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The Times, 1824-07-15T00:00:00

We have received Colombia Gazettes to the 9th of Mav, and though the most important articl]s of intelligence which they bring have been anticipated by private letters, we find them not without interest. They contain the daily proceedlings of the Legislative Itodies, the Chamber of Re- presentatives, and the Senate,-at no great length, it is true, but still with a distinctness and particularity sufficient to convey to the body of the people a proper idea of what their rulers are loing. A petition had been presentetd ou the 23d of April by an Englishman, praying for the exclu- sive privilege of establislhing steam-boats oiu the lake of Maracaibo. The fate of tbis application, is not stated. The me bers of the two Legislative Bodies are paid by the country for making laws, a-s persons here are paid foi administering them. It would appear from a statement published in the paper ot the 2d of May, that the Senators and Representatives cost Colomabia from the Zd of February to the final establishment of' their respective Chambers, only 11,868 dollars, or a sum not so large as maniy of our sin- gle sinectires. The following h:as been posted at Lloyd's:-" Valpa. raiso, February 23_-The Colombia, a Genoese ship? from Gibraltar to this place, vas taken by a privateer and carried mnto Chiloe, but has been liberated, and she arcHied here a few days since. Several French and North Amnerican vessels are reported to have been Cap- tured to leeward; one of the French vessels is said to be valued at 120,000 dollars, and tO have hCee carried into Callao." Extraet from a letter fromn Demerara, Jnane 4, 1824.* " On the petition of the inhabitanta, the Governor was pleased to forbidl the Rev. M\r. Austin doing any duty as a clergyman. I'rr. lJugar, lately arrived, hias been othiciating."_Globe and Traveller. Tile Marquis of Lanadouwn has su~bscribed 501. for the, relief of the poor otl Kinnegad, county Dublin. The Ist Battalion dfrthe 3d C}uards are under orders for treland. They wrill embark on Monday, the 26jth insn, in the fly boats on tbe Patldington-canal tbr l,iverpool, to proceed from thence, in two divisions by the steamn.packets, to Dublin, to relieve the 1st1 Battalion of Coidstreams, and where they expect to remain for 12 months. The battalion consists of eighlt compan ies, of 80 men eaclh. An English sailor, called Commodore O'Brian, entered the port ot Calais alone at six o'clock in the evening of the 5ith instant, in a little boat, sloop rigged, of not more than a quarter of a tun, He had sailed from Vover at 11 o-clock on the same day. 'ro convey some notion of the danger oF uassing thc Strait in such a vessel2 it is sufficient to miention thiat it is little nore than five feet nine Inches long, *wo feet 1] inches wide, and one foot four inches deep,. This sailor has already lest one vessel of the same si7e, with which lie liad made several voyages; it is said that, to conipensate hium ibr that lo6Ss, his Britannmc Mtajesty gave him the boat whlich lie iio.v navigates.-Sto1le. of Saturday. A w/atch-dog at Pit~keathly-svells haas fainmed such an ardent attachment to a rabbit, tb.at both daily prowl about in coim- p any. The muastiff"s love forthie race extends no farther;* for he generally devours all the othaers who conmc within his reuch._ Drundee Advertiser. DItEAIIFUL SUrCtwc,-On1 Tuesday morning Sir James Fit7.gerald, of Bakter.street, l5ortman.square - put a period to his ex- istence by chtooting hihnself withia pistols About five o'clock that morning the servants were alarned by the report of a pistol;* they immediately rushed to their master's apartmenlts, and found the unfortunate gentleman weltering in his blood, though not quite dead: he seemed to sufler the most excruciating pain until two o'clock, whein he expired. I,ady F'itzgerald, on being made acquainted wlith the melancholy catastrophe, was mRost dleeply affected. Shte has quitted the house, together with her daugitt r, fbr tbe residence of a friend in the neigh. bourhlood. A despatclt was ionmnediately sent olfwiith the intelligence to the son of Sir Janmes, who is oin a visit to a friemid iti Lancalshire. Trhe deceased was between G0 and 70 years of age, and was nearly allied to tite noble house of Ljeinster. An iiquetst was held on the body yesterday evening, when Mlr. Jlames Hiunt, of Baker.street, stated, that two months back the deceasYed applied to himl about ttie house In whlch ther were assenibled, and that i>e felt snuch hesi- *Sniton ..-,i w B t*f 1ae*itner 0s e h:iw;t baotn o,neen,,nrt a? it,h- eccentricities he at that timneobserved in his manner. The deceased had only odaipied the house for a fortnight. Other witnesses gave similar testimony with respect to the state of mind of the deceased on which the jury returned a verdict of flusanity. Yesterday afterrnoon an inqucst was held at the Half- moon tavern, Lower-street, Islington, before Thomas Stirling, Esq., coroner, on the body of Thomas Smith, aged 23, a Kentish-town stage coeahman, whose death was occasioned in a pitched battle with a person of the iame of Harry Bastie, on AlondaZ' last. The prin- cipal wiiness, in addition to the evidence of Mr. Shirley, a surgeon, who had no doubt the deceased's death was caused by bruises on his head, was Edward Smith, of New Norfblk-place, Lower-road, Islington, brother of the deceased, who deposed, that on Thursday last he paid a visit to his father's housem it was about 7 o'clock in the evening; witness's father was the only person there when he called, and he informed witness that his brother was going to fight a pfitched battle on the Monday following; witness said he was sorry or it, and endeavoured to find his brother, but did not see him until the morning of the battle, when he was at Copenhugn-house; he spoke to him endeavouring to persuade him from fig ting, saying, tthat he was too fat, and had not an equal chance with the per. son with whom he was to fight, who was a good luan, and had two ways of fighting; the deceased repHed, that unless he was to fight now that it had come to such a pitch, he would not be able to stand by his coach to get a passenger; the deceased was a stage-coachman, and drove one of the Kentish-town stages; witnegs offered to be his second, but his brother said hehad two " good men" to second him, but notwithstaniding he (witness) stood present to see him righted; a ring was former, and his brother enteTed the rng first, and threw up his hat; and a person, whose name he understood lobe Donovan, a pugilist, was a xeoond to his brother; there were six persons assisting in the ring; one gentleman, during the fight, ke7t hollowingout "H Henry, if you beat hin, I'llgive you a sovereign. The deceased was knocked down several times by his nnta,onist, who had the knack of tripping him up; witness was informen that the fight lasted two hoursand 10 minutes; duringthe fight, witness enterea the ring and saw his brother Iying on his back, and was desirous of ending the fight, but the seconds interfered and turned him out of the ring. He did not go to his brother until the fight was over, when his brother said, " I'1 ngight no more ;" witness replied, " No, you shall not fight any more, now I have got you ;" the deceased requested to sit down on witness's knee, and he died soon after. The seconds quitted the deceased immediately after the fight, and did not render the least assistance. A surgeon was sent for, and he attempted to bleed him; his brother was appa- rently in perfect health and spirits on the morning of the fight. During the fight, the deceased's antagonist put his toe near the de. ceased's thigh, and knocked him down, when a cry of " foul" took place, and the deceased'a second threatened bhin if he did it again. hc inquest was adjournefilfor the attenda3ce ofother witnesses,who wre better acquainted fvith the seconds concerned in the transaction.