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- "w" oo T'^•"'"':'g""'" , r - '•''^"T" REJOICINGS cou.vtin NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. —Monday sennight, not withstanding every means were used to prevent it,. there was an illumination in Newcastle-upon-Tyne,. not general, but far from deserving the appellation of partial. About half-past nine, A. Reed, Esq. our late Mayor, called out a Troop of Cavalry, which were received with loud hissing and hooting. They rode about the streets with their swords drawn, ap parently with the intention of seeking out a riot—for there WAS none when they were brought into the town. When the Winlaton band (who had come in to partake in the general rejoicing) were in Mosley street, one of the Dragoons made a stroke at a flag which a person carried before the musicians, and nearly cut the staff into two pieces. The standard bearer made a push at the Dragoon, and nearly un horsed him. One of the Dragoons flourished his sword out of his hand in another part of the town, and it had very nigh wounded a Lady near whom it lell. A Gentleman of Newcastle, in a most indepen dent manner, stopped Mr. Alderman Reek, asked him why he brought the military amongst the peace able people, and informed him, that whatever tumult might afterwards take place, he, and the worthy per sonages who were his companions ..in the command of the troop, would be themselves to blame, and en treated him to send them home. Mr. Alderman Reed made, or tried to make, a speech to the people, and about eleven tl.e soldiers were withdrawn. The Riot Act was read, but why, when there was no disturbance, unless to produce one, we are at a loss to discover. It is intended to bind with gold the place in the flag-staff which the soldier struck at, as a memorial of the circumstance. • GA.TESIIEAD, Nov. 27.—The house of Mr. Price, in Gateshead, was by far the grandest object, and attracted the attention and admiration of vast mul titudes. The whole front of the house was covered with lamps of various tints, and the most brilliant lustre, the general effect of which it would be im possible to describe. In the centre of a large Bruns wick star, was a portrait of the Queen ; on each side the oak and laurel. The star was formed wiea blue and white, and the rays with amber lamps. The leaVes of the oak and laurel were formed of green, and the fruit of the latter with red lamps. An arch formed of purple and flint lamps encircled each door. The Black Bull exhibited the names of Lambton, Lord Grey, &c. Mr. Fife, surgeon, " Vivat Regina?' In the New street, Mr. Shipley—a portrait of the Queen, supported on each side by full length figures of In nocence and Truth ; motto, " Earl Grey for ever." A green bag hung out in the Bottle Bank, labelled on one side, " Queen Triumphant;" on the other, " Filth and Lies." The Rector had several panes of glass broken. There were three transparencies in Mr. Willis's windows. Ia the low south window, a crown, encircled with the words, " The Affections of the People," and underneath the circle, " The best Security." In the low north window, a Crown, sur mounted with the letters " C. R." and encircled with the words, " Vox Populi." In the centre window above, a Crown and Star, and in the window on one side, the letter C. and on the other side the letter R. the letters as large as the windows would permit. —Almost the whole of the villages in this neigh bourhood have either been illuminated, or are pre paring to exhibit their joy in this way, on the aban donment of the abandoned Bill of Pains and Penal ties. Saturday evening both Fawdow and Winlaton were illuminated. The latter place was particularly gay ; a band of music played the whole evening, and an elegantly dresed effigy of her Majesty was carried in a chair, decorated with ribbon. Several humorous figures and devices were displayed.— Twenty-one cannon were fired, to give an inti mation of the joy of the inhabitants to the surround ing country. Wednesday seinnight there was an illumination at St. Anthony's, its honour of the Queen's triumph ; every house was brilliantly lighted up. Messrs. Sewell and Donkin, the proprietors of the extensive earthen ware manufactory, liberally presented the workmen with a barrel of strong ale, with which they drank success to the Queen, with three times three. The oldest man in that place does not recollect so much spirit and enthusiasm displayed there. - Norma SHIELDS—An illumination took place in this town on Wednesday se'nnight, which was more bril liant than could have been expected from the °Vita cies thefriends of the Queen found to give publicity to the measure. The windows in the low town were .in a complete blaze, and the high town also with the ecception of lam houses in Dockwray-square and Northumberland-place. Short however as was the notice, several transparencies appeared, and few windows but exhibited labels expressive of the pro prietor's detestation of the proceedings against her Majesty. Variegated lamps were also in request.