The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-29 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON 'COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held. Apetitioo was presented to the Guardian Society, pray jag for assistance. Alderman Kay spoke in favour of the Society, the Otto( which was to remove unfortunate women froin the streets. Th. Corporation had a Committee which had removed unfortunate women from their dreadfal state, but that was done without benefit to their morals. The Guar dian Society could do more good had it the means: but after having received above eight hundred females, many o f whom had been restored to their friends, and others placed at respectable service.. to the satisfaction of them ofi„a a nd their employers, there was now a considerable deficiency in the fonds of the institution. Mr. FAvzt , t , wished the petition to en to a Committee. Ifs expressed much pleasure at seeing the junior Alderman tike sa much interest on behalf of unfortunate females. The Gordian Society could administer niter much more &totally than the Committee of that Court. He had often been obliged tooppose grants of money to charities, hat the funds of the Society were now in a much better Alderman Wooer, Mr. JAM mend the Loan Mayor' spoke in favour of this Institution, from personal observation. It was a matter of great praise to the Society that their Com mittee were constant in their visits to the prisons to exa mine the eases of the unfortunate females confined there. The petition was referred to the Committee of General Purposes. COALS. Mr SoUTHGATE, the Chairman of the Coal and Corn Committee, presented a very long Report from them on the result of their inquiries into the mode of delivering coal ships in the River, and respecting the price of that ar ticle, in which the Committee detailed the rvi•lenee that b a d been submitted to them, and recommended the Court to sanction the filling up the present vacancies of Deputy Coal Meters and the appointment of twelve additional me ters, snaking in the whole 130. The Cammittee recom mend a repeal of that part of the duty on coals which is ad nitional to the Port of London, and that a memorial to Parliament should be prepared for the purpose. The state of the coal trade, however, is said to .have undergone a marked imcrovement since the commencement of the labours of the Committee. In December last, the average number of ships in cant of meters was about 100. while on the day of their termination the namher was only 13. It appears also, that coals have, in the interval, although the middle cf wkrer, fallen about 3s. 6d. per clialdron. Mr. Alderman {Won moved as an Am. !Anent, that the Committee do forthwith fill up the vacancies and appoint the unmber recommended in their Report. Mr. Deputy ROUTH seconded the A i n eti d int .nt. Mr. DIXON and Mr. JA3fire opposed, and on the gars tion being put, the LoaD filavuo dee' :red the original mo tka carried. A division was then demanded and granted. and th.re ay peared—For the Original Motion: 6 Aldermen, 122 Com mon', 2 Tellers; Total, 130.—For the Amendment; 4 Aldermen, 62 Commons, 2 Tellers; Total, 68.--Ma jority, 62. The Committee to whom it was referred at the last Court to inquire into the nature, duties, and emoluments of the Office of Principal Lind Coal Meter, presented a long Re port thereon, which was agreed to. The Court than proceeded to the Election of a Principal Lind Coal Meter, and the Ballot being taken and ca , t up, the numbers appeared : For Mr. Bo insted, 106.--Mr. Dickinson, 87—Mr. Chapman, 33; whereon Mr. Boosted Iraq elected. They then went to the Election of Bricklayer, and the Ballot appeared as follows :—For Mr. Cartwright, 1.8 Mr. Lee, 94—whereon the LORD MAYOR declared Mr. Cartwright duly elected. The annual account of the Commissioners of Sewers was proented and ordered to he printed. The Tithe Committee reported that they had been ap plied to by Mr. Perrier, a citizen of London, for the aid and assistance of sundry officers of the Corporation in a mute between him and the Lay Impropriation of the pa ns!) of St. Helen's, respecting a claim for tithes at 2s 9d. in the pound, which Will to be heard before the Vice Chancellor; and having considered that application. and investigated the circumstances respecting the • same. and Wine that it would generally assist the question relative to Tithes as regards the City Parishes not included in the Fire Act, they complied with the said application, subject to the approbation of the Court, which Report the Court agreed to and confirmed. John Doherty, Esq. our psi iy respec ler, lh, it is said, resigned his scat at the Board of Inquiry, find i.,e (ss tie understand) that, consistently with his other lu:slits, lie could no longer continue to devote to it as Hooch time and attention as he considered requisite for the faithful and efficient discharge of the important duties I: to oa t e th er . Th e salary of a Commissioner is, we be lie re, 110111. per anon in.