The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-20 00:00:00

WALES.

CAUSES OF THE RIOTS IN

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—ln alt probability there is no portion of the
i 'people of Britain so little known as the inhabitants of
.• Wales, though there is one feature in the Welsh
character, and that a most prominent one, which has
been made known to the public—the fervid nature of
the religion of the Welsh. With the exception of this,
the rest community are almost entirely unacquainted with
the condition of the inhabitants of a tract of country
which could occupy but a small extent of the distance
between London and Edinburgh. An evidence of this
occurred a few years since in an account of some travels
lin Ethiopia, by a Mr. Hoskins, who having found a
people in that country ignorant of money and its use,
took occasion to speak of it as an original and singular
discovery. Now, there was not much of originality or
singularity in this event, for this traveller might, with-
out the danger of his Ethiopian journey, at the minor
expense of a two days' excursion into Wales, have met
with members of the British nation, so far unsophiti-
cated as to be on a par with the people of the interior of
Africa, in having no other mode of buying and selling
than by barter. This fact will say a great deal on
the social state of part of the population of Wales.
Among the characteristics of this people less known is
their patriotism, a characteristic that has been indeli-
bly stamped on the national temperament by their an-
cient institutions. The Triads say, "there are three
things which a Cymro (Welshman) should love before
all others—the nation of the Cymry ; the manners and
customs of the Cymry ; and the language of the
Cymry." It need scarcely be observed that the
spirit of this Triad exists, at the present day, in undi-
minished force. The treatment the Welsh had to
endure from their rulers, during the domination of the
Marchers' Courts, has given birth to a proverbial ex-
pression, on the hearing of any case of legal or magiste-
rial oppression—" 0 I dyna gy fraith Lwdlo."—(" Oh !
that is Ludlow law."*) This system of Government
added intensity to the previous hatred of oppression,
and sympathy for the oppressed, which existed in the
Welsh character, and had been cherished by the ancient
precept—" Undeb a brawdgarwch."—(" Union and
brother-love.")

/ It may appear strange that a people leading the re-
I tired and so strongly-marked religious lives of the
Welsh, should be found mixing in political affairs ; but
sueh is the case, and it is readily accounted for by the
two following causes :—First. This cause is a decidedly
religious one, though perhaps not readily supposed.
It may ever be expected, when religion has taken the
enthusiastic turn that it has among the Welsh, whether
Governments are pleased with it or not, that the con-
duct of the powers that be will be tested by the prin-
ciples of religion, and when found opposed to them
they will certainly be resisted. This cause has been
fully brought into operation by the new Poor-law and
Church oppression. Second. Bearing in mind the
already inflammable materials of the Welsh cha-
racter, the course of government and legislation has
forced politics on the 'Welsh mind. The pre-
sent cause has been in operation, in a more or
less degree, in the whole period that has elapsed
since the extinction of Welsh independence. For in-
stance, how common are acts of magisterial oppression,
even in situations where they are brought under our
notice ; then how much more common may they be at
times and places when and where they were entirely
unchecked? In this case supposition cannot exceed the
reality. Again, there is the tax on candles, which may
be singled from the other taxes for illustration, which
has fully proved to the Welsh, that the fabric of Go-
vernment is mainly supported by the wants of the people ;
and this tax, indeed others also, they, as far as they can,
are constantly evading. Now, when a people have to
evade a law, the existence of the law proves that the
law-makers and the people have no reciprocity of feel-
ing ; and, it is a necessary conclusion, that the people
can have no respect for the makers of laws, that are
direct instruments of oppression. There is another
case, coming home as it does to the firesides of
the poor, by which the people are made to
feel that the Government is no protection to
them. The rise and increase of the Welsh iron trade
and collieries has made the localities in which they are
placed the resorts of men in search of employment from all
parts of Wales. For years past there have been con-
stantly recurring disputes between the masters and
workmen is Wales, as well as in the other parts of
the island, on the subject of wages—the masters en-
deavouring to reduce, and the men endeavouring to
maintain the price of labour. These contests have
sometimes been of the most serious nature ; indeed, one
which took place at Merthyr, about eight years since,
nearly equalled in importance the late events at New-
port ; and in all those cases, whether of major or minor
import, the workmen invariably found the authorities
aiding the masters ; and further, whenever any public
demonstrations were made by the men, the military
were ever at hand to disperse them, and, if possible,
crush their resistance. Now the Welsh are a thinking
people ; no matter whether their thoughts take a right
or wronc, direction, they do think ; they also inherit
from their ancestors the most retentive memories, and
these qualities could not fail to produce the most frequent
and serious reflections on the antagonist positions they
were so often placed in, in relation to their masters and
the government. The results of these reflections, by
the return of workmen to their homes, were soon ex-
tended through the Principality. There is no people,
whose government is Monarchical, having a more lively
sense of individual worth ; this, with the value-of-labour
contests, made the Welsh people acquainted with the
fundamental principles of Chartism, years before the
Charter was thought of. The Charter, therefore, found
them its ready recipients, and enthusiastic supporters.
Among them the Charter agitation has no direct con-
nection with distress ; it is really a religio-political
principle, which nothing but an acknowledgment of its
justice will have any effect upon. On religious excite-
ments—we are told that the late movement was con-
nected with the chapels, and we may in some measure
believe it—the making of victims, we are reminded by
experience, only increases the strength of their cause.
Mildness and concession may work wonders on the
Welsh character. The opposite course will assuredly
change the mountaineers from Dissenters into Puritans.
AB GONER.

London, Nov. 18, 1839.
* Ludlow Castle was a Marchers' Court.

