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WHITE HART HOTEL, LEICESTER.
DWD. WAGHORN, in' again offering his
n sincere thanks to his Commercial Friends and the Public
for their past favours, wishes at the same time to impress upon
them (in contradiction to a circulated report) that he is NOT
about to LEAVE the WHITE HART HOTEL, but assures
them that he will continue to study their comfort and accommoda-
tion by a careful attention to well-aired Beds, and Superior Winos,
also excellent Stabling.
September, 1838.

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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1838.

p,RESS COATS, cut in the first style of Fashion,
30s. ; superfine, 40s. to 50s. ; ,frock coats, silk facings,
38s. and 475. ; superfine silk velvet collar and silk facings, 50s. ;
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and kersymere, 7s. to 12s. 6d. ; Petersham great coats, 255. and
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A Suit of Clothes, 21.17`. ; Superfine Black 31. ss.
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ten doors from London-bridge.

SALES BY AUCTION.

PORTSEA.
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1832, at Twelve o'Clock,

About twenty OIL PAINTINGS, by old masters, pledged with
Mr. Joseph Moses, of Ordnance-row, Portsea, between the month
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Catalogues may be had at the sale room.

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MONDAY, October 1, and the following days, at Eleven,
MISCELLANEOUS FORFEITED PLEDGES, com-
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AN OPPORTUNITY SELDOM TO BE MET WITH.
R. BOOTH begs leave to inform the public he
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ber, at Twelve, unless an acceptable offer be made previous to the
day of sale,
A long LEA SE of the PREMISES and GOODWILL of the
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comfort, producing to its possessor a most handsome income of up-
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to this establishment within the last year.
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THE MARKETS.

TRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. I Oat's: I Beane.

3. tw s.
56 .72
e 6 74
75'
68 76
56 70
58 78
55 66
56 67
72
Nottingha3n 64 62
79
Peterborough -- 59 72
Plymouth 53 70
Pontefract,,,,..„ 67
Sleafor,l 63 70
Uppingham j 6.3 74
Wished] 163 72
HULL MARKET.—Sept. 25.
Wheat, Old 685.693. 70s. New 6os. 65s 68i.
Foreign —a. —s. —s. ln bond... 60s. 625. C3s.
Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 22s Old —s Zs. 21s.
Small or Feed.... —s. 17s. 18s —s s 203.
Foreign S. —s.

Pease.

S. S.
27 f.',5
21 26,

R. to S. S. to C
Q 3 26 38 44
24 3) 42 44
-- 25 -- 40
17 2i 32 34
24 29 38 42
16- 20 30 34
10 25 34 41
16 20 30 32
19 a 1 21 43
19 28135 42
22 29 28 49
20 23 --
-- 27 -- 43
22 28 41 43
18 ~28 32 44
-- 20 30 32

S. to S.

2L 23
34 38

28 32
22 31
24 31
28 31
35 42
30 34
- 43
38 38
24 30

30 $2

31 40

32 34
- 32

Barley, Norf. & Sof ... 3,s Ms. 335. Linc. & Vold —s. 303. 311.
---- Foreign ,,,, . - s.—s. —B.
Beans :16. :183. 4t9. Foreign ...... ... 265. 28, 303.
Pease, 26s. 28s. 303.
iare5..M.,:hite........
33463...
363.4360.3.
Foreign Grey
Rapeseed, in hoed none Free, per last 33 Os. 371.
LEEDS CORN MARKET.- Sept. 25
Wheat, Norfolk and Stillhlk, 601 b.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b. his. to 683. n"'
Barley, Norfolk and Stilfolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grin Ling
neallS
ants, I'otatoe ... 27s. to";28L 1'
--bleating, For. I Id. toll%d Eng. 12d. to 13.1. per stone.
Shelling 3ls. to 325. per load.
Rapeseed, English, 314 to 351 ...wsireign, 34, to 261. per last.

