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LAW- INTE LLIGECE,—(THIS DAY.) COURT OP CHANCERY. The LORD . CiwicEdoß did not sit at West- Waiter to-day, having to attend the Privy Council. IT ICF. - CHANCELLOR'S COURT. A B ERNASCONI V. CHAMBERS. 4t the sitting of the Court this morning, the v' invents in this cause were resumed, which were not °Dea ded when our Reporter left. COURT OF KING'S BENCH H 01,13 CORPUS--EX-PARTE THE EXECUTORS OF RARNOTT. Mr. BROUGHAM in this case moved for a writ of Br .Corpus against Sarah H arno tt, o th er wise pi nitlindman named Birch, to bring up the body HE' 41 : 151 9 Mary, the inf a nt d aug ht er o f th e l ate M r . ..xsuitott. The Learned Counsel stated that Mr. Harnott had appointed James Tysdale, surgeon, of Islington, and another gentleman, by his will to Le guardians to his children. His will contained par ticular directions that no intercourse should take Place between the children and their mother, of Whom he had given an indifferent character, and who Bitch' then living in adult er y w ith a p ers o n n a med Mr. H arnott a f terwar d s, b y a co di c il to hi s "I" , appointed a female as executrix over those netThat'codicil was on ly s i gne d by one wit and therefore the executrix could not act. Mr. Harnott shortly afterwards died, and the origi cal executors Were already by l aw gua r dia n s to the hildren. The child in question was placed at a sZsten 001, with strict or d ers not to a ll ow h er t o b e u Mr' by any o th er p ersons b ut t h e guar di ans . . aud away Mrs. bi rc h , h owever, (f or t h ey h a d s i nce intermarried) found mea n s , i n t h e a b sence o f t he school-mistress, to tak e h er by f orce from the , t4 he, and h e ( Mr. B.) wished to prevent by this writ their carrying her away.—Writ granted. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS per Load of 36 Trusse..) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse hea Me ad yy Lowland Meadow Hay 2 2 to £2 15 Best New ow Hay ...... 215 3 0 4 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ft; ............... . lia — y (love Strawyand . 3 15 5 5 Oat ......... ly . •ii"*.' . 'ii• . r t ,, ....... li .. a i . •A t ;;;; 2 0 2 4 Supply good, trade t dull, - . ar .V ldo — p e rices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. £2 2 to £2 8 ..oarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 2 17 3 , Eest New Meadow Hay 34 4 ' p!!! Ueland Meadow and Rye.grass Hal` 4 10 a'"er nay (extra fine)...£s 5.. Generally 3 0 2 0 at Straw . . .... £1 12 to £1 16— . Wheat Straw 116 :All average supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. At thi s .. SOUTHALL MAR KET.—May 13. and ~.., dAY's Market, which was throughout well supplied. aa......er numerously attended bv buyers, each kind of meat It`-' With a very dull sale, at the following prices per stone of o sink the offals : INUtt ....- "*".--. OTi _ .33.2 d. to 44. 4d I Vea1,........--- 4s. 2d. to 5 0 e. 2d. 0 ---- 0 2 4 4 Pork ---. 4 u night Th e fo . Laird) ......—____...Oti. . s quotations are the same as those of this day men ''"--------____leL____l ot the supply left the market unsold . Beef LEWES 'AI ARKET.—May 12. 3s. &t. to 4s. 4,1. Veal 4s. 6d to ss. 9d. """-- 4 0 4 8 I Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb6s. ' 4d to 6 s. 4d. _ A m od erate time of y ear supp ly, an d a ver y sluggish trade. GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) The 'ales made i n R a w S UGARS this week amount to 660 hhd s ., the greater part brown and low middling qua es, and the priers of which, with the middling descrip tions, are 6d. a Is. lower. No good or fine at market. • The s a l es made in COFFEE are 4.1 tierces and 17 half tierces of goon! ordinary St. Lucia, at 48s. a 51s. ; and a 'Mall lot of good ordinary Jamaica at 435. Thirty bags of Patton.° were sold at 74d. 11 1 Roll there has been nothing done ; prices are with tftt alteration ; Jamaica 16 0.P., 3s. 4d. a 3s. 6d. ; Lee- Wards, 2a. a 2s. id. for proofs. The demand for COTTON continues steady ; the sales are 826 packages, and there is ne alteration on last week's `i l riees. The particulars are, 24 Sea Island at 11d. a .:2P. ; 374 Bowed Georgia, at 54d. a 6P. ; 205 Or 'sans at qd. a 6P. ; 78 Egyptian at 74d. a Bid. ; 5 betherara at *l. ; 104 Surat at 34d. a 41. 'ln DTEWOODS nothing doing. The sales made in ASHES are 200 brls. Pots at 345. a 48 . 6d., and 50 brls. Pearls at 345., Brand 1828. No sales worthy of remark made in Tou.acco, and Mee, are without alteration. :Y. C. TaLLow is selling in small parcels at 41s. tah OILS are dull ; Whale, 211. a 211. 10s. ; Cud, 21 1 ; a dd Pale Seal, 23/. per tun old measure. The arrivals of all descriptions of Gars continue on a very limited scale. In Wheat there has been little busi- Pr done ; the holders are firmer in their demand, and .• es ate Without alteration. The finer descriptions of W . " "ate Met a ready sale at rather higher prices, while j ue t l ight and inferior qualities are little sought after. Bar- Met rather a dull sale at former prices. In Beans an a Pease there is vet) , little doing. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. , i , " ST. ALBAN'S RACES. ' Town Plate of 601. for three-yr-olds, Est. 81b. four, * L I ' 416 . five, Bet. 131 b. six and aged, 9et. 61b. Heats, "re round . The winn e r to be sold for 200 sovs. - "Lt. Btakeley's bl. h. Pilo', 5 yrs 2 1 1 Ur. C oleman's Sally of the Valley, 4 yrs 1 2 2 lir. Jones's ler. h. Kean, 6 yrs 4 3dr It _ ell sser's Virgin Pullet, 6 yrA 3 4dr t 130111 r Ch zll o t, 1) by 1;; ;I t c ze :o s : 3 3 y y r r s s 55 dr Mr. Luml e y', .b f i. f . bolted The Ladi es ' Plate of 50/., weights and distance as above. • ... The winner to be sold for 150 sovs: &c. Mr. B r u teZ , * by. 1 1 ,Mr, 8 0 ,„ in. Ariel, 5 yrs 2 2 Lord w. i n YN br. f. Theresa, 4 yrs ea 3 3 m e. w ain .nox's br. in. Constance, 5 y 4 fir' Edard.! b k i ' f ' Ebony, 5 dr .. Ur. Snlith' by Blacklock, yrs The R ../4,t'' c. by Orville, 3 yrs 8 .....AVV Bacon, 4 yrS bolted. —teePle Stakes of 5 cove. each, and 10 aided.. .. 11 e first heat was won by Lord Ongley's Banker beating r'-'l4cson'il George, Mr. Barclay's Tom, Mr. Levender's n i o t tl : s °r l ) Mr. Hyde's Royal Oak, Mr. Wilkins'B Dread -", and Mr. Codrington's Tamaranque. ts, C LIFTON AND BRISTOL RACES. a Cu, tile . M4l' 12.—A Match for 100 sovs. One Alli n :%,"'r• 'Wilson's Naughty Tommy, aged, beat Mr. lot Khan , 5 yes. "if on Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 30 added, 6%. W as Won by Captain Mortimer's Little 80-Peep, 4 8 . Ten other horses started. Nil! Runters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, was won by the A pr : 6 Yre, named by Mr. G. N. White. : l atch for 100 soya . Two miles.