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UMAIER AS BRISTOL, AUGUST 17. IdAIDNY V. SIIEPHEND AND co. This was an action to recover darnagts for a breach of contract. The defendants had, an September last, ei:stracred to supply the plaintiff with a quantity ot woollen cloth, t the amour! o,f 7651. 9s. 9J. which contrast they had, in the mouth ot lotion ins, refused to fat. . . • • Fioin the statement of Mr. Serjzant WILDE, it appeared that the defendants weic extensive clothittr, . tarrying on business at Frome, and the plaintiff a draper, tattling on business in Cork. The fort-int had contracted to supply the latter with clods to the anionnt of 7551. for which be was to receive ti,e ac ceptance of the, plaintiff at eight montlis.• 56 as the plaintiff was concerned, this arrangement was carried into eff-ct, by his accepting a bill ts the necessary ex tent. Toe way in which the credit was divided was this—six nior.ths were to be allowed to tun before the hills were discounted—A. mactiet, i.e believed, not unitival in commetciai toths. Having accepted this . pap* r, the plaintiff had a right to call on the defend ants to 1 etfo rm their part of contract, and to deliver those *WA ATtidi they had stipulated to sell,' xtld for which his acceptance had beers placed in their lards. Tney had, lion ever, ne;.l-cted to fiffil their nay of the bargain, and the plaintiff brought the pre sent action be recover such compensation as the Jury 'should think be was entitled to. The plaintiff had cealt with the defendants since the year 1822, and paid them very considerable sums most punctually.— .. They had, however, iu October last, thought fit to tuitt-inusid on the plaintiff, and to tell him that they • •.did not consider their contract as binding. The Learned -•Serjeant then read an • xtract• from ' a leiter a hiressed by the def nd,•nts to the plaintiff, in December, 1823, in which they assured rim that they had " as good an °Pinion . of hint as of any man in Ireland ;" a n d ex pressed 'a desire that he should do business with them in thelanualy tollowing, when' he visited England, observing, - that they could afford him some excellent bargains. This cortespondence continued down to the month of August, 1824, at which period another let ter was written to plaintiff, staring that they expected bias at Fiume to make purchases. Tile plaintiff did go to Frome, and contracted with the defendants for a certain quantity of cloth. Ile also, as he had a right to do, purchased from other persons certain arti cles which the defendants could not supply him with, and this appeared to have excited dissatisfaction.— Subsequently, the defendants determined not to fulfil their contract, and, after he had gone to London, on his kay to Ireland, they sent him a letter, apprising him of their determination. The present action was the tresulcof their conduct; and it was brought, not so much for the purpose of procuring damages, as to place- the plant 's credit on its original fair and honest footing. These facts having been proved, 111 r; Serjeaut PELL, for the defendants, admitted that the action Was sustai-cable, and that the plaintiff must have a verdict; but contended that, as the action was alleged to have been biou.iht to shew that the plaintiff etas a man whose credit was unimpaired, and as no injory was proved to have been Offered by him, the disma p nes ought to be very moderate. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, £l5O. JOIINSaN V. DOWELL AND OTHERS. This was an action. for .a nuisance. The plaintiff keeps a respectable millinery establishment in Vine s(' ee l , the. defendants carry on the business of hatters in the same street. The plaintiff complained that there issued limn the manufactory of the defendants certain smells, exhalations, vapours, and smoke, which en teir4,plaititifs house, and rendered it unwholesome and uncomfortable. Serjeant Pax having stated the case, Justice LITTLZDALZ suggested the propriety of referring the case. Mr. Serjeant Witue, for the defendant, signified his consent ; and Dlr. Serjeant Pau., after consulting with his client, adopted cite sore course. The case, and aU matters and thinga connected therewith, was then referred to Mr. Guinean. LANCASTER, AUGUST 16. Julia Afills was put to the bar, charged with privately stealing; in a dwolling-house, plopeity to the value of Cos. and upwards. The poisoner was servant