Star. — London, England, 1826-08-16 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE- INTELLIGENCE. MOVEMENTS. The Earl of Sefton left town yesterday, for his seat, Stoke Farm, Berkshire. - The Earl of Itoeksavage arrived in town yesterday, from a tour. Lord Efolyneux has arri ve d at hi s f at h er ' s , thisEariof Sellout scat, Ororteth HaU, near Uverpool, from a tour. Lord and Lady Crawley left the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle strLord eet, yesterday, for their seat in Surrey. and Lady Nugent have left their seat, Lilieys, Bucks, for Stowe. Lord Folkestone has kft his father's, the Earl of Radnor, Long ford Castle, for the Isl e o f Wi g ht. Lady Charlotte Seymour arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to Baroness Willoughby d'Eresby, at her seat, Grinisthurpe Castle Lincolnshire. _ _ Worthing, The Hon. George and Lady Georgina Ellis have left for Rurnsey. Hants. Captain and Airs Horsley have left the Bath Hotel, Arlington. street, for the Continent. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jameg's street—Sir C. and Lady Mill, from a tour; and Captain fleresford. from Windsor. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook street—Colonel and Mrs Fordyce and family, from their seat, Eyton House, 13erks ; and Colonel Grey and Payne, Esq. from Ireland. The Rev. John Meure has left ditto, for Ireland. Departures from Thomas's Hotel. Berkeley square—Mr and Mrs. Wyndham, for their seat in Norfolk and T. West, Esq. M.P. for Brighton. Arrivals at Bates Hotel, Dover street—The Right Hon. the Earl of Lismore ; J. Williams, Esq. from Africa; Mr and Mrs. G. Smith and family ; and H. Nelson, Esq. Departures—Mr and Mrs.G. Thompson and family, for Norfolk ; Mrs Theobald and family, for Brighton; Miss Ileror., for ditto; 11. T. Thompson, for York ; Mr and Mrs Newcome, for Ramsgate; and G. Thorn wall,, Esq. for Birmingham. THE NEW PALACE. So manifold are the alterations and additions made to the new Palace for the King since its elevation was two-thirds carried up, that it will occupy several years in the completion. It will be de cidedly the most superb structure seen since the days of the proud Duke of Somerset. • The garden view will be admirable. On the mound (we may call it a mountain from its height and extent), which shuts out what are now called the New Mews, will be erected a vast reservoir, amply supplied with water from the Serpentine River. From this mountain will descend numerous rivulets. These waters are to answer a double purpose, i. e. supplying numerous fountains, and diffusing life and verdure throughout the magnificent gardens. The inequality of the ground will afford every moment new points of view. The principal alleys will answer to different summits, and one, in particular, will have a very agreeable effect, by terminating by the grand front of the Palace. From this point will be seen at one view, five fountains ornamented with elegant groupes, rising into an amphitheatre, above which will appear the summit of a bill covered with lofty pines. The most remarkable of the groupes will be that of Neptune. Genius will preside at the composition, and in the choice of situation : the Deity of the Ocala will appear erect, surrounded by his marine court. THE LONDON SMELTING ASSOCIATION. A Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday. at Batson's Coffee-house, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of their affairs. Mr. W. CLARK, being called to the Chair, made a statement of facts relative to the origin of this *theme, and to the disposal of the deposits which had been paid upon the Shares issued. It appeared that Mr. Hendricks was the projector of it, and that by the Prospectus it was proposed that there should be .4000 Shares, but without stating the amount of the capital, it being inti mated that 11. per Share in the first instance would be sufficient to enable the Directors to proceed with expe riments in smelting and calcining ore in London. Only 820 of those Shares were taken up, and he (Mr. Clark) bad learned, that nith the exception of a small balance still in the hands of Messts. Sikes, Snaith, and Co., bankers, who had since become bank rupts, the greater part of the money had been appropriated by Mr. Hen .dricks in discharge of a private debt he owed to Mr. Pass, although it was pretended that the limey had been appropriated- in the erection of machinery, and making experiments. Now, according to the informa tion he had received, the machinery had been erected long before the Company was formed, for which a small sum only was paid to Mr. Pass, to whom it be• longed, as well as the patent. He loudly complained of the conduct of the nine Directors, all of whom had signed An authority to the bankers, empowering them to pay out money to the order of any three of them.