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SONG. I must believe thee still sincere, Though all the world should doubt thee; Fur when thoal'tt nigh, I lose my fear, There seems such truth abnut thee. A ppssion pure thy glances ttl!, And in thy bosom's heaving, Where heaven resides, can clldress dwell— Or aught that is deceiving ? No—never In a shrine so pure Could Falsehood fix it's dwelling-- Or those angelic lips allure. By tale deceitful telling: And I, till death dissolve the spell, Will jny in thus believing— For nut where Heav'n resides, can dwell A thought that is deceiving? THE NEW EXCISE LAWS. The Act of the 6th Geo. IV. cap. 80, r granting 2 reduced duty on British spirits, and regulating the trade of distillers and dealers in spirits comes intolul operation on the 501 a January next, and as many of its enactments are of a novel and important nature, an abstract of the principal contents will no doubt be acceptable. The new duty commences from and after the 3th of January, and is 7s. per imperial gallon on all spirits made in E..gland, and the same duty on all spit its ma milactured in Scotland or Ireland, and imported into this country. The spirit to be of the strength of by drometer prool, or, if exceeding or falling short there of, to pay in proportion. It being impossib l e to ascertain tie strength of sweetened spirits with the hydromete7, it is enacted that all such spirits imported shall be demised tole of the highest degree of strength at which spirits can be made, and shill pay duty accordingly. The laws relating to the internal management of 2is tilleries next follow, but as they are not generally inte resting they may be passed over. The most ifirportan alteration consists in the charging the duty on the ac . tual quantity of spirits produced, and not as heretofore 'upon the wort put into the still. No rectifier, or retailer of spit its, receiving any quan tity of spi. its not exceeding eighty gallons, shall break bulk or add any water thereto, or in any way alter the same, or tap or open any of the packages in which it is trained, it the proper officer of Excise shall have strength and quantity of the purpose notice is to be given to not attend within two hours .ice,the dealer is to be at liberty to about being subject to the penalty 'ided. • construed and acted upon, , much inconvenience, as it is he should leisve a notice at the officer is usually to be found, that two hours should elapse ing the notice, which possibly , y hours after tint cnig4al spirits compounded with syrup, ed on the packages containing this kind, excepting shrub, to ifier of a strength exceeding 17 No spirits of wine to be sent than 45 per cent. Aare proof, ihe same to keep it in a .cellar, other spirits. Penalty for mix + or spirits, 2001. No dealer to zceeding its quantity one gallon rely permit to specify the kind strength of the same. If the rte the strength, the spit its to be , subjected to a penalty of 1001, to the Public, who will in fume spirits they receive. ')at if any quantity exceeding without a permit, the same the buyer, and the seller Inca the same, or the value thereof, latever. The evidence of the proof of this fact. per sons whosoever, who shall custody, any quantity of spi. is, shall be 'deemed to be a: the survey of the Excise, spel l:diens. and forfeitures to which. This clause is'very severe on' stoek fqr their own consumption., besides much inconvenience, to: - for a dealer's license; at least the meaning of the clause. -11 any plain British spirits of per cent. above proof, or be proof ; nor any compounded of a greater strength than 17 All spirits sold or sent out con. to be iiEfeltsd, waggle; with • • same. spirits to be kept in separate 'cooky for mixing the same 1001. reduce foreign spirits by ad presence or the officer to the tnder proof, but not, lower. or indirectly interested or concerned 2001. • the projected Dritillery Zumpany, among the Licensed Victiiallersousd offence under this Act shall he ac. penalty on informing against du: other. law, or violently rescuing offenders, or witnesses, w be cleaned guilty lanyortod tur Leven years. executing this Act on receiving notice so to before a Magistrate, got. number Of poachers, armed attacked tour men employed die Duke of Devonshire, at are now lying dthgerously 'lave been taken into custody, Ined in the assault. named Gordon aced Ma he.v,, a klaip, lying near Carli.lt beiqi entOpresl k painting the trivad w ielga came to the that conttlltted ber lips in ,in or that Map might appear opmt Prilsickt the attait said to her 'sY, Mild= ; if. yin, c boo ir , f . . 