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ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. In the library of the -- " ..-- House of Commons there is a ma nuse r ipt index to the Act of Parliament, prepared by Mr SPEW. the librarian ; and that portion of it which regards the acts since the Union has been found so useful, owing to the matters kgisla ted upon, as well as the titles of the Acts, being indexed, that a limited number of copies have been printed exclusively ter the Treasury. It is printed in quarto form, so as to class with the " Statutes at Large." and occupies 300 pages. The priming Is on one side of the leaves only, so that the index may be kept perfect by manalcript Windom as new Acts appear. There is a preface by Mr. Rickman, the Second Clerk at the 'fable of the House of Commons, giving a 11W.m . y.of the modes of preparing and classing Acts of Parliament, &c. Pae kat:swing are retracts :-- Pubik General Acts have been pr a ctically distilignisited from Private Acts ever since the commencement of Sessional publica tions by the King's Printer in 1484 (10 Rie. III.) ; and In 1539 (31 Henry VIII.) the distinction becomes precise, as being thence forth specified in the Sessional Rolls of Parliament. which are cer tified in Chancery, and preserved in the chapel named after them. The Clerk of Parliaments and the King's Printer seem for a long time to have decided whether an Act was t o be deemed ' ' Public" or " Private " In the time of Queen Elizabeth (A.D. 1582) an Act is said to be printed " by special suit," and appears among the Public Acts ; and the practice of enabling a defendant to plead the " General Issue" commenced with the reign of James the First, whereby Acts containing that provision became of necessity Public Acts, and were printed accordingly. The practice of declaring by words Acts to be " Public Acts" commenced with the reign of William and Mary, and soon became usual with regard to almost all Acts by which felonies were created, penalties inflicted, or tolls imposed; but these Acts multiplied so fast in the reigns of Gm. 11. and Geo. 111. that the Sessional publication gradually became in convenient from its bulk. For the year 1793, the printed Acts filled three folio volumes. containing about four thousand pages, and weighing twenty-eight pounds ! whereupon, in 1794, modern type was substituted for old English black letter, which had been nut of use, except for Acts of Parliament, nearly two centuries ! In fact, the black letter bad gradually become so obsolete, that, from 1725, an Abstract in modern type is annexed to the Sessional publication of the Statutes ; whereby it appears that the black let ter Statutes of that time were in this manner abridged to one ninth part of their former bulk. In 1797 (after which the practice ceased) the Abstract in due proportion filled one-sixth part of the number of pages contained in the Sessional volume, which had been reduced to two thirds of its former bulk by the aforesaid introduc tion of modern type. • • In the year 1815 the number of Pub lic," Local" and" Personal" Acts becoming onerous to Courts of Justice, a regulation was made, by which Private Acts are since that tin e printed as such at the desire of the parties ; who thereby procure, at a small expense, copies, authenticated by the King's Printer (which are received as evidence in all Courts of Law), in stead of being under a necessity of resorting to the Parliament °Moe for a manuscript copy. In the case of " Estate" Acts, the parties are thus enabled to procure, at a very small expense, most authentic title deeds ; and such Acts are usually obtained to regu late complicated family interests, or with a view to extensive sales of real property, &c. The value of this facility will not be duly appreciated, unless on consideration that an Estate Act is found by experience to be more speedily obtained. and at less expense, than a Chancery decision; as well as to be more decisive and effectual in all cases to which it is applicable. The Statutes, therefore, now appear in a four-fold arrangement, and the printed Acts (besides the Public General Acts) occupy four or five volumes annually I The following are the results of a synopsis, contained in such preliminary statement, of all Acts passed since the Union. The synopsis gives the number for each Session : " Public General Acts," in 28 years Local and personal" Acts, same period " Private Acts" printed " Private Acts," not printed Total number of Acts, 9,961; being 3,567 Public General Acts, and 6,304 local, and personal. and Private Acts ; and, on the average, 131 Public, and 225 Private Acts; or. altogether 356 Acts annually, or nearly one for each day in the year, Sundays included. TILE POST OFFICE.