to Mr. Mallon, a draper, in Oldhara , street, Manchester, and broke out of his house one night, carrying away with her 601. in cash, besides other valuable property. The case was very clearly proved against the prisoner, who made no de fence- The Jury returned a veraict of Guilty. Mr. "pace liamtv told the prisoner. that though her case was one-of very great enormity. her life would be spared. Sentence of Death was then recorded against her. doggies Lindsay, a boy of 14, was indicted for killing and slaying .14111 Hayes, another boy of 10 years of age. It appeased from the evidence that the two boys lad qu•.roell.d whilst playing in the strcets; that the poi soner knocked the deceased down; and that he kicked llroo whilst down with a heavy clog on the belly. He complained much of his belly at the time, and was nnable to rise from the wound. S x days after he died ill the Infirmary. His body was opened, and it was found th.t the kick had occa'Aoned great inflammation ru the belly, and float there had been great effusion of I)mph into the cavity of it. The. Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Learned JUDGE sentenced him to four moatlos imprisonment. ,CORK. Daniel Dono2Jeue, the hangman attached to the Col k gaol, was indicted for stealing a great coat on the lauds et liallyphilip, in the North Liberties, the pioFerty of Coinelius Hallesy. The coat was laid war a gate in the field where the prosecutor was . at work, ,ai:sl was afterwards found on the prisoner in the Dri4evie)l. When the coat was demanded horn him, he reluSea.l, to give it, alleging that. it was his own cost. lie bad a titlier defence to etfer in his belutlf, or no dsakader, and the Curt left it . to Vie Joiy to decide an the case. They retired for short time, snd brought - in a verdict of—Guilty. • • . ::k Imuntstur conferred with the Clerk of the Crown, and them s ;•.-need the prisoner to threi year" impriapaisseat - to ha, r 1 labour ias cr..t. This emoted great merriment' in the Court ; *and khe prisoner retired evidently very much saiiseed With the setiteace. • In a letter TO the Aiebbisiip 7 of PAnts, the king of FltAN:4.tells him, that bring drsirous of placing his reign . under the proteclion - of the QNeen of HEArpr * the I)eclaration nE lowa XIII. dedicating his kingdom to thi. Holy •Vitsin, is to be read from the pulpit in All Chnrehei.en the day, of, ete'.Assomp,loo VlondAy hay. 'and' i:gerieral pieces:ion is to take plate in the Cathedral ef.Notre Dam whiob .the • Air.a time If pL.ipoie* to..etter.4: Y---~ ; T FAST. BOVINE. There are four different Bourne s, all known to Londoners, under the common name of East Bourne, each half a mile removed from the other. The most attractive part, called the Sea-honses, runs along the shore, and invents a succession of as charming marine situations as can possibly be desired. It is just what a bathing place should be—romantic, quiet, and yet lively. The compauy is always highly respectable, without the affectation of fashionable airs or hours. There is a nice quiet . reading-room, which closes at ten at tilght, and at which one's ears are nut pestered — %;athihe eternal too, and only number one and six now vacant. Houses are reasonablel6-- in the best situation, one with nine beds can be, hail for ix guineas. Mrs. Coutts was the last comet, hut it is a month since she lea. She stopped bbt six days, and left her good name, in half-Inch letters, in the subscription hook at the circulating library. Lord George Cavendish spends a part of each summer at East Bourne. He is the Lard of the soil, and affords every encourage ment to improvement. According to accounts is a German paper from flei dtiberg, famous for its Tun, front the state of this year's vintage wine may be expected to be both good and abundant. Kensington and Knightsbridge are about to have a new church. The site of it will be, it is said, at the point ju,t behind Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, where the road se parates into two roads, one leading to Kensington, on to Btentford, &c. and the other to Brompton, Fulham, &c. The proposed church will thus be nearly opposite the Di agoon Barracks at Knigl'tsbridge. The question as to whether a person serving a seven seals apprenticeship in a corporate town, being bound thereto by the parish, is entitled to his freedom, has been determined by the Magistrates in the negative.