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MRigir,..7.kr - ••••..p • "Tr 7 • •111 , . . ' V' - . a tettage from him-at aMI of 120 guineas a year, stating that he was a person of wealth and respectability, the owner ref property in theoWest Indies. She gave a reference to if Mr. Clarke, Bettgal-place, andto a Mr :Mather, in the City. He-went to the latter, and tow a person mho was lepresented to him as Mr. Mather.— When the rent •due to this witness was for some time, unpaid, Godfrey came to make excuses about it and to obtain indulgence; but he Oeclined to make hini.ell l responsible for the rent, and also. declined to give his 'address. Witness obtained one cpartcr's rent, as well as a sum of 201. which Godfrey brought him some time in the year 1821, They left the cottage without notice, and Turner alias Graven was found in cltargenf it. He was Irotight before a Magistrate; hut could not legally be d , :ained, there bring no charge made out against him. Samuel Lahee being examined, stated that Mri. Saunders came to take a furnished house of him in Ileaum , •nt-street, at a rent of 1801. a-year ; that she spoke of having 5001. a-year in the West Indies, and that friends wire to come and live with her, which would enable her to pay and maintain so handsome an establishment as she meant to support. She gave a reference to Mr. Pink, Westbourtie-pace, who stated that everything she said was perfectly true. She took the house, and remained in it about two months, but previous to her coming there, Godfrey called Gn her behalf six or eight times, to make arrangements. It was when she was arrested she left Beaumont-street ; she was thence removed .to the King's Bench. No rent was ever obtained from Mrs. Saunders. William Mill, a butcher, stated, that at Spring Cot tage the fem .le defendant went by the name of Cook. S . e got provisions from him, and on his not being paid, and threatenng to arrest her, Godfrey interfered, re monstrated, and told witness that he was very trouble swrie ; never got any part of the money due to him. Mr. Erat, the harp-manufacturer, was then ex amined.—ln the month of January in the last year, the defendant S +tinders came to him, and expressed her wish to have a harp on credit, giving a reference to Mr. Park, and also to Mr. Parkinson, a :looking glass manufacturer in Greek-street, Soho. He went to Park, by whom the statements of Mrs. Saunders were corro boritecl, in consequence of which she obtained from. witness a harp, value 1101..55. She gave her acceptance for the amount, o Well was never paid. George Benton, a- pawnbroker, examined—Godfrey came to him and pledge d with him, in the flank of . Thompson, a piano forte, for 251. Afterwards he sold to witness a harp for 501. Erat was then re-examined—lle said that the harp sold to the !ay witness, w is :he same which bad been purchased of him. John Chalice, the text witness, stated, that in conse quence of a rt lei ence to Mr. Park, he had been sent to that person, and he gave the same account of Mrs.' Sainn'ers that he had done on all previous applications. Thomas Butc!rer remembered Godfrey and Mrs. Saunders coming to him in the month of November, 1823, the former, appearing to be in search of ant;. ther piano-fume-maker, a. ked permission to bring Mrs. Satin& rs to look t itriess's stock of instruments. She bled upon one, which she hued, and wished to keep, but he declined to sell it to her. Godfrey called about seven or eight times, and he Wai at length pre vailed on to sell it, on condition of getting a reference, with 101. cash, and a bill for 361. which, however, was never since paid. Both Pill k and Godfrey represented Mrs. Saunders as a woman of property. To ‘Vill'am Bevan, paper-hanger, Piccadilly, who was examined, the female defendant made the same representation she had done to the other persons im posed upon, which were borne out in the same manner by Park and Godfrey. his bill. for decorating the house in Westbourne-place, which she took, was .1301. for which he had her arrested. • From