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when First Lieutenant to Sir J. Brenton, was allowed to receive the Order of St. Ferdinand, for an action fougl t in the Bay of Naples, he being then First Lieu ten•lnt. The First Lieutenant of Sir Francis Freemantle's sbio received another upon the capture of Trieste; and ether instances may be produced of First Lieutenants receiving Orders when the Captains were on board in action. There is a belief that the Admiralty does not allow officer to accept of Orders, which are not in ac cordance with the rank they hold; for it sometimes hap pens that Foreign Governments are not aware of the comparative distinctions of rank in our service. This, liev-ever, every sensible individual will see has nothing to do with the charges which Sir Edward has trumped Morning Chronicle. CAPIT Lce. recir.—" Doctors ever differ"— *ti.= said.—lt rarely occurs that statesmen do other ,v,s. upon subjects of importance ; but, whatever be tho question, it cannot fail to be highly gratifying to the nation at large, to be informed from good authmity, that the Cabinet Ministers of this flourish ing country have, for once in a century, unani mously adopted a proposed measure : for at a most secret discussion in Downing-street, recently, a Mem ber of the National Patriarchal Club lamented, that while poor St. Stephen was groaning in solitude, for want of their wise animated roarings during the ad journments—they divided in small parties to different country seats or castles, instead of—as was their duty— recreating, en mane, and thereby combining, the utile cum duke, by, in a body comparing notes, and concocting measures to preserve, if possible, the stately edifice of constitutional purity in all branches—for, he felt, that there existed but one opinion in that cud de sacque Downing-street—upon all patriotic questions : however they might differ as to talent and competency, when can didates for the reward pecuniary of their respective offices. lie then proposed, that before the opening of the en suing Sessions (not the Old Bailey) they should retire, as Juries do—in undivided body ;—and, like them, re gardless of local splendour--to a spot, where they might not only discuss unmolested, but devise some information by the inspiration of a borrowed spirit from the name of the place—as the Lake of Como, for example, is well cal culated for night thoughts—inspired by the recollection that Youso selected that beauteous spot for the subject ; he therefore submitted that their contemplations and doctrines would be materially aided, by retiring for seven days to the DEVIL'S PUNCH Bowl. ! It was carried— sub silentio--nem. con. At a perplexing period of the existing Administration, Mr. P. was pressed to his trumps, by an intimation from the it martial Leader, that his concession to the tremen dous unconstitutional demands of the Sister Kingdom, might subject him to universal censure for inconsistency cf opinion—as he had ever previously declared, he never would accede to the measure ;—or want a due and tenacious preservation of Protestant ascendancy. Mr. P., thus alarmed, and desirous to be prepared with an able and cordial successor to his ate-des-afaires, suggested to Lord L. that he would fain proceed forthwith to secure to his Lordship the exalted important office. His Lordship briefly and humorously replied—" My dear friend, I thank you for the compliment, but I should despair of success, for I feel totally incompetent to con duct an old dry-rotted, breaking-down machine, and to drive a unicorn of three old broken-winded mules—the leader so enormously swollen by over feeding that the slightest check of the curb, at a moderate parliamentary legislative pace, would inevitably burst him—and the near, or sinister wheeler—now but skin and bone—must necessarily fall, and the sole management of the tottering vehicle be left to the discretion of the dexter, or off wheeler, who is the cause of its decay, for he is so restive, that the soundest judgment is unavailiug on the part of the driver. NARROW Esc s pe.