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r fi I NORTHERN EXPEDITION• 1 t ' . _The following is an extract. of a le tter from a seaman on :INled the C riper, to his Mead in Aberdeen : • • !". Oa board his 3lajesty:s ship Griper, near Cape Ched le y , Hudson 'Straits, Angust 3. We.got in &meg the ice yeattrday inornitg, and in the even. Sagami land, and at present we are ckse under it, on the coast of • Lalmaior, which is now mostly covered with snow. We are about 1,200 mks from Repulse Bay: we intend to winter there.' At the time the griper was spoken with in Hudson's • fttits, the officers and crew were in good health and spi t:its, and sanguine as to the rcsult of the voya g e. „ANOTHER ACCOUNT Orlin; 91SCOVERY SHIPS. . Sysomxtss, Ocr. 4.—The is an extract from the private log of the sumon of etc whaling ship Cicero, •tif Hull, arrived here this ' dvy " July 17. " Saw the two Discovery Ships Ueda and Fury, beset in the track., in lit 69. 24. N. long. mi. W. had no doubt they would have A clear passage to Lancaster Sound in a few days. No ice seen along the West Trod of Davis' Straits." THE LATE BOISTEROUS WEATHER. The letters received yesterday from the outports, notice the melancholy circumstance of several vessels having been driven on shore during thdlate heavy gales, particularly on the north-eastern coast, and intelligence is expected of still vositer losses from the continuaPice of boisterous weather. 1: e have receives! the following intelligence from till fsr.ist parts of the country : .XITI&ACT OF A IE77EI' FROM NEWCASTLE, DATED OCT. 12. We had a meticulous gUe yest*rday and last night from the westward, sod we fear tLue will be bad accounts from the west." .... CT OP ABOTEGIN PRIVATE LETTEB. *NEAR WHITNY, MONDAY EVENING, OCT. 11. " We sailed about one o'clock on the day I left you (Monday, (let. 4), but did not get out of the river till Wednesday, the vire- Met being very wet and uncomfortable during the whole of th tt dine. On Saturday noon we had got as far as Scarborough, when it began to blow hard, with a heavy sea; we however persevered, and gotta far as Peak, when, the wind increasing, with a heavy swell, we bore away and reached the harbour of Scarborough in safety. Thereat morning I srt of for K. H.Q., where I had the happiness of teeming all my family in good health. " I have great cause for thankfulness, in having it in my power to send you this account, as we have had nothing but a continued Yale ever since, which has this day been dreadful beyond descrip. tion, and presented a shocking spectacle to our eyes; first, whilst siring at dinner, a brig ran on t/hore, close to the point at 3lillbeck, the erew were fortunately got safe on shore, btu the vessel is wreck. ed. Soon after a schooner Tait on the rocks near the Peak, and west all to pieces, when, no doubt, all perished. Immediately • after this, a brig attempted to ran on shore near Bay, but, dreadful to relate, being unable, for want of sale (her foresail bein b te na gga to wear her, so as to come in before the sea, she broached to, and was overwhelmed in a moment, and every soul perished. A minute or two afterwards, I saw her bottom upwards, in which state .he continued a few minutes, and then sunk. After this, another came on shore, close to the town, the people of which won all saved, and as the ship is on the sand, it may probably be got dl again. Four sail, I hear, have already gone on shore on the NW at ‘rhitby, and I fear the accounts along the coast will be dread. fail indeed , sea it is thought the number of light ships on their pas sage is very great, and the gale still continues. "TUESDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK. " The gale still continues ; one vessel is just come on shore; soother in sight dismastcd, driving in very fast, and lamentable to say, without a hope of escape for the crew; two others are said to have sunk during the night, near Peet, and all lost." eernacr Or a LETTER TROD EAST ORINSTEAD, DATED OCTOBER 11. It is remarkable, that the rains have been greater in Sasses for the last fortnight titan was ever remembered at this time of year. Thr floods are out in the meadows and marshes of the Medway to such a degrie, that the cattle have been lost in them, and numbers destroyed, and the water rutting in torrents into the smaller streams, and ovetilowing of that river, have completelysiwamped many hundreds of acres. At the moment we are now writing, all the hubb.,ndmen are employed in getting the remainder of the swede nut of the meadows dl along the course of the 31edway, and it continues raining with great violence. In some places the low lands have the appearance of vast lakes. A member of the Mete ovolorical Society has compared the quantity of rain fallen with the Records of a Journal of twenty years, and has found no in stance recorded of such a quantity having fallen in the same space or tone. ... -- FLOODS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES. The continued rains of the last week have caused a more extensive flood on the Derwent than any one that has taken place for many years. The Nottingham and Chesterfield roads in the tu:ighbourhood of Derby have been completely inundated, the latter, we understand, was impassable; in fact the whole valley of the Derwent has been covered with water. We have not at present heard that much damage has been committed, but we fear when the flood subsides the fanners will discover that they have sustained more in jury than they are at present aware of. The Markeaton Brook was also swelled to such a height as to render the Wardwick and Brookside inaccessible on Sunday and Mon day nights. The only misfortune we have at present heard of is that sustained by Mr. Parker. of Onnaston, near this town, who has, we learn, lost four horses in a most extraordinary manner. Ile had sent a waggon, with two men, to carry away a number of sheep which were in great danger, near the Dead Inners; in attempting to cross the road which divides there waters, both the men and horses missed it, and with the waggon were precipitated into a very deep hole. One of the men, we believe, rolled over with the waggon several times, and indeed their escape seems to have been almost miraculous ; the horses, however, were lost. We understand that the whole of the sheep (up wards of sixty), with the exception of three, were alter wards saved by means of a boat. W understand that nearly three inches of rain fell in the course of Saturday and Sunday. The rain has now ceased, and we hope that the weather is about to become more settled. Slucc writing the above, we have been favoured with the following, dated Duffield, Oct. 12.