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THE NEW %U l' BILL. The following Circular, respecting the new Jury Bill, has been issued from the Home Office for the due promul gation of that importan t an d valuable •messure, and we think we cannot do better than • call the attention of our readers to the subject 11'hitehall, July 4,1825. aces—l herewith transmit • copy of the Act (8 Geo. IV, c. 50) which has recently passed, for consolidating end amending the laws relative to Juror* and Juries. The machinery for the eon. 'traction of the Jury lists came into operation on the Ist instant, hat the general provisions of the Act will not be in force until the commencement of the next year. A. it is highly important that the duties of those who are concerned in the formation of the lists should be fully understood, I think it would be extremely useful that you should explain them in your charge to the Grand Jury at the approaching Quarter Sessions. And it will also be dexirable that you sho u ld call the attentii.n of your brother Alegi/mates to the necessity of their appointing a Special Petty Sessions, to be held within the bet seven dart of September, for the purpose of receiving, eon sidering, reforming, and allowing • the hits : the day of holding Which Sessions must be fixed so as to enable thi Clerk of the Petty Sessions to give notice of it to the High Constable of tacit 'llundred, and to the Churchwardets and Overseers of each Parish, before the 20th of August. You will find this subject' treated of in; the 10th section of the Act. The qualifications and exemptions of Jurors ire described in the two first clauses; and as they are also fully seated in the Precepts, whieh will be in the hands of the Pariah Oflicere, I hope there is lit;le danger of their being misunderstood. The great attention consists in making the owners of personal property qualified to setae on Juries, which is effected by qualifying those who are rated or asseassd to the Poor Rite or Inhabited House Duty, In 201., or ctrapy a house with fifteen windows. • • Vou will not fail to observe that the lists, whiarbiie been here. tofore prepared by the Petty Constableor Tytlung-man, are row,'' according to the 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th sections, to be prepared by the Charchwartlina and Overseers, who are deemed to be. in the rest majority of exact, more intelligent and more conversant with' the subject than those on whom the duty has hitherto fallen. And ' the pewer,ip. yen by thellth clause, of inspecting the Tax Asscss tnenta and - Pose Rates, is calculated to facilitate the discharge of this duty. The 44th slid 45th sections impose such penalties on the Peen c.d Ptiefsh Officers for the neglect of their several duties, as, it is howl, will deter them from neglecting them. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, • • ROBERT PEEL. Ts tbeelisteman of the July Quarter filassious for the ST. ANDREWS, HOLBORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sts—Will you favour me by inserting in an early pub lication a few observations on the proceedings at the late Parochial meeting of St. Andrew, Holborn. This is the second time the proposition for an additional church has been received in the same uproarious manner. It is natu re! to ask a reason ; the answer is obvious: the parishioners are jealous of the Rector's motives—and on sufficient rounds—he seeks his own emolument. Has he not ob tained a recent law to he passed, assuring to him a large portion of the 2s. 9d. rate to which the City liberty of the parish is liable, under an obsolete law, long disuse], and the confirmation of which is very debateable? And does he trot now propose to annul that law upon new arrange ments to be entered upon? Is it probable he would propose such a measure unless he were to derive advantage, from it? We will examine the subject as shortly as possible. lie had already tried the rendering two liberties of the parish to be liable to personal tithe, but the disquisition of Sergeant Sellon exposed the weakness of that claim ; his next attempt is introduced under appearance of self-denial; he proposes to relinquish what he had obtained from the Cry liberty, but he requites that one uniform rate should ride over the whole parish, and thus, by relieving the titheable district, to gain that as an ally in combating the two untitheable districts. The proposed rate is of modest appearance, not likely to alarm the parishioners as the 2s. 9d. rate, but competent to the producing an income of 2,400/. per annum. As an inducement, the number of curates is to be increased to five, and 1,0001. of the income IS to be distributable among them. This scheme promises fairly; but what, in few words, is the result of it ? That the Rector, upon the actual state of things, receives for tithes, Easter offerings, &c. exclusive of surplice fees, &c. 1,1001. per annum, and has to pay thereout two curates; he proposes, in lieu thereof, to receive 2,4001. per annum, and to distribute 1,000!. thereout among five curates. Will may the parishioners exclaim, " we will have no more churches or parsons, those we have are sufficiently bur densome;" well may the two untitheable liberties refuse to be amalgamated with that which is titheable: they would be fools indeed to exchange their present church rate of lid, in the pound, for one that would amount at least to 44. A. Saturday, July 9. It is now understood that the building for the Baths wl,ll be immediately commenced. Workmen are at present employed in digging a channel from a bay, near low water mark, to the proposed site, whereby pure water will be obtained at all times of the tide. Plunging-baths are, we *understand, to be added on the outer side of the warm baths. —Sot thy mpton Herald. Emma Ttow.—An interesting experiment is makinT at Lindfleld, in Sussex, regarding the instruction of the poor. Some benevolent individuals, conceiving that the labour of children might be made to pay for their educa tion, have united, and built :.