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TIIE LONDON . JOURNALS. SIITRACTS FROM TILE DAILY MORNING FAFER.S, SePtember 6, 1822. [MORNING POST. EXpress arrived last night from Paris, by which,.however, we have only received the Quo tidienne of the 3d'instant. This is rather an ex traordinary circumstance, and coupled with the astertion of the Constitutionnel, some days agoy that the French Authorities threw every possible impediment in the way of its circulation and of its receiving intelligence, would appear the effect of intention rather than - that of accident. It was the Constitutionnel that gave the details of the affair at Nantes, which had been sup pressed in part by the Quothlienne, and colou6- ed as suited its politics. It may, therefore, have incurred fresh displeasure, or else have been purpOselydelayed,.in order to allow time for the I.lltras to anticipate and defeat any impression which its contents might make in foreign coun tries, were they permitted to circulate without a previous antidote. However this may be, the readers of the Quotidienne run no danger of being surfeited with information. It scarcely contains any intelligence, and what it furnishes relates chiefly Spain, and is not of a later date than that which we published yesterday. It states that the ground on which permission had been refused to the King to go to Sacedon, was the Want of troops to supply him with a sufficient escort, all the disposable force having been sent against the rebels. It also says that changes were going to take place in the various Spanish Errbassies, and that General Zarco del Valle had been appointed Spanish Minister at our Court, I: E ATTISH. muss.] The Paris Papers of Monday have arrived in du"" course at our office. We find in the Arai de Oiaile a version of the tumults at Nantes, very different from that which we extracted yesterday from a/Ministerial Paris Journal. We_ were by that statement taught to believe that a seditious tumult had. arisen-in Nantes, excited solely by the spirit of Carbonarism, which seeks - to. destroy the whole fabric of social order, and that in this tumult the cry of " Napoleon 11. !" was heard. We ridiculed the story as a fabrication, and we now find that we were perfectly right in refusing credit ,to so suspicious an account.— Our readers will find under the head of " Paris Papers" an address to the Mayor of Nantes,—(scc THE SUN of yesterday)—signed by 165 inhabitants of the town,- representing: the very atrocious conduct of an Officer of the Swiss Guards stationed in _Nantes,. who deliberately caused his troops to charge twice upon the un armed multitude, solely on account of some dis pleasure excited in his mind by the remon strances of a merchant at his cruelty towards a person whom he was dragging to custody. This ruffian was coolly proceeding to command his troops to load, for the purpose of firing upon the people, when complaint was made to the proper authorities, and means were adopted to prevent further mischief. These are the facts of the case, as they are detailed ina solemn act of several re spectable merchants and other inhabitants of Nantes, and they are as little calculated to jus tify the impression sought to be cieated by the first account as. can well be imagined.- [MORNING HERALD.]: it is difficult to conceive why. the restored-Go vernment of France has so obstinately persisted in maintaining Swiss regiments, in opposition-to the universal feeling. of the French people. We remember,. that in an ably and calmly written expose, of the causes which led to the short reign of Buonaparte, after his return from Elba, this ineasure was reckoned as one—and ever since we receive accounts in the- French papers of the quarrels and animosities , between the Swiss soldiers and the French, both civil and military —not only exciting the popular passions in Paris, and in the departments, but seriously disturbing the public peace,•and ending in scenes of blood shed. We mentioned, -yesterday, the occurrence at Nantes, and the evidence borne by. oue hundred and fifty of the inhabitants, and indeed by the public authorities themselves, to the intemperate conduct of the Swiss troops. Thts, however, is rather tke.fault oc the position in which they. are placed, than their's personally. Conscious that they are surrounded by public hatred—at least public pre judice—liable to frequent insults being offered them, they behave naturally with more passion and violence than otherwise. But why is it that this perpetual firebrand is-maintained ? They are no security to the French Throne,. if unhappily, k were in peril. The hundred Swiss Guards in the Place du Carousal, and the few bat talions scattered through France, are a scarcely, perceptible fraction of the military establish ment. The , truth then seems to be, that they have been-recalled through mere vanity- as an appendage of the old regime. This was na tural and befitting Louis XIV., a vain despot, who was flattered by beholding foreign uniforms in his train. But why Louis 34111., who cer tainly does not estimate Royalty merely by its plpmagei and who