Star. — London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE, Yesterday, a fellow named Simms .Arefson was brought up on a charge of having defrauded a poor woman of five shillings, by means of gyps and balls. The poor woman had been induced to put down half-a-crown. part of i•er little capital, with which she was going to market. She raised an outcry when the cup was raised and the ban was not there. A bustle ensued, in which her pockets were emptied, an.i she lost all the money she had about her. The trick is performed by means of a small black ball of wax, which sticks to the nail of the performer whenever he wants it. The prisoner was sent for six weeks to the tread-mill, as a rogue and vagabond; and the woman was reprimanded for her cupidity. GUILDHALL William Pitt appeared on a summons for assaulting Miss Susan Carpenter, the daughter of Mr. Carpenter. the confectioner, in Fleet street. Both the maid-servant and Miss Susan swore that Mr. Pitt threw the latter down, in dragging her front behind the counter, to oblige her to give place to Mrs. Carpenter. Mr. Pitt wished to call evidence that Miss Carpenter used abusive language to her mother ; hut the Alderman declined entering farther into the case, the assault being proved, and ordered Mr. Pitt to find bail. Mr. Carpenter, however, withdrew his charge. upon Mr. Pitt assuring him he would never interfere in his family disputes again. Basernotoaraw Fain.—Several cases, the result of this fair, pre sented themselves yesterday. A woman stated that she bad been in Smithfield at half past one on Sunday morning, and several per sons having been standing behind her, opposite a show, she observed the back of her gown-wet, and a man's person indecently exposed, whom she gave in charge. She further stated that another female, nor present, could confirm her statement. 'I he prisoner, a labouring man, denied the offence, and was re minded till to-morrow, that the other female might have an oppor tunity of appearing against him. Christopher Cl trke. a jeweller in Plough-court, Fetter-lane, char ged a woman with passing a bad shilling to a friend of his, for half a pound of gingerbread nuts. The woman was remanded for two days, that the Solicitor cf the Mint might be able to attend, and conduct the prosecution. James Warn, 68, Jewin-street, charged an apprentice with ab s•racting from drawers in his bed room, thirty-five marked shillings. The boy was fully committed. Mr. Dobbs, a black lead pencil maker, in New Bridge-street, Blackftiars, charged his journeyman with a similar offence. The prisoner was remanded till Thursday. BOWSTREET. .1 ~An Anent, a little blind old man, meanly dressed, was yesterday brought beft . sre Mr. HALLS, at the instance of Messrs. Coutts, the bankers in the Strand, who that morning gave him into custody, upon his prestnting for payment a cheque for 50/. drawn by him self upon their bank, upon property which he alleges wilfully or erroneously to have been there deposited by him ; but for which allegation Messrs. Coutts affirm there is not the slightest foundation. A clerk in Messrs. Comte bank attended—not so much in sup port of the charge, he said, but to have the defendant prevented from annoying them with his cheques in the manner he had that morning done, as well as repeatedly before. In reply,the defendant contended that he was right in asserting that be had money in Messrs. Coutts' bank ' • and be went into the details of the circumstances, hut obit suchrapidity of utterance, that it was very difficult to gather what he said. It appeared from his statement, that for sometime previous to the year 1814, and before be quite lost the use of his sight, he resided in Clue-street, °Wiens (Oakhampton), with one Thompson, a relation of his, who was the owner of a small vessel, called the Betsy, in which he traded to the Coast of France with contraband goods. This man was very rich; and he told the defendant that when he died be should leave him a great deal of money—and when he did die, he left him one hundred and three thousand pounds, he being his nearest relation. Mr. HALLS here interrupted him, and asked if it was left him by will. Defendant said no ; and he was asked how he knew that it had been left to him? lie replied that Thomson told him he bad left it for him ; and besides, he saw the money himself, for it was be fore he went quite blind. There were, he said, 75 one thousand pound• notes, and 56 five hundred notes. All these he took himself to Comte bank ; having first got a man, named Jones, who then lived in St. Martin's.lane ' to accompany him, for the purpose of slowing him the way to tbe bank, and to see that be was not im post d urns. When they got to the bank it was between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, and they were introduced to