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STANZAS BY MONTGOMERY. • : d i OH THAT I HAD THU WINOVINF A WPM THAT I 1422W2 FLU AWAY . ♦AD 112 AT RIM" So prayed the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds and earthly thtall; And such, or soon or late, shall be Full oft the heart breathed prayer of all; • And we, when life's last sands we rove, With faltering foot and aching breast, Shall sigh for wings that waft the dove To See away and be at rest ! While hearts are young, and hopes are high, A fairy scene doth We appear ; Its sights are beauty to the eye, Its sounds are music to the ear; But soon it glides from youth to age, And of its joys no more possesid, We. like the captives of the cage, Would ACC away and be at rest! Is ours fair woman's angel smile, All bright and beautiful *8 day ? So of her cheek and eye the while, Time steals the rose and dims the ray; She wanders to the Spirit's land, And we whit speechless grief opprest, As o'er the faded form we stand, Would gladly share her place of rest ! Beyond the bills—beyond the sea, — Oh! fur the pinions of a dove; g' Oh ! for the mornins wings to fee Away, and be with those we love: — When 8U is Sed that's bright and fair, Aad life.is but a wintry wade, This—this at last must be our prayer: To tee away and be at rest! ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Thsca 24. William Briggs, who was convicted of a highway rob bery yesterday, under aggravated circumstances, was this day convicted of killing and slaying Sarah Malone. The deceased was the wife of a woolcomber, at Brad fou d. On the night of the 27th of December last, while Malone, his wife, and a child, were in their house, at Milbank, in that town, the prisoner came up and threw large stones at the door and into the house, one of which hit the deceased upon the forehead, and caused death. Gorge Baiky, in idlot, pleaded Gatilly, stealittg two sheep and three lambs. SMITH V. Wll4OlO AND OTHilia. This was a question to try whethev the testator, Wil- , Hans Flint (half brother to the plaintiff) at the time be executed his will was oaaspos nientis or aot ? The pro- perty ha contention, consisting of iauds and tenements, is situate at Dunnington, in this county, and of the es timated value of 2,0001. The will bearing date the 22d day of October, 1823, was read, wherein thetestatorbe queiebed several specific legacies. to difereet persons, and the bulk of his property to the defendant (Wilson). The plaintiff claimed the estate as the heir at law of the, testator. The onus raorraii was put upon the defen dants. The testator, it appeared, had executed his will in the presence of an attorney of the name of Hornby, of Scat borough, who stated, that at the time he executed it, the testator was, in his belief, of sound mind, but ad mitted, on his cross examination, that the house in which he signed his will, was at that time an asylum for luna tics, and kept by witness's father. It further appeared, that in-1823, the testator, who, on bis road to Dunning ton, had been stopped and robbed of some property, had, at the. trial of the prisoners at York, attended, and given his evidence in a collected, but rather hurtled manner ; and that on his testimony the robbers were dievicted and transported; that at the time be executed his will in favour of the defendant, he said, in the pre sence of one of tie attesting witnesses (Simeon Harris), " See that Wilson buries me mensefully (decently), for I have left him the whole of my pioperty." After several witnesses had been rumbled to prove that the tes tator was of sound mind at the time he made his will, although oc casionally addicted to liquor. Mr. BROUGHAM rose to addiess the Jury, and, in a speech of great animation, dwelt particularly on the part Mr. Hornby had taken in cooking up the will; the hurry in which he bad cooked it, and the circum stance especially, of its being signed in the presence of the keepers son of the lunatic asylum, where Mr. Hornby sesiilea; that the testator had laboured under mental incapacity there could be no doubt, and he should be able to prove it frem the medical Gentlemen be should call, and the certificates he should put in. Mr. B. then called a Gentleman of the name of Hut.; band, a surgeon, resident in York. De stated that he lead been called to attend the deceased dining the months of July and November; that at several times when he had visited him he 'had bled him, and