The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
IN TDE MATTER 07 LORD PORTSMOUTH, A LUNATIC.
This matter occupied the attention of the Lord
Chancellor, for nearly two hours this morning. It
earoa before him upon a petition, which stated the
4ttate of the lunatic's property and the debts upon
it, o be thus :—His income was 14,0001, a-year;
the allowance for his maintenance, and the support
dof his establishment was 8,0001. a-year; there were
ebts due from his Lordship, incurred between the
toe of his return from Edinburgh and the appoint-
cot of the committee to the amount of
t other de'. is unpaid, 16,000/ • the pc-
ti
°ter s costs under the commission amounted
to 19,000/., and the costs due to the solicitors who
conducted the defence to the issuing of the commis-
sion was 2,5001., in addition to 2,500/, they had'
already been paid. And the petition prayed a re-
ference to the Master, to inquire and report to the
Court how a sum could be raised out of the pro-
Petty of the lunatic to pay those costs.
His LORDSHIP inquired if those costs had been
taxed ?
is Counsel stated, that the lesser bill (Messrs.
ahner and France's) had, but that the bill for
,the 19,000/. had not, though the Master had
looked at the items, and reported, that such a
sum might safely be paid. It appeared also from
the petition, that by the sale of part of the property;
consisting of an annuity of 4,0001. a year, for the
of the• lunatic, the sum of 28,0001. might he
Iti!ed; that 8,0001. might be raised by the renewal
of °nes • that a debt due from Mr. Alder of 15,00/.
could be recovered; that 12001. was in the hands of
1. Robins, and 2,000/. in the hands of the Trustees.
It appeared, in the end, that the sum said to be im-
mediately chargeable on the property was 43,0001.
and a fraction, and that that which might be raised
to pay the sum off was 40,0001. and a fraction. In
the 190004 due to Messrs. Kerslake and Co.
there seemed to be charges for carrying on
the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court,
Which was sought to be paid off puri passu
With the creditors, and the costs that had been in-
curred under the Commission. This was objected
to. Mr. Horne contended that the creditors and the
costs of the Commission ought to be paid in prefe-
rence to any thinz going towards the expences of the
Proceedings in" Doctors Commons.
HiS LORDSHIP could not call upon the creditors to
elmaent to any thing. They had a right to call for the
PaYment of their demands if they thought proper;
and under the circumstance& here, the only order he
Irould make was, to refer it to the master to adver-
tise for creditors to come in, and then to enquire
what arrangement could be suggested for the pay-
ment of all claims which the creditors would con-
tent to. This sort of reference did 'not seem very
acceptable to the petitioners, and therefore his Lord-
ship Was asked if he would dismiss the petition.
His LORDSHIP observed, as far as I am concerned,
the Petitioner is completely dismissed, for I am dis-
4'issed.---(Laughter.)
The petition may stand over if the parties like.

