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the petition as to the propriety of its postponement, on account of the filing of fresh affidavits. Mr. Wakefield feared lest the interests of his client (the petitioning cre ditor) would suffer, if the matter were now discussed. The Lord Chancell , r overruled the objection, and said he would be responsible for the interests of Mr. Wake field's client. Mr. BICKERSTETH stated the petition to pray for a aupenedeas, and was proceeding to detail the facts and grounds upon which the prayer was founded, when Mr. WAKEFIELD stated that he could not resist the supersedeas. His object was to obtain a new trial. Mr. BICKERSTETH said that such a motion ought to be made before the Judge (Lord Tenterden) who tried the issue. Mr. WAKEFIELD *brained that he was entitled to apply fora new issue, on the ground that fresh evidence could be adduced: Mr. BICKERSTETH stated, that the only question which remained was as to costs, and he thought that not only tl e costs of this application, but of the issue, should be paid by the other side. Mr. MONTAGU said a few words on the same side. M. WAKEFIELD resisted the application for costs, and contended that a new issue ought to be allowed. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked whether the trading bad been made oat at the trial? Mr. MoaTacu replied that it had not, and there was no pretence for it. The LORD CHANCELLOR recollected at the former discussion of the case it was alleged that Major Roper was weak in body and intellect, and that was one ground for a sutienedeas of the Commission. He recollected Major Rbper sent down to Dover, and from thence to Calais, with his friend Captain Dance. Mr. MONTAGU confirmed the statement that Captain Dance had gone out among the Swan River colonizers, arid his evidence could not be obtained. Mr. WAKEFIELD proceeded to read parts of the evi dence on the tr tal, and the Chief Justice's summing up, from the notes of the short-hand writer, in order to show the nature of the evidence, and to prove that tilt client ought not to pay the costs of the proceeding. He had no objection to paying the costs of the present application. Mr. SVGDEN was also heard for the parties in the same interest with those of Mr. Wakefield. The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed to take the notes of the ttial home with him, and' read them, with a view to the question of costs. It was understood that the Commission should be supet:eded iu4anler, and the question of costs reserved VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAT O. CIiAPLIN V. BURNES. Mr. STEWART said he was instructed to move for the committal of the defendant, an old Lady, for not putting in an answer to a Bill filed against her by the plaintiff. • The VICE CHANCELLOR inquired if the defendant was jn Court, and on being' answered in the affirmative, he desired the officer to bring her forward. In A. few minutes an old wretched looking woman, of • more than eighty years of age, made her appearance.. • Vica-CnaNctett.ott-15 it against this poor old crea ture )(in wove, Nr. Stewart; what are the facts? Mr. SIEWART—Jhe defendant is the surviving exe• :utris of a person who bequeathed to the plain•iff, upon her attaining the agent twenty-one, the sum of lON. but upon application being made to have the fund trans ferred (the Money being in the defendant's name), she positively refused so to do. It was therefore necessary to file a hill against her for that purpose. VICE CHANCELLOR, to the defendant—On what ground do you refuse to - put in your answer? Defendant—LOßD bless you, Sir, I*now nothing' at • -alf about it. Ido not kn ow What this is all for. A female who attended the defendant stated, in an swer tp questions from the Court, that the defendant kept a little fruit stall, and was in the most abject state of poverty—that she had not the least_ idea of the con sequence of her refusal, which she persisted in, always alleging as a reason that the 1001. ought to have been divided between two persons, and not all given to one, and that she was now in her 84th year. The VICE CHANCELLOR here held a long. conversation -with.the defendant., and advised her to transfer the 1001. 'stock into the name of a person appointed by.the Court. The old woman•agreed to transfer the stock. COURT OF KING'SRENCLI, MAY 30. REX v.