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SUMMER A SSINE S. AUGUST 9. ['Vim,' %howls, a pauper, of more than 60 years At age, and wretched eppearance, was indiczed for the wilful murder oi Jenkins, perpetrated by sta. ing him with a piece of wood, on the Szh of May last.' The prisoner was unable t si:eak or understand Eng lish, arid the proceedings were acci.rdingly explained to him by an intcrpie.ei. Trootigh the medium 4.f that (intletnair, lie a,iplied to the Court for the assistance srE Couns:;, !)eing linable to retain any in the usual way; and, at the desire of the Lzai Ere! Judge, Mr. WA-rso.s under for k the defence. Mr. Pint Li:•.; stated the case for the prosecution. He described the deceased as a young man of weak inzelle r, and; like the priemer, a pauper in the work. lr.,use (it tli. rari.li of St. Merlons, by the Cherch wardens -tild Overionts of which perish the prosecution vr. is lost:toted. Te support the case, he called the following v:i4nest•es:-- Catlierint Thom-ea live in the poor-house of St. Meliens, in an adjoining room to the prisoner. There eas a pas-age leading by both rooms and to others oc cuprei by a man named Davis. At the end of the pa-sage is a room in which the deceased, William J:i.krits, lived wi.h his mother and his aunt. We used to go out to bring home fire-wo el fur our use. Be tw:q n eight and nine in the evening of the 13th or Nay, the prisoner came in from his work, and sat dawn in ray room. Soon after Jenkins went into the room with vood, and• the prisoner left it. I could hear what p rssei in the passage. I heard the prisoner say to William Jenkins, " Thee got a rail to-night, Will." Jenkins replied, " Yes, I've got a piece ; I hid it from John And ews, who glee it to me." The-prisoner said, " You are a liar, John Andrews would not give it to you." ' At this time they were walking up the passage. . Jenkins said, " Yes, indeed, John Andrews gave it me.' The prisoner asked, " What John An di ews ?" T. e deceased replied, " The servant of Mrs. Evans." They tlitn went into the room of Jenkins's mother. The prisoner then said, "Thou stole the tail from some otte, and I won't mind for a pin to give thee a blow of it." William Jenkins said, " Thee take care what you do to me." This conversation was in Welsh. I then heard a blow and a heavy tall. Before that I heard Jenkins's mother say to the prisoner, Wiliam Thomas get out of my room, you old mur derer." This was just before the blow was heard. I then went to the room of the prisoner's mother, and saw Jenkins on the floor senseless, with a mark on his temple. No one was in Lite room but his aunt and his motile-. Miry Harris, the aunt of the deceased, said—l re collect my oephew, on the 13th of May last, coming home from Mrs. Evans's in the evening. I was at the time in his inot• er's rwm. William Thomas followed Jenkins into the Imam, and asked him where he had the stick ? Jenkins said, " I had it from John An drews." Thomas said, " You stole it." Jenkins said, " Leave me quiet, if you please." Thomas then struck him with the stick, which he held with both his hands, and he fell. Tile blow struck Jenkins on the left side of his head. He said nothing after he fell, and there di.l not appear much life in him. The mother of the deceased had, immediately before the blow, said, "Get out of the room, you old murderer." The prisoaer, having struck the blow, went to bed, and remained till he vial taken by the officer. The stick, were) was of great size and length, was produced an! identified by the witness. Mr. Brewer. who examined the deceased, attributed his death to a fracture caused by the blow. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner left his defence to his Counsel, who called Mr. Phillips, a Magidrate for the county, whose tenant the prisoner -eras, s od who said he sever heard anything against his character. Tie knew him to be a passionate man. Ur. Justice Bus Lova), ezp:ainesi to the Jury the distinction be tween murder and manslaughter; the first being homicide from malice, the latter from passion; and gave his opinion that the case ranged under the latter description of crime. The Jury. after deliberating sonic time, returned a verdict— Guilty of Malufaugiter. hit. Justice Busisoutiu, after stating that though the offence was only manslaughter, it was of a very aggravated nature, and that the prisoner's ace alone saved him from transportation for life, sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. CROYDON, AUGUST 9. Louisa Catherine Jeffreys, sta'ed in the calendar tobe 14 years '.l age, and Louisa Birington, aged 12 years, were indicted for conspiring, and confederating together to set flue to the house of Jim Byng Banks, at St. :dry, Bermondsey, on the 21st July. In