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the confined accommodation of the various Watering
Places, should never have been adopted in the me-
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by men only, are to be found in every part of Lon-
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establishments. _ _ .

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from ten 01 five, when all the Daily Papers mid
other interesting Periodical Publications will be
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LITERARY SOCIETY.
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hung. composed of Noblemen and Gentlemen,
eminent for their talents, or their works ; for their
taste or their erudition ; for their accomplishments,
or their love of learning : such a body of men, be-
ing associated with the general establishment, and
diffusing round it the lustre of science, cannot tail to
give it that real distils tiara, enlarged y. aid
various enjoyment. which is the ultimate aim of the
Institution, and which has for many years been the
favourite objeft of the Institutor.

MIDDLESEX 5R,9310N.9.--hx. 13.
Before WILLIAM MAINWA RING, Beg. Chairman
and a attrae,:ous &nth of Justwes of the Peace 4r
M. County of ftlitiJitter.
Charles Flowers, alias Charlt; Triatbled,n, was in-
diaed for a misdemeanour, in breaking into stOggs
belonging to the London Dock Company, with in-
tent to commit a felony therein.
This prnsecutidn was instituted by tl•e London
Dock Company under the folloe ing circumstances :
Several depredations having been committed at
these docks about the month of 01oher last, the
Company place•i a guard to water, and, if possible,
discover the perpetrators, About eleven o'clock on
the night of the 27th of that month, the guard
heard the noise of hammering outside the stores;
he went out, and the moon shining bright at the
time, he plainly discovered four men wui king with
pickaxes, &c. at the wall of the stores ; he immedi-
ately sent one of two little boys, who were along
e•ith him, to give the alarm to the next watchman ;
upon the latter springing his rattle, three of the
men made their escape over a high wall, and at the
same time the Defendant advanced towards the
guard and watchman, from the spot where the
others had been at work. He was taken up, but
afterwards released. In three days after, he was
brought before a Magistrate, and obliged to give
bail to stand his trial. The premises being after-
wards examined, a pickaxe, an iron crow, and some
other tools of the same kind, were found, and up-
wards of nine tier of the bricks had been removed,
quiet: sufficient to admit a man through ; but fortu-
nately, a cask of tallow happened to lie exaßly at
the breach, which prevented an entrance at that
time.

Mr. A tr.! T, for the Defendant, made several ob-
jedions to the !rrin of the indidmen:, in point of
law. He contended, that the indidment, in the first
place, should have set out the mines of all the per-
sons composing the London Dcck Company, prose-
cuting under this indidrnent, in the same way as an
indiflment prosecuted by a parish, always set out
the names of the Churchwardens, kc. specifically as
the prosecutors. He further conmnded, that in or-
der to constitute a burglary, wit intent to commit
a felony, it should appear that some part of the
man's body had been within the premises so broken
open s but in this case no such tan appeared ; and
therefore the present indidment could not be sus-
tained.
Mr. Serjeant Bess., for the Prosecution, answered
the objedions of the Learned Coun•el, with his usual
ability, and the Court was of opinion that the indict-
ment was properly framed.
Mr. A LLB," then entered into his defence, upon
the fads; and, in a very able argument, insioed,
that from all the circumstances of this case, the fair
inference was, that the Defendant most be innocent
of the charge alleged against him. In the first
place, he was a man of some little property, and, of
course, could not have been supposed to be driven to
the secessity of committing a felony for his liveli-
hood. He had lived for many years in the neigh-
bourhood of those docks, and held some ground
immediately adjoining that part where the men,
who escaped, bad been at work ; and the /aft was, as
he was instruded, some depredations having been
committed on his own ground, he was there at the
time on the watch, as well as the servant of the
Company. His voluntary surrender immediately, and
attendance before a Magistrate three days after,
without any attempt, upon his parr, either to conceal
himself or to abscond, were still further convincing
testimony of his innocence.
Some witnesses were called to his charader, and
the Jury, after a short consultation, brought in a
Verslid of Gitiky.

SURREY SASSlONS—HonsamoNata-LANE.

