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i l r 1 INLVA. We have received, throiTgnPrivate channel, a file of iiernbay Papers, from which we copy the following : We are distressed to learn that accounts have been received of Out existence of a most distressing scarcity of grain in the line of Hammy between Neßare and (lonian'. Gevernment have lost no time in orderht a vessel to be tsken up for the conveyance of a silloply of rice to Coring'. It is stated that many families in the vicinity of It.getura had gone without food two or three days. We much few the public aid will yet be called for. SHIP ATl.As.—Accounts have been received In town from the 11:,ip Atlas., ',herein it is stated that there is every probability of doe ship being waved. The greater port of her cargo has been taken out of the forehold ; and the ship has lifted forward three Set mit of the mud. There are a number of workmen, and coolies, oederefl down to assist in getting hrr afloat, and it is to be hoped that the ship will be off town in ten or twelve days. The Atlas is supposed to be one of the finest ships bußt in the river Amts. BIRTHS. . . At Dinapeve, oe the 21st Oct. the Lay of Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Richards, commanding 2d Bat. 22d Regiment, N. I. of a daughter. On the sth Oct. the lady of Colonel Edward, Of his Majesty's 14th Foot, of a daughter. At the Cape, the I*dy of W. T. Blair, Esq. H. C. Civil Service, of a daughter. DEATHS. At Poonah, on the 16th mat. the Lady of Captain 111.1. Gallwey, 'Odle lith N. 1., at the early age of On the Roth of October, at :Mangalore, in the 2f.th year of her age, Plirabeth, wife of %Yrn. Sheffield, Esq. of M.: Civil Service, edge and Criminal Judge at that station. SrCAM NAVIG AT 110,1.—A very numcrctrs and highly a b's meeting of the inhabitants of Calcutta, met at the own-hall, on the 16th of November last, to consider tk feasibility of establishing a communication between Ulla and the Mother Country, hz means of steam navi gation. Lieutenant Johnston, R.N. in stating his plan to the Meeting, said be proposed that the route shonid be by she Isthmus of Sues and the Mediterranean, which would be by owe-third a short' r distance than the route by the Capeof Good Hope ; and with little labour, and a trrfiing eapense, a good road might be made across the Isthmus, for conveyance by comfortable carriages. The length of lb* voyage, including land and sea, was not to exceed seventy days. Lieutenant Johnston made a calculation of the expense of a complete establishment of steam vessels on both lades the Isthmus, adequate to keep up a monthly exanapunication with Europe. Ile considered, however, 'tliat the plan would be most likely to meet with support, if confined to conveyance of passengers to El Arish, Catlett, -or the lake of Menaelet, if anchorage could be found there, leaving it to British capitalists to form a company to co-ope rate with the one proposed. The projector went into calcula tions to thew the expected profits that would result from the undertaking. He calculated that on an average about 450 ur /100 individuals left Calcutta yearly for England. Lietitenant Johnston, in conclusion, said lie was of opi ricni that steam vessels woukl ultimately reach India from England, after a lap.: of several years perhaps. He tbotaght they would be extended thither by gradual ad vances. Madeira would be first visited, then the West Indies, South America, the Cape, and lastly Calcutta. 'Mr. Mackillop suggested that the establishment of a com pany at home, and one at Calcutta, to have the control of -the semis from thence to Costlier only, leaving the subtle qttent conveyance of the passengers, &c. to the home corn mittee, would be most advisable. After various difficul t:ex to the proposition had been mooted, it was resolved, " That it is desirable to encourage the establishment of a eammumication between Europe and India by steam navi gation, by the offer of a premium or bonus to those who latat,first establish it on a permanent footing, rather than try any direct attempt of so large and miscellaneous a body as the India community to form themselves into a society for the purpose." A committee was appointed to prepare the totes And restrictions under which the premiums should be panted, and the meeting adjourned till the 17th of Dec. Tho committee having discussed the merits and itnpert eines of the project, opened a subscription, and resolved to bestow one lack of rupees upon the first individual or corn party who should make two complete voyages from Eng /and to India in steam vessels, the passage in no instance to exceed seventy days, either by the Cape of Good Hope far the Red Sea, in vessels of British register, and of not is., than 300 tons burden. i SHIPPING INTE GLIUENC E. • • CUSTOAL.HOUSE. Aram 13. ENTERED INWARDS. 'Delight, Ray (Bentky, broker), from Gottenburgh. Mara. Scott (Ituraett), from St. Michael's. Flora, Christie (Adam), from Terceira. =Tremayne (Pixie), from Sc. Michael's. la, Worsens (Burnett). from ditto. FRO3I I7rBVb'S LIST. . a T . 41. IgOult It, APRIL IL--Sailed the Hind, Le Vlscont, for j rinorrin, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Active, Weslake, from /*dm°, in 80 days. oatsmouru, APRIL 12.—Arrived the Pons RIK Parker, betos.Neweastle, for Pietist': Messenger : , Pace, from Galijpoli; and inn rollowing vessels from the Downs, viz. Golconda, Edwards for Kadrea ; Fortitude Increased, Manning, for St Kitt's; and Carle* Tennison, Hooch, for Montreal. (Milk Isle of Wight, the Sophia,, (t, front Calcutta. was, APRIL 12 —The Elizabeth, Hoarse, which arrived here pitenlay from Boston, for Stockholm, with lose of bowsprit, has sensed discharging her cargo. !WI, APRIL 11.—The American schooner Sea Lion, Totten, New York, is lost at Tenerife. AL A Pli L 12.—Arrived the Good Friends, Thomas, from et.Sesath Seas; Minerva, —, from Philadelphia: Hermes, Ro. brown, front Smyrna; Harriet, Omen, from Leghorn; John .Z.tiilc, Dearness, from Sicily; and Osbourn, —, from St. aysicie. Came down from the River and remain, the Denmark IBL4 Foremen, for Van Diemen's Land; Jane, 1111:lure, for _eearlesson ; Jack Tar, Anderson, for Jamaica; and Hopewell and Minerva, tor Quebec. The homeward-bound reported yesterday own sailed for the River. -.....—..................... 3I•RGATE, APRIL X l2.—Landed here on the 10th, an iron a.4 tho lied an hoe, weight cut in the crown, 3 cwt. 2 qrs. slb. with us of e'lain. .A:P11711 SHIELDS, Aram 11—Yesterday morning, during a gllll, the sloop Lion. Nicholson, from Inverness, with timber, ran ads the Herd Sand; after beating over into the Wheel, Seine Wgot on board, aLd bought her into the harbour, supposed di.nott:e. • ARLIDELN, APRIL, 7.—The sloop Industry, M`Donald, of alp port, from Sunderland, a ith lime, was driven on shore at part 1 3 7S ti iiis n t ear l i h o e ly er i e . ir la p n r d ov . iindeanttlyglfoet of wind, w c ind e , , o an n t d he cav ni e rt of rigging ; but the vessel anon air a took fire, and is become a Mel wreck. The Granite, Young, and Sprightly, Johnston, an. Olton the 4th 4114. from Memel, the first Of Our Baltic arrivals he season. They made the voyage out and home in the short ST of 341 days. on 5. . Motu' 25.