—" The late heavy sql almost incessant rains have caused larger floods on the Rivers Drcrwent and Ecelesbourne at this place since last Sunday evening, than have been known fur nearly twenty years past. The former river is still rising. About nine o'clock this morning, as the Nottingham and Manchester Nelson coach was on its usual way from this place to Mil ford, it was entirely prevented from proceeding by deep water. The horses became unruly, and the harness broke, so that the coach, with passengers, coachman and goard, were under the necessity of being immediately drawn back by men to the White Hart Inn, at Duffield. The coach has this afternoon proceeded to Milford, Belper, &c. (through the private grounds of the Rev. IV. Barber, Messrs. Strutt, &c.) accompanied by the two Bermingham and Sheffield coaches, and the Birmingham and Sheffield Mail Coach, which was prevented going its usual road from Derby to Alfreton, by Little Eaton, Ripley, &c. morning a poor travelling man was found dead on the road between I)uffield and Ilazlewond, supposed to have unfortunately perished by the heavy rain and cold."— Derby Mercur!,.. How TO Res P A Mites-Dsr.---Mr. —, who keeps a shop where eettein stimuli are, or may be purchased, and who is, moreover, somewhat of a been savant, determined to keep his hirth-dav, which, of all the days in the year, fell on last Friday. Now every hotly knows, or ought to know, that Friday is an unlucky day, and so it proved to Mr.—. After partaking of a good dinner, which ras duly moistened with numerous potations of neat brandy, Boldface felt himself (as who would not do under similar circumstances?) superlatively happy. The house of Mr. —, like many other houses is hire ?wise, (this for the initiated) had a sign projecting from it, which sign indicated, denoted, or proclaimed that the wayfaring man might there meet with refrishment. As the d-1 would have it, Mr. —, who was too comfortable to remain silent, took it into his head that he wouhl speechify a little, and he could find no place so well 'adapted to this purpose as the top of the above mentioned sign. We are of opinion that the nearer a man who is hae;lii norms, or tipsy, keeps to the groynd the safer he is, earn mote fumosi spiritus ex vino in caplet exhalant, which means, yon should always sit still when getting drunk. Well, Mr. took his station upon the said sign, and after declaring to a rather crowded audience, he envied cot the gods, by way of peroration, he exclaimed, " Anti now, my friends I will show you the shortest way of going down stairs." In saying which he unfortunately felifrom his eh:ration, and we are really sorry to learn, dis located his aucle, and was otherwise touch Packet. NOTIIINC LUCE LI:ATM/L.—We state as a fact, that there is now living in the parish of Brightwell, in this county, a man named Wm. Wise, shepherd to Mr. Richard Savo., who is is the daily habit of wearing a pair of leather brtitelics, which he has actually siever failed to put on for the last forty-five years. FUNERAL OF THE LATE REV. T. RUBERTS. The Rev. Thomas Roberts, who had been 26 yearstVier of the pariah of Tottenham, died a fiw days since, and the exemplary manner in which the Rev. Gentleman had performed the relative duties of his veered duke, had en endeared him to his parishioners of all ranks, that it was determined to pay him the highest tribute of respect now in their power, by a public funeral. With this view, • public meeting of the inhabitants took place on Monday last, at Tottenham, to take into consideration the best means to be adopted, of publicly testifying the regret of the inhabitants, te.r the loss they had so recently, and unexpectedly sustained. (Mr. Roberts died suddenly.) Charles leickyel Curtovs, Esq., one of the churchwardens, took the chair, and several resolutions were passed highly compliment. ary to the deceased, and arrangements were made for the funeral procession. The remains of the Rev. Gentleman were to be depo. sited in the family vault at the Church of St. George's in the East, and on Wednesday morning the funeral took place. A great ma. jority of the respectable inhabitants had signified their intention to be present, and at an early hour in the morning a great number assembled near the vicarage. The procession was arranged by the Committee, and at ten o'clock began to move, in the following order : The Beadle on horseback, with their staves crapcd. Undertaker on horseback. Two Mutes on horseback. Pages. Plume of Feathers. Pages. Two Mutes on lloraeback. Churchwardens, with wands. Vestry Clerk. Forty Parishioners on horseback, with cloaks. Fifty Hoye of the Grammar School, two and two, headed by the 1111111tUr. Children of the Blue School, headed by the Mistress, the children wearing black ribbons. Children of the Green School, headed by the Mistress. A great number of Parishioners on foot, ice deep mourning two and two. Parish Clerk. Pages with 1. THE HEARSE. I Pages with Truncheons. I 1, Truncheons. Pages / Mourning Coaches, containing the Relatives and page.. immediate Friends of the Deceased. Thirty.eix Private Carriages brought up the rear. Many of the poorer inhabitants followed the procession, though they did not form part of it. The prevision moved slowly on until it arrived at the southern boundary of the parish, on Stamford.hiU, where the children of the several schools advanced forward a short distance. and drew up on each aide of the road, the boys remaining uncovered while the body passed. The procession reached St. George's Church at two o'clock, and the body was deposited in the faintly vault, on the western side of the church, the Rev. George Thompson, the Curate of Tottenham, reading the funeral service. During this last solemn ceremony those in attendance drew up in a circle round the grave. The spectacle was altogether very imposing, and the tribute of re. spect thus spontaneously offered by those who could best appreciate the qualities of the deceased, must have been as gratifyitig to his relatives as it was honourable to the memory of the Rev. I'icar. EXTRAORDINARr CASE OF ASSAULT. BRIGHTON POLICE OFFICE. TRANCES LOWER v. naanstraw. The defendant has for sonic time practised as surgeon in Brighton. The complainant is a young woman, about 17 or 18 years of age, of very mild and modest appearance, and is living as a servant in • family of great respectability. She stated to the Bench, that on Monday evening se'nnight, having a complaint in her eyes, she went to defendant's house in Granville-place, who had attended her father's family for several years, to get some medicine. It was about six o'clock, and whilst she was waiting for the medicine, the defendant committed the assault which was the subject of the pre. sent complaint.