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Won cleverly.

The Fitzwilliant Handicap I'late of air.. each, 10 gs. ft. (Ten
Subscribers).
Lord Fitzwilli2ro's Sandheck 1
Mr. Petre's 1. Theodore 2

Air. Ferguson', Wanton

Mr. Kirby's Violet
Lord Kelburne's May Day
A fine race.

Produce Stakes of 100 guineas each, h. ft For four years old c,,7!5,
Sgt. 71b. tilliro, B.t. 41b. Jour mtici. (live Subscribt:%..
Mr. Whittaker's b. c. I.ottery

Itussclr, b. c. Abron

Sweepstake, of 50 guineas each, h. ft. for three years old roltg, E-t.
fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mile and a half. (Seen Subscribers.)
Mr. Poweli's b. c. 'Mustachio 1

Alr. Ifolc'swarth's b. c. Farusfichl

A good race.
liis Majesty's 100 guineas, for four years old, lOst. 71b. five years
old, 11st. 71b. six years old, list. 121 b. and aged, P.:st. four

miles heat.
Lord i%liltou's b. c. Bourdeaux

Lord Sligo's c. Arrogance

Mr. lloChworth% b:f. Palatine

The Numsppleton Stakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. was w.:ked over
by Mr. Lumky's h. c. Horysthenes.

STEEPLE CHASE.

The great steeple chase between Captain Albert Earnsden, Lieut.
Freemant'e, and G. 11. Bouverie, Esq. took place en Monday.
The day was propitious, the King's hounds were taking.tbelr diver-
sion, and those few who joined in the general chase were not the
last in. The start took place from the top of Hatchett.lane, near
to the beautiful villa called Holiday's Lodge (a Gentleman who has
made his fortune on the turf) ; Ilurly Bottom was about fifteen
miles as a crow would fly, the horses flew nearly as qui;:k ;
Bouverie's horse took cover and made some tine leaps across
Maidenhead Thicket, keeping his opponents out of view; they came
in well heat, and Mr. Buuverie gave them ill the hospitality Berk-
shire could afford—venison in abundance.
PROVINCIAL MILLING.

A short time since a desperate battle was fought between Party,
a native of Monmouth, and of local pugilistic fame, and' Powell, a
blacksmith, of Broad Oak, Herefordshire. The scene of action
was Ilarewood's End. Such was the interest the match excited
that nearly 5.000 persons were supposed to be present. The men
fought one hour and forty-seven minutes, and 103 rounds, when
Powell's Hackers would not allow him to conic to the scratch again.
Perhaps in the annals of boxing there is not an 'instance of more
game. Never was the failure of nature so boldly resisted. Front
the 9.3 d round Powell's stiength failed him gradually. Ile was
beaten, but fell nobly ; and, though the courage of his opponent
was fully admitted, there was not an individual in the ring who did
not sympathize in his mortification. Ills matchless science was
proved by the trifling degree of punishment which he received ;
while Bob, on the other hand. in wearing the laurels of victory, has
to confess that they were dearly, " very dearly.' bought.
ROWING-MATCH BY WOMEN.

In consequence, as we are informed, of the Saltuh Ladies having
rowed in a different boat than was entered by them to be rowed at
the Regatta, the prize of five sovereigns was considered as nut
fairly won, and it was ordered by the Committee that the prizes
should be again contended for. On Saturday last, about twelve
o'clock at noon, the three boats which had before rowed started
from the place appointed, just off the Two Coves, and rowed from
thence to the Cubler, across the Sound, to Harupool, round a boat
stationed there, and back to the Two Coves. The prize was won
by the same boat's crew of Saltashers as before: they got the start
in the first place, and kept it during the race. The Oreston dames
came in last.

THb illA R K

(FROM THE LONDON PRICE CURRENT, AUGUST 17.)

