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his certificate ; he also took the benefit of the act in 1817.
He was now opposed by Mr. Ward, a timber-merchant
and sawyer, in Theobald's-road, for a debt of 131. for tim-
ber found for building a cottage at Pinner• common. Da-
vies was a glover in Greek-street, Soho, and was supposed
to be doing well in business, when be unfortunately took to
building. Ward, in 1829, commenced an action against
him for his debt in the Palace Court ; it was removed into
the Court of King's Bench, and the plaintiff, after being
put to law expenses amounting to 47/., obtained a verdict,
but never °trained a shilling of the debt and costs. In
the mean time a creditor, a Mr. Poolman, a leather-seller,
in West-street, Soho, to whom the insolvent was indebted
about 7001. for leather and money lent, and who had paid
off a former mortgage of 1001. on the property at Pinner,
obtained a mortgage on it for 812/. Mr. Poolman had
subsequently advanced another 1001. to the insolvent, for
the purpose of paying a composition of ss. in the pound
to the rest of his creditors, and had obtained an agreement
to have the property of Pinner made over to him as sole
owner. Ward was the only creditor who objected to take
the 59. in the pound, and it was now insisted on his be-
half that the mortgage, and making over this property at
Pinner to Mr. Poolman, was as to him (Ward) a fraudu-
lent preference on the part of the insolvent, and that the
defence to the action was a vexatious one.

The COURT decreed that the insolvent be imprisoned for
seven calendar months from the date of his petition.

THE ARMY.

The troop of the sth Dragoon Guards which had been
stationed in Kilkenny for the last few weeks marched on
Saturday to Carlow. Same day a company of the 70th
Regiment marched for the same destination. Another
company of the 70th has arrived at Castlecomer; and a
third, which was on its way to Tullow, has been batted at
Leighlin Bridge till further orders, in consequence of cho-
lera having broken out at Tullow.

A detachment of the 60th Rifles has replaced a party of
the 92d Highlanders at Cashel.
The 67. h Reserve, cantoned in Galway, expect an order
to march for the southern district.

Lieutenant Eyre, and his detachment of the 74th Regi-
ment, have moved from Urlingford to Johnstown.
The Paymastership of the 96th Regiment is vacant by
the death of Captain Scott.
The 60th Rifles are ordered from Templemore to Fermoy.
The Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the Tipperary Militia is
vacant by the death of Sir Nicholas Loftus.

The Regiments entitled to share in the Deccan prize
money are—Light Cavalry, Bth, 17tb, 22d, 24th, and
25th; Infantry, Royals, 2d battalion, 14th, 17th, 24th,
30th, 34th, 47th, 53d, 59th, 65th, 67th, 69th, 84th,
and 87th Regiment-.

HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ARMY IN

IRELAND.

CAVALItr.-4th Dragoo❑ Guards, Dundalk; sth Dra-
goon Guards, Newbridge ; 6th Dragoon Guards, Dublin;
6th Dragoons, Caber ; 9th Lancers, Dublin ; 10th Hus-
sars, Longford ; 12th Lancers, Cork.

FA NTE.Y. —2d battalion Coldstream Guards, Dublin ;
sth Foot, depot, Brofr ; 9th Foot, Cork ; 10th Foot, 41e-
pot, Boyle ; 12th Foot, depot, Naas ; 14th Foot, Cork ;
23d Font, depot, Carlow ; 27th Foot, Buttevant; 28th
Foot, Fermoy; 29th Foot, depot, Spike Island ; 30th
Foot, Derry ; 32d Foot, depot, Tralee ; 34th Foot, depot,
Birr; 36th Foot, depot, Charles Fort; 37th Foot, Fer-
moy; 43d Foot, Dublin ; 47th Foot, Ncwry ; 50th Foot,
Dublin ; 52d Foot, Waterford; 56th Foot, depot, Kin-
sale ; 58th Foot, depot, Fermoy ; 59th Foot, Enniskillen ;
60th Foot, Ist battalion, depot, Marykirough ; ditto, 2d
battalion, Templemore; 61st Foot, depot, Cork; 64th
Foot, Birr; 65th Foot, depot, Buttevant; 66th Foot, de-
pot, Newhridge; 67th Foot, depot, Galway; 68th Foot,
Camp (Clare Castle); 69th Foot, depot, Kinsale ; 70th
Foot, Kilkenny; 74th Foot, Templemore; 76th Foot,
Athlone; 77th Foot, depot, Newcastle ; 80th Foot, Dub-
hn ; 81st Foot, Dublin ; 83d Foot, C 19tlebar ; 90th Foot,
Belfast; 91st Foot, Mullingar ; 92d Foot, Ferinoy ; 97th
Foot, depot, Clonmel; 99th Foot, depot, Drogheda,

The navigation between Norwich and Lowes-
toft is proceeding very fast; between 200 and 300 men
are employed cutting the canal between Reedham Ferry
and Lake Lathing.

