Star. — London, England, 1830-01-23 00:00:00

7 ,t • 7 ~:, F ~~ `~~ is THE DEVIL'S DRIVE. From Moore 's Life of Byron. The following stanzas are part of a wild poem which was written by Lord Byron, who states that be took the notion from " Por son's Devil's Walk." They are worth eattacting, as they show the strange talent of this extraordinary man. The Devil retorted to bell by two, 'And be staid at Imam to live ; Whoa he dined on some homicides dale in vegeta. And a rebel or so in an big stew, Aod gassers made of a self-slain Jew, And betbonglo himself what next to do, " And," spunk be, " I'll take a drive. I walk'd in the morning, FIR ride to-night ; In darkness my children sake most delight, And I'll see bow my favourites thrive. " And what shall I ride tor troth Lucifer, then— " If I follow'd my taste, indeed, I should mount in a waggon of wounded men, And smile to see them bleed. But these will be fumbled again and again, And at present my purpose is speed ; To see my manor as much as I may, And watch that DO souls shall be poacb'd away. " I have a stage coach at C Home, A chariot in Seymour-place; But they're lent to two friends, who make me amends By driving my favourite pace; • And they handle their reins with such a grace, I have something for both at the end of their race. " So stow for the earth to take my chance," Then up to the earth sprung be; And making a jump from Moscow to France, He stepp'd avow the sea, And rested his boot on a turnpike road, No very great way from a bishop's abode. But first as he flew, Iforgot to say, That be bovired a moment upon his way To look upon Leipslc plain ; And so sweet to Ma eye was its sulphory glare, And so soft to his ear was the cry of despair. That he percb'd on a mountain of slain ; And be gazed with delight on its growing height, Nor often en earth bad he seen such a sight, Nor his work done half as well: For the field ran so red with the blood of the dead. That it blushed like the waves of Hell! Then loudly, std wildly, and long laughed he ; " Methinks they have here tittle need of me J" But the softest note that modest his ear Was the sound of a widow sighing ; And the sweetest sight was the icy tear Which horror froze in the blue eye clear Of a maid by her lover lying— As round her fell bee long fair hair; And she look'd to Heaven with that frenzied air Which seened to ask if a God were there And, stretcb'd by the wall of a ruin'd hut, With its hollow cheek, and eyes half shut, A child of famine dying : And the carnage begun, when resistance Is done, And the fall of the vainly flying! But the Devil has reacb'd our cliffs so white, And what did he there, I pray ? If his eyes were good, he but saw by night What we see every day ; But he made a tour, and kept a journal Of all the wondrous sights nocturnal. And he sold it in shares to the Men of the Rot,, Who bid pretty well—but they cheated him, though! The Devil first saw, as be thought, the Mail, Its coachman and his coat So instead of a pistol be cock'd his tail, And seiz'd Dim by the throat : Aba," Toads he, "what have we bete? 'To a new barouche, and an ancient peer!" So he sat him on his box again, And bade him have no fear, But be true to his club, and staunch to his rein, Ilia brothel, and his beer; •• Nest to seeing a lord at t he council board, I would rather see him bete." The Devil got next to Westminster, And be turn'd to " the room " of the Commons ; But be beard, as he purposed to enter in there, That " the Lords had received a summons; And he thought, as • " quonwktm Aristocrat," He might peep at the peers, though to hear them were Sat s And he walk'd up the house so like one of our own, That they say that he stood pretty near the throne. He saw the Lord I.—l seemingly wise, The Lord W.--d certainly silly, And Johnny of Norfolk—a man of some size— And Chatham, so like his friend Billy ; And be saw the tears in Lord E—n's eyes, Because the Catholics would not rise. In spite of his prayers and his prophecies; And be heard—which set Satan himself a staring— A certain Chief Justice say something like revering. And the Devil was abock'd—and +Kelt be " I mast go, For I find we have muck better manners below, If thus he harangues when Impasses my border. I shall hint to friend Moloch to call him to order." FUNERAL OF MR. OLIVER CLAYTON.—Yesterday, at about one o'clock, the mortal remains of this unfortunate gen tleman were removed from his residence, Wood's lintel, Arundel. street, Pantoo-square, for interment, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. The tuneral was private and select, and was attended by a few of the deceased gentleman's most particular friends. DEATH OF RALPH SHERWIN, THE ACTOR.