Star. — London, England, 1831-05-17 00:00:00

I i . PANORAMA OF THE BIIIT:S11 EMPIRE. NORTHAMPTON ATICCURY, MAY 14 The following brief account of the annual commemoration of the birth of Shakspeare, at the Golden Inn, in Stratford, was unavoidably omitted last week for want of room. On the same day a grand din ner was provided at the Shakspeare Hall, in honour of the same event. Stratford-upon-Avon.—On Saturday, the 23d ultimo, the Royal Shaksperian Club celebrated the natal day of Avon's Bard, and the Festival of Saint George in grand style, at the Golden Lion Inn, in that place. At three o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served up to a numerous and respectable company, The Chairman said the Grace from Macbeth—" Now good digestion wait on appetite, and health nn both." After the cloth was removed, and " Non Nobis Domine" had been sung. many loyal, national, and appropriate toasts, anthems, duets, glees, addresses, songs, and sentiments followed, in the per formance of several of which the exertions of Messrs. Padbury and Co. I from the London boards, gave general satisfaction. The dinner cow prised every delicacy in season, and the wines were highly approved ; and the company spent a must joyous, agreeable, and rational day. " On any good attafn'd, " Let us remember still Heaven chalk d the way " Tbat brought us thither." (Tauntr). i The front of the house was brilliantly illuminated, and several ex cellent transparencies and loyal devices, in variegated lamps, were dis. . played. The intetior of the room wns tastefully festooned with wreaths of roses, flowers, evergreens, &c. exhibiting many appropriate mottos (from the Bard's own works and other authors) upon mazarine blue riband in gold letters. Nearly one hundred persons sat down to dinner. NEWBURY.—This town and its neighbourhood was visited by a heavy thunder-storm on Saturday sennight. The lottage of William I Bruce, at Courage, about three miles from hence, was struck by the electric fluid, which penetrated the roof, tore a considerable portion of the ceiling, split a box nearly to pieces, and drove it from one aide of the room to the other ; the alarmed inhabitants were dreadfully af fected by the shock ; Bruce's son, a young man who had been a cripple many years, and who uses a crutch, was struck to the floor, and the crutch was splintered in two : Mrs. Bunce, a child about five years old, and two other persons who had taken shelter from the storm, were all prostrate on the floor, and were insensible for about the space of half an hour, and the young man had his arm burnt near the elbow; the child was also burnt on the side of her body ; the inner garments were I scorched, but what is remarkable, the outer ones were not touched. There was a considerable quantity of smoke in the house after it was struck, and a portion of the court post in front of the house, about a yard in length, was driven forty yards from the spot. NOSTIIASIPTON, SATURDAY.Wheia, 70S IO 77s ; Rye, 4&; Bar. ley, 333 to 45s 6d ; Oats, 26s to 30s ; Beans, 36s to 41s ; Peas, 38s to 40s. MARKRT HARBOROUGH, TnatinaT.—Wheat, 69s to 73e ; Bar. ley, 385 to 465 ; Oats, 25a to 30s ; New Beans, 408 ; Old Beans, —; Fine Flour, 59s ; Thirds, 555; Malt, 76s ; Butter, ltd to 121 d per lb. Eggs, 22 for le. MARRIED.—John Seriven, Esq. of Wellingborough, to Char lotte, youngest daughter of the late M Whitworth, Esq. of Bedford. —Mr. Robert York, of Olney, to Elisabeth, second daughter of Mr. P. Covington, of Ravenstone. DIED.—Mrs. Mary Loftus, of Banbury, 67.—At Leamington, Mr. H. Cobs, second son of T. Cobb. Eaq. Banbury. SHEFFIELD COURANT, MAY 13. The week before last, engineers were engaged in making a survey of the country between Gainstoorough and Grimsby, with the view to the railway which is contemplated between Manchester and the eastern coast. This great measure was designed to connect Liverpool and Hull by way of Sheffield and Gainsborough ; but it is found that the country is so much more practicable in the line from Gainshorough to Grimsby, that the intention is to snake the latter town the eastern end of the railway with branch ways to Lincoln and other places at the nearest points of the line. A turn-out of the colliers in the neighbourhood of the Potteries, is likely to take place very soon. Little more than a week ago, William Mappin, of this place, well known to many of our readers, was employed in posting electioneering bills, in the town, for the Blue, or Tory party. During this engage ment he came in contact with several person with whom he was unacquainted, who kicked and beat him so unmercifully as to ace sion his death, which took place yesterday morning. This day's paper announces a scheme for providing some of the best specimens of our staple wares to be presented to our highly reverend Monarch, as a grateful acknowledgment, on the part of the inhabitants, of his attention to the best interests of his people, and for his pa. triotic conduct since be ascended the throne. The scale of contribu tion is so well contrived as to afford every inhabitant the op unity (we rather say the " privilege,) of doing honour to himself and homage to the King, and we believe all classes will most heartily and cheer. fully embrace it. A respectable young man, named George Preston, hanged himself at Halifax on Tuesday week. The cause of this rash act was the refusal at his sweetheart to marry him, an event which had fixed to take place on the following morning. The easterly winds during the past week have checked the growth of grass, particularly upon wet soils. Oats and pease are much In jured in many instances, and the failure in the present appearance of the wheat crop is thought to be more extensive than has been known for some years. It is to be feared that the frost of Saturday morning seriously injured the earliest of our fruit blossom. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.--. 011 Monday week, a nu merous and respectable meeting of the friends of this society, which devotes a large share of its attention andisupport toithe moral and rell. gious improvement of the negro population of the West Indies, took place in Exeter-ball, L. Honslope, Esq. in the chair. The report gave encouraging accounts of the proceedings of the society in the West In. .41es, and mentioned, amongst other things, that the negtoes of Jamaica bad subscribed, during the past year, no less than one thousand six hun dred pounds to the finds of the society. Amongst the persons who addressed the meeting was a Canadian Chief, attired partly in the cos tume of his country. He spoke good English, and is called by the name of Jones. Mr. Montgomery also spoke. The bed of coal which we believe extends under the whole town of Sheffield, lies so neat the surface, on the west side, that scores of loads, principally small or slack, sad some large, have been carted away dur ing the formation of Fitzwilliam-street. It lies beneath a bed of strong clay. Last year, Mr. Hodgkinson, of Topton, near Chester fi eld, half a ewe which yeaned three lambs, and on Tuesday the same ewe yeaned four lambs. My Sow's D lamentable and distressing case was brought before the magistrates this day. Mrs. Whitehead the wife of Mr. Thomas Whitehead, She ffi eld-moor, appeared to F:fer a charge of assault against her son, Henry, who was arraigned before the Bench. AIM Whitehead, being sworn, said—" Sir, the defendant 'Lamy son, and he has absented himself front work for the last twelve months, and has formed a connection with several disorderly characters. He has at different times visited home, and thrown the house loto confusion and uproar. He has robbed us till we cannot put up with it any longer. A few weeks ago he entered the house, struck me, and gave me this black eye ; he then knocked me down and held me upon the floor instil he rifled my pocket of every shilling it contained. I screamed out ' murder !' in order to obtain assistance, but he stopped my mouth so long that it was some time before I recovered. Mr. Whitehead here manifested &disposition to make some observa tions. He took the oath, and with great vehemence and indignation said—" He shall be the biggest rogue and villain in Sheffield. He has entered my house, assaultedhis mother most brutally, ransacked the drawers and pledged their contents. In a similar manner he has Zit.. posed of three guns and three pistols, which I kept in the house for my own protection. I cannot live under such circumstances. " He shall be," repeated Mr. W. at the same time striking the table, " the biggest tillain in She ffi eld. He has knocked his mother down, nd threatened to stab her if she did nut gise him money." Illarples, the constable—Sir, when 1 took him into custody he had a pigeon in his pocket, which there is no doubt he had stolen. Magistrate—What can you say, defendant, in defence of your shameful conduct ? Defendant, smiling—lt is all false, what my father and mother have stated. Mr. Whitehead—Why, you have broken all the squares in the house. Defendant—Aye, when you shoved my head through. As for the black eye my mother has received, she took the poker to strike me, and when I endeavoured to prevent her, she pushed her head against it. The daughter was here inttoduced, and corroborated the testimony at her parents. Hagistrate—l shall order you to pay 5L have you as much money as will meet the demand ? Defendant—No, Sir. Magistrate—Then you stand committed to the House of Correction for three months, being the utmost penalty of the law. Whitehead-1 trust, Sir, you will bind him to keep the peace toward me and my family when liberated, otherwise we shall be in bo dily fear. Mrs. Whitehead—Sir, he has threatened to murder me, if he were committed to Wakefield. Magistrate—He shall find security if you demand it. Mr. Whitehead—No person will be bound for him; but I hope, sir. you will keep him safe until he produces friends. Magistrate—We will. And until he finds security he will continue an inmate of the House of Correction. The prisoner was then removed from the bar,•and his parents left the ages apparently with great satisfaction. SRareIELD.MAIIICIT, APRIL 30.—Beef 7d to 7ed per lb. Mut. 64d to 7d ditto. Veal 7d ditto. Pork 6d ditto. Butter Is bed to is gd ditto. Eggs 20 for Is. Oranges 4d to 2s 6d per dos. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 1 1.-0111` market was well supplied with stock, and no lack of buyers, which caused the prices to lw high. Beef 7s to & per stone ; Clipped sheep 6141 ; Wood ditto 741 per lb; Lambs from 18s to 24s per head. Beasts 300—Sheep and Lambs 5830. .111ANRIA1).--11r. H. G. Walker, merchant, to Mary Ann. second daughter of the late Abraham Hawley, Ese.