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.~ p ; Pt . ~ ;,- i: ` ;.~ 4 . . - THE DEAD SEA. COMINO SODOM AND 6011011 LAN. In the cours e of the ride, the weather brightened ; but this only served to unfold, in more fr'ghtfal distinctness, the awful scene of devastation which lay before me. It was similar to lifting. up the shroud from the dreadful dis figurati.ins of death. That soil, which, for the sin of its inhabitants, had been accursed, over which my path now lay, was a suit Of (+ilk or white dust, which the wet had literally chamxed int , ' mortar. Trace of animal or vegetable existence' there was none. They had been extirpated by the wend of ALM it; irry GOD ; or, to use the expression of the royal penman, a fruitful land is turned into barrenness. for the wickedness of them who dwelled therein. As I proceeded, my attention was vividly excited by views of re gularly formed castles, fortifications, towers, and other edifices, many of them of the finest architecture I had ever beheld ; hut. on approaching which, it proved an effect produced by the sun's beams, and the illusion vanished as if in an instint. _ In any other place. and among objects of a different cha rac ter. these curious deceptions of nature, similar to the tni tage I explained in going through the desert in Egypt, might have created pleasing sensations; but here they were only calculated to fill the mind with awe and dread. They seemed to he the very mockery of human gteatness, amidst monuments of mysterious power, which had been at work on the spot, and was departed, sweeping away in its course all trace of man and of life. It may here be observed, that on the east and west of the lake are exceedingly high moun tains; on the north it is bounded by the plain of Jericho; while on the south it opens and extends beyond the eye. Oh, that I had the pen of a ready writer, or could speak as with a tongue of fire to the unbeliever, that i might convey to him a faithful picture of this devoted region and shadow of death ! No language, indeed. can suffice ade quately to describe the mournful devastation which reigns around, as a memorial of the curses denounced against it; or can express that solemn horror which the scene is so well calculated to inspire. Truly may it be considered as " an astonishment to every one that passeth by it," and most appallingly monumental of the consuming wrath of GOD, where the inhabitants, alas, " were brought into desolation as in a moment, and consumed with terror ;" and holds out a dreadful warning to mankind, that they might know and understand, however marvellous it may appear in their eyes, that the LORD bath dune this, who maketh himself known by the judgments which he exe cuteth. To those terrible acts, exercised in his vengeance on this devoted place, which has been so scorched and blasted with lightning, we find the most pointed allusions in the sacred volume that language can possibly convey, in the denunciations of divine wrath upon apostate Israel. I now drew near to that particular spot where the GOD of heaven out of his vials had, In dreadful ire, Rained on earth, of old, a storm of fire, T' avenge the wrongs which nature's laws endured, On that dire race to horrid deeds inured. Here was, indeed, no hiding-place from the wind, nor covert from the tempest. A profound silence, awful as death, broods over the lake, but which was interrupted by the dreary sound of its waters, darkening as they rolled before the wind, which blew strongly at the time, accom panied with rain, added to the impending gloom of the high surrounding mountains, which appeared as if guardino. I the whole extent of water, and were those to which the !: angels called upon Lot to escape with his family, lest they !, might be consumed in the city. At this moment, after I reading from the inspired record the description of that , event, on the dismal vestiges, and indeed vouchers, of which I gazed, surrounded by my savage guards, I became rivetted to the spot in silent wonder, and shaking like the aspen leaf, under a feeling as if I had been brought to the very verge of the habitable world, when I did " exceedingly fear and quake." At this never-to-be-forgotten moment, 1 could only exclaim, in the language of holy writ, " This is the Loan's doing, and marvellous in our eyes." Wherever, indeed, the ALMIGHTY is represented as immediately acting' or speaking, every thing terrible in nature is called up to heighten the awe and solemnity of the Divine presence. No warning of their impending fate was held out to these de voted cities by any thing striking in the heavens or earth; for we are told that the sun bad risen, and was then shilling on the plain, when the visitation took p!ace. Frightful— frightful catastrophe! What awful woe and destruction in a moment ! The dwellings of men laid in one mass of ruins; herds, flock, and substance, all destroyed; the inha bitants, who so lately revelled in every folly, sensuality, and