Star. — London, England, 1823-10-20 00:00:00

A COUNTRY WEDDING. Oh! them is musk In the bolls From yonder noisy steeple pealing, That sweetly o'er the spirit swells, And wakes the deepest chords of feeling! It is not that this twilight hour Blends softly with their melting ton.; Their's is a deeper, holier power. Whose echo's In the heart alone! There's music in that merry voice. The voice of peasants wild and high, That bids the listener's idol rejoice, And share in all their revelry! It is not that those sounds proclaim Some boastful conqueror's vain parade; They swell not now the pomp of Fame. They hail no gorgeous cavalcade! But, oh! they bear a mightier charm Than shouts of triumph can express; They spring from hearts with feeling entran t _ Each voice a yoke of happiness ! There's an olerflowing tide of gladness Tonight in all we bear and see; A moment's passing dream of madness, The heart's delirious jubilee ! Who reeks, amid a life like this, Of future grief, or toit, or pain ? To-morrow shall dissolve the bliss, And Care and Reason wake again ! And it may be that yonder chime. Which spoke to-day of hearts delighted ► May sadly tell in after-time. That death those beans has disunited ! It may be—but away, away ! Forebodings dark, and dreams of sorrow ! Let Mink and Music reign to-day, And Reason's voice be beard to-morrow ! I would not, with most rage advice. Dispel chid momentary fever; For oh ! she world were Paradise. Couhisuch delirium last for ever ! BURNS AND FERGUSON. Everybody is aware that poor Ferguson's literary cafeer was as.brief as it was brilliant—that he early be came the victim of insanity, and breathed his last sigh in a public asylum in the city of Edinburgh, attended only by his widowed mother, herself a poor and unpro tected female. His funeral, too, was of the humblest description; and year after year the grass waived rank and green orer his grave, without even a simplethlongh stone being created to distintnish the spot, and implore the " passing tribute of a sigh." In this state matters remained until Robert Burns, himself a literary adven turer, and as yet scarcely raised above the situation of a CGMMOII ploughman, paid a visit to the Canongate Church-said; and the reader may easily guess with w bat feelings he contemplated the insult thus offered to the memo] y of an author who, like Yorick, had often set the table in a roar, and to,whose beautiful poem of the Farmer's Ingle we ate probably indebted in a great measure fur the Cotter's Saturday Night. Far, however, from contenting himself with a newspaper paragraph, setting forth the ingratitude of the age, and proposing a public subscription, he immediately ordered a tomb-1 stone to be erected at his own cost and charge—a meH morial which he adorned with an inscription partly borrowed from Gray, and so well known to our readers, that we need not repeat it here. In all the lives of Burns, this circumstance, so creditable to his feelings as a Man and a poet, is brought prominently forward ; and if any evidence were wanted of the fact, that evidence now lies before us, in the shape of the original account rendered by the architect who erected the monument. This account is dated June 23d, 1789, and is accompa- nied by a post-letter, addressed—" Mr. Robert Burns, Farmer, Mauchline." The writer, Mr. Robert Burn, appears to have been intimate with the poet, and, after apologising for the delay that had taken place in erect ing the " head-stone," he facetiously says, " I shall be happy to receive orders of a like nature for as many more of your friends that have gone hence as you please." The following is a literal copy of the account : Mr. Robert Bursts 1789 To J. and R. Burn. Ante 23-44 Feet Polished Craigleith Stone for a Head Stone for Robert Ferguson, at Is. £2 14 0 19 feet 9 inches dble. Base Moulding, at Is. 6d. 0 16 0 4 Large Iron Cramps - 0 2 10 2 Stunts to set the Bose on at U. • 0 2 0 320 Letters on Ditto,st Ss. . • 1 5 8 Lead, and Setting up Ditto - 0 5 0 Grave Digger's dues . - , 0 4 6 ............a . .... a rS 10 0, COVENTRY, OCTOU 134—At the City Sessions, at this place, an appeal came on this day, before WILLIAM PRAM Esq. Steward, to be determined, of thegredtest importance to Canal Companies, and the whole agricul tural interest of the kingdom. It was prosecuted the Oxford Canal Company, against a rate for the lief of the poor, made by the parish of Sow. In this rite the Company were assessed at 80/. on an income of 16001. arising from the profits made in that parish from their towing-path, and the land used in their canal, and their tolls and duties. The grounds of the appeal were, Ist, that tolls of a canal were not rateable as profits of land ; 2dly, if they were, that part of the tolls in ques tion were sornpet.satiou tonnages, payable in gross, for passing out of the Oxford into the Grand Junction, and vice versa, without respect to the distance the coals or goods were conveyed on the Canal : and Sdly, that the Company were rated at the actual amount of their profii hereaa the ; -of land in the parish ver UNION-HALL. K. S. I OVERCHARGE RE PORTERS ON Tile CARRIAGE or PARCEI3.