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London, England, 1824-01-08 00:00:00

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Barham was in the scuffle, though be distinctly hoard the ailing
the deceased. t f".
John Double, of Horning. heath, labourer, deposed that he visa
the Three Kings about six o'clock on Christina. Eve ; he et" •
there for his wife, who was waiting for him. As they came wee
saw an old man and a woman, and Barham. He loud Se* •
man say, " You are a humbug:" upon whit* bones Semi
hint down. He was sure it was Barham, as ha know hia es, , .•
well. - _
Upon his crops-examination, witness said he did not see then. I ,
ceased put his hand towards Barham's face; ani if ke had dome be g . , No. 6,58-
4. he must have seen it. . Elizabeth'_...-
Double corroborated the above witness in every ergeet, :,..
with the addition that she saw the &teamed's hat fall off, on a -
MEW rirEArms ROYAL, DRU
woman pick it up.
- . . ALS Ot EVENING, FRIDAY, Jan
rise her witness= were called, but their evidence was not tastr.
performed
KENILWORTH.
About twelve o'clock (on Tuesday) the Jury returned their,,,, e e
dice-" That James Crabbing died Com a locked jaw, memo* 'lo6l - .. '
by an injury received on his thumb, in a scuttle with Charles fie • Tressehan, Mr. Palley.; Antony
of Lamm.' MrelVallack ; Richard V
ham, the elder, on the 24th of December, 11123." ' aeSeed Smith, Mr. Harley. Queen El •
( oneness of beicatter), Mrs.l4eiVeat ;
cely, Miss v
THE ARMY. t Ci
After which he Pantomime .
fHARLEQUAN AND THE ELFIN(
The under-mentioned Services, due the 24th ult. will be Or. hlAbleid AND THE PRINCESS
it ' •
course of payment, on Thursdey the 15th instant; vie. e ete •
. l'aulo. Columbine, Miss Smith.
tached Pay of (Jenne! Officers, Widows' Pensions, Royal Been ior
The 3d division of the 73d regiment of foot arrir on the :lei Hate nth, Mr. Howell ; Pantaloon, Mr.T.
win-marrow, Guy Mannenng : Henry . -
of December, at Donaghsdee, from Portpatrick. Bertram. Mile Stephens.
A detachment of the Ist (or Royal) regiment of infantry bun • TNRATRIi-ROYAL, COVENT-
ceived orders to proceed from Ireland to Chatham, for the puree, . VIIIS EVENING, FRIDAY, Jan
of embarking for India.
perforated
The detachment of the 7th (or the Prince Royal's) regiments( ',. ,
TIMOUR THE TARTA '
dragoon guards, which marched from Pimlico on the Smi
th ism:
,Timour, Mr. Farley ; Ogiou, ker. Bartley ;
petted to arrive at Liverpool on the 20th inst. for the pitmen e t .
embarking for Ireland. 1
l'eere I Lisks, Miss Beaumont.
Sanballat, Mr. Diterow. Zorilda, el
The 3d divisiop of the 73d foot has received orders to marth boa . After which,
Donagleadee to Cmdebar. ,
1 . S/31PSI)N AND CO.
.-• Mir. Simms, Mr.W. Farren; Mr. Bromley,
LtNEN TaADE.-A public dinner, and t service of else =i2isa Love
Miss Chester ; Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. 0
were given to Provost Fergus, of Kirkaldy, on Saturday last, 41c,
.To conelude with the Pantomine
the Linen Trade, ss a compliment for his services in the aboliter . ' HARLEQUIN AND POOR RS
of the stamping system. About seventy gentlemen attended de. :1%.4 Or, THE HOUSE THAT JACK
dinner; Mr. John Pratt in the Chair, and Mama Aytoun rte • e•
Millie Croupiers. The meeting was distinguished by every Sot .'
..., ; . t • i. Columbine, hineVedy.
that could make it pleasant to the entertainers and gratifyinee ' • osorrow, The lard of the Manor : Tru
Mr. Fergus. Lord Roselyn and Mr. Ferguson of Raith, who see . Miss M. Tree; Annette, Miss Paton.
there also as guests, addressed the meeting in excellent speech;
when their healths were drunk : and on the healthof the depots. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
tion to London being given, Mr. Fergus, who had previously bets . blinked by Royal Charter. in the Reign of
called up as an individual, returned thanks for the deputation, a ''t First
a manner which kept the table in a roar. Sir Ronald Fenn'', DEC
was prevented from attending this congenial and well-conduce ' 4 ERSONS Whose Annual Premiums f
entertainment, by the effects of an accident, which confined him • ! With init. are hereby informed, that Itecei
his room at Raith.-Edinburgh Paper. delivered at theCompanes Offices, over the
MELANCHOLY CONFLAGRATION.-Torsally morning I
in Pall-mall, as well as by their respective A
about four o'clock, the premises of Mr. Bennett, linden' of tfe npll Counties; and the Parties assured are requ -
ISt
George Inn, Ratcliffe, were by the watchman discovered to be ere
•61°Renewsl of their Policies, on or before the 9th
fire ;an alarm was immediately given, and it was with the slam a the usual Fifteen Days allowed for Payment .
