Star. — London, England, 1823-11-06 00:00:00

COFENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last night a new grand historical drama was pro-' duced at this Theatre, interspersed with some beautiful music, by BISUOP, called Cortex, or the Conquest of Mex ico. The piece opens with the mutiny of the Spaniards against their leader, and the arrival of the Mexican em bassy. Cortez (Mr. Comma) destroys his fleet, to pre vent the retreat of his troops, an leads them against the nistalans, whom he subdues, and afterwards makes his ally. The Mexicans endeavour to entrap the Spa-, niards at Cholulu, but the plot is discovered by a Tlas calan, whose life Cortez had saved, and the Spaniards are enabled to defeat their purpose, and arrive at the grea t Temple in time to save Marina (Miss Low:), the faithful and loving girl so famous in Spain to this day. Another snare is set for Cortez, which is frustrated by i r aligence of Marina; and the piece concludes with the triumphal entry of Cortez into Mexico. There i s an underplot introduced, made up of the loves.of two brothers, Xerotzin and Acarix, sons of the Cacique of linscaln, for A,nazitli, an Indian beauty (Miss PAroN). 'the part of Marina was originally intended for Miss M. TRU, but owing to that Lady's indispobition, Miss Lova undertook it at rather a short notice. It was an effort, however, which required no apology or allow . . ante. She sang the songs with exquisite taste and ex pression ; and in some of the scenes, particularly in that where she is discovered by her brother, evinced a com mand of the passions highly creditable to her talents, in a department too often regarded as secondary to mere vocal accomplishments. Miss Parom never ap- penes! to greater advantage. [lad this fair syren been out of the piece we should have lost one of the sweetest • gratifications which the lovers of harmony ever enjoyed. She had several sons'a - ,signed to her, and sang them with enchanting affect. She was rapturously encored in :several of them; but she especially excelled in the song at the commencement of tlie 3d act, beginning Shame to Manhood. Mt .11unus Er, Mr.'s aus, Mr. PSI NE, and Mr. TAYLOR. contributed their effective assistance, and the whole of the musical arrangements deserved the ap plause which they received. Mr. COOPRR played Cortez, and infused no inconsiderable portion of spirit and martial ardour into the hero, whilst he, at the same time, gave a fair portion of insinuating softness to the lover. BENNET, as Telaxo, a fierce Mexican Chief, the unbending oppc..neut of the Spaniards, also by his act ing gave ivery efficient support to the piece. FAwc Err, as a cowardly Spaniard, farrier to the fOrces,.was highly amusing. We now come to speak on the horses, which, on this occasion, as we undersi..i:j, made their debut on -the English Stage, and it is no more than justice to say, that they excel any of the quadrupeds which we Jove formerly seen, for docility, sagacity, and fine management. Never were debutants more pet fect, or de,mt mote successful than that of last night. —There was one most astonishing feat exhibited by Mr. Ducaow, the proprietor of the horses, in %hid] the rider is carried up amidst rocks and water falls while only holding on the horse by one lea', until he is near the top, where he falls o ff , and tumbles from precipice to precipice as though he would be dashed to atoms. The house was crowded in every part, and the Play was announced for repetition this evening. The Duke of SussEx is at this time paying a visit to the Duke of NOILFOLK, at Fornham, near Bury, having arrived there on :%lowlay to a late dinner, from Ilo!khan'. The Earl and Countess of Au:swains and the Ladies Kerry. are also at Forn ham, and more company is expected. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cuocsronort.EY - Lady CUARLCrt7II Stencis, and Lord HENRY CHOLMONDSLZY, ar rived in town yesterday, from Boughton, Norfolk. Lord and Lady G. U. CAVENDISH and family left town yesterday for their seat, Latinters, Bucks, for a few days. Colonel and Lady ELIZABETH STEELE have arrived ar their house in Upper Brook -street, from Kimbolton Castle, II ntingdoushire. Mr. and Lady BARBARA PONSONEY have left town, fur Worthing. Count LIEVeN arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to his Mosesve, at Windsor Castle. Captain LYSAOHT, R.N. has arrived at Hatchett's 'Motel, Dover-street, from his seat in Somersetshire. The Eat; of Itocnsavaua left Houghton, Norfolk, an "Nlonday, on a tour. Mr. and Mrs. DARING have arrived at their house in Curzon-street, from their seat, Ilycit St. Lawrence, Herts. Lady JULIA HOWARD left town yesterday, on a tour. Mrs. FITIHIRRIIHRT and Miss Scvmourt have arrived io town from Sherwood Lodge. Lady STaactrax is expected in town on Saturday, from Trubridge Wells. The Hon. Mrs. Lama (sister of the Marquis of Cum.