Star.
London, England, 1826-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON BRICK COMPANY.

Tue4day, a Meeting of the Director. and Sharebo!ders of the
above Company took place at their Office, Lancaster-place ; (leptons •
BILIUMON, R. N. in the Chair.
_

Mr. \Vasa read the Statement, which gave a most fi meting ac-
count of the affairs of the Conspsny; only that there was a great
want or cash to carry the plan into fall operation. It stated that
there were demands upon the Company to the amount of 14,0501.
and stated that they lad bricks winch would produce 7,0001. and
that the call now due. with another call fur the same amount, would
meet this demand, and that in July there would he manufactured
a sufficient quantity of bricks as would leave a profit to the Com- •
parry of 15 per Cent.
A Shareholder inquired whether two calls would be sufficient.
The CHAIRMAN said, that one more call besides the present would
be quite sufficient, and proposed a Revolution, pledging the Direct.
tors not to require more.—The Resolution was agreed to, and, attig,
thanks were voted to the Directors and the Cludtmati,-ths Mo..kinf

CITY ELECTION.

Yesterday the friends of Alderman Wood, to the number of
150, met at the Paul's Head, Cateatomstreet, for the purpose of
adopting measures to secure his election. W. Sinus, /i4q. U. P.
was in the Chair.

Jour! Magnum, Esq. M.P. after passing a high compliment on
the worthy Alderman, and on the Livery ler selecting him as their
Representative, moved sundry Resolutions declaratory of the de-
termination of the Meeting to support him at the ensuing election.
Mr. Alderman Noon returned thanks, and assured the Meeting
that he would not relax in his efforts for the good of the people.
hanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting separated

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRS!' SPRING NIEETING.

.„-
NEWMA MUM 1 1.111311 AT NIGHT.,

Before and after the races some yelp heavy betting took place=
the three great stakes, and a little on the 1000 gs. and Newmarket
Stakes, as fellows:

Molar.

5 to I apt Panic
10 t 6 1 apt The Baron
15 to 1 apt Advance
14 to 1 apt Derwin
14 to 1 agat The General

16 to 1 agst Carthago
16 to 1 art Dorinda
17 to I agst Charming Molly
56 to 1 agst Claude Loriiine

3 to 1 apt Butterfly
6 to 1 apt Problem
IS to 1 agst Panpluie
12 to 1 agst Elizabeth

U.
112 to I apt 80-Prep
15 to I agtt ktachel
%a to 1 apt Morel

8 to 1 apt Bed!unite
13 to 1 apt The Dragon
14 to 1 apt Belzoni

.STER ST. IM MO.
1 16 to 1 apt Crusader
18 to 1 aget FAnny
20 to 1 apt 11.trataria
r iIINIXDA T.

Match-50 see, Last Half of Ab M. • . •
General Grosvenor's The Palfrey, heat Mr. Molony's f, by
Selim, Sit. 71b. each. Even on The Palfrey. You by a length.
Mateh-100 soy. T. Y. C.
Mr. Roger.'. Muleteer beat Mr. Udny's Tarandus, sat. 31b.
each. 4tol on Muleteer. Won by a length.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, for horses of all ages, T.Y.C.
Mr. Powlett's c. by Crecy, 3 yrs Tst. 111 h.
Mr. Craven's Pastime, 3 yrs Sat. 91b.
General Grosvernor's Crockery, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b. -
Duke of Rutland's El Dorado, 4 yrs, Sst. 101 b. .
' $ to 1 apt Crecy ; 8 to 1 apt Pastime ; 5 to 1 agst Crockery ;
6to 1 apt El Dorado. Two placed. Won by a head.
BiloOpstakes of 900 soy. each, h. ft. colts, Sit. 71b. fillies, Est. sib.
rising 3 yrs old R. 11.
Kr. Thomkill's e. The General
Ills Royal Highness the Duke of York's f. Rachel
Duke of Grafton's h. e. Bolivar

5 to s on The General; 6 to 1 agst Rachel; 7 to 11 'get Ilulivar.
Won easy.
Sweepstakes of 100 sow. each, h. ft. for 3 yrs old. A. F.
Lord Ezeter's Enamel, est. Mb. .
Duke of Grafton's Rufus, ilst. 91b.
Sir J. Blog's Comedian, Qs:. 10lb.

