The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-06 00:00:00

5 1 1 aht _ /;. --: - i f - „ - .. -•.. . P• bo!. .. • fe&-p 1. •st ~,„,•".• . th, . , Y (_: =I t • • • EqN D 0 N, 'TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1823.- NUMBER *64 MR. MAYDON'S GREAT PICTURE of LAZA - I HUN, which has bees *early three vests on the "Easel, IS NOW OPEN, at the ./Eryptlee-Hall, Picea 7 'dilly. &mood floor to the right.—Admittesca Is. Cato logues ed. riIHE PICTURE of the l'H lAL of the late QUEEN, I by Mr. OgOlitiß •HAYTER, liternher of the Academy of St. Late; is Rome, plc• ecc.--M r. T. H. CAUTY respectfully notifies, that bestow mild a large mom of money for the right to eshitilt this ORBIT HIS'CORICAL NC . TURR, the same is now OPEN to the Public at his Rooms, PO4. Pell-mail, from Tes sill dust, Admittance, One Shil ling, As tile ilmiteof an Advertisement 'prevent en adegoate • d will r li e 4 b l e b s e i i m n Pl g y i s v t e a n ted o , f that it ittlctoorilotarlinisn extraordinary upwards llctu o r f e 9 930 1 t •II . of which Itil) ire. Portraits. those Princes of the i s Family: l Pd every Peer and Person of distinction In the r t e er he . yr . r o trastoMeil:Lyeztecrit,ewpuhobeelic cariosity rlosssiaty Porla to wards the Exhibiiloa. . , TO-110fIROVV. 4Wf „C 2041450. aid l'wenty-Two otherCapitali at be drawn Ca VIUILSDAY NEXT: Bth in. 11 the Lottery ends. anti Co./434 1140a1PAtfaillert e ketir 81/4 tHi 4l Why in about peat objects way p ed. • also respectfully Inform the holders of Tickets or Shares, drawn Blanks or small Prizes on the Second Day of Draw ing (23d April). that the same may he exchanged for others that are Undrawn, without any additional charge, at it will and Co.'s old Offices, No.ll.Poultry; 13,Charing-Crosb: and 131, Aldgate-High street, at any time before the next and concluding Day of the Drawing. ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS. Forth Sale of Irish Linen by the Piece. at the Factory price. No. 4, on the SOUTH SIDE of BLOOMSBURY SQUARE, four doors fromtbe top of Southampton-street, Holborn. 1111 HE IRISH LINEN COMPANY beg leave to an nounce to the Public, that the above House is their only Establishment in this Country. where they continue to simply the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public with WAR RANTED grasc-bleached Linen, for Shirts and Sheets, of the best fabric and tolohr, at A price eonsiderably lower then they can be procured through any other medium. They also engage to return the purchase-money should any (Ault appear. Good Irish Bills and Bank of Ireland Notes taken as usual. Country and Town Orders punctually attended to by JOHN DONOVAN. 4. Bloomsbury-squire. London; JOHN DOYLE, 31, St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, Agents. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON. Instituted 1608, and empowered by an Act of Parliament of the 341 Geo. 111. rapitsi—Zl,4oo,ooo. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—RETURNS TO THE ASSURED.—Persous assure(' with this Company from loss by Fire, whose Policies for 4f900 and upwards have been in force for five years. ending at Christmas len9, may receive on and after the 23th instant, at. the Office in Cheapside on the London Policies, and of the several Agents in the Country on the Policies effected in their respective Agencies, a Return of TWF.NTY•FIVE per Cent. on the amount of the Premiums paid for such period of five years. agreeably to the system of this Office, as fully explained in the Office Proposals. RENEWALS.—Receipts for the renewal of Policies due at Lady-day are now ready for delivery at the Office in Lon. I don and by the Country Agents, and should be taken up within 15 days thereafter. NEW POLICIES.—New Assurances may be deeded at any time according to the printed Proposals of the Company, and no charge ie made fur Policies w h en the sum assured r sineunts to £3OO. RENT.—.%n allowance is made for the loss of Rent of Buildings rendered untenantable by Fire. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONS TO POLICIES.—Persons assured for the whole term of Life, will have an addition made to their Poll cies every seventh year, on the principle so beneficially practised till lately at the Equitable Assurance Office ; or the amount thereof may be applied in reduction of the feature payments of Premium. Policies may also be erected for the whole term of Life, by a limited number of yearly payments. Tickets appli cable to this mode of Assurance may be obtained at this Of fice. SEA RlSK.