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t i~~ 1;ili •if 4 ,1. , f 1, .1 . t , 1 ! , : 4. . . 1 1 , I i , , A , • ''t fl .. r , 1 , 1 t.. 1 1 ... hlf 1 1 1 1 1 ~ 4 i. 1. i j,,,1. , - : : 1 i ~, I lir i i THE FALUNG LEAF. The leaf that falls from yonder tree, Full oft brings back the joys to me Of Summer, deck'd in beauty's prides When Eden bloom'd on every side ! But, ah! those 114:py hours have flown, And, like the beams of raise renown, With many a heart once full of glee, Are as the leaves from yonder true ! There was a time when . I was blest, And of full many a friend possest But blest with these may others be, Mine went like leaves from yondcrtree ! Talk not what forlwtes aid can do, That light that shines and mocks us too ; The happiest hour will be to me, When like the leaf from yonder tree ! October, 1820. MARY. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. One of the largest and most fashionable audiences that has been witnessed for a long time, attended this Theatre last night, for the Benefit of the Widow and Family of the late Mr. RAE. At seven o'clock there was not standing room even in the mosttnfrequented parts of the Theatre, and very many were obliged to go away, not being able to procure accommodation. The professional merits and private character of this Gentleman have been thus most honourably remem bered, and to his family this tribute of public esteem must prove no trifling consolation for their misfor tune. SHERIDAN'S admirable Comedy of The Rivals was performed in an unequalled style by the comic , strength of , the rival Theatres. The names of Mr. C. KEMBLE, who acted Falkland, of Mrs. DAVRW pour, and Mrs. DAVISON, united with those of Elo ' LISTON, Dowron, and several other eminent mem bers of their company, are sufficient security that any eulogy upon the entertainments cannot be un deserved. Mrs. WEST spoke the following Address, in a manner that obtained the loudest expressions of approbation: When o'er the untimely grave where merit sleeps, Affection droops, and kindred sorrow weeps; When near that Dome his voice was wont to cheer, Or claim for mimic woe the starting tear ; Voiceless he lies, ner hears nor heeds the sigh Ilreath'd to his fate by gen'rous sympathy ; What best may soothe the widow'd mourner's grief? Whence shall the anlieos mother hope relief Whence, hut from yee—the Patrons of his fame, His earlaest,' latest friends—in ewe than name-- Whose smiles e'en now a genial influence shed-- (Sa shows the ilow'ret from the grave's low bed)— ifope to the liviag, honour to the dead How often, sum, the plausive hand and eye Have haird the mingled grace, and energy That mark'd his efforts in the injur'd Thane— The Red Rose-Chief—the melancholy Dane— The Ifisselstax Lover—Edgar too—but hold— Pardon Cordelids tears—" Poor Tom's a' cold." Yes! he is gone—but shall his memory fade From the " mind's eye," as flits the rapid shade Of the light cloud on Summer's gale that flies? And shall his tomb but tell us—" Here he lies?" No—let his virtues and his fame survive— In the remembrance of your bounties live. Thus in the day's beam the liquid amber shines, So gilds, and so preserves, the object it enshrines! Who most his merits and his loss shall know In het cbill'd heart, yet feels the grateful glow To you, ye Fair, whom rank and beauty crown, And Charity bath K mark'd you for her own"— Whose gentle bosoms throb for others' woe, Whose smile endears the largess you bestow : To lou, whose wealth, and power, and manly sense, Court the mild lustre of Beneficence : To ALL, her heartfelt thanks she bids me pay, Whose bounteous hands have smooth'd life's rugged way— From her pale brow effac'd the lines of care, And bid fair Comfort smile, so late where gloom'd Despair ! So, when the iron grasp of Fate may tear Forth from your arms and heart what most is dear, Popeless from earth you raise your eyes to Heaven. Yourselves may prove the solace you have given! A series of Vocal and Instrumental Music Suc ceeded, in which Mr. BRAMAN!, Miss CAREW, Signor AMBROGETTI, Mr. T. Cams, and Miss POVEY, com bined their exquisite skill, and drew down repeated applauses. The whole passed off to the abundant satisfaction of the audience. FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER. Wstrtwo Dams.