—In 1653 the postage of England, Scotland. and Ireland, was farmed of the Parliament by John Manley, Esq. for 10,0001. per annum, and received its first orga nization from Cromwell, as a General Post-office, three years afterwards. Charles 11. confirming the regulations of the Pro tector, settled the revenue from It on the Duke of York, the pro. duce in 1665 being 21,5001. Ten years afterwards this amount was doubled, and it still continued to increase until the reign of William and Mary, when it was considerably influenced by the hostile or tranquil state of the country. The Post-office revenue, which during the eight years of war only avenged 67,2221. a year, produced in the succeeding four years of peace, on an average, 82,3191. annually. A similar effect was experienced during the reign of Anne, when the war postage was about 60,0001. and in years of peace about 90.0001. This disproportion has of late been d, and the last years of war were those in which the Post office were the most productive. On the union of England with Scotland, in the year 1710, a General Post-office was esta blished by Act of Parliament, which included, besides Great Britain and Ireland, our West India and American Colonies. This extension of the Post-office increased the revenue to 111,4611. — What portion of this 311 M was produced by the respective coun tries does not appear ; but there is reason to believe that it was almost entirely Irish and English, for even so late as between 1730 and 1740, the post was only transmitted three days a-week be tween Edinburgh and London ; and the metropolis on one occa sion, only serif s ink kiln, which was for an Edinburgh banker named Ramsay. The most remarkable event in the history of the Post Office, previously to its present removal and scale of mapifi tenet, lathe plan, first suggested by Mr. Palmer, in the year 1784, of sending the letters by the coaches instead of the old custom of transmitting them by post-boys on horseback. From this moment the prosperity of the Post Office commenced; and the revenue, which at first was not more than 5,0001. slur, and which, after the revolution of two centuries, only produced, 1783, 146,4001. annually, yielded, 30 years afterwards, a net revenue of nearly 1,700,0001. Nor was it only by incre asing the revenue that Mr. Palmer's plan was beneficial, for, to use the words of the Parlia mentary Committee on the subject, "at the same time that the revenue is augmented, answers are returned to letters in half the time, and with a degree of punctuality never experienced before ; the expense is at a less rate per mile than upon the old plan; and when the plan had been so far carried into effect that the mail coaches had travelled above 40,000,000 of miles, not a single rob bery bad been committed, or a passenger insulted." The General Post-office was originally settled in Cloak-lane, near Dowgate-hill, whence it was afterwards removed to the Black Swan, in Bishops. gate.street. On occasion of the great fire of 1666, it was removed to the Two Black Pillars, in Brydgessstreet. Covent-garden, and finally to Sir Robert Viner's mansion. in Lombard-street. th e now deserted old Post-office. In the next Session of Parliament a Bill is to be in troduced, for the purpose of remaining the details of the contem plated consolidation of the English and Irish Post-office Establish ments. It is understood that the Bill is preparing under the su perintendence of Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald. The salary of the Eng lish Secretary is to be reduced to sEI,OOO per annum, and that of the Secretary residing in Dublin to seBoo. All orders relative to the details of management, and all appointments to offices, clerks Sec. are to issue from the London office. Of course a discretionary power over the Irish provisional offices will be vested in the Secre tary at Dublin. The clerks are not, as heretofore, to be stationed permanently, but those in London are to be removed occasionally to Dublin.. and vice versa. It is proposed to reduce the salaries of clerks generally; but no alteration in this regard will take place with the present possessors, who will be superannuated, or permit ted to die off. Neither will any change occur in the salaries of Sir Francis Fretting or Sir Edward Lees. One or both of the Irish Postmasters General will be altogether dispensed with. Sunday last, between the hours of seven and eleven o'clock, the dwelling-house of Mr. F. R. HAT, situate at Park terrace, Camden-town, was broken and entered by means of picking the locks of both the front doors, and plundered. The same night the dwelling-house of Mrs. ADAK., Osborne—place, Whitechapel, was entered by means of skeleton keys, and several at titles were stolen. Thursday night, the 24th ult. or early the following morning, the premises of Mr. JAMES, wine-merchant, at the corner of Black Lion-lane, Hamtnersmithovere entered, and pro perty stolen