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let it go out of their bands for a totally different object, upon a promise of restitution ? The French Government have their eyes upon this affair. We pare spoken o f the Palace which i s Said to lie in part built out of this French money, The principal approach to it for foreigners, and V i ew o f it by them, will he from the portion which is now finishing at Hyde Park corner ; and what will be their access to it from thence ? Not to an open an d magn ifi cent front, but to the exterior angle. of the left wing. This just as if our Gracious Sovereign, on a foreign Prince being presented to him, should not offer him his noble person en fax, but instead thereof present him with the outside of his left shoulder. The Palace has a kind of 'scrape-bailiff look at this moment, and indicates the source from whence the money is derived.—lbid. The " march of intellect" has been exceed ingly rapid within these few months. Among other things, we have discovered that the lessons of history are quite useless. For instance, it used to be believed, on the faith of history, that towns were favourable to knowledge and bide pepdenee—that from towns, as so many centres, civilization has been diffused over countries, and that ignorance and prostration of mind prevailed in the ratio of the distance from towns. in for mer times it would not have been taken for ea - Ited that public opinion in England ought to be sought for in the wealds of Kent, or round Dartmoor, or in Wales. What do the people •of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds,' Glasgow 3 Edinburgh, and Norwich think ? would have been the first question. Now, how ever, we have exploded ail these notions. In ascertaining public opinion in England, towns o'aght to be left quite out of consideration. In Trance, public opinion ought to be sought after ia Brittany or Auvergne, In Scotland, round Ben Nevis ; and in k.:ngland,, in the wealds of Kent or Susiex. > 111-Leeds the Brunswiekers dare not Ca . li,a meeting-- , -in Manchester they ate equally afraidele e in-Liverpool we hear nothing of thee. ; there is not temovement in all Scotland ; and, lastly, in this ineror. olis hear nothing of them. We arc to presunie; "then, that because in all these plaCes that ttaed formerly to he taken as the eentres . :V,Ve oonoti could be most satisfacCO . rilxatmo4e„uot one word has been saidi4il4v4_,9)E..„eiiktutatstick Clubs, there fore the people of. Eggliknd,7ara-to.be presum e d hostile, to,further conce ss i ons ' to the Catholics, because , the only Tait of , population which ought to . have asrdpinion ii such a case is that which- is at a diStanee . fedin tOwns, and under the inflifenee 'of Cironick. • .. A When the .Jato;Duke-of York determined to pull d own .•hi s ' h ouse -, i n t h e Stable-yard, S. James's, -anti ; to erect in its stead a splendid mansion, or rather Palace, the outer walls of which were scarcely ompleted before . his death, every one expressed their surprise at it as a strangc and unaceountable proceeding. No one expected (as the case. turned out to be) that at the Dukes tone of life„or in his state of health, there could be much chance of his living' to oc cupy the house ; and his finances being known to be in far from tit flourishing state, the wonder was increased as to where the fluids were to come from to build4ntia-4up so sumptuous. a plaCe, or pay the it!ereas'ei,Y,Ortienei_ size and magnificcned, would, i'ztf 'necessity, entail upon the owner.. Those who raised these ob jections were told at the time, however, that the matter was nothing to the public ; that both the house, and the money to rebuild it, were the Duke's own ; and that he- wiss as much a free agent in such matters as anyone' else, and had a right to do as he pleased. Though this kind of logic was undeniable in the abstract, still facts were stubborn things ; and it seemed not only incredible, but a slur upon the Duke's character, that, while he was known to be iucumbered 'with hez . y debts, he should possess means of his own for such an outlay. Some people were, there fore, found to be still incredulo,s and inquisi tive ; to satisfy whom it was given out, first, th a t a Ncble Duke, then that a Noble Marquis (both personal fricadS of the illustrious personage), were t 9 furnish the funds ; and that to one of these tie property was to revert, either on the Duke's death, or accession to a higher station. Not,oneayllable.of this, however, now turns out to be true. A strong suspicion was all along entertained that the house was building with the public money, which now turns out to be the case ; and, that the - then Lords of the Treasury had, in the shape of mortgagees, advanced the Duke the" necessary supplies out of some funds in hands. The ho use , it seems , was afterwa "ls' sold to the Marquis of Staf ford, as egeu, for much less than its value—whether eve. for, the sums which have been advanced upon it "is not stated; but the - creditors of the Duke 7 , l „ - d , among the rest, the builder of the houSe, complain that an impro vident bargain has been mad e by the Lords of the Treasury, in which their interests have been over looked. This may .or mar not be, so ;. b ut the public, we think, have a right to complain both of „ the disingenuousness with which it h as heel; treated, and that the then Lor ds of - _th e Treasury could, have no ftin4 out of wh i ch they coal.i, with propriety, do that which subject the. Caernment -to the imputation or having advanced the public money to the Duke for the . purpose of securing ins support to their Admi nistration. The transaction, in a great degree, resembles that which was brought to light by the Finance Committee, of great part of the funds remaining in the hands of the french Compen siaian Commissioners having been appropr iated to buildin g th e new P a l ace at Pi m li co . These matters reflect but little credit upon the actors ; they tend to weaken the faith of the well judging part of the community in the independence and intcgrity of public men ; while they shoe , a dis regard* of economy. How these kind of ad vancei, can be ma d e, an d not appear in the pu bl i c accounts, and are, as it were, only found out l)-y` accident, is another and more important point, and one which, we strongly recommend to the pryi:ig research o f M r. Hume.