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MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Tuesday, the 20th instant, at St. George's, Hanover ,itiare, by his Grace the Archbishop of York, and previously, ac cording to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, by the Right tier. Dr. Braroston, V.A. Henry Petre, of Dunken Hall, Esq. son of the late Honourable George Petre, to Adela, daughter of Henry iloward, of Corby Castle, Esq. There were present at the ceremony his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Surrey, Wicklow, Amherst, Lady Ann and Miss Vernon, Lord and Lady Petre, Lord Clifford, Lord and Lady Howden, Lord Wallace, Mr. and Lady Blanche Cavendish, lion. Mrs. and Mines Espinasse, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pere. Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stourton, Sir Henry Webb, besides other members and connexions ~t the families of Howard and Petre. A dejeune was afterwards givn by Mr. and Mrs. Howard in Brook-street. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke of Grafton, and the Ladies Fitzroy, at their house in Clarges.street, Piccadilly, from their twat, Wakefield Lodge, St;lnv Stratford ; the Duke of Beaufort, at his house in Grosvenor. , I tta . re, from his seat in Gloucestershire ; the Earl and Co .ntess of illanNtield and family, from their seat. Coen Wood ; Sir Henry W. 11) one. Hart. in Clargcs-street, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. John Ball. at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Hondas; Mr. and 31ts. Pettit, at ditto, from Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Reilly, at Frawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, front Windsor; Sir Philip Gray Egerton, Bart. at the Burlington Hotel, from Cheshire ; Sir D.tvid Hunter Blair, Bart. at ditto, from the North ; Mr. and Mrs.' W. Lucy and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies. streets, from Wales; the Hon. Wm. Keith and Lord Kintore, at do. from the North ; Sir Hcdworth Williamson, Bart. at do. from the Continent ; Viscount and Viscountess Down and family, at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley : square, front their seat in York. shire ; Mr. and Mrs. John Wrigh t. at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street. front Essex; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Thumlinson, at ditto, from N or folk; Capt. Brown, at ditto, from Sussex; P. Ross, Esq. at ditto, from Scotland ; .-- Watkins, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; Charles Villiers, Esq. 4th Light Dragoons, at ditto, from ditto; Sir William and Lady Foulis, at the Hyde-park Hotel, from their seat in Yorkshire. DEPARTURES. _ Le Viscomte de Vllaine, to the Continent ; Rey. Primatt Knapp, to Paris; Sir Edward Blount, Bart. from the Burlington Hotel, for his seat, in IVorcestershire; Messrs. Mainwaring, from ditto, for the Continent ; J. Townshend, Esq. from ditto, to ditto ; F. Fitz gerald, Esq. from ditto, for Donnington.puk, Leicestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Selby and family, from Alivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-street, for the Continent; R. Knight, Esq. from ditto, br Sussex; J. Kinnersley, Esq. and family, from ditto, for the Continent; Lord and Lady Muncaatcr, from Thomas's Hotel, Derkeley-square, for Brighton ; Captain Griffiths, from the Pul teney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lively, Fuller, from Yarmouth to London, capsized and sunk near Harwich on Monday. The Ant, Watson, from Liverpool to Vera Cruz, struck on a sunken rock off that port, and filled with water. Most of the cart /go saved, but greatly damaged. The Adventure, Young, of Shields. bound to Aarhus, was ttanded on the east coast of Jutland previous to ►he 13th inst. The Lovely Cruiser. Pater, from Alicant, has arrived at Sligo. DIAL, Arm 20.—Wiad W. to W.N.W. and N.W.—Put back apparently all the outward-bound--blowing a gak. Si;, r.m.—The gale has subsided. Arrived the Martin, —, from Demerara. _ POZTIMOUTH, Aram 20.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W ..—Arrived from London, the Marquis Huntly, Ascough, for New South Wales; and bis Majesty's ship Cadmus. from Rio Janeiro—sailed 12th February, Bahia Bth March, and Pernambuco the 16th. Has un board about 20,0001. in gold and diamonds. Off the port, the Walworth Castle, , from the Cape of Good Hope. PLTrouTar A PRIL 19. Wind W . N. W.