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Otis ingredient, The words-were not used in i place, nor to a per. sousaleollsordM injore the plaintiff It was merely the idle gossip vbieh tin defendant haying heard, indulged in telling to Mr. Mods, who was of the 'Me trade with the plaintiff himself; there. fate bin eisteern avid not be taken away. If this dandy had been preparing by any one, it was by the witness Robins, who had union bow ti,nocently it might have been done; fbr he, mention. tog it to an nequaintanee, was called upon immediately to give up tila author. If the defendant !soaked to injure the plaintiff, he might nova instrened him (111 r. Sergeant Wild.) to show that sues a slender had been circulated, and believed in ; but the defendant ad no wish to do so. Caution and discretion were certainly neces. luny to be used by persons when speaking of the characters of ahem and yet how many persons were there who, on hearing rumors. reported them, withuut having any desire to be the props.. gums of slander? This was a case which did not demand any flung above nominal damages, because the words were not spoken sus parson who was likely to injure the plaiotiff, because also, not outdo of evidence had been given to show thatit ever had injured tuna, or tindthe plaintiff had celled upon the defendant to give up Ins =tensity, or wake an apology ; and because these was nothing , in the meaner in which the detenthnt acted importing malice. He united that, under these circumstances, the Jury would not think it a case this deserved damages at all. The Lots Cm es , JEST IC 11, in summing up the evidence, ob. served, that as there was no proof that the defendant had any inte rest in effecting the ruin of the plaintiff, and as it did not appear that tie pleintff's customers were prevented from continuing to deal with him by the defendant himself, it seemed to him that the Jay would be doing a great injustice in attributing the falling off of the plaintiff's business to the fact of the defendant's using the wade charged. There would have been no difficulty in proving this hat,-had it really been on ; the special damages therefore fall to the ground. The only evidence they had was, that the words nets spoken in the presence of two other persons; words more in. jaious to the character of • baker could not possiblj be used. The defendant did not say be had heard so and so, but as undertook to sate it as a positive fact. This was 'extremely well calculated to do a bas a great injury in his trade. His Lordship was not chy. mist enough to know whether ploster-of-paris could be mixed up is such a manner-as to be used in bread ;be should think that INA teeth would noon detect the imposition c but if there were any per. an who did use it, he not only deserved to lose his customers, but reserved the severest punishment that the law could inflist upon for it was undoubtedly a crime of the most serious nature to cam his Majesty's subjects to take into their stomachs, while they were supposed to be only rating bread, • substance of the most de.. leerrious nature: To say therefore that any tradesman did this wee extremely slanderous, and in the present ease, as no proof of the tact had, been offered, it must be taken in point of law that there was no foundation for the occupation. It was only justice to the plaintiff to say, that it must be taken for granted that the words were fain, and se the consequences were great they must also be taken as having been spoken maliciously. The plaintiff therefore being entitled to their verdict, they, as a Jury of tradesmen, would say what. under the circumstances, were the damages he deserved at the injery done him. Tbe Jury cobsulted together for a few minutes, and found a yes. daCt for the pleintiff—lhunages 20/. GRAY., ESQ. V. IICICARDS. Mr. CARRINGTON opened the pleadings. Mr. Sergeant TAX/Dr stated that the plaintiff was a distin. gnashed obledrin the army, who, for his services abroad, had ob tained two pensions from the Government, and another from the EAR India Company. The defendant was • messenger in the office of the receipt of the Exchequer, at which one of the pensions an payable: ft. had received a suni of money for the plaintiff, which he hadn't* paid over, and for that this action was brought ; but as the else was matter of account the plaintiff had no objection to refer it to arbitration. Tnis Oder being acceded to on the other aide, the case was ac. cordingly reamed. The wheie Orlin causes that hod been entered for trial being gone through (avend of them undefended ones, and others referred to sabitrutiou), his Lordship informed the Jury that the business of the present sittings had terminated, and their attendance would not be again , niptiredi- until they should be regularly summoned fur Met purpose. . , . . . CiMIRT OF DELEGATES, THURSDAY, Dec. 8. . , . . . • The GlNlOClffilltd„forout, and adjourned without transacting any baskidelike. • . INSOLV DEBTORS CO URT, THURSDAY, Dec. 8. Jobri Strickland- was opposed by Mr. Heath on behalf of Mr. Cooke, a jeweller.. and Another creditor named King. The ineelvetsbad fortuerly carried on the business of a jeweller and hardirionnam. at .Uxbridge, and has been thirty-five years in tde East' Middlesex Militia, s considerable portion of which time be had sited as Sergenot-fils:tor and Quarter-Mater . It appeared that in the couple. of the last two years the insolvent had contracted debut to sate : ksistent of 3571. and that he had since made over his stock and were his son, who is now in possession. The i seg..tienied that he had done so fraudulently, for his eon having laud, married a young woman of property, he (the in. stdriet) sold - Win-the concern, part of which was previously his. After ilmag investigation, Mr. Hearx submttred to the Court that the iatt4wattl . had.coade away aith his property by means of fried. Mr. COOKE, on the other silo., contended that his client had haw sustained ao unstained character for honour and integrity, of which his longer:vice in the regiment was a sufficient proof, had net his opposing creditors certiFcil as to the good opinion they olitirstained of lam: The .Court would also remember that one of the opposing creditors had offered to extend the credit already given, which temptation he. had honestly and discreetly declined to avail himself of. During the Insolvetii's service in the army, he had steed some property,. which he had unfortunately lent to his supe. rior officers, 'poke( whoui had not had the honour to discharge their debts .. A Gentleman oti,ilse flan (Captain Drew) here interrupted the loomed Gentleman, which called fonts some observations from the Court. Mr. Cooke—. This gentleman is named Drew, and I believe I kern soon him occupy the place where my client now stands. Cow. ()row (waroly)—l do not deny it, air. Mr. Colas—And you are one of those who obtained part of my croent's property. Captain Drew--Only to the amount of IL 10s. Mr. Coosa concluded his address, by observing that the insol von had done oothiog to prevent the Court granting him the prayer of his petition. • Mr. fl Ear a prayed the judgment of the Court. Conannesoncr Bows.o said that he could not pronounce