The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-15 00:00:00

mischief carried on with regard to minerals, curiosities, and plants transmitted to this country. These artie a ' paid a duty, and were generally pillaged in the Custom-' house. He thought the duties on those articles might be given up. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with respect to articles of curiosity, there was only a De crssity for noosinal duty to avoid imposition. Ile should attend to the point. With respect to the mischief to which the Hon. Member alluded, some refutation would be made. Persons acting is agents bad been employed, and that practice bad 1.11 to the inconvenience complain. ed of. Evi ry thing would be dose by way of reine d:. A provision would be introduced to regulate those a:ents. Mr. MABERLY objected to putting extra duty on Buck Wheat, without giving t;ae snhjrct publicity. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, lie had no desire to conceal Lis intention• tie had actually laid on the table s printed paper, declaring what be meant to (to. _ _ W. HUM E wished to know whether sulphur was one et tie art*cles on which the duty was to be tl:creased.— (A langli). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid, he ' proposed to reduce the duty to Is. 6d. per cwt. withont allowing any drawback. Chose who used sulphur for any thing but oil of vitriol, would derive a benefit by the arrangetueto. Mr. I.IA IiERLY asked whether a new duty was to be imposed on barilla. The CH:ISt:MAAR of the EXCHEQUER said that article was not included :a the schedule of duties they, before the House. Mr. HUM E ashod whether the duties on Wine had oc cupied the a tention of the Rt. Hon. tientleinatt. Mr. SCARCE rr said the trade in French wines was carried on in a way prejudicial to the interest+ of the re venue. The male of taking duties on foreign books ac cording to weight might also require alteration. Tbe CHANCELLOR of tte EXCHEQUER did not see that a better mode of taking the duty on books conbi sot be adopted at present. With respect to wine, he was mot then prepared to viva any opinion. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR 'aid it the ditty on nine was l edn:etl it would bring back persops from the Conti pent to expend their money on the produce of the British _ _ _ The Resolution.' was then agreed to, and the Report efdered to be rehire', on Friday. The oilier Order,' of the D.'y were di.posed of, and the Howie adjourned at One oVock, COURT or coitsloX COUNCIL Yesterday, a Special Court was held for the purpose of finally oleteranning upon tbe course to he adopted by Mr Corporation, as to the proposed Now Landon Conn wss crowded. the morice of the moon of censure upon Ald.Magnac having been withdrawn, the dismission on the proposed Drew London Bridge Ives eornme,need. Mr. Jriscs prrseated a Report from the Bridge-house Cominitt.e, which sta•ed teat the Committee of the louse of Commons had ordered the Remembrance, to pn3are . a I. obliging tbe Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Cs.uncil to take the model of the late Mr. Res,- t ie, and app.rii.t. 144 sons, Messrs. U. and J. Hen ri., the fllginerl'S, tu -nperintend theereetion of the oess , hlgts ; and a servh e bridge. if necessary. 1 he report having been agreed to, Mr. JONES submitted a series of regolutioe• to tl,e Court, in substance di.acproving of the measur s of the muuktee of the House of Commons. Woman Woon stated, that the delays and opposition thrown in their way by the Corporation, had occasionc.l unpleasant feelings to the Commutee of the House of Commons. He vontectled, that the Bridge house Es tats would furnish sufficient funds for the whole work ; and addressed the Court at great length against the resolcrl,ns. _ Mr. Room hoped the Court would Protest against the arasure of the Colornittee oldie House of Commons. The Loi) 3IAYOR informed the Court, that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer said, that Ministers could not giv► a shilling. of public money for this purpose ; and Lord Liverpool also said, that tiovernment would vote no m.ney fur local purposes. With respect to the threat at - taking the t•uete out of the hands of the Corporation, be thought it iiripossible that Parliament would resort to such a measure, unless the wows were ebuse•l. A diecussion of some length ensued, after which the Resolisdons (for which see the Advertisement) were put and carried without a division. A draft of a petition was then real and approved of, and warred to Le presented to the House of Commons forth ith. EAST INM A HOUSE. Yesterday a