Star. — London, England, 1827-12-25 00:00:00

EDileit op •me stAk. time ikgreat reason to lament eat a gut - or a swindler, whoa' loss of cheractei a e ,urnate. not worth more than a farthing. *thstanding, if he recovers a verdict for that t the Printer or Publisher of the I hei to the including his own and the plainiir, costs, of four hundred potodts. In INS, or 1826, d brf into the House 4Cossiuwas, intitied Inovit Bill," which Bill allows a defendant, , to confess a judgment for the amount he , plaildift entitled to recover—if afterwards proceeds, and obtains a verdict for lebs than Int of the cognovit, he would be obli ge d, i n . recovering costs fr om tl e de:cadent, to pay' -es costs. was read, a qrbt time, printed, and ordered second time, but the lateness of the Session passing into a law—as far as it went, the honoured in all it; stages with the support and Sir James Scatlet.-1 have the Honour /our very obedient, ;LEND TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRES& IE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. DEVON POET, Dec as. iinutes past twoor.st.son Thursday,his Royal LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. accompanied by 'nod, M.P. for Brecknock,hire, Capt. S. J. P. the Hon. Captain Spencer, his Secretary, the Admiral's house, Mount Wise, in too fr.ur, having come by land from Ports. the purpose of presenting the.Royel Marine, new colours. After a short audience with Ball of Northesk, our Commander in ihe different Captains of the Fltet, his Royal ith these officers in attendance, embatked Admiral's barge, under a salute. of 19 guns, from shipping, ft r Commissioner Shield's yacht., intended to visit the Genoa, f s otn NAVA:in, in the Sound. , The yacht. after receivi..g lighnei.s, got under weigh, taking in tow A the different men of war in commissioni, Captains, bat on attempting to pass Cremd, wind, which . was. before • blowing strong, died away, and the flood tide making fast into , she reeled and struck on a sunken rock, a west of the German Rock, where not being get,off, his Royal Highness again (nova ;e, and preiceeded on board the Genoa, : received with the customary honours, and .1 board nearly an hour and an half. Alter her state, and esfiressing a kindly interest in Ale of her surviving Officers and crew, crib Highness returned to the Admiral's house at five *landing at the Royal Clarence Baths, Richmond ',.seven the Eau/ of Northesk entertained his ;haus, and a distinguished paity, at dinner. wasafterwards got off the rocks. \TION OP THE NEW COLOURS TO THE ROYAL MARINES. J'clock ye.terday storming, the whole of the garrison were asseasbled on the parade before Jaunt House, formed into line. the Royal &feriae% Colonel Vinicombe, being in the centre, the Rifle the Depot of the 60th, commanded by Col. the former Corps, on the right, and ti e 18th the Depots of the 43d, 940, • and 96th , on the lift, under the command of Major the 4Sd. The colour guard consisted of thr ,rtillery and the goyal Sappers and' Mitseis. The kept by the Devonpost Yeonsanty Cavaley. command of Capt. 'fink, The L' rd High Ad. td down the line,attended by a number of Miff. seal Officers, the troops presenting aim,. In of the unfavourable state of tf•e weather, .utions took place, nor did the troops Ilse a feu de intended. On the word of command from Sit the troops formed into a three-aided hal• 'opening being to the west, the eolo 'r gturd thou hollow square, the ecatre of w Inch wit almost entered by his Royal Highness, *bele, sm. j Field Othcers, the Lird High Admiral ad- Colonel Viola:mare in an aiiimoted speech of an hal! in dor.. tion.occasionally refers ing 10 some he held in his hand. Doling the delivery of rained ince,santly, and occasionally with vinleixe, His Royal