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LAW REPOR T . • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 18. COOPER V. PRICE. This was an action against the Publisher of rile' Leicester Journal, for a libel on the plaintiff, imputing to him that he was a bankrupt, &c. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. The plaintiff was a linen-draper in the city of Leicester. On the sth of January, 1824, an advertiiement appeared in the de fendant's paper, professing to come from the house of another linen-draper in the same city,• trading under the firm of Cafe and Co. In this advertisement, after, puffing themselves and their shop, irwas stated broadly.that the plaintiff was a bankrupt, and had purchased part of the stock of another bankrupt linen draper, and then followei this offens i ve remark : " but no deviation from decency or truth, which Joseph• Cooper could commit, could now excite even a mo-. merit's surprise." In consequence of this gross attack upon the plaintiff's character, he felt it to be his duty to bring this action, and put the defendant to the proof of the slander. The plaintiff did not seek to recover large damages, but was merely anxious to convince the world that these was no pretence for what was stated in the paragraph: Had any apology been made, this action would not have been brought ; 1 and if the defendant was ready even now to make some atonement, and confess the falsehood of the statement, the plaintiff would be content to take no minal damages, and all his costs out of pocket. Mr. SCA MATT, for the defendant, interposed, and said he had no objection ro submit to such a verdict as would carry the usual taxed costs; but he could not consent to pay all the costs out of pocket. He could not but observe .upon the staleness of the action, the alleged libel having been puhlished in January, 1624, It was also worthy of remark, that the plaintiff had chosen to lay the venue in London, where he was ut terly unknown, instead of trying the action in Leices• tershire, where his character could have been duly ap preciated, and justice more speedily attained. On the part of the defendant, however, he was instructed to say, that the offensive paragraph had crept into the Paper without his privity, and certainly in the absence of any malicious or unworthy motive. He now felt sorrow for the appearance of the paragraph, and was ready to submit to a verdict for nominal damages. After some conversation between the Counsel on both sides, it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff; for 40c and the Jury accordingly returned a verdict to that amount. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY is. I~ i . 't lIADWEN V. MENDIZABAL. This was an action brought 'to recover the balance of an account due to the plaintiff, who was a merchant, carrying on business at Gibraltar. The defendant had formerly resided at Cadiz, but was now a prisoner in the King's Bench prison. The case possessed no other remarkable feature than this, that the defendant had been rendered unable to make good his payments by the depression is Spanish Government Securities, of which he was a considerable holder. The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 2,2601. 16s. Sd. being the full amount of the bill. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY lA. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BERGERAC. This was an information filed by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, for the purpose of obtaining an order of condemnation against forty-five casks of turpentine; which had been imported by the defendant, without paying the duty required on merchandize of that qua., 14. The case for the Crown was conducted. by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr. CLARKE, and Mr. WALTON; for the defendant, by Mr.havis and Mr. RICHARDS. The facts were shortly these :—A number of casks of turpentine had been imported by the defendant, who is a merchant in that commodity ; the duty paid on them was that usually paid on common turpentine. On this species the proportion of pure oil of turpentine is generally one in five, or one in six. When the turpen tine in question came to be tried, it was found to con tain pure oil in the proportion of one in three. The duty having been paid as if it were of the former qua lity, whereas it was of the latter, it of course became forfeited to the Crown. Mr: JSRVIS contended, that the defendant had not been fairly dealt with, when it was remembered he had never been informed of the moment. when the Govern ment Officers thought proper to make the experiment , , of the quality of the turpentine, in order to be present. Besides, they had waited so long before they made the trial, that it was impossible to form a fair opinion of the original quality at the time of importation. Thus he hoped it would be the opinion of the Jury that they could not come to a conclusion in favour of the Crown, whichmust have so ruinous an effect on the fortune of his client.