Special Court of Proprietors was held at the list India Howe. The minutes of the last Court having been rrad, 'flu CHAIRMAN informed the Court, that he had re• . . . eeived a letter from the Marquess of Hastings. expressing Zia acknow l e dgements for the vote of thanks transmitted to him from th — e Court. The Cr 1111311 X then called the attention of the Court to the subject fur 'which they were specially summoned. lie read a letter which had been sent by the Court of Di- Sectors to the :resident of the Board of Control, stating their intention to enter into the arrangement with 6o • rranent for the l aptent of the pensions. He next read a letter which the Court of Directors hail received froth bir. Wynn, in reply to their communication. Mr. Wynn's letter expressed the pleasure which Government felt at ironing the intention of the Court of Directors, and stat ing that a s soon as that intention should receive the ap psohatton of the Court of Proprietors, a bill would be brongid into Parliament to carry it into effect. In pro posing that thy Court should approve of the resolution of the Court of Direetors, he merely wished to observe that the latter Court, in the arra ngment which tney had made with tiorertitnet.t. bad been influenced by an equitable feeling; they tool: into their consideration that a great proportion of the military force alibis country had been /milord in. India. The resolution had been agreed to . alue.st um.namously in the Court of Directors. He con chided by moving that the resolution be approved by the • Court. Mr. HeMe objected to the motion, on a point of form. Pe did not mean to challenge the equity of the grant, but he contended, that by the 531 01 the King, atl.l by a „bye-law of the Court, such a grant conk) not be made, nn lets s Report bad been laid before the Court, .'wing the par Iralar grounds of the giant, and signed by the Di latators, whin had avert' to it. The Una meta N denied that the Art of Parliament altoitted of the construction which the lion. Proprietor bad put upon it. Mr. Taaxr and Mr. OAtIAGAN supported the proposi tion, sod Mr. D. hut/Natoli opposed tr. Mr. livace moved, as an Amendment, that the further consideration of this question he adjourned to a future Court. He contended that the Company were not in a timitiot to come lot ward to the relief orthe Govern ment ; for, if their finances were 'compared with those of the tither omen% it it curl ! be found that they had not. in proportion, so large a surplus. tilt. PATTISaS contended that this it-as a judicious ar retirement on the part of the Company. Mr. 11.nt ARD observe/I, that the Adt of Parliament tin der which the Cou l pany held their charter tools Away hoot the t ',art of lhreetors the power of voting I tivale Airlift; beyond a fixed sum chargeable on the hinds of the Compitay. h vested is the-Geurt of Pro 'prietors the poser of voting any sum which might be deemed enevesary. He treated the further 'consideration •f this question would be postponed. Mr. Lowrums agreed in the propriety of adjourning the further consideration of this question. The Court divided on the Amendnietit, Ayes, 31—Noes, 82-11aprity 51. On the motion that the original Resolution be agreed to, Mr. FORBRI3 merely rose $ express his entire approba• lion of the Itesolution. Mr. D. KINNAIRD moved, as an Amendment, that the Bye-law, sect. 19. c. 6. declaring that no pension !scroll(' 2001. should be granted, unless laid before two Courts in the form of a Report, stating the grounds on which it was made, bad not been complied with. After some debate in which Mr. Astle, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hume, Mr. EWA and the Chairman took part, and in whicii it was suggested to have the opinion of their law-officer, as to the construction o the bye-law. Mr. Hums recommended the following question to he put to the Learned Sergeant in writing, and that the an swer he given in writing :—" Is the proposed Resolu tion, to grant 60,0001. ou account of retiring ph pen sions, &c., to be considered as coming within sections 19 and 90, chapter 60, of the bye-laws?" Mr. HOLIINSJN thought the proposition of the Honour able Proprietor was only another method of procuring an adjournment. Mr. timorr contended that the Resolution did not violate the letter or spirit of the hye-law. If an opinion could be given by the Learned Sergeant ins:meter, he had no objection to that course, but he certainly should ob ject to the delay which would be producedlsy the course suggested by the Ilonoorable Proprietor. ha thought .he proper question would be whether in submitting the present Resolution