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,•,• • • 3TI-11r1 ist "4P4Ar ie ••. : • • A p t , A BILL PEltiiiT 4 '7,llE GENERAL SALE OP BEER BY RETAII. IN EIVGLAND. P we.ds printed it: Italic.; are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.] 11 hurt as it is expedient, for the better supplying the public with ta yr in England. to give greater facilities for the sale thereof than Arc at present afforded by licenses to keepers of inns, alehouses and liouse,—be it therefore enacted, by the King's most excel. tee! majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spi. I it.s.:l and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assem. I.lcd, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the 10th stay of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, it shall and 3.:..y be lawful for any and every person who shall obtain a license Icr that purpose under the provisions of this act, to sell beer, ale, and porter by retail in any part of England, in any house or premises .k.st tf.ed in such disease, anything in any act or acts heretofore made • r r.. for,:e at the time of the passing of this act to the contrary In zlis wise notwithstanding. Al.ll be it further en a cted, that it shall be lawful for every and ....y person (other titan and except such persons as are hereafter rp,terally excepted.) who shall he desirous of selling beer, ale and porter by retail under the provisions of this act, to apply for and to shier - , an excise license for that purpose; and in every such license tht.t > hall be specified, set forth, and inserted, the christian name and cf the party licensed, and a description of the house or pre le,/1. a in which bedr, ale, and porter may be sold by retail by such jai tot.; and any and every such license which shall be taken out withal the limits of the chief office of excise in London, shall be gra,:ted under the hands and seals of two or more of the commis. earners of excise for the time being, or of such persons as they, the raid commissioners of excise, or the major part of them for the tune being, shall from time to time authorise, employ, or direct for o.at pultpose ; and any and every such license which shall be taken out in any part of England not within the said limits shall be granted end, r the respective hands and seals of the several collectors and • tipervisors of excise within their respective collections and dia. facts; and it shall be lawful for the said commissioners of excise, any two or more of them respectively, arid for the person to be authorised, employed, or directed by the said commissioners, or the ~ iajor part of them, and also for all such collectors and supervisors, .end they are hereby respectively authorised and required to grant luch license to the persons who shall apply for the same, the person : o applying first paying for such license s duty of to be applied and accounted for as hereinafter directed; and every such license shall expire at the end of twelve calendar months after the day on which such license shall be dated : and every such licence shall he according to the form in the schedule annexed to this act, .ind shall be duly registered in the proper department of the excise ; provided always, that no such licence shall authorise or entitle the [arty licensed to receive any license to sell or retail wine and spirits, .Iny thing in any act or acts of parliament to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and that no such license shall be granted to any person being a sheriff's of f icer, or officer executing the legal process et any court of justice, and that any license granted to any such per son shall be void to all intents and purposes. And be it further enacted, that the duty by this act imposed on licenses to sell beer by retail shall be under the management of the commissioners of excise for the time being, and shall and may be respectively raised, levied, collected, answered, paid and :mimed in such and the like manner, and in or by any or either of the general or special means ways or methods by which any other ditties of excise on licenses are 'or may be raised, levied, col lected, answered, paid, or recovered; and all the monies arising by the duties by this act imposed and made payable as afore stii:l, the necessary charges of raising and accountinglor the same xceptcd, shall from time to time be paid into the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster; and the said money so paid i-to the receipt of the Exchequer as aforesaid, shall be carried to and •Itaile part of the consolidated fund of the united kingdom of 1:ro.lt Britain and Ireland. A nd be it further enacted, that if any person who at any time trevious to the passing of this act shall have taken out a licence to sell beer, ale and porter by retail, and which license would have con thaw! in force until any time after the tenth day of October in this present year, shall apply for s licence to sell b ee r by re t a il un d er t h e ptovisions of this act, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of excise or other persons who by this act are authorised to grant any such license under this act, to allow to the person taking nut such license under this act such proportion of the amount of duty to be paid upon the license to be granted under this act as shall make the whole sum paid by such person for such former license and the license under this act to amount to a sum not ex. ceeding and that all persons who at any tars previous to the fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty shall have taken out a license under an act made in the ninth year of his present Majesty's reign, intituled " An act to regulate the granding of Licenses to Keepers of Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling-hous es i n E ng l an d," an d w h o shall bus previous ea such fifth of April. one thousand eight hundred and thirty, have taken out a license to sell beer by retail, and for which they shall Intve paid the sutu of pursuant to law, shall pay no mote than the sum of one pound and one shilling for any license which they may take out to sell beer by retail under this act, provided that any such license under this act shall be applicable to the same premises for which such person may have taken out a li cense to sell beer by retail previous to fifth of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty : provided also, that all persons who shall have applied for such license previous to the fifth April one thou sand eight hundred and thirty, the consideration of the granting of which shall have been adjourned, shall in case such licenses shall afterwards have been duly granted, be deemed to be persons licensed before such fifth April one thousand eight hundred and thirty. And be it further enacted, that every person who shall be licensed to sell beer, ale and porter by retail under the provi s ions o f t hi s ac t, shall cause to bei painted in letters one inch at least in length, in in white upon a black ground or in black upon a white ground, publicly visible and legible upon a board, to be placed over the door of the house or premises in which such person shall be licensed to sea beer by retail, the christian and surname of the persons men tioned in such license, at full length, together with the words ' 6 Li. censed to sell Beer by Retail ;" and every such person shall pre serve and keep up such name and words so painted as aforesaid during all the time that such person shall continue so licensed, upon pain that every person in any respect making default herein shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of ten pounds. And be it further enacted, that no person shall sell any beer by reedn under the provisions of this act at any time after the expira tion of any license granted under this act, nor in any house or place not specified in such license: provided always, that it shall be law. ful for any person so licensed to take out a fresh retail license for tit: selling beer by retail before the expiration of any former retail license, and so from year to year ; and if any person shall sell any beer by retail under the provisions of this act, without having an escise retail license in force, authorising such person so to do, or after the expiration of any such license, or without renewing such license in manner aforesaid, or in any house or place not specified in such license; or if any such person so licensed shall deal in, or retail any wine or spirits; every such person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and lose a sum not less than ten pounds nor more than twenty pounds, in the discretion of the justices of peace before whom such party shall be convicted under the provi sims of this act. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that persons trading it; p trtnership, and in one house or shop only, shall not be obliged to take out more than one license in any one year, for selling any li , er by retail under the provisions of this act : provided also, that no one license which shall be granted by virtue of this act shall authorise or empower any person or persons to sell any beer, ale or porter under the provisions of this act, in any house or place other than the house or place mentioned in such license for selling beer, ale, and porter. by retail under the provisions of this act, and in respect whereof such license shall be granted. and be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any two ' us. rites acting for any county or place wh e re a ny r i ot or tumult shall happea or be expected to take place, to order or direct that every per son licensed under this act, and keeping any house situate within itteir respective jurisdictions in or near the place where such riot or tainult shall happen or be expected to take place, shall close his house at any time which the s a id j ust i ces s h a ll order or direct; and every such person who shall keep open his house at or after any hour at a! , ich such justices shall have so ordered or directed such house to ise closed, shall be taken and deemed to have not maintained good miler and rule therein, and to be guilty of at: offence against the tenor of the license granted to such person. And be it further enacted, that every person under this act licensed iu sell beer by retail shall, if required. sell or otherwise dispose of all such beer by retail therein (except in quantities less than ahalf pint) by the gallon, quart, pint, or half-pint meas ure s i ze d accor di ng to the standard, and shall also, if required by any customer purchasing such liqnor. retail the same in a vessel sized according to such standard, and in default thetcof he shall for every such offence for felt the illegal measure, and pay a sum not exceedingforty shillings, together with the CM'S of the conviction, to be recovered within thirty days next after that on which such offence was committed, before two justices; and such penalty shall be over and above all penalties is which the offender may be liable under any other act. And be it further enacted, that every seller of beer, ale, and put ter by