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rLERICAL tATELIdGEN :R. CAMBRIDGE, MX ii. _ . Feday,,Thoinas Blake, Esq. LI-I). of Trin ry L•a'.l. Irr:s mined to the fredlowthip vacant by the cession of Ci..irles Emig. LLB. :4 nod:. y, Mr. John Barnard and Mr. Genrite James Brnr.hr. m . of Kim.% C itt fr, vtr , - admitted Fellows of that Soete•y. Sunda*, :we nn slat, rhr following final- men et this Lancets: y were oniamvd.by the Bishop of Clouesbter • Priests-1:s rt 13 A. of curets C4.114e, and j, ton, ut Prinlwrike Lescow—Willbun ionterritle, elf Sr. Fere* • e.cirohr of C.:::uriue Ha ; John Niu -outs rf Ms rccr, tif elitist Ct.th gr. ON FORD. JUL? _ _ Mr Frederick Lee, tate et e'embroks College, 'las It. cti ,i, c; schair of Merton Coliege. _ _ Satu rday the leatateiny. w ‘eatietnen te ere admitted to de gr ee., • NA... ea or MIT.. Mr. Charles l'aronCnoper4 of ‘4"%dlistrt Conrge. RA•liir:.(:x or All-16 Mr. k(kbert Samuel kicharde, urerver Colkze 'lit: whole number of INTrers Act D.C.L. one; Honorary U.O L. sl, ; Me". one; BD. Orte B.C.L. Hive; M.A. fifty clue; 1-lonmary m.., B.A. twenty-;even; biatrlculat.ur. F.lty•feur. ECCIFSI ASTIC: I T. 210NMTION.S. toted from family animosity. He had two answers, either of which would be sufficient—firat, that Mrs. Robson had committed adultery since her separation from her -husband in October, 1809 ; and secondly, that when she was required by her husband, two days after they parted, to lcturn, she would have com plied but for the conduct of the plaintiff and her bro ther, who refused to allow her to go home, and said that they would maintain her. it would be observed, that up to the date of the separation, the husband and wife had had no children, and yet more than a year after that event, December, 181 u, she was deli vered of an infant, which died, and of which the mo ther pretended her husband, the defendant, was the fathers the contrary would be satisfactorily estab lished in evidence. 1n a case of comparatively recent date, Sir A. Chambre had held, that when an action was brought for necessaries • supplied to a wife, the means which the wile possessed of maintaining her. self ought to be taken into the consideration of the Jury; in this instance Mrs. Robson had followed the business of mantua.making, and was in fact quite capable of supporting herself; so that if the Jury feat called upon to give any damages, they ought not to be to the extent demanded. The Learned Counsel then called his witnesses, but several of them proved nothing against Mrs. Robson, but a Mrs. Agnes Reynolds being put into the box, swore, that about a year after the birth of 0 the child, the plaintiff called upon her, and'requested that she would not say any thing against her sister; that the witness answered, that Ike could not, as she knew nothing against her, and that then the plaintiff informed her, that the child was not Mr. Robson's, but t he corsequence of an adulterous connexion be tween Mrs. Robtors and a gentleman whom she bad met in the street. Another witness, a servant of the defendant, deposed as to the second ground of de- j The purchases were immense, and beyond all con ception numerous and effective. Sixteen hundred men were employed at the capstans ; the Reader may judge for himself as to the "strain" which these would heave. The first hour was taken up in heav .ing the purchases tight, and at four o'clock, the KENT. of 80 guns, and weighing 1,964 tons, was lifted completely out of the water, and placed high and dry an ; cradle, to the delight and astonishment of thousands of stators. This was indeed the triumph of the )64 pe . We have not learnt that the magnificent spectacle was damped by any accident. UNION•HALL.—Saturday four gypsies, named John, Josiah, Shortstop and Matirda Smith, wrre brought be. fore Mr. Serjeant SEcLom, charged by May and Goff, on suspicion of rubbery, under the following CIMUTII - :—About two months since, a person who travels the country with a caravan, selling goods of different kinds, was stopped near Brighton, and robbed of a considerable quantity of *ashPhy a gang of ]gypsies. Information havitig been given at this Office, May, Goff, and Hall, were dispatched in search of the robbers, and on Saturday apprehended the prisoners in the Borough. On •searching them. there was found in their possession S 3 guineas, 77 half-guineas, 11l seven•shilling pieces, and £ , S9 in notes of different Country Banks ; and also six silver spoons and . a watch. The prisoners now denied all knowledge of the robbery in quevion. • They were, however, commiLied for re cxaminatioir. • The Pee. Chat. Grove it instituted :o the kt 0...: -11 of Otkotlr e on the p r esentatio n of the Ca rl of Radnor. Thekight Hon. Lord Viscount Galaxy has been Aiwa •! :a appoint the Rev. W. Wilson, A.M. !Att. Master of St. Lets School, his Domestic Chaplain, and Tutor re hi+ Eve tons. The Frov6st of Queen's College, Osiord, l.a. nomioated t, s Rev. !limas Bradiry, A.M. to the Ma.ter.hip of 13.