Mr. Conn' himself, who entered the numbers of the notes in the book. Messrs. Coutts' clerk said the defendant must belabouring undue some strange delusion. It was quite improbable that the defending• should ever have seen Mr. Courts at all under such circumstaneell, and if the numbers bad been entered, as the defendant bad so posi tive! y asserted, the honks would have shewn it, but they did not. The defendant said be could not be mistaken, and he very cir cumstantially described the counting house in which this interview with Mr. Coutts took place, and repeated a conversation they bad she it the money. The most material part of this conversation is enstaiattl in the following affidavit, which the defendant made a Jew years back, when Mews. Courts disputed his claims upon them. It ran thus : " I, John Anglin, of No. 76, Ewer-street. Southwark, depose, that I went to Mr. Coutts and Co.'s banking-house, in the Strand, in the city and liberty of Westminster, in the latter end of the month of May. In the year 1814. I then and there deposited In the hands of the late bk. Coutts and Co. the sum of one hundred and three thousand pounds in Bank of England notes. I made an agreement with the late Mr. Coutts to receive floe per cent. interest on the whole property. The first three months interest, viz. for June, July, and August, in the year 1814, was drawn by a Miss Murray, of River -terrace, Islington. (Signed) "JOHN ANGLIN. " Sworn before me, at the Mansion House, 25th day of October, 1844, " 11. WA ITH M A N, Mayor." Messrs. Coutts' clerk said it was impossible bit. Courts ever could have made such an agreement. A Mr. Macdonald was then proceeding to enter into the de fendant's ease. when— Mr. Haw asked hint if be was a professional man, and if so, how he could take in hand a case of such manifest absu rdity? Mr. Macdonald said he was not a professional fnan ; and he knew nothing more of the defendant's ease than what be had told hint. He bad interfered at the desire of a friend of the de fendant's; and be thought the defendant was not altogether mis taken. He begged to know if his Worship would desire Messrs. Coitus to let him examine their books? Mr. Hares said certainly not, and expressed his surprise that such a question should have been asked. Messrs. Coutts' clerk repeated that they had examined their books, and they could find nothing in them relating either to the defendant or his money. Mr. Ewa said the defendant was evidently labouring under some strange delusion. He asked the defendant where Jones, the man who was with him when to paid the money into the bank, Was? He replied that " he might be somewhere in London, but he couldn't find him." He then said that be had often given cheques en the bank to Junes and a man named Nicholls, and to bliss Murray mentioned in the affidavit, and they had been paid. Mr. HALLS—How do you know that? Defendant—Oh, they told me so. blr. Um= asked him if he had ever got any money himself for his cheques, and he replied that he had not. Some further desultory conversation ensued. Among other things, it appeared, that the defendant cohabited with Miss Murray, who, he said, would have killed him, if be had not got away from her.— And on one occasion he came to London with 8,0001. of which she vent 4.000/. and he another thousand. Dlr. Das! s said, though this was a case in which he bad no juris diction, he had listened to it that the patties might have an oppor tunity of explaining; and as it was, he should discharge the defend ant, who, if lie still meant to persist in his tlaim, Must have recourse to the law : and if he again issued dtafts on blesses. Coutts, be w nu Id render himself liable to be apprehended for the misdemeanour. The parties then retired. The driver of one of the mail carts was summoned to answer the complaint of a poor woman whose son bad been run over and con detahly injured in consequence of the furious manner in which t'sk- cart was driven. ;lr. Waterhouse, the coach proprietor, sent a person to the office to defend the case. It appears that he is the contractor for these , cans, and in ord. r to excuse the furious matinee in which they are driven, the defence set op was, that they were allowed only t.O minutes to drive from the Posto ffice to the White Ilorse Cellar, Piccadilly. Mr. Ilaabs, the Magistrate, would not listen to such an excuse to defend a practice of such a dangerous description. The poor woman, after a great deal of trouble and much shuffling on the part of the person who represented Mr. Waterhouse, oh. tained the remuneration of if. to compensate her for the injury sus tained by her soil, who was considL rably injured by the accident. Taylor, a tailor, in Bear -street, Leicester-square, whose do• recstie glans were a short time since brought before tLe public at the isitaiun