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THE liIII7ISH PRESS. . - db• 2 1) THE EDI 10.'t 0F THE BRITISII PRESS. hope that, through th medium of your impartial rrir, I may he allowed to tall-r a few <bort observations die subject of die it alteration in the ciarency of Nly NIA I.A t• a I NIALAG ROWTIISR, ailed public atti. ntion to ir very strongly, though, I lienfea, no; very soberly ; his zeal, I admit, has run away With reason, and Ila r t that one who was capable of flm i,f l ing Si) nitwit ttttt a-gontent in behalf of the side he , spo ustr., sheldtl havi• it With asperity and with so much had liarrina. But all philosophers allow tilt we are none of us wis.• at ad hours, and the majority who like myself, at hat‘lly wi.c at any hour, ought, in ,ompliment to our own Imilties, to seal his pardon. In s pite of the " ta Bob" spirit in which his Epistles co written. they Coat on a reat many troika, awl some at* g ettingt wet hoolioa. As to what the effect J g Cal of 4.:1C an.l two round notes in Eilin 1mr.41,, an d t:ki-cow, and Ali. rilcom and the other :Teat towns iii Loierriaii., may be, I don't pretend to say ; but that we can do without them in the //4.;biarri/r is int. sly ia'posaible. A Leith or a Glas gow mcrehara ty contrive to carry en their concerns, well without them ; but as for for ought I very ‘• Jock an l th. Laird," it is all over with them the moment you pet an end to the small not,. corn itcy. In the Low 'nails there is a•ry lath' goitl coin in ciioulation ; but in the H i odands, 3 are alinast unknown. They now :0 .1 then perhaps find their way into those parts from the pules °fa ft ar totiriata from the Sandi ; but, even then, they o r not receivtal with to much readiness, nor with so much ( antidote, as a Seo:eli note. A wealthy people may easily ilispease with soiall t.o:' s, because their transactions are on a hrge scale, but in the greo!:•r part of the Hier/ow/a of Scot land it is quite another hi• tt ; you may travel fifty miles on a road! , and not he aide to gm change for &jive pound note. you will say. ro..y likely, in answ, r to this, that in time there will be a pleilti;nl supply of metallic currency, that sovereigns will tw a. num, rtrtlA as notes are now, and that then all this lit ieuit y and inconvenience will vanish. 'f his b very easily sa.d. not in tho mean time we are quite sa tisfed that al' Mr: tau ollrtt from your sidle the Tweed will do us a t; -e• ::!;sclikf ; and as we suffirr no evil that asks for ac: a remedy, we would prefer to be left to wirselves. At 31-1 ,'cents, to speak in the language of our own homely pro' er!i, " We hal rather our bannock should burn, than that yea should Pura it," for we are sure your interferoce wiii do us more harm than good. The cpera- Cons of trade, iu tl.e small way io which buying and sell ing is conducted in :b:-sis parts, cannot be carried on with out tae accommodation of mu: pound notes. fur instance, let us rarrtric twenty different purchases, trade by so many di:ferent persons, to be from one dealer, each purchase arautniting from twenty to five-and-twenty (Tines. Now, with a small note currency, each can settle la- payment with a ;amoral rote and five shillings, where's, without it, each will probably rcluire change for a five f und note; sad the silica- must either be provided with epwardn of so:-ra!y sorereiorr to give in change, or he will not be able to i:is patmeota. But is it to be supposed that the tradesmen or dealers in these wild and poor dis- Mai ego Le rovidetl with r,rdd sufficient for all the pur- Ncs of exclina:: which their :mall transactions render weesnary ? It may ptriirti's lea said that the purchasers, w!.ocome from the Lowlands to the Highland market, will bring with the o the e l and:) . of cold necessary for the pay m• t a s th e y w ill have and will, therefore, not require change ; boa, on ilia rontray Delia thus leave a supply of save rigns behind them. Bat it is because gold is a cumbrous commodity that Flier is fauna se much more convenient, and t, suppose that any, one wili !ravel with the weight of four or five hundred em.,: eigns in his pack, when ho can can y the whole amount iii his poetic'-hook in the shape of five plod not" 5, is tc suppose what is never iikely to happen, and therefore tie' •••. it which I have pointer out will not fail to occur ; to cap 1 not notes from tit; Highlands is therefore a can produce notbino' but evil. If England a do without them, let her. Let her even, if she can so ioaarive it, keep all Scotch notes out of her borders; hilt, in meanwhile, let each tub stand on its own bottom, or, rs we say, let every sheep hing by his own shank. B. tooly the evils of your own currency in any way yon plea e, and settle your differences with regard to the Lowlitidi wit Aunt M. LAG ROWTII 11, as you can; but as for or, we ara pont, and our bones are not worth the picking ; w. play therefore to be left to ourselves. A HIGHLANDER. LA TIDE'S CH A PEI. 4ND ALUS HOUSES, LAW NOTICES. • maxim CRIPPLEGATti INSOILVENT7=W COURT. On Wednesday morning the Master, Wardens, The Commitsloners or the Intolvent I/rhino' Coon have appointed the and several M onbers of the Court of Assistants of the hllowios days upon which to hold their bittinp in the month of Apttl. v Ciothworkers' Cump.eny, re:sembled for the gratifying pur- liundaY •• •••• • •• F M riday y pose of opening the New Chapel & 1f longing to this four- 4th onda . Handal • 10th Toe,clay ........ lath dation. which ha , been recently rebuilt, together with the Tor•diy Wedne‘day Eitb Alms Houses. Divine Service was performed, and an ex- vredue4day ..... 121 h Thutolay 29th 13th Friday 2lst collent discourse, suited to the occasion, delivered by the Thur.da • v Rev. Mr. Whalley, the Chaplain to the Company. As this foundation derives some degree of interest from its great antiquity, a brief account of it may not be nnac ceptable. It was originally called Capella Saudi Jambi de Inelnsurin, or the Ilermitage on the From its situa tion, and from its architecture there is reason to conclude that it is of higher antiquity than the reign of Henry 111, whin it appears first mentioned in existing records ; the name of Monkwell, given to the street near this hermitage, warrants a supposition that the hermit was the guardian of some celebrated spring, near to or over which the chapel with its crypt might have been built. It wars, in the rein of Edwaul 1, placed by the King under the i" guar dianship of titer Mayor of London, and some few years afterwards trarsferred to that of the Constable of the Tower ; it was finally, at the dissolution of the monaste ries, granted by the Crown to William Lambe, citizen and clothwurker, who bequeathed it to his Company for their use, and they continue to hold it for charitable pur poses.. The Gentlemen composing the Court of this opulent and liberal Company, deeply impressed with a desire to carry into