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HOOD AND ANOTHIN v. TREAD.

This was an action of trover by the assignees of Mr.
Kelly, a bankrupt, to recover the value of certain silks,
and warrants for the delivery of silk at the India House,
alleged to have been placed in the defendant's hands,
in immediate contemplation of bankruptcy.
The plaintiffs alleged three distinct causes of action—
the conversion of thirteen bales of silk; of warrants for
the delivery of fourteen bales ; and of warrants for the
delivery of sixteen bales of the same ar tide. They failed,
however, as to the two last : for one parcel of warrants
was not traced to the defendant's hands, and the other
parcel was of no value, being forfeited by reason of the
neglect to make good lte deposits in time : their case,
therefore, was ultimately confined to the thirteen bales
actually traced to the defendant's possession. It ap-
peared that Mr. Kelly was nephew to the defendant,
who had been a ship-broker, and lived in retirement at
Blackheath. In August lastoMr. Kelly absconded, con-
siderably in debt, and, not returning, wqs in his ab-
sence declared a bankrupt. About a week before his
departure, he rose at six o'clock, and, having sent his
servant out of the way, dispatched a cart with thirteen
packages of silk to the defendant's house. After he was
gone, Mr. Treak observed to one of Kelly's men, named
Gadsby, 14 that his master must be mad, for he had
sent him silk in the cart ;" and, on its being proposed to
place it in a dry room, said he would take care of it.
The plaintiff) therefore contended, that the silk was de-
livered to the defendant in contemplation of bankruptcy,
s and consequently belonged to his assignees.
On the part of the defendant, it was contended that
the silk was bona fide sold and paid for; and to sup-
port this Cale, bills of parcels and a receipt were pro-
duced, importing that silks had been sold and paid for
at the latter end of May. The daughter of Mr. Kelly
also proved that her uncle made repeated advances to
her father, and that silks were delivered to him on the
6th of June.
The ATTORWZY•GENIMAL, in reply, urged that it
was clear these bills of parcels referred to other trans-
actions, as the dates did not correspond, and the quan-
tities were not nearly equal to the contents of thirteen
bales of silk.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALZ left the Jury to decide
whether the thirteen bdes of silk in question were really
sold and paid for, or were delivered in contemplation
of an act of bankruptcy, in order to secure the defend-
ant. to the injury of other creditors?
The Jury, after a short consultation, said, they found
for the plaintiffs, but had no evidence before them to
enable them to ascertain the value of the silk.
A witness was tailed back, for the purpose of fixing
the quantity; when it appeared, that though the term
" bales" had been used by the Witnesses, they did not
mean to employ it technically, as denoting a certain
quantity, but merely as signifying packages.
Mr. MAARIATT acid Mr. CAMPBELL, for the de-
fendant, then urged that the case bad not been rightly
understood, and that the discovery now made went not
only to the amount, but to the verdict ; because the
observation that the bills of parcels were insufficient to
cover thirteen bales, would not vply, if bales only
; meant packages.
A long and desultory argument ensued, in which the
merits of the case were fully discussed again, and in
which Mr. SCARLETTI who was with the Attorney-Ge-
neral, took a prominent part. After nearly an hour
spent in the argument, amidst great noise and con-
fusion, the Learned Jude, by consent of the plaintiffs,
submitted the case again to the Jury. The Jury again
found for the plaintiffs, and the amount of dimages
was referred to Mr. Child, one of the special Jurors.
ARMIES COURT, JANUARY st.

THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROMOTED PT MONTAGUE RUR•
GOYNR,ESQ. AGAINST TUE REV. DR. FREE.

