The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-02-13 00:00:00

i I • ~' ~ '~ II ?1.) t, r., r. ,„ 3. , V. .1' ' F r' . : I i ! , 1 . ' , i A 1 • f.,, tc ', , . . r NI t!fr i i ..,,i 1 Mr CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Dumas, Faa. 10.—On Saturday the Catholic Associ ation met at their rooms in Capel•street. M half-past three o'clock, Anthony Brown, Esq. was called to the Chair. Some new Members having gone through the customary forms of introduction, the Secretary, N. P. O'Gorman, read the proceedings of the Special Meeting held on Wed nesday last, in consequence of a Requisition he had re ceived for the purpose, and adiserted to the measures that bed been appointed by the united Committees appointed to make arrangements for the Aggregate Meeting. A Depu tation, be said, had been appointed to wait upon his Grace the Most Rev. Doctor Murray, to reqnest the use of a cha ttel for holding that meeting; his Grace received them most politely, and, without hesitation, granted Townsend street Chapel for the object in view. Preparatory to the Aggregate Meeting, a Committee had been appointed to prepare a Petition on the Administration of Justice, which Lord Grey had expressed his willingness to present; and we, said the Secretary, owed it to ourselves, and the strug gle in which we were engaged, to give every assistance in our power to his Lordship. A committee was appointed to procure burial ground for the Catholics, respecting which no difficulty was experienced ; several eligible sites had been examined, and nothing now remained but to procure fusels, which he had no doubt would he easily raised by e little exertion, and be expressed a hope that no time would be lost on this subject. Mr. Shied and Mr. O'Con nell had reports to present, and ne expected these gentle men would attend in time to bring them forward. In the mean time, any gentleman present was competent to move on the Orders of the Day, which were very numerous ; the Secretary further stated, that he had received a letter from Mr. David Lynch, who had been appointed to write to Lord Killeen, for the purpose of requesting his Lordship to take the Chair at the Aggregate Meeting, stating that that gentleman had not yet received any answer from his Lordship. Mr. Clinch, of Rathcoole, rose to call the attention of the meeting to a circumstance connected, he conceived, with the administration of justice in this country, which ought not to be overlooked—indeed, in his opinion, it demanded the marked attention of the Attorney General ; be alluded to the conduct of one of.the Sheriffs of the City of Dublin at a late public dinner, who stood forward as the enco miast of a faction that had been declared illegal by Par liament, and the existence of which must he deplorAl by every man who has the peace or happiness of this unfortu nate country at heart—still this man sits occasionally in a Record Court as a Judge. In the Judges, in general, of the Superior Courts, he had the greatest confidence, and would speak of them with the greatest respect ; but as far as a Sheriff on Jury might be concerned here, were he on trial for any political offence, he might as well plead guilty as undergo the mockery of a trial by a Jury re turned under Orange influence. lie conceived the matter he had spoken of ought to he embodied in any represen tation that may he seat forward by this Association respect ing the administration of justice in Ireland. Mr. Clinch, after some further remarks, gave notice of a motion that Le should make to that effect. Mr. O'Gorman asked Mr. Clinch of what particular part of the Sheriff's conduct he complained ? Mr. Clinch said, that one toast which lie had given was " Lord O'Neill, and success to the Orangetren of Ire land " Mr. O'Gorman slid that a man is not respon sible for what the Newspapers represent him to have said, nor dues lie art illegally unless he avows lligh-Sheriff ought to he an impartial officer. The Chairman stated, that Mr. Clinch's motion might lie so framed, that it might he a matter of instruction to the Committee on the Administration of Justice in Ireland, to take the point in question into their consid:tration. It was no doubt a strong circumstance to bring before the Legislature, as chewing the prejudiced feeling the Catho lics had to encounter. Mr. Copping...r rose to report progress from the Commit tee appointed to make arrangements, and prepare resolu tions for the approaching Aggregate Meeting. It was, he said, the intention of Mr. O'Connell to have made this report, but as he left him engaged in the Court of King's- Bench, and as it was probable he would he detained there to a late hour, he begged to inform the Association, t h at, the Committee had sat daily since their appointment.