Star. — London, England, 1829-08-20 00:00:00

INTELLItr., SHREWSBURY, &aver 15. • CrodSum—Before Mr. Sergeant TADDT. :OR AND BURGESSES OF CABNAR , POWELL AND OTHERS. opened the pleadings. 'with whom was Mr. CwitPßELL)said 'f ejectment brought to recover the possession , premises now occupied as the Cus tom-house of Carnarvon. They had been formerly de mised by the Mayor and Corporatleirto a member of the Wynn family, at a rent of 10s. pei annum. When ori ginally reserved, that rent was probably the value of the land, as the building which now formed the Custom house hid been since built upon it. Lord Newborough was now the head of the Wynn family, and let , the pre mises to the defendants at a rent of 651. per annum. The Corporation considered the premises were worth more than I Os. a year, and directed an application to be made to his Lordship on the subject, but he disdained holding tinder the Corporation, and claimed to have the premises in his own right. This disclaimer rendered it unneces sary for the Corporation to give him notice to quit, and therefore this action was brought to ascertain who had the best right to the property ? The premises were oc cupied partly as a Custom-house, and partly as a habi tation for the clerks. The defend ant, Mr. Powell, was the principal officer, and Mr. Goddard wale the 'chief clerk. Mr. Owen Jones, one of the stewards of the borough of Carnarvon, said it was his duty to receive the rents of the Corporation. He had received rent for the ground on which the Custom-house stands for eleven years from Lord Newborough's agent, Mr. Bettis. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL—I am not now a burgess of the borough of Carnarvon ; I re signed about three weeks ago; I moved the Court that I should be disfranchised. I. rCE. David Williams—Went with Mr. Lloyd Roberts, one of the bailiffs of Carnarvon, to Lord Newborough's house. Mr. Roberts told Lord Newborough he waited upon him to know if he would give up the Custom-house in pur suance of a notice to quit ? Lord • Newborough said he would not give it up, as he did not consider the Corpo ration bad any right to it. Mr. Roberts then asked him if he was to understand his Lordship disclaimed all right of the Corporation ? and his Lordship said " Yes." Cross-examined--I am an attorney, and Mr. Lloyd Roberts, who went with me, is an attorney's clerk. Lord Newborough is about 24 or 25 years of age ; he did not say he bad not seen the notice ; he said he must refer to his agent or solicitor. Mr. William Tuffnell, a clerk in the Audit-office, Somerset-house, produced the accounts from the Custom house of Carnarvon, in which the sum of 32/. 103. was charged as paid to Lord Newborough, as a half-year's rent. Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL (with whom was Mr. Ric 11- A nos), said he appeared nominally for the defendant, but in truth on behalf of Lord Newborough, to repel the foul attack made to take from him the Custom-house ; and be was sure the Jury would feel surprised when he detailed to them the real facts of the case. He (Mr. Sergeant Russell) had heard that people would do in a body that which they would be ashamed to do individu ally, and this appeared to be a cue of that description. They had heard the way in which a disclaimer, as it was called, had been obtained, and that certainly would have been a very good performance, if that could defeat his Lordship's claim ; but matters of that kind could not be disposed of without taking the opinion of a Jury, and he felt satisfied they would not sanction such proceedings. The only question for them to determine would be, whether a lease of these premises (now lost) had ex pired ? The lease had been granted by the Mayor and Corporation to the grandfather of Lord Newborough.