Star. — London, England, 1826-10-24 00:00:00

Ir THE MURDERS NEAR LEATHERHEAD. On Friday last, Bennett, the man residing in the next honse to that recently inhabited by John Akehurst and his housekeeper, at Fetcham, underwent an exami• nation before the Rev. Mr. Bolland, in consequence of his daughter, a little girl between 12 and 13 years of age, having, in the course of a conversation with an individual named Jefferies, who was formerly butler in the service of Mr. Justice Park, dropped several hints respecting.the conduct of her father and mother on the night of the murders, that were of such a nature as to cut considerable suspicion against her parents of having some knowledge of the dreadful events that took place in the next cottage to the one in which they reside.—.- The result of the inquiry on the occasion was, the dis charge of the man, the Magistrate conceiving that he was not implicated in the murders. It has been ascer tained since, and is now considered at Fetcham a very extraordinary fact, that- Bennett, who is reported to baste been at work some little distance from his resi• dente in the fields, on the Friday morning, upon hearing that Akehurst and his housekeeper had been murdered, did not quit his employment, or betray any surprise or horror on being apprised of the dreadful circum stances. On his return home, however, in the evening, notwithstanding his having been assured of the per petration of the murders of his old neighbours and ac • quaintances, he did not evince a desire to see the bodies, or visit the cottage, and actually, as the writer has been given to understand, kept away from a scene that every other person within five miles visited, in consequence of the diabolical murders that had so recently taken place , there. On the morning of the interment, however, Bennett proceeded, for the first time, to the cottage since the perpetration of the murders, and assisted in carrying the bodies to the grave. Since the last examination, it appears that so much suspicion attaches itself to his whole conduct subsequent to the murders, that several of the Magistrates resident in the neighbourhood, not satisfied•of his innocence, have determined that a more strict investigation should take place into the whole of the circumstances, and yesterday was accordingly ap pointed for that purpose. Yesterday the Bev. Mt. Rolland was at Union Hall police-office, and bad along interview, in the private room, with the sitting Ma gistrate, on the subject of the late murders at Fetcham. The retreat of Mary Aytes and William Page, the man with whom she cohabits, has not yet been discovered, notwithstanding the exertions of the officers during the past week. Tuesday, a rumour got abroad that a woman, wife of John Kerr, rigger, residing in Stirling Close, open shore, had just been found dead in bed, under circum stances which led to the suspicion that she had come to her death by unnatural means. In consequence a pro fessional Gentleman was called in, and the first inspec tion of the body having strongly confirmed the above suspicion, the husband of the unfortunate woman was taken into custody, in a short time thereafter, by the Procurator Fiscal, and a party of officers. On Wednes day and yesterday a precognition was gone into by the Sheriff substitute. It appears that Kerr and his wife, though married about thirty years, lived on indifferent terms with each other, and both being of irregular habits, their quarrels, which generally ended in blows, were frequent. Early on the morn. ing of Tuesday, they were known to have bad an altercation, and Kerr says, that during the forenoon, he reproved his wife for being intoxic iced, and threw her upon the bed ; and afterwards, having no work, laid down himself. It however appears, that his wife was seen out of doors subsequently to this period. About two o'clock in the afternoon, a boy belonging to the neighbourhood, attracted by some noise, looked in at the wicket of the window in Kerr's house, and saw him beating his wife, who lay prostrate on the floor, appa rently incapable of resistance. The weapon he used was a barrel stave, which was afterwards found in the house. A young woman, to whom the boy men. tioned what he had seen, looked in also, and afterwards made a noise at the door, to intimidate the husband from his barbarous proceedings. Shortly afterwards, it would appear that Kerr went out, and returned with a sister of the deceased, to whom he communicated that he was afraid his wife, then lying extended in bed, was dead, which proved in fact to be the case. On the surgical examination of thedeceased, several wounds, chiefly on the head, were discovered, and of these one on the right temple, sufficient to occasion death. Kerr, since his apprehension, stoutly persists in denying that he was accessory to the melancholy fate of his wife Greenock Advertiser, Oct. 20. A child at Dundee, whose gums were scarified to aid the teething, died horn loss of blood on the seventh day after the operation. Wednesday being the titular day of St. Luke, was selected as the appropriate day for the new Gothic Church, of the parish of Frimley, near Blackwater Military College, to be opened for Divine Service, and a sermon was preached on the occasion by the Rev. H. T. AUSTIN, M.A. the perpetual Curate of Bentley, and Minister of Farnham and a more impressive see mon was never delivered on any similar occasion by any divine, with greater eloquence or animation. Sr. MARYS CHURCH.