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WA TER COLOURS, will open their 23d Exhibition °I) Monday.next, at the Gallery, 5, Pall-mall, East.—Ad roitttulee, One Shilling, Catalogues, Sixpence. - • - - CHARLES WILD, Secretary. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1827. No. 10,799. PRICE 7D. GRAND .FESTIVAL OF THE FREEMASONS OF ENGLAND. The KING'S Most Excellent MAJESTY, PATRON. Royal Highness the DUKE of SUSSEX, M. W. GRAND MASTER. T HE GRAND FESTIVAL OF THE ,„ ORDER will be held at th e FREEMASONS' LIALL, Great Queen-streei, Lincoln's Inn Fields, on E DNILSDAY, the 25th of April. Dinner on table at Five o'Clock precisely. GRAND STEWARDS. Ilrother William Ebenezer Burke, Corner Stone Lodge, No. 40, President. Broth er Wi ll i am M'lnerheny, Prince of Wales's No. Lodge, Treasurer. Brother Richard Herve Giraud, Grand Master's -- ~.. Lod ge , S ecretary ''' ... l 13 r. Joseph Moore, M.D....Lodge of Antiquity 2 Thomas Drane Somerset House Lodge ... 4 Nicholas Garry Lodge of Friendship 6 --- George Taylor ...British Lodge 8 •-• , W illiam Smith Tuscan Lodge l4 --- Stephen Clark Norris... Lodge of Emulation -- William Helder Globe Lodge ..... .... 25 --- Lucas Houghton --- John Brooks Old King's Arms Lodge... 34 -- William Parker, jun St. Alban's Lodge 35 --- Lewis Burchard Lodge of Felicity . -- William Ril e y Lodge of Peace & Ha r mony 82 -- James F a i rlie Lodge of Regularity .......142 --- Georg e,,, 156 Wm. Cuthbert Shakespeare Lodge '-"- B. nebeler Pilgrim Lodge 435 Tickets 153. each, may be had of the Grand Stewards ;, of th e G rand Secretaries, at their Offices in Freemasons' Tavern ; and of th e Secr e ta r y t o th e B oar d, N o . 7, F ur - I T' a , 4 ' B Inn, Holborn ; but tickets cann o t b e issued to any of the Grand Officers after Monday, the 23d of April. RICHARD HERVE GIRAUD, Secretary. ---____ BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY . THE ANNUAL MEETING of this So ciety will be held at FREEMASONS'-HALL, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on WEDNES DAY the 2d of MAY. The Chair will be taken at Eleven precisely. • r 11 4 * Tickets for the Side Seats and Galleries will be panted to Ministers, who are Subscribers to the Parent institution or to Auxiliary or Branch Societies ; also to the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Treasurers, and Secretaries or Au x ili ary or Branch Societies, and to the Presidents of Bile Associations ; for which purpose, attendance will be given at the Society's House, in Earl-street, Blackfriars, on t he Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday before the day of 4zeeti ng, between the hours of Ten and Four. The Tickets will not be transferable. COUNTY TIPPERARY CATHOLIC MEETING. A T a numerous MEETING of the held CATHOLICS of the COUNTY TIPPERARY, c ,. Pursuant to Public Notice in the NEW CHAPEL, s''ONIIIEL, on the Bth ArsuL, 1827, JAMES POWER, of Ballydine, Esq. in the Chair. The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : dksoLvito—That John Luther, Esq. be requested to "as Secretary to this Meeting. OuRkSOLVaD---That as the consciousness of our rights, and b„ t. 4 ttrminatio n t o asser t th em , cou ld no t b e ex ti ngu i s h e d any n t he * umber of vo t es against the claims of six millions of _ a. IrlBll Peopl e , we cont i nue un d eterre d b y th e a d verse 411,10,rity of four, which Faction has by its utmost efforts aljued a ga i nst us, and convinced that truth and justice, wh en: ye enf orced by events, must at last prevail, we shall per in calli ng f or t h e a b o li t i on o f t h ose i mpol i t i c an d kre tuiDeratil lg laws, by which the most odious distinctions this Unhappy and from which almost all the evils of unh aPpy Country are derived. te" ° Ltrin—That in the recent discussion that has t o ken Place in the House of Commons, we were surprised hod the arguments in favour of concession which were trtltrti from th e present ca l am iti e s, and the future dangers : f W hich th e country i s expose d , encountere d w i t h po i nts ,lel)°lernical disputation ; and we lament that the Govern- Iti();c1! ( tt eir agreat E mp i re s h ou ld b e comm itt e d t o men w h o t prin c i p l es o f L eg i s l a ti on upon th e con t es t s o f ~,i J ogy, and insist that Ireland is to continue distracted, 44f0,.E_UFland insecure, upon grounds of imputation totally 4 unfound in fact, and unworthy of any consideration in i ding the expediency of a measure on which the stability of the United Empire may depend. this Meeting the Petition which has been read at l‘leeting be adopted, and that the Earl of Donough- Ze (or i n hi s a b sence th e M arquess o f L ans d own ,) b e re x:n_ed to present it to the House of Lords; that John Hely 4 — eoluson Esq. M.P. be requested to present it to the ti:" e of Commons, and the Hon. F. A. Prittie and James weft Massey Dawson, Esq. be requested to support its p r ayer. p._ l( lsottrzr , _That Daniel O'Connell and Richard Sheil, t — ' l lae 4.p.des ple erve the gratitude and possess th e con fid ence o f eo. JAMES POWER, Chairman. JOHN LUTHER, Secretary. WICON C) MY AND CONVENIENCE COMBINED. ILLIS'S PATENT PERIPIJRIST, Z l‘ ; or Portable Economical Cooking Apparatus, p a ,l' es a' , 3' person in a few minutes to prepare a comfortable :;,—'s--tREAKFAST, as it prepares coffee in a very Peri"l" ma nner, boils Eggs, and cooks a beef-steak or a ' °f. h am, and all i n l ess th an t en m in u t es . For Dinner th will prepar e soup, steam potatoes, an d coo k a mu tto n p A ° nteak, &C at the same time, and for tl one and it tc HlN G's-'W 7 ORTH of FUEL is more than sufficient, v v i ti ,_" operation may be performed upon a dining table sell, goi _ liug the cloth or producing smoke or unplca ; :n n ln - t kerP, and travellin g in a Carriage without danger or n i l d, n eet and for pedestrians it may be carried in the ian th e , 14 , c6111 . weather answer two purposes, for Tea, it answers p .