The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

' I WEVAIit ff. .....summ..... 7 POST ,OXF/CE• "Once of Rivititie Inquiry,. 11,,Rndand-square, Itlth Augno(; INS. - 4 * Site-1 In commended by the raain llentaty Commis ' sienna of Revenue Inquiry to request that you will ant hanChamber of Commerce in Dublin, fer the general p °t wain of the Merchants and Triders; 4 . t they are a t' eraaaul. engaged in an examination of thinsode ip which'afiji bueinne ef the Post Office in Ireland Is Conducted—and' that they Witt WI randy to receive say comesontestiOns or otatemetall 611- W* with that. epartment. vihieh It may be thatitit desirable on the part of the Chamber of Commerce, to lay before this Commission.—l am.rte. . , . ... ~ T. 8. REYNOLDS. "We the,Sceretary 4 Are Wilber of Cannentronf . , . A CULTIVATI9N' of FLAtr...:4.) Xpesday. It FeterAtert lark el'. fdapecter Geeeyal the Linen Bo a rd. UCCOR palled by one of . the DutCh Minim, vieltettpondalk, for the parpene of loptructing the flax growers in the atfiellboar hood Or that town in the method of steeping Ike, and savior the seed, as practised in Holland. TWO iptraftis sad a quantity of flax -were brought to the earl o 1 ftoden's densense.,• and it is to be regretted, tbdt .Irafai Of the - andholden of the County _were. preset* to wines .„ ... • process which we are slitiafkld is a great lisprovement a the mode of saving fiat end s ' and hanining the flax in every lave it goes through. The Method is nest and simple, but such as to give the DIM& thdeeided imperiprity over us in this great branch of oar indusht Mr. Bennett has been indefatigable in his iesenrik And viielinestly hoe that our countrymen will Protet:by his talents, and the great exertions he has maid to' piel4o: our individual and national interests. We treittbat the prejudice of cus tom will net prevent the buitbieedndliVtlad who grows a rood of flax from *dallier a Method so eieNe in the pro cars and certain in its profit. The itiv. Sir rine. ?order, Bart. with the Ladles of his fatally, Mrs. 'rlikkery., Tlios. Parker, Eon. agent to LOrd Roden, Williiiit Lorry, Fact. agent to Lord' Clermont, and a great number of On nier 7 chants of Ihinelalk, were present, and agpilaitt Mid at. to the process. , . The ettdom of steeping Rai ip running streams, or waters connected with the*, besides being destructive to the, fish, Is highly prejitdiciel to the Daft.—(Drogite4e Journal.) ' ' • ' ?onetime libigtetretea we i;ii attendance. on Wedandayi et e Cashel. There'wereseved moils for trial, one of Whom was convicted. !Matti/. .ftwea. rantlin, from the aeighboprimod of Tipperary. lie wee evidentiy a plan of had character. The Plesalous were adjourned to Nenagla, to be held there on Satyr daOy. n Wednesday morning last ; *bile yet the Bench of Magis trates were administerin the laws under the Insurrection Act, in Cashel. as J. Carrot ,* rand Edmund Fahey were valuing IfTithes in the parish of el Inn, between that place and ceshel. they were attacaced by fourteen tenon; will) their teen black ened, who were armed with scythes and other offensive wea pons, who beat their most unmercifully, giving Carroll tWeuty one cuts in his head, slid also wounding him In every part of his body. Fahey his several severe cuts in his head, and in many parts of his body alio. Afterleaving them in this man 'led state, the.party had a consultation to cut off their heeds, • artieh would have been pat Into execution, were it not thet the valuators swore they would never spin cots to value Mint parish. The two poor men are coefined to their beds la a very 4angeroas way, particularly Carroll. We trust this business will he warmly taken op by the Gentlemen of that neighbour hood.—(Cleneret Advertiser.) On the morning of the 24th July last, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, a number of men entered Mr. Doolia's tionher-vard, on Bachelors' Walk, Dublin, armed with short bludgeons, and immediately commesiceSa Most violent attack on•every person in his employment. Mr. Main, in endeavouring to defend his men, re c eived a severe blot! on the head, which brought him to the ground; and a labour er, named George Walsh, was so severelY beaten, that he died the next day in Jervis-street Hospital . . The above out rage was committed in consequence of a combination Amongst the working sawyers, some of whom are now in