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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1822.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, SRPTINII6II 18, 1821.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of. the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND, trading to She EAST INDIES, do hereby giro
Notice,
That the COMMITTEE of BUYING sad WARE.
HOUSES will be ready to receive Proposals in writing, seal.
ed up, ea or before WEDNESDAY, the 16th of October,
1811, from such Permits as may be swilling to supply the
Company with
IRON GUNS AND CARRONADES;
sad the Conditions of the Contract stay be seen os applica-
tion to she Clerk of thessid Committee, with whom the Pro.
posits most be left before Eberle of the Clock in the Fore-
*ono of tile said 11th day of October, after which boor the
Committee will not receive any Tender.
PETER AUBER, Aseistnat-Secretary.

GUILDHALL, LONDON, SIPITIIIIIER 11, 111.12.
THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the
CITY'S LANDS will sweet at Guildhall on WED-
NESDAY, the fd illy of October next, at Twelve ',Thick
at Noe', to LET by PUBLIC AUCTION
At &Mama Lease fif 6t years, frma Michaelmas MI,

et a Ohm *6*W-is:MSG ltidtirtrriierrtlts Vairsage leading
from Laskdeu.street to New I-a—Adios-street ' • and also
A Repairing Lease, fur Si years from Miehaelmes 181 t,
of a Hesse at the south end of Loudon-strut, sad oa the
weal side of the said Passage.
The Plan and Cooditions for letting the said respective
Premises msy be sees at the Office of Works, Guildhall; and
the said House may be viewed Wyen days prior to she Au-
ction, between the Men of Eleven sod Three, and also on
the Moulin of the Auction.

JOS. BUSHMAN, Coopiroller.

EXETER 'CHANGE..--The Public are most
retpeetfally Informed, that, ie addition to the old-
established plate of Business, an extensive ROOM at the
back is NOW OPENED for the aecommudotioa of lifting
eat Gentlemen in the Army tied Navy, and Cadets for India,
where may be bad t►e New Itrealation Sword., a large
assortaseat of Saddlery. Trunks, Cuts, MA Ise. all warranted
good, at the lowest Ready Money Prices.
Saddles aid Bridles for Exportation.

ToBON VIVANTS, or Perim), who have
scrumewed themselves to CHAMPAGNE WINE,
may Purchase at CHARLES WRIGHT'S, Wine-merchaut
to his Royal Highness the Dyke of Clarence (Opera Culoo.
wade, west to the King's Theatre, Haymarket), a bottle of
CHAMPAGNE, oo the nine terms, and She same (lustily of
Wise, as et the first Cafe is Friar., for 7..; Old Purt and
*may, warranted genuine, 36.. per dozen; from the wood,
Burssestres celebrated (1820) Port, 425. per dozen ; and Sir
W. D. Gordon's Sherry, 421. and 455. Now on Sale suue.
Aar Cape Madeira, that will astonish all Ermined, 16s. per
dozen by ala dozes, or 17 less quantity; Hermitage, 80s.
per dozes; Old Crusted Port, 465.; East India Madeira,
605.; West lodes, 48..; Buren's, fifis. ; a small quantity of
the Montepielehiano Fl cc, is flask., 425. per dozen.
Depot., No 2, Stamen-street, Brighton; No. 2, Abiag-
daa-bruldmea, Bath; and adjoining Mr. Glade's, corner of
Parade sod High-street, Margate.
Fresh emptied Wine Pipes to be Sold, different gauge.,
17s. each.

Devus.sliire Cider, MI quarts, well up, 7s. GC ter dusts.
The Tnde supplied.

AFFRAY AT CHIPPENHAAL
Further particulars of the Coroner's Inquest,
from the Devises Casette:

After a most laborious investigation, occupying a
whole week, from ten in the morning until ten, ale-
yen, and sometimes twelve at night, the Coroner,
on Sunday last, proceeded to sum up; and after
deliberately reading the whole of the voluminous
evidence that had been delivered, and commenting
on the particular facia as he went nit, the Jury re-
tired for nearly two hours, and then delivered the
following verdict :

" The snanimon■ veidicl of the holy* now assembled, is
Wifful Narrder against the following persons:—Henry
Knight, Gnome Thomas, Jolla flower, Thomas Pearce,
James huae, Benjamin !idler, joss. John Woodman, John
Matthew, William Bryant, and James Tanner, jun. sad
others unknown, who were eagsgrd In a premeditated riot,
Dos Saturday night. the 7th of September. 1824, wh►reby the
deceased, Joseph Hull, received some •iulent blows out his
bead which caused his death."