•--$l. turday Mrs. Hine, a Lady lilting in %Valcot-place, Lambeth, ram. plained of a ticket-porter fur having made an over charge on the car ri::ge of a basket of game that was sect to her by the coach from Birmingham. Mrs. Hine stated, that the porter, instead of bring ing the parcel to her beige, delivered it at a carrier's booking office, in Gracechurch- street, for which he charged eightpente, ankh the carrier, by whom it was delivered, charged eightpence additional for taking it to her house. The porter, in his defence, said, that when parcels were sent by the coach to persons living beyond the carriage pavement, it was the uniform practice to deliver them at the office of a carrier 1N ho passed in that direction, who of course added his charge to that made by the porter for leaving thcm at his office. On reference to the Act of Parliament, the Z.9:b of George 111. it appears that all coach-masters and other ' . carriers by whom par. eels are - sent to London, are bound to send them to the place di meted, unless it is more than half a mile beyond the cart-file pavement, at rates of porterage stated in the Aet. One of toe Officers stated, that Mrs. Hine's house was nut half a mle beysstl the carriage pavement. Time Alaglstrate said, as it appeared the practice of seeding parcels to carriers' offices was very general, it was proper that the porter and the public should know that it was illegal, and that the potters were - bound to deliver all 'parcels as directed, at the rates prescribed by the Act, within the specified distance, under a penalty, which, for thefirst offence, was 9.05. The portenpaid the fine, and pro mised to conform to the -Act of Parliament in future. LA MBETH-STIEEET. It may not be generally know!, that.tbere arc in the Metropolis many houses for the sale of liquors, kept by persons calling selves Woolcomhers, who have for a considerable time ezoched all the privileges of Licensed Victuallers, without having a license to do so. They invariably plead their right to keep open pubic-houses without any license, and say they ate authorized to do so by virtue of an Act passed in the 35th year of Geo. 111. cap. 124, entkled, u An Act to enable Woolcotribera to exertise'trades in any town or place in Great Britain." This Act states, that in consequence of the many ate; machinery is put to, a great number of Woolcornbers bad been thrown out of employment: it therefore authorized any person who bad served an apprenticeship as a Woolcomber to set up and exercise any trade. he may be apt and able for, without any Yet, suit, or molestation whatever, for, or by reason of their using such trades." Tne a bove ate the grounds of the Woolcombere claims.—The Magistrates, however, decided otherwise, and ordered informations to lie laid against all such persons who exercised the calling of a Licensed Victualler without licenses. &mud Walters was the first person informed against; he keeps a public-house, without any sign, situated ncar liarbour-squarr, -aim Magistrate said he felt it necessary to convict the defendant in the full penalty of 201. for selling beer without a license. It is singular that the Act under which the defendant was con victed was passed in the same Session as the Woolcombers' Act, by which he thought himself authorized to act as he had done. EscAra or A Dzszurzu.—Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, a deserter made his escape from a file of. soldiers, in the following alert manner :—He was walk. ing in the centre of the guard, the corporal and two, men being in advance, and three men a few-paces hind him, on the right hand side of the Strand, and WS going to the rendezvous off Somerset-House. Whentlse party arrived nearly opposite Roundcourt, in cony quence of some obstruction in . the road-way, caused by a coal waggon, some persons were standing listenias to the altercation that generally follows such interruptang the crowd produced a temporary halt of the guard, and, at that instant the deserter sprung off the curb, under the horse's belly, and darted up Round-court : two sol diers followed him with much activity, and at the head- of, the court presented their muskets. The c who followed them, seeing the court thronged with l son:, very properly desired them not to fire, but Weis, the passage, and hold their comrades' muskets, while be and the others, armed -with drawn bayonets, pursued and searched the quarter, which they did, but the fat. tunate deserter seemed to have a thorough knowledr , of the intricacies of the neighbourhood, and, assisted bY 'some of the.iphabitants, completely eluded DIED. Monday, after an illness of three days, at Hartweod Heelitinq , twenty, the Hon. Frederick Laments, sixth sem of the BO 1 11 ! Countess of Harewood. • profits. v. hereas the occupiers of land loth, parish were --.ll;4;yre'si&-r.lniire;e-wiini this prize , reminded she musician general diffusion ot education, and an -exemption, in the 1 701 - gus -- tllatTPortsoy, Mr. Wm . Dawson, surgeon, aged M' I assessed on the amount of their rents tinny , taking them of the ancient importance of his art—that the martial itraios o f case of the labouting classes, from the lost of tittle at- Sep t . 25, l i t ElsinoreMr William Gowan , merchant le lafre• as the stand-ard of value. The third objection involves his instrument had inspired our ancestors to deeds of chivalry and tendant on the endless holidays of the Catholic Church. =.-----' -6•—•=:•--------- - heroism, even from the time of the Unman invasion, and had been the difficult and intereating question, how are farms to In agriculture, the operation of these advantages is less COURSE OF EXCHANGE, OCT. it. * great means of preserving the liberty, Independence and chant - apparent, most countries sufficing wholly, or nearly to Amsterdam ......12 9 C.F. Seville 541 • be rated—and are the occupiers liable for profits made ter i st i c s pi r it o f t h e Scottish mountaineers, unimpaired ' and onsul- Ditto at sight 12 6 Gibraltar ........ Pie their own consumption, while the insulated position 1 • ' by them beyond the amount of the particular rents? lied, against allintrusions of hostile hands. Be recommended per- totterd ... .. - . 12 10 Leghorn 44* The usage has been to assess the rent only. After some s e verance in t he cu lti va tion of that art, in which he had alread y of the hu s ba ndman prevents, in <a great measure, the AntwerP,ei-mo . . 12 8 Genoa 424 discussion, it was agreed that the facts should he em- arrived A. such sil distinc t i on . l o _ ,to 'A lexander Dewar, Piper to benefits arising ffom competition and frequent per- sonal communication. But in manufactures, parties- Ilamburgh.:...... 55' 1 Venice Ital. UT. file bodied into a case, and the point stated, for the opinion sir ' N ' oe il l lidnieniines.- Barr .o t" Mona ...... ......5$ 2 Malta ... 45 . of the Court of Ki ' lig's Bench. . . • In presenting this prize, Dr. Stewart expressed a hope that *lt larly in those prepared for foreign sale, the case is very t a i ris o ' Ma Y .B.lloll2s 90 Naples Palermo lll Pa al• Mudge,in a sermon on Anarchy, has the following never would be drawn with a hostile purpose, except in the cause different ; the ease of transporting them to a distant w a rt . a . , ....... ... : v . ... 56 26 4 10 admirable figure : 14 Every , man 'projected and re- of Ling and Country, or in personal defence ;, and hoped d ue to market, and of comparing their respective quality and Cadla effect ' 554 Lisbon 55 Rio Janeiro... .• ell • either sue the owner would shew tbespirit el ids country. formed, end did *hat was right in his own eyes: no ad. A handsome ailmr-moontod Sporran MoUacb, awarded to price, opens a Wide field of competition, and awards the Barcelona ..i.-- ••551 . . Dublin 0 • *age can better eMptess such a condition than that o f John M.Gregor, Portinpll, late Piper to the Duke of Admit. preference to su skill and ingenuity. Accordingly, BM "' arced " 56 Cosh ....... .... -mimeos a dead lion its a state of putrefaction. when, instead of 4th . An excellent Piscosine Chanter, to Donald Gunn, Piper so though the Cat P h e o r l i g of Europe are collectively much = _ one.-noble creature, as it was when We held it together. the Hord l'erthohlreMella. more numerous than the Protestants; the far larger •• ht A ILS.