The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-27 00:00:00

THE STATESITAX MEETING OF THE JOURNEYMEN SILK WEAVERS. —"ow— Oa Saturday evening a meeting of the Journeymen Silk Weavers was held, ptirsuant to adjournment, at the Red Lion, Phenix Street, Spit*!fields, to receive from their Committee, a final answer from the employers, as to the present disputes relative to the prices of labour. The meet ing was very numerously attended, and Mr. Baker, the Se cretary to the Committee, detailed the result of the inter views which they had had with several masters, and read three letters from different masters. A considerable dis cussion then took place, which ended In the adoption of a resolution, that the Committee should cease their functions and that the journeymen should assemble again on next Saturday night, to receive from the Committee an account of %he expences incurred. As far as we understood the discussion, it appears that only one article of not very great importance now remains in dispute, between the masters and journeymen, and that as to this article, they are likely to come to a speedy agreement. SCOTLAND.-COUKT OF SESSION. SUPPOSED MURDER OP A MOTHER AND CHILD. (saost THE LEEDS DIMILCORY.) Knaresbro', Monday, Jan. 19. • An investigation into a most mysterious occurrence has occnpied the attention of the neighbouring magistracy for the last ten days. A young woman of the name of Mary Gill, and her child, have suddenly disappeared from this place, and under circumstances which base excited a strong suspicion that they have been most foully mur dered. These circumstances appearing to criminate Mr. Henry Calverley, a substantial farmer, residing at Belmont Farm, about .t mile from Knaresbro', he was apprehended about ten days ago, and has undergone three several examina tions. These•examinations have been private, the magis trates having excluded all persons whatever, but the par ties immediately concerned—an exclusion which was ex tended to a professional gentleman who wished to attend on behalf of the prisoner. As it was understood that the final examination would take place this day, our reporter attendcd for the,purpose of taking notes of the proceedings hut after a conference with Sir William Ingilby, which led to a discussion among the magistrates, he was informed that they had determined that the examination should be private; and that as all applications for admittance on th previous examinations bad been refused, it was determined that the same rule should be observed on the present occasion. The magistrates present at the examination to-day were Sir William Ingilby, Bart. W. F. 1.. Scott, and John Williams, Eire. Having been prevented by this &chino of tfiemagistrates from availing ourselves of the best soutce of information, the hearing with our own ears the deposition; of the different witnesses, we have eu• deavoured to supply this defect by diligent and imps:Cal inquiry upon the spot, and we present the following out line ofthis most singular case, as the substance of the in formation we have collected. Mr. Henry Calverley. the person against whom this s - rions charge is made, is near fifty years of age, a married man, the father of a large family, and is said to be of rather Fenurions habits. Mary thll, a young unmarried woman, about 27 years of age. lived as a domestic servant in the.prisoner's family in the year 18272. She quitted his service in the month of September, in the lame year, being then in an advanced state of pregnancy; and at the close of that, or the beginning of the following year, she wss delivered of a daughter. No order of filiation was sought fur by Mary Gill, and the prisoner disclaims having had any connexion whatever with her, hnt evidence was given to show, that lie had from time to time psid her money fur the maintenance of the child, and it was surmised that he► applications for money had latterly become importunate. The child remained with her mother, who seemed much attached to it, in lodgings at Knaresborough, until Sa turday, the 4th of October last, in the afternoon of which day Mary Gill returned to her lodgings without the child, which she was known to have taken eith her, apparently in the greatest distress o! mind. On being questioned as to the rause of her distress, she stated that she bad met Mr. Calverley, (the prisoner) in Belmont Wood, by ap pointment, who told her that he would provide a nurse for her child, and would have it well taken care of ; and that upon these assurances she had delivered