THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S BUM ACT.-The Lord Chancellor's superb piece of legislation, enabling him to make Serjeants in vacation, is called at the Bar the Bum Act. The history of it is this-A gentleman whose name begins with a Bum, was very anxious to be made a Serjeant; the Chancellor promised, but his performance, as is usual with him, lagged behind; the vacation approached, and Mr. B. very injudiciously urged this consideration, reminding his Lordship that if he did not make him a Serjeant at once, the vacation would put it out of his power to do so for some months. "Never mind," said the Lord Chancellor, in his most benignant style," draw me up a Bill, enabling me to make Serjeants in the vacation, and I will get it passed through the Houses, and will then do what you wish." The Bill passed, as every one knows, to the ever-thorp.-Notes to Bacchus in Tuscany. lasting glory of Lord Eldon; but the general opinion at the Bar is, that he will now never make a Serjeant. Before this enactment he was compelled to make up his mind before the conclusion of the Term, whether he would make a man a Serjeant or not; now that he has the whole year before him to determine on this delicate point, he will never decide at all. Parliament has only given him more scope for procrastination.Chronicle.

Another Libel IN THE QUARTERLY.-" ABSOLUTE JOHN," if he goes on at this rate, will soon be better known as "CONVICTED," or "CONVICT JOHN." Another private libel, and all in the way of his trade, too! It is true," Absolute John" begins to cry peccavi-is very sorry, &c., in the usual style of confounded criminals; but if he thus goes on printing-merely for "filthy lucre," the personal slanders of his Quarterly Crew, he may soon add to his boast of being the greatest of Publishers, that he is also the greatest of Libellers. LOFTY BANKES, it [A Sketch, from the new poetical brochure, entitled " THE MARAUDER."] appears, has contrived to obtain a reprieve, as he could not think of allowing twelve Common Jurors to sit in judgment upon him! If special justice be at last done upon him, the delay is of little consequence. Common Jurors are quite fit to decide in cases of life and death-but they are not to be trusted with the precious honour of a BANKES!

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Reviewer, that he wished to bring those writing into contempt? With
respect to the charge in the libel, that the plaintiff had been employed to
travel to India, he would say, that the Plaintiff had an interest in the con-
cern for which he travelled, and was not, as the writer of this libel insi-
nuated, a hireling. With respect to the charge of the Plaintiff's ingrati-
tude towards his benefactor, the Reviewer did not in the least explain who
he meant by that benefactor, but that omission was supplied in the note, and
the name of Mr. Banks was mentioned. Now he was instructed to say that
he did not know in what way Mr. Baukes was his benefactor; that he
certainly derived great pleasure from that Gentleman's society; but that
as far as the Plaintif could recollect about the journey from Jerusalem, it
was this:-Mr. Bankes's suite consisted of his servant and two Arabs, and
Mr. Buckingham rode a horse, but was unaccompanied by a servant.
there were no public inus in that country, travelling expenses consisted in
little presents made to the persons with whom travellers stopped; and
when Mr. Buckingham arrived at Damascus, he put down the expenses
of the journey, which amounted to about 54. half of which be, although he
travelled without a guide, paid. That Mr. Bankes knew this, Mr. Buck-
ingham believed, from the fact of Mr. Bankes having had in his posses-
sion at Damascus the book in which this entry was made; but even ad-
mitting the fact to be otherwise, what would be the result? That Mr.
Bankes, a gentleman of fortune, travelling from Jerusalem to Damascus,
with three servants, and another English gentleman, incurred expenses to
the amount of 5l. 10s, and that he would not suffer the other gentleman
to pay his part, amounting to 1.7s. 6d. He did not believe that Mr.
Bankes could have anything to do with such a statement.
With respect
to the sketch alleged to have been copied by the Plaintiff, upon a promise
not to publish it,-in that sketch, Mr. Bankes was assisted by the plam-
tiff, who measured the distances; but the drawing published in Mr.
Buckingham's book was made by a gentleman at Calentta, pursuant to the
observations made by Mr. Buckingham, when he paid a second visit to
Jerusalem. He had to apologise to the Jury for the length of time which
he had occupied. Their duty was, to consider whether they were not
bound to give a verdict which would operate as a warning to the anony-
mous slanderer, who stepped out of his way to destroy private character.
John Peterson swore that he purchased the 52d Number of the "Quar-

more than fair criticism, and the Plaintiff would, on such an occasion, rest satisfied with the commendations bestowed on his book by the other reviewers; but when the author of a review made his work the vehicle of private malice and personal slander, then, indeed, had the person thus assailed a right to appeal for redress to a Jury of his country. The Plaintiff, having visited Alexandria, it was agreed to establish a com mercial connexion between Egypt and Bombay: in order to carry this into effect, it was necessary to acquaint the merchants of Bombay with the commodities of Egypt, and of the treaty entered into by the Pacha of Egypt for their safe conveyance across the Desert; and it was agreed that the Plaintiff (Mr. Buckingham) in January 1816, should set out from Alexandria. He took his passage on board a vessel bound for a port in Syria, but, by stress of weather, they put into Soor. In conse quence of the time which must be occupied in repairing the vessel, the Plaintiff began to consider whether he might not be able to effect his journey by another route, but the Pacha of Damascus having lately died, a dispute arose regarding his successor. Such an event caused great agitation. The Plaintiff thought that a native could travel with less difficulty than an European, and being very anxious for the delivery of the letters at Bombay, he procured a native, and to this native he entrusted those documents, which arrived in Bombay long before the Plaintiff could have arrived there. The Plaintiff having been obliged to travel through the dominions of the Pacha of Acre, was obliged to go to Acre to obtain a passport, but on his arrival at Acre he was told that the Pacha was at Jerusalem, and thither he was obliged to go. On his arrival at Jerusa lem it was his fortune to meet with a gentleman of high honour, of large fortune, and of considerable learning-Mr. Bankes, the Member for the University of Cambridge, in whose company the Plaintiff spent a week, and visited with him two or three places in the neighbourhood; and as their route lay in the same direction, they travelled together as far as Damascus, where the Plaintiff left Mr. B. and pursued his own route The Plaintiff having become a most laborious note-taker, shewed, upon his arrival at Calcutta, the notes he had made during his journey to several friends, among whom was the late Dr. Middleton, the Bishop of Caleoita, and was recommended to publish them. The Plaintiff after wards sent the manuscript to a friend of his in England, who handed in over to the Defendant, who agreed to publish it, upon terms highlyterly Review" at the Defendant's shop. advantageous, but in consequence of circumstances which afterwards The following were the words of the libel:-"The charge of low occurred, Mr Murray declined having anything to do with the work. origin and ignorance' (with however odd a grace it may come from such The Plaintiff's friend applied to another bookseller, who published the a quarter) is not restricted to Nath. Pearce: two respectable Germans, book, and upon that publication almost every periodical literary work who seem to have committed no other offence than that of having been bad bestowed almost unqualified praise. It was reserved for the Quar assisted by Mr. Baukes, in the very same way the writer himself was, terly to make the attack, which he would again repeat, if it were a fair almost immediately afterwards are described as young men who were review, pointing out the literary defects of the work, would never have evidently persons of low origin and confined education, and their manners been the subject of the present action. He did not mean to prove the WERE DECIDEDLY VULGAR.' Although travelling (he indignantly adds) fact, but he thought it would be a fair subject for the consideration of the without any professed object beyond their own pleasure, they were both Jury, looking at all the circumstances of this case, whether the Reviewer so poor and destitute as to suffer Mr. Bankes to pay their expenses.' It is did not sometimes make this Review the vehicle of puffing his own to be hoped that Mr. Buckingham does not intend to upbraid them, in this publications, and throwing disrepute upon the publications of other rival place, with a degree of sufferance which he soon found it convenient to tradesmen. Literary men know best whether such things