseshoes, situate by tte side of the New River, and near the Chase side. The following pe; - sons who bear no Is very fair character, were then in coin-play. lilt him, drinking and playing at dominos. It also appeared that they left the house with him, undertaking to see him home, as he vevi dently the worse for liquor. The Enfield constables went intlitearch of these men, and after some little trouble, succeeded in al feherie t ing them, and taking them before Mr. Cr esswe ll, a mag i str i n the neighbourhood. They then gave their names—Richard \ - taff, a baker; Samuel Cooper, the son of a poor man in the tows .!ainuel Sleath, or Fare; and W. Johnson, the sou of a gardener of that name, in Enfield. After a long private examination they were remanded ; and on Thursday night an inquest was held on the body of the deceased.— Observer. The inquisition was taken at the sip of the Sergeant, Parsonage lane, Enfield, before Mr. Sawyer, coroner for the duchy of Lancaster, in the jurisdiction of which the ,parish of Enfield is situate. Joseph Perry, on being sworn, deposed that he is landlord of the Crown and Horse=shoe, Enfield-chase-side. On Wednesday evening the deceased entered his house and went into the tap-room, and called ,for a glass of gin. Shortly afterwards the prisoner Johnson and a young man named Jackson also entered the tap-room, when the latter proposeda game of dominos, and the deceas e d sa id th a t h e h ad no objection to join in the game to pass the time away. They then had a game. At eight o'clock witness went into the tap-room and found 'Fare and Johnson lying apparently asleep on the benches, the :deceased being engaged at the tune in the game of dominos with Wagstaff, Taylor, and Jackson. He disturbed Fare and Johnson, and went out of the room, but hearing both of them express dissatis faction at being disturbed, he went into the tap-room and asked what they were grumbling about. Fare threatened to knock him down if he served liim so again. Witness told him that he did not wish for his custom, and forbade him coming to the house. He then replied that the house was a public one, and that he would come in when he liked. Witness told him that if he persisted in coming there he would take him before a magistrate. That was about nine o'clock, and nothing further took _place before ten o'clock, when he asked where the dominos were. The pot-boy replied that he had taken them to the bar. The deceased and Fare then tossed for two pots.of beer, which the former lost, and took out his purse to pay for. They sub sequently tossed for two more, which Fare lost. They then tossed for half-a-pint of gin, vitieh they had. It being eleven o'clock now, witness went up stairs, and desired Mrs. Perry not to draw any more. He then heard Fare call for a pot of beer, which was refused. Jack son previously td this had left the house, and Cooper came in. They (Fare, Cooper, Johnson, 'Wagstaff, and the dece ase d) requeste d to havehalf-a-pint of gin, saying, if they. got it, they would at once go away. They then had the gin and left the house together. As they were . going out Mrs. Perry desired the pot-boy to accompany the deceased over the bridge that crosses the new river, close to the house, lest, being a stranger, he should mistake his way and fall into the 'water. This the pot-boy did, and having seen the deceased over the 'bridge, he requested the prisoners Cooper and Fare to see him home. .About eight o'clock on Thursday morning, a milkman; named 'Corney, informed witness that he had heard Addington's nephew was murdered, and iu consequence he gave information immediately to Mead and Watkins, the constables, and within three-quarters of an hour afterwards the prisoners Johnsbn and Cooper were taken into custody. Joseph Matthews, the pot-boy at Mr. Perry's, was the next witness called : he corroborated the evidence of his master in all its particu lars as to the prisoners being in the house, and their depafure about .11 o'clock. lie also said that he had, at the request of his mistress, led the deceased over the bridge, and left him in the care of Cooper and Fare. In reply to a question, the witness said that the deceased did not appear intoxicated while in the house; but staggered on get ting outside, as if the air affected Tilehard Wagstaff examined.-11e stated that on the evening in question, about 7 'o'elock, he went into the Crown and Horseshoe, and saw the deceased, Jackson, Matthews, and Johnson, playing at dominos. Soon afterwards witness heard Mr. Perry call Maftheirs, the servant, to fetch a newspaper, and he went out, and witness played the game with the other parties during his absence. Johnson was invited to play, but refused, and lay down on some chairs and went to sleep ; a man named Taylor played the game on Johnson's refusal. Fare came in during the time, and lay down on:the bench, and also went to sleep. About 9 o'clock the landlord came into the room and disturbed the two men asleep, on which Fare threatened to knock him down, saying, " I suppose you think 1 can't pay for a pot, but I can pay for a gallon." The landlord came into the room about 10 o'clockotrui asked if the dominos were sent into the bar. Wit ness left the house in company with: the deceased, Cooper, Fare and Johnson, and when the witness arrived at his own house the deceased stopped for a moment opposite .the garden palings : at this time wit ness advised Cooper to go home, but he refused, saying that he