The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-29 00:00:00

mom had no such allemence, but might by his license retail ;equalities, however small, and have it consumed on' the premises. The common brewer might do the seine by taking out the license of the retail brewer; but if the Hon. Member's Bill was passed, he could no longer dv so, as be WKII to be thereby precluded from having it constsmed on bit premises. 7he rOOlO3Oll brewer would therefore be in a worse condition by that Bill. After a few words from Mr, ti. BENNET, Mr. F. PAI,MER withdrew his motion. Mr. MARTIN moved fur leave to being in a Bill to regulate the issue of writs of Capiandlogatum in Ire- . bed. The question being pit, the House divided—Ayes, 43 Noes. 93—Majority. 90. Cern was accordingly given In bring in the Bill. The House went into a Coe: mitre on the East India Acts, avid Mr. WYNN obtained leave to bring in a Dill to regu late tiseTiade to India. The 'boor Laws Bill was read the second time, and com mitted for Friday se'nuight. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and The Noise adjourned at one o'clock. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND CO3IMERCE. • Yesterday this Society met at the King's Theatre, in the Haymarket, for the purpose of presenting the Re wards avid ged to the respective Candidates, the great increase of its ntembers rendering it impossible to bold this anneal meeting in the Society's own honse in the Adelplii. spacious as it is. The Society has indeed been compelled to move from place to place for several years; and notwithstanding the enormous size of this splendid theatre, such was the desire to witness the distribution. it was crammed to the.top seat in the gallery, and many visitors were obliged to ‘• silk the lobbies. the whole morning. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the Chair. The President at half past twelve, took the chair; rased upon the stage, on each side of which sat the tandidates. The Secretary (Mr. Atm) read a statement of the wise and progress of the :•ociety. His Royal Highness then proceeded to present the dif ferent prizes. , The first was the Gold Ceres Medal to Lientenant- Colowl Wildman, of Newatead Abbey, for planting 500 acres with forest trees. There were shoot 60 successful candidatet, to whom his Royal Highness presented the premiums. Amongst them was Mr. P. H. Desvignes. a Greek, who made a very fine drawing from a bus., and also a drawing of a Cotinthian capital, and received the Silver Pallet, and the Silver Isis Medal. His Royal Highness, in resenting the Greek with those premiums, congtatolatrd him upon the station he held amongst men of genius in this country. and stated, that he would 'here have an opportnuity of sharing the adosiration in which Englishmen held the Arts of his native country, as well as of observing the feeling for the Greeks, which one so powerful through the country —pond applause.) • A large silver medal and 30 guineas were presented to Mr. James Marsh, of Woolwich, for a portable electro-mag- Wig apparatus. ' Premiums were, among the rest, given to three young Ladies named Druinmond, and their briother, a boy, for painting, and to Messrs. Cowley and Winslow, Bucks, for preparing a large quantity of opium from poppies grown in Engiand. A premium had also been adjudged by the Society to C. Warren, Esq. deceased, for his improvements in the art of engraving on steel plate. The B=I(4:TART stated, that Mr. Warren had found out the art of Softening steel in such a manner as to make it , supply the place of copper in engraving, and that 6,000 ex • quiatte impressions were produced by one plate, the last of which was almost as good as the first. and exhibiting the very perfection of au tag 's proof. His Royal Highness presented the Gold Medal to the brother of the late Mr. Warren, in trust for his Infant • daughter. One rattle last candidates to whom a medal was presented, vas Mr. William Cobbett, of Kensington, for Plat from English grass. Before Mr. Cobbett edam:teed to his Royal Highness to • reeeive . the medal, The Sacncrany stated, that for three years the Society bad been endeavouring to find employment for the labouring poor In the country. Daring the ear. English straw was stanufectsred to a cohtiderable extent, but since the esta blishment of peace, strew hats had been imported from the Continent in each abundance. that the manufacturers in...Bed fordshire, Leicestershire, and the other counties where the imanufseture was carried on, were obliged to give up the ex periment. One