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tl.r. Inakisig-,lisses and the other shalt. Witness woos lii the service of tlw Plaintiff tor eleven yews. In the seedy part of 1616. Plaintiff thought of Mime cur has shop as a bazaar. Two sales of his stock task place before, and one after the forms toil o f th e hazier. Vl'itness did not know whether Mist wis h er) to sell all his stock. He woo. iis Mist's service after the bazaar was established. it doll not answer--and, was, in coossequence, shut up no February. 107.--LA model of 'the premise.. on .6 very large wale, was here ex liihired to the t• airt.)—Plaintiff's room looked 'taro Salisloi.A.conit. The rooms up-stairs had pass winol..a-thotters. Tlisre was a window in Mtst's room, which looked into Fleet-street. as welt as one that opened into Salisbury -court. WliriiThey *anted a light, they used to get one Pam. a value-vault in Salisbury-court. He did soot limos Where the candles were kept. They had phosphorus-bottles for sale—lint they did not answer, a n d were not used. He was on the pre mises, ono thr 3d or May, from a quarter to half past taelve o'clock. He went up stairs to Plain tiffs room to seek for him. but he was not there. All was then safe. Mr. Mist's t h or was locked, as was usually the case when he was out. Witness shit not light any candle while he was on the pre miss's. Re-examined.—Mr. Beetham sent for witness. and he west to him without having seen the Plain tiff. He hurl not his account of Mist's stock, at the time, lie therefore answered from as well us lie could. He did not see what Mr. Berthas,' wrote. Thomas lViogstaffo deposed that he valued Plain till's stock after the sale in November, 1816. It was then worth 2,000/. He saw the stock after wards in Feloruary, 1817, and thought it was worth 1,3001.. exclo•ive of the looking-glasses, which he valued at 3001. Witness remembered the bazaar b e ing littrti..lllo. It R3O • most expensive under takmg. He paid the petty account, that is, work own's wage., which amounted to 5301. The paid the heavy bills himself. %list had a ariiiiig-ilesk, a most complete row, which he e..trlil riot value at less than SW. The crime was word, 50!, or 601.—the stoves were worth MO/. a• piece—soil there acre packing-cases, and other a: ides MI tile premises, worth 501. and upwards. ; George Pulley produced a list of the property which was on the premises a fortnight before the tire. Ile believed the whole of it war there when thy accident happened. If any part had been re moved, he tein-t Isere missed it. Jame. Davenport. of Longport, in Staffordshire, stated, that he saw the stock on the Plaintiff's pre mises, three weeks before the tire happened. Ile 11/ 3 4 i ts tr e aty for it. Polley was employed to take stork, anal value it. Witness left town before the valuation win finished. He had a rough draft or the work, acid took a loose view of the property. He offered 2400/. for the stock on the premises. Ile (Interned that be would have had a very good bargain at ilest sum. Plaintiff demanded 3,500/. cud antairthilig for the lease. He did slot think that the good-will of so unfortunate a business as Mr. liad been was worth any thing. Witness was coming .to town, to pursue the negotiation, when he heard of the fire, which rendered it none cessary fur him to proceed. Cross•examined.—Wilnemi and his partner hod h'ett assignees uotiet Plaintiff's bankruptcy.— They were creditors to the amount of between and 3,00w1. Part of the purchase-money for Alibis stock was to go in lopridation of that debt, Mist was to have received 1,2001. anti witness was to have gut every thing on the ',rewires. The rent was so extremely heavy, that he rind not think the lease of the premises war worth and thing. He lacy .r abandoned his claim for the debt lie had mess teased. If no debt existed between bins and Mist, hr would 111111 e given, as a manufacturer of the arti eles. 1,500 t or somethinf more, for the property. Mu. Woodhouse, the Solicitor of Mr. atvenport, stated, that lie received a letter from that Gentle w4ll, on the 2Jd of May, intimatitig that lie was running tip to town, to finish the trrety with Mr. 111 st, winch letter he gave to the Nlr. Ilavenport called hack.