—On Saturday evening last Lady BEca wirr, sister of the Marquis Of QUEENSBERRY, with her daughter and a maid, had a narrow escape from being drowned in crossing the River Annan. They had been in Dumfries in the course of the day, and reached the boat about seven in the evening. The river was a great deal swollen from the previous rain, but the boat-keeper did not apprehend the least danger or diffi culty in crossing, and the Ladies, with carriage and horses, were safely got on board the bout s ; they had not proceeded far, however, when the rope across the river, by which the boat is towed from one side to the other, either broke or slipped over the head of the pole against which it runs, and all controul lost over it by the boat man. The boat began to descend the river with all on board, but fortunately it was observed by a young gen tleman of the name of WRIGHT,who instantly launched the small boat at the boat-house rowed rapidly towards the ferry-boat, and Lady and Miss Becaw ITT, with the maid, were safely landed and reached home.---(Dum fries Journal, Sept. 8.) AMERICAN FROLICS.—The Augusta Courier, a paper published at that city in Georgia, gives the follow ing letter, dated the 23d of July, describing a roughish scene, for one of amusement, that befel the Governor of Georgia, on his passing through Sparta, a town in New Jersey, on his return to his own state. Governor For syth is at present in our city. In coming down, we are informed, he narrowly escaped the effects of Mob Law in Sparta. A row, which is a frequent amusement there, was in full blast, as his Excellency drove up to the hotel —pistols, swords, and dirks were the playthings. One gentleman lost a finger by a bullet, and was then knocked down by his antagonist with the butt of the pistol, while others ran up, and were preparing to cut short the sport by their dirks. At this moment the Governor rushed through the crowd to vindicate the laws, and save the fallen from impending fate. All were too busy to recog nize the Majesty of the Law in the person of the Chief Magistrate, and his Excellency, therefore, was collared, and threatened with the dirk, before his antagonist was made sensible he had " caught a Tartar." TIIE AMERICAN DIALECT.—WhiIe they are estab lishing infant schools in the United States, it would be as well if they did not forget that some of the adults need schooling too, if what the Milledgeville Record( r says be true : " We have only to look around us, and hear the language of many of our male and female acquaint ance, even tmtorg those who pride themselves on their gentility, and it will be acknowledged, that we are yet far from the mark. We hear the plural mixed with the singular, the third person singular employed with the pronoun of the second person plural, and so on. We hear the African construction and pronunciation of Eng lish language employed in speaking of the arts and sciences, and in descanting upon the merits of Byron, Walter Scott, or Cooper. This vicious pronunciation, as well as the African construction, of words, are se in terwoven with our habits, our ideas, and reflection, that men of literary pretensions, lawyers of eloquence and great flow of language, have employed them at the bar, and in the course of an argument of a warm discussion upon important legal and literary subjects." -- li l t": Nit .:, .., • "4 . il,Vl} . , '. -4 I . • ~%..s. "" iiLP . A . ift: 1 . N",e , ' (: \ :•;`.." 4. r r ',.) FOREIGN ORDERS. 1 )Ti? S '", j itigroWS% mistAke7 4B "o suppose that only Capti!ins i nre 111o , ved 'to receive Foreign Orders. Captain Wills, _ 1 ... . . • . . . .-.• . 11 . --.... .. 