The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In all political and legal circles the general inquiry at this tirlie is. Who is to be Chancellor Ministers must no doubt be aware of the heavy responsibility whidi attaches to the manner in which they shall fulfil the duty of selecting the highest Judge of the land. It has been generally understood, in the best-informed circles, for a week past, that Lord Brougham is no longe r an o b stacle in the way of an arra andngem,:nt, that the Cabinet had determined to appo':ut some other :',aniiiiste rct l, un d er person t o th e j u di c i a l o ffi ce now 1 many inc onven i en ces, by the - Lords C omm i ss i oners, via.—the Master of the P ....0i15, the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. Justice B osP:nqu e t. R eport says that such is the fi na l deters':nation of Ministers ; and under all circumstances P., i neir decision will be generally deemed wise. We 'oclieve that no difference of opinion exists among Qie most int e lli gent and disi nterested members of the Legal Profession as to the propriety of separat ing t'n e political and judicial functions attached to the G•reat Seal. All unite in admitting the ah'solute neces sity of effecting this long-desired and ; important reform. The state of Parties, the aniusity of Faction—of which we have a sigraificant indication in the recent pamphlet by Sir Ed war d Sugden—will no doubt op pose formidable ob s t ac l es t o the accomplish ment of any Ministerial project for effectin g suc h a separation in the approaching Session of Parliament. Ministers will, however, add to their reputation, and greatly advance the question, by boldly and unequivocally facing the Rouse of Lords on this most important question. We should advise them to adopt no half-and.-half measure, to attempt no " patch-work" plan for curing the de fects of the Chancery and Appellate Jurisdiction, as existing in the House of Peers. There has been no lack of affectation of liberal sent,',ments on this subject —we have had enough of fakse and impotent pretences to " reform the Court. of Chancery —too much of substitute Courts for a separate Bankrupt Jurisdi c ti on , and a su r f e it of Bilis talked of an d dropped, stillborn, in the House of Lords. What is now wanted, is to have at the head of the law a man of instructed and vigorous mind, capable and sincerely desirous of planning a real reformation of the Equity Judicial system. What is now the situation of the Equity Courts ? Hundreds, bf arrear " Causes"—" Further Directions"—" r:xcep tions"—" abatedand standing-over CauP: es "— arrear 64 Petitions"—arrear " Motions" —now crowd the rolls in the three Courts. And who are t l :ie Judges thus con fused and overwhelmed with ityncial inquiry, involving, the pecuniary interests; 'and frequently the cha racter of all classes of the English community ? It is a matter of r t'trariety that one Judge is not emi nently qualifi e d trr his situation. We reveal no se cret—it has berm for years the subject matter of undis guised and r..eneral remark. In his Court, it is known that the Afvocate, not the Judge, has long dictated the judge:E.:fit. The Rolls has been recently provided with a big* respectable Judge, much esteemed by the pro test/ion, well qualified for his particular Court, but, Per- ha.ps, not possessed of the judicial qualities which -would eminently fit him for the highest jurisdicti on . The Ma s t er o f the Rolo and the Vice-Cha nce ll or are now also partially occilpied, and inconveniently with drawn from their own separate jurisdictions, by the ad ditional duty thre.,w n on them of Lords Commissioners, with Mr. Just!Ace Bosanquet, a Common Law Judge. Appeal s frcn n the Master of the Rolls are, therefore, necessarD:y left to the exclusive decision of the Vice- ChancrAor and the latter Judge 7 . We will not give public currency t o t h e o b servations of the profession on this subject, openly made in the Equity Courts. e Appellat e J uris di ct i on i n the House of Lords is left without a recognised official head in the " Right Honourable House ;" and if a Lord Chancel lor were there, just comments would continue to be made on the farcical situation of liti gants appealing from a Chancery decree, which is in effect from the Lord Chancellor on the Bench in Westminster Hall to the Lord Chancellor on the Woolsack in the House of Peers. In the latter ca pacity he sits in judgment on his own decisions, sup ported by a quorum of two young Peers, who having no other way of killing time, place themselves by his side t This is no caricature or exaggeration. We have actually seen within twelve months a juvenile Lord, barely out of his minority, "brought down" to " make a number." Lord Hale, two centuries ago, denounced this mockery of justice. How much must the evils so vividly described by this " upright man" and accomplished Judge, have been aggravated by the subsequent accumulation of suits and their in creased relative importance during the present century? The increase of business in the Courts of Chancery from the commencement of the 'reign of George 111. to the present time may be estimated from the fact thay the property involved in the Court of Chan cery has risen from the sum of 4,700,0001. to the ex traordinary amount of forty millions sterling. We think the time is, therefore, come when Lord Mel bourne may gain great credit to his Government, and effect incalculable good, by boldly laying the axe to the root of the prevent ludicrous and indefensible Appel late Jurisdiction of the Peers. The days are num bered of " Hereditary Judges." Relieve the Lords from duties which they cannot fitly discharge. The Appellate Jurisdiction may flatter their self-impor tance, but the nation repudiates them as Judges. This nuisance of hereditary judgeship must and will be abated. It has long been the real stumbling-block in the way of a thorough refo rma ti on o f our E qu i ty Jurisdi c t ions . Blackstone's plausible vindi ca ti on o f this ereC g ourt of hihest appeal is, when a tt en ti ve l y con cutting a cutting exposure of the evils inseparable from the system. The accomplished but superficial commentator, in his preliminary advice on the study of the law, addresses the following exhortation to our young nobility Propriety of their app li cat i on to the study of the laws of eir country, will hold equally strong or still stronger, with regard to the Nobility of this realm, except only the article of serving upon juries. But, instead of this, they have several peculiar provinces of far greater consequence and concern ; being not only by BIRTH the HEREDITARY coun cillors of the Crown, and JUDGES upon their HONOUR of the lives of their brother Peers, but also ARBITERS of the PROPERTY (!RLL their FELLOW SUBJECTS, and that in the last resort. In this th.eir JUbICIAL CAPACITY they are bound to DECIDE the NICEST and MOST CRITICAL POINTS of the LA,w ; to examine and correct such errors as have escaped the most experiezeed sages of the profession—the Lord Keeper and Jn.dg es of the Courts at Westminster. Their sentence is FINAL, DECISIVE, IRREVOCABLE ; no appeal, no correction, not even a review can be had : and to their determirration, whatever it be, the inferior courts of justice must 'conform ; otherwise the rule of property would no lonv ir be uniform and steady." jSo much for this astounding statement of the udicial functions of the Peers and their awful weight of aristocratic responsibility. What says Blackstone on their Lordship's eminent qualifications for this ex tensive power of disposal of the property of their fellow -subjects ? " Yet, vast as this TRUST is, it can nowhere be so pro perly reposed as in the NOBLE HANDS where our excellent Constitutio n has placed it : and therefore placed it, because, from the independence of their fortune, and the DIGNITY of their STATION, they are PRESUMED to employ that leisure which is the consequence of both, in attaining a more ex tensive knowledge of the laws than persons of inferior rank ; and because the founders of our polity relied upon that DELICACY Of SENTIMENT so peculiar to noble BIRTH : which, as, on the one hand, it will prevent either interest or affection from interfering in questions of right, so, on the other, it will bind a Peer in HONOUR, an obligation which the law esteems equal to another's oath, to be master upon those points which it is his BIRTH-RIGHT to decide !"