—(lVaterford .11irrer.) Fox CHASE gXTRAOIWINARY —On Thursday last %lr. Itolloork's Hounds started a fox at Box Pits, %%Moll they tan through Collett's • Bottom to the village of Corshani, si ere Itevnard being bard pressed took refuge on the ticolelo of a blacksmith's shop, where he grinned defiance to is foes ; one of the dogs being hoisted to his place of r , fnee, liesßard bolted down the chimney into a bed dumber, where he was taken, and afterwards afforded a good run for a cousiderable time, to the gratification of a unno.rous field of sportsmen. DEVON CuUNTY SesstoNs.—At the commencement of the Sessions, the Chairman, E. P. Lyon, Esq. addressed the G rand Jury. as usual, at some length, and on subjects of great public interest. After adverting to the improved state of agriculture, and the depression under which it late!! laboured, he drew their attention to the unequal tax , on Coals carr i e d coastw i se, anion otiose to 6s. per chaldron. %bleb m mainly affects this country, and from so hich a great proportion of the kingdom is exempt. It was painful to reflect, he said, that the poor man in Devon shouter pay for his Coals at a price not only enhanced by the charges of transportation which are unavoidable, but by the imp: - sition of a heavy duty, a bast all classes of 'chitty, rich as mull as poor, in many other counties, consume this article !Aim paying any duty whatever. Every species of taxa tion %With was et:equal was highly objectionable; and ante regard t o th e present subject of complaint, it was a a! sty grievance to the poor—it distressed agriculture at a true in ter it reqnired the aid of protection and encourage ment, b f it creasing materially the cost of lime, which iorined the principal article of manure. •Coal (continued Mr. Lyon) is a n indispensable stimulant and support of slata ufactures,which never flourish without the cheap use Qt no and especially since the application of the stupendous Poser of steam in working machinery; it cheers the glo ,in Of the cottage, af f ords solace and comfort to its inmates at the close of a labour,—it invigorates trade and mimetic iliteBo and in s h or t ena bl es t hi s country to ma i nta i n it s , t on unercial superiority over continental Europe. The P r lirr and most efficient method of endeavouring to ob tain relief from a burtisen which presses so severely and ttolosively on certain parts of the kingdom, is by a ; I rmo tr o perate, respectfOl, and eneg e tic appeal to the lare. ~A petition to the H muse of C ommons f or the r epeal of itrso_C. oast Duty on Coals, is now i n th e cours e of al/o'l"re j o ubridge Wells, and its vicinity. . The Dr ama o f St. Roam'. Well, now performing at the .. 411e1 PIII Theatre, is the production of Mr. Platiebe, and ""I oar T.l)asdin. frHunt as, at an e a rly hour yest er d a y morn i ng , re moved li n. Hertford gao l i n t h e custody of Mr. Wilson, and car d td Woolwich, where he Wiis alasigate to the officer . in C harge of the hulk,. 'fed Recont THE STATESMAN SHERIFF'S COURT.—Tens Day. LANGPoRD ti. WAYS This was a Writ of Enquiry for the Jury to **seta the damages. It appeared the plaintiff bad antborised the defendant to receive for his Oho plaintiff's) use 2681. 10s. which he had done,and converted the money to his own pnrpn•es in stead of handing it over to the plaintiff; and notwithstand ing repeated application had been made to the defendant for the amount, the Money was net forthcothing, although he was in a situation to pay. Written admissions to the defendant were given to the Sheriff, upon Which the Jury were satisfied. and assessed the damages at 2681 10s. IMPORTANT TO SHERIFFS' OFFICERS. WAITHMEN AND WILLIAMS V. MOORff. This was an action by the Plaintiff, late High Sheriff of the County of 3liddlesex, against the Defendant, who had became security for one of their officers. In 1817, when the plaintiffs were Sheriffs, a person named George Gill, was then an officer under them ; and in a seizure made by the sheriff upon the goods and chattels of a person, wherein Gill was the seising officer, be accepted in pledge pro. petty to no greater amount than half the value of the debt, for the purpose of replevy. In consequence an action was brought against the Plaintiffs, to recover the fall amonct, which they were oblige dto pay. The only remedy that was then left them was an action against the officer's secu rity. the present defendant. He finding himself thus situ ated, compromised the matter, and promised to pay the debt and costs by instalments. The plaintiffs admitted the receipt of monies, which reduced the balance to 571. 