•hool-roorns at the above named place, of sufficient capacity for 200 boys and 200 girls. During one part of the (lay (from nine to twelve) the children at.: to be taught reading, writing, and arith metic. In the other part (from two to five) the boys will be instructed, in classes, in agricultural labour, when the weather permits, and in some of the most useful mechanical arts: while the girls will be employed in needle-work, the duties of the household and dairy, making butter, netting, straw platting, and in short every species of domestic in. duatry that will contribute to snake them vtluable servants. At the commencement,the parents or friends of each child will pay 3d. a week for its education ; hut the projectors , of the undertaking are confid e nt th a t ex p er i ence w ill soon confirm their theory, that the produce of three hours' la hour of each child par day will pay the expenses of the establishment; in which case the weekly charge will alto gether cease. The success of this first experiment of Liodfield will be rapidly followed by similar attempts in other parts of the country. • On Saturday last, as some workmen were digging a cel lar, at the corner of Thief-lane (York), where lately stood a small house, which from authentic records is known to have been there more than four hundred years, dug up (to use their own language) " a pot with an egg in it. This vessel was found five feet below the surface of the earth ; and on close inspection there was also found, about half a foot lower, a paved footpath ( r causeway, in a direct line from the river Ouse across Blossom-street. Some coins were alas. found, but they were too much defaced by times to be worthy of notice. There were also the skull and bill, quite perfect, of a small bird of a very extraordinary form, and some other singular remains, the greater part of which are now in the private collection of the editor of this Paper. The vessel and the egg were carefully re moved, and have since undergone a minute scrutiny, in the course of which they have been found closely connected with . the obsolete customs of other times, and with the classieal history of other nations. The " pot" is nothing mere or less than a Roman urn, in a very perfect state of presiavation though differing in form f rom t h ose w hi c h have lately been found. The shell of the egg was also perfect, excepting a hole on one side of it, whence the yolk seems to have been extracted. It was in the centre of the urn, surrounded with sand or fine earth ; and not far, from the place where it wa s depo s i te d, t h e wor k men f oun dl another urn, which whilst raising they broke in pieces.— We have noticed this discovery more than is usual, because the urn is the only one we know of that Laa hitherto been found in the vicinity of York, with an egg in it. Such hying the case, we shall conclude this article with the fol lowing brief extract from an excellent Archeological Die t ilnar", which is now before us. "An egg, in the Egyp tian Cosmogony, was an emblem or symbol of the world. It was considered as bearing the same analogy by the Chat (lnns and the Chinese. The egg, with itie yolk in the midst of a fluid,4different densities at different distances, and surrounded F# a shell, is no had representation of the kencave sphere of the heavens, including the air and the terrestrial ball in its bosom. The Phenicians are said to have worshipped as egg. Egga were also made use of in lastrear both by the Greeks and Romans." With the r probable connexion well-informed reader further comment.— I castrations, both by the Greeks and Romans.' • nature of those histrations. and their probate I with the subject of this article, every well-infi will be sufficiently ac9uainted without further Torb Herold. r . • k •. ~~i LITERPOOT„ SUNDAE EVENING. Alrind N. •Light Aim—Hight Water 22 m. r. R. Arrived the Julius Ciedar. French, from New Orleans; sailed 26th May, and front Belize 27th May. The Isabella. Cameron, sailed from Belize 2fith May, for.Liver-' ' pool. On the U4ll June spoke the Mary, Mathewson, from New Orleans, for Lirerpool, oft' Cape Florida. The ('a•heriie •ailed from Belize 271 h May. for Liverpool. On the 4:h July, oft' Cork, spoke the Constitution, from New York, for bivetpool. . The (Immo. for Maranham, ard Westmorland, for Lisbon, passed Holyhead Viii fret, with the wind at N. light aira and clear . Sailed the 9.h July the Plicenis, Bliickston. for Java; Specula tion, Charm:ft, for Rio de Janeiro ; and Alexander, Baldwin, fur Philadelphia. SHIPPING IIrI'ELLIGENCE. etSTOM•iiOUSE, JULY 9. SHIPS TIieTERED brwawng.—The Maria Brown. fmm Dant sic ; Dristriheten, Frosterun, horn Gamin Carleby ; Swift, White head. item Riga; Flora, llarriv, from Hemosand ; Wensleydale, Norris,.from Dublin; Effort, M•Ltirkie, from Denim and Alma; Union, Janizen, from Datimic; Lundstedt, from Biomeburg; Nestor, Kroger, from Ganda Carleby ; Lively, Crow. from Wimmr; Contest, Ingo, from Memel; Cordula Sophia, Illohr. and Charlotte, Brown, from Riga. EwrtarD OuTwAnna.—The Anna Catharina, Rudlin, for Rouen ; Prince of Waterloo, Peary, for Trieste ; Zephyr. Wilson, for Teneriffe; Joyeuse Arrives.. Beniest, for Antwerp and Brussels; Rosanna. Herds, for Teneriffe pod New South Wales; Edward Protheroe, Propels, for Oporto; Virginia Packet, Knight, for New York Factor, Connell, for Belfust. . CLEARED OUTWARDS VIRALLY AT GRAVESERD.—The Swalan, Junket, for Stockholm; 'Cicero, Friend, fur Quebec and 1 1 Montreal; Elizabeth, Dsenia ' for ditto; Albion, Haden, for Berbice; Zephyr, Arrowsmith,for Yucatan and Honduras. CLEARING ( luTwAitolt.—The Matilda. Wallace, for St. Do ' Mingo; Adjutor, Jensen, For Dram ; Aid. Teaadel, for Elsinore and St. Petersburgh : Foam, Hatfield, for Ilamburgh ; Kerawell, Armstrong, for the Ca of Good Hope ; Harmonic, De Best, for Amsterdam; Argus, Pain, for Hamburgh; Glatton, Lawton. for Yucatan and Honduras; Desire, Bailey, for Bilboa ; Earl Bat hunt, Pound, for Rotterdam ; Dart. Stranack, for Ostend ; Marshal Blucher. Golder, for Rotterdam; Paris, S.onchouse, for Elsinore and St. Petershorgli ; Sisters. Blacken. for Miramichi. CLEARED OUTWARDS TO I E RD.—The True Blue, Claak, for Limerick; Betsey, Dale, for Waterford; Margaret, Bowman, for Cork. FRO3I LLOYD'S LIST. Far morvn,JttLY 9.—Sailed yesterday tho Ashbpume packet, for the Mediterranean. Deal., JULY W.—Arrived the Retry. Brown, from the Medi terranean ; Ann Elizabeth, Kruse, trom Cele • and the Sit R. Barclay, Nicolls, from St. Domingo. Failed t he Hannah, Shep herd, for Bombay; Cicero. —, for Quebec; and his Majesty 's ship Ranger, to the westward. The ship Caroline, Campbell, having completed her repairs, passed through from Itanizgate this morning for New Brunswick. Part of the cargo of the Cadiz packet, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, has been landed here and at RlMSg.ite. RAMSGATE, JULY 10.—Part of the cargo of the Cadiz Pad , et, Niervnk. wrecked on the Goodwin Sand, has been landed here, in n very damaged condition. GRAVESEND, Ju LT 10.