—W Pliers consider lid she stock, without the fissures or the looking glaboev, worth 800/. to him, as • manufacturer. Ile would nut take the stock, hut rit reduced prices, many of the articles were nessalealile. Robert Boyd superintended the fitting up of the bazaar. The wood-work, consistiug of shelves. vomiters. &c. cost 1,475/. Joists Itotvgate was employed as bricklayer at the bar tar. The fixing of the stoves coat 60/. Jatiier Cooke, painter and glazier, was also cm. ployed at the br:saar. His work came to 140/. The bills of the iroutilooger and floor-cloth risainsfacturer, engaged in fitting up the bazaar, atuuuoied to Oa. Is. • Sterrol other tradesmen spoke to minor accounts, forming as aggregate of suture than 100/. expended by the PI • 'it' us tittisig up the Mr. Jts,tive HAT ILEY—" Cast you prove, Mr. Seatit.tr, that any thing was removed Irons the pre :n:4es r .Jr. Sc.tatafT- 1 1 No, my Lord—but I will sliz..w that the articles are greatly over-valued." Dui!dell stated, that he saw Mr. Mist on the morning of the ..nd of May, about J I o'clock. Ile 111411 e an appointineut to meet I again at I *l4 at aitursii house, in Ilishopsgate-strret.— I' thence they were to go to Gracechurch-street, owl to proceed by the stage to Croydon. to htoh at i. ti.e 0 Inch 0.1. It, lie let there, a n d which wit ties, ,ec unsuirudsd to Planate Mist said he soulil go suit inform his faintly that he was obliged t.. have town; he then went away, and returned ..rout two o'clock. PI •ff and witness went to Croydon by the Brighton coach, soul looked at the buss When they arrived at Deptford, on itatr Willful, they observed a fire at a distance. — Time mum Afterward* heard that it had broken out at a h tar in Fleet-street. The Plaintiff was much lemmeil, t o wished to proceed to Fleet-street im -o,viltat.ly. but wasters persuaded I • to accom woe Io to Ins house. He afterwards beard all the twill:us of the lire frum the Plaintiff. Pi.mitiff 'a case closed here. M.. !se:Attu:TT, for the Defendants, observed, 11 141. w deleitilitig this act lois, the Insurance Office hut only perforated an imperative duty. Whess• ever the prat ground for stooiecting that a fire was sit accidental existed, throe who insured the pro pest) rc.O. t the payment of the lout demand. d and. r the policy—and if they ilia lint do flits, they in fact enconreged the multiplication of fires. It had been said. that snore tires occurred iss Great Britain. its proportion to its population, and the number of housee in it. that, happened its any other part of the world; and some persons had not scrupled to affirm, that this wax occasioned liv the number of iissuratice offiets established Of this country. Those offices were therefore called no, in order to prevent their being made the itistru mem+ of mischief, narrowly to examine eeee y claim made upon them, and to resist all those that ap peared to be in any degree suspicious. The pre scut case was by no means a pleasant one to him— bin it was his Ilia, to lay before the Jury such a statement of facto, as would, he conceived, prove fatal to the Plaintiff's application. They had heard only one side of the case—but. when they had helmd the other. whets they weighed the evi defier on both sides, they would see that the De fendants were justified its acting as they had dune. A goof deal of trstimotty was adduced in favour of the Plaintiff's claim—but much of it, if lie might he allowed to use is put& on the Plaintiff 'a name, twesiifieri the transectiou, instead of clear mg it. It was not necessary for hiss, to sae, than. when the bazaar was litted.,Bpe.tbe Malai ta contempleted this fire. But, between July. 1816, oust February, 1817, the prospect of things had materially changed—and the Maio tiff might have discovered, that the splendid fix tures of the bazaar were 'wither worth ro much as they had cost, nor even the sum for which thty had been insures!. Su bad was the speculation, that it would out saard the expense of kerpi g a person to mind the house. It was deeerteil—alant doned —shut up. And it