w the Court of Proprietoit, the obli gations of the bye-laws had been fulfilled? After some further discussion, Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUUT declared that in his opinion the bye-laws bad not beta infringed by the present Reso lution. The CHAIRMAN then put the gnestion on the Amend. nient, which wre neiwivet witouot a division. The original Itesoiution was put and agreed to. The CIIAIRMAN next moved that the It.solution of the Court of Proprietors, approving the Vote of the Court of Directoti, Fralcing the sum of 30,003 rupees to Major Cauia,:, for as services in ludic, be coo - dratted by that Court. A fter some observations from Mr. home, Mr. Low•ndea, Mr. Gahagan, and Mr. Trant, the motio❑ was agreed to. The ellAlit3LlN next stated, that the Court was made further special for the purpose of receiving a cotninuni cation of the proceedings adopted by the Court of Di rectors, with a view of obtaining an 'goalie 'Gun of the Du:ies un Ea:t and West India Sugars. It appeared that the Court of Directors had waited on Lord Liver pool t inquire, first*, whether the Government would assist them in endt aveuring to obtain an equalization of the Duties on East and West India Sugars; and, se condly, whether they woul l support a motion, if it wrre made, for a Committee on the whole Sugar question: Lord Liverpool declined acceding to either of these pro pavilions, but said the Government would be ready to assist them in obtaining a Repeal of the Acts of the Ist and 21 of the King, imposing an additional Duty of as. un clawed Sugars. A Petitio”, praying for the gradual equalization of the Duties on Last and Welt India Sellars, and that the Peitioners be heard by thi it Counsel before both Houses of Parliament, was then read. _ The Petition w.is una.aintously agreed to, and the Court adjourned. LLOYD'S COFPEE.IIOI:SE. A meeting of Subscribers ' was held yesterday, for the purpose of confirming the ap pointment of Mr. John Bennett, jun. as Second Master, and balloting for the election of a Third Master. The attendance was very numerous. Mr. MARRYATT, as Chairman of the Committee, a al of opinion, that in consequence of the recent death of air. Bennett, sett., it night be desirable that the immediate object of the present meeting should be suspended, inas much as a complete revision of the funds, and general ar rangements of the establishment, was deemed necessary. For that purpose, be suggested that there should be an addition of 12 to the number of the present Committee of nine, or an appointment of a fiesta Committee of 21. After a few observations by Mr. BARNES and air. S. Dixos, the following Gentlemen were added to the Com mittee :—Messrs. Dixon, Sbaw, Spence, Dewar, Hobson, ltivaz, Leathley, Wood, Pratt, Rule, Parkinson, and an other Gentleman, whose name we did not hear. The meeting adjourned to Wednesday next. PARISH Or KEssmaros.—This parish has been for some time agitated by discussions respecting the New Church Act. InDecember last a Vestry was held, at which a Committee was appointed, who, it appears, obtained from toe Govern ment Fund a grant of 3,00.1/. Tuey called a meeting of the Vestry in March last, in order to obtain the sanction of the Perish to a proposition for building two new churches, and to a rate of 3d. in the pound for defraying the 'necessary eat pences incurred beyond the grant. In the meantime an op position arose in the parish to the measure, and a Meeting of the Parishioners in Vestry was summoned, which was held yesterday.the Rev. Mr. Reynell, theVicar,took the Chair. The proposition was supported by the Rev. Messrs. Dib din and Campbell, and other Members of the Committee, and was strenuously opposed by Mr. Cobbett and others. Several Amendments were moved. After a stormy dis cussion, Mr. Brett addressed the Meeting at co7slderable length, stating that 10 in every 20 parishioners were hostile to the proposal for building new churches. lie conciuded by mov ing as an Amendment, that, "The measures proposed ire unnecessary, uncalled for, and unjust ; that no money be borrowed for the purpose of building Churches or Chapels in this Parish ; and that the Committee, as wed as this Meeting. be forthwith dissolved." This proposition was seconded in several places. The Committee proposed an addition to their original pro position. " That the Bill intended to be sent to Parliament si.auld first be submitted to a public Vestry." After some further discussion the last Araeniment was withdrawn, ►.nd Mr. Drett's Amendment was put and car ried by a large majority. A poll was, however, demanded and the result was. the Amendment was lost. The proposi tion of the Committee, as altered, was then carried by a few votes. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,-MAY l►. N. W. ELLIIITON,ESQ. V. WEBSTICR. Mr. Sergeant 'FADDY stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, not with a view to obtain damages from the defendant, but merely to chew the persons connect ed with his establiattlueut. that whenever they entered into engsgenients they most perform those engagements, or take consequences of their infraction. The plaintiff was the les s e of Drury-lane Theatre, and the defendant, one of the per formers eng3gell on that establishment. Ait,r ha► ft.: pinyed some time he took it into his head to play ttie Walking Gentleman, by waking olf in the tuiddie of the SCAL'iOII. The letters of the defendant in August and September, (820, and In July, Iti2l, soliciting an engagement, were put -1 in and proved. James Winston, acting Manager of Drury lene Theatre, saw the defendant after the receipt of the letters in the' course of August MN ; witness then told him Mr. Elliston acquiesced in re-eugaging him for the next season at a small advance ; the salary for hint and pis wife would then I be 21.35. a week, it had previously beeh only 21.. that was for the season of 1811 and ISt2 ; the salary was plavhnitse , pay, that was paying only when the house was open. Defend-, aut anti his wife attended part of that season, Oa the Itith o f May, iff22, after having received his salary, he absented himself ; he then sent a note, declaring that, busineo oblig ed him to leave town ; he played on that night, but not atter ,,ar,p. Witness tole the defendant tlp meet him in Mr. Ell iistou's room, whiz!) he did. Mr. Enlistao then advised Lida THE ,STATESMA N.,. • OLD DAILEY.-11AT 14. POLICE. pot to break his engagement, and thrpatened to enforce It in • Court of Law. Drfendant said he would go, and from that time to the end of the season he absented himself.. Cross-examined,—Did not recollect that the defendant Complained of Mr. Billiton's treatment of Mrs. Webster; was sure he did not say Mr. B. had liken improper liberties with her; the season did not usually end in Passion Week ; none of the actors were at liberty to go at the end of Pas sion Week, except those engaged by articles. [A bill was here put into the witness's hands. dated March 30, and in which that day was stated to births end of the season ] The witness said if the performers went on after that day, they were considered as engaged for the next season; the defen dant motioned atter that time, and playeduntil the 18th of the following May. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN. for the defendant, interrupted the witness, and observed that every count of the dec &ration stated the agreement to be a hiring in October for the then next theatrical season. By the evidence the season closed in Mardi, and that agreement, according to the words of the declaration, was dearly proved. Mr. Sergeant TARDY contended that October, as laid in the declaration, was kiln/aerial. and did not bind the plain tiff to prove this breach of the engagement during the season then commencing. Mr. Justice Bunnousn thought not, but said he would re serve the point. Mr. sergeant VAUGHAN reqne.ted that his Lordship would also reserve an objection he hid made against the adzeis skim of the letters ,to prove the agreement) without being stamped. His Lordship seceded to the Learned Sergeant's request. The . phkinti if then called— . . Mr. Wilrcot, who had lodged in the game house with the plaintiff in May, 1622, to prove that the Imter had quitted Drury-lane Theatre ut consequence of entering into on en gagement with Mr. Bunn. tie Manager of the Birmingham Theatre.—The case for the plaintiff closed here: and Mr. Justice BUR:COUGH haying again expressed his opi nion on the ohjecrion to the deelaratou, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff with nominal damages, subject to a motion on the two points reserved. LIM e. coomug, DEL.triELD, and co. Mr. Serjeant Pct.t, appeared for the plaintiff, whom be stated to have been a publican residing at the King's Head or Arms, in Honghton Street, Clare Marker. He did not wish to address any declamatory topics upon the tyranny and opprr ssion which hievers were apt to exer tire over publicans, thorrelt he thought the present was a case in which the functions of the Jury would be gill ed into operation with peculiar advantage to the cause of Justice for the protectioo of the publican. The Plaintiff agreed to hian.fer the house to a man named liedgington-1001. of the pnre.:saltv money was