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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1827.

THE NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIETY,
Established for the sole purpose of giving constant Em-
ployment to the poor Weavers and their numerous Fa-
milies of Spitalfields, and to educate 500, and clothe
200 of their Children ; and also to educate an unlimited
number of the Children of other industrious Silk-Weavers.
THEIR PATRONS, and the NOBILITY
and Public, are most respectfully informed, that their
Establishment, 59, Oxford-street, WILL OPEN on
MONDAY, the 25th Day of this Month, and that they
have commenced Selling at their IValehouse, No. 15, De-
vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church,
previous to opening their Retail House, at No. 59, Oxford-
street. They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk
from the piece, at one penny per yard on the cost price,
where they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape,
plain and figured GI osdeNaples, stunt Lustring and Sarsnet,
Black and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every de-
scription and quality, and a most Ostensive assortment of
rich Silk Damasks, including, amongst a variety of others,
Thirty new Patterns of elegant Taberets, the designs of
which are perfectly .Original, and executed exclusively for
the Society, consequently will be found the greatest no-
velty ever submitted to public inspection.
Ladies are most respectfully informed that it is not
profit they seek, but only sufficient to corer expences, and
keep the men in constant employment. Those Ladies and
Gentlemen whowill honour the Society by becoming yearly
Subscribers of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon at their
respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com-
mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their
being submitted to public sale.
The Subscriptions will go to the Fund of the Society,
to provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has
been established, viz.--at each member's death, 121. A
member's wife's death, 61. If any member sick, 12s. per
week, and if out of employment, 10s.
The purchasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the
progress of being manufactured.
W. G. GARLAND, Secretary.

A few days ago, an industrious woman, not
above twenty miles from Carlisle, having cut with
a sickle a quantity of grass for her cow, gave it
to her. The cow, pleased with the treat, com-
menced the work of mastication; but to the great
surprise of the woman, she discovered the tail of
a snake, about twelve inches in length, writhing
around the mouth of the cow, while she was
crushing its head between her grinders. The
cow appeared to enjoy the treat !—Caledonian
Mercury.
A MONSTER.—A ferocious animal, supposed
to be of the hyena species, desolates at this mo-
ment the Canton of Mersbourg, near the lake
Constance. After devouring several animals,
and even some children, he attacked a number of
journeymen masons, who had to pass a small
wood. It strangled two, of them, and wounded
a score. It has been chased, but without effect.
It seems the thickness of its skin renders it bullet-
proof.—Paris Paper.
Mr. Fletcher of London, having given public
intimation of his intention to preach in Leith
Links yesterday forenoon, and on the Calton
Hill in the evening, the Magistrates subsequently
published a notice prohibiting him from so
doing. The Rev. Gentleman, however, having
obtained the authority of the tacksman of the
Royal Parks, held forth in the forenoon to a
very crowded audience in Comb Park, east of
Gibraltar House, and at the conclusion of his
sermon gave notice that he would preach again
at the same place, at six o'clock in the evening.
A great crowd of people assembled in conse-
quence, but the discourse was cut short about
seven o'clock by a heavy shower. The rolling
of distant thunder, and a congregation of sultry
and broken clouds over-head, warned many of
the approaching rain ; but the greater part, we
believe, remained till the shower came down,
when Mr. F. suddenly stopped his discourse, and
his auditory dispersed much more speedily than
the heat of the weather would otherwise have
made convenient.—.Caledonian Mercury.
INVERNESS, JULY 11.--Monday last and
part of yesterday, this quarter of the country was
visited with a hurricane, which, in some instances,
was attended with serious damage. Extraor-
dinary as it may appear, it is nevertheless true,
that a. field of turnips at Petty, consisting of
about 16 acres, was entirely destroyed. The
surface had been thoroughly dried up by the pre-
vious warm weather, and the whole of it, with
the young turnip plants, was literally blown
away. From part of the moss-ground on Jane-
held, near Nairn, which was in the process of
burning, particles of fire were driven to the neigh-
bouring field, the whole were shortly ignited, and
a fine field of oats was in much risk of being
consumed. The alarm was, however, speedily
given in and about Nairn, when a great number
turned out, and rendered prompt and effectual
assistance in extinguishing the fire ; the conduct
of all parties present was most praiseworthy.
The loss sustained is trifling ; seven acres of
turnips will require to be re-sown ; the damage
to the field of oats is not worth mentioning.
The apple and other fruit trees in the gardens
around us have suffered severely, a great deal of
fruit having fallen. The steam-boat lately set
going on Kessock Ferry, at an expense to Sir
Wm. Fettes, the proprietor of the Ferry, of about
9,0001., was unable to stand the gale, and took
shelter below Craigtown.--,lnverness Journal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 18.
WILLIAMS V. BACON.

