Star. — London, England, 1827-09-20 00:00:00

.• e • OLD BAILEY SESSIONS . SIPT.I9. l • ifilwe Mr. Judea Gums; Mr. Baron V•usgmr, sod • Lauda • • • Jury. irostwerr. George Haig, aged 18, stood indicted for forging and uttering a check upon Messrs. Coutts and Co. bankers, in the Strand, for the payment OE3OI. with in tent to chest and defraud Henry Baldwin, a tailor, re siding in Cheapside. Henry Baldwin—ls a tailor and drag-r. residing in Cheapside-; knows the pi ironer at the bar ; remembers Iris coming into the shop between two and three o'clock. He said he wanted a Greek uniform made by the next day; he gave witness's f•reman directions to go and I" see the pattern at Mr. Curt ie's, Regent -street; be paid down 51. and left 151. in his (Mr. Baldwin s) care, say ing he did not wish to take it with him into the city; he soon after went away ; he returned a little after nine , o'clock to the shop, and requested the 151. to. be re turned to him. He called again on the 24th or 25th of the same month, about siz o'clock, to settle his ac count; witness then presented prisoner his account; be said he should require discount; he produced a check for 801.; witness and prisoner were in the countlng house ; prisoner having endorsed Ms name on the cheek, he (Mr. Baldwin) gave him the balance, reserving the . discount ; prisoner then demanded the deposit, and wit ness gave him a 51. note; the prisoner was about to leave the shop, but perceiving that it was raining, he requested the loan of an umbrella, saying be would re turn it the next morning; he never again called. 'The \ clothes were all ready ; be did not task to take them ; never saw him after that day till be was in custody. Cross-examined by Mr. Baonesticx —Has two per , oils in his shop; they are both bore; the prisoner called ieyeral times at the shop; had the deposit a long time in his hands; the prisoner did not ask for the uniform, nor desire it to be sent any where; the uniform might cost g 0 :guineas; there was no other person present when 'Prisoner gave him the check ; prisoner did not say that he had cashed tbat check; believes be remem bers all that was said at that time ; prisoner said that through the interest of Colonel Stanhope he was in ex pectation of obtaining an appointment under Lord Cochrane. Francis Blanchard—ls foreman to the last witness ; jkas frequently seen the prisoner in his master's shop; Measured him for a midshipman's uniform in the Greek • ,arrvice on the 14th of May last ; received direction's frost prisoner to go to Carrie's, in Begeot-street, to see the regulation uniforms. Witness accordingly went titiere,.but could obtain no information. First saw the ..afbeck now produced in Court the day after his master And received it. 'Believes it was on the 25th of May'. ~IPreiented it the same day at Messrs. Centre; received no money for it ; did not see prisoner until he accident ally met him in Bucklersbury on the 4th of September hot. He immediately identified him, and Charged-bilis with having defrauded his master. Prisoner then said, Pooh, it s not me," and ran off behind the-Mansion ' - Noose. Witness pursued him, calling out " Stop thief r eventually came up with him, seized him by the collar, took him into the Mansion House, and gave him into the custody of Turnpenny, an officer. Cross-examined by Mr. Baca/gator—He slackened his pace when he heard cries of " Stop thief r George Mack—ls in the employ of Mr. Baldwin. H.V. frequently seen the prisoner in his Master's shop. Has attended before the Lord Mayor. Never beard any promise or threat held out to hint. Heard the pri snner say, in 'the presence of his master, Turnpenny, and hiinself, that be was sorry for what be had done; he intended to have called and paid Mr. Baletwin. Turnpenny said it was a•forgery. Prisoner said it, was no such thing ; be bad a witness who could prOve that he had not written it, but received it from a parson who bad gone to France, and of whom he went in pursuit, in the hopes of meeting with him. Cross-examined by Mr. BRODZEICI...as ante he said -be bad been to France. . • Ricfsard Minshull—ls clerk in the banking house of Reins.Coutts. Has a customer named Stanhope—. !Unita the Dowager Countess•of Stanhope.. The check i. not in her handwriting. James Powell , —ls clerk in the office of Messrs. Green. wood 'and' Cos, Craig's• Court. Has several customers of the name of Stanhope. There are only two whose Christian names-commence with the ktter•L—Colouels Leicester and Lincoln. The check is not in the hand writing of either of them. 