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f' . • -‘. eks ' • • 5 . •,, e. • "-A... • • • . • _ - 6~y~~ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEBRUARY 3. CLANDESTINE MARRIAOZ. IN THE MATTER 011,. ANTHONY J. DRAM?, ESQ. A MINOR, AND A WARD OR CR ,ffekßX. The. LORD CHANCELLOR, on coming, into, Court. at eleven o'clock, observed, it had been intimated to him, from. Master Alexander's' Office, that the Report in this case, relative to the legality of the marriage of the Ward with Miss Sarah Elizabeth Staples at Gretna Green, was not ready ; he therefore post poned the further consideration of the case to Satur day next. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied until eleven o ' clock in his private room, discussing the question whether the patents of precedence granted by the late King to several of the Learned Counsel, were abated by the itemise of his Majesty. We under stand his Lordship is of opinion that they are abated. In consequence of which, Mr. WETHERELL took his seat outside the bar, in a stuff gown.—His Lordship rose at one o'clock. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, FEBRUARY 2. This being the Anniversary of the Puriticatien, the Court; in Westminster-Hall did not sit in Banc. The Chief-Justice of this Court, however, sat at Nisi Prius, but the cases tried afforded little of - public interest. HEYS s'. SWETTINGITAM. This was ail action to recover half a year's board and lodging of the defendant, at the rate of £lOO per annum. Mr. SGARGETT and Mr. TVPITON conducted the plaintiTs.case, and Mr. GUENET and Mr. _ABRAHAM the defendant's. The plaintiff, who is a Lade of fortune residing atl Sunbury, in Middleiex, received the defendant, who is related to her by marriage, into her house in November, 1811, a; an inmate, at the rate of £4OO per annum, for hoard and lodging for himself and two servants. He continued in her house for about six months, during which time she lent him several sums of money. The defendant now pleaded the Statute of Limi tations, but the evidence went distinctly to take the case out of the Statute. Tne plaintiff ca se was supported principally by the tet,tiniony of Lady Viscountess 'limier, the plain tiff's datiOncr, and who was present at the time of the agreement entered into by the defendant. The Jnry, under the Learned Judge's directions, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 4:200. :4mNix.4eist: AND .4.sornEn V. snsrolcr. This was an action by the plaintiffs, Who are apo thecaries and surzeons in the Strand, to recover the sum of El 1 s. for attending the defendant's wife in two confinements, and supplying her wi,th medi cines in the years 18;)4 and 1809. Tlle defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations. Mr. GonNEy and Mr. ANDREWS conducted the plaintiff; case, and Mr. CASiii'.RD the defendant's.' It appeared , for the plaintiffs, that they had at tended the defendant's wife twice, during two several lyings-in, and had supplied hen with medicines. Since the yea' 1809, various applications had been made.to the defendant, a bookbinder and stationer, in May's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane, for payment, but he always postponed payment, under pretence that he had not time to look into his ledger, and semetimei he offered to ivork out the amount of the demand in bookbindliT. &cc. 1 . 1:e elefei. ,. e set up was, that in point of fact the plaintiff , had been paid for attending .Mr . ;. Benedict dnving her confinernent in 1803 ; and that andther medical Gewlernan had attended her on the like oc casion in 1809, so as thereby to reduce the pL~i tiffs .lemaild to an amount under forty shillings, aral CO 5 sequently to bring the ca'e sNi;hin the operation of the Westminster Court of Bequests act. The evi dence went to show that the plaintiffs had been paid for the first accouchtnent, and that another Gentle man had actually &limed her on the second, but that ;he plaintiffs' had attended during the lung and fatal illness which followed the latter. The case went to the Jury, who found a verdict for the plaintiffs—llarnages _ 'ls. FEBR UARY 2. A person named WEilti addressed the Court as their Lordships entered, and craved to be heard with respect to a claim to justice. The Gentleman was ailt,wed to state his application, which appeared to he a complaint of misconduct on the part of an At torney, who, he