—MCl Coppinger then went briefly over the circumstances detail ed by the Secretary before, and concluded with saying, , that he felt convinced the Association would agree with Lim in the propriety of adopting a resolution, which he would have the honour of submitting, namely— " That the grateful thanks of the Association be respect fully returned to his brace the Most Reverend Doctor Murray, for his polite attention to the request of the Com. mitt►e appointed by the Association, in granting the use of Townsend street Chapel, for the approaching Aggre gate Meeting.' This motion being seconded by Mr. Dwyer, was carried unanimously. Mr. Coppinger requested to know from Mr. Conway, if be had the petition ready which he had undertaken to prepare. - - - - - - - Mr. Conway said the petition was indeed on a wide topic, the state of the country, but he would endeavour to cpmpress it, and he hoped he would have it ready on the xmit day of meeting. preparatory to its being presented to the Aggregate Meeting. Mr. Coppinger now rose, and said that at the last meet ing of the Committee they considered it would be advise able, from a variety of circumstances, to postpone the Aggregate Meeting for a few days, front Friday next, the day originally fixed. - - - - - After a desultory conversation, in which the Chairman Mr. O'Gorman, Mr. Sugrue, Mr. Conway, and other Gen tlemeo gave their opinions, it was finally agreed, as there was a great deal of business to be got through, and many arrangements to be made for the Aggregate Meeting, that Friday, the 20th inst. would not be too distant a day; and on the motion of Mr. Coppin ger. seconded by Mr. Conway, it was unanimously resolved to postpone the Aggregate Meeting until that day. Mr. John M'Donnell said, that a circumstance had come to his knowledge which he wished to mention to the Asso ciation ' • he understood that on its being intimated to the Dublin Institution that a General Meeting of that Society was to be held on the day originally fixed for the Aggre gate Meeting of the Catholics, and that it might probably interfere with the leiter, they, with, ha, conceived, much liberality, postponed their Meeting. He mentioned this circumstance as being creditable to that *Op Mr. Conway then moved that the Association, at its ri sing, do adjourn until next Wednesday, at three o'clock. This motion being seconded by Mr. Clinch, was also agreed to. On the motion of Mr. Clinch, Mr. Coawat e Tis h c au atiod to the Choir, when the thanks of the Fleeting • -tiitozood to Mr. Brown for Isis proper conduct in the , the dieetinadjoarned. There has arrived coastwise, as the pert of Alton, 'within, the six days ended on Satardav the immense qiuntrity of 16,0011 tr y arters of barley, wh i ch elsieda all tie be con formed the distillers la the Ober.) The trade in barley is brisk beyond example is the middle districb of dminsid at . prosest.-4 Edia. armrest.) A lbw days • between thirty and forty resseltieden with grain g up the Frith above Bo'ner's at owe time. Smoot than had bean detained by contrary winds. tHE fitlV.eb'MAN COURT OF CHANCERY.—TuvasDAT. This being the last dsy of Term, motions only were heard during the day. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. COMM V. HARRIS. Mr. HAFT felt it necessary to call his Lordship's atten tion again to this cax. The Court.had dirented that the parties should convene a meeting for the appointment of a new Treasurer: anal in the meantime an interim order bad been made to prevent the applications of the rents and profits of the theatre to any other purposes than those mentioned in the deed of 1812. The Learned Counsel now hal to state that Messrs. Willet and Forbes had declined to hold such meeting. Mr. SHADWELL reminded the Court that the meeting waa not to be convened till Monday next. Mr. Harris, for whom he appeared as Counsel, had no intimation of the intention of the parties with respect to this meeting. Mr. HART observed that Mr. Harris. as now in Ireland, The Solicitor for that gentleman had said that Mr. Harris bail nothing to do with the question. He thought the Solicitor had said wisely, and most tritely, that Mr. Harris was no way concerned, because if the deed of 1822 were considered, it would he seen that Mr. Harris had neither any vote to give, or judgment to exercise. Whether the lessees were right or wrong in their proceedings Mr. Harris most be bound by them. The LORD CHANCEALOR thought that the parties to the deed of 1822 could not do many things which by that instrument they had hound themselves to perform. Mr. HART was only anxious that Mr. Const should not be made a victim to the disputes of these parties. The LORD CIIANCk:LLOR.