- sunconev) has arrived at her seat near Kingston, from Paris. Mrs. Courts entertained a distinguished party to din ter yesterday, at her Louse in Stratton-street, Piccadilly. Lord and Lady COLCHESTER arrived in town yester day, from Sussex. The Duke of Rtrrcano's health, which in the sum mer mamba was but indifferent, is nearly re-established. His Grace having expended vast sums on Belvoir Castle, intends taking a loan St kyxoo,ooo, at foUr per cent. from the Bank of England. The Dublin Gazette announces the election of JOHN, 'llama Caymans', to be an Irish representative Peer, in the room of Lord Foams's. The Princess AMELIA, of Baden, eldest daughter of the Dowager Margravine, died on the 26th ult. after an illness of several weeks at Bruchsal, in the arms of her venerable mother and of her sisters, the Queen of BA ?ARIA and Queen FREDERICA of Sweden. DIPLOMATIC MOVIIMENTIL.-.-Ball Count NESSEL• RODE and M. TATISCHEIFF are at Umbel% with Prince METTERNICH, as well as M. lUD:VERY, who is to fill the post of Russian Charge d'Affaires at Constantino ple, and who, after the Congress at Verona, was ap pointed Consul in Moldavia and Wallachia, and has since resided at Hermanstadt. It is said that he will receive his instructions from Count Nasaxcaotix, and then proceed without delay to Constantinople, to de fend the interests of his Court.—Allgemeine Zeitung. His Highness Prince Louts of Hesse Darmstadt, bre. tber of her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess, is dead. Great preparations are making at Berlin, not only by the Public Authorities, but by private persons, for the reception of her Royal Highness the bride of the Chown Pairrca of Prussia, who will arrive there at the latter end of November. GRAND BELGIAN CANAL.—The Advertiser of Va -Icl:sienna contains the following remat kable article:— " We learn that the Board of Works of the Kingdom of the Netherlands began, last week, the works of . the Canal of Enthoing, which is to unite the Scheldt to the Hayne without quitting the. Belgian.territory. Two thousand workmen opened the Canal, and are daily em ployed on it. We are persuaded that tire French Mi nistry has done everything to prevent our neighbours from taking this resolution, since the completion of this Canal most reduce to nothing the navigation*of Conde and of Montagne, and put an end tathereceiptot neatly 1,500,000 !lanes transit duty, which the Belgian boats paid every rar at Conde." r in aere ar of ey w ere ei.a. in-yard, i nto they the n eur . eepers, wh ot manner, di et pe of his rt. Injury. Th ey !t to ashe s „ in exultatioe e of fire-aesn: , Lyons, E so ! es, proceedi r i every aiten. .m havi ng btam any s i . trators cQui,l rty or armed Bred persons. ' l .aiids at a. Lied in carry. wo of the oC. it of rent,and giving up the e prop? ietor, the pr °petty. id thr eatened interfere... o, bet ore the placed ifn the g the police uest ion, and succeeded its to the has. ',residing scs sas been ad- Quarter Ses. Iptain ICkst. th. Sept. at ity WAS per. )ncerned in d nine more tundred yet bken, except Plantation had elided alio appre in custody, being pro the insur nf hi tc'•:s on sacte the cries.of the l a two-edged people. h lirks of iror. •ri:ten : !ucla :erara Gu- trt-Martial met daily the Court lye of the cart of the and will be 11111 close s receivcd m Already he colonies, farther in it may be. following teks: at A xano, Wee Myti lvanee4 to n . tie sea. bursaw 4bitations. rrying off odious to 1,000 of m time to s refused. Smyrna, —Salamis. Laid). eptember edißg in habitants nd inde- Indepen« KI at the with dia. RD, _ . r arrived left Earl dare, ea a ISBURY . S rordshirey ay even. Gorham.. :ertained r home is /MUMS lay, at his at Ash- d La Ge l at, did din. which be, But. Mr. Mennen, THR ARMY. The..9sd (Highland) Regiment of Foot harimbarted on board transports at Cork, for the West Indies. The last division of the 62d (Wiltshire) Regiment of Infantry is on its marth from Cork to Fermoy. The 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Infantry will embark at' Portsmouth forthwith, fur Gibraltar. . - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAMEN. Dear, Nev. s.