The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-23 00:00:00

I , ..• . . aTONERIFF'S COURT. RED LION SQUAR_, j i wo. 4.. : ''`Title . ear.. • .. ' • 11' • I. •or.i. - *me FROM THE KIWI'S BENCH PRISON.— •CASE. . NOVEL al'ri., , a. " ' ELLIS C. .13N ES. • • - shwas an action against . the Marshal of the Kinei Osteb Prison, that camtbefore the Jury, for an assessment • , damages, laid In the declaration at IP/. - ife Asitafthsts stated the case for the plaintiff. The obo was brought for an escape. A Gentleman named gll t a merchant in London and at Ostend. was indebted tate plaintiff upon a conditional bond of 41101 to pay 11004 s od bring a bird of passage was seldom to be met with ; he il ;meth was found in the custody of the Sheriff of London, / teethe plaintiff, as executor of another named Ellis, loci4ed s e lla i De e egainst him, from which he riniovill by virtue of sa Om to the King's Bench. The Marshal there run the risk o f sliding him the Rules, of which the Law knew notning-, Witte forbid be should say any tl.ing to restrain a debtor-h -110towerer, escaped, and oh the 20th ofOetober,notice being' w i n .plo produce the body. It could not be found. The present w ow' gas therefore brought against the defendant, in which. kis 10 circumstances. he hoped the Jury would give the filli ' er e(gfOi damages. Negotiations 'took pace with the attbr ▪ wand -from (Weal, and he would prose several ad , ...,,, . . javnter, the plaintiffs attorney, proved the debt doe o fibels . arl. and produced several admissions. In . .W' ea sressmination by Mr. Etta Ns, counsel for the defence, kegs asked if he knew the date of an Act of Bankrupt? , `Mr. Aseatiast objected to the question bring ansWereit. Wit', Evies,„Otlrresed the Jury fur It! defence. He ear rim i verdierttinet be taken against them, but he lane* i t sgglal aotgo further than nominal dintages. His learned triltd said, granting the Rules was, Illegal; be (Mr.E.) ny that assertion. and say they were legal, and the paspinl would be thoughtguilty of the greatest harshness ;liebeheing them. The prisoner was confined on MenelPro• . ' and he would prove an-act of bankruptcy had taken ' ~ aid a reception. . . 41sintifre counsel said it ought to bare been plead• Mid - he claimed a reply. * . • 4,. Easton, the Deputy Marshal stated the debtor was ktkirecustddy this mornit.g, and a cnaia.ission of ' bank , T aggerdiati been taken out on.the Ist: Nov., the reception wasmede en•the 14th Dec. trAseettasts retied. He contended that his client s by the act ditto -rtiptcy been depriv - ed of that oiligence - Alavaireal him to make, for pa) meet, and was now tt of mewos lady prejndic.d to vas full extent ; he therefore hoped, - f coe b . s ei rc ,i ti n te k ea r t i a lp n ve ces y:th ti:e t - t e h s e ca su e ry be n i . n o g uld the gi‘ p e ro a ba f b u la il . 1114k1tt of Ilan:ages. iny ▪ e Sot sir r said it was a cafe that did not ftequtntly lasi% omit's. did not are *hat damages beside toot* 14 traialiffi.ould have sustained. Jpror.—What: Not by the bankruptcy ? basare.-1 do not ,an to say you must give nominal . demages v it remains in your discretion. The Jay retired for three quarters of an hour, and, sa• Wit Teta ii, /arc a reedier, 501 damages; after, as he said, the foremen-having great difficulty in bringing the Jar; tai root itraiOn. . • Og. ther4th inst , Rirliard Hatte,:a Sheriff's Mime, raiding lit Hrl.ton, was employed under a writ directedlto the Sheriffi to take possession of some premises as assist- Infoalandloo reaching the place, found the door M ime:lond Cowart posted Intl le, damnified to resist every Otinipt to dispossess him. The officer remonstrated in hem s , and on attempting to force the door; the Muzzle of a 0,5 n was thru-t thr iugh a hol- in it, by 4:wiles. who isandiat ly fired :—the cba-ge, slogs, and shot grazed the arm and side of C e o liver. au i woui.ded some of Ike - pliant hear him, but not dangerously. The offieer then attempted to enter at a window, brat was beat iff by Courtin, with EIS Iron.bar. - Finally, th I ~or nos forced, vid Goodies,. Who was found itt.ide with the sun he