Star. — London, England, 1827-09-14 00:00:00

s- NTELLIGENCE. • JBEIMMIEmsnmem IZE LANCASTER, Slim tr. . ?MI EIREArIf NAVIGATION GAVEL—INCOND DA?. At nine o'clock this morning Mr. Baron Hota.oce took his seat, and immediately after The ATTORNEY GINIIRAIo (Sir J. Scarlett) rose to address toe Jury on behalf of the defendants. The Learned Gentleman recited the whole of the evidence that had been brought forward in support of the indict ment, commenting very ably thereon as he proceeded. He said that the present was as impottant a ease as was ever brought into a Court of Justice—important to a town next to the metropolis, the town of Man chester, art.l in fact to the commercial world in gene. ral. From the evidence of the prosecutors them selves, it wks quite evident that the works of the Irwell and Mersey Company were an advantage to the com merce and wealth of Liverpool and Manchester, and that without such, the trade between these large and import ant commercial towns could not be carried on, without great loss aad inconvenience. In the year 1800, twenty seven years ago, at time of the commencement of the Cut, of which they now complain, none but the land holders on the banks of the Metsey complained of it.— There was an action brought by them at Chester against the'pii)filietors at that time, on which he (the Learned Counitl) had the opinion of that late and enlightened Judge, Chief Justice Mansfield, upon the Act of Par liament, which gave power to make necessary improve ments on the banks' of the river Mersey, and to make any flesh cut or canal near there, fur the facility and Convenience of commercial purposes. The Learned Judge, (Mansfield) in slimming up to the Jury. told them that if they considered this canal was necessary or convenient to trade, t h en their verdict must be for the defendants, the proprietors thereof. If such a work was wholly requisite it was his opinion that the Act gave them authority to proceed with the undertaking. The Jurf found fur the proprietors, and the work proceeded. The Sankey Canal communicates with the Norwich Salt Works, with Warrington, and with considerable coal mines in Saint Helens, yet no witnesses were called from any of those places, neither the proprietor of a coal mine, nor the owner of soy of the flats that trade between Liverpool and any of the places above named, to prove that their trade had received the least lojury. The fact was that the Sankey Canal was a nearer and more convenient passage, and the mariners. were not subject to be neaped, therefore complaint was on necessary. The evidence of Mr. Giles, the first en gineer that had been called on the other side, went to show that the new feeder to the cut. had taken a large quantity of water out of the river, and had contracted and lessened the velocity of the current ; but in answer to * question in his cross-examination, he could not say it was lessened so as to prevent the carrying off of the smallest portion of sand. The opinion of the engineers generally was, that water taken out of the river at full tide, was not calculated to lessen the velocity of the water, and all that was taken out of the river was at the flood tides, or if not, it was returned again into the river at Runcorn. Mr. Giles had calculated that a large quantity of water was diverted into the lock from the Mersey every twenty-four hours, but be ought to have deducted the quantity that flowed into the lock at the height of the tide, bedause, according to their evidence, whatever quantity was taken out of the river then, was not of an injurious tendency, and.the times when boats were not Ruing and repassing the lock was closed, coesequently.no water was necessary, therefore none could be taken from the river. It would be sufficient for him to show, that if his Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham) had not proved his case beyond a doubt, he had not made out a case at all, audit was obviout that he had left it doubtful. He would ask, it they wquld convict upon the mere speculation of en gineers? His Learned Friend had told them that he would prove the fact, and would not ask for a verdict upon speculation; but be bad entirely failed. No objeCtion was made to the Nert Cut, until the new Rail way was talked of, and then they began to complain. In 1821 the new feeder commenced, and no complaint was made of that for five years ; and then who com plains? Do the Captains of vessels trading in that port? The Trustees of the Duke of Bridgewatees Ca nal, who ate likely to be injured