— His Pdajesty's schooner Cornelia, tender to the Hecla frigate, put into &. Michael's on the 10th inst. in distress, having lost her rudder, and foremast being sprung, during severe gales about the island. She was from Ascension to Portsmouth. Arrived the Derwent, Milton, from Sierra Leone. FALKOI37II, Aran. 19.—Wind W. to W.N. W. strong gales, and squally. Maus, Aran.lB.—Arrived the Brothers, Hinds, from Deme rara ; and Mary, Erring, from Terceira. By means of the judicious allotment of small portions of laud to labourers, the poor-rates of Malmssbury, which 11 years ago amounted to 2,074/. have been for the last ►•err reduced to 1,4241. A parish near Brighton, consisting of 4,000 acres, paid in poor-rates, within the year ending at Easter last, no less than 5,000/. _ _ _ Such of the effective Excise-officers as the projected !eduction of duties in that department will render useless are expected to be turned over to the Customs. A new police force, with dress and appointments si milar to that in London, commenced its duties last week At Brighton. Attached to it is a fire establishment, con 4i,ting of au engineer, and 21 firemen and assistants. Several persons in the Isle of Wight have lately been .;uut feted in heavy penalties fur having contraband spirits tu their possession. As a specimen of the inconsistency of ecclesiastical rules .pith regard to residence, it may be mentioned that the incumbent of one of the largest parishes in the metropolis 'A ill have been absent from his living a whole year because ;iie dice which he holds in a distant cathedral requires , .mititerrupted residence for the same period, to secure halt the office and the emoluments.—Herald. S-edav morning last, during the hours of Divine Ser. kILL, the house of Mrs. Jane Claverley, Southampton to ito , Pnwnville, was robbed of a number of silver Afrcpons, a quantity of table-linen, wearing-apparel, and ether There are few plants which flourish over so large a tion of the earth as the cotton-tree, which will grow auy latitude between Sicily and Naples in the north, ..nd parts of New Holland in the south. In the predatory wars of the South American Indians, the strongest and the bravest man is appointed General, who, during the continuance of the contest, is armed by universal consent with the power of life and death. While the steam-carriage, which last week attempted the journey to Southampton, was proceeding near Staines, i stone was thrown at the engineer, which seriously in ured him, besides damaging one of the pipes. On Monday last the inhabitants of Portarlington were ;ready alarmed in consequence of one of those party tights occurring which are so disgraceful to the country The police, having received orders from a magistrate clear any house where there might be fighting, pro ceeded to remove some ruffians from the house of a shopkeeper, whose tables and chairs they had broken, hut on their approach both parties joined in attacking the three policemen. They almost instantly disarmed Mr. Kiffin, the Chief Constable, of his sword, and forced a carbine from one of his men. With these weapons they inflicted several wounds on all the party. Mr. Kiffin was %ounded by a ball from the carbine the rioters bad taken, and received several cuts from his own sword. Sergeant Lockhart got thirteen wounds with a sword, a bayonet, iron bars, &c. ; and another unfortunate con stable had one arm broken, and the other almost cut off near the wrist. When in the most imminent danger, they were rescued by three or four more policemen eoniing to their aid, when the ruffians were forced out of the house. One of the principal assailants, named Dunn, arm shot, and his brother was forced to undergo amputa tion of hie leg, having received a dangerous wound in the 4 ffra7. In the present excited state of the country- People against the police, there ought to have been a Inch great er num b er of the latter in the town on the v Li air day. The presence of a magistrate was also much !ranted, as, bad there been any in the town, this serious iLmiturbacce could not have taken place.