The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-07-03 00:00:00

driven to these measures by the pressure and urgency df s h a h. opposition. Hut whether this was or was mot 59, be would not cosy contend. The fact war; that the re duction had taken-place; and it was satisfactory to be able to show, that notwithstanding the great verifier, of revenue we had made, we still possessed r so substantial, that We could, at the same time, amply pro vide Yor all the services of the country and tie re duction of the debt. Within these two years; in the different articles of working horses, m a ts, salt, assessed tales, Irish windows t tonnage duty, sod Irish ILIA Scotch spirits, there was no less IS . sem of taxes taken off thin 6,935,00111.--(hear, bear.) In addition to this, lie could state that other. mall h e ms, which, though of little importance as they re garded the revenue and the public, yet were very portant as they regarded the general principle of the re ! Election of taxation—he meant all those included in the Bill now in progress through the House, under the'natue of Customs. He should also advert to the rednetion, of taxation, which the acreleration of the period for aim. lishing the Union Duties of 10 per cent. would elfect. The removal of these duties, whatever prejudices may be new aga inst them, niust confer a benefit on Ireland, by enabling the consumer to purchase articles at a cheaper rate. In these two items together& redaction of between 3,0001. sad 4,000/. would be made, which if added to the 6,900,0001. would make a total reduction, during the last two years, of seven millions and a half. No one could look at the mode in which Parliament had conducted it self towards Ireland, whalever difference of opinion there might be as to the moral or political causes of her tots.' fortunes of which it was painful to think, without being convinced that, as far as it was practicable, In a fiscal sense,—so far as the interests of a country, as they al ways must, depended on taxation, there was no want cif oonsideralion on the part of Parliament for the distresses of that unfortunate country. Among other benefits conferred in that country he might reckon the Bill in troduced for uniting tix boards of Excise and Customs of both countries, and assimilating their practice, which passed the House without comment—a strong proof of its approbation. He would not feel himselfjostified in saying any thing about future reductions, farther than that be had no reason to apprehend from those already made, that the resources of the country would be impaired, or that they would cease to advance in pro g ressive strength. Therefore it was not improbable that Ouvern ment might, under favourable circumstances, extend ad ditional relief to the people by farther reduction. Rut they should not be overdriven. He was not ashamed to avow that sentiment • and he was satisfied that, by acting with moderation an d reason, we should in these acts find =tans of reduction, to accomplish which he and his blajesty's Government were so anxious. He hail every reason to expect that the country was still satisfied with the course he pursued. Perhaps their expectations were higher. and they hoped for Isrger reductions, but in those that had taken place he knew they were satisfied, and therefore so was he, because that was the great ob ject of his exertions.—(Cheers.) Mr. MA BERIY, after complimenting the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the statement which he had made to the Committee, and which lee described as extremely ca ndid, c e lled the attention of the Right Hon. Gentle nano the subjeet of the debt which Austria ooed to this country. He bad heard it reported, that the Chancellor ut the 'Exchequer had entered into an arrangement with the Austrian Government, by which this country was to receive 2,500,000/. or 3,000,00 W. in lien of the whole debt which uas due from that Government. lie wished to know %shriller the facts, as reported, were correct? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that all lie was at liberty to state in reply to the Hon. !limber was, that the British Government bad entered into neutiations with that of Austritt with respect to the dept which Alistria owed to this country, and that at present those negotiations were not concluded. Mr. HU3IE objected to no part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's aYritagetisents,except that with•respett to the military and naval pensions, by which the public had lost eonsiderably. Ile thought, also, that it would have been letter to have remitted taxation to the amount of the s inking fund. After a short conversation, in which Mr. ROBERTSON, Air. IlcsamsoN, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER participated, the resolution was agreed to, the House re sumed, and the report was ordered to be received to•mor- row. Mr. (RATTAN postponed his motion relative to a cwresoondeore betl ten his Majesty's Government and certain parishes in Ireland. CHIEF BARON O'GRADY. Mr. S. RICE moved the Order of the Day the going into a Comm.ittec upon the conduct of the Chief Baron O'Grady. Mr. fi I iSKISSON expressed a hope that the Honour- able Member would postpone his motion for the present. Mr. S. RICE said, that the Honourable Member might' if lie pleased, move the other Orders of the Day as an Amendment. but he could not so far desert his duty as t o give op a discussion, the bringing on of which bad to a c ertain degree been forced upon him. 31r. GRATTAN said, that be had given way, with the express understanding, that his Honourable Friend (11r. Spring Rice's) motion was to come on. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON strongly opposed going this Session into this inquiry, the effect of which would be to :pave for several months a charge hangina over the bead of an honourable and distinguished Judge. Mr. CANNING saw no objection to going into the inquiry. In his view of the case, the Resolutions pro. posed to be entered upon the Journals, conveyed nothing censure upon the conduct of the Learned Judge; —in fact, the Resolutions went no further than to state, that two Committees of the House of Commons bad re peated the charges made in the 9th and 11th Reports of the Commission of Inquiry, without in any instance ex pressieg an opinion with respect to those charges. Mr. N. RlElli defended the course which had been t auten with respect to this measure. Mr. WE f HERELL contended that, under the present circumstances of the ease, the inquiry ought nut to be proceeded in. He strongly condemued the introduction %ay measure which could only have the effect of bang. log o ,i ...the head of a Judge for nine mouths (and that, too, upon a l hypothetical case) a series of charges frein which be i e must .itecessarilyfor that period be . unable to relieve himself. Me. W YNN said, it was not in the character of an act of criminal jadicature. but as a part of the Judea of the Home, as a grand inquest, that be badconseided to the inquiry. He could not now sae that any prejudice would rankle the Chief Huron from a Resolution that sorb •nd such facts had been reported•to exist by a Caennittee or Commission, ranter than what actually resol•at from the existence of those Reports. He should certainly bete f eeferred that the lions* ahoold have been ripe' to pp bonen its own opinion as to the farts. It was tole obi iterate!. that In the letterpftbe Chief Strati, he referied to the facts sneutioned in the Report!, is ( pillion, Aid qatto any Resolution before.the Hogue, As the majority of Members were not yet Prepared to vote on the facie be alieuid vote fur the Committee. RAW,KES wiahed,to hear this Resolutions read, with which, thiHon. Afetivbie for Limerick intencinti to up his Resolution of fact. Mr. S. RHAI said, he had followed e r the Regaled's, et fact hidilesiplations of inference, wheats. however. at the general opinion of the Hesse was \ agaiestpettiakeny midi inferior.* on the Journals, Its * aft WNW to' , • ,„ ' • • ---- if -- lire . --* ?yr( ii 'l l- "*".•=4- peen. • wore weree, t tis exp.—....--, itt the Resolutions be had Intended to propos*: • The. . Member thee read the 11th aid I*lt.Resolutioite to this effect : . ' ' 4 11. It is thus stated. by the Commission, that the emo luments of the Chief Baron bare been increased by the 1 Introduction of news and the extension of ancient fees, and I that enceessive, Committees of the House have declared 1 I their concurre nce io these facts. :4 . , . 1 " It. That the power of creating and augmenting fees, thus reported to have been exercised by the Chief Baron it his own diScretion, he being interested therein, is in , consistent with the Laws and Constitution of this realm.'