Star. — London, England, 1831-05-02 00:00:00

F. 1 I ; 1 I I~ ;~ t ! 1 , Ik it 1 '~ Ii the Parliament, when the effigy of Admiral Sotberon, the late county member (who voted along with the boroughmongers,) was placed on al pole and carried round the town, and was a tennuts shot at, then partly burnt, and thrown into the river Leen, to drinks health to his learned friend Sir E. Sugden ! At a public meeting in Nottingham to agree on an address to the King for dissolving the Parliament. Mr. Thomas Bailey, in moving one of the resolutions, spoke in the following eloquent strain t—ls there an individual upon earth whose feelings are to be envied by the patriot and the philanthropist, it is Earl Grey—whose life devoted to his coun try's weal, through an ardent, active, and consistent course, has sur rounded his name with a steady, unabated, and unextinguishable blase of glory, which is incomparable in its lustre, by that which adorns any other British statesman. Need I then ask the men of Nottingham If they arc willing to commit the presentation of the address just voted to their patriotic monarch, to such bands ? I need not. (Cheers.) I know that every bosom before tue is now swelling with exultation at the opportunity thus afforded to him to sbew his respect to the illustrious premier, whose talents and whore principles have originated As greet measure of parliamentary reform now before the country. Engllshoss, a crisis has arrived in theaffairs of our beloved country which demands a vigorous exercise of the intelligence and patriotism of all its dtisens to bring to a beneficial result. The elements of British society are every where in commotion ; power is oppened to principle—light is In con flict with darkness—opinions mmWd by an age of universal know ledge are struggling against precedents drawn from periods of general ignorance and barbarism--the bmdienable rights of social man are poised against rolls of musty prescriptive privileges, whose sanctions are tape, and wax, and black letter: " And the balance yet trembles with fate." (Loud cheers.) No wonder that you are so sensibly alive at this moment to all which concerns this momentous question. Not to feel an extraordinary degree of sensitiveness at this important conjuncture of British affairs—not to be susceptible of the most intense anxiety upon the success or failure of what so much concerns the public weal and so much affects the public interests, as the great plan of parks. mentary reform brought forward by Earl Grey's administration, would be to commit suicide on your own characters...would be to turn traitors to your own profession—would be to casts stigma and reproach on your own fathers, who were among the tint men in the kingdom to take up this great question, and who now for a century have contended for it against power in every form and under every name, with an un flinching pertinacity which has no parallel among the provincial towns of the empire. (Cheers.) Could ft then be expected, that whilst all the rest of the country is in motion—whilst one vast simultaneous exhibition of moral means for the accom plishment of this great work of our social improvement is taking place in every county and city of the empire, that the men of Nottingham can be silent ?—that the sons of the earliest re formers will remain inactive ? No. The country is now doing its duty; we have long done ours, even when alone and unsup ported. (Cheers.) General Sir R. C. Ferguson stated that at the time of dissolution, he (Gen. F.) was in London, and observed the universal enthusiasm in favour of his Majesty; never was a King so well received by his sub• jects, and never was there a Ring who so well deserved it. Not only his own subjects, but all foreigners concurred In the feeling. Mr. M'Lean, the American ambassador, himself a staunch republican, said that he never should have envied any monarch in the world, but he did envy the situation of Ring William the Fourth on that day. (Cheers.) ~MAItJIED=Mr. Elijah Hudson, to Miss Marta Smith.—At Gil. motion, Henry H. Hewitt, Esq. of Litchfield, to Sophia, eldest daugh ter of the Rev. D. J. Burdett. DlED—Mary, the wife of Mr. J. Nixon, Hounds-gate, aged 52 Mr. Wm. Broughton, only son of Mr. Broughton, Leenside.—Aged 41, Miss Charlotte Jackson, daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Jack. son, of Eastland House.—At New Buford, 33, Mr. James Robin. son, of the firm of Robinson and Widdowson.—At 'Worksop, Alm. Allinson, relict of Nathaniel Allinson, Esq. M. D. and sister of the late Richard Hird, Esq. of Bradford.—At Loughborough, Mr. Joseph Twells, aged 40; and on Tuesday, Hannah, wife of the said Joseph Twells, aged 33.—Aged 74, Mrs. Sikes, of the London Road, Lei. eester.—At Repton, Derbyshire, Thomas Walton, Esq. 85.—Joseph Stables, aged 71—At Whitworth, aged 48, Mr. William Mears, comedian. In per Ih. 5d.--Weigh-house Bhop.—Butter, per lb. Is to ; salt ditto, per cwt. 84a to 00$; ditto, per lb. 124 to Ild ; cheese, Dunlop. per cwt. 40s to 50, ; common, 991 ; eggs, per dozen, 7d. Wheat straw, 9s 6d to Os ; oat straw, 8s 6d to Os ; and barley straw, from 7s. to 7s 64 per kemple. Hay, is 9d per stone trots. FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, APRIL 28. Since our last, lands on several farms, in the neighbourhood of Bruff and Crean, have been turned op.