retained by the brewer., the defendants, under an agree went 'to return it to him when the transfer of the li cence to iledgington was effecred. The transfer was effected alien the defendants refused to delivarr op the 1011. lodged as security, alleging that they retained it to pay one of the ri , lenuant's creditors, who, it appear ed, the Learned Sergeant begged the Jury to remark Was connected with the lian. To recover the sum thus mill properly retained. the present artipn was brought. Mr. Sergeant Lugs, for the defence, cross-exarninAll the witnesses, with the view of shoeing th it the licence was not legally transferred until the time the present action wag brought, but haring failed in this lie tried to show that the plaintiff hail recognized the defendants as the stake holder for his creditors, and this also failed. He then called a witness with the vier of showing that the purchaser Hedgingtnn, at the time the money was deposited, was not satisfied with his bargain, and by im plication that the purchase was not completed. Mr. Justice litinaouorr in his charge to the Jury said, t:iat the defence was a moat unrighteous , one. and he was sure that if the very respectable tiros bad been aware of it, the action would not have been brought. The Jury fooul a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Mi., with costs. Morlaed was put to the bar on an indic►meet charg ing him with stealing two saws, a square,and other articles, on the 2d of May last, iu the parish of St. Ciement Danes, the property of Samuel Wigley. The prosecutor, who laboured strongly under the effects of intoxication, gave his evidence in such a manner as to fre quently put in motion the risible muscles of the audience ; in consequence of which. Mr. Justice Hayley put it to the Jury to say. whether they could, under the circumstances, place implicit reliance upon his evidence, and they accord ingly acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Justice BAYLEY ordered time prosecutor to again stand forward, which he did as far as he was able. His Lordship then observed, that according to the evidence of Sharpe, the officer, a•ud his own conduct, the prosecutor was in a great state of intozicttian, which was a high contempt of the Court, and for which his Lordship should now order him to be detained in custody until the following day, when the Court would consider in whet way they would act with him. He was accordingly taken into custody, and conveyed in to the prison, Mr. Justice Bayley having given directions that he should be k3pt apart from the felons. Bow-eraser.—Yesterday, the siting Magistrate, G. ft. MiNsi ft r l A, Esq. was occupied nearly the whole of the ntorning is the investigation of an extraordinary case of Arson. The person accused was John collie, the man whose house in New -street, Covent.gartlen, was burnt down Monday night Let, upon which occasioo an elderly lady who lodged there unfortunately perished in the; flames. Toe present charge was preferred by Mrs. Anne; Gibbs, the wife of one of the conductors of the patrol of this oilier; from her testimony and that of other wit nesses, the flowing circ imstanees were collected ; In September hill, Gibbs, who was at that time a ca binet maker, in a respectable way of business, had occa sion to chinge his residence for premises more couve- Merit, and Mrs. Gibbs passing through 11 7 hitecross-street, Cripplegate, saw a bill in a window announcing that the greater part of the house was to be let. She' found the prisoner was the occupier, that he carried on a small bu siness, as a pastry cook, in the lower apartments, and that he and an apprentice were the only inhabitant,. She' hired the rest of the house and removed her furniture, of which she had a very considerable stock, nearly new, but they had nut been many days there before she ex pressed to hrr husband a strong dislike to rent.in, on ac count of the singular habits of the prisoner ; be had not more than N. north of furniture in the wiso!e ionise; he seemed to do little or no business,and was moro s e and dis tant in his manners and behaviour ; when they had been there about a week, lie requested her leave to pot three saris of shavings, which he said lie had bougut cheap, in one of her towns tip stairs (he occupied - the lower part) and she eousented. On the following- Saturday, Gibbs told the prisoner that he was going ti Saint Alhan's on Solidity to see his aged father and mother. The prisoner asked if Mrs. Gibbs was out going also? and ' , sing told that her health w odd not permit bet to go, he aid tt was nonsense, the journey would do her good. She did not go to Ir.Aban"s, but ateut ote on Sunday attn.