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MINUTA M CArteiBRIGIENSIA. Vii a irosirr sante PUT OUT OT COMMONS FOS anima TUATILE. To fast and pray we are by Scripture taught : 0 could I do but either as I ought! In both, alas ! I err ; my frailty such— I pray too little, and I fast too much ! LAW .REPORT Yesterday being the Purification of the Virgin Mary, it was in law a dies non, consequently the Court of Chancery, King's Bench, and Common Pleas,did not sit. SERJEANTS' INN HALL, FEBR I UARY 2. THE KING V. THODIPSON. Mr. Law appeared before their Lordships on behalf of William Thompson, who was convioted at the last Winter Surrey Assizes of stealing from the person. The prisoner had attempted to steal a pocket-book from the pocket of a*Gentleman, and while in the act of extract ing it, the Gentleman seized hold of his hand, on which the prisoner immediately let go his hold of the book, which dropped into the Gentleman's pocket. An ob jection was taken on the trial, that the prisoner had not taken possession of the book, and could not therefore be convicted of larceny. The point was reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judges, and was now ar gued by Mr. LAW, who submitted that the evidence ad duCed at the trial did not support the charge of larceny, and contended, first, that it was not stealing at all ; next, that .if their Lordships' judgment should be against him on that point, that it was not stealing from the person. On the first point, he argued that it was not stealing at all, because he had not taken the pro perty, and he adduced the statute of Elizabeth, cited by Lord Hale in his Pleas of the Crown, in support of his argument. Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT then observed, that their Lordships would take time to consider their judgment. —judgment deferred. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS, FEBRUARY e. • This morning a Session of Oyer and Terminer, or General Gaol Delivery, for offences committed on the High Seas, vans held at the Old Bailey. Lord STOWELL, accompanied by the various officers of the Admiralty Court, attended at an early hour, but neither of the learned Common Law Judges were present. The reading the several Commissions, and the other usual formalities, occupied the Court for a consider able time, after which the names of the Grand Jury were called over, and being severally sworn, Lord StoweLL addressed them as follows: GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY—The forms of our laws call upon me to address You, and I find great satisfaction in having to inform you, that but little will be brooght before you that will require of me much in struction or admonition.—Your functions will be pre cisely the same in this Court as in a Court of general jurisdiction ; and from your habits of attendance in those Courts, you have that experience which renders unnecessary any particular notice from me as to your duties. There was in this Court, formerly, a law which made a distinction between the crime of murder, from what was the common law of the land in that respect. The common law established a distinction between the modes of persons being killed by another. To constitute murder—the common law required proof of previous malice existing in the mind of the parry charged again .t the party killed ; and where no such proof existed, the death was considered as having been casual, and the party causing it was deeated guilty of the minor offence of manslaughter. In regard to offences committed on the high seas, no such distinction as that to which 1 have just alluded existed, hut the ultimate verdict of a Jury in the case of a person being killed by another, was compelled to be either a conviction for the capital offence, or a total acquittal, the crime of manslaughter not existing. By a late statute, the law in this Court has been made similar to the common law, and your duties will be consequently the same as in other Courts. I mention these circumstances, because I understand that two, if not three bills for murder, will be sub mitted to your consideration. If such should be the case, you will adopt , the line of conduct which 1 have suggested to you. • T..ere is, I understand, also another offence of high malignity, which will also come before you-it is a case of mutiny on board a merchant vessel, a crime which, by the law, is termed piracy. I need not comment upon the dreadful consequences likely to result from such a crime, in a great commercial coun try like