'Cross-easmined—There are several of the name of Stanhope customers in the office of his emplOyers; does not know the handy' iting of all the Stadhopes who transact business at Messrs. Greenwood and Cox 's ; hate seen the handwriting of Colonel Leicester Stanhope; never saw, to the be.t of his knowledge, the handwriting of COlor.el Lincoln Stanhope. ' T. Turnpenny is an officer belonging to the Mansion Heine; The prisoner was given into his custody on the Ist of September ; beard him say that he did not write the cheek, but received it from a person who had since gone to France. • "The' prisoner, in his , defence, observed, that from pectiliar circumstances be was unable to procure a wit ,ssess who could prove that he gave cash for the check; be therefore should throw himself upon the mercy of ' the Court. He would, however, further observe, that • lie was in the habit of attending a gambling house at the west end of the town, where he met a young man irk= be understood to be a nephew of Colonel Leices ter Stanhope; and this individual having last a sum of • money be (the prisoner) 'cashed the check' in question for him, and had never seen liim Two witnesses attended on his behalf, and stated that he was of most respectable connections and - hitherto bad borne an irreproadhable character. Mr. Justice Gasznire recapitulated the evidence mi nutely, and summed up at considerable length, when the Jury found the-prisoner Guilty, but strongly recom mended him to mercy, on the ground' of his youth and foriner good character; in which recommendation the prosecutor joined. Janes Coast, aged 23, was capitally indicted for committing a rape on' the body of Susannah Poole, in the parish of Stepney, on the 26th July; and Joseph Coltman, a watchman, was indicted for'aidsug and abet tins Const in the commission of the crime. C..Putimee Conducted the prosecution; and Sesati.Raftenuii and Sionnicx the defence. C. Ppio,ups stated the'crise to the Jury. Coast 'lnes the keeper of the toil gate at Stepney, and the pro • ,ieceitifx . was the daughter of a respectable mechanic. gif age Was 44.. • . • •. `Su.sonah Poole, a delicate and respectable looking ' girl; Ids:Scribed the cotnmissicui of the crime, in a veil clear; and diitinif Manner; She stated that she was going from the house of her shit: to that of hes mother, on the night in question, and passed the prisoner's toll bar, when he dragged her in and commuted the offence. She screamed, and cried " Murder." and the other pri soner came to the door, but did not interfere to protect ber. She fully proved the facts set forth in the indict &teat, into which we, of course, avoid entering. Her cross•examination by Mr. ADOLPHUS was conducted 1 with great minuteness, but led to no material dis crepancy. Wm. Thos. Collinder, headborough of the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, said. that he saw the two prisoners and the, prat sentor standing near the toll gate on the rvening in question. Prosecutor said to the watchman, " You brute and villain, if you had come to assist nit - when you heard me cry murder, you would have saved. me." Witness followed her to see her home, and :hewed her Ibis staff, when she consented to go with him. Het iffathes were mach disordered, and she appeaTed vety Melancholy. She was notable to adjust her dress her lalf. She cpuld not lift her arms to her head. He kft the prosecutrlx at home, and then went to the toll gate, bet - could not get admission. Saw the prisoner Colt an, who said that Const wanted to see witness , and d, that it was a bad job, and6they should both lose their places. Coltman opened the door of the toll gate, sod Coast was there. Coltman said to Coast, "Itis a bid job, and we shall lose our places." Coast replied, " Aye, and something worse than that." Const rhea said he had not hurt the girl ; witness said he knew better. Const then said, "We are all young