—Mont- Herald. folloviing- L -- TRIAL BY Jli anecdote is related by an eminent hair:Ater :—The'vvife of an inha bit4rit of a small town in the west of England having died suldenly, and it • being known that the" deceased hadlived on no very friendly terms with her husband, from wh om she had received repeated hwatiugs, a report obtained cur.. rency that she had died from ill-usage, and the husband was taken up and put upon his trial for manslaughter. On the trial the husband called sevaal witnesses to prove that be had never beaten his wife, except upon very great pro.. voaatiou, and that the deceased, from her temper, required wholesome correction. Two surgeons swore that the death w.is natural, and that it had nut been at all hastened by unkind treatment; and the general impression of the court and jury seemed to he, that the man had been needlessly (bagged before a tribunal of justice. When the clerk of the court went to the foreman and, inquired if the jury were . on their verdict, the foreman replied. emphatically ‘. Yes:' The. elerk then said, " What is your verdict, B,:fitlemen ?'? To which the foreman, with still greater emphasis, replied, " b'are'd her right," LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 18. James Parke, Esq. barrister-at-law, was called to the degree of the Coif, and, after the customary forms, took seat as one of the Judges in the Court of King's Bench this morning, in the ro o m of Mr. Justice tiolroyd, resigned. WATTS V. Ft SELL This was a special argument on a ease arising out of a covenant in a lease, by which the plaintiff cutlet , . voured to limit the defendant in taking apprentices. In an early stage of the argument the Court recom mended the plaintiff to ettoid his declaration, on the ground that the interest, regarding which he sought to enforce the provisions in such covenant, was not sufficiently explained. The recommenda tion was adopted, and the cast stood over. Before the proceedings had gone thus far, Mr. Sergeant Stephen cited a 'ease that had-been tried at York, in which it had appeared that the plaintiff had paid 100 guineas to a person, about 1806, on condition that he should get a guinea a-day for every day Napoleon Buonaparte had lived after his advance of the XOO guineas. On trial the Court held that it was an illegal wager, as its tendency went to promote assassina tion, and to beget a spirit of disloyalty. If Napo leon Buonaparte landed on our shores, an individual having a pecuniary interest in his preservation would not hare the proper degree of patriotic ardour in taking up arms to repel the invader—and every alien might make a hostile attempt on our coast without opposition from those so concerned in his welfare. The LORD CHIEY JUSTICE expressed his opinion that the wager was illegal in two ways; first, as it might have the . effect of causing the death of Na poleon by unfair means; and next, as it had a ten dency to protect him from death in the fair field of war, announcement of the opinions on this si gular wager excited considerable merriment Court. Mr. Justice PARK did not consider this a case that should he treated with levity. Nothing further passed respecting it, and the case of Watts v. Fuseli stood over as recommended. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Nov. 18. OAKS V. EITTOON. The plaintiff, who is the landlord of a house in tepney, sought to recover the amount of arrears of rent from the defendant, Isaac Bittoon, a retired prize fighter, who upwards of twenty years ago was one of the most' powerful and celebrated fighters of the day. The case on which evidence was given for •the plaintiff was ' that he bad been obliged to p u t an execution in.Bittoon's house. The man in posses sion was treated with liquor, in which some ex tremely powerful narcotic drug was infused, and under its influence he went to sleep. In the mean time two cart loads of goods were removed clan destinely. Nothing was left except a few trumpery articles, which sold for ten shillings. The action was brought to recover the deEit. The jiiry found a verdict for the piaintitT to the full amount of his demand. CHEAP LAW. The RECORDER, in :fismissing the jury, and thank ing them for their services rendered to their fellow citizens, took occasion to observe that many cases had been decided before them, and several for the recovery of property to very large amounts. He was happy that the citizens of London were beginning to rcort more frequently for justice to their own courts, which in speed, simplicity, and efficiency of process, as well as in cheapness, possessed great advantages. The important causes tried there that day would be expedited at not more than one-fifth the expeoc , : of the procedure in any of the superior courts, and here execution would follow judgments within three days. The citizens. had in this, their most useful court, an equity jurisdiction, and besides other useful and pe culiar privileges, they had the highly valuable power of attachment against the goads of creditors in the hands of third parties. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. IS: Mrs. Mary Bloomfield, of Northampton-place, Clerkenwell, widow of the well-known poet Robert Bloomfield, was heard in the matter of her petition and schedule to be discharged. It will be fresh in the recollection of the public, that the celebrated bard expired about 18 months ago, when a subscription was entered into for the widow and her two children, by which she was en abled to set up in business as a milliner with her daughter in the above place. • The public will ever read with delight his cele brated Farmer's Bay, which has done him so much honour, and which procured him the friendship of a noble personage, the Duke of Grafton,, Capel -Lofft, Esq., and several. other distinguished and learned men of the present day. The poet in the latter part of his life was in great expectance of a situation under Government; but on his renewing his application he was told he must wait till a vacancy occurred, which so discouraged him that he cared little for life, and expired wanting its necessaries. He willingly re signed his soul to that God, the giver of thought, who, as he beautifully expresses it himself, " raises up many who will turn a listening ear, and will not despise " The abort and simple annals of the poor." The unfortunate widow, attired in a plaid cloak, appears about 55 years of age, Lind stated in her exa mination by the Court, that she resided in Nor thampton-place, with her son Robert, who is about 21 years of age, and who follows the trade of his late father, namely, a ladies' shoe-maker, and her daughter, who is 23 years of age, and that the greater part of the furniture she used belonged to them. Her detaining creditur was a Mr. Woolmer, a ware houseman of Cheapside, whose debt was contracted by goods furnished to her and her daughter as mil liners, and fur which she alone was responsible. She had been obliged, in the support of herself, to borro w several sums of money from gentlemen, ad mirers of her husband's teent, whose loans were, mentioned in her-schedule: -p?osniorlappeariure against her, she was ad jtuodbgeedfoelr:htl‘tyleitt t h o benefit b of the Act, and ordered discharged. OF KING'S BEN REX, AT TILE PROSEC UTION 01' JERVIS, ' ESQ., iIIIAY(R ------------____ CH, DUBLIN Nov . 