Star. — London, England, 1826-03-15 00:00:00

' p CONFIDENCE AND CREDIT. . The day was dark, the markets dull, The 'Change was thin, Casettes were full, And ball the town was breaking; - The counter-sign or Cash was" step !" Bankers and Bankrupts shut np shop, ' And honest hearts were aching I. • When gear the Bench, my tasty 'spied A faded farm, with hasty stride, Beneath greera burthen stooping. - Her name was Credit, and she said future:- Trade, weisiptily dead. . Her mether, demmern, drooping ! The smile that she was wont en wear, Was wither'd by the hand of care, • Her eyes had lest their lustre ; Her character was gene. she said, For basely she had been been betray d, And nobudy would trust her ! That honest industry had tried To gain fair Credit for his bride, And foend the Lady willing, Put ah! a Fortune-hurter came, And Speculation was his name, A flake not worth a shilling ! The villain was on Mischief bent, He galled both Dad and Mam's consent, Asadralsen poor Credit smarted ; Ile Skied her fortune and her (eme— tic flail a blot upon her name, And left her broken hearted! While thus poor Credit seem'd to sigh. . Her Cousin, Confidence, came by, (Methinks he must be clever). I, when he whispeett in her eat, She (heeled the sigh. she ilsied the teal, And smiled as *weer as ever! Btrnsondsey. LENT ASSIZES. ....-..M.-- • STAFFORD, Shun 13. *RUCH ell PROMISZ 'Or MAIRRIAGL. PEAK V. SISDGWOOI›. IISQ• '['his es * 'ruffled by a Mond special jary, two adze members of wbids_ boo ties rank of Baronet. • Me, ea* ripsn4d the pleadings. Mr. C AIIiTISELL said, that it gave him great satisfac tion to see twelve Gentlemen of that County assembled, to say, whether the conduct of the defendant was that of a Gentleman and a man of honour ? The jury knew the defendant tote a Gentleman of large fortune, in the neighbourhood of Newcastle-under -Lyrae.—The plaintiff was the daughter of Mr. Weightuum, a Gen. tleman residing in Wales. She had married• Mr. Peak, a mercer, at Newcastle; some years after Mr. Peak died, his -widow bad carried on the business.—Mr. Wedgwood, who lived in the neighbourhood, visited her first husks:rod as a friend, and be had an opportunity of observing her accomplishments and disposition. .0n the death of her atm, the plaintiff went to reside at the house her aunt had occupiei in Chester, so that she saw no more of the defendant till the end of 1824 or the be. ginning of HMS, when she was oft a visit at Leake. There the defkodast paid his addresses, and made an offer of risaveiar: She discouraged his advances on account of dee duparity of their years; she being thirty. five, and el* defendant over silty. He wrote her seve ral letters. (The Learned Counsel read the letters of the 18th lebruary, HMS, and of the 4th of April in the same reer). The plaintiff communicated the affair to efir,, who *Waited of - it, and the defendant had perntimicur to ',sit her at Che Art. He fell ill • there; but,. by the kind attention of the plaintiff, he teccroered, rad went to Parkgate, a watering-place, from which he Wrote her letters, which were of a mar* Joke leader description than his first ones. (The n read the letters of the 27th of No 'ember said 4th of December). At Parkgate the de feldant got much better, and he proposed to make a setdemvat& SOOL a yeir on the plaintiff, and actually asked two Gentleman to act as trustees. After that he met the plaintiff under the roof of her relations, and be spoke of her as his intended bride; and the last words he ewer spoke to her conveyed a desire for her to invite those relations to visit her when she became his wife. So it was ng to the Bth of December. But it would ap pear Chet only sir days alter, he who wished to be thought a Gentleman wrote the following letter. Now all / the ludic; ow: feeling must vanish, and every virtuous mind must be filled with indignation at the conduct of the defendant.. His letter began— • 46 Mar Msdams,"swireasded . 4 * I lave bodidoes~huss several persons, that you are not =Why Sot Sty fiddles. aid befog-In a precarious state h tbe reseals whyl estraot eve you my band. I wish you well, and shall Anti respect you. I have enclosed you a road usti, witickiflt does set pay you what Is due to you, pray WOMB sae bq ebs bearer. 1 7a WE be blbeesoiridi tossedeas Ist stockier by the Now code OW*. tam; star liimbm it rare 1 1 "ef tDOOOD:' " P. I.