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Aspersions answered : an Explanatory Statement, ad-1 dressed to the Public at large, and to every Reader of the Quarterly &view in pa) tieutar. By WILLLot 1101%7z. 8v o. pp. 68. This pamphlet displays -consi !erable abilities, and, considering the subject, a very fair:portion of modera tion. The principal aim of the author . is " A Itefuta tion of the gni, telly Review of the Apocryphal New Testament," though lie also offers a few remarks upon the sti ictures of the ltev. Dr. Butler, A7chdeacon of Deiby, and the 'ley. *nooras Rector of Ken sington ; but they are," lie says, in coracction their misconceptions, not in violation of their feelings," for he would " by no means class these Gentlemen with the Quarterly Reviewer." With the latter lie has been less ceremonious ; but still- he adheres to his subject, and in rebutting the shafts of his assailant, conttives to preserve.a full command over himself. • SAYINGS AND DOINGS. The Series of Sketches; or Tales, under the title of T ; SAYINGS AND DOINGS," which are on the eve of ap pearing, and are understood to be written by a Gentle man of considerable noun iety in the political as well literary world, may be considered as the first of a species of fiction hitherto new to this country, but which promises to become extremely popular. The author thus developes his plan in his Pic:lace: . " The Freneh have, time out of mind, written short dramatic pieces, in which they have ithistr.tted or exemplified the truth of old sayings; and, as everybody knows, the dramatic pieces so written have themselves been called Proverbs.' Whonever these ' Proverbs' have been translated or adapted to our stage, so much does it take to satisfy an English audience, that three or four of them have been generany combined to make up one farce; and consequently, the action only has been preserved without reg ard to the orizinal point which the authors had iu view, when they framed them: " I meatless this because T am not aware that any dramatic il lustration of a single proverb, has with trial ratio, been given to the English Public. It is, however, front these dramas that I first caught the idea of noting down what I saw passing in society, in order to judge, by the events of real life, the truth or fallacy of those axioms which have been handed down to us with a character for usefulness and dignity' as conducive to the understanding of philosophy, of which they are the very rem tins. " I have for many years watched the world, and have iiet down .all that I have seta ; and out of this collection of materials, I have thrown together a few historic illustrations of quaint sayings, the truth and sagacity of which, the characters introduced by me have unconsciously exemplified in their lives and conduct ; and which I have the small merit of bringing to bear, after long observation, upon the axioms affixed to each tale. " In short, I have thought i: a curious matter of speculation to compare the norms of the modems, with the SAYINGS of the ancients; and therefore submit to the Public my first portion of saws' illustrated by 'modern instances.'" THE LONDON STAGE. While anticipating in our Notices, literary labours about to appear, we can hardly avoid mentioning a work under the above title, of which we have just seen a specimen Number, and also specimens of several of the embellishments. They are engraved on wood in the hi;l est style of. the alt, and will be prized by the cu rios collector of sock pioductitnrs. But the most sin gular circumstance remains to be noticed. The work i to be published at the cheap pu ice now charged for other weekly publications (for this is to be in weekly Numbers, each containing an entire play, or two farces.) CUBE ROOT. (FROM TUL I 1 jour last N,umber, page 380, J. T. inquires after an easy and expeditious method of extracting the cube rcot. I beg leave to refer him to the common tables of logarithms; nothing can be desired more easy and ex peditious than the method of logarithms, which situ plify all the operations ef arithmetic one degree, viz. Multiplication is reduced to an act of addition. Diviiion - - subtraction. liaising powers . - - multiplication. Extracting roots . - division, &c. Thus, to obtain the cube root of any number, it is only necessary to divi.le the logarithm of the number by ;;; the quotient will be the logarithm of the root. Thus, required the cube root of 287500, the logarithm of uhich is 5 . 