— Search had been made for that lease, but it could not be found; but Mr. Romsey Williams, Lord Newborough's attorney, had seen a book belonging to the corporation, which contained an account of the different leases which had been granted. He had applied to a Mr. Humphreys, formerly an officer of the corporation, to search for that book, as it had not been returned to the corporation chest. Mr. Humphreys did search, and ultimately found the book, which contained, among other particulars, the entry of a lease granted by the Mayor and Burgesses of the premises in question, on the 25th of January, 1731, at a yearly rent of ten shillings, for the term of ninety nine years, renewable for ever. The lease would there fore not expire till January, 1830. The book being the property of the Corporation, would be evidence between the parties : when the entry was proved, the Jury would, no doubt, find a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Edward Evans, clerk to Mr. Romsey Williams, applied in 1828 to Mr. Robert Humphreys ' formerly a bailiff of the borough of Carnarvon, to search for a book containing entries of the leases granted by the corpora tion, and received from him the book he now produced ; the witness has searched Lord Newborough's study, at Glynllifon, for the lease of the Custom-house, but could not find it. Mr. Romsey Williams, Lord Newborough's attorney, said he had been attorney to his Lordship's father, and so licitor (in the country) to the family since 1805. The present Lord Newborough is about 25 or 26 years of age. The study at his Lordship's house is the place in which all the muniments of his Lordship's titles are kept. Wit ness had never been able to find the lease of the Custom house. Mr. Robert Humphreys said, I have been twice bailiff of the borough of Carnarvon, in 1815 and 1826. On being sworn in, I received some corporation books ; the book now produced is one of them. It has remained in my possession from 18.15 to 1828. By the Coy should have given it up when asked for it. I always delivered up the books and papers when asked for them by the officers of the Corporation. I did sot know that I had this book till Mr. Williams asked me for it. The Recorder is the proper person to keep the books and papers belonging to the Corporation. This book is in the same state it was when I received it: there is no doubt there are several Corporation books in the Lands of different people at Carnarvon. Mr. Romsey Williams recalled—l was clerk to Mr. John Hughes, the Recorder of the borough of Carnar von, and remember seeing this book amongst the others in his possession. The entry, as stated by the Learned Counsel for the ,defendants, was then read, with several others respecting •othr leases granted by the Corporation. Some amuse • ment vas occasioned by the title to the book containing .the entry being placed at the end of the book, instead of I. the beginning ; it was dated 24th October, 1684. it , • Mr: Humphreys recalled, and cross-examined by Mr. • 'TAUNTON—As far as I know, the entries describe the ".whole property of the Corporation. I believe the rent roll is about 2901. and not 7001. I cannot.tell if there are 357 tenants ; I did not receive the rents; I believe the Corporation has kaltiafroperty on lease. Mr. Tstukyro,g, *reply, said it seldom happened that title needs wentiloetrouch an occurrence might occa simony happorto obscure individuals, but Noblemen and people of rank had their muniment rooms and cheats, in which their deeds were safely deposited, and unless in . yu IL' cases of fire the loss of title deeds was very difficult to . account for. In this cue it appeared that Lord New ,borough had a muniment room, the loss was therefore ,more unlikely to have taken place. The Lee-noll coun sel then proceeded to comment on the "Jo in which the ,entries were made, and concluded by . 9ontending that the ,book did not come from the proper, study ; that there was no evidence to show that the Kit* bad been made iwhen the lease was granted, or that the book had ever been treated by the Corporation, as a book of any im portance. If this lease had been granted, there must have been a counterpart. The Jury knew that Corpora tions, ecclesiastical and lay, took good care of such docu ments, and the Jury must be satisfied not only that a lease had been granted, but that such a one had been granted as was described in that book. Mr. Sergeant TADDY, in summing up the evidence, said that the first question for the consideration of the Jury was, whether Lord Newborough had made any dis claimer amounting to a renunciation of the rights of the corporation, or whether the denial did not apply more int: mediately to the demand made on him to give up the premises? The next question was, whether there had been, any lease ? It appeared that rent had been paid from 1749, and it was therefore fair to presume that some old Id& had existed, or that the corporation would not have acquiesced in accepting such a small rent, if there had not been something binding on them. The book which had been referred to appeared under a degree of suspicion, because by neglect (to use no harsher ex 7 prusion) it had been kept from the proper custody.