L.VERPOOI. CORN MARKET.—Sept.
2" 4
WHEAT, English, White, per 70Ib
Red
....---.. scotch, Welch, and Manx
`------ Irish, White 9 9 10 0
.----- Red
-- Foreign 9 6 10 6
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 h. 3 6 3 8
---- Irish
Foreign 0 0 0 0
BARLEY, English, Mailing, per Imp. quarter ^6 0 40 0
---..... Scotch and Irish, per Nibs.
—. Feeding 4 0 5 0
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 47 0
Irish, Ric. ,S 0 44 0
-- Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4l 0 441 0
--- Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 53 0 58 0
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 27 0 28 6
INDIAN CORN, per 4101 h. .0... 2.4 0 42 0
RTE, per Imperial quarter ' 'l6 0 42 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT or GRAIN for the Week ending Sept. 24.
Wheat. I Oats. I Barley, Flour. Oatmeal.
Qrs. Ors. Qrs. (Foreign. Srls.l Irish, Sze. Scks. Loads
15,114 6,966 195 3,1,92 1 2,319 678
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SHEFFIELD TOWN-HALL.

(From the Sheffield Mercury.)
WELL PROVIDRD ROBBERS.—On Tuesday, George Law
(the man who was indicted but acquitted at the last Sessions
for the robbery of the house of Mr. Drabble, of Attercliffe),
John Harrison, and John Williams, were charged with tho
robbery of the house of Mr. Childs, farmer, of Nether Thorpe,
in formidable stock
saw Were exhibited an
in the parish of ThorpieemSenaltvsii:v.e
ever
re
of housebreaking implements
made of bright tell
the table. There wasb a jemmy
means of which it migliteebe hua.sveidngaas
screw in the centre, 37
one or two instruments, as occasion required;
iackvloacTsty of
brace bits; a chisel;of eighteen or twenty
coastruction : a dark philter of
every variety .
pistol loaded with ball, besides powder and bullets,na
lucifer matches,
and caps of black crape to cover the
faces of the thieves whenever occasion should require the dis-
guise. Mrs. Childs stated that
to Sheffield, and in the afternoon she fastened up the house
and went to the field about half a mile off to I harvest
people. About four o'clock, as she was returning
company with her son, she saw a strange man walkinghi about
in
out
in the lane in front of the house. She also saw that the
staircase window was open, and another man was in the
court-yard. i
The man a the lane observilhteor,tbreanstaienkto.
the stack-yard, and when Mrs. Childs
yard gate four mmrs.
?"
Mrs. Childs found en ran out, and ono of them
in
Childs' bonnet, and
asked,
passing, put
his face within
tbe ~kitHobaevee
you any shearing tolet
door open, and on entering the house, found that it had
been ransacked. She called out of the window to her
son, who pursued the men, but lost sight of them. Up
stairs all the drawers had been broken open, the marks corre-
sponding exactly with the ends of the jemmy produced, and
from a small wooden box, in one of the drawers, was stolen
8 sovereigns and 4 half sovereigns, which Mr. Childs had
left for the payment of wages. A few old coins and two
old brooches were also stolen. Mr. Childs came home soon
after, and went in pursuit of the thieves. Within a couple
of hours the three prisoners were brought to the house,
and Mrs. Childs identified them all as being three of
the four men who ran past her. Law was the man who
shouted in her face. Joseph Childs, jun., confirmed the
evidence of his mother, and also spoke to the identity
of the prisoners. The four men who ran out of the
stack-yard were joined by a fifth man out of the court-
yard. The men had no sickles with them. Mr. Childs
deposed, that arriving at home soon afterwards, and being
informed of the robbery, he immediately galloped off in
the direction the men had taken, and gave the alarm
to all the persons at work in the fields, so that in a
little time there were several hundred persons in pursuit.
They suspected that the thieves had taken refuge in a
wood near Sevenoaks, which they surrounded. One man was
going quietly along the side of the wood, when he heard a
slight noise, followed by the words, " Whist 1 I hear a foot 1"
Immediately after three men bolted out of the wood, and at-
tempted to take shelter in an adjoining quarry. Mr. Childs
at the moment came up, and two of the men were taken, but
a third escaped. The two were Williams and Harrison. Law
was taken by a man named Poulgcr. Upon Law was found a
sovereign and two half-sovereigns. On one of the latter several
letters wore stamped, and Mr. Childs could swear to it as one
of those stolen. Upon Williams were found some powder,
balls, percussion caps, and lucifer matches. He said he took
the powder in treacle, as a medicine for the worms. In
the wood near where they were taken one of the black
crape caps produced, lying near a bush, directed attention to
it, and there were found th picklocks, chisels, pistol, &c. The
hat of one of the men who escapedwas taken. The evidence
not being complete, the prisoners were remanded to Friday.
Mr. Alderson expressed great satisfaction at the capture of so
dangerous a gang.
THE WELL PROVIDED Roanaas.—Law, Harrison, and Wil-
liams, who were remanded on Tuesday, were again brought
up. The prisoners denied the charge brought against them,
Mr. Aeneasoe had been upon the bench for more than twenty,
and Mr. PARKER for more than thirty yea's, but they had
never before seen such implements as those then before them.
Considering the nature of the case, they felt bound to com-
mit the prisoners to take their trial at the Assizes at York.