—Arrived the Magnet, Watkins, from Trieste. Sailed the Chesterfield, Anten, for St. John's, New foundland ; Arid, Dillon, tor New York ; Rebecca, Scott, for San Lucar:: Henry Percher, Thomson, for New South Wales; Despatch, Hutchinson, for Riga. !Levey, .11 - tv 9.—The Neptune, of Yarmouth. Absolom, froth Zante to Falmouth, was totally lost on the Coast of Portu. gal 17111 ult. The crew saved by the French brig Neptune, Bloc_ din, and brought in here. ELSINORE, Jun 20.—1 t is reported that the Caledonia, of Bristol, Moore, for Itigl, is aground near Falstertio Reef. A MST ERDA M, JULY B.—The Dorothea, Harrison. of Guernsey, from Newcastle for Antwerp, was run foul of and sunk on the night of the Ist inst. near Flushing, by a ship, name unknown. Only the master and carpenter saved. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 17—The Margaretta, Williams, from Baltimore, and the Emily, Peterson, from Newcastle, which ar rived yesterday, ran on the rocks oft Punta Malu, in working up to the anchorag-, but were got off without appatent damage. The Are, Suttees, from Archangel, arrived at Leith. spoke the following ves►els. viz. :—The Rival, from Sunderland, clearing '1 at Guardship Patriot; Eliza. Ann. of Newcastle; 'Wesley, of i Sunderland ; Vedra, Harrison ; Stafford, Oliver —on the 18th ult.. off Blue Nose. Lady Stewart. from Sunderland; Illeanwell, from Shields ; Atlas, from London-20th ult. off Cape Orlcgrave • Ale. -t, Cudburn, of Sunderland, same day, off Sanebasker ; Nep. tune, of Whitby, for Sunderland; Oscar, Gill, from Leith to Archangel-23M ult., North Cape. S S.E., 20 miles. The Rapid, Bennett, bound to London, put back to Hamburgh dth inst. leaky. The Atlas, Mine• from London to Madras, was spoken Gth May, in lat. 10, S. long. 31 W. Arrived off Holyhead the Julius Cream, --, from New Orleans. SCOTLAND. Enrstntnon. Jur.v 9. Wednesday, at the ordinary meeting of the Town Council, it was resolved, that the foundation atone of the New High School, to be erected on the grovnd to the east of the Miller's Know, on the Cflton-hill, should be laid by the Lord Provost and Illagistrates, with masonic honours, on Tuesday, the 19th curt. The Court of Session rises on Saturday for the autumn vacation. The box days are the tith September and Pith October. We are glad to find that the Lord Provost and lilagistrates have Issued a Proclamation, prohibiting the keeping of dogs in any of the public markets, rider a penalty of ten shillings for each ' dog so kept. Wednesday, the 29th June, being the Duke of Gordon's birth. day.' the 3larchioness of Huntly ordered all the tradespeople and workmen employed at present at Huntly Lodge, to be entertained there in honour of the occasion. About a hundred sat down to roast beef and plum pudding; and whiskey punch and porter were dis tributed with unsparing liberality. We understand that the factors on Lord Gwydyr's estates in Scot land were instruciee, when lately receiving the rents, to make, not withstanding the present favourable change in the price of auricul. tural produce. the very liberal deduction of from 11l to l7i per cent, to his Lordship's tenants.—Cakdonion Mercury. On Wednesday, Wallace's sword was brought here in a box, from Dumbarton Castle, on its way to the Tower of London. The removal has occasioned, not without reason, a good deal of dissatis. (amino in this part of the country, where the name of the immortal hero of Scotland is cherished with a peculiar regard.—Glue ore ' ' Journal. Considerable amusement has been excited in the western district of the parish of Lesmaltaguw, by the disappointment of an amorous swain who has already, within the space of three years, twice en tered the Temple of Hymen. Ile was about to enter the same ve nerable structure for the third time, and this day was the one fixed for the sacred ceremony, when about the end of the last week, a young bochinvar, in the shape of an old man scarce able to wiJk about, ran off with the There is a rumour floating about that the venerable hero has since died from the fatigue to which his extraordinary exertions put him ; but, like some of the Greek news of late, it wants confirmation. A number of ludicriius adverise. clients have been posted upon the smithy doors of the neighbourhood offering a reward for the apprehension of the run-awks bride, un der the description of' a very nimble-footed quadruped, between the Scotch name of which and her own, there is a resemilance. The disappointed bridegroom, it is said, has procured another bride to console him.—Glasgore Journal. At no former period has an inclination for building opsrations been so apparent. In every quarter of the town houses of large di mensions are in the course of erection, and the demand for masons Is great. Wages (ram 24%. to 25t.—Montrosc Chronick. A beautiful trout, weighing lbs. Dutch, was caught in the Clyde above Lanark , the end of l a st w ee k, by James Frazer, of that burgh. It is the largest ever seen in that quarter. On Thursday several peals of distant thunder were he a rd t o t h e southward of this city, and some heavy rain fell. On Monday, the 211th ultimo, the district of Strathearn was visited with ore of the sererest thunder sumps that has been mix , rleneed for many years. The hail and rain succeeded each other in torrerta, yet luckily no harm was done. On Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, an old man, rather decently dressed, was observed walking in a hurried manner near the canal basin, and in a very short time afterwards his body was seen floating in the canal. Medical a s s is tance was i mme di ate l y procured, but life was totally extinct. I On Monday morning a young man, a mason, was discovered sus. peeled by his own handkerchief to a tree near Duddingston. The vital spark has fled. Disappointment in love is said to have led to the fatal let. A few years ago an English sailor at Smyrna went into an open mosque at the time of prayer: seeing the Turks kneeling and bowing, he flung down his hat, and knelt too. After prayers they seized on him, and took him be fore the Cadi as a convert to Mahomedanistn. As he could not be made to understand their questions, the dragoman of the English Consul was sent for, through whom he was asked it' it was his wish to become a Turk. "No !" he said, "he would see them d—d first." " Why then did you go into the mosque?" " Why, I saw a church door open, and I thought any body might go into a church. I have not been in one for three years before, and d—me if I ever go into one again, if I can't do ea without turning Turk." It was not without great difficulty that the Turks were dissuaded from putting a turban on him by force. On Tuesday, one of those fatal and lamentable accidents which so frequently arise from the reprehensible practice of jesting with fire arms, took place at Gniseley, under the following eircum limners :—Mr. John Craven, a farmer at Guisetey, had, during the day, been assisting his brother in the husbandry business, and in the eveuing retired to sup with him : during the time they were at supper, his nephew, a youth about sixteen years of age, took up a gun. which had not been used for a considerable time, and present ing it at his uncle, said. " Uncle, I will shoot you ;" when, to his consternation and horror, the piece went off, and oho' his wows. peeting relative dead on the spot. The shot passed through his cheek and part of the head, and so instantaneous was his death that he expired before he could complete the instinctive movement of ailing his hand to his bead.