—The Jury, after a short consideration, re turned a verdict for the Crown. RECORDER'S COURT, DUSLIN.—J. Womack, T. Supple, and W. Suppk, were charged with having grossly assaulted M. Gordon, a mister nailor, in Gardiner-lane, at half-past seven o'clock, on the evening of the 20th of October last. It appeared by the testi mony of the prosecutor and others, that five persons, among whom were the prisoners at the bar, M'Cor mick acting as leader, entered his shop. They first cut his (Gordon's) bellows, with a table knife, then knocked him down with a tongs, with which they severely wounded him on the head; some of them afterwaris knelt on his breast, %%Mist others' beat him with sticks. All this was done in a kind of solemn and premeditated silence, by the combinators. The mother of Gordon cried grit, " You have murdered my child," upon wh i ich one of the pa;ty threw a hammer at her. The Jury retired for a few minutes, and brought in a ver dict of guilty, anti' the RECORDER sentenced M'Cormick to nine mootbs' imprisonment, and the two Sdpples to laity 'all, was City ith un- iannfac- Dur- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDIiALL. Yesterday, a welt-dressed lad, aged . ls, of the name of Mathias Morgan, was brought before Mr. Alderman Lucas, charged with stealing a horse and chaise, value 601. the property of Mr. Sparrow, the grocer, on Ludgate-hilt. The prisoner bad run away from a boarding-school in Yorkshire, about two months ago, carrying with hint a little pony, which the kindnesi of his parents had placed at hi; disposal there. Ile rode about the country till all the savings front his pocket money were expended, and then sold his horse for 10/. and came up to London in quest of adventures. Upon leaving the Bull and Mouth Inn yard, chance directed his steps to the " Equitable Register office," for hiring servants, in the Old Bailey ' an advertisement was in serted for hint in the newspapers ; Mr. Taylor, the surveyor, in York-place, City-road, answered the advertisement ; a fellow was sent with him from the office to impose on Mr. T. by stating he was a- Liverpool merchant, and that the boy had lived in his service, and eventually, though not in consequence of this false representa tion, the prisoner, who passed under the name of Arthur Morris , 'was engaged by Mr. Taylor, and continued with him until the morning of the sth inst. On this and the previous day, an advertisement appeared in some of the Morning Papers. notifying that a horse and chaise was to be disposed of, and might be seen at the Leaping bar Livery-stables, in the Blackfriars-road. These were the property of Mr. Fre derick Sparrow, and the prisoner applied at that Gentleman's counting-house, bout eleven o'clock, on the morning of the sth instant, stating that he had seen the advertisement, and thought the horse and chaise would just suit his brother-in-law, Mr. Taylor, of York-place ; and among a variety of other questions, asked whether he might not try the horse? Yes, certainly, replied Mr. Sparrow, the hostler going with you. At the prisoner's request, Mr. Sparrow wrote the price of the chaise, &c. on the back of one of his cards, and with this the prisoner set off to the Leaping-bar, succeeded in overcoming the scruples of Mr. Lindup, the keeper, as to letting him have the horse and chaise out on trial. without a direct order from Mr. Sparrow, or without sending somebody with them, and rode away into Yorkshire ; giving the keeper of the Registry office a friendly call in the way, borrowing his watch, and sending him on a sort of fool's errand, to Mr. Taylor's, in the City-road. On discovering his loss, and that the story the prisoner had told him was entirely a fabrication, Sparrow first sent a Worship street officer in pursuit of our hero, who was at St. Alban's at the same time with his pursuer, and even so close as to overhear him making his inquiries. the officer, however, returned unsuccessful; but