The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The late refusal of the Middlesex Magistrates to license several theatres and public houses, and the rea sons assigned for their decisions, have lately excited a good deal of attention. In the opinion of these Ma gistrates music and dancing ought to be interdicted to the people, and crime and amusement are inseparable. All foreigners who visit England are particularly struck with the disposition to drunkenness in our working classes ; and, without being aware of the cause, they are also struck with the almost total ab sence of those popular amusements which are to be found on the Continent. In many of the States of the Continent the Governments actually favour the amuse ments of the working classes, instead of imposing re straints on them. And we have no doubt that the dis position to drunkenness is greatly promoted by the clo sing up all sources of innocent amusement to the peo ple. It may be said, without much fear of contra diction, that no man labours for labour's sake,—that the end we propose to ourselves by toil is the posses sion of the means of enjoyment. The tradesman, while plodding from morning till night, has his toil sweetened by the hope that when he has acquired a competence he shall be able to have his villa, in which he will be able to entertain his friends in a sumptuous manner. If he possess taste for music or painting, he hopes to be able to have concerts, to have his rooms adorned with pictures ; and if he have a fondness for rural sports, he looks forward with fond anticipation to the time when he may astonish his neighbours with his horses and hounds. The philosopher who goes through the shops and warehouses of a great town, may ex claim, how many things are there with which I can dispense ! But it is the hope of enjoying these sup posed superfluities that gives the stimulus to in dustry. Even they who attach the least im portance to this life, and wish to be thought only occupied with another, are still found on all occasions to be as anxious as their neighbours to provide themselves with more than what is strictly ne cessary during their passage through this world. If enjoyment be desired by all men, and if the rich be allowed the utmost latitude of enjoyment, upon what principle is it that the rich apply to the poor any other law with regard to their pleasures than what is appli cable to their own ? If a poor man love music and (lancing, why should lie be debarred from them ? The rich man says music and dancing bring the poor in the way of temptation. The poor may say with equal justice—why should you stock your cellar with fifty different kinds of wines ?—the more simple the diet the better it is for the health, and a variety of dishes injures the stomach and breeds the gout. Your operas and concerts afford opportunities for intrigue, and we call on you to put down all such places of iniquity. The great object of the social union is, that every man should be protected in the full enjoyment of his property, and of his personal liberty, subject to the limitation that his acts are not injurious to others. The labouring man ought to be as important in the eye of the law as the nobleman. He ought to be left in as full liberty to expend his earnings in the way most agreeable to himself, as the nobleman has to spend his rents or his pensions. No man ought to be allowed to say to him, you shall not spend your money in this way or that way, because you may expose yourself to temptation. Till he do what is positively wrong, i. e., till he act in such a manner as to injure others, no law ought to interfere with his acts. It is, therefore, we contend, an abuse of power in magistrates to withhold licenses to those places in which the labouring classes can be amused to their taste. There must in every country he police regulations, for preventing public houses and places of amusement from being kept open at hours incompatible with the repose of others ; but beyond this all interference is gross oppression ; and it matters not that the oppression is sanctioned by . law ; for the law itself, giving such extensive discre &nary powers, is vicious in principle. Adam Smith supposes that the morals of every country in which the natural aziness of an Established Church is corrected by a tolerats3n of sects, would be " disagreeably ri gorous and unsocial," without the cultivation of science and philosophy by the people, of middling or more than middling rank and fortune, and public diversions for the inferior ranks. " The State," he says, " by encouraging, that is, by giving entire liberty to all those who, for their own interest, would attempt, without scandal or indecency, to amuse and divert the people by painting, poetry, music, dancing—by all sorts of dramatic representations and exhibiti'ins, would easily dissipate in the greater part of them that melancholy and gloomy humour which is almost always the reason of popular superstition and enthusiasm. Public diversions have always been the objects of dread and hatred to all the fanatical promoters of these popular frenzies. The gaiety and good humour which these diversions inspire, were alto gether inconsistent with that temper of mind which was fit test for their purpose, or which they could best work upon." But though we contend that in no case ought the use of anything not positively noxious, to be prohibited on account of possible abuse, and that in matters of eating and drinking, the Legislature ought never to in terfere with individual liberty, we are not the less sen sible, that of all indulgences, that of drinking to excess is the most pernicious. The drunkard is not only miserable himself, but he is a nuisance to all with whom he is connected. He is a bad servant, a bad father, and a bad husband ; and when he has once passed the Rubicon, he is, we believe, utterly irre claimable. This we know, that no consideration would ever induce us to give any employment to a man or woman addicted to drunkenness ; and the most cha ritable wish we could utter for a drunkard would be, that his life should be as short as possible. But drunkenness is the vice of people who are listless, and betake themselves to the bottle for relief. The indi viduals most addicted to drunkenness are not the gay and the cheerful—the men whose minds are occupied with any pursuit, whether study or diversion ; but the heavy—the phlegmatic. It is the same with nations. The nations that cultivate music and dancing are com paratively sober. It was remarked during the Penin sular war, that the German soldiers, who had a variety of amusements, were never drunk on duty ; while the great difficulty was to keep an English soldier from the wine-house. The Germans are naturally as heavy a people as ourselves—they were once notorious for their deep potations. They are now comparatively sober. In every village are to be found music clubs. The song and the dance are frequent. But no people are more careful or industrious than the Germans. As far as our observation extends, the great enemies of the gaiety of the poor are seldom men connected by birth with the aristocracy, but men who, by thrift and industry, have raised themselves from the very lowest