—Mr. Allen's Upas be ,1, 4 r. Wil son ' s E mma . he Haek Stakes did not fill. rite the t.„ my assemblage on the Course was very numerous, and the of the day added greatly to the enjoyment of T he s • p, I , t, which was very good. stn i o :tradesmen's Plate and the Claret Stakes will be r ta•morrow: seven horses remain i n for the former, w• Ye for the latter, after which there will be a handicap. it A fur ' l4 mAsQuEnADE.—We attended at e be t 'On m Roos last night to witness the display of 'tie a t , rank, and fashion, called together by the indefa si tiLtittne Witicirr. Indeed on no former occa b d °- ca the Arg y ll Rooms boast Of the mirth and liveli to'n played by its male and female friends all anxious th o 44 ,r , in the lively throng. The various characters, "grt rath er numerous, were Well supported. We had Mme .half a dozen Clowns, one Pantaloon, and . no Hark- Ive had a Richard the Third, and by his side Anne; we had a Romeo, and also Juliet ; there t)1 °°shorn Officers of the Lancers in marching order ; v t ir Were some dozen Nuns who had never taken the Ito; there were Holy Friars with godly aspects; and a tl i 4li nd about eighty years old; but it is impossible to par.tistice to the various characters, all of which (lid the ‘4,7 0 great credit.. The chief attraction of the evening tl i e, r me nine or ten Chimney-sweeps, who appeared in the "ate robes, soliciting their annual subscription from 41 14 „ . te at 4 , IVERSARY OF THE LICENSED VIC- V rk. , l4l ts ) ASYLUM.-Yesterday eveninz the First Mini 141Y Festival of this excellent Institution was held at the );),, 1 : 1 °' 1 Tavern, Rishops,gate-street, his Royal Highness the tiZ i Q - Sussex in the Chair. Soon after six o'clock his entered the room, and about three hundred o c i ls — nen sit d o w n to an excellent dinner, provided for the 14 4 , L ". His Royal Highness appeared to be in excellent k r : l '2'nd spirits to e njoy the convivial scene that followed. pl 7e "r that nothing might be wanting to heigh:en the IN4lttre of the evening, the vocal talents of Messrs. BROAD .titreritel; BRI,LADVE, W E RE , GOULDEN, and Master SMITH, by ti Olaced in requisition, and every other thing was done . mot ' e ,foresigbt of the . Stewards which could tend to pro ', 41 : tile eoufort of the assembled company, who did not 1.1 04 till al late hour, after n evening of unusual gratifi eation a a KING'S COURT. His Majesty 'held a Cc m t at two o'clock yesterday af ternoon, at hi, pa;a e ... in St. James's. A Guard of Honour, e moi,(,sed of Grenadicis, marched into the Court-yard of the Palace a short time pieri. , u , to the commencement of the Coot t ; the Band of the Regi ment afterwards arrived in their state dresses, and played at intervals during the holding of the Court. The business of the Court commenced with the King holding a Chapter of die Most Noble Order of the Garter, f.r the purpose or electing a Knight Companion, vacant by the decease of the lute Earl of Pembroke, who was a Knight Companion of the Order. The 31embers of the Order who attended were—his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the Earl of West morland, Marquis of Camden, Earl of Hardwicke, the Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Wel lesley, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurst, Marquis o f Anglesea, Marquis of Bath, the Duke of Dorset, the Duke of Leeds, the:Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Exeter; these having assembled in a robing room, were severally robed by Mr. Webb, the robe-maker, in their purple velvet robes. _ The Officers of the Order present were—the Prelate of the Order (the Bi-hop of Winchester, Dr. Sumner), the Chancellor of the Order (the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Burgess), the Registrar of the Order (the Dean of Wind sor), Garter Principal King at Arms (Sir George Naylor), Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt). The Knights and Officers proceeded from the Robing room to the Presence Chamber, where the names of the Knights were called over by the King-at-Arms. A pro cession was then formed, the Junior Knights leading the way to the Throne-room, where his Majesty held a Chap ter of his Order. The Knights took their Feats at the table, according to their seniority in the Order. The Chancellor signified his Majesty's commands for filling one of the vacant stalls. The King-at-Arms, and the Usher of the Black Rod, withdrew from the Chapter into the Presence Chamber, where Charles Lenox, Duke of Richmond, was in attend ance. They returned with his Grace into the apartment, introduced his Grace, and approached his Majesty, making their obeisances. The King was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on the Duke with the sword of state, which was handed to his Majesty by Mr. Mash, one of the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, and his Grace then withdrew. The suffrages were then collected from the Knights assembled, when the Duke of Richmond was declared duly elected. The Duke of Devonshire and the Marquis of Exeter, the two junior Knights present, then withdrew, attended by the King at Arms, and the Usher of the Black Rod, and introduced th• Duke of Richmond, attended by Mr. Martin, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting (who officiated for the first time since his appointment), carrying the in signia of the Order of the Garter on a crimson velvet cushion, which he delivered to the King at Arms. The party approached his Mjesty, making their obeisances; the King then placed the blue riband on his Grace's shoulder and the garter round his knee, in doing which his Majesty was assisted by his Royal Brother the Duke of Cumberland. The Duke of Richmond then received the congratula tions of all the Knights present on his election. His Grace, as is customary, shook hands with all the members of the Order. The Chancellor pronounced to his Grace the usual ad monitions ; the chapter ended by the Garter King at Arms calling over the Knights Companions. The proces sion then returned in the same order in which it had ar rived. The Bishops of Winchester and Salisbury officiated for the first time since their respective appointments, as Pre late and Chancellor of the Order. The King was attended by the Groom of the Stole, the Treasurer of the Household, the Master of the Robes ; Lord St. Helens, as Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. John Townehend, as Groom in Waiting ; Sir Andrew Bar nard, as Equerry in Waiting ; Master Somerset, the Page of Honour. 11is Nlajesty received from the Field Officer in Waiting the Report of the effective btate of the three Regiments of Foot Guards. _ _ _ The King held a Privy Council, which Was attended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the three Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the House hold, the Lord Chief Justice of England. Mr. Buller at tended as Clerk of the Council. After the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, and made his Report of the twenty convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the April Sessions, when his Majesty was graciously pleased to reprieve 17 of them during his pleasure. The law was ordered to take its course on Thomas George Hawkins, for a robbery ;_ William Henry Carr, for a forgery; and John Shaw, for a burglary--on Tuesday morning next. The Court broke up about six o'clock. His Majesty gave an audience to the Duke of Wel lington. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. THE, ARMY... General Lord Bill, Commanding-in• Chief, inspected, on Tuesday morning, the Riding Establishment at St. John's Wood. The ht Regiment of Dragoons has arrived at Liverpool, and marched for Manchester. The 10th Hussars arrived at Hampton Court from Brighton, for th• ourp , se of being b,igaled with the 15th Hussars. Tite will be frequently practised in the new movements on lluunslow Heath. NEW ROMANCE.—We understand that the forthcoming histbrical romance, entitled " Geraldine of Desmond," is founded on the Ditsmorrn rebellion in the reign of ELIZABETH, and delineates the customs, manners, and the leading public characters of England at that in teresting epoch. The work is said to have received the decided approbation of some of the most enlightened minds in the kingdom. The forthcoming Historical Romance, entitled " Richelieu," is attributed to a young English gentleman, who was on terms of close intimacy with the late Duke DE RICHELIEU, when Prime Minister of France, and who, consequently, may he supposed to know more of the court traditions relating to the domination of the celebrated Cir dinal than has reached the ears of any other Englishman. CANA DA.—A work under the title of " Three Years in Canada," is announced for immediate publica tion, written by Mr. MACTAGGAItT, an eminent engineer, who, it appears, was sent out by Government to superin tend the works at the Rideau Canal. It will exhibit, we understand, a more complete and accurate account of the productions, resources, capabilities, present state, and hn portance of that interesting country than has hitherto been given to the public.-- Court Journal. . Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S Oriental Herald, which has been established upwards of five years, and has now attained that popularity which is the result of high cha racter and utility, will be found to be the only Periodical in England that embodies uniformly the latest and most accurate intelligence on all subjects connected with the East India Company's Monopoly, and the best means of secur ing a Free Trade with every part of the Eastern World.— The Work contains, also, a regular Monthly Series of Ori ginal Papers, taken from the unpublished manuscripts of Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S Travels, from which the Lectures he has been recently delivering, with so much success, in various parts of the country, have been drawn. The im portance of these Lectures, and the effect produced by them throughout the country, may be inferred from the fact that immediately following their delivery in each of the great towns, public meetings were held, petitions prepared, and numerous deputations were farmed, for repairing to Lon don, to confer with Ministers on the subject, preparatory to Mr. WHITMORE'S Motion for a Parliamentary Committee. All this has been undeniably the effect of Mr. BUCKING.. SIAM'S personal exertions in the country ; and as a faith ful record of the public proceedings arising out of these individual labours is preserved in the Oriental Herald, it may be said that, at the present moment especially, when the East India Monopoly engrosses so much of public at tention, no Statesman, Merchant, Manufacturer, Ship owner, or Min of Business, should be witheut th's work : nor ought there, indeed, to be a Public Reading Room, Library, or Institution, throughout the Kingdom, in which it should not be found. It is published on the Ist of every month, with the Magazines, and may be obtained through any Bookseller in town or country. SILK TRADE—MEETING OF WOMEN.— On Tuesday evening a general meeting of women, who perform that branch of the silk trade called " warping," was held at the Loggerheads public-house, Virginia-row, Bethnal-green. Mrs. C., the Chairwoman, said that it broke her heart to see foreigners take possession of their home market, and take the bread from their children's mouths; she would therefore recommend that their affairs be speedily adjusted with the masters. Mrs. S. perfectly coincided with the opinions of the Chairwoman ; and although she had five children, and dearly as she loved them, she would sacrifice three of them, before the fo reigner should get possession of their home market.— Mrs. P., on account of the differences between the mas ters and men, proposed an adjournment, and recommended that a committee of seven females should be appointed for the purpose of preparing a schedule of prices, to be laid before the masters preparatory to the next general meet ing on Monday. The committee was appointed, and the meeting adjourned. WA rER MONOPOLY.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the parishioners of Hackney, and the adjoining parishes, was held at the Mermaid tavern, Hackney, to petition Parliament against a Bill before the Committee of the House of Commons, to whom the Bill of the East London Water-works stands referred. Mr. SCALES took the Chair.—He was deputed by the promoters of this meeting to state, that, in consequence of the advertise ment calling the meeting, the Directors had that day in troduced into the Bill the Pembroke scale of rates, but that the day before no limit was admitted. The Pem broke rates were unreasonably high, and should be resisted by the inhabitants. Upon the resolutions a de sultory discussion ensued, during which Mr. Boum oh served, that he had had an interview with Lord SHAFTES BURY that evening on the subject then undordiscussion,and that his Lordship said that the Pembroke scale of rates would not be sanctioned by Government. Mr. Scouts's propo sitions were finally acceded to. The petition was then signed by several persons. Thanks were voted to tlie Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. ENGLISH SOLDIERS.-It requires (says an old campaigner) a very Argus to prevent English soldiers from becoming incapacitated from their duty by intem perance, which is the very bane of our service. You will searcel) believe, so systematic and deliberate are our men in procuring spirits or wine, that a soldier kept an itinerary of the different shops where these were sold, between Lisbon and the army, for the benefit of one of his comrades who was to come after him. This curious document caine by some accident into the hands of the military authorities at Lisbon, and was considered so unique as to be forwarded for Lord WELLINGTON'S inspection. Its de tails were like to those of our road books. " Two leagues from Lisbon on It., at the Caso de Pasto good vino. " Half a league beyond, on the L strong akedent (aqua ardiente.) " At Rio Mayor, at the end of the town, on the L. a small house right strong vino. " At Lerida, a shop going up to the Bishop's Palace on the R. good akedent. " Two leagues beyond Pom bal on L horrid rot-gut stun " Half a league further, white house (without a bush) right good stuff. " On entering Coimbra (which, by,the-by,. our soldiers pronounced Quiraborough) on the R good cheap vino. And this precious morceau, - so justly to be denominated a toper-graphical account of the route, was thus continued to head-quarters.—Liverpool Albion. GASTRONONIY.—The Emperor CLAUDIUS had a strong predilection for mushrooms ; he was poisoned with them by Acarprirri, his niece and fourth wife; but, as the poison only made him sick, he sent for Xaslorerox, his physician, who, pretending to give him one of the eme tics he commonly used after debauches, caused a poisoned pen to be passed into his throat. NERO used to call mush rooms the relish of the gods, because CLAUDIUS, his pre decessor, having been, as was supposed, poisoned by them, was, after his death, ranked among the gods. Dommus one day convoked the senate to know in what fish-kettle they should cook a monstrous turbot which had been pre sented to him. The senators gravely weighed the matter, but, as there was no utensil of this kind big enough, it was p -ro p osed to cut the fish in pieces : this advice was re jected. After much argument and deliberation, it was re solved that a proper utensil should be made for the pur pose ; and it was decided that, whenever the Emperor went to war, a great number of potters should accoinpany him. The most pleasing part of the story is, that a blind senator appeared to be in ecstacy at the sight of the turbot, by continu,.lly praising it, at the same time looking in the very opposite direction. JULIUS CESAR sometimes eat at a meal the revenue of several provinces. VITELLIUS made four meals a day ; and at all those he took with his friends they never cost less than ten thousand crowns. That which was given to him by his brother was most magnificent. Two thousand select dishes were served up, seven thousand fit birds, and every delicacy which the ocean and Medi terranean sea could furnish. NERO sat at the table from midday till midnight, amidst the most monstrous profusion. GETA had all sorts of meat served up to him in alphabeti cal order. HELIOGABALUS regaled twelve of his friends in the most incredible manner. lle gave to each guest animals of the same species with those he served them to eat. He insisted upon their carrying away all the vases or cups of gold, silver, and precious stones, out of which they had drank ; and it is remarkable, that he supplied each with new ones every time they asked to drink. He placed on the head of each a crown' interwoven with gold foliage, and gave them each a superbly orname nted and well-yoked car to return home wi t h. . He never eat fish but when he was near the sea ; and when he was at a dis tance from it he had them served up to him in sea water. —4lpielan Morsels. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. An assault was sworn against a tradesman's agent by a female of respectable appearance, named Henry, who keeps the house, No. 7, Little Winchester street, in Broad-street Ward. The lady gave her evidence with a great deal of apparent propriety, and recommended herself, by the mildness of her address, to those who heard the case. .The defendant had, she said, called at her house, and demanded, without saving who he was, the amount of a debt which she had contracted with a Mr. Howard, anti which she had agreed to pay by instalments. Of course there was a hesitation about settling with a stranger, and that stranger a drunken one. He then swore, in the most disgusting man ner, that he would not stir without the money ; and after having used language calculated to shock any respectable person, actually struck her (witness), and she was obliged to call two constables to her aid. Her husband was clerk to a respectable mer chant, and happened to be from home at the time, or it would not have been necessary to apply to the disagreeable alternative of calling in officers. A parish constable, named Dixon, described the conduct of ate defendant as obstopulous in the ex treme, and praised that of the complainant, whom he knew, and who acted with the greatest for bearance. Mr. Howard stated that he had directed the de fendant to apply for the money. An order had been given from the house in Little Winche..ter-street, to the amount of between 91. and 101., and the goods, which were to have been paid for on delivery, were, by some misfortune, left at the house without that ceremony. Finding what sort of a house it was, however, he sent to demand his mosey perempto rily, but he was convinced that his agent had used no violence. ALDERMAN—What do you mean by " what sort of house it was ?" Mr. Howard—Why, I find that it lin common brothel. The complainant, who appeared greatly shocked at the imputation, declared that her house was a most proper, a most unexceptionable house. It was no brothel ; no such a place, upon her honour. The constable declared, that he considered the house a most quiet respectable house. Mr. Cope (the City Marshal)--It is a most in famous brothel. If a man happens to enter it wi►h money about him, his pockets are sure to be turned inside out. Other officers confirmed Mr. Cope's account of :he character of the house, but _ _ Dixon, the constable, said he had never heard a word against it. He still believed it to be a proper virtuous house.—(Laughter.) Alderman VENABLES said it was evident that the constable was in the pay of the house, and he be lieved that the practice of parish constables in ren dering assistance to the keepers of common brothels, and thus countenancing robberies, was not at all unusual. But, in a case of this kind, he was de termined that the constable, who pretended igno rance of the character of a house in which robberies had been frequently committed, should be confronted with the parish authorities. The Alderman then sent for the churchwarden, and mentioned to him what had occurred. The Churchwarden assured the Alderman, that since he had been in office, the house in question had been constantly before him as a common and most infamous brothel. The whole neighbourhood were most anxious to get rid of so abominable a nuisance, and it was impossible that the constable could have been ignorant of the fact. The owner of the brothel, who had been silent for some time, requested that the Alderman would protect her against the defendant, who had no right to strike her. The ALDERMAN said, that as the assault had been sworn to, he should hold the defendant responsible. He should, however, be satisfied with the defen dant's own security for his appearance at the ses sessions, where the complainant might indict, if she pleased. THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVElts.—Yesterday Mr. Field waited upon the LORD MAYOR, and handed to him from the committee appointed to manage the benefit at the Surrey Theatre, at which the Lord Mayor attended, the sum of 441. as., the pro ceeds of the night. His LORDSHIP observed upon the occasion, that he had every reason to believe, from the inquiries he had made, that if the weavers had conducted them selves with any degree of propriety and decency, — if they had not acted in the most flagrant manner, and adopted a vindictive line of conduct, which had been very justly exposed and reprobated by the press, there would be now no want of work amongst them, and the subscriptions would have been so much increased as to have rendered the most exten sive benefit. ployed by the other two, to present the cheques for payment and to obtain the amount. Coombs, it is said, has been a clerk to a solicitor. Neither of the nrisoners exceed 20 years of age. They did not Appear in the least concerned, and Coombs was laughing when he got into the coach to go to prison. A stout hale young fellow presented himself be t'ore Mr. NIINSIIULL, stating that he was half starved, and had no means of obtaining food or shelter. " From whence have you come," asked Mr. MINSHULL, " and where is your parish ?" " I belong to Manchester," replied the applicant, " and came to town to seek for work. lam a wea ver by trade, but business is so bad in Manchester that I was forced to leave it. I have not broken my fast these two days." " Your appearance does not indicate such an ab stinence from food," observed Mr. MiNstium, : you look fat and hearty." " Let me look as I will, I have not broken my fast since Monday," replied the applicant in a surly disrespectful manner. "If you will not relieve me," he added, " I must go into the streets and beg; and if I cannot get money by begging, I must go rob for it, that's all ; so mind, I tell you." " You shall certainly have no money from me," replied the Magistrate, " but I tell you what I can do for you. I have no power to order you into a workhouse, but as you say you have been wandering about the country, without any settled home, I can send you to the House of Correction as a vagabond. There you will be sure of food and shelter." " If that is all you mean to do for me," said the weaver, looking surly and disappointed, " I might as well have not come to you at all. But mind, if I do go to prison, I will come again to you when I get out, and repeat my applications until at last either you or the parish shall relieve me, in spite of you." " Upon my word, you are a most insolent fellow," observed the Magistrate, " and I believe a fair specimen of your class. As you seem to know something of parish law, I shall send you to Mr. Roche, clerk to the committee for managing the poor of this parish, and argue your case with him. Officer, show this fellow to Mr. Roche's house." The sturdy weaver then withdrew in the officer's company, muttering his determination to compel the parish to provide him with money or food. DIARYLEBONE. A bold attempt was made here yesterday to esape from justice. A few minutes before one o'clock, an elderly man, genteelly dressed in nearly new clothes, was brought in as a prisoner, and the constable who had the care of him, instead of causing him to be locked up by the gaoler, permitted him to sit down in the en trance-room from Grotto-passage, until the witnesses in the case arrived. The prisoner has occasionally attended the exa minations in this place as a spectator, and being ac quainted with the above passage, he endeavoured to take advantage of it; for at a moment when the constable's back wai turned, he abruptly entered the room where Mr. Rawlinson was sitting, bolted the door after him, and would have passed through amid regained his liberty, if Stowell, the officer, had not observed him, and taken measures to intercept him. The charge against him was felony, as extraor dinary as his endeavour to elude it, and the fallow ing evidence was taken : Francis Sheridan, footboy with Dr. Scudamore, at No. 6, Wimpole-street, stated, that the prisoner knocked at his master's door about half-past twelve o'clock, and asked at what time the doctor saw pa tients ? The witness told him it was then his time, and requested him to take a seat in the hall, while he went down stairs to inquire of the butler if the doctor was disengaged. In less than two minutes after he left the hall, he heard a scuffling noise, and the street•door opened, and when he ran up, he found that the prisoner was gone, and had taken with him a bracket-clock. The witness and the butler pursued him and caught him with it, tied up in a handkerchief; they brought him back to their master, and he tried to beg himself off, but their master had lost things before, and would not excuse him. John Russell, of 22, Wigmore-street, constable, received charge of the prisoner at Dr. Scudamore's house. Ile said he had appeared very much agi tated, and declared himself to be a ruined man. The prisoner's appearance is extremely respectable and he gave his name and address Henry Thompson, No. 7, Clapham-common, a house kept by Mr. Peters, in which he (the prisoner) had resided for years as a lodger, and he said he was formerly a tobacconist ; but there is reason to believe the name he has given is assumed. When the Doctor came he valued the clock at upwards of 5/., and Mr. RAWLINSON, after telling the prisoner that the charge was of a nature to put his life in jeopardy, committed him to Newgate for trial. The prisoner asked for his money, and one of his snuff boxes. Mr. RAwuNsoN desired Stowell to let him have the snuff-box unda half sovereign,and placed the six sovereigns in Mr. Wontner's hands, for the pri soner's use, if he thought prtper. Dr. YOUNG, late Secretary of the Royal So _ . ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess Beauchamp, in Portman-square, fl - om Madresfield Court, Worcester ; Lord and Lady Elizabeth Bel grave, in Grosvenor-square; Dowager Viscountess Galway - , in Cork-street; Dowager Lady Floyd, in Upper Seymour-street; Lord and Lady Milton, in Halken-street, Grosvenor-place, from Milton ; Lord and Lady Stafford, in Portman-square, from Cossey Hall; Mrs. G. H. Drummond and family, in Piccadilly, from Twickenham; the Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from his seat, Arundel Castle, Sussex ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, in Stanhope-street, from their seat, Burleigh House, Lincolnshire; Count d'Aceto, in Old Burlington-street; Mrs. Basil Cochrane, in Portman-square; Mr. and Mrs. Tyrwhitt Drake, in Grafton.street ; Sir Robert Gunning, in Clifford street, `Saville-row; Lady Louisa Grey, in Hill-street; Mr. and Mrs. Moore Halsey, in Wirnpole-street ; Mrs. Harley, in Upper Grosvenor-street; Captain and Mrs. Southcote, in Bruton-street, from Paris ; Li eu t enan t-Colonel Hugh Sinn, in Hertford. street, from Malta ; the Bishop of Salisbury, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Southampton ; the Rev. J. Bastard, Mrs. and Miss Bastard, at ditto, from their seat in Dorsetshire; Sir Francis and Lady Ormsby, in King-street, Portman-square, from their seat in Essex ; Lord Southampton, in Curzon-street ; John Taylor, Esq. at Symmous' Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's street, from his seat in Worcestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Thring, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tcur ; Sir Tyr whitt and Lady Jones, at the Pulteney Hotel, from Surrey ; the Hon. John Coventry and Miss Coventry, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brighton ; Sir Henry and Lady Watson, and Sir Francis and Lady Watson, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Suffolk ; Major Sykes, at ditto, from Yorkshire; J. Maclean, Esq. at ditto, from Dublin; Randal Wilbraham, Esq. at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Car penter, at the London Hotel, from Devonshire ; Sir James and Mr. Suttie, at ditto, from a tour; the Rev. Mr. Teesdale, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Herefordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Clode, at ditto, from Windsor ; A. D. Stuart, Esq. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris; Mrs. Hibbert and family. at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, front Chalfont House, Gerrard's Cross; Mr. and Mrs. Hobson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Bedford ; H. L. Bulwer, Esq. at ditto, from Sussex ; the Hon. P. Stourton, at ditto, from Ireland ; J. Purling, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; George Raikes, Esq. at ditto, from Surrey ; J. W. Green, Esq. at ditto, from Cheltenham ; J. Deane, Esq. at Long's Hotel, Cliffbrd-street, from Brighton ; J. Russell, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton; J. Tyrrell, Esq. at ditto, from Ireland; R. French, Esq. and J. Filgate, Esq. at ditto, from Leamington. CHANGES. Miss Wykeham, from Stratton-street, for her seat, Thame Park—returns to Stratton-street on Saturday; Lord and Lady Stafford and family, from Fenton's Hotel, for their new residence in Portman-square ; Hon. Rice Trevor, from Lord l)ynevor's, in Dover-street, for Barrington Park, Oxfordshire ; the Hon. General Meade, from the Burlington Hotel, for Norfolk; Hon. Frederick Lumley, from ditto, for Berks ; Major Scott, from ditto, for Dublin ; the Rev. Dr. Ellington, from ditto, for Ox ford ; J. Babington, Esq. from ditto, for Dublin ; J. Broucker, Esq. from ditto, for his seat in Dorsetshire ; Sir Josh, and Lady Radcliffe and Miss Macdonald, from the London Hotel, for the Continent ; Lord William Russell, from Warren's Hotel, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mt s. Anderson, from Gould's Hotel, Jer. myn-street, for Bristol ; J. Ashby, Esq. from Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, for his seal in Derbyshire; W. Hodgson, Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Ox ford; J. Hughes, Esq. from ditto, for Oxford; Lord and Lady Rendlesham and family, from Long's Hotel, for Wood bridge; Messrs. Leahy, from ditto, for Ireland; Swynfen Jervis, Esq. from ditto ; G. Jenish and J. Forsmann, Esqrs. from ditto, on a tour. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner yesterday evening, at his resi dence, in Somerset-place. This was the first dinner given to his colleagues by Mr. FITZGERALD since his appoint ment to the office of President of the Board of Trade. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE was to have had a large party at Devonshire-house, on Thursday the 21 at inst., but he has most kindly postponed it in consequence of LAPORTE, the popular manager of the King's Theatre, having appointed that evening for his benefit, when MA LITMAN GARCIA, SONTAG, CURIONI, and ZUCHELLI, Will perform in ROSSINI'S Serious @per a of Tancredi. It is said that the nomination of Mr. r•IUG.• DEN to the judicial situation declared necessary by the Act at present in transits', will be forwarded by the Loan CHANCELLOR, from motives as honourable to the talents and learning of the one party, as they were to the pro fessional modesty of the other...-Morning Chronicle. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a long private examination took place at this office, before Mr. HALLS, relative to an ex- tensive system of forgery and fraud, which bad been partly practised upon some of the London bankers, and would no doubt have been carried into further . - operation, if the defrauding parties had not been ar rested in their career. It may be recollected that a young man, named Marlelli, was examined at this office about a fort- night ago, for having presented at the bank of ciety, and one of the Editors of die Nautical Alm anack, Messrs. Coutts and Co. a forged cheque for 2001., will be buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey. Hi s purporting to bear the signature of Mr. Thomas f r i en d s were anxious that his remains should be deposited Hamlet, the jeweller, of Coventry-street, Hay- in the interior of the building; but the DEAN stated that market. The prisoner, in explanation, stated, that i there was not a crevice unoccupied, and that he was obli g ed the cheque had been given to him by a Mr. Harlett, to cram the coffin of his deceased friend, the late WILLIAM of Raymond's-buildings, whom he accidentally met GIFFARD, to whom he owed all his benefices, into a corner. in the Strand for the first time in his life, on the RECORDER'S REPORT.—THREE CON VICTS day when the transaction took place. Upon a sub- ORD ERED rola EXECUTlON.—Yesterday the Recorde r sequent examination, a Mr. Harlett, a respectable made his Report to hi, MAJESTY of the prisoners capitally professional gentleman, who had formerly lived in convicted at the last Ohl Bailey Sessions, via. :—TiromAs Raymond's-buildings, came forward, and denied all GILL, 22, SARAH BOWICK, 22, and JAMES BRAY, 30, knowledge of the prisoner, and of the transaction stealing in a dwellin;-house ; WILLIAM HENRY CARR, with which his mune had been coupled. The pri- 29, and RICHARD HARPER GREEN, 47, forgery; .ioun soner thereupon was fully committed to Newgate DAILY, alias DEALER, 17, JOHN DEAR3IAN, 20, W3I. for trial, upon the charge of uttering the cheque POWELL, 40, JOHN SHAW, 24, ROBERT NIXON, 19, JOHN HARRIS, 20, JOHN PETIT, 49, THOMAS GEORGE in question with a guilty knowledge. Since ii u 20, and JOIN BALLARD, 18, housebreaking; the committal of the prisoner, he mentioned a T young man named Coombs, who he acknow- . A A a r ' L I N SMITH, uttering counterfeit coin, having been before convicted ; !edged had planned the attempted fraud; and and ELEANOR Fox, 20, MARY STEEL, 29, PATRICK from. what fell from him, it appeared that i O'D ON NELL, 23, and PETER DALEY, 22, highway rob other persons were also concerned in it. The bery.—All of whom, his MAJESTY was graciously pleased officers, Taunton, Ellis, and Stevens, were then di- to respite during his Royal pleasure, except JoHN SHAW, rected to take the matter in hand; and having re- WM. HENRY CARR, and THOMAS GEORGE HAWKINS, ceived a clue to the residence of Coombs, whom the who are left for execution on Tuesday next. prisoner had implicated, Taunton proceeded to his YOUNG NAPOLEON.—It is generally believed lodgings, and upon searching them discovered a that the studies in modern history of the Duke of RElCH variety of letters and other documents proving the STADT, the son and—not heir, but representative of NA connexion which had existed between him and the roLxoN, have not been permitted to extend beyond the Prisoner Martelli, and the nature of the transactions period of the French revolution; that his father has been in which they had been engaged. A blank cheque i described to him as an obscure usurper, not as the elected book upon the bank of Drummond and Co. was Emperor of France. Residing in a wing of the imperial also discovered; and upon searching the privy, i palace, appearing only at a few court halls, the theatres, nd public prom . enades, and then under the closely-vigilant another cheque-book was found, containing a observationquan of his governor, difen Count ll DIETRICHSTEIN, b it is tity of unfilled cheques, some of which were signed " T. Hamlet," being an excellent fac-simile of that t h r a u v e e that seen he hi m i se l u g i h a s t re e tstreets dangerous p hte. access; rded o n ever y ut I gentleman's peculiar mode of signing his name. ;,1 with sridcinge(thrio. side " S COTT'S Life 01 . NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE •,' Coombs was soon after taken into custody in the and the quick animation of his lively eye assures me that street where he resided; and from other circurn- those startling words cannot have been lost upon his curi stances which transpired, a young man named Con- osity ; if forbidden to read, a young man of eighteen years' way was also apprehended. Both prisoners were assurance cannot be restrained from questioning. The yesterday examined before Mr. HALL, when M r . word assurance, however, applies itself very ill to the Duke Gates, the Solicitor to the Society of Saiikers, at- ,of REICHSTADT. Gentle and graceful, and very delicate tended, a s did a l so the clerks of Messrs. Drummond, in his appearance, he has nothing of the bold eiglet of ' and thos e o f C ou tt s and Co. The examination France in his demeanour. A first glance at his pale countenance yields only a mortifying perception of the lasted a cons id era bl e time; but being private, we , ment ;Austrian cd.it c s on h za h cti n a n rr o o f w itsfecroenhteoaudr, while le of of th h e is disfigure were were unable to obtain the evidence which was taken. 'We unde rs t oo d, h owe ver, that the prisoners were : reta i ns b ut the' worst attribute, th ' e saturnine air. ' But remanded for a wee k, in order to obtain the evidence after a repeat e d scrutiny, after watching the varying ex . of a young wom a n earned Smith, with whom one , preasion of his face, during the representation of some of of them had cohabited. 1 SCHILLER'S spirit-stirring plays—of TELL, for instance, From what we were given to understand, the and WALLENSTEIN—I could not help feeling persuaded Prisoner Conw a y, w h o is a beautiful penman, was that young NAPOLEON would have made bus an indifferent cardinal—a vocation to which be is said to have been for the pers o n by w h om t h e a ctual forgeries were coin- , mitred. It aeared further that Coombs was the merl y devoted. So g a y and animated is his real disposi party who plan pp ned the desperate undertaking, and tion, that lie is sent for whenever his illustrious grandsire becomes tired of feeding his pigeons and scraping his vio that the prisoner Martelli, whose connexions are loncello in order to dispel the ennui, the evil spirit of the r l said to b e o f t h e greater res pectability, and who has imperial ' &atm ! While by his attendants, and all who have been in this countr y but three months since his re- 1 been in personal relation with him, the young Duke is Iturn from North America, was the instrument em- I truly and fervently beloved. —New Monthly Mogazins. POST-OFFICE PACKETS. We yesterday took occasion to make a few re marks upon the vessels employed in the packet service, called ten-gun brigs, and a correspondent under the si gna t ure N au til us , a l so f avoure d t h e pub lic, at the sam e ti me , w i t h some a d m i ra bl e observa tions on the same su bj ect . W e aga i n revert t o t hi s question, because, in the first place, we consider it one of great importance to th e commerc i a l wor ld, and because, in the next, we have been obliged, by a gentleman of great nautical knowledge, with a number of facts, many of which have not yet been published. The ships caned the ten-gun brigs , he informs us, are built upon the plan of Sir Robert Sepping, who though a man of talent as respects ship-building, is little more than a theorist, and the vessels tinder consideration are, in fact, the result of an experiment. On account of their deep waists they are very dangerous, their high bulwarks rendering them more liable to ship a sea, as the sea men term it; and, when shipped, there is, for the same reason, a great difficulty in getting rid of it. In consequence of their deep waists and low decks there is but little accommodation for passengers, which, in packets, is, in itself, a great fault, One of the principal Objects of such vessels being the sup plying persons with a commodious and safe passage across the seas. As to their want of safety, w e shall only remark that their very appearance is so dangerous, that there are many instances of persons arriving at Falmouth having declined to risk their lives in such craft. But the truth is, the conveyance of passengers, which ought to be a principal object, is made of a very second-rate consideration. It is a common thing to hear the officer who has the direction of the packets at Falmouth exclaim, " -- the passengers, I don't want any of them !" It is, of course, however, to the interests cf the Captains who command these packets to get as many passengers as they can. Notwithstanding the present unfitness of the ten-gun brigs for the packet service, we are informed that they might be easily made good sea-boats, and, comparatively speaking, very commodious vessels. They are ships mostly built in the King's Yard—of 235 tons burden—a very eligible size, and in every respect well adapted to the purposes of security and dispatch, providing their deck . s were raised from two and a half to three feet, and providing their bulwarks were single boarded, as in merchant ships. An idea may be formed of the security of the vessels which were formerly employed in the ser vice, as compared with the ten-gun brigs, by the circumstance, which may be proved on inquiry, that not one of the regular built packets former4u in use everfoundered at sea. Those which were or unaccounted for, were taken up for a temporary purpose, being either French, Spanish, or Ame rican plantation built. Now, within the last 18 months, five packets have been lost, and out of this number no less than three have unquestionably foun dered at sea. _ _ Under the old system there were employed in time of war 38 to 42 packets; and notwithstanflinp7, since the opening of the South American and Mex ican trade, several additional packet stations have been fixed on—viz., Buenos Ayres, Brazil, and Vera Cruz—yet there are now no more than 3 i or :38 in the employ of the Government on this service, the expense of which is said to he about 200,0001. to 250,0001. a year, instead of 50,0001. or 70,0001. a year, as formerly I So much for patronage, and employing, as the Commanders of these vessels, Lieutenants of his Majesty's navy. The Com nruiders of the packets under the old system, many of them well known to the mercantile commu nity, are individuals of great nautical talent, and of great respectability. It would therefore be very desirable, and of the greatest public benefit, if the Lords of the Admiralty, seeing the fitalizy which has attended the packets of the present day, were to get their opinion upon the causes which have led to such great losses of ships, and of human life, which have lately occurred. We can supply their Lordships with the names of some of them now commanding packets, and others who have retired horn the service--Captain John Bull, of the Marlborough, who has commanded a packet about 30 years; Captain John Laurence, of the Duke of Kent, 25 years; Captain Porteous, of the Magnet, 30 years; Captain John Telley, of the Camden, '2O years; Captain Sutton, of the Steamer, 20 years ; and Captain Hannah, of the Queensberry, 15 years. Morning Herald. - - - ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. On Tuesday the following atrocious outrage was committed on a lady named Jennings, the wife of a naval officer, residing at 19, Prior-place, Wulworth. Mr. Jennings had occasion to leave home on the morning above-mentioned for the purpose of going to the west end of the town on particular business, and returned about four o'clock, at which time he found Mrs. Jennings labouring under an alarming illness in consequence of a most gross and outrageous attack made upon her during his absersee.—She has since sufficiently recovered to be enabled to give the particulars relative to the outrage. She states that between one and two o'clock she sent the serrant girl on an errand, and that shortly after she went out, a fellow in the garb of a gentleman, dressed in a brown frock coat and black velvet waistcoat, with sandy-coloured whiskers meeting at the chin, knocked at the door, and inquired if Mr. Jennings was at home. Mrs. Jennings, who was the only person in the house at the time, replied that he Was not, upon which the stranger inquired if it way • likely he would return in an hour; and being an swered that Mr. Jennings would be at home be tween three and four o'clock, the fellow requested to speak to Mrs. Jennings, and walked into the front parlour, without any invitation. Mrs Jennings believed him to be some person who wanted her husband on business, followed him into the room, upon which he walked towards Mrs. Jennings's portrait, which was hanging np, and commenced ex tolling it as a great likeness. Having stood some time viewing the picture, he turned to Mrs. Jen nings and made her a most infamous offer, saying, that if she yielded to his wishes then, he would give her a sum of money. Mrs. Jenning; was so thunderstruck at the conduct of the fellow, that she had scarcely the power of tittering a word from alarm and terror; she, however, desired him to quit the house, and Nvaq proceeding to wards the door, when he seized her by the arms, exclaiming that if she did not yield to his wishes by fair means, he was determined on accomplishing his purpose by forte. Mrs. Jennings struggled to get away from her brutal assailant, who being a power ful man, got his hand twisted in her hair, and dragged her from the front into the back parlour. There the ruffian was proceeding to the Rio;t gross acts of indecency towards Mrs. Jennings, when she at the moment, rendered resolute by the daring con duct of the monster, seized A sharp-pointed fruit knife, with which she stabbed him in the throat • and arm. Feeling himself wounded, he left his hob! of Mrs. Jennings, and, snatching her pocket handker chief, ran into the passage, and after several are tempts euceeeded in opening the street door, and ran out. His last words were, " have revenge; I'll lay wait for and murder you." 'Mrs. Jennings, completely exhausted in consequence of her struggles with such an adversary, had not the power of fol. lowing him into the street and givieg the alarm, but fell senseless on the floor, and was found in that con dition by the servant girl, who returned in about ten minutes after the °image was perperrated on her mistress. There were spots of blood along the passage to the door, and it is imagined that the ruffien who committed the above unparalleled out rage has been severely wounded. M rs . Jennings, who is pregnant, was extremely ill the whole of yesterday, and confined to her bed : owing to the fright occasioned by the attack. Information of the outrage, together with a description of the offender, was given at Uniorehall yesterday. His height is about five feet seven inches. It is rumoured that the new Equity Judge ship has been offered to Air, Rai.