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THE LONDON JOURNALS. EITAIACT3 FROM , TIIF. Dll Li? MORNING PAPERS, April 16, 18'22. [MORNING HERALD.] • Despatches were received yesterday from the BEitish Consul, Mr. Cartwright, at Constantinople, dated the nth March, to the Levant Company. Jie states, " that in consequence of the Note mentioned in his last as having been transmitted by the Porte to Lord Strangford and the Count de Lutzow, those two Atnha.sadors had thought proper to address a joint Note to the Turkish Government, couched in very strong terms, and urging an immediate compliance with the Russian 'ltimatum, especially that part of it which re quires the immediate cession of the two Princi palities occupied by the Ottoman troops, as the only means of averting hostilities. This Note had been delivered to the Porte, and no answer had yet been returned, but either an evasive or an unfavourable reply was expected." Every thing remained tranquil at Constantinople. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 24th ult. They contain detailed statements of the recent disturbances at Madeira; and mention that the officers and non-commissioned officers alone were concerned in the exposure and casti gation of the Catholic Priest, who had rendered himself obnoxious by his writings, but that the common so-ldiers took no part in it. Perfect tranquillity had been restored, on the assurance of the Governor that he would institute an im mediate inquiry into the affair. The Gibraltar Chronicle, of the 23d, contains a letter from Murcia, of the 3d ult., which mentions that a great number of arrests had taken place between the 19th and 22d of the previous month.--(lbid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We understand there is a Buenos Ayres Ga zette in town, containing an official Correspond ence between the United States Agent there, and M. Ribadavia, who at present stands at the head of the La Plata Government, in which the for mer asks the question, whether, in case the Wash ington Governments should acknowledge the In dependence of the South American Governments first, and previous to any of the European Powers, any privileges or preferences would be shewn them in the way of trade ? M. Ribadavia is said to have returned a most energetic answer, stating, that the long delayed formal acknowledgment of their independence was now no longer essential to their political existence, as de facto they al ready possessed it, with all its essential benefits, and were strong enough to continue to do so; adding, that they should at any time be glad to e.nter into friendly relations with all Foreign Powers ; but, as far as he was concerned, he would take care this should not be done in the way of a bargain. [THE TlmEs.l A Mail arrived yesterday from Constantinople with letters to the 12th ult. They are not later in date than the advices roceived by way of Odessa; but, being from better sources, they contain some additional information. Another note was prese►►ted to the Divan on the 10th by the Austrian, English, and French Ambassadors, in conjunction, calling on them to order the imme diate evacuation of the principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) by the Turkish armies, as the only mode of avoiding hostilities. No answer to thiS had been returned on the 11th, when the letters left Constantinople. From this fact it is reasonable to conclude, were there no other evidence on the same subject, that nothing had been previously done by the Porte to produce, as it has been alleged, a rup ture of the negociations, or to render desperate the hopes of peace. A sense of their own dig nity. would, in either of the above cases, have • prevented the great Courts alluded to from ten -•d.eritag a note, which must of necessity have proved fruitless. What decision might be ulti mately taken by the Turkish Cabinet, was held to be matter of considerable doubt. They do not admit, on their part, as we understand, the violation of any treaties by which the inter ference of Russia in their affairs can at all be jus tified. It is believed, at all events, that they - wilt not withdraw the armies, until the insur rections in Moldavia and Wallachia shall have • been completely suppressed : but it is clearly ascertained that the Turks will not be the first to commence hostilities. Conceiving that they have right on their side, they will assume a defen sive position, and leave to Russia the first act of aggression. [NEW TIMES.] • Consols fluctuated considerably in the course of yesterday, but the ultimate result was a very trifling variation, the opening price having been 78, 1 - for the Account, and the closing price 78.1; at different periods in the course of the day they had. been at 79, and at 78L-. The depression was ascribed to an idle rumour of great distur bances among the Janissaries at Constantinople ; but we are inclined to believe it was