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• -t11.:11. 7 • .•- .„. • , • !Aril")) • 4- • 1;.4 ITION OF THE SUTTEE RITE. 1 1. 7, TA, A. D. 1829. REGULATION XVII. A regulation for declaring the practice of suttee, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindoos, illegal, and punishable by the Crtiuntat Courts. Passed by the Governor in Council, on the 4th Wei tither, 1829. 'rile practice of suttee, or of burning or burying alive the widows ei Hindoos, is revolting to the feelings of human nature; it is no % here enjoined by the religion of the Hindoos as an imperative duty • on the contrary, a life of purity and retirement on the part of the :Mow is more especially and preferably inculcated, and by a e.st majority of that people throughout India the practice is not kept tip nor observed : in some extensive districts it does not exist ; in those in which it has been most frequent it is notorious that in many instances acts of atrocity have been perpetrated which have been shocking to the Hindoos themselves, and in their eyes unlawful end wicked. The measures hitherto adopted to discourage and pre. vent such acts have failed of success, and the Governor-General in ouncil is deeply impressed with the conviction that the abuses in question cannot be effectually put an end to without abolishing the pizetice altogether. Actuated by these considerations, the Go etrnor.General in Council, without intending to depart from one of the first and most important principles of the system of British go vernment in India, that all classes of the people be secure in ob servance of their religious usages, so long as that system can be ad hered to without violation of the paramount dictates of justice and ettnianity, has deemed it right to establish the following rules, which . hereby enacted to be in force from the time of their promulgation din , nehout the territories immediately subject to the Presidency of Vett William. 2. The practice of suttee, or of burning, or burying alive the wi. dons of Hintloott, is hereby declared illegal, and punishable by the Criminal Courts. 3. First, All Zemindars Talookdars , or other proprietors of land, whether Maigusaree, or akheraj ; all Sudder farmers, and Under rulers of land of every description ; all dependent Talookdars ; all Naibs, and other local agents; all Native officers employed in the collection of the revenue, and rents of land on the part of govern mem, or the Court of Wards; and all Mundula, or other head men of villages, are hereby declared especially accountable for the imme diate communication to the officers of the nearest police station of coy intended sacrifice of the nature described in the foregoing sec iton ; and any &minder, or other description of persons above no. 'iced, to whom such responsibility is declared to attach, who may be convicted of wilfully neglecting or delaying to furnish the informa. that above required, shall be liable to be fined by the magistrate, or joint magistrate, in any sum not exceeding 200 rupees, and in de. fault of payment to be confined for any period of imprisonment not exceeding six months. Second.—lmmediately on receiving intelligence that the sacrifice declared illegal by this regulation is likely to occur, the Police Da. rogah shall either repair in person to the spot, or depute his Mohur. hir or Jemadar, accompanied by one or more Burkendares of the Hindoo religion, and it shall be the duty of the police officers to an. nounce to the persons assembled for the performance of the cere mony, that it is illegal, and endeavour to prevail on them to disperse, explaining to them that, in the event of their persisting in it, they will involve themselves in a crime, and become sub ject to a punishment by the Criminal Courts. Should the par. tits assembled proceed in defiance of these remonstrances to carry the ceremony into effect it shall be the duty of the police officers to use all lawful means in their power to prevent the sacrifice from taking place, and to apprehend the principal persons aiding and abetting in the performance of it; and in the event of the police officers being unable to apprehend them, they shall endeavour to ascertain their names and places of abode, and shall immediately eorrettunicate the whole of the particular to the magistrate, or joint magistrate, for his orders. Third—Should intelligence of a sacrifice declared illegal by this reettlation not reach the police officers untill it shall actually have taken place, or should the sacrifice have been carried into effect iTiore their arrival at the spot, they will, nevertheless, institute a Inn ~ nquiry into the circumstances of the case, in like manner 34 on all other occasions of unnatural death, and report them for the information and orders of the magistrate, or joint magistrate, to whom they may be subordinate. 