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BAITLN OF IYATBRIOO.

&ITTER FROSt A PRIVATE SOLDIER 07 THE 42n
BEGIADDIT TO HIS FATHER IN EDINBURGH.
" General Hospital, Antwerp,24th June, IRIS.
II After a long silence, I embrace the opportunity
of informing you respecting my present situation.
On the 15th, about 12 o'clock at night, we turned
out, and at two in the morning marched from the
city of Brussels, to meet the enemy, who were ad-
vancing in great force on that city. About three
o'clock in the afternoon of the 16th, we came up with
them. Our whole force did not exceed 12,000 men,
who were fatigued with a long march of upwards of
20 miles, encumbered with knapsacks and other lug-
gage. The day was uncommonly warm, and no
water to be had on the road ; however, we were
brought up, in order of battle.
44'rhe French being strongly posted in a thick wood
to the number of 40,000 men, including cavalry and
lance's, gave us very little time to look round us
ere the fight commenced on both sides, in an awful
and destructive manner, they having every advan-
tage of us, both as to position and numbers, particu-
larly in cavalry, as the British dragoons had not yet
come up. The French cavalry charged the British
line of infantry three different times, and did much
execution, until we were obliged to form squares of
battalions, in order to turr. them, which was executed
in a most gallant manner, and
.many hundreds el
them never returned. Still sent up fresh fiiitesi
and us often we beat them back. The battle lasted
until it was quite dark, when the enemy begins to
give way, our poor fellows who were left alive fol.
lowing them as long as they could see, when_ night
put an end •to the fatigues of a well-fought day.—
Thousands on hods sides lay killed and wounded on
the field of battle; and as the greater part of the ac-
tion lay in awn fields, along a vast track of country!,
many hundreds must have died for want of assistance
through the night, who were not able of themselves
to crawl away. I-was wounded by a musket-ball,
which passed through my right arm and breast, and
lodged in my back; froni whence it was extracted by
a surgeon in the hospital of this place.
44 Captain M. is most severely wounded, having
several shots through his body, and the regiment, in
general, are mostly cut off. We have heard, since we
came here, that our fine brigade, which entered the
field on that eventful day, consisting of the 5d Batt.
Royal Scots, 42d, 44th, and 9-2 d Regiments, are now
formed into one battalion, not exceeding in the whole
400 men. Lord Wellington retired in the night, to
wait for reinforcements, and next day our cavalry
and the rest of the army arrived. The Prussians came'
on the other side, and I am happy to understand the
enemy ultimately got a most complete drubbing,
losing cannon, baggage, and a great number of pri-
soners. They retreated towards Valenciennes, and
ocher garrisons on their owa frontiers, the allied
troops pursuing them.
46 Thus 1 have given you as full an account of
affairs, principally what I witnesses' on the 16th, as
\I could ; that relating to the 15th being from report.
Nothing. can exceed the kindness and attention of the
inhabitants of this city to our wounded men :--the
hospital is constantly filled with Ladies and Gentle-
men, who, although speaking a different languav,
personally Itlnsiaister to our wants, with die kin
attention, distributing clean shirts, bread, wine, c4f,
fee, tea, milk, and fruit of.all sorts, with every ref*.
site for our comfort and accommodation."

