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LITERATURE. DUNE OF MECKLENBUROH STRELITZ. Prom Lord Londonderry's Norradve oldie War in Germany and Franco. Just Published. A singular and ludicrous anecdote occurred to me at the court of Suelift, which I cannot forbear relating, as *testimonial of the hos pitality and kindness of the late Duke of Mecklenburgh Streik: ; a prince who was beloved and respected not only by his subjects, but by all who knew him; and who marked by a particular kindness all English visitors and residents in his states. I had ordered my. self, Co arriving very late at night in the town, to be driven to th e inn; but being sound asleep in my carriage with my aides.de camp on entering the gates, my chasseurs and orderly from the box showed my passports. I was not aware that orders had been sent from the palace to the guard-house to send my cortege to the reign. ittg Duke's brother's house in the town. On alighting, I found myself shown into magnificent apartments, lighted up, with numerous servants, and with a grand convert laid for supper. COngratulating myself with my companions on our capital inn, we proceeded to call about us, ordered and made free, precisely as if in the Paris hotel. The wines were excellent; more and more were ordered up; a provision directed to be laid *side to carry forward on the next day's march ; in short, we all went to bed in the sweetest delirium. But the consternation that followed the nest morning was appalling: when awakening, I was infonnedthat the Duke's brother was in the ante-room, waiting to know, " Si Son Excellence etait content de a reception." The ridicule at. tached to me for this anecdote, did not leave me during the few very happy days I spent at the delightful palace of the Duke of Mecklenburg at Strehts, and in the most enchanting society that this embellished it. PlO3l TUZ BAH!. I dined on the day of my arrival at Greifswald with the Prince Royal of Sweden, and had two long conferences with His Royal Highness. His engaging manners, spirited conversation, facility of expression, and the talent which displayed Itself in all that he said, convinced me on my first interview that he was no ordinary man. It was, however, my duty not to permit myself to be dazzled by his brilliancy, but to ascertain, if possible, through the glitter that sur rounded him, what were his real views, and how far the warmth of tits expressions and splendour of his designs would be borne out by the reality of his services to the general cause. The cautious line he had adopted and maintained during the last campaign, had been of the most important consequence to the allies. Nothing had yet occurred in his demeanour which could be made a matter of reproach ; but, it must be owned, there was nothing to justify confidences it remained to be discovered whether the future would wear a more promising aspect. The unequivocal proof of his sincerity would have been, to have boldly and unreservedly committed his new subjects against his old friends : it was not possible to believe him fully in amen, until we should see him fairly in action at the head of his Swedes, with French troops for their opponents. He was on the eve of setting out to Trachenberg, at the moment of my arrival. The time, therefore, was too short to allow of sys. temitic discussion ; and our conversations, on both sides, assumed a very miscellaneous character. Of these conversations, and of all the points embraced in them, my position debars me from giving a complete account; but the impression left upon my mind will be conveyed exactly by a phrase of which I availed myself when re. cording what had passed—" He clothed himself in a pelisse of war, but his under garments were made of Swedish objects and peace ;" and further to confirm me in my belief that these sentiments were not erroneous, a celebrated and distinguished general officer, who was at this period one of my colleagues at the Swedish head•quar. tees, emphatically assured me : " Le sale du prince se monnera toujours plus i mesure qu'il se croira moans nkenudre." In the progress, however, of my detail, 1 shall bring forward circumstances and facts that will enable the impartial readet to form his own judgment. In this part of the narrative, it is only necessary to state that there was, in truth, no natural link to connect him with the allies ; policy had brought him forward; but both polity and affection restrained him from committing himself absolutely against that nation, the love of which was early engrafted in his breast. I must, however, beg to be understood in any observations I make, as not having adopted them from any official source t they will be confined solely to the sentiments I formed myself on the bars Mary subjects that came forward, and were then in agitation. My opinions may be incorrect; the data for my judgment deficient; the difficulties of the Prince's royal position known