England—but the crime, great as it is, is gene rally connected with others of a still more malignant nature, for it often happens that it is committed for the purpose of turning the ship into a pirate vessel, for the object of plundering others, and is frequently attended by the murdering the Captain and other Officers on board, and carrying the property of the owners to places widely different to where they destined it for. If such Case should come before you, you will give it your care ful attention. I have now only to inform you, that the attendance of the Learned Judges who were to have assisted me here to-day, has been necessary to meet their brethren in another place, in order to consider a questionuf very great importance. I therefore have thought it necessary to adjourn the Court, after you shall have considered your bills, until Tuesday, on which day, 1 hope you will all of you give your attend ance; most probably it will be for the mere purpose of being immediately discharged. But as it is possible that circumstances may render it necessary that you should on that day resume your duties, in order to pre vent a very long delay in administering justice Is parties charged with offences, I trust you will not drink much of this trifling trouble. I now recommend to you the Immediate discharge of your duties."—The Grand Jury then withdrew. CONtISTORY COURT, FEBRUARY 2. • WINNINGTON V. WINNINGTON. This was a suit for a divorce, by reason of adultery, promoted by Mrs. Winnington against her husband. — Mr. Wilmington. has preferred appearing personally throughout the cause. • Sir C. Roalasos said, that from what he had read of the cause, he was satisfied it was very capable of being argued, and he could only repeat his advice to Mr.Win nington to employ Counsel to defend him. It could not be supposed that Mr. Winnington could know the na ture of the various forms of the Court, so as to enable him to defend himself so effectually as if he was de fended by the Advocates of the Court. That was the best mode of obtaining justice, and the appearance of the state of the suit required it. Mr. Winnington said, he had considered the sugges tions of the Learned Judge, but he had determined on defending himself personally, confident that, from the • • description of the defence he could offer, he should bi able to shew that the suit was a speculative one, and in stituted only for the purpose -of extorting money. Sir C. Rousso); strongly urged the adoption of his advice, and postponed We cause to afuture day, in order that Mr. Winnington might give it full consideration. Sir C. ROBINSON said, the 31st Conon prohibited proctors from prosecuting a suit, Mlless signed by Counsel; but he did not know how far that might re fer to persons appearing on their own behalf; he there fore directed the Registrar of this Court to confer with the Registrars of the other Ecclesiastical Courts, in order -that they might ascertain whether persons were at li berty to conduct their own cases in these Courts. PROSALYT ISM: -+- A Protestant widow, residing at , Ribeauviller (Haut.. Rhin), having fallen ill in November last, informed her daughter, a married woman, residing at Munster-au- Val, that she wished for the attendance of her grand daughter, about thirteen years of age. fler health being re-established, she entrusted the little girl to the care of a neighbour, to take her with him to Colmar, and to send her thence, by some inhabitant of Munster, to her parents. A fortnight afterwards, the son-in-law of the widow wrote to her, requesting the speedy re turn of his child. The uneasiness of the widow at this communication may be guessed at. The loss being made known to the father and mother, they instantly went to Ribeauviller, and informed the local autho rity of their fears that their child was clandestinely de.: tained in the Convent of that town. Not being able to . discover her, the father carried hi; complaint to the ' King's Advocate at Colmar. A lettre cachetie was in consequence sent to the Clergyman of Ribeauviller, who sent the father with it to the Convent. The child was then produced, but surrounded by a great number of the Nuns, :al deploring the supposed departure of the young captive. After a kind and friendly representation from her father, the child pro. mised to follow him, observing, that she was only going to fetch something from the next room, whither her father, out of respect for the rules of the place, did not follow her : but she was followed by the sister hood, who detained her there, and exhorted her for neatly a quarter of an hour. The child at length returned, but with her inclinations totally changed. She absolutely refused to follow her father, under the pretence that " the good (ion had commanded her to remain, and that if she was removed by force, she would secretly steal away and return ; and that she would voluntarily renounce her father, mother, and all her relations.' . — The father did not think proper to employ restraint, and thertfore was obliged to withdraw alone, pierced .o the heart with 'sorrow and grief.