—We have with regret to announce the death of this eccentric, but clever artist sod hoer, at his father's residence, In the country. Sherwin was a well-educated man, and had attained, by strong applkation, considerable medical knowledge ; as a disciple, however, of Racy- Ispius. be had more fervour than judgment, and at an early period he relinquished the profession for the stage, and displayed such talent in the provincial theatres as secured for him an engagement at Drury-lane Theatre- He appeared in, and played successfully, DendyDiresserst in Guy Mannering. His personation of Yorkshire characters obtained for him a respectable standing amongst" his Majesty's servants ;" but his irregularities were such as to induce the Manager to dispense with his services; but being of an active mind and eccentric habits, he betook himself to coach.driviog, and wended eminently amongst the • Knights of the Whip, until accident plunged many of his passengers into the kennel, and be then returned with promise and repentance to '• fret and strut his hour upon the stage." Sherwin could sketch likenesses (particu larly the various faces of his theatrical brethren), with astonishing quickness and fidelity—could imitate all the actors of eminence. A woman living at Autun, being on her way on horse back, a few days ago, to Chateau Chinon, was overtaken by a horseman, who entered into conversation with her. In the course of the colloquy she told him that she was going to the latter place to pay the sum of S,ooofr. Her companion replied that he was bound thither also, and proposed to I together. Upon reach ing a lonely part of the road, the man dieted, and drawing a pistol demanded the I,ooofr. After some hesitation. the threw down the money, and rode of at full speed. It so happened that the ribber had let go his bridle, and his horse galloping off after the ether, arrived at Chateau Chinon at the same time. The woman immediately made a declaration of all the circumstances to a ma gistrate; and upon a cloak-case attached to the saddle of the stranger's horse being 'sambaed, it was found to contain 5.4:00:r.00 that the highway man is 3,000 fr. minus by the adventure.— Gehalsessie Messmer. At the Haymarket Theatre on Monday night last (the benefit of Mr. Isaacs and his family,) long before the doors were thrown open, the crowd reached woes the road opposite the theatre. Mr. George Stansbury, the chorus-master of Covent garden, bad kindly volunteered his service" to lead the band at the Haymarket, and on his way to the stage-door, for the purpose of commenting his labour, he bad occasion to pass through a portion of the crowd; he had not. however, proceeded far. before be was attacked by a gang of pickpockets, one or two of whom struck hint on the head, whilst the others unbuttoned his can and waist coat. and robbed him of a valuable gold watch, gold twisted chain, keeper, and three gold seals, upon one of which were em graved his initials, with whisk they escaped through she mob. At cheapening of the doors the crush was so tremendous, and the cries and shrieks of the women so vehement. that great spprehensleu was enteetaised for their safety, and the confusion coosespeorlepon such t scene of corametaim affeeded the thieves so itresiedislO op pertuoitg for the exercise of their Deadens propendtfirs. Ladies' shawls and retieukii Were toep from their shoulders and acme ; tead several gentlemen were "eased of Mk • 14 moveables' is watches, pones. Sec. A gentleowia residing it Rood-lane In the. City, bid a valuable diimon4 pin takes, from 'bir boson: while escorting some ladies to the boxes. 4 THE METROPOLITAN FEMALE ASYLUM. INTERESTING COMMUNICATIONS. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sia—l take the liberty of most respectfully sabiolaing my testi mony (in ad.lition to the following letter,) which is founded upon my experience. I have known many heart-broken and contrite unfortunates that would have returned to the paths of virtue. but bad not the means of doing It ; every door Hosed against her— every band lifted up to punis►, but none to reclaim or save bur. Fail well do I how that the *rests of London contain many a past creature in whose minds the latent seeds of honesty and troth are to be found—in whose breast the early impression of a virtuous education can never be destroyed. Where is the man who boasts the name of Christian, sod can see a defenceless and suffering peni tent exhibiting suck a disposition, amid the disadvantages of conti nual crime and necessity, and not feel the strongest sympathy for such a ore? I think there can be none. The infant asylum in question I know well, and believe it le founded upon the best and purest principles of such a receptacle. lam sure there can be no doubt, and I hope the public will soon feel as deep an interest in it as its founder, and your very humble servant. ( 8 4Did) JS. THOMAS. Soperlntendent of Police. Tork Street, Covent Garden. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE STAR. Sta—Permit me, through the medium of your Journal, to draw the attention of the public towards the number of those unfortunate females who nightly prowl the streets of this Metropolis, and who must be considered in every respect a national calamity and dis grace to the inadequacy of the present institutions for their relief, and the utter state of destitution and distress which prevail, amongst them. It is not necessary, I trust, in this day, distinguished for its philanthropy, to advocate the cause of her who is without an ad vocate; for, of all classes of society, there is not ooe who is more the object of our sympathy than the hapless street-walker—she who is without a Mend—without a home—the door of whose parent is closed—who is deterred by shame or fear from seeking relief from those to whom she once was bound by the nearest ties of Nature—who is an outcast of society, and complied to associate with those, who, like her, have trampled over virtue : for, if there be any one object of pure charity more precious and important than any other, it is that of rescuing such a sinner from the errors of her ways, and to step in, where the assistance of a stranger is necessary. to restore the link which once bound her to society and her friends—to heal the moral breach. and dissolve the fatal cor ruption and influence which she has produced. To hear the name of unfortunate females, naturally Induces the recollection of those societies which have been instituted for their reception and reform; and no one can read the reports of the Lan don Female Penitentiary, the Magdalen. and the Guardian, with out feelings of heartfelt satisfaction at the happy results attend ing their efforts for rescuing such sinners from the errors of their ways. But no one who bat enquired into the evil can avoid regretting that the existence of those institutions, does appear to have de barred the exercise of Christian philanthropy on a more extended scale towards these hapless objects. While our ears have been gladdened at the rescue of one immortal soul or her restoration to society, we have, however, heard nothing of the cries of the hundreds who unsuccessfully apply to obtain admission into these institutions, or the thousand who have never heard of their ex isteoce ; which, unlike any other appeal to British sympathy, pass down the stream of time unheeded, and sink into quiescence only when the mourners themselves repose in oblivion ; and she who, were she a daughter of Africa, or a widow of India, would have her tale reverberated throughout our land, and probably re echoed in our Senate, must now shed the tear of penitence without a friendly hand to wipe it away; and although our country-woman perish in Infamy, wretchedness, and sin. What refuge has the unhappy female now, when brought to ac knowledge the errors of her ways? This question has been but little considered. The poor-house is none; for on application the Magistracy bare declared that the poor laws are not available for their support ; and, in order to exhibitit the inadequacy of the present institution for their reception, it is only necessary to cone trast the number of those who are annually admitted, not only with those who are rejected by them, bet with the numbers who nightly prowl the streets of the metropolis :—The London Female Pehitentluy contains 110; the Magdalen SO, (who are retained in each of these institutions for two years;) the Guardian 48, and the Lock Asylum 20; total, 158. The number of unfor tunate females who nightly prowl the streets of this metropolis has been variously estimated, but it probably far exceeds 50,000. It is this amazing number which makes prostitution appear an evil of that portentous aspect, that it at once appals the polititiclan and alarms the moralist—who at once pass it by as too great fur a remedy. But little do the children of virtue contemplate the real condition of her to whom they point with the linger of scorn and contempt—the poor forlorn outcast—the street-walker. Too, much attention has been paid to denounce a