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ELEGIAC STANZAS. The following beautiful Lines, from the pen of Mr. Thaw bfooes, are inscribed on i Tombstone erected in the Church Yard of Cheadle Staffordshire, to the memory o f his friend Joseph Atkinson , of Melfield, county of Dublin, who died whilst on a risk in that vicinity, a few years ago : If ever lot was prosperously cast, If ever life was like the lengthen'd flow Of some sweet music—sweetness to the last— 'Twas his, who, mourn'd by many, sleeps below ! The sunny temper, bright where all is strife, The simple heart that mocks at worldly wiles ; Light wit that plays along the calm of life, And stirs its languid surface into smiles— Pure charity that comes not in a shower, Sudden and loud, oppressing what it feeds; But like the dew with gradual silent power, Fejt in the bloom it leaves among the meads— The happy grateful spirit that improves And brightens every gift by fortune given ; That wanders where it will with those it loves, Makes every place a home, and home a heaved. All these were his—Oh ! thou who read'st this stone, When fur thyself—thy children—to the sky Thou humbly prayest—ask this boon alone, That ye like hint may live—like him may die ! THE FRANCHISES OF OXFORD. OXFORD, JULY sit The District or Circuit of Franchises of this City, according to Sir John Peshall, extended from Magda len Bridge to Milbam, Great Martin River, thence cross Christ Church Meadow, above the ditch, to the Walk; to the Wharf, down to Freewater Stone; back again through Bell Founder's Arch, over the Mead, and cross Hog Acre Ditch to Miley Ferry; to Bottley and up Seacourt, hard by binsey Church, thence up to Godstow, cross the fields down to the Isle of Rhe, then to Magdalen Bridge again. It is the custom for the Chief Magistrate, who for the first time fills that office, to perambulate the above Citcuit; which perambulation produces much good, inasmuch as it prevents any invasion of civic jurisdic tion, and ascertains the extent of certain property of the city, more particularly the fisheries, or, as it is usually called, the free water. This ceremony has only twice taken place since 1818, namely, in the last and present year, so that in 1825, some difficulty was expe rienced in fixing upon all the precise lines of the boun dary. Were it not for the great expenses attendant upon its performance, the whole of which is always borne by the Mayor, it might be considered proper to make the circuit triennially. Thursday last this ceremony took place. At nine in the morning Carla: bells announced its commencement. The procession consisted of the Mayor, Thos. Ensworth, Esq. the other Magistrates and Bailiffs, in the full cos tume of office, followed by the Members of the Council Chamber, and several other Gentlemen ; the whole preceded by the City banner and an excellent band of music. At Magdalen B; idge, the young and active part of the procession, headed by the Mayor, proceeded on the lung and fatiguing perambulation. House boats were prepared for their reception at Christ Church Mew. dow, and here the scene was enlivened by a party of ladies in a house boat, who acc , m.:anied the procession d awn the water. At Freewater S one the usual cere mony was performed of cracking a bottle of brandy on this aquatic Terminus, and wine and cakes were handed to the parry. At several places in the course of their progress, bread, cheese, and beer were distributed among the numerous attendants and spectators. At the Mayor's farm, at Bosley, his workmen apd labourers were seen seated on the grass, regaling themselves with a plentiful supply of beet, veil, chine, plum-pudding, and home brewed beer, and a band of music playing, "0 the roast lref of-Old England." About two o'clock, the perambulators arrived at Godstow, where several other Gentlemen joined them, when they partook of a splen did collation, on the river Lis, prepared in several large house boats. The finest wines and liquors flowed in abundance, and their eff, cts were exemplified by occa sional falls into the river,folluwed by the heat ty laughter of the spectators. During the repast, the music played lively airs, and many of the company preferred the easy conveyance of the boats, with the accompanying conviviality, to a walk across Port Meadow to the Isle of Rhe, and thence to Magdalen Bridge, with the Mayor and other peram bulators, who ai rived at the end of their tour at half past six. At nine, by the invitation of his Worship, a large party supped with him in the Town Hall. Our description of this concluding festival must be fat short of its merits. The room was handsomely de corated, the tables laid out in the most tasteful manner, and every one of the company appeared gratified and delighted at their arrangement. The repast consisted of every viand the most consummate epicure could de- sire ; the resiries were of the finest quality; music played dui ing and after supper, many exceilent songs and glees were sung, and conviviality and the utmost harmony prevailed until the company separated, a short time before the appearance of daylight. By the ship Niagara we have received files of Louisi ana Advertiser and • Courier to the 25th May inclusive, fry m which we make the following extracts: STEAM-MAT CSECIAIN surtur..