vanity, now annihilated ; the soil burned up and engulphed in a lake of brimstone ; the very smoke of the whole country , ascending " as that of a furnace." Here would I address myself to sceptics, scoffers, and free-thinkers, in tl.e present age of disaffection and infi delity ; and who, sitting at ease in carnal security, and lulling themselves in their self-complacency, not only apply to their own souls a flattering unction, but strive to blind be eyes of °their:, and s hak e their well-grounded faith in he word of Gun—which, by their blasphemous publi cations and seditious meetings, they would bring into contempt. I play you, then, to contemplate this place, marked by the le:au' vengeance of GOD, which turned populous cities into a desolation,--a wilderness,—a land wherein none dwelleth. Here, 1 feel confident, your lofty imaginations would be laid low with the dust,—you will be shaken to the very centre, and conviction seize upon your deluded minds, as you gazed Li.on r:.e ashes of destruction, which lie scattered around, demonstrative evidences of the truth of that revelation, against which your envenomed shafts have been so frequently discharged, when it declares the being of that power which here you may behold mani fested, and Le taught a lesson you so much need, that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living GOD.— Rae Wilson' Travels in Judea. PICTURES OF THE DIVINITY IN THE RUSSIAN I CHU RCHES..—WithOUt saying any thing of the profaneness of pretending, to delineate the Supreme Being, the absurtli sies into vdlich the greatest artists have fallen, whenever they have attempted it, are such as shock taste and propriety equally with religious feeling. Painters uniformly repro- sent the Divinity under the form of an aged man, as if age was an attribute of that Being who is eternal, and v.ho , existed before all worlds ;—as if the semblance of infirmity I and decay could belong to Him who is all perfection—to Him who is altogether incapable of change !—Rae Wilson's Travels in Poland and Russia. NORTON'S RIFLE SIIELL.—W ' e were witness to an ex periment made by Captain Norton at Moore's shooting ground, Notting Hill, with his percussion rifle shell, on the 23d ult. before the Master General of the Ordnance, Major General Sir Andrew Barnard ; General Nor colt, Colonel Fox, and several other officers.— The result was quite satisfactory, as proving the utility of these projectiles; the object fired at was /Ismail box, of about a foot square, its front being of oak, one inch in thickness. and back of elm, of an inch and a quarter ; between these was an enclosed space of one inch, filled with powder. The shell was discharged from a military regulation rifle, having the head of its ramrod hollowed out, to prevent preemie on the percussion car, the distance about 50 yards. The first and' sect rid shots missed the object, and the shells passed through a broad iron plate, which clamped together a three inch boarded screen, against which the experiments were made, the thud discharge carried the shell clear through the box, and caused an instant explosion.— United Service Journal. ,ac ~ . _ ~, . , -• . .~ 11141111 P.„ PANORAMA OF THE BitiTiSH EMPIRE. BATH JOURNAL, MAY 2. ARRIVALS.-The Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, Lord Brecknock, Lord John Thynne, Lord Mount Edeecombe, Lady Kennaway, Lady Fraser, Lady Thornborough, Mr. and Lady Halkett, Sir Biilingham Graham, Colonel Coffin, Colonel and Mrs. Mansell, Col. and Mrs. Wallaston, Col. Caulfield, Col. Bailey, Major Greene, Captains Gordon, Logan, Probie, Manning, Clithrow • Rev. Dr. England, Dr. Waterhouse , Dr. Oarlike; Rev. Messrs. Daniel, Ed• wards, Oarlike, Wilson Bowles, far. Mr LICRHAY, APRIL 25.-Our market to-day was thinly supplied with beef, which sold from 9s to 10s 6d per score. Mutton in de mand, at from 6d to 7d per pound, without the wool; with it, about Is 2d per pound more. Reading-Wheat 62a to 83s; Barley 364 to 50s ; Oats 25 4 t o 37 4 Beans J7s to 395. Newbury-Wheat 56s to 77s • Barley 30a to 465; Oats 24s to 345; Beans 37s to 475. Wantagt=2Wheat 55s to 80s; Barley 34s to 4as; Oats 21s to 38s; Beans 34a to 48s. Salisbury- Wheat 56s to 68s; Barley 36s to 431 ; Oats 27s to 325; Beans 401 to 50s. Yeova--Wheat 64s to 725; Barley 32s to 38s ; Oats 24s to 265; Beans 36. to 40s. Taunton-Wheat MI to 725; Barley 355; Oats 20s ; Beans 38s. Gloucester-Wheat 56s to 70s ; Batley 40s to 455; Oat. 25. to 32a; Beans 38. to 60s. Exeter-Wheat 66s to 80s; Burley 37s to 411. iIARRIED.