better to him self than to others; but such as my sentiments are I give them, with honesty, and, I hope, becoming deference, while writing a mi. litary narrative. It happened very fortunately, that the news of the debates on the Swedish treaty in the two houses of parliament, and of the very considerable majority in its favour, bad preceded my arrivaL At Stralsund, this had a most satisfactory influence; and it was re tinal to ascribe much of the Prince Royal's cordiality to this cause. Of the individual by whom his Royal Highness was surrounded, the most prominent was a Colonel Camps, his foster brother, a Frenchman ; the Swedish generals were undoubtedly honest, up. right, and sensible men ; but there existed a secret ascendant y over some of the staff-officers, which it was difficult to develop. I must, however, do, thus early, full justice to Baron Wetterstedt, the se. emery of state, General Affiercreue (since dead), General Count Lowenhehn, and some others: never were more valuable officers than these, nor men more devoted to the common cause of their country and Europe. If reports were to be credited, at times there was a Wu direct and less respectable means of influence than these in operation. There was certainly nothing in the character or habits of some leading persons at the Prince's head-quarters, which made it impossible to - believe the reports in circulation. A celebrated actress had lately taken be departure from Stralbund, and it was said had been conveyed to General Vandamme's out-post with an escort. As to the nature and extent of her communications, rumour was not idle. But I advert to the fact only, for the sake of remind. lag my reader that the maneuvres resorted to by Napoleon were not always of a strictly military character. LORD LONDONDERRY AND BERNADOTTE. TROK THE SAKE. In reference to my correspondence with the Prince Royal of Swe den, it is right for me to state, that returning to the head-quarters of his Royal Highness on the morning of the 18th from General Blucher, it Breitenfeld, when dispositions were made for the attack, the general officers being present, the aide-decamp in waiting tie. sired me to walk in. On entering, I was no less surprised than hurt, when the prince approached with a look hindering u suppressed anger, and with. drawing towards the window, be me nearly as follows, but la a pmpossly low took, that others might not ovMtair:.— , ' meat 1 Onkel Stewart i quad droit ayes vows de nefaire ? ider i at peka.vaus pas quo je PrincePrincede Stade, un des pltui glin Ginieaux de Pkge? et si vous Eties i ma place, que pensieras-vous si quelqu'un vow Ecrivait comma roue m'aves fait ? Vous n'ites pas weri4it6 prix de moi : c'est par mon amide que eons aces ici ; et lens Waves donn6 beaucoup de peine." I answered in the most respectful tone :—lt was possible my zeal had carried me too far; but, according to my own conception of my duty, I could not repent oae step I had taken. I bad urged the march to Zorbig; His RoyalHighneas had reluctantly, and in part only, consented to that measure. 1 bad entreated the movement forward to Landsberg and His Royal iliglniess had adopted that idea. After General Bluebet's victory, my letter and entreaty induced His Royal High. ness to break up at two o'clock in the morning from Landsberg. and being the bead of his columns at that critical moment into po. shims. His Royal Highness could then see whether lima mistaken the views of the enemy. The whole circumstances were known to his staff, his ministers, and the principal officers of his army, I de sired to he judged by Baron Wetterstedt and Oen. Adlercreuta whs. thee the Milk had not been attained by my individual, but humble. importunity and exertions. I have never been intentionally deficient la respect towards His Royal H igh ness's exalted position ; but it was a little hard, instead of moving thanks for my services, to be visited with displeasute : it is true, I was not formally accredited as British minister to the court of Sweden, but I was charged gene. ro ily with the military inmate Great Britain in the north of Eu. rope. E n o.4 paid the Swedish army ; and my reports whether t o o t arm y am w hat I c onsidered its I duty to the on cause ac. Lively or peak*, must operate seriously upon the alliance. was incapable ci *s vanity of placing the value of my military opinions on a wish ow o f so great agoad ; but it required very little d so perceive that His Royal Highnees had been lite. rally wised Into the recent transactions--that his original orders woe evidently • departure from t he s ys tem of combination, and fo reign to the dispositions of the armies. But independently of these demonstrations of isolated objects, certain expressions of his own were most explicit, and this was not a moment for diplomatic concealment. I spoke my opinion openly and firmly, but respect fully. I never should shrink from my duty in the most painful