--The river Is clear of ice, and several i eis have arrived at the city. But the barks cannot be expected in Jess than thee weeks, therm having been latterly severe cold in thtfielerior of the country. i. lasi' DAM, APRIL 1. The Holfnung, Gonow, from has been got cff the Coast of Texel, and brought into raid -hour. 'Se. Mecitact.'s, MARCH 17.—The Independence, Robert?, ghoul Plymouth, arrived here the 11th inst., and was wrecked on illio *ln of the 16. h, at the mouth of the Mole ; her !v atom is - knee me ev', but the Voles, rigging, &c. are saved. ALEXIA LEOXR, FEIL 14.—The Alliirstor, Scott. which sailed Ei hence 7th January. bound to London, put back to the Isle lota, where she has been condemned. 'file Fr.nces Ann, is log to complete some repairs, and will probrbly be ready for sea .a abbut ten or fourteen days. The nen o aa, Watkins, from Liverpool to Bristol, was driven on &we on Ka:today, near Fishguard ; cargo discharging. The Christian August. sievertson, from Bergen, which has ar. eigteln the Elbe, struck on the Vogelsand, and is earl to be leaky; tbie TOUT Gehroders, Bass, from Vegeoack to Amsterdam, sunk offl 'apt tiro 22 0 . rlarch—the crew were saved by a ship that was rear 1 algt•spot. but nothing else was saved, not even the ship's papers. '•VitISEI.II SPOKEN WlTn.—Robert Ann, from London ; and Ming Sun, knot Portsmouth, by the Minerva, arrived at Deril— Alexandria. for Liverpool, Fla March, Elizabeth Liverpool for Cape Ilium, by the Ac tloo, arrived at Plymouth.—Venus, Taylor, 24th Feb. 16 days AIM Palermo for London ; Elias. of Guernsey, !larch sth, 12 days bees Tarragona for Guernsey ; John Craig, Glyn, .Isreh 19 h, 10 Amp from Lisbon to Liverpool ; Commerce. Hart, March 23, 63 dor from Mersin for Hull ; Hector. of London, April 2, DJ days 'hot Alexandria for Dublin, the whole reported to be all well, by thi United Friends, Dale, arrived at !Milford. _, We arc sorry to liar thatgreat distress prevails in the killy Islands. On Wednesday morning, the lal inst. a "Mr. T. Ro , of London' . (according to his card), arrived in this y, on his way to liretna Green, with a handsome young dish lady, of high cot nvieian and great fortune, with to he eloped, it is sail, from Brussels, where she was Aiding ; but her name was studiously concealed. Tbey "me married at Gretna, in the usual summary form, re- Awned to the Bush lon here, and remained till yesterday L b... corning (Friday, the 9th inst.), when they act out for Ziemlon, having taken the whole of the inside of the mail arch to themselves l—Corlisle Patriot. LAP' INTELLIGEATE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, TUTIMAY, Aram 13. Sittinza in Guildhall, Ware the LORD CHIET JUSTICE and Common Jura. NINES C. CANEY AND W !Ft. 31. Aacn BOLD (in the absence of Mr. Searlett) stated the case to the Jury. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mil. Thinks, who kept a boarding school for young ladies near Clapham, for the balance of an account for board and education to Mn'. Carey, then Miss Ferguson. The young lady chase to be instructed in dancing, music, and the mathematits. " tier favourite study was the mathematical." She had also given an entertainment on her birth-day. when Mr. Carey was one particularly entertained. Miss Ferguson's father refused to pay, OD the ground that hlt had not ordered far the charges. Mrs. Sinks took NI. from the father, and trusted the daughter for the balance. Mrs. Legan examined by Mr. ScattLava—Proved dancing being taught, and a dinner provided on Ilitzs Ferguson's birth-day. Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY—She was twenty on that birth-day. Mr. Wimpole proved the father's refusal to pay a sum charged in the bill. It was 201. Its. M. Mies Louisa Dement proved ment of a part of the sum, leaving a balance of 101. la. Bd. (This young lady cried in great distress, and, as won as she left the box, appeared to have fallen into tits.] A letter of Mrs. Carey's, promising to pay after she had become of age, was put in evideree. Verdict fur the plaintiff—llamages 101.16.8 d. Special Jury. SHAW V. PICTON, CLEEE. The ATTonxtv-lixxxiLet. stated, that the plaintiffs were assignees of Mews. Howard and Gibbs, and represented a great number of creditors, many of whom were in the lowest ranks of life. (Here the Learned Gentleman gave a detailed explanation of the often-told mode in which Messrs. Howard and Gibbs kept their accounts as aminity-brokers.) There was a long account of annuity transactions between Messrs. Howard and Gibbs and the defendant, the Rev. Pieton. There were two items of 1501. and 2331. for an annuity upon Sir Henry Wellesley. There was another item of 1,0001. and upwards, for on annuity upon Lord Alvanley. There was a third transaction, with the late General Picton, brother of the defendant, from which a claim of 3004 arose. There was also a fourth transaction, involving 1,3001. The I.oan CHIEF JESTICE remarked, that there were four causes. Alter some consultation, the cause was referred to Mr. Gaselee• SIORDON V. DALTON. The plaintiff was a banker, and the defendant deputy-postmaster in Dudley, Worcestershire. In consideration of a certain extra allowance, the defendant had constructed a box in his office for the purpose ',fruiting into it the letters of the plaintiff, in order to pre vent delay in delivering them. The present action was brought in consequence of delay in delivering letters containing bills of ex change, which were dishonoured, and respecting which the plain tiffs could obtain no redress, in consequence aline delay. Mr. Taunton slated the use to the Jury. The particular letter in question had been addressed plainly to Messrs. Hordon and Co., but had been put into ilia box of Mr. Ha don, who was in no busi ness. and had never had a partner, and there it lay for three days. For this gross negligence this action was brought. Leadbeater gave evidence of the agreement to pay " guinea a year annually" for the accommodation of a separate boa. When the letter in question was delivered. regret was expressed by the defendant that it had not been delivered earlier—it haring been overlooked. There were two bills of 2001. and 3401. The one was refused because too late in being presented; the other, because the ' party liable had, in the interval, become insolvent. After a long investigation, it was found that by sending special messengers to the puttee , all the inconvenience charged upon this delay could have been avoided. llis Lordship thought that where there was only a mistake charged, the want of due diligence was a good defence. Besides it was not yet clear that the half guinea was slot only a Christmaa-box fur a pigeonhole. It could not be con sidered a premium for such responsibility as this.