4. First, On the receipt of the reports required to be made by the Police Darogaha, under the provision of the foregoing section, the magistrate or joint magistrate of the jurisdiction in which the sacrifice may have taken place, shall inquire into the circum stances of the case, and shall adopt the necessary measures for bringing the parties concerned in promoting it to trial before the Court of Circuit. Second, It is hereby declared, that after the promulgation of this regulation, all persons convicted of aiding and abetting in the semi tee of a 'Endo° widow, by burning or burying her alive, whether the sacrifice be voluntary on her part or not, shall be deemed guilty et culpable homicide, and shall be liable to punishment by fins or by imprisonment, or by beth fine and imprisonment, at the &sae von of the Court of Circuit, according to the nature and circum. stanc.s of the case, and degree of guilt established against the of. le;:der ; nor shal l be held to be any plea of justification that he or she was desired by the party sacrificed to assist its putting her r 3 death. Thiel, Persons committed to take their trial before the Court of Circuit for the offence above-mentioned, shall be admitted to bail or not, at the discretion of the Magistrate or joint Magistrate', sub ject to the general rules in force in regard to the admission of bail. 5. It is further deemed necessary to declare, that nothing contain. ed in this regulation shall be construed to preclude the Court of Nizamut Adawlut from passing sentence of death on persons con victed of using violence or compulsion, or of having assisted in burning or burying alive a Hindoo widow, while labouring under at state of intoxication or stupefaction, or other cause impeding the exercise of her free will, when, from the aggravated nature of the offence proved against the pris oner, the Court may see no circum. stances to render him or her a proper object of mercy. The Amity transport arrived at Portsmouth on Satur day, in 118 days, from the Mauritius. She touched at the Cape of Good 1-lope, which she left on the 25th of Jan. at St. Helena, which she quitted on the 9th of Feb. and at Ascension, when she sailed on the 16th. The Maidstone and Falcon were the only ships at the Cape when the Amity sailed. His Majesty's ships Eden and Chanticleer accompanied the Amity from St. Helena to Ascension. The Amity brings homeMajorMair, 99th hegt. Capt. Webb, 41st Regt. and family; Lieut. Alartendale, R.S.C. Lieut. Douglas, 44th Regt. Lieut. Goodhall, 55th Regt. Lieut. Nagel, 82d, and D.A. Conway, Esq. Surgeon, R. N. and 85 soldiers, 10 women, and 22 children. There is no page in the history of mankind so black as that which records the intercourse between civilised and barbarous nations. Of this an awful and striking in stance is exhibited in the feelings which exist between the Indiana of Brazil and the Portuguese, who in one district are stated to have given the natives clothes charged with the poison of the small-pox, which, in consequence, raged among them with such fury, that they were at last compelled to destroy the infected with arrows. The salaries and appointments of our diplomatists have been frequently animadverted upon as extravagant and lavish in the highest degree. An opportunity of compar ing them with those of a cheap Government—namely, that of the United States, has just occurred, by which it appears that the complaint is not unfounded. Mr. Law rence, the late American Charge d'Affaires at London, had a credit opened with Messrs. Baring, Brothers and Co. for 4,500 dollars (1,0001. sterling) as an outfit, and for an equal sum as salary, on the return of Mr. Gallatin, in 1827: and though Mr. Lawrence performed, for one year, the joint services of American Minister and Secre tary of Legation, and was furnished with express autho rity from the Department of State, for receiving the aforesaid salary and outfit, Mr. Clay, the American Se cretary of State, has declared the money to have been illegally received, and makes now a merit of his modera tion in refraining from directing any proceedings to com pel reimbursement. Thus, the most important mission of the United States to the Court of St. James is grudg ingly, and actually worse paid than are any of our Con suls General to the South American Republics. What would these frugal economists say to the charge of from 14,0001. to 25,0001. per annum, for embassies to Courts and capitals, some of which—Lisbon to wit—had not even a resident sovereign ? The thousand pounds paid for the outfit of an American Minister would hardly suffice to purchase the chests containing the plate, china, and snuff boxes, of one of our first-class Ambassadors—such as those sent to St. Petersburgh, Constantinople, Vienna, or Paris—or to liquidate the tailors' bills for the liveries and trapping,' of their servants and suits. As to allow ances or pens ions to retiring Ambassadors, such things seen, to be entirely out of the question in America. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. .......411.... TATTERSA LLS'. The crowded state of the room induced as to expect a heavy day's business. This, however, was not the case, although some tolerably heavy engagements were made. 'The alterations in the odds are not to be treated slightly at this peeled, when the mar ap proach of the Epsom Races gives an importance to every fluctuation. Cressida is not in any demand the last odds offered were bOO to 105 ; but these would have in creased if there had been any disposi tion evinced to back him. Brunswieker was lacked by the North Country people, and left off at 7 to 1 (offers), which a Manchester gentleman had previously taken to 3001. Mouse was not In favour, nor was Cetus; Augustus was backed at 11 to 1, and Mahmoud had many friends, who confidently assert th a t h e i s t h e b est Ilene for the Derby (this we have strong reason to think has been ricer. tamed to be the case.) Exeter's other ionic, Red Rover, is reported to have gone aniiss in his legs, 40 to 1 being offered with impunity. Mr. Bidsdale's colt hes been named Little Red Rover, to distinguish him in the betting from the Marquis of Exeter's Red Rover. At six o'clock, the following were the average prices:— TWO TROOSAND STAN!. Even between Augustus and Mouse. MIRY. SOO to 105 agst Sir. Chifney's Priam (Cressida) 7 to 1 -- Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 8 to 1 Lord 0. Cavendish's Mouse colt 10 to 1 4.-- Sir M. Wood's The Mummer (taken) 11 to 1 -- Lord Exeter's Augustus (taken) 12 to 1 Sir M. Wood's Cetus 14 to 1 Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover (taken) 15 to 1 Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 18 to 1 Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler (taken) 22 to 1 —• Lord Sligo's Brine 25 to 1 Mr. Ramsbottont's Zucharelli 25 to 1 Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 40 to 1 Lnrd Exeter's Red Rover 60 to 1 Lord Verulam's Varennes colt O*lS. 5 to 1 Lord Sefton's Mouche to 1 Duke of Grafton's Brambilla 11 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Maria 14 to 1 ••--• Mr. Stonebewer's Leeway f. SS. Lactaa.—No change. ARCHERY. The silver bugle horn, an elegant Iwire presented to the Royal Company of Archers, the Ring's Body Guard, by Sir Henry Jar dine, Brigadier-General and Counsellor of the Royal Company, to be shot for annually, at one hundred yards distance, was on Thurs day last, the lath instant, shot for by the Royal Company for the first time, and won by J Tod, Eeq. illittt to the signet, Edinburgh. STEEPLE CHASE. A steeple chase, for 100 sovereigns, betwixt James Cruikshank, Esq. of Langley Park, and John Hay, Esq. of Letham, took place on Saturday last. The horses were Mr. Cruikahank's br. tn. My Lady, and Mr. Hay's favourite ch. horse—each rode by its owner. The ground chosen was very heavy, extending from the half-way House betwixt Dundee and Forfar to Afileck House—a distance of about five miles, which Mr. Cruikahank performed in twenty mi nutes, beating Mr. Hay by 4i minutes. In the mine of the run, the mare made an extraordinary leap of about 22 feet, clearing two ditches, two pailings, and a quickset hedge : besides leaping over 17 atone walls and a number of other fences. THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The firemen were occupied the greater part of yester day in removing the ruins of the houses recently occupied by Mr. Grant and 3lr. Wright, which were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last, the Parish Officers being anxious that all the bodies should be taken out as early as possible, so that it would be neces sary to summon only one Jury. Although four bodies were under the rubbish, it was after seven o'clock last night before one of them was found. One of the Atlas firemen discovered the mutilated re maids of an elderly woman, named Kenny, who had lodged in the upper part of the house. Her legs and head were burnt off, but the other part of the body was entire and not scorched at all. She is supposed to have been suffocated when the roof till in. The body was partly dressed, and in a pocket by her side were found thirteen sovereigns and a half sovereign. The body was removed to Mr. Russell's, the undertaker. In the course of the day a young man, a son of the unfortunate Mrs. Howard, was obsersed upon the ruins. Ile appeared to be much distressed. The bodies of his mother and a brother, about eleven years of age, are still buried underneath the rubbish ; and also the body of Mrs. Bergen. The buildings were very old, and consisted chiefly of lath and plaster, which accounts for the almost inconceivable rapidity with which they were con sumed. The heat was so intense that one of the engines which was placed in the street before Mr. Grant's house was very moth burnt on the side next to the house. It is expected that the other bodies will be taken out in time for the Coroner's Inquest, which is ap pointed to be held at five o'clock this evening. NAPOLEON AND DAVID.