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:..... POETRY. SONNET WRITTEN IN A CHURCH-YARD. (rum BLACKWOOD'S MACAW/IL) A sweet and soothing influence breathes around The dwellings of the dead. Here, on this spot, Where countless generations sleep forgot ; Up from the marble tomb and grassy mound There cometh on mine eat a peaceful sound, That bids me be contented with my lot, And suffer calmly. Oh, when passions hot, When Rage or En►y Both my bosom wound — Or wild Desires, , a fair deceiving train, Wreath'd in their flowery fetters, me enslave, Or keen Misfortune's anowy tempests roll Full on my naked head—Ob, then, again May these still peaceful accents of the grave Arise like slumbering music on my soul! X. Y. IVORTHING, APRIL 11. . r i This highly-distinguished watering-place has, by virtue of a recent Act of Parliament, undergone ♦a rious conspiauous improvements under the able di rections of our Town Comtnissioners ; we particu larize the elevation of the Esplanade, for its promi nent accommodation, extending from east to west nearly a mile in length of unmolested promenade; the new foot-stone pavement, with an additional number of lamps, generally adopted throughout the town ; and facility of the new royal patent coaches to and from the Metropolis, in six hours, which has ren dered it not inferior in point of attractions to any watering-place in the kingdom. ELEGANT GLASSES, FURNITURE, - No bility and Gentry are invited to inspect the Ware room. of COOPER and So N, 93, Bishopsgate-street Within, where is exhibited an assortment of new and second-hand Plate Glasses, admiiably suited to every description of drawing or dining-rooms. In the fur niture department is comprised every new and ele gant article of upholstery, cabinet, and chair-work, the prices of which are reduced to such a scale of economy as to attract and ensure the patronage of rank and fashion. HARD TINIES.—That you may know how scarce money is, it has been remarked that there is but one quarter of a dollar in Worthington (Ohio), and that has been borrowed so much from one to another to pay portages, that it is worn smooth, and is now a 20 cent. piece.— Washington Gaulle. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—An Inquisition was held on Tuesday, before Mr. UNwIX, one of the Coroners for Middlesex, on Lucy .7,ml:son, an unfortunate woman, whose body was taken out of the Regent's Canal on Sunday, at one o'clock in the morning. From the evidence of two watchmen, it appeat ed that the de ceased was seen in the City-road, between twelve and one o'clock in the morning, excessively intoxicated. She walked towards the bridge ; shortly afterwards a plunge was heard, and the deceased was seen struggling in the water. She was taken out soon a'ter, and conveyed to the neare:>t public-house, which was the Windsor Castle. The landlord was up; the watchman (Inwood) and several other persons asked him for Con's sake to admit the woman into the house to save her life. She was then warm. The landlord said he would not take in his own sister, or any other person. lie then shut down his window, and took away the light. Witness doubted whether she had been under the water.—W. Brookes, surgeon, saw the woman lying on a table in front of the pub lic-house; pulsation had ceased, but the body was warm. Thou;.;lit there was a possibility, if she bad been admitted into the house immediately, and appa ratus had Leen used, life might have been saved. He tt ied eve: y means in his power to restore animation, but without effect.—The Jury returned a Verdict, i• Found drowned."—The Coroner, referring to some late instances of a similar nature, and in reply to some questions put to him by the Jury, said that he wished it to be understood as a general principle, that publi cans were legally bound to admit into their houses persons in extremity, who cannot otherwise be pro vided for. The law of humanity, was said by the late Lord Chief Justice to be anterior to all positive law, because it was a part of Christianity, which is parcel of the common law of the land, and it cannot be broken with impunity by persons whose houses are licensed expressly for the public convenience. If the Surgeon's evidence had gone further, the facts might have warranted a criminal charge; but in the absence of stronger testimony, he thought the case amounted to a misdemeanour; which offence, as well as the con sideration whether the license of the house should be continued to the individual in possession, were fit to be' referred to the jurisdiction of the Civil Magistrate. Monday, an Inquest was held before Mr. C ARTTA n, Coroner for Kent, at the Red Lion and Wheatsheaf, at-Deptford, on view of the body of a man unknown, who was found dead in his bed on that morning. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased ap plied at the public-house for a lodging on Sunday afternoon, and about eight o'clock on that night he went to bed apparently in good health, and quite sober. There were two other beds in the same room in which the deceased slept, and in which two other! men also afterwards went to bed, but without taking ,any notice of the deceased, nor did they speak to him or hear anything of him during the night; about six o'clock in the morning of Monday, one of them got up and dressed himself, and as he was going out of the room, he looked at the deceased, who be thought appeared like a corpse ; he immediately ex 7 pressed his opinion to the other man,'and on examining farther, they both satisfied themselves he was dead. They immediately called tip the landlord of the house, but no remedy could avail, nor could any account be given of who the deceased was, or the immediate cause of his death. On searching his pockets, an old pocket-book,with a one-pound note mar ked"Forged," and is. 6d. in silver, were found ; also a hawker's • license for the last year, in the name of William Law son, of the City of Lincoln, and a card with the name 1 1' Jonas, Holywell-street, Strand,' on it; but whether either of those were the names of the deceased, re mained uncertain : the body now lies at the cemetery of St. Paul's, Deptford, to be owned, where any per son desirous of seeing it may be permitted, on appli cation to the Churchwardens. The deceased was very decently dressed, and between 50 and 60 years of age. The Jury returned a verdict of " Found dead, with out any marks of violence, or suspicion of violence, , erson ; and therefore sudden death by the visi :on." „~~-,t..,” . on his persoi lotion of Go I I' LAW COURT OF KING'S KING'S BENCH, APRIL 11. MILLAR AND ANOTHER O. AMIN. This was an action brought by the p}iintiffs, as signees of Garland, Magnus, and Bea in, bank rupts, to recover from the defendant a sum exceeding . £4,000, the proceeds of a cargo of cotton belonging to the bankrupts, but which it was alleged had not come to the bankrupts till a time subsequent to the commission of an act of bankruptcy. Mr. ScmtLarr stated the facts to the Jury, and called the following witnesses: The Solicitor under the Commission, who put in that document, dated August 15th, 1820. In this Commission Mr. Bates' name appeared as the peti tioning creditor. The clerk of Mr. Bates proved that, in the year 1812, goods were furnished to the bankrupts to the amount of £5OO. The goods were for exportation, and were sold for a credit of eighteen months, and paid for in bills at that date. These bills were not paid when due, but were renewed. The bill upon which the petitioner's debt was founded, was one of £lO7. The bill was made payable at Prescott and Co.'s, where the bankrupts kept an account. Mr. MARRYATT here submitted that it was neces sary to shew the due presentation of this bill, and that it was in the hands of the petitioning creditors at the time the debt was alleged to be due as a dis honoured bill. Mr. SCARLETT submitted it was sufficient now to shew the bill in the hands of the drawer, which was proof it had not been paid by the acceptor. The Cum JUSTICE.said, it was necessary to shew the time at which the bill came back into the hands of the petitioning creditor. It might not have come back till last year. Mr. Puller, solicitor to Mr. Bates, proved that, in 1813, he had instructions to proceed upon a bill of exchange for 1071. Ss. 11d. at one month, dated Sep tember 2'2,1813, accepted by Garland and Co. which had become due and been dishonoured. The bill now put in was the bill in questian. There were several other bills of a similar description ; but die bill which he then held in his hand was that on which he was instructed to proceed, and to which he hat alluded in a letter written by him to the par ties at the time. ..... Mr. Phelps, clerk in Prescott's house, proved that, , 1 in 1813, the bankrupt kept an account at their house', in the name of M. Garland and Co. The bill now put in, for 107/. 3s. 11d. was,with a number of others, returned by their house dishonoured. This cammenced early in the year 1813, and the amount - of bills dis honoured was about £lO,OOO. Cross-examined—On the day the a 07 bill became due they had a balance in hand of 0138. Mr. Bennett was a creditor to a large amount, but released the assignees about three months ago. Re collects two of the partners, Benjamin and Garland, were arrested in April, 18.13. In August of that year Magnus, the other paitner, was concealed in the wit ness's dining-room, while he went to see if any writs were out against him. In the course of the same Tear witness, by Garland's direction, prepared a bill of sale to protect Garland's private property against the part nership debts. The bill of sale was eyecnted and taken to Mr. G.uland's house at Finchley, where some one was put in possession. An execution was afterwards 6 put into the house, and witness then set ve..l a nctice on the Sheriff, claiming the goods for Mr. Tucker, under the bill of sale previously executed. No money was paid when the bill of sale was executed,'bnt wit ness was told by Mr. Garland that there was a debt of 1:1,500 due to Tucker. The CIIIEFJustIcz said the act of bankruptcy was made out against Magnus, by his being shut up in Mr. Bennett's dining-room. Kindon, officer to the Sheriff of Middlesex, entered Garland's house at Finchley, in August,lB 13, to levy ; the bill of sale was produced to him, as witness be lieved, by Mr. Garland,who said the young man who had been in possession was gone that day to we the King of France pass till-Gogh London. Witness, how ever, left his man in possession for the Sheriff, and afterwards, on getting an indemnity, sold t oc loods. Witness entered at the suit of Spooner, Att , and Co. NVittiess set no value on the bill of sale, there being no man in possession at the time he entered.