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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE,

We understand that Loid John Russell will hegfn the
CAIIVaSS of the county (Huntingdon) at Nein'. thi4
day, being the first of the recess ; and it is anticipated by
many that his reception in that neighbourhood, the prover-
bial stronghold of the Montagues, will be mush more suc-
ces.Jlll than that of Mr. Fellowes' notwithstanding the
latter gentleman hopes to come in under Montague info-.
eine. Norman-Cross will he as one voice, so wisnlinotist
there are the freeholders in favour of Lord John.
The independent freeholders of St. Ives are making pre-
parations to give Lord John Russell a moat haliron-able
public welcome on Friday next. He will honour Mr. Day
wit!. his company to breakfast on that day.—Peterborough
Gazett, or Sarar;P:y.
Dublin City will be contested for by Lord ireabaton anti
Hamilton, against Colonel Talbot and Colonel White,
the present Members.
Mr. North is said to he canvassing Dublin University, hi
caxe of a vacancy by the promotion of Mr. Plunkett to the
Chancellorship.
An opposition will, it is asserted, be started at Great
Grimsby to the two candidates who are said so successfully
to have citivass.ll it.

Sir Robert Farquhar, the present Member for Newtowni
has been invifrel w stand for Cat terbury.

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Mr. Beaumont, brother to the Member for Northumber-
laud, bas been invited to stand for Newcastle, but has de-

Mr. Itish has met with gteat success in his visit to Leo-

minster.

1 lie Hon. G. liripn is pursuing his canraso to represeilt

the borough of Mahlon.
Four camlidatts have offered for Chippembam—,Mr.
Grosett, one of the sitting Members; Mr. Maitland, Read-
ing ; Mr. Ald. !icy ; and Mr. F. (;ye, of Fleet-street. Th.t
two latter are stivported by what is termed the t°inde-
pendent interest; under the patronage of Mr. 11.11G/thy;
the former by the " high party," headed by Mr. A. Guy.
The number of voters is 12U; and on Friday Mr. Gye as-
serted, " that if any reliance could he placed on the words
of the voters, he should have a tnajority on the day of
election, and a dozen to spare." A dinner was on that day
provided at the Angel Inn, after which the champagne cir-
culated freely.. On the other hand, it is asserted, " that
Mr. 6yn has not a leg to stand on ; nor would all the cham-
pagne in his cellars in Fleet-street afford him one."
Mr. Buck's canvass has heen successful in Exeter. Sir
Geo. Bamplylde promptly declined the dear-bought honour
which cost his father titholo/. _

Leeds is placarded with inviting the. freemen of
York to come forward in support of Lord llotham and Mr.
Lowther.

Mr. Maitland declines eanvaasing Reading. Another
gentleman who bas since been applied to likewise refitneS.
The lion. K G. Stanley intends to offer for Preston, in

the room of E. Ho: nhy,
Mr. Ogilvie'; canvass, at East Retford, has terminated
unfarourahly. !t is said that the friends of Sir R. Dundas
and Mr. W. B. Wrightson continue confident of final
succe,s. _ _

Mr. Hardy has made a personal canvass at Pontefract.
and was rectived with the utmost cordiality.