--The Grecian, front Natchitoches, with about 400 bales of cott o n an d s i x passengers, was d i scovered to be on tire about T o'clock last evening, while she was coming into port; Capt. Loccard, with much presence of mind, ran her aground near Withers' Saw Mill, and the persons on board barely escaped to the shore: The fire by some accident had caught in the cotton below, and when first discovered, had consumed four or five bales ; the batches were lifted with a view of extinguishing the fire, and in less than five minutes afterwards the boat was enveloped in flames. Being aground she was left to be consumed, and was burning late at night. Captain Loccard last all his papers, &c. and was the principal owner of the Grecian, which we do not learn was insured. Cotton was In moderate demand. The sales for the week ending the COth had not exceeded 6,000 bales, principally N. Alabama and Tentlrbge% of which there was considerable shipping on owners' SOCCIIIIII , , 7. • :t1 more wohld be done in that way if freights were . 1:1e imports aince the Ist of October are 1,300 bales over thc whulc of last season. Sir EDWARD BLACEEE was the individual who, as representative of the CONYERS family, performed the ceremony of preienting the spear and falchion to the Bishop of DURHAM at Croft Bridge, which divides Yorkshire and Durham. This is the tenure by which the estates of Sockburn, now possessed by Sir ED• MAW). are held of the Bishop. The name of theldarquis ANNANDALE was acciden tally among the 'Peers at the election at Edinburgh, on Thursday se'nnight. His Lordship did not vote, on ac count of.tbe oults having been administered before his arrival. His Lordship was in the interest of the Peers elected. LIFE AT VAUXHALL ACTORS AND A uttioaa.—These gentry are once more lat cuffs in the question.' On Friday night, amongst the numerous novelties produced at Vauxhall, for the entertainment of the company, there was a little diver tissement gratuitously got-up, in which Mr. Elliston, the ex-lessee of Drury-lane, and Mr. Poole, the drama tist, played the principal parts. The latter Gentle man, it seems, had been enjoying the nodes ambrosiana in one of these sequestered glades, when the former, who no doubt had just broke up from one of his noctes cenceque deorum, came jump on him. The recognition was mutual; some words passed from Mr. Elliston, to - which Mr. Poole made no reply, and was instantly attacked by that Gentleman, apparently without any immediate provocation on his part. Mr. Poole en deavoured to defend himself, but Mr. Elliston struck and kicked him several times, and seemed well dis posed to favour the admiring and astonishing spec tators with a pugilistic treat. Mr. Winston, who is well known as the friend of Mr. Elliston, interfered, and, with the assistance of some other Gentlemen, the combatants were separated, after a long but harmless' struggle. Mr. Poole, we believe, immediately left the Gardens, but Mr. Elliston and his friend Winston took a teat in one of the boxes. This is not the first time these Gentlemen have been before the public in juxta position. Mr. Poole is the Gentleman who was so un ceremoniously expelled from the green-room of Drury lane Theatre, for which he brought an action and reco vered damages. Perhaps it was the recollection of this defeat that ruffled poor Elliston's temper. Mr. Poole means, it is said, to visit Palace-yard again in the character of complainant, but his assailant will be ploughing the dark blue waves of the Atlantic long be fore the sitting of the courts. PRETENDED ATTACK OF BURGLARS. The neighbourhood of Winckley-square, Preston, was the scene of great alarm in the middle of the night bet wetn Monday and Tuesday last, from circumstances which there is abundant reason to believe were created for the purpose of deception. About twelve o'clock, one of the maid servants of the Rev. Mr. Raven, named Catherine Rigby, awoke her companioa, saying she could hear footsteps on the stairs, and