Star. — London, England, 1825-02-10 00:00:00

IN TUE MATTER OF THE BOROUGH OF EAST LOOS. was a rule, °bullied by the Attorney-General, I cdli;ig on the Mayor of the borough of East Looe, who is also. steward of the Court-leet of the Manor, to spew cause shy a ntardames should not issue, requiring him to enrol a resident householder in the borough, and to circa him a burgess of the corporation, so order to give him the privilege of voting for Members to serve in P., rhament. 11.. ADAM and Mr. CoLaatnctr shewed cause against the nue, and produced a decision of the House of Corn. mons, that the right of voting was in the burgebses only, and not in the resident householders, an d con tenclvd that a resident householder -could not, mutely as such, claim to be admittei a burgess. The ATTOR NEY GENERAL and Mr. MEREWETHUR, in support of the rule, urged that Ahem was sufficient ground laid in the affidavits to Render it questionable, whether the tight of voting 'Kai not otiginally in the residents, and had been usurped by the select body ? and that the terms of the charter were, at least, open to Vie construction that all reAants were entitled to be come burgesses. As, therefore, these was doubt, both as to the fact-and the law, they submitted that the case should be placed in a train of further inquiry. The - COURT, however, thought both points clear against the rule. They believed. and in that belief were Ise lat :e -the bo ere.— reason ler LUC [WV. L/ZIIC•GLI, AMU UI 11161. Ucl/c1 Mel confirmed by the admission of Mr. Merewether, when knowledge of col potation law was very extensive, dr; there was no corporation in England to which mere ri sidency gave a right of admission. To hold that tt Charter conferred on all residents such a right, woul be to alter the constitution of numerous corporate be dies, with which the Court had no power to interfere.- The rule must therefore be - discharged. CONSISTORY COURT, FEB. 9. BALL 9. BALL. This cause, which was a suit for a divorce, by reasa of adultery, promoted by Mrs. Sarah Ball, against he husband, Mr. George Ball, a brewer, residing in Drur: e lane, has been several years in progress in this Court.- This day it came on for judgment. Sir C.ROBINSON said, the pleas in this cause had bee very numerous, and the case was altogether of a vet complicated nature. The libel put in on behalf of tl wife, pleaded the marriage in 1812, and subsequent c habitation ; the Lady was the widow of a brewer Drury-laile, by whom Mr. Ball had been long et ployed in a confidential capacity,- and he had ultimate married the widow. Mrs. Ball hid a niece residit with her, named Penny, to whom she afforded her pi tecion, in consequence of Miss Pennie having been 1 an orphan. In 1813, Mrs. Ball had a female chi: which was placed in the care of Miss Pennie, as nur The libel charged Mr. Ball with having very early hibited signs of disaffection towards her, and estranl ment of his affections from her to Miss Pennie. T charge was met, on the other side, by counterpleadin and from the evidence of all the witnesses, it seen that both Mr. and Mrs. Ball's disagreements were c ginally caused by the dispositions of each party ; ' witnesses described the blame to attach to both part: Mrs. Ball's differences were chiefly occasioned by mot matters, regarding the fortune which was to have b settled on herself and children • this was not sett • until 1821, whe n , upon the application of Mrs. trustees to the Court of Chancery, Mr. Ball was cc Felled to refund the money. The first proximate pleaded to have taken place, was in August, 18 when, in consequence of the frequent disagreements tween the parties, Mrs. Ball left her husband (Are 1 previously, in 1816, left her husband, but returned him again); in April, 1820, she returned to him ag and in the interim, such facts were pleaded as, ■ cording to the argument of Counsel, called on Court to come to a conclusion of adultery. It stated that Mr. Ball had, during that time, acted g unbecoming familiarity towards Miss Pennie: to a - port this charge, Margaret Walters, a servant, stated, that on one casion she was, passing the parlour window. anc kg looking in, she saw Mr. Ball and-Miss Pennie pla like children together, and that the thought it is- pro f On another occasion, while passing Mr. E to room, she saw Mr. Ball taking improper liberties the person of Miss Pennie; this might not perhaps \1 he les )fd JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. 