SINGULAR DETECTION OF A THIEF.—The
other day a rather laughable detection of a thief oc-
curred at Veryan. A man had stolen a garden door,
an,i was making away with it across the church-yard,
when he stumbled and fell into a large thicket of bram-
bles. The fellow was so alarmed that he shouted
murder most lustily, and brought to his assistance many
of the villagers, who found him entangled in the
brambles with the door by his side. Of course the
marauder will be punished for the theft.—West Briton.
FRENCH HOSPITALS—EXTRAORDINARY I
The Council of Physicians at. Paris have been trying
experiments in their hospitals with " Holloway'6 Oint-
ment," and his " External Disease Pill," in very severe
cases of Gout and Chronic Rheumatism. Out of twenty
cases selected, many of which were considered incurable,
nineteen of them were effectually cured by the use of
these wonderful rcraedies. His Majesty Louis Philippe
has in consequence issued an order that the surgeons in
he army and navy may in future be supplied with them.
ne immense number of ewes that are effected every
day by their means almost staggers belief. It should be
observed that in most cases the Ointtnent and Pill
should be used conjointly. They may be obtained at
all the respectable Chemists throughout the kingdom.
and also at the Proprietor's Establishment, 13, Broad-
street-buildings, City.
DREADFUL MORTALITY ON BOARD SHIP.
—On Sunday afternoon a large East Indiaman, called
the William Nicol. was towed into the St. Katharines
Docks, shortly after which four of the crew, apparently
in a dying state, were placed in a hackney-coach and
conveyed to the house of a Mrs. kteay, in Queen's
Head-alley, Wapping, where they were put to bed.
About an hour afterwards one of the men, named John
Musgrave, a sail-maker, sixty-one years of age, breathed
his last. In the course of the next half-hour another
of the men, named Frederick West, the boatswain of
the William Nicol, aged forty-two, expired. Mr.
Betshn, a surgeon, was promptly sent for, and ad-
ministered some medicine to the other two men, who are
now considered out of danger. There are, at the pre-
sent time, two men on board the ship in too dangerous a
condition to be removed, their death being hourly expect-
ed. Another of the seamen who was removed from the
' ship expired at a house in East Smithfield on Monday
morning. The William Nicol is a large ship of above five
hundred tons burden. She sailed from Calcutta about
five months ago, having. sixteen hands on board, but
such was the mortality du ring the voyage, that, when
the ship touched at Deal,
: therewere only three persons
on board capable of
working, all the
rest being either
dead or disabled through i Accordingly fresh
bands were obliged to be shipped at
was said the Dealme n tod ebdr i
on
fg thhoe
yes 1 into the river. It
lera, but the real cause of. death is stated to be scury
which
the survivors attribute to the extreme saltneyss,
lee raet e fed
a great sense-
during the
of the provisions on which they w
homeward voyage. The affair has- c
tion at the east end of the metropolis. The St. Katha-
rine Docks authorities have been greatly censured
for
allowing the William Nicol to enter the dock, as it was
generally supposed she was infected with the cholera,
as it was known that that dreadful scourge was raging
in the East Indies when the vessel left Calcutta. It
is expected that Coroner's Inquests will be held on the
bodies of the deceased.
FALLING OF A CHAPEL.--For some time past
a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, situated in King-street,
Commereliablead, has been undergoing repair,
whichhour
after completed on Saturday night last. About an
after the workmen had left the building the whole of
that side upon which the workmen had been last engaged
fell in. Had the accident occurred on the following day
the sacrifice of life would in all probability have been
awful. It appears that the walls were not sufficiently
strong to sustain the weight of the roof.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of November, 1 39,
RESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Hug Lord
For escue (commonly called Viscount Ebrington) to t Lord
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of De , n, his
Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be take there-
upon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham.
B. E. A. Cochrane, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 20.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Royal South Lincoln Grantham, Esq., to be
Captain, Nov. 5.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
Berks Yeomanry Cavalry.—HungerfordTroop.—W. Honey-
wood, Esq., to be Captain Commandant, vice Dundas, resigned,
Oct. 31.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts.
Royal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry—J. Johnson, Gent. to be
Adjutant, with the rank of Captain, Sept. 30.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

ALEXANDER GALLAWAY, chemist, Holloway, Mid•
dlesex.
WILLIAM LUXFORD, butcher, Trosley, Kent.
JOHN RAM, upholsterer, Queen's-buildings, Brompton.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOSEPH RHODES, merchant, Denton, Lancashire.
BANKRUPTS.

EDWARD COOPER HOOPER, commission-agent,
Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, M;ddlesex, to surrender
Nov. 25, and Dec. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee ; Clarke and Lowe, Staple-inn.
WILLIAM CO WDEROY, horse .dealer, Bell-street, Edge-
ware-road, Middlesex, Nov. 22, and Dec. 31, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street-
buildings, official assignee ; Carlon, Chancery-lane.
CHARLES JAMES, sen., and HERBERT GEORGE
JAMES, porter merchants, Mincing-lane, London, Nov. 27,
at two, and Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lackington, official-assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Cook
and Co., New-inn.

HENRY HALL, ironmonger, Lamb's Conduit-street, Mid-
dlesex, Nov. 27, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at the C urt of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cowes
and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
JOHN TOZER, carver and gilder, Duke-street, Grosvenor-
square, Nov. 26, at half-past one, and Dec. 31, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Butler, Young-street, Kensington.
WILLIAM KII,LICK, jun., hosier, Great Russell-street,
Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Dec. 3, and 31, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederic-place,
Old Jewry ; Matt, Birchin-lane, Cornhill.
JAMES MAN, wholesale ironmonger, Brickhill-lane,
Upper Thames-street, London, Nov. 26, at one, and Dec. 31,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as-
signee, Finsbury-square ; Desborough and Young, Sise-lane,
Bucklersbury.
CHARLES PROCK TER, hotel-keeper, Bridge-road,
Lambeth, Nov. 26, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at the Court of
Rankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Murray, London-
street, Fenchurch-street.

JEREMIAH NA YLOR, blanket manufacturer, Heck-
mondwicke, Yorkshire, Nov. 26, and Dec. 31, at one, at the
Court-house, Leeds. Sadgrove, Mark-lane, London ; Harrop,
Leeds.

WILLIAM WADDELL, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 4, and
31, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Holme, Lof-
tus, and Young, New-inn, London ; Bradshaw and Yates,
Liverpool.
JOHN MOORE, lodging-house-keeper, Lincoln's-inn New-
square, Middlesex, Nov. 25, and Dec. 31, at two, at the Town-
hall, Brighton. Faithfull, King's-road, Bedford-row, London.
DAVID KE I GHLEY, cloth-manufacturer, Rawdon, Guise-
ley, Yorkshire, Nov. 23, and Dec. 31, at two, at the Court-
house, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-
square, London ; Paine, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
JOHN POTTS, engraver to calico-printers, New Mills,
Derbyshire, Nov. 29, and Dec. 31, at ten, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-
court, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saun-
ders, Manchester.

