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LirEurouL, Tutrnav Erewitto. Wiad W. to N.W.- - --Vrth Water 24 m. p. It. 'lBli Manchester. from Philadelphia, sided 20th August. On than& bkpt. in lot .43. 38. long. 57. 15. spoke the bark Edward, ' u(-sat for Loudon from Grenada; nii the 28th Aug. she tope. Elwood a sayers •hotriesoa, and lost het boats and everything off net bee decks; she had eight. feet Irate in hold, and thee were obliged to throw part of her cargo overboard before they could stop the ; if the Kele had continued tour hours longer, the Edward stolid hare gene gown. On the 19th Sept. in lat. 50.29. long. 18. 10. woks the M ilberforce, of Bristol, for 'Newfoundland. The Mercury, from Bucktuah, sailed 30th Aug. On the 3d Septic. lat. 45. 511. long. 51. spoke the ship Hermit, fmm 'froon tee Bay Chalets?: on the Silt inst. in tat. .14. 35. long. 82. 32. spoke the brig fiknds. from Glasgow, out 32 days; on the 11th, io lot. M. 111. long. 40. 57, spoke the brig Egeria, from ht. Kitt's, tilt London. Arrived the Hero, Steele, from Bombay (sailed 15th Slay); Juan, Gorman, (tom Boston; Romulus, Webb, from Charleston ; Joesphine, Mull, from New York; —, from Bahia ; flooteeet, from Wilmington ; Matilda, Lauder, from liable; Topa., Callirmier, from Charleston (sailed 31st Aug.); Planter, Pays, from Carthiutena GO days passage); Paulin", Butler, from New Orleans ; Flora, Lowrie, from St. John's, N.D. (sailed 23d Aug.).: Acorn, Christie, from Archangel ; Wilhelmina llagda. len% —, front Ilapsal ; lkhldal, Kieldsen, from Copenhagen; Louise, Keblebloc,•trom Hankie; Caroline Frederica, Reuibrock, iron do. • _ . Off, 2 ships, 5 brigs, and I snow. Private signals—Atom... W. J. Brown and Co.; Ms. Samuel Rishanlion's for the Alice, from Paraiba. The Bridget, from Bombay for Liverpool, sailed from St. Helecirthl August: 'rho is Plats, Aioly. from Liverpool, has arrayed at Bahia. The Taotivy, from Liverpool, has arrived at Bahia. The Lydia, Procter, from Liverpool for Jamaica, was spoken on dm 14th Aug. in lat. 29. 52, long. 56. 47—a1l well. The Pomona, from Liverpool. bas arrived at Rio Janeiro. The General BrOwn passed Holy Head 24th inst. at 4 p.m. for I .ivarpoul, with the Wind at W.S.W. The Nanny, Peacock, from Liverpool, has arrived at Waterford. The Marquis Wellington, Carle, front Liverpool, has arrived at Mitamiclu. TUZUDAY, &CPT. 27, 191 Our Corn-Market has been steady through the week. Wheat bee gone off at last week . * prices to-day, with a little better Inquiry fur good old ; Oats in fair demand at an advance of Id. a 2d on el& sad Id. on the New. Beans are dearer about 2s. per quarter ; and Oatmeal Is. Wheat and Flour in bond rc slain very dull Indeed. GRAIN. s. d. a. 4. W!veat pee Bushel 7111b.—Epglish (old) - 9 6 a /0 Ditto (new) - 9 S • 19 9 Scotch S • V 6 Irish (old) - 7 3 • 8 9 Ditto New . - V 0 • 9 2 Fsveign, free - 83 a 9 0 Ditto (in bond) . 4 0 a 4 Canadian free - 6 9 a 8 9 .)a$ put Bushel of 451b.—Irish Potato (old) 3 2 • II 6 Ditto (new) - S 5 a 3 7 English,ScotchitiVelsh 3 5 • 3 7 Common 2d. a 3d. lower. bailey per 691b.—English - dl 6 • 6 0 Irish - • 4 6 • 5 0 Malt pet 2 Falls. . - 8 6 • 10 S Oatmeal per 24 0 " - 30 0 • 32 0 - 26 I • 27 0 29 0 a 32 0 43 0 • $6 0 630 • $5 I II 0 • 21 0 09a 0 0 •0 • 0 48 0 • 60 0 4i; 0 • 48 0 00. 0 0 . 00 • 00 O 0• 0 0 O 0• 0 0 - Ditto (new) Flea per ?et/lb.—English . - - American per 1961 b. Der.tzle Foreign, free Dane per Quarter —English - Irish Foreign - Pees pa Qesstie— English, White Ditto Otey Foreign 111 [D •EOY TUX '2 OTOI TO TUX 26TH lIIPTIMOIR what: . Foreign Ireland Total Oats: Ireland Barley : Ireland Peas: Ireland Oat!real : Ireland Flour : Ireland - Coastways 1.131 qrs. 11,642 - 13,812 qrs. - 6,653 toes t ways 6 331 Ids. - 104 sks. . lOU MO qrs. 2W Total . 2134 sks. American - 200 brls Europe . - 200 Total . 400 brls Total 618 qm cirol . - 219 qrs. I LTID. Flour A HOAX. - $.177 brill. We inserted last week a paragraph headed " Fatal Duel," which purported to be an account of what is termed " an affair of honour," that had taken place the previous Saturday at College Rill-green, two miles from Epping, on the Chelmsford road, The parties were said to have arrived at the spot, attended by their mutual friends, the one in a post-chaise. and the other in a horse and gig, and that the antr was witnessed by some husbandry men, Who were at work near the place; that at the first firs one of the parties was dangerously wounded, the ball having passed through the left side, below the breast ; that he was placed in the post s:babe, and removed to the Half Moon Inn, towards Chelms. turd, where he was attended by Dr. Hughes, of St. George's helds, who happened to be on • shooting visit at the house of Mr. Ilouldsworth, a gentleman living in the neighbour hood. and that the woundei: man died the following Monday. A subsequent paragraph, obtained from the same source, stated the deceased to be a Mr. Arlington, originally manager of a Man chester house in the city : but that he afterwards realised an hide- pendent fortune, and went to reside at a house which he built at Edmonton :— th at his antagonist was • Mr. a retired. hop merchant ; and, in conclusion, the parties were said to be dis tantly related, and the disagreement of • family nature. As respects the above account, after making diligent inquiries at Epping and elsewhere, we have ascertained the following facts:— There is no place called College Hill Green, nor any gentleman of the name of Houldsworth" living near Epping. No husbandry men are to be found who can give any account of the afair, nor is there any inn OR the Chelmsford-road of the sign of the Half Moon. There certainly is such a sign in the town of Chelmsford ; but then that is distant from Epping 17 miles, and it would be unreasonable to suppose that the second of the wounded man would permit him to be conveyed so great • distance before medical aid was obtained. Besides, a newspaper is pub balled every Friday in that town, and yet it contains no account of the duel beyond what has appeared i n the London papers. A respectable Solicitor at Epping. a near relative of the Coroner, in formed our Reporter, that had the affair really occurred, he had no doubt but that be should have before then have heard of it. tin referring to the " Directory," it does not appear that any Dr. Hughes resides in St. George's-fields. To CORRECT DAMAGED GRAlN.