The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-09-12 00:00:00

T - a ~' _~~ "'~ "YT _ ---•- OLD BAILEY, San. U. • . . anunaae AT COLONIC'. MERIIICOI. Janette Clark, aged 26, and Gilbert Dom, scrag , (both soldiers) were indicted—Clark with stealing Is the dwell ing house of William Henry Merrick. Esq. two which's, a diamond and emerald necklace, and various ether articles, valne lOW., and upwards. his property; and Down stood charged with aiding and abetting in the committing of the said robbery. Cfark was respectably attired in a plain dress, and Down appeared in a regimental drill dress. Mr. Pterr stated the case for the proseintion at consi derable length. With respect to the case of Clark, the rob bery would be clearly proved fas it respected Down, to whom the box was conyer4, the question was, did he re. mite it with a guilty knowledge. or whether be was an ac. creamy before and after the fact. Colonel Merrick examined by Mr. LAW.—Witness is Colonel in the 3d Regiment of Foot Boards; the prisoner Clark he took out of the r inks and made him his livery ser vant. Witness ditcharged him on the 12th August, and be vas to go away the next day. Had lived with him for twelve months. In his house he had a kingwood box, which contained the articles mentioned in the indictment. except ta o watches and seals. The value of the jewellery, Lc. was worth from 1,2001. to 1,4001. Witness lives in Berkeley Sqnsre ; missed the box on the 14th August from his Lady's dressing room, where he used to take break. fast occasionally ; hence Clark often had access to the room. Whenever witness travelled be took the box with him; did nut see the prisoner Clark after the 13th till the 18th; wit ness snit an advertisement into the papers in the interim, and in consequence of which be received a letter, purport jug to come from White and Dobson; from this communi cation witness was induced to go towards Portsmouth, in company with Westeott, an officer. They overtook Clark, in company with another man, When beheld a conversation v ith him, but held out neither promise or threat to induce Lim to confess what had. become of the remainder of the property ; he said he had broken the box open in a coppice ahout two miles beyond Dartford, where be had left ir, he Lad disposed of two watches, one.gold and one silver, in Chatham: by the account he gave, witness discovered them next morning; went afterwards to the plantation to look for the hoe; a turnpike man informed him where he would find it; it had been taken away by another person. Found tire gold watch ic the possession of Sloman, a Jew, and saw the silver one exposed in a, shop window—part of the articles were sent in a sealed parcel to the witness from the office, and the other part were found in the secret drawer in the box ; a few trifling things were picked up near Dart ford on the grass; every individual article had been re. covered through information given by the prisoner Clark. Mr. Baron RA lIA a-ked the prisoner Clark, if he would put auy.ceiestiorm to Colonel Merrick? To which the pri mmer replied, that he wished to plead guilty. Mr. Law stated, that as all the property hail been reco weed', Colonel M. did not wish to proceed further ; there fore, if his Lordship would receive the plea of guilty, the prosecutor would resentmend the prisoner to mercy. P. Worger, a constable of Brighton, went to Portsmouth in consequence of information; found part of the stolen ploperty on his person. and another part conceided in a Iwx in the room ; witness took bins into custody, and con veyed him to London; m t Colonel Merrick on the why ; be -gave winless every information as to the disposal of the property. Wm. Westeott deposed that he accompanied the Colo rel. • His evidence went to corroborate that of Colonel Petrick, as to the disclosure made by Clark. ..toseph Cook, croon to the prosecutor, stated that Clsrk left kis mas'er's service; about two hours before he left he sent witness to the prisoner Down, who was waiting at the Hole.in.the-wall. Berkeley Mews, and told hint to commas there till Clark came; some conversation passed as • to the time Clark might be expected to arrive. *John Fisher, the landlord of the Hole-in-the-wall, proved this the prisoners were at his house on the 13th of Aug. about four in the afternoon—Clark went over to the Colonel's house, and Down went away—saw Clark again in about ten minutes, with something under his arm, like a box wrapped in cloth—be went to the Bricklayers' Arms, in the same Mews. 