Star. — London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

TO A CHILD, TWO YEARS OF AGE. Bright be the sties that cover thee, Child of the sunny blow— Bright as the dream flung over thee By aU that meets thee now. Thy heart is beating joyously. Thy voice is like a bird's— And sweetly breaks t►e melody Of thine imperfect words. I know no fount that gushes out As gladly as thy tiny shout I would that thou might'st ever be As beautiful a• now, — That time might ever leave as free v Thy yet unwritten brow; I would hfe were 0 all poetry" To gentle measure set, • That sought but chastened melody • Might stain thine eye of jet— Nor one discordant note be spoken Goo the cunning harp bath broken ! I would—but deeper things than these With woman's lot are wove ; Wrought of intenser sympathies And nerved by purer love— By the strong spirits thicipline, By the fierce wronglorgiven, By all that wrings the heart of sin, Is woman won to Heaven. • Her lot is on thee," lovely child GOD keep thy spirit undefiled! ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. AREACII Of PROMISE 01 MARRIAOZ-000OR V. PARR. Mr. PRILPOTS stated, that this was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. C. PHILLIPS said, that it was his duty to state the circumstances of the case under which the plaintiff, Miss Isabella Gough, sought reparation for an injury done to her feelings. He apprehended that the defendant, would adduce evidence, and the:dote be should state the ca,e in the outset as concisely as possible. The young Lady was the daughter of a Dissenting Clergy man of the highest respectability. Her brother, who wguld be called as a witness, was a Clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. Gough. senior, had, it would appear, educated a relative of the defendant, who. was one of a firm of very eminent silversmiths at Bristol. They %sere engaged extensively in a very lucrative • trade. It would appear that in the spring of last year, Miss Gough, who was a Lady highly interesting and accomplished, went on a visit to Bristol, and there an attachment, which appeared to be mutual, grew up. Mr. Farr was a man of good education, and of a time of life when he could not plead the fickleness of youth. He was between thirty and forty, and had been previ• ously married. Miss Gough, on one occasion, had visited her brother in company with Mr. Farr ; and on this occasion her brother, with proper feeling to both parties, asked him his intentions? when Mr. Farr stated what his intentions were, and asked Mr. Gough to per form the ceremony, and pointed out the church at which he wished that ceremony performed. This would be proved by Mr. Gough ; and if that Geatleman required corroboration, which he certainly did not, let ters of the defendant would be produced, which would shew what the defendant's intentions were. These let ters would be material, as he had heard that Mr. Farr, who was a widower, was to plead that the first advances came from the Lady herself. Whether that were'so or not, he cared not; for he should shew, by the letters of Mr. Farr, what his opinion of the young Lady was_ and these letters were written too at a time when Mr. Farr would• have the Jury suppose he was disgusted. In one of his letters he called on his Marten to forget him if he ever forgot her. Unhappily for her, she be lieved this blasphemy to be true, and the consequence . of this misplaced confidence had been, a misery that would very likely attend het to the grave. Miss G. bad had an intention of becoming a governess, which was alluded to in one of the letters; but this she gave up the idea of at the defendant's desire. In the month of July, Mr. Gough observed a secret melancholy, Via was nourished by his daughter, and he applied to her to know the cause, and having ascertained it, he wrote to the defendant to request an explanation, which the defendant never condescended to give. But, at length, when Mr. Gough found his daughter's health declining, and her spirits gone, went himself to Mr. Farr; and all the explanation Mr. Farr then chose to give was, that he woold not marry Miss Gough. It would be proved, that her state was truly pitiable after she found that every vow had been broken, and every confidence be trayed. It he should prove these facts, he confidently looked for ample damages. It there was any mason to he assigned fur the defendant's desertion of the young Lady, it would be assigned for the first time. It was easy to throw ridicule on a