This was a suit instituted by Montague Burgoyne,
Esq. against the Rev. Dr. Free, Rector of Sutton, at
Bedford, within the Diocese of Lincoln and Province of
Canterbury, calling on him to answer to certain articles
ana interrogatories, which charged him with fornica-
tion, incontinence, indecent conduct, drunkenness,
casing and swearing, neglest of Divine Service, and
also with converting to his own use the lead over the
chancel of the Church, refusing the use of the Church
for the performance of the baptismal and burial services,'
and with various other acts.
The Proctor for Dr. Free prayed that the Court
would be pleased to allow the case to stand over until
The next Court-day, in order that Dr. Batton, the Vicar-
Ceneral, and official principal of the Diocese of Litch-
field, might be allowed to have the opportunity of
tendering a protest against the jurisdiction of this Court.
Sir JOHN NICHOL said, he was willing to allow the
case to stand over, provided that both parties assented.
Dr.I.IISIIINGTON opposed any delay..
Sir JOHN Nicnor. said, the Court would certainly not
wait for Dr. Batten, unless it was agreeable to all parties.
He wished to know if any practitioner of the Court
could recollect an instance of a Chancellor of a Diocese
interfering in this way?—Several Counsel said, they
never beard of such a circumstance.
Dr. JEsse AnAms was heard on behalf of Dr. Flee,
and contended that the party complained against was
not compelled to give any appearance to the citation.
the case came on by letters of request, signed by
Richard Smith, M.A. Commissary of the Archdeacon
of Bedford ; and the Learned Counsel said, the question,
which *rose was, whether the litters of request should
lie in the Court of Arches, or in the Diocesan Court?
The letters of request should have been assigned to the
Chancellor of Lincoln, and not to this Court. By' the
Canon Law there was no doubt an appeal lay from the
tommissuri of the Archdeacon of Lincoln to the Chan-
cellor of Lincoln, but not to this Court. The Learned
Counsel cited several portions of the Canon Law in sup-
port of his argument. '
Drs. Lusniscrow and Swaaar spoke in support of the argument.
Sir Jolts NICII9I. overruled the protest, and sniped the party to
4PPear absolutely.
HIGII COURT OF ADMIRALTY, lAN. at.
JUDGMENT—THU ZODIAC:
Lord Sutras. said, this case came on hit Ten;

•when he referred it to the Registrar anti merchant: to
report thereon. They had made their Report, and he
(Lord &swell) hoped it would not be considered a
departure from the general rule if he dissented-from
them in some particular circumstances. The case was
relative to a bond of bottomry. This description of
bond was sometimes occasioned from absolute necessity,
particularly in foreign countries, where repairs are done
to ships, and bonds are given, which constitute a lien
on the vessel; In former times, bottomry bonds were
considered as a lien on the ships until the time of
Charles the Second, when- the lien ceased. In foreign
ports, however, it is at times necessary to resort to this
sort of contract, and in such cases bottomry bonds have
always been held sacred. The present case was one
which contained some peculiar circumstances, and al-
though his Lordship had examined the ancient and
modern writers on maritime law, he had not been able
to find one that bore on the present question. The
Court had always been extremely cautious and tender
in meddling with these contracts, but it was necessary
to look carefully into them in order to see that no
advantage is taken of the distress under which the vessel
may labour ; generally speaking, however, they are
contracts in which both parties agree at the time of
lexecution, and therefore, unless the contract be im-
peached the Court would not interfere. This case was
11 said to be distinguished by specialty or circumstances;
one of, which was for the services of a Consul. His
Lordship did not recollect such an item occurring in a
bottomry bond before, but he was not prepared to iay
that it might not very properly occur. The circum-
stances of tire case were these :—The Zodiac saile.i from
Bristol in 1822, or 1823,with a cargo for Buston,United
States, and during her voyage she met with misadven-
tures, one of which Wits of a very grievous natuie—ahe
death of the Captain, who was also the owner. He was
of course succeeded by the mate, the Captain's natural
successor, a person, in many respects, extremely unfit for
his situation, as he himself acknowledged, for he ex-
pressed his wish to return to his more humble station of
mate. The cargo was consigned to Mr. Winslow, a
merchant of Boston, who received the cargo and paid
the freight, but declined having anything to, do with
the concerns of the vessel. The Consul was applied to,
and he undertook the charge of Fier, which he dis•
charged very sedulously. He got another freight for
her to New Brunswick, and proceeded in he: 'lonia.
His exertions were testified by the Aktorney-Genetal of
Sc. John's, New Brunswick, as well as by associated
merchants, who exercised an impartial judgment on the
Consul's merits. The ship at length returned to Eng-
land. That the Ctmkul was, therefore, entitled to re-
muneration, could not be doubted ; but the quantum was
objected to by one of the parties in the cause. The
amount charged was 5 per cent, and it was charged on
two grounes: one by a paper called a tariff, which
authorises a charge of 5 per cent. for the care of an in-
testate British subject's effects. What the authority of
this tariff was did not appear, nor whether it had been
acknowledged by any competent authority at home.
There was, however, no intestacy proved, and whether
the deceased Captain made a will or not, was not
known, therefore the charge on the intestate person's
effects could not stand, and consequently the matter of
the tariff did not apply to the case. The other ground
was, that five percent. was the common mercantile
premium for services of this nature done by merchants.
Now, that sum may or may not be a proper sum for
the services of the Consul, but it was certainly a very
disproportionate rate generally, because there might be
but slight trouble regarding property of great value, or
considerable trouble with property of small value; there-
fore the five per cent. would be too much in one case,
and not sufficient in the other. tremble at the idea,"
said his Lordship, 44 of making five percent. the stand-
ard sum on property of every value." Now, the only
question was, what ought the Consul to have for his
services? It appeared that an old paper was found in
the ship, which stated that her value was 4,0001. On
what opinion that value was fixed, his Lordship did not
know, but it also appeared that she had been purchased
by the deceased Captaiu at 1,800/. and since then she
had been sold for 2,5261. at long bills, which would
bring her under the value of 15001. so that how she
should be worth 4,0001. in the intermediate time,
nothing was known, and yet the per centage had been
charged on that sum. His Lordship's opinion was,
that she was not worth above 2,0001. at the time alluded
to. The per centage on the value was pot a proper way
of remunerating a public officer, yet the Registrar and
merchants had so fixed it—His Lordship, after some
further observations, confirmed the validity of the bot-
tomry bond, but limited the remuneration of the Con-
sul to 1001.