— Of those nit* Gentlemen, two bad become bankrupts, three had gone to the Continent, and the rest declined interfering with the concern. He particularly com plained or Mr. Annichines conduct, who was then per sent in the room: He admitted that that Gentleman 'had offered to pay his proportion of the money that bad been misapplied. He, however, was responsible to the Shareholders, not only for his own conduct, but for the conduct of those with whom he acted. He (Mr. Clark) therefore recommended the Shareholders to persevere, and recover the money, of which, in plain terms, they had been robbed by the most nefarious means; it never having been the intention of the projectors to carry the sci.eme into effect, but merely to put the money into their pockets. Mr. Amuitust said, that be had been made a Director aping bio will, and withdrew his name a few days after. Mr. Hendricks laid prevailed upon him to sign the paper, of which he had no re. collection whatever at the time Me. Clark had applied to him upon the subject. A person on the behalf of Mr. Hendricks banded in =bunts, obewmg the disbursements of the money, with the exception of a small balance, for which disbursements, be said, Dlr. Hendricks bad vouchers. These accounts were commented upon as being very unsatisfactory; and, after a great many criminatory remarks, especially with reference to the conduct of Mr. Hendricks, a resolution was passed by the Meeting, declaring this disgust at the conduct of the Directors, and their determination to commence a prosecution against the parties, unless measures were speedily adopted to repay the amount of the deposit•. A Committee of four persons was then appointed, for the purpose of investigating the Company's affairs, and the Meeting dissolved. His MAJESTY intends to place the Emperors, Kings, Princes, ropes, Bishops, Generals, and distinguished Commanders, sa exquisitely painted by Sir THOMAS LAW/LID:CZ, in the new lery, at Buckingham House, according to their degrees of merit. FATAL AFFAIR.--An Inquisition was taken on Mon d.ty night before T. Higgs, Esq. Coroner for West minster, at the Board-room of the Hospital, in James street, Buckingham gate, touching the calamitous death cf William Bass, an elderly man, resident in St. Mar garet's, who was unfortunately run over on Tuesday last. After the Jury had consulted for a considerable time, they ttt.linetl an unanimous verdict of " Man slaughter" apinst William Murray, the driver, who was yesterday ct rnrnitted to Newgate for trial.. 'l7suts4ay mornin g a man o f t h e name of Charles Hall, of Shelton, was killed on the Pottery Race-ground, Staffordshire, in consequence of fighting with one Skin ner: The quarrel originated with Skinner, who accused Ilan of detrauding him of half-a-crown. Hall received a blow on the neck, supposed on the jugular vein,which ttrrainated his existence. LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCIIRY. Avow IS. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES...-ZIPA RTII.-•••• VA NSA MDT. Mr. HZALD presented a petition, praying a bill filed against the partners of a Joint Stock Company might ' be dismissed, and the defendants pay the costs. The, usual practice is for the plaintiff to pay costs on his bill being dismissed, but it was stated that the hardships, and peculiar circumstances of this case, justified a devia tion from the general rule. Mr.Vansanden, having sub scribed 801. to become a member of a Joint Stock Com pany, engaged in a mining speculatiou, became dissatis fied. He consequently filed his bill against the mem bers of the Company, 14 io number. Before it was filed, some threats had been held out against the plaintiff, and the 14 defendants put in 14 separate answers, all in the same terms, and the same schedule to each. A motion WAS then made before the Vice Chancellor, which induced his Honour to direst a refetenee to the Master. The question subsequently came before the Lord Chan cellor, who was of opinion the Court could not compel the 14 defendants to put in a joint answer. The con sequence was, that the plaintiff, unable to sustain the accumulating load of espence occasioned by litigation in a Court of Equ'ty with fourteen defendants, was forced to give up the suit. Mt. Heald now contended that the Court ought to make the defendants pay the costs, because they had made it impossible for the plain tiff to proceed. Mr. Ham opposed the motion. The Lon° CHANCELLOR held. that he had no autho rity to say the Court could dismiss the bill without coats ; and Mr. Heald took nothing by his motion. CONST V. HARRIS AND OTHERS. Mr. SuAnwst.t. appeared in support of a petition pre- Eented by Messrs. Kemble, Willett, and