—(lt was of such a nature as prevents us from giving any account of it.) She remained with the defendant about a quarter of anhour, and then went to her home, where she was at service. Her fellow-servant seeing her so much distressed, asked what was the matter? when Lower said she wished she had not gone near him (mauling Bradshaw), and afterwards told her what had happened. Bradshaw was now asked if he had any questions to put to the conmlainant ? when he asked her several. which decency prevents us giving publicity to, But they were of such a nature as to place the poor girl in a situation truly pitiable. At length he asked her, " if he did not, unknown to her father sad mother, cure her of a certain complaint about a year and a half ago ?"—" Never, Sir ! Oh, never !" cried the poor girl , whilst her tears bore testimony to , the truth of the assertion. But, 1 say that I did, as sty books will prove," replied Bradshaw. The Bench told him this was a very extraordinary mode of de fence, though, if he substantiated the fact, it would of course make a difference in the degree of the offence he was charged with ; but if be should be unable to substantiate it, he would render his ease Infinitely worse than It was before. Bradshaw said, " he knew what he was doing; and though nothing on earth but the situation in which he was placed, should ever have drawn the secret from him, yet now, that he was thus dragged forward, he must speak in his own defence ; and that if he could not substantiate this tact, he should deserve to be severely trounced, and to be considered the greatest villain on earth." He then put certain questions to the girl, all which she steadily denied. The Bench then asked hint if he never used • certain medicine in any case than the one he alluded to ? He re plied that he did. " Than how do you distinguish such as you have now spoken of from others ?"—‘' Because I put a private mark in cases of thin deseriptioa, but any , medicalgentleuma, by referring to the book, can see what medicines I sent. The books were then sent for. " Now, Sir," said one of the Staglstrates, handing him over a sheet of paper and a pen, " have the goodness to make on that pa pertheeritate mark."—" No, I can't do that, Sir." " No ; why not ?"—" 11'hy, I had rather not." " BM what objection can you have ? We only wish to see if the private mark you give us here will correspond. The Magistrate urged him in vain to . give the private mark, which he altogether refused, without assigning any reason. The books were then opened, MA there appeared no private mark what• ever ; there was not a drachm of any kind thargrd to the girl—the girl's name even did not appear in the book, except In her father's account, which was paid. The Bench asked Bradshaw what be bad to say, but he said little mesa, except that he formerly was a common soldier in the 48th Regiment, and that be studied under a Dr. Thompson several The Bench told him, it was evident he was a very illiterate pep see ; and after severely animadverting on his conduct, particularly daring the examination, ordered him to find sureties for his appear ance at the Sessions to answer the charge of assault with an attempt o commit a rape, which Mr. Lower was bound over in recogut. minces then to prefer against him. The young woman's father and mother were with her during the whale of hvrexamination, which lasted upwards of three hours. Bradshaw put in the necessary bail, and was discharged. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. An inquest was held last evening, in the Board.room of the Work house belonging to the tipper Liberty of St. Andrew's, Holborn. by TztoBIAS STtaLt NG. Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on view of the body of Elizabeth S)lrester, who put an end to her existence by poison, under the following distressing circumstances:— Sarah Dutton, sister to the deceasetl, stated, that on Tuesday last she had a conversation with ber sister Elizabeth, who at that time appeared to be much depressed in spirits, in consequence of her si tuation. About four months since she had married a sailor, who was afterwards obliged to go abroad, and though he made her a monthly allowance, yet it was not by any means adequate to her support.. She tried to get into place as a servant, but found no thing but disappointment wherever she applied. This weighed heavily on her spirits; and to complete the sum of her misfortunes, she found herself pregnant. The knowledge of this latter circum stance had a very powerfal ; and she. within the last fortnight, entleavoured to shun the soviet y of her family, and the witness, fearing that she had fallen into bad company. spoke to her on the subject on the morning of the day on which the rash act was com mitted, but there was nothing angry in the interview. Margaret Jones, another slater, deposed that deceased came to ter house In Tash-street, about one o'cloct on Tuesday ; she re membered seeing her drink something out of a cup which left a whitish mark on the lips. In two hours after, de ceased told winaiss, that she had bought an ounce of arsenic at Air. Cousins's shop, in Gray's inn-lane, and that she hail swal lowed it. Witness went to Alr. Cuusins, and aske.l him if he had sold poison to any girl on that day . ? lie replied the.: he had, an ounce of arsenic. Then, said witness, she has drank it, for God's sake, sir, try and du something for her. Mr. Cousins re plied, it was impossible; if she had swallowed Mi. 