Star. — London, England, 1830-04-23 00:00:00

REMARKS ON THE NEW LAWS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. ADDRESSED 10 ALL TRADESMEN AND SHOPKEEPERS. The Solicitor-General having introduced a Bill to con tinue the present Insolvent Debtors' Act (which expires the last day of this Sessien,) and the Attorney-General having previously introduced another Bill to limit arrests fur debt on inesne process to sums exceeding 1001. it be comes a matter of the highest importance with the trades men and shopkeepers of London and the country to con sider how they will be circumstanced should these two Bills pass into laws, of which there is little doubt. That the power of arresting before judgment is unwise, and inhumane—that it has not lessened the losses of creditors, nor promoted the honesty of debtors—is now pretty well admitted on all hands. It was also founded en a fiction and usurpation of law, and, like other fic tions and usurpations attacked by the reforming spirit of the age, is very properly sent to keep company with sham Fleas. inconsistent declarations, and ridiculous writs of I :cctment. But while arrests on mesne process are on their way to ultimate, and—it is to be hoped—speedy abolition; and while the Insolvent Debtors' Act is to be renewed, opening the prison doors to the vast mass of those who seek its benefit within six or seven weeks after their im prisonment ; it is highly necessary that a proper and useful protection should be afforded to the tradesman, who, by the operation of the above measures, will stand a less chance than he previously (lid of reco vering his just claims from dishonest or unwilling debtors. When these Bills become laws, the situation of the creditor will be as follows : 1. For all debts between 21. (in some places between 51.) and 1001. his remedy will be by serviceable process--generally called a copy of a writ ; and that remedy, if the claim be contested, for the sake of delay or otherwise, will create costs on both sides to the ex tent of from 201. to 501. It has long been an observation among ho nest professional men, that it is generally better to give up claims from 51. to 151. than to contest such claims against unprincipled or obstinate defenlants. 2. Unprincipled debtors may cause themselves to be arrested for 1001. in the same way as they formerly could for 201. in order to enable themselves to take the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Such collusive arrests have been frequent ; and when they did occur the Insolvent Court had no power to punish either the fraudulent defendant or the perjured plaintiff, the former being merely re manded to prison, from which he was instantly liberated by the latter. 3. There will be no increased power over property, making up for the loss of the power over the person, which the creditor, till these BiUs become law, possesses. Many different sorts of property can not be taken under an execution; and other property, while the matter is pending, may be easily converted into thi► untouchable description. There are several other evils to which the creditor will be exposed by the state of the laws ; but the above are the chief ; and if they can be remedied, which it is pro posed to be proved can be very easily effected, the trades man and the shopkeeper will have very little reason to complain. Before these remedies are pointed out, it may be as well to observe, that the alteration in the law taking away the power of arrest on mesne process (excepting special circumstances) will do much more good than harm to tradesmen generally. Hitherto they have been in the habit of placing too much dependence on their possession of this power, which has, in a great proportion of cases, been found to be illusory ; hence, now that they will be deprived of it, they will place their dependence, rot on their power of inflicting pain, but on their pros pect of obtaining payment. Every tradesman, however, will not think so ; and, to those who do not, the deprivation of the power of imme diate arrest w ill be viewed with great alarm. To allay the apprehensions of this class—and it will be a numerous one—the Legislature will, doubtless, be invoked to pause and consider well what it is doing, and how the law of debtor and creditor will stand when the pending measures are carried ; while to the more enlightened tradesman it will be no less due that his voice should be heard, which, while it acknowledges the propriety of the proposed alte rations on the ground of justice and humanity, will sug gest others for the general protection of the class to which he belongs. The remedies for the three great evils enumerated above are the following: 1. Thai the Commissioners of the Courts of " Conscience,' or Hcquetts," or of " County Courts," shall have jurisdiction over all simple contract debts to the amount of 201. with power to exa mine witnesses on oath, and to examine the debtor as to the amount and nature of his income or property, and to award payment by instalments, and to postpone any such instalments previous to granting execution against the person, provided inability be clearly proved. 