—Limerick Evening Post. Between two and three hundred of the tenantry on the estate of R. W. Hartopp, Ifsq. of Inch St. Lawrence, county Limerick, were en gaged on Monday in turning down the sods in a large field which was dug up on Thursday last at Cahenelly, the property of Mr. Hannan.—lb. On Friday night the pews and forms were broken in the chapel of Clue. For this sacrilegious outrage we have not heard any reason.—lb. Monday night a large quantity of land was dug up in the neighbour. hood of Quitpool.-16. A pedlar, named Lyons, was robbed between Corofin and Ennis, on Friday, of 11. sa. 64.—/b. The Terry Alta, having turned up Mr. Going's ground at Kilian, are now tilling it--lb. The Terry Alta have forcibly taken possession of a large quantity of land at Knocklara, barony of Tulle, the property of Matthew Redden, Esq.—lb. Guns have been taken from several houses in the neighbourhood of Kikush this week.—/b. It is rumoured, but we have it from no very authentic source, that the steward of Mr. Scott, of Caber:son, was on Monday night carded to death.—/b. .41ARRIED...-Daniel Moslems, Esq. of Magbarakeel, to Sarah, third daughter of Mr. William Allen, of Grange, county Sligo.—Mr. Joseph biTiuskey, to Teresa, daughter of the late W. Rice, Esq. of Hcnry -street. LAW REPORTS COURT OF CHANCERY, SATURDAY, APRIL 30. TATHAM T. WRIGHT. The argument on the part of the defendant being concluded, Sir James Scarlett replied, The Judges then rose at one o'clock, and it was arginged that counsel should be heard on either side on the equitable points of the case at a future day. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, WESTMINITZII4P L AIL 90. The Court heard the argument of counsel In the V. Saville," and' several other cases from the crown paper ; after w ch, at two o'clock, their Lordships were to meet the other Judges in the Exche quer Chamber. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 30. Nothing of any general interest occurred in this Court to-day. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 30. William Jackson, described as late of Rochford, Essex, auctioneer, estate, and house agent, trading under the firm of pack:ion and Soo, was opposed by Jr. Wool:mores, on behalf of Mr. Gerrard, batter, of Cornhill, the holder of a bill of exchange. Mr. Courts defended the insolvent. In the course of a long and rigid examination, the Insolvent stated that he had formerly been a banker at Chelmsford ; he became a bank rupt in 1827, and shortly afterwards obtained his certificate. On his second marriage, which took place in 1819, he settled a thousand pounds on his son, then a mere boy, with whom he had lately been in partner ship. Un der that settlement trustees were appointed, and when he failed they purchased for 2801. of the above sum his business as en auctioneer and estate agent, which he had since carried on in conjunc tion with his eon. He had paid his former creditors considerable sums of money, not as an inducement to sign his certificate, but to maintain his respectability, as he was extensively employed in Essex as an estate agent. He was arrested on the 7th of January by a young gentleman named Leek, who, he said, had " no home," for a sum of 381. a balance due on the sale of an estate while he was a minor. The detaining cre ditor held a check on an accountant in Fenchurch-street, named White, with whom be had considerable dealings in accommodation bills. —lie swore - the arrest was a hostile one, and that immediately ' afterwards he gave a warrant of attorney to his son, professedly to prevent the opposing creditor, who had obtained a verdict from seising the whole of his property under his execution.— The property had been sold by the officers of the Court, and realized, after deducting the expenses, 1301. for the general benefit of the credi tors. The insolvent was next examined with s view to show that he had vexatiously pleaded to the action brought against him by Mr. Gerrard, but it was proved that his son had on Friday paid the attorney 151. as the extra costs of the action. _ . Mr. Cooke said, he had heard nothing of such payment, but the at torney not being present with the proceedings, he considered as conclu sive that the payment had been made. The Court, after a further investigation of the case, declared the in solvent entitled to the benefit of the act, but delayed the discharge until the service on his creditors were perfected. Isaac Datil, the pugilist, was opposed by Mr. CasswELL ou be half of Messrs. Hodges, the distillers. Messrs. COOTS and WOOD. norrz supported the insolvent. The inquiry was chiefly directed to the authenticity of the balance sheets, from which it appeared that the insolvent had lost a considera ble sum of money, by the sale of his public house, the Black Bull. in St. John-street, Smithfield, owing to the passing of the Beer Bill. He had, be stated, lost little money of his own in prize-fights, but a great deal of money in the payment of costs to attomies, for defending him in eases of assault, and, had paid a surgeon 1001. for medicines acid at tendance within the last year. Mr. Casswitm. contended, that the balance-sheets were fallacious. He said, the creditors believed the Insolvent had lost his money in a way very different to that he had stated. The CHIEF Commissionta said, he apprehended it was not extra ordinary for a prise-fighter to get into law and require medicine. (A laugh.) With respect to the beer bill, he could not help observing, that that measure was now =dr a " stalking horse" by every licensed victualler. Mr. CooKE said, it could not, however, be denied, that is bad caused considerable deprecation in the value of public-houses. The accounts were ordered to be amended, and the insolvent was ul timately discharged. POLICE REPORTS. Bow.irritEET.