take place. | imitate, more especially as we have the best assurances, that these young He (Mr. Scarlett) had heard (he did not now speak of the Quarterly), men neither violated the confidence of any employers to whom they were that à wretched novel might be puffed for ten guineas; and he bad also respousible, nor abused the indulgence of their benefactor, by procuring heard, that, for a triding consideration, a man would be allowed to attack tracings from his papers, in order afterwards to turn them to account."his enemy in a Review! But although such practices did not redound "Mr. Buckingham had undertaken to carry letters for a mercantile house to the credit of periodical works, it worked much to the disadvantage of to India, overland, by the most direct and expeditious route, and with all those against whose character such articles were directed; and the com- attention to economy, the firm agreeing, on their part, to hear his expact between the people and the reviewer was violated; because the penses. From the first moment, however, of his setting foot in Asia, we public had a right to get from the person who set himself up as a find him acting as if both his time and funds were his own. How he may Reviewer sound and rational, instead of false, information. He should have since arranged matters with his tried and well-loved friends at Alexnow show how the privilege of a reviewer was abused, in this instance, andria, we know not; but this we do know, that so soon as his conduct who began his attack by stating a falsehood. Even in the description of reached their ears, Mr. Barker, the British Consul at Aleppo, was autho the vessel in which the Plaintiff took his passage the Defendant charged rized to take from him the dispatches, and to dismiss him; and that he im with falsehood. But it would be seen, upon a reference to the vig being now already on his way to Bagdad, a Tartar was sent expressly See in the Plaintiff's work, that the description was correct. after him for his recal, but died accidentally upon the road; so that it is Reviewer charged him with having taken the drawing of the vignette to the timely death of this Tartar that the Asiatic Societies at Calcutta, from another, and attempted to pass it off as his own; but if the and Literary Societies at Madras and Bombay,' are indebted for their disReviewer had read the preface of the Plaintiff's work, it would be seen tinguished member.”—“ His transactions with Mr. Bankes seem to have hat the Plaintiff had stated the name of the author from whom he had been an episode in his plan. We have not only the statement of that genaken the vignette. The Plaintiff in his work quoted the authority of tleman with respect to them, but have seen also the deposition on oath of Gibbon for the ruins of Geraza and Pella; but, would it be believed, the his servants (the same who are spoken of in this work), that Mr. BuckReviewer charged him with having omitted the authority of Gibbon, and ingham bore no part whatever in the dispositions or the expenses of the riving it upon his own authority. If any man were to read this Review, journey beyond Jordan, &c; that he never made a single sketch during e would think that the Plaintiff was a man ignorant of the plice about this time, nor had materials for doing so, and has, moreover, been heard to hich he was writing, and that, instead of giving information to his lament his inability; that the plan, which is the ground-work of that Leaders, he deserved their pity. [The Learned Counsel here read the here given of Djerash, was made by Mr. Bankes, and traced, by his perbels, commented upon them as he went along, and compared the various mission, at a window of the convent of Nazareth, by Mr. Buckingham, passages in the libel with the passages in the work, to show that the pas-upon a direct promise that it should not be published."—Quarterly Review. ges in the libel were not justified] With respect to the charge of infi elity and profaneness made against the Plaintiff, he would say, that a ingle passage in the whole work could not be adduced to show that Plaintiff did not feel the greatest respect for the Sacred Writings. Ah! was not a man who had travelled through the places described in e Scriptures, to be allowed to explain such passages by the observations hich he had made on the spot, without being open to the charge of a