given him calomel, whiCh was generally_ administered to per sons in his state of mind; that he appeared in a state of great mental excitement, continually haunted with the idea of being robbed, and seat to the poor house ; that on one particular occasion, when be attended him, lie appeared to be labouring un der complete aberration of mind, and said, " he could role the Stars, and that he was as great an astronomer al Sir Isaac Newton: On his doss-examination he said, he did not appear W hins to bait been under the influence of liquor. In another conversation that Ire had with a Mr. Nicholson, who acted as the testator's solicitor in the prosecution of the persons connected aid) the robbery ) when the tea-- tor was dwelling 'upon his hiss, Mr. N. pacified him by laying that the Lord Chant llorwould come down and restore his lost property to him— 4Great laughter).—A witness, who had acted as his groom, stated, that his master had tun about the streets in a Wild manner; that he desired, when he was dead, that some lively tune might be played, for which he was to have a so, vereign ; the tune that was to be played was " Kiss my Lady," and other merry ones—(lang4ter)—that he had at one time ordered him to fetch from York a cart load of gin and rum ; he died on the '26th of April, 1825. Another witness said, that he had heard him say that he was the second man in the Kingdom, and treat to the King—and the first in the kingdom of Heaven. Mrs. Agar spoke to the testator calling at her house,. and having his bills and papers ; ho said, he wished to become her suitor. She told him that he was a peor,. insane man, and that she would have nothing to do with him. He said he was a mater of arts and sciences. (Great tavgirtr.)—aWilson came afterwards for the wittings,bat she refused to let him have them ; be ner castle W ilh Mr. Flint, and she gave them to him. lie itwil said, that he would make Wilson his steward. On leer cross•etamination, she said, that she was aftewards 21 " Ined in the year 1824, anti that she had a child, is new three quarters of a year old ; that hlr. Wilson had arrested her husband, anclthat he had taken the besiefit of tire Insolvent Act; but that they had been very friendly together since, and that she would not swear that she gate Mrs. Smith a guinea, to put a Cl• *eat against the bill. Mr. Agar went to the lawyer. Wilson said, that she wanted burning, and ought to have a halter round her neck—(A Insight. Another, witness described his as running about the street swear. ing that he was no - churchman. Sc*semi replied. His LeIIDSIIII, in Webers, toile Jury, shaarveds that th e ably question,ln this cause. for their consideration was , whetispr t •. testator, at the time be executed his will, had that possession 944 reason to know what be did ?—if be had, then they would And U. the defendant, trosalbr she plaintiff. After a keg coldoltelko, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. WATSON V. MA TTERSLKY. Mr. Baovou AM stated, that this was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of 3101. on the de fendant's promissory note. The facts of the case are these :—The plaintiff, in 1820, went to Harrogate, and took up his residence at the house of the defendant (Mrs. Hattersley), who keeps an hotel at that place.— Circumstances of a pecUniary statute imposed on the defendant the necessity of soliciting the loan of 25(g. which the plaintiff advanced. Of this she gave, as an acknowledgment of the debt, the note in question, adding 501. to the original sum. The note ran thus: " Harrogate, Nov. 25, 1823. " I promise to pay to Joseph Watson, or order, the suns of three hundred pounds, value received." To this Note the defendasesubscribed her X . The defendant failing to pay the money, the plaintiff because pressing, and ulti mately caused her to be arrested on the Slat of February, 1825. Mr. SCA4IMETT, on the part of the defendant, con tended, that she ought not to have been held to bail for mare than 2504 that the defendant had from time to time remitted the plaintiff various sums of money to answer his exigencies, besides the bill he bad contracted at the lun—some of which items afforded the Court, urn the reading, considerable amuuttient. The following are among the most remarkable : To trying your luck in lottery tickets which was sent to you at Leeds, at your request . . 