—A round dress, composed of poplin; the bottom of the skirt is finished with a full rouleau of satin to tor- respond ; over this is a trimming composed of plaitings ofdouble gauze cut bias, and disposed in a scroll pattern ; the plaited edge " is covered with satin piping; a rouleau of satin, somewhat smaller than at the bottom, is placed above this trimming. The corsage is made high, with a small collar, which sits rather close to the neck. Epaulette, composed of satin in the form of a wing; there are two double folds, one a little smaller than the other. The bottom of the long sleeve is finished with three narrow satin rouleaus, disposed to form points in front of the arm. The pelisse worn over this drew is composed of gros de Naples, of a singular but very beautiful colour, somewhat between a lilac and a pur ple ; it is wadded, and the skirt is made pretty full; the body is tight to the shape; the waist, which is of a moderate length, is ornamented at bottom by a knot of riband. The pelerine is of the same material as the pelisse; it is rounded behind, comes only-to the point of the shoulder, and tapers down in front in a manner very advantagemis to the shape. The long sleeve is • rather tight to the arm ; it is finished at the wrist with a very full trimming of gra de Naples to correspond. The half sleeve is very full, and of a novel and pretty form, and is extremely novel and striking; it goes round the bottom and up the fronts of the pelisse, and also encircles the pelerine. Head-dress, a bonnet composed of the same material as the pelisse, and Li ned with white satin. The brim is very large ; it is finished at the edge with gauze to correspond; the crown is moderately high, and is ornamented with a full boupiet of flowers made of feathers, which corresponds with the bonnet. Limerick gloves, and boots the colour of the pelisse.—(dckermartres Repository.) EVENING DRESS.—A white gros de .Naples round dress, orna mented at the bottom of the skirt by a broad band of bias white satin, disposed in deep plaits; this is surmounted by three white satin rouleaus, which are wreathed with pearl. The corsage is cut low round the bust; it fastens behind and the burls full; the bust is ornamented with a fullness of white satin, and taste fully internilled with pearls ; the shape of the front is formed by a white satin stomacher crossed with bands of roe de Naples wreathed with pearl ; a pearl button is placed in the middle of each band, and it terminates with a double scollop at the bot torn of the waist. A broad white satin sash is disposed in folds round the waist, and tied in a bow and long ends behind : the sleeve is a mixture of white satin and gras de .Kaples, the first dis posed in irregular puffs, the last forming bands of a very novel and pretty form ; they are intermixed with pearl; the sleeve is the usual length. Hair dressed in light loose ringlets, and much divided on the forehead; the hind hair dressed low. Head ' dres s , a foil garland of damask roses, placed rather far back on the crown of the head. White satin shoes. and white kid gloves. (Did.) Farscit.—PanistaN Eicousn Corruraz. 7 -Round dress of satin of a b.iautiful pint, finished at the border with a broad silver fringe, surmounted by two rows of large pearls. Short sleeve ti nine/doe, looped up with rich tassels of pearls; the part that is looped. up discovering au under short sleeve of white satin, finished round the um Wash* broad lace. Sultana of pink crape, entwined with pearisr .rirptal-prarl r with a Maltese cross. Whiteouln &es, white - Ild gloves, carved ivory fan. • • •.. • •„,* , I INOLISH.-..- WALLING DIM4I. „„, 111ga rOlllllO Mrs o f zgyptian cloth of the fallen leaf colour, with divisive& Marabout down plush of a bright geranium colour, and the'border trimmed with two rows of double jakis of the same colour. Mare Stuart bonnet, of black velvet lined with white; trimmed at' he edge with white blood. and crowned with a plume of black feathers : a small lace cornetts is worn under this bonnet. Half boots of lapis blue kid, and blue kid gloves, with lapis blue offrs ridicule. A cachendre shawl is often carebteditthinios oitecAis _ • diess.