—Leeds Mercury. LAW INVELLITJF:NCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, 1110):DAY, Jett H. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. Mr. Ilt•ets said, he was instructed to mention the circumstancrs of a motion in• the paper a considerable way down, with a view to show, from the pressing nature of the case, that that motion ought to be advanced. The circumstances were these : a gentleman con tracted a vast number of debts in England, in purchasing goods., and afterwards 'went abroad ; subsequently lie MU a considerable quantity of money to a correspcsident here, as was alleged for the purpose of being divided among his creditors; as soon as Annie of the creditors got to know of this money being in the herds of the correspondent. they commenced nocecelings against him in the Lord Mayor's Court, fur the purpose of getting possession of it, and had proceeded to be in a situation of being capable to take out execution, in the expectation that, in consequence of their priority (by having taken those proceedings) they would he able to get paid the amount of their claims. Other creditors, who had not been par ties to those proceedings, tiled a bill in this Court, alleging that the funds ought to be brought here, and rateably distributed among all the creditors. Upon hearing the case, his Honour the Vice Chancellor considered it doubtful whether or not there was a trust : and if the money had been sent on trust for the benefit of all the cre ditors, a question would be. whether the correspondent had accepted of the trust ; but. until this could be cleared up, his ilutiour granted an injunction to restrain further proceedings, and ordered the money to be paid into Court. His Honour was of opinion al•o, that after this was done, the cause might be treated like as if a bill Isf interplemler had been filed. It was then suggested, that, if the debtor returned to this country, and 'n ct n.inission of tat I.rupt were to be taken out against him, the proceedings in the Lord I Mayor's Court would all have to go for nothing. and those credi- ' tors would lose their money. His Honour did not think his return probable, end therefore directed pleadings to be filed. The plain affsin this Court had written to the debtor soliciting him to return ; it is expected he will soon return, be made a bankrupt. and thereby defeat the ebjeet of the putties who proceeded in the Lord Alayoe's I Court. The present motion, therefore, was, to have the injunction I dissolved before such a circumstance could happen. If the present i•proceedings were suffered to go on, with the aspect they wore, from the immense length of pleadings, and great number of creditors that I there were, the money, which is at present very large, instead of paying any of the creditors, will form a fund, but very inadequate, to the payment of such proceedings. Ilia Lo•DsitiP asked, if Mr. Heald had mentioned this to his Honour? Mr. HEALD said no. His boatisurr did not then consider it eery courteous to him, because as his Honour had granted the injunction upon a notion that the debtor would not return, the present statement ought to have been made to him, and the time of this part of the Court ought not to have been occupied with it. Mr. HEALD could only ray it wag the desire of his clients that it should be mentioned to his Lordship. His Loansu re desired it to be mentioned again on Thursday, and then it would be seen how the Counsel who are to oppose it are prepared. 2W THE MATTER or cronor ANET.RSOW, A LL'NATTC• A Gentleman behind the bar applied tur leave to make a mo tion in this matter, that the Master's Report might be confirmed, setting apart a fund for the payment of certain annuities; and that the costs might be taxed, and ordered to be paid out of the estate. Ills LORDSHIP gave permission to make the motion, and after. wards granted the prayer, accompanying it with this observation, that he desired it to be distinctly understood the Court would not hear one more application in matters of lunacy, until the regular lunatic d.:y ; such applications were only made to accommodate some at torneys who wished to go to watering-places, and who did not care, provided they got off, though every other person had to sit here till the dead of winter. CORDON V. 0 ORDON. nix LORDSHIP soil, he had read the paper which the de fendant had handed up to him in this rause, and lie would dis pose of it the first thing when lie came into Court to-morrow morning. ROBSO' r. CAMERON'. ' His LORDSHIP had again read the papers in this case, and still continued clearly of opinion that the exception to the Master's Re port must be overruled. This opinion was formed from what ap peared upon the pleadings in the cause, from what had been sub mitted in the Master's office, and likewise from the effect of the decree of the Irish Court of Chancery in the cause. ELEPHANT AND CASTLE CHARITY. ...... _ ....... - - . Ills I,olu:omit' , desired to know if Mr. Ileald's clients still cor tinued determined to persevere in their point of objection with re. spect to the jurisdiction. Mr. HEALD was still instructed to submit that to the Court. Ilis LORDSHIP then said, he trusted that lie should be able to get over the objection ; in the next plate he desired to have it un derstood, that if he did no; get over it, inasmuch as there had been an offer made by the Court, to take schemes from each aide, and to save the expense of going into the Master's office, by deciding, from those schemes, upon a plan for the charity ; and, as this ii..d not been conceded by the parties, he would take care, as regarded the charity, if the parties got the better of him on the point of jib risdiction, that not one farthing more of the charity funds should ever go to paying the expense of further proceedings. Upon this the opposing partios might rest satisfied. Isle. II PAL D said, it was the duty of Counsel to state what they were instructed to state by their clients; for his own part he thought the parties were nearly agreed. 