- noun, and on her relnrn at an early hour, she found the prisoner bad removed the hearth-stone of, toe room ions' Mediately 'veer I'll oven, and was engaged . When she entered the room, which site did rather suddenly, in staffing shavings Nita, a chissel iota the crevices hetwi en the boJcda,aad also spreading them over the place from whence he had remove.' the heartn-stone. She asked him why he was doing this, and lie said he only itar,ted to,dry the shavings. In the course of Monday night the house was Limit to the .ground, and Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs nerrowly escaped with their Hsu:. • pe.privaner, a few days before the fire, effected a po Ilcy6f insurance upon " house and furniture," for :4MII. at the Cagle Insurance Office. He, however, absetaittled on the morning of the fire, and never claimed the amount for whicla lid had insured. He was se 'n no more by the Gibbet', until about eight years arm. when Mrs. Gibbs saw him in Holborn, and Immediately seised him by the ..." MaIIiniMMINNIMMEMENSIIIIII.. • • betjse threw her fawn him, _and ran sway. She gave hi" its cisitswe Paris, ad r. Doteestid,lbat same he talpprehended the prisoner, there was another mar with him, with a tin box, eon., tsining a policy of insurance with the Sun Fire.Ofliee,ef. fee ed some weeks ago, for 8001. for the house an& furni ture in New-street. It was further stated, that the entire house in New" street, with the exception of the shop, and a small bark room, were let olt to lodgers, and the prisoner Itsd scarcely any fneniture in the house. The ttn Ism; was almost the only at tide saved. It was added also that the prisoner had been burnt put from another house in Shadir•l.,--The prisoner said roaring in his deleme. He was remanded fur further examination oa a future da y. Alen LOOROUGH -11TnEET.--The Keeper of Grosvenor gate brought a letter to the Magistrates of this office from Lord Sytkey. the Ranger of Hyde Perk, request ing to.know if they could adopt any, and what uterus, to counteract the chocking nuisance which has lately be come sa common in that Park, of fellows indecently ex posing themselves to almost every respectable female who had occa.ion to pass that way. Various complaints bare within a short period been snide to the Ranger upon tills sub; orr, and tvric• by a Noble Lon!. of the tu- • sults experienced by his datt 4 lit rs in thi, w;V, in'the course of their COMA NT said. t!.at a:thonr,h the estahlisbineat of this office consisted only of eight officers. they hare as much time from their other du ties could possNy ainsit of, :been very vigilant in their attention Li the abuse complained of. He should write to Loud Syiliwy upon the subject, and afford every anti'. ante in his power towards the suppression of so disgrace ful and monstrous a niii•ance. UNION-HA I.L.—L.st ITight John Lawto part pro prietor and driver of Priee's B: ighton Coarh, that rails from Islington. in six hours, WaS hrott , zht np by Clsrke, the °dicer, belonging to this establishment, and under went un examination before L. B. Allen. Esrhiltarge I pith kiliing and s!aying two sisters, named Elizabeth and Mary Ann ‘i'oottroffe, the former agcl lire yea-s, and the latter three. The infant sufferers were the danghters of Thomas %Voodroffe, a labouring man, resitting at No. 44, Re gent's Place, Kennington-lane. , His wife, who is a very industrious woman, assists in maintaining lier family, 1,3 e going out to wash, and yesterday she went to a gentle man's house at Kennington, where she remained Mt roar o'clock in the afternoon. On her 'going home to her little family, comi-tin4. of the two deceased children, she gave them a penny to purchase some cakes, and they went out for that purpose, in company will the lo tgrr"e ehildres, a girl shoat 12 years old, and a little boy ahsnt live. They went to a cake shop, at Newington Cans«. way, and atter they ha I made their purchase, the font were cr ssing the road nearly opposite Cie Peacock pah lic lions,. when one of the Brighton coaches, driven by the defendant was coming towards town: The driver seeing the children in such danger; polled up his heroes. and two of theta g.iitied the other side of the road, but the two Woodroffes were linio•ked douil by the leader., the youngest was trampled on by one of the buries aed its entrails actually torn out ; the elder sister lay betweeq the horses, and it was thought site would hare esrat.ed j any injury, but shock:a i rto rela'e, the hind wheel passed j over tier head, which was crusherl to pieces. The little ' sufferers