Star.
London, England, 1829-11-20 00:00:00

SEIZURE OF THE BRITISH BRIG JOHN

CdTTO, IN COLOMBIA.

( From the Jamaica Courant.)
The English brig John Catto, J. W. Clarke. master and owner,
left the port of Poyts, in Peru, with a general cargo for Central
.Arnerica,with authenticated documents. On her passage she put into
the Pearl Islands, having carried away two of her lower shrouds,
and split the sails : having only one day's firewood on board, she re-
mained at the said island two days, when, having repaired the da-
mages and procured a supply of firewood,she proceeded on her voy-
age. About three hours after quitting the Pearl Islands, she was
boarded by a Colombian schooner fun of soldiers, who ordered her
to return back to the islands, and anchor alongside the Columbian
schooner. The master was then ordered to proceed on board
with his papers, which he did, and the Prefect who was on board
the Colombian schooner. having examined them, and inquired the
cause of the John Causes touching at the Pearl Islands, proceeded
on shore in the John Cattu's beat, and on his return both vessels
got under weigh. The next morning being nearly calm, and the
current unfavourable, the John Catto brought up with all sail
standing, waiting for a change of current, when die Colombian
schooner bore down and anchored close to, and despatched an
offerer on board the Juhn Catto, with a written order from
the Prefect to open the hatches and search the vessel, and to de-
mand a manifest of the cargo. The master declared the act of
search to be illegal, the vessel not being in any port, but as a mat-
ter of courtesy furnished hint with a manifest. It must here be
observed, that neither vessels touched any where since quitting the
Pearl Islands. After this had taken place, the master of the John
Catto proceeded on board the Colombian schooner, to inquire the
reasons of such proceedings, and although received in the most
friendly manner by the Prefect, he was infortnedby tbeCapt. of the
Colombian schooner, that he had orders to see the John Cato into
Panama. This was confirmed by the Colombian schooner keeping
within pistol shot of the John Canto, although her sailing was much
inferior. Both vessels anchored the same evening in Panama.
and the nest morning she master of the John Catto proceeded
on abort, when every one he met was condoling with him for
being brought in u a prize to the Colombian schooner. In
consequence of these reports, Mr. Fernand, and several other
gentlemen, called on the Prefect to ascertain the truth of the
matter, when he positively assured them that he had Dot
brought the vessel in, as she bad not violated any laws of this
Republic, as from his inquiries of those of the Pearl Islands
he was perfectly satisfied that I bad not sold a pound stf to-
bacco, but merely suppled the inhabitants of the Island with
a quintal or two of garlic and onions fur their own use, and of
which they were utterly destitute. The Prefect's official let-
ter to Gstieral Montillo states exactly the same thing ; but ere
two hours bad elapsed, the mas:ei was informed by the captain of
the port, that the Prefect had given him orders to send troops on
board the John Catto, to uuhang her rudder and unbend the sails.
The master instantly waited on the British Consul, and stated the
circumstance, when the Consul desired him to wait on the Prefect
from him, and state that the British brig, John Catto, and her cargo
must be respected. The reply to this message was—" Not to bother
him with such stuff as British Consuls, and protests, for that be cared
nothing about them; and if I attempted to place myself in the Con:
sul's hands, my pockets would be the sufferer." The same evening
three officers armed were sent on board, and the Colombian schooner
weighed and took up a position within less than piatol-shot.
The next day I was ordered to deliver my cargo into canoes,
which were sent alongside, which, with the advice of the Con•
sus, I refused. The day after I was asked by the Prefect to
dispose of two carriage guns for the purpose of arming n
schooner, which I refused, stating that my vessel bad bees
illegally embargoed : I had placed myself and property under
the protection of the British Consul. He then assured me
that if I refused letting bins have the guns, I should fare the
worse, and the Consul could not interfere or protect me. On
the 11th of March a canoe, from the schooner, came on board,
demanding the guns :lid some rope, which was refused them,
when they quitted, and again returned with an additional
number otmen, and broke open the hatches, plundered the vessel
of every fathom of rope. which, with the two-carriage guns, they
put into the canoe, and conveyed them on board the Istmana. In
about two hours they returned and took away the remaining two
guns, with tackles, and every thing belonging to them; after
which a party from the shore. in five or ail large canoes, com-
menced discharging and plundering the cargo, which continued till
such time as the vessel was delivered. Immediately after break-
ing open my batches, and the robbing of my guns and rope, which
had been taken away, I proceeded with my officers and crew to
the British Consul and entered my protest.
A letter was immediately addressed by the Consul to the Pre-
fect, demanding restitution of my.guns and rope, and tads:fattiest
for the insult offered to the British flag ; but the Prefect, up to
the present moment. has refused to give any answer to his letter on
the subject. Things remained in this state till the 27th of March,
when the. Alcalda, with four soldiers, entered a Mr. Davione's
room, at half past ten o'clock at night, and conveyed me to the
public gaol. On the 28th I was ordered before the Prefect for the
purpose of being examined. and his decree read to me, whereby be
declared me a criminal, and ordered all my property, wherever it
might be found, to be embargoed. Having done this, be appointed
a judge to conclude the business, and then quitted fur a journey into
the interior. On his return he again viewed the business, and I
was conveyed back to the public gaol, having been during his
absence confined to my room. Oa the 7th of April, two Pe-
ruvian vessels of war seat their boats in, and cut the John
Catto out. Up to this time the Prefect had never consulted
any professional man. He now referred the care to the Go-
vernment solicitor, who informed hint that it was impossible
for him to act as judge, be being an interested party. He
accordingly separated himself from the business, and appoint-
ed ati assessor, who declined, in consequence of having already
publicly given his opinion in my favour. The case was then
passed to the first Alcalda, who submitted the case to a lawyer,
for advice—the result of which was, after having hid the papers
15 days, the lawyer declared, that the embargoing my property
was illegal, but that other evidence was necessary before be pro-
ceeded further in the business. The sentence Was approved of by
theAlcalda, but no sooner was it presented to the Prefect than he
'issued a decree, teeming with abuse against the parties, declared
all their proceedings null, and again appointed himself judge, and
bli i'ecierary as assessor. These proceedings I protested against,
beide contrary to even the appearance of justice; as the Prefect
kaddetlared Mansell the informer, be was entitled to the whole
ansmant, io the event of confiscation.
On the sth of June they declared my vessel, cargo, and all my
property confiscated, for having entered a Colombian port with
tobacco on board, and having sold tobacco, onions, and garlic
at the Pearl Islands. There were four witnesses, one of whom
declared that be saw me sell tobacco, the other three said
that they had heard I bad tobacco on board. They were re-
crofts and deserters confined in the stocks, and examined in
prliate, so that I never saw them. There were four of the
inhabitants of the islands confined in prison with myself, as
being the purchasers, and their property also ordered to be
emb .rgoed, but .they were acquitted, it being stated in the
sentence, that the evidence of the man relative to the tobacco
was not to be credited. There was, therefore, nothing against them
but the parchasing of the garlic and onions. which, although it con-
stituted an act of smuggling in the miler, did not affect the pur-
chaser, custom having sanctioned the supplying themselves from
vesicle. At the time when this sentence passed I was in the hospital,
where I had been removed from IU-health, when I was ordered to
be conveyed back to gaol. and dragged through the streets at bald-
&llia a felon. It was not notified, that having stripped me of
all my property, they were going to try my person. When the Pre-
fect forcibly appointedidansilfJudge, he assigned as his motive des.