retail, Laving a licence under the provisions of this act, who shall permit any person or persons to be guilty o f d run k enness or disorderly conduct in the house or premises mentioned in such license, shall for every such offence forfeit the respective sums fol lowing; and every person who shall in any way transgress or neglect, or shall be a party in transgressing or neglecting the condi. tions and provisions specified in such license, or shall allow such conditions or provisons to be in any way or neglected in tht house or premises so licensed, shall tr h a er=l i guilty of dis orderly, eeeduct ; and every person so licensed who shall permit any such disorderly conduct shall for the first offence forfeit any such sun!, not less than forty shillings nor'tftore than five pounds, as the justices before whom such retailer shall be convicted of such offence shall adjudge; and for the second such offence, any sum not lees than fire pounds nor more than ten pounds; and for the' third such offence, any sum not leas than nor more than and it shall be lawful for the justices before whom any such conviction for such third offence shall take place to adjudge, if they shall so think fit, that such offender shall be disqualified from selling beer by retail for the se of two years next ensuing such conviction, and also (if they thrall so think fit) to adjudge that no beer shall be sold by retail by any person in the house or premises mentioned in the license of such offender; and if any person so licensed as aforesaid shall sell any beer ale or porter, made other. wise than malt and hops, or shall mix or cause to be mixed any deleterious thugs or other pernicious ingredients with any beer sold in his house or premises, or shall in any way dilute, adul. terate. or deteriorate any such beer, such offender shall for the first offence forfeit any sum not less than ten pounds nor more than twenty pounds, as the justices before whom such offender shall be convicted of such offence shall adjudge ; and for the second such offence such offender shall be adjudged to be disqualified from selling beer, ale, or porter by retail for the term of two years, or to forfeit any sum of money not less than twenty pounds nor more than fifty pounds, at the discretion of the justices before whom such offender shall be adjudged guilty of such second offence ; and if any offender convicted of such offence as last aforesaid shall during such term of two years sell any beer, ale, or porter by retail either in the house and premises mentioned in the license of such offender or in any other place, he shall forfeit any sum not less than nor more than and shall be subject to a like penalty at any and every house or place where he shall commit such offence ; and if any person who shall at any time during any term In which it shall not be lawful for beer to be sold by retail on the pre mises of any offender, sell any beer by retail on such premises, know. ing that it was not la wful to be sold, such offender shall forfeit any sum not less than nor more than as the convicting justices shall adjudge. And be it further enacted, that all penalties under this act shall and may be recovered before two justices acting in petty sessions; and that every such penalty s h a ll be prosecuted and proceeded for within three calendar months next after the commission of the offence in respect of which such penalty shall be incurred ; and every person licensed under this act who shall be convicted before two justices so acting in and for the division or place in which shall be situate the hcuse kept or theretofore kept by such person, of any offence against the tenor of the license to him granted under this act, or of any offence for which any penalty is imposed by this act, shall, unless proof be adduced to the satisfaction of such jus. tices that such person had been theretofore convicted before two justices within the spate of twelve calendar months next preceding of some offence against the tenor of his license or against this act, be adjudged by such justices to be guilty of a first offence against the provisions of this act, and to forfeit anti pay any penalty by this act imposed for such offence, or if no specific penalty be imposed for such offence, than any sum not exceeding Jive pounds, together with the costs of the conviction ; and if proof shall be adduced to the satisfaction of such justices, that such person had been pre viously convicted before two justices within the space of twelve calendar months next preceding of one such offence only, such person shall be adjudged by such justices to be guilty of a second offence against the provisions of this act, and to forfeit and pay any penalty by this act imposed for such offence, or if no specific penalty be so imposed, then any suns not exceeding ten pounds, together with the costs of the conviction ; and if proof shall be ad duced to the satisfaction of such justices that such person had been previously convicted before two justices within the space of the 18 calendar months next preceding of two such separate offences, and if proof shall be adduced to the satisfaction of the justices that such person so charged is guilty of the offence charged against him, such person shall be adjudged to be guilty of a third offence against the provisions of this act, and to forfeit and pay any penalty imposed by this act in respect of such offence, or if no such specific penalty shall be imposed, then to forfeit and pay the sum of fifty pounds. Provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall and may be law ful for the party convict e d o f any such third offence to appeal to the , general sessions or quarter sessions of the peace then next ensuing; and in such case the party so convicted shall before such justices so convicting forthwith enter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, personally to appear at the said general session or quarter session, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded, which recognizance such justices are hereby authorised to require and take ; or in fai lure of the party convicted enterin g i nto suc h recognizance, such conviction shall remain good and valid to all intents and pur. poses ; and the said justices who shall take such recognizance from the party convicted are also hereby required to bind the person who shall make such charge in a recognizance to appear at such general or quarter sessions as aforesaid, then and there to give evidence against the person so charged, and in like manner to bind any other person who shall have any knowledge of the circumstances of such offence ; and it shall be lawful for the said court of general session or quarter session to adjudge such person to be guilty of any such third offence against the provisions of this act, as the case may be, and such adjudication shall be final to all intents and purposes ; and it shall be lawful for such court of general or quarter session to punish such offender by fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred pounds, or to adjudge the license granted to and held by or en be half of such offender to be forfeited and void, or to punish such of fender by such, fine as aforesaid, and to adjudge such license to be forfeited and void ; and if such license shall be adjudged to be for. feited and void, it shall thenceforth be void accordingly ; and when. ever in such case or in any other case the license of such offender shall be adjudged to be void, such offender shall from and after such adjudication be deemed and taken to be incapable of selling beer, ale or porter by retail, in any house kept by him, for the space of two years, to be computed from the time of such adjudication ; and any license granted to such person during such term shall be void to all intents and purposes. And be it further enacted, that in every case in which any appeal shall be made, by any person convicted of any offence under the provisions of this act, to the 'general session or quarter session, it shall be lawful for the convicting justices, if no other fit and proper person shall appear to prosecute such charge and to carry on such proceedings as may be necessary to obtain at such session an adju dication thereon, to order that the constable or other prem.officer of the parish or place in which shall be situate the house kept by the person charged, shall carry on all proceedin g s necessary to ob tain such adjudication as aforesaid, and to bind such constable or other peace officer in a sufficient recognizance so to do • and it shall be lawful for the justices before whom such offender shall have been convicted, to order the treasurer of the county or place in and for which such justices shall then act, to pay to such constable or other peace officer, and to the witness or witnesses on his behalf, such sum or sums of money as to the court shall appear to be sufficient to re imburse,such constable or other peace officer and such witness or witnesses respectively, the expenses that he or they shall have been severally put to in and about such prosecution, which order the clerk of the peace is hereby directed and required forthwith to make out and to deliver to such constable or other peace officer, or to such witness or witnesses ; and the said treasurer is hereby authorised and required upon sight of such order forthwith to pay such con stable or other peace officer, or other person authorised to receive the same, such money as aforesaid, and the said treasurer shall be al lowed the same in his accounts. And be it further enacted, that any person summoned u a witness to give evidence before any justices or sessions to uc hi ng any o f t h e matters aforesaid, either on the put of the complainant or of the person accused, who shall neglect or refuse to appear at the time and illace for that purpose appointed, and who shall not make such rea sonable excuse for such neglect or refusal as shall be admitted and allowed by such justices or sessions, or who appearing shall refuse to be examined on oath or affirmation and give evidence, shall on conviction before such justices forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding ten pounds. And be it further enacted, that in every case in which, under the authority of this act, any justices shall adjudge that any offender shall pay or cause to be paid any penalty, and such offender shall refuse or neglect, within seven days after his conviction, to pay such penalty and any costs which shall have been duly assessed and ascertained by such justices, it shall be lawful for such justices, if they shall think fit, to issue their warrant, and to levy the amount of such penalty and costs by distress and sale of the goods and chat tels of such offender, together with the costs of such distress and sale ; and in every such case such offender, if in custody at the time that such warrant shall be so issued, shall be forthwith discharged; but if it shall appear to such justices that the goods and chattels of such offender are not sufficient whereon to levy such distress, to. gether with the costs of such distress and sale, it