JOHN MOORE, snealman, Bath, Somersetshire, Dec. 5,
and 31, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bath. Pinnegar
and Westmacott, Gray's-inn-square, Gray's-inn, London ;
Dore, Bath.

WILLIAM HAYWARD, tailor, Winchester, Hampshire,
Nov. 29, and Dec. 31, at eleven, at the George Inn, Winches-
ter. Warne, Leadenhall-street, London ; Bridger and Barnes,
Winchester.

JOHN STEVENS, carpenter, Brighton, Nov. 25, and
Dec. 31, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Faithfull,
Brighton ; Faithfull, King's-road, Bedford-row, London.
ROBERT MARSH, jun., chemist, St. Helen's, Lanca-
shire, Dec. 4, and 31, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver-
pool. Barnes' St. Helen's ; Chester, Staple-inn, London.
THOMAS TAYLOR, builder, Bolton-le-Moors, Lanca-
shire, Dec. 13, and 31, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Bolton-
le-moors. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London;
Taylor, Bolton-le-Moors.
NATHANIEL BATHO, tool-maker, Salford, Lancashire,
Nov. 30, and Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester. Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London ; Bar-
rett, jun., Manchester.
JAMES VAUGHAN STOREY, woollen draper, New-
castlo-upon- Tyne, Dec. 11, at eleven, and Dec. 31, at one, at
duo Bankrupt Commission-rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bax-
ter, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Sale and Worthington,
Manchester; Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
_ _

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. Hollingdale. grocer, Stroud, Kent, Dec. 10, at half-past
twelve—H. Bates, miller, East Peckham, Kent, Dec. 10, at
half-past eleven—J. H. Trye and S. Lightfoot, merchants,
Great St. Helen's, London, Dec. 11, at eleven—G East and
H. Bulgin, booksellers, Regent-street, Middlesex, Dec. 11, at
one—G. F. Hodgkinson, merchant, Fenchurch-street, London,
Dec. 11, attwelve—J. Bull, sen., and J. Bull, jun., merchants,
Reel Lion-court, Watling-street, London, Dec. 12, at twelve—
S. and M. Almosnino, merchants, Bevis Marks, London, Dec.
12, at half-past twelve—R. S. Firmin and W. King, button-
manufacturers, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Middlesex, Dec.
12, at eleven—J. Christie, coal-merchant, South Sea Cham-
bers, Threadneedle-street, Dec. 12, at one—J. Clark, dentist,
Keppel-street, St. George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Dec. 12,
at half-past eleven—S. Simpson, cheese-monger, Oxford-street,
Dec. 10, at one.

In the Country.
W. Crane, shoe-maker, Wisbeach St. Peter, Cambridge-
shire, Dec. 3, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, King's Lynn, Nor-
folk—J. D. Williams, ironmonger, Carmarthen, Dec. 11, at
one, at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen—T. Hastings, inn-
keeper, Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court-
house, Bradford—R. Rose, grocer, Sutton Valence, Kent,
Dec. 27, at one, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—W. C. Stafford
printer, Doncaster, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Don-
caster—G. Sutton, draper, Hartington, Derbyshire, Dec. 13,
at one, at the Rutland Arms Inn, Bakewell, Derbyshire—M.
and J. Barton, cotton-spinners, Stockport, Cheshire, Dec. 11,
at eleven, at the Commissioners'-moms, Manchester—J. Jack-
son, drover, Westbury-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, Jan. 13,
at twelve, at the Bear Inn, Newnham, Gloucestershire—C.
Brown, corn-merchant, Norwich, Dec. 11, at eleven, at the
Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich—M. Kew, victualler, Torris-
holme, Lancashire, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Royal Oak Inn,
Lancaster—L. Slater, cotton-spinner, Manchester, Dec. 30, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—R. Martin,
currier, Newbury, Berkshire, Dec: 20, at half-past one, at the
Crown and Thistle Inn, Abingdon, Berkshire—J. Warburton,
linen-draper, Liverpool, Dec 17, at one, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Manchester—A. Atkinson, farmer, Barnard Castle,
Durham, Dec. 12, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Barnard
Castle—M. Davies and M. Jones, grocers, Taunton, Somerset-
shire, Dec. 13, at two, at the George Inn, Taunton—A. Reed,
brewer, Bishop Middleham, Durham, Dec. 13, at eleven, at
the City Tavern, Durham—J. Smith, boiler-maker, Liverpool,
Dcc. 11, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—G. Chap-
man, chinaman, Bath, Dec. 11, at one, at the Commercial-
rooms, Bath—J. Newell, worsted-manufacturer, Halifax,York-
shire, Dec. 11, at ten, at the Magistrates'-office, Halifax—T.
Daniell, copper-smelter, Michael Church.coui t, Herefordshire,
Dec. 20, at twelve, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro, Cornwall—G.
Taylor, currier, Bury, Lancashire, Dec. 20, at eleven, at the
Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.
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CERTIFICATES.—DEc. 10.

G. D. Watts, grocer, Great Massingham, Norfolk—B.
Breedon, tailor, Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire—R.
Hartland, mealrnan, Staunton, Worcestershire—G. W. D'Al-
maine, licensed ♦ictualler, Abchurch-lane, Cannon.street,
London—W. Croft, plumber, Preston, Lancashire—J. Baker
and G. Wallis, farriers, Edward-street, City-road, Middlesex—
J. Wilson and E. C. Wilson, printers, Skinner-street, London:
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

