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Shipping Intelligence

On Thursday last arrived, from King   George's Sound, whence she sailed the 29th

ult. the Government schooner Isabella.

Same day arrived, from Port Macquarie, tiie Government schooner Alligator.

On Friday last arrived, from Port Dalrym- ple, the schooner Hunter, Captain Peters. Lading, 2,055 bushels of wheat, 10 bales of wool, and 255 kangaroo skins. Passenger,

Mr. Knox.

Same day arrived, from Moreton Bay, via Port Macquarie, the brig Governor Phillips.

On Friday last sniled, for London direct, the ship Elizabeth, Captain Athénien, with a cargo ol' Colonial pioduce. Supercargo, Mr. Richard Roberts.-Passengers, Drs. Rae and M'Teroan, R. N. with several others.

The ship Layton sailed, the same day, for Singapore. '

The Champion, for Batavia, and the Emma Kemp, for Hobart Town, are announced to

sail to-morrow.

In our present «umber we havo inserted *he third Annual Report of the Australian Agricultural Company, which, to many of our Readers, from all thal we have occa- sionally stated on the subject, will doubtless prove interesting.

In noticing the circumstance of Colonel Arthur refusing to grant the Colonial Times a licence, in pursuance of the authority vested in His Excellency from the Home Go- vernment, we never intended to insinuate, as may be seen upon a reference to the strictures in our last number, that the Government of Tasmania had not been most infamously and wantonly annoyed, up to the latest moment, by the inflexibly maddened politics of the Co- lonial Times-all that could, therefore, be justly inflicted upon Mr. Bent, as the Proprie- tor, we should conceive a most righteous vi- sitation; and, looking at the withholding of the licence in a private view, wo aro rall er of opinion that Colonel Arthur might be justified. But, when the question is. examined with the calm and philosophic eye of an im- partial and unprejudiced politician-of any man wbo professes to be a statesman-it then must be apparent that Colonel Arthur

would belter have maintained his wonted character, in our estimation at least, for for- bearance and liberality, had ho granted that licence, which, had the same rash policy been persisted in, would have been inevitably with- drawn within the short lapse of a month at most ! We might have expressed ourselves with more than usual temperament in our number of Friday, from our veneration for all that is British and Constitutional ; and it is this veneration of what we esteem alone ex- cellent and dignified, that enables us, at every step we take in political life, to manifest that unaberrating loyalty which we defy the most rigid censor to abnegate. Loyajty snd free- dom we feel, in an English breast, are alone compatible with each other. United, they constitute the Briton-separated, the man is either a cringing time-server, or a fierce un- meaning Robespierrern. Such is our inipres. ?ion of what constitutes loyalty-of what composes freedom-«-in the English accepta- tion of the terms. These are the feelings that have ever actuated us, and though wo regret that Australia is not, as yet, considered ripe for the free institutions of the Mother Country, nevertheless that circumslance will never so operate upon our mind, as to prevent that declaration of our sentiments, when re- quired,, which have assisted .us in maintaining our ground against that factious crew which attempted the annoyance of the former Go- vernment of this Colony, until put down by our own unassisted energies, and which have, more or less, maintained their iniquitous at- tempts' upon the existing Administration, though their most ,gigantic efforts aro hourly withering, and their fondest expectations being dashed to tho earth, beneath that editorial arm, wluçh, when once fairly roused to ac- tion, our contemporaries feel, and the Public acknowledge, to be irresistible. Upon care- fully perusing those strictures upon Colonel Arthur's policy in withholding the licence from Mr. Bent, we find there aro certain turns of expression that might, by some, bethought

to savour of undue severity in our breast ; mid, fearful that such might be the case, we embrace the earliest opportunity of rebutting the assumption. Up to the time of Colonel Arthur's administratife career when this licensing system became introduced, from the first period when. H is Excellency was ori f itali/ basely and scurrilousljr attacked by

