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London, England, 1818-12-16 00:00:00

CUSTOM'-HOUSK, LONDON, DECEMBrit::

Soles Eieastarse IN-wagon—The Ferdinand,
retina, Damen, from Ste-tdo ; Minerva, Fr.n.klaid.
miehi ; Mutual, Scott, Rising STII, Armstrouy,
Ann, Hunter, Jasper, Gray, We ar, Thotapson, Ski; se-, '
ler, Hopewell, Fo-bes, Dorothy, Itobaln, and Fait, G:
from Petersburgh ; 114og, Joker, f:oal Louteio ; the Pe;
Wolff, from Pillau; Nelkmzow, from Gru.l
Hop: well, Stupart, Jane, Dsrmison &nan and Ann, I
and Vedra, B.sry, front Memel ; Baker, Ankhy, from 0
Hardy', Hardy, from Narva ; Cincinnatus,
New York; Ceres, Becker, from Daathic; Duke of
Miller, from Honduras; Uly scs, Mann, from Cupr..!::
and Britannia, Sword, from Rostock.
Ourwmins--Salus, Crickmay, for Smyrna; Cobol*,
ford, for Barbadoes ; Cellingwood, Le Mesorkr, for
and Bombay, Hamilton, for Chins.
Cen.s.arn Orrwaano—Pusey Iran, Head, foe I%
Dowse°, Dormer, for Serpi Leone; Frederickton, Burin
Hamburgh; Union, Clench, far Leghorn; Joao Loslesn:
Daintier, for Antwerp; and the Catharine Green, It'
for Jamaica.
DISTRIBUTION or PRIZB.MONET.
The Phoebe, for the Ru,sian veosels, St. Nicholas I
sod a vessel, name unknown, the 18th mast. at 41,
street, Strand; recalled there every Tuesday
three months.
The Marlborough, Victorious, Narcissus, Junor, Me
Pantome, and Atalanta, with the Sarossa in company,
Anaerkan slaps Rolla and Protectress, at Greenwich II

This morning a general fog pervadad the
London and Westnalster, insomuch that the
Offices Badcing-houses, and shops in genera:,
all jighied up as in the evming.
By the arrival at Plymouth of the H t Itßtel,
tain Sir C. T. JoNits, from Bermuda, M 18 d:

understand that the fever had not wholly
when she left that island ; she is therefore undo

tine. Mr. 14.1wstArx, Surgeon, and Mr. B.
Master, died in the West Indies of fryer
YOUNG, Assistant Commissary-General, aho
the West Indies from Bermuda, in the BARRI

service, died the day after his return to the
place. Mr. T. GRAY, Assistant-Surgeon of
RAC N, has been appointed to the Hospital at Berme
Tho yellow fever first broke out at the island
laud, in September ; nearly all the artificers who u.
recer.tly arrived at the Naval Dock-yard, were its
tacked by it, and twenty are dead. Five sold'
also, belonging to a detachment of the G2d Regi
ment, die i in the hospital : the remainder were
moved to St. Catherine s Fort, where they hare
kept under strict quarantine. Many others, reside"
on the Island, have fallen victims to the contagi
Which rapidly extended to the neighbouring islands•
but at the time of the HARRIER'S depatture, only to
cases of fever had occurred in the preceding ten days.
NEWCAsTLZ, DRCEItiITR 19..—A desperate affray
took place ax Stanhope, on Monday morning. A
posse of about eight constables, from Bishop Auck-
load and Darlington, had been sent to Chapel with
warrants against several poachers ;—by travelling
all night, they surprised and took in bed two bra
thers of the name of Siddel, and immediately set oat
with their prisoners on a cart ; they halted at S
hope to refresh themselves, and were boasting ho
cleverly they kad accomplished their dangerous btu:
qrss, when 101 six or seven of the most des •
poachers of the vale, who had been in pursuit, entne
the house, and after a sharp engagement of four
five minutes, they fairly floored every office: ar
brought out the prisoners in triumph. None of t:.
constables are dangerously hurt, although three a.
severely cut about their faces and heads.