13 0 0 Gave you when you was going oV to Leeds without stoney . Sent you, by your request, when at the York Musical Festival, to pay your expenses at the Black Swan, be fore you could come to Harrogate • 20 0 0 To settle your coach.hire, when you came there, being without the needful . 3 0 0 . . Paying your bill at Leeds, when you was overturned, with Mr. Bardeastle, the banker . 7 15 0 To a ball ticket . . 0 5 • . . To Sally, our Bath woman n 5 0 . • To a pair of stays, or belt . . 0 7 0 . . X. 1. •d. 4 10 0 Tb; reading of these curious charges set the Court in a roar, and the item of the stays seemed to tickle the Ladies fancies amazingly, the plaintiff being " more fat than beseemeth" those who lead in the mazes of Terpsichore. He is a very abort man, weighing not less than 20 stene. His LORDSHW said he thought that some Gentleman at the Bar Asa much better settle all the matters in dispute between the par ties.—Referred accordingly—plaintiff taking a nominal verdict for 6004 Costs its. Subject to the award of the Referee. pfr ARMAGH ASSIZES. William Little, a police constable, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Fearon, and discharging a gun at her, with intent to maim and disable said person. —Not Guilty. Liters and Henry Milky were then given in charge to the Jury, for an assault on Mary Futon. No.evidence was adduced in support of the charge, and the prisoners were of course sequined. Patrick Carberry was indicted for the murder of Thomas Doyle, a postilion, in the neighbourhood of Newry, on the 19th of November, 1824. Peter Hoy (an approver), examined by Mr. STAPLES. —Knows the prisoner Patrick Carberry ; has known him a twelve month back; was with him in thelnonth of November 1824, but does nor recollect the day; it was three weeks before Hollontide ; two men, named Peter Green and Farrel Doran, were also with them ; they lodged in . a house at Lurgan-green, belonging to a widow woman, whose same he does not recollect ; the neit morning they arrived at Dundalk, and from that proceeded to Newry, and came a little on this (the Armagh) side of it; they had intended to rob a postchaise at that place ; they did not do so, in consequence of its not arriving; they then returned through the town, and went on to Dundalk ; a couple of miles from the town, 'the prisoner and the other two men he had named were with them ; it was about eight o'clock at night when they started : they remained till the mail-coach passed ; there viere six horses to the coach. Witness and his party were at this time inside a field, and close to the ditch; shortly after the coach passed there came a boy riding in the direction of Newry ; he had two horses with him, tiding one aad leading the other. Peter Green told Patrick Carberry to go and stop him : Carberry and witness went to the road, and Carberry desired the, boy to stand. After mentioning the ward, Carberry fired, and the boy fell. He 'fired out of a pistol. The boy fell about the centre of the -road ; Carberry and Green dragged him to the left-hand side of the road. Carberry spoke to the boy, and asked had he any thing. No answer was given, the boy was dead. Carberry and Green searched him; believes they did not find any thing. Does not know what came of the horses; they went on towards Newry when the boy fell. Witness and his party then went into the dad, where they remained for a little bit ; then they returned to the road, an 4 went on straight to the town of Dundalk; reached the town .about day-light ; they went round the rampart till they', got to the upper end of the town ; stopping in town till l the evening : the party were scarce in travelling charges on Saturday, and Green sent his coat to the pawnbroker's ; in pawn ; it was a swim kersey coat, with poCkets in the sides pawnbroker's name was Quilton. Doran' pledged the coat, for which he got four ten.pennies: the party weld from Dundalk to P. Green's mother's house, a shoat distance from Ardee; Doran did not go with them ; he left them shortly after they left Dundalk ; the chi a remained at Green's till the Tuesday following; saw a girl named . Peggy Curtis there ; Tuesday was the fair-day of Collin ; witness (Green) and the prisoner went, on that evening, to a place called Annaclug, on . the Drogheda toad ; they went there with the intention , of robbing the,poopie coining from the fair ; they stop ped there for a little while, behind a ditch.; it was dark; a bay came riding forward; Green said he knew him, and he would be apt to get a " lift" from him ; Green called the boy by two different names; some men, who wete on the opposite side of the road, then ran next to him ; they took hold of Green, and made him prisoner ; Carberry ran away the ouch th e fields, and witness stop ped 01 he saw the men take Green into a house; then proceeded to Ardee, whither witness followed them, and slept there that night. Other witnesses eon oborated the above evidence. The prisoner attempted to prove an alibi. Being asked if be had any thing more to say for himeelf, the prisoner related a long story about Huy stealing his breeches ; that he threatened to go to' law with him, and be (Hoy ) said he would by revenged. ? his was all he advan ced. The Junon then proceeded to charge the Jury. The Charge occupied fully an how. When his Lordship concluded, the Jury retired, and remained in consuitii, tion about fire minutes, when they entered the Court, and (by their foreman) pronounced a verdict of Guilty. The unfortunate man was then asked, by the Cleik of the Clown, in the tribell 1121111107, if be had any Mil% to say, why sentence of death and execution shoald not ,be passed upon him according to law ? He made no reply; on wl :11 Mr. JUSTICIII VANDILV3ft ild4teftibi fifth topgleding as follows: •: • I lliktiatestee of the law is, that.ton, Patrkli Caeberry, be abr' frets die place whese yok mew mind to the gime from likencerta came (the gaol), that s iront thence, on Monday next, rttu be taken to the place of_executlon, and there be hanged by the seek emit your body be dead, and your body then shall pa, Ihneeted -and anatomieetLr And may the Loa,. have mercy on port Soul!" The prisoner wits immediately removed from the dock. On his retiring; Ito said, in a firm voice, "My Lord, as a dying man I declare I neither knew act nor part cf this business." He appeared to be about thirty years of age—had heavy eyebrows, and altogether an unpleasing, forbidding countenance. During the trial we could not perceive that he was at all affected—his abstractedness and inattention to the evidence was, indeed, so apparent, as to call forth repeatedly the , animauxersions of the Court. Carberry was executed on Monday. and died asserting that he was innocent of the offence for which be was about to stiffer; but admitting that he had committed many other crimes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W.STREtET. Rosairar—Saturday, Rickard West, best known as West Country Dick. the fighter, Jetta Tomes, a girl named Mary /no Field, who cohabits with Tomes; Elisabeth Tomes, his mother; and a noto rious female named Limerick, alias Cameron, alias Meese, were charged with tieing concerned In a robbery in the premises of a Mr. Kerr, a chair manufacturer, in Gibson -street, Mary-la-bonne. Limerick, who is the widow of a police officer, and latterly has been living with a man named Cameron, was admitted a witness on the part of the Crown. The evidence against West Country Dick was, his receiving part of the money tor which the stolen property was pawned. A man named Pitts, not taken, received his division of the spoil with Tomes. The witness deposed to seeing the whole of the property at Tomes's lodginp ;*and she stated that Tomes admitted to her, that he and two other nun committed the robbery, and she received a shilling each from Jones, .Pitts, and Dick, for her trouble in pledging part of the property. During the esaminalicin-of the witness, the prisoners declared that she was swearing away their lives, and they were innocent. •Mr. MUISHULL, the Magistrate, elicited the fact, that the whites, had been tried and convicted of a felony, and that she associated with thieves; and also that she had been employed by the prose cutor to cane the bottoms of chairs, and was well unabated with the premises. The Magistrates expressed his conviction that she (the witness) had been the instigator of the robbery; and he could , hardly make up his mind to seed the parties to trial upon her evi dence. After some consideration, he committed Tomes. his mother, and Mary Ann Field, to Newgate; and remanded West Country Dick fur another examination. Dick said he was as innocent as a lamb, and his landlord where he lodged could prove that he was at home, with his wife and family, on the night of the robbery. Msry Anti Field said, that the only person that committed the robbery was a man named Meuse, who at that time lived with the witness Limerick. Limerick said, that Field told her to