by it ? Or the inhabit ants of Warrington? These persons were the most likely to experience injury, yet nut one has complained of it. Were they, then, to give a verdict upon the evidence of Mr. Statham, the solicitor to the Corporation, or to that of a few bathers and fishermen? Or would they find a verdict for the prosecutors upon the conflicting testimony they had heard, and which was doubtful? The Learned Counsel said, that if they were of opinion that :he works of the Irwell and Mersey Navigation Company generally had produced any inconvenience to commerce, then their verdict might be against him, bet the evidence was very doubtful, and in that case he warentitled to the benefit of it. It at that rime they entertained such a doubt, he would ask, and be consi dered himself justified, not on any grounds of conveni ence of -his own, but sclely to save public time, whether he should offer any evidenceor not ? Mr. Dammam rose and said, the course was quite irregular to ask the opin i on of a Jury previous to the . . summing up of the Judge. and befor e be had sated Isis opiriion of the law on the subject, as his Learned Friend had grossly misstated his evidence. Mr. Scitat.arr then said, that he should proceed to call bis witnesses, and would prove to them, that the quantity of water taken out was not so great as described, and that if it were taken out to all eternity it would not make any change in the river. He should also prove, that at this time the Mersey was as navigable as it was twenty years ago, and much more so. The Learned Counsel said, that he trusted that whatever tie decisi n in the case was, he hoped it would put an end to all fur ther proceedings. Upwards of twenty witnesses wqe examined, whose evidence went to prove that the land freshes were the great cleansing powers, and not the tideal waters, and that these freshes altered the course of the channel con siderably , and made frequent changes in the shoals, and the water shallower. '1 he Company's works had no sensible effect on the river, and that the dry season or the two last summers produced all the dersits com plained of; yet, notwirhstanding, many of the witnesses stated that the river Mersey was in a better state than it was formerly. At about Ir;11f-past five o'clock Mr. Barn:mot rose to•reply. The Learned Counsel made a ♦ery luminews speech, and said that as they had some time before ex. pressed a desire to deliver their verdict, which we, contrary to the regular proceedings of Courts of Jus tice. he should not trouble them with any lengthened remarks; but he sincerely trusted, that they would -not form their opinions acc3rdingto the very able and - jirdi•• citrus manner in which his Learned Friend, the Attor-, is Pv.llll nay .Geueral, had aed up his (Mr. Drmhfuies) evidence, for he bad grossly misstated 'Aii which had been offered the day previous, and which most probably they had forgot. He therefore trusted, that they would weigh impartially the evidence on both sides. lie stood before them, on this account, in the greatest embarrassment intaginable ; but he would sit down, confidently trusting to their judgment upon the evidence he had addoceJ, and under the conviction that he had done his duty towards that respectable body, the Corporation of Liverpool, whom he had the honour of representing. The Learned Gentleman concluded by observing, that he was satisfied the Jury would use thrit judgment indiscriminately and impartially. Mr. Baron HOLLocx then proceeded to sum up the evidence to the Jury, and said, they must be satisfied that the nuisance complained of, was proved to them ' beyond doubt, before they found the defendants guilty. The question for them to con.ider was, whether' he river was in as good a state as it was seem .years ago. He was of opinion that the Act which had been alluded to, gave the defendants full power to make any new cuts, so as that trade and commerce generally were improved. If they were of opinion clearly, from the evidence of the plaintiffs, that such works were injurious to trade, then they would find the defendants guilty; but if they be lieved the evidence on the other side, then their verdict tatut be, not guilty ; but if there was the least doubt upon their nunds, he would read over the whole of the evidence. . . The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and then re' turned a verdict of Not Guilty. LETTER FROM HASTINGS, Sm. 12. " I don't know whether you ever had the pleasure of visiting the Hastings theatre, Mr. Editor, but such a theatre