the Australia:, we have invariably defended and attempted to strengthen his Government,

because wo c onsidered it was entitled to our

humble support ; therefore, should the charge of severity arise in any mind, perhaps those proofs of our sincerity and disinterestedness in Colonel Arthur's behalf, will set at rest such charge. It has been suggested to us,

that ono or two of our remark« assume the

aspect of libel ; if so, it was unintentional li- bel; and, if any of our expressions were preg- nant with too mufh heat, perhaps it will be admitted that, with our high notions of the Liberty of the Press, wo might have been warm without any desire to burn-to destroy. We are thus explicit on this point, becauso it might be thought wc were anxious to unsay all that wc uttered on Friday, but such is not the fact. If our expressions would admit of a criminal construction, wo should say to Colonel Authur, as well as to any other individual, if, under the circumstances of the case-if our disintererted services could be forgotten-if it were thought necessary to try to coma down upon us for the honest, and manly, and we will say loyal expression of our sentiments, then

let the matter at once come under the consi-

deration of the Supreme Court. For ourselves,

we ask no favor at the bands of the Govern- ment of Tasmania-we have never received

any-though that Government cannot say the Editor of the Sydney Gazette has never hud the pleasure of conferring any. At this mo- ment we are prepared to prove that the- Pro- prietor of the Sydney Gazette, in his anxiety toassist Colonel A rthu Rto repress the voice of anarchyand disaffection, by the cstablisl ment of another Press, is now minus about £2000 ! For, had we not flown to the attempted rescue of the sister Government from the most ma-

lignant attacks that were ever made upon any Administr.ition, wo should have been at least that sum richer to-day. We are not writing now merely for the information of the Co- lonists, but for the satisfaction of Authorities in distant regions! We believe Colonel Ar- thur to be any thing but a tyrant-any thiug but an illiberal man-any thing but an unjust Ruler; whilst we have ever been of opinion that Colonel Arthur is asam'ablc in private life, »s he has been elaborately anxious for the honest, faithful, and zealous discharge of those high and important duties which were entrusted to his care by that Sovereign, the sound of whose name thrills the heart of every Australian-every Tasmanian Colonist. But still we differ from Colonel Arthur, notwithstanding our otherwise high opinion of His Excellency, in withholding the licence from Andrew Bent-the humble, though unfortunately misled, Fatherjof Typography in Van Diemen's Land, who had the liouor to rank high in the distinguished regard of Co- lonel ¡Tohell, during the whole of that Lieutenant Governor's Administration. Wish- ing it to be understood that our observations were and are confined to the impolicy of re- fusing Mr. Bent permission to carry on his Paper, and not from opposition to the Licenie Act, though we have given our opinion on tint subject, we shall dismiss these remarks. We are satisfied of the unworthiuess of Mr. Bent for any favor at the hands of Colonel A r thur, but as we feel satisfied the granting of a licence would only be au act of common jus- tice-all circumstances considered-we hope yet to witness that act of magnanimity, on the part of the sister Government, which » ill res- tore it to that opinion we have invariably profess d for it,' and as systematically and energetically enforced.

The Monitor would fain dictate to Colonel Shadforth, of the 57th, as to the dismem- berment of his \ery fine Band, purely because, we suppose, he, Mr. Ronum Cuthvlic Hall, might he favored «ith more congenial music when offering up his lately conceived oris-ms to that Deity, whom he, in days that are gone, addressed in a purely Cdrinistic strain. The poor man " once saw the Sco'ch Greys in a garrison town in England marched to Church without any trumpeting and tueedle-dmn at all." The truth of the matter is, Colonel Shadforth allowed his excellent Band to be dismembered, for the accommodation of the Roman Chapel, until that of the 39th av ived, «hen the latter was inirched to Churchill its full number ; whilst the 57th had the mortification of being eclipsed by the 39th Band, as wJl in numbers, as ia point of execution, o^ ing to the diminution occasioned by that portion which was distributed at the Roman Chapel, Now,' we cannot see why that Chapel should be any'more fa- vored than t e Scots or Weslcyan Places of Public Worship, and wo happen to kno v they

are as muc'i in want of instrumental music as the Monitorial convert to Romanism. If the