say " that a Gentleman had given her the property , in return for favours granted to him." Field, who Is a handsome looking girl, replied, " No, you wretch, I am not so common." James Bowers, a good looking youth, was committed to Newgate for robbing his master, a draper in High Holborn, named Gra ham. The blandishments of a modern Millwood had induced the youth to pleader his muter, to enable him to administer to her extravagance. He did not deny the offence. %IA RLBOSOUG If-STREET. Saturday, a fashionably-dressed young man, named Joseph Mee sham, alias Setesertess, who bas been some time in custody upon a charge of bigamy,was brought before Mr. Man, the sitting Magis trate, at this °ace, fur Anal examination, The prisoner had undergone several eliminations, at each of which the Arm wife was in attendance, as she Wits also on Saturday, but thedillculty la the case was to procure the attendance of the second wife, or any Wicket proof of her marriage with the prisoner. The Mars of the parish of St. George, lismover.syserr, who were carrying on the prosecution against the primmer, in consequence of his having deserted his ant wife, and left her chargeable to that parish, after every exertion failed to produce . the seemed **Me, although they bad no doubt of her marriage with the prisoner, as they had a certificate of it, bat they could procure no person to prove the prisoner's identity, and the Officers stated, that the second wife was kept out of the way by the prisoner's friends. Under these circumstances. Mr. Dram, t h e Magistrate, told the. prisoner on Saturday, he should no longer detain him. As the pri unser was retiring from the bar, a man named Davies started up, and said he could bring forward a third wife, whom be had mar ried, but who, he verily believed, had undergone the same cere mony with Etonerton. Mr. Dyes asked Mr. Davies, if be could bring forward any proof of the prisoner's third marriage? Mr. Davies said he could, if allowed a little time; be couldbring , forward the registry of it in Lambeth Church, sad he could produce Miss Florence Canby, or Mrs. Marsham, or Mrs. Emenertott, or Mrs. Davies, which she was. Mr. Davies was then sworn, as to his , belief of the prisoner's haniog married Miss Cardin his Stet wife, and he had no doubt of hie second bring still living. The prisoner said not a word on the subject of this fresh charge. l and was remanded for a future day. The 'Arm wife, who, at the beginning, seemed highly incensed against the prisoner, appeared Muth agitated on this fresh disclosure. W ORS HIP.STREPT. Three men, named Dosed', Purdy. and Walker. were Cully committed for trial for a robbery, committed on Saturday sell night, in the most daring manner. It appeared that at elryvn o'clock that forenoon the waggon of Ageism Booth and Co. the distillers, while standing at the door of a public-house. In OW street, St. Luke's, was beset by four feliows, one of whom entered it, and deliberately placed a 10-gallon cask of gin on the head of his companion Doughty, who was prepared with a knot to receive It. ♦ person who saw the transaction gave the alarni, when Ontieny and Purdy were taken. The other prisoner was afterwards appro. healed and identified as one of the gang. - - Saturday, Thomas Gwysey and Ake Ansa were finally examined before Mr. Osmium, the sitting Magistrate, on a charge of sheep. Wading, under very extraordinary circumstances. They were brought to the once Co Wednesday by Brown, a constable of St. Mary's, Islington, who stated, that about half-past six that morning, the prisonerihnith passed him in the Lower road, Winston, carrying a large basket. The prisoner Gurney coming up immediately afterwards with *similar basket, hie suspicions were excited, and he stopped ;the prisoner to ascertain what the basket contained. The prisoner told Mon it was meat, whisk hi was carrying to a salesman named Salter, at Newgate market. Brown took Mat into the watch-house, and on searching the basket, found the two foie quarters .of a sheep, s hatchet, knife, she. and in the prisoner's pockets the half of a sheep's bead and the liver. The tameable having secured Gurner, then let rain pursuit of the other -saan s .nasith,iinArsheeekaaket were found the:hind quarters of the sheep, and in his pocket the lights. Being asked where he was , going to awry hie load; breeplied, he did not know. When first examined before the Magistrate s Gurney said that a Mr. Salter, s salesimanimotiointat a very earlylieur, and employed him se carry the bullet :Su .liewghlenaarket, when he was to meet him at eight &elan. Shortly after their esamination, it was ascertained that on . Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, two sheep were killed la a held at Holloway, belonging to Mr. Coleman, • salesman, the robbers having skinned and carried off the carcasses, kering the skins behind them. Mr. Coleman, end irises in his employ, attended on Saturday, and identified the skins which were produced. The carcase of the sheep found in peuession of the prisoners being fitted into one of the skins, corresponded Joreciseiy in every part. Mr. Coleman's Mut deposed, that he seen the sheep safe In the field at six o'clock on Tuesday evening. At eight e'elock the following morning. be missed the two sheep, and about half an hour afterwards discovered their skins, which had been thrown into a ditch.—The prisoners were fully committed for triaL Joseph Ludlow. Ass 'Taylor, who has been several times examined on charges of horse-stealing, was aril* brought up on Saturday, and re-examined on suspicion of having biren concerned in steaUog four horses from Mr. Batten, of Brickwall, Hertfordshire — a rob bery for which a man named Harper was executed several months ago.—lie was remanded for further examination. QUIIIIN-SQUARE. • An anicted man, named John Armstead, came before the sitting Magistrates at this Once, to complain of the maltreatment he had exPeriateed from his son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Cooper, on Sunday, the 19th ult. Complainant. on that puticular day, was in Cooper's gartien, who is an eminent bird fancier, at Knightsbridge, when the defendant thought proper to (laurel With the complainant's mode of digging. The consequence of the quarrel was, that the defend anti who is young and powerful, Mot tied up the complainant's bands and feet, and afterwards kicked him in the aloud:, sod Otis% mately kit him for decd upon the ground. Mrs. Sarah Campion ea* Armstead while tied fast in 1" over's garden ; was crying out " minder" for an hour or orreestsis. Geo. 'Yates, servant to Cooper, said, that Armistead was drutat that morning at eight o'clnck, and that be struck Cooper first.. Mr. Gasoosta—lelo not believe, for, a moment, that Arinstesi was drunk. If you Übe your falter-in. - law in fnr *be saise . .nf Ohs- I rity ' it is what all the world will applaud you for; but yostarenot. upon that account, at liberty to tie his hands and lels,andlesue fYs in your garden for dead. You must And bail. Cooper—Find baill for what? t s't kt Mr. Gam:masa—For a violent and boutal assault ea pm beim in.law, Sir. Intelligence is brought by the Buenos Ayres M ail of the safe passage up the River Plate of the first body of settlers sent by the Rio Plata Agricultural A•socianien. in the ship Thalia, to their lauds in the Entre Rios,pass. ports having been granted by the Admiral of the blockading squadron for all vessels proceeding to that colony to pass n ithout interruption.. Very extensive works are now carrying en, at the mouth of Arundel river, ettending from the piers of Littlehampton, 900 feet into the sea, for the purpose of creating a greater depth of water in the bar-berm The quantity of strong and table beer Irewed in Erg land and Scotland, from July, 1824, to July, 1825, by public brewers and victualler', amounted to 8,392,647 barrels ; of which only 50,198 were cep( rted. COURT Of ILEQUaSTS FOR SOUTRWARK......A new and commodious Court-house, erected for this coaarnission, in Swan-street, near Trinity Church, Newiugtor, was on Tuesday last opened for the convenience of the very large population included within the jurisdiction cf the Court. The event was celebrated in the evening by a dinner, at Three Tuns Tavern, Southwark. A brutal murder was committed -at Preston, on the night of Saturday se'nnight, on the person ofJobn S:mr rock, a poor labovring man, residing at Radburn, near Chorley. The deceased, who was working in Preston. left a public-house there about ten o'clock on Saturday night, in company with Peter Thorp, a weaver, at New Preston, with the intention of proceeding home; and it seems that when passing down Stanley-street, something occurred to occasion a (panel between them, when Thorp struck the deceased a dreagful blow ca the temple, which brought him to the grosnd, and not coo-- tent with this, he gave him several severe kicks; on being remonstrated with by a woman who happened to be present, he said that if he bad not killed him already, he would do so, and thereupon gave the poor man another most violent kick in the bowels. When he was taken up from the ground, the vital spark had &J. On Monday an Lnquest was held upon the body, and ' the Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Thorp, who has net been heard of since he committed the dreadful deed. The poor man has left a oife and four small children to deplore his loss.