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r Ends , a p a tty entered the house, bent the keeper st 7 er - e ir, and carried & the grain. Informations were „Idea against some of the assailants. hews Gentive e before-mentioned; with his nep, and fi f:Ld me n, went and seised one of the persons ac -70741. As they were conducting him to prison, they oplassaulted with stones, by a numerous party, who o va the prisoner. The Gentleman received a bl ow i ; me, bis nephew received three blows, and ol d their attendants was severely wounded in the bod,--Iraterford Chronicle, Nov. 21. CORK. - - • io r day night, about nine o'clock, as a servant of oxprosn's Pro-Collector was returning home with s o, and fourteen pounds of shot, belonging to his - he wa s met by some persons on the Ballina - 00811 -road, who, after beating him, deprived him o i s c harge. From his description they appeared to be c ountr y men. • Thursday se'nnight, by order of Provost DICK 0, the bells of the town of Annan rang a merry i d from twelve till two o'clock, in consequence of r o bing the bridal day of WILLIAM ROBERT KEITH DouGL As, Esq. M.P. for the Dumfries-shire Disttict of to the rich and accomplished Miss Ittwtx. t:MAWS IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday was the day apr anted for the nuptial ceremony to take place be the Earl of WILTON, second son of the Earl apieountess GROSVENOR, and Lady MARY STANLEY, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of DERBY. De Noble Earl is in his twenty-second year, and lady Man STANLEY in her twenty-first. His Lord ship is at present at Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of DORY in Lancashire, where great preparations are s naking for the joyous occasion. The Earl and Conn ie% bIOsVENOR were to arrive at Knowsley yester assy, and also a large party of distinguished person ages, invited for the purpose. The ceremony was to k performed by the Archbishop of YORK; after which the happy pair intended to leave Knowsley, for Heaton, the seat of the Noble Bridegroom, in j~ntashire. SUDDEN DEATH OP THE COUNTESS OP Basso suueu.—The intelligence of this fatal event arrived itsterday , by a courier express from Horence. tier ladyship was taken seriously ill when travelling skot six posts from the above city, It was the death tithe infant son of the Hon. WILLIAM FONSONBY, that had such a lamentable effect on this amiable l a ds nerves. Her Ladyship breathed her last at sono'clock on the morning of the 11th instant, in &pence of the Earl of BEsBOROUGH and Mr. Tsnotort. The express came to Lord DUNCA N NON, tip in , tantly wrote to Earl SPENCER, the brother of faleceasel The body is now on its way to this entry, her Ladyship having expressed a desire to blurred in the family vault of the CAVENDISHES, *Ashy. The procession is to halt two days at Ifni, and two days at Paris. Lady Bessostotton ad the lase Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, were called the .11W Sitters—its beauty and accomplishments they Ld few equals. COYEST-GARDEN.—The Managers of this Esta aliment, conforming to public taste and public opi ako, last night revived So A KSPEA n e's Play of The 711aGeatlemen of Verona, interspersed with splendid inging, and dancing. A long notice had of this intended revival, and a pledge made ificence with which it was to be produced, jcwice to the Management to say, they detely, and to the full, redeemed their speak of the Play, or its merits, is now necessary ; the commentators upon it have,' , 'mut exception, considered it as one of the it( A KSPEA RES productions. The decora- , around it, as revived last night, will, how toubt not, obtain for it no inconsidet able tblic favour, and cause it to have a run, at ial to the treasury, and satisfactory to the , of the Theatre. A selection of Songs and telly, as the. bills announced, selected from of our i mmortal Bard, have been intro this occasion, the princi,pal of which were Miss M. Tags and Miss HA LLANDK, Irked the characters of Julia and Sylvia.