were conveyed to the house of Mr. Dixon, th e surgeon ; but, it is useless to a4d, nothing coalti be done ftr them, as toe) , died befire they reached the surgeon'-s; which is only twenty yards front the spot. The sad ca tastrophe soon readmit the ears of the parents, whose feelings can be more easily conceived than describe I ; and such was the eff.ct the melancholy affair pro te,.. -4 on the mother that little hopes are entertairte 1 of her re covery. The coachman immediately pulled up his horses and dismounted the box, and expressed his contrition .4 the sad accident. At this moment Cluke the otito.er came up, and took the defendant into custody; hut in consequence of his hiving passengers, permitted him to drive to Ishngton his place of destination, be accomoa nying him, and afterwards brought him before the Ma gistrate, at this office, at eight &clock in the evening. • John Apple and Thomas Mason were examined, and stated that they saw the sad catastrophe, and they c'on ceived the defendant was not at all to blame, anti Gilt their deaths were purely accidental. The Magistrate said that he regretted the accident, and was very happy to hear there was no blame attached tat the defendant. He had no alternative but to commit hint for retexatnination till the Coroner had held his inquest. He was, tkerefore, committed accordingly. • The father of the deceased children was present ing the examination, and was absorbed in grief t':e whole time. ECONOMY IN lESS.—CHARLES and M TAILORS and BREECHES MAKERS, A r. I' I. FLRECT-STR EST, two doors west of Fetter-lane, respecr fully inform Noblemen awl Gentlemen, they can have Fashionable Cut and well-made Coat, of the best siipertinst Cloth. fissile to measure, from 21. Its. 6d. to 31. 3s. Biun or Black Ditto. 21. 13s. to X. 13s. 6d. Surtout Coat W. 10e. —Ditto, Silk Facings and Velvet Collar, 3/. 3s. to 31. Ifis. —Kerseymere or Cloth Trows,rs, 21r. to 30s. Suit of I.i. very, complete, 4/. Is. to 41. 10s. Box, Chaise, and Fit. shionshle Driving Coats; Visiting and Travelling Shooting Jackets, Young Gentlemen's Suits and Children's Dresses, elegantly made. C. and Co. conducting their business on ready money principles, are enabled to offer these articles at the abov low prices. Quality and workmanship not to be excelled by any house at the west end ; each article being made uncle: their immediate inspection. . Gentlemen waited upon at their own houses, by direct— ing letters, post-paid. Observe the number Is PATENT SEI.F.ADJUSTING TRUSSES. The Jr Public are most respectfully cautioned again t the inferior Ttosses, which are now made mod offered for 4 - ..!e by Truss !Makers end others, who have net the least tneche nical knowledge of the true construction: from such bung lers the afflicted will find no relief. SALMON, OUT. at.d CO., the sole Inyenwrs end Patentees, have made 40,010 of their Patent Self-adjusting Trus , ce, ant still continue tv have the recommendations of all the most eminent Suree‘we in town and country. They have also the honour to supt:iy Vie Army and Navy; the Naval and Military Hospitals the Dock-Ye rds and Ordnance; the Marine Infirmary; tee Hon. East India Company ; the City of London Trus- So ciety ; the Mary-lit-bonne. Wireliscombe. Bristol, and Del bigh Infirmaries; the Windsor Geleral Dispens try ; the Mid :lesee end St. George's Hospitals; Parochial EstaUish tnents; &c. &c. &c. To prevent being imposed upon, please to observe, that SALMON. ODY, and CO., 204 London. is marked upon the leather ease of their instruments. N.H. Professional Gentlemen and Draggi,ts in the C 3.12• try ere particularly cautioned against the sparious kintt, which are offered for sale by Lomlnn Druggists and others. sold by one or more druggists in every principal city mai town in the United Kingdom. NO PECI FIC was ever brought into nse by the /01 Professors of Medicine, to mined PEEDE'S Celebrated and Incomparable FaIiNCH PI Lcs, for the speedy, safe, and effectual CURE of a certain disorder. in all its insinuating forms. and this malignant and destructive Ravages it daily makes on this Human Frame; but, happily, these Pills Cure In so short• time, and in so safe and easy a manlier, ai to warrant him -. in such full coulidence of success, that *.• NO spark of Disease shall be left in the system. These Pah are sold in Boxes, at 2s. fhl., at 43, tiquorpond-street, Lon; don; but shoild it be preferred, the Doctor engages to este the Disease for It stipulated sum, or return the Money ; so that inhere be No Care, therwpill be No PAY. R; B. The Itch Cured without washing or anolotioy, by swelling only, price 2s. 9d. T ¶.