Forbes, praying that they might be permitted to deposit in the office of the Master certain title•deeds, and other securities, for the purpose of covering the value of the sum directed to be brought into Court by the Receiver. The petition further stated, that from the period at which the peti tioners assumed the management of the Theatre to the close of the last season, the total amount of the profits was 124,0001. and the amount of the expenses of carry ing on the Theatre 119,0001. They had applied 101,0001. in part payment of the expenses, and a debt of 18,0001. now remained due; but that sum had also been ex pended, although not with the orders of the Court, in payment of bond debts and bills of exchange. TNe salary of the Receiver was only 4001. a year, and the petitioners thinking that his conduct had been perfectly justifiable, were now ready, with the leave of the Court, to protect him as far as they could. They Were far from wishing to prevent the sale of the Theatre, because it would inevitably be the ruin of every person con cerned in it, if it should be carried on as at present, and exposed to the expense and inconvenience which at tended the present proceedings. Mr. liaa: and Mr. Stionsx, on behalf of Mr. Conn and Mr. Harris, opposed tit! petition. The Loan CUANCELLOR desired that the affidavits might be handed up to him. He would look at them, and at the other papers in the cause, for the purpose of ascertaining, if he could, the grounds for so singular an application as this seemed to be. He must, however, say, that at present it appeared to him very much like a struggle to set at nought the authority of the Court. The KING'S new Palace in St. James's Park is to be built lire-proof, upon the plan of the late Earl STANNOPIL WARSAW, Auo. S.—On the 28th of last month died here, at the age of 74 years, his Highness Prince ZAJIAItS, Viceroy of the kingdom of Poland. HANOTeIt, Auo. B.—His Royal Highness the Go vernor-General set one to-day for Dernberg, and is expected back in a few days. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAmaatocia is gone to New &relitz, to spend some weeks with her sister, the Grand-Duchess of blecxxxamtiao &Lanz. The affair of the Janissaries is by no means con cluded: vast numbers of that formidable body show every disposition to avenge their comrades. The SUL TAN still remains in camp, at a short distance from the capital, and has shown much personal energy. Still not gore 10,000 Janissaries have been disposed of.— The rest are scattered ever the empire, to the number of 150,000 men. By letters from Smyrna, dated sth ult. it appears that Captain HAMILTON had left that place, in the CAMNLION, on the preceding day, in order to search the Greek Islands for British goods, and. that he was accompanied by a mercantile Gentleman, who should be empowered to declare what were contraband. In consequence of the British C , •nsuls and Vice Consuls at Stnyrna having stopped the importation of several parcels of British goods, the Greeks of that place had directed their agents not to continue their exports. By the American ship Florida, letters have been re ceived from Batavia to the 12,11 of April. At that period, every thing was apparently quiet in the late in surgent districts. A policy was introduced into Lloyd's Coffee-house yesterday, which occasioned great noise ; it is to insure one of the new Marine Insurance Companies, for u hich premiums from a half to one per cent. are given. During the past week, the county of Devon was vi sited by a succession of storms, more destructive in their ravages than any which occurred there for many years: The thunder was tremendously . loud and the lightning was most vivid, whilst torrents of rain, inter mixed with pieces of ice rather than hail-stones, swelled the mountain streams to torrente. Lord DMHURST'S yacht, the Mary, ofCowes, owing to the preveence of a heavy wind from the S.W. ran' into the port of Newhaven, on Friday afternoon, and on making her way to a proper mooring -birth, by some accident, she ran foul of the stairs attached to his Ma jesty's ship HYPIAION, partly carried them away, and stove three of the frigate's boats, the yacht receiving partial damage from the shock. Lovan's LEAP.