15 . OF LIMERICK, V• D. w G E ~,,, LIMERICK EVENINO POST. . Y, P:AM`RIETOR .1F TUE case for a conditional ordeortiio Mr. BENNETT, K. C., moved filethae c C ri o al u i r i t iai n i i n t fo h r is ,evening P9st. e r iiii; e propriFtor of the infor mation against D. W. application i. was lefttli ,w itch stated gliriontniice4d. 011 an affidavit of Mr. Jervis a Brunswick club ' in Limerick, iinje;taitctke,nadtedwhaticah tillheceretirN'vgereef several respectable suggested to him agains t persons, and that, when Lord Maasey Mr. Steele attempted to address the Meeting e chair,hat the prosecutor, perceiving that disturbance ; tni g ht ensue from Mr. Steele's intrusion, the propriety of remaining silent, and before he, th e prosecutor, could further interfere, Steele Was put out of the room. The present application the defendant (the Learned Counsel said) w „, , founded on a report of certain speeches made at a dinner given to Mr. Steele in Limerick, .on which occasion the prosecutor was frequently called by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon and Mr. Steele a " coward" and a " dastard," and which report was published in the Limerick Ereiing Post, of which paper the defen dant was the registered proprietor.—Conditional Order granted. COURT In the C6urt of King's Bench, Dublin, on Thursday lag, an application was made by Mr. KEATINGF for a Habeas Corpus, to bring up a Miss DORAN, who was stated by her brother and other friends to be kept in a state of forcible seclusion in the nunnery of Harold's Crosse The Habeas Corpus being granted, the. young lady ap peared iu Court on the following day, when she declared that she was not secluded against her will; and, being - of age, she was allowed to return to the nunnery. POLICt INTELttGtNet. MANSION-HOUSE A GAMIt HEN.—Yesterday a man named Timmot, was charged before the Loa') Mayon. upon suspicion of having stolen a game hen, of very superior b ree d, and supe r i or b eau t y too , f or t he complainant declared that she had a gold neck, a tailhke a pheasant' s , a wing o f p ecu li ar brilliancy, a Bishop's Mitre on her head, and a pair of blue legs. The hen, it was s t ate d wa s treated with great tenderness and care, but beina• of a truant disposition she flew out of her place of safety, and, of all the places in the world, she chose the tap-room of a r'siblic-house in whiCh to exhibit herself. The de fendant happened to be one of the company, and the hen was very soon in his possession. After havin g kept the bi r d f or some t i me he disappear e d, and when the o:-nier of the hen went to look for her, she was nowhere to be found. The bones of a fowl were, however, it was privately reported, found in the neighbourhood, but the legs were yellow; and it was supposed that as a lobster, upon being boiled, turned from black to red, so a bird's legs were as likely to change from blue to yellow u p on under going the operation o f excessive heat. The com plainant set the highest value upon his bird, for he was convinced that there was not such another hen in the kingdom, or indeed in the world.—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR asked the complainant how much he had given for the hen He replied that he had given no more than two shillings for her, but he would not have sold her for 51.; she was a game one of the very first breed, and would fight till she'd die, aye, or.afterwards—there was no such bird to be seen, cock or hen. The LORD MAYOR asked the defendant what he had done with the hen ? The defendant declared that he could find no master for the bird for a long time. She flew into the tap-room and perched up( - ,i him, and he cotched her in his hand. Well, he walked about and showed her to every one for a couple of hours, but nobody would own her. At length there came a gentleman, in a frize jacket, and he said, " thank you, my good fellow, it's my hen," and he gave it to the gentleman, who gave him the price of a pint of beer for his trouble. Mr. Hobler—" And did she eat tender?" (A laugh.) Defendant—" No, I can't say she did." Mr. Hobler—" Oh, then she ate tough ? De fendant—" I'm sure I can't say, for I did'nt eat none on her. (Laughter.) I don't know as how any body ate her, but up comes this here gentleman (the complainant) aterwards, and he said I stole his hen; but I didn't steal no such a thing, for the hen flew to me, and I valked all about axing every body if it was his ben, and they all said, no it an't, barring that ere gentleman, what gave the money for the heavy. (Loud laughter.) The LORD MAYOR --And (lid you sell the hen for the price of a pint of beer ? Defendant—Vv, I tells your Vorship that I didn't sell no hen at all. The hen comes to me, and I goes about with the hen, and nobody wont have her but one, and he says to me that it was his hen, and, your Vorship, I knowed very well it Ny ' ant mine.—(Laughter.) The LORD Mavoß—ls there any body here who knows you ? The street-keeper here stood forward, and said, that he was present when the defendant professed his ignorance amongst several persons as to whose property the hen was. He did not see any person claim it, but the noise made about the matter was quite sufficient to raise several claimants. Under these circumstances, the LORD MAYOR thought it probable that if the hen was in existence, she was not in the custody of the defendant, and that if she had been consigned to " the grave of living flesh," the defendant was not present at the obsequies, A verdict to the effect of " Not Guilty" was then pronounced, at which the accused seemed to have been as much pleased as if another game hen had taken a fancy to him. MARYLEBONE. William Spurgeon, carter to Mr. George Hays, ironmongir, White Hart -court, Charterhouse-lane, was fined .51., and being unable to pay the fine, was committed to the House of Correction, for unlaw fitly, wantonly, and cruelly beating, abusing, and ill-treating a horse, belonging to his master. The case was brought fonvard by John Gudge, one of the parish beadles, who witnessed the mis conduct of the defendant towards the animal in Adam-street-East, on Saturday last; and; in addi tion to the penalty inflicted by law, he is dismissed from the service of his master. MARLBOROUGH.STREET. 