—AIIcensIONRIIEN Mac awe betwesi is." Could aayihinglre more brutal, and this was to a wo man be had- been courting for several months; could anything beano,* detestable than that he should be going about asking whether it was probable that this Lady would bring him an heir to his estate? But he' must have known it to be false, as she had been the metier of three children by her first husband, and she was then only thirty-five. But he was in a condition to thew that the defendant set up a still more base pre tence. They would conceive the feelings of Mrs. Peak, and the relucta►,ce she would have to diiclose such awl intuit; bat at length she desired a fa iend to call upon him, and he then did not persist in his pretences, hut said that Oa con•idered himself incapable of marrying, and tbat his surgeon told him he was unfit. Ile admitted the engagement, and could not deny the bteach. What was to be said in mitigation— did the defendant mean to attack Mrs. Peak ? Did he dare to c4ll the suigenu who was in Stafford under a subpoena? Suppo,e he did call 1 - 41/2 t i o prove a disgusting detail of his infirmities anal 'defects, Would this be any palliating of his conduct, to go 01 deluding this Lady for mouths, and then set up such an smoke as that. k would be an aggravation. e defendant was a man tolling in riclica, he was o: th a hunched thousand pounds. They would look 'to h;s conduct and see whether hi bad not disgraced 1 niself as a man, and he would then ask them to give such damages as would be a wholesome lesson to men 1;Ice the defendant. The following letters were put in; they ',tete written on..rather coat se paper, and each sealed with a wafer : Park gate, October 5, AN DWI/ Lan ZELOVID Errr—l lave the plcusal to inform yen try kAlt is much iu the same state in whkb it was when I left Chesser. except a af, which I have wavered all the those I have lulen at Park-gate. 1 hope it will not belong befer I bare thrplesuor of steins you at Parklike ; and believe meta be, my dearest kitty, Your affectionate lover, JOUR WEDG ETAI I KX Eignall End, Nov. VTOB4 Mr Dian Mir —You forgot to inform mein yours a the 18th but. tr !slut state your kettle via., in which I thought was an antis. • sioa on Imo part, which I hope yot will remedy in your next. T pare tbe ec.;urc to Weitz you that I tvntain in a contelevice Matt, MO Lashbury says it tells lath, as she never hie* me to but one brim. Krim mint servant is sword **texas amnion, would mow and Nee will Om, we shall want one b — plike. Serval* ii &lite this country. I ha.ff vie rid Si vi s it to Mt; and. Mrs. , the weber, has been so utifaustable. ere came a gentle-man inns Mr. Smith's shop, who inqUifed of Aft. Said& if I Wargotng la in marred to Mrs. Peake ; be answered he timid not tell. There was a woman in the shop at the time from this parish, who made answer that she was sure that it was going to take place, for I add dor fere wesgon loadtrof wines. Mrs. Perkins desires me to give her duty to you. I have eased my cote at Dignall End Catery, a penny per draft, which is about 3 cwt. I am selling at Is. pet draft. The name of our curate is the Rev. Mr. Winnsry—he is very good, and gate to teach the welters at the Sunday-scoot, and visit the sick. I long to see you, that I may enjoy a sweer salon,. and remain your ever affectionate and sincere lover, JOHN WEDGWOOD. P.S. Yoe put into my hands an . advfrtiserneut to the ladies. I want a Wife in rrurn. I give you the invocation of a hopeless virgin an the other side. I have got a mat and two busses meld for my pew in Audley Church. Mr. Kinnersley's cariage was there this morning with some part of the family ; they ate returned front the Ile of Wife. The ladierin this county wars half bootee maid of thick kessonere cloth wove on purpose, with tether balm to go over the Moose, whichfastion I apptove of. PAT oua Errr—l have received yowl of the 30th of November today, by your old faithful servant, and am happy to hear your •Relth is so much restored, and that you take my advice in being clothed warm. I shall see her to-morrow about half-past three in the afternoon, at Newcastle, in order to receive front her what she 'has collected of your money that is outstanding. It is not conve nienffor me to come to Stapely at the time you mention, but will do myself the pksatre of seeing you on Thursday next, if the waiter 'permits. - Itaw Mr. %%wetly on Friday last, who seems to he an, agreeable kind of M2ll, he gose about to the poor pepks to enquire if they have a pore book or Bible in their houses; if they have not, is will furnish them at a reasonable price, cheper than they can ity them at the stadonees; god hoping to see you in a short time will give piastre to JOHN WEDGWOOD. Dec. 4, 41111.5. • • lath of Febreary, 1825. Dun Manast.