011th . ' difficulty that Alm Bennett and four infant children were ranee . Policy will then expire
~.
from th it peri'ous situation, in a state of nudity, by the IMONIO2 , sr. SAMUEL FENNING. •
en's.* Attendance.. is elven Daily at the said Offi.j.
of Browne, one of the engineers beloneing to the Globe Offier, ial -
'the kind exertions of Mr. Anderson and Mr. Donnie, who ten of Buildings, Goods, Merchandises, and Sh
Dock, or while building, from Lau or Dames: veyed Mrs. Bennett and family to the Globe Engine House. XL
for the Assurance of, and granting Annuities Bennett unfortunately was dreadfully burned in his face and rye' • • • . • •
N.B. Fire Policies will be issued free of expen. I arm ; of the latter he is to suffer ainputation.-Ilenry Deaner.
who was sleeping in the second floor of Mr. Bennett's house, fells nre the Annual Premium amounts to 6s. or up
victim to the devouring element, it being impossible to reentries . [CABLE SOCIETY, FOR INSUBA NC
any assistance; and the remains of this unfortunate sufferer sits . SERGEANT'S INN, FLEET-STREET,
mere skeleton. Mr. Bennett was not insured, and his loss is rob . by Queen Anne, 1706, and Its Pow
mated at upwards of 7001. From his general good conduct a sib. e., by his present Majesty's Charter, granted di.
scription has been proposed, which it is hoped will be enctionne
as the sufferers are destitute of a home, and have lost all that is. '' HE DIRECTORS have now to offer
nest industry possessed them of, after a labour of 40 yyears.Eta,. of the Public, TABLES of RATES for the
exertion was used by the Globe, the two Parish Engines, and iii LIVES, at the various Ages from Eight toSev
Sun, but the fury of the elemeet resisted eveeveryeffort until the ere. . the whole Life, any specific number of Years,
mists were completely gutted- The conflagration was tint die:event n, one person surviving another, or for the joint n
in Mr. Bennett s sleeping room, where a lighted candle had ben es of two or more Persons, the Insurance pa
left on account of Mrs. Ilennetes ill state of health, and 'ha, t ether.
lhaving been incautiously placed on the dressing-table, comme *uneaten% in this mere are effected in certain
nicated with the window-curtains, of nearly 20 per cent., and, on the whole, on t
Last week a desperate gang of poaehen, who have fa ble to the Insured; and Insurances may
to 3,0001. and every kind of Insurance, hooves
some time infest:el the woods and premises of Sir Edward Strachey,'
I Bart. of Rackheath, were heard shooting in a plantaties i I of continuance, Is entitled to a participation i
I Sprowaton, Norfolk, upon which the gamekeeper and three offal cages accruing to the Corporation. These
I other pawns went in quest of them, and on the keeper with men y appropriated to the benefit of the Insured,
I his companions coining in sight of the depredsors, one of themes ount-of emit Insurance.
claimed, " There is a fellow ; shoot him ; ' when instantly in 4e." the last year Insurances on One Hundred
Fife dine re.per cent.;
of them fired and shot the keeper in the side, who fell to theta*
became Claims, of which Fif.
n
and the poor man remains In a dangerous state ; the rue d easels nag to 60 per cent ; Four Shies, Lb
his companions was also grazed by the shot, but not materially. est.; Three Shares, 33 per cent. ; and Seven
' beyond the Sums originally insured.
HORRID M °Nary a.-The half-murdered girl at Lay. . of the Charters and By-lawn with Tab
ton is still in a very doubtful state. She says that Sime rot ont may be had at the Office, where attendee.
asked her to drink of the vitriol, bat thrust one of his hands or till Three o'('lock.
her mouth, in order to keep it open, while, with the other. It ea * By Order of the Court of Direct.
deavoured to pour the liquid down her throat. He also, after/0 : ' e J. PENSA
ing cut her throat, wanted her to go down with him to Lusa Vs
. I, • COUNTY FIRE OFFICE and P
ter, that he might cleanse her of the blood ; but she referee
comply, fearing that he might attempt to drown her. Nand • LIFE OFFICE, Regent-suet, were the
persists in asserting his innocence-Dander Advertiser. am* hummers= upon the principle of •
in '' ' et as ainguase pennants Genital elm Melee •
On Monday afternoon a barbarous occurrence Sok Fin • ) n • •ds arising from the Premiums), with the •
in Barrack-street, Glasgow. Two brothets-10-law bad bow Mat ,*. • . Nt sated periods, the surplus of the annu
pTo N iuTTON.