COTTON-WOOL—The sales of Cotton last week consisted of
about 1,600 bags, its the prices no variation to notice.
6EO Bengali - s}d. to 50. per lb. in bond.
50 Madras - 6/d.
500 I'ernams 100. to 11d.
100 Surats -51 d. to 614
140 flowed - bad. to Bid.
20 Smyrna -71 d.
7.0 Para -
50 Bourbon - sad. - - duty paid.
SUG Alt.—The 'matket for British Plantation Sugar has been
very brisk all the week, and an advance of is. to Is. 6d. per
has been freely paid since last Friday. The deliveries for Home
Consumption have continued extensive, and it is fair to conclude
that low prices greatly increase the consumption of sugar at home.
REEINCD SUGARS have also been in good demat:d this week ; good
brown lumps 765. 6d. to 775. and none now to be had at the former
price ; further orders are expected from Harnburgh, the refiners
there being much in want of them. The finer descriptions of goods
are also in demand, and 2s. per cwt advance has been paid.
FOREIGN SUGARS also improving; Havannah Sugars went at an
advance of 6(1. to Is. in the sales of this week ; and White sold at
365. 6(I. to 4Cs. Brown and Yellow 265. to 293. per cwt. Low and
middling White sold by auction at 255. to 335.
EAST INDIA SUGAR.—Notwithstanding that nearly 50,CC0 bags
will be offered for sale neat week, Mauritiu4 Sugars advanced
day 6d. to Is, per cwt. 225. 6d. being paid this morning at a public
sale for Yellow Sugar.

COFFEE.—The largo, shipments of this article, and consequently
the great reduction of Stock, together with the ruling moderate
prices, has drawn the attention of shippers and dealers in Coffee;
the alarming accounts, too, respecting the slave population of Ja..
maica, has caused a brisk market, and a rise of 4s. to ss. per cot.
for middling and coloury qualities, and '2 s. to 4s. for inferior sorts
has been established. St. Domingo has sold at 625. 6d. to 635. Ih-
yawl:A, 625. to 645. La Guira, 61s. to 655. Good ordinary Jamaica,
61s. to 665. fine ditto, 68s. to 70s. Ordinary friddliog, 735. to 78s.
Middling, 84s. to 90s. Good ditto, 955. to 965.
SPICES.—The importers of Pepper were unwilling to sA, ex-
cept at the late advance, consequently a considerable quantity WAS
taken in. Nutmegs found ready buyers, and advanced towards the
finish. Cassia Lignea and Cassia Buds went lower; the importers
withdrew, and bought in a considerable pro!)urtion. Cloves—the
Company offered none.
CINNAMON of the first quality sold pretty free!y at the redeed
rates; but the second and third sorts went off ':eavily, the greater
part being bought in.
SALTPETILE.—The late advance of Is. to 2s. per cr..t. was
paid at the Company's sale, but the demand is not brisk.
PIMENTO up to Bd. and titd. per lb.

ENGLISH OPERA House.--ThE following distin-
guished persons have recently honoured the Rnglish Opera House
with their presence, to witness the performance of %fixates cele-
brated Opera Der Freisektaz, which still continues to draw crowded
houses :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; Duchess of St.
Alban's ; Countesses Lieven, Paulet, Guildford; Ladies Westmor-
land, B. Codringtos, Harvey, Molesworth, De Rons; Sir Samuel
Shepherd, Sir A. Fraser; Sir S. Fludyer, Sir J. Senhouse, Hon. G.
Berkeley, and several other fashionables.
DARIN° ROBBERY.—Last night Mr. Jefferies, of Is-
lington, was attacked by two fellows, one of whom was
dressed like a sailor, near that pat t of the New River
'called the Two Sisters. Mr. J. had his ss ife and their
infant with him, and on the robbers coining up to them,
the one asked what the hour was? Mr. J. incautiously
took out his watch to inform him, when the villain im-
mediately struck him on the face, and at the same mo-
ment snatched his watch from him. 1-lis compaiiirn
then came up, and, with a dreadful oath, swine that
if they gave any alarm they would thioiv them into
the river. Mts. Jefferies tainted, and beli,ie her I;th-
band could recover his senses from the outt age he had
received the villains had decamped.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-I.ANE, AUGUST 18.
Though the an rival of Wheat and Flour since Monday has been
moderate, at the close of the Market last day the trade was dull,
and Pease, remain
and some quantity remained unsold. This morning our trade is in
aim equally dull state, and we consider Monday's prices only sup-
pmotrictehdasfotrherneal tine srutplrs. s
tated ; bet in
doing, as our buyers, fur the most part, prefer waiting the result of
Oaltritellye'relliasnsle'arcely any business
the question as to the opening of the Porta; and we therefore quote
prices
nominally as last day. In other articles there is no variation
to notice.—Arrivals—English Wheat, 3,500; Oats, 2,850; Irish
Oats, 900 qrs. ; 1,500 Sacks of

