Star. — London, England, 1826-10-07 00:00:00

vr'n r 'LECTURES ON THE EAR" On Monday, Mr. Curtis, Aurist to his Majesty, commenced his inamesting Course of Lectures on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Pith*logy of the Par. at the Royal Dispensary for Di-eases of the Rae, Dean-street. Soho-square. The Lecturer hevan by remarking the• great improvements that had taken place of late years in ntedc ring and .surgery, and then observed that these improvements had not extended to otie important branch, Acoustic Surgery. While die diseases of every other organ are well understood, as well as the Modes of repairing their defects, which he instanced in imperfec tions ache eye, &c. the diseases of the Ear, front an unfortunate prejudice in this country, being adjudged incurable, have been little regarded by those Allard: hence from dd. inattention have arisen thennist serious consequences, often ending in affections of the • head, not unfrequently producing incurable chronic disease, termi nating in death. Ala Lecturer also remarked that Patients were often afraid of applying for relief, from the fear of bring made worse ; but be had the satisfaction to observe, that front the time he had been engaged in this exclusive line of practice he had given his advice and assist ance to upwards of 10,000 aprlicants, not one of whom, who had followed hta•instructions, bad aver complained;. on the contrary, he had reason every day to be more and more satisfied that dis eases of the Ear, like diseases of other organs, will yield to proper treatment. _ _ _ ore leaving the Institution he related several singular cases of . care,• chewed a great variety of Anatomical Preparations, pointed out the Client of injury from neglected disease, and likewise exhi bited several new Acoustic Instruments from the Continent. • These caws will be found detailed by Mr. Curtis in his last Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Bat. EAsr INDIA DOCK COMPANY.—A meeting of the Proprietortwas held yesterday at the Company's House, St. Helen's-place, in Bishops ate-street. Jimx WOOL /610M Zsq. declared the dividend on the capital stock to be four per cent. the same as the preceding half year. EAGLE lirsunAns COMPANY.--Yesterday the An-' nual General Meeting of the Propriet , )rs of Ten Shares in this Company, was held at the London Tavern, Bis hopsgate-street, when Messrs. Rawlinson, Skipper,Win dus, Richards, and Vs'hiteaves, were unanimously re elected Disectors ; and Mr. Jahn Blackburne was re elected in Auditor. _ Satut day morning, on beard the George IV. steam vessel, on the passage from Liverpool to Newry, during a violent gale, the Ludy of Robert Power, Esq. was safely delivered of a son. It happened, natortunately, that no medical attendant was on board. The fortitude and presence of mind of the Lady, under such critical circumstances, were, we are informed, truly astonishing. She and her infant, are doing well. The archipelago' of Chiloe consists of a cluster of islands, 4? in number. Of these, 32 are said to be in-' habited by Spaniards or Indians—the rest ate unin habited. Some of these islands are very small, others ate of considerable extent, being 12 or 15 leagues in length; and the greatest is not less than 120 miles long, and about 80 at its greatest breadth. They lie along the southern coast of Chili, between lat. 42. 13. and 43. 47. and in their northern extremity are separated from the main land by a channel of only a mile in breadth. This archipelago was discovered by the Spaniards in 1558, and the islands were then inhabited. by about ! 70,000 Indians. Under the Spaniards, the administra tion of these islands was vested in a Governor, depend ent on the Presidency if Chili. CHILD STEALlt*c.