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hind accordingly. Voltaire tells us, that as all the military despatches of the French were falsi fied on a system to deceive the people, he was obliged to take the numbers of killed and wounded from the English accounts, which were generally to be relied on. But dis trust soon follows the discovery of abused con fidence, and such a revelation as that published by Voltaire had a strong tendency ,to gene rate such D. distrust, when of course the object sought. for by the deception is no longer attain able,. Ignorance is the mother of credulity, and the disposition to lie is produced by the belief that falsehood will be successful. We know of no security against deception I , ut the ability to detect it, As long as trick will succeed, it will always be resorted to. The principle of the English Constitution is, that every man would do wrong if he durst, and hence that nothing should be left to discretion. This principle should receive universal application. Wherever there is ignorance and credulity, fraud will not be far off. The carcase always brings the vul ture. One seeming contradiction to the above, is the singular frankness of the writers of the age of Machiavel. The latter, in a book de dicated to the Pope, and published by permis sion of the Pope, speaks with a naked simpli city of which we have no examples now. But the reason of this was, that books were not then addressed to the great public, 'which could not read, and Machiavel used the same language in his book that be would have held in the com pany of his equals, including the Pope himself. When reading becomes universal, while know ledge is not universal, mei-, speak only without restraint in the company of those friends who can understand them, and suit their public ad dresses to the capacity which they suppose the majority of their readers to possess. There is an esoteric and an exoteric language. The dif ference between the two will vary with the ex tent of the difference between the bettor in formed and the mass. 'No writer of our days would, from himself, act with the naivete of Montaigne, because be would have the persua sion constantly present to his mind that the pre judices and ignorance of the people would in santly be appealed to . against him by the rival or hostile writers, if they thought 'they could injure him thereby.• kousseau . oii hiS Confessions, se believe, touches on this point. in his remark on. the advantage deLiV&VfrOni an ritimacy with the literary men ofPaiiS, whose eOnversation was instructive in a very. different degree from their writings. A man would be voted a bore, who should speak in the society Of friends as if five hundred blue stoeidegi, - or. five hundred senti mental old gentlemen, were listening to his dis course. A dinner of the Northern Circuit is very different from an exhibition to which the public is admitted. - ; and a dozen of Divines over their bottle hold very different language from what they do in the pulpit. Hence the jealousy with which society views the betraying the unreserved language of private society ; and hence the indignation so naturally felt by Sir James Scarlett at the making the great public privy to the celebrated toast at the Northern Circu Chrollide. We cannot persuade ourselves that it can be seriously meant to apply to Parliament to sanc tion an increase of the number of Judges, while one-third of the present twelve have actually little or nothing to do; and while nearly one half of 'the:remaindei, viz: the Puisine Judges of the Common Pleas,- have not more than one- third of their time during the whole year em ployed. We say this without the slightest dis respect to these learned persons, who, we are convinced, do all that is required of them, and who, we have as little doubt, are both willing and able to make themselves more extensively useful, if the mode of doing so were but pre scribed to them by law. There can be no doubt, we believe, but that the Chief-Justice of the King's Bench goes through more actual labour in the course of a year than the eight Judges of the other two Courts put together ; and that the other three Judges of the King's Bench together do the same. It; then, the four Judges of one Court do twice as much as the eight Judges of the two others, it follows, not that the country wants more Judges, but that the services of those of the Common Pleas and Exchequer may be rendered more available. There may be, among these, some one or more, who, from age or infirmity, are past their work. If so, let the solve seneseentem be gently sounded in their ear ; but do not let this country be burdened with fresh charges on this head, when it is quite. clear that the only thing wanting is a more equal divi sion of labour. If an increase of the Navy or Army were talked of, it would be a sorry answer to give, that two or three ships' crews, or as many regiments, were lying idle on shore, or upon furlough. What applies to one profession applies equally to another; and, unless our re sources are more inexhaustibl e than the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, we imagine, would be inclined to admit, we trust that Mr. Peel will pause before be submits to Parliament a proposi tion which, we should think, will be palateable only to those who arc likely to be henefitted by its adoption. Besides, we see, in the case of th e Court of Chancery, that an increase of the Judges has not expedited the public business in that Court ; and that, after all the censure which Was so freely lavished upon Lord Eldon, the business of Equity is actually as much in arrear as ever. But the Welsh, it seems, want better Judges, and a better system of jurisprudence; points which those who have read Lord Caw does unanswerable statements upon the subject can hardly deny. But, at the same time, it must be admitted