Higbness was not, however, disconcerted, .bet proceeded in a firm and of voice to the end of his orstinn, when the which trete held by Col.' Anderson Mon . Royal Sogirarti, and C , lonel Bainbridge, ,ssistant Qiuscter.master General, were pre- due kink- , . . child have isndergone less alteration than itit.ople, its present state exhibiting pretty much - under the !Unfree Emperors. tit ritairs'in the East will render tie Christ. this year a source of endless jokes to the punster. will be for depriving 7 oritey of a wing— carve out its whole substance among them-, pinions and the liver will be a source's/11 . to many—while but a few will be for cal; • I rest part of it to—the Devil. • SrertreN Kamm' presided at the first ana the Sunderland Shakspeare Club, *lt prefacing the memory of the immortal Poet. ;ing with great ability on the genius exclaimed—" What would my • sister.' SWOONS. have been but for Sri A LAPCAMIC? . Where ' have born the laurels of Condom's and Lady )at for SHAKSPILARB? Gentlemen, some te our poritannical writers have 'vplitd to she immortal bard the epithet of thief—and they are right; he was is 'thief! the greatest thief that ever lived; for he alai the sigu manual from nature, and applied it to mankind few the benefit of posterity." Curious analysis of the proper name WILLIAM OLDER. I %titer who was born in the year 1696. He was the author of a great many works, now known only by their titles," The British Librarian," "The Scarborough Misal tellauj,".." The Universal Spectator," &c. He also wrote several lives in the " Biographia Britannica,' "General Dictionary,"&e. The following subdivision of his name was found in one of his MSS.— Is word and WILL I AM • frkod to you, Aad on. friend . OLD IS worth a hundred pew. Not very dissimilar is the play upon the proper name, fieneox, in a copy of verses, subjoined to the repre.en .4ation of Saint George and the Dragon, in ornamental aolirishinse, supposed to be struck, by the ingenious pen man, %she, in tt.e fast life has contrived to introduce his own nanie: Saint George's fame the universe doth fill, AM Ito, armed sod mounted did a Dragon kgl: Then what may his who, sitting with a feather, • Llano Mahe &int George and Dragon hods together • Though for romance the story's fooled upon, . What here we boast's stet may Sao bid sow 1 It is not generally known that the bronze lion now placed spat the pediment of - NOtthurnberlaod House, gi wszezeeisked by Delvaill 'sculptor. The awe u-1 *the copied horn the eel; phi broase a Sieepiai Vassa l now, at flolitham. TO Sta.—Thar • Wet, ChM, 0 t ur /aim t. notwithsti thing, put tt 1;-enee, inelu three or f our f bill easycugl • the II cOgrICIVi son sued, to t t hiub the plait * ▪ t he a mount of • l aud of revive tie *clef nidant's 'This Bill wai R ▪ oamed a sec - pterroted its p Big vas booou, 'l 4 approbation of it be, Sir, your • A FRIEN • THE At ten minui ▪ Highness the I Colonel Wood, • Pnbeli, and tl ' Bellied at the , c arriages - and park, for the rib their new AJrzirat the Chief, and the flighnest, wit is the Admire Ile 'Ormond sl a which he in I then . laying in bit Royal Ni l the batges of I chi) their Cap Piirc, the wii suddenly died the batbour, sE /ink to the we likely soon to into the barge . , where he was I remained on b i▪ nspecting her I the wellase of Royal Mettle o'clock, la nclini e alit. At set I royal Ilighoe ' lite yacht was At nine o'cli troops in garri • Government k' miler Colonel , bigade, and t - Mitchell, of th loyal Irish, t Beginsents. on Booth r of the • I loyal Artilkr ▪ groaostsvis ke • mkt the tons' airalwalked d tan and Na,; • eassequence a ao evolutions jsis as intende J. Cameron, tl low,theapenit I. "' formed a holla a iniselirely ei t. rounded by Fi * ditifed Coloos hoer and a hal! notes *Erich he this speech it ti great violence • ih the lean .di g wanly tone of dew colour's, i g bead, of the II • Deputy . stasis B scares} in due Few great • Constantei.opl wliat iR rips u I the state mat Bit d this Many a one s whets Wille.a seises—the p amusement t gteat The late S . , 'envy of ▪ in prefacing after 'dwellii F SUANSPIARI • Mrs..S.honow a would have Mathdh bat our puritann bard the epic 'tamp the gt e sigu manual the benefit of Curious ar ▪ I %titer win 1 author of a g titl es , GI Th e celta u i.o9 .. 