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THE LONDON -JOURNALS-. XXTRACTS FROM TIII DA.ILY MORNING PAPERS, . , Angu§t. 31, 18`2"2. • [BII.ITISLE PROS. j The Treasury Journals emulously seek to shew the displeasure of their patrons at the admirable and highly constitutional speech delivered by the' Duke of Hamilton at the civic dinner given to the King by the Provost and Corporation of Edinburgh. As the speech of the Noble Duke has been sneered at by this class of writers, we could have wished they had taken the pains to ana lyze it, and have pointed to the passages which even in their opinions were unworthy of a Bri tish assembly to hear, and of a British Noble man to utter. If the speech' ths ells in the me mory of our readers, they will recollect that the Noble Duke avowed in the warmest terms his respect and affection for the King, and the ready zeal he had ever felt to evince his de votion to whomsoever the personage may be who wore the Crown of these realms. To this he added, that while he felt this principle of loyal attachment to the Sovereign, he could not forget the claims which the other branches of the State pressed upon his attention, nor that the privileges and rights of the people no less formed a part and parcel of the constitution than the prerogatives that encircled the Throne. It is most fortunate for this country that there are in it Peers like the Duke of Hamilton, who are not besotted by the maxims of the Court, but who can distinguish between the proper respect which belongs to the King, as the Chief Magistrate of • the realm, and the abject submission which de grades alike those who offer it and the Monarch who receives. it. NEW TIMES.] The Paris Journals of Wednesday arrived last night. Nothing of moment occurred in the pro ceedings relative to the affair of La Rochelle on the preceding day. The greater part of the time was taken up by complaints of some of the prisoners that they had been ill-treated in prison. One of them stated that he had been placed in a cell, with an iron collar round his neck, by a gen-d'arme, because he would not make confes sions to him. The trial of Berton and his accom plices commenced at Poitiers on Monday. [THE- TIMES.] Attempts are made to raise into notice, as if it were a matter of high national importance, the removal of the depot formed by the United States at Minorca. This event is the same in principle as the removal of a tenant on the expira tion of his lease. An agreement had been entered into between the Spanish and American Govern =entS, for a two years' occupancy of the pre mises now evacuated ; and the fixed period being just at an end, Spain only exercises her un doubted right in declining to renew with a tenant who has behaved slightingly, as she conceives, towards her, by , the eagerness and , alacrity which the United States have shewn to recognize the independence of the old Spanish colonies. Beyond this feeling of alarmed self-consequence, nothing is expressed or im plied towards America in the way of angry inch nation. Spain may be vexed at finding herself unable to convince the world that free States have really escaped from bondage. She may, with the soreness natural to misfortune, indulge a passing twinge or two, that surrounding nations - will not, for her sake, be guilty , of gross injustice to those whom she regards as her enemies but as for a quarrel . , or any approach to a quarrel, be tween the two nations, there need not be the most distant apprehension. [MORNING POST.] Paris Papers to the '29th ult. reached us last night bY Express. They contain no fresh intel ligence from Greece,-Turkey,• or Spain. From Vienna it is stated that the preliminary sittings of the Congress were to take place in that capi tal, and that it would only be after the lapse of a few weeks that the Monarchs would repair to Verona, where the Kings . of Naples and of Sardi nia were expected to join them. The immediate arrival of Lord Strangford from . Constanti nople, in the Austrian Capital, • was also re presented as far from improbable. The motive for such a step on the part of his Lordship it would be difficult to comprehend, did not the late recal of the Austrian lnternuncio shew that something has taken place between -the Porte and its - Christian friends and protectors, which has not yet found its way to the knowledge of the public, but which cannot be kept secret much longer. The Prince Royal of Sweden (Oscar Bernadotte) arrived at•Wurtzbourg on the even ing of the 19th ult., and was received by the Prince Royal of Bavaria in person, with all, the honours due to his rank. [MORNING HERALD.] • It is said that in consequence of the death of Lord Londonderry, the Opposition have great b'opes of coming into power; that