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♦l. ronvietell in the mall of 101. fa► serving after tweet e'elork It P h 4. atrembly In the Pole Po ice Art. A variety of dlertrdrrs wry. also proved to have been committed in Ins holm MN, the oboes boor, by patrons areal frame who re. sorted 114 re. Mr. Hownphries, the 'Horsey, appeared foe the Dehndant, end gave 'noire of an appeal horn the rouvietwa foreyik firma was ordered to Iliad bail , ehargrd with bring enat:crtied wish •nolher maw in a conspiracy to übialo gouda free" a another of tradesmen under false pret . He was stopped sod brought to the Office by a broker, from whom In lid obtained goods he the satouni of 71. A frw evenings sine, a &wink iufant, five years of age, way cl,e,t3ted jolt, a privy in Dottonddrem, Long-acre. by a sP•mtn, and stripped of all its coils emend Iwo In-tricorns, rind the wretch left the infant in that ■tate, whose erten brunet's smite person to ►ee assistant. The 'mien chokes urre trierd to"a dealer fa eatised-hand clothes, in Pi 118“11: street, Drury-line, ehrs, us being seasmuilied before the M.gisirate.sesterrlry, very readily gave throe up, mad the Isar. augur doe ehrid &flighted her of soy boowle.lge o< do articles baring bees ofooloo. tiAaLsozooon-%THEET. A female In • pregnast state was charted with making • riot at the haute of a tradesman with a view of extorting grinner, stating the complaluant to be the father of the ala i:Oltenia. offspring. Th. defence was, that the traderimaa had promised the •ecuted some money, alai* he denied After mach contr.- arroyo, the accused informed the Magistrate in the complain ant's beating, that if be tatinl4 give her the !rode of musty the demanded, she Would awl swear the child lo him. The charge was dismisted wi.h disgust, as the I rad. smau had no wish to be further troubled. NVOiIitRIP-STAsItT. A WHOLESALE DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN. !Story Doyle wsa brought before the Magistrate', charged with telling 72 pieces of counterfeit coin, representing shit rags suit siapesees rif the legal coin of the realm. The Prisoner is as Oil woman, who for • great length of time kept • frail stall at the eons*? of • court in Pettit-I.m -1 use, and in coosequeree of information received hp I:leed, the officer, he appointed two persons to make • purchase of the apnrion• coin from the Prisoner. She, on heti,/ applied I.s by those individuals, emieriook to furnish any quantity they trqn i red, either by the score or thousand, at 6.1. 6.1. per pound. Is November last Iwo purchases of 20r. at a time Werewaide. She was :0 furnish them ready heated, so as to sound well ellen rung, sod oh int ite ly the officers gave mei krd anweell• to whit h they could again swear, to the said persona makieg the purchases, when she was liken into custody sad sloe money frond opens her Ansongat the whole of Ilse spurious coin were sixteen bed sixpences, but no half crones, although they were asked for. The Prisoner was folly committed for trial. starroN. oh ROF.K. Vetter's! Jones Soda, au t a woman named Ana Nichols, who lived conk in the family of Wm. Fltilioninre, Erg. N 0.7, Upper Siontagu-striet, Russell-tonere, were brought up aid underwent an examination, the latter charged with plan. lariat her roaster, and the former as being accessary afore the fact. tfiward Hancock, eons/able, of Rattle-bridge, apprehended Ilre mate Prisoner in Reppel street the preco.ding night, wills n tante sack, containing Michas airmails of the beet quality, consinhog of stew-paus, must-pons, Wien, &e. On being taken to the watch-horse he contested be had received them from the female Prisoner, who had lived in her place four years. Upon this she was takes into custody, and on search- Om her IA eovereigns ' and 'ld keys, which opened every (bower and beaufet, both in the dvalliog-house and at Mr. P.'. clambers, in Stone-builolinga, were found upon her, by which means she had access to •Il the property. A search warrant was obtained, and (iterated by Read and Hancock, to *larch the female Paisoaer's sister's house, is the Bo rough, where some moped, was fumed which proved to be belooring 10 Prisoners were re. sanded. LAMBETH-STREET. CHARGE OF MURDER. Yeaterday Daniel Mahoney, • bricklayer's lalhourer, • whom • verdict of w.ifisl murder was returned bf. • COMilres 1 ury, was brought span the Catraser's *smut, slanted with the wilful murder of Richard Needs. Ti,. office was crowded to bear the esaasisalsa, and the Rev. Sir. Mathias, the UMW of initeelispel, was pretreat with the Magistrate whir presiderL • • The nest witaess called was Thouseadtag, the landlord of the Gyre., Man, Castlewstreei, Whiteellapel ; bring acorn, he mated that ea the night of Friday three weeks he shut up leis house at eleven u'elisk and went to bed; at absst 'twelve Is was awoke out of his sleep by some persons hoot kiug at Li, door; on opening it, he found tise Prisoner., the deceamd, tied another man, who requested to have a pot of porter, which