has frankly adopted the limi tation of the French Monarchy; by a Constitu tional Charter, affronts the prejudices and ex poses the tranquillity of his subjects, as well as the attachment of the people to his Government, is somewhat difficult to be comprehended. [NEW TIMES.] The seeds of national degradation were sown in Greece mid) , the corruption of public opinion at Athens, when the greatest of Orators was unable to inspire the Athenian Liberals with spitit and energy to defend their free Constitu tion against the 13conaparte of his day. Hap- Pily for us, our modern Demosthenes (as Mr. Fox has often been styled) was equally unsuc cessful in urging our national prostration before the modern Philip ! Happily for us, public opinion in England was proof against all the poling and Whining of those abject writers, who tially.toiti us we could not resist the " Great Man,' : the ." Invincible Captain s " until their prophecies were silenced by our exhibiting their idol to thelb, a cleteated, degraded runavhiy aria captive-- A fixed figure for the hand of scorn To point his slow—lt/moving—finger at; The panegyrists of Napoleon the First, the partizans of Napoleon the Second; are now loud in exhorting us to take Alp arms for the Greeks. This is the first 'and least doubtful symptom of hollowness in the Greek cause. — But they make strong appeals to our feel ings ! they—the tender-hearted admirers of a monster who could shoot Twelve Hundred Pri soners in cold blood! These Gentlemen talk to us of slaughtering an unoffending population, and carrying off women and children into capti vity. Atrocious deeds, we grant—deeds, at which every Christian feeling revolts—deeds, not to be justified, not to be excused, not to be pal liated. But are they all on one side ? Have no murders been perpetrated, no cruelties been practised, by the Greeks ? 0 yes, abundantly. Just as murders and cruelties were practised by the Irish Whiteboys; just as the Carbonell' and Illuminati deal in assassination ; just as Robe spierre and Buonaparte slaughtered their pri soners by hundreds and thousands. But then the Greeks and the Whiteboys, and the Carbo nari and the Illuminati, and Robespierre and Buonaparte, were all Revolutionists. [THE TIMES.] There is a just and universal outcry against the new Marriage Act. Of a measure originally in troduced with good intentions, we certainly have never seen or heard of one so spoilt in its progress through, at least, one House of Parliament ; and at its emerging into light, so fitted to wound the feelings of those upon whom it immediately operates. It would perplex the most ingenious man living to devise one respectable motive for compelling young women to go before a Police Magistrate, to the risk of encountering the ribaldry of thieves and scoundrels lining the avenues of the office—and for what ? to swear to facts which might be ascertained with more clearness and se curity from third persons. Then, it is to be ob served that if the old law too much facilitated the annulling of marriages, and the bastardizing of inno cent offspring, the present Act errs as much in ano ther way, for it makes all marriages, no matter how solemnized, indissoluble. There are, it is true, certain forms prescribed, and certain acts enjoined, both by the parties about to intermarry and by the Clergyman ; but it is settled with exemplary care, that the absence of such acts, or the abuse of such forms, though it may subject the offenders to personal punishments limited under the statute, shall not invalidate the marriage ; although (ex. gr.) an affidavit is directed to be sworn by the persons about to contract marriage, ere their banns can be regularly published ; but the falsehood of that affidavit—or- its incompleteness in any particu lar—al though' capable of direct proof, shall not, after the consummation of the marriage, be suf fered to impair that contract. Deep artifice, on the part of a man without principle, or mere neg ligence on that of the Minister—to say nothing of possible collusion between them—may, there fore, establish as sacred and indissoluble a knot, which, under no circumstances, would parents or legislators wish to see maintained. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Great complaints are made by the lawyers of the rapid falling off in the business of the Courts;' it is probable that few will sympathise with their distress ; but, singular as it may appear, there is a mode of reconciling the interests of these gen tlerrten with the ends of justice, by means of either materially decreasing, or totally repealing, the heavy taxes on law proceedings. There are certain plausible cant phrases which have at some remote period had their foundation in something like truth,but which continue to be repeated and received as gospel long after they have been ut terly falsified by circumstances. Thus people talk of the doors of justice being open to all—a very well sounding assertion, highly flattering to na tional pride, but which Ilorne Tooke very happily exposed by retorting—" So are the doors of the London Tavern open to all, but you must