4 - !Oi; 7 ' • . ..• • • . '4l. • P! if • 1 I 1" . 1 . , 1 1 , same, or tap or open any i contained, until the proper • taken an account of the si l . ‘, irme. And for this purr the o ffi cer, and if he does i I °ll.l ' after receiving sue) notice, open.the packages, withou of 2001. otherwi,e providei .. •,, . This clause, if strictly : i will subject the dealer to not alone necessary that hi i place where the proper of . • i ' I but it is also necessary t after such officer receivin, f 3 I might not be for man] i . leaving stk. . . : , The strength of all spi seed, &c. must be marked • . the same. - Nei spirit . - Of tl 1 . be sent out by the rectifiet per cent. tunier proof. N out of Any less streagth th; 'and dealers receiving the or place apart from all oth 1 - ills the samewith wine or k . .: send out any spirits eve& , - *Mho& a petniit, and sue ' 1 - ..of split, and the actual si : . permit does not truly state , forfeited, and t! c dealer su This is an important clause t ( ' :know exactly what quality of spi 1:1i It is also provided, tha one gallon be delivered . c shall become forfeited to ti ' ,p acitated from recovering tl in any Court of Law wha 'i buye is to be admitted in All and every r ersru or 1 • . have.in his, her, or their 4 ~ •1 .rite, exceeding 80 gallons .dealer, and subjected to a. • . . to all penalties, regolation . . such dealers ate liable. 1 persons laying in. a ,stoek .and. will sutlect them, bit 1:., ' 1 an 'annual - expense of 101.1 such should seem to be the , No dealer tokeep or sell . X stralgth exceeding 25 p f i low 17 per cent. under p ...: 1I spirit, excepting shrub, of g, 1 , pig cent. einder proof. All 4 ~ lilleo "1 d t4914- tCP i AA S canna g the sa 1 . British and foreign spit 11 ' vaults or places. Penalty , I . Dealers to be at liberty tot . . • sniXtare , with water in the] . .stretigth of 17 per cent. un, No retaikr shall.beslirectiy or .1., .in any distkilery, 2tc.—Penalty 2 Ibis is an erectual bldw to t ? i tote formed by subscriptions am regiOrtm thsk serious consider/tic _ , Lather of tlu panics to any o i : 54itic4 of his share of.th:: pensk , • rit cad Miwalit e y thisl Wrikid . pessonetipPosing the la ?et Ilivositing ulcers, informers, a of iciony,,, and .may bo uranspottei • Aggt4iik not elvcistin t • . . .40 4 . ~$ in conviction bcfor ~ . 1i . * • Tlittviday evening, a .nu . . . . , with gam and biedgeoss, a P . noder the samekeeper of di . r" • • w hom . 4irespi, two Af , ' 1 , vampish* , itllkrec... ales fiat .charged with..bgiv elsocetti Last week two taiorx,na ; ,• • . fell from the top-roast ,pf a I ' . bridge, Dublin, and were ki , ; . . , ilistail , the painter, b elt 1' ' - - • !Vert'. _. aei 04aaditiperetiv ...lower Onefof!the faitc, that . . . •-t +6 - .4- % the most tiOleGt manuer, in .. A to have a little mouth, upon . - - 4lavel7i "IM !lot .sinewy , iii k , 1 1A . rnakotto mouth at - :41' . `•:.', =. . 4 4 i. . . • ••• 4. . • - • ' til l i 's • -• ........... _ OLYMPIC THEATRE. So far as broad humour and " broad grins" are characteristic of mirth, this little Theatre cony ibuted nn Monday night its fair propo-tion to the amusements Of the season. A new pantomime, canal Harlequin and Golden Eyes, or the tidal Wo od, was brought forward with all possible attention to effect; a•td it passed off amidst the loud plaudits of a very crosvde f house. The tricks and devices are ingenious sod ludicrous. and those who ,figured in them s-xerted themselves to the utmost. Mts. Santa, as Columbine. was all animation and her dancing called torch t'-e.rrvt lively demon, strations of applause. SLAMS, as Harlequin, and HARTLAND. as the Girton, did - all that could be ex- petted ; and the different other dramatis persona in grotesque exhibition jumped, pranced, and gesti culated in perfect aeCordance with the views of the plotter. One individual presented a protuberant pannch' which might mock even tharof the Stout Gentleman, and it so happened that in all quarters he had t sus. tain the brunt of the adion. • Never was any es sluggish mass" more roughly handled, yet it seemed to accoi•e vigour itt proportion as k was kicked and thumped about in all directions. The object appeared to he completely