111 r. BART said, his clients were most anxious that his Lordship should settle the whole, without further proceedings being taken; but an far from the parties being nearly agreed, Mr. Heald's clients would hold no communication with, nor had they ever made an offer to, his client. Ilia LORDSHIP said, surely Mr. Heald ought to have bad some authority for stating that the parties were nearly agreed. 11r. HEALD said his client (Mr. Wood) had instructed hint to state what he had just stated, and he would again repeat, that the solicitor he understood out of Court were nearly agreed--and yet Mr. Hart seemed to wish the Court to believe that thst under standing was all moonshine. Mr. lIART most distinctly declared, from the instructions of his clients, Messrs. Clutton and Carter, that no communication or offer bad been made to them by Mr. Heald's clients—no mation whatever, but a determined resin , ance to all that to the Court and to all his clients had been proposed. Mr. HEALD then said, he supposed he must have misunder stood his instructions—but he should take care to have them in writing for the future. Mr. Clutton said, his had been furnished to Mr. Ifart in writirg, •wlui had stated them. MS LORDSHIP added that if the parties chose to meet out of Court, and to try to agree, if they could agree on some point, and have the points they could not agree upon to the Court to settle, the Court would do no. If they could not agree upon any points, but were determined to leave the case to the Court as it now stood, then, of course, the Court would decide it as well as it could. ' But he wished the public to understand, as well as parties who had made complaints respecting delay in this matter that if two or three years more were to be consumed by the obstinacy of the parties, that that was "not to be considered the fault of the Court, which was ready at this moment finally to dispose of it. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SXINNERS' COMPANY. His LORDSHIP expressed himself prepared to give Judgment n this matter, which he would do to-morrow nr Wednesday. Mr. HEALD made a few ohservations in exculpation of the de. fendanut, stating that no blame could be attached to them for delay, they had always been anxious to have the matter disposed of as speedily as possible ; their great wish was to see their way clearly with respect to applying the funds. Dr. Knox, of Tunbridge School, rose and said, he thus publicly challenged, and even defied all the Lawyers and Counsel in the kingdom, satisfactorily to show why the matter should not have been disposed of in seven months, instead of having been spun out for seven piers, and why it should not have been disposed of at the expense of 500/. instead of 5,000/. which had been expended in Costs. Mr. HEALn begged to inform his frierd, Dr. Knox, and he was very glad in calling him his friend), that there's not tit:4e such quick whipping up here as at school. Ile had no doubt the Doctor would have liked to have had a decree long ago, provided the decree had put him into posse/I , ton of the rents and profits of the charity. He had had much pleasure in having seen the Doctor attending here from day to day for • long time past. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MONDAY, Jou 11. No business of my public importance came before the Court to-day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MONDAY. JULY 11. Two causes of not the least public interest were tried, after which the Court broke up at twelve o'clock. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, JULY n. THE CITY OF LONDON V. POTTER In this ease a Special Jury sat to estimate the damage.' that might be sustained by Mr. Henry Potter, an herbalist, residing at No. 4, Stonecutter-street, by the removal of his trade from those premises, which are required for the building of the new Fleet_ market. Mr. Sergeant Wilde had been retained to conduct the case in be half of the plaintiff, but had not made his appearance when the cause was called on. The junior Counsel retained were Messrs. haw and filirtenousE, who requested that the Court would wait until :llr. Wilde could attend. The RECORDER said, that neither the Court, nor the Gentle. men of the Jury. nor the witnesses and parties on the other side, could be thus detained for the accommodation of any Gentleman ut the Bar; and _ flis CouIDSHIP directed that the cause should proceed. Upon this Mr. Law rose, and took an objection to the form of the proceeding as it was opened by the City. This objection had been overruled a short time ago, but Mr. Law (whose object ma nifestly was to detain the Court until Mr. Sergeant Wide should arrive) proceeded to re-argue the matter. He repeated the former argument in so slow and measured a manner as to make every one in Court yawn. Mr. Mt utuoust followed, and endeavoured to males the delay less intolerable by starting a wild hypothesis, and arguing upon it. He at length was stopped by The RZCOILDEII, who said that if such a practice was repeated, or if the Court were in future delayed by the nonattendance of Counsel who belonged to other Courts, reluctant as lie was to de prive suitor* of the talents of those Gentlemen in whom they were most confident. he must certainly confine the practice to the Bar /MUM of the Mayor's Court. The Commie hEROTANT, as Counsel for the City of London, stated, that fir. Potter, besides his shop in Fltet.mrerket, had a POLICE. IRISH ROW:. • • .4., - lbouse or watehoase in S:one.eutter-street. It had been agreed to give him 7401. for the lease, and 351. for the fixtures; but the City differed with him as to the value of the good-will. The Learned Common :Sergeant then described the business of an herbalist, and contended that lilt. Potter could not stiffer materially by the re moval of his warehouse to a place at a reasonable distance. The Counsel on the other side described with great minuteness the nature of the articles kept by the claimant, and represented that his losses might he dreadful. In the first place his collection of plants must necessarily suffer by the removal. lle had veze table poison enough to destroy the whole City, and they could nut he removed without great injury. Ills chief article of trade was leeches. which