.' These Resolitions, he.repeated he did not now meats to press. • . ; Mr. BANRES wished the Honse to consider what mast be the situation of a peeve., with an accusation like this circulated all over the icingrioto, tie asked if this was a convenient situation in which to place a min, who was still exercising high judicial function's, and who at present could not be prevented from doing so ? The Resolutions could not be put on the journals ; and it would be highly inconvenient to take any step upon theul until the next Sessions. As to an impeachment, nothing shonld induce him to vote for one ; he had seen enoughofinspeachmeuts already to avoid inch a proceed ing. If any measure were taken by she Hens,. at should be by an address to the Crown to remove the Judge. At all teems n o further step ought or could be taken in the present Session. - The SOLICITOR-fiENERAL said it was not until very lately that the How was furnished with materials on which it could proceed. As the fact now stood, be should object to the House 'going into a Committee on the Resolutions. The first charge against the Chief ba ron was that of increasing the fees of the officers in his Count : but such a thing had been done in England, and was perfectly legal. When Lord Erskine was made Chancellor, the very first thing he did was to increase the fees of the officers of hie Court. Then it was consistent with usage for Judges to increase their own fees ; and the Report of the Commissioners stated, that thii practice had been . pursued for the last hundred years. It was therefore unjust and cruel to charge it as a crime against the Ltrd Chief Baron, that he had increased fees, and those only to a small amount, after he had a precedent before him of a hundred years duration. He would be happy to go into the question next Ses,ion, if the Hon. filember brought on his charge. Mr. ABERCROMBY said the matter had been pat In Its tree light by the Right Honouraole Secretary (Mr. Can nice), viz. as a question of justice to the Chief-Baron. As time House had voted the Committee, and so far declared the necessity of-ittquiry, they should in justice to the Chief ; Baron give him the benefit of knowing the specific facts to which he should prepare a decisive answer. In justice to the Chief Baron, as well as to the public, the inculpation which had been made should not be stopped, wiihout some apparent reason. Mr. HUNIE thought it clear. however, that the Chief Baron had acted from no corrupt motive, but with a perfect conviction created by the general practice that he legally ' possessed the power which he exercised. Under such eir cumstances he thought it would be unjust to proceed against ' him either by impeachment or address. But the House should injustice to all parties comae to a distinct resolution 1 on the subject. He concluded by declaring, that if the . ilouse went Into a Committee, as he was inclined to think i they should he would recommend the adopting of an addi tional Resolution, declaring that the Lord Chief Baron had received the fees under an impression that be was entitled ' to receive them. Mr. GOIJLBURN supported the going into a Committee. The House divided—For the Committee, 30—Against it, 19—Majority, 31. The ifouse then went intd a Committee, and the first i 1 Resolution, declaratork of the fact of fees having been . token for duties which had not been done, was put from the Chair. A desultory conversation ensiled upon the fact, whe ther certain exculpatory circumstances, which were con tained either in the 9th Report itself, or in some 'nine quent Report, should not be inserted in the Resolution. The Attorney and Solicitor-General, Mr. (Joulbws, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. S. Rice, and Mr. Wetherell took part in this conversation ; as also did Captain O'Grady, who complained, that the Resolution was unfairly worded. The SOLICITOR•OENERAL then moved, that the exculpatory circumstances taken from .the lith Report should be added to the Resolution. Mr. S. RICE wished to add another passage of that Report. The second Amendment was objected to as being mat ter of opinion, and not matter of facts. Mr. Secretary CANNING approved of the Resolution and the first Amendment, but opposed the second. Mr. S. RICE consented to withdraw that part of the Amendment which expressed an opinion, and the Amend ment with that omission was agreed to. The Resolution detailing the charges against the Chief Baron, contained in the ninth Iteport, with the addition of an extract from the eleventh Report, was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. The Irish Unlawful Oaths Bill was read a third time and passed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'Clock. EAST INDIA HOUSE. . • A Special General- Court of