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London, England, 1824-04-14 00:00:00

DEATHS.

At Poonah, on the 16th mat. the Lady of Captain 111.1. Gallwey,
'Odle lith N. 1., at the early age of
On the Roth of October, at :Mangalore, in the 2f.th year of her
age, Plirabeth, wife of %Yrn. Sheffield, Esq. of M.: Civil Service,
edge and Criminal Judge at that station.

SrCAM NAVIG AT 110,1.—A very numcrctrs and highly
a b's meeting of the inhabitants of Calcutta, met at
the own-hall, on the 16th of November last, to consider
tk feasibility of establishing a communication between
Ulla and the Mother Country, hz means of steam navi-
gation. Lieutenant Johnston, R.N. in stating his plan to
the Meeting, said be proposed that the route shonid be by
she Isthmus of Sues and the Mediterranean, which would
be by owe-third a short' r distance than the route by the
Capeof Good Hope ; and with little labour, and a trrfiing
eapense, a good road might be made across the Isthmus,
for conveyance by comfortable carriages. The length of
lb* voyage, including land and sea, was not to exceed
seventy days. Lieutenant Johnston made a calculation of
the expense of a complete establishment of steam vessels on
both lades the Isthmus, adequate to keep up a monthly
exanapunication with Europe. Ile considered, however,
'tliat the plan would be most likely to meet with support,
if confined to conveyance of passengers to El Arish, Catlett,
-or the lake of Menaelet, if anchorage could be found there,
leaving it to British capitalists to form a company to co-ope-
rate with the one proposed. The projector went into calcula-
tions to thew the expected profits that would result from the
undertaking. He calculated that on an average about 450
ur /100 individuals left Calcutta yearly for England.
Lietitenant Johnston, in conclusion, said lie was of opi-
ricni that steam vessels woukl ultimately reach India from
England, after a lap.: of several years perhaps. He
tbotaght they would be extended thither by gradual ad-
vances. Madeira would be first visited, then the West
Indies, South America, the Cape, and lastly Calcutta.
'Mr. Mackillop suggested that the establishment of a com-
pany at home, and one at Calcutta, to have the control of
-the semis from thence to Costlier only, leaving the subtle-
qttent conveyance of the passengers, &c. to the home corn-
mittee, would be most advisable. After various difficul-
t:ex to the proposition had been mooted, it was resolved,
" That it is desirable to encourage the establishment of a
eammumication between Europe and India by steam navi-
gation, by the offer of a premium or bonus to those who
latat,first establish it on a permanent footing, rather than
try any direct attempt of so large and miscellaneous a body
as the India community to form themselves into a society
for the purpose." A committee was appointed to prepare
the totes And restrictions under which the premiums should
be panted, and the meeting adjourned till the 17th of Dec.
Tho committee having discussed the merits and itnpert-
eines of the project, opened a subscription, and resolved to
bestow one lack of rupees upon the first individual or corn-
party who should make two complete voyages from Eng-
/and to India in steam vessels, the passage in no instance
to exceed seventy days, either by the Cape of Good Hope
far the Red Sea, in vessels of British register, and of not
is., than 300 tons burden.

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SHIPPING INTE GLIUENC E.

• • CUSTOAL.HOUSE. Aram 13.
ENTERED INWARDS.
'Delight, Ray (Bentky, broker), from Gottenburgh.
Mara. Scott (Ituraett), from St. Michael's.
Flora, Christie (Adam), from Terceira.
=Tremayne (Pixie), from Sc. Michael's.
la, Worsens (Burnett). from ditto.
FRO3I I7rBVb'S LIST.

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T. 41. IgOult It, APRIL IL--Sailed the Hind, Le Vlscont, for
jrinorrin, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Active, Weslake, from
/*dm°, in 80 days.
oatsmouru, APRIL 12.—Arrived the Pons RIK Parker,
betos.Neweastle, for Pietist': Messenger:, Pace, from Galijpoli; and
inn rollowing vessels from the Downs, viz. Golconda, Edwards for
Kadrea ; Fortitude Increased, Manning, for St Kitt's; and Carle*
Tennison, Hooch, for Montreal. (Milk Isle of Wight, the Sophia,,
(t, front Calcutta.
was, APRIL 12 —The Elizabeth, Hoarse, which arrived here
pitenlay from Boston, for Stockholm, with lose of bowsprit, has
sensed discharging her cargo.
!WI, APRIL 11.—The American schooner Sea Lion, Totten,
New York, is lost at Tenerife.
AL A Pli L 12.—Arrived the Good Friends, Thomas, from
et.Sesath Seas; Minerva, —, from Philadelphia: Hermes, Ro.
brown, front Smyrna; Harriet, Omen, from Leghorn; John
.Z.tiilc, Dearness, from Sicily; and Osbourn, —, from St.
aysicie. Came down from the River and remain, the Denmark
IBL4 Foremen, for Van Diemen's Land; Jane, 1111:lure, for
_eearlesson ; Jack Tar, Anderson, for Jamaica; and Hopewell and
Minerva, tor Quebec. The homeward-bound reported yesterday
own sailed for the River.

