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London, England, 1825-06-25 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JuNE 23.
ENTERED INN/otos—The Friends, Power, from Harlingen ;
Alexander, White, from Newcaatle; Anne Christine, Larsen. from
Dram ; Banchory. Morgan, from Dantrie ; Nederlands Kroon
Prins, Jelsma, from Worcum ; Scipio, Roadie, from St. Lucia ;
Caroline, Coming, from Dublin; Triton, Owens. from Belfast.
ENTERED OuvwaßDs--Catherine Stewart Forbes. Chapman,
for Tenetiffe, Van Diemen's Land, and New South Wales; Ap.
perancen. Heranson, for Stockholm; Nimble, Wrightson, for
Malta, Valenti'', and Barcelona; London Packet, Ward, for
Boston ; Argus. Pain, for Ilamburgh.
CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT GRAVESEND.—The
Lord Hungerford, Talbert, for Madeira, Madras and Bencoolen ;
Jeune Constant, Citauvelin, for Havre and Rouen ; Xschylus,
Douglas, for Oporto; Matilda, Vaux, for Malts, Smyrna, Constan-
tinople, and Odessa; Briton, Pederson, for Elsinore and Riga;
Vrouw Hendritta, Vert dee °ever, for Antwerp; Inclination. Deer-
jen, for Bremen ; Larch, Douglas, for Rio Janeiro ; Sarah, Drum.
mond, for New York.
CLEARING OUTWARDS—The Glaphyra, Morton, for Antigua;
Twee Gebroeders, De Vries, for Rotterdam; Caledonia, Crichton,
for Cadiz ; Rockers, Soper, for f etersbutgli ; Carolin Campbell,
for New Brunswick ; GeessiaAltt, for
FROM LLOYD'S LIST. -.
PORTSMOUTH, JUICE 23.—Arrived his Majesty's ships,
Jasper, Starlings, and Hawk cutter, from a cruise off Jersey;
Cato transport, from Sierra Leone, sailed Bth May, in company with
the ships Providence and Asia for London ; the Loyal Briton
transport had sailed from the Cape Coast fur Honduras; Hizard,
Churchyard, from Oporto. Passed by the Prince Regent, {Vales,
from New South Wales, sailed from the Isle of France 23th Fe.
bruary, and from St. Helena, 17th April.
DEAL, Juxx 23.—Passed through for the River, the John
Buschman, Brown, from Grenada; and the Louisa, Burns, from
Lisbon. Also from the River, the Henry and Sarah, Watts, for
Seville; and Prince of Wales, Gibbs, for Bordeaux.
GRAVESEND, JUNE 23.—Arrived the Thetis, Sadler, from Ja.
main; Astell, Levi'. from Madras; Hope, Harris, from the
South Seas; and Rose, Alexander. from Sew inc.—Sailed the
Countess Harcourt, Delafers, for China; Alacrity, Findlay, for
Bombay ; Rachael, Chadwick, for Hamburgh ; Magnet, Mount,
for New York ; Mary, Robinson, for :Memel ; Montreal, Thom,
for Petersburgh ; Ealing Grave, Falconer, for ditto; and Mary
Ann, —, for Riga.
BRUIT OL, June 23.—Arrived the David, Ainsworth, from Ja-
maica ; Friends, Renner, from New Brunswick ; Hopewell, from
Quebec; Frederica, Reiner, from Dantzic ; Albion, Hall, from
Quebec, and Amphitrite, Keillberg, from Geoe.—,tailed the Fe-
liza, Cundy ; and Sylvia, Waters, for Archangel. The Charlotte,
Waters, has arrived at Jamaica.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 22.—Arrived the John, Brewer, and
Ganges, Tornkins, from New Orleans; Danube, Huntingdon,
from Wilmington ; and Finley, Byer. from Alexandria.
LEGHORN, JUNE 11.—Vessels from Great Britain are to per-
form 15 days quarantine, and the goods to lay for the same period
at the Lazarettos.

Arrived off Dartmouth the Juliana. Sleaman, from Ifavannah.
The Charles, of Plymouth, United States, from nottenburgh,
out 29 days, on let inst. ; same day, the Alliance, of Wo►kington,
from London, out 29 days, by the Andromeda, arrived in the
Clyde.
The Belvidere. Philadelphia to Rio Janeiro, 22t1 flay, out '.2
days; June 13th, brig Kitty, of Whitby for Quebec; 17th, oft'
Cape Clear, passed the brig Ariel, by the Tamerlane, arrived at the
Cove of Cork.
The Regent, of Hall, from Liverpool, 4th instant, and Sceptre,
—, from Sunderland, 11th, by the Albion, Hall, arrived at
Bristol front Quebec.