was afraid the house was going to be robbed ; but to ascertain the fact mote correctly, she. would go down and explore the premises. She then told her fellow servant to remain quietly in bed, and if she found any one in the house, she would call out. The girl, scarcely roused from her slumbers, soon sunk again to sleep, but she had not re mained so long, when. not only she, but Mrs. Raven, Miss Raven (sister to Mr. Raven), and the family in the adjoining house, were roused by a t( rrible crash, and loud cries of " Murder" tram the woman who had gone down stairs. The girl who had been left in bed was so dreadfully alarmed that she hid herself in a cupboard, and there remained, panting and almost lifeless with terror, until the alarm was over ; but Miss Raven, %%ha slept in a lower room to the front, acted with more presence of mind ; she threw up the sash and called for the watchman, who happened to be within hearing, and came instai,tly to the spot. Being let into the house, an investigaion tlnak place, when it was found that the yard door was open, and four squares of a window in the back parlour sma bed, and the frame-work broken. This, it seems, was done with one of the chairs, for the real or pre tended purpose of escape. . The account which the woman gave of the affair was as follows. On coming down stairs, she hi ard some body in Mr. Raven's study, upon which she turned the key, and locked them in. She had scarcely done this, when she was seized by a In in, who made his appear ance in the lobby. This man, she said, threw her down upon the stairs with great force, and beat her vio lently. She then called out for help, and heard the breaking of the window in the parlour, upon which the roan who, had abused her made his escape by the yard door. Although there were no strong ex ernal marks upon the woman, she complained of being much hurt, and Mr. Lodge, the surgeon, was sent for. Oa his ar rival she fe;gned the greatest lassitude and pain, but could not say exactly where she was injured. Supposing that the fall might have occasioned so tie internal bruise, although this was not indicated by any derangement of the pulse, Mr. Lodge bled her. A few haters afterwards e was again called, when she pretended to he almost in .he agonies of death, and to have vomited a large quan tity of blood. Still, however, the pulse was not effected. Mr. Lodge's suspicions being awakened, he examined the blood which she pretended to have thrown up, and finding it not at all like anything proceeding from the ito mach , he looked a: the arm he had bled on his first visit, and found that the bandage had been disturbed. Mr. Wal ton, the constable, was called to examine the premises in the morning, and his experience soon led him to the con elusion that no attempt at robbery had been made by any practised burglars. It was evident to him that no thief would have been at the trouble to break a wind rw in I order to escape, when he might have effected his purpose by the more easy and less noisy process of lifting up the sash. The window is several feet from the ground ; and beneath it is a flower bed of lose soil, upon which there was the mark of a small shoeless foot, but nothing like the deep indention that must have been made by a per son dropping from a window eight or ten feet above it. Upon the whole, facts so strongly favoured the conclu sion that the woman, for some purpose of her own, was the sole actor in the affair, that, ore Mr. Raven's arrival in the course of the day, and being informed of all the circumstances of the transaction, she was discharged from,her situation, and may consider herself fortunate in having escaped so easily ; for if brought before a court of justice, the affair might have sabjecied her to a severe punishment. The Coronation of the Emperor of Hum* will take place at Moscow on the 6th of August, where all the splendid fetes consequent on this grand ceremony will be given, and not at &. Petersburgh, as was originally intended. The forthcoming new Drama at the English Opera House is from the Tales of the O'Hara Familj, and is entitled The Death Fetch, or, the Students of Gottingen. The Death Fetch is a popular supetstition in the North of Gei many ;. the inhabitants of the remote parts of Ire land are also implicit believefs in the Fetches, where it is thought that when a person is approaching ditsolu: tion, his fetch, form, shade, or double, appears to the nearest relatives anifriends during the evening or night prior to the decease. Upon this strange supposition a Drama of extraordinary and novel interest has been constructed ; and when it is announced that Miss KILLLY is the heroine of the story, we may anticipate much gratification. Thomas Brewer, marine. of his Majesty's ship TAL• BIT, sentenced to suffer death at Portsmouth, for strik ing his serjeanto is ordered to be transported fir life. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, Jos• 13. Tunday. being the usual commencement day, the Grace for the following degrees wu publicly granted: DOCTO IL or Dinner—Rev. William Phelan. _ _ Docros or Laws—Rev.Stew;r7S..-garTrench, Lees Giffard, George Grierson, Rev. Dionysius Lardner, Rev. William B..iley, Rev. John Seymour. BASSI/LOS or MEDWINE—John Elliott, Edward Stack, John Davidson MacCready, Perceval Hunt, Henry Coulson Beau champ, Shewbridge Connor, James Donovan, William Corbett, Claudius Henry Auchinleck, William Richard Vincent Lane, Thomas Fox, William Cummins, Matthew Esmonde White, George Burnley, Robert Plunket, Wm. Connor, Howard Cooke. Memo or A/TS—John Elliott, Perceval Hunt, Shewbridge Connor, William Corbett, Thomas Fox, Matthew Esmonde White, George Rumley, William Connor, H. Cooke, Rev. William Le Pier Trench, Rev. Travers Jones,. Rev. William Burkett Moor. bead, John Glendenning, Rev. Thomas Jervis White, Hilary L'Estrange, John Browne, Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, Edward Grogan, Alexander Read, William Brereton, Rev. James Stewart Blacker, George Harkness, Alexander Donovan, Rev. J. Darley, John Creeri Ferguson, Rev. Edward Herbert, William Morris Holt Williams, Rev. Robert Hume. At the same time seventy Students obtained the Grace for the Degree of BACHRLOR or ARTS. Wednesday, the Rev. Mr. Wrench was elected to the Chapelry of Blakeney, in the county of Gloucester, by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, of London, vacant by the death of Archdeacon Sandiford. Rev. W. Ihff is instituted Minister of St. Julian's Church, SLtewsbury. Rev. W. S. Marvin is instituted to the Vicarage of Shawbury, Salop. Rev. T. Bonney, ILA. of Clare Hall, Cambridge, has been elected Master sof ftugeley Free Grammar School. Rev. W. Hick et to the Rectory of Kilcormuck, vacant by tke death of the Rev. J. Conan. Rev. H. Newland, late Curate of Wexford, to the Rectory and Vicarage of ICl!kens and Vicarage of Bannow, vacant by the re signation of the Rev. W. Hickey. The sane day, his Lordship appointed the Rev. George Bonner Dawson to the Curacy of Tullow, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Charles William I)otne ; and the Rev. Charles William Cuth bert Fenwick, to the Curacy o 4 Wexford, vacant by the resigna tion of the Rev. H. Newland. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Three young men, named Ban:foot, Grady, and Clarke, were charged with attempting to pick the pockets of several Gentlemen on the Royal Exchange. In consequence of the numerous complaints recently made, by Gentlemen attending the Exchange, of the number of pickpockets lurking about there, the Police have been very active in their en deavours to apprehend them. The above three prisoners were, on Friday af!ernoon, observed 'rein: Gentlemen's• pockets, and at length were taken into custody. The Loan 31avoit said, he was determined to do all in his power to put a stop to their nefarious practices, and committed them to the House of Correction for three months. The LORD MAYOR received the following letter, containing a small sum of money, from the debtors confined in Whitecru,s-street Prison: " Mr Loan—The debtors confined on the London and Ludgate aide, Including the female prisoners, in Whitecross.street prison, observing with unfelgred sorrow the lamentable situation in which the widow of the late Lord Chancellor Erskine is left (the particu lan of which apprated In the Times Newspaper, through the noble interference of your Lordship), cannot retrain from offering their humble mite towards het relief ; and whilst they forget their own sorrows in contemplating the griefs which she has endured most undeservedly, regret that their present finances will not enable them to comibute more essentially towards the relief of the widow of a man who, as a public character, will ever hold an exalted station in the history of surrounding nations, as well as in that of his own country, marked as his career bas been by a constant and successful struggle in defence of the rights of mankind. In making the small collection accompanied herewith, it occur red to the contributors that this day was the anniversary of the destruction of that detestable place of confinement the Basile, which had been so long a reproach to Fiance and the civilized world, and when they consider that this glorious achievement