Mr. JUD GME.NT S.
Ch
SUGDEN stated; ae case of Richards v.
aniberss stood only for reply, and that as all
port es
unies were very anxious, he should have the op-
-14-1.,,tY of making, that reply, which should be
--11,*burt, be had to entreat to have the opportunity.
s LORDSHIP said, he should sit here again on
ItY, and should be happy to hear the reply.
I,,,n'tr• HART added, that the parties in this case
i
tn.ttict be glad to take the judgment whenever it
ghitt !be convenient-to his Lordship to give it.
• SIJGDEN corroborated this statement.
1.1 414 LORDSHIP observed—Then I will do that
t3** I cannot expect Counsel to consent for par-
uAlel„) nor can expect that all the parties themselves
'ki.consent to the mode I have suggested of giving
-pll4rt;raenta; but all I mean to say is, that all cases
4dles may please to leave to me to dispose of in
-fO4-6ment, after I leave this (for it will be impossible
rnt,Me to get through all in the short time I can re-
•talo here), I shall not only be happy, but consider
10,,41 duty, to do so ; and it will be a great
R -lenience 'to me, if parties will have the
-i°ll"ness to intimate to me in what cases they
sit
pthus consent. Mr. Agar, I believe, proposed to
u a statute of limitations, that I should give all
Lfludgments before Michaelmas Term next.—
oghter.)—Now, I think that very fair, but I will
hill.lere, for I will undertake to do nothing till I
thee gone through all the cases the parties may have
ha, goodness to leave to me to dispose of ; and I
vd/i:eloo doubt, from looking at my bundle of papers,
pretty large, that I shall be able to get
et.,...aaR11 the whole in three weeks or a month. It
74417 will be a vast convenience to me, if the
wlll will let me know, by note, what cases they
leave to me to dispose of.
elie • s UGDEN said he would communicate with his
I..ats, and let his Lordship know the result.
es °II.' REALD was surprised that parties had not
-Me
ex forward with more activity than they had, to
ofttress their feelings on this point, considering how
sliihn the Proposition had been reiterated by his Lord
e
• For his own part, he could only say that but
that For
had spoken to him on the subject, and
that Gentleman objected to the proposition.
1,1141i8 LO
RDIIIIP--DOnt let it be understood that I
mayl have any unpleasant feelings towards such as
in 1 refuse to leave their cases to me to dispose of
thin: Way I have suggested, for very probably sombee-
hear?' may
have fallen from me by the course of t
bettergs, that might make A. think I liked B.'s case
not
hthari h;
Ids, and therefore, very naturally A. may
shouldl e se to leave that case to me to dispose of;
but i„, object to it myself, if I were in A.'s place;
give: truolle cases in which no intimation has been
to tit. °I my intercession, I shall be greatly obliged
repeatedlye parties to or.
me know what I have now so
asked for.
t.onDsHlP7°Rasv-azsizasa, V. LORD MANSFIELD.
Isismeant to having been informed that Counsel
sa
to dispose of eit on Friday.
y no mor in this matter, promised finally
His LottnLittp,7l" THWAITES.
he had already done read over the papers (though
then state to the Couns "'
el I'o7
what occurred to him on
repeatedly) again, and
all the different singular what
that had taken
place in Proceedings the case. Ile hoped never to see or hear
His of such another case.
Lo_ausuip's time was principally occupied a
hearing Lunatic Matters, with a few other thin igs
Ivhich he made orders, or gave directions in. He
sit again on Friday, when he will hear a short
Petition in Wellesley v. Duke of Beaufort.

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VICE-CHANCELLORS COURT.
JUDGMENT.
1448115. CHAMBERS' BANKRUPTCY—Ex-raars
CFIAmBERg IN THE MATTER. OF CHAUDERS.
Il* VICE-CHANCELLOR gave lodgment this
tnor 1,,
Co lip Upon this .
p:titiol()_rr several days during the late sittings. The
allege, " SI said his- Honour, among other things
mission as objections to the validity of the Corn-
Part as' that there was no such trading on their
Initt would support it, and that they had corn..
b. ed
nn act ' Bankruptcy.
o jeeri,, ofThe first of these
the vns is foundied upon the construction which
Thi,tet.itioners gave to the new Bankruptcy
solemnly
argo Poi of construction I find has been sole
therefor
ed in the Court of Common Pleas. I would
it, eve not think it fit to express my
n If it were material in this case; but it is u
riee,,,ar opinion. onn.
the bank'. that I should, in deciding the merits of
consi,upts' petition, take that question into my
charnvieration, for it is clear that the Messrs.
meet, °lves;e,Wchaenyitnhgey signed the deed of arrange-
andon the business of bankers,
were ''
nufact also engaged as partners in the ma-
ifure of
the cement with a Mr. White ; so that
there deed put an end to the trading as bankers,
still remained the ether business, which the
deed did not affect, and which continued after its 'iecutic3n, to be carried on for the joint benefit of the
ree partners. But (continued his Honour) the deed

