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11091."1' ant, PH ,. 3; nt., lg 1 the tli e F Oil sale k in and ards and but e of sion was that lave I 10§ I runt, hied tiou, ab tees, swing and [ was ;tarn stated Mr. 141 he their next a into :h the Lit the int be home. s as' it and isoner h coo- corro- rectel ;retina ►as in•' ; were iiargefi he prl: nate.° I read' Ells ill' luld be LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(THIS DAY) COURT OF CHANCERY. IN THE MATTER OF HINDS, A LUNATIC. Mr. PEPYS applied for leave to have 1,3001. taken cut of the funds which belonged to the lunatic, to pay the probate duty. Mr. SUGDEN, for en interested party, opposed the application, until after a motion he had to make respecting the lunatic's property had been made. Mr. PEPY3 silk:, that until the probate duty was paid there could be no personal representative, and that whoever might be entitled to the funds here after, they never could have them until administra tion was taken out, and Major Hiude, the petitioner, was the party entitled to represent his deceased bother. There was a considerable sum in the funds, 2 ,500/. in the hands of the Receiver, and cash in the hands of the Accountant-General—the accumulation )f the interest of the stock. His LORDSHIP directed the probate duty to be out of the cash in the hands of the Accountant :4eneral, without prejudice to the fund out.of which it should ultimately be paid. IN THE MATTER OF EDWARIO DAMCIER, A LUNATIC. Mr. ROUPEL stated, that this petition was pre ented under the Act of Parliament, -which audio 'zed this Court to appoint a person to make trans - 1-s, execute deeds, &c., in the room of a trustee who had become a lunatic, and incapable of doing so. In the present case, Mr. D. was a trustee, and had unfortunately become a lunatic. The petition prayed therefore the Court would direct the Accountant- General to join with Mr. D.'s co-trustee, in making a transfer of funds, and another person to .execute with the co -trustee a deed of conveyance of certain lands, of which Mr. D. was one of the trustees. His LORDSHIP understood it was always usual in such a case, first to refer the matter to the Master, to enquire whether the person really was a lunatic within the meaning of the Act, and incapable of doing the necessary acts. Mr.-ROUPEL believed the practice to b. unsettled.• In a case that was before the Master of the Rolls, a few weeks ago, his Honour made an order that the Solicitor of the Duke of Cumberland, who was a co t rustee,should join in a transfer on behalf of the Duke, upo❑ an affidavit stating the absence of his Royal Highness from this country. His LORDSHIP preferred the inquiry before the Master, and therefore directed the reference. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. LEWIN V. ASHLEY. This was an 'action brought to recover damages from the defendant for the loss of 20 sacks of flour, valued 4.51. which had been sold to a person named Chisholm, upon the character given him by the de fendant to the plaintiff's agent, which afterwards proved to be false. - The ATTORNiI I -GENERAL said, that the parties in this case are both millers. The plaintiff resides near Norwich, and his business is carried on in Lon don through the agency of his brother, and a man named Mason. At a public-house near the Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, Chisholm made application to the plaintiff's brother, to purchase some flour, but not being acquainted with him, he asked for a reference, which Chisholm made to the defendant. Mr. Mason was in consequence sent to him, when Ashley said that Chisholm was an honest man and fit to be trusted with twenty sacks of flour, and that he would pay for ten of them in ready money, and the remainder at the usual time. When the flour was delivered, he declined to pay for it, under the pretence that the carman had not a stamped receipt with him. It afterwards appeared that ten of the sacks had been sold by Chisholm under price. Mason • went to Chishohn's house at Bromley, and saw his wife there. She told him her husband was absent and that she could not settle any business for him. Chisholm owed the defen dant at this time, some money, in consequence of Which he refused to give him any further credit; but in order to get payment of his own debt, did not scruple to recommend him to others, several of whom trusted him in consequence, to their loss. When Mason called a second time for payment, he found Chisholm again absent, and rather too soon for the defendant, who as Chisholm's landlord, le vied a distress on the premises for rent. Several witnesses were examined for the plaintiff, who proved that in October 1826, when the flour was purchased, Chisholm was not considered trust worthy at the market, and that he owed Mr. Ashley, the defendant, a considerable amount for rent. Mr. BRotyogam for the defendant said, there was no question but Chisholm was worth nothing, and that the defendant had given a description not correct, but no evidence had been adduced he in tended doing so, for he spoke as he believed, that Chisholniwas an honest man. True it was, the defendant had put in an execution in the house of Chisholm, subsequent to the delivery of the flour, but it was not done until after Chisholm had gone away, taking with him all the flour and furniture, leaving nothing but the key behind, and then for the first time Mr. Ashley found out that Chisholm was not the person he always considered him. Lord TENTERDEN having summed up, the Jury instantly pronounced a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damages, 451. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Court was occupied up to the time of our going to press, with Langley versus Brown, which was an an action aga►nst a public carrier for the amount of silks committed to his care, but which Were stolen before their delivery to the plaintiff. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY. A Court of Directors was held this day at the East India House, at which the Honourable HUGH LYNDSAY, the Governor, took the Chair. The Captains of a few ships in the Company's service were sworn and their papers given them. It was then intimated that the new Chief Governor of India, Lord William Bentinek, would not be sworn into that high situation until next week, as the Board are waiting the arrival of expected dispatches from Lord Amherst. THE MARKET S.—(l HI S DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The Wheat al3 of this week zre small. There is very little don in the trade at Monday's prices. Some sales are made of the liberated Barley this morning, at the same terms as last quoted. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats of dry quality fully support the terms of last market-day. The Flour trade remains dull. ARRIVALS. En ]iah 'Wheat. Barley Irish 1 ,900 rs. --- qrs. qrs .1 2 ,4soscki• Foreign 1,500 10,800 Kl', B ILLINGSGATE FISH-MAR The only kind of Esh of there was a tolerably fair supply in the market this mo ll was that which is termed Salmon Grilse, the smallerringription of Salmon ; Turbot was scarce, as were almost ev ery ot h er kind of fish. The following were the prices:—... Prime Turbot, each 418' 0 8 cl• to gs. Od. Fine Salmon, per lb. Ditto small Salmon Trout 0 7 010 Brill, each 4, f , Soles, per th ree pairs Whitings , per 15 Live Flounders, per quartern Eels, per 51b. Good-sized Lobsters, per score Shrimps, per gallon There never was a finer season for the crops than that with which we have been blessed by a kind and bountiful Providence since the latter end of June. Already has the greater part of the hay in the County Dublin been saved, and in the best order. The produce as to quantity is unparalleled. Early fields of wheat are putting on the yellow autumnal hue, indicative of their being soon ready for the sickle. The progress they hare made towards ma turity within the last fortnight is surprising. Yesterday We observed some fields, a few miles from town, in which the grain was quite full and plump, and beginning to hoden. A fortnight ago these fields were only in blossom, aid the grain but just beginning to form in the ear. The harvest will be a good deal earlier than we expected it Iv °ulti be in the latter end of last month. Farmers are beginning to wish for rain, for the potatoes..—,Dublin Mornixg Post. DEVONPORT, JULY 15. At an early hour yesterday morning large groups of fashionably dressed persons were observed pro ceeding to the Laira Bridge, i►► every species of con veyance, to await the arrival of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence. At eleven o'clock in the forenoon the troops in the garrison were under arms, and a guard of honour from the 9th, with detach ments of the 43d and 68th regiments, and the De vonport Yeomanry Cavalry, proceeded to keep the ground on each side of the Laira Bridge, which was opened for the first time, to admit her Royal High ness. The Mayor and Corporation of Plymouth, with the bands of the Royal Marines and South De von Militia, walked in procession to the Bridge, to await her Royal Highness's arrival, which was about half-past four in the afternoon. At Ermington, on the new line of road, her Royal Highness was met by a considerable number of the Nobility, &c. in carriages and on horseback, who greeted her with loud cheers, and fell into the rear. On reaching the Bridge, she was met by the Mayor and Corporation of Plymouth—the band struck up " God save' the King"—and at the conclusion of the air three cheers were given by at least twenty thousand persons ; indeed the mass of people was so great, that nearly an hour and half elapsed ere her Royal Highness reached Stonehouse Bridge—from the entrance of Plymouth to which place the populace, having taken out the horses, drew the carriage ; but, at her earnest request, the horses were then again put to, and an officer despatched to the inhabitants of Devonport, who waited to receive her, desiring that they would al low her to pass without again taking ont the horses, observing that she would entertain the same senti ments of gratitude as if drawn by the populace.— The principal inhabitants of Devonport here formed a procession, preceded by a band of music, with a person bearing a beautiful gilt figure of Fame sounding the trumpet, an elegant Royal Standard, and Union silk flags, followed t y the Town Clerk, Beadles, and the principal inhabitants two and two. The hilt, as they ascended it, was lined on each side with soldiers from the 43d regt.,the band playing "God ss.ve the King." Here the pressure of the crowd be came so excessive, that it was with the utmost difficulty the procession could move forward ; but on reaching Mount Wise, a beautiful and imposing scene pre sented itself—the road being kept perfectly free by detachments from the 43d, 68th, and 94th depots. The procession then filed off right and left, forming a passage for the Royal carriage; and, on reaching the Admiralty House, she was received by the Duke, the Earl of is orthesk, Sir J. Cameron (General of the District), and a number of the Nobility. Her Royal Highness bowed gracefully on each side of the carriage —to descend from which, throw off her travelling dress, and appear at the balcony, was but the work of a few minutes. Here her Royal High ness's appearance was hailed with tremendous shouts; and, at the same instant, the batteries began to fire a Royal Salute. After remaining about a quarter of ,an hour, her Royal Highness de scended ; and, an avenue being made by the troops, she proceeded, accompanied by the Duke, the Port-Admiral, Sir J. Cameron, and a long string of Nobility, to the