Star. — London, England, 1825-07-29 00:00:00

r 'K COMMON COtatlL.. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Corn- Connell. • . .ocil, at Guildhall. A Petition was presented from the inhabitants of Mark-lane, praying the Court to assist them by a pecuniary grant towards making a seWet between Fenchurch-street and the Commercial Bak Rooms, .which was referred to the City Lands CoMmittee to examine and report. The Bridge *oust Committee presented a Report of their pro-1 ceedhigs in Parliament, in presenting the Petition of the Court against the Snub London Dock Bill, which - Was read. The Court unanimously agreed to p►e•ent to the Loan MAYOR, a Gold Medal with a suitable inscrip tion, commemor,ative of the circumstance of laying the firit stone of the new London Bridge; and the Commit. tee Who have the superintendance. , f the erection of the bridge were directed to provide the same accordingly. A Petition was presented from the Inhabitants of Smithfield, prayil;g that Bartholomew Fair might be held on the first Tuesday in September, being the 6:h, instead of Saturday, the 3d of that month ; and also in respect of other regulations regarding the Cattle Market. which was read, and referred to t'.e City Lands Com- Mater to consider and report ; and it was also referred to the Committee to consider the Charter under which the Fair is held, and whether any measures could be tAen for the removal of any nuisance existing in the same, or for its ultimate suppression. The General Purpose Committee presented a Report for affixing the City's seal to a Petition to the Lord Chief Justice and the other Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, praying them to rescind the order made in Easter Term, in the fifth year of his Ma jesty's reign, for extending the Rules of the Fleet Filson, which being read, was agreed tu. WINDSOR ' JULY 28.—Yesterday his MAJESTY left l , the Royal Lodge in his pony phaeton much later than usual, and proceeded through the newly formed rides and plantations for Virginia Water. After enjoying himself for upwatds of two hours on the lake he landed and dined in the principal marquee, which is pitched in a very shady situation on the margin of the water. The Vienna Gazette contains a numerous list of Pro motions in the Austrian army. The small-pox continues to rage at Lyons. Infants, and even adults, die of this shocking disease every day. VOYAGE or DISCOVERY.— The St. Petersburg': Gazette mentions the arrival of dispatches at St. Petersburg!) from Lieutenant Kornaue, who teaclred the port of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Kamtschatkat in the sloop of war . Predpristige, on June 9,1824. In his voyage be cor .rected the reported longitude and latitude of several places in the Pacific Ocean. He describes, in his re port, Navigation Island. He saw, in his voyage, the Island of Karlshof. seen in 1722 by RAGEWIN, the lati tude of which is 15 deg. 27 min. S. and the longitude 145 deg. 24 min. 22 sec. West. He discovered three islands, one of which, called after his vessel, Predprie tige Island, is situated in latitude 15 deg. 58 min. 18 sec. S. and longitude 140 deg. 2 min. 38 sec. West. Anothet of which, called Bollinghausen, is in 15 deg. 48 min. 7 sec. S. latitude, and 154 deg. 30 min. W. longitude. The third, which he called Kordakew, after his First Lieutenant, is in 14 deg. 32 min. 39 sec. S. latitude, and 168 deg. 6 min. W. longitude. The lat ter island, it appears, was discovered by M. FriEvci xer ; but this was not known to Lieutenant KOTZEBUE. He visited Otaheite and Owyhee in his voyage. Charts of his discoveries and of the countries he visited, have been sent to Russia. The German P.tpers contain a comparative list of the number of Students in the different Univet shies of that country. There wire at Wurtzburgh 613 students, 471 natives and 142 foreigners ; at Gottingen, 1545 students, 758 natives and 807 foreigners ; at Tubin gen, 827 students ; at Bonn, 826 ; at Heidelberg, 626. The heat of the weather at thi' time has not, we be lieve, been ever exceeded in this kingdom. One of the, horses that drew in Serjeant Lefroy, on Wednesday, ...lied immediately after being taken from the carriage ; And one of the mail coach horses, we have heard, drop ped down dead on the road that day. The cattle ate suffering very much for the want of water, in Burrell; and many sheep have diet in consequence theteof.