I louse, was yesterday brought to this ofli.c, charged with bienoty, on the information of " Thomas Thompson, merchant . of Buckiersbury," for feloniously intermarrying with one Mary Bond, his wife Ann being then living. The prisoner admitted the second marriage, bat declared that at the time he had good reason to believe that bin first wife was dead, and at that time she had left him fourteen years or more ; and she was a woman of very bad character, for after she left him she lived with two persons,—a Mr. Tibbett and a Mr. Bragg, by both of whom she bad children. He was admitted to bail. An application was afterwards made by Taylor's solicitor to be permitted to have a copy of the information. He assured the Ma gistrates that this charge was a conspiracy on the part of certain persons to suit their own purposes. Mr. Hatt.s, after some demur, granted the application. I►IAItLBOROUGU•STREET. John Sattpders, a long raw-boned carpenter, with an amiable stupidity of •countenance, rolled up to the Bench, and charged a neat little pet;t female emigrant front Pye-street, Westminster, with having extra/tea a silver watch front the it dark abyss" of his calico watch-pocket. Ile was in a state of single blessedness retiring to his couch on Saturday night with his week's wages snug in his poc ket, and his watch in his fob, when be was accosted in Oxford street by the prisoner. Ile found her so well calculated to amuse, by her attractive powers of conversation, that he did not part with her till after an amusing tree-a•tete. in Oxford-road, when he found that she had not only beguiled hint of his carts, but at the same time of his watch. On discovering his loss he politely requested the Lady to return it; her amusing conciliations were instantly changed to the yellings of a fury, which were only quieted by her being placed under the protection of the Cerberus of the watch house.—The Lady denied all knowledge of the watch, which had not been found, and was ordered to find bail for her good behaviour. Mr. George amity, hair dresser and billiard table keeper, of Pickering-place, St. James's, appeared to a summons, at the in stance of Mr. Golding, for exercising his worldly calling on the Lonn's Day, contrary to the provisions of the Statute. Mr. Cleasby admitted keeping the house, and having a table, but did no more than the whole of his neighbours. The Travellers' Club played every Sunday evening ;so did all the clubs. His could not be called a public table; he gave no public intimation—it was not written up that he had a billiard table; he never took any money for Sunday's play ; certainly he did on other days. Surely he might play privately with a few friends, just to pass an hour. Is he liable to an information if he strikes a ball on a Sunday ? lie did nut understand the summons; it said fur working on a Sunday. Mr. CONANT told the defendant, it was not moral for a man, with a family, to suffer gambling in his house on Sunday. It signified nothing l is not writing it up; the frequenters of his rooms knew very well that be kept a billiard table. There was no liability in his doing that ; but the play must not be carried on on Sunday. As the matter was not pressed, on his undertaking to discontinue the play on the Sundays, be should dismiss the information, on the pay. ment of the costs-3s. 6d. _ --- --- Mr. Cleasby having nude the promise, paid the 3s. 6d. and the parties separated. MARY-LA.-BONNE. LUDICROOS Itimaza.—Yesterday, an old man, named Craunston, was charged with committing a most violent assault upon the per son of Miss Bradshaw, on her road to Chapel. Miss Ann Bradshaw (who is an antiquated maiden) stated, that as she was going to Tottenham-court Chapel, on Sunday morning, dressed in her silk gown, red shawl, and Leghorn bonnet, the de. fendant laid violent hands upon her, tossed her shawl twice round her neck, and almost strangled her by holding it tight under her throat, threw her down, dragged her across the street, all in the mud; and by his violent shaking, repeatedly struck her in her bgsom. The bonnet, gown, and shawl being produced, bore strong evidence in favour of Miss Bradshaw's testimony. Mr. Booconvori—This is a singular charge ; what provocation did you give him ? Miss Bradshaw—None in the world, Sir, I never iaw him before with my eyes. Mr. BROUOIITON—Did he want to get your money, or offer to kiss you? Oh! no, Sir! (said Miss Bradshaw) he did not attempt to rob me nor even to kiss me. Mr. BILOVOIITON--.I should suppose not ; I think you are rather gone by that time of day ; but all this renders the thing still more mysterious.