effect the henevalent intentions of the Founder, by administering to the comfort and convenience of their less fortunate brethren by every means in their power, decided a little time back on rebuilding this establishment, in con sequence of the state of decay into which it had fallen by age. They, therefore, directed their architect, Mr. Sa muel Angell, to prepare plans, etc., and early in the year 1623 the new structures were commenced under his super intendence; they have recently been completed, and he appears fully to have succeeded in meeting the wishes of the Court, by combining every domestic convenience with that pleasingeriniiplieity of style in their external appear ance which the old English architecture affords, and which is so well Adapted to stich I'etitutions. The buildings form three sides of a square, the chapel, under which the curious ancient crypt of Saxon or Nor man architecture has been preserved, occupying a consi• derable portion of the north, and are approached by a gate at the cast end; they comprise eleven tenements, replete with convenience for their inmates, and are lighted at night from a gas lamp in the centre of the area, at the N.W. angle of which is an entrance to a drying-ground, bounded on that point by one of the circular bastions of the old London Wall. • • The curinua inquirer into Antiquarian subjects may find a more detailed account of it in a paper communicated by A. J. K. to Gengleman's Magazine for May, 1825, p. 401, from which some of these particulars are Rutz? or Tir Pooa.-11 we may judge of the yuan tsm of distress which exists amongst the poor in this town, by the amount of food distributed, it trust he to a frightful extent, since the cost of that given on Thursday last alone would not, we under-land, be much if at all less than I,nool. The utinoAt exertion therefore will be necessary to make the sub'cription adequate to the demands likely to k mule upon it, during the period for which it is pro- Lahle that the presswe will continue.—Leeds latellegeneer. Monday TUC ,filly U'4Ane•day 2oth Thursday Frlday .. ...... 29th The General Quarter Sea ion of the Peace for {Vernafaster will com mence at the Guildhall on Monday next. Thy Ses.luu of Oyer and 'l•erminer, and Adjourned General Quarter Sea..ion of the Peace, furtdidttte ea, will commence at the heaskm-house, Clerkenwell, un Tue.(loy nest. • The Old Bailey Gaol Delivery will commence on Thursday nest. LAW INTELLIGPNCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MARC!! 31. Margaret Emmerson, who has been several times examined by the Court, was brought up for farther hearing. The insolvent, who was a cow-keeper in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square, was opposed by Mr. POLLOCK on behalf of a creditor named IVoiitt. am! Mr. H nave' supported Me petition. . . It appeared by the previous ev,dence, iliat the insolvent being embarrassed about August last, • thrums was put in to her pre mises, but was vectored through the opposing creditor and other persons interfering. Subsequent to this the insolvent disposed of her property, and paid Air. Norman Hughes Isis debt, which amounted to near 20111.: and there was evidence to show that same household turniture had been removed in the night of the Mot of December last, of which no account was entered in the lehedule, and the lease of the house was also in the hands of the landlord, which the Court required to be gives up. The insolvent swore ti.at the furniture removed was not worth more than iil. which her friends would pay into Court, and give an undertaking to discharge the lien on the lease, and deposit it for the use of the creditors. MR. GREEN ' S LAST AERIAL OYAGE.—Mr. Green I states that he descended on terra firma near Seven Oaks, in Kent, in about an hour and a half after leaving the Ilogle Tavern, in the City-road. Ile had sonic difficulty, he says, in effecting his des. cent, owing to the very woody nature of that part of the country, anti was compelled at last to precipitate his balloon into a field bounded on all sides by plantations of trees, and where, had not the grapple fortunately taken a firm hold, the balloon MUM have been inevitably carried against the trees, where it would have been torn to pieces, and their lives placed in no small jeopardy. The highest altitude they attained was about two miles. He says be experienced intense cold, accompanied by as almost incessant fall of snow, and found all around and above hint one vast and apparently intermina ble ocean of dense clouds. The lad who accompanied Mr. Green for the first time, did not betray the least fear or uneasiness during the progress of their voyage. eIIOHLFS.—On the 9th inst. a meeting was held at the town-hall, Chotley, to consider of the best means of extending tem porary relief to the distressed poor, when a subscription was opened and a committee appointed to superintend the distribution of the donations received. On Monday week the committee sat all day, and gave tickets to upwards of 300 families, amongst whom meat, potatoes, and bacon were distributed at half the regular prices. On the Thursday following, more than MO families were relieved in the same way. 1t is also deserving of notice, that the work-people in the employ of Messrs. Hole and Wilkinson, of Cowley Bridge print-works, contributed 27/. out of their earnings, in addition to the amount sub scribed by Mr. Wilkinson. RRIDPORT, March 29.—We regret to say the small-pox is likely to become very general in this town. tut having yet for gotten the dreadful ravages of this disease a few years ago, we look forward with gloomy anticipations to the consequences. Every precaution was taken with a child in the parish of Burton to pre vent the disease from spreading ; but report says, that no sooner did a medical gesitleman of this town hear of it, than he exerted his utmost efforts, against the united opinion of the rest of the profes sion, in propagating the contagion: this he declares he does on principle I Happy would it be for this town were such principles exploded.—Dorset County Chron. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—At half-past three yesterday af ternoon a fire broke out in Strahan's Place, Ball's Pond. Islington. which raged for three hours with ungovernable fury. Maberly Chapel, with its rich service of communion plate, &c. was con sumed, and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that, within an hour and a half of its commencement, four houses, exclusive of the Chapel, were destroyed. Three persons, belonging to the Phenix Fire Office fell victims to the devouring element, besides a child about four years of age, whose heart-rending cries having reached the ears of its afflicted mother, she rushed through the flames to its assistance, with all the solicitude of maternal affection; but, alas ! her efforts to prevent its falling& sacrifice to their fury was unveil. ing. There was a great scarcity of wilier, and, owing to the dis tance, it was some time before the engines arrived. With the ex ception of the Chapel. no pecuniary loss has been sustained, as the houses were well insured. The wool-trade iu I)evonshire and Cornwall, continues in a very depr.eiell state. The farmers are bolding out for such prices its tie manufacturers state they are un able to afford ; ail the consequence is, that the latter are necking for tt rii s of foreign wool, which is said to be very plentiful in the London market. An extensive manu facturer in Dcvonshhe has lately bad two carges of wool fnin London. At the Bristol fair, thin month, and which h the general wo , i-market fur the West of England, not hilt a dozen packs ot re said.