- - He thought, however, that sufficient search had been made ,for . the lease to admit this book in evidence, and it was ,for them W say whether they would refuse credit to it. — It was extremely probable that the entry was made, not at the time of granting the lease, but at the time of its being given over to the lessee; but the Jury must be convinced that the entry was made by some one autho rised to make it. If they believed it was so, he thought they would be justified in finding for the defendants. If they thought the entries had been made by a stranger they ought to find for the plaintiff, but on the credit they gave to that book their verdict must depend.—Verdict for the defendants. U .Str' t „ : 111.) . ) , AISS/ZE SHREI COst:Sass-1 DOE, DEM. THE MAIN VON, U. P Mr. J. Jaavis opal Mr. TAUNTON (wit this was an action of possession of certain HEREFORD, Au,. 18._ Mr. Sergeant TARDY orned the Commission here yesterday afternoon ; and this morning, after attending Divine Service at the Cathedral, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN took his seat on the Civil Side, and Mr. SergeantTADDY on the Crown Side. OM 81101L.....BetUrt Mr. Baron VAUGHAN. DOE, DEM. OF MASTERS V. GI L %Y. Mr. GODSON opened the pleadings. Mr. CAMPBELL said, this was an action of ejectment to recover from the defendant the possession of a cottage which had been sold to the plaintiff so far back as the year 1785, by two individuals of the name of Phillips, for the sum of seven guineas. The premises had been in the occupation of the Phillips's for upwards of 50 years. The lessor of the plaintiff had been in possession of it since the year 1785, till very recently, when the parish . . . .. officers of the parish in which' the premises were situated, went before a magistrate and claimed the cottage as the property of the parish, and without any further inquiry, under the 59th of Geo. 111., c. 12, the magistrates deli vered possession of it to the parish officers. Several witnesses were then called to prove that the premises had been in the occupation of the plaintiff for many years, and the conveyance to him in the year 1785 was put in and proved. Mr. Sergeant RUSSELL, for the defendants, stated he should be able to prove that the Phillips's were put into the cottage in question by the parish, and that it had been repaired by the parish. Richard Clark proved that the cottage was repaired by the parish at the time that David Phillips resided In it. Wm. Ozman, a builder, 74 years of age, remembered David Phillips being put into the cottage by the parish officers when his own was burnt down. Mr. CAMPBELL replied. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN let it to the Jury to say whether the lessor of the plaintiff was entitled to the property, or whether it belonged to the parish ? Verdict for the plaintiff. EXECUTION OF KEZIA WESCOMBE AND RICHARD QUAINTANCE AT EXETER. Since the condemnation of these prisoners, the unhappy woman has made a confession of their guilt. Keel Wescombe states, that having prepared the broth for her husband, she put the poison in the salt-cellar, which she placed before him. This, she continued till the last to say, he helped himself from. She has also confessed having made two attempts to poison the wife of Richard Qsaintance, but in this she failed ; the poor woman, how. ever,was still too ill from the effects of the arsenk,to see her husband before his execution. During Saturday the prisoners evinced the same indifference and hardihood which had been so conspi cuous during their trial. By the unremitting attentions, however, of the Rev. E. Cluve, the Chaplain, and the Rev. A. Atherley, vicar of Heavitree, the prisoners were led to a contemplation of the awfulness of their situation ; and the terrors of eternity, and the dreaded consequences of meeting an offended Goo, pressed heavy ea their consciences. Slyer yesterday morning the prisoners, particularly the woman, have appeared penitent. On Sunday morning a severe trial awaited them,—that of taking a last fare well of their relatives. This was a scene truly affecting. They were then conducted to the Chapel, where a most appropriate discourse was preached by the Chaplain, from Luke, c. 12, v. 