reinishment upon the criminal, without affording that adequate remedy, without which all punishment is unjust—the opportunity of ascertaining whether she is criminal from necessity or choice. I am convinced that the evil exists to its present alarming extent only on account of those difficulties which prevent the return of the penitent prostitute to society ; and that whilst the present difficulties do exist, the evil ever must remain unmitigated. Comparatively few of those who &eddy prowl about the streets of this Metropolis did embrace that unhallowed mode of life from a natural love of a life of indolence and lust; and the majority of those who did embrace it, upon those grounds. are brought even in their iniquitous career to a sense of their lost, wretched, and degraded eituation. There I. one description of these unhappy objects who are pecu liarly the objects of British sympathy, who are kept under restraint In those brothels called dress houses; where the female is the sole property of her mistress—all the money obtained by her pi ostitutioo being taken from her. Into these houses the majority of the females are decoyed, ender circumstances over which the most virtuous females can have no cootroul, either to gratify the hest of some vile seducer. or the earnings of sonar more wretched and vile procures& Strange is it that this horrid traffic in body and soul, and which to its victims is infinitely more cruel than he conduct of Burke, or of the West Indian Slave merchant, has never yet been developed even by those institutions, which must have been in possession of such facts, as inevitably would have roused up the just indignation of our na tion, so sensible to the appeals of private injury or public wrong in whatever quarter of the world they may be committed. The distress which prevails amongst numbers of these unhappy objects, is of the most abject description. Yesterday three unhappy outcasts came to me fur relief who bad sc.:reely an under garment on; the other whose nakedness was only covered with a g o wn, bad been exposed in the streets for two nights preceding. To both the workhouse, or the prison, would have been a luxury!—yet these are but solitary cases, and the counterpart of numbers which may be witnessed at almost every corner of the streets of the Chris tian metropolis. Were prostitution not an evil—were it a necessary evil—could no adequate remedy be found for the evil, some reason might be urged in extenuation of the apathetic indifference of the public, towards this important object. But what the cry of the murderer. the *ordered victim, the unhappy criminal, who expiates his crimes upon the fatal tree, the; numerous inhabitants of our gaols, our juvenile criminals, and the dissolution of the dear est family cannexions, reply that this is the great cause of an evil which destroys the peace of the family circle, and even saps our na tional prosperity : and If my positions be coerect, and the evil may be remedied In a great degree, only by affording a facility of return to society, we are acting an inglorious and unchristian part by neg lecting to exercise a remedy, which requires so little mace upon OW part. If the in.dequacy of the present instiostioos is proved by the comparative small number whom they receive, and the numben they reject, it Is certainly a convincing proof of the Inefficiency of the principles of relief which they afford. and a cogent reason to pint out a remedy In some degree more adequate to the evil. None can be so effectual, as an institution which may be rendered carload by its general support r and in which the strictest economy in the domestic arrangements, combined with the principle of self support among* the inmates as far as can be effected, is made Its ' leading feature. To this must be associated the immediate ad. mission of the applicants. On these principles has the Metropu titan Female Asylum commenced its operations; and 102 unhappy objects have, within the Ant four months of its existence, received suck assistant* se to stub* them to return to society. The patronage of Mr. Peel has honoured the maritime of the society, from an enlightened view of its importance, in rendering efficient the operations of the police. Although in way official c.pa., city, I must lot considered to entertain a more decided feeling in ' ( avow of the Metrepolikan Pentair Asylum, I sell upon the ge. mama and eympetkiziog public not alone so aid the exertions if this inaketion, but to devise my other memo by which the alarm. leg evil may he remedied. under a COOKIO4I/11111 that be