—Musty grain, totally ', unfit for use, and which can scarcely be mound, may be rendered perfectly sweet and sound by simply immersing it in boiling water, and letting it remain till the water betimes cold. The quantity of water must be double that of the coin to be purified. The musty quality rarely pc- netrates through the husk of the wheat, and in the very worst cases it does not extend through the amylaceous matter which lies immediately under the skin. In the hot watersall the decayed or rotten grains swim on the surface, so that - the remaining wheat is effectually. cleaned from all imp,urities, without any material loss. It is afterwards to be - dried, stirring it occasionally on the kiln. The Stockton and Darlingtoa railway, which has been so long in forming, is at length completed, and is to come into operation immediately. The first waggon will pass along it this day (Tuesday), and the proprietors appear to be very sanguine as to its turning out a profitable specu lation, though the expense has far exceeded the original c itiosate.—Tyme Mercury. A letter from Hastings, dated yesterday afternoon, con- tams a paragraph which intimates that same dreadful accident has happened to the person whose name it men tions:—" Mr. Coartenay, whose flight along a rope at Dover I witnessed, and of which you have had accounts in the newspapers, has been performing the same feat here; but I fear has met with some dreadful accident, for he has been this moment carried past my window on a shutter."— /Worsting Paper tf yesterday. There is now living at Newbottle a person of the name of Thomas Freaker, whose age is 11l years ! He is by trade a cooper, and has worked at his business, and en joyed good health all his life, until within a few days put, whew he took to his bed. He says he seldom drank any spiritcrus liquor, but always drank freely of good ale.— Fork Meressrx._., ii REPORTID tIRDER AT Yoax.—The York Courant nays, with reference to a paragraph copied lately from an Iri.b paper, stating the arrest of a man minted Junei Glairn, on suspicion of being concerned in a murder at York--" We arc of opinion that there either must be some mistake in statino the locality of the crime, ee that the whole M a fabrication. The nese is not familiar to any of our police, and we are not aware'of any 'audio haring been perpetrated in this city, sales indeed, the =merlons death of Cede, Mr. Kirby's groom, involves so feightful a °Arne in Its circumstances , which hire tot yet hem sheared wp." 4.)0.3 EAST LYDIA SHIPPING. The - Euphrates, Meade, has arrived off Dove, : she staled from Calcutta on the 6th of April. from the Sand Meade the 20th of April. end from at. Helena the I.lth of August. PAW'. ittoYlle rut EUTIIIIATTS, Captain Meade, from Ben. gal :—Alts. Mather, and child ; Captain 0. Slathers, his Majes ty's b'Jth regiment, died at sea the 15th September, 1023; Lieut. J. Ship, his Majesty's 07th ; Lieutenant J. Rock, filth native in. (entry ; Lieutenant Humphreys, Honournb!e Company's artillery, died at sei on the 21st April ; Mr. A. Wood, Asslwant-surgeon P. Milne, Esq. merchant; Mr. 0. Boorman, from St. Ilelena ; and 174 invalids of his Majesty's and the Honourable Company's regiment'. ItRIV•I.9 AT ST. IfILICNA.—The Two Brothers. Meek, from Calcutta. the 30th July ; the Fula de France, Oeoffrey, from Bengal and the Mauritius, on the Ist August ; and the Brothers, Potts, from the Cape the sth of August. Saittaine TROY ST. lIELYNA.—The Bridget, Leslie, for Liverpool. the 3011rJuly ; the Unffin, Oarbutts, for London, the *lst July ; the Two Brothers, Meek, for New York, the 91st July ; the England, Reny, for London. and the Indefatigable, for Brest, the let August ; the File de France, Geoffrey, for Bordeaux. the 2d August ; the Shannon, Norquay, for Lan. don, the 4th Augur The St. Helena, Fairfax, was to sail from St. Helens the oth August. for the Cape. A RAIVALS AT CALCUTTA.—Th• Pascoe. Cathro, from Pe. nang, the Slat March ; the Charles Forbes, Brydon, from Ran. 1 1 goon, the 3.1 April. The Shannon, from Batavia to London, during bad weather, on the lilth July, lost her jolly-boat, bulwarks. tie. Tne Alexandet (which arrived yesterday), on the let July, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away the spritsail-yard, &c. ; after which she continued to experience heavy gales of wind, with a strong cross lee, until the 13th July. SHIPPING INVELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE. SEPT. 27. SNIPS ENTERED INVIARDI.—The Erasmus, Shilling, from Jersey; Freundschan, Benjamin, from Daotzic ; Herring, Cassap, from Archangel; Jonah, Wilkinson, from ditto; Annesley, CleK horn, from St. Petersburgb ; Define and Gerrard, Smailes, from Liebau ; John. Rich, from Gallipoli; Hope, Norio, from Sytl ney, New South Wales; Woodford, Lamborn, front Jamaica ; Misebormigh, Cassie, from ditto ; Harmony, Taylor, from Labra dor ; 'twee Gebroders. Oversee, from Woreum ; Elizabeth, Wal. ker, from Grenada; Fortitude, Youens, from Memel; Marianne, Young, from ditto; Nassau, Tremayne, from Sims Leone; Henry and Sarah, Arm , . from Seville; Helen, Linie, from St, Petersborgh ; Prince of Coburg, IV hitmore front Tobago; Ear nest, Spomer, from Archangel ; Leeda, Dobson, from .Meniel ; Thomas, Bell, front St. Vincent's; Henry, Mainland, from Que bec; Fame, Miller, front Memel; Union, Pouchee, from Grand Canary and Lanzarotte ; Sarah, Aitken, from Memel ; Governor Myren.. Morrill, from ditto ; Recovery, Weatherhead. from Madeira and Belize; Ilorussia,Lemcke, from Dantzic ; (Bangor, Phillips. from Pillau ; London Packet, Randall. from Limerick ; Ocean, Williams, from ditto; Harmony, Angel, from Waterford. ENTERED Guy, w.titus.—Frawhy, Day, for Elsinore and St. Petersburgh ; Carshal.on Park, Park, for Jamaica; Wellesley, Frrriman, for ditto; Vrouw Catharina, Sehuyt, for Antwerp; Elizabeth and Mary, Craig, for Grenada and Caneacoa; Governor Harcourt, Mason, for Jamaica; Resolution, Parker, for Isle of France; Breadalbane. Burfyin, from Jamaica: Mars, Beanie. for Cork and Tobago; Chieftain, Patterson, from St. Vincent's; Frau Dorothea. Elderts, for Hamburgh ; !invert Taylor, blaughan, for ditto; Manly. Sayers, for Barbadnes and St. Vincent's; Martin, Durack, for Limerick; Malcolm, Pond, foe Waterford. CLEARED OUTWARDS TINALLT AT GaavEsixo..--The Felicity. Pearson, for Elsinore and St. Petersburgh ; Science, Allen, for Bremen; Teals Arnie, Schut, for Antwerp; King George Packet, Hart, for Rotterdam. CLEARING OUTWARDS.