Star.
London, England, 1825-11-29 00:00:00

NAVAL iliftLtIGENcE.

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The Gilsland, Pammotr, front London to Sunderland; *u
driven on shore yesterday, near filsikeney.
The Shamrock, CHRIsTMAS, of Yarmouth, was driven on shore
near Hartlepool. on Saturday.
The Thorp Arnold, Hume, front Memel to Hull; Was aban-
doned by the crew or the Nate of Norway.
The Renown. CUPININayAM, from Oporto. was driven on shore,
and bilged, at Dumfries, on the 26th instant.
The Christian, Gra.s.lis, (torn Liverpool to Slign; John and
Mary, —, of KiHale ; and Jura, Straw. of Greenock, Were driven
tor shore on the Isle of Islay, on the 16th instant.
Frit.novvit, Not. 27.—Wind W.—No arrivals or sailing..
Pomona's, Nov. 21.—.WInd W. to W.S. has blown
very hard aU day ; the outward bound remain all well. The Hope,
&MANN., from P.xmouth to London, got on shore ost Bainbridge
Ledge this morning, knocked her rudder off, and is leaky in
making for the harbour, accompanied by two pilot-boats, she ran
on board the Sesostrii, for New South Wales. and carried away
her bowsprit.
DEAL, Nov. 28.—Wind W.S.W. blowing strong.—Arrived the
Rebecca. Sear?, from Seville; Jupiter, —, and the Hope, of
Sunderland, from the westward. Arrived from the River and
remain, the Indian Trader, Jonnsox, for Cork; West India
packet, REYNOLDS, fur New Providence; Louisa transport, for
Aurora, Jacssint, fur Hydra and Smyrna; and Cossack,
Toon, for Naples. The outward bound remain all well.
Drumm., Nov. 27.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Dalhousie
Castle, WALT'S, from New York ; Monarch, OSIAND, from Val.
parai.o ; Science, Faapr, from St. Jago de Cuba ; and the William
Pitt, Rosser% from Alexandria. Off the port, the Leeds, &rob-
DANT. from New York. There has been a signal of distress from
an inward bound brig, on shore near Hoylake—she is said to have
gone to pieces. Put back, the Sir William Wal.ace, for Africa;
and the Favourite, for Maranham.

LAUNCH OF THE GEORGE THE FOURTH.

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Saturday, a floe new ship, of the largest class, buil:
for the East India Company's service, at Northfleet,
was launched from Messrs. Pitcher's Dock, at that
place ;Campbell Martribanks, Esq. the Chairman, and
Sir George Abercrolibie Robinson, Bart. the De. tit)
Chairman, accompanied by the other Members of du.
Court of Directors, arrived at Nortlifleet at twelve
o'clock, and proceeded to the yard, where s pla'form
had been erected for their reception.
The necessary arrangements having bren completed,
and the slips removed, the launch took place. As she
is the first ship which the East India Company have
built since the King's accession to the throne, it had
been determined that she should be named George the
Fourth, after his present Maje.ty ; that ceremony was
per formed by the Chairman, amidst the acclamations
or the assembled visitors, after which, the company re-
tired to partake of a cold collation that had been pie-
pared ; when the Chairmin having prefaced the toast
by some appropriate observations, gave the health of
his Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth,
which was drank with the most lively demonstrations of
loyally and affectionate attachment to his Majesty.
Prosperity to the East India Company," and " Suc-
cess to the new ship," having been drank, the Chair man
and Deputy Chairman returned to town; having pre-
viously dcsired that the men belonging to tne yard,
with their families, should all have an opportunity
of drinking the health of their King. Notwithstanding
the unfavourable state of the weather, which prevented
the attendance of many families of the surrounding
neighbourhood, the number assembled was considerable

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.

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Last night a meeting of tl'e mechanics (principally
of the class 3f shipwrights) in Bermondsey, Rotherbithe,
and their vicinities, was held on the premises of a sails
manufacturer in Cherry•garden-street, for the purpose of
establishing a Mechanics Institution in that populou-
nei h bow hood.
Mr. BACOT took the Chair.