—Front La Bede Assensbke. Was - witness's own property, and giten to young man, named G. Brown, who bad promised her marriage. The time-piece was brought to the house in Bentonville, by the same yoUng man, in a box filled with china, which he requested to leave there, and which was placed under the bed. The time-piece was in the box when the dicers entered the house. It was not the prisoner, but (3.. Brown, who was there at that time, and escaped out of the window. The prisoner was not there at all that day. On her crosstuunination, the witness contradicted almost every circumstance to which she had sworn •in her evidence in chief. She swore alscv that aao re sistance was Made to the officers; and that the latter pulled down the bannisters themselves, Mrs. Rogers, an elderly woman, was called to speak to the prisoner's character; and, on cross -elm mination, she swore she never made any offer to Mr& Wells that she would give her money to abandon thel prosecution. Read and Limbrick, the Officers, were recalled * and flatly contradicted Mary Gri ffi th in all that she had stated. )Irs. Wells was also recalled, and swore that the witness, Mrs. Rogers, had been to her and offered' her money, only fourteen days ago, to proceed no further in this prosecution. The Jury found him Guilty—Death.--:-Aged 33. The Learned JUDGE called Mrs. Rogers, and se verely reprimanded her for the manner in which she had given her evidence. Ile had at one time deter mined to commit her for wilful - and corrupt perjury, but he would permit her to go, and be punished by her own reflections. The property, amounting in value to severathun dred pounds, which was found at Pentooville, was ordered to be distributed amongst the owners. This conviction was oneof great public importance, the prisoner having for years been carrying on a most extensive system of robbery. The following were convicted of felony, viz.— James Bartram, for stealing a leather imperial ; T. Gordon, for bigamy ; T. Dent, for stealing 401bs. of lead ; and J. l'onn and I. lit a . y, for stealing a hand kerchief. John Lanaway was indicted fur the wilful murder of J. Greene, at. Hackney. The prisoner kept a pub lic-htouse at Hackney. The deceased came to his horse, and asked for a glass of gin: he was at that time intoxicated. After having drank the liquor, he refused to pay for it and was extremely abusive to the prisoner; on.which a quarrel ensued, in which it appeared that the deceased was carried to a neigh bouring house, severely. wounded. After eight or nine days lingering he died. Several persons swore to the quarrel. A Surgeon of the London Hospital swore, that he opened the head of the deceased after death, and found much extravasated blood, to which he attributed his death. Mr. Justice PAIIKB summed up, and charged the Jury. He'said, there was no colour fcr a charge of murder, but if the circumstances of the case war ranted it, they would find him guilty of manslaugh ter.--The Jury retired, and in about 15 minutes re turned a verdict of—Not Guilty of either offence. The Learned JUDGE, addressing the prisoner, cau , tioned him to be snore circumspect in future.. He had had a most Merciful Jury. It appeared at all events that he had been instrumental in sending the unfortunate deceased to his last home in a state of, intoxication. . • . A few evenings since, as Mr. LA ligt,t, wine-cooper, of St. Martin's-lane, was *walking through Long acre, a :lender youth rushed against him, snatched his watch and ran up an alley. . Mr. Laver.t pur sued him, when two ruffians, coming in an opposite direction, give him two dreadful blows on the mouth, which knocked him down and stunned him. Oa his getting up again, the villains had escaped. • Bow-sTaErr.