Star. — London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

THE KING'S THEATRE. - -+- This Theatre opened on Saturday night, with I/ r)ociato in Egitto, in which some new performers were, r the fist time, introduced to a British audience. Signor PoRTo sang with much judgment and science, and made a very favourable impassion on the audience. Matlantoiselle Borax' has a sweet and 'flexible voice, and is, with Mademoiselle CORNEGA, a considerable acquisition to the Theatre. Cullom received the v elcome due to an old favourite, but Vic Lint was the chief attraction. The choruses, om tted last season in Ole Opera. have been testoted. The new Ballet of Justine, on la Cruche Coz,vie, by M. ErEGviwt, followed. 'lhe story of the Wet was well told. The situations , err truly dramatic; and though the performances, in consepirtice of the length of the Opera, continued later than usual, yet the Ballet commanded attention until the cu• tain fell, and will become, no doubt, eminently a-tractive. The boxes contained a fair portion of fAchionables, considering that it was the first night of the season ; the pit was full, and the gallery was tolera bly well attended. At the cloue of the Opera, the vocal corps came for ward and sang GOD .Pave the King with very great effect, assisted by a brilliant orchestra. EDINBURGH. JANUARY 7. TIIE MAGISTRATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. The Magistrates have at length brought an action of declarat r against the Professors of the University. The stinim-ns states, that the object of the action is, to have it found and detlared by the Court of Session, that tl , e sole and exclusive right of prescribing rules, and waking statuses for the studies, and the course of studies ta oh aiming degrees, belongs to the Magistrates. That the ofesso:s, independently of the Magistrates, do not ;. ,,, seas the power of enacting regulations for the dis c ipli:te of the Coll• ge, or regulations to be observed for obtaining degrees. That the Professors have no powtr, :is a distinct body, to flame any bye-laws applicable to the gene, al cm.cerns of the College, which can be im perative on the Magistrates, as patrons. That no such rules made, or to be made, by the Professors, can be of any force or effect. And that the Professors be or d lord to desist from inteifezing or acting in these matters in time to come," att. The summons is dated December last, and narrates, at length, the grants, clatters, and acts, in favour of the Magistrat s, and their proceedings respecting the College, from the time 01 Q.leell Mat y downwards. By le ters from Amsterdam, of the 2d instant i we learn that the frost has set in sharply there, and it was • xpected that the navigation would soon be impeded by the ice. Our Paris letters also speak of the cold in th capital as intense. The house of Commons is now under the repair ne ce.sary for the ensuing Session. The gallery and the :%lernbets' seats have been revered with new matting. The Speaket's chair, which has so long stood the orna ment of the House, is to have a new covering. The House will be brushed up and aired preparatory to the opening of Parliament. Saturday the dispatches for Bombay and China, by the ship Efinborgh, Captain Henty finx, were closed the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of Crat ship. Fitt —F idry night, about len o'clock, the ware lathes of Messrs, Nathan and Co. bead merchants, So- 1 niciset-stiect, Whitechapel, took fire. By the exe tions the firemen, and a good supply of water, the confla -1;i mint' was got under, but not before property to a , nsiderable amount was consumed. Messrs. Nathan are, e understand, insure) to the full amount of the rt),erty destroyed. . . The Russian injects at Leipsic assembled on the Ist i;i,tatit, in the Greek Churches of that city, and took the tech of allegiance to the Emperor CONSTANTINE; the with was administered by the Russian COMUl•General. EXTRAORDINARY ACT Of BA RitAitrry.--Monday eght last a fine in lamb ewe, belonging to Mr. W. Hurt, of Beerton, N mingham, was completely cut in halse,, in a field near the canal, and the hind quarters Carried away,with the skin and wool thereon. The wretch she committed this barbarous deed did not cut the tuna of the animal, or indict any wound to lessen its laffering, but left it to bleed to death. From the provincial papers we learn, that in all the prinep 1 toss n. in Scotland the people generally mani fested then resdect for the Sabbath, by abstaining from use noise and revelry with which the morning of the lieW year i, generally welcomed in that country. Many, loaever, who had refrained on the first morning of the year, made themelses ample amends on the Monday lining. by giving full vent to their propen s ities to ippling, and 'busy congratulation ; but in no place that ie have heard of was the le as t di s p os i t ion to b l eak the Tare manifested. A sample of very fine triton, grown in our settle Lent in N.,!w Holland, in the parallel of 32 degrees S. la;. has been received in Glasgow. It is, in quality, Lef.veen the Sea 1 land and the Upland, rather inclining is tl e Emmet, very clean and well adapted for several Linda of our manufactures. It is worth, at the present ket price, I per lb. The cptantity is about 3lbs. 1 is irymediately to be put into tte hands of a spinner, 1. spin it to the highest possible number for w.hich it L 4y be found adapted. 