should see the deceased. home. The witness added, that he went into the house and heard no more of the parties until the next morninc , , when he was informed of the murder by Mr. Perry, who questioned' him as to what place he separated from the deceased and the other men after leaving his house, and he told him that it was at his own garden gate. The witness, after leaving his house the next morning, saw Watkins, the patrol, at the side of the river, who asked him what he knew about the murder. The witnes then made him acquainted with every particular that he knew respecting the affair. The further inquiry into the circumstances attending the murder we s postponed until the following evening- (Friday,) and at six o'clock, when the jury met, the foreman being taken suddenly ill, it was ad journed over to Saturday. After the apprehension of Johnson he betrayed great uneasiness of mind; arid it was found necessary to leave -a -person- with him-both night and day while locked up at the watchhouse, from Thursday morning until Saturday morning, when it was considered prudent to remove him and the prisoner Fare to the New: Prison, Clerkenp - ell, until the event of the inquest wus known. Fare, on the contrary, did ‘; not appear in the slightest degree affected. Cooper, who still remains at the watch house 'Enfield, appears not to suffer lunch, and alleges that his mind has been much relieved since he made a voluntary con fession. There is sufficient evidence, without his statement, to im plicate him as well as the others in the murder and robbery, and it is the intention of the coroner to commit him and the others for trial.— A witness, it is said, will be produced before the jury, 'who will state that he had heard Fare say, a few nights before the murder, that, the deceased appeared to have a purse, and that he sh ou ld lik e t o li g h ten it.—Cooper is corroborated in that part of his confession wherein he Stated that Johnson had thrown a handkerchief belonging to the de- Ceased into the New River, as it was picked up on Thursday morning, about two hundred yards from where it is said to he thrown, adherifik , to a small bramble by the river side : no trace has been discoilgigd of the knife with which the murder was perpetrated.—Johnson-haSlor some time past led a dissipated life : about four years aw held Mar ried to the daughter of an industrious inhabitant of the taA,"tilfith whom he got a portion of £lOO ; this s um h e soon dissi,atoo, and treated-his unfortunate wife with the greatest cruelty.--1.1x4 who is a single man, - is about twenty-live years of age, and a labodrer; but being latterly out of employ, wits in the habit of receiving ,p froe hi a l relief,—Cooper, who is about - twenty years of age, is ernployciL in a brewegy in Enfield, and up to the present transaction has never been tin cselledy. CONFESSION OF COOPER. Several versions of the confession of one of the prisoners (Cooper) 'have appeared, but the 'following may be relied on us accurate : " John -Cooper, of Enfield, labourer, said—On Wednesday evening, about 10 o'clock, I went into the top room of the Crown and Horse shoes, where I saw the deceased, Johnson, Fare, Wagstaff, and Tay lor. Taylor shortly afterwards left the house. Fare and the de ceased tossed for two pots of beer, which the dece ase d l os t. Th ey then tossed for two more, which Fare lost. I drank part of it. About 11 o'clock, Mrs. Perry came into the tap-room. and told us to go. We called for some more beer, which she refused to - draw. Fare then said let us have half-a-pint of gin, and we will go. We drank the. gin, and all left the house together,—the deceased, Wagstaff. Fare, Johnson, and myself. Mrs. Perry• told the boy to see the de ceased over the bridge. He did so, and then asked us to see him safe home. .Wagstaff left us at his own door, and desired me to go home, but I refused, and said' I would see him (meaning the deceased) • home. We proceeded as far as Mr. Addington's door, when John son and Fare robbed the deceased. We asked the deceased to go to a beer-shop, and have some beer. He agreed to do so, but when we got to the top of the hill we said it was too late, and came' back •closrn the hill again. Johnson tripped up the deceased. He fell upon ,me in the ditch. Johns on th en cu t at hi m w ith th e knife, and a struggle ensued. I Fot up and followed Johnson. Johnson then offered me the knife, and said, Go and finish hinj;' or we shall be found out.' I refused ; Johnson then went towards him. The deceased held up his head, and said For God's sake, don't mur der me ; I'll give you anything.' Johnson said ' What will you give me ?. and then stabbed him with a knife in the neck. 1 came back • and. found my cap lying under the deceased full of blood. I should have run away, but was afraid that Johnson would follow me and serve .me the same. We went down the lane to the New River.— . Johnson washed his knife, and threw a handkerchief which he hail taken from the deceased into the river. Johnson said ' Jack, don't you split.' I then went home to bed. "—Times NEW YEAR'S FEASTING.—BeIvoir Castle will be the scene of magnificent festivities the first week of the new year, to com memorate.the birthday of the Duke of Rutland. A large as semblage of the nobility and gentry, to the number of 300 per sons; ale expected to participate in the hospitalities of the noble duke, who will entertain th e D u k e o f W e ll ing t on for som e d a y s at Befroir.