owing to the more solid cause of some considerable sales, • which must always produce a momentary damp on the market. The adviCes from all parts leave the question of peace or war between Russia and Turkey exactly where it was. Letters have been • received from Constantinople to the 11th ult., - from St. Petersburgh to the 22d, and from Odessa to the 19th. The accounts from Vienna are to the• Ist instant, and the Dutch Papers contain a letter, or pretended letter, from Ancona, of the 22d ultimo. The Constan tinople letters are the most important, inas much as they state positively that diplomatic communications were still going on between the European Ministers and the Divan, relative to the differences with Russia. A conference of the Chris - tian Ambassadors was held, it is said, on the 10th of March, and the result was a joint note, which they delivered into the "Divan on the 11th. Of course the lapse of time had not been sufficient for an answer. The Turkish Government had re commenced its purchases of corn, but from this no inference could be drawn, because a supply was necessary to meet the wants of the capital. The Odessa letters are more taken up with the municipal regulations of their own Government than with any apprehensions of war; they are filled with lamentations on the too probable re straints about to be imposed on the freedom of their port. By the St. Petersburgh letters we learn, that the news of Ali Pacha's decapitation had been received there ; but no other political event is touched upon. The Exchange was a small degree better. [MORNING POST.] A considerable sensation has been excited dur ing the last week throughout the county of Mid dlesex by the sudden resignation, and as sudden disappeirance, of the late Treasurer, who, it is, currently stated, has, from some accidental cir cumstance, become a defaulter to the amount of from eighteen to twenty thousand pounds. In quiries have been made by the officers of diffe rent parishes, who are particularly interested in the affair, as all deficiencies must be made good out of the poors' rate, as to the real state of the case ; but hitherto without any bene ficial result. They can neither learn what is the actual amount of default, or whether there are any, and what available securities by which that default may be liquidated. It is confi dently rumoured that some of the Gentlemen, who had signed a bond as securities for the due performance of the office of the late Treasurer, have long since obtained access to that instru ment, and removed their seals, thereby render ing it altogether nugatory, and thus subjecting the county to the full extent of the loss. We trust the independent part of the Magistrates of the county will examine, with a jealous eye, every thing connected with the subject at the approaching Sessions ; and that they will not hesitate, not alone to expose those from whose negligence the present mischief has arisen, hut adopt such measures as may prevent the recurrence of similar abusies in future. A Meeting of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the different parishes in the county was held yesterday, to take into consideration the irregularities in collecting and accounting for the County Rates. There are no less than eight Candidates for the vacant office. [BRITISH PRESS.] There are at present three Bills pending in the House of Commons, having for their object the simplification of our system of laws relating to the navigation and commerce of the Empire. The first of these Bills repeals an immense number 4 C of ancient Statutes and parts of Statutes, so far as they relate to the importation and exportation of goods and merchandise from and to foreign countries." The extent of the repeal 'provided for by this Bill may be conceived from the circumstance, that the Bill, which is limited to the simple declaration of repealing Statutes of which tile titles alone are briefly mentioned, contains no less than 34 folio pages. The preamble recites that various Statutes regulating and restricting the importation and ex portation of goods and merchandize made and pass ed at various times before the twelfth year of the reign of Charles 11. remain unrepealed, although the same are inconsistent with, or are rendered unnecessary 11y, Acts passed since that period ; and as doubts may be entertained how far the said statutes may be in force, it is deemed expe dient, for preventing all future difficulties and in convenience, that they should be expressly repeal ed. In looking through these statutes that are now to be expressly repealed, it is impossible not to feel some degree of surprise at the changes which public opinion seems to have undergone at vari ous periods upon matters Which were at all times deeply important to tine general welfare of the community. Trade undoubtedly occupied at an early period of our history a large share of such attention as our Kings and Parliaments were capable of bestowing upon it ; and notwithstand ing the singular perversity which seems occasion ally to have governed their counsels, and the wonderful changes that have taken place in the prevailing sentiments, no one can doubt that in every measure adopted by the united wisdom of the Legislature, the public good was really the object pursued. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE DIVIDENDS.' May 18, R. Perkins, Lymington, grocer—April 27, A. Keating, Strand, silversmith—May 4, R. Lincoln, St. James's. street, hatter—May 4, S. P. Seager, Maidstone, dealer—May. 4, W. Elgat, Maidstone, grocer—April 16, J. Cary, Raquet court, Fleet-street, merchant—May 4, T. and E. S. Foster, Yalding, Kent, maltsters—May 9, T. Butt, Southampton, shoemaker—May 8, J. W. Smith and T. Townley, Manches ter, cotton-spinners—April 27, J. Adlington, Tottenham, builder—May 21, W. Wilson, Shadwell, master-mariner— May 8, W. and J. Durkin, Southampton, ship-builders—May 7, w. Cole, Sinnington, Yorkshire, farmer—May 4, J. Willis, Wardoar-street, coach-maker—May 18, P. Atkinson, Rath bone-place, Oxford-street, haberdasher—May 11, P. Hillary, Mark-lane, wine-merchant. CERTIFICATES—MAY 4. G. and J. M. Gilchrist, Liverpool, merchants—j. Taylor, Frant, Sussex, shopkeeper—W. Stead, Thrum-hall, York shire, merchant--H. Wigfall, Sheffield, file-maker—R. Sea ton, Wentbridge, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner—J. Righton, Cha pel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, dealer--J. Sheppard, Gains borough, corn-factor--J. Thompson, Carlisle, manufacturer— J. Gibson, South-street, Finsbury-square, merchant—F. Dore, Berkeley-square, auctioneer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ . T. Wright aniiE. Barnes, Poultry, cheesemongers--J. Hay ward and G. Turney, Mile-end-road, floor-cloth manufacturers —J. R. Browne and H. Collier, Carmarthen-street, Tottenham court-road, statuary manufacturers—C., R. C:, and C. Brigs, Kingston-upon-Hull, brokers, as far as respects C. Briggs, jun. —F. Baisler and D. Napier, Lloyd's-court, Crown-strut, St. Giles's, engineers—S. T. Cole, G. Francis, and J. Back, Twickenham, brewers—S. Henry and W. Crompton, Bolton le-moors, bleachers—T. and J. Young, Bolton-le-moors, corn dealers—C. and C. Roberts, High Holborn ' maltsters—W. Beer and W. Fish, Maidstone, common brewers—J. and E. A. Fordham, and G. E. INlarsden, Lewisham, brewers—T. Izon, T. Scott, and I. Hands, jun. Birmingham, cast brass-founders F. Smith, and I. Barker, Newcastle.upon-Tyne, linen drapers—B. and J. Holroyd, Staniland, Yorkshire, clothiers-- J. Eadon and S. Skidmore, Sheffield, cabinet-case-manufactu rers—T. Smith and W. Potton, South Ockendisks Essex, shop keepers—F. and F. Fisher, Bristol, merchants—T. and M. Metcalfe, High Holborn, linendrapers—J. Wright and T. Wakeman, Fleet-market, stationers—G. M. Linthorne and P. D. Nursey, Water-lane, Lower Thames-street, ship-brokers— M. .Piper and S. Thomas, Cookley-mill, Worcestershire, millers. - A few days since was found near Boscarne, in the parish of Bodmin, a gold fish-hook, size No. 3, in the bed of an old river, where some men were working for tin ; and not far from the same spot were taken up. several. Roman coins of the reigns of Vespasian and some of the. later Emperors, &c. The whole are in the possession of Robert Flamank, Esq. of Bodmin, the land-owner. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—MONDAY, APRIL 15. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat this day for the first time since Easter, to hear the further arguments of Counsel in the cause of Cox v. Cox, which has already been before the Cour t on several former occasions. The question to be decided was the proper construction of a will ; but there was nothing in the circumstances of the case which would render a report of the proceedings interesting to the general reader. The Court did not continue sitting later than 1 o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 15. FABER V. BARCLAY AND ANOTHER. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is a merchant in London, and whose father had been a banker a Paris, sought to recover compensation in damage' from the defendants, who are also merchants in this city, for having caused him to be arrested and confined in the King's Bench prison during a period of six months, for a debt of 8001., when he only owed them 2001., which it was all that time in his power to have paid them ; and which they finally accepted upon his paying it into Court, and discharged the plaintiff. The several transactions connected with the cause of action which took place between the plaintiff and the defendants, and also between him and a Parisian house, Thurette and Co., were specially set forth in the declaration; and the plaintiff's arrest at Dover, and the various proceedings which took place up to the period of his discharge, were proved ; but it appear ing