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Joarnal a Residence in .4shantee. By .losers Du-
MS. Ely late his Britannic Majesty's Envoli and
t:wrsql ;or that Kinr•dont. Comprising; Notes and Re
searches relative to the, Gold Coast, and the Intelinr
It Africa ; chiefly collected
,Irons Ambit' MSS.
,S.c. 7 n which is prflized, an Account of the Origin
gad Causes of the present IVar, illustrated with a Map
and Plates. 4.13. London. 1824.
Few books are likely t,) be sought with more avidity.
or read greater interest, than M. Dupuis's Journal
rf his residence in Ashantee, whether as it regards his
account of the origin of the late war in Ashantee, or as
to the manners and customs of a savage, but power
ful nation in Africa. It is not, however, to these
subjects that Mr. Dupuis confines his observations;
w.n k embraces a valuable account of Western Africa,
and a series of geographical documents, of great im•
portance, from the Arabic. These papers throw much
light on the subject of African discovery, and will be
of great use to future travellers.

From the situation Mr. Dupuis held on the Gold Coast,
and the facilities he po,sessed, he is enabled to give in-
formation inaccessible to others, and the respectability
of his character is a guarantee of the truth of his state-
ment,. The account of his Mission to the King of
Ashintee is highly interesting, as is his general descrip-
tion of the country, as we shall chew on a future day,
by inserting a few extracts. In the meantime we re-
contmend the work-as one of the most interesting that
has appeared for some time.

Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in all that relates to
Guns and Shooting. By Lieutenant-Colonel HAWKER.
Third Edition, considerably enlasged and improved.
With Ten explanatory Plates. Royal B►o. pp. 470.
London, 1824.

British Officers and British Sportsmen are among
our favourite authors. Colonel Thornton's Sporting
Tours in Scotland and France were really models of
this class of writing, and worth half the books of Tra-
vels that are puhlished : Sir Frederick Henniker is ano-
ther charming author of the same school—he who, with
his gun in his hand, travelled through Nubia and the
Holy Land, and never laid it dewn wail he reached
the City of Jerusalem itself; and even then he sported.
in its er.viions.

Colonel Hawker k another of those sporting writers,
who pleases the Public better than many professed au-
thors ; his wor k is not, however, a book of Travels, but
one of practical utility to sportsmen, which every no•
vice should purchase and read over from page 1 to 470,
inclusive, before the Ist of September, if he wishes to
bag game or ever hope to rank with that gay and
light-hearted class of society yclept Sportsmen.
Colonel Hawker's work, which has attained a third
edition, embraces almost every subject which can inte-
rest the lovers of shooting ; it is not a compilation, nor
dues Colonel Hawker take on trust the opinions of
others.; on the contrary, it is the result of his own ob-
servation and practical eaporience: the Colonel is an
ardent sportsman, and he eoramufticates freely the in-
formation he has acquired. He commences with an
account of guns of every species, which he describes
very minutely, and gives directions as to the best
means of cleaning them ; the materials used in shooting
are nest treated of, and then follow instructions which,
if properly studied, will enable the young shooter to
code with the crafty old sportsman:--the diseases of
dogs, wild•fowl shooting, launching and canoe-shooting,
method of shooting wild ficwl in Fiance; a full view of
the whole system of the Game Laws, with some ingenious
suggestions for thrir improvement ; general ads ice for
the health and comfort of a young sportsman ; useful
recipes connected with field sports, Bcc. Btc. These ate
a few of the subjects treated of in this work which is
enriched with ten illustrative and coloured engravings.
No extract that we can give will afford a sufficient
knowledge of the work, but n e shall quote an account of