1 air Journal de la Belgique says, that the agents of ! - tek Committee At have repaired to Brus to hive an interview w ith a person whose services .ty lie of great use to the Greek cause. Lord Coot , r. is, no doubt, the pet son alluded to. Pie Charleston courier of the 2d inst. contains the ing ha Ma lie And interesting advei tisement " N Ito Tea new roll SAIL—The subscriber, in consequenoe t. Lot h, i;ii a! , ir to procure oak hark in quantities sutlicicnt, has c• re: n.inett t,, ch,eontinue the tanning and manufacturing of leather, d Grier' for cafe the following Negroes, viz. four tanners, one I•rritr, and seven shoemakers; also one cast-iron bark mill." —But that worthy son of freedom, slr. Tourr.er, (an ;I•.'eitt Republic ui , no doubt !) deals on a more large ; st liberal scare. Ile offers to the public— .. Eighty-six Negroe , , as prime as ever were offered for sale.— ng them sir or eight complete carpenters, coopers. &c. For ,which will he liberal to approved purchasers, apply to H. 11. • 1, No. 10, State-street." Inc thislitun subscription pack of harriers bad some busy sport t Itsuclay. The pack, as usual, threw off at Patcham; a bare t feetly after wa s s t a r te d ; a ra pid chime, with the scent breast L'i.iowed, a n d the ch4Ce soon elided in the capture and death rour puts. .1 second, and a third presently ensued, with annular "'-its. Soon alter a 1111.11111 was started; and it was curious tAI !arse that as the three former runs deriv.d their ezcellseice and horn the lavouratdcness of the air's temperature, a 'claill,ng in the atutuspbcrt almost instatitancously pt oduced an effect • •il'osite. that to pursue the fourth hare became impossible, the t . ,..ppeared to h a v e l ust t h e i r mnural instinct ; and puss bad no if/tern% bct ese.tre. There were at least four score spottsmse in th. &Id, and at least four hours . sharp ire. sa.s:nS. Sea, at: rend: ei VAC 5..114.1:16in. MEXICAN MINING COMPANY. Saturday, a Meeting of the Shareholders of the Me:kart-Mining Company was held at the London 'Tavern, in consequence of no answer having been re turned to a requisition signed by 21 of them, to the Directors, requiring a statement of their affairs, as well, as a meeting to consider whether the concern ought to' proceed further, or not? Mr. BLANE was called to the . Chair, and stated the object of the Meeting. Mr. CLARKE 1 tmentedahe course which had been ' I pursued by the D rectors on the present occasion, and more particularly the atioence of any of them to meet the Shareholders, who complained of their crinduct. Had any of these Gentlemen attended, he woulal have charged them with having infringed their duty, and having acted unjustly and illegally. By their con fession they must have admitted this to be the fact, for they had gone to work as if a Company had been es tablished, when, in point of fact, the thing was only in progress. There could not, in fact, be any Company legally established, un'il their 10,000 shares wete en tirely disposed of. Now, it appeared, that there were only 8,695 shares, upon which deposits had been paid. and of the remaining 1,305 none were disposed of. Even upon the former, the money was not paid by bona fide responsible people, who had originally porchased. but by the Directors and others, who had subsequently and illegally taafficked in the market. Resides. the Directors had gone to work without waiting to see whether the whole capital of a million sterling were forthcoming; they had most illegally and improperly made shipments to Mexico, of quicksilver to the value of '25,0001. of doubloons (which, instead of being sent out, ought to be coming from thence) to the amount of 6,0001. and other investments, chiefly spices, to the amount of 3or 40001. All this was, he contended, illegal, and done, not on, the responsibility of the Share holders, but of the Directors personally. The next thing to be considered was, whether there was any likelihood of the concern being carried on, indeed, begun was the proper word, in the present way in which the shares were disposed of ? Of the 1,305 shares upon which deposits remained unpaid, there were 305 lying at the office absolutely unappropriated. It was also understood that I,COO shares were originally reserved tor people in Mexico, who:e aid on the spot it was de sirable to encourage. Now, he asked, whether any of