BONAPARTE says, that the Duke of WELLINGTON
must certainly squint, he looks so many ways at once
A melancholy instance of the dreadful effect of
terror on the mind of a child, occurred a short time
ago in the neighbourhood of Birmingham.—A young
girl, whose imagination had been filled with the
frightful spectres that are conjured up by the igno-
rant to punish er terrify refractory children, was
thrust into a dark hole or closer by her governess, for
sonic offence committed at school. The poor thing
continued to scream with the most violent appreheto
sions, and when the door was opened to take her from
this abode of horror, she was lying with her face to
the ground, in strong convulsions of body and mind.
The conflict was too powerful for her tender reason,
and she now exists as one of the most miserable ob-
jects of human sympathy. Her parents and friends,
who had anticipated, in due season, a full maturity
of intellect, see all their hopes blasted--their intern-
ling little favourite is now an idiot !
The following fatal accident lately happened at
Baden, two posts from Vienna :—A newly built iron
bridge, of only one arch, broke down when first opened
to the public, the consequence of which was, that
about 100 of the people assembled upon it either lost
their lives, or were dangetously hurt.
Tuesday se'nnight, a melancholy accident hap-
pened in one of the pits of Sheriff Hill colliery, on
Gateshead Fell, near Newcastle. When the overman
and workmen descended to their work, finding the
mine in I dangerous state, they returned up, and salt
for Mr. Wm. Foggitt, the viewer, who, with his two
brothers and other overmen and deputies, to the amp
ber of nine men and two boys. went down tofind odt,
she cause, which proved to be a heavy fall from the
roof, that opened a communication with some old
workings, and caused the mine to be so filled with
inflammable air, that it exploded upon them, and
they were all killed excepting one boy, who Was
brought up with some remains of life, and is expected
;o recover.

Two of the ierostatic figures, which set off from
the Angel Inn, Lambeth, on Monday afternoon, have
been returned to Sieur Knous. King Hears Ms Furth
was found on Wimbledon Common, and the dog was
discovered about five o'clock on Monday evening in
a wood in the Park of Sir Jona FRSDenten. at Bur-
wood, near Walton-upon-Tliames. It was sitting on
its haunches, and had all the appearance of a living
animal—several persons conceived it to be so, and
went out to take tt with pitchforks and fire•arms ; one
of the servants at length Ventured to approach it, and
saved it from beiag destroyed.
BeybsTaiter.—liesterday a person, who described
herself as the widow of Sir E. Price, was charged
with taking lodgings and quitting them without
'tying the rent. ' She was also charged on suspicion
a spoon sod two sheets, the property of
Ayette, of presille-street, in whose boon
I.
.04 the last charge ,it was committed
Two. men, who bad been ;mewled mess.
1,01 !oaccroc4 TOO her Lad ships were,