grade in society to the possession of competence. These men not having had the advantage of a liberal education, or of mixing with well-bred men in early life, retain to the last also the narrow-mindedness of their original condi tion, and being often possessed of great energy and skill in carrying their ends, in all great towns they are leading . personages. For one of those who rise from low beginnings to wealth, who possess the liberality of the late James Watt, Thomas Telford, or Mr. Rennie, there are hundreds who resemble the bustling, purse-proud men, who, by their activity as Middlesex magistrates, throw disgrace on the whole magistracy of England. We do not deny these men the possession of a good deal of practical talent, but they have seldom very enlarged views, and they are sure to confound the provinces of morals and legislation, which ought to be kept quite distinct. If extravagant puritanism and in tolerance disgrace England, we owe it chiefly to the towns ; and it is to the magistrates of towns that we are chiefly beholden for the crusades against the amusements of the poor. However this may be, we hold that the disgraceful exercise of power by the Middlesex Magistrates ought to satisfy the Legisla ture, that such a power ought not to be gi ven to any Magistracy.—Morning Chronicle. Much as we deplore, in common with the public, the late sudden and awful destruction of both Houses of Parliament by fire, as good often comes out of evil, we are inclined to hope that such may be the case in this instance ; and that in the restoration of these im portant edifices, their acknowledged defects will be supplied. The Examiner jumps at once to this con clusion, " We shall at last have houses fit for the dispatch of their great public business." If fair and reasonable expectation were always realised, we should readily join in this anticipation ; but, judging of the present state of architecture, by its recent results, whe ther it be by a tumble-down Custom-house, a tasteless Palace, by Courts of Law in which nothing can be heard, and theatres in which people can neither hear nor see, there is far more reason for checking, than en couraging, too sanguine an expectation. Still the oc casion is one which presents the finest opportunity to the architect of distinguishing himself that has, probably, ever occurred, and we trust, there fore, that if a fair and open competition be en couraged, such plans will be submitted as may present a choice which will justify. a correct and satisfactory selection. But let us have no jobbing or favouritism ; no Board of Works, or Committee of Taste, controlling and defeating the better taste of the countr v. Though the subject is one to which we shall have 'frequent oc casion to recur, we cannot omit the earliest opportu nity of saying how much we deprecate an idea which has been thrown out of altering the site of the Houses of Parliament, by placing them in a more northerly di rection. To the gambling and the gouty, the walk or drive to Westminster may be inconvenient ; and to some of the unfledged senators of both Houses the distance from the Opera House and Almack's may be an excessive bore, a feeling into which some dandy Minister may readily fall ; but, to say nothing of habits and associations which are not readily overcome, it appears indispensable that the High Court of Par liament and the Courts of Law should be in close contiguity, while the present site presents a nearer ap proach from the public offices of all the Ministers than any which could be devised. We have said, and would again urge, that the greatest possible publicity and competition should be invited and encouraged upon the occasion ; and we would further suggest that no plans should be finally decided upon, till they have been submitted to the most open and general scrutiny and c riti c i s m. The f a r ce o f presum ing that some little coterie—call it a Committee of Taste, or what you will—is alone competent to decide upon such matters will, we trust, be altogether ex ploded. On the contrary, let a great national object, for which the nation is to pay, be made an object of national choice. And one word to the artists who may embark in this important competition. Let them recollect that their art does not exist in mere external effect ; that buildings, unlike statues and pyramids, are not erected merely to be looked at ; but that, in such as will be required on this occasion, internal arrange ment is every thing, and external appearance compa ratively nothing. Not that we wish to see a building erected in which this latter point is entirely lost sight of, standing, as it will, between two of the finest specimens of that ancient skill in architecture which, unfortunately, appears to mock rather than to inspire modern rivalry. We have one public edifice in the metropolis which does appear to combine the two ex cellences of external effect and internal arrangement— we mean the new Post-office. Our hope is that the two new Houses of Parliament may do the same. At any rate, the designer, whoever he may be, has one advantage--he can hardly fail to suggest something better that the buildings which we have lost.—Morn ing Herald. Some of our conservative contemporaries have in dulged in remarks upon the appointment of Dr. Allen to the see of Bristol, which, although they evi dently flowed from the best principles and feelings, have not, we regret to say, in every instance, appeared to us to be characterized by perfect fairness, or go verned by sound discretion. A little too much, we think, has been said about Dr. Allen being perfectly unknown to the public ; for in the first place we are by no means certain that this in itself would be a disqua lifying circumstance, and in the second place we find from the statements of our contemporaries that a good deal is really known of Dr. Allen, and that all that is known is decidedly in favour of his elevation. Dr. Allen was tutor to Lord Althorp, and had no doubt to perform in this capacity a very labo rious and unpromising task, yet we cannot but think that, all things considered, he got through his onerous duties with considerable credit. If Allen has failed to make Lord Althorp a very brilliant person, we verily believe that the fault was none of his, and that as an apology for failure the old adage ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius may very well serve his turn. That Dr. Allen was the tutor of Lord Althorp, so far from being any discredit to the Right Rev. Gentleman, is merely a proof that thirty five or forty years ago lie was deemed, by one who was at that period a very competent judge, a man of more than ordinary learning, and of unquestionable discre tion and integrity; for at the period to which we refer, Lord Spencer was a very competent judge of all these qualities, and Lord Spencer had, we may naturally suppose, the most potential voice in the appointment of a tutor to his son and heir. It is further known of Dr. Allen that for several years he has been one of the Prebendaries of Westminster, the Rector of a metro politan parish, as well as of another parish in the im mediate vicinity of the metropolis, and that he has discharged the duties of these various ecclesiastical offices in such a manner as not to be heard of by the world, or, in other words, in a manner so exemplary as to escape calumny or censure, in an age in which to censure and calumniate beneficed, and especially digni fied, clergymen has been the vulgar and beaten path to popularity. Knowing this much of Dr. Allen, and this is no more than is universally known, we cannot conceal our opinion that it affords a strong pre sumption in favour of his qualifications for the elevated station in the church to which he has now been ap pointed. 