—Edward King, Esq. of Bath, to Elizabeth Mary, daughter of J. B. Fund's, Esq. of Belle Vase.hlr. John Charles Earl, to Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Smith.—At 'Hayfield, near Ashbourn, the Rev. J. Iluyshe, of Hethenhill, Devon, to Ann Lydia, eldest deur; of Dr. Greaves, of Mayfield Hall.—At Stamford, Robert Daly, .to Fran. ces, only daughter of Robert Vichardson, Esq.--Tho gay, W. Gibson, of Chester, to Elite, Maria, third daughter oldie Bishop of Chester. 11.11 7 . D.—At Matlock Bath, Mr. Same' Sheldon, solicitor, 25.—The lady of John Wilkinson, Esq. of Hull. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MAY 12. In Ireland, from Kerry to Derry, and from Wexford to Mayo, the questioh—the all-absorbing question is marching without encountering as much obstruction aswould ripple the surface or indicate to a stran ger the direction of the stream. As in England the obstinate Tories have kept aloof—and the vacillating and wavering have swallowed the toughest pledges to support the hill, through thick and thin. In the North, there are exceptions to this rule; but in Leinster. Monster, and Connaught it holds universally good. But of this circumstance more anon. Our present business is exultation—not animadversion. We have then to congratulate the empire on the glorious fact, that in Tip perary, Kerry, Cllare, Limerick, Dublin Waterford Cork, Kilkenny, Carlow. Wicklow, Wexford, Meath, Louth, Kildare, the King's County, the Queen's County, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, Down, and Do negal, there will be none but Reformers —supporters of the bill, elected ! In Slip, Leitrim, Cavan, Longford, (we hope), West meath, and Monaghan, there will be one reformer returned (from each), and if there were candidates, we have no doubt but that the corrup. tionists would be totally muted in these counties. In Fermanagh and Tyrone alone are the Tories victorious. But these counties are in habited by the men of the " right sort"—by your soi-disant boasted loyalists—by Saints, Brunswickers, and Yeomen I Even in the bo roughs, too, the reformists have, or will have, a majority ; although the Pennefathers and Cootes, and Winner and Coles return themselves, and the Beresfords, and Rodens , and Hertford% thrust in their crea tures for Armagh, Coleraine, Dundalk, and Lifford ; and although the Earl of Portarlington has become the patron of the high churchman, tory, pensioner, and advocate of Ixtroughmongering—Sir William Rae—Ex-Lod Advocate of Scotland ! Thus will Ireland have nobly done her duty. Yesterday rendered the success of the King anti the people against the corruptionists in Dublin still more decides, and this day will, we anticipate, complete their triumph. We have reason to think that if Messrs. t he Registrar and Recorder's friends are this day met with the same patriotic ardour and determination that have hitherto marked the exertions of the people., the -contest will not be prolonged to another day. After all that the combined energies of a great number of pro fessional men, intimately acquainted with every guild, nay with every freeman in the city, and supported by enormous sums of money, could effect, they are left in a minority of 329 at the close of the fifth day. LORD GEORGE BERESFORD'S SEVEN REASONS. Lord George Beresford, Lieutenant-General, and Colonel of a Regiment of Dragoons, per annum .. 414,500 Lord John George de la Poer Beresford, a Father in Gon, Archbishop of Armagh. This See extends over the counties of Armagh, Tyrone, Monaghan, Louth, and a part of Meath. In Armagh alone there arc 86.000 acres belong ing to the See : and if we put a renewal fine of only live shillings an acre upon all belonging to the bishopric, it will produce 100,000!. a year. Let us, however, say per . annum ... • • • • -... 50,000 Viscount Beresford, a General, Governor of Jersey, with a pension, per annum ••• ... 4,282 The Right Reverend George de la Poer Beresford, a cousin, Bishop of Kilmore, per annum ••• ... 8,000 H. Rene /3eresfonl, a cousin, for compensation, per annum 2,157 John Claudius Bcresford, a cousin, for compensation, per annum ... •• ••• ... 2,157 Sir John P. Beresford, Rear Admiral of the Blue, &e. lac. 3,000 Early on Surday morning, a party of the military, consisting of a sergeant's guard, accompanied by about eight or nine of the polia,left Ennis, under the command of Scrjeant Robinson, of the sth Foot, and a police constable, all in coloured clothes and only armed with a pis tol each, and a few rounds of ball cartridge, their object, it seems, being to come unawares, on some of those groups to be seen, in various directions, organising the country people. When they got to the half way house, between Ennis and Kilrusb , they arrested a man against whom they had information, and, returning with their prisoner, as they approached the village of Ballynacally, a vast number of the pea santry, who happened to be in the street, as is usual on Sundays, after mass, seemed determined to rescue the prisoner, who was immedi ately set at liberty by the party, from a wish to avoid so un equa l a conflict; and, as we are informed, an unwillingness to sacrifice the lives that would eventually drop in a rencontre. The peasantry, however not satisfied with this, pursued the party, throwing stones, and raising an alarm all along the line. when crowds were seen coming down from the adjacent country, armed