4,5361, one-third of which is 1 81934 = log. of 66, the root sufficiently near for practical purposes. Again, required the cube root of 3, the log. being 47712, one-third of which = 15901, answering to the number 1442, &c. 13. BEVAN. The Parish Officers of St. Mary-le-Strand have changed the name of Swan-yard to New Church-court, that all recollections of the notorious bad-state of that pla:e, as. well as the characters who inhabited it, may be obliterate., h om the public mind ; the principal part of the old houses having been pulled down, and respect aille houses erected in their room, and the general ap p.arance of the place entirely changed. During the trials at the Dublin Commission, on Fri day, a Gentleman in Court, whilst standing beside the Sheriff's box, was deprived of a gold watch, chain, txe. CORONER'S imatlesr.—Yesterday stn Inquisition was taken in the Committee-room of the Middlesex Hospi , before Thomas STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Mrs.-Elizabeth Kendal, an aged Lady, who was burnt to death at her residence in Exeter -street, Strand, on Saturday night last, from her gown catching the flame while she was poking the rue. Before assistance arrived she eras nearly burned 'to death. The Jury returned a verdict—Accidental Death. Saturday se'nnight, a creditable householder of the parish of Nutshaling, near Southampton, of the name of Clarke, was summoned before the Magiarates of Romsey, and fined fire pounds, for the crime of setting a gin in his own garden, to protect his vegetables from the depredations of rabbits, hares, or other vermin. CAUTION TO PERSONS KEEPING CART.S.—Within the last lot taigbt, upwards of 'eighty persons have been con victed by Doctor OWEN, of Highgate, and Wic- LIANIS, Esq. of Kentish Town, the Mazi.arates,' under the Turnpike Act, passed in the fourth year of the pre sent King, cap. 93, section 15. It is there stated, That . from and after the ht day of October, in the year of o:.r Lord, 1823, it shall not be lawful for any person to keep or use any cart, van, or other vehicle, without his, her, or their name and address being painted in legible letters, at least an inch in length, on the off-side or shaft of the said cart or other vehicle; and it is further enacted, that the said name and address shall be painted in a straight line or lines, and not in any other shape or fords ; and all persons not conforming t o the stipulations contained therein, upon information being exhibited be fore any Magistrate, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding 40s. nor less than 10s.”—The defendants we, e charged with having their names and address painted on their carts in an•oval shape, and not in straight line s, as required by the Act, and one and all were fi ned in various sums ) unties forty shillings. HIGH COURT OP ADMIRAZTV, .PE13:13. Tux 804 : PITT, FORMIRLY MAIM& This was a Cause of possession, in whit! the above vessel had been arrested. by Admiralty process while lying in the port of Liverpooli and the. Learned and Noble Judge (Lord SrowzLL) delivered his judgment nearly as follows : This is a case in which it is prayed of the Court to transfer the possession from the present possessor and owner (as he describes himself) to other persons who we; e the former owners of her (which is not denied), and who charge the ship to have been unlawfully trans ferred to the present possessor by a course of trans actions entirely fraudulent, and incapable of conveying a jut title. The ship, an old ship originally belonging to Messrs. Lowe, Ayles, and West, merchants of Lon don, the present claimants, very much worn, both by time and tempest, was chartered by them about the month of Apia, 1820, to carry a cargo of merchandise (comprising wine to be taken in at the Island of Madeira) to the West Indies, and not to stay there beyond a ces tain time limited for her return to London. She sailed to Madeira, thence to Nevis, where she delivered part of her cargo, and thence to St. Kitts, in her passage to which latter place she sustained damage in a storm which detained her there a long while to receive re. pairs. The cargo was taken out, and the ship was sold by the Master without any authority (as is alleged) from thee registered owners, to the present possessor, Mr. Woodhurne, for 5001. She was afterwards carried to a port iu A merica, received some slight repairs tifitre,l and traded subsequently between America and the