On the night of Friday se'unight, the house of N..-
Scott, residing at Bridgetown, Old Bridge of .1,
mond, was totally consumed by fire, with al, the it.
perty belonging to her and her three sons.
Yesterday morning the coach-house of )f.tritews
Jorres, Esq. of Brook Green, was broke open, and
robbed of the coach-glasses, cushions, hammer-cloth,
and the box-coat of the coachman.
EXTRAORDINARY It .—Sunday eveiog, Mr. J. Grouser-
rill, of Cheapside, after attending the Evening Service a: at
John's Chapel, Chapel-street, Bedford-row, retired to the hose
of Mr. Evans, the I; ing's Arms, opposite, where he spent
evening with some friends ; and remaining till a Late hoer, Is
requested to be accommodated with a bed for the cicla, wij
was complied with. About ten o'clock, a man, who rim fent.'
himself as a butcher, came to the bar and desired to !vie, a lel
for the night, which he would retain for the month ii caw
nient. Ile was accommodated with a bed, in the neat neon
that in which Mr. Groundrill slept. Neat morning it vrd
covered that the butcher had got up at an early hour, beio.-K-1
of the inmates were stirring, having previously entered NI
Groundrill's bed-room and carried off his wearing epp:rek
peu up in a blanket ; in the coat pocket was a r,d morse:t
pocket-book, containing two bills of exchanv cute far
6d. and another fur IDOL and a 51. Bauk of England
Groundrill was obliged to borrow one of the landlords
clothes, until he got some from home. Mr. Grourdrifi
ceived the villain in his room in the morning, wiled" it' ‘:
tains round his bed ; but thinking it was some one of tet
tam
sod he turned round settled Idesself to situ •

1,4 W INTELLIGINCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC 15.
THE KING V. JOHN CHORLEY.
lijs was an indictment against the defendant for
and corslipt
perjury, assigned upon an affida-
'
debt, upon which the prosecutor, Aaron Moses,
tea arrested. The circumstances disclosed In'
idcnee on both sides were these
prosecutor, Aaron Moses, a Dutch Jew mer-
having imported some curiosities—such as
rictuses, and china jars—from Holland, em-
ihe defendant, a Custom-house broker, to do
04111, upon their being landed at the Cm-
„ice; which having (toile, he sent in his ac-
to the prosecutor, charging him the suns of
duty, freight, brokerage, Sec. which the pro-
paid. Upon inspecting the goods, however,
ad that they had been damaged, and he missed
illuable china jars. He applied to the defen-
Itender an account of the latter, which he ac-
aged having in his possession, and promised
Aim upon paying the further sum of 00, as an
ioal demand due in respect bf money paid at
customhouse. The 'prosecutor having declined
lying with this demand, an altercation ensued,
;h ended in the defendant's committing a violent
At upon the person of the prosecutor, who hair.
&A-v.:anis indicted the defendant at the Sessions,
vitted him of the assault. The next proteedingl,
son the part of the defendant, who immediately
trod ati action against the prosecutor for the I
,mentioned sum of £2O, swearing us his affida-
, debt that the prosecutor was indebted to him
Jut amount far money laid out and expended to,
' for his use. That action, however, was never
,its to trial, havin'T, been put off from time to
on the ground of the alleged poverty of the
nit, Upon this affidavit of debt the assign-
, of perjury in this indictment was now founded;
it clearly appeared that the defendant had not
out any such money as he claimed from the fko-
N, to and for his use.
Custom-house clerk proved that the whole ex-
of landing the goods in question at the Cus-
vase could not h pve exceeded £2O, paying for
:".. duty, fees, and brokerage.
lac J ary found the defendant Guilty.
BRITTON V. DAVIS.
was an action for Money had and received to
for the plaintiff's use ; consisting partly of a de-
and the remainder of stakes lodged in the hands
e defendant, to abide the event of a foot-race,
, which the plaintiff was a winner.
