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ANECDOTES OF 010EEFFE. 1/110M Tin NSW MONTHLY MAGAZIN& Legal preventatives often produce whimsical circum stances. A country manager, many years ago, took upon himself to bring out Macklin 's " Love A-la-mode" at hit theatre; upon which'Macklin wrote him word that, if he attempted to do so, he would send him sheets of parchment that would reach from Chancery-lane to the neat gooseberry bush the nearest verge of Yorkshire' to John O'Groat's house. The Manager's answer to Macklin ran thus—to Ybur Love A=la•mode, Sir I I'm sot going to play year Love A-la-mode ; I'll play my cum Love A-la-mode ; I have twenty Love A-la-modes. I could write a Love A. la mode every day in the week ; I could write three hundred . and sixty-six Love A-la modes in a year." The reason of Macklin's tenacity with respect to his play was his never having sold the copyright to any ewe, and he never had it pruned: therefore, whenever it was acted in England, Scotland, and Ireland, his terms were, half the profits over the nightly charges, and he always played in it himself. When he came to rehear. sal, his method was to take his MS. from the breast of his great coat, where he had buttoned it up, put it into the hands of the prompter, and, rehearsal &me, walk quietly over to him, saying, " Give me that,"—take it from the prompter's hand, button it up close again in the breast of his coat, and walk out of the house to his own lodgings. Mackin was tenacious, and very properly sr', of the performers-throwing in words of their own. Lee Lewis, one morning at Covent Garden, at the rehearsal of Love A-la-mode, in which he played Squire Groom, said some thing which be thought very smart. " Hoy, hoy said Macklin, " what's that r 0," replied Lee Lewis, " 'tis only a little of my nonsense." " Ay," replied Macklin, " but I think my nonsense is rather better than yours ; so keep to that if you please, Sir." Though so part cu bir in drilling the performers at rehearsals, aware of the consequence of irritability, he kept his temper down ; au instance of this happened one morning at rehearsal : one of the performers got tired with over-particularity, as he called it, and said to Macklin, " Why, this is worse than the Prussian exercise!" Macklin, after a pause, looked at the refractory actor, and said, " Suppose re all go and sit down a little in the green room ?" He walked in, and they followed ; he sat down, and they seated themselves ; he then took out his watch, looked at it, and laid it on the table, " Now," said he, " we'il just sit here an hour." The performers, knowing his great money drawing importance, acquiesced, and kept rather an awful silence. The hour being expired, he took up his watch, " Now," he said, 4. we are all in good humour, and we'll go upon the stage and begin our rehearsal." This circumstance took place in Capel street theatre. Dawson was manager, and was heartily glad that Macklin could be induced to continue on his boards, as all the boxes were then taken for 12 nights of Macklin's performance. When the evil effects of hasty anger approach, the consequences of which may be areti ievable, it would be no harm if people could suppress their own feelings, even for Macklids green room hour. Before I dismiss my old friend, I must give an im mortal record of his opinion of the good people of Vie' sod. He and I were walking through the Little Green, in Dublin (st that time the market for fruits and vege tables). He seemed much pleased with the good humour of the stile, s ; " Ay," said he, " they're comical and good natured, and ready. witted, and obliging—that is, I mean, what we call the lower order; but you never can get a direct answer from them." "Oh," I said, " that's not fair, put your question first."—" Well," said Macklin, coming up to an old woman who had a basket of vegetables before her, " what's the price of that caullower ?" —" That cauliflower r said she, taking it op in her hand, " Sir, that's as fine a cauli- flower as ever was seen, either in a garden or out of . a garden."—" Well, but what's the pike of it?"—"The price! the devil a prettier cauliflower could you see of a long summer's day."—" Well, it's pretty enough, but what's the price of it ?"—" What's the price of it ! arrah, Sir, you may talk of tulips, and roses, and pinks, and wallflowers, and gilliflowers, but the file, er of flowers is a cauliflower."—" But why not tell me the price of it."