—THIS DAY. the In presenting these two risen, Dr. Stewart trusted that for-•aa. nut. ' 115 z, ass there ere -t in thousani little nauseous reptiles growing b ind and *odd serer vast ___,... share of exported merchandise proceeds from Protestant Dublin . 2 0 France 1 0 mar, I WWI sew, W """"" ° '"‘ countries , the out of it, every one erawlia . k is a path of its Own." line the Spain; and that the latter wield nee his rise ft mei labour of the' Flemings,. the French, and Waterford 2 0 Hamburgh 1 3 1 lilColltsAllitraLT Be 0 bull of Irish extraction purpose as might soon being him to the pitelt-adproliciancy displayed the Northern Italians, forming a feeble counterpoise to G I r tril , "y a " Jana', 1 0 Flanders 0 6 can excel one of Cobbettie,* in case of his late ~ Rural in the poeformantes of mere ferennae , a emaetteses. those of the Silesian% the Saxons, the Prussians, and na 1 0 /Malta • 1 denies, reels,- - - Holland 1 0 Gmtenburgh - - Rides." a I saw 80 cent standintrn ticks, tithing littler '‘fter db. 411 lverr 5 f llaa liflaese IN," all, of our countrymen. In behind linen w v Medi •and jigs, wen raw throe. *di BM that aunty, mse, and grade, above . . _ _ _ , ea . temn „ n 0 0 ___1,..._.........5r=c U 1z sew &Orr, and wotdd net have believed-it had I lea whids oef --- a m i‘ im II of ibis 'am i d the alesata b i and s ow , r , sag, the only great branch of asiamfacture, is almost ."-------- wee it fr • MD cosseicuena. wholly in the hands of Protestants. LONDON: Printed.and published by Lives Kaus, Place, Temple-Bar • • 1 I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -esson..e. LA MBTON SIRICTLNO...-Welonasisay. A Gold Cup, value 100 gs. by Sultocribeesof lOgs. each, for four-yr olds, list. five, list. 101 b. six and aged. Two miles. Witham names b. e. &r Ream 4 yrs 1 Petre names ch. e. Corinthian, 4 yrs 2 r. Lambton's ch. e. Lorenzo, 4 yes. - Betting even on Sir Henry.—Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 25gs each. D.C. Mr. Wyvill's b. tn. Dairy Maid, 6 yrs, 10st. 1 Mr. J. Mills ch. ns. Amy, aged, lOst. 10Ib. Mr. Duncombe's b. as. Bagatelle, 6 yrs 5 Mr. Hopkinson's br. 1. Collina, iOst. beat Mr. Danconsbe's be. h. Tom Paine, lOst. 10Ib. D.C. 50gs. five to four apt Collina.--Won in a canter. • Mr. Harrison's ro. e. by Don Juan 4 yrs old, rec. forfeit from Mr. Bowman's b. f. by Kite, I yrs old, lOst. each. Two miles. — Fifty Sovereigns. The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. given by the Lanibton Racing Club. and added to a Sweepstakes of 5p each, for horses, Ste. not thorough bred, bans .ftde the property of a Member of a Racing or Fox-bunting Club. D.C. (25 Subscribers.) Lord Norrnanby's br. b. Why Not, aged, list. 71b. 1 Mr. Lambton's b. sn. Mrs. Siddons, 6 yrs, list. 71b. 2 . The Judge placed only two.-10 to 1 agst Why Not-3 to 1 agst Mrs. Siddons-7 toll agst St. Leger.—Won by a head. DUMFRIES MEETlNG—Wessiesaar, Celeste IS. Match for 100 soya. each, h. ft. Once round and a distance. Mr. Hawthorn's be. f. by Filho da Pura, est. - 1 Lord Queensberry's gr. g. Hussar, ist. 3W. - fi Three to One on Hussar. A good race. The Gold Cup, value 100 p. with 50gs. added, being a subscription of lOgs. each, for all ages. Two miles. Sir J. H. Maxwell's Fair Helen, 6 yrs old, list. .911). 1 Mr. Hawthorn's br. f. by Filho da Puta, 3 yrs old, 6st. 12lb. 2 Fair Helen the favourite. Easy. 7111TRIDAY. across& 16. Members' 50gs for Scotch-bred horses.—Heats, .two Sir J. H. Maxwell's gr. in. Fair Helen, 6 yrs old, 9st. walked over HUNTING. IL Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, meet on Wednesday, the 22d, at Chipstead Church; and on Saturday, the 25th, at Hermitage. The Surrey Fox-hounds will meet on Thursday, the 25d, at Limpsfield ; and on Saturday, the 25th, at Godstone. ' BOXING. B. Moss, the Bath Tinman, ar.d Archer, the 'Weybridp Nevi gator.—These heroes of the fist met on Saturday at Pedley Court. de miles from St. Alban's, to dispute a £5O. stake.—The seconds were R. Jones, for the' Tinman and Colley Smith, for Archer. The first round was all bustle, with but tilling execution, MS the Tinman was thrown. - 2. Some steady s!aughtefing work took place. The Munn began a formidable sally, and worked well, and his opponent as manfully met him, until both turned pipers.—The claret dropped freely, and, after seven minutes contention, both down in a close. 3. 3ioss had the best of tactics, but Archer placed some heavy body hits, which floored his adversary by a close tie-up in the wind, which made him sigh. 4. Archer had the best of this round from the hurt his antagonist received in the body in the last. It lopsided him, and seemed to have left one of his haunches in the rear. Animated as if, Seager and Evans had been seconds, he flew at his adversary's bead, but he was met with a chattering facer, and again grassed.