—VIGoW Elizabeth, Vander Stemie, for Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent; Para Packet. Potter,for Pars ; Enter prise, Brown, for Gibraltar and Lima ; Catharine, Mackintosh, for feneriffe and Calcutta ; Onverwngt, Rooderkirk, for Rotterdam ; Crosby, Pace, for Hamburgh; Maria Johanna Elizabeth, Bock bout, for Antwerp ; Stapler, Chambers, for Hatuburgh ; Lady of the Lake, Gray, for St. John's, N. B. CLEARED OUTWARDS TO IRELAND.—Hobs, Hannington, for Limerick. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—Arrived the Industry, Dunn, from Cork ; and the Betsey, Nichols, from London. Sailed the Hi _ naldo packet, toe the Leeward Islands; the Dryade, Davison, for Valparaiso and Lima ; the Alknomack, Smith, for St. Kitts ; the Sappho, Smith, and the liusklason, Gay, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and the Delos, Halch, for Gibraltar. Cowie, SEPT. 117.—The Robin Hood, Woodbury, American ship, from Havanna:, off the Isle of Wight, for Harnburgh, left the Havannah on the 20th August last ; left the ship illacclestield at Havannah, from Campeachy, put in for water. The Sir Joseph amkes came into harbour to unload. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Bustard, for Jamaica; his Majesty's ship Dreadnought, for Milford, to lay as a lazaretto; and the Martinis of Iluntley transport, for London. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Passed through the Temple, Beatley, and Nesbit, Gray, from Jamaica ; the William Gault, Walsh, from St. Domingo; the Amelia, Redding, from Accra; and the Euphrates, Meade, from Calcutta—the latter remains. Came down from the River and sailed with the whole of the outward. hound, the Chase, Spoiler'. for Bordeaux ; the Frederick, Cutler, for Sierra Leone; the Sir William Wallace, —, and the Colum bus. Brown, for the Mauritius. GRAVESEND, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the City of Edinburgh, Wiseman, from Bengal; Aimbrook, —, from Lisbon; Ca therine, Swan, from Honduras ; Ajax, Hoffber, from Lear; Ana tolia, Pyle, from Memel; Augustus Cesar, Selby, from St. Pe tevsburgh ; Aurora, Nanzick, from Dantzie; Fame, Mority, from ditto. Sailed the Britannia, Fox, for Hamburgh; Skylark, Davis., for Smyrna. • Ramos, SEPT. V.—Arrive the Union, Blannin ; Princess Charlotte, Herrey ; Clarendon, Drew Jamaica, Drew ; Bristol, Payne, from Jamaica; Lord Melville, Coppinger, from Trinidad; Gratitude. Davis, front St. Petersburgh ; Feliza, Cundy, front Archangel ; Morgiana, • Suffolk. Ray, from Virginia ; Harrison, Curling, from Quebec. Sailed the Milton, Webb, fur New York ; Charlotte. Sweetman. for Bilboa ; Whitley Park, Scott, for Dantzie ; Emerald Isle, Partridge, for Gibraltar. The Codrington, Merewether, has arrived at Antigua. WEXFORD, SEPT. 23—The Fame, of NVhitehaven, Benny, from Mirantichi, which was driven on shore near the bar of this place, on the 11th inst. has been got oft; after discharging her cargo. Nassau. AUG. 16.—The Sally Ann, Barry, from Bath to Port.au.Prince, which put in here with loss of masts, Ate. has been condemned as unaeaworhy, and vessel and cargo sold. Accounts have been received of a severe gale on the Bth instant, among the islands to windward, and some of the small craft belonging to this port were on shore at Walling's Island and St. Salvador. . . . Buzxos Atoka. Atm. 2.—The Minstrel, Garrett, has just arrived from Chorilloe in 3i days. She brings advices from Lima to the 21st June, when the Castle of Callen had not surrendered. The Bruce and George the Fourth sailed two days before the Minstrel, for this river. The Government of Lima have pro. hibited the introduction into Peru of Spitnish produce and menu. factures of every description. Their Decree not only orders the confiscation of such property as may arrive in the ports of Peru after the 27th of this month, but declares as good prize all vessels found with said property on board. AUGUST 3.—The Eclipse, Clark, bound to Valparaiso, which put in here, leaky, has been condemned. The Brazilian squadron, anchored in the outer Roads, at present consists of the follow ing vessels; they have committed no act of hostility beyond board ing vessels that arrive or sail ---The 3laria da Gloria, Captain Beaurepaire, 38 gone; Liberal, Gana°, 22; Caboelo brig, Gren fell, 18; Peraja ditto, Hayden, ill; Rio de la Plate, Anderson, 14 ; two schooners of war, and three gun-boats. The whole under the command Admiral Lobos_ who has his lag on board the corvette Liberal. BINCIAL, Arui 7.—The Janet. Hatton, was seen on shore on the %%reagent Shoal oil Rangoon. Arrived off Dover the Anne, Pule, from Antigua. In the Downs, the Seger, Munro; the Edgar, Campbell, from Jemmies, When the Euphrates. arrived in the Downs, sailed from Cal cutta, the ships Providence, Timandra, and Adrian, were on the point of ssiling4or London. The Neilson, Laughum, was spoken with 13th inst.; and the Thomas, of Liverpool, fur Quebec, on the 17th, with loss of top masts and sails split. A curious scene took place in Barnstaple church yester day sennight. A young female, the daughter of Mrs. Hill, of the Crown and Anchor Inn, presented herself at the altar to be joined in holy matrimony to a recruiting sergeant. For several years she had been engaged to a resp...etable young tradesman of that town, to whom report says she was last week to have been united, with the en tire approbation of her family and friends, and with whom she hnd taken an early walk un the morning of the day on which she was married ; but tho sergeant having a..cretly attacked her affections, made a breach in her constancy, 1 pursued his advantage, and hastened to the church ere her friends had any conception of their intentions. Immedi ately as the intelligence rinched them they fled to the church, where they found the clergyman performing the ceremony, which was suddenly interrupted by their en -1 trance; but in spite of the tears, entreaties, and threats of her mother, the pathetic appeals, the affectionate remon strances, or the agitated feelings of her agonised lover, who fainted on the spot, she persisted in her determination to be, united to the soldier ; and her mother and lover being retnoved from the altar, the ceremony was concluded, and chi new married couple entered a carriage which awaited them at tbe,ebarch, and drove off towards Plymouth, to lain the regiment, under marching orders for Ireland.— Eider dyred. • THE BRITISh INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, sarT.. ts. Walter M•Gregor Logan, a music arranger, was opposed by Mr. HEATH', on behalf of Messrs. 