was not iiiiisroledile, under these circumstances, that it might occur to the Pluitita, whose estate was bankrupt. that a lire would pay all. There was, thereforeow grantor town ve or foutidatiou, for the allegation which the Defeat dents put on the record, that the Manna probably set the premises ou tire. It war very singular. that no account had been given of the manner in which the Plaiutitf occupied himself. frum the time lie left his friend its Bishopegate-street, until our o'clock. whets le! admitted himself that Ile visited the pre mises. There was sin doubt whatever. that his hand lighted the fire. Whether it was a guilty hand or not, depended upon the lutetium'. and oti that they would decide hum the circumstances. At half-past one o'clock the Pleinta acknowledged, by hie written declaration, that Ise was in the house with a lighted candle, employed its destroying use less letters. It would he well if he could prove where he got the light on dust day. At a quarter before two, the fire was discovered, and, by com ment% the time it would be seen that it had broken out its five m tes after the Plaintiff left the pre mises. So that If he put his Mold to the fire, for the purpose of destroying the house, it would be admitted, that he had dune an effectually.—(Here Mr. Scarlett detailed the circumstances which he understood he would be able to prove 111 evidence, but Ins a itanssas Jul not bear nut the statement.] — Under these circumstances. be would ask, would• au insurance office, without a serious investigation, be justified no parisigthe loss ?..Hausraisfrite tO tames lie thought not. And, without prejualgiug what the verdict of the Jury would be. he would con wild, that every man, of whom suspicion fell.-ar being the guilty cause of a tire, might to be obliged to env use who culled 011 111111 to explani his con duct mid justify himself. Mr. Mist admitted that lie 001 in this house immediately before the fire took place, employed its burning papers—amt it became him to purge liiinseilfrous the insputiti ttttt which such a circumstance coutitenaticed. If tan other person demanded it, lie ought himself to cell for this investigation—and it cast no sort of impu tation on the insurance office, that they had asked him for ass explanation of his conduct. The Ltaru ed Gentleman then called James Lynn—who deposed, that he lives nearly opposite to Mr. Mist's house—about a quarter before two, or rather earlier, on the 23d of May, he ob served the fire. He perceived smoke issuing fr the roof in front. %%lbws, immediately crossed over. IMPS Cooke applied a ladder to the first floor—mist Smith and witness followed Info into the house. Ile observed no tire ou the first or second floor. But, sots the third story. he observed tire near • window that looked into hide's-passage. Witness went on his Litres to get into the room where the fire was. Smith begged of I to go no farther—but he proceeded. Finding the upper part of the room tilled with smoke, he threw him self en his belly, and crawled farther on. He felt forward with his stick. asul pushed something, which appeared to be a bundle of papers, into a re crss in the room, fr the bundle a flame instantly issued. 11'ittiesa crawled back. and opened one of the windows on the latedturplace, which looked into Fleet-street, and cried out ►s Fare !" Some per-ois, lit believed Sossish, opened another window. to whom lie called to shut it— being fearful of the strait. Witness went towards the stair-case, sod walked to the second-floor. Looking upwards, to the ceiling, he saw a tire bursting through. Ile was then ter the exact spot, be believed. where lie had first observed the lire, in the story above. Ile 41151 soot see any lire, or appearance sot• at. in any 'other isosit ttttt . Ile then went down to the one pasr,• and descended Irons the window, bp• which lie had entered. The bundle of vipers appeared to hint not to he more tttttt able than paper generally is. The bundle was shout Ilse size of half a rhesun of paper. It was bur ttttt g very little, if ally, before be came in. Cross-examined.