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FATAL MISFORTUNE UPON RAMBLE7ON.

A few days since, Mr. Ella, of Oswaldkirk, and Mr. R. Marshall,
son of Mr. Marshall, of East Newton, near Helmsley, being on a
visit to Mr. Hessletine, of Hambleton, and having. spent a plea-
wit day, the latter intimated his intention of returning home that
night, having promised to do soon account of his mother's indispo-
Ashton. Many plausible reasons, particularly the darkness of the
night, and the consequent dangers of the road, were urged by his
friends, to persuade him to alter his resolution, but in vain ; tear-
/ass of danger, and little thinking it would be for the last time, he
bade them good night and rode off. On the afternoon of the next
day, Mr. Ella returned, and called at Mr. Marshall's to Inquire
how ltis friend had got home, and how he RIM after his journey.—
Young Marshall's absence beyond the time filed for his return had
created some little uneasiness—but the effect of these inquiries of
kis friend and the companion of hit visit, can scarcely he
conceived ; it was natural to indulge alarm ; the imagination
of the parents put them on the rack of torture: and alas ! their
•terebodings were more than realized. Persons were dr.
enamelled in every direction in search of him, but the fa-
mily were kept in suspense another night. Inteiligence of his
being missing had leeched Hambleton House; from whence,
early en Tuesday morning a party set out to examine every pus.
tlble place of danger, and before they had proceeded a quarter of
a mile, they eiscorered his horse standing over him, at the bottom
of a precipice from twenty to thirty yards in height, over which
they had fallen. The form with which be had mine to the grunnd
had made an impression upon it, and from the appearances, it is
thought he had never moved alter the fall, but had died instaady.
One circumstance deserves remark--the party who found him, at.
ternptedto lead the horse from the place, in a direction most easy
of ascent: from its unwillingness cr inability they could Lot suc-
ceed, but on their ascending the steep with its master, who had
been placed on a sheep box for that purpose, it iinnitx!iately
lowed him, and on reaching the summit dropped t' own dead beside
him. It was at first surmised that this melancaoly ..eurramce
had been occasioned by intemperance, but it appeared titarly in
evidence before the Coroner that the report was unfounded, and
that the sccident had been altogether owing to the extreme dark-
hest of the night, and rise very intricate and unprotected nature of
the roads across those %Jay heights.—fork Coorem.,

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A serious fight took place in Galway on Christmas Day
between two parties of countrymen, arising out of souse
of the usual trivial causes. The Slit riff to k three of
the ringleaders into custody. They had no weapons but
►ticks, with which they cut each others' heads until the
Sheriff's arrival.

MERCURY ire SALT.—Boyle, Stahl, Athanasks, Cl.at-
bee, Kircher, and many other celebrated chemists, hare
conjectured that common salt contained mercury. Ililcry
.-11ouelle published, in 1777, that he had found marks of an
amalgam on the sides of a silver vessel in which sea water
bed been distilled, and that the salt which lie extracted,
treated with sulphuric acid, had given a mercurial deposit
in the neck of the retort. Fifteen years afterwards, West-
rumb, by treating the salt obtair.ed from the springs of
I'yrwont with eoncentrated sulphuric acid, obtained a pro-
duct which sublimed over, that contained both mercury
and iron. Proust and Scherer have been led to the same
conclusion. M. Wurzer having lately prepared some mu-
riatic acid from salt, procured from various sources in
Germany, has also obtained a velatile product, containing
wribreury and iron. This subject, be thlides, and so do we,
is worthy of the attention of chemists. He proposes, as
M. Proust had previously proposed, that a lest' of gold
should be fixed to the lieu 1 of a ship, to ascertain if it would
not, at the end of a long voyage, be covered with nag reurv.
Should this turn out to be the case, the ships of Britain
will be literally a mine of wealth, and our countrymen,
see are afraid, will laud that venue which enriches though
wh2 poison theme.—Chemirt.