FIRST DAY.
L"M GRANTLEY in the Chair:
His Lordship, assisted by Lords LESSIC and Wm.
Rus.st.L. Sir THOMAS Ttntrove, Sir ROBERT Boa-
*Mr, and the other of the Surrey Magistrates,
opened the Court, at ten o'clock. As is very usual
on the first day, tla.t only material business was the
swearing; in the Grand Jury, and recording the
presentments of the High Constables ; the rest was
merely going through the routine of passing the
Treasurer's and other public officers' of the county
bah and accounts, which being all got through,
the Court adjourned till this morning, at ten o'clock,
when the Traverse Jury will be sworn, and then
proceed on the trials.

A private meeting of the Eleaors of Middlesex.
in the interest of Sir FRANCIS kit:apart', was held
yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the
Str4nd.
Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, ►e-
fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord Er.iatiso.
ROUGH. I. /rd Chief Justice, Sec. in and after Hi-
lary Term, 1807 :

IM rants.
MIDDLESEX. I LONDON.
1 Wednesday . . lin ft Thursday . . . Jan. 2MI
Monday . . . Feb. ft Wadne‘day . . lab 4
Tuesday . . . ---- 10 Werlncsiay . . --a II
•MO TF.11.4.

Friby . . . Fer 1 i Saturday . Feb. 14

The Earl of CALIDON and Colonel Aitxatrnsit
attended yesterday, at the Sessious-house, Clerken-
well, to give evidence balare the Grand Jury,
against his Lordship's Swiss servant, whom we ha►e
had occasion to mention so often lately. Bills were
found at the prosecution (1 his Lordship, and also
of Mr. AL111414011.
Next Sunday Evening, the Rev. W. R. Cowes',
of Peeleiam, will preach, at Saltres Hall Meeting.
a Sermon, in behalf of the Humane Society; and
we are assured, that a number of the Ch,ldren and
oth:rs, who have been providentially restored to
Life, by the Medical Assistants of the above In-
Eitution, will attend Divine Service, which begins
at hall.past six o'clock.
Yesterday the State Lottery commenced Draw-
ing, when No. f.'4,490, the First-drawn Ticket, en-
titled to 10,0201. was sold at Messrs. HA1•10,
Music, and Co.'s Office, Royal Excliimge, in one
Half, one Fourth, one Eighth, and two Sixteenth
Shares Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn,
are selling as above. The second Day of Drawing
will be on Thur►day, the 22d inst. and oo the Mon-
dry following. the First-drawn Ticket will be en-
titled to 10,0001.

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DURLLY, Jas. 9.
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Yesterhy morning, at five o'clock, Castle-Coale.
the magnificent sent of the Earl of Bebncre; in the
county of Fermanagh, was discovered to be ma fire.
The fienls burst out with et.nsi.lerable fury is
the back-kitchen, and rolling in volomes thronch
the Windows of that apartment, eAib'ted to the
astonished inhabitents, the first notification of their
danger. The alarm was soon g,ve,!, and the inha-
bitants of Enniskilb n, as well .t of Cie edjacent
neighbourhood, were almixt immediately in mo-
tion. Several detachments of tro• pa from the town►
cf Enniskillen, with Colonel Wardrop at their ne,d,
in a few minutes arrived at Castle-Coole. In three
hours they succeeded in supprossin?; the flames. A
large reservoir of water, within the bn ly of the
home, and the circumstance of the basement story

beii,g arched over, contributed to this happy result.
'The tire was first observed by the cook, who slept in
a contigu.ms apartment, the kitchen was then in.tc•
cessibles it was Heed with lath and plaistrr, diked to
strong uprights ot wood, which were all in flames,
and the crackling of which gave the first alarm.
Such was the intenseness of the Barnes, that all the
metal utensils of the apartment were melted
totally.
the damage done, we are happy to say, is incon-
siderable. This noiile edifice was erefted by the late
Earl, and cost 1500)01. It is built of Portland

stone, with two great fronts, each 300 lest in length,
and is the most magnificent private house in Ireland.

CONWAY PERRY.
We have been favoured with the following ea•
traft of a letter from Hnlywell (Wales). After de-
scribing the unfortunate circumstances attending
the loss of the boat, with which our readers are al-
ready acquainted, the writer gives the following as
an acctu ate list of the persons who were lost :
Pew Allison, belonging to tht hots. of Heard and Bel, PAW-

chants, Liverpool.
John Guaira). Curb. idle, Staffordshire.
John Hunt, Eq. his atidr.s. at J. fieud's, Dallaat OfKcs,
Thomas Tipton, the guard.
—.Carpenter, a sun of the guard of that name, etteaing
front ach.rei num Yorkshire.
Richard Edward:, smith, Holyhead.
Ch.irles Marrison, Limerick, tr,land, not yet founli•-his trunk
picked Up.
FFAntp. R gale. Conway.
Thomas Hughes, Thomas R hefts, Owen Janes, sod John
Rernoldi, Boatmen, Conway.
Saved.—ltoberts, tant.er, 11-i:head, bp the ass;itance of the
mail bag
. .