'We pay no very extravagant compliment, certainly, to the present Bishop of Bristol when we say that, considering the persons by whom the patronage of the crown was to be exercised, on the occasion of the recent vacancy of that see, his appointment ought to be regarded by the church and the friends of the church in the light of an escape. Let us meditate upon the list of names put forward by the, Ministerial Journals just before the conge a relire nominating Dr. Allen was issued, and, while we thus meditate, let us indulge for once a feeling of gratitude even to Lord Althorp. And, apart from any consideration of the personal merit of the new Bisho :of which it must have been seen we have been led to form by no means a low estimate, we are really grateful to Lord Althorp on account of the principle or the feeling which is understood to have governed the exercise of his Lordship's influence on this occa sion. It is understood that Dr. Allen's only claim to the patronage of Lord Althorp was founded upon the relation which had once subsisted between them of tutor and pupil ; and we must say, even if Lord Althorp were ten times a Whig, that the practical re cognition of such a claim is not only honourable to both the parties concerned, but eminently conducive, in our judgment, to the good government, usefulness, welfare, and security of the Church of England. There is, perhaps, no circumstance which has contri buted more effectually to maintain the proper character of the Episcopal Bench, and to preserve the purity and vigour of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of this country, than the practice which has so extensively prevailed of bestowing the mitre upon men who had previously filled the office of tutor to persons of the greatest power and influence in the State. We thank Lord Althorp, therefore, very sincerely for 'adhering to a practice which we deem highly beneficial ; but our gratitude in this instance is certainly increased by the belief that in the person of Dr. Allen the Church has acquired a Prelate, and the House of Peers a member, who will show himself, whenever the Church or any other of the essential institutions of the State is made the object of attack, a conscientious and un compromising Conservative.—Morning Pose. SURGEONS' FEEs.—A question of law at present excites the attention of the medical world in Paris. A physi cian, celebrated for his skill in lithotrity, has recently cured the Count de la B--., formerly a Minister of Charles X. M. de la B—, after writing in vain to M. A to fix the amount of the demand, sent him three thousand francs. M. A— in reply stated that it was too small a remuneration for his services, and demanded ten (dix) thousand francs in full. M. de la B— read, or pretended to read, the " ten " " six " (six), and sent the doctor 3,000 francs in addition, to make up that sum. M. A— the renewed his dem an d o f t h e ten thousand in the most positive and plain manner, and the Count in reply refused to give more than he had already done. The physician then commenced proceedings, and the m a t ter i s to be -decid e d b e f ore a com petent tribunal immediately. ribunal immediat e ly. I n a similar case M . Dupuytren was paid by arich banker in away which he deemed insufficient, only six thousand francs, and he replied in the following terms :—" I thank Mr. H for the six thousand francs which he has this morning sent me, and I only regret that he did not avail himself of the opportunity to pay me in full."—London Medical and Surgical Journal. • OLD BAILEY, OcT.-20 OLD COURT. Charles Morris, Wm. Stock, and Stephen Sole, whose trial yesterday for a rape on the person of Elizabeth Cooke, was not concluded when we went to press, were all ac quitted, and the prosecutrix refused her expences. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1834. NEW COURT. FORTUNE-TELLING EXTRAORDINARY.—EIIen Morgan was indicted for stealing several sums of money and articles of wearing apparel, the property of Miss Catherine Padley Mather. Miss Mather, a very pretty-looking girl, about twenty years of age, stated that her father was a hosier, residing in High-street, Shadwell. On the 10th of October the prisoner came into the shop, and, after conversing two or three minutes, inquired if she would have her fortune told. It is but seldom such an instance of simplicity occurs, but witness consented to dive into the secrets of futurity ; and, as her father should not see her, took the prisoner into the kitchen, where she asked her for the largest piece of silver she had got. REconnEa--What did she say she wanted it for ? Wit ness—She wanted it to put on the planet. She also asked in a few minutes afterwards for three more pieces, which I gave her. RECORDER—What were they for, to put upon the planet also ? Witness—Yes, Sir.—{Laughter.) RECORDER—Did you go through any form in giving her the money ? Witness—Yes, I crossed her hand with each piece. She told me she would return the money at night, and the prisoner then asked me for a shirt, a pair of silk stockings, and a silk handkerchief, which belonged to her father. I gave her five shillings of my own money, and she came again, and wanted 10s. more, which she said she would wait a month for. RECORDER—What reason did she assign for wanting the clothes ? Witness—Oh, to tell my fortune by.—( Laughter.) RECORDER—Then what was the 10s. for ? Witness— To put upon the planet.—(Laughter.) She wanted 10s. more after that, and I gave her some money and a pair of stockings of my own. RECORDER-L-Were all these for the planet ? Witness— Yes, Sir, they were to make up the planet.—(Much laughter.) RECORDER—Did she have any more for that purpose ? Witnoss—Oh, yes ; she wanted to make up the corner of the planet, and in order to do that I must make gold of silver to make it all meet. She came again on the Mon day fallowing, and demanded 3s. more, which I gave her. She said she would not tell my fortune unless I gave her what she asked for. RECORDER—What, did you imagine at the a g e of 2.0 that any woman could t e ll y ou w h a t y ou ca ll y our fortune ? Witness—l don't know (hesitatingly). She told me she had spoken to the planet about it.—(Renewed laughter.) She said she had a gold chain given her with other articles for telling a fortune that day. RECORDER—Did she say she would return the clothes and the money ? Witness—She did ; and she added they would be no use to her, for if she kept them in her posses sion they would immediately fall into holes.—(Much laughter.) RECORDER—And you were silly enough to believe she could tell you your fortune ? Witness—Yes, Sir. Prisoner—My Lord, Miss Mather told me she was deep in love with a young man, and she wanted to know the end of it.