custody, and will be tried at the next Commission. Died on the 7th fiat at Goodwood House, Monsieur Le L•tree de Signy,- better known by the name of Victor. His death was rather sadden, though not quite unexpected by • those who knew him intimately ;he has left property be hind to the amount of upwards of 30001., the whole of which lie acquired in the service of the Noble family of the Lennox, in whose employ he was continued in the varioui capacities of attendant tutor, and house steward, from the period of his first arrival in this country, at the breaking out of the Revolution in France, up to the honi of bis dis solution. lie die at the ate of 47 years, and was barie3, it Lis own request, in Levant Church-yard, dear the grave of the family of the Grants of Goodwood, to 'whom by his writing he has bequeathed the whole of his property, with the exception of 601._ to each of his trustees, Messrs. noon', of Lavant, and Wyatt, of London. 1131P03ITION OP A FINE POR RR/USING TO TATER • - JEDICPAL OATIf.A , the Cork City Criminal Court, on Saturday last. the ilith inst., Mr. Connell, a pawnbroker was called, on the trial of three noted thieves, to give, evidence respecting some stolen articles which had been kledeed at his shop. On being put into the witness box J e dectned being . sworn on the grouads of religions scruples. Baron Pennefather.- 7 -Are you a Quaker, Sir: Mr. Con n ell.—No, my Lord! but I has: , a scruple relative to the taking an oath. Baron' Pennefather.—The Court will recognize co such scruples. A pawnbroker should be tie last pets in to have scruples for taking an oath, when so - nturl. deOnds on him in his line of life to detect persons. Mr. Coneys appealed to the Rev. Dr. Quarry, who was sit ting bear his Lordship. and that Rev. gentleman replied that he knew him to have those scruples, and knew him before to make objections. Baron Pennefather said he must commit him fur contempt of Court, unless he rare testimony. as he bad no idea of having public justice defeat ed in such a manner. Mr. Connell said he should be sorry to treat the Court with contempt, but would respectfully submit to ultateosr punishment his Lordship thought proper to irti:ct. Baron Pennefather.—lnstead of commit ting this pet son, let him he tined 1001.—(cork Constitution.) STEA3I-V•SAELS.O O Friday last the Hibernia steam pa-kra left Bristol for Dublin, with about fifty passengers. among whom were the Marquess of Bath, and two Nobte Lords, whose names we have not heard ; in the course of the night the wind bath( fresh, one of the cranks of the engine broke, which compelled the master to put into Teal, where she remained until Saturday evening . . On Sunday waning parts of both her entities broke, and . forced up the planks of the deck; her situation was then alarming, and rims of distress were fired. Fortunately, tx , i p the Palmerston War -office steam-packet bore In sight, and shortly came up to her assistance, took her in tow; and made Milford Haven, to the no small gratification of the passengers and crew. ,The Hibernia will have to remain at Milford while one of her engines is repaired; her' passengers were distributed various ways, some making their nay to Holyhead, and others returning to the places • they had started from. lionooctt Comecon.— From the many escapes which have lately been effected from the Borough Compter, the attention Of the Goal Committee has been drawn to the state of that prison, and a report made oil the subject, and . we uo j era ; oo 4 that M. Illontarue; the City Surveyor, is at ;resent eng,a;:ed in preparing an' estimate of expenses for tightening tint poter wall, and otherwise placing the pri a°ll in a more efficient state.of security,.. Joint i lien, who was confined is the Borough C.:meager for debt. at. the time that Mason, who was to have bees tried for rubbing the Cranbrook waggon of 1,5001. in country notes, made bid escape, and who performed r similar feet in the spate of uni.minute before a Committee of Inspettion; to thew by what means Mason effected his purpose, bseitig been re leaserunder the indelvent Act, resumed .his orcapation of a elsip-wright. Yesterday lie retnroect haute from hii work, and desired his wife to go for his tools, as be wattle° IA to continue. She did so, aid on her:intro follOilliin II Nil*. • , MI IL_ PQLJCE. Marestote Room—Vesteday a deputation from the Wa