it, because it was indisputable that a new bslanee sheet should be Wed I indeed the ti.aolvent hid a . great deal of explanation to give before he bad rebutted the allegations against him. After a short consul:ation, the Cotter ordered the insolvent to be remanded for the present, and the opposing creditors were re. quieted to go ituieriter and take an inventory of the stock, &c. in the shop at Uxbridge, now in the possession of his son, whose evi dence would be required before the insolvent was brought up for judgment. JUDGMENT. Auguitus Fleury Cowen, the bill-broker, as he termed himself, who was examined at great length on the 9th November, when he was opp led by Mr. Heath on behalf of se►eral creditors, was this derbrouglit up for judgment. The COURT sentenced him to be con6oed within the walls of -ilia prison for ten calendar months, for contracting debts without havictga reasonable expecte:ion of paying them. WINTER ROME CIRCUIT. ESSEX ASSIZES, Cascusroaa, Dcc. 7. Enzeibals Pkitbristic, a girl sixteen years of age, was indicted, under Lord Elienborough's Act, for feloniously administering a certain quantity of emote to Ann, the wife of John Burrell, at Beecham, on the 3d October, with intent to murder her. This caus excited considerable interest. The prosecution was eienducif.d by Mr. BRODRICE, the defence by Mr. DOWLIXO. The case proved In evidence was this:—The prisoner, who was the daughter of poor parents, lived as servant-of-all-work in the , family of Mr. Burrell, a respectable farmer at Boreham, near Chalnisford. On the 2d October Mr. Burrell bad procur ed some anemic for the purposeof destroying rats, and having poisoned the body of a dead fus I, which he intended to put into a rat-hole, he put the remainder of the deleterious drug into a paper, on which he smote the word " poison" in large letters. The prisoner was pre seat at the time this t ink place, and heard her master and mistress cotes :wing about the death of a woman, who had then recently Leers poisoned at Witham, in consequence of taking some arsenic by mistake for magn esia . The prisoner took the paper in bey hand, and 'mil the word ' poison" aloud. Mr. 11. then locked up the parcel is tie hareou, and put the key into hie pocket. On the following morning, Mrs. If. beir y indisposed, did not get up at her usual hour. Mt. LI. made int, and desired the prisoner to send up a cup to her morass. The prisoner poured out a cop and gave it to the eldest of Mr. liurrell's Children, a girl of seven years old, to take to her mother, who took two mouthfuls of it. but almost immediately peietticcd symptoms 'width gave her alarm. She sent the cup Clown. and desired her husband to be sent up. The child, from curiosity, drank about a table-spoonful of the tea after she quitted Le; mother's roofn. Mr. Burrell, spon being informed of the mat ter, wart intuitively to his bureau, and found die paper of arsenic was.gone. Alarmed at the discovery,- he scot to the neighbouring village of Beecham, and procured a large dose of castor oil, which Le eiministered to his wife and child, mid sent off the tOniclits of taw tee.pot to Chelmsford, to hart them examined by • I chymist. Mee. Buirell and her child became extremely sick in a quarter of AL lioi.r, i.iidihad all the symptom' ohperious who bad liken poi son ;. but fortunately the ..S4lllll recovered, after the most violent hl sensation,. r. , littrre 't brother, who had gone with the con- 1 g ties at the tes-pot to : elmsford, after consulting Mr. Baker, a chemist of that rows. brought word back that, en the opinion of *flatter, there were no dangerous ingredients its the contents of the tes-pet. This opinion was founded upon a very cursory exami nation; but. *Poe applying thyssiml tests afterwards, it was dimmed thallium WA born arsenic infused in the tea. It was ~•- Frei that the prisoner, before she sent up the cup (titer; to her snubs'', had told the child that there was some nasty white stuff in the tea-pot. After the tea•tMogs were brought into the kitchen, she also observed to a fellow.servant, a lad of sixteen, tbas there was something white in the tea-pot, and was going to the kitchen door for the purpose of emptying the pot, but seeing her master tome in, she came back and placed it on the table. Suspicion fall log on the prisoner, her mistress taxed her with having neatened herself of the arsenic, and demanded to know where the hail hid 'it ; but she solemnly denied any knowledge of it, and offered to take an oath before a Magistrate that she knew nothing of it. Next day she was again taxed on the subject, and her mistress told her if she confessed the troth sheshould be forgiven. The prisoner then closed the door and made a statement which, as it was induced by a promise of forgiveness, could not be received in evidence. I'he prisoner was next day sent home to her parents, under the care of a man.servant, to whom she made a similar statement ; but the Learned Judge would not receive it in evidence. after the promise proved to have been made by her mistress. All the witnesses con. curled in stating that the pri.oncr was much attached to her mas. ter and mistress, and their live children, and thr.t she was a girl of an inoffensive and harmless disposition, although at the same time remarkably intelligent and acute. Mr. Burrell could give no ac. count how the prisoner had obtained access to the bureau, rums. tog she was the person who had infused the poison in the tea, but by taking the key of it oot of his scoadclothes pocket on the morn ing of the 3d of October, when she had occasion to come into the bed.room with his youngest child, and replacing it without his knowledge, for he never missed it from his pocket. No adequate motive could be assigned for the conduct attributed to the prisoner. The prisoner said nothing in her defence. Mr. Baron HELLOCK summed op the case for the Jury as one of strong suspicion, but told them that they must be governed by the evidence legally admissible in support of the-case, which he thought was extremely doubtful as to the tact that the prisoner bail administered the poison. The Jury, after deliberating a few minutes, found the prisoner Not Guilty, and she was dettvered over to her parents. William Owen and frillier; Pickett were indicted on the 57th Oeo. 111. for entering an enclosed park, called Old Walk, in the parish of Navestock, in the occupation of John James Earl of Waldegyaee in the night of the 28th of November, armed, with intent to kill game. Another count described the place which the prisoners had entered as " an enclosed ground to the occupation of J. Fothergill, Esq." Mr. Jessote conducted the prosecution, and Mr. DowLisro the defence. _ . . It appeared in evidence that on the night of the 28th November, Lord Waldegraveg gamekeeper and assistants, to the number of five, armed with five gun. and • pistol, entered a part of Nevestock Park (which all the witnesses called Long Walk, in the sole occu pation of Lord Nl'aldegrave), in consequence of hearing two or three shots fired. As soon as they entered, they saw a tall dark man, with a gun in his hand, looking up at the trees, as if he was on the watch for pheasants, with which the park abounded. In