— needless to observe, that the task assigned as performed in a manner which drew I the audience reiterated expressions of ap- In several of their songs they were en 'as a duet between Miss laze and, Master T. Several duets and glees were also in in which Messrs. DURIMET, PYNE, TAY [sAACS, took parts. The overture and music Iposed, selected, and arranged by Mr. , and do him considerable credit. The over ture was extremely well performed, and loudly ap pleaded. JONES played Valentine with much spirit, and with his usual success ; and ABBOTT'S Proteus vas not undeserving of praise. Mr. W. FA RREN was an excellent representative of the fopling Sir Thurio, and Launce lost nothing of his humour in Lterore's hands. The performance of an individual new to this Stage must not be forgotten—we mean Crab, the faithful four-footed friend and companion of Launce. Though one of the largest of his species, he obeyed way motion of his master with the greatest docility, and the two f r iends appeared perfectly to understand lId) other. The audience duly appreciated their writs, and gave each his full share of applause. — The scenery and decorations bestowed upon this Piece, are of the most magnificent description, espe cially those introduced in the Carnival, in the fourth Act. Amongst the most prominent, is the represen tation of the grand square of Milan, brilliantly illu- Imitated ; in which is introduced the emblematical Precession of the Seasons, together with the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. In the exhibition of the last, the Stage is covered with waves in motion, and the alley of Cleopatra, decorated with all the splendour assigned to it by ancient historians, was represented as proudly sailing down the river Cydnus. --This spectacle was followed by a representation of the Palace of the Hours, in which Morning, Noon, Evening, and Night, were seen to rise and hover over the earth in their regular succession. The whole had most striking and beautiful effect ; and it is but justice to the Management to say, that even in this age of dramatic spew and pageantry, this exhibition terrains unrivalled. The expense of bringing out this Piece must have been very considerable; and we trust the Prop; ietors will find their reward in the liberality of the Public. It was announced for repe tition amidst loud applause. The House was crowded vith brilliant and fashionable company. cur the lSt. ' cry 4 of thel - Uttil , istr 2o l , that Is 6)12 pageantry, sii keo given of oldie magnil nut k* ad it is but w ire comple c e. To y unnei • withc est of Si eter spread ; ith , we do! L em :hare of pub nad cosce benefici host frequenters c Il Nets, chief N works of icecl on th • signed to t ber who sustains trier, kis almost tr them wa ow down from rot Won. se aid, as wa laic.au si b e anduced, i tot, and Is etee k k were comF on t i e Bogor, any while tore was ei kDINBUBOI, Nortmilzit 26. Rear-Admiral Sir J. P. BERESPORD yesterday morn ing hoisted his flag on board the Dom, in Leith Roads, as Commander-in-Chief on that station, which was immediately saluted by the guns of that vessel. The London Mail did not reach Edinburgh last night till past ten o'clock, the coach having broke down at Newcastle, in consequence of the fore-axle giving way, but which occasioned no other damage. Tuesday, Mr. JOHN TttOMSON, schoolmaster, Dun ning, being employed upon the farm of Masterfield, measuring fallow, ace. left Masterfield about seven o'clock, P.M. and proceeded homeward on a horse which the farmer had favoured him with. A boy was sent to Dunning to bring home the horse; but Mr. THOMSON not arriving at the time expected, the boy returned home. His friends and the farmer be came alarmed, and sought for him all night. About two o'clock on Wednesday morning the horse was found upon the farm of Balgour ; and in the course , of that day Mr. THOMSON was found drowned in a deep pool at the side of the river Earn, in a deserted course of the rivulet of Dunning, a little to the east ward of its present confluence with that river. His watch, which was found on him, had stopped about ten o'clock, from which it is supposed the fatal ca tastrophe must have taken place about that pour on h• t e preceding evening. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BOXERS. The stake-money for the fight between llickman (alias Gas) and Neate (the Bristol hero) the best men of the Jay, was made absolute on Wednesday, by staking the whale of the SOO guineas foor the battle for the Championship of England, on the 11th of December. There was much ceremony over the staking, and the nonneot the blunt was down, betting commenced, and Gas was backed at 6 to 4—takers, however, were rather shy. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, NOVEMBER 26. STATIC OF TIM ODDS, WITH DDLSIC SITTING. DERBY. LO 1 agst c. out of Landscape 13 to 1 agst Marcella. • 12 to l agst c. out of Sycurax 16 to 1 agst c. out of Bess 13 to 1 agst Frolic 20 to 1 agst c. out of Barossa. OAKS. apt Parasol—(Taken) I 11 to 1 apt Dlarmion • apt 1. out of Reserve RIDULLSWORTII--4 to 1 apt Frolic. ST. Lasum—kto 1 against Marmloo-12 to 1 apt Ajax. CARRICKNIACROSS RACES. 