Star. — London, England, 1829-01-02 00:00:00

DRAMATIC LI fERA I'URE. • Tar STEPMOTHER—A TRAGEDY. IN FITS ACTS. IT JACOI JONES, !SQ. Or TON MMES MIMI. Mr. JONES is already known to the Public by various works which he has published, the latest and most porulAr of which is his Hist , rival Play of Longinus • That there is considerable difference in the style of , thought and execution between the present Tragedy and that to which we have just alluded, will be be,t ex plainest in the following words of the Pieface to this new producti•in of Mr. Jones's pen. " The Reader will perceive, on a perusal of the 'Tragedy of The Sig/mother. that it is, throughout (even to the very title of the Dukedom in which the supposed scene of action is laid), founded on Fiction. The Tragedy of Longinus, on the contrary, as more fully stated in the Preface which is attached to it, was mainly con structed from the historic materials of one among the most inter esting eras in the annals of the world." Mr. Jones proceeds to observe, " Whether I have succeeded best in the former, or the latter attempt—in the more classic, or the more romantic cha racters, circumstances, and delineations of the respective dramas, the public will be be competent to decide." After this explicit invitation from their author to a comparative estimation of the two Dramas, we may be excused for say ing, that we consider the classical pre • tensi. ns of the Tragedy of Longinus are better in ac cordance with the general tact: f r dramatic literature than the mote romantic peculiarities of The Stepmother. We would by n.s means wish to beundeistood as sir-ek ing this disparagingly of the latter work, but only com pat (rarely, and in conscienscious acceptance of the ai:thor's own challenge to compate his two Dramas. To our judgment, both Traged;es are well wort' y of • the p tblic peiusal and regard. We have not space to ewer into any analysis or detail of the plot and cha racter of The Stepmother, but in justice to the met its of this Drama we subjoin the follow ing extiaci Julia.—Where am I? what am I? is it a dream? Or the drear ali.mbrr of the peopled tomb? Ate recollections inmates of the deed. And a confused sense of fearful things? 1 have woke here before, and slept again ! Is it a vault, a bleak, damp, wormy grave, And I, great Goo! horridly buried alive?— Is it the resumed tttt of the dead 1— [Stores around tenth a look rf horrid &certitude. Ant I not chill? I heard theni 1.. y, " be died. " Then he is here— Where have they laid my Bertram? [Searching the dungeon. Wet lay him here? Not lay him by me? No? Where shall I crawl to lay me down beside him, Pressing my cold lips upon his cold lips. Smoothing his pillow on my perishing breast, And locking him fur ever in my arms? If I do live, and breathe the vital air, And be not the wan shade of hapless Julia, Living, I miserably feel he's dead, Solely alive to this, that he Is not— If I be dead, I am not wholly dead, But the tormenting faculty to know Bertram is dead, di.tracting, has a being. Perhaps I am mad, and this is still my chamber? I am not ma 1, and here is not my chamber. This is true su bstance; it is flesh and blood; Poor flesh and blood thy stay is taken from sheet Cann thine break thro' these wall.? nu, thou mast not; They will starve oat the life that thou bast left, Away from him, thine own devoted Herron. Oh ! this is hideous—it Is korrible—hortible ! There is a characteristic Chorus of BrnJitti, which We also psi , vie extract ng at a totisre period, and for the many other poetical and dramatic singularities which characteri.e Mr.J ;nes% new production thn ugh. our, we tele , the iteadet to the Drama of T'he Step mother it ,elf. Monday an Inquest was held at No ton, before W. PATESH 4LL,'Esq. Coroner of Hereford, on the body of Mr. Powell, who, on the preceding Thursday, whilst returning to his house, it is supposed, s 1 pped in getting over a stile, and not being able to recover his inn ing, fell headforemost into a well about four feet the e , neat the spot, in which he was found dead some time after wards. The deceased was a respect..ble man, and 69 years old. Verdict, Accidental Death. A short time since Lord and Lady W .-- were soj u ring at i Florence. A young and spirited Eng. li.f.man of f.shion, Mr. H. s—, lost one night to her Lss:yship 5001. at icarti. Mr. S. vet y properly paid the money, but mentioned the circumstance to a tient' - man. who suggested the possibility that there might have been something unfair in the matter. but which. hoseser, Mr. S. would not permit himself to belii.v It was. nevertheless. reported to Lady W. shortly alter Mr. S's departure for England, as if said by himself. Lady W. in consequence, and very naturally, telt hint. but was soot) ed by her L ru's kind promise to shoot Mr. S. through the head on the first possible convenient opportunity; and this presented itself last Wednesday, when (all the parties having reached Paris) Lord W. met Mr. S. in the Rue de la Pais (I believe). A meet ing was immediately proposed and arranged, and took place yesterday morning in the Bois de Bolugne. His Lorship attended by Colonel C. and Mr. S. by Captain W. on the half-pay of one of your dr igoon regiments. The patties having taken their ground, the word I. Fire!: was given rapidly, and fortunately neither shot took effect. The seconds then very properly in terfereit. The real facts of the case were disclosed, and the parties, of course, immediately shook hands.