-The Rev. Edw. Rowden, vicar of Highworth, Wilts, to Ellen, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. A.Trenchard, of Stanton-house -J. Eldridge, Esq. Pockeridge-house, Corsham, Wilts, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late S. Yockney, Esq. Upper East Hayes, Bath- At At Bailiwick Church, Capt. William Henry Baptist Proby, R. N. to Louisa Mat y, eldest daughter of the late Reverend Samuel How, of Stickland- Mr. John Smith, solicitor, of Bristol, to Marianne, youngest daughter of the late Nathaniel Stockdale Esq of Drimpton, Dorset - William, seoond son of W. Baker, Esq. of East Brent, Somerset, to Celia, second son of Mr. J. F. Norman-Wm. Bexley, Esq. of Exeter, to Sarah Taylor, only child of R. T. Williams, Esq. surgeon, of Bristol-At Plymouth, H. T. Smith, Esq. solicitor, of Devonport, to Miss M. Parkyn-.At Gloucester, Capt. John Campbell, to Miss Stone, of that city. DIED.-At Stratford, near Stroud, aged 74, Nath. Jones, Esq- Daniel Payne, Esq. 89, of Claremont place, late of Gloucester-At Monmouth, Thomas Tudor, Esq. 94-At Exeter, Mrs. Hicks, relict of Wm. Hicks, Esq-At Exmouth, aged 81, Mrs. Russell, relict of R. Russell, Esq. banker-At Dartmouth, Mr. 0. Love, surgeon- At Alphington, 87 years, the Rev. Win. Ellicombe, Vicar-St. Vin. cent's.-place, 53. Mr. G. Strong, late of Exeter-At Upavon, 53, Charlotte, widow of the late Francis Giffard, Esq-Mr. Wm. Saun ders, solicitor, Reading-Frances, 91, relict of Wm. Ghost, Esq. of Salisbury-Mr. Bethell, b 6, of Lady Down-At Chippenham, Mr. E. Leaking. CHELTENHAM CHRONICLE, MAY 5. Astarvms.- Hon. Henry Moreton, Sir B. W. Guise, Lady Wil liams, Gen. and Mrs. Marriott, Lieut. Colonel Gray, Major Powell, Major Mahon, Rev. Mr. Street, Captain Eccles. °prom, Amin. 30.-On Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred :- Bachelor in Divinity-Rev. E. P. New, Fellow of St. John's. Masters of Arts-Rev. A. L. Kaye, Brannon ; Rev. E. Riley, Lincoln ; G. C. Lewis, Student of Christ Church ; Rev. G. lanes, Scholar of Trinity ; William harry Surman, trinity. Bachelors of Am-Rev. C. W. Alston, and E. R. Berens, St Mary Hall ; B. Hemming, Magdalen Hall; E. Harland, Waltham ; H. James, Worcester ; J. Abaco), Brasenose ; W. B. Moulton, W. P. Phillips, and J. B. Eckley, Trinity; W. 11. Hughes, Lincoln; W. R. Parker, and A. Perkins, Oriel ; C. James, W. Bray, and J. Foottit, Exeter; George F. Fowl; Raliol ; Thomas, Wm. Creaser, Pembroke. Ecclesiastical Preferments-Rev. R. Clifton, M.A. of Worcester college, to hold by dispensation the Rectory of Somerton, Oxon, with the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester. Rev. LI. B. Owen, M.D. of St. John's college, Rector of St. Olave's, Hart.street, has been inducted by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Rectory of Throcking, Hens. Patron, John Raye, Esq. of Families , . GLOUC ENT ER, SATURDAY, APRIL ?A.-Wheat 7s. 7d. to Bs. 10d. Barley to ss. 6d. Beans ss. sd. to Si. bd. Oats 3s Id. to 4s. Id. Fine Flour, 56.. to 63.. Seconds, 50s. to 60s. per sack. Assize price of Bread at Gloucester, 104 d per quartein loaf. 111ARRIED.--At Gloucester, John Kennaway, Esq. eldest son of the late sir J. Kennaway, of Eacot, Devon, to Emily Frances, daugh ter of the late Thos. Kingseote, Esq. of Kingscote-Colonel T. Steuart, of the Madras army, to Miss Campbell, thenclaruail House, Argyle. shire. DIED.-At Alstone Green, Mr. John Roberts-The Rev. Wm, Loggia, rector of Long Marston-Mary, relict of the Rev. henry Bond Fowler, late Vicar of Elmstone Hanlwick-Miss Funny Kea. tioge, daughter of the late very Rev. the Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. NORTHAMPTON FREE PRESS, MAY 4. Yesterday se'nnight, a detachment of the 4th, or King's own Regi ment of Foot, consisting of one hundred and twenty men, halted at Aylesbury, on their route front Staley-bridge, near Manchester, to Chatham. In the comse of the evenir.g a ludicrous affair occurred at the Black Horse public-house, where several of the soldiers were bil. letted. Two men, one by trade a shoemaker, and the other a baker, who had been sacrificing rather too freely at the shrine of Bacchus, imagining they should make very fine soldiers, proposed to exchange clothes fur a short time with two of the privates of the regiment, in or. der to see which of them would look the best ; this was agreed to and performed instanter. No sooner, however, had the soldiers taken off their regimentals, and put on the clothes of their frolicsome compani ons, than they paid a visit to their knapsacks, and taking therefrom their clean shirts and stockings, decamped ; leaving the would-be sol diers the option of marching or not, as it pleased them, with the regi ment on the following morning. Notwithstanding the inquiries that have been made, we believe nothing has yet been heard of tite desert. ers, who left our accommodatiug tradesmen minus—the shoemaker his coat and hat ; and the baker all his clothes, with the exception of his shirt and stockings. OUNDLE GaaMuAa SCHOOL.