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London, England, 1822-10-18 00:00:00

INQUEST.

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The following Inquest was Lady lull by W. Bich,
Coroner for the coolly of Hereford, at Kiintto'too,
on the body of Jolts Davenport, lan of Mr. George
Davenport, of the Lea, in that parish. The deceased,
his brother William, another brother, and a hay, were
at a heap of dung in • field filling and hauling it away,
when the driressed found fault with the boy's manatee of
placing the cart to the heap. Willi•m said be thought the
boy had done it right; the d il, who was 3 very psi-
donate young man, sod much stronger than William, im-
mediately went up to him tor the heap and struck him on
She face, sod Walken, with • shovel whirls he had in his
baud, pushed the deceased off the heap; the deceased, more
exasperated, went on the heap again, took hold of William,
0311 struck 111100 several blocs on the body, and on ailment itig
William withdrew several pinta, but the del. aced atilt pur-
suing him, he with the shovel whole hr still held in his hand
struck the d d with the point ur edge on the Mad, and
fraelnied his skull, of churl, be hiteeted several doss.
The Jury bring of opinion that William lied not fought,
but acted only is his 111311 defence stouts( hi•
found a verdict uf—Llostieide, excusable by self-defence.

CURIOUS ARITHMETICAL PARADOX.-1,1 an
Arabic itianuscrspt was f. nod Inc following re-
markable decision of a dispute:—Two Arabians
sat down to dinner ; one had five loave., the other
three. A stranger passing by, desired permission
to eat with them, winch they agreed to. The
stranger dieted, Isid down eight pieces of money,
and departed. The propri,tor of the live knives
took up five pieces, and left three for the m her,
who übjecied, and Insisted me one half. The cause
came on before ALI the Magotrat-, who gave the
following judgment :—" Let the owner of the live
loupes have seven trie:•es of motley, mud the owner of
the three loaves hive one " Query the justice of the
sentence I—A .seer : ALI'S sentence was jos! ; for,
suppose the loaves to be divided each iiito three
equal parts, making twenty-four parts to all the
eight loaves, and each person to eat equally, or eight
parts ; therefore the stranger had seven parts of the
person who contributed five loaves, or fifireit parts,
and only one of him, svlio contributed three loaves,
which made nine parts!
We are told that the appearance of the livers of
the greatest part of the fatted lambs that have hero
slaughtered thus season iti Sussex, were tidiest ye "1
a rot among the put% sheep in the approieh:rig
winter. Ail experienced grazer. however, owl wok-
etanditig these appearances, Informs to, that this
may not be the case, sibling, that the livers of fated
lambs frequently exhibit symptoms of what if:
termed " becoming jluunder y," from having been,
with their mothers, placed iu a siffeng pasturage, to
force then) to become more speedily fit for mai kit.
—/ Br ishion Chronicle)
AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—On
Wednesday eSening, about six o'cl.clc, Air. STIR-
TEVA tor, glover arid hosier, 8(1, Ludgate-greet,
curlier of Stationers'-court, a gem lemmi well k town
mid highly respected, art teed home Art. atl ab•er,ce
of live days in the country. Ile was sitting in the
parlour, in good health and stows, cooversing with
Iris niece. when he complained of a sodden pain in
his breast. Mr. Box, the surgeon. was insiaraly
sent fur; but that geode-man being 111, Ml.lloLat ES,
Ile! YalhLellt, came, anal Wel Mi.S.l I ItTEV A NT, who,
whilst under the uperatime fell back no has clodr situ
expired immediately. He was 75 years of age and
had no chtlibeti.

BURGLAILY.—At in early hour on Wednesday
moron;; the honse of J. lAITYRES, E•ti SG, Burton-
street, Burton Crereeut, uas broke into and lobbed
of several articlts of plate, con.noing of table, tea,
nnodard, and detsert spoons, sugar tong,
pepper box, and bottle bland. The store-room and
heavy platy esc.iped them they took nothing but
what was valuable mid could he concealed shout
their persons. Previous to departing they reviled
then/insists on a hare, sorne hreud, theme, rind cold
meat ; they drank. two ',falba of 'Madeira, left the
empty bottlea, and carried off couple wvte lo.ttlts
Nod a taut.* tongue.

VeVENIJE OF IRELAND.

THIRD REPORT
Ot' COMMISSIONERS OF INQUIRY INTO TR!

REARNUE ARISING IN IRELAND.

RiTRACTS FROM THE APPENDIX TO THE REPORT.