11a.verch.1 THE DAVY SAFETY LAMP. - _ A Correspondent has sent us the following Tables, for the purpose of show Wg that no benefit has been derived from the use of Davy's Safety Lamp. If we mistake not, some of the evi dence taken before the Select Committee of last Session, on the Coal Trade, di•eloses very sufficient reasons for the apparent !oedema, of that admirable invention. Ansoog these reasons, It was stated that workmen, relying en the %vanity to be de rived from the use of the " Safety Lamp," now worked mines in places where, without it, they would not have ventured to take a light, and that when accidents occurred, they meet have been *manned by the carelessness of the work men, who will sometimes uncover the lamp for the sake of having mare light. It was, we believe, admitted by some of the witnesses before the Committee, that this confidence, which the ate of the Safety Lamp inspired, coupled with the occasional Inattention in the management of it, led, on the whole, to as many exploqinns as were to be apprehended from the cautious manner in which mines were worked before this lamp was invented : Revolve of the Yaws of the Davy SAMT Lane, taking Ten Years before the Introduction of that Instrument, and Ten Years after it was introduced Into the Coal Mines of the Counties of Northumberland and Durham.—( ride Parliamentary Reports.) _ _ _ raox 1805 to 1816. Death.. No.l I 3 4 S a .. August—. 1814 7 8 a . 9 &piesloos. Death 5........ 284 nom 1817 70 1828. No. 1 2 3 4 . 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 11ay 1826 Is 19 19 Explosions Deaths.... 360 Ditto. 284 More than double the number of explosions, and excess of deaths se venty.slx. Last year (1828) there were three explosions, which caused twenty deaths. REFRACTION. In fine summer weather, when the ocean seems a cir cular sheet of glass. whose boundary is the horizon—when this beautiful liquid speculum receives a slight pulse from the stings pbere, a breath of breeze, as it were—that spot which receives it becomes ruffled and of a darker colour than the surface surround ing it ; the place seems furred, and is called by sailors a cat-skirt. Sometimes this spot seems circular, but often of an irregular form, and this figure attends over a great space of the deep, chielly by the undul lion; sometimes again it spreads not beyond the hori son, but leaves spaces of the surface smooth and clear as befute ; sometimes these breezes come in a longitudinal manner, and the mirror of the deep seems divided into beautiful stripes. When these move to the horizon or go beyond it ; or if a cl,ar white stripe seems near it, and the horizon in oat-skin stripe beyond it; then the horizon is uplifted to the spectator's eye, being reflected in this stripe of speculum ; and if there be a summer haze at the time, as there generally is, then this horizon is uplifted the higher. I have found it subtend an angle of many des grata; sometimes ten degrees, and again fifteen degrees, although the h.ight of the ship's quarter-deck above the water was taken at siateen feet, allowing about five miles and a half nr siz miles for the true distance. I have seen it seem above 100 feet high, and if viewed from the topmast, it did not seem much higher; indeed, I have sometimes found the appearance re duced by looking at it from the main-top. Ships b. tweets the ob. server and the clear stripe become double, but singularly so; one is above the other, the upper one bottom up, and their top-masts touching. But the length of their mast depends much on their si tuation, as also the sire of their hulls ; sometimes their hulls seem greatly magnified, their masts are shorter than they should be; again the reverse, if the bull seems in the clear stripe, the masts are then very long, as long as those of Bruce's Canje on the Nile. If the ships be beyond the real horizon. and no cat-skin horizon seen, then they are raised to the ridge of the clear white stripe, which looks like a belt of snow ; and here they are sometimes in their natural position, never