—(Much laughter ) Witness—lts untrue, my Lord ; I never said so. Prisoner—Then she gave me ss. 6d., my Lord, to tell her and the servant their two fortunes, and about their sweethearts.—(Laughter.) She told me she would give me any money if I would tell her the name of the young man that she was to be married to, she wanted to know.— (Renewed laughter.) Witness—lt is not true. I wanted her to go away ; but she said she would not until she had got what she wanted. Ann Lowe, servant to Mr. Mather, gave the prisoner Ss. by directions of Miss Mather, for the planet. She cor roborated the young lady's statement throughout. Prisoner—Oh! you wanted your fortune told as well. You told me you had been in love with a man for eight years, and you wanted to know whether he was engaged to any body else, or loved you.—(Laughter.) Witness—l never said any thing about love. I did not want my fortune told, I know my fortune already. Miss Bignam, a young lady possessing a very pretty face, stated that Mr. Mather was her uncle. Prisoner wanted to tell her fortune, but she would not have any of her non sense, and got rid of her. The prisoner in defence did not undertake to tell the fortunes herself but to procure another person, who was very clever " that way." She gave the person the things. Miss Mather had told her that if she could procure her the company of the young man she loved for one evening she would give her she possessed. The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury, after five mi nutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The RECORDER sentenced her to seven years' transpor tation. SURREY SESSIONS.-KINGSTON, OCT. 18. Richard IVillis, a schoolmaster, residing at Battersea, was indicted for receiving some money from one of his scholars named Owen, which the boy had stolen from his father. The prosecutor sent his son to the prisoner's. Having missed money from time to time, and suspecting the pri soner in consequence of his sending several times for his son, he marked some money in his till. In the course of the day he missed one shilling and two sixpences of the marked money. The prosecutor then procured the assist ance of a constable, and proceedinc , to the prisoner's house charged him with receiving money from the boy. He was searched, and one marked shilling and one marked sixpence found in his pocket ; the other sixpence he had shortly be fore changed at a public-house, where he was in the habit of sending his scholars for liquor. The prisoner, when the money was found on him, said he received from the prose cutor's son, and that the boy frequently paid him two and three shillings at a time for sweetmeats, which be made and sold. The boy, who is about nine years of age, said that the prisoner asked him on Monday week to procure him some money. The boy said he did not know whether be could ; but on going home he took from his mother's cupboard six or seven shillings, and when he went to the school in the afternoon he gave the whole of the money to the prisoner. On Friday following the prisoner again asked him for money, and he then took from his mother three shillings and sixpence, which he also took to the prisoner. On Mon day the prisoner again asked him for money, and he then gave him the shilling and two sixpences, which he also took out of the till ; and the prisoner then asked him if he could bring him any more money when he came aTain to school. The prisoner never asked him where he got the money from. The prisoner received a goad character from several wit nesses. The Jury found h:m Guilty, and The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to seven years' trans• portation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mary Lamb was brought before Sir J. Key, charged with threatening to do grievous bodily harm to Mrs. Verge, of Holborn-bridge, because she had prosecuted her for uttering counterfeit coin. Mr. FLOWER stated that the prisoner was convicted of the offence, and, being a known offender, was sentenced to be imprisoned - for one year. She had jtut been released, and on Saturday night went into Mr. Verge's shop for the purpose of taking Mrs Verge's life. This was an act done not in a state of inebriety, but coolly and soberly ; and Mrs. Verge, who was confined to her bed, having heard of the circumstance, was so much alarmed that her life was now in jeopardy from apprehension. Mr. Verge stated that the prisoner came into the shop, and inquired for Mrs. Verge in a manner that did not ex hibit any ; but, upon being told that she could not be seen, the prisoner became very violent, and solemnly de clared she would have revenge. Witness then recollected her, and ordered her out of the shop, but he was obliged to give her into custody to get rid of her. She struck him in the face with her shoe. The prisoner, a quiet-looking young woman, was sorry for what she had done, and she would promise never to offend again. Mr. Verge doubted her sincerity, and begged that she might be held to bail. She was accordingly committed to the next sessions. QUEEN- S QUARE. THE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' ACT.—The office was crowded both outside and in with sweeps of all denomina tions, in consequence of several informations having been laid by John Staples, the informer, against members of the fraternity for crying " Sweep" in the public streets, contrary to the new Act of Parliament. The first case was against John Taylor, an elderly master sweep, of a very doleful visage, who stared at the Magis trates and clerk as the information was read over to him. He was then asked if he was guilty or not guilty ? S wee p —Guilty of vot ? of yarning a bit of wittels for myself and kids ? Clerk—Are you guilty or not ? Old Bob, another sweep (slapping him on the back) —Say not guilty, like a man and a chimbley-sveep. Sweep—Then not guilty. I was bred and born a chim bley-sveep, and my father vos a sveep afore me. I've never disgraced the purfession, and I hopes to die a chimbley-sveep. Old Bob—That's right ; I knew your ould dad ; he vos a chimbley-sveep. My eyes, he just vos sich a fellow for running up a chimbley ; there's nothing like him to be seen now, poor fellow ; I've heard him say that his father and grandfather too vos all chimbley-sveeps. Sweep—No, have you though ? he was an out and outer to be sure at a ehimbley. Charles Miller stated that he was a master chimney sweep, and appointed by a Society of Master Sweeps to prevent the Loys from crying " Sweep " in the streets. Old Bob—That's a precious lie, your Vortship ; he dare to call hisself a master chimbley-sweeper I'll be pounded he knows no more about the inside of a chimbley than a cat does. Old Bob was desired to hold his tongue or he would be ejected. Old Bob—Veil, all I says is this heie—he's no master chimbley-sveeper. _ _ _ Millard then went on to state that about 9 o'clock in the morning he heard the defendant crying " Sweep" in Holy well-street. The defendant denied the charge. Mr. GREGORIE—Have you got any apprentices ? Sweep—Not one, your Vortship. Mr. GREGORIE—Are you a householder ?—Sweep.