- Commentaries, ch. 1. This is one of those happy discoveries " of merit inseparable !min high station which a commentator On Blackstone wittily exposes :—" It is by looking at men's title s that Blackstone perceives, not merely that they ought to possess certain merits, not that there is reas on to %visit they may possess them, but that they do actually possess them, and that it is by possessing those m erits that they come to possess those titles."— (Fragment on G overnment.) We shall only observe, with respect to these patrician Judges, that this country will n o longer suffer itself t o be oppressed by institutions exhibiting such glaring defects—insti tutions which it has long outgrown :—Let, therefore, Government go boldly to work ; and by competent hands prepare a Bill to transfer the entire Appellate Jurisdiction—so far as it is unconnected with the " dignities and privileges of the Peerage," to a su preme Court of Appeal of superior Judges. This will be a real cure of-the evil, a legitimate remedy that cannot long be postponed, an easier measure to carry when sent up from the Commons to the Lords than any cobbled plan of partial reform. If a " Political Chan cellor" be needed, let him be a Judge in •a . particular Court, and Chairman of the House of _Lords. We have able Lawyers and accomplishet , Jurists., ",-tau fledon. to grappl e w ith such a me asure : j ohil Camp , bell has shown the e7..".ent and ciepth of hi s legal knowledge ir Inc Real Property Commission, and in parliament on several important questions, and on measures of Law Reform, and that in 'arduous and trying times. Let Ministers avail themselves of such a " hard head" and first-rate lawyer in their own political ranks. Mr. Bickersteth, by his evidence before the Chancery Commission, is known to have di rected his instructed mind to this particular subject; and no member of the Bar would make so good a Judge in a Court which must be established sooner or later by the now paramount force of public opinion. We therefore repeat, that in the appointment of a Lord Chancellor a most weighty responsibility attaches to Ministers. We do not want a " stop gap," a lawyer of no reach or decision of mind. Let the Government waive all minor considerations—despise the cant about adding to the number of Chancellors on half-pay and out of work. Such a Court as that suggested, would withdraw certain personages from mischievous party politics ; and one pamphleteer in particular, who would be a good judge, although a worthless politician and would allay the fears of a Tory ex-Chancellor, who says he apprehends that pensions, as the move ment goes, will soon be submitted to the test of " no cure no pay." We say that Sir John Campbell, from his priority of claim, and his excellent understanding, and the extent of his legal acquirements, would be cheaply pensioned hereafter as an ex-Chancellor if he could be made the instrument for effecting such an im provement of the Equity Jurisdictions as we have just indicated. There has been, it is true, some amend ment of the modes of equity procedure ; but we are as far off, as in Lord Eldon's time, from any real infor mation of the Court of Chancery. The Suitors and the Legal Reformers call for an " organic change" in this tribunal. We shall return .to the subject to morrow. It is the all-absorbing topic of discussion in the Inns of Court, and with our Legal Correspondents. —Morning Chronicle. Consistent as we have always been in our advocacy of safe, thoroughgoing, and constitutional amendment, we arrogate to ourselves no very prof oun d acqua i ntance 1 with Wiggery, when we say that the extravagant ex pectations of purity and patriotism excited among cer tain enthusiasts by the Parliamentary and Municipal Reform Bills, were never regarded by us otherwise than as the dreams of a political optimism which the daylight of experience would discredit. These Bills are now law, and the short experience we have had of them plainly shows, that though undoubtedly valuable in several important respects, one principal result ac cruing from them is, that the party corruptions, which under the old system were pretty equally divided be tween the Ministerialists and the Opposition, have lat terly been retained and revelled in exclusively by the Whig-Radical Reformers ; while the Conservatives, by renouncing such impolitic resources, with a disin teresred wisdom which deserves admiration in propor tion as that party notoriously possesses the pecuniary means that can best command them, are hourly rising in public esteem, and leaving the Whig-Radicals to show that their pretences about Reform purity are .as hollow as hemlock, and almoot as hateful. Lord Ash burton's inability to put a friend of his into Calling ton is kept beautifully in countenance, under the new law, by O'Connell selling Carlow. The old borough mongering habit has been succeed e d by th e R usse ll fagots ; and, as an illustration of the Whig pretext that " a Reform Government should not be carried on by dint of patronage," we have recently shown up the two charming instances—first of old Dr. Hunter, whom th e Melbourne Incorruptihles have transferred with his flannels into the vacant principalshi p of St. Andrew's—and then of young Squire Jackson, the licentiate-layman, to whom they have given the Pro fessorship of Divinity. Now will the results, gene.. rally speaking, under the Municipal Reform Bill, be a bit better. Your great corporation reformers have all a lurking passion for corporation plunder, provided they can only get hold of it without the interference of a jury. In Scotland, they have now had their Municipal Reform Act in operation for more than two years : but it turns out, that what with the re form taste for litigations and new Acts of Parlia ment, which are always expensive luxuries, and what with the heavy sums claimed by town-councillors for jobs and journies to London, the extravagant corporation-pluckings attempted by some of your borough Humes are procuring from them a noto riety not unlike what Joseph attained to in the matter of the Greek loan. Nor does it fail to create scandal, in Glasgow especially, that even under the new regime the usual item of "private pickings" among that city's Reform Councillors is bulkier and grosser by