Bands of the Regiments are to ho divided, per force, or bv right, in the name of justice, let them be scattered into as many parts as there aro places of worship, and then »\e shall all be satisfied. What say ye to this, good Pudre? In tho mean time wo can only say that the Band-ma'-ter, Mr. Si rp?., never al- lows any tune lo bo played, either to or fro, on the way to Church, that may not bo consi- dered perfectly innoxious to the " good taste" of Mr. Hall, and altogether inoffensive to any

other Monitorial Franciscan.

It is said that the Elizabeth has taken home the sum of £30,000 from the Colony-a con-

siderable drain from the coffers ol' the mer- cantile community, and one which, we fear, will be severely felt at this particular season.

We regret to hear thai Mr. D. M'Leod, a young r son of Dr. M'Leod, Phisici.n to His late Exce lencv Sir Thomas Brisbane.

lies dangerously di from the effects if a fall

from his hone.

--« Tlie Colwnihta kive no right itricUy speaking,

«t a public feast, or on uny public occasion to extenuate the acts of, or to apologize for, nny Govetajr who distresses the Country} [dit» tresse« the Country, donkey !-Prove it, if you can !] whether »nell distress be inflicted per orders or not ! We, as individuals,may have happened tocóme to the knowledge, in due time, that the present policy is not the Governor'* fault, nor yet to hit liking; that lie does not feel himself to be upon a bed of roses, but is in fact annoyed at being made the engine of tyranny ; that when he was appointed to the Go- vernment, he was not aware of the nature of his instructions, ¡is they apply at'lenst, and a» they work, nor of (he peculiar circunistaiii es of suth a peculiar ccimtry; nor of the character of the singular people over whom be was about to pre- side ; that ha has not even acted np to the letter of his instructions ; that consequently, badas things may be, they might hare been worse, hud it not been for the Governor's restraining hand ; we say, we, as individuals, may be aware of these things, but the Public ure not aware of them, and even though they were, why aub they iioun» to TAUF ANY NOTICE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE?"

Vide Monitor, November 15.

" Well"-asonesnys to his companion, aflcr escaping rom the company of some pr< sing coxcomb to whoso nonsense they have unfortunately been obliged to listen,- ' this is really the completcst thing ! Did you ever" -and here hi-, long suppressed merriment breaks short the question; and with hur- ried steps, slapped knees, and incontinent giggles, Ihey both go jostling each other down the street, laughing ready to split their sides, and only exclaiming now and then '* Well, in nty life"-" To bo sure this is the

best"-" Then the touch about himself ' " And that co founded l,c about the people !"

Should some of our graver Readers, however, be concerned at seeing a fellow-creature s huí He and expose himself so much, and won-

der how we can con csceud to notice him so

often, we reply, as we li..ve done before, that we notice him, nut for his own import nee, which is ai.out as little as lie thinks it ¡reut, but because he happens to be o e of the bale- ful advocates ¡.nd promoters, in this Colony, of opinions and conclue , which, for the peace of society, it h s become an imperativo duty to oppose, mid because ho happens to have got two days ia the week to din his common- place into wo.ik ears-:>n advantage wliuh, if the vary bell mau pos essed, he might ren- der his doctrines worthy of contra ictiou. Were his productions any where but in a newspaper, bac ei by advertisements, and ai compuiied by brother quackeries, they would ti op iLad bom from the Press, and it would be i .humanity io touch tl.ein. The rogue knows thi.as well as we do; but, io their present shape, ti.cy can manage, if not to bo viv..ci,iii , at loa^t to oxisr, and tiiaue a perpetual n ise; ant with this ho seems ro hobed to make up lor all his wain of eally res- pectable Readers, past and to come. As to comb tan.*, political fights aro Uko military ones ; you cannot always choose your adver- sary. The Duke of Wolli i¡¡ton himself Las fought with lud an» a-, well as I'reuclimen-. Buoniparte wita Prussians us well as Eng- lish. When Locke and Algernon Sidney answered Sir Robert Filmer, they knew well enough that he v/as u poor creature ; but then it wa» tit that others s lould know liini too. But Pistol, redoubled Pistol-who has found li is double barrel in the Editor ol the Moni- tor,-wh it «cul ol' going beyond him ? Did uot Pistol lum elf find a i^pectablo opponent, in spite of his ^bouncing, and skulking, au.i