(Conituued j:•cm. our Paper of Yesterday.J

ICASclusion of the Examination of Mr. Alder Mat West,
Goldrnsith and Jeweller.)
What peOportion of the watches that are, generally "'peek-
ing, used in Ireland, do yuu believe, pay any duty at all ?
Any one baying a watch in Eitgland, of course brings it
over free of any duty; but 1 du east couctive the duty vu
watchesla worth notice.
A. watches need in thie cnuntry must be either brought
from England, or bought here, is out the greater peoportion
of watched that come brooch: user by private individual.,
so as to pay no duty !—No, I think gut ; I think there ate •
greet mauy more watches come through the Custom house
I here, than are brought by private in•li•idools; hot private
persons. 1 behave, ate of opinion, that there is that 10 per
trot. dilly tau watilies as well as on jewellery, and therefore
they will nut purchase here, if they cau have au opportunity
Of purchasing its England.
That is the effect, you think. produced upon jewellery ?-•-•
Yes; pennies tell me so constantly.
The 10 per cent. duty operates only as • brandy on pur-
chases In End end ?—Thar is exactly the case, to the pejo.
duce of the Irish shopkeeper.
How du you think the taking off the len per rent duly
would operate on the persons engaged nt the manufacture?
—We base had • meeting. within slits fortnight or three
weeks, of the preemie engaged; it was caused by a notice
from Mr. Houghton, I 'look, and the Committee that suet
at the Weavers' Hall, directed to the master of the gold.
slant's., that he would call together the Corporation,
that they moalat depute one from among them, ur more, to
job. aid rotifer with them in applying here to this Board to
have the duties continued ; it gave nu alternative whether
we should take the opposite course or not. 1 attended that
meeting, and to skew how little it was coosieleied worthy of
Notice, for the manufactory is reduced to a very low ebb,
there was scarcely uny one attended but the Master and
W'srelens, and the meeting beteg so small, I objected to
our entering on silty rt SOIOIIOIIS to secund Mr. Haughtun'a
•iews, and said it would be better to have • public ad-
vertisement, calling ou the trade generally to consider the
propriety of petitiening to have than taken off or con-
tinued. At that meeting, so called, a very few more
attended, but they ultimately came to a resolution of
I acting fur theniselvea, in forming a Committee to draw up
resolutions, to tlie effect that they thought they should be
better off by having the duties coutioned; and 1 will stale
the grounds on which they sidled : the shopkeeper, who had
not much meanie, snail, of you take the ditties off, you will
have from all pacts of England here speculators, as they
have in Beth and Cheltenham, and other pieces, with great
gilantitita of goods, that when they cannot sell them to the
trade, they will try to put elf by auction, and that will de_
limy us : and again, others will come over here maitufactur.
ere, with a good stuck, and when they will not credit me sod
others, they will go to tenant houses where they know they
can leave that stuck, and rather than take them back they
will leave them on sale or return, sod therefore I am de.
',toyed by that, because 'lvey with not leave them with me ;
then those who have gnat stocks, that get them in free,
thought that everyone would be on a level with them, and
that the present advaulages they have they would be de.
poired of.
Whit do you menu by " get them la free?"—That get
them in prevatrly.
By smuggling?—Ye.; other shopkeepers, but not all, say
so; some of them, and arsine niesnufactorers, joined toe in
tbinkina the duties should be taken off, but the majority
were for their besug continued; earn silversmiths,
serest it was the, the duties should be taken off, voted in
that trout of way by iliflitenee, because there is a bounty fur
getting plate iu now; it there was no duty uuw, 'twee nuuld
• be no drvulmrk of eighiceo-prier and yet the
polity of the people seduced them to vote against that ; the
duty here is but one shilling au ounce, they pay the shillaig
an ounce, drawing hack the titbit eu•peture; they said they
should Out like to injure their brother wtokmeu in the jew-
ellery trade; told they went in far as this, that if the trade
was open the-1e would be better work got fruits England, on
celesta. a terms than it is now hod, and that they should be
injured.
Du you think that the Union duties are the cause of a
great deal of smuggling lute Irelautil?-1 base so doubt
of it.
Do you believe that the great proportion of the goods ap-
plying to your parneular trade., lartltlghl Oyer frum England
to Ireland, pay the duty ?-1 be fancy jewellery, 1 brio ve,
dues not.
Does fancy jewellery sometimes come under the head of
ptivaie property?-1 refer Iti that lair the shopkeeper sad
pt iv•te iooperty both.
In what articles du you think the smuggling principally
takes place E-1 thit.k trinkets of every kind, ecale, neck
laces, toad su on; 1 think that very few of those pay the
duly.
Witold it be a great advantage to the plate manufacturers
in Ireland if they were permitted, by a free nits-repulse, to
have many parts of their articles whirls are muscle in F.nalitied
meat over with a view to being applied to the Isiah plate !
I do think so.
Da yuu think that world more than counterbalance •ity
advantage that may be derived, in point tat sate, born the
duty at present "!—Witli silver plate the duty operates in •
very email degree; but I think we should be eery. d if we
' could get In et it .in parts without paying • shilling an
I.OllllCe, as wean. under the necessity of doing; there are oyes
in She f 6. Lutailuti for • peat propuitiou of the plate
now used, ethical are shuck off fur almost oohing, that
wittill cost us I! great deal here, stud it would he a great •d-
-, vaetage to u 4 to gel them toter here.
Do you think it would extend the plate manufactory
here?-1 do thick it would.
Are the utl,clea which are to be seen in the sleeps, so
much us name ail. il, so us k bete or in Litglaud =—They are
clecese.l lucre; thooe that are so much chaind are dose by
Laud.
la that • much more extensive process than that used in
England?—As regal do that particular work, it is rather mote
expeueive in Engtand thou we do et here; it is where styes
ate used that they 1111 e the advantage; a dye may rust fifty
counds, here we should not think of smelt a thing; they may
make them for a %haling • pier ejust as they vrouid • medal.
You are nue of the 050•1 con,M table diadem m the arti-
cle to the plait?-1 am tote of the must considelable, (Tr-
. teddy.
'fun entertain so o;tinitin, that it would be advantageous,
on the whole, that the chine', app'ylog to the liitv.soecAc
between the two countries should br ieinovid ?—I
, And you do not think it would Inc the meet sof throwing
any number of people out of e otployinent do out ;
think, Ibis, lII' tripod to jenellely, it might fur a shut
pet iced a lieu t pi I haps some It w of the manulsciurcia, but
110 !kink II snob! anon !tenter.
la three dirty payable open the importation of plate into
Entitled !—No ; I can nmnitfacture and seed any quantity
of plate tutu Lucianod true of nuty ; there is a manilla' t un r
licie who has ►seta great 1111alllity of epitome 11110 Liseipecol,
1 In y cats be mauulustuieJ much cheaper litre 'Liao in
Eaeland.
What has been your opinion as to that provision of the
At t of Union, that the len per rent. protecting dunes were
to continue till the a xpirabou of the year 1,420 was as
cumpettat then to Nine au opinion as 1 am mew, and it was
my opinion at that time, rod has Leese ever inner, that too
thiug could per vent the leiniiimtion of those duties at the
expiretion of the year 1,4211.
You say that the manufacturers here do not pay any duty
on the imporlatiou of plate into England ; there Is
no duty ou plate Uliallurieture .1 au Irtlasid ghing Min Eng-
land ; there IS too ehuty Chargeable al ;My poll in Es.i Mild MI
mainir•ctilicil in hi, laud ; if it i. eta tified that it ha.
paid the deity at the Cold, mole.' Hall to Dublin, it can be
'tiered free in Ei.glacid.
Do you consider that consistent wish the law, or the prac-
tice of the Custuto•buusc mucky ?--1 behave the law, wailer