Mr. John Carpenter it appeared, that he was a lively : stable keeper, horn whom Godfrey got the use of a &Inlet and horse for Mrs. Saunders, of whom he.had made the same representation that he had done to .all the preceJiug witnesses. About 1.51. still remained due to him. Turner, the other defendant, appeared as worn with Mrs. Sannders, at the time she had the use of the dem.ett from him. The police officer wbo took Turner into custody heard him say, he wished he had never seen either Godfrey or Cook (Saunders). Another piano-forte maker, Mr. James Nutting, stated, that in the month of August, 1624, the parties got from him a piano, which,as in the former cases, was never paid for. Godfrey was active upon the occasion, and the usual references were given to Park. A witne►s named Boyne stated, that Godfrey had °tiered one of the iiiano.fottes for sale. James Watts*:ll stated. that a harp had been purchased from hint by the defendant Saunders, at four months' credit, for £4O, she stating, that she did not expect to have money to pay for it before th. t time ; he, however, never was paid for it. From the evidence of John Flower it appeared, that Godfrey had pledged this harp for £2O. Jane Nathan stated,. that she bought the same harp from God frey for afs over the suns it was pledged for. John Smith bring examined said, that he had given credit to the parties for lint n-drapery to the amount of X6O or £7O, influenced by the same representations that had deceived others. Thomas Clarke was deprived of a harp in the same manner; as' was James Delroux. 31r. CHITTY, in addressing the Jury on behalf of his' cfent, pressed upon their attention the strong ground which the:e existed for presuming that Palk had acted tinder the same delus!on which had imposed upon the others; he did sincerely believe that Mrs. Saunders w as what she represented herself to be. It would be shewn, th .t in her rcottey transactions with 31r. Park, she had acted most correctly; and it would 1 kewi,e be %hewn that she had property in the West Indies. Park, he contended, ci uld have no object in lending himstll -- to tl e alleged frauds of Mrs. Saunders, as the prosecutors were unable to shcw that he had participated in their produce. The Learned Counsel then stated the nature or the evidence which wc.uld be produced, Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the Court and the Jury at cowidet able length on behalf of those for whom he was concerned. He complained of the number of counts in the indictment, and of evidence having been produced to prove that of whii% his clien.s had been Jell in ignorance. He dsselt too upon the difficulty of ectelding one who, like Mrs. Saunders, was from ill ness incapable of giving sufficient instructions. The y were bound to consider the exact question which they had to decide, it was not whether any persons had been eefranded, but whether the parties accused had conspired for that purpose? After some further obser vatinr.s on the case, witnesses were . 'Air.t.hsfacliS previously addressed the Jury on behalf of Godfrey. George Kenning, builder, tieing examined, stated that he las known Mr. Pai.k 13 cr 14 years. Went with 1 lin to Greek.stre et, Soho, for the purpose of quiring the retertnce of Mrs. Saunders. Mt, Parkin son, .n that s;rert., infornted,hint that th e e Lady respect in;: whom he wept, to irquire was of gteat respecta bility, and possessed of property in the West Ind'es. king-glass and picture-frame shop they ants. LONDON. THURSDAY,..JULY 7, 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened at 911 1 for the Account, and for next time 911 3, with very littl6 business doing. In the Foreign Market, the chief business doing is in a new Scheme which came out this morning, called the Castello Mines. It obtained 6 prem. and -is.now dune at'el to 41 prem. Current Prices: New Spanish 164 17, Old Spanish 224, nip.. sian 961, Mexican 751 76, Chllian 811 82, Colombian New 881, Austrian 99, Brazilian Scrip 1 to 3 disc. Mexican Scrip 111 to 4 disc. Danish Scrip 51 to 5 disc. Greek Scrip 13 to 12), disc. PN ICH OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. 