his playing the bully over the Frencluna.i ?\ And was hu not made to oat the leek, which he had ullóctcd to treat with contempt, just us we have oi'Um made tue Editor of tliu Moni- tor eat his own words ?

" Ftuellen-l beseech you, heartily, to eat, look you, this leek.

" Pistol- Must I bite»

" Flucllen-Yes, certainly ; and out of doubt too, and out of questions and ambiguitiei."

Thoso .. ambiguities," with all the non- sense that accompanies them, we thought to have been enabled to point out by italic marks, which aro all, in general, that the Monitor wants, in order to have himself exposed ; but the superabundance deceived us-the whole extract we have made, is so crammed full of shufflings and absurdities, that one part is scarcely more ridiculous than another; and we have done him a kindness, in letting it seem as if he had been eminently foolish only in this place.

Tlie Monitor commenced by applauding

what he moro than insinuated was ¡mended as an overt insult to the Governor. Wo do not say it wus so intended, nor would we wish to believethattheSlewardsof the dinner, to which the article alludes, ever meant it as such. This may, or may not have been the case ; the Monitor however insinuates that it was ; but the man is so much in the habit of quib- bling, that it is impossible to take his insinua- tion for granted. He applauds what he pro- fesses to believe to have b en the intention ; and why? Because "the Colonists have no right to cxUnuate, the ads of any Governor, whether they are influenced by orders or not!" He, truly, "may happen" to know, that the present Governor " has not even acted up to the letter of his instructions ;" and that things " might have been much worse hal it not been for the Governor's res- training hand." Indeed! "may happen to know !" Why, does not the man actually know such to be the case ? Is not the very existence of such a Journal, as his in the Co- lony, a glaring proof that His Excellency has not acted up to the instructions which the whole Country, much less the Monitor, is by

this time aware that he has received ? Wo knoio that the Monitor knows this ; and we aro further aware, that if he did not know it long since, it was not for want of proper pains- taking on our part to furnish him, through' the medium of our columns, with sufficient infor- mation. Ile has, however, put on his holiday suit, in the present instance, and, we .must confess, is a little more simple and well-man- nered in his political tergiversations than before our late chastisoments of him ; but what a dreary business it i , after all ! and what a ridiculous affectation of dignity in the I midst of dirt! " W e say," continues this po | litical demagogue, " as individuals, we may be aware of thiRe things, but the Public are not aware of them." If, we say, the Public are not aware of them, then our labours have been to little purpose ; but, Mr. Monitor, if the Public were not aware of them, was it not the duty of a public Journalist, wlio more Ihan in- sinuates, who, moreover, in a late number, ad- mitted that he was in possession of the fact, through the medium of " a gentleman," was it not, we say, the duty .of such au one to

'take every opportunity of setting the Public right on this head ? ' Or, was it more to his paltry interest to continue the delusion, and to wind up his political delinquency by proclaim- ing that, even were the Public as wise on this head as the Monitor, they " were not bound to take any notice of the circumstance ?" Why, what a pieceof work is here ! Can there beoue man found infatuated enough to bes ow a moment's thought on the writings of that Journalist who, for his own private views, wil- fully withholds the publication of a fact in which the whole people were so deeply inter- ested ? And what must be the opinion enter- tained by the respeetable body, at whose ex- pense he has directly levelled an insult at the GovKiiNon, of that man who admits that he was in possession of facts which proved it to be undeserved, whilst, at the same time, ho exults at the fancied intention?