2. That the law of perjury should be rendered more plain, and more certain in the punishment ; so that there shall be no legal or other difficulty in causing both the parties to a collu sive arrest, fur the purpose of going through the Insolvent Court, to be convicted—the one for perjury, and the other for subornation of perjury—and be seveially transported, either for a term of years or fur life. 3. That all property, of every description, belonging to a debtor shall be available to the payment of his debts, and be attachable, in whose hands soever it may happen to be, similar to the practice in Scotland, and to a power existing in the city of London. To which might be added an enactment fur the more certain punishment of those who fraudulently convey or conceal their property • and of all attorneys, agents, or clerks practising in the Insolvent property; or elsewhere, who aid them in so doing, or who have a guilty know, ledge, either as accessories before or after the tact. An Archdeacon of the Indian Church has published a book called " The Last Days of Bishop Heber ;" which contains a smart, but, doubtless, an undesigned rap at " Lord Bishops" in general. Having related an act of pas toral attention on the part of the great and good man who is the subject of the Memoir, in going down to pray with sonic invalid soldiers who sailed in the same vessel with him from Calcutta to Madras, the wondering Archdeacon propounds this startling question :-- Who would expect to find the Bishop of India, the acearnplished Heber, pray ing by the cots of a few disabled soldiers between the decks of a merchant vessel ?" Mark that, reader. If it had been a man-of -tear it might be a different affair ; but a merchant vessel, redolent, for aught thou knowest, of Buffalo hides, tobacco, sugar casks, and other abomina tions, " Who would expect it?" That is a poser which might almost cut the Bench. The accomplished Heber would, perchance, have answered it thus: " Your MAS TER and mine, Mr. Archdeacon —He who thought it not beneath Hist to sit at table with one Simon, a tanner,' and to admonish and console the wretched woman who washed His feet with her tears—HE would expect this and more, much more, from every Bishop and Arch bishop in Christendom." An important discovery has recently been made in the manufacture of iron, which accelerates the process of converting the cast into bar iron, and at the same time bas a material influence upon the quality by decom posing the carbon and injurious substances combined with the iron, and which, in the ordinary method of manufacturing, cannot be destroyed. It likewise has the effect of separating and completely vitrifying the alu ininous and siliceous earths, which destroy the tenacity and malleabili yof the iron. It is now ascertained that by means of this simple and economical application, many ores and materials may be used for the production of iron which could not formerly be worked. QUEEN'S COUNTY. One hundred Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, are rent to the British House of Commons, to represent the opinions and watch over the interests of the Irish people • but, for any use they are of, we might just as well, if not better, leave our affairs to the honour of the English and Scotch Members, for then we should not have the name of being protected, and thus, peradventure, any very glaring encroaclarents upon our rights might enlist the feelings of a generous people in our behalf. But as the ease now is, the acquiescence of our hundred mutes in all the projects of Ministers gives us the appearance of a consenting party ;—and so the mea sure proposed, no matter what it may be, however obnoxious or hurtful to the Irish people in general, bears some plausible sem blance of fair play and equity. During the time which has passed of the present Session of Parliament, while the House rang from side to side with complaints of distress in England, there were not five gentlemen to re-echo the cry from this neglected country.