far than anything that their Tory predecessors tad set their faccs to. Mr. John Douglas, formerly a Reform can didate for Glasgow, and afterwards for Paisley, by both of whose constituencies he was rejected, did at length succeed, it seems, in getting himself thrust into the town-council of the former place. Mr. John, being moreover, a Scotch attorney, conceived that he might be useful in superintending the Parliamentary pro gress of some local bills, as well as the Paeliamentary defeat of others ; and accordingly, having got himself deputed by his fellow-councillors to proceed for such purposes to London (though not in his professional, ' but solely in his municipal, capacity), where he con trived to stay in comfortable quarters for about four months—Mr. John Douglas, on his return home, sent in his bill for fees and expenses, on the items, reduc tion, and settlement of which by his trusty colleagues, a sturdy Whig-Radical _ Glasgow newspaper makes the following curious remarks : " This is even more than an imitation of the worst prac tices of Tory rule. Here we have one set of councillors unblushingly reporting that a brother councillor should be allowed to charge for doing his duty to his constitu en t s ! A set of councill ors , t oo , who pass for REFORMERS ! # * * They could not well avoid striking hard at the first (?) attempt of a town councillor to charge 5401. against the public, for his services as a councillor; but still they have tempered their severity with mercy. What can possibly have blunted the sharp edge of the Reform pruning knife in the case of Mr. Do alas ? It has scarcely pierced the skin. * * * With Mr. Douglas, however, whether from the extreme toughness of the Reform stuff it had to deal with, or the want of the true steel in its composition, the Reform knife has had its edge turned up, and it has passed over the charge of a professional fee of two guinees a-day for his actings in the honourable and hitherto honorary capacity of a town councillor! Sound principle is here violated. #* * And if Reformers in the town council can gift two guineas of the public money to one of their members, they may gift away the public funds to each other ; but they must never dare to open their unhallowed mouths in condemnation of the jobbing and corruption practices of th e wors t o f th e Scottish burghs during the worst period of their history. The gifts which were made to Glasgow Provosts, on account of their great and impor tant services, were honest and straightforwardly generous acts, if Reformers can compliment each other in the man ner now proposed ; and the Tory Councillors of Glasgow, who managed their affairs so smoothly and quietly for the last 40 years, may well ejaculate, ' What fools, we were to leave these Reformers anything.'" - This, from a Whig-Radical, on the purity of mu nicipal Reform in Glasgow, is, upon the whole, pretty well. Th e T ory prodigal,- in the Corporation parable, Saturday John Little was examined before Colonel may have be en very f ar from perfect, though now hap- FOREMAN and CROWLEY MILLINGTON, E sq ., on two pily he is recl a i me d ; but that the more demure bro- charges of fraud. tiler of Reform should be detected wasting the civic William R an d a ll, b a iliff to Sir Thomas_ I ‘laryon Wilson, substance witl ! rioto us living-0 what a - school for deposed that th e pr i soner came t o him at Charlton on t h e just 24th of Septe m b er l as t, an d agr eed to pur c h ase ninety-two scandal is this Why, it is Joseph Surface to b us h e l s o f potatoes, amount i ng to 8 1 . 1 8s. 3 d ., and gave his Chailes. One of the seats for Glasgow will soon be address No. 29, St. G eor ge's-road. On the 26 t h the vacant by the r es i gnat i on of Mr. Dunlop. Who is D likely i t a o s r c c i e f e sud t b . o h s i em distrustfulw e hav e not o t a nd heard. deluded M r.fr friends potatoes were sent, and th e ca rman was to rece i ve the money on delivery, but he p u t hi m off with some f r i vo l ous of the Church of Scotland who divided against :.\!-r. excuse.. On the following Monday the prisoner ordered Ewing at the last election, would only unite upon him ninety-two bushels of potatoes, amounting to 8/, 9s. 6d., w h ic h witness and the carman delivered in Church -street, at the approaching one, they may be assured that a more indefatigable, conscientious i l * tul useful member, delivered ; and he told witness that he would meet nethnak-green. Witness saw the prisoner whell the pota is not to be found.—_Tines. We scarcely recollect any event, ' nected with our own country, which has more general sympathy than the la i c ) ie tl s l were not immediately con- th;;lireeinhoaugrsu,abrtuetr te calleddestructi on b 3 f o firert h he'went and waited upwards of Borough, to which place • did , not come. Witness after. , of an hour at the Ram's Head, i n t h e the prisoner e p i nn r t i s , s o t n b. prisoner at c: ortughleed, s..gain Elephant oaaind, nt oo of so large a portion of the great and flourishin city of and ;r. wards e receiver' s_ twieiiio at a p note lt icse sot iovwitness house, the w New York. In spite' of occasional outbursts g of little t ':.;ings of the prisoner, a bl wholesale angry feeling—the result rather of personal pique ." of any national impression --we can unhesiw A. precisely similar . 11 " potato-dealer at Deptford ; an firm that the general feeling of the old ...orgly af doubt little said there was veil , ease was d a W s i p ld r , o t v h e e d co b n y sta e, applied f n o e r sse se s v o e u ra o l tb s e u r m e m h o4se e s s, to an cico,,rn wit country to the compel the atten_ f dance of new States of NorthAinerica is one ofgeneral kindness, pride, than shin and that in no part or the world is their rising prospe rity viewed with'inore satisfaction, iisirtiriniiiigisd with York P°`" 'll 41! tIUS - es ottlie 'British nation. New r ecia ,ungs of America is peculiarly an ol),ject of y, as constittAting what thay be calledlhe alerean . ' • ' British regard. It' is thti, place, of ail others, with which the greatest intercourse is kept up, and as such quite as interesting, even if not more so, than any town in our own North American Colonies. The next advices will put us in possession of more accurate computations of the .anal loss which this severe calamity has entailed than could he given in the first, and necessarily hasty details. We have no hope, however, that its extent has been at exaggerated. We rather fear the reverse ; and that the destruction of property will turn out to have been even more extensive than the highest calculations which we have yet received carry it. Indeed, it m..ist be reniembered . that the loss, from the very nature of things, must accumulate every day. Men living by. the daily profits of their business suffer a daily loss beyond the mere value of their property _destroyed. It would be a splendid a c t o f national bounty, and, as such, forming a brilliant page in American history, were Congress at once to take the whole loss upon itself, by consenting to charge it upon the general revenues of the Union. Indeed, of this we already see that symptoms have . on the instant disclosed them selves. The State of Philadelphia has memorialised the Legislature, praying " the prompt appropriation of ten millions of dollars, to relieve as far as pos sible the sufferings