PRICE sd.

IMPROVEMENTS on the CHESHIRE

SHORE.

Amongst the collateral consequences of the remarkable
prosperity of Liverpool has been the rise of the dependent
villages and rural populations in the vicinity. We have
frequently bad occasion to notice the great improvements
taking place on the Cheshire side of the river, and the ra-
pid increase in the number of buildings and inhabitants :
but, without depreciating the advantages of other localities,
it must be admitted that Birkenhead has progressed at a
ratio which: leaves all; its: competitors immeasurably be-
hind. In 1818 that township contained, with the excep-
tion of the Ferry-house, the Priory, and a few straggling
cottages, only three houses, and the population did not ex-
ceed 50. In 1821 the population was only 200 ;in 1831
it had risen to 2,569, and it is now upwards of 6,200.
During the last fifteen years nearly 800 houses have been
erected, including a great number' of beautiful villas, be-
sides numerous places of worship and, other buildings, at
a expense altogether of not less than 200,0001. One of
the most important improvements has been the erection of
a Town-hall, for magisterial and parochial purposes, com-
prehending likewise a prison and a public market ; on
which nearly 4,0001. has been expended. Extraordinary,
however, as this appears, as Liverpool is still extending her
boundaries en every side, and still making daily advances
in commerce and wealth, we have reason to expect that a
corresponding impulse will be felt, and that public prospe-
rity and improvement will go forward with a rapidity and
_ . _

to an extent of which we have hitherto had no experience.
The prospect of the rail-road being shortly brought into
operation, opening up a communication from the heart of
an important district to the metropolis of the empire—the
judicious parochial arrangements now making—the number'
of public and private buildings rocently completed, or now
in course of construction, (including the north side of the
square,) and the extensive preparatory processes going on,
such as quarrying and brick-making—with other indications
of a fast-thriving community, all tend to suggest and con-
firm the idea, that this side of the water must shortly.be
covered with a new town, of which the present erections,
extending from Wallasey-pool as far as Tranmere-pool and
Birkenhead to the south, a distance of not less than three-
quarters of a mile, do but form the nucleus.
Consequent upon the increased transit arising out of the
growth and relative position of Liverpool and the opposite
shore, and one of its most beneficial results, is the improve-
ment in the mode of embarking and landing passengers.
The former mode was both dangerous and inconvenient.
It was disgraceful to the town, and would scarcely have
been otherwise than disgraceful had it been practised on
the Volga or the Niger, instead of on the Mersey. An
excellent landing-slip, on a peculiar principle, is now in use,
having been found, after a trial of twelve months, and ex-
po Sure to every description of weather, admirably efficient
for its purpose. Twice only has it been swamped during
heavy storms, but was raised in each instance the next
tide ; and having undergone some alteration, it is consi-
dered secure against any similar accident for the future.
The plan of the landing-slip is that of a flat-bottomed
vessel, with a projecting gangway, which, when not in use,
lifts up in the manner of a draw-bridge. In practice, pas-
sage-boats are laid along the outer side of the vessel, and
traversing the deck, reach the gang-way which conducts
them to the shore. A landing is thus ordinarily effected
with perfect ease and safety. _

