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Holman declared, that the giiater part fir his lough,l
ter's statement .vias false. se In fact,". said he„" Ido
not look upon her as a daughter; fot her mother aban-
•dotred .and is now a comtnon prostitute." " The
girl," said he, " is an awful character ; she is every
thing that is bad, and threatened to rob me. Th;s is
her character, and she row wishes to destroy mine, by
stating circumstances whiCh never occurred." With
respect to his mode of worship, he submitted that had
nothing to do with the question.
The Magistrate having listened to him for a long
time, said, he must give the parish some security for
the maintenance of his daughter, as it appeared that
she was afraid to go back. An arrangement wAs -ulti-
mately entered into, and the parties lett the Office.

The assemblage of beauty and fashion at the Green
Man Hotel, Blackheath. on Monday evening, was most numerous
and splendid. It was the closest' the season.
Monday, KEAN acted air Giles Overreach in Dublin.
He met with considerable opposition, and the early part
of his performance was purely pantomime. The tumult
eventually subsided ; he was loudly applauded, and
called forward when the curtain had fallen.
An Inquest was held at the Eagle and Child, in
Shoe-lane, on the body of James Wells. The deceased
was formerly a poulterer in Bishopsgate- street, but had
latelrbecome reduced in circumstances. On Wednesday
morning, about four o'clock, he was observed by a
watchman, in Holborn, apparently in a dying state, by
whom he was conveyed to the watch-house, where he
expired before medical assistance could be procured.
He had been unwell for a considerable time previous.
Verdict—Died by dr Visitation of GOD.
A monster, who took his trial a few weeks since for.
the murder of his father, underwent :he awl,l sentence
of the law on the 17th ult. at Amiens. The culprit was
a young man, not 25 years of age. He was seated in a
cart, his back turned to the horses, his hair cut off, his
feet bare, and his neck and shoulders also tree from
clothing, with the exception of a thick black veil that
covered him to the waist, as a man unworthy to behold
the light of Heaven. He was supported by two per-
sons. When he had mounted the scaffold, his right
hand, which till that moment had been tied behind his
back, was loosened ; it was placed on a block, and the
executioner, striking at the wrist with an axe, missed
his aim, and only separated two or three fingers. The
wretched culprit screamed with pain and terror; a se-
cond blow was struck, and the hand that deprived a
father of life fell mutilated among the crowd. The
piercing cries of the parricide were terrific ; they did
not cease till the ponderous knife, falling upon his neck,
left nothing but a headless trunk.
Sunday last, the roof of Wuodhead Chapel, near
Manchester, fell in with a dreadful crash, breaking
down the pulpit and the greater part of the pews.—
Providentially no person was in the Chapel at the
time; the accident occurring in the interval between
morning and afternoon service. The Chapel was re-
built some years ago, and most of the old timber was
used;• to this circumstance the falling of the roof is

attributed.
Sunday se'ntight, the news of the Leith Dock Bill
being thrown out by the House of Commons, reached
that town. The next day every demonstration of joy
was expressed by the whole of its inhabitants. The
ships in the harbour and docks had all their flags and
streamers flying, and in the evening the streets were
illuminated with bonfires.
ROBBERY AT THR EARL OF Jaasiv's.—The gang
of horse-stealers, who now infest the various parts of the
country, a few days since paid a visit to Acton Bottom,
and stole a valuable brown horse, the property of his
Lordship, with which they got off.
A melancholy accident, from the incautious use of
fire-arms, occurred at the Portcullis Inn, at Badmin-
ton, Gloucestershire, on Monday last. The son of Mr.
DAw, the landlord, had been using a gun for .the
purpose of shooting a rat, and had put it in the manger
in the stable, where he suffered it to remain for a few
days. A younger brother, not knowing the gun to be
charged, took it up, and presented it at some people
about the stable, and at length pulled the trigger,
just at the entrance of another brother, about nine years
old ; when the whole of the charge lodged in his
head ! An Inquest was held, and a verdict returned
• of lionticide by Misadventure; and the gun was forfeited.
A short time since, a girl about ten years of age,
was precipitated into the river near the Avon Cottages,
at Widcombe. Immediate assistance was rendered,
but it was full seventeen minutes before the body could
be taken out of the water, when it was -in a state of
suspended animation. Mr. HILL, the Surgeon, of Cla-
trerton-street, Bath, was directly sent for, who, after
persevering in using effectual means of resuscitation
for one hour and three-quarters, had the gratification
•f restoring her to her friends.
ESCAPE FROM JAlL—Twilit/sots, or English Tom,
so well known here, who had been sentenced at the last
Circuit Court to ourteen years' transportation, suc-
ceeded in effecting his escape from the jail of Nairn
last week. One of the turnkeys going to ring the
bell was in an instant knocked down, and before he
could give the alarm the prisoner was off on horseback.
The horse must have been waiting in readiness. He
rode past Tilburn about an hour after his escape, with-
out hat, coat, or shoes.
The Bath Chronicle of Wednesday says—" In our
last we stated that the body of a man, enclosed in a
sack, had been found in the Avon, and that the Coro-
ner's Jury had returned a verdict of wilful murder
against persons unknown. It has been since asserted,
and we believe justly, that it was a subject procured
for the use of professional students.
Those who were early on the road to Ascot Heath
Races en Tuesday, were shocked with a sight which
must have damped their spirits for the day. A soldier
had been killed the preceding night on the Turnhain
Green road, by the wheel of some waggon or cart
going over his head, and in the morning, till between
8 and 9 o'clock, the appearance of the spot was horrible.
The following Works will be published in a few days,
by Mr. Comtism, 8, New Burlington-street (removed from Con-
duit-street), vie. 1. The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. Secretary
of the Admiralty in the time of Charles H. and James IL aid
the intimate friend of Evelyn ; with a Selection front his Private
Correspondence • edited by Lord Braybrooke, in 2 vols. 4to.—
2. The Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, Rat. now first
collected and edited, with Notes, in 1 vol. 4to. uniformly with the
Memoirs-3. A New and Revised Edition of Tremaine • or,
the Man of Refinement, 5 vols.-4. Absenteeism. By 'Lady
Morgan. 1 vol. post Reminiscences of Michael Kelly,
of the King's Theatre and Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane: Abroad
and at Home ; including a period of nearly half a century • with
Original Anecdotes of many distinguished Persons, Political,
Literary. and Musical—i. Sir Jonah Barringtou's Mitotic Anec-
dotes of Ireland during his own Times, with Secret Memoir: of
the Union. t vols. 4to. with upwards of forty Portraits.
Between %he rtt and 19th of April, upwards of S5O
ail of vessels, principally Austrians,. arrrt(, d at Con-
staatinoplc.