After all, I owever, we cannot help thinking that our self-constituted patriots arc begin- ning to find it a losing game. The boldness of tone which they were accustomed to use in times gone by, and which was about as »lernt, and ef precisely the same sort of majestic consciouness, as that of* the little boy who blows his penny trumpet at " Bartlèmy fair,'' is dwindling down, thanks to our endeavours, into the meekness of the dove. Indeed, the mighty changes we have wrought, forci- bly remind us of a passage in an old au- thor we have met with somewhere, and which, by way of episode, we will endeavour to re- collect for the instruction of those who will make the application :-A certain minstrel once boasted of being able to make a marvel- lous impression upon the people, after the an- cient fashion, by means of his lyre ; and, one day, wheu there was a quarrel out of doors, undressed as ho wa?, saith the history, ho jumps out into his balcony, his lyre in his hand, in his slippers, with his breeches hang- ing down to his ancles, a stocking upon his head, and an old tattered waistcoat upon his body. He touched his lyre with a very un- usual sort of flourish, nor were his hopes fru trated. The odd equipage, the uncouth in- strument, and the strangeness of the man and of the music, drew the ears and tho eyes of

the whole mob that were about the cham- pions, and, at last, of the combatants them- selves. This sudden effect of his music en- couraged him mightily ; and it was observed that he never touched'his lyre i,i such a truly chromatic and enharmonic manner as upon this occasion. The mob laughed, suug, jumped, danced, and used many odd gestures, all which be judged to be caused by the vari- ous strains and modulations. «'Mark in

this," quoth he, " the power of the Ionian ; in that you see the effect of the Oolian." But, in a little ime, they began to grow riotous, and t rew stones; the musician then with- drew, but with an air of the greatest triumph in the world. " Brother," said he, to one near him, " do you observe, I have mixed un- awares too much of the Phrygian?"

The Monitor, no doubt, begins to suspect by this time, perhaps, that ho has use i " too much of the Phrygian" with his music, and had botter withdraw in uko manner. The brief matter of fact is, as our Readers long have known, and some of his own, we dare say, have told him himself, that the main ground of all his efforts, and arguments, aud shufflings, and as many other plural numbers as Fluel.eu, could find tor him in the list of absurd.lies ii rank egotism. But, for his salce, as w eli as our own, we have done. Wo have si .own Ihr Reader often enough before what sort of stuff the most prominent of the demagogues in this Country are made of ; and, in so doing, we have done a service, however humiliating to our.d ves ; for to shew the men, and, the wretched shifts to u hich they aro obliged tore sort, is a duty incumbent on every advocate forthe peace, welfare, and good government of the Colony. And now, while our herois finish- ing the meal of his own words, how can we better conclude than by finishing our quotation

from Shakespeare ?

" Pistol-By this leek, I will moat horribly re- venge. I eat, and eke 1 swear.

" Fluetten--Eat, I pray you. Will you have more «nuce to thy leek ? There i» iiot enough lock to -wear by.

" /Wo.--Quiet thy euilgel-thou dost sec, I cat."

A practice has boen lately discovered amongst the prisoners attached to the several iron-gangs, by which, it is thought, facilities have been afforded for the perpetration of many undiscovered robberies. The ring, or bolt as it is termed, that encircles the ancle, and to which the chain is attached, has been found on several of the prisoners to have been ham- mered into an oval shape, by which means it easily passes over the heel, and thus it is taken off at night unknown to the overs jcrs, and re- placed in the morning.