7 to 1 8 to 1 The following is highly creditable to the Stewards of the late Races at Carrickmacross:—.lo the second day's racing, a differ ence of opinion arose between Mr. GOSSON and Mr. bl'Evoy,u to which of the two won the £2o t in consequence of the distance post being wrong placed ; and, as the Stewards considered they were bkoneable to a ceruin degree, in not seeing the distance properly measured, they adjudged that each of those Gentlemen should be presented with £2O, which was dare. HUNTING. Saturday se'nnight, Sir JACOB AITIXT'S stag-hounds ran a doe from the coven of Mr. J. W awn T, of Be x ton,w hich, after taking a circuit by Stratton and Frettenbam, returned to Buxton, He vingham, and Stratton, when she challenged the tutnpike-road, and ran in full view to St. Faith's; from whence she took across the country, by Spixworth, Ikeston, Crostwick, and finally to Wrexham ; at which time she had fairly beaten her pursuers, having included in the circuits not less than No miles. This is the third time Sir J. ASTLEY'S hounds have run the same doe. Friday night last, a pony, belonging to Mr. Himnoc, of Saint Stephen's, to decide a trifling wager, walked up a flight of fifteen stairs into the Porter-room in Norwich. The entrance of this four-legged stranger, which walked round the room and returned without receiving or doing the least injury, afforded much amuse ment to the company present. Tuesday, a jobbing gardener, at the Six Bells, at Northiam , engaged to eat a gallon of boile d potatoes, and drink five quarts of strong beer, or pay double for them, in three-quarters of an hour, which he pernit:ned within the given time, and apparently without feeling any ill effects from his gluttony. The body of the man who was drowned on Sunday Right in the Thames, in consequence of there being no bar or fence to prevent persons walking in at night, near Essex Wharf, has since been owned; his name is Itointar Mcnoit,s, and be resided near the Tower, at which place he was seen intoxicated on the day of the accident. In consequence of the alimentation of the Jury, a gate Is to be ereFted, to prevent similar occurrences. Yesterday, J. Gook, a constable and street-keeper, applied to the sitting Magistrate, at the Police Office, in Marlborough-street, in behalf of several house keepers, to know whether it was in the power of the Magistrate to suppress the meetings of a set of fellows for the purpose of sparring, or teaching the " art of self-defence?" The above persons were about to call a meeting on the subject,but they first wished to have the opinion of the Magistrate. The answer was, that in respect to prize-fighting and b ull.baitin g , where a certain number of persons assembled to constitute a riot, the parties were liable to indictment; but in the present case, it was a question which did not apply to the letter of the law. Thursday se'nnight, as two Gentlemen of Gates head were returning from Morpeth, in a gig, they were stopped, about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, near the bridge, on the other side of the Moor, by two men, one of whom seized the bridle of the horse on the left side, and the other coming up on the right, fired a pistol at the Gentlemen, but without effect. A blow from the heavy end of a stick,' which one of the Gentlemen had, felled the ruffian to the ground, when his accompliCe left hold of the reins, but as the gig passed him, he struck one of them with a bludgeon, and knocked off his hat. The Gentleman stopped the gig to look for it, but did not succeed ; they then proceeded without any fur ther molestation. The following melancholy accident occurred at St. he, near Liskeard, onWednesday se'nnight :—A boy, about eight years of age, son of Mr. Nalwell, of that place, was amusing himself with a gun, which had been left within his reach, and from which the charge had not been drawn, though the priming had been removed. The boy took aim at different objects, and having snapped the gun without effect, he at length presented it at a servant girl, who was at work near him, and lodged the contents in her head : the un fortunate girl fell dead on the spot. In consequence of a letter which Mr. HUNT ad dressed to Baron GRAHAM, pardons and remissions of sentences have been sent down to six convicts, whose cases he stated to the worthy Judge. Of these, five were of the number of his witnesses. The new Jailer, on his entrance on his office, has evinced a dicious union of vigilance and hu manit y which is hhighly satisfactory. fhe following facts afford a striking proof of the benefits accruing to the county of Somerset upon the late investigation. The amount of the whole rates, collected for the Quarter before Mr. Hones Peep came out, was £7,229.35. sd. The Quarter after the Peep was published, it fell to £.5,408. 