--Nonsuit. J INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aram 13. Thomas Mellor, late of Halifax, Yorkshire, clothier and worsted spinner, came up for final hearing and jud gment, he having been examined on the 9th ult. Mr. Cooce then appeared to oppose the insolvent on behalf of several creditors, when the insolvent was beard at great length, and a number of affidavits were put in from his creditors in Yorkshire, which charged him with fraudulently contemplating taking the benefit of tl • Act : and that lie had concealed his property and his books. Those affidavits, and the vita me testimony of the insol. vent, were at complete variance with the statement in his schedule. He then, among other things, swore positively, that he kept no books beyond those filed in Court : st length he admitted that he had two or three at home, but denied that they contained ' any accounts relative to his estate and effects. He also contradicted the depositions contained in the affidavits of his creditors, or that he had concealed property. It turned out, however, that he bad left with his wire a considerable sum when he came up to hoodoo to procure a collusive arrest, and that she had also been carrying on the business as usual, the profits whereof he neglected to account 1 1 for. Alter a tedious examination, the Court then remanded the in. ,1 solvent generally, and ordered him to produce the books, and as account or the proceeds arising from his business since his arrest. They were this day produced, when Mr. Conics, in an able speech, addressed the Court, and prayed its judgment, on the ground oir the insolvent having fraudulently concealed his property and his books. —.— The CHIMP CODIXIIIIII4IOXER delivered the judgment of the Court at great length. From the voluminous evidence before the Court, it was quite manifest that the insolvent was a permits not fit to receive the immediate benefit of the Act for which he peti tioned. That he had, while at Halifax, contemplated and com menced the system he was about to pursue, there could be no doubt ; and it was quite obvious that he had told the truth when he said that be should go to London and take the benefit, because he should be out of the reach of his creditors. In this, however, he had been mistaken, for they bad bestirred themselves, and ad duced evidence that was convincing to the Court that he had both made away with property and concealed his books ; beyond which, the Court could not overlook the false statements contained In his schedule, and the shuffling manner in which he gave his evidence. For these offences, the judgment of the Court was, that be be remanded for twelve calendar months, and kept within the walls of the prison: and the Court intimated that his imprisonment would have been man extended, but for his large family. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, TUESDAY, ♦►RIL 13. Joh,. Craver was put to the bar on an indictment charging him, on the Coroner's warrant, with killing and slayiagJa:nes Partridge on the 22d February. In the course of the evidence it turned out that the deceased had been extremely abusive, and had attempted to strike the priroto.r, who until that did not attempt to resent the ill usage. The Coss mow SERGE•NT recommended an acquittal; and the Jury, without any hesitation, found the prisoner Kot Iti.:ubeth Wiwiwell, a young woman, who had lived six years in the service of Mr. Thomas Hope, was put to the bar, on an indictment charging her with stealing silver plate to the value of 41.. the property of her muter, on the .sth of April last. Ihe prisoner offered the property to a gold-refiner for sale, whose susycions being roused, he questioned her as to how she came by it, and at length was induced to detain the property, and give in. formation to her master. _ _ _ _ The ism were fully proved, and the Jury found the prisoner GuilN. but recommended her to mercy, oo account of the former excelicut character she hare. The Rolls Court, on Friday evening last, was much crowded, o obtain a view of Lord Gifford, who took his _ . seat for the first time as Master of the Rolls. RIGHT/ Or SEPULTURE.—It is unnecessary for us to say that we wished that this Bill would satisfy the Catho lics of Ireland--and it is more material to add, that the Catholic Association have not come to any sudden exprts sion of opinion upon it. It is right, however, to acquaint the public and the Government, that there exists the strongest mums to conclude, that the Bill will by no means receive the sanction of Catholic opinion. &volu tions have been passed against it in Cork already. We have been honoured with communications from some of the highest Authorities in the Catholic Church, expressing 'their marked disapprobation of the measure. At present we shall content ourselves with laying before the render a letter addrcssttl to the Editor of the Courier, by Mr. E. M`Donnell, a Member himself of the Association. and a Gentleman whose writings and exertions in the Catholic cause, and in the cause of charity, are well known.—lrir/t Parer. The following Notice was posted on $ house on the lands of Court, near Kildiroo:— I hereby give notice to Mr. Rose, of Court Not to have any fur ther Healing with Thomaa Rourk the Deceiver to Both Master and County. And it is Happj that the Perjuring vagabonde bad Left it, and be It enacted that if !Iris encouraged to Return again That pat And your house will consumed to Fire.—ltisii Observer. ...... MURD F. n.—The melancholy case of murder at 13ockleton is almost the exclusive topic of conversation in that part of the county. %Ve have little to add to the particulars re'pccting it, which we gave last week. It appears that the deceased entered into the service of 111ev. Halfpenny, at Itromyard May-fair, in 1821, and that she died o the morning of Sunday, the 27th ult., from (as it is alleged ) a series of cruel treatment on the put of her mis tress, but more immediately from the effects of a severe beating she 'I received from h r on the morning previous, for hating remained teo long in bed. It has been rumoured in the neiglibetirhnod that th" accused has not the solemn sanction of the church fin. the name she bears ; we can, however. assert positively, and we do it with much satisfaction, that she was married to her present husband. et ISt. Andrew's Church, in this city, about eight years ago. The Coroner's Inquest was held by adjournment at the King's Head Inn, Tenbury ; the investigation occupied three day.. A corre. snondent wri ea, " It is somewhat extrisordir.ary that during the I time the ('oroner and Jury were sitting two of 31r. Halfpenny's milking cows died suddenly ; report says, the cows dropped dead in the fold-yard as the ieniains of Ole unfortunate girl were being I carried to the piece of interment 1"-11'urcetter Crzit% POLICE►. GUILDHALL A DARTWO Ronan R TAKE X.