UMVERSIT Fond CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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CAMBRIDGE, JANUARY 21.

The Muter and Fellows of Feterhouse have recently augmented
the patronage of their College, by founding two Fellowships and
Tour Scholarships, the stipends of which are to be paid from the
proceeds of the very liberal donation of the Rev. Francis Gisborue,
bI.A. formerly Fellow of that Society. The Fellows and Scholars
on this now foundation are to,bear the name of the donor.
The Rev. John W. Hubbersty, M.A. and the Rev. Jon Sandys,
B. A. of Queen's College, were on Friday last elected Fellows of
that Society ; and at the same time a petition was ordered to be
presented to the King for a dispensation to qualify the Rev. Thos.
Cloves, B.A. to hold a Fellowship of the same Society.

The following is a Summary of the Members of all the Colleges,
In 1824;

Trinity College, 1,429; Sc. John's College, 1,015; Queen's
College, 228 ; Emmanuel College, 218 ; Christ's College, 230;
Jesus College, 204; C.alus College, 201 ; St. Peter's College, 169;
Clare Hall, Ib9 ; Trinity Hall, 135; Corpus Christi Ciffiege, 130 ;
Pembroke Hall, 145; Catherine Hall, 118; King's College, 108;
Sidney College, 101 ; Magdalen College, 95 ; Downing College, 53 ;
University Officers, 11.—Total 4,489.
Comma/awe Vsaw.—ln 1748, 1,500; in 1813, 2,805; in 1823,
, 4,477; 111 1824, 4,489