—Two to 1 on the Navigator. roaring. 5. The Tinman, in a soliloquy, said, " I'll tell you about your odds directly." and he made aU the play, which produced a tremen dous rally-whit for hit was exchanged until both were outfought, and then constitution began to chew itself in the Tinman, who threw his adversary a heavy fall. These rounds had occupied twenty-seven minutes of real fighting. and in the following one, it was Father Thames to Aldgate pump. The Navigator was a blinker, one ogle having been closed, and the other appeared like a hole in a blauket. Archer stood up to receive punishment, until the 2:11 round stifled his effortsoand his seconds sung out " Enough." The Tasman won with much difficulty and lots of punishment. Mr. Mr. MATCH lIIII7IVEMI STMT. lIIIPOND (COSMO/MT CALL= inruTDA AND LANGAN, ?H1 ICISIt CI!11.21?/0:., VOA 100 SOTteItICtIS A-111D4 " October 10, 1823. " I Matt. Vipond, agree to fight John Langan. for 100 sows. toside, in a 24-feet ring, a fair stand-up fight, half-iianute time to be al lowed between each and every round - ; each party to choose an um pire ; and should any dispute arise, the uthp:res to choose a referee, and his decision to be final. The fight to take place within thirty miles of Manchester. Ten sovereignv a-side are now laid down in the hands of Mr. --....-; the whole of the money to be made good January the let. 1824 ; the party not fulfilling the above agreement to forfeit the deposit. The place of fighting to be named by the friend on each side, or determined by a toss. The whole of the money to be made good at Mr. Wilson's, the Blue Lion, Cock-street, Salford, on the day above-mentioned, between the hours of eight and ten in the evening. (Signed) s' T. REY 1` OLDS, for John Langan. " W. WILSON, for M. Vipond. • 1 Witness. JOllll Rolm-is." R. Acton has oKered to fight Peter Crawley in a month ; and Tom Hall expresses his anxiety to have kpugilistie contebt 'with Winterflood. _ _ Tux CHAHTIONSUIT,—aIe great match between Spring and Lao. gan will positively be made on Thursday evening next at Mr. /3eicher's, Castle Tavern, Holborn, far £3OO aside . Fifty pounds will be put down by a well-known amateur on the part of Spring; and fifty pounds by Mr. Belcher, far Langan. The amateurs, in delivering their opinl , 4l on this match, say, the former and science, and Langan bottom and strengths. Spring is decidedly the favourite. HALTON'S ANSWER TO THE CHALLENGER OF ALL IRELAND. Sts:—Hall.g seen a letter signed George M'Kellet, I am unwil ling to lose any time in replying to it. I have by this night's post written to honest George, accepting his terms ' and addressed my letter as he directs. " George Cover, pugilist, Edinburgh ;" and I hope to convince the friendly Scot, that Pat Halton will give a hos pitable reception. and a hearty belly-full into the bargain ; his re ception shall be to the full as good as that which Sir Daniel Do Deily gave to George Cooper himself. I would be sorry to throe/ 51r. M'Keller upon the mercy of the whole country, as I think am able to sail* him, and I would recommend him to mention hie' own weight when he extends his eh-ence to any countryman Q mine. But to be serious with this customer, I am ready to meet, him upon the terms he proposes, and al soon as convenient to him, not only for rocg. but at much as he can raise within 1.0001. And as I am careless about a handful of ounces, although restricted by my patrons to my own weight, I will spare the Scotsman a few pounds—anything within half a stone. As lam anxious to see Mt. M'Keller upon his own terms, the sduner he addresses me up:so the subjeet the better, as I am both ready and willing to meet him, and My friends have the blunt in waiting. -- • - - Yours, and obedient semne, • • 36, Townsend-street, Dublin. PAT HALTON. COMPETITION OP PIPERS, • TOR PALM GIVIN IV 11/1 Gaelic MUM . or reavennee. This was a novel sight In Perth. and attracted a very numerous and fashionable audience, at the Theatre, on Thursday se'nnight.