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leo*tats Aal MmeivilaiMile Int Pailhomi
=oft was withjight, •VW the Prostate&
a tort. The latter, lament., linwasdiatel y
weft i 0 the pelhadant. and Averred they had net
with Id tapfortUnare *fair respeeting the annuity.
The theihadang would not agree that he was im.
plicate's, in the inks, at he had abed only as an agent
In the business. The Prosecutor contended thic
the died of the annuity had been executed
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Written them ; it turned out however to haw
a separate one executed by the Defendant, the Pro.
secutor was the sole purchaser. On finding such to
be the state of the case, the Prosecutor complained
that a fraud had been praised upon him, and in-
tided the Defendant for the offence at the quarter
sessions. The books relative to the transa&ions
which had passed between the parties in the way of
business, were produced, but nothing could be traced
to prove el fraud.
The l: It A Inv ma, after a long investigation, ob-
served there had appeared no evidence to prove the
charge against the traverser ; be therefore directed
the Jury to acquit him. They accordingly found
the Defend mr—Not Guilty.
Several trials for assaults took place, but none were
in the least degree interesting.

Mr. Tirv.sev expeas to save the country a mil-
li year by hie reforms in his office.
A! a time when the service of men is so necessary
fir the proteßion of the country, why are not some
means devised for taking our men-milliners, haber-
dashers, and stay-makers, and supplying their places
with females, wlvise tight it is to talk of baby-linen,
tuckers, and under-petticoats
The French scliohner Les DVIX Margaret:, cap-
toned by the Regulus privateer of Landi,n, and ar-
rive d at Falmouth, brings intelligence from St. 1)o
mi+lgo, of as late date as the 15th MAN; at which
time :t convoy of forty sail, richly laden with the
ii!o.fiecc of that colony, were preparing to leave the
!shod, ao,l espeFted to sail about the 23d, for En-
'l' here is every probability that great part
of this Vet will find their way to England. The
French troops in St. Domingo, arc in possession of
a ft:w towns only, where they arc daily dimini.:h:ng
',y tiok!tess ; while the blacks and mulattoes seem
+o keep quiet possession of the opea country.
'rile Hon. Mr. WARD, son of Lord rscount
DtinsEv ai•al WARD, is at present the only
date for the vacancy in th: Represe.itation fur
ceitershire, occasioned by the death of the Hor.
E. FOLLY ; and the Leading Interests having
unite 1 ii his favour, he will doubtless experience no
oppositien.—The Hon. JOHN Susirßs Cox had
trnidered his services, but in conszquence of Mr.
'am) coming forward, he very hand,ornely de-
clined.

On Vioni ty se'nnight a Gene: al Court Martial
assembled in .he Castle of Edinburgh, on the trial of
o-veral deserters from malitia regiments, and is still
At a meetir held on the e7th instant, or the East
Stirliegsh ...e.omanry Cavalry,under the command
of JA M Cr, Esq. of Kinnaird, whose services
extent! to the military distrid, they unanimously re-
solved to Pifer their services, in case of invasion, to
anv part of Great Britain.
'fbe Liverpool Theatre it at present a ga'axy of
theatrical stars of the first magnitude, including
, senior and junior, Esi LI Yg MURRAY*
and ‘lra.
The Hicthland Society of Scotlani held a General
Meeting on Monday se'nnight at their Hall in 7din-
burgh, L Mt; r tit:EN in the ch dr, when the Mow-
ing members were admitted : Right Hon the Vis•
count of ATIZUTIINoT, Hon. DoUGL.tS GoauoN
iI,n.veURTONo Hon. Lord Cul-Lea, Colonel
ream Ns Gk Alf A Nt, of Balgowan, M. P.
A dicaereeable circumstance concluded the late
Races of Newcastle. Early on Sunday morning one
of the public tents on the Vowa-aloor was eiSCOVer.
ed in flames, which quickly communicated to two
others ; nor could the tine be extinguished till all the
three were destroyed.—Property to a considerable
amount was lost on this occasion, and some of the
sufferers narrowly escaped with their lives.—Strong
suspicions are entertained that some villain or vil
lain>, yet undiscovered, were the wilful cause of this
calamity.
In consequence of a dictute on Sundey evening,
in the city of Winches er, a meeting tools place on
Monday night between Cal t. L. an 1 W. G. Esq
when, after each pa: ty had fired two pistols without
effed, the affair ended. And in consequence of the
same dispute, another meeting took place. near
Southampt, n, between Capt. G. and Capt. L. At
the third shot Capt. L. received a ball, which that-
toted the knee-bone of the right leg, and lodged in
the Beer/ part of the left thigh. Ihe ball has been
since extradesl, but it is apprehended that the
wound is of a very serious nature.
Yesterday evening about seven o'clock, as a
brewer's servant was riling on the shaft of a dray
I 'rough King•streez, Carnaby-market, in the ad of
stooping, he urfortunately fell, and the wheel went
over his hip, thigh, and one of his feet. He was
taken to a neighbouring surgeon, and from there ti•
.siiddlrsex Hospital, with very little hopes of re-
cce, ty.
Oa Sunday evening a coachman rode his horses
into the Thames on the 'tope- side of Westminster-
bridge on the Lambeth shore, and venturing to.
far into the current, the hcrses w,-re taken ofr their
legs and they were unfortunatAy drowned ; th._
man was saved by the timely assistance of a water-
man,
Several rendezvous of great infamy have lately
been suppressed by the Magistrates of the Police
Office Hatton Garden, at the instance of the SO-
ciety Orrice,
the Suppression of Vice. These were house;
, at which dances were held, and plays ward, in the
neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, Bedford-low,
To these dances, which were frequented principally
by servants, apprentices, and tradesmen's sons a. d
daughters, the young people were seduced fiom
their families and friends, and plunged into ruin. It
was a contrivance of the wretches who kept their to
detain the thoughtless parties by a supply of liquor
till so late an hour that they did not dare to return
to their homes, but were easily prevailed upon to
stay thenlght. It is more easy to conceive than dee
scribe the hits! effeEtt of such diabolical prad.ces.
Another place of similar resort, in Blue,: Boy
Alley, Chid Lane, Where kar and 144, baiting
had been exhibited every night in the Week,/ meet
Saturday, for many years, with efts of the most
savage cruelty, haslikewise been emppeteseti through
the vteilance of the Society, sag lbst lositiobie err
anions of Use above eblisfaan. •

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