— En nis Chrehicle. • Tuesday, the 19th, a boy about sixteen years of age, while making hay near Newry, received a coup de soled. He was immediately taken to town, and medical assistance procured, but he died in,two hours. COACH ACCIDENT.—Tuesday, • a Worthing coach broke down at Kingsfold, a few miles from llor sham. The coach was heavily laden, and several of the pas sengers 'were much injured ; one Lady was conveyed to Horsham, with but little hopes of her recovery. A Gentleman had his collar-bone broken, and several others were more or less injured. THUNDER STORM —An extraordinary storm of thunder, hail, and snow, visited Litchborough, in Northamptonshire, on Monday, the 18th instant, on which day the gooseberries, in the garden of Mr. Per kin:, of Claybro k, L-icestershire, were absolutely scalded by the heat. Siin.lay week, the upper part of the parish of Gulls field, Montgomeryshire, was visited by a most tre mendous storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. The electric fluid struck a large. oak tree, upon Trelydan Farm s and tore the trunk into two pieces. The bark was stripped off, and carried to a considerable distance Yesterday morning, a person calling himself Captain Pols, of the ship Coromandel, went into the stop of ' Messrs. Viner and Co. watch-makers, Royal Exchange, under pretence of purchasing some watches; several were accordingly shewn to him, one of which he agreed to take ; but while Messrs. Viper and Co.'s assistant was in the act of re aching others from the v. indow for Iris irispection, he contrived to purloin two valuable watches, and, pretending to see a friend pass the door that instant; made off with them. He Wall instantly pursued, but without effect. • • In the Criminal Court at Wexford, on Tuesday week, the gravity of the spectators was disturbed by a curious expression used by a culprit, who, on being sentenced to seven years transportat tin, audaciously exclaimed to the Judge (JOHNSON)—" Wen, my Lord, when I come beck I shall bring yon a monkey to scraich your wig!" The yearly accounts of the Etat India Revenue have been printed, by order of the House of Commons. The accounts are only made op for the year ended April 30, 1823; but the estimate, which may betaken as pretty nearly correct, vs made up for the year ended April SO, 1824. 'ln this last period only a very small part of the expense. of the 13arme,e war, which beg-in in February, 1.824, can be incloe,ed ; byt it will be seen that the Re venue is not in a state to r oder any increase at charge 'desirable, The net surplus Revenue in India was— /n*1112041 . • . . .C 1,47 1,936 1017.22 . • 3,946;19 IEII2-23' • . f1,v?5,541 mnd in the?) ear which comprerrenol two months of tin I$O,OleSC in :SVS , t 'i. S ~- • ,t s . ALAimlsc riaEi --....1.M..•.-- DESTUUCTION OF THE ASSKIIET.Y, DETTINh. AND LIIESS LNG-ROOMS, AT LORD'S CRICKET GROUNDS. About one o'clock this miming, a fire was discovered in the above ornamental buldings, attached to the far famed grounds belonging formerly to Mr. Lori (but. now in the possession of a Mt. Ward), in which, per haps, some of the greatest cricketers have played, and alternately won and lost thousands. The building was situated at the northern extremity of the play-ground, awl so remote from any resource of water, that the efforts of those who surrounded the burning fabric were rendered completely ineffectual. By a quarter to two o'clock, several of the town en gines were on the road leading to the gates of the ground, but the freshness of the wind had by this time so wound up the burning element, that the most op pilling fears were evinced ; in fact, so emblazoned was the hot izon, that to those who witnessed the reflection of the light in the Strand and on the adjacent Bridges, the conflagration stemed very near, and hundreds of persons stood for some time looking with wonder at the rapid strides it made. By half-past two o'alck, no less than from twenty to thirty engines were at the gates and on the grounds, but, as we befoie stated, were tendered wholly useless, from the tituAti in of the building. It is but justice to state, that we never wit :tested a mire ready attendance of firemen belonging to the d fferent Fire Offices, but such was the appearance in the element, that many were led astray; in fact, sever al of the engines ss ell round by Maida Hill, and came to the