--Yours of the fSth instant came to band yester dayorkkitipme site grate pleasure to here you had recovered from yew ladispedshm. I called at Mr. Mare r and was disappointed at net Ohm a letter which led me to apperend all was not right. sot soh bone, and shall be happy to here from you, to know when I shall have theplenste of seeing you. Sincerely yours, J. W. April the 4th, 1825. DaAa Manam.—Tt gives me no small pleasure to bad ?anchor:is reetwasoL I was rtieised to lad you took my advice and took :I s i d ro enjoyed-sold state of lath since j have arrived ' U - VA I hope IMO to WO you at Chester. Since I add tiffs stammer is approaching. I aye a apri cot tree WHO 4111a0 WM k as big as a Spanish nut, and a nec tarine metal/ illaelOwl potatoes that are to be nips above the pound green. Idea erase in theses& to Chester. .Tbe amen potters in Mean. J. and W. Wood's factory, at lerr el- lent, have turned out fur an advance of wages, and there masters mu 'Nies to comply. It Is expected that the men at the Borilent *S roes, and the ovaries in the potteries will also tern out for as ad vance of wages,—BoNeve me to be yours assuredly. JOHN WEDGWOOD. [Much laughter was racked daring the reading of this letter, and continued for some time.] Mr. Thames Hemp said, these letters are of the defendant's head-writing. Crosaesaasined by Mr. Jesus —I have known the defeadaat far many years ; Mis near seventy ; riot fat short ; an old bachelor ; he is nor gay in his apposraawa fits,exaniard--lje is a wealthy man. Mr. Thomas Sutton—l am a friend of the plaintiff, my wife was intimate with her; 'I have known her twenty-vii or twenty-stem years; bar age is thirty-six or thirty-seems. I live at Lake, bat I was at Chester in October last; I. saw the defendant there; I dined with the defendant at Ars. Peake"s, with some other fiends. The defendant directed is to purchase wines for his marriage with Mrs. Pe.k. I was to purchasesuch wine as I liked. I afterwards saw him again, and he desired me to be oneof the trustees under the marriage settlement; j consented. He wished Mr. Copeland to re the settlements. He said he wished to make his 1111 sedepeadent-of all his elations. Crowesiminset by Mr. C. I saw Mr. Wedgwood often ; he is trots shay to *moan he mated in good health. Mr. Charles Copeland-- I have known the plaintiff thirteen or fourteen years. In October last, I was on a visit at Mrs. Peak's with my wife. She then lived at Chester. The defendant resides about seven miles from Newcastle. He was also on a visit to Mrs. Peak, and slept in the house ;my wife and I did not. The defendant was very attentive to her, and their-approach ing marriage was talked of by him. He said he was making a new read to his own house, and he should marry as soon as the road was complete. He said, that the plaintiff had ever been very attentive to him, and was likely to contribute to his health. We went to see Lord Grosvenor's house at Eaton Hall, the plaintiff and defendant being of the petty; and the latter said, he wished to see Mr. Sutton about the settlements, and told me, that he wished that I would prepare the set tlements, as he did not then feel disposed to employ any of his friends in the profession at Newcastle or Burslem, as he wished the amoent to be kept a secret. The settlement was to be 5001. a year. The letter declaring off the match was also put in; it was in terms stated by Mr. Campbell in his opening speech ;• but there was on it a memoranium in the land.writing of Al's. Peak, apparently with reference to the pound-note mentioned in that letter, which was' in these terms :-- Four Media Haodkerelges - 14#. Od. Pahl Savants at Mrs. Wakeman's - 6 0 Balance to Mr. Wedgwood - - 1 o Eltirniatat'on resumed.—l called on Mr. Wedgwood on the 2d of January; I told him I came to ask an explanation of the last letter. The defendant- said, 41 1 have been extremely ill ever since I wrote it, and lamin an exceedingly low state. I ant very much attached to Mrs. Peak ; and my only reason is, that I have ben advised by my medical man, that I am not ino fit state to rnarry:' Cross examined by Mr.Jakvta---I know Mi. Chid wick, the surgeon. He is y. unger, I think, than Mts. Ptak. I unierstOod that he was her admirer, and paid his addresses to her. He was received by her as her lover. That continued up till May, 1825. - I never advised her to prefer the old man to the young one. Mr. Wedgwood told me he was 66. He is very nervous, but not shaken. 