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BARTHOLOMEW FAI R.-SATURDAY. We could not help exclaiming this morning, on taking ,kw of. the preiferations for this ancient civic carnival, " the age - Of jollity ii gone, that of saints, economists, and paupers has succeeded, and the glory of Barthelmy is ex tinguished for ever!" Every effort has brut made to r.brittee it ; the . price of the ground for stands has bet raised so enormously as to take away the profits and the inducements of speculators. There was none of the display in the avenues to Smith- Celd which of old give' intimation of what was going on there. The fciritselfcutsa most sorry oppt 81/111C'e. There is not half the usual number of shows, and those which remain are ar a melancholy aspect.' The countenances of the owners te:ein impreswd with The prospect that they shall lose by it; and it may he conceived how abortive, und"r such circumstances, are all the efforts to be comic.— There is not a single show of any note in the centre square, which, a rear or two since, was crowded with them. 1 1Vombwell with Wallace and Nero and some royal tigers; and Richar d son , with his corps drnmalique, his clowns who can't tumble or play, the salt-box, and his llarlequins who can't leap or dance, are the only persons who have at tained any thing to remind us of its ancitnt splendor. Atkins. with his lions, and noble band of beef -eaters, is, hewnd there no more.--Gingell, that prince of conjurors, who used to play " 0 Nannie" on the musical glasses, has departed. The breed of monstrosities seems to have diminished: there are only two Allimuses, and a tall man and woman. There are still, however, oysters for the luxurious, and we heard a fellow in the pig -puts crying out lustily, " Here's hot sassingers to feed, your hangells with." The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs entered in grand procession at twelve o'clock, and proclaimed it with as few of the ancient observances as possible. The huckters and publicans were enjoined, at their peril, to supply drink andlood that was "goat and fitte for man his boilye.'"fhe shout at the opening, instead of being a din, heard thrice the dis tance of Pye-corner, was a faint and dying sound, scarcely heard on the other side of the fair. The dancing booths have been hunted out ; not a pre paratory scrape Was hestd. In these times, The rich man's painted window nide the concert; of the quality ; The poor man can but spare A crack'd fiddle in the air, Which offends tU sonr.d morality. The rich man la inrisib!e In the crowd of Ws gay society, But the poor man's delight Is a sore in the sight. And a stench in the nose of piety. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES NEAR ST. REMY. About a quarter of an hour's walk from the birth-place of the celebrated Nostradamits, the small town of St. Remy, in Provence, a shady and flowery path conducts to two remarkable monuments. which, without any historical grounds, are called the Triumphal Artie of Augustus, and the Mausoleum of Julius Ciesar. They 'stand upon a little eminence, tinnily twelve or fourteen feet sep ias: and of itself, this vicinity of the two monuments appears to indicate a connexion bt twecn them, and to show that the con- Nnemr, in honour of whom the Triumphal Arch was erected, alto covered by the monument. They art inclosed by a small stone tenet, built for their protection. . The Triumphal Arch, the northernmost of these two relics of that mighty age, Is nut high, end so much damaged, that the whole of the upper part is wanting. By means of a roof, which workers them from the rain anti anent., their told destruction has ?seen prevented; and it were well that the upper parts were simply halt up, provided that were done In such a way, that the ant tent could, without difficulty, be distinguished from the new por tion. Two Boric pillars support the arch : on each side, right and lest, rise two fluted pillars, which hare lost all their capitals, and of which only three go higher than the middle, and the or-aments of the cornice consist of ivy and olive twigs, inter woven in small fillets. Betwixt the pillars arc figures in basso. relies(); upon the one side. a male and female bound to a tree, as ffie fitnnans represented conquered cities attd prosiness; upon the orpsite side stands a woman, rotting her hand upon the arm td a chained warrior. The :listusoleum is in good preservation, and one of the rarest aamit.a of that period; fur one more perfect, or better worthy of auennon, is, perha7s, nowhere else to be met with. It is in Sleight about M feet, and rests upon a square pedestal of large stones, wltiA is ornamented on each aide with full-size figures in basso.relievo. The foundation, which has, through kr long a course of years, supported this precious memorial, Is firmly laid with atones of the same sort. The monument con sists of three stories: the first and second are square, bite the pedestal, only that the latter is much larger; the third again is round, and terminates in a small cupola. A pillar, without pc. destal, supports each side of the first square, which is oma. merited with a heavy crown of' festoons of fruits and flowers. Koch of the four sides of this story has has-reliefs. On the one side appears a compact her!) , of Roman infantry, in the act of as sault t on another are seen the dead and wounded, lying on the field cf battle ; on the third is a combat of cavalry, but which, as well as the preceding, has suffered much from time. The fourth sloe is in much better preservation, and upon it a procession is re. presented, probably the triumph of a conqueror, which the hands bound behind the backs of the captives which appear in it, and the rinds with animals for sacrifice, seem to intimate. The accord story is, as has been already mentioned, also square, and has four stet's.", through which one can AM On each aide stands a fluted l'orinth;an pillar, the fiats , : running round, the top of which is Gl rani rnted with vine leaves and sea-heroes. Thi. story supports the third and upperniosr ; and a mall rotunda, formed of ten l'orin thian p.itlars, in the middle of al ich. through the spaces between the pillars, are perceived two statues, one of which is larger than the inter, but both without heads. A cupola, bound round with eery line crown of leaves, terminates the whole. (Han inscription which runs round about the middle cf the Mausoleum,thefullowin g letters only can be deciphet el : SEX! PARENTIBUS SUEIS. Acrording to the esplanatit ns of an . i tic riots, this monument mu s I , at e Lean erected to their parents by the sons of Caine Julius—. lien us, Lucius, and Marcus. ( :t LTIII4 TO .51101PlImerzas. — BASk COTlC.