that his arrest was at thq,suit of Thurette and Co., and his counsel not being able to Wing home the approbation or know ledge of it to the defendants, the plaintiff was nonsuited. RIIADER AND ANOTHER V. ELLIS. In this case the plaintiffs, merchants residing at Amsterdam, claimed the price of 57 puncheons of geneva,which the defendant refused to ay upon the ground that Mr. Dtenbrockenkhed, the plaintiff's factor, to whom they consigned the gin, becom ing embarrassed before its arrival, received advances upon it from the defendant; in whose name it was therefore put into the London-docks ; and the factor failing subsequently, the defendant kept possession of the goods in lieu of what the for mer owed him. But the property having evidently come into the possession of the defendant in the nature of a pledge, and a factor being unable, rn point of law, to pledge, although he may sell, the goods of his principal, the Jury, under the direc tion of his Lordship, found a verdict fur the plaintiffs— Damages 5231. MICHESON V. ALCOCK, EXECUTOR OF DARDY, DECEASED. Mr. GURNEY stated, that this was an action in which Mr. Micheson, who had been married to the testator's daughter, sought to recover the amount of a promissory note for 5001. which he had presented to him shortly before his death, in ful filment of several promises which he (the testator) had made to him at various times, of doing something for him, to make amends for having given him little or nothing with his wife. In an ordinary case, it would be sufficient for him (Mr. Gurney) to prove the hand-writinr , of the signature to the note, and then I sit down ; but as he understood that the defence intended to be sst up against this demand involved a charge against the plain tiff of a the and criminal nature—namely, that he had actually forged the instrument in question—he (Mr. Gurney) should call a host of witnesses who would prove, not only the identity of the hand-writing on the note, but the testator's frequent de clarations of his favourable intentions towards the plaintiff; and such other circumstances as would place the matter beyond a doubt. Indeed, it was impossible to suppose, that if the plain tiff was conscious of the commission of such an offence as this imputed to him, he would be rash enough, after having been given to understand that this defence was intended to be made, to incur the risk of coming into Court, and subjecting his case to the investigation of a Jury. Robert Duke was then sworn, and stated that he knew the testator James Hardy. He lived at Gateshead, near Newcastle upon-Tyne,, and died in December, 1820.. The • witness had often seen him write r and believed the signature to the note now handed to him to be his hand-writing. On his cross-examination he said he was a builder, and had been a bankrupt above three years ago. He knew the plaintiff 20 years ago. Ile never said he saw the testator's name on a blank stamp in the plaintiff's possession. He has heard of the plaintiff's being in prison. He was on the Jury which ac quitted him ; but could not state how long ago. Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, an attorney, who drew a codicil to a former will of the testator's, believed the signature to the note in question to be his hand-writing. John Jackson also swore, that he believed the signature to be genuine, and that he heard the testator declare that he wculd do something for his son-in-law. On his cross-examination he stated that he was in difficulties at the time that the trial was formerly expected to come on, " from lawyers and those kinds of things." Robert Francis's evidence was to the same effect with that of the preceding witness. He was, as he stated on his cross-exa mination, only once in :prison for five days, most unjustly, about a fortnight ago ; and became a bankrupt about six months before. Dawson also spoke to the identity of the signature; and stated that he, too, had been a bankrupt. The plaintiff's case here closed, and Mr. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the defendant. After commenting upon the evidence on the other side, he said he should be able to show that it was utterly impossible the note could have been signed by the testator. He was taken ill in September, and continued to grow worse until the day on which he died. The note was dated on the 16th of December, and he (Mr. Scarlett) should be able to shew that, at that time, the testator's hands were so swelled and paraliied, that he could not possibly hold a pen ; and that during his illness, and for some time before, he could never see Micheson without expe riencing the greatest irritation of mind; for that he (Micheson) had made away with a great part of his money; the present not being the first occasion on which he attempted those kinds of practices against his father-in-law's property. In conclusion, Mr. Searlett observed, that he would produce evi dence as would