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(4.1-, ....i..... . it .,„„ I ~,, -.. \ ~A J - 1 .1 Vy . • ' ,,.r ‘4. 1 . 4,/ tr . A . );'; re •\ , • ‘,l - 1 . 0 r'/ , w ,,*- . - • ; :.,,,, ----- ‘ As' i's. I0 j • ' #. '•••,.k.,;,4„, ~,.,c,----,•,.„ . , 0 , • „- . .i• - ...- 4. 4 _,.„4, wit' ,,:k, ! A •, Amkr,AN. ,ved i t 4r, me i i . ,_ SUN. NUMBES 9G64. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 18'23. PRICE SEVEN'PENCk‘ EDUCED F:lltE', and UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING, TO DOVER, DEAL, ItAMSGAt'E, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, By S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. .SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. THE following LIGHT POST-COACHES, nod MAILS, &c. set out crow the above Ion: The "Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Itamsgate Margate, liroadstairs, Canterbury, Fevershani, mot Sand wich. new superior fast Coach—every Morning at a quarter past Seven o'Clock.. In consequence of the decided preference given to the Telegraph Coach, the Pruprietors arc determined no -expense shall be spared tee rendes it the first conveyance on rt he Kent Road. 131tOMPTON,Chathant and Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, •Sittingbourile, Itainhani, and Ospringe, Alorumg, Quarter past 7. at Iteduced Fares. Thu " Royal Eclipse," FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Trues, Bodinin, Penryn, Ashburton, Totness, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, and Salisbury, every warning at 'Sesta ; through tioniton, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, 'fAtockbridge, Sutton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black -water, and 1 3agshet. The only Day Coach tfIisWEYMOUTH, (driven through switts Two Coachmen only), through itagshot, Illackwater, Basingstoke, Overton, W bitchurch, Andover, Woodyeats. 'Caslituure, Salisbury, Illandford, and Dorchester, at a Quer ler past Five o'Clock in the Morning. Packets from Wey. month to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherliourr, St. Maine's, &c. every Wednesday stud Saturday afternoon, at Two o'Clock. Thu " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, Lyinington, Lyndhurst, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and Uagshot, New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at 8 o'Clock; :arrives at the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southampton, toy Fire. This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cher hourgli, &c.—The Props letters of the above Coach hope to treceive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been ckperienced since the commencement of the'' Union." A New light Day Coach to DORCHESTER, in 14 hours (Icily, through Bagsbut, Blackwater, Basingstoke. Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Wood)eats, Casismore, and allandiord, at a Quarter past Five o'clock iii the itiortling.— "The Proprietars antis Coach are determined no expence shall Cie sparest to tender it the first Lonveyance On the IVest Road. BATI - 1 and BRISTOL. Post-Coatihes, through Chippen. tam, Caine, Marlborough, Iluiegerford, Newbury, and Read. , ing, every Afternoon at one; arrive at the Greyhound Inn, the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, -early the next Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth, at reduced Fares. The " Umpire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, fully one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily , at One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Five, through 'Woburn, Littlibury, Northampton, Welfortl, Linter worth, .Hinekley, Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Kull's ord, Warn ugton, and Prescut. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal, Light Post 'Coach, every Afternoon.--Guarded. • BARNSTAPLE and Soto hinolton New Light Post Coach every :slonday, Weduesday,and Friday Mornings, at Seven. The " Rockingham," LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Two ; and, passes through lifildock, Big. gleswade, Eaton, Buckden, Stilton, Wansford, Stamford, Greetliain, Grantham, Newark, Tuxfortl, Markham Moor, ltrtfold, Bawl ry, Doneaster,-and Ferrybridge, arrives at. the Golden Lion Inn, Leeds, next Afternoon at Three o'Clock, its time fur the Bradford, Halifax, Skipton, and Hudders field Coaches, at Reduced Fares (driven through with Four Coachmen ouly).—Luggage and Packages only itl per In.— Notwithstanding the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to he the most agieeable and complete Public Con:. veyance "n the North Road, being unequall e d by sis sy ot h er. HAItROVt4I.ITE and Ripon new Light Post Coaches, every Allentown at Two, and Eight its the Morning. GLAsGoW, Losigtown,Gretna-green, Annan Dumfries l'horithil I, w en: and all Parts of Scotland, is light Four iiisiite l'ost Coach daily. BUIDGENORTII, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, will holy bead New Light Coach, eves) , Afternoon, sit reduced Fares. The " Express," to YORK, Scarborough, W hit be, !inking, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, a New fight Four inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morning ' by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Ferrybridge,Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallertim, Durnain, Miss