—" Ah, you'll not get such a cauliflower as this, Sir, all over the market—here, feel the weight of it, Sir." " There, O'Keeffe," said Macklin, "if you had laid a wager with me that I could get a direct answer when I pot a question to them, you'd have lost it." My first sight of Dibdin was in 1762, when he acted a conjuror in a pantomime at Covent•garden. And in 1781, Dr. Arnold introduced one of his airs in my " Dead Alive." My words are, " See the lAossoni of spring." and it is sung by Edward. The original was in Garrick's "Jubilee," the words " Flow on, silver Avon." On the English army going to the Continent in 1795, under the command of the Duke of Yoik, I wrote a musical afterpiece, called " Sprigs of Laurel. - founded on the circumstance cf a sentinel in St. J imes's Park qiiitt.ng his post, and running over Westminster Bridge t.• join the detachment ordered to embai k for Hollarhs. Ni. Harris, being out of tow n, had not seen the dialogue at this time ;but on my mentioning the subject in &letter to him, he desired me to write the songs and send them without delay to Shield, and that he would bring out the piece immediattly. He did so. JAnstone and In &don, as my Itival Soldiers, were mo.t capital,and sung their favourite dialogue duet of " Silly in our Alley, to which I wrote new words—" I each girl that I come meat." Mrs. Mountain was very will in Mary ; .Mrs. Martyr spirited in George Streamer, the little midshipman ; and Munden highly diverting in the mast impudent, bold, audacious character that I think ever appeared before any audience—hien Nipperkin. Mr. Harris gave ate fifty guineas for this piece; and I Aare. nothing of its having been published until I saw' a printed book of it lying on his table at Knightsbridge. Even in this step my kind friend had my future interest warmly in view, and made every enquiry how it could - be presented by myself to the Queen, to whom 1 had dedicat'd it; but, such a measure being found contrary to etiquette, I invented an etiquette of my own. I had' a balk of the " Sprigs of Laurel" royally bound; andl h ring sealed it up in due form, directed it to her Ma. jes.ty the Queen, and booked it at the White Horse Cellar, to go by the Windsor coach. "I comforted my self with the thought, through the whole of this busi ness, that I had done what was consistent with the duty of a good and faithful Irish subject, who could write an opera in compliment to her son, the Royal Commander in• Chief, and had two-pence in his pocket for booking. The coast of Dorsetshire, which I had visited in the summer of 1'791 (and of which visit of seven weeks I kept a regular written. journal), furnished me, in cha racter and incidents, with some new ideas towards a comedy for the Haymarket. I sent it to Mr. Colman. ' This comedy leas my sr London Hermit, or Ram-' Wes in Dorsetshire." Parsons, at the last rehearsal, clapped me on the shoelder,and said, "Take my word fQr it, by boy, this will be as 4reat favourite as soy that ever came from your calmest' pate." And in Toby Thatch he did his beg to verify his prophecy. I had the pleasure of dining that day at the house of Mr. Michael Kelly, at the top of Suffolk-street, on the right hand ; and after a cheering day of good humour, crossed over to the theatre to be present at my Her mit's reception in London. I was in the front of the house but not in view of the audience, and it began so tame and civil, though 'thought I had woundit u'p to the full stretch of a laughable pin,that I was frightened, and made my way down to get behind the scenes. Put before I reached the wings, my gladdened ears were stunned by loud bursts of laughter from every part of the house. Tully was on ; and in that character my friend John , t use was quite at home. Mr. Colman came to me behind the scenes, and in a friendly, cordial manner, said,—" O'Keeffe, you bear your blushing honours thick upon you." His words were true enough, and no frost since came to nip them ; for the play was Acted twenty nights, which for a short summer season is a great run. Lewis went to see it, and remarked to some of his friends in the box with him,—" Of all the characters I ever witnessed, I should like to act that of Jilin Grum." It is to be observed, that the said John Grum has not a line to say in the whole comedy. My Orator Mum, in " The Son-in-law," was thought to be an ingenious kind of monosyllable machine ; but he is an orator corn- - pared to John Grum, who, in real life, is a very com mon, and sometimes conveniet, comprnion to prosers. When I heard of this remark, thought I, had Lewis only acted Orators Mums and John Grums, he would never have made 50,0001. by his prOfession. LAW REPORT. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY S. CONiT V. HARRIS AND OTHERS. Mr. HART appeared in support of a motion that Mr. Robinson, the receiver of Covent Garden Theatre, should pay into Court 18,6001. the amount of two sums which appeared to be due from him on the face of his accounts as allowed by the Master. It appeared by the Counsel's statement, that Mr. Robinson had made pay ments on account of the theatre out of the monies which had been in his hands, and which would materially re duce this amount ; but as the Master thought that under. the order of the Court those sums could not be allowed by him, the result of the statement showed this balance against the receiver, which the plaintiff' now claimed to have brought into Court. Mr. HEALD, fur the receiver, explained that the sums had been paid fur the embellishment and repairs of the theatre, anJ chat they were necessarily paid, because if they had nrt been, the lease might have been forfeited or avoidable for breach of ti e conditions contained in it. He complained strongly of the injustice of the pre sent attempt to make .he receiver answerable for sums which it was well known he had in his possession, and added, that he now held only 2001. of the theatre's money, while 8001. was due to himself on the account of salary. _ _ _ The Limb CoArremx.os desired to see the papers, and promised to give judgment on Friday next. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JOLT S. YOUNG V. BANGLET. This was an action brought to restrain the defendant from inclo3ing certain waste lands, in the parish of Cookharn, in Set kshire, to the prejudice of the plaintiff (Sir Samuel Young) and others, who were entitled to commons of pasture on the said lands. It appeared the defendant had lately become Lord of the Manor of these waste lands, which he thoight proper to plant with trees in the year 1821, whereby the growth of the herbage was obstructed so as not to be sufficient to graze the usual number of cattle. The plaintiff's tight to commons for larger cattle, but not to sheep, was proved, whereas the declaration stated a right to all commonable cattle in general. The CHILI JUSTICE pronounced the variance fatal, and plaintiff was norm QUEROS V. COLLICR. This was an action of tropes, brought by the plaintiff, as the executor of the late Don Julia t Purger, to recover 163 pictures purchased by the defendant, for and in the name of the said Julian Parger,and now in his possession. The ATTORNEY GENERAL stated the case. The pic. tures were purchased in Spain by the defendant, who was commissioned to select them on his own judgment by the testator, who advanced money for the purpose. Williams, an Officer in the Town Department of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, proved the certification of ..everal documenis by which the possession of the pic tures was admitted by the defendant. Mr. DENMAN then addressed the Jury for the defend ant. The pictUres in question formed part of the collec" tion of the Escurial, which in the year 1820, when the defendant was in Spain, were removed, in consequence of the political changes which then agitated the country. One of them was a Leonardo DA Vinci, and altogether the collection the defendant was enabled to make, was n.ost valuable. These paintings were not purchased on any person's account but his own—and there was no claim evrr Made by the testator on those pictures— and no document refer , . g to them as the testator's pro perty, was found among his papers. He would prove that the testator had spoken of them as the property of the defendant. The insurance alone was effected in Parger's name. (Here the Learned Counsel read an agreement between the tes tator and defendant, in which the formes declared tbe pictures to be the property of Mr. Collier—one excepted, which belonged to a • - Mr. Ponti). Mr. James Landry, Clerk to the London Dock Company,proved the treater of the pictures to Collier, by order of the testator. bin. Radcliffe, an attendant of Mr. Collier, proved that Collier used to give his whole time to them when they were in his (Parser's) house. Parger said they were Mr. Collier's property. Some other witnesses were examined; after which, the Arroatter Gmontea addressed the Jury in reply. The Loan Cuter Justice summed up.