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,' "" • . , ..•‘ :~ WILLIAMS. THE BISHOP Op LONDON AND TnE REV. MR• The correspondence of the Bishop of London and the Rev. Theodore Williams, in reference to the chapel now being built by Mr. Wilberforce at Mill-hill :-- " London-house, May 22, 1829. REV. St a--A copy of a notice, which you state it to . be your ntion to have published in church next Sunday, has just been put into my bands. " It is so indecent and improper, that I have no hesitation in prol.ibiting its publication, which would subject you to ecclesiastical censures. Mr. Wilberforce, lam persuaded, will be ready to con. sitter calmly all objections to his plan. I will ascertain, in the mace of a day or two, the effect of &district as to pews and repairs, which, I believe, you have misunderstood. " I am, Sir, your faithful servant, • Rce. T. Wilberforce." " C. J. LONDON." Mr. Williams having, in mere courtesy and candour to Mr. Wilberforce, enclosed to him a copy of a notice hich it was in contemplation to publish, this gentleman, with no very honourable intention, and without the least intimation to Mr. Williams, immediately conveyed it to the Bishop of London ; who, presuming upon an autho rity which he does not possess, addressed Mr. Williams in this intemperate and unprovoked manner. The letter is evidently written without the least consideration, as it is directed to the Rev.T. Wilberforce, instead of the Rev. T. Williams. And the notice,which the Bishop is pleased to term indecent and improper, and which, in his opinion, was to call down ecclesiastical censures, is printed on page 16 of Mr. Williams's " Address to the inhabitants of Hendon," and is this :—" Mr. Wilberforce having, without the least intimation to the Vicar or the inhabi tants, applied to the Church Commissioners for a district to be attached to his proposed Chapel, and the effect of such on application, if granted, being to preclude ell those who may be contained in that district from a right to a seat in their parish church, as well as to subject them to the future repairs of the said Chapel, a Special Ves try will be held on —, to take into consideration in what manner so injurious a proceeding to the interests of religion, to the parish at large, and to private property, should at once be met." We confidently leave it with the reader to determine which is the more indecent and im proper, and which is the more worthy of . ecclesiastical censures—the Bishop's letter, or Mr. Wi:liains's copy of notice. ANSWER. " Hendon Vicarage, Saturday Morning. " My Loup—Those who are in the constant habit of witnessing my attention to every particular connected with my Church, will, I am sure, prove that I am incapable of acting indecently in so sa. cred a pla ce. " As my diocesan, I should certainly (if the notice had been mine) have attended to your prohibition ; though I would, with every de ference, submit whether it could have subjected me to ecclesiastical censure. _ " But it was yesterday determined in the parish, that the no. tice to be given on Sunday next should simply be—' to fix on an early day, by special notice, for a meeting to take into considera tion Mr. Wilberforce 's application to the Church Commissioners :' a copy of which special notice I will immediately torward to London-house. . " I have read the several Acts with great attention, and shall be most happy to find that I have misunderstood them. " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " THEO. WILLIAMS." Mr. Wilberforce must have been fully aware that the form of notice bad not been determined when he so dis ingenuously applied to the Bishop of London; and as the promise of a district had at this time been actually given to Mr. Wilberforce, the Bishop ought to have known that Mr. Williams had not misunderstood the ef fect of a district. " Hendon Vicarage, June 20, 1829. "111 r Loan BisHoe—May I take the liberty of asking, whether, in the event of my building a Chapel at )lill-hill, con. sisting almost wholly of free seats, you will consecrate it ? After all that has transpired, I cannot but be anxious to obtain this in. formation previous to incurring so heavy an expence ; and as, with the existing population of Mill-hill, there can be no plea nor pre tence for a district, I propose to make it a parochial chapel, to be served through the incumbent of the mother church, in such a manner and with such a stipend as you may think proper to direct. —I