'Witness treat away, and 31r. Cousins (the elder) followed her to the house, but did nothing to relieve deceased. who was then very bad, merely re ronni.ettling them to seed for the parish surgeon, and then went away. N itness ran to the work-house, and asked for assistance, which saes iintuediately granted, but deceased expired the same evening. Dr. Fernandez. the house singer, stated, that being ehmtnt when the last wi.ness called, two or his pupils, both vet) coatte tent, had visited the deceased, artd administered the nett d dotes, which dislodged the drug, but from its extremely deleterious property, the coats of the stomach bed be,.l previously The matter discharged by the emetic he had analysed, and it proved to be arsenic in rent quantity. !limos. James and Thomas Syntiwon (Dr. Fatalities's pupils) deposed to the same effect. Thomas Jones. father to the deceased, described her to have been labouring under extraordinary depression of spirits for w, me time previous; her husband had left her in a week or a fortn:gla after their marriage. The Jury, arta a short ennsultattori, returned a verlict, that " The deceased came by her death in consequence of havieg swal lowed potson, whilst in a state of temporary dcr.agea.set ut" lect." One of the Jury mused Mr. Conslns's um to he I , nt for, and oink:. very warmly to him on the tatpropriety of sating to weC. known a poi4on to a young female. . Mr. tutisms reuturc,' he refused to serve her at first. but she told inin it was fur her brotkv, who ins an liosilet in Gray's Inn-lane, and that he wanted it to destroy rats; he then :,, , uve it, marking " poison" on the paper. borne others of the Jury said, titre was greeter culyability at taching to Dr. Cousins himself, at whose shop the po:son had beer sold, in neglecting to Apply an antidote, without referring the eels , tires to the parish surgeon. THE BRITISH PRESS. INSOLVEN7 DEBTORS COURT. TnunADAT, 0cT.14. Ile:fure Mr. Coormissiutter HARRIS. Several unopposed cas„-s were disposed of ; and then came the case of T. Nl'hittington, late of Cross, Somen'eti innkeeper, who was opposed by two of his el.:Ai:ors, named Fry and Crandon. It apperired front the estaininai ion of the Insolvent, that he took the New Ini nt Cross, in the month of May last, from Mr. Fry, promising to pay him a reital of Mi. a-year. Mr. Fry had *tired on some the furniture of the insolvent's predecessor, of which the insolvent purchased to the amount of 1701. to be paid by Instal. ments at the different times en which the rein became due. This , furniture, together with all he had before, wore placed in the Inn,' wheru insolvent had not been more than two months, before Fry put in a distress warrant for 1 ,1 .11. odd shillings, alleging that sun, to be due for rent, betbre Whittington entered the premises. This procedure ltd him into considerable difficulties. Ills wile had 6,./. a-year, hut he had not the slight,* control over it. The opposition of Mr. Crandon rested principally on the state ment made by the insolvent to Mr. Parker, the purport of which was, that he (ihe insolvent) would put Mr. Crandon to every pos sible expense. There was also an affidavit, purporting hit an arbitration was also refused by him. The (tonal regretted that any amicable means of settling the matter should have ben refused, but still considered that the con duct of Fry was of such a nature, as not to have his opposition lA tended to. The Insolvent was then discharged forthwith. The Cottax next sits on the bth of November, at the New Court, Portugal-st.cet, Lincoln's Inn-fields. POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday Mr. Messer, the coachmaker, accompanied by Mr. Law, his Counsel, and his Solicitor ; and Mr. Dixon, of the Re. puitory in Barbican, with Mr. ALLEY, his Counsel, and his So licitor, attended the Justice-room, for, ea it was understood, a Gaul deterniination upon the ease, which was repotted incur paper of Tuesday last. The Loan MAYOR said. he really thought he had disposed of the case entirely. and should never hear enure of it. It war explained by the professional men who attended on behalf of Mr. Messer, that, in t ionsequence of the promise made to pro duce additional evidence, it was agreed that the case should be ad journed, for a tort:ter csuiination, to-day. The Chief Clerk said, he understood this to be the ease, anti that summonses had been issued in consequence. After some remarks, Mr. LAW said, that if the Solicitor of Mr. Dixon. In whose pos session the stolen carriage was found, would produce the receipt, and if that receipt agreed with the account given in the that In stance, no further proceedings would be taken. Mr. ALLEY stud, the Learned Gentleman might go as far as he could. He should advise his client to ining an actual for false im prisonment. The Loan MAYOR expressed his conviction that Mr. Dixon had no objection to the minutest inquiry i and, in his opinion. there was not the slightest ground for a charge against Mr. Dixon, Mr. Dixon here pressed forward with some papers and a book in his hands, but was restrained by his Counsel. He, however, shewed the entry made by his clerk in his book, in which it was stated that 14!. had L.:en advanced by a Mr. Campbell, recommended by Mr. Page, on a carriage which was to be sold for 100/. There was no entry of sale made against it, and the charge incurred upon the transaction was only 14a. Mr. Law, when asked by the Loan MAYOR whether he had any thing more to adduce, admitted that he had not, and declined proceeding any further. The case was then discharged. Mr. Dixon complained of a conspiracy to injure his character. The LORD MAYOR assured him that in the present case there was nothing against his character. On his leaving the Office, a number of friends followed him ; and there were several horse dea l in the neighbourhood not by any means well disposed towards him. He was obliged to claim the protection of the Lord Mayor against a Jew dealer in horse-flesh. T. Martin, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with breaking into the warehouse of Mr. Robson, on St. Dun stan's.hilL Wm. Newman, an apprentice to M. Robson, stated that on Mon day morning, about two o'clock, he was awoke by a noise in the warehouse- He immediately got up and gave an alarm, and the prisoner was stopped by some person passing. Win. May, a soldier, bearing the alarm given by the last wit ness, looked round, and saw the prisoner and another man getting out of a stall underneath the windows of Mr. R.'s warehouse. lie seized the prisoner, but the other man escaped. R. Jenntugs, a watchman, went to look at the premises after the prisoner was taken to the watchhouse, and found the door of the still broken open, and a large hole made in the partition that divides the stall from the warehouse. He found a crow-bar, 'eve n' picklock keys, and other implements of housebreaking. The prisoner was fully committed. Thtrc was another charge against the prisoner, for breaking into the warehouse of Mr. Whitaker, in Tower-street. It appeared that some persons bad entered the house of Mr. W. by getting in at the garret window, through the next house, which is empty, and into which they afterwards conveyed the stolen pro perty. An lion safe belongiag to Mr. Whitaker was found there, completely broken to pieces. from which had been taken a quantity of bill and other stamps. The envelope of those stamps was found in the prisoner's lodgings. lie wus remanded for another examination on the latter charge. BOW-STREET. Gneiss Piano awn Istrosistott.