'The prisoner Down cross-examined the whams, but eli- cited nothing material to his defence. Ishmael Reeve, the landlord of the Bricklayers' Arms, saw tie prisoner Down at his house on the day of the robbery; Clark called Down out ; he had a box with him; they went sway together in thealirection of Little Grosve nor Street ; Down conveyed the box. hue Dry deposed, that she wes the wife of a musician, and lived in Bee's court, Oxford.street; saw the prisoners on.tbe 13th of August; Clark brought a box to her room ; the same now before the Court; he inquired for her hus band, observing be had something for him ; be was not at home, and they went away directly; Down carried the box., they left the cloth behind them. • 'And Dry corroborated the testimony of the last witness, but would not swear to the identity of Down. Colonel Alerrisk identifiettthe property produced as his Own. Several other witnesses were examined, whose testimony went to prove that Clark had possession of the box on the day in question. ' The prisoners were called on for their defence, when Clark pleaded guilty to the charge . alleged against him; Down called several witnesses, principally Serjeants in the (lairds, who gave the prisoner a good character for hones ty, sobriety, and soldier-like conduct. Mr. Baron ORAIIAM summed up the evidence relative to Down ; his Lordship observed that the charges were dis tinct against the two prisoners—Clark with stealing in the dwelling-house property to a large amount; Down with counselling and abetting in the said robbery, and also with 44i-rising the property so taken, knowing it to have been wolen. He begged to call the attention of the Jury to the cote of Down, snore especially as it appeared to involve d Oisulties which did not exist as •ft regarded . Clark, who bad confessed the robbery aforetime, and even pleaded guilty on the present occasion. As It respected Down, it was for the Jury to say whether he was an accessary before the fact of robbery or afterwards' by taking possession of the property knowing it to have b orn stolen. The Jury retired for about twenty minutes, and returned a verdict of Bulky—Death against Clark ; and Down— Not. Guilty. . •• ; The Jury recommended cite •is morty, on the ground of his making a disclosure of the property.—His Lordship said it should be forwarded to the peeper quarter. Wm. Smart was indicted for feloniously stealing front I theilwelling hotter: of Mr. Sergeant Hayward, a soup ladle, sod ether articles of Plate, value 301. • Wheel's, the butler of Sergeant Hayward, stated, that *tithe day in the indictment, he observed the prisoner cam ogup the steps with a bundle in his (rand; witness ran to the pantry, missed the plate, and thea desired one of the servants to pursue him—time footman. van after him—took him, and the plate was footed on his person. The footman corrobiletted- the Mime of linmformer e. r tsi No witnesses baying been producedon the paretitthe de fendant, he was instantly found Bulky. 'James aged; 4, was thieved with stealing, on the flth of June. from the perish of Whitechapel, A; illar.et valued. at 57. tint property of Win. Reed, farmer, of.NorseCrawlep t . Backs. The prisoner strongly protested what liegettleteato le es'Cliepe rairl big Uouneet, Mr. Poem celled w whir* . nieg Teisint, who Sworepositively that ton therlayed the ru t bsry, the prisouer with' MM the *hale day, .seep " to II o'clock ou the coTtoeing !windier. ' - ••• The Jury retired for three quarters of an floor, lad 'od their return found the prisoner No* linifly. ' Chas. Tisonspaun, an incorrigible thii:f, was put to the ~-~- THII 1 • far, charged with stealing fose.hage, the property of Mr. John Holyland. The Jury. found him Heilty,and the Recorder immediately sentenced him to be transported for seven years. Wm. Craig, a young maw, was pat to the bar Oil an In dictment charging bim with stealing, on the 4th of Aug.. two chests of tea, value 521. the property of Masers. Francis Child and Co. of Nag's Head Oracechurch Street, tea dealers.--Guilty. The following prisoners were also convicted df larcenies: —Mary Kelly, 24, and Eli:. Brooks, 17, for stealing two piecesr of shoes; John Bradley, 19, for stealing two of Ibsen; Chas. Corkhsm, 14, for stealing a handkerchief from the person.—Catherine Tinian was acquitted. 4: i POLICR. Mouton Hours.