• - _
SA. 1 apt Ratiosol; i .to 4 apt Rufus ; 3to 1 apt Comedian.
Won by a length.
.CSO by Subscription, for 3 yr. old, 7st. 51b. 4 yrs Sgt. 111 b. and
5 yrs D.C. 41b. B. C.
Mr. Wyndham's br. c. Chateau Margaux, 3 yrs j . .
Mr. Heathcote's ch. c. Nigel, 5 yrs
Duke of Grafton's cb. f. Tontine, 3 yrs
to lon Chateau Margaux. Won by two lengths. . .
The greatest pedestrian match ever performed in this country
was accomplished ye.sterday to the tune of hundreds. Metcalf;
the runner, engaged to perform two miles in ten minutes, on Sun.
bury Common, for 500 sovereigns. All the world was there, and
more money was never seen flying. The start did not take place
until nearly five o'clock, and the pedestrian, who Tlll, pertw med
die Grin mile in seventeen seconds wittpn the five minutes. Ihe
secondmile he performed in easy time, and wOn the match with
twenty seconds to spare. • • .
Last night, tar per priett is of —Altley's llieat g.ve
.hc i r fib of ,a Ilothe. crowded to cocci; y to the dis-
t' es:ed we.oers of Spitalfiedu

2 •
3

I

I

• VERSES

TO TUE MEMORY OF A BELOVED SISTER.

/PROM POLWHILICS TRANSACTIONS AND RSCOLLICTIONS.

She, too, congenial mind ! She, too, is gone,
Whose cherub features yet the scene endear;
She, whom a brother's love with pride shall own,
As long as love shall !wive the sigh sincere!
Thy lively voice still vibrates in my ear,
While on thy favorite crocus' golden hue,
Thy lily's tender tint, I drop a tar;
While I again elute, as life were new,
Thy garden's southern hedge, where peeped the harebell blue !
Yes! where those lilacs flaunt their fragrant shade,
With thee I seem to ba+te, is once we hied,
To the trial spot, and wield my careless spade,
And plant thy roots, the sunny fel:ce beside,
And prop thy hyacinths, thy tulips pride;
Or listen to thy wood-notes clear and sweet ;
And bid thy gentle red-breast there abide—
Peer cheerless bird!—methinks thy form to meet,
Still hopping o'er each print thlt marks thy little feet !
Versa there the blackbird built his early nest,
Neat artist ! plastering its pale moss with clay,
And 'mid the unblossoned hawthorn blest •
Swell'd to the morning light his sprightly lay :
And there, while fleecy cloud. sank west away,
Tby own melodious robin pour'd bis throat,
Nor ceas'd, tho' all ground were dusky grey.
E'en now the melancholy warblings Sou—
-1 see thee charmed, as erst, by every note -

NEW LAW COURTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sea—As several of the public prints have,fssun time to time, given
detached statements respecting the New Law Courts,' I trust that
you will do me the favour of taking an early opportunity to iusert
in your columns the letters accompanying this note, in order that
the public may have a more general idea of the circumstances
under which those Buildings have been erected.
I am, Sir, your very ob4dient Servant,
JOHN SOANE.
(No 1.)
Court of Xing 's Beach, Jan. 24, 1826.
Mir MU Sta—The Chief justice has informed me, that be has
requested you to appropriate the room over the room of the Judges,
and the room with the Venetian window and two the places, to
the Bar; and he wished that the Attorney-General, on the part of
the Liar, would direct how they should be used. lam desired
the Attorney General to say, that the room over the Judges'
room an,y be applied to the purposes of a robing room fur the Bar,
end the other fur the Counsel to nit in.—Howard, the coffee-ham
ieeper, will take charge of them.
I am further desired by the Attorney-General to inquire whether
you can give us another room iv the upper story (for instance. over
the VLn.:tiati wlntime), for the purpose of consultations? If you
can, Howard would take charge of that also for that purpose.
I am, my dear Sir,
Vet y faithfully yours,
To John Sane, Esq. JOHN GURNEY.
(No. IL)
Lincoln's Inn Gelds. Jan. 26,1226.