` ll ,?"e of a Urn, and saves the trouble and expence andl ' n g fire; it is admirably adapted for warm weather, f "eti for Taverns and Coffee Houses, and parties rnl t j h e asure in rural rambles ; also on board of vessels in cr t - h weit her as the motion of the vessel does not affect it, th e f i r .,"ving of fuel will more than pay the expence of it N oya ge. To li enbe had of th e Inventor and Patentee, No. 20, aceorr,iieit a-steet, C, ovent-garden, from 144. and upwards others . Size, a lib eral allowance made to Captains and goni g abroad TcAR,,Q . T iNG . 11 7 GENERAL OUTFIT \VEST INDI: a A n 4 EI-I° USE, for the EAST and 'MANGE, STRAND. UTI4 AMERICA, EXETER Officers, Cadets, and Writer tle men prweeding to south A s going to India, and G merica, or an y other par en °f th e Globe, mill find in this Establishment the whole ol3feitths,eitp• il‘stotilii,,tarLA. pr ether a larg e an d we ll- manu - Wash-hand Tables, intments, Sword s , Ch acos , S as h es , o with factored stockof s ea z , ch ts ai t r Couch es , and Bedding ; Cabin Mule and Bullock Trunk:: ar l d L amps Ch e sts, ° Travelling Equipage. and every other description OF CANTEENS, ready fitted AN ASSORTMENT India and other tropical with the necessary requisites for for Silver and Plated tai ; likewise a great variety o f Articles, Knives and Forks, suitable abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, u rn a i l l , s ieB B, r in g 1 , A• PASHIOIIABLE STOCK of Carriage, Cur rick R a n I ."em, Phaeton Stanhope and Chaise HARNEss_w:: " fl -r Uescription of Saddlery,use ' a t',;„ ",._°st Indies, and South America, which merit ins : s e t o d 'rum their excellent quality, first style of worktnPan: Pt and moderate • es All th uerate pric • and th 0 Articles in this Establishment are warranted, a d her ;excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly ~ ' 4 to, of asking Ready Money Price, but from Watch no , one ____________ abatement will be made. HEAL.DS',IfiIe. OR RINGWORMS SCALDED tFFECTUALLY CURED uy The Effi- B'S RINGWORM OINTMENT. —The of this application in the Cure of that — has Disorder " Ringworm," in the heads of Children, long been fully and most justly appreciated, even in long . disgusting standing Cases of the most inveterate description, which have resisted all other mean s of cur e ; the " Ringworm Ointment" will be found unavailing, and a perfect cure speedily an d permanently effected. I n Pots at 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., and I Is. Prepared by T. Thorby, Chemist, 33 ~, , .orthtreet, Brighton ; and sold by Messrs. Butler, Chemist. , Cheap side, corner of St. Paul's, and John Bell and Co'' 338, Oxford-street. Of whom may be had THORBY'S STO MACH and BILIOUS PILLS, for Indigestion, Costly ness, Flatulence, Jaundice, Head-ache, Loss of Appetite, he. In Boxes at la. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. On the Ist of May, o vols. post Svo. 31 O s R p E N c I T N I o G N S in Biographical, SPßlNG Critical R a E n d T H R i s O t ;r rical. By NATHAN DRAKE, M.D., H.A.L. Author• of Essays on Periodical Literature. Printed fur John Murray, Albemarle -street. In 3 vols. post Bvo. 2Ss. 6d. ENGLISH FASHIONABLES ABROAD.-A NOVEL. " I'll be your Cicerone ; you shall see Our private homes, our soirees, our gay fetes, And most exclusive throngs. These we keep sacred from the prying eye 0' the stranger ; but you are privileged." Printed for Henry Cnlburn, 8, New Burlington-street. This day was published, in one ♦ol. 4to. 'TRAVELS FROM INDIA TO ENG LANDx ; comprehending a Visit to the Burman Em pire, and a Journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c. ; in the years 1825-26. Containing a Chronological Epitome of the late Military transactions in Ava ; an Account of the Proceedings of the present Mis sion from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Tehran—and a Summary of the Causes and Events of the existing War between Russia and Persia. With Sketches of Natural History, Manners, and Customs, and illustrated with Maps and Coloured Lithographic Prints. By JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER, Lieutenant, late of his Majesty's 13th Li g ht D ragoons, and attached to the Suite of Colonel Macdonald Kinneir, K.L. S., Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Tehran. London : Printed for Parbury, Allen, and Co. '7, Leadenhall-street. Last week a man at Selby, in Yorkshire, sold his wife in the public market-place, after living with her twenty-three years, to an Irish pedlar, to whom she had taken a liking, for a sovereign, to be paid by eight instal ments, at half-a-crown each. On Monday an accident, which had been nearly attended with fatal effects, occurred in Black friar's Road. A party of five young young men were ob served in a taxed-cart, driving rapidly through Bridge street aad over Blackfriar's Bridge. On their arrival in the road, they increased the speed of the vehicle, when the reins giving way, they lost power over the horse, which galloped towards' the obelisk, and in its career came in contact with a brewer's dray, by which the cart was shat tered to pieces, and the persons inside thrown out with con siderable violence. One of them had his arm broken, an other his thigh fractured, and none escaped without severe contusions. It was evident, from the conduct pursued by the persons in the cart, previous to the upsetting of it, that they were all more or less intoxicated. DESTRUCTION OF THE TIGER.—Soine weeks since, we gave an account of a Tiger having escaped from the menagerie of some itinerant showmen, and which was at large in the forest. We have now learned that the animal has been destroyed, after having committed ravages amongst the sheep flocks to a considerable extent. It seems that above a hundred sheep have been preyed upon by the furious beast since he made his escape. his devastations have lately been confined to the neighbourhood of Fames field, in this county ; and were of so serious a description that the farmers agreed to subscribe a sum of money to be paid to any person who should destroy it. In consequence of this, seven resolute fellows armed themselves with guns, and went in pursuit of it. He had been seen in the vici nity of Farnesfield, and thither the tiger-hunters repaired, and wer e not long before they discovered the object of their pursuit, an d w i thout any danger r or difficulty succeeded in destroying him by th e i r yge fire-ar ms.