they were served with, sad drask it in the passage; they talked lo4elher, and *lissom heard the Prisoner ray to Cs deceased, " Dirk, doe% you remember having gives inf. a *hip is the face ?" (anodise to a recent Agin which tuck pb•ce bistro them, in which Needs heat him.) The rt... C. 00•41 replietd, •• Not to bear malice, to forget mid forgive." The Prisoner ilien paid to the deceased, o I'll advise you to l o ok cut for yourself, or I will look out for you." Ma- I•orty, is company with his friend, went out of the house, 'tt streek the deceased a desperate blow uu lbe head with • Isere stone. John Harris was passing by the Greco Man at the time the I'o* was struck. Ile saw the Prisoner give the deceased a desperate blow on the head with a stone, and the threat", instantly fell un the ground senseless; blabony and Lis com pilation ran away with all possible operd, and witness pur r weed them with • cry of " Murder!" but they made their 11 SCOW. 011 returning to the spot, lie howl the d il lying on Aar ground weltering in big blood, with his bead dreadfully I at; he was quite insensible, and was carried away fur as al...tante; a swot was found near the deceased which be bad Leen stark sigh. James Francis saw the Prisoner sad another man drinking sons porter with the eternised is the passage of the Green Man publtelsouse. The Prisoner quitted the place first, and solid to the deceased, " Come Moog, Dick," iuviting bim to gn out; he bad secretly threatened the deceased, who shortly afterwards followed the Prisoner; on going outside the deer, I. sow the Prisoner give the deceased a violent blow on the bead with a large stone, and be fell down. 'the deceased received a large cot on his head, which bled rer4sely. Thomas Yawy, • watchman near the Green Mao, heard somebody say, " Come •long, Needs ;" he saw a blow gists, sod the deceased fell.—(Tbe deceased's hat and the stone er•• here produced.)—The steis was (fiat, and about twelve inchen is diameter; the hat was bent Whom the blow, which meat bate beta very desperate, and the dent corresponded with *ltemize of the slime on being compared. John Sampson, a patrol, oat bearing that Needs bad bees absent murdered, called oil him ; he said that Mahony had killed him ' • he apprehended Mahony at his l o dg ings ; b e then confronted him with the deceased; oa which be said, that hr war the mass who bad struck him the blow. Juba Partridge, a constable, called at Neads's house, and •poke to him. la answer to his qnestioss, be said that he was ecitspeiow• of his approaching death, and that the Pri soner was the mau tabu struck Iwo. Mrs. Needs was present, and appeared to be very much *Meted m tier husband's fate. She was in mourning. Oa being sawn, she ideutified the hat produced as her InIF bind's. Tbe Magistrate requested the witnesses to be very careful low they gave their evidence against the Prisoner, especially that part where they alluded to the expressions of the Pri soner towards heads when in the passage of the public. h uo es; they ought to endeavour and remember the exact words that be made sae of. Tbe life of the Prisoner depend. a d upon their evidence, and they ought to give it fair l ). The Pritioner was sow asked whether he wished to say any thing in Ms defence. lie confessed that be had been with the deceased, and qnarralled with him, tint be went straight home, mad knew nothing of the blow received by the deceased. The Prisoner was fully eunimitted to New/gate for Meal, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. bir.Thearipstra, the Chief Clerk, informed the Magistrate, Inas Osbert/eon, •ho proved that the deceased's death was warmed by the inland on the beam, had been examined before the Comore, mod bound over by hum to appear at the tics. 510011 to give evidence agaimt the Prisouer. rug cuAsa. The reef Erse: and Thoorle* fon 1 " lily, dee Oth, at Crouch " eavradesivirses; ae fiel MK On Friday,ss'aint Prraffhans, hefore a , line style marl? shirt , river (wire; and poor sitting Paper et lossitstiou obliged her toppgssl.lo, Her statement was . then iovestigated, _ to be strictly correct. As she had gained ma legal alt. Dewiest in 'this eventry, the Mendicity Society support. ed the family until July, when they supplied the mother with a ..laciest Rim of money lie es.bk ha to proceed to Ireland for the purpose of procuring evi dence in ',tomtit of a claim to properly which was evidently wojestly withheld from her. During her sinewy, the chil. den were nniistained al the ripens, of the Society, but no tidings having bee• received from Mrs. Mg:Jewett for a con siderable time, application was made to the wish of St. Georges, Southwark, end the children were promptly ad. milted into the Workhouse, 'tattles been furnished with necessary clothing by the Society. In this asylum they re mained until October lam, whim the mother returned front Ireland with addit.onsl evidence of her claim, which abund antly coolirmed the opinion previously entertained of its jus tore. The