was effected by the march of those principles to which the life and talents of the husband of this unfortunate Lady havebeen uniformly devoted, their hearts are overflowirg with a hope that there is yei a sufficient feeling of sympathy left in the British public to arouse their gene rosity in aid of such unparalleled misfonunes. " They transmit to your Lordship this small sum, which they beg may be added to the subscriptions already received, accompanied with their best feelings and viishes, and in the anxious hope that those in more affluent circumstances will complete the good work, and rescue from want a Lady who, in the evening of her life, might well have looked forward to better fortune." GUILDHALL. N. Harnett, the lover of the young woman who was committed to the House of Correk don for introducing spirits into the Debtors' Prison fur London and Middlesex, was brought up, charged with breaking the windows of the ward in which be was confined. It seems, on learning that his intended spouse had been so severely dealt with, he became outrageous, and had demolished nine squares of glass, with a tea-board, when his arm was arrested. He also struck the Officers, but that offence was nor pressed against him, and Mr. Spencer, under the circumstances, estimated the damages at only 15s. which he paid, and apologized for his violence. COOPIM v. Ilurrox AND Wirx.—Mr. and Mrs. Hutton were charged with having violently assaulted a Mr. Cooper. Mr. Hutton bad two black eyes, Mrs. Hutton had one ditto, and a scratched chin ; and Mr. Cooper bad a broken nose, and his arm in a sling. " May it please your Worship," said Mr. Cooper, " these good people live in my bottom place, and are shouting murder from morning till night—" " No, Sir, it does not please me," said the Alderman—" neither do I think they can be good people' Mr. Cooper stared, and proceeded—" Last Sunday morning as ever was, I takes a walk, may it please your Worship—" " Ng, Sir, it does not please me," said his Worship, again—A for I think you had much better have gone to church." Mr. Cooper stared again, but went on—" And when I came back from taking my walk, which was about twelve o'clock in the day ; my wife says to me, says she, ' Cooper, says she, them Huttons are at it again. I wish you'd go down and see what's the matter with them, for they've been calling ten thousand murders,' says she to me, just so. W:11, With that I goes down, and, Mr. Hutton,' says I, 'what is all this 'ere row about?' Go, look !' says Mr. Hutton. ' Now I'll tell you what it is, Mr. Hutton; says if you and your wife can't agree better than what you do, I shall thank you to look for another lodging, for I won't have such rumpusaes in my house any longer,' says I. 'Go and hang yourself, Mr. Cooper; says be. No, I shall not go and hang myself, Mr. Hutton,' says I; ' but I desire you to take notice to quit. Then if I take notice to quit, do you take that; says he ; and - with that he took and hove the coal scuttle at me, whereby it took me right in the pit of my stomach, and knocked me clean through the back door into the yard, may it please your Worship." " Indeed it does not," said his Worship, " but go en, Mr. Cooper, and be as concise as possible." Mr. Cooper, apparently quite in the dark as to the cause of these repeated interruptions, stared round him for a minute or so, in the ope that somebody would explain to him • but nobody being kind enough so to do, he proceeded : " Then, Please your Worship, be fore I could gather up my senses to see what was the matter, he took and let fly at me right and left ; and his wife, what stands here, took and broke my head with a pitcher—a new blue and white wash hand pitcher, what my Minis had give two and ninepence for only three - days before!" This was the climax of Mr. Cooper's complaint ; and he seemed to think it impossible for any thing to be more atrocious than the breaking a man a head with his own two and nine-penny blue and white pitcher. " Well, Mr. Hutton," said the Alderman," what have you to say in excuse for this outrage?" " Look at my wife;please your Worship," said Mr. Hutton ; giving his superannuated slacks a hitch upwards, and sticking one hand in his jacket pocket, while with th e th u m b his other hand over his shoulder, he pointed his Worship's attention towards his wife's face—" Look at my wife, please your Worship." " I see her," said the Alderman ; " what then ?" " Does she look like a woman to be putting a pitcher against any man's head?" asked Mr. Hutton, with his little crooked bard worked thumb almost touching the - Lady's nose. " I care nothing about her looks," replied