shall be lawful for such justices to commit the offender to the common jail or to the house of correction of the county or place for which such justices shall be then acting, for any term not exceeding one calendar month if the penalty shall not be above five pounds, tor any term not ex ceeding three calendar months if the penalty shall be above five pounds and shall not be more than ten pounds, and for any term not exceeding six calendar months if the penalty shall be above ten p ounds. Provided, nevertheless, that wh e ne ver such offender shall eve been committed to the common jail or house of correction in consequence of his not having duly paid such penalty and costs, it such offender shall pay or cause to be paid to the jailer or keeper of the house of correction, or to whomsoever such justices shall have appointed, the penalty imposed and costs, together with all the costs of the apprehension of him and of the conveyance of him to the said jail or house of correction, at any time previous to the expiration of the time for which such offender shall so have been committed, such offender shall be forthwith discharged. And be it further enacted, that any justices before whom any penalty shall be recovered under the provisions of this act, shall award, if they shall think fit, any portion .f the same, not in any case exceeding one moiety thereof, to the use of the prosecutor, and the remainder, or in case no part of such penalty shall be awarded to the prosecutor, then the whole of such penalty shall be awarded to be paid and shall be paid to the use of the poor of the parish or place where such offence shall be committed. And be it further enacted, that whenever at any session for any liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city or town te, there shall not b e p resent at l east two j ust i ces act i ng i n an d fo r such liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city or town cor. porate, it shall be lawful for the justices acting in and for the county ' or counties adjoining to such liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city, or town in cor p orate , to act within such liberty or place, and with the justice or justices thereof who shall be present at any such sessions as aforesaid, for the purpose of hearing complaints as to offences against this act, any law, custom or usage to the contrary not withstanding. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend to give the justices of the county, or any di. vision thereof, any power or authority for the putting of the provi sions of this act in execution within any of the cinque ports or either of the two ancient towns, or any of the corporate or other members or liberties of the cinque ports or two ancient towns ; but that it shall be lawful for the justices of and for each of the princi pal cinque ports and two ancient towns, and none other, to act within and for the same and the liberties thereof. not corporate re. spectively, as they have been accustomed, and for them or any of them to act within each of the corporate members immediately belonging or subordinate to such principal cinque port or ancient town, with the justice or justices of each such corporate member, for the purpose of hearing complaints as to offences against this act in all such cases in which the justices of the county are herein. before empowered or authorised to act with the justice or justices of any liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city or town corporate. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to alter, or in any manner to affect any of the rights or privileges of the Universities of Oxford or Cam bridge, or the powers of the Chancellors or Vice-Chancellors of the same, as by law possessed under the respective charters of the said Universities, or otherwise; or the master, wardens, freemen, and commonalty, of the vintners of the city of London, but not to extend to those freemen of the said company of vintners who have obtained the same by redemption only ; nor in any way to affect any license to the keeper of any inn, alehouse, or victualling house, unless in so far as r e lates to the ale of bee r by retail Provided also, that nothing in this act contained shall alter any law relating to the revenue of excise, except so far as the same is hereby ex. pressly altered and otherwise provided for; nor to prohibit any per. son from selling beer in booths or other places at the time and within the limits of the ground or place in or upon which is holden any lawful fair, in like manner as such person was authorised to do be fore the passing of this act. And in order to remove doubts as to the meaning of certain words in this act, be it enacted, that the word " Justice shall be deemed to mean justice of the peace ; and that the word "person" and the word "party," shall be deemed to include any number of persons and parties i and that the word "license," and the word "day," and the word " time," and the word " house," and the word "place," shall each be deemed to include any number of licenses, days, times, houses, or places; and that the word "bar" shall in all cases be deemed to include "bar, ale, and porter ;" and that the word " county," and the words " county or place," shall be deemed severally to include any county, riding, division of the county of Lincoln, hundred, division of a county, liberty, division of a liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city, cinque port, or town corporate ; and the words " division or place" shall he deemed to include any division