had ired in his loan 1 , was severed—he has since been contrail. aelmkthe county gaol o take his trial fur tire °lleac@ at the mooing assizes:—(lYear Briton.) IiN . GCINART AND FATAL DUEL—The following is an exitart rrom a letter just received by a respectable genie s** in Liverpool ; it is died Charleston, S. C.. Nov. b. Aftirespeakitig of the rancorous spirit excited by the elections, the writer proceeds thus:—" Our newspapers mimed with shape, and several instances. occurred of per smal.tollision; one of these I saw in a mea.nre compelled te whams, the mosttragical and heart rending in its result. Is einsequence of some expressions used by Mr. E. P. S. (a member .of our bar, and who you recollect married a etegliter of ), a challenge passed between him and Mr. O. C. 13 the youngest son of General O. A meeting took place on the morning of the 6th ultimo.' Fuer shots tore actiaoged without effect, except the balls passing kerniksslythrough their clo•hes. At the fifth 6re; Mr. 0., sfer receiving a wound through both thighs, shot Mr. S. lathe abdomen. The latter died the n ..: day in the most Mediate agony, and leaving a wife and two or three young Andres in mimeo dependent state; whilst the former lee OM ,coufined with his wounds, with the probability opt tag seriously injurel for life. I nester witnessed 1 a diterAiefore, nor should I hare gone to this, bad I - not Mee earnestly desired by Mr. -i--- to accompany , him as see of, kit friends. The scene. was awful! My head absolutely reeled under the sospense and anxiety of mind . deriagibra interval between the firings; and at the list rittadfß).montent, when both of them lay stretched upon the grOund, and weltering in their blood, within a few feet etestkaibee, my feelings were unutterable. Hut a little bike, they were laughing and chattin g with their tour filt, on the ground, and summoning all their energies fo r dly combat The transition of one moment prostrated dal helpless before each other. The sensation produced 6 .ffii:city. was prodigious, as the litters on which they etre Inotiglit from Port Johnson were carried through the Oteett 'to their respective residences. The crowd almost birreked up the streets."—(Liverpool Mercury ) Mtaatec.uoae CATASTROP4II.-011 Sunday afternoon, ditdritertock, a party of young men, in number three, Bred.' wherry, and proceeded up the river to Putney, ntrieg Very hard, and apparently with little judgment. Ilielarir return, about eight o'clot.k, they erected a kiod of *Mad proceeded down the river a short distance from litiesek. Two of the party, Benjamin. flolfell and U. Ishilikeiog very much intoxicated, wood up in the boat, vtinele instantly upset, and the unfortnnale young men were *vexed. . Smith and Holten stud( instantly, and never Imellithi he other young man eking to the sail of the Arry,aed loudly called for help, and he was picked up 411inther boat, is which were a party of young men, who lad •414ed'very soon after them, &and thought some secidest would occur from their had management of the kit. Rye exertion was made t.) save the two who had .. s no avail; they were never seen again. Smith .....4E d roan, with one child. LI"TIl Mi K EITIL—The show of fat beef in our Marke t, , _ms4ey last, was unnsually small ; it sold at three Pillalkeer hundred. There were a great number of fine l'llsAt • but they wet with k heavy sale at 6d. per illU tler • grOr been selling for the last week as. high as l i• 4 4kt lb. Good Fowls and Bucks at 35.6.1. to 4s. per LMarkey* are very dear; and it would not be a ula!ion, if some of our friends in Norfolk would 16 7.1 11 221 . 1.0Friy0. One cause why one Markets are highe r '''unights the grant number of jobbers. who occupy l impaolOnstep4 of the farmers. They tarty be seen talla tke morales of every market day, stationed on rived: in High /erect. for the purpose of inter the farmers. We believe it is the duty of one I Ante:eta to look after these gentry; but we ntskirefe that be Most be very remiss In his duty.