— " Now," said Mr. S. " that the affair has tea minated, let me confess that I fired purposely wide, and suffer me to show you what I can do. Place this hat on that bramble, give me the other pistol, and " the word, as quickly as you please." All this was done, and slap went the ball throli the hat, to the satisfaction, no doubt, f all partie s —Paris I eller, .A man of the name of Aimedieu was recently at the Assizes at Draguignain in France, for shooting a young man of the name of Augustin Pellegrin, on the night of the 28th of September last. The prisoner a a the keeper of a public house in a small hamlet near the town of Grasse, and on the night in question several young man belonging to the neighbourhood had met at his hi use for the purpose of making a subscription lot t e payment of the musicians which they had employed at their village dances from the spring to that time They also had a subscription for the payment of the prisoner for she wine and refreshments furnished to them at their dirties. A dispute arose between them respecting the amount of the bill, whii.h at last ended in the pri soner being knocked down and beaten. Aimedieu, on getting tio, went into an adj..ininp closet, and took up a mud/4r, which one of the wiinesses slated that he braid lom load. Two brothers, Augustin and Anthony Pel ot team. kably mild disposition-, and who had iu.t taken part in the quarrel, entered the closet and en- Liras , wed to appease Aimedieu. Anthony Pellegrin enale4vl wed to take posse sion of the nio,ket, but the, prisoner seised it s fired, and extended Pelleg•in at his feet a . cori•se. Ile ;btu seized a large stick, and knocked Anthony Pellegi in down with it. He was immediately arrested. Ott his trial, he stated that the brothers Pe!. and himself were in the closet in the dark, and wilily he was struggling with Anthony for the possession of Ah i e musket, it accidentally went off, and shot the de ceased; that he hod merely taken it up in self defence, and with no intention of hurting any human being, and espgeialll the deceased, who was his intimate friend, 'lls 4 lumboirever, found bias guilty t .and he was sec terned.to the galliesior life. The Act of the 9iti Go. IV. chap. 14, entitled 4' An Act for rendering a written Memorandum necessary to the Validity of certain Prr.mises and Engagements,' came into operation yesterday. By the first section it is provided. that no acknowledgment or promise shall be deemed sufficient to take a case out of the Statute rit Limitations, unless it be in' writing or by pan pay ment ; and by the third section it is enacted, that no endorsement or nieinorandum of any payment, writ ten or made upon any pr. missory now, bill of ez change, or other writing, by or on belia4 of the party to whom such payment shall be made, shell be deemed sofficietit proof of such payment. This enactment isof great impoi lance, especially to commercial meii. It is well twits n, that by the Statute of Limitations ('2l James I C. 16 ) action can be brought upon a promissory note, unless commenced within siz years from its date, or within six sears after an acknowledgment of the rust. ewe of the debt; but with respect to bills and notes bearing interept, it has been held that the successive in. dossemeirts of the receipt of intete.t. mete sufficient to take the case out of the Statute, although signed by the payee only, provided the last indorsement appeared to have been made within six years preceding the action. It will, however, now be incumbent on the holder every promissory note. to obtain a new one within six years from the date of the last indorsement. or an se knowledgment sired by the debtor (by indorsement or otherwise) that the money is still unpaid. The Act contains several other important clauses, rendering written memoranda necessary in several cases where verbal acknos ledgments or engagements wets heretofore held sufficient; among other things, it enacts that airy promi-e made after full age to pay a debt coo. tracted doting minority, or any other confir matron alter 21 of a simple contract or promi.e. while under age; or any representation concerning the character or eta& of another person. made in order that he may obtain credit, money. or.goods upon it, must. to render the party liable, be in