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patch. The parties from whom he removed the case had the papers
IS days, and he has had them three months, and the business is nt.t
yet concluded. I have been confined now upwards of four months
its the public gaol, in common with wretches whose least crime as
that of robbing ! I have been refused permission to take exercise,
or even to be removed to the hospital, although security has been
ffkred by the British Consul, Capt. Burgess, of his Majesty's ship
Alen, and private securities by my friends to any amount. I have
been refused permission to see the Consul, and all his remon•
strances have, so tar from el!eviating my condition, brought down
additional severity: his exertions and attention to my case de•
mud my warmest acknowledgments, and he has all along assured
me that 1 shall have ample redress for my sufferings s well as loss
of property. They have refused to allow fay appeal, but the Con-
sul has wrote the Consul-General to apply to the Supreme Court

of Bogota, to demand the WILL An account was forwarded to
Admiral Fleming, and the Consul did expect be would bave applied
to Montilla. Before the vessel was condemned, ber boat, sails, &c.

Were disposed of, so as so leave no doubt at to what svntenee they

intended giving.
Captain Burgess, of His Majesty's ship Alert, arrived here on
the 41st of April, and sailed on the 23d. Captain Burden called nu
the Prefect, and told him that if his orders were not positive,

he would instantly go in pursuit of the [amens. but that
he might rely upon a British vessel of war being despatched in
pursuit of her on his arrival in Valparaiso, and that if he fell in
with her, be should put the captain in irons, and send him to
England for trial, as also take my guns and rope out.
We have just sees a letter from Panama, to a merchant of ibis
city, respecting the seizure of the above vessel by the Colom-
bian authorities, and we are hipPy to state that the British Consul,
slr. liagregor. is exerting himself in a qem.praiseworthy manner
to ot t .in restitution of the vessel and caigo, as well a. a emu-
neer ion for the trim . end personal 'uterine of Captain Clarke.
We have beard it aererted that Captain Cinrjai is a stouggler,—this
may or may not be the case, but we shall not be satisfied out 1 it is
ascertained that the Admiral has made a faunal demand of a copy
of the proceedings spinet the master of a British vessel, by m hick
Le is sentenced to three years' imprisonnii in. and confise . ' of
his property. If Captain Clarke has been guilty of abi each of e
revenue laws of Colombia, let bins be punished agreeably to those
laws ; but trom the statement we have seen, we are inclined to be-
lieve him to be a victim to the cupidity of the Prefect and his
subordinates at Panama.--Orarear, Sept. 10.
,SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.
ATTEIISALL'S.
There was nothing done at the Betting Room yesterday.
On Friday last lir. JoUiffe's Fox Hound. met at lland
Cross, according to appointment, and aftei drawing kr about an
hour through that country of beat's, bogs, and birches. they we-
kennelled a fox in Brantridge Wood, near Cooper's Corner.—
Toddy, after a little parley, broke away for Bakombe. Moe
Wood, Spicer's, and Sydnye, followed by the hounds, but not at
the rattling pace they are accustomed to go, the scent bring any
thing but good. Still they stuck to the fox like wax, and after
s'tirting Sydnye, he stood away for Staplefield Common, and thence
to Holmstead. Here they ran him into the farm yard. and sod-
denly came to a check.; nor could all the efforts of Roffey, the
huntsman, get another bark. Some persons here suggested that
iteyuard might have gone forward, and taken renuge in Pickwell
woods. Tbith:r, after some delay, occasioned by tiling the lnterme
diate country, the hounds and hooters proceeded. Scarcely were they
in cover before the me ry cry was again in action—some said up.;
a fresh fox—others as stoutly persisted that it was the hunted to:
again unkennelled. Iteynard seemed reluctant to leave his favourite
haunt; but after some time he broke away for a short distance over
the adjacent country, occasionally dipping into the Pickwell woods,
and at length took off through Bishopstone to Wooderfield Bridges.
near which the hounds ran into ma- The shortness of the run, and
the pace, induced the more credulous sportsmen to believe him to be
the same fox found at Brantridge, although a yearling; but the se-
quel proved the contrary to be the fact. When the servant went into