—Plywolith Journal. NLw ROA t.s.--The various intended new lines of road, and ether iinnruectuents, in almost every direction from te-ter (for th . e making of which an Act of Parliament has Nen obtained), I.inet, if carried into execution according, to plan, he a ! - . - eat acquisition to travelling, as all the steep anal slang: Toys places, which now abound, will, we Understand, be entirely avoided ; and we are told that the proposed road from Exeter, througii Crediton, towards Barnstaple, stay be continued all the way to that town without eamintering a single hill—a striking contrast to t e present lines of communication. Banyan Nisi:lNa Assoct wrtost.—The first annual inecing of the shareholder' in the above Association took place on Thursday, at the office of the Association, in Great Winchester. lora, I'. A. Curtis, Esq.. in the chair. The Report stated that the trustees felt peculiar satisfaction in adverting to the fact of the suety being in possession of a property, legally leased and made o,,,,t a irni t tg an almost inexhaustible supply of the 'Wheat ore, tr. which the metal in so easily extracted as not to retake the c , ;:nnion process of stamping mills. That the Association were not put to the expense of machinery, as the mines were worked by mutual labour; four miners could break 1001. worth of copper per day. That the trustees felt great regret in adverting to the death of Captain .1. G. Cochrane, and three of the miners ; that they had sent nut a sturgeon to watch over the health of the miners , and that the miner" had written a letter, expressing their grateful sense of the attention that had been paid to their comforts; that the mines vete in full work ; and that General Bolivar had written • letter, eadirming their title to the mines. The Chairman referred the s ., arehulWes to .hr several letters from the agents which lay on the tahle.andsaid that the trustees would ask for money very sparingly, anal if they received the copper which they expected. no further cill would be made ; at all events, snore than IL per share would no: be required. The Report wan ordered to be printed, and a cn.y sent to each proprietor. The Account stated that there was 5.141. in the anent: hands, that t hey had copper to the amount of !Wit, and valued the ateam.boat at four thousand pounds. A ' , ge of thanks to the Trustees f4r their seal and attention to the ^terests of the Proprietors, and to the Chairman, were Carried ! . tsitswnoly.TheChaiyman reamed thanks on behalf of the In consequence of tins, and of there being 301. paid into Court, the judgment, which would have been alwavy one, was abandoned. Mr. Coosa applied to the Court to allow the cost of opposition to be paid out of the proceeds, which was seceded to, end the insol. vent was ordered to be discharged: but the discharge not to issue until certain conditions were complied whit. Samuel Hall, who was before the Court on the 20th hut., was brought up for rival hearing and judgment. The insolvent, who was a hatcher is Fria-street. Blackfriars% Road, was opposed by a creditor named Sutton. it appeared in evidence, thi.t shortly before the insolvent went to prison, lie made over his shop-business, for which be had - given a considerable sum, to his son, who now carries it on on his ern aceount. Mr. Commissioner HAIIRIS said that it welt quite clear that • collusion existed between the insolvent and his awl, to whom the business had been transferred, for the express purpose of defrauding hie creditors. Conduct like tint, of which' the insolvent had been guilty, was not to be toleratal ; nor was he a :It person to receive his' Immediate discharge. The Court, therefore, mold etc/vise its clistretton under the ltith section of the Act; sod its judgment was, that the insolvent be imprisoned within the walls for the term of six months, at the suit of his detaining creditor, for ft:aided:ltaly making away with his property, with. a view to diminlch the vidend. as taxed by the Alaetsr, amounted to M. 3s. 34. for which a writ of fiere Arias lied iasi,ed, which MR delivered to the Sheriff's offferr ( Ilaniels)' to execute, with the sum to be levied endorsed on the hick. but not •' poundage." By the Act of the 22d of Elia. c. 4, the Sheriff is entided to receive Is. in the pound. except in simple 'contract debts (and that was one, The learned Counsel then tired Thornton v. Alerridew, 3d vol. Fuller, p. 362, to illustrate his ar gument. The Act of the 43d of the same Queen gave treble toms to the parties aggrieved, where it was taken, and directed that the Sheriff's remedy was against the plaintiff for his poundage. The i officer in this inetana• levied for the whole, and the action was 'now nominally brottubt against the late Sheriff, although, in fact, against his officer,. Daniels Ohs real defendant) to recover treble costs. John Purton was opposed by two creditors, named Bowery and Pritchett the holders of several bills of exchange, vtliiith bore the name of the insolvent. Mr. Bowery stated that he Is a licensed victualler in Cierken• well, and diecounted bills for the insolvent to :he atnuont of 671., and when they became due, the persohe upon whom they were drawn denied that they owed the insolvent any thing. The wit. nests s'.i.ted, moreover. (list in axembee last the insolvent removed his goods, and immediately afterwards went :tro custody. In his examination by Mr. Heat:t, the wristlets denied that he had been guilty of an usurious transaction. Mr. Cronk, a broker, stated that he seized upon the insolvent's goods on behalf of the landlord, who had a claim for tire years and three quarters' rent. Witness did not believe that any furniture had been clandestinely rerrcved by the insolvent. The Court were of opinion that the in.olvent had not obtained money by means of fraudulent representation, and they declared him entitled to his discharge. ASSIZE INTNLLIGENCE. HOME CIItCUIT..