— Dublin warder. I I DRURY-LANE THEATRE.. An attempt was last night made to perform the opora of Guy Mannering ; but it was rendered in a great de gree abortive in consequence of the recent dispute be tween Madame Vestris and Mr. Anderson, the new can didate for vocal honours. The friends of the belligerent parties mustered in considerable numbers on this occasion ; and their noisy zeal in behalf of their respective favourite completely marred the enjoyment of thane who paid their money in the hope of bearing some pleasing music, and who cared not one straw about " Tweedle-dum" or Twee dle-dee" in their individual capacity. At the conc:usion of the duet which introduces Henry Bertram (the cha racter sustained by Mr. Anderson) to the scene, the greatest confusion prevailed. Cries of " Off ! off !" " Encore," hisses, and every species of noise, brought the performance to a stand-still. At length Mr. Ander son, who, throughout the evening, evinced a great deal of nerve and presence of mind, in his embarrassing situation, stood forward and said, " Ladies and Gentlemen, if your disapprobation arises from any thing which you have read in the public prints, I can truly affirm, that what Madame Vestris or her friends have said is utterly without founda tion." This attack on the veracity of Madame Vestris pro duced an indescribable commotion. One party was loudly vociferating, " An apology ! " while another, who believed that Mr. Anderson had merely stated the fact, shook the roof with shouts of" Bravo !" In the midatof the turmoil, Madame Vestris advanced to the foot-lights, evidently with the intention of addressing the audience, but although her friends, and particularly one " hoary-headed swain," with Stentorian lungs, shouted lustily " Hear Madame Vestris," that object could not be effected. The cries of " Let Madame Vestris speak" being still continued, Mr. Wallack felt it necessary, as stage-manager, to make his appearance. He, however, could not for some time obtain silence. The eloquence of Madame Vestris ap peared to be in extraordinary request, and the cry was, " We don't want to hear you, Mr. Wallack, we wish to hear Madame Vestris." With much difficulty Mr. Wallack was enabled to procure silence, when he observed, in effect, " that as the matter in question, out of which the present disturbance arose, must very speedily be decided by legal authority, it would certainly be better if the friends of the parties would not, in that place, exhibit their feelings." (Loud plaudits, accompanied by marks of disapprobation equally loud.) Mr. Wallack proceeded to say, " that the audience ought in justice to suspend their opinion until a legal investigation of the circumstances had taken place." (Shouts of" No, no !" and" Yes, yes!") In the midst of the tempest Mr. Wallack approached Ma dame Vestris, and having conversed witii her for a moment he thus addressed the audience—" The lady herself says, that she trusts you will not make this a place for deciding a question which must undergo judicial investigation." (A general shout of " bravo !" one facetious gentleman caUed out, " Why don't they make it up now ? Can't they kiss and be friends ?" which interrogatories ex cited much laughter.) Madame Vestris here left the stage, apparently en colere ; but was shortly afterwards led on by Mr. Wallack. The uproar still continuing, Mr. Wallack came forward and observed, that the situation of Mad. Vestria was new to one who had always been a pub lic favourite, and who had constantly endeavoured by every exertion in her power, to merit the favour which she had so long enjoyed. He entreated the audience to suffer the performance to proceed in silence. The noise still con tinuing, Mad. Vestris advanced " like Niobe, all tears," and having calmed the anger of the opposing factions, she said,—" With respect to Mr. Anderson, if I had not every proof of his conduct, I would not have taken the steps which I have felt it to be my duty to adopt. I am well convinced that he hired persons to drive me from the stage. (Cries of No, no,' and true, true.') If, ladies and gentlemen, he can clear himself from the stigma of having thus behaved, no person will be more rejoiced at it than myself. (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that, for your amusement, you will suffer us to finish the opera." (Bravo, bravo.) The opera then pro ceeded, but, during the whole evening, the feelings of the respective parties were loudly expressed. Towards the end of the first scene of the second