men, and I'll tell you"—and then detailed to witness the particu. lars,of the transaction, which we, of course, withheld from publication. Cross-examined by Mr. BRODEIHCZ—Thompson, Obethar brad-borough, was with him, but he did not say tit Thompson, .. She is a bad one, but we'll go and have some fun with Coast;" bet he did say, " We'll go and Coast." When witness offered to take the into custody, the girl said, she didn't want to flt: isit him, but such a fellow ought not to go unpunished:- the would tell her friends, and let them act. Mrs. Poole, mother of the prosecutriz, was called to 'prove that the daughter, on coming home, complained ip her of having been very ill-used. Her dress was nearly off her back. Her daughter was very ill afterwards. . Ann Elizabeth Parker, sister to the prosecutriz, de posed to tbeProsectitrie informing her of the particulars the treat:sedan, the state of her dress, &c. and also going the next day to the toll gate, to identify th e :. prisoner. The prosecutriz did not say to the prisoner that be had not accomplished his purpose. Tbs evidence of Elizabeth Parker was corroboratedl by Mrs. Sumner. • Coast, when called upon for his defence, protested his innocence, and trusted that it would be proved by the witnesses he was about to call. ' Coltman put in a written paper, bates Kr. Baron VAUGHAN wai of opinion that there was no' evidence tigainst him it was not read. For the defence, E. Miller, an officer, was called. He depoied that he passed by the toll holies on the night to question, between ten and eleven o'clock, bat heard no cries for help. Witoess was speaking to Coast out side; the door of the toll-gate was open, so that any body !night have come out and claimed protection ; was outside the gate about twomicutes. William ThompsonAeadborough of Ratcliffe, era mined--Was at the tollgate on the 27th July, in com pany with Collinder; saw the . prosecutris outside the gate; went ko her mother's house with:her ; saw a man and woman sitting there. The girl said s he had been very ill pied. On coming out Col finder shook his head, said she was a loose woman; and be thought he had seen her about the road ; said he would go to Coast, and base some fun with him.; they then went to the gate ; saw Cone, having been• previously told by the swatch !man that Coast Wanted to see them. Coast said thegirl ictosted hint' with 01 dear Jem," or some such term. Colander said a good deal to him, to which witness did not attend, and concluded by saying " Coast mast sand a bit of supper r witness pressed Const to so' to' the girl's house to see if there was any truth in the'inguars tion. Collinder did not wish to go, but ConstiAid. Th e, girl appeared as if she was drunk by her manner arid lciok ; witness told her So, end the said she had taken issithing but what was force's! down her. thod, which we. ram and shrub: Henry Hammond said, he was at the toll-gate on the Saturday. when the girl and her siSter came and asked where Coast was. She was told, and west away skip [piag as if sbe was going to a play. " 'Cross-examined—When she first came she looked ra tAet and her sister was shedding tears. &on Pope. sister to the last witness, gave the same statement, but denied that either of the two women shed tears. . • GeOrge Adams deposed that he was at the toll-gate josh= the women came to look for Const. The sister mud to Coast, u What a shocking thing it would have Own if you had ruined the girl: When the girl her said, " No, he did not accomplish his purpose."— girl appeared in very good spitits. • Allen Cleveland, an apothecary and accoucheur, de • das to the absence of bruises from the person f the utrix, on the following Tuesday. Several wit ' ses were called to the character of Coast. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN then proceeded to sow up the evidence. He entered minutely into the nature of the Offence, and detailed the evidence at considerable length, which occupied two hours. At a quarter before nice o'clock the Jury retired to' deliberate on their verdict. After an absence of abWit arthour, the Jury returned and gave in a verdieclif illy against Const and Ger/milord Cohman, but 0. 