When the Chair was taken, at eight o'clock, the place
in which the Meeting was held was crowded to excess,
and the confusion was so great from the pressure, that
it was with great difficulty the speakers could be heard
by the Meeting.
Dr. BIRKSECK opened the business by proposing a
declaratory Res,lntion in favour of the principle of
Mechanical Institutions, and enfoicing k by argu-
ments founded on the value of scientific knowledge,
and its prictical application to the business of the
world, in all its ramifications. This Resolution was
seconded by Mr. Roarar 14,W1t.t.tAm, and opposed by
Mr. THOMAS, who submitted an amendment, de-
claring the inexpediency of these institutions. He attri-
buted the diffusion of societies upon this plan to the
fanaticism of these times ; and while he disclaimed
being. an enemy to the growth of knowledge, he begged
to paint out the absolute incompatibility of scientific
studies with mechanical labour. The mechanic who
devoted his mind to scientific studies of an abstruse nes
cure, would be physically unable to apply himself to the
labours of the day, which were necessary for the mains
tenance of his relative conditirm. This Gentleman was'
so repeatedly interrupted in the course of his speech,'
that it was difficult to catch his observations. He re='
greeted the opposition he encountered, as being incon•
sisteot with fair discussion ; and assured them, that the
same principle which would lead him to oppose any
invasion of the higher powers upon the just rights of the
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bumbler classes, compelled him to differ from the latter,
When they seemed, upon an organized plan, to travel out
of their proper sphere.
Mr. GAST replied at some length to the preceding
speaker, and contended that the growth of knowledge
was quite consistent with the proper performance of
mechanical labour, and the due subordination of the
workman to his employer. At the same time he ad-
mitted the modern plan of diffusing scientific education
was calculated to impede the growth of oppression,
And to make men mole tenacious of their just rights.—
Not that he considered these institutions as exclusively
calculated to benefit the operative classes : they were
equally conducive to the interest of their employers,
for whatever tended to improve the principles of me-
chanism, and to economize expenditure, must be ad-
vantageous to both.
Mr. ELLIOTT also replied to Mr. Thomas, and sup-
ported the propriety of establishing these Mechanical
Institutions upon principles of general public utility.—
He was followed by Mr. Don't's, the Rev. Mr. Gtt.-
DIRT, Drs. BLACK and Macula'', and the resolutions
for the formation of the Society were curied with great
applause. At eleven o'clock the Meeting separated.

Roustet alias fingnard, the ringleader of the riot
among the workpeople in the vicinity of Rouen, was
executed on the 23c1 inst Ant, pursuant to his sentence.
Figs.—This morning, about lull-past two o'clock,
a lice bloke out at the house of Mr. Cox, baker, Ful-

wuod'irrents, flolbo:n. The engines were boon on the
spot, and, aided by a plentiful supply of water, the 6te
was subdued, after having oc:asioneJ very considerab.e
damie to the pteini,es.

• Tilt ARMY.

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$1 Detach Mints beloosliss to itta
marched yesterday, Weanslatest Harwich; else a- •
went boluoging to the 43d ibighisent at billattry, tut Colchester.
(Climates). WAIL-firma, Narrates& 94. 11MS.
Ste—Reforring to the Circular Letter (coin this Other, dated
the 10th of Snstember, 1524, No. 523, I am directed by the Se-
cretary at War to transmit to you dues copies Of a Me-
morandums br amended Instructions relative to the at* System
of accounting for Hospital &nppages, and to reque.t.that you will
cause nne copy to be delivered to the Payinastet, and another to
the Surgeoni and that you will take care that the directions therein
contained be immediately complied with.—l have the honour to
be, Sir, your most obedient servant,

(Signed) LAURENCP. SULIVAN.
To the Officer commanding— Regiment of —.
The following is the Memorandum alluded to in the above
Circular :
" The system of paying over stoppages to the Purveyor% of Ge-
neral Hospitals, and to the Medical Officers in charge of Regimen-
tal Hospitals, having been discontinued, all sums necessary to meet
the expenditure of these Hospitals are, in the case of Regimental
Hospitals, to be received by the Surgeon from the Paymaster, upon
estimates.
" It will not be necessary that any additional sum should be
inserted on that account in the Paymaster's estimates fur Regiments
at home, unless the stoppages should be found insufficient, in which
case, the additional sum estimated is to be supported by a certi-
ficate of the Surgeon to that effect, approved by the Commanding
Officer.