44 • -OPERA IN SCOTIAN& • The nov I eaperinsept pf a' Vrgula r I ta li s n•ttetillw Clothing,' has been successful. hithecao, and y rewarddl ti:. manages frrr his spisil.and enterprise.' Ilussines Benoit?* di Siviglia has been perforVed four, times--onThursd'iy, Friday, Sat.•rday, and Mithstae-'' •0 say goosl botch , and, en each isretiti-.0, has goo' , (4 with increased eclat. The :applau ran Sa-urdas evening in particular (alien the house was very fut), wet tumultuous; and the au,lience evidently entered' into the spirit of 'this liiely drama, and enjoyed it as" heartily as if it.-had been in our own language. The ' , wee, indeed, was admirably performed. We have •een it produce leis dramatic effect" . at the King's Theat re; and: is our own exper . ience is but limited. we! may fairly add the testimony ore° accomplished friend', who sat beside us, who declared, that though he had seen this Opera in almost every town in Italy, he had, Dever seen it played in Eo spirited a manner. . PIRACY PUNfsHED. —,....._ • • • . On the 30th of September, the briliComet, of Yar mouth, Captain %vett, sailed. from Smyrna, in corn. parry w ith eleven more vessels under convoy of the United States' schonoer Porpoise. On the evening of the 16th, the convoy being becalmed off the isla id of Andros, arid the Comet beiogputside, about hue miles fi um the shore, Captain illivett, bout eight o'clock, observed three mysticosi or huge row-hootr, fuil of Greeks. pulling up .towardi "her. The Porpoise was about a quarter of a mile distant, and captainitivett, lowering his jolly boat aith his mate and . a boy, ordered diem to make the be of their way to her for assistance: AN the pirates reated.him, Captain Ilitett hailed, d siring them t.. keep r ff,"tshiih was answeied with - a valley muske ry,One young maw on board , the Comet rem a ball in his Lead, Which, cau,ed his death. They the, hoarded the brig to the number of about 40, who in siintly feria plundering, in treating Capt. H. and •hr cies*, whom they stripped of their cluthe., taking every . portable ar vele out of the cabin,and tans ack.ng the cargo; their boats in the me.isnitt e taking the bri4 in tow, and making the best ut their way with her t..lw.rils the islatid While they were thus engaged, three boats front OW Porpoise, manned and armed, pulled up, and or toed upon the mysticos a fire of •musaetry ; upon which thr latter instantly cast off the towropes, and, abandonii4 l their comrades on board the Comet to their fate, t:.ey: plied their oars with such vigour as quickly to distance their 'minuets. The latter then*retutned .tu the brig, firing upon the Greeks, as they approached, with a dr terenin.tion to give them no quarter. Vainly hoping to escape destruction, and gain their boats by the greater part of the pirates plunged overboard as snow as the Americans boarded the (16met ; and Captain It. repoits that, of the %hole number left on board th e brig when the uiysticos took to flight, not one escaped death, either from shot, or the sword, or drowning.. Application has been made to Government to grant part of Wormwood Scrubs (or the new 11114tliesez Lunatic Asylum. CARLTON HOUSE.--The workmen are art length era, played in ta►ing down the table portico of Gaston limos. ANNIVILREART OF THE SHUTTING or THE GATE.