The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-19 00:00:00

)art of the say , that t; t 1 ; lo oks or Pi l o but 1 . 4 "Jug awn) ro s the te °Ss path rf prO lur c a coo g P laced ue tad gives d~, he best 1 1 / sOP. :11 • • It. • own bill di d '4 , Li otherlf:e had ref e v l „° l Unths; 0 who di lesti° ° ' 1 1 1: side lv" pies bef°re au '" ,cord i► _ ,et efenday;eres ;action wublic illgotto d bec n o f t s had 0 ~,t assf s• ITI „ tt the 0 1r prOpef t Y e lves, by porti o n er e 111 100 P r°P a nit$, °. P - epi they " b so; pc4IY . i sl° e ntera' , o ent WAS - tit; t he othe r ' l ' 1 J t olo 6 •- tto den)" of fo red frect°r tlO qt trsir: l tbe • stifr 1 'dace J, oe ?e ar ot - e f i t pear to t b o ikg it Leman ble, 1 reaso n i f or bill ittie -edf" wspo •rllo l . this teti ii is venue s 93) " to being,: or plied w it f Or the roll,' bad been s:d, b u t the. 00 ; , by b avu lc ece in oli bert -- )at day' la in the Id grant's tern' 'IA4 ie fuseS t ° e Petr i . t heir Pi. _ p the at. tio .lired to e no terftioa, e n Confoj e ols P 1 intiffs t j'6 reasonab le , a re d r' was P, answei-- iCH. a evidence te ietermine, t( Titsnitatiol4 3 14 amages SSE& siaeo' cOll _ to, t h° nod iyou vteretl n,/ e c heriff' s-°°l o l3 s todY' isell ford I e ore di' eOr t it Or h is 4 roducedth gendew ° Cour t fin us cao, in St. pr belo l - s herifr 9 ° • o tt ) ; • we d ' dy. 'LEAS• LAwsol,". for vi the Jury e , Messrs', o b a nkerS •rii e . ea t slu r es n ew sPo t i : ter , on 6° 111EG. so yi r duty to tb codify; the ct of the given 'at d il l jil i f aquiry deSCriV 9: Ol l / far as aaoe i ch you ' B4 ' i t ls , ° trooge s s 1 of ands ustice at:l6l l* ( 7f this mo_ iousness.;oo atir '3l In an Y just sense of the word, a debtor to any m an. For . ~a24ecommodating acceptance, fraudulently obtained from rieven year s ago , at the i nstigation of Haythorne E nd 1., 'Wright, of the B r i sto l Ci ty B an k, w h o knew of the fraud uy which it vas obtained, as. they took it from notorious swindlers, and never gave any value to rue or to any on e mae on its account, I have been arrested, and likely to're n her e for three months, cut off froM the means of pro curing any subsistence, the detaining creditors well know ;' that I had n o hope of !mir to pay them, and remain -Ing inexorable to all intreaties for my diicharg, from' no other inducement than the difference of their religious *en lioinents from mine, and the pious wish to throw all possible sc our agement in th e way o f my -defence from the two m- Ictinent s for blasphemy, - and one for conspiracy, now Pending offer me. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, ROBERT TAYLOR, Kin ' gs Bench Prison, July 20. • - Ile w ould ask the Jury if there Could be any thing • bitudter than the charge here made against- the Plain tiff,?. A , / _ ... . rierni t. 1,-v right was of the persuasion usually de . rictea lited treigspoterctyitY.:thi Quakere., and therefore to him 'par itehe libel.' applied. To both - of those intolerance gentlernen„ however, were attributed • geiroitiw them. malignity, and , dishonesty, persecution, and with all this merely because he differed in unde r bTat:mo.ithhat the The writer of the letter was 1 ° Prosecutions for blasphemy, and . he inti t sto Plaintiffs were instigated against_ him . plaintiffs him of making an available s!e -• 'we- T,ihis was imputing to thern.baseness of the • blackest Rues ueseriptio n , and he was totally at a loss to '', V i - at what sort of defence the editor of the a d "_/eg could set up. Surely, he rir;-Tht have taken a 3 7 ' 6 time to consider or to inquire who the per sons ‘,. b ert to whom he attributed intolerance, and w-- ° ° ' he held out as taking a bill from a set of swindler r wa s „ o t n a to 'or the purpose of persecution. There • Press 1 . tection for private character, when the Jury was thus abused, except by an appeal to a con cf his country. What was.. the inevitable 'on th sequence when such an attack was placed th e "e breakfast . table before. the friends of he Patty accused ? They could.not know whether against was g"iltY or innocent of the matter alleged him• In former times the Press confined irteseelf to attacks on public men, and it was only -of eat date that it took its range into private circles and out e a , 4 . r aged Private - feeling. '. To check this sy e s : The °' unjustifiable .slansier, there was no other r i „, "Y but by an appeal to a Jury, and to the gent e `"en then impaimelled the plaintiff's confidently ap -Pne„,l,4;id, to shield their' characters from the slander 7is h ed against them by the defendant. .‘‘, The publication was admitted 1, 1 1 1 ? E j , for the defendant. • at : John James Wear is cashier to the City Bank n Bristol. Messrs. h • llayt oin and Wright are the or."'Prietors,. a nd m r . W r ight is a Quaker. It is 4o"eapeetable a bank as any one. From ISIS, i t i o s . n a me d it issued no_ notes. Knew two persons was e- M ay, schoolmasters ; i n 182,0 Mr. Tayloriad an a tutor in that school, Messrs. - i'!y :, ile. kZ i eCOlllit th ere . It. was a considerab le a.cpted by Ceuihers receiving a bill from That etori m a Ylor, amongst other bills. bill was duly s;" to the account of Messrs. May. , .i.ur te cief•• ' .""ergeant WILDS that his t e klant -L., - -.4 he was quite sure . .es r d s . b .--• ' sAe'sak. that . addressed the Jury for the -I P would l ot ti ~do of his client in permitting justice • to acquit him . of at k , It e a t!cting the in i te i r m es t t i :s e and such as could 11t b_nnziation wholly irregular,. • wa , l a received if he bad objected ~to it. The fact 1* ' 7 : l le felt assured, that the editor of the 4/ .. nes ‘r i °ll- ' feel angr y with him if he took any teehnial °o').viienction, whicli might prevent. the plaintiffs from nai'g the f llest explanation they could wish to . 0e r ' Ulie ' It u was not the fault of the editor th a ,; t their explanation had not been given long P lve t o 1 1 10 public, but they had not thought Pl° Per to .condescend to offer an , y. • Th e i r - e h,,- ' k tet stood . too high to suffer from delay, bad indeed stood so high that they might have for 'tlie altogether and suffered nothing, when it was "nsidered that the accusation came from a debtor of their own, and that debtcr Mr. Taylor. They had However thought proper to bring . their action, • he h av i ng t h us far set himself right with' the Jury,' , e would proceed to th e m a tter at issue. With re i,Peet to what his L earne d F r i e nd h a d said of the Cr s teeming w i t h lib el, he should a d m i t t h e j ust i ce i fs J., I cha r ge, but at t h e same time he wou ld ask the CrY, it th e y oug h t not to draw a line of distinction 13 e wen, Pape rs which gained their circulation by the t bl ieation: of • libels against private characters, and ti ; e 'times, which most likely was to be found upon te, e 'tasks of the counting•houses