— Witness could not positively recollect whether it was Mr. or Mrs. Garland who produced the bill of sale in favour of Tucker. Mr. Wrizon was solicitor under the commission, and had all Garland's pavers, but hid not been able to find the bill of sale. Witness did not sue out his commission till the 15th of Aug mt, 1820; there had been two previous commissions. Garland was then residing in He quitted the house at Finchley in 1814. The Clerk of the King's Bench proved that Benja min w•as committed to that prison in June, 1815, and was not struck off the books of the prison until Oc tober, 1817. Mr. John Stephenson was a partner in the house of Kymer, M.Taggart, and Co. in ISI3, and in that year advanced to the firm of Garland and Co. money on a cargo of cotton from the Isle of France, by the' ship Ariadne. Afterwards witness received an order from Garland to deliver over the goods to Aaron ; this was in November, 1813. The order was dated the 12th of November. Cross-examined.—On the 14th of June, 1813, wit ness made an advance of £BOOO to Garland's house. The purchasers to whom Aaron sold, paid to wit nessess house the money they advanced on the cargo. Mr. Barker, Cleo k in the house of Agers and Co. purchasers of the cotton, proved that they paid to Mr. Stephenson's house, on account of Garland's ad vance, £7013 ; and to the defendant Aaron, as the balance, three bills of £lOOO each, one bill for £740, and one for £516. lls. 4d. making £4256. 1 ls. 4d. the sum sought to be recovered back by the present action. The goods wereopurchased by them on the 11th of December, 1813. Mr. Bennett re-examined.—Benjamin was arrested in 1813. Witness was then told, that there were funds abroad equal to meeting all the demands on the firm; and it was settled that Benjamin should go abroad to recover - them, and the witness was to tale advantage of his absence to delay the action on which he was now held to bakto afford him an opportunity of getting those funds, and returning. Mr. MARRYATT, for the defendant, said, the money appeared to have been received by Mr. Aaron early in 1814, and this action was not commenced till No-, !,ember, 1820, more than six years after, and there fore the Staiute of Limitations would interpose. Mr. BcAsurrr said, the case lately decided,. of Murray , v. The East India Company, would decide '64 objection ; there was no person with whom to .come in essay. • Mr. MARRTATT said, in that case the party was dead. It was different entirely froth this case. The CHIRP JUSTICE said, his present opinion was, that the Senate of Limitations would not apply in this case ; he would, however, save the point. • Mr. MARRYATT then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended, that so far from there being any fraud in this transaction, Mr. Aaron was a fair - box:fide creditor to a larger amount than the sum in question. The tact was, that Garland and Co. had senroet a large shipment to the Isle of France, amounting to not less than £15,000, and without having any reason to suppose themselves insolvent, they might, until they received their returns, find themselves at times pressed for cash. These parties had been in that situation, and Mr. Aaron had, from time to time, advtnced money to be repaid out of the proceeds of the cargo when it should arrive. He would prove that still the bankrupts were indebted to Aaron upwards of £790; and besides this, to affect him, it was necessary he should have some knowledge either of an antecedent act of bankruptcy, or of the insolvency of the parties ; here, so far from that being the case, Aaron had continued advancing money long after the time at which it was represented that Garland had executed the bill of sale, and that Mag nus had committed the alleged act of bankruptcy, at Mr. Bennett's ; and he even entered into securities for Benjamin to the amount of upwards of £4OOO, and suffered Benjamin to go abroad. Was it likely he would have done this had he doubted the solvency of the house? The fact was, that Garland himself had no suspicion of that sort till long after—namely, till he received information from Benjamin that the funds at Gibraltar had turned out so much short of expectation. lie must also remind the Jury, in case of a verdict going against his client, that he had paid for commission and other expenses attending the sale of the cotton, upwards of I:100, for which he had had no allowance.—The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Garland, one of the bankrupts. In 1813 their house was made indebted to Mr. Aaron a considerable sum of money, advanced on the cargo of the Ariadne. The outward investment in that vessel amounted to about £25,000. She sailed in 1812, and returned in 1813. The advances made by Aaron were applied to the benefit of the house. When Benjamin went abroad in 1813, he went to collect monies due to the house, at Gibraltar. Witness expected to receive re turns to the amount of at least £lO,OOO. On his re turn, however, in 1814., he did not bring here £3OOO, owing, as he reported, to the change of circumstances from war to peace, and the ravages made by the fever is that place. Cross-examined.