—This Company allows certain passages by Sea in decked vessels, without extra Premium, as set forth in the Conditions of the Office Proposals. Proposals fully explanatory of the principles and rates of the Company, may be had at the principal office in Cheap side, London, and of the several Agents in the Country. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Jun. Secretary. • Cheapside, London, 19th March, 1993. 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The Proprietor impressed with a just and humane sense of those calamitous results. has Introduced the above Medicine as one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the age. It combines the essential and occult virtues of all Scorbutic Vesetzbles, which blending and assimilating with the ve nom and arterial blood; it corrects, purities, animates, end lapels through the whole system, cleansing the glandular PM , . and stimulating the fibres, whereby ttie gastric juice fmddigestion are promoted. It dissolves viscid humours, preseres the gums. sweetens the breath, ripely infections. restores the natural perspiiation, and promotes c more ge neral circulation in all stages of those perplexing comp:aints. The Proprietor earnestly solicits a trial, as Its great merits should be generally known for the good of mankind, as a preventive, sherative, and purifier of the blood. The Egyp tian Tincture is as absolute specific, and has not its equal in the world. Sold in bottles, price 21. 9d. and 44.41 at 0; Liquor pad-street, Gray's Inn, London, and no other place in the kingdom. Cat - “ The Caset l ibr which HAMPDEN fell is the R.iJ, amid SYDNEY died omi the Scaffold !”. P 'NAVY PAY-OFFICE, 91101 MAY 4, 1523. JOHN PENNY, of his Majesty's ship Brat* s Coe', ditor having applied for P a ym e nt of a Debt doe from the above named seaman, amoontiog to N. His. Id.' Notice is hereby given, to the next of kin or executor, wko may apply (if distant, by post) to the Inspeotora Seamen'a Wills and Powers, for further iaformatton, staling t•mi above Number. . LAW REPORT. . NAVY PAY-OFFICE, , 11037 MAY 9, INC WILLIAM PHILLIPAN ; of his Majesty's ship Ma cedonian, a Creditor baring applied for Payment of a NIA due from the abovemsmed seaman, amounting to 811. la. Notice is hereby giveh, to the next of Situ or Enloe tor, who may apply (if distant, by post) to the Inspector of Seamen's Wills aud Powers, for (either information, stating l ite above No. __,. • • Y , • NAVY PAY-OFFICE, • b Vri - • OXDON. MAY t. 1523- " i LLIA 14 JOHNSON, of his Alajestyis skips 'Fer gie and Impregnable, a Creditor having applied for ri l adibt of a Debt due from the above-named seemao. Notice II hereby even, to the next of Kin or Executor, . ._ try post) to- tiro Imapaetor of Sate 'or further Information, stating the oleo's Itilfil above No. w ail:l'l COURT OF KING . ' BENCH.—May 5. ARTICLIn OF TIT /I react. Mr. ay moved, on behalf of Lord Cli ft on. eldest son of the of Darnley, for leave to exhibit articles of the peeee against Robert Riigh, Esq., now a prisoner for debt ie the Prison of this Court, for fear of his life. The Noble Exbibitant, accompanied by his father, ap peared In Court, and being sworn to the truth of the articles. they Were read, and purported to be a detail of a systematic course of annoyance adopted by Mr. Eligh towards Lord Darnley, and every member of his family. The exhibltant detailed 1 specific lnalancer of offensive, incilting, end threatening demeanour on the part of the defendant ; but the most prominent and recent instance of ntisconduct mentioned, was one stated to have taken place at Pimlico, on the Ist instant, when the exhibitant whilst riding with One . Olds sisters, was attacked by the defendant, who rode up to him with greet fierceness, and after striking him re peated blows over the hack and Shoulders, galiopped off. This conduct was stated to he without provocation, and ex hibitent deposed that he was in fear of his life, and exhibit ed the articles only for the purpose of protecting himself from farther violence ' of which he WAn apprehensive, from the rearteess of the defendant to outrages of this descrip- W NAVY PAY-OFFICE, • i 111165 I: oox , blancia 11, mu. JOAN WILLIAMS, or his Majesty's ship Brazen, a Cteditor having applied for Payment of a Debt dam from Ehe above named mafioso. Notice is hereby given, to the nest of Kin or Executor, who may apply (if distant, by post) to the Inipector of Se&men ' s Wills aad Powers, for further information, stating the above No. die router ordered the nctielertlibe "tint -• 1 Mr. GURNEY reminded the Court that Mr. BHA had by this conduct forfeited the recognizance' which he had on a former oceision entered into