—The worshipful Company of Gro eels have generously presented to this school two exhibitions of 301. per annum each, and the sum of 101. per annum for the purchase of books to be distributed as prises at the annual examination. The tx- I hibitions are open to either university and any college, and to be held till the exhibitor shall have taken the degree of B. A. No boy can be eligible to an exhibition unless he shall have been a regular scholar at this school for at least five years. The candidates are to be examilled as to their proficiency by two clergymen •.f the Church of England, and the result of such examination is to he certified by the master, counter ; signed by the examiners. One scholar only to be elected in one year. ' The scholar on his election will be required to sign a written engage. ment to report to the Grocers' Company what degree, previously to his leavuto, college, he shall have taken. The above school was founded about 1550, by Sir Wm. Laxion. a native of Oundle, who in the year 1554 was Lord Mayor of London. He was a member of the Grocers' , Company, to which inch nt corporation he bequeathed his property, I charging it with the patronage of the Oundle Grammar-school, the wel. fare of which, to the present period, has been an object of the Com. party's great solicitude. At the sale of Mr. Ravcnshaw'a stock, at Uckington, Salop, about 200 pure Leicester ewes and lambs brought from Nis to 67s a pair.— The stock of pure Hereford heifers and calves sold rapidly at Irom ,251. to 37 1 . each pair. MAIUT Hannoaounn-1,1 heat 745 to 80s; Barley 38s to 44, ; Oats 23s to 305 ; New Beans 42s ; line Flour 60s ; Thirds 565; 316.1 76s ; Butter 12d to Wed per lb. Eggs 228 for Is. DAVENTRY—Wheat 70s to 76's ; Barley 34s to 445; Oats 265 to 130 s 6d ; Beans tOs. to 445. TYNE MERCURY, MAY 3. THE COAL OWNERS AND THE PITMEN. —The viewers on the part of the coal owners, and the delegates on the part of the pitmen, had a meeting here on Friday last, to endeavour to settle the differences which unhappily exist between them. There were sine points In dis pute, and after a good deal of argument, seven of these were agreed upon. The remaining two, however, which are still unsettled, are the most important. These are, first—the claim of the pitmen to be em ployed eleven days in the fortnight, at three shillings per day ; and, se , condly, the claim to have the tines abolished. To suppose tor a mo ment that the coal-owners can give eleven days' employment per fort night, as nearly as possible constant work, to the whole body of pitmen, is clearly absurd; they have it not in their power. If the number were diminished one-hall, there could be little difficulty, perhaps ; but to leave one-half wholly unemployed, would be much worse for them than to give limited work to the whole body, by which all might earl' a decent livelihood. With regard to the fines, we understard from persons well acquainted with the coal trade, that it would be impossible to carry on the collieries without them. But let the coal-owners meet the pitmen on this point, let them du all they can fairly do to effect an adjustment : let them show that they do not wish to take the tines to themselves: let them establish a fund with the fines, expressly for the purpose of edu cating the children of the pitmen. Tots will show a proper feeling, and, we should hope, would lead to a setsement of their differences. The colliers belonging to the Tyne, we are assured, are anxious to return to their work, and are only deferred by the influence of the Wear men. NEWCASTLE, April 30.—We had this morning a moderate supply of country Wheat, which was taken off slowly at the prices of this day se'nnight. The arrivals of foreign Wheat continue large, and it is held at touch the same prices as last week. The stocks of Rye increase, but prices are not lower. The best malting Barley support their price, but grinding is rather cheaper. Fine Malt sells freely. Oats are lather dearer. Fine Flour 501. to 531. per sack.—Beef sold at his; Mutton, 8s 2d to 84 9d per stone, sinking offal.—Northumberland Bacon 52a to 548 ; Hants, 58* to 00s per cwt. Butter, new, 48s to 50s per firkin ; Do. old, nominal. Cumberland Baton, 511 to 52s ; Hams, 56, to tsgs per cwt. Butter, new, 411. w 50. per firkin; Do. old, nominal. MA R lED.—At Hexham, Mr. Michael Armstrong, to Miss Isa bella Dickenson.—At Berwick, Thomas Gilchrist, Esq. solicitor, to Margaret, third daughter of the Rev. Josoph Barnes.—Christian John, a onmingpmenor - L.: $V REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 6. iumglirr -~; Rh ma of Wm. Robinson, of Nam Meek taiga; to Mirk Rhsaboth, oldest daughter of Anwiek &skit, ll*it Lwagtay Orono, Durham. DIED.—Mr. Edmondstone, late swam& Illeekett-strost—At Bishopwearmouth, Mr. Wm. Dixon, ship-owner, 44.