Admiralty-stairs, where a barge was in waiting to take the Royal party to the elegant and hospitable mansion of the Earl of Mount Edgecunibe. On embarking, the battery guns again saluted, which continued until their Royal Highnesses had disembarked. The Ad miralty House was tastefully illuminated, having a transparency with the initials W. and A. an anchor on one end, and the Admiralty flag on the other, with a ducal coronet in coloured lamps. The house of Mr. Ramsey, ironmonger, and that of Mr. Favey, confectioner to his Royal Highness, were illuminated with coloured lamps. Yesterday at ten &clock, his Royal Highness held his first levee, when abort sixty officers were pre sented; after which he visited the Hospital ; from whence he went by water to the new Victualling Office, at Devil's Point, and laid the first stone of that great National Establishment. The levee will continue until Tuesday or Wednesday, and above 300 are to be presented. It is expected the mechanics of the Dock-yard will walk in procession on Wednesday.—Exeter Alfred. RUSSIAN FLEET. The arrival of a Russian ship of war at Ports mouth, the pr ecursor o f t h e fleet destined for the Mediterranean, has given rise to a good deal of speculation among the politicians pf the Royal Ex change. According to letters which we have seen, from' Germany, the Russian fleet will consist alto gether of thirty ships, manned by about 12,000 sea men. Of these ships • nine are men of war, eight of which, after their arrival on our coast, will proceed to the Mediterranean, and the remainder of the fleet will wait at Portsmouth the instructions of the Bri tish Government. We apprehend, however, that this statement, as to the number of ships, must be erroneous. According to other accounts, the fleet consists of nine men of scar and six frigates. Mr. Rothschild has received fifty thousand ducats for the payment of the men, which sum he will send to Portsmouth in the course of a few days. There are various opinions on the present proceedings of the three allied Powers with r^spect to Greece ; the majority, however, appear to look upon them as de cided evidence of a pacific state of things, as regards the great European Powers. But there are those who think otherwise; and bets have been offered that upon, or immediately after, the arrival of the allied squadrons of the united powers of Great Bri tain, France, and Russia, in the Mediterranean, Russia will possess herself of part of the Greek ter ritories, and that, by the intrigue o f certa i n Euro pean po wers , G re at Britain will stand alone, deserted . and betrayed by her ntagnammous allies. We give this as the chit-chat on 'Change. The above, how ever, are the terms of a bet, offered and taken yes- Herald. terday afternoon.—Morning TIIROAT.—When people cut their throats, what are you to do ? Why, they may cut open the pha rynx, and when they swallow, the liquor may run out through the wound, and keep it from healing. Now I should, in every case of cut throat, be inclined to put a tube down' the oesophagus, by which I could inject food into the stomach. This I take to be a very great improve ment in modern surgery. It was first done by Desault, in the case of a man who was shot with a pistol, by which the roof of his mouth was- broken in, and he was left in a state unable to swallow. Desault put a varnished ca theter through his right nostril, and it went down his gul let. With such an instrument as this, you may squirt food into the stomach, or medic:ae either. Mr. Hunter pat an eel skin down the throat of a man, but I think a varnished catheter is the best, for it lies as snug as pos sible. You see, if people swallow at all, they never can swallow without tugging up and down the larynx. So hat, I say, a cut throat is likely to do best where yt put in a tube of the sort I have described. Now, to in-,- press this on your minds, I will tell the following case There was a man brought to this hospital who had cut his throat, and so determinedly had he done it, that he had separated the oesophagus from the larynx and thyroid cartilage. .He had lost as much blood a s was ade quate to kill him. Of .course, he had divided all theiront branches of the carotid artery ; however, the vessels had been secured. Well, I put a varnished catheter through his nostril, which I saw in the throat. I put it down be hind the broad part of the cricoid cartilage. There were two portions of the cricoid cartilage hanging loose, which I put two threads into, and attached the ends to their pro per places. I closed the wound and brought up his head, and made all fast with a bandage below his arms, for people, in that situation, are mad, and if yon don't take care of them, they may fulfil that which they had only imperfectly accomplished. Having done this, I said to hi , you are, on no account, to stir this, or to move it in s a u n p y p w p:t y I Pou,fTr y g o o n ing are t ex o giv e haus ted y" , aw'ndin,eifwiatrnimakmeislkyotuo sick, raise no p your hand. I threw ire half a pi n t o f m ilk, h e making prohibitory sign. Well, I said, if you wish for mere, raise your hand; and he raised it, and so I threw in another half pint. The man's pulse was scarcely to be , for nourish . felt; and all I have further to tell that fur the you is qua time he lived, he was continually makin g ment, which was given to him in moderate quantitiee,— Abernethy's Lectures. 