Div Dean Sin—l am favoured with your letter of the 24th hiss.
• on the sithiect of the rooms in the new Late Courts, appropriated
to the use of the Gentlemen of the Bar, in which you say—" The
-Chief JUssict has informed me, that be has requested you to appro-
priate the room aver the room of the Judges, and the Venetian
wlnt.uw ant two fire-places, to the Bar, and be wisher! that the
Attorney General, on the part of the Uar, would direct how they
should be used. I am desired by the Attorney General lo say,that
ihe room over the Judges room may be applied to the purpose of al
robing room for the Bar, and the other for the Counsel to sit in.—
Howard, the coffee-house keeper, will take charge of them."
These roomh only require furnishing to be ready for occupation.
" I am further desired by the Attorney General to inquire whe-
ther you can gift us another room in the upper story (for instance,,
over the Venetian window) for the purpose of consultation."
With reference to this part of your lettsr, you will have the
goodness to inform the Attorney General, that I am apprehensive
it will not he practicable to appropriate another room for the use
of tire Geinkmen of the Bar, as required. The room suggested as
eligible for a conswitation room, has already been appropriated by
the land Chit f Justice.
I regret, mwt sincerely, that the New Law Courts have been
deprived of many material accommodations, provided by the plan,
as originally executed ; several of the founts have been mutilated,
other.. totally deprived of light, and bltern rooms of various di-
nicrisions• in the differeni stories, h..ve been saccificed to the dis-
!Bay of dasical aped forkful inynivements over which I have had
no controul.

These rooms. which stood on the site formerly occupied by the
building erecteli in the thug of Queers Elczabeih, contained. amongst
orbs accommodations, a private entrance for the Judges Wom

NeN Palace Yard, and another for the Barristers--itobing-rooni
far the Barristers—a Law Library, with a direct communication
with the Rooms that contain the Records of .the Court of King's
Bench—a Retiring-room fur Jurors, together with rooms for
Solicitors and their clients—Colfte-room, and other requisite cou-

'fu resider taw Courts suitable to the dignity of their desti-
natin, anJeillivenient tor the purposes of those charged with the
Important duties of conducting the law proceedings, there appears
to be ne better method than to restore the rooms destned in the
original plan made agreeably to the suggestions of the principal
Officers of the several Courts, and sanctioned by the Judges, and
by the Loris Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury.
1 am, my dear S.r,
With every sentiment of regard, most faithfully yours.
(Signed) JOLIN SOANE.
To Juba-Gurney, Esq. &c, &c. &c.
(No. 111.)
Court of King's Bench, Feb. 4,1826.
- - .

Mr DWI Stn,—l am requested, by some Gentlem en of the Bar,
to submit to your consideration two alterations by which they con-
trive the light may be improved.
Orle is, to white,' the walls by which the lantern is in part sur-
rounded. The other is, to take the aid rtBector4.
If the centre south window were lifted up with mirrors, it would
throw some light upon the centre ut the Court, where the light is so
deficient• It mght be ascertained by that experiment, whether it
would be desirable to plans mirrors to any of the other windows?
Yon know beat whether the akerations would be improvements.

• I ant, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
(Signed) JOHN GURNEY.
To John Some, En.
(No. IV.)
Lincoln's Inn•fields, Feb. Q, 1226-
kir DIAL Sin,--I am favoured with your letter, 'stating that the
Gentlemen of the Bar wish me to consider of some alterations lily
which they conceive the light in the New Court of King's Ma.
nay be improved.
• f am not surprised that the Gentlemen of the Bar, as well as the
Judges and the public in general, complain of the want of light in
that Court, the quantity of which is now so totally unlike what it
would bare been had the original construction been completed.
Unfortunately the taste for mitevaiiest which demolished as un-
necessary the accommodations now found to be so essentially re-
quisite (auto* of which were noticed in my letter of the 26th ult.)
calked the great lantern light over the centre of the Court to be
coneiderably lowered, it being apprehended chat it would be seen
Westotntster Bridge, and the Court was thereby deprived of
a large portion of its light. l'he saw spirit directed that no light
should be admitted into•the Court from New Palace-yard.
I am fearful that the remedies suggested in your letter will not
produce the desired effect. The only way, in my judgment, to
obtain the requisite quantity of light, is by making windows next
New Palace-yard ; and to this proposition, I think, it is nut
possible to oar soy maenad objecUon-
I am, my dear Sir, yowl very faithfully,
(Signed) JOHN WANE.
Vo John Gamey, FA+ &c.