—At the Leases. near &dale, Mrs. Arden, the only surviving daughter of the late John Arden, Bag. of Stockport. CALEDONIAN MERCURY, MAT 3. - - - - - So great was the excitement to learn the decision of the King, re garding the dissolution of Parliament, that there were at least 5000 people in Waterloo-place on Sunday, awaiting the arrival of the mail • and the moment the driver announced the prorogation, notwithstanding the proverbial respect paid to the Sabbath in this country, the intelli gence was received with the loudest cheering, which lasted for several minutes. When the first newspaper was got out, the person to whom it belonged was prevented from leaving the lobby of the Post Office till he had read his Majesty's speech, at the end of every sentence of which three hearty cheers were given, and " one cheer more" was given at the conclusion for King William. Nearly a similar scene was enacted on Saturday, when the guard of the mail announced a dissolution of Parliament, which was then premature. Sir D. K. Sandford rode several miles out of Glasgow on Friday afternoon, in order to learn from the guard of the London mail the fate of the ref orm measure, ;and reached town again about seventeen mi nutes before its arrival, when he announced the result. At the Royal Exchange the intelligence was received by the party opposed to the measure with cheering, and by the liberal party with groans and hisses. In the Tontine coffee-room, the news was received in silence. The emigration from Greenock to Canada is at present brisk. The Favourite, which sailed on Monday, carried out upwards of seventy passengers ' • and the Nailer, which sailed on Thutsday, had a bun. dred on board. St. Gi LES' CATHEDRAL.—The exterior mason work of this ancient and now renovated pile, was finished on Saturday, with great rejoicing by the numerous workmeni employed. The building is now gene rally acknowledged to be the moat splendid either in Auld or New Reekie. The Edinburgh Shaksperian Theatrical Club celebrated the natal day of the immortal bard at the Waterloo Tavern (Stevenson's) 00 Friday. Sixty gentlemen assembled. James Meiklam, Esq. of Cairn hroe, presided, and Mr. Pritchard, of the Theatre Royal, was crou pier. Among those present were Mr. P. Robertson, advocate; Mr. Stein, &c. The music of the evening was selected entirely front Shakspeare's plays and poems. A NDESSONIAN t. 401 REE.—On Monday evening Dr. Scouller gave an account of a fossil ctustaceous animal, which had been found at Bathgate in the carboniferous limestone- The animal must have be longed to the same division as the Limuli or Molucca Crabs, but dif- fered in having an articulated tail like the Cyclops. As far as we are aware, it is the that specimen of the kind that has been observed.— This rare specimen was presented to the museum by Mr. Watson. A number of workmen are now employed within the enclosure:of the National Monument, in preparing atones for the monument about to be erected on the Calton Hill to the memory of the late Dugald Stewart. BLOWICK CORN SlAttmr, Arms, 30.—The supply of wheat, Parley, and oats here to-day was very small. Wheut met a very heavy sale. Barley and oats in demand, at about the rates of this day sennight. %Meat 53s to 58s ; fine, 59s to 60s per quarter. Barley, 35s to 36s ; fine, 375. Oats, Potatoe, 28s Gd to 30 ;Angus, 265. Beans, ' 38s to 395. Pease, 40s. Butter, tiOs 521 per firkin. Eggs, Ss Gd per hundred. Pork, 4s. per stone. Salmon, 2s per lb. Trout, Is. per pound. MARRIED.—At Garteraig, B. 111°Nair, M.D. to Mary Rennie, daughter of the late John Miller, Esq, Jamaica.— Henry Patterson, Esq. to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Richard Gardiner, Esq.— John Dunlop, Esq. Haddington, to Jessie, daughter of Win. Dunlop, Eq. Edinburgh.—The Rev. David Duncan, minister of Abernethy, to %les. Jean Thomson, relict of John litrray, E-q. of Conland.--At Friskey Hall, Andrew Young, E•q. liainburgli, to Janet Colhoun. Odes' daughter of J. Murdoch, Esq.—James 111ciklam, Esq. of Cairn brae, to Silas Campbell, eldest daughter of Colin Campbell, Esq. of Jura.—James Gordon, Esq. 92d Highlanders, to Janet Georgina, daughter of the late Major John Grant. DIRD.—At Paisley, 89, Mrs. Margaret Forrester, relict of Benja min Downie, Esq of Blairgorts.—Major-General Sir George Adam Wood, Governor of Carlisle.—At Glasgow, Francis Garden, F.sq.— At York-place, Miss Sinclair of Murkle. DE LA CHAUMLTTE V. THE COVENNON AND COMPANY OF THE • j) . 4'' ~~ ~ _ ` 3 ` N~ ~ I DANK OF RNGLAND. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a merchant in Paris, agsir.st the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, to tecover the value of a note tor 5001. The Bank refused payment on the ground that the note bad been stolen before it got into the plaintiffs possession. On the trial it was proved that the plaintiff had used all due caution before he exchanged the note, and the Jury, under Lord Tenterden's direction, found the following special verdict, subject to the decision of the Court above :—We find that the note tot 54011. was stolen from a person named Hawkins, but there was no negligence on the part of the plaintiff in exchanging it. Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opi. nion of the Court. . . Mr. PLAT r was heard this morning in support of the verdict, and cited a great many authorities to show that if proper caution MAI wad in tAking a note, the party could not be deprived of re covering it, in case it should have been dishonestly obtained in the first instance. _ _ _ Mr. Fot.xxvv, on the other side, contended that as Bank of Eng land notes were not a legal circulation in France, the parties who ex changed them took all the liabilities of the former owner. The Coyle said the doctrine laid down by Mr. Follett would lead to the greatest inconvenience in mercantire transactions, and they were of opinion, as the plaintiff had used proper caution and diligence at the time he exchanged the note, he had a ;right to re cover, and the verdict for the plaintiff must be confirmed.—Verdict for the plaintiff. PHILLIPS V. HDLAM. This was a question of some importance to Underwriters. It was an action on a Policy of Insurance on a vessel from het port in England to Sierra Leone. The Captain, on his atrival off Sierra Leone, made a signal for a pilot, and, as no boat came off, ventured to run in with out one. Being ignorant of the harbour, he ran on the rocks, and lost the ship. At the trial, it was left to the Jury whether the Captain was bound to keep the ship at sea all night, and wait until the next day for a pilot ? If under that obligation, the verdict ought to be for the Underwriters ; if, on the other hand, he was at liberty to exercise his discretion, the verdict should be for the assured. The Jury found for the Plaintiff. _ _ A rule having been obtained for a new trial, the question was argued, and the Court held that the verdict could not be disturbed.—Rule discharged. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.—Fatomr. Two lads, named Smith;nT./ohrisms, were indicted for stealing a handkerchief. The evidence was very clear against the prisoners, but prior to the Case going to the Jury, the prisoners' blends were cAled, aid tour respectable looking persons presented themselves : the three first, on getting into the witness box, gave the prisoners a moat excellent cha racter. The fourth said that one of the boys bad been in his employ, and was a very honest and industrious lad. The CHAIILMAN.—Wbat I did yon never hear that he bad been tried here before ? _ _ _ _ . Witness.— Why, not positively. Cumxwaw. What do you mean by not positively ? Did you e .ter hear that he had been in trouble before ? Wunebb (reluctantly)—Why, yes, I have heard of it. CHAIRMAN—Then how dare you come here and give him such a character, when you know that they have both been here before, and are quite incorrigible: go down, Sir. The Jury immediately found the prisoners Guilty. The Clialastas said, it was quite hurtful to his feelings to see pet•- ple come in the manner they did, and give characters to men who sere not worthy of them. Ills only doubt now was, such was the bad c.. 4. ratter of the prisoners, whether he should send them out of the et.uutry for life, tu for a limited period. The Court ultimately sentenced them to be transperusl for seven years. Tile priwmea both exclaimed" Thank you, sir." INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUKT, MAY 6. Initiates 1: ; ;Iherell liar,ley, late of Brewer:street, Somerstown, grocer, was unposed by lilt. Nrcuot s, on behalf of a ttasdeider named Lance. Mr. COOKE suppoited tie inswivent. It appeared that the insolveut had contracted a considerable debt with the opi.osing creditor, as also sub Messrs. Sewell, the wholes/ale groc.n. To the latter gentlemen he made an assignment of 3001. to which he would be entitled on the death of his mother, under his grandfather's W.ll, but it had n. , t been executed time months before the insolvent went to prison. lie had also mortgaged the lease of his remises, but his wife,. continued in possession. Mr. Nienoxs said the assignment to. Messrs. Sewell was Invalid, consequently that money would be divided amougst the creditors.— The Learned Counsel prayed possession of the house for he. Lance, the assignee. The COURT wlvised notice to be given to the executors under the will, from which the 300 L were derivable, and which would come to the creditors generally, but it did not think the assignee entitled to the possession of the premises.—The insolvent was discharged. A wag the other day being asked bya gentleman how came it that SATAN was likened to a pawnbroker ? answered, "it was because he claimed the unredeemed." A clerk of Drummonds', bankers, Charing-cross, has de camped, with cash, bills, &c. to the amount of upwards of 2,0001. The Police are in active search of the delinquent, and from the information they have received, they have no doubt of an early capture. Two hundred pounds are offered for his apprehension. -~„~ ~~e 1 1 717! POLICE REPORTS. Bow-wrnititT.