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.
• " Most young sportsmen, and many old ones, fancy,
that nothing g!eat can be done on the first day, without
they gn out as soon as they can see to distinguish a bird
from a dog. This may possibly be necessary for those
who start from a town, where two or three unfortunate
covey s are to be contended for by half the lawyers,
doctors, schoolmasters, sporting parsons, and tradesmen
in the place; but under other circumstances, this is the
very worst method that can be adopted.
" In the first place, the birds being, at this time, on the
feed, will not always lie well. By your springing them
from the rau, the covey is pretty sure to take wing alto-
gether ; and, being once disturbed in this state, it be-
comes, afterwards, much more di 7'eult to disperse them,
than if they bad been left /aid till the dew had driedoa
Me stubble. Secondly, you throw off with long shots
instead of fair ones; which, to say the least of it, is not a
favourable beginning either for yourselfor dogs. Thirdly,
for one who may have no relay of pointers or setters,
it should be recollected, how much better bestowed
would be the work, which he takes out of them while
slaving to little purpose in the dew of the moraina, if he
reserved it fur the afternoon. This,from about trace till
six, is the time of day flu the early part of the season),
that all the best shots a►e to be got.. The birds are then
scattered, and driven to the low grounds and meadows:
where, with steady dogs, they may be fouad one or two
at a time, and picked up as fast a: he can load and lire.:
" The most partridges I have Seal sagged in a day'
by one person, in a country mat preserved, were twenty-
three brace, in killing which I remember, that, although
be began in the veiy best quarter, acid everything
fava,rren', as well a, it possibly could do, his starling at,
daylig. hi, yet be only got dace shots hejare nine o'clock.
" Although he had jaer relays of dogs, yet he felt con-
fident, that lie should have killed at least seven brace
mare, ilhc had left the coveys I. aciiautbed till aliout half-
oast stye" or eight.
The person who performed this, and the double shoot-
ing before alluded to, went out in a subsequent year at
nine o'clock, surrounded by other shooting parties, who,
had been hard at work since the break of day. He had.
this season a fir' interior breed of birds, and he had only
one, and that a very old dog. lie t•,oi; relieshmeia
arid rested from twelse till two; shot again till six, and
then went home to dinner, having killed fifty partridges,
and a hare, with only missing two very long shots,
though he invariably used both his barrels whenever the
coveys rose within gunshot. To this one dog he bagged
in all, at different tiriais, in a wild country, 3163 head
of game.

" g,Arne As I !Live seen killed in a Septe.mloer dAy,
I do roc tccolleci one soiadi y instance 01 4:lything ex-

triordinary being done very early in the nevning. With
regard to where, and how we are to beat for game, &e.
it would now he even unnecessary to inform a school-
boy ; and, indeed, others having mentioned all particu-
lars is a sufficient reason for my not imposing on the
readet's patience with what he will have seen before,
and what to describe, would lead me into the very sub-
ject of other sporting authors. Suffice it therefore to
say, that the great object is, first to have good anarkers*
judiciously placed, and then to disperse the.birds; the
best way to do which is to heid your dogs, by takiag
an extensive circle. The. second is to make no entire'
noise than what cannot absolutely be avoided; by doing
as much by signal and whistling, and as little by halloo.
lag as possible. Thirdly, go fist on hills to fad, and
drive down from them, the birds, and then iii vales to
kill them. Fourthly, when distressed for partridges, in
a scarce country at the end of the season, take a horse,
and gallop from one turnip field to another, instead of
regularly slaving after inaccessible coveys.
Many an excellent shot has come home with an empty
bag, under the following circumstances. He has gone
out in a cold raw day, and found that the birds were
scarce and wild, and that even in turnips they would
not lie. But had he then tried one kind of land, to
which almost every man, as well as his dog, has a dis-
like—the fallow, he might possibly have got soche good
double shots; because the birds, Ending it a misery
to run here, particularly if he walked actoss the fal-
lows, will sometimes lie till they are sprung the fairest
possible shots."

Ltrritert.—M. Jacobi, a print-dealer at Berlin, has
formed a collection of portraits of this great Reformer,
amounting to no fewer than twelve hundred and five !
—a far greater number, we apprehend, than has ever
fallen to the share of any other individual that ever
existed. These effigies are arranged in various classes ;
the first of which consist of portraits properly so
termed, comprising many to be found in title-pages to
various works. The second class contains historical
plates, in which portraits of LUTHER occur; the third, sa-
tirical portraits and caricatures; the fourth, representa-
tions and monuments, medallions, &c. containing effi-
gies and likenesses of LUTHER. It is to be hoped that
this valuable collection will be preserved entire, and be-
come public property.—Literary Chronicle.