It -would, perhaps, have been more eligible for the pur-
pose for which it is intended, had the gangway been raised
about two feet higher, when, on the event of a storm, the
water would have been less liable to sweep over the deck.
The plan is, however, a proud triumph over all previous
projects which have either been thought of or tried, to effect
a safe and easy mode of passing to and from the passage-
boat at low water. The time is, however, fast approaching
when another landing-bridge will he found absolutely ne-
cessary ; the one now in. use is not sufficient for the quan-
tity of business arising from the number of boats which are
occasionally moored to it, for the double purpose of landing
and embarkation. It is not uncommon to see seven; ten,
and sometimes a dozen steamers dependent upon'it for con-
nexion with the shore, when collisions between individuals,
and hampers, baskets, Etc., -not only frightful but
dangerous.—Li.ierpool Courier.

STRANGERS IN LIVERPOOL.—We cannot call to
mind any former period during which the town contained so
many strangers as it does at present. All the hotels- and
principal inns are crowded with company, and many of the
houses are unable to accommodate all who apply. This in-
flux has doubtless been caused in a great measure by the open-
ing of the entire line of railway between London and Liverpool,
by the continuance of the present remarkably fine weather, and
by the various modes of transit from this town to the Lakes,
North Wales, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland, There
is no setting bounds to the moral revolution which railway
travelling will have on the aspezt of society. The [resent
week has afforded us a sample of what is still in perspective.
—Liverpool Chronicle.

WAGERS.—The town of Charleroi has lately been
noted for its extraordinary wagers. Mr. S. undertook to
run over 30 miles of country whilst a snail was getting through
10 inches of grated sugar. The same Mr. S. bet be would
stay longer in the river Sambre than another gentleman.
After having been in the water six hours, Mr. S. sent for his
night-cap, declaring he would not come out till the next
day, upon which his antagonist declared himself beaten.—
Mirror.

Last week a little girl, named Hannah Sheets, fell
head-foremost into a butt of rain water, which stood open in the
back yard of the house where her parents resided, in Castle-
street, Golden-square. It is not exactly known how long she
lay there, for she was not immediately missed, and even then
an anxious search of many minutes was made through the
house and the streets adjacent ere the water-butt was thought
of. When dragged out she was quite cold, and all the usual
remedies were tried for a length of time by Surgeon W. B.
Parkes, of Carnaby-street, without success. Amongst the
rest, attempts to inflate the lungs were unremittingly perse-
vered in for a considerable time. As a last resource, Mr.
Parkes applied the stimulus of electricity. He first passed
shocks gently through the head and chest, along the course of
the spine, gradually increasing their power, and persevering
during the whole time (by means of- other assistance) in the
inflation of the lungs. After these means had been employed
conjointly for about ten minutes, faint traces of respiration were
observed, and in three-quarters of an hour he had the pleasure
to behold his patient in a fair way of recovery. The child is
now in the enjoyment of perfect health.
It having been perceived, not long since, that the
claws of a lioness, in the Garden of Plants, were growing into
the paws, and would in time injure the animal, one of her
keepers contrived to have her firmly secured, and with scissars
and file, cut and paired them so as to prevent the apprehended
evil. The animal, however, hasproved that she does not forget
the insult, for whenever the keeper now comes within her
sight, she at once distinguishes him even when surrounded by
a crowd of her visititors, growls, shows her teeth, lashes her
sides with her tail, and displays every sign of an implacable
resentment.