—Chel /vibe 171 Ji.ll4rnal. Wednesday morning, a dog, supposed to be mad, was killed in St. Clement's Church-yard, by W. Nesbitt, the sttlet-keei et : in killing him, the keeper h.d his stick bitten in half by the dog, which was very fe ucious. The high intere.t for money (12 per cent. per annum) on the very best security, can always be had), renders houses dear in Constantinople. The transport of build ing materials is expensive; anything of a house will cost 10091. so that if a man cannot get 1201. for such an investment, he had better have kept his money in his coffers ; besides which, insurance companies do not find much encouragement in a capital where the burning of a hundred or two houses is little thought of A pump for one of the Mexican Mining Companies, of 1,000 feet in length, has recently been cast at a fur nace near Cincinnati. The bore is about four inches, and the pump was cast in 100 detached pieces, of ten feet in length each. This stupendous pump cost cis cents. per pound, and ay piece weighing I,ooolbs. the aggregate cost was 6,(40 dollars. It was taken to New Orleans by the steam-boat Mississippi. From New Orleans it was intended to ship it to some Mexi • can port, whence it is to be carried in waggons about three hundred miles into the interior. Finally, it will be borne thirty miles up a steep and rugged mountain, on the backs of the Indians, to its place of destination. This pump will be worked by steam.— American Paper. Three men went before the Lord Mayor on Wednes• day, to seek redress against a master who had turned them away suddenly, without notice or wages. It ap. peering, however, that they had left their former master, in hope of better wages, and without notice, his Lord ship desired them to depart, as they were rightly -serve& The spinning manufactory of M. Parpatre, at. Yuoy -Carignan, in the Ardennes, has been de,troyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 150,000 francs. WeJnesda) night, after the exhibition of the fireworks at Vauxhall Gardens. a well-dressed Gentleman and Lady retired to a box near the pavilion, and partook of a roast chicken, ham, &c. after which, as.the evening was damp, a bowl of warm arrack punch was ordered. There is, however, many a slip between the cup and the lip, and scarcely had they taken a glass each of that delicious beverage, when a spectre, in the ferns of the wife of the former, appeared at the festive board.' This was an awkward rencontre, and after much in vective by the wife against the husband and his there amie, they abruptly quitted the Gardens together, amidst the groaning' of the company present. It ap peared from the statement of the wife, that her faith less spouse had quitted her for a month, taking with him a considerable sum of money, and had been living with this woman ever since. UNUJECTZD CUSTOMIRS.A few mornings since, during the excessive hot weather, the George Hotel, in Huntingdon, was visited by rather an unwelcome guest, in the character of a raw-boned Rosinante, which, like the faithful companions of Sancho Panza, Pantagruel, or Syntax, seemed to care not " whither he went, or , how he fared," as long as he found a cool retreat from a burning son which rose Fahrenheit to 92 in the shade. It appears that the animal had strayed from the com mon with some others, and after deliberately walking' up the street, proceeded up the George yard, and after passing thiough the tap-room (where be was compelled to mike a curve), descended into the cellar, down a very contracted flight of steps, nearly perpendicular in descent, where, with the song froid of an experienced Exciseman, he was proceeding to gauge the tap-tubs, when he was surprised by " mine host," wbo expe rienced some difficulty in dislodging the intruder from his cool and subterranean asylum. On the Sunday previous a fine calf was discovered reposing in a quiet slumber on a soft Turkey carpet, in a Gentleman's draw ing-roum, in Cambridge, by the family, on their return from church, where the innocent intruder must have remained at least two hours before the di,,covery. The Tartar Couriers, who come from Persia to 1 I key, get;e: ally bring with them parcels of merchandise of every description. Some time since, one of these was robbed by the Curds, who, among their other spoils, found great numbers of pearls. Never having seen pearls before, they took them for some species of grain, and for three days following boiled them to make a pilaw ; but to their great surprise they would not soften in the water : meantime the merchants, having heard of the TAT tar's being stopped, sent secret agents among the robbers, who bought the pearls back for little or nothing. Joe Miller is said to have been the proprietor of the principal booths at May Fair and Bartholomew Fair, and, acting the droll, became a universal favourite with the public, from which circumstance Colonel Motley prefixed his name as the ostensible Editor of the collec tion of jests gathered by himself. Stossioancs OF tna BALTIC.