" Fur Regiments abroad, the Sum to be added to the Estimate
should be the probable amount of the difference between the ex-
pense of the men, in Hospital, and 3J. a day tr each man so situated.
" The pay of soldiers m Hospital. General or Regimental, at
Home or Abroad, is to be charged at the usual tats in the Pay
List, ausl the regulated Stoppages are to be deducted at the foot of
the Account agreeably to the printed form.

The deductions to be made will he as follow:
Rests. at Dunie—Nun-commiwione.l Officers, T. urn- per diem
peters, Drummers, and Private* 105.
Boys under 15 years of age . . . hd.
Abroad, except at Jamaica—Nom-commis-
sioned Officers, Trumpeters.
Drummers, and Privates, . . .
Boys under 1.1 year., of age . . .
at Jamaica.-- Non•contarissioved Offizers, .
Trumpeters, Drummers, and
Privates

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Boys under 1.5 years of age . . . sad.
" The additional pay of 20. per diem heretofore allowed for
Orderlies iu General Hospitals abroad, is not to be charged in
future, Soldiers in that situation being allowed full rations and
hospital wages.

"The Surgeon is to furnish the Paymaster monthly with a re-
turn made up agreeably to the enclosed form, to enable him to
charge the Officers paying Troops or Companies with the amount
of stoppages at each monthly settlement.
" Quarterly returns, made up from the hospital books, and speci-
fying the dates of the entry and discharge GI every man who shall
have been in hospital during the quarter, with his name and rank,
and the Regiment to which he belongs, are to be transmitted from
all hospitals, direct to the War office, within ten days after the ter-
mination of eaeb quarter, certified as required by the printed forms.
4' When the quarterly returns of Regimental Hospitals contain
the names of men of other Regiments, a separate total should be
made for each Regiment, and the Surgeon should specify io the
column for remarks, opposite the names of men of other Regiments,
the Paymaster bywfiem their pay is liable to be charged for the period.
" In the quarterly returns of General Hospitals, he Purveyor.
or principal Medical Officer is requested to specify opposite to the
names of the respective men, the Paymaster by whom their pay is
liable to be charged for the period.
" Monthly returns of men in general hospitals, are to be trans-
mitted by the Purveyor to the Paymaster, by whom the pay of the
men is to be charged.
0 In the case of a man being in the Regimental Hospital of a
Corps to which be does not belong. a similar monthly return is to
be transmitted by the Paymaster of that Corps to the Paymaster
by whom the man's pay Is to be issued and charged, which return
is to be annexed to the Pay-list of the latter.
" Ise cases where men belonging to the Guards;•Ordnance Ser-
vice, Colonial Corps, Regiments serving in India, or Troops is the
service of the India Company. may be admitted into the hespitnloi
a Regiment of the Line on home setvice, the Paymaster Jane
Regiment is to recover from the Paymaster or other perms by
whom the men's pay will be levied, 10d. per diem for each man,
and is to deduct the amount in his Pay list under the head of Pay.
And in the case of soldiers of the line' in theJampitals,of theGuarde,
or Ordnance Service, full pay and beer money will be admissible,
supported by a receipt of the surgeon in charge of the Hospital, foe
the amount of the stoppage of 10d. per diem.
" In like cases on foreign service, the stoppage will be 9d. per
diem. to be accounted for in the same manner.
" In cases of men belonging to any of those services being In a
general hospital at home or abroad, the same rates of stoppage will
be required, and the Purveyor or principal Medical Officer will be
held responsible for recovering the correct amount of the stoppages
from the Paymaster or other person by whom the pay of the men
is to be issued. The sums so obtained ate to he credited in the
general hospital account, in the same manlier as other sums ob-
tained for the use of the hospital, during the period of the account.
In the Accounts of the Paymaster of Detachments at Chat.
ham, or of other Paymasters by Atom the pay of men belonging
to Regiments in the East Indies is liable to be charged, the pay of
those men is to be charged at the full rates, the receipt of the Pur-
veyor or Medical Officer fur the amount of the stoppages bring
annexed.
" When soldiers are in Naval Hospitals, Paymasters will pay
over to the proper Medical Officer, the amount of the regulated
stoppages,and support the charge of lull pay by the Surgeon's receipt.
" The Hospital Accounts of the Regimental Surgeons are to be
made up quarterly, instead of half-yearly : viz. to iseth March, to
aeth Juin., to 24th September, and 24th December, inclusive.
The amount is to be charged by the Regimental Paymaster,
in the Pay-Lists, under the bead of Contingencies; the charge being
supported by a duplicate of the accounts examined and approved
by the Director-General in London fur Regiments in Great Bri-
tain, and in Dublin, for Regiments in Ireland; and by the Inspec-
tor, or other principal Medical Officer on a foreign station, fur
which purpose the surgeon at home is to transmit his accounts in
duplicate to the Army Medical Department, and the Surgeon
abroad is to send his accounts in triplicate to the principal Medical
Officer. One copy, when examined, is to be returned to the
Surgeon, to be delivered by him to the Paymaster, who is to an-
nex the same to the Pay-List, with the Surgeon's receipt in sup-
port of the charge.
" If the sums advanced exceed the total of the account, the Pay-
master is to require the Surgeon to refund the difference.
" In case the Surgeon's approved account shall not be received
at the period fixed for the transmission of the Regimental accounts,
the Paymaster may insert the sums advanced to the Sturgeon in his
pay-list, not as a charge, but under the head of advances not finally
accounted for. annexing a statement of particulars, vouched by the
Surgeon's signature.
do When the December pay-list is to be made up, such advances to
the Surgeon as may not then have been finally accounted for, may be
added by the Paymaster to the expenditure, in order to enable him
to balance the December pay-list, but that amount is of course to
be deducted from she pay-list in which the amount of the approved
account shall be charged.
" The non-receipt of the approved quarterly account of the
Surgeon, will not therefore warrant delay in transmitting the Regi-
mental pay-lists.
* Surgeons of Regiments in Jamaica are to give credit in their
Inarterly accounts fee the sums respectively issued to them out of
the Colonial great for the maintenance of Hospitals.