act, Madame Vestris made her exit rather abruptly, saying—as we caught her words, "If you insult me, I must leave the stage." What Mr. Anderson had said or done, we know not ; but the expression was followed by redoubled marks of dis approbation towards the new performer. In the third act, Madame Vestris was very much interrupted ; and she at length appealed to the audience. She requested to know what she had done to offend them ; for her own part, she was unconscious of having deserved their displea sure. This ended the speechification of the evening. Had the opera been allowed to proceed quietly, it would, we think, have given great satisfaction. Miss Stephens sang delightfullyes-Madame Vestris with grace and skill—and Mr. Anderson displayed capabilities of voice, which, if sedulously cultivated, will place him among the most popular vocalists of the day. Touching this quar rel between Mad. Vestris and Mr. Anderson, we have one remark to make. It was asserted at Bow-street, that when on Tuesday week, Mad. Vestris appeared as CaptainMac heath, she was assailed by a party hired for that purpose, with hisens, cries of " off, off," " no ladies in small clothes," &c. Now the writer of this critique was pre sent throughout the whole of the performance of the Beggar's Opera on that evening, and can positively as sert that he heard no cries of the kind. Frcm fitit to last, Madame Vestris was received with applause. Those, therefore, who, it is alleged, were employed to annoy Madame Vestris, must have been guilty of what in the prize-ring is denominated " a cross," and taken the course exactly opposite to that which they had under taken to pursue. Should the trial for conspiracy take phice, it is said that some curious disclosures will inevi /• tably be made. to An individual of respectable connections, and known to the dealers who frequent the Southampton and neigh bouring markets, is in custody, charged with having sto len 25 sheep from Humley-park, the seat of Sir Win. Heathcote, one of the county Members. A LAPLAND WZDDING.—It is death in Lapland to marry a maid without her parents' or friends' consent ; therefore, if one bear affection to a young maid, upon breaking thereof to her friends, the fashion is that a day is appointed for their friends to meet to be hold the two young parties run a race together. The maid is allowed in starting the advantage of a third part in the race, so that it is impossible, ex cept she will of herself, that she should be overtaken. If the maid overrun her suitor, the matter is ended ; he must never have her, it being penal for the man to renew the offer of marriage. But if the virgin bath affection for him, though at first running hard to try the truth of his love, she will (without Atalanta's golden balls to retard ber speed) pretend some casualty, and a voluntary halt; be. fore she cometbto make an end of the race. Thus no are compelled to marry against their own wills ; and this is the cause that in this poor country the marritul pia* are richer in their own contentment than in other where so many forced matches make feigned love, and I oam real unhappiness. REDUCTION OF CIVIC HOSPITALITY. The Cottunittee appointed upon Mr. C. Pearson's M - 1:.011:o sit In Guildhall. for examining ir.W the propriety of reducing the zillowance of the Lord Mayor. and the salaries of the chief City officer.. has been for some days actively employed; ui salinity, how ever, has not been the order of the day. Mr. PLACOCIL, of Bishopsgate.street, was appointed Chairman. Mr. Pa ARSON said, his first proposition should refer to the Chief Officer of the City, whose allowance appeared to him to be much greater than the condition of the Corporation Funds justified. 