said, had maliciously indicted him. Ile moved, therefore, to have him struck off the Rolls -for the infamous and cri4ininal part he h. 441 Laken in a malicious pro-ecution. The CE lEF Jos rict informed him, that the Court • could not attend to his motion to strike an Attorney cff die Rolls, unless it was made by a Gentleman at the Bar. The law at the same time was open to him ; and he had also a remedy by bringing his action against the Attorney . The applicant, in a very loud tone, the conse quence perhaps of deafness, which obliged him to cal ry an ear-trumpet, expressed his inability to fee Counsel. and finally withdrew, saying he should pe tition the Home of Commons. THE KING V. A. SOURER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL prayed the judgment of the Court upon Arthur Bouker, brought up to receive sentence, having been found guilty of . having unlaw- • fully removed certain field -gates to the King's high way, near Stoney Stratford, in a part where mail coaches and carriages were obliged tp pass. It ap peared from the evidence, that after twelve o'clock at night, the defendant took off different field-gates, and laid them in the road, at a part where they would be likely to interfere with the wheels of mail coaches coming that way. In fact, one did obstruct the mail roach, and one of the horses was injured. It did not appear what was the defendant's motive, He did not explain to the Cana in this instance, but merely alleged that he was in liquor when be committed the mibchief. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, it had been a corn man practice of late to take off field-gates, and lay • ht.in in the way of the mail coaches. The defendant took off the gates, and deliberately laid theta in the roai, within a ft* _yards of each other. The Post master considerettit his duty to - check a practice so injurious to passengers, and accordingly prosecuted the defendant, who had never explained his extracts , . Angry 'conduct. _ ' ' The Omar, after suitable observations en the of fence; injury he' Might UVe dente the pas. CORK, JANUARY 21.—Early on Saturday a rapid' thaw commenced, by which means the greater part of this City has been completely inundated, the houses have generally at least four or five feet water on the ground door, and boats are plying in the streets. A Welsh vessel in the river was forced away by the current. The Captain and five - sailors, ex- 1 pecting nothing but her destruction against Patrick's bridge, got into a small boat from her stern, but she immediately filled and went down with them: the Captain and two lads sunk to rise no more, and the others were 'with difficulty saved : the vessel drove against the portcullis of the bridge but did not sink.. Two women and the mate, who remained on board, got safe on the bridge. A Gentleman, rather sharp in his character ~ who had lost one of a beautiful pair of carria;e horses, experienced 'each difficllty in replacing him, One 'day that his coachman returned-from a long hunt, he cried—'s Well, John, 'have. you sueoee&dr II Aje," quoth John, joyfully; !''but it was 7'd—d hard thing -to meet with your match r - , '• MAIL 3 WS DAY..--44 16 DIM AWL 0011. DOUR . 1 0 i Lisboa o o Waterford 9 1 France 0 • Guerioey sad Jersey 0 1 Hasburgb 0 : 1 Hollawl 0 1 Gottenbursh • Q SI, 'Waders 1 • 0 Maha • ' .0 Jaiiiiica . 0 0 Niw-York 0 . 0 HIGPI-WATERat LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mersin - - - 16 adman aftet • Aftefteso - LORDON : Printed and published by l a rrii, Ka nt pi t uti. Place, 'Ternpleoßar, ' sentence, having been found guilty of oaring untaw- • --- •-••••-• i•-•-- -- recognizeu nim AS au AC to apprehend me prisoner, jal; 21 th Rev. Henry Garnock . , first Minister of Cassar NI .",,, fully removed certain field-gates to the King's high- .complied with, and J. W. Crcker, Esq. of the Admc- uaintance, sat down and drank wine with him, and way, near Stoney Stratford, in a part where mail ratty, and 'Robert Peel, Esq. became sureties for q gate, Jan, onday, U Worley-lodge, E 4 aged eleven, Edmund strongly urged the keeper of the•bignio not to pro- coaches and carriages were obliged tp pass. It ap- the defendants. , ceed against him, on the ground that he was a Henry, the second sea of the Hon. deorge Wino. .7. neared from the evidence, that after twelve o'clock VIZ RING V. PAULIT WILLtAMS, AND ANOTHER. highly respectable