another set of counts the object of the conspiracy was alleged to be, to attempt to set fire to the house. The case excited extraordinary interest. The wretched prisoners were overwhelmed with grief during the whole vial. They had been in confinement since the 28th of July. Mary Sweeting—l wink at Mr. Banks's factory, and" have done so more than a year. The prisoners were apprentices in the factory ; in the month of September last I was confined to my bed with illness; early one rnornii:g in that month the ptiioners came to my bed ; Killington asked me if I could keep a secret? I made no answer ; she then said, "1 am going to set the house on fire to-night, at seven o'clock ; b th prisoners said they would set the house on fire; they assigned as their reason that they wanted to get away from the factory; they came up again to my bed side in the evening, at seven o'clock-1 was still in bed; they brought a candle up, and set st on the table ; they said to another girl, named Christiana Slack, and myself, , d We are going to it ;" Christiana Slack said, "Pray don't—if you do, tell master; they said, " Pray don't—it is only our Jun r I don't know whether they took away the candle "or not ; I did not know that they mere going to do it ; I did not hear that the house had been set on fire. ,:ress-examined by Er. Au:names—There are tis children in the ry:tcry; they sleep In two rooms. I am one of the little ones ; ' elere are many younger than me; I am thirteen years old. We Ir . employed in embri.idaring lace. The pllsaners were arprenticed alter toe. We go to work ::very morning at half past seven, and c4tirce till half past seven in the evening; we work ogle twelve hnrs a day. When tLe prisoners mid me they were gbing to set house on ere, I thought it w• 23 r. bit of fun. %Viten we behave thvy brat us with a cane. Christiana Slack—l am Ef:cen years of age ; I have sr;, l keci two years uczt March at Mr. lianki's factory. I ren;r:mber the last witness leing confined to her bed in Eeptemter. I tern, tuber the prisoners coming into her. roam one morning between eight and nine o clock ; I was preJent. They said they were go ng to set the Louse. on fire in the women's room. They said that their object was to run away. I told them not to do it, for I would tell of them. In the evening of that day I saw Jeffreys in the work-room, about r.riven o'clock. Bllington came ;_n; she asked me foe a candle? she did ta-t gat one theq, tent she did afterward:. I went with :Ism said tlity were going to do it. I did not believe they were in earnest then. I asked them if they were going to do it?, They said they were. I told them not to do it, or I: would tell of them. Both then said they would not do , it. Then I left the room. A fire happened that night in tl e women's room ; some women's clothes were burnt. Both prisoners ran away that night from the' factory, but returned next mornii•g. I never heard them express any dislike to their work. They complained of being too much confined. They never made any par- ticular c'►tnpla'r:t. They said they did net like the place; they would rot stop. I know nothing about the fire in July. C:oss.examined by Mr. Law.—There are some children as young nine. , a eirl;n the factory. They al complained of being tbo hard wurlod. We breakfut at eight o'clock, and have halt an hour. diue at one, and have an ho , tr. We leave off work at half past seven. There is a achcol in the factory. The Rev. Dr. 1-I.lrriton—l am well acquainted with Mr. banks factory ; I visit it by the directions of the Magistrates at Quarter Sessions; I have visited it twice since June, 1824; I give Mr. Banks no notice of my visits; I have never seen any cause of complaint; quite the contrary; the children have been present at the visits. Cross-esamined by Mr. Anotroos.—T ha Lmn twice to the factory since my arpointmcnt. I ant fatllipof a family 'midi. As a man, a father, a clergyman of the Chorcia cf England, as a Minister of that Gospel which teaches peace, charity, and compas passion to our fellow-creatures, is that a proper mode of treating these tender infants?—(Greater hesitation) I ant not concerned in business of this bind. Mr. AcilLt IKS—What! can't you tell whether it is proper treat ment to employ children of the tender age of from nine to four teen, for twelve hours a day, in the manner which has been proved ? Can't you tell me *that, Reverend Sir ?