— y ) . . . IRELAND. - • • . • • f••• •• ; RECORDBIts• COURT DUBLIN. Alderman Exsuaw, aad Sir Thomas WHSLAN 013 t> e Bench. At the last adjournment of this Court. Thomas ikahrh was indicted for an Assault on Susannah bi• Donnell. sod sentenced to Oise month's imprisonment in Newgate. Mr. litTlitL, as Counsel for the prisoner, spoke in mitigation of Punishment. The prisoner was in his 80th year, and had supported an aged wife and a large family for a number of years. He had sons and grandsons, who were now willing to step forward to ransom a venerable parent from a gaol that might become his death. Remember my Lord, said Mr. Bethel, the period cf the year to• which we have arrived, and the many halcyon days that this poor old man has enjlyed in the bosom of an humble and honest progeny; reduce, at least, the period of his imprisonment, so as that he may, perhaps, for the, last time, have the society of those-who are Wait dear to him at this side of the grave. The Ittcoanen mitigated the punishment to one fort night. to commence from his committal, and the poor old fellow spends his Christmas at home. It is intended that all the Irish Revenue Officers shall he exchanged to England after the sth of January. No respect to patronage or eligibility will be paid. The change is to be mato.). We understand there will be several resignations from ill health, superannuation, and other causes in the Revenue, from persons even in superior situations, In concegnence of the Lite order issued from the Excise Office, for all the oGcers tierrin, to be ready to act in every pert of the United Kingelout, without any distinction, of England, Ireland or Scot land. • 'flie ollire of Post Surveyor of Cork, held by Jones Harrison, Esq. for so many years, has been vacated by that gentleman's having retired ; the new appointments are Englishmen, and named as follow :—M e. Weston, Inspector General of outdoor offices; Mr. Beverley, Land Waiter; and Mr. Easton, Lind Surveyor. Mr. Wertun is appointed Stitv , yot General of Customs, for tlic Irish Soul here District. A Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, praying them to intercede with the Legislatute in the ensuing Session of Parliament, to repeal the defy on COW/ imported into Ireland is now in progress of signature in Dublin. Edward S. John , t3n, Esq. late Private Secretary to his Excellency the Lerd Lieutenant, arrived on Wednesday in the Packet from Holyhead. • . • PARTY TUNES.—We are sorry to learn that a manifestation of party feeling which produced some unplemot consequences was wade in the County Caves a few days ago.' 'I he Ashtleld -Yeomanry returning from the beers' of • member of the Corps; thought it decorous and prudent to amusetheteselves by p eying some irritating Warty tunes in the hearing of a nutubsr .of the country people, who, not relishing the provocation, and not professing much of the virtue 'of furbeeranee, attacked the -Yeomanry. A general affray ensued, in the e•airse of which I persons were wounded. The corps, we have heard, came off worst, but, we are glad to learn, that no lives were lost on either side.—(Dublin Erna's' Post.) OUTRAGE AT ILACKWATER, CO. WEXFORD. In the discharge of a painful duty we have this day to announce the particulars of an outrage similar to those 'which, thank Heaven we are still taunt accustomed to hear of than witness in this part of our unhappy country. lletaeen ten and eleven o'clock, on Sunday night, the Police stationed at filackaater wits set on lire, but dia. covery was made in sufficient time to save it ftom destruction. The • house Was surrounded in the carnal absence of the Police by about two hundred persons, who placed suds of 'waning turf in the thatch. The party opportunely returned, and, having fired a Wank ca tai ige and advanced with fixed bayonets, the ruffians were immediately disper..ed. Information of the circurus•aspe wits , forthwith communicated to Captain Burke,. conimaeding • tlie Police of that Barony. The Officer lost Ito lime in immediately proceeding there with the party Iron 0.11.ar, where be is stationed. From the intelligence be received he apprehended five men, and brought them Info e dadwalladerWaddy,K4q. of Kiln' moi, who, after a very floss examination, could not find sof& dent ground: to commit them. As, however, every possible exertion continuis to -be made to obtain a clue to the discovery of the offender', there is reason to hope that the result will prove successful, particularly as so many individuals were concerned in the outrage. The present station of the Police thus attempted to be destroye.l, was merely intended for tempor try use, wily the slated house at Blackwater having been taken from the 25th of March next. The party on that station has since been reinforced,' and the place is now restored to its (comer tranquillity.