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London, England, 1816-12-19 00:00:00

HUNT'S PANACEA.

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Collect a mob, to wake a ohm—.
The bellows of seldom blow.-
Yet to prevent ezpeeted harm,
Sound from a tosch-rnuf an alarm
• . The prate of or then rehearse,
And bid thesis quittly disperse.
Now change the nc;cuand raise the store,..
Tell them that nothing bat Retain
Can cure the sufferlygs of the peer,
And drive Starvation from the
doea—
That all suiscriptiOs is absurd,
Comparl to thin optics weed—
That boldly for it they mat stand,
For it alone can an the lend-.
Make, drooping manufactures thrive,
And keep the nerves of trade alive—.
Make butchers, farmers, cease to cheat,
• And at fair pticcs sal their neat..-
Make bakers pup sf Renee fed-.
Enlarge the loaf—reduce the assal.....
Force even bard Lards to retest,
And live without rearskievmeenh.•
Abolish (u the wean week waxes)
Vessiours.-Panens.tlthes and tames ;
Andbeing,enee awe, the happy nips
Of Rraemrclos back soda!

11A/IS.

Comas Honoasess—A range of chalk hills,
principally in the county of Buckingham, have Stew-
ards appointed by the Cuenca:4.os of the Eton*.
WM, with a salary of 20s. and all fees. By accepk
ing this nominal office, a Member vacates his seat in
Parliament.
The following anecdote inculcates a good method
of discoveriag the idle lad worthless from the indus-
trious poor s—The number rof poor applying at Lord
CLARSIIDOVS for relief increased daily, and the mote
he relieved, the more numerous were the claimants.
When the steward announced the seat gmnpe, his
Lordship gave orders to employ them all. The
Steward replied. There are at least tweaty."
41 Never mind," said his Lordship, we're them all
something to do, and pay them reasonable wages."
The Steward ordered a few.to dig, some to turnover
dung, and others to sweep and clean the walks, and
work in the gardens and fields; but when desired to
halo to, one would have his own spade, another his
broom, and all wished to have their own utensils,
which they went in quest of ; but none of these appli-
cants re-appeared
Tuesday a quantity of Spanish dollars wen picked
.up at Hartlip Hill, on the road from Sitting bourne
to Rochester, which were lying scattered in the mud,
as if dropped by accident. A labouring man who
first discovered them found sufficient to fill his hat.
A touching scene, says a French paper, occurred
on Thursday last in the Fabourg St. Jacques. Two
soldiers, with their knapsacks on their backs, appa.
rently returned from a long journey, entered the shop
of a fruiterer in that quarter. and asked for something
to drink. The mistress herself served them. Her son
had joined the army five years ago. but she had since
received no accounts of him, this induced her to ask
the strangers some questions. Her sat, she said, was
in suck a corps of the army, and must have bees at
Moscow; “ without doubt be is dead," she added,
?Ming. " No. =plied owe of the soldiers, .4 ho
ts sot dead, be is in year arum" In bet, she soon
recognised her son, whose long beard and tattered
dress had at first concealed hits from the eyes of his
mother.
EITRAORISMART CHlLA—Tkere is now. living at
Kingside, about a stile from Abbey Town. a girl
named Mary Nixon, who will be 10 years of age on
the 21st inst. who weighed about a month ago 10
stone wanting two pounds, and at this time her mother
supposes her to be four or five pounds heavier 1 She
is very strong and beakhy, and has continued so from
her infancy, idtbough she is so fates to be absolutely
shapeless, if considered in reference to the human
form. Her manners and countenance possess all the
characteristics of a child of her age.
The chambermaid, at the Old Ship Tavern, Brigh.
ton, en ezamiaing her hoard deposited in a tea-caddy,
in her trunk, a day for twd ago, found that the locks
of both had been picked, and at Bank notes, to the
amount of £35, had been taken from the former.—
An ivory box, . containing 20 guineas in gold, focus-
nately was untouched. This industrious girl, who
bad carefully put by the produce of her earnings for
years, was robbed of sels in a similar way but a few
months before.
Thursday night last, between ten and eleven
o'clock, an attempt was made to rob the house of
Mr. CHARM Tempos, jun. at Chedburgh, Suffolk.
It appeared that the fimily had all retired to bed,
when Mr. and Mrs. Immo); were disturbed by
bearing some voices nearly under their chamber win-
flow, and soon afterwards by the noise from breaking
the lattice of the dairy window, and some
glass
thrown down in forcing open the inside shutter. This
induced Mr. Iscsanott to get up, who having armed
birneelf with a small sww4 went down stairs to the
place, where be found a lan with a lighted candle
stasiln with his back towards him, but being
alarmed
by the opening of the door, the villain in-
sandy extinguished the light, and made his escape
tbroogh the aperture by which be bad entered. Be-
fore be could effect this, however, Mr.. Isomers
bad muck him several blows with the sword, by which
be was so sweetly wounded that be wee afterwards
traced by his blood, across the stack yard, to the gate
leading alto the Sasham road, at which a horse ap-
to have been hung in the mean while to re-
ceive the meditated plunder. One of Mr. I.'s own
seeks was also found sear the spot,. which had been
• taken from another part of the premises.
Sox:caw ~._The following shocking ac.
adult occurred 011 Monday last soo.-A ox having se-
parated itself from a delve of seventeen. in New.
street, unperceived by the drover, strolled down-Bet.
obsstudilane, where tissetisg a poor woman with an
infest in her arms, the *lea ran at her and pared
in a most dreadful tesemer. The horns of the
beast mend her side, and tore her in a'',
manner too shocking for description. The poor wo..
man was taken loth. ilarthedosnew's Hospital, where
she castisess without any hopes of recovery. The
egreetereaped, and made his way through the streets
of a bletropolls into Hyde Park, where on the fOl.
lowreg day ha was secured and slaughtered. •

