FOOTE V. HAYNE.-We hear t...
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FOOTE V. HAYuzx.-We hear that it is intended In this case, to move the Court for a new trlal, on the ground of excessive idomages.-Rrvenhigp2pe&. We trust that Ali. Uayne will be better 3dvised than to do so foolish a thing. He ought to feel that three thousand pounds are but a small compensation for the agony of nimnd whicb he caused to the tnfortunate object of his former at- -achnment. RAIL-ROAADS.-It isin contemplation to. establish a rail- S road from thia town to Stockport; also one to Oldham. The for. iner is officially announced by adverdeement in our prenent number.. -Manchester Guardia4n CO0r6PIRACY OF GENERAL. BERTON.-The.FreCnCh pa- pers statc,that Colonel Gauchius hasbeen found guilt,and- sentenced to death, but they do not give the-conclusion of bilatriali.the Xegin. fling of which appeared In the early part-of last.Seki He hag ap. pealed against the sentenze, and the jury recommendul birn to mereyy. COURT os AssiZg AT PARI8.-M. MASSAaT.-After ia tril, which lasted aeveral days, thiG gentleman, YwlO wran accused f having committed-a fraudulent bankraptcy, was acquitted on the 19th. He was a stockbroker, and the sums for which he failed 1wcre very large. The Jury deliberated three quartera of an hour, and then acquiited him on every count in the indictment. CsCHRISTr?AS BoxRs.-WC are reqcuested to caution the ;bousekccpers in the metropolis, and the vicinity thereof, against a eet tof v.gabond fellowD, who ait th2I seasen of the year go about, and ;assunc toe character of the gow street or Police patrol, and under 6such false iretenee, solidt, or rather demand "Christmas boxes" *rom houac1keepers and other persons. Such fellows are impostors, as the w7hole oF the Bow-street anti Polfce patroF are strictly for. bidden, on pain of losing their situations, to nolicit Christsnas boxes from any perFon. Yesterday, Mr.' Savery, of Bristol, was brought before the magistrates, for a final examination, and after a patient and careful inquiry, was fully committed to Newgate (Bristol) for trial. 1lr. P. Prothcroe is reluctantly compelled to be the prosecutor, 'bhose name he has forged for 14,0801. A person from Birmingham 'deposed to stuchi facts as left the magistrates on option aEn to his com. rnittal-Bath Hernld. ql The following circumstance, so honourable to the parties eoncerned, and so well deserving of imitation, wve mentior with great pleas ure :_-Eight years ago, a gentleman of the name of Naah, tcsiding in Noble-strect, London2 who had rather extensive mercan- ',ie transactions in the West Riding of this county, became insolvent from adverse circumstances, and made a composition with his cre- litors of 103. in the pound, tor which they gave him a release from iny further claim. Since that time, fortune has smiled upon his un. icrmrakiings, and on Alondav last, he gave his principal creditors an bvitation to dinner, at the Rose and Crown, in Huddersfield, when ,e announced his intention to pay all his debta-in full, and presented 6lse present with checks upon his banker to the amount of several r aous.and pounds. ltisscarcely-necessary to add, that the entertain. pqnt whicb followed war enjoyed by b1l partics and the creditors,to ).tyk their sense ot'his honourable conduct, have resolved to prese;tj ,') . Nash with a splendit piece of plate, of the valuo of 100 sOve- :-'rn%,bearingan appropriate inscription, in which a just comipli. z irat will be paid to his honour and probity..-_L-ed Mercury.' 