spot from the North roai. So late as half past fuur, engines from the more distant London na tions continued to art ive, but by this time the fire had neatly burnt itself out, and all that was left to those who were admitted to witness it was the mass of burn ing timber that lay on the ground. Our Reporter, who was on the spot, endeavoured by every means to find out by what accident the fire had taken place, but all lie could learn was, that a party had been in the ground in the afternoon, and after their departure the rooms ' had been left in supposed security. That the fi.e was caused by accident there can be no doubt, but how the accident occurred must remain a mystery. By five o'clock, there only remained the burnt.out embers of ' the fabric, and the engines were ordered to return to the:r respective stations. The stronger proof of the extent of the flames on the horiz tn we:e such, that the fire-engines from Poplar and the adjacent parts were on the spot. It is a cu rious fact, that a grand match was to have been played ' this day in the grounds, between the Scholars of Har ' row School and Eton College, and that some of the ' patties enjoyed themselves there in the early part of ' yesterday. ' Yesterday evening, about five o'clock, another fire ' broke out in a shed :tear the Duke sif York public-house, Black Horse fields. It belonged to Mr. Wookock, a ' wheelwright, in the Kingsland-ro id ; and had been ' divided into two apartments, one of which was used as a workshop, and the other as a stable. The fire broke out in de stable, and being fed by the combuitibles, • burnt with such rapidity that in a short time tile stable ' and a part of the workshop were completely destroyed. ' The fire was "subdued by the neighbours before the ' arrival of the engines ; but an unfortunate pony, which ' was in the stable, was burnt to a cinder. . DREADFUL FIRE AT KILNIARNOCK. This morning, a dreadful fire broke out between one and two O'clock, in an old two-story house in the Back Causeway s Kilmarnock,and before any assistance arrived, it was completely in flames, which spread with rapidity in every direction; and the whole range of buildings with which it was connected have been levelled to the earth. We regret to add, that the Angel Inn, and the stables, immediately behind which the fire broke out, have alto been burnt to the ground. Mr. Begbie's horses, and the greater part of the furniture, have been saved ; but we lament to state, that the whole of the inmates of the house where the fire broke out have pe rished in the conflagration, with the exception of an old woman, who was fortunate enough to escape. When the coach left Kilmarnock this morning, one man, two women, and a child, had been found in the ruins. How the tire originated we have not been able to ascertain. —Ayr Paper, July 26. ko:::as Dewey, whose trial for the murder of Maria Austen we inserted in the STAR of Wednesday, was executed at Nottingham on that day, in the presence of a larger assemblage of persons than was ever known on a similar occasiar. He died penitent, and after hanging the usual time, his body was given to the Surgeons for dissection. Last week, during the absence of the workmen, the steeple of Kibworth Church, Leicestershire, which is under replir, fell with a tremendous crash to the ground. It had perfectly detached itself from the other part of the building, and involved in one vast pile of ruins the bells, clock, and everything before connected with the building. Happily no person was near enough , ' to be hurt by the accident. MsnacuLosya EsCarir.—A singular occurrence took place in the Gibbet colliery, near Wolverhampton, on Tuesday, the 19th inst. A young woman of the name of Jane Tranter, fell by accident down the shaft of an iron-stone pit, a depth of 110 yards, and, what is almost incredible, she received no other injury except a few bruises on her arms and legs, occasioned by catching against the pit rope as she fell. It is suppo eJ that the air expanded under her clothes to that ex ent, that the velocity with which she must otherwise have fallen was thereby greatly impeded. The Dublin Morning Register of Monday contains a Report of the Meetings of the Catholics of the County of Wexford, Sir T. Esmotene, Bart. in the Cha'r. The new Catholic Association was approved of, two silver tureens were voted to Mr. O'Coreset.z., and it was re commended