1 commended Const to mercy, on the ground of his' youth and•his having a family. The prisoner Const, who had listened with apparent defence during the trial, now appeared to feel the awful natuse of his situation. He bent forward and thanked the Jury for their recommendation, and do .red his innocence of the crime of which they had found him guilty. • NEW COURT. Before the Conies SeamAtm Goodman Saunders and Joshua Lyon were tried for having robbed General George Russeicif a gold watch. General Russel deposed, that he had his watch on the 11th of July last, in Fair -street; that he saw the prisoners-on that day and in that .neighbourhood, and .soon after missed his watch. The prisoners f &owed him about, offering lemons to sell. The prisoner Saun ders pushed him about seseral times. ' Abraham Cohen said, he saw the prisoners *at even ing dispose of a watch to a third person; sad i'receive money lot is. Verdict (both)—.Guiky.' The moment the verdict was pronounced a woman lin the gallery fell into convulsive fits, and wars with' much chlbr.ulty borne away shrieking. Two other *omen, friends also of the prisouers, fainted away, and 1 were removed from the Cosr t in a senseless state. ' J.kis smith was put 'on his trial for having broken the dwelling-house of a builder in Walham Green, and I having stolen therefrom sons* carpenters' tools. The testimony for the.prosecution proved the finding of the tools on the prisoner, and the prosecutor's pro perty in them. The prisoner adasitteclthe stealing, but denied the burglary. His motive was to obtain some money on the articles stolen, in order to relieve his extreme dis tress. He had no friends in the world, nor means of subsistence. He threw himself on the mercy of the Learned Judge. Verdict—Guilty of stealing, Not Guilty of the burglary. James I.eaghais was tried on a charge of robbery.— Win. Comsat, the prosecutor, stated, that the prisoner struck and knocked him down in a - public-house, near Berwick-street, and robbed him during the scuffle of , his watch. The watch had not been seen since. Other witnesses deposed to the stale between the parties. Cooke, an officer, proved that the prisoner told him, if he (Cooke) went to the ptiseser's father, he should hear of the prosecutor's watch. The prisoner had pie vionsly denied that he had been in the public house at all that night. Verdict Gorily. Lather Mullen was tried on a capital charge of rob bery in a dwelling house. The prosecutor had met the woman in Regent-street; took her to several public houses, gave her drink, took her home to his lodgings, undressed, went to bed, fell asleep, and when he a*oke in the morning he missed his clothes and the female. Common SERGIRADIT--Some female who was sleeping with you? Prosecutor—l don't know whether she was sleeping or not; but I know t was sleeping—(a laugh). He could not swear whether the prisoner was the woman, as he took no particular notice of her. Some officers proved the finding the prosecutor's clothes on the prisoner's person that night. The prisoner said in bee defence, that the prosecu tor having had no money to give her , had authorised her to take the clothes. The prosecutor contradicted this assertion. The prisoner was found Guilty of stealing the arti cles, but acquitted of the capital part of the offence, namely, having stolen them in a dwelling house. John Norris, a seaman, was tried on a charge of having stolen a watch. The prosecutor, a bucksterman, stated, that the prs. soner came into his parlour to inquire after his wife, who enjoyed bad health; the visit was in themoraiegi prosecutor went out to the shop to serve a emosoner,l leaving the pri.orier and the watch in the parlour ; so der loon after left the parlour, and passed out through the shop. being pleased to wish the prosecutor a good morning as he passed; the prosecutor instantly missing the watch left the customer and Providence in the shop together, and following prisoner overtook him, and his watch Also. The prisoner was in the act of going, and se was the watch, but with the difference that the watch was going right, and the prisoner going the wrong way with it. Prosecutor knew no snore of the prisoner than having come home with him Ma ship which was sem out to Newfoundland to stop there for ever, and