- 16511.--Loomeigasaar, Doe. IL—Bearing dleg (answered by mot al-dusty from the ramparts],, aceiots *ell ►town to the Inhabi -. `.of Emits, petting them oci die reltipi of an anniversary justly dear to then' AIL The motto of ouiiiigrn city, " No Surrender!" bat just been placed neer each of the gates, the effigy of him who would have betrayed she city to us implacable enemies, Isis been hoisted in King Willi.mi'e-square, to dais& in the wind, " a gibbet's tat.. gel and the gallant 'prentice boys are waking in pros:essisisi' through the %met', bearing transparencies with emblematical de• tire•, and preceded by amateur bands of music. Every thing, in sheet s gives cheering promise chit the day wiU be celebrated with the griatest ANTIGUA. NOV. 13 —This island has recovered from the effects of the pies in Augu,t, and assumes. a very promising appearance for the ensuing crop. The first September packet is still missing, and great fears tile e..teitained for her safety. , Meas.,The Heal tr brig-ol war, Lieu:enant Henry Jeenry,. sailed from Falmouth nn the 12th of September,with the mails far the Leeward islands and Jamaica. It was reported that Antigps bad suffered by a hurricane in October, biti ibis eon— tradicts it. • . Saturday night, about 12 o'clock, as a young man was passing along the Water 100 Road, near the Feathers public house, he was suddenly ati.elted by three mm, two of whom held his arms, while (he third 141 d his pockets of their contents, amounting to 15.. with which they made their escape. Siturday night one of the marine! employed 4n the Docit-yard service n' Deptford, owing to the ob . eniity, stepped into the bason, and most hive been iampaj.. ately drowned. as on being missed in the roaming ;Mr water was let out of the bason, and he waatoond•stand• mg upright against one of the walls with his watch; c •at on and his musket uoder his arm, so that he mus . have made no struggle to rescue himself.. Loss or TON VIGILANT GKAVLMSND BOAC.—An Inquest was. held on Thursday, at the White Hart, Gieenhithe, on the bojy of Mr. 'MARTIN, an sane pens!ent Gentleman, who lost win life on Wed nesday, in consequence of the . 'Whetting of the abote sessel, on Wednesday; in . it'lquall of wind off that place.—Joseph Sims, a seemntelbelongiog to the Li verpool Wig, said be and d* fen of the crew ob served the Vigilant •stietchirit up the River under sail; she seemed top-heavy, but did not C4fty sail; while we were looking at her, * squall suddenly capized her. We saw three men immediately aftee on her bottom while- it Hosted; our boat• went de their assistance, but one man fell off, and antitht boat picked up the two others alive, We (nand deceased afloat in the water. He was not quits deado, but he flees?. recovered. We brought him her* fir assistance, and be had medical help itnmediatelj, it was quite useless. the . Vigilant is'itill under wereie s i and several people air said to be in her hold.—S. - Tord; min, a surgeon, deplosed, that be and two others had paid every attention to the deceased fur two hours and a half, withbut effect. The trachea was rupturedby a blow the deceased bad received under his chin. Verdict, . 4 Accidental death by• drowning." The Vigilant sunk in about 18 fathoms water. There were several barges trying to weigh her, but the roughness Of the water im peded their operations the whole of Thursday: The following passage in Don Qnisorie beats a sin gular application to the affair at Naval-in. Its the 88th chapter, the captive, relatiog his adventures, sap— The year following I was at Navarin, rowing in the captain-galley, and there I saw and -observed the op portunity that was then lost of taking "the' whole Turk • 'fob navy is poet. For all the Levantinekaad 4.usissaiiess on board took it for granted they should be attacked in the very Imbour, and had their baggage and their pahsamaques. or shoes, in readiness for running away immediately by Amid. But Heaven ordered it other wise, for the sins of Christendom, and because God permits and ordains that there shoot& always be some !COVTgef to chastise us."