the child to him, hut that as soon as he had received it, lie had folded it in his great coat, and run off, leaving her in the middle of the wood ; she also stated, that she gave him a bundle of childs clothes. The persons to whom Mary Gill made this disclosure blamed her for her conduct, and advised her to go to him, and insist up•an having the child delivered to her. She complied, or professed to comply with this ad• vice, and on her return said she had seen Calverley, who told her that he had sent the child to Leeds, but in order to satisfy her anxiety on the subject, she should go and see it. It will be obvious to our readers, that this pert of the case rests on the declarations of Mary Gill, which, upon trial, could not be given in evidence against the prisoner, but it was proved by other evidence, that she had applied to a person to take bee to Leeds on the Bth of October in his waggon, and that she had subsequently called upon him, and told him that she would not go in his waggon, as the father of the child would take her himself, In the afternoon of the Bth of October, this ill-fated young wo man left her lodgings, far the purpose. as was supposed. of going to Leeds, but she never returned. She was seen, however. towards evening of the following day. at the edge of Belmont wood, in company with the prisoner, and this was the last time that she %sas ever seep; bat other witnesses speak to the hearing her voice in the wood, and also the voice of the prisoner. A few days after the sup posed departure of Wary Gill for beetle, a letter was re ceived, bearing the mark of the Leeds post-office, pile porting to be, written by her, which stated that she bad got a good place at Leeds, that her child was well taken rare of, and that she would come over to see them at Cristmas. This letter put to rest all further enquiry with respect to her, and it was not until Christmas had passed over without the promised visit being paid, that any sus picions were entertaiued on the subject. This letter. th er e i s now every reason to believe, was written by the prisoner at his own house, taken to Leeds, anti put into the post-office there by himself. lie was proved to have been to Leeds on the day the letter was put into the post-office; it was written upon a sheet of paper precisely similar to some that was found in the prisoner's house, and the hand writing was sworn to be the prisoner's. This seems a prov e place for sta•ing, that on the 9th of October, a bundle of child's do lies was found by a boy, near a hay stack, at the edge of B. ltuditt Woad, and which appeared to have been originally thrust into the hay, end to have been rooted out by the swine, which have been sworn to as the very t lothe., taken aeay by the mother, before she left her lodgings with the chill. A carving -knife was also found is Belmont Wood a few days after, but it has not yet been identified as havieg belonged to the prisoner. The prisoner said very little tinting the examination— and merely denied having any conuexion with Msry Gill of knowing what had become of her. Two witness-s were examined on behalf of the poisoner; the first was a person of the same of who had been many years husbandry servant to lihn. He stated on his examination that he bad Sewn Mary Gilt in Harrogate•lane, about a fortnight before Martinmas, which would be a month after she was missing; bet there was each evident marks of prevarication in the Meaner in whielt he gave his testimony, that the magis trates threatened to commit him for perjury: upon which he distinctly admitted that what he had before stated was false, that ha had nut seen Wary Gill. and had been in. dined by the promises of his master to swear that be bal. Faith Stephenson was called to corrolxim, e the evidence SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BgTTING AT TATTERSALL'.-J*g. 26. • DDLESWORTH.-1 t to 4agst Reformer--9 to 2 agst Pru dence—ll to it apt Quadrille-7 to I opt Dog Carlos-8 to agst Cressida—l4 to I agst Lyrae's,. • OAKS.—Nothing done. DZREY.-5 to 1 eget Swiss-7 to 1 apt Reformer-11 to 1 agst Agnes-15 to 1 apt Osmond-16 to 1 apt Ridicule—l 6 to 1 apt Cressida-17 to I apt Don Carina—SO to 1 agst Norly Burly—tait to 1 agst skim Colt-23 to 1 agar Jessy-415 to 1 agst Bess-26 to i agst Cydnus-30 to 1 agst Dactyle-60 to 1 agst Charcoal. DoscArm ST. Lactic-10 to 1 agst Altisitinen-19 to 1 agst Swiss-17 to 1 agst Miller of Nlagsfield-.17 to 1 agst Rosanne-20 to 1 sprat Ringlet-22 to l agst 11oadane-22 tot agst Miss Cranfield. GREAT FOOT RACE.