West Indies. She has since arrived at Liverpool, and' has been there aire:ted by process of this Court at , the suit .of the London merchants. The case then is, in reality, an inquiry into the title of the pre sent asset-ted proprietor to hold the ship. And the first (I had almost said the only) question is, bow far this Court is authorised to make this inquiry, and provided with due powers to make it with effect? certain it is, that this Court is in the habit of transferring possession fions the actual holder, some times by its own movement, sometimes at the instance of other Courts which have no direct power for that' purpose; but it considers itself, and is bound to consider' itself, as moving within very narrow limits, if it pro ceeds at all originally upon a question of title. It cer tainly cannot execute the function of a transfer, in any case, without looking a little into the title of the party who claims the transfer. It must be satisfied that he is potiorjare. But then it mast be in cases very simple that it acts upon a merely preferable title determinable by its own judgment. Where the possession is gained by force and violence,,or by a fraud visible upon the very face of the transaction ; or where the party in pos session is avowedly entitled only as a minor owner in opposition to the majority of interests, there the Court, 'it seems, will feel no hesitation; but where a course of transactions involving hand is objected, the Court de-. clines entering into the question; and leaves it to be de termined by the inquiry of Courts which have ampler means of reaching the real truth and the real justice of the case, for there may be circumstances in irrequiring the application of equitable principles'which this Court. cannot administer. Therefore I lay down this as the' rule for the conduct of this Court, that in simple cases which almost speak for themselves, it can proceed with effect ; but in those which, being complex, require it long and minute investigation, it cannot proceed with due regai if to its own honour and to the justice due to the parties. To which of these classes does the present case be long ? I have no hesitation in saying, to 'the latter class."—Here is a series of transactions charged on the one side to be fraudulent, and on the other denied to have the slightest intermixture of fraud in them. - Many documents are produced, and some are not forth. coming which ought to have been produced. It is not, I think, for this Court to proceed to the length of a ' judicial determination ; but if I could be properly called upon tor an opinion private and extrajudicial, I should say confidently that I see nothing that impeaches the bona fide title of the purchaser. I think that there was ample authority given to the Captain to sell, both by the necessary parties and by the real state in which the property was placed; that in the conduct. of the sale all due caution was used, and all due attention shewu to the interests of the former owners; that the authority given previously to the sale was fully con firmed by recognitions and approvals afterwards. This is my genet al view of the case: it would be improper for me to enter further into it by particular reference to .the passages in the evidence which. have impressed that conviction upon my mind. Another Court may, on further evidence, feel that such a determination would be incorrect; but I think it, impassible that it should not admit that at many degrees below this conviction, it was proper for me to hold my hand and to desist from u het ior measures. STABBING.—Friday a journeyman painter, named El; phinstone, had a quarrel with his mother-in-law, who is a small broker in Libberton's Wynd . , in the course of which he struck her with an open knife in the side. The wound inflicted is alarming, and Elphinstone was taken into custody, while the woman was carried to the Royal Infirmary. _ • Hunt has been double-ironed. at WoolvAch since the Sunday before last. Upon'that day, when he and the . other convicts were in the chapel of the vessel where be has been confined, there was some little delay on the part of the clergyman. Hunt began to hum a tune, and some of his brethren called out to him for the song which he had sung for Mrs. Probert immediately after the murder. Without hesitation, he began to sing the first part of the duet of " All's Well," and was vehe mently applauded by his depraved companions. The Superintendant, however, upon