H. J. and C. Ebsworth, wool-brokers, Coleman-street
London —T. Lunn and J. Brigden, grocers, Westmere, Hamp-
shire—NV. Brook and S. Swift, woollen-manufacturers, Hud-
dersfield, Yorkshire--J. Delf and J. Price, linen-drapers,
Dawley Green, Dawley, Shropshire—M. Gibson and C. Arm-
strong, cotton-merchants, Liverpool—J. Livingston and W.
Woollam, plumbers, Salford, Lancashire—E. and G. Gilbert,
grocers, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire—J., L. G.,
L. J., and L. H. Hansard, printers, Great Turnstile, near
Lincoln's-inn-fields (as far as regards L. H. Hansard)—J. S.
S. Hopwood and W. Foster, attorneys, Chancery-lane, London
--S., 11. H., and R. C. Soutter, sail-makers, Lower Shad-
well, Middlesex (as far as regards S. Soutter)—C. and A.
Gowland, watch-makers, Sunderland. Durham—C. Worrall
and W. Gibson, Manchester—A. Pickford aud E. A. Cool-
string, milliners, Bristol—E. Russell, G. Corbet, aud
C. Corker, timber-merchants, Stourport, Worcestershire
—J., E. J., and C. Gore—J. Howse and J. Tanner, pastry-
cooksand confectioners, Hampstead, Middlesex—H. Portington
and J. Saxton, drapers, Paddington-street, Middlesex—L.
Levason arid G. F. Baker, Llanassa, Flintshire—J. Bune and
F. A. Edwards, paper-manufacturers, Upper Clatford, Hamp-
shire—S. De Joncourt, L. Crawley, and W. Thompson, fac-
tors, Birmingham—J. Lowry, J. Donaldson, jun., and D.
M'Kenzie, merchants, Glasgow.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
PETER KIRKPATRICK, merchant, Dundee, Nov. 25,
and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
ARCHII3ALD M'KILLOP, glass-merchant, Greenock,
Nov. 25, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Sheriff-Clerk's-office,
Greenock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

1 Mr. ALEXANDER, contra, contended, that upon look-
ing at the Act of Parliament, on looking at and read-
ing the 156th section of that Act, could any one for a
moment. doubt but the Legislature intended that all
transfers of shares must be made by deed. It was so
clear, that he would not take up the time of the Court by
attempting to answer that for which there was no founda
tint]. He would merely call the attention of their Lordships
to the fact that, in all cases of filling up blanks in
deeds or bills of exchange, cited by his Learned Friend,
they were under peculiar circumstances—either the
filling-up took place in the presence of parties, or
something was knowingly left to be done ; in the case
before the Court the transaction between the parties
was complete, there was nothing more to be done.
Pritchard parted with his shares ; he could only do so
according to the provisions of the Act, which formed the
mpany, and regulated its proceedings by
a deed ; he did so by a deed, but it was dooe in
blank, and therefore was invalid. Such being
the state of facts, it was clear the plaintiff
had not made a legal tender of the shares, and therefore
the rule ought to be made absolute.
Mr. TomuNs?N followed shortly on the same sidle.
The COURT said the whole case was a very important
one, and they would take time to consider it.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 19.
WARD V. PAINTER.
This case came before the Court upon an appeal from
the decision of the present Master of the Rolls, over-
ruling a demurrer put in by the defendant to the plain-
tiff's bill. The question in the case was one of import-
ance to the creditors of persons who are discharged
under the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The short facts of
the case are as follows :—The defendant is the widow of
a person named Painter, who upwards of 20 years ago
took the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. The
plaintiff was one of his creditors at that period for a sum
of about 261. Painter subsequently became possessed
of property, and his widow at his death, a short time
since, took out administration to his effects to the ex-
tent of upwards of 4,0001. Upon the plaintiff discover-
ing
this he filed his bill on behalf of himself and the
other creditors of the insolvent, for the purpose of having
his property administered by the Court for their benefits.
To this bill the defendant put in a demurrer, on the
ground that what bad taken plane, and the lapse of
time, had barred the plaintiff's claim. Upon the case
coming on before the Master of the Rolls his Lordship,
acting upon the dictum of Sir John Leach, in two cases
of a similar description, ordered the demurrer to be over-
ruled, and from that judgment the present appeal was
brought.
Mr. TINNEY appeared on behalf of the appellant, and
Mr. WIGRAM and Mr. RICHARDS for the plaintiff.
The LORD CHANCELLOR could not see on the face
of the bill anything that prevented the Statute of Limi-
tations from applying to the claim of the plaintiff ; but
as by altering the judgment of the Master of the Rolls
he should be overruling two decisions, he would not ven-
ture to do so without first endeavouring to find out some
ground on which those judgments had been pronounced.
He must, however, confess that his present impression
was, that the course pursued by the Master of the Rolls
was erroneous.—Judgment deferred.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.
IN RE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY COMPANY
PETITION OF WHEELWRIGHT AND OTHERS.

•
Mr. WILBRAHAM said the petitioners in this case
were the trustees of a charity, and they prayed that the
sum of 951 agreed on for a portion of land taken by
the Company, and 351. as compensation for damage,
might be invested in the Accountant-general, and the
interest thereof paid to the trustees of the charity from
time to time.

Lord ABINGER—They are not trustees ex•officio,
but personal ?
Mr. WILBRAHAM—OnIy personal.
Lord ABINGER—Then I can only order it to be paid
to them, and not to any future trustees.
Mr. BACON, who appeared for the Company, did not
object, provided the order was made without prejudice
to their right to call for a conveyance if they should be
advised to do so.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 19.
'Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice ERSKINE and
a Common Jury.)
GRIMARD V. BROWN.

This was an action, on assumpsit, for a breach of
agreement, entered into between a French dyer, and a
young woman from Paris, as a workwoman in his esta-
blishment.

The order was granted for payment to the present
petitioners only.

IN RE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.—PE-
TITION OF THE LORD MAYOR, ETC., OF LONDON.
This was a petition from the Corporation of London,
praying that the sum of SOW., paid by the Eastern
Counties Railway Company, for certain land taken by
them for the purposes of the Railway might be invested
in the purchase of Three per Cent. Consolidated An-
nuities, and that the dividend might be paid to the
petitioners.
His LORDSHIP granted the application.