writing. There is also another im portant provision, deserving particular notice—namely. no c :Intact for the sale of goods, to the value of la or epwards, is to be allowed to be good except the buyer shall accept pan of the goods, or give something is eat nest to bind the bargain, or in past payment, or some written memorandum of the bargain shall be made, notwithstanding the goods may be intended to be de. livered at some future time, or mar nor, at the time of the cot tract, be fit or ready for delivery. By the Bth section, the written memoranda required by the Act are exempt from stamp duty. LORD TENTERDENT ACT. AFFRAY BETWEEN A GANG OF POACIIERS AND TILE DUKE OF BEDFORD'S GAMEKEEPERS. The grounds orthe Duke r f Bedford, situated in the par ish of Ledington, in Beufnd,hire, having lately been fr quested by a numerous and determined gang of poachers, who committeJ peat havoc among hi, Grace's phearan• s, notwithstanding the utmost vigilance of the gamekeepers, the latter received directions to traverse the grounds in large parties at night, for the purpose, if possible, of itltercepting the marauders, and taking them into custody. Accordingly, one night in the la , st a eek a party [.(gamekeeper s came up with the whole gengof poachers, consisting nt 13 ible-bodied men, eight of a horn were well provided with guns,and the remaining five a ith swinge!s or a weapon of a very desperate description. Tie gamekeeper s, although ii ferior in point of numbers, compared with the poachers, desired them to stand and deliver up their arms. The latter, depending upon their numerical strength, swore they would not resign a single gun. A general conflict was the conse quence; shots were fired, and several desperate blows given on br tb sides. The swingel used by the poachers did dreadful execution, knocking down a man at every blow. The gamekeepers, after a desperate hut ineffectual resi-tance, were obliged to retrea•, one t f them having his leg broken by a blow from the butt-end of a gun, and ali of them exhibiting cuts and' gashes as evi dence of the furious encounter in which they had been engaged. The contest took place in an enclosure, and the ground, which was marked by the struggle, •vas discovered next morning almost covered wit'r blood. Favoured by the darkness of the night, and their ad versaries not being in a situation is pursue them, the poachers retreated with ea-e and safety, culling with them more than twenty brace of pheasants, which they bad previously killed in his Grace's preserves. Assist ance having been obtained, it was fund necessary to convey two of the wounded gamekeepers to the Ampt hill Infirmary, where they now lie in a very precati.ius state. The affray was so sudden, and the night so dark, that the gamekeepers the next morning could not un- Jertake to swear to the persons r f those by wham they had been encountered ; and the assailants would pro bably have escaped with impunity, but fur the arrival of Gardner, a Bow-street officer, Mho was sent down to investigate the affair. He immediately piocceJed to the scene of action, and took the dimensions of the se veral shoe-marks that were still visib.e on the s; ot. It happened that one of these impresei.ins was that of a shoe of more than ordinary size, and the t (liter re marked that two of the hoh nails in the heel acre wanting. Proceeding upon this apparently slight ell dence,Gardner immedia•ely examined the she e, of some men who had previously been taken into custody upon supicion. This examination finally led to the discover y that the shoe of a man named John Axham rime) corresponded with the impressi•sn which Gardi.er had noticed. Axham, le.iring for his personal safety, was in uced to become Rpo over. lie info' mad against the whole of his associates. amongst whom was i•is own br. ther. They were all, t*elve in number. taken into custody and brought before the Rev. George Catdell and Thomas Bake,. E.q. two of the Magistrates of the county, who sat ir. petty sessi.rns last Friday, at the King's Arms Inn, A wrpthill. The name. of the prisoner. are—Fran cis ileums, brother to the approver ; Oliver and John Leech, brothers also; John and William Bur ton; Leonard Curtis. Richard Hines, 'Thomas Beard, Thomas Saunders, Thomas Miller, and. John and Thos. Maynard. The facts detailed abOve having been deposed to upon oath, the prisoners were fully committed to Bed ford gac.l to take their trial at the next assizes. Of the number of sick its 04 public hospitals at Paris, some idea may be formed front the consumption of • bread in those institutions, which amounts to 15,000165. per diem. IMPONTANT TO MAIL COACH THAVELLRIOL—A re. gulation made by the Pos.