The Sun. — London, England, 1825-08-24 00:00:00

d ‘ra in 98.1 NumBER isu, in soliciting attention to the present that. :tery, begs to remind the Public of the great Luck 15th; t tended his Offices, in the Sale of Capitals drawn on the 4 ttni n ',. ' l ull' last, and regrets to add, that Parliament ha.,: de lare.m4 to abolish Lotteries for ever a, the Conclusion of the 5,7 lit Drawings. ' to di e e 6 4° Pular attractions of late Schemes are not only retained ait, n e to be decided This Month, valuey adding to the s c h erri er of prizes, and increasing the of Capitals, this e e 'rnalna the unprecedented Sum. of. 140„, t : £218,204 - "'inn £lOO,OOO in Four Magnificent Prizes of. 1:25,000 X 25,000 tittid J:t 5,000 £25,000 • • et the usual N um b er o f ot h er Prizes , and NO BLANKS ! t WE DN ,,„ ALL IN ONE DAY, 'h ~„r-SDAY, 3lst AUGUST, (THIS MONTH). "Bevy Number - ill be decided, and every Ticket a Ti c k - Prize. hill, Ticket and Sh ares are on Sale at BIS H'S Offi ces , 4, Corn th' London, who Shared and Sold in P°ur fI onttni, £30,000, and Four of £20,000, &c. &c. ; And in the Lottery drawn 15th July lrst, No, 3,613 £21,000 No. 9,776 . • £21,000 No. 8,687 . - £2,000 • , . No. 4,837 . . 1:1,030 Entitled to 16 Pipes of Wine, And'several other Capitals ! I,(I7It'VY, SCROFULA KING'S EVIL, &c. E M A.N'S ANT[-SCOIIBU'I IC v pqtrat e )4 , () Ps• These dreadful disorders in they most t i t r: . ; ;"i,,dll`4Kvs,. whether occasioned toy :ocrinuruirsu . s . 111 d i "itel l ,„ "1 the habit, or int' oduced by certain indiscretions, zettly 4" e t ra live, or injudicious use of Mercury, come par,tn.u ,vt,icler the influence of this - wed:eine. The reput ation 1 4( ta was firmly established in the extensive practice o disea ses Freeman for a period of .more than forty )e.t - s. 444t);miseases origin ' atin • in ob.tructed perspiration or rm. I: t. t he Blood, thes: • Drops will be found a sovereign ''?tted',' a t the same time the safest medicine that can be re -4411 ar: ' ,t,theY are also an excelleh4 purifier of the Blond, %41,1•""en With great benefit in the Spring arid Autumn. 11113,,tt1e,.at • 4. cid. • Is. and qis. by But ,tiv'lli„4.l4l,i'to 4, C ' licaPs ' ide, ' St. ; rory . ou! _Co. ' '" l 4ler,';',itreet, London; and by the piincipol Medicine (.4 xi ,u rouglititit the United Kingdom. 'Xi: lit' ° ,l l may be had Niorris's Brunswick Corn Plaister,an 11,,:tiibt remedy fur eradicatin4 Corns, Bunions, &e. In 11 . lid. aunt is. 9d. T ab VERY F IST TRAVELLING, • Ptuji t l ‘ , 91 - 1A I% and LIVERPOOL, by DAY and N . IGHT fTicatii t IN MDE COACHES, w hi c h KEEP 6001' I , XIVIwP s 'HIL A I L t . ACEONDON. E AD R. SKINNE-S I , REEL, L following LIGHT POST-COACHES, , MAILS Cce s •t. out iron, the above Inn : GliAq ‘‘. * * Tally Ho ."' fast , Day Coach, in !hi:: : N 4 1•11, NI ' 4, Niurning nt a quarter before Seven, through Re ~Pzket Stree't Dunstable, Brickhill, Fenny Stratford, t ‘ il l,, 4;; ratfo rd.'TO:veester, Weedon, Dav,entry, Dunchurch, and Stone Bridge, to the Castle Hotel and St. High-street,' Birmiwgham, to ShilYnall, h_4!tts;s„!,,, BriSgenOrth, Shelton, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, ut te-111, Tarporley, Bangor, Chester, and Holyhead.- 1 , ,, 1 4,,Lt0ug1i with two Coachmen only. In consequence , - "Pti,t„'Necl preference given to the Tally Ho Coach, the it t ,‘ltte determined no experice shall be spared to flrit conveyance on the Birmingham Road. in " lical Express," New light f a st Night ,„, ,441: i b,..." IS hour s tal'v and driver through with Two • every afternoon, .carrying Fou . r Inside D o ; 'rough Warwick, Learningtdss, sout iatn, "•etv' e p -a trY. Stoney-Stratford, and Toweester, to the uttlin 'eat!, Bull -street, Birmingham, early the next Illtt l • tit). • - • ''agt, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, ItainEittru, and Ospringe, Morning. le. % Al AI LE, South ruo l t tttt t Crediton, Tiverton, North ia nipton, 'Torrin g t on , Cliumleigh, 11fraeouili, • vskill ord. N ew li ght fast Coach, every Morn ing, at 7. l tatu _and BRISTOL Cheap Post-Coaches, though Chip -Idia: `"alrae, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury, and 4 1 . 1 ) ItZ y Afternoon at one; arrive at the Greyhound &tut , London Tavern, Thomos-street, and Swan, % . :(*ti o t a , ,,riy the next Morning. At reduced Fares. 9, oC amb r idge . Royal , Patent Mail . to Louth, through tt ouridge, Huntingdon, Stilton, Peterhorough, .Palditig, Spilsby,,Alford, and Grimsby, EVetimg, h '4lllP,t 7, Sunday, at a Qintrter before 7. 4 -XiE New Royal Patent Mail, throneli Ware s iluckland, acid Royston, Evening, at Half past tli * ‘'Alti . at it Quarter before 7. (: F itli I L " F.xpress," only One Night on the Road, to ttr4vll,lxabd Whitehaven, a New Light Four-inside i•o-.t It t' Guaid all the way ; passes through Appleby, q:: 111 4, 4 """ve, Iticbminid, Catteriek, Bo )4141% Farrybrid.e, Doncaster, Newailt, Bawtry, Ye d uck, ' S t'ttnfurd, dieetham, Stilton, Biggleswatle, and ;(, )' ,. 4 ,41 111 :'ets out the Morning, and p er f orias th e jour iftl llO, greatest facility * Pas•eugers detain e d on th e , iness pteasure, nave the peculiar adv,iitage a! t u , lats being secured in the next Coach.—The only Illi n 'AP,' to Carlisle. ihi.ty,,,NMt Light Coaches to Newport, Whitechurch, Tar .