hearing of the circum stance, ordered Hunt to be double-ircned, and iu -that condition he now remains. At a Police Court in Perth, held towards the end of last week, Angus Mgr:lush, a regular customer, and who (being an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital) has some times threatened the Magistrates with a complaint to the " Teuk o' York," for occasional restraints imposed by them on his liberty, was again arraigned on a charge of stealing gill and half•mutchkin stoups. Angus had melted them in a frying-pan, and owing to this decom position, the owners could not recognise their property. The Superintendent withdrew the case for want of proof, quaintly observing that it was " a hard fry." An olc; man and woman of Potton, in Bedfordshire, werelately raised from indigent to effluent circumstances by the decease of an uncle, whereby each has become possessed of between three and four thousand pounds. The former bad obtained his maintenance for upwards of thirty years by sweeping the church path at that place, and the latter by selling apples. - • *. OLD. 134ILErSEStIQNS, FED. 21,. Ratoeri Swett, a respectable-looking man, about 40, was indicted for feloniously receiving seven garden-pots and plants, the property of his Majesty, well knowing the same to have heel' . stolen by same evil-disposed per son or persons. There was a second count in the indict anent, in" which the property was laid as belonging to Mr. Alton, the King's head gardener, at Kew. It was stated in evidence, that the plants in question, rare exotics, having been missed from, the Botanic Garden at Kew, were discovered to have been sent, in a deal box, by a man named Hogan, who worked in the gar den, and afterwards absconded, to a coacb-office at Brentford, directed " Mr. Hubert Sweet, Mr. Colville's nursery, King's-road, Chelsea." They were forwarded accordingly, and taken in by Mr. Sweet, Mr. Colville's principal manager, who paid is. Bd. the charge for carriage, to the person bringing the box. In consei quence of information received at Bow-street, Ruthven the oaicer was dispatched with a person named Smith, an assistant gardener at Kew, toSweet's house, and there asked him - what he had done with the box which he had received that morning from Kew or Bientford? Sweet at first hesitated a little; but his atteation being more 'particularly called to the box in question by Ruthven, he took him sand Smith to Mr. Colville's nursery, for the purpose of shewing where the plants were. Upon' seeing Mr. Colville, Ruthven repeated his question to Sweet in the presence of Colville, who immediately said, " You (meaning Sweet) know nothing of it; I know nothir,g of it." Ruthven, however, said be nould •not" be trifled with, and proceeded, with Smith and Sweet, to the hothouses, to search for the plants, Colville having 'first said to Sweet, "You know nothing of them— What are you at ?" In a little time Smith recoAnized •five of the plants, amongst those of Colville's, in dif frrent pots from those in which they had been at Kew. Ituthven then asked Sweet for the direction n hich had tome upon the box. Sweet at first denied having it, 'but when about to be searched he produced it. He was' -taken to Bow -street, but. in consequence of the non-at tendance of the witnesses, he was discharged. He was again taken before the Magistrates on the following Sa-! turday, and upon examination, committed for trial. Mr. Justice BEST observed, that it was somewhat ex traordinary that .Mr. Colville was not before him also,l 'to answer for his share in the transaction. ' • Sweet put in an extremely well-written defence, sea ;toning upon the improbability of his committing a fe lony without any assignable motive; he having 'no in terest whatever in the sale of the plants in Mr. ColH vine's nursery, where the plants in question had, been • exhibited to view. He called several witnesses, who , swore, amongst other things, that botanists were in the) constant habit of receiving plants for experimental and - other purpOses, without any intimation accompanying them as to the parties who had sent them. They all gave him the best possible character for integrity; and E one of them, an eminent botanist, named Anderson stated, that Mr. Sweet was reported to be the first prac.; tical botanist in Europe. One of the Jurors had Smith put into the box a second time, and asked him if Mr 4 Sweet had not published some works on botany ? Smith said he had. Juror.