Mr. SHADWELL moved for a new trial of an issue
that had been directed by this Court. The bill was
filed by the rector against certain occupiers of land,
called Cliff Slade, in the parish of Mark Field,
in the county of Leicester, for the payment of
tithes. The question for the Jury was, whether
the rector was entitled to tithes, or a certain
modus in lieu thereof. The Jury found that the
rector was entitled to a modus of 4s. 10d., which
did not satisfy the Rev. Personage, and hence the
present motion, made on the ground of misdirection,
on the part of Mr. Justice Holroyd, to the Jury.
Mr. TRESLOVE followed on the same side.

Mr. HEALD and Mr. MERIVAL opposed th, mo-

tion. They considered that the whole of the evi-
dence that had been given at the trial was in favour
of their clients, and that no just complaint could be
made to the Judge's summingupor charge.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he would look care-

fully into the case which had been alluded to before
he decided this question. If he should be of opinion
that it was incumbent on the defendants to give evi-
dence of the grant, there would clearly be no OCCit.•
for a new trial.

GIBBON V. CONVLBY.

The argument on the motion for a new trial in
this case was postponed until to-morrow, in conse-
quence of the absence of Mr. Pollock.

TUE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, AT THE RELATION OF ALLNUTT,

E. THE 11ATOR AND CORPORATION OF HUNTINGDON.

KELLY was heard on the motion for anew
trial in this case, the subject of which is some plots
of land claimed by the Governors of St. John's
Hospitabat Huntingdon, and the argument was not
concluded when the Court rose.