Thursday kOnnlght, thePresbit;;;;--ofliciinburgh met in the
New, Church, Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh, and inducted the Rev.
Henry Grey into the pastoral duties of that church and parish.
Lord Douglas has presented Mr. John Alton, preacher, 20 the
church and parish of Dolphington, in the Presbytery of Biggar,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Russell.
A dispensation has passed the Great Seal to enable the Rev. W.
Hardwicke, M.A. Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Goydrrs to
hold the Vicarage of Lentos), alias Irvington, in the County of
Lincoln with the Rectory of Outweil, in the County of Norfolk.
The Rev. L P. Baker, B.D. Vicar of Impington and Fellow of
St% John's College, Cantbridge; has been presented, by the Master
and Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of Medboum-cum-
Holt, in the county of Leicester, vacated by the death of the Rev.
W. Williams.
The Rev. AdolphOs tropitins, B.A. has been instituted to the
Vicarage of Cknt, with the Chapel of Rowley Regis annexed, in
the county of Stafford, and diocese of Worcester, on the presenta-
tion of the King.
The Rev. Joseph Amplilett, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Wytball,
and Curate of Kinsnortoo, Worcestershire, has been appointed a
Surrogate for the granting of marriage licenses within the diocese
of Worcester.
Saturday last, John Mitchell Chapman, B.A. of Exeter. College,
was elected Felow of BMA College, Oxfisrd.

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11051 THI DHRCHZSTZI JOHRHAL.
In addition to those communications which AI be
found in the other columns of this day's Journal. bo the
subject, of the proposed Ship Canal, designed to connect
the &isle! and the English Channels, and thus to save
the incalculable waste of time, labour, and money, oc-
casioned by the tedious passage around the Land's End,
we have learnt the important fact--.-that all the capital
necessary to complete this great undertaking has been
already subscribed, and that the shares are now selling
at a premium of no less than eight per cent. That
those Gentlemen who may have estates on the line of
the Canal which will be cut through, and those others
who have established mercantile connexions which may
for a time be distui bed by the opening of new commu-
nications from port to port, and town to town—that
these and such like persons should feel alive to their
own interests, and that they should be jealous of those
changes which may affect, as they imagine injuriously,
their real or anticipated property, is not by any means
surprising ; nor do we think that they can be blamed
for meeting together and conferring on the best means
of preserving and promoting their interests. They have
not only a right so to do, but to record and to publish
those resolutions which express their deliberate,-and,
without doubt, honestly entertained, opinions, on this
or any other subject of private or public moment. The
degree of importance which will be attached to their
opinions, and the influence their printed resolutions may
have on the public mind, must however, depend, of
course on their numbers, and reputation for wisdom,
knowledge, and public spirit. The Chairman of the
late meeting of the landowners of the West of England,
held at Axminster, consisting, as we are told, of less
than a score persons, two-thirds of whom were not land-
owners, is undoubtedly a' man of intelligence, expe-
rience, and good intentions; and, for aught we know,
the same observation will apply to the gallant Knight
and the distinguished. Merchant whose names stand
affixed to the resolutions. But it by no means follows
that they even approve of the resolutions themselves.
It was the duty of the Chairman to sign the resolutions
of the majority, and the accustomed courtesy would,
no doubt, be justly paid to him for his conduct in the
chair. Who it is, then, that has undertaken the task of
" disabusing" the public mind, and chasing away all
the delusions which that hitherto respectable and emi-
nent man, Mr. Telford, assisted by Mr. Green, and that
experienced sailor, whom one of the East India Di-
rectors has ventured to recommend to the public notice
as " a man of high honour, excellent talent, and per-
fectly master of his profession"—does not yet appear.
The very luminous and able reports of those Gentlemen
are, however, before the Public, with their names at-
cached to them ; they have been adopted and recom-
mended by a Committee, many of whom have devoted
4 considerable portion of their lives to the examination
of the subject, as one big with important results to their
country, and they are now aided by other men of
known ability and practical knowledge, each one of
whom has a character for wisdom and integrity to
maintain or to lose. If these Gentlemen have allowed
themselves to be deceived, they are indeed unworthy of
the public confidence; and if they have conspired
together to cheat the capitalists, tomb the landowners,
to injure the farmers, and to delude the whole Public,
they deserve execration and infamy. Out of this whole
body of conspirators, there is only one whom we ever
saw before the public meeting in London ; we can have
neither partiality, prejudice, nor personal interest in the
affair, distinct from that of the community; it is as
public men only, combining their energies to effect a
public object, in an open, business-like, and public spi-
rited manner, that we have watched their proceedings s'
and when some abler man than Mr. Telford, some more
practised man than Mr. Green, some more experienced
man than Captain Nicholls, some more devoted and
respectable men than the Committee, some men of
nicer discrimination and sounder sense than the English
capitalists, who have agreed to risk upon the measure
a million and three-quarters of money—acting in an
equally frank and candid manner—shall, by their coat-
bined science and energies, prove that this is a wild) de-
lusive, visionary, impracticable scheme, as well as assert
it—we will then lend these latter men cur feeble aid,
and help to fix on their brows the laurels which they
will have won.

