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drawiik 10 feet could fornserlrpeni at low wa ter, they could now only pass at halt and 'three quarter 'tides, and it would sometimes happen would be obliged either to wait a whole tide or be towed out by steam. Before the erection of these staiths, small ve.selc, such 'ls heels and wherries, could may approach the shorr Inc they could now only approach to the termination of the staiths. Would it be contended that this was not 'a nuisance ? But they would be told, that these staiths *ere an advantage to the port of Newcastle. Now, to 'whom were they an advantage? To the ship-masters %and owners of the collieries. They would find that the ship-masters paid 61a chaldron for loading coals at the 'staiths; and it was supposed that the coals were delivered, from the staiths more round and whole than they had for-: mirly been *hen'delivered from keels. But if an addi- Ilona, 6d. was thus paid by the ship-masters, doubtless it .wasr felt by the consumer in the price of the coals: and if, .so, how could it be saiJ that the public benefitted by the nuisance ? It might be asked whether, if these ttaiths were rOmoved. their purpose could be answered by other expedients? Undoubtedly, he conceited it could, for what could be more easy than the ob vious course of building a dock for the purpose of loading vessels with coal? It would probably be urged that the erection of a dock would be a work of great expense; perhaps it would be so, bet upon whom could that expense be so properly thrown as Upon those who derived the profit? That these staiths were, 'in fact, a naisance, and rendered the navigation of t he river dif. /kith and dangerous, would be proved by a crowd Of witnesses. The difficulty especially existed when the, win& was in the east, or in any (patter approaching it; and they who knew any chum of Newcsstle knew that theprevalence of easterly winds there was proverbial. Whilst those winds pi evailed, it became necessary fdr 'vessels leaving the river to tack, and he need 'not lay how much that operation was interfered 'with by any cause that reduced the width of the Channel. Upon the *hole, be doubted not that the evidence which he should produce would be sufficient to convince the Jary that these erections were prejudicial to the Erie navigation of the river, and therefore by law a nuisance. ' A great number of witnesses were then called, whose examination occupied the Court during the remainder of the day. They proved the situation and extent of the staiths as stated in the ipeech Of Mr. Brougham.— 'They all concurred in representing the staiths as a great impediment to the navigation of the river, and a variety of instances were proved in which ships had run foul of and damag&l each other, in consequence of the narrow ness of the channel, occasioned by the projection of the smiths. In some cases the vessels had run against the smiths. In cross-examining these witnesses, the Counsel for the defendants endeavoured to elicit, and in some nun mere s*cceeded in showing, that the business of the.port of Newcastle had greatly increased since the period *hell the staitbs were erected, and `that ships of a much larger description now aided up the river than formerly. It •was also shown that the keels formerly used for the purpose bf loading vessels bad greatly dimitiShed in number since the introduction of smiths, aid that the oirenses of this prosecution were Wu* by a subscrip tion mina the keelmen. It was also shown that a Jury of conservancy was in the habit of yearly Pfraa3- I'slating the boundaries of the pr.n. The *Widens spoken of, with oilemeteptitin, were stated to'have been occasiooed by the ships Striking stains: the tibeibsts of vessels fastened to certain buoys i iihist, Within the list tits years, had .been removed. The case for the prosecution closed at half-past five o'clock. Sir J. ScsaLnrr, after- consulting with the Other Counsel for the defence, stated that - he felt sane diffi culty as to the cobrse M bids he ought to lunette. For his own part, be felt inclined to make the case a very sheet one, by not calling witnesses; but, Collide:ins