—No answer. Mr. Baron GRAHAZi--I don't know that you can force him to give an answtr. Mr. Anotruns—The Reverend Visitor not giving me an answer is just as satisfactory. I shill ask him no more questions. Mr. Aronson, then addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner Jeffreys. Mr. Baron Osamu summed up the case at great length. The Jury found both prisoners Not Guilty ; and they were de livered to their mothers, for the purpose of being returned again to the factory. WARWICK, AUGUST 8. - The Assizes commenced here this morning, before Mr. Justice PAax, sitting at Nisi Pries, and Mr. Justice ilommen. in the Criminal Court. Mr. Justice HOLROYD, in his charge to the Grand Jury, expressed his regret at the great number of prisoners (65), whose names appeared in the calendar, and which was quite astonishing, considering the short period which had elapsed since the last Assizes. He had looked over the depositions, and was glad to see that there were few cases of great enormity among them. His Lordship, in allusion to the case of Stock man, tl , e pugilist, charged with robbing a man at a recent fight in this neighbourhood, said he understood that prize4ghting had been of late repeatedly carried on in this neighbourhood, in defiance of the Magis tracy. He expressed acme astonishment that a more effectual stop had not been put to assemblies so dan gerous and disgraceful, and for which the statute and common law had amply provided. If the individual authority of Magistrates was not enough, they might call for the aid of the Sheriff and his posse. He wished it to be generally understood, that not only the pro moters of such assemblies, but all who were present at them, would be answerable for such consequences as might ensue; and he wished Magistrates to remem ber, that they were entrusted with the duty of pre serving the peace, a not less important duty than that of punishing those who should break it.. He was com pelled, and it was extremely. painful to him that he was obliged to do this, to allude to a disgraceful and inhuman spectacle, which had recently been exhibited in this town. Nothing could be more cruel and dis gusting than the exhibition of wild animals of a ge nerous nature in sanguinary conflict, for the sake of gain to the miserable people who kept these animals. lo every sensitive and well-regulated mind, such a spectacle must be revoking in the highest degree.— The commonly received notions of society ought to have prevented such an odious scene ; but since they had not had that effect, he would inform the Gentle men be was now addressing, that the practice was as contrary to law as it was repugnant to every principle of humanity. It was laid down in Mr. Justice Black stone, and elsewhere, that all such exhibitions were nuisances, and might be suppressed, and the persons concerned in them fined. The nuisance became still greater if it caused danger or alarm to the persons pre sent, and there could be uo doubt that the lives of the keepers and other persons attending wild animals were at every moment in danger. He trusted that if in future any attempt should be made to repeat the dis gusting and unchristian practice he spoke of, the Magistrates would recollect that they possessed the power of preventing it, and that it was their imperative duty to exert that power. UNNRLS R. RIDLIR. This was an action open the warranty ea horse. The circumstances of the case were shartly these : --The plaintiffs are horse dealers, the defendant is the landlady of the Warwick Arms, Warwick. It ap peared that at her request the plaintiffs sent four horses for her to choose, and a trial of their qualities took place in defendant's stable yard on a Sunday. After a good deal of bargaining, it was agreed that the plain tiffs should take two horses valued at 201. each, in exchange for a mare, which vas valued at 451. the remainder to be paid in money. The defendant had warranted the horses as sound. Upon a journey to Ila-tford Bridge, one of the horses broke down, and since that he had been labouring under what was called a chink in the back. For three weeks the horse had never done any wink. The defence set up was, that as this transaction had taken plate on a Suuday, the contract was void. Mr. Justice PARK slid, that after having been a pity to breaking the Sabbath, by bargaining on that .day, lie should not give his sanction to the defendant taking advantages of her own wrong. Sonic witnesses were called. in order to meet the plaintiffs' case, but the Jury found for the plaintiffs—Damages 221. being the value of the hone. The herrings are now set in on the east coast of Fife. On Thursday last some bo.'ts got upwards of two thou sand each ; and on Friday morning several boats got a few barrels each. The fi hermen say that there is a greater prospect of herrings this season than there has been for several year's. The sa'mon fishings on the Tay have been very suc cessful during the last month. One of the tacksmen in the neighbourhood of Perth paid the year's tent of o. e of the stations from the proceeds of the fish caught at it during one day. A mason at