— Bless you, I've only got von room, and that's full of my kids almost starved to death ever since this Hact of Par liament came up. Mr. GREGORIE said that he thought the intention of the Act was to prevent children from calling " Sweep "in the streets. The witness said that the Act said, " If any person," &c. Mr. GREGORIE said that he was aware of that, but in this case he should only fine the defendant 6d. and 2s. costs. Sweep—l can't pay a fardin ;my kids are all starving at home for bread, and " Sveep" we must cry or starve, and so there is an end on't. The defendant was told that if it was not paid in a week a distress warrant would be issued. Sweep—So it may for vot I cares. I knows nothing of the Hact, but I knows I've a right to cry sveep when I likes for my living. Old Bob—So ye all have. Two other informations against sweeps for a similar offence were adjourned. The informer complained of a number of sweeps outside who had threatened him, and he had only a few days ago been very much maltreated at Lambeth-street by the sweeps. Mr. GuEconn said that he should have every protection. As soon as the informers got outside they were assailed with yells and hisses by about one hundred sweeps, but they got clear off without sustaining any rough treatment. MARYLEBONE. THE CAL-MAT. BUILDING RIOTERS.—DIABOLICAL OUT RAGE.—MichaeI Harnet, Patrick Wolfe, and William Cur tain, the three ruffians who were charged at this office on Monday last with having committed a most wanton and brutal attack on two men named Elms and Tower, in the employ of Messrs. Elliott and Co., the extensive brewers at Pimlico, and remanded in consequence of the complaining parties being so severely injured as not to be able to attend, were yesterday again brought up and placed at the bar before the sitting Magistrates, Messrs. RAWLINSON and SiruTT, when all the witnesses being in attendance, the case was proceeded with. Mr. RAWLINSON (after some conversation with Mr. Weedon, clerk to Mr. Elliott), addressing the prisoners, said, " You have all been guilty of a most outrageous and diabolical assault, and it is a mercy that one or more of the witnesses' lives were not sacrificed to your fury. As the case is not to go to the Sessions, I conceive it to be my duty to deal with you as severely as the law will permit me." The prisoners were then fined five pounds each, and in default of payment, committed to the House of Correction for two months. UNSTAMPED PUBLICATIONS.—Thomas Goodwin, George Payne, Richard Arnold, and John Hall, all young men of respectable appearance, were placed at the bar charged with selling unstamped newspapers called The Twopenny Dis patch, The Weekly Police Gazette, The Hue and Cry, &c. Josiah Dean, an officer to the Commissioners of Stamps, residing at No. 4, Union-terrace, Spa-fields, deposed that about half-past seven o'clock on Saturday evening be went into Skinner -street, Somers-town, where he saw thirteen persons, four of whom were the prisoners, vending for sale unstamped publications. He watched them above two hours, during which time he saw each of the prisoners sell a quantity of papers, and purchased two himself, a Two penny Dispatch from Goodwin, and a penny Hue and Cry from Payne. He then got the assistance of some police men, who took the prisoners into custody. Mr. Edmonds (who appeared for the prisoners) here asked the witness if he could tell what the date of the pa pers was ; to which the latter replied that they were dated Saturday, October 18. Mr. Edmonds (to witness)—Are you aware that it has been decided in the Court of Exchequer that these sort of publications are not newspapers ? Witness—l am not. The police-constables who took the prisoners into custody deposed to finding three papers called the Hue and Cry on Goodwin, seventeen Twopenny Dispatches on Payne, forty-three Weekly Police Gazettes and Twopenny Dispatches on Arnold, but nothing on Hall. Mr. Edmonds then addressed the Magistrate, Loping that he would display the humanity he had hitherto done in such cases, and be as lenient to the prisoners as possible. Mr. RAwLINsoN, after remarking that he should like to be as lenient as possible, said he could not allow the law to be set at defiance by persons who must be aware they were doing wrong, and ordered Hall to be discharged, and the other prisoners to be committed to the House of Cor rection for one month each. UNION-HALL. General Konstantin and Count Sinovouslcoi, the indivi duals charged a few days ago at this office on suspicion with having stolen two great coats, the property of Mr. Simmons, the hop-merchant, were again brought up for examination. The General, it appeared, had gone alone to Mr. Sim mons's house in Southwark for the purpose of presenting a statement of his services in the army, and seeking pecuniary assistance. On his departure the coats were missed, and his apprehension took place some days afterwards, but no trace of the property has since been discovered. The Count was also apprehended on suspicion, as he was the constant associate of the General, both of them living under the same roof at a miserable dwelling, No. 10, Artichoke-hill, Ratcliffe•highway. In the possession of both the prisoners were found letters, by which it appeared that they were both living on charity, their correspondence being chiefly on the subject of their finances, their privations, and their mis fortunes, while under the yoke of Russia. The appearance of the accused did not at all favour the impression that they had ever held the rank in the army which they stated they had, the Count particularly being the very cut of a German tailor ; and a circumstance which would strongly lead to the belief that such was the fact was that a tailor's goose was found in the room he occupied, together with the other necessary appurtenances to constitute one of the craft. The General was dressed in an old Turkish military jacket, and during this examination he appeared with sundry orders, as he called them, suspended from the breast of his jacket. Mr. MURRAY inquired whether the complainant was in attendance ? Mr. Simmons's clerk said that his employer was out of town, and that it was uncertain when he would return. A policeman said that the stolen property was not found ; and that, although he had examined the house where the accused parties lived, yet there was no clue as to where the coats were. The MAGISTRATE asked Sinovouskoi how long he had inherited the title of Count ? Sinovouskoi—l had him from my coontra. MAGISTRATE-Why don't you try to get back to your own country, instead of living in the misery which it ap pears you are in at the east end of the town ? Sinovouskoi —Me no have the mooney to get back again. The General either could not or would j not understand a word of English. Through the medium of the Count, how ever, he declared his innocence of the charge, and with a volubility of language in the German he expressed his in dignation at being taken into custody on a charge of felony, said that he had fought and bled for his country, and that little did be imagine when he visited our shores that his doom was to be thrown into prison. -- The MAGISTRATE said that as no prosecutor appeared he should discharge both the accused, who were then set at liberty. THAMES OFFICE. HORRID ATTEMPT AT MURDER. --Yesterday a tall and determined ruffian named Michael Murphy, an Irish coal whipper, who has been repeatedly convi c t e d a t t hi s o ffi ce, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for the most brutal assaults, was brought before Mr. COMBE, charged with attempting to murder John Hallisey by stab bing him under very aggravated circumstances. Mr. COMBE warned th e p r i soner t h at he stood in a very serious situation. A deliberate attempt to murder the man having been sworn to he remanded him until the fate of the w ounded man was known. SHAMEFUL EXACTIO N BY A W ATERMAN.