'Welsh and Hawes, music 'Wets, of the Argyll Rooms. The insolvent, in his examination, stated, that although he was a music arranger, he neither taught nor played, nor did he com pose music. • Two years and a t half ago he lured a pianoforte from the opposing creditors, Messrs. Welsh ■nd Hawes. Ile disposed of the instrument, but did, not know who purchased it. It was sold at an auction room in Vere-street. lie never pledged it no? pnwned it, but he once lent it for two or three days to s person of the name of Iloadby, who resided in Poland-street. This person taught music. He let him hare it fora loan of money; the sum he received was ISI. lie left it as a sort of pledge. Mr. II Tat-11 call that pawning. Pray, Sir, don't you? Insolvent—Allowed. Adtation, Sir, If you please, Anuses me— " Yea" or " No." • . • . Insolvent—l did not know that you were not aware of the mean. ing of the word `• allowed." Mr. Commissioner flaunts admonished the insolvent to be more careful in his language. Tbc insolvent continued. About six weeks after the hire of the piano Mr. Hawes told him that he might keep it, and set off the price of it against what was owing to him fur arranging music. 31r. Ilawes did not fix a price, but he was then in the insolvent's debt for arranging the music in Der Freirchar. Mr. Goadby, at this period, entered the Court ; and the Meal vent was asked whether it was to Oast gentleman ha lent the piano for a sum of money. The insolvent replied that that was not the Mr. Onadby. The person to whom he alluded he met at the Hula-in-the-Wall tavern, and had not seen him since. lie should be able to point oat his house ill Poland.street, but did not know the number. Mr. Ooadby was then examined, and stated that he was ac quainted with the insolvent about two years ago. He (Mr. Goad by) then lived is Poland-street. Ile had a conversation with him in the month of March, 11124 ; and the insolvent then said he had pawned the pianoforte, and showed him a duplicate for 131. It was a regular pawnbroker's ticket, and not a private one. John Wright stated that be was manager of the firm of Messrs. NWelsh and Ilawes, of the Argyll Rooms. The pianoforte in question was hired by the insolvent in September, 1923, and was not purchased; if it had peen ever purchased he should have been aware of the circumstance, as all purchases were made exclusively through him. In the month of April last the insolvent came to hint, and asked for his bill for the hire of the piano, which he then promised to return. but never said he purchased it, or that any ar ' rangement with reference to its purchase had been made between him acd Mr. Ilawes. Ile said, however, that he meant to set off his account for arranging music against the bill for the hire. Mr. Hawn was now on a visit to the Duke of Argyle, or he would have been in Court. Every arrangement relative to the business at the Argyll Rooms was made through him. The insolvent said that Mt. Wright had nothing to do with the settlement fur arranging Der Frelschutx Mr. Wright replied that he had written out a check for the amount. The insolvent asserted that the check was written by Mr. Hawes himself, in his presence. The only conversation that had occurred between him and Mr. Wright, in April last, was a request that a bill of what he owed might be made out, anti sent to his lawyer. He would swear to this. He continued on good terms with Mr. Hawes, until Der Freisrhutx was performed at the English Opera house. Mr. Ilawes offered to make up matters with him, when in prison, and employed for the purpose that person (pointing to one of the attorneys of the Court.) The Attorney denied that he knew any thing of such a trans action. The Insolvent.—Oh ! that Is not the person. 11Ir. Commissioner HARRIS—We are trying a collateral issue. The only question for the Court was, whether the pianoforte was purehavd or not. lITATtr, on the part of the opposing creditors, contended that a Jury would not believe the statement of tho insolvent, con tradicted as it was by two respectable witnesses—one of whom had distinctly sworn that he had seen the pawnbroker's ticket for the piano; and the other, that no sale of the piano had ever taken place. . . . . Mr. Pora.ocr, who supported the insolvent, argued, that, not withstanding what the witnesses had sworn, it was by no means Impossible that some arrangement relative to the purchase of the piano had been made between Mr. Hawes and the insolvent. The Court could scarcely believe that Mr. Hawes never transacted any of his business without the knowledge of 31r. Wright. Mr. Commissioner HARRts said, it was impossible that the Court could reniandAis insolvent. A debt it appeared had been claimed by hint for arranging music, and from him for the hire of a piano forte ; and where such (Imputes occurred, the Court would be doing too much in remanding a debtor for having committed a fraud— in the absence of satisfactory evidence. If Mr. Haswell* been present, the ease might have been different; but as it now stood, tt was wholly out of the power of the Court to remand the insol vent. The insolvent was therefore discharged. Mr. HEATH observed. that if Mr. Hawes pleased, he might make an affidavit contradicting the statement of the insolvent, and the order for his discharge would be revoked. Mr. Wright replied that Mr. Hawes would certainly do so. POLICE: GUILDHALL. Another instance of the continually recurring offence—robbery by servants—came under the cognizance of Mr. Alderman Heygate yesterday. The prisoner in the present ease was an interesting young girl scarcely 20, named IVinifrei Curartagh, nursery maid in the fa mily of Mr. Woollen. upholsterer, of Aldersgate-street. Some short time since Mr. Woollen missed a couple of sovereigns, and after making every possible search for them without success, the prisoner was charged directly with the theft, which, after some hesitation, she confessed, and with many protestations of contrition gave up the money. Mr. Woollen was willing to hope that this was her first offence, and, that the alarm she had been in on being detected might operate to deter her from a repetition of such prac tices. he forgave her; but unwilling to have a servant in his family whose honesty was doubtful, he determined to part with her; at the same time, lest the turning her away immediately on the transaction should tend to injure her character, and pre. vent her getting another place. he