—Monday evening, Dominic& Sat vadori was brought to this, Office, under a warrant, for having assaulted Joseph Burgio, waiter at La •Seblonnieres Hotel, Leicestei-square, ander -the fol lowing circumstances :—Tfie defendant is one of the witnesses who had been retained to give evidence for the Queen, and on Saturday last he dined at the above hotel ; after which he called for a pint of wine. The master of the house being much engaged at the time, Burgio could not immediately procure the wine called for, and consequently he twice en tered the room without it ; and, on' being questioned by defendant, promised to bring it as soon as pos. sible. After this the waiter was engaged in the yard belonging to the premises, when he was suddenly ac costed by Salradori, who had left the .dinner-room in search of him, and who immediately put the ques tion " Where is my wine ?" when he seized Burgio by the collar with one band, and with the other gave him a blow which knocked him down. Mr. Mama, the Magistrate before whom the charge was made, explained to the defendant that the law of this coun try would not allow of any person taking the law of revenge into their own hands by assaults, &c. and the' defendant being convinced of the impropriety of his conduct, a compromise took place between the parties. Yesterday evening, Mr. PEA Ram; appeared before Sir ROBERT BAKER, in reference to the case against Fletcher, alias Franklin, when the following dialogue took place; Mr. PiAssox.—Have you heard anything of Mr. Fletcher? Sir It. Bases.--.No, nothing, Sir. Mr. PICARSON.—Are you sure, Sir, you have heard nothing? Sir 11. BAcaa.—Quite sure. Mr. PEA mon.—But, Sir, you have had letters? Sir R. Maim—Yes, Sir: what is that to you? Dlr. FF.& 141011.—Did you not say, that the last letter but two which you have received from Fletcher acknowledged his guilt, assigned his reasons, and was wrote to you fur tie purpose e ~.b. *anon -Sir IL amts.—Yes, I did. Mr. PEA MON.—Theo, Sir, I now dare you to publish those letters; and. I charge you with having - got them up to answer your own purposes. Sir It. Bazza..—Sir, I cannot keep my promise; they are in the hands of his Majesty's Law Officers. Mr. Pr.sasox.—Sir, the Law Officer to whom you have given the letter, /know is an intiondlefriend mita rely /Arm o f "[etcher's. Sir R. fisucza.—l will say no :,ore. Mars, remove Mr. Pearson. Mr. Pitasow.—l will give your °Ricers Ise such trouble. You ought to know that the man who always fissestions pow weakness would never deny your power. Mr. rearms they left the Office. , Upon this mysterious corresp3ndance beam* Fletcher and Sir Rozzar BAKER, More es - Bo- Cott out hereafter. • unto John 'Altmann BANKRUPTS. Richard Prier,. Tewkesbury, corn-faetor, re'surrender Nctrern ' bar 14i at ewe .14 1 1 11 . 1 Deevaiber 12, at ele'ven, st the house • of William s Ricketts, liquer- merchant, Tewkesbury. Afton. ales, Mr; Edmunds Exchequer Mike, - Ltucolifl Inn; o f Mr. Brookes; Tewkesbury. • • • Charles Wall, Coventry, mercer, November 20, 21, and . De. comber 12, at eliven, at the ing's ' Head Inn; Coventry. Afton - lei Messrs. Woodcock and Twist, Coventry. • George RoOth,•just. Coleshill, Warwickshire, dealer, •Nover ber 21, 22, and' December 12, at eleven, at t he Craws Arms Hotel, Or/entry: Anoraks, Messrs. liaU and• ktt, Great James -street, 13edford.row ; or Mr. E. D. Dickens; Coventry. • - John Weenie°, tun. Dartmouth, sail-maker, November 4, at three, 8, and, December 12, at ten, at the henge of Mr. N i : cholas Brooking, jun. Dartmouth. Attornies, Mr. W. Prict. Newequare, Lincoln's inn; or Air. Brooking, Dartmouth. James Larkworthy, Exeter, comb-maker , November 15, t' , .2; and December 12, at eleven, at the New 4 LAI= Inn, Ear • . ter. Attornies, Mr. •R. fton, Broad.street ;or Mr. C. Brunets, Castle-street, Exeter. James Green, late of Oxford -street, ironmonger, November 4, 11, and December 12, at ten, in Guildhall. Attarnies, Mr. Blacklow, Frith-street, Soho; or Mr. Hamilton, Tavistock row, Covent-garden. Thomas Brighton and Thomas Doughty Paine, Downhatt, Norfolk, dealers, Nov. 9, 10, at ten, and December 12, at twelve, at the Hoop Inn, Cambridge. Attendee Mr. l'ea cocke; Cambridge ; or Messrs. Toone and Co. Lincoires iii . William Slade, Leeds, corn-merchant, No 14, 15, and December 12, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. A dor- sies, Messrs., Fuller an 81idisow, Tharits Inn ;or Mr. liar rap, Leeds. John Bradey, *otton-under-Edge, Gloutesteretire, clothier , November 13, 14, and December 12, at twelve, at the Com mercial Rooms; Bristol. Attornies, 3lessrs. Bridges and Quitter ' Red Lion-square ; or Messrs. , Hare and Winwood4 Small-street, Bristol. Hugh Greaves, Manchester, merchmt, November 20, 21, and December at two, at di:: Star Inn, Deansiate; Man- cheater. Attornies, Mr. flampson, Mulberry -street. Man chester; or Mr. Ellis, Chancery-lane. Michael Lynch, Whitcfriars, carman, Novembn 4, 11, and . - Dt...crokkr 12, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Air. Castle-stteet, Iloundsdncb. Tbomas Barker, Stratford, brewer, November 4, 14, and De cember 12, at ten, at Guiidh..ll, London. Attornies, Messrs. Fisher and Munday, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. DIVIDENDS to be made-at GUILDHALL. Nov. 21, S. Thomson, Hid Cross -street, C: plegate, canes-. deter, at ten. Nov. 21, J. Bunker, Graftou-scr ee:, hobo, for nithirg-ironmonger, at twelve. Nov. 25, A. Atioct , on, PH pot-lane, merchant, at eleven. Nov. 4, R. C0;..,:1 . Strand, plumber, at ten. •1• !/ ' ..-, -;:, -:': :0,1.c -; 1:-.711L:-.9::i , :-.1. :in -t ~, ~.:.;., • - - . 3 ..... . ~.... ~....„..., ... ......„.„... la Daiwa un.in.law to the primer, and..was one a . .4,10a : _t off . Yoz I !tiMA - AVlgglinA . Z AJAAA AU I 1 ; 4 needle!, )115411121 in° table - cloth Pt4ducel was her " d - ttrhAltiette'botities did the Kier has rained tun 1 k "" , " d ' thee', who had given it to her with other things , an I ot.updff Clerk of the Pin Mary irti Bo+ hitygice E gypt i an she gave it to Mr& Goodwin, her siiter: i 'lnle shawl is the soon of John Hassell, Esq. deceased). out down Was witness's own property, and given to her by . 'RANK lIIIPTII. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF. KING'S BENCH, OCTOBER 31. JACOBS V. OAUNTLETT. This was an action of trover, to recover from the defendant the sum of £250, under the following cir cumstances, as stated on the part of the plaintiff:— The plaintiff was a slopseller, and the defendant the Master of the cartel ship Angerona, chartered in the year 1815, to carry American prisoners home to their owb country. On board this ship the plaintiff had sent out bales of goods, consisting of clothes, to the value of £250. The ship arrived at Boston, where, a few days after, the plaintiff's son landed, but found the Angerona had set sail ; and when he next saw the defendant, he was told by him that the goods bad been sold for a quantity of tobacco, that might be worth about £5O. The Captain had agreed to take the goons out to America as a matter of favour, and the plaintiff had not the Captain's receipt, but the Mate's. This was the statement made by Marcus Jacobs, the plaintiffis son. A witness of the name of Cousins stated, that he hid been in company with the parties on the 11th of March, 1816, at the Globe Tavern, Portsmouth, *hen the defendant said he had exchanged the goods for tobacco, and when that should be sold the goods would be paid for. For the defendant it was contended that the goods, if sent, must have been smuggled, as by the laws both of England and America, no goods were allowed to be sent out in cartel vessels, which were only to convey what was necessary for the voy age and the support of the prisoners. In the present case there had been a surplus supply, and cm account of the expense of obtaining leave to land and dispose of that surplus in America, it had been sold to the Captain for £269 ; although two years ago an order had been made by Mr. Justice Bayley, calling upon the plaintiff for a specification of the goods alleged to have been sent out, he had not yet made the re quired specification. J. Cropley, Searcher at the Custom-House of the. Port of London, proved, that in the whole of the year 1815 0 no vessel , of the name of the Angerona, had cleared out from that port, laden with merchandize for