of arrangement is not, in my opinion, an assignment of
any property whatever. The creditors merely acquire
by it the additional security of having the business
of the petitioners managed under the superintend-
ance of a Committee. I am, therefore, clearly of
opinion, that there was a continued trading on the
part of the Messrs. Chambers; and I am also bound
to decide, that the evidence justifies me in saying
that they had committed acts of bankruptcy. The
next objection to the Commission is, that there
was no sufficient petitioning creditor's debt, and this
objection is founded upon a provision in the deed of
arrangement, which declares, that in case the Messrs.
Chambers shall, during the continuance of their let-
ter of licence, be persecuted, prosecuted, or mo-
lested, by any of the creditors signing the deed,
the debt of such creditor shall be thereby for-
feited. A'Becket, the petitioning creditor, was an
executing party to the deed, and it is charged
against him, that he, as attorney to several credi-
tors of the petitioner's estate, caused them to be
seized and arrested, and it is therefore contended,
that he has forfeited his own debt. lam of opinion
that his debt could not be forfeited by any acts of
his as an attorney, and that the proceedings con-
ducted by him against the petitioners, must not be
considered as the acts of A'Becket, but of the
creditors by whom he was employed; if, however,
the bankrupts think that I have come to an erroneous
conclusion upon these or upon any other points in the
case, they have it in their power to go into a Court of
Law. Another objection, said his Honour, is, that the
petitioning creditor, in suing out the Commission, did
not consult the general benefit of the creditors, or the
due administration of the estates of the bankrupts,
but that on the contrary, he had acted fraudulently,
and in collusion with the Committee of Manage-
ment and Mayhew their Solicitor; and that, there-
fore, the Commission must not be considered as the
commission of A'Becket, but of the Committee and
Mayhew. What the effect of this collusion would
be,ifproved, lam not called on to say, as there appears
to be no evidence which can establish any such
charge against these gentlemen. The petitioners
also say that the Commission was not sued out for the
fair administration of their goods, and they contend
that even if it were fairly issued it must be invalid,
inasmuch as their letter of licence was in force when
the docket was struck against them. This objec-
tion, if worth ail-thing, comes rather too late, for if the
wish of the Messrs. Chambers be that their property
should have continued to be managed by the Com-
mittee, I rather think that such a desire (if, in-
deed, the petitioners ever entertained it) must have
been defeated by their quiet submission to the Com-
mission for nearly a year. The bankrupts next in-
sist that the letter of licence, if revoked at all, ought,
according to the terms of the deed, to have been re-
voked within the two months next after the execu-
tion. They further contend, that the revocation was
not justified by the facts that it was fraudulent, inas-
much as the petitioners, on the day previous to the
revocation, had been prevailed on by the Committee
to execute a lease of the Opera-house to Mr. Ebers;
and, finally, the petitioners say' that five out
of the seven Committee-men who signed
the revocation were not duly elected. With
respect to this last objection, said his Honour, I
find that these five gentlemen had been for a consi-
derable time recognised by the Messrs. Chambers
themselves, and that they had in every instance
acted as if they were elected in due form. But it
does not appear that these objections were known to
A‘Becket, the petitioning creditor, who proceeded
upon the revocation of the letter of licence, without,
of course, enquiring into the circumstances attending
it. At the same time, observed his Honour, it is
but justice to the Committee to say, that the con-
duct of the Messrs. Chambers, formed a sufficient
ground for the revocation, and that the Committee
had not been guilty of fraud in so procuring the ex-
ecution of the lease to Mr. Ebers, for it was intimated
to the elder Mr. Chambers, that the revocation of
the letter of licence, was delayed for the sole purpose
of enabling them to come to some final and satis-
factory arrangement with Mr. Ebers.
His HONOUR, after going through the evidence
as it bore on the conduct of Messrs. Mayhew and
Hazlewood, and adverting to that part of the peti-
tion which prayed that Mayhew might be dischar-
ged from the agency to the Commission, and that
Hazlewood be restrained, by the order of the Court,
from continuing to act as solit.,or to the assignees,
—said he was clearly of opinion that the petition
ought to be wholly dismissed. The assignees, ob-
served kis Honour, are brought here by the bank-
rupts, and I am, therefore, bound to decide that
their costs must be paid out of the bankrupts' estate.
As to the costs of the members of the Committee,
and of Messrs. Mayhew and Hazlewood, I will
direct that they be paid by the petitioners them-
selves, and the costs of A'Becket must, I am
of opinion, be paid out of the estate.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

LIBEL.

HARNETT V. THWAITES.