- WELsH. Sir JAMS SCARLETT had obtained a tnle to show Cause why an information, in the nature of a quo war• 'mato, should_ not be filed against.tbe defendant, on the ; allegation ;fiat he had.esurped the office of a capital -burgess of the borough of Wells. Mr. TotostTon showed cause against the rule. The case, he said, was one of great importance, as it de pended on their Lordships' determination, whether or .not the. Corporation should cease to exist; for if the .de fendant should be ousted, four others, who were elected at the same time, and under the same circumstances, would he ousted also. By the Charter of Elizabeth,whieh was the governing Clavier of the borough, seren Mas ters, the May or making an eighth, and sixteen Capital Burgesses, formed the Common Council, which therefore consisted of '24. Now, without the five persons elected on the 16th of June last year, there was not a compe tent number •of capital burgesses. The objection was, that the defendant and the others had heed' elected in the Lice of a bye law which was made- in 1815, by which it was made necessary that a party must be put in nomination thirty days before the time of his Cection. His answer was, that this bye law was a bad one, as not being in conformity to the charter. Lord Teareanast—ls not that a reason why the matter should be sent to trial ? Mr. Justice BAILEY—We must see our way very clearly, before we decide without p.utting the matter on Mr. TAUNTON .-.But the •Corporation, in this case, Might cease to exist in the .rucatitime. But Mr. Level,. iberelator, was notin a condition to insist on this bye lair, which had been subirquently rescinded. To be sure, the rescinding took place when a Mayor pre sided, who was subsequently ousted by this Court.— Lovel had attended the bloatittg, and voted for the rescinding, and attended ,suaoy meetings where elections took place without this previous nomina tion ; and therefore he was •stopped item saying that the bye-law was not, properly rescinded. Besidesohis was a matter that concerned the capital burgesses ; and Lovel, who had been ousted by this Conic horn the situation of capital burgess. was now oniy a common burgess, and therefore a bad relator. The meeting. too,at which the bywkaw was made,was not attended:by a competent number of the Council. It was also sn•unreasenable bye.lara which-required 50thry :pre. ious nomination, aid contrary to the common Ira. The' shatter did not require any nomination before election. Another very material point was, that the election Of the 16th June took place in .obedience to a peremptory mandamus of this Court,.cemmandinran election to be made at sight; and it was impossible that, in this case, the previous nomination of 30 days should take place. These had been a previous mandamus to elect, but an election did nrt take place, in consequence of the ab sence of some of the voters. An attachment was applied for against them, which was suspended till the, return to the petemptory mandamus which then issued. In obe dience to the mandamus these five persons were elected, and every one of the electors was present and voted. Lord TBS . /UDEN—Was the objection of the want of the 30 days nomination then made? Mr. TAUNTON—No one made any objection On that ground,*and it had been established that, even- when a bye-law required a previous notice to the electors—a point on which the law was very inflexible—if the electors actually attended, the want of notice was cured; and here all the electors attended, and no ob. jection was made. Now before that election there were only six burgesses remaining. whereas these ought to be nine to make a majority of sixteen; and if the rule were made absolute there would not be a sufficient number to act, and there would be an end of the Cor. potation. The Mayor, Mr. Spencer, sa ore he believed that Lovel's object was to put an end to it. Mr. CAMPBELL followed on the same side. Sir J. Seesat.grr and Mr. SELWYN, in support of the rule, said that the persons who now opposed it had fixed the time of the return to the mandamus; and if it was impossible to comply with the 30 days' nomination before election, that was their own fault. Besides, they might have made a special return to the mandamus ou the authority of a case in Strange, for the mandamus was not to be obeyed in opposition to the legal usages of the Corporation, as it was to be presumed that it, was not intended by the King's writ to violate the law.