Notwithstanding the recent rise in porter, there are
some publicans who still retail it at four-pen.e per po .
DUMFRIES, NOVEMISIR 22.—Thursday, dames Mur
ray, a fine promising young man, about nineteen years
of age, whose father, a very respectable man, is shep-
herd to Mr. Borthwlck, Hopesr'gg, on his Cum of L.in
shawburn, in the parish of Eskdalemoor, was found dead
imr,ng the snow. He had let Mr. Borthwick's house, on
the preceding Tuesday morning, on his roaJ honse,which
is about twelve miles distant from his master's house;
and this account having.come to his father's knowledge,
the alarm was given, a considerable depth of snow
having fallen, which was much drifted on the higher
grounds, and a diligent watch commenced, when a
no great distance he was disctivered by his of anu
disconsolate parent lying on the snow—
" A stiffened corpse,
Stretch'd out, and bleachi•l in the northern blast."

MEEITha OF MESSRS. CHAMBERS Anise
BON% CH RD TORS. • • .
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In consequence of the announcement in the Gazette
of the bankruptcy of Messrs. Chambers and Soo, the
Bankers, a meeting was bold yesterday at the King's
Theatre. Mr. Bicknell we- called to tie Chair. The
Minutes of the Committee were read by Mr. Groom,
who stated 'that every endeavour had been made to ar-
range the demands. brit those endeavourb having failed,
they vrereobligedt sue ut b - kruptcy. With respect
to the King's Theatre, Mr. Ebers had become the lessee,
At a tent of 80001. per annum, but the Lord Ctianiba lain
refused to grant a license, because be had heard that
the walls were iii.ectire and in a ruinous condition, ex-
cept the-one erected last year. The Lord Chamberlain
had desired that Isless,s. Smirk and Soane, the alebi
sects, should examine the pilastres, and :mould deliver
in their Report before he was again applied to. In
consequence of this refusal on the part of the Lord
Chamberlain, Mr. Hobhouse was re que.ted to apply to
Colonel Stephenson, and Mr. Ebers still entertained a
hope that he should be enabled to open the. Theatre on
the 17th of December. The roof had now been exa-
mined, and some repairs and improvements had been
made, by direction of the Committee. Mr. Groom
said, that Mr. Chambers had refused to allow the meet-
ing to put up Iris este:es at Enfield and Chuttle •for
auction. This led to some discussion, and it was
stated by Mr. Stone, that the estates were advertised to
be said, but Mr. Chambers refused to allow any per-
son to see them, and consequently they could not be
sold. Mr. Chambers objected to the sale, because his
allowance had been withdrawn; because the Committee
would noLallow him four-fitths of the produce of the
sale; and because they refused to pay his bailiff 1.500/.
and they did not know why that sum was to be paid to
him. Some other unimportant business was discussed,
and the meeting separated, after having resolved to
elect Assignees from the Committee, whose conduct on
behalf of the general body of creditors bad been most
exemplary and praiseworthy.

EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF

EXCHRQUEIt BILLS.

Two pers-ms, who gave their names Philip Lucas
and James Wynne, of respectable appearance, have
been apprehended in Liverpool, in consequence of sus-
picion attached to their conduct, by which 3,00 W. in
Exchequer Bills, lost by a Gentleman in London, have
been foriunately recovered through the instrumentality'
of Messrs. B. lAr. and A. Franklin, bullion-brokers inl
that town. The name of the Gentlemen we are not ac-
quainted
with ; but a few weeks since lie lost his pocket
book, containing, among other things, three Ezell:miner
Bills 011,0001. each. Notices were sent to the various,
banking houses, &c. throughout the country, and every
means ad.:pted for making the loss known, together
niLle a proper description of the property, but no ti-
dings could be heard of it, and, in fact, the loser had
given up all hopes of recovering it. However, on Fri-
day week, a man called at the office of Messrs. Franklin,
in Dale street, and offered some local notes to be ex-