therefrom, chiefly articles of wearing apparel. At an early hour on Monday morning a disgraceful scene of plunder and riot took place in Eagle-court, White Hart yard, Drury-lane. It appeals that some of the unfortunate females who live there by prostitution and plunder, enticed three young men, in a state of intoxication, into one of those dens kept by a Jew; and after remaining there some time , and having something to drink, the foolish fellows discovered that they were robbed ; two of theft of their watches, and all of them of their Money, amounting to nearly twelve pounds. An in.tant fight and riot took place between the sufferers and the people of the house, and others of the same calling who came to their attest nice, which ended in the three young men, after a good heath's*, being ejected net at the holier at another door than the one by which they emceed. By the tithe thtly Mere enabled to protium the aid of watchmen befogging to that district, the paeans robbed amid not identify the bogie Where the rubb ery was committed ; and the brothel-keepers therefore escaped as is too often the ease in that place, with perfect impunity and the plunder. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. Rau Coarse, Wednesday ARNIM& The St. Leger Stakes of 23 soy. each, for three yrs old 44114.10, 7111 aid allies, at 41b. D. I. Lard G. Cavendlsk's e. by Godolphin - • Sir. Grille's Vortigern s , Mr M. Wood's Nessus The share only came to the field out of the fourteen entered for tr. It-had been expected that when Patron was drawn. the field would have been larger, as it would then have bad a better chance. Those who paid were the following :--Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer, by Morino • Duke of Rutland's brothel to Mow Lord Grosvenor's E bury, by Muter Henry ; Lord Jersey's Will-o'.tb' Wisp, by Phantom ; Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. by Orville; Sir. Penis's ch. c. Post Obit, by Woful ; Champion's b. f. by Eno da Pans, and b. f. by Duplicate • DAe of Grafton's b. c. Darman t Lord Exeter's Patron, and Gold*. The betting was far front being brisk, u tbe Elm:gm& colt was considered safe, his opponents being of a very inferior kind—the odds were I to I on the winner, 4 to 1 apt Vortigern, and a to 1 eget lfessus,which made the running to the Duke's Stand, followed by Verniers ; he then gave up to the EepagnoUe colt, which ran abreast of Vonigern for a short distance, and then beat him off ; winning cleverly by a length—rode by Arnull, Vortigun by Ro binson, and Nessus by Doekeray. The race was indifferent, but much better than any one expected. Sweepstakes of 100 sou. h. ft. colts, est. 71b. and fillies, est. 41b. A.P. Lord Exeter's Green Mantle received-5 paid forfeit. The October Underley Stakes of 100 sou. each, b. ft. colts, Bd. 71b. fillies, Sat. 41b. Lord Exeter's 1. Acacia Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus Mr. Thorabill's b. f. Worry Mr. Nowell's 1. by Orville, and Mr. Nowell's c. by Walton, paid.—Won easy. At one o'clock this afternoon the entries for the King's and Town Plates, Ie be run to-morrow, closed u follow : :no anso's ?car'. D. of Rutland's Cadland I Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter Mr. ThornbUl's Mariner 11111 TOWN PLATS. Mr. Batson's Seraph I Lord Orford's Chiron Mr. Pettit's f. by Tramp VII The question came before the Club this morning. when the Stakes were awarded to Mr. Day. the owner of Liston. The question as to the bets is not yet decided. When our account left the Race Course yesterday afternoon the following match was undecided. • Match-200 Km. h. ft. D.M. Mr. Greenlee Discovery, 7st. 121 b Lord Seftan's Juryman, sat. 131 b. S to 4 on Jeryman—a good race. and won cleverly by a lovas. The winner rode by Conolly—the low by Robinson. AU the races being single-handed, little by way of description is needed. _ _ _ In the race between Nessus and the Augusta filly the odds were to 1 on the mare, which had it all her own way, and won in a canter by four honed lengths, carrying a pound over weight. The match with Mouse and Xarifa was excellently contested, the horses coming in so close that it required the Judge's decision to convince the majority of the spectators that it was not a dead beat. Mouse, however, won by a head; rode by Arnuli, Xarifa by Conolly. Betting at first sto 4 cc Mouse, then the same on Xarifa, and lastly even between them. The third match was still better; Laurestinus appeared to have the best of the race till about 50 or 60 yards from home, when Co. Holly found it necessary to go to work with him. Immediately after, Robinson, who had kept very quiet with his mare, and al. though be could not succeed in getting ahead of his antagonist, he managed to make it a drawn battle-7 to 4on the horse. The Dinner at the Rooms was attended by five members only, vim. Lord