Star. — London, England, 1826-05-17 00:00:00

\ F& (ABLE INTELLIGENCE. PA RTIRS. Lady Astley gave a grated rout on Monday evening, at her Louse be. Lower Grosvenor-etreet, which was very numerously and fa shionably attended. ?hn Countess of Mansfield kadarrisical party on Monday morn ing, at be, house in Hanwwwweridt, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Leopshi i ind a iirge party of fashionable.. Lord Maryborough entertskled the PArf and Countess of Clare and a large party at dinner yesterday,.it - idi house in Saville-street. The Bishop of Ratner had a dinner party yesterday, at his howse in Great George -street, Westminster. Lord Carrington entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall. Cannel Cuff, M.P. had a dinner party yesterday. at his house, The following distinguished personages had dinner parties On Ainnday—The Duke of Grafton, the hfarquis of Cholnionfieley; Viscountess Hampden, the Rarl of Suffolk, M. A. Taylor,Rick Al. P. and C. Musgrave, lisq. . NI °VIM ENTS. The Baroness WMaugishy de Rresbrand the Honourable Mist Elliott arrived yesterday at their house, Whitehall, from their seat at Richmond. Lord and Lady Dynevor and family arrived yeste'day at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Barrington Park, Oxford. Lord and Lady Folkestone and family have left town fur the Isle of Wight. - Lord and Lady King have left town for their seat, Ockham. Arrivals ar Fenton's New /Intel, St. James's-street—The Rev.. John and Mrs. Cartwright anti family, from their seat in Suffolk ; General Hipphorn, from Brighton ; J. R. West, Esq. from his seat, Alscot Park, Worcestershire. Mrs. Narrow and family arrived yesterday at Jordan's Hotel, .St. James s -street, from a tour. Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—Admiral S.th:rby, from a tour ;' Sir William Aston, Bart; W. Lewis, Esq. The Hon. Captain l3ridgeman arrived in town yesterday, from 'his seat, Knocking Hall, Shrewsbury. I'. D. Cooke, Fog. strivad esterday at his house in Prince's street,. Hanover-square, from Arrivals at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork iitreets--Colonel Stewart, H.P. Mrs. and Miss Stewart, from Southanepron Potter, F.sq. from ditto; Rev. Mr. Digby, Nrs. Digby, and family, from a tour. Departures—The Right jlon. C. B. Bathurst, fa Henley; Colonel Janson, H.P.. for Woodhly, Newbury. Departures from Beriter's Hotel, Berner's street--General Chas. Gram and Lady, for Windsor • Mrs. and Miss Porches and Miss ,Norman, for Barkby Hall, Leicestershire. Depat;ures from tbd Brunswick Hotel (late Blake's) Jermyn. .street—Sir James and Lady Gambier, for 'Tunbridge Wens; Mr. and Mrs. H. Perkins and family, for Springfield. VAUXHALL. ' The following is a sketch of the alterations and im• provements which have just been completed is this delightful summer retreat : The Rotunda has been completely metamorphosed ; it has been stripped of all its gaudy eastern embeitt4unents, and is now fitted up as a Concert Room, capable of containing about 4,000 persons. A capacious Orchestra has been erected on the left hand side upon .entering from the Gardens, sufleiently large to accommodate a very numerous band, which will be constituted of a considerable postings of the Qpera House Orchestra, led by SPAGNOLIITTI ; and Assn*, the Composer, will preside at the pianoforte. The Picture Saloon, which led from the Rotunda towards the Theatre erected for the Ballet, has at the bac% of it a large gallery, which holds sonic hundreds of spectators; and on each of the sides bearing from it towards the Orchestra. are two tiers of bores, re sembling those at the Opera, most of which will hold about a dozen persons, and two or three of them will contain perhaps twenty. The entrance iuto the Concert Room has been mate ria 11 y widened, and the whole of the interior decorations are in perfect keeping with the general design : they are neat and elegant, and, by candle light,' will hare *most beautiful effect. The long room, leading out of the Concert Room, has also ex perienced a great change; it now represents a grove of line trees, .and the walls on either side have some well-executed paintings on them, one of which (the Bay of Naples) entitles the Artist to great praise. Artbe end, where the Scotch Band has latterly sat, is contrived, with great ingenuity, the Fall of the Tivoli. fhe affect of this grove, when lighted up, is so managed as to give the spectator in idea of walking between two rows of trees, the boughs of which have, through age, become so closely interwoven at the top as to preclude almost the entrance of daylight. Among the present vocal engagements we Ind the names of Misses &farness and . Love, and Madame Messrs. nRA• /Lk /11 and SINCLAIR, Signor de Bursts, and our old friend C. Toe. Loa.