— There was no danger of the dissolution of the Corpora. Lion, which Lovel had no wish to destroy. Lord TZNTERDIN—Might they not have rescinded the bye law on the day of the election, when all were present ? He knew of no rule of law against it. The COURT took time to consider. CONSPIRACY--JUDGMENT—RExv.TucRErr AND RATTEN• The SOLICITOR Getream. moved the judgment of the Court on the defendants, who had bete convicted at the Assizes for Devonshire of a conapiracy'to bribe a revenue officer to allow them to land smuggled spii its from a French vessel. The trial took place before Mr. Justice Li!tledale, at Exeter, and the Jury found the prisoners Guilty, but recommended them to mercy. The principal evidence against the defendants was the officer, Peter Payne, who stated that the defendants had offered him ten tubs of'spirits if he.would allow them to land a cargo of spirits from a French vessel on a certain day, and .at a certain time mentioned. He informed the defendants that they were liable to a penalty of 5001. for the attempt to bribe. A French vessel appeared on the coast at the time mentioned by the defendants. Mr. CHITTY and another Gentleman, for the deters.' darns, staved that the recommendation of the Jury to mercy was founded on their not being able to give im• plicit credit to the story of the officer. Lord TENTS/WEN—Then the Jut y ought to have ac quitted them. The SoLiciroa GENERAL—There coulcibe no reason able doubt of the truth of the officer's.story. The reason of the Jury's doubt, it they had any, was that the officer did not precisely recollect the day when the bribe was offered him, which .was no reason at ail. •. Three Clergymen and a Captain in the Navy gave Tuckett a good character. Mr. Justice BAYLEY pronounced the judgment of the Court. The evidence was sufficient, as the testimony of the officer was corroborated by circumstances. This was a very heavy offence—attempting to bribe a man to act in direct violation of his duty, by suffering smug gling to be carried on, when his employment was to prevent it. Tuckett had received a good character, but the Court must take care to show those who had a good character that it was their interest to preserve it, and for this purpose to inflict an adequate punishment. Be sides, it appealed that Tuckett was the principal agent in the conspiracy. Sentence—That Tuckett' be impt i. soned for six months in Escer gaol,' and Reties la three months in the same place. Aaron Smith was brought up by Habeas corpus to be bailed. It appeared, on the reading of the depo sitions, that Smith was active on board a pirate (or sup posed). ship, which had plundered. a vessel called cue Pievoyant, on her voyage from Antwerp to the Nacio nal). .The transaction took place some time ago, but Smith had been absent, in the courseof his employment as a sailor, till now; but it was not pretended that he had absconded, and the ground of his application ta be admitted to bail was, that he had been t.sketi by the pirate, or supposed pirate, from an English vessel, and compelled to serve on board the pirate ship. Lord TENTERDEN asked whether there' was any ob jection to this on the part of Government ? The Souciron GENERAL left it to the discretion of the Court. Smith was then bound over in 5001. to appear to take his trial at the Admiralty Sessions, and four bail in 1001. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mat so. IMPORTANT DICISION. A case came before the Court this morning, upon the construction f the Stamp Act, relative to promis sory•notes. Tire Act sap, that promissory notes or bills of exchange, payable to the bearer on demand, shall pay a certain duty ; and that promissory notes or bills of exchange, payable in any other manner than to the bearer on demand, but not exceeding two months after date, or sixty slats alter sight, shall pay a different duty." In this case the note was made payable to a particular party or order, on demand; and the question before the Court was, under which of the two heads this note came? The Court, after taking some little time to peruse that part of the Act, decided that it cpme.under the description of a note payable otherwise than to the heater on demand. Mite()li.• , :, 41 1 1 * ----4-- • , „ 4 AW INTELLIGENCE: i -:- -, • CI % 11 4, 4164, • ,V - •-(1 ,$ ) - TOF CHANCERY, M* T 5 50. , \'',-,',, L.. "A r• • ATTER OF ROPER, A BANKRUPT. .1.c,.% ..., . .• er was specially set down for bearing , and shine .' - ion arose between the Counsel concerned in DICAS v JAY. This case, which has frequently been before the public, was an a, plication to the Court to direct the 'Master to review the bill of costs of the defendant, an attorney; thi, was donely the Master, who reported that the de fendaht bad overcharged the plaintiff 751. which was to be lett', ned. *M..'Se!geant Caoss this day applied for an attach ment, as the defendant, while the officer was addin . o up the account, left the'Prothonotary's office, to avoid being served with notice of the allocatur with which he was charged at the time, under the pretence that he had an appointment at the Master's Chambers, but which was not true, as he (Mr. Sergeant Cross) had an affidavit stating that he was met going in a contrary direction. The Learned Sergeant then stated that the plaintiff had frequently called at his house to serve him, but that the defendant had atudrou,ly avoided all com munication, and notice bad - been left as his 04fice, in Auitisariars, of the iatention to make this application. The Coma directed a peremptory rule to be dra*n . • • up for the defendant to show come why in attachment should not issue. ADMIRALTY COURT,' May 30. . , THE ELIZA—SALVAGE. ' • This vessel was botind from Anttverp to Eondon, aid on the night of the 12th of November' got on a s.tid hank off the coast of'Scotlanci. Two.