person. After a long .examina- Manisy, at-Camberwell, • en the day he completed-his SUlth -.. at night, the defendant took off different field-gates, Sir W. bwmsobtained'i Rule to tile a Criminal s yr i r ia t i h eac e li k on. t Coloael . Pet s e t r o k t ;r i ye t i v u o dfo c of the SuperiOr Court tion, in which the prisoner protested that he knew `; . c. and laid them in the road, at a part where they would _lnformation against the . defendants, two Gentlemen nothing of the character o f the note, but had re- . be likely to interfere with the wheels of mail coaches residing at Carisarvon, for outrageous conduct w Jai. 24, at Gl i a ' sg pr ow, oAugnes th e Re :r i e s liet . of J Fisier. ' ceived it from a Gentleman, whom, however, he did late fernier at Crakead of Campsie, aged O. Her husband died • coming that way. In fact, one did obstruct the mail Dr- Rowell, of the same place; not name, he was remanded till a future d ay. The December 85, 1806, aged 7i. They were married se years, • ' coach, and one of the horses was injured. It did • • .—,-- a rapid and it is singular, that during that period no death till the bog- notforged note bad been tendered previously at another appear what was the defendant's motive, He did Cotta, JANUARY 21.—Early on Saturday band's occurred in their house ; and there were fifteen persops •:. • not explain to the Cant in this instance, but merely thaw commenced, by which means the greater part brothel, but the mistress suspecting it to be forged, Gm an average lived in the family with them. They had - 87 de- had declined co change it, telling the prisoner she was ,;; alleged that he was in liquor when ke committed the of this City has been completely inundated, the scendants, of whim% 50 are still alive. * unable to do it. Her suspicions, however, were so _ -; inibchief. . , houses have generally at least four of five feet water strong that she sent her porter to watch him,. and it MAIL S __________, r A .. ' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, it had been a tom - on the ground Boor, and boats are plying, in the X was in cone nonce of-the porter's intimation that then ' V4 4 .. 4 OW DAY.-44111. DIM 1 0 i Lisbon • ILL DM: o o ~ man practice of late to take off field-gates, and lay streets. A Welsh vessel in the river was forced awaye 1 France o o • litm in the way of the mail coaches. The defendant by the current. The Captain and five - sailors, ex- note was suspected at the second bagnio. Guernsey and Jersey 0 1 Hamburgb 0.. i took on ) the Sates, and deliberately laid them in the pecting nothing but her destruction against Patrick's- - Round o 1 Gottenburgh • a 11, , 1 • 0 Maha • ' _a • road , within a few . yards of each other. The Post- bridge, got into a small boat - from her stern, but she A Gentleman, rather sharp in his character, w h o FloT'lider ca , • o o New-York 0 0 master consiclerectit his any to - check a practice so immediately filled and w ent down with them: the had lost one of a beautiful pair of carriage horses, ""'-'" , . injurious to passengers, and accordingly prosecuted Captain and two lads sunk to rise no more, and the experienced 'Mich difficllty in replacing him. One ' HIGPI-WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. the defendant, who had never explained his extract.- others were 'with di ffi culty saved : the vessel drove -day thit his coachman returned -from a long hunt, Morning - - -16 minutes aftefl ~... Afteelmoo - _ -. 55 --.— 5 • ;Angry 'conduct. - _ ' against the portcullis of the bridge but did not sink. he cried—" Well, John, 'have • you sueoee&edr The Counr, after suitable observatin.ns on the of- lwo women and the mate, who remained on board, " Aje," quo* John, joyfully; l'•but it was a d—d LORDON : Printed and published by Lem Kam, na t io- refiti4 ifuraie injury he' Might ha v e done the pasi. got safe on the bridge. s hard thing -to meet with your match r' - . - place, Toupin-Ran ‘ • . . • • . - - . . ~'..rn: I ♦. 4 „ r - ; , ,_: ; - . • senors, had the.eoach betn 4kverturned, - . sentenced' the defendant to he imprisoned in the 'House.of Cor rection, at Bedford, six months, and to security for his good behaviour for three years: .. SENDING A .CHALLENGE. Jo THE SING v. W. Y. PEEL, ESQ. AND G. !t. DAWSON, ESQ. The defeMiants; Mr. Peel, M.P. for the Borough of Tamworth ; and Mr. Dawson, M.P.