-- 6 4 1 can explain it all, your Worship," said a female in the back ground. "I am glad of it," replied Mr. Broughton, " we will hear you presently." Mrs. Mary Ann King, of Charlotte-street, Portland-place, said, that at about half past ten o'clock on Sunday morning her attention was aroused by a most piteous cry of, " Oh, Oh ! help, help!" She went to her window, and saw the old man dragging the elderly lady across the road, and at the same time shaking her with great violence. Thinking it to be a quarrel between a man and his wife, carried to a serious extreme, she went into the street, and repri manded him for his conduct, when be turned round, gave her ax oath, and at the same time a blow on her mouth. She believed him to be tipsy. Mr. Baotioneos called for an explanation from the female behind. Margaret Evans---I beg pardon, your Worship, Mr. Craunston is a very industrious man • he is a shoemaker, and no relation of mine • but he has had a little money left him, and be is near sighted; and if you please, your Worship , his wife is most in fault, for she wears a Leghorn bonnet, a red shawl, and a silk gown, and she is the very picture of that Lady, height and all; and she took his money, and ran away from him, on Saturday; she is more to blame than he is • and if you please your Worship, he hit this Lady instead of wife ; its only a mistake, your Worship, that's ail. Mr. Baoutuivou—This is a strange mistake, and a singular ex planation; what have you to say for yourself (addressing the de fendant)/ Why, Sir, my wife robbed me, and the Lady's shawl is very much like my wife's shawl—And you were drunk (said Mr. Baouonton), and could not tell one woman from another. I shall commit you, and you must go to prison, unless you can make your peace with Miss Bradshaw. r THAMES POLICE. Ix:omm TO Lisnameast.—A Conviction under the 2d of Geo. 11. cap. 26, whereby the penalty is not inflicted on the offend ing party. A Mr. Hamilton Coslette M'Garry, a respectable Lighterman, appeared on a summons, founded on the Information of William Neville, to show cause why his apprentice, Thomas Moore, did, on the 24th of August last, between Gravesend and Windsor, take charge of and and work a craft, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided, and in violation of the 2d of Geo. 11. cap. If, which states, " That for the better security of the lives of passen gers and the safety of goods be it enacted, that from and after the 29t1: of June, 1729, it shall not be lawful for any apprentice to take upon himself the sole management of any boat or other vessel upon said limits aforesaid, until such apprentice shall have attained the full age of 16 years, if he be the son of a waterman, and the age of 17, being the son of a landmitcand unless said apprentice shall have worked, and upon the said River, with some able and skilful water- 1 man, wherryman, or ligbterman, for the spice of two years at least before his attaining the said respective ages; and in case such ap prentice shall be convicted thereof, in manner as aforesaid, then in such case the master or mistress of such apprentice shall forfeit and pay for evert etch offence the sum of 10s." Mr. M'Garry being called on to plead, he pleaded Galley; at the same time, he observed, that he was not aware of the existence of such a statute. Mr. Sytnottds, the Chief Clerk, observed, that Mr. M'Oarry could not be convicted until his apprentice was first. Thomas Moore, the apprentice, admitted the fact of his being an apprentice, and was not as yet two years so. Captain McNutt said, he was obliged, under the Act, to call on Mr. M'Garry to pay the penalty of 10s. and costs. He observed, that it was rather a curious statute, whereby the offending party escapes ; nor does the Act even make the provision, that should the offence be committed without the privity or consent of the muter. With ur without, it operates alike. So an apprentice may at any time inflict a fine on his master. Mr. Al‘Garry having paid the fine and costs, all parties then left the office. The Planet Herschel', which has been discovered about 45 years, and which in magnitude is about 80 times that of our Earth, is but little seen, owing to its immense distance, being about 1,750 millions of English miles at this time from us. It may, however, be seen with a common telescope, of very small magnifying power, when directed to the proper place, between eight and ten o'clock in the evening. THZ WEATHER, &c.—A more delightful August, r the benefit of man, than the month just past has turned out, it would be difficult to imagine. The wheat crops in general have been peculi.triy fine—as well housed ; plenty, therefore, as appertains to the staff of life, sta►es us in the face.