1 Yesterday two young girls, named Maria and Susan Higgs, sisters, the eldest not above 16 years of age, were brought from St. Pancras watch house before Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate, charged on suspicion with being concerned in the following shameful robbery upon one of the unfor tunate Spanish refugees at present in this country, and who had served as a distinguished officer in the constitutional army of his own. It appeared by the statement of Senor Fernando Arino, the complainant, given through the means of an interpreter, Senor Arino himself not speaking the English language at all, that he has been lodging for some months past at the house No. 4, Fredelick street, Hampstead-road, where he has occupied a small back room on the second floor, and on Monday night last, having gone out for a short time on a little business, he found on his return, about ten o'clock, his usual hour of going to bed, that his room had been stripped of every, thing belonging to him, including his few articles of wearing apparel, amongst which wire his very scanty stock of linen, and a military cloak, which he found of great service to him, not only in the day time, in this cold weather, but also as a covering on his bed at night. The sus picions against the two prisoners arose from their occupying a room in the house on the same floor, and just adjoining to • that of the complainant, where they are known to be constantly visited by young fellows of suspicious and bad cha racter, they themselves being girls of the town ; and it was known that one of those fellows called upon them, and accompanied them out to walk on the very night of the robbery, during the absence of the complainant. No trace, however, had as yet been had of the property, and the prisoners were remand-. ed., the magistrate assuring the complainant that ne exertion should be wanting to discover tlic thieveF, and trace out the property, and•he gave the directions to that effect. Andrew Bell and Sarah Bell, who have undergone several examinations at this office, charged on sus picion with being concerned in the robberies at Lord Hartland's house, were yesterday again brought be fore the magistrate, and told by him, that as there was at present no further evidence to warrant their unqualified detention longer, they should be liberated on procuring each two responsible housekeepers in 404 each, to be answerable for their future appear ance; but the bail not being then forthcoming, they were again locked up. John Jennings, who was fully committed for trial a few days ago on a charge of stealing two silver spoons from the house of Martin Stapylton, Esq., in Manchester-square, was again brought up in conse quence of Clements, the officer, having, subsequently to the former examination, discovered also in the prisoner's possession a silver salt-spoon ' gilt in the bowl, and of quite a different patter n and crest froui those of Mr. Stspylton. Clements said that he had made every effort, but in vain, to trace out the owner of the spoon ; and he had even waited on Sir George Nayler at the Heralds' College, to see if Sir George could trace out to what family the crest belonged, but Sir George could not ascertain farther than that he had an im pression that the crest mas that of a Scotch family, lie thought either of the name of Hume or •Home ; and in consequence of this, lie, Clements, had been to Sir Everard Home, to MrHume, M. P., and to all the Homes and Humes of any respectability in London; but none of them eivned either the spoon or the crest. The prisoner said that the spoon had been given to him by a friend of his named Taylor, who did re side at Ledbury, in Herefordshire, but where he re sides now, he (the prisoner) does not know. The Magistrate said that this was the sort of story the prisoner told about Mr. Stallholes spoons too, and he supposed both were about equally true. The prisoner was then ordered to be remanded again for another week, and Clements was directed in the mean time not to relax in his exertions to discover an owner for the spool!. The crest on the spoon is a naked hand and arm, resting on a heart, and wielding a cimetar. A well-looking well-dressed female, who, upon this occasion, gave her name Catherine Townsend, but who, it appeared, goes by a variety of names, viz. Willis, Barry, &c., was charged with the follow ing frauds A host of pawnbrokers, who attended at the office, stated that the prisoner had on several occasions pledged at their respective shops, under various names, and giving as various addresses, such as Duke's-court, Charles-street, Oxford-street, `Val worth, &c. the pieces of cloth now produced, repre senting them to be Irish linen, and received sums of money in proportion to the supposed value, as a loan on them, whereas the whole of these pieces of cloth turned out to be nothing but cotton manufacture, which had undergone a particular process of calen dering and hot-pressing, to give it all-the appearance of Irish linen, for the purpose of fraud, and in so complete a manner was this done, a n d th e pieces stamped with the Irish linen-mark, and made up as if at the bleacher's there, that nine out of ten linen drapers, to whom these pieces had been shown, said at first that they were really Irish linen. Tic prisoner denied that she had pledged the ar ticle as Irish linen, but as a mixed manufacture of linen and cotton, which they really were, and they were well worth, she said, the money that had been advanced to her on them by the pawnbrokers. It was a material, she said, that is now in very general sale in all the shops, and it is her husband's particu lar business, she said, to prepare it as it now ap peared for the market. The pawnbrokers declared that the prisoner had pledged the pieces as entire linen, whereas there is not a thread of linen in the manufacture, it being en tirely cotton ; and they said that there was scarcely a pawnbroker in London that had not been taken in by this fraud, so extensively was it practised. The MAGISTRATE asked how it was that pawn brokers were so ignorant of a sort of goods which they were so much in the habit of taking in as pledges 9—The pawnbrokers said that, in the first place, the way in which the goods were made up and prepared for sale would deceive, and have de ceived, the most experienced persons, even in the trade, as linen-drapers; and then, again, the