—A lady and gen tlemanjust arrived from Scotland applied to Mr. Combe for a summons against a Waterman, who had that day demanded 6s. for conveying them, with a small parcel of luggage, not exceeding the quantity allowed to each passenger, from a steam-ship off Union Stairs, Wapping, at the Tower Stairs, a distance of one mile. On the lady objecting to the exorbitant nature of the demand, the wo terman gave her back 25., and said, " as she was poor he would make her a present of it." He also accompanied the re mark with other in so l ence. Th e l ega l f are , it appeared, w as eightpence. Mr. COmBE said it was a most shameful exaction, and immediately granted a summons against the waterman. THE LATE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Some of the most important events that agitated this country from a very early period occurred in the two Houses of Parliament which were lately destroyed by fire. The Earl of Macclesfield, in 1725, was tried in the House of Lords for receiving sums of money from the Masters in Chancery for their admission to office. Ninety--three Lords were present on that memorable occasion, when the Earl was found guilty ; and he was fined a sum of 30,0001. In the year 1667 Lord Chancellor Clarendon was impeached in the House of Peers by some of his enemies at Court, who most un justly succeeded in bringing in a Bill for his banish ment. His very grave and solemn behaviour rendered him disagreeable to the gay part of the Court of Charles 11., for it is said he not only reproved his equals when he thought they deserved it, but some times offered his advice to the King in such a manner that the wits about the Court would frequently say to his Majesty as the Chancellor passed by, " There goes your schoolmaster." In the reign of Charles 1., Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was tried before the House of Lords upon a variety of charges, the substance of which was that he had endeavoured to subvert our religion and civil Government. He was treated with the greatest harshness and indignity, and one of the Noble Peers who sat in judgment upon him, namely, the Earl of Pembroke, descended so low as to call the greatest subject in England " Rascal and villain." In the same reign the Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Lieutenant-General of the Armies, was impeached by the House of Corn mons for high treason under pretence of endeavouring to subvert the fundamental laws. A Bill of Attainder was afterwards preferred against him, upon which he was found guilty by the Peers, and executed on Tower Hill. In the early part of the reign of Charles 1., a curious trial look place against Sir John Elliott, and several other Members of the House of Commons for sedition, and assaulting the Speaker. An information was exhibited against these Gentlemen by the Attor ney-General for making seditious speeches, for en deavouring to bring the King into contempt by resist ing the adjournment of the House, and for having as saulted the Speaker, and forcibly detained him in the chair. The defendants contended that as the offences were committed in Parliament they ought to be there inquired into, and not elsewhere. They at the same time doubted the King's authority to adjourn Parlia ment by a verbal message. As to the conspiracy to lay violent hands on the Speaker, and keeping him in the chair, the House were privileged to detain him in the chair, and other Speakers had been so served. The Judges, however, to whom the matter was referred, fined the defendants ; but the-Commons treated the conduct of the Judges as a breach of privilege, and awarded satisfaction to the Members for the loss -they had sustained. Lord Chancellor Verulam was, in the 19th James 1., brought before the House of Peers for receiving sums of money from the suitors in his court, upon which charge he was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of 40,0001., be imprisoned in the Tower during his Majesty's pleasure, and be for ever inca pable of any office in the State ; that he should never sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the court. In the same King's reign the Earl and Countess of Somerset were charged before the House of Peers with the murder of Sir Thomas 0 verbury by poison in the Tower. Several other persons who had been concerned in the murder were tried and executed, but the Earl and Countess escaped. The celebrated trial of Dr. Sacheverell took place in the House of Peers in the reign of Queen Anne, for preaching a sermon at Derby, and another at St. Paul s, reflecting on her Majesty and the Government for not affording sufficient protec tion to the Church. He was found guilty, and the sentence passed on him by the House was that he should not preach during three years, and that the sermons com plained of should be burned before the Royal Exchange by the common hangman. In the reign of William 111., the Earl of Warwick, Lord Mohun, and three other Gentlemen, were tried before the House of Lords for the murder of Capt. Richard Coote. These Gentlemen were drinking together at the Greyhound in the Strand ; at midnight they quarrelled, when they proceeded to Leicester-fields, where they fought, three of a side, in the dark, and they could scarce distin guish each other. Captain Coote was killed, it was supposed by Lord Warwick, as his sword appeared to be bloody up to the hilt afterwards. The House found the Earl of Warwick guilty of manslaughter, wherefore he claimed the benefit of his Peerage, and was discharged. In 1678 the Eail of Pembroke was tried in the House of Lords for the murder of a gen tleman named Corry. The deceased and a Mr. Gor riffg were standing at the bar of Long's Hotel, in the Haymarket, drinking a bottle of wine, when the Earl of Pembroke came out of a lower room. A dispute oc curred, when Corry was knocked down, and received so much injury that he died. Upon the evidence the House of Lords found the Earl guilty, whereupon he claimed his privilege and was discharged. In the year 1720 the celebrated proceedings against the Directors of the South Sea Company took place. Matthew Prior was brought before the House of Commons in 1715 for high treason in negotiating a peace with France. He remained in prison some time, but was discharged with out any impeachment being carried up to the Lords against him. A great many important proceedings took place in Parliament in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and some most interesting questions have been discussed in modem times, including the impeachment of Warren Hastings, and the