4, S. " Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : fear Hint which, after he bath killed, bath power to cast into hell ; yea I say unto you, fear Him." The culprits during the whole of Ike service paid the greatest attention, and those of our readers who recollect the regular Psalm for the day, will agree with us in thinking that had one been chosen for the occasion, none more appropriate could have been selected. During the whole of Sunday and the morning of Monday the Reverend Chaplain was unremitting in his exertions, and the culprits continued to apply themselves to repentance, and to supplicate for mercy. The Sacrament having bees adminis tered to them, and the usual preliminaries gone through, such as delivering the bodies to the Under Sheriff. &c. the pri- SOWS were summoned into the press room. In walking from the Chapel to the stairs which led to this room, both were sup ted, king in such a weak state as to require assistance.-- The woman particularly was almost carried to the different apartments. On entering the press-room Quainunce repeatedly called for mercy from on High; and on being asked if he had any thing more to communicate, replied no, but desired Wes combe "for Goes sake to shake hands with him." On her com plying, he told her that no existed in his breast towards her, that be was equally guilty, but he trusted, through . the merits of the &amok both would be saved. Weseombe at first accused him of bringing her to this untimely end, but acknowledged that her sentence was just. She said, " she hoped now that both would soon be in heaven." She begged the executioner, whilst pinioning her, that "he would not cut her arms off;" after which they were both conducted to the scaffold. Here the female's strength completely failed, and she was obliged to be supported during the time the rope was adjusting, and during the reading of the burial service. Quaintance evinced more firmness, and seemed more resigned to his fate. On being asked if they had anything more to communicate, they replied no, and Wescombe desired she might be allowed to die with her shoes off ; this request. of coon*, was granted, and after a few passages read from the burial service, the fatal signal was given, and the wretched kings were launched into that world where " the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are for ever at rest. ' concourse of spectatore was Immense; we should suppose there could not be It.. than 1;000 persons present —Western Limitary. RICULTURAL PRODUCE.-1 ving the last week attempt. lave been made to reduce tlse prior of milk and butter. by the opekatives of Hudderelleid, through the medium of the .torra crier, vibe went round the town 'to "quest that the inha bitants would not, in future, glee mote,than twopence a quart for aid ninepin a pound fur batter•-Shejltld Mercury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL Yesterday a man, named John Nowa, was bro u ght before Mr. Alderman Astaire, by tie overseers of Cripplepte parish, charged oula Lruelly CI-nearing his child. Carlisle, the officer, stated Our Anut twn years ago the primmer lived in Glovere-hall-covet, Harbactut. At that note It came to the knowledge of the parish officers that the prlsener wa, in the habit of ill-treating his little girl. He was sent to the house, and be found the child quite naked, half•starved, and shut up in a cup board, lying upon some straw. A warrant having been issued by Mr. Alderman Amstar, the primmer absconded, bat the warrant has been out in full force against him since that period. The child's step-mother was taken into custody, sad she was impri soned, but discharged at the end of the mein Amiens. A few days ago the prisoner was apprehended upon JOlgAme warrant, which has been so long outstanding against him: Maria Ellis, of King's Head-court, said she used to see the pri soner frequently beat the child with a great strap of a morning when be got up, about six o'clock, to go to his work. At seven the step-mother used to get up and repeat the beating. When the neighbours attempted to question the child, she used to say to them, " Pray, don't speak to me, she she being afraid that her father would hear of it • •in fine, they could get smiting out of her. The parents used to sen d her out begging, and she was such an object, that she used to get a good deal of charity The parish had kept her since she was deserted by her parents. The parish officers said they did not now wish to press the matter against the father—they would leave thecase entirely in the Alderman's hands, for him to deal with it in such a manner as his judgment should direct. They cold now pass the child to her parish.