LA, INTBLZIGENCL

COURT OF KING'S JULtiff, JULY II
lIODDINOT 9. PORKINAK.
This was a case of a very singular nature. It was
an action brought by the plaindF, a young man about
24 years of age. to recover £5OOO, the amount of a
deed of gift, from the defendant, the widow of 4
gentleman of large property, who lately died at Faris.
The circumstances stated on the part of the plaintiff;
by Mr. PARK, were these s—Tbse plaintiff is the son
of a poor man, who formerly lived near Bantry, in
Ireland, and who vas first cousin to Mr. Foreman,
a gentleman of very considerable property, for many
years resident in Harley-street, Cavendish-square.—
Frequent application% it was alleged, had been made
by Hoddinot. sen. as well as by other relations to
Mr. Foreman, for pecuniary assistance, and he had
often contributed sums of money to their relief, and
had, on the death of the plaintiff's father, sent £5O
to his widow, and declared that he would make
some provision for her son. The plaintiff was sub-
sequently sent over from Ireland to this country, and
was bound apprentice to a 'ldler, with whom he
continued till he was twenty-one years of age, after
which he became a journeyman. During all this
time the plaintiff had no knowledge. of Mr. Fore-
man's generous intentions towards him, but coati.
nued iodustrieu.ly to pursue his business. Mr. Fore-
man had not. however, forgotten his promise, for in
October, ISt 9, as he was on his way to pay a visit
to the Lakes of Killarney, he proceeded to Bantry.
and there executed a deed of gift, before two wit-
nesses, and on a proper stamp, in which he gave the
sum of C5OOO to the plaintiff on his attaining the
age of twenty-one. He desired, however, that this
transaction might be kept a secret till the plaintiff
had attained the age in question, lest it might induce
him to slacken his industry—and on executing it he
delivered it to one of the subscribing witnesses, a man'
named Barry, uncle to the plaintiff, to be kept by
him till the proper ?goon amities for delivering it to
the plaintiff. In this state things remained till the death
of Mr. Foreman,.in September last, three years after
the period when the plaintiff came of age. On thisi
occasion one of his distant relations came from Ire-
land to examine the will in Doctors' Commons, with
the view of ascertaining whether he had, in the dispo.
sition of his property, made any provision for those
relations. Disappointment attended these researches,
bur at this period the plaintiff, for the first time, heard
of the deed of gift which Mr. Foreman had made in
his favour in 1809. He lost no time in proceeding
to Ireland, and received from his uncle Barry the
deed itself, with which he returned to this country,
and demanded from the defendant the sum to which.
under the deed, he felt himselfentitled. This, how-
ever, was refused, and hence arose the present action.
The deed was now put in. It was written on a
large sheet of paper, and in a very loose style, eel-
dendy the composition of a very illiterate person;
the words, in many instances, were ill spelt, and in
some places wholly unintelligible. It was sigeed
with the name of 01 bike Foremast," and was dated
9th October, 1809. The names of the subscribing
witnesses were of J. Monygban and John Barr/n—
-and immediately above these am. were the figures
*5OOO. What was peculiarly singolariq the Janne.
'meat was, that the name of M lathy Pangaea', was
written with an ink eight degrees paler than that in
which the names of the subscribing witnesses names
were wiitten, and the sum of £souo, although they
all purported to be written at the same time, and
with the same pen and ink.
In support of the case, several persons Were called
to speak to the hand-writing of Mr. Foreman. Of
these many said the signature in question bore a
considerable resemblance to the hand-writing of Mr.
foreman, although it wanted some of its charac-
teristics.
The principal witness, however, was J. Monygban,
one of the subscribing witnesses to the deed, who de-
pesefl that he kept a little public-house near Bantry,
in the county of Cork, in Ireland. He recollected a,
gentleman, whom he understood to be Mr. foreman,
coming to his house in the month of October, 1809,
in company with one John Barry, and pulling out of
his pocket a sheet of paper; which he read over. it
wet a deed conveying aesooo to a young man named
John Hoddinot, on his coming of age. Witness ob-
tained a pen and ink, and, piece of wax, by desire
of the stranger, and the instrument was regularly
sealed and signed. Witness signed his name as a
witness, as did John Barry, after which the stranger
enjoined the utmost secrecy, and delivered the deed
to John Barry, to be given by him to John Hoddinot,
when he arrived at the specified age.
Witness, on his cross-examination, said, there was
but one pen and one bottle of ink in the room. He
mote with the same pen and ink as the stranger, as
did John Barry. He could not tell whether there
was any fire in the room at the time the transaction
took place.
The testimony of this witness was corroborated by
that of his son ; but he was equally deficient in his
recollection of the minor particulars of the transac-
tion, although he was quite clear in his detail of the
main tact of the execution of the deed.
To the evidence of these persons was added that
of other witnesses, who proved that Mr. Foreman
had been heard to say be would take tare of the'
plaintiff, and had given money to his parents.
With respect to the evidence of John Barry, the
second subscribing witness to the deed, which was
considered of the utmost importance to the success of
the action. Mr. PAax stated, that the plaintiff was
unable to defray the expense ..of his being brought
from Ireland; he had, however, evidence to offer as
to his hand-writing. :
The ATIORNRY.GINRRAL objected OD the achnisb
sion of such evidence, when the subscribing witness
himself might have been obtained.
Mr. PARK contended that there were cases on re-
cord in which, when a subscribing witness to an in-
strument was not within the reach of the Court, evi-
dence to his hand-writing was received.
Lord ELLIMOROUGH was not aware of any such
case, nor did he think that such evidence was admis-
sible. He begged, however, that if any cases were
on record recognising such evidence, that.they might
be cited.
Mr. Pane meptioned the case of Prince e. Zlaek.
burn (2d East. 250), in which it was held, that if a
etsbscrtbing witness was not within the jurisdiction of
*Caen, evidence of his hand-writing was admissible.
Lord ...E4AIOIOIIOV9k 44111 this Wu a 1 decision