—And is not Mr. Minn also an author?—Witness. He Is. J•iror.—ls Mr. Ayton here to-day 7—Witness. I believe not. Juror.—ifas not Mr. Sweet severely criticised a work of Mr. Ayton's?—Witness. Ido not know. I have seen a recent publi cation in which Mr. Ayton is called a dunce. Juror.—What publication is that?—Witness. " The Botanic Register." .41n Justice Bzsr.—Who is the Editoi of that ?—Witness. I do not know. Juror.-..D0 you not believe that this box was sent to Mr. Sweet to entrap him for this prosecution?—Witness. I have no reason to think so. • It was afterwards stated by Mr. Ridgway, of Piccadilly, that Sweet was not the Editor of the " Botanic Register." The Jury, after having retired for a couple of hours, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. - FEBRUARY 2.s.—.Mary Robinson was indicted for stealing a 201. and a 10/. bank note, the property of a person named Chisholm. The prosecutor, when in a state of intoxication, took the prisoner to a certain house in St. Giles's, on the 13th.ofJannary. His pocket-book was found in the room after he had gone away, minus the notes. On the following day, the pripner went into a shop and asked for change of a 101. note, tendering at the same time a 201. note, which was refused, in consequence of the suspicion the circumstance excited. She then procured a little boy to pass for her son, and taking him to a sale-shop in the Minories, she purChased a suit of clothes for him, in payment for . which she gave the 201. note, and received the difference. This note was proved to have been oae of those lost by the prosecutor. Verdict Guilty. John Warden was indicted for embezzling 21.25. the property of Robert W. Elliston. It appeared that the prisoner was in Mr. Elliston's employment, as a private box-keeper, at Drury-lane Theatre; and on the 4th of February he accommodated a party with a private box, for which he received two guineas, without accounting for the money afterwards to his employer. It turned out, however, chit the box in question belonged on alten ! nate weeks to the Duke of Gloucester and Mr. Elliston; and that this transaction took place during one of the weelcs on which Mr. Elliston had no interest in the box. The indictment failed, and the prisoner was Ailuitted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A full-grown young tailor was brought before Mr. Haus on Tuesday,• by a serpent of' the Grenadier Guards. It appeared that this young tailor was complaining in a public-house that he was out of employ, and did not know what to do with himself. " Then go for a soldier," said a private in-the Guards, who happened to be present—" Go for a soldier, my man, you can't do better for your self—will you take a shillksg in the King's name ?" " I don't care if I do," replied the tailor; whereupon the soldier threw a shilling upon the table before him, the tailor took it up, and put it in his pocket, and the soldier wished bins joy of his enlistment. The tailor became alarmed—that villainous gunpowder flashed upon his imagi nation, and he insisted upon having nothing at aU todo with soldier ing. The soldier laughed at his alarm, told him it came too late, and carried him before his commanding officer. The commanding officer having heard both sides, told the magnanimous tailor that be did not wish to force him to be a soldier against his will s and if he would tell his story before a Magistrate, and tjse . Magistfate should be of opinion that be had not been fairly enlisted, he might return the shilling, and remain a tailor as long as he pleased. The tailor agreed to this, but in a minute or two after he took Preach leave and bolted. Th e commanding officer then directed the serjeatit and others to take him again, when they could, and carry him be fore a Magistrate; and it was in putsuatice of these orders that be now appeared. The tailor assured his Worship, upon his homer, that he had no.. more idea of going- for a soldier than he had of jumping over the moon. ' 4 I wouldn't go for a soldier, your Worship," said he," no, not if they'd give me a hundred gifineas!" ." That is likely enough," replied the Magistrate, "but why did you take the shilling ?