-office, and of coubiderable importance to travellers. came into ol•eratinn yesterday morning. It is to the following effect: "No luggage can be allowed on ;he roof, which interferes with the proper packiag and safety of any sacks of letters wl.ich the mails are obliged to carry these. No luggage to be placed on the roof till after the boot is full, and then only that luggage which belongs to passengers. No more than three articles, being portmanteaus, or carpet. bags, are nn any pretence to be allowed to any one pas. singer, whether .they be large or small; and the largest portmanteau is not to exceed two feet tour inches in length, and one foot six inches in height, and ate never to be placed on each othetis WINTER ASSIZES. KINGSTON. Ira. I. Dann Sly. 1131'011 • Richard Lawrence and Henry Lawrence were inclimel fir burglariously entering the dwelling hnu , e of MI. Thornton, Bennet -street, ::tsarford.street, and stralin therefrom bumf: y articles of plate, value up sat ds (.151. and two hats. on the llth of August last. 1 he evidence against the prisoners consisted of a cha'n of circumstances. Ou the night of the 17th of August, cis days alter the robbery, the two prisoners were seen to conceal themselves behind a cart, in a stonemssrm's yard, (To-he the prosecutot's house; the watchrnati on the spot seized one of them, the other re •ped, but ve es taken the following morning. On the • pot where the prisoners had stood was found a set of househre k ing implen.er ts, which fitted exactly the marks left in the prosecutor's house; in particular two centre bits and •a Irmg screw driver, which was proved :o have been in Richard Lawrence's possession previous to the satyr!. 0 I the head of the prisoner was one el the hats stolen from the prosecutor. Orr the engirt of the robbery, a watchman • saw three men coming from Bennet-street, and after they had proc. cde a short dis. tame, he observed a hat apparently thrown away by one of them. This hat was proved to have been worn by the ether prisoner, henry Lawrence, when he lets' Brixton, in which be had been confined. Richard Lawrence protested his Mr ocence, and de clared he had bought the hat sworn to by the prosecutor in April last. The tither prisoner made no defence. The Jury, after a abort consultation, found both the prisoners Guilty. The JUDGE, in directing sentence of death to be re• corded, remarked, that the crime of burglary had reached to such an extent in this country, that it must be punished severely. It was only is consideration of the absence of personal violence in this case that he should recommend his Majesty to spare the prisoners Imes ; but they would have no opportunity to commit a similar offes.ce in this country at least. The prisoners are notorious offenders. The Assizes concluded this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL Swnsos.nro.—An elderly man, named Charles Was, was re examined wt a charge of defrauding a poor widow of several pigs. or the value of MU. and also with defrauding Mr. Johnson, a farmer, at Highgate, of three cows. The widow, Mrs. Cowin, of Salamanca-place, Lambeth, stated, that she took some of the pigs in a cart to Eyre-street, I.eather.. Idle, where the prisoner resided, on the 4th of October, and left them in the street in charge of her lad, while she west into the pismires house tis settle the bargain witb him, intending to take care she received Ike cash before she parted with her property.-- She was amused, however, by White, while a confederate went out told the lad the pigs had been settled for, and drove them away. White had proposed to pay her with a bill, hut she bad refused it steadily till she beard the pigs were guise, when boding ' she was not likely to get any thing else, she consented to take the bill, which was for sixteen pounds, payable four days after date.— This was dishonoured when due, and had never been paid. About three weeks after, White and a confederate called on bet to buy thy rest of her pigs, promising to pay her for the best kit as well as the present. She accompanied them to some house, driving the pigs before her, and leaving them outside the kitchen window I. full view (determined not to be tricked again) ; but the parties again proposing to pay her with a bill, and pressing her a great deal about Ir, hi r att. ntiois was ..t length distracted from the window, the pigs were driven out of the street unobserved by her, and she was reduced to the same strait as htfore—eitber to take a 20/. bill or nothing. She agreed to take the bill, which, as before, was dis honoured. and bad not been paid ; her landlord distrainal her goods, and she was entirely ruined. In the other case r the complainant believing the prisoner's re presentation, that be was an extensive cowkeeper in Great Garden street, Whitechapel, tank his bill in payment for three cows, value sixty-eight pounds, without making any previous inquiry into the prisoner's circumstances. Whets the bill became due he could not be found. There were now other compislats of attempting to get fraudu lent possession of some sheep; of defrauding a farmer at Sutton of a horse, value lel. which be had exposed for sale at Croydo• Fair, and of cheating a gentleman of the Corn Exchange of 304 worth of grain ; but none of these were formally entered into, having occurred out of the jurisdiction of the Alderman. The corn dealer said be had traced the prisoner from one part of the town to atmo• thee, and had found he had every where obtained the reputation of being a swindler. 