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Samuel Richard Evans, a respectably-dressed man, who only
quitted the service of Mr. Abbott, nephew to the Mier Justice,
last Mantley week, was charged by Withers, the father of the pro
-
mentor of Archdall, with accusing him ( Withers) of robbing him
of 1/. 120.
Withers stated that he believed the prisoner to be leagued in a
conspiracy against him, for that the Times took every opportehity
to vilify him, and he believed this man to be a party. He knew
nothing farther than that the prisoner hired a bed at the noebuek,
in Holborn, and slept in the 'Milt room with himself, in which
were two other beds, hurt Thursday. The prisoner came to the
house on Wednesday night, from the Bull and Gate, and was so
drunk that Savage, a person who slept In the next bed, helped him
up stairs. In the morning the priaoom had a glass of ruin, left the
house, returned, and charged him with the robbery. Witness asked
his name and address. which he refused to give, aed complainant
therefore gave him into custody when he met him again on
Monday.
The prisoner said he was a stranger in town, having left the ser-
vice of Mr. Abbott, at Haisden.green, where re bad been footmen,
on Monday week; that he went to Churchend, near Harrow, to
settle same account., and came into London last Tuesday. He had
been acquainted with Mrs. Nash, who lives in the Coal-yard,
Drnry-lane, fourteen or fifteen years, who remenmended him a bed
at the White Hart, in the same place; but the bed was so hard he
removed to the Roebuck, where lie was taken ill. Whiten he awoke
in the morning, he missed his pantaloons from under his head,
where he had placed them, between the bed and sacking. He saw
Withers doing something with a bundle on the floor; and, when
he got up, found his pantaloons on the door where Withers was at
the bundle.
Withers said he was tying his linen in a handkerchief for the
laundress, but saw fleshing of the prisoner's money.
Mr. COMA NT told Evans he might just as well have charged any
body else. He had no right to charge a man with so serious an
offence. Ile should discharge him, but advised him to be more cir-
cumspect in future.
Robert Jackson and his wife appeared to a summons at the in •
stance of Elizabeth Evans. their apprentice, for neglecting to teach
her the business of straw-bonnet-making, anti refusing to hod her
in food and lodging.
Mr. dough, a friend of the girl, stated her to be seventeen years
old ; that she was apprentie.l to Mr. Jackson five years ago, by. in•
denture, from the parish of St. Martin-in-the. Fields, and received
• premium of 2/. The gitl had only been with them six months
when they found fault with her, and her parents consented to take
her back. Iler father died in indigence of the dropsy. He assisted
to bury him; and on the same night her mother died of a natural
decay, leaving three daughters unprovided for and unprotected.
The youngest and the eldest were in service. The present com-
plainant had hitherto supported herself by her needle; but that re-
source failing, she had applied to him. It was nut in his power to
maintain her; and, fearful of the consequences of a girl of her age
being left to her own means, he applied to the master to do some-
thing for her tin she could get a place, which he had no doubt of
her shortly obtaining, as he had never heard any thing reproachful
of her character, and would do all he could in het behalf. Hcr
master had refused to receive her, and he had applied to the Magi,.
trete for what could be done.

The girl cried at the narration of her parent,,' death, and said she
hail nothing to charge against her master and 'Matins.
Mrs. Jackson said site was a nice young wornan, and was old
enough to take care of herself, and thought she could get a place
without tinning to them, who had a family, and no work for her.
Mr. ComANT told her he thought quite the reverse; that her
being a nice young woman was the very mason she ought.not to be
left unprotected in a town like this; and that Mrs. Jackson having
a family was a reason why she should be useful.
Mr. Jackson said he was a shoemaker, at 44, Great Rupert-
street, but his business was very bad, and his wife had nothing to
' do in :he straw bonnet-making now ; he would SOMeT gift the 21.
back again than receive her ; she wag sullen and disobedient when
he had her. Suppose she turned out bad ?
Mr. CONANT told him Le showed a bad feeling to the girl; she
had conducted herself well while away from him ; she was but a
child when ha had her, and experience would dictate to her to be
co`iedient ; lie was only asked to take her till something could be
done for her. If he could turn her over to another Muter, Ws lia-
bility would be at an end; but the terms of the indenture were stall
in force against him, and he must do for her.
The girl was taken away by the Jackson., tinder a promise from
Mr. Gough that he would undertake to find a place foe her in three
months.