—An attempt , seven days, was made early on Sunday the second within mornittg to break into the shop of Alr. Morris, linen-draper, South-east corner of F leet Mar ket, and one of the villains was secured ; but the watchman, in , consequence of the hurts he had received not being able to we'd, I the prisoner's examination was deferred till yesterday. Mr. lit: si- 1.11 IIEYS attended as his Solicitor. The prisoner, a very powerful young man, gave his name Joseph I Thomas Boyce. John Finnan; the watchman, who appearol with his heat ' and arm bound op, stated, that a little before five I o'clock in the morning, on his trying the door of the fishmonger's shop, which adjoins Mr. Morris's, be found it open, and saw two men standing against the back doer. He went in, and they Mime- I l diately closed the door, and shut him in. One of them, however, more intent upon escaing, ran out of the hack door . The other (the prisoner) exclaim ed, " I'll do for you; now you are here I'll serve you out," turned the blow, whit' i die former picked up a heavy crow-bar, and turned him a blow with hi s fist. Fishburn re struck him violently with it on the head and on the arm. Fish burn finding himself thus unequally matched, cried out lint mercy, and said, " don't kill me quite." A parley ensuel, and the pet- aoner told him to sit down on a block at the further end of the shop, threatening if he stirred it should be worse for him. Having thus, as he supposed, secured the distant.* of the length of the shop, the' prisoner started off down the market. Fishburn, though covered with blood, and completely maimed in his right arm, ma naged to spring his rattle and pursue him as fast as he was able. Two watchmen, whom the rattle had alarmed, joined in the pursuit, and the prisoner, after a desperate resistance, was ultimately taken in Shoe.lanc. On examining the premises, some of the bricks had been taken out of the wall which divides Mr. Morris's from the fishmonger's shop, and a few minutes more would have been suffuient to have enabled the villains to make their entry through. Another crow-bar and a dark-lantern were found in the shop. Thirteen shillings and some halfpence were missing from the till of the liAbitionger, and that exact sum was found upon the person of the prisoner. Mr. Humphreys had suggested that some other persons should be placed with the prisoner at the bar, as he understood that the watchman would not be able to identify him. Fishburn, however, identified him positively, amid woo explained the reason for Mr. Humphreys' suggestion, by stating, that the prisoner's girl had been with hen at the hospital that morning, and offered him 91. not to swear to him, promising, in case he complied, to make it up 31., but that he had rejected the eras. The prisoner's solicitor advised him to make no defence et pre. sent, and he was accordingly committed to take his trial for the robbery, and &detainer to be lodged against him for the assault upon the officer in the execution of his duty. The Magistrate, Mr. Alderman C. Ssit i T it, praised highly the courageous conduct of Fiahbum, and directed a statement of the case to be sent to the Common-Council of the Ward, with a recom mendation from himself, that such vigilance and deteruxination in the execution of his duty might slot go unrewarded. ROW-STREET. Swat-STZALlNO.—Yesterday a nry long examination took place at this office, before Sir R. Bras tr, of three men who have , been some weeks in custody, and have undergone revere( examine. lions, upon charges of stea ling a large number of swans, some the property of his Majesty, and others that of the Vintners' and Dyers' Company of the city of London. The prisoners were James and Miens Smelling (brothers), and Samuel Ilabers, alias Dolby. A gentleman attended as Solicitor for the Crown, and the legal advisen of the two Worshipful Companies also appeared for the proem. tion, _ Those majestic birds, which are so great an ornament to the Thames above a remain point inland, are almost exclusively the property of his Majesty anti the two companies above-mentioned ; and the utmost pains are taken to preserve them. The King and the Companies have each a swan-marker, and other officers con. netted with the preservation of these birds; and it is the delight of the worthy citizens who belong to these companies to take excur. Pious at certain seasons of the year to inspect and mark the swans. The birds, either dead or alive, however, are too profitable ' as marketable commodities, to escape the attention of those who are willing to make money in any way that presents itself; and there are a number of persons on both aides of the Thames, called swan-hoppers, who make a considerable sum in the course of the year by this kind of depredation. Daring the late winter, so great a number has been stolen, that serious apprehensions were en tertained that the whole race would be densoyed, unless the thieves were speedily brought to punishment Bishop, one of the principal officers, and Avis, a patrol, were employed by the propnetnrs and after en infinite degree of labour they succeeded 'ln apprehending the three prisoners, and a man named Jaw Rorke, all inhabitants of Chantey, in Surrey. They had not long been in custody before John Retake expressed a desire to tell all be knew, and he made a long confession. He stated in substance, that a few months ago, at a time when he was in great dissent, and had made an unsuccessful application to the parish for relief, the pri soner James Snelling came to him, and told him that be could put him in a way of getting a few shillings . He asked how P the reply was, that be knew where there were some swans to be got easily. Rage, however, said he would have nothing to do with it, land Smelling went away. In two or three days he maw Wake again, and told him he was a d-41 fool not to earn • few shillings whim he could. without any risk of being bust for it, and Roake at length eoreiented to join him. They and the prisoner Haines went that night and caught several swans, which J. Snelling took the sent morning to beedenhalLmarket, and left with Mr. Stevens, a sehisman there, upon commission, receiving something on account. His father was in the habit of sending poul. try to Mr. Stevens, se that he had • perfect facility of getting rid of them, Mr. S. sup them to be the property of the old man. They went upon subsequent occasions and killed a number of swans, which were disposed of in the same manner. For the Brat mph* Raab get three shahs's, and for subsequent ones simi. Lar sums ; and upon the last occasion, when William Snelling misted, and when they got eight swans, he gut no more than ss. He remonstrated, but could get no more, and he therefore refused to have any share in their future swan-bopping expeditions. They were very soon after apprehended. SOM. of the stolen swans, which can easily be identified by the proprietors' marks, were traced to Csataing's a bird-fancier, in Hatimstead-road ; to Halms, in South Moul ton-street ; and to Captain Henniker's, Ashdown Park, Sussex, by all of whom they had been purchased from Mr. Stevens. The three prisoners declined saying anything, and were fully sommitted for trial. MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE. _ FTJIIT oe A lilon.