SII 11.-N 0T F. s.—A t a Central Meeting of the Clothing
Trade and Others, interested in the Ship Notes, held at
the Castle Inn, Liverpool, on Wednesday, the 13th best.,
ad address to the Merchants, Ship-owners, and Masters of
Vessels, belonging to or frequenting the port of Liver-
pool, was unanimously resolved upon, stating that in con.
sequence of the enormous losses sustained by taking in
payment for goods, &c., the present illegal, unstamped
promissory Ship Notes, (given to mates and seamen) that
Meeting had decided mit to take any in future, under
a tine pf five pounds, for every such note taken. But feel•
ing anxious to facilitate the commerce of Liverpool, they
agreed to take Stamped Notes, at twenty-one days after
day (as pi r copy) instead of the present ones of three days
after the vessel sails :
(Copy) Liverpool, lie
Twenty-one days after date we promise to pay A. B. seaman, or
order, pounds shillings.
C. D. Master of the
(S•amp IL) E. F. stmt.
AN EXPERT MODE or SWINDLING.--A person called
a short time since upon Messrs. Paget and Wallis, of
Loughborough, to purchase a quantity of lace. He gave
his name a Mr. Jones, of Stamford ; he looked out 131.
worth, said he was going to Nottingham, bat if he could
not do better, he should send for it, and he would remit
them the halves of two Bank of England bills, and
when he received the lace he would remit the fellow
halves of the bills. He accordingly inclosed in a letter
the half of a 101. and a 61. Bank bill, accompanied
with an order for the lace, which was sent; but the other
halves of the bills not coming in due course, Messrs. Paget
and Co. sent the two halves up to the Bank of England,
and have received for answer that their fellow halves had
been sent into the Bank by Messrs. Barclay and Co. bankers.
It seems probable that the sharper had teen playing the,
same trick on some other house with the other halves of
the bills.—Nollinghaer Review.
CAUTION TO CAPTAINS OF STRATA VESS2I.II.—The fol.
lowing case NSA recently heard, at the peace Alice, at Liverpool :
Mr. Robert Delay, master of the Britannia steam vessel. oppested
to an information. charging him with negbeetittg to came the tire to
be Overly extinguished on board ti. • said vessel, previous to her
entrance into the decks. %woof the dock watchmen deposed, that
on the 10th instant. at halt-peat eleven o'clock at sight, they ob..
seed. repeated) large Basso, lift issuing ken the chimney of the
Britannia, *MA was tarried by the wind towards the vessels i.t
the Queim'a Deck. The Britannia hod then bean above twelve
Mays In att dock. The defendant mid that the vowel had AsTiVed
SA the pieNhaad, at sat o'clock in the newniwg, and the fires were
regularly drawn and put out within an hour, and the damper
lowered in Me clitnnert he there're denied the possibility of
sucb.an etea puns as that which ttut latehMen had described. lie
liani then called axioms, who stated that he t the dimmer down,
befivis be_ vowel, to that it was 1m le any lee o ul3
have misdated
tm to bum in the eitintranla %town. in se-
eder to kitefta from the dipfendant, -they Multi tort tell
21:71:1* &PM wq shatdowa wDees- The defendant then
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wen' down metered nut. the defends:A vuslit to have iaken Ore, tual
n his tneuntres to prevent the sparks issuing from the chimney. t •myt
li yeti which tbe 01,Ft rnhichtevons consequences might b- anpeei.erded.
He should ynyyiet him in halt' the penalty (JUL). IP in '• '•re. he j •
I.; levy the full 'penalty In eve case of t. is kind tt,..1,
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LAW xnTICES.

COURT OM KING'S BENCR.

halica• no...anted to be held la Illddles.: aad Landon, before the
Slight It • • • Jsle Sir Charles Abbott. Knight, Lord Chief Juath.a of the
Court r •••. "Reach, la sad after En•ter Term, lfr26.

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IN TERM.

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Friday. April 21.
Satnrclay. April 29.
SAiniday. May 6.
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I \Vedne•day. May 17.
-lb. 210 t, 27th, and :".:h of Aprll. and
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Voas, M•no• 24.
CIVIL. SIPE.
t Refer* M-..Tost;ce xrury and • Common Jury.l

HAT Trip., T.7' V.

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Mr. it F. Jr.'; r•,r, co the plcadings and
.31r. Ilnr ‘Nt •tetr% that this vas an anion hmught by the
'plaintif to rezov:r the !UPI of 3001. on the defendant's promissory
bOte.