1h: ' Lord Mayor's salary had. in consequence of the high price of pro visions, and what were considered indisper.sible articles of luxury. been increased 60:I/. in the year 1805, and in 1811 an additional in. crease had beet, made to the same amount. for the same reason. The low price of provisions. &c. howet cr, ncve; produced a corresponding reduction ; but he trusted that now that an example was set where the City of London was accustomed to look in vain for precedents, the work of retrenchment would not fail to exhibit itself. He pro posed that the allowance to the lard Mayor should be reduced ICOOI. a-year. The grounds for that 'Auction were. the low price of provisions and the increase of certain tees to the Chief Magis trate. Part of the income of the Lord Mayor was derived frum the entrance into port of vessels laden with corn. last year the money arising front that source amounted to 1,6991 which was paid in lieu of samples of coin, but the Committee should be fully satisfied upon that head by the Returns front the Cocket Office. The Cocket writing of Corn had increased since the opening of the ports 5001. a-year, and an addition had been made to the perquisites of the Lord Mayor of a similar sum, on account of the duty on the guag ing of oil and wine. Mr. Pearson referred to the regular City Ac counts to prove that expenccs were incurred by the Chief Magistrate which were wholly unnecessary, and in very bad taste. Against this proposition there was a growl in the committee. Several members declared if they stinted the Lord Mayor he would indemnify himself, and have his revenge by a frightful economy in the larder and cellar of the Mansion-Howe. It was even said that no fall had taken place in the price of protitions since the periods at which the allowance had been raised. . . 11r. S. Dixon was decidedly against reducing the allowance or adopting any measure calculated to lessen the dignity of the Chief Magistrate Convivial entertainments never failed to restore the harmony which politic a disagreements occasionally sus pended between individuals. It was essential to the mainte. nance of a gond understanding amongst the members of the Coe. poration that they should perform those important and agreeable functions of nature--eating and drinking together. He had long been in the habit of contributing his share in doing honour to the ancient and respectable practice, and he hoped to see no check ad. ministered by the economical discernment of the worthy Member. If the dinner allowances were not made to the Committees, nobody could be prevailed upon to attend. He therefore trusted that the idea of squeezing in the established mode of Civic hospitality should be altogether abandoned. (Laughter and applause.) Alderman 'fiionesow said, he was ready to lay before the Committee, if they should consider it requisite, an account of the expenses incurred in his Mayoralty; but he by no means in. tended it to be understood that he pointed to his year as a cri terion for the direction of other Gentlemen—on the contrary, he had incurred expenses, which perhaps he would rot have been justified in contracting, if be had not been a Member for the City as well as Chief Magistrate. If he had gone to the seemingly un.l necessary expense of extraordinary liveries, and in other respects ' given proofs of a fancy for ostentation, he was not to look for in. l demnitication to the City funds. In the estimate which a Lord Mayor made of the expenses of the year. it never, he believed, oc. curred to that Magistrate that in making it he was bound to in clude the expenses which he must have incurred in his family, if he did not fill the chair at all. (hear.) Ald. COPELAND felt some delicacy in speaking upon the subject, as he had " not yet" reached the dignity which was so liberally sup ported by his fellow-citizens. He felt perfectly satisfied that the Corporation would, on this occasion, adopt the most judicious course, and he should continue silent, as lie was to be affected personally by the result. He, however, could not avoid contrasting, in the Corn. ' mittee the conduct ado p ted towards the different offices of Sheriff and Lord Mayor, and to express his astonishment that while the Corporation thought proper to indemnify the latter so bountifully, the former was left without any allowance whatever. In his own cue the expenses of serving the office of Sheriff, and of the election for the year, amounted to 6,5011. over and above all that he received. Mr.Peaissort urged the necessity of diminishing the Lord Mayer') allowance. He proved by quotations from the printed access% that several of the expences generally reported and believed is be liquidated out of the allowance, were defrayed independently by the Chamber. One of the items was 1441. for the Lord Mayor's " entertaining gown ; " another was 301. for lbw gown of the Common Crier, who cries aloud to strangers in die Common Hall, that they must depart on pain of imprisonment.' From these and