10s. 6d. and on the first Quarter after the investigation was ended, the amount was reduced to £') 162• 16s• 101 LAW tkittirbutt. COURT OF CHANCERY, NOVEMBER 2 The LORD CHANCELLOR having declaked his inten tion to sit every ciny after Term (which ended yester day) until the next Seal, his Lordship accordingly came into Court this morning at ten o'clock. In con sequence, however, of the Petition in the matter of Howard and Gibbs's bankruptcy being to be dis cussed in the Vice-Chancellor s Court, the attendance of Counsel was very thin. Several causes having been called on, and the Counsel concerned being absent, The LORD CHANCELLOR at length observed, that, in order to accommodate the suitors of the Court, he had appointed the time intervening between the last day of Term and the ensuing Seal to the hearing of Bankrupt Petitions. It appeared, however, that his wish to get through the bankrupt petitions was likely to be defeated in consequence of the other branch of the Court having appointed to hear a bankrupt peti tion in the matter of Howard and Gibbs on that day. An application had been made to him to hear th tt petition before the other bankrupt petitions already in the paper, but he had refus ed to do so because it did not appear that there was any ground far the application, except that the case was connected with great names. He did not suppose, when he refused to hear the petition out of its turn, that it would have been fixed for discussion that day in the other Court, the effect of which was to deprive him of the attend ance of almost all the Counsel. His Lordship con cluded by directing the Registrar to strike out of the paper every petition in which Counsel did not appear when it was called on. At two o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR rose in order to leave the Court, and all the Gentlemen of the Bar rose also, as usual on such occasions, when The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he could not avoid again stating his disappointment at the re markable want of attention displayed towards the Court on that morning. He felt it extremely ; all he would say was, that all the suitors, or their Solicitors and Counsel, should in future attend the Court, or their cases would be struckout inconsequenceol neglect. Mr. Maus observed, that it was not likely that his Lordship's regulations would in future be so little attended to. Several Gentlemen belonging to the Bar, who had been in the habit of practising in the Court of the Master of the Rolls, had relinquished their attendance in that Court, in order to have greater facilities in their attendance on his Lordship. The LORD CHANCELLOR." I beg to be understood as not casting reflections on any Gentlemen of the Bar, nor on any class of Gentlemen belonging to it, as having been guilty of any breach of respect towards me. Few men are less solicitous respecting that matter than myself; but I would ask any Gentleman, be he a friend or not a friend (and I hope that there is no Gentleman among you who entertains a hostile feel ing towards me), if it is fitting that I, after having given so long a notice, should, on coming into Court, hnd neither Solicitors nor Counsel in attendance ? As long as 1 have the honour of holding the Great Seal of England, I owe it to my Sovereign, who has entrusted me with the care of it—l owe it to my suc cessors (I care not about myself) to take care that the office of Lord Chancellor shall not be treated with neglect or disrespect. I have often submitted to such treatment ; 1 regretted it: I regret it now more than ever; but depend upon it I shall submit to it no longer." His Lordship then left the Court, evidently under the impression of strong feelings. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NOVEMBER 29. IN RE HOWARD AND GIBBS, BANKRUPTS. His HONOUR was occupied all day in hearing argu ments for and against a change of assignees under the second commission issued forth in this bankruptcy. On one side it was contended that Mr. Carroll and Mr. Duff should be removed from being the assignees of the bankrupts' estate, because Mr. Carroll had large claims on the bankrupts- independent of those which he had been allowed to prove under this com mission ; because the bankrupts had issued circulars, and otherwise solicited the creditors to vote for par ticular assignees (at all events under the first com mission); because one of them had even employed threats to a Mr. Bridges, a saddler in the Haymarket, and a creditor, to induce him to vote in a particular way in the choice