- !tlany other engagements are still pending, and the arrange ments altogether are of such a liberal character, and so judiciously Made, as so entitle the proprietors to that support and encourage ment which a British public is at all times ready to give where the merit of the parties is such as to deserve it. WONDERFUL PRESERVATION. Rtilf THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHRONICLE. An afflicting accident happened on the morning of Thuraday atifnnight, in the neighbourhood of Amersham, to two men who were sinking and stewing a shaft for a chalk pit. They had worked the shaft to the depth of nearly 40 feet, of which about 35 feet were suppoicd secure, having passed through a stratum of clay about .10 feet deep, and nearly YO feet of fine red sand, and bad just rescind the chalk, when the earth, with a large quantity of bricks lying near the mouth of the pit for stelning, suddenly gave way; and filled up the pit to within 19 feet of the surface. A man named Abraham Andrews was sent for from a distance of seven miles, who had much experionee in the working of pits, acd who brought with him a man named Carter, of the sante occn pation as himself. On their arrival, they instantly began their pre. parations for clearing the pit; though when night came on they had made but little progress. With the return of day-light, Andrews and his companion re sumed their labours, and continued their taints until between one and two in the afternoon,,when their attention was suddenly excited by noises which they imagined were tho groans of a person below, and in about half an hour they had the satisfaction of ascertaining that one of the men who had been overwhelmed was living, and that be was set the foot of the pit, and that his fellow-sufferer was dead, and lay above bins, nearer the surface. The names of these poor men were John Penn ani John Blackwell, Penn was the survivor. After the lapse of another hour, the body of Blackwell was brought up front a depth of 3S feet from the surface. The body was found in a position nearly• upright, and according to the opinion of a Ikdical Gentleman, who was in attendance, the de. ceased bad been for many hours dead, and had died of suffocation. In an hour more the excavators reached the spot where Peels was lying prostrate. His head was speedily noes tl, and he was found with his face downwards on the chalky side of the pit. The left arm was immovably fixed in an acutely bent position, crossed against his breast ; the right arm was extended ; the legs straight: The difficulties which ensued to disentangle Penn's body &but the load which pressed against it appeared insurmountable. Such was the nature of the soil, thht after Andrews bad uncovered him to his breast, the earth made another slip, and covered hint up, and Andrews was with difficulty drawn up the shaft. AU hopes of saving the poor fellow seemed now to be at an end ; but puck wal the humanity and courage of Andrews, that he determined to stake another effort, and after the greatest exertions until ten o'cloek at sight, be succeeded in fastening a rope round the body of thesuf ferer, and they were both drawn up together. • It was SS hours sine* the accident at the pit occurred; it is therefore wonderful that Penn, wbeo brought out. was perfectly sensible, and hia n 6 dillicalty in speaking. It was not until Tues day morning that his pulse regained its natural force, and even now he still sufersgreat pain id one of his legs and arms, and has not Ft:tweeted their perfect use. • l'cun is'a young man, about 35 years of age, and has a wife and nae child. Blackwell was about. U years of age. His poor widow I , ciatue a mother en the very day of his being brought out, and be had one other child. To relieve the widow of the unfortunate Blackwell and his two children, to assist poor Penn under his disability, and to remunerate the meritorious services of the Intrepid fellows by whom the life of li cit has been *reserved, a subscription bas been • succesafully commenced in thiolsinglibouriaood of Amersbam.. Towards the close of . the jet., war, a gray-headed assigns h a starching reginiatt, was accosted by an kids beggar woman, ailonowst—u Plase youthonour, &wet. gho the poor VIM; a tilipearty." Upon which the nettled standard bearer told her to go to AN dchlUalliding, 4 4 ne Gesserot." " Ayrah l then Goa bless youx sr 844 the aseadicant,., sere mire slit ensue to use *),Jr FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 16. COLONIAL OFFICE, MAY a, 111116. Earl &them has