termen's Company, at the held of which were Mr. Shelton and Mr. Dtinkald the common councilmen, waited apple the Loaf Mamie to consult with his Lordship as to the most efficient mode of suppressing the tumults Which arose amongst watermen on the arrival of the steam-boats. Mr. Shelton stated, that the Company had prepared a set of bv-laWs, that only waited the approbation of the 'Court. of Aldermen, which would not, bOwever, sit for some time. These laws, it was expected, would be suffi ,cient to put an end to the disorders complained of, and in 'the mean time the Coinpany wished to suggest the Pro ipriety of stationing an officer at the landing-place to pre vent riots and apprehend the dieorderly. sir. pdokald bore testimony to the dangerous nature at the practice of a crowd of !teats rushing towards the **Am-vessels for the passengers. Some days since himself eatf patty of seven narrowly escaped being sunk; it was ttielyaiesteralay morning that one person's life was placed ho isinttnent danger. There werb often nearly 100 boats round the steam-vessel, contending with each other. The proposed by-laws before the Codtt of Aldermen, contained a new scale of fares, Which it was highly necessity should bp immediately adepteti, as the present fares, which bed Fenacted many year! since, *ere greatly too low. The th for grossing the river was only Id.,„aod the low scale' e ofd fares enabled the *Mermen to exact almost their min price. It was worthy the attention of the police, that' arrest number; of the boats had neither the names nor ilso numbersof the owners, who thus secured themselves frets tilt consequences of their misconduct. But until the Court lof Alai/men passed the new by-laws, the evil could not effectially be Checked. ..,.. TheLoao Maxon approved of the Mao recommended by AO C o of statiouing an officer at the landing place, sbd requested BioWa to see that it was pit in execution. MY. Bravo said that the presence of - thmofficer at the sadis or tango& place might be effected in preyentiog, bietthes of the peace on that spot; but round the vessel where lives were endangered, and the greatest tumult tool; place, he did not see that the officer could control the watermen. It was suggested that,tbe Thames Police, who bad boats for their use, might give effectual aid on the water, and re strain the watermen, who threatened the crews of the steam easels, when the latter endeavoured to check them. The Loan MAYOA sent a message to Captain Itichbell, the magistrate of the Thames Police, to 'eves% his aid in preserving peace and securing the lives of the numerous passengers who arrived by the steam-boats. His Lordship expressed his readiness to. do any thing in his power for that purpose. , OVILMIALL.—George Day and James Bursae, whose previous examination on the charge, the former for robbing his master, Mr. Proudfoot, tallow chandler, Red cross Street, and the latter for receiving the stolen property, appeared in our paper of Wednesday, were brought up.yesterday for final examination, and fully coos witted for trial. Bow ST*lET.—Yesterday morning, as soon as Sir R. BIRNIZ bad taken his seat on the bench, an application was mule to him by Mr. Robertson, the treasurer of Covent Garden Theatre, who was attended by a solicitor, for his assistance to recover pos'esaion of a limas attached to the theatre, and belonging to the proprietors, and which it was ,stated was now occupied illegally by Mr. James Brandon, the late box book and housekeeper of that establishment. The circumstances which gave rise to this application were as follow :—Soon after the closing of the theatre for the preaent vacation, the managers, Mr. C. Kemble, Captain troches, &c., chose in the exercise of their discretion to Make sundry changes, and among, the rest to discharge Mr. Brandon from his situation. The latter had been fifty five years on the establishment, and the greater part of the time held the situation above mentioned, and it was not, perhaps, unnatural that he should feel some degree of in dignation at such a step. lie remonstrated, but this was of no avail; and ha way of equivalent, it was proposed to allow him an annuity of NO/. per annum fur life. This, however, Mr. Brandon declined to accept, and refused al together to resign his situation, or to give tipple possession of the house in Prince's Place, contiguous to the theatre, which