that the natives of the Princi pality are not - a litigious or a criminal raie of people; and we should apprehend that the re form which is necessary there may .be easily ac complished by increasing two or three of the present English Circuits, without much, if any, fresh assistance. But those who contend so strenuously for the establishment of new Judges, and new Circuits, seem to forget that within these f ew yearS a new C ourt, w i t h f our new Judges, has been appointed —we mean the In solvent Commissioners, who traverse the king dom three times a year, for the purpose of let ting loose the victims of our miserable system of imprisonment for debt. That the present la bours of these gentlemen arc by no means pro- . portioned, either in utility or extent, , to thei r cost to the country, is no fault of their 's ; b ut i t might be worth while to consider whether th e one might not be made to approach somewhat nearer to the other, by an addition to their pre sent duties of some of those which devolve upon the present Judges, such as the trial of minor causes and minor felonieS. When Lord Al thorp's Bill for new modelling the County Courts was in agitation, we recommended that they should be the Judges to carry its prolisions into effect ; and we still think that that would be a desirable and judicious regulation. The simple question, however, before us at present, is, are there not judicial functionaries enough to do all the business of the country, if their la bours were more equally divided ? To which we unhesitatingly answer, that there are.— Moriiing Herald. The temporary scarcity of moneyTwhich is now felt in the City, has furnished a certain potion of the Press with an occasion too tempting to be resisted,. for propagating gloomy anticipa tions to the progress of commercial affairs, and for stigmatising the law by which the unques tionable advantage of sound metallic currency is about to be restored to the country, as rash, pernicious, or impracticable. This at tempt to excite alarm will we are persuaded be unsuccessful. Every man who has paid the slightest attention to the fluctuations of commerce must be aware, that at this season of the year a scarcity of money in the mercantile world has frequently, or we might rather say, has usu ally been experienced. The extraordinary ac cumulation of the circulating medium in the hands of Government for some short time pre vious to the payments of the heavy dividends which are due in January, naturally causes it to be unusually scarce every where else. The Bank of England has no doubt the means of coun teracting this effect tola considerably extent by being more than usually liberal in its discounts during the latter weeks of the year, and it has we believe invariably availed itself of the augmented balances of public money at that time necessarily in its hands for this salutary purpose. But the effect cannot be averted altogether, because in the first place it is strictly necessary that the Bank itself should prepare be forehand for the great outlet of money on the payment of the January dividends; and in the second place, because that portion of the com mercial world which is in the habit of pecuniary transactions directly with the Bank, does not constitute an adequate channel for the complete and constant adjustment of the circulation.— To these causes of the frequent scarcity of money towards the close of the year we ought perhaps to acid an unusual degree of timidity and reserve on the part of the Bank, occasioned by the state of the foreign exchanges, and the natural and laudable anxiety of its Directors to guard against the unfavour able effects which the anticipated importation of large quantities of foreign corn might otherwise have produced. In all this there is surely no thing to alarm the most timid. • Failures have taken place, and others may probably follow ; for it is the first and most necessary effect of a scarcity of money to try the resources of com mercial men, and in this trial latent insolvency is brought to light and inordinate speculation crushed ; but we are quite confident, and in this opinion we believe all commercial men concur, that there never was a period when there was less of latent insolvency or of inordinate spe culation in existence. This assurance is found ed upon the fact that a commercial convulsion of unprecedented magnitude took place at a very recent period, which swept away many mercan tile men who were reputed, and many even who up to that time were really strong, but which as suredly left in existence very few commercial es tablishments whose habits had not been discreet, and whose resources were not ample ; and upon another fact equally indisputable, that the cha racteristic of commerce has, from the date of that convulsion to the present moment, been that of excessive caution rather than of bold enterprise or inordinate speculation.' These facts afford the country a guarantee the most satisfactory, that commercial cala mity cannot now, as it did before, spread from house to house, from market to market, from county to county ; and that, if any instances of failure occur, they will he only such detached instances as must occasionally take place in any extensive'. mercantile community.— There is nothing in the aspect of commercial affairs which is calculated to excite the least un easiness in any reasonable mind, and we cannot imagine any greater calamity to the country than for Government to listen to the suggestions of persons who arc perpetually hankering after change, and who would apparently wish the commercial laws of the empire to fluctuate with every fluctuation in the price of stock, or every accidental increase or diminution of the number of bankrupts in the London Gazette.