misfortune of this kind; but he doubted much whether airy of the Jury, who had manly feelings, would not be pained much by such an observation. But it should be recollected that a man had the business of the world to wean him from his cares; but with a woman it was otherwise: she had no world but her own home, and no object but the phan tom of the happiness she was deprived of. Miss Gough had suffered deeply, and he would ask the Jiiry to award her damages in proportion as she had suffered. Mr. Joseph Hall—l am a cabinet-maker at -Bristol; I know the defendant and his•father ; they are jewellers and silversmiths. The firm is "Thomas Farr and Sao." These letters are of the defendant's handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr. LUDLOW—Mr. Farr, sen. had a son, who died; the.firm was then Farr and Son ; I don't think the defendant is in partnership with hit fa ther, because he has told me so. The Rev. Hensil Gough said—l live at Aust, which is eleven miles from Bristol ; I am a Clergyman of the Church of England ; I have known the defendant for eight or ten years; I take a few pupils; a brother of the defendant was one of them. In the spring of 1826, the defendant came with my sister to An.t ; in conse quence of my observing his conduct, I said I wished to know what his intentions were towards my sister ? he replied, that he was glad that I had given him an op pro tunity'of declaring his honourable intentions towards her ; I stated that the plaintiff being my sister, I felt myself bound to make some inquiry, and I asked him whether he was acquainted with the circumstances r•ff my sister? he said he was quite satisfied on that head. Something was said about tending with me fora m rntb, and, at the expiration of that time, he intimated an in tention of m.rrying her. I was to have performed the ; * cere mony, and he said lie should wish to be married in my church. I said I should be happy to perform the ceremony. (Mr. Gough, from the extreme heat of the Court, was neatly tainting, and wa, obliged to be asli ? ted out of Court.) The Rev. James Gough said—l am a Dissenting Clergyman; I lived in Bristol for about five years. I had one of the bluchers of Mr. Farr under my care. I .$ : It 11 t 1 1 1 . , i i - . .... .... now live at Tetbury. Miss Issbella Gough is my second daughter. She is between 24 and 25 years of age. have given her the best education a female could de sire to have. Two of my sons were about to embark for the West Indies, and on that occsnion I dined a ith Mr. Farr, who, after dinner, said to me, "I suppose, Sir, you understand that there is an intimacy between your daughter and me?" I replied, " I am aware of it, bur as my daughter is of age, I shall not interfere with the arrangements she has made." He produced a letter, which I knew to be of my daughter's handw. iting.— He said, "I must answer this letter—your daughter seems to doubt my sincerity." In July last, I observed my daughter labouring under a depression of spirits and an absence of recollection to an alarming degree; and in consequence of what she told me, I wrote a ' letter to Mr. Farr. This is it. The letter was read. It was as follows: " Sts—l understand, by my daughter, that in this month your marriage with her was to take place; and, finding that there has beet, an unaccountable silence on your part for the last few weeks, and grange conduct &mu her by you in her last interview, I send these few lines to request an esplariatlon and you will oblige me by an early answer.—l rennin, your humble servant, " J. GOUGH." Examination resumed—l received no answer to my letter; my daughter not having recovered her spirits, in the month of October I went to the defendant, and info, med him of my daughter's situation, and asked him his determination as to whether he would marry her ; I said, do you intend to marry my daughter? he said certainly not; he gave no reason why he would not; and he has never given any reason for not mar• vying her; Mr. Farr is a widower; he is about 35. Cross-examined—The interview which ended with the words " certainly not," had lasted about a minute ; he did not say that he could not marry without the con sent of his parents, as be was dependant on them. On one occasion, he had said, it was the only subject on which he would not consult his father and mother ; 1 did not consult with old Mr. and Mrs. Farr on this matter ; our families had known each other twelve years; I don't know Chat my daughter was ever at Mr. Farr's