Mr. Sergeant STOKES, with whom was Mr. C.
JONES, appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case
i❑ a very forcible manner. The contract was generally
to lodge and board the plaintiff, and pay her 600 francs
for a twelvemonth, defendant to pay her passage to
France at her departure, unless for her fault. De-
fendant had dismissed her, after nine months' service, as
the plaintiff alleged, without any proper cause, but the de-
fendant alleged misconduct on her part. The Learned
Sergeant said he should be able clearly to prove the
contract and the breach of it ; and he begged the Jury
to watch carefully any attempts which might be
made on the part of defendant to asperse and
stigmatize the character of plaintiff ; and if such
attempt was, as he believed it would be found,
unjustifiable and malicious, he trusted they would
visit it with severe justice. The principal witness
for the plaintiff was a Miss Neveu, a very pretty and
interesting young French woman, who had been with
the defendant, but was now in business on her own ac-
count. She stated that the work was severe and labo-
rious ; that Mrs. Brown often treated plaintiff with
great harshness, and sometimes abusive language ; that
on one occasion Mr. Brown told his wife not to mind—
" je lui ferai une charge et je l'enverrai en France"—and
that on the following day he sent for a policeman, and
in his presence accused her of various offences, threaten-
ing to discharge her ; that she denied the charges, and,
in the witness's belief, they were false ; but that on re-
turning home, after a short absence, she was told that
she would have no more work, and that night she was
shut out of the house.

SHERIFFS COURT, Nov. 19.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURGH LL.)
CORONATION ILLUMINATION—DUFFIELD V. PLUMMER.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a
lamp-manufacturer in the Strand, to recover the sum of
51. from the defendant, who keeps the sign of the Rose
and Crown in Hatton-wall, for illuminating his house
on the night of the Coronation, 28th June, 1838.
Benjamin Wise, a commission agent, proved the
agreement between the parties for illuminating the house ;
on his cross-examination he admitted that the defendant
had said he should like to have the lamps lighted before
9 o'clock, in order to attract the attention of persons
going westward. and that the plaintiff agreed they should
be lit by that hour.

It appeared, however, from evidence produced by the
plaintiff, that the lamplighters did not come till ten mi-
nutes before 12, that the people in the streets made
fun of him for not having his house lighted up, and that
he objected to the men going to work at that hour.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the de-
fendant.

Other witnesses for the plaintiff stated ber conduct
to have been very praiseworthy.
Mr. HILL was for the defendant, and called witnesses,
who endeavoured to affix to the plaintiff certain vague
stigmas, but could not negative either the contract or
the breach.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. C. JONES made a clever reply, in which he
severely reprobated the attempt to cast discredit on the
plaintiff's character.

The LEARNED JUDGE also, in his charge, expressed
his opinion that there was no foundation for these
charges, and left the case for the Jury.
The Jury, after some deliberation, found for the
plaintiff, damages 121.

BAIL COURT, Nov. 19.
THE QUEEN V. THE LEICESTER AND NORTHAMPTON

CANAL COMPANY.

Mr. HILL, on Saturday last, applied for a rule calling
upon the Leicester and Northampton Canal Company
to show cause why they should not equalise the duties
on coals carried on the canal.

His Loansutr this morning granted the rule.
THE QUEEN V. HAYWARD.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, moved for a rule to show
cause why a gentleman named Hayward should not pay
the costs of a mandamus and of the present application,
under the following circumstances. According to the
Act for regulating the affairs of the parish of St. James,
Clerkenwell, the parishioners are required to assemble
every Easter Tuesday, or within ten days after, and
make out a list of fit and proper persons for the office
of Overseers, which list shall be returned to the Jus-
tices, who are to select four. In April, 1838,, a meeting
took place, at which Mr. Hayward presided, and he de-
clared the majority to be in favour of a list of eight per-
sons whom he favoured. He refused to grant a poll
or division, and, therefore, the proceedings were entirely
void, and there was no list according to the requirement
of the Act. A mandamus was moved for, and the
Court granted a rule to show cause. The case having
got into the peremptory paper was not argued
for a considerable time. But the Court ultimately
decided that the proceedings were void, and, there-
fore, the mandamus issued directing a fresh election.
The mandamus was returnable on the 2d instant, and
the return stated that on the 27th March last the in-
habitants assembled and selected eight persons, four of
whom had been appointed by the Magistrates, and sworn
in for the current year ending March, 1840, in conse-
quence of which he (Mr. Hayward) was unable to do
as commanded. Supposing this to be a valid answer,
the question was,ought not the parties who had applied
for the mandamus to be reimbursed for the expenses
to which they had been put in consequence of the de-
fault of Mr. Hayward in April, 1838.
His LORDSHIP granted a rule nisi.
THE QUEEN V. MORRIS, MYERS, AND OTHERS.
Mr. BODKIN applied for a certiorari to remove an
indictment from the Central Criminal Court into this
Court. The indictment was found against the defen-
dants at the last Sessions for a conspiracy. The affi-
davit stated that the indictment arose out of a claim to
goods to the amount of about 2,0001., for which an
action was about to be brought by the defendant against
the assignees of a bankrupt named Edwards, and that
the indictment was of a special character, and the in-
quiry was of great importance to the defendant, who
was anxious to obtain the assistance of a Special Jury,
and the assistance of Counsel who were not in the habit
of attending the Central Criminal Court, especially as he
had been in the habit of contracting with the Boards of
Government, and an inquiry in the Central Criminal Court
might be very prejudicial to him. The defendant was
ready to enter into recognizances to any amount to try
the question at the first sittings after Term, and de-
posed that his object was not delay.
His LORDSHIP granted the application, directing the
defendant to enter into recognizances himself in 100/.,
and two sureties in 501. each.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday William Fredericic Box, who stands
charged with uttering a forged cheque for 851., well
knowing it to have been forged, was brought up for
final examination. The particulars of the case were
fully detailed at the last examination, and after the evi-
dence was completed the prisoner was fully committed
to Newgate for trial.

Jemin;a Dorset, Celia Lewis, and William Lewis, were
brought up in the custody of Collier of the E division,
and Sergeant Pocock F, charged with robbery. The
prisoners had been already in custody on suspicion of
robbing the Pier Hotel, Gravesend, of a quantity of
plate, but upon their being examined there by the Ma-
gistrates, the evidence not being strong enough to war-
rant their detention, they were discharged.
The charge was then heard at some length, and the
prisoners were remanded.

- Mr. HALL ordered the witnesses to be bound over,
and the other witnesses to be in attendance on Monday
next.