peth, and Berwick, and arrives at York the next none. ins at. Twelve o'Clock, at reduced Fares. I)riven thyough with Four Coachmen only. Passengers finding themselves fatigued of the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon. Coach, through Aldhount, Readisig, Lambotini, Lyilington Pewsey, Woottnn Basset, Itutosleury, I Isingerford, Newbury ;sad :Maidenhead. Driven through with One Coachinatronly. The New Royal Patent Mail, BOSTON and Louth, through Roystutt, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Pertetbormigh. Deepitig . , Spalding, Spilsby, Alford, Grimsby, null Hull. Eveithig, at Half past Seven te'Cloelt, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. The " Express," a New Light Four-inside Putt Coach to CARLISLE, Penrith. a n d IVhitehaven, with a Guatil all the way, passes through Appleby, Broods, Bowes, Greta 'oldie, Richmond, Cat terick, Boroughbridge, Forrybridge, Doncaster, Newark, Bawdy, Ciranthani, Stamford, Grey thaw, Stilton, Bigglesaade, and Ilahlock. Sets out in tile Atornitig, and perftnims the journey with the greateet faci lity; at reduced Fares. Passengers detained of the Road by business or pleasure, leave the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Cuach.—The only direct Coach toCarlisle. The New Royal Patent Mail, CANIBIUDGE, through Ware, Buntingford, Buckland, and Royston, Evening, at 1141 f past Serra Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Loustlale, Bolton, Churley, Onushit It, and Garstatig Light rust Coaches, i.very Afternoon. The " Royal Express," New Light Four Inside Post Coach, to LIVERPOOL, in itt hours only, 'brunets ‘Varringtoii, Prescut, Curiglcton, Lawton, Newcastle, Ittitigly, Knutsford, Stone, Statfurd, and Litchfield, (only One Night wt the Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Sararen't Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. next Evening. at Eight. The ad vantages to Travellers who honour this Coach with their pre ference are far superior to any other on this Road, as the " Royal Express" is driven throughout with Four Coachnien only (Three less than tiny other Coach to Liverpool), is saving to Passengers tutu evident to require continent; besides the additional advantage, especially to Commercial Interests, of performing the jotorney in less time than any other Coach; and, not w ttlis.tantling its abeaptiesit anti expedition, the Pro• prietors plettwe themselves that fit; safety and accommodatios it it equalled by few, and shall he surpassed by none. WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coaclics, every Morning and Afternoon, at reduced Fares. CHESTER.,Newport,Whiteclitirch,l'arporley, Namptwich, Nowt Ineich,& Middlewich Light Post-Coach, every Afternoon. SUNDERLAND. Stockton, aml Vann !debt Post Coat every NI 'mi. to the George inn, Sunderland, at reduced Fares. Mountain's " Express," to MANCHESTER, Winslow, Citogletien, Newcastle, Walsal, Wolverhampton, tuft limits torn, new noir Insole Post-Coach, every Afternotm.—Only One Night on dm Road SfIF.FFIEI.O tool Rotherham New Four inside Post Coaches every Mut fling, called " ' lite Express," and al, " The Rockingham," every Afternoon, set reduced Fares. The " It") , " Entre , s." New BIRMINGIIAM Light F a st last Coach, sets suit every Afternoon, carrying Four insi de only; passes through Warwick, Lcaa t hi a t, ; Solitham, Weetlon, Davi:nit . , Stoney-Strut furtl, and Ttivve l e ' st Sa , aceti's east, Ball -street. ltirtnineltam, early e t r l ' ie to l t e l x " ; Morning, Driven through with Two Co; a 14. 11111,11 y 'feu ,eless than any other Conch). The " Express," a New Light Post Couwh, to HITLL, i n N o rtheave, powders, and D o n caster, every Monti 1 ' I o'Clock, to the t ross Keys, Market-plac e , Hol I 411sse th e .' Itockinehrim" in the ftertistoi t at Twit The I lERTFORD,Ware, Holtlcsdoitood Clieskiiiit tit reduced Fare.. - - TO'rI'ENHANI and Itilnionton Corielms daily, at liall-past Two, Five. and Eight o'clock. Eleven, ye. "Kga At an Itedticen FateS to lards, ro t k, a nd Doncaster, ge d Paetag ;it. onl id ia pound. - - S. A. AIOUNTAIN es anti to y p . testers:tinily itequaii t their Friends and the. Public, t bat tht:v will not I It :: any Parcels. Passenger's Luggage, Wiiii,:i . :s a , e i c si,, U l T 4 4i l) . l : 1 0 " 1- f owe', than Five Pounds Value. if lost: stolen, ter d i silt:etg . ed, unless tottered as such, and Ibe Insisranee pa id accortssuitty, a t tier Sat ;Levu', {l e ad Inn, 'now-hill, Luraltio;. EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 13, 103. 'THE COURT of DIRECTORS of. the • A ' UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of EN" - LAM) TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Not ice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of September nest, at Eleven &Cluck in the Forenoon. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. • PATRIOTIC FUND, Lloyd's. Inch lit t y, 11123: AT a M FETING of Aluk COMMIT" T EE for the MANAGEMENT of the' PATRIOTIC FUND, held this Day, JOSEPH MARRYAT, Esq. M.P. in the Chair. The Committee for the Management of the Patriotic Fund, consider, that as twenty years have elapsed since the formation of the Institution at the commencement of the late war, a'mple time has now been allowed to carry into effect all the purposes for which it was originally established, and, that the time has at length arrived, Which renders it proper to name a definite period ti►r the admission of such claims as have not yet been preferred : accordingly the Committee, now give notice, that no Claims whatever on the Fund will be admitted after the 20th of July of the following year, 1824. And, that the purport of the preceding Notice may not be misunderstood, it is considered necessary distinctly to state, that applications must be strictly limited, to the Widows anti Children of those Soldiers and Seamen who were killed, arid to those who were disabled from wounds received in action, durin: , the late war, which commenced in 1808, and terminated in 181&,. also including the bombardment of Algiers, and who have never received any benefit from the Patriotic Fund. re' For the Sufferers in and by the Battle of Waterloo there is a distinct Institution; having no connexion whatever with the Patriotic Fund. _ _ _ J. I'. WELSFORD, Secretary. VALUABIJ STOCK TO BE SOW) OM 31I1.LAIiii'S FOREIGN & BRITISH WAREHOUSE, No. 16, CHEAPSIDE. THE Nobility and the Public are respectfully apprized, the whole of their valuable Stock of Foreign and British Goods on hand to the 21st of July, is Selling off under Prime Cost, in consequence of their arrangements for opening a New Establishment at the Court Erwl' of the 'town, their engagements being such, that all the Goods, both Fo reign and British, on hand to the 21st of July, must be Sold, without reserve, consisting of India and British Mullins of all kinds, Shawls, Damask Table Linen, Sheetings, Coloured Goods in infinite variety, Linens, Long Cloths, klrench Cam brics, Prints, Long Lawns, Silks, Counterpanes, Quilts, Mo reens, Printed Furnitures, Gold and Silver Muslins, &c. The Stock, which has ever been most valuable, now to be Sold otT, is somewhat less than Twenty Thousand Pounds. SECOND-HAND PIANO FORTES, HARPS, and OR GANS,. gooctas New; WA.TLEN, 13 , LEICKSTER-PLACE, ell • Piano Forte Maker to the IloVa IFamilies of France and. the Netherlands, and to the Duchess of Clarence, begs to submit to public notice, a Cabinet Piano Forte, not to be equalled in touch and tone, usual price 60'Ouineas; for 38 GI tineas ; an elegant Rose Wood inlaid Oblique, 75 Guineas, for '55 Guineas ; Square Piano, TS Guineas ; a Barrel Organ, for Church or Chapel, 75 Guineas ; one Ditto, for dancing to, with quadrilles, &c. 38 Guineas.. M. B. A New Double-action Harp; cost .fl2B, for 80.Gni., fleas, late the property of a Lady. 1124.11.0.1.111. IN COUNCIL, At the Court , at Carlton.llouse,. the list of July; 18tH.—Present, the IC t No's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Wlceres is by an Act, passed in the third year of his Majesty's reign, intitsded " An Act' to regulate the trade between his " Majesty`Spossessions in America and the West Indies, and " other places in America and the West Indies," certain articles enumerated in the schedule B. annexed to the said Act, are permitted to be imported; into certain ports in his Majesty's said dominions r and whereas some of the said articles are sub. ject, on importation into the said ports, to the payment of cer tido duties, according to the rates set limit in schedule C an. nexed to the said Adt ; and whereas by an Act, passediin the forth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled " An.Acf audio " rise his Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the " duties and drawbacks on goodsimparted or exported in foreign "vessels, and to ex era pt certain foreign veasels*orn pilotage," his Majesty is authorized, by and with the advice of his Privy Coun cil, or by his Majesty's Order or Orders in Council, to be pub- I fished from time to , time iu the London Gazette, whenever it shall be deemed expedient, to' levy and charge any additional duty or dirties of Customs, or to withhold the payment of any drawbacks, bounties, or allowances upon any goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported front the United king dom, or imported into or exportedfrom any of his Majesty's dominions, in vessels belonging to any foreign country in which higher duties shall have been levied, or smaller draw backs, bounties, or allowances granted upon goods, wares, or merchandize when imported into or exported front such foreign country in British vessels, than are levied or granted upon similar goods, wares, or merchandize when imported or exported in vessels of such country, provided always that, such additional or countervailing duties so to be imposed, and drawbacks, bounties, or allowances -sit to he withheld as afore-- said, shall not be of greateramount than may deemed fairly to countervail the difference of duty, drawbaCk, bounty, or allow ance paid or granted on goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from such foreign country in British vessels, more or less than the duties, drawbacks, bounties, .or allow ances there charged or granted upon similar goods, wares, or merchandise imported into or exported from such foreign country in vessels of such country and whereas British yes. sets entering the ports of the United States, from the ports of his Majesty's possessions in America or the West In dies, with