am, my Lord Bishop, your humble servant, " THEO. WILLIAMS.' " P. S. As I have been presented with a most desirable piece of ground for the purpose, and as the season is far advancing, I trust I shall be forgiven while requesting an early reply. " The Lord Bishop of London." As soon as Mr. Wilberforce commenced drawing bricks to the ground on which he is now building his chapel, and before the building had been in any way begun, Mr. Williams gave him notice, under the advice, and in a form prepared by Mr. Patteson, that he should oppose, by every legal means, his unjustifiable proceedings. In consequence, it is supposed, of this notice, and of the Co mmissioners having ascertained that they had been assum ing powers which the Legislature had not vested in them, the Bishop of London recommended Mr. Wilberforce not to proceed with his building ; and that recommendation was adopted. Bat the moment Mr. Williams offered, as above, to build a parochial chapel, and under such re-I strictions as would preclude all objections, did not the Bishop of Loudon again write to Mr. Wilberforce, and, though the best part of the season had gone by, lvise him to forthwith prosecute his intention of building a chapel ? The object in this advice is too evident to re quire comment. And it is asked—Did the Bishop of London ever acquaint the Board of Commissioners with Mr. Williams's offer ? It is believed that he did not. ANSWER. " Fulham, June 22, 1829. " Rev. Sir—His Majesty's Commissioners for Building addl. tional Churches and Chapels having consented to vest in Mr. Wil berforce the perpetual right of nomination to a Chapel intended to be erected by him in the parish of Hendon, and a question hav ing arisen touching the powers of the said Commissioners in that respect, I cannot return a definitive answer to the inquiry con tained in your letter of the 20th inst. till that question has been de cided. But I may say, generally, that 1 conceive both the Commis sioners and myself bound, after what has passed, to afford Mr. Wil. berforce every facility for the completion of his design. " I am, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, " Rev. Theod. Williams." " C. J. LONDON. Because Mr. Wilberforce (and in the grossest violation of all good faith) intended to build a proprietary Chapel at Mill-hill, the incumbent and patron of the living is to be thus indirectly prevented from building a parochial Cha pel ; and because the Bishop of London is pleased to make an illegal and improper promise, yet, for the sake of his promise, and of those who sat with him, he feels himself bound to afford Mr. Wilberforce every facility for the completion of his design. " According to my honour and my conscience, " 1 cannot break my word." Mr. Williams, urging upon the Bishop of London the injustice of the Commissioners attempting to enforce a district, not only against the wish of the patron and in cumbent of the living, but of the parishioners at large, who had, by unanimous vote of vestry, declared such a measure inexpedient, was told in reply, that the vestry were afraid to act otherwise, lest he should be obnoxious to them in the collecting their tithes, &c. This unguarded assertion induced the following letter : " Hendon Yikarage, Aug. 29, 1829. " My Lord Bishop—You yesterday "thought proper to state to me, that the opinion of the Vestry, which was forwarded to the Commissioners, had been elicited under improper influence, and that the persona expressing that opinion, and supporting that resolution, were afraid to act otherwise, Init. I.sbould be obnoxious to them in the collecting their tithes. " A compromise of principle or opinion, from worldly fear, or from worldly advantages (though the channel through which so many rise), is despicable conduct indeed. In common justice, therefore, to myself, and to the highly respectable parties upon whom so unjust and unworthy a reflection has been cast. I would respectfully ask of your Lordship the author of the wicked untruth ? " The parish will, I am sure, meet it as it ought to be met, and your Lordship's moral sensibility will at once induce you to give the information. " I am, my Lord Bishop, your humble servant, " THEO. WILLIAMS. " The Lord Bishop of London." That there might be no mistake, nor misunderstanding on this occasion, Mr. Williams, immediately on leaving the house of the Bishop of London, went into an almost adjoining shop, and put down upon ,paper the subject matter of