to the Catholics of Ireland to meet in every parish on the first Monday of the next Session. Mr. Suizi. addressed the Meeting in his usual hombastical and inflated style ; and concluded by c tiling on Mr. CESAR COLCLOUGH to present himself as a C tndidate for the County. Mr. OMR CoLCLO . JOH thought proper to decline the honour, as he had upon 1:11 trier' occasions. Were all the . advocates of Catholic Emau. cition as sincere as this Gentleman—were they le follow the noble and praiseworthy example he rs,Set,' the distinction betwee,i Protestant and Catholic would be abolished„ and we should no longer hrar of unhappy `I !nod rai.g..verned Hyland. The evils which . afflict Ire land are chief!y attributabl: to the Cath lies. Wosild they but endeavour to improve the con !Lion 6f they people with the same earnest zeal they display iii np ti:issz all the measu,es t f Goireihment ea dilater' to .eireit the public good, Ireland' would '9lttlialt and' 're happy. E • • 0011:4 tiot'Sr. A fashionable Ind crowded audience attended this Ito. fait night. After the Opera of Broken Promfses, that of e'itstfs 41141111 i , ', reduced into two acts. was performed for the Wit tinir this season. Its principal novelty was the detnir of a Mr. Dizasii, in the cis...atter of Lou attar. The voice of this Gentleman is not deficient in compass, but it wants volume and steadiness, without which no bass singing ran he tolerable. Miss Kieer, Miss Kurt., and Miss Gowzao gave their able support to the parts of Lsrenui, IsOlora. and Catailno; and Mr. Tisoanz was effective as Don Fer nando. Kizer's' and Cisseasso were amusing in the whimsicalities of Spode and Petrillo. The Duke of Vizeetgcross and a party of friends were among the company present. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT; JULY 28. HUCIIIES C. DCMVILLX. In this cause, whicliibeet dropped for no less than twenty one years, a bill has been now filed for a revival of the suit, and the documents contain no less than sir huswired brief sheets, with upwards of three hundred affidavits. Mr. boss this day wished it to be taken out of its turn, but Mr. Morerautr opposed this, on the ground that for twelve years the defendant had been in possession. The VICK-CHANCELLOR said he did not see how he could disturb a possession of so lung a term, but at any rate the caw did not press so very much, and if any hat ni arose, it was owing to the neglect of the parties themselves, who had no right to call tin the Court for further indulgence. 7'llE All3ll'. Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the 9...1 'Regiment of the Royal Tower Hamlets Militia mustered on Bethnal-green, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Ilawcta. The men, Who are mostly young soldiers, went through their mansuvres with ciansi• derable skill. Colonel Ilawgen :It the conclusion took occasion to compliment the Staff, and particularly Captain Warms, the Adju tant of the Regiment, in very high tetmt.on the general appearance of the men, and at the same time passed a well-merited eulogium on Major Cousoa's Band of Bugles, who played several Sae mar tial airs on their return to Head-quarters, when the men delivered in their arms and accoutrements, and were then dismissed, having completed their term of service. The ssd Regiment of Infantry has received orders, on being re lieved by the 7th, at Corfu, to embark, on board the transports that conveyed the latter Corps, for England. The 99th Regiment of Foot is ordered, on the arrival of the 52d in England, to embark on board the transports that bring the latter Corps home, for conveyance to the Mauritius. The 56th Infantry is ordered. on being relieved by the 99th Foot, at the Mauritius, to embark on board the transports that carried out the latter Corps fee England. A detachment belonging to the Bast India Company's service embaited yesterday at Billingsgate, for Gravesend, OR the mete to Chatham. Doyen, JULY 27.—This morning two tranaporta arrived in the Roads, and landed two companies of the 85th Regiment, to be garrisotted in the Castle. Friday, Major-General Sir CHARLES Dort.c, K.C.B. arrived in Limerick, and assumed the command of the district, in room of Major-General Sir Joint Etter, K.C.B. Wednesday se'nnight, the Ist Division of the 19th Highlanders arrived in Cork from Kilkenny, to do duty for some time; the head. qoarters is expected during the present week. A Detachment of the sib Foot has arrived from Clonmel, at Olsoasheen Barracks, in the county of Limerick. The 11th Regiment of Foot is under orders to march for Tralee, to replace the 26th, (or Cameronians), ordered to Limerick. The Officers of the . 