— The competitors displayed talentt never surpassed oss any similar occasion, and well merited the prize s which Were delivaed them ,by the President of the Society, who accompanied the presentation afew words of encouragement and advice to the victors. • lit. An elegantly-mounted Great Highland Bagpipe, to John 111 4 0regor, Piper to the Karl of Breadalbane. NBR4 O TITHE Ater IN IRELAND. -woo— • We end that very ersuseous ideas are entertained re lative to some of the provisions of the Tithe Bill, parti cularly that which refers to the seven years average, to be calculated on the years previous to 1821. In some of the Daily Papers it bas been stated, that as these averages here supposed to be at a high rate, it would consequently tell against the farmers—the contrary of this, however, appears to be the fact, as the higher the averages are,theless the farmer will have hereafter to pay. We have learned that Government has prepared a document on the .subject, which is to be transmitted without delay to the Clergymen and Gentlemen throughout the country. In the mean time, we shall content ourselves with setting them-right on that part of the Bill which relates to the seven years average. First then, the Clergy are to be paid for the nest three years,not according to the value of corn,but according to the actual receipts and agreements for these seven years. Secondly ; the average of corn for the seven years previous to the Ist of November, 1821, is to be taken to form a fixed standard, with which the future averages are to be compared, and the incomes to rise or fall, ac cording as the three years averages are higher or lower than those years, which may be demonstrated by a sim ple arithmetical position. Thus, if the seven years' average produces a certain income, what will each three year: average produce? Nothing can be more just : if the farmer gets good prices, the Clergyman will be paid accordingly ; it the prices be low, his income will be proportionably reduced. —lrish limes. Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Harrison, who was convicted with Sir Charles Wolseley at Chester Spring Assizes in 1820, of a conspiracy, in attending a meeting at Stt,ck port, was liberated from Chester Castle. Munoz .—Friday last (the 10th inst.) as James Hill, a comfortable farmer, residing at Sauroo, was returning from the fair of Clonakilty, in company with his wife, brother, and servant, he was waylaid by a party, headed by a man named James Hayes, and murdered. There was a dispute between Ilay es and-the deceased, in consequence of the latter having taken a farm from which the former was ejected, which to all appearance was made up, and Hayes, with his friends, mere gcin in the same direction, when we should snppo,e the old feeling was rekindled, which terminated so fatally.— ' Hayes, who is the head of a quarrelsome faction that has often disturbed the neighbourhood of Itosscatberry, 'has absconded. He is the fellow who had the audacity to draw a sword through the hand of Lord Carbery some few years ago, when his Lordship, much at his personal risk, interfered to quell a riot which would have been attended with bloodshed, at the fair of that town, and in which the above party wet e the principals. Cork Constitution. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—A family, consisting of .a man, woman, and four children, most provideiiiially escaped destruction on Monday morning Last, under the following circumstances :—They resided at Mile Town, Sheerness, in a house of two rooms, one over the other, next to which the proprietor is building a large house of three stories ; n newly erected stack of chimnies, of large dimensions, belonging to the latter building, full. down about half-past four o'clock on the above -mern ing, and came upon the roof of the small house, break ing tt in, together with the chamber floor and also part of the ground floor, leieing the walls of the house stand ing, except that against which the chimnies fell._ The man, who is a shipwright in the Dock-yard, and whose name is Warner, with his family, was in bed in the chamber of the house, and, astonishing to relate, they all escaped unhurt, with the exception of a few small scratches, although the bedsteads were broken, and one of the poor little creatures was found on the ground floor. The poor woman was far advanced in preg nancy, and the proprietor of the how*, considering her situation, immediately took her to his own residence, whet e she at present remains in a very precarious state, owing to the fright. Warner was able to get to the window of his lower room, and call for assistance, and, with his family, was relieved from his perilous situation. DA RIND BOROLARY.