this day received from Sierra Leone Dispatches, which have been addressed to his Larthhip by the late Owners! Tuner, ender date of the g.d and 3d of March last, and of which the following are extracts &KW LION; MARCH 1,1826. • In my last dispatch I had the honour to state to your Lordship that I was on the eve of proceeding to the Sherbro' country, for the purpose of consolidating those arrangements for the abolition of the slave-trade which I had entered into with the King and Native Chiefs. On the next day, 7th February, I sailed in his'Nla;eity's lonia) brig Susan, accompanied by the brigantine Eleonore, and the Swift cutter, with a detachment of •troops, consist ng of 50 Europeans and 40 Natives.— There being but six regimental officers at Sierra Leone,, with 500 men, none could be spared ; and my Aide de- CA4 . 13, C4ptain Ross, hiving recently died, there was but 'Lieutenant Robertson, Acting 14fajor of 13rigade,1 who valid accompany me, excepting Staff Surge )111 Stessiart, as Medical Officer. Mr. Macauley and Mr.l Benda% broli members of the Council, had again the kindness to give me the benefit of their assistance. On my arrival in the Sherbro i , I , discovered that the great slave dealers who had retired from the Sherbro' and Sea Bar, on signing the Convention prohibiting the exportation of slave., had joined- wish those of the Gallinas, and had come to the r esolu ion of re-es.ablish ing the slave-trade by force, even in the distric:s where it had been voluntarily given up by the Native Chiefs; and were there assembled in force, up the Boom river, seizing our people, and putting at defiance our power and our rights. These slave dealers are all mulattoes, descen dants of Europeans, strangers to the soil, and, I grieve to say, men gene rally educated in England. 'Their education gives them superiority, and their wealth power. My force was not of a nature,- under ordinary circum stances, to justify my undertaking a difficult service up these rivers, but as the native Chiefs were wavering, and a great case of humanity at issue, I determined upon a rapid advance and attack olthese people. Capt. Owen, Royal Navy, employed upon the surveying ser vice, with the Levan frigate, and Albatross schooner, happening to be surveying these rivers at the time, I thought it my duty to communivate with him, with 4 view to ascertain whether he could, consistently with his instructions, co operate with me for a few days, which he very kindly and - cordially consented to do.- 1 he Leven, the Susan, and the Eleanore drew•teo much water to enter the riven; but, by taking every thing out of the Albatross and Swift, we contrived to get them over the bar ; 'and with them, our different boats, and four large canoes, we proceeded up ti se Boom river on Feb. 16. Captain Owen appointed Lieutenant Madge, first of the Leven, and two Midshipmen with two boats and their crews, to accompany me in the Swift, whilst he himself embarked in the Albatross, commanded by Lieutenant Owen, Royal. Navy. The difficulty of get ting these vessels up the river was considerable, and they frequently took the ground ; but by unceasing exertions we got with the troops, two hours before day light next morning, within two miles of the stockade of Bolm (which they named Serra Leone). The Albatross had taken ground nine miles down the river, but I de cided not to lose a moment in attacking the plaCe. One of the guides acquainted me with a path which led through the woods to the rear of the town; and 1 sent a serjeant and twenty men to shew themselves there, whilst we attacked in front. The unexpected appearance of this party threw the enemy into such confusion that they made a precipitate retreat into the woods, without waiting to fire the guns (found loaded and primed) upon the advanced guards, who thus landed without opposi tion, and took possession of the place, which was forti fied in the 'manner usual with stock ides—that double row of pallisadoes—the place a square, with flank defences thrown out at the angles. We found in it ten pieces of ordnance, loaded, neat ly a hundred stand of small arms of all sorts, a mramity of ammunition, nine barrels of powder, a quantity of loose balls and a quantity of other stores, which, with fifteen persons, we secured,and then reduced to ashes the town and stockade. The prisoners and others having acquainted me that the principal stand was intended to be made at Mac. caba, a place 'fifteen miles higher upube river, I. set out foe it the next morning, when I had the satisfaction to, see the Albatross schooner join, having been lightened still further by discharging her ballast and water.