pay very dear for what you get, and few can afford, to enter.". This is precisely the case with respect to our access to justice, the admission money for which, in the shape of stamps,has been considerably enhanced by the recent alterations in the currency. Were these taxes abolished, there would be more of those small actions,- the absence of which the lawyers so much lament—that is to say,-the poor man, if injured, would have the opportunity of suing for redress, and some chance of obtaining justice. As things now are, where a poor man's rights are concerned, the power of property is overwhelming-and scarcely to'be resisted. There are few acts of oppression that the rich may not commit in the security that the subject of them cannot afford redress. No matter how just his claim be—no matter how fragrant the injury, if he has not the money to• pay for a certain quantity of stamped parchment,. he must consent to submit and to suffer. Jus tice is a luxury placed beyond the reach of his purse. It is - nonsense to talk of these taxes' as checking a , litigious spirit ; that was not their in tention, and attorneys' bills of costs and coun sels' fees will always, left to themselves, be suffi cient to answer that purpose ; the sole object was to raise money,- and the means a matter of the most perfect indifference. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Cork Constitution.) Upon the probability of the Duke of WEL LINGTON representing England at the approaching Congress,. ] we pass no opinion—we merely dispute the truth and justice of the factious objections raised against his fitness. But we may go further, and insist upon his peculiar capacity for that very trust. No man is better acquainted with the tone and habit of every foreign cabinet than the' Duke of Wellington—no man is better informed in the respective policy of the Continental States—no man better understands the principles upon which tha existing relationships of the United Kingdom with the great European Powers are calculated—no man knows England's wants and England's rights (we use the term England comprehensively,) better than the Duke Of Wel- line - on—no than ever sheaved greater constancy, fidelity,' and masterly talents, while asserting those rights through the battles of years, and the victories won in many lands, than the Duke of Wellington—no man is more remarkable for patience under difficulties—for an easy disengaged manner in adverse circumstances—for more selflossession in all cases for an in tuitive perceiaion of what is critical and available—for greater sagacity and circumspection. Why, then, should such a man be incapable of the trust of executing his SoVereign's in structions among foreign diplomatists? Nor should it be for gotten, that it was to his deep and profound insight into things that Russia is indebted for her escape from the chains of her powerful and remorseless oppressor. It is a well known fact, that it was in consequence of pursuing the advice given by the Duke of Wellington that the Emperor Alexander is not at this day a vassal Sovereign to Bonaparte. 'We do not speak upon loose or conjectural ground's of this great man. We speak upon the authority of fact, and some knowledge of him, under circumstances not generally known, but peculiarly illustrative of his pre-eminent qualities. It was he who, when quartered in the barrack of this city, apparently a careless ob server of things, only a Lieut.-Colonel of the 33d regiment without office or responsibility, public or private—it was he, we say, who traced out through all its stratagems and concealments the organized treason that was on foot in the west of this country —it was he who shewed a learned and able servant of the Go= iernment, specially appointed to . inquire into the state of tha t quarter, the imposture that for a moment misled him—it was , he who; by proofs and demonstrations irrefragable, conducted that intelligent person to a just discernment of facts, and to as certain a distinct conception of the evil that was in prci gress. If any doubt this, 'we have only to observe, that we have the fact from the lips of him, who is, of al l men living, the least questionable witness to its truth.. While the Duke of Wellington held office in this country, the versatility of his talents, their strength and comprehensiveness, were often displayed, and in matters' of the most delicate and important policy.; and during that time—and we knew much of him —never, even in the most vexatious and embarraising duties of his troublesome office, was an objection to his tempe r breathed. It is only the malcontent scribblers of a slanderous faction that have dared to fabricate such an imputation. SPORTING , INTELLIGENCE, BETTING-ROOM, SEPT. DONCASTE 5:--STATE or THE ODDS, t ST. LEGER. 22 to 1 agst Bro. to Antonio 25 to I agst Marion 30 to I agst Theodore 30 to• 1 agst Pilgarlick: 7 to 4 agst Swap G to 1 agst Mandaye 8 to 1 agst Ajax lei to 1 agst Alarcellus 20 to V agst Gascoighe's c. roNTEFRACT GOLD CUP. 2to agst Euphrates. NEWMAItKET ST. I.GER. I. 7 to 2 agst Pastille: Even on Moses 2 to 1 agst Posthuma PONTEFRACT SEPTEMBER 31EETING, 1822. TUESDAY, SEPT. 3. , . The All Age Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 20i„rs• each, with £2o' added.