Qut EW-SontraitC.-I'estertiay a man named Kelly was brought
to this office, charged with unlawfully disposing of a number of
shop fixtures, belonging to a shop, No. 123, Chancery.bme, the
property of Mr. O'Connell.
It appeared, from the complainatt's statement, that the shop had
been taken of him by the defendant's wife, who was to hare the use
of the fixtures while she lived there. The defendant and his wife
remsined in the shop three months, and when they left they die. '
posed of the fixtures to the person who had taken the shop, and
who had the defendant's receipt for the tame. The receipt, how-
ever, not being produced, the Magistrate directed the ease to stand
over until the receipt should be forthcoming.
UNtON-HALL.—YeiterJay, a fellow named J olio Sonia. one of
a gang of desperate thieves, that have long infested the district of
this office, was brought before the sitting 3lagistrate, charged with
having committed an outrageous an assault upon the person of Cap-
tain Davidson, of. Nelson-square, u to endanger that gentleman's
life.

The Captain was unable to attend the examination in conse-
quence of the injuries he received, and his son produced a medical
cettilicate, describing the dangerous state in which his father was
then lying, owng to a severe blow on the breast, which it appeared
produced a rupture of the lung+.
A watchman. named Sltepherd,stated that on the preceding night
about II o'clock. as he was sitting in his watch-box, which is
placed in Counter-street, Southwark. he saw a gentleman walking
along the pavement, whom he had since ascertained to be Captain
Davidson, who was followed by three common-looking fellows.
The watchman kept his eye upon them, and when they had pro.
ceeded about 20 yards from where he was, he plainly observed the
prisoner run up alongside the Captain, and give him a desperate
blow nn the breast that knocked him down like a shot ; the prisoner
then proceeded to turn Captain Davidson's pockets inside out, and
at the moment the watchman hastened to the spot, and secured the
ruffs in who had committed, the outrage; but unfortunately his asp-
elates escaped through the labyrinth of by-lanes and alleys in that
neishbourhood. The prisoner having been secured, the next thing
was to d sweet wbo the genueman was that had been so desperately
ass tolled, a+ be lay in the road completely deprived of all sense or
motion, and to all appearance dead. In his pockets fortunately was
found a card of hie address, and he was instantly conveyed home,
and surgical assistance being procured, after having been bled, he
recovered in soma degree,but still remains In a very dangerous state.
The prisoner was known to most of the officers, and was identified
by them as having been in company with a man named Edwards,
upon an occasion of a tire in Bermondsey, when Pottle, an officer of
this establishment, was severely wounded with a knife in the hand
and arm by Edwards, who was there for the purpose of picking
pockets. While the above charge against the. prisoner Was under
investigation, filet Molmees owe of thb Magistrates of the connty,
entered till'office, complaining that he had been knocked down and
robbed on the same night • be received a blow or two on the body,
and hi+ left eye was swollrn and black, the effects of a thump be
got on the bridge of the nose by one of the ruffians. Mr. liolmer
stated that •s he WAS proceeding home the precious night, at •
little befare 111 o'clock, in passing the end of the Great Dover-road,
a fellow ran up against Mar with such force as to knock him down,l
and while lying on the ground another fellow came tip, who, pre-
tending to assist him in getting up, managed to pick his pocket of,
a pocket-book cooteining money, with which he made his esespe.
Mr. Holmes., on looking at the prisoner, believed that he was• the
fellow, who, under the ;pretence of assisting him off the ground.'
robbed him of his pocket-book.

Shepherd, the watchman, hawing stated that he should know the
men who aceompisnied the prisoner when ha knocked down Captain
Davidson, the Magistrate remanded him for another examinatbn.

A Liverpool Paper says, " The Corporation are abort to
build two free schools, one of which is finished !"

The statement of the bank of Jones and Co. at Man- 1
cheater discounting bills at 4 per cent. ought to be ex-
plained, otherwise it might lead to an idea perhaps un-
founded, that the rate of interest was about to be altered.
The fact arises from the opposition of the branch of the
Bank of England, which discounts in that town at the rate
of five per cent. per annum; formerly Jones and Co.
'charged five per oent. and a commis:lex the reduction to 4
recent: with a commission, make the rate nearly 3 per
eeni. to the public; but it was a necessary measure to meet
dm ■cw astablishmet, and to ttattsaMbriaineaa Upon nearly
dm same terms.