• Always be sure to tell a young marker that he must tarry his
aye tmilforword when a covey of birds begin to skim in their flight,
and comities, that as they may continue doing so for a field or two,
he cannot safely say, that he has inerind them down, till he has sax
Usess stop and flap their .sings, which all game must do,before they
eaa alight un the ground.

A person passing through Stanhope-street and Wild-
street, Clare-market, on Saturday evening, counted no
less than 976 children playing in these two streets only !
Stich is the opposition among coaclumasters staging
the Bath road, that the distance from Bath to London,
106 miles, has been run in nine hours !
There is a ship about to proceed to sea from Norfolk,
in the United States, called the North Carolina. She
is called a seventy-four gun ship, but she admeasures
twenty tons more than his Majesty's ship the Films
REGENT, of one hundred and twenty guns.
A new and prominent object, just finished at Broken
Wharf, Thames-street, has excited a deal of curiosity
among the passengers upon Blackfriars Bridge. The
New River and London Water-Works Company have
erected a.building for their steam-engine, which has the
form of a Doric Pillar, of considerable height. The
capital is in part like that of " London's Column."
Cacittrr ASEIMALS...- The Fiench cry aloud
against the barbarity of our boxing-matches, our bull.
baiting, dog fights, Sic. yet they appear to base no
feelings of humanity for the feathered creation. There •
is a cruel custom at the village fetes around Paris, which 1
they call la tir a loie (throwing at the goose). The
wretched bird is suspended alive to a pole, and the young
villagers are to shew their dexterity by throwing sticks
at the suffering victim, till they cars carry 4, the body
of the bird, leaving the head alone remaining on Me pole.
In our most popular sports there is something which
bears an affinity to national courage. In this barbarous
destruction of a helpless bird by a lingering death, we
see nothing but cold-blooded inhumanity.
A few days ago, a Gentleman at Maryport, Cum-
berland, having got his well cleaned out, and employed
Mr. John Asbridge, master mason, to repair the stone
work, while he was at work the whole of the walling
and rubbish accidentally fell in and buried him up to
the height of twelve feet. After assistance was procured
and every effort used for upwards of two hours and a
half, they got him rescued from his perilous situation
with life, to the great joy and surprise of the spectators.
He afterwards walked home with assistance, though
much bruised, and hopes are entertained of his recovery.
Qulcu, the once excellent and popular actor, con-
tinues to enjoy good health at his cottage, in the neigh-
bourhood of Islington. Qurcx was so great a favourite
with his late MAMIE'S, that in all his visits to the
theatre, this son of Momus was always included in the
cast. In fact, Gaoitoz 111. carried his partiality for this
actor so far, as to employ Zorratir to paint a picture
from a scene in a modern comedy, where Qutcx was
the hero ; and in an extreme corner of the picture a
portrait of the actor was inserted by special command.'
To MAKI NAMES GROW IN PIERCERS AND NICTA.
nities.—When fruit of the above description is half
ripe, cover the side exposed to the sun with stripes or
specks of wax, in any desired shape or form, which hin-
ders the sun from colouring the parts covered, and
when the fruit is ripe, and the wax removed, it will be
found marked in the manner desired.

After the death of Farquhar, the celebrated dramatic
writer, the following letter was found among his papers,
addressed to Mr.Wilks, the actor :

" Dr.aa Boa—l have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate
my memo! y, bt..! two helpless girls—look upon them sometimes,
and think of him that was to the last moment of his life thine,
" GEORGE FARQUHAR."
It would not be doing justice to Mr.Wilks to conceal
that this recommendation, which resembled the cele-
brated testament of Endamidas, was duly regarded by
him, and that when they became of an age to be put out
into the world in business, he procured a benefit for each
of them to supply the necessary resources.
Dryden, in his admirable poem of Absalom and Achi-
tophel, says—
" But 'twas hard fate which to the gallows led
The dug that never heard the statute read!"
which is not a little applicable to the slaughter that is at preser4
going on among the unfortunate canine race,

The following lines are said to have been written by
the mad poet Lee, while confined in bedlam : -
" If Fortune wrap tbee ware,
Then friends about thee swarm
Like bees about a honey pot :
But if dante Fortune frown,
And east time fairly down.
By Jove: thou msyst lie there and rot.'

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUGUST 17.