realised—the audience latigfied heartily ; and as every part of the Theatre was crowded, it may fairly be presumed that the Manager had every reason to be satisfied. DiSTUItBANCES IN THE MANCHESTER THEATRE. Monday night being the commencement of the season at our Theatre, these was, as certain indications had given us reason to expect, considerable uproar during the performance. Independent of the addresses which have appeared in this and other newspap-rs, from the supporters of Mr. and Mrs. McGibbon, and the ungrone sous incitement to tumult which appeared in a certain paper on Saturday last, the walls of the town have been, fir the last three days covered with anonymous placards on the suljrct, the object of which evidently was to produce a muster of Mr. and Mr: , . McGibbon's friends on the occasion. The play selected for the opening of the Theatre, was A New Way to Pay old Debts; the part of Sir Giles Overreach, by Mr. Booth, who is enraged for a few nights. Up to the rising of the curtain the house was by no means full : and the most perfect tranquillity prevailed. This calm was, however, merely a prelude to the tempest which was destined to succeed; for, no sooner did the rising of the curtain announce the corn., mencement of the performance, than an individual in the upper boxes displayed a large printed placard, bearing the words—" The public demand the re-engage ment of Mr. and Mrs. M'Gibbon." This example was promptly followed by other persons in different pdrts of the hause, who displayed .placards of a similar im port, being chiefly copies of those which had been pre viously posted on the walls. Ttse production of these placards was the signal for a general uproar from every part of the house; and the voices of the first performers who made their appearance were completely drowned in hisses. cries for the Manager, knocking with sticks and feet on the floors and benches, md the mellifluous music of catcalls. • After the uproar had continued for some time, Mr. Clarke, the successor of Mr.MoGibbon as Stage-Mana ger, came to the front of the stage, and signified his intention of addressing the audience With some diffi culty a partial silence was obtained, and Mr. Clarke proceeded to state, but not without frequent imerrup.l tions. that Mr. tVard was unable to attend the call. of the house, .being confined - at home by severe indispOsi-, tion. With regard to Mr. *Gibbon (Mr. Clarke ob: served), he had not the pleasure of knowing anything that Gentletnan, except from report; and that report spoke highly of the respectability of his character. Up to this point, MN Clarke had been frequently inter rupted by persons demanding to'know who he was? a question which be did not think proper to answer. The audience, however, had by this time ascertained pretlY . generally who he was: and when he spoke 'of Mr. *Gibbon, he was answered by loud cries of" he ought to be here instead Of you:" and Le found it impossible to obtain a further hearing. He therefore retired, and• the performance proceeded in perfect dumb sheer, and with very great celerity, the two first acts having been got through in less than half an hour, notwithstanding the interruptions4vhich occurred. Soon after the corn mencetnent of the third act, Mr. Clarke again Made his appearance on the stage, and, with as much (Acuity as before, obta;ned a sufficient degree of silence to en ilile him to state that he was directed by the aMnager to make a communication to the house, and he hoped he should be protected froni insult—(Cries of Certainly I, certainly I)—fie was desired to say, that it was impos-, sible for any of the Managers to attend ; bUt they had requested him to state that arrangements bad been made for the a bile of the season, which they trusted would meet the approbation of the pudic. More Mr. Clarke would have said, and in fact did say ; but it was to no put pose ; he was utterly inaudible ; he there. fore again retired, and the performance proceeded as before, without a single syllable of it reaching the ears if the audience. A great number. .of apples, oranges, pieces of orange-peel, and ether articles, were' thrown ruponAketiopgjeglaii this act; and, we regret to say, -some missiles of a more dangerous kind were aimed ate the performers. Mi. Bass narrowly escaped being struck with something which we under atc.o.i to be a flint, arid which he took op, and exhibited