—Wind &E.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Agincourt, Manori, from Bombay ; and Georgians, Wasaxor, from Berbice, the latter has had part of her cargo washed over board. The Delight was expected to sail the latter end of October. Came down from the River and remain, the Castle Lachlan, Sutra►, . for Jamaica; Brothers, Cummins, for Rio; Pusey Hall, Hams, for Dominica ; Thomas, Bet.r., for St. Vincent's ; and Ocero, PLuar am, fur Honduras. The East India C,ompaay's ship, Repulse, outward bolladsanilra at Lencoolen on the 16th of Juue. The brig James and Mary, Pm:sneer, from Caen to Newcastle, is on shore in West Bay, Dungeness. The Globe, of Sunderland, went on shore in Swansea Bay, 2d inst. and broke to pieces. The Friends, limns:mos, from Poole to Liverpool, was abandoned off the Lizard, and afterwards sunk. FAI.MOUTH, Nov. 4..—Whid S. W.—Arrived the Adrian, Goalies, for Van Dieman's Land, with loss of bowsprit, foremast, main topmast, rigging, sails, bulwarks, &c. &e. Mariner, Cituecntains, from Havre; 31artbal Blucher, DAVIS, from Plymouth; and Mary, Quice, from Cork. Sailed the Alexander, Losomans, fur Leghorn: Dash, IVEISTIER ; and Four Friends, Roamrs, for London. Off the port, the Deveron,Wit.sox, from Port Jackson—sailed 6th June. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Hibernia, Gum's, from London fur Botany Bay, with damage ; Lucy David son, %Sr:Luaus, from the Downs for the Cape cr Good Hope ; and the American vessel Auguste, from the EAU Indies fur Holland, with damage. PORTSMOUTII, Nov. s.—Wind S.—Arrived the Lilies, Hurons- sot+, from Oporto; George Washington,WsEruev, from Havannas ; Jack Tar, trom the Downs; Minstrel, from ditto; Brunswick, from Quebec; Governor Harcourt, Witsox, from Demerara; Ma rianne, GARDNER, from New Zealand ; Hector, Howse r, from Guernsey ; Betsey, FAITH, from Tobago ; and North Briton, Mos e:sou, from Virginia, all with loss of sails and other damage. Also arrived, the John, COWAN, from Quebec ; Dart, Cox, from Smyrna; Juliana, Colic, from the Downs ; I)everon, Wixsorr, from New South Wales; Industry, BARCLAY, from Norway; and she Fame, —, from Hull, the latter with her cargo shifted, having been on shore. Sailed the Jack Tar and Catherine Green, for Jamaica. CANTERIURT, Nov. 4.—During the night of Friday last, we ex perienced a very violent gale from the N.E. which continued with out intermission nearly the whole of Saturday; we have not heard of any accident occasioned by it in the immediate vicinity of this city, but the effects of it on the N.E. part of our coast have been severely felt. The following vessels were brought into Whitstable Bay on Saturday, very much distressed:—The Lan Romney, Twin:au; The Governor Ar^ t, Wis.maats ; Active, Hurcutusou ; Fanny, Caocouse. from Car,!iff; and Leonidas, Dun% iliewicu, Nov. 3.—The following vessels have put in here, with loss of anchors, cables, sift, masts, &e. viz.—Ebenezer, Lams; Juno, of Newcastle; Amity., Burrow; and Alfred, Moe& Coax, OCTOSER 30. —The Victory, of Newry, Catania, arrived here this day. She was taken by the Prevendve Water-guard, near Pool head, in consequence of having 600 bales of tobacco on board. CALCUTTA, Juwa 2.—Saturday's Shipping Report states, that one of the row-boats arrived on that day, with four men of the late ship. Liverpool, the only survivors of the crew, who stated, that the Captain, ()Seers, and Pilot, were washed away with the poop on the night of the 27th ult. The men who were saved took refuge on the foretop of the wreck, where they remained until the 29th, when they were picked up by Mr. Kavassa, branch pilot, in charge of the pilot vessel. It is truly melancholy to learn from accounts whirls have reached town daring the last three days, that the violence of the gale at the head of the bay has been unprecedented, and propor tionately disastrous in its consequentes. The ship Wellington, just arrived, experienced dreadful weather as far to the southward as, the latitude of Madras. CUSTOM-HOUSE, NOVEMBER S. Sims Ewraaext Irwsaos—The James, from Gottenburgh; Pro vidence, frogs Rochester ; Ann, from Lynn ; Martin, from Oporto; Diana, front Leghorn ; and Cicero, from Archangel. Ciaaanto Outwasew—The Hercules, for Jamaica; Barkworth, for Madeira ; and Flora, for Norway. Aaaivrn—At New York, the Marmion, Hawkins; Adonis, Richards ; Galaxy, Bloyson ; and Elizabeth, Smith, from Havre ; Jerome, —, from Rochelle ; Midas, Prince, from Stockton ; and the Industry, Spoiling, front St. Übe's; Trent, Barstow ; Morning Star, Stevens; John Dickenson, Burns; and Sampson, Inlyer, from LiverpooL At Philadelphia, Richmond, Renegen, from Bourdeaux. At Demerara, Ellen, Ross; and Mercy, Fairclough, from Liverpool ; Der, Gray, from London; Unicorn, ; William Ashton, Hayn ; Agnes, Landells ; Guiana, 111' Arthur; Molly, Neil; and Venus, Remsby, from the Clyde. At Boston, Juno, Rich ; Missionary; Gould.; Floriday, —; Trident, Miller; Mercury, Nichol; and the Leonidas, Hatch, from Liverpool. The Duke of GLOUCESTER has arrived at Gloucester House. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. Captain Geoacie Wessman, General Harris, for St. Helena, Beneoolen, and China; Captain A. W. CAMPSZILL, Duke of York, for Bombay and China; Captain Joint Summon Berwidteldres for Bengal and China; and Captain Joan, Levy, A;tell, for China. DUTCH SHIP BUILDING.—The KING of the NETHER LANDS last month signed a resolution to encourage the building of ships, intended to trade to the East and West Indies. By the first article, every subject who shall build in a dock-yardof this kingdom, for his own account, a vessel of 300 tons or more, with sheathing of copper or zinc, and which shall be perfectly equipped to navigate in all seas, shall receive a bounty of 80 florins per ton. ALARMING RlOT.—During the time the Inquest was sitting in Peter-street, Saffron-hill, on the body of the child reported to have been starved by its mother, the street was rendered impassable from the crowd of per sons assembled to learn the decision of the Jury. As soon as the verdict a , Natural Death," was made known, a ;eneral exclamation of dissatisfaction burst forth ,amidst the assembled mob, and they prepared (by arm. ing themselves with rotten eggs, dead cats, and all manner of filth) to wreak their vengeance on the un happy mother. At the head of this mob a drunken Constable, named Webb, appeared, armed with his staff, who encoaraged the mob to acts of violence.— The Officers who had the woman in custody, conveyed her to the workhouse, in Coppice-row; but here the rabble became quite outrageoas, and threatened to break into the building. Ultimately the Police arrived, and secured Webb, who was yesterday committed by the Magistrates at llatton-garden, with directions that he must give 24 hours' notice of bail. CALEDONIAN CANAL.—Mr. TELFORD has arrived at Inverness on his periodical visit of inspection to the Ca ledonian Canal, and is now employed in making his sur vey through the several locks, accompanied by the office rs of the establishment: Since the re-opening of the Canal, on the 12th September, with a depth of 12 feet of water, not less than 95 vessels had passed through from sea to sea, and 84 had made shorter voyages, deliver ing or receiving cargoes at intermediate stations. ,It is intended that the process of lining the banks with clay shall be immediately resumed, so as, from the greater height of the lining, to 'prepare the sides of the canal for the admission and retention of 15 feet of water. To-morrow will be published, in Bvo. Ss. 6d. in French anif English, Memoir of the That of Rovigo, rotative to the Ortastropie of the Doke erbothint#.. Printed for HZ.NRI Comma?: and Co.,Conduivstreet. 711 E WILDER OP Ms. IFEARE. ' Phis MDSE atrocious deed still occupies the public at tention, to the exclusion of almost every other subject.' and the Most trivial circumstance connected with it is caught at with the greatest avidity. .1 Thum% Probert, and Hunt, are still kept in separate apartments in Hertford jail: they are heavily ironed, but net confined in cells. They have good apartments, the use of an airy space of the prison to move in, and each has two attendants, one of whom never quits him. The prisoners are neither allowed to see nut commnoi. cate with each other; they have permission to write and l receive letters, subject, of course, to examination. Pro ben heard from his wife on Monday, and expressed great satisfaction upon-the occasion : 1 :e was yesterday quite ignorant of her having been brought before the Magistrates. None of Thurtell's friend , Ii ive hitherto communicated with him, directly or indi: ectly. The demeanour of these prisoners, respectively, is calculated, if not to throw a light upon their share of guilt, at least to illustrate their tempers and character. Hunt is quite elated at the idea of beiag safe from persona) danger, in the capacity of a witness. Prober: appears in the deepest and mast unaffected distress at the ruin of his family, which he ascribes to his unfor tanate connexion with Thurtell; but h emphatically persists in declaring his innocence of any previous knowledge or concurrence in the murder, or even the slightest acquaintance with Mr. Werre. He admits that he had invited That-tell to his cottage, but did not. expect he would have been accompanied l'y any tithe? person. Hunt is equally earnest in his asseveration of innocence of the crime, and together with Probert de nies any knowledge of the dreadful occurrence until apprised of the murder by Thurtell himself, when (as has been Already stated) he solicited permission to con ceal the dead body in the pond of the cottage. Probert is most anxious to talk upon the subject, and repeats over and over again the statement he has already dis closed with every entreaty to receive credence for his Asseveration; he admits the receipt of the 61. on the night of the murder. but declares it to be in payment of a loan to John Thurtell, 51. of which he borrowed at the time and fdr the purpose from the landlord of the Coach and Horses. Prdbert's spirits are entirely broken, and yesterday they had evidently affected his bodily health. Thartell, on the contrary, maintains in general un shaken firmness; his health and appetite continue good; his manners are decorbus, and he eats, drinks, smokes his pipe, and, sleeps, with the apparent enjoyment of comfort. There is nothing in him of the bravo. He talks of his situation like a man who is perfectly sen sible of the peril in which he stands. He declares that in proper time he will establish his innocence; but when the particular conversation is introduced, he be comes evidently dejected, his features assume an agi tated expression, his eyes become half closed and sunk, he vainly endeavours to suppress a heaving sigh, and seizes the first instant, still without coarse abruptness, of changing the subject; and then, as if a weight were removed from his heart, his constitutional spirits and firmness of 'nerve return, and he will converse fluently and with seeming satisfaction upon any otfier subject to which he can recur: he, however, talks of his trial with calmness; and when asked yesterday whether he had not better hasten to avail himself of the assistance of Counsel; his reply was—J , I shall certainly do so in due time, lint if I write now, they are all too buiy to give speedy 'attention, for to-morrow will be the Arsolay of Term." He expreaied a great anxiety, within the last two days, to refresh his memory upon the faits deposed in evidence against him, and more particularly regard. ing the testimony of Hunt, giving as a motive' for his anxiety, the very natural reason, that upon these he must ground his defence. He was yesterday so intent upon making these preliminary arrangements, that he wrote a letter to the Coroner, requesting either a copy of Hunt's depositidn, or that the Coroner would do him the kindness of repairing tothe prison, and reading over the notes of Hunt's examination. Although upon the subject of his imputed guilt in the late horrid mur der, he continues incommunicative, he is yet loqua cious upon all the other events of his life, and eager , to disclose the source of his misfortunes, and pernici ous character of his associates. The dreadful spirit of gaming he avows, and names the associates with whom he practised it as well at the schemes and frauds with which they conducted their machipations —always with thetoo common but intolexible delusion of trying 'to disconnect himself personally from the atrocious acts of their fellowship, willing, natdrally enough, though contrary to the apparent stamp of his character, t o be considered mere as the dupe of their practices, than the participator of their designs and profits. Heis disposed to be very communicative upon such topics, and per haps his information may not be unworthy the serious considiration of the Secretary of State for the Home' Department, from the singular facts or statements which he makes, always saving as it were his own distance, by imputing them to others. It was stated in an Evening Paper oelast night that J Thurtell had written to a friend of his, in whose house be had lodged, requesting particular care to,be taken of an air-gun, and it was