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. ' PRIVILEGES OF FREEMEN OF LONDON. . The Lord Mayor. and Aldermen bare, by the mouth of the Recorder, delivered into the Vice-Cliancellor's Court the answer to the questions proposed in the Court Hof Aldermen, and discussed before the Court •by Mr. Shadwell and M►. Serjeant Spankie, about three months -84„„ The Recorder, upon the occasion, went in robes different from those which he had been accustomed to - *ear under °dui cixemostances, and stated, that he -- appeared totertify, Ore teems, the custom of the City .of London, upon the question whether Sir Franis Samuel Drake was, under the circumstances represented in the Court of Aldermen, according to the directions of the Vice-Chanceller's Court, a freeman of London, within the custom which entitled his widow to the cut. tomary distribution of the estate of a freeman dying intestate; and whether the settlement made upon her marriage debarred her from such customary share ? 'The certificate was as follows; 1 1, We, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, do certify, that Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Bart. being intestate in the pleadings in the tabus mentioned in the maned order, who, whoa a Rear-Admiral of the Red in the Royal Navy, was, in con sequence of Lord Rodney's victory in the West Indies, with other Officers under Lord Ilodney's command, presented with the Free dom of the City of London, pursuant to 'a vote el' a Court of Commit Council of the said City of London, which passed for that purpose on the 29th of June, 1785, and who, on the sth day of August, 1784 was made a Liveryman of the Company at Grocers in the said City of London, and sworn in, and took the several oaths which are required to be taken by all persons who be. 'come free of the said. City, and who was not free of the said City by birth, or by servitude, or by purchase, or otherwise than afore.' said, and di•fd so free as aforesaid, on the !nth day of November, 1799, intestate, and without issue, leaving his Widow him swirly. Jog s was at the time of his death a Freeman of the City of La; don, in the sense, meaning, and operation of the custom of the said Cityirelating to the distribution of the effects of Preemie who dk intestate; and we farther certify in like manner, by die mouth of the Reorder that there is. not any custom of the City.' of Landes; by virtue whereof the widow having the benefit and provisions' a the settlement in the pleadings on the said mum stated, is debarred from her customary share of the intestate's personal estate." The decree of the Vice-Chancellor will consequently be in favour of the claim of Mr. Serjeant Onslow, the husband of the widow of the intestate. The Learned Serjeant will be entitled to that customary part which will exceed the distribution under the Statute. By having married' the widowof a freeman, he gains, it is said, in this respect, considerable property. The widow of a freeman, of course, does not lone her claim by her marriage with a non-freeman. needle, or a piece of wood. I told him I had neither, but I would go and get them. I then went, and p . st down by the poop -ladder. I saw thertreorae do*o-rrom. the poop and go below. Immediately afterwards they came op again, and I heard Lieut. Kenny say, " By Goa, Mr. Charlton, I will have your life, or you shall have mine." I then heard the report of pistols, and saw Mr. Charlton fall. I think it was about five or six mi nutes after they came up from below that I heard they pistols goal': Mr. Kenny appeared to bt in liquor. I then ran up the poop - , and got the pistols, and took them to the cuddy. I saw no powder or shot on the poop. Before the pistols went off I heard Mr. Charlton say, " We had better wait until the morning, at eight o'clock." I did not hear Lieut. Kenny's reply. James Harpler, seaman, sworn—l had the helm from 10 to 12 o'clock on the night . of the 23d of Aptil. As about ten minutes before 12 o'clock I saw Mr. Charlton and Lieut. Kenny come on Ae poop; they then went aft, and sat by the rudder head ; I then saw Mr. Chad ton and Lieut. Kenny take each a pistol from his jacket sleeve. The next thing I saw I took to be a powder flask ; Lieut. Kenny had this ;• I saw Lit ut. Kenny give the D ctor some powder from the ff isk, with which 1 law him prime the pistol. Lieur. Kenny then said, "Are you ready now ?" and Mr. Charlton said, " Yes." Mr. Kenny said, " S.ep forward, and I will stop here;" and directly the Doct tr came forward, and stood against the wizen mast. Lieut. Kenny then to de his cap and hand kerchief, and threw them up between them, and both their pistols flashed, but did not go off. The Doctor then went aft to Mr. Kenny, and got some more powder from him, and primed his pistol