before the spring of 1826; my sons went to the West Indies in July, 1826 ; I once walked up and down before the door, when Mrs. Farr was in the shop, because I was distressed in mind, and I wanted to speak to the defendant, on another occasion, I went to the house of the defendant ;onMarlborough-hill, and, after knocking at the gate, I got over the garden rails, which are very low; my daughter paid Mrs. Farr a visit, but I don't know that it was without invitation. I have understood from my daughter, that she wrote the first letter to Mr. Farr; slut has no fortune but herself; she bad been governess at Lady Barham's. Of these forty-five letters, most, if not all, are of my daughter's handwriting. Mr. Maize had made proposals of marriage to my daughter, and she broke off the match because it was disagreeable to her parents. He had given her a gold watch, and' some other presents, which were returned; that match was not broken off at the instigation of his parents, nor was he seat away to be out of danger; my daughter told me that she wrote a much greater number of letters to the defendant than he wrote to her ; she never com plained that the defendant did not answer her letters. Re-examined—The match with Mr. Maize was broken off before my daughter was seventeen. - - Mr. Gough, jun, having recovered, his examination was resumed. The defendant is a widower, with one child. Mrs. Farr has repeatedly invited me to their house, and they have been frequently at mine. The defendant never complained that my sister had written to him. I informed Mr. Farr that my sister had no fortune. The following letters were read: " Bristol, May lit.l/126. " Mr DlAllitr Isaiatu—ln consequence of my father and mother being out of town, and my having previously requested the postmas, should he have any letters for me, to leave them on the Hill. I did not get your favour until It was too late to answer it per return, which, front its contents, I should most certainly have done. My dear girl, is it necessary for me to my that your .fetter afforded me the "neatest degree of pleasureT— Indeed, not►ing on earth could have given me so much. I read it over and over again, with feelings I cannot describe, and you may rest assured, that the confidence placed in me shall never be misused. My dear Isabella, I again repeat that you are the only individual that is• the counterpart of see I once was happy with. That, however, is past. I have, I hope, bad my share of afilictions. Your own feelings will tell you what mine must have been under the circumstances. You, I hope, will fill up the blank the unfeeling hand of death has left me. That I love you, you cannot doubt. I feel convinced you know I do; and I feel most happy in the assurance that I have not misplaced them. Happiness unmixed with care in this world, I know we cannot enjoy; but the sweet commerce of love, when It is (as I am convinced it is with us) mutual, makes the rugged path of life, comparatively speaking, a lawn. May it be so with us. lam certain, from what has transpired between us, you could be con tent to share my misfortunes, should it so happen. I, theretore, tender you my all—and you may with certainty assure yourself, that I ant devoted alone to you ; and may the Bens° who is the control ler of all things forget me when I forget my love ! You ask me if my father and mother have noticed our attachment to each other ? They have not, nor do I think they will ; but, as I before told vors, this is the only subject I should not consult them on. I read that part of your Letter with much pleasure, wherein you state that you have devoted two days to Bristol. I need not say that I shall he most happy to again see you. I look forward with pleasure to the time when we may enjoy each other's company, withdut the re straint of a single thought. Until that time, my dearest Isabella, believe me to be yours affectionately, " WM. 