—Our Representatives (Heaven shield us !) maintained a decorous silence —most acceptable, no doubt, to those who advised the King to an. pounce to his wondering lieges that unfavourable seasons had occa sioned the low prices of bread and meat. They, by their silence, gave the world to understand that Ireland was in • state of wealth and prosperity, as compared with the rest of his Majesty's domi nions • nay one Honourable Gentleman, who sits for an extensively agricultural county, went farther than that—for lie had the mo desty and good sense to say that such was the case. lam quite sure that his constituents never authorized, nor instructed him to make so extraordinary a statement; and the only excuse I can devise for him is this—that not having any tenants in the county, he could have no practical knowledge or experience of his constituents' condition. But the consequence to the country of this supine conduct on the part of our Members is most mischievous: for the Chancellor of the Exchequer has taken advantage of it, and whilst he relieves the clamorous petitioners in England, of five millions of taxes—(Hard estddens invideo—l only wish it had been ten instead of five)--he aims a mortal thrust against the prosperous tillage.fanners of Ireland. As a soft of encouragement to the slave trade (1 can call it nothing else) the duty on rum is to be lowered so as to bring that pernicious beverage (which, for more reasons than one, might be called the real black strop) into more general demand, whilst the duty on Irish spirits is to be advanced—a trifle indeed, but quite enough to make it a drug in the English market. Would the Chancellor of the Exche quer but repel the malt duty, we ought not to complain of any amount of tax which it might be his pleasure to impose on ardent spi rits ; for then we should gain in morality enough to counterpoise any loss we might otherwise sustain. But by the proposed arrangements, all the pernicious and demoralising effects remain in full force. Whisky still continues as accessible as before to the Irish peasant. It is only prohibited in England for the sake of giving the people there a taste for the deadlier product of negro labour ; and the up shot of the matter will be, that the Irish tillage-fanner must let his land lie fallow for want of a remunerating price. Our landowners are beginning to view this matter in its proper light. The Magis trates of Upper Ossory have called a meeting of that Barony, to petition Parliament against Mr. Goulburn's anti-Irish project. They will meet at Borria-in-Ossory on the 26th. Requisitions for similar meetings and petitions are in progress through the other Ba ronies; no doubt the alarm will spread through other counties also ; and thus, though our,worthy Representatives may still con tinue contumacious,; our petitions will make known to both the Ho nourable Houses,and to the coun try , how far the sentiments and the interests of the Irish :Member', and those of their constituents, coin- ' aide upon this important subject. At his audit, on the Ist instant, at Shaftesbury, Earl Grosvenor, returned his tenants, on the Motcombe and Gillingham estates, 20 per cent. on their last twelve months rents. Mucit ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—Not long ago, a sort of rustic drama, that well deserves the title we have given it, was got up in a large village in Dumfries-shire, which excited a sensation approaching to a panic, and owed its beginning, middle, and end, to the most insig- ' nificant circumstance imaginable—a frog in a well. At the time alluded to, two little children, while at play near their father's house, espied a paddock treating itself to a swim, mistook its appearance for a man's hand, and ran ' home instanter to communicate to their mother the ap palling intelligence. The tale made the matron's " flesh creep," if not her hair stand on end, and the more so, that she had a vivid recollection of a child having been drowned at the same spot. To her excited fancy the cir cumstance seemed ominous, and betokened some heavy calamity, perhaps to one of the members of her own fa mily. With fear and trembling she repaired to the well, to gaze on the spectre hand with hown eyes ; bt the frog by this time had dived to the bottom, or hid itself under some cape or headland, composed of a single clod or stone ; and, strange as it may seem, its disappearance, in place of dissipating, confirmed her fears. On pondering the matter, she Caine to the conclusion that it would be "a tempting of PROVIDENCE' RI allow the well to re main longer open, and when her husband returned home on Saturday night, " she set upon him" with all her might, and pressed her suit so anxiously that he was glad to give in, perhaps on the old and patent principle, that " nought's to be had at women's hands, unless you gie them a the plea." Accordingly on Monday, the well was crammed full of earth and stones, and the poor frog hermetically sealed in a bigger bottle than ever was blown in a glass manufactory. In the meantime, the wife had whispered her fears and suspicions to the neighbours: the report soon spread—nay, flew like wild-fire, and in the end the prevailing opinion was, that some resurrectionist had been at work—that the grave had been violated, and that the hand seen was a real hand, and formed part of the body of some unfortunate child. Strange-looking charac ters had been seen prowling about at untimeous hours; gigs heard galloping through the streets at midnight ; and to crown all, some one made the