.lr.Bc.tar.err e.r:l Mr. WIT.ILTAMS, for the defence. Among
salter pl?as Will 'tat of a " set off."
The tarts cf tl:e ra‘c ere these:—The rlaintiff, in 13?0, went to
llarrowgate, tr.l ton!: u'. his residence at the haute of the de-
tenenni. t Mri t, who keeps an 1t0...1 at that place. Cir.
eutnstatocrs per..!:,;:rvr iatare imposed on the tlefetAint the ne-
comity of ...1;4-i•ing the le.,r of 2:411., which the plaintiff advanced.
1)1 this sae gave :4 an acknowledgment of the debt the note in
question, eain .7 IM/. to the original sum.
The note ran thus :

" ITarrowgate, Nov. ^3, 10411.
" Pay to Joseph Watson. or order the sum of three hundred
pounds. value reeeire.l
To this note the .1 oft -..lent subscribed her X. The defendant
failing to pay the bi!.. :•-r plainthF bream.: pressing for bis
money. ard altimeter caused bee to' be arrested on the 21st of
February. 132:4 _

Mr. SCAII rs—r. es the pan of the defendant, contended that
the ought not to h ITO I•a^_n held to bail for more than 2.50 t ; that
the defendant had from time to time remitted the plaintiff 'Trim's
sums of money to anewer his exigencies, beanies the bill he had
enntricted in the i—some of which afforded the Court on the
rea ling considerable amutunnent.

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- Therollorrinp, are among the most remarkable :
To trying your luck in lottery tickets, which was sent to £ P. d.
you at Loots, at your rrqutst - - 13 0 It
Pare you wbcn you was going otr to Leech without money 4 10 0
.2t.t y4U. by your request, when at the York 31usical
Testival. to par your expenses se the Black Swan,
before you cloth! mine to Harmwgate - . .20 9 0
:To settle your emarlt-Nire, when you CAMP there, being
without the needful - - . . . 3 0 0
.l'alipi( VINIf hill at T.vel-, when you. was overturned with
Air. 11a,deuaile, :he b.in!;:r - - - - 7 15 0
To :: hall tirket . - . . . 11 5 0
'I . ? .11y. our bath womsn . . . . 0 5 0
'To e pair Of suivs, or lilt . . . . 0 7 0
The real it glf ,h:-,e coring* charm set IP.c. Court in a rm. soil
'l'le :tent of the shy, s^enne,l to tickle the ladicii fancies amazingly.
the plaintiff big " nine fat than beseemcch" those who lead in
the mazes of T ornsichore. lie Is a very short man, weighing not
loot than 9.0 crone.

ira !MIT/SHIP RAW he thrill& that wane gentleman at the
ime had much better tot'e all the matters in dispute between the
. _

Referred accordingly. plalr Off taking 3 nominal verdict for 300!.
IROW SIDE. _

miry, aged 1torto;, in the West Riding, la-
Kmrcr, stool earind:y ir,t!iitet, on the oath of Anthony itnahlorth,
‘Vraglc. gardener. and others, with having on the •22c1 day of
Pmen!'oer lost. entered certain closes with intent illegally to take
gat", sheet the hour of twtive o'clock at night, tented
with one. bludgenns, and oth:r otilinsive weapons, and did then
ere there preseYt to loaded girt wraitist the said A. Rushforth, with
intent to ivunier him, or do him sonic grievous bodily harm.
lilt. MAUDE (with whom tins 51r. !kat:ant:UN and Mr. HEY-
'mon) stated the rase on the part of the Crown. It appeared that
the Dti. once with other persons having germ guns, were out on the
riyht lei,: in the indistm it. rot the purpose of killing pheasants in
th.• moor of Mr. 'lion. of Novel. On the Flame night Rushworth
etu! seven others of Mr. N tta's servants were out ; about midnight
they ;mud one or more guns go off, which attracted their attention,
nne titer soon after came in contact with nine persons, among whom
the prisoner was one; but the particular part of the transaction to
vtidi the Counsel called the .lury's attention, was that which re-
kyr Daley in his attack upon Rushworth; he (Mr. Maude)
,Frith more that on resisting Itushworth, the prisoner put
t: CAn close tr his breast, and said, if he did not go back he would
Vow Lie brains nut; that he actually pulled the trigger, and the
1.• n flashed in the pan, or mlicrwise his death must have been in-