who sees an evil and whet~ its existence without his exertion (however , feebly) to it. , Mat be combined a culpable participates% Idle banner to be. Sir. rase obedient fiergrans t . • ria to as ll^ ek'l ABRAHAM DOOTH, lissop ; fiec. to the Metropolitan Festal* Asyluo% * L i , je tuae.l;r• en, Church street, Shoreffitch. t")- .' • T:'_ . . • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. The Worcestershire Fos Hooods will meet on Tuesday, at Hal lawA . Friday, at Virgin's Tavern. • The Warwickshire Fos Hounds—The Subscribers to the War wickshire Housie bad ad ototdos at Warwick on Wed. Desdali wiled ( list Ilona to ood koot the country upon certain conditioos, should or ether gooleusio wish to take the hounds. Lord Yarborough's Hounds oo Illooday, at Bradley Wood ; on Wednesday, at Goithill cuss -lases; oil Friday, at lakington Cow Pasture; and es Saturday, at &aim Cross-roads. .POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOWIrtitICT. • A hackney coachman. named Tekw, was brought before Sir it. Mainz yesterday morning, by Mr. Raymond, a solicitor in Lin. cokes Inn. Mr. Raymond stated that some short time ago his lady lost her gold watch in Tylet's coach ; and a few days afterwards as anony mous letter, signed " A Friend to Honesty," was received. in which it was stated that Tyler bad offered the watch to the writer for on, which, however, was refused, (although the watch w as ev id ently worth £16,) because; of the manner in which It had been obtained. The description of the watch exactly corresponded with that which Mrs. Raymond had lost, and be (Mr. Raymond) thought himself wamnted in bringing Tyler before a Magistrate. Tyler did not deny that be had taken the lady up, b ut h e posi tively assured the Magistrate that be knew nothing of the watch. He took up two fates after he had set the lady down. Sir R. Brune said that at present he could not interfere, as the statement of an anonymous writer was no proof If, however. Mr. Raymond could bring forward " the Friend to Hooesty," some further light might be thrown on the mutter. Mr. Raymond ueclared his intention to use every possible exer tion for that purpose. MA RLBOROU H-STRRET. A gentleman named Cullom, holding a situations Ina public Ace. was yesterday brought before the presiding Magistrate, J. E. Co nan; Esq. charged under the following circumstances J. Oppenheim, the proprietor of a cigar divan near the Hay. market, stated that as the defendant passed his house early in the morning he broke all his wire work in front of the door, for which be gave him into the custody of a constable of police. Mr. Conant enquired what the defendant had to say ? The gentleman replied that he was passing along with some friends at four o'clock yesterday morning, when they were attracted by the light in the complainant's shop, and finding the door shut, one of the party pushed or pulled at the wire to open it, when one of the staples came out, and the gentlem en not being Ile to gain admittance, had walked away rather briskly, when the defendant was pursued and immediately consigned to duranat Mr. Conant asked the complainant what the amount of da mage was? Complainant—Ob, twelve 111 np ; when it was Dew it did cost me that. kir. Conave—Eut what will cost to mend it? Complainant said It was entirely broken. Ballad, the officer, said that it would take half an hour to break such a thing up. A Gentleman present observed that sixpence would mend it. An inspector of Police in that division said, that there were repeated compl . iints lazing made as to the disorderly state of the complainant's house. A respectable shopkeeper next door stepped forward, and said that be had frtqurntly been obliged to get up in the middle of the night, and cal. out of tile window for the parties to be quiet; it was a continuul a env of tumult and confu.ion, and was a com plete nuisance. Some murc convert-410n ensued. in which i: was ascertained that the complaM-nt re. ailed coffee with hi► cigan at all hours of the night. Mr:Cot:Ayr, 'n turning to the Act, remarked that that was highly illegal, and heed the compl.inant (now the defendant) So. for allowing coffee to b_ drank upon his premises between the hours of ten at night anti tix in th t morning, contra!, to the Statute. Mr. Cullum was di.claarged, on is volunteering to tepair the wire-work. At the Magi , trates were about to retire from the Bench yester day afternoon. the shiver of a back ny-coach w s placed at the bar, charged with in'olent coaduct and intimidating behaviour towards Cul. J. M—, gentleman residing in the Albany The