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Plaints of any individuals. As far as its Members were concerned, they of course would be protected. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON inquired if the Court would not protect its witnesses. Sir ROBERT replied, that the Court had nothing to do with the reports which appear in the papers, except they were libels on the Court. He then desired the Judge Ad vocate to proceed with the business. Sir E. CODRINGTON inquired whether the whole of the correspondence was going to be read, or only that which Alluded to the trial. Sir R. STOPFORD replied, that they were going to read all the correspondence which had been sent down to them from the Admiralty. Sir EDWARD wished to be informed if they were all in Court. The JUDGE ADVOCATE replied in the affirmative. Sir E. CODRINGTON next inquired whether the Judge Advocata had any other papers except those which were now in Court. The JUDGE ADVOCATE said, that he then produced every letter, which in the character of prosecutor, at the present trial, he had received, with the exception of one duplicate of a letter. Sir H. BLAcEwooD thought that had been a confiden tial one. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON said, that he complained of Lord Melville the other day, that of his first letter which pointed out the situation in which he had been placed, an extract only had been sent down, and not the original. The JUDGE ADVOCATE—We understood him to have said, that the three letters containing the charges as well as all letters from Mr. Barrow had been sent, as also those containing all their Lordships' orders, stating when theCeurt Martial was to be held. He then commenced reading the letters—the first was from Capt. Dickenson to Mr. Croker, dated sth January, 1829, asking permission to wear the Russian Order. The next was from Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty, to Sir Edward Codrington, enclosing a copy of Capt. Dickensan's letter, bearing date, Bth June. The next was, Sir Edward's reply to the 16th June, assigning a reason for witholding permission, and stating his disap proval of Capt. Dickenson's conduct an board the Genoa, as also stating that Capt. Dickenson hail already received a Russian Order from Count Haiden, in the Mediteranean. The next letter read was one from Mr. Barrow to Sir Edward Codrington, bearing date the 22d June, calling upon him to specifically stste his grounds of disapprobation of Capt. Dickenson's conduct ; and which said, if a mis take had been committed in conferring an Order on Capt. Dickenson, a similar one must have been made as regards Captains Baynes and Campbell. Sir EDWARD CODRINcToN was now anxious before his answer was read, to explain the grounds upon which he bad written it, and was indulging in several observations, which our want of accommodation prevented us hearing; What we understood him to say was, that be was anxious to explain his ♦iews. The PRESIDENT said the Court would form their own view s upon the subject. Sir E. CoDRINGToN protested against the letters being read unaccompanied by his explanations. The JUDGE ADvocATE commenced reading the letter of Mr. Barrow, at that part wherein it stated, that if there was a mistake in conferring a second Russian Order on Captain Dickenson, there must have been a similar one made as regards Captains Baynes and Campbell. Sir EDWARD here denied that the mistake was of a similar nature but quite the contrary, all officers in the fleet got the English Orders, so did Captains Baynes and Campbell ; but here Captain Dickenson gets two Russian Orders, and Captains Baynes and Campbell get none. It i s quite evident that it was a mistake, therefore there Could be no similarity in the case, but quite the contrary; therefore it was his business to protest against it. Sir H. BLACiWOOD really thought it necessary that those observations of Sir Edward's should be entered upon the minutes. He could not say what misrepresentations would take place. It would be doing him justice, (using the words of the President,) " You see, Sir, how you have been misrepresented." Captain SiIosIBERG observed that they could not be taken down, not being evidence. Sir E. CODRINGTON said that the Court were biassed by th e same view which the Admiralty took. Sir H. BLACKWOOD replied, that it was Sir Edward Codrington's own wish that these documents should be read. Sir EDWARD said he was most happy at it, as it was the only means he had of explaining his conduct, and would be glad it should undergo the most minute investigation. Sir Edward was proceeding warmly, when Sir H. BLAcxwoon said, if those observations were Persevered in, he should clear the Court, to take its sense ss to whether they should or should not be entered upon the minutes. Sir EDWARD begged leave to ask a question as to Whether, when he heard a letter read, in which there was a Mistake, might he be allowed to correct it ? Sir H. BLAcx woon—Oh, certainly. The PRESIDENT said that if errors had crept in, the Persons through whose instrumentality they , had done so, were not present to defend themselves from any imputation that might be cast upon them, therefore it was better to confine themselves to the simple correction of them. • Several letters were then read, consisting of a corres- Pondence between the Admiralty and Sir Edward—Sir • Robert Stopford and the Admiralty--the Judge Advocate and the Admiralty. Also letters from the Russian and French Ambassadors relative to the orders, as well as let ters from Earl Dudley, Lord Howard de Walden, and Lord Grenville, in all which nothing appeared to us to bear upon the present investigation, and the substance of all se a s contained in the three letters of Sir Edward Codrington to the Admiralty which contained the charges. The last letter read was the one from the Admiralty, ac companying all the previous correspondence, in which it was Stated that in consequence of Sir Edward Cedrington complaining that some letter or documents were kept back Which were necessary for the elucidation of the charges, their Lordships could not conceive what they could have been except it was the copy of a letter, the original of Which was in Sir Edward's own pOssession, or two other Papers contained in a certain despatch of private instruc tions which were in French, and duplicates of which had trot been kept in the Foreign Office ; and on Sir Edward Codrington being applied to for copies of them, he Rave them, but did no t ge t a rece i