At present, we have seen nothing like this.we have
heard of no objections to the measure, but those pre-
sented by comparatively petty and private interests, and,
from what we know of those persons whose names have
been mentioned to us as the small minority who are
opposed to it, we can come only to one conclusion at
present, via. that they bayonet brougha the whole fcrce
of their minds, and the whole weight of their public
spirit, to bear upon this object. That the high-minded
and reflecting landowners on the line of Canal will allow
themselves to be frightened from a measure which pro-
mises to render the West of England as populous, as
wealthy, and as celebrated as the North has been ren-
dered by similar means—in the absence of that distinct,
clear, and adequate proof of its impracticability which
ought to have been produced long ago, and would, as we
think, have been forthcoming now, if it could have been
found—that the landowners will allow themselves to be
so deluded cannot for a single moment be apprehended.
—To suppose it possible, would be to offer an insult to
the understandings of the Aristocracy of the country.
So far as- the great body of the Public are concerned,
there can be but one interest, as we have found that,
there is but one feeling. The interest is, to get salt,
coals, and other articles of necessity and comfort, as
cheap as possible, and to have the burden of poors' rate
removed, and the people at the same time putjnto
condition in which they may become purchasers, by the
creation of an increased demand for labour, and the
direct consequence of that demand, a better price being'
paid for it. The people have too much sense, and are
too well instructed, not to know that an expenditore of
capital to the extent subscribed, will, in itself, diffuse
life and energy through the whole of the West, and
produce a general benefit, compared to which all the
land required, even if it could be destroyed (and, in
fact, it can only be changed, and rendered more benefi-
cial), is as a drop of water to the ocean.
The feeling of the country is this--that if any means
can be devised, whereby the immense sacrifice of human
life, which has been the result of past supineness on the
one hand, and the predominance of petty personal in-
tea ested incitements to opposition on the other, for years
past, can be put
,an end to, those means should be ap-
plied without a moment's unnecessary delay, and if a
call were made on the cotintry to raise the capital on
the score of humanity and the naticnal chat acter without
any prospect of pecuniary return, we should feel deeply
for the honour of our country if every shilling could
net be raised as soon as ova the appeal was made and

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heart Open the most moderate calculation, IVfflio
two thousand brave seamen /have been unnecessarily
sacrificed within the last thirty years, and if there could
be found a man, or a
,ley of men, who would be
willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of
retarding this great work of prevention, even for an-
other year, in order to preserve their 'estate. or their
gardens entire, why all we could say to them would be,
" Take the thought and cherish it—there is Osa above
who cares for the lives of hii.creatures ; he speaks,in the
hollow wind—and the howling tempest—and the deco.
.lacing storm—and he may, ere long, be heard to say to
you, The voiee of th 9 brother's blood crieth unto me.

PUBLIC SALES.
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MR. WILLOCK.

A Leasehold House, situate No. 160, New Bond-street, late do
Baoking•house of Messrs. Chambers and Son, t ontainintnine bed.
rooms, with closets and eh easing-rooms • two drfwing-rooms, a
boudoir and waiting room, a spacious lofty dining or banqueting
room, the walls, ceiling, and sides of which are paintedin stucco, in
the manner of the ancients, with por\raits and allegorical subjects,
copied by eminent artists from originals found at Herculaneum; a
store room adjoining, offices for the banking !manes& with private
and fire-proof rooms, servants' hall, kitchen, pantry, larder, scullery,
vaults, cellarage, and a large garden, a double coach.htmae, and six-
stall stable, opening to the mews behind; the premises held on lease
from the City of London, for forty-three years from lady day,
1821, at a ground-rent of £29. Is. 10d. per annum, renewable
every fourtema years. from Lady-day, 1824, for ever, at the same
rent, en payment of a fine of A'S ground-rent on each renewal:
The purchaser to have possession on completing the purchase, fix-
tures to be taken at a valuation. This let, which excited much in-
terest, was knocked down at the sum of £lO,OOO.