--Morn zno . Post. A report was again current yesterday after, ___ __. _ . noon that Don Miguel had died of his late acci dent—a report which, it is highly probable from many circumstances, may prove true, but which still requires confirmation. Even in the event, however, of the accident not proving fatal, so many months must elapse before he can com pletely recover from its effects, that we cannot refrain from indulging a hope that it may prove the means of delivering Portugal from his ty ranny, and restoring to it the Constitutional free dom which it was the first act of his Regency to destroy. Making every allowance, in fact, for the ignorance of the people of Portugal, the power possessed by the Priests, and the want of energy hitherto exhibited by, and, we fear, inherent in, the Portuguese Nobility, it can scarcely be ima gined that all these causes combined will be suf ficient to blind them to the degrading situation of th e i r country, an d the impossibility of its ever escaping from it while Miguel either nominally or in reality claims its Sovereignty. Even those who have placed him on the throne, must, by this time, b e sens ibl e that the injustice which he has practised towards others, may soon he their own lot, that there is no safety, either to 1 , person or property, in a country where people are - arrested on mere suspicion, where pro- perty is confiscated without proof of guilt, and where Judges condemn before they have even heard the alleged crimes of those who are brought before them. Due ex ert i on on t h e part of the C ons titutionalists still in Portugal would we are persuaded, now meet with b e tt er suc cess than it did so me months ago; and, if aided by those who have taken refuge here, could scarcely fail to restore freed o m to Portugal,But we regret to learn that all idea of making any attempt of the kind has been: abandoned for the present, in consequence of the apathy of t h e English Government, and that the Representa tives of Don Pedro will do nothing until they have received further instructions from the Bra zils. We regret this decision, because a fairer opportunity of successful interference could scarcely present itself, and because every hour which is lost in inaction by the friends of legiti mate authority and constitutional sway, will be employed by their enemies to support lie cause of tyranny and usurpation.—Morning Adver. FtIESII-WATER POLYPUS.—In the shallow ditches in the vicinity of Blackheath, Kent, a species of hydra is very abundant, and may be observed, when the water is clear, spreading its reddish tentaada over the mud beneath which its body is concealed.. The tentacula are very.sensitive, for the instant that the water is agitated or even touched, they . are withdrawn rapidly within the mud. When taken up, and placed in a glass with water, those zoophytes afford an interesting subject of obAervation fur the young naturalist. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH', DEC. 3. TURNER V. LORD TURNOUR. This was an action by a tailor, to recover the balance of his bill for liveries furnished to the de fendant's servants. There was no defence. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 41/. 6s. 6d. ASHLEY V. HUGHES AND OTHERS. This was an action by the assignee of an insolvent debtor named John Knott, to recover the value of certain household goods all( gad to have been illegally seized by the defendants, under a distress for rent. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. GAZARD V. Wi'LIE. This was an action by a lodging-house-keeper at Lincoln, against a sporting gentleman, to recover s=ll. 12s. for 26 weeks' lodging at the plaintiff's house, at two guineas per week. The plaintiff's case was proved by the plaintiff's daughter, and the Jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found for the plaintiff for the full amount of his claim. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEc. 3. SARAH DARBY V. eoereet SANDER,. Mr. TOMLINSON, in opening the pleadings, stated that this was an action of trespass. The de claration stated, that on the 25th of December last,. the defendant made an assault upon the plaintiff, and afterward=, without any justifiable cause, caused her to he imprisoned for the space of twenty hours in a watch-house. The defendant pleaded first the ' general issue, and then two special pleas of justifi cation, in which he averred that the plaintiff, who was employed by him as a shopwornan, had em bezzled sundry sums of money belonging to him, and that in that belief he had caused the imprisonment of which she complained. Lavinia Derby—l am the sister of. the plaintiff, and I went to reside in the defendant's house in Little Pulteney-street, in December last. My sister attended in the shop in the Burlington Arcade, but we all lodged in the house in Pulteney-street. I re member being sent for on the morning of the 25th of December last, at about half-past nine o' g clock. I went into my sister's room, and found her trunk open. Mrs. Sander, Buckland (an officer), Emily Sander, and Eliza Coe were then present. When I went into her room, my sister said to me," Who gave me this necklace ? Mrs. Sander says she will hang me for it." I said," Who gave it you? why your bro ther." She then said, " Who gave me these ribands? Mrs. Sander says they are hers." I said to Mrs. Sander, " Will you swear to. them ?" She replied, " I will." My sister had money belonging to her at that time, having been in business herself in Shoreditch, in the fancy way. My sister was taken away to St. James's watch-house, by the officer, Buckland. She had a ring of some value, ' which had been given to her by her brother. She was afterwards taken to the Marlborough-street Police-office, and was exemined before Sir G. Far rant. When she was taken to the watch-house, I went to inform my brother. I went with her to the watch-house, and remained there as long as I was per mitted. She remained all night. I saw her next morn