a few minutes a ft erwards they observed a gang of twelve or fourteen other men. The keeper and his party being dis covered, the poachers called to the man who had the gun, to fire at the former, using a horrible expression. The man with the gun, however, retreated with his party to a more open part of the wood, followed by the keeper and his men, who commanded the poachers to surrender, which they refused to do. An attempt was made to seize some of them, when a tremendous battle ensued, which lasted fm some minutes, and in the result the poachers left the ground, leaving the prisoners and another man, named Balls (who had since died of his wounds in the gaol) upon the field, overcome with the blows they had received. The game keeper's patty had also received several desperate blows from the bludgeons of the poachers, who appeared, however, to have had only one gun among them. These were the material facts proved in evidence. The Coroner's Jury, who sat upon the body of Balls, brought in a verdict of—" Died from a blow received in a wood." All the witnesses identified the two prisoners as being two of the party found in the wood. Mr. DOWLYNo submitted, tint the indictment was not supported by the evidence, on two grounds; first, because lour of the counts described the enclosure in question as " Old Walk," whereas it ap. peered in evidence that the name of it was " Long Walk ;" and, second, that supposing the general description of "an enclosed ground," in the remaining counts, to be sufficient, still it appeared that it was in the occupation of Lord Waldegrave, and nut of Mr. Fothergill, as alleged. Mr. Baron HuLLOCK said he should not stop the case for these objections, but should reserve them for the consideration of all the Judges, It . , upun reflection, he thought them tenable. An address was then made to the Jury upou the merits of the case. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence. and alter a short deliberation the Jury found both the prisoners Guilty. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, THURSDAY, Dim. S. These Sessions commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and sheriffs. The Judges were Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Park. The calendar is not heavy either in number or crime. FORGERY. Hugh O'Donnell was indicted for uttering a forged and counter. reit certificate with intent to defraud the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. The prisoner was remanded from the September Session. Mr. IBEREWEATHEII stated the case to the Jury, observing that the Commissioners were of opinion that the prisoner had been deceived by others to utter the certificate, and as the evidence might not be sufficient to convict the prisoner, he was instructed not to prnceed further against him. 31r. Justice B ►YLEY then directed an acquittal, admonishing the prisoner to take warning, and avoid such practices in !inure.— Net Guilty. Michael Davis, aged 20, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Robert Bennett, and stealing therefrom a looking.glass, value 205., and other articles, his property. The prisoner on being arraigned pleaded guilty, but on being in formed that the plea would avail him little, and that the offence was capital, be retracted his plea, and pleaded not guilty. Evidence was then called, and the Jury found the prisoner Gsti/t.u. There were about twenty witnesses examined, which occupied upwards of one hour. James Smith, a tailor, aged 23, was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of George Vose, in the parish of St. Ann Soho, and stealing a carpet, value Be., the property of Joseph Simpson. . . . . . . It appeared that the carpet had not been stolen, but was put out tlirought the window of the kitchen. Mrs. Simpson said, that she met the prisoner in the passage, and he was secured by the watchman, searched, but only a half crown, tLituble, and some needles were found on his person. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he was perfectly innocent of the charge. lie had been that evening at a trade club and had got r.ither intoxicated. On his way home through some streets in the vicinity of W►rdour-street. he felt himself under the imps rious necessity of going somewhere, but not finding any place con venient, he went into the first house that he saw open, and went down stairs in search of the place be wanted, but hearing some noise up stairs, he became alarmed, and hastened up stairs to get away, and in his hurry and confusion ran up against Mrs. Simpson and fell. The prisoner appeared much alf•ctcd while giving this statement. There was no back yard in the house. It turned out during the trail that Mrs. Simpson was not the wife Mlles. Simpson, but some other character. fir. Simpson did not live with her in that house. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a very excellent character, and some of his employers were among the number. Mr. Justice PARK summed up, observing, that the charge failed in stating the carpet to be the property of Simpson ; but still the question remained, whether he had not committed the burglsry ; and if so, whether he had done it with a felonious intention. Tee prisoner's statement appeared very plausible, and his previous cha racter supported him in what he said. There had been a char-WO. man in the house, and it was very probable that she might have put the carpet on the ledge of the window. They were bound to lean to the side of mercy, because the pr.soner could not be con victed of larceny ; if convicted at all, it must be of a capital offence. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. The prisoner then Raid, " Thank you, my Lord, and Gentle men of the Jury," in a tone of gratitude, atid retired from the bar in a very tremulous state, bowing all the time. Frederick Thelma!, a painter, aged 22, was iMlieted for a burg lary on the 20th of November, in the dwelling-house of Elisabeth rrewin, and stealing a counterpane anti other articles, her property. It appeared the prisoner had but lately left his employer for want of work, and had got into bad company, with whom he opened the door of the house by means of skeleton keys. He received a very excellent character from his last employer, who said that lie trusted him in gentlemen's houses, where he might have stolen hundreds, if he had been so disposed. The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth and previous good character. Mr. Justfce BATLEY said that he would be sure to recommend hint to his Majesty. MMUS' Willis was indicted for committing a burglary in the house of William Hancock, 13, Mount-street, Hanover-square. It was proved In evidence, that part of the property lost by the prosecutor had been found in the prisoner's possession ; but as there was no evidence to bring home the robbery to him, he was Acquitted. George Kelly was capitally indicted foe committing an assault upon Edward Turner, and stenliug from his person five shillings, his property. It appeared that the prisoner and two other persons met the procicutor in the street, and extorted the money !rem him by violence, accompanied by threats, that they would charge him with conduct of a brutal and disgusting nature. Edward Turner examined.