The case proved for the plaintiff was this :
On the 2Jd of February, a party of Gentlemen of
Fancy had made up a purse for a foot-race be-
two celebrated rivals in the gymnastic sports,
one of whom the plaintiff wagered the sum of
all parties agreeing that the defendant should
holder. This arrangement was made at the
imberland Head, in St. Martin's-lane, and
;st the adventurers was Tom Belcher, the cele-
prize-fighter. The race was run on the 2d of
last, within six miles of town, and was won
party on whom the plaintiff wagered ; but the
refused either to pay the plaintiff's stakes
are of the winnings, Bred therefore the pre-
...non was brought.
clefenlant, evidence was brought that he
' the plaintiff the £6O paid as hirotakcs; but
d CO pay the share'of ge Winnings whichle
inasmuch as the race was won by crossing,
Eying the supposed winner of the race a suns
erg, to lose the race to the winner.
re Court was favoured with the evidence of Tom
Oliver, and other eminent bruisers, in sup-
. of the defence, and
Tee Jerv, under the Learned Aides directions,
their verdict for the defendant.
The CHIEF JUSTICE, after the verdict was deli-
said that he had very strong doubts whether
aztion would have lain even for the plaintiff's
inasmuch as there had been a dispute between
• about the wager after it had been lost.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
'WALLIS V. HOCKLEY.
This was an action against an executor for £312,
' to be due from Miss Heckle'', the sister of
st, who was a lady of independent fortune.
Mr. Serjeant LENS stated the case for the plaintiff,
• apothecary, and who, being intimately ac-
with the defendant's family, made up the
. prescribed for the deceased by her physi-
tring her illness in 1817. But plaintiff also
I Miss Hockley himself very frequently, al-
.:exsantly up to the period of her death, which
dace in the month of February last. The sum
' was charged for the personal attendance of
—pp' upon Miss Hockley, and for the medi-
rhich he furnished for the use of that lady.
together with a bill accepted by Miss
1 for £2OO, formed the amount of the plain-
demand. The acceptance, the Learned Counsel
could prove to be thehand-w siting of Miss
; also, that it was accepted at a time when
her own mistress, and perfectly competent to
of her own property. There would be, he
ed, some objection to the validity of this bill
other side, as his client had received notice to
proof of a valuable consideration for it. Hal
igh his client might not be in e situation to::
such proof, yethe should submit to the Jury,
it should appear that this bill was passed by
Hcckley when in a sound state of mind, its pay-
. could not be legally resisted. This bill might
been, and he understood it was, given by the
mad to his client as a remuneration for his extra-
try attention during her painful and protracted
His client was, indeed, almost perpetually
the person of the deceased, with the know-1
aid by the direction of the defendant, the in-,
•,tion of the deceased beink such "as to require'
tt medical attendance. With respect to the',
it of the charges for medicines, the account of
tintiff would be laid before the Jury, and from
ley would have an opportunity of inquiring
ttermining whether these charges were at all
minable. Understanding that an attempt was
to be made on the other side to produce a 13e•
at Miss Hockley was deranged during the cou-
lee of her illness, he was prepared with the
respectable testimony satisfactorily to repel such
du:ion—to shew, indeed, that it had no fond-
. . whatever to rest upon.
ivy Davis deposed, tgat having attended the late

lelOs Healey daring the illness, which terminated *given tip hy the i:ilaintiff's dohnsei, and also ior the OA, Mb, tleaff Valli** tlatildritii iittalAte4Aefie
with her death, she knew the plaintiff to have fur- attendance,- 431. 121. 6d. the legacy being supposed Lawson, Nara !Harlow, Wallahs,. Htrwatd, Ann res
nished all the medicines which that lady used. Plain- to be meant as a remuneration on that head. Mary Ramsey, Peter Riley, John rhcnia, Williain Orted; NO
muel Davis, Thomas William Brady, James Putter, Catherine
tiff attended the deceased both in the day and the Mr. Serjeant LENS then argued it was morally iris.: Rutter, Ann Smith, Ann Demme, Sarah Ball; Edgard Rouse;
night ; more frequently at Alight; she heard the plain- possible the bill for SOL could have been drawn on semen% Read, Robert Palmer, William Johnson, Isaac Holmes.;
Thomas Baldwick, John Butlers Joseph Avery, and Sarah taco:
tiff directed by the defendant to attend his sister, who the defendant, as executor of his sister, before she
was witeess's mistress ; she could not say what quan- was dead. It was necessary for the other side to shew cart, for seven years.—Tvveive were ordered to he imp:leaned
in Clerkenwell Iltirivwell and five In Nest/gate for varioull
City of medicines her mistress had from the plaintiff, that fact, before they could allege it was passed in periods; nine t
ohe pulvaLly and one publialy Whipped; fill
who was frequently up all night with the deceased.: part payment of Mr. Wallis's demands. were fined Is. each and discharged; three judgments were re.)