— About noon on the 19th, we all arrived within. two miles of Maccaba, at a shoal over which we could not' 'early the vessels; the place being in sight. I ordered the men into the boats, and an immediate attack to be made upon it; Trop boats with small brass guns in the bows, manned with seamen, under the command of Lieutenant Mudge, Royal Navy, and two large callow with lorty soldiers, under Lieutenant !label tsor, Acting' Major of Brigade, formed the advanced guard ; and I ' , folloaed Close with the rest of the troops, Captain Owen„ ltnyal Navy, with the seamen accompanying me -a. The extraordinary fertility of the soil producing imperviou • cane grass, generally from twelve to sixteen feet high, made it , impracticable, without great delay, to secure our flanks by occupying the banks of the river, whilst with tl e steep banks, become very high at this dry sea son, it gave the enemy a great advantage by its shelter. On approaching to the town, a flank fire of mnsquetry opened on the advanced guard, whilst two pieces of ordnance horn the town enfiladed the river in front by a fire of grape. Lieutenant Robertson, with the troops, made for the left bank, but a little confusion took place from several of the.black rowers leaping overboard with fright, and nearly, upsetting them ;- but he made good his landing, though he.untorrunately received a wound through his leg, and I immediately joined him with the test of the troops, the two little guns in the boat ren +tiering us good, service. Desirous to save loss to our little patty as much as possible, I determined to force my wiry to the town through the long grass, but I was shortly checked by an impassable creek in front, which secured the town against assault on that bank. Seeing this, and the loss which would attend an advance in the boats, I immediately crossed the river with the prin cipal pact of the troops, and occupied the bank opposite to the town, whew, from the shelter of 'the_ long gras4, they soon silenced the two guns, and weakened the fire from the town. Leaving three men in charge of Lieu. tenant Robertson, I decismd under cover of their fire to carry the town by the boats, and having no other Officer, I joined them myself, and accompanied by the Naval Officers, seamen, and a few soldiers. - `we advanced ra pidly, and carried it without further loss. I regret that, against an enemy so little worthy, seve ral valuable men bate been disabled ; but the country is one of great strength, and the position was chosen with judgment. The nature of the country made it int ' possible to ascertain either the number or loss of the enemy. Not being able to learn that they had any other place up the sever" and as -they were thus driven out of our territories, defeated and disgraced; With the loss of their towns and stores, I determined to proceed no further, and, after carrying away the guns and stores and destroying by fire the town and neighbouring village, we embarked and got safely to the shipping in the Sher bro", on the 23d, after destroying the two principal strong holds, with eight smaller towns, where these wretches kept their victims in chains until the ships were ready to receive them ; and I sincerely trust that this lesson will teach the deluded of the country nor to put faith in the vain boastings of these wicked people, who, by admi nistering to the worst of passions of the ignorant and un fortunate inhabitants, not only depopulate and turn into deserts the most Guile plait s which I have ever seen, but so blunt their feelings and brutalize their natures, that, for a few bottles of. ruin and heads of tobacco, the parent is found, without remorse, casting away his off spring. Each village is engaged against the other for the purpose of maki rgprisoners; a id men, like beasts of prey, are ever on the watch to s ize their neighbours. and their fellow-men. Although, where each vied with the other in the dis charge of laborious' and arduous choirs in the cause of ' humanity, it becomes difficult to name individuals, still '.it is my duty to state that I oa e much to Captain Owen , for his manly co-operation, and to bear testimony to his great zeal for the public service. To Lieutenant Mudge, Royal Navy, who was immediately a• cached to myself in comma's(' of the Swilt cutter, I am under great obligations, not only for his unceasing and suc cessful exertions in getting the vessel up the river, but for his judicious and spirited conduct in comas old of the gun-boats; to Lieutenant Owen, Royal Navy, who commanded and carried, by the most persevering exer tions, .the Albatross up the river, my best thanks are also due; his forwardness, both in the boats