COURT OF KING'S 13ENCII, JULY lA.
TRAINE V. BENNETT.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the plaintiff, stated
this case, which was an action by a mariner on board
of the Phoenix, a South-Sea whaler, against the
owner, for 431., which the plaintiff claimed as his
share of the proeeeds of the voyage. It appeared
from the evidence, that the mariners were, instead of
wages, to have a certain portion of the oil and cargo
that they brought home, and the plaintiff's share
amounted to 431., if he had not forfeited it. The
engagement into which the mariners entered con-
tained a clause, that all such officers, seamen, and
mariners, as broke the articles, should forfeit all be-
nefit from the voyage. The articles provided that
the mariners should obey their superior officers, and
should do their duty on board the vessel. A man
of the name of Tibby, in the course of the voyage
misconducted himself, and the Captain ordered him
to go below, saying to him, " You shall lose all the
benefit of the voyage, and so shall several others."—
The sailors wished to know of the Captain whom he
meant by " several others," but he refused to tell
them, upon which many of them, including the
plaintiff, left off working, and the Captain ordered
them below, saying, that the doctor and himself, and
the remaining part of the crew, could do the work.
The sailors, after a little time, sent the captain a
letter that tbey were ready to work if he would say
he had no intention to knock any one off from the
benefit of the voyage excepting Tibby, or if he did
mean to knock any other person off, if he would let
them know who it was. He refused, however, to
give them any information, and things remained in
this state until the ship came in danger by means of
a sand-bank, when the plaintiff and the other sailors
came on deck and performed their duty, which they
continued doing until the ship returned home.
Mr. GURNEY, for the defendant, contended that
it was of the highest consequence to maintain disci-
pline on board a ship, and that if the plaintiff re-
covered, the verdict would be productive of infinite
mischief.
Lord TENTERDEN—If the Jury were of opinion
that the master acted improperly in refusing to men-
tion who the men were he meant to knock off, and
in saying obscurely, that " he would knock off several
others,' and if they thought that this conduct in-
duced the men to act as they had done, then, in
point of law, the benefit of the voyage was not for-
feited, and the Jury would find a verdict for the
plaintiff.—Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 43/.
COLRY AND OTHERS AGAINST HUNTER.
This was an action upon a policy of insurance
effected by the plaintiffs upon the Arethusa, whereof
they were the legal and registered owners, against
the defendant, the secretary of the St. Patrick In-
surance Company, which was incorporated by an
act of the sth of George IV., and empowered to sue
and be sued by their secretary.
Mr. J. PARKE opened the pleadings, and the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who stated the case, said be
claimed for an entire loss by perils of the sea. The
question depended upon the proper construction of
a warranty in the policy. The ship was insured in
October, 1825: there were then, and there had been
for some time previous, very heavy gales, and a great
deal of stormy weather; and the office, before they
would insure, made inquiries whether the vessel was
then at sea. The Plaintiffs' agent told them " No :
it was at Cuxhaven, the port of Hamburgh." The
office then agreed to insure, and the policy was ef-
fected from Hamburgh to Vigo, thence to Lisbon,
Oporto, and the Mediterranean, not higher than
Barcelona, upon the Arethusa, which was " war-
ranted in port on the 19th of October, 1825."...
There was no difference between the parties as to the
amount of the loss which had been settled : the only
question was upon the construction of the warranty.
The ship was, at the time of the insurance, atCuxhaven.
That, the plaintiffs contended, was the port of Ham-
burgh ; for ships are said to be in the port of
klamburgh whilst they are at Cuxhaven, in the
same manner as if a ship is warranted to be in the
port of London the warranty is held to be complied
with if the vessel is at Gravesend. There is no
custom-house at Cuxhaven, the custom-house offi-
cers come from Hamburgh to take the duties on
cargoes. For the purpose; of security, it was just
the same to the insurers, whether the vessel Was at
Cuxhaven or at Hamburgh, or indeed in any other
navigable part of the Elbe. The question of entire
loss, therefore depended upon the construction of
the policy, whether the words " warranted in port"
meant the port of Hamburgh, and whether in that
ease Cuxhaven was not to be considered the port of
Hamburgh. If, however, his Lordship's opinion
were against the plaintiffs on that point, they were
still entitled, upon the count for money had and re-
ceived, to recover back their premium ; because, in
that case, the policy was void, and there had been
no insurance at all. Admissions were put in, that
the plaintiffs were the legal and registered owners of
the Arethusa, and that the policy had been duly
effected in ctober, 1825. The ship-agent proved
that he applied in the month of October, 1825, at
the St. Patrick's Insurance-office. There had
been a very severe gale a little time before. The
agent for the office objected at first, because wit-
ness could not warrant that the vessel was safe
on a certain day, as he had no information where
the vessel was. Witness afterwards received a
letter, giving him an account of the vessel, and he
went again to the office and informed them where
the ship was, and then the insurance was effected.
Witness knew Cuxhaven. It is on the Elbe, near
the mouth of the river. It belongs to the free town
of Hamburgh. The port regulations of Hamburgh
extended to it. The pilot establishment there be-
longs to Hamburgb. Ships perform quarantine there.

Its distance from Hamburgh is about 90 miles. It
is the same to Hamburgh as Gravesend is to London.
Mr. F. PoLLocK observed it was more like the
More than Gravesend.

Witness continued—There is no independent
custom-house there. It is entirely under the laws of
Hamburgh.
Cross-examined by Mr. POLLOCK—There are
many ports between Cuxhaven and Hamburgh.
There is a great deal of other intervening territory;
part of Hanover intervenes. It is on the same river,
and is part of the territory of the free city of Ham-
burgh. A clearance at Cuxhaven is sufficient for
Harnburgh.