-ts School, vacant by the reslgnatiou of the Rev- W. Wilton, A. M. The R e y. Robert Wilson, late cif St. ?re% is ap7oint:3 Curacy of Broughton, near :.:kipron in Craven; :dm Matter of the Free School. bridge, is prese nt e d to the Vicarage of Adig, The Rev. I. Bran. M.A. Fellow of Trin=!y arth Cam- Rev. Clar (;rove, of Salisbury, to th; Rt . ctory Wilts. The Lord Bishop of Lendon has appointed the Rer. a u k s James Rionsfield, M.A. Rector ot Chesterturd, to be one ot hts Lordship's Dosuest;e Chaplains. The Rev. Llsverd Ta.urlow, LL.B. to the Rectory of Ashby, Suffolk. Rtv. Wm. Mager, B.D. Fellow of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to the Vicarage of Sunntughill, Barks._ James Hook, LL.D. to Lc; hector, of Whirringham,ln the late of Wish:. Rev.!. Clarkson, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Camb e kf ze , to the Vicarages of Buford and koston,, iledtorsleture. The Rev. Mr. 14.otaueno, who unfortunately re. ceived a severe accident in April last, as !;e was rid ing out with the PRINCE REGENT, and which has ever since confined him to his residence at the Pavilion, Brighton, is now so favourably recL.vcred, that the ' Rev. Gentleman hat been enabled rn return to towns GENERAL SYNOD Of Z.TIATEno...:tt a lii.:trifig At this Presbyterian Assembly, held on Friday, June the 27th, the Rcv. Mr. CARRLYLE unwed for el:, :trading of the Report or a deputati;:n tc Lord CASTLEREAGH respecting the education of the Protesi ant l'r: sLiterian students for tit Church. Lord CASTLEREACHI had asked whether t his was a ro.stter ot discili iac, which it certainly was, as the education included not merely the classic languages or even exology, hot Nora' education also. He observed that Cookstown an in divi,:ual, styling himself I.ord Castlereeoi, toted, by • _rbal messages, that " Government itig:lt regard their electing a professor t.l teach their students i n diet:logy as act ot hostility to them, and they we:e theietore required to desist." " Who, or wii,tt was this Lord Castlereagh, that he should tend soda a message to the Synod ot 171,ter ? W.rs he an ElJer Had he his credentials %volt hint ? What right had he to obtrude himself crucially on their deli,'.. lA. Lions ?" lite Rev. Mr. C. concluded by IN .) 1 1 c rg a declaratory act, that they considered the e•itice.iiril of students as a matter of ecclesiastical disciplini-, in which they are determined to admit ot no tenet! whatever. Allusions in the debate are In.ide to a letter of Mr. refl.'s, and to some other interle rence with the academical institutions at Belfast._ After a long discussion, in which many of the clergy spoke, the motion was carried by a great majority, and the Synold immediately after elected the Rev. Mr. Hay to the vacant Professorship of Divinity. RUPTURED PATIENTS, Sm.—Dr s.COOPER, Mt boa, and Co. of Charlotte House, opposite the Rev. Row . land Hill's Chapel, have established a Medical Board in Woodstock street, Oxford -street, adjoining New bond street, where a Phric:an and Surgeon, Member+ nt the Royal Ledle g e of London, of thirty years experience, retitle, and where a!l the Members of the lloard alternately attend. That thomatids bare been restored to health by tlitmt, without confinement, is disputable, after hospitals had tails .1. Erurmm: on the heed, face, and body, ulcerated throat &c .;:c. :.re the e.m.eveue r e of a certain cump;aint impropetty sr.ated —M-ssrs. Coup-r, Munroe, and Co are cuntuhed dady, at both houses, meal Nine at night.—There are side doors at • .telt house, and private rooms for feinales..-- o '.• The Piles and Pi tub curt d without c••••.infit —7 Ruptured Patients attend at Chart , e Ukase on Nlcria.s and Friday., and at Woods ock Haase 'Ai Wednesdays, wt...; are radically cured of reducible kuptures on scieuific and t pato mica' principles, without surgical operation r:r the least excoria• Lion. Patients at ado:mice t:..