G. H. Cavendish, Lord Vends's, Lord Lowther, Dr. Dowdeswell, and Captain CampbelL This slackness is attributable to the superior attraction of a grand turtle dinner at Lord Sefton's, where several members of the Club bad assembled. There were two or three other dinner parties, so that the Rooms were almost deserted. To the list of arrivals we have to add, Lord Albert Gwyn*. ham, Captain Lyster, and Captain Locke. Lord Anson departed this afternoon, accompanied by a Foreign Nobleman, whose name we were unable to procure. Lord G. Cavendish leaves to-mor. row, after his horse has run for the St. Leger. The Meeting terminates on Thursday with four races, of which we subjoin the outline. His Majesty's Plate of 100ss. for four yrs. old carrying lOst. 71b. five years. list. 71b. six years, and aged, 1 Ist. 71b. (The horses sot yet entered). The Town Plate of 501. for three yrs. old colts est. 71b. and Wien Bst. 31b. D.I. (The horses not yet named.) Sweepstakes of 100 sows. each, h. ft. for fillies, Bst. 41b. Ab. M. Mr. Payne's f. Pauline, by Moses Lord Fseter's b. f. Varna, by Sultan (41b. extra for running second for the Oaks). Mr. Greville's b. f. Lady Emily, by Balboa. Mr. Champion's b. 1. by br. f. by Duplicate. 1). of Grafton's b f. Lyric, sister to Latimer. Mr. Dilly's b. f. Windfall, by Reveller. Lord Ventlam's Venom filly has paid forfeit. Match 200 soy. to. ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Payne's Pauline; Ist. apt Sir U. Wood's Rosary. Ist. Mb. Match 200, b. ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Southampton's Bernardo, apt Sir M. Wood's John de But. The Match between Berman and Bolero is of by consent. The report of Lord Mountcharles being about to retire from the turf la void of troth. HASTINGS RACES, Sirs. 2D. Town Plate of 50 saes. free for any horse, mare, or gelding.-- Heats, twice round and a distance, starting at the distance. Mr. Brown's b. g. 4 yn. Est. lib E I 1 Mr. Robin's ch. c. Verderer. 3 yn. Bst 1 3 2 Capt. Stewart's b. c. Vicar, 4 yrs. fist. Sib Mr. Coleman's br. f. Bunter, 3 yrs. 7st. 1 ilb. went on the wrong side of the post. The Ladies' Plate of 50 sows. free foe any horse, mare, or gelding. Heats, twice round the Course and a distance, starting at the distance. Mr. Coleman's b. f. Bunter, 3 yrs. Est.. Mr. Smith's hr. f. Tancredi, 3 yrs. 7st. llb Mr. Clark's ch. m. Amelia, 6 yn. fist. llb ........ S 3 3 Mr. Robart's ch. c. Verderer. 3 yn. tist. 31b..... 4 0 0 Capt. Stewart's b. e. Vicar, 4 yrs. 9st. 61b...... 5 0 0 HUNTING. _ Baginvois, Sem 29.—Our fine pack of Subscription Harriers met, fir the first time of the season, at the Devil's Dyke, on Fri day. They will continue to meet, and throw off as last year, vis. Mondays, at Patchans ; on Wednesday., on the Race Course • and on Fridays, at the Dyke; but at half-past ten, instead of eleven o'clock, as formerly. Mr. H. Craven is returned to Fide Place, and has commented cub-hunting. This gentleman is the Director of the East Some Hunt. MIMING ST Gas-Lione.—A gentleman of most respectable ap pearance was on Thursday put to the bar on a very extraordinary charge. He was in the full costume of a huntsman, booted, spurred, Ste. Robert Dickson, a watchman, stated that on the previous night he heard a great *eke, as of a horse galloping, on the pavement in Prince's-street, lad in a second or two he was nearly rode over by the prisoner, who kept singing out. " And a bunting we will go, " Ste. He turned at the bottom of St. David. street,jand galloped at full speed to the westward, singing with the lungs of a Siemer— ,' Hark forward, bark forward, the game is in view! For love is the game I wish to pursue !" Dickson, and half a dozen more Chutes, at length got bold of him and his nag—carried the huntsman to the police-office, and sem his companion to the White Hart stables, Grassmarket, the repository for all police quadrupeds. This gentleman of the turf was put into one of the best bed-rooms of the bouse up stairs ; but during the night he broke the bed to pieces, emptied his pot-dethambre in the bed-clotbes, and threw every thing out of the window of his apartment, the iron stanchels proving not sufficient to restrain his fury. Nicol. the crier of the Court, and the turnkey, proved that every thing in the room was quite correct when he was put into it, and that now every article was destroyed. The huntsinin stood mute' • he was charged with being drunk and disorderly. riding furiodsly on the foot-pavement, find destroying the articles in his room. Sic. The Magistrate ordered him to pay a tine of IS Si. and to find caution that be should hunt no more in Prince's-street by gas light —Edinburgh Swain Post. ARTIFICIAL PREPARATION OP ICE.-.