discovery that the smell and taste of the water were abominable. The mooting of this point was the signal for a crusade ; and great was the ire of all and sundry when they discovered that the well had been newly filled up. Here the plot thickened. If there was nothing wrong, why gag the gurgling—the oozing out of the bonny bit spring ? But there must be something wrong. Well saith the proverb—" trifles light as air," &c. and while the excitement lasted, who can Bender that the owner of the ground was summoned to appear before " his betters ?" Here the Justice and his clerk acted very wisely ; fur, however misguided the people may have been, it was right to sooth their honest prejudices by something like a regular investigation. Truth, by a beautiful figure of speech, is said to reside at the bottom of a well ; and it was literally so in the present instance. On digging deep enough, nothing was discovered but the author of all the mischief, a solitary frog, which, by having crept into some crevice or cranny, was still alive, though a tenant of the tomb, and no doubt felt grateful to the unintentional resurrectionists who had restored it to the pleasure of light and liberty. Though this discovery might have disabused the people of their fears or prejudices, they still felt dissatisfied, and repaired in the next place to the parish burying-ground, whore an industrious tailor was known to have been in terred a short time before. With the implements used in opening the well they proceeded to open the tailor's grave, and on unscrewing or forcing the lid of the coffin, discovered that his remains were entire and untouched. This circumstance perplexed them sadly ; the storm of prejudice gate place to what may be called the calm of, reason, and as they retired to their wonted homes and employments, they began to doubt whether they had not, been sent on a fool's errand—a surmise that was con firmed by the result of the legal examination. In chro nicling the above strange event, we are by no means certain that we have noted all the incidents in the exact order in which they occurred, and our object in recording them, is not to tui n the actors into ridicule, but to teach them greater caution in future. There are person s w h o feel a malicious pleasure in frightening the lieges with stories about resurrectionists, and we may even add, that the press, by giving currency to these, has done more, mischief than it can easily romedy.—Diunfries Courier.l SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S._ The amount of business done yesterday fell short of what might have been expected from the number of gentlemen present; in fact, little or nothing took place that calls far particular notice, unless mention is called for by the sudden advance made by Mr. Hobert's Sister to Sailor colt, who is stated to have had a favourable trial; the closing odds, 25 to 1, were offered too freely, to induce a belief that he will maintain his position ; Wat Tyler (or What Tailor, as Mr facetiously calls him) dropt back, and is again a dead letter in the betting. Cetus receded a couple of points, and from the evident disinclination to back him, many conclude that he is not quite right. The Mummer is now on his road to Epsom, but win.' ther Cetus accompanies him is doubtful ; Mouche and Maria veto in considerable demand for the Oaks, both making a trifling ai. vane. l'he only betting on the St. Leger was about Lord Qua& berry's Hassan, who was backed freely at 17 to 1 by the same gen. tleman to whom his appearance in the betting, from the beginning, is to be attributed. The closing prices were as follow : - - TWO TROVSAND GOMIS STAKES. Even between the Mouse colt and Augustus, the former for choice. S to 1 apt Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida) 7 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker • to 1 Lord G. Cavendish's Mouse colt 9 to 1 Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 12 to 1 Lord Exeter's Augustus 12 to 1 —. Mr. Ridadak's Little Red Rover 14 to I - Sir M. Wood's Cetus 15 to 1 Lord Exeter's blahmoud 22 to 1 Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 22 to I - Lord Sligo's Brine 25 to 1 Mr. Roberts's colt out of Sister to Sailor 30 to I Mr. Ramsbottom's Zucharelli OAKS. 9 to 2 Lord Sefton's Mouche (taken) 5 to I Lord Queensberry's Marla • to 1 Duke of Grafton's Brambilla 20 to 1 Mr. Payee's f. out of Brown Duchess. BATH SPRING RACES, APRIL 21. The Lansdowne Stakes of 10 soy& each, with 10 Isom added, for 2 years old, (Ist. 1016. three ditto, Bst. 101 b. four ditto, 9st. 41b. fire ditto, list. 111 b. six and aged, 10st. 21b. Mile and quarter heats. 3lr. J. H. Peel mulled b. c. by Phantom, 3 yrs 1 U 1 Mr. W. B. Goldstone named Rosary, S yrs 1 3 dr Mr. J. Thorn's Ghost, 2 yrs 2 Mr. H. Blggs named Mr. Day's bro. to Luther, 2 yrs 2 0 dr Sir L. P. Glyn named b. L by Mow?, 2 yrs S 13 started—a capttafraie.