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erctnry informed them that their further services could be dispensed
with, and intimated to them that the Coinpaiiy's funds were kik,
low.an ebb that none or the discharged pei ?Ann could be mid a half
penny more than they had already received. They (the dab)
were amazed at this piece of intelligence, but they were told that it
was impossible they could get another sliver, the fonds being in
that reduced state. The applicant then said. that the abject tk ki.
application was to obtain a warrant or summons agatmit some ~,
the Directors, for refusing to pay over to him that rabid) I,:
justly due for his past services in their employment. lle ,441'
that if he was correct, the Act of the 4th of the present Ki!„,
empowered the Magistrate to grant him that redress which hesocel
at his hands.
The Magistrate, however, on referring to the Act alluded k),
perceived that he could be of no assistance to the applicant, as
case, although it was a distressing one enough, did net cattle
within its meaning, he (the applicant) being a clerk in the con,.
pany, against the Directors of which lie was anxious to preened,Had he tilled the situation of porter, or other subordinate pint 1,1
the Steam Washing Company, then he (the Magistrate) could
have granted his summons againat the Directors. The sore?
Magistrate then aduised the applicant to lose no time in consuliisff
• solicitor on the subject, who would put him in a speedy ructhvi,
of recovering the wages that lie alleged were due to hint.
The applicant thanked the Magistrate; and withdrew.
HACKNEY COACHMEN.

A Gentleman named Barnard appeared on a summons, to answer
the complaint of the driver of a hackney coach tor efusing to pay
the legal fare.
The complainant stated, that on the preceding afternoon the de
fendant took him off the steed In Combat, and desired to be driem
to Bermondsey Church. He was set down according to h,a request,
and tendered one shilling to the coaehman as the fare. Complain";
assured him that one shilling and sixpence was the legal charge,
and demanded that sum; but the defendant positively refused to
give a halfpenny more than the shilling; and coachee, in conse-
quence of the refusal, gave him into the charge of a constable, and
he was locked up in Bermondsey watch-house the whole of the
night.
The Magistrate, on looking over the Hackney Coach Fares, dis.
covered that the ettrwchrmtn was correct in his demand of Is. 6d. free*
the stand on Cornhill to Bermondsey Church.
The defendant, who appeared excessively indignant at the cos_
duct of the coachman in giving, and the constable in taking, the
charge, and thereby depraving him of his liberty for a whole night
in a loathsome dungeon, assured the Magistrate that he never paid
more than the shilling for the distance, and thin was the cause of his
refusal in the present instance. He thought it exceedingly hard
that he should have been given into the custody of a constable for
refusing to pay that which he considered at the time as an illegal
demand. '1 he conduct of the constable, he conceived, was al"
highly reprehensible in locking him up,as he must have known him
to be a respectable man.
The constable, however, excused himself by saying that the gen.
tleman was very rumbustical indeed, and that he refused giving
either his name or address at the watch-house.
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The Magistrate condemned the practice of hackney coachmen
giving in charge respectable persons. lie also observed, that it
would be much the better plan for persons who considered that
hackney coachmen were imposing upon them, to give them their
demand, and then take their number and suninion them. This
would be the moat effectual plan for obtaining redress in cues of
this description.
The defendant was di,charged on paying the remainder of the
legal fare, the .Magiatrate conceiving that he was not entitled to
pay the expenses on account of his confinement in the watch-house

MONTHLY REPORT OF PREVALENT DISEASES.

During the past month, we have experienced more than the
usual vicissitudes of our uncertain climate ; the thermometer has
stood so high as 88., and so low as fit., while we have hail cams
and heavy ales of wind,—many successive days of a turn' / gar,
and cloudless sky, and others of continued rain. 'I hese changes
however, have produced neither so great a variety of diseases, nor
o ninny invalids, as might have been expected. The leading ad.
nient has been derangement of the digestive system ; this has Ire-
' queinly been att •nded shha quick, small pulse, a yello v tongue.
t i minim and considerable debility : but an scarcly•ny in tan et
Las it asitnned the character of cue cholera. These cases have bt.
tome less numerous since the weather became cook,. anu pulmo.
nary diseases have increaseol proportionally. Rh iumatien was de.
cidedly more prevalent during the very hot, than during he cooler
period of the month. In our last report we meitioncel the case of
a ge itlen an who Pad recovered frotn an apoplectic seizu e ; I e has
since peri h.d from a return of the disease ; no morbid appearance
whatever was found in tie brain. We have seen le o other apoplec.
tic offectii no, neithea of which have proved fatal ; oi these we may,
I.erhaps, give a mt re detailed account on a future occasion.
Measles has pet voile I to a considerable extent in some district.;
we lately ascirtainel tile existence of thirteen cues In a et urt con.
taming cat ly twelve hoaxes.--London Medical and Physica!
nal, fur August.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

LONDON LlST.—[From the Londun Gazette.)