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minas* and
• taken the poison herself.
The Jury, being of the same opinion, returned a verdict " That
the deceased had poisoned herself, being at the time in ft Sin of
temporary derangement."
On Tuesday exciting an inquisition was taken at tIW .Iheo
Brewers, Stretton.ground, Westminster, before T. Htons,llll. es
the body of John Wookford, fifty run of aagee
Elisabeth Grant stated that she lives at No. 34, Stretton"'
and knew the deceased from his lodging in the sane house wf th kw ;
he had been very unwell for the last week. but was not candela at
his ZOOM. Last Saturday, about the middle of the day, withal
saw him In'the yard, by the back door; he then exclaimed to Ipfel
" Oh 1 Abs.. Grant. I shall dip," and would have fallen, if eke DM
not caught hint in her arms ; he was then carried up stairs and
laid oa the bed ; his wife was ;at this time in s stete of bergilesi
totitation, and had been so fen the last three weeks ; the
expired in about an.hour after be lon laid un the bed ; his wife 'nisi
the room with them ; the last words he uttered were, " You wicked,
woman (meaning hie wife), you have broken my hart;" he died
Immediately after these words; his wife was constantly in the habit
of pawning every thing she could lay her hands on, and get drunk
with the Money. The deceased, who was a porter in the city, was a
reatinkabl sober steady man.
Mary Chiswell also stated, that the wife of the deceased was a
most antedated drunken woman, and in the habit of pledging all
herrionband's property; this conduct affected the mind of the de.
coned vex y much, and lie often complained to her about it. He
was sisitoil by the Doctor on Saturday, who sent him some me.
dieihe ; but his complaint batted all medical skill. No sooner wan
the breath out of the deceased's body than his wife exultingly
exclaimed, "Thank God, the old b— is dead I" and immediately
fell to work and ransacked his pockets of all they contained ; she
found in them 4s. 61, and immediately ran over to the gis.shop,,
where she spent the money. A blanket has been furnished IS
cover die corpse. From depravity of the old wretch, it has been
deemed necessary to watch not only the blanket, but the corpse too,
as it was strongly suspected they would be disposed of the first
opportunity. Since his death the wife has sold all the deceased's
clo Ivat.
Smeltl of the Jury remarked that their blood had ran cold at
the horrid narrative. and. the oldest of them said he never knew
an instance of such atrocious unfeeling conduct on the part of a wife.
They than returned the following verdict—" Died by the visitation
of Dad."

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MARKETS.
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` (From the LONdos New Price Cum*, Oct. 241
SUGAR.—The Sugar Market cestinuod very heavy last week,
and where sales were effected lower pekes were submitted to, parti.
wisely in the inferior and middling, descriptions, of whiri i the
greatest part of the pement stock atessists. Sugars 60s. and up-
wards, are so scarce that they fully eiesweraid the late prices. The
deliveries of Sugar last week are ahent Ole emits, needy the same
as taw year, 'which evigualy obelus. 60 thet eineseeptiee continues
extensive, and that leige wads of Ilesievades• have been dis-
posed of piivately, the particularises to Om sit ana.piring. The
stock has increased last week nearly MIL einspored with the same
period in BM. The Market opened heavily this morning, anti
in,
1 from the late purchases of low and Sugars we have re-
duced our quotations Is. per cwt. The eels private contract at
the close of the day were estimated at NO a The Barbados
pairiiestale *pi .off heavily; the best quality Gls. fitl. We make
all Seglirslilivir IS.. sheet Is. per cwt. lower than on this dip
week. The, Relied? Mediu Area exceedingly heave last week,
and only parrelafdr elaWbg were Inquired after. The price. of
Lumps were 'tither lower. The trittelesole Grocers did not purchase
WV PIM'. for the hem ionwaveptisa. The demand rather im.
prosed mdse be& tor Mee coneeinistien and export, oa account
of the hgiatedly takings rollattimi price ; Drown Lumps and
liblsll.lll mid at. the lowest priee illsoned. The Gro.:en are also
taking /en gistisee a, shadier rollasdos. Is Foreign lawn last,
week as bulimia wee dose by private castmet. Some Based
Sultan offered et vab*i ode. but we believe they were ao bidding..
367 birds. milt& Pot* Rico good Mammies, yellow to brown,
sold 275. fid. a 88a.
COFFEE.—The Public Sale. of Coffee last week attracted little,
attentfonNsey Went off heard 01104tFboLeign at a further reduction
of Is. per ewt. • the ordinary of British Plantation at
a decline of 2s. .a
S. per cwt.; orditiory rank Jamaica 48s. al
50s. ; good ordinary elan Ills. sad 10si ; Biso ordinary 481. The
(*wry descriptions sold also lower, but will high in proportion to
the inferior qualities. The triaseilione ley contract at the
ma
reduced prices were extends., il It then kis extensive
buyers of Coffee, but only at letrireices. report on Saturday'
that St. Domingo Ci.ffee was mid at 475. bminght the buyers to
make inquiries, but no general business could lie done at that price.
There was oWy ens public sale this forenoon, 50 casks Jamaica and
41.1 bags St. Domingo, the latter of an ordinary quality, all taken
In 4111.- • and per. Bd.' the said 44si • 410. id.: good or.
dime, whiny Jemidea tis. er g Odoul he alga. There was
so ladeseld Sag it farm noaisseirms if the Market prices.
IRISH,. PROVISIONS.—The 't Provision Minket continues
heavy, but noveductionin the prices of the present stock here Is
anticipated, as we have a small supply of good Provisions, end the
usual shipping orders are immediately expected. The prices for a
future period are expected lower, and New India Beef is offered at
Al. 10s. and New Mess at 41. lees for shipment next month, but the
buyers do not come forward. Butters maintain the late prizes.
-Breen heavy.
RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The inquiries after
Rum continued general and extensive last week, and towards its
close some buyers, who had been long watching the Market to pur.
chase at lower prices, came forward and took all parcels, proofs and
under, without regard to quality, at 2.. 4d.; they were unable to
make large purchases at that rate—for proofs it was refu.ed. The
other sales were Jamaica 31 over fine al.; Si over of a very or-
dinary quality 3s. Bd. Demerara 28 over 3.. 2d. Brandies are
held with much firmness, but the purchases lately are confined to
small parcels to the trade and for shipping. Geneva still at nominal
quotations. At a late hour to.day no purchases whatever were re.
ported.
HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The Exchange from Pe.
tersburgh yesterday was 10e, which is a considerable advance.
The sales of Tallow since the previous post day, 5,000 carts, gene-
rally at 106 roubles. This intelligence had the effect of making
the transactions in Tallow more extensive, but the only alteration
was making the market buyers. when they were previously sellers,
at our quotation. Hemp is still firm at the inserted currency, and
looking up. In Flax there is no material alteration. The nearest
price of Tallow at a late hour was 38..
RICE.—By public sale this forenoon 2,118 bags good White
Bengal Rice ; Patna kind 17a. fid. a 18e., inferior 16s. Bd. • 17s.