" Time sante said Jenne beieg emmintielled and sworn, on
•iew alb* body and dratb of James Reynolda, have returned
the same verdict against the above•nrn•d persons, and per-
sons unknown, o• the same evidence and testimoay, this
15th day of September, 1821.
The great attention paid by the Coroner and the
Jury to this impswtant Cage reflects on them infinite
credit, and entitles them to the thanks of their
country. Mr. Clare has been now one of the
Coroners of this county for upwards of half a cen-
tury, and never before held an inquest that occu-
pied one-half the time that this has.
From the whole of the evidence adduced it ap-
pears that whatever bickering. there might pre-
viously have been between a few of the inhabitants
of Chippenham sod some of the Langley people,
that on the night in question the Chippenhain
party was wholly blameless. The attack was •de-
hberatrly premeditated, and is marked throughout
with an atrocity—a brutality—that we should scarce-
ly suppose the most hardened «retch in England ca-
pable of; but how much lets could we conceive that
men holding the respectable rank of British yeo-
men, could plan and engage in such scene*? Yet
we have it in evidence that Mr. Knight and Mr.
Matthews, two respectable farmers of Langley
were at the Caonon public-house tome hours pre-
vious to the commencement of the affray ; and that
Matthews advised the witness (who was a girl) to go
home, as a row was to take place that evening—a
proof of its being previously planned. Mr. Knight,
it was sworn, by another wittiest, afterwards knocked
down Pound, the carrier, twice, without the smallest
provocation. The per►on of Knight was positively
sworn to by the witness, who observed when she
saw him in custody on the Sunday morning, " that
that was the man who struck Pound ; she (the wit-
neer) knew him by • mark in his face, and should
have known him among • thousand." The same
witness swore that she saw three other men go up
to the two young Mansell., knock them down,
and afterwards throw them on a dung-heap. She
further deposed that she beard a whistle four or five
times; that she assisted poor Reynolds when he
was brought home ; that he never spoke, but uttered
the most dismal groans.
The following, sworn to by two witnesses, excels
in cowardice any thing we ever heard :
A man who appeared not to take the least part
in the row, was standing near the turnpike-gate,

whm one of the Langley gang took up a large piece
of road dirt, and threw it at him, which knceked
him down ; the poor fellow, after recovering him-
self a little, endeavoured to rim., when another
came up and struck him several times with a large
rick ; a third crying out, •• D—ii him, George. Kite
him it good one." When the wretch who was using
his stick so unmercifully was nearly tireJ, • fourth
did what execution he could with his fists. At last,
being fully satiated, and little remaining to he done
towards taking the poor manse life, one of them vo-
eiferated—." Let him about now, 1 think lie has had
enough of it."
A poor woman, hearing that her brother was out
when the cries of " Murder !" proceeded . from all
parts, went to seek hint, but was obliged herself to
take shelter in a ditch ; while there, she heard two
men pass, swearing that they would murder the
first they met with. Sorely after she crept out,
and found poor Reynolds (•ho it is likely these
wretches Atm came in contact with), lying on a
heap of atones. without a hat; the witness helped
him op, but he could not stand. His only words
were--" 1 shall never live to get home."
From the moment that Mr. Moore was carried
home so dreadfully beaten. which occurred soon af-
ter poor Hull was called from his bed, it appear.
to have been the determination of the latter either
to take the parties into custody, or by some means
to identify them, so that they might be delivered
up to the offended laws of their country, and (as he
thought) the death of his murdered townsman
avenged. Though without a stick, or any other
weapon, and when all his companions had retreated
through fear of their lives, he alone stood forward,
and volunteered his services to the constable.
" Come (he said), lay hold of my arm, and we will
take the whole nit° custody." The constable fore-
saw the danger and went home. Hull remained,
and was brutally murdered !
The man who keeps the turnpike-gate near the
Little George, about seven o'clock on the Saturday
evening, saw six or seven men near the gate with
large sticks in their hands; he inquired what they
were about, when they called him a d—d old rm.
cal, and told him to get out of the way.
It was also sworn, that a young man of Kiugton
Langley, on the Sunday morning, requested his
mother to wash the blood from his stick, which she
endeavoured to do, but could not get it off; that
it was afterwards chopped off and burnt, and that
there was lead in the middle of it; that every tl.ing
had been prepared for the slaughter, and that the
party was called together by a whistle.
Since George Thomm has been in custody, he
has declared that he saw Mr. Hull knocked down
by one of die Prisoners (mentioning his name), and
that another, when he was down, gave him two or
three hard blows with a stick.
Two servants of Mr. Matthews swore that their
master was st home by half past twelve, by their
clock, which was half an hone faster than the Chip.
penitent, and that he did not appear warm or
heated.