-- 1 (Wexford Herald.) MELAXCHOLY ACCIPENT.-Oir readers have in their, rewwllection the recent melancholy loss of the ship Aloe: riston, which perished on Lundy Island, while making a pow from this port to Bristol ; from the rffec:s of the wreck, there were only three survivors—the master, the mate, and a boy. We bare now to no-ice the circumstance of that boy, who escaped the horrors of that dismal night, hen death motel almost inevitable, -being drowned last week in Kinsale harbour. He was in a boat near the quay, when it swamped and went down with him, and at the time there was scarcely a breath of wind to ruffle the calmness of the water:—(Cork Constitution.) Though the weather has, with us, been mild, this month, there are appearances of sinter in the country. On Friday morning, in the Fairtern part of Sossex, the snow was two or three inches deep; and on Saturday morning. there was, nearer the metropolis, on the other side of Highgate, over Finchley Cowman, a smart fall of snow ; but lower down the roads. northward, there was no snow till some miles below Manche: t •r, Liverpool, &c. Beyond those places, the arrivals at the post office represent that there were considerable falls of snow, scromwied with very sharp winds. B y the Waterford Claroatele of Saturday, we learn that the frost of Thursday night was so severe its beinster, that the C. rk mail coach from Dublin had lost, two hours and twenty five minutes upon reaching and that one of the horses died on the road. On Friday last. a lsbooring man called Cobbledirk, sad a son of a respectable farmer, called Hawken, both of St. Tenth, went on the noigh hoofing cliffs to look ou• for woof' deal boards, which, it had been reported, were floating ationt'ther.in They were accompanied by two dogs, both of nide,' returned bow in the evening. but neither of the men litre since been heard of; there is too much cause to fear that both have been drowned. It frequently happens that p - . norm living near the coot. endanger their lives in what is called '• wreeking,"—attempting to secure ar• ticks of the most trifling value, belonging to wrecked vessels.—Within a few years, several have been drowned whilst engaged in this hazardous employment, by being carried into the sea by the eaves, whilst attempting to lay bold on the floating wreek.—Cebblediek has left a widow and four children ; Hawken was a young man about 1$ years of age.—(frest Briton.) By a letter from a Correspoodent at Archie, we are in corned that a number of .Maltsters in the above diatrict have ceased to work from the sth inst. in coniequence of a clause in the Malt Act. which prohibits Aloft being sprinkled upon their floors before • certain period, under severe penalties, being threatened to he inforced by the Excise. see not in possession of the merits of the case; but as it appears to be one involving' not only the trade of the Mai stars, but the agricultural interests of the country. we shall endeavour to collect some informotion upon the subject, and is it before our readers in a subsequent isublication.—(grolhedo Journal.) .~..,:. 'HE STATESMAN - DEAL, December Y.W.—Cage down from. Ste River and sailed the Fortitude, Gibson, for Malta ; Wood silock, Paton. and Caledonia, Clarystie, for Jamaica ; Elizabeth 'Onnten. for Naples; also and remain; the llnckerti,' Soper, for lirepada.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Venus, Scott. from Worts ; Sir Wm. Beftsley,Young, from Quebec ; Aurora, ,Young, from Almira ; Africa, Skelton, from Sicily ; an .1 Ac tive, Banta, from -.Falmoistlo, also and remain, 13i Orb, Young, from Gibraltar ; Jane, Avery, from Malaga ; and Cro codile, Retts, from Carthagena. PORTEMOUTU, December 22.