Mr. BROUGHAM opened the pleadings.
Mr. SCARLETT then stated the case. This was
an action, brought by the plaintiff, an attorney of the
Court of King's Bench, against the defendant, who
was proprietor of the Morning Herald Newspaper.
The Learned Counsel said, that the object of the
plaintiff was to defend his character from the
dark insinuations of some secret enemy, and to
replace himself in the same situation amongst his
friends as he stood in prior to the publication
of the malignant libel in question. The present
case arose out of a Police Report, and it was to be
desired that the publication of such reports should
not be the result of malicious intentioas of casting
scurrility upon private individuals. Such he believed
would be found to be the case in the present in-
stance. The Jury would recollect that some time
ago a person named Muirhead was charged with a
certain offence, and the boy making the charge was
held to bail to prosecute. Some few days after-
wards a letter was sent to the master of the boy
making the said charge, offering if he would
get the boy out of the way, to give him 80/., the
amount of the boy's recognizances, and, more-
over, a bonus of 500/. besides. This letter
was dated from No. 29, Northumberland-street,
the residence of Mr. Harnett. A friend of Mr.
Harnett's, a Colonel in the army, wrote to that gen-
tleman, enclosing a copy of the Morning Herald,
and expressing his surprise that such a letter should
come from his office. The letter was signed Evans,
and there was a person of that name living in that
street, but neither he nor Mr. Harnett knew any-
thing at all of Muirhead, or of the charge against
him. Mr. Harnett went immediately to the Police-
office, and asked to see the letter which had been
placed in the hands of the Magistrate by the boy's
master. The Magistrates refused to show him the
letter, so convinced were they that he was the author
of the letter, until he wrote his name upon paper, and
allowed them to compare the writing with that of the
letter. There was one thing important, which was, that
Mr. Bourke, the reporter, who originally reported the
case, was intimate with Mr. Harnett, and therefore he
hmeuwstahsagvieving
known reported
when he the case, that
the residence of Mr. Harnett. Mr.
Bourke had brought actions against the Newspapers,
for stating that he was the author of certain letters,
and upon those actions being brought to trial, ver-
dicts were had for the defendants. The present
defendant, commenting on those actions in the
Morning Herald, took occasion to state his opinion
of their absurdity; and in answer to these comments
Mr. Bourke addressed a letter to the Editor of the
Morning Herald, defending himself for bringing the
actions, again stating that he was not the author of
the letters alluded to, and adding, that he could
prove, that the present plaintiff (Mr. Harnett), was
the writer of the letter. Under these circumstances,
Mr. Harnett had no other course to pursue, but to
bring the present action against Mr. Thwaites, which
would afford the defendant an opportunity of justi-
fying the libel, by placing Bourke in the Witness's
box. If he neglected to take advantage of this
course, the atrocity of the libel would he manifest,
and the Jury would give such damage., al would

show the sense they entertained of the plaintiff's
character.

Edward Henry Harnett was called, to prove that
the plaintiff was an attorney of the Court of King's
Bench.