Mr. Sparrow receiving information that the prisoner had been offering the horse and chaise for sale, at Northampton, dispatched Charles ilerdsfield, an active young officer, permanently attached to this Justice Room, in search of them. This officer, by perse verance, succeeded in obtaining a trace; and, though the clue was repeatedly broken for ten miles at a time, through the prisoner's travelling in the night, and other devices, ie officer finally captured him at a village a little beyond Sheffield, after a chace of upwards of 200 miles, and brought him back to London, together with the horse and chaise; the latter of which he had le ft in pledge for his reckoning, at an Inn, on the road.—The depositions having been read over to the prisoner, Mr. Alderman Lucas, to give him an opportunity of acquainting his friends with the very perilous situation in which he had placed himself, and also that he might not be rendered ati incompetent witness on a trial for fraud, at the present Old Bailey Sessions, de. ferred committing him for the capital offence for a few days. that on leaving England, he predicted that he had not to nine moutns - imprisonment, ano tne two O.J Elinci W ^ ii month to live. Though a revere disciplinarian, yet six months' eacb. • as his dashing paftizan habits, his great disregard of The Worcester Journal says, " ComWnations are daily ~, I danger, the br i lliancy and caul of some of his military increasing, and tend very seriously to embarrass al- fa movements (he is perhaps the only Officer who ever most every branch of trade. In the Birmingham' GJzette tt performed the daring teat of charging cavalry, formed of Monday, a meeting of the manufacturers of that r t i .. i iii line, wi 11 inf , ntry). ren dered him a g reat favourite town is called, ' for the purpose of considering their st 'i with the men under his command, who, of late, were present embarrassed and unprecedented situation, in principally Irish. consequence of the existing combination among work- p men.'— The master tailors of this city are advertising P' Tuesday, Robert Joimson was - brought to Gnild- tot h ands, at an advance of wages (we believe 24;. per ‘` hall, charged with having ft loniously ent-red the sugar-bakehouse t: ' of Messrs. Sawn It., GELDART, and Co. in Lillie Carter-lane. An week), their present workmen requiring a larger ad n accomplice of the prisoner, of the name of Joseph Hack, etitlea- !lance than they are willing to give.. At the Guildhall, B . 'touring to escape by a chirmity. fell from a height of sixty feet into last week, Joshua Jones, a journeyman tailor, was ti the cellar, and was so much irjared as to be unable to itttnil at the committed by Mr. Alderman CARDEN, to the City r office. Johnson was remanded. • • Same day , Mary Anne Suidvan, the great rival in feats of - iiio- x Bridewrll, for one mon th , for quitting his master, with „ 'pose to the sot diming Lady BArrYmore• was brought to the Pollee out giving warning, and leaving his work in an un- p i ogrcr. Mailborough-street. for breaking the windows of the work- finished state." i t ' ; 5 4 ,141 4 e of St. Gitro's, and threatening Mr. - 11riggs,•the Overseer. She l 3 The j ourne y men belonging to the mills for thanufac- !' ( 1• , ii pi,,, committed to the strong rooin. - and ordered to eter Nile 'At 11p9pjjOldee of bad, to a n s wer articles'of the peace, which will -el- b e tuning of brown paper in the neighbourhood of Dur- saaked agataat liar at the &ohms. ,ham, have struck for an advance of wages. .3 , I , t'. 4NI - - . • LINES FOttND WRITTEN IN LORD BYRON'S BIBLE Within this awful volume lies, The Mystery of mysteries; Oh ! happiest they of human race, To whom our GOD has given grace To hear, to read, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; But better had they neer been born, Who read to doubt, or read to kora! KI,VG'S THEATRE. Th e O h .era of Semiramide was announced for repre sentation on Tuesday evening, and attracted a nu merous audience; who found on their arrival that Viet& was to be substituted, owing to the opera not having been sufficiently rehearsed. During the over ture considerable dissatisfaction was manifested, and the progress of the first scene was entirely suspended. Mr. EBERS was loudly called for ; and at length Mr. AvaToN, the musical director, appeared, and having with some difficulty obtained a hearing, stated, that " it had not been possible to obtain sufficient rehearsals for performing Semiramide, in a