— About the middle of September, Bonaparte ordered to be brought to the house of Elfi Bey half a dozen Asiatic women, whose beauty he had heard highly extolled. However, their ungraceful obesity displeased him, and they were immediately dis missed. A few days after, he fell violently in love with Madame Foures, the wife of a Lieutenant of Infantry. She was pretty, and her charms were enhanced by the rarity of seeing a woman in Egypt, who was calcu lated to please the eye of an European. Bonaparte engaged for her a house adjoining the palace of Elfi Bey, which we occupied. He frequently ordered dinner to be prepared there; and I used to go there with him at seven o'clock, and leave him at nine. This connexion soon became the general subject of gossip at head-quarters. Through a feeling of delicacy to M. Foures, the General-in chief gave him a mission to the Directory. He embarked at Alexandria, and the ship was captured by the English, who, being informed of the cause of his mission, were malicious enough to send him back to Egypt, inst ead of keeping him prisoner. Buena parte wished to have had a child by Madame Foures ; but this wish was not realized.—King David, under similar influence, took good care to keep a despoiled husband at a sufficient distance, knowing that dead men see no sights, as well as tell no tales. But now let us see how the French leader conducted himselfwhen he was told byJunot the report that Madame Bonaparte was herself indulging in the sante license which he had so openly taken : " Whilst near the wells of Messoodiah, I one day saw Bonaparte walking alone with Junot. The General's countenance, which was always pale, had become paler than usual. There was something convulsive in his face, —a wildness in his look,—and he several times struck his head with his hand. He came towards me "So ! I find I cannot depend on you. Those women ! Josephine ! If you had loved me, you would before now have told me all I have heard from Junot. He is areal friend. Josephine! And I six hundred leagues from her I You ought to have told me. Josephine ! That she should thus have deceived me ! Woe to them ! I will exterminate the whole race of fops and puppies ! As to her divorce—yes, divorce, a public and open divorce !—I must write—l know all ! I It is your fault—you ought to have told me."—These energetic and broken exclamations, his disturbed coun tenance, his altered voice, informed me but too well of the subject of his conversation with Junot. I saw that Junot had been drawn into a culpable indiscretion, and that if Josephine had committed any faults, he had cru elly exaggerated them. I begged of him to consider with what facility tales were fabricated and circulated, and that gossip such as that which had been repeated to him was only the amusement of idle persons, and deserved the contempt of strong minds. I spoke of his glory. " My glory!" said he ; " I know not what I would not give if that which Junot has told the should be untrue — so much do I love Josephine ! If she be really guilty, a divorce must separate us for ever. I will not submit to be a laughing-stock for all the imbeciles of Paris. I will write to Joseph—he will get the divorce declared !" Bourienne goes on to say, that after some time Bona parts became tranquil : he listened to me as if he had suddenly felt the justice of my observation, dropped the subject, and never returned to it; except that about a fortnight after, when we were before St. Jean d'Acre, he expressed himself greatly dissatisfied with Junot, and complained of the injury he had done him by his indis creet disclosures, which he began to regard as the inven tion of malignity..—BouriennF's 15:eireires. LA it INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Antra 19. ItOPER V. PHILLIP*. This was an action brought by the plaintiff; the nephew of Lord Teynham, to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, for suing out a commission of bankruptcy against him, when he had never been subject to the bankrupt laws. The plaintiff complained, in his declaration. that the defendant. maliciously, and without reasonable or probable cause, sued out a commission of bankruptcy against him, under which he was de. dared a bankrupt, and put to considerable expense before he could obtain a supersed eas. It appeared from the evidence before the Court, that the plaintiff and defendant had been long acquainted before the suing out of the commission. The plaintiff in 1816 had some