—Wednesday morning, about half-past two o'clock, a most daring nd extensive rob bery was committed at the residence of Mr. Griffiths, solicitor. No. 57, Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane. et seems the thieves gut over the tailing into the area, where were two windows with iron bars, through which they forced an entrance into the kitchen, thence proceeding into the parlour where the plate was depo sited, the whole of which they. took away, leaving be hind them a plated teapot. They then went up stairs into the drawing-room, whence. they took all the plate they could find there, broke open a writing-desk, from which they . stole a valuable snuff-box, strewing all the papers about the room. They searched the office also, but finding nothing of value. they strewed all the papers about the floor, They likewise took away with them linen, money, anal some wearing apparel belonging to the servants. A nurse-woman, who was attending a sick person in the next house, heard a vliolent noise . about half-past two o'clock in the morning, which in duced her to look out of the window, when she clearly perceived a hackney-coach drive violently down South ampton-buildings, evidently into Chancery-lane, the watchman then crying, " Half-past twos" and in two minutes afterwards he called, a Past three." The watch-1 man's box. stands within two doors of Mr. Griffiths's. EFFECT OF T:IE PROTESTANT RELIGION.—The adop tion of the Reformed Faith has been found conducive! to the increase, not only of individual comfort, but of the population of towns in the countries into which it has been introduced. Among its other effects are a more general diffusion of education, and an exeMption, chi POLICE INTELLIGENCE. OTIILDHALL S atur d a y. M i delehspent, a nations; at the Fleet Prison era brought before Alderman Wools, charged with having been apart, to the offence of attempting to utter a forged check for the tem o r 2001. It appeared that a few days ago a porter of Gray's lan, named David Perry, went to the Banking-house of Messrs. 11 tl. Sams and Co. of Hirchin-lane, and presented a check for two hon. dred pounds, signed with the name of William Hase, a Gentlemus who banked at the house. Upon examination, it was found that a very ingenious forgery had been made in the check. The nameless the writing of Mr. Hue, but the rest of the writing was in a digto rent hand. The marks of writing almost erased were also visible when the check was held up to the light, and it was soon ascer tained that the document had been originally part of a letter written by Mr. Ihse, the contents of which had been by some process a . most obliterated, and the usual language adopted in the order upon bankers substituted. The forgery was a maTterpleee ' and its de t ,., tion did great credit to the discernment of the clerks. The pontr was of course detained, but be appeared to he quite ignorant cit! :e offence which •he had then been made a party in committing. police officer was sent with him in quest of the person who had seat him to get the check cashed, and who, the porter said, liven in Upper Conway-street, Fitzroy-square. The visit, bowvver, WA% ineffectual : the Gentleman who had employed him was nnt 1 1 , house, and has not been heard of since. The name in which the Gentleman had taken lodgings in Conway.street, was that of kr. Smith. He was very thin and pale, and wore a large pair of nun. tv chins ; and he spoke effeminately.- David Perry stated, that he had been acquainted with the pri. goner. A few days ago the prisoner came to him at Gray's-inn, and told him a Gentleman who lived in Conway-street wished to give him a job. Witness then went, accompanied by the prisoael, to Conway-street, where he saw a Gentleman who called himself Mr. Smith. The prisoner first went up stairs to Air. Smith, and upon coming down stairs told wit!). ss to go up, which witness did by himself, and the prisoner went away. ulr. Smith then pante check into his hand, and desired dim to return to the same pin go with the money. Upon presenting the cheek he (witness) was se cured by the bankers. Mi. Sntith was just such a man as is above described, and witness had fleece seen him since. • The prisoner declared that he knew nothing about the business, and that he acted merely as a common messcuger.—Remanded. BOW-ST R UET. Saturday William and alrsey Nash, the two persons aprtehen.led in William -street, Spa-fields, on Saturday se'nnigle, with a large quantity of counterfeit self-crowns al d shillings in their pos. session, were brought up for final examination. They were com mitted; as was also a man named AirGoturati, for a similar offence.