td the•audi nce, at the fe l ine of the stage. He attempted to, addie,s the house, but could nor obtain a hearing ; and some of the fellows who were vociferating even vent so far as to require that,he should make an apology. He of course refused to make any such degrading conce.sion, and was consequ-ntfy hooted whenever Le appeared on the stage, and.fiequrntly sainted with 'cries of "Nu beneSt for . The latter part of the play was 'hailed "through in the same way as the former; . and the curtain fell con- J before nine o'clock, the audience never having. , heard the voice of a single performer. Two_persons were apprehen ded 'during ale . pertorinance, on duirges of throwing mfisileittpun the *bee. They were kusrveyed Ys olio Polle‘othee, where they farad 'bail to appear at the New Balky. They gave their names. Samuel Wibwr, Grovoitreet, ami Henry Hughes, Choet-styeat.,. :r .. Al.ortit-gardcn and Drury 7 laue Themes , the new Pantomimes stare repeateci tart night ssith inc: eased 0 40, and , drew crowded audicuces. **Re,' Flom Cape. Hayti, receivell in Glasgow, 'dated 31st Ocioher..lB2s, says:—" Tremendous I aisi‘ hat'e intindaied.gmt part of the c.otimrp and cut i.IF all communication ; great sickness ‘p , e!ails ; the tonal! pox has diminished : the populAtion of tovin and Con'inry at le..xt one sixteenth; the unsettled gat! chePoiiu. with regard to the independence, coiltribut...s 1 to thc- saner al 1,c:6 . 9d . ..5ti1l of co inietTciai a . t: . y quiet; but n the,quittncs "i POLICE INTELLIdENCE. MANSION-11QUSE. . . • &Veen Cushier, clerk to Mr. Robert Spfller Watleson, was brought heroic the Louis fitiOroa, charged with baiting stolen the sum of 451. the property of his master. Edward Doke (also a clerk to Mr. Wades's° stated, that the prisoner was, in May last, in the stroke of that Gentleman, In the capacity of clerk i that he (winless), a abort time before the :soth of May, delivered to the prisoner a receipt, the date being left in blank, With inioractioni to take It to Mr. Turner, of Percy -street, Rathbone-place, and, if Mr. Turner should not have received the money of his client, to leave the teceipt there. That, upon prison. er's return,.he (prisoner) told the witness that be had left the re ceipt according to the directions he had received, and that Mr. Turner would sand ; and that frequently since that the witness had &sired the prisoner to call on Mr. Turner on the business, and that upon all such occasions the prisoner had returned the same an swer. The receipt was here handed in, and the witness identified It and swore that the date was filled up with the prisoner's hand writing, who had not accounted for the sum of efil. or any part thereof. Mr. Turner said, the receipt now produced was brought to him by a clerk of Mr. Workman's, to whom he gave a draught on his bankers. Messrs. !knits and Co. for the amount of 4.41. and he had no doubt that the person to whom he had paid the draught was the.prisoner. Clothier was then fully commited for trial. A boy named Edwards was charged with having robbed a T.cdy of a pocket-book, winch she carried in ler reticule. The prisoner succeeded in getting into his possession the pocket-book by means o f a new maotruere. which the young thieves often practice. An other boy, who led about a donkey, on pretence of being a Coster monger, as soon as be saw the Lady approaching the corner of a narrow street, near flishopsgate-street, drove the donkey up close to her, so that not only a great impediment presented itself, but the Lady was confused by lean for her own safety. While she was in this conditiou, the prisoner, without any difficulty, tank the pocket-book out of her reticule. Daniel Forrester, the officer, however, had been watching the movements of the prisoner, and 'relied him the moment the robbery was comtnitted. The pocket book contained a sovereign and His. 6d. in silver. • The prisoner was fully committed. GUILDHALL. 111 r. Dugdale, a bookseller, of Russell-enurt, Drury-lane, a few days since made an application for a warrant to apprehend another bookseller, named Williams, of Angel-street, St. hlartin's.le- Grand, for publishing a work without having rue printer's name and address attached thereto. 