the vast importance of the cause, he should not feel justified in acting hastily upon the impression. As, therefore, it vas now the usual boar of attjeurning the Cont. he should propose that the case stand over until to-morrow. Mr. BROWNIAN, 00 the pin ardie tiosecution,ag reed to adjourn. - . •wwt IL • The Coart opened this monk* at nine o'clock, and Ow ease of " Res v. Russell" was resumed. „ Sit J.Scataurrr addressed the jury for the defendints. Handled the attention of the Jury to the fact,that upon alts brae of this trial depended the most important in. %pests of the town and port of Newcastle, and of the whoie ,county of Nerthauthetliad; for the trade in told was the principal trade of that port—it drew after it all others, and upon it the aiuence of the town and county was dependent. It was important, before they sane to the question in issue, to recollect certaia points of the evidence. It was already in evidence, Ott fifty years ago the business of loading the coal vessels laid been effected by means of keels. The quantity at keels thus employed bad been considerable, and of course had employed a considerable number of men. Indeed, it had been stated that five hundred deb, each 'giving eMployment to three men. bad *sin existed on the river ; but about fifty years- ago maths of a larger magnitude than had before been used. bad been erected for loading the coal sesreh.— Iberians-4 that erection bad been to diminish the itanalser of. keels, and in consequence the number of lineleato; bat, so at rattail Cal been the change, that rfltialbsyttas 1821, no complaint on the pan of ennet Itasitalior say other person. bad been heard against tilsritaitie; bit in the year len steal boats had been imatelated ea the rivet, and their assistance ships of wpm* greater size than had before been used had been bemsgbt up the river immediately to the smiths; and the rank bad bees that the employment of keels and keelenea bad been in a great degree suddenly abandoned. Aninservection of the Waleson had taken place in 1822, wckit had been necessary topit down by a naval and miry force; bet not a word of complaint had then byte made against the smiths en nenount of their as sent* the navigation gibe river—the objection bed bugs. that they diatiaished the use of keels, and no dqpbt that objection was well founded. The pri mp prosecution,. thevefere, was only an animist to bs ag. the port of. Newcastle once more- ender the atipnial of the- bee men. His Learned Friend (Mr. Btfaisgbensf. bad mated, that the question was, whe. thew tittle ssaieks obstroeved , thetfree navigation of ibe :inn? Ile-(Sir James flettrietr)' would meet him •in harlot, and my that that 'was: nor the ohj'ecdon: for no aught , weld exist that every wharf that projetied, bonseeer.slignit, into tbe water, Mee, pro Mine, ob. striMaitwe &vises*. Thetis:tit:ion would be, whether prqjectiotis made for the purposes of loading Tends' wee a-greater injury as o b stinct i ons than they taste' of ,ustnin affording to ships facilities of fondling and unloading : swish , convenience sad dispitch ? His Learned Friend (31u lkougbanl. bed wisely abstained front quoting. the law upon the - subjeer.- But he it James Scarlet). would supply the deficiently. *0 ; 604 ltd 'opposed, nufuld impugn the doctrine of Lott:11141e; antthenatletitioauentionof theautt to pass* in ' a, weft of that Learned Jeidghi- , ib WWI be writ consitbtring 'Whether the natrowiag a port, by building into water *bete ships .had formerly ridden, was'u imeisance. "It is not (said the /Anted Jn4e) evel building below high or low water *mirk that -e , a nuisance, for that Would deletey ellitilays'l all the'ports of England, for they like ell 'bulk" high water mark, otherwise vessels tould ni*appe'ritseh em to trade ;' and it went on to remark, that whether the projection was a nuisance or not, was etteatio fedi. and not t uesliojerris, and that a Jury should -like the whole into their consideration, and decide whether that which was per as undoubtedly an obstruction, was bat e nuisance, but an advantage? But it was net only on the law of Lord Hale that be (Sir J. Scarlett) relied He was fotfified •tiy . Ahe opinion of another Learned. Judge, whom be `might well quote on that circuit,: co( which' he had so long been One of the ()tightest• ornaments—not more beloved for the eXcelienee of his heart, than reverenced for the extent otatid sound - mess of his law —he meant Mr. Jestiee litOutOro,. who had, in an argument before the Court of King's Bench' on this very case, distinctly recognized the doctrine of Lord Hale. (Here Sir J. Scariett read an extract from the judgment of Mr. Justice Holktycl, in " Rex v. Russell.* 6 B. and C.) It would be import ant for the Jury to keep in view, that the Tyne was not only a navigable river, but a port. The distinction was, that a mere navigable river, which led to a port, was in the nature of a highway, and any obstruction in it was a nuisance; but the moment they entered a port, the whole ambit of Which was devoted to the loading of vessels, then an intertuption, which was in concurrence with the Object for which the port was destined, was not a nuisance. What was the use of a `port? It was t) afford facility to the loading of vessels. To use small craft fot that purpose was not the object but the disadvantage of a* port, where there were no means of doing without them. Is was clear too, that staiths of sonic extent must always exist in tbe river; for if the ships were loaded by keels, then there must be staiths to get the coals on board the keels; avid us keels, it had been proved, drew, when loaded, between five and six feet water, the staiths must extend at leMt to far beyond high Water mark. Would not that be an obstruction on the same principle which made the present staiths one? And might not the wherries, which only drew eighteen inches, complain of the obstruction, and insist that all the busi ness of the port ought to be performed by wherries? They were therefore brought back to the question, whether the obstruction occasioned by the staiths was in a greater ratio than the advantages which they occasioned ? it was asto.-ishing, in examining the evidence, to find how few cases of accident in the space, of SO years had been proved. Indeed, only one instantf had been given where the accident resulted from the staiths, the 414 in all the others having been occasioned by the vessels striking against the moorings of Other ships. gut even if all had been the consequence of the staiths, he would maple to Sir, that the accidents had been fewer, and of less magnitude, that had happened in any caber port by ships running against each other whilst lying at anchor. Ifoben, the accident's from the staiths wets fewer than the accidents which came from ships lying at anchor, had he not a right to contend that an advan tage, was Reined by smiths, which, by diminishing the number of ships at anchor, diminished the chance of accident? . But when they heard that 5:0 ships Doi en tered the port where only one entered before, would they not believe, that if the vessels were now supplied by keels, the river would not be navigable at all? They had heard,that a Jury of Conservancy was in the habit of perambulating the boundaries of the port. Now . every member of that Jury had a direct interest ip the navigation of the river; yet tad they head a. single complaint from them that these staiths wrists, pitisance? No inch thing ; and the silence of the Jury a amble arguthent in favour of the staiths. Who wire deeper :on: most interested in the river ? The ship-pwners. And had the ship-owners joined in the.compleint? On' far from it, that they chose to pay a taX lq order to have their coals from the smiths, and Itad themselirei procured an Act of Parliament directljr recotitheing and encouraging the staiths. The preference therefore given by the ship-owners was an irrefragible proof that in their opinion the staiths were not a nuisance % but an advantage. Wins this view of the case, considering thelongacquiescence which torsi° years had beep shown by all parties-s-taking into View the concurrence of the shipowners, who, by encouraging the itaiths, gave their opinion of their necessity—regarding the countenance of the Jury of ConserCancy, who, with these staiths daily before their qes,,bad never made a complaint—apd attending to the vast.increase of trade which they had brought to the port, he felt that he might safely terrain from calling. witnesses, and trust to their verdict for, the conclusion that these staiths were not a nui s anc e , but a public advantage. Mr. Baron Hut.t.ocx briefly summed up theistic : The Jury then retired, and after some. deliberation returned into Court, and requested the Learned Judge to read to them the evidence of Mr. Gilt* the en gineer. His Lordship did so, and the Jury again re tired. After an hour 's further deliberation, the Jury again returned into Court, and delivered the following verdiett—.4 We find that pate of the navigable chen nel of the river Tyne opposite Wall'pencl has been oar.' rowed, straitened, and obstructed, bat that the trade of Newcastle has notwithstanding increaied." A long and animated discussion ensued in Court be tween the Counsel on.both sides, as to the operation of this verdict, Mr. J. WILLIAMS protesting against its being entered as a special verdict. It was at' length' agreed xhat it should be left to the Court of king's Bench to determine how judgment should be entered up upon the verdict. CROWN SIDE. Jareee,Fer der was indicted for , a iai to yln the shop Of John Waugh, a Quaker, this city. he prisoner had bayiuspected; a constable, on Sunday, the 23d of March; was put into the shop, in ixpictation th a t an attempt would be made *bile Mr. Waugh was gone to ssising. The sonstirde had been there *dor an hoar wiSra some tate came, aunt by Meant of a broken square of glass unfastened and lifted uP the sash, and proceeded tO the till, where there was a quantity of copper, which had been previously glutted. While in the act of filling his pockets the constable seined him, when it turned out to be lbe prisoner. • The case wet clearlY estailished, and the Jury fotitia bleu Geiki.--.beith recorded. Mentor flair; for stealing a hand saw value4t. out of u • woritehoP at Whi Aare% belonging *to t he E ar l of I f onsdale, and who had been, previously ctinvicted,qf *vent, and elhillitietid AO six mouths' itteptisohment t *at found` aid tinder Mi. Prerr late Ait t lebill a; second conviction ekes place for a similar acne', esiftedeed.to be ken:petted for 14 Years. Thome* Mel; for stein nia silk hipdkercbi e f, valve'' one Shilling", out of the ehoi of Isaac Walton, Sias found guilty,.and sentenced to tern* monthi' tient; and herd IftbOtir, ,leferfret Lurie pleaded gafitY to othStigeof "atilt iece of colts)! cord, and** sentenced - to be milli oh* niMh y , Zifiebak Manic; s little est if I appearsnce, was sentencedin„two deys' imprisonment for obtaining- by false' pretences five yards of satin riband, !All Ss., . • , The Grand Jury MVOs *lto Oen. and *ere die. St fared; 1114 . ,,t bits -,tethsm‘ed,,,,4o,gle credit wt •this county, the b05in., 1 1, 4 1 *Ptifia — ; • ••.; MANSION-41013R., •t• : -• • drotwonalsrusunintowecLLyilia ffistisn for an mauls if faille a •aingular kind:. The complainant bad, it appeased, worked fon•Nrs. Smith, and there had been left unpaid khalance of 3f. ins. in the last bill, which the fat mer considered ought to have beets paid, is • Mrs. Smith had ", called at another shop" toicaletnnime the labour forwhie.h she had not paid: arid dm Court of Bequests was resorted to. Abe Commissioners of !thick ordered,that the balance should be ,liquidated at the rate of eight shillings a week. The decision gave Etat offence to the defendant, and when they retired. Mrs, Smith 'suddenly screamed outi—•" Oh the nasty spider I" and running over' .tither credisor, fetched• her , such chow on 'beside of the• head as turned her Round. If the blow. bad been get*, the complainant' would !nye, felt grateful, fur she would have supposed.that a spider, had been building about her ears, but fifty tlauusand spiders would' fall bbfore such a whack as she received—(Langhtt•r). - I , Aldermen .Factaterien was of opinion, that there• was awls a! thing as killing with kindness; and .ht ,supposed that the &mot the ' defendant was a proof of it. • She was probably apprehensive that' the complainant would have too keenly felt the attack of the spider, if she did not make her insensible to them, by knocking her senseless--(Laughter.) .• . ' The husband of.the defendant echoed . that no blow. bad been struck at all, said that his wife was incapable of any rough treat ment to any body. A Gentleman, who knew neither patty. •but who witnessed the aasatalt. declared •the Now Was a regales , *menet% and muss have come from aimed that had had a good deal of practice. The husband—'•,l'd weal. that it wettest) blow." • His Worship thee called upon the. assailant to And bail. 7 -She appeared'quite surprised and offended at thbi direction, and subjected very much to the public manner V which the matter had been ailkateds t •. • I • • . , • • Alderman Fotestimums-slf o can into tilt MAW with the compleinant,Tahall dismiss the rapidest mono other sesesen. The coMplainant said' vise bad an sliadictiote feeling towards the Lady, and that she wâiald fOrego a ilwaseution, if some Charity was bemoaned to the auseant of a •soveroigna.by the lemilent.• .Thitarrangensent was. ultimately agreed to, and the sovereign deposited in the Mice Charily-bol t . . .• • ' An elderly 'tome named Ass' Skiss, Was folly tonimitted foe stripping a•doild, fee; years old, of he 'clothes; in. Shatne'ealley,. West Smiddieid. The poor Want bad been playing at its patents doer la Wideltinsstreet,Spalleids, mad was enticed rimy brunt pdme soner, under a prendse of being taken to Bartholomew Fair. The father pledged himself to prosecute. , • BOW-STREET. . . • Saturday .211oneaelktekdand, a tall military Rookies person, having haunter lip adorned with -a pair of -huge toted mustachios. and hew Charchili, a cbrWan: of a • more subdoetasepect,- were brought in custody from St. Martin's watchbouse, charged in•the night cm stable's book with having assaulted Mrs. Phillips and . her three sleets. The defendants were farther charged with assaulting a Mr. Wileacks, who it appeared interfered tupwate. t the Ladles.-- The defendants seemed. anxious to preventitt , pabliedisclosure of the facts of the assault, which we ascertained tube at follows As Mrs. Phillips, a respectable married Lady, was returning bane between eight and WM. - o'clock on Friday evening, accornpa eied by three young. Laditts,latr down, they were met at the corner of Cranhousae.street .and Castes -street, Lekeater.square, by the defendants, who were. lounging along . the street, each with a cigar ih his mouth,doe smoke:of which they amused themselves by puff ing into the faces of the female, who passed theta. *Mrs. Phillips and.ber sitters being unprotected, ivere,-of coins, Considered fair game, and the defendants accordingly deduheads under the b onnets of the Ladies, esomanimmtpulllng Mir unsavoury clouds Into their -fates. . Mrs. Phillips bad the spirit to Mark • her muse if such impertinence by dealing the Gentimban With the mus tachio's mart slap upon the cheek, whicksoltrovoied his military &moth* he csaaeneed a lierceasteekspeathe Lady, whose shawl he it•alir tare from her shoulders, and, misted by the other de fendants, he proceeded in the most rude and ungentimtanly,nsanner to assault- the complain:ma, Who were Wetted as cannon Prosti tutes. At this juneture Mr. Wilcocks happened to be passing by, and perceiving the ruffianly Medina of the defendants, he expostu lated with them, and en the instant was knocked down by a blow from ene etthens. • Grooraie.ceestable of. St. idietkes, thin sp. 'peered, and miser a.amart confikt the Meadows wenriampelled ta yield, and were soon lodged in the neighbouring watddimoil of St. Martin's • • After a delay of about an hour the complainants 'suited, and a Degradation was entered into in order to bring"the minty to an "sineable *dimmest: • . Mrs.. Phillips was with didailitj prevailed upon to forego proceedings, upon condidea that sheihould receive the value of her shawl, 'which. as we have stated, was ruddy tern from her shoulders. The other Ladies consented to receive a very auVe h1 ,042 1Y. . parties then .appiaied before the Magistrate, in order to have his sanction to the discharge ef,thesdefonsionte• • • • • ' Mr. Philllps, the:husband-of