double or bottom up, as in the former eve. Thus are Islanas and coasts which are distant 70 and 80, nay 100 miles, with all the ships in that space, brought up to view, the ocean beyond itself, and frequently magnified in dimensions ; little crags, or the sides of mountains, always seen duly perpendicular. When this haze becomes agitated, the scene runs into beautiful disorder; islands break into rocks and fragment; ships seem din. masted, and the masts appear standing severed from the bulls ; the bow-sprit leaves the bow, and stands out a huge arrow ; they then after a time unite. 'These things are seen to much perfection on the St. Lawrence great lakes. The haze when stated will disorder the object, but the grand speculum itself may be disordered, which is most likely, and thus cause the difference in the apparent scenery : from this the Flying Dutchman at the Cape may be accounted far. The at-skis Watson seems, in the rivers, running from bank to bank, like an elevated rail-road, or the most beautiful carriage-way ; one of Nature's optical bridges, as it were. Refraction, by elevating distant ob jects, may both delude and befriend mariners; at all events, it forms one of the most beautiful lake scenes that can be, and breaks the tedious monotony of azure waters. It is a camera-obscura on a large scale, with more variations than I can altogether account for, although this may be dome by more able observers, and dispel superstition, in a measure, front the very superstitious sailor. Pro bably those mirrors former( by clouds of thin white vapour. as area by travellers amongst the Harts Mountains of Germany, may proceed from the same cause.—Three Tears fa Canada. The opposition newspapers in Paris continue their tirades against the French Ministers. The Constitu tionnel is very angry with England, in which country, we understand, there have been great rejoicings, in con sequence of the failure of the French fleet at Algiers—s circumstance which will, we think, be news to our readers. We can assure them, on the best authority, that there is not the least chance of the French Ministry being changed, in spite of the clamour of the journals, and that they have pledged themselves to maintain peace in Eu rope.—Standard. On account of the Liverpool mail having been stopped by the flood at Small Bridge, Cheshire, we did not re ceive our Liverpool intelligence until an unusually late hour. We understand the letter-bags were forwarded by a post-chaise. It is said that another mail, supposed to be the Birmingham, has met with an accident from a flood on the road, and had 'been actually drifted down the stream, in consequence of which two inside passengers had been drowned. We trust this intelligence will turn en.t to be unfounded. We understand that James Adam Gordon, Esq. who lately announced himself as a candidate for the county of Somerset at the next election, has remitted, in conse quence of the unfavourable season, a quarter of a year's rent to his numerous tenantry in the hundred of Port bury, without any application from tlit.m. One loaudred and :;tty Aolicitorg were retuitkut on Saturday last by Mr. (io.don, to Le.:\: election for that county.—Bristol Mirror. We learn, from itel!sputable authority, that at a recent dinner-party at Windsor Castle, the KiNe•expreased to his Noble Guests his intention of shortly proceeding to Brighton. His MAJ EST Y purposes re m ai n i ng: at t hi a favourite watering-place fur the apace of six weeksi should , not his high odicial duties require his-MA.I EST presence in town at an earlier period.