--aockport Ad. ;Valium, illorfee, alias (Jollies, one of the smugglers taken in L'hugene, French lugger, by Lieut. Appleby, of the Scorpion, on the 7th ult. has been recognised as an old offender, having been convicted of a brutal as 'souk on Lieut. H. P. Dicken, of the Susses Co Est blockade, whose arm he broke with a bludgeon, and'foc this offence*as sentenced to two years imprisonmeat in Lewes gaol, whence he effected his escape to France. The specimens of Natural History brought Lome ia the BLONDE, collected by a naturalist sent out in that vessel for the purpose, are intended for the Baiisi b Museum, and consist of gellogical specimens, roomed from several places at which the BL' , NDE touched, 'to gether with a few specimens of silver and copper• Ore from Coquimbo, Chili, and a specie en of - tungstat. from New South Shetland; also an interesting sei i, s of volcanic rocks, lava, and sulphur, from the Galapagos, and from the interior of the crater of the volcano Pali, in Owhylree. There are above 100 varieties of birds. chiefly from the Chili, with a few from the Sandwl:ich, and other islands in the Pacific. Insects, shells, and marine subjects from the coast of America and Sand wich Islands, con•titute the remainder of the collection. Two live condors from Chili; the vulture of the Andes, male and female, died on the passage home. _ The expression " As drunk as David's sow," is said to have originated in the following ludicrous circum stance:— One David Lloyd, a Welshman. who kert a public-house at Hereford, had a living sow with sit legs, which was greatly res'rted to by the curious. He had a wile too, somewhat addicted to drunkenness, foe which he used sometimes to give her due correction.— r One day, David's wife having drunk too much, and being Tearful of the consequences, turned out the sow and took. posse,sian of the sty to sleep herself sober. A company corning in the meantime to see the %ler*, David ushered them to the sty, exclaiming " there's a sow for you! did any of you ever see such another r all the time imagini% the sow had really been them ; to which some of the party, seeing the state die woman was in, replied, it was the drunkenest sow they bad ever beheld—whence the woman was ever afterwards called David's sow. A fatal accident happened on the afternoon of the dth instant,at the chain suspension bridge erecting over the Tweed, between Melrose and GattonsiCe. James .Dickson, one of the contractors, when in the act of ad justing. a stone fur laying on one of the piers, lost hes balance and fell to the ground, carrying the stone aloft with him, which falling on hit forehead killed him. In Madrid people do pot enter the shops of the apothe caries; but knock at a glass wicbat. maims their demand, reeeissoabe drug, which is prepared for thaw inside, sod pay for it IbreitS 6 the opening. BIALTHS. The 22d instant, at Shooteri.hly, the Lady of Sir Thomas Was. Blomeheld, Bart. of a son. The 20th instant, at Brighton, the Lady of Lieut..Colonol Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. of a son. MARRIF.D. At Knock, in Sky, on the ist instant, the Rev. John Macrae. 'Minister of Glenshiel, to Jarnesina Fraser, youngest daughter of Norman Macleod, Rm. DIED. Tuesday, at Canterbury, Lieutenant-Colonel James, In the 62.41 /ear of his age. March n, at his father's bona% Nottisighatn, aged 45, the Rev. J. H. Maddock, M.A. Incumbent of Trinity Church, Hudder)firld, and formerly 'Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. 'fhe 17th •invent, at Bath, in his 75th year, the Rev. Pions: Leman, of W.nhaston, Suffolk. MAILS—THIS DAL • it. billt. 1 1 I !rasa * 0 I Hamburg! 0 1 I Flanders 0 1 Brazil I 1 0 America • 0 L.ward Islands 1 0 BUOllolAyits Dublin Waterford Guernsey and Jamey Lisboa Gottenburgb Malta Holland 1 0- 1 0 1 0 ' o 0 o 0 0 O 0 HIGH, W ATEA M LON DOltilit I Deg TO- 1,4 011 ltu $. 4 . 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