Colonel stated that be was about to croes from the Albany yesterday alt.:moon, about hal-past two o'clock, when he saw the defettelan.'s coach drawn up across the foot way crossing, uthicts had been swept. H- immediately desired the coachman, who was seated inside the coach, to draw off; but, though be again repeated the demand, the fellow never moved. The Gentleman then toeched the hors.. with i,is umbrella, and they were just moving on, when the defendant (who is a stout-built man, -- pw..rtis of silt feet Mal) jumped out of the coach, i.nti threw him elf tato : pugilistic atti tude, and the Police coming up, be was given into custody, and then was excessively hioalent. The coachman, iu deience, said the gentleman struck the um brella into his horses, and he put himself into the attitude allud e d to ion the purpost• of defending his master's proparty. Mr. Cosativ said that the man's conduct had been highly impro per. Ilc had no business whatever in the coach, and gentlemen ware not to walk up to chair knee► in snow to amuse hint. Mr. Thursby. a County Majistrate, who was on the Bench, observed that be bad in law committed an assault, and ought to have mimed when requested. Mr. Coxaur said gnat if the driver would acknowledge that M. was in error, he should mitigate the One. The defendant still attempted to justify his conduct, and was fined 10*. and iu default to be committed for seven days. El I(TH. The lads of Marks Thellusson. Esq. of a son. MARRIED. At Paris, George Washington Greene, Beg. of Rhode bland, to Miu Carlotta, daughter of Louis Sforzosi. Rsq. of Rome. At Misterton, in Leicestershire, Charles Herrick Burnaby, Esq. of the royal artillery, to Charlotte Jane, second uaughter of Thos. Burford Oliver, Req. of the Newark.. Leicester. DIEU. At Wenvoe Cade, Glamorgarialore., aged ^.3 years, G. Price Jenne:, Esq. third son of the late Robert Jenoer, H.q. At Litton Cottage, in the 53d year of her age, Hannah, young. est daughter of the late John Beard, Req. of HallwhydLiou, in the county of Cornwall. NEWIiArK •so LICADENiiA I ji It hU.I S. Jan. rj. Berl ..... 3s 4.1 to Si 6d I Veal 4$ 11,1 to 44 uti ..... Si 41 to 44 04 l'u k 81 to 4s 44 'PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW YIiSTHHIJAY. SIT. JAMES'S. WiterirMAClL. thy 3115 s 041 to 51 00s 041 Hay 21 10s to 41 108 Od C!over 31 101 041 to 51 Ss od I C:tave. 31 Os to SI Od Straw 21 Os Od to 21 Ss od I Straw 11 111, to SI 5$ 04 PRICE OF LEATHER. first Drii...'ng Hides ...... lB4 to 10 Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 50Ibs 164 to 184 Calf Skim, 36 to 401bs ..... Ditto 50 to 701bs Ditto 70 to 8011). ... .. Sinai! Seals, Greenland) ..... 'fanned Hur,e Hides 164 to 123 Spatii.li Horse Hides PRIOR OF ion, Jan. es. KM 'AGM N LW rot:KITS. Kent l5O, to 189 s 1 Kent ...... 147 s to 188 s Sussex I E4,ex 1401 to 180$ Essex 140. to 160. Farnh ns fine 131. to 151. o—Seconds. 101. to 181. OW Duty laid at X 39.1180. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, b-awn, 411. os. :Ailed, 431. Os. Llotired OP, WI. 10s. L rued 0 , 1 Cake at the Mill, per thousaetl, 111. Bap* C. per ton, 51. Os. re 01. Os. PRICS OF SEEDS. Jan. set . Our market co•t'oues steady since our last quotation. Them is some demand for Clover, some d . COAL MARKET, Jan. 22. Ships :t Market. Ship Sold. I't ice. 44 Newcastle 6i 32. 6d to 37s 0 20 Sunderland 24 ; . 55.6 .ILI re SI 9 0 Yorkablza c .I.',N 00. ad to 00. • Scotch Coal 0 us 043 to (Es 41 i Stout Oral * Al far... - 000 04 to 001 9 • II Welsh Coal 4 ---*"" 41s Od , o 00. 0 2 Coins 0 Mis 6d to Ous • • 0 Cowden 0 001 Od to 00. 0 16 Small Coal * 20s 6d to flOs 0 H i LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF ICINCii BRNCH, Jan. 22. (Before Lord Tsurzspor and a Special Jury.) MULL V. 1110111, MST., This was an action upon a breach of covenant. It appeared, that in Sept. 1824, the plaintiff purchased a certain portion of property, consisting of ten cottages belonging to the de fendant, situated at Wellborn, in Leicestershire, for which be paid 2141. the defendant having at the time covenanted to him the quiet and peaceable possession of the premises. The plaintiff at the usual time went to collect his rent, but was astonished at receiving a denial to his just claim from the persons occupying the cottages, who, it turned out, were the poor of the pariah. An inquiry was then instituted, when it appeared, that Sir Gerard Naas father had allowed the cottages in question to be occupied by the poor, and that occupation had been held for an uninterrupted space of twenty years. Upon this ground the overseers