Mr. Rhodes, proprietor of the Cider Cellars. in Mai-
den-lane, appeared upon a summons to answer the com-
plaint of the Inspector of the F division, for having, on
Sunday week last, kept open his house for the sale of
spirituous liquors, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Inspector Medlicott stated that about twenty minutes
before two o'clock on the morning of the day in guys-
don he knocked at the door of the defendant, and on
baing admitted he found three persons round a table
smoking and drinking.
The defendant said it was his custom, since the pass-
ing of the late Act, to request the company in his house
to disperse before twelve o'clock ; and the gentlemen
that were seen by the Inspector were old friends of his,
who remained to partake ot a glass of grog with him in
his private room.

Constable Bagnal corroborated the testimony of the
complainant.

Mr. Wild, a performer at the Adelphi Theatre, proved
that he and the other persons who happened to be in the
room, were invited as guests by the defendant. The
house was cleared of about 100 gentlemen at twelve
o'clock, but he with the others remained with the de-
fendant, as he had been for many years an intimate of
his, and he did not pay for what he had partaken of.
Mr. Parsons was also invited as a guest to the de-
fendant's private table, and he did not pay for anything
that he was asked to partake of, nor was there singing
among the persons who remained.
Mr. JARDINE said that under such circumstances he
could not consider the case had come within the meaning
of the Act, and therefore the complaint should be dis-
missed.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday morning, soon after Mr. BURRELL had
taken his seat, a gentleman, who did not give his name,
but was said to be a nobleman, came into the office, and
addressing the Magistrate, said that having seen a re-
port in the morning papers of a man of the name of
Jeonery having been fined 101., and being unable to
pay. committed to prison, for exposing for sale, in
Chelsea, a box of his own work nanship, he was anxious
to ascertain where the man's family lived, that he might
relieve them, and also use his interest to get the punish-
ment mitigated.

Mr. BURRELL said that he should be most happy to
;Ilford the required information, and directed Mr. Ed-
wards, the Chiet Clerk, to furnish the gentleman with
the address and what other information he might want.
LOITERING OP OMNIBUSES —William Fisher, the
driver of the Paddington omnibus No. 45, was fined
10s. and costs, under the 34th clause of the New Pollee
Act, for unlawfully standing at Charing-cross, on the
14th instant, " longer than was necessary to take up or
set (town passengers, load or unload luggage," &c.
The complaint was made and supported by Sir Fre-
derick Roe, Bart., who, it appeared, was a passenger
by the omnibus on the occasion alluded to.

SOUTH AMERICA.

I TREATY OF PEACE AND PERPETUAL.
1 FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE SOVEREIGN
STATES OF SALVADOR AND GUATE-
, MA L A.
The two respective Governments of Salvador
and Guatemala desiring to establish peace on the
most solid and permanent basis, and the good feel-
ing and intercourse which has happily existed be-
tween both; to guarantee their integrity. sov'
reignty, independence, and liberty, and to effica-
ciously promote the meeting of the Convention of
the States, by removing the obstacles that may
tend to prevent such important objects being car-
ried into effect, have commissioned on the part of
San Salvador, Licentiate Jose Miguel Montoya,
and on the part of Guatemala, Citizen Dr. Jose
Antonio Solis and Licentiate Manuel Barharena,
who having examined their powers respectively,
and finding them in sufficient and proper form,
handed them over to each other, entered into a con-
ference, and agreed on the treaty of the sth of last
June, approved by the Government of Salvador;
but some of the articles of said treaty having been
objected to by the Government of Guatemala, af-
terwards by that of Salvador, in the absence of
Licentiate Jose Miguel Montoya, the Fiscal Ma-
gistrate, Licentiate Jose Maria Silva, was named
and authorised in competent form, a previous exa-
mination and handing over of his power having
taken place, and being guided by the instructions
uiven him for the purpose, he conferred, and agreed
with the Commissioner, Licentiate Manuel Barba-
rena, without the concurrence of D:. Jose Antonio
Solis, he being absent on account of sickness, in
amending the said treaty in the terms which are
expressed in the following articles :
" Art. 1. The respective Governments of Salva-
dor and Guatemala shall maintain the peace and
friendship which actually exists between both
States, and the brotherly intercourse which they are
cultivating.
"2. The two contracting States guarantee to
each other the non-encroachment on their respective
territories, by either party, and the inviolability of
their independence, sovereignty, and liberty, and
they profess respectively the principle of non-inter-
ference with the internal affairs of either.
"3. They equally agree that neither shall declare
nor commit any act against the other ; no positive
act of hostility, under any motive or pretext what-
soever, or in fact to do nothing in violation of, in
whole or in part, of the present treaty, without first
making claims or demanding explanations proper
about any offence that may have been given, or any
grievance that may give rise to a complaint ; and in
the unexpected event of either of the States refusing
to give the proper explanations or giving satisfac-
tion to the offended State, they shall name by com-
mon accord another State as a mediator, and the
one which shall be decided to be in fault shall be
answerable to the other for all the expenses, losses,
and damages, that a war may occasion.
" 4. As it may happen, that one of the two con-
tracting States may enter into an offensive or de-
fensive war against one or more of the other States
of the Union, the other shall observe an absolute
neutrality, and in no case shall it attach itself, or
lend aid of any kind whatsoever to the enemy, State
or States (against Salvador or Guatemala respec-
tively), but on the other hand it shall be the strict
duty of either to mediate and endeavour to conci-
liate the belligerents, by a pacific and friendly inter-
ference in their differences. To carry into effect
this object, they bind themselves to become ac-
quainted reciprocally and without delay, with every
hostile movement, and all the motives which lead
thereto.
"5. They equally agree in making their forces
retire from the frontiers of either State, and in dis-
banding all that are not necessary for the preserva-
tion of internal order, which will be carried into
effect so soon as their respective Governments shall
approve of this agreement.
" 6. The two contracting Governments shall
not permit any armed force to pass through their
respective territories, nor the organization or rais-
ing of any troops who may have any hostile inten•
tions against either State, or to disturb its tran-
quillity.
" 7. Whereas, for the purpose of repressing the
attacks and excesses that may be committed in the
different small villages on the frontiers, it may be
necessary to maintain small armed forces, the two
I contracting Governments will place them where
they judge most necessary, and they shall recur to
hose points where the security of persons, and
property of the inhabitants on said frontiers, and
those trafficking therein, render it most requisite,
taking care that the said forces shall be commanded
by men of honour, and that deserve the confidence
of the respective Governments.
"8. The two contracting parties, faithful to their
principles, declare that they will respect and sup.
port the future Convention of the States ; and they,
moreover, acknowledge in it, the power of forming
the new pactum of union to mediate in any diffe-
rences that may arise between the States, and to
decide amicably any questions or affairs that the
States may voluntarily submit for their deliberation.
They, moreover, bind themselves to unite their
forces against whatsover State or faction that shall
attempt to oppose or place obstacles to the meet-
ing of said body.
"9. They also agree that the sail Convention
shall meet in the city of Santa Anna, between the
15th and 30th of August following, and that
they shall have a guard of honour composed of fifty
civilians, natives of said city.
" 10. It is also stipulated to cite the States of
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Los Altos, to meet
at the day and place appointed for the installation
of the Convention.
" 11. The two contracting Governments hind
themselves not to persecute the subjects of either of
the States who may have taken part in the first
disturbances, and give equal asylum and protection
to all who may have emigrated, informing them that
they may safely return to their homes.
" 12. As the n-iw.pactum (convention or agree-
ment) ought to provide for all the objects which
have been had in view in the present convention,
the latter shall be of no effect immediately as the
former shall be sanctioned and published through-
out the States.
" 13. The present convention shall be ratified so
soon as the Assembly of both States shall meet,
arm shall be carried into effect from the day that
the two respective Governments approve of it.
" Signed in the Government House of the city
of Sari Vicente, 4th July, 1939.
"JOSE MARIA.
"MANUEL BARBERENA."