again, and Mr. Kenny primed his also. Mr. Kenny then said, "Go;" and AO latter returned to the mitten mast. Mr. Kenny 'theft' 'waved his cap and handkerchief again, and the-pistols flashed a second time. Mr. Charlton then threw his pistol downwards with his arm, and said, " the pistol," and then went up to Mr. Kenny, and laid the pistol alongside of him, and came forward to one of the seamen named Dwyer, and asked him for a pin or a needle, or a piece of wood; the man said he hid none. Mr. Charlton then came to me, and asked me if I bad one ; I told hid) no, and he then told Dwyer to go down and get him a piece of stick ; Dwyer went - down, and a little time afterwards Mr. Charlton said to Mr. Kenny, He is not coming with the piece of woo4—we had better go down again." They thin both went below from the poop. When they first !Nought up the pistols, I saw Mr. Oakes, the officer of the watch, go below to call the Captain. About five minutes afterwards, Lieut. Kenny and Mr. Chat lion went below ; I saw them come up again, and as Lieutenant Kenny was passing Mr. Charlton, I heard Lieut. Kenny say to him. "Yon are a blackguard, you are afraid." The Doctor's reply was, "No, no, lam not afraid is the least." Lieut. Kenny then went aft, and the Doctor went to the same place by the mizen mast, where he stood before. I then saw Lieut. Kenny hold up his hand, and they both fired together. Lieut. Kenny then put his hand to his head, and said, " I am shot, I am shot !" and Mr. Charlton put his hand to his heart, and fell upon the hen coop. He never spoke a word. Edward Sellers, a seaman, swot n—On the night in question I heard the report of pistols; I ran aft, and was informed that it was on the poop. I went to the poop, and saw Mr. Charlton, the surgeon, lying on the hen coop, apparently dead. I saw Lieuteqant Kenny, and seized him by the arm, and I said, " I will sktire hits." Several of my shipmatei did the same, iind Lieutenant Kenny said, 4 .• You are all Man (4- war's men; do witli me as you like—throw me overboard if you like." I then assisted in carrying the bodr. of Mr. Chat lton to the quaver-deck.l7 it. This was the whole of the ev . ideLtise.. Sir It. DIME, addressing Lieut.; - Kenny, said—" You are aware of the nature of the charge apinst you, Mr. Kenny, and it is of course toy duty to hear any thing you may have to offer in your defence; but perhaps it would be better for you, in your situation, to abstain from saving anything in the present nate Isf the inquiry." . FATAL DUEL. Yesterday, Lieutenant Edward Kenny, of his Ma jesty's 89th Regiment of Foot, was brought before Sir a R. Binnix, charged on suspicion of having been guilty the df the wilful murder of Mr. Charlton, surgeon of the by Hon. East India Company's ship Bussorah, Captain Lieut. Stewart oo the high seas, during. the passage of that ship together froM Bengal to England. The accused was brought in and said, the custody of Langdale, a constable of Deal, and put his hen Bishop, one of the principal officeis of this establish- He never spot meet: -He appeared to be about twenty-six years of Edward Sell age. He bowed respectfully to the Magistrate on question I heard being placed before the table, but was not put to the was informed that hal-. The accused was a passenger on board the Bus- poop, and saw Mr. s. sorah, and he and the deceased, - it appeared, had been hen coop, apparently on the most friendly terms previously to the unfortunate and seized him by the a event described below. him." Several of my si Thomas Langdale, -the - tnostable of Deal, was, first Lieutenant Kenny said, examined, and deposed, that.on Sunday lest he was or- men; do with me as you lik, dered by the alayor of that place to - go on board a ship yon like." I then assisted in c, in the Doss ns, where he took the accused into custody Charlton to the quarier-cleckt on,a charge of murder, alleged to have been committed This was the whole of the evidcipe. ; on the high seas. He brought him to London, and gave Sir 11.• _IRDIZ, addreSSIOE Lieurirsr him into the custody of Bishop. of the nature of the char. , . course my . duty The following depositions, taken before a Court of Inquiry held o on board the 'Ship, Captain Stewart and other Oflcers and some r Gestietnen who were passengers, immediately after the death of 31Ir. Charlton, were then banded in and read.. Lieutenant William MeJge; of his Majesty's 45. h Regiment, sworn.....l.wasin company with Lieut. Kenny and Mr. Charlton until about ten o'clock on the night of the 231 of April. Up to the moment when I left them they apPeared to be perfectly good friends, and were singing " Goo save the, King." After we had been singing for some time I left them, and went to bed, and I saw nothing of the shooing until called by Mr. Hold ing, the third officer of the ship, who said he wanted to speak to me. I did hear that Lieut. Kenny•was dissatis fied with Dr. Charlton two days before. William Ward sworn.