—A young woman, named Lucy Martin, was on Tuesday brought before the Magistrates by Lawson, the officer, (see the British Press of Wednesday) whose humanity had been excited by her forlorn and helpless appearance, and in whose favour the deepest sympathy was excited. That syrn-i pithy is now turned completely. She turns out to be a most con summate impostor, to have robbed her master and his family, and instead of having no means to convey her home, she had upwards of 11. in her pocket. irons the publicity given of the case in our l'aper of Wednesday, the Gentleman in question was induced to ' come forward, and the prisoner was agate brought up to answer the charge of felony. After hearing the evidence adduced, the Magistrates committed her on the charge • but as others are expected to be brought against ' her, she was ordered to stand committed until to-day. HATTON-GA RUE N. Yesterday, &gentleman, whostated himself to be a Commissioner of Land Tax, applied to Mr. Sergeant SSLLOW for advice under the following circumstances: — The applicant stated that he had received from a friend in the country a receipt for money to be paid on account of certain pro perty in Herner's.street, Oxfoil.street, which, to prevent the ex pense of double postage, was written on a blank sheet of letter. raper, which applicant, as advised, took to Somerset House, and had stamped in the usual way, but, on presenting it, and demand ing the additional cost of the stamp, it was refused by the payee. The appli ca nt submitted, :hat under the Stamp Act, his demand was legal, and that in ease of refusal, the party was liable to a pe nalty of 101. The object of sending an acknowledgment in the way described was clearly to save unnecessary expense; had the receipt been inclosed on a common stamp there would, in all pro bability, have been no objection made; and it was not the mere consideration of the sum refused that induced the present applica tion, but tor the purpose or establishing the right. The Magistrate concurred in the gentleman's opinion as to the precise point of low, which was exactly as described, but remarked that the Magistrates have no jurisdiction, unless, the prosecution be static by the Commissioners of Stamps, and in the name of his Ma jeety's Attorney-General. The gentleman politely returned thanks, and added, that he should make it his Dustin:is to submit the case to the Solicitor of the Stamp Office. Too LLTL rot Dtarwra.— William Masons, a baker, was brought up in the custody of Colston, a constable, charged by one of his fraternity, named Stanton. with having clandestinely got pos session of his heart. This strange kind of charge led to the follow ing explanation : It appeared that a number of bakers lodged at the Castle end Faleon. St. John-stroet ; and some of them wishing to hay, a se lect party to themselves, purchased a bullock's heart, which, after being seasoned and spiced with as much correctness as if they con. suited the Cook's Oracle, was sent to the bakehouse, and orders given that it should be ready precisely at half-pest four in the after.toon. The remaining part tat the fraternity feeling indignant at t of being included in the invitation, sent the defendant to apprize the baker where the bullock's heart was left, that the coldness of the weather had so sharpened their appetites, that they wished to chancre the hour, and dine at liaif-peat three. Every exertion was then success. fully made to meet their wishes, and accordingly, at half-past three, the heart was brought home, and was coon lost, certainly in a way in which boardieg-school misses do not desire to lose theirs. At half-past tour the select party punctually met, when, to their great amazement, after whetting their knives, and congratulating a emusl visitor that he had a hearty welcome to partake of their cheer, they were informed of the anticipation of keener appetites. Coniplaivaut—ln fact, Sir, OUT bean, to cut the story short, was already eaten up by this 'ere man and his hungry party, and that, you'll allow, Sir, was a beart-hreaking ewe; flesh and blood could not nand it, so we gave them into custody. Magistrate—Then. I presume, your passion kept pace with ycear appetite. Ho you choose to press the ease ? Conin!altrant—No, your 'Worship, if he'll give us as good a heart us we have lost, with all my heart I'll forgive him. AI egiatree—Then I think he must be a heariesa know not to make a suitable return. _ . . . The patties then retired, when the defendant resolved to cntnply strictly with the Magistrate's udication, to find " a heart" ; but still not being cured of their l arks, (WI deterotined secretly to send to the cooly/gummy a harre's heart fur supper, the digestion cf which, ws rythir suspect, will furnish fresh caws of complaim it the &Ice to-aim:ow. QI.TrEN-SQIY.tRE. Ye:lmlay a poor lristiolitins.;, Rill:nor Fur. applied to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. White, fur assistaaee under these &rum. suinces : Her husband is a soldier, and enjoys a pension for some wodnds received in tho service ; she has two or three sons also in the army. Her husband dt-crted her, and lives with another woman at a station in tom.? part of En;dand. Ellenor, considering her faithless saddler hound to contribute to her sustenance, wrote to the hernial' s& War, praying that a part of her husbarArr rosion may be paid to her every quarter. Before she received an answer from the Horse Guards, some judicious neighbour at Fermanagh informed her that she could not receive a pert of the pension except she went to England, and became chargeable to an English parish. Poor Eltenor accordingly left her native cottage in Fermanagh, and after a fatiguing jourrey by sea and land, arrived in London. Here the poor woman fancied her troubles at an end. She applied to the Secretary at War for an order for part of the pension, and re ceived a ietter from the Noble Secretary's secretary, that the pension having been granted by the Commissioners of Chelsea College, was under their exclusive control. Well, to the Chelsea Corn tnissioners Ellen presented herself, produced lux doeunlenta, and was informed that before they could make an