2a. 81, which was now sought for, at the hands of a ry. Mr. Bull. a solicitor, deposed, he was employed in an action against the present plaintiffs, for accepting insuffi cient a-ctirity, by means of their officer Gill. The cue seas tried in the Court of King's Bench, and witness obtained a verdict fur` 361. 104. including tax costs. Here the ss itness pro•mced a receipt fur payment of the money by the present plaintiffs. The Sheriff asked ti ill) was the plaintiff against Messrs. Waithman an I Williams ? replied, a gentleman names Scott, whose sig nature was affixed to the receipt. The SHERIFF said, in those sort of cases, it was requisite he should tell the Jury, that if an officer in au action of Re• plery, accepted in pledge property insufficient to cover debt and costs that might arise out of the prosecution, the Sheriffs became liable for the • urplos,and is point of law, are obliged to pay it. Their reuledy then rests against the security of the officer. and in this case, certainly, the defendant was liable to pay for the officer's inadvertence. The Jury, after some consideration, assessed the damages at 571.25. SI INQUEST ON MR. TREBY. At the late fight between Spring and Langan at Wor cester, many serious accidents had taken place by the falling of the erections upon the Race Course, and several of them were expected to terminate fatally. One of the sufferers on that occasion, Mr. James Treby, late of Covent Garden Theatre,died a few days ago in consequenceof the injury he sustained. An inquest was held before John Plate, Esq., Coroner for the City of Worcester, who, in investigating the cause of the death of the deceased, took some pains to discover whether the circumstance attend ing his death resulted from culpable negligence, and upon whom so serious a charge rested. It appeared that 10s. was paid fur admission by every individual on those erec• tions. The deceased was upon the range of beildings on the North side of the Grand Stand, when it fell, and the screams and groans of the wounded were dreadful. The right leg of the deceased, during the fall, got between two heavy pieces of timber, upon which numbers of persoas were thrown by the giving way of the structure, and the limb was so dreadfully injured, that the hone protruded through his stocking, and not withstanding his cries, it was some considerable time be fore he was relieved from his dreadful situation. owing to the numbers of persons upon the timber. He was removed to the Infirmary, and the surgeon diarovered a compound fracture near the ankle-joint. The fracture was reduced, and for some days he appeared to be doing well, arid it ! was thought that amputation would be unnecessary. On Frithy strong inflammation presented itself in the part affected, which was succeeded by fever and delirium : the medical gentlemen of the infirmary held a consulta tion immediately upon the subject, and. as the only chance of saying the deceased's life, was, by the instant removal of the liinb,their decision was communicated to the nnfortunnea man, and he assented to the operation being performed on a conviction of its necessii. On Friday night the limb was amputated; hut it was found that in flammatory action had spread itself throughout the system. and that it was impassible to arrest its progress by any human skill, and after lingering to four o'clock on Monday he expired, in consequence of a mortification having taken place. These were the facts adduced i a evidence as to the death of the deceased. The examination of witnesses Ise copied eight hours, and the evidence was very voluminous. Mr. Share, the clerk of the Race Course, and Mr. Wood, a builder, were the chief witnesses relative to the alleged charge of culpable negligence having caused the death of the deceased, and never was testimony mere conflicting or more at variance. Mr. Share deposed that the timber for the structure was not only supplied by Mr. Wood, but that he bad the management and superintendance of the erection. Mr. Wood denied having further to do with the build ing than the mere supplying of the materials, and the aid of some of his workmen to put them up. The CORONSR, in his address to the Jury, said, it would appear that blame most attach somewhere, owing to the very weak and insufficient state of the erection, the fall of which occasioned the fat it accident to the deceased. The too witnesses (Share and Wood) had each endeavoured to rid themselves of tue oast arising from the insecurity of the building, and the fatal results consequent the:eupon, and (as it rested between the two) to cast it upon each other.