Saturday, at Yni k, the law was enforced against Peter
Little, for An ag, rAvated highway robbery, and Joseph
Lee, for hnrse-stealing. The last sad preparations were
visimpleted at a little after twelve. the drop fell, and a
few convulsive struggles terminated their existence.

.7 Art

tNDIA.

tansy 1113 61M10111311 tO TSB LONDON. 'GUMS, AWL 117.
To George Swinton, Esq. Secretary to -Government, Secret and
Political IXpartment,&e.. Port William.
Sits —My last letters would apprise theft ght Hon.
the Governor General in Council. that i he main Burmese
army, amounting to between 50,000 and 60,000 m.n.
had taken post in the immediate vicinity of Rome, an
I have been for the last ten days anxiously awaiting an
attack upon the strong position we had with much
labour cleared and prepared for giving full effect to the
movements and operations of our columns, and every
possible encouragement has been held nut to iriduce the,
enemy to meet us once on open ground. Finding him,
however, much ton wary to be drawn from his strong
holds in the jungle, and suffering much aisnoyance and,
inconvenie,nce from his marau iing parties, and want of
forage, I, on the 30th ult. took measures for making e
general attack upon every accessible part of his line,
extending on the east bz-ik of the Irrawaddy, from a
Commanding ridge of hills upon the river. to the vil-
lage of Simbike and Sembeth upon the left distai.s
from Prome 11 miles, in a north-east direction. The
enemy's army was divided into throe corps. The left
corps, commanded by Maha Nemiow, an of aid ex-
perienced General, who Ii id been :ent down from Asa
to introduce a new system of vind,icting the war, %lb
stockaded in the jungles at Simbike and II yalay, upon
the Nawine river ; and this corps arnountei us 15,000
men, Burmese, Shans, and Csssayers, of which 700
wete cavalry. The centre, under the immediate order
of the Kee-Woonghee, was strongly intrenched upon
the hills of Napadee, inaccessible, except on one side by
a narrow pathway, commanded by seven pieces
.of ar-
tillery, and on the river side the navigation was com-
manded by several batteries of heavy ordnance. The
corps consisted of thirty thousand men, and the space
between the left and centre corps, a thick and extensive
forest, was merely occupied by a line of posts. The
enemy's right, under the orders of Suddoowcrin, oc-
cupied the west bank of the Irrawaddy, strongly stocks
aded and defended by artillery.
Leaving four Regiments of Native Infantry in
the works at Prome, on the morning of the Ist instant,
I marched upon the Simbike, with the rest of the force,.
to dislodge the corps of Mafia Nerniow, from its posi.
tion on the Nawine river; and, as previously concerted,
his. Excellency Commodore Sir Jams Brisbane, with
the flotilla, and the 26th Madras Native Infantry, acting
in co-operation on the bank of the river, shortly after
daylight commenced a heavy cannonade on the enemy's'
centre, and continued nearly two hours to attract his
chid attention to that point.

On reaching the N twine river, at the village of
Zeouke, the force wa; divided into two columns, the
right column, under the command of Brigadier-Gene-
ral Cotton, continuing to advance along the left bank
of the river, while with the other column I crossed at
the ford of Zootike, and advanced upon Simhike and
Lombok, in a direction nearly parallel with the 11.iga-
dier-General's divi.ion.

We had to contend with every disadvantage of a dif-
ficult and enclosed c.uotry. nor did our information
upon the position occupied by the enemy enable me to