- Morning Paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING. MISCASTS'S, TIIVIIIIIIIIT NMI?. As yet there is nothing to induce • common observer to believe that any thing uncommon was going cm. Preparationti however. are "saltine in every quarter, and it is the common opinion here that this sleeting will at lea st equal the brilliant one of legit, sad that the sport will be in no degree inferior. Lord Chesterfield. one of the Stewards, means to give every possible eclat to his stew• ardship, having made arrangements to accommodate a lugs num ber of vi.itors on a wale of extraordinary magnificence. We have taken some pains to ascertain what horses had arrived, and are en abled to give the following correct list of those that are Dow i n various training stables turd Cleveland's Voltaire Tliddell's Lord Cleveland's Stotforth Mr. Watts's Dr. Oloymo Ir. Riiidall's Zodiac Lord Overloud's Tasiboir Lord Longford's Sir Hercules Mr. Forth's Frederick Mr. Watts's Marge Dina Mr. Houldswortb's Terror Mr. Houldaworth'e Lambtonian Mr. Forth's The Exquisite Mr. HouldswOrth'a Abel Mr. Gibbeonn's Lady Sarah Mr. Houltisworth's Vanish Mr. Gibbeson's blurphy Mr. Ilouldswonh's Durham Mr. Glhbe•on's Lady Betty Mr. Houldsworth's Deposit Mr. John Scott's Felt Mr. Houldsworth's Crescent,2 y. Mr. Petre's Apollonia Mr. liouldsworth'sTboresby,ny. Mr. Petre's Reginald Mr. Houldsworth's Fortitude Mr. Petre's Laura His Alajesty's•Fleur de Us Mr. Petre's Delphine Lord Chesterfield's Zinganee D. of Leeds's Rhodacautha colt Mr. T. 0. Powlett's Penhill D. of Leeds's Lady Mowbray Mr.T.O.Powlett's f. by J.Spigot D. of Leeds's Redstart Mr. T. 0. Powlett's sr. f. by Lord Scarbrough's Cambridge Young Phantom Lord Scarfs, ough's l'ilgarlic filly Lord Nuemanby's Ramat, Lord Rearbrougtes Cistercian 1.. d. Milton's Sister to Barataria Lord Keiburne's Georgiana colt Mr. Clifton's Don Jose Lord Kelburne's Actwon Mr. Heywt.od's Sandoval Lord Sligo's Canker, 2 yrs Mg. Earnshaves Elastic Lord Sligo's Brine, 2 yrs Mr. Baird's Ramona Ld. Sligo's Prince Eugene. 3 yrs Mr. Itichardenn's Hermoine Mr. ltiddell's Lawn Sleeves Mr. Nowell's itoundwaist Lord Fitswilliam's horses stand at his own stables, In the neigh. bourhood, and will come in when wanted. They consist of Hidalgo, Sister to Mulatto, Ballad Singer, Alaricioeta, Dora, Marcella, Mulatto, Me•!oro, Sister to Whiskerandos, and two or three others. Scott's lot will reach here to-morrow : they are Itowton, Clotilde, Brunswicker, Tyke, Donation. Netherby, Cobbler WI I, Juliana, Timour, Tartarina, Bolivar, Granby, and Muter Burke. The ilajor Is out of training, and is put up for the Derby. Ahogetlter there will be about 93 or 100 bones there. ABINGDON RACES, Serr. 10. A Sweepstakes of 2S Rms. each, for three yr. olds. One mile and a half. Mr. Sadler's Device - 1 Mr. liawlinson's Pet Mr. Meynell's b. f. by Godolphin 3 Mr. Dilly's Zeuzis bolted Sweepstakes of 30 says. each, for two-yr. olds. Mr. Sadier's sister to Dance 1 Mr. Blandy's Bivouac 2 Mr. Rawboson's Mrs. Brown 3 Mr. Maberly's Selus bolted Swerpst..kes of 50 soya. each, with 2.5 added. Two miles. Mr. Sadler's Challenger Mr. Dilly's Smillx Mr. Posey named Busk Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sews. each, with t.O added. Mr. Nlaberly's Howard, 3 yrs, Ser. lib. Mr. Goodlake's Geoffrey Crayon, 3 yrs. 84. 71k. Mr. Dundee's ch. c. let. 41b. A Free Handicap of 5 sore. each, with 50 added, was wun by Mr. Dilly's Zeuzis, 9st. 51b. breaks Iluby, 10st. 21b. and three others. The Tartar walked over for the Hunters' Stakes. NORTHAMPTON RACES —Sitcoms DAT. Sweepstakes of S sow. each, with 30 added, weight for age. Mr. Payne's Alcustor, 4 yrs s CoL %away named Ruselas. 4 yrs 9 9 Mr. Payne's Merman, 3 yrs 3 dr The Town Plate of 50gs. Heats. twice round. Mr. Payne's Merman, 3 yrs, Est. Sib. . 1 I Ld Mountcharles's Coronet. 4 yrs, est. elb.. Ld Tavistock's Leeway, 6 yrs, Sit 111 b.. LEICESTER RACES, Sin.. 9. Duke of Rutland's Oppidan walked over for the DraJgate Park Stakes. Handicap Plate of 50 saes. Heats, a mile and distance. 31r. Coates s Mantua, 6 yrs. Bst. 121 b. 1 1 Mr. Ilungerford's Camillus, 5 years, 9st. 51b 9 It Mr. Platers ch. m. Maze, 5 years, Bst. 41b.. Some others started. DORCHESTER RACES.—Fian Day.