—,--Wind North.—Arrived the Palambeat, —, from London, and remains with the outward bound as before. Ptvuoirn, DEC. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Escape, Chandler, 14 days from Faro. FALmouvrt, December 21.--Wind N.W.—Sailed the Ann, Pittery. from Lisbon for Liverpool ; and the °row, Wise , mart, from London for Trirctera.--Sailed the Duke of Kent Packrt for Liabou.--Put back the Neptune, !tawny, for Terciera. LtvEapoot., December 2 I.—Arrived the Canadian, Sidney, from Pernambuco ; Star, Bryce, from Mombasa ; Ninus, Fowler, from Trieste ; Lancashire Witch. —, from Lisbon ; Hawke, Stanley ; Venus, Glawthorp, and Eliza t from Newfoundland; Gilbert. Henderson, from filiramlebi ; and Nancy, —, from Rictiebucto. The East India Company's homeward bound ship Thames, arrived at the Cape on the 27th October, •nd was expected to sail for England about the 3 . 11 or G h of No. vember. . _ _ The ship Bombay arrived in China on the Ist day of Auga•t. The legacy, and the accumnistions of Mr. Vick's Signest. for building a bridge across the Avon to connect Clifton Down with Leigh Down, are likely speedily to be appliftl to the attainment of inch an important obj-et. Tl.e I.rge L i sp.taci Proprietors on the Som. rsetshire side of the River, we are credibly inforineJ, are about to interest themselves in the promotion of the measure ; and if they are sincere and warm in their intentions to• sre it carried ioto effect, the omnipotence of Parliament may easily be obtained to effect their o4ject.—(ifristel Mercury.) We have not heard of any a tvento re, or ship being fittrd snot direct from Bristol by. Bristol Merchants. for any of the Independent States of South America ;• but we have heard of a vessel toeing chartered here by London Merchants, and after taking in iron and other heavy goods, being de., stined to be sent round to Liverpool, to take in an assorted I cargo. because there are impediments in the local taxa'ion ' of Bristol, which the Merchants concerned, hive. after series!' and due deliberation, considered so insurmoantably nr. at, that it would he impoisible with any degree of sue' eels or probable profit, to complete the cargo at Bristol I (Journal.) J Gregory, 'Esq. the new Chief or Resident Magistrate for Queen square, Police Office. in the room of Mr. Ras naford, who succeeded Mr. Fielding, the son of the celebrated Novel ist, yesterday appeared in such Police office, fir tae gist time. lie Is a Barrister of the Temple, and has prettied as such ; ' he, however, is rather a young men for a Mag-strati. Though he appeared iii the (Mee, and took Ida swat in one of the Me glsterial chairs, he did not act, not having hern yet regularly sworn in. The Resident Manktracy was offered to Mr. White, already of the Queen-square Diner ; but having a large family, ha dec li ned the proffer, owing to the smalluess of tue house. Magistrates _. . 4 ii The es osariourough Street, yesterday, gave directions to the lnspec.or of Nuisa ,ces of the re spective parishes within their district, in the event of snow falling, to lie on the alert, anal inform egainst any individual who might neglect to comply strictly with the terms imposed by the CPI clause of an Act passeu the 57 is of the Lite King, better known es Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor's Act. The clause in question is as follows—" that 'luring the continuance of frost, or aster during the fall of snow from time .to time, and at all times hereafter, all tenants shall every day before the s nir of ten o'clock in the forenoon of each thy, except Sunday, sweep-and cleanse, or cause to be swept and cleansed, tit- footway ell along the front side or hai k walls of 111 , 4 respective houses. tenemen•s, shops, sheds, coach houses, stables, meeting houses, chapels, or other public or private building, and that every occupier who shall neglect so to do, shall for every sucia offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding the sum of ten