several other instances of foolish extravagance, the general enormity of the expenditure might be conjectured. Many complaints had been made of the present style of the Mansion. house ; but that building had cost, in the repairs of itself, and its furniture and plate, upwards of 2,0001. a-year for the last fifty years ; so that while for that period the cost of improving the streets of London amounted to no more than 66,00 W., the residence of the Lord Mayor caused an expenditure of upwards of 120,0004 The proposition for reducing the Lord Mayor's allowance 1,5001. a-year, was then put and negatived by 12 to 6. Mr. Pgaison then moved that a Report be made specifically to the Court that the Committee would not recommend the reduction of the Lord Mayor's allowance. He should not propose that the salaries of the inferior officers should be reduced, as that of the principal was to remain in sloth gun ; and he wished to have the directions of the Court as to whether the subject was to be treated in reference to the fall of prices or not. He considered that he was involved in consequence of the misrepresentation of the order of reference. The question ap pea red to him to have been decided solely on the ground that the Lord Mayor expended the amount of his allowance ; and he could not think of trying the Lord Mayor by one rule and the clerks and servants, &c. by ano ther. If the salaries were to be determined by the capability at persons to spend them, the Committee would not be likely to come to the decision he sought. He could give proof of that capability himself. (laughter.) Mr. PE itTERESA seconded the proposition; but Mr. T. Woon, who strongly contended against reduction, got rid of the question by proposing an Adjournment, which was ear. ried by a considerable majority. The attempt to reduce the allowances to the several Committees will, it is believed, share the same fate. Some members have ex pressed their determination not to enter upon the usual annual re commendation of Reform to Parliament, in the Common Council, as there seen.s to be a most inveterate objection to the admission of the principle into the Corporation of London. The proceedings of the Committee are looked for with the greatest curiosity. Fitchland, a Danish writer, had instituted a vet; minute inquiry into the decreast; which hue taken place in the produce of grain, as compared with ancient times; and has adduced a host of curious facts to establish this cicciinistance, though he confesses that, in every instance, he cannot tuke upon himself to vouch for their accuracy. According to the book of Genesis, the soil of Gcrara, a toa n of the Philistines, yielded one hundred for one ; and according to Herodotue, the lands near Babylon, which were irrigated by the canals drawn from the Tigris, and E rphrates, producedithree hundred for one. Theo phrastas, however, records that, with very little atten tion, fifty for one could be obtained, and with skilful cultivation, one hundred. Varro tells ns that, in Syria and Byzacium (the present site of Tunis), the soil yielded seed a hundred fold. Strabo relates the same thing of the land about Leontiom, in Sicily, and also speaks of the trecentuple produce of the Babylonian territory, bnt that it was confined to barley alone. Ni..' buhr, in his Travels, attributes an equal measure of fer- 1 tility to the environs of Alexandria,observing that the hard grain, called dourra, produces 150 for 1 ; that at Tekamn as many as two hundred, and, at times, even four hundred seeds were obtained from every grain sown. Sitesoadi reports (in his sketch of husbandry in the Tuscan do minions,) that some districts return one hundred and one hundresi and twenty fold, and that many parts of Sicily are of still greater fertility. Frechlaarl is of opinion, that the ancients pursued a more perfect system of husbandry than ourselves, and thus endeavours to account for the amazing fertility of such soils as were of a naturally productive character. He considers that, in those parts where there has been a decrease of this fertility, the fault is ascribable to the husbandman, said not to the land ; and that where doe pain are taken, the soil will be found to be as pinball,. as it was io fee sun times. As regards the northaraclialnot Pink*. lady Denmark, w• are told by him that each vale• el wheat yields eight, and barley between 12 sad . 