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' - --§-4'L 05..gg.;=. • -';`,-.', „ , ~... - V ''''!. 97rx ;; :h, ,, iPpc,,. : ..,„ , ,-,1-77-- 4&47. , ,, 4 1 ., -;% , . 0 ppip,li&"-: 1) ''. ? .:—. o ‘ v ;li ' ''k:.. * :•'(_- --39 .._,....., s - • , , -,„; ~. „ ' .11 ' •••, -.4i 47) 4 a , .- EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEC. 21, 1836. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COM PANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WED- NnsnAr, the 4th January,lB37, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of submitting for confirmation the Resolution of the General Court of this day, approving the Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 30th November, 1836, granting to Sir John Campbell, late Envoy from the Government of India to the Court of Persia, a Pension of 4001. per annum, upon th grounds therein stated. The Report required by the Ilv-lon We Cap. 6, Sec. 19, toge ther with the Documents upon «filth the said Resolution has been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors of East India Stock, at this House•. JAMES C. MELVILLt ; Secretary. - • T.ONDON and GREENWICH RAILWAY, I The COMPANY'S CARRIAGES leave their respective STATIONS every Quarter o: an Hour from Eight o'Clock in the Morning until a Quarter-past Eight at Night. GEO. WALTER, Managing Director. N. B. Stabling is provided at the Deptford Station for the con veniene.e of travellers from the interior of the county or from the neighbouring towns who may wish to avail themselves of the Rail y, and thereby save their horses eight or ten miles of road. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY.—Th e DIRECTORS of the SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COM PANY give Notice, That the HALF YEAR'S DIVIDEND, due December 31st, 1836, will be paid to the Proprietois who have signed the Deed of Settlement, at the Company's Office, on SA TURDAY, 14th January next, and on every subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three. ..„. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the COMPANY will be CLOSED from the 24th to the 31st of December. The DEED of SETTLEMENT, LIES for SIGNATURE at the Company's Office ; parties neglecting to sign the same incur the risk of forfeiture. E. J. WHEELER, Manager. 19, Bishorrsgate-street London, nee. 10, 1836. WITZROY-SQUARE.—To be SOLD or LET - on LEASE, for a short or long term, Furnished or Unfur inishM, with immediate possession if required, one of the first-built MANSIONS on the south side of the square, to which considtra. ble additions have been made by the present proprietor, who has lived there upwards of twenty years. The house makes up three double and six single beds, and two double and eight single se condary beds, and is suitable to accommodate a numerous and re spectable family. There are stalls for six horses, and a double ccach-house; but two of the stalls have been temporarily appropri ated to form a washhouse, for the convenience of a laundry, and part of the latter has been taken away for a temporary bed-room. For further particulars inquire at 'Mr. Bate's, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square ; or Mr. Warren's, bookseller, London-street, Fitzroy-square, where tickets to view will be given to principles. MERTHYR TYDVIL, GLAMORGANSHIRE. rTIHE FREEHOLD GROUND-RENTS and 1 Valuable REVERSIONARY INTEREST, issuing out of One Hundred and Sixty-Seven HOUSES, situate at CAE DRAW, in the most central part of the Borough of MERTHYR, will be SOLD by AUCTION, in 33 LOTS, by Mr. ADAM MURRAY, at the Castle Inn, Merthyr, on Tnuasnar, 12th January, 1837, by Direction of the Trustee for Sale, under the Will of the late John Edwards Vaughan, Esq., of Rheola. May be viewed on application to Mr. Ro ,, ,land, Surveyor, Mer thyr ; and printed particulars may be at the principal Inns at Merthyr, Swansea, Cardiff, Sc., &e, ; of Mr. llalkit, Bridgend ; Messrs. Lyon, Barnes, and Eli:is, Spring-gardens; and of Mr. Adam Murray, Surveyor any,. Land Agent, 47, Parliament-street, London. Letters to be *,•,ost-paid. TO PRINTERS, TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDERS, AND OTHERS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAM LEWIS, (Printers' Appraiser and Auctioneer), On V ArEDNESDAY NEXT, January 4, 1837, at Eleven for Twelve - precisely, on the Premises, in Bishop's Court, Old Bailey, with out reserve, THE valuable PRINTING MATERIALS of the late Firm of W. M. KNIGHT and Co., Type and Stereotype Founders, anti General Printers, (in consequence of their Dissolution of Partnership), including about 20,0001b5. of Type, New and Second-hand, in various useful founts, with Blacks and Fancy Letter, &c., about 7,0001b 5 . o f w hi c h, f rom N onpare il to Great Prim% have not been laid. A reasonlole time will be allowed for supplying Imperfections to the Founts sold, at the Sale Prices, and a liberal credit will be given on apr,roved Bills. N. 13. The very valuable PREMISES, commodiously fitted up as Type and Stereotype Foundries, to be Disposed of by Private Con tract, when the Furnaces, Fixtures, Ovens, Melting Pots, Cranes, Punches, Matrices, Moulds, and other Implements in Trade, &c., are to be taken at a valuation. To be viewed the Day preceding, and Morning of Sale : Cata logues may then be had at the Place of Sale ; of Mr. Toovey, Press-joiner, Chichester-rents, Chancery-lane ; of Shuttleworth and Sons, Auctioneers, Poultry ; and of Mr. W. Lewis, Printers' Auctioneer and Appraiser, 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill. puRE PALE BRANDY, Vintage 1808, 725. per Dozen, in French Bottles, as imported.—Sample Bottles may b e h a d a t the Sample R o o m o f th e Establishment, at 6s. each. The Connoisseur of Brandies, of the highest class, and those particularly who require fine Brandy for Medical purposes, are respectfully invited to make trial of this article. '1 hree Dozen Cases (including cases, bottles. &c.) 10/. 10s. GEORGE HENEKEY and Company. Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, `23, High Holborn, London. TO SPORTSMEN, GENTLEMEN HUNTING, RIDING, WALKING, SUFFERING FROM DISEASE, RELAXA TION, LOCAL DEBILITY, &c. WRAY'S IMPROVED SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, of superior workmanship, and made of the best materials; approved of and recommended by the late Mr. Abernethy for their excellent adaptation, as being superior to any hitherto used ; and the extreme ease and comfort with which they are worn, together with the exceedingly low price at which they are charged, must ever ensure their general employment. Best jean, is. 6d. ; knitted or wove silk, 2s. Gd.; ditto, with fronts, 3s. 6d.; India dimity, with real China net silk purses and elastic springs, 7s. 6d. each. May be had direct from the inventor, 118, Holborn-hill, or his agents. Steel spring Trusses for Hernia, properly adapted, single, Ts. 6d. and 10s. Gd.; double, 15s. and 21s. each. Laced stutkings and bandages for varicose veins. Ladies' umbelical belts, bandages, &c., for all surgical purposes. A female in constant attendance to wait upon ladies. CHAPPED HANDS AND LIPST ---- NAy's MEDICATED HONEY, for Soften inc the Skin, and Curing or Preventing Chaps on the Han . is and Lips, &c. - Prepared only by C. May, Reading. If by the use of hard Water Or ex posure to cold winds, the face becomes rough, or the hands or lips chap— tied, one or two applic a ti ons on ly of the Medicated Honey Wii prove an snfallible remedy, and show a decided superiority to ClAti Cream, Lip itive, or Pomade Divine. It may be used on the most delicate infant; imparts an agreeable perfume, and if used, as directed, will not leave the akin in the least degree sticky or un-ninfortable. Gentlemen who are inconvenienced by shaving, and mothers who sutler by nursing, w ou l d b e spared much inconvenience and pain by usi.ng the Medicated Honey. Sold in London by Sanger, no, Oxford-street; Stradling, Boval'Ex. change Gates. Cornhill; Parclay and Sons, Farringdon-street; Eawi ir d s , St. Paul's Church-yard; Sutton and Co .. sow Church-yard ; and may be had of all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. N.B.