INDIGO.—The sale lately has gone off at a further advance
and brisk, particularly the ordinary descriptions, which were pre.
vioualy neglected; they sold Pd. to Is. per pound higher. The two
public sales of Onatiniala Indigo to-day. Mumps. Etre all taken s.
they appear to be held 6d, tp le. per peiablagber than the mead
currency of dye stwtß.
COCOA.—Severel pastels of Cocoa were offeted bud week, bit
'they
4found no offers except small lots of Brasil, which sold Ms.
and os.
FRUIT.—The Fruit Market was very heavy lad week. The
public sale on Friday led butts, Currants 884. a 944. I Canted&
904. a M.: Lipari 80s. The public sale this day, new French
Prunes, Plums, and Imperial Plums, affords' no criterion of the
market; nearly the whole was taken is.

OlL.—The ships that have lately arrived from the Northern
Fialteriot have been rather successful ; the consequethe ia, that the
Oil market has became exceedingly heavy ; Gasselend is effavd at
the lowest lasertad price, and no buyers: the MW. dlindltiblits are
at nearly nominal quotations on account of dm 'kw hanaaetions
lately repo. tea,
TOBACCO—Thare as expation still wassillog the market,
but their purchases as yet are quint inesedinaltie ; sone eldinary
parcels of Virginia are revoked Is. as OW Mt gtherady the
market-is languid t the buyers eve tilling as wad die mot of the
public sale in Holland, in the aadolgindW at Ism!
SPICES.-ills pibfic take, White Pepper attraeNd rent at-
tention last week. is dm tags supoly was all take* by cue Muse.
about 3s. and awhile. gam' lestartees so AO nx Illted. The
quantity broughtthreesd•wws ime.ana _it Wag dos
same party werf(reillallill 7th. alt• 91a. UM does the
sale a premium has both
_obtained. ' Dy public sale 173 bop pad
Sumatra black Pepper, fight, sold 41d. ei4 41d,
• .
HOPS.—lieps loon es lowest 0414 Ws &demand 141 s: per
ewt. the domed amodossas omit italientthdtes
SILL —The 111111Pinie as the ladies Maima *Aw dosed at a um
how ; the Sae imiess dealt, do 4almlat d ptam; Weborthin
ildesi are
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A Borough, Mr. J.
attended,
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Court, far the
of Major
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all claim
to.
point in his favour; Mr. E. then drew the attention of
the Court to the reign of Charles 11., and said, that the
than Governor of Plymouth, the Earl of Bath, obtained
from the borough of Plympton, as well as of many other
boroughs, the surrender of their charters to his ftlajesty.
The right which he now sought to recover was clearly al-
:Towed u to that period, and indeed the Lord Chancellor
deo. tired it would not be very difficult to prove that
Wu that period every inhabitant- of a borough was a
core the Earl of Bath arrivedin London with
had been given up to him, Charles 11.
consequently the charters were surrendered
11. which he (Mr. E.) contendtd,
inumncln as the order for obtaining
beets in-nett-during the reign of an-
was then deceased. The boroughs
up their charters received new ones,
as Plympton. The difference between
I the new was, that the burgesses were
latter by name, and it was also therein
of making free burgesses was vested
and Aldetmen. When King IVil-
the throne, he declared all the.
its predecessor James to be null and
. the people should return to the en-
former rights and privileges. The various
' by James 11. were obliged to abdicate their
Corporation officers again appeared on the
rolls of the boroughs. William 111. afterwards, through the
means of Sir Geo. Treby, the then patron of the Botough,
and Recorder of London, granted the Borough a charter.
This new instrument said nothing about the election of
freemen, but left it in the state it stood previous to the
surrender of the charter to James. In further elucida-
tion, Mr. E. referred to the year 1702, when on the elec-
tion of members to serve in Parliament, a feud arose be-
tween two leading men of the neighbourhood of Plympton.
The result was a petition !to the House of Commons, and
the question between the contending parties was precisely
the same as now existed, namely, whether the Mayor
and Aldermen ha-I the exclusive right to elect free-
men? In order to give the best possible evidence of
the proceedings on that occasion Mr. E. produced a
copy of the original brief delivered by the Mayor and
Aldermen to their Counsel, in answer to the above petition.
They then contended, as they did now, that no right existed
as that which had been demanded. Mr. E. produced a
copy of the Journals of the house of Commons, and com-
mented at some length on the evidence adduced both for
and igainst the question. The decision of the House was,
that the light of electing burgesses to serve in Parliament
was veatt d in the Mayor, bailiff; freemen, and sons of free-
men, who bad a right to demand their freedom and had,