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EVERETT, WALKER, AND CO. • The Court of Chancery was this day crowded to excess long be fore the Linn Citaxectuau had ciken his seat on the bench, al though his Lordship emceed the Court before hii usual time, by G, v interested in the issue of this question, which has called furl , oiuch public attention. • Luausitte commenced by observing, that a vast quantity of papers had been handed up to him, of which, in the first place, he should only refer to two bundles, which lie then held in his hand. Thef.• he considered himself not at liberty to look at, as they might contain letters and documents o 1 which the other side bad not been put in possession, or that his Lordship's attention might not have been called to in the course of the arguments adduced in the hear ing of this important cause. The same objection held with respect to certain parts of the bill and answer, and consequently his Lord ship must confine himself to such parts as were or snould be marked out for argument. Air. Haar said, he was not aware that any pipers had been banded up to his Lordship, of which the whole of the parties were not aware.—Mr. Eves explained. The LORD CIIaNCELLOR said, he did not attribute any blame to Mr. Eyre. At the same time he was bound to say, that if the mass of papera he then held in his hand contained anything the other side were not in possession of, it was right they should be awaie of it. With respect to the Company, which was called a " Bobbie," his I.ord.lq proceedA to say, that it was his opinion that it must have appeared on the record in the nature of a plea, and his Lordship could only say, that on the face of it, it could not, under the 6th of Geo. I. be taken as evidence, as the intention must be taken from the conduct of the parties who joined in the roceeding. In fact, their joining in the issue was conclusive as to that point.- His Lord ship would, however, carry the principle further than it had been carried elsewhere; fur he would say, that if this Company were a bubble, under and within the meaning of the 6th of Geo. I. this Gorr would be induced to deal most tenderly with it, even before it h d :wen tried in a Court of Law; and if so, how much more imperatively was it called upon to do so atter what had taken place? It would, at least.. be strange in this Court to go over it slain, after the Court below had taker. it into consideration, and decided on its merits. His Lordship would not WOW give any opinion as to the legality or illegality of the present Company; but as it had been :east forth to the world that his Lordship had expressed very different sentiments to those which had fallen from him, he would now request to correct them. What he meant to say was, that where any Company or set of partners acted illegally. they had no right to come to that Court for relief ; for no man could saucy, that when a person committed Mega( acts they were I ever likely to be made legal. What his [wardship uid-was, that it never was intended to make an ex post facto law relative to these Companies; for it might be that Companies might be formed for the be.t of purposes, and who might join under the idea that they would obtain a Charter ; but if they did not obtain their wishes, they niust rest contented with the collective wisdom of the Legis lature, in refusing them that Charter. All, therefore, I will now say is, with Out giving any opinion whether this Company was legaily formed or not, that no intention exists of disposing of it by an expo' facto law. If you mark any point, I will look at it this tvenipg, if Lam able ; but I will now only repeat what I have be lore said relative to an es post tads law. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY 9. irse. ex .ige- This ng ; seemed on. they, parties. money been 411's com act 819, :s be had ned to ac the was with sup- , s • ! Vs.; to a conclusion of adultery ,lint it' might (considering the habits and ages of the parties) very naturally, lead to a conclusion that there was a personal siet - Chl4iint not consistent with the relative situations ofihe persons. The house wherein Mr. and Mrs. Ball resided was only one story high, and had three rooms on the first floor, to which there were only two entrances, so that there was an intermediate room, and it was charged that Mr. Bill often required gruel at night, after he wal in bed, and he insisted on Miss Pennies bringing it to him ; she did so, and on such occasions Miss Pennie