-14A7DITONE, Rfaace 90. TAYLOR AND WIFE Yo.MORRISON. The officer, on being placed in the wirnemi's box, refused to answer any question that might tend to commit himself, of which he was cautioned by his counsel (Mr. Coltman), but on his being shewn a letter, in his own writing. directed to Mr. Brawn, that he lied levied for the whale, Sheriff's poundage, &c. a verdict was given against him for three timarahe amount of the poundage. This watt an action to recover the amount of a reward of twenty guineas, offered by the defendant foe the conviction of a man named Overy, charged with pig.steallrq. Mr. ANDELENB and Mr. Ci.aaasow conducted the plaintiff's case; Mr. Gunner and Mr.S•earn the defendant's. The case for t:^e plaintiffs was this. Vie plaintiff's wife had a lodger named Overy, who told her that he bad some pigs to sell, and, believing that they hill come honestly Into his pessession, she made the purchase. In a dd./ or 111/3 afterwards, sl.e sew ■ hand bill published by the deicatiant. not:ff.nr ; that pigs such as she had bought had been stolen, and clerring a reward of twenty guineas to any person who gave such evitknoe as weuld bring the Wenders to justice. Suspecting from this th:it the pigs sold to her by ()very were stolen, she commuricated•with the. defendant on the subject, and the pigs being identified, Overy was apprehended, and by her evidence was convicted. When she applied to the defendant foe the payment of the reward advertised, he dedined complying with the terms of tie notice, on the ground that she was a guilty receiver of the pigs, knowing them to have been stolen. She now brought her action, joining her husband for conformity, and the defence was grounded on the presumption that she was in sari delicto with the thief, and consequently could maintain no action for the reward. Two police-officers were called, whd swore that the plaintiff's wife was a notorious recover of stolen goods, and also kept a house of questionable fame at Sheerness • that when they went to search her premises for the stolen pigs rite was greatly agitated, and ex pressed a hope that she should not be prosecuted ; ant: that, so far from their claimirg any merit in having given the information against ()very, she disclaimed any desire of participating in the reward offered. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, MARCH 31. ATTEMPT TO POISON. John Davies stood indicted for administering a quantity of shout six drachms of laudanum to William lisrvey, with intent to cause a deep sleep to fall upon hial, and to plunder him while in jhat state. pay ;the and •the defendant took a 'billing farapilL pocket, and handed it to Mr. *Richmond. Mr. HALLS—But there are the costs to pay. Defeatiant—Grote! pay no casts. Mr. llALLs—lliit you must, Sir, as you are in the wrong, Defendant—Well, if I must, I mast. How much is it. Mr. Richmond said seven shillings, with the odd Manias IHRIIb he had refitsed to pay the coachman. Defendant—Seven eMltinits ! Seven shillings coats in ID Om for one. Nobody ever heard of such a thing, and 171 oot pay 4. Mr. HALLS—AM you please, sir. certainly, but if you do drat. It will be my unpleasant duty to data% u. Defendant—Detain me ! me, sir Do you know what you ant talking about? I an a Mitgbarcre, Stt,untl jdull repent dssala ing me if you veoture to take such a amp. Mr. HALLS-1f you are a Magistrate, Ifir, you ought to know better than to refill; to pay costs, which your intperyaee most haw „ taught you are necessary upon all peosiridiogs in aa Wks like this. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found s ver dict for the plaintiffs—Daniagev, 211. . - Defendant—Tell me what the tints art Feb Mr. Richmord sal./ that no more than the usual Mtn wino charged For the coachman's Imo of time 2s. ; few the hearing Is.l for the summons and service 3s. ; being the joins invariably - charged. The defendant, evidently very reluctant and very much this , : gtinetl, paid the amount, and then, turning to Mr. Halls, said, " shill be glad to know your name, Sit.. I consider that I have bum treated very unlike a gentleman, and I shall see further into dia. matter, and ugh that view I dishy to be furnished with yeir • name." Mr. Ilut.t.s—Really. Sir, your conduct altogether has bees eta • ex;raorditary, thut although I can have no objection to your kWh. • ing my name. r do not feel myself called upon to show you seed the courtesy of giving the information you require. It is, hoe.: ever, very well known here who I am, and If you wish to be loss formed. mie of the gaoler* I dare say will tell you. Mr. Carney did not venture to reply to this rebuke, but indltetr away without making the inquiry of the gaoler. . The driver of the hackney coach No. 41, appeared upon two semi • • I inciters issued at the suit of Sir John Stemma, the celebrate* musical composer. for exacting more than his fare, and for being drunk sad abusive. Mr. Wm. Harvey, the prosecutor, a man apparently about 50 years old, with a countenance strongly marked with shrewdness and good -nature, mated that he was a rope-makar, residing near Derby. Ott the 7..hl of the present month, while walking along Fetter-lane, the prisoner came up to him, and inquired the way to Hyde-park. Witness supposing him to tae a stranger to London, and having nothing particular to do, offered to show him the way. Accordingly they pro•miled along the Strand into the Park, and thence to Mamma's. In the course of their walk the prisoner told him he had been only two days in London ; that he was the son of an Innkeeper at Chester, and had come to town to receive a large property, of which lie at that time had (OW. about him. N . :Linen told hint that he did wrung to carry so much property about him, and advised him to lodge it in the lihmk. He added, that he (nrotecutor) never carried moth money with him ; to be mire (showing his purse) he had, he said, then about him the change of three five-pound notes, which he had received that morning at the Bark, but then he had not had an opportunity to go to his lodgings to leave the money there. On leaving Tatter will's they went into the Turf Tap, where they had two glasses of brandy and water each, and for which the prisoner Insisted on pay ing, as a return tbr witness's kindness in showing him about. From thence they proceeded to a public-house in Castle•street, Leicester square ; witness having en their way purchased a quantity of ham and beef fur both of them. They went into en up stain room, and while the plates. &c. were bring got ready, the prisoner went down stairs and returned in about five minutes afterwards. Having de spatched their supper, the pri toner proposed that they should take a glass of grog each and , s pipe, and asked what liquor witness pre. ferred. Ile replied gin and water, but was so pressed by the pri soner to take rum and water, as being batter fur him, that he con. seined so to do. Two glasses of rum and water were accordingly brought up, for which, with the expense.; of the supper, witness then paid. A little time after he took up the glass which the. pri. Rome had handed to him and raised it to his lips, but finding the taste to