the conversation which had just taken place between the Bishop and himself ; and, on returning to Hendon, wrote the above letter. It were absurd to suppose that Mr. Williams could have invented such a matter ; and has not the Bishop of Lon don expressed himself to the same effect on otherlocca sions ? He knows that ho has ; and yet what is khis answer ? "Fulham, August 31, 1829. " Rev. Sir, —ln answer to you : note of the 29th instant, which has just reached me, I have only to state, that you quite misunder stood me, if you supposed me to make any such assertion as that which you have been pleased to attribute to me. I am, Reverend Sir. your faithful servant, " Rev. Th. Williams." " C. J. LONDON. It having been stated by Mr. Wilberforce, at a public meeting, that he had been promised by the Commissioners a copy of the opinion which they were about to take from the Attorney and Solicitor General, Mr. Williams was ad vised to request the same favour. Havinc , made this re quest, he received in reply the followini ' letter—a letter which, at least, proves that the Bishop is occasionally incorrect in his statements ; for it is an undoubted fact, that copies of the opinion had been given away, and one of them, as we are informed and believe, by the Bishop himself. " Fulham, Nov. 11, 1829. . __ ___... " Dear Sir,—Mr. Jelf informs me that Mr. Wilberforce has not had a copy of the opinion referred to in your letter. I imagine that he has only the substance of that opin!on, as to the difficulty Of assigning districts under the 7th and Bth George IV. " The Commissioners do not think it right to give copies of opi. nions which are obtained for their own guidance. " I am, dear Sir, your faithful servant, " Rev. T. Williams." " C. J. LONDON. On February the 17th Mr. Williams sent to the Bishop' of London two copies of his " Address to the Inhabitants of Hendon," nor did ho receive any reply whatever in re ference to their contents. On March the 12th Mr. Wil hams called on the Bishop respecting the marriage vali dity bill, which was then passing through the House of Lords. He had scarcely spoken to the Bishop on the subject before he was told, in the most abrupt and offen sive manner that he had stated a falsehood in his Address,' &c. Mr. Williams replied, if the Bishop would inform' him to what statement he alluded, he no doubt should be able to exculpate himself from such a charge. The Bishop hastily answered—" To that in which he was, said to have informed Mr. Williams that Mr. Wilberforce had complained to him of a neglect of duty," &c. Mr. Williams, immediately recalling to the Bishop's remem brance not only the day on which the information was given, but other and peculiar circumstances which were connected with this information, and which precluded the possibility of a mistake, was again told by the Bishop, in extreme irritation, it was a gross falsehood. Mr. Wil liams, feeling that he could not continue to listen to such degrading and unworthy language, left the Bishop ; and after communicating with some professional friends, wrote to him in these words: " March 12, 1830. "My Lord Bishop--After the unwarrantable and indecent terms, gross falsehood,' used by you this morning, I feel, in corn.. mon justice to myself, I ought immediately to make public all that has transpired between us, from your Snit intemperate letter, and your subsequent conduct respecting the ordination of Curate, to the present time. " As a Clergyman, and awfully responsible to my GOD for my words, I do most solemnly and sacredly assert, that you did inform me that Mr. W. Wilberforce had complained to you of my neglect of duty, &c. And I can only regret, with too many others of your diocese, that from the hasty manner in which you are in the habit of expressing yourself, you should be so continually forgetting what has fallen from your lips. " I am, my Lord Bishop, your humble Servant, " THEO. WILLIAMS. " The Lord Bishop of London." For what purpose, except to prevent Mr. Williams from placing a Curate at Mill-hill, and to further the de sign of Mr. Wilberforce, did the Bishop of London refuse to ordain a gentleman of character, of talent, and con nexion, unless he withdrew his name as a subscriber to a branch school of the British and Foreign School So ciety ? What will the world say of such an act of men tal tyranny ? And what will they say when they are told that the individual who in these times had dared to ex ercise it, has since (with his usual consistency, and after having been told that the circumstance would be brought before Parliament) himself become a benefactor to the same Society ? And with reference to the indecent and unjustifiable language used by the Bishop to Mr. Williams, we can only remark, with unfeigned regret, that no excuse can be given for it, but " He bath been rash from his youth upwards." And again, as to what Mr. Williams so solemnly as serts that the Bishop told him, if it had not been the case, it is impossible to suppose that Mr. Williams could have been (we will not say so unprincipled, but) so blind to his own interests, as to make a statement which the Bishop could have immediately contradicted, but which he did not, and to send the paper containing the state ment to the Bishop himself. That Mr. W. Wilberforce and his nearest relatives have been circulating such wicked reports in other quarters, equally injurious to Mr. Wil liams, will soon be made public, in a manner which will not admit of contradiction, That the Bishop of London might be aware of the manner in which Mr. Williams intended to give publicity to what had taken place, a copy of the above correspond ence, &c. previous to publication, was sent to the Bishop, with this accompaniment : - " Hendon Vicarage, April 20, 1830. lily Lord Bishop—l have taken the liberty of enclosing to you a copy of the correspondence. de. At. which I am about to publish. I sincerely regret that there should be any occasion for such a step, not only from the many years which I have known you, but from the respect which I feel for the high and responsible office in which you are placed. The language, however, which you have thought proper to use, leaves me no alternative—language which I am sure you must have regretted, and which you must be conscious I have not deserved. " I am, my Lord Bishop, your bumble servant. " THEO. WILLIAMS." Yesterday, the extensive and important freehold estate and barony of Ogle, Northumberland, the property of the Duke of Portland, and which has been in the posses sion of the Noble Duke and his ancestors for more than a century, was submitted to public competition at Gar raway's Coffee-house, by Mr. John Robins, of Regent street. After' a lengthened competition, the estate was knocked down for the sum of 152,5001. This sum was exclusive of the value of the timber, which is to be taken at a valuation in addition. On Wednesday, at 'Guildhall, on complaint of the Hon. Secretary of the Society against Cruelty, the hack ney-coachman, of plate 381, was fined 108. and 6s. costs, under Mr. Martin's Act, by Alderman Veaables, for hay ing wantonly whipped one of the horses is thit eyes. LA TV INTELLIGENCE. 'CONSISTORY COURT, MAT 20. Before Dr. LIISHINGTON. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE, PROMOTED BY DR. VIVIAN, V. WILLIAMS. This was a suit for brawling in the vestry of the parish of St. Augustin, Watling-street, brought by the Rector, Dr. Vivian, against Mr. Wm. Williams, a respectable Manchester warehouseman, in Watling-street. Dr. ADDAMS, for the promoter, prayed admission of an allegation containing the facts of the charge against the defendant. Mr. Williams addressed the Court in person. He begged to state that he came before it unaided by counsel, from the determination not to involve himself in the excessive expense which a suit in these courts would incur. The true reason of the present proceeding against him was, that the Rector might keep him out of the vestry while certain accounts of importance to the parish, were passed. He, however, took an objection—the admission of the present allegation, which charged him with brawling and chiding in a consecrated place—as the vestry did not come within the meaning of the sth and 6th Edward VI. under which he had been prosecuted. The vestry was detached entirely from the church, being used only for the transaction of parish business, and occupied only by the Rector on Sunday, as a place wherein to take his wine, of which he was allowed, by the parish, two bottles each Sunday. The JUDGE observed, that Mr. Williams appeared to have mistaken his course. He should, therefore, re quest to know whether Mr. Williams meant to give an affirmative issue, or to let the article be admitted for argument. Mr. WILLIAMS said he would consent to give an af firmative issue, not as admitting the truth of the charges brought against him. Before the Court proceeded to pass judgment, Mr. I