Vienna, recently digging for the founda tion of a building in the environs, found a Turkish aigrette, valued at 30,000 flmins, it is surposed io have been worn by an Ottoman Officer, killed under the walls of Vienna, when that capita l , besi.v:d by the tuik4, was saved by Sobieski. Ake prlun:er3 to a 100111 up atuin ; ul tl POI.ICR. IN4'ELLIGENC4i : " • itlrssloSaloUSE. Mr. J. Piton/en, a. tradesman of respectability; residing itt. the City, was charged with baying illegally detained bills to the amount of SCOI. the property of a person named Tigou. Mr. Tigou stated, that the bills which had been forcibly detained were drawn upon the Minerva Mining Company, and that he negotiated with the defendant for a dividend of half a croon in the pound, to be paid him on his foregoing all claim upon thzin. The terms were agreed to, and the defendant signed an agreement to pay the money. He then asked to look at the bills, and on getting them into his possession, be refused to give them up. Mr. Harmer, for the defendant, asked the complainant bow he became possessed of the bills? but he refused to answer. The de. fenciant said, he acted as an agent for Mr. Hunt, whose partner, Mr. James, was then in the King's Bench Prison, and who had since issued several bills in the name of the firm; and although Mr. Hunt was not liable to the payment of them, yet, rather than be in volved in a law-suit, he offered the holders a composition of :Is. 61 in the pound, which the complainant agreed to accept, and had ac tually signed the deed of assignment; yet, when the composition was offered him, he refused to give up the bills; and defendant, having obtained possession of them, thought himself justified in detaining them. The complainant admitted that he had signed the deed, but had never undertaken to give up the bills. After a lung discussion between the parties, the Loan MAYOR ordered Mr. P. to give up the bills , which he did, and the com plainant returned the deed of assignment (which he had in the meantime sictained`„ having previously torn off his signature. GUILDHALL. Mr. Tyas, a jeweller, in Barbican, was charged with defrauding Mr. Nl' Mal:an of SOs. by selling him two seals and a key on a split ring, as gold, but on being scraped, they proved to he a slight casing over solder. Mr. Tyas said the same articles abounded in retry jeweller's shop, and no one could have expected four fine gold pieces for the money. When he sold only genuine articles, his prices were so high, as compared with his neighbours, that he had no custom, but he would desist from selling these Birmingham wares fur the future. Mr. Alderman Coz had the articles regularly assayed, when the proportion of gold to that of copper was DR 1 dwt. of the former to lib. of the latter, and the value of the gold in the four articles was exactly one shilling. Mr. Alderman Cox recommended him to return the 3C6. and pay M'Alallan for his loss of time, which he promised to do. BO W-STREET. CUR:OUR INSTANCR or CONTRADICTORY EFIDINCIL—A person yes terday male an application to Sir R. limns, for the purpose of preferring a charge of horse-stealing. lie bad lost the animal in question, which he had bad in his possession for seven months, front an orchard in Hammersmith, on the 11th of May, 1825. — He bad found it in the possesiion of a man named Abbot, a cabrio let driver. He bought it of an agent of Lady Elisabeth Tortola, at Aldridge's, the horse auctioneer, on the 17th of last Llay. That person being sent for, stated, that the animal had been in his mistress's possession for twelve months. The servant of her Lady ship appeared and said, he had ridden the mare up from Leansing -IND at the beginning of 1824. where and when she was bought. Sir R. Braun said, he did not this* the case one which could l be considered as amounting to a charge of horse - stealing , an d Idierefore should leave the parties complaining to their remedy at law. MA R LBO ROU G H-STREET. Mr. Carry Feed, an Officer belonging to the Preventive Service, a very eccentric, but a very good-natured person, was yesterday brought from St. George's watch-house before Mr. Dint . the sitting Magistrate, upon a charge of being drunk and disorderly the night before in the street; the emisequente of which was, that be was deposited all night in the watch-house. 