most careful consideration was given to the sub ject by Mr.Tooke, Hon. Solicitor to the last defies ; bet it did not appear to him advisable to have recourse to legal pro ceedings, in which epistle° an eminent Counsel who was coo. salted fully conrurred. la the mean time one of the children was attacked by severe Muesli, which terminated in its death, and the protection of the Society was continued nail! its in terment. It was only on Monday last (so hope being left) that the managers were compelled reluctantly to discharge the case from their books, previous to which they made the parish officers acquainted with the preuliasily of the case, and were promised that every attention should be paid to it. The poor woman has, however, no legal settlement in time perish ; and it is bet justice to observe, that in providing forwserly a temporary asylum for the children, the parish °Marrs did more titan in most parishes would have beeu dose under similar circumstances, Hap.. who trio ap•seds whole I hate, sod s. Sod on Satiarday Capes, which afforded - Messiseski sea e.oast • it took timid% and swam about half a mile, wises being olnervert, some pas , engera on board & ship, neat &sowing what it (sold be, put nut *behest, erlmillidertghtersed it us shore; after this he started, appareully for Sorttlsbaes, where he was taken. Daring 011ip dopy ) In crossed the river et Rising, where the water was wieg and seven of the Si Id swans scrims. Ma GLASGOW MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Also • The (mire, Hogged lie eerier on Saturday seanight, with the sinus, poodble We. It I. ossecessary to go into par ticulars regardisig the merits of the performers in their dif ferent walk., a. these were noticed iu • previous accorst of the entersaiumeols of the first two teenier. Their exer tions,.and the favour of the •ndieuce, kept pare 011 the sights of Friday and Settirday, with Ike ability previously shewn on the one hand, sad the •pprobalius manifested or the other. On Friday the house ass crowded, and had • must briLliant appearance; on Saturday the numbers reseal were fewer, hut probably on • par with the audience of Monday; Wednesday, we presume, held a mediums between them. lu all, • random gorse might state the receipts of the Aril sod last vies'. as bOOl. each--Weduesdsy .6001. and Frilly 70111. Thus she gross receipts, istelsid• log she ball use Toursiliy, won d be setter ',SOO/. ; sod we regret k,. learn, that notwithataniting thy lalsorinua •nd praiseworthy eseribm► of the Directors, the reversion so the public charities, if airy thing, will be way trifling in deed. Nfailione Crialati, we are told, was engaged at 7001. or one thing of the rieripti; Nos. SSIIIIkIe 4001.; Mr. Braham 2001 ; mud Signors Place;_ and Spaanuletti 1001. rich: the other perfornors, and the Siding woof the theatre, &e. would probably engross the remainder. We speak, how. ever, from reason, soul coojrcluge only, and shall be happy so burl is otherwise, and that the well-meant bewevoletice of the public will not be baulked in its exprclatioos. 7'IIR ARMY. The cootimed protection afforded le this nnfrortunate faintly by the Mendicity Society, and the exertions made by its other's for their effectual relief, ramut be WO highly commended; and we have 110 doubt the parish spun which this I burden has been unavoidably imipmed. will do Its duty. MELANC:DOLY DEATHS. CORONERS' INQUESTS. The Nana! half-yearly Public Examinations at the Royal I Yesterday an istquisitton was taken at the sign of the Ring Milita r y Cusbge, at Son littoral., commenced nit Thursday and Queen, Hare-street, Bethnal•green, before J. W. Urvrin, last. There was a numerous attendance of she Commis- Esq. Coroner, ms the body of Mr. Juba Meade, who came to sionere. among whom we ulorrved, Generals Lord Cathcart, his death in she following mariner : Sir Robert Brownrogg, Sir Hairy Calvert; Lieut.-General It appeared iu evidence, that she dece•sed was a respects Fade, irk Maitland; Majur.Geuervls Sir Willoughby Gor- blew , residing at Mile Eud, and on Sunday last attend. don, Sir Hem y To, rPIAP, the Quari.rmssier and Adjutaut. ea she funeral of a particular friend as she burial ground of General; Sir George Murray, the Governor. and Cutonel St. Matthew, Bethnal-green. On lois return how in the Boller, Ilse lieutenant Governor of she Institusios. The i eveningscross Hare street Fields, leading (rein the workhouse exlmistations bulb of the Office's of Ilse Seems. Department ' la Mile End, he tumbled and fell into a quaustily of Sltb, and of the Gentler/rem Cadets, were conducted with she the refuse from the gas works which had been emptied from nasal strictness; and she results proved highly creditable the carts at various timer near the footpath, from which both to the individuals who appeared before the Beard of place he could Dot extricate himself, and it was supposed he Commissioners, and to the character of the estabilabment i .had been snlTocated by the alluvia. The body was fouled