—A match for one bindred pounds a-side, was made last Monday night, at Rochdale, between Ashton and Halton, td be run the first Thursday after the York Spring Meeting in the present year, twice round Doncaster Race-ground. William Jackson of Newsham, is twitched against James Metcalf, to run one mile over Catterick-Bridge Race Course, on the 6th of April next, for one hundred pounds each. Last week, a superfine scarlet frock coat faced with blue, blue waistcoat, and hat with a gold band and cockade, were presented ►o Walter Wright, the driver of the suit coach from Belford to Unnbar; by some gentlemen of Berwick and the n.ighbourhowl, as a token of their appro bation of his uniform civility, attention, and sobriety ever since the intabishinent of that mode of conveying letters. Till within the last two years his drive was from Belford . to Berwick and back, chiefly in the night. lie has driven the mail upwards of 400,0►04 miles, lo times the circum ference of the earth, an is still a hale man, likely to con tinue his lab ter for yearn to cont... . - MILANCIIOLT AVD FATAL. ACCI DV:T.—A few days since the Kee. Mr. F..skert, a young man, and Mr. Tanner who occupies New Place Farm, io the Parish of King's Nymp ton, in this county, were out for a day's sporting; for so•ne purpose in the course of which, they got into a boat, which unfortunately was driven to a wear-head, and upset, by which all three of them were thrown into the water. The Rev. M•. Foskett. being an expert swimmer, got on shore, as also did Mr Tanner. 'Hie Rev. Oentlematt siring the young man their companion was missing, im mcli dived for him, and brought him to the surface of the water—he could not bring him on shore, no resist ance was at baud, and he was obliged to let him sink ; again he dived and brought the unfortunate man to the surface of the water, no assistance could be rote- dered, and the unfortunate gentleman exhausted by his exertions to save a fellow creature sank with the body to rise no more. Mr. Foskett is Curate of George Nympton. —Begley's Exeter News. ALARMING FIRE.—On Saturday morning, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the polio• meter, in Dutton-street, Croomerostrert, which at first ex cited very considerable apprehensions amongst the inhabi tants of the surrounding houses, from the idea that the flames might possibly communicate to the inflammable air in the reservoir and pipes, which in such case, would pro duce an explosion that nousscertainivdesolate the surround ing premises, to an almost immeasurable extent. The Ire originated in an upper apartment, where it is presumed that a small portion of the coontmatoble fluid had collected. and one of the workmen having incautiously introduced s lighted flambeaux or link, the gas immediately ignited, a partial explosion followed, which injured that part of the the roof, and communicated to the wood works, which. from their extreme dryness, readily took fire. Several en gines were instantly procured, and the threatened danger was averted, without the premises having sustained any material injury. On Saturday night. a quarrel took place between t*o lads at the foot of Ilcolborn-hill. They Comfit two or three rounds, but owing to t h e ol orkness of the night it was not 'observed that one of them was armed with a pen knife, and at every blow he either stabbed or cut his antago nist, till, at length, covered with blood, he was taken into the grocer's shop at the corner of Fi-ld-lane, and the young assassin made his escape. None of the wound', we learn, are dangerous. HUMANITY SnocKCD.—lna yet., contiguous to a barn at Alciston, in the occupation of Mr. lil.tker, the body of a new born female infant was, on S.turday se'noight, dis covered just in time to save it from being wholly devoured by tome hogs who tyrre grunting over it, and leAd ate away booth its hands before it was snatched front them. It ex hibited no marks of manual violence, and the prevailing opinion in consequence was, that it WAS born alive, and left to perish under a tuft of straw (which the swine I at turned up) by its unnatural mother, supposed to he of the tramping tribe, as a woman of that descrip•ion, on pass ing through Glynole Turnpike Gate, on Co- road :o ton, in the company of others, on the day alosoce-mentionad, was heard to say,—" I cannot go much further"—meaning that labour pains were at hand. The Coroner's Jury, after taking R View of the body, retorted their verdict— Found dead, bit how, or by what means the deceased . rause by her death is nut known to the Jurors.