—'the driver of the balmy coach No. 10,711 was summoned before the Leao Mayor, on a charge of having driven furiously and carelessly, and there by endangered the life of a gentleman named Pardon, and torn off the wheel of his chaise. The prosecutor stated that, as be was driving along 'Queen-street, Cheapside, on Sunday morning, he saw the defendant approach with his coach at the rate of six miles an hour. Witness instantly drew op his horse as close to the curb as he could, and stopped : but the defendant, al though the passage was narrow, continued to drive with unabated fury, and wholly disregarded the obvious danger in which witness was placed, The consequence was that one of the wheels of the chaise was torn elf, and the wit ness said it was a great mercy that he had not been dashed to pieces. The defendant did not slacken the pace, but droveon without stopping to inquire whether any one had suffered. A witness, who was passing at the time, said he really believed the conduct of the defendant to have been wilful, and that he had plenty of room to pass. The defendant, in his defence, said be had been driving a gentleman who was in a burry, at the proper ha. Icney coach rate, and that the accident had been caused by the want of skill in the complainant, who kept in the mid dle 'of a narrow street, and thereby sustained some in jury, as might have been expected. The defendant, however, could produce no witnesses to corroborate his statement. The Lone MAYOR said this was a cave which called for the full penalty of twenty shillings, which the Act of the 30th of Georer 11. directed to be inflicted upon a person who drove wilfully or carelessly. His Lordship ordered the defendant to pay that sum. The defendant said he bed no right to pay it, and posi tively 'declared he would not. Tier LORD MAYOR ordered a warrant of distress to be put in execution against the fellow's goods. This proceeding evidently alarmed him, but still produced no money. The next stage of the proceeding. should there not be sufficient goods to cover the penalty, will be to issue a 'warrant for the apprehension of the driver, to whom the Act then ad judges one month's imprisonment to hard labour. The LORD Alarcon informed the complainant that he might obtain reparation for the itjury done to his cliOse, from the proprietor of the coach, by an action at law. The complainant expressed a determination to pursue that course, as he did not think that full justice would be clone either to himself or the public, without an appeal to a Court of Law for the full summit of the damage. ti et L.DHALI. —DARING RODS man, who gave his nail' , John Jones. was brought yesterday before thee sitting Magistrate, charged with a daring felony, commit ted in open day, in Garlick Hill. Isaac Goodrich, the warehouseman at Messrs. Keen, Son and Co.'s, blue manufacturers, stated, that about four o'clock on the previous afternoon, the yard gate hap. pening to be left open for a 'few minutes, the prisoner and another man slipped in and stole a cask of blue. A gen tleman passing gave him information of it lie ran out instantly, and saw the prisoner walking deliberately up the hill with the cask on his shoulder: pursued, and over took him in St. Thomas Apostle. The fellow immediately threw down his load, and struggled hard to escape. His companion crossed from the other side of the way, and struck Mr. G. several violent blows on the head, but finding be was not likely to succeed in liberating his companion, made his escape, and left the prisoner to his fate. He bad nothing to say in his defence, and was committed to Newgate for trial. Tug MFRS 01 ST. MART-LE-EONS b. THE IMPERIAL OAS, LIGHT COMPANY. MARY-LB-DONNE Oeeica.—This was a proceeding on an information exhibited at the instance of the Vestry of the parish of St. Mary.le-bonne, against Mr. William Griffith., Agent to the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, for having taken up the pavement in Oxford Street, now called Hyde Park Place, for the purpose of laying down gas pipes, without giving notice, pursuant to th e Act of 57th of the late King, chap. 29, sec. 11. to the Surveyor of the Pavements of the complaining parish, whereby the Com pany had incurred a penalty of 401. for every square foot of pavement so disturbed. Mr. WiLits, fur the Company, submitted that by no means the allegations contained in the information had been fully established. In the first place, the statute under which his opponents acted had never been referred to ; and in the next, no authority had been produced that the Ves try had any contrail over that part of the road specified in the information. The fact wasohat the Imperial Gas Light Company ought never to have been troubled with this pro ceeding; if there was any dispute, it laid between them (the Vestry) and the Trustees of the Turnpike mid. The Learned Gentleman said he could prove that due notice had been given, and permission granted by the Trustees, through their Surveyor, Mr. Onions, to remove the pave ment in the carriage road, or the purpose of lighting Tyburn Turnpike with gas, it being well known to be the most dreary outlet of London. Ile contended that the Vestry of St. Mary le-bonne had no cootroul over turnpike roads of the parish of which Oeford S:reet is one, aud en tirely under the jurisdiction of the Trustees. hi all the Acts of Parliament that bad ever been passed, it had been allowed, and particularly