-tr caw, may i.ave V.e curative process sell to any part the Kirgdom, by wh:ch means they may ulitaiti a radie.d care. Letters cum.c.:mg at ea. &wire immediately attended tu. 14)14b0i4 . Wowed and pub'Ywd by l.tvta Kan r, e Etn,;:c•!.:ar. -r - aas • a weraa.. ............ -•-- --- it ••••• -- ---------. --- Eas - rounvinitaYLIPERIMKNT--A mo na st interesting A rortuguese ucer :laving arawn mon ' e a sworn latter was sworn to by the brother of the plaintiff. As spectac l e was w i tnessed at P lymouth, on Monday, one of his s i sters, on t h e i n . erference of his mother, f of a ac, an body, urinate .! thrnat &c ,;:c...re the cone certain comp;aito improperly .rated --114-nrs. to the former, the property cf the defendant, several July 1. It had been some time in contemplation to cut down and stabbed the latter through the head. Munroe. and Co are cuittul.ed.hstly,ar both houses, Ur) witnesses were called; but an that they proved was, pull up a line.ot battle ship on one of the building The unfortunate object of his first attack was also at night. —There are side doors at , oeit house, and pH.. ati that the defendant was a granary-keeper, renting slips: and the Trona, of 80gons, was fi xed on foi the desperately wounded ; and another sister, in attempt- f" fen k lal u eg t .--. ed Patie n ts n'e a P t i t l t e nTa d t l i ...- i I;a " rl ta r , t c e ll 'H d t.:„ i‘ o l "n "' N i some ;warehouses for £l4O a year, and deriving a experiment ; but, on inspecting her, she was found to ing her escape from the chamber where this tragedy „gri,upy,u,r,'„4 at at'ooa s s oc • I: Hoa.e ~ 11 Wednesda ) s, . profit of about telso per annum. be not worth repairing, and the Kees was substituted. was performing, was precipitated down a flight radically cured of reducible Kupturei on scietrific and Mr Torento, for the defendant, contended, that his Two frigates, the DIANA (now in the Dutch service) ot stone steps, and her skull fractured. The mica principles, without sur g ical operation r:f the least client could not be liable in an action which was insti• arid the MILAMPUS, had been hauled up with facility wretched author of these crimes was soon after ar- lion.. Patients at a distance descril.i:. : ! T l : i[ ir K ei l t w, n u rn ity l : , toted from family animosity. He had two answers, on die slips at Mr. Blackburn's yard, Catwater ; and rested in the street, but appeared totally indi ff erent m eara e3 lve ti! ,: y oe : .. .lA . to any . part 1 • r f d ... ... either of which would be sufficient—first, that Mrs. the RISISTANCE, in Plymouth yard; but although to the bloody deeds he had perpetrated. ay 043111 a radie.d care. dater% cu........t: closure itntuediatei ) attended O. Robson had committed adultery since her separation the machinery was in every respect most powerful, Lest week was committed to Lincoln Castle, Eli- from her -husband in 1809 ;Octo b er, an d - lately , John Sabine, Es.q. 'sta. Re z iment of Fen., I . XI Alt. 11: that when she was requ ired by her husband, two days ground, newly made, in which the bollards (huge moo carrier, on the charge of wilful murder up on Caroline Hurry Taylt.r, second tlauAter of kiln. Tait after they parted, to vetoer:, she would have com- posts ) were hied, was shaken by the tremendous the body of J.Warr i ner, her son-in-law, about the age Yarrneuth. plied but for the conduct of the plaintiff and her bro. strain, and during the operation it was much feared of twelve years, who was found dead in a stable with Ki l ii .uesd on,litu a t t s,f t a -: l i r et il te ev Zi . Rdalvu'vri haw Recto , L :ter o; tl:e late ther, who refused to allow her to go home. and said that it would give way before the ship could be got a baker by the side of him, fastened to the rick, and itvC/CLESBY, Putt, Asq. of uarsham — . • y . - ' that they would maintain her. It would be observed, up. This was the only point in which it waathoueht a noose near to the head stall. Upon the body being Rev. Wm. Ain t er, 3.13. Vi-ar of Sonninghill, Ler:.., that up to the date of the separation, the husband the experiment could tail in the case of the Kent; as, examined and opened by Mr. THOMAS B tieno tows, of Harpenden, lieut. and wife had had no children, and yet more than ato use the words of the most intelligent O ffi cer who of Gasberton, and Mr. W. Visa, of Spalding.. Sur Rev. David I•luzlito., MA. aertor of Llarrgin, M Pin t rhire, to Jannett, yoatt,:- t tlauester of David kV:ll:att.., year after that event, December, 181% she was deli. superintended the fixing of the