to preserve the peace towards Lord Darnley for three years, of which terra one year was unexpired. He, therefore, urged that some summary step aught to be taken, either by eetrestilg his recognisance", Of depriving him of the rules of the Prison, in which he was i confined for debt, is order to restraiu his outrageous dispo sitiun. C NAVY PAY-OFFICE, LONDON, MAY 9, I /341. GEORGE CROSBY, of his 3 , lajesty's ships Prevoy. ante, Leyden, Waaktaniheidt, Leander tn 4 Lively, a Cretator having applied for Payment of a Debt due from the above-named seaman. Notice is hereby given, to the next of Kin or Executor, who may apply (if distant, by post) to the Inspector of Seamen's Wills and Powers, for further information, stating the above No. The Court, after consulting for some time upon the mat• ter thus urged, ordered for the present, that Mr. Bligh should not be allowed to have any day rule, without farther order of the Court, founded on a special application for that purposed. Tne articles were then filed, and the parties withdrew. This Day Is published, In 4to. price I/. las: in bds. /NILE Fifth Volume of Dr. LINGARD's HISTORY R. of ENGLAND, containing the Reigns of the Queens Mary and Elizabeth. Printed for J. Mammon, Ludgate-street; of whom may be had the four preceding volumes. TIM KING P.T. MARY, NIMINGTON. This was a motion made on a former day for a mandamus to elect Churchwardens and Overseers, and to nominate (*seedlike' of the poor of the Parish of St. )fart', Newing ton, pursuant to the Act fur regulating the affairs of that Parish. The Court, after hearing Counsel on both sides, now made the Rale absolute. Tut KING, e. st.sr.—The defendant in this case, was convicted at the Summer Assizes for Cornwall, of having bribed two individuals of the Borough of St. lees. to vote for Mr. Graham and Mr. Evelyn, who were candidates to represent that Borough in Parliament. On Satur'aay, Counsel were heard against the Rule obtsiu ed, calling upon the prosecutors to shew canse why a new trLd should not be had ; and this day, Mr. Sergeant Pell, Mr. Gaselee, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Wilde, having been heard in support of the Rule, it was made absolute. FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, May 3. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Ensign W. J. Cod ringtoo, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieut. by pur chase, rice Short, promoted. 15th Rvgt of Foot. Lieut. H. Gage, from the half-pay of the 50th Foot, •to be I lent. vice J. Hutchinson, who ex changes, receiving the dtflbrertee. 16th pith>, Lieut. 11, Senior to be Capt. by rocky*, vie. Montgomery, who retires. 113 d Ditto, Major-Gen. Sir .1. Willoughby Gordon, Bart. R.C.B. from the 133 th Foot, to be Col. rice Geo. Grenville, deceased. 113th Ditto, R. W. Mansergh, Gent. to be Ensign, by per ches", vice Haleett, promoted in the 0711t,Foot. 41Id Ditto, Hon.O. Llptento be Ensign, by purebasit„ vice Codringtoo, promoted in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. Sid Ditto. Lieut. Armine Simcoe 11. Mountain, from the half-pay of the 96th Foot, to be Lieut. vice P. Cosby, who exchanges. 6.5 th Ditto, Captain Hugh Lumley, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice llonourable William Rees Roes, who ex changes. 67th Ditto, Ensign Matthew Charles }falcon, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cassidy, pro moted. tath Ditto, Major-Gen. Sir H. Taylor, to be Col. vice Sir J. W. Gordon, appointed to the: command of the 23d Foot. - _ . 01st Ditto, Ensign Thomas Giddy Wltstyre to be Lieut. without purchase, vice Smith, dee.—ro be Ensigns, without purchase, It. W. Foskey, Gent. vice Gra at, dee. ; D. Wil liamson, Gent. vice Al'lntyrc.--To be Adjutant, Lieutenant Fated Cahill, vice Buchan, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Cape Corps (Cavalry), Gentleman Cadet Elliott Arm strong, from the Royal Ali.itary College, to be Corner, by purchase. UNATTACIIED.-13revet Lleut.-CoL Robert Briee Pat ron, from the 31st Foot, to be Lleut.-Colonel of infantry, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-General William Doyle, whu retires. MEMORANDUM.—The commission of Garnet R. G. Cranford, of the 9d Dragoon Guards, has been ante-dated to the 11th January, 1821, the original date. of his appointment to that corps; but he is not t 3 receive pity between the 10th October; 1822, and the 17th April, 1823. COMMISSIONS signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. W. Alves, Esq. to be Deputy Lieut. South Hants Militia. 