—There ar e row in citculativos . great number of counterfeit halt ..crowns end shillings. so well executed as to require pretty dose examination to distinguish them from the genriire ones. The half-crowns are of.the date of 1818, and the edges on each side ere raised so that the surface of ills piece is more hollow than that of good coin, and the King's bead is .batter end rather broader. The shillings ere dated 1819, and the imprissions both on the right and obverse aides are a little more raised than on the half crowns. The letters on each are clumsy and irregular ; and the metal of which the pieces arc tnanuhtetured is a mixture of topper with zinc. The wa , lt on the outside h of a dull whiteness ; but the truest etiterion to ascertain their quality is to weigh them. t -- •ev. ralpcesons h ave l ate ly horn apprehended in this town h,r offering, aril ha% ing iu their possession, base silver coin, some of which is well .aaeuted, though cad!, detects.l by observing the above particulars, and by ihe sound. As the officers of the Mint tefutte to pros, cute, except where the evidence is very con-1 Ausive, we recommend our ton tismen to use great precau tion in receiving silver coin.—Slochpeet Adctrliser. Last week there was found, in the remains of a coffin, in the parish church-yard, Hamilton. a puree, containing a -tilling of the reign of George 11., two penny pieces, a Halfpenny, and a farthing, supposed to have been placed there at the interment of a Roman Catholic. While a grave was digging in the same church-yard, an ad j oining co ffi n Lent from the aide, and a body without the betel fell into tee new-made grave. When the funeral arrived, the people were horrifi ill at the sight of the remains of a fellow creature lying openly exposed at the side of the grave, in stead of being instantly re-interred. When the coffin was lowered the body was placed above it, and the whule co vered up.--Gfasgote Chronicle. An inquest WRY taken at the Westminster Infirmary on the body of S3IIIIICI .1:11i1C1, who rommittvd suicide by swal lowing a large quantity of opium. Mr. Seymour, surgeon, al,d, emeared WP3 nrougm there la a state of extreme exhaustion. lie was sensible, but had lost all power of muactilar sister. who aceornpioied him, said ha had swallowed an ounce of Ismdanitm. The stamscia-pump wan resorted to without even, a- , lee died in about an hour afterwards. Mary LAO., of No. 2, Gna w-row, York-atre.,t, Westminster, sister of tl'e ale:eased, said, her manlier for a long time had been very unwell, and had been in the Labia of taking Inuclenuns to recruit his spirit?... lie had been A isle& :91. fid. per week by the parish os M. tkorge for some months, art this not being stolleiew, en order bunt been given to him to go rim the workhouse. Witness went nut with him on Thursday, at .)%setio'elutit in the morning, for the purpose of accompanying lam to the workhouse, but he seemed extremely averse to going cane, and notwithstanding all her entreaties, he kept her wander ing !Mout the streets till ten at night, when he sat down it) the well quite exhausted, and taking a bottle of laudanum cut of his pue.itet, awalloweil its contenta, and laying i,,nsclf along, said, Oh, this 1 could die." IS'itness immediately bad him conveyed t. ti , G• infirmary. His spirits had tot several days been much in,:owed. The ;ilea , f going into tit • workhouse 'weaned to irrey 6 1 :'>n lie wind. Mary Crane, his land niv, said, he was a man of Cu'i amiable temper, and had borne his sufferings with uncommon patience and fostie;de until withm , he test few days, during which ha Las talked in a manner which led witless to believe his med was nafre , vd. Verdict—insanity. STATE OF TR4DE. MANCHESTER. Ann. 31.—There have been a good many way gaols sal this week ; in tact the demand has been steady, but no advance has been obtained, carer on power-loom cloth ; on that description of cloth a trifle more has been obtained, but you will know that even now they cannot be manufactured for the prices they ate selling at. Every thing is perfectly quiet in this neigh bourhood. I am of opinion that we shall experience a gradual im provement in trade, but I feat that the sun will only shine comps ratively on the few. Since our last there has been very little variation In the markets, although the demand for certain descriptions of goods remains steadv. Steam and pasver-loom calicoes OTC in much request, and a trifling advance of price has been asked for the former; hot at present notch improvement cannot be expected to take place; 116 - Mr, some gond must naturally arise front the circumstance, that many hands have been taken on egain in Blackburn and other places, though not to the extent we could wish. The scarcity of money, doubtless, is one great cause why a more rapid improve ment does not take place, but every day. in which the supply does not exceed the demand (as is the ease at present) must bring us a prospect which will gradually, although slowly, heighten. As this town is in a great measure governed by the Manchester markets, we can only say, that the state of trade is no worse, and that In one branch there has been considerable business doing lately. The hands in the employ of the largest dyeing and calico printing esta blishment, 'scrimps, in this kingdom, arc making right d ays a week, and we understand that the duty to he paid, for six weeks, will be nearly elms) to the amount paid by them in the most i roe times.—Storkport Alrertierr. IVe have little to add on the score of trade to what we observed lost week. More goods certainly have been sent away of late, but se priers which can afford no prospect of profit to the manufacturer. A few of the labouring classes have got into employment, but the drums, of the poor is, in general, we fear, but very little diminish ed, especially as the relief committees in Leeds, Wakefield. Man chester, and some other towns, have suspended their operations for a time, with a view to keep something in reserve for the expected dem:olds of the winter. In the wool trade, little has this week been done; indeed, the stocks of wool in the Bowlers' hands in this dis trict are extremely low. We hear, however, that considerable quantities are on their way from the wool-growing counties to sup. ply this deficiency.— Wakefield Journal. It la difficult to give an opinion of the state of trade in the town of Nottingham. The lice trade Is brisk, but there le no advance of prices. The frameweak-knititng is also in demand, so that most of the bards are employed, but at prices deplorably low.