— Nottingham Herald. On Wednesday niffht, as the Belfast Mail horses eProceeding t f i z: u o d this b t a o w r o n p e t t o ed b b e lDun,i t,%,e e t n h e t N C y o o a C4 s a h l es down both th e l eaders, bu across th e road actte a t tt a a s n s ; oon thi a s s threw the the wheelers and carriag e cam e on the rope one of the bushes coachgaipigro,ceyeerdeedpewrceithivoeudt bemhoinlesdtattht to which it was f astened gave way - a the root, and the e io d n ; aough o quie arrival of th e coach here, the cir cumstance nasuymaiet-- r in o g ui the result. On the was reported to Mr. Armstrong, Chief Con stable, who, with his usual activity and zeal, h a d a party quickly on the spot, hoping that somethi ng might arise which would give a clue to the assailants ; they, h owever , for the present, only succeeded in the recovery of a swor d and a horn belonging to one of the guards, which had been dropped on the road,......Droghsda Journal. LITERATURE. DRAMATIC SCENES, SONNETS, AND OTHER POEMS-By MISS MITTORD, PP. 392. Miss Mitford is well known to the public as an authoress of very versatile ability. Her two tragedies, Julian and the Foscari, have pl a c e d h er high among modern dramatists, while, as a p oe t, in which light we have now to consider her, she possesses both sweetness of versification, and feli city of diction, together with the power ofremodell ing the thoughts of others, so as to make them ap pear her own. But she is the poet of art not of na ture, a literary Operative in short, the great writers of the Elizabethan age beingthe sources from whence she has drawn her inspiration, the fountain at whose waters her genius has slaked its thirst. There is a great deal of Fletcher 'in her style, a little of Ford, and an immensity of Shakapeare, but can we say of her, what we may with justice of Wordsworth, that had not certain great originals paved the way, she would have written ? Un doubtedly not, her genius (the poetical part of it at least) is essentially, though by no means servilely, imitative; indeed we can scarcely pe ruse a page of her dramatic scenes without coming to the conclusion that her description, sentiment, and imagery, breathe the air not of nature but of books. With her delightful little volume, " Our Village," the case is different. We there inhale the very atmosphere of the country; its winding streams and daisied meadows, its sunny uplands, brilliant flowers, and deep cool groves, gleam in beauty through her de scriptions ; her characters too of poachers, village coquettes, gipsies, and ale-house politicians, are each and all stamped with the" same picturesque reality, tinged with a slight infusion of romance that serves only to colour, not to destroy the illu sion. In fact, as the annalist of village life, Miss Mitford is on paper whatWilkie is on the canvas. But we are diverging from her character as a poet ; so to resume, her present volume is made up almost wholly of dramatic sketches, some of which have before appeared in print. They are for the most part finished with ela borate nicety ; and are more remarkable for eloquence than sensibility. A few detached passages (which is all that we can afford to extract), will enable our readers to judge of their merits. The following defines very beau tifully the distinction between man's and woman's love : Mnti Loves on till hope be dead, then love dies too ; 'Tie only woman lays her silly heart In hope's cold urn, and in that fun'ral neat Broods o'er her love. There is great tenderness in the following ad dress of a Daughter to her Father, who is anxious she should leave him— Laura. Prythes, let me bide In this dear home, and wear away my days In ministering to thee. I have been No thriftless housewife. Trust me, thou would'st miss Thine own poor Laura, when some menial hand Shook up thy pillow, when some menial tread Broke rudely on thy slumbers—thou would'st miss The soft light touch of love,—and at thy meals, Thy solitary meals, and the sweet hour Of morning meeting, and the tenderer time That blends a blessing with good night !--Oh father, Why would'st thou send me from thee ? On the whole, we have been much amused with this modest and unpretending volume ; it evinces throughout all the native grace and de licacy of a woman's mind ; strengthened and ma tured by a long familiar intercourse with the best parts of English literature. CHRIST ON THE CROSS. PAULO ANGREZINI begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry, that he has at a consider able expence obtained and fitted up his Exhibition of Mr. SIEVIER'S Colossal Marble Figure of CHRIST ON THE CROSS, and other Works of Art, which are now open to public view, and lie hopes to meet with the favor of their kind patronage.—No. 209, Regent-street, near Conduit-street..—Admittance I s. DIRECT FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. THE remarkably fine new coppered Brig, WOODLARK, ROBERT BRASH, Commander. Burthen 200 Tons. Lying in the London Dock. Has superior Accommodation for Passengers. For Freight or Passage apply to BUCKLES, BAGSTER, and BUCHANAN, 33, Mark-lane. FOR MADRAS AND BENGAL, To sail the Ist week in May, THE new coppered Ship CLYDE, A 1, D. N. MUNRO, Commander, burden 500 tons ; lying in the East India Docks. Has superior accommoda tions, and will carry an experienced surgeon. For freight or passage apply to the Commander, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house ; to Robert Strachan, Riche's court, Lime-street ; or to FAIR LIE, BONHAM, and - Co., Broad-street-buildings. FOR BOMBAY, Positively to sail on the 20th May, under engagement to the Hon. the East India Company, rr H I,J. KATHERINE -SITWART FORBES, INGRAM CHAPMAN, Commander. Has a poop, and very superior