3. per Cent. Red. 90 5 4 Y 4 • 3 per Cent. Cons. ex Lily. 90 89% 3i per Cent. 98 1 4 4 33- per Cent. Red. 98 1 4 98% 4 per Cent. New ex dm. 10t / 3 s/8 Long Ann. 22 1 / 8 £l,OOO Exchecp Hills : 44 - 46' £5OO ditto 44 46. • • £lOO and £2OO ditto 44 46 Cons. for Acct. 91 1 / 2 14 FOREIGN EXCHANGF.K • • Ilamatinctiv, JULY I.—On London, 36. 1. 2 Us. 35. 91. ST. PETERSIBUItOII, Jugs 17.—0 n London, 10 11-32. Latrine, dux& 27.—0 n London, 3 M. 6. 121, Ii aux, Jury 23.—0 n London, 3 M. 6. 211. VIANNA, JUNS 22.—0 n London, 3 M. 9. 38. In another part of our Paper we have given an Ab stract of the Net Produce of the Revenue, in the Years and Quarters ending lith July, 1824 and 1821 It shews the steady and progressive improvement in the Finances of the country, and will, we doubt not, continue to im prove gill more rapidly as new channels open to our commerce, and as old States see the wisdom of a liberal policy, and follow our example in freeing trade from the shackles by which it has been so long fettered. Several letters have been teceired from' Mexico, but none eof a later date than those we noticed yesterday.—The Treaty between Great Britain and Mexico was ratified by the Congress on the 26th of April, after a division of forty-four Representatives in favour' of the measure, and twelve in opposition to it. Wia, the Senate ant'. Exectitiee no slifficulty occurred, and all differ ences were finally arranged on the 29th., bir..nottra intended to depart for England with the Trusty on the lQtli or 11th o f M ay . —The foreign commerce of the Republic has it.cteased so consider ably, that in the month of Alarch the receipts of the Custom -houses ~lure were equal to the public expenditure. We regret to End that the &tips levied op British manufact i ver are so..beavy, Oat nine ' troths of the goods consumed are smuggled Into the 'lexica% Re public. The Mexican rulers are as yet but young Statesmen; but we hope they will soon be codvincecl that the eatielsal revenue wopld be much Increased by the reduction of the impott:dlies. From Guatimala itifpetnation has,breen received, dated on the nd of ,Ipril. The &aril AnPerican Republic" at that period en= jnyed all the advantages of profound tranquillity. The Govern ment was emplx i d in forming a code of laws . Smu gg lin g was. the chief vice against which the energies of the State were divided. Low duties, however, alone can extinguish this evil. Milan Undies to the 24413 ult. reached us this ftire. noon. They have not yet exhausted the subject of the Imperial visit to that city, and contain no other news. This forenoon we te.eived llamburgh Papers to ihe 2d instant. Accounts from Stockholm state, that the. St% edish Government has sold some chips of war 4.0 . a merchant, at a higher Mi ce than it can build new ones for; and that the fleet Will be coMpleted in 1828. 'The KING and Crown Prince 6f SWEDEV, go.every day to the camp on Ladugarthgarde, to be present at the exercise of trorps. _ _ A vplications. have been made to the Swedish Govern. ment, bat hitherto without success, for permission to import from England green vitriol, on payment of - a moderate duty. We presume the object of the Russian Government is purely scientific, in procuting from SWeden the Sur veys, &c. of the Baltic, as related in the following ar ticle from St. Petetsburkh, dated 18th June: " In consequence of an application , made by ou'r . Minister for Foreign Alfaits to the Swedish Govern ment, an immense mass of original Surveys, Maps, and other documents, has lately been received at Riga, from Stockholm. They relate to the Baltic provinces Livo nia, listhattia, and Courland, and are indispensably necessaty for the intended survey and measurement of all the domains of the Crown. According to the lists sent with them, there are 18 charts, 5850 maps and documents, and 692 folio volumes. It is recorded in our Annals that, after the peace of Nystadt, in the summer ) of 1725, Special Commissioners were sent to Stock holm to obtain these documents, but Teturned unsuc cessful, after staying•two -years in that city." The Alken:eine Zeitung of the SOth ult. received this morning, contains the following account from Trieste: if the victory of MIAIILIS was so decisive as is here represented, the capture of Navarino may prove a very barren triumph to IBRAHIM PACUA : i. It wal at a looki made ;lost inqui Cross-examined by Mr. Guattay—ls sure the occurrence above rovelated.took play. in the latter pint of the month of September. 