satisfy the Jury that the plaintiff had been too long at large. Mr. Abraham Dawson, solicitor, knew the testator ever since 1810. The signature in ytestion was nothing like his hand writing. Two or three of the letters might have some resem blance to his, but the name altogether had not his character of writing. It was much too free. He saw the testator write his name three months before his death, and it was hardly intelli gible. The plaintiff, upon that occasion, having been arrested by his present attorrues, applied to witness to put in bail for him, which witness refused to do without an understanding for him from his father-in-law, which the latter at length consent ed to give. It was then that he saw him write his name, which was merely scrawled. Mr. Brofield, another solicitor, and Ed. Charleton, clerk to the defendant's attorney, who had frequently seen the testator write, were quite satisfied the signature to this note was not in his hand-writing. Elizabeth Keely, daughter to the testator, having released her claim under the will to the executor, stated that her father was 82 years of age when he died. Ile was taken ill in Sep tember' and before his death his hands became very much swelled. They were so before December ; and he lost the use of three fingers of his right hand altogether. Her sister, Mrs. Micheson, had died four years before. Her father had not beeit on good terms before his death with the plaintiff. Wit ness's sister, Mrs. Thomson, or herself, was always at his bed side during his illness. He could not have signed the note un known to one or other of them. That signature was not her father's hand-writing. He never could write so well as that in all his life. The plaintiff came to see him before his death, but her father did not like his visits at all. Jane Thompson, the testator's other daughter, corroborated the preceding witness's testimony. Mr. Binns, solicitor, drew the testator's will on the 10th of Sept. He told him that he already had a will in his drawer, with which he was dissatisfied, because Nlicheson's name was in it; and he therefore wished to make a fresh one. The signa ture to the present note is not his hand-writing. It is a much firmer hand than he ever wrote. Here the Jury interposed, to state that they were unanimous ly agreed upon their decision. The LonD CHIEF JUSTICE reminded them that they had not heard the plaintiff's Counsel in reply. Mr. G on. NIA' said, that after what had fallen from the Jury, he could not expect that any thing which he could say 'could have any effect towards shaking their opinion. He should therefore submit to a nonsuit. The Loan CIIIEF JUSTICE.—I believe it is easy to say what is the opinion of every person in Court upon the subject. The plaintiff was then called. Mr. SCAItLETT applied to his Lordship to impound the note. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE thought that he could not well do so, as the Jury's decision had not been pronounced upon it. His Lordship, however, directed the associate to endorse upon it that it had been produced and read upon the trial of this cause, which was accordingly done. A dreadful accident happened on Sunday morning, in the neighbourhood of Sutton. A man of the name of Flinders, with two other persons, all of Sutton, had gone out poaching, and in a close near Mr. Tunderdine's brick-yard, Flinders cocked his short gun to shoot a hare which he saw ' • at this moment' a gentleman on horseback came in sight, and he thrust the gun under his smock.frock for concealment, with the muzzle pointing upwards. It by softie means in a few moments went off, and lodging the contents in his head, killed . him upon the spot. LONDON SESSIONS. BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A YOUNG FEMALE. Ye;terday Win. Head, who is in the service of a horse dealer, named Joseph Tapley, of Croydon and Aldersgate street, was tried upon an indictment charging him with having beaten and attempted to expose the person of a very interesting young woman named Harriet Harding. In opening the case Mr. ANDREWS said, he hoped, for the sake of human nature, that the statement he had to make would be contradicted to the satisfadion of the Jury, for he did not suppose there was upon earth a brute in the shape of a man who could have acted as the person at the bar was said to have condneted himself towards an unprotected female. Mr. An drews then stated the following circumstances, which were fully borne out in evidence : Haniet Harding, 22 years of age, lived with Tapley, the horse-dealer, 7 years, and had by him four children, all of whom died except the youngest, an infant two months old. For some cause not stated upon the trial, Tapley thought proper to de sert this young woman, but allowed ss. a week for the support of the child. Harriet Harding, in her anxiety to see the father of her child after her illness, went,accompanied by a Mrs. Scales, a widow, to