make any previ Jus fixed arrangement for intercep•inb
the ietreat of an enemy to whom every foot path in the
jungle was familiar, and chose irregular flight would,
I was aware, be made by every p.ttli that prunii-ed
safety at the moment. My object, however, ws-, that
whichever column should have die go d fortune to (all
in
.with the enemy first, should attack him vigorou.ly in
front, while the other should endeavour to occupy such
positions as would enable it to cut in Litton him, when
driven from his defences. The route followed by Bri-
gadier General Cotton brrught him in kont of the
stockaded position at Sisnlaike, s hico he at o ice. Rs..
; arid when hit fire fiat opened, the column
under my own directi vt wat snout a mile and a halt
distant to his left and rear. 1, in consequence, detached
Brigadier Elringt ,n to -guard the fort at Z!ouke, and
the main road leading to Neoun-benzick, and the po.i
tion +•f the K.'e•Woonghee, while with the rest of the
column I pushed on towards Sagee, in the hope of fall-
ing in with the enemy retiring upon Watty-goon. Bri-
gadier General Cotton and his gallant divi,ioa did not
allow me time for completing this movement. In less
than ten min.►tes every stockade was Cal vied, the enemy
completely routed, and 1 had only an opportunity of
cannonading his panic-struck masses as they rushed fast
. .

through the openings of the jungle in my i'ront.
The attack upon Sinibike was most handsomely led
by Lieu:enant Colonel Godwin, of His Majesty's 41 A
Regiment, with the advanced guard in the right column,
consisting of the 4ht companies of His Majesty's royal
41st and 89th Regiments, ani the light companies of
the 18th -n 1 28th It giments of Madras Native Infan-
try, mitt His Majesty's 41st Regiment under Major
Chambers, stormed at another point, with the usual in-
trepidity of that gallant corps. The enemy left 300
dead upon the ground, with the wh. le of his corrimis-
satiat and other stores, guns, from 450 to 5 -0 muskets,
and upwards of 100 Cassay horses. The body of the
old Commander M did Meiniow, 85 years of age, was
also found among the dead.
Th.! enemy's left corps thus disposed of, and finding,
from the testimony of all the prisoners, that Mecaday
had been fixed upon as the point upon which to re-unite
in the event of any disaster, 1 at once determined upon
marching back to Zeouke, for the purpose of attacking
the centre, under the Kee-Woonghee, on the following
Imorning. At six in the evening the whole force was
again assembled at Zeouke, where it bivouacked for the
night, after a harassing march of about 29 miles, which
the troops underwent with the greatest cheerfulness
trod spirit. •
At day-light in the morning of the 2d we were again
in motion. It was my intention to bare cut in upon
the river, so as to divide the Kee-Wonngbee's force;
but the impassable nature of -the intervening country
prevented my reaching Pagaun, the point I bad selected
for breaking through his line, and the only road that
could be discovered led to the front of the fortified
ridge of Nap .dee, already alluded to, which, from its
inaccessibility on three sides, could only be attacked by
a limited number of men in front. EA? 1y in tl e morning
I detached Brigadier-General Cotton's division, with
orders to endeavour to push round to the iigt.t, and
gain the enemy's flank by every path that could be
discovered; but alter great exertion, this, effort was
abandoned as wholly impracticable. Our artillery
being placed in position, opened with great effect, while
his Excellency Commodore Sir James Brisbane mend
forward, and cannonaded the heights from the river..,
at the same time, directed Brigadier Elrington to fall
in through the jungle to the sight, where the Brigadier
informs me the enemy opposed him with great gallantry
and resolution, defending every tree and breast-work
with determined obstinacy. To the Brigad er's left I

,
diret ted six contpanies of Ili: Majesty's 87 b' gegiment
undar Major-Gully, to advance and drive in the enemy's
post to the bottom of the ridge. This service was per.
formed with much spirit, and the enemy was driven
troth all his defences in the valley, retreating to his
principal works on the hills. The appearance of those
works was sufficiently formidable, and the hills, I
have already memione..l, could only be ascended by a
narrow road, commanded by artiltery and numerous
stockades, and breast-a mks filled with men, appa-
rently a.I aimed with muskets. As soon as the artillery
and rockets, under Captains Lumsdaine an,l Gra!ram,
directed by Lieutenant-Cr lonel Hopkinson, had • made
an• impression upon t. e enemy's works, and silenced
several of his pun, I orch red the troops to advance to
the assault. The Ist 13engy1 Brigs cominand.rd by
Lieutenant-Colonel Sale, and consisting of Iris Majesty's
13th and 38:11 regiments under Mikjirs l'h•irnhill and
Frith, was directed to advance to the breach, and
'storm the heights in fr.ut, and the six com!iames of It's.
Majesty's 87th regiment, a.ivenced through the jungle
to the right, and drove every thing. b_ ,re them on that
side ; nothing could surpass the steadireiS and resolute
courage displayed in this attack. Scaiceiy a shot was
fired in return to the enemy's continued vollies. His
Majesty's 38th regiment, which lei, first entered the
enemy's e itienchments on the heights, di lying him from
lila to hill, over pi eci i.ic .s which could only be a cended
by a narrow sta.r, until tie whole of t re formidable posi.
tiou, nearly three miles in extent, was in our possess'on.
During the attack his Excellency Commodore Sir
James Btisbane afforded me the most able co-
operation, and I do myself the honour to incloie his
Excellency's report of the good conduct of the officers
and men of the Honourable Company's services serving
on board the flotilla, and I much regret to observe the
name of CaptaimiDawson, of his Majesty's ship Arachne,
who was conspicuously forward in zhe attack, amongst
the list of killed.