si tuation; which I fairly confessed, after listening to His Royal Highness, the one I was then placed in appeared to me to be. The expression of his countenance during my discourse, varied considerably, and at length had become calm ; and he replied with knit onsie :—" Eh himl voulez-vous que nous soyons amis ? Vous saves, mon omi, que je ems ports; pourquoi ne pas causer ensemble des disposition militaires ? Dites moi vos penstes ; Taste ne nedcrivez plus, je vous en pile de grice." I assured his Royal Highness I felt honoured by his friendship, when I considered he was acting as became the Crown Prince of Sweden : that if he was dis pleased wish my correspondence, I should write in future to General Adlercreutz : although his own invitation, on my first arrival, had led me rather to address my letters to the Generalissimo in person. My anxious efforts were to assist the Swedish nation ; but I could never see their chief depart from what I knew were the true in terests of his situation, without remonstrating boldly. The Prince upon this took my hand, assuring me of his friendship. We die. cussed the principal features of what had passed, and I felt myself restored to favour ; so much so, that he invited meat dinner to meet the Emperor and King, I being the only minister present. PROBATE DUTY. • This Is the most unjust tax ever laid on any country. If the newspapers would grant this subject an amount of space and of attention at all commensurate with the widespread influence of this branch of taxation over the private affairs of life, and over the general comfort of society, every column of them, on each suc cessive day of publication, would contain an echo of murmurs, be. Failings, and the curses poured out against It. No fiscal burden ever fell upon the community with a shock so barbarously timed, and so out of proportion to its advantages as a source of revenue.— The first moment of domestic anguish is that wherein the functions ries of the law are authorised to prey upon the widow, the childless, or the fathetless. Duties are called for from a family, who, it is MOTE than possible, have not the command of a shilling, except by converting a potio n of that property, which they are neverthpless forbidden to touch until they shall have paid the King. Again, the tax must be advanced, in the first instance, upon the gross value of the property, without allowing for debts or incumbrances, although a drawback is afterwards made of a part of the duty proportioned to the amount of " debts lawfully due" at the time of the testator's or intestate's death. This grievance acts in sundry ways. First,—Suppom the deceased dies between the acceptance and payment of his bills to the amount of 5,0001. he leaves behind him a gross fortune of perhaps 10,0001: Ms acceptances, though justly due, are grounds of action in a court of law; so that if the repre sentative of the deceased should, like an honest man, pay off the acceptances, he cannot deduct the amount from the gross property, but must be charged with the duty on 10,000/. Secondly—ln many instances large duties have been wrung from insolvent estates, where there was not a penny forthcoming to pay debts amounting to thousands of pounds, yet where the whole im post was inexorably levied. Such a sullies this rpm the humanity of English legislation ought surely not to continue. Moreover, besides its grinding, capricious, and demoralising agency, the tax is of a nature so searching and intrusive into the private concerns of life, that it is astonishing how it outlived the or property tax, which owed its abolition more exclusively to the natural abhorrence of Englishmen to inquisitorial expedients disturbing the repose of famines, and ransacking the secrets of the living and the dead, than to any other definitive motive. Lastly, as a matter of finance, this and the legacy duty will every hour become less productive; rudent persons have foe some years past been driven to the necessity of conveying, before death, what, under different circumstances, they would have devised by will, and their numbers will increase from year to year, until the nuisance shall be abated. Tbae may, however, be some excise fora legacy tax, provided not extended to the children of deemed, and which legacies can be known fan the will, without any inquisitorial prying into family akin, or counting a man's spoons and goods, even to an old wig or pair of shoes. But it may be put to Parliament—if, when the head of a family, for instance, dies, it is just, equitable, or charitable, or in the spirit of the English constitution, to mark out that family as objects of increased taxation ? and at a moment when possibly deprived of the means of its existence, can there be a more severs or unjust tax ? It is, in fact, inflicting a penalty or fine on a family for having the misfortune to lose its head. It may be also observed, that, strictly speaking, an executor