his yard with the child. Upon entering the yard, Head presented himself to her, and asked what she wanted there. She replied that she wanted not him, but the father of the child. Tapley was in the yard at the time, and Head pointed to him and said " There is Joe." Tapley then approached and desit ed Head to say what she had invited him to do, upon which Head said "She wanted me to sleep with her." The prosecutrix, when she heard this infamous and false imputation, called Head " a pimp and a swindler," and reproached him with the services she had rendered him when he first came into the service of Tapley in a deplorable condition. Head, without any ceremony, struck her with his fist in the face, and then beat her with a stick about the neck and back, Tapley all the time be ing a spectator of-the scene, and having called upon Head to expose her person and whip her like a child. Head prepared himself for this exercise, in conformity with his master's com mands, and but for the interference of Nlrs. Scales, would have accomplished his object in the presence of a number of little boys who were collected in the yard. Finding himself disap pointed in this aim, he beat the poor young woman from one end of the yard to the other, and as soon as he reached the street entrance, he dashed her into the street, and she fell almost senseless against the steps of a hall-door. Head having per formed this manly feat ran off. The poor girl had been con fined with her child at the time the fellow said she asked him to go to bed to her. The RECORDER here expressed his surprise that Tapley had not been included in the indictment. Upon a cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution by Mr. AnABIN , _ the strongest assurances were given that no provocation had been given besides the epithets applied to Head. Mr. AstAaTN said, upon the part of the defence, that if his instructions were correct, he could prove the whole story to be a fabrication. If, however, the facts could not be contradicted, he was ready to admit that the case was as bad a one as ever ap peared in a Court of Jusice. The wife of Tapley's groom was then called, but instead of contradicting the circumstances that had been sworn to, she, so far as she was evidence, corroborated the testimony for the prosecution. She heard Head say " that Harriet Harding wanted him to sleep with her," and saw him push her against the wall. Mr. ArrnnEws merely said, in commenting upon the evi dence for the defence, that it proved the truth of the charge, and asked why Tapley, who had been in Court in the morning, and could have served Head if the evidence for the prosecution was false, had withdrawn himself. Head requested to be heard. The RECORDER advised him to be guided by his Counsel. Head was unwilling to be so guided. The RECORDER told him he might proceed. Head then said that poison had been found which Harriet Harding had set for him. The Jury instantly found him Guilty ; and he was sentenc , ed to imprisonment in the Giltspur-street Compter for six ca• lendar months. The following is a statement of the prisoners for trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions, with the nature of their offences : Middlesex. London. 1 0 9 3 8 0 Muller - Burglary - Highway Robbery Housebreaking - - Stealing in a Dwelling-house Embezzlements - Receiving Stolen Goods - 3 0 Bigamy - . - 3 0 Larcenies - 149 23 Uttering Counterfeit Money - 2 0 Stealing from the Person - 21 4 Fraud - - . - 0 1 *Publishing Blasphemous Works 0 1 Forgery - - - 0 1 Rape - - - . 1 0 Horse Stealing - - 2 0 Maliciously Stabbing - - 2 0 Uttering Forged Bank. Notes . 1 0 1 1 9 1 5 1 Total 217 36-253 ~1 .U' YOUNG WATSON. ( Extract of a Letter from Baltimore February 22.) " You may remember my telling you f had seen the famous \VAT soi•T, the Spa-fields leader, at Nashville, Tennessee. The subsequent history of this unfortunate young man shall fill my sheet, as I have no private business worth communicating. In the fall of 1820, Watson married Miss Mary Poyzer, a most amiable girl, eldest daughter of an English Gentleman of that name, who aided Watson in his escape, paid his passage, and accompanied him to the United States, whither he was then going to take possession of a large property left him by a brother at Nashville. Watson accompanied the family of Poyzer terNashville, and got a situation in a druggist's store. Mr. P. discovering in Vatson a partiality for his daughter, and this not being agreeable to him, had discharged him from his house at the time I was in that country ; but the affections of the daughter had been engaged, and she eloped with Wat son, and was married to him. The father would not permit either to enter his house. The seeds of dissipation were too deeply rooted in Watson to permit him to 'remain steady ; he became an habitual drunkard, ill-treated his wife, and turned her out of doors. The father, moved with compassion at