-• for London derry, appeared, on the motion o_Mr. SemtLErr, to receive the sentence of the Court, .after having pleaded guilty to an information, granted against them by the Coug, for challenging a Gentleman named Floyer, a Magistrate Of the County of Staf ford, reAding in the vicinity of Tamworth, to fight a duel, and for posting himas - a i'Vvrard. The - dispute between these Gentlemen arose out of the contested Election for Tamworth, when Lord Charles Townsend and Mr. Peel were candidates. Mr. Floyer supported the interest of the Townsend family, and conceiving that Sir Robert Peel had bro ken a pledge he had given not to oppose Lord Charles Townsend, he made some allusion which Mr. William Yates Peel considered not . only disrespect ful to his father, but a challenge. Considerable hos tility was the consequence; and, after various publi• cations, Mr. Peel sent the challenge in question. On the refusal of• Mr. Floyer to meet him, Mr. Peel and his brother-in-law, Mr. Dawson, followed Mr. Floyer to Worthing, in Sussex; where, on their arrival, upon a Sunday, near the residence of Mr. Flover, met that 'Gentleman and his family going to church. Mir. Peel, shewing his horsewhip, said, addressing Foyer, he should abstain from inflicting chastise-. ment in the presence of the females of Dir. }lone's' Tinnily, but desired him to consider that he had been horsewhipped. Mr. Floyer said —o Very well, Sir. - The whole proceeding was then made the_ subject of an appeal to this Court. A number of affidavits were put in by both parties, stating the facts. Mr. SCARLET f, in support of the prosecution, dis claimed all party feeling himself, and expressed him self only influenced by a sense of public duty. The Borough . politics of Tamworth had been improperly introduced into this dispute. Upon some miscon ception of an Election proceeding, an altercation had taken place, and Mr. Peel had proceeded to a chal lenge on two grounds. Firit, he charged Mr. Thoyer with canvassing his interest in favour of Lord To m end : and secondly, that he had challenged his tather. Both those charges Mr. Floyer denied, and yet Mr., Peel sent a challenge. Unle , s the Court considered this :i ease for prdsecutionand phnishment, it would be in vain for any man to apply to the Court in future to protect hint in his determination to avoid a breach of the peace. If this was not a proper opportunity to put down a btu barons practice, he knew not what case ought to call for the interference of the law. Mr. MARRYATT followed on the same side. Mi. GURNEY did not rise to vindicate the conduct of the two young Gentlemen on the floor. • They had • suffered judgment to go by default; but if any per son could claim the lenity of the Court under art ad- 1 mission that they had oltended the law, it was the defendants, who had been . goaded and driven into the course they had adopted. The Court, in such a case, could never shut their eyes against the.conduct of the prosecutor. Mr. Floyer, who was no voter for Tamworth, had commenced with a libel on Mr. Peel's venerab!e father, and fbllov-ed it up by an ex pression which, Mr. Floyer said, had not the mean ing Mr. Peel affixed to • it; bat every man who read it would affix tht , same meaning that Mr. Peel af fixed. Mr. Gurney sti.enuoutly defeaded Mr. Peel and his brother-in-saw, and concluded by leaving hill ciients to the mercy of the Court. Mr. Notatt and Mr. linm; followed on thesame side. • Judge BAYLEY, in delivering the judgment of the Court, observed, that looking to cases of thy sort, fit was prover to consider what had been the con duct of the prosecutor. At the. same time they. were bound to prNect the pahlic peace, and re vent those into %.!.:ch were destructive of the peace and qviet o: If this case rested on the conduct of th. , prosecutor, perhaps the punish ment would he inconsiderable indeed. There was much on his p:,rc which the Court could have wished he had ath,tained from doing, but they ap proved of his conduct in resisting every attempt to goad him to a bleach of the peace, which might have terminated in the death of one or. the other. The Court had looked with great attention to all the facts, and the respective affidavits, and they could nut but regret to find that duelling was still considered the relay mode in which outrages could be redressed. They had looked to the consequences which might have resulted to the families of the defendants and Mr..Floyer, and