—l am servant to Mr. Thornton, in Grosvenor-street. I lived with bim about seven months. Mr. Thornton received a character with me from last place, where I lived two yarn. On the 7th November I heard a ring at the bell; on going to the door I saw the prisoner, and asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted money ; I asked him why he wanted it from me. He said I knew very well why, for I must remem ber meeting him at lairburn's picture shop in the City, when he as serted I bad behaved indecently towards him. I said 'twas false, and I would not give him any money. Another man came up and collared me, saying, " that's the man, I know him I" I then be came much alarmed, and put my hand in my pocket and gave the prisoner a abating. The man then let go my collar, when a third person came up and felt my . waistcoat pocket to show that had more money. I then gave bun three pence more. He also ~,. m.... ....../b-••..- i si t• :, ~ -.1 % , 3t . ... , - 71*•• N*).l - .• r- —.---• 1 ant, mid h a 0110 Ststptisai .... Whited his Leiroed Weird say ims, sthielk itllftgiw snub i, it s In MIN to hoot pored, gegik dan Lamely, if on apologf lad lenm tipia radon would not have t: en Wooed. 'What right had his ed Friend to say that P I: tiey ape lm hod baps wide by the t., not only in words, Ltd is efriting, bat seithat was essippled. because the plaintiff's arperaeY said tbertiesiikhad betterll ~ heought into Conti. Tin Ilssesedoiliddint begpd lam in the esileet perfectly to acquit the phi,' SIC as Mild et ilallodant bad any grounds of suspicion : be lamd.inisid, i n ream ',Suspect that the plaintiff ever did use ... ... THE BRITISH PRgSS. applied a dreadful name to me. I had ao more t sey. a t e told them so. Prisoner said he must have more, Of e l to my master, and expose me. I said if he would call upon me in the evening I would get 45., and give them to him. He called. and I gave them to him, when he said I must make it up 10s. I replied, if he would come to-morrow, I would de so. Ile said, " very well," and went away. My master Wes then out, but when he came home, I told him exactly what had occurred while he was absent. By his advice, I went to the Marlborough - street Police-Office, and stated what had occurred. The prisoner came to me about eleven o'clock the next morning ; when he got I inside the house, I shut thealoor. Ballard, the officer, was then in the house, secreted in the parlour. I held up two half-crowns (which had been marked), and the prisoner took them. I wished him to say what the money was for. He looked round in a MA. picious manner, and said he only wanted to borrow them. I then asked what he meant by what he had said the day before? He said, never mind that." I pressed him much to tell me what the money was for ; and he said, take the money back., and, for tiod's sake, let tne out." When he found 1 would not take it back, he laid it on the lock of the door. The officer then came and tooklim4 I have seen the p risoner in company with Fennel, a gentleman's servant. I was induced to part with my money, be close I was very much alarmed at what they accused me of, and as I saw three men before me. Cross-exmined by 111 r. Plittxtrs—l am not now in Mr. Timm. tom's service. When the prisoner first called I was prevented from giving the alarm by the other man cooling up. The whole affair did not occupy above five minutes. I did not tell my fellow-ser yenta what had happened. Nothing material was elicited in the course of the cross , examination. Ballard, the Polk* Officer, corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor respeating the last interview with the prisoner, when he was armted. Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good character for honesty and propriety of conduct. Mr. Justice BAT LZ y charged the Jury at considerable length ; they retired to deliberate on their verdict, and after an absence of an hour, pronounced the prisoner Guilty of stealing from the per son only, and Not Guilty of the capital charge. Before the RECORDEII . and a Lo r lidon Jury. Joh* Smith was indicted for stealing an umbrella, value 31. 6d. from the shop of George Payne. The prisoner was found Guilty, but In consequence of his hay. ing pleaded extreme distress as prompting him to the commission of the offence, and also because of the recommendation of the Jury to the merciful consideration of the Court, he was ssntenced to one month's imprisonment. Several other cases of larceny were tried. NEW COURT. Thomas Johnson, a boy about 14, was indicted for stealing, on the 12th of November, twenty pounds of bed, value lbs. the property of Mary Webb. Mrs. 'Webb stated, that the prisoner came to her shop on the day mentioned in the indictment and bought a biscuit. Two minutes afterwards, she heard a noise in the shop, and on turning round, perceived the prisoner going out of the shop. She then missed the beef which had been lying on the counter. She gave the alarm, and the prisoner was overtaken and brought back. J. Dixon, n sailor, stated, that upon hearing the alarm given by the lest witness, he pursued the prisoner, and saw him throw the beef into a ditch. The Jury found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be privately whipped and discharged. Mary Clarke, a respectable.looking girl, was indicted for stealing seven yards of cotton, belonging to Aleuts. Shoolbread and Cask, of Tottenham-court-road. . . . It appeared that the prisoner went into the prosecutor's shop, and whilst he was %hewing her different articles, secreted the cotton in question. The prosecutor missed it immediately, and it being found upon her, she was given into custody. She received a most excellent character. . _ _ _ _ _ _ One lady stated that she knew the prisoner's friends in Ireland, and that they were highly respectable. The Jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy on account of her excellent character, and their belief that this was her first offence. MIDDLESEX SESSIOXS. THURSDAY, Dsc. 8. The Court were occupied the entire day with parochial and other appeals. The former were of the usual kind, and turned for the most part on the value of the tenement occupied by the pauper, to establish which hosts of brokers and other witnesses were in most cases examined. Those on the one side, like the Bears of the Stock Exchange, aceklng to trample down the value, and those on the other like the Bulls at the same place, striving to exalt it. Amid this conflict of opinion, the Court had to grope its way to the truth, a task for the most part of no small difficulty ; indeed the Chair man at one time humorously observed, that he was much in the predicament of filing James the First, for after hearing the first tide, he could have no doubt but that it was the right one ; then came the other side, with a case equally strong and equally clear, till at last it became a matter of doubt whether both were not in the right, or both in the wrong. There was but one appeal against a Magistrate's conviction, which was that of Thomas Harris, a hatter in good business at Shadwell, against a conviction of Thomas Hallantine, Esq. The appellant had been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having improperly exposed his person, but had found bail, and entered into recognizance to appeal to the Sessions. The offence was most clearly proved by five respectable wit nesses, and appears to have been committed with a view to the an noyance of the family and customers of a rival tradesman in the neighbourhood. Mr. ALLEY, after cross-examining the witnesses, said he was instructed to Impute conspiracy to them, but he did not feel that he had a shadow of ground for so doing. The Court affirmed the conviction, and ordered the apellant to be taken into immediate custody, and placed on the wheeL SURREI SESSIONS, THURSDAY, Due. 8. Henry Clarke, Thomas Ellmore, Wm, Davis, and John Cal loway, all under twelve years of age, were indicted for assaulting John Wild, a boy, aged nine years, on the 11th of November last. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, and another boy about the same age, that they were commemorating the anniversary of Guy Fawkes, in a field near Camberwell, and being all welt sup plied with fireworks, the defendants, more for sport than intending any harm to the prosecutor, covered his face with a handkerchief, and setting a light to the prosecutor's pockets (which contained a quantity of crackers, ate.), he was severely burnt, and was in con sequence of such treatment under medical advice fur upwards of a week. The defendants were apprehended by a warrant, and on ap. rearing at Union-hall, Davies declared as soon as he was at liberty he would well thrash the prosecutor for his audacity in appearing against his fellow companions, for having done what he (Davies) denominated a lark, which they annually indulged in on the above memorable day. The defendants made no defence, and appeared quite ignorant of any punishment awaiting them. - - The Jury found them Guilty, and they were severally sentenced to one month's hard labour at Brixton. _ . The whole of the elms having been gone through, the Sessions adjourned until the ldth of January next : APPREHENSION OF TWO 'NOTORIOUS HORSE- STEALERS. On the morning of last Tuesday week, about twelve o'clock, two men were observed travelling in a gig with three homers at. niched to it. one in the shifts and the other two led. In their pro gress they mopped for a short time at the village of Westerham, in Kent, and while there made some alteration in the dispo sition of the horses, which, combined with a certain anxiety of appearance, excited the suspicion of the inhabitants. From thence they proceedul to Eden-bridge, where, owing to simi lar causes, the attention of two gentlemen of that place, Messrs, Parsons and Young, was drawn towards them, and an idea occurred to their minds that they had not become fairly _pos sessed of the horses by which they were accompanied. They however did not then think it proper to interfere, but the impres sion of dishonesty was so forcible, that ininiediately on their de parture they saddled their horses and went in pursuit. After tra. versing several miles through lanes and by-ways, occasionally meeting them, they at length arrived near Penhurst, where they applied to Altnut, Esq. a Magistrate for the county, to issue his warrant for their apprehension, stating as the grounds of their application she several auspicious circumstances which they bad observed. Mr. Allnut, in reply, asked where the parties were, and being informed that they were on the road below his mansion, said he saw no necessity for issuing a warrant, for that he himself would go and apprehend them. Ile immediately having procured the assistance of his gardener, and accompanied by Messrs. Parsons and Young, proceeded to put his Intention into execution, and for tunately. as he had just reached his gate, the travellers arrived, and their further progress was interrupted. They expressed great indign a tioti at the interruption, and demanded authoritatively was it because they were travelling with these horses in their suite they were to be stopped on the King's highway ? To therm interrogatories Mr. A. did not deign to make any reply, but had them at once apprehended and secured ; they were then removed to his resid e n ce , w h ere t h ey were examined separately as to the possession of the gig and horses, and their account being of the most contradictory and discrepant nature, the one saying that he knew nothing of the horses, but had only casually met them on the road, and the other denying all knowledge of the gig, thes were committed to the House of Cor rection, at Maidstone, as common vagrants. Handbills were sub. sapiently circulated, descriptive of the property, and the horses were directed to be detained until an owner was found. Thus the matter rested until last Tuesday, when Lee, an officer belonging to Lambeth-street, happening to be down on business in that part of the country, saw one of the bills, and from the descrip tion it strufk him that one of the stolen horses was the pro perty of Mr. Pope, of Finchley, from whose premises it had been taken away on the night previous to the apprehension of the prisoners. Information was immediately communicated to that gentleman, and in his going down to Penhurat, he at once re. cognised it as his property, and the prisoners, after having under gone suot!:er txronination, were fully committed on the capital charge. The apprehension of these extensive depredators, whoee names are W. Summers Rita and Morgan Brown, will, it is hoped, break up that gang which bras been so long with impunity commit ing depredations on the public. Two of them, Sergeant and Harper, were executed with Prebert ; two more of them, Snell and Cutts, have been made amenabe to justice, the former being now in Oxford gaol, waiting his tria l , and the latter has been already transported. Of the remaining part of the gang, the prisoners were considered eke most active members. I'OLICr:. GUI I.DIIAL. A commitment for f rau d of a very ailutsry nature took place at this o ffi ce yesterday. It h as gener ally been held that where a per son parts with his goods or money under a false pretence, if the fraudulent representation be not aided by the production of some false order or token, the statute will not reach the offender, and that where a person submits to be gulled by a verbal misrepresentation —a mere naked lie—the law will not afford him redress, Kid cover his want of ordinary caution. In the consideration of the case of yesterday, however, as well as in ano th er w hi c h occurred last week, the old definition of a false pretence was cast aside, and it was held to be legally, as we all know it to be in fact, a false representation, no matter whether made in writing or by word of mouth, or merely understood, without being actually made at all ; as where a dis carded servant takes up goods, as though he were still in his former master's employ, carefully avoiding the use of that master's name.. Jams Stnith. a countryman, dressed in a smock-frock, was brobght before Mr. Alderman A sBLE r under the following circum stances : ' iilr. Seth NS offal' has very recently opened an oil-shop in Gilt spur-street, and being from home one evening about three weeks ago, the prisoner came in with a bundle