—A singular and in teresting fact has'been ascertained respecting the level 'of the Rattle.* It was suspected that the ivaiers of this 'set were gradUally sinking ; but a memoir in the &re dish Transactions for 1823 his put the change beyond doubt. From latitude 56 to 63 degrees, the observa tions shew a mean fall of one loot and 4 half oniony years, or 4-10ths of an inch' annually, or three feet ten , ineffes in a century. Toe Baltic is very shallow at pre sent, and if the waters continue to sink as they hive . done, Revel, Abo, and a hundred other - poits . vidl, by Ind bye,. become inland towns ; the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland, said ultimately the Battle itself; will be changed ink) dry laud. . . • : . ;z7.4111M1P MR.:144 -N's ii1411.47t1c • The River, above Westrtivarter Bridge, was yesterday cro with boats -of- everrdeocliptloe, and if we say a more company never graced the bosom of old" Falber Thames," we not ex aggerate. Mr. White, of the British Fire Office, had the whole maftagivneirt of the wager, and he performed the duty with much credit to hitliself; and-to kfi t scliatisfactlon of every person pre- sent. There was not vet MOM .gßiley• absent on the occasion . The starting galley, i 4 whlo the tragedian was placed, was Man • ned by the warship** the British Fire Office, having their fore man as the cocksi .z, The time of stadinkielis fixed for two o'clock, but it was nearly half-past three before the boats started, the craft having driven up with thi tide just at the appointed hour. . The distance to be rowed for the first heat was from Westmin ster Bridge to the Lawn Cottage, and again to the Red House, !attersea, to decide whi:h the following men started, vit. James Joyce, of Arundel-stairs, and William Noulton, Lam-, beth, scarlet. Charles hiills and Henry Vincent, Ilungerford, purple. George Maynard, of Lambeth, and Ambrose Hallam, of Vaux hall, white. J. Evans, of Waterloo Bridge, and James Covington, of West minster, light blue. George Jones, of Bankside, and Robert Croker, of Vauxhall, pink. 3k. Wilson Emery, of Hungerford, and Samuel Piner of Vauxhall, srern. William Williams, of Waterloo Bridge, and George Heath,jun. of ilungerford, yellow. Toe three first of the above men were entitled to row for the second and grand heat. At starting, scarlet had the lead, closely followed by pink.and white, yellow closely pressing the whole of them. On passing Vauxhall Bridge, the four first boats were so close together, that a common sheet would have covered the whole of them. At this period, the boats were placed as follows :—scar let, white, pink, yellow, green, light blue, and purple. On ar riving at the lied house, the beadmost boats were so closely on each other's bow, that much contention ensued as to whirls of the boats, scarlet or white, were ahead. On their return down, how ever, scarlet had the lead, white close on their quarter, followed by pink at a vespectful distance ; yellow closely pressed the hind mast boat, and it was the general opinion at the Red House, that had the competitors to row two hundred yards farther, yellow would have been in for the grand heat. At a quarter after six, scarlet, white. and pink. went off to their stations t to row the second and grand beat, viz. from the Red House to Waterloo Bridge, up again to the Lawn Cottage, and down again to the Red House. At starting scarlet had the lead, hut white closely pressed them, and on rounding the bridge scarlet seemed to be losing ground. Eventually white shot a-bead, and scarlet, completely dead beat, resigned; white now shot forward in excellent style, and came in the winner, followed by pink at about a boat's length distance. On the whole a better contested race has not been witnessed for some years. Very heavy bets were depending on the occasion. The Spanish