added that no such thing could be found. This is erroneous. -When Jahn Thurtell was apprehended, Ruthven found upon him three small bullets, or what are called buck-shot, which suited the, calibre of the pistol found in his pocket; but when asked about them, be denied that they belonged to, or were intended for the pistol, and said they were cast for an air-gun, which he had had for some time. He subse quently wrote the letter alluded to, requesting that care might be taken of it, which being intercepted, led to the finding of the deadly instrument. The letter was ad dressed to Mrs. Walker, a young woman who had lived at the Cock, in the Haytnarket, as bar-maid toT.Th —Upson (the officer) upon having this letter put into !xis hand, went to the Cock, where, in a. room occupied occasionally by John Thurtell, he found the au-gun and its apparatus. The un itself is in the shape of a common walking-stick. It is composed of metal cased with tin, and coloured so as to look like wood. There are.nobs upon it to resemble the knots which are seen upon certain descriptions of sticks. The top part of the stitk takes off, and the air-pump, which is separate from the rest, but so small, as to'go into the pocket, is fixed on in a moment, and the gun filled with air. The cali bre is very small, it being calculated only for a species of bullet very little la rger than swan-shot. The gun has been tried by the r, and found to be most per fect and effective in its operation. the room where it was found was a cupboard, the door of which was full of perforations; and no doubt had been made aearget by John Thurtell. L ' It is stated, that this .instnimen, wits purchased by . him for the express purpoae of _assassinating Mr. Barber Director to the County Fire Beaumont, the Managing Office, through whose exertions, chiefly, the bill of in ' tiletaresst was found against the Thurtells and others, fur conspiring to defraud that e s tabli s hment. Since the finding the air-gun, Bishop, the principal Officer of Bow-street, went to Mrs.Walkees, in Wind mill-street, where, in a clothes-trunk belonging to Job is Thane% he found a bayonet highly sharpened, which be brought away. On the night of Wednesday last, when John Thur. tell Ind Hunt were taken to Watford, their conduct was marked with extreme levity. The writer of this state ment was in the room with them at the Essex Arms be fore the investigation commenced, and they had scarcely been there half an hour when Joseph Hunt commenced singing.-:-.He sung one entire song, and detached verses . of several others, until checked by the Officers. T;; u. - tell smoked his pipe, and conversed with seeming case upon pugilistic subjects. lie was known among .his flash friends by thrr nick-name of " 011 Fiarel—He was always remarkably re-,erved and thotightfiri. Last night Mr. Tetsall, the landlord or the Coach and Horses, Conduit -street, was ap p rehended by Bishop, on a warrant, in which h.' was .charged as " an accessary in a certain felony and murder."—He was brought before Mr. HALLS, at Bov, - -street, and will be taken into Hertfordshire.—Bail was offered for him to any amount, but refused, Mr. HALLS observing, that the warrant was issued by the Magistrates of Hertfordshire, and merely backed by him, and he could not, therefore, do otherwise than send him down. A: the close of the examination of Mrs. Probert and Miss Noyes, yesterday, at Watford, those two females were committed to St. Alban's gaol. During the time that they were in custody and under examination, they were both much affected, and were with difficulty pre vailed upon to take any refreshment. Mrs. Probert is pretty little, plump, fair woman, about 2 years of age. Her sister, Miss Noyes, is mkt so good looking, and has lost the sight of her left eye. We stated yes terday that some important information had been ob tained by means of the examination. The Magistrates, acting upon the intelligence which they derived from • the inquiry, issued warrants for the apprehension of some persons in . London. The warrants were placed in the hands of Mr. Bishop, who arrived in town yester day morning to execute. them. If Bishdp should suc ceed in finding the individuals whom he is in search of, they will of course be conveyed to Watford to undergo an examination. It is not a little singular, that on the day on which Thurtell and Hunt perpetrated the murder of the unfor tunate Mr. WEArte, the father of the former bad been re-elected