mentioned to be a turnpike road from St. Giles 's Pound to Kilburn Bridge. The only anus. ner in which the Vestry were concerned was, that they were employed by the Trustees to pave and light the said road, for a.consideration of 5001. per annum. He would therefore ask the Magistrates if it was not a turnpike road, why should the Trustees be at that enormous expense fur repairing time streets belonging to the Vestry ? lie with deference admitted that the information ought to be quashed upon the grounds lie had brought forward. Mr. LLOYD. for the Vestry, said he began to see the drift of Mr. Wilk* and the hiss Company's position. It was to take the right of the Vestry completely away, su as to leave not the least shadow of authority to, them over all Oxford Street, and in thatcase would light Oxford Street with gas, to the very great los;by the contracts the parish had mitered into, for the lighting of that extensive street. Mr. Wtt.as denied having such an ides, be only Wanted Instiee done to his clielits, and he was conscions that no mean advantage waverer contemplated.by him or the 'corn eae he had the honour to represent. Mr. LLOYD said, that the case had now tithen ikvery serious.turn, as far at, regarded the interests of the parisb, therefore he would hag to *litany the present and exhi bit another int ...illation. Mi. Mute strenuously objected to this, submitting that the Infeintadon ought to be dismissed forthwith.. • ' desithory conversation of some length then took place liktie4 the parties, which 'was pot an end to by— ' Wilts. RAWLINSoiN and ORIPFITH, the Magistrates, giv ingitlir their opinion, that Oxford Street was considered by all the Arts . of Parliament, which bad never been re• isk], a turnpike road; sod, certainly, if it nos not , the Trustees would not pay such an exornitant sum of money for lighting and paving if t 1.7 had ;to jui isdictiun over thel .- ~ aTitshipt. • same, they. theretiii, 'shoe Id dismiss the information altogether. DARIO° Role CRT.—T - estirday Sarah Hitehmans. a young fatale of interesting appearaoce, was charged with rpb• berg —The prisoner, a few days Ante, called at the house of Mrs. Barton, Great Barlow Street, Mary.la-bonne, and finding only a young child at home, deliberately went up to the second floor, broke open two rooms and a bureau, and finally made off without being observed, with two new coats, two silver watches, some plate, four sovereigns, and linen and wearing apparel to the value of 171. The robbery was not discovered foe some time after, and Buckeridge, the officer, was then deputed to look after the thief, whom he rotted ; having since the robbery lived with her " man" in much style.—She declined saying any thing, and was committed for trial. - - HArrow Gaitnix.--A respectable female applied to the Magistrate for advice. Sh• stated that she had been in arrear for King's taxes, and in consequence had been called on for them by a broker, who she requested to wait ten minutes. Jost while she should send her little girl to. her husband for the money. He told her he could not wait a raiAnte, and leaving a man in possession walked off. The following morning, on going to the brokisr to pay the taxes, else found that in addition a demand of Ss. 6d. was made for the levy, and which she was compelled to pay. The Magistrate told her she was certainly liable for the expenses of the broker, and dismissed her application. Yesterday, Mr. John Epps, the proprietor of many ham and beef shops in various parts of the metropolis, appeared to a summons on the information of Mr. Donaldson, one of the gentlemen of the Leet Jory for the parish of St. An drew, Holborn, charged under the Building Act, under the following circumstances:—Mr. Epps was the proprietor of the centre house of three ruinous old wooden houses in Holborn, at the corner of Gray's Inn Lane; the house on each side was pulled down in order to be rebuilt, leasing Mr. Epps's house standing in a fearful tottering condition without either side or back wall., the floors and roofs bring !toyed tip with props, as was the fron't wall which was only loth and plaster. A few slays ago Mr. Epps received a written notice from the gentlemen of the keet Jury, that jibe dill not either pull down or finish the repairs of that house within 14 days from the date of that notice, he would be proceeded against according to law : in consequence of this notice, Mr. Eppa in,tneuiately commenced the repairs, when a stop was put to it by Isis receiving a summons on the information of one of the same gentlemen for suffering the house to remain standing to the great dread and terror of the passengers; the case came on for hearing on Satur day, but by mutual consent Was put off to yesterday, when Mr. Epps attended with his solicitor and witnesses, but after waiting an hour. the complainants did not attend, and the information was dismissed. UNION Ilat.t.