—Let 111 e know on Monday mornintr whether any thing has been alone, and, in the mean time, let the interim order be continued. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—TituRs MIT. Tbis being the last day of Term, the Court sat until a late hour in the evening. THE KING V. THE CLERK OP THE CAVNTT COURT. Mr. SCAKLETT moved to enlarge the rule Nisi for a criminal information, obtained a few days since by Mr. French, against the Clerk and his Deputy, of the County Court, on an affidavit. that owing to the lateness of the time at which the rule was served, the Gentlemen for whom he appeared had not had sufficient time to answer the motion. The COURT said that the rule enlireed itself, and therefore ordered it to stand over till next Term.—ltule enlarged. THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. THE KING V. .101 IN HUNT. Mr. ADOLPHUS moved that the defendant be brought up. IFhe CHIEF JUSTICE.--IVO disposed of this case yesterday. Mr. A DOLPHUS.—Yes, my Lord ; hut it was or dered that the defendant should attend to ent:tr his personal recogni zance, not to publish any thing respecting the case between this and next term. Mr. SCARLETT interposed. My Lord, I have spoken to Mr. Ilunt upon the subject of entering into a recogni zance. He has a certain feeling upon it, which it is not necessary to discuss here; hut, if the Court, of its own au thority, thinks it tight to direct him to enter into a recog nizance, and undertake not to make any remarks upon this proceeding, he is ready to do so. I, however, will be bound; L will undertake for him that he will not. If that will satisfy the Court, and will satisfy my friend, I will give that pledge. The CIIIEF .letracz.—No doubt it will satisfy us. Mr. AvoLeues.—What 3lr. Scarlett says is perfectly satisfactory ; but I hope the Court will think it right to direct the defendant to enter into his recognizance. The CHIEF JUSTICE.—The defendant having given that, assurance to his Counsel, we don't think it necessary to give any further directions upon the subject. Mr. Jus me BAYLEY—The defendant's pledge by his Counsel is notch stronger than his recognizance. Mr. A DOLPHI/11.•--1 am bound to dopy duty, stud act ac eoreling to the instructions of the prosecutors. The Cuter JUSTICE.—I think you may take upon your self the responsibility of what is proposed. If in the mewl time any violation of the assurance given should take place, it may be brought before us when the defendant is brought up for judgment, and pressed in aggravation of punishment. Mr. Hunt then withdrew. THE KING V. THE CORFORAITION OP PORTSMOUTH. Mr. MEREWETHER moved, on a former day, for a man damus to the Mayor and Aldermen of Portsmouth, com manding them to consider the propriety of enforcing resi dence whiting the borough, on the part of certain Alder men mho lived out of the town. The Court, on that occa sion, refused the writ, on the ground that no precedent had been cited for such a proceeding. The Learned Counsel now renewed his application on the authority of the King v. the Borough of Truro, where the Court, in Hilary Term, 621, granted a similar application. The Comer, on the authority of the case cited, granted a THE STAFFORD PEERAGE. THE KING V. caonz AND OTHERS. The Count. ordered yesterday that the venue in'this case ihould be changed from Staffordshire to Shropshire ; . and DOM _ _ rule r 1 isi. Mr. CAMPBELL prayed that the venue might be again changed to some other County, on the ground that the estates claimed by Mr. It. S. Cooke lay on tit- hot-- ders of Shropshire. The Learned Counsel proposed War wickshire. Mr. TALFURD, for the prosecution. said, be was sure that if the Court inspected the affidavits, uo pretence fur the motion to change the venue, even from StaffOrsWiire, would be found. The defendants bad nut mentioned th e counties where the estates in question lay ; the affidavits merely