— Mr. Roddam, at the Shakspeare Tavern, exhibited " C. R." in large capitals ; a green bag was also bunt out, mi which was written, " Lies, kilth, Perjury ! • A fruitselier on the Duke of Northumberland's Quay, also had two rows of lamps, and a still larger green bag, on which the heads of the most obnoxious Ita lian witnesses were painted, but the constables, no doubt, on that .account, ordered him off his Grace's premises. tie, however, took his station where they had a° right to disturb him. The latter green bag was hoisted on a long pole, preceded by torch-bearers and martial music, and followed through all parts of the town by a vast concourse of people, who gave loud acclamations where 'the lights or inscriptions w ere striking. The worth y Vicar, by which it were w ell that most of his cloth took example, had one window well lighted, and the appropriate inscription,' a, p ea ce be with you all r Those who neglected to •illuminate, bad their ears assailed by hisses, groans, and dismal screams. The obnoxious green bag was at length brought back to the Duke's Quay, and burnt. South Shields was also brilliantly illuminated. EAST KILBRIDE, AYRSIIIRE, NOV. 15.—We have never witnessed such a display of heartfelt joy as this village exhibited on receiving the joyful intelli gence that her Majesty the Queen of this realm had obtained a glorious triumph over her enemies. A large bonfire was kindled at the Cross, and kept burning for twenty-four hours: The village was splendidly illuminated for several hours ; the parish bell kept ringing during that time, and other de monstrations of joy displayed, and all without the least distUrbance, or employment for the glazier in C..OIIATACIICE thereof. 'Ol I 1 LAW INTAaIMCE. _ I COURT QF RING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER Et. • , MARE'S 9. COLEMAN. The defendant in this•case was the proprietor of a cook-shop, in which he had placed the plaintiff, to carry on the business for a time, at a weekly salary, and in the meantime to try and dispose of the con cern. Whilst the plaintiff was in this situation, the cook to the establishment gave up her situation, and the defendant applied to Mrs. Marks to fill up this situation, stating, that he would make her a fair re muneration. Mrs. Marks continued to .oBiciate as cook for thirteen weeks ; at the expiration of n•hich, the shop not letting, the' defendant determined to shut it up, and the further services of Mr. and Mrs. Marks were dispensed with. Mrs. Marks then ap plied for the promised remuneration for her services, whilst s h e presided in the culinar y departmeue. To her surprise, however, the defendant denied that she had any demand upon him, as he considered her la bours remunerated by the sum paid to her husband. Upon this being persisted in, the plaintiff brought the present action to recover £5 4s. as a remunera tion for thirteen weeks service, at Ss. a week. These facts were proved on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the defendant, called tio evi dence, but left it to the Jury to say, whether this was a probable case, and whether, as-men of plain common sense, they could - believe the plaintiff, in his weekly settlements with the defendant, failed to take up his wife's wages as well is his own. The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages £5 4s. and costs 40s. The others were undefended causes of no interest. The Court rose at two o'clock, his Lordship having to attend a Council. COURT OF ARCHES. REES V. REES. This was an appeal from the Consistory Court of Bristol, on the ground of an alleged grievance in the allotment of alimony. It was originally a suit brought by the wife against the husband for separation, by reason of adultery.. Sir J. NICHOL, after stating the nature of the ap plication, and the grievance complained of, proceeded to revert to the circumstances of the case. The par ties were