— No/o'oam Berirw. We understand the number of London and country buyers who have been in the market within these few days was much greater than for some weeks past, anti therefore more business has beep doing in finished goods. The demand for grey cloth continue , * pretty good ; and the operations of many of the calico-printers low. ing been much impelled by want of water, it is probable that the amino' showers we have now aad, by tending to remote that de ficiency, will bring those of them into the market whom the drought lies hitherto kept out. The export demand for twist still continues; there is no difficulty in effecting sales, but we believe prices are at present no higher—in some instances they . are rather lower than they were three weeks ago. In the mean time, it is satiscsetory to hear that in some parts of the country a considerable proportion of the hands who were unemployed have now obtained work, whilst in all the cotton districts employment is less scarce than it was. The wages, particularly of the hand-loom weavers, however, are, and we tear are likely to continue, very low ; and we hear w;th much regret that one or two power-loom manufacturers in this town have this week been attempting to make a con aderablo reduction from the sum of the hands in their employ. We do not mention names, because we may have been in some de- I gree misinformed. and we are anxious not to bring parties indi vidually before the public on doubtful monocle. It it be true, however, that any power-loom manufacturers have increased their time of malting from four days in the week to six, accompanying tittle increase by such a reduction of wages as that the earnings of their people shall not be more in six days than they have hitherto been in four, we will fiatikly say, that • e think such conduct de aervingof severe reprobation. It can produce no good whatever m the master, whilst its cruelty to the work-people is too obvious to require being insisted on. If the attempt in this instance suc ceed'', the ultimate result is sure to be that other masters will make a similar reduction. But they will not in the long run get a farthing more profit by their good', because the inonediate consequence would be, to increase the production. It is, we think, greatly to the Interest of floaters of power-looms to prevent the wages of their people getting down to the lowest possible rate; for they have necessarily access to much of their employers' property, and the best way to induce them to be careful of it is to give them a fair remuneration for their labour. To screw them down to to the uttermost is a sure way to destroy their good principles ; and to be constantly en the watch with them all is perfectly irApossible. Extract of a letter from Glasgow, dated 30th August, NM:— " There has been a good deal of business doing here for the last few days, but without any advance in prices. The purchases are chiefly by houses having unemployed funds, and the prospect of soon requiring the goods foe shipment. The number of operatives unemployed is not now so great as a few weeks ago, although still very considerable. The rates of waving have improveu nothing, and are unprecedentedly low."—.llandoweee Geundiau. LEEDS, SATURDAY. SETTE DIRE R 2.—Every week tends more strongly to show that both in cloths and woollen stuffs business has improved. The transactions are quite as large as usual at this season in these important branches, both in heeds and Bradford, though the trade scams to be in fewer hands, and the prices are still extremely low—so low, as far as we hear, as scarcely to remu nerate the manufacturer at the present depressed price of the raw matetial. The London coffins have this week been upon the stretch to convey sway the bales brought to their warehouses. and the common camera from Bradford fo heeds have seldom brought so many pieces In the same time as within the month that has Jost , expired. Still money is eery scarce, except in the baud, of the large capitalists; payments are made in general with great diffi. culty ; and the number of unemployed operatives, manufacturers, and others, though visibly diminished within the last six weeks, is still very considerable. We last week stated, from the information of a manufacturer. that 40,000 pieces of woollen stuffs had been sold in Bradford each market day, for the last three weeks. This statement, which was given as a conjecture, has been questioned, and we incline to think, from all wellear, that the num'aer was over-rated. Irma one quarter we are informed that the number of pieces sold has not exceeded 15,000 a week ; from another, that it certainly has not been more than 23,000 ; and from a third, that a person in the trade has made it his busioesa to go to each of the carriers, large and small, to ascertain what quantity of goods of this description they carried from Bradford last week, and he finds that it did rot exceed from 34 to 35.000 pieces. —Leeds Intelbgencer. Ilataraw.—The stuff Trade is evidently improving lucre, but the card-makers, who are a very numerous body in this town and neigh bouthood, complain heavily of want of trade, few new manufacto ries being set to work, are) the machinery in the old ones being , much economized. In Brighouse, Raistrick, and Elland, there is no improvement in trade. 11 urine. usriimn.—The hopes of improvement in trade at fludthrsildel, which we cherished a few weeks ago, were founded on deceptive indications—and the market, this week, was as bad as ever. Owing to the increased demand for woollen cloth and stuffgood4, the wool-growers are asking more fur their wool, and rather better prices arc obtained ; but still the manufacturer can obtain an ad vance upon his good, the rise in the wool market must be trifling and precarious. We understand that an answer has been received to the me. motial lately transmitted to his Majesty's Exchequer, apply ieg ti r loan upon certain toads In this neighbourhood, proposing certain queries, which, if satisfactorily replied to, will, we believe, produce the desired elfect.—BrudfOrd Cow irr. Herrings have been taken in such abundance off the Northumberland coasts that they were retailed in New castle on Friday and Saturday at four a penny. One day last week the take of salmon in the 'l'yt:c was so gicat that it sold as low as 7tl. per pound. fie herring fishing has succeeded uncommonly well this season around Lochtine and Lochgare ; and the fisher men complain that they cannot find purchasers to take them off their hands. They have, therefore, commenced salting them as soon as they arc caught.