—Wedn e sday afternoon, as the sister of Mrs. Lonmaas, whose husbvd is with a family of rank in Italy, in the capacity of courier, was walk ing with two of her sis:er's children, a fine boy named Robert, and a little girl, on the Bayswater Road, she Was accosted by a woman of Matronly appearance, who took much .notice of the chilchea. Shortly after, this person met another female, of much more genteel ap pearance, with %shorn she seemed to be acquainted, and both begged that the children might be allowed to go a little further, to eat cakes. This, Mrs. Lommas's sister, a young girl of sixteen, refused. The two women then said they would walk 44 a short way home with the little 'ear:,'' and they all proceeded together. The boy Robert crying that he was tired, one of the females took him up and carried him, where, at an angle of the mad beyond the Tea Gardens, the other woman gave the girl a tremendous blow on the head which knocked her into the ditch nearly stunned, and both females ran away with the child towards the Moscow road. In less than a minute the girl recovered, and her cries brought some persons, who immediately commenced an active, pursuit, but no other trace of the child or women' could be found, than the report of a young man, who said that he had seen two women and a man driving in a very rapid manner toward the Uxbrhige road. A Gentleman named Brandwell, pursued in that direc tion, and heard that two hackney coaches had passed through the gates at the New road, in one of which a child was crying bitterly. The same cries were also heard by different persons on the line of toad on Thurs day morning. Applications were immediately made to the P. lice, and r fficers dispatched in search, but hitherto nothing has been discovered. The poor mother is half wild, and has formed an imptession that her boy has been murdered. The child is tall for its age, very robust, has a dark complexion, round face and hazel eyes, and was dressed in a blue stuff frock, hemmed with pink braiding, and had a round seal skin cap on. Last wet k, a fanner, residing at a village not twenty Miles from York, sent his two sons to Howden fair, wits some horses for sale. But recollecting that youth is rash and inexperierced, and knowing full well that there are sharpers and unprincipled persons always con gregated in such places to take advantage of unsus pecting adoleseace, thought it best, as a wise father, to follow after, and superintend their proceedings. Ac cordingly, the old man went to the fair, and kept a close look-out upon the proceedings of his sons, and when they effected a sale of any part of his stock, carefully took the money into his own safe keeping. The busi ness of the day being accomplished, they all retired to their "host-house," tor refreshment and relaxation; but even here the old man's thrifty habits induced him to tell over his money and make sure that all was safe. In doing this a ten-pound note attracted his attention— " he did n.a like the looks of it—he wished he had it changer isto grtod." A friend heard the remark, and immediately offe.ed, most obligingly, to procure sove reigns for the note. Sa much civility was not to he denied—the note was surrendered to the stranger, who immediately left the company to execute his cammis sittn. From the sequel, it appears that the good mar. had undertaken a difficult task, as he has not yet ben able to return the change. When Dr. Sheridan called one morning on Miss M'Faden, to take his leave of her for a tew days, the young Lady asked, in a tone-that well expressed more than the words which accompanied it, how long he in tended to stay away? To which he tepl ed : You ask how long 111 stay front thee; Suppress these rising fears ; If you should reckon time like me. Perhaps tell thousand years. The Atabiabt, orcommen.i p.ttlence by the following proverb :-- 0 Be 'Agent, mid the mulberry leaf will become satin." SPORTING NEWMARKET FIRST FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. - - - - - - THURSDAY, FURTHER rasiton.aits (coontannus) Immediately on the eoncludon of this day's races. being the last. the visitors, with the exception of those who remain in the neigh hourhood for pheasant shooting, departed s.-. The Marquis of Tied,- field, for Cavendish-square ; Lord and the Hon. Colonel Anson, for Curson.street ; Sir John Shelley, for SnJansetes-street; the Von. T. Dinicombe, for Queen-street, Grosvenor - square, Btc. Hisabie the Duke of Grafton does oot leave the country till November. nit week's sport has been very fair, but has produced meths totally unexpected by tbe most kno wing of the knowing; with scarcely any exception, the favourites,—the Byers,--the invindbks, —have been defeated; and those who, in their ignorance, have eructed more to private opinion than public running, have been nibbled to great erect. The Duke of Grafton's horses in particular have disappointed general expectation.