—Partridges are mentioned as in abundance; but, owing to the extreme favourableness at the season, they are wild, and peculiarly strong upon the wing, so that they require the best aim of the ,experienced fowler to bring them down. THE DUBLIN TABINET. BALL. FROM THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. At the Dublin Tabinet Ball, Lady Wellesley had no minated a certain number of Vice-Presidents of the dance; who'were directed to appear with a head dress of ostrich feathers, by way of distinguishing them from the Ladies to whom that high function had not been confided. Accordingly, about a dozen heads, stuck with a profusion of waving plumage, lifted their nod ding honours above the crowd. These reminded me of the Mexican Pi incesses in prints of Montezuma's Cant, which I have seen in the History of New Spain. The absence of any superfluity of attire, did not make the resemblance less striking. It was pleasant to ob serve the authoritative simper with which they dischar ged their high plumed office, and intimated the impor tant part which they were appointed to play in this fantastic scene. Upon the vulgar in the crowd, such as the wives of rich Efurghers ' of opulent attorneys, and of stuff gown lawyers, they looked with ineffable disdain; and even to the fat consorts of the Alderman, they scarcely extended a smile of supercilious recognition. Busily engaged among the latter, I observed Mr. Henry Grattan, who was then a candidate, and is now a repre sentative of the city of Dublin. This Gentleman was not a little strenuous at the Tabinet Ball, in his atten tions to the Ladies, both young and elderly, of the Cor poration. He hod, upon a former occasion, been de feated by Mr. Ellis, through the influence of the Civic Authorities, and was determined to conciliate the lead ing Members of the powerful body by which he had been successfully opposed. He accordingly paid to the Orange potentates of the Corporation a diligent and obsequious attention. I ob served him actively engaged in this part of his vocation at the Tabinet Ball. No man laughed more loudly at certain reminiscences from " Joe Miller," which Alder min was pouring, as original anecdotes, into his ear. The new and graceful pleasantry of the worthy corporator appeared to throw Mr. Grattan into convul sions of merriment, though now arid then, in the inter vals of laughter, I could perceive an expression of wea riness coining over his face, and that effort over the oscitating organs, with which an incipient yawn is smo thered and kept in. My attention was suddenly diverted from this political tete a tete by an ejaculation of ennui, which was uttered by a young English Officer, who was lounging, with two of his military compatriots, through the room. This triumvirate of coxcombs trailed them ' selves, with an affected listlessness, along, and vented their depreciation of Ireland, in elaborately English in tonations. They were apparently anxious to give inti mation of their superior country ; for they put more of their national accent into their voices than well bred Englishmen are accustomed to do, and seemed vain of the anti-Irish drawl, in which the spirit of mingled tedium and of derision was expressed. One of them was a handsome and well formed fellow, the manliness of whose person made a singular contrast with the arti ficial effeminacy with which his countenance was in vested. He lisped in a deep guttural voice, and played with his whiskers as if they were the bow strings of Cupid. I was not a little amused by the languid com placency with which this athletic Narcissus seemed to contemplate himself. His companion on the right was the exact reverse of the Captain in manner and in as pect ; for, with a feeble and fragile form, and the cheek of a woman, he put on an air of warlike defiance, and look d as Madame Vestris would in the part of Pistol. The other was a huge booby in gold an , i scarlet, with great meanies: eyes falling out of their sockets, and with features thrown in a chaos together. His business ap peared to be to grin at the Captain's wit, and turn up a pair of dilated nostrils, through which he snorted his disdain of Ireland. These Gentlemen were joined by an old Officer, who was evidently a man of rank, before whom they imme diately assumed an aspect of deference: like themselves he was an Englishman, but of a very different sort. He had the marks of long service on his face, which was of a strongly martial cast. There was no exhibition of haughty fierceness in his air; but his fine intelligent eye had that calm intensity of observation which denotes the "coup trod militaire: His features were aqueline, his colour was tinged by the Spanish sun, and his physyog nomy united great natural sweetness of expression with the familiar habits of command. He said that he had been greatly delighted with all that he had seen, and had no notion that Dublin could produce such a display of elegance, opulence, and beauty. He rallied his young friends upon the loss of their hearts, and the likelihood of their carrying back Irish wives to England. Against