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committed upon him by the defendant, as they have already ap-
peared.
Mr. Swatear..—You will make Oath, Mr. Poole, that Mr-
Elliston attacked you in the first instance ?
Mr. Poole.—Certainly he did.
Mr. SWABEY.—And that previous to the assault no ill lan-
guage was resorted to on your part to excite Mr. Elliston to com-
mit a breach of the peace?
Mr. Poole.—None whatever. lam not conscious of having
given him the slightest provocation. So far from that being the
case, I was not aware of his being in the gardens, or indeed, in
London, until he darted upon me on the night in question, and
committed the unfair assault upon me.
The Magistrate, addressing Mr. Elliston,, said, that if he had
any thing to offer in justification of the complaint just made
against him, he should be happy to hear it. Perhaps it would
be the better way to refrain from entering into any defence in the
present stage of the business, and merely to put in bail to answer
the charge at the Sessions.
Mr. Elliston thanked the Magistrate for his suggestion, and
said that he should wish to reserve his defence until the case came
before a jury. He now availed himself, however, of alluding to
a vague report which had been circulated of his having embarked
for America immediately subsequent to the occurrence in Vaux-
hall-gardens. " That is not the case," added he, " for ram
now in attendance at this office in propria persona." He cer-
tainly intended to leave England for Lisbon for the benefit of his
health; and with respect to his voyage to America, that would
be undertaken at a future period, for the purpose of retrieving the
embarrassments into which he had recently fallen. Nothing,
however, should induce him to quit the country until the charge
exhibited against him was investigated, as he considered that
be received provocation of the most gross nature from Mr.
Poole.

The Magistrate asked Mr. Elliston whether he was prepared
with bail.
Mr. Elliston replied, that he had come away from home in such
a hurry, that he had totally forgotten to provide himself with what
was now required.
Mr. SWARM' then asked Mr. Poole, whether he had any ob-
jection that the defendant should give his own security for his ap-
pearance at the sessions, as he had no friends present to become his
bail.

Mr. Poole expressed himself perfectly satisfied with any sug-
gestion of the Magistrate.
At this period of the business, Mr. Ware, a solicitor, residing
in the Borough, entered the office, and immediately proffered his
services to become bail for Mr. Elliston, remarking that he had no
personal acquaintance with that gentleman, that he should feel
harpy in rendering him a service, in consequence of his distin-
guished talent, and the amusement and gratification he had de.
rived on witnessing his performances.
Mr. Elliston made a most profound bow to the gentleman who
had pronounced so high an encomium on his theatrical talent, and
thanked him for his politeness in offering to become his bail.
Mr. Poole
,here expressed a hope that the defendant 'would not
traverse the case until the next Sessions.
Mr. Staples, the chief clerk, intimated that the case, in all
probability, would be traversed, as it was necessary a certain
number of days should elapse from the committal of the assault
until the ensuing Sessions. In the present instance only a few
days brid transpired from the complaint against Mr. Elliston be-
ing made, and the commencement of the Sessions.
Mr. Elliston said that he should rather prefer removing the
case into a superior Court at once.
The Magistrate then bound over Mr. Ware in the sum of 201.,
and Mr. Elliston in his own recognizance, the sum of 401., for his
appearance at the Sessions.

LAW PitomoTiorr.—The Gazette of Saturday
night notifies that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been
pleased to appoint John Lloyd, Esq., K.C. to be one of his Ma-
jesty's Commissioners for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, in Ire!,
land, in the room of John Parsons, Esq. K.C. deceased.. This
appointment is highly popular, not only with the profession, but
with the public, by whom Serjeant Lloyd is greatly respeCted for his
pure constitutional principles, and his-spotless and amiable private
life.--Freeman's Journal.

CORONER'S INQUEST.--MELANCHOLY SU IC IDE
BY TAKING PotsoN.—Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held
at the Horse and Bower public-house, Horreferry-road, before
Thomas Higgs, Esq., on the body of Sarah Roberts, an inte-
resting young woman about 16 years of age, who terminated her
existence by taking a quantity of nux vomica. The Jury, after a
long discussion as to the impropriety of selling poison to perfect
strangers, and that, too, in such a quantity, returned a Teriliet
" that thelleuessed terminated her exuaence by taking a quantity
of ',tux yenning* while labouring under temporary derangement,"
at the same time parsing a revere censure upon the chemist who
sold the poison.

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--A little before ten
o'clock on Tuesday evening,, a young Woman, apparently about
25 years of age, precipitated herself froM the battlements of
Waterloo Bridge, into the river. Fortunately, at the time, a
young man named Robins was at the bottom of the steps of the
bridge, and perceiving the plunge in the water, put off a boat,
and with the assistance of two watermen, succeed in rescuing the
unfortunate woman. It was most providential that, at the time,
the tide was high, otherwise instant death must have ensued;
from the fall, as it is, the woman is so severely injured in the
back, that after being taken for the night to a room provided by
the Overseers of the Liberty of the 'Savoy for the reception of
such objects, it Was found necessary to send her te St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital. The only particulars that have been elicited
from her are, that her name is Sarah Roberts, and that she bad
been out of a situation for about a month, and having no friends
to assist her, had determinated to terminate her existence in the
above wretched manner.

The Chinese empire is divided into 20 provinces.
There are reckoned to be 186 capitals, and as many large towns of
the second order. The taxes and duties amount annually to a
sum of about thirteen millions and a quarter sterling ; 1,912,000
tons of corn and rice are also deducted for the subsistence of the
troops, and supplying the public granaries. The civil service
costs only one million and a half sterling : but the military ser-
vice is six times as expensive, amounting to upwards of 8,000,000/.
sterling. Mining the articles of the Chinese budget, there are
found 8,000,0001. for the keeping in repair of the Yellow River,
2,000,0001. for the gardens of Yuen-Ming ; and large auras for
the entertainment of the Ministers of State, of the first and second
class, to the number of 8,525. The revenue of the State in
money and produce is valued at about 80,000,000/. sterling.
The duties of entry and exportation on English and American
vessels received at Canton add to this sum nearly another million.
The revenue of England, which only reckons 22,000,000 of in-
habitants, rose, in 1824, to a stun which was one half more than
that of the whole empire of China, which, according to the latest
census, contains 146,000,000 of inhabitants. That part of the
population which lives on the water amounts to 2,000,000; the
the civil employments do not exceed 9,611, and the military offi-
cers 7,552. The army forms an enormous mus of 1,968,000
men, of which 822,000 belong to the infantry, 410,000 to the
cavalry, and 31,000 to the marine.—.Oriental Herald.

The races at Goodwood promise more than or

nary sport; hie Grace the Duke of-Richmond has spared no ex-
peime on the course, which is one of the finest in the kingdom.
A beautiful grand stand is nearly finished, which his Grace has
given up to the public, on payment of a ;Mall sum each person,
which money is to be appropriated to the race fund—there are to
be three days' sport. The Chichesteriaus will, no doubt, hail, their
approach, as the town is rather flat at present, at least it appears
particularly so after the late extraordinary bustle, occasioned by
its being the theatre of so long an election contest,—Brighton
Gazette.

HERRING FISHERY--We are much gratified at
observing the continually increasing interest which the
fishing on the coast of Caithness has excited among
the fishermen in distant parts Of the kingdom. This
prosecute the fishing on
morning a fleet of ten fishing vessels passed through
They had been five weeks on
the Caledonian Canal, at Clachnaluirry, from St. Ives
pike, weighing seven
in Cornwall, on their way to
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