these people had applied for these shares ? The truth was, that none of them had made any application, for the Mexicans knew the speculation to be a bad one, and fought shy of it; and it was time for those at hom to imitate their example. The next point was the deed of settlement which the shareholders were called upon to sign ; he had oily partially :etd it; and this he would say, that it contained a clause, or clauses, which would throw a monopoly of the tights of Shareholders into the hands of the Directors, and would secure, most injuriously to the many, a certain predominance of tights to the few—( hear). He concluded by m-ving a resolution, expressive of the regret of the Meeting that the Directors had not complied with the requisition. Mr. KNIGHT (the Solicitor for the Directors) regretted his absence du: ing the opening of Mr. Claike's speech, and said, that he (Mr. K.) appeared here merely in his capacity as a Shareholder, and not in that of his legal connexion with the Company. Ile condemned the con duct pursued by a few Shareholders towards the Direc tors, and declared th it the latter, upon whom he pronounced a high eulogium, lied done everything which they could to promote the general intetests of the coucet n. He challenged any Gentleman who heard him to state one solitat y instance in which the Directors had not done everything in behalf of their .common pros perity. As an instance of the disinterestedness of these Gentlemen, lie could state that, w hen it was necessary to give 200 shares to a Gentleman who could be of great use to them in Mexico, they, instead of taking the number out of the 1,000 reserved for local interests in America, actually gave them from their own individual stock, at a time when in the market these shares were saleable at a profit of ten or twelve per cent. After some conversation the Resolution was put, and negatived by a majority of three. Mr. JKNIGHT said, that now the Resolution was ne 'Retired, he was prepared to say, still speaking as an individual, that any Shareholders would find the Directors individually lead,' to give them any explana tion or information they desired, and that two of the Gentlemen oho had actually signed the Requisition to call the meeting, had subsequently, upon communica tion with the Chairman of the Direction, gone and signed the deed of settlement, so satisfied wete they of the propriety of the course they had taken. Mr. HAY said, that lie had sten recent letters from Mexico, which said the whole of the Mining Companies were mere bubbles, and that the people there who knew the real condition of the country, would have nothing to do with them. Ile expressed hit surprise that Mr. Knight should be so great a stickler for these Directors. whose solicitor he was upon points of law, which be was using exactly the contt ary way ag :just the Dime.. tors of the Stannaty Mining Company . Mr. KNIGHT explained that the cases of the Companies were quite different. In answer to questions from Mr. Harcombe, Mr. KNIGHT said, that all the shares originally provided bad been appropriated, except the 1000 which had been set aside for people in America, and there were also 305 other shales, not unappropriated, but the divi dends unpaid upon. Thee were shipments of quick silver, &c. made to Mexico, but they w ere, as he under stood and believed, in direct connexion with and in promotion of the mining speculati ns of the Company. He could also assure the Meeting, that by the very last ' accounts, they had one of two of the best mines in Mexico at work, and in consequence of their cau ion in being later there than any of the other Comoatiies, Ciey had got the best -and most s. cure places, havieg, had rod time for Cu quiry, and had also avoided die errors of those who had gone before them. A Committee was then deputed to wait upon the Directors, to receive the information which it was said they were not reluctant to afford, when individually applied to. Mr. WILLIAM WitLLIESLLY Pula. has arrived at h:s house iu Ilegrut's Park, from Pais. The three Lords Commissiosiers who acted for his M. JESTY to prorogue the Pal Vi.iment on Thui day, unitiot their ages. nuarbeted upuarsis of 2:10 ) ears. They mete the Duke of MoxTaoss, Lord Sr. HELENS, and Lad Sr .wilt (brothel of the Lose CuAscaLLort The Duke of MONTitosa atti acted much attention, in consequence of wearing, instead of the castor:mu and pla n cocked hat, a like shaped hat, b..t athereJ round the eiAes, somewhat in the sty k of the H. rse Giraids band's hats. His Grace i, sae ! to have chase 60 in virtue of his office 01 Laid Ju .tice-G.:nei al of Scotland. BLIND BaitnAlN.