said, generally, that the estates amused lay in all the adpining counties. the CHIEF JUSTICE said, there was no pretence for changing the venue to Warwickshire; his Lordship, however, suggested tiloucestershire, which was the last County in which a trial at the next Assizes could be en sured. The indictment was therefore ordered to be tried in Glow eestershire.l THE KINO V. THE INDIAN OBSERVER. The ATTORNEY-OEN BEAL renewed his application again in this case. He had now an affidavit completely denying. that Sir W. Rumbald bad borrowed money at twelve and a half per cent., and let it again at 25 per rent, to the) Nysam of Hyderabad. The affidavit further stated, that the transaction in coestion, before it was entered into, bad been sanctioned by an order of the Governor iu Council, is pursuance of an Act of Parliament, and afterwards ap proved of by Mr. Adani, who had taken the advice of. Contwel as to the legality of the loan. It was, indeed, im possible that the Nysam comdd base borrowed money oa the terms meotioned in the libel, because the aroeast of in terest payable on each leans was regulated by an order of the Comma a Calcutta, which was per fectly well known; and as to the amount of in terest Rawl* paid, the opinion of the Advocate General bad been taken, approving of the transaction as belug con formable to law. TWlCAtivr I/amt.—Th.ll 4k, a rule to slaw caw,— Rhie THE ILlftil LAWEENCR KENWORTHT. rip 11.101411n.t in El* cost vas indicted more thao two years MO, at Cimogosifoond pills, and sentencod to be seaport& fir stvtlO ran. AO. Janes afterwards obtaleed $ A s k o c orm, OF 14 gnoviad, tit the judgment was ,. err omops; pt woo foW Ipo on writ of error ; pod the man was ditcharged•ste *l t OP the Vont shotild pass a fresh sentence. He appeored at the last Chester Assists. and the Court then sentenced-him again to be transported for seven yeass, to be conepdted from the original sentence ; and he was shipped off to the Bermudas, notwithstanding the objection that the Court had no power on the record before them. . . . _____ ... Mr. I)._F.. Jones now moved to enter the procedendo, in order that he might be in a condition to bring a writ of error. • The COURT g ranted the motion. This being the last day of Term, the Court did not rise till after nine in the evening. POLICE. Bow STREET. —The landlord of Betty's chop-honse, in the Strand, brought two silver table-spoons to the ollice, which he had received from one of the helpers in the One Bell stable-yard, adjoining his house. The man told him be had picked them up behind the gates, at the end of the yard, as he was closing them at twelve o'clock on Wednes day night; and thinking they might have been stolen from his house, he had brought them to him. Sir Richard directed that they should remain with the clerk, and no doubt the owner would be found. They are engraved with the cyphers A. C. N. QL'EIikI•SQUAR E.—Yeiterdiy, Emma M 'Daniel, an ex tremely pretty girl, about 13 years of age, was charged by her father under the following circumstances:— Mrs. Milky, a respectable-looking female, stated, that about 10 days ago she hired apartments at No. $, Little- Queen-street, Story's-gate, Westminster, kept by a Mrs. Green, but she very soon discovered that the other occu pants were unfortunate women of the town, and the hou s e was used as a private brothel. Among the inhabitants was the miserable girl at the bar, whose parents she found out, and gave information to the father, when he immedi ately caused the girl to be brought to this office. The prisoner wept bitterly during the above recital. and told the Magistrate (Mr. lireggarie) that she was pupil to Mr. Hullin, the ballet-master, at Vaushall-gardens, ►where she danced all last season, hut had latterly been supported by her elder sister (with whom slur was residing in the same wretched house), who pursued the same cuurse of life as site did. Mr. 6REGGORIE ordered the eldest sister to be sent for. She appeared to be about twenty-one years of age, of an elegant figure, handsome face, and fashionably dressed. She confessed she lived by prostitution, and supported her sister and mother by her present mode of life; but she o as ignorant of her sister's pursnit.g the same enurse. She added, that her sister Emma had been recently minced by Mr.