Mr. Medland, haberdasher,...
The Times, 1824-12-13T00:00:00

Mr. Medland, haberdasher, of Portsea, has received the follawing letter frorn an anonymous nriter*_ "- Mr. Medland,-tn the year 1814, you wvere defraladed of the sam of 1S., the priniipal and interestofwb hih 22L lOs., which sur is hereby restored to yoR: and yot will please to acknowledge the same by maushag an advertisemnent to be Inserted in I The Trines' Landon peper, to the AoIlowing effecr:-' The eommunleation of W. X. has reenreceived at Portsea.-Dee. 1824.' Principal, 151.; interest, 7Llor.; for adrertisenient, 7s.-221. 17s.' The writer is unknowd -to Mlr. Mtedland, a5 well as the fact revealed by his troubled conscience.-Hampshwre TeZgroph. The advertise. rsent appeared in The Tim-ex of Saturday. Ex-OFFIc1os.-The Attorney-General of Irelantd has filed Informations against a number of i2dividuals for receiving mo- ney for situatiesl in public-ofllces. The gaol of Mullingar is so crowded, that four prisoners have to leep in one bed.-Li7nrkk Chroniele. On Wednesday the indietmeat against Crock-ford, for play, irvolving penalties for 70,0L will be tried. The folloving noble0en and gentlemen aer tubpMnaed by the prose6utor Ord, viz.- the lb1arquis of Hereford, Lord Glengall, Lord Alvanley, Mtr. Raikes, &c. His Majesty's most gracious pardon for arris, who was capitally convicted, but subsequently respited generally; has been forwarded to Hertford gaol from the Eone Department. The case of Lvis, who was also capit311y cor.victed, but respited til January, is not determsined. We are sorry to hear that the beautiful swannery on the Fleet, near Abbotsbury, in this county, has suffered greatly from the latetempestuousweather: the heavy gales haring dispersed the swans in every direction, many have been shot and otherwise de- strovedt-Dorciiesterpaper. For the last four years a Mr. Savery, the son of a banker in Bristol, has been carrving on business in that city as a. sugar reiner, in conjanction with a MIr. Saward. Their reputation was unimpeachable, snd their credit extensive: latterly, however, as it is reported, M r. Savery, who was thie managing partner, extending the business beyond the capital, and rather than expose the necemsities of the concern, reserted to raising mnoney on acceptances which now tarn out to be forged. About ten days ago, he left Bristol for Lon. don, under pretence of attending to the business of the frm, and wrote in a dav or two after to excuse himself, on account of illness, from immedistely returning, and his wife and family left apparently to attend him. On Sunday last his pareter received intelligence .that excited alarm,. A meeting of some of the principal bill holders was convened; forgeries to a great eitent-appai -R one gentleman holding blUla to the amount of several theasands; the partner was despatched to London to make inquiries 6fter the of.ender. At Bath he met Mrs. Savery, her son, and her fa. ther and mother, on their return to Bristol. They said -lMr. Savery had left the Thames for America. The partner, on arrivingin Lon. don, gained information which led hin to suspect that the fugitivc mightjoin the udsoew, which left the Thames on the Sa instnt, ani was tken at Cowe. He immediately went to the latter plare,l and on going on board the fLu&-on, discovcredlhis unfortuna;e part. ner, passing under the name of Henry Serringtgn. The ofibnder was taken intocustodyon Thursday last, and conveyed t. Bristol in a stateof great mentalagony and despondeucy. Some additional particalars respecting the eapture of MIr. Savery are contained In the folewing exract of a letter dated Cowes, Dec. 10:-" Sailed y vesterday the American ship Hrsdru, Champlin master, for New 'York, with passengers. Whea the ship was under weigh, a 1r. Saverr2' merchant, at Bristol, who hxd embarked an board her the preceding day, was takea out of the ship-by a constzble from this place, accompanied by a gentlemar , wko is apart3er of his: it rp. pears he Is caspected of forgery. Immediately Mr. Savery saw his partner come alongslde tShe HIstdn, he threw himself overboard, but was prevented beingdrowned. He then attempted to make away with himself by dashing his ad against the side cf the ship. We is at presentat the Vineinr, in custody of two peace-officers, who areibreed to watch him -asr diligently to prev'eut hist otoirsitting suicide. He is 1st a dreadfull state of mind., and airaowledr,es hat. his crime is as bad as Fauntleroy'& On the Tide Surveyor's m tering thecrewof the7vdson, Lir. Sverypassed bypthe stamef HcAry Serrington. INSTT'UT0oN FOR THE IS8TRtUCTzoxN OF MECHANICS. -It isc czar tbat these seminaries of popular edacatioa must saeo- epread overy pert of the country. At Manchester,Newcastle, Leedir, and other pTlces, there have already been established institutions upon the saRe plan; andoneof the mostllsurshing, in whicbhi mechanics conrixbute to their own instruction, has been begun at Abhrdeen. At KeudUl, alecture has been annoinced aN about to be united with the 1' Mechanics and Aipprenticea' Library," establish ed there a few months ago. There arenot above 8,00 inbabituts in that town' and at Hawrck', where there areonly half tat 'iitto her, .Mr. Wilsonfrom Edinburgh, has delivered a course of lee- tures On natural p'blosophy to 200 artisans nda workmen. In ahort, it should seem that a little more exertionredoae iwanting to rnak: the system univ<esally preval.-BdinBirgh &4 Retdu.