-fishing .striacks cams to her assistance, and ;he vessel win iota& The owners offered 1001. which the• sal vorg *efultd. The' value of the ship and cargo was 7,204, ".. • + Sir C. Roatusou considered that the .salvots were entitled, for their services and loss of employment,_ to 1501. which Ile pronounced for, with Costs. • THE OSCAR.-SALVAGE. • . In this case, the foreign brig Oscar was on in entige, - from Gottenburgh to Bahia, in South Amer ica, With 'a cargo of deals, when, on the-5d of January, she sir c k on a sand bank on the coast of Essex, from which she was liberated by the assistance of some boats. The local Magistrates. under the statute, awarded the sum of 6931. to she salvors, as a compensation for their services, loss, and expenses. This sum was allotted.as, a proportion of the value of the ship and cargo, which was taken at 3,46B4—naisiely, the brig 2,0001. cargo 1,4651. A Commission of appraisement being obtained ' from this Court, the valuation under this commission was little mote t han half of the forniet—namely, vessel 1,2771. cargo 6021. The owners sheielott appealed against the award. Sir C. ROBINSON, after hearing Counsel at consider able length, deferted judgment'until it could'be ascer. tamed from the persons who value,' the cargo upon what principle they made the valuation. POLICE IN I'ELLIGENCE. BOW-ITR F.T. LATEST PARTICULARS UY THU AIURDEII AT KENSINCTOX.--Tbr witness, Susan Bennett, since the inquiry ors Thursday, has male a full statement ;--•• On the night of Wednesday, the 16th inst. ••Ite had been walking about the Kensington road the greater part of the day, without tasting food ; she had no money, nor a lodging to go to; she got over the Park wall into the Kensington Barracks about half.past eleven o'clock at night; a sentinel on duty and the prisoner Birmingham were in the barrack-yard ; the prisoner said to the sentinel,“ Wbo is she ?" the latter replied " that healid not know ;" the prisoner came up to her, and told her that it she liked she might come and lie in his room ; she accompanied 1111111 to the apartment, and being very much fatigued, she threw herself - upon the led without undre ssing ; the prisoner did nut offer to take any liberty with her, but remained in the room till it was past twelve o'clock, when he dressed himself in a fustian stable dress, and put on a sort of foraging cap; the prisoner at that Orr, she supposed, believed het to be asleep. and he went to a table and took from thence a knife, which appeared to her to be a common dinner knife. (The knife found near the body had a black handle. with a brass ferule, and was a common dinner knife). He left the rifont without saying a word to her, and put the door to ; her fatigue was s • ex cessive, not having been in bed for many nights, and being without food fur the preceding 24 hours, the,fell asleep immediately after Birmingham had left the room, and she did not awake till five o'clock in the morning, when Birmingham entered the room in the same dress be wore when he left at twelve o'clock. Site asked him, as soon .as she awoke. if she should get up and leave the bar. racks? and he said that she bad better lie still till six o'ciocit, and he would then show her out of the place. She got up at six o'clock, and going into the barrack-yard, she saw a sergeant sitting on a seat, who appeared to have just risen from his bed, and who saw her go out. After she bad leis the barrack she wandered about the Park, sand in the neighbour hood of Kensington, and on the Friday morning, about five o'clock, she was lying asleep in the open air near the magazine, when she was awoke by a soldier ' who told her that' she must come to the barracks, and if she would say that Birming ham was with her all the night of Wednesday till Thursday morn ing. its the barracks, she would get him out of trouble. She after wards saw two persons, one of whom said,,that 'Willingham was his servant, and if she would swear . . . . . • . . . . he would reward her handsomly to get Birmingham off. She consented to do so, awl she stated before-the Coroner, in consequence of the advice and promises thAt