the Alderman; " the complainant has sworn that she did. But tell me why yen; your self, attacked him ?" "Why, your Worship, the matter is u this," replied the unper turbable Mr. Hutton, " me and my wife bas a too words tegtther now and theta— . man and wife Manias tha saying is, a d t! nothing to nobody but we'reselves; foe weave been married eleven years come Bart'lemy fair, and its cruel Jailed we can't talow one another up a bit in a place we pays rent for, without other folks meddling and making with vs. Rut this Mr. Cooper, °or landlord here, he's a meddlesome sort of a customer, and I was told as he should say, if he ever catched us blowing up again he'd kick my bottom, saving your Worship's presence..— So when I saw him coming along the passage last Sunday morning, I sings oat, I wonder whether Mr. Cooper will kick my bottom ts.day ?' and, rfecks ! the word was hardly out of My mouth before he did !—he kicked me a cruel hard kick, which it wasn't likely I was going to stand quietly so we tussled into the back yatd, and there weft, and he get rother the worst of it ; but I got two black eyes, and my wife got one, and there was no pitcher put against his head, I'll swear, hard and fast." Mrs. Hutton declared that every sinsable her husband had said wat sackly true; and that instead of Mr. Cooper palling them, 'belt ought, by rights, to bare pulled Mr. Cooper. The Alderman was of a different opinion; and ordered that Mr . Hutron should be locked up, whilst his wife went to loot f u r b. BOW-STREET. A respectable-looking man, named Williams Hall, late a merchant in Clement's lane, Lombard street, was brought to this of f ice on Saturday, on a warrant, by Bishop, the officer, charged by Mr. Cameron, a pawnbroker, in the Strand, with a fraud, in having pawned at his shop a watch, the property of his (the prisoner's) assignees, under a commission of bankruptcy. Mr. Williams appeared as solicitor for the pawnbroker, and proved that a docket was struck against the defendant on the 17th of January; and said that he should be able to prove th it the prisoner was fully aware of this when he pawned the watch on the 19th, which was two days after. Powell, clerk to Cameron, stated that the prisoner came to him on the 19th January, and produced a gold watch and chain, fur which he desired to have lei. advanced him. The witness said he could not advance more than W. and the defendant agreed to take it. When asked his name arid address, he said his name was Cross, and that he was a 11Mieekeeper in Whitethapel. The money was paid him and he left the ihop. On the 15th of March applica tion was made by the clerk of the solicitor to the bankrupt's assig• nen, to have the watch given up, on pain of an action. This Mr. Cameros refused to do, till. a proper application in writing was made ; and then he gave it up, without receiving either the prin cipal or interest of the money be had upon it. Thomas Sparks, clerk to Mr. Ferris, solicitor, of Surrey street. produced the proceedings under the commission of bankruptcy ; from which it appeared that the act of bankruptcy %vas commuted by the defendant on or about the 2d of January ; and that on the Mir he was absent from his dwelling house in Cie toys lane, and. secreting himself from the Sheriffs' officers. Mr. Williams said he should be able t• produce, if time were allowed him, further proof of the defendant's knowledge of his insolvency at the time of pawning. Mr. HALLS said he should certainly not be satisled with the 'Orient evidence. - The defendant was then held to bail, himself in 401. and two sureties in 201. for his reappearance on Monday week. An elderly Gentleman applied to the sitting Magistrate, G. R. Mtssuur.t., Esq. for redress, under the following pecoliar circum stances ; He stated, that on Friday, as he was passing along Oxford.. street, it heing.about his dinner hour, he went into Fladong's Hofel and ordered his dinner, which having finished, he rang the bell, for the purpose of calling fur his bill. For a considerable time no per son came to him, although he rang repeatedly. At length the waiter came, and having been informed of his wish, left the room, as he supposed, to comply with it.. In a few minutes the waiter returned, accompanied by the proprietor of the hotel, and addressed the Gen tleman in the following manner : " Sir, we have lost a great deal of plate here, and when you seated yourself at the table there were two silver forks, and now there is but one; perhaps yon will have the kindness to go into a private room ? you will excuse this liberty, but it is actually necessary." The applicant, astonished at such a request, refused to quit the public room; however, he divested himself of every part of his wearing apparel except his shirt, and nothing being found, he paid his bill and ktt the house, from which he was proceeding on his way to the Regent's Park, to the house of a friend, with whom be is residing, wh•.n casually looking round, he discovered the waiter behind him.