required a peculiar spot in which their life could be sustained wholesomely. Mr. Mtn EHOCSE represented that the claimant's parlour, and some of his other rooms, were incomparably adapted to the nourishment, rivecity, and propagation of leeches, and that they could rot he removed without infitthe hazard to their health. ..... „- ... A number of medical gentlemen and dealers deposed, that in their opinion the claimant might suffer greatly by the removal. Ilia herbs might be injured by carriage, his leeches might be killed or might die a pining death in a cellar not adapted to their constitutions—his trade also might stiffer. The COMMON Stner..tsr rediculed the idea of giving large compensation for the risk of removing the leeches, and depriving them of their " contortium 'mire' the parlour. The Jury assessed the damages at 2001. The Committee had of. fered just one half. Sergeant WILDE had not made his:appearance when the trial I concluded, The It Econnsta then asked the Jury whether the Court would not have bet n Will indeed to 114ve waited fur him?—The Jury immediately assented. WORSHIP-STREET.— Eight stout Ilibernians were yeatetuay placed at the bar of this office, before Ur. OsuouxE, charged with being concerned in a desperate row, which wok place on Sunday, in Spitalntl* and with assaulting the officers who attempted to disperse the mob. _ It appcartd from the statement of the officers, that between the hours of seven and eight on Sunday, a great number of persons had assembled to witness a fight between two boys. Ilart, a constable, endeavoured to prevent the fight; his interference gave umbrage to two of the defendants. of pugnacious dispositions, who were among the spectators, and they immediately floored the constable, and pummelled him unmercifully. Adams, the street-keeper, being at tracted to the spot by the uproar, attempted to take the two Irish. men into custody, but one of them, named Cahill, contrived to slip away from the field, and presently afterwards brought down a powerful reinforcement in the persons of about 20 stout fellows, his countrymen. A general row then ensued, In the course of which the constable reteiv2d a severe beating, but having at length gained assistance, they succeeded in apprehending the eight de -1 fend ants. _ _ The defendants being a ked what defence they had to offer, Ca hill declared that the row commenced by a young man, who began abusing him on the ground of hi► being an Irishman. One of the defendants knew nothing at all of the matter, for he was a stranger in this country. Another was merely passing the scene of action, and, seeing Ins countrymen engaged, found it impossible to refrain from joining in the fray, and scarcely one of them seemed ac quainted with the nature of the quarrel in which they had been engaged. Cahill and lll'Donot.gh, who appeared to have been two of the most active, were held to bail for the assault on the constables.— The others were fined Is. and discharged. CHARGE OF ARSON. MARY-LA-BON NE. —Yestertlay a young girl, not more than 17 yearn of age, named Julia Dmjk, was brought up in the custody of .lances Gibbs, the officer, charged wiih having attempted to burn the house of Mr. Geo. Palmer, coal and cum merchant, in Mary a-bonne-lane. , ..... - ...... . Mm. Elizabeth Palmer, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed, that ;ter husband was unable to attend, having an engagement on the coal exchange. On Sunday morning. about half-past seven o'clock, she was alarmed by a cry of " Fire !" She immediately got out of bed and ran down stairs to the kitchen, and found the primmer, who was a servant in her employ, standing close to the kitchen fire. The door of the kitchen opened to a range of stores, where the hay, straw, coals, &c. were deposited. The witness perceived a strong burning smell, and turning to the prisoner, said, " Oh you bad girl, what have you been doing ?" but the prisoner made no answer. Witness went into the back kitchen, and discovered that the hay was in flames in the store-room. The witness, in great alarm, called For assistance, and some persons came with water, and flung it up in four trusses of hay which were on tire, and, by great exertion, the flames were subdued by her husband and her lodgers. The pri soner was sent for some water, but was afterwards discovered at the water-butt only dripping the water into the tub. She had behaved very impertinently, and neglected hit duty, leaving the house when the family were out. Mr. RAWLINSON asked the witness whether the hay-store, if on fire, were likely to burn the house ? The witness replteu. certainly, and very likely the neighboorhood, as it was full of combustibles. Sarah r.:ro:ts, one of Mr. Palmer's I.xlgers, stated that on Sun day morning she was sitting in her apartments, and smelt some thing like hay burning, and on looking out of the window observed smoke issuing from the hay-store t she saw the prisoner standing by the kitchen tire, and said, " illy God, Mary, what are you doing, there is something on fire," but did not receive any answer. The witness, on looking into hay teller, saw the flames, and gave the alarm, and also assist extinguishing the fire. The prisoner's Christian name is Julia, hut she was called Mary. She made 110 remark, but stood very sullen, without offering to render any assistance, and went out of the house. Mrs. Palmer atatl the hay could net have caught fire without the 1 1 agency of some light or combustible being applied to it. The, prisoner was the first up that morning. Mr. Raw LINSON asked if there were any other entrances to the stores but that through the kitchen ? Mrs. Palmer replied there were two from the street, but they had been fastened up on the previous night. and were in the same state on Sunday morning when examined. It Was i,. possible that any communication could take place with that parr of the premises, unless through the kitchen. Mr. RAWLINSON—Pray, had you. Mrs. Crofts, or any other person, been down stairs berme the prisoner 2 31m. Crofts said she had been down, but did not perceive the least smell of fire or smoke. The prisoner, who appeared not the least dismayed by her situ ation, said she knew not how the fire originated, and was npcnirg the parlour shutters when Mrs. Crofts gave the alarm. She ren dered every assistance, and being accused of setting the place on fire. she left the house and went to her father's. 31r. Raw [ANSON Paid he was bound upon the evidence to com mit her for trial, and she was committed to Ncwgate accordingly. A considerable and important improvement is now in progress on the road between Southampton and Winchester. A number of men are employed lowerir•.g the hills, &c. Coaorina's INClCEST.—Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, an inquest was held at the King's Arms public-house, Princes -street, Vauxhall, before Richard Carter, Esq. Coroner for the county of Surrey, on view of the body of George Cock, a child ten years of age, who - came to his death under the following circum stances :—Hugh Hodges, of No. 1, Princes.street, Lambeth, de posed that, on Wednesday evening last, about eight o'clock, he was sitting outside the King's Arms public-house, and saw a coach coming from Vauxhall-gardens. The coachman, when he neared witness, turned round ; witness heard a noise like the crack of a whip, which was instantly tbllowed by a loud shriek ; the deceased ran round the coach and leaned against some garden pales. Wit. ness immediately ran to the assistar•.ce of the deceased, examined him, but did not discern the slightest injury. The deceased had been riding behind a carriage, and was sliding from behind it, when he was jammed against a post whilst it was turning round ; the deceased lingered until Friday morning. Robert Abbott, of 28, Glass House.street deposed, that he went to the assistance of the deceased, who was leaning against some garden palings, bent almost double ; witness took the deceased in his arms and carried him home. He said he had been riding behind the coach with several other boys; that the coach backed and jammed him against the post. The deceased was ten years of ag2. The Jury retired to view the body, and returned a verdict of—Acct. dental Death. CORONER'S IsrquesT.—Vesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, as inquest was held before Mr. Unwin, the Coroner, at the Puke of Marlborough public house, in St. Catherine's, oil view of the body of John M`Craken, aged 60, beadle of the parish for the, last 30 years. It appeared from the evidence of Thorp, a watchman, and others, that the decct‘ttl, who had been latterly much addicted to liquor, came to the watehh o use about ten o ' c l oc k on Friday night last, to remain there as constable for the remainder of the night, and not being sober he tell asleep in the chair. About eleven a noisy subject was brought in before him, which was found necessary to call the deceased to book the charge, when it was for the first time discovered that the vital spark had fled, and all means to restore him proved unavailirg. The Jury, after* few minutes consultation,returned a verdict, that the deceased died of " Apoplexy." ATTYMPTED SUTCIDE.—Late on Monday night, the inmates of O'Hienne's Hotel, in Sackville.street Dublin), were much alarmed by an attempt which was then made by an indivi. dual to take his own life. On proceeding to his bed-chamber, it 'appeared that Mr. Thomas Ellis Frond had wounded himself desperately in the neck, having stabbed himself with a pen-knife. A surgeon was instantly procured, after the deadly weapon hod been taken from Mr. Frood's hands by Mr. Rea, who fortunately was in the room before the unhappy gentleman could entirely ac complish his purpose. Surgeon Geoghegan stitched up and dressed the wound, which, although a serious one, he pronounced not to he mortal. Mr. Frond was declared to be better yesterday morn ing.—Dublin Evening Post. On Sunday evening last, about ten o'clock, an explosion took place in ilic Judith pit, belonging to Messrs. W. AL lamb And Co. situated nt Ilarraton Outside, by which dreadful accident eleven men lost their lives. All the bodies were found. No cause can, as yet, be assigned for this melancholy event. The following are the aims of the sufferers i—lialph Curry, overman; Mark Curry, but son, and deputy; %I'm. Gray, deputy ; John Solsby, (Curry's son-in-law) n atone workman; Jos. Garrison, wagon Wright ; Geo. Rambling, a coal hewer; Edward Ranson, a atone workman ; Jos. Brown, and John Brown, boys, brothers, crane men ; Robt. Robinson, and William Simpson, watchmen. A Co. roner's Inquest was held on the bodies of the sufferers on Tuesday last, at Fattiekl. As levery person who was down the pit at the time of the explosion was killed, none was able to at 'lt by what means it wan t ecadoned. The Jury, therefore, brought In syndics of—" Aceidertal death." —Durham Chronicle. ~.10111CC MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, .1 ty 11. The supply of Wheat was tolerably good last Week, with an extensive arrival of Flour. Fine fresh English !Cheat wan in fair demand to-day at prices equal to last Monday, but ihe middling . sorts and interior granary samples were nearly unsaleable. Barley was a very limited supply, and there being some unfavourable re- • ports as to the crops, we had an increased demand at higher prices. We had but few buyers of Oats this morning, and the supply last week being extensive. it was difficult to procure :lluntlay ti prices even for the best samples : others might be purchased the turn cheaper. We have not to note any material variation in prices of Beans or Pease: the supply of the latter a rticle was very small. There were several arrivals of Linseed last week, which were held at full as high prices. Rapeseed prices are quite nominal. WHEAT. Rent and Essex (red) 60s to 70n Do. ( white) e lk to 7.ts Suffolk (red) 60s to tills Ditto (white) -60 s to 73s Norfolk and Lincoln- shire (red) Irish RYE - Essex 60s to 62s Ditto, brown -46 s to 62s 'Suffolk & Norfolk 60s to 62s Ditto, brown 46s to 52s BEAN[. 60s to 66s 50s to 5114 - • 33s to 36s Malting Grinding OATS. Feed, Essex &Kent 20s to 23s Lincolnshire 20s to 24s Yorkshire 20s to 24s . Irish white 20s to 22s Ditto black 22s to 24s Poland, Lincolnshire 24s to 27a Yorkshire -24 a to 27s Potato, Lincolnshire 26s to 28s Yorkshire 26s to 28s Scotch . 27s to 29s Irish - 22 s to 24s BEANS. Tick., new • Ditto old . 36s to f- , s - 421 to 110 s Pigeon 44s to 4tis Ditto, old - 4114 to 545 -- TEAS. _ _ Flog 3tis to 39s - 31sple . - 40 s to 42s White -33 s to.. 43s Boilers -43 s to MN English . Foreign • LINSEED. 2ds to 28. 24s to 20s BAR Lry. 36s to 413 34s to 37s . _..---- English _. . 42s to 46s Foreign -33 s to 37s _ _ _ ItrMPSEED. EngINT) (per qr.) 40: to 42s Foreign 41.6 to 112 , 1 TARES. English (perq7.) 28s to 32s Ditto, new -38 s to 40i Foreign . 20s to 24s Ditto, new -26 s to Ms GUILDFOI Wheat per 1. 1 61 Os to 201 Os Old ditto - 01 Os to 01 Os Oats per qr. 11 Its to 11 14. Old ditto - 01 Os to 01 Os SELF'S. Rapeseed (per last) 241 to 261 31 u s tard s eed (brown) per bushel - 121 to 131 Ditto, white - 01 to 111 Clover, red (per ewt.) 401 to 601 Ditto, white - 40/ to 601 Trefoil 201 to 261 Coriander . 