Mr. Mont, master of the Arethusa, proved that
the vessel left Hamburgh on the 13th of October,
1825, and on the 19th was at Cuxhaven, and re-
mained there until the 24th. Afterwards we went
to sea and met with a loss.

Mr. Potiocx—The loss is not disputed.
Lord TENTERDEN—I am of opinion that Cux-
haven is no part of the port of Hamburgh, and I
think the fair construction of the policy is, that the
words " in port" in the warranty, mean in the port
of Hamburgh.
Mr. J. Pugs submitted that Lord Ellenborough
had interpreted the words " free from seizure in
port," to mean in port any where. .
Lord. TENTERDEN—T,hat is a very different case.
" Warranted in port," here means Hamburgh, the
port previously mentioned. " Warranted safe," or
" warranted at Cuxhaven," would have done, or
" warranted in a port," though that last would have
been indefinite.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then submitted, that
the plaintiff was entitled to recover the premium,—
three guineas per cent. on 1,0001., amounting to
311. 10s.

For this sum the Jury found a verdict accordingly.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 18.
GRAHAM V. HINCKLEY.

Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE stated that this was an
action brought by the-plaintiff to recover compensa-
tion for certain defamatory words used by the de-
fendant, which were calculated to injure the plaintiff's
reputation, from the foul aspersions they cast upon
him. The plaintiff and defendant were both publi-
cans, the former carrying on business in Love-lane,
Lower Thames-street. He had some years ago the
misfortune to lose a wife, who had been for some
time afflicted with insanity, and had been placed
under the care of the celebrated Dr. Burrows, in
whose house she died. The plaintiff had, however,
subsequently married a second wife, who was now
living, and before whom the words complained of
were used. On the 25th of December, 1825, the
defendant called at the plaintiff's house, and, in the
presence of his wife, after having been for some time
exceedingly abusive, said, " You murdered your first
wife, and put her in a mad-house," or words to that
effect, as would be provedby the witnesses he should
call.

The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict
for the defendant.

WIDOW OF JOACHIM MURAT.

(Abridged from the Journal. des Debats.)
ACTION OF GENERAL FRANCESCRETTI.

M. Guilbert Boucher, senior Procureur-Ge-
neral in the Courts of Corsica, presented, on the
30th of June, a plea, to which we conceive it
proper to revert, in order to present our readers,
in one article, with a complete view of the above
case. The advocate of General Franceschetti
announced, that he should avoid all disagreeable
personalities. The blame, therefore, ought en-
tirely to fall on General Macdonald, who, by the
by, has nothing in common with the noble Duke
of Tarentum, whom France reckons with pride
amongst her most illustrious warriors. In the
month of January or February, 1814, (con-
tinued M. Guilbert Boucher), Joachim Murat,
whom a singular revolution had placed on the
throne of the Bourbons at Naples, entered into
a treaty with Austria and England, which gua-
ranteed that kingdom to him. A short month
afterwards he forgot this treaty, and made war
against Austria, in behalf of his brother-in-law.
He was conquered, and obliged to take to flight.
He landed in Provence, whence he wrote to Na-
poleon to offer him his services ; but Napoleon,
who believed in fatalism, would not accept of
the arm of one who had been unfortunate, and
he had, besides, no means of employing Murat
usefully. After the battle of Waterloo, Murat
wandered up and down the rocks of Provence
without being able to find a shelter. He deter-
mined to embark at Toulon in a vessel that was
ready to sail for Havre, and 200,000 francs,
with his baggage and principal officers, were em-
barked. One of them, nearly of his size, went
on board in the costume which Murat habitu-
lally wore. The latter was to join the vessel
in the night. Three sailors conveyed him out
of the harbour in a boat, but the vessel was
not found on the spot indicated. This obliged
Murat to return ashore, his whole resources
reduced to his diamond hat-loop, worth 9,000
francs, and an epaulette worth 50,000. Un-
der favour of the night, he reached the cabin of
an old woman, in return for whose protection he
gave his last piece of money. Thence he went
to a country house which he had hired at
Plaisance, near Marseilles, and there learned that
Le Blanc, his valet de chambre, had betrayed
him, and he was at a loss what to do, when he
fell in with an old hussar officer, named Blancar,
who had served under his command. Blancar
procured a man, called Colette, a brave sailor of
Corsica, who, after consulting; two young sailors.
of Toulon, Donadieu and Ilanglade, engaged to
carry Murat to Corsica. After a number of dif-
ficulties, the Prince landed at Bastia, at the same
id had to seek
anthe neighbour-
time with a number of other fugitives, among
whom were the Count de Casa Blanca, Rossi, &c.
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hood, called Veacovato, lived a man of illustrious
family, Colonna Ceccaldi, with whom General
Franceschetti, who had been Marcella' de Champ
in 1815, on the field of battle, was at that time
staying. Murat went to this Franceschetti, and
said to him, " I am your King, will you give me
shelter ?" The General offered him every thing
he had, and gave him up his apartment. Colonna
himself, notwithstanding his difference ofoninion,
respected his misfortunes, and welcomed Murat,
without inquiring what risks he ran, In the
mean while, being Mayor of the Commune, he
had to acquaint Colonel Verrier, the only
authority at that time in Corsica, which was given
up to all the evils of anarchy. Colonel Verrier
sent 50 gens d'armes to seize Murat, but General
Franceschetti, with his friends and relations,
pressed around the Prince, to defend the rights
of hospitality. The gens d'armes were alarmed,
and withdrew, but the courage of their opponents
rising with their victory, blood was shed on all
sides. Murat incurred
,great danger, and the