of each of the gen restnee (4 the Jury every morning, lii i : s i t i /(tiow had gained its extensive circulation not by and; which they us e e i i i ng private character, but by. giving early and i sm ' i nformation, and discussin g and dilating upon NA7l,rl,"atit subjects with talent and sound judgment. Frier-I'espect to wounded feelings, which his Learned ja t h" had adverted to, he had just to remark, that • w e , e Present action there were two persons who there Partneis in' a banking house, and although tw e e w as undoubtedly a community of interests be- L til er e et o t t he rti, there could be , none of feeling, and, - "ere - I , e, all th e usual topics of" aggravation were t end w , - °II Y out of place. His Learned Friend eon es. th and therefore that th e di °4 and without inquiry, Pretni, 4ll agts ought to be greater. Admitting the diff ~- , ,e , .8 , he (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) should draw a has e t t ', inference and from the very fact of the M tau e l vi l ti t which the letter was published, he "ers ci f; 'fl'agine that it was done without con it, i t °n ' for if the editor bad seen or read so far f IV°41(1 appeared a t all, and „_ N o „ not h ave . t uou h it libel •aggravated by this fact, $ t it being ~. With res pect to went very far mitigation. in • •he com e L fr t , he ,attack itself, he would ask who did it whom t ° l l - Was it not the railing of a debtor, moral el l e r imes had described as a man of bad Phen) , T ete r,. under two indictments for bias ebilePeelYtedaltilitav r °4 for conspiracy? Was it not to be Plaintiffs 81 Mt a man would say he was ill used, and . reme mbe r iais , t "e cheats and swindlers ? They all Prison an the story of the . inan who went to the W ere 'lnd havin g . asked .the prisoners what they ...., Innocent except very; "'fined for, , they all described themselves as t-I_l4_'ilit wretch, and Lone who said that he was a very . w. e s immediately t o l d hi dese Tve d his punishment. The m to quit the prison, for he li., l ‘ e not fit company for suelra n honest set of gentle ma",----(A laugh.) Who would earefor what libels a so e l h ' rnight utter who was i n Could the pillory ? Rue -._ In a" do one shilling's nr ,,',„,•u n a u ' ,, i d -and if not, so neither could-the ravings of worth of damage to othe r ;,. two iridi t nts for blasph emy c me emy, tinder an an.nuietment. found out that ti- t r. insol e deb for conspiracy, and who was besides ent was not until he When the editor of the Times .., et 0 .. ating that they r ,' had been committed, which thorn and c o., received R letter from Messrs. Hay action, he th e ,„ , rote to the plaintiffs' that it regret should bring an stating his part of it had bad been published; that if the latter published, and el seen, it should never have been Plaintiffs vvished;ts at they would, in any way the statement of Ta lend forth a contradiction to the th en ,. ~,,_ Tay le nd if the means were furnished editn, ~'hose means were not furnished; but the of ?_iotwithstanding took Publi s bi r i n . .. ,an early opportunity acquitting the u _ .statement, in the fullest manner out b, I ,_ , plaintiffs of all the imutations thrown some , ac .i , eyior, and expressinghis .regret that by the letterlaent ,whichh could not be accounted for, I _ , , of Tayr,which was thrown as un aside T rui ttlY of insertion, found i , t was clear that the plaintiffs,ts way into the paper.- 4 ,. '„ . e suffered any damage froth therefore, could not c e rt 'LL l , ca nna as Taylor, wh( : -0 111 the statements of lfor crimes wh . 1 under was labouring emit . , le 1 more than all others dis thorn tt him to credit. ice beli ed Hay than d i " Co. had injured the,ne: Messrs. not , ,e libel had injured them nei n ~, much more mild em .ewesindeed he could wer e , h e Tetting that, arid merciful as they they shouled% n o doubt, in 'all their transactions, offended sti ll, when a man had unintentionally Taylor, as the such a tincture to the charge of no apology, t li st e l e e luns might infer from the fact that could indu ce then ) t re g r et, that no offer of reparation lie did not mean t 0 forego the present prosecution. Ptelent'aeti on • °as ego th ey did wrong to bring the 'tut a lp • 1....• a se who Were anciiiitu to be ..,: • ' malicious might say_ that their acceptance of no a pology m this case was some confirmation of the • charge made by Taylor, that they were of a perse cuting spirit. The Learned Sergeant then con tended that no damage had been sustained, and therefore they could not claim more than merely noriaal dainages at the bands of the Jury. Wm. Sharpe Hutchinson proved the letter to be in the handwriting of Robert Taylor. Mr. Chater, of. tlk Times Office, believed that the letter was received at the Times Office ; did not open it; could not be positive, as a great num ber were received every day. Mr.. Harrison, printer to the Times, received the letter and furnished the compositors with it. Several letters, which had passed between the plaintiffs and defendant's attorney were then put. in. They stated on the part of the defendant the greatest willingness' to make any apology, or wine in any . proper mode for the inadvertent injury sus tained by the plaintiffs. ,This, however, was not satisfactory. Mr. Sergeant TADDY contended the defence was a considerable aggravation of the original injury. He had said that the Times had a great circulation, and was to be found in all the counting-houses in Lon don ; so much the greater then was the injury in flicted, and so much the more difficult for the plain tiffs to get rid of the effects of it.l He (Mr. Sergeant T.) then argued the " mechanical inadvertence" stated in the apology was impossible, •as the libel was in, the hands of the compositor almost directly it was received. Mr. Sergeant. Wilde had contended that the plaintiffs could not recover damages, because they bad sued conjointly. Were they to suppose then that two men had no feeling, because they were in partnership together ? If such were the Lase, a man might go into any - bank ing -house, and tell all the inmates that they were a gang of robbers, and no redress could be oh tamped. , The editor had stated Lin his apology that no credit could be given to any statement of Taylor; so much greater then was his carelessness, as he was answerable. for, and ought to enquire into, every , article which is to appear in his paper. He conclu ded by contending that no plea of mechanical inad vertence ought to excuse him. Mr. Justice GAZELEE, in his charge, remarked, that the plaintiffs could not recover for ally indi vidual feeling, but as they had sued conjointly, for such injury alone as they might have received in' trade by the 'libel. Nothing could have been more' proper than the defendant's letter of the' 17th of October, which offered to apologise. One of the.Juryrnen wished to ask the witness Harrison w hether he received the letter sing o ly, r w i t h o ther copy.