is together, and having bad some trifling disagrearnmentiesdk ••.. . tors, after paying loaner and expenses. 'I
ensued when one of them laid hold of the other (who by 101 l • '' ' improvement is acknowledged by extraordin
an arm), threw him on the floor, and having got above hint, Ir ion, and by the numerous imitations of it will -
caught his under-lip between his teeth, and actually bit It den lately offered, and which older ones have adopte.
off! The Magistrate has sentenced thedelinquent to sixty esyn constitutions. The principle Is of chief v
confinement in Bridewell. The unfortunate sufferer was coonla it yields, by the specific sums insured, and the
to the Royal infirmary, where the mangled wound had to be te ' , the fullest value for the deposits, persons
even round, and bound up. The man is, of course, unable* motive for venturing on the lure of reduced
speak a word. hints proposed to them by adventurers and wh
,
MURDER OP A POLICEMAN.-A report reached us led . est Instances of disappointment and ruin.
night, that another of that efficient body the police. stationed a • pita'', a Million Sterling, and upwards.
the west of this county, has been murde'red, and his anus. it
. my Office,
beanlhimiavde ftoousnidatieent.
enty-five Thourend persons have sought . .
Hundred Claim
genre
reafroianbedhima..,
pTehveenlatstenouessr
beoinfgthabelehoutorasesetnwahiinehmonthe,,tn,:ntul
enormous corontission to Agents, to which sine
particulars ; but them is little if any doubt of the horrid deed tin -, empt from the expenses of lawsuits, and also f .
ing been perpetrated.-frises Times,
it, to induce them to canvass for business,
- have been mode. In these, persons who now '
CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.
persons who
equally with the original members.
, beenurnsinlariabTwenlytyp-ani
vdetoandall wperho harenvet.Conint
_„....,_.
.
Years,. upon Annual k.. 4 well as urn Septennial
We had but few fresh arrivals of any Grain this morning. fa
samples of Wheat were scares, and sold on rather better terms ''2 .
utey-have been claimants for osaes or other
on Monday, but there Ina no improvement in prices of mident
been returned in this way to about 23,000
and inferior eons. Barley was heavy sale, though not cheaper the
lance Office existing has afforded.
in the last nine yeara-an important advantage w
last day. Good fresh Oats sold readily, and obtained a stuall is
vanes on Monday', currency, but inferior corn was dull sn
Beans and Peas hilly supported Monday's quotations. , , uses of 1.11. ha. and 261. 12s. per Cent. have
1.4• geoPotsliciarese.appoieted in all the principal Towns.
COAL MARKET, Jaw. 7. ESTERN EXCHANGE BAZAAR, OLD
Ships at Marken Ships sold. Price.
STREET,
831 Newcastle - - 411 . -36 a gd to 411 Si
Established in 1817.
29 Sunderland - -19 f - -17 a Od te 441 " HE Proprietors have the honour to announ
1 Cinders - - 1 - - --a Gd to !Is k Alterations, Ornaments, and Decorations o
-- ment art nearly complete, preparatory to the •
BIRTHS. ility, Gentry, and the Public, usual at this seam
On Tuesday, the 6th instant, Mrs. S. Donaldson, of Ilse as the demand is of course always in p
street Bloomsbury, of a ion. ELLER le, MILLINERY, LA DIES' DR ES
On the sth inst. the Lady of Dr. Warren, Lower Brook-suer RKED MUSLINS, LACES, HATS, 5110
of a son. every Article of Use, Fancy, Taste, and Chit
On the 4th inst. in Bultoa-street, the Lady of Robert Belle; desirous of occupying Counters are reques•
ham, Esq. of • gen. earliest application to Mr. ('OX, the Manager
On the sth inst. at Clapham-rise, the Lady of Henry 011,1 of o'clock,ElevenoaAadicFHouArm_s excep
Esq. of a son. manf undisputed noracter will be admitted,
On Saturday last, at Sbelford, di: Lady of Sir Charles Welt '
K.C.B. of a daughter.
I EVONSH IRE HOUSE, 286, STRAND, l
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MARRIED. TUCKER moat respectfully returns
' • the Nobility, On Thursday last, at Riptor, near Derby, by the Rev. Walito • . . Gentry, and Public, for the
•.• he has recesv and Palgrave nlanclarke, of leiddon, Norfolk, John Herbertfulf ed, sto acquaint th
Esq. eon of the late Major John Cadge, of the HOD. East err
1 receiving a regular supply of the ml OAK[
Company's Service o.r the Bengal Eetablinsment, so Jane Her.