11. C. Ludlow to he Ensign. COMMISSIONS in the Bedfordshire Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. Captain Robert Trevor to be Major, vice Polhill; S. Y. Benyon, Gent, to be Cornet ; Augustus Pococke, Gent. to he ditto. COMMISSION In the Mansfield Troop of Yeomanry Ca valry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. J. Rolfe, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Walkden, dee. CERTIFICATES-MAY 24. T. thighs m, Worcester, IllealMlllll—J. Rout, Whiteehapel, ►inea-draper—J. Ritehie,Wailirg-sireet, warehousemao—S. Boyden, Chapel-street, Pentotiville, beast...salesman—W. Cotteretl, Bishop's Cleeve, Glocestershire, farmer—D. S. Norton, Uxbridge, brewer—J. Cuzner. LuWeston, Somer setshire, fuller—J. Knott", Barfreston, Kent, stiller—J. Pe ters, Bristol. merchant—V. Musson, tiedling-street, Ber mondsey, baker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ . J. Pagan and S. M'llillan, Ipswich, drapers—G. Barclay and W. Pugh, Regent-street, St. James's, tailors—R. and J. Vezey, Long-Acre, Soreersetshire. coach-builders—T. Webster and J. Sharp, Fore-street, Cripplegate, curriers— J. and IV. Whitmore, Prince's-street, Lambeth, smiths—C. and H. Roidin and A. Landin, Shoreditch—J. Garbutt, jun. and J. Lumley, Foston-Mills, Yorkshire, miilers—J. Ede and J. Etoad, Finsbury-place South, West India merchants— W. Crowther and J. Curtis, Red•cross-street, curriers—J. Woolley, J, L. Idoilliett, and J. Gordon, Birmingham, bankers—J.,T.,aedS. Penny. Shepton-Mallett, Somerset. shire. eont-factors—R. Courteee and J. Robinson, Wal brook, attornies—G. Lowdell and W. [Axton, Southern- Warwickshire, surgeons—J. Phillips and J. D. ktagster, Hanley, Staffordshire, manufacturers or earthenware—A, Ragnold and G. Parker, Liverpool, common-brewers—M. Jones and E. Asterley, Shrewsbury, milliners-•E. Porter and J. Cocks, Norwich, tai.ors—J. and J. Buckley, Stayley- I bridge, Lancashire, shopkeepers—W. Roberts, R. Wall, and W. Butlin, Shrewsbury, mercers. • On Wednemlay evening list, a sudden and alarming fire broke out in the malt-house of Mr. Lovelock, in the parish of Speen, which entirely consumed the same, to gether with upwards of 61) quarters of malt, and 26 poce hes of bops. . THE KING V. TRLST. The defendant having received notice of trial upon an indictment for publishing a blasphemous libel, prosecuted at the instance of the Vice Suppression Society ; and a list of Special Jurors haring been struck at .the Crown Office, he now moved in person, to quash the Special Jury panel, un the ground that the Jory bad been irre- ' gularly nominate& insomuch as the Master, instead of prick* theJurorafrem the Feeekelders' book in surces• elan, as the names stood therein, had indifferently taken them from the book, without order or reguiality. The Couar thought the course taken by the Master of the Crown Other was perfectly regular, and confortnoble o the ancient usage of the Otlice, and therefore refused 'he Rule. t . POLACK. lßow•oratxr—Yestetday GiormeniLosibard. an !talon. was brought in by Sharpe, a patrol, charred with threatee- Inv to murder his wife, to whom he had been married about oft • month. lupe stated that he was passing through Broad-court, Lia.ig-acre, when he heard loud screams and cries of " mur der !" In a female voice ; he ran Into the house. and found the prisoner with a penknife open in his hand, but he and his wife were then separated. The wife, an Englishwoman, was in attendance, with Mr. Rigby, a wine merchant, in tioutt.ampton-street, her hro ther-ia-law. She was so much agitated OP to he scarcely able to speak, but Mr. Rigby stated that she was very re spectably connected ; some time abo he procured an engage ment fur her to go to Ireland, to superintend the fitting up of the interior of a Nobleman's residence, as far as the dra pery and other ornamental portions of•it were concerns I. She returned a few days ago, and, to the astonishment of di her friends, was accompanied by the prisoner in the character of her husband. She had, it seemed, formed a sudden and violent attachment to him, and they were married about a month ago. His situation was that of a butler.. From the second day of their union, he had pur sues towards her a course of treatment of the most brutal kind; the principal cause of it appeared to be her refusal to supply him with money to enable him to go to Paris, where be pretended to have urgent business to transact.