--W. Wright, a constable of the parish of Chiswick, accompanied by a policeman named Church, of T. division, brought be fore Mr. HALLS a decent young female named Sarah Shelton, whom they charged with the murder of a child. Mr. HALLS directed the person who intended to act as prosecutor, to step forward. Wright replied that there was no prosecutor. Mr. Hama asked who then was it that was to make the charge Wright exclaimed that an inquest had been held on the body of the infant alluded to, which had been found in a privy, at Chiswick, and the verdict returned by the jury was, " that they (the jury) found that the female child discovered in the privy was born alive, and that they suspected that Sarah Shelton, the mother, had placed it there." Mr. BALLS expressed much surprise at the terms of the verdict, and inquired who the coroner was. Wright replied, Mr. Stirling. ItIr.11•11.• wondered that Mr Stirling should have received such a verdict. Wright observed that Mr. Stirling wished for a verdict of murder, but the jury would not agree to any other verdict. Four persona here stepped, but each of them declined to make any charge against the young woman, and Wright explained that be had that morning lodged the young woman at the police station at Turnham Green, by order of the churchwardens and overseers of Chiswick. Mr. HALLS inquired the reason the prisoner had not bean taken at once before the Magistrates at Hammersmith. The policeman replied that the inspector had directed him to bring her to that office. kir. HALLS thought that the young woman ought not to he detained under such circumstances ; she had a clear right of action against all parties concerned in her detention. The young woman's aunt here came forward, and assured the Biagi& trates that her niece was then seven months advanced in her pregnancy, and that the child alluded to could not therelbre be hers. Mr. HALLS dismissed the case, observing, that if a premature la bour' with loss of life, should ensue, the parties conce rn ed in the trans. action would all stand in a serious situatioa. The young woman, who was greatly affected, with the other parties, then left the office. Lamarrn.srarzT..--Soeute/ Drake, who has been several weeks in custody on the charge of having murdered his mother, Mrs. Markham, was again brought before the magietitaess. He was dressed in a suit of mourning. IVo additional evidence was pro. ducal to support the charge. A woman, aimed Potter, who keeps a beer shop nigh to where the deceased resided, said, in answer to a question put by the prisoner, that she hail never heard the de ceased complain of the co nduct of any of her children. The mother of the boy Robert Birch, who, it will be recollected, swore that be saw the prisoner and another man standing at the door of the deceased on the Sunday night before the murder, and heard him state he could get into the house by the Black Ditch, was asked by the prison.r who it was that her son Robert was bound to appear against at the ($d Bailey, and she replied that it was another son of her s by a Siemer husband. A sicken stated, that when he saw the prisoner at the dieW's house, he was making a noise, and affected to cry, but not a tear followed. Dexter, in a passionate tone, said, " That illiberal =mark had beim made before, and I think worse of it than all the *video's against ma." Then, turning to Mr. Drew, an Inspector, be excleimed, " Yen have made that illiberal remark. I may forgiv e, but so help ass Heave, I'll never theist it towards you —no, never. " The vitle s having condoled. the Magistrates said they Mt it thtdr duty is arsenic the tsirfee trial. Dexter said be was anxious to talcs his WO, as he o r doubt of a triumphant acquittal The charge tipist MN was a base conspiracy, and on the trial he would oblige tag Wilma to maw that which they wished to conceal. ~. • BIRTH. CORN-EXCHANI Wheat,new,Kent, Rasta 74. 76. Old . —. —s Suffolk. (White) . 72. 78. &Soft (R , 60. 70s Rye . 30.34. Barley, 36. 40s ..Fine 42s 48. Peas, White . 40. 428 Boilers . . 4b. •tar Wheat, English (qrs.) - 2,672 1 Irhh - - . Foreign - - . 28,824 Barley, Buglish - -, 1,301 Irish - - . —... 0 '....V,7 , 777.7. 7'77 77, "iii MURDER IN JUSTIN-STREET, NEW-CUT. On Thursday night the inhabitants of Justin-street, Hooper-sircet, New-cut, were thrown into the utmost alarm, in consequence of an un. fortunate female having been murdered at No. 5, in the above street. The circumstances of this cue will be best unientood by the evidenc e given before the Coroner. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday afternoon, an lemdeition as taken before Richard Carter, Esq. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, M the Fans-house, pub. lie-house, Hooper-street, Westmhsstirateed, Ow if the body 0 Ann Williams, who was murdered en memdog. The Jury viewed the body, which was lying In the sem rides in which it wa s found—partly naked, and lying spot a wretched bed. The sight side of the head was much beaten end Wised, and the neeltand throat ex hibited marks of strangulation. Margaret Evans, wife of John Even. of Na 5, John's-place, Justin. street, stated that she bad known the deceased for about site week,. She went by the name of Robinson, bet she had heard that she was a widow, and that her real name was Williams; she we. then an oh , fortunate woman. On Thursday morning, between one and two o'clock, she on re t urn i ng hone hem seeing the illuminations, a n d met the deceased near the Tower Tap, in Tower-street, Westminster. road ; she was walking with a man dressed very shabbily, short and stout, who walked lame with the right leg—they were pro ce edin g towards Justin-street- _ _ Richard Holme, residing at No. 7, Harper-street, baker, nett,' that he had known the deceased for eight or ten years by the Lune of Robinson. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday night be heard the deceased talking to some man near her house, who ac- cused her of causing him some injury. About half:past two o'clock in the morning, he heard a violent screaming in the dint. don of her house. _ _ _ _ _ Ann Wilson stated that she had known the deceased for some year She was a widow, and she told her that her husband was an engineer. She obtained her living in the streets. About two months ago she told her theta man named Pratt, a journeyman saddler, accompanied her home to her lodgings, and whilst there he behaved very cruelly to her, and pulled out a knife, with which be threatened her life. F. Handles, of Justin-street, opposite to the deceased, stated that on Thursday morning, between the hours of two and three o'clock, herself and husband were preming to go to bed, when she beard the deceased scream out " murder ', ' and immediately after she called " Police, po llee, i shall be murdered ;" She remarked to her husband, " there is Robinson crying murder," when he desired her to go to bed. She after wards said, " Don't murder me, my dear, and I will be a good girl,* which she repeated. She at this time was looking out at the window, but could not see any person moving in the room, the curtains wer e drawn close, but there was a light in the _room. he heard no person's voice but that of the deceased. Mr. James Cooke, surgeon, stated it as his opinion that the dea t h o f the deceased was ca used by violent strangulation. Here Mr. N. Brown, one of the jurors, said that the unfortunate wo man dealt at his shop, and only a few days before her death site had told him and his wife that she expected to be murdered one of these nights, as her life had been threatened by a man who complained of having been ill-used by her. Wm. Griffin a neighbour, said that be, at the request of several peo ple, got in at t he window and found the deceased lying at the foot of the bed. There was a violent bruise upon her cheek, and there were many scratches and discolourations upon her throat, apparently caused by the hand of some person. The room was in great disorder, the bed clothes were thrown about the room, and the pillows and bolsters were turned over as if to look underneath them. He missed her clothes from the room where she was lying, and upon going down mini, be found them rolled up in a bed-quilt, and lying near the door. By a juror. He had been called one night some time ago to her protection against an officer in the army, who had accompanied her home, and who had threatened to murder her. A juror inquired if there had not been a man apprehended on the charge of the murder ? Mr. Dowling replied in the affirmative. He had been taken to Queen. square, but Margaret Evans distinctly proved that he was not the man, and he was therefore set at liberty. There being no further evidence, the jury returned a 'raffia, that the deceased was es Wilfully murdered, by some person or persons un. known." The reason why the French are opposed to the selection of Leopold, " the candidate for all the vacant thrones," for Belgium, is obvious. In the first place, they argue, that by one of the protocols of the allied powers, those powers mutually agree to exclude each other from the sovereignty; and if that principle is to be violated at all, it is France, who, in every respect, is the natural ally and protector of Belgium. In the next place, the Prince of Saxe Cobourg on the throne of Belgium—say they—would be equivalent to the establishment of an English fleet in the Scheldt, or an English garrison in the fortresses of the northern frontiers. An intelligent political writer in Paris, speaking of an recent dissolution, says, " the great measure of the disso lution of the English Parliament is the most memorable since the establishment of the great Charter. The prompt and resolute step of the King of England has displayed a firmness of character, which he was far from being supposed to possess. The contest is now seriously commenced be tween the arrogant and obstinate aristocracy of England, and the royal power, supported by the nation, Every appeal