of the parish refused the payment of rent to the plaintiff. The latter immediately waited upon Sir G. and informed him of the circumstances before stated. Sir Gerard Noel said, that the overseers had not the smallest right to hold possession, sad desired the plaintiff to bring an action of ejectment against them, when he (Sir Gerard) would estab lish his right to the property. An action of ejectment was brought accordingly, in the spring assizes in 1825, which was tried before Mr. Justice Holroyd, when the plaintiff' was nonsuited, upon the ground of the property having been held quiet possession of for the period of twenty years. The present action was therefore brought to recover from the defendant the amount of the purchase-money paid for the property, the sum paid for the deed of conveyance, and the coats of the ejectment. The covenants executed by the defendant to the plaintiff were put in and read. Evidence was then given of the trial for ejectment, when it was proved that Mr. Justice Holroyd nonsuited upon the ground above stated. Mr. CAMPBELL contended, on the part of the defendant, that there was not suMelent evidence before the Court, to show that adverse possession had been held by the overseers of the parish of Wellborn, for the entire term of twenty years, and that, therefore, the right of Sir G. Noel to the property in question was not upset. Lord Tameness was of a different opinion. The Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for the full amount of damages, with leave, however, for the defendant's counsel to move for a nonsuit. After several undefended actions, upon Sills of Exchange, bad been tried. Lord TIUITIRDIS thanked the Jeri for their regular at tendance during the sittings, and tbry were discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 22. SLANDKI......PICTON V. JACEKAN. This was an action to recover compensation for damages sus tained in consequence of defamation of character. Mr. Serjeant WILDZ, on the part of the plaintiff, cited the case, which possessed 0 3 interest. The Jury, after consulting together for a short time, found a verdict for the defendant. INQUEST oil the BODY of Mr. EAGLESTONA, THE KEEPER OF GREENWICH PARK. Yesterday forenoon, at twelve o'clock, Joseph Carter, Esq. and a highly respectable Jury, assembled In the Computing Room at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, to investigate the circum stances connected with the melancholy death of Mr. John Eagle stone, the late park keeper, an account of which appeared in our Paper of yesterday. The Jury proceeded to take a view of the body. It was lying in a shell in the bed-room of the cottage of the deceased, which is situate in a bottom, near the bill ascending to the Observatory, in the rear of the Royal Residence. The head was literally blown to pieces, and presented a spectacle truly horrible. Henry Eaglestone sworn—The deceased wa- my brother, and was 35 years of age ; be was park-keeper, ant' had the care of all the deer. A little before nine o'clock on Thursday morning he asked me for his powder horn, which I gave him. and he Erim d' his rifle gun, and went oat for the purpose of killing a due for the Princess. I followed him with a knife to cut the deer's throat, when. on reaching the garden gate adjoining to the orchard, be told me to put the knife into my pocket, and return and get my breakfast, which I did, and my brother proceeded into the garden. I had not been in the cottage above two mi nutes when I heard the report of a gun. when I instantly ran out with the knife, thinking be bad shot the doe, when on passing through the garden, I saw the deceased sitting on a seat in the gar den, with his bead nearly blow off and the gun between his legs— the muzzle pointed towards the lower jaw, and the iron ramrod was lying by him on the lelt side. He must have fired the piece by touching the trigger with the pellet of the ramrod, and it must have then dropped on the ground. It was not usual for his bro ther to go out to kill so early in the morning, but he had a meeting at nine o'clock that morning at the Princess's. In answer to other questions from the Jury, the witnes said that the deceased retired to bed early on the preceding night,perfectly sober, and arose at eight next morning. He had habituated him self to drink, which operated most powerfully on his nerves. He had of late neglected his duty very much, and he was fearful of meeting Mr. Buck, the Princess's steward. One of the Jurors said be knew of his owe knowledge that the unfortunate deceased had been for some time previous to