was some•. times as long as two hours in Mr. Ball's bed-roorn, during which time it was charged that he committed adultery. Subsequently, she went to reside at Kentish.' town, the lodgings having been taken for her by Mr. Ball. This witness's evidence was throughout pregnant with inferences, but all of the circumstances were de nied in a counterplea to which Miss Pennie had deposed. Miss Perinie added, that Mr. and Mrs. Ball disagreed a few days after their marriage, and that the feudt con tinued, hut attribirted all the blame to Mrs. BAIL, excul pating Mr. Ball from any blame whatever ; she denied. that Mr. 8411 had ever taken any improper familiarities with her whatever. This seemed to be a very unnatural mode for I.lrss Pennie to pursue towards her aunt, Mrs. 13411, who had so long supported her, and scented as if she was making herself a party to the suit. She, how ever, admitted that Mr. Will took the lodgings in Ken tish-wail for her without Mrs. Ball's knowledge, and' that she ie:u:ned to the brewery in November following. • Ann Tuppy, another witness, was also a servant to Mr. and Mrs. Ball, and deposed to the same facts. It was also charged that Mr. Ball took lodgings for Miss Pennie, iu Russell -street, Bloom.bury, at the house of a very respectabie family, named Itocher. Mary Bristow was servant to Mr. and Mrs. Rocher, and she deposed to having, on several occasions, seen Mr. Ball and Miss Pennie together, in exceedingly un becoming situations. Mr. and Mrs. limber, as well as j Mr. Antonio Kocher, had also been examined as wit nesses, and their evidence chiefly related to certain ex pressions which Mary Bristow had made use of re. garding Mt. Rucher's house. It did not appear there was. any room to question the respectability of Mr. Rocher's house, or to imagine chat any of that Gentle- Irnall's family knew of what was going forward. the shape of an affidavit, a revocation of Mary Bristow's had beers presented to the Court, by which she deposed that all she had charged Mr. Ball with was false; that she had been induced to give that testimony from the pro riiiies of advantage held out to her by Mrs. Ball, and that she made this revocation voluntarily, without any communication from Mr. Ball, and entirely from a con scientious feeling, that what she had before sworn to was improper. Upon looking at all the circumstances, however, the Calla could come to no other conclusion, but that this affidavit was procured by the instrumenta lity, and in consequence of a communication from Mr. Ball ; and, that the means which were proved to.liave been used in tampering with the witnesses, one of whom Mr. Ball had called by an abusive epithet, and threat ened with prmec ution and pillory, deserved reprobation. Sir C. ItunissoN concluded a very long and able speech by declaring that Mrs. Ball was entitled to the relief she prayed for, and decreed the divorce accordingly. It was understood (so determined are the parties) that the case will be the subject of .an appeal to a supe rior Court. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, FEBRUARY 9. Gyks, of Crookham Crondall, Hants; was op posed by Mr. Pou.ocx, for two creditors named Walker and Ward. It appeared by the insolvent's statement, that in No vember List he made over his stock to Evans ) . his son• in-law, who was also his journeyman. He being in debted to him, Evans, for wages, got Mr. Hunt, of Odibarn, to appraise the working tools, &c. to him as a consideration for his debt. Previous to this he h.id made over his furniture to the same person, and under the same circumstances. Evans was at present carrying on the business, and he (insolvent) had no interest in it. In his examination by Mr. HZATH, the insolvent' stated, that he had dealt with Ward, his opposing cre ditor, for thirteen years, during which time he had paid hint a considerable sum •of money—on one occasion some receipts he had formerly given were burned, and Mr. Ward had refused to send one for 301. hence he dis putod part of that creditor's claim. The COURT said, that however small the amount might be of goods made away with, it was an offence under the Act of Parliament, and merited the observa tion of the Court; the judgment of • which was, that he be confined for three calendar months within the walls of the prison, for fraudulently disposing of his property. ADMIRALTY SESSIONB, FEB. 9. Robert Simpson, the Master of the Harriet trading vessel, was placed at the bar on an indictment, charging