There's a story in circulation,that Mr. .T. T. Camp-

bell, a day or two since, visited Mr. Josepîhoîï, a ' wealthy debtor, at present in the County Gaol, and | asked him (Mr. J.) the measures that were adopted by him, when he was robbed some two or three year. since. Mr. Josephson, it is said, then asked Mr. Campbell of how much he had been robbed ? He was told. Mr. Josephson, remembering what Mr. Campbell once on n time observed to bim, answered " Upon my vord, I don't pelicve you have peen robbed of one farthing" ! ! and away old Crue^m walked. 'Phil alleged visit, and reported retort, are in every mouth

in town.

It having como to. the knowledge of the Superintendent of Police, that overseprs of gangs from which prisoners abscond, frequently neglect to report the same for two or three days after, his Worship has given orders that the Principal Superintendent of Convicts should be made acquainted with the fact, in order that suvh punishment as the nature, of the case shall seem to warrant, may be, in future, inflicted on those who neglect so{ im- portant a part of their duties.

On Friday last the Principal Suptr'.n t ndent of Police, on sentencing a woman to the stocks for drunken ess, wished ii to bo distin tly understood, thai in future ni fe- male's feet should be put ia the stocl.8.

Cardinal Perron wi-s remnrkable f.r his

eloquence and his irre»i*tible power of reison ing. H-iiry III. of France, one day, til ink- ed him for having iii an eloquent oki ti" ti re- futed every argument which could be «Hedg- ed in fnvifur ot Atheism, when the Cardinal, thrown off his gua-d' by t!ie vanity of the moment, told the Kin», .hut if his Majesty would uttend to him tho next morning, he, would engage to bring forwnid argument. equally yowtrful on t'.e oilier side of the

questi«Mi.

With tia dcepett rcfrat w« h»v« to announo« that 1

Brigade-Major Innes, whose sudden and lamented I >

illness we have had already to notice, ia at present ]

in an alarming and dangerous condition. Had it not been for a brother Officer (Lieutenant Christie) being at his bedside on the morning of Saturday last, death must shortly have ensued, ns the sufferer wa» awakened by the warmth of the vital stream which was flowing with rapidity. Dr. IVORY tiew to the aid of his friend, and life was still prolonged. The Major, from what we hear, is so excessively de- bilitated as to render a second operation extremely dangerous, should it be advisable to have recourse to it. \\ liiKt there's life, it is an old and trite adage, there's hope ; am!, however languid hope may be, yet the mimi of affection and friendship is glad to indulge in the possibility of a pre eminently valuable life being pre- served, tor a few years longer, to that Society, of which Brigadier Major Innes has proved so honouiable and agreeable a member.

The Monitor, we find, praises tho Govern- ment, in one breath, for the ticket-of-leave regulations, and in tlio next condemns the policy pu sued He says, " wo kno v of no part of the p Hey of this Government which is so much to be iv lauded as this ; the only fault is, that the term-, on which tickets ae granted, »r not reduced in severity !" Ad- mirable ! Did any one ever he.ir of such a complete ninny ? when we hav ?, during the year, r.-peatedly demonstrated, from facts incontrovertible, that the existing system-wo mean Geneial Darling's systi m-of grant- ing tickets-of-loave, as lar eclipses the abio gato.l rules on this bead, as the moon happens to be inferior to the "full or ,'d majesty o. day."

lil consequence of the late hour at which the list of runaways arrived at the Gazette Office, on Satur- day, and the number, their insertion is unavoidably

deferred till our next.

Colonel Morisset, on Saturday last, in answer to au application made to him by an ex-constable, said that no person dismissed from the constabulary for drunk- enness would again be reinstated.

Prisoners, who are sentenced to iron-gangs,

and who abscond from thence before the ex- piration of their resppctive terms, will, iii future, be sent to penal settlements.

Mr. J. T. Campbell has offered a renard of £200, for the detection of the perpetrators of the robbery at his residence ; or, iii case all the property should not be recovered, the sum of £10 for every hundred that is restored. Tho Police are up to their eyes in business on

the occasion.