Lieutenants Underwood, commanding engineer, and
Abbott, of the Bengal engineers, who had closely recon-
noitred the enemy's position, both •olunteered to 'ea.!
the columns, and were, lam sorry to say, bulb wounded
on that service.

I have also to regret the loss of many pi omising young
Officers and brave soldiers ; but I am happy to obset ve
that our loss, considering the eateht and strength of the
enemy's positions, and great numerical superiority, has
not been great; and I owe it to the troops to say, that
the impression of their own steadiness and intrepidity
upon the minds of the enemy, could alone have secured
to them the brilliant successes of the I t and 2J, with
so kw casualties as will b.: found in the returns 1 have
the honour herewith to transmit.

The defeat of the enemy's army on the east bank of
the Irrawaddy ha, been most complete. He has been
driven from all his strong positions in this neighbour-
hood, with the loss of all his artillery, great qui it ties
of ammunition and warlike stores ; And Although L. is
impossible, from the nature of the grou,sl; to calculate
the extent 01 his loss in killed and wounded, I am
satisfied he has suffered most seveleiy, and I am much
mistaken if the Ilartnese commander again assembles a
force within many thous suds of the waller lately in
our front.

The right corps of the enemy's army, under SudJa
Woon, Appears still to occupy sonselok;11 ground on the
west bank of the Irrawaddy. Xleasuies are now in
progress for attacking t iat divi:son, and I have s.o
doubt it will be dislodged from its detente to-tuoriow
morning.

- On the 6:h 1 purpose m aching upon Meeady by the
Neounbenzick road, with the first division of the army.
Brigadier General Cotton with the second division will
remain a few days longer to act in co-operation with
the flotilla, in the event of the enemy having rallied in
his defences •on the river between Proaie and Neonn-
benzick. I have no certain inform..tion upon his nest
rallying point. Meeady on the east, aod Maloune on
the west bank of the river, are both fortified, and are
furnished with sutihery. They are both named as the
probable points of reunion, and I shall lose no time in
appeAring before whichever they have chosen for that
purpose; but I think it important that one division
should continue to act in co-operation with the flotilla,
until it is cleat ly ascertained that the navigation of the
river is open between this and Meeady.
.1 have to sulicit the attention of the Right Hon.
the Governor General in Council, to the judicious and
cordial cooperation afforded me by his Excellency
Commodore Sir James Brisbane, and the boats of His
Majesty's squadron employed on this service. My
best thanks art due to Brigadier General Cotton, for
the able manner in which he le: his column, and
his judieous and decisive att.ick upon the enemy's left
at Simbike. The sea vices of Brigadier Elrington, Lieut.-
Cols, Gods in and Sale, Majors Frith, Chambers, Thorn-
hill, and Gully, who led columns, also claim my notice.
Lieut. Colonel Hopkinson, commanding artillei y, Lieut.
'Colonel Pollock and Captain Graham, of the Bengal
artillery, merit my fullest approbation for their exer-
tions ; and Captain Lumsdaine, of the Bengal Horse
Artillery, although badly wounded, refused to quit the
battery, and continued fruni his chair to direct tint fire
of his guns.
Br igadier-General Cotton Informs me that he received
every aid from the experience of Brigadiers Armstrong
and Brodie serving under his command.
From my Deputies Adjutant and Qua' termaster Ge-
neral, Lieutenant Colonel Tidy, and Major Jackson.
and from my Military Secretary, Captain.- Si.odgras, I
received every aid and assistance during these opera-
tions; and Captain Smith, of the Bengal army, volun-
teered his seryioes, and accompanied me as Aide.de-
Camp on the occasion.-1 haTe the honour to br, &c.
(Signed) 4itCIIIII3AILD. CAMPBELL, Major Cita
Head-quarters, Camp on the Heights of Napadee, Dec. 4.