of heath.brooms, contain ing two dozens, and stared to Mr. Worrall's sister, who had the care of the shop, that he had brought home the brooms according to order, and requested that he might be paid for them. Miss Worrell replied, that she was not aware that any such order had been given, that her brother was not at home, and that he might leave the brooms and call for the money on a future day. The pri soner remarked, that he had come a long distance with these goods, but he must take them back again if he could not have the moo. Upon hearing this Miss W. asked him what sum he demande d? The prisoner stated the value of the goods to be 10s., and Miss W. paid him Bs., desiring him to call again for the remaini ng 2s. When Mr. NVorrall returned, it came out that he had never ordered the goods, and that the brooms for which the prisoner had de. mended 6s. and received 4s. a dozen, were sold in the trade for Is. 6d., and even retailed to the public at 2s. a dozen. Notwith. standing the glaringness of the imposition he had practised, the prisoner called again on Tuesday morning last to solicit orders, but he tonic no notice of the balance of 2.5. lie was immediately recognised, and given into custody. Ile strongly denied that he was the man who had committed the fraud, but asserted that he very well knew who it was. Mini Worrell, however, being quite positive as to his identity, the Alderman deemed the case a fit one to go to the Jury, and committed the prisoner for obtaining the Be. by false pretences. -------- BOW-STREET._ Yesterday Cockerel', alias Smith, las Martin, the man who on Monday underwent an examination, charged with defrauding a number of tradesmen by passing false country bank notes, was again brought before Sir Richard Birnie. As the Chief Magistrate anticipated on Monday, a great many other persons who had been defrauded by the prisoner were in attendance, and the office was in fact thronged by his dupes but there appeared a strange reluc tance on the part of almost all of them to come forward in the cha racter of prosecutors. When the evidence taken on the former occasion had been read over, as is usual, by Mr. Woods, the clerk, Sir R. Bimie, address ing he closely.packed crowd below the bar, inquired if there was any other person who had a charge to prefer against the prisoner; and this appeal was answered by a simultaneous " Yes, )es, yes," and " I, I, I have," from at least two dozen voices ; but it was not until Sir Richard had several times requested those who had charges to make to come forward, that one person reluctantly presented himself. He said his name was Jones, and that he was a trades man in Sydney's-alley, Leicester-square; that a short time ago the prisoner obtained some goods at his house upon a note, purporting to be of the Bath, Bristol, and Exeter bank, and payable at Sir Edward O'Brien, Price, and Co.'s, London, and received the change. Upon some slight objection being made to the note. the prisoner laughed and said, "Egad, it's good enough ; I wish I had a pocket full of them." 3lr. Jones had got thus far, when it ap peared that the actual uttering was to his wife, and it would be no ceasary for her to attend as a witness. Sir R. Bimie said she must appear, but Mr. Jones said he had no desire to prosecute; it was too much trouble and loss of time. _ _ The next that presented herself was a lady, the proprietor of a lodging-house at Lisson-grove, to whom the prisoner had passed one of his notes in payment of a deposit for a lodging which he pre tended to hive at her house. She, however, begged to decline pro secuting. Next came a schoolmaster, living near Vauxhall-gardens, to whose the prisoner had passed a counterfeit sovereign in payment of a deposit of 35., by way of " binding the bargain," he having agreed to take a lodging at complainant's house. He referred com plainant to 12, Vauxhall-square, where he said he was then living, fora character ; and when he went there, the people of the house, to his great astonishment, told him that the same man had been there on a similar errand, had passed a bad sovereign, and had ac tually given a reference to him (complainant) for his clutractex ; so that he had completely " platted the double."—(A laugh, in which the prisoner loudl joined.) This complainant also, after proceed ing thus far with his evidence, said it would be very inconvenient tor him to prosecute—though he would send his wife, who had as received the sovereign, if it was absolutely necessary ; but she was in a delicate state of health, and he was obliged to attend his school. Several other persons, who could have preferred charges, begged, on various grouuds, to be excused ; and Sir R. /31/ME said 'hat he could not help bestowing censure upon individuals who evinced so much unwillingness to perform a positive duty to the public. Here was a fellow who had been imposing upon a whole host of tradesmen and others, in the middle class of life; and yet those who had been defrauded would not sacrifice a little time and trouble to rid society of him. Complaints were made almost daily of swind. hog and robbery, and the police were often blamed for not prevent ing such things ; and yet, when a notorious and successful swindler was detected, each was anxious to shift the trouble of bringing him to justice from his own shoulders to some other person's. An old lady, who keeps a lodginghouse at Kennington, came forward, ar.d raid the prisoner pretended to hire a lodging at her house, and tendered one of his notes to pay a deposit ; but she had a mortal aversion to country notes, and said she had rather leave the deposit out of the question, than give change. She went to the house to which he referred her for a character, and there she found that he had played off the same trick as be had upon the Vauxhall schoolmaster ; for he had hired lodgings there, passed a M. note, and given them a reference to her ! (Here the prisoner again in. dulged in a hearty laugh.) A master tailor said, the prisoner ordered a great coat of him, and wanted to pass a fil. note in payment as deposit ; but he was " not to be had." He gave an address, which witness suspected and found to be false. " I almost with," said this tradesman, " that I had suffered myself to be cheated, for I would have prose cuted him, let it cost me what it might." Sir R. thaw lE—I wish the rest possessed something of your spirit, Sir. An officer said, there was a lady in the crowd who had a strong case against the prisoner, but who was unwilling to come forward. At this moment severs: gentlemen were seen surrounding sn elderly lady, and evidently endeavouring to prevail upon her to present herself before the Bench. Among them was a very respectable churchwarden of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, who has a desperate antipathy to swindlers, and this gentleman at length succeeded in persuading her to allow him to hand her to the Bench. She stated her name to be Sinclair, and that she kept a lodging_ house at Newington, Surrey. The prisoner came to her house on Thursday last, anti expressed a wish to hire apartments for his father, who was coming from the country for a short time for the benefit of medical advice. The price was agreed upon, and the prisoner said he would leave a pound deposit, t o p a y wh ich he ten. dcred a five-pound Bath note She asked him if it was payable in London, anti he said it was. She sent it to her butcher's for change, and gave the prisoner four sovereigns. He described himself to be connected with a mercantile house in the City, and gave a card, on which was written " Mr. William Martin, 96, Cannon-street, City." The note was subsequently returned to her as worthless. Neither he nor " his father"came to take pos session of the lodgings. The prisoner was about to lie removed front the bar, when a voice fpm the crowd called out " stop a bit," and a man came pushing toe:ads the bench, panting for breath and in a profuse perspiration. As he passed the bathe nodded to the prisoner, and said, " How d'ye do? I am glad to see vou there, my tine fellow ;" and then apologising to the Bench for not having bent sooner, proceeded to state that he was a shoemaker, and that the prisoner came to his shop and ordered a pair of boots and a pair of shoes. lie said he was leaving the shop, after giving his address, " Mr. Martin, No. 14, Bayham.street, Caraden-town," when he turned carelessly round, and said, " You can't give me change for a five pound note, can you ?" " I could do such a thing, 1 dare say," said witness, and the prisoner handed him what he supposed to be a five pound country note. For fear of accidents, not feeling quite so continent as he ought to do, he pretended that lie had only three sovereigns in the house, and those he gave to the prisoner, observ ing to him ,that they could settle the difference when he brought home the boots and shoes. The prisoner, as he was leav ing the shop, took a fancy to a pair of morocco slippers, purchased, and offered to pay for them, hut complainant said there was no rte. cessity, as they had an account together. Witness never saw bim afterwards until now. This witness was bound over to preset-toe, and the prisoner was remanded till this day at eleven o'clock, when he will be fully committed. As he was being removed, he said. " this is a bail- able case, Sir Richard." Sir it. BIRNIe.—How do yon know that ? Prisoner—My Solicitor told me so. You will take bail, of course. What amount do you require? Sir R. Iliuwiw— , Two sureties in 501. on each case, and they must be very responsible people. Prisoner—Why, the amoutt said to be obtained is not much more than MI. _ Sir R. BIRNIE—Never mind ; I shall have security for your appearance, and not merely for the amount obtained. The prisoner was then taken away. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Robert Sidney, • Sheriff's Officer, was brought bet fore the sitting Magistrate, charged with intermarrying with Jane Philpot, his former wife being still olive. Sidney has been for some time a prisoner in the King's Bench, and from his appearance at the office, seemed to be labouring under severe Both the wives were in attendance. The fact of his first martaze having been fully p-oved by the testimony of his daughtet-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Sidney, and others, his wife was ushered into the roan. She was apparently wasted by sickness, yet, notwithstanding, traces of faded beauty w e re s till visible. Upon casting her eyes towards the prisoner upon her entrance, she ran to him, but he immediately turned his back upon her, and refused to hail any communication with her, ejaculating, "I do not know you—you area stranger tome." 'nee mat orm aits woman was completely overpowered by her feelings on the and fell into violenthysterms. She was obliged to be retnaZ 4 '.., of the office, after Isgving been identified by Mrs. Sarah Sidne,:'" William Hurst, a private soldier bel ong i ng to the Bth 11 0 ., Veteran Battalion, stated that the f a th er o f t h e prisoner's tirst 11,74 was a Lieutenant named Brimmer, in that reg iment, b ut that Its was now dead. He had by accident met her in the tz when she was ragged and sta rv i ng , an d k nowing her to te7l', daughter of his officer, he had affinded her an asylum with Ins wt e and family. Mrs. Jane Philpot, the prisoner's second wife, was here aged on to give evidence. She stated she was married to tuts goner about three years ago at Newington church. About - month ago the certificate of Mary Anne Brimmer's marriage put into her hands. Mr. ALLEN asked the prisoner whether he wished to ask, questions of his first wife ? Prisoner—l have been brought here to-day rather unexpect e d', and therefore ant not prepared with Counsel. On Tues 4, 1 .. e. ceived a letter from the son of the person who is called my ste ,,, j wife, in which he assured me that it I consented to give up cap ventory of my property, no further proceedings in the waite r ws be taken against me. Upon these conditions I complied with 1 request, never dreaming that after such a promise it would h., been broken. However it has, and in consequence I ant heresies. out a legal adviser. At the conclusion of the investigation, the prisoner's setorj wife, hearing that he was in want of money,'ptssented 111 m wet sovereign, upon receiving which In instantly fell into a violet! '7 pu - t on , ' eo l vi I r o . xOOO • 4 'mild Iv , 3 the nav e entb. 'cord it 4 4 IV It fi t . L Tit to lgale go be izo„, la bad dl in e °LOU lint, t en end el •Id t o throe r be d ihk o Hob moo, Ha Ott Rev Rat Ned Ter i Eldit Rey , Mts. The Prun. e_ leap: ON much tnged unu H on e ei sunk lion Fee a Ron Bra: Sir 1 e vas Rid er ihe Job: _—. with E. 1 iDs of 3. V endly Gen I toc. tome }. l 'd , d; Join T ong , Jain Rey 'tore Rev dent. Jun h the disk pi nt er.d • g and soh -- e ate )vre. TO pre.' it the Tendc Bak. fat tbo PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. Our townsman, J. Thomson, Esq. and his wife—the lady t o whom Burns addressed the beautiful verses, beginning, A via the circling wheels of time," had a roost narrow esc a p e l i eu , drowning, on the night of Tuesday last. Mr. Thomson b a d gone to Lockerby on professional business, and travelled in g gig drawn by a very steady home. Be left that place at shoe; six o'clock, and, though the sky looked dull and hay at first, the stars and moon soon sparkl e d an d s h one so b right, as to rem. der travelling nearly as safe as during the day. Fo r some day, previous, the weather had been excessively wet and s t ormy int! in place of fording the Dryfe, as is usual, the travellers had to go round by the Mill-house bridge, a distance of at least tru e . miles. Still they experienced no inconvenience until they had passed the little village of Roucan, in the neighbourhood of 'hie n the Locher had risen to such a height as to inundate the mots and even the road for a distance, sonic say, of several miles. O r ; this road there are no posts, or other land.marka, and the hone, after wading for a quarter of a mile or so, knee deep in water, unfortunately diverged to the left hand sid e, and lauetly lanai into a deep ditch, where it was drowned in the course of a very few minutes. The poor animal struggled desperately, and amids t its eflbrts to escape, the gig was upset. Previous to this Ilts. Thomson, with great presence of mind, had