with blunderbusses, muskets, &c. and a running fight immediately commenced—the military and po lice continuing to retreat, occasionally firing at their pursuers, so as to husband their scanty ammunition until they made to the house of the Reverend Mr. Kennedy, the Rector of the parish, where they werepro tected ; it being, we axe sorry to find, necessary to send out their pis. toll and ammunition to the multitude to prevent the destruction of the house, and as the only means left to insure the personal safety of these brave fellows, guaranteed upon these terms. We are sorry to learn, that Sergeant Robinson received a ball In the back, and, as soon as he fell, his head and body bad been most dreadfully dis figured by these relentless wretches. Two soldiers of the fi fth re giment were also badly wounded, and three of the police, like. wise, received some gun-shot wounds. The remainder of the party reached Ennis late in the evening, in a state of great exhaustion, and from them we learn that from ten to fifteen of the country people have been either killed or wounded. Upon the continuance of this state of society our opinions are already known • and it is equally clear that fatal as the effects must be to the wretches who have the hardi hood to array themselves in defiance of the laws, strongly sustained as they must be by the disciplined energies of the state yet the tribunals of the country must be ailed upon to resume in right earnest their awful functions in time to avert that chaos into which society mast re: solve Itself if suffered any longer to remain wider the dominion of these savage hordes. Sergeant Robinson was one of the finest fellows in his regiment, and a man of the best possible character. It is not for us, unacquainted with the inner wheel, to question the prudence of committing such a life with those of his brave comrades to the risk of such a conflict, in disguise and but partially armed.—,Uwerick Been. isle Pegg. Fats or Baxareasuiz.—This fair commenced= Saturday morning, the supply of cattle was small; sales were very brisk at advanced prices. The princ;pal part of the stock was from the county of Clare, and met with a quick sale; of sheep but few were offered for sale • in horses very little was done ; the prices for bullocks varied from 61. to 101. per head ; for heifers from 61. to 11l ; one lot of bullocks disposed of by Mr. Gloater, brought lIL 15e. a piece. In a few minutes after the purchaser was offered an advance of 11 per bead in his bargain. For a few small lots from Roscommon 121. ith. were paid. MARRIED—John Doyle, Esq. of Belfast, to Miss Hannah, second daughter of George White, Esq. of Cave Hill—The Rev. John Do beny ' of Donegore, to Mary, youngest daughter of Doctor Agnew, of Ballyclare—Hilary Frederick L'Estrange, Esq. to Mary, daughter of William Mulock, Esq. of Ballynagore—At Donnybrook church, John Duffy, jun. Esq. of Richview, to Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas P. Luscombe, Esq--At Cork, Horan Hayes, of Ardagb, Esq. to Marga ret, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Williamson, of Cork—Edward Esq. M.D. to Miss Cottiell, only daughter of Francis Cottrell, Esq. of Bally dulea. DIED—At Forest, near Swords, Gilbert Plummer, Esq—At Car rickfergus Robert Healy, Esq—Mrs. Lawless, wif e o f B arry Edward Lawless, Esq. of Harcourt street, in this city. This amiable and ex cellent woman, the mother of a young and &amino; family, has de parted this life with the high respect and admiration justly due to bar preeminent virtues as a wife and mother, and the constant and watch• ful guardian of her children. CALEDONIAN MERCURY, MAY 12. The Scotch county elections which have yet taken place, are all the wrong way. On Monday we had East Lothi a n return i ng M r . Bel four ; on Tuesday, Edinburgh returned Sir George Clerk, and Perth shire Sir George Murray, all without opposition; and yesterday Stir ling elected Mr. Ramsay of Bunton, in opposition to Admiral Fleming, by a majority of eight. The Elizabeth and Ann left Gre:nock on Sunday for Quebec, with 254 passengers ; the George Canning o n Monday for the same port, with 322. The emigrants by these vessels were from all parts of the country; including, we believe, a great many from Argyleshire. In the George Canning four generations of one family have gene out from that county to locate themselves in the wilderness of Canada. The great grandfather of this dock is 92 years of age, and his venerable partner eighty-eight. EDINBURGH CORN MARERT, May 14.—We had a small supply of all kind. of grain co.*, and sales dull. Wheat, 5s down on the top, and 6d on the average. Barley, 6d down on the top, and Is fid up on the average. One parcel of fine oats brought 345. which makes it 4s up on the top, and 7d on the average. Peas and beans 2a down on the top, and and 9L on the average. Wheat, first, 71s ; mond, 60s ; third, 525. Barley, first, 41. &I I second, 40a ; third, 86. 6d. Oats, first, Sts ; second, Ns ; third, 23a 4d. Pease, first, 42a; second, 40s third. Sea. Beans, first, 42s ; second, 40; third, 365. We had a good supply of oatmeal, which met with very dull sale.— Oatmeal, per sack 280 imp. lbs. 21 51 ; second, per sack, 21 3s. Oat meal, per stone 14 imp. lbs. 2a 4d; second. 