( t j 4 E `f 5 t w l °l. , Nurtl,wich, and Nil dil lewie li, every morn " 'Tally Ho," light fast Day Coach, every cl,rtystr. quarter b e f ore 7, through Heti Immtt, 1./unstable, b et t l; , 41 , it ' lr ds To w cestrr, Weetlon, Daventry, and Dun -404. Olt e _ and Paris Pat e nt Safe Coach, ever y morning, Nwiikeariterbury and Chatham 11 '1 1 . P•STERNew light Da • Coache s in fourteen hours Blackwater, Basingstoke, Overton,. . t Ek rd allover, Salisbury, Rood) eats, Caslimorc, and I ; , i t 41 5 ttit..*,4a_quarter past 5 and 7 its the morning. o.o.,_overeign," New light fast Coach every morn.. u t b"; . ck, t htough Honiton, Axminster, Charniout hi4t !thi.,.,"_chester,Blandford, Woodvates Inn, Salisbury, 491,Z.Nft;LStittori, Basingstoke, Blackwater, and Bagshot. Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, 1 1 i4._l hornbill, S anto har-Ki In, Can mock , Ki ngswel I, Scotland a light Four inside Post Coach daily. .tto..ll.,!flatv7._44ol:EaanidtdsßipOnnew Light I . 'ost Coaches, every _,CPoitr7coack rven in Morning. ll' and w , through Waltham Cross, Chesbin't , h. el) e. New li g h t fast Day and Night Coaches, 0 4 6(it i d e t a "rth, Shrewsbury, and Salop, every ( 4 4 % .4ps"ternoon. li t a h t% g r) Pres4," a New Light Post Coach, to Lincoln ktati`i•htYs; N / Wd ,eu, and Doncaster, every Morning, !" . the kr ti t+o.i A f a t r a ct 'Place, Hull and also the " Rocking yst _ckt , , !moor, at Two. • U 7 ' l Z:l 4 q t :7 l _lol i fast Post. Coaches to Lancaster, Preston, VlPasalti r ,, , Piton, Chorley, Orzushirk, and Garstang, itpd afternoon. si,4llabiihSTEß, Stoorbridge and Dudley, through I .t4L_Oft,,,` 411 d %Vest Bromwich, light Coaches every mom tt, RIO Af t R ock . pp %, a ktl e No v , i , '?lrlain," light Post Coach, sets Int on at Iwo; and passes through Baldock, t i 4f t ea, tir Bliekden, Stilton, Wansford, Stamford, 112IdtktNiy t ant batn, Newark, Tnxford, Markham Moor, iVttitolorY, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, : arrives at the ailfol•an. Leeds next Afternoon Three, in time I,4ttak.attistir,,tigi: H ._ a. .!ifax:Skipto n , and Huddersfield Coaches. id le um ) , Four Coachmen only.--.. Luggage avid 0 1 1! t ,`,!' Per lb.— Notwithstanding the (MCOIIIIIIOII ,' l 4 e c t , 4l Ts Coach, it is allowed to be the most agree- Oiettniitirlte Public Conveyance on the North Road, 4 1)13 L ed bY any other. rver :nd St a ff ordshire Potteries New light fast ' ' na ming at half-past Six, g driven through Nth. ei)oLlateii only. 11 1 44 i1,"71 4 , „" Uninire," New li g ht f as t F our I ns id e 111‘,, a ! y, (bu t one Night on the Road), sets itt:td .arrives at Liverpool next afternoon,. 0.11/ 41 t1 1 * 14 00, "uty, Northampton, Wel ford, Lut th, tb Athers tone , Tani wor th, Litcbfield,Stone, ' "4,1.)017,4t0rd, 'Warrington, and Preseot. 4 , ~.411°Yil Express," New light Four Inside .4 We at Y - seven hours, and driven through ~" V'~ ',/r/A\ . S WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1825. with Four Coachmen only, through Warrington, Pres cot, Conglcton, Lawton, Newcastle, Rogely, Kr.utsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield, (only One Night on the Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale 7 street, Liverpool, next Afternoon. The advan. tages to Travellers who honour this Coach with their pre ference are far superior to any other on this Road, especially to Commercial Interests, as it performs the journey in less time than any other Coaeli, and is driven through with Four Coachmen ; and, notwithstanding its cheapness and expedi. tion, the Proprietors pledge themselves that 4so - safety and accommodation it is equalled by few, and shall be surpassed POLICE INTELLIGENCE, ADCLTERATION OF SUGAR: M.tNstoY_llousi —Yesterday s in Cotisecliterice of a report which appeared in some of the newspapers respecting the adulteration of moist sugars, by mixing salt with it, in or der to increase its weight, a grocer who belongs to ti very ie spectable house in the city *lifted upon the Lord) :Itax'tht, for the purpose of showing to what the rnikture was in his opinion attributable, and of course, of proving that the charge brought against the trade by Mr. Clarke was without foundation. It appears from the terror with which the venders of most of the necessaries as well as of the luxuries of life look at that part of the'newspapers in which the analyzer's complaints and cautions are generally centained, thaf he is an object of no inconsidera ble interest with the public. It is rather remarkable., that neither baker nor flour-merchant, nor Confectioner, made any attempt to refute or contradict what appeared in the newspapers under this head, from the same authority some time ago, al though it is well known that the Chief Magistrate considers the honour. of many of his fellow-citizens seriously concerned, and it is certain that he expected long before is UW.424 indig nant denial from, site xuajuxiir of /base •tratWkß.