be ve, y unpleasant, put it down after urmaing a very small quantity. The prisoner pressed him repeatedly to drink tt up, but he refused, and as' , cd the prisoner to drink it fur him, which he de clined doing. They flaahy rose to go awry, leaving the glass and its contents standing on the ethic, and had got to the bottom of the states, when the landlady came up to them,end told them they must not go away. Immediately I.:ter an officer came in and took the pri mmer into custody, on the charge which tints the substance of the present indictment. The prisoner was searched, but no bottle was found upon him. Witness went to Bow-street with the nal er, and, after giving his evi.lence, sat roan in the., , :fice and fell asleep. He also felt very drowsy anti feveri,th during tte greater part of the fol lowing day. On putting hin hand :too his coat po cket . the next morning, he found a phial labelled "Poison," conta i ning a small quantity of laudanum. He took it immediately to the public-house where he had been with the prisoner, and gam it to the constable. Cross-examined—Had been in London three weiks; had come up on business ; had been in London fifty tiraes before. Fie offered to accompany the peianner out Pi kindness, thinking him to be a atran,;er to the place. Th . .: assistant of Mr. Couzens, surgeon, in Castle-stmt, proved having sold the prisoner, on the evening in' question, 6d. worth of laudanum. The bottle was labelled " poison." Thinks the bottle was the Pante as that now produced. The prisoner was brought to him ahont an hour after the transaction in custody, and was identified by him. Creafrexamined by Mr. RARMV—I take it the quantity you sold him was not enough to kill a man ? CHAIRMAN-10i a rtan ! Aye, there was enough to kill 20 men, not used to taking It. Mr. Guest, a hail...Memel.. residing in Bear-street. stated that he went into the ;Inn and Thirteen Canteens public-house, in Castle -street, on the evening In question, for the purpose of taking aurae refreshment. He found the prisoner and prosecutor sitting by the fire of an up-stair room, smoking their pines. There was ' no one else in the room. Tao full ,e, uses of rum and water were standing on the table, one of which, before he had been in the Atom a minute, he observed the prisoner take up. and hold under the table white he poured something out of a phial into it, and af. ' towards push it over to the prosecutor, whom be invited to chink of it. Witneset's suspicions being excited that ,foul play was in : tended, he went down stairs, and acquainted Mrs. !larding, the landlady of the house, who earnestly requested him to go ter a conetable, promising, in the interim, to prevent the prisoner from ' leaving the house. Witness procured a constable, and brought him ' I to the house. Sir J. Stevenson stated that he hired the defendant to 4144 bird • a distance of less than a mile, and when he got outt,he latter charg ed him 4 shillings. Seeing that he was beastly drunk, he took into a shop, and there pain him the lour shillings, at the sawn ii aw , telling him that he should be punished for extortion. Upds older the 'defendant abused him. THE KING v. JOHN GERISKANY AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against the d,fendalts, for running down a boat, and assaulting two men of the Smuggling Preventive See vice, named Turner and Woodward, at thilinghain, on the 4th of August last. The prosecution was conducted at the instance of the Board of Admiralty, by Mr. sergeant Ormow, Mr. MAIIRYAIT, Mr. ClunwEr, and Mr : Ksrox. . • . . Bow ES FOR MANURE.—A peculiar feature hts for some time appeared in the commerce of Lincoln, and has at length be come a very prominent and conspicuous characteristic--viz. the col lecting and grinding of bones for agricultural purposes. Three large steam-rills have been erected in the neighbourhood, and a fourth is commencing, besides several mills moved by horse-power, all employed in grinding bones. From its vicinity to large tracts of laud, the nature of which is moat suitable for bones, there is no doubt of Lincoln becoming a principal market for this novel art i de of commerce, immense loads of which are brought into the putt of Hull by the Dutch. The bores so brought appear highly desic cated ; but as they are not white as if bleached, it is more than probale that they are carefulls collected from the fields of war fare. At the re-embarking of the British troops at the retreat of Coranna, it will be recollected that the cavalry horses were de spatched in ranks, to prevent their falling into the hands of the French • and it is probable that from such sources as these some of the prodigious supplies of the bones of horses are procured. RIOT AT KILMACTIIONAS ' COUNTY OF WATERFORD. —The Dublin Evening Post of March 28 gives an account of a Meeting of the Magistrates of Waterford, held at Dungarvan. in consequence of a riot which took place at Kilmadhortiaa, a place belonging to Lord Waterford, and where there had been an exten sive registry of freeholders, and observes, " With the circum stances of this riot we have made the reader already acquainted. The Magistrates were called together by a requisition from Lord Waterford, who is Governor of the County, to take into consider ation the facts already referred to, told the general state of the di.- triet. Nearly thirty Magistrates assembled at Dungarvan, in con sequence, on the 23d inst. and a vast assemblage of gentry and free holders from all parts of the county were drawn to the spot. There was a preliminary meeting at the principal inn of the town. in which the subject-mutter of discussion was, whether the meeting should be public or private. All the Magistrates in the popular interest, including one of the Members for the county, Mr. Power, of Clashmore, decided on a public inves tigation ; the Magistrates in the opposite interest, including Lord Gorge Beresford, the other Member, were for this. cussing this important question with closed doors. The parties not being likely to come to an understanding, separated, one con tinuing at their apartments in the tavern, and the other adjourning to the Court-Ileuse. After some further negotiation, a double series of resolutions were passed. This, then, we may consider , one of those notes of preparation, announcing a contest for the re. presentation of this county, which promises to be in itself the most severe, and which, in regard to its political consequences, Is likely to prove the moot important that Ireland has yet witnessed. Until the late record tried in Waterford, and which confirmed to Mr. Villiers Stuart the fee of an immerse tract of country, it was sup posed that the numerical interest of the parties was nearly balanced. The decision of the Court, however, has had the effect of emanci pating all the freeholders in this district, and securing their votes to Mr. Stuart." Extract from a French Paper:—" The English Mi nistry have adopted the principle of Free Trade, and yet they pass an Act to abolish Lotteries; which have given freely to the public, without any expense to the State, upwards of One Hundred Mil lions of Pounds Sterling, in Capital Prizes during the last century. Surely every person ought to have the liberty to pay Eighteen or Nineteen Pounds for Twenty Thousand Guineas, as long as Mr. Bish will offer such terms? but, no:—we find the British Par liament have determined there shall be no more Lotteries after the present and one more drawing. TRADES . NEVISPAPER.