they already begin to count on the numbers they will exhibit at .the next Session of Parliament ; and that they are• almost confident, in the next Session, of being able to outvote the Ministry on every proposition for Supply. If this be true, and they should in consequence paralyse the proceedings of the Executive, his Majesty, as &measure of ne cessity, would, in all probability, be either obliged to . select his Ministers altogether from among the Opposition, or, as a dernier resort,- he would be obliged to admit a proportion of them into his councils. Now, whether change of Ministry, either 'partial or total, would at present r or in the long run, be beneficial to the country, it is. im possible to foresee. 'We are afraid it' would effect nothing for the better. What could a new Ministry do ? Could they find means to pay the interest of the National Debt of thirty mil lions a year ; and keep up-the present Naval and Military, and other establishments, of twenty millions a year, without a Revenue of fifty mil lions a year ? Could they derive a Revenue of that amount but from taxation ? And is it not the kssening; of taxation that the Opposition,: this last Session, Have been most intent on Have they not called the present taxation the weight which pressed ou the country ? Have they not asserted, that nothing but a large reduction of taxation can save the country ? Some of the Opposition have said, that five millions must be taken off the taxes : others that nothing short of ten millions would do. And yet, in the very same breath, they have professed the pro priety of keeping the national faith inviolate ; that is, the payment of thirty millions a year to the holders of National Annuities. If the latter is to be preserved inviolate, then what be comes of the army, navy, &c. should taxes, to the aFnount of five or ten millions a year, be taken off ? Would those, who are advo cates for a reduction of five millions, discharge one-fourth of the officers and soldiers of the army and the navy ; tocrether with the one-fourth of all the clerks in the different offices ; cut off one fourth of the King's private expenditure, one fourth of the pensions, and all other charges ? Or, if the suggestion of reducing taxation to the amount of ten millions a year be adopted, then the one-half of the army, the clerks, &c. must be discharged, instead of one-fourth. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We should not be surprised to hear of much more being necessary to complete the Ministerial arrangements, than merely supplying the de ficiency caused by the death of Lord London derry. To say nothing of the Chancellor's threatened retirement, on which, as promptitude of decision can hardly be expected in such a case, it would be unsafe to calculate, there are other Members of the Cabinet, whose infirmities of one kind or another point out their speedy resigna tion as an event either necessary to themselves or to the public.—We regret to say, that for a con siderable period Lord Harrowby's health has been exceedingly delicate. We believe his Lordship is much troubled with a nervous affec tion of the head, on which application to busi ness acts very injuriously, and which therefore renders private life extremely desirable to him. —To judge, too, from appearances, compara tively small as the duties are of superintend ing the Colonial Department, they much ex ceed what Lord Bathurst finds it possible or agreeable to perform, with that close punctuality which the public service requires. His Lord 3 ship is, of course, fully sensible that business affecting the interests of the community should be dispatched with promptitude, and that the public expect something more than the obliging attentions of an Under Secretary or any other per son of subordinate rank. It has also been long sug gested that the Secretary of State for the Colonies might easily be dispensed with, and the duties thrown on the Minister for Foreign Affairs. How far this opinion has gained strength from the pre sent mode of conducting the Colonial Depart ment, it is beside our purpose now to inquire ; but if such an incorporation was deemed feasible and beneficial, while. Lord Londonderry was obliged to head both the Foreign Office and the House of Commons, it must be almost a matter of course under a new arrangement which should relieve a Foreign Secretary from one half of that labour. For these reasons we think it ought not to excite any great surprise if, in order to form an efficient Administration, in the present state of the Tory interest, changes to a considerable extent were to take place before the commence ment of next Session. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Birmingham and Lich f ield Chroniek, Aug. 29.) Did space permit, we should be tempted to run over the several grounds of popular objection to the political life of the late Lord .Lor‘rnoN DE Ma' ; and the result, as we think, would raise a very serious doubt, as to how far the " unsophisticated classes" can, by any probability, be qualified to give an opi nion concerning them. At a "Westminster election, Mr. Sheridan, on the hustings, was vociferously assailed, by a po litician in the crowd, with the cry of " Remember the Car natic Question !" But the wit speedily silenced his antagonist with this natural inquiry, " And what do you know about the Carnatic Question ?"—The tactics, in the mean time, of the Jacobin press, as discovered upon this, as upon so many other occasions, are greatly deserving of notice. It first sophi sticates the " unsophisticated classes" by every falsehood of reptesentation, by every fallacy in argument, and by every ex citement, to violence of temper and conduct ; and, when the natural fruit of all this malignity presents itself, it turns round, and "appeals to the existence of that very fruit, as proof of the truth of its statements, of the soundness of its argument, and of the universality of its own sentiments ! It first corrupts the pub lic mind by its own act, :and then triumphs in the visible cor ruption ! Was not the outrage at Westminster Abbey pre pared by the Jacobin press ? Did not the monster, Cob bett—the same who has more than once talked of tram. piing and spitting upon Burdett—who swore himself to drive the Baronet to suicide—to a burial in the cross-roads—and who has lately been seeking a few infamous pence by means of covering the walls of London with the grossest posting-bills, relating to the Bishop of Clogher ;—did not the monster, Cob , bett, attempt to demonise the multitude with his exultations at " Castlereagh's throat-cutting," printed in large letters, and thrust into every one's sight ;_and did not the News, one of the lowest and most infuriate of the Sunday papers which at once disgrace and deprave the metropolis, contain, on the Sun day preceding the funeral, an article, recommending a sub scription to buy faggots to consume the body of Lord London derry, instead of depositing it in Westminster Abbey ? And it is warm from the perusal of flagitious writings like these, that the " unsophisticated classes" come to express their sen timents ! How much is to be forgiven, or, rather, how much is not to be forgiven, to the ignorant dupes of such proceed ings, we forbear to determine; but in what terms are we t 6 speak of the miscreants by whom their understandings and feelings are misled ? The great evil, however, is, that the whole tendency of what we speak of, is to a mob and printing press government. The press is to sway the mob, and the mob the state. Listen, says the Times, to what we have taught the mob, and direct your measures accordingly. It has come within our knowledge that some of the "great ;agar" 91 the country at large have been nearly as indecent, and quite as unwise, in the exultation at the death of the late Marquis, as the " small vulgar" of Westminster. The joy of these former Is founded on their constitutional, and therefore habitual, cre • dulity, which now expects from our accomplished statesman's fall, the rise of their own party and politics. But let the friends of the system under which we prosper take cmrage. We have lost a limb of the tree, but not the root. We •sliallhave no change. PAItISIT of ST. MARTIN-tN-TITE-FIqDS. Yesterday a Mectipg *as - held at the Vestry room of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, before the Magistrates, Mr. CONANT and Mr. Serjeant SELLON, to shew cause - why a rate made in 1820 of two-pence in the pound should not be levied for the repairs of the Church and Church-yard. It was op posed by an inhabitant of the parish, named Fenn, on five grounds : first, that the funds were quite adequate for the pur pose ; second, that the Lecturer's salary was illegal ;- third, that the sums paid to Mr. Fynmore, the Vestry-Clerk, were illegal; fourth, that the notice ought to have been affixed on the Church doors ; and, fifth, that the case was heard before. Mr. Fenn said, he appeared to she ff cause why he iefused to pay the Church rate in 1820 ;' and he appeared so in July, 1821. At that time there being no person appearing against him, the case was dismissed. He was served with another suminons, and he now again appeared. The parishioners, he said, had no controul over the Churchwardens, otily they were bound to see their conduct was agreeable to law ; the Churchwardenstook upon themselves to pay two Lecturers ; there was no local Act to warrant them so to do ; for some years past they have paid these two Lecturers, and