—There was Ito smell of any in flammable matter, such as pitch OF tar. He saw no lire in any islace, except that in winch the paper was. George Smith was the second person who entered the premises. He discovered the tire al t ta rnl~•. five minutes before two, from his residence in Bride's-passage. Ile got into the house by a lad der. and proceeded up stairs. Ile followed Lynn quite close—and, being app eehensive of danger, mice or twice begged of him to go hack. When Lyon slaw the bundle of popery. he told the Witiae4s to call the religiose. He could soot say whether the door of Mr. Mist's room was open. The papers appeased to be on a sort of step—for, on being timeliest, they fell down. Ile could nut rely whe ther Om floor where the papers were was osa tier. Mies, the paper* were touched they burst into a blaze•. 1 - type*: al to him that they must have been on Arr snm tient —fur the top of rt•Ct SIPS NS abut!' trorneol 11•1 Olt 11010111. Cr me eroariard..—Lynn wit ileArer to Ole lire Owl Wittiest,. Torre was much smoke at lice , ' hut it was increased on striking the paper*. 1.1 lii4 opium. the papers fell from M timet tote the Pl4llll When he first errs the homily. it a D ot Ibt•sziog. Lit in a suoulderiiig state. He studied hotimig but the burned paper. Thrones Jetik4 bred at the western corner of S..habory-court. lie first beard of the fire 'donut half-po-t one o'clock. ()u bring told that Alnu'a hamar was on fire. he west into Bride'aliassige. and saw s noke issulog from the top oldie budding. Witness could not say that smoke iu.ued loom the back part of the Inome toward. the church. Fend..ll was working at Jelika's when the tire broke out. Ile saw it about 35 ccc ill toes ofier our. Ile was, at the time, on the tip of Jenka's house. Ile saw the smoke isaiiing out of • (bourn/a-window that looked into Salisbury-court. (;URNLY &Deiced, that the garret, where the dormant wiiidaw teas situated, teas 11111111C111.1tely over (Ir. &list's roam.] —ln the woos under ( (1.. GURNEY-...." 'Flint is Nest's room") lie obsessed the glass of the middle wjpdow a.vell eery much, sod burst. Thi. was sly' t three minutes after he tint saw the smoke. Ile could see the Moor, all on tire, through the window *hick toil boral. Ile swag considerably higher than the tows, au winch he NM the fire. did not go to the Bride-panaralie vide at all. Mr. Jnstscr BAY I.LY impired of the witness, Geora4e Smith, whether lie had refused to gave to the Fire-office the inlormation he had this day die. ? Smith answered, that he had not stated all the circumstances. as he did not think it was prudent to do ►u. Mr. Justice BAYLEY ou acted under an erroneous inapressom. IVheit esilett on to speak the truth, you ought to speok the whole truth." Inner Stokes was with Fentl.tll on Mr. Jeill'd house, the day the tire broke out st Mist's. He sow smoke issuing from a dormant window, to wards Ssalislousy-court ; he saw the window, in the morn under the ;garret, where the dos-mint was, burst with the heat, before any alarm was given.— The tire appeared in the room that looked towards Salisbury-court. Witness and Fruition came, al most at the mute time, on the roof of Jetiks's house. When he discovered the tire, it was rather wore than 33 minutes sifter one. • In answer toe question by Mr. Justice BATLEY, James Lynn answered, that he had stated to Mr. Beethain all diet lw had that day given iu evidenee. He had concealed nothing. Jame. Cooke lived in Bride's-passage. next door to Alm's. He was the first person who mounted the bidder when the house was discovered on fire. Witness is a runnier and glazer, and, tiering a lad der in readiness. near the church wall, he made use of it to get into the house. When he went up to the first floor. he saw no sign of fire. He then fol lowed Lviau and Smith to the third flour; he saw a Irrya bail, apparently of fire. Ile did not see Mr. Lynn touch tr. Lynn opened the window, and the draft accelerated the flame. On the evening of the fire, several Gentlemen called and asked him ques tions, which he answered as lie now did. He staid only three minutes in the house; he had been there istrure. end knew where Must's room was. The door of