generally. :seat morning Sty some buys who were playing, and on its Oa Thursday upwards of thirty of the GeMltemo t Wing removed, presented a most frightful spectacle. CLAN, appeared f ar ea.,,,omatiaa is the wi a theasatise, The Jury, its strong terms,reprobsted the practice of shoot. Swim, military drawling, general hissosy, Lodi% tosslies lug the refuse of gas sear the public footpath, and desired language., lee.; aid aevea of th e n um b er , who had goo• the sunamooing officer so represent the matter to the Vestry, pitted their course of studies, received recommendations la order to ascertain irbat steps could be taken to prowess it to the Commander in Chief fur commissions, viz —Gentle. - being shot there for the future. After a short deliberation, IMO Cadets Moorsom,Thomes, Rubinson, Cuckep, Tobin, they returned a verdict of Accidental Death f rom cuff," Three, and Blackwell. On sheet:at day the following 015- csf iaL core of the Sevier Departmeet, after their trainiastion in Another inquest was held the manse day before the same' the higher branches of mathematics and tolification, re. Colorer, at the Camden's Head, iu Bethnal Greenvnad, us ceired leatinaussisla...f the entire approbation of she Board, view of the body of William Drake, aged 41 years, who mate viz.—Captain . Walker, 19th knaves; Lieut.:neut. CrauSeld, his death as follows :- 90th ogispeal; Tinting, grenadier guards; Reed, Itth las.- It appeared that thedereased had been formerly an Excise ern; end Ensigns Grew, 79th regain:Nil; and Thomas, officer, brit was discharged, since which he had given him. 54th. self up so abilities, Rod scarcely a night passed without The Nth regiment his arrived at Fetus°, Got Cove... lam being excessively intoxicated, and when s was atiewes. (Cork Intelliventer.) I }ugly pasdionste. th Friday night about eleveu o'clock, bra came home in a very Jrunken state, and Isis ravings were CONTINUATION OF TILE SPORTS AT I like ibat of a maniac. He ihreateutd to cut she threats of his rife ehildien, and searched ab or t f ur a razor NOULSEY, ON TUESDAY. • fur that diabolical primate. His wife, who was then 41 4 1 111‘ 4 " is bid, escaped with her children out of doors, sad re- As we staled yesterday, the sports were not Rork. Insigne' at a friend's house till two o'clock in the The teents4 battle, borate, Lanus., and Brow*, oar morning, wise. thinking her husband load become a little info; mint waited so see a pass uf, lasted more than an hour calm alit it:Ward to bee house, and having knocked pevend and a half, but it was Nu indifferent to be detailed. There j times she thought he had fallen asleep, or that be was only was went of isseille usi both sides, and the conduct of Brown, silent in order that she should aim be alarmed on going jo b in treading upon his aid y, Rod hitting him trial whom She having she key, employed the watchman to enter the on the grossed, excited touch meirmuring, aid Lawoey was house, when the unfortunate man was found ots the bed life. declared the winner, but there was bet little ralbioillealt um ' km'. • Medical aid was soon procured, but it had no snail. either side. The July seturoed a verdict of—" Sudden death fa as ftt Kendrick and Acton fought • manly battle of seventeen 1 ajpopier l y.'" tonsils. They turned to as their wink, weal op to each ustier's heads, and . . _ _ Kendrick essbarkednt G to _4 in the first three rounds, bet lIV QUEST. On Satertiay, the flth Instant, in inquest was held at the . . iu the fourth be was Iluoreil by • doabler•wp in the body, which pearly sent the siiud out of him. Amon lead for a time, but the Black got room!, and 6uished the battle by his adversary a heavy fall. Much Me sod jovtliug to.ik place on the road borne, is the absence of Sir Oliver toshew a light wpm' the subject. house of Mr. Robert Lancheiter, at Foxearth, by °shell Hustler, Gent. Coroner of the Liberties of his Majesty'. Duchy of Lancaster, within the cuuety of Essex, un the body of William Clark, aged 75. It appeared that the de. ceased was.• pauper of the parish of (Ilemrford, adjoining Fuseartb, mud that about seven in the evening of the eoth iustaat lie left his house, in good health, with the intention of stealing wood. Nut returning home durtue the night, search was made for him the nest morning. nod in a field in the parish of Fuxearik he was discovered lying upon a hank, yoite dead. No marks of violence appearing upon his per. son, the Jury returned their verdict, Died by (he oiallation of God. A circumstance of a singular and awful nature was disclosed on the examination of one of the witnesses, who staled that the deceased hod been in the habit, during the greater part of his life, of trespassing upon the propetty of the farmers in the neighbourhood. and cropping their tiers, cutting up their hedges, and stealing their wood ; but being tenionstr•ted with by the witness, unly a few darts before his death, upon the impropriety of gulch conduct, he apparently became seitaible of the heinousness of his ()Mace, and declared that if ever he west out again in the sight fur the purpose of stealing wood, he hoped be might Slot seturu home alive!"