—Courier Francais. Carslogie, in the neighbourhood of Cupar, Fife, has been sold for 18,9001. Lady ASMBURTON lately announced to her tenants of Rosehall, in the palish of Creich, that she allowed 30' 1 per cent. on the rents of that estate, for each of three past years, amounting, at the first reckoning with her: people, to 90 per cent. on the sums due by them. • During the late war the current price of feathers was' 11. 12f. the tron stone. They are now selling at `2os. the lowest rate they have been got for in the memory of the oldest poulterers. Innumerable depredations have lately been commit ted in the neighbourhood of 13etiford and Russell squates by a race of thieves called a; CA sneaks. Suter) , the parochial authorities of these, the hight•st-taxed parishes in the metropolis, ought to afford some addi tional pi otection to the inhabitants, in the shape of beadles or select-keepers. We understand title the teceipts of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, for the year ending December 31, 1824, amount to the sum of 38,0161. 9s. 7J. being an increase above the amount of the preceding year of more than 2,2001. exclusive of the munificent benefac tion of the late 11ev. W. DonweLL, of 10,0001. The ex penditute of the year 1824 has exceeded that of 1823 by the amount of nearly 3,0001. The price of oriental manuscripts depends more upon the merit of the scribe than of the author. Thus, for example, a fair copy of the poems of Ilafiz, may be purchased for 110 paras (not quite 31. of our money), but if the vs tieing be from the calarnus of a celebrated caligraphist, the price may be 300 or 3000 paras, ac cording to the fame of she scribe, or the beauty of the illuminations. Turkish and Arabic manuscripts ate rarely illuminated: those of Persia are ye; y frequently thus embellished. A single copy of a manu,cript con taining extracts from the Koran, has, however, been estimated at the rate of aVenetian sequin f.,r each letter, on account of the extraordinary beauty of the penman ship and emblazonry. In describing the edition of " Richard the Third," printed by Creed, 1594, and sold by Evans on Mon day, it was declared to he woith its weight in gold, according to the old adage of everything being wood) what it mill fetch ; this was verified, it being kur,cked thwn for 66 guineas, which according to the standard of English Coln, weighs 17 ounces, 15 pennyweights, and 16 grains. The Psylli of Egypt, mentioned by Herodotus, are still found in the serpent-eaters of Cairo and Rosetta; and in all ages, where a successful craft, under the name of miracles, has been employed to delude and subdue the human understanding, the introducers of a new religion have, with considerable policy, appropri ated it to the same purpose for which it was employed by their predecessors. Foreigners complain with good reason of the uncer tainty of the pronunciation of English. The difficulty thus raised in a particular instance is well illustrated by the following examples : " °ugh is pronounced o. 00, OU, off, au , up—though, through, plough, cough, enough, thought , hiccough. A friend called upon me, when, in consequence of a cold 1 had caught, I was ill in bed, and I told hint I had a con; upon which he asked me for some milk. Thinking I must have pronounced the word wrong, I told him I had a cur he replied, be took it for granted I had two, for that coats in this country were not made without them. Perceiving still that he did not understand me, I told him I had a cup. Ile asked me whether it was of silver or only of earthen, ware ? Being quite angry with him, I had again to make myself understood, and told him I had a violent caw, and fell a coughing; so that I could speak no longer." In the case of two projected duels between some na tives of Hibernia (a nation seldom famed for thinking twice on the busine s s of a challenge), one individual spoke openly of wife and family as to be considered, and