Prince GUSTAVUS. son of the ex-King of SWEDEN,
accompanied by hi. Poirrum, arrived en rh 16th at Lausanne,
coming from Milan, and set *tut aostha 17th i'or Carisru

The boys of the Royal Military A.yluns, Chelsea,
were, on Sunday, regaled with roast beef and plum pudding, in
honour of his blataarr's birth-day, and on Monday the Regiment
was drawn up in line on the North Parade, and presented with
their colours:

.An article from Copenhagen, of the 15th instant,
says—" The following strange story is at present the subject of the
town's conversation:—Ever since the year 1807, a Jewess of the
name of Rachel Lien, has voided 'twin; needles, or had them
cut out of her body. Nobody could dear up this extraordinary
phenomenon. Observations and experiments were made; but
the matter remained involved in mystery, till by an accident,
it was lately discovered that' the whole was a deception. This
singular patient bad so hardened herself towards bodily pain,
that without ealbiting the kast susceptibility, she could suffer needles
to be-stuck under her nails. Besides this singular penchant to pass
needles, she was distinguished by a higher degree of cultivation.and
souk! write Latin."

A few days since a fellow of Chittern sold his wife
to a ehimneyiweep for a halfpenny. The pootwoman basins two
children, she left ooe with her, frail, and took the ether to her air
companion.

roLict INTELLIGENCE.

GUILIMALL

- - - -
CALL AGAIX TO-7401110M--.CAN'T Yon'—One Mr. inifeetlfre:• red
upon sunimoes before Mr. Alderman Cox, yesterday, to answer
the complaint of Mr. Gardner, parish clerk to one of the churches
in the City.
According to Mr. Gallabier's account, the affair between Ahem
was Gardner is indebted to Mr. White hi the sum of two
pounds odd—the balance of an account for goods sold and delliered;
and Mr. White is so ravenous after this balance, that he never
suffers a day to pass without calling at Mr. Gardner's himse and
kicking up a row about it. One day he raised such a nisib ah,em
the house, that Mr. Gardner was constrained to send for a constable
to remove him; and the constable did what he could, but be never
would have been got out had it not been for the assimanae -4 a
friend. On the following day he did not call himself, but be scot
very impudent young fellow—a sort of deputy dun, who said " I
am sent here by Mr. White for that balance of account, and he hid
specially instructed me, either to knock the meaty hut. to. ray. 01
knock the devil in!" This was a nyitem of anituyai.ac wicela
Gardner could nut hear, and therefore he earnestly imeloreal
Alderman to put a stop to it:
Whilst Mr. Gardner was telling his tale, Mr. White mitt. a
dead sal at him, and es soon as Mr. Gardner had made au. end
speaking, Mr. Whitt said to him " Now you have done?" " I have.
.•
replied Mr. Gardoer. " Very weil, ' rejoined Mt. White; "your
fiery is told, then—and now I jll tell mine;" ;11441 therrlyoll he
opened a very voluble defence, by which it appeared. firstly—thai
te is a broker, in Sun-street, iliishopsgate. in a small way, with
large family ; secondly—that Mr. Gardner had looked out certain
articles to household stuff at his shop, representing himself to he al
independent gentleman with a fixed iacome an Std..' year ! thirdly;
that when the said household stuff was delivered, instead of payiug
ready money. Mr. Gardner required credit; fourthly—wires the
credit was expired, the money was not forthcoming, but in lies
thereof, he was "foliii'd of,' with a "call again to morrow, can't
you?" Fifthly, and lastly, said Mr. White, I saw there was as
end to it. Month after month, week after week, day atter day, it
was "call again to-morrow—can't you ?" and very often the doer