11 , 111. GREEN'S BALLOON ASCENT fROM MAIDSTONE. On Wednesday last, the admirers of arosta tion enjoyed a high treat in witnessing the ascent of Mr. Green, the intrepid rampant, accompanied by Colonel Lyster, a resident of this town, whose gallant exertions in the cause of the indepen dence of South America, have distinguished him as a soldier and a patriot. About noon, the balloon was sufficiently inflated to ascend, and the weather being favourable, the car was attached, and many individuals enjoyed ,the pleasure of a flight to a considerable distance above the houses, the machine being confined by ropes, and in that manner was allowed to ascend, and hauled down again at ple asure . Th e sensation is described by all who experienced it, to have been of the most delightful and exhilarating nature. Two military bands, that of the Cascalry Depot, and the West Kent Militia, were stationed near the spot ; on the roofs of many of the houses in the neighbourhood plat forms were erected with awnings, for the accom modation of spectators. On the top of the Town hall accommodations of a superior nature were prepared, where several very respectable famili es from th e ne i g hb o u r h o od were provided with an excellent vier,/ of the whole proceeding, by the politeness of the Mayor, and the kindness of the gentleman through whose premises access to the summit of the Hall was obtained. At four o'clock the car was detached from the balloon, ihh order to add a sufficient quantity of gas for the grand ascent. At half-past four, Colonel Lyster an , : Mr. Green took their seats in the car. Abe ..t ten minutes were spent in prelimi nary preparations, and at twenty minutes to five the word being given to " let go," the balloon ascended slowl,- and mystically, th e b an d s play ing " God save the King," and the multitude rending the air with their enthusiastic plaudits and acclamations. Having ascended beyond the tops of the houses, Mr. Green cast off the only remaining rope, the balloon rose very rapidly, and the thousands of spectators again re newed their applauding shouts. After six minutes' perpendicular ascent, the balloon diverged to the South-east, and soon entered a very dense cloud, in which it remained three minutes, when it again appeared in sight. On entering and on leaving the cloud, the spectators uttered a shout of accla mation, which Mr. Green states they distinctly heard, though at an immense height. At this time they had attained an elevation of two miles and three quarters, the greatest altitude ever gained by Mr. Green, and the heat of the sun ex panded the gas to such an extent that the balloon was in danger of bursting ; indeed the gas rushed down the tube at the bottom of the balloon into the car. The darkness in which they were en veloped at this time in consequence of the density of the cloud was so extreme, that the voyagers could not see the balloon ! Mr. G., however, managed to get hold of the valve line, opened the Valve and kept it open during their pas sage through the cloud, three minutes, by which so much gas was emitted, that the balloon col lapsed very much, and was plainly seen from the earth, descending very rapidly. Mr. Green com menced discharging the ballast, but the rapidity of the descent was so great, that when the sand was shaken from the bags, it appeared to ascend instead of descending. Mr. Green states that the balloon fell so swiftly, that the car, to which the grappling iron was attached by a line more than 'fifty feet long, swung round, so that fin. some minutes, the grapple was level with the car, and once the car bounded up against the balloon. On nearing the earth, however, enough ballast had been discharged to ascend again, but wishing to give the spectators another view of the balloon, and also finding the spot they were over, was more adapted for a descent than any which could have been found perhaps for many miles further, they determined on landing again on terra firma, and descended safely in the Earl of Romney's park, at the Mote, at five o'clock. Colonel Lyster was welcomed on his re turn by his sister, who, with several officers from the Depot, had followed the course of' the balloon on horseback, and arrived at the spot almost immediately after the • descent was effected. The cold during the few minutes they remained in the cloud was intense, and on their emerging from it, the view of the surround ing country was superbly grand. Sheerness, the Nore, with the shipping, could be distinctly seen. Mr. Green never ascended with such ra pidity before, and is the only aronaut who has ever ascended to such an immense height in so short a space of time, and descended in the same parish. He is so convinced of the safety of these serial expeditions, that he would at any time pre fer a voyage to the upper regions to one on the ocean. It is calculated that nearly 20,000 people were assembled in Maidstone, and as many more in its environs.—Maidstone Journal. SEDUCTION, MURDER, AND SUICIDE. We find in a New Orleans Paper of the 7th ult. a horrid account of the murder of a young man named James Gray, at Greenvilletnear Port-Gibson, by.a Mrs. Gable, with whom he boarded. He was a respectable young merchant, and lately appointed postmaster of the place. The woman seduced him, and then endeavoured to inveigle him into matri mony, but without success. His refusal raised her jealousy to the highest pitch, and she declared to her servant girl, that if he did not yield to her wishes, she would kill him the first opportunity.— Accordingly, on his return from New Orleans, whither he had been on business, she sent for him, and, with this direful intent, prevailed on him to stay all night. Towards morning, and when he was as l ee p, the appeared to have got up, laid her burial dress, previously prepared, on the table, took one pistol an: shot him in the back of the head, and then deliberately laying down on the bed by him, placed another to her forehead and blew off the whole of the upper part of her head. They were found in this condition the next morning by the neighbours, who had to creep through the window to get into the room. The Midsunimer Fair of Ayr was held last week. On Tuesday there were, at the end of the Old Bridge and the streets adjacent, a considerable number of Highland cattle, chiefly of the smaller kin,is, from Kintyre and the islands in the vicinity, which sold readily at good prices. Stirks brought from 255. to 50s. ; two year olds from 21. to 41. 