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LONDON SESSIONS.
Yesterday the adjourned Sessions were held at Guild-
hall, before the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, and Al-
dermen ATKINS, ANSLEY, and HEYGATE.
Michael Roach was charged with having committed
an assault tfpon Mr. Wood, the proprietor of the Market-
Louse public-house, Fleet-market, on the 16th of De-
cember, under circumstances rather remarkable.
It appeared from the evidence, that a stranger went
to the house of Mr. Wood, and told him he wanted a
dozen of wine, and wished it to be brought to the White
Horse public-house, in Holborn, where payment would
be given. Mr. Wood went into his cellar, and had the
wine packed in one of his baskets, but the stranger said
he had a basket, and that the wine must be transferred
to it, as the Landlord of the public-house in Holborn
did not wish that so small a quantity should be seen
entering his doors. Mr. Wood consented, but suspecting
that all was not as it ought to be, determined to follow
his man to see the issue. The stranger, and Mr. Wood's
porter, George Pentrefather, went on with the wine, the
prosecutor keeping at a distance. When they reached
Middle-row, Holborn, the stranger told the porter to
wait for a few moments, and left him ; and Mr. Wood
stepped up to the latter, and desired him to have a
sharp lookout, and not suffer any one to lay hands on
the wine until it was paid tor. The stranger soon re-
turned, and accompanied the porter as far as St. Giles's,
apparently ignorant of the place where the White Horse
public-house was. At length he entered a public-house
in which was the prisoner Roach, and, pointing to
Roach, he said, " there's the man that ordered the wine."
Nobody, however, offered any money, and the porter
refused to leave a drop of the uine, declaring that the
object of the two fellows was to cheat him out of it, and
that he would carry it back to his master's house. He
accordingly left the place, but was followed by Roach,
scho swore the basket was his, endeavoured several
times to drag it away, wine and all, from the porter, and
threatened to throw the bottles into the street, if he per-
sisted in refusing to deliver it up. Mr. Wood, who had
been at a little distance watching these manoeuvres, ap-
proached the two, and told Roach that he was no better
than a swindler, for endeavouring to retain the wine.—
Roach, whO had been using the most offensive language
in the street to the porter, told Mr. Wood that if he ic-
. prated the words, he would knock him down. Mr. V.
did repeat them, and was immediately knocked down.
The assault was clearly proved, as well as the at-
tempt to defraud.
The Recorder was about to sum up, when the Jury
told him there was no necessity, and ?nmediately pro-
nounced the defendant Guilty.
The RECORDER said there was no doubt as to the in-
tention of Roach, and that be had conspired with the
other fellow to cheat Mr. Wood. Roach was then sen-
tenced to imprisonment for the term of nine months.