Colonel pressed for his departure, but he was
without the moan.. At length, a man named
Gregori.consented to fit out a couple of vessels,
on condition of receiving bills of exchange on
Paris, endorsed by General Franceschetti.
Murat drew, in consequence, a bill for 250,000
franca on the house of Barillon. The vessels were
fitted out, but on the report going abroad that
Murat was setting out to conquer Italy, Colonel
Verrier would not consent to his sailing, ano
immediately issued a Proclamation, in which hk
declared any person who should give shelter to
Murat a disturber of the public peace. The
is
land,
and determined, however, to quit the
and he then communicated to the General his
design of re-conquering the kingdom of Naples.
All advice was thrown away upon him. }ran-
ceschetti, and 150 other brave men, accompanied
him. The defender of General Franceschetti
here described the intrepidity of his client, who
saved Murat's life on one occasion by his pre-
sence of mind. Arrested along with his master,
he heard a man, armed with a hatchet, ask where
Joachim was. His intentions were not difficult
to be divined. "I am the King," said General
Franceschetti. Struck with admiration at so
noble a devotedness, the escort opposed the fury
of the assailant. Franceschetti expected to suffer
the same fate as the other companions of the
Prince. He was, however, sent back to Corsica ;
and, after numerous misfortunes, and 15 months'
captivity, at length restored to his family. He
then addressed a letter full of respect to the widow
of Murat, begging of her that assistance of which
he stood in need, in order to liquidate the debts
which he had contracted. The reply was a long
time in arriving ; at length, it did come : it was
General Macdonald who answered, that, the si-
tuation of the Queen did not allow of her grant-
ing any succour at that moment, and that she
was not even in a state to receive the General.
After a number of steps equally unavailing, the
General was obliged to call on the justice of the
country, as a creditor of the widow and heirs of
Murat, to the amount of 86,000 francs. M.
Guilbert Boucher cited, in support of this de-
mand, the notoriety of the facts, and the docu-
mentary evidence contained in the account of the
catastrophe of Joachim Murat, a book of which
M. Franceschetti is the author.