Proprietors of Fail India Stock was held yesterday, in the Company's House, in Leadenhall-street, for the purpode of considering it Bill, now in progress through Parliament, by which Prevision is made for defraying the retiring Pay and Pensions of that portion of his Majesty's forces who are employed in India, Which regulates the Payment of the Indiait Judges. and provides for. the Period at which the Bishop of Calcutta and his Archdeacons shall be entitled to their retiring Pensions. The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the day by paint ing out the clause which had been added to the BUI In the Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. R. Jscxson adverted to the principal proiision of the Bill, and called the attention of the Court most particularly to that clause by which the Bishop of Galenite is endborised to ordain any persons (Datives or others) who, on isamies- Bon, shall appear to him to be duly qualified, without call ing oa such lodividaidi to subscribe to those taste which are 4ksm. in this country, by persons entering into holy Orders. i., was a power which (the 'Learned Gentleman contend ed) ought not to he granted without nature Consideration. Mr. TRAIIT expressed himself in favour Of the dense, which. to his opinion, was not ealoulated - to excite those up prehensloks which' thi Learned Gentlemad •appeared to entertain. Mr. GALIAOAN was unfavourable to the clause, for Intro. dnetion Of widehtorreason was states' tia the IN•11 he observed, a mere meeker, to toy before ale Profitless/es fortheir consideration, a seseascre which was to be read a third time-that evening. . Ar. lain opposed ibe clause. First. bemuse be did not airtalt such a power hilm granted td a phltepof Caddis, or ! airy offer Blel,oo--leedadly; .beetwie .1t 'allowed dm Bishop i ys ordain persons who' lied itte-passel antotatif Met shield. lirbleh was nesiesself in*.llilleeddifiery--add r ioirdly. because It area te-eatell•rapesee fai Oho •aompaaata • 1111101 1 / 4 sTisete , olsjectedYteedset elaacroas inirodecing s very eat ianoesthn, stillrybilectftolitbe ardiastiOn or per Wa s —pi offichiti - aslinstam — vtliar. Established • 11 1 1.;71 hl. WI p r: AOTILII was of *aka INt atffileleat timr had sat. bees Sera, Pt*, YlSVlmpbratat' a Claus. b1r.)1.-Swrista:4 o Vlr la varii ii tt terms the character .the Luc pH,. *as M . kN however, es the power coafrrred by this clause was so vrry. great, he thought it ought•oot to be conceded, un til the subject was maturely considered. Mr. GRANT was of opinion, that the clause ought to be usodilied, rather than omitted altogrther. Air. Alosair saw the necessity of modifying the clause considerably; bat be differed entirely from those who bbjected to the principle on which it was founded. Mr. Bann was not friendly to a clause which cave greater power to the Bishop of Calcutta than was enjoy- ed by soy Bishop in England or Ireland. Mr. Parrtsost observed, that in the King's Patent 4)- pointing the Bishop of Calcutta, full power to ordain was granted; and as this was the case, it ought to make them more suspicious as to the clause which was now introduced. On the motion of the OHAIRMAN. the Court approved of the Bill, with the exception of the clause marked " A," which was the clause that had given rise to the disco...km—Adjourned. COURT OF KING'S BEACH, JOLT 2. !MARL V. WARD. The further proceedings in this case were resumed this morning. The gocictTOß GENEkAL addressed the Jury in reply, on behalf of the plaintiff, and spoke for upwards of three hours. to an elaborate and powerful review of the evidence on both sides, he contended that the balance of testimony was decidedly in favour of the affirmative of the issue in question. namely, that the lunatic, Mr. Wil liam Cotton, was born in lawful wedlock. The LORD CHIC? JUSTICE summed up the evidence 'on both aides with great minuteness, and left it to them to determine thi credit due to the witnesses on the one side and on the other, and find their verdict accordingly. The JURY retired for nhont an hour and a qnarter, and found their verdict for the plantiffs thereby affirming the legitimacy of the lunatic, in opposition to the finding of the Jury in the Common Pleas. By, this verdict the sisters of the lunatic or their re presentatives take the real estate of the lunatic, as co heiresses, stid the personal property to be divided accord ing to the Statute of Distribution. POLICE. MARYLIMONZ Orrice.—Janies Jamieson, a soldier of the Foot Guards, was brought up yesterday, from the watch-house, charged by Lewis Cordoue,• before JOHN RAWLINSON, Esq. the Sitting blagistratr, with atte.npt ing to extort from him some money end a gold ring, un der a threat of a nameless nature. The statement riven in this ease was nearly to the fol lowing effect :—'l he prisoner had given Cordone, who is an olat•man. living in ,the service of a lady in Portman square, into the custody of the watchmen, charging him with an act of extreme indecency. On this charge he was consigned to the watch-house, and it appeared he was so overwhelmed with horror and amazement at the villainous accusation, that he was totally deprived of ut• terance, and was unable, from the agitation of his feel ' inns, to deny the charge. On the following morning, hot , lie communicated with several of his friends, and :Ur Harmer the Solicit4r, attended in his behalf. The prisoner, who for a few minutes was the accuser, stated io a very equieocating tone, that he had met Cm , done near Tyburn Turnpike, who proceeded to act to-' wards him in a very disgraceful ar,d indecent manner, and then tied across the fields; but in about a quarter of an hoar after he again made his appearance near the gate entered into coneetsation with him, and was instantly given in ch;.Ne oldie watchman. Cordone most solemnly protested his innocence, and said he was proceeding through Oxford-street, when the soldier came up to him, after following him some dis tance, and with a dreadful oath said—Now he had him he"wotald not let him go, and began to handle him roughly, swearing he would give into the watch man's hands. lie asked for what: in a very great alarm; and the fellow i:stantly rejoined, accusing him of a nameless offence, in language the most abominable. So horror struck was be at the accusation that he ran off, but on recollecting himself he returned in very great agitation, determined to give the fellow into custody. The soldier, who was still there, came up to him, and With the utmost effrontery renewed his infamous charges, concluding by offering him his liberty on giving np all the mosey he had, and the ring on his finger. On re fusing to accede to any such terms, and on calling out fur assistance, the soldier dragged him some distance, and finally gave him in charge at the watch-house.— Cordone, in conclusion, distinctly denied ever having seen the soldier before, and firmly protested the man bad sworn most falsely. Same nitwit's of respectability attended in Cordone's behalf, and proved he was a man the very reverse of what was alleged ; that his whole lire was marked by propriety of conduct ; that he never was before accused ; that they did not believe the accusation; and that he was in Ox ford-street on business for his mistress, and was close to the Atop to which be was going when pounced upon by the soldier. This evidence so completely turned the tables, that the Magistrate ordered the soldier Imo custody, and Cordon was discharged. He then stated on his oath what we have before given, and upon this and the other concurrent testi mony, Jr Litman, the soldier, was committed for attempting to extort money. It was subsequently statmi to the Magistrate that the sol dier had made similar charges before, which he had been un able to prove. TRAM Es-PoLice.—Yesterday John James, Joke Par ker, and Willians Stevens, three seamen belonging to the Zephyr, were brought up for re•examination, on a charge of felony and setting the ship on fire. Robert floss, Master of the Zephyr, repeated the tes timony before given: that, on the 16th of June, on the high seas, an alarm of fire was given by the prisoner James, which afterwards wascliscurered to have arisen by the prisoners going with a lighted candle to stdal from a puncheon a quantity of rum, Steven', on the morning after the tire, told witness that he went with a lighted iandle to steal the rum, while the two other prisoners were on the watch; in the act of drawing tr, it dew over the candle, and the Spirit room was in a minute all in a blaze.. The witness Wilier stated, that it was with the greatest difficulty the ship was eared. Two other witnesses corroborated the last witness's ' testimony. Gillman, en officer, deposed, that when he took the prisoner Stevens into custody, the litter acknowledged having broached Om cask :Mist the fire was an accident, and he hoped he sisould opt Ins lismge4 for it. -• • l. The prisoner Stevens, wbo est iwa chair. and was sup ported while in the Wit*, from the extensive burns on his person, would have seid suutiting, but was advised against It; the Other two prisoners .declined saying any 'thing in detract.