—The child here was brought forward, and she seemed, from the kind treatment of the parish officers, to be enjoying very good health. The prisoner denied generally that he was guilty of the charges brought against him ; be never had absconded ; he was always to be found. The child had bees addicted to uncleanly habits, and she had been at times corrected for them. Mr. Alderman ANIILILT and Sir Joux PURIM, Bart. having consulted for a short time, the former said that the sentence of the Court was, that he should pay a fine of 40s. for assaulting his child In the cruel manner which had been detailed by the wit nesses; and, in default of payment, to be imprisoned for two months in the House of Correctioo.—The primmer was then com mitted until such time as he should pay the fine. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a youth named Hisespissey Add*" was charged be fore Mr. Hato, with stealing a bag, containing furs value fifteen guineas, the property of Mr. Brunswick, of Mansion House-row. A little bey, named Braining, stated that he was in the employ of Mr. Brunswick, and that an Tuesday, between twelve and two o'clock, he received a bag containing a tippet, skirt, and sables, from a house in Piccadilly, which he was to take to his master's house. He met the prisoner near the Haymarket. He appeared to be going another way, but be tamed back, and entered into conversation with witness, and walked with him as far as Bedford. ford -street, Strand. He said he Was going to a Mr. Janes's, in Henrietta-street, to fetch a box of silk for his master, but that he had been saucy to one of the shopmen, who bad threatened to give him a slip in the face the next time he came, so that he did not like to go again. He asked if witness would go there (or him, and he would give hint sixpence, as his master always gave him 3s. to pay for a coach when he went to fetch a box of silk. Witness ton. sented, and prisoner said, there must be two of you to carry it, and upon that. stepped up to another boy, who also had a blue bag on his *boulder, and asked him if he had a mind to earn sixpence. The latter agreed to leave his bag with the prisoner and go with witness for the silk, upon which witness also gave him his bag, and went with the other boy to Henrietta-street. lie asked for Mr. Jones, but being told that there was no such a name in the street, be be came suspicious, and ran back for his beg, but the prisoner was gone, and he saw no more of him till yesterday morning, when be mei bins in Catherine -street, and gave him into the custody of Preece, the patrol. He was dressed much more respectably on Tuesday than now. The prisoner denied the charge, and asserted that be was in Whitecrees-street Prison ael.the afternoon with his father. The boy said be was positive of the identity of the prisoner, both from his person and voice.—The prisoner was remanded, while in quiries were made respecting him. James Wardwas brought to this Office, in the custody of James Bend, juts. the officer, charged with picking the pocket of a gentle man as be was leaving the English Opera-house. The prisoner is well known by the police as a " Busman ;" and the °dicer deposed that be saw the prisoner attempt to rob several gentlemen. The prisoner said It was not true be had merely been to see the play, and was going home when the officer seized him. Bond said, that be saw him "sounding" several gentlemen's pockets, and be knew him tote a.contmen thief. The Magistrate convicted the prisoner under the Police Act, "ad sentenced bins to three months' imprisonment. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Irdilosis was charged with stealing a handsome mahogany dressing-tam Daniel Reardon, the tester,. stated that on the preceding night, about ten o'clock. be saw the prisoner and another lad in Saint Giles's. The prisoner had a bundle. Witness stopped him, bat his companion got away. On examining the bundle, he "found it contained the dressing-case produced. Mr. ?Isere,' hardwareinan in liathbone-place, identified the dressing-case as his property, and said it had been stolen from his shop about nine o'clock the previous night. Avis, the officer, said - be had another charge to make against the prisoner, but his Witnesses were not is attendance, as he did not know until morning that the prisoner was in cusiody.