—(Junes Advertiser) On Satmr.lay a man, who had been committed for Pteal inz wheat at Warminster, effected his escape while on his way to Fisherton !reel. The two constables were rather economical, and having hired a horse between them, they agreed to " ride and tie." When arrived at Burden's- 1301, the prisoner refined to walk, and, complaining of bring tired, it was agreed that he should mount the hJrai. and ride the three remaining miles. lie hail no sooner mounted the horse tlrin he set off at full gallop, and has never since been beard of. Jon,' LONG begs leave reaps:Wally to inform those Noblemen and Gentlemen who hare honoured him with their patronage, that his new Hotel in Bond Street has been finished two months, and to prevent the possibility of the house bring damp, he has had fires in all the rooms doy and night since it was finished ; he is therefore quite satisfied that the whole premises are thoroughly aired. Joun Loso begs permission further to add, that he has fitted up his Hotel with every convenience and elegance that can be expected, and that the greatest attention will he paid to every part of his business, and he 11.0t ,, s self that his very extensive Stock of Wines, Lives r• and Spirits which he has been collecting, with the greatest este and attention for se veral years. will leisure him the appro bation of the Noblem en • I i I( {TRAM V 1151111.9. A ease of great importance to the Proprietors of Steam Vessels was decided on Thnrsday, in the First Division. The Supervisor of Excise at Glasgow lately commenced prosecutions against the masters an 4 stewards of many of the vessels which sail from Glasgow and other parts in the Clyde, for selling exciseable commodities to the pas. sengers on hoard without licenses, and the Justices of the Peace convicted several in the penalties. These indivi duals then applied to the Justices for licenses, but they re fdsed to grant them, on the ground that they did not come under the description of persons pointed out by the Sta tutes to whom licenses could be granted. The effect of this ju ltment, theref was to prevent any ex. iseable liquors being 3,1 d on Ward of any vessel to the passengers. The Excise officer continued his prosecutions, and the masters and stewards of each of the steam boats, Argyll. Britannia, Comet, Toward Castle, !literary Castle. Nrp tone, Eclipse, and Rothesay Castle, were fined in Hr. Sterling, and those of the Caledonia, Highland Chieftain, Highlander, Large, Albion, Glasgow, Greenock, Oscar, Marquess of Bute, Robert Burns, and Waterloo, were fined in 71. Sterling each. The question was then brought by Bill of-. Suspension before the Court of Session, and Lord Alloway ordered informations to the First Division. The superintendent argued—lst, That the s►atutes foondvi on by the Excise did not apply to vessels for the conveyance of passengers, bnt to persons in the situation of innkeepers retailing spirits, Ste., aid that they could not be liable in the penalties imposed by the Act for not having a licence, when the Justices had declared that they were ha s empowered to grant thew one ; and. 211y.—They contended, that the Justices lied no juris diction over a vessel navigating the Frith and seas on the coast. The Excise Officer, in support of the conviction, urged the loss that would accrue to the Revenue, if steam-vessels a ere to be exempt from licenses, As they were used chiefly as a kind of Roaring tavern, where individuals went to drink in plaseof the ale-house ; and that the word "• place," used in the Statutes, included •tram-boats, and any other spot where liquors were sold. 'fur COURT unanimous'y adopted the reasoning of the suspenders, and quashed all the convictions that bad taken place before the Justices.—(Edinburgh Courant.) MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. (tS0)1 THE WEST BRITON) At Polgonth Mine, near St. Austell, about seven o'clock on Thursday evening last, two of the hollers belon.ing to the steam-engine exploded with a terrific noise, and a con cussion which was felt to a considerable distance. The devastation produced by the expansive force of the stream is astunisiting.—The hollers, which were quite new, and formed of wrought iron plates of fibs, and inch in thickness, were rent into fragments, and, with the materials of the builtiutg erected over them, were scattered in dif ferent directions. The lofty pyramidal stack connected with the fire places was rent from tile base to the summit ; and the windows of the adjoining engine house were en tirely demolished. It is with feelings of deep regret we have to record the loss of two lives on this lamentable oc casion.