—G/aggau , Chronicle. A Licht or two 0, , ,0 two of the officers of the High Bailiff of Southwark, named Cocklngton and Riches, attended by a brother or the latter, of the sante name, as an assistant, proceCded to the house of a man named John Stonelike, better known by the name of the Scarlet Runner, at present the ostensible proprietor of the Swan, a low public-Ixtuse, in a place called the Severn Islands, to execute a warrant against him, issued from the Borougs Court of Requests, for the sum of fear pounds. NVlsen the officeh arrived near his dwelling they pereet%tsl the obp ct of their search crossing a bridge in front of they house, end Immediately informed him of their errand, their persons being but too well known to him. To which summons he replied, " I am going to see the race," (a foot-race against time in the neighbourhood.) To which the officers rejoined that ha could not, as he was their prisoner, and laid hold of him. " Let me then go i ns id e my h ouse ," so id he, " to settle ;" and when he got there he shook his pockets in derision, saying " there is uthcien t to pay ; but lam surrounded now by my friends, and defy you to take tae." These men, so spoken of, formed a mass of lighting men, who, tallying round their associate, bid defiance to the law and its ministers ; and thus environed, Startdidge required but their aid to stamp (his own words) the three officers to death. A desperate conflict ensued_ the officers seeking to execute their commission. their adversaries to prevent them ; in the course of which mazy heavy blows were infliced on the officers, and their persona roughly handled. A cessation of hostilities, by mutual agreement, on the promise of the money being forthcoming, took place, which was broken up treacherously by Standitige, w h o ft-d man upper reo ti, followed by the tar) officers, Cocaington and Riches, who stuck to him like leeches. But in the mean time the ruffians below seized upon the younger Riches, dragged hint upon the bridge, and with savage outcry called to each other to throw hint over; which would inevitably have been the me, his hat being already in the water, hut that his brother rushed clown to his rescue. The result of this lauless affair ass, that after the officers had been well marked, according to the phrase of these gentry, the money was paid. Warrants have been issued against the whole. Among them— Startlidge himself ; Dick Curtis, the l'et of the Fancy t John llurly, a butcher at Dock-head; Thomas Gurney, a shoemaker; Thomas bison, of the Walwmth road ; and about a score others, of the same stamp. THE BRITISH PRESS• LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lnrd Chancellor will uft in hin private room, Liticoin't to-narrow, Wulnesduy, and Thundly, at eleven o'clock. COURT OF PRVROGATIVF. ■lPflsS SIR JON V NICHOL. Caveat day on Wedne.d3y nest, at Ten, COURT OF ADMIRALTY. lIISFORE LORD ATOWRII.L. Default day on Thursday next, a eleven, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMISSIONERS, GUILDHALL, SEPT. 2. SHEERNESS DANK. Mr. nislinp, the SiieiTnrits hanker. was brought up front the King's Bench prison, to pass his final examination. A long investigation and discussion ensued, in consequence of Mr. Heddome, the solicitor to oh.. Commission, rinsing a variety of objections relative to the amended belacce.sheet pot in by the bank rupt; wherein he had debited certain persona with ,mall sums of morcy. who, na he (Sir. Beldame) was informed, had a claim upon the bankrupt. Mr. Bishop, in explanation, observed that in a matter like this the debits anti creel a were extremely multitudinous, and it was therefore impossiLle for him to rely upon his memory. He trusted to his books, and from them lie had framed a balance-sheet, to the eorreetne•s of which he was ready to swear, according to the best of his knowledge. Mr. liennomt said he would refer to a matter of greater mng abode than those to which he had alluded. It appeared by the return that a certain estate was encumbered with a mortgage of 4001., and he had reason to know that there had been a further advance of 400/. upon the sane estate; and that fact was not stated in the account delivered in. The bankrupt admitted that such a second advance bud been made; and after consulting his solicitor and aecountent, he ex plained that bills were given for the setouti 400!., which either had been or would be paid. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS that whether the hills hail been paid or not, the fact ought to have ben stated : a bankrupt who had to swear to the truth of his atotenient Amalfi have no manner of reeervenlion. To say the least, the balance-sheet was neither explanatory nor satisfactory. Mr. Benno:we said, he did not desire to act with any severity toward the bankrupt, nor would he accuse him of intentional error ; but at the same time he was bound, es the representative of the cre ditors, to object to an improper bnlance-sheet. Commissioner RETRO Lim sod, that as nn honest man (and he would not impute any thing to the contrary), it was quite impost. hie that Mr. Bishop could awear to the amedule in its present de. fesfve form • the final examination twist therefore stand adjourned until Octob er next. roczeze. (WIT MTALL.—At this office no case •hatever of the slightest in. terest presented itself on Saturday. Mr. Alderman litown sat to hear any little thing that was to be stated. Ile complained much of Overseers and others being late in the day in coining forward to prefer or substantiate their charges. For nis own part, when it was his day to sit, he had never, since he had been a Magistrate, been out of this building when the clock stuck the hour at which he was to ; and he considered punctuality in this respect in finitely better fur all parties, mid the public at large, than bregu- CHARGE OF ASSA ULT. flow-sTnEIT.Zon Saturday, Thomas Moore, a person of re spectable appearance. was brought up from St. Clement's watch. house, charged with having assaulted Airs. Jane Coombe. Mrs. Coombs said, that on Friday righ , , about nine o'clock,whill walking rear Temple-bar, she was accosted by the slefendarr in the most disgusting language ; she therefore desired him to go along, saying that he was moo gentleman, when Mr. Moore struck her a very severe blow on her nose, which she declared caused the blood to flow profusely for more than an hour. 11( re she offered to produce her handkerchief, which she said had not a dry thread in it, to prove her emotion, but his Worship declined the exhibition. She said, that on remonstrating with the defendant, he became quite " obstropolous," seized her by her sent, which she had recently by some accident fractured, and dragged lice along the street for a eo::- sitierable distance. Ale. Moore declared the charge was altog they unfounded ; in stead of his accornine her, she came up to him and said, "'sly dear, let's go and have some a-la.mode beef;" and on his refusing, she called him several vulgar names, and would not quit him tilt he was compelled to push her away. He certainly would not deny giving her a bloody nose; but declared it was purely accidental by the string of his arm, its endeavouring to get ski of her. Mr. llar.r.s observed that these unfortunate women brought a great deal cf insult on themselves by their addressing strangers ; but as the assault had been sworn to, lie must call on Alr. Aloore to find bail to answer the charge, unLfss the girl