another was equally concerned for the delicate state of a daughter's health. The then Solicitor-General of Ireland honoured them with these lines : " The Heroes of Erin, unconscious of slaughter, Improve on the Jewish command; One honours his wife, and the other his daughter, That their days may be lung in the land." POLICE'Y f —•ra■••—•" . M A NSION.HOUSE. A ballad-singer was brought before the Loan MATO% yesterday, charged with having assaulted another of the profession, while they were both pursuing their respective callings. The defendant (a man about thirty years of age) had within a few days got possession of a song in which the deeds of the Drury lane Hero are recorded, and he never failed to gather about him a crowd of both sexes in the streets, to the annoyance of the huny part of the public. He was engaged in singing the font of which the following was the beautiful burthen : " For the world may be damn'd, as we're only let to see Our gallant Kean of Drury-lane, so bright and tight is he." The effect of the poem upon the minds of the auditors was height ened by the appearance of the bard, who carried a paper lantern with a candle in it before him, and cut two or three by no means delicate capers at the conclusion of each verse. He was not, how ever, to have the field to himself ; a rival appeared, and soon di vided the attention of the tasteful people, and his song was even in a more sublime strain than the defendant's. The defendant's jealousy was violently excited, and he emptied the vials of his wrath upon his opponent. The officers of justice were obliged to interfere, and they introduced him to a place where he had the opportunity of amusing that respectable and political body of men—the nightly watch.—The other poor son of Apollo was unable to attend; for after the removal of his rival he met wish more dangerous competitors: be got into a row, for he was rather of the " fancy," and had a leg broken. The defendant cried bitterly; he was, be said, a respectable man, although he was in that line, and got his living by his twice in the streets. The only offence he bad committed was, that of having refired to move when he was desired to do so : but he vowed, that if the Loan MAYOR would forgive him, he would follow his pro fession with as little noise as possible, and never strike no3ody. The Loan MAYOR consented to diseharge the defendant upon this assurance ; he advised him to change his moral profession for some other which had no taint upon it. A man named West, a driver of one of the Blackwall stages was charged with having furiously driven over a poor man, who is not expected to survive the injury he has sustained. It appeared that about wine o'clock, on Tuesday evening, the defendant lashed his horses, which were going at a rapid rate, in order to outstrip a competitor. Roth of the drivers appeared to be quite careless of the consequences of their rivalry, which soon proved to be most dangerous. The pole of the defendant's coach struck a poor old man, who instantly fell senseless to the ground, from which he was raised, covered with blood, and apparently without life. He was taken to the watch house, where it was ascertained by a surgeon that several of his hones were broken. The surgeon's certificate stated, that the patient, whose name was Coe, was in a dangerous state. The defendant said he was driving at the usual temperate rate, and that there was no attempt made by him to pass the other coachman. The Loren MAYOR committed him to prison until the fats of the man is known. GUILDHALL. Gorge William Fountain. a master chimney-sweep, residing in Robin I mood-court, Shoe-lane, was charged with ill-treating his ap• prentice, John Brown, about ten years old, very diminutive in sta aure, and apparently weakly. It appeared that the boy was sent nut eariy on the n'orning of Wednesday se'nnight with the pri soner's foleman,Williams ; the fellow hurried along, and finding the boy could not keep pace with him, be took him back to his master, who, feeling inceoied, lifted the boy up by his ears and dashed him down on the floor. This he repeated once or twice; and the boy ran home to his mother with his ears bleeding and his mouth swol len. The boy was examined by the Alderman, and found to be bruised in various parts of his body; he had also been kicked by Fountain's wife. Four•taiu denied having touched the boy's ears at all, and said he had not been long enough at the business for his skin to become hardened. The mother, who prompted the boy to make ' the complaint, had some time previously sold the boy for £5 to a former master, bot that person not having paid his instalments, she get the indentures cancelled l.y preferring a charge of ill-treatment. He was they sold to him (Fountain) for £2. 