particular Art Of Parliament, maile to etizoorst.t., the Maim-
facture of plate in behind.
Can you stale the dale of that Art'-1 cannot.
Was it antecedent to the it sae in Art of
the Irish Parliament ; I am 1.4,1, to be a soli. e, r by tlie
dome, if they are ronttlitied, la sloth. r branch ; I am
assignee of • patent that he. juht I,krit Mlt fur
u,,
a new proms for distilling gas; sod I Cut a quantity of
patters. of the principal a. lid. e, tin,: I should be ::hie
to have the gas week made here ; tool the comini ILIUM
My representing what thuae rs•es were kind
fliollllol to permit linen to be ruttier,' Italy ins, ultirli other.
wise would have paid iris per riot.; I ihcin it am
far
the purpose of minufartnry ; I hove Ilnor all on my piotre
In get those patterns rest here, mail I 11,1 we cannot est
it done ; there are differ. at fund, tes iii Dahlia Bail thriiiich
Ireland, but we cannot get it it 14 •io ted.nus; UM,
pendent of its being • MISC.. e.. 411•1' I xl,e-I.e. 1111,11 ve 1111111 i
gel them from lEugland, and ill. it ;Lc) sill be sulject to
the duty.
Are those hearts articles '--17,1,1.

la
there any addiuoral duiq in enngentionce of atticht
brine made Foray lU. bt.ver and parl! other .31,.,,„;
—Veo ; a thimble for
.ort ills. It has a ittr.l lop,
not only trays tea ptr rent., hot the s.ltee duly
necklace with bat one titinie in it, 'Louth that to net above
sixpence value, situ poy the t, n per clot., nod the shilling
an ounce also.

There are articles of 'Ol.l and oilerr lace, gold thread,
bullion fur lace, pearls and .p tnzles, what knowledge Wye
you of the effect of the law upon such articles 8, thllit
I have nu knowledge of it, f. t.t r th.ot that there is one
manufacturer of it, Sir N.. hula. licttiy's Louse ; they ire
the only minufacturets of lace tht re has been in Ireland for
years.