he occupied by virtue of his employment. He, per haps, was strengthened in th is determination , by his know ledge that Mr. Harris, his old master, was decidedly hostile to his dismissal ; but that gentleman having disposed of his interest for eight years (at the rate of 1,5001. a year) to the present managers, could, of course, exercise no authority in the matter. The managers were inflexible, and on Monday last, Mr. Robertson, in the absence of Mr. Brandon, took possession of the house in Prince's Place, and when the lat ter returned at night, he was refused admittance, but was at the same time told by Mr. Robertson that every facility would be afforded hint for the removal of his furniture, &a. This produced a remonstrance of the warmest kind from Mr. Brandon, but he was compelled for the time to submit. Negotiations were set on foot, but no satisfactory arrange ment could be brought about, and Mr. Brandon determined upon regaining possession of the house by some means or ether. In dehatiug upon time best methou of effecting an entrance, it was recollected that there was a communication between the top of Mr. Robins's auction room in the Pi azza, and the parapet of Mr. Brandon's late residence, where there was a trap door, by which admission might be easily gained. Accordingly, on Wednesday night Mr. Brandon's brother (the late treasurer), Perry, the late fire man of the theatre, and one or two others of the besieger's friends, found their way to the trap door, about the same time that Mr. Brandon himself knocked at the front door below. The only persons in the house at the time were five carpenters, employed in making some alterations or repairs, and hearing a knock it the door, they very readily opendit, awl admitted Mr. Brandon, who, with the assist ance of the party from above, gently ejected the carpenters, and remained ail night in undisturbed possession. Applica tion nas made to lum yesterday morning to yield up pos se ...ion of the premises; but this he flatly retused to do; whereupon it was determined to enter by force, and Mr. Robertson waited upon Sir It. Birnie, for the purpose of requesting him to grant the aid of some of the police in elle, ting that object. Sir It. IfiRNIE said, it was quite impossible that he could grant any assistance of that kind: a Magistrate had no jurisdiction whatever in a case of disputed possession, and the most that he could do was, if any information reached him that a breach of time peace was likely to take place, to send officers to prevent it, or to quell it if it bad actually commenced. • After some conversation, however, Sir R. Biasing skill he wouid write a note to Mr. Brandon to request his attendance, as such a step might, perhaps, lead to some arrangement which, be thought, must be very desirable to all parties. In the absence of the messeng er with the note from the Magis trate, Mr. Robertson said he believed Mr. Brandon was acting under the advice and influence of a gentlemen in the immediate neigimbourhood, and it would probably now ap. pear who that friend was. In a few minutes a verbal mes sage was received front Mr. Brandon, informing the Magis trate that he bad sent a note to Mr. Robins in the Piazza, and would soon scud a further answer. In a very short tune Mr. Robins himself appeared at. the office, and the whole party, with Sir IL !limit., retired to the private room, ,where, we understand, Mr. Robins (on behalf of Mr. Bran -40o) protested in strong terms against his dismissal, which Of pronounced to he unjust. With respect to the offer of an siammuity, it was a mere nullity, for the proposition of the management was this: Mr. Brandon should be al laved M. a year for life, but that Mr. Harris, having 'T-12ths of the property of the theatre, should pay . a proper deka 1201. out of the 20111. Mr. Harris, however said 110 ' POP to time dismissal of Mr. Brandon, suit as lie had sold his interest in the theatre for a stipulated sum, it was - •..ter0I111 to expect him to pay any share of the annitity, . . In short, be would Got pay a farthing. Or. Robins declared ; he had done all in his power to bring about ao arnieible ad jostment of the differences between the partiee, but had fie waited upon Mr.. gemble and Cg ir tain Forbes; to' know the reason of Mr. Brandon's lust ;bat they refined torissign.anv, 'alleging tht ea'' . ids' not wish tie leave it known. Mr. Robins said, "If he has dawn any thing wrong, till me so, sod lam no !auger bie'friend but yob are not to discharge a servant • ( 65 years' standing as you would an actor at a week's notice, because ha would not perfoim for you fur ninepence a week less then.he could get elsewhere." Still, however, they declined giving any reason ; and he (Mr. Robins) had advised Mr. Brandon to act as be bad done. Sundry propositiona were made on behdlf of the management, hut were not acceded to, and the parties finally left the office without any thing conclu sive being done. Mr. Brandon still remained in possession yesterday evening. Qcsart.stw.atte.