— ' After souse further oh ervations, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidentally Killed, Deodand upon the tim ber, I/. The deceased was 4.2 years of age; he has left a widow and two children in a state of utter destitution. Ti.e former ar rived from London by the mall during the investigation before the Cs,roner; she was aware of the accident, but was totally unconscious of its fatal termination. It is impossible to de scribe her agony when made acqaainted with the loss of en affectionate husband. The body of poor Trehy has been con signed to the earth, in the burial ground of St. Oswald's cha pel. A subscription is opened for the benefit of the widow ; and Mr. Share, the Clerk of the Course, has subscrib e d IW. ARCHES' COURT, WEDNIIDAT, JAN. 28. CURLING C. THORNTON. From the sentence of the Court on the qnest ion of ad. mitting Mrs. Thornton's allegation in this case, which was pronounced last term. an appeal was asserted. It was to day announced that the appeal was withdrawn. Dr. BURNABY presumed it was unnecessary to trouble the Court with any comments adduced on the evidence of Colonel Thornton's will t and indeed no opposition was now offered. He should therefore pray the Court to decree its prohste to it. The Coeur said it hail perused the evidence of the wit nesses who had Imen examined on the coAdidit propound ing the will, the doe execution of which was very fully proved by the attesting and other witnesses; and there fore the Court pronounced for its validity anJ eff,:ct, by decreeing probate as prayed. There was no other business of any public interest. An appeal, it is understood has brow entered in France, from the sentence of the French Court, which so.ne ti Be since pronounced the Colonel to have died, as to his pro perty in that kingdom, intes.ate. BRIGHTON, JAN. :?s.—D.iring the gale of Wednesday night, a small French vessel, laden with ergs, fruit, ches nuts, Ste. run a-shere in front of the town, facing. the King's Road. The crew saved themselves, but their bark went to pieces, and discovere I a t worth knowing perhaps, in time sudden exposure of several bales of silk, which eventually, we b.lieve, fell into time hands of his Majesty's Customs. So much for eggs, trot, chrinnts, &c. It has often been a subject of surprise, th mt time little French vessels which visit us, with their handful of cargoes, merely, should tusks it answer their purpose in being so industriously attentive to our wants: but the mystery is solved. Lord Neptune, in an angry mood, bas let the cat out of the bag. The crew consisted of the Capt min and five men. who reached the land nearly opposite Mrs. Coutt's house, and were there humnanely treated by the order of that lady. The vessel was bound to the port of Shoreham. A part of her camp was saved and sold by auction, at the custom-house on Friday. FATAL AND HORRISIA EVINTI--•••We little thought to have heard of the classical fah!. of Acteon being actually realised in our day; bat a story it current in this neigh bourhood which very nearly resembles it, and which we doubt not is quite as true.A few nights since the huntsman of a Oentlenm to to whom the sports.nen of Dorsetshire are indebted for rite amusement resulting from one of the finest packs of fox-timid' in time kingdom, hearing an unusual disturbance in the kennel, left his bed, and proceeded thither without his coat, to ascertain the cause. No sooner had the unfortunate man crossed the threshold than the dogs, who, it would appear, knew him only in his scarlet livery, sprung upon him, anti completely devoured him, clothes and all, with the exception of the thumb of his right hand, on which grew a large callous, from the pressure of the whip, and being probably too hard for mastication, was left to declare the dreadful tale.—(Sher bourns Mercury.) A SINGULAR Fame PLATSD OPP BY Smonermts.