of a county or riding, liberty, di vision of a liberty, county of a city, county of a town, city, cinque port, or town corporate • and that the words " parish or place" shall be deemed to include any township, hamlet, tithing, vill, extra-parochial place, or any place maintaining its own poor; and that the word "penalty" snail be deemed to include any fine, pe nalty, or forfeiture, of a pecuniary nature ; and that the meaning of the several words in this act shall not be restricted, although the same may be subsequently referral to in the singular number or masculine gender only. SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. FOR* Or LICENSE. We, the undersigned, being of the commissioners of the excise (or, 1 the undersigned, being a person authorised and employed by the commissioners of excise to grant licenses for selling beer by retail, or, being a collector or supervisor of excise for the collection or district of ) do hereby authorise and empower A. L. now dwelling at in the parish of within the limits of the chief office of excise (or, within the limits of the said collection or district) to sell beer, ale and porter by retail in the dwelling-house of the said A. L. and in the premises thereunto belonging, provided that the said A. L. do not sell any beer, ale or porter made otherwise than from malt and hops ; and that the said A. L. do not mix o r cause t o be mixed any drugs or ingredients in any beer, ale, or porter, nor fraudulently dilute, de teriorate or adulterate any beer, ale or porter, nor sell any beer, ale or porter, knowing the s a me to have been fraudulently diluted, de teriorated or adulterated ; and that the said A. L. do not use in selling any beer, ale, or porter, any measures which ar c n o t o f t h e legal standard; an d that the said A. L. do not wilfully or knowingly permit any drunkenness or any violent or quarrelsome or other dig. orderly conduct in his (or, her) house or premises, and do not knowingly suffer any unlawful games, or any gaming whatsoever, therein ; and do not knowingly permit or suffer persons of notori. ously bad character to assemble and meet together therein ; and do not permit or suffer any beer, ale, or porter, to be conveyed from or out of his (or her) premises during the usual hours of the morning and afternoon divine service in the church or chapel of the parish or place in which his (or her) house is situated, on Sundays, Christ. mss-day, and Good Friday, but do maintain good order and rule therein ; and all provisions for billetting officers and soldiers in vic tualling-houses contained in any act for punishing mutiny and de sertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters, are to extend and apply to the house and premises mentioned in this license: and this license shall continue in force from the day of next until the day of next ensuing, and no longer ; provided that the said A. L shall not, in the mean time, become a sheriff's officer, or officer for executing the process ut' any court of justice, in either of which cues this license shall be void. Given under our hands and seals (or, my hand and seal) this day of one thousand eight hund red and at EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. In the month of September last, as a man was passing through a field at the rear of a house occupied by the family of Sir Matthew Bloxam, at Walworth, he observed something white near the surface of a small bank, which was close to a hawthorn hedge. The man at first supposing it to be a stone, reached down with the view of taking it up; but he found the greater portion firmly fixed in the earth. After having moved away sonic of the mould with his hands, he then saw that it was the upper por. tion of a human skull, and, on the discovery, lie immediately procured a spade and dug it out. He conveyed the skull to the residence of a gentleman in the immediate vicinity of the place where it was found, and a large nail was found driven to its full extent in the socket of the left eye. The parish officers had the ground carefully dug up, and the remaining portion of a human skeleton was found. As the bones were supposed to have been buried a number of years, it was considered unnecessary to hold an inquest, and the skeleton was again consigned to the earth. Nothing more was heard of the matter until the last few days, when la communication was forwarded to the Home Office, from the Go. vernor of the House of Correction at Cork, stating that a man named John Hawitins, who had been prevented from committing suicide, had confessed having committed a murder in England. In the confession, which was taken down in writing, Hawkins stated that in the year 11127, before he inlisted into the regiment, he was in the service of a butcher at 11'alworth. One evening he went out and met a female, and in the course of their conversa tion she used some vile expressions towards him, and that he, irri. tated at her conduct, led her on to a field in Walworth, when tak. ing advantage of the solitariness of the place, he struck her. This ledd to further violence between them ; and having a large nail in his on at the time, being the only weapon he had, he forc e d rt°lll:rher head, and effected her death. Atter she was dead, he threw the body into a pond, not far distant ; but fearing that it would be discovered, if left in that situation, he got up at three o'clock the next morning, a nd having pro c eeded to the pond, he dragged the body out. He then d ug a hole in the field, and having divested the body of the clothes, lie placed it