A SCENE IN COURT.—" I call upon you," said
the counsellor, "to state distinctly upon what authority are
you prepared to swear to the mare's age ?" " Upon what
authority ?" said the hostler interrogatively. " You are to re-
ply and not repeat the questions put you." " I doesn't con-
sider a man's bound to answer a question afore he's time to
turn it in his mind." " Nothing can be more simple, Sir, than
the question put. I again repeat it. Upon what authority
do you swear to the animal's age ?" " The best authority,"
responded the witness gruffly. " Then why such evasion?
Why not state it at once ?" " Well, then, if you must have
it—" " Must ! I will have it," vociferated the counsellor, in-
terrupting the witness. " Well, then, if you must and will
have it," rejoined the ostler with imperturbable gravity,
,s why, then, I had it myself from the mare's mouth." A simul-
taneous burst of laughter rang through the Court. The
judge on the bench could with difficulty confine hi; risible
muscles to judicial decorum. —Captain Glascock's Land
Sharks and Sea Gulls.

On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of a
child belonging to Jane and Daniel Whittle, who live near
the Dog and Gun public-house, West Derby. The child in
question had been playing in the garden of its parents, in
which there was a ditch about two feet deep and a plank
across it, used for draining the garden. The chili fell off
the plank into the ditch, and got something into its eye,
which caused it to bleed profusely. It was picked up and
taken to a surgeon, but died on the way. From a post mortem
examination of the body by Mr. James Cooper, a surgeon, it
appeared that something had passed between the upper part
of the eye and the socket, extending to the posterior part of
the socket, at which point there was a fracture of the bone,
and a punctured wound of the brain, which was the cause of
death. The deceased bad fallen on something containing an
old nail, or some hard sharp-pointed substance. Verdict--
" Accidental death."—Liverpool Chronicle.
Died at the Union Workhouse, Barham, a few
days since, Elizabeth Gates, aged 80. She was one of the
first paupers admitted into the workhouse when it was formed
in 1766, and continued to reside there until her death.—
Suffolk Herald.

Two females from America are at present engaged in
holding religious meetings in various chapels and other places
in different parts of this -town. They use the language and
have the appearance of members of the Society of Friends;.
but we are authorised to state that they are not members of
that Society, and that they arc not in any way countenanced
or recognized by it.-.. Liverpool Mercury.

ALLOWANC TO WITNESSES AT
THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

For several sessions past considerable discussion has taken
place and some discontent been manifested, relative to the
amount allowed to persons who are bound ovet to give evi-
dence. The Magistrates have, therefore, drawn up the fol-
lowing regulations relative to costs and expenses to be paid in
cases of criminal prosecutions, which have been approved and
signed by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's
Bench
I. All prosecutors and witnesses for the prosecution, at-
tending the Court under recognizances or subpcena, in cases
of felony and misdemeanor, as provided by the statute 7th
Geo. IV., cap. 64 (except those hereafter mentioned), are to
be allowed 3s. 6d. a day and no more.
2. All prosecutors and witnesses attending the Court as
above, whose usual place of abode is distant more than five
miles from the Court, are to be allowed threepence a mile
each way for travelling expenses travelling to and returning
from such Court, and the like 3s. 6d. per day.
3. All prosecutors and witnesses attending the Court as
above, whose usual place of abode is distant more than five
miles, and who are necessarily detained in London more than
one day, are to be allowed the further sum of is. 6d., and no
more, for eaph night they may necessarily be so detained in
London.

4. Medical men, bound in recognizance or subpoan2, and
attending professionally, are to be allowed the suns of
guinea per day, and no more.

5. All prosecutors and witnesses attending as above, who
receive wages or salaries, arc to be allowed Is. 6d. per day,
and no more, for their attendance at the Court and before the
committing Magistrate.

6. All children under fourteen years of age, attending as
above are to be allowed one-half of the above sums for their
attendance at the Court.

7. No prosecutor or witness is to be allowed for his attend-
ance before the committing Magistrate, unless he shall re-
ceive a certificate from such Magistrate ; in which case the
amount shall be ascertained by the certificate of such
agistrate.