The Magistrates had eat daily at the White Hart
since our last up to Tuesday, when they adjourned
until to-day. Mr. Methuen his praiseworthily
given his assistance, and each exerts himself to the
utmost, for the purpose of bringing the whole of the
murderers in justice. Mountjoy, who had abscond-
ed on Sunday, the Bth inst., has surrendered him-
self to Mr. Coleman. James Tanner. jun. one of
the 10 against whom a verdict of wilful murder has
been returned, has not yet been apprehended ; the
others have been committed by the Coroner to
Fisherion gaol.
[We understand that Messrs. Guy and Michell,
the respectah!e solicitors of Chippenham, are en-
g■ged to prosecute, at the joint expense of the
pariah and of the relatives of the deceased.]

SCOTLAND.

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE.

GLASGOW. sgrnoussa 12.
JURY COURT.

The Jury Court was oprned in the Justiciary
Hall this day by the Hight Honourable Lord
VITMILLY.

The first case for trial was that in which Thomas
S/ewart, Esq. of Glasgow-field, is Pursuer, and
Messrs. Charles Tennant and Company, St. Rol.
locks, near Glasgow, are Defenders. The names
of the Jury having been called over, the triml was
about to proceed, when the Jury were informed
that the order for their attendance was discharged,
as the case had been compromised.

DEFAMATION.
MILLER v. SWEARER.

The next case was that in which Mr. John Miller,
of HAMM, was Pursuer, and Thomas Shearer,
farmer, at Westquarter, in the parish of Glaysford,
Defender. The lame tried was, whether the Pur-
suer was • Justice of the Peace for the county of
Lanark ? And whether, on or about the 4th day
of October, 1831, at or near the smithy possessed
by James Cochrane, io the village of Westquarter,
and county of Lanark, the Defender did, in pre-
sence of the said limey Cochrane and John Lochore,
farmer in Wts;quarter, sod other permns there
assembled, falsely and calumniously say that the
Pursuer was a supporter and defender of villains,
and though a Justice of Peace, he, the Pur-
suer, was a d --d villain himself. or did use or
otter worths to that effect, to the injury and damage
of the mod Pursuer. Damages were laid at 7001.
Mr. JaaDlNe sublimed the Jury for the Pur-
suer. lie stated that his client, Mr. Miller, came
before them fur a compensation for a gross and un-
provoked attack which bad been made ou his repu-
tation. He was a man far advanced in years, and
duriug his whole life he had maintained a fair and
irreproachable character. He resided in the Upper
Ward of this county, mud had acted for 30 years as
Justice of the Peace. The Gentlemen of the Jury
would all agree that no man was at liberty, under
any circumstances, to take reparation at his own
hand fur any injwy he received, as no man could

possibly be an impartial judge in his own cruse.
11-re his client had no other means to obtain reps.
ration and damages for the injury his character had
sustained than bringing the while case fully and
fairly before a respectable Jury of his coUutry-
men. The facts of the case were qnite simple, sad
the wanton attack would be proved beyond the pos-
sibility of a doubt. His client having bm.iners in
smithy, he had gone thither, where, upon his eh-
trance, he met Shearer, the Defender, and, without
the least provocation whateve►, he was by him as-
sailed with all the calumnious •hid absurd epithets
detailed in the issue. Nut content with the brutal
attack within the smithy, on going off his client
was followed and again attacked by Sh . All
this being proved, certainly some reparation must
be made, some damages most be given.
John Lochore, farmer and elder. I know Mr.
Miller to be a Justice of the Peace, and I lisveseen
him acting as such ; was in James Cockranes
smithy whew he came in to pay some work. Shearer
said, there is John Miller, an old grey-headed Jus-
tice ; he is a villain, and takes part with villairis.
Mr. Miller denied that he took ;nit with villains,
and Shearer said he would prove it. Miller then
left the +hop, ■nd Shearer followed to have another
" bout" of him.

Cross-examined—We had been previously speak-
ing about another man ; but nothing was raid about
Mr. Miller. I did not hear any thing said about an
honest man. I did not believe that he was in any
way • supporter of villains, although Shearer
said so.