-sAiter 1,11-* memos trials made by al: H. Meilen! with dlferebt salts, for the titirpose ot corivertnig water contained in a tin vegiel imo ice, doting their solution, be ultunatety have the preference to a nits• cure of tour °wave nitrate or atitroinda, four olincee stdr-esrbonitte of soda, and four minter* . witel. This mixture hi &ref Ward roduced tee ounces 01 ice ; whilst With the Mimi* of diegibite of soda and ineriate acid he obtained ice Only atter seeen , --Quarterly JArrosol. INQUIRY into the DEATH of Mrs. PHILLIPS, AT FINCH LIT. This Inquiry beingzSe n d fa yesteedat, at Bo'swami, Mr. .Aolissnrs appeared be " the Mas t tes, attended by the Chnichwardess and • at the and a great number of witnesses. Mr. C Pumas, this on the Part of Mr. Phillipe, the hisibaod of the deekased, who, as well as Mr. Same, was in ateandenee. The investlaitios was to take place before Sir R. Runes and Mr. Haus, in the blegiotintes' private room. Mr. Amuses stated the fact of the Invest having been held on the body, and of the Verdict being rammed by the Jury that Mrs. Philips had else tej her deith 111 taking too great a quan tity of laudanum. He then added that the circumstance had ex cited great agitation amongst the inhabitants of Flnchley, and the Churchwardens had resolved to Institute a stricter inquiry into the transaction. They, however, were nottprerpared to make a spe cific charge against any perms, but still they wished that the Ma- gistrates would receleirsoch evidence as they were prepared to lay before them. Mr. C. Pon.urs—l trust request, Sir, that whatever informs• don is to be adduced will be laid before you on oath. Sir R. Ebana—Uniess a charge is made against some party, I think we cannot receive the information upon oath. Mr. Pntium—Then, Sir Richard, I submit that any infa tuation given not on oath may have the effect of prejudicing a third puny, who may have no opportunity of clearing his charac ter, as the Magistrate may determine that such information will not warrant subsequent investipdoor If the information is not to be on oath, it ought. I submit, to be Medved in private. Mr. Haits—There are reporters preens, and it might be ad- Haab!' that that which is not given on oath should not transpfin. Mr. C Pim.urs—That is my object; but If le be given of oath, Mr. Phillips has no objection to such a mune in public. If any man le bold enough to make a charge against him he will net shrink from it. Sir R. Bnuna—Nothing of the kind was intimated by Mr. Adolphus. Mr. C. Naive—He stated that Mr. Phillips had declined to have his household examined before a private tribunal. Sir, Mr. .PhWips does so still; but he has no objection to have them oz onised before yon, Sir Richard. Mr. Anounos—l have made no charge against anybody ; I only say now that Mr. Snow Is far above the imputations which have been cast upon him. I have heard that unless a charge be made against some person, the Magistrates hive no power to receive evidence do oath; and I therefore thought it right to ascertain, in the first instance, whether the investigation would take place with out making a chirp against any person. Mr. Hato--It b net far us to call in question the verdict of the Coroner's Jury; but I think we are now situated as if no inquest had taken place; and if any subsequent evidence has transpired, we are prepared to bear it, but not upon oath, unlesi a charge be made against some person. Mr. C. Pnit.Lwel want to know now, Gentlemen, What Is before you ? is there any charge? for if not, evidence on oath cal. not be received. Mr. Ammenes—l am not instructed to make any charge against Mr. Phillips. Sir RICHARD Biame—We cannot receive information on oath unless there is a charge against somebody ; and is to receive it not on oath might be injurious to third parties, It ought to be received in private. Have you, Mr. Adolphus, any information prepared and reduced to writing? Mr. Ammons—None, except My instructions, which contain many things which, of course, a Magistrate ought not so see. Mr. C Pntwes—When did the the Inquest take place? Mr. Aomrous—Rarly in September. Mr. C. Piatmws—Then, surely, there has been indlicient time to have prepared a written information. Mr. ADotomus—Yes, if witnesses had not been kept out of the way, and other persons promised to attend, and inhsequently broken the promise. Besides, why does Mr. C. Phillips appear bete? There is no more resins why Mr. Phillipl should have Counsel here than any other person whatever. Mr. C. PSILLIPSIt would have been a mow extraordinary thing if Mr. Phillips had not employed Coumiel, When the party deceased was his own wife, and when the newspapers WA, teemed with calumnies against him. Mr. Amo.roos-1 have not seen them, and, at all stints, no one can be accountable for what appears in die newspapers, fir shim their intrepidity broke through the standing orders of Par liament some fifty years ago, and published the debates in the year 1774, there is great difficulty in applying any sort of