—Last night two men wen HALLS, charged with bawling through the streets, and true account, received by express, of most al country elections, and also an account of the Duke been shot." The fellows had in their hands a number ing to give a detailed account of these transactions, their hats were decorated with similar ppm. 0 ' however, they were found to contain nothing more the boroughmotsgen, between whom and those who was " expected" that some serious riots would take that those of the boroughmongen who :had the at the hustings met with such a cool reception, I were immediately smothered with mud and filth, got very seriously hurt, the bill went on to papers this morning we hear that the Duke received a severe blow from Mr. Serjeant Wilde, him that his recovery is rendered doubtful; and , another account, that the Duke had been shot, which u Mr. Serjesnt Wilde had shot-ahead of the ' large majority,and it was very probable that they would he very soon shot into a horsepond." Mr. HALLS observed that the defendants had serious offence, and one which, at a period of e present, might lead to very great mischief. It nobleman of high rank should thus be held n and that a false and scandalous account should death. The defendants pleaded poverty, and their ignorance of having vio. lated the law. The Magistrate told them, however, that such things could not be permitted, and ordered them to find bail. In a short time after Gardiner, the officer, brought forward the printer of the bills in custody, whose name is Bishop, and who was apprehended at his residence, 20, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane. Gardiner stated that he sent a man before :titn to the house of the defendant, for the purpose of purchasing some of the bills, which he did, and the witness stated that the defendant set his press to work while he stood by, and knocked off the impressions in a short period of time. The defendant hoped that the magistrate would overlook the of fence, and said that the bills were certainly nothing more than harm. less squibs. Mr. I limas observed that election squibs were always excusable, but those bills were of a very different description. The defendant was then ordered to find bail. MARYLUIONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday, Mr. Slodden Sneyd, master-tailor, who had just returned from the Sandwich election, was brought up in the mind) , of the constable, Alderson, who had apprehended him in Foley-place, charged with an assault on the person of Sarah Ann Bennett, an interesting child, only five years old. He was committed to Newgatc for trial. warts' -- brought before hie. >ta, " The whole, full, alarming riots at the ke of Newcastle having amber of bills purport, ma, and the fronts of On perusing the bill., re than a tirade again st rho supported refenn it Ike place. After stating he audacity to app ear on, that their carriages filth, and that wimp say, that " from th e lie of Newcastle ha• Ide, which so stunned Ind it appeared, front rhich was true enough, boroughmongen by a r (the boroughtnor t rh) tad::committed a very F excitement, like the It was too bad that a up to public odium, d be published of ha. at havinet et. MURDEROUSA - SSA Ufa UPON A POLICE %N. Yesterday, at Hetton-garden, Jolly Cronie, an Irishmen, was brought up for re-examination, chargcd with having feloniou►ly stabbed end wounded Thomas Fuller, a new police-constable of division F. No 1 5 5, with intent to murder him. 111 r. Flower, solicitor to the metropolitan new police establishment, attended to conduct the prosecution. George Scott deposed—l live with my father in Red Lion street, Holborn. On Friday evening, the 22d of April, I was standing at my door at about seven o'clock. I taw the policeman (Fuller) coming down the street towards Holborn. He stopped at a library to look at tonic books, when the prisoner came round from Holborn, and began to swear at him, and call hint names. The policeman, who was on the op. posite side of the way, walked over to the prisoner, and he went a little way on, still abusing Fuller, and using irritating language, and, on arriving at some distance from the spot, the prisoner jumped into the road exclaiming, " Now catch me if you can,^ and he, at the instant, pulled a knife from his pocket, which he flourished about. Fuller pulled out his staff from his pocket,' and advanced towards the ptisoner, who made a stab at him with the knife, on which Fuller seized him by the collar, and hit him over the hat with his staff; they wrestled together, and the prisoner having his left arm round Fuller's body, he kept stabbing him in the ribs with the knife whio he held in his right hand ; they scuffled and fought together, and Fuller several times called out " tlurder." Fuller got away at last, and ran down the street, and the prisoner followed him with the knife in his hand, and on coming close to him lie stabbed huti in the back. The policeman ran through Featherstone-built:lngo, and on (rooming the road he tell down from exhaustion and loss of blood. I followed the pri. loner as fat as &ownlow.street, where he was taken into custody, when Mr. Taylor, an inhabitant, struck the prisoner with a piece of iron, and he dropp ed: the knife. The knife has the appearance of those used by shoemakers. George Riley, a police constable, division F. No. 2U, deposed—On Friday evening, the 22d