is not to be met with every night, and I'll tell trots how I found it out. I met with an old friend the other morning, in Powell's library ; and, after we had discussed the state of the weather and the Ministry. quoth he, " Have ypn been to the theatre ?' " No, said I; " is there anything there mirth seeing ?" " Why Jones is perforating there!" said he. " What Jones?" asked I. " Why. the great Jones of Covent-garden," said hr. " Well, but I thought he had taken his leave of the stage altogether!" said I. "So did I," said he, 1" but I met him this morning on the parade, and he Mils me that was a mistake of the newspapers—for that 'be had only taken his leave of Covent-garden."— " Good," said I ; " then I'll go and see him to-night;"so 4 did, and I went, and having poked my way through divers dark streets-..for Hastings can't afford to light its streets till after Michaelmas•--I found the theatre; and with a little more poking about—tor the managers of the Hastings' theatre don't illuminate externally—l found an open door, and just within this open door I found A very dignified-looking personage, wrapped up in a scarlet and blue military cloak, and seated inside of a sort of pigeonhole.—in fact, at the receipt of cos tom. ' 44 Is this the box entrance?" said h " No, Sir," said be." this is the gallery ; the box entrance is round *the corner." Round the corner I went, and who should I see sitting there but the very same dignified person in the scarlet and blue military cloak—still within a pigeon.hole. " Is this the box entrance r said I. " No, Sir," said he, " this is the pit; the box entrance is round the other corner." Well, I went round the other corner ; and there. to my utter astonishment, was the self-same dignified personage in the scarlet and blue military cloak, and still seated in his pigeon-hole as before I I irks puzzled. Like Sir Boyle Roche, I could not un tierstand bow a man could be in three places at once— barring he wasn't a bird or a fish. But, after all, the thing was very simple; he sat on a sort of music-stool, in the middleof a three•sided box, with a pigeon-hole on each side, and so turned himself about, to box, gal lery, or pit, as he happened to be wanted. A very in genious and economic contrivance, I think ; and well worthy of imitation in all theatres--more especially in the provincial ones. " Within the house, I found everything upon the same ingenious and economic. principle. The orange peel, sandwich-wrapFers, imperial pop corks, and other litter of the preceding nights, instead of having been swept out, were swept into the corners of the boxes, rim; only one lamp in three was lighted—but with very powerfully scented whale oil ; the scenery was painted in a fine, free, slapdash style—unincumbered by any of the old stupid rules of light, shade, and perspective; the orchestra was filled by two fiddles, a bass viol, and a flute with one key; and on the stage, sum enough, there was Mr. Jones playing Goldfinch - in the Road to Ruin to " a numerous, fashionable, and delighted audience"—vin. seven elderly visitors and their appen dages; thirty or forty resident tradesmen and their wives and" darters ;" ten or twelve master fishermen —and their apprentices; a portly butcher, with his steel by his side; thirteen footmen, and Mr. Farley, of Covent Garden Theatre,—which latter Gentleman leaned to be quite lost in admiration o what he saw, smelt, and heard. Mr. Jones absolutely went beyond himself—or at all events, he went far beyond the restsif the dram. per:. except in "splitting the ears of the groundlings." His delights were dolphin-like—and show'd his back above the element he lived in. How he got into that element is best known to himself— perhaps it was "a truant disposition;" for certainly he could have no great expectation of profit in such an extremely small and economically managed concern. The house, when filled, will scarcely contain enough to pay a night's salary to a couple of London stars, and here has Mr. Jones been starring it these five or six nights to a very " beggarly account of empty boxes;" a score or two of shillings in the pit, and one row and a half in the gallery. lam told his bargain was one third of the receipts and a clear benefit. Blessed is he who expecteth nothing—for he shall never be disap pointed. The benefit was on Monday night last—the play the Sob& jar Scandal—CliarksSurface. Mr. Jones; Sir Peter'Jenne by Mr. Dawkins (brother of Mr. Daw kins, late M.P. tor Hastings), announced in the bills as " a highly distinguished amateur." Here was a star and a cornet in conjunction!