the stable at Holmstead in the forenoon, out bolted Reynatd from
the hay-loft, and got off safe and sound, thus convincing that the
cunning so often ascribed to that animal is nut entirely fabulous.
To ascend the hayloft he most have clambered some palling. and
entered by the window ; and the circumstance of the hounds nut
discovering the place of his retreat Is satisfactorily explained by the
aumber of pigs and other st tele continually running about the farm
yard, and it is iupposed he must have b en there some time before
the hounds came up. -
W. Thatcher,
.Vaig.'s crack pack of harriers, known by the name
of the " Whackland-Hant.' (Isle of Wight) threw off on Monday
week, in the presence of a large field of sportsmen, who had a high
treat " tbrou, h flood and field." The first hare wh'cb was
started wiis chopped almost instantly ; the second was put up
at Pagbam, and was a neck-or nothing chase for the horsemen,
and afforded the dogs plenty of work for an hour and twenty-
five minutes without a check, when she was run Into a
furze-bush at Winton. near Appuldercomb Park, the seat of
Lord Yarborough. In this chase, William Thatcher, Esq jun.
who rode the best horse in the hunt, having made an extraordinary
leap, the animal brought up his bind feet so violently against kis
fore feet, that with his shoe he cut the large sinews in his fare-leg,
thereby disabliag him for the season. The field crossed az streams
of water in this run, and the horse of Benjamin Cotton. Bag. made
a" swerve" at Kennetley stream, the consequence of which was
that both the horse and the rider had a complete ducking a but, no-
thing daunted, Mr. Cotton proceeded, and he, with Ferdinand
Baker, Rsq of Newport, were the only persons lu the field who
followed the dogs closely, and were in at the death. The pack met
aeain on Thursday, and bad two fine runs.

The sales in British Plantation Sugar this week
amount to about 600 hhds. The market remains steady,
and former prices have been fully supported. Nothing
has been done in East India or foreign Sugar. Very
little has been done in Coffee, and nothing in Cocoa or
Ginger.
At about fuer o'clock yesterday morning one of the
new poliel-men cn duty at the corner of Wells-street
and Oxford-street, noticed a volume of smoke issuing
out of the premises of Messrs. Robinson and Co. ex-
tensive silk mercers, of Nos. 64 and 65, Oxford street;
he immediately gave the alarm, and burst open the door,
when the whole of the warehouse presented but one mass
of flame ; the inmates escaped only with the greatest
difficulty, several of them being severely scorched. It
was useless to attempt to save any of the property, it
being of that inflammable nature that it caught fire im-
mediately. A great numb -r of engines were in at-
tendance, and a plentiful supply of water was obtained,
but to no avail, the ravages of the destructive element
being 20 great, that the whole of the building was re-
duced to the ground in a very short time. The adjoining
houses have suffered but slightly. The cause is attri-
buted to the bursting of one of the gas-conductors.
Scarcely any of the property was insured, and the loss is
.estimated at several thousand pounds, A number 4.f the
.new police were ••In attendance, and too much 1 r :Ise
cannot be given to them for their exertions.
CORN—EECHAN6E, MARK—CANE, Nov. 20.
In consequence of the dense fog, no holiness was transacted
in our market this morning—not a singk sample was exposed for
sale ; prices, therefore, muit be nominally quoted as on Monday.
ueroatatious maga MONDAY.
Wheat, fingWh (qrs.) . S 050 Batley, Foreign
Irish • . Oafs, English •
Foreign., . 2,700 r• Foreign
Barley, English . e,iso Irish
Irish . . Floor (seeks)
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 20.
CATTLE AT UNMET.

. 2,160

. 2,150
Z,Oll

. COD
. 6,400

Beasts.. ... ..... ............ 684 i Calves £33
Sheep and Lambs 4.390 I Piga
Beef 3s 6d to 4s Od Veal 31 104 to 41 Gd
Mutton ... ..4s td 40 8d Pork .... 3s 10d 4s 8d
Lamb
Hay per load, £2 151. to £4 4s. Clover .23 31 to #5 101.
&raw Al 13s. to Sit os.
COAL MARIEBT—Tma Day.
The Coal Exchange was well attended by buyers to-day, and
Coals were in fair demand. There was an average supply both o f
Suoderland and Newcastle Cad at market • 10 new ships bay e
arrived since Wednesday last, making a total on the week's arriva I
of 150 ship.--Ships arrived during the moth. 448.
Best Welland Coals .... Sile. ed. Ns. ed.
Other sorts
1 Skips at Market

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THE STOLEN INTERVIEW.