order in her favour she must beconie chargeable on a parish. They reconusiended Chelsea latish as the most convenient object of application. This was could comfort,'' as she expressed it. but to Chelsea parish she applied. The parochial authorities expressed the usual regret that they could do nothing for her, hut recommended her to come to the hlagistrates of Queen -square Office, who they were sure would put her in the way of receiving part of the wished-for pension. In ac cordance with this humane advice, poor Ellen addressed his Worship this morning. Mr. WHITE having looked over her papers, asked her where she lived now. Ellen—.Wltere do I live now ? i don't lire at all now ; but when I did live, I lived in the county of Fermanagh. Mr. WHITE—I mean in what part of London have you resided since you came here? Ellen—ln every part, your Honour. I don't know where. I live wherever I get a bed. Mr. am sorry I cannot help you. It is the duty of the parish to do fur you whatever ought to be done. I ' cannot. Ellen—Oh ! but they won't your Honour. Mr. Worrd—Then go home; why did you leave your country ? Ellen—l Moe my :enemy! faith, that I didn't; I came here by Act cf Parliament, and I wish I never did. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Ann Amelia Chapman, • middle-aged woman, was brought from St. Pancras watchhouse, where she had been taken on Wednesday night, for being drunk and disorderly in the Hemp ' stead-road, at which time she had the dead body of a fine female in fant in her poesession. It appeared in evidence, that about five o'clock on Wednesday evening this woman was exceedingly drunk near the Adam and Eve public-house in the Hampstead road, and Misbehaviour caused an assemblage of one or two hundred persons, am whom wens number of idle boys,who,had it not been for the in of Read, a constable, would have treated her with great viskiwas. She had under her arm a small deal boa, which was about are feet by ate and a half, which she seemed very anxious to ounsal. The con stable conveyed her to the watehhouse, where she age q 1 but the liquor produced such an effect on her mind shalshe not speak a word. The box was opened, and was head inteantsha • dead ferrule infant, full grown. A bruise es kg hull habg 11 , 10. We, besides other diseolouration on other pole off ha MANS an thought it had come by its death by unfair mesas, ad the pad& surgeon was sent for. who seemed to be of the sew opinion ; the woman unlocked up, and the body was taken career hy the w atch. house keeper, in order that the case might be thassibly Mead. gated before a Magistrate. , The woman, on being placed at the bar, before Skid. FAsuare, described herself as • monthly nurse, attending on lying-in-wigwam She bad been attending a woman of King -street, Soho. whew name she gave, whose accouchement took place on Monday lot and was delivered of a still-born child, the one in question, and when she was taken she was about to deposit it in St. James's be. rial-ground. Sir ()sancta F said. that might be all very true but, it was necessary before he could discharge her, that she should bring moor as to the truth of what she had stated. She proved herself to be a very improper person to be sent on such a mission by getting beastly drunk. The accused said, she had met with one or two friends on the road, with whom she had drank rather too freely, for which she was IfeTy sorry. Sir Geoacir ordered her to be detained till she produced some person, to corroborate her in her account about the child. The woman's account was subsequently found to be true, and she was discharged. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday .1011188 flushes of New Kent-road, a plumber, was brought to this office, c h arged with having in his possession nine - hundred wdght of lead, which he could not saustactorily account for. Mr. Charles Green, one of the Surveyors of this ntablishment, stated that he seized the lead, and that the defendant could ginno other account than that be bad purchased it in the general way of his trade. The officer pointed out several suspicious marks about the lead, which induced him to believe it had been stolen. The defendant could give no other account of the lead than he had done to the officer, and the Magistrate adjudged him to pay a fine of Sl. and in default to be imprisoned two moutb.s..-the lied to be forfeited. UNION-HALL Yesterday a genteel-looking young woman, named Laurence, accompanied by her mother, applied to the Magistrate for protection against her husband, to whom she had been married only three months. She stated, that her husband, who was one of the mildest of men before their marriage, was now transformed into a perfect brute towards her. About three weeks after the cere mony, she received such barbarous treatment from him, that she was frequently obliged to get out of bed, and fly to her mother's residence, fearful of being murdered, when in the height of his rage. She added, that she was not aware of ever having given him reason for such usage. The hlagistrate asked the applicant if her husband had a...quay put any of his threats into execution ? The young woman replied, that he had bestes her brutally only the night before her application here; and lilti g up her veil, exhibited a black eye, the consequence of a blow he gave her. Her husband, she said, was informed of the step she intended taking, and advised her to appear before the magistrates, and by that means get a divorce, which both were anxious to obtain. Mr. Swatter observed, that many persona foolishly im that it was in the power of magistrates to separate man and Ai l ! " The applicant, when she heard the Magtstrate's remarks, apparel to be one of the number who felt the disappointment, as the aim there in the full anticipation that all would be settled. She fhb. dared that she was afraid to go home. The Magistrate then directed an assault warrant to be imam. diately executed on her husband, who was soon afterwards brought up in custody, when the above-mentioned circumstances were stated against him. He, in reply, told the Magistrate that his wife hal grossly exaggerated the facts, for she was the aggressor, and ought to have been standing in his place, for her abominably idle sad lazy habits, ever since their marriage. lie (the defendant) was as industrious man, and expected, when he married Mrs. Lawrence, that she would make as industrious a wife ; however, in this be was dispppointed, for the first week had scarcely elapsed before she wanted, and would