A. Hushworth stated, that as seen as he got up to the men, one
them knutked him down with a gun, anti that another man came
r. aho presented a gun, anti drew the trigger, and he believed it
was the prisoner. He then seized the gun. and got it from him,
Ia: the prisoner and another man wrested it from him again and
tney set off up the lane. One of their men went before, and told
ttlem to stop. A fight then teak place, and two of their men got
the gun trout tpe man who presented it at him. The gun was
broken. Joseph iteusley got the stock, and IVm. Gott the barrel.
ross-examined by Mr. they saw us, they ran
peel.. Toe prianner use much hurt, and was carried away in a
rtrt. They were endeavouring to get away, and we sent for more
I Ore.!.

Nebon produced the barrel and the loading, which was
powder and ahot.
Tuffs was the cue for r the prosecution. _
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nt vets! persons give the Prisoner a good character for humanity.
114 s Loansntr, in his charge to the Jury, said, that before they
emild find the prisoner guilty they must be satisfied that the barrel
pro luzel was the identical one that was taken from the prisoner,
and the• it was gashed with an intent to kill or maim. If they
we-e satisfied of this, it would be their duty to find the prisoner
but if. on the contrary, they acre of opinion, that it was •I
e",.. hashed to acctur.plish his escsiie,without any intention of tour..
er maiming. then it would be their duty to acquit him.
.Tce Jury, after remaining out of Court fifteyn minutes, found
I e prisoner nit Guilty.
Tt..? Wand Jury having got through their bushiest, were dis-
charged, after his Lordship had thanked them ftn,the attention they
had ;aid to the bills laid before them.
If i!!i•,n, Briggs who was convicted of a highway robbery yes-
terd:.v. under aggravated circumstances, was this day convicted
wi.h killing and slaying Sarah Malone. The deceased was the
wit, of a woolcomber at Bradford. On the night of the 27th of
licceinber last, while Malone, his wife, and a child were in their
Louse at I•lillbank In that town, the prisoner came up and threw
►tones at the door sod into the house, one of which hit the de.
i<a.cd upon the forehead and caused death.

G.wre nalky, an ideot, pleaded Guilty, in stealing two sheep
ar. l tart" lambs.

CIVIL. SIDE.-MARCH 23.
SMITH V. WILSON AND OTHERS.

Toffs was a question to try whether the testator. IVlllbun Flint
(1,:: brother to the plaintiff) at the time he executed his will
w. Cefolpt4l wretitis or not. The property in contention, con.
rg at' lands and tenements, are situate at Fannninton in
id ....county, and of the estimated value of 2,0001. The will,bear.