—* Egyptians and Turks. - !vs! caerAutAicquitfe JOH N KEUSLE .IND JACK • N rdiatOrtit t; : 4: • . . . . • ORRIS, Vag! al. will Pluhf knntnsp; a as in ilia . cg;lnirriCr4l44 exiq on a sasllr inc me; the , f)like.n N AMIE, M hrt)e r.tble he Aid for many yearr'ghid.lene l f, if 'n ! t ga ace 4, was one evening lamenting very pathptifally t0..1( hit Kemble, -ver the filth bottie,. tie metal inns state of 'C'l.itles Mortis's income. John tin! not like at 6s at to tell the Doke plainly wins. J.e a a, a wralthy man,. ought to do; but when the ninth bottle was produced, Kernhlearosc "like a tower," andisroke out, as Jack B ann i s t e r tells the ati•ry,' into a 'sort of blank verse se eech, i Ito the numbers : oCwh;elt she always fell when nearly tipsy.— As Batiniater relatesit, the speech wills al ((slimes, to ue, as Keinhle eier was, to the very rhythm of Stsakspeare: Aiad does your Grace sincerely thuoregret The destitute condition of yotir friend, With whom you have pawed al nAny pleasant hours ? Tour Groce hash spoke of it most nurriogly. • 'et parsnie.the highest peer of the realm- Amidst tbc prodigalities of fortune, Should see the woes which he would not relieve? The empty brearksatt vapour of the world, Of common sentient-or, became no nuin : • Now shookt it then he worthy of your Grace? But Drawn, Lord Duke, hack, placed you in a sphere Where the wish to be kind and bring so, Ate the same- sheet. A mall annuity From yotir o'crtylluss bards—i nook of land Clipped from lewhottosilew round of your domains— Would lien be felc ' a IntalVrlAll out ;• Dui you would be repaid with usury; Your gold, my 'Lord, with preyers griteful joy; Tour filds-woultl be twctilluwed with thankful tears; Ripening the harvest of a:grateful bean." Aisatapot neatness to sag What every body it, ow., tha. the Duke at once pt anted the prayer of the actot'a p tion. —.London' Weekly Review. '..414 r* SPQR ZINC; INTELLIGENCE. ... BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, Dec. 24. We are unable tit give.any statement of od.:s from the betting of: yesterday, for it was alike fist and unimpottatit ; the only alterk don is in the Softer, cob. against who'd I t to t was laid.; 4to was Wd *feign- 34.:"rlioretbill't Let ; 700 to 10 against Sterchent. For Der byptind Lord Grosvenor, fat Oak.; and l,ttoo to 10 against The Colonel and Zoe, foy Derby and Oaks. itir. Thornhill's three -Waif colts ate mimed both for Doncaster and Neu/market St. tern% Fur the 6r.t-named Stakes ( Doncester)2o to I was offered againtit - The Merchant, and 40 to 1 agaiust each of the others, but **taken& .`. • SALE OF HUNTERS. The folliiwing draft from Lord Southampton's stud was sold by . • Utl.llll. Tattersall, yesterday— . , Silvertail, .€1116; Edwin, dila to.. Reek:age, £73.10.. Moan.. taineet, £59 17s. 114 non £45 9s. Hotspur , . Q5O; Strawberry, :£414 Is. Ruben', by ku:bens—..Louisa, by Pegasus, was bought All the horses are well known In Leicestershire. HUNTING.. Mr. bleagees Harriers meet to-Morrow, at Addiogton Lai Bottom, three miles from' Croydon. 