—Observe that the Proprietor's name is on the stamp. B lt. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. 6 ' I c - ..re not how lam physicked, so it be not by the adventure of a quack, but advice of a physician, who I ant sure will prescribe no more for me than may consist with my safety, and need ii dh require."— Old The Possessor of the Prescription from which these Pills are prepared, Irolely for him, by Mr. John T. Eddy, a scientific chemist, obtained it from the late Dr. Armstrong, (Lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and Author of the celebrated Works Cn Typhus and Scarlet Fever, &c. &c.) for his Wife, who, in 182: became the Doctor's patie n t, w h en ev id ent l y labouring under confirmed Liver complaint, and to all aupearance in a deep decline. She hail not long taken the Pills, at the prescribed inter vals, before she was perfectly restored to Health ; and has, with the occa sional use of them, continued free from pain, and in perfect health and cheerful spirits ever since. The Possessr,r of this admirable Prescription (a Gentleman of private fortune), hay . .ng distributed the Pill; with the most extraordinary success amongst th•,, Poor in many Counties in England, in I'Y35 determined to offer their,, at a price, to the public; his personal observation and expe rience hr.ving convinced him that they Would prove a real blessing, if taken ~ ccording to the Physician's Advice and Directions in the wrapper, to all —both old and young, children as well as adults: women, pregnant, alit' after the month •of confinement -who suffetcd from an inactive Liver, and thence all the attendant miseries of Indigestion; Bilious Affec t:ions (so called) ; Flatulence, Jaundice. Dropsy; Pain in the sides and under the Shoulder Blades ; Difficulty of Breathing; .•istressing Sensa tion of Choking: w , th the complexion, anti white of e eyes yellow. The very first two pills ger orally afford su c h relief—such case from every dist ressiirg pain—that the patient is at once surprised and delighted. The Medicine is gentle, though certain in its benign effects. The quantity prescribed to be taken is small, and not oftener than alternate nights. In Boxes at Is, I Y 4; d., s.s'd 2s. 9d. each. The large Box. contains the quantity of three small ones. Prepared solely for the Proprietor, by Mr J. T. Eddy, Bishop Stortford, Her .B,who is topoteted Wholesale Agent to the Proprietor. ' e fo prevent imposition, the Hon. the Commissioners of Stamps have d. veered his name and address to be engraved on the Government Stamp, and each Box is also sealed with the Armorial Be rings of the Proprietor. Non celse lagentiine. The Pills may be procured of all wholesale dealers In London, and retail of J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Hannay an Co., 63, Oxford.street ; E. Ens , u, Oxford-street ; T. Butler, 4, Cheapside; It. Johnston. tIS, Cornhill; C.F. Straddlig, Royal Exchange Gates; C. Croydon,37, Wig. Mere-street, Cavendish- square; .L Heudebourk, Middle-row, Holborn; R. -loner, 171, High Holborn; G. W. Snowden, 9, Haymarket; and .1. Prout, '229. Strand. Mr. Cr - oiton and Mr. Dymond, Croydon ; Mr. E. Dodd, Staines; and of r.ll respectable Mcdie:ne Vendors in Town and Country. Kairon gnothi—Fugit horn. rielief in the existence of the fountain of youth, A_ from which those who bathed in its waters pr,ainel a pristine e•Aerry, wns among the speculations of the 15th century ; it will, how. errs, serve as no inapt type of the revilifying powers of an, and medicine. Those who, early victim; to K Morbid imagination, have sought fatally to anticipate the purpose. of nature, and have consequently lapsed into a state which brings with it weakened capabilities and clouded hopes, may bytimely typlication to prolesrional treatment, regain those first, noblest, and best of powers that have been compromised by the criminal propensi. ties of " rtilty solitude," the progress of which is marked by the " lym annuna" of Pliny, attended with bodily weakness and mental apathy. We may indulge a natural exultation in referring to our daily Correspondence with grateful and convalescent patients, not confined to oar own country, but diffused over the whole world. For twenty-five years has our peculiar treatment in cases of Nervous Debility proved cmi. inently successful, and we have hitherto resisted the earnest solicitations of our patients to publish their cases in a public address: the following, however, has been so urgently pressed upon us by a medical friend, that we have yielded town importunity sufficiently excusable by the gratitude it evinces Dear Sirs_my fondest hopes are realized! Accept my most heart felt thanks i words arc inadequate to express my unbounded gratitude. May you long live to reap the rich reward of your hbonrs in the t.eat- Tient that class of diseases which have hitherto battled the skill of your Ine.tical brethren. Nov. Your's, most sincerely, L. H." There are many disorders of the generative system (which, when com pared with the above, may be termed subordinate) that are consequent Imam the too free and indiscrimicate indulgence of the passions, exhi biting i n so me, debility from excess, in others, the relaxing effects of a tropical climate, and in many, indeed in how many, the various maladies 'which afflict the student, the misanthrope, the gay, the dissipated, and the libertine, i n a ll these cases our practice, which embraces every grade in society, from the man of rank to him of the humblest sphere, has been uniformly successful; and as secresy beton, to our profession, the most delicate and diffident may apply withrmt kai or hesitation - 7,lESslts. (WSS and Co. :ire to be. consults! evevy day at their resi dence ; and Patients in the remotest parts of the couidry can be treated tuccessfully On transmitting their report, which will be inunediately an wered ; these must contain a remitta:.^, for Advice and Medicine, de_ cribing minutely the mice, which can be forwarded to any part of the world, however distant. No difficulty can occur, as the Medicines will be Peurely packed, and carefully protected from observation. (TOSS and CO. (M. It. C. Surgeons), 7, Lancaster-place, Strand, London. Just published (twenty-Crst edition)-Ist. The ?EGIS cf LIFE, a fami star commentary on the above Diseases. —2d. fl Yei kll AN A addressed •xclusively to the female Sex.