The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-11 00:00:00

PALACE COURT, OcT. 9.

BATMAN V. Sill/E.—The plaintiff in this case WA% a widow
woman, and owner of a house, the occupier of which hail be-
come considerably in at rear for rent. She in consequence
drected the defendant, who is a broker, to make a distress no
the premises for a quarter's tent, amounting to 111. 16%. sd.,
free Of all dt,luctions. The defendant priii-rodeil accordingly
to make the levy, and having done so, I e wa;t-cl on the plain.
tit{'. and tendered her SI. 125., and re, eipts fir 1411(1 tax and
sewer(' rate paid by time tenant, for 51. ti, MI. making toge.
ther the amount of the quarter's rent. Mrs. 11;Ittql1411 refits.
eti to receive this (4111th and insisted on the defendant pitying
her the full sum which he had been instructed to levy, anti
the defendant refeesim: to eta so, she brought the present ac-
tion. 81. 12s. 11411 been paid into court by the liMiellll3lll.
Mr. Agar, for the defendant, (-attended that his client bad
conducted himself in a pet feretly legal way ; he was h omit to
allow the tenant the amount of taxes paid by him. The Act
of Parli,intent providing that they should in the first instance,
be paid by the tenant, and afterwards be deducted front the

The Learned Jude, on the Act of Parlietnent being pro.
diteett,helil that such wai; the law, unless there was a specific
agreement to the contrary, which there did not appear to be
in the present ease. Thu' pl.rintitf not proving any such speci-
fic agreement was nO/151thed.

Extract of a letter from a Mr. B. formerly a manu-
facturer in Manchester

' PHILADELPHIA, Saea.ls.—Arcordiag to the promise I
made you, when we parted at Liverpool, I avail myself of
the earliest opportnnity to give you all the information in my
power relative to lay situation anti prospects here, premising
that my stock of information cannot be very extensive, as 1
only arrived the latter psi of July. I was detained nearly
Nix weeks at Cork, waiting for all opportunity to ship the are
titles I brought with me, and without which my coining here
would have been worse than useless. At last, a favourable
moment all iced, and all was got safely on hoard, and escaped
the prying vied:ince of Ilse Custom !anise officers; and we
arrived here after a pleasant passage of 29 days. I immedi-
ately waited on our mutual friend, Morrison, and found that,
by his exertions, the extensive pi entices we were to occupy,
were in a considerable state of forwardness, so that by Christ-
mas at farthest we expect to begin tear operatians. In the
interim, nay time will be fully occupied in smserintending the
construction of the machinery, from the modals I ',might
with inn. I find the mechanics here far behind those in Etig•
land ; and, were it not for the three I brought with me, I
should quite despair of ever completing the al (41011. task in
which we have engaged. I can say little of this country at
present, not having been. a mile beyond the limits of the city
since I arrived. I have, however, met with many whom I
knew in England. There are, indeed, many hundreds here
who have recently emigrated from the llaited Kingdom; and
not a vessel strives that does not bring ael accession to their
wunthars ; among them are many who are ektrentely dissatis.
Bed, and ate resolved on returning again to England. This
is not to be wondered at, when we consider the many thou-
sands that are continually emigrating here without stay pre.
concerted plan, or the least knowledge of the country. Miley
of these, if they do not meet with situations in the place where
they first land, immediately feel disgusted with every thing
around them ; and, instead of penetrating to the ititerior towns
of the Union, where there is, 1 am well informed, room for
countless myriads in all the useful and handicraft professions,
they fall into a state of letliAtaic stupor. and sigh for their
native cowry. I advise no man to emigrate who feels dime
self comfortable at home ; and above all, I would have non-
come here who imagine they can procure a comfortable live-
lihood with less exertion than is required in their natise coun-
try. There are too man, idlers here :already dissatisfied and
disgnsted with their change. The Consul's office is daily
beset by these, who having remained until they have expend-
ed all their money, arc craving to be sent hack as dim ressed
British subjects; and many are sent at the expense of the En-
glish Government to Canada. In short, I would have every
man who wishes to emigrate, to well weigh every cif emnstatiee
before he makes im his mind on so serious a measure —indas.
try, prudence, anti economy, are quite as requisite here. to
enable persons to make their way through life, as they are in
England, or any other part of the globe; and withoutthese
essential iequisites, a man, be his profession what it may, only
exchanges for the worst. What surprises° me is, the cheap.
mess of all articles of English manufacture. Manches-
ter goods can be purchasedj here, and, I am informed, in all
the sea ports of the Union, for 'ecty little more than what
they can be procured for on the spot. flat this lam cletlibly
d will not long he the ease ; for as the infant Want'.
factures increase, a higher ditty will be laid on importatiou."
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. —About fume o'clock on Welltiesday
morning an alarming the broke out iu the am kshop of Messis.
cabinet-makets. situate at the hack of several
beeltsesl,sittiuy New tut, between Utibin and Brook-
streets, anti the wotks.eop, with the whole of its contents,
soon became a prey to the devouring element. The back
Bart of Mr. l'eiry's, glasicanatinfectivrer, those of Mr. Davies,
East India shawl a arelimise, and Mr. Calloway, upholsterer,
were observed burning with tee inmost Wry before an engine
cold(' sloe its devastation. The extensive unction r of
Mr. Pliblips is totally destroyed, with many valuable articles
contained therein. Several other Insures are also greatly duds
ntaged. By the arrival of a !mintier of etigins s, and by the
prompt ram lions of the firemen, its dreadful ravages were
prevented extending to the flout of these Weddings. We
miderstand the has of property is very considerable.—The
same meimitig, between t and 2 o'clock, a fire broke out in
'fooley..street, Berteigh. Sit rapid was the progress of the
devouring elentimt, that before the engines could arrive, three
Louses, consisting of a pork-shop, corn chandler's, amid a
grocer's, were ettlittly destroyed, with the whole of their
contents. We ate sorry to state that two persons base fallen
victims to the flames.
A letter front buffalo, dated Sept. t, says--" Lord Selkirk arrived
in this village on Sunday la t, and will lease here in due steam-boat for
Sandsvidt to take his trial."