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• INSOLIZNT DEBTORS* COURT, JAI. b.
Ebeneeer Charles Burg, late of Layton, Essex, operative che.
mist, was opposed by Mr. Poe:Love. on behalf of Itlr. Aitcbin.
sem; by Mr. Hear*, for Mr. Cloward ; and a creditor appeared
in carrion.
In his examination by Mr. POLLOCK the insolvent stated that
he went into Whitecross-street prison in June, 1822, and remained
there for two months, when some arrangement was made will hie
detaining creditor. In July, 1823, he first became acquainted
with Mr. Aitehinson, and took a furnished house of him at one
hundred guineas a year rent. When the contract was made he did
not represent that he was the natural son of • nobleman, who
often supplied him with money. His father is foreman to Mr.
Howarth, of Old-street-Toed, at a salary of 1001. a year. Insol-
vent is an operative sctemitic chemist, and had wasiderable pm-
' tics in analyzing drugs, the net profits arising from which would
Ibe found entered in his book. He never was • partner in the
factory of Pinkert! and Co., of Commercial-road, nor did he Off
say AO.
(leorge Aitchinson examined.—Witness let the insolvent a house
in July, 1823, at 100 guineas a year, to be paid monthly. He
stated that he was the son of it nobleman, and that his brother was
the son of another lord. (Laughter.) lie said his father frequently
supplied him liberally with money t but witness did not know that
he was the son of a foreman in Fore-street; had he done so be
would not have taken hint as a tenant.
I By Mr. Cools.—He slid not make his pgments, but after
I stopping four months he took moonlight leave in the middle of the
Inight. (Laughter.) Witness did nut tee him, but his servants
told hint so, and whether it was a moonlight night he could not
telL Insolvent paid him bd. deposit before he said anything about
his alliance to a Nobleman i after he left, witness put a distress
upon his horse aed gig for 7!. 17s. Gd., being the amount of a
month's rent. The horse and gig was redeemed by Mr. Bennet, of
London-wall. Witness was in ‘Vhitecross-street prison five years
ago, and then knew a person of the name of Ireland, to whom he
gave 81. to get him out • he was charged in execution, and he sued
for his sixpences under the Lords' Act.
Air. POL LOCK objected to the mode of examination adopted by
his Learned Friend, as did also Mr. Hearn.
The CotTST thought that as the questions were put with the
view of ascertaluing the credit due to the witness, they were
prorer. Mr. PoLLoet apprehended, that the transactions of • man's life,
and what beret him live years ago, had no relevancy to the present
I investigation ; why should it be dragged in, that the witness had
been in prison five years since, as well as the means by which he
got his liberation ?
3lr. Cools had yet to learn, that there was any limited time,
when, according to the rules of evidence, Counsel was prevented
from attempting to invalidate the testimony of witnesses. If he
(Mr. Cooke) could prove, that the witness colluded with a person
to get out of prison by clandestine means, and that the person he
employed was prosecuted to conviction, he thought it would at
least have a tendency to shake his testimony in a case where the
evidence was so materially at variance.
The Couar thought the Learned Counsel should have records
in Court to prove the facts in evidence into which he was now
anxious to inquire.
Mr. Coors said, he hail not the power to do so on the present
occasion, but he referred the Court to Mr. Phillips's trunk of
Evidence.
The Cuter Commies:in:en attended to the suggestion, and
after the Court had deliberated for some time, they thought that
the questions might be put to a certain 'extent, but thought it