thought it prudent to let her remain for a few days, and Friday evening last was fixed for the period of her leaving. Though no other property had been missed, it was thought right to search her boxes before she left, and on Mrs, Woollen intimating to her her intention so to do, she showed strong symptoms of alarm, and ran hastily out of the room up stairs to the kitchen. Her mistress followed her, and heard her call to the other servant in the kitchen, " put out the light—put out' he light," and by the time Mrs. Woollen got to the kitchen. the light was extinguished, nor could she learn from either of them this sudden reason why it had been put out. The girl's buy: wan ultimately searched, without finding any thing in it hut her own property, and she quitted the house, leave being given her fur her box to remain till site should come for it.. . . The other servant, Fanny Harrington, was strictly questioned whether anything, and what had been done, by Winifred, that had caused her eagerness to have the light putout. She, however, pro fessed to know of nothing. A new servant. named Elizabeth Col_ lies, arrived to supply the place of Winifred, and nothing further was thought of the matter till slier Mr. and 11tu Woollen had gone to bed, when Fanny, conscience-struck, came up into the room, to confess all she knew of the matter. NVinifred, she said, told her, that while the light was out she had thrown a bundle on to the counting-heuse leads, under the kitchen window, and begged her to find an opportunity of getting it away—to stand her friend, and conceal it ; for if her mistress knew of it, it would cost her her life. Not haring any opportunity of getting it without being observed by the new servant, she told her what passed. They then reached the parcel up with the tongs, and finding it to contain a lace veil and a lace shawl of Mrs. ‘Voolletes, worth between M. and 4!., she could not rest till she had brought it up to her, and let her know all that had happened, and the prisoner calling yesterday morning for her box, she was given in custody, and brought to this office. Befbre the Alderman the facts stated were given in evidence, the new servant Collins corroborating the account given by Harrington as to the finding of the I;4;mile on the leads. The prisoner evinced up 91:optima of contrition for her miseon. thiet, but oft the contrary, - nettled 10 the most . positive manner the whole of the story told by Harriegtbn , declaring that she made no such confession, and knees nothing of the bundle in question. Her denial, of course, 'tinder such circumstances, was discredited by the Magistrate, and she would have been committed for trial, hut Mrs. Woollett rot being present to identify the property, the prisoner was necessarily remanded. BOW-STREET. A man about fifty years of age was yesterday charged with felony. On the night of the fire in Pickett.street, the prisoner had been employed by Cox, a ahopman of Mr. Essex's, in consequence of his having a previous knowledge of him, to assist in removing the 'property that was endangered by the fire; when that object was effected. Cox desired the prisoner to watch the shop whilst he went to look after the firemea. On his going out of the door, Edwards, the constable, drew his attention to the prisoner's con duct, and he observed him take two watches out of a drawer, in which there were about 150 others, and put them into his pocket ; he then gave him into custody, and the prisoner upon being questioned regarding the watches gave them up. The prisoner was then fully committed. IiATTON-DARDEN. John Williams, a gaol bird, just delivered from his cage, was re. conducted to this office yesterday, charged by Mr. John Owen, a dealer in marine -stores., m Field-street,• Battle-bridge, with steal ing a pair of second-hand (or rather second-leg) boots. It appeared from the evidence of a groom. whose name we could not catch, but who resides in die same pleasant neighbor ho od, that as he was that morning walking along the street above mentioned, he encountered Mr. Williams, who produced the b9ots in question front under his coat (in courtesy so called) and of fered them to him for tale at the price of a shilling a boot. Un fortunately for the dealer and chapman, his customer recognised the articles as old seqoaiatances, towards which he hid often cast a longing eye when. in paining his neighbour Owen's shop, he had seen them exp6,ed, hut ton temptingly as it now appeared, in the panelesa window, glitterir.g in the sun in all the glorious efful. genee of Day and Martin. Strock at the sight of them in the possession of a gent/moan of M. Williams's appearance, he paused, examined the boots with a more scrutinising eye, and being fully convinced of their identity, desired the vendor to go into the Olive ' Branch, an adjoining public-house, and call for a pint of ale at hls (the groom's) expense, while he went home to ransack his ex cite:per for a sum sufficient to complete that demand. This, how ever, he observed to the Magistrate, was only a mantenvre " for the purpose of toying blot," and coy enough he was on his return ; fur, observing his expected customer making his entre, in company with the ci-devant proprietor of the boots, Mr. IVilliams, thinking probably that the one point of law still in favour of Mr. Owen, would prove of more avail titan the nine said to be vested in him self in virtue of possession, fairly bolted, not forgetting, however, to carry with hint the prize he had laboured so hard to secure. " Stop thief," was vociferated and repeated half way down Gray's Inn.lane ; every body, however, for a considerable time rather joining in the recommendation than taking any active measures to put it In force. At length, however, a cow-keeper, most pseudony mously called Dandy, seized the fugitive, and grasping him with a vigour utterly at variance with the effeniinacy of his patrony. Ink, secured him till the arrival of Thompson, the patrol, who took him into custody. The boots were now produced and sworn to by Mr. Owen as his property, although he had not witnessed their abstraction. Thompson also laid before his Worship, a short iron bar, known among " professors" by the name of a "jemmy," which he had found upon the prisoner, whose dress, a tattered gaol uniform, he. spoke him not long restored to liberty : a fact, indeed, which Mr. Williams admitted. . The defence made was not an uncommon one. " Be," the prisoner, had " found the boots in the