—lt appeared, however, that he anon forsook this good resolution, and aisle left his h ouse f ur t h e same purpose; but it was lee Teed by au alt-wise Providence that It should be his last attempt to rub his usightsours, he. leg found the Next moruing as abuse stated, • litelesarorpar, wills the wood that he had stoke lying by hie side. The re. baby's of the deceased requemeti that the body might be laid by the side of his wife at Cleinsford, but slot being able to pay 20s. for its removal, be was buried iss the village where lie Mee found, by the parish uthrera. Ou Tuesdey ought following he was disinterred by a party of his neigh. hourr, and a grave being prepared, le wan deposited its the slashed spot at Glenisfui d. TRNATMENT OF HORSES. We are informed that most of the hones In this part of Ibis country, denomloat.d banters and roadsters, Lath; labour at present wider an obstructed perspiration, which exhibits itself by ■ cough, sod from its prevalence amongst ltd description of horse,, is called by many persons s dig. temper that is going through the country, occasioned, per haps, out so much by the variableness of the weather, as a wish or determination in the owners ur grooms of such horses to have them fine in coat, in fact, to have a t eml summer's dress un them in the cold of winter—to wear usu►eeu she. flan. Nei would be the most proper—to bare a 6sie short coat, when nature, by the °mural growth of the hair at this sermon, in all animals, evidently intended they should have a good warm towering; but, to present %Lich, roust of the stables are new so contrived as when shut op to exclude fresh air, an that when opened, particularly is s rooming, a peraos might easily fancy Le was materiels a but house lather than a place destined fur so Lardy an mutual as the horse; io fact, it is laughable to any man who exercises his reason tau the subject, to see the pains which most grooms are at to keep their stables nut merely warm, but actually hut; to such an • sleet is this carried, that even the key-hole of the stable door must be closed ! 'rhos 3 or 4, ur incise horses, warmly clothed, are shut up fur right hours to breathe the same air over and over again, till it becomes so heated ■nd impure as to make it doubtful whether a candle would in the morning burn in it, and the horses themselves so warm, as, in some instanter, to display no inconsiderable degree of 'pivot ion, and in which state they are usually brought out, but ill prepared to brave the variabknem of the weather, or the sill of the rider. With such a made of management, need any tole be surprised ■t horses having colds and coughs? Certainly not; but as our torrespondeut is aware that great sacrifices of health anal usetolness will still be made fur the sake t f a brie bright cost, he odds, whew a horse does labour under the above mimed complaint,• respectable mother recum. mends bleeding according to size, conditiou, ■nd violence of the symptoms—airy from bee to eight pima, after w bids ■ pectoral cordial ball, 2 os , a warm mash of bran and oats, sod 2as of nitre dissolved is the horse's drink, is to La given ; good warm clothing to be pot on during the 'sight, aud three or four hours' *angling exercise during the day (if fair), will iu general speedily remove such complaims. This method (except the bleeding) to be repeated, if necessary, fur a few evenings; If the blood is very stay, 2 ox. of robe may be dissolved in the hose's water in the morniug as well as evening —(Hall iteekingkass ) On Thursday sennight a meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands in the hundred of IVisbech and its vicinity, was held tit the Sessions-house in Wishech, for discussing the propriety of petitioning Parlisruent on its next meeting, towards obtaining relief from the present agricultural distresses of the country. JAMES BELLAMY, E.q. wits in the Chair. said several Resolutions, in accordance the object of the ineeting, were unanimously car ried. Besides Petitions to built Musses of Perlis :went. it was agreed to transmit a Memorial to the Lords of the Toeusury s entbnicing the purport of the Resolutions, and expressing the fearful appre hensions of the Memorialists. "That without speedy relief being afforded to the landed proprietors and the tuttuvutors of the suit. many of them will be miens to c . untinue the p a ym en t o f goverment and othtr taxes is the manner they have hitherto done, and still wish to do." . Capt 4in BAITER, r respectable old ship-owner, "as killed on Thuisday last ut the Coto of Curk, by a suddeo fall of part of tl,e cliff at that plai.e, 'SP nfiai IN A MAIZTIZAP. enteral, morning. shoot nine o'clock, littpaid-survait Mi. liwaney. stoeibruker. Noble-etrett, Gsmell.strt i et. - frosts tbe ititelaen, attending on bee' waster .bo were at breakfast in the parlour, one of g juvenile thieves who