Examined by the COURT—T cannot say Shearer
was angry, and he war quite sober at the time.
James Cochrane, smith, Westcpserter-1 know
Mr. Miller, he is a Justice of the Peace, and acts
sir such. I remember he came to my shop about
the beginniog of October last, to pay me some
small account. Thomas Shearer, James Lochore,
and James Shearer were in the shop at the time.
When Mr. Miller came into the smithy, Shearer
said he was a villain, aura took part with villains;
Shearer said he was an old grey-hi ailed Justice of
Peace, and a villain. I do not think Mr. Miller
had even spoke to him, at least he had given him
no provocation. When Mr. Miller went out,
Shearer went out after him. I did not hear Shearer
say any thing wßen he went out, us I was working
at the fire at the time.

Mr. Vere, of Stonebyres, was called, and gave
Pursuer an excellent character. Mr. Monteith
said he frankly admitted the Pursuer was a gentle-
men who bore an irreproachable character.
Mr. MoNTCITN briefly addressed the Jury for
the Defender. He stated, that the Jury Court was
instituted to save expenses to the disputing parties,
and it had settled many cases ; but, from the very
institution of the Court till that dry, never had
such a paltry, hopeless, and ridiculous case as the
present been brought forward. The Pursuer was a
lauded proprietor, • respectable gentleman, moving
in the higher ranks of life. The Defender, on the
contrary, was a poor [non, a man in the very lowest
station in society, a man who had wandered through
the country, as they had already heard, earning his
" bit o' bread" with • horse and cart, •ud was only
possessed of ■ house worth 60s. • year. He now
addressed them on behalf of this poor man, who
had been callously dragged before them, for one
or two regardless words, which be had used with-
wit consideration. and repeated without malice.
Ile would readily admit that his client had used
the words ; it was proved he had used them, and
he was sorry he had used them ; but the issue
the Court had given them to try was, whether the
Pursuer had sustained damage, and been injured
by the words used. There was no attack made
upon him in his character as • Justice of the Peace,
they conveyed not the slightest insinuation that the
Pursuer had used his power to shelter delinquents.
It was perfectly ridiculous to suppose, the words
were not thoughtlessly used, tinder a temporary irri-
tation. That they were used falsely he would
readily admit, but they were not used calumniously.
His Learned Friend had said there was uo other
way the Pursuer could take. Why, could he not
have taken his case to the Justice of Peace Court,
and got five or ten shillings damages, if that was
what he wanted ? or he might have taken his case
to the Sheriff Court. In short, there were many
ways in which the case might have been settled,
without bringing it before the Jury Court. He
would, however, say he was happy the case had
come before them, as he hoped they would shew
by their verdict, that, while the law protects their
property and character. it will not give vindictive
damages to appease the ill-nature, and gratify the
malignity of any individual.
Lord PITMILLY summed up the case. His
Lordship observed, that they had had many actions
for damages before them in that Court, and he
agreed with the Learned Counsel for the Defender,
that there certainly had never been a more trifling
one than the present, and that it would have been
much better had it been decided in some other
Court. The Pursuer is a Gentleman in a high
rank of life; the Defender is r poor man, of the
very lowest rank, and Apparently knows nothing of
what is due to a gentleman. The Jury Court
might have to consider whether the Pursuer would
get his expenses, and this might become • very
serious question. Some people might be inclined
to drag very trifling cases before the Jury Court.
If the action be well brought, then the Court
would allow expenses, but by bringing trifling
cases forward, by refusing expenses, Pursuers would
be taught that it would be better to have the matter
settled in some other Court. None of these awl.-
rations bad any reference to the present case. His
Lordship then went briefly over the case, and coins
cluded by stating, that if he were one of the Jury,
he knew not a coiii which would do for damage*.
The Jury, after a moment's consultation, gave
in their verdict—Damages, one penny.

JUSTICIARY COURT.

STIRLING, SRPTEIISER
_ _ .

The Circuit Court of Justiciary was opened here
this dry by Lurd SUCCOTH, to the room of Lord

Pitiat

Meadowbank, who, we regret to understand. was
prevented from attending by the dangerous illaeri
of • near relative. There was no business before
the Court. The only indictment on the toll was
that of Peter Meat, jun. charged with the murder
of his father at Kilsyth, who, after the usual forma-
lities of law, was declared an outlaw for non-appear-
ance.
His Lordship here took an opportunity of allud-
ing to the foul deed with which this unhappy matt
stood charged, trusting it was icarcety necessary for
him to say how much it wets the duty of all to use
their exertions fur his apprehension, should he aain
make hie appearance in this country. The Jury
being discharged from further attendance, his Lord.
ship took an opportunity of congratulating them on
not having any oldie usual tasks of a Jury to per-
form—a Circumstance which reflected highly on
those in whose hand) the peeve of the country had
been placed, and the best proof that the moral ton•
dition or the whole community Wie that which leads
to good order and individual prosperity. The She.
riffs of Stirlingshire, sod of Kinross and Clacktna.
nan shires, being called upon, in the usual way, his
Lordship complimented theirs on the manner itt
which their important duties had been discharged,
as was amply shewn by the state of crime on the
toll, not only that day, but on a fottner occasion,

A LITERARY CURIOSITY.