—wan easy. The Claret Stakes of 10 soya. each. Mile and quarter. Mr. W. Blathwayt named br. g. 4 yrs. I lst. Guido. Mr. Finch named Mr. Wiltshire's Hercules, 6 yrs. 12st. 21b 0 2 Won cleverly. The Ladies' Silver Cup, value 30 son. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 tors. each, for 3 yrs, gat. 31b ; 4 yrs, 10st. 31b; 5 yrs, 10st. 101 b; 6 yrs, 1 let. 31b; and aged, 11st. 71b. Heats one mile and a quarter. Captain Huntley's King Arthur, 3 yes Mr. J. R. Anderson's ad. Moses, aged Mr. C.W. Codrington's Jack Ketch, late Alpheus, 6 yrs 2 Mr. Martin's Percinet, aged Mr. Pickernell's Repsima, 3 yrs.. 3 Nine started—won very caxy. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS—Apau. 22. OLD COURT. John William Porde, a fashionably-dressed young gentleman, vu indicted for stealing a hone, value 501. the property of a Mr. John Thorn. Samuel Phillips stated that he is a tailor, residing in Newcastle. street, Strand. Knew the prisoner three or four years. tin the oth of February last he called on witness, and raid he wanted some money; witness said that he had no objection to advance it, provided that he (prisoner) could give him security. Prisoner said be only wanted 201. and that but fora short time, and he would leave the horse which be was then riding. Witness then gave him the money, and took the hone, and sent it to Mr. Sewell's stables; a gentleman called subsequently, and paid him the money he had advanced. The horse was given up. Joseph Sewell; is a livery-stable keeper; on the 9th of February a black horse was sent to his stables; the prisoner brought the horse first into the yard; prisoner ordered it to be taken care of. It remained in the witness's stables ten days, when it was given up to the owner, Mr. Thorn. Prisoner said that a person named Phil. lips was to lend some money on the horse, and asked witness what sum he ought to have advanced ; witness replied that he would lend what he thought proper. Henry Richard Puckeridge is a police-officer, and apprehended the prisoner. Mr. Thorn wan with him at the Three Spies public-house, before he was called up stairs, where the prisoner was. Mr. Thorn had some conversation with him. Witness then went up stairs, when Mr. Thorn said, pointing to the prisoner, " There is the person who stole my horse ." Prisoner asked if t could not be made up ; Mr. Thorn replied, " No, the law shall take its course." He took the prisoner before a Magistrate the next day. After the examina tion he told Mr. Thorn where the horse was. Cross-extunined by Mr. PHILLIPS.—Did not say before the Ma gistrate that the prisoner wished to make it up ; he was not asked the question ; be believed the prisoner said, when he was appre h-ded, " You know Thorn I bought the hone of you." The Ma gistrate, on the second examinsuon, asked to see Mr. Thorn's books, but they were not produced. The witnesses were recalled for the purpose of proving the Chris tain name of Thorn, but being unable to do so, Mr. Justice Gas cLEz i after remarking on ate evidence, directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner. Verdict—Not Guilty. The prisoner was then delivered over to a tipster of the King's Bench, in whose custody be had been brought up by a writ of Ha. bcas to take his trial _ _ _ Iklr. Justice PARK directed the Clerk of Arraigns to see that the recognizance of Thorn was mutated. His Lordship observed that such conduct was shameful ; the man bad got his money, and ever sines had done every thing in his power to pervert the ends of justice. (Before Mr. Justice PARK.) Maria Williams aged 22, was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of March last, from the dwelling-house of Sir Henry Hardinge, a coat and other articles, value Gt. the property of Richard Thomas. The prosecutor did not appear against the prisoner, and his Lord ship stated to the Jury, that he was butler to Sir Henry Hanlinge, in Whitehall-place. On the 9th of March he took the unfortunate female home to his master's house, and kept her there all night. As the prosecutor was ashamed, and very rightly so, to appear in Court against the prisoner, they must acquit her. His Lotdship added, that he bad no right of power to keep the clothes, as no one came forward to identity them, and hoped this would be a warning to Masters. The prisoner was consequently Acquitted, and the property given up to her. (Before Mr. Justice GASALEE.) Minima Mile I, aged 18, and John Williams, aged 18, were indicted for stealing from the person of Wm. Stevens, a handkerchief, and 7s. in money. The prosecutor stated that he had known the prisoners for nine years ; on the evening in question they had been drinking together, and on his leaving the public-house the prisoners way-laid him and stole the handkerchief and money. The evidence being very unsatisfactory, the prisoners were Acquitted. NEW COURT. (Before the Itncoanzit and a London Jury.) Peter