pt f or t h em . Si r i v -dtvard, in reply t o thi s l e t ter , sa id, t h oug h h e was no but; yet he contended that not the copy of th a t l e tt er , out the original ought to hare been sent from the Admi ralty. It might be said that if he had the original, why d 'd he not produce it ; but it was not his business ; he did sot complain of the want of documents ; it was only that in dividual document, though the Admiralty made it the Plural number; and, as to the letter of the 24th December f rom Mr. Croker, requiring certain documents contained in a private letter of instructions, if ever there were docu e°otents of importance, those were, and still those docu- I ncub i are only asked in a letter without a name or date, With Mr. Croker's compliments, and which he gave with . %It a receipt. It was a most imprudent trust to give out e t' his hands the most important documents, which con :tcined instructions of the worst character that ever was executed in a most important command ; they were con hiked in a secret letter of instructions, marked " secret," 411 here is the letter (holding it in his band) ; the docu -Icots were mark e d 1 an d 2, an d the very mark upon the he g ave th em a c h aracter f or secrecy , and yet for these e had no receipt. He had the originals, which he could P r oduce, but would not do so, unless the Court wished to read them. They were secret; but, in vindication of his wconduct, he was d e t erm i ne d t o h ave hi mse lf d one jus e, to in one C our t or ano th er . He could not b e lieve th a t ' W hen the Russian Orders were sent to him, with his Ma tY's gracious permission for the Officers to wear them, it as ever intended that they should come with Mr. Croker's ', t oplitnents. H e b a d t o apo l og i ze to t h e C ourt f or the S r eat trouble h e h a d g i ven th em ; b ut w h en t h ey consi er ed his peculiar situation, they would make allow fitlrco• So far from originating the present Court Martial, was averse to it. Such misconduct had been imputed 4 him, that h e was anx i ous to v i n di cate himself, he was w 4 , l lous th a t h e s h ou ld b e b roug h t to a court-martial, and 4 Y did not their Lordships do it? it Sir BLACKWOOD—You are going th e b es t way t o ge t d one- lam sorry to ileac you make those observations. Ai Sir E. CODRINGTON-1 am glad to have an opportu tY of doing so. C aptain DICKENSON then soli c it e d un til two o'clock to se4u",!'row ; when the Court wa s c l eare d t o t a k e his appli ,,4;Mn into c o ns id era ti on , an d a f ter h a lf an hour's delibe -441,°11 it was opened, an d t we l ve o ' c l oc k to-morrow (t hi s 3 ') Was appointed ; to which time the Court adjourned. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. tie T he ar r i va l s o f most ki n d s o f G ra i n t hi s wee k are mo -14,1;44'. The changeable state of the weather produces very e effect here, as the harvest in the south and midland 4 11 ties is nearly finished. The best parcels of Wheat tlwrtain Monday's terms, hut other sorts are extremely t er in sale. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are without al iin4ti°o• There is not much doing in the Oat trad e , and IP t i:daY's prices are hardly maintained. Flour remains "out variation. ARRIVALS. kl• Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. Fnovall• th h • 1,550 qrs. WOO qrs. 3,200 qrs. 2,350 sacks. .......... - ,250 ....... 3.650 OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Michael Kennedy, aged 39, was indicted for the wilft murder of Ann Harris, otherwise Ann Kennedy, his wife, by throwing her out 4•f a two pair of stairs window, at Chelsea, on the 7th of August last. There being several informalities in the Coroner's in quisition, Mr. CLARKSON, for the prosecution, declined proceeding on it, but requested that the prisoner might be detained, in order that a bill of indictment might be pre ferred against him, which was ordered by the Court. George Selo, a butcher, was indicted for the man slaughter of John Neve, on the 6th of August, by driving over him. Wm. Neale stated, that on the above night he was in Oxford-street, and beard some one shriek ; he looked round, and saw the deceased falling, either from the shaft of the gig, which the prisoner was driving, or the horse running against him ; the wheel passed over hi , body, and the prisoner then urged the horse to go faster. Witness caught hold of the reins. One of the men got nut, and went to the crowd where the deceased was lying, and was seen no more. The prisoner threatened witness, to make him leave go the reins. James Ennis knew the deceased, who was 63 years of age. Had seen him before, on the same evening, and he was then in good health. The prisoner declined saying any thing in defence, but called two witnesses to prove that he was driving at a moderate pace, and that be tried to pull up immediately. He also called about a dozen witnesses to prove his general humanity. Mr. Justice GAZELEE summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. William Davis, Michael Driscol, Patrick Flynar, (alias Paddy Flynn) were indicted for killing and slay ing Frederick Winkworth, in a prize fight, on the 27th of July last. Air. Bomar( stated the case to the Jury. The prisoner Davis was the principal who had fought the deceased. Driscol and Flynn having acted as seconds to the deceased. Winkworth was a much slighter man thari , Davis, and ap peared in the fight to be getting the best of it, but the superior strength of Davis shewed in twenty minutes that he had no chance. He said" So help me God, I can fight no more," but his seconds excited him, and he continued to fight for about an hour and twenty minutes; when he reached "the scratch," he held out his hand to his antagonist and fell down. He was taken home, and expired the next day, having never spoken after the battle. Thomas Winkworth, brother of the deceased, deposed, that on the above day he went with his brother to the King's Head, Tottenham-court-road; he was outside. There were other persons with him, but neither of the prisoners were there. Met him on Monday, the next day, and went to the Bromley Arms, kept by Bill Eales. His brother came in a coach with Paddy Flynn and Driscol. There were five or six persons in the coach. Witness left the coach on this side of Hampstead, and walked to the Red Lion, when the party assembled and afterwards went to Tibbut's field. The ring was formed, and Davis and deceased went in, and Commenced sparring. Deceased had for seconds Driscol