AT T•Il COURT OF COYMISSITONIRS Or BANKRUPTS, SAIIINONALL.
STUNT, ON Mt11,16/10AY NIXT. R.
Etheridge, .7. Three King-court and Tottenham, drysalter, sp. if.... 11
Fairbahn, A. King'4 Arms-yard, wine-merchant, sp. aff..... .
Mackie, E. Maidenhead, saddler, sell debts ..... . ..... 11
Sumertield, T. B. Wapping, coal.merthant, lease of wharf li
Tumor, A. H. Mile-end and gneen-street, builder, sp. atf.. ...... . 11
Vt'ebb, W. Salisbury-street, Strand, wine-merchant, Parlines dem. 1

COUNTRY LIST.
Bird, D. S. Manchester, veterinary mimeo°, at Star, 2d exam.
Cowper, B. Oldham, cotton-spinner, Star, Blanchester, It
Eaton, R. Swansea, banker, Public Rooms, Swansea,
Edgecumb, 11. Tewkesbury, cabinet-maker, Bell, Tewkesbury, Ll
arid tinal dividend . .............. ......... ...... . ......
Gething, J. Vorceater, coal-merchant, at Mr. France's, 2(t
Gorton and Co. Tuttington, cotton-spinners, Star, Blanc., fur. 1
Ileslop, W. T. Blanchester, scrivener, Star, :Manchester, di,;, end 2
Hutchiraon and Place, Stockton, bankers, Black Lion, prod' debt-
Merryweather, S. Ilamprestan, miller, Messrs. Durant's, Poole, sp. ad. II
Salt, IL and W. Stone, dealers, Crown, Stone, final div.
Simkin, T. A. Ross, wine-merchant, Mr. Chadhurn's, Gloorester,
_ _
- Hotel, No— ich. dividend 4

tuff, E. Norwich, brickmaker, Norfolk ...mei, Notwl~_- airier.
Stringer acd Hickson, Maccle,tield, machine-makers, Mr. Looney's,
Macclesfield, Oldfield's seizure I
Wright, 8. Knutsford, money-scrivener, Star, Manchester, 2.1 el ;‘)
Wright., S. Salford, dyer, Star, hluncliester, adj. last ex.........
Il
Wright and Leedham, Manchester, manufacturers, Hotel,
Manchester, 2d ex. ............... ...........

SADLERS-WELLS, OR NEWMARKET IN !MINIATURE-•
Horse-racing being one of the most fashionable as ea ell as
interesting amusements in the kingdom, and attended at a
vast expense by all classes of people, from the Ptince to
the peasant, in every part of the country, London excepted,
the proprietors of Sadlers IVells deem it necessary to give
the Public the following description of the Races, titc, at
their Theatre, which commence every evening at six
o'clock precisely. In the first place, they have appropriated
and fitted up a large space of ground adjoining their pre-
mises, in the same style as at Newmarket, with booths,
stands, Judge's box, and every necessary requisite for a
complete race course. They have also, at a great expense,
purchased a number of the most celebrated, full-sized
ponies in the kingdom ; and have obtained from the
different racing stables; jockies of the greatest celebrity
anti light weights to ride them. The numerous Noblennit
and Gentlemen who have honoured the Proprietors with
their presence, have expressed their surprise and admiration,
not supposing it possible to bring racing to such perfec-
tion in the vary heart of the Metropolis ; and the immense
concourse of people who witness them rightly declare they
never saw more genuine horse racing on any course is
England. No extra charge above the theatrical prices for
admission into the race ground. Gentlemen are allowed to
match and run their own horses, by giving three days
notice. Any Gentleman will be allowed to enter a hors
not exceeding 13 hands high for the evening's races, with-
out any charge. And, on IVednesday next, August Q, a
silver cup, presented by a Gentleman in the neighbour-
hood, will be run for.

BIRTHS.
On Tuesday last, in Upper Wimpole-street, the Right Hon.
Lady Amelia. Sophia Boyce, of a daughter.
On the lath inst. in Southernhay-place, Exeter, Mts. Colonel
James Nichol, of a daughter.
Ott the With inst. in Grosvenor-street West, the lady of Herry
Dundas Scott, Esii. of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 27th inst. at St. James's, Clerkrnwell, Mr. Riehard R r
pon, of Bartholomew-Close. to Harriet. youngest daughter of ."it.
John Smith, of John-street, Pentonville.
On the 27th inst. at Milton, Kent, Thomas Browne. Esq. of the
Inner Temple, to Barbara, daughter of the late Franc's HOFF
Tyler, Esq. of Hanwell.
On the 25th instant, at Spelilhutst. Kent, D. J. Robes-tan, Esq.
of Tunbridge to Miss Mary Maris, of the same 11ue.

DIED.
On the 22d inst. at her house without Mkklegate Bar, in the
suburbs of York, in her 80th year, Lady Mary Stapleton, relict rf
Miles Stapleton, Esq. of Drax. Her ladyship was the ',lob
daughter of Willoughby, third Earl of Abingdon, and aunt to the
present Earl.
On the 21st inst. in London, Mr. Richards, late of Kettering.
Northamptonshire, la the/6th year of his age.
On the 14th inst. at Antwerp, John Brettel, Esq. late of Brom-
hills, Stallbedshire, in the 49th year of his age.
On the Sikh inst. at his house lo Edwardes-square, Kent+)lit"
Mr. Seale, late of New Bond.stroet, in the 60th yeas of he *Er.

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