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the aeceaSe4 bad been pfetty temtaadi drunk ror tie la-t "tree
weeks; that on Suidty week her husband found her in a state of
intoxication ; and beat het seemly with a stick, principally nn
left arm ; and that subsequently that arm grew inflamed, black,
and gangrenous; and though every attcntipn was paid to her by a
surgeon, she died in consequence. The Magistrate ordered the
prisoner to be detained, until the Coroner's Inquest shall have de-
cided on the circumstances.
''OWN HALL.
Mary Welsh charged her husband, David Ircisis, with acts of
cruelty. It appeared the complainant had lived Nevem with a for_
fuer wife of the defendant, by whom he had two children, and at
whose death he married her. Since that time het life bad been one
continued scene of misery. On• Wednesday last' he defendant came
in while she was nursing her infant,.of which hewn the father, and
struck her so violent a blow, that she fell tit the ground, when seiz-
ing her byone of her legs and her hair, he beat bar bead against the
floor and wainscot, and then turned her and her child pennyless
into the street.
Alderman Same said it was high time such a husband and father
should be prevented from the commission of such atrocities, and or..
deted hint to find bail, and to make a provision for his wife and
child. He complied with these terms, and was discharged.

The Taunton turnpike-gates Asere oh Tuesday let at
1,0641. above what they were let 'et- last year.
Some climbing sweep boys, while Engaged about
chimney in Abbey-close, Paisley, discovered a quantal-
of gold coins concealei in the thasch.
The weather continues remarkably fine in Paris, and
there is every l roipect of an abundant vintage. 1-r•-
the last four years there has been no comparison wan
the abundant rospect of the present ctop-. Fruits is
general are very fine and abundant.
Thursday of ernoon, about one o'clock, a destruCtiee
fire broke out an the estate al SAMUEL. MARRIOTT, r.. 4.
at E st Acton, Middlesex, owing to a very large hay-
rick igniting in consequence of being overheated. Mes-
sengers were iiistantly sent to town (or the different fi•e-
I engines, but before their a sistance could be procure:,
nine other ricks of equal size were included in the di -
sastation, and burnt with unprecedeinte.l fury, till t• e
whole of the valuable property was reduced to the
earth. Each of the ricks that had been consumed con-
tained about forty loads of hay, and the loss is est:-
ma..ed at 500/. and upwards.
DUNDEE, JULY 7.—A party of the 72d Highland
Regiment, accompanied by a full military band and
twobagpiperg, arrived at Dundee fr om the heAd-quarters
of the Regiment, in Elliaburgh Castle, on Tuesday fore-
noon, and kept parading the stree s on that. day and
yesterday with all the "pomp and circuinitance of
war," in order to procure recruits. The spirit-stirring
music, and chewy dress of the men produced its due
effect on a population for some time past unaccustornd
to such spectacles, and they picked up about thirty
young lads.
The trade of Leith is at present greater than it was
ever known to be, if the amount of duties received at the Custom-
house may be held as a criterion. The receipt of duties one day last
week amounted to upwards of £4,000, and during the last quarter
upwards of £63,000 wire collected.
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