--and yet, such is the stupidity of the Hastings visitors, that not more than one half of the seats were remain, Mr. Editor, your most obedient. " P. P." " P.S. Dowton, of Old Drury, is announced for ae neat star; but, like his sprightly predeceasor, he will find that there - aie very few star gazers along shore." The Sale of the Theological end Classical Library of the tate RPV. Dr. Gasaow, SOO of Baron Gaasow, took place on Friday last, at the Rectory House, East Barnet. The Club-room, at the Boer', Head, in East Cheap, where the FELTON portrait of SHAIMILARIL is supposed to have been hung, after the -house was rebuilt, was likewise decorated with some rude paintings of tie Gadshill robbery, and resemblances of contemporary poets and players. FOLIC* IgTELLIGENCE., 4;46 *IAItSION-Housa. • •+l2 VOG Telierday several perste* Inhabitants of the pub& Ott. Botolpb,l Bishopegate, were wammosed before the Loma MAYOR, fog having refused to pay the Church Mite demanded by the authorities in that parish. It appears that formerly the parish used to remunerate the Rector for his religious labours with 6001. or 700 f. a year, and that in order to oblige everzt buly to contribute more effectually to hi= comforts the consent of the Parish to a Bill in Parliament was obtained The Dill, which passed into a law, and is the 6th of George IV. makes a provision of very considerable magnitude indeed for the Bishop of Chester, the Rector; and newel of the Inhabitants opeoly espress their disapprobation of the manner in which the money raised by virtue of this Bill le disposed of. The Bill also provides, that in case the sums of money mewed and paid now shall not be sufficieut for the purposes intended, it shall be lawful for the Churchwardens, in a public meeting, 'elflike such additional mesenteric as will make up the deficiency of the original assessment, or add the amount of such deficiency to thy amount iso be raised by the neat succeeding assessment. One of the inhabitants upon being complained against by Vestry Clerk [or having refused to pay 21.55. Church Rate, established by Mt of Parliament, requested to be allowed to his obietakite.• if. stated, that the rate had been raised within a years from 11001. or 700! to the enormous sum th 4,0001. per annum, serest to be attributed to the interferes= of Lord Liverpool, whose partiality sailikd the parish' with the new Rector, who, wider prettnee of raising the tithes, obtained the assent of the parlibto - - • the Act wilibk 7 novrollalaill Woe Loan elaronirsro hotaguois4 =ant, statiog,that ficr could not listen to any attacks stab Tbia defendant said, that he Mimi ilbSaintr cause why ho P . hied to pay. He then stated, as ad ebk the DOeitCS Tared by Act of Parliament bad tot builFailligllbl with. • The Vestry .Clerk deposed, that all menliksceek the, Act had I been done. Sane other objections, as o :=re then onea timed ; bet the Vestry Clerk said ;bat And Wm cow plied with to the letter. The complainant said that be bad another ek uden. founded upon the mismanagement of the rate. He diet of see how a rate levied, as the Act stated, to keep in repair the church and church yard, could be properly applied to the purchase of a law in a sgoare for the Rector, and improvements therein, and yet sock application had been made of the money assessed. The Loan Maros observed, that be had no jurisdiction in a case of misapplication of the parish noonsy—a complaint to that Oka must be made elsewhere; and said that be saw nothing is the objections, and decided that the'doofessdant must pay the rate. The defendant said that he should appeal against the decisions, and that I. should apply for a Mandamus to the gin g's &ark to prevent the Authorities from misapplying the money raised by the rate.—None of the other defendants appeared, and orders were I loaned against them foe' the several sums. GUILDHALL. A *omen, who from her squat stature has been nick-named the Dumpling," and who has infested Fleet.ararket for many years, was brought before Sir Pavan Lanus yesterday, Laving bees found in the street the previous evening beastly drunk, and annoy: fog the passengers. She presented to the spectator. a pitiable spur churn of the effects of bald drinking Upon the constitution. The A 0111/4•11 seemed shocked at her appearance, and restarted that no such sights were to be seen on the Continent. Ho had been traveUing there for two months, and had not °thrived a single woman in a state of intoxication, and he believed but one man. The increasing habit of drunkenness was a great disgrace to this country. Having beard the prisoner's character from the *Seem he mid lenity to her would be cruelty to the coannonky, and be therefore committed her for one smooth to lkidewell. iraltimn live was also committed to the same place far one month for attempting to introduce half a gallon . 