was made by the opponents of the bill to the passions and interests of the people, who only laughed at their impotent rage; and, while the aristocracy offered this disgraceful spectacle, the body of the people flocked to the House, to hear from the lips of the King, that the scandalous reign of venality and corruption had aroused the indignation of Eng land, and was - about to be terminated" —we hope for ever. The 30th nit. in Hatton-garden, Mts./ Henry Wakefield, of . a daughter. MARRIED. Saturday, at Hammersmith, A. Walford. Esq. of Bolton.atreet, Pis. cadilly, to Eleanor, only daughter of the late J. Carr. Eq. of Enfield. —The 30th ult. at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Mr. W. H. Hobbs, of St. George's.in.the.East, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr. T. Lam. ridge.—The 30th ult. at St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, T. Lott, jun. Esq. of Bost.lime, City, to Jane Carolina, only child of E. Darby, Esq. of Dad, Kent. The Ist inst. at Bartholotnew.eiose, Kentish Town, in tim34th year of her age, Aurelia, wife of Mr. Gardner, of the Inr.er Temple—Wed nesday last, Margaret, the infant daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wilton—the Ist inst. at his house in Upper Montagu -street, BUR/a -ll square, F. W. Sanders, Eaq. of Lincoln's-inn, barrister, aged 62—the 30th ult. Mr. C. H.Swans, of Dorset-street, Fleet-street, aged 22—the 28th ult. at his house in Great Quebec-street, B. Keeling, Esq. late of the island of Antigua, aged 64—the 26th ult. at his house, Alfred. Ow, Bedford-square, J. Bennett, Esq. Professor of Anatomy in the Unit Leahy of Loodon—the 29th ult. and on the eve of her third year. Am.l 4 s, ninth child of M. A. de Fairs, Brazilian Consui-Oeseral•— Tht. 29th ult. in Craven.street. &rand. itisr-AdmiralGeo7Sryer, in the 68tb year of his age.—The 30th ult. in Lover Connaught-oam in his 76th year, Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham, late inspector of Naval Works. and Civil Arddlect ind Eogineer:of the Navy. .E-THIS DAY. Peas, Grey • MI 101 Beans, Small . . 404 121 Tick • . Us Ws Oats, Potato. . 269 31* Poland . Us 37. Feed . . 1! 1* Flour, per saelt, . . 00. 60+ Rapeseed . 1.16 £3B per last PALL Barley, Foreign . . 10,833 Oats, Wish . 5,504 Trish . 7•2 63 Foreign . 10.370 English Flour (sack.) 6,12 t: BMITHFIRLD.-THIS DAY. CAMS 417 1111AllEIT Beasts, 2,96l—Seep, 13,280—Plis,100—Calves, 130. Beef ........ 34 104 to le 64 Pork Od wB. 04 Motto* .... N 4d be 4.1 Lamb .. 6. Od 7e 04 ...... 44 84 bs Od Hay (per load), AO 10s. to 24 Os. Clover, i 3 lbs. to 23 10►. Straw, 21 13s. to ieg 1116. COA4EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. Ships salved during last month the week llsaW= sags Newcastle, & Sunderland Coals.. 29 s e 26s s a 04 35s Oa Liaise Ships at blacker, Mg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning Ss. 481 s. I Afternoon —.— --- LONDON 2 Printed and l'ubliabed by JON, ILLYNE. at the SW^ Orricr, No. 1, Picket-place, Temple Bar. . ... .- , w , .- . . 4 . 1 -• " . - , 54 , 4 I ' 4 • Mc nil nt • -4. ~,,yi.i, *;•.... t . 4 t . \ --i. t 'I. ~ e , 1 •P, -1, ...• 4, b * • luai 'ANORAMA OF THE BRITISH m th em eP t t h r: l 7;: t r a t,'e g t g a k EAI1)I R E. pale and the curled round the toin - burnt- and thrown into rive F BRIGHTON HERALD, APRIL 30. A declaration has this week been put forth in the Lenore Journal, to which about one hui.dred names are attached, including those of Lords Gage, Sheffield, Liverpool. &c, in which the subscribers declare them. selves dissentient from the prayer of the petition agreed on at the late County Reform Meeting at Lewes. We leave these gentlemen to de. title t,a the policy of this step • but an old agricultural friend, with whom we have this week conve rsed on the subject,said he thought that, under present ci-cunistances, it would have been quite as well if they Lad continued silent We last week noticed that a fire had taken place on Mr.: Jenner's I , i-enlists. at Keymcr, which, there is no doubt, was wilfully occasioned. I: it row our painful duty to state that on Sunday night last a barn. at Hurst. containing a considerable quantity of wheat in the straw, the property of W. Borer, Esq. was consumed, and no doubt exists hut that it was the work of an Incendiary. hir local commissioners have determined on borrowing a further sum of 20,0001. to be applied in carrying on the various public improve. tut nts row in progress. The new shingle wall, now erecting for the purpose of widening the !ewe, end of the Marine-parade, from the Steyne to the nstern 11. heilse, is now nearly completed, being level with the road nearly to: Off end of the line. Blocks of Portland stone are now laying down on whirl' to fix the fence, and the workmen are lowering the hill, by iiich the ascent will be rendered much easier. Mr. Laidlaw. the proprietor of the Panoramas in Church-lane, the scenery of which will be shortly exchanged for some grand military battle pieces. has this week received from London a miniature steam. carriage, of elegant construction, and capable of carrying two or three persons. Lewes Corn Markets...-Oats, 11. 68. to 11. Bs. 6d. per quarter Tuesday, April 26.--Wheat (white), 31. lbs. to 41.2 s ; ditto (mixed), 31. Bs. to 31; lfis ; ditto (red), 31. 