hundred end sixty thousand hats were sup posed now to be annualty imported, and if something were not done to creek such an interference with our domestic araanfacture, the British growth would be wholly useless. Mr. Cobbett was of opinion that the English grass was as good for manufacture as the Foreign ; he bleached it by a simple process, and gave It to be platted by some of the best Hertfordshire platters, and then sent it to the Society, who were astonished at the extraordinary beauty and ex cellence of the _material, and at once presented him with the mark of distinction which the President held in his hand. The Duke of Sussex, in addressing Mr. Cobbett, said he had great pleasure in communicating to him the ap probation of the Society for the valuable service he had rendered, by his attention, to this very imporant brbnch of manufacture. The specimen of plats afforded a great, gratification to the Society, as the suggestion presented' mesas of employing great numbers of industrious iodi- Pideals, who would otherwise have no way of living, apd the communication by Mr. Cobbett fess the more ratefol, as it was made upon no confined principle, hat upon that of serving the community.—(Loud Mime.) Yr. Cosnerr begged that his Royal Highness would Asir him to deviate a little from wliat lie observed was &Waal practice upon these occasions, and to make aft w +attentions. He was always of opinion that it was of the greatest importance to the people of this country, that the manufactures should be carried on by them. selves. It was impossible to look round, and not to ob serve that thousands of pounds, which ought to be ex pended in this country, were sent into foreign countries. He ass satisfied that if the Ladies and Gentlemen of this boclety, many of whom were present, would exert them selves, there would be very little sale for Leghorn bon sets, and this would be one way of putting a period to that despicable cant which was daily dinned into the ears of the poor, that they should be content with their con • ditinn as paupers, and that the grace of God directed diem to live in poverty, both of food and dress.—l l (Applause.) His Hugel Highness having performed all tare duties SI the situation of President, in the most elegant man ner return-et thanks io the romputay fur their attendance and retired amidst loud applause. Several of the works of merit were exhibited. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 2S. •• • .• • • CALVERT V. LAMES. This was as action on the case a K ainst the defendant, Proprietor of the Portsmontli mail coach, for the negli gent driving of his servant, whereby the plaintiff's leg was brok..n. The plaintiff's ease was conducted by Mr. Sohtmoa. GINERAL and Mr. Wthot, and the defence by Mr. Scan- LIM and Mr. Cunstoon. The rase for the plaintiff was this. On the 2tot of May lest the plaintiff, it ta;lor by 'rade. was an outside tae. seller by the mail from Portsmouth to London. In the niebt-time, between Petersherd and a place c a ll e d Mew's hill, the mail came up with,a post-coach called the Nel son, when they began racing agaikst each other. in narrow part of the road, the mail attempted to pass the Nelson, but there being insufficient room, the horses started, and got upon, a bank which had the effect of overturning the carriage, and in the fall the plaintiff had ode of hid legs fractured in two places. Part of the blame was attributed to the driver of the Nelson, but the accident was principally imputed by the two witnesses celled, to the misconduct of the driver of the mail. The plaintiff was confined a considerable time, suffered gnat pain, and was wholly unable to atte:: I to his business , until he got quite.well. The defendant had !mid she surgeon's bill and other expences, amounting to 1601., but having made no allowance for the plaintiff's loss of time and personal suffering, this action was brought. The defence set up was, that the defendant's servant was blameless, and that to the misconduct of the driver of the Nelson, the accident was wholly to be attributed. Several wituessees were called, who acquitted the Mail coachman of all blame. One witness proved a cnetversat:on between him and the plaintiff during his illness, in which the latt.