in the ground, and covered it over carefully, and afterwards buried the clothes at some little distance from where he had covered over the body. After having made the above statement, Hawkins said that the cause of his absconding from his master, and enlisting in the army, was in consequence of hearing that the body had been found. Yes terday the circumstances of the case were investigated by 3lr. Cham bers, the Magistrate of Union Hall. A gardener named Murrell proved having found the skeleton in September last, and thee a nail was then in the socket of th e eye . Mrs. B ertram, wife of a butcher at Walworth, said, that when the skeleton was found, a young man named John Hawkins was in her husband's service, but he absconded when the discovery was made. She said that Hawkins was in the habit of going out occasionally at night, but she was not aware that he was keeping company with any young girl—Evans, the beadle, said he did not hear of any female having been missed at the time described by Hawkins in his confession. The Magistrate havinp heard the whole of the evidence, ad. journed the further investigation, in order that the bones might be examined by a medical man, to put it beyond all doubt whether it was that of a male or female. eseurnmeeme e e miffmnin Mr. Clarke, the surgeon, of Shrewsbury, has not only a door bell for persons to ring, when he is wanted in the night, but by the side of hie door there is an a are, about the size of a emoc.piste, which is the end of a p that pm to an up-stairs room; so that, when a patient s e nd s the night, the person who comes can ring the bell, and then direst the pipe tell who becomes trt from, and what is wanted, without being obliged to wait till some one in the house is dressed, and can comedown stairs. In the day. time the aperture is covered with a plate tlf metal, painted of the colour of the bricks of which Mr. C. 's bowie is built. SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE. :NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Race Course, Thursday Night The Claret Stakes alone afforded any thing like a race this ar k , noon, the other two bein g won w i t h remar k a b le ease. The old. were 5 to 4 apt Sir Hercules, even on Morris Dancer, and 6to I apt Spaniard (taken). Morris Dancer made play at going off, rj, pace for the first half mile being indifferent, after that it becami severe, Morris Dancer still leading till they got half way within the Duke's Stand. Sir Hercules then came out, and a short struggi, terminated in the latter being declared the winner by a length, rod e by Conolly, Morris Dancer by Robinson, Spaniard (4th) by Amu% ' and Canvass (3d) by IVhcatley. In the evening the Derby and Oaks was resumed at the following odds : S to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam 6 to 1 Mr. Petrel' Brannricker II to 1 Lord G. Cavendish's Mouse colt 10 to 1 Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 12 to 1 Sir M. Wood's Cetus 13 to 1 - Lord Exeter's Augustus. 17 to 1 - Mr. Gully's Red Rover 20 to 1 -- Lord Exeter's Mahntoud (taken) 25 to 1 Lord Exeter's Red Rover 95 to 1 Lord Verulam's Varcnnes colt 28 to 1 Lord Sligo's Brine 30 to 1 - Mr. Ramsbottom's Zucharelli 30 to i Lord Seftou's Captain Arthur OAKS. 5 to 1 Lord Sefton'; Mouche S to I s— Lord Queensberry's Maria 8 to 1 Duke of Grafton's Brambilla It is now alleged that Brambilla was amiss when she ran for Riddlesworth. ST. LICIIR. 9 to 1 apt Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida) 9 to 1 -- Lord Cleveland's Baby 13 to 2 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 15 to I Duke of Leeds Lady Mowbray 20 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Hassan (taken) 25 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Maria 25 to 1 Duke of Leeds Redstart (taken) NZWNIARICET, FRIDAY• Match-200, h. ft. Bst. 41b. each. D. I. Lord Sefton's c. by Emilius , out of Sal, received from the Dui, of Grafton's ch. C. (dead) by milius ' out of Pastille. 31atch-100, h. ft. Bst. 41b. each. D. 31. Mr. Perkins's ch. f. by Nicolo, out of Barbara Allen, reccteL , from Mr. Rantsbottom's f. Phrynia, by Wrangler. The day's races terminated as follows : Sweepstakes of 100 each, GO ft. colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, fist. 31b. mile and a distance of B. C. Six SubscAbers. Lord Grosvenor's b. c. Thermometer ... • t Mr. Stonchewcr's c. by Figaro, out of Bella Betting— G to 4 agst Thermometer, who won by three quarters 0. a length, after a good race. Rode by Arnull. snatch-2110, h. ft. T. V. C. Lord Sefton's Mouchc, Ilst. 41b. (G. Edwards) ... Lord Anson's Portrait, Bst. 71b. Betting-2 to lon Alouche, who won very cleverly by a length. 3latch--50. T. V. C. Mr. Barnsbottan's Timandra.Bst. 31b. (Robinson) ... Mr. Macnamara's ch. t. by Whisker, Bst. ... . Betting-2 to lon the loser. Won cleverly. The Port Stakes of 100 goys. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 71b. fink , list. 41b. T. M. 31. The owner of the second horse to save 1-1 stake. Ten Subscribers. Lord Exeter's Green Mantle (Conolly) Mr. Rush's Rhoda colt . . Lord Exeter's Varna Betting-6 to 4on Varna, 3to 1 agst Green Mantle, and 4to agst Rhoda. A good race, and won cleverly at last by a latgrt. Lord Exeter declared to win with Varna. Subscription Plate of 430. D. M. Mr. Headley's ch. g. Blinker, 3 yrs (G. Edwards) ... Mr. Vansittart's br. f. Alagawiska, 3 yrs ... .. - The following also started :—lmpudence, Verdict, Jungfrau. by Filho, out of Rough Robin's dam. Betting -2 to 1 agst Flacrow, '4 to 1 agst Blinker, 4tol :- Jungfrau, and G to 1 aget Magawiska. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft. R. 31. Three Subscriber:. Mr. Poynta's f. by Sultan—Phantom ... Mr. Roberts's f. by Emillus A good race, and won by a neck. Bet ting—G to 4on the loser. Arnull rode the winner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 110 W-STREET. MADAME VESTRlS.—Yesterday, two gentlemen, who stated themselves to be friends of Madame Vestris, 'applied to Sir R Music for his advice under circumstances, as they stated, of very great hardship, as respected her. Sir It. BIRNIE said he should be happy to render any assistar. , :.: within the scope of his power, and he begged the gentlemen woul.. I state the nature of their complaint. One of the gentlemen stated that Madame Vestris was advertised in the bills of Drury.lane Theatre to make her first appearance fix the season, on Tuesday night last, in her favourite character of Cap tain Afachenth, In the Itcyyar's Opera. Before the evening arrived. her friends received information privately, that a number of meant were to be packed together in different parts of the theatre for the put , pose of assailing her with hisses, and other species of annoyance, it possible to drive her from the stage. The night arrived, and Malaya Vestris no sooner made her appearance than she was assailed in the manner which the previous information had led her and her friends:- anticipate. A studied opposition was kept up in certain parts of house during the whole progress of the piece ; but the majority of audience, with a feeling that did them credit, drowned the uproar s' the malcontents in repeated rounds of applause, and she went ;brow c the part most triumphantly. The friends of the lady had sine. instituted a rigid inquiry, and were prepared with positive proof, that the servant of a male vocalist, alto recently made Ets debut on the stage of the same theatre with considerable success. had distributed money amongst a number of needy persons, on con dition that they placed themselves in the Theatre, and did all then could to hoot Madame Vestris off the stage. Sir R. BIRNIE said such conduct was extremely unmanly' and disgraceful, but he did not think it was a matter in which a 31ag's• trate could interfere. If the applicants were prepared with sue'. proof as they had mentioned, titer best course would be to take witnesses to the Sessions, which were at present sitting, and prefet bill of indictment against the alleged offenders for a conspiracy. The gentlemen said they would do an, and kit the office. BIRTH:4. At Gumbley.hall, the lady S. Ingestrte. of a on and heir.—At East Loot!, the lady of Capt. Soady. Royal Nary, of a son.—At lieggearn Huieh, Somerset, the lady of .1. U. Tripp, Esq. It. N. t• a SOIL AIARRIED. At Plymcuth, J. Smile, Esq. of Exeter, solicitor, to Anne, tile••. daughter of J. Jackson, Esq. of George-street.—Reeently. at Pit.. mouth, Lieut. R. S. Stephens, R. N. to Miss Eadca, of llillbruo —Thursday, at Stoke church, J. C. Luxmoore, Esq. of Oakhan:7- ton, to Maria, relict of the late Capt. G. Hutton, 17. n toot.—At George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. E. H. B. Eatcourt, to E1:71- beth, youngest daughter of the late Sir J. Johnstone, Bart. of Wt,- terhall, in the county of Dumfries—At St. Pancras church, la ••:• Hensley, Esq. of Great Jantes-struet, &Ilford-row. to laita , n• .• daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Dc Morgan. ut . the Hon. East l:.• dia Company's service —At St. George, 111tannshury, W. Gorr . . Esq. of Highgate, to Julia, youngest daughter of the late Hollar, Watson, Esq. of Congleton, in the county of Chester. DIED. Susanna, the wife of J. F.peninve, Esq. of Abingdor.—At Na ples, the Abbe Campbell.—At Madeira, in his 23d year. Stu:.r. eldest mining son of the late F. J. Jackson, Erg his 3lajesty'r Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of sladrid, Vienna. Berlin. &c.—ln Lincoln's Inn Fields, Miss Barnes.—Tuesilay, in Unior street, Plymouth, in the 53d year of him age, Major I'. link, 'at* of the 25th Light Dragoons.— Tuesday, at Stoneheuse. 3lrs. f oil Tins, relict of the late Lieut.-4:01. Collins, of the Soya, slarlfzen, many years Judge Advocate at Pon Jackson, New South Wales.— At the island of Ascension': in command of the Black Joke, Lieut. E. Bedford Pim. This gallant and distinguish,sl offica was 22 years in his Majesty's service, during which period he was in e'a.- ven engagements, was twice wounded, and had his leg fractured; he was once knocked overboard by a blow from a handspike. while leading on a party to board a Portuguese slave-ship; say taken ul• as a spy, and confined three days in a dungeon with the alines. hourly threat of being hanged ; was once much injured in saving tht Champlain Establishment from fire; and by jumping overboard. a: several times, had the good fortune t o sa v e t he lives of one Lieu. tenant, two seamen, and one marine.—At Charles Place, John Lil licrap, Esq. aged 73, late of his Majesty's Victualling Depar:- nient, at Plymouth, and brother of Capt. Lillicrap, R. N.—At tb. Treasurer's, Guy's Hospital, Mary, widow of Capt. C. Petty. R. N.—At Fernando Po, on board his Majesty's ship Eden, Willian . A. Grime, second son of Rear-Admiral Honeyman.—At Farchatt . Lieut.-Col. P. J. Stanhope, aged 43 years, eldest son of the hats Rear-Admiral John Stanhope. HIGH-wATEIL at LONDON-BRIDGE TO Mott Now. Worming 9 minute* atter 10 Afternoce 45 annum me, 10 • LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN MATIII, At die Seas- Orrice No.l, Plekett.plarre,Temple Bu.