memorable trial of Queen Caroline. Seventy-three Parliaments have been held since the year 1509, in the reign of Henry the Eighth, and it appears that only four have existed beyond seven years, and that only nine have had a sexennial duration ; of the rest only six Parliaments have lasted above five years, only two Parliaments above four, and but two above three. Of the remaining number only nine or ten have existed above two years, and no less than 35 for a shorter period. One Parliament with another, the duration of each since the reign of Henry the Se venth does not exceed the space of two years and about nine months, even including the long Parliament in the reign of King Charles the First, and the still longer one which his son retained in existence for the enor mous period of about 17 years. A Parliament was held at Coventry 6th of Henry VI., wheicunto no lawyer nor person skilled in law was to be called. A Parliament was held at Oxford, 41st Henry 111., where the Lords came with great re tinues of armed men, and many things were violently transacted against the King's prerogative. A Parlia ment was held at Coventry 38th Henry VI., where the Earl of March and others were attainted. At a Parliament in Edward the Second's time the Barons came armed against the two Spencers, with coloured bands on their sleeves by way of distinction. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. On Thursday the Beer Ferris market-boat, belong ing to Cudlip, left North-Corner about four o'clock in the afternoon, having on board Cudlip, Bickell, Gay, and Ward, who is blind, with his son, and six women. On nearing Kinterbury-Mills, and passing the bow of a man-of-war, her sails filled, she went over to leeward, ' with her keel upwards, in which position she remained. The blind man Ward, who is reputed to be a good swimmer, made for the boat, having no fear but that of being laid hold of by the female passengers. In consequence of his blindness, he received a blow on the head by coming into contact with the boat, or some of her gear. His son, who is about 15 years of age, then caught him, and brought him to the boat, to which he clung until assistance arrived. The lad then swam off, and happily succeeded in rescuing three of the females from a watery grave. Having saved these, he anxiously looked round for the remainder of the any of th em , lie swam for his party, but not perceiving umbrella, which was floating, near. It appears there were six females in, the boat, out of whom, in addition to the three saved by the boy Ward, one was saved by Bickell, and another named Gay, by her son. But we regret to state that Mrs. Williams, aged 70, the wife of a very respectable farmer, living at Leigh, in the parish of Beer Ferris, was unfortunately drowned. She sank under the boat, but as soon as it righted, she rase, though not then dead. She, with the sur vivors, were all taken on board the Phoebe frigate, the surgeon's ship in ordinary, where every attention was paid to them, and the stomach-pump ineffectually ap- fter it4t lied to Mrs. Willi ams , expired soon a e taken on b oar d th e s hip. W e should add t here ' lOO two surgeons on b oar d. F our of the surviving 0 1 ti are apparently doing well, but Mrs. Gay is sal p ' re i. endure gre a t suffering. The men are all rec°,v`hali The boat had her usual quantity of ballast, wit 3 a ton of c oa l, t wo b arre l s o f b eer , an d many' Pa r o :',,i belonging t o th e passengers on b oar d ; it is sePP , p,e that she lost her cargo whilst being overturn ej • blind man, W ar d, had 14 sovereigns secured in 3 C t he which he s ave d, b ut l ost 19 s . 6d. - in loose silv er ' d io• whole of th e cas h a b out hi m , which belonge d t° ,this rent individuals for whom he had been trading ' 9 , 0 1 town. As Mr. Thorn, jun., and Messrs. 13 0 1,dip 1, 1 Matthews, of Cornwall -street, were about Pr 6e . d , o ti up the river, to ascertain the extent of the acc i b l o p one of them observed a basket on the beach, wh ic w ife, examination, proved to have belonged to Cildl i P 's bad having floated down the river to the spot theb,, ° % t ber proceeded from : it contained some money and articles. Several other baskets were picked upon shore, near the powder magazines. The sc en ;,ist board the Pluebe was truly distressing. Great P or e is due to Mr. Ri s k, an d Mr. Bell, for their i tir and kind attention to the sufferers. We trus t tl . l ,; te (l, trepid conduct of the boy Ward will be aPPr ecl- ir and rewarded by the Humane Society. W i re , the formed that a coroner's inquest has been het" Ll t:l l body of Mrs. Williams, an d a ver di c t o f "Ace'ej Death" returned.—Dev . onport Independent• DEATH OF MR. SOUTHGATE, WOO° OF CUSTOMS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 19.—William Southgate , ET i not Surveyor of Customs of this port, who was sangu lnar ,::oo ls ' in the abdomen on Friday last by a weigher in the ' 6 'o l named Newman Welch (the particulars of which we re v ar ier in The Sun of yesterday), died this day about a i T I O I past five o'clock. The unfortunate gentleman , . ! I t* been attended by Dr. Han nay, _ . Mr. M‘Cullocia , ; j ae Dawson, professional men, lingered in the great e t' put a from the time he re ce i ve d th e f a t a l s h ot unt il & I period to his sufferings. 0 , ir An inquest is expected to be held on th e body (Monday), when the whole of the facts connecte d cold-blooded murder will be elicited. It would appear from conversations which h2r e s i o u , held with the murderer i n B r id ewe ll s i nce hi s aPPr e i b leillS that the report of Mr. Ross, the inspector-gene r X 5 0 1 ' 5 the intended vi c ti m o f th e assass i n i s i ncorrec t. t 1 1 ' that lie had no int en ti on o f destroying any perso n Southgate. Southgate. " Mr. R oss ," h e sa id, " was a man sy," l Ivo r listen to reason, but M r . S ou th ga t e wou ld not. '" 'd 63 derer, on the morning h e comm i tte d t h e d ee d, sa l )lr did not intend to go to hi s wor k un til h e bad s ee " Ross, which led to the report that Mr. R. was the r e v to be selected as the victim of his malice. It has s inc ii e fr°l ascertained that he wished to h ave some explan iti° i Mr. R. concerning some real or imaginary wro ng that oet suffered from Mr. Southgate, and had he fortunatet o c, ' Mr. Ross in the mo rn i ng , th e t ragical ' even t lrlig ht : t :j taken place. It appe ars th a t the w , retch was h e liquor when he came in cont ac t w ith th e unfortu nn ' e et, tleman. Mrs. South ga t e an d f am il y rema in in 1 5 0 11 disconsolate state. The assassin, who does not see l % tiaE e to regret the committal of the dreadful crime, 113 ,;j11 01 ' and seven children, two of whom are grown LIP 3 ; the situations of ext ra we i g h ers i n t h e C us t o m h°° " LONDON MARKETS. PRICE F BREAD The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is Sd. f°rrtoe>he 4lll* ,4 There are others who se ll f rom a half-penny to three _, that rate. EEDS.—Oct 20. Per Quarter' s ., St. Foin ...... ............ Rye Grass. ................. ~K 4 Pa'.ey Grass .................... 505; Linseed, for feeding . Ditto, for .......... ................. 