the help less situation of his daughter, took her home again. In crder to procure the means of dissipation, Watson had recourse to stealing, store and house-breaking, &c. At last he was detect ed, and in December last stood his trial at the Criminal Court in Nashville. He was indicted on two charges :-Ist, store breaking and robbery-2d, robbing the Rev. Mr. Hume's dwelling of sundry articles of clothing, &c. When the Judge inquired if he had any thing to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, Watson rose and made such a powerful appeal to the feelings, as filled the whole Court with tears ; even the Lawyers wept aloud. Separate sentences were pro nounced on each offence ; for the first offence, to be hanged till dead, dead, on the Bth of February (this present month) ; for the second to be branded and cropt. (If the first sentence be put in execution, the criminal will be tolerably independent of the second.) Mr. —, who was present on the trial, tells me application has since been made to the Governor for a re prieve, but it was not granted. The Nashville Papers subse quent to the Bth have not yet arrived here ; no doubt they will contain an account of the execution.—(Glasgow Herald.) SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION. April 8, Robert Stewart, cattle-dealer, Blairtamock, parish of Campsie, Stirling—Creditors meet in the Lyceum Rooms, Glasgow, 19th April and 10th May, at 2. • EXAMINATIONS, DIVIDENDS, &C. Alex. Macgregor, merchant, Dingwall, to be examined in Mackenzie's inn there, 24th April and 13th May, at 12. Creditors of George Sinclair, merchant, Stromness, meet in the office of John Fleet, writer, Kirkwall, 20th April, at 12. Creditors of Thomas Murdoch, woollen-draper, Falkirk, meet in the Coffeehouse, Stirling, 30th April, at 12. Creditors of Thomas Ritchie, cattle-dealer, Glenahurrich, near Strontian, meet in the office of John Campbell, jun. writer, Inverary, 24th May. Creditors of Muirs and Crombie, paper-manufacturers, Netherlee, will receive a dividend from the trustee, 25th May. States of the affairs of John Smart, merchant and insurance broker, Leith, lie with the trustee—No dividend. Charleg Fyfe and Co. merchants, Aberdeen, have applied for a discharge. We understand that a meeting of county gentlemen will take place at the Grand Jury Room on Wednesday next, to consider the steps necessary to be taken, in order to introduce ' Banks on the Scotch principle of Local Stock CoMpanies into this county.—( Durham Advertiser, April 13.) The weather, since our last, has been extremely boister ous, accompanied almost daily , with hail or snow, which has tended to check vegetation, previously, perhaps, in too forward a state.--( 1 EXTRAORDII4ARY TURNIP.—A white globe turnip was pulled on the farm at Craufurd Priory, Fife, weighing twenty one pounds eight ounces, and which measured in length eighteen and a half inches; in circumference thirty-two and a half inches.=-011 the same farm in January last, a large brood of chickens was broughrout in the open air, and are now ready for the table.--(Cupar Herald.) LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. The highest price pf the best Wheaten Bread throughout he Metropolis, is stated by the principal Bakers to be 9pl. he Quartern . Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern Loaf, rum one penny to two pence lowcr. lb. oz. lb.oz. Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 I Quartern Loaf to weigh 4 .5f Half ditto.. ditto .... 81 I Half Quartero ditto .. 221 IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign. V h eat 5,752 600 1.192 Barley - 2,250 Malt Oats Rye lO2 -,- 410 Beaus Peas Tares Rapeseed Mustard Seeds... Flour Brank Linseed. i 5 200 5,878 223 3,410 SEEDS, April 15. Red Clover (Foreign)..2ss 40s—fie, 48s 56s —s per cwt. Ditto English R. 24s 36s—fine new, 48s 54s 36s White ditto 3os 46s—fine, 62s 64s Rye-Grass ... lls to 24s per qr. Turnip Seeds. —s Od 32s to 463 pr. bush. White Mustard Seed Bs to lOs 6d Brown ditto lOs to Iss 6 ( 1 Red and Green ... —s Od to —s Od Carraway Seeds 563 to 65s—fine, 67s Coriander do Cinque Foil) 34s to 36s—fine —s per qr. Trefoil Ribgrass ... ... .28s 343—fine, 42s 43s Canary per qr s 38s to 42s Od per qr. Linseed 4Bs 52s—fine, 54s 56s per qr. Rape Seed Winter Tares 26s to 30s Od Per yr. • rtuut; (Le HUI'S, per Cwt. Apt il 13. Pockets. I ' Bags. 1 Kent ..31 Os a3l IGs a5l Os Kent —2l 16s a3l IGs a4l 15s Sussex., 2i 14s a3l3s a 3i lOs Sussex 21 Ss a2l 16i a3l 3s Essex ..21 18s a3l lOs a4l 4s Essex.. 21 lOs a3l lOs a4l Os FArialiani, tine, GI to 101 Os—Seconds, 41 Os to 71 7s sMit fink:Ll) MARK r. 1. .—tiprii 15. (To sink the Offal—per Stone of 811)s.) Beef 2s 2d to 3s tid 1 Veal Mutton .... 