manner worthy of the audience usually attending this theatre." lle withdrew amid loud calls for the Manager. Signor GARCIA , addreised the audience in French, but such was the laughter and uproar, that nothing further than "Mes sieurs et Dames," was intelligiblm. After a tedious in terval, the Doge, who had sat very composedly on his throne, walked off, followed by his Court; the curtain fell, and Mr. AYRTON again appeared, and stated that messengers had been sent for Mr. ERERS that the Opera had been put in rehearsal the day after the pro duction of Otello ; and that owing to a misunderstand ing between Mr. Esaßs and Madame Vannts, she had refused to appear. After this explanation the overture to Otello was again performed, and the opera proceeded without further interruption at nine o'clock. Madame PASTA was much and deservedly applauded, as were also Signors GARCIA and PORTO, and the opera went off with great eclat. The ballet of Le Page Incon stant followed, in which Madame RONZI Yana's acted and looked charmingly. Tuesday night there were 66 petitions presented to the House of Lords, which, with 442 previously pre sented, make 508 petitions to their Lordships, against the Bill for further Concessions to the Roman Catho lics ; and SI petitions for the Bill, which, with the 51 before presented, made 82 petitions forwarded to their Lordships in favour of the Bill. A Petition.against the Roman Catholic Bill, signed by nearly 14,000 of the most respectable inhabitants of Birmingham and the neighbourhood (Clergy, Ma gistrates, principal Manufacturers, &c.) was on Tues day night presented by the LORD CHANCELLOR to the House of Lords. The number of Petitions presented to Parliament against the Catholic Claims was in the proportion of nearly ten to one to those in favour of them. A shocking accident happened on Monday morning to one of theWalth a mstoiv stage coaches, w h ilst stopping to take up a passenger in the llackney-road : a buck cart, tl.rough the negligence of the driver not being with his horses, ran against the hind wheel of the coach, and turned it over ; the r assengers escaped' unhurt; but Mr. Watkins, the driver, had his leg dreadfully broken. and his shoulder dislocated. He was taken to the Refuge for the Destitute, where surgical aid was in stantly obtained. The value of goods exported front Archangel last year, was 5,571,544 rubles ; imports 792,854 rubles. leaving a balance of 4,781,686 ruble;. NEWPORT, MAY 14.—Sunday, a poor woman of this town, was found dead by the side of her. husband, with her head hanging over the bed, and the - b1• od running out of, her mouth, supposed to be occasioned by a blood vessel breaking while. she was in au hys -Aerie fit, to which she was very subject. A young Gentleman connected with Nobility, re viewed the three tecruiting parties in- Galway, a few days ago, and admiring the dress, appeArance, and achievements of the 88th, or Connaught Rangers, re= ceived the King's bounty, and mounted a cockade. NATIONAL SCHOOL SOClETY.—Yesterday, the annual examination of the children educated at the National Schools, took place at the Central School room, in Baldwin's Gardens, before his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Archbishop of Yonic, the-Bishops of bows, GLOUCESTER. LITCHFIELD, and EXETER, the Dean of ParEnnottouuti, Lord KENYON, &c. when the children were examined as to their proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic ; and their answers to tl , e several questions put to them, gave universal satisfaction to the Lldies and Gentlemen who attended the Meeting. At the close of the proceedings, the Archbishop of CANTERBURY addressed the Meeting, congratulating them on the progress the children had made, and requesting they would continue to support the institution. The Meeting then separated. A subscription is raising for the erection of a monu ment to Sir THOMAS PiCTON, iii Wales, his native country. That gallant Officer suffered rather bard treatment dining his life. Ile served in the Penin sular war with zeal, talent, and bravery. lle always commanded the advance division of the army, which, from its exposed situation, and the constant employ ment he gave it, received the appropriate title of the fighting divkion." The taking of lladajoz, and many other most dashing actions of the war, are at ' uibutable mainly to him• His conduct in the cam paign of 1815, is wcll known. It is a singular fact, thy leaf - England, he predicted that he had not