prisoner, being a very pretty woman, and very interesting in her manners, the shopmen at pawnbrokers', it was feared, were often seduced, by her appearance and address, away from their usual caution and circum spection in such matters. - The MAGISTRATE ordered that the prisoner should be remanded, and liat a person capable of speaking as to the real nature of the manufacture should be brought forward on a future day. HATTON-GARDEN. Mary Anne llezeson, a dashingly-dressed female, was brought up from the watch house of Somers'- town, charged by John Edwards, driver of the hackney-coach No. 599, with refusing to pay him his fare, 6s. 6d., for a drive of three hours. The complainant stated, that at four o'clock in the morning he was called from off his stand in Ox ford-street, to take up the lady and a gentleman, who was muffled up in a large plaid cloak, at the Dolphin public-house, and drive them to Grenville street. When he came to the Dolphin, he was de tained for an hour whilst the lady and gentleman sat enjoying themselves quite carelessly drinking purl, and having at length got into the coach, he drove direct for Grenvillerstreet, Brunswick-s quare , think ing that was the street in whi c h th e y wished to be set down; but on his arrival there, he was told that that was not the Grenville-street they wanted to go to, and ordered him to drive to another of the same - - - name in Somers'-town. He accordingly obeyed the order, and as they proceeded the lady desired him to pull up his hoises at the first public-house be came to and have something:to drink. This he did ; but though he treated her as well as himself to some warm brandy and water, be had to pay for it, she not having a single sixpence. When he set the lady down in Somers'-town, be demanded for time Gs. 6d. instead of half-a-crown, for which she had at first agreed with him; but on her refusing to pay it, he gave :her in charge, and had her locked up in the watch-house. The defendant insisted that the driver was in toxicated, and had wasted, through his own fault, the time for which be was now making her charge. able. At one time, your Worship, she said, he de manded from - ale 6s. 6d., and then he would exag gerate it, and insist upon getting Bs. 6d., but he knew not what he was saying or doing, he was so intoxicated. Complainant—That could not be, your Worship, as I slept in the coach upwards of five hours before I was called to take up the fare. " The watch-house-keeper stated, that both the parties were a little fresh when they came to him. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—WeII, I see how the matter is—one was drunk, and another was drunk, and the whole was a scene of confusion, and I shall therefore dismiss it altogether. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. • MosnaY, NovzmnEa 17.—Wind N.N.W.-11igh water 21 minutes past four.—Arrived the Lindsay", ---, from Paraiba ; Bolivar, Winder, from . Bombay ; Cape Packet, Dixon, from Yew South Wales . ; Roselle, Morice, from Africa. CLEARED' 0 TWA 'CDS. —The li r iMaul Thompson, Max-. well, fur New York ; Spartan, Hewes, for Calcutta ; 51-ary, Mann ; for Maranhatn ; Aurora, Th orn , f or Dram men ; Tagus, Berry, for Lisbon; Agnes, Comalum, for Africa. EAST INDIA. The Candlan, Reed, from Bengal, off Portsmouth ; sailed July 9, St. Helena, Oct. 2. - The Hindestan, Rimner, froni Sincapore, off Ports mouth'; sailed June 22, and St. Helena, Sept. 17. The Fanny, from the South Seas, in the Downs. Arrived at St. Helena—The General Palmer, from Ma dras, and sailed Oct. 1, for London. Sailing from Bengal—The Madras, Beach, for London,, July 9. Arrival at Bengal—The Undaunted, Clifford, from England, on the 3d of July, with Lord W. Bentinek, the Governor-General. Arrivals at Sincapore--June 17, Louisa, China-16, Reaper, Londen—Greenuck, Batavia—H.C.S. Emerald, Malacca. Sailings from Sincapore_May SO, Fort William, for China—June 1, Atnerica, London—Cornwallis, China— Mountstewait, China. Departure—By the H.C.S. Hastings, the Hon. Governor and suite. Mr. WILLIAM IVIADELEY, of this town, has ' invented and taken out a caveat for an ingenious snare; which promises to answer all the purposes of man-traps and spring -guns; instruments which are now prohibited. By this invention, the trespasser is seized and safelydetained without personal injury. As the law now stands, this instrument becomes of the highest utility and importance to all those whose property reqn ires protection from robbers sad tres p as sers.--Birmingham Gazette. Asnodel and plan for the approach from the City to the new London-bridge, and differing in every re spect from any hitherto offered, was yesterday laid before the LORD illaroa, by Mr. LUND, of Cornbill. The model and plan is to be taken into consideration, and will shortly be laid before the public. We regret to learn that Lieutenant TIHOMP xINs, of the Royal Marines, recently on the recruiting service in this town, terminated his existence a short time age, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, by cutting his throat.— Leicester Chronicle. Yesterday a gentleman,' named LEMON, who came to town on Sunday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. JACKSON, of the Bull and Mouth, while proceeding through Highgate, on his way home, was thrown from his gig and killed on the spot. ACCIDENT AT COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. An accident, accompanied by the loss of two lives, and the serious injury of three individuals, took place in Covent-garden Theatre at about half-past one o'clock yesterday, owing to the ex plosion of one of the gasometers, which several workmen were employed in removing. The report at first circulated was that the theatre was on fire, a rumour which gained considerable ere dit from the circumstance of a thick volume of smoke having been seen to issue from the roof of the building. Several fire-engines were shortly In attendance ; and it having been ascertained that the gas-room, is situated immediately under the stage, was on tire, the firemen, assisted by a plentiful supply of water, directed their tubes to that quarter of the building, and in a few moments succeeded in extinguishing the flames. As soon as the alarm had in some de gree abated, inquiry- was made as to the cause of the accident, when it was ascertained that one of the gasometers had exploded. This information was communicated by three persons, who im mediately after the explosion came running up stairs from the gas-room, their persolis com pletely blackened from . head to fbot, and their flesh torn