--He replied, that be received it %with other copy, which had been selected for publi‘ cation. It might have got into that copy by mis take, of which mistake lie related another instance which occurred yesterday. The Jury retired at half-past twelve, and at ten minutes to three returned a- verdict for the plain tiffs, Damages 40S. PUBLIC ,SALES.-(THIS DAY.) BY MR. FOREST, AT GARRAWAY'S. WAurnAmkrow.---, -A copyhold Estate of Inheritance, consisting of an inclosure of rich meadow and pasture land,. containing about nine and a half acres, with barn, &c. situate at Waltbamstow, Essex, i❑ the occupation of. Sir R►►bert Wigram, Bart. tenant at will, at a rent of 50/. per annunly—KnOcked down at 10101. BY DRAYTON AND VENTOM, AT TRLMART. Two Freehold Dwelling-houses, Nos. 29 and 30, Para dise -street, Rotherhithe.-4751. A valuable Leasehold Property, consisting of a dwelling house, shop, &c. No. 118, Road-side, INhitechapel, held for an unexpired term of 245 years, at one shilling per annum. —lOOO/. A Dwelling-house, &e. No. 5, New Nelson -street, Cons mercial-road, a lease of which will be granted at Christmas next, for the term of 60 years, at a ground -rent of 31. per annum.-170 guineas. A Dwelling-house, No. 7, New Nelson-street, Com mercial-road, a lease to be ,granted at the same time, and for the same term,.. at a ground-rent of 4/." per annum.- 200 guineas. A Stable and Chaise-house, with Loft, &c. at the rear of the above premises, a lease to be granted for the same term; at a ground-rent of 21. per annum.-70 guineas. Sir GEORGE WARRENDER, Bart., had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Seymour-place. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town yester day for Strathefield-sage. -stK‘ FASHIONABLE 214).11VALS.— The Hon. William Jervis and Mrs. Jews Upper Seymour-street; Captain Ramsey, in Pa'hula% friarn Paris; Richard Henry Vatic, Esq. front Deane Park, negr ningharo, Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Jones, irk i tig)tee 7 street, from the Hague ; the Marchioness of Bristol g 4 St...James's-square, from her seat in Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. 'lnman, in Brook street, from Paris; Mrs. , and kiss Vaughan,'in Glouces ter-place, from Cheltenhaws-4,,Captain Barnard, in Pall mall, from Paris ; Lady. 3 A4kpatrick, in Baker-street, from Paris ; Captain Petersdorff, in Piccadilly, from Italy; -Mrs. and Mies B6bell, in Baker 7 street, from Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss . Aarhy, in Baker-street, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Jamet‘Westeott, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris ; C. R. Fuller, Esq. at ditto, from Paris; James Talbot, Esq. at ditto, from Wales ; William Ashton, Esq. at ditto, from Brighton ; Sir,Edward and Lady Mostyn, Bart. at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Leicester ; Mr. and Mrs.. Ed ward Farrand and . family, at ditto, from their seat, St. Ives, Bingley, Yorkshire; Captain Hawkins, at ditto, from Haas. • DEPARTURES.-Lord and Lady Grenville, for their seat, Dropinore ; Countess Spencer, from her house in St. James's-place, for her seat, Althorpe, North amptonshire; Captain Moody, for Portsmouth ; Mrs. and Miss Sheldon, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. D. Jones, from Regent-street, for Bath ; the Countess of Mansfield and Lady C. Murray, from Mivart's Hotel, for their seat' at Richmond ; G. Kendall, Esq. from ditto, for Devon . .. shire ; Captain Reeves, from ditto, for Bath ; J. Walker, Esq. m.p., Mrs. 'Walker, and family, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton. SPECIMEN 'OF ELEGANT PHRASEOLOGY, extracted from an article in the Morning Post, on the subject of the King's Theatre, which appeared in that re lined Journal of this morning :—" The front of the house will e xhibit a more than usual. splendour. New draperies, and the effects of the painter and gilder, have already pro duced magical effects. Arrangements not immediately in sight, h u t even more conducive to the dramatic e f fect, have been e f fected," &c. —N. B. No effects. General remarks are generally liable to objec tion. A lawyer said, " forging a deed, forging a note, or forging a bill, or any other forgery, was capital felony." Indeed, replied a blacksmith, " then I am a capital felon, for I am forging all day long." AURORA BonEmas.---Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, these. beautiful lights Were seen shooting over this city, from a north-east direction, in fit ful flashes, having very much the appearance of lightning. Caledonian Mercury. NOCTURNAL DISTURBANCE.—Last Sunday morning, about a quarter past three o'clock, the peaceable inhabitants of St. Andrew-gate, in this city, were awoke from their slumbers, by the noise of human voices, accom panied with the violent barking and growling of dogs. On looking out, the street was found to be lighted up with candles placed against the wall, and e setoffelloz n s il en t. - gaged in the brutal sport ofdosefighting.—.. York c LORD NORBURY'S LAST.---His Lordship was unusually happy on the rejoicing s of Friday evenin g . When informed that his windows had been broken by the mob, he observed that Mr. M , G.'s friends were the most pains taking partisans he had ever known.—Some one, i n re ply, said that the illumination -was attributed to Orangemen in disguise. Lord N. answered, that they wereinot the persons likely to make light of their defeat; but , a dd e d his Lordship, whoever they were, they would have done better to have cracked a bottle than a glass on such an occasion.--Dublin Morning Register. Yesterday afternoon, the tide at Leith rose no less than twu feet and a' half higher than on Saturday. This circumstance is almost unprecedented at this period oftlmmwoohnic'shagdeo,esthhewgt take reatest rise being after the moon's change, place till Tuesday. On Saturday there was 11 feet of water on the bar ; and tSi feet, which, allowing 18 inches for the give a depth in the centre of the harbour of 1b r'l l u C Yn eL vfo l u t ld is supposed there must have been some h ea vy svestcrly gales in the Atlantic, to cause such a stol - den increase in the quantity of the water' on this coast. — Caledonian Mercury. EXECUTII?C.