would be satisfied with an apology. The parties then quitted the cfßee, and the matter was amica bly settled. STREET BORDERS% Mary Scan was brought up nn a charge pillaring stripped Eliza beth Tourney of her shawl on Saturday nunnirtg in the street. Elizabeth I'oumey stated, that about halcpast ten o'clock that morning she was passing up Drury-lane, when she met the pri. saner accompanied by another female, who was graced with two black eyes ; the prisoner stopped her and asked her to come in and give her a glass of gin. " I have no money," replied witne-sl "If you do rot then," replied the prisoner, " you must give me the shilling you owe me," and without more ado she levelled witness in the steam, and took her shawl off her neck, and God knows she was naked enough before, and said she would pawn it for the shil ling, and give her the ticket. She then dragged witness down a lane, when they met an officer, who took her in charge. Witness lives by travelling through the country, and selling cotton balls. The constable who took the pri•oner into custody stated, tha having met the three females, the prosecutrix told him that the prisoner had her shawl, whereupon the prisoner threw the shawl at his feet—" there is the shawl," said she, " if you are the Magis trate, and you may The prisoner stated that she had met the prosecutrix in St. Cle ment's watch-house, the night before last, and seeing her in this. tress, she lent her a shilling, and said she, " I don't cure a pill fur the magistrate, or any of you."—On being further interrogated, .he said she had met the prisoner in a public house on that night, and there gave her the shilling. "Oh ! you bad one," exclaimed the prosecutrix, " how can you tell such a story ? if the men here don't punish you for stripping me naked, God will." The keeper of St. Clement's watch-house then came forward, and stated that he had left the prosecutrix in custody the night before last, but rot the prisoner. " May it please you, Mr. Scott," cried the prosecutrix, "satisfy his Vorship that the story-teller did not give me a shilling." Alter some altercation, the prisoner was committed for petty lar. ceny. A SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY. John Norris. the proprietor of a coal-wharf, charged a coal heaver who had been in his employment with having tubbed him, under the following cireutnatances ? The prisoner having been suddenly discharged from the employ. meet of the prosecutor, and paid his wages, made a demand of six or seven shillings, which he alleged had been kept Lack from him, and told the prosecutor that if he did not give it to hint he would break his big head. The prosecutor counted ten shillings out on the table, and said, " There Are ten shilling!, and take your de. nuand out of them ; but," added he, " before you take them, I tell you that it is my money, an I if you touch a single farthing of it I shall send yon in the Old Bailey." " Very well," said the pri soner, " I will take 01l the money, and run my chance about the Old Bailey." The prisoner did so accordingly ; and the prosecu tor, deeming it an open robbery, took him before the 31agistrate. tlr. MINSUULL—You acted very imprudently. Your conduct amounted to a challenge. The prisoner ada:itted the facts as above stated, but said that the money was due to him ; but as he had no WiLISCI , NeI thereof, he knew that he could not gel it from the prosecutor unl• as by force. Mr. IltssnuLr. dismissed the charge, butt ordered the coal heaver to give bail to keep the peace toward! the prosecutor. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. H•TTOI , 7-6Altniw.-oaSaturday Joseph Mortimer, a carman, was brought up for re-examination, charged with robbing a widow woman, named Esvia, with whom he lodged, of halt' a dozen silver spoons, and nine shillings. It appeared that the prisoner had been some weeks out of em ploy. and during that titre had come home very late, and generally intoxicated. On Saturday, the 26th ultimo. 31rs. Earls went out on htisMert, leaving the prisoner in bed, and on tier return found that her bed-room door had been broken open, and a trunk, in which ti n ' spoons aid money had been previously deposited, was comely ely ransacked. The prisoner, who was the only individual left in the house, 11:11 gore out, and did not return till one the next morning, and then much intoxicated. She waited up for him, and then lehhed Wilds, a constable, who took him into custody. On his way to the watch-house he was observed trying to secrete some thing in his shoe, which proved to be a knife, and which he begged hard to be allowed to retain, but this was of course refused. In less than an hem afterwards he waseliscovered in the act of attempt ing to fasten one end of his neckkerebief to the railing of a small grated window, the other end being tied round his neck. A watch was then placed on hint for the rest of the night. The prisoner, who denied 311 knowledge of the robbery, had been remanded to allow time for inquiry at the different pawn brokers; and Wilds now stated that lie had not been able to gain any intelligence. of the spoons. but he had learnt that the prisoner had been seen with a quantity of silver in his possession the day after the robbery had been committed. Ileing unable to account for the possession of money on that day, or Kit isructurlly to state how he at present got a living, he was again remanded. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Mary Smith and Margaret Johnron stood charged with the fol lowing highway robbery. William Winter, a plumber residing at Pentonville, stated, that on Friday night he was passing through Way's-Inn-lane, when he was met by the two prisoners, near Spread Eagle.court.— Without a word haring passed, he receised a violent blow on the 'stomach, and found his watch drawn from his pocket. Ile instantly seized both prisoners, and contrived, with considerable difficulty. to detain them until assistance arrived. and they were taken to the watch-house. . A man named Scriven mid that he witnegeed the latter part of the transaction, and saw the prisoner Smith stooping down more than once. After the prisoners had been taken to the watch-house, he thought something imght have been deposited where lie saw Smith stooping ; he wormed a light, and behind some railing near, he found the watch and its appendages, which were identified by the prosecutor. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. MINT PROSECUTIONS. Two women, named Lai kiss and Alahowry, the former of whom carried a young child iu her arms, were brought tip in custody of Lloyd and Isimbrick, charged aril; baying a quantity of base coin in their possession. After the apprehension of Taylor and his wife on Tuesday, as already stated, Lloyd remained in charge of the premises at lValworth ; and about ten o'clock the same nmrriltig, the prisoner Last in came and knocked at the door, but endeavoured to escape on learning the late of Taylor. During a struggle which ensued, she threw a small parcel over the fence of a garden. He took her back to 'l'aylot's house, and the packet she had thrown away was picked up, and found to contain fi,e sixpencza, all c o unterfeit. He kept her in custody until the arrival of Limbriek, and Mr. Powell, one of the Solicitors for the Mint. Limbriek came about twelve o'clock, and found Larkin in cos. tody, whom lie knew to be an utterer. About two the other prisoner came, and having asked for Taylor, was desired to walk in. She was taken to the back parlour and panirched. and on her person was found a good shilling, and a quantity of counterfeit shillitia and sixpences. w th some dirty brushes, apparently used in polishing. The he of the officers was corroborated by a number of very respectable witnesses ; anti the difierent pieces being examined by Mr..1..1in Field, one of the inspectors, were all proved to be counterfeit. ..... Mr. Sergeant Set.r.osr asked if any of the persons who witne-sed the apprehension of lei,rk in observed any improper or indecent be haviour on the part of Lloyd, the officer ? lle wits immediately answered in the negative. Mr. Sergeant Sell.I.ON -" I have had a lett. r landed to me, pur porting to be the prisoner's defence; instead of which it is nothing but a tissue of invective against the officer. who is charged aith al most every species of indecorous behaviour towards the prisoner Larkin. A defence like this adds to your guilt instead of palliating it. flail such conduct as lie is here charged with been brought home to any of our officers, condign punishment should have follow ed immediately, but it has been completely disproved by his wit t motes." Bosh prisoners declared themselves innocent of the charges pre ferred against them, but they v.-ere fully committed fer mist. POT-1101:SE POLITICS. Saturday, a smart spruce Irishman, named Timothy SO was brought up under a warrant, fur assaulting James Oakes, a broker. The complainant stated, that about three weeks ago he went into the Rifting Sun public-house, Chalton.rdreet, Somers-town, to get a little refreshment ; whilst sitting in the parlour, the defendant. who wan sitting at an opposite table, very politely tendered him the not, and asked hint to think ; the handle like Macbeth's dagger, was " to his hand," and he " clutched it with determined eager. ness." Ile should here beg to observe, that there was nothing in the world to which he lied such an aversion as unhariznllibations, and lie therefore rose up, and proposed a toast to the company, upstanding and uncovered. with three time three, " Our most gracious Sovereign, Lord King George;" and in order to puzzle the vulgar, he clapped the Latin addenda to the tail of it —" Rex, Fidel Detensor." He had Ito sooner made the announcement, than a general buz of dinapprohation rose with the detendant's party ; presuming. however, that their disinclination to pledge Ida high_ crowned bumper arose from their want of learning, he expounded the cattail/Meal words for their edification. but even this would net do. Tim Sullivan, in particular, refused to drink the toast, and roared out in a voice of t! under, " By .1— but myself likes the female part betther; so I'll give ye. • Queen Carline, and long life to her,' thntigh she's dead ; may G—d rest Inc mul in glory ;" and had he as much Latin as the broker, he might have tacked thereto the grave-stone tioieh, " Ilequiereat in ' , aunt." Mr. Oakes saw there was a disposition amongst the Irishmen to fall out upon politics--their national characteristic ; and feeling th..t the odds were unequal, Its thought it quite as prudent do cushion dhe question, and melee his exit in a whole skin ; however, be just remarked in a placid tone—" any man that honours the Queen should pay respect to the King in the first place." This logic was "ca,.;rere to the million," and Mr. ()Akin swallowed his bumper alone; and in bringing himselt to a recumbent posture, he did not perceive that the chair hail been drawn away, as his loyalty came down on the wrong end. Thin was nut to be endured, and he told Sullivan, who apgeared to be the rammer of this mitchievous freak, t hat it was conduct unbecoming either a man or a beast. The blood of the Stillivaits mounted high. " 1.10 you mane to be after ceiling me a haste, do ye ? it ye do, by my own *owl, Lut jest allow ye, that Tien Sullivan it as good a man as yerself. honey," and " suiting the action to the word," he took the liberty of mak ing his blackthorn rather roughly acquainted with the frontal bone of Mr. Oakes'a pericranium, which raised a lump thereon, from which the designer of the graduated scale of mountains might have taken a more imposing altitude. The conflict then became too hot, and poor Oakes. his bead streaming with blood, effected his escape. Tim's defence was short and pithy—he merely said that lie gave the complainant a " small tap on the sconce, just to taehe him bet'er manners fur futher." For which kind intention, observed Mr. Sergeant SELLoW. you tong now find hail, and I would recommend you to let pohtics clone henceforward. MAR t.Bottoucit•sTiturr.—On Saturday, Michael Sullivan was brought up on the charge of his wile, 31 ary, for administering sundry pokes to her partyscoloured Irish visage. She poured forth a torrent of Hibernian eloquence, at the expense of her mild-looking protector, a•t apparently inoffensive child of Erin, at least six feet high, with '• brawny shoulders, four feet square." She convinced all present that— " ller tongue was tipped with a bit o' the brogue, But devil a bit at all of the blarney ;" And poor Pat was almost overcome by the ponderous charge of having pawned a bed, bedstead, and other articles " too numerous to mention." He, however, rallied himself, and, in a tone " soft as streams of sweet Killarney," assured :11r. fryer, upon his honour, and several oilicr things, that he was the best husband in Europe at least—that he had consulted his "better half" on the propriety of pawning " the bits o' things," to which she had dutifully con sented. Ile had done an to buy some fruit, which he had dihiculty in preserving from one of those merciless gold-laced-hat gentlemen " what keeps the streets," and 111r. HvEa—But what did you beat her for ? Prisotter—Och, the bating—vs by yer IVortship, 1 did'nt base her to Ito her any harm. Mrs. Sullivan, however, strongly insisted on the contrary ; and being asked it she would send him to prison or forgive him, re plied, that he was a most insinivating impostor, who could make people believe just as lie pluses% and requested the Magistrate to punish him, and lie was accordingly ordered to find bail. Pat, on leaving the oilier, did not forget the forte of his countrymen, and with one of his best smiles asked his Mary, " Would she be giv. ing him a penny to get a little hit of bacca?" to which she laco nically replied, " 1 shan't." Licidenaat-Colonel Archdale was brought up from a watch house, in the custody of Reid and Schofield. on u nameless charge, by Frederick NVithere, his foot-boy, for which he was ordered to find bail; !airmen* in LOW., and two sureties in 500/. each, to an swer the charge at the next IVestminster Sessions. The Colonel made no answer whatever to the charge. We abstain, for obvious reasons, from any further particulars. DOMESTIC DISSENSION. IIIARYLE:BoNE.