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. , N, so justly esteemed for its peculiar fl.
to Venerate in Haunches and Saddles, ."
bide daughter of the late Austin Palgrave 3lanclarke, Esti: /a .4,,, , , may, the . „,. . from Bt.
en the seine day, Richard Beatniffe 31anclarke, Esq., Of 1E . .
law y, genuine Devonshire CLOUTED i
perk, near Derby, to Eliza Marian Eleanor, daughter to tb hi Ile, T .
at Is. and 2s. each, warranted to keep three
3lejor John Corige. 7 • •T. 's connections in Devonshire, he is ens
Go Tuesday week, Alexander Woolen, aged 84, the "her the Public with Poultry, Snipes, Woodcock
headed sexton" of elemental, Logicalinand, Perthshire, mean Sausages, llama, Fresh and Salt Butter, ilex.
tied to a chaste virgin of forty, his third wife. The maniere lee teems, and of such quality, as he humbly trus
attended by nearly 300 voluntary guests, most of whom earne' • tinuance of that support which he so gratef
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vided with the necessary cheer for such a ,joyous ocwion. Ta
" auld bridegroom"
_tatted in the merry dance, and remorse: • Nsrly opposite Norfolieatren.
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showed his affection for his younger half by imprinting kisera‘ . HE LONDON and WESTMINSTER
her lips. SPIRIT COMPANY are now cl ' from
On 'Thursday last, at St. Andrew's the Levi, the Rev.. Sale° Wise, sparkling ~ earing
Lee, A.M. e Queen's College, Professor of Arabic ea fare t renampagne at the low price o
••, 4 they have a parcel at four guineas only, but t
bridge University, to Mrs. Painter, of Regent-street.
e • sianament, it is yet destitute of that peculiar
DIED.
• nod what is termed quality, so congenial to
• - of the connoisseur. Trivet ' r. They are also in possess
On January the Ith. at Woodley Lodge, perks, Mary . ••• .. first growth Champagne, pan of which
and in twenty minute., after Frances 3largaret, the seventh ' - uced tat the tables of the haut ton,
at eight, can
second daughters of James Wheble. Esq. y
ery moderate price of Exeell
five guineas.
On Tuesday at Thaviem Inn, aged sixteen months, Bonne • •et la Rose, at floss. or in pints at 36a. La lei
second son of Alexander Frazer, Esq. . t front four to five in
On the 4th inst. at York. James Hamerton, Esq. law of Bell ......
pi ffn ea" per dozen. Poet of th
,at I MM. per pe or in quarter casks ; and Whit
field Peel, Yorkshire, aged 74.
aTM • .
ascriptions, in the. Wood, on the most reasonable
Tuesday morning, at St. Effinundn-hill, aged 42. Marti at the following
moderate
prima
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Cocksedge, Esq. son of Monne Cockseeige, Esq. of Bury.
ee
(roa READY MONET ONLY)
On Friday se'nnight. at Brampton, aged , He Robert ince Bottled Port Stk. to 425. Cape Madeira
Esq. senior Alderman of the Corporation of Huntingdon. ..... • do. 2d Cott 7 Superior, Sherry fia
On Sunday eeemight, at the swan Inn, Bedford, James de •in battle 48s. M your '
burn, Esq. of Southill, in the SIM year of his age. He was roes' • and PaleSherry36s. Ifs.
s. Red Pointe -
-
years steward to the late Samuel Ni'hithread, Esq. M.P.. ler Amontillado
dent Ws. Do. Port
situation he continued to hold under the present .Member, IV •
Lisbon 111nuntain 40s. Very curious Hoek,
Henry Whitbread, Ewe fnnerior Micelles 40s. remarkably pl.
On Friday morning List, very soddenly, at etuston Pirrone!
.404 West India Ma- table Wine
lin the 75th year of her age Hannah, the lamented wife of the Pe
William B'alker, Prebendary of Lichfield, and Rector e sw.
me 40s. SOL Coostantia, in pints
At Rugby, on the 31st ult. Earle Armitage Oillbee. Esq.
elder }leek Sauterne, Barrac and Grave, Moselle,
sin of the Late Rev. Earle Gillbee, D.DBath'. Rector of. _ ~, tigniac, etc.
Northemptonabire.
el' Y, BOW', English OW Os. 6d.
Suddenly, on the 4:h inst. Hannah, wife of John Ronne ' bo. -21 s. Old Torn .
near Saffron Wadden Essex
Ell. of el Tien. . • „,_ Cognac Ms. 265. Irish Whiskey
eeceese • lll. Bost do. lbs. Fin Orange nth
Fine ru
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' - HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON-BRlDtar N Fine Hollands 245.
Morning, 3 rein. after 6. I Afternoon, 24 min. after 6. . White Brandy, Noyau, Comma, and Ma
_ __,a, post-paid, enaosing remittances, addressed t.
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16, Strand, promptly attended to.
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