—l am a private of the 14th Regiment of Foot, and was servant to Lieut. Kenny. On the night of the 23d of April, about eleven. o'clock, I left my master's (the priioner's) ca bin; at that time Lient. PileOge, Lieut. Xenity, and Mr. Charlton were singing " OOD save the King."' Mr. Charles Oakes, second officer, being sworn, de • pcised as follows :—I had charge .of the watch from eight o'clock until twelve on the night of the 23d of April last; at about ten minutes before twelve on that night Lieut. Kenny came up the poop ladder, and Mr. We understand one of the most eminent of the manu- Charlton followed him; I was then walking on the fictore'rs of Lancashire waited yesterday upon Minis front of the poop; they passed me without speaking, ters, accompanied by a celebrated capitalist, to represent and I considered that they were coming on the poop, as the state of the manufacturing districts. - they had been in the habit of doing during the pas s age. Thou g h the shops profess to be crowded with French I took no further notice, nor did I perceive anything in silks, we suspect th.it many of the fair buyers will still, their hands as they passed me. They sat down on the by a harmless if not laudable deception, be indebted to', hencoops fora few seconds. lat that time was going their own countrymen in Spi!alfields for what they ima round to look at the compass, and - I , saw a pistol flash in gine to be of foreign manufacture. Lieut. Kenny's band: - I immedisietfs . wept to the poop It is mentioned, in a letter from Hobart Town, that and Called Captain Stewart; and on my returning to Mr. SAVVIY, who was sentenced to die for forgery at the poop:I found that they bad gonehelOw. 1 did not Bri s tol, about a year and a half ago, bad been made see Mr. Charlton's pistol flash. - ft was perfectly moon- Editor of The (Oda' Gazette, published there, light at the time. When Captain Stewat t came out, he Canada Papers to the 6th ult. state that the weather ordered me below to see what they (Lieut. Kenny and has been very variable in North America. The calo- Mr. Charlton) were about. On my reaching the steer- fists have been paying great attention to hemp, on ac age, I found they had lefttheir cabin, and on my return count of the rewards offered by England for its growth. to the deck I hewd the report of a pistol. I was then The net revenue of India in the years 1824.5 ..mount at the hatchway. On returning to the poop I found ed to 20,528,7631. and the charges on it to 19,737,8181. some of the watch had run aft, and were in the act of The interest on debt amounted to 1,431,8871. The stns.' lifting Mr. Chariton from the deck, and placing him on plus last year against the revenue amounted to 749,8911. the hen-coops. Mr. Charlton was then apparently quite During the thunder-storns, on Wednesday, a man of dead. The only words I heard Mr. Kenny say were the name of John Carradice, of Natland, near Kendal, •' Oh GOD 1 I have killed the best friend I ever had; I whilst standing under'a tree for shelter, in Birk Rigg shot him." Park, was struck by the lightning, and killed. Dennis Willie* Dwyer, a seaman of the larboard The town at the small settlement in the Indian Seas watch, sworn.—About twelve o'clock on the night in called Singapore, has been nearly destroyed by file. question, I was near the poop, when I saw Lieut. Kenny A meeting of the Catholic Association took place in come upon deck, followed •by Mr. Charlton, each car- Dublin on Saturday, but nothing of the slightest interest tying a pistol in his hand. Mr..lcenny said, sa I hope occurred, beyond an announcement by Mr. Moment., you are not go i ng to ma ke a fool of me,. , ' Mr. Ch ar lt on t h at he would publish a letter to the Catholic Clergy, replied, aa I am a Gentleman, an d d o no t wi s h to ma k e detailing his plan for the revival of the Catholic rent. • a fool of any p erson ." Th e y en went to the after-part The swallow has, among all nations,.been-superseiti. of the poop . _ I went up directly afterwards, and ac- ously revered a s th e h era ld o f t h e sun , an d was there quainted Mr. Oakes, the o fficer of the watch, of what I fore considered by the Greeks as the messenger of Apollo. bad heard and , seen. Mr. Oakes went down immediately, It will be recorded as a singular fact, that in the sum pad went to the Captain's cabin. I saw Lieut. Kenny mer of the year 1826, so severe was the drought, that with &handkerchief, which be waved, and then I saw public prayers were offered up in most of the churches Mt. Kenny's and ldr. Charkou's pistol flash twice. Mr. and chapels of England for rain, in the midst of. the