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3I•RGATE, APRIL Xl2.—Landed here on the 10th, an iron
a.4tho
lied an hoe, weight cut in the crown, 3 cwt. 2 qrs. slb. with
us of e'lain.
.A:P11711 SHIELDS, Aram 11—Yesterday morning, during a
gllll, the sloop Lion. Nicholson, from Inverness, with timber, ran
ads the Herd Sand; after beating over into the Wheel, Seine
Wgot on board, aLd bought her into the harbour, supposed
di.nott:e.
• ARLIDELN, APRIL, 7.—The sloop Industry, M`Donald, of
alp port, from Sunderland, a ith lime, was driven on shore at
part
137Stiiiisntearlihoelyerie.irlapnrdov. iindeanttlyglfoet of wind, wcinde,,oann tdhecavniert of
rigging ; but the vessel anon air a took fire, and is become a
Mel wreck. The Granite, Young, and Sprightly, Johnston, an.
Olton the 4th 4114. from Memel, the first Of Our Baltic arrivals
he season. They made the voyage out and home in the short
ST of 341 days.
on 5. . Motu' 25.--The river Is clear of ice, and several
i eis have arrived at the city. But the barks cannot be expected
in Jess than thee weeks, therm having been latterly severe cold in
thtfielerior of the country.
i.lasi'
DAM, APRIL 1. The Holfnung, Gonow, from
has been got cff the Coast of Texel, and brought into
raid -hour.
'Se. Mecitact.'s, MARCH 17.—The Independence, Robert?,
ghoul Plymouth, arrived here the 11th inst., and was wrecked on
illio *ln of the 16. h, at the mouth of the Mole ; her !v atom is
-knee me ev', but the Voles, rigging, &c. are saved.
ALEXIA LEOXR, FEIL 14.—The Alliirstor, Scott. which sailed
Ei hence 7th January. bound to London, put back to the Isle
lota, where she has been condemned. 'file Fr.nces Ann, is
log to complete some repairs, and will probrbly be ready for sea
.a abbut ten or fourteen days.

The nenoaa, Watkins, from Liverpool to Bristol, was driven on
&we on Ka:today, near Fishguard ; cargo discharging.
The Christian August. sievertson, from Bergen, which has ar.
eigteln the Elbe, struck on the Vogelsand, and is earl to be leaky;
tbie TOUT Gehroders, Bass, from Vegeoack to Amsterdam, sunk offl
'apt tiro 220. rlarch—the crew were saved by a ship that was rear 1
algt•spot. but nothing else was saved, not even the ship's papers.
'•VitISEI.II SPOKEN WlTn.—Robert Ann, from London ; and
Ming Sun, knot Portsmouth, by the Minerva, arrived at
Deril—
Alexandria. for Liverpool,
Fla March, Elizabeth Liverpool for Cape Ilium, by the Ac-
tloo, arrived at Plymouth.—Venus, Taylor, 24th Feb. 16 days
AIM Palermo for London ; Elias. of Guernsey, !larch sth, 12 days
bees Tarragona for Guernsey ; John Craig, Glyn, .Isreh 19 h, 10
Amp from Lisbon to Liverpool ; Commerce. Hart, March 23, 63
dor from Mersin for Hull ; Hector. of London, April 2, DJ days
'hot Alexandria for Dublin, the whole reported to be all well, by
thi United Friends, Dale, arrived at !Milford.