and Flynn ; and Davis had Jem Rakes and Ned Murphy. They were then interrupted, and went into the parish of Hendon, about a mile off, where they began again. Did not know who was the time-keeper. In getting ever the fence deceased sprained his ankle, but he shook it off be fore he went into the ring. Deceased appeared to be win ning fast, but he slipped and fell without a blow. Several persons went into the ring and cried "foul," but the fight was renewed. Witness attempted to go into the ring, but had a stick taken from hint and broken over his head. De ceased generally was under in the falls. The fight lasted about half an hour. Was not trying to go into the ring to part them, but to take the deceased some brandy. Did not hear his brother say any thing about giving in until the last round, when he shook hands with Davis, and gave in. He then became partly insensible, and did not speak afterwards. Cross-examined by Mr. Dowuric —Deceased was con sidered decidedly the favourite, and was in good condition. When witness was struck there was a great confusion, and several tried to break the ring. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN sharply reproved this witness for the part he took in the fight. He said he had always persuaded his brother not to fight. Paddy Flynn here said that the witness brought brandy to his brother four times, which the witness did not deny. John Phillips saw the fight; deceased seemed to have more injury from falls than blows. Witness thought that he ought not have been allowed to fight so long by twenty minutes. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. The RECORDER ordered them up for judgment, and sentenced Paddy Flynn and Michael Driscoll to tranporta tion for life, and Davis to be confined twelve months in the House of Correction, and there kept to hard labour. MARGATE, SEPT. 9. The Sacred Music at Howe's on Sunday evening last was attended by nearly 400 persons of the first respecta bility. Miss Bruce, a pupil of Addison's, made her first appearance, and sung " Ye Sacred Priests," and " 0 Mag nify the Lord," with fine effect. " Sad my Soul," by Miss Dunn, and "Let the bright Seraphim," by Miss M. Dunn, were also given in a style of excellence rarely met with in a provincial town. Collyer sung the following composition of Addison with great feeling, the words of which are so truly sublime that we cannot resist the inch nation we feel to give them in full : Can man behold the glories of the morn, And with indiff'rence listless turn away ? When sunbeams catch the surface of the lawn, Whose blooming tribe are deck'd with dew drops gay. Must he not pause, and gaze with raptur'd sight ? Must he not say ? For Man these sweets were given," Then raise his voice, soft thrilling with delight, And breathe a grateful prayer to bounteous heaven. Can he behold the herds that strew the plain, The snowy flocks that o'er the mountain stray, The luscious grape, 'or golden bursting grain, And not his meed of heartfelt tribute pay ? While nature's varied beauties meet his sight, Let him reflect, All these for Man was given," Then raise his voice, soft thrilling with delight, And breath a grateful prayer to bounteous heaven. The concert on Tuesday evening was also fully and fashionably attended, and the singing gave universal satis faction. The finale was " The Tramp Chorus," from the " Knights of Snowdon," which was executed in the most admirable style by the Misses Dunn, Collyer, and Foord, and met with deserved applause. IRELAND. It seems there is to be a second ex•oficio, and one, too, for a paragraph copied. The Freeman's Journal is the object of this second attack. There is at least one feature of novelty in these enterprises of Mr. Attorney-General—they are di rected against the friends of the Government. The Post, Freeman, and the other papers at their side, have been the constant and energetic supporters of the authorities in Ireland since the downfall of the Talbot Administration. They have been this, of course, honestly and gratuitously. There have been stipendiaries of the Castle, but they have either been neutral or hostile in every villainous effort of faction since the " day of justice" to overthrow the existing Government, or bring it into " hatred and contempt." Lord Wellesley had his only support in the Catholic press. Of course Lord Anglesea had a peculiar need of its services. The present Vice roy owes to it as much as his predecessors. We know not whether a paragraph personally offensive to him has even by accident met the public eye through this press. He has been abundantly assailed by the organs of Brunswickism. Every slander that could be invented has been uttered and reiterated against him and every member of his Government by these organs. Even in yesterday's Mail he is held up to open ridicule; and his game at " nine pins" is besides made, the occasion of an attack upon the integrity of a Board who have committed no imagineable offence against Orangeisrn than what was involved in their not manifesting the usual un derlir►g hostility to his Grace's Government. From first to last the present Chief Governor and his pre decessors have found only assailants and traducers in the Orange Press, arid their only supporters and vindicators amongst those Journals, from which the present objects of prosecution (we hope it will not be persecution) are selected. There is, then, some thing at least of novelty in these proceedings. A THIRD EX-OFFICIO. _ Since the above was put in type, we learn that another ex-njficio has been filed against the Evening Post, grounded upon the letter, or address to his flock, by the Rev. :Mr. Spain, p u bli s h e d i n t h at pa p er on Saturday. It is impossibl e that these proceed ings can be deliberate acts of the Irish Government. Sure we are, however, that they can be attended with no result that will not give a triumph to their bitterest enemies.