have, her breakfast in bed ; nothing but tea, toast, or moffins, would go down with her ; she had a, bellyful) of them at first—" but," said the defendant, it surely, your Woe ship, she was not to be indulged in this expensive living for a MR tinuance; why, it would have ruined mein a short time." He then argued with her on the expences that had been incurred since they were joined together, but she would not listen to reason. If he went out of a morning, when he came home not a morsel of breakfast was prepared; in fret, lie was the drudge, and at length determined to alter the system ; and as words hd no effect upon her, he tried what a little gentle correction would do; he accord ingly procured a strap, and bestowed a little chastisement on her one morning when she refused to make herself useful This was the aunt total of his offences. The wife and her mother both declared, that there was no such thing as living with him. The Magistrate took infinite pains to bring about a reconcilia tion, but all to no purpose, when he was ultimately obliged to hold the defendant to bail. Castre attune Fettstex.—On Wednesday evening a meeting of the freemen of the city of Canterbury, resident London, took place at the George, Monmouth-street, at which it was agreA to form an association to secure the interests and independence of that city in the ensuing elec tion in Parliament. The meeting consisted of respectable mechanics. The Chairman addressed the meeting at some length on the necessity of taking t;tnely measures for pro moting the independence of election, and to be prepared for the dissolution of Parliament. The names of the Electors were taken down, and it was agreed that the next meeting should be at Dowgatc-hill, at the house of Mr. Templet, one of the freemen, on ‘Vedneselay next, and that the following meeti::„- , should be held on Wed ' newlay, the 27th instant, at the George, in Slonmouth street. It was proposed to discuss the merits of the present Members on a future day, but the strongest determination was manifested with respect to the sort of men whom it is the intention of the Society to support. AWFUL Visirarion.—On Sunday evening, Mr. Robert Nosely, an inhabitant of Great Glenn, Leicester, after eating his supper, was sitting in friendly chat with his daughter and her husband, Mr. Thomas Hill, who resides at Bloornagrove, in the parish of Radford, when Mr. Hill, perceiving the voice of his father-in-law materially altered, rose front his chair, and took hold of him; he found him totally deprived of speech and animation, and life was extinct in the short space of five minutes.—Nettittetunt Review. NOTTINGHAM, OCT. s.—On Tuesday last, an inquest was held nt the house of Richard Kendall, the sign of the Sir Francis Bartlett, before Jonathan I)unn, gent. one of the Coronere for this town, on view of the body of William Naylor, then lying dead at the General Hospital. The deceased was servant man to Mr. Wiliinm Henry Fletcher, of Pentridge, Derbyshire, and while holding a mare of his master's in the fair, on Satunlu, he received a violent kick over the Ail:rm from another horse standing near, in the field appropriated for the showing of horses and cattle, by which his intestines were so much injured, as to cause his death about nine o'clock on tinaday night. Verdict, " Accidental death." I !' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, 0cr.14. The room was not visited to-day by many of Its subsoil's'', which, considering the beauty of the weather, and the near apprnazi, of the &rood October fleeting, moiled some surprise. The b et . dog was proptstionahly 'Jack, it being chiefly on the St. Legs; the odds on which stakes underwent a trialag variation. Very little was said about Newmarket next week, the begin;; men re . serving themselves till they arc on the spot. The match better:. the Duke of Grafton's ZiDC and. Mr. Greville's Don Carlos n off NEWMARKET, NEXT WELL. 200 CITTINEAS STAKES. b to 4 444 Emilio' apt Bizarre. to 4 on Don Carlos apt Cinder. 6 to 4 ape Lord Exeter'. Athenian filly. 100 sows. a s. to 4 Gavotte apt Attica. DOWC•STER ST. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Memnon 20 to I agst the Alderman 10 to 1 apt llouldswoeth's Lot 20 to 1 agst Androgens. 12 to 1 agst Cleveland - DNT done.othing A tl . Mr. Tattersall attended on Monday last at Billeedet, ir, SOfi:it. for the purpose of selling Mr. Wilson's very celebrated ssj tier sire racing stud, but, from the inclemency of the Iveciler, tercel, any one attended, and he only got purchasers for four, thtstui then; being brood mares. HUNTIVG.—Sir B. Graham's !founds will meet on friisr, Oct. 15, at Badger; and on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Highgate Co.:. moo ; at half past ten o'clock. WRESTLING. On Wednesday the match between 3loyle and Savage, for tea pounds, took place near the Sluice-house in the neighbourhood of the Oren lanes, Stoke Newington, about het miles from town. The agent--the first three fair throws—minute time. Hotta the men are known in the P.C. Moyle is a Cornishman, and Savage a Welchnian—Moyle somewhat the heaviest, but Savage had youth on his side. At three o'clock the men entered a square plot of ground that was railed round, attended each by a second—Moyle the favourite. In the lint close there appeared to be little advantage on either side for two minutes, but in the struggle for the superiority, Savag e drove Moyle against a table, which gave him the advantage. ail he threw his man, although there were some doubts as to the lair. DON of the fall—One was given for Savage. Second dose-3loyie came up, full of good humour, had Ms advantage in closing, and threw his man cleverly in so instant. (Hums for Moyle.)—One and one. In the 3d to the 6th closes the advantage varied , bnt mouly against Moyle, who was somewhat winded. In the 7th close Miiyle threw hi man very dexterously, althoug Savage 'hewed himself no bad general by giving an instant ro:l.n his aide. This, however, would not du, and the umpires decl-rel Moyle 2, Savage I. In the Bth close both came down on their knees. 