1 Mr. Wood did not either affirm or deny the watchman's charge !as to his being disorderly, and was fined Ss. - Mr. Wood, while standing at the bar to bear the charge against kW, was surrounded by three sisters In misfortune, who had also been his companions during the night at the wateh.house, upon dorm similar to his own • and when called upon by the Masis- 1 irate to pay his fine. be ha nded in a sovereign, saying he would let the sovereign go to clear off the general account of the four charges. The Magistrate said, that that might be a very good and expedi dello mode et dispatching public business, in the view of Mr. Wood; bat k was not his (the Magistrate's) way ; and he must therefore bag of Mr. Wood to pay his own fine, anti not interfere with the *deka of his companions' cases. liar. Wood paid the finss and very reluctantly received his iSs. in daage.; bat he seemed determined not to depart until he saw the hie et the females, the result of which was, that it having appeared Si the Magistrate that they were women of the town, and not young offenders, he, instead of fining them Ss. each, as Mr. Wood anticipated, ordered them to find bail for their future behaviour. Bail I (exclaimed Mr. Wood, who bad his eyes fixed urns dm Magistrate, with the 15s. still In his hand, anxious to catch the des elision) where the d—l are these poor d—ls to find bail? I suppose they may rot In jail before they can find bail? haps, said the Magistrate, as you seem, Mr. Wood, to feel such interest about thengyou will become responsible for their future good coadoct?—Me l (said Mr. W.) me answerable for their good conduct I No, no! as far as mosey can go to serve the poor d —s, have it at their command ; I make myself responsible for the good conduct eta set of er...es! and having made this speech he belted out of the 011 ea He had not got above 100 yards along the street from the when he came to a Ridden halt, and having ruminated for *bent a minute, be faced about, and ran with all his speed back again to the Oleg and just got in as the gaoler was removing the women from the bar to lock them up for west of bail. " Avast there." said hello the gaoler ' " I haveaDothee word or two to say about they girls. I say, your Worship, said hey what is to become of these poor d—•• of girls? They'll never get out, that's certain; for no man in his senses would answer for their good conduct=Why,said the Negl ecting really, Mr. Wood, you seem to take such a good-natured and humane interest in their behalf, that I will be satisfied with their awn recognisance* to be of good behaviour in future. I am very much obliged to your Worship for the indulgence; lad It is nothing but right that they should be answerable for their own conduct; for I dare say they know themselves better than anybody else does • at least. I'm sure better than I do. It was bete suggested to the Magistrate that entering into their own retrogniaanses would be attended with an expense to each of half a crown. 4 ' Expense I (said Mr. Wood) Oh, d---n the expense ! pay any expense; anything, but be ass terable for' their good Ilendact." The whole party then retired to the Clerk's Office, when the tocoguktaaces were taken, and Mr. Wood paid all expenses. A respectable looking female, about SO years of age, applied for I advise how to act under the following curious The applicant stated beivelf to be a widow Lady, and that she had resided at Kensington,,n ready.furnislied apartments. Owing to certain remittances not having been received of late so regular as she could wish, she bad become in arrears for rent, and although, when she went to reside at the house, she gave as her reference a Lady of considerable property, who would pay any demand that was made upon be;, her landlord had refused to avail himself of this re sponsibility ; be had permitted her to take her things away, but bad kept her child for the debt, saying, that until all his demands were liquidated, he would not give up the child to her or any person, and as for the reference he should not trouble himself about it. She now wished to know in what way she was to act to regain her child ? The worthy Magistrate observed, that it was a singular and novel detention, and he should have thought that the landlord would have preferred anything rather than a child as a surety for his rent; all he could do was to allow her a su:nmons for the parties to skew cause why they detained the child. Upon hearing this the Lady said that previous to taking out the summons she would go and inform them what could be done, as site did not wish to proceed to extremities before she had tried other means. MARY-LA-BONNE. .Mn Baker, the man who was fined 40s. and reprimanded by Mr. Gamma at this Office on Tuesday, for assaulting a Lady of the name of Dunford, was again brought up on the complaint of Asher Sampson, Esq. of Leicester-square. Mr. Sampson stated, he was a day or two since passing through the Tyburn Gate, where the defendant is toll-collector, and offered him the toll; the defendant demanded if be was in his own gig, and was the horse his own ? lie answered in the affirmative, and was surprised on hearing the defendant with an oath exclaim---" You Ile!" and without