BOW-STREET. Mr. Mitford, one of the Corr.missioners of Bankrupts, came to this Once with a butcher's boy, whonfite charged with assaulting him. The boy had a severe cut under one of his ears, which was bleeding and much swoln. Mr. Mitford said. the boy ran against him in Fleet -street, and greased his coat; he touched hint with his um brella, and the boy replied in an insolent tone, and put himself in a fighting posture. He (Mr. M.) then struck him with his umbrella, anti walked on towards Temple-bar, and was fpliowed by the boy. and a number of people. On the way he received a blow on the back. The lad, who stated his name to be Thomas Warren, said. he was going on steadily with his tray, and was ignorant of having touched any one, when he received a severe poke in the ribs from the complainant's umbrella point. He turned round to demand why he was assaulted 1 and the complainant repeated the blow or thrust several times, and at List gave him the cut under the ear. He put himself in a fighting attittnfe, - when he had been thus vio lently assaulted, and struck Mr. 11JltffiiH on the back. This account was corroborated by some •Gentkm.en. The Magistrate having ascertained that the offence was committed in the City, said he could not interfere, but recommended Mr. Mitford to accompany the boy to a surgeon. Mr. Mitford followed the Magittrate's ad vice, paid the expenses, and they separated at the door, after having made some arrangements. 'MARV-LA-BONNR. A young man of fashionable appearance was charged with refusing to allow his wife a separate maintenance. The defendant declared that he woad never mutat to support a woman who had been de tected in open adultery ; hut, after some delay, a Gentleman step• ped forward, and arraligtd for the payment of Ss. a week. A Gentleman here stepped forward, and exclaimed, " I have a charge of bigamy tia prefer against this. Gentleman," and immedi ately retiring, introduced two Ladies, the youngest of whom was in such an agitated state, as scarcely to be able to walk. The accused Gentleman, on seeing her, became tremulous with emotion, and coveredhls face with his hands. The two Ladies then advanced, and the second wife: took the si tuation of the first to give evidence. Mr. RAWIJNSOII directed the prisoner's name and the evidence to be taken. He gave his name Joshua Schley. The second wife being indulged with a seat, stated that her maiden name was Palmer, and that she was married on the sth December, 1216, to the defendant. in Hereford ; she never knew his first wife was alive until within these few days ; there were two persons pre sent at the marriage, of the name of King and Griffith ; she had her certificate. Mr. liamtnisoe asked who could prove the first marriage? ob serving that the first wife could be no evidence. The mother of the first wife came forward, although her daughter made an effort to- restrain her, and, being sworn, proved that the defendant married her daughter, whose maiden name was Wilson; in Lambeth Chintit on the 2d of June, about 13 years since • she was not present at the marriage, but was with them the whale of the wedding-day ; she believed the Parish ekrk and the Clergy. man were still living. Mr.-Itimaxson observed, this was a prima/4de miir t ilalle wadi certainly remand the prisoner until•the evidence was complete f het perhaps that course would not be required. The second wife declared she would prosecute, and requested no time might be lost. The defendant joined in the request. saying they could not prove the second marriage. He was then rentauded until the other ne eessary testimony be procured. UNION-HALL Yesterday, Dlr. Carter, a shoemaker in 13Iackfrlars-road, at tended at this Office, for the purpose of informing the sitting Magis. trate, that nearly the whole of his *oilmen had left his service to join a combination of all the journeymen shoemakers in town to raise the prices. He had that morning received the &howling placard, copies-of which he understood to have Seen distributed round to all the journeymen in London, besides being stuck up in different parts of the mein. lie - 6* Men, he raid', who were now left 4n his employ, the asiociatien would not leave Milne; that morning he observed two men parading up and down outside his shop-door, who stopped every worlintan that came out, endeavour ing to persuade them also to " strike ;" and by to-morrow he did not expect to have one man left. Mr. Carter said that the advanoe 4 they wanted in his lint was 3 . 