-r had candidly acknowledged that the defendant's servant was blameless, and that the accident was imputable to the driver of the Nelson. On these grounds it was insi+ted that the action should have been brought against the proprietors of the Nelson, and not against the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUBTICZ having summed up the evi dence, _ _ The Jury• retired for about an hour, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff,—Damagee 111:RRAT V. THE CARL OS STAIR. This was an action upon bond for 40001., conditioned to pay 20001, dated November 3, iet3. The defendant pleaded that be hid delivered the bond as an escrow, and not as a deed. Tois was the se:ond trial of the same cause, the circumstances of which we stated some time since. The. Jury found their verdict fur the plaintiff. THI KING r. PRIEDIRICK OLDFIRLD. This was an indictment for pArjury. The defendant, having been convicted of keeping a common gaming house, and brought up for judgment in the Court of King's Bench, put in an affidavit, in which be represent ed himself as destitute of pecuniary resources by which lie could pay . a fine, ard swore that be had ceased to have any concern in the establishment for which he was pro secuted fr.mi a specified period. The indictment charged both these Allegations to be untrue. The case was now called on for trial, and the jury were sworn ; but no one appeared to prosecute. The defend ant was of course acquitted. THE STATE:4I4AM.. Dr. Jetimut, on behalf. of the assignees of Christo- I pber Chandler, late master.and part owner of this vessel, opposed the claim, which was let up as at aid OW the rite of 21. Si, per month, Was it to be believed that there could have been .spy bona fide engagement of this woman at full mableer's pay? The leaned Counsel then adverted to certain parte of the depositions, in which it was insinuated that glizsbeth Stevens did, la fact, cohabit with Chandler„ to whom she had borne two children, both of whom dile bad suckled on board this ship; and to the fact that an assignment which Chandler had made to bee, shortly before his bankrupt cy, of half the property of the ship, had been,declared by the commissioners of his baukruptcy at Plymouth a fraudulent assignment. On these grounds the 1-aroed Counsel contended, that there was too moth reason to suspect collusi , to in the present case, between the claim ant and Chandler, for the Court to sustain her claim. Dr. LUSHINRTON, for toe claimant, relied on the same depositions. They showed that not only had she served as cook and steward daring this time, but that she bad done her duty in those capacities much better than most sailors would do. The insoniations on one hand against her character, and as to he connection with Chandler, were in no degree roved: thy. evidence on the other, of her services, and of her claiming wages, but never hav ing yet received any, was uncuntradieted. Lord Sroweta.. observed, that at present the evidence certainly did go all one way in support of this claim; and, however improbable some parts of it might he, the Court found none to oppose it. Certainly the woman was to have some wages for her service,s. Dr. JCSNER thought not. Lord Stowut.i, was inclined to be of a different mind; but would deliver his opinion on the matter on a future day. POLICE. ' - --m.-- Bow-sraller.—Tile Citaane or A asom.-.-Yesterday, at three o'clock, Joins (italic was put to the bar, and under went another and a eery long examination. William' Stuck,' butcher and broker in Whiteerose-street, stated, that in Mil. he lived at 197. next door to the house that was burnt. He bad now , no recolleetioa of the prison er's person.' but a day or two after the fire he 'saw e man at the Eagle Fire Office, who 'said he was the man who was burnt out of Hid, and was came to claim Isis money, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were there. Witness asked him how much he was insured for, and he said about 700 f. ; and, upon being asked what thatiosurance was erected upon, he said upon his stock and furniture. Witness said he was sur prised at such a demand, for he knew he bad not stock and furniture to any thing like that amount. Witness and be went up stairs together before the Committee, and witness repeated Ms opinion to Mr. Beetham, the Secretary, that the prisoner bad no suck stock as he had described. Tile prisoner was then sworn to the amount of his clef", but wa • afterwards told that if he made it again he would be taken into custody. The prisoner made no reply, but went away. Witness, the morning after the fir., was present at the examination of the premises, and he saw that part of the flooring of thelirst floor was burnt, and part rerailoiag. There were no fragments of furniture visible. Two years after this. the rubbish was cleared away, for a new house-to be