blocks, tackles, ice. goons, no marks whatever of violence or of strangu- een-y-bout, Mtrianethal-re. /erred of an infant, which died, and of which the ma the machinery was not only sufficiently powerful to latiau appeared about the neck and throat, or the Rev. James Layton. of Call!, to M!s, f.y.!..:: It.ozzh, ther pretended her husband, the defendant, was the pull her up on the slip, but to weigh and suspend body, but a quantity of arsenic was discoveted in the father : the contrary would be satisfactorily estab- her in the air. - coats of the stomach ; and they stated in cvidatce, ter a Mr. itui-cli, of :4. Siramet, Noryste). Robed,Rev Gs. c orge ,• Gtillin S:one.tre i r l: 3 C b lt .t itz I.in to th. rat L.l-1, lisked in evidence. In a case of comparatively recent 'fbirty.two trebkfold blocks, for receiving ropes wen, eight, that the death of the deceased, in their judement, Robert 4 at i le dd en ,.. ta r,' to Mary 7 ' PL'a" date, Sir A. Chambre had held, that when an action and nine inches, as purchases to be successively applied as the was occasioned by the poison. Evidence beim; also m l• was brought for necessaries • supplied to a wife, the ship raises. given strongly implicating the said Elizabeth aVarri- enitie means which the wile possessed of maintaining her. Eight cables round and under her. Bilge bottom ways, find and supported with wooden chocks Saturday sennighr, at Ntioney, Sonter.44shire, scarf na, she was accordingly fully committed for trial at ate. Francis Mietaltull, Rector or that ?arid',. self ought to be taken into the considerat:on of the and Iron knees fore and are the nest Assizes. In consequence of a 1:-.11 front hii ht' 'e, r ,, :ei l ts, t , Jury; in this instance Mrs. Robson had followed the Four Vows at her stern to buoy her up. UNlON•tiaLL.—Saturday four gypsies, named John business of mantua-making, and was in fact quite ' rwo additional caimans on board, to brace on th e Porches", joiiah, Shortstop and Matirda Smith, were brought be- R. L. Manning, to Wre•tlinewimh l',,rstor:-, 8..,if0r.1 . 5h capable of supporting herself; so that if the Jury with 'Mae et battle ships' cables rose ihsonS the h blocks ; besidesln his 47th ) ear, Vie Rev. J. Barnett, of trerynon, a. ' Rev. Charles NI: , •or, Rector of DMlttl• S mar. Lit:. which, 14 capstans in front of the ship. fore Mr. Serjeant SELLott, charged by May and Goff, of BMWS, Movir e ..nteryshire. feat called upon to give any damages, they ought not Anchor sunk In the ground, and large and small mooring on suspicion of rubbery. under the following CitCtlin- In hi. eel year, toe Rev. the^-: , s :.Hari., Ilevor of to be to the extent demanded. chains dazed to the same, for supporting the bollards or poets. stances :—About two months since, a -person who field , Bet!... • The Learned Counsel then called his witnesses, Platforms fore and Mt on each side of the ship. travels the country with a caravan, selling goods of 1 eery Vinbutyl. on ~,, Nith ult, s At f li b urrnw e l ate i l l e & Je,, r . e Wit .n.ek, CIAO:h. but several of them proved nothing against Mrs. The purchases were immense, and beyond anew- d ifferent kinds, was stopped near Brighton, and won n A o -et t l 2 5, - Robson, but a Mrs. Agnes Reynolds being put into ception numerous and de v ote e . Sixteen hundred robbed of a considerable quantity of 'eashPby a gang the Rev. J dit t y . Bat 1.,v 1 .1, of '1 intpaky: • Si . . , the box, swore, that about a year after the birth of men were employed at the capstans; the Reader may of • win. Information havnig been given at this 3 . rftfor mr s ot.lo, ON t ATURDAY. 0 the child, the plaintiff called upon her, and'requested judge for himself as to the ei strain" which these • .o(tee, May, G o ff, per e t Red s 1 IB4el i B lie :rock 291 t. 9 i 0 and Hall, were dispatched in .i .. . •i 1- A ''' 4 i ~.r. Cent. Cons tx.) 3 81i 80 .0 .7 ens.: ... 2 , that she would not say any thing against her sister; would heave. The first hour was taken up in heav- search of the robbers, and on Saturday apprehended 81 1 ex. die- In ha Ponds Si It. • :or that the witness answered, that Ike could not, as she trig the purchases tight, and at four o'clock, the the primness in the Borough. On •searchine them. and that then the plaintiff Kees, of 80 guns, and weighing 1,964 tons, wastree Cent. 101 091 100 101 Escb.Blns (Std.' vo IV 5 e-r ;:ent. liavy 107 i OS for f V.8.:4 tiai kuew no against her, there was found in t h e i r possession S 3 guinen, 77 half-guineas, 11l sevaoshilling pieces, and X , 59 in , o7i es. dke. Luau y I Lew+ "-,1 et ii informed her, that the child was not Mr. Robson's, lifted completely out of the water, and placed high but the corsequence of an adulterous connexion be- and dry in * cradle, to the delight and astonishment notes of different 'Country Banks ; and also six silver HAM WAThit TO MORROW A r 1.