breed of sheep has been introduced into North Jutland. Tne Altar at Westminster Abbey, which has been in hand ever since the Coronation, was opened on Sunday. The Knights Templar% lay in awful state on the north side (as if on a bed) with curtains drawn around them. Camberwell Fair commenced yesterday, and from the excellent and judicious arrangement of the fancy booths and shews, promises to be well attended. There are, as usual, tall men and women, and several dwarfs; groups of the best Jugglers in the kingdom, if we are to believe their own accounts, are there, attended by their Aide-de-Camps—the Clown. There are also a few shows of wild beasts, including some lions. STA= or run Cnors.—The bountiful showers which have fallen within the last few days have not only re • hod but materially benefitted the growing crops of every description. The turnip grounds have greatly improved in appearance, and the potatoe crop, the me lancholy appearance of which a few days since occa sioned much dismay, will, by the late timely rains, be secure of at least an average produce.- The harvest has been, in some places, a little imps by the heavy showers; but they have been very pastill e and the good they have afforded, which has been of no ordinary va lue, has not been qualified by any attendant mischief. New wheat, ofmost excellent quality, has been profusely brought into market for the last fortnight, and from its dryness, is found to work unusually well at the mill. It has been estimated that the quantities of silver and gold, in coin and bars, exported from England to fo reign countries, in the three months between the sth of 'April and sth of July, 1825, amounted to 2,851.0301. or. nearly 1,000,0001. per month. A Dutch Jew, named Samuel Bonduy, lately died at Amsterdam, leaving funds to build and equip six ships of the line of 74 guns each : there were found in his house 44 casks full of coins of all the Princes in the world. A month was occupied in taking out and ar ranging these coins, and eight days in counting them. This man had for :a long time followed the armies of France, visited all Europe, Africa, and America, and some of the establishments of Asia. lie was ninety sii years of age. Some persons ls!tely found in a cavern, in the forest of Spielitz, in Silesia, 6000 ducats, coins of Flanders, dur ing the time that that country was subject to Spain. There were also skeletons of horses, and a quantity of arms of all descriptions. It is conjectured that this is one of the seats of the celebrated Secret Tribunal. In seventy years the people of Great Britain have advanced full eight millions. fo twenty-five years the number of inhabited houses in England and Wales alone have advanced one half. Fifty years ago, the very existence of canals was a matter of incredulity. Fifteen millions of public wealth have now been pro. fitably absorbed, by these mighty ducts; and at least half-all 'such snore is at this hour destined for their for mation. Fifty-years ago there was hardly a steam easier in the kingdom. There cannot now be less than oweive thousand,—a creation of power equal to at least a sparser of a million of horses ; an energy which, in a single day, would have raised up the great pyramid of Egypt. Fifty years ago, our annual export of ma nufactured cotton did not amount to a quarter of a million in value : it has now swollen to nearly thirty millions. In the same period, our exported woollens, in defiance of Saxon, Prussian, Spanish, and American competition, have advanced mote than two millions: Fifty years ago, our imports of raw silk were only three hundred thousand pounds in weight : they are now nearly three millions. Fifty years ago, our export of iron was hardly twelve thousand tons : it is now about ten times as much. Fifty years ago, our exports of linen were about four millions of yards : they are now nearly forty millions. Fifty years ago, the whole value of our exported produce, both native and foreign, was just fifteen millions of money the value of British produce exported, alone, is now more than fifty millions. A hundred and twenty years ap;o, says old Tucker, there were only two or three vessels in Scotland above two hundred tons; our whole tonn rge is now more than a quarter of a million, employing twenty thousand per sons. A hundred and fifty years ago, says Chalmers, the whole navy of Britain did not amount to a hundred thousand tons : it is new at least three millions of tons, employing about two hundred thousand men.