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proved in meidesee that Mr. Christie was The ISMoll sotto
said, " Good God! wiry was I alluded to Ste *tato ?"
The I.OIID Cline JUSTICE Wllll, it did not appear in
evidence which it was who used those expression., but if the
Jury believed Ilie two Prisoners at the bar were two out of
the four peresme On were la the fieldy it wit &adore-resit in
point ut 1.. ',Lich of them fired the
After a further debberatims of about tweuty Wllllllll.B, the
Jury returned a verdict of Not amity as to both the
Priaosers.
The delight with which this verdict was received by their
shioserous friends. wbo almost filled the Court, eau- be easier
itagiiseli time deserilled.

POLIch.

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SOW STREET.
'Yesterday Thomas Maker underwent an tic.in3iiiation be-
fore Sir Robert Baker, charged with cob ',shag or mot bring-
ing to mention the sum of 3/. Plc 6J. which he bail received
of Ir. Join Dyson, of HI igh.street, bfary-le.binie, no the
414 of Alarms, WM which was due to Mr. Richard Pitt, an
Gilmer, of Warwick-street, Goldeo-nioare, with %lions the
Prisoner lived as clerk.

The invemigatiow of the rharge occupied a considerable
length's( thee seder the rollout's!' cis commences :—The Pri-
soner has been twice in the service of the Prosecutor as a
eferk, at a small salary, and small commission fur •ll the
oil, de. which be sold. After he had loft the Prosecutor's
service the armed time, the Prosecutor bad him taken into
custody, having Ave indictments preferred atai•st lino for
embezzlenseut is the Curvy of gooney, upou which be was
tried at the last Assizes st Kingston, amid acquitted. Since
that the shove charge was prof reed.
Mr. Law absented for the Prigulier, sad contended, that
this was Nader similar c.renaistances, and that the transac-
tion only amounted the debt, and was out eugeizable under
the Ace of Parliamewl.
The Magistrate, however, was of opinion that the charge
should stand upon its own merits.
Joints Payne was charged with • similar offence upon
Mr. Samuel Dalton, of Cansiba.plece, Camden Tow.,
corn-dealer, in the rec. ipt of V. 13s. lid.; which, on the
Sth of January last, he received from Mr. Stamford, of
Finehley Curairoua.
Wffffatw Couk mod Jobe Bidwell were charged with
stealing a pair of silver eandlesticks of the vale, of 101. the
,properly of Mr. anodes Bishop, an Attorney,
The Priitmers being known characters, were observed to
go lath it mate-situp in Chequer-alley, near Bunhill-.ow,
where, io • bock-yard, obey rzeihanged their rusts to avoid
being identified. They wet* taken with the candlesticks in
their poommesiou. There is no doubt hut that they took ed.
vowing, oe Tuesday evening, between seveu and eight
o'clock, of the parlour window of Mr. Bishop being left open
of eiteliag and stealing the properiy.—They were com-
mitted.
tisasti.oostotioan iff
RIOTOUS CONDUCT AT THE COUNTESS OF
DERBY'S PARTY.
Her Ladyship had a party of distiaguisbed personages at
her omanidoo in Grosvesor.winare, on Thursday reaming, at
which the eeta-doern were wee), numerous. A Mr. D at-
torney's clerk, sad three other yooug wee, whose names we
shall not state, in she hope that It will-seisol to their better
behaviour, and that their homilies may but be disgraced by
their iodieerect conduct, were charged wiihetrikiag the Duke
of Leinsteer footman, sorter the following eireiniassawees
As the company alighted loom their carnages, their observe.
limo ware highly disgusting, sad particdu ly to ladies. The
one was said to have • haadsoone leg, but a clumsy natal ; au.
other was saluted as howdy-legged; cad their audacity at
{web became so disgtostiog, is terms which we shall sot state,
that In tie absence of a police-ulSeer (s, usual attendant is
such eases), the amsoyeace became so great that the 'servants
interfered, anal we* dsesedier prevailed, which ended in a
skirmish, by one of the mossilsota 'ivies the Doke of Leis.
star's hems* • blaellt ego, sad for which be was taken to
the watch-house with his eampasioos.
As there seemed no dogmatism to proceed further, the
Magistrate diseharged ' the case as de Semiants were open,
bat be advised that the parties should be indicted.