--A tem]) of th!ee horses was sold by yublic Auction ill timing the we. k, 1.. d °he ese Lamm, ihco, all CORONERS' INQUtST, An inquest' was held at illaphaiii workhiuse, on Saturday afternoon, before Mr. Franks, Coioner for that part of the Duchy of Lancaster which is situated in Surrey. and a highly respectable Jury, touching the death of John Anderson, a little buy, nine years of.aJe, who was suffocated in:a chimney the preceding morning. The elimination of the witnesses, of which she following is the substance, lasted many hours:— William Wilson deposed, thtt the deceased was in his employ, having been with him about a year and a half. On Friday morning, at five o'clock, the deceased anti Ambrose Ward went to sweep Mr. Oakes chim ney. A little after six o'clock, Ward came to acquaint witness thit the deceased was groaning in the chimney. Witness was in bed at the time, but instantly got up, and desired Ward to return and render the lad what assistance he could. Witness passed Ward on the road, arid on arriving at Mr. Gain's, found that George Hellier was then in the chimney, and on his being asked if the dec ased spnke, answered in the negative. Witness having got on the outside of the chimney, commenced taking cif some of the stones. After a few minutes had been thus occupied, he succeeded in dis covet ing the deceased, whom he took in his arms, and carried down. laying,him on sonic straw. A surgeon was sent for. Some water in the mean time was thrown on the poor boy's face, and sonic rags were burnt near him. The smolt: from the linen went to his nose. When he was lying on the straw he groaned. This was after he had beat out of the chimney about' five minutes. The surgeon was some time befiere,he arrived. Pt is not an uncommon thing to send persons up a chimney wh, nitis on fire. Witness saw some fire in the chimney when he took the lad out. In the opinion of witness. had he been present he could have saved the boy's life. If an alarm had been immediately given when the boy was heard to groan in the chimney, and proper means had been taken, he might have been restored to animation. The flue was very hot, and most likely the lad fainted and fell down, and lay there until he was taken out. His health was gene ral] y vet y good. Ambrose Ward examined—l am a journeyman sweep. On Friday morning, a watchman desired me to go at five o'clock and sweep a chimney at Mr. Gain's. I understood that the chimney had been on hie the night before. The deceased accompanied me. The boy and myself were let in the back way by Mr. Gain's house keeper. Ou entetii , i; the kitchen, I perceived a large 'piece of carpet hanging over the fire-place; this I took down, and then saw a quantity of soot in the grate. 1 said to the boy, John, don't you go up it there is any fire ut the chimney." He did nct mind what I said, but went through it. 1 did not force him up. After the boy had ascended, Mr. Gain, who had come down, told me that the chimney-top was covered up. The lad had ascended then about five minutes. When he wa's in the chimney he requested some water to be got ready by the time that he came down. 1 suppose he was then half way up. Some beer was got ready for him. He made a sad groariiieg, and came down the chimney as far as the slant. I took off my jacket and went up. 1 called to hint twice or tinier, and fie answered ; I could not get up to the slant. I was very much frightened, and thought it best to go home and acquaint my master in what situation the boy was.— Gain's maid servant was present when the lad groaned. I did not alarm any one, but merely said that I would go home and fetch my master. On my way home, I met George Hellier, and begged him to go and assist Jack, for I feared he was stuck in the ebimney. When the boy was lying on the straw, I saw him open his eyes; the lad could not get out at the top. Ily the Juar—l knew it was dangerous to have a cloth at the top of the chimney. I did net know how to remove it, not being acquainted with the way out. One of the Jurors—tun ought to have gone up, and by neglect-' ing to do so, the boy's life has been sacrificed. Witness—l never will be guilty of the like again. Juror—Did you take the machine with you ? Witness—No, Sir. Juror—Why did you not ? . . Witneas—l cannot tell. Juror — Let this be a wa rning to you, and never go to sweep a chimney that has been on fire, without your master. Wiu;ess—lt shall be so. Elizabeth Allen examined.--I am servant to Mr. Gain. On Friday morning 1 got up about half-past six ; when I went into the kitchen the boy was up the chim• ney ; he said in my hearing to the man below, that the chimney was ►ery warm. Tire deceased was crying, ani he asked for some water. My master, who was then pre.ent, desired me to get him some beer, which I 'did, and the num put it nn the_ chimney-piece, until the boy should come down, he said. The lad cried very much-indeed, and the man below told him not to cry, but come down. There wads a great rumbl•ng in the chimney, and 1 did not hear any more crying. As Ambrose Ward, in his examination, had not mentioned a ward about the deceased having cried when in the chimney, it was propo,ed to call him in again and question him as to that point. On entering the room he was cautioned by the Coroner, on pain of committal, to relate the *l-.o:e truth. He swore dis- , tint tly that the boy never cried. Witness admitted that he was in passion when he ascended the chimney, and that he swore at the lad. There were some other witnesses in attendance, but the Jury did not think it necessary to call them. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when the Jury, after considerable deliberation, returned the following verdict," That the deceased was suffocated iu a chimney that was au tire the pre ceding night.". We understand that the discussion among the Jury was whether their verdict should contain any censure or not? As soon as the verdict was pronounced, and the Jury had signed their names to the Inquest, the witness Ward was again called in, and very severely reprimanded. Prince ScHwArrzirosuact, who has been in Eng land a few months, hat town on Thursday night, for Vienna : be is the bearer of dispatchls to the Austrian Gore' nmeut. It was a custom among the Romans, every New' Year, to advise those who had been unsuccessful to visit the Temple of Fortune, in hope of a change ; and those who had been successful to do as they pleased. In giving the same advice this New Year, let it be Ytmembered it is for the last time, as Lotteries ire doomed to die by Act of Parliament, and there will then be no more opportunities to gain a Twenty Thousand for a few Posed., or Twelve Hundred and Fifty Pounds fora few Shillings, fa in the present &theme, containing Six Prizes of Twenty Thou land Pounds, &c. &c. all to be decided in One Day, Ist of Maaca. The ezchanges Ainaridam, ltotierdam, and Ilambuigh, further declined on Fs iday on the rate ne goci.tted on Tuebday la?t. H.imburgh was done at trvni 36. 9. to 37. Tie rate of Eschange on Pails was in a trifling de g ree higher. MA 4 HEWS made hiaapl.earance at Glabgoa Theatre) evening. Ti e itnuse was crowded to an ovei flow in every cot nei. GiCAt numbeis went a ..a) iiisappointed at not being ab eto get in. Tile audience was highly delighted with the yell(); mance of the even ing, and with the uwal of the unrivalled poweis ACLOI. MESSRS. WENTWORTH AND CO.'S BANK. A Meeting of the Creditors of Wentworth and Co.'s. Yerk Bank was held in that city on Monday, at which resolutions were passed, expressive of the alarm of the Meeting, that no sitisfactor y account had yet been laid before the creditors, of the affairs of that firm ; and at which another meeting of thecreditors was appoin - ed to be held on Thursday, " in order to adopt such 'measures as - the nature of the case may require." Ar the second Meting, Mr. Howley Graham stated, that five Gentlemen who had been appointed as a Com mittee to enquire into the affairs of the Bank; had col lected all the information in their power. The Report of the Commit:cc was then read, by which it appeared that Mr. Barnes, the provisional Assignee, did not colsider himself at liberty to give any information on the subject. Application was then made to Mr. Lee, one of the Soli citors under the commission, who sent an' answer, stating that there is no intent'on to supersede the com mission until all the cred ton are paid their full de mands; that a full statement of the debts and credits of the Bankers is making out, and is expected to be finished this week, when it will be open to the inspec tion of all creditors. He added, that there is great pro. bahility of every creditor being paid 20s. in the pound. A plica.ion was also made to Mr. erralorter, one of the part ers, who in lis answer states, that if the winding tip of the concern falls in o good hands, so that a fair and reasonable time be allowed for getting in the debts due to the B ink, there will be ample for every demand." In conclusion, the Committee recommended " That a permanent Committee of twenty-one creditors be appointed by this Meeting. with full powers to act on behalf of the cteditors, and with particular ditec tions to watch the proceedings woofer the commission." The motion was carried, and 21 Gentlemen appointed. Mr. Rishworth, one of the partners in the Bank, having just entered the room, s-ood forward and sa , d, that having received one of the handbills, calling this meeting, he had deemed it his duty, as well as th it of Mr. Hartley, to come over, in order to thew that he (Mr. R.) had not run away to America, as had been reported. Had they had the entire nistoageaseut, of their own affairs, they would not have been placed in the situation they then were. lie had ast rtetbent in his - pocket, drawn out by Masterman and Co. them selves, from which it appeared that at the time they re fused their acceptances, they had £95,000 of Went .worth and Co.'s securities in their hands. There was no necessity for them to be in the situation they were; ;11 the partners of the firm were men of property, which property was the creditors, and should be theirs until they received 201.'in the pound. He (Mr. It ) had ben a slave for six and thirty years, and had brought up a large family with credibility.