It appears that the amount of tlir duty is very small, i• the
consumption very small '—l think smre the army here
Centli to consume them. the Italie ha. tierheml.

The articles are •pecitied ?—lt rotudy
re .1.111 to 1.14 COtt
and silver lace manufactory ; e is but one house in that
trade, they tenpin it nod al. 1111110rge!Ore ; there is nee
matter in which Ireland mightesecntin'lybenefited, the
mandate! of Ireland is not vo _nod as the standard in Eng-
laud ; in England they put to elevrn attires two penny.
weight• of floe silt Cr, i,Khlrcn 14'1111y-weights of ripU(r,
•SUI that makes the _loci re on cc. s; h. re there Is two penny.
weights digit reace, Iterative we e..a pot so onoce of copper
1.• twelve .01'110410f floe silver ; the plait touched at our
Hall, if sent into the London 'LW, vseu;ll Ire broken as out
being vtand.srd ; and if a pace oh plate were taken
into a shop in London the) would gite sixpence an ounce
leso, and that dove Ir. laod a 1;.r,•a0 injury; I should propose
raising the Irish at a ; I. a prejudice against our
ether articles in the mould of Genilt turn, the removal of
which would be very honcfictal to us. _ _

(To 6e eontinwed.)

JACOB W

111.iVZL IATELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER IG.

Arrived the Helrn, Witco'', hum the Donors fur Lialros ;
Prince Royal, Clams, from ditto fur Penzance, with of
anchor and cable and windll:a upset ; Laurel, Binh, (min
ditto for New Prot iticnce ; Vestal, nub n on, from ditto for
Faye! ; Letoosi, P.idier.opi, (rum It gi, wi b lea. of (no
anchors and one cable ; Buriu.cs, from the Dowo.
for Gibraltar; Aurora, I% h 07.. from for Dublin; and
Justatia, Jasperson, with 11.1105 of an ant lint and cable each.
VAVIOUTII, OCTOBER 15.
The Notion packet, for Anier:ca, did not sail yesterday,
as reported.

1" tRIIOUT it, OCTOBER M.

_ .
Arrived in the Road. the 01 ‘1•1...; Hudson's Bay
ship, Davidson, (tom Ynik Fallo.-y, all a. ll—brought biotic
Captain Freaklin, D.. Ricm..l,on, Lieut. Bark, and the
ec.aknief comnosing the land tiqudi:ioit for the pm pose of
discovering a North-west pas.aze,wbo landed at Stromuess;
a gentleman also laadvil with dispatches for the Company.

DE. E, OCTOBER 16.

Arrived and .ailed for the Hirer tI, I:xperlittoti, Joan,
from rays,. Abu orrierd rlir tVil'r.ool, Short. from St.
Petersburg') (or 11) into,; ar.d Sis,a)), Lingf i.ll, (rum St. Pr-
terrhurgh for Cork—the too I it t. r ren),ll.

Caine down from the ft.e,r the Me,ry, for New
Odeat.s; Fabius, fur St. Clhs; and Tula, While,
for Gibraltar.

TIVI.I, 47CTORTR 15

The Ellison arrived last tight from Dash.' Straits, silt
fish, 120 Suns, and twines an account It it most of the ships
outstanding belonging to the different pert• had improved in
their success, having Nitro 111 with fish to the month of Srp-
leather, slier the whet slops had I, ft the fislit ry. The slops
alluded to eousisted of about 13 sail, and Lund She 6sh iu
tat. 68. to 69. ou the west side of Davis She ails.

mtirrnvom OP CIMMTOII.: AT THE COCET
OF cujihmsioNEns uI LIANKRUPTs,
TO MORROW.

M. 11.

W. H. Smith. Frvlr.ham, linen drip, r
W. Tomliudun, Chr.irr,
T. 111,uwniug, seti. Eist Mailing, fanner....
C. Humphries, Itiblior.„,aie :or, •I, 1111E11-4.1W r 3 10
J. and R. Day, C.ssnb, r• 4111, .:une..emso.ot
T. Davis, Mamie., bißilolllr
G Chapman, Old Ilimid-vr.et, ftuiicirr
.1 Cuff, Weotium.ier. jrw r

V. Nlo.son, Rrrmnu•l. Aak~•r....

.1 E. Ntillt, l'initels 11411, m.rtital.i
T. NM rip, late of 111416 ro .....
1V Clark, late of Ct.% ot Codeo, soda-w.ter omits.

fartuler 1 10
I):Vl Ds.
iv. Him, Slrand, halter
IV. Hodson, late of s.. tit r

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