been refused; this decision, he contended, most satisfac-
torily showed that the right he now advocated was acknow-
ledged by the Legislature; perhaps it might be asked, why,
if it really was their right, it had been suffered to remain
dormant for such a period, ever since the year 1702—more
than a century? To this he answered by repeating an
anecdote, which no doubt every individual of the Court
had read when at school. The son of a certain Ro-
man Emperor having conquered a city, sent to his
father for counsel how to govern it: the father took the
messenger into the garden, and without laying a word, lie
cut oft' the heads of the tallest poppies, and then desired
him to tell his son what he had witnessed.i The son took
the hint, and cut off some of the most powerful men of the
city. Things were the same now as in the days off the Ito-
man Emperor—the most powerful possessed .tlte greatest
sway. In the Corporations of England, rank and talent
were generally predominant, and all the little poppies were
obliged to hide their diminished heads. But he would beg
them to observe that because the claim had remained eo,
long without being brought forward, it was no proof of its
invalidity ; and u a convincing proof of that, lie said it
would be only necessary to mention the case of East Looe,
where from 181'8 to 1822, non-residents were allowed to be
freemen; but in the latter mentioned year, the House of
Commons bad declared that no one was competent to
vote for that borough, unless he were an inhabitant.—
Mr. Elwortby then concluded his very ingenious and
luminous address, in which it was clear that he must have
taken a deal of trouble, by addressing the freemen present,
telling them that their oath, which required them diligently
to protect the ancient rights and immunities of the bo-
rough of Plympton, imposed an obligation on them to
make a strict and impartial inquiry into the nature of the
present application. After sonic further conversation Mr.
Elwortby placed the matter in another light, by requiring
the Court to swear two witnesses to give evidence before
the Grand Jury against one of his clients, for neglecting
to attend and be sworn a freeman, in pursuance of the sth
by-law of the code, made under the Charter of Elizabeth.
This the Court refused, as they did all his applications.
Mr. E. then, as his last resource, prior to his moving for a
writ of mandamus, made an application to be admitted to
the Grand Jury to prefer his appeal there: this the Court
also refused. The matter was then dropped.
The answer set up to the claim of the gentlemen before
named by the Mayor and Aldermen of the borough of
Plympton is, that by the Chatter of James, the right of
electing free burgesses is vested in the Mayor and Alder-
, men : consequently, if the provisions of that Charter be
I law, no claim can be valid, as the sole power of making bus..'
gases is in that body. That sons of freemen were entitled
to their franchise before the surrender of the Charter to
James, there appears to be no doubt; and the only ques-
tion then for consideration is, did the Act of William 111.
lawfully annul the Chimer ofJames? Unfortunately the
Charter obtained through Mr. Treby in the reign of
William Ht. left untouched the manner of electing free-
men ; had that subject been detailed, all litigation
would, of course, have been prevented. The question
appears to binge on the point above mentioned, is the
charter of James 11. legal or not? That it was accepted by
the borough there can be no doubt, in return for those they
had surrendered, and it de facto became the law of the,
borough. It then may be asked, can a charter so granted
and accepted be annulled, except by a direct act of the
kiney power? if not, is there any specific charter or order
of William 111. declaring the charter granted by James 11.
to Plympton null and void? The strongest feature in
favour of the claimants is the decision of the House of
Commons in 1702; and the greatest wonder is, that that'
decision was not followed up. The question, if
with, will be solemnly argued in the Court fig=
Bench, where the merits of both sides will be duly.loves-
tigated and attended to.—Plynsoutd Paper.
Sir Walter Seott's visit to for the purpose of in-
specting the official archives of the reign of the Emperor
Napoleon, and to collect from authentic sources genuine
anecdotes relating to that extraordinary character, pre-
viously 'to the completion of his history, which is already in
the press, and far advanced towards publication.
The state of trade during the week has not been quite
so favourable as it was; fewer sales have been'efiteted,
end no advance of prices has boos obtained. This, how-
ever, is usually a dull Flo of the yaw There is still a
considerable quantity of Ferreting for the spring.
trade, which 'Ards en t to a number of waiters'
who- would otherwise anprovided fur0....6/hurno
Chronicle. . •