—D. Morn. .Register of Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A number of complaints were yesterday made, in consequence of the order of the LORD MAYOR that the stage-coaches sl:all no longer interrupt divine service, by rat , ling alorg the streets on Sundays during church hours. The LORD MAYOR said the officers had mistaken the meaning of the order. It was merely his wish to prevent the disturbance of divine service, and no one who went to church could deny that the noise of the stage-coaches frequently drowned the voice of the clergyman. The proprietor of the Black wall stage-coaches said that the officers had seized his horses in the city, and threatened to take them to the green-yard if he pushed beyond a certain limit, and his customers re fused to pay for the short turn. The LORD MAYOR said that the officers should be directed to exercise their authority more discreetly. The proprietor of the stages, and Mr. Shillibeer's servant, belonging to the Omnibus, declared that if any complaint were substantiated against any of their drivers, the offenders should be at once discharged. The churches should not be disturbed. The LORD MAYOR said that such an assurance was perfectly satisfactory. Mr. Stockdale (Harriette Wilson's publisher) re quested that the Lord Mayor would be good enough to give him a private hearing upon a most important subject. He had the honour of addressing his Lord ship some time ago, on the subject of a lady who had been transported (Mrs. Stamp Sutton Cooke, the swindler), but " the bird had since flown." The person about whom he wished to interest his Lord shiy now, was also a lady. She was present, and ready to give testimony in private. The LORD MAYOR said, he wished to know the nature of the business on which he was required to hold a private examination. .Mr. Stockdale said, the charge he had to make was that of conspiracy against a lady, to deprive her of her property. Some of the most opulent and re spectable men in the city of London were included in the charge, and if it were made publicly, the ends of justice might be altogether frustrated. He repeated his request that his Lordship would grant a private hearing. The LORD MAYOR said, he could not think •of adopting such a coui se, without knowing something about the accusation. Mr. Hobler informed Mr. Stockdale, that as the charge was one for conspiracy, the Lord Mayor could not take cognizance of it. The course which ought to be adopted was application to the Grand Jury, which was now sitting. Mr. Stockdale still expressed a strong desire that the case might come before the Lord Mayor. His LORDSHIP, however, repeated his objection, and Mr. Stockdale went away evidently disappointed. GUILDHALL. Afary Ann Nolces was brought up again for exa mination yesterday, when John Oakes repeated his former evidence, and was cross-examined by Mr. Wooler, for the prisoner, as were also Mr. and Mrs. Oakes, by Mr. Butler, for the prosecution. She was eventually discharged on bail. Mr. Hicks, the salesman in Nenrgate-market, at tended with White, the horse-slaughterers, to satisfy Sir PETER LAURIE that the übwhoi&ome meat after .... ....—. It is boiled for dog's meat is not used in any form ror human food. White said he was ready to swear that such meat was not used for any other purpose than dog's meat. Sir PETER replied he would not allow him to take that oath. He could not possibly trace the meat to the dog's mouths. White then offered to amend his oath—that he did not sell it for any other purpose. Sir PETER said, that was quite another matter, and was not quite so satisfactory. White estimated that 600 horses are killed for dog's meat every week in the metropolis; and Mr. Hicks stated that this did not amount to a fourth part of the whole quantity consumed by the dogs and cats of London. So the matter ended. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a gentleman who announced himself as a clergyman► on a visit at present in London, waited upon the sitting Magistrate, Sir R. BIRNIE, and said he begged to call his attention to a letter which he had received from a clergyman and a ma gistrate residing near Penzance, in Cornwall, de scribing a most extensive system of fraud which had been carried on in that neighbourhood by a person who, under colour of his profession as a solicitor, had contrived to obtain possession of money intrust ed to his care to the amount of 30,0001. or 40,0001., with which it was supposed he had decamped to France or elewhere. The gentleman then handed to the Magistrate the letter in question, of which the following is a copy:— " Sept. 5, 1829. " My dear W.,—Before you receive this, no doubt you will have heard of the shocking and villainous conduct of Samuel John. He has quitted the kingdom, after having robbed this neighbourhood of 30,0001. or 40,000/. You may suppose that confiding in him as LW for transacting all my business, I have not escaped unhurt, but I am happy to say, that the amount of my lo , s will, I believe, be very trifling to what might have been, or what I was at first led to expect. I placed unlimited confidence in im, for he was under obligations to me, of which h e al- ways appeared sensible. I trusted him more than I ought to have done, and I cannot help thinking that he had a little conscience towards me, otherwise he might have ruined me. As it is, he: has committed four distinct forgeries in my name on the two Banks here, but for these I do not consider myself answerable. He has besides anticipated some of my rents, not to mention other iniquities. The whole amount of my loss I cannot as yet ascertain, but in dependently of the forgeries, I have reason to think that it is not much. He has defrauded Stephens of Ludgvan of 10,0001., carrying on a system of forgery and deceit for the last ten years, keeping a debtor and creditor account in an imitated hand, as if it was the banker's book, and giv ing Stephens credit for 6,0001., which he had drawn by forgeries, while in fact he had drawn every sixpence out, excepting about 4001. Such a continued system of knavery and deceit I never knew of. How the man could in any way enjoysociety is most astonishing, for a hundred circumstances might have occurred every day by which he might have been detected and brought to the gallows. It appears to me most extraordinary that any man in his senses should have committed such daring and extensive frauds with the many examples that are daily before his eyes ; but that this man should have been so long engaged in such a system, carrying on an appearance of open frank ness and honest upright conduct, is indeed incredible." The remainder of the letter being of a private nature, Sir R. BIRNIE returned it to the applicant, observing that it was indeed one of the most exten sive cases of fraud he had ever heard of. The applicant said that his object in troubling Sir Richard was that some means might be devised to endeavour to detect the fugitive, who,. although re ported to have left the country, might at this mo ment be in London, with a view to carry on the same system of fraud in the metropolis which he had