and injuries of their brethren of New York, whether as a national contribution, or as a temporary loan, in such manner as the wisdom of Congress may devise and direct." We hail this as the beginning of so great a good, and shall be happy to find Congress on this hint speaking the general feeling of the vast territory and population its: members represent. Little burdened as the United States now are . by taxation, such a contribution as the whole of this extensive loss will amount to could never be seriously felt by the nation, while, hi the absence of some such aid, thousands of individuals must, it is to be feared, be crushed irrecoverably to the earth. Besides which, it may be added, that in this respect New York has a claim upon the general finances of the country which belongs to no other place in the Union ; contributing as it has long done in an infinitely larger proportion to the national revenue than any other place or State. If this local calamity, then, be made, as it ought to be, a national one, all its distressing features will speedily disappear ; while, by the skill and enter prise of its inhabitants, New York will soon rise, phoenix-like, from the flames, a splendid. monument of public sympathy and national justice.—Morn. Herald. The organs of the Whig-Radical Ministry have at last attempted a defence of their boasting with reference to the Municipal Corporation elections. A more fu tile attempt could not have been made. It cannot de ceive even their own party. What they say is thi s _ " The Conservatives derived great Parliamentary strength from the old corporations, which were with them—the new corporations are with us ; we, there fore, shall possess that strength which formerly the Conservatives possessed." This is a mere quibble —a deceptive play upon words. The old corporations had elective privileges, the new corporations have none—• the word is the same which designates the old and the new municipal communities. They are both called corporations ; but the thing signified is very different. The new cannot make Members of Parliament—the old could. This quibble reminds us of the eiquisite syllogism by which Aristides is proved to have been a quadruped :—" Equus est quadrupes—Aristides fuit equus—Aristides fait quadrupes." Or, to make another of a similar kind, more directly applicable to the matter in hand--what would th e R a di c als think of this argument ?—" John Trot has a mare, and can ride to market—the Radicals of Manchester have a Mayor, therefore the Radicals of Manchester can ride to market." Both these syllogisms are of pre cisely the same quality as the following :—" The old corporations were Conservative, and returned Conser vatives to Parliament—the new Corporations are Ra dical, therefore they will return Radicals to Parlia ment." The fallacy is the same in all--that of using the same term in the argument to signify different things.. The members of the old corporations were all electors of Representatives in the House of Commons. They do not lose that privilege by the loss of their cor porate offices. It remains with them, and they are not likely to use it in favour of Radicals. The new muni cipal officers have not, ex c2fficio, any such privilege. They are not a whit more potent to elect Members of Parliament than they were before the acquisition of their municipal dignity. A multitude of councillors will be of no use at.the poll. They have not even the fraction of a vote amongst. them, qua their municipal autho rity. Nine councillors — will not make a man at the hustings. They are, as it were, empty bottles, which look as well as full ones till you put them to the proof. They are a name, and nothing more. But not so with the old corporators. They cease, indeed, to have local privilege and authority, but their votes for Members of Parliament continue good. They are still effective men at the hustings and at the poll. Need we say more, to show that the pretence of the Whig-Radicals about the Parliamentary influence which they will derive from the riew municipalities is mere moonshine ? They mention, indeed, another thing—..they talk of the funds which the direction of corporation property places at their disposal,, and hint that with these funds they shall obtain votes. 0, vir tuous and consistent Whig-Radicals ! Is this your " Reform" in the election of Members of Parliament ? But the laws against bribery must be brought to bear against such patriots. We do not expect to be over whelmed by all they can do through the profligate mis application of corporation property, to which they are evidently so well inclined.—Morning Post. INSOLVENT COURT.-SATURDAY. The officer of the Court, Mr. Simpson, stated that he had received seven affidavits from persons who were confined in Cardiff Gaol, at the suit of a Clergyman (the rector of a parish in Cardiff), praying for leave to petition, and to be heard on the ensuing Circuit. It appeared from the affidavits that they had been confined in a gaol on a judgment against them in the Ecclesiastical Court, for having forcibly entered the befry of the church, and rung the bells. _ The Commissioners thought there was a necessity for fuller affidavits being made, and the matter was ordered to stand over for that purpose. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. John Russell, late of Newport-market and Rathbone place, butcher, was opposed by Mr. NicHoLLs, on the part of Miss Martha Holmes, for the damages and costs in an action for a breach of promise of marriage. The insolvent, since the commencement of the action brought by Miss - Holmes, had disposed of property to the amount of 452/., and had been arrested on a debt of 23/. He had executed a deed of assignment to a-person named Beaumont. Mr. McHoLLs prayed for the production of the detain.. in' creditor and Beaumont. Mr. CooKE resisted the prayer. The Commissioners ultimately adjourned the case Sine die for the insolvent to produce his detaining creditor and M r . Beaumont, to whom he had made an assignment of certain property. GREENWICH PETTY. SESSIONS. TIME SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY' 11, 18A. but he should be able, if time were allowed, to bring nume rous similar charges against the prisoner. Tile prisoner declined saying anything, and was remanded to a future day. He applied to be allowed to put in bail for his appearance, when the Bench consulted together, and said that be would be liberated on entering into his own re cognisance in 100/., and findinc , two sureties of 50/. each, and giving 48 hour:' notice of bail. . •- _ • SURREY SESSIONS.-SA.TURDAt. Nicholas Charles Bochsa, the celebrated professor of the harp, was indicted for assaulting - a livery stable keeper. Mr. Boelisa some months since hired a fly of the plaintiff, and i❑ consequence of a refusal to pay.the whole amount charged, the latter went to Mr. B. s house to serve him with a summons to attend the Court of Requests. The plaintiff was introduced to Mr. Bochsa in the parlour, who, the instant the summons was served upon him, jumped up from his harp, seized the plaintiff by the shoulder, thrust him out of the house, and then struck him a violent blow on the back part of the neck, which set his nose bleeding and he had since been subject to headaches. The evidence was corroborated by a man who accom panied him to the house. Mr. CHAIIBERS, on the part of Mr. Bochsa, said that there was no doubt the plaintiff went to the house for the purpose of provoking a breach of the peace, otherwise he would have let the usual officer serve the summons. _ _ The female servant was then called, who stated that she heard Mr. Bochsa order the plaintiff out of his house, but did not see him strike him. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced Mr. Bocbsa to pay a fine of 5/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A woman of the lowest class was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged withaving run away with the coat and waistcoat of a gentleman, who was stated to be the brother of a Member of Parliament. The facts were rather odd, as was the complainant himself, an elderly, stout, sad looking person, who appeared in a coat and waistcoat which had evidently been made for a man of smaller dimensi9ns. The scene was as follows : The complainant—My Lord, I am the injured person in this business. I was last night in Bishopsgate-street, and I saw a good many poor devils about, who looked as if they wanted something to drink. SO I slipped off my coat and waistcoat, and told this woman to go to the next pawn broker, and spout 'em for all she could get.—(Laughter.) Well, I waited at the corner of Petticoat-lane until I be came so precious cold that I went to look after her, but I soon found that she had bolted. The LORD MAYOR—Bolted ? I suppose you mean she ran off with your coat and waistcoat ? Complainant—Just so, my Lord ;it was a regular clean bolt. So I said to a woman that, was with her when I gave the clothes, " Ant this a shame, that I should be stripped, when I meant only what was right ?" But what did she do ? Why, I hope I may be obliged to take tea if she did'nt bolt too.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—You seem to be very fond of that word " bolt." Is it not strange language for a person in your station in life to use ? Complainant (not seeming to com prehend his Lordship)--I assure you, my Lord, they both bolted like bricks ; so I ran after them, and I called to the police, and the officers bolted after them like shot, and grabbed this one ; and she can tell all about it.—(Great laughter.) • A policeman stated that he saw the complainant come out of a gin shop about half muzzy, but with his coat and waistcoat on. Five minutes afterwards witness saw him take off his coat and waistcoat and - give them to a female, who turned the corner and disappeared. Witness did not interfere till the complainant told him that the coat and waistcoat had walked off to the pawnbroker's. The LORD MAYOR to the complainant—You can't say that this woman took your coat and waistcoat ? Com plainant—She bolted as well as the other, that's what I know. If she was not down to the move why did she bolt, I'd be glad to know ? Neither you nor I would bolt for nothing.—(Laughter.) The landlord of the house at which the complainant lodged, said that the gentleman was a person of peculiar habits, whose pocket his brother had been obliged to re strain, for two pints of beer would have had the effect of pourinc , out 100 sovereigns in a minute amongst the dis tressed,° if the gentleman had that sum about him. Here the complainant shed tears, but the coat he had on was so tight about the back and shoulders, that he could not put up one of his haad& to wipe his eyes without throw ing his arm in a very awkward manner behind him. The waistcoat, too, was so tight that he was obliged to leave un buttoned the whole of the lower part of it. To this was added the effect of two pints of porter which he had swal lowed at his breakfast. The LORD MAYOR—I am very sorry, Sir, that I can do you no service in this case, except it may be of service to you to advise you not to get into such company again. Complainant—What would you have me do, my Lord, if I should be so unfortunate ? The LORD MAYOR—Do, why, bolt, to be sure.—(Laughter.) Complainant (with energy)—Bolt. You're right, my Lord.—l hope 1 may be smothered in tea if I don't bolt.— (Great laughter.) BOW- STREET. The Commissioners of Stamps having determined to proceed by every means which the law allows for the sup pression of unstamped papers, which, by their supineness heretofore they have permitted to be circulated to an enormous extent, are now vigorously taking those steps which, had they been adopted in the first instance, would long since have repressed the evil. The course now adopted is to seize the papers in bulk, as they are carried from the place of printing to the respective places of publication, by wholesale or retail. Under the direction to this effect, is sued by the authority of the Home Office to the Magis trates at the different Police Offices in the metropolis, Bal lard and Goddard yesterday brought forward a case in which no less than thirty quires, of twenty-seven sheets each, of these papers were seized. The party charged was an old man named William Thomas Payne, and Ballard stated that he saw the pri soner in Fleet-street on that morning, at twenty minutes before nine o'clock, carrying a large bundle of papers on his shoulder. He followed him into Pickett-street, Strand, where he stopped him, and asked what he had got ? He replied that he did not know, for that a man had given the bundle to him to carry. The witness next inquired to whom he was conveying the parcel, but he refused to give auy explanation, further than that he was taking them to a street just by. He was in consequence taken into custody, and the parcel was found to contain thirty quires of two unstamped newspapers. Mr. MINsHuLL asked the prisoner if he would now ex plain how the papers had come into his possession ? The prisoner replied that he had received them in Crane -court, Fleet -street, and was conveying them to Mr. Johnson's, in Holywell-street. He declared he did not know what the bundle contained. It was made up for him in Crane-court, and he was merely employed to convey it to Mr. Johnson. Goddard deposed to the truth of Ballard's statement. A person named Smith then requested, on behalf of the prisoner, that the further hearing of the case might be post poned until the solicitor of the Stamp Office should arrive. Mr. Tilsley shortly after attended from the Stamp Office, and Mr. Wooler then appeared for the prisoner. The evidence having been read over, Mr. Wooler then submitted to Mr. Minsbull that no offence had been committed. Although the Act provided that all persons " carrying about, uttering, or offering for sale" the unstamped publications should be liable to fine and imprisonment, yet, he contended, unless the carrying about was proved to be with the intention of selling, it could not be deemed an offence. Mr. Tilsley said that the immediate object of the Stamp Office was to have the papers seized, and he should, there fore, be content without the prisoner's being convicted. He, nevertheless, contended that there was sufficient against the prisoner to make him liable under the 16th Geo. 11., the words of which, in application to such cases, were—" sell, hawk, carry about, utter, or expose for sale." Mr. Wooler again urged that the prisoner was not au thorised to sell, but was employed as a mere carrier, and could not be convicted. Mr. Tilsley again observed, that he did not press for a conviction against the defendant, but