0 gin Into therDebton' Prison, Whitecrme•street. Now was the fiftieth elgaskr who been detected is bringing hi spirits within a year. • HATToN.O A R DEN. A youth, about 17, was dowsed with 0011116 him Welber with a clasp knife, ID a qaarreL The iodivideal Viosmald having been removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, the prhaser Wei maaaladed. M A RL BO ROUGH-STRiXt • Testerday youth. DS _years el age, muted dist 2 Was before • Hu and be shoold therefore keep it until the realeigartinisheitibalt never said anything about keeping the prisoner ari, but sent MO away to bring the *weer. The erica, however, beim missed by Mr. 1111artema's seemed, sespicloo fell upon the primmer, and he was thaw* with the theft, which be at mice acknowledged, and told whin be bad left the Amin with Mt. Learn, but that be bad get nothing far it. Mr. Legatos now produced the spoon, which the servant idea► feed as Ma Wharton 's property, and the primer was fully two. edged for trial. Mr. Harries, proprietor of ease of the Brantford stages, apposed tea* imformation preferred by Byers, the imioneer...-Upob these. cowl day of Aecombeath Rams, a Mr. hoes, of Breetford, mewl the elefeedent's mach to take him sod a party to she Races end hack. A pow-hone license was accordingly prowered, and mime of tise:party gotup in Leedom, ethers-at Breittfaed. L the evening Me party returned to town, when some of thews get down at the White Horse Cellar, at which place Rawline, Illyor's man, was Maims out for defaulters; whoa he swore that he saw two of the pay The coachmen is. 611, tech, being the .fare to Lamle& persons defendant, by taking up passengers for hire, rendered himself Roble to the penalty of Ice for each person. Mr. Jones seism po sitinly that the coach waseogaged by bin, and that so pima bat kb friends got up. Sir Games Fawav In aptly dismissed the case, to the mortification of the informer and his worthy colleague. MARY-LA-BONNIL doffs TRU was yesterday brought up for learenmiledon, charged with stealing drinking glares. It'appnaredi la evidence that the prisoner, on Sunday hal, dark's the bony of Inssintss in the reining, *sneaked into the home of Mr. Sewed(, is Tottenham court-road, and watching an oplusstunity, pocketed four drinking glasses, and was quietly moving off when stepped, miff the gimes found in his possession. He then protested he knew nothing afoot tire matter, and affected intoxication. Ile was sent to the Watch house and brought to the Ogee the next day, and was remanded until inquiries could be made.--No ether charges odd be brought forward against the prisoner. lie was, however, on this charge committed to Newgate for trial. QUERN-SQUARE. V. Davis was ebirged with steeling a *Min et beef from the shop of a hitcher, in Dean.atreet, Westminster. The prisoner went into the shop and bargained for a shedder of lanai. and while it was welshing, ran off with the beef; but a bee and cry was raised, and he was stepped by a Bow-street carer. In detente, be urged extrema distress, but was folly committed. - TOWN-HALL Joseph /Wit and Haws Hawed, pa per. wen easakted foi a month each to Britton, for creating a round the home of Mr. Steel, Overseer ofik. George-the-Martyr, - and threatening the life of one of the Beadier. - of her confinement, a few months ago, she brought f ort h a so li tary " p l e d g e of love." Unfortunately it happened to be a deep black; Iwhile the colour of its fond mother approached to tor• toiseshell. The " wee thing" was doomed to die: it was dragged out of the waren bed which its parent had carefully selected for her own comfort, and it was left to perish on the cold ground. A fortnight ago, she gave birth to three more, one of which had the misfor. tune not to be clad with skin and hair resembfi4 its mother's, it was ousted; and though again and again placed in its bed by the kindly hand of sympathistog woman, it was as frequently turned out anew, and at length consigned to a watery grave the victim of a parent's pride and cruelty.