of assignees, or not at all; and be cause, as was alleged, only creditors to the amount of £34,000 had voted for assignees, and there was a list of creditors, whose debts amounted to £16,000 more, who had never voted. On the other hand, it was contended, that Mr. Carroll, having been allowed to prove his debt, and having been regularly chosen assignee by the great bulk of the creditors who had voted, could not be removed without some mismanagement being proved to have taken place on his part respecting the bank rupts estate; that the bankrupts, being greatly inte rested that their estate should not be unduly wasted, had a right to solicit votes from the creditors for the choice of such assignees as were most likely to ma nage their estate best for the advantage both of the creditors and of the bankrupts ; and it was denied that any intimidation had been used by the bankrupt alluded to (Gibbs) towards Mr. Bridges, to influence his vote in the choice of assignees. The Court came to no decision on the various matters submitted to it. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 29. BRADLEY D. GWYNNE, ESQ. AND ANOTHER. In this case, a late Sheriff of London and Middle sex was nominally the defendant. The real defen dant was one of his officers, named Vorley. The ac tion was brought under the following circumstances: —The plaintiff was an upholsterer at the west end of the town, and about two years ago, having become embarrassed in his circumstances, he determined to assign his property over to his creditors, and his stock was valued accordingly. The valuation amounted to about £4OO : circumstances, however, arose, which prevented the assignment being executed, and soon afterwards two executions, one for £lB, the other for titil, were put into the house, and Vorley was employed to levy. This he did most effectually, sweeping away everything upon the premises. The goods were divided into sixty-nine lots, preparatory i to their being sold. Twenty-eight lots were sold, and re produced turned: this sufficient how t e o v c e c r 7 h r e th r e ef t u w se o d ex t ec o executions, and a u n p d . application was made to Vorley to have the remainder wards of two months. At the expiration of that time ; be returned a part; but refused to give up the . . . alleging that ttey had been stoieii. 'the pies'ent action was bitti:,ht to recoVer the value of the goods thus withheld: Verdict fbr the plaintiff—Damages £5O, tostt 40% JOHNSON V. DE SCHRIEVER. The plaintiff was a surgeon and apoihecaiyi anti the present action was brought to recover the amount of a bill of £4. 19s. for attendance and medicine fur nished to Mrs. De Schriever, during her lying-in and subsequent confinement. The defendant was a waiter at an hotel at the west end of the town ; and he de fence was, that he was not liable, inasmuch as Mrs. De Schriever was not his wife, and had no legal right to the honour of bearing his name► On the part of the plaintiff, the attendance, and the fact of furs nishing the medicines charged, were proved it was also established in evidence; that the defendant had visited the Lady at her lodgings, and had always in quired for her as Mrs. De Schriever, and that he paid the amount of her lodgings. Mr. SCA R LETT. on the Fart of the defendant, sub mitted that his client was not liable, inasmuch as the parties were not married, and he had never declared she was his wife. The CIIIEF JUSTICE thought it was of no conse quence, as far as regarded the present action, whe‘ ther the parties were married or not: The woman was living in lodgings, for which defendant after wards paid: she was passing by his name, with his knowledge, and he paid her repeated visits when she was in a situation in which it was not very likely she would be visited by any man not standing in the re lationship of husband to her: He thus gave her the credit of being his wife, whether she was so or note and must he held liable for the plaintiff's demand: Verdict for the plaintiff £4. 