would be better for 31r. Cooke to abstain from entering into a detail
of the circumstances.
The witness then admitted that Ireland, the person he employed,
was prosecuted, and that he was • witness against him ; lie believed
he was confined three months in the }louse of Correction.
The insolvent denied the principal ate:entente of his opposing ore.
(tutor, relative to the agreement fur the house, and added, that the
complainant had had tenders made to him, which he refused to
accede to.
Mr. liearu now proceeded with his opposition.
The insolvent stated that lie had acted as a chemist since 1818, and
formerly had a partner, btu they dissolved partnership in 1822, to
which heattributed hie insolvency, as their alfairs wereput into Chan-
cery. His system of doing business was, among other things, to
go to Liverpool, 31anchester, &c. and dispose of recipes to cotton-
manufacturers, &e. to improve the system of dyeing ; he some-
times sold them for from 101. to 1001. lie disposed of one to
Messrs. Flocton and Co. varnish-manufacturers, in Bermondsey,
for 1001. with which they were well satisfied.
31r. HEATH said, that these recipes must be given up for the be.
flak of the estate.
The CO UUT thought that they were documents which would
not pass under the assignment, as in law he had obtained no tight
In them.
The insolvent said that thew were not original inventions, but
only improvements ; but he hid no wish to withhold them, as they
would be useless to every body without his instructions. The in-
solvent went on to state that he was never married, but had lived
with a lady. Some time ago he was about to marry a female with
a large fortune, but through the machinations of the lady with
whom he lived, the connection was broken off:
A letter was put in, which purported to be from the insolvent,
and which spoke of hie having as much property as would make
him comfortable, and spoke of a matrimonial connexion.
The insolvent said his late partner had caused 4000 of those let.
tees to be struck °flat the lithographic press, which he circulated
for no ether purpose than to annoy him. This was owing to a
pique, arising from the dissolution of partnership.
After the insolvent had captained relative to his expenditure, in
1823, being 490 L, he was questioned as to the disposal of the
clothes he received from one of the opposing creditors. He replied
that he had pledged them, and sold time duplicates, but whether be-
fore or after Iris imprisonment lie could net tell, and he scented
eltially doubtful as to whether or not he was indebted to a long list
of creditors, which Mr. Heath read to him.
Mr. Hearn—Have you ever been in the church, and called
yourself the Rev. Mr. Sudd ? You look very much ike a parson
now. (Laughter.)
The insolvent, who was dressed in fashionable coloured clothes,
after considerable hesitation, said, " Yes, I have." (Continued
laughter.)
Mr. Cloward, a coachmaker, living at Stratford, complained that
the insolvent had hiri I a gig of him, which he had made away
with. He would not have sold him the gig (which was a valuable
one) on credit. He denied having given authority to the insolvent
to dispose of it.
The insolvent said, that he was to pay 12/. for the three months
hire, but if he kept it longer it was to be deemed a sale at the given
price. The gig was the same that was taken under a distress by
Alr. Aitchinaon, and was afterwards disposed of.
Several other witnesses were examined, when the Counsel seve-
rally addressed the Coup for their respective clients.
The Cuter Comm last ott Ea said that after a serious review
of the case, there did not appear to be sufficient evidence to bring
the insolvent within the operation of the penal clauses of the Act.
playlet:lu discharged.