1e23. Could norsuy whether or not Mr. Park had ever bein essi&nedsio she King's Bench. lie had beep for years out of the sight Of the witness. Hayes carries on business at Walworsh, as a linen•dralter. - Had en arfMr.'f'iales house fre qaeritly, and saw Mrs. Saunders thee; it was at - 4.1, Clarges-street. . Said to Mrs. Park that he knew the 'Lady, and that she possessed Cons:der-4111e proper tie at that time had a highly favourable opinion of her. Psis( il a Baker lived as hous!keeper with Me. and 'sirs. Park; the • latter wtias in bad health. She died about eighteen months agO. Had been.frequently at the house in Clarges.street. It was in the month of October, 1823, that Mrs. Saunders took the lodgings. Si :e paid some money for wine that he had of Mr. Park. Three pounds a week she undertook to pay for the lodgings. Witness had been living three years with the defendant. Mrs. Saunders 'slept in' the country while she had those lodgings in Clarges-street. Cr oss-examined.—Mrs. Saunders kept those lodg;ngs about two months, but never slept there. It was a Mr. Godsil who introduced that Lady to the defendant. It was in October that she came to 'lddge in Clarges• street. Mr. Park was not in confinement in the month of October in that year. He was in cotifiOement four months in Coldbath-fields. She did not know that Mrs. Saunders was introduced to Mr. Pat lc, fur the purpose' of being engaged in the purchase of •goo.ls, the pro... duce of which was to be divided amongst them:— [Counsel read from a paper a statement to' the effect which the witness den'ed above]. .11id not say that Park should h a ve A s h are i n t he booty, he taking care to appear as little as possible himselt in any of the fraudulent transactions; said that Mri. Saunders and Gmhey made application for a ready. furnished house in King's-road, but the owner suspectinir the lia.ties, refused to let them have possession. .'Godfrey and Mrs. Saunders went out frequently in the gig together. II id heard Mr. Park say that Mrs:launders bf , re a am bad character. She had taken a !rouse from. Mr. Park, which she had repaired , and detorated, end this I Mr. Parkspoke of as some security for The payment Of his rent. Mrs. Saunders had apitlred to the - witness to say she knew her . whilst residing at the Claremont Hotel. Went to a masquerade -in the year 182% with Mr. Park and Mrs. Saunde s. Knew Mr. Godfrey; could not tell what to make of hire. Has' been for a fortnight together sleeping at Spring Cottage. - Mr. Park slept them sometimes. -None of the goods bought by - Mrs. Saunders ever came to . Mr. Park's chambers. Mr. Smallwood did %.not . turrt her away on account of any association with any persort,.•or On account of any goods which it was said she was Obtaining. Re-examined by Mr. CUITTY— Ilas not been at variance with b.. Park. Is related to one of the parties in the prosecution. William Beckett, knew of Mr. Park having, in the year 1823, purchased property at Westbourne-plice, fur a price of £2200, subject to mortgages for .CBOO. Cross -examined—Mr. l'at k, just previous to that transaction, had made a compromise with his creditors for a sum of five shillings in the pound. Ile believes it was iei the year 1828 that he made that compromise. Drfend.mt was in prison for four months in the , year 1823._ _ James Daily had been acting clerk of Mr. Phipps, and knows that :%Ir. Turner is executor to the will of Mr. Saunders ; has tea bon to believe that 31rs. Saunders