GUATEMALA, JULY 25.—This day being the
anniversary on which the memorable decree of ge-
MEMOIRS OF ADMIRAL SIR SIDNEY SMITH. neral amnesty was passed, the Government Secre-
--h‘,e't:e
inareorrdeiqnuaerystetdo tohe
rstate a j thatesty , ANI re.
w
Bentley,
Burlington- Pub- tary gave a dinner in commemoration thereof: the
usher
Consul of France, the British Vice-Consul, and
street, has this day published the new work entitled,
emoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, K,C.B , many other public and private gentlemen were in-
" Memoirs"
&c., by the author of " Rattlin the Reefer," in'
2 vited. Although the party was private the most
vols. Bvo., embellished with two Portraits of Sir Sid-
public and philanthropic sentiments were displayed,
ney Smith ; the first engraved after Opie, and the
and a general desire animated all for the Frospe-
second (taken at a subsequent period) after Sir Robert rite of Central America. Many toasts arid senti-
Ker Porter. The work can now be obtained of all (Dents given as follows :
booksellers, and at the various libraries. .. The establishment of peace, and oblivion of
MR. BREMNER'S NEW WORK—The extensive the unhappy events that preceded our political
popularity, so justly accorded to Mr. Bremner's late ex-
infancy.
cetlent work on Russia, has, it appears, induced him to [4
The prosperity of all the States, and that Gua-
temala ' may cultivate with them the strictest prepare for the press the remainder of his highly inte-
Cl
monakveenutsiorne
respected
e isd
fions of frdship and fraternity.
rela-
resting travels in the north of Europe, and they are on
" The speedy meetingthoaft tshheal
the point of making their appearance uniform with that
work. These volumes will, as we understand, cotnprise
Excursions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ; with to fix the fate of the States, and give us by that
countries at the present moment, and many curious abroad.
observations on the social and political state of those means a political being,
The establishment of justice, that shall gua-
anecdotes of their respective Courts ;
rantee" to all Central Americans their rights, their
knowledge in the Welshtogether with the
dignity, and true independence.
details of a singularly interesting
lenders, &e. _
visit to the Lap-
" May the peace that is now established attract
WELSH CLERGYMEN.—The deficiency of
language
among our clergy, so
long and so justly complained of, is at last in a fair way to our soil industrious foreigners, and that our rela.
of being remedied in the Diocese of St David's, as will Icons with France and Great Britain be established
be seen from the following important communication from in a firm and stable manner.
the Bishop to the Rev. David T. Jones, Professor of " To the General who,having
Welsh at St. David's College :—" Aberwilly, Nov. 5, defend and support the rights of the people, has
1839. Rev Sir,--I hereby appoint you Commissioner shownhimself,after • •
to act with Dr. Lewellyn and the Rev. Joshua Davies,
of Clergymen has known how to respect the sanctuary of the laws,
in the examination, in the Welsh language,
presented to Welsh benefices within my diocese. And the Government, which is the depositary and exe-
I strictly enjoin you and your colleagues on no account tutor of them.
to grant a et, tacate to any person who is not able to " To Senor Rivera Paz, to whose efforts, mo-
speak and CONVERSE in the Welsh language with as deration, prudence, and energy, the peace that the
much fluency and facility as a native of the Princi- State now enjoys is duc • and the system of policy
pality, wno has been accustomed to speak it from his which the of • -
rest Central America have generally
infancy. I am, Reverend Sir, your faithful servant, may it adopted, a it restore to the peopletheir repose
y
J. B. ST. DAYlD'S."—Cambrian. well-being • may and , they not depart from the prin-
CHA TTERTON MONUMENT.—The foundation
stone of Chatterton's monument was laid on Wednes-
ciple respecting their customs, their religious senti-
)
aay morning, nearly
inents, and good faith ; may they obtain through
under the clock of Redcliffe Church,
that means stability and good order, which are the
in the angle formed by the tower and the muniment-
room. It will be completed about Christmas.—Bristol basis of the greatness of all nations of the world.
Journal. I The British Vice-Consul drank to the hospitality ,