—Verdict for the plaintiff, At the Portsmouth Sessions, a man was last week convicted of stealing two wine-glasses and two glass saltcellars, from a public-house, and sentenced to seven years transportation. ELNCTION THANKS —When Mr. CHARM& Yortica was returned a Member for the University of Cambridge, about the year 1770, he went round the Senate to thank those who bad voted for him. Among the number was a Mr. P. who was proverbial for having the largest and most hideous physiognomy that ever eye beheld. Mr. Yours, in Thanking hint ' said, 6 , Sir, 1 have great rea son to be thankful to my friends in general, but confess myself and T a particular obligation to you, for the very remarkable countenance you have shown me." A small piece of ground in LinColn was soy last week after the rate of more than 12,0001. per acre. - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Recorder and Mr. Newman, the Cit Solicitor, attended the Loan MAYOR, to assist him in a PM where he was called upon, by way of appeal from a decision made in the Sheriff 's [Court, to exercise a portion of his prerogatives which have fur a long time been allowed to lie dormant. In an old book of practice it is set forth " There is a practice caUed marking of a cause before the Lord Mayor, which is thus: After a verdict given for the plain tiff in the Sher iff's Court, the defendant gets the cause marked be fore the Lord Mayor, which is done by one of the clerks in the • Lord Mayor's Court, and is like an injunction in Chancery to stay judgment and execution until the matter be examined in equity, -where the Lord Mayor doth oftentimes, if cause be, mitigate the damages, or give the defendant time to pay it. T he custom of London is, that if a plaint of debt be entered in the Sheriff's Court, upon suggestion of any of the parties, the Mayor may send for both of them, and examine them upon the truth of the matter, and if upon hearing it appears that the plaintiff obtained a verdict for more than his due, his Lordship may remit the cause to judgment for the just debt only, and may give such time for the payment thereof as he thinketh fit, itc." Mr. %mesa, of BuingbalL street, who appeared for the defen dant, went into a statement of the case, and contended, that the ceiidente on which a verdict for upwards of £2OO had been ob tained, was snit as ought not tohave been admitted by the Learned Judge who tried the cidi. Ile contended that the justice of the case wai entirely with his client, and that the judgment of the Court ought to be reversed. Mr. VAILLANT, the Learned Judge of the Shetiffs' Court, with out interfering with the merits of the case, contended, that no cus tom could wart ant the course which had been pursued in this in stance. It could never be the law, that after a case had been tried burl:Ws-a Judge and Jury sworn, and a verdict recorded, Sounded uptrd the evidence of witnesses, whc were liable to be indicted for perjury, if what they deposed was untrue; parties should be allowed to come, and merely upon their own complaint, unsupported by evidence given on oath, cause the decision to be set aside. The Itecoftozat said, the matter must be reviewed, not on the statement of parties, but upon the notes taken by the Learned Judge of the evidence at the trial. • 2_ At the request of the Loan AUTOS, Mr. Valliant read his notes of the trial. A friend of the defendant's loudly exclaimed, that the evidence givenby the witnesses was false. Mr. Warsaw here arlogixed for his interference, but argued upon the case, that the evidence was inadmissible. The Loan filatToa was of opinion, on a full hearing of the case, that there was no ground for disturbing the verdict. The power of reversing the judgment of the Court was clearly vested in him, to be exercised in the manner stated by the Ltarned Recorder-- The decision of the Court was confirmed. Mr. Newman observed, that there was no instance of a similir appeal since the time of Alderman Skinner. The Loan Ai ATOM stated, that he bad received various sums, amounting to 401. for the relief of an unfortunate young female, whose ease had a short time ago been noticed in the public.l3apers. After an extraordinary series of calamities, she was found in the streets of London in a starving condition. He was desirous of stating, for the satisfaction of