-,. I 'The ComPlainant, who is not chargeable with . the like su pineness, and who, we believe, belongs to the firm of Stubbs, Absoloin, and Canning, produced a sample of sugar, which was of an exceedingly. dark colour, and excessively salt and bitter to the taste. This disagreeable,mixture was, he said, a specimen of the sugar which oftemettme into the market from oar colonies, and men of science,. who were not acquainted with the soil from which it sprung, might conclude that it was adulterated, when in fact it was perfectly genuine. Now the cause of this apparent phenomenon was, that the canes from which the sugar was extracted grew on lands that had . been lately reclaimed f r om the sea , a nd imbib e d a considera ble portion of saline matter, of which the sugar could be divested by the skill of the refiner alone. It was highly probable that the sugar which had been analyzed, as was stated in the Man sion-house report, was sugar of this description, which had been ignorantly sold. It was indeed almost ridiculous to suppose that retail grocers Would knowingly sell sugar adulte rated with salt to the extent that had been represented. In a recent sale, several hogsheads of sugar of the kind described had been sold by mistake to a country dealer, to whom a &Auction was made in consequence. The trade had already sustained quite enough of odium from the malpractices which had been proved against some unworthy members, without having an ac cidental circumstance adduced against them to raise a suspicion of a general want of integrity amongst the trade. The sample was left at the Mansion-house, in evidence ofl the inaccuracy of Mr. Clarke's judgment ; but that gentleman had, on a former conversation with the Lord Mayor, stated distinctly that the sugar which came from parts of the island of Berbice, and of other islands, imbibed the particles of saline matter in consequence of the condition of the soil— that the flavour was, of course, vitiated, and that the trade were apt to lay hold of that fact to cover their malpractices ; but lie , ridiculed the idea that a sugar cane could grow as much salt as sugar. The sample produced was as dark-coloured as the sugar usu. ally sold for mixing with, or making, what is called wine, with as much propriety as the staff sold at many places. As nearly as might be guessed from the taste, it seemed to contain not more than about 10 per cent. of salt. The sugar which Mr. Clarke analyzed, it will be recollected, was very fine and bright in appearance; and he observed that salt was calculated to brighten the appearance of sugar when Mixed with it by the hand of the grocer. Mr. Clarke is to be shortly engaged in analyzing what is usually called port wine, and sold at what is said to be a cheap rate. The Loan MAYOII was satisfied, that however others might be chargeable with the offence of adulterating sugar, the com plainant was acquitted of all idea of permitting such a practice to go forward in the concern to which he belonged. FAIRS. by none. MANCHESTER and Altringharn New ligl,t very fast Day Coach, every morning to the Mosely Arms and Swim Inn., MANCHESTER to Winslow,Coogleton, Neweastle, Wal sall, Wolverhampton, and Koutsford, light Four Inside Coaches. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four-inside Day Coach, through Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Hungerford, Rams bury, and Aldbourn. Driven through with One Coachman only. The nearest conveyance to Lambourn, Murton, Woot ton Basset, and Pewsey. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE and UNDER LINE Coaches .every morning and afternoon.' Only One Night on the road. PLYMOUTH "Sovereign,' New light fast Coach, to Fala mouth, Truro, Bodmin, Peuryn, Ashburton, Totness, and Newton Abbott, every morning at 7. RAMSGATE " Royal Telegraph," New superior fast safe Coach, to Margate, Dover, Deal, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Fevershani,.and Sandwicl+—every Morning at half-past 7. — In consequence of the decided preference given to the Te legraph safe Coach, the Proprietors are determined no expense shall he spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent Road. SHEFFIELD " Express," and also "The Rockingham," through Rotherham, New Four inside Post Coaches, every morning and afternoon. _ . SIIRKWSBUItY, Wellington, and Shittnal, Light Post. Coaches, every morning and aftetnoon.---Guarded. SOUTHAMPTON " Union," to Lymington, Lyndhurst, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and Bagsbot, New Four Inside Coach, every morning, and ar. rives at the Coach and Horses and'Vine lon, Southamp ton, by Five. This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre de Grace, Cherhourgh, &c.—The Proprietors of the above Couch hoot to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the "Union." STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES, a new light very fast Coach, every afternoon, to Lanend, Stoke, Shelton, Bin 'km, Tunstall, Lawton, Hanly and Holmes Chapel. This is thu only Coach direct to the Potteries. STAMFORD light Post Coaches every morning and after- Baldock, noun, through Biggleswade, St. Neots, Buckden, Alconbury, Stilton, and Wandsford. SUNDERLAND, ,Stockton, and Yarn► Light Post Coach every Mornin►;, to the George Inn, Sunderland: TUITENHAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven, Half-past Two, Five, and Eight o'clock. WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coaches, 6refy Morning. and Afternoon. . . WARWICK and Leamington Day and Night fast Coaches, through Davent ry, Weedon, Towcester, and Stoney Stratford, WELLS, Bridgewater, Taunton, Falmowh, and Ply. mouth Coaches, and to all Parts of the West of England. WEYMOUTH "Magnet" Coach, through Bagshot, Black - water, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Wood yeats, Cashmore, Salisbury, Illandford, and Dorchester, at a Quarter past Fire o'Clock in the Mot uing. Driven through'. with Two Coachmen only. WEYMOUTH PACKETS to Guernsey, Jersey, Cher bourg, St. Maloe's ) &c. every Wednesday and Saturday af ternoon, at Two, from Weynimith. WOLVERHAMPTON only Day Coach to Dudley, West Brun - IMO), and Meriden, through Coventry—Morning, at a quarter before 7, and every afternoon. YORK "Express," to Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sun- Newcastle, and Edinbut - g14.. a New light Fout inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morning by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Fer rybridgc, Taacaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Rushyford, Durham, Mut petit, and Berwick, and arrives at York early next Morning. Passengers finding themselves fatiguedAu the journey, may rest what time they please, and then pheeed without any additional Fare. At Reduced Fares to Ramsgate, Margate, and Canterbury. S. A. MOUNTAIN. and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they will not be accountable for any Parcel,. Passenger's Luggagc, Writings, Plate, &c. of more than Five Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, unless entered as such, and the Insurance paid accord• ingly, at the Sat acen's Head Inn, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, London A Citizen, who has a residence near Peckham, waited upctii the LORD MAYOR to represent to his Lordship the desperate conduct of .the thieves who info Ml- Peekhartr Fnir '4 pfd this in the hope that the city polictevrould.be4illk - peepitred-for. them when they visited the city in turn at the annual nuisance ; Bartholomew Fair. On Monday night, at Peckham Veit, a gang of forty or fifty thieves posted themselves on a small bridge, and heat and robbed with impunity the persons who were compelled to pass over it. The screams of the fernalet whom those villains maltreated were frightful, and yet the work went on without interruption. The audacity of the rut'. flans was astonishing. The Lord Mayor's informant described the general scene of riot which the-fair presented, and said that those who defended the tolerance of such scenes, had only to go and witness what passed to be convinced of the necessity of abolishing all fairs in or near the Metropolis. The lai MAYOR said, the police were well aware that more girls were ruined, and that more boys turned thieves, in consequence of the temptations supplied by those annual as semblages than from almost all other causes besides. The plea set up in their behalf were the maintenance of old English cus.: toms, and the enjoyments of the poor. But fairs were Institut= ed for the purpose of traffic at rude periods when comMerce was in its infancy, and travelling ; except at stated periods, dangerous : and not for a mere assemblag e of jugglers and buffoons. The cattle fairs Were even now serviceable in the country, but their real utility in the Vicinity of the metropolis was entirely done away with. if it were desirable at this period that the old English practice of meeting to contend in rough games and in fights should be maintained, there was no necessity in keeping up fairs for that purpose, since it appeared that the people only resorted thither to spend money riotously, and he conceived they were ill friends of the poor Who sup , posed that the riot and extravagance of fairs could be proper amusement for them. The only persons for whose. benefit 13artholortfew-fair, with all its evils,_ was to be kept up, were forty publicans, who declared In their petition that the pay ment of their rent and taxes depended upon the produce of the drink sold at the fair, thus giving the best evidence of the dis sipation carried on there. The Corporation had the power to put a stop to the fide, by refusing to let the ground. That por tion of the ground belonging to Lord Kensington was, he um• derstood, very small indeed, not paying /note than 401. a-year ; which might be easily purchaced by the city. Mr. Cope, the Marshal, stated, that the expense which the fair occasioned in the city police department, fully counter balanced the gain derived from the tent of booths. The Loup MAYost stated, that it Would be requisite this year to go to the expellee of appointing 100 extra constables to maintain the peace. his Lordship assured the gentleman who made the communication to him, that every thing should be done at the ensuing Bartholomew-fair, to guard against depredations and the other mischief's. THE CITY WATCH-WORD, s.l EEP MOVING." Gumbum.t..—A well,dressed courteztir, named Catherine Hambletan, and a gentleman of very resireetable appearance, 'who upon this - occasion, we suspect, adopted the surname of his fair companion ; for, though he claimed no relationship- to her, he gave his name William Humbleton, were brought up yesterday before the sitting Magistrate, hlr. Alderman 'AT. irrws, on the common-place charge of being disorderly, which { in the watch-house . vocabulary, appears to mean "disobeying the orders of the watchmen." James Cocham, the complainant, a Vatehmant of Castle Ilaynard Ward, we should 'have little doubt had tead the ob servations in the public prints as to the conduct of the watch. man in Mr. Gamble's ease, for he shaped his sto r y so as t o make it a pp ear ' that he had avoid e d a ll the errors attributed to that individual, his beat, he said, lay on the noYth-west side of St. Paul's church-yard, and that on going his rounds at a quarter before two that morning, he saw the two prisoners standing conversing together against the preirrisea of Mr. Harris, the bookseller, at the corner of Ludgate-street. He said nothing to them at that 'time s but finding them still standing there on his return, told them they must keep. Maving. The gentleman, with some warmth, immediately asked him, had he the impudence to ten him that he must keep moving ? He