were of opinion that the.rank of the parties aggravated the offence. The conduct of the prosecutor did not :rake a material difference in the punishment which was due to the offence. It was the duty of the Court, in the disch.trge of its public functions, to reprobate the attack u1 . ,0n the prosecu tor on that day, set apart for Divine Worship, when the minds of Mr. Floyer and his family were directed to different objects. The sentence of the Court was, that the defendants respectively be imprisoned in the King's Bench our month, paf a file to the King of £5OO each, - and find security for good behaviour, themselves in • 1.:1000, and two others in £2OOO each, for the term of five years. . • The latter part of the sentence was immediately .complied with, and J. W. Creker, Esq. of the Admi ralty, and Hobert Peel, Esq. became sureties for the defendants. TUE KING V. PAULET, VYIj.LIAVIs, AND ANOTHER. Sir W. .owart obtained a Rule to file a Criminal Information against the defendants, two Gentlemen residing at Carnarvon, for outrageous conduct to Dr.liowell, of the same place: s. : .7 7, i• " _ . MiIiSioN•UODSI.--....RORRIRY OP TIII lIRCITOI6 AND LiVRRPOOL Mair.s.—Yesterday, Writ.-ffrettea,. alias Mellish, was brought before thg LORD MAYOR, sad 'charged upon suspicion df having been concerns in _the robbery of the Bristol and Liverpool Mails.— Mr. Waterhouse, proprietor of the Swan-vflth•twd- Necks lan, Lad-lane, stated, that , about twe'inenars ago the Liverpool Mail was robbed of a parcel, eon. tainitg gold and silver bars, which Were estimated at about a 4 20b0. The parcel was insured for £lOOO, and wa(on its way from the house of Mr. Jones'near Liverpool, .to a house on Ludgate-hill. Since the period at which that robbery had taken place, the Bristol Mail was robbed. Four persons, who had engaged and occupied all the inside seats, were sus pected of having opened several parcels which had been deposited within the seats, and of having stoles the contents. From the description that had been given of the passengers, by persons who had had op portunities of observing them, witness believed the prisoner was one of them, and consequently that he was one of the robbers. The LORD 'lAyon asked the prisoner, whether he ever went by any name but that of Watson ? Prisoner.—Watson is my name. 9 The LORD MAYOR repeated the qtiestion. Prisoner (after some hesitation). —I never went by any other name—to my knowledge. A Liverpool timber-merchant stated upon' oath, that he had seen the prisoner in public company,. it Liverpool,' where that person went , by the nanae of Mellish, about twelve months ago. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner where he lived.?-.-Watson'said, at the Black Rear, Piccadilly. Mow long kave you been there? The prisoner's Solicitor (Mr. HUMPHRIEI).—Make no reply.--rrisoner--111 leave that to mj Solicitor. LORD MAYOR,—Were you not once transported ? Prisoner's ',llcitor.—lion't answer any question of that kind.; I am surprised it should be put to you. The LORD MAYOR.—Certainly, he is not obliged to answer, although I may think it necessary for the ends of public justice to put the question. • Mr. llumettaiEs.—Prisouer,_ I desire you not, on any account, to answer any question. Prisoner.--I shall not answer the question, my Lord.. The LORD MAYOIL—We know then what infefence S to 1 apt Selina 11 to 1 apt Mr..Piefse to draw from your silence. • Mr.llommatas then submitted that them Was - no ground for detaining the prisoner, the suspicions of Mr. Waterhouse being exceedingly - vagte,. ana inca-i pable of being confirmed. The LORD MAYOR said, the case was a very im portant one. Most extensive robberies were commit-, ted.by gangs, who went to considerable eipense for the purpose of succeeding in their destructive object, and strong suspicion was attached to the prisoner, 'both because he answered the description of one of the passengers, and because the officers knew him in 'a certain *ay. under such circumstances there could be no propriety in permitting him to go at large until . witnesses were brought forward ; and- he should be lodged in the Compter if•Mr.Waterhouse swore that he believed, from the description that hadbeen given, that he was ene of the gang that robbed the Mails. Mr. Waterhouse Swore to this effect, and Watson was sent to prison. Upon the arrival of the witnesses from Liverpool, Congleton, and