America. J. Beuchin, the owner of the ship, stated, that she had sailed froth London, on the 19th of May, 1815, in ballast, and that consequently no entry nor clear ance was necessary, as would have been the case had she been laden with goods or merchandize. He did not know that the vessel took out any merchandize, and had made oath to that effect, when he had paid for the lights, the onlx.payment hehad been required to make, as the ship had sailed in ballast. Mr. ustice BAYLEY here put it to the plaintiff, whether the action could be maintained ? as it had been decided in numerous cases, that no action could lie for goods illegally shipped. Mr. GURNEY, upon this, consented to be nonsuited, observing, at the same time, that it was a most un righteous defence. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday, C. Goodwin was indicted for Waking and entering the house of J. Wells, in the day time, and stealing therein a time-piece, a shawl, a table cloth, and other articles, his property, on the 15th of October, 1819. It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses, that two days before that stated in the indictment, the prisoner went- to the prosecutor's house with a bundle of keys, and told Mrs. Wells that he was sent by his master, Mr. Extile, a locksmith, to repair a lock. Mrs. Wells expressed surprise how Mr. Extile could know that the lock wanted repair, and the pri soner said her'husband had met Mr. Extile in Gray's Inn-square, and he told him to send a man. She, however, objected to have it done then, and desired him to call again. On the 15th the prisoner went again to the house, in the absence- of Mr. and Mrs. Wells, and pretended for some time to be mending the bell-wires in the passage. When Mr. and Mrs. Wells came home, they found that their parlour had been entered, and the goods mentioned in the indict ment stolen. Nothing was heard either of the goods or the prisoner until the 19th of August last, when. in consequence of a great number of burglaries and robberies having been committed, the Police of Hat ton-Garden were employed to detect the offenders, and, in the course of -their enquiries, they received information which led them to st house in North street, Pentonville, where they found two women, named Goodwin (the prisoner's wife) and Griffith, and also a great quantity of valuable property of various descriptions: among the rest were the time piece, shawl, and table-cloth, stolen from the prose cutor. They took the women into custody, and they were tried at the last Sessions on several charges of robbery, and acquitted. On enquiry, it was ascer tained that the prisoner was in the house when the officer knocked at the door, and that he escaped by leaping from the window. He it was who had taken the house, and Arne with the goods. The time-piece was found on the mantlepiece, and there was another time-piece in a box, in which a great number of watches and other valuable articles were found. The women, after their acquittal, were of course libe rated, and the officers watched them to a house in Ironmonger-row. After waiting some time they went in, and found a numerous party carousing in celebra tion of the acquittal, and amongst the rest the pri soner Goodwin. The company, at sight of the ofil. cers, ran off to various parts of the !louse, and the prisoner was found under a bed in another room. He made a desperate resistance, in which the women joined, and in the scuffle the bannisters on the stairs gave way, and the whole party were precipitated to the bottom. The prisoner, however, was secured. Mrs. Wells positively swore that the time-piece and the shawl were her property. The p: ironer made a long defence, in which he displayed considerable ingenuity, and called the fol lowing witnesses : Mary Griffith, a single woman, said she was sis- DIVIDENDS to be made in.the COUNTR Y. Nov. 30, B. Goodwin, Orford, Suffolk, grocer, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Woodbridge. Nov. 24, W. Brice, thi.trii, merchant, at eleven, at t Commercial Komi, Bristol. Nov. 28, S. P. Holland and P. Ball, Worcester, hop and seed-mer chants, at ten, at the Crown Inn, Broad -street, Bristol. Nov. 24, J. Swainston, Kendal, morocco-leather.nuunsfacturer, at ten, at the Kin's Arms, KendaL CERTIFIC ATES—Novamsaa gl. T. Thompson, sen. and jun. and E. Thompson, Nether Comp ton, Dorseuthire, gas-spinners. W. Goldsworthy, Sun Tavern field% rope-maker. G. Lockwood. Whitby, woollen-draper. J. Langford, Milk-street, Cheapside, wholesale-haberdasher.