WILLIAMS begged to be heard in mitigation. He said the whole business arose out of the Evening Lectureship of that parish becoming vacant, to which the Rector (Dr. Vivian) wished to appoint a particular gentleman (Mr. Hall), and the parish having selected Mr. Millington. The first offence, Mr. Williams asserted, had been given by Dr. Vivian in the Vestry-room, where they assembled to carry on the election. The Rector there stated that Mr. Millington had been guilty of disrespect towards him, in not first asking his permission to stand for the Lectureship, and if the parish persisted in electing him, he (the Rector) would take care that he never set a foot in his pulpit. He (Mr. Williams) inquired what were the duties which the Evening Lecturer was expected to perform, and was answered—To read afternoon prayers, and to preach a sermon ; to which defendant replied, that Dr. Vivian was bound to read prayers himself; and as the Lecturer was to discharge part of the duties for which he was paid, perhaps he would have no ob jection to contribute something towards the expence,— Dr. Vivian replied, " I have never put my hands in your pocket, and I'll take care you shan't put yours in mine." Upon Mr. Millington apologising humbly to Dr. Vivian for this unintentional disrespect, and requesting forgive ness, Dr. Vivian, with the true spirit of Christian for bearance, said he would forgive him, but he should never ascend his pulpit, and he would do away with all such elections entirely ; adding afterwards, that the Bishop of London had been informed of his conduct, and " had put a mark against his name." He (Mr. Williams) had heard that Dr. Vivian, in conversation with some person, had called him " a fellow !" Standing, as he trusted he did, with a character as high in the estimation of his fel low citizens as the Rector himself, he felt himself bound to call upon the Rector to explain what part of his con duct had deserved this insulting expression. Mr. Wil liams then proceeded to state the cause of bad feeling be tween him and the Rector, which was—that the Rector claimed a large portion of 5001. per annum, that had been left for superstitious purposes, which, he contended, ought to be appropriated to the use of the poor and the church. The JUDGE said the allegation had been admitted, and the question now was, what was the punishment which the law awarded to similar offences. With regard to the mitigatory circumstances adduced by Mr. Williams, be considered that the fact of brawling had been fully proved. The sentence of the Court was, that he should be sus pended from the benefits of the church for the space of two months, and be condemned in costs. Mr. Williams begged to inquire if this sentence ex cluded him from the vestry ? The JUDGE—The Court gives no explanation. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, May 20. These Sessions commenced this morning, before F. Const, Esq. and an unusually full Bench of Police and County Magistrates. Harry Green and William Taylor, the former a jour neyman tailor, and the latter a private in the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, were charged with an indecent as sault. The case being fully proved, Mr. CHAS. Pitt LLI rs, who was Counsel for the pri soners, in his address to the Jury, said he would take that opportunity of alluding to a notion (and a most shameful one it was) that it was the wish and inclination of the Bar to detract from the merits of the new corps of police that had been established. He begged most distinctly to state that no such desire existed. It was only wished to purge that body of some of its unworthy members. The officer who had given his evidence in this case had done it in a way that did him great credit, and in a very different manner to what was witnessed in that Court last Sessions —when several of the new police conducted themselves in such a manner that the Jury arose as one man, and re quested they might not be allowed their expences. To day, however, they had an instance of different conduct ; and he could only say, he felt called upon to state, that the Profession to which he belonged were always willing to give credit where credit was due. The Jury, after an elaborate summing up by the Chair man, found them both Guilty. Six months imprison ment in the House of Correction. SPLENDID MON LENT.