the slightest provocation, or the most remote idea on his (Mr. Sampson's) part of giving any, the defendant abused him in the most scurrilous language, frequently giving him the lie, and threatening to pull him out of the gig. Fur this un provoked outrage, Mr. Sampson took out a summons against hint for his appearance to-day, but said, having observed in the Morning Papers of the day that he had been punished for another offence, and was committed to gaol, therefore he would forego his case, as be wished not to proceed harshly against a prisoner. Mr. ltawtiuson observed, the man, he understood,was only fined, and not held to bail, and as be was in attendance, and had heard the n statement against him, he should like to hear his defence. Baker's defence was principally an accusation of abusive conduct against Mr. Sampson with respect to the other conviction, he cut siderill himself trrorgfully convlctee. tlr. Itaws.tvsoi= said, he did not consider it sr y s:ch &mit apeelmem given of him by Mr. ciatrecnn, and if he were Int-1n...1 he could trot review anotherillagi.trate's deekion, although i t m i g h t guide him in his opidiot upon this tem It V/3 , 1 quite nuisance enough to have tolls almost, be might say, in public streets, as the New Road could only be called ono, without having the nelgtoce of abusive omens at them. Therefore,in rimier to protect the pi 4 lic. he would convict him in the full jrnalty of Si. Baker dectireil he never could pay it, he must go to rigors ; he had a wife and silt chihlren to support- Mr. Sampso n. interceded for hint - vilely on ateount of his childres. The Maorsznats said he would attend to the. intercessien so kindly made, and militate the penalty to 11. upon condition that be should make a pub li c apology in the Newspapers. Baker, at first, refused to do this, but at length agreed, he had no other alternative. L A MBETII-ST • • SAM! oar Wira.-- Jain Finale, at clerk in one of the East India Company warehouses, was charged with committing a vlulom assault on his wife. Mrs. Fowle traced, that about ten years 'ir.ce it was her misfortune to be married to the defendant, who inutte. diately after commenced treating her in a very creel manner, and she was in consequence compelled to go to service. Indispositicr, however, obliged her to leave her situation, and she returned to ter husband's house; she expected to have exper:tlited the most herd attention from hint at that period, but be, on the Contrary, a.laulted her in the most barbarous manner, ind kicked her into the street. Mr. Fowle was then called upon to , give some explanation of his conduct, and be stated that the complainant bad no mare 'chin: upon him as a wife than his Worship had. BIAOisittATIE —ls slas not your wife? I have before me a rep. lar certificate of your marriage. Defendant.—That is very true, but nevertheless t am not her lawful husband. Mrs. Fowle at this moment appeared to be highly incensed, she bounced up to thetabis, and looking at her husband, exclaimed, " So, I suppose you want the whole truth, anti I'll therefore d:. close the whole secret, Mr. Fowle." " Your Worship," sa ki M rs . F. " in the year 1507, I was married to Mr. Joseph Donovsm, a wealthy tradesman in Shadwell, and ivitb whom I lived in c on t lute hz.priness until 1914, and then—oh I then, Mr. Donovan be came enamoured of one of our kaiak servants ' and esa bettor to carry on his intrigues with this girl, he disposed of all his prOperty. eloped with bet, and subsequently married her, leaving me. your Worship, suite unprotected, and quite unprovided for. Mr. Fowle, my present spouse, had paid his'attelrenes to me before I was Mrs. Donovan, and was one of my most ardent admirers. Ile heard of ?Jr. Donovan', departure, and be again ventured to renew his ad dresses. lie pressed me to marry bins, but having dm fear of the Bigamy Law, before my eyes, I would not take this step without Mr. Donovan*. concurrence. He was consulted on the subject, and the following agreement was drawn up : " Aug. at, 1815.—This day it is agreed, between Joseph Deno. van, on the one part, and Susan Donovan, on the other, that they do both voluntarily consent and agree to a final separation, by legal sate in the cattle market of Smithfield. In consideration whereof, I, Joseph Doorman, have voluntarily received the sum of five shit. Bugs of Mr. John Fowle, the purchaser, :nd therefore I say re ceived in full of all demands. " £0 5 0 (Signed) "JOSEF'? DO4OVAN." Ike complainant concluded by stating, that in compliance with else above agreement, the sale did take place, - and they were of course married. Her first husband had gone over to the Cape of Good Hope with his wife, and died there. The Magistrates, who bad paid very great attention to the case, observed that they bad never before heard of a more extraordinary occurrence. They feared that the complainaues matrimonial claims on the defendant were very alight, but as that was not the question before them, they ordered Mr. Fowl* to find bail for his appear ance to answer the assault at the Sessions. U N lON- H A LL. Bony StiAscianta.