Star.
London, England, 1825-10-31 00:00:00

PATTIRSOW V. THOMAS.

This was an action on the case for running down and
destroying a wherry of the plaintiff's on the River
Thames. The plaintiff was stated to be a poor water-
man, and the defendant the owner of a fishing smack,
ca:led the Adventure. In the evening of the Slit of
December last, about seven o'clock, the plaintiff's boat
was attached to a schooner, called the Diligence, then
lying at anchor in Long Reach, near the Kewish side
(tithe River. The plaintiff's apprentice was in the boat
liking care of it. It was a moon-light night, and
ithilst in this situation, the defendant's vessel coming
up the river, laden with live fish for London, ran
the boat down, and in the concussion it was completely
divided. The boy, who was thrown into the water,
clung to a rope, :snd was taken in safety into the
defendant's vessel. Under these circumstances the action
vas brought). The question was, whether the mischief
was produced by the negligence of the persons on board
the smack ? Witnesses were examined on both sides
upon this issue, and as is usual in cases of this nature,
they differed widely from each other in their account
of the transaction.
The LORD Cuter Joencr summed up the evidence on both sides,
soul kft the Jury to determine whether the accident arose in con-
k (pence of the negligence of the defendant's servants ?
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages—Twelve rounds.

Mr. ANDERSON. Minister Plenipotentiary from the
rafted States to the Republic of Colombia, will shortly embark
fut CUlembia.
Thursday, Diggle was fully committed to Lancaster
jail, fur the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cass, near Bury.
According to accounts from Smyrna, of 20th Sep-
tember, that great city was desolated by a cortflagra-
lion, which still continued at the time the couriers
came away, and was said to have already destroyed
3,000 houses.
Dr. Ouszette, Major DENHAM, and Major CLAPPER-
TON, were associated with the travellers who lately ex-
plored Central Africa ; and ultimately penetrated
into the interior of Africa, as far as Borapu. At this
place Major DENHAM separated from the others, and
Dr. OUSILEY and Captain CLAPPERTON then took a
south-west direction, journeying amongst countries al-
together unknown to Europeans. Dr. 013SELEY, worn
down with cough and fever, and general debility, ma-
nifested, nevertheless, the greatest perseverance, until
one morning, when .he was about to be lifted upon his
camel, he.desired to be carried back to his tent, where
he died almost immediately. Captain CLAPPERTON
then continued his route alone S.W. until he reached a
large city called Kano, cud penetrated as far as Socka-
tou, which lies in the same latitude as (and as it is con-
ceived not above a few hundred miles distant from) the
Bight of Benin. In thetourse of this journey, Captain
CLAPPERTON met with various singular occurrences,
and became acquainted with a nation whose manners,.
Power, and civilisation Were hitherto totally unknown
to Europeans. He passed through immense swamps—
through meadows of grass eight or ten feet high—
mossing tracks of the lion and the'hippopotamus, and
passing by hordes of robbers, until they arrived among
a People who seem to unite the Ethiopian with the
Atab. These people.(although not extremely civilized)
are not unacquainted with many of the civilized arts.
'Ley are expert in !horsemanship, and use Maltese
sword-blades, such as formerly belonged to the Knights
of Malta. They have, as an Order, the Maltese Cross
in clay. They use cupping; which is effected by scari-
fying the skin with a razor, and applying a horn full
of holes, and sticking out the air.
CAPTAIN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITE x.—A letter from
Churchill, so late as the 23d of August, says that Cap-
tain FRANKLIN'S first party passed a very pleasant win-
ter; some of them at Carlton House, and others at Cum-
berland House. About the end of May, a day or two
before the expedition was to proceed on its course, one
of the men (the carpenter, it is believed) broke his leg,
which would prevent him from going on wi h his eem-
panions this season. Captain FRANKLIN, on his arrival
in the country, went forward through Lake Winnepeg,
to finis the above division; and it was supposed he
would overtake them about the time they reached
Athabasca.

MR. HUME AND Tag GLASGOW OPERATIVES•

T

Thsniday: last, z• depittrion- fritiii *the Associated
Tradesmen of Glasgow waited on Mr. Hume, in the Wa-
terloo Hotel, Edinburgh, in older to present the piece of
plate which h4l been prepared for him. After being,
introduced, James *Asian, read an address, in ashieh,'
after expressing the regret of the Associated Tradesmen'
that Mr. Home bad not visited Glasgow, and enquired
into the disputes between the masters and their work-
men, he is thanked for havinibeen " a principal instru-
ment in destroying those records of barbarity," the
Combination Laws. He is then requested to accept.the
piece of plate, as " the humble testimonial of the unqua-.
lied respect, affection, and gratitude of thousands of
virtuous and industtious workmen.°

Mi. Hums then read a reply, in which, after thanking
the operatives for their good opinion and offer Oa piece
of plate, he declines accepting it or any Auch tokens of
esteem, under existing circumstances.. "It would,
indeed," says he, " have been mos'pleasing to me• to
have accepted them; but I feel that fought not to do so
this time. S 3 long as any class of operatives consider
me exclusively .as their advocate, while their employers
or any of them look upon me as an snemy, it would be
most improper for me, conscious as I am of the miicttst
impartiality in every act, to accept tokens of esteem •
from the one in which the other did not concur."
Mr. Hosts afterwards thus advises the nperatives.
44 I must now tell the operatives, that their fate iviti
their own hands ; that, if intimidation or c"ercion of.
any description be encouraged' and practised—if they.
will entertain erroneous and ill-timed views of raising
their wages, by the
.means which the Legislature
has given them to resist injustice and extortionovhen•
attempted against themselves—then no feeble efforts of
mine can avert the renewal of the old restrictions; nay,
more, such efforts [ would cease to make, rather than
by making them held out to the world, that I placed
confidence where confidence was not deserved." _

Friday a deputation of the Colliers from Lanark, Ren-
frew, and Dumbarton, waited on Mr. Hume, and met
a reception similar to that which he gave the Trades-
men of Glasgow on Thursday. Their piece of plate
was also politely refused.—Edinburgh evening Courant.