- s• IX.N t 4 i tween Mrs. Robton, and a gentleman whom she bad of thousands of spetators. This was indeed the iv.oriertg spoons and a watch. The prisoners now denied all • arterneon - • . 53 nun. a:ter . . met in the street. Another witness, a servant of the triumph of the ier4. We have not learnt that the knowledge of t he b ber . q t ro y . in ue..l ion. • They welt'. Leitil.lo;4 . Woo ed and pub'lt'vd by !.taco Kan t i e defendant, deposed as to the second ground • ' . of de- . magnificent spectacle was damped by any accident. however, commiLicd for re v a e n s inati e it. 11.tv, rear; e•lZat. • • LAW INIELLIGLNCE. COURT OF KING'.: LENCE, JULY 11. SARAH PICKN'AN lt01;,ON. This was an action for riecessaties supplied to the Wife of the defendant : the whole demand was st".!',3. Bs. for hoard, lodging, and clothes since May 1613. at the rate of one guinea per week for board and lodging, and six guineas a year tor clothes.— The facts stated by Mr. GUItNEY, and proved by the witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff, were these defendant was married to the sister of the plaintiff in .1801, a•al they continued to live together for some years; a serious disagreement, however, took place, which was arranged by the interference of friends; and Mts. Robson, though mated with great severity by her husband, agreed to return to his hot,,e. In WO, they lodged at a Mrs. Brown's, in Tooley street ; and at this time the defendant renewed las cruelty, by beating and kicking his wife without mercy. It appeared that on one oi.Lasion, late at night, the mistress of the house, Mr-. Brown, was' alarmed by the screams of Mrs. Robson, who, burst, ing open the door of Mrs. Brown's room, leaped into bed to her for protection ; she was followed 6y the defendant, who dragged her nett, struck het s,:veral times on the face while she lay upon the flout, and taking her to the top of the stairs, flung her down the whole flight. At another time he came into a room where she was drinking tea with the Captain of a ship and his wife, and kicked her out 01 it without assigning any reason. A third infliction, more se vere than the preceding, took place a short time liter wards, when Mrs. Dobson was seen upon her knees in a petitioning attitude, while the defendant threat ened with a broom-stick to break her back: she was so much bruised as to be unable to dress herself, and the marks were long visible. The defendant's cruelty at length compelled her to swear the peace against him; and she quitted his house for that of her bro. ther, John Pickman, in October, ISO 9. In 1813, John Pickman obtained, by a verdict and arbitration, compensation for the expenses he had incurred in maintaining Mrs. Robson, from October, 1809, until that date. Since 1813, she had lived with her sister, Sarah Pickman, who brought the present action for ni.cessaries, supplied between 1813 and the pre sent time. It appeared, on the crou.examination of the plain. tiff's witnesses by Mr. TOPPING, that Mrs. Robson was delivered of an intent in December, 1810, more than a yea' atter the separation ; but she asserted that it was the consequence of some visits her husband bad paid her unknown to her family, who were much exasper ,ted against him. The persons who proved the personal violence of the defendant towards his wife were females, who gave their evidence with much of that eloquent zeal which the subject in spired ;—one of them. Mrs. Winifred Bryant, under went the following curious crosfrexamination What is your husband ?—An independent man. Is he not a blind fiddler ?—No, he is a Gentleman, an independent Gentleman of £5O a year. Do you mean to swear that he is not a fiddler, and that you have not led hire. about the streets askipg charity ?—No, not about streets. What then be gives tt , ..7quares the benefit of his music? —Nu matter for teat, be is an independent man—as independent as you are. He seems to have two very musical instruments— his fiddle and We wife ?