04 : I: Ditto, for crushing ...... s. f rig 4v , Canary Hemp ................... t ..... Per o.1•Bus!,e1. 441, White Mustard...... t's 1. 2 ,0 Brown Ditto ........ lOs Winter Tares ...... it) PO/. :W. Foreign , ($. LOPS —Oct. 20 , 5 5, • to Vt: Per Cwt, -- 5 NewEnglil s ißed CT over 2s. 60s 63s 01.1 Ditto Ditto —s. —s —s New Foreign Ditto 4ss 6. , 5. 65s Old Ditto Ditto —s. 335. 58s. New White Clover sos. eils. 66s 01 , 1 Ditto Ditto —s 503. fOs New Trefoil 0 0s 233. 264. Old Ditto —s. 16s. 223 Rib Grass —s —s —s English Carraway —s 635. 66s Foreign Ditto Coriander . —8 183.2" s Rapeseed, English file (per Las PHIL:Es OF K•iit Pockets (p-r cwt.) Choice ditto. Kent Bags Sussex Pockets Superfine ditto 6'. Os. 8 . . Os. 0 , . 0. t° 5 /. 41 1. N, st. O. to 5' 10, (V. Os. to Duty rated at 170,0' PRICE UF OIL 011 •. 6 # , c y Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 4:31 Os —Refined, 45' N — I.lllsc t on, Lin , eed Oil Cake at the Mill, (WOO i2t. 12s --Rape Cake, Pe' a " PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb d to d I Crop Hides, 30 to JCR, each I I 13 Horse Hides,PeJ lb. errn an ***** -..... 17 -- Sanish I. r 0 60 I 1 I , 4, Bull Hides tO .. .utts, Vitriol English ... ....... -- 7 5 ;1 10 ,61 : .............. ::: ::°1 1 ; %, 1 , 4 .1 _ eoreign ........... l4 21 Seal Skins, large... •••• "; ;'; ;i Foreign Hides llll 1:1 -- 5ma11.. .... . ..... :: . ii ~, Dressing Hides ... ll 15 Kips .......................... • .. __ ~, Shaved .... i2l 1 1 1 Basils ............................ .. -,..• IP Be t Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English • If rounded Z 1 to 4d per lb more ----- WriITECHAPF.L. HAY MARKEL' ---tict• t 6 0 1 1A) 75s sd to tiOs I'd .... Ons Straw -.-----. , 3 PRIC ,S OF Po I'ATOEs Al' srl i A 1.1 . 5 6 1 --" 000 Kidneys (Yerk; from vessel ('l. Os. to 31. Os Alto Scotch Reds ditto . .. '24 10s. to 3/. Cs• e „0 Common Reds 0 /. O. to 21 11 ; 6 ' i iit to : N haws 2 Vs, to '2l. 1 03 ' ( d tto 51iddling .., ll. 10s. to 01 0 ' e i t to Chats 11 ss. to 01. 0 "' PRICE OF RAW FAT, • pdr stone of tb. .... Price of low (as stated by the Ts PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow 46s. 6d.1 Yellow Russia White s. Od. Soap Ditto —s Cd Melting Stuff ll.tto Rough 2ls Od allow letters) ........ SOAP, .vc per .. ' e d Yellow Soap ................ Mottled ....................... Curd ........... ••••• 160 ............. Graves ..................... ••". Gooa Dregs .................. - - - PRICE CANOt,ES The price of good Store Candles ON' in the Retail Shops is as' Candles, per dozen, 7s OJ ; inferior, 6.. 0 (1—Mo w "' Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. be t ter ° Advices from P a l ermo to t h e en d o f SO a ° state that heavy r a i ns h a d f a ll en t h ere. Oil los q u° e t t' 6 to 5 8 per ca n t ara . ber Letters lately 'received from Germany sta te r e Cill'1) 1, disease in the eyes, u n d er w hi c h P r i nce George e _„,' 10 1 5 'to' land unhappily lab ours , s h ows no symptoms of n3is to and that serious a pp re h ens i ons were entertained that tov• nk. ration to sight is hopeless. e pe, t he AWFUL CATASTROPHE.—A dreadful - t; v fl er place here yest er d a y. Th e M ayor called a Inee::nill et Market-square on Tuesday, to take into considerst.l , es, e gr cisl taxes imposed by the Corporation, and as it was e.:rce s o , " c late hour (five o'clock) the meeting adjourned t',istg e g t at two o'clock p.m., when it again assembled. I ,„st 1 ) ; - ,4 5° titude got up on the gallery which surrounds the ' .4 " - it i - r a te; the Market House, and in the course of an 11 ,,. ° " . 1 to re ti d' crowded that the timbers gave way, and, dreew e be g'be l4 nearly one hundred persons were precipitated to ; be bo te fitt. Two or three stuck upon the iron hooks on whi eb r a - 10l el We e hang their meat, and a fine young lad, son to n :c c - 0 ' or A 'I - 1 11 gibbon, died in a few minutes afterwards. i', le gir, l rcll others, whose names we have not beard, it is sai d afte r ' and few minutes, and men were to be seen immediatelLiggorle of of A I : l g. -Ice :1; carried in all directions, some on carts, some il 2 ;ins i s ,lth! gigs, and others on litters of various kinds- 6°1 5 . 7; i insensibility, and to all appearance in the ie sc io - orlY , c- tile r others borne up by friends and able to walk with blood and the cicthes torn off their I), , , el ' e s t e , ts s r e n r e i t ° t, , , ° ` the scene was most shocking. Among the injured was Captain Fitzgibbon himself. " - , 0 0, l a f :titer the Courier. Dr. Lithgow, H. Mor,, rl ",iierst L s "; keeper ; Mr. H. Meighan, Messrs. Starks, hn s- s ince," ; ; ca' and son; Captain Dennison, Mr. Francis 1 -I ° ° `:,: n t of t"''„ s rtf Mr. Dutton, watchmaker, since dead. The „e l "; a s th e the lamity will not be known for a few days. I t s t i; e_i y ea v;; l e r r ' a pti . opposed to Mackenzie who chiefly largest number and mostly together.— Torontoilniel the 14th inst., Mrs. JB.IpR.THS. Kennard Onon- ,e' On the 16th • man Es inst., at Dover, the lady of W. F'• Pe , q., of Fawley Court, Buck of - on and heir. rat her' On the 15th inst at Al s ' a s Hants' Lady ' Buckley, of •, - enesteed Lodge, a son. On t , ° Ater' i e l he 18th inst., the Lady Louisa Whitmore, of a "I".Sf V 3l ' On the 11th inst., at Rosana, county Wi , ' 1 w the la u ; - Tighe, Esq., _,.‘ 9 , of a daughter. Hockey , ._oi On the 18th inst., at ):' AV/ A ' Church, aS. Ero-_, y, Myddelton-square ' . James s of 'Dona, 01 e,o Harriott, only daughter Esq. of Sus' On 0 .on-place, Hackney. a vq'' Nc'vfiiiisois rrt. Il e ~ , t incing-lane, to Miss Messer, of Blackheath -hill. . ~,e1e.,,,r ~,, —le 18th inst., at Greenwich, Charles Sutherlan , . On the 15th inst., at St. Martin's-in -the-Fields, John r, au eb second son of Frederick Bowman, Esq., t,o Caroline, third “ 4 / of the late John Green, Esq. ft. 0,,, On the 20th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylein e e _. • 0 0" Allfrey, Esq., of Banstead, to Caroline, youngest dau,h:: Hobson, Esq., of Harley -street. of DIED. On the 14th inst., at Harleyford-place, Mrs Eli za beth 1 1 171 :: °I . Gerrard-street, Soho, widow of the late John Trap'', Woodford, Essex, aged 90. g t°P Esq., son of Zachary Langton, Esq., of Bedford-row. or, 17 , 4 1., In September last, at Previsa, in Albania, Richard V' oi On the 16th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Nath. Ravfp ert. ," colt Green-Street, Middlesex, q tty ° r t ev John e° On the 16th inst., at Hull, aged a 7, he It . l a te o f Wymondley Parva, li, i. 18 years incumbent of St. Mary's, Hull. the nea. d On the 17th inst., Louisa, eldest daughter of _ .. „hter Thorpe, of Stechworth, C a mbridgeshire, and grand-daub er Th omas Smyth, Esq. , o f East Dereham, Norfolk. _ e , farc On the 18th inst., at Chase side House, Enfield, Ja' ,lisf Steadman, Esq. Ale ate On the 16 th in st., in Sloane-street, in her `29t ht hy r o e ar, lie wife of Edmund Bowden, Esq., and second daugef ' Philip Gilbert, Esq., of Cockspur-street. N O, London: Printed and PublishecibyMU ORD 17° ' at e ,Fun Office, No, 112, Strand. PRICE OF S. NEW \I a nd Tr a d of t h e tr Ith Sk Alther 14 Post PRI , Lat, $ i qett t .nd th gation Dg~ t Al lt h or ta :O 11) l• a t ' and • r e teit Jo b . `kith sonPe ,d