changed, at the same time asking him if be could be
accommodated with cash for an Exchequer Bill fot
1,0001.? Mr. B. W. Franklin replied that be could, by
giving a respectable reference. Monday morning,
during the alzence of Mr. B. W. Franklin, Lucas called
at his office, and ordered .500 doubloons to be ready by
a certain hour, in part payment for which the Exche-
quer Bill was hue ided, and between twelve and one
o'clock he met Mr. Franklin in the Exchange News-
room, and asked the day's price of Exchequer Bills ?
Mr. Franklin told him, and he accompanied Mr. Franklin
to his office, when he said he had been to Mr. Simpson,
who told hint he would have no objection to receive
the bill in part payment of dues.
Lucas then took the bill out of his pocket-book, and
Mr. Franklin immediately recognised it to be one that
had been advertised- as lost by a Gentleman in Lon-
don. Mr. Franklin closely interrogated Lucas, and
these interrogatories, with a request to walk into
the inner office, evidently confused him, and induced
bird to ask 64 w: ether anything was the matter ?" Mr. F.'
told him it was necessary, for his own sake, to give
every information, for that he had not become properly
possessed of the bill. Lucas declared that all he said
was true, and hoped Mr. F. would not detain the bill.
Mr. F. said he certainly must detain both him and the
bill, and instantly dispatched his brother for Mr. Mil-
ler, the superintendant of police in this town. During
this interval Lucas said he saw no necessity for detain-
ing him, for he had a particular engagement with a
Gentleman on 'Change, and he attempted to go, but Mt.
F. detained him until the artival of Mr. Miller, who
took charge of him. Art -Lucas being taken before
John Wright, Esq.. at the Town-ball, he said he came
from Coventry, and received the letter enclosing the bill
on Tuesday, the 15th inst. in payment for an old ac-
count: he was a merchant, but had no place of busi-
ness, nor did he know any person in Liverpool. He
was then remanded until the owner of the property
should be informed of what had taken place.
In consequence of the above information, Mr. Miller
etoceeded to find out where Lucas lodged, and he found
it was at a cook-shop in Dale-street, and that Lucas bad
a companion, who also lodged with him, but this com-
panion was not then at home. He therefore left an
officer in case of the place, with directions to send fur
him whenever this person should arrive. However, in
the course of the day (Monday) a person respectably
dressed called at Messrs. Franklins office, and inquired
if that was Messrs. Moss's bank ? he was answered in the
negative, and directed to that place. He shortly re-
turned, and inquired for Mr. Loos? Suspicion was in
consequence excited that be might know something
more of the lost property, and be was traced hot* to
his lodging. Mr. Miller was speedily informed of this
circumstance, and be west to the apartments, where he
saw this person, who gave his name James Wynne.
There was a portmanteau in the room, which Mr. Mil-
ler desired Wynne to give him the key of ; Wynne de-
livered up the key, and while Mr. Miller was searching
it, he observed Wynne trying to secrete something in
a waistcoat which was in the room, and had undergone
the operation of a search; he instantly seized Wynne's
hand, which he found contained paper. Mr. Miller and
Wynne struggled very hard until the latter was thrown
down, and upon his &ming up, Mr. Miller found on the
ground where Wynne had fallen, the other two Exche-
quer bills for 1,0001. each. Thus has the whole of this
property been recovered, after a lapse of several weeks,
and after all hope of ever recovering it bad been aban-
doned. Wynne was conveyed before the Mayor and
Mr. Alderman Wright, who questioned him how he
becime possessed of these bills? He denied all know-
ledge of them, and declared he did not throw-them on
the ground. He said be was a resident near London,
at Greenwich, and upon being further interrogated, he
politely begged to decline answering any further ques-
t or.c. He was also remanded.