practised but too successfully at Penzance. Sir R. BIRNIE told the gentleman that he was quite ready to afford every assistance in his power that might lead to the detection of so daring a de predator. He then requested the applicant to give a description in writing of the person of the accused, in order that it might be circulated through the me dium of the Police Gazette. The applicant said he was quite ready to adopt any course at all likely to assist the ends of justice. He then mentioned that Samuel John, the person charged, was rather a low-sized man, but most gen tlemanly and insinuating in his manners. He had acted as clerk and steward to the writer of the letter, and he had, besides, been the confidential agent of several gentlemen of large properties in the neigh bourhood of Penzance. The applicant baying written a detailed descrip tion of the person of the accused, took his leave, Sir R. BIRDIE requesting him to call again in a few days. Mr. Moore, the eminent hatter at the corner of Bond-street, Piccadilly, waited upon the Magistrate in the course of the morning, accompanied by a re spectable-looking man, whose face exhibited se►•era marks of violence, with a view to obtain advice rim assistance under the following aggravated circum stances of combination and violence amongst a pm tion of his workmen. Mr. Moore was the proprietor of an exten , •iv. hat-manufactory about seven miles from Bristol. 01 Monday night last, without any apparent cause, about 28 of the men employed at this manufactory struck for higher wages, and immediately proceeded to acts of violence. They began by beating those men who had declined to join their lawless pro ceedings, and several of the workmen had received serious injuries. Three of them, after having been beaten most dreadfully, were thrown neck and heels into a pond, and nearly suffocated, and the man now present, and who as foreman had the direction of the works, was also beaten in the most brutal man neer, as his bruises would show. Mr. Moore added that he had been to the Home-office to state the circumstances of the outrage to the Secretary of State, and had seen Mr. Capper, who, after ex 'pressing his regret that nothing could be done in the business, advised him to remove his manufactory to a part of the country where such acts of outrage could be at once repressed. This advice he (Mr. Moore) was fearful he should be obliged eventually to follow, and he could not but consider it very hard that he should be obliged to abandon his property as if it was situated in the wilds of America. Sir B. BIRNIE asked if the men who had turned out had assigned any reason for it. Mr. Moore replied that they had not. They were sad fools to themselves, for the consequence of their violence would be, that they and their families would lose the means of subsistence. Sir R. BIRNIE asked the foreman if he thought he could identify any of the persons by whom he was attacked. The foreman thought he could swear to eight o: :hem. The Magistrate then advised Mr. Moore to have these men apprehended and prosecuted, both for the assault and the combination, at the Quarter Sessions. It would be highly proper that such a prosecution should be instituted without delay, in order to show the rioters that the law was not to he braved with impunity. Mr. Moore asked if he might have the assistance of an officer from Bow-street. Sir R. BIRNIE told him he could have two or hree if he wished it. Mr. Moore said, that upon that understanding he should certainly act upon the Magistrate's advice, and then retired. MA RLBORO U GH-STREET. A respectable. looking man, who on this occasion gave the name of William Thompson, but whose real n.ime is known to be William Twighl, who has been in custody for several days on the following charge of robbery, was brought before Mr. RoE, the sitting Magistrate, for final examination. Mr. Henry Provis, an elderly gentleman, residing in Buckinghamshire, but having considerable pro• perty in houses in London, stated, that some time ago he had a house, No. 36, in George-street, Hampstead-road, belonging to him, which he was desirous of letting in an unfurnished state; and while waiting to procure a tenant for it, he placed an elderly respectable female, named Ann Baker, whom he had known for some years, and of whom he en tertained the best opinion, in charge of it, having furnished one of the apartments for her to reside in, arid told her, that when the house should be let he would make her a present of the furniture of the room for her trouble in taking care of the house. After some time had passed away without any te nant offering for the house, the woman Baker pro posed to takeit herself, arid said, that she had no doubt but that she should be able to make it answer by letting it out in separate tenements to persons who would furnish the apartments for themselves. He (Mr. Provis), wishing to serve the woman, did let her the house as a yearly tenant, at GOl. a-year rent, but in a few weeks she began to complain of not being able to let any part of the house, but said, that there could be no doubt of her success if she could furnish the place and let it out in fur nished apartments, as she had several applications for furnished rooms, but none for unfurnished ones. Thinking that the woman was really not only in dustrious but honest, he furnished the house very handsomely for . her, and in this state he let it to her at 701. a year rent. The house thus disposed of, he (Mr. Provis) went to the country. On his re turn to town, be went to pay a visit to his tenant Mrs. Baker : to his great astonishment, he could see nothing of his house, No. 36, in George-street, nor any house that bore the least resemblance to it externally ; he at first thought that surely he must have got into the wrong street, but finding this not to be the case, he bad recourse to a neighbour, whom he requested to direct him to what once was No. 36, in that street; the neighbour pointed out the house to him, hut even after this he (Mr. Pro vis) could scarcely believe that it was the same house, so totally altered was the external appear ance of it in every particular. He, however, knocked at the door, but as there was not, it appeared, a living soul in the house, he might have continued to knock to this day without an answer. At last lie gained admission to the house, by having the street door forced open, when to his amazement he found the whole place, from top to bottom, stripped of every article of furniture, and nothing