Michael Fitzpatrick, chief clerk at the Police-
office, Marlborough-street, produced an information,
sworn to by a person named Charles Burton Lane,
and signed by Mr. Conant. This information stated,
that a person, then unknown, had assaulted the ins
formant, with intent to commit an unnatural offences'
On the 25th of August, five days subsequent to the
;late of the information, a person named Muirhead,
was brought up and identified by Lane as the person
against whom he had laid the information on the
25th of August.
Mr. Nodder produced the warrant of commitment
against Muirhead, dated the 24th of August, and
signed by Mr. Conant.
James Emanuel Allen, clerk in the office of the
Deputy Clerk of the Peace for Westminster, pro-
duced the recognizance of a person named Spilsbury,
for the appearance of Charles B. Lane and J. Hod-
son, to prosecute Muirhead.
Charles Spilsbury resides in Poland-street, and
is master of Charles Burton Lane, an apprentice
and minor. Received a letter through the Two-
penny Post, signed Josh. Evans, sen. The letter
contained an offer of a bribe of 5001., if the witness
would get his apprentice out of the way, to prevent
his appearance at the trial of Muirhead.
The letter from Bourke to the Editor of tho
Morning Herald was then put in and read. It dis-
tinctly charged the plaintiff with having written the
letter to Spilsbury.
Michael Fitzpatrick recalled and cross-examined
—Remembered Mr. Harnett coming to the Police
Office to complain of the letter in the Morning
Herald. The letter to Mr. Spilsbury was not read
publicly in the Office, but privately by the Ma-
gistrate.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, on the part of the defendant, ad-
mitted the proprietorship of the defendant, and also
admitted the publication of the libel, and that it ap-
plied to the plaintiff. '
Mr. ADOLPHUS (with whom was Mr. TAYLOR)
then addressed the Jury for the defendant. He could
account for the plaintiff's having brought this action
against Mr. Thwaites, instead of against Mr. Bourke,
who was the acknowledged author of the libel, be-
cause the proprietor of a paper was likely to be a
better mark for an action than a reporter. So far
Mr. Harriett was well advised; but he must have
known, and the Jury must be convinced, that ,the
defendant could have had no personal or malicious
motives by the insertion of the letter of Mr. Bourke. li
The letter was inserted in fairness towards Mr.
Bourke, and without any ill feeling towards any other
person. It was insinuated that when the plaintiff
wanted to contradict the libel which appeared against
him, he was charged one pound for the insertion of
the contradiction; but there had been no proof
offered of such a circumstance, which would stamp
Mr. Thwaites as a venal man; and no proof having
been adduced, the Jury were bound to receive the
insinuation as an unfounded calumny upon his cha-
racter. In fact there was not the semblance of
malice on the part of the Editor of the Herald. He
made no imputation himself on Mr. Harnett, but
merely inserted the letter of Bourke, with Bourke's
own name attached to it. Under these cir-
cumstances, the Jury were to consider whe-
ther this was a case in which any damages
°tight to be awarded, but he was sure they
would agree with him that, if any damages should
be given against the defendant, whose only object
was to do justice to an individual, the smallest sum
would satisfy the justice of the case. Upon all
questions of law the jury should be guided by the
Learned Judge ; but upon questions of fact, as to
the amount of damages, the jury should consult their
own understandings, and confine their observations
to the evidence. In conclusion, he would observe
that, nothing was more injurious to the freedom of
the press, in this country, than the practice which
recently prevailed of bringing actions against the
proprietors of newspapers, upon every trifling oc-
casion ; and when the jury considered the object of
Mr. Harnett, who was looking out for a large bill of
costs, he was sure be might leave the case to them
with the fullest confidence, that their verdict would
do justice between the parties.
The defendant's Counsel having declined to exa-
mine any witness,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to sum up
the evidence, and observed, that by the law of Eng-
land every man was accountable for that which he
published. The defendant had published a letter
imputing a very serious charge to the plaintiff, and
it was for the Jury to consider what damages the
plaintiff was entitled to, for the injury which his cha-
racter sustained by the publication.
After consulting for a few minutes, the Jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 100/.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

EAST LONDON WATER %I/Dims COMPANY V. BAILEY AND

OTHERS.

This was an action for breach of contract.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY stated the case. In February,
1821, the plaintiffs advertii;eeds,foarndfroarnieldoe,foenodoanttos 16,000
yards
specification, which was agreed to.
tyeanrddesrcifnm
castter iron
so f
h
wtatee r p
In September, 1824, a considerable quantity of the pipes
having been previously furnished, the defendants applied to
the plaintiffs to grant indulgence for the completion of the
remainder of the contract till Lady-day, 1825. The
plaintiffs, on condition that 1500 yards should be furnished
in November, as that quantity would be then required,
granted the indulgence. But the defendants having ne-
glected to furnish the 1500 yards required, the plaintiffs,
in February, 1825, insisted that they should be imme-
diately furnished, and the remainder at Lady-day. But
the defendants refused to perform their part of the con-
tract, in consequence of which the plaintiffs were obliged
to purchase them from others, whereby they lost upwards
of 8001.