15s. and she at the same time told him she could have got £5 for the boy, from a sweep at Hackney. The mother admitted having received 4.55. for him, and provided the Indentures were now careened, she did not intend again to sell him, but avail herself of Mt. Percival's (the banker) assistance, who would place him in a school. The boy, lit answer to the Alder man's interrogatories, said be never went to church, nor had any idea of religion. Ile slept on a bed, and was Well fed, but was some times rolled in the soot, beat with a broomstick, and often received blows from WilHants, both at home and in the streets. Sir CUARLIS FLOW Ell—Good Goo! how shocking a recital have we heard this day ! Are we in a civilized country? ern children be bought and sold with impunity at so much per head? Mr. Brassroan (the Chief-Clerk)— A similar purchase was ex posed at another police dice only a day or two ago. Sir CHARLES I:tomtit—Why, in the present state of society here such bargains stem to equal in enormity the African slave trade.— As to the boy, he has been brooglit up like a I lattentot, neither in the fear of the Devil nor the AI.IGHTY. You, woman, you who have liven so hat doted as to sell your own child to a sweep, you are a disgrace to the name of Englishwoman, and to the set to which you bi ;ong ; and you shall never have the opportunity of bartering him away again. Let the boy be taken care of in the Compter, until the presence of another Magi-trate can be obtained to cancel the indenture, and until I hare seen Mr. Percival, and arranged how he shall be disposed of. That the boy has been ill-treated lam gone satisfied, and nat only by Fountain himself, hut by his wife and the foreman, and I shall therefore direct all three to be prose cuted by the City Solicitor. The parties were then ordered to find bail, and the City Solicitor called in, and instructed to proceed. BO W-STREET. Yesterday, Mr. PRINDEACIAST, the Barrister, accompanied by two or three persons connected with a Dissenters Meeting-house in some court in the Strand, applied to Sir iticuaan BIRNIX to issue a summons for the appearance of Mr. aeries Pitt, of Adam -street, Adriphi, to answer to a complaint which he was prepared to sub stantiate against him, for unlawfully disturbing a congregation as sembled for the purpose of Divine Service. The disturbance com plained of was, that on a Sabbath-day, when a congregation bad assembled at the Meeting-house in question, and one of the per sons who yesterday attended with Mr. Prendergast, was addressing the rest from the pulpit, Mr. l'itt suddenly rose in the body of the place, and exclaimed," Call ye that preaching? A pretty fellow, truly, you are to preach and attempt to instruct your fellow-men in the sacred truths of religion! you, who do not know the com monest rules of your own language, and are equally ignorant of the subject upon which you presume to bold forth ! Come down, poor man, and let me ascend the rostrum!" The consequence of this interruption Was that the discourse was stopped, and finally the con gregation broke up in confusion, without finishing the service. Sir It. 'haste asked if this was not the same occurrence upon which he had been before applied to, and which was afterwards, upon his referring the parties to the Sessions, brought before that tribunal and disposed of?—Mr Prendergast replied affirmatively. Sir R. BlllllllC—Then how can I be expected to interfere in a case that has been disposed of at the Sessions? Mr. PRENDURGAST said the case was disposed of at the Sessions without going to a Jury, the Chairman stating, that the person charged ought to have been previously taken before a Justice of Peace, and held to bail to appear at the Sessions ; and that not having been done, Mr. Pitt was not legally within the cognisance of the Court. His (Mr.Prendergast's) application now was, that this pre liminary step, declared by the Chairman to be indispensable, might be taken, in order to bring Mr. Pitt before the next Court of Quarter Sessions. Sir R. BIIINIZ asked if the person who was preaching on the oc casion in question was present? A man, having the appearance of a decent mechanic, stepped forward, awl said he was the person interrupted by Mr. Pitt. Sir R. MANIC asked him