and on shore afterwards, are highly creditable to him; and I do but justice to Mr. Tudor, Midshipman of the Leven, in noticing his very spirited and conspicuous conduct in command of one of "the gunboats. To the other officers and seamen, who did not fall so immediately under my notice, my best thanks are due. I beg also to draw your Lordship's favourable notice to the con duct of Lieutenant Robertson, Acting Major of Bri gade, who, although called upon to do much duty. from my having no officer but himself, conti.iued his exertions wittout even acquainting me that he was wounded. Staff-Surgeon Stewart was not only ready. to give his pr.ifessional assistance to those who required but was most ready to execute other duties which the want of officers made sometimes necessary. To Mr. Kendall and Mr. Macauley I am under the groatest obligation for their voluntary assistance; the for mer acted during the affair at Maccaba as my Aide-tie Camp, with no less credit to himself than advantage to me ; and the latter was most indefatigable in his exer tions to promote the public service. Mr. Campbell, Acting Master of the Susan, a volunteer upon the occa sion, showed much spirit and zeal, and was wounded in Ole arm. Inclosed is a hat of the casualties in this little aff.ir ; and I regret exceedingly that some valuable men are . disabled. There is also a worn of the ordnance, arms, and prisoners taken, and' I will hope $o have the good fortune to see those measures approved, which my sense of public duty compelled me to adopt, after three un successful attempts at amicable adjaistoomr, against a party rf rtmorseless wretches, who live I fatten upon the blood and misery of their fellow-creatdiei. Return of Killed, Wounded, and 31issing, of a Detachment of Troops and Seamen empleyed in an attack upon the Town of Alaccabs, on the 19th February, 1826, under the command - of his Excel lency Major General Charles Turner, (LB. Ste. fcc. Killed—None. Wounded—Detachment td West India Regiment-1 rank and file severely. Detachment Royal African Colonial Corr —1 lieu tenant slightly; 4 rank and fik, 2 severely (1 leg amputated), 2 slightly. I'arty of Seamen from his Majesty 's ship I.even-3 sea men severely, one arm amputated. Party from his Majesty's Co lonial brig Susan-1 Officer slightly. - Bathes of Officers Wounded—Lieutenant D. 0. Robertson, Royal African Corps, Acting Major of Brigade, slightly (right kg). Frederick Campbell, Master of his Majesty's Colonial brig Susan, slightly (left arm). _ _ _ Totil‘Wounde v d-2 Officers. 5 rank and Me, 3 seamen. Missing—None. N. B. 1 rank and Me, Royal African Carps, died of fatigue on the inth instant. (Signed) D. O. ROBERTSON, Lt. It. A. C. and Acting Major of Brigade. Return of Ordnance. Arms, and Ammunition. taken on the 17th and 19th February, MG, at the Stockade of the Beim and the Town of Maccaba. At holm-11 iron nine pound carronades ; 3 ditto War ditto, long guns; 5 ditto four ditto, ditto; it ditto three ditto, ditto; 4 mus quetoons, 42 stand of arms, 400 bayonets, 9 ball barrels of powder, cask of nsusquet balls, 1 cask of Hints, 20 cutlasses, and a quantity of skot of various sizes. At blaceaba-3 Iron 4 pound long guns, 1 cask musquet ►alb. Itetura of Prisoners taken-1 Country King. 51 Ciders, 3 head men, 17 men. (Signed) D. 0. ROBEItTSON, Lt. R.A.C. A. ALB. Swann LE01414 MARCH L 1 lament exceedingly that an attack of fever, got up the Boom river, should prevent my having the honour of submitting to your Lordship some observations upon the bearings which the circumstances detailed in my dispatch of the 2d instant have upon the state of this unhappy country, and the prospects uhich they hold out for a great revolution in the affairs of the inhabi tants. The people of the Gallinas having joined the insurgents in hostilities against this Government, have subjected themselves to all the penalties attending a state.of war; and although the bar of the Gallinas river is an extremely difficult and hazardous undertak;ng, I think that, by blockading them, and m tiring a strong party there, I shall completely break up the Slave Trade, and stop for ever from "those shores the export of nearly thirty thousand slaves annually, substituting agriculture, security of person and property, industry, civilization, and knowledge of the blessings of the Christian religion. At all events, if my health. is re. stored, I will do my best. computed that the growth of wool in Kent is 21,000 packs, and that there are now in the rowers h ands 15,C00 packs—so little demand hai there been for wool since last clip, owing to-the unexampled state of the manufacturing world. r A rumour is afloat that his Grace the Archbishop of Dusan was *about to embrace in wedlock the Lady Hamm, sheer to her Ruellency thi Marchioness Vfm.causir.