1 have visited the defendant tu ice: he d , es tint live in great style He keeps a one horse chaise, and a tuan.servant. I (Wet know that his man is the Scrub of the Cattily. The plaintiff coasuannicated the letter to the on the 17th of December, and directed me so apply to Mr. Wpdp wood; and on the 224 of January, 1 bad directions to commoace an action. Re examined—The defendant said he amid not value his pre puny, became of the extensive mines nudes' it. Mr. John Wakeman said. I live ou my property, at Stapely. am a cousin of the plaintiff, whine father Urea in the county of Carmarthen; the bad been visiting me, and on the 7th Deceinbet the defendant tame to my lacistee, and paid ber peat attention ; he `went on the Mb wends. I did sot hear of the intended marriage. Aly wife is not here, she is not very well. Crosa•essinined by Mr. C. Puuzias—The defendant was more tbau ordinarily polite, but he did not seem very ardent. —(The 'witness was much pr essed no to what the great attention was, but did not captain further.) The_______ _ - to mama, and, on the Deno, we observed Lady W. Bent 0116 Mrs. Maine, Lord Engestrie, the late and . present High Sls, and a great number of the gentry of the county. KINGSTON, Masco 14. John Jacobs, alias the Hon. John Julian Hamilton, was indicted fot feloniously intermarrying with Ca -1 therine Fitzgerald, spinster, at St. Michael's, Bath, an the 23d of January, 1817, his first wife, Dorothea Do novan, being then alive. This case stood over from the last Assizes, at the instance of the prisoner. The pti soner was a young Man of fashionable appeataace, and wore a formidable pair of mustachios. Mr. Mummer opened the case for the prosecution, and stated; that it was conducted at the instance of a Lady named Frances Vitale, Raspaldo, the widow of an Italian, and with whom the prisoner was supposed to have formed a third matrimonial alliance. The following witnesses were called: Mr. Benjamin Jones, brother of Mrs. Raspaldo, produced an examined copy of the register of the marriage of the prisoner with `Dorothea Donovan, at Cove, Cork, on the 6th of April, 1813, at the church of St. Union / in that parish. William lingers, water baiiiff of Cove, proved that he was present at the marriage of the prisoner with Miss Donovan, whose mother had kept a hotel and tavern in Cork, but had failed in business. The prisoner lodged iin witness's house at the time. Miss Donovan went to the church from her aunt's house, and her mother con tented to - the match. tier father was dead at the time. . Mary Hare proved also that she was relent at the 'marriage. 'fbe prisoner was married by the name of John Jacobs,, About two years since the prisoner called upon witness to prove the marriage in a Court of Justice. She knew the prisoner to have lived, both in England and Ireland, with Miss Donovan, as man and wire. At the time of the marriage, Miss Donovan was about 16 years of age. On her cross-examination by Mr. LAW, she said she did nut know the age of the prifonerat that time. Joseph Tucker, parish clerk of Walcott, in the city of Bath, pro duced an examined copy of the register of the marriage of the . prisoner with Catherine Fitzgerald, which took place on the 234 January, 1817. Captain Butler, formerly of the ilfe Guards, was present at the letwelsie of Miss Fitagerald with the prisoner. Witness was him leaf seatsled melee maw day to analog lady. I se trose PMlsb, clerk of the papers in the King's Noel prim, lika,ever was apprehended in that prison on a war. start Ise lairMsay, and takakto Union Hall. Frances Vitale: Raspaldo, the widow of air Italian, proved that she was introduced to the prisoner ht Paris, by the name of the Hon. John Julian Hasrsilton. She produced a paper, which she said was the certificate of her marriage with the prisoner. About two swathe since, she received from the prisoner's fi rst wife a of w hich the following it a copy. Witness could sal read or write. M Truly, my dearest Dore, I have came tube wretched and on. happr; but never mind s -nothing but Ovalness sad