- -The applicant, who was surprised at being thus followed, told the waiter that he could not enter the house to which he was going. The latter replied, " If I am not allowed to enter, I shall procure a Police Officer, and force an entrance." The Gentleman, not liking to return home, after such a threat, turned back, and called on a friend in Regent -street, to whom he related the circumstance. Saturday, a person, styling himself the brother of the proprietor of Fladong's Hotel, called at the horse in Regent street, and there stated that he was sorry that suck a very unpleasaut affair should have occurred, and hoped that no further notice would be taken of it. The applicant, who was present, said, that nothing short of a public apology in the Newspaper' would satisfy hint for so un founded an *cessation. This proposition, however, was declined; he, therefore, now requested the Magistrate to inform hint what he could do to obtain redress. Mr. Mismaat.t. observed, that as no actual assault had been cont. mined, be had no jurisdiction, which he very much regretted, as be should have been most happy to render the Gentleman his assist• ante; as the dernier resort, he advised him to apply to his legal ad. viser, which the Gentleman said be should most assuredly do, were he not compelled to leave London in a few days. In order to correct any contradiction which might be offered to this report, the Gentleman left his address at Bow-street The Latona, of London, James Paterson, Master, arrived at Greenock on Sunday from Cape Breton, with timber. When at the Mull of Kintyre, Captain Pater son discovered a small boat with two men and a wo- man on board, labouring bald to bear up against a tremendous sea. Vith genuine sympathy he bore down to relieve them from their perilous condition. The plain story of this frail bark, of about 13 feet keel, and her worn•out crew, is no less remarkable thin it is in teresting. Samuel Adamson, master of the boat, pro ceeded from his abode at Birsay, in Orkney, with lob sters, for Mr. Davidson, in Stromness, on Friday the 7th current, accompanied by John Sinclair, who was eigaged with him in this employment, and his wife, who went to Stromness to procure medical advice. After delivering their fish, they set out from Stramness on the evening of the same day, directing their course to their native haven at Birsay, but were soon enve loped in a most impenetrable tog, by which they lost every trace of the land ; and then, under the influence of the strong currents that are so remarkable in those seas, without the aid of compass or any other guide, surrounded by a dense atmosphere, and the wind in such circumstances generally treacherously variable, they kept steering such a course as they concluded would catch some part of the land; but the wind having shifted during the night, and being misled by thisincon stant agent, they were carried by the tide through the —About two P.M. of Saturday the fog cleared up, but Pentland Firth, which completely changed their course. being then out of sight of land, they took the sun as their guide to recover their native shore, but having re versed their position during the night, they were ra pidly extending their distance from it, and in this way they kept, unconscious of their error or their danger, till seven, r.w. when they were picked up by the Eli zabeth, Munson,i master, a Prussian ship, from Memel, bound to Wexford, in Ireland, with timber—then 40 miles oot of sight of land in the North Sea. Captain Morison behaved to them with great humanity, and kept them for eight days on board, till at Adamson's own request he was turned off between the North of Ireland and the Mull of Kintyre, with the intention of landing on the latter coast, where, as has already been mentioned, they were again picked up by the Latona. DIED. At Westbourne, on the 18th instant, Miss Anguish, sister to her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Leeds. A few days since, in Tavistock-r Wybrow, the once favourite Cohnniase. r, Coventiarday Mrs. HIGH-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO MORROW. Morning 5$ minutes after S Afternoon . . 0 minutes after 6 Lamm': Print"( and Published by J. F. )(Lax, at As STAR Owner, !,b , Pickett-Place ) niurlolltre.