CORPORATION OP SEPHTON.
1 [From the Liverpool Albion.'
This extensive and populous' borough was. during the
!preceding week, the theatre of what the French 'Nth{
[style " great events." Wednesday last was St. Luke's
Day ; a day oe which it has been usual, tram time inune-
mortal, for the members of the corporation, which is nee
of teostencienti as well as one of the most loyal, in the
kingdom, to proceed to theelection of a Mayor and Bailiffs.
The day was ushered in by the tinging of bells, the display
of flags, and by other demenstrations of popular joy. Mt
business in this hive of industry was suspended on the
happy occasion ; the streets of this extensive town were
crowded with the inhabitants, dressed in their hI d
o y sy
attire ; and every thing denoted that the borough would
[ be, before night, the scene of jollity and mirth. Mts.
Bowker's elegant hotel was splendidly decorated for
the occasion, and her numerous servants appeared in new
liveries.
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were saluted, On their arrival within the boundaries of the
borough, by a salvo of artillery, the ringing pf bells,
and
by the shouts of the assembled multitude. The cavalcade
was one of the most splendid which had ever been seen in
the streets of the ancient and populous town of Sephton.—.
The flower of the youth of Liverpool, as well as men who are
eminent for the profundity of their wisdom and the extent
and variety of their attainments, graced the borough by their
presence, and honoured its inhabitants by their condescen-
sion and affability. The learned Recorder, who had accom.
panied the members of the corporation from Liverpool,
and who never takes a single step without hesitation and
seeming reluctance, stated to the admliing populace the
causes which had prevented the illustrious party from
making their grand entay earlier in the day. They had, he
said, been detained in Liverpool until half-past two
o'clock, in appointing a gentleman to fill the office of Mayer
of that Minor town; and they had set off the moment the
appointment was made, to proceed to the election of 8
gentleman to occupy the civic throne of the more flourishing
and important town of Sephton. Three rounds of ap-
plause from the multitude followed this but eloquent,
oration.
The great personages then proceeded, attended by
officers bearing the Corporation regalia, to Mrs. Bowkeei,
the great room of whose hotel was elegantly fitted up for
the banquet. The tables were loaded with evt ry delicacy
and luxury which money could procure; and to excel.
lent was the cookery, that one of the guests, an r einow.
!edged epicure, was heard to declare that he neve: stw
a better entertainment at the Waterloo or the Adelpbi
Hotels, in Liverpool. Dinner over, the burg-saes, after
drinking several loyal toasts, proceeded to the election of
the Mayor. The Town Clerk made the customary pro-
clamation, and read the Acts ay enst bribery and corrup-
tion. James Ackers, Esq., was then nominated and se-
conded as a candidate for the office; and JAn Davies,
Esq., was nominated and seconded as a candidate for the
like honour. A sharp contest now took place, and the
polling was kept up, with great spirit, for a considerable
time. Some queer gills having come up to poll for Mr.
Ackers, the Counsel for the other eandidate objected to
them, and insisted on the oaths against bribery and cor-
ruption being put to the burgesses. eve out-voter, who
had come all the way from Liverpool, and who looked
rather musically inclined, was opposed, the Learned Bar.
rister stating that the person whom he pretended to be
had died many years ago, and that his name was John
Jones. This was denied by the Counsel on the other side,
and a gentleman on the hustings swore that the voter wits
really the person he said he was, and that he was a native
of a place in Cheshire, called Cake-whig. The vote wattthen received, and the burgess's name was entered as a
Cal e-whig. After a smart struggle, Mr. Ackers was de-
clared duly elected, amidst the deafening shouts of the
multitude.
It was now eight o'clock, and, late as was the hour, pre-
parations were made for chairing the successful candidate.
The car, which was very splendid, was brought out, and
Mr. Ackers stood ready to be elevated; but no sooner did
the bearers behold the astonishing gravity of the new
Mayor, than they shrunk appalled from the Herculean
task, exclaiming, one and all, that they could not carry the
Mayor and Corporation in one chair. Their fears were
soon removed, it being agreed that his Worship thou d
walk round the church-yard, " with stately steps and
slow," whilst the chair was carried behind his august per-
son. The ceremony was accordingly performed in this
tr.anner, by torch-light, the officers bearing the Corpora-
tion regalia, the bells ringing, the cannon firing, and the
populace shouting.
The Mayor and Corporation returned to the Town-hall.
The Learned Recorder, who was dressed in the robes of
office, and whose sagacious head was crowned by a huge
wig, soon after appeared at one of the windows, anti, as the
mouth-piece of the Corporation, addressed the assembled
multitude, who had flocked into he town from miles raund,
in one of the most eloquent speeches ever delivered in
Sephton. Unfortunately, our reporter had drunk too much
champagne during the linnet to be able to take accurate
notes of this splendid oration. We have, however, con-
trived to obtain a meagre outline of it, which we present to
1 our readers.