resolution must now bear me through this dreadful fate: Cheer up, haw, and be assured of this, that let my fate be what it may—let me go where It will, never, never Audi I so fondly love another as I sie you. Let me do what I may, be assattd, my fleetest creature, you alone will be my Ant and only love; do not, Dora, deser t your poor unhappy Jack. Do what you an to e xtricate your poor fe llo w from the fake that awaits him. Leave no stone unturned to And Mary Hare, and see if you cm keep her out of the way until the Kinston Audios are ever. Should you do that. an wag° on wen; if two on &amine bay brows' *hat will be my tato Most truly do I grieve to hear your are so truly wrecked and miserable; for Goo's sake, sod for my sake, do not—do net fret; you will' add to my misery by so doing. ace knows any dtnadon is most dreadful without ether additions, net having a penny to get bread, and compelled to accept favours from strangers. Never mind, Dors, if my fate ordains me to leave this country, my conduct abroad most be such as to merit the lenity and notice of the Governor, and thereby lighten du severity of my fate; and I hope I shall have this cheering prospect upon my return Of Wag), to be received in the arms of my own dear Dora. If possible, come down on Friday about four o'clock, and I will be at the gate to receive you. Truly do I commiserate your present trouble. Cheer up foe my sake, and dun's let me see you miserable when you come down. If she should call again, eodeaveur to learn if the payment of the money will induce her to desist from the trial; if so, we must endeavour to get it for her. Geo help me! Why did you not get Mary Hare's address ? Try if you can, and let MO know. Adieu, Goa bless you. I shall rely upon seeing you et Friday. Believe me ever your attached sad most faithful " JACIL" This letter was put in and read, he the purpose of establishing the validity of the Met marriage, and the anxiety of the prisoner to suppress legal proof of its ealebeatios. This was the case fur the priieention - . TIM prisoner being called open for his deftest, raid be did not whit to say any thing. Mr. Isaac Jacobs, a glass-manufacturer of Bristol, father of the prisoner, was then called by the prisoner's Counsel, to chew th4t at the time of the first marriage he was an infant. under the age of 21, and that it had taken place without the consent of parents. Wit ness being a Jew, was sworn on the Old Testament. He stated that the prisoner was his son, and was born on the 4th of June. 1796, and wanted five years and two months of being twenty-one at the time of his mar riage with Miss Donovan. Witness had known no thing of the marriage until afterwards, and he cer tainly never gave his consent to it. The paisoner's name was Jacob Jacobs, and in the Hebrew. lan guage Jacob and Jalut were the same thing. The prisoner arrived from Ireland in 1814; but witness bad never seen his first wife. The prisoner bad told him that he was married, but he did net believe him.— At the age of sixteen, witness had sent the prkoner as supercargo to Demerara, having confidence in hi; ability. Did not know of the second ,marriage with . Miss Fitzgerald until after it took place ; understood that by her the prisoner had two or three children. Did not know what the prisoner was by profession or busi ness. Never knew biro to be a Captain in the army; saw him in the King's Bench about two years Awe. Mr. LAW and Mr. PLATT submitted, on this evi. dence, that the first marriage was void, it having been c•intracted by the prisoner during infancy, and without the consent of patents, arid consequently that the second marriage was lawful and binding. Mc. Barn:laic:, contra, urged that infattcy was no objection in the first marriage, under the circumstances stated, inasmuch as the prisoner had affirmed the con tract, by living with his first wife after he came of age. In addition to this, he relied on the letter above men tioned as decisive of his argtittient. Mr. Baron GRAHAM said he would reserve the point for the con sideration of the twelve Judges, if the Jury should be satisfied that the flat marriage had been in fact wieninized. The Jury, under -the Learned Judge's direction, found the pre sonar Guilty, and the judgment was postponed. Last week, Jos. Hardwick, a woodman employed in a covert on the estate of the Eat' or A•hbuinharn, in the occupation of W. It. James, Esq. of Barking