—This Journal, which, along with other Articles of Intelligence, now gives the latest Dinnes tic and Foreign News of Saturday, will contain on Sunday next Original Articles on Mr. Wilmot Norton's Scheme of Emi ration—On the Conduct of Parliament respecting Military Flog ging, the Abolition of Slavery, and Mr. Martin.. Bills against Cruelty to Animate—Extraordinary Waste of Paine Money for Consuls and Ambaspadors—lrish Charter Schools—The State of Trade at Home and Abroad—State of the Working Classes— Address of the Silk Weavers of Manchester to die Masters— MLuiorial of the London Itopemakers, &c. The corrhrsan apologised very humbly. and said .bri wriald sot hire offended the gentkinan for the world if it hdd Doe been for ib confounded drink. Hie contrition, whether sinsere or what he himself would garnme s n.7 had the effect of lesr.enipg kris punishineot, for ho finel only in the Itivrest penalty of ten' &billings aed war kit otTenee. • AATTON-OARDEN: ' • . Fans ox pitaletiEll.—Yesterday, the 131tagisktote; of , office, Metros. Rogers and Laing, Were ocEupied In thE Invesfiga: . tine of a most extensHe system of fraud, which has for a loa f deferable dote been carried on by paupers of a certain dais manse' - the parochial establishments in various pens of London: Jam And Mars his reputed wife, with two miaerabin children in their arms, were placed at, the bar, charged bit the Ind- , errs of St. Sepulchre 's pariah, Middlesex, with obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Hind, the Vestry-clerk, stated that the prisonms at the bat e had several times, applied for relief, whirls was granted in varied/ sums to the amount or - tour or file and twenty shillings. The oink prisoner represented himself to he a native of the paef of Halkot ton, near Tiverton, in Devonshire, to which place, he etas anxiatin , to return with his family, not being able to procute employment in London. lie signified, that he did not like to be passed it 2 tpti regular way, but would wish to go ,by rife waggon, his *if( and children being in a very feeble state • Bein g Mied 11 o* men, money he ' would require to take them home„ be teplied about 3/. Is. This demand was thought rather exorbidint, and it wait referred to the consideration of the lloard, when, on investigadley, it was discovered that a similar application ha d made or be parish of Cierkenwell, and an advance made for the same purpose. It was also suspected, from the contradictory statementS of the Slag and woman that they had been practising in the wine way , on many other parishes. It was therefore deemed advisable to bring then before a Magistrate, and on Wednesday morning, when they algid to ramie: the money, as they were given to understand It would het, edvanced, they were taken into custody. Messrs. Waltham and Newton, two of the overseers of St. Se.: pulchre's, proved having advanced to the prisoners datious fulls* of monej, by we of temporary relielf, pending -hi investigation with reference to the demand of 3/. -Is. for taking item to their parish: , They hail likewise given them shoes for themselves and thew child then, and the % omau received other necessaries alto. Messrs. Key and Harvey, overseers of Cierkenwell, said Mgt the prison rs had made similar applications to them, and received is. nous sums of money, as would appear by the parish accounts. Mr. %Vest, the master of Clerkeowell workhouse, produced the honks, in which were entries to this effect:—" Advanced to John. Stevens anti family (various dates and sums), for temporary relief, 12s. ;" oral on the 23th March, " Paid to John Stevens, for ttin ' , purpose of taking self and family to his pariah , Halburtoo, De.. yonshire, IL Ills." being in the whole two guineas. Mr. Hind observed, that at the time they were receiving this money front Cierkenwell they were also drawing from St. Sepulchre's. It was therefore lair to infer that the like fraud had been practised ' en many Other parish*. Mr. LAING then ordered Stevens to withdraw, and the wife an. derwent a very long examination, in the course of which she ad, mined that her husband had run away from his perish, in cone. quence of a bastard child, or, as she termed it " a base child he' been put to him." She s poke haws of a stater in Westminster, with whom she stopped when they arrived in London, but the could not , recollect either the name of the street or the number of the house. The Constable deprived that, on taking the prisoner into custody, be insisted on watching him. The prisoner replied, "It you mean to search me, you must pull (X: your coat, and tuck up your shirt sieen-a." After a little parleying, however, he consented to be searched ; there was nothing of importance found upon him. Bra Magistrate—You did not find 13001. in his pocket then P—No, nut COO pence. CIIAIRMAZ:—Of COMO not. _ _ - Mr. BARRY, for the prisoner, addressed the Jury. Ile was In structed that the prisoner had procured the laudanum for the pur pose of giving to a mare, to cure her rf kicking. As to how the laudanum got into the glass, and the bottle into the prosecutor's pocket. the Learned Counsel said nothing. The CUAIRMAN summed uti with great minuteness, and The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of GoMi, but not with intent to kill. The CHAIR mast explained that no such intent was laid In the indictment. A general verdict of Guilty was then recorded. The Cuatnstaw, after enlarging on the enormity of the pri soner's guilt, sentenced him to two years' imprisonment and bard labour. It appeared in evidence that, on the day in question, Turner, a gunner belonging to the Shannon, stationed in Gillingham Creek, had been sent from shore by Lieutenant Gray, with a messege to the Commanding•offtcer of the Shannon. On his return, in a small beat belonging to a man named Woodward, the boat was run down and sunk by a fishing smack. of which the defendants, three in number, were the crew. With considerable difficulty the lives of Turner and Vt oodwesd were saved. A Waterman put off flout the shore and picked them up. Turin.r caught hold of a rope attached to the fishing smack, and was dragged through the water about the distance of two hundred feet. The defendants, seeing the danger of the men, had put out their host to pick them up. and alleged that the affair was an accident, and that they