ing, and accompanied her be the police-office, where a charge was made against her by the defendant for stealing money only : he had before charged her with stealing goods and money. He produced a witness, but the charge was dismissed. My sister said at the office, " Mr. Sander, did I ever wrong you of a farthing ?" He said, " No, it is only what I have been told." Sir George Farrant then asked him if he had any thing more to say against my sis ter, and on his replying in the negative the charge was dismissed. I had made an application to my sister on the day before Christmas-day for some money. That gave me an opportunity of seeing what money she bad. I took four half-crowns from her box into my hand, and then put them by, and the box was closed. We then retired to bed. I saw the same money the next morning that I had seen the night before, amounting in silver to 11. .I*e; The officer took possession of the money. He had a knife in his hand, and my - sister charged him - with. having marked the money. He took a half-crown and a shilling to tl.te window, and having looked at them, said, " This is enough." Further evidence was adduced, but before the Jury had determined on their verdict, Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS said he would not appear, but would sub mit to a nonsuit. The plaintiff was accordingly called. JEMISIA IRESON V. LADY GRESLEY• This was an action brought against Lady Gresley to recover 21., the amount of the plaintiff's claim against her for various articles of grocery supplied. The case was distinctly proved, and as the defen dant's counsel had nothing to say in the case except to quest'oe the veracity of the plaintiff's witnesses, a verdict was returned for the full amount of the claim. MOSES V. LADY GRESLY.Y. This was an action brought against the same de fendant by her washerwoman, to recover the amount of her bill for ten months' washing. It was proved by one of the defendant's servants, that washing to the amount of between 201. and 301. had been &Me by the plaintiff for the defendant, but as the Coun sel for the latter did not produce a book in which the precise amount of the claim was entered, and which was in the hands of Lady Gresley, the exact amount of the plaintiff's rightful claim could not be ascertained. The defendant's Counsel made a few observations by way of defence, but did not pretend to lessen the amount of the claim. The Jury, after having consulted for a short time, returnedu verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 28/.los. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 3. Yesterday the case against John Pyezvell, for feloniously stealing the sum of 301. from Job W00d... man, excited mucVinterest, and the Court was ex ceedingly crowded during the trial by horse-dealers and others interested in the charge. Mr. JEMMETT, who was engaged for the Prosecu tion, briefly detailed the circumstances, and said, that in consequence of the prosecutor having seen an advertisement in the Times of November 4, describ ing that three Valuable horses were to be disposed of, and directing application to be made to view them at the Globe, in the Surrey-road, the prosecutor went there on the following day, and was referred from thence to a stable in Pearl-row. Having arrived there, he saw the prisoner, and in the interview with him, the latter ordered a horse, whieh he called " Solicitor," to be led out of the stable into the yard. The horse was a bright bay, with white legs, and, as far as external appearance went, appeared to be a very fine animal. The prosecutor desired that a saddle might be placed on his back, in order that his paces might be seen. The stableman said that he had lent the saddle that morning to his brother, upon which the prisoner affected to be exceed ingly angry. And when the prosecutor requested that the man might mount him without a saddle, the prisoner said, " God bless you, the horse is so high mettled that he would run away with any body, un less the proper restraints were. put upon him ;" if,. however, added he to the prosecutor, you have any suspicion that the horse is not sound, I can dispose of him elsewhere, as he is well known as a hunter of the first-rate in Staffordshire, where he would_ fetch double the sum that is now asked for him. Some further conversation took place between the patties relative to the horse; and it was agreed that the prosecutor should return in half an hour, and at the expiration of that time a saddle would be Procured. When the prosecutor went back to the stables, " Solicitor" Wai again led out of his stable, and a saddle placed on his back, the girth of which was however found too short; this was thrown aside, and ultimately the stable-man was directed to mount him by the prisoner, who desired his man to be very cautious, and not to put him out of a walk for fear of the consequences. " Solicitor" teas then gently walked up the yard, and on this trial his de• tects were not perceivable. The prosecutor from the repeated assurances of the prisoner that the animal %vas perfectly sound in wind and limb, scarcely doubted the truth of his assertions, upon which he asked the price, and was told 601. Some demur, however, took place between the parties, and it was ultimately agreed that the pi - osecutor should advance the sum of money laid in the indictment to the prisoner, who said that in case the horse was not found to be the one represented in every respect, the money should be returned in half an hour. The prosecutor then got on " Soli citor," the prisoner intimating that he should pro vide him with a whip in five minutes. The prose cutor having waited for that titre, and the prisoner not returning according to his promise, " Solicitor" was trotted into the road, and the moment he was put into a canter he roared to that degree that evin ced he was completely worthless. Upon this dis covery the prosecutor immediately led back the,ani mal to the stables, and upon inquiry for the prisoner, the prosecutor was told that he was not there, and every attempt to obtain an interview with the pri soner subsequent to the transaction was useless.