that room was shut—of course he could not ore whether it was on fire Or Hilt. William Beetloon. Secretary to the Eagle insu rance Company, saw Mr. Mist the day atter the fire. not gave hint an account of where he had been. and what lie liatiduise on the day of the lire. The account was as tollowp Ile went to Bishopsgate-street, in the morning, to Mr. Duddell. Ile returned, for the purpose of informing Mrs. Mist that he would dine with Mr. lluddell. ♦bout one o'clock he went to Ins count ing -house, iu the tl►-west collier of the buddisig, to sort some papers. He was employed before din ner iu writs% letters and destroying (bore that were useless. 'Dos occupied him till about half-past one. Newly the List thing he slid was to walk through the premises front top to bottom, and he saw there was no lire. Ile did not think there had been a fire on the premitres for a fortnight preced ing. On the morMitg of the fire, he bad a candle on the desk in Ins counting-house, and such papers as appeared useless, he !Ones!, and threw into the fire-place, which was about lour feet distant fruit► the desk. 11'liet► lie had done, he went to wash his hands in a closet, and took the candle a ith him. lie afterwards returned into the counting-house, ■nd pot out the casolle which he placed ou the desk. lie lighted the candle by means of in►tantaneous 1141 n, ass article he dealt in alien in business, and which be kept locked up in a box. After dinner he went to Croydon, unit returning from thence about nine o'clock lie heard of the fire...4lle theta described the situation io which different articks of his stet k were placed.]—lle asked 3,500 i. from Daveoport, and he agreed to give I 3.0001. Mr. Daveisport had beeu in treaty fur the house, goods, and litanies, of every description. Ile had the premises, all but the north-oest corner, for twelve sears mod a half. The candles were kept in a press near the counting-hotwe. IVilliato (Jemmy is conuected with the Imperial Fire-Office. The premises burned down on the ::341 of Alay, were insured by Mr. Abbott. for merly the Mohan)", partner, and the Imperial In surance Composts' were now, lie believed, repairing them. Mr. Ju•rice I3aYI.EY desired Mr. Davenport to stab., whetlicr hr had suffered 3.000/. li►r the stock, &e. or whether any thing passed between him and the Plaintiff, which could induce the latter to believe that he meant to give that sum ? Mr. Davenport I could have made an ad. vance. I think we should have split the difference, and that I should have gone up to 3,000/." Mr. Justice Ilavt.eir—" Would 3. 0 00ir have been an out.of-the•way price for the stuck. &e. ?" Mr. Davenport—" That is tlw matter of calcu lation. They were really worth more than that— the Plaintiff had pin' inure lirr them—but I du hot know that I could have made them all useful tir me." Mr. 11 oodbowie. in sower to • quelition from Mr. J 11•114.0 Buyley. *toted ttin't the eutnetti..tutt egintist Mr. Miii had since been tqteetletltd—and 1., 4.4.. fn rreeivr 7001. for hilt interest itt Vie lease of the g0em...4.4. Toertsfo Li the course of his ad dress, lie refoolriterl moo •tro.r.z.lv. the etindort of thirst• oho fool eolirs-Ileil ii 11 2 14imill 111 1.!111111. oil. Tlo.re was 1111111 . iii4 in his life or conduct to thew that lie was di...Witte of lowest principle owl wont! cti:or.orto.r %et they hall II gilt tit to place I • Oil hi. 111 J 111, with death—at die same time that they kora/ they 1141! 1111 YVIIIrIIre 111 %1/slllloft 11 111 ••• :1 charge. Mr. Jostler BAYLEY, in eluirging ilw Jure. oh s-rved, that the good character of Mr. Ali-t oat. 11111 at all affected by am thing that 114.1 hero slated. Lowrance Offices rertaitily Lief a right to resist payment, where the conduct of the ottli vittual was suspicious. or the traissavtion itself hut susptvions appearance. Bust, its for as he trustful jl ll llgY, there was nothing of a su+ujejous 11411 re ju this Corr, either iu the e Itict the party or iu the ispiwarautee or she tr d ,,„„ o i n ,, i u m .ft The Jury reinriteul is verdict for the Plaisitiff ' 14 ""e" . 10301 .