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The Times, 1824-01-23T00:00:00

Extract of a letter from - Piladelphia, lateA December 19, lll23 :-" Cobbett has petitioned the L,egislaqure of Pennsylva- nia to refund the amount of a fine (2,000 dollars) paid by him some years since into the State Treasury. He nmight as well ' wrts- tle with a ghost.'" 01. GAS WoRgs.-.l'e understand the Edinburgh Gas Company have at length fixed upon a situation for their wcrks. They bave bought a piece o0 ground, betwreen four and five acres in extent, immediately on the west sidc of the bridge at Canonmills > and ranging along the north side of the water. A sxmaU part of this i_ l2l be reserved for their own erections, and the rest will be feued off e"i sbuildin aound for houses, accoidirig toa determinate plan, which wll aad tO the beauty of that growing suburb of the city. The gas work,we are informed, from the nature of the operations and the materials employed, will not produce the smallest nuisance, either by its smokeor its refuse. It is intended to be tastefully bult, in a style which wil reflect no discredit on the elegant build- ingss in ts neighboulrhood; and it will he set off with an omnamented hmney, which will be nearly in a direct line with Dundas-street, and have the effect of a handsorne spire in the landscape. WVe hear, too, that it is in contemplation to carry the road right north, by a new bridge. frorn the point where it now bends eastward, so as to cut of the inconvenient angle formed at the present bridge. This, however, is a project, the execution of which may probably depend on the concurrence and co-operation of the road trustees.-Caledonian NEw BAILEY CounT, Jan. I6.-(Before Jaraes Norris, Esq.)-A rr.an in a most d6igraceful state of intoxication was brought into the court for heing very riotous and noisy in the colle- giate church during the time of Divine service this morning. Tie' *man on enterlng the court-room, was very violent and abusive to the laistrate, and it was with great difficulty that the beatlUes * ceupldace hirn at the bar. The Rev. Mlr. Ethelston and the Rev. ir. Remington attended1 to complain against him. MXr. Reming. ton statd that the man s conduct had been very bad, )articularly dutiWoD the performance of the marriage ceietnony, of h'.ich he had causc~ a suspension by his intoxicated demeanour. Upon bearing *thecharge made, thefiLorw became still more abusive* and Mr. Norris was under the necessity of remanding him until Saturlay her, he stated, ifhe did not express proper contrition for his most dgrcflconduct, he would require himi to find sureties to keep the eace Man intancs offlarantcondct uring the celebra. tion nf marriages having occurredinathe Ccolnldegiatte church, it isade- termn ed we understand, to male examples of those parties who sha In ?uture demean themselves improperly in that sacred ealilice. Before i'vlr. Bell had fiially retired from the Court of Chancery, he waited on the Lord Chancellor to'acquaint hidi of his intention. The leArned Lord justly - estimating? th'e distin-o gushed legal abilities of Alr. Bell, remonstrated witl him on thej impolicy of putting his intentions into immediate execution. "M Iy Lord," said iMr. Bell, '1 am growing old." " I imr your senior by some ye.r," replied Lord Eldon. " iy Lord, I feel myself rowing weak." " I am much wveaker, Alir BeL," said the Chan. or. 'I have a swimming in my head," " And so have 1," re torted his Lordshig. " )iy Lord," said- Mr. Bell, "I have mat7e moneyenough."-l'he Chancellotrwas silent !_^1foriii7i