then. after that, to sail back to Deptford ! He bad bought the watch 19 years ago for. Tile prisoner admitted the fact, but ascribed it to a wish to relieve his wife and children from extreme dis. tress. Verdict—Guilty of stealing under five pounds. POLICE.: INTELLIGENCE. ODILf/HALL. The three use,, who were charged wit=l .. bllllll 10111 a Pa trick Desmond, were Woo* re op for . Mr. Hoarraaera, who appeared for the rilleiers. aft, lhlt the Ite, whether a fraud War iotooded, depend midis s ti rdio bill which had hem *es to the prosecutor for dibe . ea the mdleinsci id the and whether it . were Milhaud; honoured: There was no shavelog that Mr.• Palma was net A verlionsible men. • ' Sir P. LAW= esMelme bet siddied the prosecutor did not give up the poiabselos df W herte betaximange for the - bill. Sounmos—l *MIS well say nay client has Dot parted with the poissiOdoWMl I as Inforwd the bill is i Valuable one, but if yiih MOMS Moir It, we will take it back, and— • Paisiv—th. We have too many parties before us noW.I Mr Pewit then read the copy of au advertisement in George's pockia•liook, wadi*. that a handsaw &Nucor would be given for tho Ulm of 1501. for a mouth, and•secorides of the value of 7001. Weed be lodged with the banker in the interim. The Alderman *Utilise re question George on the subject, but the solicitor a:1- ,18,4'kb. prlsoost to be silent. Mr. Daniels, a bill broker, produced a bill of exchange for 451. ids. 4d. drawn by Byers 'on Wm. Palmer, (the two parties to the bill given teethe horse), which came to maturity In Jelly, but hid neverbeen'pald. Mr. Daideia- added, that liar* rood the Pegg report,tressie fenrir4lll dirwthat Byers .01Pati/iiirwerelikke neenAl ars*. ' • • • :di Pam Lamaureetwtbt s that much lad bees odd of the tell of publishing such bildrelter, was tuoNneed ouch pobileadotts were of Itttliebe advent* ISO the seruiMbill i and here -was a sulking biolaMi of it. BM! Alp • the poillaty given to the ant exatnination, they would not• have bated the Important statement jest made by Mr. Daniels. " • • Palmer disavowed his deflators to the 111. bill.—The prisoners were then Wounded till Saturday. BOW.STREET. ~. Tuesday Mr. Otis? , les Berry, No. a, Meant-place Widtmlispel road, flour-facter. was summoned to answer an dermatitis 'W hited against' him by the Solicitor of Stamps, for having gime 'a receipt for 111. 15s. upon uustamped paper. Nit. Iltnrn, of the Stamp Mee, attended on Inhaler the COM. snissioners of Stamps, and stated that they bad directed the public mode of prosecution to be adopted, in order fat Priesses and others May take warning of the penakieswhich dity expose Mein selves to by giving receipts without stamps. The case having been proved, The defendant prayed for a mitigation of the penalty ; but Sir alCuAlli. Berate mid that be saw no dratosstances in the case which would induce him to mitigate it, and he convicted the de. fondant in the full penalty of IC . and costs.—A moiety of the penalty be awarded to the party giving the information. HATTd?ZGARDEN. Thomas Hoek and Edward Hellen were charged by Dina++, * Bow.street Officer with stealing a fourteen-gallon copper, and a set of Venetian bads. The property was stopped on the grinners while offering it for sale at a lihriese-store•sleop, in Portpooltlane.-m Remanded. 77tomos Knight, driver of the hackney-coach No. 117, who stood remanded on a charge of stealing the Crank of a Fonts Dena*. man, on the loth inst. was finally examined. and fully cesendited. Oa searching prisoner's house, the Officer found a dark lancer*, and a large bunch of skeleton keys, but mot of the stolen property. • VesenarDsiriliar and Jikst lloursil were charged with picking the pocket of a Mr. Swinscow. in Holborn. Dunbar said be larked up the handkerchief, and Howell loudly disclaimed any lusowledge l of Dunbar or the handkerchief.