—Mr. A LEA:4 , , the magistrate. upon en tering the office yesterday morning, said, he thought it ne cessary to make some remarks upon a statement whic h ap pearedin some of the newspapers (but not in the hTATES MAN) under the head of Union Hall. The article was rendered particularly conspicuous by the wort's at the top " Practice of Police Magistrates." It referred to n case which came on before a nrother magistrate (31r. Swabey) and most grossly misrepresented the facts that were stated on that occasion. The charge was one for indecent expo sure, and he (Jr.N ALLEN) was present during' the investi gation, and was unquestionably of opinion that the case, which was established upon the oaths of two men, Bottom and Alder, the former of whom was a watchman, was one of very grim indecency. It was a case on which he should have ectilleJ, had lie been acting at the time instead of Mr. StrABEY, exactly is Mr. SWAHET had decided. He could not object to the attendance of those who were eon netted with the press, for the purpose of giving to the public accounts of what occurred at the office; but the 51a. gistrates, whose conduct thus came almost daily before the' public tribunal, had certainly a right to expect that no wil ful misrepresentation of the grounds upon which they acted would be made. That the account be alluded to was a, wilful misrepresentation he should repeat ; and he trusted. that the reporter who hail given extensive circulation to so ' ' injurious a calumny, would be more cautious in attributing' to Magistrates, conduct from which all with whom lie had any intercourse would revolt. Some time after those observations were made, Mr. StrA• BET entered the office. After some conversation between the two Magistrates, Bottom the watchman and Alder were called. They distinctly and positively snore, that when they saw the man and woman alluded to in the report to gether, there was at a very short distance a gas light, which rendered them visible in every respect. Tate witnesses then detailed sonic particulars, which are not fit for the pub lic eye, and swore that several other persons saw what oc ' tarred. Mr. Swause said that be considered himself completely justified in acting as he had done upon such evidence. He added, that he had received several anonymous threatening letters, which were the consequence of the gross misstate. ments that had appeared in one or two of the papers. Mr. SHABBY then desired Bottom and Alder, should any threat .be held out against them, to apply at the office, and that all due protection should be given them in the execution of their duty. Hall, the chief constable, stated what was very important on this snbject, namely, that the male defendant bad ac- knowledged to him, that although he had not actually com mitted an act of indecency, he had meditated it. WORSHIP STREET.—Yesterday James Bock, a botcher in the parish of St. Luke, was charged, before W/LLIABI Bets ETT, Esq. with indecently exposing his person to four female children. The facts are too disgusting to be de tailed. The prisoner denied the accusation, and said he could prove that he was at work at the time. Mr: HENETT called upon each of the little girls is be sure of his identity, and they each declared they were sure he was the man. The Worthy Magistrate theti ordered that the prisoner should be committed for the tuistletneanor, and that twenty four hours notice of bail should be given ; and be hoped that the parish of St. Luke would prefer an indictment at the present Sessions for the offence, and bear the expenses of the prosecution. QUIEN Stattane:—Yesterday, .111 r. Julien was held to bail for assaulting Colonel James, of Chelsea, on the turn pike road near Knightsqridge, on the 29th of last month, the particulars of which have already appeared before the public. THSNIES POLICE.--MURDER OP Ma. SMITH, or Lewis HABl.—John Timothy, the man who was apprehended on Sunday last, in Chapel Street, East Smithfield, by Mitchell an officer of this police, was yesterday examined before the Magistrates of Greenwich. Similar evidence to that already adduced against his brother and others, was brought for ward against him. About noon yesterday Mr. Simmons, the chief clerk of this o ffi ce , received a note from the officer. diving information that he was going on to staidstone gaol with the prisoner, whO must consequently be folly commit ' led for trial at the next assizes. At the time the prisoner was taken into custody, the officer said, " 1 want you." lie replied,:" For what 2" The officer said, " Again on a Charge of •enurdee." Prisoner.