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SOMERSET, APRIL 5.

ELIZABETH 111111WITTS v. WEST.

At. Maces —The first ball for the season took place on Wednes-
shy evening at these elegant rooms, under the patronage of the
Ladies Patronesses, Emily 311rehioness of Londonderry, Countess
Lievi.n. the Counteas of Jersey, Countess Cowper, Countess of Sef-
ton, and Luly Owydyr. There were present about 200 distin-
yuished faaltionables, among whom were--
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl of Westmorland
and _Lady Georgina Fane, the Countess of Galloway and Lady C.
S•ewart, Lady G. Nugent, Lord Gatlin, two Ladies Fcrtcscuc,
Lord Palmerston, Earl of Antrim, the Countess of Limerick and
the two Lilies Perry, Lord and Miss King, Lord Andover, Lady
and Miss !pole, Countess of Sefton and three Ladies Molyneux,
Col. Vaughan, two Ladies Paget, Mr. and Lad L. l)uocombe,
Mrs. and two Misses Arbuthnot, lady, Mr. and Miss Wrottesley,
Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. Colonel Arden, two Ladies Fortescue.
Mr. and the two Misses Crawford, lion. Mr. Temple, Mr. and
Lady Augusta Milbank, Captain Barnard, Mr. Harrington,
Captain Russell, Mr. Wortley, Mr. E. Harrington, Mrs. and
Miss Phillips, Capt. I Andsey, ,M in Leicester, 31 ra. and Miss Crosby,
Mr. E. Foley, Mr. Tomlin, Lady A. and two Misses Beresfued,
Miss Sewell, Mrs. and Miss Gosling, Lords W. and H. Thynne,
Mr. W. Stanley, Mrs. Lane Fox, Lady Paulett, Colonel French,
lady a-Becket. lady and Miss Bayley, Mr. G. Drummond,
Lady E. Palk, Iles. and Miss W. Id ynn, bliss Coke, Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Liddell, Mr. W. and the two Alias Palk, Mrs. Malcolm,
Miss Emma Long, Miss Crofton, Mr. and bliss Nugent, Mrs.
and the two Misses Dawson. Hon. G. Forteseue, Mrs. and Miss
Sepeneer Stanhope, Mrs. Bibh, Miss Barnett, Mr. C. Heneage,
Mr. Fittelarenee, Mr. Campbell, Mr. and the two Misses John-
SUM, Mr. blolyneus, Mr. and Mrs. Staples, Mr. J.
Calcraft. &c.
The Mkt of Wellington had a grand dinner patty yesterday, at
Ansley House.
Lord Grantham entertained a distinguished party at dinner yes-
terday, at his House in St. James's-square.
'Andy Davy's rout yesterday evening, in Grosvenor-street, was
numerously and fashionably attended.
Lord Bexley had a dinner party yesterday at his house in George-
ann'', Westminster.
Captain Parry has postponed his intended ball on the 28th inst.
to the dth May.
General Ross had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in
Portland-place.
Gad Sherborne entertained a large party of his distinguished
friends at dinner yesterday, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-
street.
Lord Barham entertained a party of distinction at dinner yester-
day, at his house in Grafton-street.
Earl Spereer left town yesterday, for his seat, Althorpe, North.
amptonshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have left Camden Hill,
Kensington, for their seat, Wobourn Abbey, for the holydsys.
The Marquis and 311archioorts of Salisbury arrived in town on
Wednesday, from their seat in Lancashire.
Earl Onslow has arrived at his house, Chapel-street West, from
his sass near iistildford.
Captain Cowell, R N. left town yesterday for Portsmouth.
Arrivals at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street :—G. C.
Tr an, Esq. from Southampton ; the Rev. J. W. Gray, from
Br toe ; Captain Clarke, from ditto ; Captain and Mrs. C. Al-
, front ditto; B. S. St. John, Esq. from a tour ; and the Rev.
H. Henderson.
The Countess of Ssndwich gave an elegant entertainment on
Wednesday, at her house in Dover-street, to a distinguished party,
among whom were, the Portuguese Ambassador, the Earl and
Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess of Euston, Lord Val-
'eters, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, Mr. Montague, &c.

OLD BAILEY. THURSDAY, APRIL 8.