—On Saturday a decent-looking man came be fere Mr. (litirryr it for advice. Ile sta:ed that he was married. and had two young children, a son and • daughter; that he and his wife, having been on had terms for two years back, agreed to separate, but his wife insisted on getting the daughter, whom he was not willing to give her ; he asked the Magistrate if he had a right to keep her i Mr. t; atr•rrru informed him he certainly had a right in prefer ence to his wife. He then requested Mr. G. to send an officer along with him to state so to his wifr. Mr. t;su•vzllf said lie could only explain the law, and no WOW. THE LATE CHARGE OF POISONING. A friend of whose case excitedso much interest on Friday, came forward rith Mr. C., aid stated to Mr. Griffith that Mr. Cox was afraid of remaining at home. because he suspected that his wife and her maid were contriving bodily harm against him. Mr. Cox wished to get his wife removed from his house, and promised to rovide for her in another lodging. lie stated that he also wishe d to get the maid out of the house, as Mrs. Cox insisted that she would keep her in spite of him. Mr. GRIFFITH said, that if the house belonged to Mr. COI he could certainly turn off the maids but added, that he could do nothing in the mean :in- e to Mrs. Cox till she should do some in jury, which would then justify his interference. ATTE4IIPT TO CaIIDITT SUICIDE. THAMES OVEICE.—On Saturday a young women, who gave her name as Mary Ilyng, was brought before Captain litcsi HELL, by Mitchell, the Thames officer, charged with attempting to drown herself on the previous evening. Mitchell stated that he and Fog were going their rounds in a boat, and after they had passed under Waterloo-bridge, he perceived • boat coming towards them, in which there appeared a woman and a waterin an ; in about two minutes after he first observed the boat,he saw the female leap into the water,acd he alga saw the water. man catch hold of her clothes, and was endeavouring to save her ; he then rowed up. red found the Waterman struggling with her, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was able to get her into his boat, which, when he did, she got into the most alarming hysterics; so much so, that lie thought she would have died; he then conveyed her to the watch-house in Strand lane, for the pur pose of having her sent to the workhouse, but the constable not being able to do so until morning, and from her condition, her clothes being wet, and alternately from one hysteric fit into atother, he was apprehensive that she would nor survive until morning. lie therefore removed her on board the Portlenone (Thames Police ship), stationed opposite the Arundel otairs, where he got her put to bed, anti her clothes dried. Fox. a Intention, stated that on Friday evening, about 'seven o'clock, he was after conveying a fare as far as Lambeth, and just as he was pushing off his boat for the purpose of returning, the prixonerhailed him ; he asked her where she was going to ? she re plied, " only across the water, as fsr as Waterloo Stairs." While in the boat, she began to talk very incoherently, frequently mentioning the name of Peek, and asked him, did lie know Francis Peck, who lodged at No. 2, Of-lane, Strand. Ile said he did not. She ob served. "ft was no matter." She then took off her bonnet, and laid it in the bottom of the boat; he asked her what she was about ; aha pd. him no answer, but looking steadfastly at fin!, itat i ,, into the water. He then caught hold of Ler clothes, ,rd struggled desperately ; and were It not for the immediate assiar arr . of Mitchell and his companion, she would have been taeritab' drowned, as he was PO exhausted in endeavouring to pre, e , o from sinking, 'that he should have been obliged to have let her Ile further stated, that after he had assisted to put licr Alkehell's boat, he went to Of-aliegs and Inquired for pork was not at home. Ile there mentioned what had happen. d, understood that the prisoner had been living with I k three years past, but that, i consequence of some jealous fit, e 1.,. wore separated this fortnight back. Mitchell stated that she wa married woman, but that she had been separated from her ht.ihe• those seven years. He is a respectable watermsn, and Fee!, public-house in %Vestinirmer ; he saw him old ng, and him of the situation in which his wife was. He said he wau,' nothing to do with her ; she left him seven years a ro , going away had robbed him of 801. Which at that time had reduced him to beggary. Captain R ICHHELL endeavoured to impress on her the en, of the sin she had,becit about to commit, and otwerreilwhat her conduct had brought her to. She, apparently agitated, having robbed het litoband ; but accused him or haring treat. badly. bile said she bad had neither food nor abetter for three back, and We was a burtheia to her. he aai oaice cl he li n t; l v d :teanndrif,ltte,r, t 0 00 rake However, itrhell inform him that Pcek, the man wish nil, i' it h g u ai h n i r d a l l i l l t ed he ' ir little diWergares had been made tin. - 4;spiain IZ ICHBF.I.L said he could not contn,l Mr conduct, * h b e er i e i f n o e te o ;h b e rvi n h tl b it id be rh a m is er eti . arged ; at the same ti me reptchat. FEROCIOUS ASSAULT. UNION-HALL.—Or Saturday a ruffisnlyfellow named Gard who. described himself as a `• dog-t a n n i er , , ' was brought up others on suspicion of having committed a highway robbery. charge, however, was not proved against him to the satisfaeti(ro the Magistrate, the individual robbed having been unable poagi v ,.