'e Blaikstroor Vale Hounds on Friday, at Yarnheld Comma * sear the Bradley Woods • Mr. Wielintad's Fos Hounds on 'Thursday, at Heide% Castle; :Saturday, at Lawton. Sir R. Puleeton't Hounds to-morrow, at Sun Bridge; mad on Saturday, at Hamner Village. • Sly John Copes Hounds on Thuriday, at Warmsley; and on Sibitday, at Steno'. The Oakley Hounds on Thursday, it Chicheley ; and on Satur day, at Odell. • The New Mims Harriers (Suffolk), to-morrow, atßroom Heath, sett Bengal ; and oo Friday, at Tressingfield, Swan, to run a doe. The Chippenlield Harriers to.morroir, at Bovingdon Green ; and am Friday, at Primrose Hitt, near King's Langley. Mr. Long Wellesky's Forest Stag Hounds to-morrow, at Hog hill House, to draw for a red deer ; and on Saturday, at Kennel. to turn out the Wiltshire Stag: 1 1110.HDRRII COURSING lOIRRTING, Dec. Is. • .• • . For the Gold Cup, tee. 1 Mr. Bars 4111.,11. 'Bruno . Mr. liouchess , cl4l6 b.-Heeste • Goodlakk's Gina Mr. Reines y. 'b. laastic . • 3 Mr. Long's bib. mid w. b. Lilly NI:. Efaur's Wind. b. Skip . 4 Mr. Sbippery's y U. Sen.ivir . Mr. Meyricb's Mt. b. - Mari 19 . 5 Mr. Bigg's Mir. 4. &Manes . Mr. liatelm's Met b. Easy . C fir. &wales w. b. Emily , . b. !kw? t pet. nikcara blk. b. Bokea Dlr G. Ibano's y. d. Itmitius &Min W. b. lUatilda Ar. di w.a. _. • Mr. Pourhee's bill. cl. Piper . Ties—Gleam beat Rein, Lily bea Senator, Emily beat Baianor, Matilda beat liohea. • . ► I II All Ties—Gleam beat Lily, Matilda heat Roily. Deciding toursebiatilda beat Gleam and won the Cup. . . Cat parson St.kes. Mr. Sliippery's L b. Sally 31r. Daiwalre Mk. d. Surest Mr. Goodlake's Grader Mt. EtWAIN g. b. IBMS • . . . . 2 Deciding Coarse—Gender heat Sally and won the Stakes. Beacon Dill St.kes. 1 Mr. Shippery's SPlite ' . . . . I Mr. Poodle-es brind b. Squab • . -. . • 4 2 Mr. 17,14tall's bl. d. Repress . ... . . . • I Mr. Bigeor.d. klaijolli, • • • , . 1 Decidlog.couraw 7 -Sprite heat Express, said won the Slake*. ‘„, ~...,..;, ~011 EAT LIN DiRitTA K 1 NG. reiftiffty. inorning, 3lr. 'l'. Homers, a GentlentanOf 'fortune, ne. siding near Hackney. undertook for • wager' of 300 guineas, to walk one wile fut Ward, one mile batkiard, run one tulle,• bawl a hoop one mile, 4raw-o gig one mile, and wheel a b.wrow one Mile, allot which be utak:nook to do in 5 - 4 a utisirt. a. The remaining part of his task was to trot one mile, patois one smile, amid drier one mile hi haroent. 'lbis *as to he dyne its ten isdnutrs, our 200 guineas more ; two minutes allowed fur harnessing. lie then made a het of 300 guineas noire, that the . whole shuold be done in an hour, 41.1k10g Ike tote) undertaking fur 1,000 guineas. This match had Igeoglanxiously looked for by the spa ' g world, : n4 betting ran '5 ti 4 against the best undertaking bring done id 50 minutes ; Ft iWi sit 2 to I against the sectind - psrt bring done in ten minutes; sad 61144 7 to 4 against the completion of thnmhole in one hour. Owing to the 'ainpropiti••us state of I.lac weatlur, the ground was but thinly a•terded. The match took place unit a one mile piece of ' ground iii the Bristol toad, and 'Was done as I.IIIOWI ..' First Part. . ` - iti. i; - Second Port. m. a.. Walking non Mile '.... 11- 44, Trotting one ntile 4.. .. -. 3 6 Walking backwas il - .4 lel Ituanittgooe mile— . . Boiling a hoop. Drawing w gig - .1... • 7 Sb ft 34 • Wiseeling.a barrow • . , . 49 44 I Total untli•naking Iltraio.any winning the mach fif °nil 20 . seeundt. The cootarelfost tbl's oceasitat were forced to acorns liiAl the daisij moil 6tmae. • CURIOUS WALKING MATCH. ...Sunday evening, as two men were regaling them•etves at the Grapes pubjiyiretrse, ClrrErnwrll, they began to di,eatorie shout PeaostriarAtmoand after tecotinting 'luny of their own feats, they , ageeeditte a wager of three 'overripe to walk three. mite in the, following mannetr—John Chadwick. an active young mati,.aged years, was to walk backwards; and Thomas Taylor, the aged 614 was to walk in clogs (six pounds weight), and at the ex piration of every minute to turn round on his 111.