!made previous to his being called to the Beach. 11:
however. did not mean to question the authority o!
the Learned Judge (Lord Kenyon), and upon thw
authority he would permit the witness to be examin,!d
The daughter of John Bury was then examite:A,
as to the band-writing of her father, which she re.
cognized. She had heard of W. Foreman, but sh
had never seen him; nor did she know much of
plaintiff.
Tbe Avvottmer•Gewitaai then addressed the COW
and Jury on the part of the defendant. He observe.
that during the whole of his experience he had twv::.
heard if a case which had lest of probability at,
it than that which WAS now before them. The Le
ned Gentleman then proceeded to comment on ti
evidence which had been adduced on the part of ti
plaintiff. He particularly adverted to the deed itsel
and to the incontestable proofs which that instruscc.:
afforded of its spurious fabrication. He was teas!
to admit, he said, that the signature purporting tot.
that of Mr. Foreman, bore some resemblance to th..
gentleman's writing ; but he remarked, that the f+.
gery, oa that account, was not the less evident ;•fi
those who were disposed to commit the frond woul.
necessarily feel it incumbent on them to render t:
imitation of his writing as close as possible. Ti
perusal of the deed, however, as well as the mains.
in which it was stated to have been executed. add(
to the difference of the colour of the ink, which w.
stated all.to have been got from the sense bottle, le
not a doubt on his mind that the whole was a grc
and deliberate attempt to defraud Mrs. Ffnem
and so satisfied was he that the Jury would. concur
this opinion, that although he had several Witness.:
to call, he would leave his case as it stood, wilily
any further support than that which the plaiting' Irs.•
himself furnished.

Lord ELLINBORCOUGII, in summing up theevidenc.
left it for the Jury to say, whether it was likely :
a gentleman of Mr. Foreman': respectabili.y- *oat
have put his name to an instrument so absolute:,
nonsensical as that which t!,ey had heard read, ar :
which, he could not help saying, would be
to the humblest inhabitant of an litsli cabin. I i
Lordship also dwelt upon the internal evidence
improbability which the whole case furnished ; ar.
finally adverted to the absence of Barry, in who.
custody the deed was said to have been deposited -
This man's evidence, he thought, was most esientia ;
and, indeed, without it, he saw nut how the plaintiff -
case could be opported.
1 Mr. PARE here interrupted his Lordship,
I said, if such was 1 Lordship's opinion, he would L
aon.suited.

Lord Etmennovoß thought the Learned Genii
man exercised a sound judgment, and had only to
gm he had not done so three hours before..
r The plaintiff was then Mersaiti.

BIR.THS.
effleaday, In Upon' Breok-drict, the Lady et eh. o.Wibv•
Bart of a ow zed belt.
larolay, at Bruetne-place, the Lady of Cattalo Sesechaa
Procter, of a eon and We.

,KRIgD.

On the tOdt elt, the Rev. Wm. Jewett, M.A. follow of 1
bees Cellqpt, Canthridge, to Mulls; second daughter el Ms
John Whidng, ef Little Palgrave, Norfolk.