19s. costs 40s: BENNETT P. SHEPHERD. This was an action by the plaintiff, to recover from the defendant £lO. 10s. for painting the portraits of two horses by his orders. The plea put in by the de fendant was, first, that he owed the plaintiff nothings and, nest, the operation of the S:atute of Limitations► Mr. Ma URFA TIN on the part of the plaintiff, called witnesses to prove that the plaintiff was an animal painter, residing at Woodstock, and that he received orders, in 1810, to take portraits of two favourite horses belonging to the defendant, a Gentleman resin dent in the neighbourhood. He accordingly painted them, and, by direction of the defendant, sent them to Mr. Archer, a carver and gilder at Oxford, to have them framed. They were framed, and for warded by Mr. Archer to the defendant's order; pay ment was, however, delayed, and in the early part of the present year the plaintiff took legal steps to recover the amount of his demand; and on the 3d of March received a letter from the defendant, expres& sive of surprise at legal proceedings having been in stituted, adding, that he was at a loss to know what those proceedings were for. He recollected, that in 1810, plaintiff was employed to paint a pair of horses for him, and had they been finished and sent to him as directed, no doubt he would have been paid. The letter also' threatened to publish an account of the plaintiff's conduct towards him in the public papers, as a caution to other Gentlemen. Mr. SCARLETE, on the part of the defendant, con' tended that his client was not liable in this action► The order for painting the pictures was not denied but he would put in a letter, dated July 8, 1810, from Mr. Shepherd to the plaintiff, desiring that the pictures might be sent to Mr. Archer's in a fortnight from that time; and adding, that if they were not sent within that time, he (the plaintiff) need not give himself any further trouble about them. The tact was, that the pictures were not sent to Mr. Archer until the September following, two months, instead of two weeks, from the time the defendant wrote to have them sent in a fortnight, or not at all; and fur. ther, there was not a shadow of proof that the defen dant ever had received the pictures from Mr. Archer, who stated that he had sent them by a waggon, but had never seen Mr. Shepherd since,:orbeen paid for the framing of them. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up; and The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages £lO. 10s. costs 40s. Another claimant to the ancient Barony of Stafford, which eras under consideration in the House of Lords some few years since, is likely to arise in the family of TYNDALE, formerly of Tynedale, in Northumber land, and of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire. CARROLL'S LUCK STILL CONTINUES.NO• 11,486, another grand Prize of £30,000, was Sold by him its Shares on the Last Day of Drawing, at his fortu nate Offices, No. 19, CORNHILL, and 26, OXFORD STREET, making the Firrit that he has lately had the pleasure of distributing to the Public. He hopes that his good tuck will continue, and that he will have the pleasure of adding a SIXTH £30,000 to his list in the present Lottery, which Draws again on the lleh of December. Yesterday morning, two houses, situated in Hare• street Fields, in consequence of some defect in the foundation, fell with a most tremendous crash. The occurrence took place between eight and nine o'clock, when the workmen, consisting of five or six, were ab sent at breakfast, or they must inevitably have expe rienced the melancholy fate that has recently befallen several persons that have been employed in the repair of, or taking down of houses. The whole of the work men's tools were buried in the ruins. Tuesday sennight, in the evening, an old man, of Hil?erton, named WILKINS, in returning from Trow bridge, fell into a ditch that crossed the footpath, and being unable to extricate himself, lay there for nearly two hours, partly covered with water; when his own. son, who next passed the same way, took him out hi a senseless state. The old man expired on the Thurs day following, of mortification in the bowels, caused by the fall, and the cold and wet. Cosa Excgruess, Maax-tratz, Nov. 30.—Our Market con tinues in the same state of depression and stagnation that it has been for some time past, the supplies being superabundant with out any demand; in consequence the prices of Wheat aro com pletely notnittal, and the inferior qualities cannot be got off on any terms. Prime Barley, being scarce, supports Monday's prices, but the ordinary qualities are cheaper, and nearly un saleable. Oats, Beans, and Peas are extremely dull sale, asd rather lower. Sairrnrimn Masser, Nov. 30.—There was but a middling supply at Market this morning, and the prices of all descriptio of Cattle were the same as per last.—No alteration in the l flees of Hay, Straw, or Clover.—Currency as under: Beef, SEs. 6d. to ss. lid. per stone of Bibs.; Mutton, Ls. 61. to 3s. 6d. Veal, Ss. Cid. to Ss. 0.1. Pork, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ed. Cattle at Market : Beasts, 51 0 ; Calves,l6o; Sheep and Lambs, 4,950; Pigs, Sio.—Hay and Straw per load, Hay, St. 10s. to 4L Is. Dew ) IL Os, Ira 01. Shaw, IL 84. So It. les. ~! i. i ''b