-- 101 Villits ter she tlirretion of the L-mrstrit Judge, deducted from the Lrus.4 will of the pokey, the Plaintiff ei to receive hut his interest to the lease of the premises. .1- it is rrionne,l flat Ihr following hsw appoint inriits will rilistrly take place : The ATTORNET.GEN Lit 41. tn be AccoMPTANT G . . 1,, Cie e N. SMITH. EN who reYi t rna. The Wwl..11:170111-1:1 , 74 VII AI. 1•• br ATTORNEY-GENEILIM. Mr. WETIII 11E1.1, 1.1 hr Sitt.hriTnit-GeNittut.. . - And roar are limes Couu•rl Cu he naulraithe Chancery Bar, viz.—Mes►ra. IVl,cricl.►►, iloßxr., no LeFt., and H EALD. Professor Cu ISTI 4!t hss 144 Profes.or ship of the Laws of Engines(' iu the Est Inslhe College, nea► 'teams!, awl the flo tttttt ruble Court of I)irrt•tuis here been pleased to grant him a pen fur life. ROW WIN e.—Among the honour, rorofi►rti., Nod the' Mulls in ituglassol, it to be reekosied that of one tuff, ur tiro pipes Gascony wine, out the beet liroulrht into the kiugdons, moil to be chose% fur his tole, by the lames thief Butler. The Pitt Scholarship is now vacant. ?Ir. LAW, one of the mins of the Bishop of CHESTER, a son of I SPENCER, awl several other Under-graduates, are Candidates fir this distinguished I iiiii uur iu the Usiivessity of Caitlin 'Mgr. ,Miss BYRNE, of Drury-lane Theatre, is reco. vered from her recent indisposition, and shortly leaves town, to stag at the two next Coucerti given id the Music Hall, in Liverpool. THEATRICAL. BON MOT.—Tile late goodssisi. tured• man and respectable actor, ROST. PALSIED.. was the son of -- PALMER, who. in the time of Mr. GABitick, wits the head bill-siirker of the Theatre, awl iii the evening the money-taker at the Upper Galletv ; in the former of which (wens µstigmas itouEat PALMER, when a youth, was also employed. At night lie rendered himself useful too belvind the wines.' At length he was intruiiied with'lseds of small conseqwente. One of /liege being that of a young Gentle:man, Boa resolved to dress highly in charicter, f o r which purpose he procured a pair of atone shoe and knee.lacklea, io which lie appearff! with his sword by his side for the first time in the Green-room. lie was immediately quizzed by the other performers. and Clisat.o4 BANNISTER, eyeing him significantly from top to toe—exclaimed, 6' Passe, all p a te!" Boa, laying his hand on his sword, said indignantly, 66 Sir, re peat that avaiii, moil I'll stick you through the boily."-16 That's right, my dear brother brush" said Old Psasoxs (who bail been a laudscape paintee). " slltk him against the Wall." LADY MoRGAN's " FRANCE."—We have much pleasure in announcing that is, Third EtWins, of this admirable %York, with corrections and-additional Notes, is just really fur publication. Its great swarm gives a very tivuoirable op' f the public swim', and thews how little the misrepresentatiour of malicious Critics govern its opinion. To mike the Revenue of it Country exceed the I....rpeudiivre i+ the deinienit 44444 in rimituce. The snipe applies to private life; hot Ilw Minister must resort lu Tsrafioa, to accomplish the mean., whilst the p r i va t e man has only to soon a smile from Fortune, who havitsg nos Oisetluisareel Capitals to disperse snowier her Favourites, she may, by the marl one of a wheel on the ith Nlareh, con fer upon him One or •nin of the Three Prises of 30,000/. in the present Lottery, and elms establish the Ways sod Means for ever, is Sterling Money. ROYAL. ACAREMY.—MV. Tr; RN ER give the third of his serlea of Lectures on Perspective on 'Thurs day night. lir dwelt upon linear and aerial Per sprefive some time, occasionally touching upon Architecture, so far as &related to geometrical pro portions. Curvet and Conic Section's were inciden tal parts of his discourse, and by his illustral lie relieved the dryness of au abstract subject, nhich otherwise could bare afforded little enter tai iiiii Ent to tre general auditor. Mr. FusEu was in the chair. Fifty-seven of the parishioners of St. Olave'li, Southwark, were yesterday d at the Town Dell, for non-payment of poor rates. They were principally journeymen. Their plea for not having Laid the anowesturests wit*, that they could pro cure no employ. Further time was allowed them by the Aldermen, Surrit and EAMF.R. ITALIAN BANDITTI.