Charlton . th an •aliiinto me; and asked me f or a v ia or bat harvest. - Lieut. Kenny, in a tremulous tone, said; lie felt very desirous of being attended by Counsel, an 4 had sent to several gentlemen, but they were unfortunately out of town. He was totally unversed in legal 'sutlers, and felt extremely anxious to have the assistance of Counsel : as, it he were left to make his own defence, he might say something which would prejudice him hereafter upon his trial. He had sent to Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Alhy, and to Mr. Harmer, but they were all out of town. Sir R. Mama said, he shoed most certainly have an opportunity of procuring the attendance of Counsel, and every facility which he thought necessary to prepare for his defence should be litorded him. The accused was then remanded for further examination, and directions were given to the proper officers to take care that he had every indulgence shown him which was consistent wksh his safe custody. Mr. Kenny seemed in ill health, and much depressed in spirits. When Mr. Charlton's name was mentioned, his lip quivered, and we perceived his eyes moisten. He, in a faint tone, thanked Sir R. Birnie for his kind consideration. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • —. ie .__ • • MANSION-HOUSE. ' A female, very shabbily dressed, but evidently accustomed to better society than that in which she in the Justice Room, for she respectfully stood amongst the numerous i'etiuoners to hie Loan Mayol4 presented herself to his Lordship, after he had con cluded the business of the day, end mentioned that she stood in need Oit his advice, as she was, notwithstanding her undoubted claim to simsething like-aaindepesdence, actually in want of the common necessaries oftfe.- husband, with whom she candidly acknow ledged she deed before ke married her, had been not only a num ber of the House of Lords, but one of-the most distingubbed Mel of his day Apr talents and public spirit. She was the widow Of the celebrated Lord Erskhie. The Loup MAYOR requested that the unfortunate Lady would walk into another room, when a conversation took place between them upon the subject of her distress ; and his Lordship, after hav ing given her immediate pecuniary relief, of which it was evident she stood in need, for she appeared to be actually faint with hunger, assured her that he would without delay Caen himself to procure an inquiry into the circumstances of which she complained, bet complained without attaching the slightest blame to any individual. As far as could be collected, from what was spoken in a low timid tone and yoke, the following is the substance of the statement of the widow of the eloquent and public-spirited Erskine t Lord Erskine bad, soon after he lost his first wife, become inti mate with the petitioner, who consented to reside with him, and became the mother of three children. His-Lordship, who had commenced his acquaintance uuder a promise of murisge, performed that promise some years afterwards in Scotland, where, by the laws of that country, his children became legitimate. They.lived very happily together, hut his Lordship's death completely destroyed her chatter of independence, although she had been assured some time afterwards that his Majesty would settle a pension upon her, in constquence of the sudden and lamentable reduction in her circum stances. The trustees appointed upon the occasion were, she under stood, Lords Roselyn and Duncannon, but she had never received any benefit, pecuniary oc otherwise, on account of the pension; and the believed the reason of the rejec tion was, that she refised to pan with her youngest child. The other two -children were provided for, and separated from her, and she therefore resolved to undergo any privation rather than b e separated hem the third. • The Loan MAYOR asked her whether the rest of his Lordship's' family were aware of her distress? She replied that they were • but that, with every inclination t assist bee, they really appeared to her not to have the means. " How then do you contrive to support yourself now ?" asked his Lordship. The unfortunate Lady said, she endeavoured to keep life within ber by needle-work, which was supplied to her very scantily. Her great object being to obtain a decent livelihood fur the child that remaineu with her, she thought•nothing of any difficulties she might encttonter herself, or of any privations to which she aright be ex; posed in performing her dut y. The widow, with tears in her eyes, expressed her gratitude to the Lord Maier, upon receiving his solemn assurance that he would cause inquiry to be made of the Solicitor and Gentlenien who were best acquainted with the attain of her late husband. The conduct 1 of the pour lady was unobtrusive in :he