The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-05-13 00:00:00

CONSIST3RY.COUItT. MAY .I*.

Dr. Clarke this day, which ;a:ltile-Y..4 day of term,
appesred in Court pursuant to admonition, in the suit
instituted against hint by the Chnrcb-wardens of Great
Waltham, in Essex, of which parish be is the Vicar ;and '
in able') they charge him with various irregularities in
the wilful neglect or desertion of his duty. The Court
held that the charges hid been fully pros- d, and that no
anbstantial defence hal been set up, the Rev. Gentleman
having been his own Counsel. It decreed therefore that
he he suspended from all clerical functions Shatsoever,
both in his owo parish awl in the diocese of !Anion, for
twelve calendar months the Judge (Sir C. Itosinsorr),
fearing, as he retnarke 1, that a shorter period would sot
be sufficient to silly the • • ation of his spirit and re-
store religious harmony between himself and his parishi-
oners. The Court romlemned him likt.wise in costs, but
directed that they should be duty fixed.

Bow-venue.—Ye•trrday, the drivel of a hackney -
coach was brought before Sir It. BIRNIE, by Sharpe,
one of the ;nitro!, on a warrant. charged with an assault
upon. Joseph Redding, the driver of one of the newly
started ve:sicles called Cabriolets. This, it seemed, was
o•ie of a great tatturher of instances of insult and outrage
which hare been offered to the Cabriolet drivers by the
hackney coachmen, the latter of whom arm determin-
ed, if violence Can effect their object, to drive
the " Foreign Drags," as they call them, out of the
streets.

The complatnant in the present case stated that he was
the driver of a Cabriolet, and was plying near Printers-
street Oxford-street, fur hire, when a hackney coach
passed hint, the driver of which, without the .lightest
provocation on the part of the witness, threw his whip
ovre'the head of the Cabriolet, and by a dexterous
tna-
nagement of the lash, drew it across his face and cut it
severely. turned his horse about and attempted
to follow the coach, when another hackney coach drew
off the stand and drove before him so as to intercept his
passage, but be contrived to make his way, and succeeded
in taking the numher of the offender.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, denied that
he was the man, amid called his toaster, who swore
that he was in another place when the assault was com•
witted.

It turned ont that the complainant was mistaken as to
the number of the coach.

Sir It. BIRNIE said, another warrant should be issued
immediately.
One of the Inspectors, appointed by the proprietors of
the Cabriolet., presented a letter from his employers to
the Magistrates, complaining of the annoyances to which
their drivers were subjected by the hackney coachmen, and
soliciting protection. The letter added,lthat the sole
ob-
ject of the proprietors in starting these vehicles, sv.ta to
protect the pahlic from the insolence and imposition, so
notoriously practised by hackney coachmen; and all they
wanted was lair play. if their exertions merited the pa-
onage of the pnb!ic, they were content ; if not, they
were willing to pot up with the loss which a failare must
necessarily produce.
The Inspector said, there were several others of their
drivers present, to solicit summonses against hackney
coachmen, for obstructing the passage of the cabriolets.
Sir li. Hume directed summonses to issue, and said,
if there are any hackney coachmen present, it will be
wort!► their while to attend to what I am about to say.—
The Magistrates of this office are determined to protect
the drivers of the cabriolets against the hackney coach-
men, so long as the former shall conduct themselves pro-
perly ; and the latter may he assured that they will be
punished with the utmost severity, if they persist
in the course which they appear hitherto to have
pursued."

CORK. MAT 7.—Yesterday a number of Roman Ca-
tholic lieotlemsen assembled at Conway's Hotel, Heorge's-
street, when, after some observations on the state of Ca-
tholic polities, it was resolved, that a Meeting of the
Roman Catholics of this City and County, should be
held as soon as it might be deemed convenient. A re-
quisition to this purport, addressed to Stephen Coppin-
ger, Esq. Secretary of the Catholics of the County and
City of Cork, lies et oar Office for signatures.—(Chro-
nicle.)
sreoe.—On Friday night, the 2d inst. at a quarter
past eleven,a brilliant meteor was observed passing to the
smith of this city, in the direction from east to wee. It
glided along horizontally, at the apparent height of
about 21/o.feet frotu the ground, emitting a light far ex-
ceeding that of a full moon, and was followed by a
smoky. train of considerable length, accompanied by a
slight hissing noise. It was visible ten or fi'teen se•
cond.. The wind was bloating gently front the south-
west. hut in the course of an hour or two it shifted
round to the ra-t.—(Ediaa. Star.)
(The same phenyl/moon passed ever Darbam in a
north-western direction, about 20 minutes past eleven ;
and appeared near Ainwick, darting towards the north,
about 25 minutes pest eleven o'clock the same night.—
The brightness was intense id both places, and at Dur-
ham, fur about ten seconds, the smallest object, it is
said, could be perceived in the street.)
The Petersburg baelligosee (U.S) advertises " CU-
PID," as s runan ay, and gives the following description
of him He is bald, of dark complexion, talks fast,
and bas a stammering speech, knock-kneed, live feet two
Or three inches high, between thirty and forty years old,
' his mother's name was Venus, .and .belo aged to Hector
APNBAL"—`• CUPID." it is added, " was tiised is pe-
tersbarg, ,aod give* I. bliss Swastv.!' Ili. to be hoped
,that the runaway will be caught, and afterwards confined
within• proper beauds.—(Pitilade/phis Gazette.)