1' Pate the 2241 day of October 1823 was read, wherein the tea-
t t • r bequeathed several specific legacies to diff:rent persons. and
hulk of his property to the defendant (Wilson). The plain.
tif• claimed the estate as the heir at law of the testator. The
o::ry probandi was put upon the defendant. The testator, it ap.
reseed, had executed his will in the presence of an attorney of
the name of Hornby, of Scarborough, who stated, that at the
Lie c he executed it, the testator was, in his belief, of sound
.d, but admitted on his eross.examMation, that the house in
sh'eh he signed his will was at that time an asylum for lunatics,
to —i kept by witness's father. It further appeared that is 1823 the
tit• itter. who, en his road to Bennington, had been stopped and
robbed of some property, had, at the trial of the prisoners at York,
*melded and given his evidence ins collected but lather hurried
Marner ; and that on his testimony the robbers were convicted and
tin nsported ; that at the time he executed his will in favour of the
erfc-idant he said, In the presence of one of the attesting wftnesaes
t—,,ion Harriet, "See that tVileon buries me mensefully (de-
, e Ny J. for I have left him the whole of my property."
A 'ler several witnesses had been examined to prove that the tes-
ter- was of sound mind at the time be made his will, although
tif asionally adilleted to liquor,
7. BLOUOIIAM rose to address the Jury, and in a speech of
rtnt animation, dwelt particularly on the part Mr. Hardy had
t.-ken in cooking up the will, the house in which he had cooked
i•, red the eh-commence especially of its being signed in the
ce re e the keeper's son of the lunatic asylum . • that the testator
Ire' laboured under mental incapacity there could be no doubt, and
he •:ioalti be able to prove it from.the medical gentlemen he should
cell. and the certifieates he should put in.
Mr. B. then called a gentleman of the name of Husband, a
surgeon, resident in York. He stated that he had been called to
',lend the &ceased during the months of July and November
that at sevensl times when he had visited him he had bled him, end
'even him calomel, which was genertlly administered to persons in
Inns !tire of mind ; that he appeared in a state of great mental cx.
eiteeteet, sentimially haunted with the idea of bc.ng robbed, and
sent to the ponr.house; that on one particular occasion, when he
attended him, he appeared to be labouring under complete aberra.
den of mind, and said, " he could rule the stars, and that he was
as great an astronomer as Sir Isaac Newton."
6 to his troes-examination. he said he did not appear to him
V. hive been under the hifiuence of liquor. In another con.
s ersetlon that he had had with a Mr. Nicholson, who acted
s, the testator's solicitor in the prosecution of the persons
,—erceted with the robbery, when the testator was dwelling
',von Mg loss, Mr. N. pacified him by saying that the Lnrd
Charm-Hoc would tome down and restore his lost property
to him. (Great laughter) He (the teetator) wanted to be
married, and nsmc the lady lie had marked out for his wife.
p..d ask-cl the whites what ht thought of her; that his age was
76. and the lady's 40; she was a widow, and he hoped he should
hare children by her.
I ~weld Johnson, another medical gentleman, a resident of York,
who had weetised as a surgeon for 37 rears. bad visieed the person.
hpehe to his having been applied to by Wilson to attend the tea.