—Shettid Corrant. Between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, while a boat belonging tea transport, with two seamen, two women, and three children, was crossing from Ho. therhithe to Limehouse; an infant -in the arms of one of the women, by a sudden jump or wring, slipped out of her arms, and fell into the stream. The mother, in state of distraction, instantly threw herself oat of the boat for the purpose of preserving her child, but she was unable to do so, and sank in the attempt. One of the sailors jumped out, and succeeded in saving the life of the child, and then exerted himself in the most hu• made manner to save the unfortunate mother, but his endeavours were unsuccessful, as it is supposed thetide ef good, which was strong at dream, carried her bodf under a large tier of vessels moored a little above the the place where the accident happened. The used means were promptly employed . in searching for tb c body, but it was not discovered at seven o'clock. Tbt deceased was the wife of one of the seamen on boo/ the vessel to which the boat belonged. BIRTH. The IVA Inst. at Portsmouth, the Lady of Major Anders:o, s6 Regiment, of a daughter. MARRIED. The Rev. D. F. Markham, M.A. of Christ Church, 0 11 " and Prebeadary of Windier, to Frances Nanoette, second 44" l et Sir W. Milner, Bart. DIED. Yesterday morning, at his home, in Ludgate-street, Joseph / be man, Esq. in his 64th year. At Dandelion the find ult. Mr. William asset, sem Fneeb 4lsl .,__. aged 95 years; leaving seven children, forty - three grand -cow ! and five great grand-children. Few men have lived more roped* or.clied more justly lamented than this venerable old Gentle'''. His principles, his manners, and the whole course of his life, at man and a Britian, greatly and deservedly endeared him to swig circle of ' , ladies and friends. Dublin Witted,. rd Gs..si.ss. and Jerk") • Lisboa • 11 AILS-1 •at. bet 1 0 1 0 O 0 Al 0 O 0 O 0 0 Dowietatime Buenos Ayr*. Hollaod DAT. ' Swtdeu Make Jamaica Leewad lauds ♦l4 11° 1 0 O 1 O 1 O I O 0 O 0 O 0 HIGH- W ATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO MORROW . 'Morning • 10 minutes after Afternoon • 41 minutes after Loamy: Printed sod Pebefaimed by lore M•rrt. be ?Mr $1 the STAI Orrice. Nv. 1, Pickett•place, Teeeternae. brovibliereorele. - A.Roa, ll4thitSiang d i ar t awkh or conceit in a cat, lately o 1 Keating a silver spoon tram daellisear of Ilia a lilendialina of a friend of ours in this residing In Graf toe-afta, Bea‘gtreet. It appeared by die awl- Grimalkin, to which he re dance, that the prisoner wee onot by Ids master, a M.* painter, to eir ago' ty 'afar. and her admi do some work at tie reddest" iihr tai 1 the family trontrondlOile la". in die we a gift tenrabe will not want; and while deka this watt, Use losiosper wok ass voila Ow own offspring, of stealing a diver open% will& be tarried to the shop ale Mrs w i t h co l ours d i fferent two Lawns, Sionmobary. whore he oared it for oaleoed 311% Sawa " 2:7...... — O t. a hl occasion t at once told dins that be gas rite owe Owe the spade was stolen, ..,. I‘,. 1,,,........L. ,... . _ . .. . .. UNION HALL. The Magistrates of this Clic; having ITad repeated complaints of the nightly scenes of riot and disorder constantly going forward in hones" of the worst kind in the neighboorhood of Kent•street, Southwark, granted their warrant for a privy search, which was put into execution on Wednesday night, and yesterday morning about sixty individuals, male and female, the greater number t►ieves and prostitutes, were brought before the presiding Magistrates, War. Sweaty, J. T. Ilona, and D. Kure, &qrs. for the purpose of examination. The prisoners, It appeared, were all apprehended in brothels and low lodging-houses, the receptacles for the most profligate and abandoned of both sexes, who resort to that part of the town. The officers who performed the duty described the scenesln some of the lodging houses as of the most revolting nature, moat of them being very small houses, notwithstanding some of the rooms con tained upwards of sixteen or seventeen persons, male and female who were all of them huddled together without any distinction of sex. Those of the prisoners who were Identified as having been previously convicted as reputed thieves were held to bail to appear at the next Sessions, and the remainder were discharged, after hav ing been admonished to keep away (tom the abominable hewn ie which they were fouhd. During the investigation, two young females, the abler not mere than 15 years of age, were descrihed as hiving been discoveted in bed aeons with two men in ooe of the brothels in White Bear Gars dens, that lead out