was smack'd in my face--sometimas by Mr. Gardner, and some-
times by his Good Part. . •
" What do you wean by his Good Part ?" inquired the Alderman.
"His st.ife, your.. Worship," replied Mr. White; and then he
proceeded to state, that finding there was no hope of getting his
money by fair means, he went to the house, and having obtained
admission, he "hung up his hat," vowing he wwuld not quit until
be was paid. Whereupon," continued he, " Mr. Gardner sent
for the cohstable ; but the constable knew hi!. ton well to lay
violent hands upon ns. ; and While we were .quabnling abiut it, a
large friend of Mr. Gardner's somehow or other pinioned my arms,
and in that form he pushed me before hint out of the house, up
Noble-street, down Staining-lane, to and again, and at every tithes
step, bumping me behind with his knee ! If this was proper treat-
ment for an honest tradesman seeking for his just rights--why
have done."

Here the !urge friend alluded to, stepped into the witness box,
and declared that be should not have interfered, had not the con-
stable charged him to aid and assist in the King's name ; and that
Mr. White resisted the operation so furiously that he (the large
friend) was eventually thrown down and got his thumb sprained
shamefully.
Mr. Alderman Cox decided that both parties were to bbine,
Mr. Gardner ought to have got rid of the annoyance by paying the
debt; and Mr. White ought to have recovered the debt by due
course of law, instead of personally annoying Mr. Gardner. He
therefore dismissed the case, by admonishing Mr. White nut to ro.
peat the annoyance; and recommending Mr. Gardner to avoid a
1 repetition ul it by discharging the debt forthwith.

BOW-STU/Er.
A man of very respectable appearance, named Owen, who twee
was in a very large way of trade, and who has since been a coal
merchant, a timber mere!) int, and In various other ways of business
pro tens. was brought before Mr. Hafts, charged by the officers of
the parish of St. Martin, with deserting his wife, and keying. her
chargeable to the parochial funds.
Mr. Rix, one of the overseers, Mr. Rawlins, the desk of the
workhouse, and the prisoner's wife, proved that between three and
four months ago be suddenly left his home, and his wife (seemingly
a well-bred woman) being destitute, was compelled to seek relief
from the parish, which was readily granted, and a warrant, as a
matter of course, was issued to apprehend the husband. A short
time ago he returned to London, and as so jn as the parish officers
learned that fact, they caused him to be taken into costody....-
When taken he was in a respectable situation, which he had lust
recently procured.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner stated that he bad no wish
to desert his wife, but that circumstances which he could not con-
trol, obliged him to go into the country for a time. He was nevi
willing to take his wife to a boons, and to pay all the expenses
which the parish might have incurred; "and that of course."
added the defendant, " will be satislictory ; 'lathing further can
be required."
Mr. Vette said, he begged to set the defendant, and others in a
similar situation, right upon that head. The desertion of a family
by the husband was an offence punishable by law, and was no morn
to be passed over than any other crime, except under partictibe
circumstances. He had no desire to press hard upon the defendant
in the present Instance, but it was fit he should knows that as the
matter at present stood, he had the power to send him for three
months to the House of Correction, to be kept at the tread mill, anti
certainly, if a recurrence a the offence took place, he should exer-
cise that power in its fullest extent.
Mr. liewuns said, there would be no objection, on the part of
the parish, for this once, to abandon the charge, on the evinces
being paid.
The prisoner expressed his willingness to pay, bat on being fat.
n Jailed with an account, said he had only a sovereign, which, be
tendered in part payment ; but it was refused by Mr. Itaiwrlnat,
who said that be was sufficiently acquainted with Mr. Owe* to
knew, that if he once truNted him out of sight. without full add*.
tion of the demand, he should in all probability never see him again.
Mr. Harts.—lt is trifling with the parish, and I will not allow
it. The prisoner must be committed.
The prisoner said he was now prepared to settle with the pariah;
a friend in the Office having advanced him the moneyk".
Mr. Hatt.' said it was too late. He would not stiffer such tri-
fling. An offence had been clearly proved against the prisoner, and
be must stand committed to the House of Correction for one month,"
there to be kept to hard labour at the tread-mill.—The prisoner
was committed accordingly.

P