DRURY LriAg•

' Yesterday evening die Celtic Opera of Ate nth
written by Com Esq. of the India Howe,
Author of many other successful Dramatic Pieces,
WAS revived at this Theatre. From the names
of the performers it will be seen that the vocal force
of the Theatre has bees: brought into play to render
it attractive, esisecially that of the new candidates.—
The plot is founded on the imprisonment of some
English soldiers in a fortress in India, from which
they are delivered by a detachment of their coun-
aided by a native Prince. It is rich in
incident; and the effect is much heightened by the
music and decorations. The original music is Mae.
gINGIII.B. 'which some additions have been in-
, grafted.. Miss Meats played Reber, a captive Prin-,
cess. Theie is not in the character much room for,
acting, but sit the songs she acquitted herself well.;
Her voice is *sung, and not deficient in power,'
and wbeiiimProved by a little more skill and ex.l
perience, will be highly effective. She was encored in
some of her songs.—Miss MANOWN. played Etna,
the wife of the English Captain. Al an *area she'
is deficient in animation ; her singing, however, was
highly pleasing ; and her appearance • beintexceed-
ingly interesting, was of course an addition to a
11 pine is which alow is a necessary ingredient. Mr.
ilions, as Zeninui, sang several songs, among them
a description of a tiger hunt, with taste and judg.
mo. Mr. T. COOKS played Sidney, the 'English
Captain; his battle song was spirited, and was mi.
cored. The comic part of the Opera was played
admirably by MINIMS, 4011NOTON4 and bliss KELLY.
I',ICAINSTONII is an Irish Serjeaht of (zenadiers, who
liasses for a Physician, and arrives at the highest
ibonours curing. The Rajah pf the effects of intoxi-
cation; by administering a Potatoe, which the In.
dims actose maliciously described to be a deadly
11 poison. liduenste is an Indian statesman, who has,
the care of the prisoners. There was a duet between
him and Mist KIILLY, the wife of the Irish Serjeant.
iiy whose fiery spirit he is io much discomposed that
be gives her money to make her escape: this was by
far the gayest and. most amusing scene in the piece.
He pettormed another song, in which be described
his life with his wife, a lady with one eye, and a I
*most inexpressible Hindoo name ; but in this he car-'
rind his grimace a little too far—a license, which,
as it is near the pantomime season, must be par-
doned. The scenery was very splendid, and a pro-
cession was introduced with camels, buffalos, and
elephants; but the greatest and much the most amu-
sing prodigy, was the face of MUNDIN carried in a
palanquin, with a prodigious pair of Tartar whiskers.
The piece concludes with a battle and a cot:Basra-
don, which is admirably managed.
With a variety in the music, with lavish decora-
tion, and so much laughable acting, the piece must
be attractive.
The House was crowded, and the Opera was
given out for repetition with tumultuous applause.