12s to 31. lbs ; Barley, 11. fn. to 21. 2s • Oats, 11. 7s to 11. 10s ; Beans, 11. lbs. to 11 . 16 $ . per quarter ; Oil Cake, 121. per thousand. Chichester Corn Market.—lnspector's return ;—Wheat, 67s 61d; Barley, 44s lid ; Oats, 255. 111 d • Beans, 425. 71d . per quarter. AfARRIED.—At Brighton, dr. Henry Ferrell, to Miss Susannah Lashmar, of Shelley's Folly, Heaney. DlED—Suddenly, 73, the Right Hon. Edward Garth Tumour, Earl of Winterton; and on Monday morning, at Shillinglee Park, near Petworth, Harriet, Countess of Winterton, surviving his lordship only two days. His lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Tumour. 'SHEFFIELD COURANT, APRIL 29. Mr. William Turner of Charlotte-street, who, on some frivolous pre. tence, was put for a night into one of those miserable lock-ups for debtors, which disgrace every town, gives of it the following picture : It has very lately been my lot, from a combination of the vilest trea chery and the basest ingratitude, to pass 48 hours In the Debtors, Prison in Scotland-street. I had no more intimation or apprehension of any course of law being in operation easing me than any Individual who may read my story, consequently it was out of my power to make a more speedy compromise of the evil. A bed was assigned to me in a kennel such as no criminal of any degree is doomed in any other prison of this land to occupy. I will spare the disgusting detail, hut no conception can go beyond the filthiness of the place. I know men liable as myself to the trial, who would have died or gone distracted ur,tltt it. Morning, however, found me unscathed and undaunted, and ready to forget my own indignities in the contemplation of more savage injustice. It is, no doubt, highly necessary and proper that there should be stated times for the wives and friends of prisoners to have access to them, as also a limit to the stay they may conveniently make in the jail, but there is no clock within sight or hearing to regulate this arrangement.— In consequence, I round four or five poor women in tears because they were denied egress, having overstaid the time allowed.— It turned out that they had actually been admitted after the period when they ought to have returned, and some accident having ap. prised the porter of the actual time of the day, he was detaining them to the next time of unlocking the door, (above an hour) whilst their home duties were suspended, and their children perhaps on fire. I argued first to procure their liberty, and then so far forgot myself as to demand that the door should be opened, and, strange to say, the latter effort succeeded. It was at this moment that I conceived the thought of what lam now fulfilling. I believe I pledged myself to do it, and I can aver with truth that all selfish consideration was just then dormant in me. I have seen the regulations and economy of several prisons, and the degree of authority that jailers generally hold over debtors and felons. I was lately residing in a county town where the son of the prison governor was near forfeiting his own and his father's situation by conniving at a quart of spirits being brought Into the debtor's room. In Scotland-street their is no restraint or con trol over any excess, no subordination or discipline but that of bolts and hers. The miserably degraded inmates hoot, and brawl, and sing indecent ribaldry, curse, swear, and blaspheme, as they think fit, and if they are not perpetually drunk, it is only because they have not the means to ray for liquor, or, in a few instances it may be hoped, have better inclinations. Two men at least were in a state of beastly intoxication the whole time I was present. After my twenty. four hours' quarantine, I was promoted to What would have been my settled destination if I had continued in this nethermost hell—a forlorn garret, twelve feet by ten, in which I found a real gentleman in intel. lest and cultivation, who I fear is destined to remain there during the term of summer. He stated that he too was the victim of oppression, and had no previous notice of the fate that awaited him. In his cause I plead for some amelioration of the sickening lot to which he already Is, and to which future hundreds may be subjected. The squalid den that he occupies contains a wretched bed which we were both ordained to share, but we had both long since decidedly resolved not to con. nive at such an outrage on the decencies of existence. This abomina tion alone, Sir, is in itself an iniquity that cries to every feeling of de cency and civilization for redress, and must be attended to. The place admits of and affords the means of an easy remedy for these intolera ble nuisances. Let others deliberate whether the term be not strictly applicable to the thing altogether." His Grace the Duke of Norfolk has subscribed 1001. towards the funds for erecting a Philosophical Hall in this town. The trial of Hynes, who robbed the Trades Association, took place at Manchester, on Friday. when the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. He was afterwards sentenced to one year's imprisonment in Lancaster Castle. EXECUTTON.