2s 4d to 3s 4d j Pork 2s od to 4s Od Lamb 6s od to 3s Od HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAY. Beasts 2,339 I Cal ves Sheep 20,830 1 Pigs 240 NEIVGATE AND LEAI)ENHALL NIA.K.KETS. By the Carcase. Beef Is 8d to 2s 8d 1 Veal 2s Od t o 4s O d Mutton .......is Oil to 2s Sd 1 Pork c2s Od to 3s ad Lamb, 5s 5d to 7s Od. ST. JAMES'S HAY MAItEET, April 13. Hay.... 31 Os Od to 41 4s Od j Clint r, 31 as to 41 8s Straw.. II 7s Od to II 17 $ 6d 1 SMITHFIELD. Hay Straw Clover 31 lOs Oil to 41 los Od--Average, 41 Os Od WHITECHAPEL. Hay 3l 8s Od to 41 Os Od---Average, 41 6s Od New ditto Ol Os Od to 01 Os Od-Average, 01 Od Straw Clover 4l Os Od to 51 Os Od-Average, 41 lOs Od RAW IDES. Best Heifers & Steers, perst.ordinary .... 2s Od to 2s 4J 23 10d to 3s Od Market Calf .. each.. lOs Od Middlings ... 2s 6d to 23 84 Eng. Horse Os Od to Os Od SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 56Ibs each per lb 18d to 91d Ditto, sri to 66Ibs each i9.d to .24d Dressing Hides 17d to 18d Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting ..17d to 1W Ditto .... 45 to 50Ibs Calf Skins..Zo to 401bs o.td to 27d Ditto 50 to 701bs 26d to 33t1 Ditto 7O to aOlbs 24d to 27d Small Seals (Greenland) lad to --d Large ditto Tanned Horse Hides isd to 17d Spanish Horse Hides PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. pin 1121 b. Town Tallow 44s Od —s od I Yellow Soap sas Yellow Russia 43s Od 44s Od 1 Mottled 905 White ditto .. 43s od —s Od Curd , -98 s Soap ditto.... 40s Od —s Od Graves Melting Stuff 36s ad —s ad Good Dregs is Ditto Rough.. 23s Od —s od PRICE OF CANDLES, FRO: Price of Candles, per dozes 6d per dozen allows _____ M TALLOW CHANDLER'S HA LL. n, 9s 6(1---Moolds, lls Od. ad for ready money. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Ston e o f 81b.—April 12._ Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow letters), is 5d COUNTRY GUILDFORD MA Wheat per I. 01 03 to 01 OS New Wheat .. 710 s to 151 Os Oats, per qr... 01 15s to 11 5s New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os MARKET. RKET, April 13. Barley, new, 01 I6stoll 15 Beans, per qr.ll Os to 11 !Os Pease, per qr. 11 3s to 11 Bs Rye, per qr. 01 Os to 01 Os COAL MARKET, April 15. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 17 Newcastle 9i Sunderland 0 Cinders Yesterday an examination took place at Bow street, on a charge preferred by Mr. Thomas Reed, of High street, Hampstead, against his own son, for stealing in his dwell ing-house, 25 sovereigns, 2 guineas, and one 7s. pi ece , w ith gold and slver to the amount of 81.—On Sunday morning, about one o'clock, the prosecutor returned to his house from church, and to his surprise found that his parlour door was forced open, his writing-desk forced, and the above-mentioned property stolen. The prosecutor had ho idea of his son committing so base an action, and was at a loss who to suspect, when, about 4 o'clock, Butten, one of the patrole, belonging to the office, came to him, . with 23 sovereigns, one guinea, one 7s. piece, and a quantity of silver to the amount he had lost, tied up, and sealed in a parcel. Samuel Pearles, of Crotchett's-court, High-street, Hampstead, labourer, on Sunday saw the prisoner in Flask-walk, Hamr• stead, who asked him if he wanted any money, as he had'got plenty. 'Witness said yes, and prisoner offered him a soverein 4 Witness suspecting something, declined accepting it, but said he would take a shilling. Prisoner then gave him a crown piece, and pulled out of his pocket a quantity of gold and silver, and told witness that he had broken open his Lther's till, and had stolen it. Witness then acquainted several persons of it, a nd ascertained that the prisoner's father had been robbed. lie traced him on one of the Hampstead stages to Pancras, and there detained him, and at that time Butten came up and took him into custody. Butten deposed as to the finding of the pro perty on the prisoner, who was fully committed to Newgate. BIRTHS. On Saturday last, the 13th inst., in Baker-street, the Lady of Wm. James, Esq., 111. P., of a son. On Sunday, the 14th instant, Mrs. James Graham, of Fins bury, of a son, her sixth child. MARRIED. On the 13th instant, Mr. James Hearn, of Stratfordireen, to Jane Mary Wissett, eldest daughter of William Simons, Esq., of Haydon-square. On Monday last, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. Wil• Liam Eskrigg, of Walworth, son of the late Rev. Anthony Esk— rigg, Rectur of Addlesthorpe, and Vicar of Solesby, in the county of Lincoln, to Ann, eldest daughter of James Western, Broadway, Westminster. DIED. On the 15th inst., aged four years, Charles John Slade Ash' youngest son of Mr. John Ash, of Pentonville Academy, Cum' ming-street. At Croydon, on Sunday evening last., Richard Bush, Estl'l aged 84 years. At Aix, in Provence, on the .44th ult., Roderick Norman Macleod, Esq., 78th Regiment. At Moffat, on the 9th inst., Thomas Wilson, Esq. late writer in Edinburgh, aged 79 years. Printed and Pnblished for the PROPRIETORS, at the SVI' Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAUSTAIIIS. 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