married in May, - 1803, and lived together until 1814; during which they had a large family, seven children being now alive. Mrs. Rees, the wife, had in her employ a young Lady, as Governess, and with this person the husband was alleged to have committed adultery. The libel stated different acts, and finally, that the parties left Carmarthen, the seat of Mr. Rees, and went to reside at Bristol, under feigned names, and cohabited together as man and wife. It had been truly stated, that there was no certain rule laid down by which the Court could be guided in the allotment of alimony ; it waken tirely a matter of discretion, governed certainly by an equitable and fair view of the circumstances of the case. Where the suit was brought against the wife, it was universally the impreision on the mind of the Court, that she should seek that reserved and decent retirement which became an innocent wife, while under the imputation of such heavy and responsi ble charges ; it was under impressions of this na-' ture that it granted a small alimony, pending thc suit ; it was done with the view of compelling, ir necessary, the seclusion of the party, such Seclusion being required by all rules of propriety, and all sense of decency. This was not a case of cruelty, where the circumstances differed most materially ; these -cases were generally burthened with a combination' of equivocal assertions, which frequently ended'in the failure of proof; but here was a direct charge' 'of gross and continued adultery, committed first in the house of the husband, and corroborated strongly by the desertion of his wife, accompanied by the ob ject of his illicit intercourse. The suit had been de, pending four years, during which time offers of com promise were made. It was certainly very probable that the wife, the mother of seven children, should be highly desirous, on account of these children, to prevent any exposure of her injuries. It might be urged on this account, that the charges were ground less ; but it must be recollected, that the husband joined in these treaties for compromise, and after they were at an end, be suffered a considerable time to elapse before he put in a defensive allegation. This of Itself was a circumstance which created some suspicion in the mind of the Court, for if the charges had been unfounded, it was hardly to be conceived that a single Court-day would have elapsed [ before such an allegation would have been brought in. Then as to the application of alimony, there the wife had been guilty of a very gross delay, for it appeared that the application was not made until upwards of two years after the citation ' had been returned, which was a delay not easily to be ac• counted for. The allegation of faculty stated the pro perty of the husband to amount to £l,BOO a-year, which was positively and flatly denied by the answers; , it was admitted, that afterall deduction, such as tales, ice. the clear income of the-party amounted to RIMS 19s. 3d. Out of this, it was said, he had to maintain the seven children now living, besides the salary of the steward to the estate, and other expenses, independently of which he states himself to be con siderably in debt. Now as the Court had no certain rule by which it could guide its opinion in the pro portion of alimony to be allotted, it was not neces sary to enter into a minute examination of. the in come, .altheugh in this -case it certainly must give the husband the credit of having made every possible deduction, especial]' where the accounts seem to have been balanced with such nicety ; for he actually con fines the amount of This income to shillings and pence. Out of this income of C 1,01.5 19s. 3d. he claims a deduction for annuities granted to the amount of 1:540. It was stated as an objection to the allot ment of the Court below, that the wife was possessed of £350 a-year (only a life interest in:it) by a legacy left by her father. The Court below evidently took this cirtumstanceinto its consideration when it made the allotment of £lOO a-year, otherwise it would have granted a larger sum. He knew of no such rule as that mentioned by Counsel of one-sixth of the pro perty being granted in cases of this nature; there might have been cases where this proportion was al lotted, but there was certainly no 'general rule which regulated it. In cases of cruelty for instance, it might have been adopted, but he conceived that in those of adultery, the allotment was much higher