his death very absent in his mind. A warrant had been sent to him about a week ago to kill some deer for the Royal table at Windsor, and he kept it in his pocket many days without attending to the order. Itabert &gleam*. another brother of the deceswid, who holds the situation of deputy keeper of the deer in Hyde Park, was next examined. He stated that his unfortunate brother had for some time been completely lost in his senses, and bad thereby neglected his duties ; he had frequently spoken to him upon the subject. but he never appeared to take any heed of what he said. In conse quence of his brother's negligence. he (witoess),whenever any deer had been ordered by the Royal Family. always went down to Greenwich to perform his unfortunate brother's duty. He had no hesitation in saying that he had laboured under an aberration of in tellect which bad been produced by the death of his wife, together with his propensity to liquor. John Garlick, Are carpenter of the Royal Observatory. spoke to the unsound state of the ticcease.C. mind, which, in his opinion, was chiefly brought en by drinking. Several of the Jurors spoke of isolated circumstances connected with the unhappy man, which lef no doubt but he was of unsound mind. The Jury having been left together fur a abort period, returned a verdict, " That the deceased shot himself, being at the time In a state of temporary derangement." At half-past seven o'clock, yesterday morning, Hinchinbrook House, near Huntingdon, the ancient and noble fa mily seat of Lady Sandwich, was discovered to be on Are. F.l-• preens were immediately despatched to Huotingdoo, Cambridge, and the other adjacent towns, and every exertion was made to re move the valuable furniture from the mansion, by the surrounding rumen and the domestics of the family. Lady Sandwich is at prastot is London, and only a few servants were left in charge of ACIPMINIIIII. The fire was raging with great violence at the time 4r . t left Huntingdon, and by an express received by Lady it we understand a stop was not put to the progress of the midi the deasiditios pl the interior of the mansion was se er. mew :. illoadillilodif As o:sly a few article, of furniture Laub Friday a gentlensan shot two wild swans off Chichester harbour • one of them weighed twenty-one pound* and aihalL The Amalie; one was captured alive, and is Dow enjoying * fine sheet of water attached to Arundel Castle; and as it was hist diking wounded in the pinks, it may continue an ornament to that easiest palace fee acme score years to come. frhe Idea of the Femme, the melody of this bird when dying.i s not we which died from its wounds uttered the most pi which the rest oftbe flock sympathised, joining in :tr. swisporod by the goodesisan who killed 1 a t ato.sosoilholls. Thew birds oolyvidt ourshores mince Anse% mid probably are DiltiVeb of Norway a.- Auld abbots* or:ippot sise and weiihr, int so !Yid . illyidolsat no is ;ha sidle appears too dbtant fa their way. raga, ialbali &Mirky ou the part to we thaws touiddamillirshot ; Uses Lae sea,. mean to gut , ;be front the water so a —-- - = ll \ •- . of their-1144 1 •- rrWt i otil about to Ili airy ashoposommtnt of distari sae tresioriblirpstern, she to glide a i any leer winis with as much eat 'lbw 'trinity OF the wsodihr r beryl to appear this yam over Worthing . Mad"; posture, Goma Y 34 Wt S s • • • ;* fr‘A .~.~ «~ Zr' • • 41 : 1 .ter .dose mmurycarsuponne. finale/15W the rn Its wound , ' uttered the most plaintive Meek in 57 (Atlas bird when tlying,i • s mu dow el ,. 80 t h e • 4 ' -: r'' 'OESURSII OP EXCHANGE, Jan. a. Attestations —.12 7* C.F. Seville ... 334 Unto at sight ...la di Gibrahar.— 474 to flock sympathised, joining in a mutt delightful by the gatleassa who killed it to the mink of Rotterdam... 2 Ul2 74 Leghorn ... 4'4 . la. These birds rely visit our shores la the WOK Antwerp ••• 12 74 Genoa —96 5 probably are natives, of Norway a chit Canada, I Hamborgh 94 Ul4 004 Vealee ... 474 eat site aid weight, aro so rapid and, pewee till to Altuua ... 24 Ul4 004 Malta on the globe appears too distant for them to wing Paris,3day'ssightlls 60 Naples gate mach dexterity ea the part Of the shooter Ditto —2U 26 6 Palermo Wetly to shahs a fir abet ;if an the Ne i lt ism. Madrid doubly Both, windirsord °tibia, a they always Cadiz . ...Sell' Rio Jambe .. v 4 rsoas to Upset the wind, wldole foelikeige,.th e „. ,fareekao »354. Dublin —. ... 14 Wines sad when I re* rl 4 4s from the turreee„ . 'IV lb*i , . ••!., •- 3 54: Cott .. .. 2 . 4 •go with Ole sand e I. 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