—Ellin. burgh Observer. IMPROMPTU. 46 Leave oil your puns," said Jack to Bill, " Give me a ova mot if you will." " A what ? a bou eat bow absurd Whoever gave you a glad WC !!!" W. R. V. . POLICE iiirrEaIGENCE. almrdw in .•.. ' BOW-STREET. A Gentleman and three ash-plants .were brooght op In - t eeso c tf from St. Martin's watch-horse, charged with being partite in &flu% which took plate in Coeentty.court, at one n'e . lpah in theanorning It appeared by the evidence, that be and two others, repotted— each armed with an ash-plant, and being bacchiplenreaoat the bout abovementioned. to a Ninth; in Coventry-cmwt, satit ditaindell admission. • Being refused a dmittance, the Geotlemen attentrtil to take the bagnio by storm; the Lady-mother was airsick, the watch interfered, and a row ensued, which ended in attiOtalataite of one Gentleman and three ash plants—all of which were now pror dozed by a little tottering Watchman, so aillicted with age and palsy, that his head •nioldeilike a Mandarin's upon a mantel-piece. Tui Gentleman admitted the principal fact ; and attributed every thing to too much wive. Sir RICJIMIX 80111101 observed that he.could net take **Wine into consideration, and ordered that the Gentleman Ira its ball for his appearance at the Quarter Sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Rickaid licyler, formerly a porter in the employ of Mr:Rnteto carver and gilder, Churcb•street, Sub:), .vas accused Of abecto4i-t wkl a cheque for £l7, the property of his master, drawn ty Lle-o e o on Fry and Chapman. On the Seth June, Taylor was sent to the alike of Messrs. Fry and Chapman to get the cheque cashed, and directed afterwards to pay to Mr. Evans, of little Love-la-e, Aldermanbury, .Cl 5 for a bill which was due, and ttlen return Wo, the balance. Instead of doing so, be wrote. to Mr. Rogers the wo e evening, saying that be had lost the money, and toas going to sea a voyage of three years, but would pay all on his return. Taylor saw no more of hint till about ten dais ago, when he W..f taken into custody.' It appeared the cheque bad been cashed, beet the clerk Who had paid the money could not identify •Taylor. A f•er :reviving psymeut be had gone to Mr. Evaus and tendered the £l5, and on bring sent out for change, had taken the sudden resolution of decamping with the whole. According to his-own account he bad been oirboard his ,fajesty's brig the Ariel,,and left it on being refused an advance if wages. As the cheque was not produced, lee was committed to stand his trial fur stealing £l5. Yesterday, a female of rather genteel appearance and manner, about 40 years of age, who has gone by the names of Dushro ' Car. don, Maims. ate. but who gave her rtat name yeststilay as Cas;endra Gate/term, and who has been several days in custod-y upon various charges of acts of swindling and fraud committed by her upon lodging-house-keepers, was brought before Mr. limo the sitting Magistrate, for final examination. There were about twenty charges against the prisoner, but they all went for nothing, as they were merely debts contracted witioal proper precaution on the part of those who gave credit. (Me Mrs. Marshall, however, the wife of a tailor residing in Qeebee-street, is addition to the above accommodation, placed a couple of towels in Mrs. Cassandra Busbro's room, and those, as her evil genius would have it, Mrs. Cassandra put into her basket with the rest; and the same liberty she took with a towel of one Mrs. Williams, a plum- ~ ber's wife in Park-street, Grosvenor-square ; and on these two last charges Mrs. Bushro was fully committed. When asked by the Magistrate to give some account of herself? she said It was unnecessary and useless for her to say more mos that she was of respectable family and connexions, and nothing but the most dire necesaity could have induced her to the commis sion of such acts; and if the Magistrate knew her real history, he would deeply feel for her Situation. The unhappy woman, while saying ibis, wept bitterly, and seemed to excite the pity of her prosecutors in no small degree. Mrs. Marshall entreated that the prisoner might be dealt with as lenleutly as possible; but the Magistrate told her that the case was now altogether out of the Magistrate's hands. The prisoner was then locked up, and a, boy about eight yeses of age, whom