15th Regiment entertained at thrir Mess room, Limerick, on blooday, at dinner, Major-General Sir It. Butanam, and his Staff, together with several Officers of the gar rison of Cork. The Hon. Captain Cita/tuts Ront, of the 84th L bas arrived at Fermoy from Tipperary, to join his Regiment. A number of stout young fellows, cadet' in the county of Clare for the 39th and 40th Regiments, passed through Limerick on Tues day, to join their respective corps on the Botany Bay station. Major-General Sit RIM% AD 131110MAN1 has tSken the house of Mr. Mavens, on Hammond's Marsh, Cork, as his head-quarters. A private of the :,9th Regiment is to be tried at Cork Assizes, for bring a baU cartridge, at a late parade, at Uuttevaut, with a view to murder his Colonel. _ The Cornwall Regular Militia Is ordered to assemble at Head quarters, at Bodmin, on Thursday, the 15th day of September ; and the ?diners' Militia. at Head-quarters, Truro, on Thursday the Ist of September. for the purpose of being trained and tzar zised fur twenty-eight days. INDIAN AR3IY,ORNERAL ORDERS. Head-quarters, Calcutta, Feb 24, 1825. In continuation of a General Court-Martial, held at emit pore, on Monday, the 17th of May, 1824, Corporal John Fitz- Simmons of the sth company of his Majesty's S9th Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon the undermentioned Charges, vie. " Ist. For entering the verandah of the barrack occupied by the 4th company of his Majesty's 59th Regiment of Foot, between the hours of one and two o'clock e. u. of the 13th of March, 1824, and then and there, with mischievous intent, discharging the con- 1 tents of a loaded musket into the room of Sergeant Tinsley, of that company, maliciously intending to shoot Eliza Tinsley, wife of Ser. jeant Tinsley aforesaid, and thereby endangering the lives of other persons then in the room along with her. 241. For designedly wasting, on the 13th of March, 1824, one round of ammunition, served out for public service." Upon which Charges the Court came to the following decision : Szirrasez.- 4, The Court having found the prisoner, Corporal John Fitz-Simmons, of the Sth company of his Majesty's 59th Regiment of Foot, guilty of both the charges preferred against him, which being in breach of the Articles of War, does sentence him to suffer death, by being hanged by the neck until he is deal"— Confirmed. (Signed) EDWARD PAGRT, General, Commander..in-Chief in India. The above sentence is commuted to transportation for seven years, subject to the concurrence of the Right Hon. the Governor- General in Council.—Confirmed. (Signed) EDWARD PAC; ET, General, (7ommander-in. Chief in India. The Governor-General in Council concurs in the commuted sentence of transportation for seven years, passed by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief on Corporal Piz-Simmons. (Signed) A M H ERST, EDWARD PAGET, JOLIN FENDALL, .The foregoing order is to be entered in the General Order-Book, and read at the head of every Regiment in bis Majesty's service in India.—By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, THOMAS hl l 3l A 110 N, Colonel, A. G. The thermometer yesterday morning, at the R-yal Excha';ge, in the shade, at ten o'clock, was 67, at eleven 69, a quarter before twelve 70. Two individuals of Lyme, Dorset, and two of Ax minster, Devon, were last week fined 1,2401. for pur chasing smuggled tobacco. The information was laid by the man who sold the goods. Wednesday an Inquest was held at Great Hale. on view of the body of John Wesselby, of Bicker. De ceased had undertaken a journey to Great Hale, to visit some friends there, and was Nlcen violently ill on the road. He was found by some chance passengers in a dying condition, and was only just able to articulate " Let me alone, I am going," when he almost instantly expired.—Vcrdict, " I)ied by the visitafon of G(13." Wednesday evening an Inquest was held at the Coach and Horses, Mary-la-bonne lane, before T. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Mrs. Mar garet an elderly widow lady, residing in the above rieighboui hood. The deceased, it appeared, en joyed the most perfect health and spirits up to the time of her death. Tuesday last Ate was on a visit at her son's house, its Mary-14-bonne-Line, apparently in her usual state of health, and remained there for some time, •iccasionally indulging in cheerful conversation. The deceased had retired to an apartment, and taken bet . seat on a chair, in which she was shortly afterwards discovered in a state of insensibility. A surgeon was procured, but Ale was quite dead. Several wititesse. examined, and the Jury se:tuned a verdict of— ' 1)1-d by the Viatati..n ul &LA's, Jut.V 244 this piste it in the greatest bunk imaginable; In icinsefftentte df the strenuous exertions made for the importatioa of indigo prk itiously to the 48th instant, when the additional ditty of 50 per e:ent. IL D (1 believe), intbting to a prohibition as respects the Britilh mer chants, corn a ces. 'the stea . ket Victory hat Strived here With one hundred passseugers, ' tended to past " a day in France ;" it so !..,,- „ g at petted, how*. that they were destiped to be disappoi-..e.d in this vere . st intention, the packer, which did not I-a ee London su ffi utly early on Saturday, was compelled to put into Margate for the night, and did not arrive here until this mortii-tgi and then too late to enter the harbour. rbey were theyt-fore obliged to lay at anchor in the Roads until late thit afternoon it blowing a fresh breete, no boat could put off to land them. Thi leave at an early hour to-mortow malting. NAVAL INTELLIGENCEs ---ftoba-a. IF ROM . Tlir NZW INGLAND COFFEE-HOUSE. I.seraroox, JULY YT.—Arrived the Caledonia, --, frnnf Charleston. Off the post, the Florida, from New York. P. S. Nuts, ).M.—'There has not been ally communication trues the Florida up to this hoer. The RONIIIICT, SO, Captain N. Loccrea, C.B. is to proceed to Belfast, to embark troops for Halifax. The Ida, Trutt, from Jamaica; New Thomas, from Detnr rata.; and the Ellis, from Grenada, are supposed to have arrived in the Channel. ___.....- FALmuuttt, Jute e.—Variable, light airs.—Oft the port, the William Lushington, Sucaut. fron St. Kitts; Lortod, &moray:, from St. Domingo; and George, Dies mon, Irani Derbice. *ailed his Majesty's Alp Lvll4, fcit Plymouth. PLYIIOUTII, JULY 27.—Whiti E. N. E.—Arrived the Brut•is, Diaxacitx, from Mobile, in 50 days bringing part of the crew of the Jane, of Liverpool, abandenevl in the Gulf of Mexico. Sait'd the Bellona, WILICIIIAN, for St. Übe's. Proiessiourts, Jett 28.-.. Wind S.S.R.—Artived the Princess of Wales, KYLE, from Bourdeaux for London, leaky. Passed by. the Nestor, Lewis, from Quebec; William, Gino:, from Trinidad; and the Java, Daman, from the Downs, for India. DEAL, JULY 28.—Wind N.E.—Passed through from the !fiver, the Pursuit, Atte, for Jamaica; Doncaster, MAasuALL. for bee; ikiton, WiLsox, for Alirasitichi ; and a transport, with 2'l Agent's pendant. to the westward. Remain, the transport No. :; and the Swedish brig Henrietta, under quarantine. LIVER/001 JULY variable.—Arrived the William Mahone, ILLnwitt, from Africa • and Reward, WA masa, Non Drootbeim. Drootheim. Off the port, the 'bonus Oilstone, from Alexandria. DORDRECHT, JULY 22.—The day beto-e yesterday, the largest and finest part of the populous and opulent village of Gravendeel was laid waste by a destructive fire, which broke out .e half-past two in the afternoon, in the house of a baker.- and soon spread to several streets. In the short space of two hours, nearly 100 houses, of which the greater part were not insured, were laid .in ashes, and above eight hundred persons without a home. Of fame streets only a few houses remain that were to windward; the scene of desolation that it presents is most affiicting. No lives we' e lost; but some persons have been more or less burnt. The of the fire is unknown.