likewise a very considerable sum, he may say some hundreds of pounds, to a Vestry-Clerk. lie would prove by the documents, when the money was paid to the Vestry ' Clerk, he said it was pursuant to Act of Parliament. Would all the inhabitants, he said, be deluded that 14001. was wanted to repair the Church ? They made rates for illegal purposes. The rate, he said, was made at random, and' they did not require it. On his first appeal, he was told by Sir Richard Birnie that the vestry possessed the power to rate the parishioners, in pursuance of the Act of 44 Geo. 111. He then paid it, but felt it his duty to inquire further into it. Mr. Fynmore, he said, had told a creditor of the parish that he intended to make a rate on the parish, and which he understood was for the purpose of hang mg the church with black three times a year. Tke vestry as sembled and tried their strength . pon him, and he now called upon them to shew why they spent the money, and why they attempted to ruin one individuaL When he came into Court on the second summons, he was told by the Magistrate that the rate Was paid by all, and he must do so ; but he suggested that by the 53d Geo. 111. c. 60. every person had an easy redress against those who refused to pay rates. Mr. CONANT and Mr. Serjeant SELLON said they under stood Mr. Fenn was to give up all objections to the former pro ceedings, and begin again de novo. Mr. Fenn said he meant to take all objections the law al lowed him. Sir Richard Birnie, he said, came to a resolution that the rate must be paid, but he never would sign a distress warrant for it. With regard to his first objection, the sums the Churchwardens for the time being received amounted to up wards of 8001. Now he would ask, what did they expend dur- - ing that time upon the repairs of the church and church-yard ? Nothing. He knew they would . produce accounts, but they would not bear the test of examination. The vestry-room was then repaired, and for that a rate was made. He now made these charges against the Churchwardens, Mr. Richard Cobbett and Mr. Goodall, and they must now shew cause why they forced him to pay the rate. Mr. Serjeant SELLON—Do you mean now to stand upon these objections, or upon the merits of the case only ? Mr. CONANT said, he had not yet stated any objections that' were valid. Mr. Fenn—By the 53d Geo. 111. the Magistrates are direct ed to inquire why the rate was not paid, and into the merits of the case ; and the Magistrates are warranted in sending it to'a . higher court of appeal. - Mr. CoNANT said, it would be better to take the order' against himself, and the other persons who have refused to pay, with an understanding that no distress warrant shall issue, and have the opinion of the whole Bench of Magistrates upon the question. Mr. Fenn said, he stood unconnected and without any com-• bination. They were suffering, lie said, under a grievance ; but the Legislatlire has wisely regulated that it shall be settled with as little expense as possible. The MAGisTUATEs—Where are your witnesses ? Mr. Fenn—l will call upon James Golding, the Church warden for the time being. Serjeant SELLON—You cannot do it without a notice; you Might as well call upon me. Mr. Golding said, he would not withhold any document that might in any way concern the case ; but his accounts were all given up to the Vestry ; and every farthing would there appear that was expended. Mr. Serjeant SELLON then said, that Mr. Fenn could not get at the case without prima facie evidence, and which he could not do that day. Mr. Fenn then said, in consequence of a communication with a few gentlemen, his fellow-parishioners, he acceded to it. An order was therefore made out for the payment of the rate, but with the understanding that no distress should issue; and that should Mr. Fenn bring the case to the Sessions, the Clerk would produce all books and vouchers ; but if he thought proper, he might previously settle it. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday after noon as a young man, a bricklayer, of the name of GOFF, was at work in pointing the front of the house of Sir S. FLUDYER, Bart. in Cumberland-place, the steps upon which he was stand ing on the scaffold slipped from under him, when he fell upon the iron railings in front of the house, which were barbed; and, dreadful to relate, one of them entered his right thigh, which it completely penetrated. Much time had elapsed before the poor fellow could be extricated, which it took four men to ac complish. The cries of the poor fellow were heart-rending ; sur gical aid was immediately procured by George Debnam, the footman of Sir Samuel Fludyer ; he was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, when instant amputation was deemed ne cessary • he lies in a most dangerous state. He has a wife and two children, who were solely dependent upon his labour for support. AWFUL EvENT.