she had received, that Birmingham was with her all night, and that she never went to sleep, both of which statements were untrue." Saturday Sir IN-11MM Blasts and Sir I'ET6II LAMM had an in, terview at this office, upon the subject of carrying on the inquiry by summoning the witnesses to Newgate. Sir Panic thought it best to advise with some of his brother Aldermen, and also to take the opinion of the City legal Authorities, before he took any steps ; but he exprefsed himself to be most ansiaus that the fullest 'fewest'. gation should take place into an affair of suzitpabße importance. The sentinel who allowed the Witness, Susan Benneat, nago with Birmingham to his room._ has been tried by a Court.grartial. and he was tound guilty of the chile ithftited to him, and on Saturday received 30th lashes. HATT9N—OARDEN.., - Saturday Thomas West, a Manufacturer of Beitisitmeine, vinegar. Sic. iii.Chichester-plate, Gray's lonwoad, was based 3t: foi aliewksj cider to be drank on his premises. • • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Saturday James If'Djoregail,and Mant Elisabeth Coileti,sesitliug in Portland.street, Soho, were charged with having starved and, cruelly treated their three illegitimate children, aged Ste, fotie, and, two years. it was proved that both the pri.wors had he'd- the children in a most barbarous manner. The prisoners psatook of toast meat and beef steaks for dinner, butAlie,childteniseser an tit table with them, and were onlilled with a scanty allowance 'of. bread and musty potatoes. ' • . • One of the ledgers. said thelaisetiers frequently enteribined compiny, when they regaled themselves with liquor. musics Sec and npon those occasions she lent them table-cloths and knifes and forks. They also locked the children in . sheir apartments from six o'clock in the evening till twelve without Nod, whilst they were abroad enjoying themselves. The lodgers at last insisted tbartnetli. cal assistance should be obtained for the children, and bruises and contusions were then discovered on verities parts.ef their bodieW One of the children bad sustained suck scrims; injury, that It war not expected to recoxyr. The Magistrate committed the prisciners for trial;lnd oidared the children to be removed to the infirmary. WOIISIIIP STREET. .• . . . John eirprtl. In the emphiy of Messrs. Stephen Wilson end Soot, and Beaty Dotards, in the employ of Messrs. F. and"): who have been in. custody three weeks; were finally et'amlned at this office on suspicion of having cut and destroyed 2410411)dt*of silk• entrusted with them by their employers ,to weave. 'Their, were committed to New;ate tor trial tor the felony-under else 6th of Geo. IV. c. 129. Antes Harper, Abraham - Davis, iPdliaei Goottioin, Williaru Shedd, John Neighbour, William Scarlet, sad William Hai, Ovine/Hein weavers, so the employ of Messrs. Dog', Brooks, Renersoo, and Co. of Spiel-squire, were charged with conspiring to force their em ployers to alter the modi of carrying 'on their business. 1111. Brooks stated, that on Priday,.ilie 224 - ultimo, the prisenets came to my warehoil3se with 'a copy of the resolutions agreed to by the general body of weasels at Tetupk Mills; and also produced a, certificate, and said it would be.neceviiiti for.nie to give that eq. tificate to the cane spreader before the e.,ane could be turned on. 1 told them I should not do it. our alrpe-to the resolutioiri. They urged me to comply, tut in the most respectful terms. They said they meant to abide by those resolutions. Oar works have since been sealed. . • , • Mr. Cole—Would giving tickets out be an inconvenience to you In your business?' • Mr. Brooks—Certainly it would. - The prisoners said they were not at the general meeting at Temple Mills, and had only.copied them from anewspaper. Mr. BROUQWION—You afterwards carry th e m tp tour magtep to intimidate them. You are answerable Tior it, grid have clearly gone against the law. The hiagi.trates ordered each of the prisoners' to find hail— themselves in silty pounds each, and two sureties in thirty pounds each, toappear at the SessiOdr, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. Jaw, Mamas, and William l'oeitivr, three young 4Uen, brothers, were charged with desteoyMg three looms' work, the emeatty cg, Messrs. Sconeand Brooki. - • . . - ''' The defence was nearly the sa me as usual. The prisoners were held to bail. *. • • '. -..