—I.ieut.-Col. HumsEa and Copt. GORDON. R.N. were attacked in their way to Naples, between 'l'errucina and Foudi, by banditti, on the evening of the .1.2,1 December. The tint act of the villain. was to lire upon the postill without previous* virtinsg. Ile fell inortally wounded. They then proceeded to rifle the travellers, and took from them their watches, divided into two parties, mie of which was ismnedi atsly active iu the attack and robtstry, while the other remained in I at rn short distance ; and their her via* 1.11 considerable, that lieutentsin- Col. 11. owl I n . composite,' must be considered as owing their lite* to their being unprepared to offer any re•istance. They suffered tulle prtsmitil wonleiser, and were all•oveil, wheel the !disinter was to proceed on their j..kuristy, obese servint taking the place of the postillion, who enovet IA to Fund. tii the carriage. Lienteinsot.ll'olonsl lIER RIES WIN 1011 1114 way to j oin the lir:ii-la bratlAtiar ters in the Aledtterraorwii, G 44 Ilkissoy Quartet- Master GtorfAl. SINGULAR DARGAIN. Mr. illsorgir of Forest Ilil l , Peckliain !Ise, wmi relne"Mit f • Gigolo , ' on Thursday :arsonlsessi. 411 , 11 hs ieel..Ck, NIA met three. boy , , shoot 14 seals of is tees-.. She LAW" Nelson and the fouler over the Suns-, Us Nil. Owe of them asked him if he would buy *mew do. ks, as is. lisil two couple to sell. Ile asked the prier of *him. Tis• lo y said Mslfa-rrnwua couple ( Is les. ill in their visite I 11. .saii , , that If they would poly the ducks it , Lis hew" he cool givilthein She prier thee asked for them. 'Hwy ca.roA Ile us past of the way, lilies, Mr. 11. inforoweil thew 01.4 lie Lei .1 is. (Jr as Petition's Rye. The eldest boy said, Sh u t if i.e soul.' early the ducks himself home he sl 1.1 base throb Cor Mr. IL suspected they were stolen. sod asked the bu s . Irmo whence they gut them. The eldest boy replied 11101 Hwy were his mother's; that she lived at Dulwich, and hied duck., and that she had *rut them to sell them in tl.r No. rough fur what they conk, get. Whether Mr. 11. ered)te.l their story or not, we do nut loom ; lir, however, paid for a couple of the ducks, csrri.d them home, and Isis ..ts of his excellent bargain. Upon his wife looting she said, " I am sure this is One of our docks," stud ups,. going to the duck-pen he found that a couple of ducks list !ONO stolen; and also the pen isf Ur. Field, Isis shor neighbour, bad been robbed of* couple; so that he actually purchased our of hi. own, awl one of Mr. l'icld's duds.. sad the youngsters escaped a ilia the other two. CORONEICS IXQCES T. Yesterday an Inquest was held in the Vestrv•room of Wapping workhouse, before J. W. Eso. uu III.• body of a man unknown, appearing to be about Idly yiloo of age, who was forod drail, wrappril up in a quaist;ty f -h.•ry, in the inside of a .teal iso.s, a Pilch trip laritehl Twat, by two men, to Mr. Mares Wharf, alio de.nc,l it to he irdten itarticalar rule of till &livered at Altrel. en, t s Mr. J ivies Davidson (to whim it was directed), but (ruin the ulfirisiorr smell which aru•e fruin it. Mr. Hoare sent for the boadle to open it, (num whose trstiniusiy it appe•r..l Havre were no marks of viideace un the body, and it had not the appearance of ever having been interred ; hr washed 11w Lair, and hail it conveyed to Wapping winkhoito. ; he usi.lerstuial that several packages of a similar hod been sent there to beishippett —Tlw Jury cnnitodi .1 shot some private contract hail berm entered into by sonic putt. - men of the faculty of Alwrdecn and wise one in 14n5101., MIA it was moot pro b able that it was a subject iut.uded for dissectitisi ; but having no evidence to prove by what source the drrea.eil canoe by his death, they rctarued a verdict 4.1 /brad dead. ROBBERIES AT DULIVICN. On Thursilty morning a valuable sbeep, of the Memo* breed, was stolen out of a field at Dulwich, belougstig Jr. linked,. a gentleman of property. It was not slough &erect on the spot (as is usual), but was carried away alev.' When the robbery was discover d, the marks of she f ,ohdepv of two persons