shillings. The Magistrates °Meted a numbor of notices to be delivered at the house holders of the various parishes, cautioning them against violating the clause of the Act in question. Digitalin:l. AcCinituc AND SChrmisma PitasgaviTiou. —Tomtits forenoon a serious accident occurred at the weaving factory at Delmarniick, near Ulssgow. A young woman, while in the act of co m bing h er h a i r , h a d th e en .; of it caught by a shaft turning furiously round ; the whole liead was instantaneously uncovered, and the akin and hairy scalp turned round with the machinery t the akin covering the brow, eyelids, anal cheek hours, was also torn off,; the poor girl screamed, and Mr. John M'Arthur, tenter master, who was in the flat below, with the greatest presence of mind. instal of running to see what was the cause of the outcry, instantly stopped the engine. The poor girl, however, was never off her feet. Mr. James Smith, surgeon in Bridgeton,.o as instantly sent for, in the meantime Mr. M'Arthur put the scalp and covering of the upper part of t' e face into a drawer. On the arrival of toe surgeon, about twenty minutes after the accident, Mr. Smith replaced the scalp, and other torn portions, and dressed the bead. The treetest attention nes paid to the I unfortunate sufferer, and., she wits subsequently sent to the Royal L.firmary. On %%redo .day night she was calm, and perhaps much better than might have been expected; the bead has not been undressed yet; but the edges of the wound oa the fare, ears, eye, and neck, have become swots len slightly, and inflamed ; indicating, it is presumable, its adhering or growing together. There is a probability that the whole scalp will adhere. Between eight and oine years ago. a similar accident occurred to a person of j abe, name of Devon She, however, had „the scalp buried, and remaiced in the Hospital upwards of twelve months. Since that time she has been married, and lives at present in Bridgeton, Olosgow. Yesterday an accident betel a young man of the name of Williams, in Catherine Street, Strand. A working man, in liquor, bad reeled on It's back in the street a few yards before a gentleman in a gig, who was driving at a brisk pace; the lientletnan nits using every effort to pall the horse up, in vein, when Willi omaseize.4 the reins, at which the horse became restive, knocked hitn down, and the wheel went over his oody ; lie• was immediately taken home in a state of insensibility. The horse on being checked, drew the other a heel over the drunken man also, and lie was taken to the hospital ssi h broken rib . Yesterday an inquisition was• taken, at Sr. Thomas's Hospital,npon the body of Mrs. Ann Taylor, a red 39 years. Mrs. C. Lembo''e mother of the des-aura, said she had been at her house, in Lant Street, Borough, at abort half past 10 u'clock last Tuesday morning. She left her alone in the sitting rimm while she went out on some temporary pur pose. In five minutes she returned. anal fount: her lying on the floor, with her dress all in flames. She screamed, ' and her shrieks brought the inmates to her assistance, and ' the flames were extinguished as soon as possible, but she was so dreadfully burned all over her body, that she was instantly taken to the Hospital, wh re silo expire d on Sunday. The deceased had bran sulject to tits during the last 16 yeare. and witness thought that, upon this torlan• I choly occasion, she had been tisk.it in a tit ; there was a I fire in the stove in the room. Mr. I lettry Peak, dresser to I Mr. Tearveri, at the Hospital, said the deceas d had been severely burned about the neck. breast, and . ther parts of the body; so snitch tn, that there weir no hopes of her i recovery. The usual rnneil:es nere inefftctoally applied. She was in so poor a state, tnat no qnettions has been put to her respecting the aecidene lint she wag kept as quiet as possible. She k 4 ha.' tao tits while in the Hospital.— He bad no. dank hot that the burning bad eansed her death. Verdict, " Accidental Death." ,-- - - -9POWANG •INTELLIOgigte r ! ,1.. • _ -.....-, s: ~• •T:' . 1 BETTING AV TATTERSALL'S--Drc. Vt. RIDDLESMON7rt.