built, and witness examined and found the oven quite en tire; the crown of the oven was perfect. Mrs. Stock, wife of the last witness, deposed that the man who occupied the baker's shop, No. 196 (she could Dot swear to the prisoner), applied to her some time in the summer of 1611, to get him a washerwoman, and to desire her to bring his linen home every Saturday. Two or three days before the fire he called in and begged of her to tell the woman not to bring his things home as usual the nest Saturday, but to leave them at witness's house until he sent for them. This she did ; and after the tire, which took plare on the Sunday night, a young HMO came and fetched away the linen. Mr. John Carmichael, of Russell -street. Covent-gar. den, baker and pastry-cook, said the prisoner was his journeyman in 1612 and 1813. They had frequent con• versations upon the subject of the fire. Witness asked him bow the fire happened, and he said that it was in consequence of the crown of the oven having fallen in, and the fire bursting nut from it. Walter Bigg stated. that he lived in Baldwin-street, City-road, and was a tin-plate worker. When time prisoner was living in Ratcliffe-highway, before he lived in Whitecroas-street, witness supplied him with utensils for his trade. Had no recollection of serving him with any after he was burnt out at Ratcliffe-highway, hutsoon after the fire in Whitecross-street, the prisoner came to Lien, and said, " I have been to the Otfice, and shall soon get my money; you know 1 have had a great deal of goods of you, and if the Fire-Office people apply to von, I wish vou would say that I have had 301. worth. Witness said would search his books, and whatever goods belied actually had he would report to the Fire Office, but no inure. Mr. ADOLPHUS asked Mr. Isaacs if lie intended to call any more witnesses? because if he did, lie thought the further hearing had better be adjourned, as it was so late an hour. Mr. IsAAcs said he had only to call the Secretaries to the Phenix, the Rock, and the Albion Insurance Comp riles, and those Gentlemen were not present. Mr. ADOLPHUS—HOW can they prove any thing im portant to this cue, when the prisoner was insured at the Eagle? Mr. Isaacs—They are to prove that the money was paid from those Offices to the prisoner for other fires, and that therefore in his conversation with Mr. Bigg, he could only hay. referred to the one in Whltecross-street. All the witnesses present were then bound over to the Ses sions, and told they need not attend here again. The prisoner was remanded till Wedneiday, when he will be fully committed. Woasutr-sraxer.—Christopker Waters, Chief Mate of a merchant ship, named the Alexander, was yesterday brought up for re-examination before S. Twvroao and J. MILWARD, Esqrs. charged with the murder of Geo. Griffiths, a seaman, on board that ship, at Pernambuco. A. Douglas, the carpenter of the ship, stated that the pri soner struck the deceased on the back part of the neck, and he fell headlong to the bottom of the hatchway; he never spoke or stirred any more. Jos. Gray, who was third mate on board at the same time, was below, sod saw the deceased come headlong down with great force ; he instantly died. The prisoner denied that he ever struck the deceased at all, and observed, that there was a man on board a ship home ward-bound, expected every day, who was a material wit ness lit his favour. Mr. Twvoan said, if such should be the case on his trial, it might induce the Court to postpone it till the arrival of that witness; bunt was no ground for the delay of his com mitment. The prisoner was committed to Navigate to take his trial at the next Admiralty Sessions: The Gazette of Tuesday contains a Proclamation offer ing rewards for the apprehension of the M titers of threat enotg !otters to Messrs. .1. 111411ey, W. Water, and C. Chalmers, of Dondee ; also for the apprehension of the persons concerned in the robbery in St. bleorge's Chapel, Portsea. On the morning of the 28th instant was discovered, in a water-butt, in tue house of Mr. Jetties Robertson, No. 2, Old North -street, Ited Lion square, a large snake thr e e feet in length, of the common kind, ultich was seen! swimming in the water with its head partly out ;on its being touched it made a disagreeable hissing noise until it was killed. Whet makes this occurrence very extraor dinary is, the manner in Which the snake found its trey! is o the water butt, which cannot be accounted for, unless it came through the pipe that conveys the water *eta the Now river, its *Welt case