the possibilities of such a misadventure in matrimony they vehemently protested, and enlarged upon the huge feet and monstrosities of ankle exhibited by the Irish fair. A ponderous Lady, the wife of an honest burgher, was bouncing at the moment through the mazes of the third set, and seemed to be in that interesting condition which a Lady of fashion, in" The Vicar of Wakefield," describes as being " all over in a muck of sweat." To make the matter worse, she took it into her head that the Officers bad selected her as an object of admiration; and throwing a look of greasy amativeness into her face, renewed her efforts at the graceful with a desperate agility. I felt some mortification at the opportunity for ridicule, which was afforded to the young Englishmen by this piece of animated corpulency ; but I was relieved by the elder Officer, who pointed to a young Lady in an adjoining circle of dancers, whom it was only neces sary to look at for an instant, in order to feel the influ ence which perfect beauty is ill create in the rudest mind. With all their disposition to find fault, the party of mi litary critics at once admitted that the taste of the old Colonel could not be impeached, and that such a face and figure would almost justify the violation of the re gimental rule. "not to marry in Ireland." The impres sion produced by the girl whom the venerable veteran had selected, diverted my attention from the commen taries of the English Officers. Though not tall, her figure had the perfection of youthful symmetry. Her limbs were of the finest mould, and with the round plumpness of healthiunited an aerie) lightness and grace. The beautiful epithet which Prospero applies to the sweet minister of his spells, seemed to belong to this fascinating person, who looked as "delicate" as Ariel. Her dress was simple: it consisted merely of a pink tabinet, without decoration. A wreath of fl Avers bound the black hair, the ringlets of which just shaded the marble of her forehead, but fell in "ambrosial plenty" behini. tier features, although somewhat minute, had the Siddontan character. Thought and sensibility were mingled like the white ani red i wes in her cheek. Her eyes were of the finest black; but, although they were trail sweet and brilliant, there was an expression abc u them which I was at first at some loss to define. I afterwards perceived that it arose merely from a short ness of sight. I could have remained, as Oroonoko :Is, gazing " whole nights" upon her, when happily, perhaps, for as much heart as yet abides wi,hin me, her chaperon warned her, at the cenclu•irn of the dance, that it was time to retire. The morning, indeed, had just begun to show a face scarcely more beautiful, and, as if jealous of such a rival as Miss admo. niched her to depart. S're drew her shawl round her bosom, with a grace which Canova shoold have turned to marble, and disappeared amidst the crowd who were pouring out of the room. I remained for some moments in that state of reverie, which, in my younger days, I mistook for romance, with the image of the Lady before me. I was roused from my dream, however, by the recollection that I was past thirty, and that it Welf five o'clock. The company were gone. I stood alone, where hundreds had recently met In a joyous and brilliant cnn• course; and I felt how justly, as well as beautiful)., Moore has compared the recollections of our youth to the sensations of one " Who treads alone Some banquet-ball deserted, Whose lights are ned, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed:— Thus in the stilly night, ere slumber's chain has bosnd me, Sad memory brings the light of ocher days around me," LIVERPOOL, SEPTEMBER 2. Our Markets continue to improve. Carroll Woot..—Although prices have not advanced, a good be. siness has been done at the extreme quotations of last week. Suomi, &c.---There has been a good demand for Plantatio l Sugars (we have no East India or Foreign), and the saes amain; to 1100 hhds. at a further improvement of Is. to 21. chiefly on the brown and middling qualities. About SO pnns. ordinary Demerara Molasses have been sold at 27,. 6d. buyers are nut disposeL.`to give the full advance demanded by holders. Pimento has advanced, 270 bags having been sold at Old. to 10d. A good deal hl4 been done in Rum at higher prices, choice Jamaica having attained 4s. 7d. DAYSALTEiIIitS, &c.—About 1500 barrels Pot and Pearl Ashes have been sold at an advance of fully ls. We advance our quota tions of Palm Oil 94 pet ton, and of Tallow 6d. per cwt. In Gal lipoli and Fish Oils there has been a steady business. In Hides, 5000 have been disposed of at rather better rates. Navistar:lr.—ln Butters, some considerable sales have been made. Beef is dull. Sales of Pork limited. Bacon is scarce, at 655. to 625. per cwt. Coax Exciumax.