"I"" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
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POMTSISOUTM, •PMIL
Arrived the Peace, Brace, from Havre, with loot of front-
line.. sod bowsprit.
'minnows, Aram 11.
Arrived the Sitters, Doathwaite ; Lamas, &Alums ;
sod Laura, Willies, from Loudon for St. Jolnes, New
Brunswick; Baltic Merchant, Storey; Amity, Campbell;
end Tritou, Marshall, from Loudon fur Quebec; and Bar-
Indoes, Henaell, from !Amami fur Pietas.
Sadist the Forte frigate, for the West !edits, with a new
schooner, intended to water the ahippingua the station; and
the Marquis Hastings, Bengal.
FALMOUTH. APMIL 10.
Arrived the Mary, Warren, from Teigamouth fur Now-
feundlauil.
DCAL, APMIL IS.
Came down from the Oliver last eight the Newcastle,
Benson, for Tote-ate; Lally Miami, Smith, fur Si. Julia's;
Greaarte, Donald, fur New South Wales; Aso, Whitmore,
fur St. Lucie ; Harmonic, Carrie, for Barbadoes • Bearish,
Wake; aud /teary, Fife, for Quebec ; Cr,,,, D:ritatioa, fur
Jamaica; New Frederick, Roadle, fur Cadiz ; earl Alonzo,
Perkins fur Buurdeauz
Put back the Asia' of Scarborough.
Arrived and sailed for the River the Fortitude lacromed,
Mutinies, from St. Kitt's ; Caledonia, Moselle, from St.
Domingo; and Coldstream, Donner, from Bengal—sailed
11th Lkerniber in company with the Cerberas, and parted
Next day; kft St. Melee. 22d February ; on the 6th February
spoke the Lord Haugerfurd, fur Luodtin, all well.
SCILLY, APIUL 10.
Part of the stern of a bust has been picked op bar.
'nuked " Willis., of Poole, Adams, master."

IPADITOW, APRIL 9.
Three pipes and one hogst.esd of wine kart beta piekril
op an this cum* the t►rre mime marked "8i Aft," and Ike
hogshead marked " Ito VACBG."

A boat taking passengers from Woolwich yea.
tesdny, to go on board on Aberdeen smack (die
Search /, consisting of soldiers, women, nook-chil-
dren, was, by the violence of the wind, unfortu-
nately swamped, when three of the witness were
drowned.
The Lyons Gazette vouches the truth of the fol-
lowing fact, which it reports in its number of the
6th of this month, as having recently happened in
the commune of Chen's, situated at tome dist4ace
from Lynn', :
" A widow, without children, and possessed of a fortune
had promised to make her wall in f of a Meer. Tin;
aunt taut sick, and the niece lavishes uu her front attach-
owns, doubtless more thee interest, the most trader sad
"Ilneliaus 'meatu' ; tweastirne the mist dies, before she had
beta able to make say lestasestary disposition. lhe mime
then is is dispel, ; sail new her sorrow had users then use
motive. Abe roils abort, makes kaoline her cruel situation,
sad asks what she should do? Treoehereus Wilma take It
sp. sod !Irish by determining her to play the part tit Criapie
—that it, to (uncoil the death at her sum, go to bed is Mr
place, have a meter, and witamme called, and dictate the
will, a abaci abs should be hike* tare ot. The twee* is
acted, sod all passes wonderfully well in a chamber Mei
which light is eurlisded. The young woman, snub dew • is
• had fiaraished • alb gumless, prwationce• • ii h a fetid.' and
hiss voice the Lent will at her asst. The notary weenie, sod
the victory appears wittiest, whoa one of the witnesses, more
barilheortsd sod better hatersiod Asa the mktg. &Alm he
will 164,11 sign serf as iostrumeent-.that the pretended Mita.
Iris Ass been dead half • day at least, and that be ash not
be au ammemplice in se evitaleal a forgeey. Hero ends the
comedy, and the tragic: catastrophe bogies. The unbappg
Niece, or. riebelmed with shame, causer enders the disgrace
which awaits her, sod the pnh)shenent she hite ballwrved: a
revulsion taken
.pleiga In her Orem% eke ,1111001111 and lo
buried ad the seem Noe willa bet seat." • -
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