-- : • Mr. Brooks said, that the district was wat sufficiently.gbitdcid, 1 and that no protection was offered to their grpperty, kinting.o4 1 the same time, that the ,Magiscratei sod * east bpdy,i4 the palm had nut done their du , y, oi 'other thara sulkciest mangler of heads had not been broken, Mr. BIOUGINTON jaid. what More ceeld hi, eo ibielq Aeep the district peaceable —no disturbance bad talten" c..... Me, act of cutting the silk k Was impossible to pre'vent,l inie.hilf 7e pm 7 lation were police offacers. All that could bedorti.ifirt beehSone; every esperiment bad been tried; two.personslowNatgderient to News*, for•fekey,•eight had been summarilmorprietard. . 11 . 40 1 !,. agiricyoiesum mere held to bail (Pr a.gitu*P „ ,„, 03r ," tics,boiskd over ; to prosecute tliega at- the &mit c..r.or o Z others bad ;Wei -held to bail for inisdeineid is. . '. ft' S osplobt p a could be Ague? -. Government bad taken the matter most seriously linto topside ration, and bad devilled every weans the se t s n owed to . prevent the mischief. . . Edward Vickery, • journeyman weavers came to to the tither. :and applied to the Magistrates for advice. • Ilf stated that be was in the employ of Messrs. F. and 4. Gum "This afternoon, bet WWI one and two O ' ClUdt, between silty and *seiresity of the lands in the same employ came to his house to kg his 'Work ;he told them it should not be sealed, and that y made resolutions one minute and altered them the neat. They said titer should report him to the Delegate Sleeting, and he might exp ect something, and that they had hero sealing other works, and noise else Made any objecti.tin. They had a meeting on Friday to mobw. and agreed to unsealtbe works; they called another m eet i ng , t • night. and said the works should he again sealed. The Magistrates imatediately /ranted summonses against sev era l of the per . sons'who could be identified_by_the applicant. liscuwar lloasepir RV A Weaves —Edward insets, a jour ney . man w , was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting Ed. ward Omer, a lad fifteen years of age, and robbing him of twopen c e halfpenny. It appeared that thtboy was playing in the Gardner's grow near flare-street fields, with some halfpence, when the 14 ,,,,Q . I came sip to hins, and asked for a penny to buy tobacco mil ; dolt boy mid he 'could not give it him, when the prisoner instantly knocked him down, and kneeling upon his breast, took.from kit pocket twopence halfpenny, which was all the money the boy hags The wagoner then left and joined several of his companions whj 'were at a short distance; the boy went in search Of can OE.; o er returned :o the place with tyro Bow' ftreet patrol, who via' t j o; prisoner into custody. The °facers were instantly attackerrhy ho : wards of 100 weavers, who threw stones. brick bate, &c. at ess m i but, however, ti.zy were WWI joined by a party of patrol, wh oa , fisted in keeping till prisoner in custody; many of them were mud cut and bruised. The prisoner was searched, and imeprisce in Wm pence found upon bins. Mr. Bassucterog asked the boy if be could identify any of the halfpence? The.buy said there were two penny pieces which he euuld not identity, and a hasp halfpenny which he should know 2gaia. The officer laid JOWII the innepeuce otl the table. when the b oy immediately picked out the harp halfpenny he had described. Mr. BROVGISTON said it Was . a most dari g robbery, an d b day rime. Although the sum was se small, the crime weekho ot the prisoner's life, as tooth as If it were 501.-11se prissiest was op minded till next S.turday. Saturday Jamey realty. a rope.maker, newly yo year, of age was charged with violating Charlotte Davis, a girl of 18 years of .gr. The circumstances under which the crime was all ege d to have been perpetrated were hoist extraordinary. The Complainant lived with the old rope•maker and his wile, as a sort df servant. The man and svi:e slept in separate beds, und the girl slept st!tli her 111kIrcit, who was in ill health. The story told by' fhe eons. plainant was, that early in the morning. while her mistress was asleep, the prisoner came to her .ide of the bed, and after sundry trifling liberties, proceeded to the act for which be was now called upon to answer. Th girl underwent a rigid examination by the Magistrate. but her replica were enntradictory. Her friends said that she was" not exactly light in the head. Front torther evidence. it appeared that in the moreltig Pegley found her servant ill, and apparently unable to speak. Font her gestures, howevEr, the wife believed that souse liherties short of the crime now .charged had been taken. and she tent the girt home to her mother, who discovered that something more serious had taken place. The girl, when ailed why she did not call to her mistress Mk% the piltener assaulted her, said that her master thteateued that if she stirred nr made any noise it should be worse for tier.• The defendant. when called upon fur his .defesice deeded the charge.