cargoes consisting of articles o f growth, produce, or manufacture of the said possessions, are charged with a duty of one dollar per ton for tonnage duties and light monty, and a discriminating duty of ten per cent. , is charged on the cargoes of such vessels, to which vessels of the United States,: anti cargoes of the same description, entering the ports of those States from the ports of the said d ominions are not subject; Ilis Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the said last recited Act, and with the advice of his Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date of this Order there shall be charged on all vessels of the United States which shall enter any of the ports of his Majesty's possessions in America, or the West Indies, with articles of the growth s production, or manufacture of the said States, a duty of four shilthigs and three pence sterling for each and every ton burthen of such vess ela, equal (as nearly us may be) to ninety-four cents of the money of the United States, anti being the difference between the tonnage duty payable by vessels of the United States and British vessels entering any of the ports of the said United States, from any ports of his Majesty's dominions in America or the 'West Indies above enumeratetl, and further an addition of ten per cent. upon the duties set forth in table C above referred to, on any of the articles therein enumerated, which may be imported in any such vessel of the said States ; such duties to be levied, collected, and applied in tile same mann er, and to the same purposes, as the duties levied under the au thority of the said - Act of the third year of his Majesty's. reign ; and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Itlikiesty's Trea sury are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. JAS. 13U141.E1Z. [The foregoing Article is of so much importance to the com mercial world, that it ought to have obtained an: earlier inset.• tion in the public Prints.] ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, TUESDAY, AUG. 12. (Before Mr. Baron GRAUAU and a Special Jury.) !lAN NAM, ESQ. a. MOCXET T. Mr. MARItrAT stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff was a gentleman. residing at Brionston.house, in the parish of St. Peter in the Isle of 'Planet. The defendant was a farmer, who occupied a field immediately adjoining Mr. fiannam's rookery, for disturbing, which the present action was brought. The defendant justified his conduct,. alleging that the rooks entered his field, and were the means of doing great mischief to his canary cron thust it. would annear the defotnfain gretuatro ....oumotive, - nr pa rtilt disputes. The plaintiff also Complained of a bean-boy or *me crow, which had been placed on a tree in the defendant's field, near the plaintiff's grounds, with the pretended view of frightening the rooks from the field ; hut there were some cir cumstances connected with it whieji induced him to believe that it was intended as an effigy to represent the plaintiff'. It would appear, however, that the defendant could have no reason for any apprehension that his crop was in danger, inasmuch as it was known as a fact that that seed was too small and too hard to be subject to the depredations of these birds. Thomas Wall, examined, by Mr. GURNEY. .—I am master of the workhouse of St. Peter s, and receive the profit of the labours of the poor. In March last, a pauper of the name of Senates was employed by the defendant to keep away the rooks from his field ; he had a gun and some powder and shot given him, while he was there. Phintirs and defendant's land are only separated by a road. I went on the spot one morning, and observed Semites firing at the rooks, though I did not see a bird in the field. lie stood close in the corner of Mockett's Cross-examined--I did not see him load with shot; he had shot with him. Josh. Sandwell, examined by Mr. ADOLPIIIIS.-1 was ser vant to plaintiff last March. A bean.boy was put up in a tree in defendant's field, and a stage or platform was erected below it for Scoates to the from. lie used to be there as soon as it was light in the morning, and stayed there until it was thric. lie used to lire front the stage or platform, and when he was tired of that he came down into the field. . , Mr. ADO Lyn us—He quitted the Hoge,. and went into the green-room. Examination continued.--As soon as the roolcs came into the rookery, he tired at them. The platform was 136 yards from the plaintiff's house, and close to the rookery. There* have been 100 nests less this year than there were last year. Cross-examined--I have been in the plaintiff's family 3tl years: I have lived in the house seven years. The plaintiff has very much increased the number of rooks. I think there are many more rooks now than there ever had been before.— The bean-boy was done over with brimstone. Mr. Man RY AT.—lt may be proper to observe, Mr. flan nam's mansion-house is called Bramston.hall. Hobert Tomlin, examined by Gu itNEY.--.