are constantly on the plunder, ending the door open, and mein( see. sneaked down stairs with a !motile of Ike ais hand, that in ease of detection he might rater H for male. Finding the cupboard door open, be cosameoced his work of plunder, but in his hurry he overlooked a large rap trap that was set on one of the shelves foe Ike Jr. structiou of the vermin; unfortunately foe the robber he put bis hand on it, and he was lasteatly carreili is the trap. The pain he oaderwent caused hint to scream u 1 aloud, and ia eudearrouring to extricate his hand, be threw down several plates, Ice. The noise brought the maid servant to the kitchen, who, on seeiug the thief, gave the alarm, sad bre master procured a constable, to whom the thief was handed over, who, oa owarthiag hint, Nagel his pockets, bosom, and hat, crammed with brims. forks, *prams, sad provisions, 'shirk he had taker,. He was yeater day taken before a Magistrate, and the cbarge being made oat be was committed for trial. A HOHISRH SHOT. I LYNN ON NORFOLK). DICRIKNRIR 17. On Tuesday last an ioquest was held at the Queen's Head, in this town, before Samuel Hadley, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Hobert Rotrerson, wha was shot by Mr. Henry Pond, linerxdrairer, in High-street, whilst I. the art of breaking into his shop. The Jury, after a very satanic in. vestigatino, unhesitatingly returned a verdict of Justifiable Homicide—lt appeared in evidence, that about a fortnight since the fan-light over the door of Mr. Pond bad hero broken during the night, and a quantity of silk handke►- chiefs stolen through the aperture; Mr. Pend, wishing to detect the thief, stolid nut have it r►paired, but tied a niece of haudkerchief to Ili ball wire for the purpose of giving an alarm ; ■ week afterwards, nevertheless, some of the handkerchiefs were stolen, and the depredators escaped.— Mr. Pond therefore determined to watch in the shop in the expectation of discoveriog the of ender; ■aid intended to have eummiseed his watch on Tuesday morning, but (lad ing it nearly five o'clock when he arose, was returning seal■ to bed: lie thought, however, that he heard footsteps pass. lag and repamilig, on whirls be hastily dressed sad went down stairs, lakiog with him a double-barrelled guts which he had loaded for the purpose of fowl-shooting ; on enter , lag the sloop he perceived, by the refirctiors of the moon, a man's aria through the hole in the fanlight, sad rightly judging thip he would have time to alect his escape before be could open the .luur to nu cure him, hastily fired at the arm, the only part that lie could see, and that but baths. fancily ; the deceased must at that instant have altered the positurn of his arm, which otherwise would have received the charge, the whole of whach entered his body under the left shoulder. Upon opening the door, the deceased was found lying 0,. the pavement, bleeding most profusely; Mr. Pond, with the assi•laaee of two or three Scotch drovers who were passing, lifted him into the shop, sad imatantly went fue a surgeon; he was, however, quite dead. Roberson was well known at the Quarter Sesaione, where he had hero repeatedly tried and convicted of tars ions crimes: and yonsag as he was, being under 20 year. of age, was the reputed head of a gang of pilferers who have lung assayed this town. Two prrsous have bees taken up as snapecied accomplices in the above robbery, as t►e deceased must hare had assistance Is sup port him at the height at which bestow!. STRANGE SUICIDE. DOUGLAS, ISLE OF NAN, NOV. 2?. On Saturday afternoon, a petting, calling himself 'me* . Baines, who bed been lodging at the Plough lot , to this tows, kept by Mr. Blake, fur nearly six moniKs last past, precipitated himself from a ruck into the sea, at a plan; called Port Soderick, about Iwo miles on the south side of tkis town. Bailees was indebted 301. to the innkeeper, fur board sod lodgiug, and being pressed to settle his account, be made va rious reneges, and at length meditated to leave the island without a. tiling his bill; for which purpose he übtairied • yeas, es Saturday, the 10111 instant, and occasionally train thence to Friday lest, left the ion, under the pretence of dining from borne. On the morning followi n g, a p ursu it took place, sisal Mr. beatnr, the chit f constsble of Douglas, accompanied by some of Mr iitake's family, and t ithe r assist. auce, discovered him amongst the cliff's at Pu , t Suder ek, about twelve o'clock at soon; from thence to the.. ll* kept moving from one fiiglitful cliff to another, when at length, getting on a rock round which die flood t ide was rising, he sat down with mach apparent composure. The chief mutable, on observing his situation, arm fur a boat, on the appearance of which Baines descended from the rommit of the rock, and walked into the sea until it reached oboist his brae/; at this crisis, Mr. Clealor, who wa• on the cliff above, called to bim to return, and not s isk Iris life; &tines returned to his former station, hut