HORIIIRLB Ocoutaameit.--01s Themlay night, • little
before eleven o'clock, Mr. Feathemone, Mr. George, and Mr.
Green were returning to their residence at Chelsea, in Mr. Feather-
stone's chariot, front a party at Walham-green. They were all
somewhat inebriated, and Mr. Featbersone and Mr. George got
inside, and their friend, Mr. Green, rode on the box with the
coachman, named Alford. On the road Mr. Green insisted on
driving, and swore that be would drive over every thing that came
in his way. The coachman reluctantly and by force gave up the
reins, and Mr. Green whipped the horses into a full gallop ; Mr.
Featherstone. although intoxicated, put his head out of the win.
dow, and called on 31r. Green, for God's sake, to stop the horses,
but no heed was taken of the entreaty, and in almost a minute
after the wheel came in contact with a post, and the *mint was
overturned on the near aide. Mr. Green and the coachman were
thrown front the box a considerable distance ; and the latter was
picked up in a lifeless state, and carried to the Cross Keys Inn on
a shutter, where medical aid was instantly procured. Several per-
sons ran to the assistance of Mr. Featherstone and his friend Mr.
George, and on raising the body of the chariot Mr. Featherstone
was found a corpse, with his head crushed to atoms, and Mr.
George dreadfully injured. Alford, the coachman, now lies with.
our hope of recovery, and Mr. Green is in custody. The inquest
will be held this day.
A VILLAGE DECTROYED HY FIRE.-•-•Monday after-
noon, between two and three o'clock, a most destructive fire broke
out in the•village of iloniton Clyst, about four miles from Exeter, ,
on the Great London Road. It commenced at the corner on the
right-hand side of the road, going in frost Kuter (either st a
baker's or a blacksmith's shop), and epreading with the rapidity of
wild-fire up the village, cleared as it went on both aides of the
road as far as the Parsonage-hove; having, in the short space of
about three hours, retinued nearly the whole village to ashes. By
the arrival of the tire-engines, the Parsonage-house, and the few
remaining cottages of this almost devoted village, were eared. Un.
fortunately when the fire broke out, nearly the whale of the inhabit_'
ants were absent at their labour in the fields, and many of them at
a great distance. The alarm was great, and the distress of the
peasantry, who returned and saw their smiling cottages a heap of
ruins, may be readily conceived ; but even this feeling gave way
to anxiety for their families, who had been scattered ; nor wu it
until nine o'clock at night that the number of persons missing was
reduced to two ; these were an aged female, and a man of the name
of Ashford, 70 years old, who had perished in the flames. From
12 to 34 houses, all inhabited, were destroyed by the awful confla-
gration. The gentlemen and farmers in the neighbourhood opened
their houses and barns to shelter the sufferers, and we trust a sub-
scription will be opened fur the relief.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
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COURT OF SING'S BENCII, Juint U.

Sittings tad Loadon, beibri the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Conk
mon Juries.
BATE AND FINLAT r. SELL.
The plaintiffs in this action are the celebrated tailors In Duke.
street, St. James's ; the defendant is a gentleman residing In
Dean-street.
The action wan brought to recover 1105 L, being the amount of
their bill for clothes made for Mr. Bell. The only peculiarity in
the case was the extraordinary dimensions of Mr. Bell, who was
stated to be on the verge of seven feet in height, and twenty stone
in weight, a circumstance which occasioned considerable difficulty
to the plaintiffs in fitting their customer, and some rather high
charges, such as six and seven guineas for a coat.
Several witnesses were called, and letters read, to prove the
delivery of the clothes, and the defendant's acknowledgment of
the debt.

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There was no defence, and the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having
direct the Jury, they immediately found a verdict for the plain-
tiff—Darnages, 1031.

POLICE.