Thomas Nelson Pickary, clerk to the plaintiffs, was then
called, and produced the letters, proving the above state-
ment. It was with this witness the agreement was made.
He ordered 9,600 yards to be furnished first.
Mr. Samuel Parker, who furnished the remainder of the
pipes, stated, that the price of iron had nearly doubled be-
tween February, 1824, and February, 1825.
Mr. Sergeant Witnx, with whom was Mr. Evans, con-
tended for the defendants, that there was no evidence that
the 16,000 yards were ever contracted for, and that in
February 1825, when the price of iron Lad nearly doubled,
the plaintiffs were not entitled to call for performance of
the remainder of the contract.

The CHIEF JUSTICE had no doubt that the defendant
had engaged for the full 16,000. With the rise hi the
price of iron, the plaintiffs had nothing to do, as the delay
in performing the contract, was occasioned at the de-.
fendants' own request.

The Jury found for the plaintiff, for the full contract, re-
serving the damages to be ascertained by arbitrators.

TIMBER FROM NORTH AMERICA.

Amount of duty paid in the United Kingdom
on timber, deals, and other articles of wood, im-
ported from the British Provinces in North
America, in the year ended sth of January,
1825 218,117 14 1
1826 244,868 9 11
1827 241.015 12 10
Amount of duty which would have been re-
ceived on the same articles if they had been
charged with the rates of duty payable on similar
articles imported from the Baltic, in the year
ended sth of January '1825 £1,444,140 16 0
1826
WM. IRVING, InispEl'.2-7Gen. of Imports aledl9E6:l6)ortis. 1
Inspector-General's Office, Custom-house,
London, March 28, 1827.

His Majesty the King of Prussia, through his
Excellency Baron Von Werther, his Majesty's
Ambassador, and Baron Von Humboldt, has
purchased the precious collection of Egyp-
tian antiquities belonging to .M. Passalacqua,
who has stipulated that it shall not be packed up
till the day after the opening of the mummy
which makes part of the collection, which is to
take place on Thursday next, in the great Am-
phitheatre of the Sorbonne. The amulets, or-
naments, papyri, and other valuable articles which
may be, beneath the covering, are part of the
collection, and are to be sent to Berlin.

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS,

The Duchess of Gloucester visited Hie MA
JESTY yesterday.
_ _

The Duke of Sussex has returned to his
apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington,
from Salt-hill.

Mr. Canning was visited yesterday morning
by the Right Hon. F. Robinson, Viscount Gran-
ville, and. Sir John Copley. Mr. Canning went,
about three o'clock, to the King's Palace, St.
James's, to have an audience with the KING,
and remained about an hour with his MAJESTY.
On his return Mr. Canning received the Duke
of Devonshire. His Grace continued with the
Minister about two hours, and, on leaving Mr.
Canning, proceeded to the_residence of the Hon.
J. Abercrombie, in Spring-gardens. Mr. Can-
ning afterwards received visits from the Right
Hon. W. Huskisson, the Right Hon. C. Wynn,
Viscount Granville, Lord Seaford, Lord Dud-
ley, and Mr. Herries.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The Duke
of Wellington came to town on Monday morn-
ing from Leamington. His Grace transacted
business- at the office of the Board of Ordnance
in Pall-mall, on Monday afternoon ; the Mar-
quis of Anglesea met his Grace there, when- the
Duke delivered to his Lordship the official do-
cuments of the office. The Duke of Welling-
ton went to the office of the Commander-in-
Chief in the Horse Guards yesterday afternoon,
and transacted business with Sir Herbert Taylor
for about two hours. - Sir Herbert Taylor held
a levee yesterday morning at the Commander-in-
Chief's office for the first time since the resigna-
tion of the Duke of Wellington, to whom Sir
Herbert was Military Secretary. It was an-
nounced at the Horse Guards yesterday that the
Duke of Wellington will hold a levee this day at
the Commander-in-Chiefs office.

The Earl of Harrowby and Mr. Wynn had
interviews yesterday with the Right Hon. F.
Robinson.
Earl Bathurst transacted business on Monday
at the office of the Secretary of State for Colo-
nial Affairs.

The Marquis of Sligo transacted business yes-
terday at the office of the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
_o _ _

A 13oard of the Lords of the Treasury was
held yesterday at the Treasury Chambers.
The Right Hon. T. Wallace transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Treasury.
The Princess Lieven visited Mrs. Canning
yesterday at her residence in Downing-street.