—.Yesterday, as MT. OILITVITM, the Pre siding Magistrate at this office, was disposing of the usual official business, his ems were ensiled by the most deafening clamours, and a man and woman rushed into the justice-moat, in a pitiable state of agitation. The female, in appearance, displayed the effects of excessive ill usage, and, on presenting herself to the notice of the Worthy Magistrate, she, In a manner the most incoherent, ex claimed—" Oh, my God ! for mercy sake, save me !" and so saying sunk into her husband's arms, who seemed himself incapable, Irons some cause or other, to articulate. Mr. Geier yrs asked the meaning of this strange wens Welians, an officer of the establishment, said, that the two per sona had rushed into the officeJobby to escape an immerses mob who were after them, hooting in the most outrageous manner, and giving most striking and unequivocal marks of their determination to tear them to pieces. The Magistrate inquired the cause of this popular displeasure? The officer explained, that the two persons before him were man and wile, rained Cayzer, and had been indicted by the parish of St. Mary-la.bonne on charges of a series of cruelties towards three of the woman's children by a former husband. The Grand Jury having found the bills true, the individuals were called upon by their sureties, as is usually the case, to render themselves prisoners to answer the charges preferred against them ; and yesterday, it being known that they must appear and surrender at Clerkenwell prison, the neighbours caused a crowd of persons to assemble to give them a reception, and to inflict on them a summary punishment. The crowd ins increased, and their feelings worked upon by the vociferation, of several itinerant venders of street publications ; one of which, in the shape of a copy of verses, detailed, in distorted terms, the charge against the parents, who, on presenting themselves in the street to proceed to the Sessions House, were assailed on all sides by the inturiated multitude, and they were, for the safety oil their lives, compelled to sea refuge in the police office, whither the populace had followed them indicting, on the way, the most out. ragecus violence. This detail excited very great surprise in the office. Mrs. Came having-somewhat recovered, exclaimed, " What am Itodo ? I can't venture out to surrender to my bail; if I do, I sholl be torn to pieces; it is all a conspiracy against me ; " and she declared that for the last two or three days she had been obliged to barricado herself in the house to prevent the attacks of persons who lay in wait for her. Her husband confirmed this story, and said that his lodgings were now open, and he supposed that every thing he hell would be stolen or destroyed; all his wife's apparel had been torn or her back. The woman here held up the remains of some article* of dress, and displayed several severe bruises and contusions on her head and face; both her eyes were dreadfully discoloured and swollen: all this violence she had received front the mob. Mr. 13 arprurar said, that it was disgraceful, and it was intoler able that such catch-penny publications, detailing accounts in such false ICflllll. should be allowed. %Vellum., the officer, said, that he believed that an individual was present who was instrumental in exciting the mob to this fury, and pointed out Mr. Henry Decaiane, a respectable tradeonan of Great Barlowvital, as the person to whom he alluded. Alt. Decalaite stepped forward, and very indignantly repelled the actusstion. Ile said that from a feeling of humanity, he had taken the woman's children into his house, verily believing that by that course he had saved their lists. On evainining, he found it to be absolutely necessary, for the sake of public justice, that a prosecution should be commenced against Mrs. Caper, and he accordingly caused her to be secured. Atter sonic other conversation, the Magistrate directed Mr. Hewitt, the chief officer, to take care no further violence was offered the two persona. This respectable officer accordingly procured a coach and sent them to Clerkenwell prison under the escort of Wellans. . . The children, who according to the witnesses were so horribly ill-t-eatcd. are now in the care of the parish officers, who have un dirtaken the prosecution of their parents. THAAIES-OFFICE. Thomas Davis, master of a barge called the " Brothers," wu brought to this office, before W. J. BRODEILI r, Eq., charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of coals. Powey an officer. mated that about seven o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner with a basket, on board a barge laden with coals, belonging to 111 r. l.ucu, of AI illbank, and sailor' time I Afterwards boanled the prisoder's boat, and in the locker found a quantity of coal, covered will snow, which the witness compared with those in 31r. LUCLI'II barge, and had PP doubt that the cdala (produced were of the same description. The witness made in quiries of Mr. Lucas, and was informed that the prisoner had not been employed by him, neither had he any right to be on board his vessel. %Vitra*, stated that Mr. Lucas could not identify the coal. as hi. property, rin it was a case that frequently happened. The prisoner, in defence, said the morning war very cold, and having no coals on board, he had taken a few to make a fire with. The Magi.trate severely reprehended his conduct, and adjudged him to pay a penalty of 31. ; and in default to be imprisoned for six weeks. William Oakley was convicted of a similar offence, and sentenced to pay a tine of 31. and in default to go to prison fir two months. i William Edgr was brought up for the like cha►ge, and being an old offender was committed to the (louse of Correction tor two months amusement at the tread-mill. IRELAND. CORK ASSIZES, THURSDAY, A PIM a MUlDElL—Tintothy Linehan, Charles Callaghan, James Cal laghan, and John lifnrphy, were this day tried ; the first as prin cipal, and the other three as aceeintaries, in the murder of John Orphen. a policeman, at Rarumuher (County of Cork), on the7th December last. After hearing the evidence the Jury retired to deliberate. and on their retool to the Court, pronounced a verdict of Guilty against Timothy Linehan, on hearing which he vehemently pro tested his innocence. The three acquitted prisoners having been removed from the bar, the Judge addressed the convicted one as j follows: ! Timothy Linehan, you have been found guilty, after a most ! patient and impartial trial, of the foul and most odious crime of murder—you have been convicted, after a most humane and de. liberate consideration of your case, and the Jury, with that respect for the Court. and for the high duties which they had to perform, have distinguished between your case and that of the other pri. ' turners, who were tried along with you, and have found you guilty upon evidence which no man can doubt. If the case n:ade against you had rested