—Thursday se'nnight the foun dation stone of the intended edifice was laid by the Countess of Surrey, in the commodious piece of ground on the south side of Sheffield, and which, including the site of the Church and cemetery, was the munificent do nation of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk. The con course of spectators was immense—there being probably 15 or 20,000 persons on the spot. Besides the Earl and Countess of Surrey, there were present at the ceremony Lord Fitzalan, and his brother Lord E. Howard, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord Dundas, Hugh Parker, Esq. &c. SCARBOROUGH. —Monday se'nnight an assemblage of the Subscribers to the proposed New Church, in that town, took place at the Town Hall. They walked in procession to the parish church of St. Mary, where an appropriate sermon was preached by the Vicar; after which they proceeded to the site of the intended build ing, when the ceremony of laying the first stone was per lot med by the Rev. Jona Klee, M.A. Vicar of Scarborough. A vast concourse of persons attended, all anxious to gain a sight of the interesting spectacle. A Schoolmaster, who resides within ten miles of Taunton, having by his exertions in the school-room, last Wednes day afternoon, made himself rather thirsty, opened his desk to refresh himself with an apple which be bad not long before deposited there. To his disappointment it was `one; conjecturing that his wife, who had jut been there, bad purloined it, he instantly dis patched to her the following ; Your mother Eve an apple stole, But ate it not alone ; She gave a part to that dear soul, Of whom she was the bone. I'd have sny Eve at least as kind, I therefore beg, dear madam, You wiU another apple find, And wad it to your Adam. BUCKS MICHAELMAS SESSIONS, OCT. 19. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM took the Chair about twelve o'clock, and was suppotaed by a very fall at tendance of the Magistracy of the County. NUTTING. _ George Bragden, John Farmer, Frederiat Botterill, Fred. Holland, Thomas Holland, 6eo. Hutchins, Sabwel Pittam, John Dwakky, Thomas Waith, Samuel Ball, Geo. Chapman, Edw. Spencer, and Edw. Spencer, jun. having surrendered to their bail,were arraigned on an in dictment charging them with a riot at Akeley Wood on the 4th of September last : three other counts charged them with three distinct assaults on the Rev. William Cotton Risley ; and a fifth count charged them with assaniting Wm. O.bo•ne, a con table, aad rescuing Samuel Pittam and Samuel Ball from his custody. The defendants in this case were the persons who per. sisted in nutting in woods belonging to the New Col lege, Oxford. When the defendants had been ar raigned) and before the Jury were charged, the Chair man observed, that it was evident that much of the offence with which they had been charged arose from misunderstanding and misconception respecting certain rights. If their trial took place it might increase that misunderstanding, and it would be for them to consi der, therefore, whether it would not be best for them to plead Guilty, and throw themselves on the mercy of the Court. The prisoners, having conferred with their Attorney, pleaded 'Guilty, and Mr. Buoit, who was Counsel for them, immediately addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment. He nbierved, that the defendants had acted on a notion that they had a right of nutting; they now found that they had no such right. They were in respectable sta tions of life, and Botterill had served in the Yeomanry of the. County under his Grace. They were now before the Court to receive the penalty of their offence, and he trusted that it would be lenient. The CHAlRMAN—Defendants, you seem in this in stance:to have acted under the impression that you had a tight to go into the woods to gather nuts, like many of those who go into the fields to glean. The law allows no such right in either one case or the other—a fact 01 which, as far as regards nutting, you must be convinced by what has taken place. It is by permission of the proprietor alone that his woods and fields can be legally entered for the purpose of nutting or gleaning, and if he finds his sheaves stolen or his woods injured, he has the power to withhold the indulgence. If your trial had gone on your offence would have been visited much more heavily upon you than it will now bet you have listened to the suggestions of the Court, and I know that I speak the sentiments of the Gentleman on my