2s 2d. Beef, per, lb. 4d to 7; Mutton, 6d to ; Veal, ld to 9d ; Pork, 4d to 6d; Lamb, qr. 3s 6d to ; Tallow, per cwt. Sja lid to 40s Hides, stone, I to lb ; Calf sk. lb. 4d to Sd Sheep skins Ss. 6d to fts ; Quart. Loaf, 9d to Is ; Potatoes, pet peck, 1741 b. bd. Weigh House Shop:—Butter, per lb. lld to la. 2d ; Salt do. cwt. 74 to SOB; Do. des per lb. 9d to 10d; Cheese, Dunlop, per ewL 44a to 625; Eggs per dos. 7d. Wheat Straw, Ss Eid to 9s ; Oat Straw, 8. 6d to 94 ; and Barley Straw, from 7s to 7s 6d per kentple ; Hay, 18.2 d par stone tron. In the Grassmarket, the show of cattle was less than last week (100); top price tie 9d ; inferior, ls &I to 8s per imperial stone, sinking offal& Good fat in demand at an advance of 8d per stone on the top pr ice. DIED—At Cupar, Andrew Christie, Esq.—At lAsswade, R. Rid.• ' dell, Esq.—At Campbehown, J. Brown, Esq. LAW REPORT& COURT OF KIN '$ MAT 7.. LIBEL ON THE DUKE OF !BEAUFORT. Sir y CARILETT applied for leave to file a criminal information against the proprietors and publishers of the' Spectator' newspaper.— The article complained of appeared on Saturday the 30th April. He made this application on behalf of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, who had found himself under the necessity of asking protection against the dissemination of false statements respecting himself and his family gravely made, and extensively circulated, for the purpose as he believed of subjecting him and them to popular odium, aa exasperating the public mind against them—a purpose which, in times like the present, might be very easily accomplished. Before lie proceeded to state the nature and purport of the publication, he would briefly lay before their Lordships the substance of the affidavit made by his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. It appeared, that the late Duke of Beau. fort, by his last Will, recommended to the Guardians of his Children, seven in number, that his two younger sons should be brought up to the church ' • and as his Grace was possessed of the ad vowson of several livings in Monmouthshire, Gloccsiershire, and Wales, he recommended that they should be presented to sonic of those livings, as they became vacant, when the sons should be of age, and capable of undertaking the duties. He, however, annexed a condition with respect to an annuity which be had left for his younger sons, which hatl been considered questionable. He had provided an annuity of 6001. for each of the younger sons ; but directed that when the two sons who were to be brought up to the church should be provided for by means of these brings, the annuities should, as to them, cease pro tanks. Lord TEN rertnza—The annuities I presume were charged on the estates ? Sir Jamas SCARLETT.—They were. The affidavit went on to state, that one only of the sons, Lord William Somerset, had been brought up to the church ; and he had been presented to two or three of the livings. Before his presentation, a hood bad been exc. cuted by the present Duke of Beaufort and his eldest son the Mar quis of Worcester, securing to him (Lord W. Somerset) the continu ance of the annuity, notwithstanding the presentation, in order that he 'nigh' (leave the full benefit of the gift under the late Duke's will. It was distinctly sworn that these livings, together with a small Incbonlal stall which had been given to s him by the Lord Chan. cellor for the time being, were all that Lord Wm. Somerset held. The affidavit of the Duke of Beaufort went on to state in the most posi tive terms, that neither his father nor himself, his brothers, sisters, sons, nor any of his family, had ever received any pension or sinecure from Government ; and that his brother who had been in public service, bad received no pay but that which he was entitled to for active service; that none of the public money had ever been received by any of the family except one of them, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, who, having lost an arm in the battle of Waterloo, had received that pension which, ac cording to the regulations of the army, any other officer of his rank would have been entitled to for the loss of a limb. He would now proceed to read the paragraphs which the Duke had been advised to bring under the notice of; their Lordships. After some observa tions, which it was unnecessary to notice, the article proceeded thus: " The subscription of the great borough-owners it the most bare faced piece of profligacy to be found in the whole history of borough. mongering. Why, the money subscribed is rightfully the nation's, —at.leaat, if ;that still belongs to a man which has been wrongfully taken from him, and if, as is clear, these borough lords would not have had the money to subscribe, unless they had quartered their brothers and sisters, and mothers and aunts on the public, as well as not a few of them, their mistresses and illegitimate children. Who forgets the history of the late Duke of Beaufort's will, which may be seen at Doctors' Commons, on payment of one shilling, and which charges the estates of the present Duke, with annuities to his brothers, • until they shall be better provided for by Government ?' The amount of public money received by the Somerset. since the late Duke of Beaufort came of age, far exceeds the value of the estates which he bequeathed to the present Duke," Now, the Duke of Beaufort had stated in his affidavit, that all the public money which the Somdmets had received