Bristol, the case is to be fully investigated. Bari ison, the Marshalman,.while the examination was going forward, observed a elan, named John Pannifar, whom he had seed a short time . ago in disagreeable • circumstances, • attentivcoly listening to what was going forward. When Pannifar was put to the Bar, Mr. Waterhouse said he believed that Rerson to be one of those who sat in the coaches, from the description that had been given. Pannifar was also sent to the Compter. • GUILDHALL—Z. Adams, a girl, who had been examined in the course of last week, for attempting to pass two forged £1 notes at the same shop, was again brought up, and Cully committed for trial. The story she told was, that one note had been given to her by a Gentleman at a bad house, in the neighbour hood of Skinner•street, Snow-hill, all which Mr. 'Harwood and the Officers stated to be, on inquiry, totally false, the girl never having been in the house she mentioned on the night in question._ Mr. Har wood, to account for the readiness with which he de. tected the forgery in both these instances, stated, that lie had been a very considerable loser by bad notes, and had at length, by woeful experience, and close observation, enabled himself to know a forged note almost at sight. There were 'not less, he said, than thirty forged notes at the present time in the hands of different tradesmen in their neighbourhood, which had all been passed to them very lately. ,The prisoner, Mr. Rocler said, had been tried at the last Sessions for a similar offence, by the name of Eliza- beth Ann Harwood ; there could, therefore, be little doubt of the guilty knowledge. Some of her com panions, too, it appeared, were in waiting while she was in Mr. Harwood's shop, and a rescue was at tempted as she was being conveyed to the Compter. Bow-rriterr.—A young man of respectable con nections was yesterday charged with uttering a forged £lO note, at a brothel. Them was nothing particular in the case, except the circumstance that Lewis, one of the Bow-street patrole, when sent for to apprehend the prisoner, recognized him as an ac quaintance, sat down and drank wine with him, and strongly urged the keeper of the•b:ignio not to pro ceed against him, on the ground that he was a highly respectable person. After a long .examina tion, in which the prisoner protested that he knew nothing of the character of the note, but had re ' ceived it from a Gentleman, whom, however, he did not name, he was remanded till a future slay. The forged note bad been tendered previously at another brothel, but the mistress suspecting it to be forged, had declined to change it, telling the prisoner she was unable to do it. Her suspicions, however, were so strong that she sent her porter to watch him,. and it was in consequence of-the porter's intimation that the note was suspected at the second bagnio. • • - • DIED. f T 0:7 - • • INTELLIGONCE. YESTERDAY. •ARInNO AT TA'rrERSALL'S YESTERDAY. ODDS ON THE OEXAT RACES TO COME DEIST. 'tl esti Ara Mr. Pierre's gr. c. 17 to 1 apt Brisels e. 11 to 1 apt Duke . 20 to 1 apt Phularee 1/1 to 1 apt Sailor . 24 to 1 apt Cat colt, Comes 16 to 1 apt Brother to Blucher i colt, Harpooe, and Kestrel. OA.II. 9 to f apt Nieces+ ftlll 111 tcrl apt Mr. Wyndham. RIDbL.SsWOItTIFf. 7 to 1 agst Puadaree. ST. LEG HR. 12.0 to 1 apt any other. DRIVING MATCH. Mr. HOLT, of Windmill-street, ur.dertook yesterday, to drive his bay mare 15 miles in one boor, in harness, fur /Co guineas. The spot selected was the I luntingdots-road, and the Match was accomplished as fellows :—lielf the distance was performed in 49 minute., and the mare afterwards improved upon her speed, and accomplished the task in two minutes and ten seconds witJelt the time.- 7 Bettting 6 to 4 on time. Monday se'noight, as the shepherd of Mr. CRAW FORD, of Netherton, was driving 1 . 