whatever left remaining but one solitary poker that stood by the kitchen fire-place. He now inquired about the neigh bourhood to know if he could learn what had become of the woman Ann Baker, or his property that he had confided to her care; but he could gain no information on the subject until he was referred to Mr. Lamb, a surgeon in Carmarthen -street, Fitzroy-square, who informed him that he had seen the prisoner Thomp son, who had been a lodger of Mrs. Baker, carrying away furniture from the house. With this informa- tion, he (Mr. Provis) applied at Bow -street, to the Magistrates there, and a statement of the robbery was published in the daily Police Report from that office, but nothing was heard either of the pri soner Thompson or Mrs. Baker, until a few days ago, whe❑ Thompson was accidentally met with in the street by a person who knew him, and taken into custody. No account, however, was as yet had of Mrs. Baker, and until within a day or two it was still feared that she had been destroyed to effect the robbery, but it was now known that she was some where about town; and as there was no longer any doubt of her having sanctioned the robbery of the house, a warrant was issued for her apprehension. Mr. Lamb, the surgeon, said that he had been em ployed on some occasions to visit the woman Baker, at the house in question, professionally, and that at one time when he called for that purpose, he saw the prisoner Thompson removing some of the furni ture from the house. Two other witnesses also deposed to their having seen Thompson carry away furniture from the house, Mrs. Baker being in the house at the time. A carrier deposed to having conveyed the furni ture to various places for sale by the directions of Thompson, and several brokers proved that many of the articles of furniture now in their possession, and identified by Mr. Provis as belonging to him, had been sold to them by the prisoner Thompson. While the depositions of the different witnesses were being taken down by Mr. Bishop, the clerk, information was privately brought to the office, that the woman, Ann Baker, was then sojourning at a neighbouring public-house,awaiting the result of the investigation as regarded Thompson, and an officer being forthwith despatched to take her into custody, she was in a few minutes brought in, and placed by the side of Thompson at the bar, when they ex changed looks of mutual displeasure at each other. The whole of the evidence was then read over to both prisoners, who, by the advice of a solicitor at tending for Thompson, declined saying any thing in their defence, and they were fully committed for trial on the charge of robbing the house. A boy, about 12 years of age, was committed for trial, charged with picking the pocket of Sir George Farrant, th e Magistrate, in Grosvenor-square, about one o'clock yesterday afternoon. As Sir George passing through the square he felt a slight touch tr hi, volt pocket, and turning round he observed i , orier close behind him, and immediately sus .re; snmell,ing •Nrong, he tilt for his pocket-book, ind dirt it was gon,. George then in : air ly prisocer, and on searching him (wild his pocki.i-b ink rely carer:illy stowed away in the prisoner's trousers-pocket. The pocket-book, besides other papers, contained two notes of the Bank of Rye, in Sussex, for .51. each. RURAL POETRY ! ! We copy the following verses published, among other precious nonsense, by a person at litustperpoint, becius'• we think it possible that the poison contained in the last line, contemptible as it is, wry produce an effect upon some silly love-sick creature, which the writer never thought of:— , g WOMAN. " When lovely woman stoops to fidly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away. " The only art her guilt to cover, And hide her shame from every eye; To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is to die." Brighton Gazette. [N.B. These stanzas, which the Editor of the Brigh ton Gazette calls " precious nonsense ;" at which his nice sense of morality is so greatly shocked ; and which, above all, he conceives to have been composed by " a person at Hurstperpoint ;" were written about the middle of the last century, by one OLIVER. GOLDSMITH, author of the " Deserted Village." They are printed in every edition of his poems, and have been considered by some critics (Dr. JOHNSON among the Dumber) as some of the most beautiful he ever wrote. The Editor could surely never have seen these lines before they went into his Paper, or his literary experience would have seen through the hoax at once.—ED. SUN.] BRISTOL, SEPT. 9, 1829. CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ST. PAUL'S CHUCH, BEDMINSTER. Yesterday being the day appointed by the Bishop of Bath and 'Wells for laying the foundation stone of the New Church at Bedminster, (near this City) at an early hour all the roads leading to that place presented a most ani mated appearance. The morning was ushered in with the ringing of the bells ; flags were displayed from the steeples of all the churches, and the shipping in the river hoisted their colours. At eleven o'clock his Lordship arrived at Bedminster, where he was met by the Committee, and a procession being formed they proceeded to the beautiful Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, so aptly described by poor Chatterton as " The pride of the West Countree." When the Bishop preached a most eloquent and impres sive sermon, from the Ist Chapter of Haggai, 7th and Sth verses."." Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, consider your ways. Go up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will he glorified saith the Lord." In the course of the address his Lordship enforced on his hearers the necessity of exer tion and uniting together for the protection of the Protes tant religion in Church and State. At the conclusion of the service a very liberal collection was made towards de fraying the expenses of the new Church. At one o'clock a procession was marshalled in the following order, and proceeded to the site intended for the new building : Several Trumpets. Large Banners, on which were inscribed, " Church and King," " King and Constitution," Thz steady Old Blue," " Protestant Ascendancy," &C. &c•. Bedminster Troop of Yeomanry. Charity Boys of the diftbrent Schools, amounting to several hundreds, each Boy carrying a White Wand. Band of Music, playing the National Air of" Rule Britannia." Churchwardens and Overseers of Bedminster. Committee, Architect, Builder, &c., with White Sashes over the left shoulder, White Favours and Wands. The Clergy of the neighbourhood, in their robes—two and two. Two Men, supporting an elegant Crimson Velvet Cushion, on which were a Silver Trowel, a Mallet and a Rule. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, in an open carriage, drawn by four horses. Masons and other Workmen—two and two—with new Leather Aprons, closed the ProcessiOn. Having arrived at the ground, the Reverend Mr. White offered up a prayer, invoking the Divine blessing on the undertaking. The Churchwardens then handed to the Bishop a glass bottle, in which his Lordship deposited several silver and gold coins, from a silver penny to a double sovereign. The bottle was then sealed and given to the Architect. Exactly at two o'clock, on a signal being given, the workmen raised the stone—the bands playing " God save the King," and the assembled multi tude joining in the chorusses ; when the Bishop having previously spread the mortar, applied the rule, and gave the stone three blows : it was lowered to its final destina tion, amidst the huzzas and waiving of hats and hand kerchiefs of many thousand spectators. Immediately after the stone was fixed, minute guns were fired from the numerous ships in the River, and the spectators joined in singing some verses, composed for the occasion. After which, at the suggestion of the Right Reverend Prelate, nine distinct rounds of cheering were given. The pro cession then left the ground in the same order as it ar rived, the band playing " God save the King," and the bells of all the churches ringing a merry peal. On the whole this was one of the most imposing spectacles that has been witnessed in Bristol for a long time, there being from 6 to 8,000 persons assembled. THE DINNER. At five o'clock the following Gentlemen assembled at the Montague Tavern, where they partook of a most ex cellent dinner :—The Churchwarden, Mr. Purnell, pre sided, supported on his right by the Bishop, and on his left by the Vicar (Mr. Whish). Vice-President, 0. Fed den, Esq. At the second table D. Stanton and R. Phip pen, Esqrs., presided. The other Stewards were—John Acraman, Samuel Lucass, H. W. Fowler, and Henry Fowler, Esqrs. Letters were read from Sir J. Smyth, W. Dickinson, Esq., M.P., H. Bright, Esq. M.P., the Archdeacon of Bath, the Dean of Bristol, and others, apo logising for their absence.—The cloth being removed, the following toasts were given : " Our Most Gracious Sovereign George,the Magnificent." " The Duke of Clarence and the Royal Family." " The Army and Navy." " Protestant Ascendancy." " The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells."—(Received with great applause.) His LORDSHIP returned thanks in an animated speech. " The Ladies of Bedminster, and thanks to those among them who presented the Coins." The Chairman was desired to request the Bishop to print the excellent Sermon he had delivered at Redcliff Church in the morning, to which his Lordship consented. " The Right Worshipful Mayor, the Court of Alder men, and the Common Council of Bristol." Mr. STANTON returned thanks. " R. H. Davis, M.P. for Bristol."—(Great applause.) " Prosperity to the City of Bristol," &c. &c. A variety of other toasts were given, after which the meeting separated. A short time since there died at a village, a few miles from London, Mr. G. P—, a native of York shire. His history is a warning to gamblers on the Stock Exchange. His parents had given him an education suf ficient to qualify him for a situation in the office of a first rate army-agent, with whom, by his integrity and atten tion to business, he advanced himself to the station of principal clerk, at a salary of 15001. per annum. During the war, his intercourse with military men and politicians afforded him early information of movements in state affairs, and induced him to try his hand on the Stock Exchange, where he realized at one time from 400,0001. to 500,0001. He then built an elegant mansion at C —n, kept horses, carriages, and a large establishment. His acquaintances (who then called themselves his friends) vi sited him regularly, and were always received with hospi tality. He purchased a large estate in Hampshire, and another in Sussex, to the latter of which belonged a rotten borough, by means of which he proposed to become a le gislator. In 1819, however, the scale turned against him, but still hoping for better luck he continued a stock-jobber, until his money being gone, there were no more time-bar gains, and he retired to a furnished lodging, with two old and faithful servants, a man and his wife, who expended all the savings of their industry (several hundred pounds) in the support of their master. In August last the poor man died, aged 68, without apparent disease, but broken hearted by misfortune and neglect. The faithful servant applied to several gentlemen who had been acquainted with his master when he was in prosperity, to enable him to bury the corpse in a decent manner—but in vain. To prevent, however, the remains of one to whom he was de voted being carried to the grave as a pauper, the poor man literally pawned his industry, by contracting a debt of la, to secure what he called a decent interment, for one whose adversity he had cheered by constant assiduity and atten- I tion.— World, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The French Papers of Tuesday contain in telligence of a domestic nature, not without its interest at present to those who are acquainted, or wish to be acquainted, with the internal affairs of France. Accounts are published of the pro ceedings of several of the Councils-General, or Councils of Departments. The opinions ex pressed in the resolutions or votes of these bodies, are said by no means to correspond with the expression of the public sentiment through other less biassed organs. The Councils-Gene ral, as our readers may know, assimilate in ,a certain degree to the meetings of the county magistracy for local assessments in England. The members are nominated by the King from amongst the most wealthy proprietors of the de partments ; they assemble at the Prefecture, and grant or reject the demands laid before them by the Prefect or the subaltern authorities. They can impose taxes for local purposes in a certain proportion to the land-tax raised for the uses of the state. The inferior clergy receive from the fund thus levied, such an addition to the salaries which the budget grants as the piety or the libe rality of the Councils-General