streets." His Worship shook his bead, and sent hint beck to his old quarters. Mary Groves. a wandering melodist, was then brought up, charged by Mr. John Spawn, of Portpool- lane, with having given vent to such a series of discords opposite his house, that he and the whole neighbourhood were put completely out of tune. It appeared front the fair syren's defence, which she delivered In broken English, that she is a native of Valenciennes, and the wi dow of a British soldier, by whom she has three children. For the support of herself and her young ones, she had entered into a joint stock company with an Italian, an eminent performer on the hurdy (curdy, whom she accompanied in his harmonious perambulations, in order to exchange their notes for others of a more substantial description, notes, alas I " by distance made more sweet," as the poet too truly remarks. The Signor, however, it seems, had con stituted himself receiver-general, and while she was warbling, he turned his hurdy-gurdy with one hand and took all the money with the other. It was in a fruitless attempt to procure for herself a participation in the fruits of their combined talents, which he who hated " dry restitution," endeavoured to evade, that the riot she was charged withal took place, and for which Mr. Spawn, who, it would seem, is " A man that has no music In his soul, And is not moved with concord of sweet sounds," committed her to the custody of the watchhouse-keeper of Saffron. hill. Madame Groves, in support of her allegations, exhibited her arms, &a from the appearance of which it might certainly be fairly inferred that his cm:terms had, at least, given her something to remember him by, if he had not paid her in the coin she wished, her skin exhibiting much discolouration, evidently the effect of blows. His 11 , orship, moved at this thorough base conduct of the musi cian, In beating not only time, but his companion into the bargain, expressed It» opinion that she was rather an object of pity than of punishment, and dismissed her with a caution to be rather more piano in future in urging her demands, and a hint, that if the Sig nor executed many more movements of the same description, his divertimento might end in a chord he little expected. NOlf-IDINTITT or STOLEN PROPERTY.—Yesterday genteelly dressed young man, named George Lowe, was brought before A. S. LAING, Esq. for re-examination, on a charge of stealing a pair of gig-reins, value 10s., the property of his em ployer, 111 r. Thomas Squires, livery-stable-keeper, of Compton mews, hunter -street, Brunswick-square. The prisoner, it appeared, had been for nearly ten years In the service of Mr. Squires, as hostler. Some time back a pair of reins were missed out of the yard, but no trace could be had of them until Saturday evening, when a respectable gentleman, residing in the neighbourhood, put up his gig and horse at the stables, and on accidentally looking at the harness, .Me. Squires imagined he had found the reins so long missing. Ile thereupon inquired of the owner from whom he had them, and the reply was, that "they were purchased from Lowe, the hostler," who was, therefore, given in charge to the night-constable of the Foundling Estate watch house, upon which charge he was brought up at this Office, before Mr. Cairo, on Monday morning. The reins were produced, and Mr. Squires described having lost a pair of that sort, and swore positively that they were dap same. The prisoner, Lowe, declared his innocence in the steadiest man ner, and entreated Mr. Squires to be cautious how lie persisted in the identity, as he could bring forward the most undeniable proofs that the pair of reins to which he was now swearing, never were in his ( Mr. Squire's) possession. Mr. LAING desired hint, if he could, to show how they had got into his (prisoner's) possession, as it appeared he did not mean to deny having sold them to the gentleman in whose custody they were found. The prisoner replied, that as he was about getting into busi ness on his own account, he had been in the habit, for sonic time, of occasionally making a few purchases of harness and other things in his line. The reins now produced were bought at the shop of Mr. Watts, a harness-maker, in Long-acre; end the man who bad made them, and was present at the time they were bought, was now in attendance to prove the same. Mr. Squires said, that ho could not possibly be mistaken ; the reins which he lost had a peculiar sort of buckle, which he meld safely swear to any where. On the part of the prisoner, the harness-maker was then sworn, and in the fullest manner, by his evidence, sustained the prisoner's allegation. Mr. Lein° asked him how he courk undertake to swear poet. lively to those reins? The witness said, that he could safely swear to his own work. manship, because the stitching was of a very remarkable de scription. Mr. LAING said, it appeared to him that the evidence of Mr. Watts was necessary in support of the prisoner's defence ; as Mr. Squires had sworn so positively to the property, and the prisoner being about to leave his employment, a strong suspicion of guilt was at least natural. Ile should therefore expect the prisoner to give 20W. hail for himself, and two sureties of 1001. each, to an swer for his appearance on Wednesday (yesterday) when the case would undergo still further inquiry. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock. all parties were in attendance. Mr. Hartman appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The only new evidence produced was that of Mr. Watts, who swore that the reins were manufactured by or for him, and that lie had sold them to the prisoner for Iris., about the time stated. Mr. Hertmen contended, that this evidence, coupled with that of the workman who had actually made the reins (and alto must, of course, be quite competent to identify them), was conclusive testimony in favour of the innocence of his client. It should, be. sides, have been considered that lie was ten years in the com plainant's employ, and that during that period he bad maintained a character of irreproachable honesty., sobriety, and attention. The prisoner was then discharged, and it was intimated that proceedings would be immediately taken against Squires for false imprisonment. OBSERV•NCE or THE SA.BBATII.