71 Silds of Mardi heat, O.S. St Orodtto, in Litho oils, P 3.
tad, otridbirase of tba Hurt, Captain the Cbevaliet Julia Grail
Hagan, Knight of Sonny Russian Military Orders.
The iSth ult. on board the Marquis of Huntley East Indiana. ,
Leelimere Porter, in his 17th year, youngest eon of Lieutenatt-
Colonel John Porter, Of }Cambia y,

NO Disorders have contributed more essentially to
destroy Hymeneal Happiness than those which are Cie
consequence of unguarded pleasure. People of every rank pay
adoration to the Shrine of Wedlock, but where the COO/titilttor
has been tainted by Disease, a renovation of stability is indi,pets.
ably requisite. Twenty years have we devoted our practice T.,
the exclusive treatment of the following Disorders, and the sue-
cesstui resuk of our plan gives us additional ardour to %pose, at
far as we are able, the ravages of those Complaints which are the
most important in the catalogue of Human Infirmities. Aft ::
initiation into every branch, as Navy Surgeon., we formed a
at an early period of practice, to rescue individuals front the i 6.
names of uneducated men, or the equally dangerous preeipirtnz y
of general Practitioners.
The Disorders to the cure of which we have devoted our
tendon, comprise every specks of Venereal infection ; all kin ' I
of Debility, whether arising from the habits of school her-t.
or the indolgendes of mature( age • that derangement of :• .•
System in Women, whkh callel Barrenness or Ster;lit,
Seminal Weaknesses, Meets, Obstructions in the Cretin.- 7
as also Strictures, whether recent or of long duration, a .
which have bellied the skill of other Practitioners, are .'y
Out must harmed plan of treatment effectually said pern,.:-
awed, vrithost the radon suffering the excruciating pa.n
and Hentenhigis which frequently follows the applieu-
don of the Lunar Ca settle. in the cootie of our eateasive practice
la this metropelle, numerous eases of STRICTURES have been
and are daffy seder or care, the total ensiles/don of which is eft.
dieted by a safe, certain, and espeditious sonde arum superior
teeny ether yet adopted. The weakness, Mandan, and 614-
Ury, proceeding hum this complaint are speedily Kinsoved, and
the Pedant restored to sound and vigorous health. But when.
the debility has for years existed, a proper persrwasiee N air
restaradve remedies is indispensably requisite, to revived* skill-
baring "who of life, and to reanimate the cosedunion.
Numerous Diseases are the result of ignorance et Wee in the
Meant of seintpleoaseerkita, and it not unfrequendrbsip
pens that the seeds of lifts are poisoned by the lotikeroden of .a
unguarded hour: By a superior method itkis complaints a..
easily cured ; and even whet* others have failed, we trust ti I
we may presume to offer a radical re-establishment. Few, how-
east, are the awe of complicated distress in this disorder, eons
pared with the calamitous situation of men, who, from an Indiul.
pones in a twittery vise, or the prevalent gaieties of a fashlocablor
ilia, acquire that state of debility which is the unavoidable come.
"mu of sack pansistess habits. Where the unhaepy utterer
bleeds over hie wisiy but carefully conceals his misfortune., is
may be some 0111Mededee for hint to know, that although it be
abject of doubt or owtortabity with other:Practitioners, the re-
moval of Anse dead- sby the gradual progress of Reaovation„
' Is the acquirement of oar experience. If the rites of Bacchus ce
Vona have begun to reduce manly vigour, much anxiety wilt
'bilpreneeted by an any counteractive of this languid state, and
In these cases no great &Madly will occur.
Married Women whose expectations of a family have b.'.
defeated, from whatever cause, will receive seine connotation
hearing, that In most instances, by attention to our medicine., t I 47
gcueral functions became renovated, and impediments rempeed
' Certificates of our skill and humanity during the treatment
the above complaints, from many eminent Physicians now hvii.v
as well as letters from some Noblemen and others, who hove. I
listed oo their publicity, are ready to modify every one of the
authority of what we advance.
' By an early application to Messrs. Currie and Co. the patient
*AI escape the pain, danger, and expense of a long and tea:*
attendance upon less experienced practitioners.
Patients in the Ccuniry are requested to state the particular ‘,
of their ease, age, and mural habit diking, and enclosing a r,
mittince for advice and Medkines, when the same will be given
or seat to any part of the Kingdom.
' as Co. Surgeons. Na 107. Hattmooarden.

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