extreme. GUILDHAL4 A Clerk to a Solicitor was charged with stealing a £lOO Bank note from Mr. Colley, who fortmrly kept the Symond's lon Coffee house, Chancery-lane. The prisoner used to frequent the InAse, and upon Mr. Colley leaving the business, the former knowing he bad some money, offere4 to place it for safety iu the hands of his father's banker. Mr. Colley gave him a £lOO note to be so depo sited, but•afterwards asked for £5O back, and desired the remain ing £5O with a fltll of Exchange for the same amount to be placed at the banker's as before. It turned out, however, that t►e prisoner conversed the £lOO to his own use, and that his Luber kept no ac count with a banker. It had boas previously held that the prisoner could not be punished under Sir T. Plainer a Act, be not being an agent; broker, banker, Ste. and it was now a question, whether he could be indicted for taking from the prosecutor the £5O mow, which had never been in his possession, or for taking the £lOO note, which the prosecutor had desired to be changed, and received half the value of it back.—The prisOner was remanded. HATTON GARDEN. Yesterday, Peter Roseau and Ant Redding, were brought before the Sitting Magistrate, W. L. It:loges, IN+ under the following charge :—Mr. Lee, of Kenton -street, Brunntriek-sitaare; stated, that the male•prisoaer lodged with him, and was in the habit of bringing different women borne with him, after the family bad re tiretito rest. This morning, betdreen six and seven o'clock, he was alarmed by the cry of murder, pilot-ceding from t he room of the male prisoner, and on going up staire.'he flatted the watsvin en the ;round, covered Willa blood, and Rondent standingovef her flourish= Ing a poker. She tp,ging an entire stranger to witness, he=ave them both into the custodp o f Cadby. Jane Reading, the temak brought, up with Rondeau, and whose face and head were one mass of contusions and- bruises; was then asked by the Magistrate, Wake wished to prefer any charge against the prisoner for the gross assault on herself? She answered in the affirmative, and stated, that having met the prisofier last night, be persuaded her to accompany him to his lodgings, which she did, and staid till this morning. On being about to leave the house, she reminded him of a certain promise made to her last night. The prisoner, who is a Frenchman, said, " O. yes ; I recollect ver well —take dat," and immediately *struck her a blow in the face, which knocked her down. * He then seised the poker, and struck her on the head, and if her cribs bad not brought assistance, she would, in all probability, have fallen a victim to his violence. In his defence, the prisoner said, he took her home for charity, and he could not see why she should ask him for money. She was very impertinent, and he chastised her. The Magistrate said he was a very great brute, and it was for tunate for hint that his violence bad not placed him at that bar in a very different situation, when his life might have been at stake. He was ordered to find bail. EN -SQUARE. George Kildray, servant to Cornet Upton, of the 4th Dragoons quartered at Alaidstone, was charged with stealing a gold watch and seals, the property of Cornet Benson, of the 13th Light Dragoons, which was lying open in his room, at the Barracks at the same town, and also 421. in notes, which the prisoner obtained by breaking open Cornet Getban's portable desk. The prisoner committed the robbery on Saturday afternoon, and was apprehended on Monday afternoon in London, when he had the gold watch and 481. in his possession. The prisoner admitted he was guilty, and was com mitted fur trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a young man of respectable appearance, named Plumb Leigh, was brought up for a anal examination on a charge of inter marrying with Maria Bigham, his firmer wife being still alive. John Cutteris, the palish clerk of St. George's, Gloucester, stated, that on the 17th day of Nov. 1823, be was present when the prisoner was married by banns to Mary Ann Davis. They were both described as of that parish. The certificate of the marriage now produced witness examined with the original entry in t►e I Registry book of marriages solemnised in that parish, and it is a true copy. Miss &gham, the prisoner's second wife, was then examined.— She stated that in the month of February she became scluainte4 with the prisoner, who represented himself a single man, and on the 17th of April fol lowing was married to him by banns in the parish church of St. James, Garlick Hill, in the City of London. The certificate of this marriage was also produced, and the parties iden tified by the parish clerk. At the conclusion of the above evidence, the prisoner broke out into exclamations against the paksis clerks, attributing his present misfortunes to them. He then, having pieced himself in a theaL trieal attitude, called alotid for his Maria, and called down ven geance on the beads of those that separated them. Poor Maria, hearing the voice of her deceiver, fainted away, and in this state was taken out of the office. The prisoner's first wife, who was also present, was so much affected that she went in a strong hysterical fit.