- Three-yr-olds carrying fist. 91b. four, Bst. five, Bst. 91b. six, and aged, 9st. Two miles and seven furlongs. Sir R. K. Dick's ch. g. Euphrates; 6 yrs - - 1 Mr. Lambton's gr:h. Dunsmane, 5 yrs -•- 2 Mr. HouldSworth's ch. c. Catiline, 4•yrs - -- 3 Ld Fitzwilliam's b: c. Rosicrucian, 4 yrs - . -• 4- Sweepstakes of 30gs' each, 19gs ft. for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst. 31b. fillies; Bst. One mile and three quarters. Ltl. Scarbrough's b. e. brothef'to Coronation . - - 1' 31r. Wright's b. c.. - Sir Walton; by Walton -•- 2 Sir W. Milner's bl. c. Angler, by Walton -- - 3' Four more started, but were not placed ; and seven paid.l Fifty Pounds, given_by the Noblenien and Gentlemen in the neighbourhood of PontefraCt, for ' horses 4t.c. of all ages ; three-yr-olds carrying 6st. 6 1 b. four, 7st. horses, five, Bst. 61b. six, and aged, 9st. Heats, two miles and a'half each. Lord Scarbrough's br. c. Byrain, 4 yrs old - 2 1 1 Mi. liatubton's br. h. Cavalier, 5 yrs old . 1 2 dr. .Mr. Sykes's b. c. by Cardinal York, 3 yrs old -- 3 3 dr. Six were drawn. WARWICK RACES (213 DAY)-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. t. A Sweepstakes'of lOgs each, for 3-yr-olds. One mile. Mr. Beardswotth's Sir William, by Sir Paul - - 1 Mr. West's b; f. by Marmion - - - 2 Mr. Dodington's ro. f. by Rubens - - -- 3 Mr. Roberts's b. c. by Fyldener - 4 Sweepstakes of 15gs. each, for 21r-olds. Half a mile. Mr. West's ch. c. by HUbens, out of Alpha's dam - 1' Mr. Sadler's brOther to Pastcifella . - - - 2 - Sir G. Pigot's b. f. Active - , -- -- - 2 Mr. Yates's Squib. Mr. Mytton's• br. c. by Filbo'da Puta, . _ ytton Mr. Faulkner's b. f. by Doubtful of Young Grimaldi, Lord \Warwick's b. c. by Phantom, Mr. Charlton's - b. f. by Blucher and Mr. Platen's Betsy, also started. Gold Cup. Four miles. Ld Stamford's Peter Lely, by Rubens, 4 yrs Mr. Batson's Luss, 5 yrs Col. Yates's Sporus, 5 yrs Ld. Oxford's Gas, 4 yrs Mr. Mytton's Banker, 6 yrs. - Maiden Plate of Fifty Pounds. Two-mile heats:. Mr. Sadler's b. c. by Hedley, 4 yrs old - - 7 I' Mr. Roberts's b. c. Gallivanter, 3 yrs old - - 1 4 2 Mr. Findon's br. c. The Baron, 4 yrs -- - 2 2dr Mr. Arthur'sElwina, 5 yrs - - - 4 3' &- Three others started. Town Plate of Fifty Pounds. TWO-mile heats. Mr. Pryse's Dr. Eady, by Rubens ' -6 yrs 2 t 1 Mr. F. Charlton's ch. h. Plumper, 5 yrs - 1 2 2 'Mr. Robert's Broxash, 4 yrs - -•-- 3 dr' 2 - 3 4 BURDEROP RACES. On Tuesday these Races were numerously and fashionably attended, and the sport exceeded that of any former year. The Steward's ordinary at the 'Bell Inn attracted a large party, and the ball, on Wedntsday, at the same fin, was likewise well attended, and spiritedly kept up till a late hour. The ordinary on Wednesday, at the Goddard's Arms; gave great satisfac tion. On the first day, a gold cup, value 100 guineas, with 25 guineas added, was won by Sir J. D. Astley's Savernake.—A purse of 50 guineas, by substription, - was won, at three heats, by Mr. Pryse's Doctor Eady, beating Mr. L. Charlton's Sham rock. The two first heats were uncomirionly well contested— it was neck and neck ; and bets were even for the third, when Shamrock fell lame.—On the second day, a renewal of the Sa vernake-Forest Stakes of 25 guineas each was won by Mr. J. Walker's ch. f. Ilecuba.—This was a very excellent race, and great doubts were entertained-which would be the winner - until nearly at tile post.—A handicap plate of 50 guineas was won by , the Marquis of Aylesbury's Savernake.—A silver cup, the gift of Sir J. D. Astley, Bart. for !ibises not thorough-bred, the pro perly of freeholders of Wilts, or their sons, was won by Mr. ilaxworthy's Maid of AU Work.—( Hampshire Chroick, Sept. 2.) PEDESTRIANISM NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 3.-111`11111llan completed 429 miles yesterday, at 28 minutes past five P.N.; he seems fully deter mined to accomplish his feat of I,ooo' miles and poles in 1,000 hours, though he is rather testy.—Townsend finished 562 miles at 21 minutes past 5 P.M., yesterday, viz. 284 backwards, and 278 forwards ; he has now 438 miles to walk backwards and forwards in nearly 8 days, so as to accomplish his enterprize of I,ooo . miles in 18 days. Townsend, in consequence of the wet weather on Friday . night, commenced walking on Saturday morning, at six o'clock, and had accomplished no less than 24i miles backwards, and 50 forwards, at twelve o'clock on the same night. __••••01,11 111xim.