the benevolent individuals, that she had been taken care of by the I.adiea of the Provisional Protection Society, and that the money had been applied to her use. Unhappily her mind had been injured by her calamities, and it was necessary to send her back to Dublin, to be taken care of by some friends : and 121. bad been sent by some Gentleman belonging to the Stock Exchange. GUILDHALL. Isaac Alim was charged with defrauding a countryman named Baths, on the 29th of March, In Leadenhall.street. gains was attracted by the old stqry, an apparent dispute between Allen, who personated a seaman, and a Jew, and soon learnt that the subject was a watch, which the Jew bad bid less than hat the value for.— The sailor preferred, as usual, letting Bains, a Christian, have it for a less sum than the Jew offered, and the JeW promised Wins in a whisper to repurchase it of him at airremium. The bait took, and the countryman gave £4 ss. for the watch, worth intrinsically 15s. Bains afterwards suspected the trick, and attempted to seize the prisoner, but he was rescued by a gang, at the bead of which was the aforesaid Jew.—Conuniued. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two men, named Jones and Pearce, were committed for trial, for stealing a portmanteau, emulating wearing apparel and jewellery to the amount of £42, the property of Miss Dupres, the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Dupres. The portmanteau was placed outside a Coach offs►e, In Oxford-street,. to be conveyed into the country by a stage coach, but before the coach arrived at the Office, Pearce Amok up the Portmanteau and placed it on Jones's back, and the latter put it ioto a hackney coach ; the two fellows then jumped inside, aod the coach drove of They were soon afterwards appre- Jsentied is the neighbourhood of Liston Grove, but the property las not been found. QUEEN SQUARE. Little, driver of the hackney coach No. 713, was sentenced to drive the Tread Mill for one month, in default of paying a fine 31. for placing his coach so as to obstruct the way of the Nobility, am cowing from the Opera House, though repeatedly warned to the contrary. LA NIBETII STREET. Arthur Thomason, alias Peartiale, was re-examined, charged with uttering, with intent to defraud, Messrs. Taylor and Co. brewers at Limehouse, a forged check for 251. on Messrs. Hankey and Co. as stated in our paper of Monday, when a long investiga tion took place, in the course of which it appeared that the pri soner bad been for along time successfully practising similar frauds on different brewers, to the amount of 4001. viz. Messrs Meux and Co. Hoare and Co. Trueman and Co. Goding and Co. Simpson and Co. and others; but the chain of evidence not being complete, he was again remanded. WORSHIP STREET. Yesterday a young man, flannel Riciwyt Steams, wag fully com mitted for trial, charged with b. wing been concerned in a highway robbery, committed on the night of Monday week, in Brick-lane, Spitz Melds, on the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Finch. UNION HALL. Elizahrth Chittenden, the woman charged at this Office on the 29th ult. with having uttered a forged tOl. Bank of England note to Mr. Redford, the linendraper, cf Blackfriars Road, was yester day brought up for another examination. Since the first investi- Ntion, in consequence of the publicity given to the case in the Newspapers, another prosecution has appeared against the prisoner for a similar offence in the person of Mr. M'Leod, a linendraper, of Camberwell, who, having seen the account, at once discovered that Chittenden was the woman who bad uttered a 51. forged note, pur. porting to be of the Bank of England, at his shop in the month of June. • Isdac Newton, shopm.in to Mr. lll'Leod, stated, that In the first week of June, the prisoner came to his master's shop, and made purchases of various articles to the amount of 13s. in payment of which she tendered a a. note (the witness here produced the a. pine in question, with forgery written on the face of it); upon which be asked her for he name and address, and presented her with pen and elk for the purlose of writing her name and place of abode on the note. She however mid, some excuse, requesting .bins to endorse it for her, and be not conceiving that it was a forgery, immediately wrote after her dictation on the note, " Mrs. Webb, Norwood, near the Windmill." Witness added, that he then pee the prisoner the