Hall, hawing gone into an a4Vining covert, las shot in the fate, body, and legs, by a spring gun, whilst in the act of stooping to cut some bent to ue up bu wotk ; but he is in a lair way of recbvery. -•• • . and that Ipt quite fat. I wish to sot re at Stapzly iwrur Mr.' Mr. Richard Heywood said, I know the defendant; be is - eonsi Sutton puyi me a visit • . you will 'Scum nee •ssapping all night ! &red a man of wealth. ' • —You will mut* mum ' cake to hit maid for soy rotations, which Crowesottlittod—Ho hot oold some of his Portly lately, to the L are twit many. I afraid yon h lasi dm an of solicitingjtat. t otsuveral thousand pounds. ~.. awes. You midi ale give it up, atones. est agaisosillif , Me 114 large pruperty near in - lautt mid mines. he oumpileavalth youressasst. Ins/Wog fan aepossible wage kb. ;voilie, bie the defendant, edam's**. Jury la a illiltable there'd, tioseslise is wit numiragainst III.• I shaN be enabled to aufbugHeaue speech. This IMlnted Counsel called nomitailots. informs yaw; whim I graft at Sturdy, lotto -it will be completed. 70. Xtstice Pant hiatus mattned up the avidendb I have seen Mrs. WOolisaudiscocher, wkis•-dMirs not saidoanything IttiiiJury consulted together for a few /Ideates, and thou found to the about you. I hisught a cows rowan Monday last. Mrs. a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages LSOut: v... 54........... 5, hat. sass_ as she never knave me to Mr) one beer. , Thsodel excited immense Interest. Tice Court was crowded to JZSSE U. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSP. Sorry Baker, a butcher, from Yorkshire. was brousita before the Loan Mayon., c.harged with having stabbed Wm Norris, a hackney.e coachman, with a knife, with intent to kill or do him some grievoue bodily harm. The prosecutor, who was brought to the Justice-room from the hospital, stated, that a few days ago, as he was standing near lie coach, which stood in the blinoties, the prisoner, who had beett acting very offensively in a public . house in the naigltbee hood denly made a violent blew at him, and heitinittliliff.lll a wound in the hand with a knife, whleiNl6.lll, brandishing about. The prisoner, at the dinette cried out that be would have his Menge.. A man, named Langley, deposed, that whilTbe MI Mildly?, at the pump 'he prisoner made a blow at film with the instrument penetrated a prodigiously thick goat setifeglie had T 4 but his waistcoat, which was made of eventhoie 'hang Mit VAAL rt. slated the point. The prisoner afterwarde, in-a folios* ntatgillfg attacked the prosecutor, and wounded him as had Non deacritteihe The butcher said in his defence, that he had just come tt , , iretie the country, and that having got into the public-honer, he was ink. tinted to play at cards as well as to drink ; that as soon as the pup/ secutur and some others saw that be was in liquor, they took Wean* tzge of him, won his money, and then fell upon and bat _him meet unmercifully; tbat, exasperated at this treatment, he theught clay to defend himself, he must have drawn his knit* / and that bad lit not been intoxicated, he would not have attempted tit ale it. The LOAD Maros asked the prisoner how bosoaidii.tve eirf*ght of using so murderous an instrument as that with wildcats etenaked the two men wig) bad given testimony against him ? lie replied, that he was quittinconacieus of what be was doing at the dine. It was denied that Ate prlionst had been gambllng'with anybody in the public-house, or that he bad been deprived of a half-penny . there; and it was sworn that be had brandished his, knife to the great annoyance of the containers. Be wasiully cuntatitted . up‘er Lord Fillenbormigh's Act. pHoener, Aim in the act of climbing s wall to et .his escape', Again* this M all was placed a water butt, and the prisoner, in his fright, tutntiftd into It. In struggling for his life, be overturi*d tint *totter e and was secured. In bis defence, be said that being hocked are II his lodging, end,desirous of reeking a place to tepobe in,until the ravening, be get upon the wall with the lineation of dropping inter the yard, but be unfortunately dropped into the water butt. Inc however said noshing of the entrance he had Toreeethrnigh rho kitchen window, of skeleton keys which were found at his person.. Genf the bundles of clothes, &e. which were found near the butt: He was committed tor trial. The vessels at present belonging to the port