—Sunday se'nnight, a young man, in a state of inebriation, having had some words with his sweetheart, took the rash resolution of precipitating himself out of a window, looking into Che;sers.court, Canongate, Edinburgh, three stories high. The young woman hastened down to the place where he lay, and lound him insensible. He was next morning conveyed to the Royal Infirm try, where he died on Tuesday morning—a sad victim to the effects of passion, excited by intemperance. We mentioned that the Churchwardens of St. Cle ment Danes have had the stocks, which stood in I'or tu-,4l.street, removed, for the purpose of improving the pavement. We cannot but coneratulate the parish on the improvement of their morale, which renters these instruments of justice no longer necessary. The follow. ing version of an old Epigram may not be inapplicable on the occasion : AU praise to St. Clements! so moral they're grown, The, much to their credit, the Stocks are down ; Though some folks may think it a queer paradox, Public credit should raw by the nu. et xxx not's." pol...tcg INTELLIGENCE. NI ANSION HOUSE.. A Lancashire man, named Ds/phus, was charged ty the landlord of a public house at Sparrow Corner, with having stolen a large table, whit! la capable of accommodating tetspersons. The landlady said, that whilst she was busy attending to her " 9 ' . tomers, she was surprised by the information that one of her best and largest tables had disappeared. On looking out she saw the prisoner making off under the cumbrous load. He was pursued, and brought back with ir. All in the house marvelled how he got it out. It was nearly 109 weight, and extremely cumbersome. The priioner, who in appearance was a sort of Bartiolpb charac ter, put on a droll countenanee,,and said, a' A a'm fro Lancashire, my Lord ; an when a get a drop o' drink or so, a'm fond o' frolic some tricks. There was a chap wi me that loikes a bit o• mischief, anal as we seed 'em busy wi' customers, be put it into my yead to nip off the table, yet to see what they'd say when they saw it was gone. It was only a bit' of a drunken joke, my Lord." The Lotto . M•von said they did nut comprehend such jokes in London, and examined bins as to his means of getting a livelihood, which appeared by no means satisfactory. He said he dealt in stationery, but could give no account of his stock in trade, neither would lie be explicit as to his last residence. He was fully com mitted to take his trial for the capital offence, and he was led away exclaiming against the cruelty of putting bins in such jeopardy, for what he still persisted in saying was no more than a joke. Mr. Birk, the Lottery Office keeper, and M.l'. appeared before the Loan Mayon to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by a person named C. J. Willa, who lives at Meeting House walk, in the Borough. The prosecutor stated, he was drag ging a truck across London Bridge, when he suddenly received a cut across the shoulders from Mr. Ash, who was passing along the bridge ; this was followed by a second cut, for which he could as cribe no motive, and he immediately endeavoured to attain the de fendant's name; the latter, however, drove on, and might have got away but for a stoppage. He then came up with the defendant's gig, and laid hold of the rails, but the defendant cut hint severely, and beat him on the knuckles with the butt end of his whip. The prosecutor then said, that he did then certainly make use of some epithets towards the defendant, which at ought not to have made use of •towards such a Gentleman, but be declared he was greatly irritated, and could not help it. A witness, who was at the time a by-slander, declared that this statement was perfectly correct. Mr. Ilia', who had smiled during the prosecutor's statement, said—" Why, my Lord, the fact is, that I was going over the bridge with a spirited horse"; there were two lines of carts and carriages, with room enough for me to pass; but this man here, who was following behind a waggon, got out of the rank before me and prevented me passing. I called out to him repeatedly, but he paid no attention to me, and I certainly did give him a cut or two as he states, foe my hone was very spirited, and might have been restive ; he afterwards came up, and would have created a deal of disturbance." The Loan MAYOR said be must believe the complainant's oath in preference to Mr. Bish's statement. Even on Mr. Bish's own admission his Lordship could not help saying that he (Mr. Bish) was in the wrong. He should know that even those who dragged trucks were human beings, who were not disposed to bear quietly the application of the whip, especially when they were not conscious of having merited it. Mr. Brsh—Well, my Lord, if you think so, I have no objection topay the man any money that will satisfy him. I would rather do that to get rid of the thing, and not be troubled any more about it. His Lordship assented, and Mr. Blab nodded to Mr. Carter, his solicitor, who retired with the prosecutor. Mr. Dish left the Justice room, and as the parties were not seen again there, it is to be pre sumed that the case was settled. GUILDHALL. A well-dressed young man, who gave his name as /Jut Heasley was brought before Mr. Alderman Austirr yesterday, charged