—Sarr. 10. The Dorchester 1 radestuen's Plate of 75 sows. added to a sub scription of 10 sots. each. Mr. fladclyife's b. h. Laurence, 6 yrs. 9.1. 41b..... Mr. Hiard's b. m. Pr061e,6 yrs, 911. lib 2 2 Mr. Wreford's ch. b. Upas, 6 yr, old. Ost. 41b. 4 3 Mr. Norman's b.f. Benefit, 74 Mr. W.W. Ley's br. h. Omen, 4 yrs, ftst. 81b..... Mr. Huggins's b. g. Young Sancho, 5 yrs, 9.1. 10Ib dist. A Hunter's Stakes of 5 sovs. each. with lsl. added from the fund, for horses not through-bred. Mr. Stent's b. g. Harlequin, aged, list. Illb I I Mr. Legg's ch. g. Madcap, aged, list. I lib 2 2 Mr. Davis's ch. g. Napoleon, I lit. lID 3 3 This race was beautifully won by Harlequin, who in the first beat exhibited very superior running, and it was then seen that the others had little chance with him. The Maiden Castle Stakes of 5 sows. e ad, uith 251. added by the Yeomen of the County. Mr. Wreford's bl. e. Wrangler, 5 yrs. nst. 121 b 1 1 Mr. Portman's eh. e. Red Mantle. 3 yrs. 7.t. 61b. 2 2 Mr. Whiteners's sr. I. Flirt. 3 yrs. 60. 121 b 3 3 Mr. Farquharson's b. f. Annette, 3 yrs. lit. 101 b.... 4 4 Red Mantle and Wrangler strove bard for some time, but Wrangler eventually woo t*nb heats cleverly. NORTH A3l PTO NT RACES, SKr:. 9. Cup Stakes .1 10 soya, each. Twice round. Sixteen Subscribers. Mr. Deime Radeliffe's Hindostan, 4 yrs, 6-t. 41b. Lord Moontc►arles's Rasselas, 4 yrs, B.t. 41b. Lord Northampton nd. Fozeote, 3 yrs, 6st. 12ib. . 3 Mr. Payne.. Akaston. 4 yrs, est. 41b. County Plate of 70 guineas% Heats, once round and a distance. Li Mounrckarles's Coronet, 4 yrs, so. 121 b 4 3 1 1 Mr. Plintbam's Anti Catholic, 3 yrs. Tst. 61b .. 1 4 3 2 Mr. Tomes 's The Burgess, 3 yrs. 7a. sib Mr. Payne's Belzoni, 6 yrs. 9st. 511) 2 1 bro ~—....:- Merman, 3 yrs. 711. 3Ib. Match for 200 mya, b ft. Mr. Drage's Betsy Ileillam, aged. Ilst. 11lb 1 Mr. Flesher's Dun Cossack, aged, I2st ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES, Sart. S. A Makin Plat- of gerk. Mr. Weeks's b.f. Dully Spiv. r. 3 yrs I 1 Capt. Stunt's b. c. Vicar, 4 yrs ......... .. .............. S 3 Mr. Theobald's cb. c. llobenliihe, 3 yrs 3 2 There otben started. Mr. Brown's h. h. Watchman, 3 yea, distanced. bolted. The Rockingham Sidles of logs each, with 25gs from the Fund. Mr. Dockeray's b. k. Linkbuy, 6 yr. 1 I Capt. Lucke's ch. e. Gamehoy. 4 yrs Mr. Brown's b. h. Watchman, 3 yrs 2 0 Mr. Theobald's ch. e. Verderer. 3 yrs 3 0 The Rockebter and Chatham Plate of afso. Copt. Locke's ch. e. Ganseboy. 4 yr.. Alr. Roberts's br. f. Tancreda 3 yrs.. Mr. Mutant's ch• h. !doer Buzzard, 5 yrs 3 0 Mr. Clarke's b. h. Hal, aged Mr. Gould's cb. m. by Soothsayer, 3 yr 5„.......„ 5 4 Mr. Docketay's g. h. Glory, 4 yr. SI rr• 9. A Plate of 50gs was son. in three* heat; by Linkboy, beating Watchman. Ganieboy, and two other-. The County Stake., of lOgs 'stk. and 25 added, were vas by Verderer, beating Dickey Doha. and four other.. • :•• , The Owners' Stakes tetra won by Old Dash e r, b eat i ng two others, in three heats. • • The marriage of Lord AN nov as and Miss lam ina-A How altll was the most magnificent of any within wet- lection in thi• count 53 carri3ges being in attendance at tiw pl tn i ! breakfast iu Norton House, Crocker-1)AL" . 'The happy pair, after the ceremony, set off for the seat of the Duke of NORFOLK, Charlton• House, Wilts., Hunts Chronicle. A lady iu Perth, Upper Canada, being about to add to ,her little family. sent fur a ladv, a neighbour, who was similarly conditioned. In the hurry and bustle in cidental to such intereatingpoitiona, both ladies tumbled •itdo the straw at once ; and the nurse Rat; so confnsed,. as Billy Prigg says, and so jumbled and mixed the ba ' bies that she could nut identify their ownership ; and the mothers finally had to rattle for the choice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A poor sailor yesterday came before the pitting Magistrate, Mr 14tassnutt, to ask for the assistance of an ulcer to recover some priiperty which had been stolen from him. He stated that be ar rived at Charing-cross on the previous evening. by the stage, from Sheerness, and employed a porter-like man to wry his box for him to the Savoy pcblic-boose, where be was well paid for his trouble, besides being plied with plenty of grog. This fellow, however, during his temporary absence. contrived to possess , him self of the box and walk of with k. The box contained tOl.worth of clothes. 