left hand (Mr. Risley was standing by his Grace), when I recommend that the Counsel should confer and sta.e to the Court the conclusion to which they have come. The result was, that Mr. Dovea, who was engaged for the prosecution, having spoken to Mr. Bligh, stared to the Court that they had agreed the defendants should be liberated on entering into recognizances to keep the peace. The Court accordingly ordered them to enter into recognizances of 401. each to keep the peace for three years towards all his Majesty's subjects, and espe• cially towards Mr. Risley, Thomas Winrerbourne, and William Osborne, the woodmen. Dr. Br Ito ' ibout 60 A. Brinkley, now litsitup of wr , is aL years of age, was born at Woodbridge, and under the protection lithe late Rev. Mr. Harrison, was placed in die Academy of Mr. Tilney, at Harleston, where he !made a great proficiency in his mathematical studies. —From this school he was removed to Cahn College, Cambridge, and upon taking his degree in 1788 he at tained the distinguished honour of Senior Wrangler, which had already been bestowed on the late learned Professor of Astronomy, S. Vince, also a pupil of Mr. Tilney. The University of Dublin having need of a person of first rate talent to fill the chair of Astronomy there, Mr. Brinkley was selected for that important si tendon, where be succeeded in gaining that increased reputation and renown whit)) has led to his recent ap oointment to the valuable Bishopric of Cloyne. Tuesday, as Charles I'hellusson, Esq. of l3rodsworth, Yorkshire, was on his way from Ingoldisthorpe, to Sir ,Richard Wilson's, his gun went off unexpectedly in the phaeton, and the contents passed through the fleshy part of his right arm, between the wrist and the elbow, miss ing the bone by a hair's breadth. It is a painful wound, but it is hoped not dangerous. Buav, OCTOBER 20.—Monday as Mr. JARDINE, Of Wixoe, near Clare, with a friend, was coming to Bury, when near Glemsford the pony in their four-wheel carriage became vicious, and kicking violently, they limped out, when Mr. JARDINE injured himself so severely that he died on Wednesday night. He was at the Ball on Friday evening ; and, from this untie. paced event, as the animal was nearly 20 years old, and consideted pat titularly quiet, is this Gentleman, in the prime of life, lot to his family and fr ends. A meeting of operatives was held at Bradford on Tuesday, at which Petitions to Parliament for the repeal of the Corn Laws were agreed to. FlRL—Saturday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, the inmates of Somerset House Coffee house, Strand, were put into considerable alarm by the appear. ince of a body of flame in an apartment on the second Arm, which threatened to reduce the whole building to ruins. Fortunately, however, the persons in the house succeeded in keeping the flames from spreading, by re peated applications of water, till the arrival of several firemen, who ultimately extinguished them, but not before the furniture, bedding, &c. were either totally consumed or rendered unfit for use. It would appear that the fire originated by alighted candle being placed too near the bed curtains, which ignited, and soon en veloped the whole room in flames. Early on Monday se'nnight, a mare worth 1911. the property. of Mr. Timothy Ingham of Bradford, was poi soned whilst in a stable, at Hall-Ings, in that t rwn, by some ill-disposed person undiscovered. About 2/ 1 oz. of mercury was found in the stomach of the mare after being opened. Friday last, while the Star of Leith, Archibald Kirk. ham, master, was coming down Loch Lochy, a fine young man 18 years of age, Thomas Walkerley, sup posed to be from Darnton, near Shields, was precipitated from the chains, and was drowned. Hearses erected in the church were anciently com mon, and according to Du Cange, the term signified a candlestick, furnished with different lights, and erected at the head of a cenotaph. We are tad, that about the time of EDWARD 111. began the use of hearses, com posed entirely of wax lights, called cadre &kris (keep of grief). Hearses ever the grave for a continuance, and with lights, occur long before and after. As to move able hearses, they were of different forms, and not of so early an origin.. So late as the time of Cumming 11. at the. burial of a Peer, the body was borne on men's shoal ders from the hearse to the grave. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Unwnosssosts FlSH.—James Saunders, jun. George Harris, Thomas Ingram, Henry Venn, and Mr. Hughes, fish salesmen, of Billingsgate, appeared before the LORD Maros, to answer the com plaint of Mr. Goldham, the superintendent of the market, who charged them with having sold unwholesome fish. Mr. Guldhani bas been recently appointed to the office, and having perceived that all sorts of fish were sold in the market, as openly as if they were Under no restrictions as to the quality, Or as if the law made no dis tinction between what was good and what was bad, he thought it necessary to interfere in behalf of the public. He seised a cond. derable quantity of fish at the stall of Mr. Hughes. He seized at the different stands of the defendants, about three bushels of sole, twenty-four brills, two turbots, and, on the whole, about five bun. dyed weight of fish that was absolutely unwhok►ome.