--IPm. Baddess. driver of a Greenwich stage, No. 4b68, and Chas. Bridges, driver of the Green wide stage. No. 4365, were summoned before Mr. ILtvsni ! ford and Mr. MARKLAND, the Magistrates, charged with impeding the public road at Charing Cross on Sunday lest, by permitting - their coaches to atioil,in the street a longer time than is necessary for setting down or taking up lug gage or passengers, contrary to the Act of Partiarnent. r - Kidd, the constable there on ditty, proved the offebge, aid the defentlantsWere each convicted in the Mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs. UNION Hast..—Bea Joseph- Itaslntad„ a working jaw eller, and Margaret his wife, were brought up on a charge of defrauding several pawalueriten by pawning articles as gold, which were in reality plated silver. The shopman of Mr.gcuilh,a pawnbroker, in High-street; stated the female prisoner pledged with hini liatdr*y evening, the del of August, a child's coral (which seal Pos. duced,) and which *lien pledged appeared to he gold •• the prisoner was exceedingly well dressed at the time, anti had a young child in her arms, to *him she said the co -4 ral bad been given by a relation, dad she asked a po.and on it, and be lent her Um in the belief that it was gold. Tete coral had since beei examined, sad was rand tai be silver , plated' with gold. Mr. M'Dowell, a pawnbroker, who attended on the part of the trade, stated that the coral had sine& been assayed by a skilful assayer, and the intrinsic Vila., of the gold and silver it contained was ascertained to be Ys. He added, they were so welt executed it was impossible to distorter that they were not gold by the usual test of muriatic acid: He also said that the.whole trade were overrun with car:Repeals ' Ste. of the 'tante description, which bad been pledged with them as gold. The shopmati of Miss Roberteose, a pawnbroker, also living in High-Street, stated that on Tuesday evening last the female primmer came to him, and offered a coral, tthich he produced, in pledge for 11. He bad heard of the frauds practised by a person of her description ; and while he de layed her on pretence of giving the money, lent for I con stable,and had her apprehended. When offering the pledge prisoner gave her addrrsf Anne Mills, 11, Union Street,- l'he coral, on examination, proved to he the same kind as the one first produced. Wilkinson, the constable, stated, that in consequence of being sent for by the last witnese, he apprehended the female prisoner at Miss Robertson s, on Tuesday evening. sal took her to the watch house. The prisoner first told him her name was Jones, and that her husband was a tailor, living in Union-street; but after she weot to the tvatelatiouse she gave her real address, which was No. 2, Sir Street, Lambeth Street ; he immediately went there, and learned that her husband, who was nut then at home, was a working jeweller. He searched the prisoner's apart ment, and found another coral of the same description as those produced. The male prisoner, it was stated, went to Miss Robertson's shop the morning after his wife had heen apprehended, to demand the coral that had been detained, and then said that he was a cabinet-maker. Mr. Phillimore, another pawnbroker, stated tbat about three months ago a man pledged with him a coral of the same description as those produced, which he said contain ed four pennyweights of tine gold, which induced him to lend 20s. on it. He had no doubt on his mind that the male prisoner was the person, but did not observe him so accurately as to swear positively to his person. The prisoners being called on fur their defence, the has bands:kid he made but seven such corals as those produced,' and intended to redeem those he had pledged. 