FROM TIIE GEM.

li
The Stolen Interview, by Flesasam.o, is a delightful little
effusion, written with a nature and ease too wldom studied. The
glowing little morsel seems warm with memory—lwo:melt that
we suspect the author's LILLY is not altogether one of poetic en•
ation. The following is the commencement of these pretty lines

THE STOLEN INTERVIEW.
I'm off. dearest Lilly. to.morrow—
I'm off by the mail with Sir Hugh;
But to-night I will manage to borrow
An hour to steal over to you.
I'll come when the evening Is
clwing—
I cannot well get off before;
I'lLeome when the old Lady's dosing.
And you can steal out to the door.

Oh LILLY ! longing to meet you :
You'll come.—won't yen come, if you can?
And dearest, do let me entreat you
To tie up that berm hills Fern:
When I stole by aunt NORA I met ber
Last Tuesday—l cannot tell tow--
And 'upswing I almost upset her,
The little wretch made such a row.

Remember, to-night' when she dozes,
To move the crutch out of the way;
And the door, too, creaks se when it closes—
Do oil it a little to. day.
It's so king since we've met, I'm afraid you
Have seen some agreeable man ;
And know, when I'm gone, they'll persuade you
To love some one else, if they ctn.
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But often at eve when aunt Nora
Ie hush'd, for a while, in her nap—
When you pit by the Are, and poor Flora
Shall nestle a head in your lap—
When Papa is gone out to the stable—
When the wind whistles down through the glen,
And the urn's growing cold on the table—
Dear Lilly ! you'll think of we then !

You'll think of your first, fondest lover,
When others shall kneel as he knelt ;
You'll remember the soap of-the rover,
When others but sing what he felt :
And oft as the summer eve closes
On a scene and a landscape as fair,
You'll remember the bow* of wild roses,
And all that you promis'd him there.
His bunter may pine in the stable,
Till lost kr his fleetness of limb;
Unnotic'd his dog watch the table;
But, Lilly ! you'll love them for kiss;
Farewell to the hound and the cover,
Farewell to the heath and the glen !
But when Term and the Little Go's over,
He'll be with you, dear Lilly! again.

THE MAN OF LEISURE, IN CHELTENHAM.

No. IV. •
• • From the Cheltenham Journal.
Trutt mirth aid gladiltese was in every face,
And healths ran bravely round in every place.
Joon TATLOsi •Prisice Charles iris Welcome:
—Their eager love andloyelty did rim
To at, and•know, whiles lawful. Majesty
Spread•forth ha presence and its piety.
W. Cauxwarans. ' To thegaSlT' (1651).
The " Monfort' disieets" which I have selected as "melees" for
' my present paper, are, I hope, not inappropriately chosen from the
strains of two, from 'hominy Poets—whose geniusand whose fame
• deserve to be cherished infinitely more than they have. hitherto
been, in thisthe County of their births. The ' literati' of our
Provincial Circle may, indeed,knowtbat Taylor, the Water-Poet,
was born In " the fair and splendid city" of Gloucester ; gad that
Cartwright first breathed the breath of life at Northway, near
Tewkesbury ; but beyond these simple facts; little!. enquired after
cared for; and it matters not that the one was favourably noticed
by many of the elder Masters of the Lyre--Ids more distinguished
• . contemporaries—or that Ben JOIT•011 said of the other "My son
Cat torright writes all like a man." 'Poets, like Prophets, have but
" little honour in their own country." Yet I would that they had
been alive, or had left their mantles behind them," ;het so, kyr-
• ing degended upon men the same county born—nay were it but
the mantle of the worthy Thomas &unbolt', the psalm-wriest, for
Gloucestershire contends for the honor of Ists birth as thotrgh. he
• had been a•very Homer—the event which 1 humbly set ferth in
, prose, might have been more suitably eelebrated.in all the pomp
and plenitude of song. . . •
telosed my first day's " Customs of the Court" by refrains
the spontaneous homage of•the people, and giving to their volun-
tary illumination all the eclat which it could-receive hums* feeble
a reflection, through the long vista of years. I should have added .
that at an early hour of the memorable- evening of July 13, the
Maddens retired from the orchestra of the theatre; and followed.
by the audience who left the performances unfinished, formed a
triumphal procession which,lnereaaing like a snow-ball as it passed
along, soon presented a dense arid solid mass. occupying the wide,
space of our one long-street. On they marched, play's* and
dmg-
ingall the national and popular airs, and anthems, as catches and
• glees ever theretofore set or song—the whole populace was one huge
' throat, vociferating the chorus', where a thorns there was—and
" improvising" a thorns Where chorus there was none ; the burden
of each and all such rude "snatches of-song" • being " George our.
Ring !" Every pause is the music was the signal for long reiter-
ated plaudits. cheering% and, hums! and -fire-works were exhit •
bited, and squibs and -crackers added their rattling detonations to
the sound of the" twaekling instruments," and their sparkling and
• sprinkling glare to the brilliant light of the • illumined houses—,
amongst which the George Inn blazed.conspicoously,and almost out.
shone the rivatestablishments of the worthy Byrch, who was at that ••
time " mine host" of the Plough and of the Swan (which were then:
vis-a-vis inns)—being as it were a double host in "double trust"
—and so the more formidable. The premises now so universally
known as the York Hotel, behind which the theatre then stood, also
sent forth a stream of • light—for when was the eider—the popular
Watson, that best and most assiduous of all ex-metropolitan ma.
nagers, behind hand in suclademonstrutions of public feeling as
tended to enhance the welfare of: the town, or to secure " a pa=
tronage" for his well-conducted theatre ?•- Of him I shall have
something to say hereafter—hut now, "more lights, ye knaves !
and turn the table, up:" Amidst stick symptoms of joy and felicity
as " smoothed the raven-down of darkness 'till it smiled." Night
-4, and " morn brought on the day."•
'i here le stated, that for three weeks prior to the at-
Royal Amity, Lord Courtown, Treasurer of the
, had been actively engaged in making the most.
arrangements fot their reception, and disposing every
best manner to heighten their enjoyment, and to give
movements—whilst he also provided for the rou-
rhick was to devolve upon every individual attached
come in contact with, the Illustrious Visitors. His
given orders for the attendance of the best musi-
29th Regiment, and they remained here dude g the
performing at the Spa, morning and evening—for
the gaiety thus imparted to a .public promenade.
were even in 'that day alive to the beneficial irluence
„ the spirits of the valetudinarian. Indeed, as mg.
Moreau, simply, .and somewhat quaintly observed ,ill
."•••04 such an addition to the natural beauties of the
jamtribute to the 'petition of the waters with greater ,
feeds, spirits being pat into motion, and most agreeably
by the harmony of the' instreiniente, the sensible Rine*
pliant, and the several organs better adapted ti the
of their different functions."—Hear, too, what old
on the milieu, In that chapter of his on " Anatomic