can. not comply with the law ; because, bAre he interrneddles in the meets, be mum take out probate; sal this he cannot do till he has paid the duty, and, consequentlpommt meddle before he takes out probate, unless he pays it out Olds mrsi packet. Every exertion in and out sePadlamm, therefore, is necessary to obtain a repeal of this most Amiss; probate duty tax. THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN AND THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE. We have often heard it said what a hard thing that the very light of Heaven should be taxed ; with bow much more reason might one complain of the tax on the light of knowledge ? To tax news. papers is precisely the same in effect as though Government were forcibly to curtail their circulation, or say to all who cannot afford to pay sevenpence per week, instead of twopence—You shall not react ! Why it is that proprietors of newspapers have rarely or ever petitioned against the enormous tax on their property, is a question we cannot answer. Perhaps they think that, as the tax Is again paid to them by their customers, they suffer uo loss; but in addi tion to the outlay of a heavy capital to provide a large number of subscribers, who pay quarterly or yearly, what they are obliged to pay immediately to the Government and the risk of bad debts, their Wm of custom is incalculable, both with regard to newspapers and advertisements. Of society there is a most numerous portion of of intelligent men, whose income at the highest does not exceed a guinea a week, who, after they have paid for the taxed necessaries of life, can but ill afford sevenpeoce foe a newspaper, but who, if they could purchase it for half its present price, would have one every week, instead of as now occasionally, or not at all. And with.regard to advertisements, we do not exaggerate the probability in saying that they would be more than doubled. Instead of our being the first nation in the world, we shall, by and by, be the last. This country Is now fast declining, not for the want of talent or industry, but entirely through taxation. From this it is every trade suffers. In the same manner as it throws our clothing machinery out of occupation, so does It impede the circulation of newspapers, and the employment of hands in .the printing business. In Ame. rice are papers published daily , to which no paper in this conc. try bests any compuison In point of advertisements ; and as to the circulation at newspapers, they are ten to our one in comparison to the population. That in England, ten times as many would pur. chase newspapers, were it not for the duty, and ten times as many advertise, every conductor eta newspaper has abundant evidence. A person advertises a house to be let. Out of thousands of readers there may be only a few wanting such a house. and these may not chance to see the advertisement. The money then is thrown away but two or three repetitions of the advertisement would most likely an. ewer the desired effect ; that, however, is a chance, and how few for such:a chance will risk the present cost of advertisements ? On our own knowledge we can venture to assert that, were the advertise. ment duty reduced from Ss. 6d. to es. or Is. 6d. nine out of every ten advertisements that appear once would be repeated two or three times ; and as foe the advertisements of persons wanting situations, as bailiffs, clerks, teachers, servants, &c. who have now only the worst and most ineffective means possible of making their qualit- - Sons and wants known, they would be increased fiftyfold. To this important and valuable class of the community the newspaper is of no use whatever. They would be as well off if no means of adver tising existed ; for how can a passe out of employment, with only a few pounds in his pocket to supply his necessities, until be obtains employment, afford to be throwing away a considerable part of kis money to advertise the number of times generally requisite to ob tain the notice of any person who may want his services ? The fact is, the question is one of public interest ; it is a tax which, of all others it would be well to get rid cf ; and we hope the time is not far distant when the public will see it in this light, and petition the legislature for its abolition. In towns more than a third of the population never see a paper ; and in many • village of this en lightened country, where the schoolmaster teaches the children to read, for what purpose we know not, such a thing as a newspaper is not known. Such persons must surely be desbous of being enabled TO read she occurrences of the week, which his Majesty's duty pre. vents ; and those whose better circumstances enable them to read • piper do not think of the amount they pay as taxes, because they pay the printer , and not the tax.colkstot ; but when they duly eon. ' eider it—when they learn that, for a weekly paper they are taxed newly one pound, and