10s. ; one lot two year olds, of the kind known at Falkirk and Dumbarton by the name of West Highlanders, brought something above 51., and which, comparatively speaking, were thought too cheap. All parties concur in characterising the horse fair on Wednes day as the very worst, in almost every respect, that has occurred in Ayr in the recollection of man. There were very few horses in the market, and, generally speaking, they were of a very inferior description. Scarcely a good work horse to be seen in the market. Good saddle horses were very rare, and of good carriage hor ses th ere wer e almost none; and the buyers were just as few, and u list less as few. None seemed inclined to purchase, and with two or three sales the sum of the business of the fair is made up. To quote prices in such circumstances is al most unnecessary ; but, for the sake of form, we may say, that ordinary draught horses brought about 151. to 201., and for good horses of this description 25/., and for good saddle horses 30/, were refined... Caledonian Mercury. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS• THE KING'S COURT.--Lord Z ARYBO EQUGH and the Master of the Robes attended the KING'S Court, at Windsor Castle, on Monday, in addition to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State we noticed yesterday. Mr. STURGES BOURNE officiated,' at the Council, as Lord President, in the absence of the Earl of I-tnaowur, who was prevented from attending by the dangerous illness of his daughter, Lady EBRINGTON. The Queen of \VuktTEsIBEIIG, accompanied by the Princess Ace USTA, arrived at the apartments of the Princess SOPHIA, i❑ the KING'S Palace at .Kensington, about one o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the KING'S harouche, drawn by four bays; the postilions and outriders dressed i❑ their State liveries. Her MAJESTY and the Princess AUGUSTA partook of a (*elute with their Royal sister. Soon after their arrival, the Duke of SussEx went from his. apartments in the Palace, and joined the Royal party. The QUEEN and the Princess AUGUSTA left the Palace about five o'clock, on their return to Frogmore. Prince LEOPOLD dined with his Royal sister the Duchess of KENT yesterday, at her apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. In the evening the Prince and the Duchess, accompanied by the Prince of LEININGEN, and the Princess YEODORE, honoured the performance of the opera of Medea at the Italian Opera House with their presence. Mr. CANNING was a little better yesterday. The Earl of CARLISLE, Mr. SFURGES BOURNE, Mr. HustussoN, Mr. GRANT, &c., called at the residence of the Right Honourable Gentleman, in Downing-street, in the course of yesterday afternoon. Mr. CANNING was not, however, sufficiently recovered to transact public business. The Earl of LIVERPOOL continues in a very favourable state towards recovery. His Lordship, we are happy to say, passed a very good night on I %londay night, and was better yesterday. The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday with Viscount DUDLEY, at the Foreign-office. The Hon. Captain CRADOCK, son of Lord HownEN, left town on Saturday night, with despatches for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The 'Marquis of LANSDOwN entered on his official duties as Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department at the Home-office yesterday. To-morrow being the Anniversary of his MA JESTY'S Coronation, the Honourable Artillery Company, of which his Majesty is Captain-General, will have a Field Day in their ground, and afterwards dine together at their Armoury House. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUS SEX will command in the field and preside at the (honer. The Duke of GRA FTON entertained a distin guished party to dinner yesterday, at his housa in Clarges street, Piccadilly. Mrs. MITCHELL gave a grand ball and sup per yesterday evening, at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, which was very elegantly attended. On Thursday last the Duke of BUCKING HAM passed through Aylesbury to Dropmore, the seat of Lord GREN VILLE, on his mute to Southampton, the place of his Grace's embarkation for the Mediterranean. His absence from England is intended, we understand, not to exceed a year ; and his nautical excursion, it seems, has in view the pursuit of science as well as of health and recrea .tion. A gentleman conversant in geology, we are informed, attends his Grace. His Grace's yacht, it is understood, is new, and built expresily for the purposed voyage. Her crew consists of thirty seamen, and eight chosen men from Buckingham and its immediate neighbourhood, equipped in uniform, and with appropriate arms and accoutrements, to act, if necessary, as marines. LORD LYNDHURST.--The Nett) York Gazette, (post alias) says that this person (late Mr. Corriv,) was born in Boston. It is to us a matter of perfect indifference .whether he was born there or on the top of Mount Caucasus. All that we did (in a paragraph which the Gazette affects to set right as its law,) was to give the reasons which impressed us with the notion that he was born after his father left the United States. The reasons might or might not have bear satisfactory, and we care very little about it either way. This day, at a quarter past one, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and City Officers, proceeded in state from the Mansion-house, for the purpose of holding a Court of Conservancy at Stratford, for the County of Essex; after wards they will take water at Blackwall, and cross to Greenwich, to hold a Court for the County of Kent. READY WIT.