she stated to be her son, was ordered to, be taken care ef. The child cried and screamed aloud when his mother was re moved from him. llMft ~~ ••,=••••41111. • • " " lIATTON-GAIIDEN. A Lady, from Devonshire, applied for the aid of the Mazistree. She arrived in London three days ago, and took lodgings near Hui born, with an express agreement, "that no begs were in the apart meats," and agreed to pay thirty shillings per week. The first nigh she was bitten so dreadfully, that she was compelled to get up, and hunt all night for the blood-suckers, and her infant was b1i.t.e..4 from head to foot. She had not enjoyed a wink of sleep for three *gins, and had offered to pay the lanilady of the house for half a week, but she refused to accept the money, though she had violater' her original agreement, and she wholly detained her trunks. The Magistrate advised the applicant to pay the demand, any! thereby prevent the bugsfrorn entering her trunks, lest they alaou:11 emigrate to Devonshire, and colonize that delightful county. He further intimated, that by an action at law she might recover the money.—..Tbe Lady thanked the Justice, and left the Office. MARY-LA-BONNE. Jam Agin, aged 40, the son of Mr. Arliss, poulterer, of more-street, was charged with an attempt to violate hia father's servant. It appeared from the complainant's statement, that s1:1 was asleep in bed on Wednesday night, when be came into t.tr bed, and in the attempt to effect his purpose, she awoke, and screaming loudly, be jumped out of bed, and ran off to his osvn room. In his defence, he declared it was false; he was a little inebriated, and mistook her room for his own; but as to making any attempt, it was absolutely false. The Magistrate ordered hiai to find bail for his appearance at the Sessions. . TOWN•HALL B. Tyler, of East Greenwich, was charged with refusing to pay toll at the Green Man Gate, and placing his chaise across the passage, so is to obstruct the progress of other carriages. It was proved that he was hot with the Tuscan grape, for which he was fined ss. and for the obstruction 10s. amounting with coast. 11. 41. THAMES POLICE. A number of persons came to have the Magistrate's advice in respect to tome transactions they had had witk a gang of swindlers, who had obtained money from them, in one way or other, upon checks drawn on the Eank of England, uhich, though upon the usual copper plate form, !roved valueless, the drawer having no cash there. Mr. Cumberland, a tailor, had been induced to rite two bills for the purpose of being discounted ; the latter one upon the assurance that the first bad been destroyed, and got in returu one of these precious drafts. He has aince been arrested on his first acceptance. Mrs. MLitt a widow:, at LimehOuse, rteceked an other of the fictitious cheeks, under circumstances of great cruelty. The day after the death of her husband,. a man, who was under considerable obligations to him, nine and offered a £Ol. check is payment of a debt of el. and received the difference 'front her in cash. Thu amount' of frauds in Poplar and hs neighbourhood, by this gang, is estimated at above 3000/. and amoug the sufferen are, Mr. East, a tailor, Mr. Corrigan, of the Blue Posts Tavern, and Mr. Sadd, of the Commercial. Coffee-house—all of Poplar, A re spectable saddler, at Rateliff-highway, has also been duped to a considerable amount. Watrants were issued for the apprehension of one or two of the *windiest. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A Coroner's Inquest was held at the Middlesex Hospital, before THOMAS STHILINGe Esq. Coroner, on the body of Elizabeth Caps, sit hose death was occasioned by the following accident. On Thursday week, being in a state of intuit:cation, the ceased went to the window to hang out a cage coot •fin ing a bird, when lesing het equilibrium, she was preci• pitated from the second story into the street, and falli n head downwards, she came upon some garden her skull was fractured Verdict—Accidental peach. MARRIED. At St. George's, Illoontsbut7, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. S. H. Wynn, William Gordon, Esq. one of the Writers to h , • Majesty's Signet hi Sealant ansl eldest son of David Gordon, Req. to Agnes Marian, third daughter istJuhn Hyslop, Esq. surgeon, er Upper Redford-place, Russeil-mtnare. sit AILII-...TiIIS"DAY. •aa no. Aso. 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