She knew nothing about the bill for £2OO alluded to I The CHISIF JUSTICE told the Jury the only ques- spited and 40 were ditcharged by proclatnatiun.
in the case.—On cross-examination by Mr. Serjeant I tion for their consideration was, whether the bill for
COPLEY, this witness stated that she never knew of the E5O was giveu to the defendant in part of payment
deceased having left the plaintiff a legacy of £lOO ; of his medicines and attendance !—if they should be
she recollected the plaintiff to !me been generally at of that opinion, they would subduct it from the
the house of the defendant, where her mistress re- plaintiff's then claim ; otherwise, not.
sided, Tor six weeks together; that he lived there as The Jur after a short consideration, found the y,
one of the family, and rode the defendant's horses E• 10 to have been in part of payment ef the bill, and
eturned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 137,
whenever he had occasion to visit his patients. Wit- i
ness did not knowwhen the family of her mistress Ils. 4d.
was at Wanstead, that the plaintiff had threatened to OLD-BAILEY SESSIONS, DEC. fs.
drown himself if the deceased refried to marry him. Jeremiah. flaky was put to the Bar under an ia,;,
dictment charging him with having 'feloniously as-
Her mistress was, she believed, very fond of the plain-
sainted Samuel Thorp on the highway, and having
tiff; add she was led to believe, from the appearances
forcibly taken him into custody. In another count,
of mutual
that if her amistttentress had recovion and fondneeredss betshe weenwou theld partihave es,
he'was charged with having attempted to extort
been married to the plaintiff.. Her mistress, in con- money from the prosecutor under a threat of accusing
him of having been guilty of a most heinous crime.
sequence of the advide of her physicians, went to
We refrain from detailing the facts of this case
Weymouth, in July or August, 1817, and remained
from motives of common decency, the circumstances.
there about six weeks. Upon her return, her Doc-
disclosed being so abhorrent to human nature. It
tors declared that there was no hope of her recovery.
appeared that the prosecutor is a servant lad living
Winless never heard plaintiff say that he would drown
in the service of a Mr. Martingale, of Lower Cado-
himself in the pool at Wanstead, if het mistress re-
gan-place, Sloane-street. On the night of the 28th
fused to marry him. She recollected that on a par-
oiNovember last be was going through the Park,
tic lay occasion, solve time after plaintiff had left her
when hprisoner
e was violently assaulted by the and
mistress, the latter eepressed her fears that the former
a man of the name of Dyer, who had unfortunately
would never return. Witness never heard any men-
,but
tion of the 2001. bill until after the death of her mss- escaped detection. They asked him fur money
he had none about him. In going through the Park,
tress. Here an acceptance for SOL was shown to the
the prisoner said, " We will be merciful to
witness, and she declared her inability to recognize you,
,the hand-writing of the acceptor. She remember- being a young servant ;" but his companion imme-
diately observed, " D—n you, Captain Reilly, if you
ed her mistress to have expressed great anxiety tia
see her mother, but she did not know that another don't do your duty, I will report you to the Com-
mittee to-morrow.' Being, very much terrified, the
lady was imposed upon her mistress as her mother.— rosecutor told them that he would give them a£l
Her mistress had on one occasion mistaken P a Miss
note if they would go along with him. They all
Edwards for the Queen, and addressed her as such.