80 sheep to firth turnips, across the Coquet, at Pepperhaugh, on the ice, their great weight made it give way, and fifty seven of them went down, only twenty-three of which were recovered. Wednesday se'enight, as some boys were amusing themselves on a pond, at hlarris-mbor, near White haven, owing to the recent thaw, the ice gave way, and one of them, a fine boy, about eight years of age, named Coward, was unfortunately drowned. _ _ Friday evening, as Captain CooxitkTY, of the Sir Joseph Banks, of Kirkwall, lying in Leith harbour, was stepping on board his vessel, the plank slipped, and he tell into the water. He was got up imme diately; but in the fall he had unfortunately dislo cated the neck joint, and died in consequence, about two o'clock next morning. A destructive fire broke out on Wednesday even ing, at the house of PHILIP A-LDEVEL, Esq. called Somerton Lodge, Herts. It was occasioned by the negligence of a maid -servant, in sulker ing the candle to set fire to a bed-room on the second door. In stead of endeavouring to extinguish the flames, stre .ran down stairs and alarmed the house: in the inter val, the room Was CM tire in all parts. The southern Wing of the hiuse, consisting of eight rooms, totc they with the valuable furniture, v, hich was hot in• sured, was all destroyed in less than two hours. A strong - wall confined the Ranieri to this wing of the house. The damage is estimated at £3,000. Another fire broke out, on Wednesday night, at a brazier's, the miler of Swallow-court, Oxford-street, but it was promptly extinguished by firemen. Some beddins was on fire, and as no person was in the house; it Wi'S supposed to have originated by the act of an incendiary, Au atrocious murder has been committed on the person of , labourer, a short distance from St. Asaph. The deceased and a young man were threshing in a when the former discovered a sack concealed in a corner of the building, and•suspected it was placed there by some person, with the intention of carrying of corn in it. He communicated his sus picion to his employer, when it was agreed to lie in wait fcr the parties who had placed-it there. The agreement, it seems, was made in the hearing of the young man, who, conscious of having concealed the sack, availed himself of an opportunity oftaking it away, before the time fixed upon for the watch. In this intention he was unexpectedly foiled, by the ap-, pearance of the old man, whom he immediately at tacked and killed, and the owner of the barn enter ing at the same time, became a witness of the horrid , scene. The offender is in. custody, and has made a full confession of the , leading facts. Sunday night, aboyt. eleven o'clock; the house door of the Cancer hstitution, Gerrard -street, Soho, was entered by two villains, by means of a skeleton key (the key of the lock not being inside), but who were disturbed in committing further depredation, by a ring at the house bell, which they had the presence of mind coolly to answer, and by this manoeuvre, being taken for people coming out after transacting business within, made their escape. The mistake, however, was almost instantly discovered, and an active pursuit was made, though it did not end in their detection. Their persons are well known, and had they remained but a few minutes later, they must have been taken, as the family returned with the domestic who had unthinkingly taken the key of the door along with him; though a female was left 'in ' the kitchen, who heard the street door Opened, avid at first supposed it was her husband that bad retertA, who, as before stated, had taken the street-door key. Phosphorus matches .weve found lying upon the par lour carpet, two of which had been righted:- • BIRTH. • At his house iq Manchester-square, en Thursday, the 3d inst. be lay of Henry Uiberae, lisq. of a daughter. • ' HARRIED.' On the Ist instant, at Putney, Charles Parke, Esq. late of tht Islaqd of.liunaica, to Letitia, eldest daughter of Joseph Alsorkt Esq. of Roehaniptsn. • At Richmond, en the 25th oh. Miss Maria Dundas. Jan. 21, at•Abernethy Manse, the Rev. John Great, Mids.; ter of Alseraetily, in the 81st year of his age, and 57th of Min& nistry. Jan. 2f, the Rev. Henry Garnock, first Minister of Canis. gate, Edinburgh. Monday, at Worley-lodge, Essex aged eleven, Edmund Henry, the second son of the Hon. George Wiun. Monday, at-Camberwell, en the day he completed-his 95th year, the Hon. Colonel Peter Frye,Judge of the Superibr Court of Massachusetts, previous to the Revolution. Jan. so, at Glasgow, Agnes Buckman, reliet of James Fisher. late farmer at* Creigead of Campsie, aged O. Her husband died • December 25, 1806, aged 7i. They were married 52 years, and it is singular, that during that period no death till the hus band's occurred in their house ; and there were fifteen persopa on as average lived in the family with them. They bad $7 de scendants, of whim% 50 are still alive. ;, _, .:~j • • • 44 A ~a~ lii 111 C 41. H H' I 1