—He had accumulated, by his industry, a fortune, or at least he thought he had. He believed he was now worth one hundred thousand pounds, and had but one hundred to begin 'with. His . property was in land—he bad not spent it, he had' se curities for the whole, and every yard be bad purchased was worth double the money he had given for it. As long as he had a shilling it should be given to the cre ditors, until they were all paid in full. He doubted not but there would be a very handsome surplus, a try every creditor had received 20s. in the pound, provided they would give them time to wind up their affairs.— A desultory conversation ensued, and the meeting separated. WINDSOR, JAN. 7.—His Niaiatafs stag hounds met yesterday at Stoke Common, when they bad another excellent gay's sport. The stag was taken at Petin, near Beaconsfiekl, atter an hour sod three quarters' bard running. The French Journals have cohtradicted the report of the death of Marshal SucHrr. The Marshal is in good health. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JAMIA lIT 9. There were short arrivals of all sorts of Grain lest week rzetrt Oats, of which the quantity was considerable : the report of Flour was also large. This morning there is very little Corn of any de scription fresh up. Wheat Is in demand at 25. to 3a per qr. advances on the terms of last Monday. Barley, for malting, is ls. to 2s. per qr. dearer ; and other qualities are also rather improved in valor. Bean and Peas also advanced in value. Oats are the must plentiful of any kind of Grain, and this article does not meet much improvement in prices,as our buyers still hesitate to purchase. In Flour no alteration. Wheat, Red, new, 555. 675. Rye, old, 365. 40:. -- old, 555. Us. Beans, Small, new, 425. 411 s. White, new, 635. 705. - ad, 465. 525. - old 645. 725. Tick, new, 365. 425. Barley, 295. 351. --.. old, 365. 425. Making, 40a. 445. Oats, Feed, new, 935. 95a. Peas, Grey, 1825, 465. 475. -- old, 255. 275. -..- Old, 401. 41s. Poland, new, 265. 295. Mas s e, 1525, 465. 455. - old, 265. 30e. --- old, 446.445. Potatoe, new, 265. 325. White, new, 40s. 465. old, 26.. 31s. old, 40s. 451. ' Scotch, 251.315. Milers, 1825, 56.. 585. Flour 'Vet Sack, Ma. 665. old, 465. s!s. Seconds 50s. 555. a aatvais Lair/ WEILL Wheat, British, qrs. 2,070 Peas, qrs. Barley . 1,1 95 Irish Oats Malt 4.271 Foreign Oats 512 - 10,6110 - 7,422 I Fateiin Earley - 15,931 9.:1 F.nigliali Flour, sacks said• SMITHFIELD MARKET, hominy 9. We have a good sapply of Beef tkit day, hot the butchers do not purchase freely, and the price for the finest short horns does Mt exceed 4s. 10d. to Ss. per stone; inferior Durban's, Lincoln*, and other good Cattle, are at 4s. ed. to 4s. 101 per stone; and the coarser Steers, old Cows, &c. are Irons sa. 6d. to 4s. Std. per stuns, according to the quality. The 'Mutton trade is without any mate ' rial al eration ; but the price of Veal has rather improved, the best young (;Alves being at ss. ad. to 6e. per stone; and the coarser, 4es 10d. to Ss. Gd. per stone. Pork is likewise a shade better, dairy. red being at Si. 241. t• Ss. 6d per stone; and the coarser at 4*. to 44. 10d. per do. The supply of Mutton is very large.—Beans, 2,767 ; Sheep. 113,55 tr; Pigs, 100; Calves, 90. ss W. to :Is. ir 'rove ; Thttton, is W. to .ss. W. Veal ; 5 4 * {PO 6s. l'ork, 43.44. to Se. 64.—11ay vvr load, .43 Uto £4. 1744 64. ()au Beaus MIDI)LIM sEs.StONS—THIS DAY. 'T. These Se'sions commenced this morning. before F. CONS?, E.g. and a bench of Magistrates. at Hicks's Hall, Cletkenwell-green. The tr4v-rse papet Is by nn meAns so lull as on the last occasion, nor is there so great a number of larcenies for trial as at the pre vions Sessions. John Walker was put to the bar on an indictment oh aging him with a most gross and wanton ass Ault on the person of Sarah Jones, on the 28th of November last. The s' on facts of the case are, the prosecuttix, a very respectable young female, was passing along the City Road, in company with a female friend, about seven o'clock on the evening of the day in question. when the prisoner came up to them, and proceeded to cake liberties with them. The prosecute is remonstrated with him, but .he continued to annoy them, Until at last he knocked her down. Her friend called for help, and he was taken into custody. The prisoner said he was not sober at the time and was vety sorry it he had done anything wrong. He expressed a wish to make every atodement in his power, and the JOry haying found him Guilty, he was allowed to speak to the prwseeutrix, who, having expressed herself wisfied, sky Comm passed a mere no minal hoe upon him.