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We arc sorry to liar thatgreat distress prevails in the
killy Islands.
On Wednesday morning, the lal inst. a "Mr. T. Ro-
, of London'. (according to his card), arrived in this
y, on his way to liretna Green, with a handsome young
dish lady, of high cot nvieian and great fortune, with
to he eloped, it is sail, from Brussels, where she was
Aiding ; but her name was studiously concealed. Tbey
"me married at Gretna, in the usual summary form, re-
Awned to the Bush lon here, and remained till yesterday
Lb...corning (Friday, the 9th inst.), when they act out for
Ziemlon, having taken the whole of the inside of the mail-
arch to themselves l—Corlisle Patriot.

LAP' INTELLIGEATE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, TUTIMAY, Aram 13.

Sittinza in Guildhall, Ware the LORD CHIET JUSTICE and
Common Jura.

NINES C. CANEY AND W !Ft.
31. Aacn BOLD (in the absence of Mr. Searlett) stated the case
to the Jury. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mil.
Thinks, who kept a boarding school for young ladies near Clapham,
for the balance of an account for board and education to Mn'.
Carey, then Miss Ferguson. The young lady chase to be instructed
in dancing, music, and the mathematits. " tier favourite study
was the mathematical." She had also given an entertainment on
her birth-day. when Mr. Carey was one particularly entertained.
Miss Ferguson's father refused to pay, OD the ground that hlt had
not ordered far the charges. Mrs. Sinks took NI. from the father,
and trusted the daughter for the balance.
Mrs. Legan examined by Mr. ScattLava—Proved dancing
being taught, and a dinner provided on Ilitzs Ferguson's birth-day.
Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY—She was twenty on that
birth-day.
Mr. Wimpole proved the father's refusal to pay a sum charged
in the bill. It was 201. Its. M.
Mies Louisa Dement proved ment of a part of the sum,
leaving a balance of 101. la. Bd. (This young lady cried in great
distress, and, as won as she left the box, appeared to have fallen
into tits.]
A letter of Mrs. Carey's, promising to pay after she had become
of age, was put in evideree.
Verdict fur the plaintiff—llamages 101.16.8 d.

Special Jury.
SHAW V. PICTON, CLEEE.
The ATTonxtv-lixxxiLet. stated, that the plaintiffs were
assignees of Mews. Howard and Gibbs, and represented a
great number of creditors, many of whom were in the lowest
ranks of life. (Here the Learned Gentleman gave a detailed
explanation of the often-told mode in which Messrs. Howard and
Gibbs kept their accounts as aminity-brokers.) There was a long
account of annuity transactions between Messrs. Howard and Gibbs
and the defendant, the Rev. Pieton. There were two items of
1501. and 2331. for an annuity upon Sir Henry Wellesley. There
was another item of 1,0001. and upwards, for on annuity upon Lord
Alvanley. There was a third transaction, with the late General
Picton, brother of the defendant, from which a claim of 3004 arose.
There was also a fourth transaction, involving 1,3001.
The I.oan CHIEF JESTICE remarked, that there were four
causes.
Alter some consultation, the cause was referred to Mr. Gaselee•

SIORDON V. DALTON.
The plaintiff was a banker, and the defendant deputy-postmaster
in Dudley, Worcestershire. In consideration of a certain extra
allowance, the defendant had constructed a box in his office for the
purpose ',fruiting into it the letters of the plaintiff, in order to pre-
vent delay in delivering them. The present action was brought in
consequence of delay in delivering letters containing bills of ex-
change, which were dishonoured, and respecting which the plain-
tiffs could obtain no redress, in consequence aline delay.
Mr. Taunton slated the use to the Jury. The particular letter
in question had been addressed plainly to Messrs. Hordon and Co.,
but had been put into ilia box of Mr. Ha don, who was in no busi-
ness. and had never had a partner, and there it lay for three days.
For this gross negligence this action was brought.
Leadbeater gave evidence of the agreement to pay "
guinea a year annually" for the accommodation of a separate boa.
When the letter in question was delivered. regret was expressed by
the defendant that it had not been delivered earlier—it haring been
overlooked. There were two bills of 2001. and 3401. The one was
refused because too late in being presented; the other, because the
' party liable had, in the interval, become insolvent.
After a long investigation, it was found that by sending special
messengers to the puttee, all the inconvenience charged upon this
delay could have been avoided. llis Lordship thought that where
there was only a mistake charged, the want of due diligence was a
good defence. Besides it was not yet clear that the half guinea was
slot only a Christmaa-box fur a pigeonhole. It could not be con-
sidered a premium for such responsibility as this.--Nonsuit.