re plied, why, no, he would not exactly insist - upon that. He might remain. but for the lady, she must positively " keep moving," for it was contrary to his. orders, and lie durst not suffer them to stand gosslpping there a t t h at l ate h oar . Suc h p o liteness and civility, it might have been thought, trust have • produced a,ready compliance ; but no ;according to the watch, finished hi s speec h , when Miss i na n's statement, he had scarcely Hasubleton spat in his face, and her companion seized him tio-r lently by the collar,telling him at the same time; that if he hart not been an old man, he would have thrashed hint soundly ;. abd in= deed, upon his attemptingto take him to the watch-house, th e gen tleman did actually strike him. - Ile however sprung his r a t t l e , and assistance coming up, took them both.to the watch-house. The: aceount given of the transaction. by the soi-disa n t Mr. Hambleton ditli..red from that of his accuser in almost every material point. On his way from the theatre, he said, ,he the female by his side; They walked on tofvther and as they were passing the cdinei of St. Paul's Church-yard , the watch sna-A was guilty Of an act of indecency towards the female :which he cduld not help renidustrating against. He was ins. mciliately ordered peremptorily to go on, with a threat it' he did not he *mild take him to the watch:house; and he (Mr. Hatrilileton) had no sooner said that he would not be driven on in such a manner, than the Watchman sprung his rattle, Which brought Others to his assistance, and the threat Was cattied into execution by the fetnale and himself being taken to the watch house and while there, two pelions, who had gained admit tance with the crowd, were about to state the circumstances to the constable of the night, hating . , as they said, seen the whole from the beginning. He ; however, refused to listen to them, and ordered them to be turned out of the watch-house. .AS for Cocham, the watclnan, hd was id drunk at the time that he could hardly articulate. Mr. Alderman AT Ktitt.—Well, Mr. Constable of the Night,. was the watchman drunk or sober ? Hooper (the constable).--Not so intoxicated, Sir. as not to know what he Was about. He might have had a pint of beer or two. • The Aldetsnari.--.Was heAgtok or sober ? Htittper- . 4-fe rrac not dlatiT7 The Alderman--You said at first he was not Sobet j and yon, now say he was not drunk. Mich du you menu mo-to. behove? Hooper- , That he was sober. The Alderman- , Then I do not believe it. Another watchman here stepped forward, and began-=As soon as the rattle sprung The Alderman—Not a word more about the rattle; Sir. I want only to have your answer to a question. You were pre sent. Now, before you are sworn, I wish to know, was the watchman drunk or sober ? Watchman—Sober. The Alderman—Will you swear he was sober ? Watchman—No; I will not swear that. The Alderman—Do you think I am sober this Meriting'? The watchman replied " Yes ;" and being asked if he would undertake to swear that, replied he could. This seemed to put an end to the complaint, and the Alder man appearing to be about to address the prisoners, a very at tentive silence pervaded - the room, in the expectation, as it seemed, of hearingAlr. Alderman Atkins's opinion as to the authority of watchmen to make every body in the streets at night " keep moving." In this, however, we were disappoint ed, the Alderman contenting himself with observing, that the }gentleman seemed to have been somewhat too anxious about the female—rather more zealous than prudent and if he (the Al derman) had seen no reason to blame the conduct of the watch = andjt had been proved he had been struck in the exe cution of his office, he should certainly have directed the de fendant to be prosecuted at the experice of the city; for he who was better dressed than the generality of persons should also be better informed ; but as the case stood, he should discharge both the yirisoners and direct a representation of the conduct of the watchman to be laid before the Deputy of the Ward: Bow-STlti - 4---Yestetuay a yottng Wan, natfied Styles, dressed like a labourer, and having much mote-the ap pearance about him of honesty and hard work, than of one Who is in the habit of making free with his neighbour's goods, was brought before Mr. MIR slitl Li., Charged with stealing a box of linen from behind the cart of a Richmond carrier • and a singular feature in the case was, that he was apprehended through the instrumentality of his wile; and that, not from a feeling of pique or revenge, which often operates very power. fully upon women for a short time, but from pure honesty. The carrier, it appeared, was standing at a public-house, at Fulham, refreshing himself and 'his horse, when the priSoner's wife came crying to him, and said she feared her htisband had cut a box from his cart, and begged him to satisfy her one way qr the other. lie soon found that a box of linen had been taken from behind his cart, and the wife immediately sent for it,' and restored it to the carrier. Mr. MiNstkota. asked to see the Wife 4 and a very deerit and rather pretty-looking woman etepped forward, her face bathed in tears, 'and curtesying modestly to the Magistratec -461441.4tegati by'entreating mercy for her . husband. She stated (not on oath)-thet'he came home with the box in - question upon his shoulder, and feeling apprehensive that he could not have come honestly by it, she questioned him very closely, but could get nothing satisfactory front him and she ran out to inquire about it, and seeing the errand wiry she Concluded that the box must have been taken front it. 31r. 31fxstiuti..