14 use& though tradition informs as, that Norway and ilkiisesile oos4 koloorly to ridges twisty-four teid.—Athosasss. PIP:: .'V FETTER-LAMP. Ar. I 1.,--a• was fasteteuiog held is St 013ITICieli Hospital, b ?fir! ti l'a i , iti. E 444. Oa view of the ' " of the unfortunate slift-r..r. 1.• the 100,1 exiaffißous fire of ; -lane—viz. John ilqwc.,l, n4:4 35: Clunidtte Burgin, ;Wargarct Syret, VI. ti ll - t .ae,p , , lii • Mary Ann Burgin, MI; William Howard, 11; a• a Mary Howard, dit J. Grant, dd. Petter:.ane. baker, examined—Sunday morning Ise, about halt-past one, 1 was awoke-by die melt of smoke in my room, nn the first Poor hack ; the flames came malting in, in consequence of which, sieing no escape down stairs. 1 ran to the window, and throwing out my pantaloons. jumped fete the back yard, and escaped into the sweet, and ran for ladder, • but on my return, Mr,. M'Cleugh and her family of seven children. In the same floor, had escaped. Mrs. Syret lodged on the second door, as alto two other persons. Mr. Howard, his wife, and 'min one of the back roosts, besides three other persons. Mrs. Carey lodged in a back attic : and in another attic, Mrs. Burgin, son, and daughter, all in the same room. My housekeeper and two ether fmn also slept in the top of the house, who, I believe, remained there when I jumped out of the window. ----- John Slater examined—l occupy the cellar underneath. WWI I left in the cue of my wife and boy ahourludfpast six. There was no fire burning. There was in the room lye gallons of turpentine placed under • wooden dresser, in a cis case, which was covered. None of my family had any occasion to go to it. I had no gas burning ; and how the fire originated I knew not. I slept on the: night in Barnard's Inn ; and. on being alansed. I ran and folio./ Mr. Howard and his family endeavours( to escape through a trap. tloce into my cellar. Mr. Grant being recalled. stated that his louse was insured, a 3.1 that the-cellar of his house was arched over. Mary Lawson—l occupied one of the front rooms on the second floor, and was awoke at half past one. There appeared to be no one stirring at the time in the house, which, in a moment after 1 was swot,. was in a blaze. I escaped by means of a ladder. James Tar, watchman of St. Andrew's, stated that he perceived, at half-past one, a smoke issuing from underneath Mr. Grant's house, and afterwards perceived through the light.holes hi the shutters, flames, in consequence of which he sprung his rattle, what', the next moment, he caught a female, who threw herself from the Inn door window it: his arms. He passed by the house fire rr.i. owes before, but saw no appeatance of fire. Mr. Grant being recalled, stated that his bakehouse and the place where he kept his shavings wire all safe when he retired to bit/ Ile had taken no light there (in the shaving room) that day. Henry Wade—l slept on tne ground floor in the front prriou. with my wife. I heard no alarni, but was awoke by the oppressis e heat, and running into the passage found the lower part of lilt house all in flames. I uroke open the shutter and escaped. Ti'e fire appeared to have commenced from below. After having dep sited my clothes in an area opposite, I returned to my room, bu found no fire burning there. Charles Simons, a watchman, deposed to seeing, at half past o a person rushing out of the front door of Mr. Grant's house with a night cap and a coat on, who ke believed to have been the wittiv.- ade ; but the confusion and smoke being so &lase, he could n. well distinguish features. Samuel Hippon, a lodger in Mr. Grant's house, stated that, on tl:e fire breaking out he escaped at the back part of the house. whet , on looking back, he could perceive no dames from blow. The Cr: appeared to proceed from the second floor. Several other witnesses were examined, but who could give no formation how the tire originated. It was, in consequence, requested on the part of s,:veral of tit- Jury, it being late, thlt an adjournment should take place, in order that other witnesses might be examined. Adjourned accordingly until to-morrow—(this day ) On Monday, at noon, Thomas Cox, who was con victed on Friday of the murder of William Wicks, at Bisley, underwent the last sentence of the law on tho drop erected near the gateway of Gloucester gaol. Ths wretched man maintained a sullen