three went throunh Knightsbridge ; and opposite a
Her mistress was deranged in her mind, and fr.:-b
butcher's shop the prosecutor had presence of mind
quently threw glasses, plates, and cups about the
enough to tell them that he wanted to get some meat
room—tore her own clothes'
also, as well as those of
for his master's supper, and would return to them
the witness, and thus shewing symptoms of violent
Insanity ; her mistress's insanity was such, .that the immediately. He, told his story to the butcher ; and
the priebner and his companion, seeing the butcher
Iwindows of her ro ,in were barred up to prevent her
front herself out. These symptoms of in- come out, ran off as fast as they could. The prisoner
was overtaken, and Dyer escaped.
sanity continued from the commencement of Miss
The prisoner, in hie defence, retaliated upon the
,Hockley's illness, in 1817, to the time of her death,
prosecutor, and accused him of having knocked him
which comprehended a period of about nine months.
down, and stolen his money. 4
Witness recollects the defendant to have at one time
directed that the plaintiff should discontinue his The Jury, without troubling the Common-Serjeant
to sum up the evidence, found a verdict—Guilty.
.visits ; but the deceased, who always appeared anzi •
ous for the attendance of the plaintiff, counterman- The CommoN SERJEANT then addressed the pri-
soner as follows —" Prisoner, you have been guilty
de d her brother's directions; plaintiff s visits to her
of a most heinous offence. You are one of a most
mistress were generelly late at night. desperate gang- of thieves and vagabonds, and it is.
A Juror asked, what was the date of the bill for my duty to banish you from society. The crime of
,!'2oo?—Mr. Serjeant VAUCIIIAN replied, the 80th of
which. you have been most justly convicted is fortu-
November, 1817, adding. that it was a bill at six
nately one of rare occurrence, and depend upon it
months, and that Miss Hockley, who accepted it,
you will receive the utmost punishment the law will
died allow. I shall now pass sentence upon you, because,
Thewithin three months afterwards.
CHIEF al
mane observed, that the plaintiff
bad as the characters are of those infamous persons
then, as a medical man and her attendant, must have
now confined in Newgate, I do rot choose that such
known that the deceased was disordered in her mind
at the time this bill was accepted. ... a base villain as you should be suffered to stand by
the side of others, who, at the end of the Session, will
' Dpctor Parr was called to see the Lady abikt the
Isrtstotgat,ht to receive be 'extreme tif the law. .1 sun
mid draiiimei-; and attended her regulatty aftet. hes-
Auld were you suffered to mix with them, they
titan from \\'e) mouth ; was in the Intik-or-risking
would be contaminated by you. The sentence of the
her in November, and did not then look upon her as
law is, that you be transported beyond the seas to
beiegin a deranged state of mind. She had a pal
such part as his Majesty s Council shall direct and
nsonary consumption, and was frequently attacked
appoint, for the term of seven years. I do not expect
with hysterical affections, which often produce a dis-
that any thing that I can say will make any impres-
order of mind similar to insanity ; gave no directions
sion upon such a villain as you are ; but depend
about the apothecary's attendance, but merely wrote
on it that your companions in guilt will be detected,
the prescriptions ; many medicines were required to
and will receive the punishment they deserve:'
palliate her disease, though they might net have been
• The prisoner was then taken from the bar.
expected to effect a cure ; has no reason to suppose
the apothecary did not do his day. It was not pos- The Officer who apprehended the prisoner .obeere-
ed, that the prisoner was one of desperate gang of
Bible, from the nature of the complaint, to pronounce
three, the persons of all of whom he knew, and I
whether too much medicines had been given to her.
would apprehend them.