—you must be ignorant indeecrnot to know what was meant by it. Why, I wanted them. to have it "'alp, your Worship, and they wouldn't," said he, and tbey'ritay Flee it now, if they like." The Magistrate ;kid bids 'the day of grace was past, and it was now too late. " Then, said the tailor. " I must pay the smart .1" " Do, so," rejoined his Wortlaip, and consfil-e it-2* a twan!y shilling caution against trifling with soldiers again." The poor tailor then paid the twenty-shilling !OWL Maley, 2 ,d 1•It the Of assuring his Worship he never again Would tne•ldla with men of War. HA TTON-GARDEV. A Metaucnocv Cafe or DlsTaan.---TOOSCIay, a PeOpetiftble looking man applied to the sitting Alagirrate (Serjeant Sat.Los)f,„. , his advice and assistance in a case of peculiar distress. He stated that a Gentleman and his family came to lodge in his house :dam five or six months ago, of who'e respectability he had the fullest stunner, as he knew him to be connected with the Public Press, and to move in a *respectable sphere of life. Since that period his health has gradually declined, and he Is now in a consrmed at:4 rapid consumption. Unable to pursue his literary occupations, 1., was destitute of every means of support; and, after having diapm t .d of nearly every article of furniture, be now lay on a bare sofa, wil'a his wretched wife stretched on a pallet, after a dangerou; p e w,. tore accuttchernent, produce() by her intense affliction. An old meatie still adheres to them, though she can administer nothing their contilrt but her sympathy, being entirely dependent for m own subsistence upon the charity of some neighbours. The tido-- tunate Gentleman retaining an over-delicacy of feeling, and cat. ceiving that he is in a state of recovery (a fatal mistake, cosunton persons in consumption) be cannot kr induced to make a politic ye:Use/nein of his name and case; and beim a native of Ir e l an d , and not having obtained a local settlement., he Is not entitled to any parochial relief. Serjeant Smolt, on bearing the case, expressed pis deepett pathy ; and several Gentlemen present, on hearing the name, fully corroborated the statement of the landlord, as to tine flentlemati's general respectability. The worthy Serjeant observed, that he slln'tild feel most happy is lending his assistance to any plan of relief which might be suggested. • Mr. Mallet, the Chief Clerk, observed, drat as he was save that the Gentlemen of the Press would give the CAI& publicity, a benevo lent Public would not read it with indifference; at the same time he expressed a hope that the name might be suppre sses! Any particulars of this unfortunate Getith•nein s situation, wiA his name and adores, which any person anxious to contribute to his felict may tequire, can be learned from Mr. Read, senior, tLe head officer of the Batton-Garden Establishment. GUILDHALL • Isn If almnek was brought up for further examination on a ehlrge of endeavouring to obtain goods under false pretences. Mr. Ilum, the prosecutor, was unable to adduce auy further evidence of Cite fraudulent intention; the letter he had received from Mr. RoLi l . son, of Di Meld, denying that be had author Led the prisoner to oh rain goods for him, not being evidence. Mr. Lambert, of Queen-street, warehouseman, then preferred a charge of forgery against the prisoner. In September, he gave M r . Lambert ebill for 491. drawn on Mr. Rogers, manufacturer, r wich, and indorsed " Pro J. itobinson, J. W. Wohmck." i such person as Mr. Rogers could be found. Of course the hi!! was not paid, and Mr. Lambert ;tad received others as colitteral ;ere ! ! rides, one of which was indorsed, " Pay to .1. Wohnack or order, J. Ruler." He had received a. letter stating that Mr. littler knew nothing whatever of the bill. this letter was objected to, .a n being evidence. *Mr. Alderman CROWDER, the sitting M.:gistrate, being of opinion that Messrs. Robitwon and Ruler, the Gentlemen wht:se names the prisoner had made use of, should be present, lie was remanded. . J. Such is the effect of perseverance and indhstry k the science of Medicine, that great numbers; many of whom had lingered under the most painful and obstinate disorders, who were pronounced incurable by respectabits.►proctioners, anti several discharged from Hospitals, have been restored to perfect health by the celebrated Dr. RAM, who, after a long and laborious pral tice, is enabled to remove the most obstinate Venereal Complaints,. however long and deeply fixed in the habit.