-tn the spring of 1022, the defendant called at iny house, and said the plain tiff had been very troublesome, and his rooks equally also, and it was his intention to destroy them. He said he should soak pests in arsenic, and scatter them on the land,..and the rooks would dm p front the trees by dozens in the night. I remon strated with him, and told him it would be discovered. He said then he would obviate that,. by soaking tares, which were of the same colour as the land, and they would not be seen. He came again to me last spring, and surd the rook fight had begun this year, and he would do for the plaintiff by destroy... ing his rooks. I and my father occupy a good deal of land, on which I grow some canary seed. Ido not consider that the rooks do any harm : I think they do good. Several other witnesses were called, who proved' that the de fendant was in the constant habit of 'firing- at the plaintiff's rookery, and that rooks did no injury whatever to'canary seed, but were of advantage to the fields by destroying the vermin. A witness was called, who stated that he had sent thousands of young rooks to London, for which he received four shillings per dozen. Mr. WALFORD, with whom was Mr. Crum, submitted to his Lordship, whether such an action as the present was maintainable ? Here there was no proof that this was an ancient rookery. Two or three witnesses were called back, who stated that rooks had been in the habit o f building their nests in the trees in question for upwards of 30 years; there had, however, been some years when there was none. One of the witnesses said he considered the pFaintitrs us a very handsome rookery. Mr. Baron Ha A/IA St asked the defendant's Counsel, if it could be shewn by any authority that rooks were fru. nature', anti protected by law ? and whether it had ever been held that an action was maintainable for :disturbing the place of their resort ? He did not recollect any instance of an action being brought for disturbing a rookery, though he was aware heronries were protected, they being considered as constituting a part of coun try sports. Mr. WA Lronn quoted part of an Act of Parliament, passed in the reign of lienry'Vlll'. which recited, that, " whereas an same a wonderful and maritllons rea p in innutherable quantity of rooks, choughs, Ste- destroy and con as well in the sowing as in the reaping o the same, and also cause a marvellous decay of the roofs of barns, stacks, &r." it was therefbre enacted, " that every one should' do his best to of of all. kind's; destrny? them, under pain of atnercement, and the taker thereof should be paid twopence per dozen." Mr.l3uniekY intimated that the statute referred to had been repealed by the 18th of Elizabeth. The act which had been quoted, and the subse quent one b y which it b u d b een repea l e d, were similar to an act of Elizabeth, which was passed to re strain the excessive making of malt, and another, the object of which was to restrain the growth of that pernicious plant called hops; both these acts were to be found in the same voluniee The objection was not allowed. Mr. WA eroa» addressed the Jury on the part of the de feudant. The present action, he said, was one: Which verified the adage, that " the play was hardly Worth the candle," It was one originating in a vinrlictive feeling against the defen. dant, Mr. Hannam's poorer neighbour. 'What the defendant had done had been only in self-defence for when it ap peared that die pleintiff"s rooks came to breakfast, dine, tea, and blip in Mockett's field, anti made their exit in the evening, without paying the reckoning, he did conceive the defendant was fully justified in taking sueli steps as would for the future prevent their unwelcome visits. If the no. tion Was correct that these birds did no harm, to the fat »mei fields, but. ein the cant:Wry much good, hovi did it happen that in their rustic rambles at seed tune and harvest, they saw in almost every field a lad designated the crow. boy.? Another question was, by what medium *ere they to estimate the damages HoW were they to as certa i n t h e value of the rooks? It had been said, that the young rboks were sent to the poulterers in London. It was true, be b e li eve d. that it sometimestappelied, the unwary cockney had now and then ate a took in his pie, whilst he fancied he was eating pigeon. It was the' first time in his life be had ever heard of a rook-pie ;-he entainly felt no great inclination, to Unite one. He had, in his Walks now and then through the fields, met a stray rascal gibbetted on a pole, us an example to his thievish com panions, and he always thou oughtlhat was the'only use made of them. He might with propriety ask his taetr . ".,e4 Friend , Mr. Gurney, if he had ever eaten a young rook e Mr. Baron Onalialt.—Not knowingly, 1 2 11,9. re say. Mr. \VALI , °an' wa.s quite certain hisfrientr had no & d m his podlteret had ituposed on him it crow fbr n pigeon, lie really believed that the imposition often was practised ; the rook was sent to town in hiii suit' gawk, there he was picked, p"derell , Imartfretl, sari perhaps the cockney's sagacity was tumble to detect the fraud. He saw no mode of calculating the value of these rooks. If, however, even that were practicable, he trusted that, this being evidently a litigious and vexatious shit, they would give a verdict for the deft:edam Mr. Haven GRAHAM, in summing up, told fhb Jury ie was a question , he believed yet to be decided, whetter a r o o t ,— could be considered as actionable property. r t was for them to estimate what damages the plaintiffhati sust a i ne