The Sessions at the Old Bailey, which used to last a
fortnight or longer, are now, by the erection of the
New Court, concluded in less than a week. This is a
great accommodation to prosecutors and witnesses, as
well as a great saving to the county in their expenses.
Thursday last being the County day of the Epiphany
Sessions at Clerkenwell, Mr. Hanson's name was re-
stored to the list of Visiting Magistrates by a majority.
The Middlesex Magistrates have negatived the pro-
posed plan of built:ing a new prison for females, on the
ground adjoining the House of Correction, in Cold-
bath • fields.
Yesterday two respectable looking men, but who
proved in the sequel to be impostors, called at the
French Protestants flospital, in Bath-street, City-road,
where they inquired for a female inmate of the name of
Martin. The object,of their visit, they said, was to ac-
quaint her that some property had been bequeathed to
her in France. During the conversation they had with
her, they contrived to obtain from her the residence of '
her brother, from whom, under the same pretence, they
got the trifling sum of 2s. 6J. The same parties then
returned to her, conversed on the subject of their in-
, quiry, and duriog this interview they contrived to ab-
stract a watch, which unfortunately was exposed to their
view, and the robbery was not discovered till some time
after their departure.
A melancholy case of death, from hydrophobia, oc-
Liverpool last week. A short time ago, the
respectable family alarmed the house by
, very disagreeable noise in the course of the
The mistress arose from her bed, -proceeded
irs, and attempted to pacify the animal; but
at her, and attempted to bite her, happily,
without effecting his object. Her son came
assistance; and the dog seized hold on him, and
severely in the hand. His brother and a youth,
to aid the others, were also bitten in several
the infuriated animal. Assistance was ob-
,
om the street, and the dog was finally secured,
into a bag, in which he was found, shortly
Is, dead. All the individuals proceeded, the
night, to a surgeon, who cut out the places where
had lacerated them ; the parts healed up, and
was forgotten. On Wednesday last, how-
person who had been first bitten was seized
Asposition. Symptoms of hydrophobia speedily
Manifested themselves; and the unfortunate man, not-
withstanding all the remedies employed by his medical
attendants, expired on Friday se'nnight.
ite Sir A. Schomberg, who for many years
‘manded the Dorset yacht, being one day at the
-fthe late Commissioner Fanshawe, he observed
cock fly at the face of a child that had 'been
the bird, and inflict a slight wound on the eye.
my dears" said the gallant veteran, was a
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CITY TITRES.
•
Yesterday, a meeting of the inhabitants of the palish
of Allhallows Barking was held, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety of joining the
other parishes of the City of London, in their intended
application to Parliament, for a general Bill to provide
stipulated salaries for their Clergymen.
The Report of a Committee appointed to confer with
the Tithe Committee of the Corporation was then read.'
It stated that the.parish was invited to come forward,.
and co-operate with the others who contemplated going
forward to Parliament as an united body, and in doing
so they expected the aid of the Corporation.
Mr. DRsIKALL moved a series of Resolutions, ex-
pressive of the opinion of the meeting, that the inha-
bitants ought to unite with their fellow-citizens in
applying to Parliament, to obtain an equitable and
permanent arrangement with resrect to the future pay-
ment of Tithes, and the repeal of the Statute of 37
Henry VIII. That the claims set up in the several pa-
rishes for 2s. 9d. in the pound were the more dangerous,
as they were made upon questionable legal authority,
which, even if valid, rendered it necessary that the mo-
ney so raised should be applied for the repairs of the
Church, and the relief of the Poor.
After some discussion. the Resolutions were carried
by a considerable majority.