1 On Monday se'nninht ait explosion of fire-damp took -ce at Foxhole colliery, near Swraisea, by which four mena were n eadfully scorclged, but are in a fairway of recoverj. On the fol. k',vingmonig second exylosion occurred in thesgame coliery.' S r, p ing to their abeul, thitforcmout carrying a lighted e-ndlc in his hand, came in conuct -with - the noxious gas, and the c-:rZequence wasr, we regret 6s iq, more fatal than in the fohier in. V Jnce: the man carrying the cidle %vas so dreadfully b6iVt that Ii expired ahortly after being carred t his boncee; anotherhae Pince el;:d, and tbe-otherfour rcmasininna: deplorable conditlon.-Slrerzs. 't p Clronjick. It 'E ACCIDENT IN ?VIAJOR-S.TtRlT.-.Ot1 O -Saturday rnising last tbe coroner held an inquest on the body of Wilfatn .O,dham. the man who diied( in the Infirmary, as mentioned in our ke, suhsequent mo-the other inquest. The samne jury waA aura. mT ,ned to attend, and the Coroner took the opportunity of having all the sufrerert identiDed. as having worked on the premines, and b-4n dug from thc rumns. W e are very glad tofind that he is sone. Si-pei disposed to follow good advice; and we willingly give him t_t credit of having do so on this occasion. Nothipg mraterial, as l the cause of tl e accident, was given in evidence; and the jury- rr,brncd the sgame verdict as on the fornmer occasien. All the other i sons who were htirt on this occasion utre going on well though one ,:two arc not considered out of danger.-Iffanc4ester &aurvdian. ELormat s'i -r..Thc sieighbourlsoed of Ludlow hlis lately , i; n the scene of considerable agitation, occasipned by the elope. 0nttof,a young lady, posses8ing considerable personal cbarms, I, h3. gallant xon of 51ars, who has been some moilths rusticatingto I -DVer the effects of a West India campaign. The fugitives, not. hstanding every exertion of horsels and post.boys, were quickly ,Wued andI ovcrtaken by a relative of the fair o-ne. * nslsr Exponr 'I RADE ai DEAD BoDrEs.-On tie' 13th we publshed an account from one of the London papars of' an nlttest which had been held at Shrewsbury, on twri htania bodies, , thlde aud a female, which bad beep packed up in separate boxes, - forwarded by coacl from Holyhead, tlircctd toi Dlesir; Smith JI C_ to be lcft nt Atpinel's warcelouse, iqo n'e- dtle Tooley. .a lt, 9eut>iwark, London", With a paeket ticket nailed on each sn'r stating that thev werei from Thomal Wihiams' steam Ciaet rcelOhlice, 53 Lowetsackville.gtret, Dublin." Incon. c:;",,nce of the exertioni made by 'At. 3Villianss to tlfscover tbe p i- 'inwho rent them to hisb h.use, a Mr. George Pearson, surgical: otX- tof l3ai~nl'oInQew'K hospital, Londoen, was taken irba- custodl: Ilih.penttreet. ycstfrday evening. He has been fairlyidentifcd ?S Oe7elso who tun o AGr. WDfllantsq untler the uiamfe oFSmith, . r_etnagthe conveyance of.theboxegs lc-wesea(terwamdasent. ac't7paneie 1hy a note sisned J. Smlth; - l1r. Pesraon -lias atl. -i z cat lie was thle person who sent them. jUc is fullyCpinmit. ''., e)trase his trial for the oftlence._uubialIlorn~i0 Ppl4 l. iL-. FR 3O,^AL Sa:cua1'cry.-"' WVil you do me-la .vourF' - t., younGOceorge Bzooks to his. eoutoi f mie-d goii t lavsn 'it i it,. Gtionrger- says -Haynon taJ dme a puomnds, Sir,2' replies; ffevrgec' -* all attnly counting. r roned Hansois.:fenre as not lOng in inying-his re. r- I; Wj Vhat security ca -yca n ive. ,oung nentlemnn" - 71I.pereoritl secl-uitr, Sfr.-' " Very-ell - get- iti here as ? aon liftiiig utp telid-ltid riG iron chest: Get In n> . -cLxttimei -Oeorge', 7 pstonshmenat. " Whan 'o *4 ..~ - hsat is t4e place where-4 tlwa,vs hisp ray cus4ei.i'