[Frost the Sdinistripl Oloservir.]

The following singular paper was tranimitted to
el, under the signature of A. W."
An aneesior of mine has at the battle of Lepanto,
which was fought in the year 1571, where he hap.
pened to do some service to Michael Cervantes de
Ssavadra, since better known by the plain appella-
tion of Cervantes, who was wounded in the left
hand in that memorable engagement. Cervantes
was afterwards carried as a slave to Algiers, bet
my ancestor contrived to get to Spain, where be
found himself so reduced in circumstances that he
was constrained to enter into the service of the
wealthy Ascanio de Coloons, as private secretary.
Thirteen years after the battle, that is, in the year
1584. a person petitioned to be presented to his
employers; bat as Aswan) de Colonna had a
dreadful antipathy to poor persons, a malady which
is very prevalent in the world, he could not be pre-
vailed upon to admit the applicant. The peti-
tioner, however, was not to be so easily discarded,
and he adopted the sure mode of gaining entrance :
lie sent to say that he came to make a present to
the renowned Ascanio de Colonna. The doors
were instantly thrown open to him, and he was de.
sired to attend the aecretsry, for all real great men
desire others to be witnesses to their good fortune,
especially where there is no chance of sharing it
with him. On entering the secretary's romp.
judge of the surprise of the two pinks, when the
-companions at the battle of Lepanto recognised
each other.

The friendship thus renewed was not interrupted
again ; and my ancestor procured the introduction
of Cervantes to the Conde de Lanai, and such
other great persona who were ready to lead their
names out at interest, which they called patronage.
One day Cervantes brought a copy of a hook, which
he called " Poo Civizoie de Is MaterAa." and left
it with his friend; this was in the year 1605. Soon
after he called for it again, and had it published at
Madrid : unfortunately, my ancestor was not St
home on the second visit; he had ridden oat, and
had yet with him, in his pocket, a pert of the ma.
nuscript to entertain him in the course of his exam-
►ion ; a few days afterward,, his affairs led hint to
Cadiz, and he never afterwards saw Cervantes...-.
My ancestor, having made a fortune, returned to
Scotland, and brought with him the chapter of
" Dun Quixote," which he thus accidentally pos-
sessed himself of, and which, by the celebrity of
the author, has now become one of the greatest
literary curiosities extant : I send a bad translation
of it (for want of being able to snake a better)
which you may insert in the Observer, if you think
it worth while.
THE LOST CHAPTER.
The valorous Don Quixote having. achieved this
exploit, cogitated within himself what he might
next perform to acquire immortality when honest
Sancho reminded him that he thought it was tints
to repose from glory, and to think of living like
other great men. " Sancho," said the Knight, '!
great man ceases to be a great man when his actions
cease to be remarkable."—" Very true," responded
the Squire, " but it would be remarkable if we were
to leave off setting people right ; therefore, I soy,
that that very action, by continuing us remarkable,
would continue us great men, and, at the same time,
give us u little quiet."." Sancho," quoth thelinight.
" you know I am lord of many an isle, and I pro-
pose instantly to fulfil my promise, by making you
king of one of them."—" I should be very glad to
know where the islands are, and to tee my king..
dom." said Sancho, " for seeing is believing, as they
say."—" Have patience," the Knight 'solemnly
said, " and we will begin our journey towards it."
Saying this, he clapped spurs to Kosinante, and wee
proceeding at an angular trot, rather thane round
one, which latter pace the acute prominences of the
animal beneath him uniformly forbade, when, after
a short ride, they arrived at a place where the sound
of music and revelry arrested the Knight's atten-
tion. It proceeded from a place which the hospita-
ble owner had that evening dedicated to the festiv:.
ties of COMUf.

It had been ordained, as the laW of the Died,
that no one should appear in their ordinirywpparil,
but that every one, for the sake of the general
amusement, should adopt such a habit as Ins taste
could devise, or as his travels had submittkd to Ins
observation. No one was refused admittance who
was accoutred in any unusual garb; consequently
whet► ono renowned Knight descended
.ilom the
ridge of Rozinante's vertebral indentations, on the
►ugged precipices of which he was uncomfortably
beettid, and sought for admintan to the mansion,