—A very judicious alteration is about to take place in the dispatch of the evening mail from Edinburgh to Glasgow. At present it is dispatched at nine P. 35.,. a little before, or just about the time the London mail reaches Edin burgh. In future it will be dispatched from Edinburgh at half past ten r. ar. , by which means all the letters for Glasgow, from the towns south of Edinburgh on the east road, will be delivered in Glasgow in the morning, instead of the after noon; as at prosent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION-HOUSE. Yesterday George Fowler,. a seaman; was brought before the LORD MAYOR, upon a warrant for vio, lation of an Agreement made with the master of a merchantman called the Britannia, trading to. Jamaica, which violation sub jected him to very heavy penaltieg by the provisions of a statute of his late Majesty. The Captain of the Britannia stated, that the defendant had some time ago entered into a regular engagement with him to act as seaman in a voyage to Jamaica and home. Witness had taken with him a crew just adequate to the labours of the voyage, and expected that his men would adhere to their en gagements ; the consequences of departing from which, at such a distance from England as the Colonies were, might be at tended with the most serious mischiefs to the owners. Upon land ing at Jamaica, however, the witness found that he had the dis advantage of a desertion by three of his men to contend with and that the defendant was one of those who had left in the almost insurmountable extremity. A jolly boat had been taken possession of by the runaways, who rowed off froM the vessel, and hired themselves to the aptains of other ships, who were often guilty of enticing men from their duty by giving them double wages for desertion. Upon the departure of the Bri tannia from Jamaica, the witness, having no more than three able seamen on board, was obliged to work in the most laborious manner during the whole voyage; and on his arrival he ascer tained that the defendant was in London, after having fulfilled an engagement formed by him with the Captain of anothet vessel. The witness added, that it frequently happened, that, in consequence of such conduct as he had described upon the part of seamen, vessels were detained in the Colonies several months ; and that the difficulty of getting hands often ren dered it necessary that all on board should work to the utmost on the return to England. As he was in the habit of going ' voyages to the West Indies, he was determined to do all he could to prevent a repetition of such acts as had so greatly inconvenienced him ; and he accordingly applied to the Lord Mayor for a warrant, to apprehend the defendant, upon the 37th of Geo. 111. cap. 73, entitled " An Act to prevent the Loeser ' tion of Seamen from British Merchants' Ships, trading to the 'British Colonies in the West Indies." The Act states, that any seaman who shall desert from his ship during his voyage out or homewards, shall over and above all previously existing penalties and forfeitures, forfeit all wages due to him by the Vessel from which he shall desert ; that one third of the forfeiture shall go to Greenwich Hospital, one-; third to the Merchant Seaman's Fund, and one-third to the informer; and if the wages due under such circumstances be under the sum of 201. the same shall be recoverable before one Magistrate. The defendant said the cause of his desertion was an insult which he had received on board. He, however, thought fit to request, that in consideration of his wife and children he might be forgiven, and to declare that he would never subject any other person who should engage him for a voyage to the incon venience complained of. The complainant said his object was to put an end to a prac tice the most mischievous, and not to punish an individual who might think, frOm the frequency of the practice, that it was a venial offence. He added, that in consideration of the claims of a wife and children upon his compassion, he should forego the charge; but there was, ha said,. an accomplice of the de fendant within his reach; and against that offender he should not hesitate to enforce the penalty. The LORIYMAYOR observed, that the Act upon which' the' warrant had been granted, and on which such decisive measures could at otice'be taken, was but little known ; and he trusted that the Captains of ships who traded to the Colonies would 'practise towards each other an ingenuousness and - candour when at a distance from'home, that would' defeat the object of de serters, who cared not about the injury, provided they were well paid.- His Lordship expressed his readiness upon all occa sions, to`put into effect, against any offender of the kind, the ,very salutary statute of th 37th Geo: 111. QUILDHAT.L.—BARTHOLOMEW FAIH.—AII persons ap prehended for offences committed in the Fair, are taken in the first instance before the City Marshals, one or other of whom is in constant attendance at the Giltspur-street Compter. By this sort of Grand Jury examination much trouble is spared to the Magistrate, the frivolous charges being dismissed, and only those offenderS whose conduct in any way affectS the public - peace detained' for examination before the Sitting Alderman. Of this latter class; however, the fair has•furniShed no incon siderable number. No less than ten prisoners underwent exa mination on Wednesday for various offences in the fair, mostly of the usual cast, picking pockets, creating riot, and assaulting officer's ; but no' case of any particular or extraordinary enor mity occurred. '1 he number of prisoners