if he had taken the oaths prescribed by the 19th of Geo. 111. and obtained a license to preach . ? The man said he had not; he only officiated occasionally. Mr. PRIINDIRGAST said he had never been required to du so. He was ready to take the oaths at that moment. Sit R. Brame—l. believe he is liable to a per.alty of 210, for preaching without a license. Mr. PAINDZIGAST said, that by the latest Act of Parliament, a person preaching without a license was exempted-from the penalties awarded by the 19th of George 111. upon his being willing to take the oaths prescribed when• required to do so. This person was ready to take them at that moment. Sir R. Biarrm—l shall not require him to do so. He was not a licensed preacher at the time spoken of. I shall not grant a sue MARY-LA-BONNE. A respectable Licensed Victualler wv on Tuesday summoned to this Office by Johnson, for an infraction of the licensing regula tions, by suffering tippling in his house on Sunday, the 16th Jan. It appeared that between the time of four end half.past of the evening of the day mentioned, Byers succeeded in getting into the ` house, and found some persons tippling. The defendant admitted the accusation, but he declared that he ' 'hi not believe there Was inytivioWletvi . • et lit the duie Wientidned; at least if there bad been, he was not aware of it. Mr. Galvanism said, he should direct the case to itaxs4, over for deliberation. HATTON. GARDEN. Lova AllO TAArnsess.-111r. Henry Paget clerk at a rispeitable au ctioneer's, in the City, was charged un d er the folloWing extraor dinary circumstances: It appeared that the prisoner had beets pay ing his addresses to a young %vomit) in Clerkenwell, but was un successful, as she was a few days ago married to anOther suitor. The prisoner then wrote to her the most menacing letters, and de clared that he would come prepared ?in yesterday evening, with it post-chaise, to carry her off from her lawful spouse, or blow iaAch others brains out. The young woman, not belieiing the threats would be fulfilled, communicated the circumstance to her fiushwiid, but at the appointed hour the mad lover arrived, and on the young woman refusing to accompany him, he drew out of his pocket loaded pistol, and presenting it at her, threatened to shoot her ; her screams immediately brought aslistance, and Davis, a constable, sent for, and after a desperate struggle (Davis being thrw.v!‘ dow(i Ftairi, and severely injured), the prisoner was secured. Wi , e.! brought to the Office, five bullets, with about a quarter of a pntol.l of gunpowder, were found on his person. The prisoner, in a veil: cool manner, declined giving any satisfactory explanasion of his cow: duct, merely stating that he had a right to carry pistols, powder, and ball about him if he pleased, and there was no evidence in corriabo ration of that of the young woman's.—The Magistrate ordered .thr ' prisoner to find good bail. SPURL'IzN& INTELLIGENCE. HtJ NTI N G. The Brighton Harriers, which threw off at Patcham on Mon day, produced an agreeable day's diversion, though several acci. dents, but all of a trifling nature, resulted, owing to the density of the fog at intervals. A brace of hares was the spoil of the day. Several Gentlemen were kept out to a late hour after the sports, in consequence of their taking wrong routes, from the vipour-erne. loped Downs; for this place some wandered to near Shorehamodi miles west of Brighton, and others to Rottingdean, fcur miles rss'. before they coulti find a clue to end their difficulties. The Richmond Thespian Manager, who had saddled" White Surrey for the field," for aught we know to the contrary, wandered many miles wade of his mark, ere he could exultingly exclaim—" Richard's himself again." He reached his residence, however, without mishap. A new pack of fox-hounds have commences operations in the county of Cardigan, under the appellation of the Tivy side hounds. They are kept by subsetiption, and are hunted by a Gentleman of the name of Lewes, whose father has a large property in that county. The subscribers are opulent and highly respectable. PIGEON SHOOTING. The match between the three crack Chills, Ilidgham, and the New Hats, took place yesterday, by adjournment, in•the Bagshot inclosures, for 1.50 sovereigns. ham won it by the coven members killing 41 birds from 49. Ashton killed 40, arid the New Hats the like number. Several other matches took place. INSOLVENTS' PETITIONS TO BE HEARD, FEB. 6, A r Tin CouRT, PORTUGAL-STRItT, LiNcottes- I sts - Fines. James