POLICE.

MANSLON.IIOUS3

Yesterday the Loan MAYOR received a communication from the
office oldie Secretary of State tot the Home Department, in come.
queue of a report which appeared some days ago in the public pa.
pert, relative to an aged German, who was represented to have told
his Lordship that he had been recently dimmed from the hulks,
without the means of subsistence.

It appews that, the moment the paragraph was seen, inquiry was
made into the circumstances detailed by the Under Secretary, who
knew that the account given by the foreigner could not be true,
every prisoner di:.charged from the hulks receiving a pecuniary al-
lowance upon bring liberated. It was then ascertained that a tier.
man, named J. F. Meitner, bad been discharged before the middle
of November, and that, being by the regulations entitled to re.
ceite the sum of 61. 31. I Id., he had received 41. M. 3d. in money,
and complete clothing, which cost 11. 18s. Bd. The Hanoverian
Consul would have provided the foreigner with • passage hsme,
but it was believed that he preferred squandering away his money
its London, and was, as might be expected, now reduced to indi-
gence.
The Ilanovevian Consul, upon seeing the account, also suspected
that an attempt had been made to impose upon the Lord Mayor.
He accordingly waited upon the Lord Mayor, and finding that
Reimer war, the name of the man who had drawn such a picture of
distress, and so grossly misrepresented the treatment with which
unfortunate convicts met upon leaving the hulks, mentioned a few
(sets, which put the foreigner's character out of all question.—
Meiruer had, he said, been provided with a ship, after having told
'airy falsehoods, but when the vessel was about to sail the fellow
ran oft; preferring • life of vagrancy to an industrious course. Upon
being questioned -by the Consul, before the proposed departure for
Hanover, he said that he was 67 years of age, so that it appeared,
said the Consul, that he had, in six or seven days, growl eight
years older, his assurance to the Lord Mayor being, that he was in
his 76th year. The Consul added, that he had learned, from unde-
niable sources, that bleixner was one of the most idle of vagabonds,
and one of the most gross impostor,.
The LORD Maxon. upon hearing the Hanoverian Consul's
statement, and before lie received the communication from the Se-
cretary of State's Office, sentenced Meizner to imprisonment and
Lard labour for three calendar months.
A young man of respectable appearance, and, as was afterwards ,
ascertained, of very respectable cornexions, was brought before Sir
Jwun Snow, who sat in the abaence of the Lend Mayor,
charged with having picked &gentleman's pocket.
The gentleman, upon being told by an officer, who immediately
apprehended the prisoner, that his handkerchief been stclen, ,
looked at the person accused, refused to appear against him, and I
went away.
Inquiry was made into the character of the unfortunate young
man at the bar, who appeared to lie deeply affected, and it was
CPU'eoi mat he was the son of a very respectable person ; that he
)tad behaved well, and bad never had any imputation upon his
moral character before he was caught in the act of stealing the
handkerchief; and that he had suddenly disappeared from the
house of his master, who is a shopkeeper at the other side of the
water, on the day before Christmas-day„ without ,wore, and
without having done any thing which matte him an object of sus-
picion.
Daniel Forrester, who was directed to make the inquiries,
learned from the prisoner binntelf, that lie was led into the society
of a girl of the town by some dissipated companions. The con-
sequence of the introduction was, that she had made such an bin.
pression upon him as to render it impossible for hint to attend to
busine.a. Ile therefore abandoned the shop, after having given to
her ail the weary he was master of. sold all his good clothes, aka

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when all the mob, raised in that manner, was gone, went out to
steal for her.
Sir JAMES SHAW, who perceived that the young man was res.
cued from the jaws of destruction, described so hien the condition
to which he was rapidly advancing, and directed the Officer to de-
liver him up to his father, who was unable to attend at the Justice
Room in =sequence of Ulnas, but had sent sit assurance to the
Magistrate that the lad should be immediately removed to the
country, where his brother carried on an ostensive business.
THE SPANISH •ED IT•LIAH RETOOL/CIL—Ms LORD
Maroc, amongst other communications, received the following
from • mntleman's servant :
"Mey it please your Lordship to pardon the liberty I take in
addressing • few lines to you, but as It Is from motives of charity, I
hope you will forgive my presumption. The other day, I accident.
took up my master's newspaper, the Courier, and I there read a
heartbreaking account of some poor foreigners, being quite deed-
tute of comforts. My bowels yearned with pity towards them, and
though • poor country servant, I would be glad to contribute my
mite towards their necessities, if I knew how . • and seeing there was
to be a subscription opened in their behalf. I presumed to send the
inclosed mite to your Lordship ; though Hieing in itself, it will add
a little to the subscription, to which the more able will, I hope,
more bountifully subscribe ; and may the Almighty dispose the
hearts of Christianiets administer according to their ability to-
wards the poor sufferers' necessities, is the prayer of your
ship's obedient and humble servant, IL U."
" Windermere, Dec. SS."
The letter of this benevolent creature Inclosed a sovereign.
GUILDHALL.
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Yesterday Mores Keys, an old man, in a flaxen sal; and a brown
gran coat, of ancient appearance, stood 7 charged with having de-
frauded a poor woman of three shillings and sixpence, charged her
by him, for writing a summons, which he (the prisoner) was not
dui, authorised to do.
The complainant, Mrs. Berinder, of No.ll, Crown-court, Golden_
lane, deposed, that on Monday week she first met the prisoner, in
Guildhall, where he wormed out of her the circumstances of an as-
sault committed upon her by ore of her neighbours, and urged her
to summons the said neighbour, with a view to enforce an advan- '
tageoosamogement at the police-office. Accordingly, on Mon.
day last, she attended at this office for that purpose, when the pri-
soner, advancing towards her, resumed the subject of their previous
conversation. Witness told him she would take out a summons
against her neighbour ( Wm. Hull) and asked him where she could
obtain it. Prisoner offered to write the required summons, and, In
answer to a question relative to the expense, said he should charge
her 3s. 6d. She expressed a hope that this would not fall upon her,
' to which he replied, that he was confident she would get a consi-
derable deal more from the alleged assailant. Prisoner then wrote
(as witness supposed) the summons, for which she paid him the
sum stipulated--she did this under the belief that he aas a clerk in
the office, and was authorised to do as be had done.
\V,n. Hull, of No. 14, Crown.court, Golden-lane, received yes-
terday, by post, the letter now produced—he attended by desire of
oneof the marshalmen.