since the late Duke came of age did not exceed one year's income of his paternal estate. He (the learned Counsel) re mcnibered when a jutlge of the Common Pleas said that words, which in ordinary times would be perfectly harmless, might, at particulat times, and under certain circumstances, become seriously injurious, and be mentioned, as an example, the words, "To your tents, 0, Israel I" When such statements were made in a newspaper of large circulation, it was not surprising that they should be followed by other publications containing still more extravagant exaggeration ; and, accordingly, an address had been published to the freeholders of the county, with which the Duke of Beaufort was more particularly connected. The learned counsel here read an extract from a printed paper, containing an address to the freeholders of the county of Gloucester, stating that the family of the Somerset. were quartered on the taxes to the amount of 48,6001. a year ; that the public money received by them, since the late Duke came of age, amounted to 720,0001. and that that wan the cause of the present unparalleled distress. Such things as these, the learned counsel said, were circulated by unknown persons, for the purpose of bringing upon distinguished individuals public hatred and odium. Lord Tawraitrizsr..—Take a rule to chew cause. ILSTREZ V. TRITEXIIIf.. This was an action to recover 641. for several sets of lithographic prints, sold and delivered to the defendant. The sale and delivery of the engravings having been proved, Dlr. PLATT objected to the plaintiff's right to recover, on the ground that the prints were immodest and offensive. The subjects were copied from old masters, and several figures in a state of nudity, were, in his opinion, calculated to produce an immoral effect. Cupid and Pysche, and other compositions, in which the god of love and the goddess of =fanned the principal objects, were mast objectionable. The Counsel produced specimens of tha prints, which were inspected by the Jury. Mr. GUMMY, in support of the plaintiff's danand, could not admit that the prints were subject to the objection taken by his learned friend. He was, and always been, an enemy to obscenity, but in these prints he could see nothing injurious to morals. They were copies from Raphael and other misters, and if a legal:objeetion could be sustained against the engravings sold by the plaintiff, the most celebrated works must fall under lftal prohibition. Lord TIWITIMIN left the Jury to decide, upon the opinion they might foe= of the engravings ; and they found or the plaintiff— Damages, tIdL OLD BAILEY SESSIONS-MAY 16. James Puny, a private watchman, in the employ of Edward Bald win, better known as White-headed Bob, the proprietor of the Coach and Horses, St. Martin's-Lane, was found guilty of stealing a coat, value 365. the property of Mr. Charles Pitman. James Wen. Rosser, 13 years of age, but an old offender, was found guilty of stealing to the value of 14s. and sentenced to seven years' transportation, as the only means of sawing his life. Hannah Gorman alias Kelly, a poor looking woman, was indicted capitally foe uttering counterfeit coin, having previously been a person convicted as a common utterer of base money. The prisoner had an infant apparently about four months old in her arms. Mr. Scarlet and Mr. Ellis conducted the prosecution on the part of his i ttesty's Mint. Sa rah Ward stated, that between nine and ten o'clock on the even ing of the 16th of April, the prisoner called at witness's shop and offered her a sixpence in payment of some bread.; observing that it was not good, witness returned it, and as the prisoner was walking out of the shop, she was taken into custody. By the Lamed Judge : Witness gave no information, but she was taken up on the instant, and before witness had any idea that an officer was after her. The Learned JUDOS asked whether this was the case intended to be relied upon ? Mr. Scauramr replied In the negative, and called Mrs. Wright, who stated that she was landlady of the Star public house, Rosemary-lane; the prisoner and two other females had a pint of beer at witness's bar on the 16th of April, and tendered in payment a counterfeit sixpence: as soon as witness observed that it was bed, she said, " This is the second bad coin which has been offered to me within these ten minutes." The prisoner made no reply, but seizing the six pence ran out, followed by the two other fetneles. Eleanor Parker, another landlady, stated that the prisoner on the same day offered her a bad sixpence, which she refused to take, and a police officer subsequently took it from her. The police constable stated that when he took the sixpence from the prisoner at Mrs. Parker's, he cautioned her against passing any more. She was however, in an hour after, brought in custody for atteze c tl i ln e to pass a bad sixpence to Mn. Ward. Although the prisoner that she had no bad money about her, a bad shilling, and another bed sixpence was found In her pocket. Mr. Field, the inspector of counterfeit coin to the Mint, proved that the coins produced by the officer were counterfeit. Mr. Powell, the assistant solicitor to the Mint, produced a copy of the prisoner's conviction at the Middlesex Sessions, together with a woman named Fox, as a common utterer ofbase coin. The prisoner, when called upon to make her defence, merely called for mercy on account of bet four infants. Bland, the turnkey of the House of Correction, proved that the pri soner bad been under his are in virtue of her sentence. Mr. Justice LITIVIDALE summed up the evidence. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. George Smith, aged 34, clerk, was indicted capitally for cutting, separating, and seating away two stamps, for 251. each, on the 16th of April last, with intent feloniously to alliz them to other documents, for the purpose of defrauding and cheating the Commissionenof the Stansp4ke. The Attorney Generalstated the ease for the prosecution. Jacob Jacobs examined.—ls a quiU merchant, and resides at so. folk -street, St. Pancras. The prisoner wiled on witness on :he 16111 0 : April, and requested him to purchase for him two skins of p arc h n . o , for the purpose, as he said, of having them stamped for ,r, nn attorney, residing in Sornersetshire ; knowing that the pligenri',.l ;I , r wu an attorney, witness procured the skins of Mr. Nicholi., e t sweet, and wrote on them "This indenture made, &c." Subserp :nt f,.. the prisoner having taken away the skins, returned with them ; tLiy then had a 251. stamp impressed upon them. The prisoner said that they were not the stamps which his father wanted, and begged that sit. nese would dipose of them for him ; witness accordingly took Om t.i Mr. Nicholls, at the same time repeating the story the prikonLt had told him. _ _ _ Mr. Nicholls corroborated the witness. He took the skins to Mr. Matthews, who remarked that the skins slid not bear the impression of the stamp-office. This led to an inquiry, and it was eventually disco. vend that a fraud had been attempted. Mr. Twyford, of the Stamp-office, proved that the prisoner had be en a junior clerk in the Office, and that a part of his duty was to destroy spoiled stamps. Two 25L spoiled stamps were handed to the prisoner on the 9th of April. These stamps he ought to have destroyed ; the parchments now produced never passed the stamp-office, and the stamp, had been transferred from other skins to those on which they were n o* affixed. Mr. Adolphus took a variety of objections to the indictment. Mr. Justice Bosanquet, having consulted with Mr. Justice Litt : - dale, said that the Court were of opinion that the points had r oust weight. The Court would of course reserve them, but there was quite enough to send the case to the Jury. The Learned Judge then summed up the evidence. The Jury retired fur three-quarters of an hour, and then returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice Bosanqitet then asked whether the Jury were of opinion that the impressions were issued prior to the 55th of Geo. 111. ? The Foreman replied, that they did not think, when the prisoner cur the stamps from ofrthe spoiled skins, he had any felonious intention, although he afterwards altered his purpose. He then explained dust the Jury meant to acquit the prisoner on all the counts referring to the felonious intention, finding him guilty only of the fact. Mr. Justice BOIANQUET said that the prisoner should have the be. nefii of the explanation, and that the subject, which was one of grew: importance, should be laid before the Judges. POLItE REPORTS! OtriLDßALL.—Yesterday, James Abbott, the driver of a sand cart, belonging to Mrs. May, of Tanner's-hill, Deptford, was charged by Mr. Ahlcr►nan Wood, with wilfully driving against and damaging his cabriolet. John Whatley (the Alderman's groom), stated, that on Wednesday last, he was waiting with the cabriolet close to the kirb on the west. side of Mark-lane, when the defendant came along riding in a heavy cart, drove against complainant's wheel, tore away four or five spokes, damaged the box, and otherwise injured the wheel. Mr. Alderman Wood psoduced a bill for the repairs, which he had paid to a respectable tradesman. The sum was 11. lls. me, Alderman Kelly adjudged him to pay the damage, and 6s. costs, At the instance of Mr. Alderman Wood, the defendant was allowed fourteen days to make up the money. Bow-STREET.--./oks D4l, ill teas charged with having stolen a gold watch, a chain and seals, and two gold pencil-cases, together with other snicks, the property of Capt. Smiths. Captain Smith stated that he belonged to the East India Company's service, and at present resided at the Colonnade Hotel; he missed the articles on Thursday lost, and the same evening the prisoner sb. sconded. Stevens, the officer, stated that betook the prisoner into custody at the residence of his mother, in William-street, Waterlomroad ; the mother stated that her son came home on Thursday night in lod spirits, and said that something had occurred that might Want his prospects, he gave her a chilling, the only money he possessed, to get some gin.