--31 The SY PH MIST, a .1 tics Venerea, Gonorrlwra, Treatise on May be had at 2d, Paternoster-row, London; 12. Calto n s t reet, burgh ; Trotvat c Glasgow; 72, Grafton-street, Dublin. No. 13,818; PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of BRADSIIAW against BIRD, the Creditors of ANN HOTHANI, late of Great Malvern, in the County of Worcester, widow, who died in the month of February, 1815, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WiLsoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton.buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said De cree. etIA RLES BERK E L Y. Lincoln's Inn, Plaintiff's Solicitor. NOTICE is lio:tby given, that by INDENTURE belowf, ',',ate the First day of November, One Thousand Eight thindred and Thirty Six, CHARLES JEFFREYS, of Lamb -street, in the parish of Christchurch, in the County of Mid dlesex, Grocer loth Assigned or Covenanted to Assign, all his Estate and Erects whatsoever, to JOHN TRAVERS and Joscrn TRAVERS, of Saint Swithin's-lane, in the City of London, Wholesale Grocers, upon trust for the benefit of all the Creditors of the said Charles Jeffreys. And that the said Indenture was executed by the said Charles Jeffery', on the Second day of November, and by the said John Travers and Joseph Travers on the Twelfth day of November aforesaid, which execution was Wit nessed by Samuel Moores, of No. 25, Throgmorton street, in the said City of London, Gentleman. CAPTAIN MARRYAVS NEW WORK. Second Edition, in 3 vols. post Soo., AT R. MIDSHIPMAN EASY. X. By the Author of " Peter Simple," "Japhet in Search of a Father," &c. 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WESTLEY and CLAYTON, 2, Child's-place, Temple Bar, and 162, Piccadilly; where Advertisements, Lists of Dahlias, Prize Catalogues, Papers containing Reports, Original Articles, Plants, Specimens, Seeds, and Communications for the Editor must be addressed. 3, St. James's-square, Dec. 26. On Saturday next will be published No. VIII—LI. of T HE LONDON and WESTMINSTER RE. VIEW. CONTENTS. 1. The Terms of Alliance between Radicals and Whigs. Y. Astoria. 3. Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd. 4. Fallacies upon the Poor Laws. 5. Memoirs of Mirabeau. d. L'arobe's Rambler in Mexico. 7. Progress of Events in Canada. 7. Wraxall's Memoirs. 9. Lamartine. 10. Napier's History of the Peninsular War. John Masrone, St. James's-square. This day was published, VIOLET; OR, THE DANSEUSE. In 2 vols. post Bvo., " This work exibits a perfect revival of the genius of Inch bald."—Examiner. " A most remarkable work, full of feling, vigour, and truth. The story is of intense interest."—Literary Gasette, " A narrative of absorbing interest, characterised by the strongest marks of truth and reolity."--=Etlinburgh Evening Post. Henry Colbttrn Ptiblislwk', 13, Great Marlborough-street. PART XIII. OF MR. lIRKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. A COMPANION to the PEERAGE and BARONETAGE. IS JUST PUBLISHED. This important work will be completed in Th re e more Parts, com prising a Biographical and Genealogical Account of ALL the EMINENT FAMILIES in the KINGDOM and up wards of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS con nected with them. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. COMPANION TO WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO lIORACE MANN. This tliky was published, in 3 Tols, 6r0., 3133., with Numerous Curious Notes, Now First Added, and a Portrait. WA I. P L E'S CORRESPONDENCE WiTH GEORGE 'MONTAGU, &e. A COMPANION TO HORACE IMANNN. " There letters of Horace Walpole;reM:sTer:iieCe;iniheir way. That in which they shine unrivalled, is their accurate reflection of the passing scenes of each day, pointed by remarks equally witty and sarcastic. A new Democritus seems to have assumed the pen to sneer at the grave follies of the human species."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq., THE FIRST NUMBER FOR 1837 OF COLBUItN'S NEW MONTHLY AGAZIN EDITED B Y THEODOREHOOK, Esq. With which THE HUMOURIST, is incorporated, is embellished with a Portrait of LADY CHARLOTTE BURY, And contains the following Original Articles : Retrospections and Anticipations THE liHMOURIST •- for 1837. I The Manager's Room at Little The Gurney Papers, No. I. By Pedlington, By J. Poole, Esq. Theodore Hook, Esq. Achates Digby. By Alfred Crow- The late George Colman. quill. The Mother's Heart. By the The Grand Kentucky Balloon. Hon. Mrs. Norton. By One of the Authors of A Tale of the Voyage of Hen- " The Rejected Addresses." Brick Hudson. By N. P. 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On the 3lst instant, No. 1., (to be continued Montlly ), price 2s. 6d. , embellished with a Portrait of George Colman the Younger, from a Painting by Jackson, engraved by Greatbach, and Hu mourous Illustrations by Geo. Gruikshank and Samuel Lover, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. EDITED BY BOZ, And ILLUSTRATED by GEORGE 'CRUIKSHANK. CONTENTS. Song of the Month, by Father Prout Prolojue by Dr. Afagi nn—Open lug Chaunt George Colman, by Theodore Hook The " Monstre " Balloon Handy Andy, by Samuel Later Legend of Manor Hall, by the Author of " Headlong Hall" Terence O'Shaughnescy, by the Author of " Stories of Wa terloo" The Sabine Farmer's Serenade, by Father Prout Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, by " Boa" Ode to Rum Punch, by Father Prout The Marine Ghost, by the Au thor of " Rattlin the Reefer" Old Age and Youth, by T. Haynes An Bl Evening of Visits, by J. 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" We shall preserve it as the advice of an invaluable friend, to which we can refer in the hour of need, without any doubt of being . benefitted by its wisdom."—Literary Chronicle. " It is altogether deserving of permanent popularity."—London Weekly Review. . _ _ " One of the very best and most useful books published in mo dern times."—Monthly Olio. " The public demand for this work is a proof that its value is duly appreciated."—Bristol Journal. Published by Simpkin. Marshall, and Co., and Hatchards, Lon don. Sold by all Booksellers. Also, by the same Author, in Bvo., price 10s. boards, 2. On the DISEASES of FEMALES; a Treatise illustrating their Symptoms, Causes, Varieties, and Treatment. With nume rous instructive Cases. Including the Diseases and Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women. Desired as a Companion to the Author's " Modern Domestic Medicine." Containing an Appendix on the proper Principles of the Treatment of Epilepsy. " It is an admirable performance. and should find a place in every family establishment."—Bath Herald, May 3, 1834. " A most desirable acquisition."