--(Leanzington, Aug. 29.) — This morning, at the time the Pump Room and the Promenade Gardens attached to it were filled with elegant company, the band in the orchestra playing a lively piece, a scene of dis may and horror ensued. Females, in tears, came running in various directions, occasioned by the awful visitation of the Almighty in the sudden death of a gentleman, who, on sitting down on a long mahogany seat in the Colonnade, iu the front of th Pump Room, which is placed there for the accommodation of the company, fell backwards, and expired without either a sigh or a groan. He proved to be Mr. JONES., the banker, of the firm of JONES and LOYD, in LOTILBURY, London. lie had walked from his residence on the Union-parade, accom panied by Mrs. Henry and another female friend, who always accompanied him in his walks, he being in an infirm state, as they were in the constant habit of doing since he has resided there for six weeks past. He had taken a gentleman's arm when Mrs. Henry and his other female friend had left him, who asked him if it would be agree able to him to sit down, he having just taken a glass of water : he replied in the affirmative, and on his sitting, the gwful event took place. Mrs. Henry and her female friend returned in the course of a few minutes to the Colonnade, which proved to be the spot of woe to them. On discovering what had happened they ran off in a state of distraction for medical assistance ; Dr. Middleton, Mr. Treslove, the surgeon, and Mr. Jephson, the assistant of Mr. Chambers, were soon in attendance. The deceased was carried from the Colonnade to a room attached to the ladies' bath, where the window was opened to give every assistance for restoring animation. The main artery on the temple was opened, but only ten drops 'of blood Ilowed ; a warm bath being for tunately ready he was immersed in it without delay, but alas ! of no avail, the spark of life He visited t w h a is s pexiaticnectiastne yeairliefodrotfhaepboepnleexfiycof the air as well as the water, from which he derived much benefit, which induced him to repeat his visit 'this season. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER, AUG. 28. CURIOUS CASE.—BURGLARY. Richard Heys, aged 45, was indicted for having broken and entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Fishwick, at Heapy, and stolen therefronr three gowns, a pelisse, a cloak, and other articles, his property. Mr. ADDISON stated the case. Thomas Fishwick recollected going to bed on the night of the 13th May. After he was in bed for some time he was awoke by the crying of one of his children ; he got up and found the door and window open. On searching he found the clothes-press open, and he missed three gowns, a pelisse and a cloak ;he alarmed - the neighbourhood ;he went to prisoner's house, but did not find him at home ; this was about two o'clock in the Morning. Jane Fishwick, the wife of last witness, deposed to the same facts. Lettice Smith (an accomplice, who gave her evidence from the Dock)—l met prisoner on Blackburn-fair day ;he told me he had a job for me, and we went to Thomas Fishwick's about eleven o'clock at night ; we hid in the garden until the people were in bed ; he then tore off the mortar and broke the window, and helped me through ; he then told me to open the door to him, and I did • he took a floor cake off the shelf and ate it ; I sat by the fire and fell asleep ; he got some matches and lighted a can dle; he called me, and asked where the money was, and I said 1 believed in the drawer ; when he awoke me he said, " Lettice, thou must be off as hard as thou can'st, they're coming ; the child is crying." He took three gowns, a cloak, and a pelisse ; we took the things to a pawnbroker's; he told me to pawn them; I asked in whose name, and he said not in my own name, nor in his, or else we should be found out ; I pawned them in an other name, and gave him the money and the pawn tickets ; he cut his hand in breaking the casement ; I saw it bleed. Cross-examined by Mr. COLT 3I.UNT.