—Yesterday morning, IP4ween nine and tori o'clock, another fire broke out at Puttershoek, which destroyed a house and farm, the owner of which was absent. It appears, from Gibraltar Papers to the Bth inst. that the Lieutenant. Governor, General Doti, has taken the most prompt and effectual means of preserving the health of the garrison; he has issue) a proclamation, dated the 7th Inst. dividing the town and suburbs into different districts, giving the names of the inspectors, medical officers, and police.serjeants eppointe.l to each district. The proclamation concludes nib recom mending thorough ventilation of the houses, ant strict attention to cleanliness. The heat had been excessive, but the Gnvernor states, " that if a disease of an epide mic nature sho,rld unfortunately appear am .ng us, its progress may be instantly stopped, thiorigh the means afforded to the community by the establishment of the . civil hospital, and by the vigilance of the inspectors in detecting its first germ." Mr. Green and Miss Stocks ascended in a balloon from Leicester, on Wednesday. The A TTORNEY•GENZRAL has given his opinion," Prat . if atsy person wantonly maim any animal, either by -setting savage dogs at it or otherwise, he is liable to . seven years transportation. So great is the. drought, and the consequent deficiency of water, that even the Lfe Guards, at Hyde Pai k Barracks, were yesterday morning obliged to fetch their water from the Serpentine River. The interior of the Old Court of Justice, in the Old Bailey, is now undergoing a complete repair. Scaf folding is erected its every part ; and independently of the removal of the painting, plastering, and white washing, it is also intended to remove the cushions mid other decorations of the Judge's Bench, and the Coun sels' Box, and to substitute new ones in their stead. An important case was tried at Perth on Thursday, before DUNCAN M6/slent., E•q. SherifF•Depute, acting as Police Magistrate, under the Police Act, for offences committed without the Royalty. It was an ag gravated charge of assault, which, in course of the investigation, appeared to have arisen from the same spirit of combinati9n among the mechanics, which has been productive of such serious conse quences in some other quarters.—Paul Simpson, Alex ander M'Lean, James Ramsay, James Brash, and James Russell, all journeymen tailors in Perth, vv., with the exception of the last, privates in the Royal Perthshire Militia, at present on duty, were charged with assaulting James Bell, also a journeyman tailor, and a private in the Militia, on the even* of Tues day, the 12th instans. A number of -witnesses were examined, after which the Sheriff sentenced Simpson, M.Lean, Ramsay, and Russell, to pay each a fine of five pounds sterling, and to be committed to jail till payment of the same. None of the witnesses evidence tending to inculpate Brash, he was accordingly acquitted. SIIIP BURNT.—Thursday sennight, the sloop MaT tha, Capt. BOND, limy-loaded, took fire, %%bile on tier passage from Maryport to Dumfries. Oil the fist a, - pearance of danger, the crew made for the Carle, and ran the sloop on shore ; and though part of the cargo was removed with all possible expedition, the vessel continued to burn from five in the morning till two in the afternoon. By this time the tide began to flow, which had the effect of saving the k.el and I iwer tim bers ; but in other respects the Martha is a complete wreck. This is the third vessel that has been des toyed in a similar manner within the last few osentbs. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 29. There are this week moderate quantities of most descriptions of Grain arrived. Prime Wheat still commands attentiises and hat* obtained Monday's quotations ; but all other eons are extremely dull, and lower. Barley continues to sell heavily. Bears and Few rather look upwards. Oats sell heavily, but not at Invert prices than on Monday. The Flout trade has been very heavy this week. —Arrival. : English Wheat, 4,470 qrs. Haley, 1,930 qrs. Oat., 9,600 qrs. Flour, 3,830 sacks. Irish Oats, MO ca. SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 29. The Mutton trade remains nearly anon Monday, su vatiatim oft any moment having taken place the best Kodiak and Laerner Wethers are quoted at 41. Bd. to 54. pa stone; and for the coarser Meat, 4s. SJ. to 4s. 6J. per stone is the imitation. The stemma* remains without any akeration, 4s. ted. to ss. per stone, beim Nit price for the best bests Runts, Spayed Heifers, &c. an d 4s. Id. to 4s. 6d. per moue, for the coarser. The Veal trade reipaills firaf at 51. to 6s. per stone ; and, Lamb looks a shade bent.. , ss. ad. to 6s. 4d. per stone being the quotation. In Pork there Is a doise-i, Ai .d the price is 54. to Gs, per stone.—Rrasts, 343; Shaep,lo,s4lll; Ptv, 90 ; Calves, 460. . lied, 4s. thi. to Ss. ptr stone! tution. 44. 441. to Se. Veto, S. to CI. sa. Bd. to 6s. 4d. Pork. Ss. to et —llay perload, 4.23 .ss. t , r 5 : .C 4 to 1:5 10s. Straw, 421 18s. to Li Ss. • .