HOW-STREET.
Yesterday F.lennor If'hyn, a girl of the town, was charged with
stealing a gold watch and appendages from the person of a gentle.
man named Roe. Mr. Roe is rather a diminutive young man, and
has not been in London more than two or three months at farthest,
and of course is totally unacquainted with the dangers and tempta-
tions of the metropolis. On the night, or rather early in the morn-
ing, of the 15th of this month, as he was taking a solitary walk,
like a fish out of water, from Leicester-square to his own domi-
cile, he was accosted by the prisoner, who earnestly entreated his
company for the remainder of the night. At first Mr. Roe was Tay
hard, he was no gudgeon to be floundered in the net of the pri-
loner • but beauty, oh ! what will not beauty do ? It is the very
white-bait of temptation ! The lusts of the flesh overcame the
scruples of poor Mr. Roe, and like a eqjt-roe as he was, not to leave
Miss Whyn to whine, accompanied her to a house of a certain de-
scription in Rose-street, Covent-garden. The next morning Mr.
Roe missed his watch. This was doubly missing it, but 51r. Rue
not chossing to make a row, thought it most prudent to let the mat-
ter rest, taking the precaution of being on the watch for the amiable
lsdy,whom he met on Thursday night and delivered into the custody
of Holyland, one of the patrol ; she was immediately led into capti-
vity. The prisoner acknowledged Amine home with Mr Roe, but
most solemnly denied ever having seen or had a watch of his in her
possession.
Mr. Ali NSIIII Lt. remanded her for a further examination.
11A TTON.OA R D E
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Yesterday Mrs. I;iiiiiwoman residing on Mutton-
hill, was brought up under a warrant by Lee, the officer, charged
with assaulting Mrs. Nelly Tracey, a vender of ginger-bread cakes
on Saffron-hill. Mrs. Tracey's eye was hermetically sealed; Mts.
Kelly's right thumb was involved in ansplasms.
Mrs. Tracey stated that, on Wednesday last, as she was return-
ing home, while passing at the opposite side of the street, she hap-
pened to ook at Mrs. Kelly, as she came out of the Grapes public-
house. " What the h— are you looking at ?" says she. "No
great beauty," says I ; with that, your Lordship, she makes no
more to do, but runs across the street. hits me bang in the cye into
a broker's shop, and in my fall I hake the leg of a cheer. God
knows I thought I broke my own kg.
Mrs. Kelly was called on for her defence. She protested she
never struck the complainant until she first spat in her face. (Here
she turned round to explain the manner in which it was done, and
gave no very agreeable salute to the face of Lee, the officer.) She
acknowledged she had struck her, but in return the other had
nearly bitten her thumb off.
Mrs. Kelly's face being rather familiar in the office, some in-
quiries were made about her, when it was ascertained that she had
attended on five different occasions to swear a child each time to
five different fathers. Her present appearance indicates that she
will svon honour a sixth with a pledge of her love ; with the ex-
ception of the eye and thumb, neither party produced any witness.
The Magistrate conceiving that greater evidence should be given
to an eye witness, ordered Mrs. Kelly to filed bail, in default o
which she was locked up.

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WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JUYE 24.
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George Field and Joseph Smith were indicted for a fraud, in at.
tempting to pan a 51. note of the Old Somenctshlre and Ireland
Dank u a good one, they well knowing to the contrary.
Sir. Norris, the landlord of the White Horse, in Long-acre,
stated, that the prisoners came into his house on the 14th of May,
and after calling for wine and a quantity of other liquors, desired
him to take his bill out of the ttl. note in question. The landlord
suspecting it to be a had one gave them into custody.
No evidence was given to prove that the above bank had ceased
to exist.
In the absence of this proof the Court directed an acquittal.
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MARRIED.
On Tuesday, at Hampton Foyle, in the county of Oxford, the
Rev. Francis Bowden, Rector of Cuat.tm and Ibstow, in the same
county, and late Fellow of Merton College. to Catherine Charlotte,
daughter of the Rev. W. Benson, D.D., Rector of Hampton Foyle,
and of South Weston.
On the 21st instant, at Chasm, George Rankin, Esq. son
of Thomas Nankin. Esq. late of Newlands, Herts., to Charlotte
Frances, youngest daughter of the late Charles Russell Crom-
melin. Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's Civil Serrtce,
Bengal.
At Weymouth, on the 22d Instant, the Rev. Allied Tooke
Rector of Thorne Coffin, in the county of Somerset, to Eliza•
third daughter of the Reverend Henry Poole, of the Royal Crescent'

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