—The following curious, and, we presume, unprecedensed circum stance, has given rise to tuueh conversation in this neigh bourhood :—A few days ago, there was observed passing leisurely, for some miles on the road from the coast, and at length, in broad day, through this p opulous town, a wag gon, ostensiblyloaded with househo ld furniture, indicating the removal of a family at this unusual season of the year. Amongst this furniture, there eat a woman in apparent de -I,mction, as if bm m.m a nin g h et departure from some long oved home, who looked wistfully at an infant that reposed is her arms. It has since been ascertained, that the body of this waggon was completely stowed with smuggled Boston Gazette. ATROCIOUS MURDER. • (FROM TiIi.LIMERICK CHRONICLI 01 WRIMR9DAY A report having reached Newcastle on Saturday after noon, that a man, named Jobn Ilarnett, had been murdend in the mountains, near Abbeyfeale, Alfred Furlong, Esq., immediately despatched a party of police and military to the spot, to prevent the removal of the body till an inquest should be duly had ; and at an early hour next morning, Mr. Fdtlong and Mr. Percy proceeded to the place where the body lay, accompanied by Mr. Cox, who held an lo opiest thereon, which lasted till nine o'clock that night, at which hour the Jury found—" That deceased came by his death in censepience of various wounds, indicted en his face and head with some sharp substance or instrument, by means of which his scull was broken, and his brains knocked out ; and that such act of violence was wil7ully committed by some person or persons unknown." On Monday morning, Mr. Furlong sent a party to apprehend all suspected persons, who were forthwith brought into Abbeyfeale for examination ; and in the course of the day, Mr. kurlong, Mr. Sargent, Mr. Percy, Mr. Daniel Harnett, and Captain Popham, with a party of the 29th, proceeded to the supposed scene of murder, and on a diligent search, were so fortunate as to succeed in tracing the foul act in the most clear and satisfactory manner. On their return to Ahb yfeale, a laborious investigaticn took place before Mr. Furlon.V, w hich lasted till two o'Llock on Tuesday morn ing, and end d in a rout; lete discovery of the perpetrators of the murder. via —Morty Flynn and Daniel Flynn, of Bellybeby D'Arcy, farmers, anti Charles Mawlev, servant buy to the former, who are all in custody, and have since confessed their guilt. It appears that this diabolical act tas committed, in consequence of Harnett having distrained the Flynns, as bailiff to Colonel Fitzgibbon. Harnett lately resided on the Courtenay estate, and teas the person who accompanied Mr. Thomas Hoskins, when that gentle man was murdered. SAII7GGLER. (FROM VIZ WATERFORD MIRROR OF JAN. 24 ) The smack Active, of Hastings, of 3ti tons register, Henry Reed, toaster, strived in this harbour oft Wednes day tuornimr, apparently in ballast, ant report , d as front Rye—but Thomas Bearuish, Esq. tb Surveyor at Passage, having (ss we understand) received intimation that she contained something more vatushle t:•ian ballast, boarded her above that place, and, after a close examkation, dis covered a large quantity of untnanufactured tobacco, sup p•tsed to he about three ton•, made up in bales, and con . realed beneath a false bo't-tn. which was so artfully con trived as to have eluded toe search of a parry of the Pre ventive Service, by whom she bad been previously visited at the month of the harbour. She was hronzbt up hers• on Wednesday under seizure, and moored otf Reginald's Tower. _ _ Thursday the crew of the Active, as British subjects, were brought to trial in the Mayor's Office brine Alder man Henry Sargent, Deputy Mayor, and Alderman Samuel King, Charter Justice, and both Magistrates for this coun ty. flue only trial tli4t took place that day, was that of is person who was proved to have called hitnself Henry Reed, to have represented himself and acted as Captain, and to have handed a Itegistyr of the Vessel to lieorge Boate, Esq. Port Surveyor. These circumstances were distinctly stated in evidence, although the testimony of Thornaa Bea midi, Esq. the person who filed the information, and who was uffered as first witness, was rejected, upon the ground that the evidence of informers, as interested, cannot be ad ' mitred, although that of captors may, the latter bring abao- Intely necessary for conviction. After the case for the prosecution was closed, the prisoner's Counsel pointed out a lamentable deficiency in the evidence. The prosecution had not proved Mr. Beamish a Revenue Officer. The omission was considered fatal, by Act of Parliament, and the prisoner was discharged. Yesterday another of the crew was tried under the chance name of " James Murray," with a challenge to plead a misnomer. Neither misnomer nor any other plea was of fered. but the proof of British birth was deemed defective. —Discharged. Of the two remaining men of the Active smuggler one one was tried on Satnrdlay and discharged ; the prosecu tion against the other was limn abandoned, and be wag likewise discharged. Mr. Patrick Connolly, and Moran his servant, who are confined in Hertford g iol, on the charge of shooting (trainee at itabley-house, at Ridge, in Hertfordshire, have been divested of their irons. Mr. Connolly frequently ad verts to the transaction, end appears satisfied that the re sult of the trial will be favourable to him. His brother has been frequently to see him: TOE Casa OP C. A. DIM esren.