-they lute been beaten by any thing. Rufus has been shorn of his laurels, and must degene rate into the numerous class of respectables. The Wyndham horses have, save the winner of the Derby, kept up their reputation by running weal; bot take the majority of the horses who.have ap peared this week, we do not think they have done any thing to take them out of the common. The races to-day being of considerable Importance, we add fur ther particulars of them the betting was correctly given yesterday. The Town Plate. 1). I. Lap-dog, who won the Derby, and followed up his success by winning at Brighton, was the pet of the race, was to win and nothing else; in fact, few would venture to take the odds, although Derviae acquired some celebrity by winning the 2,000 gs. stakes. They went or in style, Hobgoblin in front, making his very best efforts to pay his respects first to Mr. Clarke, the judge; but though ghostly himself, and of a ghostly brsed, the others were not so easily frightened, for at the turn of the lands, the Lap-dog came up, and barked.* little ' • but it was only a bark, for at the Duke's Stand be gave place to 1./ervise, who contrived to shove his fore quarter. in fronts and was the first to say " How d'ye do r to the judge. The first three made a beautiful race, but Pranks was beat off a loot ,wai,from home. The winner was rude by Buckle; Lap-dog by Xinull; Hobgoblin, by Robinson; and Pranks, by G. Edwards. • Matcli - --150 sot's. Tirailleur and Saracen. Saracen made all the running until neat the cords, where Tirall. leur began his bolting tricks, and very near lost tie race, when he was winning in 9 canter; Saracen then got in front, and was near winning; but being a rank coward, he fairly stopped, thus giving G. Dockery, who had by good jockeyship brought Tirailleur Into straight running, an opportunity of recovering his lost ground, and winning by a neck. The " vile" Saracen was jockled by Buckle. klatch—Vivian Grey and Whalebone Ally. Vivian Grey came off with a slight lead, both making severe running, and finishing a fine slashing race by a neck, In favour of Mr. Greville's 611 y, who was rode by Goodison ; Vivian Grey, by J. Robinson. The King's Plate of 100 gs. R. C. • frumps came off at a brisk pace for so great a distance, closely followed by Rufus ; but *ben hall-way, the latter began blowing, and it was obvious that he had no chance. Stumps kept in front, with the race In band, and won very easy by three lengths; rode by Antall ; Rufus. by his old friend Buckle. The Second October Meeting commences on Monday week; the stakes, plates, and matches are numerous, au also are the entries. SINGULAR FEAT. A few years ago, F. Poole, Esq. undertook for a wager of 50 gs. to ride down the steepest part of the Devil's-dyke, near Brighton, on horseback, a descent of at least 500 yards, and in many places almost vertical! Mr. Poole performed the frightful and rash task with the greatest ease, in the presence of at least 100 sportsmen. In the descent he was allowed to diverge ten yards only to the right or to the left of the starting paint, but so nearly straight was his progress, that he did nut deviate more than three yards from the line. He rode an• aged mare of his own, which rapidly executed her task with her fore feet, and sliding upon her hocks, to the Wallah meat of all present. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday, a man, named Zia, was brought before the Loan Moyoa, charged with having committeda very complicated dance. • A person, named Lloyd, bad met him at a workhouse, where they were both supported by the parish. Lloyd was said to be an we industrious man and he speedily obtained work. Kidd bad alwi been sneaking about the City, and was known to bean idle, less fellow, and he was turned out of the workhouse for miscond Soon afterwards he met Kidd, who appeared to be in great distress, • and asked him to tea. Kidd went to his acquaintance's lodgings, when he was not at home, and in his absence made free with two 'shirts. which he pained. 