Anderson, Edward-street, Portman-squ - .re, tea-deaf r. William Cluff, Chapel-street, Spitaltields, silk-manufactur"r. Sarah 'Unpin'', Mint, Southwark, widow. Abraham Abrahams, Anchor-street, Bethnal-green, glass•cuttcr. Thomas Erskine Grant, Bartholomew-close, g.2iitleman. Thomas Casey, White Hart -court, Long-lane, dealer in cloth. William Ilitchman, Duke-street, WestmiiistLr.road, plasterer. Elisha Reynolds, Castle-street, Long-acre, grinkman. Joseph Phillips, Rosemary lane, tailor and piece -broker. Francis Ayrton Hollins, Royal Colonnade, Brighton, perfumer.. Benjamin Phillips, Rochford, Fatrx, alopseller. George Gorton, Harrow-road, nitiolington, hrichlaycr. Michael Harris, Russell-court, Drury-line, tailqr. Robert Dunmall, I ligh-street, Woolwich, quarter-man. Abraham Jessup, Dug and Bear-yard, Tooley-street, tanner. TURNPIKE TnusTs.—An immense volume ripen this subject, consisting of no fewer than 959 folio pages, has been printed by order of the House of Cominda. It consists entirely of accounts, unaccompanied by any observation. A great majority a the trusts appear to be in debt. The sums raised' upowthem by mortgage equal, on the average, from two to six years' income of the tolls; in some cases, not less than ten or even twelve years income; and .frequently the interest has been four or five years in *arrears, with no fund apparently forthcoming, out of whi.ett to discharge a single shilling beyond what is called - 11;r by the necessary expen-es of labour, materials, and so forth. In Middle ex,. and the other counties adjoining the Metropolis, the finalsces of the several trusts are in a far better state. One of those horrible scenes and acts of cruelty sanc tioned by the Supreme Authority, which have not been seen in Turkey for along time, recently passed at Tunis; A young Jew merchant, inflamed by liquor, met in a . public walk a very aged Moorish woman, who was in a state like his own. He addressed a few words to her, which at the most called for a reprimand. The Moors who perceived it, arrested both him anl the woman. The affair was brought before the Bey, who, disregaed ing the difference orage, the place, which did not even allow the possibility of the crime charged in the accu sation, and with the conviction of the innocence of the two persons, pronounced the sentence of death on them both. The Jew, according to the barbarous usage of the country, as being of the most despised nation ; was to be burnt alive, and his ashes to be cast in the lake, and the woman to be drowned. The Jew thought to obtain his pardon by profes-ing the Mussulman faith, but he only had a commutation of the capital punish ment. He was cut to pieces by the ferocious populace, to whom he was given up, and his property confiscate!, though he has left a wife and childten.- DAVID'S Sow—ORIGIN OF THE PHR A SE.••••••A few years ago, one David Lloyd, a Welshman, who kept an Inn at Hereford, had a living sow with six legs ; and the circumstance being publicly known, great numbers of all descriptions resorted to the house. It happened that David had a wife, who was much ado dicted to drunkenness, and for which he used frequently to bestow on her a very severe drubbing. One day in particular, having taken a second extra cup, which operated in a very powerful manner, and dreading the usual consequences, she went into the yard, opened the stye-door, let out the sow, and lay down in its place, hoping that a short unmolested nap would sufficiently dispel the fumes of the liquor. In the meantime, how ever, a company arrived to see the so-much-talked - of animal; and Davy, proud of his office, ushered them to the stye, exclaiming, " Did any of you ever see so uncommon a creature before?"—" Indeed, Davy," said one of the farmers, " I never before observed a sowso very drunk in all my life!" Hence the term—Drunk as David's Sow. COAL MARKET, TEB. 2. Ships Sold. Price. 43 29s 03 to 389 63 102 3ls 9d to 391 6d 55s Od io —s od Ships at. Market. . 981 Newcastle 24i Sunderland 1 Stone Coal MAILS ♦SS. sus. 0111) '1 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey sod Jersey 0 0 List.oo • 0 0 Gixtenb.trih • 0 • -2 Jamaica '•1 0 'HIS DAY. France Hamourgb Flintier% Holland Leeward- Islands America ♦\t. DU R. 1 0 2 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 • 0 1 HIGH.WATER at. LON DOW-BR I DOR TO. M ORROW. Morning --. .• • - 46 minutes after i Afternoon - • - 5 minutes after 5 -- - - —1 Lamm : Proud and Publulted by J. F. KEALY, at the STUB Orrin, No.l, Templc. Bar.