had no alternative out to run on shore. At the spot where the accident happened there were seventeen feet of water, end their smack only drew about six feet. Turner and Woodward said they could not say that the de fendants (whom they had not known before) had acted from a' ma licious motive, but they declared that they never saw such lubberly conduct in their lives. Mr. ANDREWS urged, for the defendants, that the whole trans action was the result of mere carelessness, if not of pure accident, and, on their part, disclaimed any intention of running down the boat which had been sunk. The Jury, under the LORD CHIEV BARON'S directions, quitted two of the defendants altogether, but found John Germany, who acted as helmsman, Guilty of a common assault. [ln her etamination before the Board at St. Sepulchre's work+ house, she described the former as Smith-street, and believed the' it wee at No. 4, or 24, or 34 ; but on inquiry, no person ansireriog the description could be found in all IVestminster.] She denied having made any application at the workhouse then, or at any other time. She admitted that they removed from West minster to the King's-road, but could give no description of the part. It was at length ascertained that the King's-road was Port pool-lane, where a notable gang of this description are in the habit of resorting. In answer to a question from .31r. Laing, she denied having applied at the workhouse of St. Andrew's parish, in Gray's Inn-lane ; indeed, she had no idea where it mss. POLICE. GUILDHALL. The husband was then called in, and during a long examination frequently contradicted the statement of his wile. He admitted that they had applied at St. Andrew's workhouse, and that the wiip bad received 20s. front one of the overseers to take her home. Stevena was then removed behind the bar, and the wife was again called in. She persevered in saying that they had never applied for relief to any parish but the two. Mr. LAING then taxed her with the pound received from St. An drew's, and she observed that her husband had ordered her to sl► nothing about it. Mr. LAING said there could be no doubt that this system of plunder had been going on a long time, and, in order to gibe other parishes an opportunity of corning forward, he should remand trio prisoners until Monday. James firolA, the boy who has been in custody several days on I suspicion of tuothrig committed numerous robberies in the vicinity of the Royal exchange, by entering at the garret windows or trap doors on the roof, was again brought before Ale. Alderman Garratt yesterday for further examination. Mr. Iladdeley. of Tom's Coffee-house, Mr. Martin, the banker, and Mr. Bland, or Garraway's, whose premises have been broken into in the above manner, were in attendance, as also some persons who had on various occasions seen tl e young marauders going from roof to roof; bat as none of them had made particular observation of them, so as to be able to recognise their persons, or at least, as neither of the witnesses could positively identify the prisoner, the only case that remained to be pressed against the latter was thgt of' ' stealing Mr. Haddan's boots, which were found upon his person, when he had made his way over the roof into the adjoining house. The system of the young urchins seems to have been to walk into one of the many houses in the above neighbourhood, let out as counting-houses, and, if they met any person on the stairs, to ask fur some fictitious name; if they did not, to make their way through an attic window or trap-door, and then a wide field was open to them ; and if they looked into the window of a room where a per. son chanced to be, which has happened 10 them, their excuse was ready—that they were in quest of a stray pigeon, and this always lulled suspicion. They seem systematically to have avoided rob. bing their houses of egress and regress, in order that the npportu. I oily of committing future depredations might not be cut off, and in the hope that the means by which they gained access to the roofs from the street would not be discovered. Another over.the-rorif robbery was committed in Cornhill on Thursday afternoon, it is supposed by the prisoner's associate who escaped. Mr. Alderman OARRATT having announced his intention of committing the prisoner, the depositions were prepared to be read over, when It was discovered that Mr. 'ladder), who identifies the hoots, was absent, and the final commitment of the prisoner was again postponed, until Mr. II addan's attendance shall he obtained. The preacher to a congregation of Johanna Southantians, or Universaliets, as they term themselves, who meet in a sort of hay loft in the rear of a house in King -street, %Vest Smithfield, applied for a summons against some person who had interrup:ed " divine service" last Suoday ; as, however, lie (tad forgotten to bring the documentary proof that it is a regularly lirensed meeting, the Al derman declined granting the summons. and recommended him to proceed at once by indictment, as the (hand Jury will now soon be sitting. QUEEN.SQUARE. ROBBING FCHKISIIED LODGINGS.—The practice of Astragal, ing articles from ready-famished apartments, mid afterwards pawn. ing them, has lately been carried to such an extent that the Magis trates of this office have determined to resist any compromise, and in future to inforce, in such cages, the full penalty of the law. William and Mary ilathreay, man and wife, were charged with ste•-iling the pillows and bolster, and also sonic bed-linen, trum their ready-furnished lodgings in Westminster, and then pledging the said property. The husband, a respectable looking man, who it was said earned 40s. a week, declared that the articles now charged as having been stolen and pawned by his wife, had been made away with unknown to himself, and, therefore, he now implored the Magistrate to be permitted to indemnify their landlady for the property which had been pledged by his unfortunate wife. Mr. LAND observed, that the prisoners had not the usual I plea of poverty to offer in extenuation of their offence, and coin merited on the increase of tine description of crime, particu larly as it vane under his own cognizance; and, therefore, he could nut consent to suffer the matter to be longer made up. With regard to the male prisoner's defence, he Raid it could hardly be supposed that lie had gone to bed, night after night, and never missed either the bolster or pillows front under. neath • The prisoners were accordingly both committed to Newgate for trill. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoaI, MAR( u 90. ASSAULT. STANCLIFFE VEARNI.EY. Mt. BLACKBURN, for the plaintiff.