'Atilt. " hope your mother Is better, and that the rest of the family are well. Our folks art all quite well, as is likewise my dear little boy. I complied with your itlunction relative to him with pleasure. This is a sad scrawl. but I know you will excuse it. when I tell you that I have a very bad cold, with the head-ache, and was obliged to go to bed at seven o'clock. Therefore you must, for I can scarcely hold up my head." Bristol. June li, 1826. MT DIAZ ISAZZLIAACCOrdifig to my promise' I have embraced the earliest opportunity of writing to you; but before I say one word on any other subject, allow MC to apologize fee leaving you in the abrupt manner I did, the law time I had the pleasure of seeing you. Believe me. I was extremely sorry to do so, but as I was in a measure compelled, I hope you wig not for a mo ment consider I meant it as a slight to you; I assure you I did not, and I hope that my dear Isabella will not impute it to any other cause than the true cause, namely—that having pledged myself, in conjunction with others, to do toy utmost towards returning oor late worthy Member, H. H. Davis, E,sq. again to his seat in the House of Commons—l ant happy to say that we have sue ceeded beyond our most sanguine expectations, and that Gentle. man is now elected by a greater majority than ever was known la this city. Mr. Protheroe's friends, lam awry to say, failed in their attempt to elect hint for the want of cash; and Mr. Bright, by spending an immense sum, has recovered his former situation, and 'will he chaired to-morrow, the poll having closed this day. I sincerely hope you arrived home safe, and found your mother better. - 1 assure you, now this bother is over, I shall wish for your society, and hope that ere long, your mother's health will be perfectly reestablished, that I may again enjoy the pleasure of your company. For the first time since you left, I this evening took our accustomed walk to Itediand, and must sincerely did I regret bring deprived of the beloved companion who last accompanied n,e in that walk. I hope, my Dearest ', Love, you will not let unnecessary fears, on my ac,:ount, disturb your calhd ; for, rest assured, though absent in person, you are not forgotten by me, and I, with pleasure, believe the feeling mutual; to know that it was otherwise would make me the moat unhappy being imaginable. But Ido latter myself I possess your moat affectionate regard, and it shall ever be my stuly to. in,•eit a Con tinuance of the sante. I must now conclude, ai I shall not be able to put this in the post. lam quite well, as is my dear little boy, who is DOW comfortably asleep by me. I hope to near Irons you Ton mud be wi n aware tt win atford me no held two of th e prisoners to bail for the before deali I ME .44 as _ sure small degree of pleasure to knout that one who m Iso dearly love I, well and sappy. " Remember me to your friends at home. and believe me your affectionate friend, e. WILLIAM FARH." Mr. Ltnucow addressed the Jury for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Boawicaluar recApitulAted the facts to the Jury. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds. took place), informing him that the body had been opened by fou r Surgeons, who pronounced that the death of the deceas e d was casioned by an ulceration of the stosnach,brought o n b y a babi ,l . hard drinking. Mr. STIILIII43 further stated. that the Jury re. turned a verdict that he died from natural camels. Sir R. Brains, however, was not satisfied loath the Coron et s, quiry, and issued warrants for the apprehension of the pri sm:am _ They had nothing to say in their defence, and wen fully co nm a m d for trial MA R Y-L A.BON ?.? Theresas Smirk, a &ply boy, was charged with strangle letrenters' took, the property of James Jarrett, in Ri maad. etneet, and fully committed to Navigate for trial. Alden Ragan. a dealer in vegetables, was charged by a n ary b. base Beadle with having placed her basket of greens oprg t hg pavement, early yesterday morning; and, moreover the am anus tipsy. Why, Helen, ('aid Mr. Rawutisosi), I fined yea lOa Monday Week for the saute offence, and let you off; h ew that you do the same again ?-1 ark your Honour's pardon (~11 Helen), but I won't he able to help it, fur I had not A merest bread. Mr. Rawentsolt—What say you to turning nut drunk the morning, that dges not look Much like distress? say much about that; but I hope your Honour 'ill !Of g ive Mr. Raesamen—No, no; I must fine you again, and mane y e t pay it this date. • M A RLBOROUG MST R E ET; lesterday Cheeks Windee, a deaf and dump basket.niaiei on e brought before Mr. Comm, on a charge of heeding. Beckland, the constable, of St. James's, stated, that he fouridde MOr begging in St. James's-street, but had no presioes item f him, as a beggar. The Magistrate was about patties the usual retts e st familia; wbentßuckland Informed him the man wasow pretended to be,dess k . A Gentleman present offered the medium of his fedg ee . es s, order to examine the prisoner. By that means, it Appeared s e been and resided at Richmond, Surrey; had