20 sovereigns, sod some documents wble he consi dered of still greater value, as he would be ruined unless he could recover them. Mr. himanuu. said it was a cruel case. Applicant—You may say that, Sir; it is creel for a poor fellow to lose the hard earnings of three years. I have but just been paid if from the Preventive Service, , after having been on board a man-of-war the prindpal part of my life. and this is the reception I met with isle instant, as I may say, I came wham Ale. bintsnou. said it was a bad reception; means of re 'covering the property shorld be used. The l4gistzsee then directed the officer to take the mattes in band. The sailer seemed very thankful. Michael Barry was fully committed on a charge of bigamy to take his trial. M A RLI3OROUG H-ST REST. A ,paor man, whose appearance bespoke the greatest distress, came to the office yesterday, and banded a letter to Mr. Dyer, and begged the worthy magistrate to grant him souse assistance. hlr. Dees, on looking at the letter, asked the poor man if be was the person mentioned in the letter. Upon replying in the affirmative, Mr. Dyer desired him to state the nature of hie complaint. The poor . man accordingly informed Mr. Dyer that where he was lodging be was indebted a few shillings' rent to his landlord, who, a few days since, went with his wife and family to Ire land, to receive some property. Nine days after they left London a broker came in and demanded the rent. Being out at the time the broker refused to let his wife come to him, but instantly made a seizure; and, although he owed but a few shillings, the broker took every thing which he possessed in the world. He certainly left what might be termed an apology for an inventory, and by which be left, he stated in it, a bedstead and bed. ilia wife and children were left destitute of every Wog, and, coming to the knowledge °this oeigithciers,ene hemanely lent him a chair, another a table, and, between several of them, some bedding was sent in for use until be could recover hi. own. A prr.oo also sent some linen to be washed. The seventh day from the first seizure bad not elapsed when the same broker came in again, and took every thing which had been lent to him, as well as the wet linen which his wife had to wash. On coming home, being intormed of the cruel transaction, be went to the broker, and stated that the few articles of furniture did not belong to him. The broker then informed him that if he would pay a certain sum of money he could have the goods returned. With corsiderabk dif ficulty.he raised the sum named by the broker. and took it. and left it at his house, he not being at home at the time ; since then he has not been able either to get hack the money or the goods. By this cruel conduct of the broker his family were plunged its greater die tress than in the first instance, for he bad not only lost what little property he possessed, but that which the humanity of his neigh hours bad , ent in for their use. Mr. Drag expressed his regret that, under the present law re lating to brokers, a Magistrate in such cases as the present bad no power to interfere ; aU he could do was, if the money which he had paid or the valuation came within , the sum by which a Court of Requests could take cognisance of it, to summon him ; if above that sum, his ~nly remedy was by adieu. The poor man stated that it was impossible for bins logo to law, for he could not get any thing for