him with the wilful murder of Daniel Williams, a lad thirteen years of age, by flogging him with a rope, ex posing him to the inclemency of the weather, and throwing him into the sea during the time the. vessel lay off the banks of Newfoundland. There was no Counsel for the prosecution. Messrs. Acter and PLATT were for the prisoner. Joseph Diggins, the first witness, was a seaman on board the Harriet, the prisoner was Captain, and the deceased was cabin-boy. On the 15th Ncivember last, in the afternoon, while the vessel lay off Newfoundland, the prisoner desired the deceased to pick some oakum, and yarn was given to him for that purpose. Shortly afterwards the prisoner accused the boy of having thrown some of the yarn overboard. The deceased made no reply to this accusation, and the prisoner beat him severely with a boat-hook, and also with a rope from the leach of the trysail—the blows were given on all parts of the body. In the evening, the deceased went below to take his clothes off, and while he was stripped, a large black mark was apparent on his left thigh. After changing his apparel, the boy went to the deck.. The prisoner called him, but he made no answer. The deceased, at ten o'clock the same night, was stand ing on a chest on the we 4Eller-quarter, with his face to windward. The prisoner was on the deck during the time, and havilig ordered the Second Mate to keep him standing there, he went below ; when the prisoner was gone, the deceased attempted to get off, but he was forced back by the Second Mite.— The prisoner afterwards came on d . pck, and inquired if Taffy, meaning the deceased, had been rebelling? The Second Mate said, that he could not keep.him up, and the prisoner seized a top-galiant stay-sail tack, and one oc- beat the boy with it very severely ; and as the latter and on held up hisarms to ward off the blows, he fell off.the . laiing chest. When he got on the chest, the prisoner struck ant. him again repeatedly; he ant up his arm as before, and Ball's when he dropped it the prisoner said, " I was deter with mined to make him drop his arm, or break it. The lead prisoner then directed the Second Mate to tell the Chief ... . . . Maie to keep the boy on the chest daring the watch, froni twelve to four. The. Second Date told the pii soner t that the boy had stolen i:ome of the 'men's cc)- bAco. The prisoner then went below. At sii o'clock in the morning the boy was standing against the weather rail; he trembled, and appeared so weak as to be unable to stand. The prisoner came on deck at eight o'clock, and beat the boy with some of the run ning rigging, and then ordered,him to go forward. 'file deceased scrambled on deck, and took hold of the boom brace. The man at the helm said to the boy, Come away, or you will go overboard," but the boy paid no attention to what he said. The witness, seeing his dan ger, with some difficulty pulled him away, and then went below. The deceased was afterwards sitting by the galley fire ; ,the witness went to bed, and the boy I was handed tinwn the scuttle; the helmsman got hi eak. fast, and offered the boy some, but he either would not or could not swallow ; the cook afterwards made some tea, but the boy could not drink it. In about half an hour the boy was sent fur by the prisoner, and handed out of the forecastle ; he was unable to walk at that time without assistance. The .. itriesr afterwards saw the boy in the Captain's gangway ; when the Captain came l up he struck him on the right side of the head with his hand, and ordered him to go instantly t* the cabin. About half-past two o'clock the same day the witness was sent below to look at the boy, and he found him dead. He saw no more of him till eleven o's:Vck the following day, when he was directed to go down, vei h others of the clew, .to sew up the deceased in a sheet. On pulling off the boy's trowsers, witness observed a black mark on his thigh, and two others on the belly ; the body was then sewn up in, a sheet, a id carried on deck; prayers being read, the corpse was thrown over board ; the night the boy was exposed on the chest alb very cold and sleety. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—Witness had been accused on the 10th November last of stealing rum ; he did not to his knowledge beat the boy with a rope'send on the day he died ; he slapped him with his open hand to make him let go; he did not throw the boy down upon the spars, and say, " go there ; I have no pity for you;" the boy was very filthy with vermin ; he had no hammock, and none of the crew would suffer him to sleep with them, or come near their clothes. John Davies, a seaman on board the vessel during the voyage, corroborated the leading points of she evi dence of the above witness. He also stated that the boy had some burgoo for his breakfast the morning of the day he died, and ate a pint of it. About. one o'clock on the same day the boy crawled on deck on his hands and knees, and appeared to be speechless. When the boy was dead, the Captain said " the galley fire had suf focated him." In cross-examination, the witness said that he had had no dispute with the Captain; he never challenged him to fight. The deceased slept amongst wet timber; he was driven thereby the crew. Nicholas Foote, another seaman, said, that on the night of the 15th November, there was neither snow nor sleet. It was a foggy night, and not severely cold. Prisoner was a humane man. T. Oliver, the chief mate of the vessel, said the boy was very indolent, and extremely filthy ; he saw the prisoner flog him; the punishment was not severe, or likely to occasion his death. The prisoner always treated the boy well; the witness Diggins accused of steal ing rum during the voyage; he saw Diggins beat the boy on the morning of the day on which be expired, with a rope, and he also threw him amongst some spars. Mr. Heslop, a passenger on board the vessel, saw the boy on the chest as stated by the first witness ; but he slept part of the time. The boy commonly slept on the deck. The Captain did not beat him severely, nor was he kept on the chest the whole of the night. It was not a severely cold night ; there was no snow or sleet. The prisoner put in a written defence, in which he denied the offence imputed to ram. Several merchants, and a number of other respect able persons, were called on behalf of the prisoner's character. Some of them had known him for thirty years, and they gave him the highest character for mildness and humanity. The Loan CHIEF BARON said, that had the case been' left solely upon the evidence of the two first witnesses, he should have thought the situation of the prisoner was a very critical one; but the subsequent evidence had completely contradicted the most material parts of their testimony, and had negatived the imputation of malice on the part of the prisoner towards the deceased. The Jury, without permitting the Learned Judge to sum up the evidence, returned a Verdict of—Nog Guilty. • The prisoner was a good-looking man, about fifty years of age. The Session then terminated. WEST INDIES. KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCF:NrS, NOV. 6. Tuesday, the Court of Grand Sessions, specially sum moned for the trial of James RaHasty, a pi ivate of the 21st Fuzileers, charged with the wilful murder of Ma jor Johrf C. Champion, of the• same Regiment, assem bled at the Court House, upon which occasion the bench was occupied by the three Assistant Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, in consequence of the un fortunate indisposition of his Honour the Chief Judge, who, we regret to say, has been confined for the last fortnight from the effects of an apoplectic attack. On the Court *being formed, and the Grand Jury sworn, they were addressed by the senior Justice, who 'presided; after which the Grand Jury retired, and were absent but a short time, when they returned a true bill upon the indictment whiZh they had received.—The prisoner had been previously placed at the bar, and, being now called on to plead, said—Not Guilty. The Petty Jury was then sworn; and the trial pro ceeded, which occupied little more than two hours, the evidence being clear and decisive against the prisoner, and fully establishing his guilty perpetration of the crime with which he stood charged. We deem it un necessary in this case to detail the evidence verbatim, but the following will be found a correct summary of it:—" On the 13th of October, the prisoner (with a corporal and two other privates) was placed on duty for the day at the Barrier-bridge, leading into Fort Char lotte ; between five and six o'clock in the evening, Major Champion, as he passed this post on his way to town, found fault that the prisoner, with the corporal and another private, who were all in the guard-nom, had been dilatory in turning our, and lie accordingly ordered the two privates to perform extra duty for an hour, under arms, and placed the corporal in arrest, as he appeared