— The Learned Counsel then remarked that the question the jury had to decide was, whether the horse was not, under all the circumstances, led out by the prisoner for the purposes of fraud, and whether there was not a predetermination of robbing the prosecutor; for the moment the prisoner obtains possession of the prosecutor's money he runs away, and is not seen again, although the horse was left in the stable, and although repeatedly called on by the prosecutor until his apprehension. After evidence in support of the facts had been adduced, The CHAIRMAN observed that the indictment against the prisoner could riot be sustained ; it ap peared that the parties had entered into a contract together, and however culpable the conduct of;lthe prisoner might have been in the transaction, the evi dence adduced was not of that character to warrant a conviction ; these were every day occurrences, and if a verdict of guilty was returned in this instance, many horse-dealers of eminence in the metropolis would be rendered liable to a similar proceeding. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of acquittal, upon which a buzz of approbation re sounded through the Court, a great number of the fraternity of horse-dealers . _ being present, who ap peared deeply interested in the fate of the prisoner. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. John King stood indicted for embezzling the sum of I/. 7s. 3d., the property of his master Mr. Brown, a butcher, residing at Clapham. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Tuesday, a hackney-coachman, No. 209, was charged before Alderman GARRATT, by Throsby Fit! Judd, two officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with wantonly and cruelly ill-treating his horse in Fleet-street, on Wednesday last ; he was fined by the worthy Magistrate 20s. to the King, and costs. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Daniel Heath alias .lolin Loyd, a respeetable.looking young man, was brought to this office by Fagan, charged with bigamy. The prisoner earnestly entreated that the case might be remanded, to give him time to procure professional assistance. - Mr. ISIISSIIULL observed, that he bad no objec tion to comply with the prisoner's request, but it would be necessary to have semc evidence before him to warrant him in detaining the accused. Margaret Evans, a young woman with a child in her arms, was then brought forward by Fagan, who said she was the second wife. Being sworn, she de posed that on the 19th of September, 1826, she was married to the prisoner, who went by the name . of John Loyd. The ceremony took place in St. Giles's, according to the certificate which she pro duced. - Witness, after some time, discovered that the prisoner's real name was Daniel Heath. Mr. Mostium, asked if any witness was present who could give evidence as to the first marriage ? Fagan said he had brought forward a young man who was present at the celebration of the first mar riage, and who, helupposed i was ready-to depose to that effect. A young man accordingly presented himself t 9 the Magistrate, and as the oath was about to be ad ministered to him, the prisoner said he wished, with the Magistrate's permission, to put a question to him b4ore he was sworn. Mr. MiNstium..—You may question him if yoi please. _ _ _ Prisoner—l wish to.ask him:whether he believes is a state of rewards and punishments hereafter ? Witness—No. Mr. AlissuuLL—Do you profess any religion Witness—No. Mr. MlNsuut.l.—You say you do not believe in a future state. Witness—l certainly do not. Fagan here observed that he had a great deal of difficulty in procuring the attendance of the witness, who had kept purposely *out of the way. Mr. MINSHULL—Have you any objection to be sworn as a witness in the usual way upon the New Testament ? Witness—l had rather not be sworn, because I conceive that my word is as good as my oath. I consider myself bound in honour to speak the truth. Mr. MtssuuLL—But I suppose you are aware that if you are sworn on the New Testament, and if you swear falsely, you will not only be punished hereafter, but you can be punished in this world also. Witness—l am aware of that. Mr. MtssuuLL—What is your name and busi ness ? Witness—My name is Thomas Ayling; I am by trade a shoemaker. Mr. 1111NnuLL—Are you acquainted with the prisoner Witness—Yes; we were once upon friendly terms. Mr. HALLS—Were you ever sworn in your life ?. —The witness, after some hesitetion, answered in the negative. Mr.MlNstuiLL Were you ever at a place of re ligious worship ? Witness—l have been to many places of worship. Mr. HALLS—What du you call yourself? Wit ness—l don't know. Mr. MiNsntiLL—How long is it since you signed the certificate of this person's marriage ? Witness —I do not recollect. I was present, however, when he was married to a young woman who is not here now. The prisoner's wife, by that marriage, I be lieve to.he still living. She was alive I know three weeks agd. Mr. MuistiLL—l cannot take your word .for these facts. Here is a New Testament : have you any objection to be sworn upon it ? Witness— None i❑ the least. The witness being sworn according to the usual form, _ Mr. MINSHULL said, now that you are sworn upon the Nev' Testament, let me ask you if you feel any additional obligation to speak the truth ? Witness—When I am brought forward here, I cer tainly feel myself bound to speak the truth, but I do not feel any additional obligation upon me to state what -1 know now that I am sworn. Mr. MINSIIULL said, that under these circum stances, he would not call upon the witness to give evidence