—Reading Mercury, June 2. LOMJON, F tllinigDAY VVENiSG, DECEMBER 29, 1836 SIR MICHAEL SHAW STEwART. (From the Greenock Advertiser.) We regret to have to announce, in this day's Adver tiser the death of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and Blackball, Baronet, the representative of this County in Parliament. This melancholy event, which was not altogether unexpected in this neigh bourhood, took place in Edinburgh on the evening of Monday last. As a politician Sir Michael's character is well known, he having taken a prominent part in public matters from an early age. Long before his return to Parliament, as a freeholder in several counties he was always to be found giving his support to Liberal candi dates. He was a member of the Fox Club in Glas gow, and on one occasion presided with much eclat at the annual dinner of this association of the leading reformers of the west of Scotland. On the lamented. demise of Lord Archibald Hamilton in 1827, the eyes of the liberal electors of Lanarkshire were unanimously turned to Sir Michael, as a proper successor to this patriotic nobleman, although he was at that time absent on the Continent. The Conservatives thought this a good opportunity to endeavour to regain their influence in that important county, and they accordingly put for ward the Hon. Charles Douglas. The election took place on the 16th of October, when Sir Michael was returned by a majority of 12, he having 70 votes and his opponent 58. He was subsequently returned for this county, in which the chief part of his estates are situated, anti of which he is by far the largest landed proprietor. This representation he retained till his death. Sir Michael was a steady supporter of the administra tion of Earl Grey, and indeed of the measures of the Mel bourn Government, with the exception of the appro priation clause of the Irish Tithe Bill. Our readers know that on this point we have all along differed with him, but we are well aware that many men, who were otherwise sound reformers, look upon that part of the ministerial policy with suspicion, if not dislike. Our disagreement with the deceased Bart. on this sub ject however, cannot make us forget or fail to remem ber with gratitude, the steady and effective support which he gave to liberal measures at a time when so to act was less fashionable, and, required much greater sacrifices than a similar course of conduct in the pre sent day. During the whole of his parliamentary career, previous to the nee/Akin tti office df Lord Grey's administration, he voted with thd orpo sition, and he formed one of the narrow majority which hurled the Wellington administration from office during the first Parliament of the present reign. They are not sensible reformers who overtook st=ripes of this kind, or undervalue any one of those through whose exertions the great measure of Parliamentary Reform was carried, merely beeause he is not pre pared to go all the length in changing the institutions of the country, which some deem advisable, but re garding which there exists throughout the nation a serious difference of opinion. It is, however, not less strange than true, that the leaders and organs of the extreme movement are much more hearty in their abuse of those who, having rendered good service to the cause which they profess to support, nevertheless decline being dragged beyond what they conceive the limits of safe and constitutional reform, than of such as opposed every step in the march of improvement. To treatment of this kind Sir Michael was often sub jected, and -even at the very first election under the Reform Act, he met with marked disrespect from many who owed the elective franchise to a measure which he had supported throughout every stage with untiring assiduity, and at the expense of many sacrifices, both of a personal and pecuniary nature. In private life, Sir Michael's conduct was amiable and exemplary. By the tenantry on his extensive estates his death will be severely felt ; for he was a kind and liberal landlord. The inhabitants of Gree nock, too, will suffer from his death, as by this event the larger portion of the ground in and around the town will be placed under the management of trustees during a period of eleven years, which must elapse before his eldest son attain his majority. These, however well-disposed, will not probably feel them selves at liberty to act, in regard to this property, with the same liberality as the owner might,—and as the late owner was in the invariable practice of doing. On all occasions when ground was wanted for objects of public utility, Sir Michael came forward in the most generous manner to supply the desideratum ; and within the last twelve months liberal grants were given, at a nominal feu duty, to the Highlanders' Church and School Accommodation Society, and to the Mechanics' Institution. His offer of ground to the Corporation, for the extension of the harbours, was considered so munificent, that the thanks of the Town Council were on two occasions voted to him unanimously. But in no respect was Sir Michael more entitled to the gratitude of the inhabitants of Greenock than in his efficient promotion of the Shaws' Water Com pany's important and nighty valuable undertaking. From the deep pecuniary interest taken in this enter prize by himself and the members of his family, he may be justly regarded as the founder of this novel and suc cessful experiment, although to Mr. Thom the merit of the contrivance is due. The project of a railway from this to Glasgow owes much of the success which attended its announcement to the support which he accorded to it, both by his advocacy and his pecuniary contributions ; and we feel persuaded that in the event of any opposition to the progress through Parliament of the Bill for its construction, his aid would have been invaluable. We, speak the more confidently on this point, from havi(ig experienced the importance of his Parliamentary services in other matters interesting to this coma:unity, on all of which his labours were ar dent, unremitting, and effective. It is well known that, of all the Scottish members, he was the most useful in opposing the Dublin Steam Navigation Company's at tempt to create a mcnopoly, which could not fail to have been attended with the most injurious consequences to the steam-boat proprietors of the Clyde, We merely mention this as one out of many instances of his atten tion to local matters. The Honourable Baronet was in his 49th year, ha ving been born at Springkell, Dumfriesshire, on the 4th of October, 1788. He was married in 1819, and has left a family of three sons and three daughters. His lady is the only child of the late Robert Farquhar, Esq., of Newark. On Saturday a person, who said his name was Alex ander, of Upper Norton -street, ordered of Mr. Paull, of Regent-street, a sable muff and tippet, value 18/., for which, on being sent home, the fellow gave the porter a 20/. check on Coutts', where he had no effects, and then decamped with the property. He had been allowed to sit in the parlour of the house in Norton-street a short time, where he had looked at the apartments to be lot. CHELTENHAM.--A new church is in contempla tion among the many other additions and improvements already going on in this place. It is proposed to erect it on the upper end of the Lansdowne-terrace-road, in such a situation as to afford accommodation to the neighbourhood of Alstone and Bays-bill, the property around which is now being cut up for buildini , plots, and laid out in rides an d dri ves.