—I was not taken up until I told of myself ; I was so uneasy I could not conceal it ; I told Thos. Fishwick what I had done • I had lived a servant with him ; we were brought up together ; I was never con cerned in such a job before; the prisoner wished me to do so several times before, but I always refused. I lived with, and was supported by, prisoner since I left Fishwick's; prisoner is a married man ; he kept me in a desart ; he kept me in a wood tied to a tree for near a month, because I said I would threep (tell what passed) ; I had been entangled with the prisoner ever since I was a child. Mr.. Baron Wo on—Tied to a tree for a month ! Some one must' explain this; I don't understand it. Mr. ADDISON—There is some truth in it, my Lord; as you will see in a short time. Mr. Baron Woon—Howold is the witness ? Witness-1 am 18 years old. Re-examined—The Wood is near Chorley. There is a cave there ; prisoner made it himself ; I could sit and lie in it, but could not stand up. I was there a month, at least. Mr. Baron WOOD—What night and day ! Had she no thing to eat or drink ? Witness—l had nothing but what he wished to fetch me, and I was nearly clemmed (starved) to death. He sometimes brought me hard cake, and sometimes a bit of cold meat with it. It was covered with clods, but I never saw the outside of it, for when I got out I Was in such a big hurry that I ran away as fast as I could. The cave was built round a tree ; I had a rope round my middle, and it was fastened round the tree. I got away one night when he was with me ; he was asleep.— When tie was with me I was not tied. He said he kept me there for fear I should tell'; he threatened to kill' me. lie took me there by force. He 'ticed (enticed) me away, and took hold of me ; h mean, he kept telling me fine stories ; he pretended we were going to some other place. When I got away I went to'My Mother's'. Thomas Fishwick reealled—l went to the wood, the cave was nearly demolished, but I saw some straw • the place was fear fully paddled about; there were places where there seemingly had been posts put down. I went to the wood in consequence of what Lettice Smith told me. Prisoner's house is next to the wood, about 2410 yards off. Prisoner has a wife and four children ; his house joins up to another, ; the other houses are a quarter of a mile off; the house next'tci 'priSoner's is occupied by a man named Marsden, a small farmer. Robert Arkwright, an assistant to John Fisher, a pawn broker, at Blackburn, proved the pawning of the gowns, cgcc. Lcttice Smith said, the last Witness was the person to whom she pawned the clothes. Examined by Mr. COLT 3fAX.—I did not cry out when in the wood, because na one could hear me. Marsden, has a wife and two children. The place where I was, was closed up so that they could not hear me, however big a noise I made. When pri soner went away, he put an• old door' to the cave and fastened it up with sods' and stones, and I was tied and could not get to it. It was a thick wood with all sorts of small wood. There Ivere trees between the cave and prisoner's house. There is a road within a field's breadth of me, but there were trees and brushwood between me and it, so that if 1 shouted ever so, 1 could not be heard. The cave was in a bottom or hollow, and had trees and underwood all round it. Mrs. Fishwick proved, that the property produced by the pawnbroker belonged to her. Betty Barker (the mother of Lettice Smith) stated that pri- soner called on Lettice on' Blackburn fair day. They went away, and she did not see her daughter for more than a month. When she came home she was in a weary way, her clothes were torn, and she was drowsy and sleepy, and very nasty ; she was full of sores. I fettled (settled) up her clothes many a time for her. Any one who saw her would have pitied her ; I cried many a time over her ; she appeared almost starved. Cross-examined—She was in the habit of going away and stopping for a week or so, and when she came back I used to fettle up her clothes, and then she would take off again. Re-examined—She has been a month away at times, and she has been less. Before she was taken up she was seven weeks away. By the Court—l could never tell where she went to ; she was brought up at Fishwick's; she lived there some time ; she is in her right mind. '1 he case for the prosecution being closed, The prisoner denied having any thing to do with the robbery. Mr. Baron Woon summed up the case, and the Jury return ed a verdict—Guilty. TUOMPSON V. ROTHWELL-SEDUCTIO.T. Mr. STARXIE opened the pleadings. Mr. SCARLET T stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the loss of the ser vices of his daughter-in-law. The defendant was a young man, son of a gentleman of property, in Hutton, near Kendal, and himself a freeholder in Westmorland. He had seduced the young woman under repeated promises of marriage ; they had lived from infancy in the same place, and he had consequently hid abundant opportunities of persuading the unhappy young woman of his attachment. Mary Thompson—l know the defendant. I became parti cularly acquainted with him ; I have had a child to him ; I have been intimate with him six years ago. The child is 18 weeks old ; he was the father. I was 15 when he became inti mate with me. By Mr. RAINE—He was, the first time he became intimate with me, 15 years old, just when he went to St. Bee's school, and the intimacy continued ever since. Mr. RAINE—I must ask some further questions, I am sorry for it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—The action must be main tained. Mr. RAINE—Had you not better arrange it ? The witness, in answer to his Lordship, said a servant was called in while she was confined. Her father paid the expences of the lying-in. Mr. SCARLETT—We have made two distinct propositions, but they have been refused. While some conversation respecting an arrangement was go ing on, the father of the defendant, who sat before Mr. Raine, said it was a dirty action. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, after referring to a similar case in Worcester, hinted at 51. or 101., and added, "the action must carry costs.''—(Parties having assented), his Lordship put it to the Jury whether they would give 51 . or 101. He thought they could not give more. It was merely the loss of service that was before them, or for which damages could be given. Ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 101. [At these Assizes, the prosecution of Ridgway, at the suit of the CONSTITUTIONAL AssocrazioN, was postponed, at the application of the Counsel for the prosecution, for one day, on the ground that a material witness had not arrived to give his evidence. On the following day, the case was called on, when the Clerk of the Court stated, that there was a certiorari, removing it into the Court of King's Bench.] A few days ago a sow belonging to Mr.IIAyEs, of Leeds, in this County, farrowed thirteen "gigs, one of which had three ears and only one eye. His snout was something like the nose of a bat, and the under jaw was one inch longer than the upper one. The animal lived about twenty minutes.— ( Kentish Courier.) An Inquest was held on Wednesday last, at St. Nicholas, Thanet, before T. T. DELASAUX, Gentleman, one of the Coroners for Kent, on the bodies of Geo. Bedingfield and Richard Johncock, who were killed during a thunder storm on Monday afternoon, as stated in our last, when a verdict was re turned of " Accidental Death by Lightning." The deceased, it appeared, had been mowing clover, and on the approach of the storm, left their work for shelter in an adjacent chalk-pit, prior to their reaching which, they were struck by the electric mat ter, which, it would:seem, was attracted by a steel-linked chain to a watch carried by one of them, which was shivered to pieces , and the silver case of the watch melted into a mass. — ( Kenai): Gazette.) POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. MANSIO:4-Hotrsr.—A of considerable interest to Paw " brokers came on yesteitLii before the LORD MAYOR, W hen Mr. Purse, a respectable pawnbroker, residing in Lon don Wall, was summoned, under the Pawnbroker's Act, to she ° eause why he refused to deliver up a quantity of silver Pk ° which had been pledged with him, after it had been feloilion s l stolen from Mr. Troley, the silversmith, of the Old Bailey. „ s eptet! Mr. Troley stated that about 3 months since a man gy Clifford, well known in the trade as a jobber, called upon - b , and asked for a quantity of goods, which he enumerated, It s , wanted to chew them to a gentlem a n w h o wan t e d to purco; a stock of plate. The compl a i n a n t, as was th e usual . enu t of trade, intrusted him with the quantity he requested, brit day after day went over without any intelligence, and the.! e l. qu e of the speculation was, that Clifford absconded. Some after this, the complainant recei ve d a l e tt er from Clitibr d ',... l closing two duplicates, part of the property which had pledged with Mr. Purse. The complainant was cross-examined by Mr. Witr , l4 s4 the Solicitor for the defendant, when he s t a t e d that he suspe Clifford a long time before he absconded; but, by follo.srl; him up closely, he got a great part of the plate back again , Clifford Cli ff ord most probably pawned the property of others to r e his (the complainant's). Compl a i na nt h a d not employed Pwl officers for the apprehension of Clifford. Mr. WILLIAMS, on behalf of Mr. Purse , contended that the complainant was not entitled to receive b ac k the . property, tur i much as he had not used due diligence to bring the fe l 2 wit s justice. Were such claims as th es e a d m itt e d against r . be• brokers, a door would be opened to the greatest collusion tween the parties. The Lord MAYOR was of opinion that the pawnbroker v i s as not in this case to restore the goods, as the prosecutor had, a l used reasonable diligence for the protection of his property the apprehension of Clifford. Mr. Troley exclaimed strongly against the pawnbrokersl ailti .se said that if they used proper diligence, scarcely a tenth t of robberies of this description would happ en . In the pres,e ll t he stance, when Clifford pawned the goods, he represented ‘" - ,fri was the manufacturer of them, When at the same tim e Purse must have seen that this was not true. the 0 11 The Lord Mayor advised that the complainant, as - 00, means of recovering his property, should make every ea nag to apprehend Clifford, when, upon his conviction, Mr• would be obliged to deliver it up. r el GUILDIIALL.