upon his oath. He would remand the case u ntil to-morrow, and would require the attendance of the witziebs again. The prisoner requested to be aloived to remain at the watch-house, in preference to his being sent to prison. Mr. MINSUULL said he had no objection. The witness again stepped forward and said he was very busily engaged just at this time, and hoped his presence would not be required again. Mr. MlNsuuLL—lf you do not attend, you shall have a summons to compel you. Mr. HALLS observed, that the witness, notwith standing his profession that his honour was as bind ing as his oath, had committed a most dishonourable action in being a subscribing witness to a certificate of marriage, to prove which he must have known that his evidence would not- be taken. His no tions on the subject of religion were such, that, legally Ppeaking, he was put beyond the pale of the law, and could not be a witness in any case civil 'or criminal. Witness—As to religion, your worship,;lperceive so much hypocrisy in those who profess it, that you will excuse me for saying that I consider it little better than a cloak for crime. The parties then retired, and Fagan directed to bring forward the first wife, with whom it appears the prisoner has been living in Cromer-street up to the period of his apprehension. The second wife expressed her unwillingness to appear, and said she would not have done so if the prisoner had consented to maintain his child, which she carried in her arms. Dr. Sutherland appeared at the office in tine course of the day, and stated that he had seen his name mixed up with a prosecution for fraud, which was tried last week at the Clerkenwell sessions. He begged publicly to declare that he was in no way connected whh the case in question. By some error he had been mistaken for a person named Suther land, a chymisr, residing in Soho,. who it appeared was the individual examined on that occasion. Sir R. BIRNIE observed, that although the gentle men who attended this office to report the proceed ings had most likely nothing to do with the case in question, and were therefore not accountable for the error complained of, they would probably, notwith standing, give publicity to the Doctor's explanation. The trial referred to was for a conspiracy to de fraud. The defendants were Nortbhouse and Low. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday a respectable-looking young woman, named South, residing in Praed-street, Paddington, applied to Mr. DYER to know whether she could pro secute her husband for bigamy, and, in support of her application, produced a letter from a gentleman, named Cromelin, who resides in Park-street, Gros venor-square. The letter acquainted the Magistrate that about six years ago the young woman married a man, named James Southwood, who had had a family of fourteen children by his first wife. The marriage ceremony was performed according to the rites of the Roman Catholic church, she belong ing to that persuasion, and Southwood being a Protestant. Southwood persuaded the cre dulous young creature, who was only sixteen years of age, that his first wife had been dead some years, and they afterwards came to this country, where they continued to reside until she discovered that he had another wife living, and, in consequence of this discovery, she left him, and entered the ser vice of Mrs. Raymond Baker, Mr. Cromelin's sister in-law, in whose family she remained till within these last few days. The young woman added, that Southwood, who was at present in Dublin, had recently come into a property worth 2,0001., and under such circumstances she wished to know what course she was to pursue, as the children were entirely dependent on her for support. Mr. DYER explained to the unfortunate young creature that Southwood bad practised a most infa mous deception upon her, as the marriage was not a legal one, and he could not, therefore, be sub jected to a prosecution for bigamy. Her only resource was to apply to the parish for assistance. '1 he unfortunate young woman, after thanking the magistrate for his advice, said she would endeavour to get herself and the children passed to Ireland, and quitted the office in tears. A(fred Lavender was brought before Mr. DYER on the following charge : Mr. William Henry Cooper,. of Bates Hotel, Dover-street, stated that Lord Stafford, of Cossey, had been, sojourning at the hotel until Tuesday morning, when he left town. Previously to his Lordship's departure he gave the prisoner, who was employed at the hotel as a porter, a sovereign, and told him to divide it with the chambermaid. Instead of attending to his Lordship's instructions, he, : ap- • plied the whole of the sovereign to his own purposes, and positively refused to give the chambermaid a shilling, for which he (Mr. Cooper) immediately discharged him. The prisoner returned in the Coarse of the day, grossly inebriated, when his boxes were delivered up to him, and he was turned out of d oore. The prisoner again forced his way into the hotel at eight o'clock in the evening, and struck one of the waiters a violent blow on the latter attempting to eject him, and he also endeavoured to assault. the complainant. The prisoner insisted that Lord Stafford intended that he should keep the whole of the sovereign, and the chambermaid, therefore, had no claim to any portion of it. lie was fined for being t:runk, and held to bail for the assault on the waiter, West. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Sarah West charged her husband, Thomas West, with having horsewhipped her on the previous evening, being an operation expressly con trary to the articles of union between man and wife. Mr. CHAMBERS—What's your age, good woman? " Forty-nine, please your Worship, and my husband is forty-six," replied the complainant. Mr. CHAMBERS —And do you believe that your husband is jealous of you ? " Why, your Worship, I really believe he is," said Mrs. West, with as pleasing a simper as could be possibly expected from a lady of her years. Mr. West, in reply, stated that he had the misfor tune to be married to the complainant twenty-four years ago; that her conduct of late had become ab solutely intolerable, having become addicted to strong liquors, and sundry other irregularities too tedious to mention; but, upon his honour, as a ruined man, he felt himself obliged to state to his Wor ship that she (Mrs. West) was in the habit of leaving him for the space of a fortnight and three weeks at a time, without ever condescending upon her return to give him the slightest account of her wanderings ; that although he had no ocular de monstration, he had, nevertheless, no doubt in his own mind but that she cohabited with other men during those intervals; that the assault had been committed during a moment of irritation, from the provoking language which she had previously made use of in answer to his inquiries respecting her con duct during the time she had last absented herself; and that it was by mere accident he happened to make use of a whip on the present occasion, having just returned from an altercation with an ill-behaved pig which he kept in his back court, when, as bad luck would have it, he encountered his no less ill behaved wife, who had recently returned from one of her periodical rambles,- and whose language so provoked him that he felt himself under the lit-Tes sa), of resorting to thesarne measures with her which he had been obliged to do with the other re fractory member of his establishment in the back court. As >Tr% West did not altogether deny the state ment of her husband, Mr. 011131BERS endeavoured to accommodate matters by advising them to return, live in peace, and burn the whip. Neither party, however, appeared to relish the advice of the Wor thy Magistrate, who at length disposed of the case by recommending the husband to allow his wife an alimony of three shillings per week, which was joy fully acceded to by both. MUNCHAUSEN STORY.—In 1702 there was an universal complaint among the feeders of cattle in the fens of Lincolnshire, that they frequently lost a horse, an ox, or a cow, and could not discaver by what means; when leeching more narrowly, they observed a horse, and pre sently after a cow, go to the river to drink, and suddenly disappear. On going to the river side they saw an eel, the body of which was as large as an elephant. They could not doubt but this was the thief who had so often,robbed them of their cattle, and they very reasonably concluded, if they could catch the eel, their cattle would henceforth drink in safety. A council decided upon the folloWing expedient : They sent to London and purchased a cable and anchor, by way of fishing line and hook, and fastened the end of the cable round a barn, which stood about a hundred feet from the river, and then waited to see what the morning would produce. At break of day they repaired to the river side, when, to their great astonishment, they found that the eel bad been there and swallowed the bait, but in endeavouring to disengage himself had pulled the barn after him into tho river, and having broken the cable, made his escape.— Cheater Courant. OLD BAILEY. THE ENSUIIN A SUMMARY STATEMENT DESCRIP 'O SESSIONS. rIYE OF TER YARIOV9 Off FOR TRIAL lIIIVIIRALLS Bigamy .......... Embezzling ••• 4 _, Stealing from the persoi , Receiving stolen g00d5... ,- Larcenies Uttering counterfeit OW" Perjury ...... Assault chargedovith crimes OW ity. C'S GAOL OF NEIVGAIt WITH WHICH Tns saisossns CHARGBD, VIZ.:-. Coining 8urg1ary.............. 9 Housebreaking 8 Highway robbery «.. 13 Forgery Cutting and maiming 3 Stealing in dwelling.houses 1" Horzo-stealing 3 Returning from transporta- tion - Of the above number, 26 are in the City, and 225 in the Con STATE OF lIIS DIAJEST Prisoners under sentence of cleat Prisoners under sentence of tram th Lsportation for life .......• 11 years .. .•1; i year* LO, Imprisoned for felony and miederneanours for certain pa 7, For trial at the ensuing Sessions ...., Committe.t under the Bankrupt LawS ...'" Whese judgments are respited ..", Acquitted on the gro u nd of in sa nity , For trial at the Admiralty S:tssions ..... ....? .... •• --- Tower ditto ......... .....0 , ~i 1 Total 0000 THE MARKETS: Adair's —. Beaumont Burrion COAL MAR .K ET.—Dee. S. Walls End Newmarehl. Ditto Northumberlan d Ditto Peareth Ditto Perkins and CsLig Ditto Iliddt i t Ditto Russell's Ditts Walker Denmark Maih,.....44 0 Eden Main 0 1 i Neskam d 1 Russell's Lyon'a ...woe '0 Walls End Hatton...o. 0 Walls End Lymtli.....jp! Walls End Stewart's . 0 0 cowpcil Hartley Walls End Elgin Ditto Henderson.......l Silkstone Wilson's , Tantleld Tyne, small Walls End small 0 Ditto Birt ley Ditto Wed t Lambton small . Stewart's small ills sold,l6—Unsold. 91' S 3 0 33 3 Felling Main 3l 6 ' Gray's Steam Coal 30 0 Heaton 38 0 flebleurn Blain ~ 35 9 Holywell,. 34 0 Killingworth 15 6 Liddell',; 31 9 Percy East. _ 3O 0 Po ntop Wi Igor ......—. 30 6 Shipcoto 32 3 'Panfield 33 0 Willington Wylam 33 0 Walls End Bell and Co. 35 8 Ditto Hell Robson & Co: 311 Ditto Rewicke and t e.— 33 6 Ditto Brown's 35 6 Ditto Burraton —,—. 35 Ditto Carr and C 0........,. 32 It Ditto Clarke and Co. ~3 1 9 Ditto Hilda 35 0 Ditto Hotspur--........ 35 3 Ditto Jesmond 9 Ships at market, 167—51 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE - Wheat. Barley. Oats. OS Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to a. s. to s. t• Abingdon— 68 84 35 42 35 42 Andover ....--. 89 37 25 0 "' 1 Binningham-- 72 82 32 36 22 36 ."" Bridport 56 74 32 39 26. 31 ••". Cirencester.....,, ~ 60 76 36 40 25 36 Faringdon--- 51 86 36 411 26 28 •••• Guildford 49 84 36 45 24 56 Henley— Hereford Highworth 133 80 32 42 23 34 Maidenhead Oakingham Reading 58 94 32 44 ra 35 f 1 80Salisbury 8 78 3 81 318 40 2 40 25 5 32 Southampton .. ~. 