with endeavouring to obtain charitable contributions under a false repro. sentation, from the Reverend Mr. Barham, the rector of St. Mary Magdalen. The Reverend complainant stated, that the prisoner called at his house, in St. Paul's church yard, about six o'clock the previous evening, and sent in to bins the following letter: Sia—l have taken the liberty of Intruding upon you to solicit a trifling assistance to the unfortunate son of a Clergyman in Kent. I have disobediently left my father, but finding that the way of trans gressors is hats!, fam now returning. I have walked the whole. night, and eaten nothing since yesterday morning. Should you, Sir, from the reason of not knowing the facts, be disinclined to relieve by a trifling donation, I can only add that a dry crust would be esteemed a luxury by Tour most obedient, Waiting for reply. J. 0. HADLOW. The complainant, upon reading this note, being acquainted with many of the Clergymen of the county named, ordered the young man to be introduced, and proceeded to question him as to sphere hit fatter officiated. The prisoner told him be was the Minister of Ashford. Singularly enough the witness had himself officiated as Curate in that very place doming the first year after his ordination, and he therefore asked the prisoner the names of the principal inha bitants, to find out if he knew anything of Ashford at all, fer Ilb was already aware that the prisoner's father was not, nor ever had been, the officiating Clergyman there. The prisoner saw Mr. Bar ham was well acquainted with the place, and stated that his father was the Pastor of the Dissenters, not the Curate of the parish. The complainant knew of but one dissenting congregation at Ashford, with the Minister of which (a Mr. Kemp) he was ihtimate, and therefore supposing the prisoner to be an impostor, be sent foe Cadhant, the beadle, and gave him into custody. The prisoner, in reply, declared his father was filling the stadia* he had stated ; and proceeded in a strain of oratory, the composition and delivery of which rivetted the attention of the persons present. He had not had the benefit of a College education, but he had early bent his mind upon becoming a Clergyman of the Church of Eng land, and on skewing the Rev. Prebendary Norris, of Llandaff, a manuscript pamphlet, entitled, " The Church in Danger," be had promised hint his interest to enter him at an University, or at the Clerical institution at St. Bees. Dlr. Hadlow of the Stock Ex change.was his uncle, but all his relations turned their backs on hint, on account of his Church of Englandison. He had travelled over England, subsisting mostly by writing sermons for lazy fox. bunting Pastors ; traversed Scotland, visited Ireland, and on his return to England, had been sent to the House of Correc tion, .as a suspicious character, at Ashbourn, in Derbyshire, from whebee he came to London. He visited Cambridge, where upon •a representation that be was to be entered as a private pupil, the people trusted him with ,00 worth of goods in five days, but they suddenly took alarm, obliged him to give up their property, and fly from the place.—He was remanded, that his friends may be brought forward. A young man, named .Toseph Ross, was brought befbre Sir Joint PiMUM, charged with stealing a mare, valued at al. the property of William V.lliot, a butcher, at Lewisham.—The Magistrate, con ceiving that the case was perfectly made out, committed him to Newgate to take his trial. ' BOW-STREET. Helen Singleton, an extremrly decent weU looking young woman, was brought up for bnal examination, charged with having robbed her master, Mr. Barnaby Dunn, a glass-manufacturer in the Hay market, of six cut decanters, value AZ 17s. and William Higgins, late a street-keeper in the Haymarket, was also charged as a par. gimps criithns. . • It appeared that the girl had brat robbed her master, and given the articles to a fruit-woman to pledge, and wishing to redeem them ou their being missed, the fruit-woman and the street-keeper consented to redeem them for a certain remuneration. The girl 'was subsequently given into the custody of Higgins; but he let her go. She was again taken, but the oldsvontan-is at large. Higgins appeared to exculpate himself, and was detained as being implidted. The Magistrate fully committed the girl Singletea to prison for robbery. stating, that Higgins was clearly proved to have connived at the felony, he should also bt committed, unless be could procure satisfactory bail. HATTON GARDEN. The bar-maid of the Bricklayers' Arms, Coburg street, aerk enwell, was charged by her master, William Maddison, with rob bing his till to a considerable amount. Complainant's suspicions were excited by the expensive dresses which the prisoner had lat terly bought, and having procured a key, and at different times opened her box, his doubts were confirmed by the accumulation of money at each visit. On Sunday he caused a marked shilling to be sent to his own house for half a pint of gin, which was re ceived by the prisoner and put into the till.