d by tummy either his- ple asure or p r ofit abridged by the act of th e d e fe n d'. ant. It was a matter of regret to bun, that a case of this kind had been brought there at a large exPenee, and that gentlemen of their description shottld have been called from tbeir homes to• decide such a question. Unquestion a bl y, a marked motive of malignity was manifest in the con d uct Which had been pursued by the defendant ; it was unneighbouriv estimate had been anti improper: bat still the fiction appeared frivolous, for they' even had no grounds given them whereby to estimate the (ma. turn of that Tooke eggs wine inter. i t o latU tr g lellf e tlli t i j iriely t : l° tte ll toi f f le urn i l ' i f ng Y (a i n n it . rooks to make pies.. It was the first time be had heard of such a practice; delicatel he thought, that lie believed it sometimes happened mixixiwith plover's egg*, and sold as of the latter description. that they Those palatcs could not be very were partaking could eat it rook-pie, under the lanien of a ; tt was only a strong stomach, he fent:hal that t w b o e u y l d en b u e ld d i sepalocsnedl calculate e o t e b n e co d u a n m te t r ige s s u , d i i t a t b r e e x pa t st b ;:nt g T b e i t only correct b on ee e n , wouldkilled , be an h d y .t e b ( e m n sid g e iv ri i n n g g t t h b e e n; n b n e t r itr of w roo ba k t s it w b h ad ich b h ev ail l proved the poulterers paid for them, viz". four shillings per dozen. It was for them, however, to consider if such a mode of estimating the damage was proper or not. Mr. ADOLPIIIIS.—One witness has proved that there were 100 nests less this year than last r supposing there to he four young rooks produced front each nest, that would be 400, at 48. per dozen. Mr. WA f•roftft—My Lord, my friend Mr. Adolphus makes no allowance for rotten eggs. verdict kir the plaintiff—Damages "'elf round a SHARPE, CLERK, v. POLHILL, This was an action brought by the present incumbent of the vicarage of Debtlyng, to recover from the executor of Mr. Pol hill for certain dilapulations to the vicarage-house, and two augmentation farms, which had taken place during the life time of Mr. Polhill die late incumbent, who had held the living for upwards of 40 years. Witnesses were called, who proved that 5201. would be neces sary to make good the dihipidations. serjeant Lawns, ti or the defendant, contended, that although the defendant had suffered judgment to go by default, as to the dilapidation of the vicarage-house, yet in respect of the augmentation farms, the action could not be sup ' potted. With reference to the estimated sum necessary for the repair of the vicarage -house, he submitted that in no equitable view of the question, could the claim now set up be sustained. The vicarage-house had not for many years previous to the time of the late Mr. Polhill, ever been inhabited by the incumbent ; and he could show by respectable testi mony that a much less sum would put it in a reasonable state of repair. Witnesses had been called from London,. who were unquestionably gentlemen of experience and character as archi: teas; but he had no difficulty in saying that acountry builder could form as accurate ,a judgment upon the subject: The other side had Mr. Ware, who, he believed, was the architect of some noble families. He knew that he had been employed in the erection of the Burlington-arcade, of which he must say, however it was admired by some, was not according to his taste. He did not approve of that style of architecture; he was told it was the Grecian it might be so, but he mold assure the Jury it was not the Vitravrau. Several witnesses wrre called to prove the value of the'vicar age, with the sums which had been empended by Mr. Polhill from year to year for repairs. Mr. MAR RYA , IT replied. Mr. Baron Ort A Ham summed up, arid the Jury found a verdict for the plitintiff...-Damagem 375/. 6s. 2d. POLICE' , INTELLIGENCE. ilforstox.rrotsc—AfociAucTroxs.—A gentleman at. tended before the Loup l'ilaYmt to, complain of frauds vrac. film' upon the public, and by which he had suffered, at a mock auction in Lime-street. Tile gentleman stated, that being unacquainted with the character of the place, he was led by a public advertisenterit to a public auction in Lime-street. The description given of the sale in the adVertisements and the catalogue was, that the whole of' the property *as of the very first rate, arid belonged to a person of higlt rank.. He purchased a large quantity of property to the amount of upwards of 1:10/., and the whole turned out to be of the vilest` kind, completely at variance with the description, and =taint', not of one-fourth of the value it professed to be. Without troubling his Lordship with a description of the whole of the articles he had purchased, he would state that a considerable part of the things purchased consisted of plated ware, which the auctioneer, a respectable-loding m an, warranted to be of the strongest kind of plated goods, and to have silver edges. Primed of being such articles, they proved to be, not plated, bat washed,,and without silver edges. The auctioneer disappeared immediately after. He (the complainant) had been at the Fl-itise.Office, where he concluded, as a matter of course, that the none of the auctioneer would he found registered, but lie could learn nothing of the fellow there. Under these cir. cumstances, he requested that tho Lord Mayor would grant a warrant for the apprehension of the man, who, in the character of an auctioneer, had defrauded. The Lonn Al.sTon asked the complainant whether ho knew the name of the auctioneer. The reply was in the ntyative. The l.onn AlAvon expressed his surprise at the incautious manner in which the complainant had ventured upod such Pur chases, especially us there was such opportunity for committing fraud. The complainant said, he mesumed that all auctioneers being sworn, and to a degree responsible persons, were therefore re spectable. Besides, from- the manner in which the - sale was conducted, no stringer COuld have suspected it. 