were traced from the field to the 1441•1 cs a gesitkmau (Mr. Croft) in the neighbourhood, which as• broke open and rubbed the same moriiinz. There was 11 , e trace of the wheels of a cart from Mr. Croft's stables to I'..e bottom of the hill, where the marks of the foutdcpv is lb, field also appeared. The sheep was supposed to hue. I carried away in the cart with the property **oleo Croft's stable. The cart was ti aced nearly to Petkii..to. Mr. GLADSTONE. of Liverpool, has built and endowed, at his sole expense and respooloiliility, two climate+ ; our of them iv St. Andrea' , Renshaw -street, the other St. TlPoustia's, at Li lief laud, 'near that town. Mr. GLADSTONE otOlitawai to start for Liverpool on the next general election. The amuck Fili;Aire, Captain FOSSLY, oripbed on Thursday tnornitig front Leith. During a kale in the Wolds, last Sunday night, at twelve &clot k, the picked up the master, mate, and too n n , clinging. to the ri4ging of she sloop Zephyr, Cdpi. HARVEY. of Boston, Lincolnshire; she had bae upset two hours previous, on the commencement of the kale. A brig bad passed dose by them at o•t an I before, and would resider no assistance. It was from the information received from this Ina; that the lifeshire pioceeiled to look for theist, gi.,l providentially rescued them from a watery grave. A fArmer. resisting at Chediston, Sufliak , lai. ly lust a child, very suddenly, it having been t.an nt by the ther dead in the cradle, in whirls she hut laid it a short time before, in apparent good tarsi I Sh e WHI so lunch affected by the loss, that her hos hand frost her on a visit to her soother, in boos that a change of scene might restore her spirit.. A few days after her departure the remaining chile, who wils between live and six years tilt, wan • , 11 drowned iii a pond near the house. This af#l c io.•, Nailed to the former, nearly broke the heart ..1 the unfortunate mother. On Tuesday, the 30th ul•. the farmer's house was discovered to be on fire : every assistance was immediately given, sod it was extinguished without doing much damage; lAA it was 10011 discovered that it had been wilfully stt on tire by the servant, who had been nurse-maid to the two children. She confessed that she had set the to some straw in the apple-chamber ; that her life was a burden to her; and that she committed the act in the hope that she might be hanged for it, This has given rise to a suspicion that she destroyed our, if lint both, of the children, hut no proof can be brought of it. She is now in Beccles gaol. On the :gide ult. a 111014 affectionate mother in the town of Mardi, Cambridgeshire, 1111111VtItewly gave a child, almost two years of age, an inn eh twelve niches in length, with a hook at the cud 1 f it, which had formerly fastened an extinguisher to a casollestick. to play with. The child it, and a burgeon of great respectability in Slit place was ediately sent for. He adminisitord a bri►k cathartic, and after a long and 'fixings% •pace of twenty-four I rs. by the blessing of Provi dence. the desired effect took place, and the chum sossited through the child, who is now perfectly well. A most desperate gang of robbers, supposed t.► consist of the number of thirty in the whole, lase Irately infested the neighbourhood of titintiogfora, Hefts, and many depredatious have been commit ted. Fifteen special constables base been Amor.. on, and several of them are me guard every w t h►. A person, suppose., to have been one of the gam , was sects a few nights since carrying a sack, *lnc? . In examination, wall found to contain two liu•hrls or wheat, when one of the constables sunu•neNt►; rattle, and the fellow threw down the sack and Tint' away. A suspected character in that of, tgliiwut— laud has not ►ince been seen, who Is ►union -v.l 1., have been 16e peraoh. Another su•lwt•led cl ur.s. - ter, and who, beyond all doubt, was one o► I. e Klatt, war harried to a house ill, a few days bent', and, on being examined by a surgeon, it wa• di-e..- tered that he hail been .hut in lily s.hot.l,lrr. 111'1'1 which he shed, without unikll4 any Ii -II is!r , f the rest of I.tip a►sl,c latr►. 2w01 4 1