inebriated. The comrade of the pi isoncr, who performed the hour's extra duty with him this occasion, was quesiioned paitictilarly at. to any expres sion of resentment that he might have made use of M, xis or 'period ; but be de \ .. *nen he returned,' to Which the witness said he attiched no importance, having no reason to iuspect . thO result. The hour being expired, and another, Corpnral placed in charge of the guard; it became the prisoner's regular turn of tiuty to remain nut until eight eitpck—the cor poral and the two other sentinels being in the guard room, at about twelve or fifteen paces distant: at a little after seven o'clock, a reoort e.f- a musket being heart!, the men i.e the room ran out, and questioned the pri soner as to the cause of alarm—one of them at the same time taking.his firelock from him, whiCh was still warm from the discharge, and the prisoner declaring, without hesitation, that he had shot the Major. This declaration he subsequently repeated to the Serjeant- Major and others, who came to the spot, adding. that it was not his intention to injure any person but the Majar —that they need give themselves no trouble on his ac count—an.i that in what he had done, he considered he had per formed good service for the regiment.' ‘i This, m ith the evidence of the Medical Gentleman who attended the Major and described the cause of his death, and the testimony of those who found him wounded and bleeding on the drawbridge, formed the purport of the case against the prisoner. He attended to it throughout with the utmost composure, and occa sionally addressed a few questions to the witnesses through the Attorney-General, but not bearing mate rially on the case. He was then called upon for his defence, when he produced a paper, which every one ss ho heard it 'Must regret he should have read; as it 141Rected not only on the character of the late Major Champion, but also on the other Officers of the Regi ment, and spoke of abuses and privations existing in the Corp.-, which lie must have been aware are open to redress if they had anriust foundation. The paper appeared to be badly connected, and it is probable was hot all real by the prisoner; it spoke of his unhappy situation, and indirectly admitted that he was the per petrator of the crime with which he stood charged ; but the only useful or satisfactory sentiment it contained was that wherein the prisoner, in allusion to the reports that were in circulation, declared, that no other person had any previous knowledge of what had taken place, nor had he himself until shortly before it occurred; meaning, as we inferred, that he committed the murder under a sudden impulse of resentment; but no part of his subsequent conduct tends to justify this conclusion. The unfortunate man having finished his address, the Jury retired for about five minutes, and returned a verdict of Guilty, when sentence of death was passed on him in a solemn and impressive manner, but which he received with the same seeming unconcern that he had evinced throughout the trial. " A warrant being issued by his Excellency the Go vernor for the execution, it took place a little before twelve o'clock on Thursday, ne irly on the spot where the murder was committed. The culprit proceeded co foot irom the jail through the town, at the end of which he was placed in a cart bearing his coffin, and escorted by a posse of fifteen constables. He was neatly dressed in white, trimmed with black, and maintained a firm ness of conduct throughout that would have shed honour on a better fate, although he was very attentive to his prayers, and to the admonitions of the Catholic Priest and Wesleyan Missionaries who were with him. He made no confession in his last moments, and after hanging for an hour, his body was interred under the bridge where he was executed." SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. TROTTING SIXTEEN MILES AN 1106 R. The match for 300 sovereigns for Makir Bouverie's celebratest mare Bantam to trot (saddle) 16 miles in one hour, and to cs , ry 10 stow", took place yesterday morning over four miles of e u-s:n ground, from Ashford Common, and thence ovi r part of the Staines road towards Betlfons. Betting was 6t04 on time, a; d much sporting took place. Screece (Major Wombwell's fate grtx•m) rode the mare as follows :—The first mile was performed in three minutes and 40 seconds, and the four miles occupied 14 mimic., and 22 seconds. The mare broke her pace in the seventh mile