—Ali the salesmen declared unanimously, that it was unnecessary to have the fish brought in and examined ; it was bad, very bad, there could be no doubt of it.—Mr. Goldham said, it absolutely stunk. The LORD Mayors asked where, and in what mode, such fish was disposed of by the retailers? Could purchasers really be found for it when it was in such a condition? )fr. Goldham said, the poor Irish Catholics were the chief con sumers. They would eat fish of almost any sort. There was a set of low dealers who were great adepts in concealing the defects of stale fish, and by certain tricks often got rid of the worst commodity. Sometimes they redden the gills of stale fish with blood, so as to make them look of a bright red colour, like those of fresh fish. They also cover stale fish with the slime of fresh fish ; and they have been known even to scoop out the dull eyes of fish that have been a long time dead, and replace them by the eyes of fresh fish, Which appear brightand captiVating—(laughter). Mr. Saunders, and the other fish salesmen, declared that they by no means wished to sell fish of this description; but that so long as one sold it, they must sell it too. If there were a general regu lation adopted, to prevent the sale of it, they, individually, ex pressed their willingness to conform to it. If one sold fish of a dubious character, he would get more commissions from the cor respondents than those who Were, what the owners might consider, fastidious. It would not do for one salesman to object, or be too critical, as to the qualities of fish, since it would be construed into a disinclination to sell. It often happened, too, that the vessels Were unexpectedly detained ; that delay occurred in consequence of tricks of the mattet, with which their correspondents were not aware. The Loss MAYOI acquiesced in the suggestion of the adoption of a general rule, and, as Such, gave directions that all fish of this de scription should in future be seized without distinction, and that proceedings should be taken to reviver penalties from those who sold it. He would not now inflict penalties, or do more than condemn the fish seised to be destroyed. His Lordship asked Mr. Goldhain whether he got rid of the fish by throwing them into the Thames? Mr. Goldham replied, not by throwing them in from the Wharfs, for then the " mud larks" would fish them up again, and it would soon be abroad in the streets as fresh and siund. He caused a boat to be loaded with it, and emptied it at the centre arch of London Bridge. The Loan Maros. approved of this method. The Salesmen inquired whether Mr. Goldham might not seise and destroy the fish himself, without any further notice? The Loan MAYOR replied in the affirmative. The Salesmen appeared satisfied with this intimation, which will, IS we understood it, render it unnecessary for them to come before a Magistrate. Mr. Milton ' the owner of a smack, in the course of the discus • lion, said be h ad been assured by fishermen, that soles were often kicked about the deck for a week, and were better than when first caught. GUILDHALL. James and Joseph tokr, Christopher Sims, and Belliamid Saberton, Were charged with creating a disturbance In the Southcottlan Meet ing Room, No. 4, Smithfield, on Sunday afternoon. Sibley the Preacher, and two of his congregation stated, that for many Sun days, the prisoners and others had annoyed them. They c.ime there, 'not to disseminate between truth and error, but to plunder • for, in a fray on Sunday week, one member was robbed of kis gol d watch and seals, and another of a half-guinea pocket handkerchief. On Sunday last, James Tyler made audible observations on the Semen!, and when desired by a member to leave the place, he used some oaths and resisted. The Preacher descended, and being equally disregarded, he seized James. Saberton rescued him; but Saberton himself was taken. The others were apprehended when they came to speak in behalf of Saberton that minting. James pretended to faint, but when the insurrection in the Chapel had sub sided, and he found himself eresticated, be got op, and ran off. The prisoners said, Sibley retailed most ridiculous stuff from the pulpit. He said he was John the Baptist, sent from Heaven ; that at the coming of the Milkniunt children would be born in the old. fashioned way--u mother would feel no surprise, uptln awakening in the morning, if she untspectedly found a female sucking at her breast. At this description, James Tyler's sweetheart burst into a laugh. A member said he would turn her out. James replied she should not brill-used, and the Parson, rushing down amongst them, called the woman a whore, and