—" Oh, is that all ?" His coat andlraistcoat was then called for, which he put on and was taken away. On Monday, when placedat the bar of this bffice, the Magistrate;after hearing Mitchell's state naesit; asked the prisoner What ke had to day for himself 41paerving at the same time. he would coition him as to 'what lie did say, lest it should tend to his fence injury. The prisoner, audaciously observid—" 1 need no eautiod 1 know nothing Of the 'wetter I" This Pertinacity lint in end to any furthey observation, in& the prisoner was taken away from the bar. and consigned to the discretion of Hie Grenivich Magi.trates. LORD COMBERMERE AND NED FARRELL -...i1ip.-- . Caniow, Serer. B.—The Commander of the Fords passed through this town on Saturday, on his way to Flood•i hall, in the County of Kilkenny.. His Lordship break fasted at Coffey's Inn, after which he took a view of thd barracks, a*d walked through the town. In this perm.; bulation he happened to Meet with Mr. Edward Farrell--; dell khown to people of this country, and of 'lnmost every other in Enrope, as a man of snore than ordinary. genius. The parties stopped, as if they hal seen each other before, and the following conversation took place, as wee have been informed by a bystander Ned.—Thender and taftey, my Lord I don't you teen) ! legit your old hootmaker. Who s 3 often pot yon on a rowd jboting, when We were buth fighting the battles of our conu• try in the Peninsula? • Lord Comhermere—Ah! Farrell, my old friend, whit brought you to this part of the world ? Ned—This is my native town, my Lord; and though have been robbed by every rascal I ever had a dealing.wito your Lordship can make a man of me, now, in the end of my days. 'Lord C.—How so, honest Ned? N e d.—lf your Lordship will only send two troops of Cavalry to the hsrrarks of this town, which have been lying idle these 20 years, it will serve the town and make my fortune—the quarters are good—p'entv of forage and provisions—and excellent water jnst at hand —(Ned pointed to the Hirer Barrio, near which they were standing)— See, my Lord : that is a house I have hoist called the Bur Tavern; 'and I am going to build a Ball-alley. where the men can amuse themselves when they have nothing eke to do ; atfd I'll he hound matters will go on to your Lordship's satisfaction for them. Lord Comberniere paused for some time; and then re plied that he would eertaioly send two troops of Cs r ,i,, to Carlow , for he was of opinion there could be uo he:ter situation for them. Neil thanked his Lordship, and they patted. This town has been frequently much indebted to Mr. Farrell for his services, hut never mores() than at ores. ~t ; 'and we really hope that his wishes may be reralised..—(Cve low Morning Poe ) STSPNET FAlR.—Notwithstanding the positive inj.nr. lions issued by the Magistrates of Lambeth Street, to -.- strain any attempt to hod' this fdir on the 29th inst.. Mr. Chambers, the occupier of the ,ground, seems defersai:-1 that it sliall take place, and has issu-al placards ai nonocing that intention, and stating it to be a eltartert , l fair. On Tuesday afternoon, the men belonging to the Sr,. Pancras (ha Light Company harinz. nrca-ion (in come— (pence of a sewer running through the court) to dig tire', feet lower to lay down the pipes. undermined Ore side vAelt of a house in Pancras-place, by which the whole c:ooe down with a tremendous crash. A female, named Mar sot, eighty-four years of age, was with difficulty extricate I from her perilous situation through the one•pir window the fright has occasioned her several fits. Fortanatt•ly there were no lives lost. - - It is said that the name of the wretched man who ed nesdav eommitted suicide in llrosretior-plice, by titer ing i.inisclf under the wheels of a coal-waggon was Mirk.. Cleric, alias Clerken, contrived to make his escape frots Chester City gaol on Saturday, and has not been heart He was seen in the act, and to prevent saspicinn said he was working in the prison, and was merely trying if h,e could get over the nail. This min about two years pre threw himself over the city wall, about thirty feet 16. 1 4, and made his escape from the officers who then had hitt, in charge for felony; and be was tried at the last Sewing Sessions for a forgery on the Hank of Messrs. Sank ty, of Holywell. Fine AT BRlSTOL.—Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Monday night, the inhabitants of St. Mary, it».l4.liir parish, were soddenly alarmed by a fire, discovered by a watchman, on the. ground floor of the house of Mr. R. grocet, at No. 55, Redeliff Hill. How it happened is not known. Mr. Wilmot and his family hail retirod to rest not more than half an boor. and escaped tlte destroe tion that befcl the whole house. stock, and furniture. aide barely apparel sufficient to cover them. The interior of the building was old, consisting chiefly of wood. The adjoto ing houses of Mr. William liustab'e, surgeon, and Atr. Edward Peters, grocer, were saved only by the solidity of their more modern party walls ; both of the roofs were f re (intently on Sre, but the wind being calm, an extensbie of the Haines was providentially prevented. From the w in; subordination, however, among the crowds of ; ::eons wliv pressed their assistance with an importunity not to be run. trolled, nvs :b injury was done to their furniture, and the ooportnnity for some pilfering was not neglected. Mr. Watson, landlord of the Wire and Anchor Inn, was tin wearied in his neighbourly exertions, until the prugress of danger was subdued ; and perhaps this would not litre been so great, bat for an unaccountable contest, he die commencement, between two men in the command of the engiaes, who, instead of directing the water opt: die flames, amused themselves by endeavouring to cool the zeal of each other. These heroes were committed to Bride. well. Intoxication, anti consequent imbecility, among rest of these anarchical crews seem to have prevailed in a shameful degree. Had the whole of the men employed Itv• the eight Fire Office Establishments directed their atten tion to three, at tnost, of the engines , some good mig ht have been effected ; Iltt they stood in each other's way; and re water was wasted upon the ground than conveyed to the en gine x, through the contest for an exclusive supply.—(G elatin Observer.) New Been BILL.—We are sorry to find that the present Chancellor of the exchequer should so anon flare renounced the straiebt for ward policy with which be comatenced office, and have adopted the 04 , 1' ging tricks of Ms worthy predecessor, fur the purpose of coigns the Pulhe Into a belief that he was oilskins to obtain for them it Seth • Beer. but. If reality. to draw from their pockets an extra I 4s. 6.1. In the shape of nit 1' Tho' present Tattle Beer produces 61 barrels from the quarter of titan, aiol pm. • duty of 135.: the intermediate Berr,ss it is te mord, I s to prodnee 51 barrels. or ti In be subject to a I.uty of ss. per barrel. or Vs. 6d. on the quarter. Be understand that few or none of the regular Brewers are disposed to risk their capital in the manufacture of this bastard comruodity, and the pondie, we be. litre, will he as little disposed to swallow such staff as svcs'al,,re urtv piA forth sulderthat name. The Drug Doctors need ant be appreher,,e, ot A sai - ins off of business. as a greater portion of the nation s pea IN required to meet the increase of duly. To $ roteet the Public frowns Peri!' alone effects, ever, Brewer should be compelled to follow Mr.( 31 AAA N A plan, of making Quarterly an ruflolnalt,similar to therrollowing:— Iticna an CHAPMAN. of Baguiggo Wells. in the Parish of Saint Pancras, le the County of Middlesex, Common Brewer. maketh nath and saith. that his Ale , Table Ale, and Table Beer, are brewed from Malt avid Hops. sod that he never ft" now never will, use, cause, permit.or suffer hobo used. aoy /met{ • Onus or injurious Drugs whatsoever. on his .Drewe: y. B . ruArYA,e. Sworn at the Mansholt House, In the City of Lon Inn, the Pith dual gal 18M. Before me, W.lixro.vcc Motor. DIRTY.-011 Wednesday, the 34 of September. at Milton, la Nurthaat tonshire, the Rt. llou. Lady Hilton, of a son. MARRIBO.—On the rth ult., at Ealulm reit. Mr. Thonia- Re44havr , bad leiter, Fleet-street, London, to Elisabeth. eldest Jangister el Mr. J.Cartrat. bookseller, Edinburgh. On Tuesday last s at Dartfor.%- - hurelt, J. Tasksr. Est, ehi"t son of Jiiba Tacker. Esq..of Wilmington. to Anne Campbell Peete. eldest daughtsr of William Peete, Esq. nt Oartford, Kent. • On the Ilth Inan stt, Mark Beaueltamp Peacoeli, E•ci. of College-hill. M Antonia' Eliza, daughter of Anthony Parkiu , Esq. Creat Jatae" .l. BearOrd•TOß. es On the lath instant, at St. Mary's, Lambeth. Mr. leave l'hillipsod church-street, au4 Clapham.road, to Mary AIM, eldest daughter of Jelw George, Esq Clapham rise. •PI Tuesday, the 9th instant, at South-111h., Wandsworth-40.4 Sarah: relict of the late Samar! Cladirev. o: thesitoc% excitant.. , At Norwood. Nunes. ea the 9th Met., Id r. Thomas J .1•11.0.1. builder, Ibe bervueb of Southwark. On Wednesday, the 10th instant, William Carter, Rig • of Peei`k af f b rep, owed 71 At his tedglags in Park-place. On the 9th instant, in the 321 real...alit age. the Rev. 'Robert Peel,son of Tin has Peel, r 0,4: of hlooehester. -At No. 10, Norfolk-street, Strand, on Wesbeesdos Ists4. cats.tqe of the Hon. Emit India Company's 16111.1tegt. Reim' Native Infiutry. 334 year of his apt. triaaoi s ePrinted and Publlsted at t*Ofte4 by R. WARDELL, LI.; rimitriaton • •• C~,a -12 •.711 4r A 3 u 4 lqi I. --4 .~ t