—The men had just come from under ground, and were near the hollers shifting their clothes when the ex plosion tojk plans. They were thrown In a great distance and taken np in a dreadfully mangled condition. One expired almost immediately, and the other on the follow ing thy. flail the boilers burst a little sooner, thirty or Iforty men who were then working at the capstan, would most probably have fallen a sacrifice. The cause of the accident has not ben fully ascertained; but as it occurred while the motion of the engine was for a short time sus pended, during which the means was arcumnlatisig, it is supposed, that by some means, the•acti o n o f th e sa f ety valve, through which the superfluous steam should have found vent, was impeded; and in consequence, the elastic vapour forced itself a passage, by the totil disruption of the vessels it, which it had been compressed. On the subject of the melancholy accident, a corresp dent wri.es:— " We hie gerat pleasnre in stating that the accident ;Odds happened here on Thursday last, was not attended with all the disastrous consequences reported—the damage bring in a great measure confined to the destruction of our of the boilers, and the demolition of tne boiler house, and no houses in the neighbourhood having been torn down or otherwise injured, except by a brick which passed through the roof of one of them—hut happily did no fur ther mischief. We have however to regret the loss of the lives of two miners who were imprudently changing their clothes in the boiler house.—Tire exertions of the Agent, on the mine have been unremitting sine, the Accident, and the engine has been at work, and sinkingllfe water as usual since Tuesday last." A few days sine, a young woman who had been on boa►d a brig in Rye harbour to visit her sweetheart. who was one of the crew, unfortunately fell overboard, while in the act of stepping from the above brig to another vessel, when the object of her visit, at the risk of his own tire, plunged into the waves and rescuel her how her perilous situation. DIARY FOR +so Lau lets to currucrors site STIIIeGCC DIARY FOR THE WINK. of the last- witness, hot she fainted daring the examine- him with their commands, which will be executed' on Nation of those Noblemen and Gentlemen, who may honour ....VP% difference upon retiring on half pay. Jan. 2S, S. Tarns Stine. •FT. EJ.IMANY. CONIFER. Or ST. PAW.. • 4 , His Royal Highness intends to recommend you for f u l l 91 If 14:h W n ate se r t s M s cr i zl a l f : r a s ft. 9- I Even. 44 an. att. 9.. it w hen she recovered, she ssid site was not sure that Pay is sh e Veteran Battalion and d esires V. t " h o e n p ; erson she bad seen was Mary Gill • ; bit that she had the most reasonable terms. His Cellars under the Chapel to l in loaned iatel t • , V. T. g 1). - Or sums: seas. - been sent for by Calverley to swear it was her. 6 io ve A o l v b e e r m y a d rl s e y S .- tr uo eet n a d r_e it o r p e e e n ts 2 fo s r ib i Dec nspe e c ii t l i be on r, front ten till . r . transmit to me the required certificates High Water, Morn. 23 aft. -even. 57 es. after n. This is the sithirance of the evidence laid before the mI. Ri , a ",• . e on r any duty, and state your readiness to join that 99, dvta h e4 .7o 36 l. 7 ..". 11 in Ireland, within one month of the date of your n. TA. K g . On , mo IY. accession. Morn * 1 . 2 o'clock-Even 27 m. after It gistrates, who have been indefatigable in their exertions to arrive at the truth ; and thoegh mach doubt and obscurity Cuium -J. ATSiNSON, Importer of the Genuine Bears' 'YPn!llitnent, In failure of hiehit will be cancelletlyand of these Lounter &pother (11fi • High Water, Morn. At us. aft. 12,-Eron. 19 ns. aft. I. still rest upon the cue, they have judged the evidence so • t; many feitspOrtflisiellsibocavuetiAorntsic ,e thePublic against . unine r r , on a n some l ims „ er appointed.--I am, Sir, your most obedient F. K c MAaTTaDOII. • are sold as low Is. and are only lard, marrow, &c. and - ~"fe Irrupt,High Water, Morn. 43.. after !Haven. I m. aft. it G-re u a n s t e er cieally strong to justify them io sending the case for i ores- are yew . in . i Jur outs to the Hair. Tile Genuine anis importatibr 31, S. K. 0. IV. 11101111.411111 R D• Stir WON AT 4 anew. Ir•fore anotlit; t ri b una l . - The prisoner. is - cum- (Signed) H. Tanoft. iftiliwatu. aim. is es. aft. 2-Even 49 a. aft. 2 alined to York Castle on a charge of beiog vehement! - y SUS round the pot with his Signature and Address , has a Bear printed on the top of the pot, and a printed Hill • pented of the wilful murder of Mary Gill, and of Sarah Gill The high estimationthis Article has long held for the Growth rig Sunday se' NATURA LISTS* CALM , nnight, daring the evening service, some —min.