froni this scene of riot and confu -sion brought up - yesterday amounted to eleven. Of these two, viz. Henri/Brown and Thomas Lawrence, for picking pockets, were committed for trial. . Three fellows; one of thenra Lasear, were committed to the House of Correction for various acts of indecency towards fe males, which dastardly conduct has it seems been practiced to such an excess, in spite of the exertions of the officers, that scarcely any modest woman could pass without being subject to personal insult. , James Amos, a kind of journeyman showman, was charged by a quondam master of his, who has a booth in the fair, with stealing his monkey.' The animal and the thief were, it seems, ' old acquaintances, and the latter availing himself of that inti macy, had seduced the former away. As the law does not protect these animals so as to make them the object of a felony, the prisoner could not be detained for the theft; and was ac cordingly discharged, with an admonition from the Worthy Alderman to avoid such monkey tricks in future. The charges against the other prisoners being merely for acts of disorder, or trifling assanits' upon officers in the execution of their duty, involving no marked degree of criminality, they were severally discharged upon expressing their contrition, and settling their quarrels with their prosecutors. WORSHIP-STREET..—EDMONTON Fain.—George Byng, .Robert Bevill, W. A. Armstrong, and E. R. Mores, Esquires, ,four of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, have appointed a Petty Sessions to be held at this Office, on Tuesday the 17th instant, where all parties summon ed and interested are required to chew by what lawful'right and title a Fair:, called Edmonton Fair, is held in the town of ' Edmonton, and in a field there adjoining, and in the inns there, and yards of the said inns ; that if•the said Fair shall be found to be an illegal Fair, or if the same shall be found to be held and continued a greater number of daysahan of right it ought, that the said Fair, after the present year, may be limited to the proper number of days, or altogether discontinued, as the case may require. In consequence of this'appOintment, Summonses were yesterday issued to the Occupiers of Ground let for the Fair, to Inn-keepers, and others at Edmonton, interested in its continuance. BOW-STREET.— William Anderson, alias John Pitm,an,was brought up by Waylin and Smith, two of' the Police belonging to this office, charged with committing a very daring robbery at the Crown and Cushion public-houSe, near the Marsh-gate, Lambeth, on Wednesday evening. The prisoner when put to the bar had his head bound with a handkerchief, and his shirt and the rest of his dress were much stained with blood. He seemed very faint and ill.—lt appeared in evidence, that between nine and ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, Way lin and Smith were passing the Crown and Cushion, when they saw two men whom they knew to be suspicious charac ters standing near the door, as if upon the watch. The officers walkedearelessly into the house, so as to avoid observation, 'and having called for something to drink, took an opportu nity of asing. Mr. Sweet, the landlord, if he was sure his house was all safe ? They explained their reasons for the question, and Mr. Sweet took a candle and went up stairs, the officers retiring to the door. When. Mr. Sweet got to his cham ber door, which he always kept locked, he found it standing partly open, and on his pushing it back - the prisoner presented himself, and making a blow at Mr. Sweet attempted to pass him down stairs. Mr. Sweet, however, turned the candlestick which he held in his hand dexterously round, and struck the prisoner such a blow on the head with the bottom of it as to bring him to the ground, and inflict a very severe wound. He recovered himself, and jumping again on his legs, succeeded in passing Mr. Sweet;' but an alarm being raised, he was stopped by the officers at the door. A pocket-book, containing 20 sove reign, the property of Mr. Sweet, 'was found afterwards on the stairs, and in the apartment from which the prisoner issued, every thing was prepared for the removal of all that it contained of value. The drawers, bureau, &c. were broken open. The officers searched the prisoner, and found upon him some pick. lock keys, a crow bar, and other usual implements of house breaking. a When asked if he had any thing to say, he replied " not at present." He was fully committed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol for trial at the next Surrey Assizes. QUEEN-SREARE.—Elizabeth Fullegar, the young woman charged with the murder of her male bastard child at Chelsea, was discharged, the Coroner having certified to 'the Magi strates, that the Jury on the Inquest had found, " That the said Elizabeth Fullegar was delivered of a male infant, which was still-born, and that she secreted the same." TOWN HALL.—NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—lresterday morn ing, Alderman J. J. SMITH gave directions to Mr. Newman, the Chief Clerk, to prepare printed forms of affidavits required to be sworn to by the new law before a marriage can be solem nised by the contracting parties, to prevent any unnecessary. trouble to persons about to enter into matrimonial engagements. Mr. Newman stated, that the Rector of the parish had the power, according to the Act, of administering the oath, and taking the required affidavit. The Alderman replied, the Act also au thorised Magistrates to take the affidavit; and as Rectors could not always be met with, except on a Sunday, it would be proper „to prevent procrastination and afford a convenience to parties, by being prepared with forms of affidavits ready for filling tip, with' names, places of abode, &c. Mr. Newman said that he would take care that such forms should be immediately prepared.--AC a number of Churches the notices of intended marriages stuck up against the Church doors have been pulled down in the middle of the night. The Act requires them to be stuck up for a certain period, a circumstance that alarms the lovers, lest thei r marriage should not be legal. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 5. James llarris came up to be heard on his petition to be dis' charged. This insolvent was examined on two former days; on the last of which the case was adjourned for the insolvent W produce a person of the name of Carter, to whom he s tated he • had paid a sum of money. The insolvent, on his examinatio n this day, said he had not been able to procure Carter's attend ance, and did not expect it, having heard he had gone to Holland. Mr. HEATH, by whom the insolvent was opposed, examine d ' a witness, who proved that he made inquiry for Carter at the house where the insolvent said he was resident, and had bee n informed by a person who was living there forty years, that gl " such person as Carter had ever been known there. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, on this evidence beingtive",. proceeded to pronounce the judgment of the Court.—TT he 1 " - solvent, he said, on his first examination, stated, that he lisdi been a cheeiemonger in Bayswater; and that in April last 1 . had sold his furniture to a person who removed it for 5/. ss• his stock in trade and business to a person of the name of Wow" master, by a valuation, for 371., and that he had paid the 1 09 ;, duce of both sales to a person named Carter, from whom he ntw. borrowed 907. twelve months before. On that' occasion severs, witnesses proved that the insolvent's business was carried on in. his shop by his wife in the same manner as before the sale. The case was then adjourned, to have Woodmaster produced and when he was examined he stated, that, having seen I 'll insolvent's business advertised, he went to him, and ogre .. . * , with him to . take it on the valuation of two brokers, which w:. accordingly made. The brokers, he said, valued the stoa' 37/. which he paid, and had since employed the insolvent's Or' to carry on the business for him, paying her wages, and taking the profit himself. No one, said the Learned Commissioner,. who heard this witness's evidence in chief, and knew no mor e of the facts, could have doubted his story ; but he underrie n , a long cross-examination, by which it appeared that he .‘ _h" ed on an annuity, and had never been in any trade—that . he had been acquainted with the wife of the insolvent for" period of four years and visited at his house; that he had be en , consulted about selling the property before it was advertis e r and the advertisement shewn to him before it was p u blishe d and on being pressed to tell where he had received the ow n ' with which he paid the insolvent, he refused to answer the ga s ; tion ; but he admitted that he had given security for a debt ab on three weeks before, which he was unable to pay. The Co tt_., . felt it was impossible to give such a witness the least cre dit ' One of the brokers proved the valuation, and that he had see; money pass from Woodmaster, of whom he knew nothing , the insolvent. The Court gave full credit to the broker's tes.; mony, whieh sheaved a deep design on the part of the insolvell; to give a colour to his fraud; for the same purpose, he called in r w . honest brokers, who might.see the money paid. to make the 4"; luation ; but the Court had . no doubt that the insolvent's 01,,, money paid for his stock.' Then as' to Carter,. the insolver lb A friend, to whoni he paid the money which he had boi-rovfoo; Without security twelve Months before, and for whose produ ct f , l i d the case had been adjourned, he now said he could n ot o, him ; and the impression on the Court was, that there War ble such man, either now or at any other time. It was r easons,. to inquire what motive the insolvent could have had for reasons,. fraudulent conduct, and that appeared by the evidence• ~ verdict had been given against him for damages for a lihel , :f o re execution might have isuued on the 29th of April ; to d de „, which he made away with his property on the 26th, hY,t vice of more than usual contrivance, which required to berms, verely marked by the Court. The judgment, therefore , that the insolvent should be