seised James, crying, " ll—n your e• p:, fight me—fight me Isere" (the middle of the Chapel). So saying, the 'Preacher knocked him under a form, where he was dreadfully kicked and beaten. All the prisoners were beaten and kicked down stairs. Sir Joism Praises said, that whit the ridiculousness of their doc trines he had nothing to do. He was bound to take care, when people mot for devotion, they should not be disturbed. The pri soners were ordered to find bail. BOW-STREET. Chapman., a young man of rather decent appearance, was placed at the bar on suspicion of having feloniously obtained a piece of scarlet cloth, containing about six yards Abrahams, one of the Holywell.atreet clothes-salesmen, stated that on Saturday evening last, the prisoner came into his hop, of ' frring for sale the piece of cloth now produced. lie-offered it for 15s. but finally consented to part with it fur 9s. Witness offered him 6s. for the cloth ; but suspecting it to have been stolen, he sent for an officer, and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in his defence said, that he had been, until lately, in a Gentleman's service as groom, and that he lived at Ball's Pond, from which place he was proceeding to Holborn, on Saturday, for the purpose of redeem .ng an umbrella from pawn, when he was accosted near Hutton-garden, by a tall dark-featured man who proposed that he should carry the piece of scarlet cloth which he held in his hand, and offer it for sale in Hollywell-street, for 15s. and that be should have ss. for his trouble. The man, be said, appointed to meet him on his return at the Pillars, in Holborn. Mr. HALLS, in remanding the prisoner to Wednesday, observed, that in noticing cases like the present, the newspapers were often very useful; and he hoped, that by postponing the case until that day, an owner would in the mean time be found for the cloth, which must have been stolen, as it appeared to be worth considerably mere than the sum for which the prisoner had offered it for sale. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday, Doctor John Bradley, of John-street, Berkeley-square, was charged with having assaulted James Peters, a watchman. The complainant stated that the Doctor came up to him about one o'clock that morning, and asked him why he was not in his box? Witness told him that he was ordered by the Watch Com mittee not to sit in his box when the weather was fine. The de fendant insisted that it was his duty to be in the box, and ordered him to take his station there without delay. On his refusing to do so, the Doctor collared him, and shook a stick over his head, and bad hint taken to the watch-house, for what he termed a neglect of duty. Philip Sullivan, a watchman, deposed that he was called by the defendant, and ordered to take the last witness into custody. He refused ; the Doctor then called a third watchman, named Bartlett, and insisted on his taking witness and the complainant to the watch. house. Banlett said he would not only take the watchman, but he should take the Doctor also. The defendant denied having assaulted the watchman, and stated that as he was returning to his house, about twenty minutes before one, after visiting a skis child, be perceived two suspicions charac ters looking over the rails of the area, and as his house had been twice broken into lately, he went to inform the watchman of the two men whom be had seen lurking about his house • but be could not find him, although be walked up and down th e street live or six times. As be was returning to his house, he espied the own plainant, seated in a comfortable recess in a corner of the Mews, which is near the defendant's house, and he was convinced that be was asleep. He had him taken to the watch-house, as he considered that he had been guilty of a breach of his duty. The complainant positively denied having been asleep when the Doctor first saw him in the Mews. Mr. Roe told the defendant that he was sure he bad acted In ignorance of the law When he gave charge of the watchman ; but as the assault was sworn to, he must require him to enter into his own recognizance to answer the charge, in cue the watchman might think proper to proceed further In the matter. The Doctor complied with the Magistrate's order, and then left the office. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday John Harvey, charged Mat Smith and Sarah Wardell, with an assault and robbery• DIED. At Glasgow, on the 18th instant, by accidentally falling down a stair, Mr. James Eddie, spirit.cleakr, High-set-mu ctober 1, at the Glette-house of Eirke, in the 75th year of hie age, the Rev. John liagshot Ridge. The tev. Gentleman had been Rector and Vicar of Eirke for forty-four years, and Rector of Gowran for thirty.one years. October 16, at his lodgings in Dublin, Lieut. George Lephm, R.N. aged 35 years. 