'llse complainant stated that he had recently discovered that Mr. Williams had been publishing a cheap edition of Lord Byron's " Corsair," with his (Mr. Dugdale's) name attached to it as the printer and publisher, without his approbation or knowledge. The Alt of Parliament under which he applied to have Mr. Williams brought before the Magistrate specified, that any person who should publish a work under the circumstances 'he had mentioned, should forfeit se2o; and as, by his name appearing in the title-page, Ise was ostensibly liable to the Stamp-offize for the , payment of the pamphlet duty, be found himself compelled to take this course to deny all knowledge of the work, in order to screen himself from the inconvenience that might otherwise accrue to him. The work was said to be printed by R. Dunn, No. 18, Gough-square, and on in qttiry there, he found that such a •person had lived in the square, but that he had removed'a long time since, and be therefore con sidered the publication in the sante light as if there had been no printer's name and address to it—in which case the publisher (Mr. Williams), he submitted, became responsible for the breach of the pamphlet law. The Alderman.—As this Is a petal Statute you' must proceed against the person infringing it by way of infurmation. Mr. Dugdale replied that he thought that course was unneces sary, as by another clause in the Act, the individual offending was liable to be taken into tustody at the moment of sale. This, there fore, appeared to him os if the Act did not imperatively impose t h e necessity of proceeding by way 9f information. The Alderman, havani,consuked with the Chief Clerk, informed Mr. Dugdale that the more 'correct way was to lay an information ' • and as that could, in this ease, be done wi t ho ut a ny &lenity, he preferred that course being taken rather tban , propeed to•the bards ness of putting the suppoied offender to personal Inconvenience. Mr. Dugdale said he only wished:to take such measures as would protect himself frees pecuniary respoopliglity. with respect to the work, and would *low the advice tbarbaskbeea given him. • tt apw-tritzrr. • Miriam Dunn, a Nacksmitb, was brought before Mr. Hat.ts,by a watchman, who said' he found him walking along the Strand, sober, with his face bkeked everywhere eztept on one temple. Mr. Halts severely reprimanded the bray watchman, and told him that Mr. Duna had a right of action against him fur false im prisonment. Mr. Dunn said, he was not aware that his face was blank. He had been spending the evening with some friends, and had fallen asleep while in their company, and be supposed they availed them. selves of the opportunity to blackenlds face. • H A.TTON- GA RDEN. • Muanza.—The Mewing •Inveetigation took place at this oSee on Tuesday, before Mr. Solemn Seaton and Mr. Latsio .ksrmink Cain and Maly Calls, his wife, were charged with having murdered a man named Maurice Fitzgerald, by stabbing him through the heart with a knife. Beater Reilly, of Hoths-alicy, Uquorpoed-street, deposed that she lodged in the same house with the two prisoners, whose room was immediately under that of the witness. The deceased was an acquaintince of the *lmes; and came en Monday evening tai visit her. After be had been In witness's place some little, they beard the prisoners quarrelling and lighting below stairs,4nd the female prisoner calling out for assistance. Deceased ran down stairs to interfere, and witness saw no more of him until he w as f oun d lying in the yard outside the house, bleeding. He was not then quite dead, bin breathed his last in afew minutes after. Witness did not see the female prisoner do anything to the deceased.. - &Ashen Skinner, an assistant to Mr. Diamond. surgeon, of Grays inn-tane, was called upon to attend the deceased. lie had a large viouathat had penetrated to the region of the bean. He had also f bruise on the batitofrbe heed, but that might bare been occasioned by a fall. Winteita had no doubt whatever that the wound in the . heatt caused the death of the deceased. Wilnwileit, one of the Officers of Hatton-garden, produced three knives, Which he found in the room-Inhabited by the priso ners, and the Int witness stared that either of the knives produced would have inflicted a idealize wound to that which had caused the death of the deceased. The male prisoner her expressed a desire to state all that he knew of the affair, iad after 'hiving been admonished by Mr. Ser jeant Sewn, that all he said"Witild be taken down, be related the folfoirhigatory:-.