alone upon the man whose testimony the Jury very properly doubted, they would have followed the same course with respect to you, as they have wisely and conscientiously adopted in ' reference to the three men that have been acquitted. A Jury of your country has found you Guilty, upon testimony us clear as the light which now shines, of as foul • crime as ever disgraced this unhappy country; and I cannot say more to enhance the amount of its turpitude than to affirm, that it stands pre-eminent amongst the atrocities which have afflicted and disgraced this wretched land. In cool blood, and of malice prepense, volt, have murdered a man, that in his whole life had never given you cause of offence—a man who put himself under your protection, by offering to associate him- I self with you on his journey ; you made deliberate and strenuous exertions to accomplish your object—you recruited for assistance— I you collected deadly weapons—and though you had time to re pent, you still persevered in your purpose. I admit, that in one person, at least, you found a worthy associate. I will not pollute the public mind by adverting more particularly to offences, but it cannot be doubted, that all who connect themselves with such characters, must ultimately incur the heaviest punishments known Ito the law. Who can look at the young men who have been tried I* that dock this day, and at other times, without feeling that they could never have been the leaders or innuendo' persons in the dis turbances which have desolated the country ?—they are not the se ; dueers but the seduced. This I mention for a public purpose- . —not I that it can weigh a feather in the scale wherein your guilt or ono eence is weighed—not that it can form any ground for the extension of mercy towards you, but to chew to you, and those around you, and to your late associates, that the evil advisers to whom you yield will be the foremost to betray you. I have dwelt thus long upon those topic, because during the progress of the ttial, I scrupulously avoided any expression of feeling which could by possibility be supposed capable of influencing a Jury, composed of gentlemen, whose motto-to on this subject might be expected to sympathise with them. But now that all the proceedings are at an end, I wish to express to you, and through ycu to the public, the deep and overwhelming sensation I experienced in reflecting on your crime. It now only remains for me to warn you of the awful situation in which you stand, and to express a hope that, from the attention with which you now seem to hear me, you will waver in the assertion of innocence which you have made, and admit that it was delivered rather in a moment of hardihood than of contrition, and that it may be recalled. This world no longer exists for you—in a short time you will be no more ; and it is now my paintul duty to sentence you to the grievous and heavy punishment that, before eight-and-forty hours, will cause this world to vanish from your view—of that short time I beseech you to make the best use, sad not to add impenitence to your other crimes. Have recourse to those who can best assist you in preparation for eternity. The sentence of the law was then passed in the usual form. Just as the Judge's address was drawing near its termination, the unhappy prisoner fainted, and when his Lordship had concluded, was carried to the back of the dock insensible. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE INTENDED EQUITABLE LOAN CORPORATION. GTXTLEMEW—As men of business and of known talent in all monied calculations, I presume you are in possession of all the secrets of the projectors in the above intended Corporation. In your Prospectus you promise yourselves a mine of wealth, and the shares, under that impression, are already in the market at a pre mium. Your opponents say your necessary expenses will absorb the whole of the interest you propose to receive upon your loses ; they offer the inspection of their accounts to prove the profits of the trade not one moiety of the amount set forth in your Prospectus. These are very conflicting opinions. I presume you are satisfied that your system is well organised; that it has matter of fact for its support, and truth for its guide. It is to be hoped that Gentlemen of year high integrity would not suffer your names to he published to promote a scheme that by any possibility may end in fallacy. Under your betwixt many may be led into the purchase of shares from so fair a prospect, aho may eventually have cause to repent, I ask, have you maturely digested the scheme ? Are you made ac quainted with the mysteries of the business in all its rarnifiaitions, so as at a certainty to secure the hoped for profits? Or are you. as in many similar undertakings, lending your names to a project merely because It has philanthropy for its title? For I cannot bring myself to believe you can be actuated by any mercenary motives. Again, ire you well-informed of the real views of its first pro moters ? Can you guarantee that it shall not become another "South Sea bubble ?" Will you indemnify the Proprietors of your shares, and undertake they shall not have to apply to Parliament for remuneration, as was the case in a similar institution some years sine-? You may see their "Grievous Petition" set forth in Rapin's Rvo. Edition, vol. 11. page 129, not a farthing of which shares was ever paid to the ioulders. The original subscribers, doubtless, took care of themselves. Again, are you, as Directors, more capable of conducting the intricate business of a pawn broker than the Directors of the Golden lane brewery have I proved to be in the management of their Corporation ? There are holders of those shares which cost 33 per cent. premium, who would now be happy to sell at 95 per cent. discount. Are you so sa tisfied with the result of your undertaking that you can indemnify your joint proprietors against such a ruinous loss? If you are in Crion of facts that will set aside the bold assertions of men who e n the advantage of practical knowledge, and who are ready to support their testimony by undoubted evidence, in God's name pro claim them to the public. If not—if you have not documents to justify the measure in every point of view—if you have, from pure motives (and I do not doubt it), lent your names under the specious pretext of charity and philanthropy—l say, unless you have hilly I made mit the position, and you can in conscience proclaim it to the world, listen to a spiriting voice—retire for your own sake, for the security of that well-merited reputation you possess—withdraw your names from the protection of an undertaking (if once carried into effect) fraught with ccurf , tl Satiary yourselves that its secret promoters are actuated alone by charitable motives. Rerol lect that charity is a boundless attribute—that it is uniform in its practice—that it should be a universal good—that self.interest and caprice are not within its pale,—and also that that is not charity which, in a doubtful attempt to remove one evil, may hurl thou ] sands to destruction. There is one item in your expected pmfits which I know to be fallacious—die surplus upon unredeemed pledges, having recently redeemed many pledges fur others who had not the means of doing it for themselves, and in most cases the same have been disposed of at a loss! NO PAWNBROKER. April le, 1824. A usarut. HINT.