— While they were drinking it, the prisoner swallowed a quantity of laudanum, which was subsequently extracted front the stomach by a medical man. The prisoner, he further ascertained, was to have been married on Sunday, to the daughter of a publican in the Hay market. Captain Smith said that, in justice to the prisoner, he was ballad to bear witness to his integrity, for be had frequent opportunities, if he had been so inclined, of possessing larger booty. be robbery might have been committed by any of the other servants in the house, there being it great many, as the United Service Club occupied a part of It while their own establishment was repairing. Sir R. Maxis, under such circumstances, discharged the prisoner, desiring Stevens, if possible, to trace the property. Qusaa-Smoaam—Thowass Hamel, a hatter, Lovers' hatch, New. cut, Lambeth, was charged with a brutal assault on his wife Alice, a )petty and delicate looking woman, who was brought to the Office in a hackney coach. The Magistrate directed her to be accommodated with a chair in the passage. The unfortunate woman's head and face exhi. Idled one mass et' bruises, and a quantity of hair was produced which the defendant had torn from her head. On a policeman and others going into the house, the unfortunate woman was found at the bottom of the stairs in a state of insensibility, having been knocked down the stairs by her merciless husband. Two of the complainant's teeth had been knocked out, tolikh the defendant rebutted, b assuring the Ma gistrates that it was ten weeks ago since he had his wife's teeth out. The magistrates' indignation was sufficiently apparent in their countenances, and they ordered the defendant to give 48 hours' Denim of bail. THAMES PoLica.--Yesterday, John Siorkseens, a Trinity water. man, was charged with cotuntitting a •iolent assault on Mr. W. Cross, fishmonger, in Rotherhithe. Mr. Cross engaged the defendant to con. vey him across the river, but the defendant demanded sixpence as his fare, the legal sum being only foutpence. As he was leaving Stock , man's boat, the latter, with his boat-staff knocked his hat into the water and him in the mud. Mr. Cross seized the staff, and prevented a third blow taking effect, and gave him into custody. The defendant said that Mr. Cross was intoxicated, and first knocked him into the mud, and .hat he was entitled to sixpence. The complainant denied being in liquor. Captain Itichbell and Mr. Broderip convicted Stockman in the penalty of 401. and in default of payment, one month's imprison. went. But for his poverty, they would have inflicted the full penalty. BIRTHS. The 12th him at Hove, niiiirigriton, the lady of the Rev. G. hlillett, of a soo.—The 14th but. the lady of W. H. Hooper, Ea+ Secretary of theenwich Hospital, of a daughter..—The 16th ion. the lady of S. Page, Esq. at Dulwich, of a son. MARRIED. The 10th inst. at St. Martin's.in.the-Fields, Mr. T. Heydoo, of Warwick, to Hannah, second daughter of F. Silver, Esq. of James. street, Buckingham Palace.—The 14th inst. at Streatham, B. Red, Esq. of Tottenham , to Elisabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the lam it Shone, Fag. of Guilford4treetd—The 12th Inst. at Ipswich, J. Had, Esq. to Mary, second daughter of the late T. Howard, Esq.—At Aber. deco, the 10th inst. J. Kilgour, Esq. to Jane, second daughter of D. Forsyth, Esq. of Aberdeen. DIED. The 14th inst. J. Rains, Esq. M.P. 68.—The 7th inst. lbs. C. Johnson, 102.—At Hackney i , J. Bryce Esq. 70.—The I4th biota. Allan.—At Hackney, the 16th inst. Mr. E. Clarke, 28, of Ihtlwidtp— The 16th inst. Anne Isabella, 69, relict of the late J. Mackenzie, Beq. of Torridon.—The 4th of December last, at Neemuch, in the Fast Indies, Paulina Sophia, 19, wife of Lieutenant William Jervis, of the 42d Regiment of Native Infantry.—The 2d Inst. at Goudburat, Mrs. (Alive, 78.—Mr. B. Armstrong, of itatclife.—The 7tb init. at Douglas, Isle of Man, Nessey, wife of W. S. Advocate, Eav—Tbs 14th inst. at West Ha c kney, Elizabeth, 19, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Williams, of the Bank of England.—The 14th inn. Catherine, 16, youngest daughter of Mr. F. C. Wiograve, of Judd-street, Blum' wick-aquare.—The 16th inst. at Kentish Town, Mary Ann, 79, relict of the late Mr. W. Cook, of Liquorpond-st ive —Th e 11th inst B. Pratt, Esq. 69, of Kingsland-road. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, ./11 106. to .es 155. Ural ditto, .th ISt. to £3 150. Floe Upland Meadow and Rye Orme HO. .8.1 Os to XII 10a. Clover Hay, £3 3s. to is Ss. Oat Sully, gel 145 to Zl 16a. Wheat Straw, .C 1 16t. to .e 1 1118. per load._ CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, AB 10s. to LS 151. Urail ditto, Al IS.. to £5 15s. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Gram Hay, 44 Se. to £4 10s. Clover Hay, 45 Ss. to 45 ss, Oat &raw, £1 14$. to 41 lis. Wheat Straw, el lea. to £3 sea. per load. NBWGATE AND LEADENHALL—THIS DAT. By the Carcase.—Per, stone of ins. Beef is 104 is id is 104 Mutton Es 64_38 10d 41 a Veal is 44 4. 44 4s 6d l Pork ;55 $d 46 id 41 1041 Lamb .... Si 44 ... 6s Od ... fis 4d. FARRINGDON MARKET—THIS DAY. Bear—Flaw Routing, ed to eidper tt. Boiling. Sd to 6d. M"' TOlt—Leg. ed. Shoulder, 7d. Yeas—Leg, Filkt, 104 Poet, Sid to 9d. Lama, led to Is. 1./mimosa—Wheat, pa load (40 bushels) El 6 Os to £2l Os; ao ley, per qr, 32s to 42s ; Oats, 29. to 34s ; Beans, 424 to 475 ; -, —s to Brun. Hastpirraaro—Wheat, per load (five bushels), 40s to Si; Beans, 261 to 30s; Peas, 24s to 28s; Barley, per qr. 42s 6 ° ' I " Oats, 304 to :its Od. RouroaD—Wheat, per qr. es to 765; Barley, Ws to 475; Chtleb Ills to 34s ; Beans, 36s to 48s Peas, 385 to 42s ; Rye, —• to --a HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W. Morning dm. 55m. I Afternoon 70. 2991 ' awrIIDON: hinted and Published by Jon MAVIS. it t he bl/ 2 Orrscs, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. ~► ~` i ,~:, ~~ ~. ,~;~. ~~~` . :x ' l l ~~