—Dublirs ,Afenthig . . It was Mr. HAVILAND, the King's Messenger, who was sent • off on Rattarday evening from the Foreign Office, with dmpatchei for Lord Gammt.i.a; oar Ambassador at Paris. Monday morning, about three o'clock, the house of Mr. Morgan, the Glebe, in the Boreal& Read, was entered by the parlour window, the shutters to which had not been secured; the I villains then forced the bar fastenings, and drew off about thirty gallons of spirits, broke open a desk and took from it 50s. in silver ; I th e y also emptied. a cannister containing sheet two pounds of tea, and took away a leg of mutton, with a new coat, leaving behind them a candle burning, and th ree: parcels of shoemakers' thread. It is supposed they remained upwards of two hears on the premises, regaling themselves with a bottle of cherry brandy. It was a most lacunae circumstance they did not effect their entry on the previous night, when they would have feud CLOG in notes in the pocket of the coat. The house dog had been missing two days previously. MARRIRD. In St. Peter's Church, 13nislin,ontise elk ult. Anthony Franki. to Sank Louisa, only daughter of Mr. B. K. Percy, of Dublin. Thfs is. the celebrated Mr. Franks, wise walked for two success's! Similar at Stephen's Green, is guest of a fair partner to solace bit solitary hours. - At Warmbuter, . Saturday last, Sir William Hancock, Bart. to Elizabeth, fifth daughter of Thomas Eluding, Esq. of Grandee Hall, near Frome. The 'nth instant, William Fletcher. of Merrioempuare South, in Dublin, te Frandsen, youngest of Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Esq. of =Um Cando . meaty Down. Friday, at St. Mary's Church. Dublin, Chichester. ma of the late John Bolton. Beta. of Mayne. Ceemy Leath, to Harriet Augusta, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Stewart. of Loppy. County Armagh. The 26th alt. at Naples. ihelinebeeret Fierkla. relict .f the late King of Naples. sandal, at her !sous la Upper Srpiour-street, Cowen Beath*. 1/ A DOZ. tuDile 1 0 Waterford 1 0 itaernotr allot Jersey 1 0 Ustsee 0 1 Gottenburgb 0 11 Malta 0 0 Holland 0 0 DAT. *SP: DIMIt. a 0 0 o 1 .1 le - 1.;4 - Islsa4s 0 • Dumas AI H 1 G H-W ATER at LONDON-BRIDGI TWII6I Morning 1 minutes ifter 11 Afternoon • SS minutes after 11 r.oxsoft : d aid Pubfitlanikit J. F. Kzarv, at Lk Nt. 1, rickett-Pacs, rertipk,lkr. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. mANSION HOUSE. Yesterday, Mr. telswet, a hint presser, appeared before tie Lois ?dams, to answer the complaint of a number of jeurneymest, for having employed noo-freemen in the City, whilst , the complainants, who were freemen, %Sere ready to give their services upon the occasions. The Lei's, itivoi was clearly of opinion tbat the priviloges of freemen were wafted to the exerchesetrades, arts, aamysterin, for which apprenticeship was necessary; but that a muter might employ men in the less dignified business of fetching and carrying those things which it pertained freenien to work up,, sr which they had worked up. There was no evidence to disprove the defeisdant's statement, and his Lordship therefore dismissed the complaint. Mr. Carter, a publican's pot manufacturer, came before the Lee.' MATOD, to ask his Lordship's advice as to the mode of proceeding; under some dlMculties which presented themselves from .the jag Acts respecting Weights and Measures. He bad manufactured some iron pots for publicans, which were tinned over so as to re. semble pewter pots. A Mr. Puckridge, an °facer, who had sprung spat Clerkeoweil under the late Act, and who called himself the Conservator of the weights and measures within the county of Middlesex„had detiared that all weights and measures used within the county must be stamped under his superintendence, anl that the City Stamp alone would not do. A similar doctrine WAS entertained at Mary.la-bonne, where they had a special act, for what purpose, except to create confusion, he could not tell. It would appear, from the confused state of the arts upon this subject, that three stamps were reqttis!tr. If he were compelled to pay fees thrice, and were not allowed to choose that stamp which was the cheapest, the price of his annular • cure would be so far enhanced, as to prevent him, in many instances, entcriug int. competition against the old pots. The LORI) Nlaroa having comulted his legal adviser, who re ferred to the Acts, which he admitted were extremely ambiguous, declared that he did not entertain a doubt that the City Stamp would be sufficient. His Lordship