-(T1II§ DAY.), At a few minutes before eight o'clock this morning, the Sheriffs and City Officers assembled, to enforce 'the last penalty upon john French, aged 50, for horse-stealing, and • John Williams, aged 23, for stealing in a dwelling-house. Great interest had been exerted on behalf of Freneh, to prove that he was the receiver, and not the thief; but. he had before been tried for•the same offence at Chelmsford and Oxford, and a message was sent to NeWgate yesterday afternoon, stating that the Home Secretary could not recommend the executions to be stayed. French, who has left a wife and- seven children, seemed to have made his mind up for the worst, and behaved with the greatest firmness throughout. The only thing which seetned to affect him, iNTII, tfle,desti tution of his family, who took'a last 'farewell: of him yesterday. Williams did not seem to prepare himself for the fate which awaited him, and appeared almost bewildered When the fatal message was announced. He had'heen Luoyed up to the last with the hope of a reprieve, and the disappointment made him despe rate. He requested writing materials, arid acCom yanied the turnkey to another part of the ward to procure them. On returning, however, the turnkey entered the cell first, and the prisoner darted back, and attempted to' scale a niched wall, in which he actually succeeded to the height of several feet. He then lost his hold, and the turnkey suddenly returned, and found him senseless on the stones. His legs had bent under him, and hoth his uncles ' were seriously injured. He was then ,•bled -'copiously, to prevent inflammation, and during the night he did not seem to suffer so much as was expected. French was the first to enter the Press4Oom, Which he did with an air of respectful firmness. He bowed, and was pinioned without any symptoms of intense feeling. He requested the assistants to bind his arms closer; and in answer to Mr. Sh er iff Stable, replied that he had nothing to communicate, hat requested his assistance 'for his poor wife and family. _ _ _ Williams was carried into the room by one of the assistants; and the ceremony of tying his hands was deferred till he arrived at. the soup-room. He ap peared iihnost senseless and motionless, and was pl2.ced on a form. This seemed the most trying moment for French ; he leaned his back against the wall, and requested a draught of water,'-which was immediately supplied, and with which be just wetted his - lips. Williams also tasted' it. After a few mi nutes the latter was ready, and French ascended the scaffold with the same fearless step, and stood at, least seven minutes On the scaffold before Williams could he arranged. The latter was with , difficulty carried up, but a stream of blood through his stocking followed, an atteMpt to stand. He was, therefore, held by several persons till the drop fell, and deprived these unhappy men of existence, at 17 minutes past eight o'clock. Both seemed to struggle considerably for a few seconds. Very few persons assembled. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The bOisterons state of tfie wind prevents aiivals of Corn, the quantity reported this week' is 'therefore small. The Wheat trade remains dull 'at ttie terms last stated There is very little doing this Morning in Barley; and prices have no further variation. 'Bean's are dull in . disposal, but not cheaper than on Monday. There is a fair trade for Oats at the same prices as last quoted. Flour unaltered. AItItIVA LS. Wheat. I Barley. 1,600 qrs. 630 qrs. English Irish ' Oats. I Flour. 850 qrs. I,3sosacks. Foraign FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This morning's market exhibited a tolerably fair stock of fish, •but the prices generally were high. Soles, Her rings, and Cod-fish, were very inferior. The following were the prices : Prime Turbot, each 2sa. od. to 265. od. Ditto small, per do. • l2 0 15 0 Fine Cod.tish, each ' 0 0 18 0 Inferior ditto -Fine Whitings, per 15 .. Smelts, per 26 lO 0 , 12 0 Scatc, each Haddocks, per dozen l2 0 • cl 0 Fine Soles, per three. rs 1 6 6 0 ' Brill, each ' ' 1 6 10 6 Live . Fiiiiinders, per quartern - Live Eels, per 51b. per draught l4 0 ,16 0 Dutch Plaice, per basket " 5 0 . 6 0 Fresh Herring, per hundred Sprats, per bushel 3 0 4 0 Fine Tabsters, per score 4O - 0 45. 0 Inferior ditto • 10 0 .20 0 'Shrimps, per gallon Flue Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7' 0 Scotch ditto 0 0 5 0 White Salt ditto 0 0 0 . , New Cod Sounds, per barrel 2 6 :I , 0 Best Common Oysters, per bushel Natives 22 0 - 21 0 Little alteration in the priees.of other fish. ST. LUKE'S, MIDDLESEX. yesterday a Petty Sessions was held at Worship-street, for enforcing the arrears of the Poor's Rates. The-increas ing state of pauperism, decline of trade, and the feverish situation of the 'public mind, so far as regards the large defi ciencies unaccounted for and due to the parish by their late Vestry Clerk (Mr. John Wilks), tended to give an in creased interest to the proceedings. •After many pointed observations on the part of the parishioners, Mr. Elijah Pinckney, of Tabernacle-row, was called upon for 18s. 4d. due next Christmas. " I would be glad," said Mr. Pinck ney, -" that you would read the summons, by whichl atn brought here, as it sets forth that I refused and neglected to pay. Now, Sir, I beg leave to state that I neither refused nor neglected. The Collector (Mr. Neave) called upon Saturday. I told him I would pay him on Monday; nay, I s assured him it would be sent to his house ; and, after being a . par•ishionec for $0 years, 1 appeal to Mr. Wall, the present respected Vestry Clerk, to deny that I refused ; but I have already paid a tax of six shillings as my mite towards the liquidation of the thousands due to the parish by Mr. Wilks. He, it appears, has publicly said that lie is a creditor of the parish, and hurls the blame on them, zond seems to stigmatise the Board and others as the real defaulters—and why should I not suppose that Mr. Neave is one of those who is nestled under the wing of the old hen, when I find, in an hour after I made him the promise on Saturday, he takes out a summons for me ? It also appears there is a kind of fatuity as regards our parish and the family of Mr. Wilks. It seems that the etflontery of the father could not create or raise a blush upon the cheek of the son, who is not a pa rishioner, and who is placed upon us like an incubus, while we have the power of breathing ; but 1 still hope the parishioners will, by an united and determined effort, rescue themselves from the tkraldom under which that family has placed them." Mr. P. then apologised to the Magistrate for detaining Lim so long, and said he was then ready to pay._ Mr. BROUGHTON said, if the public time admitted it, he would be glad to hear Mr. Pinckney fm- an hour upon the Si.me subject ; but he should have 11 day to pay. The Ness Sa Fisngs commenced on I'nto -n .hi • Monday last, but wiiii very little success, the fishermen not having caught more than three or four salmon and a few black trout during the week. —..'diriburgit Even. Courant. The following information is interesting to Merchants connected with the trade to the Mexican States : The postmaster at New York has given notice that a regular mail for Vera Cita, embracing all letters for the Mexican States, will be made up on the Ist day of each month, to be conveyed by the line of Mexican packets to that place. Letters and papers will therefore be received free