—From the Learned Gen. tleman's statement it appeared that the plaintiff and defendant were cattle dealers at Kirk Heaton, and the assault was com mitted under very aggravated circumstances. On the 27th of September last, the plaintiff was with his friend in Cross Creech street, Huddersfield, (it being the market day), when the defen dant and his son were observed coming up the street. Plaintiff, said se his friend, " Here comes Fearnley, I will demand my debt of him." On the defendant and his son coming up, plaintiff said to the defendant's son, " Thou knows what thou owes me, thou might as well pay me ?" Young Fearnley replied, " owe thee nothing, and will pay thee nothing." The defendant then said, " D---n thee, if thou wart a partner of mine, I would. lace thy body for thee !" The plaintiff remarked, " Never thee mind, what I have is my own, I never signed over to any one." No sooner did the defendant hear this, than he struck the plaintiff over the mouth with his list ; and, not satisfied with that, he struck hint with his stick, broke his hat, by heating him o ve r hi s head, back, and shoulders, all the way from the Ramsden's Arms Inn to the White Linn. amidst a great number of per. ons. Witnesses were called, who gave their evidence to the same effect BOW STREET. as the plaintiff, V esterday a person of respectable appearance, named rarnep, Mr. WlLLl:tars, for the defendants, addressed the Jury, and contended, that ins client had been irritated to commit the assault, an Irish Ma • ate attended upon summons, to answer the cow lof le r P aint aac ney coachman, for refusing to pay the legal fare. by being called a villain and a swindler in the public market.plece. The coachman stated that he was taken by the defendant, first to Had he, however, stopped, after giving the blow over the offensive have been the better, unt Betiford.square, and afterwards to Curson-street, Mayfair. and he part, namely the mouth, perhaps it woul d eantled 3%, the distance exceeding two miles. The defendant but who could place a boundary to position There was no evi- refused to a, n v more than two shillings, and therefore he summoned dance of the plaintiff's being seriously injurei „ and the Jury would him. • do well to give him, what he certainly had a right to , very small The defendant said he felt confident that the distance did not damages. , ' exceed two miles. His LORDSHIP said, that the plaintiff was undoubtedly entitled Fite coachman said he knew it did very considerably. to their verdict; but what &s i eges they would give, they were the Mr. HALLO said he had no means of knowing the distance but best judges. by ordering the •ground to be measured by the sworn officer with The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 25/. 131 PORTA NT TO SH ERI FFS' OF FI CERS. his wheel. Defendant—Very well, then let it be measured by all means. Damn v. HUTTON, LOTS SHERIFF OF KORA. 1%/tr. llor.T stated the ease to the Jury. From his statement it Mr. BALLS—WeII then, let each party deposit :in., the cost of appeared, that a professional person, of the name of Brown, brought measuring, anti whoever is in the right will have his money re. an action in 3larch 1825, against the now nominal plaintiff. who turned. was the defaodant in the original action, to recover a debt of "Oh ! not do that," said the defendant ;" I won't run the 91..11;5. 3d. Ile had suffered judgment to go by default. The costs, risk of losing tire shillings when there is only one at Issue. 1 shall MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Ann Trans, a young woman of moat violent temper, was brought to this office, charged by her husband with having. at Wednesday last, made an attack upon him with a knife, with which she cut hint desperately whilst struggling to get it from her, The prisoner denied having used the knife purposely to injure her husband. The Magistrate ordered her to find bail to appear at the Sessioas„ and she was detained in custody until she could procure it. • MARNBOROUGH-STREET. SNEAKlRS.—Yesterclay, two youths, name Grant and Lralr, were brought up on suspicion of belonging to a numerous class of thieves, termed " :Sneakers." Ballard, the officer, deposed that, in consequence of inftaNnation he bad received, he proceeded to General Cummins's house, in Lower Gmsvenor.street, where a robbery of plate, to nearly the value of 1001. had been effected the previous evening. The pantry hail been entered, owing to the area gate having been left open. Not being able to procure information sufficient to enable him to discover the offenders, he left the house; when, in looking down the street, he saw the two prisoners, one of whom was coining out of an area, and the 'other standing on the watch. Having reached them unperceived, he took them into custody, and, on looking into a Icrue nut basket, which the prisoner Groves had. he found about a dozen of oranges and a quantity of hay, which CirCUMIIADCO induced hint to bring the prisoners to the office to give an account of themselree ; for the plan row adopted by the thieves, in atealllK of plate, was to go down those areas of which the gates were open, under the pretence of selling oranges. In ref!y to questions by Mr. Cowarer, the prisoner Groves stated, that he lived in the Lower-road, Islington, and was a 1 painter.. out of work ; and, to get au honest livelihood, endeavotte. ed to sell a few or.mges. Mr. CONANT—Aye, and likewise steal plate. The other prisoner stated that he lived • I • '0 it neauvoirs-plate, ,74 —7- t a. 4 Tmateeennilhimse:f, and the 31e itiniadjourned. On Monday last a Public V entry was held at Wideombe C arch , the Roy. the Vicar in the chair, when a letter was react him the fiord Bishop of the diocese. accompanied by en official tl..ument from the Par Hottentot/ CommisMuer+. promising a Lontributinn 14 two-thirds of the sum required for the erection of a t.ewchurch in that parish, eapattle of containing twelve hundred Nuone t 1111 offer which war heard with feelings of the liveliest ia. t , factien. some designs for the Intended edifice were exhibited, 411 e of which was approved by the meeting, and a committee was :.spointed to present it to his Lociship (who is expected at Bath t)-morruw) for the intuit ttion of the Commissioners. The expense or erecting this structure is estint ated at 601.101.—Dorze1 County Ch,oaidr. IMPUDENT THIP.r.—On Tu palsy night a IN) , r woman, rested Vevey, who wax leaving I , e trice in the neighbourilt.nd of Llephart and C'astle, desired a man who had • knot on his 14 tw1. and who appeared to be a port tr, to csrry her boxes to her lr:ends in Newgitte-street. The fellow haring got possession of tF rsn off, and she Raw him no en , Ne. • HARING ROBNERT.—As Mr. lelorriee, rho chronometer maker of No. M, Cornhill. was lea,' ng Astlees Amphitheatre on I hunday ewcming, four or fire youn, t men, of ahabby appearance, _Plied bun en as nearly to knock hint down. and attempted to cut 'way his positet.book. but were prevented by a link boy, his son, eAltrg his Attention to the circumstloce. They, however, eon. * , reil to matte a valuable diamond pi.l from bit shirt, with which thry escaed.