--JaMeTbfaSOCI, the landlord of the Noah's Ark public-house, Woodbridge-street, Clerkenwell, appeared to a summons for allowing drinking in his house during dime service nn Sunday last. Mr. flute, high-constable of the Finsbury division, stated that he found between thirty and forty persons of the very lowest cha. raster, drinking in a back room, on the first floor of the defendant's house, between the lours of twelve and one o'clock on Sunday Inst. Bugg, the beadle, spoke to the same effect, and described the Noah's Ark as a very 111.conduct.d house, constantly open to low and depraved characters. . . . . . . . The . defendant contended that the people found in the house were either lodgers, or the frieade of lodgers, whom he had no tight to turn out. • Both Mr. LATWO and Sergeant SELLON expressed their disap. probation of such a defence being set up, as on that pretext the tap-room company might be invited up stairs by the lodgers, and a constant scene of riot and c.isorder kept up at a time when they should be otherwise employed. . The defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs, with an admonition that the nest time ho was found so of. finding, the heaviest punishment that the law allowed would be inflicted. QUEEN-SQUMM. BUSOLAIIT AT TRY WZSTMIXSTra Foltz NATIONAL SCHOOL.—On Tuesday evening, en urchin, about 13 years of age. named'YQylor. the son of a reapectable master butcher in Tothill. street, was brought before the .Magistrate by Cooper, the officer, on suspicion of breaking and entering the National Free School in Little George-street, Westminster, and committing a robbery therein. The Rev. IV. J. Rodber attended, u Treasurer of the school. It appeared that on Sunday night the above institution was care fully secured, and on the teachers going there next morning, they found that the premises had been entered by thieves during the night, or early in the morning, by means of an entrance through the school window ; the burglars, then proceeded along a p assage which communicated with the master's room, wherein was a writ ing desk, containing a large quantity of memoranda, besides a bag containing II sovereigns, the property of the master. The desk had been torcetl open with considerable violence, the docu ments strewed about the floor, and the money carried off A beautiful print of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, by Sir Joshua • Reynolds, which was left hanging in the apartments the night before, was removed tiom its situation and carried into the school room, where it was found lying in the morning; it is there lure supposed that the thieves were either alarmed, or that they were afraid the picture, if they carried it away, would ultimately caose their detection, and therefore they left It behind them. In. formation of the burglary was forwarded to the Rev. Mr. Rodber, who sent for Cooper the officer, and he, in consequence of the pri soner, who in connected with a formidable gang of juvenile thieves, haring been seen in company with another of is companions, near the school, on the night of the robbery, took him into custody on suspicion ; but beyond this he had no further evidence to produce to implicate him, and the Magistrate therefore ordered him to be discharged. Mrs. Taylor, the mother of the delinquent, with tears in her eyes, related such dreadful acts of depravity on the part of her wicked child, that she declared that unless the Magistrate would cause him to be sent to sea she was certain he would end his life ignominiously. The Magistrate said, if the boy was four feet nine lathes high he could get him Into the Matins Society, which he should feel happy to do, both for hie sake and that of his respectable and az . happy parents. It was aubsequently aseertalned the erchin was not the elk oitil height, and he was obliged to be taken home by his Mabel, wh o seemed almost broken-hearted. The little villain on leaving the office callously wined at hee l , again liberated, and no sooner did he reach home than ha aL_ sconded, again joined his depraved associates, and has mg b m , beard of eince. MA RLBOROUGIUSTREET. John Eitsrard Bich, a very grave-looking corpulent oki Rond e .. man, and his son, Thomas Rich, were brought before iiir Osman, Fasnaxr, on a charge of having committed the moat outrage ow , breach of the rules of peaceable and quiet demeanour. The younger of the prisoners entered the box with an air of e on . diatoms perfectly laughable ; and, in taking off' his white ba t , flourished it round his head, and prosmated his graceful pa tio , almost to theiground. The old man would have been equa:ly light and airy in his movements, but sixty winters had som e . what destroyed the elenticity of his frame. The watchman de. tailed the "drunken frolics' of the prisoners with the precision of a Scotchman, interruped from time to time by the you ng , prisoner's interposing in a must tierce accent and ferocious manner, such exclamations as " you lying scoundrel ;" he would evidently have said more, but anger, indignation, and ra ge h a d c h oaked the passage of his voice. The watchman went on to nay, that John Edward Rich got so exuberant in his valour as to strike him 4 mo st heavrand almost mortal blow. NVhat, do you swear that I struck you?" bawled out the prisoner, in a voice that " split the ears to tatters, to very rep.. ' 6 ' I have sworn so, and I have witnesses to prove it," rLj,,i nft t the watchman, in the meek and quiet tone of his fraternity. It is high time to put a stop to this tyranny of the night, r e , sumed the prisoner, and I will criminally indict this man at thz Sessions. Where do yon Jive, Inquired the Magistrate ?-4 13 St. Wood-road. What is the number P_My house has no number. I resi.l2 m a cottage, a little distance from the road, in a retired and obrvire situation. What bovines. or profession do you follow follow no bon. ness: I was brought up to the bar. The prisoner who had undergone this examination, now feria's). ed, or rather demanded, this affair to be deferred till the that he might have his witnesses ready. We cannot adjourn it, (replied Mr. George Farrant) beani e wa cannot put off watehimuse charges, and ordered the son to pat five shillings for being drunk, and the father to find bail for her e . struck the watchman. Hear me, Sir George, said the elder prisoner, for one minute. 