8. No witness is to be allowed his expenses upon more than
one prosecution, on any one day, although he may be witness
upon several, unless for his attendance before the committing
Magistrate, and for which he may have received his certificate.
9. One Counsel and brief only are to be allowed for, on
each prosecution, unless specially ordered by the Court.
Jo. The fee for Counsel and brief not to be allowed in any
case where the prisoner has confessed the offence alleged
against him before the committing Magistrate, unless specially
ordered by the Court.

11. Tile fee to Counsel in other cases is to vary from one to
two guineas, and in no case to exceed the latter sum unless
under the special order of the Court.

12. The. allowance to the attorney shall, for the prosecu-
tion, the brief, and attendances not exceed one guinea, unless
an addition should be specially ordered by the Court.
13. The above scale is to be strictly acted upon, unless the
Court shall, from the special circumstances of the case, direct
any further or extra allowance.

In the exercise of its discretionary power the Court at the
last Session, expressed its intention in future to call absent
prosecutors and witnesses on their recognizance or subpcens,
who shall not answer when the respective trial in which they
are engaged shall be called on, and the same declared to be
estreated and forfeited.

That in order to remove such estreat such absentee shall
make affidavit of the cause of his or her absence, and move the
same by Counsel, and that such affidavit be filed with the re-
cords of the Court.

That in such cases where the estreat shall be taken off,
such persons shall be d!sellowed the fees for attendance, but
they may receive such moneys as they may have actually paid
in order to forward the prosecution.
These rules have long appeared necessary, inasmuch as fre-
quent delays have taken place and the acquittal of prisoners
in consequence of the culpable absence of witnesses.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF

ABDUCTION.

DUBLIN POLICE, SEPT. 22.
ARRAN- QUAY-OFFICE.—A person of unusually mean and
vulgar appearance, named Peter Yore, a stable-boy, was
brought up in custcdy, charged with having fraudulently in-
duced a young lady, the daughter of his mistress, to marry him.
Mr. M‘DoNocou, on the part of the prosecution, required
that the prisoner should be committed for trial, or, as the
charge amounted only to a misdemeanour, aggravated by pe-
culiar circumstances, that he should be held to bail to take his
trial in the Court of Queen's Bench. Counsel then proceeded
to state the facts a the case. He said his client was the
widow of Colorel Tucker, and was entitled to upwards of
700/. a year, reserved under the provisions of a settlement
executed before her marriage. Colonel Tucker died in the
year 1831, leaving an only child, a daughter, in whom, by the
settlement before-mentioned, th?. property was was vested in
remainder. Mrs. Tucker unfortunately took ir,ta her service
the man at the bar ; he, as be was riding after the young
lady, thought proper to make approaches to her, and urged
proposals of marriage, threatening, that if she would not
consent, be would leave the place and spread rumours inju-
rious to her character. She in an evil hour, of her own
consent, agreed to a stratagem and a scheme that was well
laid, with the assistance of other individuals. The pri-
soner having made some apology about shoeing a horse,
went and met the young lady at a public-house kept by a
person named Flood; she then alighted from her horse,
and, taking off her riding habit, put on some attire suited
to the celebration of marriage. Here the poor child,
for she was little more than 17, burst into tears, and a woman,

one of the party, was brought into comfort her. At length,
from shame and inability to draw back, she consented to go
into a covered car, and was driven to the house of a person
named Schultz, in Cullenswood; he either was not at home,
or, fearing that there was something wrong in the matter,
would not porform the ceremony ; they then urged her to go
to Smithfield, which she did, and a matrimonial ceremony was
performed bra public-house; she then returned to the other
public-house, resumed her riding habit, and returned home by
the Circular-road; on the way her attendant got off his horse,
soiled his hat, coat, and trousers, and told her mother that a
fall was the cause of their delay. It would appear that the young
woman had never passed a night out of her mother's bed-
chamber. At length the girl became shocked at the idea of
throwing herself away upon such a fellow. Something ex-
citing her mother's suspicions, she taxed him with it. The
prisoner at once avowed it, took a high tone, and asked them
would they break the marriage. The mother was advised to
~annul the marriage, and accordingly that course was being pur-
sued in the Ecclesiastical Courts. After the prisoner was
dismissed, he was found still lurking about the place, with
a view to carry her off. It therefore became absolutely neces-
sary to vindicate the law, that the young lady's respectable
connexions might not be disgraced and herself carried away
from her mother. Counsel then referred to the law applica,
b!e to the case.. To his (Mr. M'Donough's) astonishment,
he understood that Mr. Costello had stated on the previous
day that there were a number of cases to show that the young
girl herself was not a competent witness. He (Mr. M'Do-
nough) would demonstrate that it was settled law that she was.