remanded for 18-months. oe . Apples, known' by the nanie Of Nonsuei t l were so plentiful at Newark, on Friday 917 : Saturday se'nnighti that they were haw k t through the streets' of that town at fourpence ,l3 ` p . peck ! •„ DREATIrIit YesterdayACClDtNT . . mornißu t c, about half-paSt ten o'clock, - as Mr. Join/ It SMITH, of N 0.13; New-street, Spring-gayl; , was driving along the Strand, in his gig, * fic r horse took fright,- when opposite the Crown Anchor Tavern, ran immediately on the 'l,, stones, and Opposite little Essex-street th e came against a post, which tore it in pieces --t . r e . shafts broke, and Mr. Smith and his servant W e re ' thrown out, - most violently, and to a conside rab hi distance. The servant was severely hart; t , was immediately conveyed to Mr. Povvell'sy °ti re ; geon, Surrey-street, Strand. Mr. Smit h o s . cecived but a trifling injury. The hofie get if at full speed, and ran his head eomP lete ot through Mr. Thomas's window, silversmith Poi jeweller, (211, Strand, and then instantly fe ll 6 ; the stones, apparently lifeless for some ti °l o ( its head and mouth were completely a erf o pi blood. The horse, as - soon as it could be 0% 0 4 was taken to a stable, in Little Essex-stree t - proper applications used. '- NARROW ESCAPE.—Yesterday evening/ SS ost i; Breaksman was exercising a young horse in theLnnaT a iltbi! St. George's Fields, the animal suddenly started off, 0 11.1 rari efforts of the driver to stop his career were unavailing furiously on the foot-way, and dashed in the wind° W i s co7, Lidtliman, a linen-draper, whose young child narrowlY„i„ hem • with life, the wheel of the break knockingoff his hat. tb' s then ran against the scaffolding of a house under rep4.l, 0b; end of the road, the poles of which were pulled down struction fortunately gave a different direction to his Ww - o i; tfle t he crossed to the larence Arms, a new public-hou s fogrel opposite' corner, the window of which lie forced in, t° dOl e dismay of the inmates of the tap-room, who overt urn • jo ie other in their endeavours to escape. Luckily further if in be was prevented ; as, before he could extricate hirnsei!' a ttelW in seized by some of the Breaksman's helpers who Were ~Th e ante, and led back to his stable without f urt h er accide i . n o ge r9 9 attention of those in authority_should be drawn to the 7 1 °4 which passengers are daily exposed by the breakinVo to_!' i ; o p horses in the public streets and thoroughfares, as vicl de nts aro-. trials, as they are styled, of horses for sale. Many ace Up continually arise from children flying kites in the roadi.wo leaal more horses are frightened than from any other cause..;#l,fregit disasters have occurred, particularl} , in the avenues to W prey these causes, that some regulation should be enforced.t:;o4 their recurrence. In Bloomsbury-square, Gosivell'a c00s? some other principal thoroughfares, notices are plac e o p eno• cuously, forbidding, under tie full penalty of the law' t baiti be cising or breaking of horses. Surely if there be an DaY • prevent this nuisance in one quarter, the same reiscw applied elsewhere. In Grays.inn-lane, a short Si fine boy was killed on the spot ; and though the in l Y, ie die a verdict of " Wilful negligence," and said a heavYle fet e the carriage, what compensation can be offered W.L • tao° 7 ;.. of the agonized parents ? or who can comfort the ' en tee: l7. e fatherless for the sudden deprivation of their best 11 1 0 ,,, tb 4 ,. We shall notice every accident which may, ari se pacP°- causes, in the hope of drawing public attention. ° ' ledged nuisance.—( Morning Paper.) • -....----- . 6 "th BIaTHS. h 4th in s At his house in Hill-street, on Wednesday', the 4 • Lady of Henry Metcalf;,, Esq. of a sou and beir, .: „ To o' 1 11 ; On Saturday evening last, after a Muria' 425 41 ,. ffie_r tg o Westmoreland, together with great anxiety of 0,-- 0 -- of the Rev. Edward Woodyatt was-confined; by '."" -et birth of a male infant. . t J' ber t ;ilier t Wednesday morning, the wife of Mr. Claus ° the th Os. ° Exeter, linen-draper, of three free boys, w hich, v ll t h e ne f ie' are likely to do well; they were christened by g r . ft. Mather, Mark, and Luke, after the Evangelis t ing a former child liuing called John. , . '• . re' • MARRIED. Char let° W .. Mr. Pollard, of 'Warwick-street, Londetki to a lingliel ll ' _ ... point, daughter of James Giffard, Esq., of ' OW setshire. if . ° cite Re l :'bra e ' On Tuesday last, at Braintree, Easel CO L . i .jlk Sheepshanks, M.A. lecturer of Jesus C o Ugge, , ,_.„ a rd - Henrietta Goode, eldest daughter of the iteV, Be - 1 ~~ 2 4tc V ol kto 1 to i t 1 q 4 I t ; Heniietta Goode, eldest daughter of of the -ti , DIP 6 ' DIED. 1.,._ 04' 01 .1 ° 13# . 0n Wednesday, the 28th ult., at the barrac.- - 2., pat mitt wife of 1%1. Lamert, Esq. Surgeon Ls: Royal Ve te ran of P On Monday last, at Shanklin, Isle of lirifilt, a the second daughter of H. Hackshaw, Egg., ° I Vincent. . tie Afit cas , 3_, Printed and Published for the PuoralE„ l. ..ijitlw' Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. D. t. , '"" ' -