Mr. Keats performed Sir Flayed Mortimer, in The
Ina Chat, last night, at Brighton, for the benefit
of his friend, Mr. LOMAT. The MOW* waserowded.
The new Pantomime forthcoming at Covent Gar-
d= Theatre, is written and got up under the direc- 1
tion of Mr. FARLZY j the moue by Mr. WARZ, the
Leader of the Band. The title is to be The Mad
Bezgar of Bethnal GOWL
A splendid Pantomime for the Holidays is in re-
paration at Drury-Lane Theatre.
BUDDIES! DlLlTUYeSteltillty afteraoon, Mr. Wil-
son, many years wardrobe-keeper to Drury-lane
Theatre, suddenly dropped down, and expired ist,-
standy is the Theatre, while penning his business in
preparing the dressei for the revived spectacle et
.Rawah Droop
Tuesday se:might, Thomas Colelough, an ;she.
bitant of Newcast* during the absence of his wife•
for a few minutes from their dwelling, fell from his
chair, and on her return she found him a corpse on
the floor;' and on Friday morning the wife died :
they wereboth advanced sn years, out had little pre.
vious indisposition.
Sunday se'nnight, a soldier of the Royal Scots
attempted to shoot himself in his barrack roan at
Belfast by placing the muzzle of his piece to his
breast ; but when putting his toot to the trigger, it
appears that the muzzle of the gun changed
don, and the mutants went through his shoulder, which
was so severelyshateerod •thereby, that amputation at
the shoulder joint was absolutely necessary, and its.
nsediately performed by Surgeon Wilson of the re-
giment, and Surgeons Fordo. and Letham.
Imoustr.—An Inquisition was taken afternoon at
the Two Brewers public-house, Vine-street, Cletteo.
well, before Mr. Ss:ma% Coroner, upon the body
of James Baker, aged 92.
It appeared in evidence, that the deceased was a
sailor, and was sent up by a pass, with some other
sallow, from Devonshire, on the way to his parish at
Newcastle-opon-Tyne ; be was so very unwell that he
could not walk, and be lay upon his back on some
straw in a waggon, day and night, from Devonshire
to London. He was delivered to the care of Mr.
DAVIES, the Pass-house-keeper, Clerktmwell, in a dr,

in state.
The COllOllll6-84 It is most shamed conduct is
those persons who removed the deceased 'in such a
state of health !"
Mr. Davies, Passltousa.keeper, being steers, said
that the deceased was delivesed to his care 'from the
Egham waggon, es bfaistay sight, about eight
O'clock the was very unwell, sad he • put him a
evone by himself; he give him sosse tear in the night
he died at five o'clock on Tuesday Storni .
Several Jurymen.—u Had the no Medi-
cal assistance ?'
Mr. Davies.-" No. I did mot send for any war

,a."
The Airy then went to the Pass.boase, sad took a
view of the body of the deceased. fir wu Fying ea
his bed of straw, oa which be dies.-be bad' but one
thin covering b;skles straw. Title vicre as souks
of violence open his body: his toss and feet wire- br
an ulcerated and putrid state, me hit boat wil
over of a livid a
The Jury, whnrear admitted dad so blimadvaa
be attached to *Kr. Davies;!wbio bad ad bets* ac-
commodation for any payers, whether dilly' Witte
well or ill, thought that dm deceased onsbelsi bins
had proper medical assistance. • '
Vailicc—Did 1/24e visitatiolGoa.-.