•We since learn that one of the parties had applied to Mr. Joseph
King, stock broker, to negotiate one of the bills, and that he was in
treaty fur the sale of it. Lucas haA also presented one to Mr.
Simpson, our collector of excise, who would have received it bad
any duties been payable.—Liverpeof Aver.

EtTRAORDINARY TURN-OUT.-A considerable wo, I.
len m inufacturer, in the neighbourhood of Elland, in-
formed his weavers a few days since, that, in conse-
quence of the stagnation of trade, be had only few
orders, but that, as he was desirous of retaining his work-
men, he would give them warps for which he had no
orders, to be wove for-one half of their late advance,
rti.d he would give to those weavers be liked best, the
full price forthegoods be had orders for; with this
. prirpusal they appeared satisfied—but on meeting toge-
ther, immediately after leaving him, they found out,
that, by agreeing to the above, they could .Rot throw
themselves on'the Union, they therefore determined to
*Five a general turn-uut on the ground or reduced
prices, without even asking for woik, though it was
ready for many'of them at full prices.

Tile new hands taken into the dines.— diet ies in
,the West of Sentland are answering every favourable
anticipation. They make good wages for themselves,
and lair profits for the masters. It does not • appear
that ihecombined workmeearcoffering any molestation.
At the last 4111 given by,the ObuitatAmsterclan?, at,
the Moment when the dancing was,-goinkonwithi die
greatest spirit, and in the midst.of the brilliant asaens",
lily, Mr. ea Conikce, Minister for :Foreign Aftirs,
suddenly fell dowii, strttek by an apoplectic fit. ilia-
mediate assistance noe'sticiteeding'in resttning shins, he,
• was taken to his hotel; where he first improved r but the.
next day he had a relapse, and 'when the last accounts
came away, he remained 'in the greatest dang Er. The
Kura and the Riyal Family, *who were present %Then
this dreadful warning was sliest, ate said to have Wetn
greatly-affected.

Y.