—MiSS PATON, when playing the part of Roxalana, in the Sultan, for her benefit, at our Theatre, on Friday week, made what is called a hit. One of the characters, a Turk, on being commanded to drink of the juice of the grape , exclaims, in terror and alarm, 4 , What ! a Mussulman drink wine ?" (c Mos. sulman or Cockleman," replied Roxalana, " you shall drink it." The pun, which smelled of the Fislistones, ex cited loud laughter and applause.—Liverpool Albion. The following extract from the receipt book at t h e Margate Pier-otf , 3e, shows the number of persons who have visited Margate by the steam-packets during the last six years .7 From April 1821 to April 1822 _ - 1 822 1823 1824 ...... 1825 1825 ...... 1826 1826 .... 1827 present year it is expe c t e d t o excee d 70,000 _A And tI ie ai d stone Journal. When Captain HEAD crossed the Andes in his way to Chile, on reaching the highest ridge, he observed to one of the miners who had accompanied him from England—" What a magnificent view ! What thing can be more beautiful?" After smiling for some seconds, the Cornish lad replied_" Them things, Sir, that do wear caps and aprons." Torquay is expected to be very full at the en suing regatta, which is to take place on Monday next._._. The prizes consist of two rich silver cups, and 18 sous. for different classes. The dinner at Poulton's Hotel will be under the patronage of Lady Palk.—Exeter Alfrtd. ST. SWITHIN.—The anniversary of this re doubted Saint passed over on Sunday, not only without ra in, but with as fine weather as any man need wish for. The trade in Dunfermline is gradually im proving. A number of weaveis who have been doing out door work for these 5011 , 2 months back, are again em ployed at their own business ; and though prices are still low in comparison with what they were formerly, still, from appearances, a rise is anticipated.— Caledonian Mercury. When the Rev. Mr. Wright, now one of the Nimrods Dl ' the new Forest Hunt, had a small living in the West of England, he re fused to read the Athanasian Creed, though repeatedly desired to do so by his parishoners. The parishioners complained to the Bishop, tcho ordered it to be read. Now this very curious Creed is app o inted to be said or sung, an d M r. Wright acc o rdingly, on the followi ng Sunday, thus addressed the congregation :—" N ext fol lows Athanasius's Creed, eithe r t o b e sa id or sung, and with Heaven's leave, I'll s i ng i t . N ow, Clerk, mind what you are about ;" when they both struck up, and sung it with great glee to a fox-hunting tune, which, having previously prac tised, was well performed. The parishioners again met, and informed their Diocesan of what they called the indecorum ; but the Bishop said their Pastor was right, for it was so ordered. — Upon which they declared they would dispense with the Creed in future ; nor did Mr. Wright ever after read or sing it.—Exeter Ayred. KING'S BENCH PRISON. A very extraordinary scene took place in this prison on Monday, arising out of the mock election, of which we gave some account in yes terday's journal. That statement was generally correct, with the exception of one or two facts. The person who appeared in the character of Clown. (not Pantaloon), met with a simple frac ture of the leg, from a fall, while dancing on the racket-ground, and did not break his thigh by falling from the hustings. A liberal subscription was immediately set on foot for him, and the proceedings instantly put a stop to for that day (Friday.) On Saturday the " election" was re, sumed, and carried on throughout the day with perfect good humour, the candidates, the com mittee, and other official persons, occasionally parading round the building, with music, ban ners, &c., sometimes for the purpose of bringing up voters to the poll, and at other times to give eclat to the visits of the candidates to the respec tive apartments of those who were somewhat backward in giving their suffrages. No violence, no disorder of any kind took place ; merriment —and that strictly within the bounds of decorum —prevailed, and those' who were not personally engaged in the affair, were highly amused spec tators of the same. The proceedings closed at seven o'clock, with a speech fl om each of the candidates, and the announcement from the " High Sheriff," that the election would filially close on Monday, when the successful candidate would be chaired in due form. In the interim, the " Committee" were actively engaged in ar ranging the plea of procession, procuring addi tional flags, decorations for the chairs, and other paraphernalia; and on Monday morning they assembled for the purpose of " swearing in" an additional number of" constables" topreserve the peace ; and they also issued an exhortation to their fellow collegians to conduct themselves in an orderly and peaceable manner. A pro gramme of the intended chairing was placed upon the walls, and an abundance of good humoured squibs were circulated in the course of the morning ; and, in fact, the whole affair was an admirable burlesque upon a contested election for M. P.'s, and with this pleasant ex ception—that none of the acrimony prevailed which sometimes exists at contests of a more exalted and important kind. Just, however, as the " committee" were about to commence ope rations by escorting the " High; Sheriff" to the hustings to open the poll, some surprise was created by a message from Mr. Jones, the Mar shal, requiring the presence before him, in his room in the outer lobby, of the candidates, Messrs. Stanton, Meredyth, and Burch, who immediately attended; and having been inform ed by the Marshal " that he would have no dis turbance in the prison," they were ordered into close confinement in the strong-room. The in telligence of this step, which was considered a most extraordinary one by the prisoners, created a strong feeling throughout the place, and a meeting of some of the .g collegians ' was forth with held on the racket-ground, for the purpose of considering the best mode of protesting against such an act on the part of the Marshal.. Before any measures could be adopted, however, the Marshal, who had obtained the names of the persons acting as " High Sheriff, Committee men, &c.," sent a message to the former, and se veral of the latter, requiring their attendance be fore him. 