--He was . remanded until Monday. Not Hatninsts was charged with stealing a lute, worth eight guineas. - Mr. Milhous', a musical instrument-maker, in Oxford•street, stated that the flute produced was stolen from a glass cam in hie shop about three weeks ago. Mr. Dobrer, a pawnbroker, stated it was pledged with him by the prisoner on the 10th inst. for It Si. Goddard, at. Aker, stated, that on searching the prisoner by found a duplicate for another/lute, oo which the same amount had been obtained. The prisoner said be pledged the flutes for a friend, whose name . or address he refused to give.—liemanded till Monday. Mr. Grist, the Overseer of St. George's, Hanover-square, yes terday applied to the Magistrates at this Mice for an order of re moval for a young woman named Elisabeth Butler, under the fol lowing circumstances : Mr. Grist stated that as the watchman was going his rounds on . Friday night, about twelve o'clock, in- Hanover-square, he dis covered the unfortunate young woman suspended from a lamp post. She was immediately cut down, and cttnreyea to Mount. street workhouse, where, after great exertions, she recovered. • Mr. Dyes inquired whether the Overseer knew any thing of • bee circumstances? Mr. Grist replied aka‘altakiwaa in great . distress, and.hadapined a settlement in Mary-la-bonne; and, in his opinion, she was not in a sound state of mind.—The worthy Magistrate then signed the order. • WORSHIP-STREET. . Yesterday Henry Airvis, the young man cbargejl with having forcibly violated the person of Miss Louisa Dannenberger, at whose mother's residence he bad been employed in whitewashing, was this day brought up for final esamitiation. The young lady ap peared in deep adhesion, end was accompanied by her mother and sister. A witness of the name of Hodson was called. who deposed, that about three weeks ago he ob.ervcd the young lady walking on the banks of the Canal, wringing her bands and without a bonnet. He went op to her just as she was going to make the fatal plunge. He took her to hie house, where she immediately went. into hysterics. The doctor who was sent for, knowing her friends, caused her to be restored to them. Mr. BIOUGISTOII said, under all the circumstances, he should send the case to a Jury. and admit the prisoner to bail. The depositions were accordingly taken, and twenty-four hours' notice of bail required. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a man, named Preens, was charged with felony, under circumstances of peculiar aggravation. It appeared that the accused had volootarily offered to sit up on Tuesday night, with a poor fellow named Heard, who was lying on a sick bed, amicted with the brain fever. In the course of the night, instead of attending to the patient. the prisoner employed himself in packing up all tbe wearing apparel in the room • aud, at an early hour the followiog morning. be decamped with every stitch of clothes belonging to the unfortunate sufferer, .who was rendered incapable of preventing the robbery. It happened, however, that the thief went into a public-house ; and, having drunk very copiously of gin, be fell fast asleep, with the plunder by his side. While there, a person to whom he was known, and who beard of what had occurred, seeing the bag of clothes, immediately procured a con stable, and bad the fellow apprehended. Th e M ag i strate ex pressed great Indignation at the prisoner's conduct, and committed him for trial. Yesterday Mr. Thome* Inver/ell, • respectable coal merchant. at Vauxhall, was brought up, charged with having sold a quantity of sacks of coals short of measure. • Tbe Solicitor from the Meterage Office• stated, that some little dew hank Mr. Lewis Lotzebanning sent so order to tise defendant gag nineteen sacks of teals. 