is possessed of property in the West Indies. WilliAm Ascott has been employed- in buildings at Kensington and elsewhere for Mr. Park. lie has been engaged in more than eighteen.hou,ses. - Whetheral examined Mrs.Beker, and took down a statement of what the professtd to know respecting the transactions forming the subject of the trial. This parer being put into the hands of the w itness, he con tradicted a considerable portion of what she had de posed to, especially in what related to Palk sharing in the produce of Mrs. Saunders' plans for getting money. Smallwood sworn—Mrs. Baker lived with him for twelve months ; he gave her warning, and gave as reasons, that goods had been brought to his place with out his knowledge, as also on account of her association with Mrs. Saunders and others. After Mr. Ceurrir had made sonic observations on the facts, Mr. GURNIT briefly replied, and also took a review of the evidence. The Loan Cuter JUSTICE then recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury, after a few minutes consulted* brought in a verdict of ac quittal for Gravat, and of guilty against Godfrey,S.iunders,and Park. THE EVENING STAR TRIESTE, JUNE 22. A ship has arrived here from Cala:num, in the Mo• rea, after a voyage of eighteen days, and according to the accounts brought by it, all uncertainty respect ing the capitulation of Navarino is dispelled. After the taking of Old Navarino, the garrison proposed to capitulate, and Ibrahim Pacha granted it per mission to leave the fortress unmolested. But l after the attacks of the 12th and 13th May, in which Ibrahim Paella suffered such severe losses, this event has lost its importance, and will' hardly relieve die Egyptian Commander from his great embarrass ments, especially as his magazines of powder and pro visions were destroyed in Modon. The number of the ships burnt or otherwise destroyed, on the 12th May,' is stated in Greek letters, at 50. We are not yet ac quainted with the particulars of the surrender of Navarino, which, indeed, seems almost incomprehen sible, after the heroic exploit of Miaulis. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian Bds S p Ct. Alex. Scrip 1825, 21 1 dis. Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 21 3 dis. Brazilian Bonds Neapolitan Bonds, 1824, Ditto Scrip, 5 pCt.1825, j Perm Bonds, 6 per Ct. 743 Ditto Acct. . j Ditto Acct. Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Scrip, 1825, 6 p C. Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. Chili= Bonds, 6 p Ct. 81) 1 Portuguese Bonds Colombian lids, GpC. 86 851 861 Ditto Acct. Prussian Bonds 5 p C. Ditto Bonds, 1824, 881 Ditto Acc. Do. Bonds, 1822, 5p Ct. Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. Russ.Bunds,l ass, S p Ct. 961 1 Do.Scrip,3 per Ct. 1825,ndis. Ditto for Ace. Ditto Acct. Spanish sp. Ct. Cons. 221 1 Greek Bonds 42 Ditto Acet. 221 Do. Scrip 18-25, 13 121 1 dis. Span.s p. Ct.C. 1825, 16) Ditto Acct. 13 121 4 dis. Ditto Acct. Nies. Bonds, 5 p Ct. 751 Frenchßentes, spCt. 103 1 Ditto Bonds, 6 p Ct. 1825 Exchange, 25f. 10c. ;maim AND FaREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. MINKS. SHAM PAID. PRICE PF:11 SHAWL Anglo Mexican - geloo £2.5 isa. 415 pm. LIII Anglo Chilian - 100 - 5 . -8 * Cobalt and Copper 50 - 2 21 Chilian - XlOO LS - 15 Chilian and Peruvian 5 8* 8 Consolidated Cupp. &Tin .20 2 431 41 nuanaxuato 200 5 6 Potosi. La Paz, & Peruv. 50 5 Royal Irish 1 946 RoyalStatinary&Brit.lllin.Ass. 5 South Wales 100 - 2 - Tywarnhale 25 3 United Mexican 10 - 20 - Ditto New 10 10 ASSURANCE CONIPANIES. 100 S 20 2 lIISCELI.ANROUS. 10,1 1 1 Par. 31 - 1i 5 4 i Marine Alliance Protector Fire a • SNARL CAID. PP.SCR PIZ WAAL Australian - - 100 3 28 29 British Iron Company - 100 • S -7% British Rock & Patent Salt 50 5 91 Canada Company 100 . 10 - 361 Droitwich Patent Salt 25 5 . 