—CYielte»hain Lo o kcr-on. We are enabled to state, that the negotiation be tween the Northern and Central Bank and the Bank of of England has been finally and satisfactorily concluded, the latter affording every assistance which the former could re quire. The rumours and statements so industriously circu lated with a view to discredit this Bank, by asserting it would be compelled to wind up its concerns, are totally false. Only a Bank of great resources could have borne up, for three weeks, against the incessant and mali cious attacks upon its credit which this Bank has so signally defeated. We believe that there is no doubt, that the Directors of the Northern and Central Bank, besides the action already instituted against the Ti . ,Acs, will immediately commence a prosecution against the. 2itorning Post. The damages, in both cases, will, no 0 )n bt l be laid at a very heavy sum.—Liverpool Albion. 'l/4' LAW INTELLIGEIiet, COURT' 94NKlyIPTCY, DEC. 28. BENTLEY, DEAR, AND BiClittl i .!h?rt‘6l RAPIKRUPTCr• The bankrupts in this case were the exterigife itmelhense men, 1.4 e., in Cheapside, against whom a fiat was issued, one of the parties (Mrs Bentley) havin g just previously ab sented himself. The other two bankrupts having given in their accounts, Mr. Bentley returned to this country, and having surrendered, charged his partners with having given in inaccurate statements, by which the creditors would be defrauded to the &flout of about five thousand pounds. The imputation was wholly denied by Mr. Dear and Mr. Richardson, and very lengthened examinations have been in progress, in order to elicit the truth. The examination of Mr, Bentley was commenced on a former day, when he went into a statement of the large transactions of the firm, and asserted that the accounts of the other partners were fraudulent, that goods had been removed, and that the firm had been wantonly and wickedly stopped. The bankrupt Bentley proceeded to show, that by the accounts given in by his two partners there was a deficiency of not less than five thousand pounds. The proceedings were resumed to day, when Mr. Alderman Wood took occasion to advert to the eaparte statements published of the proceedings at the last ttieetieg, when gross charges were made by Mr. Bent ley against Mr. DU;tf and Mr. Richardson, the latter party not then having had an opportunity of denying the asser tions of Mr. Bentley, and which were calculated to injure the two former gentlemen. Mr. Bentley was then minutely examined by Mr. Ash urst, the solicitor to the fiat, MI to the accounts. lie re peated his opinion that the deficiency he had formerly stated existed, that the stock-book would prove that such a sum had been abstraeted, Various accounts were given in by the bankrupt to establish his charges. Mr. Cknmnissioner EVANs said the bankrupt must make out his accounts from the commencement of the partner ship down to the failure before he would pass the accounts. Figures alone would show whether the charges made against the other parties were correct or not, He (the Commis sioner) did not yet see that any such cao had been made out against Mr. Dear or Mr. Richardson, who had fur nished their accounts. Mr. Richardson stns then examined, and in; contradicted the statements of Mr. Benticy in all important particulars. He had gone over all the accounts ! and, after deducting the profits, the stock at the period of the bankruptcy was as had been stated In the balance sheet, and his partners had rendered to the fiat. These accounts showed that the firm had realised profits to the amount of about 5i to six per dent, A paper was produced in the handwriting partly of Mr, tentley, in which the account that had been given in the balance Shod of himself and Mr. Dear was con firmed. The firm was, upon the statement then made out, solvent, but a book was discovered after Mr, Bentley had absconded, by which it appeared that he (Mr. Bentley) had lost Illtititgy liy gambling in the funds—that forgeries had been committed upon the firm. It had also come to his (Mr. Richardson's) knowledge that a system of obtaining accommodation bills had been commenced by Mr. Bent ley, He staled that the accounts that had been made out by himself and Me. Dear were correct, and that there was no ground for the charges made against him of having fraudulently abstracted 5,0001., the property of the cre ditofs, Mr. Dear Watt tilso examined, and went into various ex planations relative to the accounts of the firm. As soon as he had ,heard that forgeries had been committed on the house, he sent, through his solicitor, to Mr. Bentley, to obtairi ad immediate dissolution of the partnership ; that Mr. Bentley bad ddmitted to him that such forged bills were out, but that the firm was solvent by full 15,0001. The absconding of Mr. Bentley rendered it however neces sary that trustees should be appointed, and the stoppage then took place, The Commisstota Bald that Mr. Bentley must make out his own balance-sheet, and then it would be seen if he would adhere to the charges he had made, The further proceedings were then adjourtied, to allow time for Mr. Betitivy to 'make out his balance-sheet. INSOLTENT DEBi l dirie (70URT, Dnc. 28. William Wightman, a simple-looking' pers/nage, was op posed by Mr. Creswell, on the part of Messrs. lidyno and Whitten, and Messrs. Penlop and Nicholson. He Was supported by Mr. Cooke. The insolvent had been a coach maker, in Kendall, Westmoreland, His debts amounted to 1,3121., and all the property he had for hl creditors were some book debts, " good, bad, and doubtful." He was arrested by Messrs. Penlop and Nicholson in Septem ber last, and went to Appleby gaol, He told the sheriff's officer that his father, Thomas Wiglitrneri, should have all his property before any of his other creditors were paid, and soon afterwards, during his incarceration, hie property was sold under a warrant of attorney, which, after expenses, realised OW, 135., which was paid over to his father. He bailed out before the ex piration of 21 days, which he admitted was to prevent a fiat of bankruptcy being issued against him. The insolvent came to London in October. Another complaint was that. he had preferred his father, to the injury of his other cre ditors. It was stated that he had given the warrant of at torney in November, 1835 ; because he said he wished to pay his debts. A very few facts could be elicited from the insolvent. He enacted the part of Master Silence, and what words came from his mouth came freezingly. His own Counsel could not thaw him into loquaciousness. Mr. CRESSWELL said a pretty piece of juggling had taken place to deprive the creditors of payment. The in solvent called himself a coachmaker but he seemed not to possess wit enough to make a wheelbarrow: Mr. COOKE thought that the insolvent had been a pip• pet in the hands of others, as he appeared too simple to be otherwise. The Learned CHIEF CommissioNEtt would adjourn the case, in the hope that the father would give op the pro perty, and come in pari passe with the other creditors, Should the father refuse to do justice to the creditors, the Court would consider what judgment the justice of the cast required. An assignee should be now appointed, and the creditors would do well to take an opinion whether the facts did not show a fraudulent evasion of the 34th section of the A ct. The ease was adjourned sine die. One of the opposing creditors was appointed assignee. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. POW-STREET. Yesterday George Forbes Atkinson, alias Captain Atkin son, was brought before Sir P. Itoc, in the custody of the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison, on a writ of habeas corpus, to meet a charge preferred against him at this office for forging the acceptance of the Hon. Captain Lauder dale Manic for the amount of 1,0001., upon a bill of ex change. Mr. Richard Kirkman Lane, solicitor, had received a summons, which he held in his band, to attend and give evidence in a certain case of felony, namely, the forgery of the acceptance to a certain bill of exchange for 1,000/., purporting to be that of the lion. Captain Manic. That bill had come into his possession in a legal way, and he did not feel disposed either to produce the bill or to give evidence until he had obtained legal advice, inasmuch as he bad given money for the bill, and it bad not been ho noured, in consequence of which he had brought an action upon it, which was still pending. He wished time to pro cure advice. Sir F. ROE—I do not see the necessity of delay. You are only here to answer simple questions. Eventually, however, some delay was granted, and after some time Mr. Lane re-appeared, accompanied by Mr. Adolphus as his legal adviser. Sir F. ROE (to Mr. Lane)—You have a bill of ex change in your possession, I believe, for 1,0001. ?—Mr. Lane—Yes, I have. Sir F. ROE—From whom did you receive it ?—Mr. Lane —From the prisoner. Sir F. ROE—Have you it here ?—Mr. Lane—l decline to produce it. Sir F. 110 E—I am surprised at a witness under such cir cumstances declining to produce a necessary document. It is indispensable that the bill should be produced. Mr. Lane—l have commenced an action upon the bill, and have had advice upon the subject, and I must decline to produce it. Mr. Adolphus was about to speak, when _ _ _ Sir F. RoE, addressing the Learned Counsel, said, " I can't hear you. So long ac lam a Magistrate I will not allow Counsel, who attends merely for a witness, to advise him what he should or should not say. You are perfectly welcome, Mr. Adolphus, to stay, and hear all that passes ; but I cannot allow you to say a word. You may retire, if you please, and consult together. Mr. Lane and Mr. Adolphus then retired for a short time, and on their return, Sir F. ROE asked if Mr. Lane was prepared to produce the hill ?—Mr. Lane—No, Sir Frederick. Mr. Adolphus (to his client)—You can give a copy of the bill. I have advised him to do so. Sir F. RoE---I will not allow any Counsel to suggest to a witness what he ought, to state, PRICE sd. Mr. Adolphus---I have instructed the witness what he ! ought to do ; but he has forgotten to state one part of it, name?7 i that you were welcome to the inspection of the bill. If he did so, if fres not my fault. I have always given my advice to my clients, ire of prejudice, and will always do so. Sir r. ROE-But I will not allow such instructions to be given and acted upon here. It would not be allowed in any Court, however humble, and certainly net in the Courts above. Mr. Adolphus—l have not instructed my client, except as I thought proper. Sir F. RoE—Really, Mr. Adolphus, if this course is to be persisted in, I must adjourn the case to the private room. Mr. Adolphus—l don't care whether you do or not. You know I am always ready to behave with kindness to the bench, nay, more, with the highest respect to the bench. Sir F. ROE-I really must adjourn this case to the pri vate room, and without Mr. Adolphus. The prisoner and witnesses were then conducted to the private room, Mr. Adolphus being excluded. Mr. Lane was then sworn, and deposed that he received an acceptance, purporting to be that of Mr. Manic, for 1,000/. Mr. Clarkson—Have you more than one ? Mr. Lane— No. Mr. Clarkson—What date did that bill bear ? Mr. Lane—As well as I recollect the 3d of March. Speaking from recollection, I think it was drawn on the 28th of Feb., 1835, for twelve months. Sir F. ROE—Give me a form of the bill. Mr. Lane said it was drawn in the usual way. It pur ported to be drawn by Mr. George Forbes Atkinson, upon the Hon.Capt.Maule, and payable at Cox and Greenwood's. Sir F. ROE—From whom did you receive the bill ? Mr. Lane—From the prisoner. Sir F. ROE—Did nothing pass when the prisoner gave the bill to you ? Mr. Lane—Nothing, except that Mr. Maule had lent it to him for his (prisoner's) accommodation. The Hon. Capt. Manic examined—He lived at the Colo nade Hotel, Charles -street, St. James's-square. Mr. Clarkson—Did you ever give to the prisoner a bill such as has been described, or lend him one to be made any sort of use of? Captain Maule—l did not. Sir F. ROE—You know him ? Captain Maule—l do. Mr. Clarkson—Did you ever lend or give any bill to the prisoner for his accommodation ? Captain Maule—Not for his accommodation, certainly. Mr. Clarkson—Did you become acquainted with him in February, 1835? Captain Maule—l did. Mr. Clarkson—Did you at that time want to raise 1,0004 ? Captain Maule—l did. Mr. Clarkson—Did you accept a bill for 1,000/. ? Cap tain Maule—Yes. _ _ . Sir P. RoE—Was it drawn in your presence ? Captain Maule—Yeg. Sir P. ROE —Wag it drawn completely ? Captain Maule—Quite completely. Mr. Clarkson—Where was it made payable? Captain `mule—At Cox and Greenwood's. _ _ _ Clarkson—At what date was it to be payable? Captain Maule—At three months. Sir P. Itoli—Now I must say, Mr. Lane, that I meant nothing personal to you in the observations I felt it my duty to make. Mr. Adolphus, lam quite sure, rill under stand that I could mean nothing offensive to him in the course I have adopted. If the principle were once Ad mitted that persons were not compelled to produce newt. sary proofs what would become of public justice? Sup posing pawnbrokers and clerks of the Bank of England were to refuse to produce proofs of guilt, where would be the possibility of convicting guilty parties ? Mr. Clarkson . asked; Captain Maule if any bill for 1,0001. had been put in circulation drawn upon him at twelve months' date could have been genuine ? Captain Maule—Certainly not. I never accepted a bill of that amount at that date in my life. It was then arranged that the prisoner should be re manded until Friday, Mr. Lane, meanwhile, pledging him self that he would produce the bill on that day. Mr. Adolphus was still on the bench when Sir F. Roe returned to it. Sir F. ROE explained the matter to him, and said he had done nothing more than his duty called upon him to per forty, and he did not mean to vex Mr. Adolphus. Mr. Adolphus—Don't imagine you have said anything to voi me. lam not vexed I assure you. Sir F. Her—Don't suppose that I am apologizing to you. It is to me that incivility has been shown. Mr. Adolphus—You have possession of power, to which, of course, I must yield. Sir F. Ror-1 4 he possession of power and the exercise of it is not at all pleasing to me ; but so long as I have the power to enforce the law I must do my duty, After some further convlrsation, of no public interest, the prisoner was conveyed to To-thin-fields gaol for another examination. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Messrs. Macpherson and Pickering, the over seers of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, were summoned before Messis. LAING and ROGERS, to answer the complaint of William Roberts James and others, for that they did, on the 13th of Decem ber instant, unlawfully and wilfully disobey a certain order mado by them and others, as guardians of the poor of the Holborn Union, to deliver Richard l3ardons and Charles Merchant, collectors, the respective receipts, check-books, and rate-books, in collection in the said Union, contrary to the Matute, &c. After the facts of the case had been gone into at some length, the defendants contended as to their right of possession to the receipts, &c., and to collect as usual under the local Act, and expressed their readiness to ent.er fully into the merits of the case. Mr. LAIDIG said that Mr. Taylor, Clerk to the Board of Guardians, wits not in attendance as was his intention. He had received a communication that he was at Brighton, end he had been prevented coming to London in conse quence of the late inclement weather, and the heavy falls of snow, which had impeded the passage of the mails. It was also the intention of one of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioners to have been present, but he had been pre vented by a similar cause, and it was not known where he wag to be found. One of the defendants said that twenty-two gentlemen were present wino bad been taken from their homes and bu siness, ann . y; - pre anxious that the case should be entered into and detitled at ( )net. Mr. LAINO said that (!;,., parties must be aware of the late inclement welitißl, Ile had it from good authority Taylor, t o s r easto the Assistant and that the mails had not attit inclement 4 in consequence of the snow and it o a b , e c expectcl that Commissioner,Mr. Te could attend if prevented by that cause. Several persons expressed their dissatisfaction. Mr. LAING said that, under the circumstances, the case should be adjourned sine die, and the parties quitted the Court. Subsequently MeSsrs. Macpherson and Pickerlug re turned to the office, we understood to apply fur summonsel for rates, when a long private consultation took place be tween them, the subject of which we were not made as with. _ _ _ - • On Monday evening last a well-looking respectably-at tired young Scotchwornan, who gave her name Sonic). ' was placed at the bar before Mr. LAING, charged by Mr. Ash ley, the overseer of Islington, with having deserted her in fant, a fine little creature, about a year and a half old. The prisoner became acquainted with a gentleman re siding at Islington, who promised her marriage, and she be came pregnant by him, and was delivered of the child. He contributed towards its support for a short time, whilst it was at nurse in the country ; but then dropped rendering assistance to it or the mother, who had ever since had the child in her possession. She made repeated applications to the father, who did not deny the fact of the child being his ; but, taking advantage of the infant havin g r , been born sub sequent to the passing of the new Poor Law Act, lad re fused to afford her the least assistance, and she left it at his house a short time since, when she was brought to this office, and discharged, under a promise not to repeat such conduct. On Monday afternoon, however, not being able to contribute to her own or her child's support, she resolved on leaving it at the workhouse, which she did, and she was given into custody. Mr. LAING, it will b 0 recollected, passed a sweeping cen sure on the father of the, child, saying that he ought to be scouted from all respectable society if he refused to maintain the child, if he was conscious that it belonged to him ; and, after explaining the law to the prisoner, regretted that it was out of his power to order her any relief, but he advised that the overseer should see the father, and endeavour to come to some terms of arrangement with him. Yesterday Mr. Ashley attended before Messrs. LAING and RocEtts, with the prisoner and the child. He had an interview with the lather, who was agreeable to allow 3s. per week for the support of the child, but the prisoner would not agree to the arrangement unless he consented to pay a bill of 41. or .5/. for nursing, which be refused to do. Mr. LAING—If he feels conscious. that he is the father of the child, if he has an honest heart and proper feeling, be would pay the bill and support the child ; but if she Prisoner—l wish to of the money. Mr. LAlNG—Unless you agree to the terms prt'Posed, there is no other remedy than to pass you and the ch.•ld to your settlement in Scotland. I explained the law to yott . the other night, and you may now take your choice. Mr. Ashley stated that the prisoner stated if she was passed to Scotland she would return and leave the child at ' the house of the father. • Mr. LAING—If she does, she must abide by the conse quences. However bad the conduct of the father might be towards her, she must be aware that she had repeatedly annoyed him, which she was not justified in doing, and she must recollect that she was the mother of the child, and that compelled her to protect it, and she was as muck hound as the father to contribute towards its support. Prisoner—So I have done, but he has not. Mr. LAlNG—There is the offer of Bs. per week, and I will give you time to consider whether you will accept it or be passed to • Scotland. There is the law, and we cannot alter it. You are acting foolishly to refuse what is offered. The prisoner ultimately agreed, reluctantly, to receive the sum offered, and she was discharged. The child was then handed to her, and the parties quitted the office. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday a case which had before been partly heard, again came under the consideration of Messrs. HARI/I%qm and CoMBEs. It was an appeal under an Act of Parlia ment passed during the last session, against the refusal of Mr. Moss, one of the overseers of the poor for the hamlet of Mile-end Ohl Town, to pay to Dr. Ramsbotham and Mr. Pater, a surgeon, in the Commercial-road, the sum of two guineas each, agreeably to a certificate, signed by Mr. Baker, the coroner, and the constable of the parish, for their attendance, and giving evidence at a Coroner's Inquest. The parties were all in attendance, and Mr. Moss said that his reason for objecting to pay the money was, his feeling that under the Act of Parliament he would not be justified in paying more than one of the gentlemen. Dr. Ramsbotham observed that the facts of the case were these ;—A few weeks ago some suspicion had been excited that a female servant in a respectable family in the Com mercial-road had given birth to a child, and his friend Mr. Pater had been sent for, and the result was that the body of a new-born infant was found in a slop-pail in her room. The Coroner forwarded an intimation to Mr. Pater to make the necessary examination of the body of the infe.nt, so as to be enabled to give testimony before the Jury as to the cause of its death, &c. Mr. Pater, not wishing to depend on his own unaided judgment in such a case, called in Dr. Hams botham, and they both made a minute post-mortemlexami.ia tion of the bodv. They both afterwards received a sum mons from the Coroner to attend at the inquest of the body, to give their evidence, which they did, and yet the overseer of the parish objected to comply with the orders given to them by the Coroner for the usual fee of two guineas each, and which was ordered by the Act of Parliament to medical practitioners. Dr. Ramsbothatn went on to say that the pre