111 r. Alderman VENABLE,' remanded the prisoner, in tbe expecte dun that other charges would be preferred against him. BOltr _ _ Yesterday Mr. Gates, the Solicitor to the Society of Bankers, and Mr. - Cope the City Marshal, appeared at this Office for the purpose of having a warrant, granted by the Lord Mayor for the apprehension of Mr. Rowland Stephenson, the banker, who has absconded, backed by Sir llicomin MIMI& Mr. Gates then stated that he wished to have the assistance of some of the principal ufficers. Sir Ilicelaso—You shall have every assistance which we can afford you , but have you been unable to discover any clue yet? Mr. Gates said not, although a reward of 40th. had been offered in the first instance. Sit Barna an—The affair is one of immense magnitude, and 01. is a comparatively small sum. kir. Gates said an addition of 7001. had been made to the reward only that niorning. Sir liicitaao thought that more likely to accomplish the desired object. Two experienced officers were ordered to lend their services to Mr. Ga es, who with them sod Mr Copt departed. h will be recollected that Mrs. Cooke, alias Stamp, aline Saller den, alias Sutton, the wife of the person who was for years ' on the town" under the names of the lion. Jas. Stamp Sutton Cooke, and like her, " lived on hi. wits," or, more correctly speaking, by duping the cieduluits part of the community, was convicted at the Old Batley Sew.ions at.uut four months ago, for stealing a piano forte, the property of a Mr. Itatlimacher, and that she was sentenced to transportation for seven years for the offence. Ye►terday a Gentleman came before Sir Itscwaao Mame, and asked that Ma gistrate whether be was aware that in coosequenee of the 'lntioessce of a certain Catholic Nobleman in behalf of Mrs. Cooke, with Mr. l'eel, her sentence was not to be carried into effect, but she was to be banished to one of the West India Islands (her native place), where her father, who was a coffee planterolied sonic years ago, and left her considerable property? Sir It. Boma said, that be knew nothing whatever of the sen tence of Mts. (lake having been commuted. The Gentleman said, that a Mr. Cubit, who had married a sister of Mrs. Coke's late husband, bad called upon him. and informed him that Mrs. Cooke was about to go to the West Indies, and was about to apply to the Chancellor to allow her to take her two children with her, which site had by the late Stamp Sutton Cooke. Sir It. Ittaiiis inquired if Stamp Sutton Cooke was dead? The Gentleman replied, that he died in the early part of the last week in the Marshalsea Prison, and was buried only two dayssgo. Sir H. Univac told the Gentleman that he might learn of Mr. Capper, at the Secretary of State's Office, if there was any truth in the statement Mr. Cubit had made, and the Gentleman withdrew. DIARY-LA-BONNE. A countryman named Monks* was charged with stealing an immense number of horns' tails and mews. It appeared that the farmers in the counties of Meets, Bucks, and Middlesex, have suf fered extensive!) by the above novel species of depredation ; and on Sunday night, the manes and tails of five horses,belooging to Mr. Harwood, a farmer at Bevingdean, Hensel Hampstead, were cut off whOsythe animals were in the stables; and a Gentleman in the neighbourhood also lost the tails of all his horses about the same petiod. The prisoner was taken into custody on Monday morning, in Limn grove, by Webster, an slier, with nine tails in bit possession. which he could not account for, lee of which were identified by Mr. Harwood as his property.-4he prisoner was committed for trial. A Clergyman from Leicestershire was charged with presenting a pistol at Timothy Manny, a Mary.la-bonne watchman. alabony stated, that a quarter before twelve his atteotion was directed to the defendant by a girl, in Henrietta street, Cavendish. squire, with whom the Rev. Gentleman► bad been in conversation ; she stated he had got a cocked pistol, and intended to do some one an injury. Witness expostulated. The Devine pluced a loads.: pistol at his breast, and swore if he did not take himself away be would shoot him. Hi sprang his rattle, and with the assistance h. thereby obtained, took him to the watekhouse, and upon searching, him, a second pistol, also loaded, was found in his pocket. Ile bar nut been long in essatmenwnt, before a waiter belonging to the Stratford Cam-hen* maill is search for him. Us old the Rev. Gaudreau bad wind the previous day in. post•cti:i<e from country; be had that day takes three puni• 4.f n :ii( Jt . ..4.r h,. ,ii 6mto , and whether Ise was tipsy or mad' he could not !I Mr. liswcismo questioned him. After «one hesitation, he said—l am a Clergyman, i di. ply injured t y my country, and I carried loaded ~T own per...nal protection. Mr. Itriwrinvon permitted him to remain in the •••.