—This unfortunate man died at Middlenich, on Pri(lay the 11th instant. The pel.lic will recollect that in attempting some juggling tricks at Carlisle, he swaileived a table knife rather mores than nine inches lung, which remained in his stomach without exciting any very acute pain or producing any se rious consequences until within a few days of his death. He left Carlisle with the intention of proceeding to Lon don, where his mother reside., for the purpose of consult ing Sir Aetlev Cooper. Daring the journey to Manchester he suffered mach acute pain from the jolting of the coach ; when, finding himself unable to bed the motion of the carriage, he embarked in a canal boat, but being taken very ill in the IsJat, he was prevented going further than Middles' ich. This case having excited con siderable interest in the public mind, as also in that of the profession, it may be proper to observe that the body was opened the day after his death, and the knife found in the stomach, which, with the other el the viscera, was in a state of inflammation and gangrene. the handle of the knife (which was of bone) was dissolved, as like• wise a considerable portion of the blade ; so powerfully indeed had the knife been acted upon by the juices of the stomach, as to impress very forcibly on the minds of the medical men who opened the body, a belief that had the man continued at Carlisle, and been kept in a quiet state the whole of the knife midit have been dissolved, and the care terminated favourably. The knife will be forwarded to Sir Astley Cooper, together with a more minute account, which will probably appear in some periodical work. The public prints having stated that Sir Astley Cooper bad recommended an operation for extracting the knife, we deem it but justice to the above-mentioned gentleman to state, that they saw the man only about three hoars prior to his death, when inflammation and mortification had al ready commenced.—(Chester Courant.) On Monday afternoon, the convicts, 'boat twenty-two in number, at present in our gaol, became extremely riotous. breaking and destroying every thing within their reach, and abasing with the most opprobrious epithets any person who eadeavonred to persuade them so be quiet and orderly. Governor Young attempted to bring them to a sense of their unwarrantable behaviour, bat finding their iesoleace and audacity increase, and threaten 00 disturb the peace of the gaol, he procured a strong body Of-police offioers, who soon put an cad to the riot .—The wholitof the convicts hive been put in irons.—Edinburgh Courant. An eagle was caught, last week, on the estate ffewit. Esq. near flandeross, in this county ;—it is a fine full grown bird, and came into a trap set by Mitchell, gamekeeper to Mr. H.—(Brighten Herald.) EXTRAPODINART SHOT.--•-•-10 the same neighbourhood, Pt sportsman started a partridge, and fired his gun, the report of which started a snipe, and both were killed by the same die eharge.—(lbid ) EQ. It is suspected these feats were performed not by' the gun, but by the long bow.] GOAL-MAIMS l', Jam. ri. Ships at Market. Ships sa►d. Pries. 70 Newessll. 29 MayltrWird . th . U,. Od. to 4is. 64 .. . THE IRISH COURT. DUBLIN. January 2d.—Yesterday, his Excellency the Lori Lieutenant held his first Levee for the season at the Castle.-- The atterdance of the principal Nobility and Gentry, Clergy, Niilitary and Naval Officers, lc. ate. was brilliant and numer ous. There were above 600 present ; and although his Ex. cellency entered the Chamber loon after two o'clock, the Levee was not over till nearly five. [We hail long thought that many of the members of the Dublin Corporation were in mental darkness ; but we expected th.t after their visit to London last year, to attend the House of Commons, they would introduce into their city a portion of the material light for which the great metropolis is now distin guished. From the jets d'esprit, however, extracted from the Dublin Evening Post of 7 steadily, we find they still are prone to grope: —] To LONTRACToRS.