rule as to what they ought or ought not to publish. Sr R. Biants—lt seems then that something has transpired In the papers, but that is no reason why we should depart front our usual course. lam fond of reading the papers, though want of time sometimes prevents me from reading them as fully as I could wish, and 1 have seen no insinuation against that gentleman. Mr. C. Pnit.i.tes—lt was stated in the papers of this morning that Mr. Phillips would not allow his household to be examined. . Mr. itsoiriaus—That is a (act, and not an insinuation. Will, Sir Richard, if you de not feel authorised to ranch the infanta tloo upon olds, it Will be for the CharchWardeis to hail a con. sultatioa, and to imisider whether they Will Dot offer to yOu a written information, which May warrant yes I. azialinin *di oceses on oath , if you think the hiformathin.weili se to warrant you in taking a charge against any individual. Sir R. Bnune—Yes. But I mist &eerie, that soinitionlig 40 witnesses is not precisely the way to get on with bulimia. It would be better to bring before as a few leading witnesses at first. Mr. C. Piumsea—At any time you wish, Sir Richard. Every member of Mr. Phillips's household shall appear before yeti. Sir .11. Urania—l do not know Mr. Phillips, but I confess I felt some desire that the slur upon Mr. Snow, if unmerited, should be removed. Mt. C. Foams—No slur was thrown upon him by Mr. Phil. lips. The Inquiet speaks for itself. Mr. Aootenos.—Oh Mr. Phillips, yes, there was a slur thrown upon Mr. Snow by Mr. Phillips co that occasion. I will not hats all that hai come to my knowledge; but I know who it was that marshalled the witnesses for that Inquest. Mr. C. Pinit.trs.—lt was the duty of the husband to have the fullest iniesdgation made into the circumstances attending the death of his Wife:. Mr. ADOLPIIII7I.--01! yes. Sir R. Bilurt&—Well, I would advise you to kith round this room which is something like the Rack Hole bf Militia, and do sot at us havi ileitis witnesses in it. Mr. Phillips (the husband of the deceased) hire attempted to speak, but Sir R. Blum told him he bad better leave his case in the hands of his namesake, to Whom he had entrusted it. Mr. C. Psolies—=My client Was only about to deny thit be bad cast any imputation on Mr. Snow. Mr. Snow here attempted to speak, but the Counsel on both sides interfered to keep them 11111:13; In which they with difficulty amended. It was then arranged that Mr. ADOLPIIOII should apply again to the Msgistrates to appoint a day for receiving the written informa tion, and that notice should be given of such appointment to the Solicitor of Mr. Phillips. The patties then withdrew. " John Knox Church," which was founded on Mon day, at the head of the West Bow, Edinburgh, will have a tower 250 feet high. A MAN OF MANY Wives.—On Tuesday week a couple were united together in wedlock at Trinity Church, Hull. After the I:Memo* Was performed, and duly registered, the bride groom was asked for the usual fees. He replied he had no money, and asked his wife for the needful ; but ste, unfortunately, was equally namovided. Leaving the lady in pledge, be departed to raise supplies, having indignantly rejected a proposition to deposit the wedding.ring ar security. On his return, after an absence of belt en bout. he lamented his want of succes• and then expressed his willingness to leave tie ring, *bleb was t aken of the finger of the bride. and banded to the attendant. When the panic. had got esker off, It was dbessored that the artful ogee had substituted a bre.* ring foe a gold one! Next dry a party of soldiers were in quest of the bridegroom as a deserter, and it was stated that be hadjfkate wives Win!! Yesterday morning, at an early hour, one of the men le the Mite*, of the Humane Society. whlle walking along the basks el the Seepeistisie Ith/cr.-in Hyde Park, saw r man's hat floating oe the water. Pie immediately piocured the dregs, and after some time succeeded in pulling out the body of a man, who, from appearance, had 4e= many days In the water . . to his pockets were found a japanned muff-box. a knife, and twopence, end his Men was marked "S. F. Jo . 