—After leievingwork an Monday evening he went with several of his fsilow-workmen to.tbe Windmill public-house, Leatiteslane - lis,wife learning that he was th e r e came f or hi m an die lanai:lllns before ihecumpany. He, however, went tome withlier 'and then commenced beating her. This c ause d a sort o f light; an d hewent outside the door, where he met the deceased with a knife in his hand ;he afterwards heard an alarm that a man, was killed, Ind immediately 'sent to him; he found him bleeding. and nearly sired. This, prisoner &dared, was all that he knew of the matter. Several other witnesses were row called, all of them Irish peo ple. They all persisted in searing that they- knew nothing of the matter, akhough it was evident.** some of them must have known of it. • • _ "tinder these circumstatekb fti Magistrates remanded the two prisoners fur further oatmination ;- and, in the meantime, Wain wright, the officer, was directed io'•mike every inquiry, and to get all the evidence that he could, to trace the mattes to the bottom. • QUEEN-SQUARE. Among the more curious caws which have just occurred at this 'Office, Is oertahtly that of Aldo Brews, whose appearance would never have indicated her-capability of alluring the other sex, but who, nevertheless, was charged by one James Hawkins, with abs firming that *pitiable aPpeildaiN, his watch, while the complainant was returning home at rather too early in hour in the morning. The lady cadre trippingly Hp tivrardi the justice bar, curtseying to the Magistrate, and . wined much surprised whoa Alfred PR* put be aside, and placed her at the criminal bar. Mr. M•RIELAVD—WeII, what is your real name, is it Brown? Prisoner—That is my present n h r.e; but 1 had mother name, Davis. My osow was formerly not Drown. Mr. Blau sa.ms a— Where do you live Dow? Prisoner-1 live naw in rye -street. Westminster, at No. 53. Mr. iUAa m.ams--All you mounter ger, sootarz or later, here. Wile have yuu lived in Pyr-street, pray ? Prisoner-4 have been there for nine daya g your Worship, 'please. . Alr. gIiIIFLAND--.4re . you & married woman or a single one Ptisuuer-1 am neither one nor 'tither, four Worship. 1 : mauled, but lay 498Nt?crio 4 114silihis now sritiestthii prwetrutits of his oir, and d e p o s e d the matirer in Which hi. vetch modus ts.X..q. from his person by pr:soni.r. your worour would commit MC to Mow / 3jr..Ntoonsurb--Wal. Mn. B " t raf I Jo» afraid Owl you b u , veiled Frain Leeds ititit4r for no good. I must commi t ra is pi. .. I lla w w i li sil itts's watch is not found upon you. i ls of living here, and no lculzing to put my head In, . Mr. Alosimaan--Wcll, then, I'll accommodate you. " S " :l l3 : eritn m h"lifoo e utiwa t g o rh— p i ri son , for I want to go there. UNION•IIALL. A respectable tradesman, named.Dresse n , fell sin feet i s nu are, and of good substance in bodily aipeoroocu, contevshat >t. 4anced i n lit e, W h o ha d , b y way of a Christmas gamb o l, enl i sted tricat tote ti e !aim from b n 50th Regiment dilemma. of Foot, applied to th e M agistrate to ea. ig He was told that he must poy the smart money if he di,' est intend to serve, and was reeommenth : d to go intatediateli t o th e serjeant, in Westminster, for that purpose. Aro: Einotds and nowt! cough, ili is Peek were charged girls committing a burglary in the house of Mr. Anderson, of Durham. place, Lambeth. It appeared that the prosecutor's boos_ was broken open on the night of the 17th inst. The thieve s alg e b r a h a wall eighteen inches thick, under the parlour m in k over the back wall into the garden, and then forced an enough to 'admit the body of a man. The robber s f ata l din the parlour, and carried away a moddarahid of sate. The robbery appeared to have 'sten com m i tted ot largeho e ro n u age cupboard uo pm to a r h q y uan an t t w e ity person who well knew the house. Now Ed mun d, paid was in for ga l snuff boa and . onie pl . * of pre. his addresses to a female servant o f Mt. Auden„ , and so b„ 'ergots, prison whith belonge stealin d to siherver toaster. Orr .parchdi d the priso ner's lodgings, in Claywoed-tioreet, London-road, im me di ately after the robbery, there were found a dark !author% a crew-bar, and a centre-bit, wbichltted the marks in forcing the parlour cup. board; and there was also found some brow „ paps, which hrel been hi tive prosecutor's house, and had some writing on it wield' be re cogn ized. Other evidence was expected to be brought for ward, and the 'Wooers were rotunda WORS H I P-STR R RT. P. Ittkiessan and IL dissiint, alias With, alias Goethe, elcseys4 with conspiring to defraud several siik-manotaentrer s Ivy opening a warehouse in Qmora.sreeet, away/side, whose eaaminatiuos have already appeared its the Sean, were yeacerday findlly examined ; when Mr. Rainer: meted, that the charge w.. clearly proved, and held them to bail, ih EOM each, and two sureties in 4.7Q'. cacti, 211,1 to give 48 hours notice thereof. COUNTERFEIT COIN.