‘ is twice. The bet' excited a good deal 41curiosItyi and at a very early hour yeiterday t morning the parties met on the Cur rllad, and 'be affair seas to bt" decided by speed; they prpceeded ever the round appointed with Considerable haste. At first It appeared . that atadwicli•woisld be the winner, as be kept a littk's head of his fellhw.travettir ; but after passing over two miles of the disiany, the latter was seen io gala upon him, and wun the wager by bang at Almond of tie three: miles amt half i minute before the other. . . . ROWING MATCH. Notwithstanding thy lateness of the-season, an extellent . flowint Maids took place yesterday, between fu Geutlealen anuneurs,f s liketticap Sweetpstakes of 25 se*s each; one heat, fotatlair oases. To start train Vsuxhsli Bridge, row round a boatan ileac Lawn Catfage, retain down the earth shots, and finish at Vauxhall Bridge. It was wuo Its a boat's kustk. • • • " Primro s es, two bunches a penny," were yester d Wed in the neighbnartoed of Newington and other --f" • • ? LYest& spi. leading & Clement's, fell sgainit .all and stone placed owder'the, wheel, whereby he was so dreadtullyinjiktd alto cackle. his death on Friday evening. Veldict k !Aecisitetal - Death, with &Vend/mil of Is. on the van, : 1 Yesterday evening an inqui-ition was taken at the' . 5;10 al the Wel•h'Harp, &sea 8 tee., White risks ;kw fol. THOMAS Suntan, .Esq. the Coroner, of _ /reiv of the body t f MrsZtia&beth Lockyer, aged 48, Wieldy" of great respeciabiffty Whine death took pliettintler tilt following circuit:lsta,- ces. Jame, SbefFall, of Temple Lane, Wbi mit jars, deposed, that the deceased hat occupied an apartment in his house for the 4.11 t three months s'slee appeased a well- . Mild woMan;and opened a - sitinol for tern* edticatien. Within the last „three weeks or • a •month: the deceased hut beeriest exceed/ gly singular in her manners; and , vityy depressed in spiriu. In consequence of her very smgurar hahitr, • she lost the whole of her sambas. On Saturday Morning last, about ten oclotk . , witness, by , the desire of -a pet ten named Hodge, who lodged ih the Meuse, went up to the deceased s door,. and havitz ktocked teeleatedly, at list broke the door open, and dibeovered the deceased lying on the floor apparently . 46. e dead, A medical geti,tlernen was instantly sei t tor, 'who, an are iv kg, pronounced the deceased quite dead. Coroner.—Was you acquainted with the deceased bolote she came to lodge in your house? Witness.--I was not: she was . a Stranger'to - use be. that time& . . Mrs. Rachel Welch, a lady of genteel appearance, depo e&I that the deceased was her aunt. The de- Ceased had, a few years back, Weed in the greatest . respectability, at Chard, in Somersetshire; but, in consequence of the failure of some banks in the said county, during the great panic of the year 11326,.. sl.e bad b en reduced to comparative indigence.. In Arigu&t la,t, she came to.town, and took a lodging in-, tbe last witness% house. Witness called to see' her, and . found that she was labouring under a griat d. pression, of spiriis. She endeavoured to rally her, and . peoposoll', her removal to her native pl.ice, in Somersetshire, but she refu s ed to quit Condon, sating, that shi could not bear the idea of returning to the spot where she had' once lived in allinent circumstances, in a state of es.: Creme poverty. Witneis called upon the deetaied a few days previous to her death, and took her some wine and other necessaries. ' • Mr: Riskin, surgeon, of Fleet•stteet, pee it asitii opinion that thedeceased died from water on the chest. Verdict—* Died by the Visitation of GOD." Saturday, as Mr. Moate, of Mary-la-bonne-street & was playing with his son, a child of two years of age, who appeared in unusual health and spirits, he suddenly dropped, and on Mr. Moats taking him up. he appeared, senseless. Medical aid was immediately resorted W. but in vain, as life was totally extinct. Au Inquest was held on the body, and a verdict returned- 1 i Died by the .visitdrior. of God." _ . Sunday morning the shop•of Mrs. Jonlie.