Juleps Phil/,; seas opposed-Joy-41r. His tut. an bob al
of Mr. Goding, the ale-brewer, at Knight,stri Age. The
prominent facts of the case were-these :—The insolvent
kepi the Blakeney's-Head public•house, Islington; the
ground of Mr. Goding's complaint was, that the insol-
vent came to him and wished to borrow 150/. under the
pretest of going to the Load of Hay public-house. At
fist there was some hesitation; but afterwards a con•
ference was-held with Mr. Green,'his collecting clerk,
and from representations made to him, the money was
advanced, for the specific purpose before named. It
turned ont, however, that the money so lent was applied
to other purpo,es than that for which it was advanced:
the Biekeney's Head was disposed of, and the money
went to Elliott .and Co. who held a warrant of attorney.

Mr. Green, collecting clerk to Mr. Goding, produced
two letters addressed to him by the insolvent, and de-
posed that he represented to him (witness) that the per-
son he tendered as security for the 13a. was a respect-
able oilman and tallow-chandler; and when he presented
him to witness, the person had every appearance of a
respectable tradesman. Witness went on to state, that
after the money was advanced, he found out that the
person's shop was shut up, and he was reported to be a
great swindler. The result was, that Mr. Grading was
never repaid.

The CHIEF CommtssfonEft said, the Court considered
that the insolvent had been guilty of a gross fraud.—
Remanded for 18 months within the walls of the Irison.
John Franklin was opposed by Mr. HEATH, on be-
half of Mr. Chamley, a wine-merchant.
The insolvent, in his examination, 'stated the follow-
ing facts :—He kept the Boar's Head, in Newport mar-
ket. On the 24th of l‘lay last, he ordered eight dozen
of wine from Mr. Chamley. The wine was sent to him
and not paid for. It was drank by himself and his
friends: he had no wine-license. On the 7th of June
he gave up his house to another person, and for so doing
received £76. He paid out of that sum £2O to a per-
son named Thoroughgood, and the rest he spent amongst
women. On the 18th of June, he was arrested and /Ml-
ptisoned.—The Court said, that it had seldom witnessed
a more hardened declaration of profligate conduct than
that which had been made by the insolvent. Circum-
stances prevented the Court from passing sentence upon
him at that time, but he might rest assured that his pu-
nishment would be a severe one.

AM Craven was opposed by Mr. Poza.ocK, on the
part of John Salter.
The insolvent examined by Mr. Pot.Losut.—ln Janu-
ary, 1823, he lived with his mother. lie received for
his mother £250 a-year, through the hands of Messrs.
Codd and Co. He sewer received more than that sum
from them. On the 3d of January, 1823, he purchased
plate to the amount of £9O, from Mr. Salter, a silver-
smith; he paid for it by a bill drawn by a person named
Brook, and accepted by himself. Brook was the bro-
ther of General Brook. He (Brook) was in the habit
of drawing bills for the accommodation of the insolvent,
and used to receive part of the property which was ob-
tained by them. The greater part of the plate which
was obtained from Mr. Salter was pledged shortly after
it was sent home. it might be the day after.
Mr. Salter, a nephew of the opposing creditor, de-
posed, that some time about the beginning of January,
1823, the insolvent came to his uncle's shop, in com-
pany with Mr. Brook, and wished to purchase some
plate, for which he said he would pay by a bill drawn
by Brook. Mr. Salter asked for a reference for cha-
raccer, and the insolvent rafervad him se Mars. Codd,
and Co. By the desire of his uncle, the witness went to
Messrs. Codd to make inquiries respecting the insol-
vent. The witness saw a nephew of Mr. Codd, who'
told him that the insolvent was a very respectable cha-
racter, and that he received through their hands £4OO,
a year. It was not stated that he received that money
on account of his mother. At a subsequent time, the
witness weal again to Messrs. Codd's, and saw the ne-
phew, as before, who told him, in the course of conver-
sation, that he would not hesitatito trust the insolvent
for £lOO. In consequence of this information, Mr.
Salter received the bill, and sent the goods home on the
3d of January. The bill was never paid.
Mr. William Axom, a pawnbroker, in South-street,
Manchester-square, stated, that the insolvent was in the
habit of pledging goods at his house. On the 3d of
January, 1823, he pledged a parcel of plate, and on the
11th, another parcel. The pledges were never redeemed.
Mr. POLLOCK said, that he felt it necessary to make
only one observation on the circumstances of the case,
and that related to the conduct of Mr. Codd's ne-
phew. He was sorry that any person in the house of
Messrs. Codd should have been so linked in this trans-
action that it was impossible to avoid considering him
as one of the conspirators. Mr. Codd's nephew had
ventured to state that the insolvent received £4OO, when
he well knew that he received no more than £250, and
that on his mother's account.