Change, and she left the shop. Subsequently the note was discovered to be a forgery. Mr. Christmas, the sank inspector, proved the note in question to be a forgery. • M'Leud corroborated his shopman'a statement of the trans action, and added that the day subsequent to that on which the prisoner bad been at his shop, he paid away the note now produced to Messrs. Stun and Sharpe, of Wood -street, Cheapside, and they returned it back again to him with" forgery" written ou it in large cbarae:ers. _ _ • _ _ _ It is strongly suspected that the prisoner has been extensively engaged in the circulation of forged notes, and those with which the is now charged uttering are extremely well executed, and calculated to deceive persons that are not qualified judges of paper-money. It having been stated to the Magistrate that other cases of the same nature were likely to be adduced on a future day against the prisoner, she was accordingly remanded for a anal examination on Tuesday next. The Lords of the Admiralty have made a grant of 10001. to Captain HATES, of the Royal Navy, as their first compensation to him in consideration of the bene fits he has rendered to his country by his scientific improvements in Naval ship building, as exemplified in the CHAMPION sloop of war, and Aaaow cutter. It is estimated that 25,0001. will not pay the expenses of the late contest for Worcester. The bill for ribands alone sent in to one candidate exceeds 20001. This is being dearly favoured indeed-. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Thomas Grenville, Manning, from Bengal, sailed on the 48th of January, 111115, and St. Helena the 17th May; the Mary Ann, O'Brien, from Bengal, off Portsmouth; the Cesar, Watt, from Bengal, off Portattouth ; the Luna, IC.noz, from the Cape, off Falmouth; the Marquis of Wellesley, Coulson, from the Mau:i dos, of Falmouth ; the Saracen, Dunn, from the South Seas, off Iralmoutl.; the Maria, Thompson, from the Mauritius, off Ply mouth; sailed ditto the 30th of March, 1816. Paesdeneeas per the Tunnies Gainivunx, Captain Manning, from Bengal:—Mrs. Thomason, wife of the Rev. J. Thomason, died at sea the 45th of March, 11166 ; Mrs. Elliott, wife of C. Elliott, Esq. Mrs. Hutchinson, wife of Captain Mitchinson, died at sea the let of April, 111115; Mrs. Dros, Mrs.. Harvey, Mrs. Crotnmelin ; bliss Noble, left at St. Helena the 17th of May ; the Rev. Mr. Thomason, Chaplain, Bengal Establishment ; C. Elliott, Esq. of the Honourable Company's Civil Service ; W. Sherrer, Req. ditto ; A. Todd, Esq. Mr. Allen, Captain Hutchinson, Bengal Engineers, in command of invalids Captain Wrottesky, of his Majesty's 16th Regiment Lancers; Lieutenant Williams, Bengal Native Infantry; Mr. G. Simms, Assistant Surgeon ; Miss S. Templar, Miss Charlotte Drew, Miss E. F: Crommelin, Miss M. E. Hawkins, Masters G. Money, Gilbert; Money, W. A. Crnmmelin, Hurrie, Dd. Ainslie ; three European servants; five Native ditto. Lair or PASSENGERS per ship Tatustint, Green, from Bombay; for London (daily expected)—Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. Strover, Mrs. Fenwick, Mrs. Pruett, Mrs. Itavenshaw ; Colonel &rover, Colonel Sutherland, Major Parker; Messrs. Ravenshaw, Lane, and Torin ; Captains Osborne and Newport ; Lieutenants Allen, Macgillivray, Hammond, and Billamore ; eight children, and 80 invalids. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES, Jny 5. The_Cobou4 Stakes of 5 soy. each, with 20 added from the Fitt L _ Mile Heats, three year old, Tst. 71b. fair, Sat. 71b. Aso, th‘agedi 9st. 41b. Mr. Coleman's Linguist . • • 2 2 1 1 Mr. Smith's Tamar . . 1 3 2 2 Mr. Moundren Princess Mary 4 . S Sdr . Capt. Locke 's e. by Smolensk. . • 4 4dr Col. Berkeley's Fearnought . . S 1 din Mr. Bill Hughes's Fairy . 6 dr Within a few fret of the winning post, a servant mounted on a gray hackney of Captain Seyntotres, was standing in the way of the horses, and Fearnought ran against him with a dreadful concusston; the race horse had won, but a hurt in his shoulder will prevent hint ever running again. It was contended that the hone had not bt'ought the jockey to the weighing stand ; the Stewards decided that Fearnought won the beat, the jockey having been thrown by accident, and the horse was unable to bring him to weigh. So few people never were seen at Slouliey, and booths and other cate were great sufferers. Mr. and - Mrs. Hughes Ball were on the Course. _ _ _ Doekeray, who rode the winner, made play all round in the Last heat, and never was headed. SINGULAR ALARM.