• private room until bail was aecompikhed and he was then hinrat.r. II ATTON • G AItDIEN. Yesterday Jahn Skate and .fran his wife were charged with rob. ling Iletli:wnrth Bricknell. Esq. of Jud I.street. under the follow. ing circumst .nces:— About ten ei'Clock the preceding night, th e first prisoner was observed by Teatelale, the Somers Town watch. bousekerper, in Doughty-inert. Ilrunswick.square, carrying 4 basket, which appeared to be heavily laden. Tenable followed him as far as Mount l'lasant, Culdbathfields, where he stopped him, and made Impilries of him respecting the contents of the bat. bet, to which Inquiries the prisoner gave such evasive answers that Teasdale thought it right to take him to the watchhouse. in the neighbiluthood, where the basket was examined, and found to coo: rain six bottles of wine and a large quantity of meat, bread, tea' sugar, Sm. The prisoner then acknowledged that helot the bati and its tmitents from his wife, the second prisoner, who be mat to be in the service of the prosecutor, Mr. Ilricientli. Teasdale immediately repaired to Mr. Brieknell's house, when, upon eaa: mination. " a visible hole," to uw Mr. Ilticknell's expression, wai found in the stock of wine. Upon the second priioner were tenth a number of keys, one of which opened the wine cellar door. Sh e was also consigned to the watchhouse.—The prisoners, who said nothing in their defence, were remanded THA MF4,POLICF.. A Gentleman, named King, who carries on the hudness of corn and coal dealer. in %Vapping.strret, was charged with assault ing a man named Watkins alias Clarke. The c,.niplainasit said be went to the defendant's house upon some hu.in. se, and without t h e slightest provocation, he knocked him down, and afterwards kicked him out of the house into the street. The defendant, Mr. King said, he was just in the act of clearing his counting-house when the complainant came, and said he had an information against him under the Coal Act, but h e m i g h t, i f b e pleased, settle it; perceiving his object, be certainly did kick him into the street. Mr. Barlaiarrnta put several questions to the complainant, and be at length reluctantly admitted that he got his living by laying informations.—The Magistrate dismissed the complaint. MBETH—STRF.ET. Two fellows named LWOW and Donaldson, alias Mi Dowell. were charged before M. WYATT, Esq. with having, early on that morn. ing, stolen a box of wearing apparel, the property of Elisabeth Harris, the barmaid at the Inverness Arms public house, East Smithfield. The prosecutrix, a modest diffident-looking girl, stated that slio was in the employment of the landlord of the Inverness Arms, and , that the prisoners, who were out of employment, had lodged there for nearly three weeks. At half past ten o'clock last night she went to her bed-room for an apron, and her box was then safe. She remained up until about half past two o'clock, and the prisoners were then in the tap-room. On that morning the box, which lay at the loot of her bed, was missing ; and shortly after the discovery of her loss it was brought to her by the constable, who described the manner in which it bad been recovered. The box then pro duced was the same that had been stolen, and contained wearing apparel and other articles, her property, amounting in value to et. Cartwright, the constable, proved having given information to the last witness of the apprehension of the prisoners, and a box being found in their posEssion, which was suspected to have been stolen. On his apprising her of the circumstance, she described to him the box and it. contents. John James, and another watchman, proved taking the prisoners into custody, wider suspicious circumstances, at half past two o'clock on that morning, and they not having given a satisfactory account of the manner in which they had become possessed of the' box, were locked up at the watch-house. The prisoners, in defence, alleged that they had found the boa; but the Magistrate giving no credit to their statement, they were foUy committed to Newgate. UNION.HALL. Mr. ariskpfser Leads, a coal dealer, ut Pro•pect•place, Lam. be', was senunotted for having ten sacks deficient in length in kis possession, for the delivery of coal. Mr. Harmer attendant for the defendant. A labouring meter proved that be seized the sacks on the de• (rodent's cart, on the wharf of 3feasn. Cole. Childs, and Co. when they were ab out to be filled from the craft. Upon the case being investigated, it turned out that the defendant had purchased five MOM of coals at the wharf, and w.w about to remove the coals in hh own sacks, not to a customer's house, but to his own premises ; and it was contended that the case did not come within the mean ing and intention of the Statutes Mr. Swasav thought that a coal dealer had a right to remove coals from a wharf is his own premises in any way he thought proper, and dismissed the information. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATT ERS A LI'S, JAIL I. There has not been a single bet made to-day worth notice, an the attendance in the room was extremely scanty, consequently no state of odds can be given different to what has been before Me ported, either as to the Derby, Oaks, or Leger. SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COVRT. lens Ward took his benefit at the Tennis Court yesterday, and had a complete overflow, thus beginning the Ncw Year in prime style. The setting to was excellent, and embraced the fullowing men, who did their heat, and drew forth thin:den of applause : Sans Foot and Mason; Smith and Donovan ; Deaf Burk and Josh Hudson's new Black, who, bare-beaded and bare-footed, afforded some fine fen; Bishop Sharpe and Raines; Harry Junes and Per kins. This set-to attracted the most fixed attention. Many whir bad not had an opportunity of seeing Perkins before, expressed sur prise that Curtis should have thrown a chance away in matching Wrung! . against such a man ; for it now turns out he weighed tea ►tone ten pounds on eke day of fighting, while Curtis did not quite move nine stone. His style of nation with Harry Jones, notwith standing the portion of pepper he received from Dick, on Tuesday,/ soon convinced the sceptical that he knew what be was about ; mai although Harry did his best, he bad nothing the better of the bout. Some good counter hits were exchanged, by one of which the claret was drawn from the yet tender conch of Perkins. Still be war steady, and ready at all points, and the stopping and scientific moves on both sides were of the first order. These men were fol lowed by Spencer and anon ; Brown, the ECast.ender, and Caner; Brown, the Sprig of Myrtle, and Semen* ; and, as a wind up, Spring and Ward. This was one of the finest exhibitions of the day, and the quickness and beautiful science of both drew down re- , prated bursts of applause. A PPRA RANCE eV THE OF TOROIDAL Coals. Perkins. James, and &idle, all showed. Curtis had some heavy marls of punishment on the nose, mouth, and eyes, and seemed a good deal " down upon his luck." After Sharpe and Raines bad set-to, be mounted the stage, and said be was extremely sorry that he was licked against his will on Tuesday. He was mote lifted that his friends bad lost their money, and particularly one in dividual. lie hoped for better fortune another time, however, and was ready to make a match with any man in England, and give halts stone, for any sum, from J3OO to £500; or be would light any man of his weight, £3OO to &100—Applause. . Perkins showed the heavy effects of the bit on his left eye, and Isis nose and mouth were swollen. As for needle and Jone s, was notbiug the matter. NEW CHALLENGES. Bishop Sharpe said be was ready to make a match with Perkins fora hundred or two, sod would not weigh more than lOst 41b on the day of lighting. Ake Iteid also announced himself as a candidate for the Mama of the Orford Pet for a hundred, and would Dot weigh more than 10st. He was willing to light any other man of his weight upon the same terms. There was no reply to either. BATTLE MONEY GIVEN UP TO PERKINS AND JONES. After a good deal of discussion as ire Castle Tavern last night, the bank money was given op to the above two men. The coo, duct of Reidie was partioularly animadverted upon. It was wave& sally allowed that he was either a air or something worse. DIED. The 23d ult. soddenly, at his - Wal ' dence in Hampton, the Right Rev. Robert Stauset, D.D. fosmerly of &. John's C ollege, Cam bridge, in the 69th year of his age. Dr. Starner, after nearly thirty years of laborious service as a Missionary from the Society for the Propagation of . the Gospel, in the Province of Nova Scotia, North America, was consecrated in the year 1816, Bishop of that Pry. since, at the urgent and unanimous desire of the whole community. At Auchindinny House, on the 40th Bk. Archibald fletcber, Esq. advocate, in the 118th year of his age; and at Tadcaster, too the 15th ult. lizabeth Mary Taylor, his grand.daughter, is the 11th year of her age. At Boxford, in Suffolk, Alexander Hogg, Esq. Purser in the Royal Navy. This Officer was with the late Captain Cook. in his voyage of discovery, in the year 1771. HIGH- W ATER at LONDON•BIRIDGE TO MORROW. Morning • 12 MISIUM atter 12 Alternoun • 6 meatus any 12 Lornon: Printed and Pub Land by Joun Shelf; the Pro Pricie r, at the Start Orrin', No I, Ptekettirlace, Temple klat.