The COURT expressed an opinion that a case of gross
fraud had been made out against/be insolvent, and ob-
served, that the nephew of Mr. Codd had conducted
himself improperly. Had not that person been pre-
pared to bolster up the ineolvent's statement, the goods
never would have been obtained from Mr. Salter.—The
insolvent was then remanded generally.

We learn from a Quebec Gazette of the 12th nit. that
the Parliament of that province was dissolved on the
6th, by Proclamation of Francis Burton, Esq. Lieute-
nant Governor.

There are a great number of counterfeit half-crowns,
shillings, and sixpences in circulation, against which the
public should be on their guard.
The quantity of coals brought to London during the
last month is unprecedented, amounting to no less than
164,754 chaldrons.

The General Turnpike Act contains an exemption
from toll for all hay and straw, neither bought nor sold
nor intended to be sold.

Lord NORIURY is the oldest Judge in the United
Kingdom, ani is, we believe, 87 years of age. At
eighty he partook of thepleasure of the chase, was a bold
rider, and the most dashing fox-hunter in the field.
MONAGHAN ASSIZES, Auo. 3. An action for da-
mages was brought by Mr.N.GEEAcEsi, a printer, in
Monaghan, against Ensign UNfT, for the seduction of
the plaintiff's daughter. Damages were laid ar L'3OOD.
'lie case was opened by Mr. HoLsies in a most do-1
queue speech. The direct and cross-examination of the
female (who stated herself to be only sixteen years of
age) occupied a considerable time ; and the case having
closed for the prosecution, Mr. BELL proceeded to ad-
dress the Jury for the defendant, who declined calling
any witnesses.—Tbe Jury having consulted for some
time without coming to any satisfactory decision, it a as
at length agreed, on the recommendation of the Learned
Judge, to withdraw a Juror, each paying his own costs.

POLICE INTELLIGEXCL

MANSION-11011SE.

Henry Dyne, a seaman, who was a risocttiar ago shiperntkeil
on the coast of France, applied, amongst other destitute persons, t,
the Loan Maroa, for relicf. He was, he said, an linglith subiset.
and had been fur many years an able seaman in his Majesty's se,:
vice, in which lie had lost a finger, and been otherwi.e
short time ago, the ship in Which .ha was awning from Halifax
this country was unfortunately wrecked .on-the:coast of France, ars{
totally lost. Upon being picked up he made the best of his way z,
this country, -where he expected to be Mile to procure a passage
Halifax. He was, however, tomphstely.rlisappointed, and hae,st
nu claim upon any parish, and being quite destitute, hungry. and
-most naked, he at last took the -liberty of applying to the losb
.11/stroator some assistance in his hard necessity.
The Lotto Maros, after having given some temporary relief!,
the poor seaman, sent Allen. the officer, with him to the Royal N,_
tional Institution for the Preservation of .Life from Sitipwrs-ct
but although the seaman is an English subject, and itat tt,:reted
the hardships of shipwreck, and the privations cuaseque-vt from .- •
the Secrt•tary has ascertained that be has no Haim, nm;
the Resolution made upon the establishavont of the lustisuti„„
March last, stating, that it was formed " for the prtserveti.al
life in case of shipwreck on the coasts of the United Kingdom," a,
proof that the poor man was not entitled.
The Loin Metros regretted that an Institution which bad I:,
Majesty at its head, and was also patronised by six itoyal
and three or four and twenty klohlemenishrnild he so circumscribed
as to shut out from its operation the claims of English subjects utt-,
were wrecked on any other coast than dim of the United iiingdo.s.
The LOaD MAYOR then ordered that -the ateamen .hueld t!
clothed, and as the pour man, although no longrr fit for his
ty's service, is able to perform the duties of a seaman, directed te..;
a pressing application should be made to the ship-owners to g..,
him employment.