commission in the service of the Marysville of Anspaeh, at Brandenburgh.house ; he had various transactions with Mr. Phillips, and bought and sold goods; the plaintiff having been attacked by apoplexy, which placed his life in danger, he left town for Dover, and crossed over to Calais; Mr. Phillips had received no communication on the sub ject of the Major's departure, and therefore went in search of him. Mr. Phillips; and his attorney followed the Major to Seism, Dover, and Calais, and at the latter place requested security for Mr. Phil. lips's debt, which amounted to 1,9001. The plaintiff at that time was suffering under illness, and was not permitted to give the secu rity demanded. The defendant then came back, and, anxious to secure his debt, joined other creditors, and took out a commission of bankrupty. Application having been made to the Court of Chancery to supersede the commission, an issue was directed by the Lord Chancellor to try whether the Major had made himself a trader liable to the bankrupt laws. The Jury by their verdict found the commission invalid, and it was superseded. The bill of the plaintiff's attorney amounted to 3481. Mr. F. Pounce Counsel for the Plaintiff, contended upon the facts that the Defendant had no fair pretence for issuing the commis. sion. His client did not seek vindictive damages, but a fair remu neration for the expense he had incurred, and the anxiety occasioned by the proceedings. Mr. Baouonam contended that the Defendant was justified in the proceedings he had adopted. because he had every reason to be lieve the Plaintiff had made himself liable to the bankrupt laws. There was no doubt about the petitioning creditor's debt, and that the plaintiff appeared to be a person buying and selling goods he should prove beyond doubt. Several witnesses proved that the Plaintiff bought and sold goods in the Defendant's sale rooms on several occasions. Lord TENTERDEX said the question was not whether Majo r Roper was liable to the Bankrupt Laws at the time the Commiss ion issued, but whether the Defendant lead reasonable or probable cause for supposing him liable, tor although he might not be liable, yet if the Defendant had reasonable cause to think he was au object for a Commission, and took out a Commission fairly and honestly, this action could not be sustained. His Lordship, after stating the proofs requited by law to make a person bankrupt, went through the evidence, and left the Jury to decide whether the Defend. ant had reasonable cause to take out the Commission, observing, if they should be of opinion that he had not sufficient ground to issue the Commission, it would bean improper proceeding, and the Plain tiff had a claim to their verdict. The Jury found for the Plaintiff; damages, 6001. LIFE INSURANCE.—HALFORD V. HYXLII. The Plaintiff, a Banker In the City of London, brought this ac tion against the Asylum Insurance office, to recover 6,0001. on a Policy of Life Insurance. Dlr. F. POLLOCK stated that the plaintiff being desirous of se curing an interest he claimed in the life of his son, obtained a policy of insurance from the defendants. The premium and insurance had been regularly paid. The policy was to expire in February 1825, and his son died on the 21st of January preceding. The single question was, whether the plaintiff could legally insure the life of his son, and that question he understood depended upon • point of law ? No reflection was cast on the defendants for resisting the retiff% demand, but it certainly did depend upon a point of law. policy had been obtained upon this ground :—A father who had educated his son, and expended considerable sums in such edu cation, had an interest in the life of that son. In oil age he had a right, by the statute of Elizabeth, to support from a son, and there fore might insure his interest in the life of that son. The Act of 14th Geo. 111. provides that no insurance shall be made on the life of any person, unless such person have a legal interest in the life of the individual. The question was, whether a father had a pecuniary interest in the life of his son ; and whether the interest insured in this case was such as the law would recognize ? The Learned Coun. ad submitted that it was a valid interest, and compared it with the insurances made for the benefit of families by parents. The case lof a husband insuring the life of his wife was founded on the loss he might sustain by being deprived of her services. A father on the same principle, bad a right to insure the life of his son. No man could tell what assistance he might require in old age ; and as the law gave him the right to look for support to his son, he might in sure that life. Lord TENTEILDEW asked whether there was an agreement upon the facts ? The ATTORNIT-GINZIAL admitted the facts stated by Mr. Pollock. Lord TENTEIDIM said there could be no doubt it was a pecu niary interest, but as they agreed upon the facts they might take the opinion of the Court upon the law. His Lordship did not on that occasion give any opinion. The plaintiff was nonsuited, with liberty to move to enter a ver dict, and if there should be any doubt, the Court to order a special argument. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 19. His LORDSHIP presided this morning in Middlesex, to hear an. defended causes ; after which he sat in London, to bear Common Jury cases, of no interest but to the ponies concerned. To-morrow the Special Jury cases will commence. - - - - OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—APRIL 19. OLD COURT. Before Mr. Justice PARK. Wm. Warren, aged 27, was arraign 4 kr baring committed a violent assault upon Emma Elizabeth Hartland, on Thursday, the 25th of March, and George Miles, aged 34, and Isaac Smith, aged 30, for aiding and abetting in the said act. All the prisoners are married men, and have families. They were acquitted on account of the bad character of the prosecutriz. NEW COURT. • (Before Mr. Sergeant Altana.) Thomas Wallace, William Wallace, and William Piper, were indicted for breaking and entering the tool house of Edmund Hill, and others, at Tottenham, and stealing therefrom various ar. tides, value 30s. and upwards, during the night of the 27th of February last. Several witnesses were called in support of the prosecution, and some were also examined on behalf of the prisoners. The Jury found William Piper and Thomas Wallace Guilty, and William Wallace Not Guilty. Wes. Wallace, Thomas Wallace, Jane Wallace, and Wm. Piper, were severally indicted for breaking and entering, on the night of the 2Gth of Feb. the shop of Mr. Lawson, at Tottenham, and stealing therefrom a dead pig, a quantity of oranges and apples, and divers articles of wearing apparel, his property. Mr. BODKIN conducted the prosecution, and Mr. BARRY the defence. _ _ _ The evidence having been gone through, the Learned Sergeant summed up, and the Jury found William Wallace, William Piper, and Jane Wallace, Guilty—Thomas Wallace Not Guilty. The COURT then sentenced Jane Wallace to be transported foe fourteen years, and the other three prisoners to be transported foe life, upon which the younger Wallace exclaimed, " Thank you, Mr. Hill I" and Piper said, I'll bring you a blessing upon my return." Mr. Sergeant Al4llllll then desired two females, Esther \Valises and Eleanor Lawrence, who gave evidence in favour of the prisoners upon the former indictment, to be forthwith committed to Newgate, for having this mowing been guilty of the most grams and wilful perjury. Wiltiast Show was found guilty of stealing a silver snuffbox, value 51. from the person of \Villiam Crockford. MAXUZIM, APRIL 11.—An extraordinary Privy Council was held at Carlsrube a few days after the death of the Grand Duke. It is reported that a deliberation was held upon the measures to be taken in case Bavaria re• newed the pretensions which she made at another period upon some parts of the states of Baden. It appears that in 1827 the Government claimed the intervention of Russia, for the Margrave Leopold has addressed an au tographic letter to the Emperor Nicholas, calling upon him for the protection the late Emperor Alexander promised to the country of Baden whenever it should be threatened by the invasion of the Bavarians. Similar applications have been made to the Cabinet of Berlin, whose policy is always conformable to that of St. Petersburgh. Hopes are enter tained at Carlsruhe that all will be arranged without its be ing necessary to have recourse to the Germanic Diet, and that, thanks to the intervention of the great Powers, the tranquillity of Germany will not be disturbed. As soon as the answers from St. Petersburgh and Berlin are re ceived, and in case they are satisfactory, orders will be issued to countermand the preparations of defence that the Government thought necessary to prescribe upon the frontier bordering the Bavarian territory.—Quotidienne. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BIANSION-HOUSE. Tux LORD MAYOR's MAN IN Aastoua.—A vety helot , scene took place at the filansion.house yesterday on the oects;tri a charge against an almoner of the Tower, who is in the habit of act,,, as armed knight to the Lord M a y or on thst most remarkable of dat. in the city of London, the 9th of November. Mr. Clements, a gentleman who resides in Trinity-rquarc, st.e."