and mutilated in a shocking man ner. One of these persons was a Mr. Cooke, we believe of Apothecaries' Hall ; Skinner, the director of the gas, was the second ; and a man named Barry, an Irish labourer, was the third. Part of their clothing was burned from their backs, and at the moment of their appearance some of their dress was on fire. Water having been thrown over them, they were wrapped up in g reat coats, and conveyed in a coach to th e Middlesex Hospital, from whence a report reached the theatre at five o'clock that they were all doing well. A man nazned Uxford, a lamp lighter, escaped with a slight scorching, as did Sigs, a coalman. A young man, named Rams den, who is also a lamp-lighter, escaped with few bruises, and another of the workmen, named Milton, pras wholly uninjured. From their ac count of the fransaction, it appeared that two of their. companions, Douglas, the storekeeper of the theatre, and Fennell, the master; gas-man, were missing, and from the circumstance of their having been seen immediately next to the gaso meter a few seconds before the explosion took place, but little doubt remained of .their fate. Mr. Beazley, the architect of the theatre, hap pened to be in the house at the time, and used the _most praiseworthy exertions 'to endeavour if possible to rescue the unfortunate men from their perilous situation, in case they might be lying in a state of stupefaction near the gasometers. With this intention Mr. Beazley rushed into the gas-room, in which, by this time, were at least four feet of water and oil, (a large portion of the latter), and groped about in utter darkness, occasionally calling upon the names of the missing men. His example was followed by one or two of the fire men, but their search was without avail, and not being provided with safety lamps, they were obliged to return in order to procure them. In the mean time the wife of Douglas, who, it ap pears, was a most respectable man, having heard of the accident, came to the theatre in a state of the greatest alaim, and it was with great diffi culty that she was so far , appeased as to wait at a house in the neighbourhood until the result of the search which was making for her husband should be made known to her. ":klr. Corder, ;he vestry clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, having procured two patent safety lamps, de scended to where the gasometers lay, accompa nied by Mr. Beazley and the young man Rams den, whose escape in the first instance we have already noticed. Hare at about five o'clock in the evening, after a search of upwards of two hours, the body of Douglas and that of Fennell were discovered. The latter was seated in a bent position nearly doubled up at the top of a staircase, which leads from the gas-room to a part of the theatre but ltttle frequented. Douglas was found at the bottom of the staircase with his head in a hole, and his arm playa over his eyes, as if to defend them from the flames. From the attitude of the body, it was conjec tured that the unhappy man was in the act of en deavouring to effect his escape up stairs, when overpowered by the noxious air. Fennell, it is, supposed, had mounted the staircase with a like intention, and in all probability would have ef fected his escape, if it had not unfortunately happened that the door was locked through which he had hoped to pass. On inquiring the cause of-this lamentable accident, our reporter learned from Ramsden and other workmen who had ef fected their escape, that they had been employed in trying to empty the gas pipes of foul air pre paratory to the removal of the gasometers. A lighted candle was incautiously placed - upon one of the gasometers; .in . which one of the workmen was in the act of punching a hole, the better to free the foul air, when suddenly the liquid col lected by the gas rare out, and running in the di rection of the candle, instantly ignited and filled the whole room with flames.- Another ac count ascribes the accident to the " man hole" of one of the gasometers having been in- ' cautiously opened, which occasioned an explo sion- of the gas. The bodies of Douglas and Fennell had neither bruise nor contusion upon them, and their clothes were butslightly scorched. As soon as it was _ascertained that they were found, Mr. Hume, a surgeon in Long-acre, and an assistant of Mr. Brooke, surgeon, of • Bed ford-street, Covent-garden, attended, to afford every alsistance in their power. Bleeding and other means were accordingly resorted to for the purpose of endeavouring to restore animation, but without effect. Mr. Cooke, one of per sons conveyed to St. George's. Hospital, was well known at-Covent-garden as a sort of theatrical amateur. He had lately, it appears, submitted a plan to the managers with a view to obviate the inconvenience occasioned by the stendi which arose from the gas when the house was lighted. He had had an interview with Messrs. Fawcett and Kemble upon the subject, who had, in some degree, approved of his plans, and employed him to superintend the removal of the present gasometers, in whieh occupation he was engaged when the accident occurred. It appears that the unfortunate men who have lost their lives, as well as those who have escaped, were warned of the danger they incurred only a few days ago by a person whose duty it is to inspect the chande liers of the theatre, and whoassured them that something serious would happen if they at tempted to take a lighted candle to where the gasometers were placed. In the pockets of Douglas were found a valuable gold watch, seals, and chain, and seven sovereigns. He has left a wife and three young children to lament his un timely; death. His , employment at the theatre was storekeeper, and he had under his care the coals, candles, and other articles of consumption in. daily,..use. He is spoken of by the persons employed in the theatre . - a:s a kind-he a rted obliging man. His unhappy widow is in a state bordering on distraction, the a r cau Bence having been incautiously communil her. We understand that- Fennell also a widow and a family of children. Mr. Fawcett, the acting manager, and'' Kemble, Willett, Blanchard, and o ther" men connected with the theatre, were ih ante, and directed that every assistance be afforded, not only to the sufferers. escaped with life, but to the widows an , of the unfortunate men who had fallen their own temerity. The Conduct of Mr. Beazley in the humanity cannot be too highly praisea. the arrival of the safety he made attempts, up to his middle in water, to the position of the bodies, and a ltbo, peatedly u rge d t o put on d ry c l ot hi ng , be l every importunity, while the least mained of rescuing his fellow-creatures. An inquest will be held upon the br evening, at the Garrick's Head, Bow-st Since writing the above, we have asi that one of the unfortunate men who to the Middlesex Hospital has since expll his name we could not ascertain. The ing two are in a very dangerous state. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A scientific gentleman was requested perintend the cleansing and purificaw cellars in which the oil-gas apparatus and which were in a very impure and state from the quantity o f p u t r id oil which adhered to the sides of the gasom tanks, and floated on the surface of the the latter. The workmen began to ptv into the tanks, and continued doing so oil on the surface therein ran over end passages nearly ankle deep ; at that p( workmen were unfortunately moving abo a number of candles amidst this body of corrupted matter, which had been long accumulating, without reflection and e' tion of the danger, (which might have under similar circum s t ances , at any tu, the consequence was, that the oil took flame spread over the surface, and envel , whole place. in flame. No explosion erroneously stated at the time) took 11 the gas, having escaped from one of the ters, mixed with the vapours produce' flame of the oil, and materially assisted, not cause the combustion. Had an taken place, the building would have been tered, and the limbs of the men would hale broken ; but two unfortunate individual been suffocated, by retiring into the vault of advancing to the entrance, as the oth who have escaped with life, but have bee ously scorched by the flame. We are assured that very trifling damn been done to the th ea t re , th e fi re n et communicated to any other part, and no sustained by explosion, as erroneously but rally reported. THE FAIR.—Our annual November/ it is more commonly called " dirt fair," was held y'L in Salford. There was a very nutuercus shovi 4 horned cattle, horses, and pigs. The last sold at duce prices; the horned cattle consisted mostlY, lean kind, and fetched but moderate prices. Pr. with the exception of some few of the ;fraught show was the worst we have seen for some yea ° there was very little purchasing. What there 10 confined to the better description, which fetched e% good prices.—Munchester Mercury. BIRTHS. On Sunday last, Mrs. Maynard, wife of Mr. Maynard; of the Britamiia, Camden-town, of a sail' On the 14th instant, at Stoney Thorpe, W: the lady of Henry Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq. 0 ' On the 15th instant, Mrs. Rees Thomas, of a clf On the 15th instant, at Hythe, in Kent, the lag Right Hon. Lord . Greenock, of a son and heir. April 18, at Culwa House, in the East Indies, W 7 of Richard Shaw, Esq. of a daughter. At Tower View-cottage, Cork, the lady of E• Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th instant, at Northwood,' Robt. Da"' RN., of Cowes, Isle of Wight, to the Right 1 - 1 4 . Dowager Lady Kirkeudinight, of Raeberry-lodge, anipton. At Uffclunt, Lieutenant W. Williams, of the Is Veteran Battalion, to Ann, daughter of the Is:_ . „ Henry Ch or l e y M an l ey , v i car o f B ra df or d, Sowers!' At Damien, G. R. Pepper, Esq. of Inchmerrf Exbury, to Miss R. Barnes, of Hytbe, near Sout At Bangalore, in the East Indies; I. W. St... let Light Cavalry, to Catherine, youngest daughter late T. Anneeley Browne, Esq. of Madras. DIED. Lately, at Briftton, after six months' severe ° which she bore with exemplary patience, aged 2 8 $ line Martha, only daughter of the late Charles of Merroe, and widow of Mr. Francis Collins, of place, who, with two infitnts, died a short time bet, She lira left a disconsolate mother, with three ore feats, ever to mourn the loss of her whose marl may be equalled, but cannrq be excelled. On Monday morning, the 17th instant, at her • Walton-upon-Thames, aged 74, much respected? Isabella Elizabeth, upwards of 50 years, the ' Holland Fowke, Esq. On the 15th instant, at Hampstead, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Hurry, Esq. of Great YarmootPA On Friday, the 14th instant, Mr. Thomas P°" of the Freemasons' Artne, Battle-bridge, st. Pao his 49th year. On Monday evening, in Store-street, Bedford ., after a short illness, Robert Alfred, the only son of Clarke Loraine, Esq. aged one year and ten months' On the 16th instant, Henry John, the infant son John Perry, surgeon, of Ebury-street, Pimlico. , On the 11th instant, at Ramsgate, in his 62d Josi, Esq. of Gerrard-street, Soho, l a t e o f A ms ted , On the 16th instant, in Austin-friars, in her 66,d a Phoebe, the truly affectionate and beloved wife of Barwick. EAST INDIA BIRTHS, DEATHS, & MARRIAUr, • BIRTHS. At Sea'dab, June 1, the lady of foce Graham, , a son. CO! At the Presidency, May 11, the lady of Capt. bell, .33d Regt. N. 1., of a daughter. At Bangalore, April 23, the lady of Assist.- 51 Campbell, of a daughter. At Madras, May 26, the lady of R. Clerk, Egl" daughter. At Jessore, May 31, th e l a dy o f G. H. S m ith, O V . a daughter. MARRIED. June 2, at the Cathedral, W. Graham, Esq. to 0 111 ,' Keating. ' June 2, at the Cathedral, Wm. Boyd Kerr, Esti, Miss C. Moore, ef Calcutta. At Madras, May 15, Mr. James Harvey, to 1 0111 ) reline Strange. • At Calcutta, June 6, A. Prinsep, Esq., to Mies Ommaney. May 12, at Bangalore, J. It. Strettell, Esq. I S t it Cavalry, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the la *Browne, Esq, ef Madras. At Madras, May 23, Mr. John Dubier, of the Honourable the Governor's Body Guard, to Miss Gregory. DIED. . June 1, Mr. J. Harwood, Head Accountant of tbe l i litary Board. At Fort William, May 30, of cholera, Lieut. V 7 .9 ley, of his Majesty' s 59th R eg i men t, after a few 13° • illness. At Keltah, May 23, J. Hector Mackenzie, Egg. au 3d Light Cavalry, aged 40. ro At Cannab oore , Li eu t. B. K e lly, of his Majesty 's Regiment. At Gooty, April 30, Mr. A. des Granges, t'° B v 1 late Rev. A. cle; Granges, Vizagapatam. Patt.ran add PUBLISHED by MVRDO Su Orinca, 112, &IRANI), 1.0141,016 ! of ( 1 , 1 a l I Ni t tzer 20. I ; 1 1,111 1 CPet - , 4 % ; lho , . .. ! - Ili ltv, E 1 ii 10,4 1 , a - -' . - ~.-' ' to l l, bordering on distraction, the arcaf i ll '' , a ,.. 4 , .... cone 1 Bence having been incautiously common'', ? 1 .T, 7 . her. We understand that Fennell also 11 : *- • a widow and a family of children. . ' ,tl 2O , Mr. Fawcett, the acting manager, and' a 7 : , * l .. ' I licuible, Willett, Blanchard, and. other;.,: , - ~1 , ,,.. Imen connected with the theatre, were in o' , :t.,,-,,.1 mice, and directed that every assistance,: Ibe afforded, not only to the sufferers ,7 . k v:, escaped with life, but to the widows afi cl L';' ' ei; of the unfortunate men who had fallen Yr.i,...,', I their own temerity. ' ' i.:- ,nu -; .