• to swear to his person. He was therefore about to lie discharg e , when Harris, the Officer, said that he held a warrant agsinuit. for committing a very desperate assault on the person of ;Of Howard Rice. The plaint& in this ease having been called, on presenting his. self exhibited one side of his face to the view of the 3lasistratr, it was very much mutilated, in consequence of a blow given byif, primmer with such force as to fracture the cheek-bone in two Ow He proceeded to state, that on Tuesday last, so he was sitting his brother's house at Bermondaey, he heard the noise of two din. fighting In the street. On going out and perceiving that 'visit., was engaged in a contest with that of the defend an t, a large ms,'. tiff, he - (the witness) proceeded to separate them, and while in the act, the owner of the strange dog ran tip, and without saying ant word, struck him a blow with Fitch violence under the lett eve. to to fracture the check.hnne in two places, and render his face et. formed for the rest or his days. The force with whits the blots was given completely took his senses away, and his life was con. sidtred in a precarious state for some time, on account of the hamorrhage . from his nose and mouth. The complainant added. that oil committing the feroriouv assault the prisoner made let escape, and was not heard of again in the neighbourhood of Be t . mondst y until his apprehension on suspicion of highway rabbet,. The prisoner, who has frequently been brought up to this offec on charges of felony, declared that he was struck in the first instance by the complainant, and that he should bring forward ellderraw. Wood, who was an eye-witness to the ciremnatances, to speak to that fact. The Magistrate observed that be should now hold the price tr to bail for the assault, and strongly urged the complainant to phut. cute him at the Sessions, where the former might have anoppn•. tunity of producii g the worthy Alderman in his behalf, to tarsi: to his declaration of having been struck in the first instacce. CHESS. T h e following are tlee mores made in the two games of ( played some time ago between three gentlemen of M enchester a , three of Liverpool. Both the games were in progress at the Inc time. Tilly began about tie middle of December lase, and etc. eluded on the 25th of April. We give one game thiA k. ae4 shall give the other next week. The Liverpool gentlemen had th first move, and played the black. BLACK. 1 K P 2 squares 2 Qll P legume 3 K Kt toß 3d 4 Q to K 4th checking 8 Q takes Q P 6 It B to Q B 4th 7 Quecn to King's 2d 8 Queen's P one square t (''sties 10 l it s B to King's 3d 11 ' Knt to Q's 9d sq. 12 it's pawn one sq. 13 K's Kt pswn two sq. 14 K Kt to It 2d sq. 13 K K P t4kes P 16 KB P 2 sq. aintrt. I K P 2 squares 2 Q P 2 squares Q P takes K. P 4 13 P I square 5 h. B to Q 3,1 t; K Kt to K B 3i 7 Castles 8 K's K to Queen's 4th yQlltoKtS4th 10 Bto adv KKt dth 11 Ing's It's P 2 squares 12 Q's B to It's We 4th 13 K B P takes K Kt P 14 Queen toad, K R's 4th 15 K. P. one square 18 K P takes K. B P en passan: at K B 3d sq. 17 Q takes K Kt checking 18 K B takes Q chccitirg 10 H takes R 2111 B takes P 21 B KBisq. 22 Q Kt to Q 23 B takes Kt 24 R to King's sq. 25 B takes 11 2tllltoKl324ai 27 Pawn takes K B 28 B to K Kt 34 sq P takes P 30 II to Ade Q Kt 31 B to adv Q K 24 sq 32 B to ativ Q Kt 3d sit 33 B to ade Q II 4th vi 34 K to It 2d square 35 KtoK2tleq 31; K It P one square 37 K to B 28 square 3815 tn rulv K ?d squsre 3!) K to King's 2d square 40 It to adv K I 3 3,1 sq. check. 17 K It takes K P 18 Q takes (, 19 K takes K B 20 Kt takes It 21 Kt to Slit. King's 4th 22 It to K square 13 Kt takes Q Kt 24 Q B to Q 4th 23 Rook takes 110 , k 28 Q's 11 tikes Q It P 27 K B takes Kt 28 K to Kt 3d square 29 (to B P one sq 30 P takes P 31 Q P two sq 32 Q B P one sq ' 33 It P one aq 34 K to B foutth eq 33 K to adv K fourth sq 311 B to adv Q Kt sq. 37 11 to adv Q 3d checkg. ti Q Kt P one eq 39 1.1 to adv Q Kt sq. 41t K to ask , Q's 4111 41 K to Q B 4th 42 K to ativ q 4th 43 K to atht h 4th 44 B to adv Q 3d checkg. 45 K to Q's 4th 46 K to kis 3d sq 47 Q. Kt's P one sq - it g 4! T 1 to udv K 2d chcckg 42 It to ativ K B 3d chcckg 43 B to adv K 2d 44 K to his B 2d sq 45 K Kt P two sq 46 B to Q Kt's 4th square 47 K to his 3d square MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON LIST.—;From the London Gesette.] AT TRU COURT OP CORMISSIINC:IS OP lIAMERUPTII. RaSINGOALL-_ ON WILD. 16q111AT NEXT. /I Haviskle, A. Buckler bury and Stokesley, linen-man. sell furniture q Shepheard. B. Gloucester-terrace, Ifoxtou, leather-factor, spec. air.. Till, J. Basingball-street, rroollen.draper, special affairs. COUNTRY LIST. Bentley, R. Bolton-le-Moors. machine-maker, Star, Manch. 2d ex II Fryer, H. Sunderland, coal-fitter. Lion. ship interest. I (lough, N.. M., and A., Manchester, cottomspinuers, White's, IA es. •: Myers, T. Nottingham. optlcian, Lion, IA exam........ Oliver, F. Lianwyddelan, cattle.salesmaa, Bear's Head, Newtown, adj. last exam II Salter and Pearson. Manchester and London, merchants, Sr.t Ham chester, proof of debts _ Weetworth and Co. York, bankers, Court-house, Walredeld, proof of debts... A Mr. Sparrow, late of Brixton, who recently com menced practice there as a surgeon, met with a premature death on Thursday last, under circumstances peculiarly afflicting to his relations and friends. It appeared that about ten days ago a girl from Croydon, on her arrival in Lambeth, was taken suddenly ill, and expired in that parish. The deceased was taken to the workhouse, and her friends, anxious to ascertain the cause of her death. emp!oyed Mr. Sparrow for that purpose, who, iu the emus . of the operation of opening the body, sli:.ffltly punctured one of his fingers with the instrument. The wound hi - came excessively painful, and notwith.tanding the varice , applications and remedies that were tried exttrnally internally, Mr. Sparrow fell a victim to that I% hieh, i^r to first instance, he treated as a light scratch. MARRIED. On the 12th ult. Richard Mort, Esq. Captain Itch Hussars, to B,lt bara, dstughter of Colonel Robert Murray 31acgrcgor, of Blacks ell. Durham. _ _ At St. Pancras. John Frederic Churton, Esq. of Beaumont-street. Marylebnnc, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Eal wanner, Esq. ; and. at the fame time, Henry Canvasser, Esq. of Burton-street, to Maria, eldest daughter of John Innea, Esq. 0 1 Tower-street. On the 30;h ult. Samuel Cohen, jun. Esq. of Bevis Mar!. , . to Miss Sophia Tueaki, of Amsterdatn, niece to Gabriel Cava. 1: of Brixton-place. DIED. On the 31st nit. at Floching, Spencer 3laryon Wilsop, F+o. brother of Sir Thomas 3laryon Wilson, Dart. of Charhut. llothe Keat, aged 72. On the 2fith tilt. at St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight, ia consequence of injuries received by the overturning of his carriage, in the 91st year of his age, Wm. Jones, Esq. of Kensington Gore. At East Aloulsey, on the 31st ult. Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Ross. On Thursday last, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in the 44th year of her age, Sarah. the wife of Richard Neave, Es‘. Depute of the Fo r c es , an d S ecreto ry to that Lstablish ---• HIGH WATER THIS DAT AT LONDON BRIDGE. Horning 25 mia. after 3 42 rain. *feel 1. Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS OfSec by J. CARLTON,No Strand, and putillsbril by R. CANNON, same p!ace. ~ 1 I I I Lo 1