5 per Cents The advance of course he would not accede 'to at'present, as he could not execute the wholesale orders now on hand, his traveller selling his goods from samples 'and in taking the orders he did not contemplate an advance. The Magistrate asked Mr. Carter whether he had reduced the wages of his journeymen lately ? Mr. Carter, in reply, said, that for the last ten years he had never reduced the prices. At the period that the bread was Is. loid. per loaf, and provisions in a similar proportion high, he gave less than he did now ; therefore he thought it was most unjustifiable conduct of the men in his employment to strike for an advance of wages. Mr. Arcza regretted that he could not punish the men, as it ap peared that no threats or intimidation had been used by the persons placed at his doors by the association. If any of his men left his work in an unfioiahed state, he had it in his power to have them taken into custody and sent to prison; and with regard to the senti nels who were now pacing' up and own before his shop, he (the Magistrate) would order an officer to warn them off, and in case of their refuel, he would have them before him. Dlr. Carter.-- y complaint is not that men should associate to gether it they hat : that they should bring sentinels to watch my door, and prevent ail those who have worked for me for years past, and who are sati,ti:d with their employ, from working. The 'number of men before the distribution of the paper alluded to, was between forty and fifty, nearly all of whom have now left etc. and joined in the combination for higher wages. The :kligistrate observed, that an enunent shipLbuilder had been 'at the dffiti the day belore, sod suede a similat complaint of several 'of his workmen having struck for an advance of wages h • wrAill, as in that Case, give Mr. Caner the. same advice that his wort% brother Magistrate, Mr. CAN 'gas, did on that occasion ; which was, to proceed immediately tot tee House of Com.nons, and give evidence on sb important a point, before the Commineenow sitting on the Combination Laws. The officer who was sent down to Mi. Carter's house to bring ttis the men who were placed on the watch; returned, and stated the, very soon disappeared from the neighbourhood, on perceiving that an application was about to be made at.this office. Jews White, Robert Jefferkv, and 111/lions Raetiips Weft pet tie the bir, charged by Mr. James Bosbury. of Brodslle Grove,. Cto. fordshire; the two' former with stealing, and the latter with rectiir ing and disposing of a brown gelding, bis property. Mr. HARMER, for the prisoners, did net think it necessary to slty anything on their behalf in this stage of the proceedings: *ere fully committed for trial, t ear ensuing Surrey Assist's. This is one of about thirty hotses whirls thruogh the Wrings:to( and activity of Mr. Hall, have within these two' months igen• re' covered, and returned to their respectite owners.' VAUXHALL.—We underrand that the Prop rieors of this place of fashionable summer resort, ate making'. the most strenuous exertions for the cornmencement.of an early se 'son, on a s scale which cannot fail to ensure the patronage which their laudable endeavours to con-' .suit the public comfort and convenience, and their de termination to add to the respectability of the Gardens. so well deserve. For this purpose, the exterior of the ,Gardens is to be splendidly illuminated with gas, from the Pheenix Gas Company, Bankside ; and such parts of the interior as were formerly almost in total dark ness, will no longer remain a harbour for vice, and an annoyance to every modest woman who visited this otherwise fai:cinating evening promenade. Sunday a serious accident occurred to Mr. Wood, one of his MAJESTY'S keepers in the Great Park, Wind sor, and a young man under him. Mr. 'Void and the young man being out together, the young man wits fires attaeked by a heifer, which severely wounded' im. Mr. Wood, seeing the danger he was in, proceeded to his assistance, the young magi 13 ing on the grcund. The heifer made a violent rush at Mr. Wood, who held rut his arms to save his body, when one of the horns cf the animal gored his hand and arm in a dreadful manner. In making a second rush, Mr. Wood fortunately step ped on one side, when the horns of the beast entered so deep in a bank behind Mr. Wood, that she stuck fast. and on endeavouring to extricate herself turned on her back, her head being confined from the solid purchase of the horns in the earth, and her neck twisted. While in that situation, some men coming that way, assisted in putting an end to the animal. CORONER'S INQUEST.