been taken Juts the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and had there bees tatiAt " the old trade of basket-making," but that lately there had been a vim falling off in that as in other occupations. lie had been in tingled hake of Richmond, where, having no occupation fur hire f a e bb line, they permitted him to discharge himself, without cl.imiag y ak as a runaway. He had been once to the Jlendicity Society, erg ems month in the House of Correction. The gag reply was Mined by Sir G. news, who casually came in, by telling bin, is dee dumb alphabet, that he should go back to the tread-mill fords same period, which sentence was accordingly registered against him UNION-HALL Suor-urenia.—Tuesday evening, two young Ladies were charged with stealing a piece of printed cotton, the property of James Coop% a li.:endraper, in illackfriara-road. The conspbisant stited, that es Tuesday afternoon, the prisoners entered his shop, and requested to look at some printed cottons and Muslim, a variety of which were taken down from the shelves, and placed on the counter, for their inspection. Boring the time they were examining the gooss, something was dope by the younger prisoner that excited we. plcion ; upon which the complainant went round to the counter: and observed sae of the prisoners drop a piece of printed ca. ton on the Seer. He also noticed that het pockets were sum. sually large, and having insisted on seeing their contents, drew forth several fancy pattern gauze handkerchiefs, together with some pieces of ribbon ; the former anklek had the shnp oak upon them, which denoted that they had dot been purchased, bet be could set take upon himself to swear that they were his pre petty. The piece of printed cotton, Weever, that was dropped by the younger prisoner, he had every reason to believe was one tithe pieces exhibited on the counter for their inspection. The vele articles were here produced. At this stage of the investigadea,ds father and brother of the prisoners entered the Mee ; the fermi, on seeing his unfortunate daughters, was so affected, that be was inside to utter a woad; the brother went towards the bar, alibis which his sisters were confined, and having conversed with tbdll der airy minutes, in a low tone of voice, during which be betrays' the *edema his feelings, was about to leave the Once. dies he deeitt ea the floor, apparently in a fit; he was taken out in. Ile tilt, andrecovered soon afterwards. The Maciurraava remanded diefeloseers, to give the prosecutor time to make further inesity. At abs appointed time, the prosecutor did not attend, and the Ma/Orate therefore caused a summons to be hewed against him.— Mr. Cooper then attended, and in answer to the Alagiesswe's quer tions, said, he believed the cotton was his, but be should be too as swear to it. The 2ilagistrate said that was sufficient, and new nutted the priooners for trial. BIRTHS. April 16, at bit Lordship '• house, Ilarlepattast, lady Cliftar,st a no and lair. In Bagga-areet, Dublin, the Lay of the Bev. Dr. WlJoad, F.T.C.D.pf a daughter. DIED. April 13, at his home, near Coarttraelt, emulty of Limerick, Ensign Henry MiSynod, full-pay of the late 6th Veteratrßattalim At the Royal Naval Hospital, last week, Mr. Fred. Lange, for merly Captain's Qerk of his Majesty's ship Revolutionnairs. Aire. Mr. Godfrey Baldamus, Assistant Surgeon of his iklAjesty's ship Britannia. The above Gentlemen wereibeth natives of Germany. NILVfgATB Aso LEADILNHALL MARKETS, Ann to. Beef.. ls Ittl to 4s eM 1 Veal ......... 44 W to 54 4d Munn; 4s odto Ss 4d I Pork ..... 51 Id to Ss 44 Lamb 4* 84 to a 4d. PRICES ov.HAY axs STRAW YESTERDAY. • ST. JAMES ' S. mammas:L. Hay 31123 Od to 61 Ifts Od I Hay 41 4. to 5! 151 01 Clover 6112. Od to 71 Os Od j Clover 41 10. to 61 Straw 21 Os Od to 91 8s Od 1 Straw 11 lis to 21 2101 PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Aram 20. 11111, !MOM MIW BAGS. 