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Are. 1, Pic.irit-Place, Theeple•Ban Mr. Harvey deposed, that on Saturday eight, about half.paiu eleven o'clock, he accidentally met Ellen, whom be previously h a d I known, in Tothill-street, and whom he proposed to escort hom e . After they had remained in company for a short time, differ ences arose between themselves, when Mary Warden with three othe rs came up stairs, taking part with Ellen, and iU using the complain. ant. At this moment Ellen accused him of deceiving her, and insisted, on his giving her more money; on his refusing, the four women held him down upon the floor, while Ellen took from hist one half sovereign and two shillings. They afterwards took up the fire tongs, struck him about the held, and so bruised one of his arms that he could hardly lift it up. They also gave him two black eyes. But not content with this, after robbing and beating him, they absolutely threw hint down stairs, so as nearly to break his neck, and then pushed him out of doors. Mr. Gamma—Should you know all the women again if you saw them ? Witness—Yes, your Worship, I think I should. Mr. Gamma= to the watchman—Then go and arrest every one of them direetly.—The prisoners were then remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. R. and T. Morton, and C. Freestone, were put to the bar on sus• pinion of being concerned in the murders at Leatberhead. The prisoners, it appeared, went into the Two Brewers public. house in Bunhill-row, on Saturday night, where a person was read. lag the account of the murders in a Newspaper which Freestone said he did not distinctly hear, and requested to paper, the Paper, in which he read the account to himself. Some wiseacres then put several questions to them, which not being answered to their satis faction, they gave charge of them all, and they were d e t a i ne d t ill yesterday, when they were brought before Mr. Tinto's°, when their innocence was so clearly manifested, that the Magistrate die. charged them. lamenting the inconvenience they had been put to by the folly of two or three wrongbeads. Dr. Johnson has not supplied a single example of the use of the word to smoke (as of tobacco,) from any classic author; from which some of the enemies of that weed have chosen to denounce the very allusion to it as a •ulgarism too coarse for polite and perfumed lips. But Addison, and he is an elegant author, says, "Sometimes I smoke of Child's, and, whilst I seem attentive to no thing but the postman, overhear the conversation of every table in the room." Modern naturalists generally, and among them the celebrated Cuvie', have rejected the notion of the toad's being venomous, as a vulgar prejudice or superstition; but it has received confirmation from Sir Humphry D.ivy, who found, on dissection and analysis, venomous matter contained in follicles in the cutis vera, and round the head, and even upon the etttemities. Sksau. Tauts--Every Gentleman, desirous of popttw latity among the Lidies, should have an extensive knowledge of trifles, and a ready talent of expressing himself on subjects orlittle moment. Conversation in large parties, and even in social circles, turns mostly upon such topics, and he who cannot discuss the merits of the last novel, or display his eloquence on the newest fashion in dress, makes but a sorry appearance. I pity the man that cannot talk nonsense. When the Comedy of the Clandestine Marriage was first pat intb rehearsal, Mr. GARRICK intended to have played Lord Oglebg himself, but not feeling perfectly At home, he assigned the character to honest Toss Kiva, whose excellent performance of it laid the found ation for the various imitators from his time to the present day. He was also the original B&our, in the West Indian, Sir Peter Teazle, Pailf, in the Critic. Ike: KING was possessed of many amiable qualities, but un fortunately for himself was fond of playing off, as well as on the stage, and was in general unsuccessful at the gaming-table. ate night he returned home at a late hour, and in a state of agitation called to Mrs. KING immediately to bring him the Bible. Mrs. KING, who was much alarmed, replieJ, 4 . Lord, my dear Tom, in deed "have no such thing in the house.' 4 1 Then," ex claimed the impatient Comedian, .. send the servant instantly to the public•house, and borrow one." Bible Societies were not then established, but the good land lady having recently become a disciple of John Wesley, she was enabled to comply with the request. Kinn, who had that evening won a considerable stim of money, seized the Bible out of the servant's hand, and swore that he would never again stake a single guinea at hazard; but alas! gamestets', like lovers' oaths, are made to be broken. A few nights after, poor KING. forgetting that lie had " an oath in Heaven," entered 'a rookery (a hell of the present day), and in an evil hour was soon plucked as clean as a pigeon, not only of his late winnings, but also of several guineas in addition. MARRIED. Wednesday, at Eothweli Castle, Major Moray &idiot, of Antioch, to the Hon. Frances Elisabeth, daughter of Lord Douglas, of Douglas. ,