than one; sixth, especially where the husband was the aggressor. As to Liu: i.roperty of the wife, the Court could never I 44nside/ that iothe same light as the:prop_eitt of thel husband,otherwise, where parties of tile samkincome' intermarried, and each retaining their separate interest in that income, the husband might commit number less breaches of the marriage vow with impunity ; there was a great distinction between the entire pro perty of the husband, and the separate property of the wife, Looking at all the circumstances, he would be very unwilling to disturb the sentence of the Court be low, but he could not help referring to the delay which the wife ha4l been guilty of in her application to the Court for alimony, the citation had now been returned four years, and, it was not until two years after that return that the application was made. The Court below had thought proper to order this £lOO a-year to be paid from the time of bringing in this citation; but he, the Learned Judge, could not feel disposed to go this length, but he must still recollect that the wife had been under the necessity of prosecuting this suit, and must.necessarily have been.put to consider able expenses beyond those allowed on the mere tax ation of costs, especially where the scene of action was so distant from the neighbourhood of her resi dence, she residing at Carmarthen, and the suit pro secuted at Bristol, the suit having also extended to a considerable length. Under all the circumstances, therefore, the Court was of opinion, that the only fair and equitable course it could pursue, would be to re verse that part of the sentence which directed the allot ment to be paid from the return of the citation, and directed it to commence from the time of the Decree being made for such allotment of £lOO a-year. ~~~.. 7 wwww."-, 0 -- ~l~=- - - POLICE. MANSION-notrsit.—Mr. Walker, a merchant, ap peared before the LORD MAYOR, upon an informa tion, charging him with having sent out of his pre mises a pack containing 2601b5. of wool, without having the word " Wool" marked in large letters on the pack. The information was laid by a Revenue Officer. The defendant pleaded not guilty ; he proved that everything which the law required had been done, with the exception of the insertion of the word " ool" on the pack, which he thought quite unnecessary. The LORD MAI/vs referred to the Act of Parliament, and found that the penalty for the offence was the forfeiture of the goods, and a fine of one shilling per pound upon the wool. A discre tionary power was, however, vested in the Magis trate, to reduce the fine to sixpence in every pound. The LORD. MAYOR said, he was convinced the de fendant's error, was attributable to his want of know ledge of the legal requisites, and limited the penalty, at the same time expressing his regret that the fine -could not be altogether remitted. THE OWYHEE einem—The Loan MAYOR said, he had to thank the daily Journals, in the name of the two poor natives of Owyhee, for the publicity they had humanely given to the unfortunate case of Ithese foreigners. He knew it was only necessary to make known the circumstances of that case to com mand the generous mediation of Englishmen be tween the poor strangers and starvation. His Lord ship added, that he had received a letter from Pres.. top, with le letters R.l; p: enclosing a L'.s note, and another from J. Angerski'n, Esq. Woodland. en, closing a bank note of the same amount, for the ser viie Of the Chiefs. • • Bow•STlLlCßT.—Wednesday evening the notorious' Bill Sommer, Charles Smith, and George Osman, twel other notorious characters, were brought befbrel Geonow MgNSHPLI., Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, charged by one of the patrol with being among the crowd collected at Charing-Cross; and being per sims of evil fame, and reputed thieves, he took them into custody. Mr. Mtwsnuu., convicted the whole , as reputed thieves, A. Rowley, a well-known character, was brought• to the Office, and underwent an examination, charged with bei concerned with a number of others in robbing colonel J. Hardy of his gold watch and seals. The prisoner, on being called upon to give au account of himself, said he was a gentleman. How ever, Mr. BIRNIE recognised him as having often been before him on similar charges. He was com mitted for trial. A Gentleman who was with Colonel Hardy asked the Magistrate if, in such an attack, a man would be jpstihed in making use of a dirk or any other weapon that he might happen to have about hin3 ? Mir. Bums, " Most certainly, in his own defence ; and if these fellows were to get, now and then, a sound drubbing; the nuisance so much complain ed of, would perhaps be abated." Yesterday, Colonel Joseph Hardy attended at the Office again, and stated, that when he was at the Office on Wednesday, he had not discovered the whole of his robbery. On going to pay some money, he found that his coat had been cut, and that the thieves had secured his pocket-book, containing two £5 and seven £1 Bank-notes. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Clarks Sear, alias Withers, was charged with robbery in the house of Mrs. Cook, Upper George -street, Portman-square.-- The prisoner was taken out of the streets in a dis tressed state, by means of a false character, and be fore he had been three weeks in his service his dis honesty was discovered. A Captain who lodged ini the house lost his watch, value 70 guineas, which the! prisoner obtained under pretence that Miss Cook wanted it to seal a letter. Having obtained the watch, he left the house, taking with him also L 26 of Mrs. Cook's, a quantity of silver spoons, &c. Upon the confession of the prisoner that he sold the watch for two guineas to a man of the name of Fenton, and seven tea-spoons fur I4s. to a man named Pethrick, they were taken into custody also, and the whole were remanded. THE hESCUE GANGe••••TWO other prisoners, named Marsh and Hatakira, were remanded , on the charge of wounding Marsden, who is now out of danger. The remains of the two children, whose lives we stated had been lost in the fire at Mr. Fulford's, in Little Bell-alley, were yesterday dug from the ruins of the house. Saturday, a melancholy accident happened at H - milton. Christian Bell, a you woman who had been assisting at the Masons' Tavern there, when proceeding to clean the windows of the upper floor, ' slipped a foot, and was precipitated headl ong to th e pavement. She was carried into the house severely cut and bruised, and with little hopes of recovery. What adds to the calamity is, young woman vtas•to have bean a bride - nen:dap _ . . r!'"W RECORDER'S REPORt Yesterday the RECORDER made his Report 0.111;ii MAJESTY of the following capital convicts under se , once of death in New a te, viz. Henry Harris, Marks Lee, Sarah Price, Thomas Good;:: Elisabeth Callaghan, John Newman, and John Madden, f c .; uttering forged Bank-notes; George Orford and Peter Tvir. 7 , for burgle.) , ; William Fisher and Thomas Brown, for 1 1 , ; . bre:king in the day time; John Davis, William Sidney S re i : !, (aot reported), Joseph Pilinger, George Edwards, Richard lira& street, John Hemmings, James Jacobs, Thomas C.rr (not re. ported), Robert Webster, Daniel Low, and John Fox, for hi•it. way robberies ; Charles' Evans, Susan Thomas, Henry Todd, John Napper, Henry Lee, John Thomas Manic, John Kee, Adam Duckett, Hannah Jarvis, and Thomas Catnn, for stealii in dwelling-houses; William Tuckfield, for btree-stealing ; mas Skinner, for beastiality ; Thomas Webb, for sacrilege; Thomas Fuller Harnett, for forging an acceptance to a Bill of Exchange; and F.dwud Charles Tierney, for stealing goe,,, from a vessel in the Port of London; —When Joseph Ellinger, George Edwards, Thorms Webb, Sarah Price, John Newman, John Maddc4, Henry Harris, and Thomas Fuller Hartsett,:were or dered for execution on Tuesday next. The othei! were respited during pleasure. VETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY. ODDS ON RACES TO COME. Daltsr. 14 to 1 apt Gustavus 20 to 1 apt Truth 16 to 1 apt bro. to Partisan 20 to 1 agst Sycoraz 18 to 1 apt Cowslip 22 to 1 apt PrudenA 18 . to 1 agst Charm 25 to 1 apt Tuba 22 to 1 agst Jock Oats.-9 to 2 apt My Lady. at. LIME& 10 to l apt Jack Spiggott 18 to 1 apt Colwell 14 to 1 apt My Lady 20 to I agst Mr. Pierre's f. BOXERS. A novel match has been made for Turner, to fight Hicimca, the Gas-light man. Hickman is to fight 150 gqineas to 80. ner is under eleven stone, and Gas above twelve. Turner, boy - ever, thinks he can win, and the other makes certain of it 2 to 1 on Gas. NATURAL CURIOSITIRS.