ult. I was passing by Red Lion Street, Hol born, when I saw a great crowd, and a gentleman told me a policeman had Leen stabbed. I saw the prisoner running away, and I followed hint. On being taken into custody, lie said, ' hope the —is dead. went home and sharpened the knife on purpose to do for him ; and if lam convicted, and should die for him, I shall die happy. He called me an old cuckold.' Other witnesses corroborated this evidence. Air. Flower produced a certificate from Mr. Wood, the house surgeon of Si. Bartholomew's Hospital, which stated, that Fuller was doing very well at present, aced if nu relapse or inflammation takes place, there is every reason to expect that be would be won discharged from the hospitaL The witnesses already examined were all bound over to prosecute, at the next Sessions, Old Bailey ; but the prisoner will be brought up again on Wednesday next, when it is hoped that Fuller will be enabled to attend and give his evidence against him. The office was crowded to excess during the examination, which occnpied the Magistrates nearly the whole of the office hours. BIRTHS The sth that. the wife of Mr. W. H. Goddard, of Upper Stamford. street, solicitor of a daughter.—The bth inst. hi Gnat Cumberland. place, the lady of T. MacEvoy, Esq. of a daughter.—The sth ins.. 3in. William Warne, Cornhill, of a daughter.—The sth inst. the lat'y of G. Rougemont, Esq. of a sons—The 2 1 .11.1 t ult. Tilney.a r.tt, Mrs. Smyth Wyndham, of asor. MARRIED. The sth inst. at St. Matthew's, Brixton, Mr. J. Evans, of Abayst• with, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Mr. Burrell, of Camberwell.— The Ath inst. at Wanstead, Mr B. Blew. of Alt!gate High -evert, to Martha Dyer, niece of J. Ahl.ott, Esq. Forcat.gate, Essex. DIED. The sth inst. at his house, Union-place, Lambeth, the Rev. Isaac Jackman. lie was rector of Ashley-cum-Silverley, and vicar of Battling, in the county of Cambridge, preacher at the Philarthropl!, chaplain to the Asylum for the Blind, and lecturer at St. Clements Danes—The sth inst. at his house, Regency-square, rrighton, Colonel W. S. Pryor, late of tl:e Ikngal Native Infantry—The 6th inst. at Bishop's Stonfoid, in Herefordshire, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Wilby—l'vsterday morning, C. Lane, the faint son of C. Lambert, Esq. of Fatzroy-square—The 6th inst. in the 36th year of his age, William, the only surviving son of W. Minshull, Esq. of Kentish town—Tae 3d init. at Ivy-coatagc, Clapham-common, aged &I 31n. Hannah Dowson, relict of Mr. B. Dowson, late of Mutforil.halla Suffolk. NifWGATE AND LEADENHALL—THIS DAY. TN re was a fair supply at these markets this morning, but peen gent rally wt re Wt. By the (:area..-.—Per stone of Sibs. Beef 3s Od 4$ Od 4s 4d I Mutton 31 8d 4s 4d 4s 64 Veal 3s lid 4s Sd Si 4d Pork 3s 8d 4s 10d 51 4,1 Lamb .... 5s Rd ... 6s Od ... Gs Bd. FARRINGDON N 'AMEX—THIS DAY. Ililltar—Florst [foaming, 8d to Bid per S. Boiling. 5d to 6d. Mus eum—Lee, Bd. Shoulder, 7d. VtAL—Leg. 84J. Fillet, 10d. Poetic, 6id .o 9d. LAtis, 104 to is. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. Corr Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, .C 2 Ss. to £2 10a. Useful ditto, £2 104. to is 15.. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Ho), £4 Os to £4 4s. Clover Hay, XI Os. to £5 ss. Oat Sta.. £llSs to LI 14a. Wheat Straw, £'l 16s. to sel 18a. per load. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET—THIS DAY. PRICES. Green Peas, 3 guineas per quart. Cherries, 25s to 35s per pound. S•rawbetries, fki to Is 3d per ounce. Pines, 6s to 18s per pound. English Grapes, 8. to 24s per lb. Cucumbers, Is to 5s per bract. Mushrooms, 6d to Is per basket. Asparagus, 3s to 8s per bundle. I rench Beans, 3s to 4, lid per 100. Gooseberries, 6d to 8d per quart. Currants. Is per pottle. Rhubarb, 6d to Is Oil per bundle. New Potatoes. Is to 2a per pound. Brocoli. Is to 4s 6d per bundle- Cauliflowers, 6d to is 3d each. Apples, 3s 6d per half sieve • do. for &toot, la 6d to 21 per doz. Pears, 4s to 6* per dozen. dthbaSee• Is to Is 6d per dos. Spring Turnips, Is 611 to 2s fid per bunch. Cer• rots, la 3d to 2s per bunch. Spring Onions, 4d to 6d per bunch. Hone Radish, 20 6d to 8. per bundle. Old Potatoes, 2s Gd to be Per cat. Old Onions, 3s 6d to 4s 6.1 per half sieve. Sa ll ad,3d per small basket. Celery, 6d to Is 3d per bunch. Oranges, 3a to 12s pe 100. Lemons, 3s to 12.. Spanish Nuts, 5s per peck. Almonds, 75.. Uxastnoa—Wheat, per load (40 bushels) Bib Os to £2l Os: Bo' ley, per qr, 4ts to 46a ; Oats, 29s w 36. ; Beans, als to 47s ; Pea.. to —a. lIONEL HIM T.—Wheat, per load (five bushels), 42s la 416 4 Beans, 24s to 30s ; Peas, 241 to 29. ; Barley, pet qr. 42$ a 4 7" Oats, 296 to 32s Od. ROMPORD—Wbutt, per qr. 64a to 781; Barley, 311. to 48a 01111 ' 164 to 34s ; Beans, 36a to 40s ; Peas, 36s to 41.; Bye. 36 1 ° 3614 Lownoa Paintedsac rubliehed by Jour at the tithe. Orrice, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar.