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I Y.) .Ar• and - POSY Ivit4 trp, ived doe the Ar• the le r tipq arising on the terms of a will, and ordered the costs to be paid out of the residue. ROLLS COURT, A HINT TO AN INTENDED CHANCERY REPORTER. The MASTER of the ROLLS, in the course of the hearin g ur n cause of " Mutter and Fox," interrupted Counsel by observing, that he thought it his duty to Make a kw observations upon a matter which Was of great interest to the profession, and also to the p u bli c. A gentleman had been for some time reporter to this Court—Mr. Russell, P Whose r eports Were exc ee di ng l y use f u l to t h e b üblic and extrem e ly accurate. Hi s H onour bad een and that another gentleman had an idca uf publishing a second re p ort , h e must say that he could itt no manner encourage or countenanc e a second report. After some further remarks on this Sottiect, his Honour went on to hear the cause of Alutter v. Fox, which had not concluded when.we Went to press. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Mr. ROUPEL said he bad been instructed yester day to move for the committal of an aged female for livtnempr, in not putting in an answer. The lady ed consider a bl e di stance f rom London, and he L'°ieved the rular mod e was to pray the Court to 'end th e Seijeant at Arms to take her into custody. h' tr ot being able to make this motion yesterday he might say he was fortunate, as he should now be . L P ur ed the pain, f or i t had teen ascertained tufa she - Was a person of very weak mind, unit totally incapable of understandin what 1" rides of that Court required. Hi g s clients had therefore consented, if the Court would give Permission, to enter au appearance for her and put 3n an answerbeingonly a nominal defendant. v lc The C: , she CllANCELLOß—C ert attily Mr. Roupel. th e p a i r , urt is always happy when it can be spared of making an ord e r o f comm i tta l . wilTshie p art heard - cause of Appensh aw v . F en t on , re then called on, and not conc l u d e d when our Porter lett, COURT OF KING'S BENCH. aELECT VESTRIES.--ROGERS v. TYLER, CLERK. Mr. CAMPBELL stated that this was an action for van St, aGiles s sault up on t h e plaintiff, at the Vestry-room of the ,on the 4th .Tune, in -the-Fields I 182 S by defendant, who is rector of that parish. The Reti°o, however, was not in fact brought so much to recover compensation for the assault as to try Whether a select Vestry had existed from time im memorial in that parish. He was aware of the in- F tue tions giv en to oppose h i m to h i s Learned tiond (Sir J. Scarlett), but he believed that ulti !timely he should clearly convince them that a right of such a se l ect vestry had never existed. To prove s uch a right it would be imperative on hi s Learn e d F riend to show, either that such a vestry hild an immemorial existence, or that it had been established by Act of Parliament. The defendant hTd no doubt acte d a d v i se dl y i n t h e present instance, he plaintiff was a respectable parishioner, who Paid scot and lot, and who was, at the time of the assault, filling the office of churahwarden. He had C l ear convictio n th at no select vestry ex i sted in parish, and that every parishioner who paid scot a r rid lot h a d a r i ght to be present at any of the ves tt 4'y meetings. Kno w i ng t h at it was intended to tiff a vestry o n th e b e f ore -mentioned day, the plain ff, With several other parishioners, entered the vestry-room. The defendant was presiding, and or dered the plaintiff to withdraw. He refused, and Was by the direction of the defendant turned out of the room. The defendant now pleaded a ju.tifira tion, on the ground that a sel vestry had txi ste from time immemorial. He must ect admit that if his client was unlawfully present be must expect to be turned out. The common law of England un doubtedly gave a right to any parishioner paying scot and lot, and deprived any man of the power of voting away another man's money without his having a voice in it. The duties of the ancient vestry were those of assessment of rates and the election of churchwardens, lecturers, beadl sex- tons, and other officers of th e parih. The es, rates consisted of church and highway rates, and in later periods of poor rates. The iehabitants i open Vestry assem b led had always performed these n duties. As far back as the reign of Elizabeth all parishioners had aright to be present who paid scot and lot, not only for the purpose of assessing the rates, but also to see that the money was not misapplied, as the Parties who received their orders to appropriate it, T he answerabl e f or t h e i rconduct to the parishioners. „lite L earne d Counsel contended that Mr. Sturges ; uo urne's Act did not app l y to this vestry, and there lad been only two instances where the Legislature had interfered to establish a select vestry by acts of their own. If he were able to prove that at any Period since the reign of Richard 1. there had been i d io such select body, that the inhabitants had done 'lon A u ll p og such period, the d u ti es t h at wou l d h ave been then e by that select body, .had it been in existence, his learn e d f r i en d' s case must fail, as on this evi (.Bence the select vestries of St. O!ave's and Saviou r ' s , S outhwark, had been dissolved. , here was a more recent instance in the case of St. e 4.1.13, C ovent -garden, where a select vestry had cxkiljted for a great many years ; but upon an appli , " 1 to the Legislature the inhabitants had been aeasattliired t.o their rights. To establish the present an an cient vestry, it must be proved that it was . wolltilcient parish, that the vestry elected itself, or it Aft: illereiy be a committee of the parishioners. se i some further observations, the Learned Coon whe,end several extracts from the parish books, Point ' e the Parishioners, in open vestry, had ap ed churet vardens, l ecturers, 411 d audit. " , beadles, sextons, -rs to the parish accounts. itnes e „ entrie s Were called to produce the books, the left. of which were being read when our Reporter f The state of the weather was extremely un vourable to the rusgnificent display of fireworks at the Marquis of Ilirwrroan's fete, one-half of which would not go 011; 8101 members of the Headache family as Weie admitted to the Marquis of HERTFORD'S fete complain bitterly of th e unnecessary noise and shake of the nerves °tsioned by the firing of 100 pieces of artillery, merely t° announce that breakfast was ready. A ludicrous dispute has lately taken place in Committee of Alderm en , on th e su bj ect of a change in a c dress of the City Marshals. Alderman WOOD pro- P4 ed that they should be dressed like parish beadles, It hich, after some discussion, was lost by a considerable inajority• They are to be curtail e d on l y o f t h e shoulder -4104. The steam-boat from Rotterdam has brought Btilttfre fro m S t. Petersburgh to the 9th inst. The Ex i is quoted at 10i, b e i ng a s h ade i n advance of that ' lle a in the advices one post earlier. Trade in Russian ;I:duce was rather b r i s k, an d Tallow is quoted at 101 I ca) Hemp at 105 to 108 ru!sles. The Wheat trade at , orr, rather d u ll ; 26,700 casks of Tallow had been weighed preparatory to being shipped. t, LXT RAORDINAR Y S WIMMING FEAT.—Dr. 44 whom m os t o f our rea d ers w ill h ave h e ird as having acc omplish e d severa l diffi cu l t f eats o f sm i tnnt i ng, linden 3 00 04 ya7(l-4 Thursday l ta t, f or a wager o f 201., t o sw i m 6 0 strokes, in a pond at Holt Town. Before t ir: l l Meneb T his swimming feat, the Doctor had his feet ,tle,,iogether, and a stick four feet long, with a flag at one b o `; put into each hand. In this state he was rowed in a I nto the middl e of the pond, and thrown into the nu" put where he floated. A weight of four pounds was n u " Put upon his chest, and he bad intended to have or a i t i ed ,s to the shore in that way, but the necessary motion wei arm s to propel him to the shore dislodged the „ lo gin, and it sunk. It had remained, however, long i t, ugh to convince the spectators that he could have borne tewit After he h a d fl oated to the shore, he commenced his e, n ; f i ‘ wi alloing 300 yards in 60 st ro k es ; an d to the 4114"ornent of th e spectators , w h o l ou dl y cheered him t a e Caine in, h e accomp li s h e d i t w i t h great ease in 51 vieat notwithstanding the disadvantage of very s h a ll ow -- " . "--Atau c h tster Guardian. cor,urto THEATRE. The delightful opc; a (,f Lnrc in a Village was ast night brought 0::t at tlit= tk.atrtk, and played full as well, if not bevrt, theot we have :-.:ren it for years at either of the great hut:sus. Mis, Fur:DE was the Rosetta, and did ample justice to the character by the sweetness of her singing, and the chaste and feminine excellence of her acting. Mr. DAVIDGE, as Justice Woodcock, developed comic powers of a very high order. Having naturally a strong and discriminating ireellect, and a keen insight into character, this gentleman cannot fail in time to become an ornament to the British stage. Mr. MELROSE'S Young Meadows was respectable; and Mr. STANBURY made a passable Hawthorn. But the Jusiice IVoodeock and the Rosetta were the chief attractions of the evening. We should not omit to notice the Eustace of Mr. FRANKS; it was really a promising performance. The house was crowded to suffocation. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Northampton, and his me, Lord Spencer Compton, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Dickies, at ditto, from ditto; Lady Julia Howard, in Park-street, from her seat in Herts; Sir llichard Iloare, Bart. at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from his seat, Stourhead House, Wilts ; Captain Graves, at Talke's Hotel (late Jennyn.street, from Oxfordshire; Sir James Blake, Bart., at Fladong's Hotel, Ox. ford-street, from Suffolk; Thos. Swinterton, E,q. at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Cust and family, at ditto, from Cum berland ; the Hon. Mrs. Broderick, at ditto, from ditto ; Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Wright, at ditto, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Manchester, for his seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire ; the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter, for her seat, Roehampton ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cleveland and thmily, from St. James'-square, for their scat, Newton House, near Bedale, Yorkshire; the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, from Cavendish-square, for their scat, Sandwell, Staffordshire ; Lord Petersham, on a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Darlington, from Upper Brook-street, for Nor folk ; Sir John and Lady Maria Stanley, from Audley.square, for their seat, Aldcrley Park, Cheshire ; W. Gillon, Esq. from the Royal hotel, St. James's-street, for Scotland; R. Ford, Esq. to the Earl of Essex's seat, Cashiobury Park ; Mr. and Mrs. Knight, from Saville-row, for Dover ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Stanley, from Hill-street, for their seat in Hercfordshiie; Mr. Eyre, Miss Eyre, and Miss Wellington, from the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, for the Continent; the Hon. George Agar Ellis, and Lady Georgiana Ellis, from Spring gardens, for Tunbridge Wells; Colonel Gore Langton and Mrs. Gore Langton and fa mily, from Grosvenor-square, for their seat, Newton Park; P. D. Cooke, Esq. for Yorkshire; Colonel and Mrs. C. Bisse Chat loner, from Long's Hotel, Clifford-street, for Portnal Park, Egham ; R. Etwall, Esq. Mrs. and Miss Etwall, from ditto, for Brighton; the Rev. G. H. Templer, Mrs. and Miss Templer, from Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's.street, for their scat, Simpwick, near Glastonbury; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lowndes, from Fladong's llotel, for Devonshire ; the Rev. Coventry Payne and family, from ditto, for Essex; J. P Cran mer, Esq. from ditto, for Ouendon Hall; the Rev. A. H. Small, from ditto, for St. Alban's ; L. Fitzgerald, Esq. from ditto, for Ireland; Mrs. T. Rooper, from ditto, for Huntingdon; Henry Stanley, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; Charles O'Connor, Esc. from ditto, on ditto; Rev. Henry Uhthoff, from ditto, for Suf. folk ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Knox, for the Continent; Lucius O'Brien, Esq. M. P,, fur Ireland. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE, ac compaued by the Duchess of SANE WEIMAR, and the Prince and Princess of WEntan, left their residence in the King's Palace, St. Jamey's, yesterday morning, for their seat in Bushy-park. Their Royal Highnesses having left town fix the season, nearly the whole of their establishment in London took their departure for Bushy yesterday. The extensive assortment of plate was conveyed to Busby on Saturday. The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town yester day morning on a visit to his MAJESTY at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor-park. The Duchess of KENT entertained the Duke and Duche•e of CLARENCE, the Duchess and Princess of SAXE WEIMAR, and a select party, to dinner on Sunday, at her residence in the King's Palace at Kensington. The Spanish and Hanoverian Ministers had interview. with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Viscount MELVILLE arrived in town yester day. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.--A new music•al farce, entitled Incog.—What's in a Name? was brought out here last night. It was damned—and most deservedly. HAY MA RKET THEA last night appeared for the first time for the season at this theatre. lie was received with the usual applause. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The Grand Gala in honour of his MAJESTY'S Coronation, passed off here last night with unusual eclat. The amusements were va rious and highly tasteful ; the company numerous and fash ionab!e. Mademoiselle SONTAG is now on a visit at the Countess ST. ANTONIO'S, at Wimbledon, whence she will come to town to sing the two remaining nights of her engagement at the Opera. She will than proceed to the Continent, to finish her engagement at Paris; and thence will travel through Germany, where will end her profes sional career. The Zoological Society intend converting the dark tunnel between their two gardens into a receptacle for owls, bats, and such other birds and animals as cannot bear the light. 'I he poor owls at present, as exposed to the glare of day, are most melancholy objects. COOKE, after rehearsing The Gamester with Mr. COOPER in America, said to Mr. MINLan, his mana ger, and afterwards biographer, " I'd tell you what ; Toae and I were not very clear at rehearsal this morning. I hope we shall not do to night as KEMBLE and I did in this same play. We played a scene of the third act in the second. I was frightened out of my wits. " We're wrcng," says I; " Go on," says he ; and we went thrcugh it. When we came off, I exclaimed, "Do you know what we hive done ? We have played a scene of the third act." " I know it," says John very coolly. " And what shall we do in the third act ?" " Play the second ;" and so we did. But the beat of the joke was, that the papers never fnund it out." Calcutta Price Currents to the 20th Feb. state that the market for European goods continued heavy, and sales were limited even at the lowest quotations. In native produce there was no demand, except for silk, of which the stocks Were very small ; the American houses ere purchasing extensively. Freights to London were fro n 21. ss. to N. 108. for dead, and 41. to 51. for light freights. IMPORTANT TO MALTSTERS.-Mr. SALMON, of Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk, has obtained a pa tent for an improved malt-kiln, into which a new prin eipla of drying has been successfully introduced; it is very simple, consisting of an apparatus that will cost only a few shillings, and may, when prepared, be applied in five minutes. He has fixed a very moderate sum for his license for each kiln to which it may be applied, viz. 51. for a kiln 20 feet square, or 3d. for every square foot any kiln may contain. Mr. SALMON has been a maltster for up wards of 30 years, and superintends at Stoke four large malting.; of a superior description, for Messrs. WHlT nitrin and Co., of London, the kilns of which he has re constructed upon his patent principle. We have also the authority of Mr. Alderman CRISP BROWN, of Norwich, the Chairman of the Maltsters' Association, to say, that he has altered some of his kilns agreeably to Mr. SALMON'S plan, and that he has tried and witnessed its useful effects, which are—to bring the malt off soundly dried, of a finer colour and flavour, and with a very considerable saving of fuel.—Norfolk Chronicle. A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN.—CoIoneI H—, who resides in town, lately hired a Dian servant, whose appearance, conduct, and knowledge of his business, were perfectly delightful. The Colonel fancied be had found a treasure, and valued it accordingly. One day the man came to him—" Sir, I am very sorry, but I must leave you. " Why?" said Colonel H—, somewhat surprised. "There's no :help for it, Sir; I must." " Certainly, if you choose; but I've been perfectly satis fied with you, and thought and spoken of you as an excel lent servant." " Sir, you're very good—but still —," " And what have you to complain of in my place ?" " Nothing ; nothing at all, Sir—for 1 like you and my mistress exceedingly, and, as for the place itself, there can't be a better." " Then, in Heaven's name, why leave it?" " Colonel, I'm very sorry, but I must ; there is a reason ; in short, I'm exceedingly sorry that I ever came, awl I'll tell you the real truth of the matter at once. When I engaged myself to you, Sir, I believed this house to be your own; I find it is not so; and, more than that, the very furniture is not yours! Now, Sir, excuse me, but I have made a rule, from which I cannot depart, and that is, I never will, if I know it, live with any master in a hired house—with hired furniture!" And the refined and fastidious gcntl. man actually went his way, the above being his sole reason for so doing.— Morning Paper. INDEMNITY TO huNcli EMIGRANTS. The Peveu de Paris contains row curious statistical details of the manner in which the milliard, grattted as an indemnity to the emigrants, has been appropriated principally among the members of the two Chambers. The Commission to crtty into exrcitrion the la* t.f April 27, 1923, not compVed its labour+, th, offi cial returns cannot he com i tkted tit( the di,trihution shall be wholly finished. But the additions will not be from this time forward less curious. The following are the two first extracts of these statistical details : The two extremes of the scale. S. A. It. Monsieur le Due (!'Orleans and Mlle. d'Oa leans.'" 216.677 4:3 Ardennes 10,800 Aube 46,686 15 Cotc-d'Or 309,609 11 Cotes-du-Nord 1,667,098 35 Eure 781,610 54 Seine Inferieure 1,850.591 24 Seine et Marne 938,460 8 Somme 1,082.088 52 Indre et Loire 124,168 30 Oroc Four heirs of the widow Jean Dauer, emigrant, dividing by equal shares 161. (Bas•Rl:in.) Muller (Andre) INDEMNITIES RECEIVED BY PEERS AND YEERESSES OF FRANCE. Due d'Avary 178,427 Duchesse de 13lacas Due de Cistries 402,038 Due de Caylus Due de Choiseul Due de Datnas-Crux 55,213 Duchesse de Doudeauville Due d'Escars 244,614 Duc de Fitz-lan, s 175,596 Due d'llavre Due et Duchesse de la Force 835,451 Due et Duchesse (le Lorges-Civrac 1,641,902 Due de 1a Rochefoucault.l-Liancourt .. 1,314,71 , 2 Due. de Levis et Due de Ventadour, his son ... 1,173,674 Due et Duchesse de Maine Dowager Duchesse de Montmorency ; Due de Montmorency ; de Martignon, Duchesse de Montmorency Duchene de .............. 136,443 Prince Due de Montmorency-Laval Due de Narbonne-Pelet 446,574 Due et Duchesse de Perigord, Prince et Prin- cesse de Chalais 1,610,312 Duchesse Sabran Duc d'Uzes Duchesse d'llzes 832,321 Marco !ss d'Aligre 228,571 Marquess d'Angosse Marquess de Boissy Marquess de Breze 436,287 Marquess de Coislin Marchioness de Coisliu Marquess de Lally Tolendal Marquess de la Guiche 737.308 Marquess de la Tour du Pin aivernet ... 175,238 Marquess de Mathau 450,750 Marquess de Mun 363,310 Marquess de Nicolai (Theodore) Marquess tl'Orvilliers 968,392 Marquess de Rouge 228,674 Marquess de Raigecourt 797,343 Marquess de Talaru 198,036 Marquess de Vence Marquess de Verac 805,381 Marquess de Villefranche 15,822 Marquess de Vibraye 732,913 Gonne d'Ambrugeac Cointesse Charles d'Autichamp 57,832 Comte d'Argout . •... 11,418 Comte de Bourmont 106,871 Comtesse de Contades Comte de Chastellux 85,990 Comte de Courtarvel-Peze Comte de Germiny Comte de Kergorlay (Florian) Comtesse de la Bourdonnaye-Blosaar 332,025 Comtesse de la Ferronnar 263,445 Comte Lecouteuls de Canteleu Comte et Comtesse de Montesquieu 343,966 Comte de Puysegur °,084,190 C tmte de Bully 475,110 Comte de Sainte-Aulaire Comtesse de Sainte-Roman Baron de Charette 7,616 Vicomte Emmanuel d'Ambray 375,546 Baron de Damas Baron de Glantiesez Baron et Baronne de la Rochefoucald 2,212,428 33,014 390 PEERS AND PEERESSESS CREATED SINCE TIIE LAW WAS PASSED. Prince Duc d'Aremberg Marquess de Beaurepaire Marquess de Calvieres Marquess de Ceurtarvel 58,237 Marquess des Montius de Merinville 801,215 Marquess de Gourgues Marquess de Mac-Mahon Marquess de Saint Mauris 420,903 Comte Dubotderu .... Comte Ruze d'Effiat Comte d'Hofftlize Comte d'imecourt 76,756 Comte Louis de Kergorlay 157,544 Comte de Maquille Comte de Panisse Comtesse de Pontgibaud Comte et Comtesse de Rouge Comte de Sainte Aldegonde Comte Humbert de Sesmaisons 184,284 Comte Eugene de Vogue 132,150 Comtess Eugene de Vogue 296,593 Cilifilet 7,030,024 General total of the indemnity hitherto allowed to the Peers, errors excepted . 40,044,414 INDEMNITIES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHA3IBER OF DEPUTIES. RIGHT SIDE. MM. Rascal de Beals 73,069 Drouilhet de Sigalas 13,974 Potent d'Hancarderie Harscouet de Saint Georges 65,148 Marquess de Laboessiere Vicomtesse Sosthenes de Is Rochefoucald 198,254 Comte de Montbron 62,047 Comte de Mornac 89,722 Marquess de Pins Comte de Roncherolles 224,037 Comte Donatien de Sesmaisons 35,517 Comte de Vichy Baron de Wangen 207,910 3,003,041 LEFT SIDE. M. de Lafayette 450,683 Comte Alexandre de Laborde 136,433 Comte Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld Z Comte Gaetan d e l a R oc h e f oucal d S 1,284,079 Comte Charles de L4meth 201,696 Comtesse de RambuteJti 155,104 Comte de Thiard Madame de Voyer d'Argenson 2,605,415 Grand total of the Indemnity received by the Deputies above named, errors excepted 5,608,456 * More than seven millions, which may yet be augmented by three or four millions, i n consequence of indemnities not yet in cluded in our abstract, and not settled. IRELAND.-COUNTY OF DOWN ELEC• TION.—At half -past twelve o'clock on Wednesday, 15th instant, the Chair was taken by DANIEL DELACHERIOS, High Sheriff. After the Sub-Sheriff, Mr. CALDBECK, had read the writ for a return of a Member for the county, Sir ROBERT liaTxsox, in an appropriate speech, proposed Lord Viscount CASTLEREAGH, as a fit and proper Repre a .ntative• HUGH KENNEDY, Esq. (Cithra), seconded the motion, which passed with only one dissenting voice. The High Sheriff inquired whether there was any other candi date to be proposed ; and on receiving no reply, returned Lord GasTmErtEAcii Representative of the County of Down, and duly elected. The announcement was received bydeafening cheers. After the applause had subsided, Lent C. addressed the electors. LONDON POOR ItATES.---Th the Morning _Herald a few days since, a statement appeared of the ex penditore of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, and truong other items was one of 91. 14s. for conveying E. JONES, his wife, and family to Exeter ; by the accounts of the treasurer of the poor of this city, no such parties have arrived in this city up t o t hi s date.—Devonsh i re Chronicle. CONMTS 'MARTELLV AND CONWAY; Since the final decision of the Privy C ounc il with respe c t t o th e d o om of these unfortunate young men has been made known, facts have transpired which ; if properly authenticated, ought to have considerable weight in the quarter from which alone mercy can emanate. It will he re collected that their conviction mainly rested upon the evidence of an accomplice, named Coonibcs, who, from his own admissions on his cross-exa_ mination at the trial, was a person of the most abandoned character, and had been so steeped in crime himself, that in answer to a question put to him by Mr. Clarkson, as counsel for the prisoners, he declared that " he could not enu merate the offences he had committed, they were so many." Long, however, as his course of crime by his own confession must have been, it happened somewhat singularly that the disclo sure of his delinquencies should have been con fined at the trial to his mere connection with the unfortunate convicts, and a few petty offences tending to prove that he was an habitual thief, but which were not sufficient in themselves to throw that discredit upon his testimony which a full development of his character would undoubtedly have Produced. From his own showing at the trial it appeared that he was a young man certainly of very bad character, and to whom dishonest practises were perfectly fami liar ; but there was no evidence to establish the fact of his haying been a❑ habitual forger, and the presumption therefore was, that he had never contemplated a crime of such magnitude as that of forgery, until he became connected with the unfortunate convicts, whose dupe, he succeeded in making it appear to the court and jury, he had reluctantly been. Such was the impression, we suppose, under which the jury acted ; but a very different result might have followed, if it had been known to them, that long prior to his connexion with Martelly and Conway, Coombes had been concerned in a series of forgeries, the disclosure of which was prevented by a prosecution which must be fresh in the recollection of the public. Coombes was the intimate acquaintance of William Jones, the young man who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Jeff's, the aged housekeeper of Mr. Lett, of Montagu place. He had joined in the dissipations of that unfortunate individual, who was accused, amongst other offences, of having committed several forgeries, one of which was on the bank of Coutts and Co. It can now be established beyond a doubt, by the production of docu ments, and the evidence of more than one wit ness of character and credit, that Combos was time person who instigated Jones to commit the crime of fimrgery, in the expectation of sharing in the spoil. There i proof that he actually partook of the proceeds of the forgery com mitted upon Mr. Duncomb, the master of William Jones. Up to the period of the mur der of Mrs. Jeffs, the connexion between Coombes and Jones remained unaltered ; but from the moment that suspicion fell upon the latter, Coombes turned round upon his friend, went to Bow-street to state what he knew re specting him, and, knowing his haunts, was the means of tracing him to his hiding place, and giving the description of his person which finally led to his capture. The motive by which Coombes was actuated in assisting to convict Jones, is sufficiently apparent. Had he been found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Jeffs, his execution would immediately have followed, and the forgeries in which he (Coombes) had participated would never have been brought to light. It appears' somewhat singular, that the participation of Coombes in the forgeries attributed to Jones should never once have been hinted at in the course of the recent prosecutions. Had the circum stance been made known to those who conducted the defence of the prisoners, it would, of course, have been taken advantage of at their trial, and if known to the committing Magistrate, the party who conducted the prosecution, or the officers concerned in the case, common justice should have instigated its disclosure. We have now only to repeat, that the facts which have been stated above can be fully authenticated ; and, without meaning either to absolve the pri soners from a just portion of guilt, or attempt ing to question the policy of the law which in flicts death as a penalty for the cr i me o f f orgery, we submit that the lives of fellow -creatures ought not to be sacrificed upon the tainted evi dence of a witness such as Coombes. In con clusion, we suggest to the parties interested in the flute of the two unhappy young men now un der sentence of death, to l a y w h at ev id ence they possess immediately before the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The following paragraph is propagated with extraordinary diligence by almost every Paper : " Considerable importance is attached by some of the Paris journals to the visit to this country of the young Margrave of BADEN. It does not appear, however, to be grounded upon any thing else than the frequent private interviews which he had with the King of FRANCE prior to his departure. He is said to be the bearer of auto graph letters from CHARLES X. to our SOVEREIGN and the Duke of WELLINGTON." We believe that the sole object of the Margrave's visit is to obtain the sanction of the British Government to an arrangement sanctioned by all the Governments who were parties to the treaty of Vienna, that he is to succeed the present Duke of BADEN. It is a curious instance of the open-mouthed credulity of our contemporaries, that they should for a moment attach immense political importance to the arrival of such a visiter. His journey is about as political as that of a Highland landlord to prove his title to a thousand acres of hereditary sheep-walks.— Tintes. The Exanziner, in the course of a clever ar ticle on " Extortion by means of Fees," thus alludes to the fees on arrests paid to Sheriffs' officers :—" In 23 HENRY VI. the fees on arrest were fixed at 20d. for the Sheriff, 4d. for the bailiff, and 4d. for the bail-bond; and so, ac cording to statute, they still remain ; but the Courts have taken upon themselves to alter the statute—by what autho rity we know not ; but this we know, that he who ar gues against an usurped jurisdiction before the usurpers, or their successors, will have his bill of costs for the amount of his satisfaction. It would be reasonable to suppose that the Judges, when they found that the change in the value of money had rendered the fees fixed in the days of HENRY VI. inadequate to the just remuneration of their officers, which must have happened some time before the reign of GEORGE Iv, wou'd have intimated the necessity of a change, even if some of those who have sat in the Lords did ni.t themselves initiate some measure on the subject ; but this would not have suited the views of the officers; they prefer donations or exactions, expe dition-money, or copy-money, or civility-money, or by whatever name their perquisites might be called, to any fixed scale of remuneration ; the consequence of which is, that the public pay indirectly more then twice as much as the service rendered could fairly demand. As respects the Sheriff and his officers this abuse more especially requires r(form, as its victims are seldom in the condition, and yet more rarely inclined, to oppose their extortions. The Common Law Commissioners have reported on this sub ject, hut unl ess great v i g i lance is exerte d , t h ere is no in considerable risk that the measure of future payment may, in this and other instances, be graduated on the scale of present extortion. This should be watched." It is said that a meeting of notorious swell thieves took place a short time since, at a flash house near Temple Bar, to determine or:' what course the fraternity should pursu e in the present aspect of affairs, as regards the new Police Act. THE ARM Y. The t'olloting Regiments have Reserve Com panies stational at the under4mentioued places in Great Itenaio and IrJam!, viz Foot, Ist Fart Gem ; Battalion, Tilbury Fort; 2 , 1 b'00•, Shormlitr; 3:1 ditto, Tilbury Fort; 6th, Chat ;J:7`i 7z!:, 10th, Kinside ; 1101, Wex ford; 12th, Londeinderry 13th, Chatham ; 14th, Chatham ; 15th Mullingar; 16th, Chatham ; 18th, Plymouth; 19th, Youghall ; 20 h, Chatham; 22 , 1, 'Fraley; 23d, Brecon; 25th, Aberdeen ; 26th, Chatham ; 27th, Jersey ; 28th, Go , port ; 29th, Devonuort; 31st, Dover; 33d, Armagh ; 35th, ; 38th, Chatham ; • 39th, Harwich ; 40th, Chatham; 41st, )Doter; 42d, Paisley; 43d, Devon. p.)rt ; 44th, Deal ; 45th, Chatham; 46th, Chat -1!:<m; 47th, Isle of "Wight; 48th, Deal; 49th, Chatham ; 51st, Portsmouth ; 52d, Portsmouth ; 5 kb, Chatham ; 55th, Chatham ; 57th, Langdale Fort ; 59114 NaftS ; 60th, 2d Battalion, Ports mouth; 61st, Naas; 60th, Boyle; 68th, Burnley, 71st, Chatham ; 72d, Drogheda3 73d, Spike Is!and; 74th, Carlisle; 776, Londonderry ; 78th, Edinburgh ; 79th, Bier; 80th, Sunderland; 81st, Guernsey; 82,1, Sheerness; 81.114, Cork ; 85th, Devonport ; 86th, Dublin; 88th, Tralee; 89th, Chatham; 90th, Fort Cumberland; 91st, London -1 ; 93d, Wcedon ; 91th, Plymouth; 95th, Gosport; 96th, Ply motu h ; 97th:, Waterford ; 98th, Care Castle; 99th, Chalk; Fort; Rifle Brigade, I t Battalion, Portsmouth; 2d Battalion, Devon port. (From the Limerick. Chronicle.) The 624 Regiment, on being replaced at Temple more by the 76th from Clonmel, will march for Limerick. The first division of the 76th Regiment marded from Clonmel on Tuesddy morning, for Temple more, their future station. The second and last division followed on Wednesday. The Reserve Companies of the 77th Regiment succeed the 76th at Clonmel. GRAND REVIEW AT AIANCtitSTER. The Cold,,trearn Guards, the 24th Foot, the Isl Regiment of Dragoon Guard, and companies of various regiments stationed in the town and vicinity of Manchester, bad a grand field-day on Saturday List on Kersall-moor, Manchester, prior to the de parture of the two first regiments, who havereceived orders to embark for Dublin on Thursday next. At an early hour in the day the streets were thronged with the military hastening to the moor, where a grand review and sham fight took place, under the inspection of General Sir Harry Bouverie, Bart., and Mijor-General Shaw. The day was remaikably line, which attracted the attention of the Grosvcnors, the Traffords, and several other families of distinc tion in the neighbourhood; indeed, the moor, it was universally remarked, presented a scene of uncom mon animation and grandeur, and a more brilliant cortege of rank and fashion was never before con gregated on the moor. The grand stand was filled to excess by individuals of fashion, and the inferior stands opposite to the scene of action were occupied by persons of every grade, apparently anxious to be hold this very gratifying sight. Kersall-moor is pe culiarly eligible for the display of military tactics; it is on one side ornamented by two lofty hills, and the view of the cavalry as they moved on their summit, and glided along the valleys below, was most pleas ingly striking. At half-past one o'clock General Bouverie arrived upon the ground, accompanied by a strong escort of officers, and took his station in front of the centre line. The battalions then took close order, wheeled back by companies into open column, right in front, and marched past in slow and double quick time. The companies having arrived on their original ground performed a variety of evo lutions; the marching in columns, in echellon, and line, was executed with fine precision. The wheel , ings, the formation of squares, the reformation into open columns, the counter-marchings, deployments, and counter movements were performed with line celerity of execution. The vollies were admirable, and the firing in platoons, grand divisions, and wings, was compact and steady ; fact, the whole of the preparatory evolutions were executed in fine style. A division then took place, and a sham engage ment was kept up between the parties with infinite spirit for the space of three quarters of an horn•. The artillery were stationed in front of the lines of the contending parties, and a rapid tire was exchanged; the regiment of dragoons proceeded to attack a line of light infantry, but the latter, on the alert, imme diately fixed liayonets, formed a square kneeling, and tired a volley, which compelled the former to make a hasty retreat. Detachments of infantry, under the command of officers, were despatched to various parts of the moor, when skirmishes took place, to gether with the capture of men and officers; indeed, the continual roar of the cannon, and succession of musket-firing from all parts, gave the spectators a most excellent idea of the horrors of a real conflict. RUDDERS. We have to notice some valuable improvements in this important part of a ship, by Lieutenant Pringle Green, which may be classed under four distinct beads. 1. A substitute for a rudder carried away, or knocked off in action, which may be fixed complete to the stern of a line-of-battle ship in any weather, in three hours, and is so constructed that a merchant ship requires only an axe or saw, and hammer, to form one in a very short space of time out of the loose timbers, &c. on board, sufficiently strong to navigate the ship to any part of the globe. It requires no ballast at the heel, and cannot be un shipped in the event of the vessel taking the ground. 2. A plan for attaching the new rudder to the stern post upon two metal gudgeons, by which it is ren dered secure. 3. A temporary tiller, in the event of the rudder-head being broken or shot away, which can be fixed to the remainder of the rudder, at any depth below the 'water-line, in the most severe gale, or in battle, with great facility. The Blonde, before leaving England for the Mediterra nean, was supplied with one of these tillers, which must be of great service in case of emergency. 4. A mode to prevent rudders being unshipped, which is very simple, but will be found of great utility. We have seen the models of all these improvements, which are about to be submitted to the Navy Board. Lieutenant Green has received three medals for his inventions, from the Society of Arts, by the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. A sturgeon in excellent season, measuring five feet and a half long, with fifteen knobs or scales on the back, was caught in the river at Aberayon, Cardiganshire, on Tuesday se'nnight.— Cambrian. Captain FRANKLAND, the most recent tra veller in Turkey, states, that though Mussulman justice is much vaunted, yet it is notorious that in no nation upon earth so little of this commodity is dispensed by the Ma gistrates; and that if in Turkey, Justice were represented as holding the scales, it would be to weigh, not the merits of the case, but the gold of the conflicting parties. Our Midsummer cattle-market was held to day. There was about the same number of animals brought forward as on this day twelve months : 340 mile)) cows, 90 fat cattle, and about 340 Highland beasts. Sales in the forenoon were exceedingly ; and it was considered that from ten till one o'clock 50 beasts did not change owners. At about two o'clock, however, holders began to give way, and sales were then rapidly effected. The average prices of milch cows may be quoted at from 9/. to 111. and 13/. ; but two first-rate animals were sold at 161. One of them was brought from the farm of Co; bie-hall, in the neighbourhood of Lanark, and pur charsed by Mr. HU NTER, cowfeeder, Duke-street. It will calve in about a week, feed to nearly 40 stones, and is four years old. The other was rising six. For fat beasts, the prices varied from 121. to 131. and 14/. The High _rind animals were mostly from the shires of Inverness and Moray. Prices of three-year olds varied from 4/. 10s. to Si. 10s. ; and for one superior lot of eight, four-years old, from the neighbourhood of Dlairgowrie, 71. 12s. a bead was obtained. Tke dealers from the shires of Inverness and Moray said that they had lost about Gs. a head on their 1 cattle.-- Glasgow Chronicle. TUT: KENILWORTH, JULY 16.