--So much the better ; then he has two strings . to his bow, which is what all you Gentlemen have not got. Is he not a fiddler I—He was a ouriciaser. Is he not blind I—Suppose he is dark, many others that I see are as dark as he a different way. He is an independent man of ‘5O a year. and that is marl than most can say. Lord ELLENBONOUGN recommended that the mat ters in difference between the parties should be pri vately settled. Mr. TOPPING was willing to consent to a reference, 'but Mr. GUNNRY preferred the Verdict of a Jury to the award of an arbitrator. He observed, that the defendant was worth 5 or 46,000, and was gaining 7 or /8800 a year; and thought he would not pay for the maintenance of his wife, lie could afford to keep another woman in her place. Mr. TOPPING denied both these assertions, but the latter was sworn to by the brother of the plaintiff. As to the former, the property cf the defendant, several witnesses were called; but all that they proved was, that the defendant was a granary-keeper, renting some ;warehouses for £l4O a year, and deriving a profit of about £l5O per annum. Mr TOPPING, for the defendant, contended, that his client could not be liable in an action which-was insti• fence, and just after the parting in 1809, he went to indrce Mrs. Robson to return ; that she appeared willing, but that the plaintiff and her brother had pre vented her by saying, that she should never f!ll back to her husband, and that they would maintain her. Other evidence was adduced to shew that the defen dant had rased no violence, but it was entirely of a negative kind ; such as that no bruises were seen upon Mrs. Robson, and that she made no complaints to her friends of the cruelty of her husband. Lord ELLENNOROUGH summed up to the Jury, di recting them in point of law to lnd for the defendant, if they thought the adultery sufficiently established, of if they were of opinion that the plaintiff had pie. vcottd the wife from returning to her husband at the time she was willing to have done so. The Jury consulted, and g:ive a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £243 Bs. being die whole sum required. ROBINSON W. WALLIS. The parties are both farmers in Kent ; the action was for slander, and the words were, " Robinson is a thief, he stole a sheep from me, and 1 found the skin on his premises." It turned out on the evidence that the plaintiff and defendant bad had disputes re girding some cattle which had trespassed upon the ground of the latter, which led to the abusive lan guage above stated. M. SCAULETT for the defendant, argued that his client did not mean to impute a felony to the plain tiff, but merely that he had taken possession ofa sheep belonging to the defendant, which had strayed upon the plaintiff's land.—The Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict, and af,s damages. Friday morning, the inhabitants of Islington were alarmed by 'he report of the murder of one of the watchmen doting the preceding night. The rumour was occasioned by one of the watchmen being missed from his beat at the usual hour of exchanging posts, not being heard of at his lodgings in the morning, and his coat and lanthorn being found by the side of the. New River, shout a mile and a half from Ms watch box. The river was dragged for several hours, but no body could be found; but what is most sin gular, the body of a man was found in another part of the river without any coat on ; hence arose the report that the watchman had been murdered, his hands tied behind him, and thrown into the river— the whole of which is untrue. Tlie watchman (whose name is Noble) returned home to his lodgings on the same afternoon, and accounted for his absence by saying, that be was attacked in the night by a gang of thieves, and pursued as far as Newington. FIRS AT Unntozou Hot/sc....The following parti culars respecting the fire on the Ist inst. at Uffing toii House, the seat of the Earl of LINDSAY, near Stamford, are co pied from the Stanford Mercury : " The Marchiooeu of DOWNSHIne t with her daugh ters the Ladies HILL, had arrived on a visit to the Countess of LllU,bgy, on Monday night ; being la. tigued with travelling she retired early, and the whole of the family at the Hall were in bed by halt past twelve. At about two in the morning, the Earl being indisposed, his Countess got up to administer medi dine to him ; and on passing into the next room was alarmed by the smell of bre. She called up the housekeeper, who descended into the kitchen, and dis covered that a large table standing in the middle of the apartment was on fire, and several of the drawers