the principal complainant. wated, -that his wife And her sisters who had. been assaulted, weir desirous dropping the- matter,- as the defendants bad made an ample aisotomand appeared sorry foe theirsconduct. Aisms--11 you selves col:brume& bathe case; attain be my duty of course to discharge the defendants.; at the same time I think from what I have heard of the circumstances, that they ought to b meetely desiewkh... , The &fondants made no repiy,end having each paid the meal fee of le..ohey.were ahem-tors:treat, but were called back to answer to the seceSd assault upon Mi. Wilcock... . • . s Mr. Metals said, believer, that he a* was satided,with the topology Which had been Made. to Min defendants, and fie therefore. wished to drop the charge, Ahoy* he had beets in treated by Ar ab I ; - yip t .7 . Mr. Her to then told the ptismers they adeht detiartlon paying 41. Mere, which wes done,and the defendants kft the once. ABLHOSOVGI,STREBT. •• .• . A youth, naiesid- Harris, Was re-examined for ribbing his master Mr. Roffe,of , Dean-street, &dune& a silver watch and some plate. Mr s . Rolfe deposed, thst the prisoner came tabim ai-a footman en the Sad of June. and remained. in his service/0p tothelth•of Ang. dining which time he conducted himself in a praiseworthy. manner. Flowever, on the morning of the above day, he absconded, and he discovered a silver watch was stolen, and en making fordersearch, he found the prisoner had taken four silver moons, anAsegar-ionp. He saw nothing more of him until Tuesday night,. whoa he heard he was in the watchhouse. ,The rimier was fully committed. MA R If-L A-BON NIL An inquisition having been held in the Middlesex Hoipital. on the body of Mrs. Aline Parker, whose case we gave on Satardar, and a verdict of lissalaughter found against. Preach Darting, he was thereupon fully committed to Newgate, by Mr. Howes, on Saturday, for trial. . WORSH I it STREET. Ames Orem, a jolt:mann silk vreaver, was cenunitted to the Hem of Zarin:tic* for six months, • fee ei;slisisling tit mums of silk, the property aids employers. Mesers..Wiboo sod Cu. •.; E Jeweils was remanded till Tuesday, ,charged wkla.etesibie a dial from the parlour of the Flying horse public-house, in *Mesa meet, Fishery. QUEEN-SQVARIC. - ••• • ••••••-• Philip Gemini applied to Mr. Wuies to assist Mil Soleeover fortune, which had been left by. a deceased brother,betwoen him sad another brother. He produced bis brother's will, and a va 'elety of documents, and stated that his brother Joseph lived at No. 11, Strutton-grounds. and bad received the money at Greenwich Hospital, and refused to pay him bleaker% although he bad tra velled all the way from Waterford to get his rights. The sum re ceived at the Hospital was el. Ss. nil Mr.Wntint(surptised)—Did you come from Ireland on no other &mod& then to claim your half of this it Is. itid.? Applicant—Sure enough, your Honour, I came foe nothing else; shouldn't I have my rights? • Mr. Wears—Why, how long have you been in London after this money ? Applicant—liter since lan St. Patrick's- day, your Honour; and I's' been•after the fortune over Auer bat my-brother, that I've always treated as a father, wants to do me nutoisner sights. •••• , Mr. must have cost you some money to come after such a trifle! Applicant—Such a trifled but isn't it my rights ? It has cost me above We. coming over, barring what rye spent In London. Mr. Wine told the applicant he eorldnot assist him, but if he was deterndued to have his share hoponst gnu) an attorney; he would, however, recommend him to start for Irelsud directly. Never, till I've had my rights" said Philip; there would be a pretty , la ugh whet I got back. 11l go to a lawyer, and have my 'brother before shellord Chancellor. The applicant folded ',Jo paper( sod left the office. LA r 4 BETH4TREET. • • . 1 , 4 , A guatidbn of the night was charged with stuffs% two do* (one of which be was detected in the act of killing), the property tit Mi. Singular, of dower's•eralk, which Is withio4fts beat ; but SW Singular out being willing to roesimeee, h leii•bto option , of porta.