, LAW

COURT OF CHANCERY, DECEMBER IL
CHEMICAL SECRETS.
NATLAND w. 0111116101 WITH.
Sir SAMUBL ROMILLT moved his Lordship to eon,
thine the injunction granted sometime ago against
the defendant, who was a foreigner, and a celebrated
chemist, refiding at Lynn, in Stafford, and who bad
sold the plaintiff a pretended valuable recipe for
making soda, for which a mortgage of £3,000 had
been paid, in addition to two promissory notes of
£l,OOO each. The plaintiff had found the recipe in-
adequate for the purposes he was told it would ac-
complish. and 'accordingly applied to the defendant;
who said be would come and assist him, provided
he bound himself to be satisfied, which the plaintiff
did. The soda was made, but the defendant was
charged with using other materials than those pre-
scribed in his recipe, which however he denied. The
whole, in fact, was a base attempt to delude the
plaintiff out of his money, and indeed his conduct
spewed extreme folly in paying £5,000 for a secret
he knew nothing about.
Mr. LNACH, on the other hand, argued the impro-
bability of the defendant's being actuated by such
motives, for the agreement was -by no means a gua-
rantee that such profits would be made from the bu-
siness ; that the plaintiff was extremely incapable of
business, and unsteady in every thing he pr his hand
in; that there was no ground for supposing the de-
fendant had used other materials than those in the
recipe, as he was constantly under the eye of the,
plaintiff ; and the plaintiff knew the value of the
Materials, he should have :hewn the Court, where
the difference lay, which be undoubtedly would have
done, bad there been any foundation for his allege-