Theici11;;;;1;;Topy of the letter
St am advised by Mrs. Berinder to acquaint you, that un-
lessyou make satisfaction to her for the assault committed by you
and your wife on the person of Mrs. Bounder, by throwing a
quantity of beer on her person, and otherwise ill-treating her, Mrs.
B. is determined to enter a prosecution against you for the same.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
J. KEYS-
Hanover-place, Fashion-street, Spitalfields, Jan. 4,1823.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he had been in the profession
upwards of 40 years ; that the complainant had not asked him for
a summons, but that he had offered to write a letter for her ; that
he had done so, sending the letter by post, as the post-mark would
show, and that he had not acted illegally in the transaction.
Sir It. C. GLYN recalled the complainant, who positively stated
that the prisoner had offered to write the summons.
In answer to a question from the Magistrate, the prisoner ac-
knowledged that he was not an attorney, but had been thirty years
in hie profession.
One of the officers here stated, that although the prisoner was a
very aged man, he had exhibited considerable agility in an attempt
to escape, by making his way through the back offices into King.
street.

Prisoner admitted that he had gone through the back offices, but
not with a view to effecting his escape.
Sir R. C. GLYN—The case is proved against you, but as I do
not wish to act harshly towards you, I have no objection, at your
request, to remand you until to.asorrow, by whic:i time you may,
perhaps, be able to procure bail.
The prisoner bowed assent, and was removed In custody.
BOW-STREET.
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Yesterday a gentleman, one of the directors of the association
calling themselves " Bible Christians." shortly after the Magis-
trates, Sir RICH•RD BIaNSE and Mr. Ilau.s, had taken their
seats on the bench, came forward and requested a warrant against
Mr. Charles Pitt, the architect, for an alleged disturbance of that
congregation, assembled on the 26th of December for religious wor-
ship in their chapel.
The complainant having described the reason of the present ap-
plication to be solely for the purpose of protecting the preachers
and the hearers from the interference of the gentleman complained
of, urged the necessity of granting the warrant, on the plea that
Mr. I'itt would not be forthcoming if it were not granted.
Mr. Ilvt.La—S' ir you know where to find him now—what ne-
cessity then is therefor granting the warrant ?
The complainant—lt is in mercy, Sir, that we take this course
(and producing the Act of Parliament be went on), iu order to pro-
tect ourselves. _ _

Mr. Ilst.La—lf the gentleman you complain of, and whom you
state to be a housekeeper, interrupts you, you have the power of
immediately taking him into custody. really do not see any oc-
casion for granting a warrant.
Sir It. Blasts—Nor I. The Sessions commence to-morrow,
and you can therefore indict him for any breach of the peace he
may have committed. The Act allows you six months to do so.
But I do not see how you can call on us at this time to grant you a
warrant, for an alleged breach of the peace so long ago as the 26tk
of December.

Complainant—The Act of Parliament allows us six months.
Mr. HALLS—Yes, to indict at the Sessions.
Complainant—And to obtain a warrant ?
Mr. HaLit.s--No. It is a matter of course that if any person
obstructs you and your congregation in your religious duties, you
can call a constable, and immediately have him taken into custody.
The complainant strongly urged his suit, but the Magistrates
were decidedly against him, and he left the office completely dis-
satisfied.

Yesterday J. Nelson was charged with begging in 13rompten.
John bettley, &parish constable, stated, that the prisoner, the
preceding night, created a great disturbance at the house of the
overseer. .% itness drove the prisoner away, when be went and an-
noyed a number of the inhabitants, and at last witness was obliged
to lodge him in Kensington watch-house with some difficulty, as
he was under the necessity of calling a Eackney.coach, the prisoner
lying down and refusing to walk.
Mr. HALLS commitugl him for one month to the House of Cor-
rection.

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