LIBERAL CHURCHWARDENS.—in an ac•
count just published of the receipts and expen.
diture by the Churchwardens of the parish o'
St. James, Clerkenwell, are the following items,
under the latter head :

.R. s. d.
Expences--Swearing in Officers .. 6 5 0
Ditto, on perambulation of homeward boundaries 25 14 0
Ditto, Committee letting Cobham Estate (three
journies)
Paid Mr. Mills, writing vote of thanks to Mr

Lovell
Paid Mr. Clay, for framing and glazing ditto 5 5 0
These items will partly account for the Church-
wardens having expended, during the year ending
1826, the tring sum of 2,2341. 18s.
WATER-PROOF SHOT.---PARIS, APRIL
.22.—1 n consequence of the orders of the Mi-
nister of Marine, M. Lizovie made, to-day; a
new trial of the projectiles of his invention in the
old Garden of Tivoli, and in the presence of a
Commission, of which Col. Briche, Inspector
of the Artillery, was President. These projectiles
are three in number ; a 241 b. britlot, and two
bombs, one weighing 81bs. the other 121bs. The
metal of these projectiles, when heated, becomes
malleable, and falls in drops. As for the com-
position of the charge, the substance swims on
the water, resists its action, and acquires addi-
tional energy by plunging under it. This expe-
riment promises the most satisfactory results.
Flannel was first used in Boston, as a dress
next the skin, by Lord Percy's regiment, which
was encamped on the common, in October, 1774.
There was hardly flannel enough then in the
whole town for that one regiment. Some time
after Lord Percy had begun with flannel shirting,
Sir Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
published a pamphlet in America, assuming to
have discovered the utility of this practice. He
might, perhaps, have suggested the use of it to
Lord Percy. Flannel . has not been in general
use till within some 30 years.
MARSEILLES.-The history of Marseilles is
full of interest. Its origin borders on romance.
Six hundred years before the Christian era, a
band of piratical adventurers from lonia, in Asia
Minor, by dint of superior skill in navigation,
pushed their discoveries to the mouth of the
Rhone. Charmed with the white cliffs, green
vales, blue waters, and bright skies, which they
here found, they returned to their native country,
and persuaded a colony to follow them to the
barbarous shores of Gaul, bearing with them
their religion, language, manners, and customs.
On the very day of their arrival, so says tradiz
tion, the ,daughter of the native chief was to
choose a husband, and her affections were placed
upon one of the leaders of the polished emigrants.
The friendship of the aborigines was conciliated
by marriage, and their rude manners were sof-
tened by the refinement of their new allies in
war, their new associates in peace. In arts and
arms the emigrants soon acquired the ascendancy,
and the most musical of all the Greek dialects
became the prevailing language of the colony.—
American Paper.
raFriday
surprisedltheast
at town
were rather
handsome neatly decorated eight oared boat, or
wherry, which had been that morning rowed
over from Lynn, by nine young collegians of
'Trinity College, Cambridge. The boat excited
much attention, being peculiarly calculated for
cutting its way through the waves. It measured
forty-two feet in length and only four in breadth.
The " tight young watermen" were all dressed
alike in blue jackets, striped trowsers, and straw
hats, with green ribands. After taking some re-
' freshment, -and lounging through some of the
principal streets of the town, they again embarked
on board their " trim built wherry," and pro-
ceeded up the river Witham to Lincoln. The
expertness and facility with which they plied at
and feathered their oars, will be obvious from the
fact, that they travelled the first mile, although
rowing against a very powerful current, in about
six minutes. From the rapidity of their pro-
gress, which certainly averaged nearly seven miles
an hour, and their easy and elegant style, the
task must have been scarcely more than agreeable.
They excited much attention at Lincoln, from
whence they again returned to this port yesterday
morning. The project of crossing over from
Lynn to Boston in so light and fragile a bark,
was attended with a considerable degree of
hazard. This morning between six and seven
o'clock they left Boston for Wisbech,but in con-
sequence of the unfavourable and stormy weather
they very
:prudently returned again to this place
between eight and nine.—Boston Gazette.