The Learned Recorder congratulated the burgesses of
Sephton on having been so sagacious and discerning as to
elect to the office a gentleman whose gravity was equal to
his respectability ; a gentleman who, he was confident,
would discharge his duty zealously and fearlessly—reform
all abuses--call a common-hall—and be always at his post.
—(Loud cheers.) He mewed them that Mr. W. M.
Bothwell, one of the gentlemen whom they had elected to
the office of Bailiff, had been born and bred amongst them,
and was endeared to all who knew him by his kindness to
his neighbours on all occasions ; and that the other worthy-
Bailiff, Mr. John Davies, would rosin well, and would ne-
ver dry-salt them.—(lmmense cheering.) The burgesses
had breadth in the Mayor, and length in the Bailiffs,.
and be was sure the /enga and breadth together would
make a most substantial c'orporation.—(Great cheering.).
The Learned Recorder withdrew his sage bead amidst
thunders of applause. A loud cry was then raised for the
Mayor to speak. His Worship declared, however, that he
was too fall to give utterance to hisfeelis on tbaocea-
sion; and that he could only moire them;*as the intelli-
gent inhabitants of Sephton would always 'find Mm as his
post. The Mayor then, with his aectursomedliberality,
ordered a barrel of ale to be distributed among.the popu-
lace. Thus terminated one of the most interesting cere-
monies ever seen in the, populous and extensive town of
Sephton. We are happy so have it in our power to.add,
that the Mayor, the Bailiffs, and the members of the Coe-
2
poration, returned to Liverpool by day-light on Thu
morning, having luckily, and more by chance t
vigilance, escaped falling into any of the numerous di
on the road.

BIRTHS.
At Teddington, on the 224 instant, the Lady tenon** Botisad,
Inspector of Army Hospitals, of a son.
On Sunday, the 22d blatant, in Lower thuok-street, the Lady of
Thomas B. Ifililyard, Esq. of a &tghter.
On the 2Gth ult, at Therapia, on the Bosphorus, 14n. W.
Turner, of a son.

MARRIED.
On Thureday, the 19th hottent, at St. Mary's, Beverley by the
Rev. Wm. Oil y, Frederick Mahrwaring, of the blat ft Own
Light Infantry, Nephew and Aide.de.Camp to Ocnesik
waxing, Governor of St. Lucia% to Catherine, second da df
the late Colonel Popham, of the 24th Regiment.
On the 7th instant, at Flounce, Edward John Stanley, Esq.,
eldest son of Sir Jobn Stanley, of Aided., Park, Chakire, to
Henrietta Maria, daughter of Viscount' Dillon.