— He was dismissed frons the capital part of th; charge, but ordered to find bail (or the assault.. FlitE,S. About eleven o'clock test night a fire broke s ent in the house of Mr. Christie, the cheesemonger, in .Star. hope 'street,' Clare market, two docirs riour Blacknmor Streetoiihich in a littl i e biirst forth, particulady from the rear of thi premises, with great fury; and from the deniity of the buildings behind, as well as the rumour that them was a quantity of' gunpowder in the house of Mr..Bescoby; the oillitan,'nest door, alarmed the neighbou rhood considerably. Mr. Weaver, the Surgeon and Apothecati,nt Blackmoor street, had his back premises'pattly injured,•and it was with gteatett. ertions that his house was saved. Nearly. a load* luae in his stable was by wonderful exertion eitiied.Att into Blackmoor street, before any part of •bia.preilbes was ignited. The house of Mr. - Ferminolae bewail maker, in Clare court, was at one time 'considered-ia danger, but the supply of water being 'excellent,. sao the attendance of the engine. beitig Most . .propipt. his house received very little damage. The btokero ;bop. next to Mr. Christie's, was only saved frooi , destrucona by the strong patty wall but the tieighbouts . .wete most busily. engage(' ittmoving, their pronetty.xeabeir great loss, in almost every direction. ,We , coold 'Grit learn how.the &co odginated, but its first Oppear.aute vas at the second floor windows. We rejoice to say but no lives •stere lost, nor did we hear of any accident deb a , Satutday evening, between six and seven o'clock, title cif , the houses in the line of buildings now being erected 'by Mr..lionpilli, - Waterloo road, was observed to lat on fire., (inc of the workmen employed on the preens Mt% tt is sat ~ had been boiling a- pan of glue, and thati !Talk ifOlirliie fire had -fallen unobserved agnidit a heap Of shavings, which'did hot Ignite until all the work people hxd left. 4 . buildlng., The engines from the cliffesent.offices arrived is time to prevent the flames from communicating unto the adjoining bouset,: though not until the one' in which the accident firs occurred destroyed. • .• •• A' fire broke atit at a quarter past eight o'clock oil 1 Friday morning. at the workshop of Mr. Higgs, carer and gilder, iti'Parker-street, Drury-lade. The 1141Peir ethic4,blazed furiously at first, created great alarm, torn the adjoining shop being occupied by coach ' makers; but the St. Giles's .1;d other engines promptly arrived, and confined the fire to the upper pan the premises, where it.commenced. No lives were lost,nec *unperson: injured. 'A tire broke out gout one o'clock Thursday mere. jag' , e house of Mr. Griffith, Penton-street, Pentoir ville. The fire commenced in the kitchen, and .whet fir fl discovered had. obtained considerable ascendancl- A . lr.G:iffith and family had some time previously fr tiresfioreit,..but were.awoke from their slumbers by the watehman. At this time it aas impossible for thew to descend the staircase lower than the first floor,in the foot room:of ,whicli . the family, consisting of -Mr.,and Mrs:Griffith, tom children, and the maid-servant, has tily collected, s anif ladder bring promptly procured, they by that means happily escaped. . . . • HEBOOMALiARY. Tnis nay—Nicomecie.lie was it Christian of so rte distioctio at Rome, and suffered under Hoydens). New Moon 49 mined past 5 afternoon. About 1 hour alter midnight in the Soon* West quarter of the Heavens, et one quarter of the dist:meows the horizon of the space between' the horizon and the point over our beads will be found Spice Virginis, and la the SS. E. Liles. The opposition of Jupiter and the sun occurs at A past S mem* Conjunction of the Moon and Venus past 12 at night. The Mg between the %ammo and Chesapeake, 1815. Samuel the Propill died' n this day. To-mozzow—Abort this time the female glow-worm dispbr temp as a guide to her lover, as Hero lighted Leander to her tevra• Sarum stirs S 9 minutes past 11 night. • : WiDNICSUAY—Jupiter sets 4 morning. Jupiter's • first salu emersion 4 sec. past 12 night. ▪ elbewiliGrattan died, 1120. Moon South 211 pm_l l niteuinun. • The charity school children trona all puts of die MP tropolialssesahloN St. rant:.. foosaazTbe tio. p popag riots in Londoi,l7bo. DrikeriCons. rlatuT bort(' 1771. St. Bootlace's Day—not now =dad kg gilt • • •Baremillaz—iSuektees 47 minutes past throe—sets 15 mimes ikuwista • . • • ---- • t.'lo. v0N5.46.1. •• • :pupil • • • v I •At'Astafisassmota the Mt jar ollbsiage, Harristl o6l Air4. 44, lo l . l 4lballaraosr Admiral Stair Duel Lomas- %dad Pbuu • A Ilifitiei:6- at the gni Orriee,Ne.l, tool Wm. dig Pry&We -I Tondo-Bo •, ) i hi to an slo cal el