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of Melancholy," which he entitles " Meek a Ressedy.-11fany
and sundry are ,the meaner, which Philosophers and Physicians
have prescribed to exhilarate a sorrowful heart, to divert those
fixed sod intent cues and meditations, which in this malady so
much offend ; but in my judgment none so present, none so pow-
erful!, none so apposite as a cup of strong drinke, mirthe, mudcke,
and merry company.—' Musics est metals medicira masts,' a
roaring meg against Melancholy, to rears and.cevive the languish-
ing souk, affecting not onely the cares, but the eerie arteries, the
vital and animal spirits, it erects the nitride and makes it nimble."
The early habits of rising, which the King observed, are familiar
to all who have ever read or beard any thing of his domestic life ; .
and it was therefore no matter of astonishment to see him at " the
Spa," at a little after six o'clock on the morning after his arrival.
The spirit-stirring strains of" Goo save the King." announced the
presence of his Majesty—who was accompanied only by the Pan-
ics. Royal. Having " quaffed off the pore lymph from Hygeia's
fountain," over which Mrs. Forty then presided, not as " the mys-
tic Priestese of the Shrine," but in the humbler character of
" Pumper of the Waters," the King handed the Princess Into the
carriage, and walked across the meadow to Fauconberg House.
That day, being the sabbath, the Royal Family attended Divine
Service at the Pariah Church, which was crowded almost to suffo- •
cation. Bishop Gouldsbprough, the Bishop of the Diocese, de
leered en admirable discourse on the occasion ; and was held
in so much esteem by the King as to be termed " The Royal
favourite at Cheltenham."
On Monday morning, in the words of Jonaon,
•
" Double Majesty did bless •
•
All the place with that high grace • 'l''" " ,
Exceedeth admiration !"
-a-At six o'clock the King, the Queen, the Princess Royal, the
Princess Augusta, and the Princess Elizabeth, attended by their
Ladies in Waiting, the Duchess Dowager of Amster, Lady
Holdernesse, Lady E. Wakkgrave, Lady Weymouth, and Lady
C. Berrie, honoured " the Spa" with their presence, and in that
noble walk, which, with its " patriarchal trees," was then, as it
now is, unrivalled throughout England, did - they mingle for an
hour and a half, nos merely with the (Mackie of the Court, the gay
groupes of " Cords and Ladies bright," that like summer-birds
migrated with Royalty ; but with the fashionable residents of the
town and its vicinity, and with the people of all ranks and classes ;
conversing familiarlye and even jocularly, with those whom they
distinguished by their especial notice; and often did the hearty
laugh proclaim that the good King delighted in being " not only
merry in himself, but the cause of mirth In others." At mid-day,
the Royal Party walked through the town, and were followed, nay
surrounded, by an immense concourse; and ant this, as on every
occasion, the benignity of the warm-hearted Sovereign evinced
itself in a circumstance which the stately biographer might pass
over as beneath his notice, but which, in my mind, to worthy of
record, as a trait which was peculiarly characteristic°, George the
Third—and marked the unremitting consideration which he paid
to the feelings even of the humblest of his subjects. When the
pressure of the crowd became inconvenient and Almost annoying to
the Queen, I had the happiness of bearing him good hninouredly
say to her, " Well, Charlotte, we must walk. about for a day or
two to please these good people ; and then, they will let us walk
about to please ourselves." A shower of rain coming on soon
afterwards, damped the general joy, and forced the Royal • Family
to take shelter in the Astembly Rooms, of which poor ' Harry
Rooks was then proprietor—and there they waited till their car-
riage, were brought down to convey them borne. At cow o'clock
'they dined, at five partook of coffee, and at half-past six resumed
...their walk, at the Royal Well, where the band was regularly in at-
tendance, and the crowd as numerous as it bad been at mid-day
- in' the' street; From the promenade they proceeded to Lord
CourtoWn's.-where they passed Abe evening. Next morning, the
King, Queen, and Princesses were." stirring with the lark, and
so early on the Walk. that few even of the fashionable world were
. present, and thul they avoided the pressure of the cOmPany.—
Aftei breakfast -:they made an excursion to Tewkesbury, where
they were xeceived, .by Lord Harrington.: who had apartments
there at theßwan• Inn. Soon after their arrival, their Majesties
walked through the town, inspecting every object of curiosity, and
were ' highly gratified -by the vestiges of antiquity which the
Abbey Church Presented. They crossed the Long Bridge, and
ascended the Mythe Hill, which was then so rugged that the
Queen stumbled, and had nearly fallen. As they returned, after
enjoying the insuriant prosPect Which the eminence affords, the
King observed a country boy busily engaged on the road, and
as nothing escaped his enquiry, be condescendingly asked the lad
what be was. about? " Mese your Majesty's honour," replied
the boy " Lam smoothing the road, that you may pass more
easily.' This quick and un.mbarrasied answer so pleased
the King, that 'he smiled as be . *pretente& the " mender of his
ways" with a guinea. - The' boy, making a dutiful Inclination
of the head, and a long serape -of the foot, to-his royal.benefactor,
• hastened bome.in triumph with his golden prise; and showing it
to his aged mother, related the circumstance-10 her just as it oc-
curred. The'poOrwomen rejoiced at lab " Godsend, which she
Was not- unnaturally desirous of appropriating to the payment of
her rent, for which purpose,she begged her-son to give it to her :
but the young fellow with a feeling far beyond his station or his
lyears, refused to part with it. " No, mother," said the young
mallet, sltiough IshOuld be obliged to beg for your support and
' filly oith,sir to-Iskalins for your rent,i will keep this-guinea as a
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mastallainee of b/w Majesty's bounty to a poor peasant, and while
Ilya. rn it more.for. bit noble sake than for its value." So
„gnu . . .
as. W thli first vide of the Royal Family to Tewkesbury,
'eat no preparadonivibatever were made for their reception by
'llOrioiabitantc who afterwards,- howevervtastified their loyal at-
neellmeint.by treating e. triumphal arch, wreathed around with
44001...bn0015ea and • roses, sod decoriting the fionts of their
holism with green basin and lags andlowers, when the Court
*pasted throokh On a visit to the Earl of -Coventry, at•Croeme, and .
ontheirWay to, the Grand Music • Meeting at Worcester. And
:now; let. us panse•for a momeet, to contemplate the change which
the presence of..RoYalty bad wrought in the appearance elf %eh
tenham even in' a few days. The quiet and secluded villOpo Was .
'the animated scene of eternal bustle " from morn till dewy eve, a
sernmer's day ;" equipages of every kind seemed to have acquired
an instantaneous principle of perpetual. motion ; gaiety was in
every place, and mirth in every. countenance: the street and, the
Mall (as the Royal Well Walk was styled) were thronged during
the day, and' every place Of amusement-was crowded in the eve- •
ning. The " Customs of the Court" pervaded all circles ;—early
rising and water.driniting were the business of. the morning, the
general dinner-hour took
." the note of time" from Faueonberg
House—and the evening promenade was regulated by the first and
last notes of " God save the King!" as the band aunounced the
approach, and departure of the Royal Party. Our garments too
owned the influence of our loyal affections—and blue coats with
scarlet collars and cuffs were as much worn, as if the town was in-
habited only ty the body-guard of the King. The fashion was
emulated even" by the ladles, and I remember, as though it were an
occurrence of yesterday, seeing the Countess of Pembroke driving
about our modern Arcadia (how are the names of Pembroke and
Arcadia associated !)--in a low " whiskey," drawls by two beau-
tiful ponier,-bertadyship being attired in " the King's uniform,"
a blue tiding habit. turned up with scarlet. In similar garb did
Lady Hope drive about an elegant equipage, and her skill as a
charioteer was much admired. By the bye, riding-habits were at
this time all the rage. and so fond were our fair fashionables of the
" Uniform," that they seldom appeared at '• the Spa" in any other
costume ;—but as " the poet of all circles" says, or sings,
" Ali that's bright must fade,. .
The brightest still the fleetest—"