Mr." COSTELLO then proceeded to reply on the part of the
prisoner, and stated that he and Mr. M'Donough were at issue
upon the fact whether the young lady could be a competent
witness, supposing a marriage with her consent had taken
place.-- It was admitted, and if not admitted he was ready to
prove, that the marriage was with her consent, and even at
her solicitation ; that she suggested the change of dress, the
very colour of the clothes, and the story which was told to her
mother ; it was admitted that the marriage was with her con-
sent, and it was a general principle of law that the wife cannot
be evidence against the husband, or the husband against the
wife. To that principle there were exceptions from necessity.
Mr. STUDDERT said it was enough for them, sitting as Ma-
gisstrates, to look if they had sufficient facts before them to
justify them in sending the case for trial : it was their im-
pression that they had : they had therefore taken informa-
tions, and issued a warrant. The only question now was as to
the bail.

Messrs. Flood and Took, publicans, were then agreed to as
bail for the prisoner, each in lOW., and P. Flood, J. Flood,
T. Flood, Mary Meehan, and Ame Yore, were noticed to come
in and give their own recognizances to stand their trial for
conspiring and aiding Peter Yore to commit a misdemeanour,
v. ith which he is charged.

NEW PIER.—A new pier has been erected at Bank-
side, upon the Surrey side of Southwark Bridge, for the con-
venience of those passengers who wish either to go up or down
the river in steam-boats. Arrangements are also in progress
ith the directors of some of the Gravesend steam-boats to
embark and disembark passengers at this pier, which will, no
doubt, be a great convenience to that portion of the public re-
sident in the borough of Southwark and its neighbourhood.
The pier is to be opened on Monday next.

A FRIGHTENED LION.—A B osch man was, on
one occasion, following a troop of zebras, and had just suc-
ceeded in wounding one with his arrows, when a lion sprang
out from a thicket opposite, and showed every inclination to
dispute the prize with him. The Boscbman being near a
convenient tree, threw down his arms, and climbed for safety
to an upper branch. The lion, allowing the wounded zebra
to pass on, now turned his whole attention towards the Bosch-
man, and walking tree,
round and round the he ever and anon
growled and looked up at the Boseliman. At length the lion
lay down at the foot of the tree, and kept watch all night.
Towards morning sleep overcame the hitherto wakeful Bosch-
man,_,
and he dreamed that he had fallen into the lion's mouth
and
n outd.
starting from the effects of his dream, he lost_
histh e 'seat,
on
falling from the branch, he alighted heavily n
which the monster, thus unexpectedly salute •
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An inquest was held on DiscoverydWhitechapel,ayinint o Africa.
An
Aa.
Wednesday
C • h leman named , w o resided
on the body of an old
neighbourhood,gent Cair
ns, awnsand who was found on Mon-
t)), himself in that
deposed that on searching
parish
beadle and a sergeant of police, he found
day lying on the floorby
the body after death, in the pre-
sencethe side of his bed. A policeman
of the
,
in his trowsers pocket two ten-pound Bank of England notes
and six sovereigns.
k-,Tris• He also found a French bond for 1,800
francs,
as well as some leters and receipts, from which it ap-
peared the deceased received half-yearly from the house of
"Baring, Brothers, and Co., the sum of 341. 18s. A medical
gentleman gave it as his opinion that the deceased died a na-
tural death, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. The
residence of the deceased, who was a Scotclunan, was in a
most wretched and filthy condition, and it appeared that he
never would permit any person to enter it, aad his manners
were of the most eccentric description.

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