• The same day, com plainant, not finding the shilling in the till, had the prisoner appre hended, when it was found In het box, with some other money.— Committed. Margaret O'Brien was fully committed for robbing John Kipling of 11. 12s. on Saturday night, at a house of ill tannin West street. Smithfield. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - - _ Mr. George Cummins Osborne, a Gentleman residing its Picea. dilly, was brought before Sir Geoids FAILRANT, the Magistrate, upon a warrant,charged with assaulting a young female in his service. Maria Cooper, the female L. question, a very pretty interesting looking girt,'stated that she bad been a short time only in the ser vice of Mr. Osborne, but short as that time war, shE felt a Strong inclination not to prolong further the period of her servitude with that Gentleman, IDA therefore, for reasons unnecessary to state, she determined on quitting the house, but on cornengnicating h e r intention to Mr. Osborne, he flew into a desperate passion, sulk her a blow with a jug, which cut her ants, shoved her down a Slo g of stain, pod, io ens, pushed her violently into the street. kb. Osborne was going into a long history of real or imaginary delh. 4meneies un use pare of the complainant, but the blaginrate told him that be most conhne himself to the charge of assault, whip Mr. Osborne not being able to deny in a sufficient manner, he wsi ordered to find bail, or settle the matter with the girl. He ageggpg the latter course, by giving her a pecuniary compensation, and was discharged. MARY.LA-BONNF.. Yesterday being the day appointed for the final esarninneies Maas Weaver, charged with having robbed his, emplopr, Bates, linen-draper, of Thayer-street, Mary-la-bonne, the °Mee was exerssively crowded. The prisoner covered his face With,his while at the bar. Bates said, that since the last examination session of a letter addressed to the prisoner, which he handed 110 eke Magistrate, who read it to the prisoner. It was signed'' J. &Weft* stating that " he had sold the goods at a cheap rate, as it vrold4be dangerous to keep then* any longer • and that an equal division of the produce should take place ."— Captain Baoutturom told the grr-* loner he was not bound to answer the question, but inquired whe ther he knew the writer? The prisoner replied that he knew nothing at all about the letter. Mr. Thomas Woods, of Weymouth-street, stated, that some time back he went to the shop of the prosecutor to mute a purcha‘e of some goods, when Mr. Bites and the prisoner were in the shop' together. They solicited a continuatiou of his custom, and said they would give him work, and either pay in money or recant goods. The prisoner gave him an order for a coat and waistcoat, on taking which home he gave witness some cloth (in pay ment) in. stead ofmoney..—Captain BROUGHTON asked him the sum he charged for his coat? Witness replied it was 3/. lase—Captain Barnette asked if Mr. Bites was present when the prisoner promised to let him have cloth instead of money? Witness said he wasp... Mr. Bates confessed that he was in the shop on that occasion, but hi aßil not authorise the prisoner to give the cloth without his knowledge. Captain nem:on:ex said that be sanctioned the proceedings by his presence. The prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence, and ht was fully committed feu trial. Sands Came, a retailer of water-cresses at Paddington,was charted with stealing 19 - sovs. and 18s. from Sarah Burning, of Duke-street, Lisson-grove; who stated that one day about three month{ under an impression that her apartments might be robbed, the tank the money above menrieped from her boat, and tied it ep in the corner of a shawl, which she wore on the way to (Wend's*. street ; and not knowing the way, the prisoner came up to her in the Edgeware-road, and offered to conduct her. After walking t short distance together, the prisoner snatched the shawl from her shoul ders and ran away. She had not seen the prisoner since until yet. terday. The money was part of her savings while iu the service ot her aunt, with whom she had lived twelve years. The wife of W. Betty, the Constable, on the day alluded to awl the parties together. She beard Cuter ask Sarah Binning to give ber three-pence, and while she was feeling in her pocket for that purpose, the prisoner unpinned the shawl and took it from her neck. She related the circumstance to her husband, and repeatedly pointed the prisoner oat to him. On Saturday (for the first time since the occurrence) she met the complainant, and finding a sum of money was lost as well as the shawl, her husband took this prisoner into custody.