1 hey were not gilt, but plated with gold, which, he said, was the way in which all most all trinkets are manufactured at present. A jeweller, with whom the prisoner lived formerly, gave him a good character, and added that he way sorry to say that whaisthe prisoner said respecting the manufacture of trinkets was too true. He considered the corals in (Oft* Lion were worth, when pledged, 15s. each. The Magistrate said there was evidence fully sufficient to commit the female prisoner for trial, and remanded the husband. DESPERATI OUTRAGE AT KINGSTON.—Two men, well known at all the metropolitan police offices, named Charles Hutchins and Robert Smart, as commit informers, lately paid a visit to Kingston and the towns adjacent, where they have been following their profession au secret, amongst the coach proprietors and coal merchants, against whom they filed informations—the former fraternity for offences under the Coach Act, and the latter for those. under the Coal Laws. These worthies, fearful, shoUld their occupa tion be discovered, that they would be roughly treated by the town's people, took care to keep themselves out of com pany, and took a lodging at an Inn in the town, where they were treated as gentlemen. At length all the coachmen and coal merchants were served with summonses, to an swer the information before a bench of magistrates at the Sessions House ; and accordingly, on Saturday last they attended the Court, when to their astonishment they found the two supposed gentlemen present in the characters of an informer and witness. The cases were gone into, and what with informalities and want of evidence, most of them were quashed. The result soon spread in the town, and almost immediately after the court broke up, upwards of 2,000 people had collected round the Sessions House, and were provided with filth, rotten eggs, stones, and other missiles, for the purpose of attacking the informers when they came out. In a few minutes Hutchins made his appearance, un der the protection of a ccsnstable, from whom the mob soon rescued him, and pelted him with the ammunition provided till none of his features were distinguishable in fact, lie resembled a pillar of mud. On getting to Cluttonbridge, he, to escape his assailants, jaMped into the Thames, and concealed himself under one of the arches. Some of the mob followed him, tore his clothes from his back, and dragged him two or three times through the river, till he was almost lifeless. They then dragged him ashore, com pletely naked, and deprived him of his whiskers. At this juncture, the magistrates, beaded with a posse of constables, arrived on the spot, and succeeded in rescuing the fellow from the further vengeance of the infuriated mob, and conveyed him in a state of insensibility to a surgeon's,where his wounds were dressed and properly attended to. He was then carried to the house of Air. Palmer, the magistrate in the town, who humanely gave him some clothes to cover him, and permitted him to remain till the evening, when he was placed in a post chaise, and carried home to his re sidence in the New Dover road, where he now lies in a very precarious state. His companion, Smart, saw the storni coming on, and succeeded in retreating unnoticed by thi s mob, without any injury. We understand one or trio of the ringleaders are in custody. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, the shop from sad- entablatare of a glover's , shop near Southauiptou street, Sarin& fell out ilito the street : an elderly man• passing by at the time, was knocked down._ and his let broken, and It is reared Lis thigh also. lie was halted". likely /Placed in a coach, and 'conveyed to SL Bartholomew's. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday afternoon an tritium was held before. Thorne' Stirling, Esq., threCoroaer, at the Queen's Hest% Leaver-road, 4sliegme,ein the ihody of Thomas Emma, aged Al; formerly clerk to Messrs. Bond, Son; and Paterson, who was found drowned in the New River on Tuesday last. From the evidence, it appeared that the deceased had bees a clerk to the before named hankers, which situation he filled with honour for a considerable time. A difference, however, arose between deceased and M %Paterson, which ended in the former leaving his aiteatloh in Viselike : being unable to pre. ears a similar obe, and not willing to apprize - his friends, wive reside la Carearvonshire, of his distress, he supported himself as IMig as be possibly coultspon whet Money he had saved. until be was obliged to apply to Islington parish for relief...