Jesus !luny, a fishmonger, aged $1 years, who was in dicted in last February Sessions for having been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, requested the Court would allow hint to re. tract his plea of not guilty, which he put in last Session, and plead guilty. The REcoanga strongly advised him to allow his former plea to remain, as it might be, in all probability, di ffi cul t to substan tiate the harge preferred against him. The Prisoner. however, persisted in pleading guilty. John Tirasky, a solicitor, addressed the Court, and hoped that he might be allowed to travels/ his case until the neat sessions, as the bill had only been found on Tuesday last, and he had not had sufficient time to prepare his defence; he stood charged with hay. ling obtained under false pretence., a sovereign and a half from a rilnconfined for debt in the Fleet-prison, and whose discharge had undertaken to procure. The COURT granted the application of the prisoner, upon his finding ball, himself in the sum of 801. and two sureties in 481. each, and giving 48 hours notice to the committing magistrate. Wii/Scrt Nallegoa ' aged 40, the late schoolmaster of St. Brides parish, stood indicted for embezzling 141. in bank notes, the pro perty of the late John Blades and others. Mr. Canswzi.z, who attended, objected to the form of the indictment, and strongly contended that it could not stand. The REconnitit admitted that three out of the four counts ninst be done away with, but with respect to the remaining one he would I refer that to the Judges. Sevetal witnesses appeared in support of the charge. and the IRsconzsza having recapitulated the evidence at great length. the 'Jury returned a verdict of Utility, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy, in which the prosecutors joined. The RICORDIR said the recommendation should be attended Ito if the Judges over-ruled the objection taken by the Learned CounseL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. George Fowler was re-examined yesterday before Sir J. P t igloo, charged with having 21.148.6 d. in base money in hi s pa , session, with intent to circulate the same. The prisoner was ordered to find sureties fur his appearance at ~.; neat sessions, himself in 801. and two housekeepers in 401. e‘ ,. with 48 hours' notice of ball. A little urchin, named Jahn Weal, was charged with stealtn 4 pocket-book, containing bills of exchange to the amount of 79. ) from the person of George Ross, Esq. of Finsbury-square. The prosecutor stated, that in passing through L0ng.1 4 .. Smithfield, in the forenoon yesterday, he felt something his coat, and he immediately missed his pocket-book out of a um pocket, and saw it in the possession of the prisoner. Mr. Caster, of Crawford.etreet, Marylebone, saw the prise:. • open the pocket, and take out the book. The prisoner stoutly asserted that he had touched neither t. • gentleman's book nor his pocket. Sir JOHN PERRINO committed the prisoner for trial, obNervi- ; that the town seemed to be inundated with pickpockets. BOW-STREET. Information was yesterday received at this office of the robbery J r a banker's parcel, from the Quicksilver coach, on the night of Su e . day last. The parcel was directed to Messrs. Rogers, Towgeod . and Co. of Clentent's-lane, London, and contained Bank notes and bills of exchange to the amount of upwards of 1,0001. besides se veral bills of exchange, which being specially endorsed to Mew, Rogers and Co. are of no use to any body but the owner. Tit parcel is supposed to have been stolen from the coach in changia l horses between Sherborne and London. and the notes are those of h., Shaftesbury, Trowbridge, Ouildfold, Bath, Southampton, and tithe country banks. John Elskane, the foreman of Mr. Perring, the hatter, in Strand, and George Clarke, a young lad also in his employmen• were charged with having stolen a quantity of hats, the property u• their employer. Several hats were produced, which had been pawned at differen• pawnbrokers' shops. Mr. Peering swore distinctly to the hats, and the prisoner was remanded, with the understanding that he would produce the parties from whom he said he had purchased them: The .boy Clarke we. also detained. A young man, in the employment of a butcher in Hungerford. street, Strand, was charged in the same case with having been in the habit of supplying the prisoner (Elsham) with meat belonging to his master, on the understanding that he was to obtain a bat in re. turn. The master of the young man came forward, but could nut say that he had missed any of his meat. He knew, however, that it was the practice of butchers' buys in going round with trays tr . meat to customers, to cut a portion off for themselves. Bakers had their "dead men," and those in the employment of butchers thought it all fair to help themselves to a slice or two of the meat which thcr carried out. Mr. MINIIHULL