—To enable oar Readers to judge flee her daughter. The usost active search still continues to he tie secured the gnaws, we wipes neat use Calendars of the Rev. Mr. White. of &Marna. for with the outer gate's' new meetingsnouse at um ; siarketea, of the neighbourhood of Rattle,tbe sefl be tou owing made for the discovery of the bodies of the mother and in- Physiology. that " Ruses' G a from the /Wiwi init. of Hair, and the remarks of • celebrated Modern Lecturer on a strop chain and ilau rt g padlock, and made pri- recolhar oceurrendesorbleb have been observed during a course of years. lint, and which will not be given up so long as the slight- ,the congregation till tools Were procured to force wad which may usually bo expected about the present perked:- eat probability of success remains , aerating the Hair."supersedes the necessity of for her qv native climate possesses very remarkable properties forermeege.: J• A will e Pen we nt , two dates art givon, they denote the seaLtqsx and the LATIIaT• • he The trPt • times at which the occurrence was observed! The letters /V. and .W. are Tit! prisoner was removed to the county gaol on Tuesday J. A. only add that this is a im.frOns his Correa nitlals of the names of th mill as Celdhath-lields is still nnapplted to Wei e ol;eenees.) mor ning last, amidst the murmurings of a very large foul- / PrOdaTtite lahn Pield speedwell doarlshes. It j u . t .. —tit'. How the Magistrates of Middlesex Nettle butterfly appears. /V. Jan Jan. V. Hatch 13-9/ Feb. It March 29. d bl d • V April 2-M Match Aorll 24 tint e assem eon this melancholy occasion , regularly receives once in six or eight we• opondents in Russia. ft is of the very and very finest quality. • h • ki It beautifully iieft and p easant for dressing the ..air. 1 1 1 1 ng " I, suchof I I J. * pp he , a waste Boman s t rew gth. w h ich nag it tastseen. one • • A letter from our orreepondent dated Thursday states, i a. Avginsox, :rroraole iu nu . 6 . S'Alte teartiniebirps. tr. Jae. 29--.. V. March Is • that no triers of theibodies had bees discovered. thoogh g ossy, Bold by the Importer, AWES pr in,. • •'" per pee{ . 1 ..‘ riusis cep. Jan .!{, Feb. 24-.11. Aprft t*June 11. genuine ankle, welch he . Sart* weenu engender. Ir. Jas. 30. the search had been continued wills unabated activity. the venders' names see advertisement.) • 44i Gerrard Street, Soho, Leindon, and by appolotilsent, (ter .t ; - • •••••••••• . . . • • • (SHERIFF'S COURT—THIS Dar.) SERVANT'S WAGES.—SMITH V. *ROSINS. This was an action against the Defendant. a tientleman o f fortune, residing in Princes Street, by his servant, to recover 221. 71. 6d. for wages. The defendant appeared in person to defend the action, ending that the Solicitor in the cans. had lent himself as a witoess in the suit. It appeared in the statement of the ease to tbeJory, that the plaintiff was in the capacity of groom and footman, on board wages; that he lodged out of the house, and bad paid upwards of 101 . for lodging , exclusive of bo ard. Mary Prideanx deposed, the plaintiff lodged with her; s he knew he was servant to the defendant, and on board wa res. Elisabeth Twyford was servant in the defendant's em pioe, knew the plaintiff well, he was not on board wages. the Solicitor for the plaintiff here observed, that as his evidence failed him in supporting that, he would hog to pot in the hill, and he would himself prove the defend ant's admission for 41. ss. 9.1. upon it. The solicitor was here sworn, and stated that he had frequently waited on the defendant, who had made his own deductions from the amount, arid admitted the above $ UP was due. The defendant here rose, and with a very gentlemanly de• m eanour,said, that when he came into Court, he was aware that then, was not a little of evidence that would warrant the Jury in finding a verdict against him ; but he world withdraw his protest to the inquiry, and, with every deference, submit to the iiheriff that the paper could not be received, only subject to the evidence that might he given thereupon. When he admited the was expressly subject to the deduction of 21. lis. Bd.aod IL which the plaintiff had obtained upon credit in his name ; 41. he tendered the solicitor upon these conditions ; and though he did not intend to go into warfare against Lis servant, he bad the greatest reason to maintain bog': lilies against him, for during the time for which he note claims wages, be kept him from mere motives of humanity, while he got another place, baying discharged his carriage and horses upon his marriage, in June last. After an address from the Sheriff, wherein he particular ly mentioned that servants should be particular to have agreements, The Jury assessed the damages at 41.55. 9d. COURT OF KING'S BRNCII.. DUBLIN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24. LOAD FARNHAM. FARNHAM. Th:s being the first motion day in term, the Court sa at eleven o'clOrk. After a few motions were disposed of Mr. WA ',Lace rose to move for a Conditional Order for a Criminal information against Lord Farnham. The appli cation was grounded on the affidavit of Michael Lynch, Gather to Michael Lynch, a boy of twelve years oldi for a gross abuse of his Lordship's Magisteria, authority. The affidavit went on to state that the aforesaid Michael Lynch. jun. was charged by the Woodranger of his Lordship, with having cut some brambles off a tree on his Lordship's grounds • said Michael Lynch wai•summoned b e f ore th e Petty Sessions, in which Lord Farnham and a Rev. Mr. Robinson were the only Magistrates presiding. The Sessions were held at a place named the Dispensary. which Dispensary was Lis Lordship's Gate House. The charge of his Lordship's Woodranger was not received on oath by the Sitting Magistrates. After the Woodranger had charged the boy with the offence, Lord Farnham declared he should be immediately whipped. The father of the poor boy heroin/6J his Lordship to take pity on him arlf and his poor family, who frequently went to lied with. out their sapper for want of fuel to boil their potatoes. The son also fell on his knees to his Lordship. and implored his merry; his lordship told him 'it wont do' and to get up directly ; his Lordship then gave him in charge to a con. stable, aod gave directions to one of his men to prepare rods.So:to after a very large one was produced, upon which it u as remarked, that it was too large and too severe—there ass a small bona) taken from it, and Lnrd Farnham order. ol the Bailiff to strip the boy. tine of the constahl. s pro• rreded to flog the boy, nnder the direction of his Lordship, who, conceiving that the constable was not laying on se• vriely enough actually took the rod o u t o f hi s b an d. an d proceeded t o g oy the boy himself. Mr. WALLACE was proceeding to state further particulars of the affidavit, when JusTics said, Mr. IVallace, you have stated lui:e soffit:loot—wise your Order. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 51th and 99th Regi rarrik of I nfantry will march from the Isle of Wight on 11;:irid a y nex►, for Chatham. Drtetsliments belonging to the 30th, 46th and the 4lst Reel vents of Foot, will march from Portsmouth, on Friday b..st. for Chatham, to embark for India. .1 division of remits belonging to the 95th Regiment n‘ Infantry will arrive to day, and another to-wirrow at Uinchester, from 1 reland. HALF PAY OFFICERS. CPT Or A 'ATTU SENT TO SEVERAL OFFICERS ON HALF PAL • Horse Guards, Jan. 21, 1824. SIR —1 am directed by the Commander-in-Chief to ar trisit.t yo,o, ti.at in conaequence of the impossibility of Ii dine Officers on the Retired I.ist, a Ito are equal to the thit.es repared in three Royal Veteran Battalions in Ire- Etti , l, it has been determined to fill up the existing vacen rip. in these battalions (hum the line, under the following T That the Officers so selected shall, in the event of rednc d4aiit the battalions to which they may be appointed, not he entitled to - retirement on full pay as heretofore, but *hall be previo us l y ,. P l aced up on h a lf- pay, unl ess th e y s h a ll h ave b een se -I1 redaction transferred or exchanged to lie einients of the Line. That the Officers shall produce certificates of Army Ilpilical Officers, that they are fit for any duty. That they shall be allowed to exchange with Officers of I, le Line, btu 1114 no exchange will be sanctioned unless the Officer tlins hronght into a Veteran Battalion shall he versified t o b ef i t for any ditty, that O ffi cer to he equally Nide to reduction to half pay. ..NoOffi cer appointed upon this occasion to the Veteran nattalkno will be allowed to sell his commission, or to re- CriT4' the dick' I I _~