—Bruprions. Pains in the Limbs; obstinate Gleets, Dimness or Sight, Nodes on the shin bones, Ulceration, and Sore Thboats, are among the symptoms arising out of improper treatment, and which without timely as• sistance prove fatal. T.?: Doctor is consulted daily by patients of both sexes, at 38, Dean -street, Soho, and 1, Hatfield -street; &am ! ford -street, Blackfriars and Watesion Roads, by persons front every part of the country, and by_Letter (if post paid) enclosing a fee. EiRT HS. Saturday, at Hitchin, Harts, the Lady at Captain Frederick Adams, of a daughter. At Kelly, in the county of Forfar, the Lady of the Hon. Colo. nel Ramsay, of a son. August 6, on board the Commodore Hayes, car the passage to Van Dieman's Land, the Lads of Capt. S. Cotton, of the 3d Foot, or Buffs, of a son. Feb. 20, 'at St. John's Wood Road, Regent's Park, the Lady of J. S. Williams, Esq. fate of the 3d Regiment of .Deogal of a daughter. MARRIED. • Jan. 4, at Manchester, Jamaica, George Dempster, Esq. sur geon, to Catharine, relict of the late John Thomson, Esq. DIED. Feb. 8, at the Manse of Rnsskeen, Ross-shire, the Rev. J. Ross. Feb. 20, in Wt.rcester, George Woodyate, 51.D..aged 60. Saturday, at Edinbergh, aged 27, Captain Edward I-Lbbert. Thursday, at Kilburn, Augusta, youngest daughter of the Hor. G.Chetwynd Stapylton. Sunday sennight, Archibald Thomson, M.D. Physician of the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, wh o formerly held the same appointment 'at Haslar Hospital. Feb. 15, at the Manse of Kilvsinning, suddenly, the Rev. James Steven, Minister of Kilwlnning. Feb. 6, Lewis Francis Catty, Esq. of the Royal Military Aca demy, Woolwich, aged .65. • • Saturday, at his house in Quebec-street, the Lady of Captain Thornton, of the Grenadier Guards, aged. 20 years. • Wednesday se'nnight, at Cavendish Hall,Suifolk, aged 20, Geer giana Lucy Mackworth, youngest daughter of Sir Digby black worth, Bart. Monday se:might, at Wonsten, near Winchester, in hes tills Votary Henrietta Elizabeth, second daughter of the Hon. and Revs A. G. Legge,. Chancellor of the lbiocese of Winchester. - January 17,at Brodie House, James Brodie; Esq. of Brodie. Wednesday.iu Gloucester-pine, in the 73d year of his aget Mr John Orde, Bart. Admiral of she Red. -•• -....1 a ..- • ' Feb. 20, of an apoplectic fit, Mrs. Grosetioe, iii.itypaors Prin cipal- Dresser at Covent - Garden, Theatre. Bring missed at the Theatre on Wednesday night, they forced the door of her apart ments, at Na. 6,' Little Wild-street, early on Thursday-morning, where she was- found a frightful spectacle, being extended ton the iioor•of her bed-Mom, partly adder the jaedittead.•. They replaced her on her bed, where she lingered until Friday afternoon. She had accumulated some propeity, and was much respected by Mr. Hairis and Mr. Kernble. Wednesday, the 13th inst. at Greenock, Alatander Corbin, the well-known actor, aged 78. - Me was hornkr rho parish of Denny, Stirlingshire, on the day the battle was fought which took place at Falkirk, within a few miles of his birth-place, between the 'forces of the Pretender and the troops of General Hawiey. - He 'creel/red a cabinet-maker in Glasgow, and for some time afterwards followed that Waimea on board an bait_ Indianian; in- which service he amassed several hundred pounds. The • whole of this money, how ever, his spent in London, with some actors, and afterwards took to that profession himself, and soon attained to considerible emi nence in it. He was for many yeari Manager of nearlfthe whole of the Provincial Theatres in the North of England; and WAS the means of bringing into notice several persons who have since distin guished themselves, - among whom was the late Mr. Cooke. He was very unfortunate in some of his speculations; and lost a wieldier able suns of money by bUllditte a Theatre at Newcastle. 'flfilaissis anecdotes relating to hint were published• on she author*, elf Mr. i Ryley, author of ' 'he Itinerant, who was instrumental in hiving him removed fron his wretched abode hi the battle -work,Gliagow, where ha had live for 15 years, duritig which he hid scarcely ever been in a bed. /or the last two years of his lite he hat bred in Greenock, under the care of 'some of his relations. .The day pre vious to his death he was in his usualstate of health, and converged with the utmost calmness and recollection with a Gentleman from Glasgow, who visited" him. Ile preheated' wonderful poWers of memory, and couldreecat the whole of the Scripture, With tire ex ceptien of a few chapters, and all the metre Purim. -. COAT...MARKEt, PEBRUAItY 115. Ships at Market. Skips Sold. Price..' C 7 Newcastle . 12 -31 s. ed. to 106. 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