'Kidd sold the duplicates to his brother; but dtg desirous of getting hold of one of the shirts, he swore be fore a hfltgiurate that he had lost the duplicate of it, and be of course obtained the shirt. The robbery having been discovered, Kidd was taken into custody, and the stolen shin was found upon him. The Loan Maros observed, that the prisoner, who hid been ' frequently before the Magistrates, charged with offences, was guilty • upon this occasion of ingratitude, felony, fraud, and perjury; and his Lordship stated, that there could be no doubt of a conviction. He directed that the prisoner should be remanded, is order that the second charge might bt brought against him. • A watchman, named Stevens. was charged with having assaulted two Officers in the execution of their duty. The officers it appeared, bad, in going their nightly rounds , asked a watc hman whether a public-house on his beat was closed, the hour being half past twelve? The watchman replied that it was closed, and that it was an orderly house. The oScers, how ever, were determined to try, and they found the bowie open ; they therefore expostulated with the watchman, who net only called them thieves and vagabonds, but struck them and threatened them and all others whO attempted to insult his dignity. They were at length compelled to call another watchman to take him into ustody. The Loan IlAroa (to the watchman) --How did you get ap pointed? Watchman—l was in the workhouse, your Lordship, and the Overseer put me on the watch. The Loan Maroe—Aye, that's just the way. The Overseers appoint any idle fellows, whatever may be their characters, to pro tect the inhabitants from thieves. It is well known that there are very few stout men who live upon the Parish, without being idle, and therefore vicious; and these are the very persons selected for our protection to many of the Wards of the City. This is a most disgraceful practice, and I am determined to mention it in the Court of Common Council, in order, if possible, that a remedy may be applied. Mr. Mohler said, that ,the watchmen in many of the wards acted as if they were wholly independent, and treated the public in the ' most tyrannical manner. The Loan Maroa—A great many of the watchmen may be called watchmen for thieves, and not for the inhabitants, because they get out of the' way when any burglary is to be attempted. I have known this to be the case frequently. At the corner of &livens-street, some months ago, the watchman happened to be out of the way when a burglary was committed, and upwards of itl,ooo If the system was strict, there would, I know, be nothing et this I kind occurring; but when the Overseers empty the vtorkbouses for the protection of the City of London, what is to be expected but plunder, when there ought to be security? Mr. Nobler said, that the night before, jest under the these of a watchman, the Resurrection-men had been at work. A dead body bud been actually, raised, and put in a sack, and the Snatchers were taking it over the sailing, where a watchman is ordered to walk up and down to guard the church-yard against those horrible invaders. There was neither protection for the living . nor the dead among some of those guardians of the nightly peace. The Beadle of Bishopsgate parish stated, that the person who ought to have been on duty at the church-yard was ill, and another having been appointed in his place for the night, the body was spry near being stolen off; alarm, however, was given in time to pre vent the robbery. The body was left on the ground, but the an ders escaped, without, however, taking with them their tool*. They must have been at work for a length of time, as the coffin lay seven feet and a half under ground. The Loan MAYOR—So long as this system prevails of electing watchmen, nothing less titan burglaries can be expected, to.say no thing of the various annoyances to which the public are subject, front the coutluct of the watchmen. The Ward of Porisoken, of which Sir J. Shaw is Alderman , was (his Lordship said) one o f exceptions to the rule of which he spoke. GUILDHALL. Thomas Courtney Lloyd, who represented himself to he a willow. bat in.ker, residing in Mark-street, Shareditch, was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury, in swearing to an information before Alderman Arnsair, some time since, that a nest of coiner. might be stized in a place he pointed out. It appeared .bat the prkuner attended before Mr. Alderman Assstv un the 90th ut September, and made oath that he, of his own knowledge, did know that Francis Coleman, who resided in a lodging in the back room on the firstlocr, in the house No. 5, brackley-street, Golden-lane, al as constantly in the habit. of colour ing bast coin, to the likeness of the current silver coin, called half twee.. shillings, and sixpences; and that them was then, as he had radon to suspect, a quantity of such base coin, together with the materials for colouring the same, concealed in ihe said room. A search warrant was accordingly granted, to search the 'house in Brackley•street ; but when the officers met the prisoner to execute It, he told them Coleman had removed to Grocers =hall Court, Cripplegate. Another search warrant was obtained, and tip: pri soner made an appointment to meet the officers yesterday morning. to execute it. The prisoner was first sent to the house to reconnoitre, and he returned with information, that if the officers went to the place in half an hour, they would find Coleman and his wife em ployed in colouring. The officers, however, decided on making the teach immediately, and broke into the premises, but they found not a single individeal therein. They, however, found a fire burning ands kettle on it, and some cream of tartar and nitre, dyes com monly used by colourers of base metal. On inquiry, however, in lirackley-atreet, it was found, that the man who ocenpied the house No. 5, had lived there twenty years, and did not let lodgings; and it also appeared, that Coleman had lived in the house in Grocers-ball Court a twelvemonth.—The prisoner was rt manded. Richard Conan*, a well dressed lad, was charged with a daring robbery. The complainant, Richard Wino°, a young man employed at a warehouse in Maiden-lane, Wood -street, stated, that he was stand ing at the corner of a court in Long-lane, Smithfield, betweeh two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon when the prisoner suddenly cut his watch ribbon, and got possession of three gold seals. He seized him by the collar instantly, abd be then saw the seals in the prisoner's band ; but witness bad his master's child upon his left arm, and could not struggle to.regain his property. The prisoner seemed to have two companions, and the seals were soon passed away behind him. A person witnessed the whore of the attack, but his address was unknown. The prisoner was remanded. BOW-STREET. Mr. rerd,dte landlord of the Red Lion Tavern, in the Strand, was summoned before Sir It. Bleats, by Johnson, for having his home open at a quarter before one o'clock, on the night of the 29th of September ult. , Rawlins, the witnestrbf Johnson, proved that he saw two coach. men in the house of the defendant, a tossing for gin," at the hour mentioned in the information. - _ Mr. John Sidney Taylor said, that he appeared as Counsel kr Mr. Kent. He stated an behalf of his client, that the house was what Is called a watering house, for the hackney coach stand, in the Strand, and it was also an office for the purpose of booking passen gers for a coach, Which conveyed passengets front London to Green. wich, which started from the metropolis between twelve and one o'clock, every night, while the Theatres were open. Two Gentlemen were called for the defence who deposed, that the house of the defendant was used by travellers, also by Gentle men connected with the press, and by Gentlemen of the theatrical profession. Sr IL Brame said, that the Legislature never contemplated the closing of a house of this description, which was not only well con ducted, but was a travellers house. He, therefore, dismissed the information. The Ake was crowded, and the loudest applause followed the decides' of the worthy Magistrate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The two Stewards of the Benevolent Society of Carvers and Gliders, held at the Coach and Horses, in Little Compton-street, were summoned by John Forster, a member of this Society for thirty years, for striking him off the hooks, and refusing him relief. Mr. Harmer attended for the Club, and read a clause from one of the articles, stating, that if any member should be seen gaming, or found at work while on the sick list of the Society, that