GREECE.—Extract of a letter from a British
officer, Zante, July 14 :—" Some of our officers the other
thy went to see Olympus and the other curiosities. Cow-
coramci entertained them very handsomely ; there were
several of his officers at table, all armed, up to the elbows,
with pistols and yatagans (or daggers); they sung Greek
national airs, gave toasts complimentary to each other, &c.
To give you an idea of the small state of civilization in
that country, one of his officers had drank too much wine,
and was very boisterous, at each toast taking up a plate,
and breaking it against the table. CoLocontoszt spoke
once or twice to him to desist. He at length pulled out
a four.barrelled pistol, and put it on the table, and swore,
with a horrible oath, that if that person did not immedi-
ately sit down, and conduct himself quietly, he would
'hoot him dead : this had the desired effect, and he was
immediately quiet for the rest of the evening. Another
instance.—An officer of ours was in company with some
Greeks at Zovidor, on the opposite coast ; there was a
dispute between two of them, when one gave the other a
flat contradiction, who immediately shot him on the spot !
—a pleasant scene for the officer, but nothing uncommon
there. Some of the garrison of Santa Manro went the
other day to Missolonghi ; several shots were fired at them
while they were viewing the works; upon reference to
the Greek authorities, the person who did so was found out,
who said he did not know they were English, awl was
only trying a new gun,—Pretty targets

The Civil Departments of the Navy, former-
ly called the Admiralty, the Navy Office, and the Vic-
tualling Office, are now all consolidated in So-
merset House, and doors of communication have been
made from one office to another, and controlled, not as
heretofore, by three Boards (the Admiralty, Navy, and
Victualling), but by the Lords of the Admiralty, assisted
by five superior officers or heads of department, called
Accomptant General, Surveyor of the Navy, Storekeeper-
General, Physician-General, and Comptroller of Victual-
ling and Transports. This consolidated office is called the
Admiralty, but is divided into the " Admiralty" as for-
merly existing, and the " Admiralty, Somerset House."
With the consolidation of the duties of Navy, Victualling,
and Admiralty, a portion of the duties of the Navy Pay
Office has also been consolidated, namely, all remittances,
either of half pay, widows' and other pensions (except
Greenwich out-pensions), seamen's wages, &c. All prize
claims and duties, except the actual payment of prize !no-
n,y ; all claims to the wages of petty officers of the Navy,
seamen, and marines, &c. ; in short, all duties, except the
receipt and payment of money. This arrangement has
not been extended to the Greenwich out-pension depart-
ment, which, being carried on in a separate office at Tow-
er-hill, and being of a peculiar nature, and the arrange-
ments well adapted to the peculiar class of persons for
whom it has been established, has not been disturbed.
There is every reason to believe that these arrangements
will be highly beneficial, infuse new vigor into the whole
navy, and by greater simplicity in the details of general
business, produce greater despatch. Moreover, the ac-
counts will be, in future, kept on the mercantile plan, be
regularly audited by the Audit Office, and an annual
balance-sheet be laid before Parliament, showing whether
the sums voted under each bead of service have or have
not exceeded the votes of Parliament for each specific
head. There is another advantage resulting from this
arrangement—the business will be done with fewer hands,
and we hear that a saving may be hoped for of nearly
27,0001, per annum; but as the pensions to reduced offi-
cers will amount to 20,0001., the immediate saving will
he only 7,0001. a year. It is sincerely wished this ar-
rangement will ensure every possible success, and there is
little doubt of it. It is the first effort i❑ this country to
carry the mercantile principle into the public accounts,
and in no distant period it will be applied to other depart-
ments—the Navy leads the van. It is ultimately intended
to have but one Pay Office for the Navy, Army, and
Ordnance; this will effect a great saving—the Army Pay
Office has ❑ever been looked into, and the moneys for the
Army are always voted " in the aggregate," while those
fur the Navy are voted " separately ;" thus one branch of
the service has been thoroughly silted, and the other has
not bee❑ inquired into : under the new arrangement it is
impossible f, r any cashier to become a defaulter. Public
naval letters are to be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, but the name of the service on which the letter
is written is to be marked on the left hand lower corner,
such as " Navy Pay," " Victualling," " Medical." ---
Hampshire Telegraph.