Monday Morning.-We have just heard that the whole of Mr. Campbell's money has been found in a well, and wc believe the report to be correct.

In the list of subscriptions towards the Monuments for tho lato Duke of York, published in our last number, we beg to cor

rect an error that occurred in the amount sub- scribed by Lieutenant De la Condamine, A. D. C. to His Excellency the Gover- nor in Chiet. Instead of £9, it should

have been £3.

In order the more effectually to enforce the attendance of persons summoned as witnesses before the Criminal Court, it is the in eutionof the Attorney General to have a form of affida- vit attached to the original subpoena, setting forth that a copy has been duly served on the person to whom it is directed. Of thi-t the constable, whether in S.dncy or up tho Country, will bo directed, after such service, to make oath before tho nearest Magistrate ; and, in evory case of non-attendance, where such aflidavit shall appoar to have been made, the strictest penalty will be invariably enforced.

OnFridiy last, Mr. Jill», the Chief Constable, pro- ceeded ii Te miles to sea with the Elizabeth, with the view to prevent any person from going on board after she sailed. The following ntoiutii'r he appre- hended two men in Sydney, charged with being the principals, or concerned iu the robbery of Mr. J. T. Campbell.

Another awful example took place on Thursday last, from the intemperate use of ardent spirits. A man nam d Driver, residing in Pitt-street, went to bed in the mo ning in a state of intoxication, and shortly after expirtd.

On Thurs lay night last, about 8 o'clock, the house ot a (Iax-dies9 r in York-street, immediately adjoining the premises of Mr. Cuthbert, took fire and blazed with great fury for about half an hour, but »as hop ily »ot under by the prompt exertions of the neigh- bours. The refuse of the fl ix whih lay close to the gable end of Mr. Cuthbert's house, was immediately removed, or in all pi ob biiity tlie boase would have bi en consulted. The fir.-, it is thought, originated froiu the flax dres,ers working by candle light, and a spark coming in contact with the lo >se flax lying about.

A man named Harpur, a butch i r in Syd- ney, was, on Friday last, fully comm.tted for trial ona charge of c ittle stealing.

On Friday last, on * Cornelius Mahony was brought before the Police, accused of stealing a shirt, value 18cf. from a house in Liverpool sireet, and fully comm tted for trial.

On Thurdayeven nglast, aliout7 o'clock, a violent affray took pim e in Cumberland-street. It appears that a man, who had a horsejj for sale, and who lodged in a house near to Bullivant's, was ¡ippliel to by another peison with a view to strike a bargain, which was opposed by tlie propiietors of the house. Fiom words the parties came to blows, and the iraster and mistress of the houe were both knocke r down, and aboy,<ndeavouiing to succour his paient», suffer d the same fate, whilst the <dd man in his fall, got his arm dis- locate I at the shoulder. The offender tiok io his heels and made his escape.

Libel.-The late Lord Ellenborough held the doctrine, ** that the demolition of a work of literature or of art by criticsm, whore no personal malice could be proved, was a damage without injury." The present Lord Chief Justice laid down the same doctrine

very lately in the Court of King's Beach in un action brought by Mr. Soane, the cele- brated architect, aguinst the Quarterly Re- view, for an alleged libellous criticism on his building the new Courts at Westminster ; and the Jury returned a verdict for the de-

fendant, i

The following are a few of the most dis- tinguished among the names which grace David Laing'» Register, at Gretna-green, the union solemnized by him being held le- gal in England ;-Lord Erskine, Lord Chan- cellor of England ; Earl of West moreland ; 1 Hon. Charles Law, son of Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Burt. he.id of the present opposition ; and John Lfthbr'nlge, Esq. following the good example

of his father.

In Westminster Abbey there is a monument of Sir Cloudcsley Shovel, where he is represented rising out ofthcRcawitha full-bottomed wig, well powdered and puffed !

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