—You are, in atiy view of the case; an alts traordinary young woman. Pray is he a good husband ? Mrs. Styles, glancing through her tears a look of strong affection upon the prisoner, said, " Poor fellow ! Yes, sir, 48 good a husband as ever lived, and I am sure as honett a man as can be; but he has lately been troubled with a complaint in his head, and when be gets a little to drink, be does not know what he is about. This was the care when he took the box." 31r. 31t Nati Lt..—How came you to be the first to disclose his commission of a theft ? Mrs. Styles.—Because, Sir, I know he would nut have done It, If he had been in his proper senses; and I could not bear tile dui-tights Of keeping any thing int a moment that I knew belonged to other people. Mr. MINSII (ILL.—You ate really a noble instance Of cor rectness of principle and strength of natural affection. - I am afraid, however, that my duty will not permit me to take the explanation you hate given as a sufficient excuse for the com mission of a felony. I tear I must send him to prison. Mrs. Styles. -O dear, no, Sir, I hope not. Pray, pray, Sir, don't send him to prison. The prisoner here began to shed teats, and declared that he never wronged a human being of a halfpenny in his life, and that he should not have taken the box if he had been in his proper senses. He had no recollection of doing it at all. Mr. Mir/mum. said, he never felt more strongly the vio lence that a man was sometimes compelled to do to his feel. ings in the performance of his duties ns.a magistrate. His private feelings *Mild lead him instantly to discharge the prisoner, but he could not suffer it to go. abroad that a plea of drunkenne6, or even of insanity, without strict legal proof of the latter, could be taken at an answer to a clear charge of felony. The prisoner was then taken from the bar to the lock. up room amid the wailing: of his wife. If we judged rightly of the manner of the worthy Magistrate; it is not his intention ultimately to send the prisoner for trial, but to teach him, by a taste of imprisonment for a day or two, to have proper com mand over himself in future. POPULATION OF THE METROPOLIS The following Tables, extracted from the Re turns made by order of Parliament in the years 1811 and 1821, will show the comparative amount of population in the cities of London and Westminster at those respective periods LONDON WITION THE WA Houses. Males. 8,498 27,506 8,427 27,566 COMBINATION AMONG SHIPWRIGHTS: LTIfIoN-lIALL.--Xesterday three shipwrights, named Wm. Makers, Ale tinder Phillips, and John Taylor, in the employ ment of Messrs. King and Edgar, ship-builders at Midler bithe, were brought before the sitting Magistrate, It. G. CayAm_ bEas and R. BODGES, Esqrs., charged with having absented themselves from the employment of the firm before the com pletion of their resp ive contracts—leaving th e i r wor k i n an unfinished state, contrary to the statute, &c. Mr. King stated, that some months ago he engaged the three defendants under a contract to work at a vessel then on the stocks, which they stipulated to finish last July. They did work on the ship, but so slowly that she was at this present time nearly in the same state of forwardness for•sea as when they entered into his service. "In fact," said the complainant, " these into had scarcely begun the job before. they manifest ed symptoms of dissatisfaction ; and although they were con tinually urged to finish off that which they contracted to do ; still it was with the greatest reluctance they went to - work ;" and the stipulated time having gone by for laanching the vessel off the stocks, the defendants were solicited and intreated to complete their engagements. They, with one accord, how. ever, refused to do another stroke Of work in their employer's yard, unless they were taken otf the ship and put srpon an. othei job; which, it appeared, was more profitable to them than working at the vessel. This the complainant would not consent to ; anti on Saturday last the three defendants pre. sensed themselves before him, and having stated their intentions, immediately left the premises, saying that they should do no more work in that yard. Mr. King added, that he was con vinced the society, called the " Union;" had influenced the de fendants to strike in the mariner described. Dlr. Andrews, who attended on behalf of the shipwrights, examined one of his clients ; who athvitted that - they bad en tered into the.above contract with Messrs. King and Co.;• hut that shortly after it, the sawyers, another branch of the trade, had struck for higher wages, which were granted. This it was that retarded the vessel from being completed at the specified time, as they (the defendants) did not consider their wages suf liciently high. They had, however, proposed to Air. King to work in his service, if he transferred them from the old job .to another which would be more profitable to them. And they Plirct StttivPitfcct. now expresstid their willingness to return, if the latter proposi : tion were acceded to. • Mr. King expressed his deternn*tilan of not submitting to any thing of the kind : their neglect in the performance of the contract had put bins to a vast deal:of eirience and incoMr•eni, ence. His object now was toptinißls than tbr example's sake. The defendants Said, it wag hard that they ehould have been selected for the purpose; they could not see how they had vio l latedthe law. Mr. King's foreth a n *as Called, who proved thsi at the time, the defendants Were engaged, no other agreement was entered into iirith respect W miler Work than that which they had con. , tracted to finish. Mr. CuitainEßg—Ro* much a-day has one of those men ? • All the defendants—We have ss. 3d., but that is not enough:, The cemplainant'S foreman st a t e d that t h ey h a d G s . 