% and the Magistritlt W.• Iraq., fully euustnitted theurte -Senate. r.CIIA-tta; • Yesterday His Excsfltithybartia Werther, Envoy Extra.: ordinary aselltirsieter "Pleelpellentiary of- His Majesty the Meg of Prassi s, joiatty with lie. N.M. Rothschild, and ac. crunpauled by Mr. Hteen.lkintary:Publie, cancelled and de posited in the Hanka }island the satonot of 170001.. in specie' bonds Of the prassien libnds.of 1822, negotilted by Nr. M. Itotlisclifid,' London, in leg, being the first' Half of ihe diet k the nidooSiOs of {Math tbq orst i. eg y,i w....nsa 44. • 4C4 . • , ••••• 'l, • 0. r ••• • • Wes Kmartm-•.Pnrsuent to a Royal •Mandate, thee Judges assembled last wash at the henas of the Lord Chief Justice Dallas, in Bloomsbary-square, to determine the question of the Lord Lieutenant's rights to make Knights, which has for some time bong suspend ed between the opinion of the Attatney and Solicitor•Ge , neral of England, and that of the Attornoy and S..liaitot" Boners! of Iretand.—The Chief Justice Dallas (thougls in his uteri hous..) and Sir. Justice Richardson were una ble to attend through illness, but the other Judges (unanimously, we believe,) decided in favour of the opi nion gives by the Attorney and Solioitor•General of the Sister Kingdom, therebrcstablishing the right of the Lord Lieutenent to the privilege in question, and whirls we believe has been esercisedwithout dispute for more than 500 years. in our last we reported the unusual circumstance of Presbyterian minister resigning his clerical charge, be cause-he bad ascertained that the Bible cannot be u.ed as the only rule of church government. The Presby tery of Stirling having delayed proceeding in this mat ter until its nest meeting, how it will terminate, of course, cannot till then he stated; bet in the mean time we subjoin the following oh lion, addressed to Orr Presbytery by- the Reverend gentleman in question, its order to show how firmly footed leis reason of secession appears to be: 51r; Shirreff said, he was well aware that, according to the usual course of procedure, they ought to confer • with him before accepting resurnation—sools a course, be believed, was consistent with form, 'they would. therefore do in it as they thought proper. Pie was ready to retire with one or more of the nunobers, and then terminate a matter that perhaps would not cc copy more than a few minutes. tie was, however, in duty bound to inform them, that h would prove un availing, for there was not the smallest prospect of any change taking place in his mind."—(EdinGurgit Star.) . • It Is gratifying to remark, tilt owing to. the small num ber of persons out of 'espial.; and the consequent de erase in the number of applicants for relief, the parish of St. Margaret will only require a Shilling levy for the en toting quarter. The parish has not oaly got clear of the heavy debt which long made a Ague in the parochial books. but has now a considerable surplus In hand.--(Le(eester tfironiefe.) Yesterday morning, as Driver's Blackheath, Green• wicb, and Deptford coach was passing along •Toulev street, in the Borough (the carriage-way in High street being under repair), when near the Maze.' the off fore-wheel came off, .in conseqeence of the liuch-pin slipping out, and the coach overturned a fine young woman who sat on the box with the coach man, with an infant in her anus, was thrown upon the pavement with great violence, and in the endeavour to save the child, fell upon it—bOth were so serionsly in. jured, as to reader it necessary to take Rim to St. Tito- Hospital immediately; the coachman was also much hurt. None of the other passengers received any material injury. Conosea's loonesys.—An inquisition was held yes terday at the Northumberland Arms, Goswell-street-road, before T. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner fdr Middlesex, on the body of Mr. Thomas Marries, a resectable single gen tleman, who cat his throat, with a razor, in his bed• room. at his lodging, is the house of Mr. Brown, 31, Spencer-street, Clerkenwell. It appeared from the evi dence that the deceased had laboured on ler a depres sion of spirits for some weeks. Verdict—lnsanity. The body of Mr. Ahrl firiffiths was, Fatly yesterday morning, by order of the Vestry of St. George's, Hans , ver-square,aleposited in the earth allotted in the churlih yard for the graves of paupers. On the evening of Friday week, a party of vonng men belonging to Stirling went to bathe in the Forth wheq the tide was ebbing, and although they could swim. tlot strong receding current fatigued them so much, that one of the party, Mr. John Paterson, found it necessary to call to his companions that he felt exhausted, One of them instantly swam to his assistance, and desired him to support himself by laying hold , of his shoulderstbis.he did ; but the young man, who so generously endeavour ed to rescue his sinking friend, became so encumbered. that he was unable to proceed, and both immediately went down. In the struggle under water, Mr. Paterson lost his hold, and the other being much exhausted, was compelled to make for the nearest bank. We lament to add. that Mr. Paterson, a promising young man, onlr eighteen years of age, sunk to rise no more. His body was not found till next morning. On Menday last, two boys, on their return from school at Tydd St. Cedes, stopt to . bathe in a silt pit, when being observed to be in danger by a boy riding an ass upon the road, he dismounted, and went into the pit with the in tention of rescuing them. He succeeded en saving one, bat on returning for the second, he was so firmly grasped by him as to be unable either to extricate himself or re lieve the object of his humane and courageous exertions, and they were both drowned. The name of the little fellow who thus nobly lost his own life in endeavouring to save that of another, was Philip Brighton; thit of his companion in death, Jos. Barker.—(Stamford News. A savage assault was made on Thursday morning last, in the village of Torry, Fifeshire, by two women upon another of their own sex, an infirm woman, of 70 years of age, named Margaret Ruthven, whom they had beat most nontercifully with poker anitongs, in consequence, it is supposed of the latter baying some days previous craved them for a small debt they sowed her for bread, which she retails. The poor woman's skull, legs, and . arms were laid bare to the bones, by strokes from these deadly weapons, and she was otherwise mach bruised.— The matter, we understand, it under investigation by the Procurator Fiscal of Dunfermline. John Bullock, the pedestrian, Continues, with unabated ardour, to pursue his task of walking 1000 miles in eighteen days, at Mr. Hopkins's garden, in Lenton. He has ma plated 996 unites in sixteen days, agreeably to the following statement :—Monday, June 9, 00; Tuesday, 63; Wesnes day, 64; Thursday, /0 ; Friday, 49; Saturday, 61 ; Mot,- day, 70; Tuesday, 69; iVedaesday, 61; Thursday, 64; Friday, 63; Saturday, 66; Monday, 56; Tuesday, 113; Wednesday, 49; Thursday, 39.—(Nottisghan Rev.) Tug FOUR HUNDRED MILES' MATClll.—Powell's match to York and back, 391 miles in 5 days and 13 hours, has been outrivalled by Mark Hawkins : the Lancashire n, who completed his task of 400 miles in 5 days and .12 hours, at balf•past eleven o'clock on Thursday more ins. His progress np to Sunday night, the second day •Ims been stated at 152 miles. He went 13 miles to break' fait on Monday morning, and at two o'clock he reachid the 200 mile-stone in sixty-two hours, In good health, retuned back to Chid: to refresh, and arrived 165 • from London to sleep. On the fourth day be felt ttrecb inconvenieoce from blisters on the feet, which were relieved by iatrodnciny wonted through the blis taws. lie did 65 miles only this day, leaving himself remaining divan, Atb,Any be arrived 'clock in. the 'yeah and appealn&,oonet *oft, and' he travel lie pair! Waited% 17C:igt a t ø PIttr min. FN. gutte tl r tAiiie - 1 1 I the remaining distance at t o lerable easy work. On the Stls slay be , arrived , three • miles from Oxford, at nine in ,o'clock the evening. He had 54 miles to . perform, and appesuoitsoniewhat distressed. Ills stoppages were short, and' he travelled but four miles ana less each hour. He paieed Heriosidiellross at' six. 07..4eck, sod did the , . •inatok is bolt, air ha/ within the I'MI, It is the f ew. ram pedestrian match on record. . •• • , brow. JIMA 24.--Ws had a very thin attendance at Ao • Ship stay' masher. The supply of Wheat is much less thaO boy we have had foe the lashtbree months: what , Iltsie made iti appoaraiseetwas takes. MI fail 2a. per Tilt- *sinnartimasleat masik, • liarfely c litans, and geap,Ast! fr lied pry ptpy .4. cotrsidetri. • t ,- Feltri... r. 014 ,V. P t:area. 1111 . au IL gutter steer • - •- - ir g : 7 ' -cLAN , .*i .. • - - = . . :.- ... • . ; ' .. 0 - ; r" . . II . ... .... - „. ..„ _ • -