for a daily paper upwards of five pounds a year, they will see its oppeessivesess„ and that, as far as regards paper and print, they could afford themselves the indulgence of two papers instead of one. Readers of newspapers now often share the cost, and lend them from one to the other ; others pay for the loan of them so much per hour. So that, on an average each paper serves, perhaps, ten persons, each of which would prefer haring a paper to himself, were the not taxed IVO per cent. se In v ill ages where one paper serves all the inhabitants, each would purchase one. In short, the more we the subject , the more stro n g ly are we convinced that, if let; adtertisements and news. papers were reduced one.half, its produce to the revenue would be Increased.— leeno's Beth Journal. SirW. H. PALMER, Bart. wia announce himself. can didate to represent the County Mayo, tbe nt-ut vacancy. He was 'tntertained to a public dinner at the CoL:rt-House of Lastlebar on Tuesduy, by bh tenantry. _.. ! 1 -s SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMAKET CRAVEN MEETING. MONDAY, APRIL 12. The following are some additional particulars of the Riddlesworth. Betting at starting 6 to b agst. Cressida, 5 to 1 agst. Mahmoud, 6 to 1 apt. Cobweb, 6 to 1 apt Branibilla, 10 to 1 apt Sal, and 16 to 1 agat Zillah. The running was made at a strong pace by Zillah, next to whom were Mabmoud and Cobweb, Cressida lying behind with Brambilla and Sal : they maintained this position to the end of the two year old course, where a change took place, Branibilla and Sal were here beat ff, and Cobweb failed immedi ately after. Cressida then went right to the front, and for ama went had a lead of about a length, but as if aware that he was pre. mature, the rider suddenly stopped his horse, and Zillah again was a.head. Directly after Mahmoud passed the latter about 100 yards from home, Buckle made his push, which termina ted In his winning the race by a length ; some say it was not without dilaculty. It appeared to us, however, that he not only won very cleverly, but could have done so at any part of the race. Buckle rode the winner, Chifney not being able to bring himself down to the weight. Cob web carried Est. Ilb. and all the rest fist. 41b. Conolly rode Mah mond (Dockery being prevented by illness) ; Arnull, Zillah ; Nel son, Sal ; Robinson Cobweb • and J. Day, Brambilla. The ChM neys win a large sum in bets;independent of the stakes, which, in. eluding the winners, amount to 2,5601. after deducting the per centages on the forfeits, declared the over night. We omitted to state that the race was very severe. The following races were run after our account was sent from the course, and did not finish till about half-past five o'clock. Sweepstakes of 200 sovereigns each, h. ft. for 3.yr olds, not in the Riddlesworth. The weights and allowances the same. R.M. Subscribers. Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Augusta, Sat. 21b 0 1 Duke of Grafton's c. Gondolier, by Merlin, out of Co quette, fist. 71b Lord Sefton's Moodie, by Merlin, out of Mercy, 7st. 131 b. 0 3 First heat.--Even on Mouche, and 6to 4 agat Augusta. These two came off abreast, Gondolier lying behind well up. They kept so to the bushes, where the last named horse fell back considerably, and really appeared to be beat ; however, he recovered his ground, and close to the finish got the evens with Augusta: a race of ter rible severity ended a dead heat between the two colts, the filly being defeated deftly. Second Heat.-2 to lon Augusta, who won by a head, after a quick run head-and-head ace all the way : rode by Arnull, Gond°. lice by J. Day, and blanche by G. Edwards. Previous to the Ent race 20 to 1 was taken several times about Augusta for the Derby. Latch. NO h. IL R. M. Lord Exeter's Acacia , iit.f ii - -- -- -- Mr. Cooper's Merman Ikt. 71b. 5 and 0 to 4 on Acacia , who had It all bet own way, and won easy by three lengths ; rode by Amull, Merman by Buckle. Match. 200 h. ft. A. F. -- - - Mr. Gully's Clotilde, Bet. 31b.. . Sir M. Wood's Lucent', Bet. 71b. 7t04 OD Clotilde. A good race, and won cleverly by three quartos of a length, the winner rode by Wheatley, the loser by Buckle. Match. 100 b. ft. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Coops -- iingti;si, Sit. 41b 1 Sir 31. Wood's Canary, Sit. 41b...... 7 to 4on Jungfrau, who won easy by two lengths, rode by Ar null, the loser by Buckle. Match, 200 h. forfeit. Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur, by Bobadil, Sat. 71b. Mr. Aloreton's ch. f. Prodigy (sister to Sontag), iist. 71b. 2 Betting-2 and 3tol on Caplan Arthur, who won in a canter, by two lengths : rode by 0. Edwards ; Prodigy by ArnulL The Captain is a remarkably fine Derby-looking colt, and will, very pro bably, become a better favourite than hitherto. Rime Covina, Tuesday Afternoon, 4 o'Clock. The betting before coming to the Heath wu u follows 4 to 1 apt Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 9 to 1 Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 10 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicku (taken) 11 to 1 --- Sir M. Wood's Cetus 11 to I Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 20 to 1 Mr. Ridsdale's Red Rover (taken) 20 to 1 Lord Exeter's Alabmoud 20 to 1 Augustus 25 to 1 Mr. Ramsbottorn's Zucharelli 25 to i Captain Arthur 25 to 1 Lord Ezeter's Red Rover Dlr. iii6isies Red iiovai;iWiomefOr;;;ie Is one of the most symmetrical horses at Newmarket, and if an inch or two higher (he is barely 13 hands) would be a clipper. OAIS. to 1 Lord Qoeemberry's Maria I to 1 Lord Behoo's Mooch* No others mentioned. COLUMN STALES. _ _ Priam (U the Cressida Wli has iteei2lTrnied) is the favourite at nearly even spinet the field. but nothing decisive has yet been done. CRAVIX STAtiS. Zinganee's defeat is now attributed to an accident, which, if cor rectly stated, makes the wonder, not that he was not first, but that he was not last ! The account is, that just as they started. Sister to Lapdog came right woes Zinganee, forced him against the rails, and nearly threw him down. By the time he re, vered himself, the body of horses were well off, and he lost 40 or 50 yards, no trifling matter in a short and very quick run race. The rams this afternoon wete as follows : Match 300 A. F.—Mr. Gully's Baltic, Bst. 71b. received 50 sovs. from Sir 31. Wood's Canary, fist. Sib. Match, 100 h. ft.—liord Clinton's f. by Whalebone, out of the Odd Trick, received from Gen . Gresvenor's f. Fashion (dead.) The Bildeston Stakes of 100 sovereigns each, h. ft. Colts, tht 71b. and fillies, fist 41b. Foals of 1827. R. 31. Mr. Batson's ch. c. Suffolk Punch, by Wrangler.. 1 Mr. R. Wilson's b. f. by Wrangler, out of Primrose. 2 Mr. Rorusbottom's b. f. Timandra, by Wrangler. 3 General Grosvenor's br. c. Senior, by Wranger ... 4 to 4 on Punch, and 4 to 1 against Pinwire (taken.) Punch had it all his own way, and woo in a canter, by three lengths—rode by Wheatley, Pinwire by Arca, Timandra by Ro binson, and Senior by J. Day. Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, h. ft. Bst. 41b. IL 31. (Three subscribers.) General Grosvenor's c. by Emilius out of Moonshine—walked over. The Clatlands Stakes of 50 sovereigns each, h. ft. D. I. Duke of Rutland's Oppidan, 4 yrs, Sit Duke of Richmond's Rough Robin, 4 yrs, Bar. 81b Lord Sefton's Souvenir, 6yrs, list. 91b . 3 Mr. Cooke's Flacrow, 3 yrs, Ist. Gib.......... 4 Mr. Ration's Discovery, 3 yrs, fist. 121 b. The following paid :—Zinganee, 9st. 21b ; Cadland. ilat. 21b ; Sir Hercules, Bst ; Green Mantle, Bst ; Aaron, 7st. 2lb ; and Bo- Willa, Bst. bib. 3 to 1 agst Discovery, 5 to 2 agst Rough Robin, 7 to 2 agst Sou venir, and 5 to 1 agst Oppidan (taken freely.) Flacrow made all the running to the Duke a Stand, where Oppi dan came out and won in a canter, by 6 lengths. The betting was very spirited, Oppidan being backed to a considerable amount. Prince Esterbasy and Lord Chesterfield arrived this morning. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. GLOUCESTER ASSIZES. The following sentences were passed: DiATH.--14istlumitl Ford, far stealing a fat sheep, the property of E. Sheppard, Esq. of the Ridge ; James Fleming and Eliz. Fleming, for stealing a quantity of valuable jewellery, cash, itc. from the house of Lady Al an Moore, at Cheltenham. TaaIIfSPOITATIOX.—Wm. Macey, for stealing cloth from the loft of Messrs. Loft, of Einpwood, la years ; J. Chandler, for stealing a piece of -&th from the mills of Messrs. Playne and Co. of Mincidnhampton ; and Lorenzo French, for stealing money from a till In the shop of W. Dyke, grocer, of Tetbury, seven years. SOMERSETSHIRE ASSIZES. G. H. Harley, aged 30, who had been Captain of a Greek vessel, was sentenced to be transported for life for breaking open the trunk of J. Purefoy,Beq. at the York Hotel, Bath, and stealing there from money to the amount of 110!. MONBIOUTH ASSIZES. Dlr. Baron Bot. Lorn entered the Nisi Prius Court at ten o'clock on Monday morning to proceed to business, and disposed of two undefended causes. The Courts had lately undergone considerable alterations, which are not yet completed, and the mortar on the walls being in a rough state gave them the appearance of being damp, which impression the coldness of the morning rather t e nd e d to Increase. Csursext. said he was requested by the Gentlemen of the Bar to say that they were all suffering from the damp state of the Court. Under those circumstances, the Learned Gentlemen ex. pressed a hope that his Lordship would adjourn to some more con. venient place; adding that If the business of the county was to be t Ci ransactecl there, there would be eery soon an op e nin g o n t h e O x f or d rcu Mr. Baron BoLLoop said, he !dwelt* felt the damp very much, and Inquired whether there was any other place in which the busi. nos could cormealettdr be done. Mr. CAMPBELL said