—There was a fair attendance of dealers at Tuesday's market. Prices may he quoted, Wheat 3d. Oats 2d. to 3d. and Barley 3d. per bushel; Flour is. to 2s. and Oatmeal 25. to ss. per sack higher than last week's rates.—With regard to the laws affecting the importation of Corn, it may be proper to remark, that, under the Act of 1822, the Ports are now shut, and will con tinue so till the 15th November, against the importatioh for Con. sumption of all kinds of Foreign Grain and Flour; for Canadian Wheat the Ports will remain open until the expiration of the neat Session of Parliament, at a duty of Si per quarter. The Ports are also open until the 15th November to the importation front Canada of Oats at a duty of 4s. Beans 7s. and Peas Bs. per quartr.—Li oterpool Commercial Chronicle. COUPAR A NGUS.—Mr. George Walker, farmer, Ban choryt has a cat, whose family of young kittens were taken from her and drowned; but as grimalkin was de termined to have a family, she shortly since went into the fields, found two young hares, brought them home, and suckled them. Naw MODE OF " PRESERVING" FRIENDS.—Innu. merable are the little offices and nameless favours by which friendship is displayed, and friends attached.— Some shew it by assisting us with the means of living —others by engaging to protect our memories when dead; but of all the modes of evincing kindness and 66 preserving" friends which we have ever heard of, the West Indian one is the most singular. A Gentleman has recently arrived from a \Vest Indian island, who embarked for England in weak health. His present malady and probable fate were the object of -anxiety with his remaining friends. What did they do in this case? Did they put on board fresh fruits or live stock for his sustenance during the voyage, or a physician to take charge of his health ? No. But they Appre hending shipped for his use a cask of rum and a co ffi n. Appre hending that he might die during the passave, and that he would not choose the " maw of shark s to . be his monument," they considerately provided for keeping him in spirits till he should reach land, and ob.lits Christian burial. The object of such kind solicitude did not, of course, know the intention of his friends till he landed, perfectly restored in health, and could turn the rum to better account. BIRTH. Yesterday, at East lloulsey, the Lady of the late Lieut.•Celonel Archibald Ross, of a son. MARRIED. At Heston, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Arthur St. George. Rector of Staples Town, county Carlow, George liaillie, Esq. of Hanwell Park, to Eliza, only daughter of the late Juba Jones, Esq. of Norwood House, 'Middlesex. DIED. On the Ist Instant, at Harwich, Simnel Palmer, Esq. Barrack master, aged 71. He was the son of the late Rev. Wm. Palmer, of Combrauleigh, Devon, and had been twenty-four years in the Barrack Department. Sunday night, at Drayton, Buckinghamshire, where be had recently gone on a visit, after a very short illness, General Sir Harry Calvert, Bart. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot. NEWCATE *xo LE*DENHALL MARKETS, Sur. 4. Beef... 3s Od to 4s Od Veal 3s 4d to 4s sd Mutton ........3s 4d to 41.241 l Pork 3l Od to Ss Od Lamb 'Als tad to Ss Od. PRICES or HAY •$D STRAW YESTEIWA Y. , IT. JAMBS ' S. WHIUCHAPiI . Hay 41 Os od to 51 15. od Hay 44 Os to SI los Od Clover 51 Os 01 to 61 6s od Clover 41 4s to 61 16s Oh Straw 11165 641 to 21 45 od Spay 11 FS to 21 Os as PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. Seri. 4. The flew growth of Hops now daily arrive at Market. The ' quantity hitherto come to land, however, does not exceed GOO pockets. The prices since the first mks have ca nsiderab:y abated : the currency of to-day is, for tent pockets, £5 Ss. to £6 6s. and for Sussex pockets, "10s. to XS. Old Duty laid at ,Cuso,OOO• PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides... i3d to 15d Common Ditto lsd to 174 Crop Hides, 55 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 501bs l4id to 17d Calf Skins, 56 to 401bs l6d to 244 Ditto 50 to 701bs ........... Ditto 70 to 80Ibs . ..... ......... 21d to 2341 Small Seals, Greenland).— Tanned Horse Hides... ...... .. ....... . .. lid to 14d Spanish Horse Hides lld to 16d COAL MARKET, Su:. 4. Skips at Market. Skips Sold. 4gl Newcastle *Sk 111 Sunderland to} MAILS Jilt& DUE. 1 0 1 0 Dublin Waterford Guernsey and Jersey 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 Donagbatlee 0 0 Malta o 0 Holland 3 0 I IS DA Price. 24s 6d to 34s 041 29s 6d to 341 9t! Mtg. Inil% 1 Frame e Ilamborgh u ( r Made* s 0 0 Brazil Sweden Am-rka 0 0 0 0 0 0 HIGH- WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning 39 minutes after 4 Afternoon t minutes after S Lomas< Printed and Published by J. F. Kra's, ai ifs STAZ Or, r, No. 1, Pickett-Place, Temple-liar.