44 duet !wools awls, ; Tisgstuall4kl sea s erspierly transtqlttell to the pureitaarr. . WY,q tb y pyrehaser measured Out the ,enal,, th,:re write nine sacks tomtit:ling little more than two buthels and a lull, from which citieumstanct the defendant had incurred a penalty of not more than 40s. and not less than 201. upon each sick. . The defendant pleaded guilty. He said that wises the order was sent to him, being at that moment without the coals, which were to be of a certain desesiption, he forwarded it to another person, whom he named, and tram whom the coals were obtained and saw down to the purchaser Lutubanning, exactly as received, without being re-Measured. From what bad since been told to b'm, he bad no doubt there bad been a fraud committed: The defendant said he would pay the penalty, but that it was his deter mination to prosecute the person by whom be kad been supplied, Mr. Quanta's then ordered him to pay 91. being 208. on each uch, with Cs. 6d. costs. This sum was paid, and the defendant said be should instantly proceed to his attorney. SPORtING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER RACES. Ara. IS. Produce Stakes of 5Q was. each, b. ft. for three yr old eelts, sit. 71b.; and Stiles. Sit. alb. Mk and a quarter. Lord Warwick's eh. e. by Centaur walked over. The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sows. each, with 20 soya. added, _ h. ft. Tw o miles. 'Thirteen sobeeriben. _ _ Lord Deerburst's b. b. Hesperus, list. 61b Sir T. Stanley's Mayfly, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b Mr. Griffitb's b. c. Mosquito, 4 yrs. su 21b. 6to 4 agst Mayfly-2 to 1 apt Musquito-3 to 1 apt Hesperia. A fine race. Sweepstakes of 10 saws. each, with 10 sows. added, for bones oot tkorougb-brod. Two mile beats. Mr. Hicks's cb. g. The Tartar. aged, llst. 10Ib 1 1 Mr. Umbers 's gr. b. David (late Grimalkin), 5 yrs, list 2 Two good beats. ROWING MATCH FOR A PURSE OF SOVEREIGNS. Yesterday an excellent oars match took place from Westminster Bridge to Putney Bridge, between four of the most celebrated crack watermen on the river, viz. John Mitchell, of Strand-lane; and James Parish of ditto ; against John Williams, of Waterloo Bridge, and Charles Campbell, of Lantheth. The match was got up by those liberal amateurs, the Gentlemen of the Funny Club, who subscribed to the amount of twelve sovereigns, snaking the second purse of money given by them since the annual contest for the Funny Club wherry. Edward Bramwell, of Bankable, was named in the fine in.tauee to row in the same boat with Mitchell, but in consequence of the indisposition of that crack waterman, Pariah was called on to take his place, which he did at a very short notice. At five o'clock the men pulled up to the bridge, betting being nearly two to one in favour of Campbell and WiMamas. Every pre liminary being adjusted, the signal was given, and the men went away In good order. For a short distance it was oar and oar, but of the Penitentiary, Mitchell and Pariah evidently were in advance, and on passing under Vauxhall Bridge, were above a boat's length a•head. They continued throughout the remaining distance to gradually gain on their opponents, and finally arrived at Putney-bridge first by several boats' lengths. The winners eceived 81. and the losers it. The money lost by the backers of Campbell and Williams is to a great amount, the odds having been considerably in their favour. STRA TFORD'S CONFESSION. THt COXVISSION or XI, 101111 5T11411011.0, WADI THIS 16nt DAY UT AUGUST, 1819. T acknowledge the justice of my sentence, and that I deserve to die. It is nut true that I purchased two ounces of arsenic of Mr. Cross; I purchased only one ounce, for which I paid twopence ; I knew, from conversation with the woman Briggs, that she was in the habit of sending flour for her husband in the workhouse ; and she said to me. "what a blessing it would be if Gap would release him from his sufferings!" From this, and knowing that she was in the family-way by me, and having in my possession about the third part of an ounce of erode arsenic, which I received from a person for whom I worked, I powdered it, sifted it through a piece of rag into some flour which I put into the bag produced at the trial, tied it up, and directed it to Briggs. I then took it on Wednesday, the 11th of February last, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to the workhouse, and delivered it to the girl Hook, at the kitchen-door of the workhouse, into her band. In the expectation that it would be given to Briggs, and that he would partake of it. I did sot p into the kitchen. I told her it was for Thomas Briggs ; it did not occur to me at this time that I was committing any crime ; but when I went to bed such terrors seised my mind that I could not sleep. I would have gone to the workhouse the following arming and got back the bap with Its cootent ; but I thought it must have been