that the Under Sheriff informed him there was a large room at the Beaufort Anna, which would take about an hour to tt up. and suggested the propriety of a dj ourn i ng till such arrangement could be Wected. To this auggestioe his Lordship yielded, and adjourned the Court to the Judges' lodgings, and from thence to the Beaufort Anne ; but this arrangement having been made without the concurren t • i f the proprietor of that establishment, who declined the honour of converting a concert-rotas into a court of Justice, the court was 111:1. mately held in the Free4skool, which, although not the most carts mental, was allowed by those who had business to transact to be one of the most comdbrtable courts throughout the circuit. The business of the Crown aide was, however conducted in t ; .. place originally to it ; and we think it due to tii , county to say, that no venienee was felt. The calendar co, tamed the names of d 3 pisonen. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 13. These Sessions eommmenced this morning before FRANC: CONDI', Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates. Upon a Jury being called, one of them addressed the Chairmin, and wished to know what remuneration he and his brethren %Err tl receive for their attendance. He thought it a great hardship to be obliged to attend this Court from day to day, and to be kept frost his business. The Cumasuir replied, that the Jury were called upon to Ms. charge a public duty, which they were compelled to do by law. Ai to the remuneration, they were entitled to one shilling each man for each trial. The Juryman raid that remuneration was only his object. The CHAIRMAN thought that as good citizens their public duty ought to be paramount. ='_.:!;7-!•I 7 4 SO =YIIMM DEPUTY CLERIC or THE PEACE. The Clerk, at the desire of the Court, read the enrolment of the appointment of Mr. Charles Pelly Allen, as Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A young man of respectable appearance and connections, named Colthari, was yesterday placed at the bar, before H.M. Drell, Esq. charged with forging, and tendering, knowing to have been forged, a check for 71. upon the banking-house of Sir Claude Scott, Cavendish-square. Mr. King, a butcher, residing in High-street, iilarylebone, de posed that he had not drawn the check, nor was it either in his hand-writing or signature. Stephan Knight, a porter to Mr. Dixon (to whom the bill had been paid) deposed that he presented the bill to the firm, where it waa detained. Mrs Harmer, who attended for the prisoner, advised him to serve his defence foe another tribunal. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. Isaaamunz.--Bdseard Barnes, a 1M about 18 years of age, having the appearance of a groom, was yesterday placed at the bar as the magistrates were about to retire, tharged under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that the prisoner mct Joseph Taylor, a fishmonger, who has known him from his infancy, and informed him that he was in a state of utter destitution, not having tasted any nourishment for some time. Taylor, whose commisseration as, awakened at the recital of his misfortunes, immediately took him home to No. 48, Alarylebone-lane, and after having given hint food they both went to bed, but on the prosecutor awaking in the morn ing he discovered that the bird was flown, and with him the prose. tutor's silver watch, three gold keys, two gold seals, razors, money. and other articles. Information having been given at this office, Avis, an active constable of this establishment, apprehended the prisoner yesterday morning as he was returning from the recreation. afforded in Greeswich Park, and on him was found a duplicate of the watch, pledged for 2J. He was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING.—Henry Hollis, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a valuable horse, the property of Mr. Wellington, the proprietor of the livery stab in Surrey-street, Blackfriars-rOad. The prisoner obtained the horse by representing that he was " Mr. Field," a traveller in the employment of Messrs. North and Graham tea-dealers, o: Bridge-street, Blackfriars, who had authorised h i m ' to purchase a good roadster on their account. After looking at the horse, he hired k for one day to go into Berkshire, but did not return. On appli cation being made to Messrs. North and Graham, it was astertaine.! the prisoner was not in their employment. He was transmitted to Berkshire, the felony being committed there. DREADFUL FIRE AT BANKSlDE.