his family. He thought a Ma gistrate could assist him, and it was under that Impression that he came to the office. The poor matt then left the office. Complaints are repeatedly made to the Magistrates by distressed persons, who, under colour of law, are robbed of all they possess, and that without remedy. The act under which they are appointed, like many others, enacts that if a broker do such and such things he shall be punished ; but It says not a word bow that puisbnsent is to be inflicted, or by whom, or to what extent; thus, in fact, pro viding no remedy at all. LA M BETH-STREET. Awes froadwerd was charged with robbing his ready-furnished lodgings, under circumstances of peculiar aggravation. It appeared that the prisoner's landlady. from motives of humanity, bad not only repeatedly forgiven hint his rent, but he had also been several times supplied :by her with clothes and food. These kindnesses he returned by plundering *choose of a variety of property during his landlady's theapentsyg**. is ended. The atrocious plan of infusing stupifying drugs into liquor, for the purpose of robbery, was practised with great success at Horneastle Fair, upon a poor countryman, who was robbed of SOL whilst in a state of stupefaction, produced by laudanum, ad ministered to him by two fellows. BIRTHS. The Lady of Colonel Pereida, of the 6th regiment of Portu guese Infantry, of a daughter. At Trelew Cottage, Mylor, the Lady of Lieut. Drew, of a daughter. At Bodmin, the Lady of Capt. Wreford, Royal Navy, of a eon. MARRIED. At Meesdenbury, Herts, C. T. Tbruston, Esq. of Talgartb, county of Merionttb, Captain Royal Navy, toEliaa, second daugh ter of Thomas Sotheby, Eq. Admiral of the Blue. At Mary-la-bonne Church, Robert Harvey, Esq. of Langley park, to Anne. daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Houma, K.C.B. DIED. At Woolwich, aged S 3, J. Bright, Esq. Barrack Muter of that division, only sou of Major -Gen. Bright, of Clifton, late command ing the Plymouth division of Royal Marines. aIIIWGATR AND LKAURNHALL MAKKRTS, Serr 11. Reef ..... 3$ 4d to 34 6d Veal 4J to 44 8J I Mutton ..... 3s 84 to 3s 10d Pork ... 44 11,1 to 5s Oki Lamb 4s 8d to 41 104 PRICKS or HAY moo STRAW YRSTERDAY. IT. min's. WNITICHAPEL. Hay 31151 Od to 41 lOs 01 Hay 31 lOs to 41 15s od Clover 31101 0d to 51 36 041 Clover 41 4s to 51 154 Od ltraw II 66 Oil to 51 10. od &raw 41 Os to 21 Si od PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Ilisies,3s to 40113 s for cutting l44d to 16d Ditto 45 to 50Ibs l6d to 19d Calf Skins, 36 to - • 401bs pt tto 50 to 70Ibs Ditto 70 to Sollis ... .. Small Seals, Greenland) Tanned Houle Hides ... ... Spanish Horse Hides .... ..... PILICR or TALLOW, SOAP &e. Town Tallow Od Yellow Soap ... 784 Od Yeihrie RIMY • ... 404 &I I %lottkd . 84 4 Ofi White ditto —s Od Curd . —s Od Seep ditto Graves Od Melting Sniff Od. Good Dregs .. Od Tallow Imported from St. Petersburgh.l.7lo Casks PLUCK OF HOPS, &tie. U. new POCK lITIL NEW RAO% Kent ....„ 1471 u. 158 a I Kent 1264 to I'•Sa Sussex EA.ex 1404 to 147.1 kasez 1204 to 130 s Fainham fine 1894 to fibs—Second.. 168. to 189 s Old Duty laid at £36,000. COURSE OP EXC Amsterdam —.12 61 C.F. Ditto at sight ...12 4 Rotterdam-2 Vl2 . 6 1 Antwerp l2 61 Harnburgh 24 U 13 15. Altuna 21 Cr 13 151 Pari4,3day'ssight 25 70. Ditto ...2 U 25 90 Madrid Culls ...361 ..36 liitbos. ..36 'AMOR. Sire. 11. Seville .? ... Gibraltar." .. 474 Leghorn 474 Genoa ... 25 75 Venice ... 424 3Jalta Naples Palernso 11941 pre ur Lisbon 45 Rio Janeiro .. Dublin 14 Cork • -, Saver, ciPIU Vit GOLD AND Sl4Vll is , a p • T i 7P4k4-., .i 1 • ••• 0 4 Pt : - Psice. ilk 64 to 331 id 344 3d to 34. td COAL *ie. 11. Ship. at . 11arket. • Ships ',101:"" -44 i , 15 Smidertail ' St • ' 11 LOlligoON-BIODGR TO )11)11hilW 4 I Mamma 51 maws% aster 1 • Alterionam • 10 aar.►-•titer , . 14 s- t• t Prboril . Pika.E.4 Joia tfOrliio Orrics, No.l. Pickett-plow. lomplo Rot. r