-Sronmfiel 'a, Deptford, Was entered by some ruffiana,ind scarcely a remnant left of her entire stock of millinery and hosi ery. What renders it a case of peculiar distress is, that the owner, Mrs. Jones, is a widow, and left to support two young children, all her 'worldly wealth consisting of the stock of this shoo. • ...... Fiday right, ;s Captain Dylme R dcliffe, of theGre nadics Guards, was returning at. ne in a p,:st chaise from Cranford Perk ( he scat of the Countess of Berkeley); between the hoots of twelve and one o'clock, three men rushed from under a hedge by the load ,side, about a quartet of a mile beyond Cranford, on the road to Hounslow, and desired the post boy. to stop t' one at the same lime snitching at the reins, while ttie• other two succeeded in ()poring the d0 , ,.-.' Fortunately she pest bey was prOfereding 41 tbetirn* 'airy rapidly, mil moreover, hal the nerve to disregard their menaces i Spun the instant r f•theis attack s instead of abatng 'Ms pace, spurring and whipping his horses- to their foil speed, striking at theiuflian who was endeavouting to maintain his hold on the horses, till be disengaged. His accomplices, who were likewis' dinging to' he door, were lasi+ shook off by the rapi .ity with Whiclrthe Irehicle proceeded. Discos more of the villains; 'upon quitting their , hold, filed ton oistolt without effect,...a •After firing they discontinued the . pussoir: and The Fost-boy continued to e'en the -utmost of his ,feed to Hounslow, storm the Captain gave netice 'of lib, eir stance, as also of not having met any of the hare street pat. of on the road.—Hacks Gazelle. - ' ' • Thursday right, the 13th instant, a gang *of . fouir robbers broke into the house cf the Rev. Mr. Thompson. Curate of F4rnviorth, near Ps escot, and demanded his money. A servant pill, who was eqoally•stoot of - heart and arm, being rousettliom sleep by a marropenin . g the door ot • her rborn. and thinking her master in danger, sprang out of bid, and knocked the foremost rasher down with her fist. The others; however, .tnou oserpoWeretlAtie Atll2Z `II . . and cruelly beat her on the head with fiikker. The Rev. Gentleman, who is ad vanced ioleVw, -- hearing the noise, came' oat of his ,00m, and.iimealed the villains not tOniuseer the girl. pi ornisi oglo give them his, morel. He' then went to it boa in which these was 311. chiefly in gold, and the., robbers, following him,-titok wwr the hOr 'befits con tents together. They' also-got , some 'plate, and then Made off.. Th: 141, ilsi-ogis oiviolisly wounded- in: .the bead, is rectivirltig. ' - .. The AP L -'-Xis ape.'which. Blutninbich observed for snore than wyear. togethcr,mi old Manage thevocd for'the stove, and 1 u kin with as much judgment and .economy as a cook-maid.. He was very fond of , the fire" i like all apes, and woota nt times singe himself, and ' derwards soli in the snow;'aria then ietarn to the fire. *as stern at the 'College, where he used to esamine the specimens wick a most laugha* imitation and &rd. risace;,'•Oncetif Mai:Bowed a. plece of arsenic, large Mimigb to posTon ten ILaktmcbs t , it- produced only a violent alirtt.os s. aacttioihic - mstre aorta, 'again. But &Kiss wink oft limilwrirai 'lying on the /table t, this fellow heist . ..idled' irwitli great • gravity for an hour : `when -Calcite into the room, he found that hehad plisched mit all theleetles 'of the great plates, and. ate them, mistaltiog the pictures tor real inseCtri,-Maii cal Gazelle.' ~ ...... 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