We have received a regular file of the Mexican paper
called the Sol, from September 21 to November 4.
They contain no intelligence beyond that which we
have already communicated to our Readers. Before
the publication of the Constitution, it would appear
that some warm, if not angry, discussions had arisen in
the Constituent Congress of the Province or State of
Mexico, respecting the article of the general Constitu-.
lion which converted the capital of Mexico into the
seat of the Supreme Legislature and Executive of
the Union. As it would be absurd to see two mann-
factories of laws at wor k in the same city, and at the
same time. and two Presidents, with their quota of
Civil and Military Officers, appointed to execute these
general and provincial enactments, it seemed necessary
to suppress the local an provincial authorities both le-
gislative and executive, of the city selected as the resi-
deuce of the supreme Government. To this decision
the inhabitants of Mexico would appear to have been
very averse. In this, as in nearly every case, the dis- ,
putouts referred to the laws of the North American
Union. The North Americans had kit the difficulty
and , in order to remove it, had converted Washington
into a federal city, common to all, but dependant on
none of the different Stares. This policy was recom-
mended for Mexico, but no decision was finally adopted.
Advices have been received from Callao to the begin-
ning of October. They state the arrival there of the
Acuattes and ASIA, Spanish ships of war, on the 17th
September. On their approaching the harbour, Admiral
GUISE, with his squadron, offered them battle, which
the Spanish Commodore declined. The Admiral was
unable, however, on account of the weather, to prevent
their entering the port.
Letters from Havanna!), dated the 17th ult.have been
received, but contain no political intelligence. In con-
sequence of an order from the Governor, all the subor-
dinate Civil Officers in every department of the Admi-
nistration had been suddenly changed,without any cause
assigned—a measure which appears to confirm what has
been before stated, that great suspicions are entertained
by the Spanish Government of the fidelity of its own ser-
vants, as well as of the attachment of mary of the pi in-
cipal persons in the Colony. It is evident that the
tenure by which Spain holds the valuable island of
Cuba is of the most pi ecari,us nature.
Saturday, as Captain Richard Crellin was returning
from the New Market to his house in Seymour-street,
Liverpool, be had the temerity to attempt to cross the
top of St. John's-lane as a stage-coach was coming
down, when, missing his distance, he came in contact
with the horses, was run over, and thus met an untimely
death. This awful accident adds another instance to
the number of distressing casualties which happen to
persons from a foolish confidence in their agility to pass
before vehicles that are in motion, rather than to wait
the short space of time which would allow them to pass.
OUT AT LAST:--A few weeks since the following
singular circumstance occurred at a cotton manufac •
tory in the vicinity of New York :—An intelligent, but
vicious boy, loving play better than work, determined,
if possible, to have Saturday afternoon for himself and
companions to gather nuts in the neighbouring woods.
To effect his purpose, he got into the wheel-pit, just
before the afternoon bell began to ring, with the inten-
tion of placing a stone before the wheel, which would
obstruct it, and probably cause a suspension of work
for the remainder of the day. Before he had time to
place the stone the bell rang, and, to Iris horror, tht.
gate was raised. His only chance for safety now was
Oran up on the buckets, precisely like a felon on a
tread-mill, or a squirrel in a cage. This he continued
to do for nearly two hours, when the mill was stopped
(as is customary on Saturdays) earlier than usual, in
order to clean the machinery. The poor little rogue
now crawled out nearly exhausted, having been severely
punished for his attempt-at mischief.
AFFLICTING ACCIDENT.—On the 14th of December,
two young men, sons of Mr. Henry Sower, of Franklin
Township, Ohio, went out to hunt deer. After some
time, one of them perceiving something through the
bushes, which he supposed to be a deer, fired, and
on approaching the spot, found his brother a lifeless
corpse !—Americars- Paper.
The following list of the respective ages of the So-
vereigns of Europe, maybe amusing to our Readers.
• Names. Born. Age.
1 William, Elector of Hesse 1743 -- 82
• 2 Frederick Angustus,4th King of Saxony 1750 75
.5 Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Massa 1750 75
4 Francis I. King of Naples 1777 48
5 Louis X. Grand Duke of Hesse 1753 72
6 Maximilian, King of Bavaria 1756 69
. 7 Charles X. King of France 1757 68
8 Leo XII. Pope of Rome 1760 -- 65
9 George IV. King of Great Britain 1762 63
10 Louts William, Grand Duke of Baden 1763 62
11 Charles John, of Sweden 1764 61
12 Charles Felix, King of Sardinia 1765 60
15 John, King of Portugal 1767 58
14 Frederick IV. King of Denmark 1768 57
15 Francis 11. Emperor of Austria 1768 57
16 George V. Duke of Meeklenburgh 1766 56
17 Frederick William 111. King of Prussia 1770 -- 55
18 William I. King of the Netherlands 1772 53
.19 Alexander, Emperor of Russia 1777 -- 48
20 William 11. King of Wurtemburgh 1781. 44
21 Maria Louisa, Princess of Lucca 1782 43
.22 Ferdinand VII. King of Spain 1784 41
23 Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma 1791 34
24 Leopold 11. Grand Duke of Tuscany 1797 28
25 Charles Frederick, Duke of Brunswick 1804 21
At Lancaster Sessions, on Monday week, there was
one appeal—one felon—one witness—and one misde-
Ineanoura and in attendance several Barristers.

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