tion.
Sir S. ROWELL'', in reply, observed, that a circum-
stance, amounting to demonstration of fraud, but not
Abided to by the opposide side, struck his mind very
forcibly. Why had no notice now been taken of this
'suet being divulged f Why bad the plaintiff and
his Counsel sot prevented its disclosure in Court ?
For the best of all reasons, it being no secret at all,
buts downright imposition. The plaintiff was not
present all the time this process was carrying on, and
this therefore was like the story{ in Erasmus, where
gold cattle out, because gold had been put semi/7 in
the crucible. The whole of this transaction was an
attempt to delude bis too simple client, by taking his
money out of his pocket. '
The Loan CHANCILLON declared his intention to
give the whole case a awful examination, from its
importance to the public, particularly to men in bu-
siness. He should expect to End the answer clear
and unequivocal, and to find it expressed in the most
direct and positive terms, without any reservation or
ambiguity.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER Is.
SIMPSON 11. SINATHII.
This was an action upon a valued policy of insu-
rance on the ship Ebenezer at and from Pennant. to
London. The loss was averred to be by perils of the
seas, and the defence was umeaworthiness. After a
great deal of evidence ermined on both sides, as to
the seaandness of the ship, the Jury, without hearing
the Attorney-Genetal's reply on behalf of the plain-
tiff, said it would be a waste of time to hear any fur-
ther evidence for the defendant, as it was a clear case
of unseawortliiness, in consequence of which the
plaintiff chose to be nonsuited.
CAMPBALL D. THOMPSON AND OTHIRS•
Mr. Gamma Ross opened the pleadings in this
case. It was an action upon an indemnity given by
the defendants to the plaintiff, to save him harmless
in respect of a demand for freight for the carriage
of certain goods from Jamaica to London, and in-
volved a very important question as to the law of
sa4. The plaintiff bad chartered the ship Will,
owned by a person named Metcalfe, to carry a cargo
from Jamaica to London. In consequence of sans
of weather, the vessel was compelled, in her home-
ward voyage, to put into Halifax, in Nova Scotia,
to refit, and the Captain, in order to pay the expense
'of the repairs, sold part of the plaintiff's cargo.
The defendants, who bad been the ship's brokers,
having advanced at,ooo to Metcalfe the owner, had
obtained from'him an assignment of the freight earnt
by the' ship, to cover their advances. When the
vessel arrived in London, the defendants demanded
of the plaintiff the freight doe under the charter-
party, which be reread to pay, alleging that he had
a right to set-off the loss which he had sustained by
the sale of his on board the Will, at a torced
market in Hareit against the demand of freight.
However, be agreed to accept a draft of the &In-
dians to the amount of 411.100, upon an indemnity
from them to son him harmless, in case the question
at law, as to this right of set-off, should be decided
in his favour. That draft was subsequently paid by
the plaintiff, and the pretest action being brought,
the question was whether the plaintiff had a right
to set off his loss by the forced sale of his goods at
Halifax against the pleiatiff's demand for freight ?
Lord Eramtimaotiam was decidedly of opinion
with the plaintiff's eight to recover, and the Jury ac-
cordingly gave him a verdieto-Damages Al tl 52.
- vuxbuirip. DUNCAN. .
This was an action of Troyer by the assignees of two
Bankrupts, named Cussing and Swannell, to recover
a quantity of coffee, and certain bills of exchange,
obtained by the defendant from the bankrupts after
their bankruptcy, in fraud of the test of the creditors.
The case was undefended; but a clear case of fraud
was proied by the plaintiff against the defendant ;
and the Jury, under Lord• lilienborough's direction,
found a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages £1921.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. is.
POLICY dY USSUBANDS,=•4INAT R SYDABOTHOSI.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGUAN stated the case. It was an
,action for the recovery of the amount of the defen-
dant's subsCription to a policy of insurance upon the
ship Savannah, bound from Liverpool tp New Orleans.
This vessel sailed for her distination is April last,
.and about six weeks after *as lost on a reef of rocks
In the Bahama Straits, north of the •*lsland of Cuba.
lilts Learned Serjeant could not anticipate what de-
iimite **old. be letup against this action. It was said,
.be understood, that the Captain (who was also the
owner) had unskilfully navigated the ship, and had
taken the wrong course ; 'foe that, instead of sailing
north of the Island, he should have gone south ; but
against this, it would appear kr the plaintiff, that in
the state *of the winds si the time, he could have
sakes somber course dins that which he had done,
-4 also that he had used every proper precaution,

the resorted to .every Mune in his power to /us
she ship.
The Mate proved, in etidence, the eirciimrasets
connected with the loss Of the shipaa-she b iged not
bed of rocks, and alter trying all means to lights
her, by throwing overboard part !he carp Ilk
Captain and crew were taken from ti.e walk bla
French vessel, and tarried to the Havannah.
In his cross-examination "he said,' that they 'et
unable to procure any means at the Havannah for
going back to look after the wreck—nobody milk
be found to undertake the task for the salvage.
A Swede, who had commanded an Ammo
packet, and who had often sailed in the ditecti%
where the ship was lost, described the north passage
to be as safe as the south—the latter could not be had
when the wind was in certain points, particuletly
the one that blew when the Savannah was lst.
In his cross-examination by Mr. RICHARDSON,
'said that the southern passage was wider, but to
could hardly say safer: At a l times, at sea. a poi
watch should be kept; at times, sunken rocks could
be better seen from aft, on deck, than ltoto
Mr. Richardson having intimated some doubt of try
facr, the witness bluntly interrupted him, and et
claimed—" Then, Sir, how tar off do you pewee is
say hidden rocks can be seen from the iriastoheao
This request for the solution of a nautical qatatin
from the Learned Counsel, produced muds laagiaa
in Court; and the SOLICITOR-GLIIIIRAL was procte
ing to arraign the witness for what he termed his M.
pudeece, when
The COURT interfered, and said, it was evidearly
a bluntness of manner, and not any lineation d
offending, that governed the witness.
Another American Captain described the lump
where the ship was lost a safe one : it was usually
traversed by two-thirds of the American vessels.
After some consultation between Counsel, a ft.
diet was given for the Plaintiff, with costs.