--John Gay and Mary Eagle, who wee of manded for further examination, as stated in our pape r Thursday, on suspicion of being implicated in the robuch2.ol Mr. Miller's, Upper Thames-street, w e re brought up Ati o , yesterday.—No new fast, tending at all to elucidate the 6 , 1 . ! a r stances of the robbery, was elicited, and, on account of til ers , parent contradictions in the statements made by the Prt t i, Mr. Miller was desirous that they should be again trillan,m• t od Mr. Harmer's Clerk, who attended on their behalf, 'rofs their immediate discharge. The prosecutor, he said, 11 .._. 3 " t beal his election, and constituted them witnesses by subjeent et of to examination. There Were no grounds for charging e l 00 0 them with any knowledge of the robbery, except some OS , se arising out of their depositions, which could not, in arse 741/ used as evidence against them.—The prisoners were acco r set at liberty. : —The Worthy Alderman, however, obs on that, in his opinion; they had not disclosed all they knew subject. Y. BOW-STREE T.—DARING BritGr: ARY.--.lreSteruSY - efot e ney-coachman, named William Walker, was brough, r _r „Asti Sir R. BIRNIE, on suspicion of being concerned in a P II TAP committed 0 Monday night in the dwelling-house ot oti Richard Staton.—Mr. Staton is a woollen-draper at th e ,e 1 01 6; of the gateway leading into th e G o ld en C ros s , . Charm e d On Monday evening, as usual, the apprentice cl°„d shutters and fastened the door about nine o'clock, a" in % P. went to mother's to supper, leaving a candle bill% eto the shop. He returned about a quarter past ten,,a n ref, astonished fo find the door standing ajar, and ti` e Pr' which he had left on the counter, no longer burnl;M called for assistance, and having procured a light, covered that the shop had been broken open and P ; m ot of cloth, waistcoat pieces, and other goods, to 'the ' o fflry of at least 1301. The thieves had taken the cloth from r oll rollers which were found strewed upon the floor. Vie arc generally are marked with the name of the owner, an d • could be easily identified. The prisoner, soon after,,, s tand' on that evening, was observed to draw his coach off I,t' Atr eco& near the gateway, without being called, and place it ; e st' opposite to Mr. Staton's door. and as dose to the pave he could. After remaining a minute or two, feeding he went up to the porters, who usually stand at the gatei b lo‘L said, " Well, mates, are you going to give me a be drink ?" One said, they had no money ; upon which of e qse l " had, and would treat them. He took them into the o men; public-house, adjoining the Mews-gate, and called for t T ie and while they were drinking he went several times W t he At length a man, known to the porters as " Little Pica fiL for," came into the Chequers, whispered somethingT. p ot IT. soner, and they went out together. The prisoner tUt., o of., turn to the Chequers. When the porters came out the coach was gone.—This was the whole of the case aq:-I, e prisoner, who, in his defence, said he knew nothing 0 ±,704 1 , bery. He said he was called off the stand, and desired ts tip and knowing lie had a few minutes to spare, he offercu t i s olr',: e the porters. When he came out he took up two ge! . : ts st' d and drove one to Rowland Hill's Chapel, and the otirs at foot of Blackfriar's-bridge. They had nothing b u ss , 0 1 he portmanteau with them.—Sir It. liinsiE said tne e ivie igt a present slight, but from all that had come to his tO was satisfied the prisoner was concerned as an acces s a ry burglary. He was committed for further examinat tc w_....&,, COURSE OF EXCHANGE, August 90. C.f . ' Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight l2 5 Rotterdam l2 9 Antwerp l2 I ii P . Hamburgh BB 0 4 i Os Altona 37 10 0 (11. Paris, 3 Day's sight 2 60 4 VP Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Main lor Madrid 6 Cadiz Bilboa 36 Barcelona 35. Seville Gibraltai Leghorn Gei:on .. . 49i-Venice, Ital. L .. i L v.. 50 27 4 : P 6 Malta 45 -.. I Naples 39 0 0 01 IVI. Palermo Lisbon Oporto itio Janeiro Dublin .... 9i Cork 94 pel C ent. BULLION. 0 2 P° OP Portugal Gold, i n Coin. 17 Foreign Gold, in Bars.... • s 6 rs New Doubloons , New Dollars 0 ' Il i 4 Silver in Bars. 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