tator, who had taken opium. He administered remedies, which
had the effect of restoring
To prove that the testator was in estate of mental derangement,
a witness of the name of Orly stated that he had seen hint hold
up a stick, and exclaim he was " loyal !" At another time he
would wander sbout. aryl shout, "0 heed, have mercy upon roc!"
That one time he attempted to cut his throat, and called his wife
a damned hitch, for attempting to prevent him; and on his
(witness) asking him why he attempted to cut his own throat, lie
said, because he was tired of his own life, that he was in a low de-
sponding way.
A witness, who had acted as his groom, stated that his master
had run about the streets in a wild manner; that he desired,
when
he was drad, that some lively tune might be played, fur which he
was to have a sovereign ; the tune that was to be pined was
6' Kiss my 1,7d1," and other merry ones (Lauchter); that he hail
at one time ordered Lint to fetch from York a c,et load of gin anti
rum ; he died on the '2.llth of April, 11:25. AiiiiMer witness said.
that he heard him say that he was the second man in the kingdom,
and next to the Fink—and tint in the kingdom of Heaven.
Agar spo4. In the truaior calling at ben house, and having
his bill and papers, he said he wished to become her suitor. She
told him that lie Ws a poor insane man, and that she would have
nothing to do with hint. That he sail he was a master of arts and
sciences. (Great laughter.) Wilson came afterwards for the writ-
ings, but she refused to let hint have theta; he next came with
Mi. Flint, rind she gave them to him. lie then said, that he
would make Wilson his steward. On her cross-termination,
she said that she was afterwards married in the year 1(124, and
that she had a child, which is now three-quarters of a year old,
that Illr. Wihun had arrested her husband, and that he had
te!-en the benefit of the Insolvent Detyor'n Act ; but that they had
been very friendly together since, and that site would not swaer
that she gave Mrs. Smith a guinea, to nut a caveat against the
bill." Mr. Agar v cot to the lawyer. Wilson said, that she wanted
burning, aittl aught to have a halter round her neck. (A laugh.)
Another witness detailed him its nutting shout the street, swear-
ing that he was no churchman. fln his cross.examination he ad.
matted that he had borrowed monlw of the testator, which he had
since paid ; he admitted that he had failed.
Mr. Bantu: it A ave you not failed ?
IVitneits-1 have, and had not your trade been better than mine,
you would have failed ton. When Mr. Flint was in a high state
be would jump over the moon ; when lie was in a low state,
he would take a sup of that he often prevented him from going
to the bottle through fear that it alight be poison.
Mr. SCARLETT, in his reply, said that the oars prnlpandi was
on the part of his beamed Friend; that he hail kilt d in his plea
of insanity, his argument was the most convincing proof. As ye-
Ranted any undue influence, which hat! been talked of. he would
make one observation. There was a case winch hie Lea.tar(
Friend, no doubt, recollected very well, where it was riniended,
that a master had been so influenced by his servant as to leave
the whole of hie property to her, which it war submitted made ;
the will voidable. The case to which he alluded was laid before
that enlightened Judge, Mr. Justice Clmmbers, and he recollected
that an eminent advocate then at the bar (Me. Huron Gamow)
came down specially on that occasion to argue the point, when
his Lordship observed, in his charge to the Jury, that he knew of
no undue influence that could beset up against the validity of a will,
and that it was rot to he said that because a person in making his
will, acted under sonic particuiar influence, that that instrument
was the less effectual. The motives of Smith were obvious—to
get possession of the testator's estate, by setting this will aside.
That there had been a temporary excitement of fever, for which
the testator had been very properly bled, he would not deny, but
on the other hand, there was nothing to warrant the conclusion
drain from it. With respect to fir. Henley's preparing the
will. what was there In all that—it was mere Yl 11 C to every
attorney's clerk, it was an instrument that did not require any
palms to draw, and was every day's practice; he could see no cm.
runt motive nor undue influence In this. Before he sat down, he
would refried his Learned Friend, that the great Doctor Johnson
had observed, " That he who drives fat oxen, should himself be
fat." fly the same reasoning, "he who governs mail men, should
himself lie mail." It was at all times a grievous spectacle to see
human nature In ruins, but here no rain appeared. The Learned
Gentleman, after commenting on the evidence, concluded by calling
on the Jury to give a verdict for tl.e defendant.
His LORDSHIP, in his charge to the Jury. observed that It wax
we. hecause a man did not at all time give a rational answer, that
he was ea he considered as not possesning a sound mind; that
whatever influence a person might act under, vet. if he were in
possession of his faculties at the time he made his last will and
testament, the instrument was valid in itself. The only question
in this cause for their consideration was, whether the testator, at
the time he executed his will, had that possession of his reason to
know what he did—if he had, then they would find for the de.
Pendant ; if not, for the plaintiff:
After a long consultation, the Jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff.

WRIT OF RIGHT.
ANGELL T. ANGELL.

This important cause, in which Sir John Singleton Copley,
Knight. him Majesty's Attorney-General, is specially retained, is
appointed for Tuesday morning. Four Knights, in their robes of
office. will attend. It excites great interest.

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STATE or Tame .—We regret to state that the depres-
sion this weelc, both in manufactured goods and yarns, ap-
pears to be fully as great, if not greater, than at any former
period whatever : and, for the present, all symptoms of im-
provement seem to have vanished. There have been two
or three failures, but not, we are glad to say, of much mug-
ni tade.—Manchester .I,tercury.