9th--Savage came up and appeared to hare forgotten for the mo. mast that he was wrestling, by placing . himself in a pugilistic atti tude; Moyle took advantage of this in taking his hold, asd gars him a desperate throw, which was decided no falL 'Gib—Savage's jacket declared foul, which caused some dispute and delay. A long close apd a manly struggle, which ended by Moyl e ' throwing Savage, and most present thought it a fair fall; the um. pires, however, differed, a long dispute took place, and it was ultimately given up as no fall. But little interest was excited until the seventeenth and last close; but Moyle seemed to have benefited by the twenty.five minutes' dispute respecting the eleventh fa, and Savage's %t eleh bleed got wows, and he had lost his titer:. Moyle came up cool and resolved, aired. and gave the comphasa , fall of the whole, and dre victor. Savage's brother, wi n k, dogmata. the he could perform the po mimed with 31eyle, is soon as the much sae over, had Ws Sass with him bersdine. Ind had the business settled in quick it.., by receiving two ,starlet falls in as many minutes. To finish the afternoon's sport a race we place between two " bit of blond," and a bakicker, over • nib ow des rood. The fro heat was declared by the Judge to be • dud Gm will dm owner sf one of the horses, conceiving that be eight ban esellesr al in etso.b:e heat, sent his horse home, but a gassass being mu. better read in the laws of racing, gave the °dm tbs blot that le bad ally to walk over the ground to win. TILL RIVAL BARBERS. Yesterday, a Frenchman, named Vetiver, was summoned heftt the Lord Mayor, to answer for the offence of assaulting 3ft. Money, the " hair dementor," of Threwdneedle-atreet, the lobe. biomes of which have boom often annoyed by the contests for esp. clarity between Mr. Money and Mr. M'A lpine, who is r• to moor that he is able to *row the km& bred into n.ore etifsa condition titan any other me in the predidee. The rivals have. in the ardour of eserpetidss, distributed se& titudes of notes of dm " Bank of Fashion" to their cuesuess o some of whom have made • very dishonourable use of tie.. These notes, which have, upon a totem erne; the appearance ef paper value, 'we filled up with challenges, to engage in the cons teat of hair cutting, for a hundred, or eras a thousand pseuds. It seems that although these challenges have provoked maw& combats, neither will yield one jot to the other. Their UM MI upon the panic phut of hvoility, so that it is almost impossible Is a man to pars through Threadneedle-street twice in the some day, without undergoing a thorough repair in the upper story . , the &- termination being to cut a man's hair whether he will or ea In oder to aid the French assistants whom 3lr. Money and Mr. M'Alpine have engaged, these two gentlemen have, it is knows, imported a great number of bears, whose conduct has been the sub. ject of great reproach amongst the neighbours. Mr. Al'Alpine charges Mr. Money's beam with having receivd no improvement since their introduction into this country. Mr. Money declares that Mr. M'Alpine s hears may very well be tame, as they can boast of English extraction, and are the whelps of a mastiff and a bulldog. Upon one occasion, when the bears of one of these gentlemen were represented as filthy animals, and the abhorrence of the house-maid, the reply was, that upon the oc. cession alluded to, they committed no offence, but went down stairs to the back-door, like a (Thristian. The bean have, however, been in a great measure silenced by authority. Mr. Money stated that the defendant was one of his discarded servants, who had gone to the shop of his rival, and identified him. self with that party. The other night witness was standing in his shop, when the defendant walked in, and spitting in his face with. out saying a word, turned upon his heel and walked off. The wit. nets was very anxious to state that he turned away the defendant because be did not think him fit for either of his shops. Defendant—" My low, I never spit im his face, cause I new once go into his barber's shop." Three of Mr. Money's men, or decorators, or splitters of hairs, came forward and swore most positively to the fact, which was positively contradicted by the defendant. It was also sworn that the latter had often come to the shop door and threatened his mas• ter's rival. In the course of the examination the defendant exclaimed WWI . one of the witnesses, "He not there at the time, my Lon—Ds see me spit." "At what time ?" said the Lord Mayor, " why you said jut now that nothing of the kind occurred." The defendant said he merely went to ask whether Mr. Moser intended to transport him. The defendant s friend said that was the only object of the silt. and that he saw no assault of the kind. He refused to sweat that the Frenchman had not acted rather hutily on the occasion. The Lord Mayor was indignant at this fencing with facts, sod ordered the Frenchman to find bail. Mr. Money, with a degree of generosity that would do honour to any hair-dresser, said that as the Frenchman was a foreigner ha would not harass him, but would accept an anologr. The apology was then made, and the Lord Mayor hoped there would be no more squabbles amongst the barbers of Threadneedle. street. The complainant and 4-fendant promised very fairly, but upor. going nut at the door, we onderstand that each o f t h e m wished tha; the other would walk into his shop some morning to be shaved. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT TIIL BANKRUPTS' COURT, DAIIINGUALL-STREIT, THIS DAY. PIIST PIEETIXOL Hanson. R. B. Bedford, boot and shoemaker - - - 11 , Shepperd, E. M. Homey, tavern-keeper - - - A young married woman, at Ilastings, in a state of iirr; nancy, received a shock from the sudden and incant.il exhibition of a tortoise by an Italian boy, a few weeks sf ., which eventually caused abortion, and terminated her t'•• lawn& on Thursday last. —Sesser Paper. BIRTHS. At Ponsonby Hall, f'und•smland, on Wednesday se'nni;:ht, Lady of Edward Stanley, Esq. of female twins ; ore is a1i‘,..5. 4 may do well, the other was still-born. Mrs. Stanley i. r.ot danger. On the 13:h inst. the Lady of James Langdale, Esq. of lAI4. der-hill, Surrey, of a 31,111111}.1). On the 13th inst. at St. Oeorge's church, Ilanover.aquate. Ho* Eruct, Esq. of Rnwton Castle, in the county of Salop, to 1.0 Charlotte Barbara Ashley Cooper, daughtsr of the Earl of Shaft* bury. (In the 12. h into. at Somerton, William Weighty ;Jewett. )I.P; fourth son of W. N. W. Herm, Esq. to Susan Moore. 6 e or daughter of Ile Rev. Pr. Ilraddy, Chaplain in (hnlinary to Itlr ~ jesty, and Rector of Somerto.i, Ifari eat-cum-Busted, and Staos beld. buffo) k. DIEM -- On the 9th inst. at HeHand prove, Lanenehire, aged 64 . 144 ` 1 edict ofJanies Hawn, E.eq. of Wiga.i. - _ flifilt WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIMS. Morning 49 min. after G. 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