—Itie Excellency the Lord Lieutenant having announced his intention of holding a Drawing Room on Thursday evening, the 29th instant, and es the streets of Dublin are every evening nearly In a state of " darkness visi ble," from the bad lighting of the public lamps; the Com missioners for Paving, LIGHTING, and Cleansing the Streets of Dublin. wishing to afford every accommodation in their power to Ladies going to the Castle, are willing to contract with any person who can supply them with 6000 link boys for that evening ; sealed Proposals to he addressed to the Com• missioners, and sent in at five o'clock on the evening of the 99th in order to afford sufficient time to purchase flambeaux and to arrange and place the boys. THONAS TIIURTELL means to thew cause against the rile for a hew trial, obtained by the County Fire Office last Term, in regard to the fire in Watling-street. Affidavits in reply from himself, John Thnrell. Ennison, who was sleeping in the same room with John when be was taken into custody, and J. B. Snowden, and from a number of others, are tiled. The consideration of these affidavits. it expected, will come on on Friday or Saturday in the Co ninon Pleas. CONSUMPTION ov BUTCIIER'S MCAT IN LARGE TowNs. —A compar4tivo st tt..iiient of the qumtity of Meat con sumed in a Scotch and an English town :- 1523. Hull eks. Calves. Sheep and Lambs. Total. Glasgow 16,510 9,337 121 979 151.156 Liverpool 15,217 19,t576 ti 5,993 121,06 DilTrreuee 1,623 10.539 38,986 30,00 The population in Glasgow, in 1823, was 150,000 And in Liverpool - - - - 120,000 It is understood that a considerable part of the shipping I s pn pplird with fresh meat from the. Liverpool market, while the shipping belonging to Glasgow is supplied with fresh meat from the Greenock and Port Glasgow market, excepting a few bullocks for one shit, in the Greenland trade, which was supplied from the Glasgow market. Saturday bring the anniversary of the birth of Mr. Fox, the annual meeting of the. Gloucestershire Constitutional Whig Club, took place at the King's Head, Glom ester, in commetnoration of that even , . Major General Guise in the Chair. After d once the Chairman made an able speech in advertence to the principles of the deceased statesman, and was f01i0.% ed by Colonel Berkeley and others. The usnal patriotic toasts were drank, and the company, which was highly respectable, did hot separate until a late ho , r. 'Nye:mess, JAN. 22.—" In ploughing up a field at Leys, near this place, the ploughman fou n t a rod of pure gold, shout 15 inches long, with three aides, each about on.- eighth of an inch deep. In the middle it is twisted, and terminated by a bend similar to a sh-phertl's crook, in very rude workmanship. It was purchased at 41. 10g. by-Mr. Naughton, jeweller, and is now in his possession. Some additional pieces of the same description have since been recovered by Mr. Natighten : and on connecting them, and inquiring of the labourers as to the manner in which they were found, they seem to have forned on- piece of about ; 18 inches long, depth of the sides I-6th of an inch—and to have been twisted exactlyafter the fashion of the worm of a cork-screw. It was ((mud in a field which has been long untilled, in the close vicinity of the Druid's Temple at Leys; and a conjecture has been offered by a neighbousing gentleman, who ranks high in his knowledge of these matters. that it is likely to have been trsed in suspending vessels with iocence employed in certain religious rites. This would lead one to suppose that it must have originally belonged to those of the 'longish Church, for we.do not think that the Druids possessed those refined modes of worship.—lneerness Courier. A burglarious attempt to enter Mr. Kean's. the trage diaog's house, N 0.12, Clarges-street, May-fair, between two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning, by three men, was fortunately discovered just as one of them was in the act of entering a room at the back part on the ground floor. The servant, who gave so alarm in the street, and two pa tr,,ls who were on duty in the neighbourhood, ran towards the spot, but the thieves ran off, and jumping over the railing into the Green Park, escaped. At Chelmsford Sessions the Magistrates discussed the qttestion whether some respectable females of that town, direiples of Mrs. Fry, shoo's' be allowed to visit the pri soners in the gaol occasion a lly, and on coming to a v o te, they rescinded, bra majority of 25 to 7, the permission which had been giren by three of the five Visiting Mattis , Irate% .., • 41 , 4 tr, I 4 -00. I s U f 7: ~` ( i ,t a