unloosened the spruce, and, at the moment the vehicle was overturned, she either lean or was thrown out, but bow or which she was of course too or agitated to remember. At the very first step she vu plur into the ditch, and had not ber cloak, muff, and other pima kept her buoyant, it is but too probable that she would hare in to the bottom, never, perhaps, to have risen again alive. For, few moments she struggled hard to find a tooting, and by gm; exertion reached the side; and, on calling to her husband she ets overjoyed to find that he too had escaped by clambering ova the bark of the gig, with less risk and Inconvenience than herself. And thus the parties were situated in a cold winter night, with their clothes dripping wet about them, deprived of the meanie travelling home, and even a good way removed from any friendly roof, that might afford them a little temporary warmth' anti sac. tour. In these circumstances they thought it best to return to :be village of Roucan, although a great part of the road was flooded; and on arriving at the house of our good friend Mr. Armstrong, they received every attention which their situation required. No. Thomson was accommodated with a change of clothes, and sere happy to state that lien health h as not suffered from :he itaident. In the course of the evening • cart was procured, Ned though the hour war. rather late, the parties got safely home to relive to thsir alarmed and sympathising family the adventures of the night. and the providential escape in which they bad terminated. In fact, a more narrow escape it has rarely fallen to our lot to record; and we trust the road trustees will perceive the necessity of taking sat steps as may insure the safety of travellers in future. If wears not misinformed, a Reverend Gentleman, who was riding to Drs. I fries in his own carriage, was within a foot or two of being pre.' ciphated into the same ditch, although it was broad day-I ght at the time, and his coachman well acquainted with the road —thintfria 1 Courier. - - --- MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT OT commisstoxnes Of HAXICIUTTS, BATINGRALL-11TREET, TO-MORROW. TIMID MEETINGS. I. Baker, W. S. W. 11. kannington.lane, Surrey, silk bat manu facturer Bartram, T. Warwick, slater . ll Davies. E. Walnut Tree-walk, Lambeth, engineer . I f Dunham, W. Coleman-street, victualler . • it Humphreys, J. Harlow, Essex. hosier . . I Jackson. J. Dorvill`s-row, Hammersmith, shopkeeper - 1 Lewis, D. Lampeter, Pontatephen, Cardigan, innkeeper • IL Al`Alurdie, W. and Pout, W. C. Epping, Essex, Lawton lir Abutters, W. Duke-street, Aldgate, woollendraper . le Pearman, W. Euston-street, tuslon-square, music-seller le Pierpoint, Marian, late of the Co c k an d B ott l e . Strand, victualler 1! Roby, 'l'. Tamworth, StatTordshire, tanner 4 Stevens, J. Pall-rnalL bootmaker . - 11 Smith, J. O. High-street, Southwark II . - Trott, T. New Gloucester-street, Hoxton, builder . 10 Tatton, T. Gerrard-street, Soho, grocer . 12 IVillinms, S. Finsbury-square, merchant - . II Woods, J. and Williams, H. Hastings, Sussex, grocer* - ii SECOND MEETINGS. Alzedo J. Rue? de, Bank-buildings, merchant . 10 Asby, R. S. Lombard -street, engraver . , 10 Aaprey, W. Bruton-street, silwenunlth . 10 Brown, J. and Thomson, J. Fenchurch-street, merchants 10 Bennatar, H. II owford-buildings, Fenchurch-etreet, merchant I Drake, F. New-street, Covent-garden, baker . • 10 Fruer, S. Upper Fountain-place, City-road, builder • 10 Gregory, T. B. Drummond-street, Easton-square, *Ma 1 Hansel!, J. Clare -street, Clare-market, Intend/ape: . 10 Knowlden, D. Store-street, draper - . 11 Moberly, W. Old Broad -street, merchant • . 19 12 Newnham. H. P. St. Catherine's, flour-dealer • - _ .., .._ ____ _ Nies, B. Itl. Berners-street, upholsterer - . to Peacock, J. Blackfriars-road, grocer - . 12 l'earce, J. Cburch-pasaage, Guildhall, warehouseman - le Seward, R. Bull's Pill, Gloucestershire, coalmaster • ll II Shea, H. Dowgate-hill, merchant - Stephens, S. St. AI ichael's.alley, Comhill, coffeAouse•kaTet ll ‘l'hlte, J. Holland-house, Isleworth, rchool.uastcr . 1 Winter, G. Bucklersbury, merchant - - II riapor MEETING.. Braddock, J. Maeda;Odd, silk manufacturer . . Cranch, W. G. Monkwell.street, feather merchant . II Culyer, .W. London.wall. harness-maker - If Baris,J. M. (otherwise J.) Thanet.place, Strand, boo'rrickrr 11 Fiestal, A. Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars.road. merchant 10 Gibbon, A. W. F., and R. Old City-chambers, and AbeTertn. merchants 11 Phillips, T. and I. Feochurch.street, boot and sheer/11km ] 1 Belli, N. di Theodoro, Suffolk-lane, merchant : 11 Rowbotham. J. Macclesfield, silk manufacturer . 12 Smith, W. Broad.etram. Ramie, plumber - . 12 Sotheby, S. Wellington.street, Strand, auctioneer . ill Tucker, E. Myddelton.street, Clakenwell, quill merchant 2 Toovey, D. Wattbrd, Herta, eon dealer . 11 DIVIDENDS. Clarkson, J. Graeechureli-street, batter 11 Dampier, E. Primrose-street, BishopgateWitbout, seed -cushy 11 Doltiaort. - J. Gotter.tane, warehouseman - • II Dixon, J. Little Eastchesp, baker II ~ Grant, J. G. High-street, oxford. bookseller - . Et Gregg. T. R. and Phene, W. jun. Watling-street, weer^ tioners 11 Howard, E. Cork-street, Burlington-gardens, money.scrioner It Houghton, P. and S. P. Skinner street, Snow-hill, !ember' . sellers . . 1! Mackean. A. Winchester-street, merchant • . II Norton J. Bromptort master mariner - . 10 ! Shepherd. W. Sloane-terrace, plumber Slim:about, J. Austinfriars, merchant . naput 10 FIRST MEETIXOR THIS HAT. Rennatar, H. Howford-buildings, Fenehurch-street, inert h 3" Gregory, T. B. Drummond -street, Euston-square, painter 11 '. l'hillips, F. and Cu'forth, W. Goldsmith-street, Wood.streit. warehousemen It BIRTH. Yesterday, Mrs. William Hone. of Ludpte.hill, 01 I dog"' in addition to ten children now living. p r~ Z:; 31 cue of The ,the Pi letter, with Lor N.I Day, ha be! Meter ;CPC wen he wd tor 10/ bottiee the K Reren — P.S. II T' aelebi !iron 4tera remai Pn and each, N. quest ether Stitll lied' hied of th been tr from At" !tem , 7 ti fret MU MARRIED. t St At Cheltenham, on Monday. George Beet Robinson. EN. dt l o son of Sir G. Abe rcrombie Robinson, Bart. to Louisa, yourko meri daughter of the late Major-General Douglas. of 0, On Wednesday , at Tottenham. ;lir. b. Walters. of A hienttc• been bury, solicitor, to Anne, the eldest daughter of Joseph Lasedy , to. Esq. of Tottenham. , effe e and On Monday last, very much DIED lamented, Mr. John finale, ef Mark-lane. The present prosperous state of that esee'dent inttis• don, the London Orphan Charity, owes much to the unre*ni f r , 4 activity and liberal contributions of the demand. m,fn, On Tuesday, the Rev. E. P. Turner, of Orange-street Chard, 2 " t tem an illness of five days. by On Tuesday, At his house in Great Ryder-street , from illarinaduke Willis, Esq. in his hOth year. TAG Op Tuesday, the lady of Edward Marry. Esq. of Free' the I place, Clifton; and on the previous night their irfant yui e , HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. fs , Morning, 26 ado 46 min. after 1• l Printed at THE BRITISH PII.DIS Office. by J. W • 181, Strand, and published by R. Cax.SON, UM Pig ( ' • •