-. They gave him the usual allowance, and in' return required he Should, perform the work of breaking stones in tae street: be• lag a an used to different kind of labour, he urged his luca. ;lability to perform that work, alleging he had been always tied to his pen. The Governors of the workhouse then gave Mon dismissal, and he wandered about the streets In a most etakond deplorable slate, having no other provisions'but what the humanity of -the seltool-master of the Workhouse supplied him with. On Wednesday week last he called on this person and obtained a slight refreshment, asd then left in a de jected state. Oa Tuesday he was fumed dostiug on the New i River. In the course of the evidence the Coroner observed it was lathei a' hard thing the deceased should have been sent out ko break stones in the streets; and as there was no evidence •trd prate he destroyed hietseit, the jury returmed a verdict of— :" Pound Drowned." On Wednesday se'nelght an inquest was hell oh the'body of IMr. Less, of Castle Bromwich, who was ki Iled' by a fail front his horse in Greet Brook-street, Aslited, bettreett twelve and one o'clock on the same morning. It appeared that :the watchman heard some one ride violently down the street !op horseback, and onapprotchine. he observed the body. of the Ideeeaserl lying on its face dead. On exernining the spot, it was !evident that Mr. bees had rode over a heap of atones lying In !the read. by 'Sikh he was thrown off with such violence as to toeceSion death. His face was found much injured, the rho of :Ms hat front 'completely cut off, and his neck dislocated. It llouid stem that the stones, collected foe the purpose of re frain, had been thrown down at least two or three feet from the causeway, sad had eabsequetely extended three or tour feet Sato the road,—The verdict returned was—Aecidental death. A Corener's Inquest, which brought about the question, as to the right of surgeons opening the bodies of persons to particu larize the settee of death, was held last night at St.. James's In firmary, Poland -street, Oxford-street, on the body of Townes Morris, aged 39 year,. The deceased had for nineteen years heeu a serjeant in the 90th regiment of feat, but a few inoirthe ago was disbanded out account of an asthmatic complaint. On Wednesday evening, about fisco'clock, lie was passing 'Se. Erg's, the gun-:esker, at the reed of Piccadilly, and was suddenly observed to fell, viten the blood gushed forth from hie mouth in torrents, and life was fleeting fast, when lie was taken up and removed to Mr. Alcoek's, a sturgeon, hard by, sad from thence to this ht. ffrmary. After his dissolution, a desire appeared on the part of tie surgeon toopen the body, stating his inability to get at the dust' of death otherwise. The beadle coosequerely applied to the relatives for that puipose, WOO were repugnant to the measure, observing that the appearances, coupled• with his dis solution, certainly pourtrayed that death ensued' front a niters& cause; the Coroner was of the sense opinion,and - refused to grant an order for opening the body, and stated he believed a was against the wish of Jw its in geneval,that a body should be mu tilated,when there was sufficient reasonable appearances to ac count for the cause of death; Mr. Lacers, Mr, Al etrek's assist ant, in Iris evidence before the Joey, was of opinion the de ceased died from the rupture of a blood vessel. The Jury were unanimous In the same opinion.• and returned a verdict—" Na-; tura! Death, by the visitation of God." • Alter, AVGIJOT 14.—James Aird, lockinan, Of dempster o Justiciary for this burgh, died suddenly on Handley Inst. le 1818 he was appointed to that situation. He was so independ ent that he did every thing for hiuteelf—washed and mended Ws own clothes—was his own tailor—and, we believe, wrought the most of his wearing apparel, as well as his hgd-clothes.