3d: per day., Mr. Cu t.su tIS to the defentlants—And how Muth do yott pay to the Union Society ?---Makers replied, that each of the, Members paid 54'.'per week out of their wages, for the support Of that excellent society, - One of the - other defendant§ bete itocal ilk/rani and said; that the Magisttate's question respecting the " Union" was quit • Ariglivant.-to the business upon ,which they had been - bi ul,ht - *foie Mtn. The Aiagistrate, he contended, of any other per , son had no right to Call in question the Utility or in u tility Of the' Union AssOciation ; and they (the defCridatits) were equally, as justified in advancing theirmonet for the support of sereatel-• lentand - cbaritable an institution, as the Magistrate himself in contributing hiS subscription in aid of any other establishment in the thetropolis. MrXilA3inEfiS observed, that hem all he had heard of the " Unien SOciety," it had the very opposite effect to that of a society foimed fur charitable purpOSes. Mr. King declared That the society created nothing but dia.; order, insubordination, and ditinkenness, amongst its members. The Miwistratesctinsultedtogethr, and afterivawis expresseti ;their intention of corianitti»g the defendants to prison. Uponthe defendants heafing the decision they begged for.: girenets, stating that they would _ return to their employers and finish off the vessel ; and Mr. King interceding in their behalf, on those conditiens they were discharged, with an admonition that in' he event - of their being brought up again on a similar charge they Should be committed. Mr: King made application fot warrants Against ten other men in his employinent; who had quitted his service under si milar circinnitantes: CORONERS' JURIES. [PURTiiER PARTICULARS.] d The questioh nil to whether the parish of St: Sepulchre, in which St. Bartholomew's Hospital is situate, is bound to Sustain •the inonirenience and &pence of providing juries in all cases In which inquisitions may requite to be held there, is likely to become the subject of legal inquiry. It is obviOtta that as casualties are received these from all parts or Lontlo'h end its enfirons, the necessity for holding inquests mutt be continually recurring.l—indeed ; in softie irceks as many as five or Six "tire held ; and in few weeks less than from two to three. In-most of theSe casesi the friends of the patients not being able to bear the expences of the inquest, the parish are compelled to ttay for them ; so that on an average, including the fees payable'by la* to the Coroner, the jury and witnesses, and the beadle's expenees in serving the summonses, each in , quest coke the, parish nearly three guineas. Nor is this the whole of the hardships, for besides this drain upon the parish funds, the parishioners are also much inconVenienced by being contintially withdrawn from their butiness to attend as jurors. Many attempts have been from time to time Made by St. Se.t • tinieh•Fito compel the other four patishes, situate in We same ward, which is that of Faringdon-without, to beat their portion of the expefice and inconvenience, but hitherto without success. The qtiestion hat alsoinen mooted in the Co/ninon Council, by Alt: gditAgei OW of The beputies Sur that Ward; 7 13 - at we be lieie nothing definitive was there arranged. Nhortly after, however, the officers of St. Bride's and Sr. Sepelehre's agreed to hear the expense and inconvenience three months each, and at the end of that period to try Ithether they could not compel the other three parishes to do the same, This arranged - tent was understood to be approved of by the Coroner, 111 r. sir Et.voN - , whose co-operation was necordingly Calculated upon. In pur suance thereof, he juries have been selected for the last three months out of St. Bride's parish, but the three nionthi baiing expired last week, the circumstance was rirentioned to the Co.: toner at the close of an inquest held at the Hospital on Friday last, when he consented that his precepts for summoning juries for the three (listing months should be directed to the beadle of St. Andrew's Holborn. A person present eApt esie d hi s doubts about their being attended to, as he understood the parish meant to resist them to the utmost of their power.