partly burnt. With much resolution she procured water, and in a short time, with assistance, extinguished the fire ; but on looking up she per ceived through a widow which commands the kitchen from the housekeeper's room, that the latter apartment was in a blaze ; and on entbring it, the curtains were found to be on fire ; and a large closet, in which a quantity of china and linen were deposi ted, was greatly damaged. This fire was soon sub dued, but the cause of it, and the extraordinary dr. cumatance of its breaking out in two distinct apart ments, remains a mystery. The damage done, we understand, does not exceed four or five hundred pounds, principally in linen and china. Lavender left I.llfington on Tuesday last ; but nothing is at present discovered tending to convict the perpetrators of a fire which there is every reason to believe has been wilfully occasioned." EXTRAunDINARYESPZRIUISNT—A most interesting spectacle was witnessed at Plymouth, on Monday, July 1. It had been some time in contemplation to pull up a line-ot battle ship nn one of the building slips: and the Ttotttc, of 80gans, was fixed on for the experiment ; but, on inspecting her, she was found to be not worth repairing, and the KENT was substituted. Two frigates, the DIANA (now in the Dutch service) mid the MILASIPCS, had been hauled up with facility on the slips at Mr. Blackburn's yard, Catwater ; and the RiutisTaNca, in Plymouth yard; but although the machinery was in every respect must powerful, and more than sufficient to effect the purpose, yet the ground, newly made, in which the bollards (huge posts) were bud, was shaken by the tremendous strain, and during the operation it was much feared that it would give way before the ship could be got up. This was the only point in which it wait thou t ,ht the experiment could tail in the case of the Kent; as, to use the words of the most intelligent Officer who superintended the fixing of the blocks, tackles, ice. the machinery was not only sufficiently powerful to pull her up on the slip, but to weigh and suspend her in the air. 'fidrtrtwo treblefold blocks, for receiving ropes erten, eight, and time inches, as purchases to be succesaively 4.pplied as the ship raises. Eight cables round and under her. Bake bottom ways, .ilsed and supported with wooden chocks and iron knees foie and aft. Four lidhters at her stern to buoy her op. Two additional captains on board, to bears on the purchases, with able ef battle ships' cables rove through the block* ; besides which, 14 capstans in front of the ship. Anchor sunk In the ground, and large and small mooring chains dazed to the same, for supporting the bollards or posts. Platforms furs and Mt on each side of the ►hip. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Saturday an Inquisition was taken at the Batley Mow, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. on the bogy of Ambrose Davis, a youth only 18 years of agr, who was drowned in the Serpentine River on Thursday last, while bathing. Thomas Mason. son to Mr. Mason, of N. 2, Great Russel street, Bloomsbury, deposed that about eight o'clock. last Thursday evening, the deceased calle.l upon him at his lather's house to go bathing in rt:e Serpentine River ; witness accompanied him thither; they undressed near the bridge, and witness sent into the water. The deceased leaped off the bridge, and instantly sunk. He sunk and got up agave seven or eight times. Witness thought he was drown ing. and went to his assistance, and caught hoid of him, but they both sunk. Witness finding he could not save him, extricated himself, and called for as sistance to many persons who were also undressed in the water, as well as a multitude who were looking on on shore, but they refused to render assistance, al 'edging, the deceased was playing tricks, and that be was only floating. At this time he totaly disap peared. and a man of colour who came pia at the time, instantly undressed, and plunged into the wa ter. He dived after him several times with greet dexterity, and at one time found the body, bin had n:►t strength to bring him up, and was compelled to relinquish his hold. Witness then got out of the water, put on his clothes, and went to die boat-house. The boat was sent out with the nets and drags, and the body of the deceased taken up, and conveyed to the boat-house, and from thence to St. George's work house - The deceased was in the service of Mr. Wilson, of Great Russell-street. Mr. Thomas Bates, of