-1$ to 6 opt Wronger-0 to t agst Pre- dence-6 to 1 apt Quadrille-6 to I apt p.m cart ' s. DER nv.-6 to I ngst Swiss—l 3 toe apt Reformer—lll to 1. . •-4 agsi Agnes-14 1 agst Ranchero-14 to 1 apt Don Carlos—ls • • to I agst Redicule—l6to 1 sgst Creastda-30 to 1 apt Anti cipation colt—SS to I agst Sir Oray-40 to 1 agst Hurley fltse- , .• ley—A to 1 agst sr to Arbutus. ' 0A1(3.-4 to 1 apt. Prudence-610 1 apt Lyrneisa-7 to . l agst sr to Sailor—le to 1 stint Miss Jig. . • Sr. Laggli.-10 to 1 agst A tisidora-16 to 1 apt Swisa-24 , • to 1 apt Mi.s Cratrfirld-30 to I asvt Banshee. , . CHRISiAIAS CATTLE, &c. One of the greatest Christmas curiosities in the mutton tribe for size and beauty exhibited this season, is a sheep:• at a Butcher's shop faring Cripplegate church. It was bred at Bramwell near Oxford. its weight is thirty cones - three lbs. A sli.mider of it weighs thirty-seven pounds. Tredegar Cattle Show was more numerously attended this year than on any former occasion. The show of cattle, Sheep: and pigs, was numerous ; and alsO horses of the nag kind, many of which possessed csnsjderable merit. 4inionft Use there were same of extraordinary size and weight, the finest were those sent by Mrs. llomfray, from near Windsor Sir C. Morgan's 4 y ear old ox attracted partictear notice ; but Mr. White's I sear old Herefordshire heifer (Fannyy exceeded pit others, :hi hating increased in weight, since last yearopwarda of 7001 h. The accommodations were excellent, and several improvements were made since last year. At the late fair at Ito`iertsbridiv, there were many corn. priors for the Hop Prizes from various iparters. The • Judges were six srortletnen from the Borough, eminent • hop merchants and factors—who coultl have no partiality . towhees tr.it.coun , y, or any prticular district. Their 'tad, which gave gen-ral satisfaction, was as follows:a-. e Ihe Ist Prize •M r. Wickens . Roth ertield. . . Mr. Fry . . . . Mayfield. 3 I . . Rev. Mr Wetherell Tirehorsr. 4th . . Mr. thristmas . . Heathfleld. . Mr. Bourne . . . Breed. 6th . . Mr. Pix . . Peasernarsh._ At the tt;x; fair the Prizes are thus to be contended for, -viz.:-Sussex against Kent for the superiority in the Grape Hops.-Two Ps izes will be given to the beat Suaseer Hops, picked in the Farnham made, and two for the best .- h rps picked in the usual. manner. The Sussex Hops of .• this year are decidedly superior to the Kentish Grave.- ' In the latter county, the blight ear universal, and there •.• was scarcely a single hop ground that was not severely injured by it. In this county it was very partial ; many . gardens escaped from it altogether-the best proof of our bring correct in this respect, is the mount of the present duty, which is 18.3591., nearly the half of the whole hop .! tav-the Great Rocketeer district will par 10,4091., which was last year charged at upward. of 122,000/. In fact, at • • this time, the Old Ken•ish Hops of 182.2, are preferred to the new hops of this year, whilst those of this county rof the last harvest. have the usual preference of new hops and in most instances, are a more marketable comma. ditv than those of the rival ertuntv.-(S•ases Advertiser ) At Hailshato market, on Wednesday-, the meat trade was dull. The well bred, and well fatted ox, parchased at our late • Christross show of fat cattle, of Mr. Ridge, of Alcistun, ny Mr. S. Collings, butcher, of Alfriston, was slaughtered.one • day last week, and proved the fattest animal of its kind, ' killed in this neighbourhood for some years past; and )Jr. C. in conselrienee challenges any, or all of his brethr , n. of the clearer in Sussex, to produce its eqnal ; he therefore claims as his just due , the rosemary sprig o f the county.-- Weight of carcass, I9S stones, louse fist.•...o stones.- ( t.peea Journal) • The famous three year . old South Down Wether sheep bred and fatted by Mr. Grantham, of Stoneham, near thii town, which has been so much admired both here and i•• London, and oh the weight of which, many bets were den .7 pending, was on Saturday, two days after Al conveyance . fro n the Smithfield show, slaughtered by Mr. Holande, •. hut..ber, of Brighton, the carcass weighed 20 ston a and five pounds, to the diecoonlitute of many of the howling • • smell, whose judgment did not lead them to het beyond eine. • tern stories. '11.