---. The Coronet replied, that if the beadle did nut obey the septa, it would be at his own peril; and thus the matter then terminated. On Monday last the CorOner's precept *at for the first time' served upon Mr. King, the beadle of that parish, calling uporf him to' summon a jury for seven o'clock the same evening. At the atirobited time the Coroner was in attendance, bilt nit jury were there, and shortly after it was understood that .the beadle had by direction's, as is stated, of the parish officers, neglected issuing the requisite summonses. Notwithstandlng this assurance, the Coroner waited fUll half an hour, when Tro , jury having arrived, a fresh precept was issued, directing the beadle of St. Bride's to summon a jury to meet at seven o'clot k the following evening, and the Coroner left the place, declaring` his determination to indict Kin g for the contempt at the eat-. suing sessions. One of the bodies on which the inquest is to. be held is fast approaching towards putrefaction. A jury having been obtained out of the parish of St. Bride, the inquisitions were last night entered into, which had been adjourned frail the preceding evening. The first case was that of John Jones, abely about 14 years. old, whose body, owing to the delay in holding the inquest,. was now in a drestafti/ state Of putrefaction. It appeared that the deceased, on the morning Of Thursday last, attempted to get into the yard of Mr. Ward, in Ohl-street, for the purpose of Viewing the ruins of a fire which had oc , curred the preceding evening clO3e by, just as Ale. Ward's man was in the act of backing ont a cart. The boy at tempting to pass between it and the wall, unfortunately stumbled, and got Me head jammed bettveen the, off' *heel! and the wall. lie was able, however, to get 'tip, on the esrt being moved back, without assistants, and together withann ther boy ran off to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood, who find.' ing that the skull Wait fractured, sent him to this hospital, where he died on Friday last. Verdiet—'•Atcidentl Wadi." Deodand ls. The Jnry heit proceeded to inquire into (lit death of an in fant child, named William Bond, who was left by its parents in a three pair back room, in Lon -alley, Sun-street, on the morning of Sunday last. The child, by the help of a stool, contrived to clamber up to an open window, and unfortunately overbalancing himself, was precipitated -- pitated into the street. Ve rdict—" Accidental Death.' At the close of the business, Mr. Rhetlen rose,. ant athltese ing Mr. Shelton, stated that he was requested by his- brother jurors, who had all of them during the last three months bad repeated instances of observing his mode of conducting busi ness at the hospital, to express their acknowledgments. fur the courtesy which he had Uniformly displayed towards them, for the impartiality and tatience with which he had investigated such cases as had come before him, and for the spirited manner in which he was understood to intend asserting their claims. Mr. SnEvro* returned thanks, and, adverting to thy re fusel of the beadle of St. Andrew's to obey his.preeept, that he understood that parish laid claim' to a privilege of ex emption from serving on all juries. On what that privilege was grounded he did not know; but in a recent instance it had been pleadedas an excuse for the non-attendanceof xertairof the parishioners who had been suinmoned as jurors in the Court, of King's' Bench. The Chief JUstice, however, rehired to' ' admit the plea, and imposed a fine on each oftheni ; but whether the fine had been paid, or whether the parish , were Stiff assert ing their eight in the Exchequer, he did notinow. - WhicheVer was the ease, the beadle had atted'foolfshly in not" obeying the , ' precept ; for the jury, although summoned, could have declin' attending ; and as in that case. he should have imposed a fine oar; One or more of thOr body, the main question Might haVe" lieen' at once brought to issue ;' - whereas, as the inatter now 'stood, Aber beadle would be indicted for contempt, in not obeying thapre cept, *thereby he subjected himself; if convicted, to fine and‘. imprisonment ; and after all, the main question would • be left: in the same state as at present: Y ears: 1821 - 1811 - Increase Decrea6e, • LONDON . Net 60 L n crease ITHOUT THE W LLS. Total. 56,174 55,484 Years. Houses. Males. Females. Total. 1821 9,687 34,441 34,819 69,260 1811 - . 9,444 31,677 33,748 65,425 Increase . 243 2,764 1,071 Net Increase - 3,835 CITY AND LIBERTIES OF WESTMINSTER, Years. Houses. Males. Females. Total. 1821 18,884 85,082 97,003 182,085 1811 . . 18,102 74,538 87,547 162,085 Increase 782 10,544 9,456 --- Net Increase • 20,000 TOTAL OF INHABITANTS IN 1821. City, within the walls . „ 86,174 Ditto, without the walls . 6'J,260 . -125,434 City and Liberties of Westminster . 182,085 Grand Total a a 307)519 TOTAL. OF INCREASE. City, 'A ithin the walls - - (390 Ditto, within the walls • - 3.835 4,525 City of Westminster . . - . 20,15011 24,1525 It will be seen that the aggregate increase in London within and without, is far below the natur a l p roport i on wh i ch i t oug h t to bear to that of Westminster, and may be accounted for by the increased numbs of dwelling-houses, converted into ware houses, and from the one prevalent practice among the more wealthy tits, of taking a residence for their families a fever miles out of town. From calculation, it appears that in 18'21, the average pro portion of inhabitants to each house was as follows Lon don within the walls, 81. In London without, 71. In West. minster 9 6-Bths. From the account of s uicides in Westminster, w hi c h we i n . mu d, a f e w d a ys hack, i t appears that there are on an ayerage 20 committed in that city every year, which from the i t b o v e table it will be seen is tn a proportion of one suicide fof every MOO inhabitants. Now assuming that the same proportion prevails in the city of London, it follows that the average of suicides committed in both cities must b . e about 34 per annum. The proportion of Males to females in the city of London, it will be observed, are nearly equal, whereas in Westminster there are an aye - rage of only 83 males to 97 females. Females, 28,668 27,918 I