A Loattilan,by the aviistance of a tronk.
Our readers will perceive. by the foregoing list.
that with the exceptiwn nt Messrs. Hunt and Hay.
rison, the unlortonate men who were drowned, were
natives or at least inhabitants of England. •
_ _ _

PICKPOCICAL
One of these depredator., who 'belongs to a gang
of pickpockets, and who daily infest the principal
streets at the west end of tae town, was dete'led in
Picking a Gentleman's pocket, on Monday afternoon,
in Bond-street. The thief, who,:e name is .he Lsotr,
one of the most.desirons of the present day, was
seen malting the attempt by a young man who was
passing, and he in.me.liately alarmed the Gentle-
man, who detected the fellow with his pocket-book
nearly out of his pocket. The Prisoner was imme-
diately taken to Bow-street, and fully committed for
trial.
BURGLARY AN!) RORBERr.

Neither the vigilance of the Police, nor the reward
offered by the aggrieved party, had been able to
trace even a plum of the ,ake. ^r a dreg of the wine,
stolen from the Twelfth-Night Cupboard at Covent.
Garden Theatre, until an appeal had been m:cla
the wisdom of Alptier Goof, , whose necro
powers commanded Harlequin to kick them into
applewoman's wheelbarrow, and the Clown to
ble them out into a mist of darkness, where tlloy
were lost in the fog ; until time, aril a fresh spelt
from the magnanimous Enchantress, caused a dis.
covery in two of the neighbouring apartments, to
the no small gratification of the children of Apollo.

Mr. Mite oe, one of His MAj ssrv's Messengess,
sailed on Monday morning from Harwich, is the
Prince of Walls packet, for Heligoland, with dis-
patches for Lord HUTCKiNIOId.
The arrangement is at length comp'eo.d for the
family of the late Mr. Fox; under which Mrs. Fox
obtains a pension of 12001 and Miss Witt.° may,
his natural daughter, /001. per annum.
Oa Wednesday, the 31st of December, AcstAN-
ssa IHAVALTas, belonging to Paisley, nct twenty
years of age, walked from Perth to Paisley, a
distance of 71 I milts, in 17j hours. He left Pettis
at seven o'clock in the morning, and arrived at
Paisley at half past twelve. He came by the way
of Crieff, and walked in his boots site while way.
Bases.—No Court of Alderm-n was held yes-
terday, the Loan' aros, afier inspening the Re-
turns, ordered it to continue at the presets: price.
Mr. LUDL A NI. it is now ascertained, efefled his
escape, on Saturday, by a dangerous leap from the
roof of a house to that of another in Tcaterden-
street.

The F-flows cf the Royal Society have bcen
summoned by their President to meet at Somer,o-
place, on Thursday evening, 22d instant, in or.i.r
to MI up the vacancy made in Council, by the
death of EDWARD Witt GMAT. M.D. and
also to choose a Secretary in the same Gentleman's
place. Sir J. Banxis circular letter on th;, occa-
sion, his been accompanied by " The Kledion List
ot the-Royal Society, 1n07," at the head of which *
stands the name of " His Sacred lelpjrsty King
GIORCII M. Patron," followed by that of " His
Sacred ?dainty Cnsisetsew VII. King of Den-
mark." 'i men, to our great astunishmen., follows,
" His Sacred Majesty Maxima:en Jeserm King
of Bavaria !" and " His Sacred Majesty Fat-
DeRICR CHARtas WILLIAM. King ct IVirtem-
berg!" This is a recognition of the revolutionary
titles of these two crowned vassals ot Run AIPARTS:
both of whom are virtually in e state of war with
this country, after having driven two of the Kisski's
Ministers from their trespeetive aside ties, via. Mr.
Dallas. from Munich, and Mr. Stases& SNIT*.
from Stutgsri, in obedience to Nare‘ton s mau-
-1 date.