of expellee op to half-past nine o'clock on the day of sailing. Th er e has been a slight improvement in the trade of ,PaisleY during the last three weeks, particularly in shawl ti which we some time since noticed as being l Although as yet no improvement has trimmings, ) taken pl ace in the prices pa id f or working them, from the demand that exists for weavers at this se ason of the year , some adv a n c e ma y reasonably be looked for, by the time active preparations for the spring trade usually Commence. The manufacture of Canton-crape shawls is going on this season with more spirit than ever, which has afforded a seasonable relief to the weavers throw n idle by the late stagnation in the lighter silk fabrics. The .embroidering of this comparatively new branch of manufacture has likewise been of PTeat b e nefit to the women formerly employed in the ttunlr ' ouring and hand sewi n g of muslin. Hitherto t hat departme nt h as been in a great measure co n fined to the village . of K this s t c f l r e o a t n n ly th s e nd gr h e e a sl t th i nycermeaploy in is t st e t quantity 0 f these il bar goods ehan ' will undoubt e dly extend to other districts..-,..Edinburgh Eve;i l V Courant. . CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON. Extract of a letter from Malta, Nov. l 5 :—" By a pri vate letter from Tripoli, of the 2d' inst., I learn that a re port had reached that place from Soodani that Captain Clapperton died at Sackatoo. My Tripolitan correspon. dent, however, doubts the authenticity or the report; but, however, this may proie in the issue, it istnext to certain (he says), that a short time will put us in possession of im portant intelligence relating to the geography of Central AfriCa ; for the survivors -of Clapperton (or himself, if he he not dead,) are on .their ; way from Sackatoo, to reach Tripoli, by Bornou and Fezzan. They penetrated to Sackatoo (this is certain), by the way of Dahomy, froM the Bight of Benin; and they must, at all events, bring with them Clapperton's notes and papers. 'Some natives of Bornou (who' are confirmed by persons of Waday and Begharmi), assert that the waters of the Yeou and Gam baron, together with several ethers of magnitude, form col lectively the Nile, which runs on to Nubia and Egypt ; that the Lake Tchad, is formed in a measure by the con fluence of these and other great waters, including the Sharry ; and that it has an eastern outlet, from whence escapes, probably, as much water as runs into it. Thus it would appear that the Arabs were right in asserting to Denham, that the Ycou was the Nile. They say, in Mo rocco,'that the Hoarra (or Jollilaa) River joins the above mentioned streams. Other Africans assert the same, hnt say that a branch of this latter flows behind Dahomy into the ocean—a fact (if such it be), not unknown to I3osman a century ago." REMARKABLE CASE OF. CONVICTION OF AN INNOCENT PERSON ON CIRCUM STANTIAL EVIDENCE. The following very interesting ; particulars, descrip tive of the case of ayoung man named, Gill, a native of Sunderland, who was tried, for, and convicted of, felony, at the Surrey Assizes, in August last, have been obligingly communicated to us (on our appli cation for them) by a gentleniarr throtigh whose me ritorious exertions :the Young man has been released from custody, and restored to his family and friends. John Gill, the subject of this statement, is son of Thomas Gill, a common carrier between Sunderland and Nwitardeastle. He was bound apprentice to a butcher at Monkwearmouth, and at the expiration' of his term 'of servitude obtained employment with Mr. Nesom, a butcher, and most respectable ruan,at Sun derland. In this situation he continued about a year, when, towards the latter end of June last, he deter mined upon seeing London, and from thence going to visit his uncle, who holds a situation in the King's Pock-yard at Portsmouth. He accordingly took his passage by sea to London, and after being there two or three days, he pro::,cded . by coach, on the 11th July, for ,PortEmoutb. At this place he re mained with his uncle till the 17th of the, 'same month; and abOut three o'clock in the afternoon of that day he setotr on foot, to walk back to London, his uncle accompanying him distance of about eight miles on the mad. There, Nvitli a view to keep up the interest of the story, we shall, leave him, till we have 'describCd what occurred hi this 'neighbour hood after his departure. _ _ His father received a communication from the young tnatlen his arrival in London, early in July, ,and heard nothing further from him till the 27th of 'August, when a.letter, hi the hand-writing of his unhappy announced to the horror-struck father that,he was under sentence of death in.HOrSemongcr lane Oaol! The state of mind of the anxious parent may he better conceived - than described;. his son, he was assured—not only by his own knowledge of him, but also by a statement which accompanied the informa tion of his conviction and sentence—was innocent! Under this impression he immediately waited upon Mr. Stephenson, a respectable solicitor iii Bishop wearmouth, who, actuated by those humane and ge nerous feelings which at all times distinguish him, instantly made, inquiry of those persons who were best acquainted, with the young man as to his cha racter and conduct, which Mr. S. haxing,ascertained. to be' respeetable,le 'prepared a memorial, addressed to Mr. Justice Gazelee (before whom John Gill was tried), setting 'forth the facts as detailed by the un happy. Prisoner hiinself, together with such . other 'general particulars as he could collect from the senior Gill and others. This 'memorial, accompanied by testimonials as to character, numerously and respect ably signed, was forwarded by express from Sunder land to Durham, to meet the .mail for London the same Hight. These doeuments were' entrusted 'to Mr. James Griffith, a respectable solicitor in Lon don, and he lost not a moment in laying them-before the Judge, who remarked, that" it Was fortunate the papers arrived when they dicyns,he would otherwise have sent in his report, recommending the prisoner to be transPorted.fOr life." •The• Judge very kindly paid immediate attention to 'the subject, and directed several inquiries' to be made respecting Gill at the gaol. Affidavits as to several matters were also, at his Lordship's request„ procured from Gill's uncle at Portsmouth, &c. &c. FUrther information was forwarded by Mr. Ste phenson t 6 the Judge on the 10th September, and his LOrdship's report on the case was finally given in on the 12th or 13th. On the-29th of the same month, Mr. Stephenson received a communication from the Secretary of State on this subject, to which he replied, and 'soon afterwards' received a further communication 'friim his Lordship, which was of course also answered. The result of these procee& ings was, that Gill receiVed,.On the 30th October, a