observed, that the public ought to be made aware of such a practice. It was too bad, after paying for a cer tain quantity of meat, to have it reduced by such a barefaced sy,s tem of peculation. QUEEN SQUARE. A middle-aged female, named bliss Denny Maria Pew, wh,. had all the external appearance of poverty, applied respecting a robbery which she stated had been committed on her premises, to the amount of at least lOW. in plate and jewellery. The off. errs, on going to her residence in Crown -street, Westminster, found 'it more completely wretched than her personal appearance; there was, however, no other ground fur supposing she had made a false complaint, and the officers are employed in investigating the case. LA3IBETII-STREET. We yesterday gave a paragraph respecting the malpractices nt two informers, named George and Joseph Wise, who for some time have been a complete nuisance to the parish of ‘Vhitechapel. Mr. HARDWICK yesterday addressed Mr. (gunning, the clerk, and told him, that henceforward these men were to be granted more informadons. HATTON-GA RDEN. Yesterday • man named Long/wore was brought before Mr. Ser geant SELLON. Miss B. Watkins deposed that she was a bookbinder, and wee, employed by the British and Foreign Bible Society to bind then books, and in a length of thus had lost a considerable number a. the Society's books. The prisoner had been five years in her em. ploy, and her sisters having gone up stairs to search far some books that were missing, found the prisoner's coat there, and in the pockets the parts of three Bibles, which had bean given the pri. sone: to finish. She then sent for an officer, and the prisoner was given in charge. The prisoner said he had damaged the books finishing them, and that was the reason he put then, in his pocket. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner till Tuesday, for further evidence •bout the other books. BIRTH. At Upper Edmonton, the lady of the Rev. J. G. Wallace, of a MARRIED. Major 0, A. Rigby, of the Hon. E. I. C.'s service, to Anne, daughter of Mr. T. Andrews, Soho.aquare.—At St. Matthew's, Brixton, Mr. H. D. Osborne, of Tulse-hill, Brixton, to Sarah Ann. eldest daughter of W. Fulow, Esq. of the same place—E. Steel, Esq. of thitmhead-Fell, to Mrs. Watson, widow of the late Mr. W. Watson, merchant, London.—At Clapham-church, Mr. W. H. Vernon, of Charing-cross, to Mary, daughter of the late J. F. Seaton, Esq. of Clapham.—At Cognac, James, son of J, Arbouin. Esq. of Brunswick-square, to M. Clementine, daughter of Pieire Phillipe Marett.—At Beaconsfield, Lord William Montagu. to Emily, third daughter of James Du Pre, Esq. of Wilton.park, Bucks.—Tuesday, at Frindsbury, near Rochester, Lieut. Nestor, R. N. to Penelope, only daughter of David Day, of Shone, Esq.— At Harbour, the Rev. Adolphus Hopkins, B. A. Vicar of Clcnt. in the county of Stafford, to Sarah, second daughter of Geo. Bac ' chus, Eaq. of Sincihnick.gtove, in the same county. DIED. At his mother's house at Embalm, deeply lamented by all who knew him, Lieut.-CoL P. J. Stanhope, aged 43, eldest son of the late Rear-Admiral J. Stanbope.—Mary Anne, the wife of Mr. E. Snell, of Albemarle.street, Piccadilly.—At Hastings, H. DI. F. Tytler, aged iB, daughter of t h e late A. Fraser Tytler, Esq. of the Bengal service.—Hugh, third son of Dlr. J. 111. French, of die Royal Excbange.—Thursday, at Saxdby, in the 46th year of his age, Mr. T. Stanniland, of East 31arkham. The deceased was bled a few days pre ions to his death ; the incision festered, and ' mortification ensued—At Durn-Dum, Major It M. 0. Granishaw, of the Bengal Art.—Drowned olf Berliampore, while on his way to Calcutta, Lieut. A. L. Doric, of the 31st regiment Native Infantry, aged 27.-At Calcutta, at the house of Nlr. Jos. Samuel, 31rs. E. DlTherson, aged 61.—At Calcutta, Ur. F. Andrew, accountant to Messrs. Tulloh and Co. aged 35.—At Calcutta, R. Paterson, Esq. DI. D. Surgeon 26th regiment N. I.—At Calcutta, Mrs. Wrtn, wi dow, aged 75.—At Calcutta, Mrs. E. Hope, wife of Mr. 1). Hope. aged 4&—At Calcutta, Mia. D'Silva, wife of Mr. F. D'Silva, tat Bombay, aged 35.—At Singapore, E W. Saunders, wife of Robert Saunders, Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, aged 28.—At Madura, Aug. George Anson, Esq. Lieutenant in his Majes!rs Ilth Light Dragoons, eldest son of Gen. Sir G. Anson, K. C. 8., 31. P.—th• the road to 800jompore Indigo Factory, Kishnagbur, suddenly, 31r F. lie Choi, aged 24.—At Chittagong, Lieut. and Brevet Captain J. llunyon, 74th regiment Native Infantry.—At Calcutta, 31r. J. Douglas, wine merchant, aged 31.—At Madras, suddenly, the Rev. Alexander Webster, Senior 31inisier of St. Andrew's church. and Chaplain on the Hon. t.'ompany's Madras Establishment. He had been ailing for some days, but not so much so as to prevent his going abroad, or attending to his duties. 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