of L ith are 226 in numbee f earrying in the aggregate 16,674 sons, and na. vigated by 1791 men and boys. One of the Kendal Bankers has lately committed to the &meg ao less than 14,9001. of his own notes. , The Chamber of Commerce of Manchester is mother rised by the Bank to receive applications for Loans, which will be made either on goods or on personal se curity, and applications for sums from 10,000. to 5001. will be received and considered. The applications ate only to be opened by a Select Committee, and the strictest secrecy is to be observed. On the 4th, a messenger belonging to the Navy Pity Office left town with between fifty and sixty thousand pounds for the payment of the public officers and others' , pt the Pembroke Dock-yard, Ike. file ruessengcg deposited his wealth safely, and returned to Llndoe the Thursday following. The messenger was in p •cse I from making his accustomed speed by contrary N iada, crossing the Bristol channel. An official retort' to an order of the House olCont mons, of the total number of gentlemen who have bents appointed to first commissions in the regiments of Ca- . Foot Guards, and Infantry of the Line ; of pro motions of cornets, second lieutenants, and amigos, to be lieutenants; of lieutenants to be captains ; captains to be majors; and of majors to be lieutenant vilonds, in each year since the 25 h March, 1822, which pro motions and appointments would have been prevented 'if every vacancy had been filled up from tl.e half-pay list—c.states the total number at 1 520, of wh ch dive were 889 appointed in the year ending 25 - h Jan. la-t. An official return to an order of the House of Con mons, states the amount of the Four and Half per Cent. West India Duties received last year, at 31•390•0001 , and the following among the pensions charged thereon. The Earl of Chathatn, 3,0001. Etri Kinanui, 1,0001. Lord Auckland, 4001. Dimond Burke, Esq. 2,5001. Lady Augusta D'Am land, 1,2921. 10r. aschess of Gloucester, 1,000/. Prince's of Hesse Hombourg. 1.0001.- Lady Hester Stanhope, 1,2001. Total salarie-, pets sion and other charges, 45,7071. 18s. 6d. Yesterday week, four or five highwaymen stopped Mr. Robert Burros and Mr. Edward Scholefield, cattle , dealers, about a mite from Wakfield, and discharged two Pistols at them, a - ball passing through the brim Of Mr. Scholefield's hat, and another j razing a button at Mr. Barran coat. Mr. Scholefield s horse ran away with him, and he escaped ; but. Mr. Buttes was at , tacked, and cruelly beaten over the head with a pisto'a The wretches tore off one side of his waistcoat, and girl off with Mr. Burras's pocket-book, containing 4341. its cash and bills. One fellow is in custody, upon whoa) part of the property was found. A GOOD OPINING FOR OLD Mains —ln Singapore a most singular-feature of the populatir to is the great disproportion of the sexes. In no class do the number of women equal that of the men. In the Ba o tis s they are not one-half; pad in the Chinese, the most effective part of the native population, they are (ley a. one to thirteen. From the small number of women and et dren entering into the population of the Singapore, and the necessariix Large proportion of male adults, it fol lows, as a matter of course, that it is more efficient than its numerical amount would seem to indicate. - , WHAT IS • Car?—At a fate examination of Abe deaf and dumb pupils at Paris, one of the company proposed as a question- 0 What is a cat?" The answer which the boy delivered who was asked, after some thought, was rather to chi anusemeat of the spectators- 0 He is a philosopher who sets with amigo and prudence!" CHesiil RE RHYI4III , -.-We copy the following from tke Chester antra*. It is from a tbeatrical poem • On Monday night, I seeing friend De Camp, . buseasad about" The Bears aid The lisassw! gr " Drop in," said be, •` and see' whet we're theoll'O'P' And as I did,—but pretty soon dropt sot. • • If Map pas et Ws rate, the cheese of ambit* will mai be rivalled by ks DIED. Friday last, la Paris, aged 67, Mr. Putkerton, the author at a vrerk es regality. MAILS-THIS DAT. Alia. DOI Dubai Waterford ;wavy mid Jaren O Franco 1 0 %titular,* O £ Flanders O 0 Brazil O 1 America . 0 Jamaica O• 0 Buenas Ayres •016 O O 1 • • •• • a o • • • • O 0 o a Swot Os oat, UNION-lIALI 4 , A young maw s earned Atomlr 11107goi l 11111,4 4 4 31 ,14 wub burglary. 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