--. This relation of facts was rendered the more horrible by its appearing that the mother had actually sold the chastity of the eldest girl when she was only C years of age for 501. The mother is still living on their prostitution. Mr. titteconnte asked the youngest girl if she was wil ling to go to some asylum. She replied she would readily go. ' Mrs. Milky consented to take care of her until she could be received into the Magdalen. Mr. Oreggorie coin plintentei her on the humanity she displayed. The eldest sister was admonished and discharged. The youngest been known npon the pave for some time, and Mrs. Green's house was known to be one of the worst de scription. Towsr-llsm..—A gigantic fellow named Patrick If alsh' was charged before Alderman J. J. Sarum, with an att on the person of Ann Cooksey, a girl 15 years of age. James Cooksey, of Mile end-grove, batter, the father of the girl, stated, that yesterday about noon, his daughter was brought to him by two gentlemen, in a slate of coin ple intoxication; that they informed him they were pass ing the end of Robin Rood-coati, Tooley•strcet, when the girl rushed into the street in a state of great agitation, and scarcely able to stand, and that judging from bee appearance that some wrong had been done her, they thought it incumbent on them, as fathers of fa milies, on learning her residence, to see her home; and he had learnt from his daughter on her recovery, that she was accosted by the prisoner as she was looking through the balustrades of London-bridge, on bar way homeward, and enticed by hint to his lodgings to see one of the King's ships lying lower down the river, as be said, and of which she would there obtain a complete view, and where, by way of refreshment, he had induced her to drink spirits, till. finding herself ill, and alarmed at the prisoner's conduct towards her, she Bed from him into the street. Mr. John Tollmrst, oilantn, of Tooley-street, and one o the constables of the perish of St. °lave. said he was sent' for by Mr. Cookery to take the prisoner into enstody, when he made a most desperate resistance, awl broke away from him and two other persons whom be had called to his assistance, after indicting a severe blow on his (11r. Tol burst's) right eye. The prisoner, with much audacity, insisted be had been five tittles struck by the last witness previously, but would iiive no account of his conduct towards the girl, who, having been_ fortunately rescued frog, him before the com pletion of bis designs, the case could not be made out; but Mr. 'rollturst positively swearitiz to the assault, lie was held to bail, and locked up in default. M ART-LA-BONNE ---.—LOVE AND MADNESS.--OD iVrtisiesday afternoon, in consequence of the coin- I plaint of a young Gentlemau, named Martin, a war rant was issued against a young lady, of very re spectable family, named Ancijon, and she was brought to this office by Hooke, on a charge of having attempted the lite of the complainant. From the detail of Mr. Martin, who is an engraver, it appeared that he had made himself a proleient in his lousiness under the direction of the young lady's father. and having completed the term of his apprenticeship, lie entered into partnership with his mister ; but, unfortu nately, that young lady imbibed a violent passion. called "love," for him, which she urged most vehemently in spite of his rejection of her suit. The appearance of things at length began to he very serious; the lady, in a !brooding manner, still followed the gentleman, and on Monday evening made an attempt to stab him with a slight but destructive instrument. Seeing her intention, be avoided the blow, and fled into a corner; she followed, and again struck at his hack, but the point of the weapon most for tunately only grazed the skin. He then seized and handed her over to her mother, finally determining upon adopt ing this course. He said, from this circumstance lie was under the necessity of dissolving partnership with her father. The young lady denied the charge, and most energetic ally accused the cruel Martin who had treated her so. The MAGISTRATE said, she had acted very improperly, and had it not been for the interposition of Providence might have stood there to answer for a more serious charge. He, however, on receiving her pledge never to molest Mar tin, sent her borne with her mother. • As she quitted the office, she said, "Oh ! that my love, my heart, ahould be thrown away upon such a spiteful ninny." The affair excited much laughter in the office. Now that the Lnttery system is drawing to a conclusion it must be a subject of proud exultation for Mr. SIVEWRIGHT that be took the last Contract, and by garnishing his scheme w ith Seven 20,000/. Prises, has succeeded le sisettiog the au topilot, of the Public, in a most unusual degree. Next Taars day,Feb. 19th , will be Om First Day •f Drawiag. and *Unt ameable day it wiU probably prove tlji many, far she Two First Prisas are ea& ae bus 9 0 . 