full and unconditional' pardon, and he was, of course, instantly liberated. He was detained in Lowlon a short time for want of a ship, and he reached his father's house at Sunderland on the 15th of last month. The . reader is,. doubtless ; anxious, after this di gression, to knoW the nature of the charge against the young nian, and we now hasten to gratify his curiosity :—We left young Gill 8 miles from Ports 'mouth, on his road to London. The weather being hot he pursued his journey through the night, and rested the following day (18th of July) till 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when he again proceeded. He had walked about 8 miles on the road from Guildford to wards London, when about 3 o'clock on the follow ing morning he overtook a mini riding upon a pony, and driving two oxen. The man enquired where he was going, when Gill replied " to London ;" and after some further conversation, he asked Gill if he would drive the oxen for him to London, which, after considerable persuasion, he agreed to do for the sum of five shillings; the man engaging to meet him - at Westminster-bridge. When Gill, however, arrived at Wandsworth, he was over taken by a person (who afterwards turned out to be the prosecutor's son), and being- charged by him with having stolen the two oxen, he.was appre hended and handed over to a police officer. He was subsequently taken before a Magistrate, and by him .committed to Horsemonger-lane gaol, for trial at the ensuing Assizes for the county of Surrey, and was tried at Croydon accordingly, on the 6th August, " for feloniously stealing two oxen, he pro perty of Mr. Thos. Drewit," who lives at Ketton hill, about 45 miles from London, and was convict ed, and sentence - of death recorded against him. It should be remarked that Gill, • after his ap prehension, assumed the name of John Wat son, under which name he was tri e d. Hi s r eason, as he said, for so doing, was to prevent the distress which he knew would befal his friends if they were acquainted with his situation,. and which he Was afraid they would be through the means of the press; and, feeling conscious of his innocence, he calettla ted upon an aequittal—.-and so, perhaps, keep the circumstance from his faMily and friends altogether, reason was assigned in the Memorial to the Judge. Ire *as convicted on the testimony of the prose cutor's son; n servant' of the prosecutor, and the police-officer. • 1% , ;. , main circumstance against him was, of 'course, the fact of the stolen property being found in his possession ; and the account given by Gill not• keing satisfactory to t h e Jury. It would seem that. Gill in - this busin ess h as b ee n the dup e of the thief, who - probably fi n di ng , o r supposing that he Am - closely pursue - d, thnS got quit 'of the cattle..—Duritain Advertiser. • THE ARMY• LORD FITZROY SOMERSET'S LIST. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, as Military Secretary to the Com mander-in• Chief, went through his List yesterday, at his Office 'in the Horse Guards. A few General, and about forty other Officers, transkted military' business with his Lordship. A Detachment of the 4th Regiment of Foot arrived in town yesterday morning from Bristol, on route to Tynemouth. Detachmenti belonging to the , 13th, 26th, 40th, 46th, and 57th Regiments of Foot, and the East India Company's Services, arrived in town yesterday morning, from Bristol, on route to their respective Corps and Depots. BANK NOTES. An Account of. the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank. of England, under the value of 51., which has been issued during each and every Week from the 12th of. November, 1827, until Saturday preceding the 13th of December, 1827; and also the total number of Notes under the value of 51. actually in circulation at the close of the business on every such Saturday, pursuant to Act 7th Geo. I V., cap. 6. Both inclusive. From Nor. 12 to Nov. 17... From Nov. 19 to Nov. 24... From Nov. 26 to Dec. 1... From Dec. . 3to Dec. 8... Number of Notes of X 1 issued. Amount in Circula tion of Notes under the value of X 5. • Al. Nil Nov. 17 447,418 Nil Nov. 24 444,110 Nil Dec. 1 141,656 Nil Dec. 8 438,678 5/. N. B. No other Notes under the value of _ . have been issued. (Signed) WM. DAWES, Acct.-General. Bank of England, Doc. 13. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY MAR Y.—Fatoar, Dac. 21. Acton, T., HOlton—Bull, Chester l2 Benson,' J., York—Etridge's hotel, Devonport Bidrnead, J., Cheltenham—Ram, Gloucester lO Birkett, W. Whitehaven—Black Lion, Whitehaven ...... 3 Copeland, VV., Sheffieid—Mr. Hardy, Sheffield ll Hopkinson, J , Trowden, near Colne—White's hotel, Man chester Kirk, R., Manchester—White's, Manchester lO Marshall, W., Liverpool:---Clarendon, Liverpool 1 Marshall and Beakhurst, Bristol—Office of Mr. Saunders, Bristol Metcalfe, G., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool i Robinson, J., Liverpool—Angel, Liverpool ll Roby, R., Leamington Prior—Bath hotel, Learningron ll Schofield, 8., Rochdale.—Albion, Rochdale Mott, J., Liverpool—Royal hotel, Birmingham ll Smith, 'I., Eccleahall—Red Lion, Newport lO Stallard, W.; Shepton—Down Inn, Stone Aston Sudell, H., Wuodfold park—Hotel, Blackburn IO Turner, E., Warrington—White's, Manchester Young, T., Wells—George, Shepton II SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE GREAT DONCASTER STAKES. The subgcription and nomination for this great Stakes closes on the Ist of next month, and promises to equal, if not surpass, all former years, as well in number as iu im portance. There will be some famous " lots." The Hon. E. Petre will have five pr six nominations of the first cha racter. .Mr: Watt will have a good show, •as will Lord Fitzwilliam, and many others of the North. The South Country makes another attempt for this interesting prize, and will enter the lists with a strong force. All the subieriptions and nominations are withheld by the majority till the last minute, we have only been en-,j abled to collect the following list of names : Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Queensberry, Hon. Edward Petre, Viscount Kelburne, Mr. M. Wyvill, Sir M. W. Ridley, Lord Milani, Lord Morpeth, Lord Scarborough, R. Ridsdale, Esq., Alex. Nowell, Esq., Thomas'lloulds worth, Esq., W. Darnell, Esq.., lion. J. Stuart WOrtley, W. Broadhead, Esq., C. Wilson, Esq. The Champagne Stakes has already six subscribers, of Which Mr. Nowell (proprietor of the celebrated Underley Stud) his four. This gentleman has also foui subscrip tions for the-Two-yr-old Stakes of .Thursday,' besides mcrous others for most Of the Stakes to. the year 1824. Lord Fitzwilliam, Lord Milton, the Hon. E. Petre, &c. have also put down their navies to the. same period. Nearly all the Stakes of 1828 close on the Ist of January next: The Stewards are Viscount Morpeth and the Hon. J. S. Wortley. , , . The Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds meet on Friday, at Smitham Bottom, at 10. The-celebrated stallion Audroasan, by John Bull—Miss Whip by Volunteer, died at Ferry Hill, on the 29th ult., aged nineteen years. The Marquis of Exeter has purchased Mountebank of Mr. Spooner, of Leicester, for 2001. - Mr. Spooner gave for the same horse, about three years ago, only 25/. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—His Grace returning to town on Saturday evening, a gang of robbers made an attack on the trunk, confined in the rear of the carriage by patent chain braces. The thieves, finding all their efforts in vain, resorted to a new mode for getting out the contents ; they bored, with a centre-bit, through the top of the trunk; but before they 'had accomplished their object, the Duke's valet, then sitting on the box in front, heard a grating noise, and leaning over he saw the villains at work. The valet seized a pair of double-barrelled pistols, but before he was , ready the robbers were off, and effected their escape through a hedge. Owing to the severe illness of Mr. WTALLACK, Mr. COOPER, the American Roscius, will not this evening perform Othello.. MISS PATON.--A carious incident occurred ou Friday night in the concludini scene of " Guy Man nering" :—lni the finale, MiSs PATON did not sing the verse allotted to her ; the performers were consequently at a .stand still, when Miss P. stepped across the stage, and having whispered to Miss FORDE, that lady immediately sang the verse. After the curtain dnwed, Mr. BELLAMY, the stage manager, came forward, and addressed the au dience as follows :—" Ladies and Gentlemen—May I beg Your attention for a few moments. Miss t'axoN has re quested sue .to state the reason why she did not sing the verse in the finale. She was so ill this morning that she was obliged to leave the rehearsal ; the verse is not sung in London, and consequently Miss PATON was not aware that it was in her part. She hopes, therefore, that the ornis-• sion will not be construed into any iiisrespect toward the audience. This apology was receivxd d with applause.— Bath Paper. The iron trade continues in a satisfactory state. No. 1. pig iron sells at 61. a ton, and the inferior qualities in proportion. The demand for the Irish foundries is stationary; but good sales of Scottish iron have been effected in England. This arises from the practice introduced of " late years in' the foundries of mixing metal of different qualities together. Welsh, Staffordshire, and Scottish iron will be thrown into the cupola together, and this amalga mation produces a much better casting. For the same reason Welsh and Staffordshire iron is imported at the Broomiela.w, that the Scottish foundries may mix a portion of it with our home-imide iron.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. The town of * Falmouth was originally called Smithick. It afterwards acquired the name of Penny come-quick, from the following circumstance, related in the Panorama of Falmouth :—" A slnirt distance on the shore, . towards Penryn river, there originally stood a lone cottage, as a public-house, which acquired the name after wards given to the surrounding village, of Penny-come• quick, from the following tradition :—That the house be ing on the land ofMr. PENDARA'ES, that gentleman (about A.D. 1550), wishing to encourage his late servant who lived therein, desired she would brew some good ale, and that he would come with a party and drink it out. The landlady brewed accordingly : but lo ! a Dutch vessel put into the harbour, and the thirsty crew coming to the house drank up all the ale. On the arrival afterwards of the appointed party, Mr. PEnnaavxs was naturally angry at this'disappointment ; when the woman in excuse said, Why, truly, Sir, the penny came so quick, I could not deny them.' In 1660, a proclamation was issued by Charles 11., ordering that Smithick, alias PennyLcome quick, should ever after he called Falmouth." CASE OF A MAN STUNG TO DEATH BY BEES.—M. F. BERTRAND, a man 31 years of age, and of a good constitution, was informed that one of his prin.. cipal bee-hives had blown down ; he hastened to the spo( in a loose' undress, and endeavoured to replace it. He teat.- immediately attacked by a number of bees ; they fixed upon his chest and face, and caused considerable pain. He ran from the spot, but the bees pursued him to the house, and continued to sting him. They were soon driven away hut he declared that he felt himself dying, and fell down almost immediately. He was found by M. C. de LA FAYETTE, stretched upon a mattress, !Wei and breathing feebly and interruptedly. His pulse was scarcely per ceptible, and the surface of his body was cold. Fear* that this alarming state arose from impending Suffocation. and that a bee might have entered the trachea, the opera tion of tracheotomy was immediately performed, but ii vain, the unfortunate gentleman died almost instantly, ans not more than ten minutes after the receipt .of the injury. No examination of the b o d y w as made. If such an acci dent .had.oecurred in o ur own pra ctice s and we bad had t contend with the sympt oms a bove mentioned, we should, without hesitation, have given any diffusible stimulus tha t jiappened to be at h an d. A .e asc occurred . at St. Geotge 4 i 'Hospital, some years ago, in which t h e sting of a singh b e e proved 1ata1.....:-Lthicioa 111eaTkul Gazette. BIBICLE, NEAR. BURY. i r t A circumstance h as occ urred in. this neigh bourhood, e 7 i r o l n i o o wherever ‘‘h d cu i rar t s havehingand' indig nation become b . ic4 has ex the particulars known. A young mart, about 26 years of ag e, of the name of Richard Fletcher, a libourer, with his wife, has resided in the cottage where Benjamin Cass, and his aged partner, were mur-• dered by Diggle, about two years since.— Fletcher s conduct towards his wife has been knewn' to 'be extremely outrageous. He was married to her almost by compulsion, she having previously borne to him two children, which were becoming burdensome to the township. Since • the marriage, the poor woman has frequently complained of her husband's conduct; at one time she caused him to be taken under a war rant, but afterwards consented, on receiving a promise of kinder treatment, to return and-live with him. About five weeks since she suffered a premature delivery; being only seven months gone with child. No one was near -to assist her, her husband being away at his work, and the house being lonely ; she was discovered in a helpless state by one of her relations, -who.acci dentally called to see her. Since then, the con duct of her husband is described as being most brutal; such as language can scarcely describe, and certainly such as ought not to . appear. in print. According to facts which she disclosed on her death-bed, a particular outrage was -com mitted upon her on the 29th of November, Since which