BEER Dux ssas.—From ti parliamentary paper we have
just received, it appears that John Bull's predilection for
malt liquor has in no degree diminished. It is of some
consequence to note the fact now, that we may be the bet-
ter able to mark what future change is produced in the
Englishman's habits by the introduction of tine Scottish
spirits, at an inferior price. Spirits are a very recent in-
vention compared with beer; and even in the Highlands,
where whisky is now the only stimulating liquid drank by
the common people, the use of ale was anciently univer-
sal. We think the change rather to be deprecated than
desired; but we have little doubt that spirits are destined
to supplant ale and porter to a peat extent in England, as
they Lave done in Scotland. At present, the difference in
the quantity of malt liquor :iettautned in the two countries
is really prodigious. The population of England is to that
of Scotland as six to one; but who would imagine, that
the quantity of strong beer (an Excise term which includes
ale and prier) consumed b the two countries is as 49 to 1,
or that each Englishman drinrs u much malt liquor as
eight Scotsmen. We throw the table beer out of the cal-
, eulation, besause the quantity' consumed is very nearly in
, proportion to the number of inhabitants in each country,
viz. as six to one. Reckmain • the adults half the popula-
tion, the strong beer made in England affords one barrel
per annum, or fully half a bottle per day, for each grown
up person, male or female ; in Scotland the quantity is
only one-eighth of a barrel per annum, or rather less than
a bottle in the fortnight for each grown up person.—
Scotsman.

HINT TO Oveaszess.—On Thursday the 16th inst. a
pauper of &mon in Ashfield applied to, the sitting Magis-
trates at Mansfield foe relief, and on the overseer being
called, the latter stated that the man kept a dog and a fight-
ing cock ; upon which the Justices instantly dismissed the
complaint, observing that the overseer had acted very pro-
perly in refusing relief, for that no person was entitled to
it who kept a dog or a fighting cock.
At a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, held on
Wednesday last, at Winchester, Geo. Morey, of Portsea,
Hants, bricklayer, was opposed by Get:. Guy, a creditor,
is person. The original debt was 101. 139.8 d., and the
costs had accumulated to no less. than 471.! The attempt
to elucidate hie affairs occupied considerable time, In the
course of which there was much contradictory evidence
given, and some prevarication. In consequence of suspi-
cious circumstances under which he was arrested (in which
big own attorney acted against bim) this Insolvent's case
was adjourned till Me nest (July) circuit, that he might
then produce his detaining creditor, and explain the
transactions between them.

BRIDPOIIT, MARCkI 94.—Much distress at present pre-
vails in this town amongst the lower classes, for want of
work, and we are very apprehensive that no amendment
will take place for some time. Most of the Newfoundland,
orders are executed, and the different manufacturers are
shortening their work. _

It is considered worthy of remark, that in the parish of
March, which contains nearly four thousand inhabitants,
there are only thirty-five persons now living who were as-
sessed to the poor's-rate thirty-two years since ; and, out
of those thirty-five, there are only fire who are now resid-
ing in the same house they did at that time. Yet the si-
tuation is not, nor cannot be thought unhealthy, when,
out of the average number in the poor-honse of forty-five,
there are fourteen persons whose united ages amount to
1,060 years. And out of about eighty persons who receive
permanent relief, there are fifteen whose united ages
amount to 1234 years, and 36 whose ages average 76 years.
—Prterhoivagh Gaulle.
_ _

A fatal accident happened about 10 o'clock on Tuesday
night to a post boy, who was returning from Stamford with
a pair of horses to the Bull Inn at Witham Ccmtnon, by
falling with the horse be was riding over the parapet of
Casterton-bridee, a descent of 18 feet, into the river below.
The man and horse was found next morning drowned, by
some persons from Cuterton, the latter having one of its
thighs broken, and otherwise miserably injured. A coro-
ner's inquest was held, but no facts were elicited as to the
cause of the accident.