it must have come a distance, f,, nearly two mil ts out of its own natural element. In uth.r respects the, water butt is so situated (being surronniled 'on all sides by a wall nearly 10 frefhigh,) that all idea of the snake gaining access fr3m any Other (Planet is precluded. • STEELS O. LUCAS AND ANOTHER. This was an action by Mr. Steele, a jeweller, in Jr. ford -street, against his neighbour, Mr. Lucas, and his son, for an assault and battery. There has been an un forturAte di,pute respecting a right of way to certain outbuitlinge between the parties, which, besides this wits'', has given rise to an indictment for an assault, and two indictments for perjury. It appear,d, on the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses, 1 1 that the servant lad of the plaintiff, being sent to take a horse from t h e stable, unbarred the gate of the passage, and in so doing let the bar fall on the ground. Upon the defendants seized the lad and the bar, beat Lim violently, and dreAced him across the way to give him in charge to a watchman. The lad cried out, " Murder ! toaster I" till Mr. Steele and Oil brother beard him, and went to his assistance. The defendant then towed on Mr. Steele, struck him twice on the head with the bar, and also with his fist, and at the same time assaulted It's brother. In consequence of this ill treatment the plaintiff was obliged to resort to medical advice, sod was unwell for three weeks. Mr. Cosmos SERGEANT scldretsed tbe jury for the de fendants, but called no witnesses. The jury, after deliberating fora flouter of an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 30!. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, MAY•2B. YIIS kING 0. WHITAKER. This rause, of which we gave a detailed account in our paper of the 211 of April last, came on for sentence to-day. It is proper again to • remark, that it is one which may involve the fate of several others, in which we understand similar proceedings have been instituted at Antigua and elsewhere. It is the first instance, perhaps, in which'lne severe penalties enacted by the statute 4 George 111. declaring a party aiding in the illegal im portetion into our colonies of prohibited goods, liable to the payment of treble the value of such goods, have been proceeded fur. L 'rd STOWSLL said, this proceeding came op on ap peal from the Vice-Adniiralty Court of Jamaica, in which Court William Whitaker had been proceeded against for a breach of the revenue laws. Some papers had found their way to his Lordship, containing a general obke tion to the jurisdiction of the Court ; but as nothing of the sort had been noticed, either in the arguments of Counsel or in the proceedings before this Court, this Court did not feel itself called on to entertain the question. The XING'S ADVOCATI, with submission concerted In this opinion of his Lordship. Some such objection bad, in deed, been raised on a similar question in the Vice-Admi ralty Court of Antigua, but not in that of Jamaica. In the High Court of Admiralty, on the other hand, in a ease oe- earring three or four years back, " The King against O'Hara," this very statute of the 4th of (leo. 111. was made the ground of the suit and of his Lordship's jurisdiction. Lord Srowskt. observed, that the information in this case which had been filed against W. Whitaker consisted of five „counts, end the proving hint guilty of en offence ageism the law under either of these counts was sufficient' to subject him to the penalties proceeded for—namely, treble the value of the I goods in the importation of alach the iodividual might have been unlawfully assisting ; and as the value of the 211 barrels of flour libelled was 2771. 4s. 2d.. the penalties in this ease, should the offence be made ont as against Whitaker, would he 3311. Ills. Od. The learned Judge. a ftereonsmenting on the evidence adduced, and specially on a letter from Whitaker to his agent, Alexander Maclean, Esq., (exhibited among the papers), in which he did in fact admit the having im ported the dour contrary to the prohibitions of the statute, declared his belief that Whitaker haul incurred suck penalty. Doubtless the partieulat case of the defendant might be harder than the Court had any present means of ascertain ing; hut seeing the way in which these goods had keen im ported into the colony, nst at an accustomed port where there was a custom-house, but at a part of the island remote and retired, and having no custom-house, it was obviously a proceeding of that mischievous character which required the suppression