•• carcass will remain at Brighton a It ee4,. and then be brought for exhibition to this town.-(hdid) . Lewes Corn Market, Saturday, 13th December, 1823.- Red IVheat (new) from 21. 12s. 6J. ; Barley (new) 11. 9s. ; Oats, (new) 11. Its. 6d. to 11. Is. per qu &der. Toesday. 16th December, 1823 -White Wheat (old) from 31. 4s. to • 31. 6a. ; ditto (new) 21. 126. to ;$l. ; red Wheat (old) 31, Is.; - ditto new 21.8.. to 21. I 7s. ; Barley (new) 11. 9s. 11. 125.; oats (new) 11. 3s. Lewes stock market, on Tuesday, was numerously at tended, and most largely supplied, particularly with flee • Beef. Chichester Coro . Market. -Inspectors return.---Whesi 2041 (patter* average 525. fill. ; Barley, 271. 6J, ; Oats,. f 20e. 7;.1. ; Peas 335. per quarter. WATERFORD NIARIiCTS, DEC. 20.-Butter of first quail. the making of neighbouring districts, w's yesterday et 9is! t generally, and 925. in some i• stances; some of the prime quality was said to have obtained 2.. to 3c. over. The supply was large, and a considerable portion remained unsold. Bacon Pies are Z6i. to 375. per cwt. generallv. - and prime lots, it is thought, would still bring 371. 6d. Scalded, 32s to 3fis.-and a few heavy Pigs were said to • ' have goae 6'. to Is. over. 0:41, 14s. to 16% Heads, 161. I to 18s, per cwt.- p h i :11 1 ;e . r d ß u ti l t l te sa r l m e, a s y o b tl e th g e lo li t i ed glie . a r t q s : to ions rarely obtainel. E n s ti D g A h r ; be obtained for that of fine quality. !Leo* . a P v i l g dV s 868 3 D :i ll : to 365. and soros-of phi netrality brought 3d5.61. ••••• per cwt.-(Clonmel Advertiser) The fair of Golden, on Monday, was by no meant lick; 'claiming/Is the fair of Tipperary ; cattle of all kinds were considerably lower, soil pigqleas in demand. Infralf cows ' sold about Id , . each under what tire same midi have • brought at the fair of Tipperary- -(164 ) On Saturday a seriooomieal exhibition took place in the Police Coed. which banished gravity from the fact. of I very ct. e excepting the person who was implicated. The Individual is a respectable tradesman, who resides in the country at a distance of several miles. The charge against • him was, that he had been found sleeping in a mammas stair. But before he was bronglit to the bar, it was Nand' necessary to subject hint to a complete able ion, to renal-r him a fit offering to offended jaatice. The grlsoher hat ' the good sense to tak- " the first word o' dyting," commenced a violent harangue against the police estahlisiv. went fur not tolerating night lionses as in London and I here lie ran over a long list of Brow* Hears and Witt 4 Bears in the great metropolis, where wayfaring men 11143 himself could find accommodation at a!! time.. Ho then; Ns imperiously demanded to know, where was the statute that's made sleeping in stairs an offence ? The magistrate wilier* :va the qtiestio• . but observed, it was a wonder that he was rt.!' afraid of u.ee - in; hi. death. " Death," sail he, "-that is a the grant ja. it, ts. i ti i o Lion. at man need t t fear," " then, observed the Magistrate, " you may ca'ch a cold, or lose your money." " Olt. as for (wild," replied the pris a er, " my skin is o'er we'd tanned to care shoot that : and as • f moary, I carry none about wi' . But, he continued, hae alone this pal sect, and decide Om grand Conilit;s:. • liana, /location, whether a man it at liberty to ale sp common stair. The freedom of the sobjectisass been vihlata c al in my rms. and I demand redrlss." William Petits himself, *bee he confronted the honch old not Imre teen more serious and unmoved thane the p wai n, ma king this a. Irian appeal: 'l'lie magistate him. that the conduct imputed to him did not gni an offence, and advised him, for his own sake, no mit it in future—au adsice w Lich the t Ageiser sees' a shake of his head, and win left ti e r j i -I : • • .. the p•im n't• ritte•Auttreg • : arniattn't tJ no to ccat- • .t•e• ed with cots/air:4 •