'There was no opportunity for the exathination of the articles. It was then stated to the Lord Alayor that the system of fraud, by means of mock auctions, had at present reached to a serious height. Sometimes a room was hired-at the west. end, and a sale of " valuable" plate was made in the name of " a Gentleman going to Spain, ' or " one going to give up his town midence, and sell his stock of wines," and by this means the worst trash was palmed upon the unstripecting. The Loup 31.t . voit regretted that the auctioneer could not be found, as a warrant could not be issued for hisapptehension except the name was known. His Lordship then advised that every poi:Mile means should be resorted' to for the purpose of ascertaining the name of the mock auctioneer, whom the law Would certainly treat with much rigottr. Bow-ST nuE T.-31E ttiN ot.Y ,CASE.—A young woman of interesting appearance was brought before Alr. HALLS, un der' the following circumstances appeared that she was seen wandering about St. Alartin's.lane, in a state of great distress, and on inttuiring into the cause of her situation, she Stated that she had lived in service at North Shields with one master for six years and a half ; that unfortunately, while there, a man who represented himself to be a coach-spring-maker, paid his addresses to her, and believing him to be respect.' able, she entertained his proposals of marriage, and ultimately was married- to him ; her master, from her previous goOd con duet, giving ker away. On the ceremony being concluded, her little fortune which, with her own savings and the contritai-' Botts of hefiriends, amounted to sovereigns, was handed to her husband. For some time he treated her kindly, and ultimately brought her up to Windsor, tinder pretence of seek. ing work. Here he remained till hist week, when he suddenly deserted her without a &alright her pocket. She found her way from NS Intlgtir to town, and was now completelr destitute. Air. HALLS, with great humanity, promisedto write down to her late master at North Shields, and if her story proved true, to have her conveyed to her friends. fn the interim, he gave directions for her comfortable accommodation in St. Martin's worthouse. He has also directed that search slould be made for her husband. name of the unfortunate girl previous to her marriage was Isabella Linthety ; that of her husband William Lewis. She was living with Mr. Luiseale, in Dockwray-square, when she Was Married. Detection of Two Illicit Soap Mumtfactoriet, A, few days ago Messrs. Jones and Herring, and another revenue officer, repaired to a house at . _ West Moitlsey, Surreyovhich formerly had been the country villa of a gentleman of property, and discovered th complete apparates of a soap ma nufactory—ail the utensils of which shelved that they had been at work a few hours before. On the premises they found a large quantiity of unfinished soap, which the officers seized, and then 'carried it to Kingston, after destroying the implemtnti of manufacture. The same officers, on their way to tom it, discovered another ilifcit manufactory for making soap, in the Brixton• road, near the House* of Correction, anti found upwards of twelve cwt. of manufactitrud snap ready for delivery. They ascertained that this blare had been occupied for nearly 18 months i" vitro ing ott this contraband trade ; and that during that time, judging from the utensils found on the premises, the revenue was defrauded about 401. per month. The Qtlicers were unable to se cure any of the persons engaged in the smuggling trade, %Each was carried on at both the above houses. SLA VERY. In the IJarbadoes Globe, of the I.c2th of June, we find the. following PROCLAMATION. Whereas it has been represented to me, that various un_ founded reports have been spread among the slain in this island, stating, that they may shortly expect their freedom. I feel it my duty to assure them, that no grounds exist for such false reports : had they been true, I must have been the fifileey'refotitthrmeolyv,,tvinly Intruigenee Which mignt m any respect have been beneikisl to them would have been im-' mediately publicly proclaiMetT for their information, - in the same manner, and with the same kind feelings, with which I I now declare to them, that the rumour of a speedy emancipa- tion is - false; and that all persons who may till their minds with' such falsehoods must be their enemies, and wish to urge ~. them to misconduct, whi c h wou ld ent i re l y put an end to the' , benefit otherwise to be expected front any kind intentions to= . . wards them. The Governor earnestly requests that all owners and ma• nagers of estates will cause this proclamation to be read to their negroes, and fully explained to them. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Government.' house, this 10th day of June, 1823, and in the 4th year of his Majesty's reign. God save the King ! By his Excellency's command, WAI. HUSBANDS, Dep. See. The following remarks oit this subject appear in the same paper We have taken the liberty of copying the proclurnationof his Excellency the Governor regarding the disturbance lately apprehended among - the degroes ; and we sincerely regret that it should byte been couched in such language as to give the slightest encouragement to' them to entertain a belief that their emancipation was at all likely to take place. In doing our duty to , the public, we are at all times, as far as the nature of circtiffistancet will allow, as delicate with public authorities as possible, and particularly as regards the Chief Magistrate ; hut who an read that proclamation without regretting its publicity? His Excellency, no ddubt, was prompted by the best of feel.. - lags ;: but unfortunately fur us all, it very often happens in our zeal to do good, we occasionally, through inadvertence, do a• little harm ; and so it has happened in this instance :- for, with. out any other authority, we presume, than merely a motion before the House of Commons, and a few radical speeches— ' (for here the word " radical" may be very properly applied, as calculated to create insubordination among the black popula tion):--he fells them " that the rumour of a speedy emancipa tion is false ;" conveying, unintentionally, in so many words, that' such a thing as their emancipationis In agitation by the British Government, but that the event will not take place quite so soon as they are led to expert and believe. IVe shall berg ; pause! It is a subject we could go at great length into, but prudence forbids It. • ROBERT WILSON. to thn following letter,' froth Sir Itliatat Wrilns' to ooe of hie Constituentm, or A date . litilisequiinf to the emg►agoinrnt at Corunna, be pays u high compliment' to excellent Of the Spaniards :-- July 22, I 1123: " I' arn'going on so well that I am able to transport myself In the public service to' Vigo, and sail tlits'night in a brig of War, there being no English vessel in port. " I am afraid I shall not he able to. get on'hor.teback so . soon as I may wish and circumstances' may render desirable; but you may beconfident I will mike my person as disposable air possible in the interest of this excellent people. ' Some Inhabitants have been wounded by the musketry. whitli'is constantly peppering, and sometimes' hailing ;- but es' there has been no bombardment, the casualties are not nume.: roue. " The french seem to think they can starve the town into' submission, but a Spaniard has a stomach that accommodate* itself wonderfully to need. " I like the Spaniards mare than ever: They behaved'ad4 mirably well in the action . and, in concert with n well-or. ganisett corps, might be otaile some of the best troops in the world," We were Wormed last 'winter, by a gentleman from Detroit, that the settlers in the upper part of the province of Upper Canada were turning their attention to the culture of tobacco, and that they had thus far met with great success. " This• fact was mentioned by us at the tittle ; and we now find by the Montreal papers, ten hogsheads • of this article advertised for sale by Daniel Fisher, Esq. This, says 1116 Courant, is the first public notice of so large a quantity of that article, the growth of Canada, being advertiScd ; but now we trust that very few seasons Will pass be., fore we shalt have not only a sufficient quantity for our own consupption, hut also be enabled to export to Groat *kohl, whore we hope encou ragement will he given to the produce of her c tonics its preference to that of Foreign Stateo, The culture of this plant will be of incalculabht advantage to this onuntry, and it is to be wished that every attention may be paid to the produt- on of urn article of such tiniversai 4,0116111 Tip. tion." It would be " posing strange" if our Virginia and Kentucky friends were to find t.tereestul , rivals in their business, on the nor. them side► of the shores of the greet lakes.— (American Paper.) „ ,ei PoPVLATIONT.'--By the last ttStlq takert irtt Itl2l, it oppeiiii that the most tTpulous county in scotkod is Lanark, therc licing in it 244, 011 / atitl females noire ditto males, In the cou nt y of lAinhurgh, including th city, there are '91,614 persons, and no less tha n 14 , 996 f etrift l es more t h an i - m a es , ,The greatest increase of population for the ten yeas app ors in the countiell Abettlcen anti 4)71 , ju d,i hs from t h e i r population, Aberdeen litivitig increaseti 20;312, and Ayr, *1,345. The stationary count it.s 4tppear to he Peebles and Sutherland. The first of these, wikhit of 10.1146, bait oily increased ill in the last ten years ; : n l the, last, with a population of 23,8.10, has only increased 211. 'J i be least populous county in Scotland is Selkirk, which cant/1'1)3 fiti37 persons, anti only about 2110 fentalestuore than notlest i it* increase for the last ten years, however, bah been 7-10.