that the papers must be detained. Mr. MINSHULL said he should not order the papers to be given up. Mr. Wooler—Nor to be detained, I hope. In the latter event the proprietors of the unstamped papers would be de prived of the power of bringing actions for their recovery, if they felt disposed fairly to try the question. Mr. MINSIIU LI., after some further conversation, directed that the papers should be detained, and the prisoner was then discharged. George Payne, a young man, well-known as a vender of unstamped newspapers, was also brought up on a similar charge. * The prisoner was stopped by Shac three kell, th quires of the unstamped papers, under his arm. In reply to the charge, he said that he was employed by a, Mr. Jenkins, of Somerstown, to fetch the papers from Mr. Wilson's, in Fetter-lane. He had no objection to give up the papers. The papers were accordingly detained, and the prisoner' discharged. HATTON-GARDEN.. James Evans, aged 14 ; William Martin, aged 23 ; an James Hurd, aged 20, whose appearance indicated great distress, were brought before Mr. LAING by two of the mendicity officers, charged with singing glees in the St . r . k7f ls. i The officers stated that they saw the prisoners in Bedford row, singing glees and touching their hats to, passengers, but they did not see them receive any money. They led them to the Mendicity Society's office, but they were not known as vagranti. The manner and demeanour of the prisoners while at the bar were superior to the common order. Mr. LAING ordered Martin and Hurd to be taken,out, and he then questioned Evans, who stated that he got his living by glee singing: He had sung at concerts, but lat terly was obliged to sing in the streets. Frame-making - his trade, but he was - not fit to work in consequence of was . the badness 6: his eyes,and he devoted his attention to music. Martin was l ui'ought up t .the stage, but Paisfor tune compelled him to sing in the streets. .Tbey were no:. begging, but depending on voluntary contributions. Hurd was also a professional singer, and clever in his line, as a bass. He (Evans) first met his companions on board the Gravesend steamers, when they sang songs, glees, and duets ; they had travelled the country together, and visited Salisbury, Portsmouth, and other places. In reply to another question as to why be did not get work, Evans re plied that his own brother would not employ him in con sequence of hist sight being bad, and it was not likely strangers would do sit, (His eyes looked very weak.) Martin was then called in. iltl said that he sung at con certs, at the Royal Standard, and other places of amuse ment, but latterly was obliged to sing in the :Meets. He agreed in the statement made by Evans, and added (in a melancholy tone), in reply to ,the Magistrate, that he had been brought up to no ,trade, as his parents were indepen dent, but at their death he was left friendless and desti tute, and he made music his study ; he was not aware he was doing wrong by singing in the streets. Hurd was then brought before his Worship, and boldly answered that he got his living by his vocal abilities. .Mr. LAING said he was an impudent fellow, and he had a great mind to commit him to the House of Correction for three months. Hurd hoped his Worship would not do so. Mr. LAING then asked him what right had he to beg ? Hurd said he was not begging, he was merely singing part of a glee, and doing no harm ; they were distressed and obliged to do so. Mr. LAING said Hurd was the most impudent of the lot, and he should commit him to the House of Correction and hard labour for one month, Martin for three weeks, and Evans for fourteen days. This unexpected decision seCYlled to astound the prisoners, who were taken to the lock-up by il:f! officer. WORSHIP- STREET. On Saturday night several tradesmen appeared before Mr. BROUGHTON, to request that he would rescind his order of appointment of inspectors of weights and measures of No. 1 district, to which Mr. Reynolds had been sworn in, Mr. James Hayman, corn dealer, Westminster-road, for the appellants, said that they had to appeal to the Magi strates in consequence of the perilous situation in which they, , as . traders, were placed, from the present mode of testing weights and measures. Mr. BROUGHTON—What is it you ask for ? Mr. Hayman—As regards the order issued from this office, to the inspector of weights and measures, that you will rescind that order, in consequence of the whole wooden measures of the county of Middlesex having been tried by a wrong test. Mr. BROUGHTON—But I have no jurisdiction. Will you point out in the Act of Parliament any clause by which I have power to interfere ? I have no jurisdiction out of Sessions. The inspectors are appointed by Sessions, and dismissed and controlled by Sessions altogether. It is, there fore, a mere waste of your time to proceed further. Mr. Hayman here referred to the investigation now being pursued by the City Lands' Committee, which was ap pointed by the Court of Aldermen, and by which it has been decided that in wooden measures water is no correct test, on account of the various degrees of absorption of water by wood. The effect of which is that almost all wooden measures vary ; which is the case in all Middlesex and Westminster. The City of London have adopted the test of trying the accuracy of measures by seed. Mr. BROUGHTON—Then what is your object ? Mr. Hayman—To request you to rescind the order above re ferred to, and to try the measures by the new test ; as, there being so many which are wrong, tradesmen suffer much opprobiam, loss of character, and injury to business, by an imputation against which they have no redress. Bushel measures have been stamped which are two quarts different from the maximum. Mr. BROUGHTON said he had no power, and the proper way would be to draw up a petition, and to present it to the County Court on Thursday, and request the Magistrates in Sessions to suspend the order. Mr. Broughton added that on Thursday he would be in the County Court, and if they attended he would pay every attention to their petition. He was sorry that they should have had so much trouble. The applicants left the office, intending to appear at Hicks's Hall. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Magpie and Stump, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, on the body of John Linell, aged fifty-three. It appeared that the deceased in endea vouring to drown a dog which had the distemper was also drawn into the river by the string with which the animal's feet were tied getting e ntan g led to his wrist. The deceased and the dog were observed in the river, and in five minutes after the occurrence both were taken out ; the deceased was, however, dea d, but the animal eventually recovered, and was. followed to his master's house in Little College-street. On Saturday an inquest was held at the George Tavern, Wardourstreet, on the body of Mr. W. Taylor. The de ceased was sixty-six years of age, and a boxkeeper at Co vent-Garden Theatre. On going to his lodgings, at No. 100, Wardour-street, on Thursday evening, he appeared muc h exhausted by want of breath a nd violent coughing. He declined taking anything, on the ground that he had medicine to take. He retired to rest, and the next day was found dead in his bed. On e drawers ere two empty phials, one labelled " Morphine th ," which it s appeared he had taken as a narcotic. The Jury considered that the deceased died from na tural causes, and returned a verdict accordingly. Saturday morning between eight and nine, whilst Mrs. Jane Mann, a woman upwards of eighty years of age, was crossing the carriage-way near the end of Cockspur-street towards Charing-cross, she was run against by the horse in a stage cart, which was proceeding at a rapid rate, and knocked down with such violence that before those who wit nessed the accident could run to her assistance, one of the wheels passed over her right thigh, and caused a compound fracture of a serious description. She was also much in jured by the horse trampling up on her. She was directly conveyed to the Charing-cross Ho s p ital, where she remains with little hope of recovery. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF AN ELDERLY FEMALE BY FlRE.—Saturday an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Drury-lane, on view of the body of Mrs. Ann Allsop, aged 71, who was burned to death under the following afflicting cir cumstances :—Mr. Thomas Pearce, coach manufacturer, of No. 103, Long-acre, deposed that on Wednesday afternoon last he was passing St. Giles's alms-houses, in Smart's-build ings, Drury-lane, when he heard screams of distress from one of the tenements. Witness immediately ran into the house and meta young woman in a state of great excitement, who exclaimed, " Oh, Sir, my mother's in flames." He then rushed up stairs into one of the rooms, and there discovered the unfortunate old woman sitting on a chair near the fire, enveloped in flames—the curtains on the bedstead were also burning furiously. Witness with difficulty extinguished the deceased burning apparel by throwing some pieces of car peting over her person. With assistance he also subdued the destructive element which had caught the bedstead and other articles of furniture in the room. The clothes on the deceased were almost burnt to a cinder, and nearly the whole of her person was scorched in the most frightful manner. A surgeon was instantly sent for, who promptly arrived. He applied such remedies as the distressing na ture of the case required. The witness, whose hands were s everely injured, was highly complimented for his decisive and feeling conduct upon the occasion. Martha Allsop, the daughter of the deceased, who was deeply affected whilst giving her deposition, stated that her mother had been in a helpless state for some months past. At the time the catastrophe happened, witness had only been absent from the room a few minutes, and has no doubt that in leaning over the grate her mother's shawl had caught fire. Mr. Buss, surgeon, of St. Giles's, stated that he attended the deceased soon after the accident happened. She was extensively injured by the burns, and died on Friday. Ver dict—" Accidental death." DEATH OF A MISER.—An old man, named Pool, who had for several years resided in an obscure lodging in Hiu don-court, Richmond, called upon a Mr. Williams, a broker, in John-street, Richmond, on Thursday evening last, to in quire whether Mr. W. would allow him to lodge with him. The r equest was immediately complied with, and the same evening the old man took possession. He bad retired to rest, but a short time befere he was taken ill, and two me dical men were sent for. Upon their arrival they pro nounced him to be in a dying state, which was no sooner communicated to him than he ordered an attorney to be sent for, as he wished to make his will. The attorney was soon in attendance. The old man then, raising himself up in his bed, bequeathed to his daughter 1001., to three ne phews 1301., 1401., and 1501. Upon being asked to whom he left the residue o f hi s p r operty, he replied — " To Mr. Williams, for his kindness," at the same time handing the attorney a paper, which, being opened, was found to con tam securities for upwards of 80 0 /. On Saturday morning aninquest was held on the body, when the Jury returned a verdict--" That the deceased died from bodily infirmities, I which were in a great measure produced by his very penu rious way of living." INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT• The Af tl •!ters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoner s hereinafter ramed (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lit:goln's Inn-fields, on Friday, January 15, 1838, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Seymour, J., Clevelanci.-mews, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-squarer hackney- coach-master. DobneS, E., Duke's-court, Duke-street, Commercial-road, Lam beth, lighterman. Gold, W., King , land-Green, KingslanA, coal-dealer. Ettershank, Mary Ann, Compton-street, E rl inswiek-square, eating house-keeper. Fuller, J., St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, horse-doaler. Holliday, T. Carnaby-street, Golden-square, shoemaker. Freeman, W. Hilgay, near Downham-market, Norfolk, farmer. Watson, J., Clark-street, Jubilee-place, Commercial-road East, *er mariner. mas. Bateman Gun-street, Spi talfields, shoe-manufacturer. Dutton, 11., place, South Lambeth, belt-maker. Fitfield, J. W:, ity-place, Trinity-street, Rotherhithe, vrater• matt. brewer. _— l ace. Denyer, W., Hampton Wick, ace. Same hour and n Monday, Jan. 18 . Barton, W. M. R. , Dalby Terrace, qty-road, warehouseman. Frith, R. J., Forest-row, Dalston, cork.-eutter. Niebour, C., London-street, Uxbridgo, aker. Babington, R., Chichester - plac e, King's-cross.; attorney. Cullen, R. F., Brook, near Ashf ord, Kent, ca.rprtiter• Clarke, 3., Dean-street, Soho , sel li ng horses and ca.gges on Coin rr mission. Palmer, W., Seymour-crescent, Euston. square, cheesen:onger. Carpenter, M., York-place, Mile-end Old Town, cabinet-l'eaker . Olive, J., Stone, near Dartford, Kent, market-gardener. Underwood, W., Park-street, Brighton, post-master; Brown, F., Watford, Herts, grocer. James, J., Bedford-scree.`. Brandon - street , Walw cell, leather-cutter. THE 3:ARKETB. COUNTRY CORN RIARKETS DURING LAST W Wheat. Barley. .: ? at s ' I Beans. ' Pease. Per Quarter, Is.to s. s, to s. et. to s. t to Carlisle 39 23 20 ` lO 38 40 25 28 16 22 ,; 36 111 , )roeth .L3 37 2l 25 17 20 34 ,"' Xs' Penrith 39 27 '— 19 Sheffield*. 41 31 21) '— Winchester 32 - 39 25 30 25 26 42 44 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. F. d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. r. d. s Carmarthen...-4 d. 9 53, 2 6 3 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~" Cowbridge .. 00 60 3 9 00 ' 29 30 56 o'o 0 0 0 (, Newcastle (Staff.) 6 0 6 9 3 6 4 0 3 0 3 4 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 „ Northallerton 607836463340 5 6 60 00 0 t; Stone... BO 86, 4 0 4 8 3 0 0 4 6 0 6 7 0 0 O a Swansea 59 6 6 2 9 30 26 39 00 ' 00 00 0 Warwick 80 9 0 3 0 4 6 2 0 3 0 5 6 6 0 0 0 00 Per. I 8011. ' Barnardeastle...... S 6 9 6 8 0 8 6 5 0 7 0 8 6 10 0 0 0 0 (,) Durhani..:.—... 86 96 70 80 40 70 0 96 70 7 ° 86 110 70 76 46 8t 86 10 00 0 0 5t0ckt0n.............. 83 93 8 6 90 4 4 50 80 8 0 0 . ' WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET -Jan. 8. ~ Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffhlk -s. fln:e 34 -1 . Lin. and Cam. -s. 30s. to -a. fine 3 4 5. - Yorkshire -8.335. to --s.• ffne 344. --- 'White ---- Foreign, Iced -s. -s. to -8. fine -5. ----- White -s. -s. to -s. nne -s. Barley, Korfolk and Suffolk 3ls. to 348. tine 375. --- Li n colnshire ____-_ y or k s i:tre Wold - Foreign ...