— He placed lib. penknife to her throat, swearing diet be would murder her if she did not act as he desired. The prisoner had also come several times to his (11r. house, and made use of threatening and abusive lan- Plage. The prisoner, who denied the charge altogether, was ordered to be locked up until he could find good bail. Ile had been some hours in cues )dy, when, at the interces sion of Lila wife, lie was liberated on his ou n recogni zance of 100/. to keep the peace, and on an understand ing that he would set out for Paris, and not again molest her. Ilsvios-Gsenew.—Yesterday, &churl Hancock, the femme-teller, of Theohihrs-road, was brought up tar final examination. Previous to the prisoner being brought in, a large pile of letters, written by different ladies to the prisoner on the 'abject of having their for. tunes told, were laid open in a pile before the Magistrates by William Read, jun. theollicer, who found them iu the prisoner's lodging. A lady, the wite of a respectable professional gentle man, and mother of a large family, was privately ex amined. It appeared from her statement that she hail been fora length of time the dupe of the prisoner, har ing paid her frequent visits fur a length of time, fur the purpose of having her fortune told, and by the heavy contributions levied on her by the prisoner, she had nearly brought her husband to ruin. Sophia. the wife of William Winterburn, 4, Tennis court, gave evidence to the 1111111 e effect as at the last ex amination. William Read, the Officer produced a hand-basket full of small phials, pill boxes, gallipots. and packets of pow ders, likewise a hawker's license, all of which he found in the prisoner's apartment ; he stated that she had taken out a license to hawk and expose fur sale such medicines as reqaired the seamp duty to be paid, and under the pre tence of vending her medicine, she visited families, and was waited upon by persons at her lodging. Ths prisoner declared her innocence of the sharge. and called Goo to witness that she bad never told a for tune in her life; olio was very sorry that she caul 1 nut tell her owls. ;.,: a~ . ~ •. PRICE SEVEN PENCE. The Magistrate sentenced her, as a rogue and a va -gabond, to three months imprisonment in the Muse of Correction. Mr. Pritchard, Solicitor to the Society for the Suppres sion of Vice, bad been previously waited upon by an offi cer, to know if he would attend to prosecute ; but other charges of a similar nature being against the prfs , zier, he stated to the officer .his intention of indicting her at the next Sessions. AnLIBOROLIGH•STREM—Dt*FPING EXTRAORDIN A RY. !ease Redder, a young man farhionably dsessed, having the appearance of a Jew, and affecting to streak like a fo reigner, was yesterday brought to the Office, charged with having obtained from the Duke of fttontrore a sum of money upon a shan I and watch, the form.l. of which ' he stated to be worth seventy pounds, and the latter eight pounds ; whereas it was proved that the shawl , was not worth seven 'billings, and the watch not work 30s. He was fully committed fur trial. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. LONDON ORPHAN ASSLUSt. Yesterday having been the day appointed fur laying !tone of the new building about to be erected by . this institution it Clapton, a east-concourse of respee' a- • ble persons, who were provided with admission tickets, proceeded to the ground at an early hour, for the pur pose'of witnessing the ceremony. A considerable sp sce.. of ground having been enclosed in an amphitheatrical form, seven or eight rows of benches mere erected nearly all round it, which were appropriated to the exclusive convenience of ladies ; and, although apparently eale•.l. • laird to hold upwards of two thousand, it did not afford accommodation for above two-thirds of the numhee that attended. Within these benches was railed in a further space to allow standing room to the male spectators ; ant this, again, was formed the arena on which the ceremony was to be performed. This consisted partly of solid ground, and partly of a temporary flooring, or platform, composed of planks laid across that part of it which had been excavated for the basement apartments of the intended building. The planks rested on a beam, ',Lich was supported by props of thick timber under. "Math. In the centre of the arena was slung the stun At about three o'clock the Duke of York, accompanied by Prince Leopold, arrived at the Mermaid tavern, Hack • icy ; where, after partaking of a collation, their Royal •Highnesses joined the procession, which then proceede I is the prescribed order to the ground. As soon as it entered the arena, the Lord ltlayor pronounced a short address, which was succeeded by an appropriate prayer by the Lord Bishop of London. The members of the procession then formed a wide circle round the stone, and the stewards placed the children in front of them, arranging the boys on the right, and the gir's on the left. Ti.