Ewen so, fared the poor riding habits ; and so perseveringly were
they displayed, that it is little to be wondered at, if they soon ap-
peared old and thread-bare. One morning a gallant water-drinker,
observed to the eccentric Mr. Whitefuord, who shone conspicu-
ously amongst our men of wit, that " the ladles had a good habit
of coming early to the Spa." " Yes, Sir," replid Whittfoord,
" they have good habits of coming titre, but they come in d—d
bad ones." 'Frith to say, our fair frs4nds, seemed, in that day, to
trust mere to their native charms, than to the embellishment of
dress or the " cheap tawdties of strong effect," (as my friend the
antiquarian woul.l write ;) holding With the Bird of the Seasons,
that " Beauty is, when unadorned, adorned the most." • Thera
were indeed exceptions tothis rule; and the appearaoccotaeme of-
our rural Belles might, not unaptly be described in the words of
Grammont : " Never was rustic magnificence and beauty more
naturally displayed ;'rustic tinsel, tarnished lace, striped silks, little
eyes and full swelling- breasts appeared on every aide ;" and the
effect was, again, wraagely contrasted by the 'nem-1104e negligence
of some damsels who aspired to the dittinction of setting fashion at
defiance, and who, regardless or 4 imart uniforms., and sparkling
coronets even ventured to appear at the Balls without caps l•-•-
though tie gandistateriti gossips of-the plum-ea.-down this whim
to the score of ocestonly,and wrist Hadar as.lo insinuate that. three
. Lod "ei s senora age! like•prudent sisters, as they were, had
but. mute% amongst them, which to save appearance, they wore
by ruins. • • • •
-My gentlereadees-wili do me tbekhadoses,:end she justice at the
same tin,v, to observe that the accuracy of this statensest ia net
vouched for, by THE MAN OF LIIISUZIL
Clielteoham, Nov. 14, 1n29.