should be considered an imposition sufficient to warrant excluding the offending men. He should prove that the complainant had been found working at his trade, which would complete his case. The Society had been enrolled, and the articles had not been altered since. There was no arbitration clause. _ _ One of the Stewards stated, that having received infoimation that the complainant had imposed on the Society on former occasions, be, on the 25th of last month, when he was visiter, went to Mr. Forster's rather suddenly, and found him with a brush in his hand, and a pan, doing some process to a frame on the bench before him. Favor, hearing the witness behind him, turned round and said, "Oh I" and laid the brush down. Witness replied, "that is quite sullicient. I see what you are at," and left the rose. Mr. Forster was summoned before Ow Committee, who decided on his exclusion. _ - - Mr. Forster very shrewdly crosswzarnined the last witness, who admitted that be was a tailor, and not cognizant of the process of gilding; be user* saw his hand going backwards and forwards as V pirating; that be had been told the complainant followed his trade while on the siek.list, and said he would find him out if he could. The vieithig days were Meader, but sometimes be went on Wednesdays. Mr. Marshall, a carver and gilder and member of the club, was called to prove the nature of the bus iness. He saw the frame the complainant had been employed on ;it was of the kit-cat size, and at the time Mr. Forster was complained of, was undergoing the first proems—what of discharging the gold, previous to regilding, which might *take an hour or a day. On one occasion when he visited, a child at the door gave the signal of his approach, by calling out " Father;" and when he went into the room the complainant was seated in a chair. Mr. Forster said his wife and apprentice could work at the business as well as himself, and that at the ame the steward spoke of, he was merely giving instructions to his wife as to what had best be done. Sir GIORGI Fikaitaus said his view of the affair was, that the member must be proved to be actually at work. He knew of 'two eases in which members had been excluded improperly; one Was a carpenter, whose chair had wade a hole in a rotten board, and for being found in the act of mending it had been excluded ; the other was that of a tailor, who was found repairing the sleeve of his own cost. The steward in this instance pops in his head, says " That's enough for me," and reports the complainant to the society. It was like a man who provokes another, and says, "Ah now you've struck me," and gets a warrant. Mr. Harmer, on the pan of the Society, consented to withdraw the exclusion at the end of two months from the time of Mr. Forster's susperision. HATTON GARDEN. John ridding was committed, for stealing from the wintsbnp of Joseph Jones, in Copenhagen-onset, White-conduit-Adds, a table ' clock, and other things. Several inhabitants of Compton-street, near the Foundling Hos pits!, applied to the Magistrate to remove a hackney-coach stand. lately established In that street, alleging it to be a nuisance.-not only from the abominable language of the drivers, but from their blacking sip the crossings, by standing dose to each other, instead of keeping the distance prescribed by law. The Magistrate said he could line the driver, of the coaches found standing nearer to each other than nine {eel ; but the Act of Parliament allowed them to stand in any street 30 feet wide from tieb to klrb, except those mentioned in theCounnissionere bye-lawn. M Alit Y-LA-BON HE. Arum Clay Paso , a milk owlet in the employ of the West minster Usiry, Company, was charged,iry a person named Bayton, one of the Dieletors of the CeempuiW t with various acts of embez element. The prlioner bid recelieslihe sews of four sbillinp, and eighteen shillings on two bills vebishbe delivered, and for which the primmer bad not accounted to the Company. Mr. Bayton said it was his determination to prosecute, as the Company bad been re peatedly defrauded in a similar manner. 