6; 7% Equitable Loan Bank - 50 - 1 - 1 1 French Brandy Mintier) , Comp. 5 61 General Steam Navigation 100 5 - 94 I Great NVestminster Dairy 25 - 4 4 Mediterranean Steam 100 IS •- 14% Metropolitan Fish Company 25 1 j Scarlet Dye • 50 3 8 74 1 Ti'e Duchess of GLOUCESTKR anJ the Princess Au- GUSTA visited the Ki.c yesterday. Tuesday evening, the Duke and Duchess of CAM swoon, and Prince Leorcito, honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence. The Duchess of Cmunntons, accompanied by her infant daughter, the. Princess AUGUSTA, visited the Duchess of GLOUCLSTEK yesterday. • Yesterday, the Ducl:ess of KENT, accompanied by the infant Princess Vie:toys, and Princess Propos; paid a visit. to the Duchess of CAMBIUM& The Countess of DAurstutyrit's Assembly, on Tues day evening, in Berkeley-aqua::, w.s attended by nearly 200 ta*bionables 7. 14 11 - '77737 ~»~ ~; .:} 7'7l!7l?irf‘'r, THP ARMY. The 11th Ilegintrot of Foot has been ordered to march field Cork to Tralee. Two Companies of the 17th Foot have been ordered to march front Chester to Liverpool ; one company from Tynemouth, and another from Carlisle, to Edinburgh. - .During the kit month more than.ll)o recruits have joined the • • . Gut Foot at Limerick. The 42d Foot have marched from Zuttevant for Dublin. • . The 84th Foot have marched.frool Clonmell , Cashell, and Tip--- - • perary, for Fermoy. -.. • • . The Cornwall Ileglmein of Yedminry Cavalry; command e d by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir &seawall ViTIAN, Bart. aresto. assemble at Helstoue on the 21st instantaor eight days' training and exercise. NEW ARGYLE ROOMS . • Mils Ruts. Paso* midi her debar before a London audience last night in a Concert:l:whit:lt she gave at the Argyle Rooms, and which, we are happy to' say, was numerously and fashionably at tended. This Lady, • who is only fourteen years of age, is beautiful and accomplished; her voice is a full soptado, clear, sweet., and possessing sefficient compass and great flexibility. She sung several songs with exquisite taste and judgment, and promises to be a very, valuable accession to the vocal strength of the Metropolis. Nothing could' be rnore flattering than her receprioti. Ali4s &m -ruses, Mi 4 GR.DDON. and Miss I. Faros, contriburtd their talents, as aid Mr.. Hoax; and Pro CIAPPIETTINO on the piano. forts, and Mo i tts.on the violin. • The concert was well arranged and executed, but.rio part of it excited more interest than the trio Nu, mother, no, between Nis. Pwros and her two daughters, ;Leis . • 4 was enthustasticaily encored. fHt:• sHi ArliES DRUftY:GANE. . The new Fete at :this Theaile went ng iast night with increased app . luse. The gsench Coronation is represented' in its most_ splendid and - impo%ing cha. racier; its effect:is Most _gratifying ; and .the attrac tion must continue •irresistitkle for the remainder of the season. ENGLISH OPERA-ROI:SF- The new Comic -Opera of Broken Promises was repeated last night with the seine' unqualified succe,s which attended its production. Some judicious cur tailments were made, and some • alterations in the dressing and management of the parts aided materially ' the general effect. indeed' the piece may now be pronounced one of the. most agreeable of its • kind, and will in all probability take a permanent station amongst the standard performances of the Theatre. We forgot to observe that amongst the music is Che:. rubini s celebrated fierfida Clors, arranged with Eng lish words. It necessarily loses 'akh 6y the change, and isnot se effective as might have been expected, STATISTICS OF MILAN.. • The Milan Gazette, of the cut ult. contains a detailed table of the population of the provinces depending on the GoverriMent of Milan,. • for the years 1823 and 1824, of which the following ate the results Population in 1823 . . . . 2,210,110 1824 . . . . 2.258,953 Increase in 1824 . 18.34.1 Births . . 1823 . 1824 . 90,382 98,U78 More in 1824 . Deaths . . 1823 . 7,695 - i 71,615 71,989 .1 1824 . . • More in 1844 . Excess of Births 1823 . 1324 . . Marriages 1823 . 1844 . 