— J. Carnaby, Morpeth, Northumberland, brewer. S. Cawne, Barbican, pawnbroker. J. Hint, Tower-street, cotton-broker. W. 1411/le, Oxford -tweet. linen-draper.' DISSOLUTIONS OF 'PARTNERSHIP& &epben and Galleniore ! New tondon.street, skip-brokers. Stroud and Hazell, Newbury, druggists, Warner and (land ler, Bristsd, chemists. - . A Court of Aldermen was'yesterday held at Guild hall, for the general dispatch of public business.— Mr. LITTLETON.THOMAS Powts , who recently pur chased the Office of one of the four Fruit-meters, was admitted and sworn into the said Office,—islr., NATHAN SoLimon surfendered the Office of one of 'the Jew Brokers, and Mr. AARON Asn G ca. nsm was admitted in his roorn.—A presentment of sun dry non-freemen carrying on their respective trades in the Parish of - St. Andrew, Holborn, in the Ward of Farringdon Without, was made, and referred to the Chamberlain. Sundry Brokers were aik . m4a and sworn, and several Coal-Undertakers w6te licensed. COmmissioners to sit hi the Court of Requests far November were appointed. The venerable mansion of the Marquis of Beet- INGHAM, Wootton-house, Buckinghamshire, was al most entirely destroyed by fire in' the - morning tf Mondaylast ; and nothing left remaining but the bare wails. The flames bor forth from one of the attics, about two o'clocki in. the morning; And, be fore any effectual assistance could be rendered, the whole interior of the hoUse was 'educed . to a heap CE ashes ; including the library,. the . pictures, am) almost the whole of the furniture. Lord and Lady TEMPLE were residing there, and their infant daughter was at one time in the utmost dange r of falling a prey to the flames ; but his Lordship 's fornign valet rushed through the fire, and brought the child away with out injury. Lady TEMPLE and her attendants were removed to Stowe ; and an express was sent off :t seven o'clock to the Noble Marquis in town. Lord TEMPLE was expected in town list nigh;. The fire was first discovered by Captains Jeftvis and GRACT, who happened to be on a visit to his Lordship. Monday evening, Mr. MERRYWEATHEE, of the Mint, Borongfi, whilst walking in Westminster-road. was attacked by four men, one knelt on him, thrust a pocket-handkerchief over his mouth, and in that position held him till they rifled his pockets of four Cl notes, a small sum in silver, and a gold watch, chain, and seals. The ruffians were pursued into Friar -street, but escaped with their booty.--Some short time afterwards, a Gentleman, named Gm cunisx, residing in Fishmonger-street, Borough- Market, was hustled by a similar party, as he was crossing the road near the Obelisk, and lobbed of his watch and hat, A few weeks ago, a respectable inhabitant 9f Bir mingham having gone to church with his whole fa• mily, leaving his house locked up, found, on his re, turn, that it had been opened in his absence, and rob. bed of plate, cash, &c. to a considerable amount; and he also found written by the thief, in large chalk letters upon one of his dining tables, this laconic ad monition-4, Watch as well as pray r• • . AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN Ditamu.-,,,Monday afternoon; WI CHRISTOPHER SPLIT; Esq. a Russias merchant, and who had been Colonel of the St. George's Volunteers, was coming the Stratford stage from his country seat at Stratford.green, to his town residence in Spitalfields, he was s,cized with a violent fit of sneezing and coughing the co:ich :iris going along the Mile-end -rod, which caused the rupture of g blood-vessel, and he. died almost i m me dia:A:ly after he had, been taken into a surgeon's shop , __* _:_z • LON,D.O.W Printed as publfshed A. Lust. Kum Plata, Temp;e - 1 oi. ; ; I t ,i ,