of every future attempt to renew it, as highly hostile to that monopoly of our colonial trade and in tercourse which the polies , oche leugislsture had endeavour ed to secure to this cruintr%. Tae Court, therefore, COS denied the party In the peaty of treble the value of the goods so illegally importer. Tilt KING •GAINBT !PEER% AND WHITAKER. This was a similar proceeding against the defendant and another on account of importing other parts of the same cargo into Jawaica. Spaers had given ao appear ance, awl • His Lour:mute pronounced that in this case the evi dence against Sore's ws. sufficient to found the sentence o f the Court ; hut it was not so in rezartl of Whitaker. The Court therefore condemned Speer* in the penalty, and dismissed Whitaker. TDB J INr AND MATILDA. This was a cause of wages, claimed by Elizabeth Ste.. rens, for gerviers performed at different times in tlie fears '1 17,' NIS, ISI9, 17929, and 1821, as cook and steward on hoard the Jane and Matilda. The claim was about ninety guineas. Cowman& Intvars.-•-.An inquisition was taken yesterday afternoon, before Thomas Shelton, Esq. CO roster fotLondon, at the Half Moon, Smithfield, on the body 'of .has Davis, who resided at No. I, Boar's Head Coart„ Smithfield, with her aisle and aunt, aged sixteen. It sprayed in evidence, that though the deceased was not 16 till July, she bad not aix madras ago been deli vered elan illegitimste child, the father of whom was a lodger in the same house, which had greatly affected her mind. Oa Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, her uncle came home, and the deceased told him she bad ta ken arsenic; he instantly carried her up stairs, set her in an arm chair, and sent her me Heal nut. Mr. Edwards, a surgeon, came and administered every po.sible remedy. but the deceased lingered till ten o'clock, and expired its the most excruciating agony. Mr. Edwards opened the body yesterday morning ; the stomach was much inflamed, and corroded with arsenic; he also produced a paper which had been found by the ' aunt, in consequence of directions given with the de ceased's clvtog breath, containing near three ounces of arsenic.—Verdict—i osanity. Ye-terday afternoon, an Inquest was held before Thos. Stirling, Eq. Coroner for Middlesex ' on the bodies of John Ito@ and John Bishop, two labo uring bricklayers, at the Elephant and Castle, Camden Town, who lost their lives under the Billowing melancholy circom staoces:—lt appeared that Mr. Dupre, a master paviour, who Some time ago built comer in Dremwond Street, Euston-Square, had occasion about twelve months since to dam it np half way, in order to force back the water info a brick field, for the purpose of making bricks. Oa Tuesday morning, for the purpose of r. - moving this dam, and letting the water again fl iw, these two uses went into the sewer, and on their removing that dam, a discharge of mud, water and foul air suddenly butit upon them,,and threw them of their legs. A boy who was passing hthrd a moan. and gave the alarm to some labourers who were in • geld at work. Anaemia Eras. oar of the labourers, stated that be went Into the sewer, and dragged out Roe, who was Still alive & and had him conveyed to the workhouse, where a surgeon attended, but he was 109 far gone for recovery. T. %Volker, another labourer, said, he went into the ieire r for the other mot, aftsr Roe watt taken oat ; the mud web three feet deep ; he was about to return., being nearly suf focated, when he laid hold of one of Bishop's legs; with much difileulty he dragged him out, but he was quite dead ; be was himself nearly suffocated, and quite exhausted w:.ea he got out. VeraielDied by suffocation, occasioned by foul air ; An iquisition was held on Tuesday evening before Thos. Stirling, Esq. at the Anchor Thera, Acton, ou the body of Benjamin Evans. Wm. Belton, of East Acton, deposed, that ou Monday the 19th inst. he saw,the deemed on the road going towards his own hoes*, knocked down four times by a man named Join Page. Witness believed a quarrel bad arisen with respect to two clubs la Acton, of which deceased and Page we: members. , Thomas and Charles Holder, bal ifs to 'Thomas Wel!inre, Esq., of Aeon, corroborated the former witness's teci• ' Mr. snott.. y . Thos.Day, surgeon of Acton, stated that deceased ep plied to hits on Tuesday Morning last week, with a on the inner part of the thumb, and an injery of the first joii,t. Monday morning last witness was called to attend the Cr eamed, and found him with a locked jaw ; he applied the re medies usual in