—The difference between riding every morning at six, and at eiFlit, in the course of 40 year*, amounts to 29,200 hours, or 3 years 121 days and 16 hours, which are equal to g hours a day for exactly ten years. So that rising at six will he the same as if to years of life (a weighty consideration) were added ; wherein we may com mand 8 hours every day for the cultivation of our minds and the despatch of business. This calculation is made without any regard to bissextile. FRENCH LANNUAGE.—So vague was the state of the French language when M.Vatvgelas wrote (between the years 158.5 and I 650) that Burin' his translation of Q. (2yr-hi's, which occupit Whim for thirty years, it had varied so much that he was obliged to correct the former part of his work, to bring it to the sum:aril of the latter. This occasioned M. Voiture to apply to it the epigram of Martial upon a barber, who was s slow in his cp 'ration that the hair be gan to grow on the first half of the face before he had rimmed the other.—Literary 01,Aerrer. The con•mony of the consecration of West Hackney Church was performed by the Bishop of London on Sa turday, in the presence of a respectable, but, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, not a very numerous congregation. The building is capable of containing about two thousand persons. LIMERICK, APRIL. T.—Several absentees, e ing landed properties in this country, to g e t rid of possess ing) II and pauper tenants, have directed law proceedings to be! taken, and on the Sheriff's getting possession of their hold- ; ings, they are immediately razed to the ground, and thus! many pow creatures left without an asylum to put their wretched families in.—Limeri.k Paper. The beautiful and extensive Highland Barony of Gl,inelg, in Inverness-shire, was purchas:il last week in' Edinburgh, liv the Right Honourable Charles Grant, M.P. at teimool. sterling. A few years since the same' restate fetched nearly I 0n,0001., and a vast sum has since been expeudzd in improvements ',on it.—Glusgout Oro ' neck. TITHES IN THE. CITT . OF LONDON. traosi ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) The following are additional particulars which hare come to Off knowledge, beyond those which have already appeared in the pub lic prints :—Dr. Owen, Rector of St. ()lave. Hart -street, although defeated at the Mansion-house in his application to the late Lord Mayor for a warrant for tithes, has filed a bill in the Court of Ex chequer for the payment of 2a. Pd. in the pound, under the statute and decree of the 37th of Henry VIII. which decree hi, parishioners contend leas never enrolled in the Vourt of Chancery, as expressly directed by the statute. The Rev. Gentleman means to contend, that if he is not entitled under the 37th of henry Viii. he is et. titled under an Act of the 27th of Henry VIII. (although only • temporary Act, and nearly three centuries since it *as in operatioe), to the payment of 21. W. in the pound, and the addition a l sum of 2d. for four offering days; and, If not entitled under either of those Acts, that be can set up a title by ancient custom to offerings and oblations, which offerings and oblations amemited, at one time, se veral centuries ago, to 41. 2d. in the potmd, and afterwards to 3s. lid. under threat of excommunication upon non-payment. We also understand that Mr. 31`Dougal, the solicitor, of Lincoln's. inn, has purchased the lay improyriation of the parish of St. He. len's, Hispsgate, and that he claims of all the parishioners who inhabit the new buildings in St. Helen's-place, the sum of 2a. Yd, in the pound, on the same grounds as those on which Dr. Owen is now proceeding in the Court of Exchequer. The rest of that parish is considered exempt from the demand of customary payments. Us both these cases the ('orperation has been pleased to grant the as, sistance of the Recorder and Common Sergeant towards the protee. tion of the eitirens. The object of the resistance is, to have an equitable support of the clergy ascertained and appointed, and to do away the present exorbitant and impracticable charges. The eiti. rens are once more agitated by the revival of these tithes, and mu. eider that Parliament alone can set this question at rest for esp x k ip a general Bill, which of course will operate where local Aline have not yet been obtained. The interposition of Parliament, with re. taped to the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, Mot already be e n I manifested, in the complete settlement of the rancorous disputes between the rector and his parishiones, which bed attained a height not at all likely to improve the relip:ona intercourse which should always exist between the Minister of the Gospel and those whom he is bound to teach ; and an Act which will abrogate the 27th sad 37th of Henry VIII, with regard to all other parishes in the city, is moat earnestly wished for. It is understood that Dr. Owen ha s , within the last few years, raised the value of the living of St. (flare, Hart-street, to about 2,0001. per annune, by taking from the inhabitants various sums, as he feels incline r 4 upon the emoted authority of the above-mentioned Acts mentions since abrogated custom, without any 'egoist rate of assessment at all. The enormous claims of the clergy and impropriators, to which it would appear that many of the parishes in this metropolis are en. deavoured to be rendered liable, must tend greatly to deteriorate the value of property, and prove heavily burthensome aall clues. of citizens. The best remedy Deems to be the one pointed rut in the above statement—a general Act of Parliament repealing those old and obsolete statutes and customs under which this itionlinate de. mend is m We. These disputes see bet ill calculated to cement that union which ought to subsist between a minister of religioo and his flock, and furnish but a sorry exemplifieadon of the tendency of those doctrines, which he is bound to hie:ulnae, end which he tells them should be the rule of their lives. Clergymen then must surely anxiously join in an application to prevent the fuss 7t occurrence of what must be as painful to their own feedinp, es it is unseemly to the world. BOXING. THE FIGHTS APPOINTED TOR MOLEITHESST..