anti was turned ; but she tlid the second four miles in 15 minutes ai d 26 seconds, making half the distance in 29 minutes and 48 seconds. The third four miles was done in 14 minutes and SO seconds; and the fourth in 14 minutes and 58 seconds, which was winning the match by 24 seconds, and that cleverly too. GALLOPING MATCH. Tuesday evening a match was made between Mr. M'Claran's ce lebrated galloping pony and Captain Barber's pony, to gallop three quarters of a mile for a stake of fifty sovereigns; to be decided yesterday, at eleven o'clock in the morning, Mr. M'Claran's pony being rode by Mr. Johnson, of Islington, and Captain Barber jockeying his own; the ground appointed was from Kensington gate, in Hyde Park to the Bridge in Rotten-row. From the cele brity which both the ponies have acquired,' as gallopers of the first order, a very numerals attendance took place ansungs.t t►e sporting men, and betting ran high at 6 to 4 and 3 to 2 on 'the Captain. Pre-. eisely at eleven o'clock they started, going-eff at-score, and keep ine neck and neck for about a quarter of a mile, when Mr. Nl•Cla ran's pony shot ahead and won easy, the Captain being beat after the first quarter of a mile. Mr. M'Claran offers to gallop his pony against any other in the kingdom of`bis weight, carrying equal. weights, for a hundred sovereigns. :111' SCOTCH PUGILISM. Friday, a pitched battle was fought In a field at Eaglesham, near Glasgow, between James Brown, a trunk-maker, and James Pa ten, a weaver, of Glasgow. There were present a dozen noddles and gigs, and about twenty men on horseback, besides a great num ber of pedestrians. The combatants stripped about two o'clock. and fought forty-eight rounds. The fight lasted more than an hour, but there was little game displayed. It was evident from the first that Paton bad no chance, and the bets were 6 to 1 against him, but no takers. He seemed inclined to give in about the 20th round, but was still urged to continue. The combatants spat in each other's face; and when Brown gave a hard blow, he cried, " l'a ton, do you feel that?" After the 20th round, Paton seemed much more desirous to evade the blows than to return them ; and he was frequently hissed when it was supposed be threw himself down to avoid a blow, Drown was declared victor for the purse of two guineas. As usual, some of the Fancy fell out with cad] other as to the Merits of the combatants, and some challenges were given and accepted, to be fought on a future day. The villagers of Eagles barn docked out to witness the unusual spectacle, and not few fe males were lookers-on. There was ore old woman, aged about 60, who sat in front of the sing till the conclusion ; and, from her smiles and remarks to two others of her sex that were beside her, ap peared highly pleased with what was going on. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About half past five o'clock this morning, a fire broke out at the sign of the Barley Mow, in the Strand, kept by Mr. Grange, which threatened destruction to the surrounding neighbourhood. By the timely arrival of the parochial engines, particularly pf St. Mary-le-Strand, and the united exertions of the Keepers of Cross's Menagerie, adjacent, and the neighbours, the flames were confined to the house in which rs they originated. Scarcely any part of the property was saved, and the inmates were obliged to save themselves by flight over the backs of the adjoining houses. No lives were lost. R BCORDtR'S ItEPollT.—The RECORDER of London yesterday made his Report to the Krim in Council, of the follow ing prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate, who were as victed in I)ecember Old Bailey Sessic.ni:—Lot Cartlidge. aged 40; Mary Ann Rycrofc, 35; Charles Metzger, 19 ; William Lilley, 21 ; Hannah Harriet Burton, 42; Elizabeth Bowsley, 13; Caro line Molineuz, 12; William. Harrison, 21, of stealing in a dwell ing-house to the amount of 40$. and upwards —All of whom Ida 1111.aaarr was graciously pleased to respite during his Royal • sure. The cases of Edward Harris, for highway ro bbery; postresad X s A u b re r . ah, T n l i z f c o a r ses bur o a f iar F y A . W a ar nd d R H o uri rt s, rubbery ; Lela which f e Period f d m b u t t b b e e . • until a future Report.—The prisoners convicted et the JIMIUT :fa g r i e " d st th th li e t Ch o thiss:rrvaAntiYonf°l%.! Ball. foss arsaa,are poacpaN A soner at that time was that he would s - eak to the 11. •pr Sessions were not reported. • • • ••• •