—Air. Hosea% however, thought differently, and committed them both for trial Mary and EA:4d* Aeneas were fully committed for robbing Nlr. Jordan of Me watch, and about 154 in money, in Charlotte. greet, Spafiel L, un the night of the lgth lastant. • DIA RLBOROUGH.STRERT. _ Yesterday Jae; 3arjt4t sass irOoghtbrforeier Ganes' Faa east, for assaulting a respectable i•firm Lady, at the name of Also*, residing at No. 77, Davies-street, Berhelersquare. Mrs. Alsop said, that oo Monday morning her little spaniel had a bosoms t►e step of the door, over which the wife of the prisoner passed, when t►e animal snapped at her time. In the 'Pennon, ' the prisoner came to the house to a violent rage, and demanded on see the owner, when witness . went to the door wit► the spaniel under her arm; the told him, it his wife had sustained any harm she would send a doctor to her, or pay tot medical advice; bat the Zirt primmer, wittiest a repay, ealsed the dog from her, tore the h ec k efkee heaths tholes be e miestlais arms taw be head, Sift e d the spade en the stamps, wad thee jumped on it till lie killed it. He theft Wit the loose. the came to the 011ee afterwards to kn ow what Me should do, and while the was getting the Advice, t s pd . ewer west to her home and &monde t the carcase, wises IN gives Mee ; he thee draw a knife from his pecks, ripp e d op the belly or the dowel est oat the beart, which he took away with him, the deg I " Poe fear It should be mod," sail the fellow. Sir Gamut told him that would has no preservation to Ids wife, as . sei n eu elog It to be so, the amischlef was dom. TM do: !,, proved lobe woos. one, and the Lady h a d offered to pay a doetor • therefore he had no to fear. o B u t fi, w h at aati yea gu agate to cut out the heart (Ch. deg?" asked Glossa. Iforigle.—To gee k to my wire. Sr Gsoasis—To glee ft to year wife ! What did she do with it? irstright—She ate it. I caked it foe her. far Gimoo—Ate k I Did she knots what she was eating? liorlght--:No, she Std 'Ol. I gore it far few si her going mad. St Gnome salt be lever beard of any thing se bretaly tope• seems, and ordered theyriesser to Sod good bail for the assault, sad told Ahsp he hoped she would prosecute hits for his brutality. MARY-LA-BONNIC. A mo m efts*, eoderwent a private enirinatioe y charged With groidy auselting Marla lleoden, sod jy. The defeadast, who Is upwards op years uli4 engaged Wee as Ids boweessalid, at his house, is Ihotemplace, as the eh bet. add she was left these by her meeker, no ether servant Mk t In the home ; while this alms in the bane, be took the apron & M* was alleged by her, of using bet Weedy, sed afro tss a ll re re d r . ter to live with him. At length a mew cook, whet he tug at the bell, and be went up from the kitchen, whete they Were dining, to let her in, and tools her (the cook) into tis drawisrreem. Maria watched the opportunity to make her eiess The t was held to ban. himself in .6100, and two wren in CS? each. WREN SQUARE.. ZWekeds raw was charged with being a particeps sidles ia stealiog 27L 10s. the property of A. Beams. The prowess hhe deposited a peeket.book sonar tag note and cash to the mom of OM. hawses Ma bed sad mattress. On Tuesday morning to west out, Lavin locked the dew sod taken the key with hot; bat en his return he found the window epee, and his strum fled, and ' a examining his treasure he mimed the above 116 He the applied to the primmer. who Is the servaet's deer, wee Es acknowledged she had bees sheppleg with her; and that she et. elnaged the notes, and bad that morning gone ci for Ipswich,. The prisoner was then remanded, and an wrest sea of after the servant. P. Itseemy was charged with robbery in the home of Um Gm. sell, in Windmlll-street, St. Luke's. which be entered m pretence of vending ketchup, and contrived m dip luto the parlour, whence • be stole a quantity of wearing apparel. He was taken by a "pm site neighbour.—Commkted. Frame .Itkis was remanded till Saturday, ea a dutge d sliding kg shallop from her employer, an eating-bums keeps, la Muesli. street, City-road. THAMES POLICL Tusked*, Ogdoio Also, the Cwookoder at the _Debi LIM shit IOorIL was Moog* Waft the Sitting Magistrate, to a ins. cant dhorghig kid pie (Sped's) with having assaulted sod labdr hophoikal James Wow, a Mesh subject, ao the high sem • lkibraWatatok Air he entered its a seaman en board the NINA eat did wow treobs Awe, when they were of the Scilly Ishade,hs hod alert Si the ladle. Me was compelled to quit it for ens admo a gilidei owooloo, and lo the tweandme have it to maw. lit adordoiry . Without( any conekkradoo or provocatim ishatiyer, betels( down dose to thee whisk and drove ha= hit M asak dim he did ow wstheatnsttfoaodeal evelatiest hi suck wanks as to fins who pot kW kW has, ti k a bag dew hap hie Adak - The 41.11mant • abide chit dda was out a is will the Mk/keeiskr b wloe, lNsnttb as rho onwishwit ow as Omission Maw, or 14 soporati ripe ship at seek, sod all wow kawaws Mks wars aogobahlk all by 'bets own Okeruatess.