on Sliding the host was fast sp. prilacliltig, lie rose up, waved his bat three time. to the persons on lbe eh 6, and immediately pluiscril into the sea. The boat was heavy, had but two n•re, and those manned by plosighoseo, it ass therefore nearly twenty minutes before they gilt •p with the unfortunate win, from whom the vital spark had than fled. The swell being great, the mem iuesperiencid, sod Baines a very weighty man, the persons in the boat were enable to get h;m ou hoard, but towed liim front the place where be was to the laud, a disliinee of 200 yards. What is remarkable, Batumi never amok, nor was he noticed to make any other esertion after he gut iota the water, but that of ,Rutting his bat does, over his eyes. J o h n Fi s h, a eow.keeper, 'molding in Thornton-place, Que bec-street, New-read, applied a few days •gu at the l'elice often Hellen-garden, for a search warrant, under the fol. hewing circuseistitlices:.--He slated that he had been euldoll of MU. is bask-notes, which were deposited in a salt cellar in the cupboard, together with 40s. sti ►ilver, but that the latter was left, and Ite sariwcted they must have been tatters by some lodgers. The warrant was granted, and two otne ers dispatched in put it is execution, but previous to making the search, they went to see where the money and notes were deposited, when it struck then, that it was strange the mosey shosold be left, and after Imam( sloven some of the sirsiurcut, and stripping up some of the flouring, jit she MIMSe red o f the ►upw in a mouse's uest, the, found oar 101. rote much eaten, and the rest reduced to fragments to line the west, as that neither name, da.r, nor isuanbco could be traced. There was a crowded market at Norwich on Sa turday, but no cheering prospects to those who re sorted to it ; boils new ‘Vlicat and Barley were something below the quotations of last Sstuidny,— There was the usual good supply of lean Scots, homehreds, &c. sold snore beasts fur the butcher ; but she market was d u ll, an d much stock was driven off unsold. The sheep-pens were well filled, and !nices still declining. On Monday se'nnight Thomas Rule. of Tomo sled, was committed to Colchester Castle, charged with having broken open a stable on Finley night the 7th instant, and stolen a saddle Rod oilier antis cies, the pooportv of Mr. Santlin, of Breewoods bah, Hurkesley, Essex. The Prisoner was smite• bristled upon the premises of Mr. LuNciLei, of West Bergh°lt, on Saturday evening the B , ls ins!. One of Mr. Lys+ GLEY'S usen on going Into the stable with a lantern, to litter his borers damn Inc the night, discovered that true of the horse's tails had beets cut ; he immediately called his fellow servants, mud stationed one at the door to prsvent any person front running out ; and after searchisig the stable twice over, discovered the Prisoner be toren some hay, with u pair of *heron under him. lie Is an old -olfesider, and it is supposed that he w a s not astlie manes of ten horses, and the teas of two, bud lately been tut. ex and Thorley/ fox bonsai will meet this at Crouch Fase-gese. t tarealtrrow 1114 ot , t sod orrfloiorielh - %ill% at - og pool tee. • •••11 l 'as igbf, Nlr. R. lionimol . 4$ .e a large Reid of sport "It,'" tr is Shirty mitre, during *hi- 4 11' rl what Is molt rainier pear& of eighty years of are, t was lilt the rpm wises taken, neor.4ll y Mr. R. Haatood's hoes& rao • bolt Goa If wiled a loon excellent chase mantis the araIkIIIIIIIIII4,ACIAIIIIIi4 *Ave L . et , ,-, , A run , „,. fix, ta..d *. tan 1 5 . .,.. . 4 aadessitaod MA va s ; Yesterday ma lleaairily bares their frees g R M. if,... 1 , ..... . wien . I.' , *sin abuses li r ill bad mistress, sr! st ipmetwAny. -1116ialeamostaiikuhavesibostibali th ose „„„ta ne otiose in May la s t, „ se destitute eireasasialsras , l e a- nu t for pl al bee to appeal s is tie - al clarity of tile plane. lao pesos there, platement was then fatty ioaltalitrairda and found i wood is his base, We of iie Ir4PAL 11 1 1TeLLICRIveg. • roanitorne, secinnlet H. Tt blew a pit lest night from the south, and Leary 'goalie ill this firrersoors from HAW. vrialt I, hsuinß. Arrived the Fort IVilli•as, Glam. front Batavia; also 1.4? Grasshopper from Halifax; Ontario, sod the Rakish runt the West Indiq, and the Canteleuo front a creme ; 'rot William sailed 12th August from Batavia, sod B unt he Cape on the 611. October. PLIIIIIOI.IIH, orevsenrit 17. Cease in the Cyrene sloop of war, Captain T..: r, fros t lalifax, to be paid off, sod the octoroon. Pigmy front a weise. DICERIBIR It blew hard last night from the smash ; the Good Pearce, lost a boat, wbith is all the damage we hear or. tto•gitotrceigitn Owing is the pie last night and this day the entrsar- i.r qr harbour is quite blocked up, the bar estending tight across the entrarce, so that soothing could get either in at out. wawaavar, orecaritß I*. Last night She French veins' la Jamie Faire, muter, came on shore seeder Beach, Head, sad was dashed to pieces. The master and his are were drowned, sad tune of she crew escaped. Thr pia lag night was tremendous. ---. DICVIIIIIIII I*. This moreing hi IhOgight It blew • phi from the S.S W. when the sdhuester itlusoullitone, of Plyinamosh, areal on shore ow Sandwich. Pato, and the American ship &aroma parted from two anchors and got care int.. Rosnoszate. Th e IValiam Fairlie East Iffiloainan drove considerably Julia. :Le gale, bat, with the rest of the outward bowed, was all sell Ibis morning at daylight. PEOESTISANISM.