— lie had apartments allowed him in Wallace Tower, which he took great pleasure is keeping clean neat.and he was often seen suspended, with a rope round his middle, in the set of or netueuting various parts of the old keep, of which he was dubbed the Governor by his neighbours. Into this s-netuary no visitor of either sem was admitted, epos any pretence what ever. His family consisted of three rabbits, two owls, a rat, and a few live mice, of which he was a most expert destroyer. On Sandal: morning the inhabitants in the: close vicinity of Wallace Tower, were much surprised , at not hearing the belt ring at the usual boars, of which he voluntarily took the charge. During the day, application was made to the magistrates, when the door was forged open, and poor Jamie was found lying dead at the foot of thestair that leads to the belfry.- His death was occasioned by a severe blow he received accidentally from a capstan bar, whilst standing on the qparter deck of a vessel in the harbour, discharging timber. He was asked by one of the seamen if he was hurt, when he replied not mu di, and walked away home in the best manner he was able. Ile never was seen out afterwards. He had served in his Illaksty4- army, and enjoyed a pension of 9d. par day. He was a native of this county, but of what parish we have not been able to as certain with certainty. DROWNING.—Tbree youths, apprentices, went to bathe in the Thames ' on Wednesday evening, when James Ma lan. a youth of seventeen, was unfortunately drowned.-4 He had been accustomed to swim half across the river from the Millbank side, above Vauxhall Bridge, where the' accident happened upon this occasion ; one of his compa nions was near him, and observed him go down. This youth was picked up by a boat, nearly exhausted in his en ileavours to save his youg friend, who rose no more. The deceased was articled to a jeweller in Gloucester Place, St. James's. BUROLART.—Late on Thursday night (14th inst.) Yotee Court, Mereworth, the seat of Lord Viscount Torrington, was broken open and robbed of several articles of value, consisting of two handsome French clocks of the middle size; two silver boxes, pine-apple shape; one small silver box, chased over-with flowers; ailver medal from the Society of Arts, having on it ■n inscription, as To Mi..; Francis Barlow—the Reward of ,Merit;" a purse, contain ing a coronation gold medal, anti same guineas and half guineas of Queen Anne's reign ; a musical snuff-box, fgt. &c. The thieves, who were doubtless from the metropolis, appear perfect adepts at their business, by the meaner they effected an entrance, which was accomplished by cutting a piece of the panel out of the drawing-room window-shutter, by means of a centre-bit, sufficiently large M admit a person through. They then forced &Neu powerful iron bars, a cross one, and an upright one, both of which were secured• by padlocks; and a bell that was fastened to the shatter to alarm the family was alto wrenched off, and three bolts removed. The robbers ran. sacked every box and cabinet in the drawing room, but did not extend their depredations any farther. The family, who slept in another part of the mansion, were riot in the. least disturbed. The perpetrators of this burglary aro supposed to have passed through Yotes gate about twelve o'clock on Thursday night, as at that hour three suspicious looking persons, two in a spring cart, an 1 one on horse back, knocked up the toll-keeper to be admitted through. They appear to have baited their horses in a bean field this side of the gate, and then to have gone back and robbed the mansion, and afterwards proceeded to London, as they passed through Wrotharn g4te about 4 o'clock in the morning.—(Maidefone Journal.) BIRTHS.—.On Sunday last, at Beckenham Pince, tient, the Lady of Ji.les Cater...R*4.of a daughter. on Thursday, the 21st inst.. iu Devonshire-street, Portion ] -place, the Lady of oetavititGreene, Eso.of a daughter. Al ARAI RD.—At Bermuda, on the 12th ut July last, Rettr Admiral Fahi C. S. K. S. I'. Commander-in.Chlef .if his Majesty's • slays and Te,.4.11 on the !forth Amerieau Statiou.t.. Mary Suffer, daug leer of the lion. au f N,sus William Harvey, one of the Members of his Majesty's Council of 114 ',AWL „Yesterday. at St. George's , Ifrinorer-square , Edward Cronies., Esq. to Mary, only daughter of Jonathan Sparrow. Eoq., of Westhill.Wandswort Out Wednesday, at Tburlow-house ; Clapham. A dillies, I'd tad, Esq., of Paris, to Henrietta, daughter of L.A. tioldsthaii It, Rwi. DIED.—On the 23th instant, aged 77. AI rs.llannah Flude, widen, of Itutt- Ilnw, DeptOwd. 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