374 18,767 27,089 18,065 19,616 Mr. Secretary CANNING gave a grand Dinner yes'er day, at his residence, Gloucesur Lodge; Oil Brompton, to' a ' select Tuead party. Ay, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Lady Liman limitation had a select party to_ Dinner, at their residence in Downing-street. Mr. LtistuNcyrom had a distinguishki Dinner Party at his house in Downinestreet, ott Tiksalay : among whom were— Mr. Secretary CANNING, Mr. Secretary Past., Lord Motanrotaatn, Mr. Huss:nom, Lord Bounao, &c. The Marquis of HERTFORD is. going to build a magnificent villa in the north-west corner of the Regent's Park. The grosmd . is now being marked out for the purpose. - . The Cnurt at which the King in Council considerei the Speech which' was delivered yesterday, was held at st. James's : it is said to be the first Court held there for eighteen years. Lord COCRRANE is now in London. Parliament stands prorogued to the . 2sth of Augnst.,- The will of the late Right Honourable CHARLES Earl Wunwoaris, was proved in the Prerogative Court, Doctors . Commons, on the 30th ult. by the Most Noble ARABELLA MARA, Duchess Dowager of Dorset, the relict, the sole executrix. ilirr.- „ Grace is the universal legatee. The, personals were sworn under 110,000. It is dated the 20th December, 1815. • The irnpottation of Couon Wool this year, exceeds,. by 91.,94.5 bags,. the importation of last year, up to the same respeCtive periods of time. • At the meeting of the Bloomsbury School Snc'e•y,ii the School-room, Perry -street, Somers -town, on Tuesday evening, owing to some neglect on the part of the carpenters, the platform .iinfortunately gave way, and the party, nearly fifty in number, were precipitated to the ground. • No serious injury Was sustained beyond some shins scraped and coats torts. Among. the sufferers were— Jowls Burraftworria, F.sq. MP. W. WitatAsss, ksq. M.P. jtev. Dr. Doemowsm, of Gottingen ; Rev. Professor Timing, of Ber lin; Rev. Dr. FuEDLANDER, and some other foreigners. There was not a single wa•ch-housr charge. this , morning, at Bow-street Police Office. In fact, the day might be termed a dies sums. _ MaclJae7 the late watchman in Covent-Garden market, who was found guilty of stealing two.sieves isf peas, this • morning underwent the punishment of flogging, from Southampton street to the corner of King street, Covent-Garden. This petty theft was the more reprehensible, as ire received a guinea a week • regularly for his services as a watcinpan during the night. In Denm ark, tracks of heath land, which have been • rendered fit by tillage, enjoy an exemp:ion from • tithes for twenty years, reckoning from the first. sea son of their producing corn. Yesterday, a publican, :named Lane, appl ed — at Union-hal Office, to give iidotrnation of a series of robberies, which he had traced to the ".unfortunate. widow Woodgate," who, it will be recollected, .duped a Mr. Ellworthy out of 471. which he'had advanced to . • the lady, in consequence of an advertisement, addressed to the humane" appearing in one of the: ,Papers, inserted by this amiable creature. Mr.. Woodgate .it • seems, was bar-maid to Mr. Lane, who keeps aititsfic house at Stepney. The annual prize given. by his NlaixsiT to the Royal Company of Archers, the King's Body Guard for Scotland, was shot for on Saturday in Hope Park, Edinburgh, and want by 1 .• JAMS 'fon, Esq. W.S. The weather being fine, there was a large _! assemblage of beauty and fashion on the ground, and the band.of • the 6th Dragoon Guards played some favourite airs during the shooting. In the evening, the King's Body Guard dined in the • Archers' Hall. the Earl of DALUOUSIS in the chair. . • . Tata WI FIG/M.—Cooper was brought to his house, is great Queen-street, on Tuesday night, by Tom lkleber he was in gnat pain, and could not put his (out to the ground,. A surgeon was , immediately sent for, who coofirmed the report of the surgeon at Knowle-hill, and pronounced the small (trine of the lea to Lee beets broken close to the ankle. All idea of a crass has, thesiifore, beat . abandoned. YOLNi. SAM AND ST , `CP:MAN.—Sam was ye,terday visible at the .posting house% ) and se.; cLly bears a mat k 414 battle. Stockman wus not to he &mi. ~~