- band struck up, the children commenced singing some verses composed for the occasion, and the process for lowering the stone was begun. Before,however, it had descended many inches, or the children had sung through the first stanza, the platform on the left of the stone on which the Duke and the Prince, together with the Bishop, I clergymen, the Lord Mayor, fee., and the greater part of the female children were standing,• gars, why - with a loud crash, which was echoed by a uni versal scream of horror from the benches, and followed by a scene of the greatest confusion for some minutes.— The principal prop, it appeared, having been overturned, in consequence of the rope which the persons held who who were lowering the stone being twitted round it, the beam which it had supported yielded to the pressure of the weight overhead, the planks resting on the beam of course sunk with it, and stee individuals who stood noon the planks shared in the fall ; except such of them as had the address and opportunity to spring off the boards when they felt them giving way. Amongst these was the Dike of York, who, at the first alarm, leaped forward with considerable agility, and r. ached the solid ground in safety. Prince Leopold, also, and several other indie,- duals near him, escaped fishing, they having fortunatey been standing on that part of the scaffolding most ren.o'e from the centre, where it first gave way. A number of the girls, however, and other individuals, fell in, but all these were happily extricated from their alarming situa tion without any serious injury. In one instance alone the accident was fatal. One of the labouring men, who was underneath the scaffolding, and holding the rope ahovementioned, happened unfortunately to be at t•tat moment immediately under the beam. It crushed hins to death. The wretched victim was borne away in a dread fully mangled state. The ceremony was then hastily con cluded ; and the parties returned to town. At six o'clo.k the institution celebrated their anniversary festival, by a dinner at the City of London Tavern, at which the Lord Mayor, (in the room of the Duke of York, It h o was pre vented by order of his physicians from attending) re sided, supported by Pr ince Leopold and the Bishop of London. The meeting was crowded, and the collecituta considerable. DREADFUL ACCIDLNT.—About four o'clock on SAW! , tiny afternoon, Mr. Webb, the principal officer in the West India Docks, went to shut np and lock the large iron gate ; a sodden gust of wind blew it to, and being loose, it came off the hinges and fell upon him ; be was carried to his lodgings, where surgical assistance was immediately •in attendance; lie lingered in extreme agony, until five o'clock on Sunday morning, when be expired, leaving an afflicted widow and daughter to la ment his loss. Last week, tiio vessels sailed from Dumfries for Bri tish North America, with emigrants. One ship was pur sued by some Sheriffs' officers from Cumberland, with writ against one of the passengers for debt. lie was seized, but being a handsome young fellow, the women passengers immediately rescued him, and compelled the officers to quit the ship without him. The executors of the law, in their search for the debtor, found a:miller • man who bad absconded, and left his wife and six chit. dren chargeable to the parish. Unfortunately, they had no %arrant to arrest him, but the ladies in this case as sisting justice, compelled the villain, vi et arms, to quit the ship, bidding bins " gang hame to his wife and Um.' Many young men—we may say to the extent of hun dreds, have of late left various places in Galloway, an I gone to England, to prosecute a new branch of business, in which they are styled " Scotish Pedlars." They are engared by extensive merchants who employ them to • hank tea, soft goods,_lisc. in large towns and the sur rounding country. Arrangements are so made that a certain district, or walk, is allotted to each individual.— • This he travels over as often as necessary, taking orders • upon one visit, and calling with the goods on the next. - By this means be evades the hawker's license, and effects sales to a very considerable amount. In honour - of on r young countrymen, it may be mentioned, that so kith an opinion is there formed of their honcsty and assiduity, and so anxious are the wholesale merchants to be sup- • • p.ied with the true Scoiish breed, that they dismissed a • young man because his mother was an Irish-woman.— • ' I(ltissitirics Courier.) i i . . of rc•