—.WRIGHT. the pedestri an , n „„ dertook ou Monday to 'sulk 100 miles at H u ll," mle in and out, in Y 4 hours, which he accomplish. eil upon the Anlaby load, 22 initiates within the time. The oldest perom living in this putt of the country cstiliot recollect soy thing lake the premi s s flood.. The water has covered leirdi winch were heretofore considered above the of its reach, and the Shannon has swollen to tach a height, and extended its surface in many as scarcely to come within the reach of vision. The damage in this neighbourhood is iocurable.—(Li. mei ick Chronicle./ Yesterday se'imight, between five and six o'clock, Mr. OSBORNIS, the Cambridge carrier, left the Woolpack Inn, in Bury St. Edmund,, to pursue his journey, when, on arriving at the two-mile stone. the fore horse (he diiiing unicorn), began to plusige most violently ; and from the darkness lir the evening Mr. OSBORNE was unable to discover the cause, until a luau travelling with earthenware coming up, found !Ali dog korner! to the mouth of the horse; the man immediately called the dog off, but not before the buret was very severely injured. AIdICKETs'. cony Ere HA NCH, Damsons. 19. Towards the rime of MMMidayS mai ket there way more demand for bile Old Wheat lima or bate had for mime time put, mid more miles were made ibis worsting; but the isfe riur deem iptious of New Wheat esotiam as dell as possible, mud to effect mire to clear meekly vessels, very low rine. were submitted tu. Flue Barley Went off rather MOM freely, but nut at any asslorovemrist is prices : the staimed mid or. Musty qualities were dull sale at from 16s. to 101. pee guar. ter. lo Beaus, Pease, sad Oats, there is su situate** from blunday's gootation. GVILDFORD, Dscriessa 19. Wbeat, per knA Nee► dell." Oats, per guar ire .. Rye, per quarter Ol Os to 01 04 Harley, per quarter 01 18. lo It 7 Beano. per quarter ll 4s t• If It. Grey Pease, per greeter l/ 4/s to 11 1114 NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. (Ry the C .) Reef .... Is IP.I to Is 114 •eal .... Its OS 1. Si 41 M IMOD • • Ss 041 to Y• LI 1 Port .... I• 6a ha 3s 11.1 PHICFS OF HAY ./IM) tatuiv. PT JINRI t. WiliTmcwpcgr.. Hay 3/ Os 0.1 to 41 4s 0.1 Hay .... 31 8.641 fiss 4/ 44 01 taraw 11 4s 04 to 11 14s 6.1 I Cl.tver..4l Os 03 tu 5/ O. u.l Clover 3/ 16s to 4/ Itts 03 Straw .II 8. V.l to II 144 63 PttICI ta 1101%, per Cwt. niw ►ocarlr .1 Et , 1/4114. Kent ....11 164 Su •/ Or Krnt 21 10. to 4/ 12. sossex ..21 4. to 3/ Os Some 21 Oa 10 21 IT. Essee....2l 14. to 41 4.; Essre .... 2/ 10s to $1 16. Farnham, fine, 7t. to ITS. 04.—Sreosols, 41 104. Is 71. 7r. PRICE OF PO rocs, fruna Dec. 10 so DEC. 10. Queb.c Slim.. mud Osooblea, from 40. lto BOG. per Wu. Chaos woos from Marsh citiebees sod Masts, fonds Morels Charupiour s from ReJ Pui•tot e, from Yor kshure K kisser. . COAL MAUKET, Dscasssaa i 9. Ships at Market. Slops Sold. Prate. 35! Newcastle 34 Soode►*sod 1 , Od. to 48s. 04. i Cassell Coal PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stuck 23611 Intli• 1i.4uJ,.... 70 71 3 per Cent. Rao." 761 I Ex. Bills. 1,11011/. 31 tor Cent.. 87f I tail. I 1,4.4 4 lies Cen s. g 6 I Ditto, 5ma11.... I 3 pr. Bask L. Auu... 19 1-16 I Craw. for Acc... 7al 7ti 7-16 let RI RTHR. On Sunday, the 16111 iusrti:dLady of lbe Res. Henry Lloyd Baden, of kinky, near Derby, of a a in. On Om 17th ill•i1111i, at Tisinhalis.gmed Terrace, the Lady of J. Illuulhousr, Esq. of ■ sun. MARRIAGES. On Frid.y st'onighi, at All Sarisis rhareh. Cambridge, by the Rev. Or. E. 13 Choke, the Rev. Lore 11.4449441-1, hA. o.f Trinity College, Oxford, Vicar of Minsterniirsh. Gloat Amt, eY Isabella Missal, *ideal duller of the late L. Bishop of Bristol. (in Suuday, al Munkstown church. near Dohlin, by Ai clideacim of Kildare, &Irate %I•Cormiek, Kay. Ban, 0. • al Law, its Charlotte Eliza, eldest daughter of J on• flroiroe, Emu of College Green..._ DEATHS. Al Malta, OD the Ist November, where lie went fur the r e. ettirery of Ins health, Sir James Ormsby, Bart. ise ILe year of his age. In Armagh, on the 13th instant, the Rev. William Rail, Rector of the perish of th•melsw. Citrate of the new of Armagh, and Chaplain and inspector of she county `awl that On Saturday evening, in Devonshire-strati, Portlanditkett aged 27 years small pox), Alto, the wife of Wawa's'. Colonel HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE Hens* 37 attar IL I &vein 7 iater H. Pruned sad Paced at 'lllll 11111111111 PRINS sod TO2 at the QLOIII6 N*, 117, Strood o yc. cUiAAILL, litr4s4. E ~~~ ~ ~~a