—According to a prospectus issued a splendid monument is erecting, by subscription, in honour of his Majesty, to be called King's Cross, in the centre of six roads, uniting at Battle-bridge. The situation is selected from the many memorable events that bare occurred upon the spot, as fully explained in the his tory of the country. Around it Julius Caesar, with Mark Antony, and Cicero, were in encampment for two years. On the site was fought the grand battle, in which Queen Boadicea so greatly distinguished herself, from which emanated the name Battle-bridge. The base of the Lodge of King's Cross is of an octagonal form, and is ornament ed by eight Grecian Doric columns, two at each corner, supporting above the entablature the four tutelar Saints of the Kingdom. From the cornice of the columns rises a bold plinth and sub-plinth, with a balustrade. On an or namental Grecian pedestal a colossal statue of his Ma jesty will be placed. in full robes, and an illuminated clock will front the Paddington and Pentonville roads. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S. The attendance yestcsday was numerous and the betti ng siderable importance. His Majesty's Orion colt (now cs:l. Harry Beagle.) Wat Tyler, the Mummer, and Cetus, soiersll., declined the odds, while Little Rod Rover regained his old stuff„. As the Derby will be run for on Thursday next, the aborc al•er, Lions are of great moment. We subjoin the closing prices ePriz us ( tu C s ressida) 8 3 t 1 :1 1 —28.-111 Exeter's i. A Lord a lifne 14 to 1 Orion (the King's) 7 to 1 Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 10 to 1 Mr. Ridsdale's little Red Rover 9 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 10 to 1 Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 14 to 1 Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 25 to 1 Sir M. Wood's Cetus 25 to 1 Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 40 to 1 Lord Sligo's Brine 30 to 1 Mr. Ramsbottom's Zucharelli 30 to 1 Lord Sefton's Mouse oars. 4/ to 1 4.-- Lord Sefton's 'douche Sfr to 1 --- Lord Jersey's Charlotte West se to I Lord Queensberry's Maria 25 to 1 Lord Anson 's Zillah 13 to 1 Lady Blanche 12 to 1 Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess 17 to 1 Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway 17 to 1 Mr. Thornhill's Carmine 16 to 1 Frederica. TT. LECIEL 20 to 1 The Cardinal 20 to 1 Emancipator The others as before. YORK SPRING MEETING. York, Wednesday NiAht The meeting terminated this afternoon with the following ra,e, The Sapling Stakes of 50 son. each, It. ft. for three yr old c,•;•. Bst. bib. (31b. allowed, &c.) Mile and three.quartert. Subscribers. Lord Scarborough's Brother to Tarrare Mr. Jacques's ch. c. by Swiss Mr. Watt's b. Doctor Oloroso Mr. Dowbiggin's ch. c. by Figaro Sir. Gascoigne's ch. by Blacklock The following paid :—Mr. Petre's the Major, Sir. Crompton e. by Waverley, Mr. Dowbiggin's c. by Figaro, and Major Y. burgh's c. (dead) by Figaro. Betting.-11 to 4 agst Doctor Oloroso, and 2to 1 apt the wier. t . Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 son. each, for all ages. T.Y.C. Lord Sligo's Canker, 3 yrs, fist. 21b. Mr. Foljambe's be. f. by Whisker, 3 yrs, Get. 111b.---_ 2 Lord Scarborough's br. 1. by Cotton, 4 yrs, Oat. 41b.---._ Last year of the Constitution Stakes of 20 toys. each, h. ft. for:s! rs old bet. 1016. 4 yrs, Bst. 5 yrs, Bst. 91b. 6 yrs, list. lib. and ark .! 9st. blb. Mile and a quarter. Eight Subscribers. Lord Milton's b. h. Medora, 6 yrs ---.. 1 Lord Scarborough's Cistercian, 4 yrs • Major Yarburgh's Laurel, 6 yrs Betting-13 to 8 on Laurel, and 3 to I apt Medora. The Stand Plate of 501. for horses, &c. of all ages; 3 yrs old ;,• 4 yrs, fist. 41b. b yrs, Bst. 101 b. 6 yrs and aged, 9st. Slates lowed 31bs. Heats one mile and three.quarters. Mr. Metcalfe's ch. f. Giglet, 4 yrs ------- 1 4 Laid Fitzwilliam's b. f. Dora, 4 yrs-- 2 I .2 Mr. G. Walker's gr. g. Cadwal, 4 yrs----- 4 kI Mr. Gascoigne's ch. f. by Whisker, 3 yrs ---- Lord Scarborough's br. c. by Waverly --- 5 • The hat heat won by two lengths. , This race created no interest whatever. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO%V.STREET. THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT LORD SOUTIIANPTON . D... It will be recollected that about three months ago, a very ea:teethe robbery of jewels, belonging to Lady Southampton, took place Quorndon-hall, the seat of his Lordship, in the county of Leicesur The property was estimated at the value of above 3,0001. and W.I. stolen under very peculiar circumstances. The thief had effected at• entrance into her Ladyship's boudoir, where the jewels were dept. sited, and he retreated from the house through a window, to which a rope was affixed, so that a person might slide front the window to the ground. Bishop, the officer, was sent down to quorndon.hall, and he was of opinion that some person connected with his Lord. ship's establishment, who was well acquainted with the pre : mites, had comm itted the robbery . • and after making sonic inquiries into the general habits of the servants, the officer took one of the men servants into custody; but none of the stolen property was traced to him. The officer was quite ontident that this man had entered Lady Southampton's apartment, and had taken the property. He must have returned through the sin. dow, which was found open, and secreted the property in some place near the hall. The evidence was of so suspicious a nature that the man sa. committed to Leicester Gaol. Yesterday Sir Richard Birnie te. ceived a communication from Lord Southampton, which prove. that the officer was right in his conjecture as to the disposal of tl:,• property, and in fact as to the mode by which the robbery rues. fected. Two days ago Lord Southampton's gardener was digging in the shrubbery, and his spade struck against some hard sub. stance. He carefully took up the mould, and actually loud the whole of the valuable stolen property, with the exception of two finger rings, of no very considerable value. The property was instantly taken to her ladyship, who was overjoyed at it restoration. The prisoner, who is in custody, was seen in the shrubbery aboLt the time the robbery was committed. Sir R. Mentz expressed his gratification that the propery been found. THIEVES AT THE THEATIES.—Last night two noted thirst.. named Smith and Brewster, were found in the avenues leading the pit entrance of Covent-garden, with the intent to commit rob. beries. Serjeant Wheatly and two other pelicemen proved that they u, common thieves, and one of them had not been discharged feel custody twenty.four hours. The prisoners, who were dressed in a very stylish manner, ar,l wore rings on their fingers, declared that they were utter strangen to each other. This was disproved, and they were committed as rtrtot,l thieves, and sentenced to two months' Imprisonment each. LABIBETH.STREET. Yesterday, a man named Rearstey, was committed fur t. teal icg a bag containing 51. in copper money, out of a can belonging to Messrs. Harding and Co. the brewer*, as it was standing at the door of the Throwaters' Arms public-house, in Caade.stren, Al - hi t e• chapel. He succeeded in carrying off the property, but it was hi• tared by a poor Irishwoman with whom he had deposited i:. BIRTHS. On Tuesday, the 18th inst. in Brunkirk square, Mrs. J. Tyas, of a daughter—On Wednesday, the W.!. inst. Mrs. S. White, Lamb's Conduit-street, of a daughtir s!in boro—On the 19th inst. at Greenwich, Alm Pitts, of a daughter — On the 17th inst. at Park-place, North Brixton, the lady of r. Cohen, jun. Esq. of a daughter—On the 13th inst. at ‘Valthsc. Abbey, the Lady of G. Lovell, Esq. Ordnance Storekeeper, "t daughter, her 10th child. _ MARRIED. On Thursday, the 20th Inst. at St. Andrew's, Ilulbom, Mr. 31. Berry, of Chancery-lane, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of T. Anderson, Esq. of So uthatnpton.bulldings—On Wednesday. 19th inst. at Cheltenham, the Rev. C. Randolph, Vicar of L‘n - c Regis, to Mary Ann, daughter of G. S. Foyle, Esq.—On the 110:r inst. at Paris, at the Chapel of his Excellency the British Amb..- sadoe, Sarah Lucie Ann, the youngest doughter of the late I) Holmes, Esq. of London and Hackney, to Alonsieur Theod.r. Hasisain, of Nantes. DIED. On the 20th inst. Caroline, the eldest daughter of Mr. flartis New Bond-street—Lately, at Abbeville, in France, the Abbe lkr tin, LL.D. aged 82, five-and-twenty years resident at Oxford.— At Alicante, in Spain, Sarah, the wife of J. Waring, Esq. 11:. Majesty's Consul for the Province of Valencia.—Aged 24. a' Boulogne-sur-Aler, Edward, eldest son of the late 3lr. E. Wer. ham, of Hastings—ln the 73d year of his age, Mr. Aalimeat:. sen. 10, Duke-street, Orosvenor-square, and formerly of Mour street. PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting Ditto 45 to 501 b. 164 to 184 Calf Skins, 36 to 40Ibs Ditto 50 to 701bs Ditto 70 to 801bs ... .. Small Seals, Greenland) . 2od to 21d Spanish Horse Hides H! 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