After her return from Weymouth, knew that her Mr. ALLEY, who had been employed as Counsel l,
complaint was incurable ; from that time till her
death she was in an extremely low state. on the part of the prosecution, told the Court that a
short time ago he had defended the prisoner and his
Dr. Ilamilton visited Miss Hockley previous to the
companion, at the Middlesex Sessions, for a similar
attendance of Dr. Parr; her complaint was altoges
offence to the present, also upon a poor servant lad.
tier hysterical ; she was not insane ; except when in
The prisoners were then acquitted ; and the man at
her paroxysms, she was competent to any act. It
the bar had the impudence to bring an action for
might be necessary tilt an apothecary should attend
false imprisonment. Such was the character of this
her through her whole illness, and be continually re false
ruffian. No name was bad enough for such
pealing the medicines. The apothecary paid her the
a wretch—such a pest upon society.
part
greatest attention; constant attendance on his
was necessary, and her brother sometimes desired It appears to be a system, carried to a great extent
by these gangs of robbers, to attack poor servants,
him to stay all night; has tasted the medicines, and and, under the threat of ruining their character, to
found there were no love-potions in them !
extort money from them, semetimes to a large amount.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, for the defendant, said,
T. Bai
.dwick, alias Baldwin, stood indicted for
the plaintiff's demand was altogether unjust and un-
stealing El 5. 18s. in money, and a quantity of silk
warrantable. He both furnished madicines not tie- -
i and cotton hose; the property of R. Munn. The
cessary, and charged an unreasonable price for them.
prosecutor is a haberdasher, living in Great Russell-
What opinion could the Jury entertain of a man who .
street, Covent-garden, and on the 10th of November,
had tried every art to sedate a young Lady's affec- Michael Jones, the porter at the New Hummums,
lions, who he knew could never recover, for his own
went to the prosecutor's shop, and told him a Gentle• CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Die.. 16.—Oui
base ends? \Vas it credible this the 'Jury would
man there wanted some stockings. Mr. Munn ac- market is abundantly supplied with all Grain, 4
compel her brother to pay a note drawn at a time
cording-iy took a variety of stockings to the Gentle- the demand Continuing small, the sales were -
The
when she did not know what she was doing ? man, who turned out to be the prisoner ;he selected ingly heavy this morning, particularly for
declaration did not contain a word of the legacy of
stockings, &c. which amounted to £4. '2s. He then Oats, Peas, and Beans, which may be consit
£lOO nor of the bill of £5O drawn by Miss Hockley
requested the prosecutor to go and bring change for
about two months before her death in plaintiff's fa- rather cheaper ; but fine English Barley -
20. note, which he did, and on his return found Monday's prices.
your, and paid him by her brother. These two sums, ;the a
prisoner dressing, and after waiting about five ;SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHEW.—On .
the Learned Counsel contended, were an ample corn- ' the
minutes he admitted him into the room, when he at three o'clock, the Members of the Smithfiei
Ipensation for the plaintiff's medicines, with all his
(Mr.
M.) gave him £l5. 18s. as change. The priso- assembled at the Freemasons' and
labour and trouble, and that the defendant was per-
ner then made an excuse to go to tne water-closet, Meeting. Sir Joust S. SEBRIGHT, Batt. in the
&ale justifiable in resisting such demands as these.
but did not return. Ile was apprehended at the Sans Some progress was made in a:Tasting the Premi
The £5O bill was then put in and proved. - Pared Theatre, the same evening, and £7 of the and Conditions of the next Shew.--Yesterday
Mary Coleman was called, and the CHIEF JUSTICE
money was found upon him. ing the Club held their Adjourned Meeting, i
asked what she was tciprove? The COMMON SERJEANT summed up, and the GUNNING, Esq. in the Chair, when the thirteen
The defendant's Counsel replied, the state of mind miums, and five Medals, to, be offered for 1
in which Miss Hockley was after returning from Jury instantly pronounced the prisoner—Guilty.
Mr. Munn, the prosecutor, stated, that he under- Shew, where adjusted, amounting to 210 gli
Wevmouth.
The Cruet Jusetce said, enough had been heard stood the prisoner's friends and connections weir The Meeting adjourned to the first day of
highly respectable. in December next.
on that subject from two respectable Physicians.
The COMMON SERJEANT said, the sooner the pri- SUDDEN DEATH.—Sunday night last, Mr.l
Mr. Serjeant LENS was then proceeding to reply to
the remarks thrown out on the other side, about the senor was removed from the country the better for a young Naval Officer, who had not long
his friends. from sea, took lodgings at the Nortbuniberlans
note for £2OO, and the legacy of £lOO.