1 had been dining with some friends at Lincoln's-Inn. I had drank a little, of course, but nothing to be named. I was assailed by tit e fellow's jargon, and I determined to check his insolence. It mitt be put an end to, 1 say, as Sir Richard Birnie very properly ob, serves, there is no enduring it. " Bring in the next charge," said the Magistrate, Interrupting an harrangue which seemed by no means near its termination. Alf. Rich was still going on when he was gently handed out of ths office, in company with his son, who, with the most horrid grlr, and the most abominable owl-like scream that ever rang through unwilling ears, exclaimed, " It is only for the purpose of robbing gentlemen of their property that they disturb them ; if they could have rubbed my father of his watch, they would never have brusght us here." 11IA RYLEBONE. Yesterday a young woman, in an evidently delicate state of health, applied tollr.ltAwr.txe tr for a warrant, under the follow ing circumstances :—She stated that she unfortunately married a man, who, after a series of ill-usage, deserted her, but by her own labour, and the assistance oilier friends, she was enabled to support herself nntil about four days since, when she was brought to bed of a child. By some means or other this had come to the ears tit h e r husband, and he, on Tuesday, made his appearance, abused her In the vilest language, struck her repeatedly, and finally snatching from her arms the child, carried it away she knew not whither, and she has not since been enabled to obtain any tiding of him or bee infant. Mr. IlAwt.rxsort asked if she had siren him any provocation for such an extraordinary outrage. She replied, not any In the world, and, Indeed, received hint kindly. . The Magistrate said, it was a most unfeeling attack, and ordered a warrant to be issued immediately. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Devitt a Greenwich pensioner, seventy years of age, et. tended this office, on a charge of h av i ng added unlawfully to the number of his illajesty's subjects. lie pleaded his inability to con. tribute more than one shilling per week, which he was allowed by tlio Hospital, and which was all he had in the world. The Magistrate (Sir D. Wit. LIAMs) told him that the law wee imperative, and unless he made some arrangement with the parish authorities, and gave due security for its performance, he must of necessity, for he hod no option, commis him to the house of Cor rection. Devitt observed', that he could do no more than he offered ; an 6 an order was immediately made out for his transmission from the shady banks of the Thames to th e l ess agreea bl e en j oyment of the tread wheel. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS -.-_ Sin,--In your Paper of this morning there appears, under that head of police intelligence at Guildhall. an account of Mr. J ones, the landlord of the White Horse, in Fetter-lane, having caused woman to be taken into custody, for offering him a shilling which he suspected to be bad, and which afterwards proved not to he so. We are requested to assure you, that our client, Mr. Thomas Jones, who has for some years conducted that highly respectable tavern, the \Vhite Horse, in Fetter-lane, had no concern in the matter in question, no such transaction having occurred within hit Ito:el, and he never having heard of it till it appeared in the public newspapers. Front our knowledge of Mr. Thomas Jones's character and humane disposition, we are convinced he would be the last man In the world to azt in the manner reported, and we therefore trust you will feel it due to him to give this contradiction the greaten pot sible publicity. We are, Sir, your obedient Servants, WILLIAMS and BETI7ELL. Gray's-Inn, Sept. 28, 1825. L'Ve received the account to which the foregoing letter Was. from the Police Reporter who supplies the Morning Papers with statements of the transactions at Guildhall.—ED. BY. Pa.l SPORTING INTELLIGE.VCR. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Earl of Derby's bounds ere expected to arrive r-t the ;'etcs to about three weeks. H. Jolifle, Esq.'s fox-bounds will commence hur.ticg cn Myr.. day next. This Surrey fox-hounds will commence bunting on Mandl! next. The Sanderstead hariers have commenced regular hunting, and will meet every Monday,AVednesday, and Saturday, at the kg.r.e., at half-past nine. CORN EXCHANGE, WIDNISDAT, SIM 2a We have had several fresh arrivals of Grain since Monday There was not much doing in our Market to-day, nor haul ye to note any alteration in the currency since last day, COAL MARKET, SEPT. 211 Whips at Market. Skips Seidl. .P.r. 1 3 11 te:deeirinined - - - : tr, 3d to Al i b 1 1 Scotch Coal . 1 . 3133 Od to -6 7i Small Coal . .111 s 6d to 26$ 1•; DI RTHS. On the 211th inst. at his house, in Bath, the Lady of 91; Josrpt Huddart, of a daughter. On the 24th inst. the lady of the Rev. B. B. Greenlew, ofEsang , of a daughter. On Tuesday, at his house, In RusselLsqeare, the lady of fleurEc Darling, 31. 1). of a daughter. MARRIED Mr. John Nelson Gardner, to Miss Sarah Forall, lases of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London. Colon it T. Foster, to Miss Lamotte, second daughter of Je. Lagier Lamotte, Esq., formerly of Thorngrove, in the musty of Worcester, and late of Brighton, in the county of Susses. At Bath, the 22d inst. George Hendleston Thomas, l is4- 7 th Madras Light Cavalry, and youngest son of the late Arehiteco Thomas, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rec. T.lltoallmrst. Belvedere House, in that city. On the 27th inst. ut St. George the Martyr, Quecn..quare, Jut.' Ilornidge, Esq. of Great Ormond -street, to Anna Claris. daughter of John Dickinson, Esq. of New North.street, Red I.am• square. On the 27th inst. at St. Pancras church, Hilgh Waile 3taceasg• hey, Esq. of Tottenham. to Lucinda, second daughter of Jan , Arbouin, Esq. of Brunswick-square. On Tuesday, at St. John's, Hackney, George Rowley Meal. Esq. of the sante place, to Hester, second daughter of John Rucker IVebb, Esq : of the Island of Jamaica. On the 2, th irate. at Elstree, Herta, Francis Burton, Jilin. 1 11 • 1) . of the 12th regiment of Lancers, to Sarah, eldest ttauthqr et th: late Richard Baker, Esq. of Barham House. DIED. On Saturday last, Catharine, wife of 11. W. ',rook:, N.; Marine HOLM ' B'aliner. On the 25th inst. at Turnhatn-oreen, Mrs. E,haabeth 1 1 , -"c". Gower -street, Bedford-square, widow, aged 76. On Sunday last, aged 81, Thomas NVallis, Esq. 01 b` r g -3 ‘ le and Camden -street, Camden-town. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DA, Morning 8 rub. alter 3. Evening 21 min. Argir Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Offics. by J.W. Capin ow, 181, li*aod, ead published ky R. cox NEE, WM 011°6 L