This day (July 13) M. Barthe commenced
the defence of the widow of the ex-King, by
contending that the documents upon which
this plea was attempted to be established had
been fabricated by Franceschetti, with a view to
its being instituted. M. Barthe then recapitu-
lated the particulars of the adventures of Murat,
as given by M. Boucher, previous to his arrival
in Corsica. He declared that the assertion that
Franceschetti was the only man in Corsica ready
to receive Murat with hospitality was a scan-
dalous libel on that country ; that Vescovato, so
far from being a.safe was a very dangerous,place
of abode for Murat, because Ceccaldi was an old
Royalist, notorious for his attachment to the
Bourboa dynasty, and that the very day after re-
ceiving him into his house, he gave information
of his presence to the Military Governor. lie
asserted that Franceschetti was a mere chef de
battaillon, in the service of Naples, and though
acknowledged as Colonel by the French Go-
vernment in 1818, he never was nominated
General but at Vescovato, which was the field
of battle, where he received that rank in return
for his hospitality to Murat. So far from Alurat's
arriving without resources in Corsica, he carried
thither 10,000 francs in gold, which he imme-
diately handed over to Franceschetti, to defray
his expences. He had, besides, diamonds to the
amount of 200,000 francs, ,one of which was
pledged for 90,000 francs, and the acknowledg-
ment of this deposit was to be found printed in
Franceschetti's own- account. On the 2d of
September, Murat drew on Barillon, his bankers
at Paris, for 250,000 francs, on which 172,000
francs were paid. On the 28th September, 1815,
Macirone arrived from Paris, bringing passports,
which ensured to Murat a safe asylum in Austria,
provided he would live under the name of Li-
pone, and under the superintendence of the
police. Murat's ideas, however, were then
changed, and he declared to Macirone that the
passports had arrived too late, and that be .was
determined to re-conquer the kingdom of Naples.
M. Barthe said he should not enter into details
of what followed, but should content himself
with reading a copy of the letter written by
Murat the moment before he was shot. The
letter was as follows :

" My Dear Caroline,—My last hour is come.
In a few minutes I shall have ceased to live, and
you will cease to have a husband. Do not forget
me. My life has been stained by no injustice.
Farewell my Achilles, farewell my Letitia, my
Lucien, my Louisa. Show, the world that you
are worthy of me. I leave you without a throne
and without resources, in the midst of nu-
merous enemies. Think of what you are, and
of what you have been, and God will bless you.
Speak not evil of my memory ; and know that
my greatest pain, in my last moments of my
life, is dying far away from my children. Re-
ceive my paternal benediction ; receive my em-
braces and my tears ; and ever keep in yon
memory your unfortunate father

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',JOACHIM."
M. Barthe here traced the misfortunes and
dispersion of the family of Murat after his death.
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in Austria ; his eldest on load gone to the
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and
Washington's. M. B,arthe then proceeded to
address himself to the case before the Court.—
Franceschetti was the only person who com-
plained -di ingratitude. Macirone had presented
a draught of 40,000 francs, subscribed by Murat,
as a compensation for his trouble in procuring a
passport, and the Countess of Lipona paid that
draft out of her private fortune. A Sieur
victim had also been mentioned as the ctim of
the blackest ingratitude. In reply to this, M.
Barthe read the following letter from Armand :.
" I have learned, with the most profound
grief, that my name has been made use of to
accuse the Princess Caroline. I should be the
most ungrateful of men if I did not protest,
against this infamous calumny. •
M. Barth., moreover, contended, that the
Ifacts alleged by Franceschetti were utterly desti-
tute of probability ; not only had he no means
of advancing the 86,000 francs which he claim-
ed, but Joachim had no need of them. The
pledging of his jewels, and his hills of exchange,
had placed him above the necessity of such a
loan ; and, as a proof of this, the Marquis de
Riviere, who went to Corsica a few months
after Murat's death,
when, agreeably to the
orders of Government, he demanded an account
from the banker, Gregori, the latter declared he
had 93,000 francs of the proceeds of the bills of
exchange still remaining in his hands.
M. Guilbert Boucher is to reply this day week.

A rope-dancer named ROAT has lost his life
at Copenhagen, by the breoking of the cord on which he
was dancing.