Joltii Kenler. aged 17. was put to the bar on an indictment'
charging hint capitally with burglariously breaking and entering
the dwelling-house of John Holmes, of Broad street, St. Giles's,
on the MI of February. and stealing therein property to the
:mount of VI. and upwards.
'the prisoner, in this instance, was brought to justice through
the means of a Jew salesman name lararus, to whom he had sold
the duplicate of a pair of trowsers, part of the property stolen.
Lazarus informal the llow-street officers that the prisoner was to
lrgret m for the sum he was to pay him ; and they accordingly ye_
ed to the house and secured the prisoner on his return. On 1
aperson they found a waistcoat, part of the stolen property.
Other articles, in value about 51. were also traced to the prisoner,'
and now produced, and sworn to by the prosecutor.
The prisoner, in hi' defence, said he purchased the duplicates of
a person whom he did not know, and that he had borrowed the
money from his maser to make the purchase. The master, how-
ever, did not sprit sr to corroborate this story, nor did any persons
apwar to his character
Mr. Justice Iltisr summed up the evidence to the Jury, who,
without hesitation, found the prisoner Grally—Death.

This was an scion for breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. Sergeant PELL, for the plaintiff, amused the Court at the
commencement of this case, by observing, that as this was a suit
by Rabbitts, his beamed Friend Mr. Covey should have sup
-
potted him, and the Learned Judge in the other Court (Borrough)
should have tiled it. The facts were briefly thus :—Defendant
was a fanner of considerable property at Witham Friary, and
plaintiff is the darghtrr of a humble farmer, living in the MUM
neighbourhood. Theplaintiff is between thirty and forty, and the
dd'endsnt aiwut seventy, who has been thrice married. On the
death of his firs: wife, hr married her sister within ore week after,
and having (•&11 the Learned Sergeant) had the good fortune to I
bury her also, le became weary of living alone, and paid his ad-
dresses to plaintiff, who was residing with her mother After pro-
Dining her ma-riage he thought fit to change his mind, and sent
her • message that lie would not marry again, but soon after this
fun Smuterobts bud) he married a third time, his present wife,
med
The mother of the plaintiff was called, who distinctly proved
the promise of marriage, which was also corroborated by the
't, argued that the plaintiff had sus-
ing a man who was in his dotage,
indecent precipitancy he did in mar-
laintiff's motive for engaging herself
,11 mercenary. and she ought not,
the verdict of the Jury for haring
consenting to marry an old man for
marnined as to his opinion of defend-
sit might be about 3.0091.
the Jury gave 9.01)1. damages.

THIRD 12F1'01171
FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ARTISANS
AM) MACHINERY.

The inquiries instituted by this Committee, and the re-
sults established on the most enlightened and best practical
evidence, will contribute more than all the dry disserta-
tions that ever were put forth in theory, towards illustrat-
ing the science of political economy, and making its
ra-
tional and real principles well understood. 'I he testimony
which is here brought together will put an end, we should
think, for the future, to all " lamentation as to the emi-
gration of artisans, and all " gnashing of teeth" as to the
exportation of machinery. The whole subject is put so
completely within the reach of every man's common
sense, that our legislators can hereafter have no difficulty
in steering clear of those unwise and impolitic laws,
which, at this moment, are sought to he repealed, and
which, when repealed, we shall look back upon with no
other feeling but of wonder, that they could have
survived to the nineteenth century! The truth is,
the concerns of commerce go on mechanically, like the
population of the world ; and, while the vivifying principle
of either exists, the interference of the legislature can have
no other effect than to bend them cut of their natural
course. Government is sure, on all such subjects, to
legislate without discernment; and for this plain reason,
because it has no practical knowledge of the inte-gists which
it seeks to regulate, nor any positive stake in the result of
its own intenneddling. It is therefore the dupe, always,
of intetested advisers, whose selfishness has no limit, and
whose desire of monopoly is bounded only by the ends of
the earth. We have not time at present to pursue this
lyric further. We must proceed to the Report itself:
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the promise of rnarnage, VIIIIC
plaintiff's niece.
31r. Anaw, for defendant,
isiaed no iniory by not marryit
and who could set with the lode
h him
ryingt hie seeounzlhwaivfee. Theenrliraei
therefore, to be els:enraged by
mottle a traffic of herself, by con
the mere sake of gain.
i MT. Levi liltitronitie wan eel
sae's property, which he thought
The J caw E Sl.lllll. led 1.1.1, a: tl