11r. Gamermt ordered the case to be postponed until Tuesday. James Haines, the young man who was charged at this Offiee yestuday, with robbing a person named George Erritt, of his watch and seals, at a public house called the Rent Day, in Sovereign. street, Edgeware•read, ants brought before I►"r. Gwynn, for anal examination. _ _ _ _ _ _ - A female came forward and offered to swear diet the prisoner was at Koine the whole of the evening of the 4th September, the day the prosecutor was robbed of his watch. Mr. Gatr►ms observed that her evidence might avail him on his trial, but at present dip elm was sufklently strong to go to a Jury. He was accordingly committed. WORSHIP-STREET. CO3 USTAL OF ANOTOBI OP Tat Betwitax•oaars GANG.—Yes terday, Minn Carrington, the son of a respectable master butcher, residing in Brick-lane, Whitechapel, but who has long been under the surveillance of the Police, from his having joined the Bethnal Green gang, was brought before Wawa( Bantam Esq. charged with attacking and robbing Captain Mollsgan, an infirm old Gem dem= residing at the Trinity Alms House*, itlile-end road, under circumstances of very considerable atrocity. It appeared, from the testimony of the Captain and his witnesses, obit a few days back, about twelve o'clock in the forenoon, he Was passing through Bishop Booner's Field, near Bonner's Place, Beth nal Green, when he was pursued by a gang of six fellows, who, on coming within about twenty yards of him, disguised themselves in each others clothes, and thus attired, to prevent recognition, three of them went after the Captain, and the other three concealed themselves in the grass. The three that went in pursuit, on coming up to the old Gentleman, surrounded him, two of them held him, while the third (the prisoner) made a snatch at his watch, but the ribbon attached to it broke, and the prisoner and his co:males tut r.oNDuzi.: Ptinted IA:ul Psibtisbeffbg J. F. KUL'S'. 01 Om fithi 011,1 CY, Xy. 1, Pa:kW-PU:44 Tevie-Jiar. off with the seals, and joined the rest of the gang, who were waiting in ambush for their return in the grass: • They th'en proceeded in a body over a ditch, into a brick-field, where there was a kiln htltind in which they hid themselves, as they thesught frnni obs. rvation - but ther were seen, fi ve of them standing rokti , l the prisoner, wh:, appeared to be producing the plunder. After they 11.,.1 remained a short time in consultation, they exchanged ctitlies iin, the pri soner putting on his own coat, a grey surtout, and all departed in great haste. The officer apprehended the prisoner at his father's house, and there difcovered the skirts of a grey coat which bad been cut front the h?cli, which formed a spencer, and was worn by the prisoner while under examimtion ; and on the officer comparing the part found in the room with that on his back, they were found to cor respond. He was folly committed for trial. His poor father, who stood in the office during the recital of his son's wickedness, on hearing that be was committed for trial, was most powerfully affected, whilst the prisoner appeared cal . loos to every thing, and on behuUing his parent in :c.a.; i 4 he passed him to.the it•ck up room, he exclaimed, " What the II—! are you crying at ?" • There are now four of this desperate gang in Ntsvgate awaiting their trials, besides Boyce and Houghton, the two who were con.- victed last sessions. UNION-HALL .2Vorris, the !settler at the White Hart Inn, at Brixton, was chargeti with having assaulted a respectable-woman, named Ilard:ng. The complainant's face exhibited marks of ill•treament ; both .her eyes were swelled up and blackened, and thr entire of h.r nose was covered over with a plaster, the bridge of it having been broken by a blow, which she alleged the defendant to have given her, with the butt•end of a heavy whip. The Magistrate, after listening to a mass of conflicting evidence; dismissed the complaint. 