—Sunday. a short time before the commencement of the sermon, a man was seen in the gallery of St. Andrew's church, Liverpool, and who, from his eccentric dress and actions, was evidently de ranged. As the attention of the congregation was at tracted towards Vie individual, the sexton went to remove him f,om the church, which he did very quietly. When the unfortunate maniac reached the stairs, he ran down very quickly, and the noise hich he made excited some alarm among the female parr of the congregation. Just at this moment, either the unfor tunate man, or some persoa in the church, cried out " Fire !" Panic now seized the male as well as the female part of the congregation, and a general rush towards the door Cook place. The clergyman exerted himself to calm the ridiculous fears of turn .cis, an.] to restore tranquillity and order. He ultimately suc ceeded, but not until a considerable number of persons had made their escape out of the church. Several females were hurt in the rush, but not seriously, and Divine Service was resumed. AMERICAN TRADE.—It appears that the imports into the United States, from September 30, 1824, to Sep- tember 30, 1825, amounted to 96,340,075 dollars ; of these 91,902,512 dollars were in American vessels, zad but 4437,563 dollars in foreign veisels. The am runt of exports during the same period was 99.535.383 dollars; of this amount 66 944,745 dollars were de. mestic articles, and 32,590,948 dollars foreign. Wring the same reriod the amount of tonnage which entered int, and departed from the United States stood thus— Entered, American, 880,754, departed 960,366 ; en tered, foreign, 92,927, departed 95,080; of foreign ton nage 61,900 were owned by the British. Friday night, a sudden and most destructive fire broke out in the house of Mr. James Ede, miller, at Shellwood, near Reigate, Surrey, by which his dwelling house and outbuildings were almost instantaneously burnt to the ground, and the whole of his furniture, wearing apparel, and books of accounts, together with a sum of money amounting to upwards of 401. entirely consumed. Mr. Ede, Pith his family, after being con siderably burnt, narrowly escaped with their lives, by forcing themselves through the chamber window, with no o:her covering than their night clothes. ALUACICS IN INDIA—When Sir Juhn MacPherson was Governor General of India, most of his staff con sisted of Scotch Gentlemen, whose names began with Mac. The Honourable Mr. Fitzroy used to call the Government house Almack's ; for, said he, " if you stand in the middle of the court and call Mac, you will have a head" popped out at every window." Sr. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCH.—The decision of the long agitated question of appointing a Sexton to St. John's, New Church, at Hiltton, was yesterday decided as agreed upon, by a Poll at the Old Church. The boor of beginning lusiness was fixed at nine o'clock in the morning, a smart contest was expected, but owing to the strong interest excited on behalf of the successful Candidate, only one opponent started against him; when, after polling about two hours, the contest was relin quished, and the Churchwarden declared the numbers: For Matthew Astley . . 74 J. lianneford . _ - . Majority . • 71 A Vote of Thanks was passed unanimously to the Churchwarden for his impartial conduct on the occasion: MARRIED. At West Lodge, Elgin, on the 15th ult. Capt. Charles Adolphus Munro, of the Him. East India Company's Military Smoke, to Lucy Eliza, eldest daughter of Major John Lloyd Jones, of the same service. At Buenos Ayres, on the dth of April, D. Idackinly, Eat aged 54. June 50, at Hythe, James Shipdan Essi. Mayor of that tows. At Paisley, so the 20th ult. Withal; Orr, senior, Esq. At Dumfries, on the 16th ultimo, Miss Mary Bablagton, second daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Willam Babington, Minister of ti.e Episcopalian @aggregation there. MAILS -THIS DAY ARR. our. Alll4 OUR Dublin 1 0 1 France 1 0 Waterford 1 0 1 Hamburg l 0 Guernsu, and Jersey 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Lisboa 0 0 ) Brazil 0 0 Gottenbargb 0 1 1 Jamaica 0 0 Idaho Holland o 0 0 • Buenos Ayres 0 0 America * I HI GH- W AMU at LON DON.ORIDGX Til-MOURO' Morning 25 minutes after 3 41 minutes aftes 3 LONDON : Printed and Published by J. F. ICEALT,st the kaa Offacr, No. 1, Pickett-Raw, Tenptaßar. .