Welbeck-street, Cavendish scoare, was on the bank of the Serpentine, when the accident happened, and confirmed the foregoing evidence. The body was taken up about 11 o'clock. He was positive the means recommended by the Hu- Inane Society could be of no avail, as life eras quite extinct. The black man behaved extremely well, and was deserving cf notice. The Coroner and -Jury having enquired who the black man was ? were informed that his name was Joseph Roberts, a drummer belonging to the Guards stationed in Hyde Park Bartacks ; that being an ex pert swimmer, and being near the Serpentine of mor nings and evenings, he had been the means of saving many lives. They therefore recommended him to the notice of the Royal Humane Society for his lau dable and active exertions, but more particularly on this occasion. Verdict—Accidentally Drowned. Saturday an Inquest was held in the Board-room, at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of Henry Johnson, a boy ten years of age. The deceased had a horse given him to hold, mounted the animal, but being unaccustomed to ride, l►e fell, and pitching on his head, received so serious an injury, that he - was taken up apparently lifeless, and canted to the Mid dlesex Hospital, where he died at five o'clock on Fri. day morning. Verdict—Accidental Dead.. About ten o'clock, on Thursday night, as Mr. Henry Humphries, of Cecil-place, Leicester-square, was coming along Oxford-street, in company with a friend, he was attacked by a rerson dressed in a smock frock, who began sparring and struck him several blows. Mr. Humphries' friend interfered, but the robber made a sudden snatch and ran off wth the latter's watch, who followed with the cry of— ,, Stop thief I" until he was taken, and lodged in Mary-la Bonne watch•house. Saturday night James Roberts, a stone mason's !a -1 bourer, residing in Lawrence -street, Bloomsbury, pasling along Great Russell street, was stopped by an elderly man. who civilly requested to know what it was o'clock ; the former pulled out his watch, and looking by the light of the lamp, said it was near 11. The man observed it was time all good people should be at home, and was going away, when Roberts re ceived a blow from behind, which knocked him down. The same supposed old man rushed by him, snatched his watch, and running down George -street, made his escape. Munnzas.—A horrible murder was committed in Li►bon last month, which has excited much interest. A Portuguese Officer having drawn his sword on one of his sisters, on the in.erference of his mother, cut down and stabbed the latter through the head. 't'he unfortunate object of his first attack was also desperately wounded ; and another sister, in attempt ing her escape from the chamber where this tragedy was performing, was precipitated down a fli g h t of stone steps, and her skull fractured. The wretched author of these crimes was soon after ar rested in the street, but appeared totally indifferent to the bloody deeds he had perpetrated. Last week was committed to Lincoln Castle, Eli sabeth, the wife of Joseph Wartiner, of Sutflect, com mon carrier, on the charge of wilful murder upon the body of J.Warriner, her son-in-law, about the age of twelve years, who was found dead in a stable with a hakes by the side of him, fastened to the rack, and a noose near to the head stall. Upon the body being examined and opened by Mr. THOMAS BIU'CKLESBY, of G.sberton, and Mr. W. Vise, of Spalding.. Sur goons, no marks whatever of violence or of strangu lation appeared about the neck and throat, or the body, but a quantity of arsenic was discovrted in the coats of the stomach ; and they stated in evidence, that the death of the deceased, in their judgment, Was occasioned by the poison. Evidence being also given strongly implicating the said Elizabeth Warri ner, she WAS accordingly fully committed for trial at the next Assizes. MARRIED. I.ately, John Sabine, Erg. !rift Regiment of Font, to !.1:9 Caroline Hurry Taylor, accoc•.'. dauzliter of Wm. Tailor, Es.. Varna:tab. Tuesday, at Batt., the Rev. E. Rae , tithaw. Rector of Wt<f Kitigton, Wilts, t I. h::::hrth, only datithter of the late Cia:r d Purvis, F.sq. of Darsham. Rey. Win. Aita6rr, 13.13. Vi• - ar of Boatilegtall, Peril, to beifl limn; hriet, of Harprocivit, I lent. Rev. David Fluzliv-, M.A. aertor of Llattfyrin.M argetnetv ihire, to lumen, t dauf'ster of Meld WiWatus, E.q of Pun-y-bout, Mtrieneth.h;re. Rev. 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