3." The body was taken to the work-house 14 Mount-street. Last night a melancholy circumstance occurred at the Hampshire Hog public-boor, in Woolwich, attended with the ken of life. A person of geotlonsusly appearance went into the brae in the early part of the day s mad continued drinking till evening, when the landlord observed that he was muck affected with what he had taken, pet bin to bed, and then proceeded' in his business. After dialog the boise. at the deske of his wile the landlord went into his lodger's room ; be found the bed empty, and oti look ing round fie discovered the Gnetleaua in OS* corner quite *ads the body doublet! ail, with ffie Bead lien & entice W— eir. liskin, a sue era 111111714401 writ foi, but this militias were imavallins, it eppedred hi gad bon dead ai kid:Judi in bear. Search • Ocelot* thede fn the of the4iceised• - vibes moral pa "Ore load, bi villa be irei identified as the. Rev. John who mai ?erre dna field t%e alley of Wyton, in the comity of York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A man, between fifty and dzty years of age, named George Cannon, who formerly kept a pubtk-house, was brought before Mr. Alderman Buten yesterday. charged with knowingly uttering a forged Bill of Exchange, purporting to be accepted by James Ellis, Esq. the great hop•grower in Kent. Mr. Isaac D. Cbild, a wine -merchant, is Bishorgate-street. stated that a few days since the prisoner applied to him to discount a bill driwn by himself en Mr. Ellis, of Bar ndng, foe the sum of £47. It appeared to bear the acceptance of that Gentleman, and was made payable at the George lon, in the Borough. He ad vanced 501. upon the biU inunediately, without any inquiry ; but upon applying subsequently at the place where it was made pay able, he discovered the acceptance wit a forgery. The Signature to the bill as drawer was that of the prisoner. Mr. Schofield, of the George Inn, said be was well acquainted with the hand-writing of Mr. Ellis, and could swear the signature across the bill bad not been written by him. He produced a letter, as a specimen of Mr. Ellis's hand-writing, the style of which was strikingly dissimilar to that upon the bill. Mr. Alderman &RCM asked if Mr. Ellis had had a good edu. cation? Mr. Schofield replied in the Mlrmatim. The Asszaseas said he only put the quake. because be ob served the word " accepted" was spelt on the bin " excepted." Mr. Schofield said he believed there were several of these ficti tious bills out. He was aware of two, in particular, drawn by the prisoner by Mr. Crltenden, a farmer, at Horvath, and which purported to bear his acceptance , and here the word " accepted" was mispened " esped. It was remarked that these orthoeraphical errors bad probably been purposely committed, with the view of securing $ technical objection to the indictment that the bill did not, in fact, carry the averment of having been " accepted" by Mr. Ellis or Mr. Critenden. Mr. Child begged that the prisoner might be remanded for a few days, to enable him to strengthen Ms case, some of the panics in terested living a considerable distance front town. The prisoner offering no observations on the ease. Mr. Alderman &ace consented to remand him for a week. BOW-STRRET. Mr. Byrne, of New-street, Covent Garden, bookseller, appeared before the Magistrates en a warrant, charged with assaulting and rawly ill-treating his wife. Mrs. Byrne is a ladylike woman, a daughter of Mr. Hone, the well-known bookseller, and she entered into a detail of the injuries she bad sphered by the violence of bur husband. He had beaten her, and threatened to kill her. Mr. Byrne denied the truth of ber statement, and charged her with extravagance. Mr. Hone, the father of Mrs. Byrne, attended, and stated that he knew that his daughter had been cruelly treated by her husband. but he could not state in public the nature of some part of the In human conduct she had endured. Mr. Byrne was held to bail to keep the peace, and to appear at the Sessions to answer any charge that might be preferred against him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A young woman, of respectable appearance, named Sandford, was yesterday placed at the bar before the presiding Magistrate, J. E. Comae; Seq. charged with being a party Concerned in the daring burglary committed at Mr. StuWs in Bond-ennet. on Friday night last. The case was not gone into; and the prisoner was remanded until Friday. anions Casey, a woman of middle age, besselteeper to the Athensuni Cub House, Regent-street, Wei yesterday remanded fbr a week, charged with robbing ber employer ma kite quantity of linen and other articles. MARY-LA-BONNE. Sophia Pond!, a young woman of respectable appearance, servant to Mrs. Mary Driscoe, a lady of fortune, residing at Bayswater, was yesterday brought before the presiding Magistrate, Mr. Bay amon, charged under the following circumstances : The complainant stated that the defendant had been in her smite for upwards of 15 months, and during that time had m several at.. melons betrayed a very violent temper. Some time ago she gave her warning to quit her service, and on Tuesday morning gave her the whole of her wages dna, including 3 *Mks in advance. The defendants however, refused to accept itf and dashed it upon her mistress's dressing table, and refused to go unless she bad board wages for the 3 weeks paid in advance. The complainant refused to comply with those terms, and ordered lier to quit her house, but she refused f end altimatell remained all Tarsal night. On Wed nesday