6 90 1 . Sterling antra i end all that `ire 'Jowl 8124, wiU beput in the Wheni Imo; drum agnin. so that if they miss the Two First, they will still ha re a cblinn for five other Prizes of JO" .3. ATTACK ON AORICULTURAL MACHINERY. 114Iesworth (Suffolk), Feb. 9. I lament to inform yon that such parts of the Lord s Com. missioner's Speech, as regards the comforts of agricultural labourers and of agriculture generally, do not apply So fully to this neighbourhood as might be wished. The agricultural labourers have been induce .I to resume thei r attacks on machinery used for farming purposes. y„ may recollect that I mentioned to you some months ag o the fact that the farmers hereabout had come to the praiA, ' worthy resolution not to use agricultural machinery so 1 00 , as there were agricultural labourers eta of employ; ark: that such notices were stuck upon the church-doara, Thi s promise the labourers think has not been Itemt.-- Though there has been considerable advance in the pric e of shnost every article of farming produce, I grieve r e be compelled to say that there are still many agriculture labourers who cannot get work; while, on the other head' lam concerned to have to state that there are welly farmers who, notwitstanding remonstrances to the cos.' trarv, continue to use machinery. The consequence ha s been restlessness amongst some of the labourers. Oa Monday last, fur instance, a draining plou g h, stm li ne ready for work in a field belonging to Mr. Georg,. Itohio_ son, of eliedistonr, near Ilalesoorth, was t itally destroc eat, by being cat to pieces with a saw in all the principal parts of it; and bundles of matches were left on the top of the remains of such draining plough, to intimate what fur titer mischief might be expected, if the use of agricultnral machinery were persevered in. It seas on this farm that corn stacks, &r. were tired some months ago. On Friday last this same gentleman commenced thrashm E w i t h thrashing-machine —a piece of maeliim ry, however powa r _ fit I and I leciite.l may he its n.erits, that 11. i S s u it e d , oin4 , y heart-horologe between the fanners anitidustuhrr,eir_laaibi:lio,teu amongst n As soon as it became known amongst th e he l fast enough—they hatsueimae ma c hin e ry y was collected together on th e itoto7iivi:renrn flies a morning to the number of abo u t lif ts or s i xty, i armed with mattocks, axes, bill-hooks, crow-bars, blud geons, Sze., and they then proceeded in a body to Mr. Ro binson's house, to the great terror and alarm of the ntigh bourbood. They immediately took the horses front the machine. By this time the chit:Tim:mien, overseer, and several respectable inhabitants of Cheilist.ine and else. where, arrived at Mr. Robinson's farm, and they remon strated freely and firmly with all the parties—with Mr. It. as well as with the men. They eventuOlv in persuading the men to depart in a peaceful manner; but not till they "loaded up" the machine, set thetr shoulders to the wheels, and drove it into the road, leadio lt • to Mr. It..'s house. They diJ not injure the machine; lin: they gave intimation that if it should be permitted to re turn, its destruction would be the conseipterice. 'lhe sante party of labourers proceeded to the farm of 3lr. 'Thomas Bishop, also a respectable farmer in the some pa ri4), who was performing some operation upon trefoil, with a machine of horse-power, and they contented then-- selves with expressing the loupe that Mr. Bishop would ab stain from the use of a machine. As Mr. IS. was also us derstood to have behaved with kindness to the labourcrc, this forbearance in ty be accounted for. lie gave up the use of the machine. TRUSI SOCIETY.—The anniversary of this laudable In stitution was celebrated on Wednesday evening, when a numerous and highly respectable company attended. The land Mayor was in the Chair, supported by various Alder men, Clerifyinen, &c. The Report stated that since the year Isos, '37.55l persons had been relieved by the Insti tution. In 33,597 patients there were 6,700 females and 27,197 males, and that 2,753 were under the age of ten years, and the others from sixty to one hundred years of age. The receipts and disbursements amounted to 24,352.1. 