—The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. A young man, nanwd listleert y was brought up on a charge of driving a gig at so furious a rate along the Wandsworth road, as to kill the horse of a Gentleman who was siding in the same direction. The ease presented one of the most gross instances of furious driv ing that has occurred for a long time, and which was nearly at tend with the lees of human lives. - sir. Bilk, of &ainford-stroet Bbckfriars-road, stated, that on Sunday, as he was riding along tin:Wandsworth road en horseback, in a gentle trot, he heard the noise of a vehicle behind coming up at a rapid rate. He endeavoured to get his horse close up to. the footpath, idthough there was sulicient room for two carriages to pass abreast without injury ; .bat before he could do so, one of the ffrifthe gig which the defendant was driving, and In which two other individuals, a. man and woman, came in contact the hinder part of witness's hone, and entered the flesh to a depth, :leaving about seven inches of the shaft, which was broken of, sticking in the poor animal's flesh. The violence of the essacussion thiew Mr, Bilk• ever the head of his horse, which imme diately fell to the ground, and soon afterwards expired. Mr. Bilk, however, fortunately received but slight injury. The defendant and bit party were oleo Dung out of the ale, and It Was a idtacls that some of them were not killed. When the defendant was thiewit from the gig the hdrse continued its career, and before it reachel the turnpike smashed the gig to atoms, and the horse was ultimately ►illed by running against some palings. The Magistrate severely reprobated the practice of furious dris. ing, and sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of an and costs, under the general turnpike act, informing Mr. Bilk that be had his remedy altl by au action against the defendant. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday a seaman belonging to the Glasgow terser, freed Shields, was brought before the sitting Magistrate on a charge 'of having used threats and intimidations to prevent a seaman working at a lower rate of wages than_ that obtained by a number of and Who belong to a combination called the Union. The complainant belonged to a collier caned the Vestal. On the previous night, when he had left off work, and was walking the deck, he was suddenly assailed by the awaits and Mules of the cress of the Glasgow. They called him a scabby sheep, and made use of a number of siagilar epithets against him. The row soodbocasne general throughout the whole tier of ships. He understood it wail because he had not joined the Union. He belonged to the Nord of Scotland, and he had entered a collier. There• were some otberl in the tier of vessels who and not belong to the Union, but the 'hooting was chiefly directed against the Vest.). They said, se came to take the br . ead out of the mouths of honest men. Thli Union was a combination, in which the greater part of the seamen belonging to Shields had joined. They threatened to beat his brains out when be came on shore. The prisoner was one of those who particularly threatened him. The prisoner denied that he bad done more than say a word or two, in a quiet way, to the complainant, on the baseness of his con duct in not joining them, and securing themselveiagainst low wages. Mr. BaLtstrrote said, the Magistrates of that bike were deter mined to act with vigour for the protection of this class of men, ar.d to execute the law with vigour against those who interfered with what was equally their right to dispneen644llek labour freely. He then sentenced the prisoner to sits wide imprisonment to hard labour. His brethren, who belonged to the monbinatiOa at Shields. would know, when the vessel returnid witlimitisint, why he had been left behind. The Worthy Mftlierate sdifeemed his hopes the the Magistrates of Shields, who balmier Abe Act similar powers, would exercise them in a similar neminew . _ • General PAU is s lid to be a negro: he is a white. He is said to be ferocious and predatory. He is the most prudent of the revolutionary Generals, and the fa. vourite of BOLIVAR himself. He is by far the most ta lented chief, and in him do the people of Venezuela and the Carnets repose the greatest confidence. The accounts from Italy say, that while the weather here is so hot and dry, the temperature