may choose to award. They likewise provide for the execution of the departmental works, the repair of local roads, and other local objects. Their power is thus con- Are selected from the richest siderable ; and as thej: of the provincial proprietiZs who obtain Court favour, they are generally devote'. to the existing Government. Their votes and addresses during the Villele Administration were generally in favour of Jesuitical instruction, and of arbi trary restraints on popular rights. Some of them have entered on a similar career at their late meeting, as is evident from one of our sub joined extracts. The object of one of the im portant bills introduced and withdrawn last session was to give the nomination of thest: Councils to the proprietors of departments whose interests they manage, and to make them thus a check on the local administration, instead of being its blindest instruments. This measure was lost by the inconsiderate obstinacy of the Liberals, who insisted on a greater extension of the right of suffrage in the election of these Councils than the Crown had contemplated in the original project. Had the object passed as it was introduced, a little Parliament would have been created in every department—the per nicious or oppressive power of the local autho rities would have been checked—the over powering influence of the central Government would have been confined within narrow limits, and the existence of an Administration as ob noxious as the present is alleged (whether rightly or not) to be, would have been impossible for six months. It will be seen from the following extract, that notwithstanding the composition of these councils . four Liberals struggled against the vote of a majority : (From the Journal des Debuts.) " The Council General for the department of Loiret, which assembled on the 27th of August, under the Presidency of the Duc de Lorges, dosed its sittings on the sth of this month. "Before the closing of the sittings, the Presi dent presented unexpectedly, if not an address, at least a draught of a letter to the Minister of the In terior, which he read. It contained many com plaints of the unbridled licentiousness of the Press, —of the periodical pamphlets, in which the culpable authors had not feared to publish that the appoint ment of the new Ministry had once more broken the ties which united the nation to its King. It called for the enactment of new laws regarding the Press, and for the establishment of measures of which the principal object was to be the stopping of subscrip tions in favour of persons found guilty, as subscrip tions render the sentence of the Courts of no avail ; and it concluded with protestations of the fidelity, devotion, and attachment which the Councii- General felt for the person of the King and, for his dynasty. "M. Laisne de Villevesque, at two consecutive sittings, exposed, with his usual characteristic energy, the inconvenience and danger of the proposed ad dress. He represented that fines, which amounted to from 40,000 to 60,000 francs, and imprisonment, which lasted for from five to ten years, were a suf ficient proof of the severity of the laws regarding the press;—that punishments of greater severity would bear no proportion to the offences, and that trrocious and violent laws produced complete im punity, as might be seen every day at the Assize, in the working of the law of sacrilege ;—that the Courts could not be accused of either carelessnes or cowardice; that in a letter to the Minister de stined to be submitted to the perusal of the King, to present as culpable a paragraph from a journal of which the author was summoned to appear before the Cour Royale of Paris, indicated a desire to ex ercise an undue influence over the Magistrates whose duty it would be to decide upon it ;—that such con duct on the part of a Council-General was any thing but generous;—that it was even contrary to all the rules of decorum, inasmuch as upon this oc casion the Council-General was all but the expositor of the sentiments of the department. He declared that he opposed himself the more strenuously to the proposal, which was neither required nor asked for, at least publicly, because it might induce the Go vernment to take a false direction, and to depart from the principles of the Constitution in matters which affected the liberty of the press, the true pal ladium of the Charter and of our privileges. In short, he declared aloud, that his name should never he signed to any resolution which might be taken to that effect. " These sentiments were also the sentiments of MM. Alexandre Perier, Crignon de Montigny, and de Guercheville, who supported them with a firm ness that does them honour; and what is still more surprising and extraordinary is, that five other mem bers of the council, who declared the proposed address useless and ill•timed, have nevertheless voted in favour of it. It was then ad ipted by a majority of nine to four, two other members of the council not having thought fit to attend at the last sitting. " Time will show whether the proposed letter or address was or was not demanded. There is rea son to think that the congregation is riot unac quainted with this measure, and we shall not be surprised if the example thus set be followed in every other department. Besides, we must raise our voices to protest that the great majority of the inhabitants of the department of the Loiret never dreamed of placing before his Majesty any such wishes as are expressed in the letter proposed to the Council by the Duke de Lorges. If it were possible to consult them, everybody would be con vinced of their attachment to the cause of public liberty, and of their devotion to the King and to the Constitutional Charter, which they never separate from each other; arid if it were permitted them to express a single wish, it would be that the offences of the press should be submitted to the jury, and not to judges, who, if they are irremoveable in law, are not so in fact, since all of them may be elevated to higher posts in the magistracy."—Ti;ncs. The Russian bulletins which appeared in our Paper of yesterday present a mass of intelligence, and deocribe a succession of military movements and proceedings, which would be interesting to military men as a professional study, without re ference to their general results. These results, however, are most important. The operations recorded by General Diebitsch embrace an ex tensive field. From Aidos, as a centre, Russian General has within a few diveestefg,