The CHIEF JUSTICE advised him to put that sum I The RECORDER passed sentence on the Middlesex house, Strand. He complained of indisposit
going to bed, and in the morning was lona
larcenies, viz.
out of the demand, and say nothing about it. That
Mary Price, Elizabeth Nash, and Henry Oakley, to be trap- • 'he deceased was an Irish Gentleman.
would save him (the Chief Jusce) the necessity of sported for iife.--George Hemp, Elizabeth Brady, William •t
he
to that. part of the case; but if any thing Jonas. Bichard Broderick, William Davis, William Miler, Verdict—" Died by the visi.asion of Gon.
Thursday se nnight, one of the sons of
more were said ,of the transaction, he should express i _Henry Townsend, Joan Morris, James Mullins, 'and William
can.—Pitons,. (h.otge, Henry liar- grocer, Leith, a hue promising hoy, about
all he thought ,boat it, and which perhaps the pub- I Sutton, for fourt.,n
lie would not be obliged to isi.n for suppressing. vey, Catiwri:le D,:vieus, ',memo Netterville, Ann Maynard,
Sarah 01.,.. nv, Wsnet. Duggan, Charles Sadler, W illt.upi 1. s ra. • ... . . rears and a half old, was so sevetely but
The claim for valued the note (2001. i wil.4 then c.otaLs lung fire, that he died in a few de.
,Newton, Joh;, Turto, VAG la finalienhann Williiani%L.y.

COMMERCEIL.-SOUTH AMERICA:

. ,
LIVERPOOL, 'MC. sz.--(PRIVATE LETTER.)
" Tile arrivals of Coloaial Produce, particularlf
Cotton, during the present week, have been on a
smaller scale than usual, even at this advanced sea-
son, and there iras been a corresponding flatness in
the markets. Prices, however, remain steady, and
may be taken generally for all- descriptions of Cotton
I'Wool from my letter of the '2Bth ult. there having
I been nu material alteration since. An advance, how;
ever, is expected with confidence; and should the
arrivals continue on the same diminished scale for
only two or three weeks longer, the prices will pro.;
bably improve, it being generally believed, that they
are now at their miiiinunt. -We have arrivals from
Demerara, Pernananico, Para, Maranham, Rio Ja-
neiro, and North America, but the consignment of
Cotton from each of these places, (with the exception
of 1100 bales of Pernams), are very inconsiderable
Our letters front these places are not of a very enc.-111-
raging'descsiption, as it regards the trade of cud
home manufactures ; the. Markets are represented as
heavily stocked, and the prices consequently low
There is, however, an exception to this remark, as I
regards Rio Janeiro and other parts of South Ame•
rica, under the controul of the Independents. Some
of our friends here have received several extensire
orders during the week for Silk, Co.ton, and Woollen
goods, as well as for the various articles of Birmilti
I ham and Sheffield manufacture.
" Our Agent at Rio informs us, (in a letter of the
27th October), that he has'ever reason to be catisficd
with the success he has experienced throughout .
closing year: and he adds—,The prompt and honour-
able manner in which all accounts have been settled
and balanced by the various individuals with whom
I have done business since my first arrival here, and
the marked respect and attention that is shewn .
British merchants and subjects generally, is bight)
gratifying, and •forms a striking contrast to what
was the case when these fine provinces were under
the dominion and mis-rule of the mother country ,
—Much as myself, and the other British adven-
turers have reason to be satisfied with the sure
that has hitherto attended our speculations, I am wi
aware that the trade, in all the staple articles
English manufacture, as well as the Fancy line, .
yet be increased to an incalculable extent, whenev,
the new Government shall have more firmly .
blished and extended its dominion; and we enterta.,
very confident expectations here, that by the end
[the ensuing summer, the adherents of Ferdinand •
not be able to number a thousand men for the .