! that the almoner, who lodged at his house, was in the habit ,e throwing up the windows in the dead of the n4ht and callit,g watch, to the disgrace of the house and the alarm of the whole mil s . bourhood. For this sort of conduct there was no excuse wh a t ever,w, it was in vain to expostulate with the almoner. a ho, on the prec u t, ing night, upon returning heme . tipsy, Irightened all the ladies in t ( house by roaring out for the assistance of the guardians of the night . The witness thought the best way to dispose of him was to chu g ,. him to the safe custody of those whose aid he invoked, and at ham past eleven he was consigned to the bliltspur-street compeer. The boat, MAYOR said the practice complained of was a very extraordinary one indeed, and asked whether the almoner wa, net lather touched in the pericranium ? Mr. Clements said he fancied that something of the kind roust br the case, but he attributed this perverted flight of the imagination to the excessive use of strong cordials. 1 The almoner, who is a man of gigantic proportions, with a begs quantity of whitish hair thickly set in his head, shook his head a: this intimation, and held up a finger on each side of it, as if to say that if he was mad he was horn-mad. His lordship sulked his knight why he took such a fancy to the society of the watchmen at the time when all reasonable men were going to bed ? The almoner said the fact was, he did not fancy the society of his landlord, who was rather too particular in his attentions to his wife to give unmixed satisfaction. He (the almoner) had returned to his lodging on the preceding night, and was not long in his bed. room with his wife when he heard a footstep close to the door, and on opening it he perceived his landlord watching f u r a w i c k e d op portunity, like Tarquin. (Laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—And pray where was your landlonl's vitt_ all this time ? The almoner said he believed she was in bed. Mr. Hobler—And so you think that your landlord left his owl, wife in bed to visit yours, even when you were with her ? He must. be a man of very overwhelming passions. (Laughter.) The almoner said, his landlord did certainly haunt his chamber and he was therefore determined to have the watch into the house t,. do him justice; but the moment the rattles were set to work, hi ' landlord turned round on him, and gave him into custody. The Loan blavow said the step of Lb/landlord on the stair:, was one of thou " trifles light as air" which jealousy fixed upon as " confirmations," and that a man was not to be suspected of in triguing with the wives of his lodgers because he took it into his head to walk about his own house. " But," said his lordship, "11-.2 your wife complained of his conduct ?" " Complained !" said the almoner, with a laugh, " not she, in deed. She, I have every reason to suppose, encourages him." Mr. Clements declared most solemnly t hat such an imputatio;t was the grossest libel that could be uttered. The defendant's wife was an extremely respectable well-conducted lady, and had suffered most severely from her husband's unmanageable and mischievous V iI LORD MAYOR suspected that hard drinking had sum. mooed the green-eyed monster into the few moments of unhappy thought which the almoner had on recovering from his night'. debauch. The almoner admitted that I.e drank freely; but he denied that the monster described was raised by the mere effect of the imagina. don, or that the glass made him see imperfections in hit , wife whi:!. she did not possess. The Loan 31avoa told the complainant that it was a very pat annoyance, no doubt, to be subject to the visits of the watch at hours, and asked him whether he could swear that he was in fear of the almoner ? Mr. Clements said he certainly was not, as he considered able to manage this gentleman. Every woman, however, in t house was greatly frightened at him.—(Laughter.) The almoner—Well, I'll tell you what it is. I'll leave n:y ;sr and furniture and all with you, and never again enter your door.. you let the matter drop here. Mr. Clements said, that the almoner must certainly quit house, but he must pay up his arrears of rent, which the valt:t t• the furniture did not amount to, before he could be considered a: liberty to depart. His Lordship ordered that the almoner should find bail if he fai:ri! to satisfy his landlord, and that he would no more appeal to th. judgment of the watchmen on the subject of his jealous suspicions. BOW-ST REST. ROlllll6kY BY A Szerawr.—Yesterday Jos. Warman a youn; man of respectable appearance, was brought up, charged with steal ing a gold watch, value 701. the property of Robert Vansittart, Esq. the nephew of Lord Bexley ; and Joseph Bell, a mere youth, sr' with being an accessary after the fact. chil l r e. d Vansittart is an Officer in the Guards, and the prisoner, who is a private in the same regiment, was his servant. On Wednesday last Warman was entrusted with a gold watch by his master to take to the shop of Mr. Barwise, the watchmaker, in St. Martin's-lane, to be repaired. The prisoner went out but did not return, and wh,. it was found that he had absconded, information was sent round the different pawnbrokers with a description of the watch, art: on Saar rday night the prisoner Bell offered it to pawn at Mr. Sower. by's, a pawnbroker in bring-acre, where he was stopped and girl: in charge. He stated that he received the watch from a lourg trn who could be found at a house which he described, in 11 bite Lior.. street, Seven Dials. The officer went to the house rointed out. are there apprehended Warman, who was in company with two gs.Tls of the town.