* Apo of ten shillings, or lo.becoese an iffiebicaat of tip Hoye of Correction for one moult. • r ; 'No TAU known cliaractere, named livisr hid Masan& Wall remanded, on 1109100 n of having atoka a valuable •ilver Cigar C 110: which was found in their possession. and of which they could ho t give a satliactory account. • TOWN-HALL. - A lively Unmet* between mem, and/thirty. attended so the noinpleinant.. on a stintatosse, neat a •destosee-looking, s om e. agiul persons named Simon Matthiat. The Lady opened the i eue with Your Wor s hip, th a t m a n (p o i nt i ng to t h e d efendan t) simple la he [Oohs, has be e n living with a busiey f or these n ' yeses; and by *ham he has Ave !Wren." n e 7 , And pray, Ma'am (said the Magietrate) what affair is that your's?— Oh, Sr ! (responded the lady. with an expression of et countenance something between a blush and a slosperVl to wife.— Wife ! (said the Magistrate). why, y ou are named t o the summons al Mary Wall ! , —Lady. es, Sir, lam so called, t o lam under the protection of a Gentleman of that name, wi t h whom I live in a state of perfect happiness, and who has acted t h e part of a father to nay three children ever since my bieband de. Betted us.—Magistrate. You seem to haVe paid itIM pretty mu d in his own coin. You, too, 'have probably some addition t o family since ?-sotrhe Lady. 4:lay three. qtr . ! -- Magistrate. three ; a very modest candidate for justice! And whit comsa t have you to mike against your husband ?.-The Lady, lh et came to Mr. Wall's house an Thursday, abased As, lad Insist e d . 0 4 seeing me.—Magistrate. Well; a hatband has aright tti foll o 4, his wife.v-Lady. I didn't !sow that ; but he has no right to h ea t .use, which be did by sinking me through the window.-- Magittitte. Certainly net.—How came you to do so (to the husband)?—tts,:, band. I did no suoh thing. The fact is, she absconded from tu e , and took my children with her ; and one of them, a girl, t we l ve years of age, I wish to get from her, considering her an improp e r person to have the care of her.—Magistrate. And you are equall y sot you are both living in adultery.—The Lady. But I hope y ou Worship will lock him up for my security sake.—Magistrate. Lock him up! if I do I shall lock you up with him ; for a more scandalous pair I scarcely ever met with. •I shall, however, hold the summons over, to prevent a further breach of the prace.--Th e Lady would fain have had the last word, but was prevented by th e officers being ordered to tank the* both out. About six o'clock on Saturday evenings Mr.Alget., a coal merchant, in Goswell•street, itecompanied by a Mr. Wilcox, were returning home in Wgig from Whtt stone, the wheel came in contact with one of the Bar net stages. By the violence of the shock both Gentle. men were thrown out. Mr. AlgerPa horse falling on him, he was killed on the spot. • Mr. Wilcox escaped uninjured.. Tne Duke of Reyna% in the third volume of his Mentoirs,gives the following account of the disagree ment between Madame de STAEL and NAPOLEON is MatISSID4IE STAN. had not been banished ; but she was ordered to a distance from the capital, in conse quence of an intrigue in which some rivals had involved her. A woman of so much celebrity is often exposed to the consequences of letters roping in noon Such was her situation when I entered the Ministry. She had, no doubt, been told that the Emperor had, of his own accord, ordered ber banishment ; but this airs by no means the case. I know in what manner the cir 4 cumstanee originated, and can safely assert, that, whet he forced her from her attachment to the world, sad ordered her•tO retire into the country, he only yielded mate repeated - entreaties and the unfavourable reports made to him; for it must be acknowledged that he paid far too much deference to her notions of self-consequence and to her work upon Germane. Attempts were at , first made to render her more circumspect, ba t a ll i n ' vain. She could neither be silenced nor prevented from meddling in, and finding fault with, every thing. She assumed the right to advise, foresee, and controal, 4m matters in which the EMPEROR felt himself fully qua lified to act upon his own judgment. He