—On Saturday, Charles Turner and James Twibell, were executed at York, pursuant to their sentence at the late Assizes, for robbing and barbarously maltreating Jonathan Habershon, on the King's highway between Sheffield and the Intake on the sth of October lest. The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers having hung the usual time were cut down snd given to theit friends for interment. (In Sonday the new church dedicated to St. George. and situated on the London road, in this town, was opened for divine service. The church is not yet completed ; the style is gothic, with very little orna ment ; the internal arr..ngements arc admit-Ale ; it is capable of con wining about eleven hundred persons,. It has evidently been the oh. jest of the architect, Sir. Joseph Elotham, formerly of Sheffield, but no. of this place, to secure the utmost accommodation at the least pos sible expence, at tie same time retaining all the leading features of places of warship. The cost cannot be equal to two thirds of what has on the average, been expended on government cUurches to occur, rue same number ot' eittings.--Derby Mercury. MARRIED—John Moser, Esq. of Hodroyd Hall, to Ann, relict of theists Mr. Wm. Bradley, of Barnsley.-111r. John Wade, of Shef field, to Charlotte, daughter of the late Mr. Alderman Bailey, of East Retford.—Mr. Clifton, of the Spread Eagle, High-street, Sheffield, to Miss Yellcott, of Wedsley—The Honourable Richard Pepper Arden, to the Lady Arabella Vane, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Cleveland. DIED—At Chesterfield, Mr. Samuel Towndrow, aged 58.—John Parsyde Watson, Dig. of Bilton-park, near Knarea botough. As an amateur performer, on the Violoncello, be was inferior only to Lindley. NOTTINGHAM REVIEW, Arßiz 29. At a general meeting of the subscribers, Wm. Wilson, Esq. mayor, in the chair, the committee of the Lancasterlan Scheel reported, that they had called a general meeting of its subscribers and friends, for the purpose of laying before them a statement of the accounts, and with an endeavour to give an additional stimulus to the institution which 1611 1 prevent it from falling into decay. The annual subscriptions are due l at Al ichaelinas, but the collection of them has fallen into anew, and those due in 1830 will tequire to be iminediately collected, as the state ment of accounts will show a balance due last year to the Treasurer of 321.35. 7d. which is now increased by payments for the present year to, 1001. Gs. Bd. The subscriptions to pay for the repairs of the building, occasioned by the fall of the rock, and towards the liquidation of the debt due to the Treasurer, amounts to 1101 16s. Gd. and the expense, incurred amounts to 1001. 45. leaving a balance in the Treasurer's hands of 101.25. 6d. and a further sum of'LL his. not yet paid. The number of boys attending the school at the present time is 202, and the average attendance only about 140. It has afforded the committee pleasure to and, by an examination, that taking their ages into consideration, their improvement has been satisfactoty. A few weeks ago, we noticed the circumstance of a person named Shipley, having decamped to America, taking with him a considerable NUM of money (we have heard more than 10001.) belonging to his can. ployer, a respectable hosier of Leicester. Within the last month, two other instances of similar roguery on the part of inhabitants of Leicester have taken place ; one, a tailor and lace manufacturer, who is said to have added the offence of forgery to that of leaving his creditors in the lu: ch ; the other a commission hosier, who compounded with his we ditsrs several years ago, and subsequently carried on a considerable Ind.'. The latter has, of late, had a warehouse in the metropolis, and contrived to dispose of vast quantities of goods, with the produce of which he has left the country. A banker and worsted spinner are losers by him to the amount of six or seven hundred pounds each. On 111 'tidal , evening. some of the inhabitants of Buford, near this tout:, ill.minated diets Louses, on account of his Majesty's dissolving NORTHAMPTON MERCURY, APRIL 30. The Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the Reverend Richard Veven, B.D. to the Rectory of Kettering, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Watson. CADIBIUDGE.—The following gentlemen of Trinity College were elected Scholars of that Society s—West, Ellis, Chapman, Dobson, Hawtvey. Webster, O. Williams, Morrison, Hankinson, Lyd , leker, Boteler, J. H. Brown, C. J. F. Bunbury, E. H. Bunbury, Kempely, and Fowler. Westminster Scholars—Latimer, Eales, and Wrottesley. OXFORD.—Wednesday, being the fi rst day of Easter Term, the fo ll . lowing degrees were conferred a—Bachelor of Divinity—John Ball, Fellow of St. John's College. Masters of Arts—The Rev. R. Oren. sine, of University College; Brisco Owen, of Jesus College; Clement Oreswell, Fellow of Oriel College ; and Thomas Bush Saunders, of Wadhean College. Bachelor of Arts—Charles James Tottenham, of Baliol Collette. Luaus NATUIti—A cow belonging to Mr. Dibble, of Chisel. borough, near Crewkerne, recently produced a calf which had but three legs; the two front legs were shorter than usual. and tapered down from the body into integuments ; the hind legs sprung from the loins as usual, but a short way down united again into one disjointed limb, and terminated in a crooked horny claw. 2110 head of this remarkable ani. mal was shaped much like a bulldog, with eye.holes in the skin ; the eyes themselves protruding through a alit like cut is the forehead. The tail issued from the end of the spine as in ordinary eases, but afterwards joined the ham and united with it, and was lost. The animal, although calved alive, existed only a few minutes.