expressed his approbation of pots ,•1 this manufacture, as their introduction would diminish pot-stealing. GUILDHALL Re‘srt Smith. a young tsatioi:r;ry --- reapectable appearance, was brought up fur examination no the following charge : Mr. Parker, a hosier in Wood♦treet, Cheapside, stated that on Monday afternoon the prisoner came to his warehouse, and asked to look at some silk stockings. A parcel was shewn to hist, out of which he selected four rir. He afterwatds looked at some cotton ones, which he declined purshasing. and desired the silk stockings to be sent to his residence in Broad-street. When he was leaving the warehouse, the witness missed a parcel from the counter, con taining a dozen pair of silk stockings. He detained the prisoner, and sent for au officer ; who, on searching him, found the property is his hat. There was a paper. containing a quantity of arsenic, in his waistcoat pocket. Mr. Alderman BROWN addressed him in a very feeling manner, pointing out the enormity of the crime of self-destruction, which it appeared he had contemplated, and said it was Ms painful duty to commit him for total. lie was accordingly cootteltted to Ntitrgate. BO W-STRRET. T. litlinsors, alias Barret, J. Herding, and 0. Archer, Supposed to have been concerned with JAW, who was to have been executed yesterday, for a burglary in the house of the Hon. W. H Stanhope, were apprehended, while amusing themielves at skittles in a cellar at the corner of Vinegar-yard, Belton-street, lasi Acre, aid were remanded. As was W. Williams, alias Badger, on suspicion of being concerned in a burglary in the house of Mr. Harrison, painter, in Bedford street, Covent Garden. QUEEN-SQUARE. A person, named Curry, stood charged with threatening to stab one of the oldien of the Grenadier Guards. The soldier had taken him into custody. Curry was exceedingly violent. After the charge had been proved— Mr. Garcon's—Well, Curry, you have heard the present charge. What have you got to say to it , Curry—Your Honour, I find you wish for a reply from stse, hot there are certain persona who interrupt me. I wish every one well, your Honour, and I beg pardon of every ono. I had been with an Officer, who left me, and went to Carlton House, and who said that nobody should hurt me; and I never expected to be brought here, your Honour. I think I have done wrong, excessively wrong, but I have been in company. Now do, pray do, your Honour, let me go home, for I have a family, and I don't wish to be kept here. Mr. G a moan. Will you undertake not to go near this soldier's box. Curry—No, never no more, your Hono - yr. Garconta—Now, thee, you may go along, though you ought to be fined Bs. for getting drunk ; and mind, don't fang the first soldier you meet with is the sentinel In Scotland-yard. Curry was then discharged, and went away quite elated. A very useful improvement is now making by the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, in widening the west end of Lombard-street, which gives the public for the first time a front view of the church of St. Mary Woolnoth, which was built by Richard Hawksmeor, the eccentric pupil of Sir Christopher Wren, in 1719. It waccalled Woolnoth, from its being near the wool market. How far the Commissioners mean to keep the front of this beautiful edifice open, is as yet undetermined ; but the citizens of London, who pay for ;his improvement, should take care not to have all the ground sold as at present marked out, as that would contract the public entrance to the.church and street to the old width of ten or twelve feet, and would be tee means of preventing any future improvements in the rear, by a more open communication to St. Swithin's and Shei borne•lanes. This has long been a most dan gerous corner for foot passenger; patticularly in the winter season. The inhabitants-.of Langbourn Ward have subscribed 2,50 W. to the improvement of this street. An 'lnquisition was token before W. Miens, Esq. the Coroner, at the London Hospital, on the body of Joseph Harborough, a fine lad, 16 years of age: It appeared that the deceased was employed in cleaning the windows in front of Dr. Davis's house, in Broad street, City-road. on Friday evening last, when the railing on which he stood gave way, and lie was pre cipitated from the second floor to the pavemmt. He was taken to the Hospital, where, on examination, it was found that his head and left arm were dreadfully fractured. He died in a few bouts afterward. Verdict - rr Accidental Death." The first stone of the new Bridge over the river Lee, at Cork, was laid on Monday se'nnight with great cere tn:)ny. It is called W.iliagtoa Btidgs. N t~ .' • 6 , • • * •