11/ to 101 Camway 361 to 401 OM CASES. lIERTFO Wheat, per load of five bushels -42 s to 60r New - - —a to —s Barley, per qr. - 34 s to 42s Rapeseed (per ton) 4 3 ,/ to 51 Linseed (ditto) 71 to 711 tD, JULY 9. Rye - 01 Os to 01 Os Barley -1/ 17s to 21 4s Beans - 21 Os to 21 Itla Grey Peak - 21 2s to 21 Os tD, Juty 9. Beans, per load 24s to 30s Peas - -24 s to Vs Rye - —6 to —1 Tares - - —4 to --s PRICE OF FLOUR. Town Made, persack 60a to 661 Norfolk and Stockton 45s to ses Seconds - ilia to Ms I Bran, per qr. - th to Sts Essex and Suffolk, on Pollard, Fine -16 s to 20s board ship . 50s to 55s PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis in 101(i. for the 41h. Loaf. There are Bakers who sell from 4d. to 2Lf. below that rate. SMITHFIELD, MOHDAY, JULY Our supply of Beef to-day is chiefly of very indifferent quality, and not at all fit kr the butcher : such Ikasts as are good, in conse quence, fully obtain last Monday's terms, whilst the other sorts remain heavy on hand, and are very difficult of disposal. There is an increase of 2,000 Sheep. tallith has had the effect of lowering Mutton 2d. per stone generally, and Lamb 4d. pu atone. On these terms there was a tolerable briskness for the former; but we cannot say this for the Lambs, many of which we fear will be turned out unsold. Veal is also lower, having a great number of Calves sent us. Pork keeps its price. Beef - 4s 6,1 to 5s 2d Veal - bs 4d to bs Rd Mutton - 4s 6d to as Od 1 Pork - 4s Od to 5s 2 , 1 Lamb 5s 4d to 6s Od DYAD OF CATTLE Tilts DAY: Beasts, 2,078 I Sheep, 22,410 I Calves, 320 I Pigs, 100. IMY-MARKET, 4/ 53 Od to 41 151 Od - 31 bs Od to 41 05 Od 41 15s Od to 51 103 0(1 21 lbs Od to 41 10s Od 21 Os Od to 21 fls Od Hay (Old) ---. Inferior . Clover - Ditto (Inferior) Straw . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL 4 -(D9_be Carcase) Beet - 3a 4d to 4s 4d I Veal - 34 - 44 to 3s Ort Mutton . 31 44 to 4s 6d Pork - 3s 4d to 6s 04 Lamb 4s Od to tos 4d PRICE OF POTATOES, J171.1r 11. New Potatoes, Ware -0! bs Od to 0/ P. 04 per Cw•t. Middlings - - 01 2. fkl to Of 3s Od ditto PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. ST. JAMES'S. WlllTPcsawnwc. Hay -70 s Oct to 1001 Od Day . 00 to 95s Od Ditto (New) als Oct to Mk 00 Interior - --s 04 to —s Oa Clover —02 s to 110 s 00 Clover - ROr 00 to 115 s OA Straw - 344 Od to 52s frd Straw -42 s 00 to 50s 04 PRILE OF BOPS, per Cwt. JULY 11. POCKETS. BAGS. Kent - 14! Ms to 17/ Os Kent - 141 Os to 161 Os Sussex - 14/ Os to It/ Os Sussex - 131 Os to 151 Os Essex - 141 104 to Ifl Os Essex . 13! 13s to 141 Os Farnham, fine 161 Os to 18/ Os—Seconds 141 Os to 161 Us PRICE OF RAW FAT. per Stoic of Mb. Price by Tallow (u stated by the Tallow Molten). 2s Old PRICE OF TALLOI Town Tallow . 39s Od Yellow Russia . 37s Od White ditto - 3114 Od Soap ditto Od Melting Stuff -30 s Od Rough Ditto . 128 Od SOA P, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap - 723 Od Mottled - tiOs Ott Curd - 811 Od Graves - es Od Good Dregs -20 s OA SHEEP SKINS. Sheep 12d—IAmbs h 9d to 3s Od PRICE OF LEATIIER, per lb. Best Dressing Hider - - . Did to 2ld - Common ditto . - I 5Ad to lIId . Crop Hides 35 to 38 lbs. - Itid to I7d Ditto, 40 to 0 lbs. - - . - I 7id to IttAd - Ditto - 45 to 50Ibs- - I9d to 21.1 Calf Skins, 35 to 40Ibs - Did to 2.5.1 . Ditto, 45 to 551bs - . -24 d to 301 Ditto, 55 to 75Ibs - - . -23 d to _sd Small Seal Skins . - - - 17dA to 18 ld Tanned Horse Hides - - . 12d to 15d Spanish Horse Hides - . . 14,1 to Ifkl COAL MARKET, JULY 11. Ships of Market. Ships Sold. Parr. 37 Newcavole . 194 - 29. ed to 311 i 9,1 24 Sunderland - 144 - 29 a 64 to 39s Gd BIRTHS'. On the 7th inst— of a daughter, Airs. David L. Chambers, of Rinhopagate-strcet Withon! On Sunday, the 26th ult.. at Wooburn Vicarage, Ducky, the Lady of the Rev. Alexander Dallax of a son. MARRIED. On Saturday, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. by the Very Reverend Dean of Carlisle. Henry Shiffiter, Esq.. Captain R.N., eldest son of Sir George Shitfner, Bart., 31. P.. of Coombe Place, Sussex, to Emily. second daughter of the late Thomas Brooke, Esq.. of Church 31inshull. Cheshire. On the 9th inst.. at Lewisham, by the Rev. Hugh Jones, Mr. \Vestal!, of King -street. Cheapside, to Jane, eldest daughter of Robert R Mawley, of Blackheath, Esq. On the 9th inst., at St. James's. Piccadilly. Mr. H. M. New, of Al4gate High-atreet, to Miss Margaret Gibbs, of .Nary-la bonne -street, St. James's. On the 9th inst., at St. Saviour's Church, Sou:hwark, W. Bow.. den, Esq., of Union-street. to Miss Anne Shaw, daughter of the late Jonas Shaw, Esq., solicitor. The Rev. W. F. Haddow, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Tinto, to Eleanor Anne. eldest daughter of Colonel Drinkwater, of Palmer's Lodge. Elatrce. At Norwich, the Rev. John Hammond Fisk, to Mary Mar. garet, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Eaton, of thm city. The Rev. Peter Williams. of :Belleau. Flintshire, to Lydii Sophia. youngest daughter of the Rev. James Price, Rector ,1 Llanfeehan, Montgomeryshire. The Rev. pr. Jacob, to Miss Johns, daughter of H. J. Johrs, Esq.. banker, of Devonport. DIED. Off the Havannah, on the 24th of May last, en hoanl his Mr. .ierity'a ship Lively, Lieut. Horatio Bennett Cnck, R.N. after en illness of ten days. At Stockholm, on the 20th June, aged Oh, Baron de Kantrow, his Swedish and Norwegian Majesty Nre i linister to the United Statea of Americo, Knight of the Order of the North Star, and Marechal de la Cour. On the 2d inst. at Paris, while on a visit to his daughter, sud denly, Mr. Gen. Hope. nen. an eminent corn merchant, Wappirg. July 7, at Stratford Green, Mrs. Fry, wife of I). E. Fry, letter founder. Type-street. On the Bth instant, at his hen- e at Thames Ditton, Ann Ger. tnide, the wife of John Stllili.W. lisy, formerly of .111oriunien:. yard, Solicitor. On the 29th ult. at I t aged 84 years, Mr. Samuel Kirk. He had nerved the offie2 of beadle of that parish from the year 1771 to 1822, being a p-riml of fifty years, and for his long services was voted a pension tor life by the Vicar and Churchwar tlena, at a meeting summoned for that purpose. His corpse was borne to the grave by Rix of his iv-animals ; and, ac a mark of re apect to thedeceased„ the Vicar, Churchwardens, and all the church 'officers walked in procession, which was closed by an immense num. ber of the inhabitant.. - Printed at TII F. BRITISH PRESS Ofke. by J. W. eA1111.70/, 181, Strand, and published by R. Caw soir, same place. isruiprA r