• s to -s. fine -s Beans, Old --- New . 365 to 385. fine -s Oats, I'otato . -s. to 248. fine 295. --- Poland ...-. ....... - 8 ..-s. to 245. fine '2OB. - Friezland and Small • -s. 16s. to IN. fine 20s. --- Dimling Shelling 238. to 25s Od. per Load. Malt - B ,Vs. fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed 3O/. Os 361. OS. 401. Os. per Lad. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. oatmeal. Aberdeen .`n to 32 21 to 25 15 to 18 —to 24 to IS Berwick 22 2: 15 19 13 16 18 21 28 3 2 Coldstream - ""' .......' Cupar (Fife. 4B 56 26 31 18 22 22 r.'w —" --__ Dundee 4B 58 30 33 20 25 30 3I . Elgin 4O 50 24 20 16 20 23 30 -- '2.1 I nverne ss 3(l 40 28 30 21 24 32 33 Kelso 23 27 16 20 15 I'6 19 20 . •••; , 1 Kirkaldy 37 4,2 23 31 23 45 48 43 29 P e rth 5O 56 23 2$ '2O 22 22 25 , "" it.• The size of the measure varies throughout the country. ....., MARKET. I of Gra:, ll to. .—Jan. 6.1 .day, and the sales we/ We had a middl rather quick. :DINBURG !ling supply II CORN of all kind, 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. BearlS Fi rs t 43e. Pd. 325. 6d. 245, td. 34 5. 6 d. 342.9 d",, Second... 3l 0 Third Average price of Wheat ll. 178. 3d. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. 1 N. 4d, to 08.6 d. Freshßutter,lb......6.lld. to Is.lo , " 0 6 Salt Ditto —........... 0 10 011 Ditto, per cwt....... 0 0 94 0 Eggs, per d 05....., 8 0 1 e OatStraw(kpl.)....... 9 0 10 0 Wheat Ditt0.....,.... 8 0 ; 9 0 BarlerDitto .—..... 6 0 7 4 Hay, per 5t......... Beef, per lb. Mutfein vs Veal 0 3 Lamb, per qr. 0(I Quartern Loaf U 6 Potatoes, 1-11 b. 0 :13 0 0 EDINBURUH MEA. There was a middlink supply of sale.s were rather brisk. Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. I First Oatmeal S eco nd ditto 1 4 0 Peaseraeal 1 4 0 Pot Marley—No. 1, per cwt. 10e.-2d. .L DIARNET.—Jan. 5. tatmeal at this day's market, and the GLASGOW CORN A moderate business doing in Wheat; per 24011). s. d. s. A. British, old 2l 0 to 22 0 -- new l4 0 19 0 Canada, free 23 0 25 0 Irish Barley, per 320113 English 23 0 26 0 Scottish., 2O 0 21 0 Irish Per Stone of 141 b. lam. First oatmeal £0 1 10 second ditto ' 0 1 6 Barleymeal Peasemea t 0 1 4 ,12.5.-36,14c.-4th, 16s.—Pes , t. I"' MA RKET.--Jan. 6. gain ; little alteration in prises. Oats, per 264th. s. d. Irish .. •156t0 IR British 176 19 Beans, per 2601 b. English ....„ ..... 0 -- ° Scottish * 160 190 Pease, Scottish • 150 18 0 OatmeL‘l,per l4ol b 14.0 17 0 Flour, per 2501 b 290 320 CORNWALL MARKETS. Calculated at 24 gallons to the buss: el.) Wheat. sc. d. to s. d. Truro nelstone St. Austell 0 16 0 0 16 0 Liskeard — 0 13 0 Launceston Camelford Penzance l5 0 16 6 S. d. to S. d. —0 9 0 —0 9 0 —0 9 0 —0 9 0 —0 6 3 —0 9 0 86 9 0 —0 8 0 MINING INTEL Ouantity of Copper Ore sold Quantity of fine Copper , Average Produce LIGENCE. Oats. s. d. to e. J. 0 8 O 6 - 6 7 g 0 _ 7 —0 9 0 ;-; O 0 " — 6 0 6 6 0 7 6 Amotint of Sale, 19,954'. 15s. Tons. Cwt. Qr l .2,831 21 0 ~ 248 16 0 83 /erage standard, 1111. 125. 01 THE CAVE OF DESPAIR.—This fine engraving in the " Book of Gems" is from a picture by Eastlake for beauty of illustration, and elegance of arrangementl the Book of Gems has seldom, if ever, been surpassed. None of the embellishments (fifty three in number) have ever before been given to the public, and when the reader is apprised that they consist of exquisite designs by our leading artists—LOP' rence, Beechey, Callcott, Prout, Turner, Stothard, Sheer Etty, Stanfield, Wilkie, Collins, Howard, Eastlake, MulreadYo Martin, Inskipp, N,qwton, Cattermole, and many others of high and distinguishes merit, he will at once be satisfiedof the claims and pretensions of the work ; a volume better adapted for a present or new year's . gift could not be devised. (AD.EungEuENT.) NEW SILVER WAITER,SF Round, with elegant Shell-pattern edges. Plain Centres ..£ a d. chmed Centres. £ a. 4 6 Silver Waiter, S in. diameter Silver Waiter, Bin diameter 12oz. a 05.... A 8 0 ji,'oe. a Ps. sd. 5 14 2 Ditto 10 ditto, `2. oz. a its:... 9 0 0 Ditto 10 ditto, 20k - ii" A 9 '. 6 d. I I i Ditto 18 ditto, 86oz. aOs ...3P3 14 0 Ditto 18 ditto, 116oa. a; Os. (3d.40 17 Also a variety of Second-hand Waiters, varying in prico frofla Gs to 7s. 6d. per ounce. T. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. g 3 0 0 611 0 0 BIRTIIS. On the Oth inst., the lady of the late Viscount Milton, of & daughter. On the 7th inst., at Purley House, Berks, the lady of Thomas Fitzgerald, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Pcntrc, Pembrokeshire, the lady of Sanders Davis. Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., at. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of D. B. Chapman, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., the lady of Francis danvrin, Esq., of York terrace, Regent's-park, of a son. On the 10th inst., at East Wickham Hall, Kent, the lady of Quarles Harris, jun., Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Andrew's, by the Rev. T. Astlev Ma berly, Robert Sutton, Esq., of Rossway, Hertfordshire, to Char lotte, second daughter of the late Captain Bullock, Royal Navy. DIED. On the Ist inst., aged 57, Mr. Joseph Curtis, chief cashier of Messrs. Twining. On the 12th of July, off Rajoncliall, drowned accidentally in the river Ganges, Ensign William Henry Davidson, in his 22d year, son of Mrs. Davidson, Sloane-street, Chelsea. On the Bth inst., at Prince's -street, Cavendish-square, Richard Ford, Esq., late of Somerset House. On the sth inst., at Rotterdam, aged 11, James Henry, eldest son of Sir James Turing, Bart. On the sth inst., Thomas Chapman, Esq., of 8, Vale-place, Hammersmith. On the 9th ir;st., at Guildhall, aged 63, Catherine, relict of the late Mr George Temple. On the 7th inst. f Hitchin, Herts, H ayes R o b ert Bristow, Esq., aged 93. . Gagahan, M. D. , Ph ys i c i an-General •f Madras, On the 9th inst., at Green-street, Grosven or - square, age d 74,Lautrtasv,, East relictol n t d h i e es late 1): On the 9th inst., aged 72, Joh); Hall, Esq., of Dartford. On the Bth inst., Diana, the wife .of Jonah Smith Wells, Esq., of Highgate, in her 73d year. On the 6th inst., in Smith-street, Nurthampton-square, Mrs. Mary Hitchcock. On 11;T5T1 . ; . of November, at Montego Bay, Jamaica, Bryan Edwards, Esq., Special Magistrate. On the 6th inst., at Ashford,tin Kent, aged 83, Anne, relict of the late Bertram Thorne, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Potter Newton, near Leeds, Lieut.-Colonel Armstrong, aged 76. On the 9th inst., at Mableden -place, Miss Harris, daughter of the late James Harris, Esq., of Great Baddow, Essex. On the Bth inst., at 35, Duke -street, St. James's, Mr. C. Lewis, bookbinder. ottag On the 9th inst., age d 7 9, Mr. Ezekiel Baker, o f Whiteehapel road, gunmaker to his .Majesty ' &c. On the 6th i ns t. , at Heath-c e. H am pstead, Andrew Robert, son of A. M. O'Brien, Esq., aged 3 m onths and 8 days. On the 7th inst., in Smith-street, Chelsea, aged 80, Thomas Vardon, Esq. On the 4th inst., at the Parsonage-house, Dorking, Surrey, Richard Greaves, Esq. On the 7th inst., Maria, the wife of W. Wright, Esq., Grenville street, Brunswick-square. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Siva Mee, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Aliadletex,