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Al ANSTON.HOUSIL Captain Walker, of the Macqueen But Indianian appeared to skew cause why he refused to pay a seaman, named Ric hard At. kinson, diiwages, amounting so 161. The complainant stated his story as follows: After returning from a voyage to Bengal and China, while his ship was lying off Gravesend, waiting to come up t. Blackwall, a waterman came alongside, and bartered a bottle of gin wits him for a silk handkerchief. When he drank the gin, It operated on his head, and the Waterman seduced him on shore. His clothes and hammock were now on board, and he was unable to get another 'hip in consequence. " The Captain," he continued, "was always very kind to me while I was on board; he has nothing to say against me, except this here affair; for I was always a sailor, every inch of me —and no one can say black is the white of my eye, saving that there time." Sir P. Leong asked him bow many voyages be bad made with the Captain? lib replied only one ; but I hope to Goo, I shall itall alongside of him again—for he was always a kind master to me— (turning aside his head to wipe a tear from Ida eye.) Captain Walker said, the men's wages were always paid at the India kkese within eight days after their return ; mad the wages of suck as deserted their vessels were invariably forfeited to the Poplar Fund, according to the terms of their agreement, as in this case. The complainant was one of the petty officers to whom the quarter watches were entrusted ; and it welt while he was on guard at night, and nearly a milkon of property entrusted to his guardian ship, that he had deserted the vessel. Nothing was heard of him foe several weeks, when he came and demanded his wages, which the Captain refused, unless he prosecuted the waterman who had seduced him so shore, and, as appeared from his own story, sub sequently robbed him of five contraband handkerchiefs, which be took ashore with him. Atkinson handed in the name of the waterman (Robert Wilk'a son) who had brought him ashore. Captain Walker said, the applicant would derive no advantage from having his wages paid to him, as be had sold them to a gang of fellows into whose hands be hadfallen. Atkinson acknowledged that he had done so; but bad only re ceived a sovereign in advance, for when they found hie wages stopped, they would give no more. Captain Walker said,those fellows were the greatest pest to the seamen ; no ship could stop any where near Gravesend, without having half her seamen seduced by them, and it was perfectly useless to send an talker amongst, them, as they invariably connived to evade all law. Sir- Perms Leonia—For what did you sell your wages? Atkinson—For £l5. Sir Pena boson--What advantage, then. did those who put chase it, derive, if they gave as much as they were to get ? Atkinson—They get a shilling in the pound, and a guinea for the bill of sale. Sir Preen Laura—l never beard of such a custom.; does it exist generally ? Captain Walker replied, that they generally managed to inveigle the sailors and pleader them. Captain Walker said, formerly the men were am paid at the India House, until 30 days after the completion of the voyage, and now only eight days were reserved for the purpose; if any seaman was returned " deserted," as had been the ease-with Atkinson, his wages were forfeited. Sir Nese Lavaca—But what is a man to do, if Ms wife and friends come about him in the interval, without mosey If the facts of this case were mentioned at the India House, be was convinced something would be done to prevent sailors from falling into the gripe of these scoundrels. He was acquainted with one or two of the Directors, and should mention It to them. Atkinson said his clothes were kept on board from him, and he had been obliged to buy a jacket, for be could not go about naked like a sheep or a horse. Would his clothes and hammock be given up to him? If he bad them be could earn more money. The Captain said, there was no objection to do so; and be would endeavour to arrange about his wages, if he would prosecute the man who had sold bins the gin, which was clearly an illegal trans action, and one which the ReCise would prosecute. It was then arranged, that, after the business of the day was transacted, one of the officers should accompany the sailor to the Custom House, and explain the circumstances under which he had disposed of the contraband handkerchief., and return to acquaint the Captain with the result. The Captain said, some of these fellows had come alongside his ship, and demanded Atkinson's clothes, alleging that he could not come himself as he had broken his leg. Atkinson denied having sent them with any such message. Mt Pares Latina remarked, that it was strange such a practice lel &Wring and plundering sailors should have so long existed, without being generally known. He never remembered an instance where it had been exposed before • and the public should be thank ful to Captain Walker for being i nstrumental in doing so. Captain Walker gave Atkinson a sovereign to bear his expenses until something should be done foollim, and at the, same time bore testimony to his good conduct on all occasions wheu under his command, particularly when in May last he bad rendered himself very active in the preservation of the Indiana transport, with five hundred men on hoard, at the Long Sands. Ro zzzzz ox rue STOCK Excumme.