-Wit' in the Last week there hive been no less than eight capital committals for nuking or uttering counterfeit coin; a concern of this nature has just been detected in Samers-tonn. The principal was seized on the spot, in the act of colouring a quantity of bad half-crowns, with it chernic,a n ,i x ,„, which is rubbed over the surface, and gibes them the appearance of silver. A large box, contain ng ready 40/i worth of the same spurious metal, was also secure,;. The fellow has been committed, pro. te, to the Net, Prison, a 3 the officers expect to be able to secure the remainder of the gang. A respectable farmer of the name of Parker, who sided at Crook Hall, near L inchester, in the county of Durham, was killed by his own bull on Friday morn. ing last, in the stack Barth. The deceased had been frequently before in the habit of going up to the ani. n 3.11, without it ever offering any violence ; but on the morning in question, Mr. Parker having dressed him self in a different suit a clothes, for the p urros: o f going a journey, than he had ever approached the furious animal in before, it is suppos7cl it had tint known him. The following curious occurrence teak place last week, at the Marshe de Bougarnvilliets, in Paris:— Some workmen employed in pulling duwn the old stalls or small booths, discovered under the flu it of nine ,f them a considerable sum buried in the ground. Tiler went - riy to inform the proprietor ot the stalls, whs generally lets them out by the d..y. It was at first supposed that the treasure Aright have been depo,iteJ there at the time or the entrance of the Allies! troops into Paris, by an old woman no hinges living, aho kept the stall in question. This opinion seemed to be confirmed by the circumstance that all the piece; of coin bore the effigy of Napoleon. The heirs ot theold woman came to claim the property, upon' which a We ment dispute arose between them ant the piopriet..r. During the altercation a multitude fl cited to the sp and those gentry beinA of opinion that the treasure longed to neither, a ger er..l scramble ensued, and every one carried off .what he could. A Gentleman in Arbroath has in his possession a I dochment concerning the .Abbey of Aberbtothock, which shows the extent of pair( nage that hai once be longed to that twgnificekt:building, with its religicus establishment, and tfie privileges that the Abbot en joyed. Cardinal Bentoll was Abbot, from about 1524. to 1540. The last ctiminindatory Abbot of Aberbro thock W2l John ilattiilton, second son•to the Duke of Chatelheraulr, who was afterwards cleated Marquis of Hamilton. TI is Abbey was elected into a temporal Lordship, in favour of James, Marquis of Hanniv.n. son to the former, up .n the,.sol,May, 1048. It liter* wards .belonged to the Paul of Dysart, from t.s.h.ins Patrick. Maule 9f Pantrure, Gentleman f the Bed chamber to King James VI. purchased it with the tight of patronage of all the parishes thereto belonging. The Abbots of this place had several priailrges whim; others did not enjoy. Thy were-exempted from as• sating at the yearly-Synods, and Pope Pius il.declared his resolution, in .1461, to excommunicate all those who would trouble them - tspon that head. Pope Benne!, by his bull, dated at .Av gnoo L gratits to John, Abbot at Arbroath, the privilege of making use of, and wearing, the pontifical ornaments ; and they had the privilege of giving the minor orders. King Robert de peace granted ten merits Sccts-to this Abbey. . PIPING HoT.— This expression is taken from the cup torn of a baker's blobs ing his pipe or h..rn, a coniaroa practice in country villages, to let his customer% know that he was about to draw his hot bread from the oven. BIRTH. Dec. 19; the Lady•od Captain Magneto, of Corrybroujs.Ma daughter. 111 A RR LE D. Dec. 15, at Parts, George William Lefevre, M. A ta. 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