such cases, but found each time the di.raso more aggravated ; he died the next day ; the joint appear-1 to be partly dislocated, and apparently occasioned by a to on some sharp uneven substance, which was the cause of Us death. Verdict—Manslaughter against John Page. W. Jones, of Frankwell, having taken a nest of seven rabbits, in the Crowmere Fields, Abbey Foregate, put on • of the rabbits into a box in which he kept a female ferret, then rearing three young ones. Instead of devouriog the yoang rabbit, the ferret carried it to her nest, and adopted it es one of her own family. The man put another rabbit in the box, which the ferret carried also to her nest ! The other rabbits he gave to other ferrets, which instantly de voured them. During the live subsequent days the two i adopted strangers were suckled by the ferret with the same 1 kindness as her three legitimate offspring ; but, either in consequence of the new sustenance, or the frequent handling (to gratify the curiosity of strangers) the two rabbits dieJ. Maternal affection, however, was not even then, extinct in the ferret ; for she frequently carried the dead bodies to her nest when... er they were removed, and betrayed to eta last all the anxiety of a parent.—(Skterrsbary Ckron .) I _ Yesterday psorning, the body of a female, apparently about 30, was found floating in the river Lea, near Limehouse.bridge, and was conveyed to the lionehoose , for the Coroner's inques'. The deceased was dressed in a black gowu, and light coloured whittle ; lint had nei ther cap nor bonnet on. She had nothing in her pockets. SHOCKING A CClDENT.—Yesterday morning a Tilbury. containing a Lade and Gentleman, broke down on the declivity of Blackfriars.bridge, and r:s the vehicle wai proceeding at a quirk rate at the time, the Lady w,i; precipitated to the ground with considerable violence, by which her arm was broken and her face and neck severely bruised. The Geutleman and the horse escaped without injury. The Master of a workhouse in the neighbourhood of the metropolis has absconded in consequences of sonic discoveries made of his improper treatment of young fe males committed to his care. MAIDSTONE, Mae 22.—We have but little improve ment in. the hop plantations since my last; those that are forward seem to be getting on very well, whilst the latter ones appear to be entirely eaten off by the Sea. The fly also has been found iq some grounds. still offers are made in favour of 100,0001. duty.--(lfentesA Gazette.) The fine *bowers which fell last week were highly beneficial to vegetation ; and on all lands of ileceet quality, the wheat is making a vigorous shoot. Bartey is improving in colour, and the beans are growing away briskly, the rain having come opportunely between the two in:wings. Oats are showing for a whole crop. Wheat having fetched 191. 10s. per load at some of the country markets last week, some farmers are becoming apprehensive lest, between 'ibis and Michaelmas, it should reach the maximum allowed by the corn laws, by which the ports would become free for importation.— (Aid ) The orchards and plantations in this neighbourhood were never known to pi-client greater prospects of a proli fic fruit season; than they do at present. There is , scarce ly any species of fruit but what exhibits appearances of an abundant crop ; filberds, cherries, apples. pears, and plumbs in particular, the blossom of these being set un usually thick awl strong. As these fruits are among the principal productions of the soil about here, and a plen tiful crop adding much to the • wealth and prosperity of all classes, we rejoice at the blessed prospects held out, and fervently hope they will be realized. The different sorts of corn also look remarkably healthy and luxuriant, and appe irs likely to yield an abundant harvest (Maidstone Journal.) The rain, if it continues much longer. will be injurious to the crops of corn. 'Fbe lesson hitherto has bad an unforta nate resemblance to that of 1817; but should favourable weether,soon set Lt. the crop will be very abundant. The thermometei atfrix o'c ock in the morning, has been for the last two ells at 32 degrees. In the upper ward Ike effects of the late unfavourable weather are very visible on the braind mid postai-di, which haul previously assumed a rim appearance...—(tilgegoie arosack.) COAL MARKET, MAT S. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. 17i Newcastle lei no. std. to 41s. 94' 6 Sunderland ; r tes. VC to 4141.04 ; Scotch Coal 1 Cilia 1 -.315. 6d. ' ,• •-. the De. rev hi of rho be ree sot p..