used before that time, so I did not go. I declare must solemnly that I did not make use of the ounce of arsenic ptirchased of Cross, and that it was found in the same state as when first I had it. My object was to destroy Briggs, from the fear that the exposure of my intimacy with the woman Briggs would break the peace between my wife and me. I also declare that the evidence given against me on my trial was, with the variation appearing above. substantially correct. When I delivered the parcel to the girl Hook, she said she did not know Briggs ; there was a lesser girl sat by the kitchen Ire, who said that firiggp was with nurse Burgess. Hook asked me U I would like to carry it up myself? 1 said, no, I had rather not, and came away. Neither the woman Briggs nor any other.person knew of my tnixiog the arsenic in the flour, nor of my taking It to the workhouse. Witness my band, JOHN STRATFORD. • The above was read over to John Stratford, and signed by hint in my presence, C. F. MILLARD, Chaplain at the New Jail. The criminal business at York assizes closed.on Thurs day evening. None of the convict. will suffer the extreme penalty of the law. On the 10th ink. Re- William Pringle and Matthew Boyd. of South Shields, seamen, were going to purchase herrings, the little boat In which they were under sail upset, and they both perished. Tuesday se'nnight a little boy named Thompson, about seven years of age, had bin thighs nearly severed (reign his body, by three coal Waggons passing over him at South Shields. lie died the next morning. Tuesday se'nnight the bells of the .ancient .Cathetiral at Hexham rang several muffled peals, the day en which the re main. of the late Colonel Seasonar wee e its,erted. - Ft RE...;—About half-put twelve n'cluck on Thursday morning an alarming Are broke out in Mr. Goum.av's distillery, near Port Gundas. With his accustomed celerity, -Mr. Daemon set off from Glasgow with the engines and. water-butts, but before they could possibly arrive, the .whole of she still- Mose, containing the fermenting tuns, had been entirely de stroyed ; and the granary above the coolers had also might fire.— To wee this valuable part of the buildings, the exertions of the Are department were entirely directed; and their endeavours were fortunately successful, not only in preserving the granary, but also the engine-house, counting house, and stores. Th e premises are insured in the PlUnnix Fire Mice. SMALL-PDX AND ti ACCINATIOII.—The has been very prevalent, and, from the annual statement just made to the Governor. -of the Small rot Hospital, there were admitted in the last year 204 patients. The total number admitted since the formation of the hospital in 1746, having the natural small pox is 45,067. The number of patients admitted fee varioluus up to the 30th of June, 182.2, when the practice Wan discontinued, was 48,064 ; and the number of patient. admitted .and relieved under veitivation from 1799 to 1829, was 148,692... The. Report defends vacciaation tram the antibts thrown ; won at, and attributes failure to the hasty inexperience of early eaccipaturs. The receipts at th- hospital last year were 2,04ti1. 5.. 114. including a sum of 3614 Ss. the amount of contribinions towards the expense of repairs, Ice. of the hospital. The disbursements , were 1,9331. 16s. 44. ingluaing expenses of repairs, ate. to the amount of 9161. 13.. lOU. leaving a balance io band, to inert increased de mands upon the charity, of only 1101 9w 3d. BIRTH. At Bellary, India. on the 4th Nlarch. the Lady of Captain J.V. Itowortho ah Regiment, of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. Ilanin's Church, Guem-ey, Captain John de Lusoey, of the 10th Regiment of Foot, to Grace Martha, daughter of the late A. Primate, Esq. lED. At Whitehaven, Mr a. Rothery. a maiden lady,. aged sixty-nre. The deceased was , far many years lib ' to the Whitel f aven pub lic Watery. At Wickham. Amelia, youngest daughter of Capt. Batnaby Greene, A.N. of Phil place. At Trak% the infant daughter of Major Gilmer, of the Sid &Wan- Q.& Ireildesee, Ryde, J. W. R. }ldly's.. Esq.. Master it: Royal avy. At ls residence at Southsea, Capt. John, Btlttadn, R. M. oFcLA a7.,y4411. A fen AI., pi's 7. - Alen danaiP. ti !b ag!L.CaPt? A. ge.Opne, 4-N• 4-Fiktll,,At X0ND024.114110* TO. litqg OpW. • Ir e n e ll es 1 4iilitrOtw 6 •••-• - • • i *PRP T Pitted iittf Pubbiftet - i at risaw Omar, No. I. Pielietti; Bac.