—Yesterday after noon, about two o'clock, the workmen in the employ of blears. J. and F. Sutton, shipchandlers, Bankaide, were boiling a quantity cis pitch, when the kettle or vessel in which it was accidentally fell over, and in an instant the whole of the warehouse was in flames. The men fled in all directions, and the alarm soon spread, the flaws raging with the most fearful rapidity, threatening destruction to the adjoining premises. With an alacrity which reflects great credit the engine belonging to the brewery of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co. was on the spot, and was as speedily set to work by able bodied men in the employ of the firm • but such a strong hold had the devouring element of the premi ses that their exertions were scarcely of any avail, and the flames raged with alarming ascend ancy, and, ere the arrival of those belonging to the fire-offices, had communicated to the roof of the dwelling-house belonging to Mr. Friend, the timba-machant, and nothing but the total destruction of that and the immense stock of timber in the yard was expected. However, by a powerful supply of water, aided by the esperiene: and activity of the firemen, the flames were prevented from extend ing their ravages farther than the roof of Mr. Friend's house, whiel, was entirely destroyed. Mrs. Friend, who had been very ill for some time, was carried out and safely lodged in the house of 3 neighbour. By half-past 3 the whole of Messrs. Sutton's prenthes were entirely burnt to the ground, and the chief part of the stock it trade. A strong body of the new police, under the direction of Mr. Murray, the superintendent, were in attendance, and were of the most essential service. BIRTHS. In lilortimer-street, Cavendish-square, the lady of C. Hato. Esq. of a son.—ln Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, tit. lady of W. H. Sharp, Esq. of a son—ln Fitswilliam-street, Dub lin, the lady of J. O'Brien, Esq. of navale, county Clare, of a daughter.—ln Dublin, the lady of W. J. Westby, Esq. of High. park, county Wicklow, of a son and heir.—The lady of Richard Annit, Esq. of a daughter.--At Glananes, county 1% estmeath, the lady of Ralph Smyth, Esq. of a son and heir. MARRIED. At St. Martin's in the Fields, F. Place, jun. to Maria, secor.d daughter of the late W. Waterfield, Esq.—At St. Andrew's, Hol. born, Mr. G. Murphy, of Ocwer.place, Euston square, to Sarah. second daughter of Mr. J. Hill, of High Holborn.—At the Friends Mecting.house, Dublin, F. Malone, Esq. to Lucy, daughter of .1 Barrington, Esq. —At Donnybrook.chutch, Major ti'kelly, llth Foot, to Julia, only.daughter of Captain Fuss, 31errion-view.—At Stillorgan, T. Dixon, of London, to E. Dorothea, only daugh. ter of B. Ball, of Rive Wale, county Dublin, Esq.—Thonias H. Ball, Esq. eldest son of B. Ball, Esq. of Riversdale, to Miss La/or, of Mervilk. DIED. At Woolwich, the 7th inst. Capt. Edward Barlow, of the Royal Artillery, aged 41. In Gower-street. aged 71, Mrs. Blayney, widow of the late Rev. R. Blayney, of Pitsford, in the county of Northampton, and sister of Lord Howard of Effingham.—At his residence, Stone Castle. Kent, Robert Talbot, Esq. in his 70th ar.—Allie des Vetter*. Champs El sea, Paris, Frances Maria Tolfrey, second daughter of the late Henry Tolfrey, Esq. of Calcutta.—At Brussels, (lets. via, youngest daughter of the late T. Maltby, Esq.—At Little Dunham Itectoey, the Rev. Henry Jowett, in the 74th year of his age, 38 ears rector of that parish, and formerly Fellow and Toter hi of en College, Cambridge.—At Cullenwood. near Dubli3. r Mrs. ewenhanr, wife of R. Newenham, Esq.—At Nenagh, on Sa turday last, aged two years, Mary Anne, daughter of Dv. Decor. seer, surgeon, 94th regiment.—The wife of Captain Grant, of Char. lenient-place, Dubline—Mark, daughter of Dr. Fsby, of Dorset street—At Blackrock, Cotk, Isabella, eldest daughter of Lieut. James Rumley, royal navy.—At Callatrim, near Bandon, George Cooper, Emej.—Edward Shiel, of Mahonstown, county Westmeath. Esq—At Kinsale, Eugene BlTarthy, Esq.—Mrs. Carr. relict of A. Carr, of Cork. Esq.—ln Kilmallock, on Sunday last, much re gretted, at an advanced age, after a few days illness, John trCon• nell, Esq. the oldest apothecary in Munster, and of highly respecta ble connexions. In hisjuvenile days, Mr. O'Connell sas a cheer ful companion and kind-hearted end; he was esteemed by a large circle of acquaintance. He was the only surviving brother of Dr. Rickard O'Connell, of 'realm, senior magistrate of Kerry (who was one of the brave naval officers that was deputed to present the flag of truce to the noble sans of Washington) and father of the paerioxic Mr. William John O'Connell. the shops in KiltnaUock, Charleville, and the surrounding towns, were closed for two days. as a tribute of respect to the memory of the father of this young Pa triot.—Tuesday, aged 71, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Smith, the mother of slr. Smith, solicitor, of Gloucester.—Saturday last, st the house of her nephew, .Ir. T. Wakeman, Gloucester, Apollonias youngest Amer of 'William Wakeman, Esq. of Beckfutcl. PRICE or TALLOW, SOAP &e. Town Tallow ... ... 50. od I Yellow Soap ... ... 7511 04 Yellow Russia ... ... 35. 64 Mottled .. . ... 7as od White ditto .. ... 37. 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