—Does not think that before Sep tember, 1813, the credit of their house was generally damned ; but he would not swear it was not. On the 12th of November, on which day he delivered the order to Aaron, to receive the cotton, he believed himself solvent, and thought, after paying every one, still of having a surplus; had stated to Mr. Aaron, that he had expectation of large remittances. Mr. Magnus was a partner in the house of Gar hind, Magnus, and Benjamin. Was present in 1813 when the cotton was sold by Aaron to Ainsworth, Benjamin was not at this time in England ; but, on his return, witness informed him how the cotton had been disposed of, and he did not appear to be at all dissatisfied. Mr. Garland and Mr. Benjamin, after wards had some differences, but witness could not say on what subject. The Broker who sold the cotton stated, that he had a commission of one half per cent. for the sale, one half per cent, for guaranteeing payment, and he believed he afterwards discounted sonic of the bills. Mr. SCARLET? replied; and the CHIEF JUSTICE summed up. The Jury, without hesitation, found for the plaintiff—Damages £4l42—Costs 40. SOUTHWARK SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced at the Town Hall. before Mr. KNOWLYS (the Recorder Elect), &c. when J. illunten, aged sixteen, was indicted for steal ing five volumes of Henry's Bible, the property of Mr. Partridge. The prosecutor stated, that on the sth of March he left his shop, in Charlotte-row, Lambeth, for a temporary purpose, and on his return, in a few se conds, he missed the books. G. Welfare, a constable, met the prisoner in Friar street, in company with another boy; the prisoner had the books on his head, and they were talking about the probable value of the books, and what it was likely (a notorious receiver) would give for them. Witness having no doubt but they had stolen the books, seized the prisoner, on which his compa nion immediately ran away. The prisoner said, the other boy had hired him to carry the books, and was to give him a shilling for his trouble. Several witnes , es gave him a good charac ter. He was found Guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy on account of his youth ; and the Court or dered him to be flogged, and then discharged. W. Beckett, was charged with stealing a quantity of rags from the wharf of 1. and H. Scovell, in Maley strcct.—l. Parting don, clerk to the prosecutors, proved that the prisoner was employed on the wharf, as a labourer, and on the 28th of January was observed to remain longer than he had occasion to do on the pre mises; this excited suspicion, and he was searched, when rags to the value of 3s. 6d. were found in his possession, and several sacks containing rags were found cut open,-which had been frequently disco vered to be the case before. The prisoner said, he found the rags in Morgan's lane, and entreated the Jury to recollect that he had already suffered ten weeks incarceration.—Guilty.— Seven years transportation. John Welsh, aged twenty, was indicted for stealing eleven sovereigns, the property of Henry Robinson. The prosecutor deposed, that . he had a bill pre-' sented to him on the 14th of March for £ll, which laid at the house of Mr. Welsh, Long-lane, Bermond sey, tanner; and about six o'clock the same evening sent his errand-boy with the amount of the bill, for the purpose of taking it up. Henry Foster, the boy, said he went to No. 37, iu a place which .he was told was Long . -lane ;he asked for Mr. John Wet; on Which the prisoner presented himself. Witness said, he came from Mr. Robinson / . _ • -' . • with £11; and the prisoner aid, he did 'not exactly know what it was for, as his foreman was ont, Ent he supposed it was something he could explain. He then gave the prisoner the paper, with the real Mr. Welsh's direction, and the latter having read it, said all was right, and took the sovereigns. Mr. John .Welsh, of No. S 7, Long-lane, tanner, proved, that on the morning of the 14th of March he gave notice to Mr. Robinson that he had a hill of hi s to the amount of Ell ; does fiat know the prisoner. The prisoner said, he had a friend in Oxford-street, from whom he expected Money, and verily thought the sovereigns in question came from him, or he would not have taken them. He denied having said any thing about a foreman.—Guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisoinent. WF.STMINSTER SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced, when It'd. lians Xelly was indicted for fraudulently obtaining.; from Mary Burke, ss. The prosecutriz stated, that she was the widow of a seaman, and had a son about 18 years of age, 'now serving on board the Topaze frigate, in India: In February last she went to the Navy Office to in: quire if her son would soon come home. She could get no satisfactory answer, and was returning, when the prisoner asked her, if she had got her business settled. She said she had not, and told him her story. He told her, it would be foolish "to spoil the sheep far a ha'p'orth of tar," and said, that for the value of 3s. 6d. or so, he could get her business done. They