time' she has teen ill, and died • on the morning of the 11th, at three o'clock. The body was examined on Wednesday, by four respectable surgeons, and an inquest was yesterday held at the Bircbin-Hand, Birkle, by Mr. Farrand, arnta Jury of sixteen. As usual, Mr. Farrand objected to the presence of a Re porter, who attended not even an outline of the proceedings can, therefore, be given ; nor, indeed, previouspbwl a i c s a publication. : ta t o - I p . pt let derfrih, sitting, t C i,nv o gi r ; o l d i: vi e ,e, r gn t and stiloe e J tN u ,,i a y wi , l was the evidence, so far as has . transpired,,i fit for and the lea c bd u o r od s uy e t ,. on a bed, exactly in that part of the chamber where old Cass and his wife lay after their fearful murder by Diggle. The countenance appeared distorted, one eye was par :open, the other closed, and the lips were sufficiently separated to show the teeth, as .if at. the : Moment it was suffering under a pang of acute pain, There was no furniture in the chamber, save the bed ; the little slide of the window, was propped up by are ,old fork, and the wind blew a chill and stiffening air into the room, and the premises altogether bore an - appearance of desertion. Below stalls a small fire was mouldering in s the grate, as if. many hours had elapsed since any person was there. Opposite the. door was a couch-chair, probably, the identical one on which Diggle placed Mrs.. Cass, after having cloven her head, and where she was found-lining . with her arm resting en the shoulder. 'Of her aged partner, whose blood covered the floor, and whose grey hairs adhered to the instrument •of murder. Aw ful recollections ,seemed to occur to every one present, and_:the person who. writes this .could not dismiss from his mind the circumstance, that having lost his way iii crossing the moors?from Edenfield, came by chance to this very house, where the whole of Cass's tragedy was narrated and described by her - who now lay a corpse in the chamber. _ At the Inquest, four or five witnesses were examined, amongst • whom was Di. Parker, of Bury, who stated that he . was sent for to visit the deceased, who complained that she had been in jured by her husband, described the injuries, and imputed to them her illness. On Tuesday . the body was opened by three surgeons, who, from what she had stated, were led to examine the parts alluded to, and found them free from in jury, or morbid appearance. The head, and the membranes of the brain,. had suffered from re cent inflammation, which sufficiently accounted for the symptoms under which the deceased had laboured, and had been the certain cause of her death. The Jury brought in a verdict of— " Died by the visitation of God, through natural causes." SINGULAR CASE.-A. communication . has just been made to the Geological Society by one ofits mem bers, of a singular cave, nearly a mile in length, which has recently been discovered in the chalk strata, at Heigh ton Hill, near . Norwich. The cave appears to have been excavated at some former period with the scle view of pro curing flints, for the purpose of building the churches and other ancient buildings of that city, which are almost wholly constructed of that durable material. The entrance to the cave having been blocked up with rieobish, its exist ence would perhaps have for ever remained unknown, but from sinking a well which intersected the Fine of the cave. On Tuesday morning it was discovered that the burial-ground of Christ-church, Blaskfriars, had been visited during the night by a party of resurrection-men, one of the graves being open, and two coffin-lids lying on the edge of it. On proceeding to examine the grave, a most frightful spectacle presented itself ; for, exposed to view in the coffin, • lay the body of a female, who appeared to have been interred for some time, the shroud being much dis coloured, and the mouth wide open : in short, it was truly appalling. It is evident the' man mistoolc the grave for an adjoining one, in which a corpse had been deposited on Sunday last. In giving publicity to the name on the coffin, which was ELIZA WII3IOT, the feelings of her friends may he distressed, but it will ease the suspense and anxiety whkle would have been felt by many individuals whose friends have been recently interred in this ground. THROWING THE' IiAMMER.-4 match at throwing the hammer will be derided within three weeks from this date, in the vicinity of Edinburgh, under circum stances which will render the result rather interesting to the amateurs of that species ofamusement. Three men be longing to different quarters of Scotland, who•hav e nev er met their superiors, or, as it is stat e d, their equals, bare agreed to have a friendly meeting, and the parties are at present in training. The hammer is to be 19A-lbs. weight. Some time since one of them threw a iianuner, the above weight, 65 feet, and the average of eight throws, backwards and forward s , ran 63 feet. In the trials whiLli took place during the s ummer , on I nc hkeith, in question. threw tilt , the sportsm;:n Who gained threW a 191 b e. hammer 45 feet; and last month one of the three c andidates same hammer, on the same ground, 51 feet at the first throw. Unfort una t e ly th e eheft went to fragments, which precluded another trial of his strength and dexterity. .The victor in this ease will, have pretty good grounds to rank himself " champion bammer-thrower for Scotland." —Scotsman. PROCEEDINGS AGA MST EMPIRICS 'IN EDWARD THIC SIXTH'S REIGN..-.-In this King's reign several practisers of physick were examined by the College, and found so unfit for the practice of that art, that they were rejected ; others were punished according to public statutgs, and others fined. In the fourth year of this King's reign, in the month of September, one Gatd, a poulterer, on the Bth Sept. set on a pillory of Surrey, taken among the people for a prophet, in curing of divers diseases, • by words and 'prayers, and saying h e 4 his deceitful and hypocritical would take no money, &c., was, by command of the Earl of W.tawrcx, and others of the Council, set on a scaffold in the town of Croidon, in Surrey, with a paper on hi s dealings breast, ; an whereindafwteur writtentha in Southwark, being then our Lady Fair there kept,Y and the Mayor of London, with his brethren, the Aldei men, riding through the fair, the said Gain asked them ... and all the citizens forgiveness. Of the like • counterfeitphy siiian, with Srow, have (I noted in the summary of Chronicle., Anno 1392), to be set on horseback, y th my to the'horse-tan, the same tail in his hand.seback, his face corder of jordans about his neck, a his boo t ' and so led through the Cityof Whetstone. on . of London with . ogu l g bailor% and banished." Nve offer ri • ~ to the college of Physicians, a i. er this as a sugge om a ~...e . —London Mecli ca z G PP lolthle to the present' i qZette.