oF the Guatemalians, and Mons. Mahelin, Consul- t Ettle, have recovered, and in most instances now rule above
General of France, gave the following :
1 those established at the monthly auctions.
To-da the operations in all common kinds of black as
also
were
1
" Gentlemen —The many demonstrations of : well as yreen Tea extensive, and prices are rather
kindness and attention that I have been receiving ! fiighe;:grii,re is more inclination manifested to buy
ever since my arrival in this country, imposes on me the better kinds of Congou, and several parcels have bee.t.
the duty of offering you my sincere thanks—for :paid for
sold at. full prices; Elysons of fine quality have been Id
i t:oma
mfaoirr, eq,,:‘ntnel andiittti,es are are
cscarce.ontn latest ratesi d
Tpwaai
this purpose, I joyfully avail myself of this so fa- g on 2s 01dnkaY
vourable an occasion, on which I see met, the most 1 2s 3id to 2s 4d, Hyson 2s 10d to 2s. 1 Id, 2sYoung Hyson
respectable persons of the State, I may say of the 3, fa, Fokien Bohea at 2s ld duty Is 10d, Company's
whole capital—for which purpose I shall give three congou 2s 21d cash, and 2s 3,1 d with a three months' prompt;
Fautr —The arrivals of any kind of Fruith
toasts, in which will be depleted my sentntnts—
" Ist. To the Guaternalians, may my wishes re-ed 355.
flo:owe nfil:s, rg c
asincelity . our
pltarsiti
a report.
Raisins
et
445
garding. them
.be fulfilled—Gentlemen, may you Currantst (I,!auve by en taken freely, Patras at 803, Zante and,
continue to witness peace and public tranquillity, C, plialonia at. 77, to 755. hlmonds at the quotations or
your commerce flourishing, and cheerfulness return tinrsrodadyauy'ec;kbere Fau,arsotnhnetr
skoinmdsucohf Fdreurnitapnrdicefosr arc
to your families.
2d. The amalgamation of the parties that have Raisins or Currants, but prices were firm.
pulled Figs sell freel‘', at 80s per cwt.
to
so unhappily divided the most enlightened Central TALL,,w.—P. Y. Candle on the spot, at 475 3cl
Americans—May God grant that these Central 47s 6d, for first, quality For delivery next month theresyt
are„selle.s at 4,7 s
.6d. . For spring months, 47sf 3 dthpe"b:
Americans speedily form but the same family, andor better
being strictly united, may they be able to set at de-
descriptions,s. CbanstsiaLi commonn
"k
at
kinds
vhpansceeidinrdantregs 0n e n 0
change
fiance the intrigues of the malevolent, who by their in value; iddling Manilla 64s to 655, good 67s to 68s,
Valencia
machinations under a mask of the most sacred pa- and fine thin
triotism, are seeking nothing but their own fortunes, 75, for home con umptica.i. Sumatra Popper ata
bright quill Singapore has fetched Turkey
etaoYt
although they may be established in the ruin of
. auction 155 hags dusty Penang fetched 3d to 34
In Malabar prices have not varied from those of last
their countrymen. day Pimento is held for previous rates. East India
Nutmegs
. " 3d. The speedy meeting of the great Conven- Ginger at 14, to 14s 6,1 for middling Bengal.
tion—May their labours have the end desired by 4s 2d to 5.a for home use, and superior kinds 5s 2d to 5s 3d
per lb.
all good men ; may the pact= be reformed, or a
new one adopted, that shall organize a government
which, by its morality and other virtues, may ob-
tain the respect of foreign powers ; a government,
labouring only for the public welfare, shall abjure
erroneous principles, and an egotism fatal to the
whole people, and that it may not fear to establish
an intercourse with other nations, with those above
all, whose sympathy and friendship are so well able
to supply Central America with the many necessa-
ries of which you stand in need, to establish the
prosperity of your beautiful country—a prosperity,
for my part, that is the utmost desire of my hear

DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC CHA

RACTER.

Died, at his residence, Charlton, on the sth instant,
Richard Andrews, aged 63, formerly a watchmaker
and jeweller at Dover. About 22 years since the de-
ceased, thinking he had seen enough of the pains and
pleasures of this vain world, endeavoured to rid himself
of it by cutting his throat, and which would no doubt
have proved effectual had not his servant ascertained
the circumstance, and called in a person named Smith,
by whose aid life was preserved. Smith afterwards re-
ceived a present of a new watch for his exertions on
that occasion. The deceased, after his retirement from
business, having amassed considerable %% ealth, always
went to bed about four o'clock in the afternoon, both in
winter and summer. He used generally to take his
meals at a cook-shop, except his tea, which he always
took at home, the water for which he used to get from
the pump, after belabouring at that engine for abont
an hour. The reason assigned for this extravagant
waste of labour and water was, that be wished to ob-
tain that which was in its real and pure state. He is
said to have died worth upwards of 14,0001. ; the
greater part of which he has lett to his execu-
tors—the remainder is left in legacies to various
wealthy individuals ; but his poor relations have been
cut off without a single shilling. His wife died about
fifteen years since ; but the deceased expressed a desire
just before his death not to be buried in the same vault
with her. This long-continued feeling of resentment
arose from his wife having left the greater part of her
own private property to her own relations. This so
offended the old gentleman at the time, that he with-
held the copper-plate which he previously had engraved
for the purpose of placing on her coffin ; neither would
he follow her to the grave, but held open the front gate
while the corpse passed through, and, after closing it,
went back into his house again. Ever since that time
he has lived entirely by himself. He would never allow
a female to enter his dwelling to do any work, but
always scoured out his rooms, made his bed, and per-
formed the household et ceteras in a very workmanlike
manner. He always slept in his wearing apparel. lie
lay ill about six weeks previous to his death, when he
called in the aid of his next-door neighbour, with whom
he had scarcely ever before exchanged a word. He
was very patient and sensible during his illness, and ap-
peared very thankful for everything that was done for
him. On his death bed he desired that the brass plate,
on which he had himself engraved " Richard Andrews,
Esq.," should be placed on his coffin, observing that it
would not moulder away so soon as lead or pewter.
He also requested to be buried with his four very
valuable rings on his fingers, and a new pair of buck-
skin breeches to be placed under his head, a velvet
cap in his right hand, a new shirt studded with silver
buttons for a shroud, and to be carefully wrapped up
in his grandmother's wedding sheet. After his death
there was found, in a. closet adjoining his bedroom,
an iron chest, which report says is filled with old gold
and silver plate, gold rings, and old coins to a great
amount. He had preserved all the tools which he
used in his trade, and kept them in good condition.
He was buried at Charlton church, Dover, on Tues-
day last, followed by his two executors, and Mr.
Youden, mason, to whom the deceased has left part
of his property.—Greenwieh Gazelle.