1 1 Meetings of the Commissioners under the banktupter of Sir William Elford and Co. were held at the Ply.: ,mouth Royal Hotel, on Tuesday, and Thursday, when the time was chiefly occupied in receiving farther prop's of debts. No dividend has yet been declared. Film—Thursday evening, kinween e'en and nine o'clock, tl:e kitchen of a house in Adan arret, Penton sidle, was discovered to be in flames. With 'he assist ance of the parish engine it was got under without far ther damage than the destruction of some furniture. Saturday evening Daniel Taylor, a iirivate of the sth . Dragoon Guards, stationed at Preston, was killed by his own horse, under the following circumstances. ' Taylor, at the time of the accident, was engaged at the New Cock stables, in that town, in trimming the ani mal, and it being one of vicious propensities, a comrade was placed at its head, whilst another held up Due of its fore legs. With these precautions it was consi:!ered that all chance of accident WAS temoved; hut, notwith standing, the unruly beast conttived to mice a despe rate effort, and, while the deceased was in the act of trimming the off hind leg, with the other, it is supposed, it struck the poor fellow in the head, and almlst split his head asunder. Mr. Briggs, the nearest surgeon, was in immediate attendance, and performed the neces• sa-y operations. So terrible was the concussion, that it became necessary to remove a large piece of the skull ; the brains protruded, and in other parts the most shocking fri.ctures had been made. Of course his rate was hopeless; he lingereJ, however, till Wednesday, about two o'cicck in the morning, when he died. A LIVING CHRONICLE.—There is now living on the estate of Captain Wemyss, M.P. John Gray, a farmer, aged 97 years. He remembers the year 1740, famous for its cold and barrenness, and the following year, when as he expresses it, " there was a double crop, though the snow lay in furrows till the month of June." He relates with vivacity the-defeat v f the rebes in the 3e 1745, and witnessed the altercation between .them, the Magistrates and Town Council of Dysart, in its vici nity. He beheld from an eminence above Dysart, the decisive battle of Tranen , , and saw the Royal at my on its march northward on the following day.' DIED. Monday, at Newton St. Loe, the Rev. George Hawkins, M. A Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Thursday, Mr. Hezekiah West, B. A. late Bible Clerk of New College, Oxford. NEWGATR AND I.RADR/sIH ALL MARKBTS, Oer. 6. Beef... 3s 4d to 4s 4d I Veal ...... 4i 0.1 to .5s od Mutton 3s 44 to 4‘ 4tl Pork ...... 3s 44 to 5s 4d Lamb 3s 44 to 4s id. PaICES or HAY •xo STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMDeII. W H ITELN A PEL. Hay 31103 Od to 51 lOs Od Hay 41 Os to 51 Ss 0(1 Clover 61 Os Od to 61 103 Od Clover 41 4s to 61 10s Od Straw 11103 6d to 11 los ad Straw 11 14s to 11,163 Od PRICE OF HOPS, PER CWT. On. 6. maw POCKETS. NEW )ACS. Kent 72s to 100 4 1 Kent ...... 70s to 884 Sussex Essex Farnham fine 1404 to 160s—Seconds. tart* 1401 Old Duty laid at £265f000. PRICE OF LEATHER. 13est Dressing Hides ..... l24d to 13d Common Ditto lsd to 17d Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting l3l to 15d Ditto 45 to 50Ihs ... Calf Skips, .36 to 401bs 164 to 24d Ditto 50 to 70Ihs Ditto 70 to 80Ibs ............... 21d to 2.1 d Small Seals, Greenland) led to 214 Tanned Horse Hides.,, lod to 14d Spanish Horse Hides lod to 15d PRICE or TALLOW, Town Tallow 4Bs 04 I Ye111;w Russia ..... 42s Od White ditto —s Od Soap ditto . —s od ItotoMug Stuff 5 6. 0 d Tallow Imported from S COURSE OF EX Amsterdam ......12 7 CF. I Ditto at aight......12 4 Rotterdam... 2 U 12 8 Antwerp l2 8 Hamburth U 37 6 Altona ... 24 U 37 7 Paris, 3day'ssight 25 65 Ditto .........2 EJ 25 90 Madrid 33i .CIIANGE, Ocr. 6. ISeville 53 Gibraltar. ..... 45 Leghorn 471 Genoa ...... 431 Venice 46 111.ilta Naples Palermo ........ 114 d pet oz. Lisbon 483 Rio Janeiro— 43e Dublin . C0rk......• •••• Cadiz ............ 34 Barcelona ........33 Bilboa .34 PRICES OF GOLD A NDSILVER. Foreign Gold in Bars .............. .e.l 17 6tl Silver, in bars, standard.... ....... . . ....... 4 11.1 SOAP, &c. per 112/b Yellow Soap Mottled .. Curd - 92$ OS Graves 229 :Od Good Dregs ...... Petersburgls. 352 Coke • Pt ice. 27$ Od to 36; 6d 33$ 0.1 to 38s COAL MARKRT, OCT. G• Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 135 Newcastle 96% 41 Sunderlind 27 ARR. DUI. Dublin 1 0 Wart rd 1 0 airrnxr ) and Jersey 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 I Dona gh adee 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 0 Holland 1 0 THIS DAY. France I Taniburgb Flanders Brazil .! Sweden •R R. PM E. 1 0 0 0 V 0 U U 0 0 America 1 Buenos Ayre• 0 1 0 I W ATER at LONDON MUDGE TO MOICI OW Morning 21 minucvs atte• 7 Afternoon 52 mit:ales !ttr 7