of Kent-street. rtlaisey. the constable of. St. George's, who apprehended theM, stated that ,it house oet of which he took them was of the most infamous kind; scarcely a '*2.t It Jai ,Iskitioti!an • 40; puma eftWenost &Agra deittlpthin y m ost perpetrated therm Mr. Swain asked whether the two young creatures W ore him were known to any of the officers or coostahks o.ower was in the expellee. Maisey stated that he was cortvine u t they bad only just commenced to lead a wr e tch e d ar e o f pen lotion. Thi Magistrate took every pains In eliciting the Mut of their unfortunate histories, and having ascertained they wee, both InZiolle to reclaim and go into eti attylum, he immediately wrote to the Governors at the Magdakn in their behalf, rt eft. mending them as fit objects fir the Institution. Mr. Sweiewr then spoke to one of the parish officers as —" The Magistrates arc most anxious to put down s , l the ide houses of the above description in the district; bet witholw to paridt oaken do their duty, It will be impossible to 4. press as isotrible a noises= is disgraces the metropolis; and it behoves the parish authorities to indict the keepers of• theta at the Sessions. The Magistrate added, that It was filht kla wish to ramjets the unfortunate girls who frequented these beissesZz it was the keepers of them that tidy deserved the severest punish: nrem that the law allowed:* The Parish °dicer intimated his determination to comply wit& the recommendation of the Magietrate. LATIN AND LABODR.—The following anecdote vat related by the late John Adams, even to the lan days of his ilk m with all that goad home* a which was so abstamedstia el Mt kis presumed has not passed away from the Weis e ( Iv have beard ft from his own Ups ; a few only of his ,t s; premien. are remembered t..-" When I was a boy I bad to mak the Latin grammar, but k was dull, and I bated it. Aly fath er was anxious to send me to College, and therefore I studied tie grammar till I could bear with it no longer; and, going to txy father, I told him. I did not like study, and asked fur some other employment. It was opposing his whiles, and he was quirk it his answer. • Well, John,' said he, 'if Latin grammar dews mit suit you ' you may try ditching, perhaps that will; my kinks! yonder needs a ditch, and you may put by Latin and it)* that: This seemed a delightful change, and to the meadow I went; ;let I soon found ditching harder than Latin, and the first fig* noon was the longest I ever experienced. That day I ate the bread of labour, sod glad was I when night enure as, That al* I made some comparison between Latin grammar and QS big. bat Mid not a word about It. I chit the next forenooni and snail to return to Latin at dinner, but k was himihatiag,as4 1 4 m u not do it. At night toil conquered pride, and I told my fe dim (doe of the severest trials of my life), that, if be chose, 1 web] ge s back to Latin gransmar. lie was glad of It ; and if I have s dike gained any distinction, it has been owing to the two days' labi Er la that abominable ditch."—Sefees Omen& It is, perhaps. not generally known, :hat the sill on which the Boar's Head Tavern—the scene of EALST.afs jollity, and where the wits and wags of a former age once assembled, and which by tradition was the: te. vourite tavern of SHAKEPILAR., BURBAGE (the pia yet), Ind Bow &meow, who usually returned along it.on. don Bridge from the Globe Theatre to this houet• of ainment--is still pointed out to the traveller, l.'s Boar's Head, rudely chisselled in stone in front of the second story °Ca house in East Cheap, on the right hod from St. Paul's, and a short way from Fish•street ElilL The original tavern was burnt at the Ste of London. Yesterday while a man cleaning a window on tie second floor. Borough, Hixh.street, he fell on the pant• and was so desperately hurt, that he died in abott an hour. A few evenings ago some desperate villains broke into the Anabaptist Chapel at Lewisham, in Kent. They contrived to gain an entrance by climbing up to and of the upper windows which had been left partially epee for the benefit of the air. livery thing valuable ,was stolen, all the brats chandeliers were broken of, sat every piece of bran that it was possible to remove! sat • carried away. The following instance of what we may term pride conceit in lately came under the observation this neighbourhood. The fair re refers. carries her notions of admiration of her own person is condescend to nourish and if they happen to be tinted what adorn her own pretty • • oft .1 se