walked on together, and he afterward s said that she mus: bring her papers the next day, and for 7s. he would get her 1:4. or £5, and all the intelligence she could wish for about her son. She had not a sixpence in the world; but having toll her story to her landlady, the latter lent her a gown to pawn for ss. which she did, and the next day took it to the prisoner, telling him that was all she could procure. He said his name was Smith, that he belonged to the Admiralty, and that he would make application on her behalf to the First Lord._ She was to meet him that day week, and did so, but he put her off from time to time, and she pro. cured a letter to he written to Lcrd Melville, who issued orders that the prisoner should be apprehended and prosecuted. Mr. Buckland, Chief Messenger to the Admiralty, swore that the prisoner did not belong to the Admi ralty, and that he had no power to procure money from that E,tablishment. The prisoner, in a written defence, crnleavoured to convince the Jury that he had merely acted the part of an honest agent in the affair, and declared that he had received le money, not to procure Mrs. But ke pecuniary aid, but to obtain admission for a child cf her's into Greenwich Hospital. Mrs. Burke said this was totally untrue. She had only a little girl with her, who was insane. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to 'six months' imprisonment, the Chairman telling him that nothing but his extreme age (78 years) saved him from transportation. Catlicrine Edwards, an aged woman, was indicted for assaulting S. Plank and W. Wales, Officers of Marlborough -street, in the execution of their duty.— The defendant keeps a marine store in Shepherd'. market, and information being given that a quantity of bars of iron which had been stolen were concealed there, a search-watraut was given to Plank and Wales. Vs hen they entered the house, they found the defendant meltiag lead in a frying pan, and When they told their business, she seized Plank by throat, and she 'and her daughter assaulted and abused both the Officers in the grossest manner. Mr. ALLEY called five witnesses, who swore that the Officers committed the first assault, and condncted themselves with unnecessary violence. One of them, a journeyman baker, named Laurence, behaved with such levity, and prevaricated so grossly, as to call forth severe animadversions from the Court. While the worthy Chairman was summing op the evidence, this man placed himself in a conspicuous pa: t ~t the Court, and laughed in the most impudent mtnner. The defendant was found Guilty, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. BIRTHS. At Killarney, on the id April, the Lady of Major Carmi chael, 6th Dragoon Guards, of a son. April 3, at Broomball, the Countess of Elgin, of a daughter. MARRIED. Tuesday, the Rev. Richard Tomkyns, Rector of Great Nor wood, Bucks, to Louisa, daughter of the Rev. James Preedy, of Winslow. Tuesday, at St. Mary-la-bonne, John Francis Davis, F.sq. of Birdhurst-lodge, near Croydon, to Emily, fourth daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Humfrays, of the Bengal Engineers. April 4, at Lewisham Church, Robert Jones, Esq. to Wil helmina Townsend, widow of the late John Foiton, Esq. DIED. April 7, in Gloucester-place, New-road, John Champain, Esq. late of the Bengal Civil Service. April 9, in the 66th year of his age, Mr. Marks Watts, of the Bank of England these 35 years past. Feb. 26, (0. S.) aged 31, Ann Catherine Stainer, wife of G. A. Bruxner, of St. Petersburgh. Early on Sunday morning, found dead by Ms side, Sarah, the wife of Charles James Coverly, Esq. of liengal-house, Wood ford, aged 60. April 3, at Edinburgh, aged 68, Mrs. Agnes Tennant, widow of Mr. Thomas Heriot, late merchant in Edinburgh. She was in her usual health, and sitting in conversation, when she fell back in her chair and instantly expired. At East Connage, near Fort George, suddenly, on the 22d ult. James Roy, Esq. Surgeon to the Forces. At Baltimore, on the 25th ult. Christiania Gauker, a native of Germany, aged 20 years. The distressing condition and suf fering of this young woman, and the awful result. ought to be a solemn warning to all match-makers and match•breakm. She was engaged to be married to a young man of Philadelphia, who, for reasons best known to himself, communicated to her, a short time since, his intention of abandoning her. On the receipt of this information she became the child of sorrow and despair, for ten days, when reason left its seat, and she became an awfully distressed maniac, unceasingly calling on her lover to " come to her." On the evening preceding her death, she ordered her " wedding garment" to be prepared, saying that she " wished to be dressed in white," and that she " was to be married at tea' o'clock," the precise hour of her departure to a world of spirits! MAILS eßlr DAY...—A RS. DUE. Dublin o 1 I France Asa. bus. Waterford 0 1 Hamborgb 0 0 Guernsey and Jersey 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Holland 0 0 Gottenburgh 0 0 New York 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 HIGH-WATER at LON DON BRIDG TO- Ut)it 1411 Mcming - 36 minutes after 7 Afternoon - LONLIQN; Printed and published by Limn. Kam, Pieken place, Towpte-Bas.