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London, England, 1818-10-07 00:00:00

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ExTltA'rithlls7,llli• APPLE.--LIPt week Mr
STOBBS, Of IViserl [fall, near iVbltingliam,
ed, in his orchard, all apple measurin,g thirteen
inches in circumferenee.,i and %%eighing thitteera
and a half ouneesr.: From the Same tree were.
pulled many othCi.sak nearly the ?.Ntrie size. riCy
are of the kind counnotrty known by ihe name of
Yorkshire Green, peculrarly eteellent as keepers
and bakers.—(thtrham .4dvertizer )
FALSE PUBI.ICATION OF MARiIIAGE.--Last week
a marriage, purporting to he that of John Chambe-
rlain to Ann Chatterton, %vas handed to Nltssrs.
E Smith and Co. for insertion in The Liverpoo:
liferotry. These Gentlemen discovering, a day or
two after, that it was a hoax, determined to trace
the manuccript, and after some trouble they ob-
tained sufficient evidence again,: a Young man of
that town, %vim must positiVeiy denied it. lie wag
summoned ).fore the MA YO'll, winent he acknow-
ledged the offence; hoping it would be over-
looked : hut the MAYOR severely reprimand-
bd him, stating, that as it was a gidss,publie
offence, be shorflil hold hirii to bail, lie was
then taken intO Custody until hail should be
given.

Saturday Mr. CHARLES Flilf..;TElt,, of Dock-
lane, Westminster, went to (Ipydon hii
chaise, r►ud rude through the t yn to the tnarkeo:,
hiinse, when a Worn being sin enly heat near the
horse, he startled, and 'dung headlong through
the window into the tliaiket.qi)tti'e. Mr. HAvs-rlzt
Was thrown out of the ehaio; mid the vehicle it-
self was dashed to pieceS. 'The horse kept plung-
ing and rearing amongst the people for several,
minutes, till at lastlie- forced his way out. Many
persons were seriOnsly hurt, and considerable da-
mage done ti; the property of the Market peopl4.
Mr. ILAvsTRIP himself escdped Without injury.
The corning-house at FalhouSe glinpowder rn
tinfactory; near Edinburgh, was blown up On
Wednesday last, by which unfortunate occur-
rence the lives of three of the workmen were

-FortGEnv.—At the Circuit Court, tit Glasgow.,
Margdret Kennedy was convicted of issuing torgeti
tidies of the Stirling Banking Company, and sen-
teticed to be executed on the 4th day of Novetn..
ber. The poor woman, who is young, was to-
taNy linable to read or write, and was earnestly
re'coditmended to mercy by the Jury. This is the:
only instance of any person belog tried in Glasgow
for fOrgery since 1805, when two young men ‘verc
convicted of engraving the plates for forged notes,
and issuing the notes. She !s the only
now in custody in Scotland on a similar charge,
and Only tole has been exeCiired the last 15 years
for forged Paper)
The Circuit Coto t at Aberdeen was opened till
the tilt. by the Right Hon. the LORD JUSTICe
CLERK. and Lord Prrmti,t?. Many of the trials
cre of minor impot tanee. John M'B irnett, alias
John Barnett, was atieued of bine acts of theft
and house breaking. The Jury tound him Goiltyof
tour ;jets of lumse hreilkimg and theft. The triaf ()c-
-ctipled above five hours; Arid the Loril.l o,t lee Clerk
then addressed the prisoner in the most !mitres•
sive manner, cxlioi tint; Pin not to waste his
short time in idle hoki <if titrrc for he might
rest assured that the s'i.;ntence t3t the law would
be etirtied into ft dl e,..'ecntil3o. The prisoner as
then ordered to be exectited at Aberdeen,w
no
Friday the (NI (lair of Nov. next,—John
convicted of thief', was sentenced to 14 Veat2
'atimpartation, as were also John Solomon, 1191-
bt.s., and John Al' far siinlar

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'rile Earl of Cardigan, at his scat, Dein PArk, Northam!,
tonshire, from a tour; NI r. and Mrs. Deriog, from .I.yut. St
Lowrance, lierts:, to (...4)otrobam„

On Friday last, pursnant to annual custom, the
Lola) MANitta entertained the Loan LtEitTF.I.4AN.t,
and his Excellency's suite, the Chief Secretary:,
Mr.GRANT, the EiSt India Director, his father,l t.
GarGoav, the Under necreturv., the Nobility unit
Gentry now in town, and the Corporation of tht:
City. Ou the health of Mr. GRANT; the Secretary,
being proposed, he wade a mutt liberal and ani:-
mated speech. Ile tefetred to his Past life, to the
attention he had uniformly paid to It ish affairs -;
and he coil tided by saying, that now; es he lout
been hononred by his Royal Highness the PRlNcri
RRGENT with 211 official situation, SO Closely Con--
necting hint with Ireland, hiS future conduct wou'ol
not belie the principles by which lie had been hi.
therto governed.—(Dublin Erening Post.)
The Bombay Courier states, that :a golden itnage
of the libido() Deity Ganosha, was part of the
booty at the late capture of /the tort at Singhur
This idol had been,concealed within a column 64-
ot masonry, Und,er which it was expected liiv
godship would haveemained secure, and would
have citified the March of the conquerbrS,of the
fort. Report enhances the value of this idol to
several lass of intpees, and a he and ft half are
said to have herb already offered for his ransom.
As two Gentlemen were shooting at liarrisolil;
on Thursday last; a remat kahly large Snipe
rose before them, tit which, in order to make
sure, they both tired, and brought it down.--
It proved to be of the most beautiful plumage,
and of the fcillowing,_ weight and diniensiims.:
eirht ounces i,l weight-, and measitrud front
tip to tip of the Wings; nineteen and a half inches,
and in length, tilo.tt,:tt.he cip. of tic bill to the
end of the tail, tiCteen and a half inches.—
This perhaps was the largest hiltl of the specicl
ever seen in this part Of the c‘naitiy.—(Edinburglv
Paper.)