SECONDARIES' OFFICE, Nov. 28.
.10N11 AND INWARD V, THEAUDRIPXI OP LpNDQN.
Mr. COMM for the pbtintit in this cat*, vrhich, was
tried before Me. Shelton,. the Coroner, stated, that it
was an action brought .for the recovery of a sum of
money, which his clients had lost inconsequence of the
improper conduct of a Sheriff's officer named •Turney.
A writ had been issued by them against a Mr. Itimner,
and placed in the hands of Turney, who was 'the real
defendant in this case. Turney arrested' Rimier., but'
instead of locking him up, or getting a bail bond, he
permitted him to go at large, and thus "made the
Sheriffs responsible for the whole amount of the debt.—
It was well known that in cares of this description the
Sheriffs' officers uniformly took care to indemnify them-
selves, and no doubt Turney and Rimner had an under-
standing to that effect. Whatever was the arrange-
ment, it was certain the plaintiffs had not been paidthe
amount they now sought to recover. The Learned
Counsel cautioned the Jury against the ingenuity of
Mr. Collinvidge, who, though in the habit of sitting as'
Judge in that Court, now appeared as advocate fur the
defendant.
Two witnesses proved that Turney had admitted he
had let the prisoner go at large, and that Mr. Patter,l
the Sheriffs Attorney, had promised that the debt and
costs should be paid if time was given to 'Forney. Only
a part, however, had beer. subsequently paid.
Mr. COLLINGRIDGIL said he had undertaken this cause
in order to save the poor Sheriffs' Officer expense,
which he was not able to bear. If the Jury gave a
verdict for more than mere nominal damages, Turney
would in all probability be ruined. The fact was, that
Mr. Rimner, against whom the writ had been issued,
was soon after his arrest put into prison upon another
action; and Ms pecuniary difficulties were so great, that
he found it necessary.to resort to the Insolvent Court.
Now had the writ, to which allusion was maJr, been
executed according to the usual mode, not one farthing
of debt or costs would have been ever recovered, so that
the plaintiffs, instead of sustaining injut 37, had actually,
benefitted to the extent th'y had received from 'Forney,
which he (Mr. Collingridge) thought quite eaough,
under all the circumstances.-

Mr. Rimner deposed, that soon after he had been
arrested by Turney he was taken upon another suit,
and put into prison, where his difficulties compelled
him to remain until he was released by the Insolvent
Debters Act. Had he been imprisoned upon the writ
issued at the suit of Jones and Howard, he certainly
would not have been able to pay any part of the debt
and costs.

Mr. COMYN, is reply, stated that it was impossible
the Jury could. for a moment, admit the argument used
by hi,. Learned Friend in favour ofthe officer. If that were
the case, there would be no security for a man's money.
The Jury assessed the damages to the full extent of the plaintiffs'
&mad.

The streets of Paris are at present almost impassable
for foot passengers, on account of the depth of the mud.
PRAICE has read his new drama in the Green-room of
the Adelphi Theatre ; it is founded on one of the Ara-
bian Tales, and is said to be peculiarly comic and inte-
resting. The-y-Avesentation of it is only suspended
in conwcpsence of thecputinued popularity of the Pilot.
Mr. DAVID KNOWLiII, master and owner of a vessel
called the Hope, of Dover, which trades from Calais
as a marketing vessel, with eggs, poultry, game, &c.
being at Calais on Sunday, the 13th instant, and in the
evening, about ten o'clock, on his going into the street
from his lodgings, he was seized upon by five French-
men,who knocked him downtrod apon him,cut his head
and face, and very much injured other parts of his body.
They were all arrested, and committed to prison to
wait the decision of a Court of Justice.