LAW INTELLIGENCE. -
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. IL
nIXLININT,..-NALZ V. MALL
The Loan .Cniatcauas gave judgment in this caw The qua•
tioa arose upon an allegation that et:tails registers and tombstones
bad been mutilated and greatly destroyed by the Defendant and
several Clergymen in whose possession, from time to time, they bad
been. The Plaintiff bad been represented as a very poor man, and
the Defendant as one of great res, ectability, so that as far as re-
garded both, the point was of great importance. Hit Lordship
had, under those circumstances, read all the affidavits through with
the utmost attentron, and had come to a satisfactory conclusioo In
his own mind. The Plaintiff and his witnesses had undoubtedly
wilfully endeavoured to mislead the Court, and had sworn that
which at the time they must have known to have been untrue, as
far as regarded the alleged mutilations of the registers. There
was, on the other hand, not the slightest ground fur the most re-
mote imputation on the character of the Defendant, and therefore
the Court was bound to dismiss the motion with costs.

anemias P. IIRT•
In this case it will he recollected that the defendant and plaintiff
are both surgeons. They are relatives, and the latter entered into
an agreement that he would not begin to practise after the expira-
tion of his apprenticeship within a shorter distance than five miles
of Newgate-street. Subsequently a neguclation was proposed for
the purpose of annulling that agreetnent on certain terms : before
the completion of tbi* agreement, the defendant entered into prac-
tice in Cheapdde. An injunction issued to restrain the defendant
from continuing to carry on his profusion there. He had gone on
notwithstanding to practise in the same place, and a few days age
an application was made for an order to commit him to the Fleet
Prison for violating the terms of such injunction. His Lordship,
in disposing of it yesterday morning, considering that he had been
guilty of a breach of the injunction. and that an order of com-
mktal ought to have been issued, but regarding the relative situa-
tions of the parties, be declined making the order at the moment.
The SOLICITOR Gsmaaar. pressed for the order, to which he con-
sidered himself entitled, and thought this course would not prevent
an act of liberality in his client; because; though he got the order,
he would not act upon it if the defendant refrained from pracddng.
After some further discussion,
The. SOLICITOR GICIZZAL said that his client would not agibi
trouble the Court for • month from this time; and that then.
should Mr. Hey be still in practice where he uow was, he should
press for the order.
The Loan CHAPOILLOS said the order should then undoubtedly
be granted, should it be required.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 19.