—M. LALANDE, the cele brated French Naturalist, who was commissioned by the French Government to make researches in tIL: interior of Africa, arrived at Bonrdeaux on the 3.1 instant, after an absence of two years. He has brought with him, among other objects of curiosity, the skeletons and skins of an enormous hippopotamus, is rhinoceros, and three whales, one of which is 75 feet in length. It was not till , after a month in the midst of imminent dangers, that M. LALANDE met with that drew - Vol monster, the hippopo'anius : when he received his death wound, he rushed ra pidly into the river, which he discoloured with his blood. It required to i pair of oxen to draw hint out of the river, and M. LALANDE was compelled to erect a rampart . of bamboo cane round the dead animal, to protect the carcase from being devoured by wild beasts. The whole collection brought home by M. LALANDE for the Museum at Piris, comprises 15,000 articles. This enterprising Naturalist speaks with rapture of the kind and hospitable conduct of the British settlers. A Paris Journal says, "Great praise is due to the English for their hospitable and: generous conduct towards M. LALANDZ. The Commander. Da the station favoured him in every way in his power, .Hunting the hippoßotansus is prohibiteA under severe penalties ; but this interdiction was dis 7 pensed with in favour of the French Naturalist they aided him in everything calculated to insure without, however concealing front him that they thought success impassible. When, contrary to all expectatioq, he had succeeded, the English cor dially rejoiced, and loaded the fortunate hunter with sincere congratulations." EXTRAoRDINART I,EL.—A few days ago, an eel, of the common species, but of extraordinary dimen sions, got entangled in the herring cruiver on the Firth of Forth, near Higgins' Neuk. On being ap proached by the fishermen, it flapped its tail most violently, and, had it struck any of them, there is no doubt he would have forfeited his life for his temerity. Aware of their danger, they cautiously approached it, and, after many efforts,. they. succeeded in fixing it with a hook to which was attached a cord, and dragged it on shore, where they triumphed over their vicum. When measured, it was found to be 18 feet in length, and two feet in girth at the middle. The skin, which is stuffed r and which we understand k in the possession of Mr. Higgins, the proprietor of the.eroiver, must excite the attention of the Natu ralist. Part of the fish being dressed, waifound to he most delicate eating.—Stirlang Journal. MELANcuoLY Accrontr.—Tnesday se'nnight, the infant son of a Gentleman, in Dean -street, Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, was smothered, by being laid in ed under too great a quantity of bed-clothei; The poor little innocent bad lain in bed from five until after six o'clock, behind the mother, and although the usual methods of resuscitation were immediately etn ployect, after discovery of the infant's situation, as inhaling the lungs, immersion in a warm bath, fric tion, and other stimuli, the child never spewed the least signs of life. These remedies were sedulously employed far two hours and a.half. 'The practice of covering children with heavy bed-clothes cannot be too strongly reprObated. Infants are unable to bear a load of clothes ; besides, if there happens to be the least inequality in the ;bed, they are very apt to get into it, or creep too near the mother (who is seldom able to take the necessary charge of a :child at that time), which they do instinctively for heat, and if the mother, overcome by fatigue, .should chance to fall asleep, which is by no means unlikely, the great danger to the helpless offspring may easly be conceived. What rendered the. present case the more distressing was, that the mother had never fallen asleep, and the midwife was in attendance the whole time. MARRIED. Nov. 21, Jahn Tburnham, Bs+ late of Messina, in &alio to Elizabeth, daughter of the Rei. John Roister, of CairneT• Nov. 7, at Holmhill, Dumfries-aire, Adana :Moinisan. of Liverpool, to Harriet, eldest daughter-4g die Mil Capt. Ws. Douglas, of the nth Regimental 7404 mat Nov. 8, st Cheltenham, - Gapt, Valendoe Fleeing, of ba Majesty's 9th Regiment of Poet. Thursday, aged 79, Richard Thorstos, Rao, of woad-street, Southwark, a Magistrate for Southwark and also for the eselal of Battey. 1a2a17 'alai at Port Louts, Mauritius, George Wzugh, Sept. 14, at his Pen, Mount Plenty, in Si. Ann's, J a maica.. aged 98, the Hon. Jo h n Hiatt, Custos Rotulotum and Met Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of that Parish, and asst of the Allaistant Judges oaths Espresso Court of Judicat..re.. LphIDON jirinvad and publisha4 by Limn. item . r.ebio. ?use. Tea , Ptr-141r ! • °~ . T ;-~,