Saturday sennight, the Caledonian coach, from In-
verness to Pettb, was overturned, in attempting to
cross the Spey, which was then much swollen by the
rains; the bridge having also lately been carried away
by the current. The passengers were in imminent
danger. One of them, Mr. &My" one of the few
passengers saved from the melancholy catastrophe of
the Comet steam-boat, clung so fast to the guard, that
it was with difficulty they could be extricated.
Wednesday, Mary Fuller, lately of Peterborough,
wife of John Fuller, labourer, of that city was apple-
headed at Stamford, and committed to gaol for further
examination, on a charge of writing a threatening letter
to Mrs. Cox, a widow lady of Peterborough, with a
view to extort money. Mrs. Cox very properly laid
this letter before the Magistrates at Peterborough, and 11
an answer was written to 44 Wm. Green" as pointed out.
The prisoner, Mary Fuller, applied for it on Wednes
day at the Post-office, in Stamford, and was inconse-
quence taken into custody.
An amputation of the right arm was made last week
upon the cook of Mr. Brithwaite, at Deene, in North-
amptonshire. The roe gill was teaching down a
pi,ce of beef, which she had to roast for dinner, and it
beieg rather too heavy for her to hold, it fell upon her
hand, and just scratched her little finger in the joint.—
In the course of the night she was seized with violent
pain, ant mortification soap after ensued, iihich spread
rapidly through her whole body. Anspwation was re-
sorted to so s. on as it could be prudentiy done, and the
sufferer is improving in health.
The Gazette of Saturday night contains several no•
ticts of projected improvements in the City, in West-
mins:er, and the suburbs. In the eastern part several
new roads are intended to be formed ; and in the north
a new road, connecting Hackney-road with Kingsland•
road. In the City a new street is projected from Moor-
gate to the Bank (coon- cting Finsbury-square Wih the
centre of the metropoli,). To the westward a new
street is to be formed from Lincoln% Inn Fields to
'Holborn (which will complete the passage from the
latter street to the Strand, through the intended open
ing at Pickett-place, Temple-bar.. It is intended to en-
large Hungerford-market, improve the adjacent Trays,
and establish a fish mat kei, so long panted at that part
of the town. And the pbrish of Lambeth, haring
gained so great a populatint, is to be accommodated
with a new bridge, lrom the Church to Horselerry-
road, and a street from the same to Stafford-pkce,
Pimlico, which will connect the Borough in a straight
line with Hyde Patk-corner. And further westward,
it is intended to make a navigable 'canal from the
1-11accies to Kensington,
In star thing the other day the records of the Borough
of Hertford, there was found among them 4 document,
aitized to which was.the Ow* of a Mayor of than
in the reign of Elizabeth, who was incaltable of
writing his own name.
Tuesday morning, the liter will tarries the mail bag
frotrOkipton to Coln; was storped by two men, who
robbed hint of the bags containing the letters, and ill.
tt cated

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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31 A NS 1 ON4IOt3E:

I A Spanish Refugee of Mk, some days ago, Made an appeal to
the Loan ILaeoa foe aid. He declared that he was actually starving,
and that hie wile, who mein the eighth month of her pregnancy,
had not one of those comforts which are considered indispensable
to persencites *mike coodition.
. Tag Loan MAYOR referred the unfortunate, who had scarcely
any covering epeeist:la, to the Committee appointed to manage the
subscription raised in behalf of the Spanish and Italian Refugees.
Mr.- llowring, accompanied by some Gentlemen of the Com-
mittee' waited upon the Loan Maros soon afterwards, and stated
publicly that they had complied with his Lordship's request, and
afforded prompt relief to the applicant. They regretted to be
obliged to state, that great as had been theliberality of the public,
the means of relief intrusted to the Committee are nearly exhausted,
and although a season of great severity, perhaps, was approaching,
those who remain on the list would be left to its mercy, if new con-
ibutions were not sent in. Of 500 emigrants which the public bad
long maintained, together with their wives and children, a large
number had been died of by the benevolent interposition of his
Majesty's Government. to which every acknowledgment was due.
Many had been provided with situations, and several had received
money to convey them to distant.phces. Some had returned to
their homes upon the faith of certain amnesties, but of those who
had received money to enable them to depart, amongst whom was
the applicant, who had received lel. besides an allowance of ss. a
week from the Committee. many had been prevented by various
circumstances from taking their departure, and now came back upon
the Committee, •having, in the interval. expended the money ad-
vanced upon such conditions. Many also returned, who had got
into employment of a temporary nature. There were now about
100 Spaniatds and So Italians, to whom the balance in the hands of
the Committee was to be doled out. 'The Committee were in
hopes that something would occur to prevent the necessity of making
another appeal to the humanity of the public, but the present pro-
spect to the unfortunate individuals was dismalln the extreme. It
was a great consolation to the Committee to be convinced that a
' great deal of good had been already effected, and that some hun-
dreds had already been saved front perishing in the streets.
The Loan Ma von said he was himself aware of an unhappy in-
stance confirmatory of Mr. ihawring's last statetnent.
The Committee assured his Lordship that they would use every
exertion in behallof the unfortunate Gentlemen, whose misfortunes
were so universally regretted by the people of this country.