aUDGMIXT.--MAsST v. Hasidim:Of.
The Court gave judgment this morning in this case, which was
argued yesterday upon demurrer. The parties in the cause were
originally partners • upon the dissolution of the partnership, an
agreement was entered into, by which it was agreed to refer all
matters in dispute to certain arbitrators • they drew up their
award, and the plaintiff filed his bill for the purpose of setting ft
aside, upon the ground of fraud and concert on the part of the ar-
bitrators, and also that the award was not made in time. His
Honour discovered, that upon looking at the pleadings he thought
himself bound to allow the demurrer. By the agreement for a
reference, it was provided that the award should be made on or
before the 25th day of December neat or at any other period the
arbitrator might appoint; the allegation on the bill was, that the
award was made, bearing date the sth of October,lB24 ; that being
so, the Court thought it must take the award to have been made
on the day it bore date. There were no averments in the plead-
ings that the award was void, in consequence of not bein,t made in
time. It did not appear-to his Honour that there was any rule in
equity which said that because an award was not made In time it
was necessarily void. The only ground for sustaining the present
proceeding was, that though the award was made void in opine-
gooney of not being made in time, yet that the plaintiff had a right, .
looking at all the circumstances under which it was made, to have
it canselled. It did not appear to his Hotiour that there was any .
ground in the present case to justify the Court in taking such
a step ; the Court would, therefore, allow the demurrer ; but, if
Mr. Ceirdlestone, who appeared for the plaintiffs, wished to make
any application with reference to the amendments of the till, the
Court would be most happy to bear him. His Honour wished to
know whether in point of fact the agreement had ever been made
a rule of Court ?
Mr. %owns, for the defendants, observed it never had.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 19.
• AIIiatTRATIoN.-70.VNit AND antra. v. aoUrliza.
Cameaw.c showed cause against a ride obtained by the At-
tornee-General, for setting abide the award of an arbitrator in this
matter. The application was made upon the presumption that
great injustice bad been done to Mrs. Clyne as executrix of her
late husband, Surgeon Henry Clyne; of Lincoln's Inn. The arbi-
trator was charged with partiality, and neglect of the matters sub-
mitted to him. The facts were shortly February, 1926,
Mr. Clyne agreed to let the defendant, Osborne Boucher, a farm
in the county of Essex, which he was to keep in repair. He also
bound himself to build twelve cottages, and Mr. Clyne was to ad-
vance .11,000. He entered into possession, and on the death of
Mr. Clyne was desiroui of quitting. There being at thetime com-
plicated accounts between them, Mr. Simpson, the auctioneer ,was
employed aa..arbitrator. • Mrs. Clyne expected to receive a large
sum, but the ward declared a balance of £27 and a fraction, to be
due from Mrs. Margaret Clyne to Mr. Boucher.
The Assoensv-Glentaat produced affidavits to' impeach -the
award. It was sworn that the arbitrator was the friend of Bon•
cher, and that lie dined with him at the Seracen".o Head, Aldgate,
on the very
.day the award was made. Much wine was drank, and
Mr. Boucher spoke in terms of exOltation wheal he alluded to the
decidon of his Mind. The award was said to be unjust, and the
Court was called uposte set it aside.
Mr. CAMPani. now produced affidavits denying the above elle-
gatioes. The statement respecting the dinner and wine was de-
clared to be mere assertions unsupported by facts. Mr. Thompson.
denied that he bid decided partially. He was appointed arbitrator
without the knowledge of Mr. Boucher by the attorneys for the
executors. and upon due investigation bad found the sum of £27
really due to Mr, &when
The Arrolutal• Oinntaat was heard in reply. • .•
LortiTrUeniteMl was of opinion that partiality and corrupt mo-
tives had not beast's:Wished, and therefore• that the rules must
be discharged. . . • . . . .
Mr. Calumets having applied for costs, his Lordship observed,
that he did not like to see an arbitrator sitting down to dinner with
one of the persons interested in his decision. " - •
Mr. CANDPIDLL remarked that the conduct of Mr. Thompson was •
unimpeactied. With respect to the dinner, he might say; that
the Counsel occasionally dined with the Judges. • t•
Mr. Justice BATI.Dv—No ; it is not like Counsel dining with •
•
the Judges. Counsel on both sides dined with the Judges.
me emu v. SWUM
A rule fee the writ of qua Normal', to try by what authority
the defendant holds the ()Bee of Portman, Justice and Treasurer
of Rates, in the Borough of Ipswich, having been obtained,
Mr. Atoualou this day opposed it, • and the Court held, under
all the circumstances, that there was no ground for the writ.
Rule discharged.;
THS sun v. vomit AND sTMARD DONCONINC.
Mr. Guitars' moved that the judgment of the Court might 14e
-need upon the defendants, for publishing obscene writings'

prints. • .
The defendants were then called into Court, and their affidavits
mitigation were put in and read by the officer. as were also se-•
teral affidavits by other persons, giiing the defendants characters
for morality. •
Mr. Gummy (who appeared on the part of the members of
the Society for the Suppression of Vice, who had prosecuted the
defendants) said that the Court had now before it two of the •
most wholesale dealers in London in works ores obscene and
disgu.ting nature. It appeared that the elder Duncome, who
resided in Little Queen-street, Holborn, bad published four
of these work., and the other Defendant, Edward Dun-
combe, who resided in Middle-row, Holborn, hid pub-
Ushed two similar indecent works. These works were of the
most obnoxious description, both in letter-press and in engrav-
ings, and were certainly conducive to leading astray the rising
generation.. The Defendants bad catried the traffic in these
works to an immense extent—farther, he believed, than any
other persons. They bad exhibited them in their windows, and
had even gone the length of advertising them- in. the public
journals, and stating, as an inducement to persons who might
see these advertisements, that they bad a larger assortment of
works of this Description than any other dealer in London. Both
the Defendants in their affidavits bad sworn that they. had no
notice that they were doing wrong In selling and publishing
these works and prints ; but this was not true, is the Society
had given them notice that if they dtd not .desist they would be
.prosecuted. This notice the Defendants had chosen to disregard;
and they must now take the consequences. In defence they had.
sworn that they did not.know that it was improper to publish*
works of such a nature. They had bbd ias° before given profes-
sions of sincerity, and immediately aftertvards carried on the same
traffic for their own gain. If they sought gain by sorb uligisive
means, they assist be made to suffer. He therefore hooped* Court
would pewee adequate. penishment, t- . z " •
ApOL/Ilitio mitigation, said thin tntrleilftiie 'Coen
would passe lenient seitience ;* the Defendants *err
less ctreumst*ntes end feeble health, iind.had•aho wives aid f , 'es
to support; he therefore trusted they Snead only make thoni give
security sot .totransgresiogaim, • ' • .• • • .
Mr, Justice Draw, .1o: raring oe issitrace of-the Court
epee the prisoners; • sag they' Wile the greibllshem of works
which tended to do 'the greatest injury, and sap the morality
of the rising generation. It appeared that they both had fand.

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lies and wives : bow much it would hurt the feeling of a wife to
know that her husband was dealing in such lounond works? If
in after life their children went wrong they would have to thank
their fathers for their misery. The eldest Dttooombe had said that
he was labouring under indisposition ; it would have been well if
be had thought what tribunal he would hereafter have to appear
before. The Court, therefore, taking the whole circumstances into
consideiation, ordered each of the defendants to pay a fine of .150,
be imprisoned for six months, and find each two sureties of .1100.
for their good behaviour for three years, and be imprisoned until
the fine be paid.
The defendants then withdrew.

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