--, The Conduct of Mr. Beazley in the c 1 : ,,,, humanity cannot be too highly praisea• '''' ',,., I , the arrival of the safety lainp..,?;, he made '''' iii r , attempts, up to his middle in water, toil ~ '.. i i 1m the position of the bodies, and altiv'' . ' ' •: k t 1 peatedly u rge d t o put on d ry c l ot hi ng , he ~ 1' - ' every importunity, w hil e t h e l eas t ch '..' '' ch mained of rescuing his fellow-creature& ~',4 .., An inquest will be held upon the bo. : ~, , ... lii evening, at the Garrick's Head, Bow.str . , ; • - ,., ~. 1 '.;!. • ~...., Since writing the above, we have asr..--, , .; i s) that one of the unfort una t e men w h o vie r 4 , u . I I to the Middlesex Hospital has since exiv...., ~Io4] his name we could not asc e rt a in. The ~. :0 ,- -.:!ft ing two are in a very dangerous state. ' "'' ' h e ll ; FROM A CORRESPONDENT.. - 7•• , A scientific gentl e m a n was r e quested' ': :,:!.. perintend the cleansing and purification ' ..1 cellars in which the oil-gas apparatus i s . ' '- of c and which were in a very impure and d '•ii i:i ''t b state from the quantity of putrid oil '',..', k ' which adhered to the sides of the gasome t ' 'i , .„:. 4)4 . tanks, and floated on th e sur f ace o f the „'- .'i4 , e . b ut the latter. The workmen b egan t o purer into the tanks, and continued doing so 01!:, ~,. oil on the surface therein r a n over and' ! ' it AsT passages nearly ankl e d ee p ; a t th a t pert' it ( workmen were unf or t una t e l y mov i ng a b° ,‘, lit itt , a number of candles amidst this body of :,: i :. b corrupted matter, which had been long ; 4 ,' :, accumulating, without reflecti o n an d co" ' - . 2 ' ' , their tion of the danger, (which m i g ht h a ve o''', 4 . , 1 4 , C under similar circumst ances , at any titaii , ,,, 'f''' , * 4 ~ . . the consequence was, th a t t h e o il took ' ! o f ~a i c flame spread over th e sur f ace , an d enve loy4. :q 9% . 1 whole place. in flame. No explosion . 1 4 a erroneously stated at the tim e ) to o k pl. y - I t!) the gas, having escaped from one of the 4, ,' ,- ,- ters, mixed with th e vapours- produce ' 1 flame of the oil, and materially assisted, b.`' Skaiii not cause the combustion. Had an 01' 4 ' ,i,,,..1i;: taken place, the building would have bell: ,Cs' tered, and tl ie li m b s o f t h e men wou ld hal", b .: I t broken ; b u t t wo un f ortunate individual;' :'-'ere been suffocated, by retiring into the vault 0 ' i t Ina of advanci ng t o th e en t rance , as t h e o th E- 1 * who have escaped with life, but have bee11,,4, a,or" , . ... ously scorched by th e fl ame . We are assured that very trifling dam' , 11 434 been. done to the theatre, the fire net V '. roanrou communicated to any other part, a nd no : ' sustained by explosion, as erroneously but ' rally reported. • , THE FAIR.—Our annual Novem b e r ' , , it is more commonly called " di rt f a i r ," was held ):4 ' Vi i l l in Salford. There was a very nutu e rcus shay/ ~; ''" horned cattle, hones, and pi g s. The last sold at t - : m a , duced prices • the horned cattle consisted mostly ~ . 'IO th, lean kind, and fetched but moderate prices. Of o li! _'... with the exception of some few of the draught br , rri show was the worst we have seen for some yeah,` -.‘. there was very little purchasing. What there Vit,g! ' 1 ; fai confined to the better description, w hi c h f etc h e d eS''''',; 01 good prices. —Manchester Mercury. .......a.......M.NA511.110 , 4•••••••••-• ... 4 A BIRTHS. - .} , t -' On Sunday last, M rs . M aynar d, w if e o f Mr. ': If ' Rs I s t . Maynard; of the Britannia, Camden-town, of a eon' , , , 4 . : On the 14th instan t , a t S toney Th orpe , Warta' ..":, 7 4 ., the lady of Henry Thomas Ch am b er l ayne , Esq. 0 ~.,.: 'l On the 15th instant, Mrs. Rees Thomas, of. a dr o l I '',_ ' On the 15th instant, at Hyth e , in Kent, the laOY 'Me i Right Hon. Lord . Greenock, of a son and heir. - April 18, at Culwa Ho u s e , i n th e East I n dies, '„ f , 0 b if Richard Sh aw , E sq . o f a d aug ht er . 1 1 , - 1? ' d At Tower View-cottage, Cork, the lady of E. , ~,. , .AG , it s, Esq. of a son. , k _al MARRlED. On the 17th instant, at N ort h w o o d,' ROA . Davy , .-.; 1 ~.." R.N., of Cowes, Isle of Wi g h t , to the Right 11°' ' : 1 4 Dowager Lady Kirkcudbright, of Raeberry.lodgeo .- ' ' impton. At Uffcluni, Lieutenant \V. Williams, of the I , Veteran Battali on , to A nn , d aughter of the Pit t, 14 / 19 1 1 Henry Chorley Manley, vicar of Bradford, Soweto': .. okh At Damien, G. R. Pepper, Esq. of InehmerrY- v,,,: io ,4,;:'," F,xbury, to Mis s R. B arnes , o f H yt h e , near S ou t' ~ ~ ~'"'*s At Bangalore, in the East Indi es ; I. W. S t rettet f ' Wel st Light Cavalry, to Catherine, youngest daugbter ;4. ate T. Annesley Browne, Esq. of Madras. ; j VA, . Ab DIED. Lately, at ITriftton, after six months' severe 9;, , ' 24 ] vhich she bore with exemplary patience, a g ed 2 8, ' ins Martha, only daughter of the late Charles 0 8 : k at 4 . f Merroe, and w id ow o f M r . Franc i s Collins, af; , ' , p, ' Ir lace, who, with two infanta, died a short time ball, . '`4* 1 ;he has left a di sconso l ate mother , with three air • 'ii h rats, ever to mourn t h e l oss of her w h ose mail I' , et./ nay be e q uall e d, b ut cannrit be excelled. , I _ *rio On Monday mornin g , the 17th instant, at her 1 ° ' 1 "''k Valton-upon-Thames, aged 74, much respeeted.l„ , 4: . , k i t 61 sabella Eli za b et h, upwards of 50 years , t h e Wl' . 7 Lit lolland Fo w k e , Esq. . ' tie : On the 15th instant, at Hampstead, Elizabeth, yo, , t,..1•. aughter of Wm. Hurry, Esq. of Great Yarmooth'_, L f '''• On Friday, the 14th instant, Mr. Thomas PO" ' All 1 F the Freemasons' Anne, Battle-bridge, St. Pan ,i, R ,is 49th year. . , • ' ' 11 / 1 On Monday evening, in Store-street, Bedford*# l, . t h b fter a short illness, Robert Alfred, the only son °I j 13.4 , larke Loraine, Es q . a ge d on e y e ar and t en m ontlia• J . ,a LI On the 16th instant, Henry J o hn, th e infant go r:, i„, o n sun Perry, surgeon, of Ebury-street, Pimlico. 4 ,,, l!21 On r h o 11th instant, at Ra msgate , i n hi s 62d Y:4. ' , , , a asi, Esq. of Gerrard-street, Soho, late of Amsterd . ,? 4 , : ILI On the 16th instant, in A u sti n -f r i ars , i n h er 66:- ' : rit hag._ slip frilly nfro..tinnskia land ist.lng,...l' ...a: of P ' . ftilb