—The prisoners were both committed for trial. MARTIN'S ACT.—On Saturday, at Union-Hall three boys of Mr. Holland were fined in costs, on complaint of the Hon. Secretary of the Society against Cruelty, for ill-treating an ass ; and on Taurs• day, at Bow-street, Geo. Cottrell was fined 10s. and costs, on plaint of the Inspectors, for similar conduct towards a horse. BIRTHS. At Weston-green, Surrey, the lady of the Rev. E. 11 - calvliouse, of a daughter.—At Brookfield, Tipperary, the laity of C. Cambia. Esq. of a daughter.—The lady of C. Copland, E.q. St. Ancia ta mer, North Brixton, of a son.—The lady of H. Hamilton, Esti. Bloomfield-lodge, Norwood, of a daughter.—At Englefield. F reti.. the lady of Lieut.-CoL Salwey, of a son ana heir.—At Edinburgh. the Hon. Mrs. F. Hamilton, of a son.—ln Georg-street, Hanovo square, the wife of H. Mayo, Esq. of a daughter.—At the lady of F. L. Roy, Esq. W. S. of a daughter.—At Edinburgh. Mrs. F. Grant, of aeon.—At Coupar, Mrs. Dr. Lowt, of a von. MARRIED. At Thcnford, J. Morris, Esq. of Ross-hall, Shropshire. to Jul.:. youngest daughter of S. Amy Sevune, Esq. of Thenford. r t-- amptonshire.—At Westbury, W. Porter, Esq. to E. tlibt,, yourv , . est daughter of the late A. Ludlow, Esq. of Heywood-house. ti'll's. —At Bath, E. blartiny, Esq. to Jane daughter of the !ate . Jones, Esq.—At Edinburgh, A. E. Lockhart, }.:oul. younger e , Cleghorn, to Miss C. Dundas, daughter of Sir R. Duntlas. Beechwood. Bart.—Captain blonilaus, Rola' Navy, to Miss son, only daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Nivison, of blidellebie.— At Cassillis, the Rev. R. Wallace, minister of Dalrymple, to E BPCarty, daughter of the late Mr. 31. Carty, London.—The Rev . J. Lillie, Montrose, to Miss M. Donaldson, daughter of the late Mr. M. Donaldson, Ethram, East Mains.—Mr. Philip Christiv Oppenheim, to Miss Isdell, of Cobom.terrace, Bow•rosd.—At S: Andrew's, Holborn, Mr. W. Shrubsole, of Devonshire.street, Sarah, eldest surviving daughter of Capt. J. Westbcch, R. N.—A' Hanwell church, W. Nichols, EN. of Tavistock-place, Tavistock• square, to Jane Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Martin Livesey, E-4 of Kent-lodge, Hanwell.—ln Dublin, T. White, Esq. of brophy, Queen's county, to C. Maria, eldest daughter of R. Esq.—ln Dublin, the Rev. H. P. Vaughan, rector of Myslion county Carlow, to N. Barlow, of Ba • t-street, daughter of Jo:. Barlow. EN. late of Dublin, d ecayed. DIED. This morning, Mr. Joseph JanTeiMswe, of Regent-street. lg. , 29 : a young gentleman whose heart was the seat of benevolence. At her son's residence, in Great George-street, Westminste. Mrs. Blundell, relict of the late Major Blondell.—At the vicarage. Brickley. Caroline. the wife of the Rev. C. A Sage.-31r. Harris.. sen. of Saville-house, Leicester-square, aged 62 —At Dorkit.g. Surrey, Pltilps, in her 70th year, wife of T. Philps, Esq.—At Kensington, Mark, eldest son of the late Hon. G. Winn. M.P. of Warky-lodge, Essex.—At Lewis-place. Hammersmith. Sarah, the wife of S. Tupman, Esq. of the Navy Pay-office. —At Gredington„ in the county of Flint, Peregrine, the youngest daughter of Lord Ktnyon.—ln Upper Norton-street, Portland-place, Major Kendilion, of the 9th regiment of amain, in his 73th year.— At Ilollybrook, D.thlin, S. 31‘Aleine, Esq. aged 72.—At Tip perary. aged 38 yaws, Mary, wife of N. Sadlier, Esq. and daughter of the late 0. B. Butler, of Dunboyne Cns:k, county of Meath, Esq —At Stenlicuse, Jane, only daughter of the late T. Peacock, Esq. of Stenhouse— At Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, S. A. J. Charlotm daughter of the Honourable Colonel Ogilvy, of Clova—At Mug. selburgh, T. Farquharson, Esq.—At Paisley, Andrew, youngest son of the Reverend Professor Symington—At Kinnaird Many. on the Bth inst. the Rev. David Spence, in the 80th year of his age, and 48th of his ministry.—At Aberdeen, Mrs. Farquharson, relict of C. Farquharson, Leg. merchant in Aberdeen, aged 82.—At St. Perersburgli. Hobert Ouchterlony, Esq—Laat week, died at Hat quegnies, near Atb, in Hainault, Peter Van der Coon, who had at tained the advanced age of 120 years and 9 months: He was born June 29, 1709, and retained to the last hall pommies of his mental and bodily powers. Loewe: Printed and PubHd►ed by Joon Writs, u the Seas OrrKa No. t, Pickett place,Tentple Dar.