—II was a sufficient attraction for a strong muster that Dick Curtis, the pet of the fancy, was to fight with the acknowledged brave man Ayr*, and that Cooper, the gipsy, was to contend with Reid, a km* man. Yesterday the reed was full of fishwife*, at an early bear in the morning, with vehicles mounted upon any thing a pair wheel. would carry. At eleven o'clock, Ilempton being fob, It was given out that the efeeldense would be at Sh Range, five miles further from London, se it was Bunion sek, and * fighting could not take place when it was church day every day. The Conmisaary and his Deputy demoted fee the Range, followed by hundreds of all sorts. Shortly after, Bishop and Smith, from llow-street, arrived, and made their 031 a. mission known, that their orders were to prevent fighting, End is follow the observance of the peace into any other county, at any expense. There were also other officers ft the Surrey side of the water. The officers were Introduced to the backers of Curtis and Cooper, then in the town, and also to the men, sod the alias* obedience to this mandate was paid by their soon after leaving he London. Reid had gone on to the flange, where the ring was formed, and, as before observed, wee surrounded by but.dredsorbore limemrs received the unwelcome news very unpleasantly. At one o'clock Hampton was filled ; others of the better order wire pour-, ing in, and everything remained quiet. The next thing was figh*, , rump-steaks, and hollow, until the butchers ' shops were emptiedt and the arrivals from the Range, with groggy and beaten wads. afforded much merriment to those in good quarters. Defeo saw must home, and Sir Oliver assisted those who were not too fast; and thus things remain. The Adjutant-General, end wow better company than has been lately seen on the rood to • were among the disappointed. MARKETS. 1 From the Leaden New Price Correia.l COTTON.—There was a good demand for cotton last week, the sale. amounting to 4,800 halo, viz.-2,000 Bengali 30. a Iljd. or. dinary to good fair; 1,0161 Stunts id. a lijd. middling to law vip, Madras fijd. a &Ad. ordinary to fair; OP Panama 100. ; 811 Pane 90.; 900 Sea Islands 121 d. a 141 d.; 38 New Orleans Ind. • 420 Bowed.. 71d. a Bld. ordinary so good hie; 20 Demerara 120:--all in bond; and 20 Egyptian 110 duty paid. The bursts and Ben. gala were taken chiefly for re-sale, with a few for export; the Brazils for home consumption ; and the Americans ter export. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10. There has continued a fair demand for Cotton throughout the whole of the week, and the prices of all descriptions are without al teratinn. There were offered by auction 900 bales Egyptian and 900 Laguira, of the former only SS sold at 10td. a lted., and of the latter 83 woes 7td. a Bd. SUGAR.— Towards the close of last week the request for Mus. covades improved very considerably ; there was a much greater dis position amongst the buyers to Esurelpies, and several coniuderable parcels, both for Refilling and for Grocery, were purchased at full prices ; we could not state at higher rates, es the holders met the demand freely at the previous currency. This forenoon the purchases were considerable, taking into cal culation the small quantity on show; there was no alteration what. ever in the prices. The purchases of Refined goods towards the close of the market last week were more considerable than for a length of time pre ceding, and the business was not confined to low goods as formerly ; several parcels of fine goods were taken ; the purchases of Lumps and crushed were very considerable. 3lolasses were heavy at 265. The Refined market has again become heavy . - brown Lumps, which last week were firm st 765. are again to be purchased M. a Is. lover ; crushed Sugar 3a. ; all other goods are heavy. Molasses 20s. &t. The request for Foreign Sugars was very considerable last week, the purchases reported, White Havannah, middling to good 14& • 395.; middling Brazil 345. For the 50 chests middlin' white Rio Sugars offered at public sale to-day there were no biddings the whole withdrawn at 345. COFFEE.—The public sales o f Coffee last week went cT vary heavily ; the Jamaica qualities supported the former prices; ea other descriptions sold considerably lower; Demerara and Berbice Coffees went st • further reduction of 2a. a 4s. per cwt., mid, (Bing selling in considerable parcels at 765. a 80a. ; tit. Doming , sold 61a. a 6.35. 6d.; Brazil ordinary 605.6 d., good 625.; Porto Rial 635. a 635. tid. These were four public sales this forenoon ; Demerara and Ber bice Coffee are so pressed upon the market, that a further decline must to-day be stated, making • fall of ha. a Is. since this day week ; the qualities of unclean sell lows in proportice than die good descriptions; St. Domingo is also lower this forenoon, sales 595. • 625.; good middling Jamaica sold to-day 103 s. • Me.; the latter is the only quality which supports last week's prices ; the market must be stated very heavy. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW—The Tallow "whet eoi mains in the same languid and depreesed state which we MO lately reported ; yellow candle Tallow hem, Ms 3d. a 31s. isr the new ; for the o'd, 325. 6d. a 335. 6d. ; for July arid Angus' shipments, 365. fal. a 365. lid. ; for April and May, 348.6 d.; fret on beard, 29.. ltd. Hemp continues heavy t Petersburgh elem. 361.; Hemp for July and August shipment, 3411. There his been little business lately reported in Flax. BIRTHS. On the 9th Dec. lut, at Calcutta, the wifz of Captain Joha Lamb, of the Pa'mica, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Pontefract, on Friday, the 9th instant, Samuel Bamford Hamer, of the Inner Temple, Esq., to .inn, widow of the late Joseph James Swill, Esq., of Chapel House, and only daughter of Thomas Clark, Esq., of Knottingley, in the county of fork. On the 319 h ult. by the Rev. E. Forster, at the Chapel of th e Embassy of his Britannic Majesty, at Paris, Thomas Hung" gray, Esq., of Earl's Court, Kensington, Middlesex, to Elizabeth Maria Brand de Itlarcillv, daughter of the late John James Clr9- tian Brand, Esq., of Lausanne. Switzerland. On the 19th instant, at Willey, by the Rev. James Htsville, James Williamson, Esq., of Hunter -street, Brunswick-square. to Elizabeth Ballard, daughter of Moses Oreetharn, Esq., of Esse Cobham, and Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet. DIED. On the 9th instant, aged 90, Benjamin, son of the Right Hon. John Radcliffe. On the ith instant, at White Hill, Berkhamptuead. Hem- in the Vith year of her age, Mrs. Sparrow, relict of the late Robert Sparrow. Esq., of Wortingisans Hall, Suffolk. Lately, at her house. Southampton-place, Euston-square, Mtn.. Augusta Schutz, daughter of the late George Schutt, Etch Shotorer llouse, Oxfordshire. At Ayr, on the 3el current, Hamilton Douglas Howell, Esq. g Garnllan. Mr. Boswell's death wu strikingly sodden sad unex pected. On the afternoon of Saturday, he went out to enjoy his sf• mammal walk, spent the evening knd supped with his family to his usual spirits, retired to bed a little before eleven, apparent', ' 3l rrect health, and in less than a quarter of an hour he was &ample. 111011 WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON-BRIT/GS . 33 min. after 2. I A Rernonn, 53 min. after 4 Printed at TIIE BRITISH PRESS Office, by .1. W. Csatri:Jll 181, Strand, and Published by R. Caw aux, same plae► 4 11