Mayor of Norwich, and the brother of the latter (who, we understand, possesses a very respecta ble character,) made his first appearance as ft/acheath in Dublin, on the evening of the same day. MUNIFICENT BEQUUT—The late Earl of BRIDCF e WATER has left by will sir thousand pounds per annum for ever, for the employment and improvement of the poor of the parish of Aihridge, Hertfordshire. Fine. Yesterday evening, about half-past nine o'clock, the neighbourhood of Bennet -street, Stamford. street, Blackfriars-road, was thrown into the utmost confusion, by the discovery of a fi.e in the workshops of Mr. ItUST, carpenter and builder, of the above street. It being known that Mr. RUST had a very large quan tity of building materials .on the premises, and the wind blowing treshly from the south, great fears were excited for the safety olthe adjoining houses; however, by the speedy arrival of the engines, and the exertions of the firemen, aided by a tolerably good supply of water, the flames were so far subdued by eleven o clock, as to put aside all fears fOr the safety of the adjacent premises. Our Readers may judge of the alarm natu rally excited, when we state that the.reflection was seen miles distant; and so late as half-past ten o'clock, per sons were seen running in every direction towards lilack friars bridge, which was nearly impassable. No lives were lost, nor did we hear of any accident. DURHAM, Nov. 3.—ln consequence of an explosion of foul air in a coal pit, called the Plain Pit, belonging to the Marquis of LorstroNneaßy, situate near Rainton, about five miles. from this city, a number of unfortunate persens have lost their lives. The accident took place this morning about five o'clock. There ale a great variety of rumours afloat respecting the number of per. sons employed in the pit at the time, but from the best information I have been able to acquire, I believe there were between 90 and 100; the whole of whom it is sui . posed have perished. At the time the la:est accounts left the scene of the catastrophe, nearly 40 bodies had Men brought up. Friday next, the Court of Commas Pleas will be moved for a new trial in the case of " Thurtell v. the County Fire-office." The Jury on that remarkable trial having, under the direction of Mr. Jastice PARK, given a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of Iris claim. The motion will be made by Serjeant TADDY. in consequence of a Commission of the Peace having been issued for the city of Edinburgh, appointing a number of the most respectable citizens to the office of the Peace, in addition to the acting Magistrates who hold such office ex-ojicio by charter, about twenty Gentlemen attended iu the Council Chamber on Monday week,and qualified in the usual manner to act us Justices. HARR HUNT EXTRAORDINARY. —On Saturday morning, a hare having entered the west gate of the Wet Docks, Leith, a most ludic Foos chace ensued.—The sailors, armed with handspikes, set up the halloo, and were soon joined by all the carters and porters abrut the docks, armed with their rack pins, mops, and what ever else came in the way. After a noble and gallant chace round part of the docks, her pursuers fast gain:ng ground, the animal .sought retuge by leaping into tre hold of the Dzdalus, where she was immediately se cured by Captain Mack. Yesterday being the anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowaer Plot, it was observed as usual, by the firing of the Paik and Tower guns at one o'clock. Cctoriea's INutizer.—An Inquisition was taken on Tuesday night, at the Duke of Wellington, Cannon street, St. George's in the East, on view of the boy of Elizabeth M.Qtrin, who was burnt to death while in a state of inebriation. Verdict—" Accidental Death." GAS.—We have often witnessed the effect of this beautiful light, nut only from the brilliant illumination of our streets, and the decorated chandeliers of our pub lic theatres and • other establishments, but even in pd vate houses, where occasional portable Gas hits been brought iputeffective action. Our astonishment, bo gr eyer, was never more .eissited than in 'witnessing, last evening, All exhibition of its powers, as novel in its 'sp. • plication as it was beautiful and unexpected.- Messrs. GRAHAM and Hxeitueuis's Keetish Town stage started from Holbocn. Saes about eight o'cinetr; a'itsittst the at elanustions of a large concourse of people, brilliant i il uminated by portable Oil (ias, on Mr.GORDON'e plan.