accommodation for passen gers, and carries a surgeon. Lying in the West India Export Dock. For passage apply to the Commander, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill; to Messrs. Inglis, Forbes, and C o , 2, Mansion-house place; or JOHN CHAPMAN and Co., 2, Leadenhall-street. FOR BOMBAY, With liberty to discharge and take in Goods at the Cape of Good Hope, for Passengers only, having but few Births disengaged, and will sail positively on or before the 21st inst. from London, and on or before the 27th from Portsmouth, THE fine fast-sailing Ship VIBILIA, A 1, Burthen 400 Tons. ROBERT STEPHENSON, Commander. Lying in the London Docks. This vessel, for her class, has excellent Accommodations for Passen gers, and will carry an experienced Surgeon. For Freight or Passage, apply to the Commander, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house ; to J. H. Arnold and Wool lett, 1, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street ; or to ROBERT F. WADE, 14, London -street, Fenchurch-street. ROTTERDAM STEAM PACKETS. At Reduced Fares, Bed and Provisions included. KING OF THE NETHERLANDS, CAPT. JOHN SLATER. QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, CAPTAIN JOHN PEARSON. THE PUBLIC are respectfully i n f orme d that one of the above vessels continues to depart every SATURDAY from off the Custom House at 8 o'clock in the morning, for the Conveyance of Passengers, Horses, Carriages, and Luggage. And in the course of the present month of April, both the vessels will proceed in alternate succession, every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, from London, as heretofore. For further particulars, application to be made to Mr. Purkis, 215, Regent-street ; at the General Packet Office, 358, Strand ; and for securing Births, to N. W. Symonds, Agent, 7, Crescent, Minories. MUSIC. PIANO FORTES.—Among the various and most consi derable improvements in musical instruments we, who being somewhat musical ourselves, have watched their progress, are not aware of any that excel, or indeed equal those which, from time to time, have been introduced in the piano forte. To the gradual sweetening of the tone, from that of the German Zumpa's tinkling-boxes, to that of the mellifluous and brilliant grand pianos of our own Broadwood, Clementi, and Tomlinson, we have at tended with a pleasure inseparable from witnessing the proofs of English skill ; but no instance of that skill, we must say, has more powerfully struck us, than that which has been excited by Mr. W. Collard, who has manufactured an instrument not larger than the comr.,on square piano forte, i which, while it is peculiarly elegant i n it s s h ape, produces a volume of tone nearly equal to that of a grand piano. The touch has the greatest degree of deli cacy, and possesses the new advantage of presenting exactly the same resistaisce to the finger, whether the dampers be on or off. One perfectly novel improvement is obtained by the manner of the stringing, which consists' in a method of fastening the wires in short nooses. By this ingenious contrivance, they are kept much snore per manently in tune, and are infinitely less liable to break.— These advantages, viewed collectively, are important ; and however promptly and correctly they may be copied by foreigners, will add to the honour that has been gained for their country by the talents of other makers. Whatever further improvements may be produced in so interesting an instrument as the piano forte will have our notice ; a cir cumstance that, we presume, will be far from uninteresting to our musical readers. "On MANY SLAVE SWORN TO ♦DORE ME."—A CAN ZONET, WRITTEN BY W. APGREGOR LOGAN. TUE MUSIC COMPOSED BY JOHN BARNETT.—Though neither the opening Recitative, nor the Air of this little produc tion, is destitute of merit, we cannot profess to admire either one or the other. They are deficient in originality and in expression (important requisites in composition,) and consequently cannot claim our unqualified praise. ic T HE ROSE, A BALLAD."—The melody of this song is from Weber ; and, though slight and hastily produced, beers an evident stamp of the parent power from which it emanated. The words, translated from the German of Muchler, are prettily conceived ; and the guitar and piano-forte parts (for the voice is doubly accompanied) evince considerable knowledge of those instruments, and more than ordinary judgment in the grand article effect. A female, belonging to Folkstone parish, is now living at Shettlesford, near Elham, in the 103 d year of her age, having a son in his 78th year. She was born in St. Mary's parish, Dover, in the month of January 1725, and enjoys a good state of health, with a regular and moderate appetite. FRIEND, THE MURDERER.—It is suspected that this man had meditated the horrible plan of reducing the family of Mrs. Glass to a state of poverty—perhaps to ruin, as a probable means of inducing Mis.s Glass to accept his addresses ; and it is inferred from the fact, that several of the cattle belonging to Mrs. Glass have recently died in a sudden arid unaccountable manner —two bullocks, it is said, were opened, and their intestines found to be burnt, as if by some poisonous ingredient—Cheltenham Chron. PERSIAN GULF.—Accounts from this quar ter, received at Bombay, mention, that a war had broken out between the Imam of Muscat and the Sheikh of Bu shire. The Imaum had seized several vessels and property belonging to the Sheikh, but no fighting of any consequence had taken place. It is said the presence of the East India Company's Resident at Bushire is the sole cause of the Imaum's refraining from attacking the town. The Imainn has also announced his intention of sending a frigate and small vessel of war to blockade the mouth of the Euphrates, until the demand of a lac and twenty thousand piastres, made by him on the Busserah Chief, is complied with. He does net, however, interfere with European vessels. In other respecter-the Clef is nearly quiet; there being no thing more than party fighting among the Chiefs on the Ara bian side, as usual. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 19. CRIM. CONo-FLINTON V. BEVAN. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated, that this was an ac tion in which the plaintiff sought to recover compen sation in damages from the defendant, who he alleged had held criminal conversation with his (the plaintiff's) wife. The parties in this case were both in rather a humble station of life, the plaintiff being a traveller to a commercial house of great respectabi lity in this city, and the defendant being employed in a situation of something of a similar nature. The plaintiff had been marrielsome years, and the con duct of his wife had always been strictly correct up to the time when she became acquainted with the defendant; it was then entirely changed; she got into habits of intoxication, and bad gone so far as to pawn several articles belonging to her husband.— From the nature of the plaintiff's employment, he was necessarily much from home, during which time the defendant always frequented his house, so much so that it was calculated to excite suspicion in the minds of the neighbours; he was, therefore, passed off by the plaintiff's wife as her brother, with whom her husband was at variance, and therefore he only visited her when he was absent. During these visits the defendant was in the habit of sleeping in the house, and that a criminal intercourse had taken place could not for a moment be doubted. Elizabeth Ditton knew the plaintiff and his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Stephens. They were married on the 30th or 31st of January, 1814, at Newington Church. Witness was present. Mr. Peter Baker Smith was next called. This gentleman refused to give his evidence, unless his expences were allowed him by the attorney who had subpoenaed him. He had been in attendance five days, and claimed a guinea a day. He was an attorney. His claim being satisfied, he proceeded with his testimony. He had lodged in the same house with the plaintiff and his wife. He went there first in the spring of 1825, and continued until Midsummer, 1826. During that time Mr. and Mrs. Flinton had always lived together. Flinton was a traveller in a very respectable house; he and witness were not on very intimate terms, consequently he had very few opportunities of judging of the manner in which they lived. As far as he saw, they ap peared to live as they ought to do. Witness seldom saw them more than once in a month. Mr. Gates was a clerk in a merchant's counting house, and had lived in the plaintiff's house from Lady-day to Michaelmas-day last year. He had no op portimity of judging of the manner in which he and his wife lived together. The plaintiff was absent for a part of the time that he resided there. Wit ness knew the defendant ; the first time he saw him was on the 30th of May; .7E:er that time he came daily during Flinton's absence. Witness made in quiries as to his relationship with Flinton; and on one occasion he asked him in a very pointed manner if he was the brother of Mrs. Flinton; he replied that he believed he was, and appeared much eon fused. Witness laughed, and immediately left the room. The first time he saw the defendant was in the back kitchen with Mrs. Flinton, between one and two o'clock on the night that Flinton went out. He did not stop that night. He had since known him to be secreted in a spare bed-room in the house all night. Mrs. Flinton slept in the attic. The spare room was on the second floor. The defendant was frequently in that room; and when a knock came to the door which he supposed might be Min ton's, he always ran up stairs, and secreted himself somewhere there. These transactions took place from May to the end of July. Mrs. Flinton had gone into the defendant's 'room after her husband had eaten his breakfast and gone to his employer's c ounting-house. She had done this three or four times, but remained there only a short time, at the longest not more than ten minutes. Before Bevan came, witness had heard no quarrelling except on one occasion,, when Mr. Flinton was intoxicated. He had never heard Flinton complain of having lost any thing. Cross-examined.—They kept no servant. A char woman was occasionally employed. They quarrelled soon after he went into the house, and he had once seen Mrs. Flinton with a black eye ; but how she had got it, he did not know, having been in the country. Witness knew that Mr. Flinton now lived in Goswell-street, and had called on him, but had never been introduced to the now acting Mrs. Flinton.—(A laugh.)—Mr. Minton has a servant named Betsey May living with him, but witness had never heard him say that she lived with him other wise than as a servant. Betsey had been staying on a visit at the house where Flinton formerly lived. She is about 18 or 20 years of age. The first visit she made was in August last : the plaintiff and Ins wife had quarrelled only once after she came. It was about Christmas when the witness called in Goswell-street. He did not know when Mrs. Minton left her husband's house, but he understood she was obliged to sue him to obtain sustenance. By the COURT.—Flinton is now a lodger in Gos well-street, and occupies two rooms, a sitting-room and a bed-room, the sitting-room having a sofa with bed clothes on it. Amy Parsons Hall was only 13 years old : Mr. Gates was her uncle, and she lived with him at Mr. Flinton's. When her uncle was out of town, Bevan was in the habit of coming to the house. She had once seen Bevan and Mrs. Flinton in a room by themselves for about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. She did not know how long Bevan might have been there, nor had she ever seen Mrs. Flinton on a bed. She was quite sure she had not seen any thing of the kind, for her aunt had told her to say so.—(A laugh.) Mr. Gates recalled—He knew that Bevan had sometimes been in the house all night, and that Mrs. Flinton had gone into his room in the morning. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE addressed the Jury for the defendant. He was in hopes he should have been spared th e necess i ty o f a dd res sing them on this subject. Here was a house which appeared to have been conducted on liberal principles.—(A laugh.)-He would explain what he meant by liberal principl es . I t was peo pl e doing a thing for nothing for whi c h t h ey generally expected to be paid.— (Loud laughter.)— The labourer was worthy of his hire.—(Continued laughter.)—Here was a house to which a gentleman came, to do what ? to pay visit s to one o r two f ema l es . From the evidence of the little girl, it appeared that Mrs. Gates had been very busy in the business; but why she should be inte rested, the Learned Sergeant really did not know. There was another q uestion he would ask,—whv had not this Mrs. Gates been called ? She could most undoubtedly throw a light on the whole affair. As the case stood, was there any evidence whatever of any thing improper ever having taken p lace be tween the defendant and Mrs. Flinton ? It had only been stated, that when questioned as to his rela tionship, Bevan had blushed. There certainly had been no evidence given that could in any way crimi nate the defendant. It had been proved that Mrs. Flinton had been compelled to sue her husband for the means of subsistence; she might also have done so to recover her conjugal rights, although it was a saying, that " although one man may lead a horse to water, twenty cannot make him drink."—(Laugh ter.)—The Learned Sergeant contended, that the Jury could not, give a verdict on such wretched evi dence as had been produced. The Jury, without the slightest hesitation ,returned a verdict for the defendant. LENT ASSIZES. GLOUCESTER, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. CROWN SIDE. Thomas Smith was indicted for uttering on the 26th of October, at Presbury, near Cheltenham, a counterfeit one-pound Bank of England note, know ing the same to be forged. Mr. HORACE TIVISS.-It is not usual in prosecu tions for felonies to offer in evidence other acts of the party charged, which of themselves amount to felonies; but in cases like the present, prosecutors are allowed to prove that the parties charged have on former occasions endeavoured to put off bad notes, in order that Juries may have evidence of the guilty knowledge, which is the gi s t of th e o ff e nce. Mrs. Ann Hayward—My husband keeps the King's Arms, Presbury. The prisoner came on Thursday, the 26th of October, for a pint of beer. While I was drawing it, he asked me if I could give him change for a note. I gave him 19s. 6d. in sil ver, and 3d. in copper. He gave me the note. I had no other Bank of England note in my posses sion. lam sure the prisoner is the person. I gave the note to my husband. Cross-examined—l did not ask him for his name; he stopped about three minutes. I was in the bar. William Hayward—l received the note from my wife ; I had no other Bank of England note then, nor have I had any since ; I kept it in my pocket book; the corner was accidentally torn as I was taking it out with some provincial notes. On the Saturday following I offered it to the Cheltenham Bank, and put it on the counter; Mr. Ridler, a clerk there, said it was a bad note ; I put the note back again in my pocket-book ; I' had not lost sight of it at the banking-house; I put my pocket-book with the note in it in my drawer, in the bed-room, and locked up the drawer; I never parted with the key of that drawer to any person but my wife. • Mrs. Hayward recalled—l never parted with the key of that drawer to any one but my husband. On Friday, 17th of November, I took the note- out of the pocket-book, and gave it to Mr. Kearsey to pre sent at another Bank. William Kearsey.—l took the note with the in tention to ask at Mr. Hartland's Bank, at Tewkes bury, whether it was a good note, but I did not ask; I took down the number of the note, 47,273; I returned it to Mr. Hayward on Sunday, the 19th of November. Mr. Hayward.-1 received the note from Mr. K. and am certain it is the same note ; I put it up stain again in the pocket book, in the drawer, and it re mained there until Thursday, the 23d Nov., when I gave it to Bonner, the constable. On that day I put my name on it, and Bonner wrote his name on it iu my presence; I observed that the note was torn either on the Friday or Saturday after I first received it from my wife. Edward Bonner, constable.—Hayward gave me the note on the 23d of November, about three o'clock. I immediately wrote my name upon it. I kept it about three weeks. (The note was hands° to the witness.) lam certain that is the same note. John Wood Dean, from the Bank of England, proved the note a forgery in every point. Ido not consider it well executed. It might impose upon the mass of society, who will almost take any thing. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.-Why do not the Bank prosecute ? Mr. Dean.—Where persons taking notes imme diately put a mark upon them, se as to identify them. the Bank will prosecute when the notes are bad; but where parties take so little care of their own pro perty as to put no name or mark upon the notes, tin Bank will not interfere. Mr. Twiss called Mr. Herbert, landlord of the King's Head, Cheltenham. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.—I suppose the note about which you are now going to give evidence will b( produced. Mr. Twtss.—My Lord, I am not in a condition to produce it. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.—Then I shall not admit the evidence. Mr. Twtss.—l shall prove the conduct of the pri soner—that he offered a note, and withdrew it. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.—But you must show that to have been a forged note. Mr. Twiss—l may show the scienter, by proving he was offering notes under suspicious circumstances. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN-Witimut those notes are produced it is no evidence at all. Any declaration: of the prisoner you may offer. Mr. Twiss—l will give evidence of the note that is the subject of the next prosecution. Mr. JUSTICE-I object to that. It is a sepa rate offence, on which the prisoner stands separately indicted. ...... Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—In my opinion there is a defect in the evidence of the identity of the note uttered. A note was taken on the 26th of October and there is nothing until the 23d of November t,, identify the note excepting that it was torn, as ii notes were not liable to be torn. Who ever heard of such evidence of identity ? The case appears te me very imperfectly made out ; but there is evidence to go to the Jury, accompanied with such observa tions as it will be my duty to make. Mr. Twiss—My best course will be to offer no further evidence on this prosecution, but to proceed to the other case. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN shortly addressed the Jury. In a case affecting the life of the prisoner, you can not be satisfied with any thing but the clearest proof. The note is forged; but did the prisoner utter it ; and did he utter it with a full knowledge ? Then is not sufficient evidence to satisfy my mind that this is the same note the prisoner gave Mrs. Hay ward. It should have been marked by the prose cutor before he let it go out of his sight; and there is no evidence that the prisoner knew it was a forged note. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. The prisoner Thomas Smith was put upon his trial for uttering another forged 1/. Bank of England note ; on the 13th of November, at Cheltenham. Mr. Twiss observed, that this also was a case of custody, and that the note had changed hands. He did not, however, feel that he ought to give up the prosecution without offering evidence. Amy Hobbs--I am bar-maid at Yearsley's Hotel, Cheltenham. The prisoner (on Monday, Nov. 13) came for half a pint of rum, and gave me the note. Igavehim no l t B e s. a 6t two d. o'clock,insilvei-,a and 'ld. gavin ecopper.titomy l took the mistress at 11. I did not take any other Bank vi England notes that day. I put the note in a little box ill the bar. That box is never locked. Nothing is put in it but the money I receive. lam the only person who takes money in the bar. Cross-examined — l Was never once out of the bar that day, from two o'clock till 11. Not for a minute. My eyes were constantly on the box the whole time. I dined and drank tea in the bar; drank tea by gas-light; the gas was not lighted untii dusk. I served the customers; they came up to the bar, but not into it. There were many customers. Do you mean to swear you did all these things without the use of your eyes ?—No, Sir, I did not ; but the box was right before me, and no one could have touched it without my seeing them. Mrs. Yearsley.—l received the note from my bar maid, either on the 13th or 14th of November. It was on a Monday or Tuesday. I had not received a Bank of England note for months before. I passed it to Mr. Alder on Wednesday the I.sth of Nov. I had no other Bank of England note in the mean time. John Alder.--I took the note from Mrs. Years. .:..... 'lf ) :':.N l \&':. ‘'' d &\I ;.,,. „...../,,- , - ,zy h 13 ItVill . ) a' ley. I had no ot et a ,0 - gan Rote. I ,paid it, the same day to Mis. Hale, the baker's wife. Mrs. Hate. '- - I' gariit to triftusbind, ahnoOn mediately afteiltta it: - Ha gaire it me bkbh the next niorning to pay .'Mr. Hanes; the , miller. Mr. Hanes called that day, Tbaraday. • I"-had no other Bank of England note. Shortly afterwards Mr. Hanes returned it to me, and.l ime - it back to Mr. Hale. Edward Hants.—l received the note on the 16th of November and ten minutes afterwards I teok it to Messrs. Pitt and Gardner's bank, and put it oft the desk. The clerk said it was ti, forged Vote, and gave it me back. It was never out of my sight.... returned it immediately to Mrs:Hale. Mr. Hale—l received the note from ,my wife co- Wednesday the 15th of November. I had no (Acs note. I kept it in my pocket-book, and the next morning I gave it to my wife to pay to Mr. Hanes. The coat was in my bed-room during the night. My wife returned me the note, and five minutes afterwards I gave it back to Alder. Mr. Alder.—l received the note back from Mr. Hale, and returned it that evening to Mrs. Yearsley. Mrs. Yearsley—l received the note back from Alder, and put -it in my pocket-book and put that in my pocket. At night time! put the pocket.book under my pillow. The next day I.gave the note to Mr. Russell. I can swear that the note Alder gave me back I gave to Russell, but I cannot swear that that was the same given to Alder. George Russell—l am head of the Police at Chel , tenham. , I received the note on Friday the 17th of November, at one o'clock, from Mrs. Yearsley, and wrote my name upon: it. I have known the prisoner two or three years. He lives in Newman-place, High -street, Cheltenham, and is a saddler. His wife keeps lodgings. I sent a me*sage to him. He eame in the after pert of the day. •• I searched his house whilst he was in custody, and found no other notes there. There were two lodgers sitting by• his fire. Elisha Castles—l had a warrant, and saw the prisoner come out of his house. I did not show the warrant, but told him Mr. Russell wanted him, and we went together to Mr. Russell. He has not been at large since. John Wood Dean proved the note to be a forgery in every respect. Mr. Twtss--1 pro . pose now to o f f er the evidence of the former note pissed to Mrs. Hayward. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.—There is a double objec tion. That was the subject of a separate distinct charge, and that charge has failed because the iden tity of the note was not proved. The declaration of the prisoner before the Magis trate was then read. It stated that three forged notes which he had, were taken from different per sons who had been Ids customers, and whom he could not find, and it asserted his innocence, and that he did not know they were forged. Mr. Newman said the prisoner had been his tenant for 12 years, and gave him a good character. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN commented upon the strong and extraordinary mode of swearing of Amy Hobbs. This case is stronger with respect to identity than the last, still it is better in all cases to mark notes; But if you are satisfied of the identity of the note, which beyond all question is forged, yon have no evidence that the prisoner knew it was forged. We should be all placed in a very dangerous condition if persons could be convicted on such evidence, for vie are all liable to take bad notes, which with the most perfect innocence we may pay away. As there is no proof of the guilty knowledge, the presumption in law is in favour of the prisoner's innocence. Verdict--Not Tuesday forenoon, as a drunken dustman, sitting on the shaft of his cart, was furiously driving along Old-street, St. Luke's, he fell under the near wheel, which passed over his legs and fractured the bones. He was con veyed to a surgeon in Bunhill-row ; and from thence to St- Bartholomew's hospital. A seaman, named Smith, residing in the Church-way, North Shields, lately got married, arid as his relatives lived at a few miles distance, his wife was unac quainted with any of the family. Last week, a woman of decent appearance called upon her, and stated that she was the wife of her husband's brother. She was kindly re ceived, and tea (though early in the afternoon) got ready,. Shortly after, the visitor put her band into her pocket, which was with seeming agitation withdrawn, with the exclamation, " What shall I do! my husband sent me to purchase some articles, of which he is in great want, and I have forgotten my purse, nor do I know how to face him." Mrs. Smith, willing to oblige her new relation, advanced ten shillings in order to purchase what was absolutely ne cessary. She, however, two days after, on some of bee' husband's real friends arriving, found she had been com pletely taken in. BOTANY BAY.—Marriages with the " Fac tory Ladies" have lately become quite common with the " Government Gentlemen," in the vicinity of Paramatta ; rather too common, indeed, to meet the likings of all parties, who are, and who consider themselves, concerned. Some of them are "stolen matches." We don't know that they are exactly the dying-for-lore affairs, nor are they preceded by elopements. But, by the force of some happy contrivances, we learn, that the swains and their belles manage to get linked together, "for better, for worse," through the intervention of a Priest, and, occasionally, without the leave or licence of "the Lords of the Manor," who chance to hold in a sort of wardership the "stronger vessels." These happy, yet illicit alliances, like many other matters of great State importance, are in course of investigation, and undergoing a thorough inquiry. The bridegrooms, after getting the knot tied, assume to exercise their marital dominion, and claim their better-half to be delivered up from the " chains and slavery " of a spinning.. jenny, to submit to the bonds of holy wedlock, with all the incidents..—Australian, August 16. party of pni a mpi c ie c accompanied r m eadan p di ea : 1 : e ; d jvsuiisoct b ii tt lN- ttybi ni they APPREHENSION OF MORE COINERS.--Ili consequence of private information recently obtained, a Powell, Solicitor to the Royal Mint, repaired to an obscure :e o e r f nt e , g , found theo ums Coburg , a llo . man 6,Ta down to tea in the front parlour. Being taken into cus todv, and the house searched, a vast quantity of counterfeit coin, principally shillings and crowns, together with a mould, the imp ress i on f rom w hi c h even surpassed the die used by the l a t e V aux h a ll ga ng, and the 'metal used is in finitely more deceptive. The prisoners, who had not been iu that neighbourhood s.bove three months, were conveyed with the apparatus, in two coaches, to Hatton-garden Of fice, where the female ( s 'young person about 27 years of acre, the mother of two children, and whose husband is now under sentence of death for a similar offence) gave her name Mary Good (supposed to be fictitious) ; and the general surprise was not a little increased, when on the an nouncement of her companion's name, it turned out to be Stanley de Courcey Ireland—a gentleman who, some months ago, made a considerable figure at the West-end of the Metropoli s , and had only been liberated from prison since December last. The parties were privately examined, and remanded for a fortnight. HASTINGS.-FATAL AVFRAY WITH THE SmuccrArits.—On Friday night last, a serious affray took place a little to the eastward of the Fairlight Signal Station, between the Preventive Service Men and the Smugglers; the latter about twenty in number, came down to aid in the running of a load of contraband spirits, it is supposed about 150 tubs. They attacked the Blockade with stout bludgeons, on which the latter fired upon them ; the Smugglers immediately dosed with them, and the struggle became desperate. Unfortunately the Smugglers suc ceeded iu wresting, some of the muskets from the Block ads, which they used in a most merciless manner. Some of the Blockade were dreadfully wounded with the butt ends, one man was run through the body with a bayonet, which was left sticking in ; and so desperate was the struggle, that one of the muskets was actually broken asunder. The Smugglers at length retreated, leaving one dead ; one was discovered afterwards, having been ape parently dropped by the Smugglers, and another has since been found, some distance on the way to Ickleshant ; the body was scarcely cold. The place of action was covered with blood ; and by the quantity of blood which lies about, there must have been a great many more very desperately wounded, who were carried off by the Smugglers, to pre vent their giving any information. A Coroner's Inquest will be held on the bodies, this afternoen. We understand the life of the Blockade-man, who was stabbed with a bayonet, is despaired of; the others are likely to recova in time. The boat, ou the beginning of the contest, put off to Rea again, and reached the lugger in safety..—Brighton Paper.