'After some conversation amongst themselves, this answer was returned :—" That the gentlemen who had previously gone up, had readily attended, because they expected no more from the Marshal than a caution to be orderly and peaceable in their proceedings; but, after the very extraordinary manner in which they had been treated, they (the committee, &c.) must decline seeing Mr. Jones, unless he chose to come within the walls, or pledge himself that no unfair advantage should be taken of their attendance upon him in his own room." In a few moments the turnkey brought a peremptory order for the attendance of the individuals before the Marshal, and the answer was that they would not go ; they had created no riot, had committed no offence, and they would not run the risk of being treated as their three fellow-prisoners had been. At this time there were not more than 60 or 70 persons upon the racket-ground, and certainly not the least indication of not, unless the refusal to go before the Marshal, expressed in respectful lan guage, and in a determination evinced by those assembled to support each other, could be so called. A rumour soon found its way into the prison, that the Marshal had applied for the aid of a large body of the police, which had been refused, and that he bad determined to call in the military to his assistance. This latter part of the report was considered perfectly absurd, and was laughed at, no one supposing for a mo ment that the Marshal would venture upon such a step. About four 'o'clock, however, a cry of " They are come, they are come !" drew atten tion towards the gate ; and, to the utter astonish ment of every one, a party of soldiers, six in number, of the Grenadier Guards, with fixed bayonets, headed by a Sergeant with his halbert, marched into the prison, accompanied by some of the turnkeys, It is impossible to describe the Sensation created by their appeara )ce.— Amow.,rst the male inmates, one universal feel ing of indignation seemed to prevail—with those of the other sex, including the wives and children of the prisoners, great alarm was manifested ; and women and children were seen running in all directions, screaming and crying, appearing to apprehend some dreadful result. It was known that more soldiers were in waiting outside, and no one could tell where the matter would end. The turnkeys pointed out two of the individuals who had been required to attend the Marshall (Messrs. Murphy, " High Sheriff," and Holt), and they were seized by the soldiers and conducted before Mr. Jones, after the manner of deserters or other offenders against martial law. A Lieutenant Newman was the next person seized ; and, having shown a disposition to offer resistance, the sergeant presented the point of his halbert towards him, and he then went quietly along. Mr. Rooke, a gentleman well known as holding an official situ ation in a county not far from London, was the fourth person whose presence in the Marshal's room was required, and, he having retired to his own apartment, with a determination not to re move from it except by force, was fetched down by the soldiers, and conducted in the same man ner as the other persons before Mr. Jones.— When the four individuals were in the presence of the latter, he took a written paper from his table, and called upon a turnkey named Walker, and a man who acts as a watchman, named Wil liams to sign it. This was done, amid an order instantly given by Mr. Jones to conduct the gen tlemen to' the strong room. Mr. Rooke said. " Am I not allowed to make an observation, Mr. Jones ?" To which the Marshal replied: , 6 Go along into the strong room, Sir, or .you will he taken there by force ;" and at the same moment the door was opened, and the.soldiers again ap peared. The four gentlemen were then locked up with the other three in a room twelve feet square, and remained there all night This room is in a miserably filthy condition, and has a privy in one corner near the fire-place. ' Mr. Rooke was loud in his complaints of this treatment, and insisted upon being allowed to send for a gentleman of the legal profession, but this was not permitted. He then asserted his right to lay a complaint upon affidavit before the Lord Chief Justice instanter, and demanded that a messenger should be sent to procure the attendance of his Lordship's clerk, in order to take his affidavit ; but this was not done. At an early hour yesterday morning, Lieutenant Mere dyth,4 who is an eccentric individual, and sub ject to occasional nervous attacks, was seized with strong convulsions, and continued in a dreadful state for several hours, occasionally dis charging a quantity of bloOd from the stomach, and exhibiting other very alarming symptoms. A surgeon attended. him, and pronounced liiin to be in some danger, but he was kept in the strong-room until the afternoon, when he was suffered to be taken to his own room within the arison, where he now lies in a precarious state. Mr. ROoke was informed in the morning, that if lie would make an apology, he would be libe rated ; but his answer was, that having coin !pitted no offence, he, of course, could have nothing to apologize for, and he would remain there for the rest of his days rather than do so. About one o'clock he was conducted before the • Marshal, who again asked him if lie would make an apology, and again received a decided nega tive ; and, after a few moments' conversation, he told Mr. Rooke he might go inside the wally for this once." The remaining five were still in the strong-room at the time this statement was written. Mr. Rooks describes the heat . end stench of the.stron,g-room as truly horrible. He told Mr. Jones before he left him, that the matter would not rest thus : he had been treated as a vile criminal without the shadow of a cause, and he would have redress from the laws of his country, if it could be obtained: The soldiers, fourteen in number, remained in. the prison the whole night, and the turnkeys, and Mr. Gibbons, the chief tip-staff; and hip men, were also on duty ; but not the slightest manifestation of disturbance took place. The public coffee and porter-rooms were cleared by ten o'clock, by a constable and the sergeant of the guard, the former ordering those who hap pened to be there to go to their own apartments. The latter 'part of this mandate, however, was not obeyed by those who were inclined to walk the parade. When the soldiers first seized Messrs. Holt and Murphy, there seemed a strong inclination on the part of some of the prisoners fo molest them, but Mr.- Holt urged them strongly to be quiet, and they acted upon his suggestion. The " election" had gone on for three days last week without interruption, and during those days the turnkeys themselves enter ed and polled one by one, and seemed highly to enjoy the fun. We understand' that instructions have . already been given to a legal gentleman to pro ceed against the Marshal on behalf of the seven ' individuals who were put into the strong room. It was stated in the prison that the Marshal failed in an application for the assistance of the civil ' power outside, and that a man named Colwell, who is what is called chum-master of the prison, made an affidavit that the prisoners were in a, state of dangerous riot, and had set the authority of the Marshal at defiance ; and upon this affi davit being taken by the Marshal himself to the Secretary of State for the Home DePartment, a sergeant's guard was ordered from the regi ment on duty at the Palace, to go to the prison. A petition to the Secretary of State is now in the general course of signature throughout the prison, praying for an inquiry on the spot into the transactions above described. • This gentleman is Joshua Paul Meredyth, Esq., the proprietor of large estates in Ireland, whose successful ap plication to the Vice-Chancellor to have his affairs taken out of the hands of an attorney named Wilton, was detailed in our Law Report about a fortnight ago. THE SILK WEAVERS. A turn-out of the weavers in the employ of Messrs. P. and S. Walker, of this town, has re cently taken place, under circumstances so peculiar as to call for some public notice. The following, we believe, is a pretty correct statement of the fact; of the case :—A few weeks ago, an advance was made in the prices of weaving certain descriptions of silk goods, in which advance the whole of the manufacturers concurred. About a week before it took place, one of Messrs. Walker's weavers had taken out a warp, which, of coarse, be had engaged to weave at the price given before the advance ; hut, on the Monday after the advance, he brought back the warp to the warehouse, and insisted on having a promise of the advanced price, before he would begin to work upon the warp. The putter-out, however, refused to make any such promises, and told him that if he did not work up the warp, legal means would be taken to compel him. The man then went away, but returned in the afternoon with two men, representing themselves to be deputies from the Silk Weavers' Union, who peremptorily demanded that the advanced price should he given to the man. Messrs. Walker, of course, refused to pay any attention to these demands ; but, before they could get rid of the deputies, they were obliged to procure the assistance of a police-officer. In con sequence of this refusal t ) acknowledge the right of these deputies to interfere is the matter, Alessrs.W. appear to have incurred the anger of the managers of the weavers' union, and they were not long in feeling the effects of it. A demand was made upon them for a higher price than they were then paying for a certain description of Persian silk, the price of weaving which was determined by the width; and the demand was made under the pretence that it was the width, not of the cloth, but of the reed im which it was woven, by which the price was ascertained. Messrs. Walker at first demurred to this demand ; but, as their weavers were all bring ing in their geers, they consented to give.l the ad e. Concession on thei r but in this suppositio n part led only to thatto t b h y e sodolls hostility, with g, to th b eyw e a o l c l e d daetmoanndeeed, supposing n n which they were assailed; they were greatly mista t,n fresh demands on the part of the union ; and a deputatio n waited u pon them, on Tues daynn last, for the purpose of informing them, that, they would not be allowed to carry on their business toilers they paid fifty pounds to the union, as a pu nishment for their contumacy, and a recompense to the union for the trouble in calling meetings on their account. We scarcely need add, that Messrs. Wal ker indignantly rejected this most impudent pro posal ; they therefore remain under the ban of the union, and their business is nearly at a stand.— Their own weavers are, almost to a man, desirous of working for them, but dare .not encounter the hostility which they would provoke by eo doing The consequences of such proceedings as these to the workmen themselves, cannot fail to be most disastrous; and, if we mistake not, the effects of this instance of their misconduct, will produce effects which they will not aeon forget.--4.lfaxelicsicr ;e of as of ear ther pear hare. it:es