composure since hii conviction, and did not appear to be at at moved at the prospect of his approaching death. His firmness did Dot forsake him on the scaffold, and he died solemnly protesting his innocence. His son William, who, it will be recollected, was tried with him and acquitted, was detained upon a charge of stealing an iron pot, and, having been found guilty of that charge, he was sea- Minced to six months' imprisonment. The son, therefore, did not see his father after the conviction of the former, as the law does not permit a person capitally convicted to see any other convict, without an order from the judge. Saturday at Hereford, James Williams suffered the extreme penalty of the law on the drop over the gateway of the county gaol, for robbing and violently beating Fran cis Wellington, on the 3d of Nov. last. The prisoner was convicted at the last Assizes, together with Robt. Floyd and John Roberts. The last named prisoner is only 17 years old, and it appearing that he had taken no active part in the out rage, his sentence was commuted to transportation for life Floyd was to have suffered with Williams, but in conse quence of some circumstances which have transpired since the trial, tending to raise a doubt as to the correctness of. the verdict against him, and as both Williams and Ro berts have solemnly denied that he was of the party, a communication was made to Mr. Peel, who last week fat warded a respite of his sentence till the 15th of May.— Since his condemnation, Williams has displayed every external appearance of sincere repentance. He admitted the justice of his sentence, but to the last persisted in declaring that Floyd was not implicated in the crime. ANOTIIER CASE OF MEDICAL POISONING Al FINCIILEY.—Much excitement has been created at Finchley for some days past, owing to the following cir cumstance, so nearly resembling the melancholy case of the late Mrs. Phillips :—Mrs. Geary, the wife cf a Icier labouring man residing near the chnrch, d in her accouchenaent by the apothecary on Putridly week, and by him safely delivered of a female child. The nurse was told a draught should be sent, whi. It was to be given Mrs. G. as soon as it cairn', ; and a' t four o'clock a bottle arrived accordingly, the conttnta of which were given to her. Half an Exit afterwards the appearances left no doubt that some mistake ?lad been made in the r..edicine, and they sent off imme diately to the doctor, who arrived between six and seven o'clock. In the mealtime the poor woman showed • the most distrereing symptoms of having been poisoned. and the greatest exertions were used to keep her froaa sleeping, by pinching her, &c. She felt she was dying and • took leave of her ether children. The doctor having troaght a stomach-pump with him, ex traced the contents, and eca- . drilled to inject awl extract warm water, he., for *Wit 't three qiia-tens of an hour, and remained with her all night and the following day, allowing her only to steep ten ruieutea every four home. On Monday iittle hopes remained of her recovery, and five doctors continued a ith her a niFlst. Alt/magi) she now re.nains in a precarious it is thought she will recover. It turned cut eau 1?:e bettie contained two 04BCCA of pare iaadateint, and y for the pmaipt exertions of the norm death ratatt ir.eW.- tabty have ensued, the quantity king about thirty times the usual &tap given in such carer. It rhould be stated there was we label or other writing sent with the bett:e, Mr. Parbenry, of the Queen'. Head, has um d ever• en deavour to mitigate the ruing which their poverty ww.. 1 .41 [otherve;s2. have ag,ravated. MARK-LANI, Aran ha We hare but a shot saap*y of Chau in the Alashei to-day, se. Oar caused theta to take aWit air.owe, toes IM trade prevail e , so tat/email flail, the' what little there is (Mir, in Where .94 Barley, will scarcely support llemlay• tem.. INTOWIAIIIIOB4 IM MO lei*PDA V . Wheat, disk 49re.) . 1931111letirp. Ferris* %miss . 4,36 S Shoe, Rash& frith Farris* Berk". Knish . I loth • Irish . . Visor (sorbs) 1,444 1.400 iM 1,!00 COAL-IitCHANEM Aran. IS 'flirty-sight sew Phipe este lowed how Ws wish ase ohm wow an liVinge illffej a 0111 Mb lbg Nn . !M Coal ZiebseigAtio sot wry ismaarataj wi arided by Atevalawas. draigibe am* ..,... 1 .. -WO • ,41,420.11155ig Sie Oa Ms 01 vets 336 i into Ho Oa d Sir st Phtbei ; ille ' '