—ltemanded. UNION HALL. Hsouwar Roasaay.—Ani:nnsntedThotnes Wright was chat:Sed with having committed a highway robbery on the person of a young woman named Mathews, the daughter of a licensed victualler re siding in Bermondsey. The complainant was proceeding along Webb -street, on Monday night, when she was accosted by the pri soner ; and to avoid him, she crossed the street. ' He, Deserver. followed her, and taking her np in big arms, flung her down on the pavement, and then took a ring off her finger. Two Gentlemen came up, to whom she called out for aseistance • but, on their ap proach the prisoner affected a hearty laugh, declaring to the stran gers, that the complainant was an acquaintance of his, and. that he was merely having a bit of fun with her. The persons billeting his account, walked away, and then the prisoner took to his heels, and Was of tof sight in a short time. The prisoner, in his defence, said, he had by accident run against the accused on the night in question, but he denied having used any violence towards her, or derived her of her ring. —Me was committed for trial. An action for damages - has been conkienced igainst a merchant at Marseilles by A great nun:ibis. - of 'French mechanics who had been induced by him, to :go to Egypt in the service of the PACHA. They have- re. cently returned to 'their native country,, after hiiring undergone great privations, and been ill used by the '-PAcits.'s Ministers. Tuesday an Inquisition was taken at the to*ii . of Bedford,•on view of the body of CaptainWilliatri Hud son Brown, Adjutant in the Bedfordshire flank ia. It appeared in evidence, that on the preceding . evening the deceased wan taking.* pleasure excursion in a boat ors the river.. Upon falling in with another boat, rowed by Mr. John Pearse, the deceased proposed a race as far as the sluices. This proposal was accordingly accepted,' and a very violent rowing commenced, but Mr. Pestle having lost ground, gave up the contest, which being perceived by Captain Brown, he also intermitted his exertions. Up to this moment the deceased was in per fect health, but no sooner hall he rested on his oars, ; than he was observed to fall backwards, and in the course of a. minute the. unfortunate gentleman was a corpse. A vein in the sight arm was opened by Mr'. William Bailey, a surgeon, bur the deceased expirel without having uttered it word. He was a fine-looking man, about 45 years of age. Verdict—A.peplexy. Tai HIGHLAND koan..—A very great undertaking is in rapid progress towards completion, in the excell•nt road which has been formed on the linecniginally opened by General WA PA, with a. View to getting into the fastness of the Highlands during fhe troubles in 1745. This new road, ,which is expected to be finished in the course of the present' year, will open a direct com- munication'between the north' and the, south—from Glaigow, Stirling, and Crieff, on to Ipvertress;...and the line of it runs through some of the boldest and most beautiful scenery of the central • Highlandaof Perth shire. It cannot be too generally knoteo, that this great work has been undertaken by the heritors,foi ths public accommodation, without a fraction of aid of ary so!r„ beyond their own individual subscriptioni. There are. at this moment three hundred men employed upen this road ; and, as this line to Inverness will, by coming through Carlisle and Glasgow, shorten the di.tai:ce from London by fifty miles, there. can ,be but little . .doubt of its being made the principal line of road; . The bookselling trade is in a state of great depression In London. As a consequence 1200 joufneyinat Aliferteite out of employ. In Glasgow and Ediaburgb both tradsohee ititakbral. The widow of the famous SCHILLItIe, died of Spoplez y at Bonn, while a aggeon was is the act of opasattag oat bar -eVer for cataract. • • • , Peter Murphy, alias Dui; the noted Mud-islinder, who was convicted for robbery at the last Commission for Dublin, and scrammed to seven years' transportation, died Its the hulk at Hatplown within the last few days; There are two men residing in the sates' house at Draycost, near Aibridge, whose sasses WA MU acid 0/I(eff;:aod it is with difficulty that either of them can walk, though theit to do so is not occasioned by old age; but Trift is the better goer—. That Cannot goltop—he is base ; • Osiltp can't DWG kr he's thalamic." • MAlleb—lltillb DAV., ARS: Doe. A 00 .7 III*: Deblio i o i fmme W•- It Waterii.rd r 0 liaanOurzla • 4 • •!' 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