On the 19th instant, at Cliho;. Wts. Broderlp, Esq.
On Sanctity, the TM i 1/11n6 Zhu Forbes, wife of Lieu-
tenant-General Iteajetnin F at hi midair, le the New-
nan.

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order could sot toe he made. TUN fillettiohal ~,, .._ „ .......n...—.
identity of the prisoner. On POMMY In lid SAinq • ' it int EXTINUOW Or TUE BLIICTIVE FRANCHISE.-
—0 yes, I can sweat to the man; we Abed in the Groom, John.strest, • ' N.- ~,;, WA being the Quarter &salons for this Beetzell
Seq. Coroner, on the Oh worthy, sofieitoei of Devooport, at
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Von cannot swear that he Is the hither Of child. woman, who •of "I'l, 4-, " , ~ . Dative he had given at
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that ls the man that Riee swots to be father of , whole a shesesakee esellieg .. 4,, of malting application on behalf
hew as wive fie,„ it a hid
~ delbl" k 4, Asa ifrohgree, Capt. T. Wolndge, and Lieut. C. 1
She might swear that John Smith was the tether. and to New; and'freqe ',lir a state d . i2v. lit Witch soitzfeaof freeman, who claimed to be admitted .
lan; bat nobody can prove that but the woman bar- she appeared as if d On Nang IMO she wet in. en. After some preliminary measures
art present to identify hint. and the Magistrate can. out, and returned ohs sr, it skrota il iii ' she, ed of relative to the appointing the Grand
seder on him to give bail without his identity being ,nouprichertioothinzeint ash.
rourna, mod at
~ ~- 1 : after. Worthy commenced his address, alluding in
to
Parliament were perused without meeting With an num, very much intoxicated, .sled bin, , ' • • hare any lied to the early charters of the borough ;he th
a3l
lye. gip (he was et that time Iging on the bed); be ,'", • Ilk., the alga- that he reunded his claim on the charter grant,
eked if he admitted being the father ? The question live, when the devilled exclaimed In VIA ',. ' & hive dodo reign of Elisabeth, though the right of freemen'
it— I have done it, aniktba,,, hers& on tne , 11111* The the franchise was not, he would admit, ' •
n ; of course he answered " No."
cloven there: It appeared, however, by and
T—As no order has been made, nor an, now the husband inuantly gem an alarm, whets his '„, (me. rot) data
1 have no power to oblige him to give bad. Ido urine to his saeletaaar, when it was hued that II, had
recognisance of any use unless it can be solvated in poisoned herself wish ozone aud, two ounce pageSe . ••.on by record, that down to the year 1676, a certai
appearing, which cannot be done. 1 hays no oldce- the goer: above 100 grains were also found by MI, • a cur- persons were to become free burgesses, and if
a recognizance if a form can be altered No as to make geon, in a teacup, which the husband said no • ii • 'muff of this were wanting, it was furnished by the
at we have no forms suitable. I eanhot detain ever drank out of, and believes she meant to Atli oho
f 0 of 11-
~,.A
-laws under the charter of Eliaal
asked him to have same gin. The its es Ili a fee' ml.•
—Then I shall take him to Ramsay; I must. obey rules in great agony. terfor of Whiih as '• that if any pervon above ti
Mr. Baxter, the surgeon, declared that the qsantituf poison he eighteen, being a burgess born, should not cc
T —You will use your own &credo° as to the pro- found in the stomach of the deceased must have cat* dMost In- sworn when he was warned by the bailiff' to 1
stant death, should, in consequence of such neglect, lope
r and Mr. Tanner left the office together. The Coroner said that there did not appear any midget:veto al. to .. .
bt but the demised had . t ins mums. This, he contended, was
i7r fi Ff.ans_ a resnectablv-drened man. who only minors mix 41113°Pd. std pOint in his favour ! Mr_ IL then ti roar rho at
he had DO d Oil

COTTON.-1:0Tro =aka ha Wei sisidtt die irk
withesi alionelos. eallilletiase fee the me& Orniii hi
Cocain cellist of 11l Akins 40. a iid, I. ue Bawd
bed. ; NO Bowed ls. a 7ed. ; AO Damara OK altd.

i6Be,&4thei
the charters which
,had
had died, and consetp
to hie successor, James
.was an illegal measure,
Ow saki charters had b
nuntaieh, • who
hid.delirered ut
these was I
:ate' . , Tier and the
in the lintel
. that the power
so in the Mayor i
Liam AIL ascended
chartist granted by MI
void, and ordered that
joyments of their forme
*Seers appointed by Ja
offices, lAtell the old Corp