Indeed, such is the hopeless and deplorable state
are everywhere held, that their final extarpazioi
expulsion from this fertile soil, cannot he the wot.
many months: their cause has long been reviewed
theirtst t a causeieli i
n which and r est ohne
their
c atrocitiesc s , and
and i s
rni thes .
ggoevneerilCat
hopeless by every impartial mind ; while, on the
trary, that of the Independents is daily acqui
,new life and vigour, by the constant arrival of '
reinforcements and supplies from Europe. Al
these it is highly gratifying to find that by f:
greater part are from the United Kingdom ; :e
is this that has doubtless contributed to treat
marked respect and attention that is evi.rp.
paid to whatever is Brilish.—l cannot conch_
this letter without expressing my serious reproba-
tion of the many foolish anal ignorant accounts
have appeared from time to time in the 1L
Newspapers, stat.:;.?, the ill-usage and disapi
ment.experienced by many of our countrymen .
had been led to join the armies of the Independent
These accounts are,' in general, as false as the
foolish and mischievous : that some few sangui
dividuals, who came out here with their vaiiii
much inflated, expecting to be made Generals
superior Officers immediately on their arrival,'
figure away in rich trappings,—that persons
description have been disappointed and returned
home in disgust, is no doubt, true; but those •
have adhered to the cause throughout all its
tucks, will ultimately have no i oasun to regret
sacrifices they have made, nor the privations
have endured, as the-conduct of those who take
lead in the affairs of these provinces, whetter
or Military, has everywhere been marked by
sense of honour, justice, and liberality, as far 4.
and other circumstances would permit.—l shat
elude by obser,..in2, that you will, before loin
ceive the ninst cheering
.and satisfactory infor
from this interesting portion of the globe.'"

;.:.1 and con I,PL
debt, upon win(
:been arrested.
-csi,lenee on both
cae o ecutor, Pa
inlPO
piculi es, and
the defendant
itedful, upon t
,oases which h
t to the praseci
for dtny, freight
or paid. 1-71)(3n
found that they h
valaable china
to render an ac
. 'edged having
.iev,yer upon PaYl
4ional demand 4
Custom-house.
hith this
„l icingg
•ch'enaed in the
Jolt upcn the pe:
• aflV,K.trkiS indic
cted hitn t t
on the part of
„eneed ah acti
ve.mentioned su
of debt that the
that amount for.
for his use.
.agit to trial,
e, an the grow
• • dant. Upon
• t of perjury in
it clearly apps
out any such
.:, to and for
". Cnstorn-housi
of landing t
-.use could
duty, fees,
The J ary found
was an act
for the plainti
and the rem
• t:•,e defendant,
which the p
Tne case prove.
r, On the 23,1 of
bisey had m:
a two celebri
one of whor
i, all parties
cake-holder.
y lumherland
• gst the acivl
st prize-figh
•ii last, win
the party on
t refuse
kii share of al
action was I
Tx the defen.
./aid the Fla
rethenli
si hind, inasmti
e. paying the
a
*caner to lose
re Court w:
'dyer, Oliver,
us •
-.1 of the defe
la Tee Jury, sit
-1 their yell
e •
The CHIEF 41
said thi
aztion woul
c • inismitc
.d• parties abo.
R. COL
re
b This was an
sid gaged to be 4
agi &defendant,
111 • Mr. Serjeanl
ly who is an spot
d. quieted with
aff tedicines pres
cites during h
Au T.:ended Miss
.1 tOst incessant
relli hak place in
o b If C 142 was
;et he plaintiff u
St 'nee which 1
TES SUM CO
sb • Beckley for
till's demand.
.ntet rid, he coul
:our Hockley ; all
er she was her
of dispose of hi
ree • supposed, sc
so the other
rf M adduce proo
of although hi!
he p • produce sucl
that if it sh.
THE Miss Heckle
n, meat could
r -c1 • toe been,
• deceased to
Gro ordinar7 att
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pent.,
about the I
boor, lodge and to
cab il!position,resent tt
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f c,HI
room t. e plaintiff
we.s thA they
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r Wheat,
onsidered
supports
Monday,
add Club 1,1
,d held a
the Chair.
Premiums ;
lay morn-
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rteen Pre-
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pineas.—
the She -s •
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position ot s;
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