sent question involved a most important professional prin ciple ; for, if the Magistrates decided against them, it would have the effect of placing medical gentlemen in this situation, that they would be liable to a penalty of 5/. if they refused to comply with the request of the Coroner, while, when they did, they were to have nothing for their trouble. Mr. HARDWICK was of opinion that, under the Act of Parliament, the Coroner was not authorised to summon more than one medical man : and if the Jury were not sa tisfied with his evidence they were empowered to call for a second or more ; and, in that case, the parties subse quently so called would alone be entitled to the fee. In this he considered the Legislature had acted most properly, for, had it been otherwise, abuses to a considerable extent might be practised, by the Coroner, if he felt so disposed, summoning as many medical men as he thought fit, and giving a certificate to each. Dr. Ramsbotham replied that it would be impossible for one medical man to know whether a second was called in or not, and therefore it would be hard upon him to lose his t i me 1 ",.r nothing. On reading over attentively the second clause of the Act of Parliament, he would admit that, agreeably to its legal construction, the law was against hint. For his nt,,.,n part, however, he would in futUre take his chance of being fined 51. rather than attend to Coro ners' orders. _ _ _ the fees of two guineas, and Mr. Moss here paid one oc the parties withdrew. WORSHIP- S TIOE T. 31 a rlin Atiophy and John Murphy, father and son, and Anthony Shiel, were charged with assault:ng, so as to en danger the life of, Martin Newell, by battering his head with a quart pot. Murphys were fined ss. each, and Shiel Is. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was taken before Mr. enetTen, at the Duke of Clarence, Vauxhall -street, Lam beth, on view of the body of James Prangley, aged six years, son of a man employed in \Vright's brewery, Ken nington, who te:! into a vat of bodiug wort. Verdict— " Accidental death." Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Somerset Arms, Little Chelsea, before Mr. STIRLING, on view of the body of Mr. Benjamin Goff, aged 56, who died under awfully sudden circumstances. The deceased was a cow .keeper, and the father of a large family. Up to the time of his sudden dissolution, which took place on the evening of Christmas Day, he was in the enjoyment of good health. At the time in question he was assembled with his family and some friends at his house in Little Chelsea, and was participating in the conviviality that was going forward usual at the present season, when he suddenly fell back, in his chair. exclaiming, "I am dying! Oh, my family !" and immediately expired. Mr. Laukshirc, a surgeon, re siding in the neighbourhood, promptly attended, and en deavoured to restore animation by bleeding and other re medies, but without success, as life had fled for ever. The deceased was a man of very temperate habits, and had never been subject to fits, nor had he experienced any ex citement on Christmas day. Verdict—" Died by the visi tation of God." Yesterday an inquest was held in the Board-room of the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of a man unknown, appa rently about fifty years of age, and of very emaciated ap pearance, as well us deplorable exterior, who was discovered by the police en Sun.lay night last, between 11 and 12 o'clock, on the stone steps of a house in Newmae-street, Oxford-street, in a perishing condition. On Christmas night, at the hour above minted, a policeman of the C divi sion was passing through Newman-street, when be observed the deceased lying on the steps of a house. It was a very bitter night, the wind blowing strong from the north-cast, and snowing heavily at the time. The policeman endea voured to rouse him, but he was quite insensible, the wretcl-ed man evidently being in a dying condition front destitution and exposure to the inclemency of the weatiher. The policeman obtained assistance from some of his brother con s tables, a nd the stretcher having been brought from the station-house, the: deceased was Flaced on it, and conveyed to the above hospital, where the medical officers of the in stitution promptly at tended to the poor sufferer, administer ing brandy and other restorat:ves, but the powers of life were too fir gone to be rallied, and the unfortunate outcast was relieved from his earthly misfortunes by death shortly after he was brought to the hospital. The house surgeon of the hospital eels of opinion that the deceased's death was caused by apoplexy, accelerated exhaustion and exposure to cold.—Vetilict accordingly. It has been stated in some of the accounts of the juvenile appearances on the stage of Mr. Charles li.emblc that several years prior to 1794 (when he was 19) ! It , had performed the parts of children in a few plays, in whi g h hint sister, Mrs. Siddons, sustained the character of the heroine.. The fact is otherwise. He never was one of the young Princes in Richard the Third, the child in La belly, nor any other such character. He played only for one year in the country before he came to the metropolis, and MOO his earliest essay on any stage at Sheffield, in 1793, previously to his going to Edinburgh, to join his brother, Stephen kilcmble. The part he filled at Sheffield was that of Orlando, in As you lilac it. His first part in London was, as already stated, Malcolm, in ]Macbeth, in 1794. He received the principal part of his education at Donny. EXTRAORDINARY INS•ZANCE OF PRESENT!.. MENT.—An inquest was taken hefo:_e Mr. Payne, at the Mason's Arms, Mason's-alley, Basinghall.,trect, on view of the body of Mrs. Margaret Haley, aged sixty, who resided at No. 1, Mason's-alley. It appeared from the evQ.ence the deceased's husband that he and Isis wife were invitb,d on Christmas-day to meet some relatives ;he went ; but the deceased, being ill, stopped at home. While he was sitting with his friends; suddenly a thought came across his nisM that accident had happened to his wife ; and so strong was the presentiment, that all the entreaties of his friends could not prevent his departure. Having arrived at his re sidence, his attention was first directed to the roam whbre he left the deceased, and which appeared to be on fire ; he rushed up stairs, and before he entered the room he heard his birds fluttering in their cages, and makiag a noise as if in much alarm. He burst open the door, and found the room full of smoke. The deceased was lying on the car , pet, her clothes being almost entirely consumed, and a candle, still lighted, was by her side. She was most fright. fully injured all over her person by the fire. A medical gentleman attended, who pronounced her recovery impos sible, and she died early the following morning. Several witnesses were examined, who deposed that no one was in the room with the (I,Teased, and that. the distressing oc currence was entirely accidental Verdict—" Accidental Death." DR. ARTHUR MOWER'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., Z UL N I E D A. A TALE OF SICILY. By Dr. ARTHUR MOWER, Esq., Author of " The White Cottage." John Macrone, St. James's- square. Agents.—Bell and Bradfute, for Scotland ; John Cumming, for Ireland.