— Yesterday afternoon, TKOs. SHELTON, Esq. Coroner for London, held an Inquest in Whit , cross-areet Prison, on the body of a Gentle man named George Pettit, who died a prisoner there. on Sunday morning last. The Jury having viewed the body, or rather its remains, a mere assemblage of bones, on their return received in evidence that the deceased Gentleman came into the prison on the 11th of August last, for a debt of 801. (having formerly lived in Essex, upon an income of 1,5001. a year), where he had since remained, the provisions of the L;solvent Act not having been complied with ; that on the 7th of February last, he was attacked with a pulmonary disorder, and attended, from that time until his death, by Mr. Thomas Wadd, of BAsingh4ll-Areet, surgeon, who stated to the Jury that when called in, he found the deceased, who had been a free liver, labouring under general debility, attended with hectic fever and loss of appetite; In whith state he continued until within the last three week.,. when he sunk rapidly, expectorating considerable quantities of matter. Every attention and comfort was afforded him during his illness, his wife remaining with him night and day. He was 38 years of age. Mr. Shelton said, that no question had arisen of the unfortunate Gentleman's having met his death other than in the corn se of naturetz it was, notwithstanding, very properly required, that in no one instance , of a person dying wi hin the wall; of a prison, should inquiry be dispensed with. The Jury expressed themselves completely satisfied, and gave their verdict, i ‘ Natural Death." The principle adopted by the King of NAPLU is ordering the officers of the army and navy to be dis charged, if they do not marry the mothers of their natural children, seems to have been borrowed from Dr. MADAN, the famous author of Thelothora ; though it does not go to his extent; for he wished that the father should be obliged to marry the mothers, hob ever numerous, of all- his illegitimate children. Ma- RAT .US mentions, that a sinister of an Italian Son- , reign issued an edict, with a view to diminish , the num ber of cases of seduction, that the seducer should, in all cases, be forced to marry the victim of his lur. The result, however, wits very different from what this Minister anticipated ; for, according to the historian, the hope of marriage induced females to throw them selves in the way of young men of family, and there , was a great increase instead of a diminution in the number of seductions. BIRTH. Monday; in Portnian-aquare, Lady Charlotte Sturt, of a son. AIARRIP.D. Saturday, at Ritham, John Afessiter, Esq. of his Majesteti 28th Regiment, to Frances Emma. daughter of the late Rev. G. A. ;Thomas, LLD. Rector of Wickham, llama, and Prebendary of DIED. Ray 61./t; little Mill, Dumbartonshire, Copt. Walter Allan. . At Tullyallan, the Hon. Mary Riphinstone, aged 85. At Port Glasgow, exceedingly regretted, John M'Murtrie, Esq. Chief Magistrate. Monday; in South Audley-street, Lady Isabella Hatton. Monday, George Edward Ewbank., Esq. one of the Surgeons of St. Georges Hospital, aged 36. At Secunderabad, on the 29th anober last, Euphemia Ton, eldest daughter of Captain Wright, 40th Regiment Madras , !CI. • At Calcutta, on the 13th of August, Win. I'atoa, Rsq. Mem ber of the Hoard of Revenue there. May 13, at Paris, the Chevalier de Prito, Portuguese Envoy Extraordinary. At Raploch, near Stirling, on the Morning of Sunday te'srighr, Mr. William How, Preacher of site Gospel, aged 21 ; and on• the evening of the same day, his brother, James raw, aged Sit 1% is also worthy of remark, that a sister died about three months ago, aged Their milted ages amount to nearly 260 years. COAL MARKET. MAVIS. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. 41i Newcastle 27. 61 to' 39s al HI Suuderbud 5i 28s 6.1 to ;As vd MAILS-THIS DAT. • *a. *VW •va. wt. Franca 1 0 Ham.iurgb o 0 Dublin 1 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey ant Jersey 0 0 Flanders , 1 0 Lisboa 0 0 I Buenos Ayres 0 0 G otten b urg b 0 0 1 Jamaica 0 0 Malta • 0 0 America 0 O I Holland 0 0 Lewanti Isla las 0 0 HIGH-WATER at LONDON-89113G8 TO.NIORIZOW. . Morning • 39 minutes after 3 Afternoon - • 56 mit.uteg after 3 Lon= Plate esti Petiiisked loy J. K. KRA wir, at the STAR Onus, No 1, I'leitc*Piacv, 7Trotigoitor