at Naples is 'at 14 Reaumtir, and the atmosphere rainy as in No. ,ember. The rains had so swelled the rivers, that a man in the environs of Naples was drowned oa the 19th in attempting to cross 'one. Several persons have been killed by lightning iii the province of Capitanata. Oa the 14th, several shocks of an earthquake were telt at different times in the day in Calabria Ultra Seconda ; a: shock was also felt at Milan on the 240, at twenty five minutes past one. Serious disturbances, in which wounds are inflicted and lives occasionally lost, cominue to take place in several cities in the south of France, beginning at Bourdeauz,-and . eitending to Marseilles. • Though the military have repeatedly been -called out, and even forced to act, the character of these agitations has nothing political, but moreclosely, resembles the nature of the late broils in our Manofacturing districts. The sale of indigo commenced- at the India House yesterday morning. The prices were certainly low when compared with the o.tober . sale, bat when the general depression` of all, sons of produce h taken into consideration. they were perhaps as' high .4 toold be fairly aaticipated. Indigo of a low quality, which was taxed much above its present value, did not sell, but that of a good . quality met with a sale at nearly last sale's prices, and considerable spirit was evinced in purchasers for-shipping. . Thursd.ty night the engine-house attached to the works carrying on at the : new tonaon Bridge was broken open, artd thelyass work of a new and valtkable steam-engine stolen. Theibieves must have been me chanlcs, from the manner in which the brass was knocked off the iron-work. - Monday night Illomai'Russell, of Giangenageesha, near Coolqutl, having been:; awoke by the barking of his dogs, jumpe.d out of bed and ran into his haggard. where he found a robber stooping over, and in the act of skinning one of his calves. Russell laid hold. on him, but the rtiffiaii, tui fling round 'with the skinning knife in his hand, stabbed •ppor Russell in the right breast, leaving the knife inserted in the wound.! It is almost unnecessary to say he was killed on . the spot.. -Clonmel Advertiser. - - Tye SULTAN A CRANIOLOGIST.—It was expected that the massacre at 11•1"ssolonghi would have satisfied the carnivorous and cannibal taste of his Sublime Highness MAIIMoUD; but no, the amount of Greek heads and ears, was evidently insufficient, and IBRAHIM PACHA. was obliged to. have recourse to the doubtful expedient of trying what-effect-the substituted heads of Albaniaps, sa ho fell on his Own side, would have upon tht gentle SULTAN. We apprehend that 16 good and practised a craniologist as MAHmouD must be will not so easily be deceived, and that the visage.of a Greek, even in death and decomposition, is too tam liar to the Ottoman ama teur, to suffer him to be imposed upon by Egyptian knavery. Really it must be a most intellectual and philosophical study when the -SULTAN receives his bas ket of skulls, and examines them eviith name than the acumen of a GALL or a Sruassiiiis, to determine by the , organs of veneration and coMbativeness o whether the ' owners were Greeks or Albanians. • • The celebrated WILItitS vras.always waited • upon at table by female servants ; imagining that the couversitioka Yeas less likely to be repeated or conintento upon by ikon than. by men ; agreeing with the French proverb, "that the female _mind is like a mirror, which receives every impression, but retains none." A man's nature runs, says &scow, either in herbs, et weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other. DIED. On the lith instant, the Hon. Thomas Grey, fifth sou of Earl Grey ; he was just turned 14 years of age, and possessed most pre mising abilities. He had been educated at hippos in Yorkshire ; but was recently removed to-Leeds, or its neighboorkood. About eight or ten days since, be was out playing with other youths, aid bad neglected to wear any hat or covering to the head. The exces. save heat in consequence seriously and peculiarly affected hint ' and brought en brain fever. Though his Lordship bas a very large family (fourteen sons and daughters), this is the first death that has occurred amongst his children. Sunday week, suddenly, bits. Hildrey, daughter of the late ?Ir. Fitzgerald, of Hull theatre. MAILS ....THIS DAY• 11011. DVII. 1 0 Prance 0 0 1 0 Hamburgb 1 1 I Dublin Waterford Eloaerisay and Jersey • 11 Flanders 0 0 Urn.* 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Gamut/ores 0 1 Jamaica 0 0 Malta 0 0 Homo Apse • • Holland 0 9 Moines • 1 HIGH-WATER at Morning Afternoon lIDGS TO.II4ORROW. 57 minutes after 7 9 minutes after Lcomoxs Printed and Published*, 4. F. KrAr.r, at the SIAM O►rter. No.l, Pickett-Pace, Temple-Dar. 74 /It or 'de dii ty sr