—Early on Monday morning, as Ecyse, the night constable of Surrey watch-house, was .tantilng Dear the Obelisk, he observed a man approaching him from the Waterloo road, carrying something, apparently very heavy, on his shoulders. Keyse took particular notice of him; and having watched his movements very narrowly, he took him into custody, and conveyed him to the watch-house, with the package which he had on his back. It was a large hair trunk, and on its being forced open, the body of a snap, in a putrid state ' was discovered within it. The constable conveyed the body to the New Church, Waterloo-road, where it was deposited until Tuesday night, when it was reinterred. The man was brought to this office, and underwent an examination. His name, he said, was Cornelius Ryan; and, as a justiheation of ' his conduct, he alleged that he was ignorant of the contents of the trunk, which he at first said he found, but afterwards he repre sented that he was hired by a Gentleraan, whowitc met near the Coburg Theatre, to tarry it to the Elephant and'atstle.—He WAS remanded for another examination to-morrow. Not the slightest idea is at present entertained as to what Church yard the body has been stolen from. Keyse has endavoured to make the facts known in the cUstrict of which he is a eeem4bie. At Lanark, in Upper Canada, the settlers have al ready cleared 2059 acres of land, and have fel: ilead of cattle above two years old. In the mighty:n:4lg townships of Ramsay, Dalhousie, and Not th .$:;icT1); o also peopled in a great measure by ern;grants from this country, there are 2510 cultivated acres, and 780 tattle. There is now in the London Docks, on board te-e Jones,Richardson, fromNewOrle ins, an alligator nearly four feet long, and which it is supposed will arrive at thrice its present dimensions. It is about seven months old, and was caught on the banks of the Mississippi.— All attempts to tame or render it docile have proved in vain; and on its being disturbed, by approrching the cage in which it is confined, it makes a [Mite, and ap pears eager to commence an attack. A man calling himself the Scotch Champion, l!as been displaying his abilities at Sheffield, during the la.t week, la various ways, for the gratification of the inha bitants of that town, rather than for his own profit. On Thursday last, he undertook to wheel a harrow 40 miles in nine hours, and although it rained torrents during the greater part of the time, he accomi lisped his task; he had no other re ard for his labour thats a voluntary subscriplion on the past of the spectators. MEETING OF CREDITORS TOAIORROWs AT TUT COURT or COXIIISSIONORS 011 aliximrse,lll,llllUlVlA3.l KRIM mass TUITTINO. John Macauley, Cambia; Herta, schoolmaster 2 BIRTHS. Monday, in Hawiliton.place, the Coanten Gower, of ada 'beet. At Blackheath, on the 3d instant, the Lady of the Hotsourtbie William Cost, of a son. The lath ult. at Naples, Lady Compton, of a son. MARRIED. August 1, at Perth, Major Todd, of Castle Bank, to Mios Ma jor)? Bisset, eldest daughter of Mr.. Base, of Marshal-plact. August 2, at Lympston, Devon, Alajor Charles Coals, to ilreily Jane, only daughter of George %%esti)? Ridsdale, LI.. PIED. Friday, at Kensington Gravel Pits, after a few days' Wpm, Mrs. Calicott, the widow of the late Dr. Callcott. The 25th ult. at Aberdeen, aged 66, James Stewart, Esq. R.N. late of Barrack, the last of the surviving sons of John Stewart, Esq. Thursday evening, while the engine-keeper is Mr. Gotanser's foundry, Leith Walk, was in the act of raking out the het of tine boiler, he nrifortunately struck a part of the boiler intmeaiate4y above the furnace, that had been previously mended by means of bolting on a plate, which gave way, and the %stater coming in col tact with the furnace, generated a quantity of steam, which isquilig out of the furnace door, scalded hint to such a degree as necasi...noti his death the following morning in the Infirmary. COAL MARKRT, AUGUST 10. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. ' 46 Newcastle 157 k r.ls 01 to 34s fd 7i Sunderland 5 &A!%-S.—THIS DAt. •Ika. sow 1 0I Krona AIL alit. 1 • 1 Dublin W scerfor4 1 0 I Hambursti 0 Guernsey au! Jersey 0 0 1 Handers 0 0 Linos 0 0 i Buenos Ayres u 0 Gottenburgh 1 0 , Jaina:ea 0 0 Malta 0 0 I Mimics 0 1 • Holland 0 0 1 Leeward Islands 0 '1 • ----- HIGH-WATER at LONDON-1112100g Tel N.M411;044. 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