— Bath Herald. Few of our readers, we imagine, can have any idea of the enormous quantity of eggs which pass through this town on their way from the Continent to London. The year before last no less a sum than 9,0001. was received at the Custom-house for duty on eggs imported from thence, the duty being at the rate of 10d. for the long hundred (six score). — The number must therefore have been 25,920,000. Large quantities are also imported from Ireland, 51 tons 15 cwt. of eggs having arrived at Liverpool in the Queen Adelaide steamer lately, from that country, This cargo was valued at from 1,000:. to 1.2001. The French eggs now sell for six shillings the hundred (six score) wholesale price.— ' Portnnouth Herald. MARRIED—At Olney, Mr. R. Gram, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Aspray, surgeon. DIED.—At Liddlard, Wm. Oakes, Blount, Esq. CALEDONIAN MERCURY, APIL 23. The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh have issued the following proclamation " Whereas the streets of this city have of late been much crowded by a tumultuous assemblage of persona, and, from the riotous conduct resorted to by them, the public have been kept in a constant state of alarm, the Lord Provost and Magistrates being ready. ed to prevent a repetition of such proceedings, have made arrangements accordingly ; anti they do hereby strictly prohibit and discharge all per sons from assembling in crowds on the streets, and earnestly recommend to heads of families and masters, to take every proper measure to pre- I vent those under their charge from transgressing these orders ; certify ing to all persons, that they will be responsible for any miachief which may follow in consequence of their disregarding this recommendation, lan d to all apprentices, that if any_of them be convicted of riotous and disorderly conduct, they will be prevented from obtaining the Freedom of the City. o The undersigned (no respectable inbabitart%), request a rt*iie meeting of the inhabitants of Ediuiturgh, within the Chapel, East kr.: Street, on Saturday first, at one o'clock, to consider the propriety t presenting a loyal and dutiful address to his Majesty, on the laic firm and wise exercise of the royal prerogative in the dissolution of Parlia ment ; and also :for the purpose of expressing to the Right Hon. the Lord Provost, the Magistrates, and Council of the r 1 y of Edinburgh, our respectful, but earnest desire. that, in the exercise of their elective power, the representation of the city should be conferred on our dis tinguished townsman, the Right Hon. Francis Jeffrey, Lord Advocate of Scotland. In Scotland, as the voice of the people can only be made to tell in a very limited degree, the same effect cannot be expected as in the sister kingdoms; but wherever that voice has been attended to previously, and where it has any means of making itself be heard, we are sure that no ground will be lost, and the reformers must console themselves with the reflexion, that what Is wanting in the north, will be amply made up in the south. The 10th of May is fixed for the election of a member for the county of Edinburgh. We understand that the Sheriff of Stirlinphire, has fixed Wed nesday, the eleventh day of May, for the election of a Member for that County. MARRIED.—The Rev. E. Miller, A.M. to Mary, third daughter of the late John Wilson, Esq. of Tranay. DIED...-Mrs. Elisabeth Allan, relict of the Rev. William Donald .oll, late of Ballanine—Janies Wylie, Esq. of Annatfield, W.S. Edinburgh Corn Market, April 27.—We had a small supply of all kinds of grain to-day, except barley. Wheat up 6s on the top, and 2s on the overage. Barley down Os on the top, and 4s on the average ; also oats, Is 4d on the top, and the average the.same as last day. Pease and beans is up on the top, and 6d on the average. Average of wheat, 31 4s Id ; ditto barley, 11 17144 ; ditto, oats, 119 s 41d; ditto pease and beans, 21 Is 10d.—Meal Market, Tuesday.—We had a large sup ply at this day's market, which met with a very dull sale, at last week's prices. Oatmeal, per sack, 280 imperial lbs. 21 5s ; second ditto, per sack, 218 s ; oatmeal, per stone, 14 imperial lbs. 2s 4d; aeasnd do. do. 21 2d.—Cattle Market, Wednesday.—The supply of sheep in the market this morning was less than last week, nine hundred. The sheep were generally of good quality, but the supply being short, the whole were sold by five o'clock in the morning, at an advance of 2s 8d to 4a. a head above last week. A lot of Leicester ewes from East Lothian sold at 40s. About 120 lambs ; prices from 14s to 20s and all sold. In the Grassmarket the show of cattle was less than last week, two hun dred ; top price, 6s 3d , inferior, 4s 8d to Os; 3d per imperial stone, sinking offals. All descriptions of cattle in pod demand, and all sold; and top price of best cattle a shade above last weelt. Beef, 44 to 7cl; mutton, 51 to 7d; veal, 4d to 84 ; pork, 4 41 to ed potatoes, per peck,