—A person, who gave his name Mr. Shevill, of Bethnal-green, applied for advice under the following circumstances:—He stated, that on Thursday, about three o'clock, he went into a place in Capel-court, which he was informed was called the Stock Exchange ; and which he was not aware of its being a subscription room—at least, no 'notification of the fact struck his eye when about to enter.— He bad business with a Stock-broker, named George Inman. On entering the room, a person asked him if be had come to buy Cbilian bonds ?— anot her, if he wished to purchase Mexican All the bonds in the world were tingling in his ears in a mi nute. A crowd of decently-dressed persons collected around him, and having some notes in his breast pocket, the 'first thing he did was to secure them, by placing his left hand tightly on them. There were four sovereigns in his pocket besides which he also thought to make sure of, by buttoning it closely. Before be could count six, be got a slap on the side of the head; tumid roend' to see who gave it, and got another en the other side, intoned, ,m haw:posed, to keep the balance even. A Mexi c an hoed seller off his hat from behind, and a Chilian kicked it up into the air. Retreat, he found, was the most available mode of defile,: so picking up his hat, amid a rapid - sweenska of slaps Go thellatlls and heaps so the seat of honour, he came away as fast as bound. On coming out, he found his notes safe, but his soveieigns were gone clean out of his pocket. lie strongly suspected a Jew, who stood grinning at him while the transaction took place, with hav ing obtained his money. . Sir P. LAURIE told him be could afford him no remedy, unless he could identify the persons who had assaulted him in such a cowardly and ungentlemanlike manner. GUILDHALL. John Divers, a young man, was charged with dashing Into the shop of Mr. Oram. a tailor in Newgate-street, and cartying off a pair of trousers which were banging nine feet from the ground. He re treated through a dark avenue in liagnio-court, called Little Hell, but was overtaken. Mr. Oram begged the Alderman to have this dismal place blocked up, as it was a great nuisance to the neighbours. Some letters found on the prisoner seem to account for his despera tion. They were front a female convict. assuring bins of bet ex cessive warmth of affection, and entreating hint to do all be could to follow her.—He was committed. BO W-STIL EET. Yesterday three young men, named Ford, Brookery, and Jihss Turtle, were brought up, charged on suspicion of having occasitmed the death of a - young man, named „Lines Wilson, by the commis sion of a desperate outrage upon him. It appeared that a Gentleman, named Edwards, having been to one of the Theatres, called at the Grapes public-house, in slow-strtet, to procure refreshment. While he was there the clock struck 'twelve, and the landlord ordered the deceased, who was his pot-boy, to close the door, and nut• to admit any other person. When the deceased opened the door to let Mr. Edwards out, the three prisoners, who bad before tried to ob tain admission, ruched iii, knocked down the deceased and the landlord, turned the cocks of the spirit cases, and set the li quors flowing all over the bar, and again 'turning • upon the deceased, beat him in the most savage manner. When they got him down, they kicked him so severely, thst as he rose be com plained of having received dreadful injury, and said---" This night will be the death of me." The rnifuns next turned upon Mr.' Edwards, and beat and kicked him with nearly equal brutality.— The poor pot-boy wear to the workhouse la the niorninz, and died in 1.4) days. An Inquest was held upon his bratty bef.ne Air. Sitit. unto, on the foliowlog day %riot: to Sir IL Diuxot (wav , . ; !.• • - /MI - • F4Y r e. d • R, ea el ete es 4 es. se. As bte bit de Yrins . 1 ins Ids beM a ,red 0 a Is isle de* wisp t i u.— PI • !risk, 61 1 WIN fat- Id Alse. AI stip 0 1. IL/ mem Ai 1 ed kid TI Al 1 ssf So CI 01 til So 00 to 01 CI la t h, tla 00 L Ire Ie Pi 11. A rts 44 I t,es . A 0, a L ill Ira ed 1 11 ai es • C Ii t 1 Sit ti 0 . 3 , I Sit " . I • I 0 • o 1 0 • 0 , I RUN' • ,i 1