morning the lady was cutting some bread and butter for her dgiesiose, when the defendant rushed into the room, and declared she would have some of the loaf, and setting herself down in het mistress's chamber, refined to stir until she had regaled herself at the bread and butter. The complainant still refined to let her have it, when she, with a grand effort peculiar only to herself, caught hold of the loaf, and broke it in two, at th e same time pliable& the lady very abruptly. Ala siker B ras evetudelly called in, who escorted the defendant to the Witch-bouie. Mr. &maim inquired what the defendant bed to ay? The defendant,with amazing anng froid, replied that she had a right to board wages. Mr. RawLnison replied that she had no Hight to have beard wages, and he (the Worthy Magistrate) had as meth betimes' in the house to board or stay, after desired eo leave, as the girl. Her conduct was of the most ahametui description, in sitting down and refusing to leave her mistress's apartment. It was such conduct as would be the ruin of young women. Defendant here exclaimed, " But she wont give me a character perhaps." Mr. RAWLINSON replied, that was the subject cia which he was about to speak. By such conduct she lost her character had it been ever se good a nne before; be merely wished to ask her how die could expect a character ' and even bow favourable that character would be to her? For ri ch conduct he therefore held her to bail. The defendant here became rather violent, and was locked up. UNION-HALL One of the new policemen was brought op by the officers of the old police, dialed with having on Tuesday night violently beaten a young lad, and a considerable outcry was made in consequence of this arrest. But it appeared on examination, that whilst the man was on duty be was grossly Insulted, and followed by a number of low fellows, who applied to hint very opprobrious epithets, hut more especially by this youth, who was IV years old, when he suddenly turned round and caned him, the fellow screamed out murder, and the policeman was given in charge. Several witnesses came forward, and stated the forbearing mar ner with which the policeman put up with the insolence of the mob, and fully contradicted the statement of the lad. He was immediately discharged. The Magistrate ttld him he had only done Ids duty. QUEEN -SQU A it g. Yesterday Joseph Wailers, who has been in custody for three weeks, on suspicion of ill-treating Mr. Frederick Crate, about a year since, near Warminster, in Wiltshire, and robbing him of 50 sovereigns, was again brought up; but Mr. ('rure not attending, be was discharged. B I RT HS. This morning, in Wimpole.street. the Lady of J. B. Pried, Esq. of Tyringbam, Bucks, of a son and heir. At Cullman Patt i the Lady of sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart. of a son. MARRIED. March 28, at Bombay, James Burner, M.D. Civil Surgeon to the Residency at Cutch, to Sophia, daughter of Major-Geseval Sir George Holmes. K.C. B. H.R.I.C.S. DIED. At Ralioburgb, Vary, third daughter of Colonel the Hum John Ramsay, aged 15 years. At Madras, Much SO, after a few days' illness, Sarah, the be loved wife of Major L. Cooper, 47th Regiment N. I. At Madras, March 12, Mr. Assistant-Apothecary J. W. Pater son. April 24. the remains of Mrs. O'Neill, the wife of Dr. O'Neill, who died on board the Mary Ann, during the passage from Lon don, to Madrid. were interred is the cemetery of the Roman Catholic Chapel there. Sunday, in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Lieutenant Duncan Kennedy, of the Invalids, who we severely burnt on Thursday night, in consequeoce of hie clothes taking Are. At his residence near Sactonbe, in Devooshire, Jones Yates. E.q. of Woodville, formerly a merchant in London. This gentle man was born and educated In Glasgow, and. to promote learning and improvement in hie native city, has directed his trustees to make over to the Lord Provost and Bellies of Glasgow, the valu able island of Shona. kb property ; in order that they may appro priate the rents thereof es follows, viz. two-fifths to the Univer sity of Glaigow, for the better endowment of the hairs of Moral and Natural Philosophy. Beranj, and Mitheniaties ; one-fifth to the Andenonian belinstlon ; one-fifth to the Infirmary ; 'Mont fifth to the Corporation of Glasgow, to he employed in erecting or improving public edifices, or for other chat itabk or useful purposes. This munificent deed of gift has been placed in SW handl of the Lord Provost bf Alexander 'thnenloa. Esq.• better is Greene*, one of the trustees, with wheal, ea his most eonfideitial Mod, Mr. Yates had some years ago depositod the same. _ HI GH. W ATER se LOW Lltit42lll DOR TO MOKKOW. Morn* 31 minute% mut 3 Attierims . 4S epitLiptslrte..3 • Loom Pyinard and Pubbtbed by Joni Alwrns. at the &as thma, No. t i Asintellaw.Temple Bas.