— limmtirwidoe had boss eigalopor by the Camel far the WM Mess that as Magistrates hog hosed the warrant. The die Radek,. attested stkaary Public of tbe United firk were Imre Matted in to the sate. who declared it ten* appeared, from tAs okogialiskis stipature that be bad mod bimseif aa an Amino dales M Moo York. _ The edict, who had a ieethert; accest, Wish predimi lila rile. hems Maw, at least, a British 'abject, athawriedpi bb signesure. Bllestizgaiwilys mil, this act of the ainsplainant astbsdisily put the eon on or their jarisdictioo. . Redress must be swell trent the Consul et the United States tor whatever wrong, taH had beito Captaib Allen assured the Magistrate that be was as little it posed to maltreat a British subject as an Americas citizen. St could prove, by the testimony of passengers, and. indeed. hide of the whole crew, that the ounplainam was metioeus, and that was absolutely requisite to put hint in boos as a inutimer. Mr. Zezzarrom said be believed this.—The cue was diesel.. elerst , LAMER TIUBBIL—There are standing in Lord Dow ILAILIeg park, as Oak 26} feet in girth; an Ash 2S+ ; Beech 18; a Walnut 27; a Sally 21; and a beautiful Elm of 19{; besides mazy others of less circumference. A rather ludicrous affair toil place on Sunday even. In 4, at the Ranter's Meeting-house, in South Shields It is the practice, it appears, while the eongiegation assembling, to allow the giss lights to emit just sufficient to make s, darkness visible," but as soon as its Minister appears in the pilpit, as if to 'thew that grin him cometh tight, a perfect blaze of itluniinition is sun death cast ovei the whole chapel. The ma nage mt nt olds gas had been entrusted on Sunday night to inexperienced hands, the place became too much enlightened, and it turning the pipe to lessen tbe degree of light, the pewee unfortunately produced total darkness, A general Arra of an explosion of gas was immediately eseirtd, sal every means taken to escape as quickly as possible-- While the door was blocked up by the crowd code& souring to get eot, Ladies and Gentlemen were to W seen in the utmlst consternation, leaping out of tie different windowt. MILETPTGII OF CREDITORS. BASINGLIALIATIIIa ro.minatnr. *1 J. Talbot sod H. Francis, Tbreedaredie.street. broilers $ ll IL H. Sheppard. Wiledemeettage, Kirremrood, somas— 311 J.' Orme*, Upper Crown.street. Westminster, dealer in ••1 Wakefield, .............. • rII R. %peke, Drerpdasmorktualier ..... ..... it R. Las matt, Stroud, Kent, boreedruier BIRTH, At his seat, Stokelake, Deese.Aire, tbs Lady of the goo. Anew, M.P. Royal Navy, et a daasbter. DIET). The loth inst. at Ws house, at Banetead, Surrey, after a lot tureeing illness, Humphrey Howarth, fisq. aged 76. Itepreseastm of the Borough et Bet...item during five INICCOISIVe Parliaments. At St. Petersburgh, aged 63. Paul Brookes, Iraq. much respec ted by meet Zoologists, as asi 'indefatigable traveller in the pursuit d Natural History. For the lest thirty years, with the esti:doe d two or more that be resided in the New-road, he was ergard 13 , zoological retrenches in France, Holland, Germany, Portugal, re Africa, oleo io Nortb and South America. Hating sold his hour. be became ao annual voyager to both the capitals of the Bosco Dire, Ili& St. Petenbaegbasid Moscow, se well as occasiocalll Swede*, Lithuania, mid even Lapland! Al AILS —THIS DAY. Am nue. ♦aa. Po Dublin 1 0 Frame 1 • Waserf.rd 1 0 Hamburg 1 0 Guarreet and Jersey 1 0 Randers 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 SWeden 0 0 Doeasbadee 0 0 Malts 0 0 Buenos Agree 0 0 Jatnaita 0 0 thawed • 0 0 Leeward Wands 0 0 HIGH. WATZR at LONDON-Bill DGIC TO SOK ROW. Mariann . 15 miniacs attar 9 Afternoon 37 minutes stir, I Loomis: Printed and Published by Jove NIATIIII, the rroiow.r , K the ST4II OrISCS. Na 6 1, l'ickat-place i Trmpk-Wt•