5 Stroud 66 80 32 36 28 34 • 1 Tewkesbury Uxbridge 55 81 36 49 28 M Wantage 5O 71 28 34 26 31 . Warminster 50 85 35 44 30 36 18 98 39 43 26 36 ."" Worcester .- B3 80 36 48 25 56 CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Dec. 2. IS J l• • 'er Bushel• s. d. to s. d. Pet lb. d 6 Wheat 6 ! Barley 6 Oats Beans 4 9 6 6 Lamb Pease '5 0 8 0 Pork 0 Hay Si. 15s. to 41. 4s. per ton. 4s. per ton. HULL MARKET.—Dec. 2. ° 1 f 1 - We have again to notice a v e ry limited supp.) , _,.., mere' Wheat, which has been taken by ' the mi ll 1 cl— prices fully equalling last market. We have had quiry alter good foreign Wheat to-day, but not nOO tual business, and the prices remain as last noted. j Beans, and Peas remain in very little demand, a t the ro of last week. Our ntaltsters still continue to ettpP l 9 . o selves with Barleys from our own farmers, at pricel, j what it. can be bronght here from • the coast, as sin }wary runs of north country are held at higher rate 74 they will give at present—we do not, however, , the market lower than last week. Rape*d and 44" remain without alteration . „ . A Wheat, Old 756. SOS. —5. New .—e. Itl i : A. , '----- - Oat ' s, s P i o,F l l ai nr t ee o li r gi ;eest "... . — .... • --s -2: . ilig °a.4e .. 8°L:::: 4............?1:1!b ;::r . ::: t: ..."4.''11. .... 0 ......0 1." :. i Foreign —6. 24a. Wis. Barley, Norf. Fore gn & Suf ... —6 )6a. 355. Line. & Wold ....., 40 Beans 425. 416. 455. F ore i g n ..4. , 6 • 4 1 Meade, White ......i 48s. 506. Grey ..... ........" 4 . W I Tares —6. 40s. 506. Foreign 3 1 - 1 4 , .. Rapeseed, in 'bond none. Free, per 1a5t.....4 '_,,,, LI VERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Dec• S The supplies of Grain since last Tuesday have bee - ' light ; and, as many of the importers continue rather than accept present rates, the quantity pre the market has been much smaller than the previous importations would have led us to expect. Of the liberated foreign Wheat only two or three lots 1 , 1 been brought forward ; the principal part is still b the market. In our hat circular we noted an /1 3 activity in the demand for Wheat, and a small imp in prices; but the subsequent accounts of the da the London market checked the inquiry, and theta. ins; the remainder o f th e wee k was very l angu id, , !l! deuce to lower rates. Prime Oats Fare met a fair salA► 4 / full prices; but there has been little inquiry for ()try lithe. The reduction in the duty on Beane and l Eo brought to market some parcels of the recently imp reign, and a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. has been s to in the value of both articles. Several parcels of io so Barley are also now offered far sale,,bat of Eng other malting qualities the market is very bare, Pr, ?I f standing which Malt is dull of sale,. an& 2s. to 0 7 Ik 6 i quarter cheaper. A little improvement was stated sale of Flour and Oatmeal in the ; country marketAV close of the week. There were not many fine T'l, offering at to-day's market, and, having a full atte* of country millers, all qualities readily comman ie d quotation of this day se'nnight, with a fair extent of ness. The choicest parcels of Oats rather exce eded.4l' vious rates, but g e n era l runs were no t d earer . FP Flour and Oatmeal are unaltered. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MarDsroNE.—The announcement of the Duty 9 ",) , very injurious effect on the Hop Market, both ke(' in London. During the last week some considerabl e s lo' were made in old Hops , but in new nothing is doigel We heard of one lot of 1,300 bags, of the growth of 1819, &c. whit!' were sold at 20s. per cwt., and 081 r. , are TAM unsaleable.—Maidstone Journal. . AURORA BOREALIS.—An aurora - b 0 dor Tra3 visible from this town last evening, it formed a I° ,oo us arch of considerable magnitude in the north nortivor 'gradually shifting round towards the west, until it peared.—Manchester Mercury. PRINTEn and Puntisztzn by Alvapp youtio, 6 t Sun Corms, 112, STAAIND I I.OI,TDOtb BIRTHS. , o ar t ' On the 3d inst. Mrs. G. F. Allcock, of CoX's — Little Britain, of a son. O'W On the 3d inst. at Walthamstow, the lady of For' clay, Esq. of a daughter. o ftb e On the lit inst. at Wcsterham, in Kent, the 1114 • Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, of a son. MARRIED. Si f i ry On the 2d inst. at Taplow, by the Lord Bishop °;.,„ ‘ 10 9 chester, the Rev. Marinaduke Thomson, of Woburn , v", 09 late Senior Chaplain to the Hon. the East India C 00 ,: 9 0' At Madras, to Lucy, second daughter of Robert Bil" of Taplow-hill, in the same county. ta ci On the 2(1 inst. at Lewisham, Kent, by the Ref... 600,, Pat nter, M.A. r e ctor of Hatford, Berks, the Rev'. l e , : 0 5 . Collins, LL.B. son of the Rev. John Basset Col l '"lxte Trewardale, Cornwall, to Harriet, daughter of tb e cit T. Thomas Rawlings, Esq. of Padistow, in the same ee r ' .. „,,r‘ii On the 2d init. at Sheering, Essex, Mr. Wm: of Harlow-mill, to Caroline, daughter of Mr. roi Sheering-hall. tb d i On the 3d inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square/ - Iv s( pl Rev. Leigh Thomas, George Payne Rainsford Jame"' oy er only son of P. James, M.D. of George-street, lig n i ,„ square, to Frances, third daughter of 11. Leigh o °l ' l.- Leicester-place. DIED. On the 30th lilt. Jaseph Remnant, Esq. of Bloorn after a long and painful illness, aged GO years. ar id. On the 22d ult. aged 31, Mary, the wife of iae lop Carlton Stiff, Esq. formerly of New-street, Covent-1;370o On the 13th tilt. at Springside-house, Ayrshire, the widow of Robert Ilyndman, Esq. of Springside:. On the S'et w h ult. at West Ifam, Essex, Jane, .le ayth‘steiu, Esq. in her ti3d year. o rs On the Ist inst. John, youngest son of Ni'illiara h i* ling, 1•1s1. of Ilitchen, Iferts, late of Blackheath* . 1° 16th year. L/ VDU