HIOT TO MAGISTRATES LICENSING PUBLIC-IioeSER
In the village of Scotby, containing upwards of fifty
families, no person has been receiving parochial relief
for some lime; this is attributed to the abserce of a
public-house, which is an instance with how much cau-
tion they ought to he sanctioned. There has never
been one in that place within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant.—(Carlisie Journal.)
INCONVENIENCE Or CORPULENCY.— feti' days since,
Mr. S—, a.gentleman who resides . few miles from
this city, having paid his far• for an inside place b:
the Liverpool mail, found, when aliont to elver firs
coach, that owing to his extraordinary size the door re-
fused him admittance. After entleavout ing in vain to
effect an entrance assuming various p..sieous, and sub.
mitting considerable personal inconvenience in the
attempt. the worthy gentleman was compelled to
transfer his body to the roof of the vehicle, which
he fortunately eff-et-d, but at the expense of much
labour. As he was compelled to eubntit to an
ontside place, lie very naturally demanded of the
hook-keeper a return of the &flattened het:reels
the fares, bad withrtat exert, the latter probably
conceiving that the inside price was not too much for
tie conveyance of 22 stone weight on theotttsi te, itiiiJing•
the risk of having the coach upset. The claim ant, it
is said, threat-na an action at law ; which, should it take
place, must, we think, prove a source of mach amuse--
1 went to the Court.

The united weight of a family of three persons, living
at Crooklands, near Kendal, is tiS atones viz.—the
(other, 23—the Itlier, 23 —and the daughter 20 stance.
Some rum who are employed in sinking a w. il for the
use of tike Parley-a-I.)w public house, at Alciston, Sussew,
after czeay.iting to the depth of about 70 feet Isel•sw the
surface. calls to a solid stratum formed of solarise pro-
ductions. such as the shells of oysters, rockets, muscles,
&r• the thickness of which has not yet been nicer-
ttined. bat it must be considerable, as tne men have
worked several feet into it, and without any appearance
of alter ition or change. The site of tilt Barley-1114.v
lies ahoat live miles from the sea, and behind three higli
hills, forming part of the South Downs.

LONDON MARKETS.

CORN EXCNANOR, 111Atec LANt.

Quantities and Prices of British Corn, dm. sold •nd deli=
wered in this market, during the week ended Saturday, ti:e
Id of May :

Qrs. s. d. s. d.
Whost 0.026 for 15,5a7 11 10 Arersge .. el 7
flariey
Oats 16,007 22,011, 16 8 0.7 6

Rye 0 0 — U
Reaps
Psis.

PRICE OF GRAIN ON BOARD SLIP, Af

Wheat, red, (old) 4B 88 Beans, small. (new) ..32 37
white. (old)
red (new) ....46 30 tiek,(new) ....39 :43
----- flee 33 36
superfide ....68 60 -- barrow (new) —3l 31.
‘chite (dew) ..48 3. - (old) ..3.1 34
-- fine 34 38 Oats, feed 21 ::!8
superfine 62 611
Rye • 28 36 Poland ad 4',1
Barley
__ __

B. I.

.
---- fine 3l 36 Potatoe 27 31
-- superfine. ....3S 40. --- --- --- fine 3l Si
Malt 44 50 Scotch 13 34,
—fine 51110 --
Pease, hos 3O 33 Flour, per Sack 33 n 6
--maple 33 37 Satisads . 46 54
-- white 32 35 -- North Country 45 33
-- boilers ..... 39 49 Pollard, fine. per qr... 10 14
Bratsk 26 34 Bran lO 11