grew tired of receiving letters direct from Madame de Smu g and of finding the same subjects discussed in those which she wrote to her friends, who regularly sent them for the Euritson'-s perusal; and to get rid of the annoy ance, he-sent her to distribute her advice at a distance from bins:" • • - . • A horrible event has stained with blood the ArtiHer, School at. Vincennes. At the moment in which the (sir of siege batteries bad ended, and at the fourth shot of the first volley of field pieces, a frightful noise was heardat a few pacesbehind the pieces, and immediately a shower of projectiles and flaming splinters falling upon the spec taton whonsshis exercise attracted to th • spot, struck ter ror into the midst of this peaceable crowd. This disorder was caused by the explosion of a a aggon which was loaded with all the ammunition that was intended to be censored that day in thensbool. • In the midst of the fragments and of the smoke, a soldier, whose dory tt was to conduct the waggon. was the first object that met the eye,. nnd he was seen struggling between hit two horses, which had been overthrown with him. This unfortunate man was taken up horribly wounded; is could not be ascertained at the time whether his life wat in-danger. The two artillery men, whose business is was to distribute the cartridges, had disappeared, and it ,was.not.austil .a few moments had elapsed th +t they ,were perceived at more than fifty paces from the , place of theexplosioo, two smoking masses. These were all thatAemained of them. .There was one, of which the upper:part of the body, from the loins, had totally dis• Appeased; and it was at still greater distance, in the middle of , the copse, at. the right of the battery, that the remainder of the body was found torn into p thousand ,pieces;Jois bead was picked up mucs bruised andihalt burnt. Among the assistants several Pere wounded, more or less seriously, by splinters of wood and iron ; a .peasant received in the throat and in the right cheek two splinters, which 441 cted upon him deep and dangerous wounds. As to the cause of this disaster, it is to be supposed that at the moment In which they opened the waggon a piece of lighted wadding from one of the guns which had just beet discharged was.carried to it by the wind, which blew in that direction.—Fremck Paper. HESDOM A DA AY. Tom Dav—Venus acts dy stationary; rises 39 minutes past two In the morning .— ' the memorable day on which the union Romans committed the Rape of the Sabines. r Tanwonsow—Sun rises 50 Miftint• flit 4.-4Angth of day 14 Louts 40 minutes, being of the same duration as the 25d of April Jupiter sets is minutes past 9in the evening. . Wanuanav—Set your watch 6 minutes 20 seconds slower than thee sa jl u n sta i t Te —Mercury in perihello--GeergiuM Sidus south at 10 at night, in the St9th degree of Capricors.—.Duke of Clarence inks 1765, Flamm—The Sun enters Virgo, the last of the Summer Signs, ot Si minsteeput 5 in the morning.—The granting of plenary to dulgences ha the Romish Church, again suspended fur a few weeks from tide day. Suruanav—The Moon shines till half-past two in the morning. Sun sets 5 minutes put 7. BIRTHS. The 19th Instant, In Brompton-spiare, the Lady of Conune tofe Patrick Campbell, C.B. R.N. of a son and heir. • The nth instant, at Mayfield, the Lady of Captain Gorg e 11' Donald, 99d Regiment, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Milton, near Cbrhtchurch, Hants, the Rev. Wm. Jones, RI. of Rentnumel College, Cunbridge, to Catharine, second laugher of the late Edward D a mpi er , E sq . o f Ch e w t on Cot t age. At Clifton, the Bev. Thomas Strettoa Codrington, M.A. Vicar of Wroughtou, Wilts, to Miss Elizabeth Jemima White , o f ll ene Vue, Clifton, yeungest daught e r of the late DIED. • At. Ransopte,, the Rev. • George Booth, at an advancel abet Vicar-of Maley and West-Markham, Nottilighatn.bire. Rev. John thougiona, Vicar of Feocke, CUMWall e aged 84. Hll*H. W A TElt at LONDON-li it lOG IC TO MOlt ROO'. ithinthic 7 amines after 43 minutes after gtrTefntel:.;u *a •• • •••• 4 4 , 1 aHrMATNI, the Propriee U en hut ()saws, No.l, Piclitttpisee i p Topple Be. I