--The appearance of the crops all over this county (Wz.rwick), as far as I have been able to observe, and as well as I cmi collect from the observations of intelli gent persons with whom I have conversed upon the subject, is extremely promising. The wheat, not only in this county, but in Hertfordshire Northamptonsl lire, and Buckinghamshire,through each of which I have been in the course of the present week, appears to me to be a good crop. It has not hitherto been at all injured by the rain ; the few spots tlat have been laid have already risen during the three or four fine days which are just past. The ear is large, and is now filling with vegetable matter ; ten days more, such as we have had, would place this grain beyond Luger, and half a many more would make it ready for the reapers ; many of them (Irish) are sauntering along the roads. I have not observed a luxuriant heavy field in any district that I have seen, nor can I say that I saw a poor or bad one. I think the wheat of this year the most even and uniform growth I ever observed. It is the opi 'lien of many country gentlemen with whom conversed, and country gentlemen are slow to make such an admission, that the wheat of this year in these midland counties will, unless bad weather again sets in, produce a fair average crop, much nearer to an abundant than a scanty one. The growth of barley and oats has derived great benefit from the rains. Both these grains were late in planting, and were kept back by the cold dry weather which followed ; they are now in a very advanced state, exceeding the hopes of the farmers, and, with fine weather, will ripen with the wheat, or immediately after. When I consider the hopeless state in ‘vhich two kinds of corn were about six weeks back, I think I am justified in Saying that they have now taken a most encouraging appearance. The rain cannot affect them, as it does the wheat of this season, and, with even ivtervals of fine weather from this to the cutting time, both will become good crops. The beans have been a good dc:4l injured by the rain. Something like a mildew coin across them, and they arc also affected witi, the The fields look quite luxuriant, but, on examination, they are found to be injured in the Way I have mentioAcd, and not so productive in other respects as their appearance from the road would lead the spectator to believe. Peas--a crop so general and so useful—are much better, and considered safe. A few dry \ V 0 rm. aysare much desired to hasten their ripening, and favour the getting in of them. The new-mown hay suffered, wherever it was cut, within the last three weeks. I have seen some lying in the sward almost the whole of that time : some I have also scen that is cut nearly as long a time, and it having got one turn, the sur face which it had covered was pale and yellow, as if the hay lay on it for a month, while the after grass all around it, rose up i❑ luxuriant green, near six inches high. This is the worst I ftAve seen ; some in the small cocks may be found fit for some use, if the weather continues fine. A good deal of it has been well saved, got into the yard, and made into ricks ; but a good deal still remains uncut, and has hitherto profited much by the rain. About a month ago the meadows, iu consequence of the cold dry weather, were quite parched up, beyond farther growth in all appearance : many persons then cut the grass, not expecting the rain ; but those who allowed them to run on are well pleased that they did so. They have now a good meadow, and all they want is a continuance of fine weather. I have observed a good deal of old hay still in the hay yards of many farmers. It is to me surprising that so much ren►ains after the quantity of it used last winter in consequence of the deficient crop of the former summer. Considering this and the fine fields of peas I have seen, and also a great deal of beans, though partially injured, I think we need not have any apprehensions of scarcity of fodder for cattle for the next winter.— Let me add also that the after-math now pro duced by the intervals of rain and heat will make some amends for the shortness of the crop car- ried away. Another resource, upon which we may rea sonably count, is the growth of turnips, which are already most promising. They are all planted, and I have seen several extensive fields perfectly covered with the young plants. I have looked about carefully for another most useful root—l mean mangel-wurzel— so much celebrated as food for cattle, both root and leaves. lam sorry that this plant is not more generally cultivated. I think it only wants to be known to farmers, and the owners of cattle, to become more gene ral. An acre of ground planted with it gives more food for cattle, and more wholesome, too, than an acre and a half sown with any thing else. The weather is delightful, and this part of the country looks most cheeringly. COVENTRY, JULY 17.--This being market. day in this ancient city, I take the opportunity to acquaint you with a detail of the prices which I see paid here for various articles of food. In the more substantial articles, such as bread, beef, and mutton, the prices do not differ much front those of London, as you may see. Beef (good) Mutton (loin). Lamb (leg) 74-cl. per lb. Veal (loin) 7d. per lb. A good goose, dead and picked .. 3s. 6d. A pair of ducks, ditto A pair of chickens, ditto A basket of new potatoes, about 1011,. Fresh butter, per lb. New-laid eggs, 20 for l2d. _ _ These are the current market prices here for the above articles, and the latter ones are much cheaper in the surrounding villages; as in Soli hul, for instance, about five miles from Birming ham, I have seen 28 new-laid hen eggs for one shilling! Ido not know that the bread of Co ventry is bigger or better than it is in London. I have given the price of potatoes. All sorts of vegetables are cheaper here, but I cannot well give an idea of the quantity for a certain price. The ducks and geese, with the feathers on, and alive, sell for the same, or higher prices, as the dead and featherless ones. I suppose the fea thers are considered worth more than the labour of killing and stripping. I am sorry to have to say that it rained in the country about here all day. The farmers were elate enough at their late prospect, and are again in the dumps. A paragraph in the Hampshire Telegraph would lead some persons to the belief that the account of the late frauds on the Excise were in some measure un founded, by stating that no fictitious packages were found on hoard the Carn Brea Castle; but the truth is, that the whole affiir has bern managed, es we are assured, with out any packages or shipments whatever, by the aid of fabri cated documents answering to every stage of theprocess.—