17s. 3d. HAN aunt:, January 31.—1 t deserves to he mentioned as a very simtutsr phenomena of the present winter, that the owner of a garden a league from the city has found in it hundreds ef May hugs alive, of which he has brought n number to twill with bim, and sliewn to many persons. DREADFUL AFFAIR AT WORCESTER.—On Saturday &alit last, as three men and two girls were walking in the streets of Worcester, the men began to quarrel, when two of them seized the third, and with a knife cut him across the thro it, the chest, and arms. He was taken to the Infirmary, di) I the other men and the women are in custody. I n the Court of King's Bench, Dublin. on Satan! iv last, Mr. O'Connell obtained a conditional order for a Mandamus against the Corporation of Dublin, on th part of Richard (irate, a Catholic, who required to be ailltilitte I to his freedom of the Corporation, having screed seen years apprenticeship to a free printer. Ilan SOVEREIGNS.—Yester lay morning, at ton o'clock, another trick which ought to operate as a public rantion. was played off upon Mr. Woobtrince, poulterer, Ev• reit• street, Brunswick•square, by those sharpers who ye in the habit of sending into circulation base and counteilit sovereigns. A female very elegantly attired, enteted Mr. Woolridge's shop and ordered a brace of fowls to he sent to LansdowneTiace, No. 2 ; the price was agreed u, on, lia. dd. and the Lady re ired, saying the sery int ;la: to bring change for a sovereign with him. Soon after Mr. W. sent his servant and change for the covert go, and just as lie got to the end of Everett-street, the lady met ben. exclaiming, " Mercy, you have been a long time." She then took the 13s. td. change, together with the fowl:, gave the servant a sovereign as he 'opposed, and then de parted ; the servant brought home the sovereign, and Mr. W. immediately discovered it to be a counterfeit, and liai tested off to N 0.2, Lansdowne-place, to inquire fur the 1,- m de, but no such person lived there, or could he at all heard of. She was attired as a country lady, with a flash upon her countenance, and rather lusty. We understand this practice has of late beeta t so prevalent at the west end of the town, as to place tradespeople in doubt of taking gold. AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE OP AN Ass.—Thomas Drown, residing near Hawick, travels the country as a Weer. having an ass Ilse partner in his trade. From suffering under a paralytic affection, he is in the habit of assisting himself on the road by keeping hold of the crupper of the paddle, or more frequently the tail of the ass. During a recent severe winter, whilst on one of his journeys near Rule Water,`• the old man and his a•s" were suddenly plunged into a wreath of snow. There they lay long, fir from help, and ready to perish : at length the poor ass, after a severe straggle, got out ; but finding his unfortunate waster absent, he eyed the wreath for some time with a wistful look, be at last forced his way through it where his ms•ter still lay ; when, placing his body io such a position as to afford a firm grasp of the tail, the honest higher wa y enabled to take Lis accustomed hold, and was artaally dragged out by the faithful beast to a place of safety. — (Kelso Moil.) mall/Iga On the 2Alh ult. at Legtherheast. frkueis Rada, of Clement's Inn to Halitosis, third iltuarkter of Joseph Couder, E. of Lcatherhral. Uu the lith foist. Joseph Robertson, Esq. of WhithF, Yorkshire, to Ann, Yoogest dAughter of George Urowoe, p a . of Croons's-hip. DIED. On Tuesday. the 10th Wet. Mr. William Venni:mt. of Barr-street, in Ce gth yes: of hip age. On Tuned., last, rd, Cadosnp-place, in the Mb year of her age , Jane, the wife of S. T. hefting, Esq. On the 11th Not. at Walton, the Lady Harriet Bennet, youngest daughter of the Earl et tankergille• On Wedmeaday. at his house in Queen -square, iu 70th year. Richard CitettlYn Cymyrell, proetett. 11 "-,....tors'-coramotia, and oue of the Deputy (te eth-ars of the Prewteat Ire Court of Canterbury. In the Tourer,.oo th.llth hot. Duanellan, Esq. late of the Stuck Et chanr, 4gei 39, A ' t 11 40 1011 . on Tuesday last. Geom. Roebuck. Req. "of Rpooellithee• London : Printed and Ptibtlabeed by H. ROWLAND, at the Office of "Tax STATICIVAN," No. WI, Strand. i tY r ' r i, 1 I I