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Buckingham (J. S) Travels in Palestine-notice of an egregious blunder in the title-page of this work-remarks on the blunders in the preface-geographical blunders respecting the site of Ramah and Bosorspecimens of his ignorance and book-making-profane and infidel allusions to the Scriptures—his account of the lake of Tiberias, false-biandering account of the ruins of Cesarea-ignorance of Arabic-incorrect account of the convent of Jerusalem-illiberal disparagement of Natha

nief Pearce-dishonourable conduct of Mr. Buckingham towards his of which he had the care. One of the animals dropped down with the employers, and Mr. Bankes's note-arrival of the latter gentleman and of agony occasioned by the brutal act, but he flogged her up again, and Mr. Buckingham at what the latter calls the ruins of Geraza, which, most re commenced his barbarities. This animal expired in about a quarter of probably, are those of Pella--blunders committed by Mr Buckingham in an hour after the fact had been detected. Of two others, upon whom his account of the antiquities actually discovered there-his plan of them, similar barbarities had been practised, one died in about an hour and a and transcripts of inscriptions pilfered from Mr. Banks-further speci-half afterwards.-Mr. Sermon, veterinary surgeon, stated that he had mens of Mr. Buckingham's blunders-the ruins of Oomkais, which he opened the bodies of the two animals, and he had no hesitation in saying, gives for those of Gamala, proved to be the ruins of Gadara-remarks that their deaths were occasioned by the injury they had received from upon the ignorance displayed in his plates, which are pilfered from those the horrible use that had been made of the pitch-fork handle. The suf of former travellers."-Index to ditto. ferings of the poor animals must have been horrid in the extreme. The third mare was less injured. The animals, it appeared, were valuable ones, and used for running in the stage-coaches Mr. Alderman VESABLES observed, that under Sir James Mackintosh's Act, which had substituted transportation for capital punishment in respect to a number of felonies, the unlawfully and designedly killing or wounding cattle, whe ther maliciously or otherwise, was made a felony, subjecting the offender to seven years' transportation, and, under that Act they should commit the prisoner for trial; and he was committed to Newgate accordingly.-The horrid barbarity of this fellow seems almost unaccountable. He appears to be near 60 years of age, and has hitherto borne a good character.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose and said, that he had to make a proposal which he hoped would render all further proceedings unneces sary. After the temperate manner in which Mr. Scarlett had opened the case, and the handsome way in which he had spoken of Mr. Baukes, he was authorized by his Client to say, that he would withdraw his plea of justification; that he regretted that any work published by him should be the vehicle of private slander on such a respectable individual as Mr. Buckingham; and that he was willing to allow a verdict to be given against him for 501. in order to stop all further proceedings.

Mr. SCARLETT said, that his Client thought the proposal quite satisfactory, and would accept it.

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE-The result is a proof of the advantages of conducting causes with the temper and moderation with which, I must say, causes in this Court are generally conducted.

A verdict was taken for the Plaintiff-Damages 501.

Thursday, July 14.

CHARGE OF LIBEL-BUCKINGHAM V. BANKES.

This was an action brought by the Plaintiff against Mr. Baukes, the Member for Corfe Castle, for an alleged libel contained in a letter addressed by him to the Publisher of the Quarterly Review. The list of Special Jurors was called over, but as none answered, the Counsel for the Plaintiff expressed his readiness to try by a Common Jury; but the Counsel for the Defendant would not consent to this. Another cause was then proceeded with, and subsequent to that, Mr. HILL, for the Defendant, stated, that he was ready to serve notice of trial for to-morrow, and asked bis Lordship's consent for that purpose.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, he could not allow it. There was a great number of causes for to-morrow, and after that he was under the necessity of going elsewhere.

The trial of this cause, which excited considerable interest, was of course deferred till the next sittings in October.

ASSIZES.

HERTFORD, JULY 14.-CRIM. CON.-DOLLING v. WILDBORE.-The

Plaintiff resided in St. Albans, and had eight children. The defendant was a widower, about sixty, and kept the Blue Boar Inn.-Joseph Rhodes stated that he knew the plaintiff and his wife, and also the defendant; one evening in March last, witness and Thomas Lines were together about nine o'clock. They saw the defendant and the plaintiff's wife together, and followed them unperceived, till they saw them enter a field together. Witness here stated what passed, which, if true, left no doubt of the criminality of the parties. As the defendant and plaintiff's wife were leaving the field, witness spoke to him, and told him he knew that it was Mrs. Dolling was with him. The defendant denied it, but said, if they would go with him he would satisfy them. Witness and Lines went with him, and he gave them five shillings each; witness also took hold of the woman's cloak as she was leaving the field, and called Mrs. Dolling, but she did not speak. About six weeks ago, witness and Lines called again on the defendant, and he gave them five shillings each, and some drink. They also applied to the plaintiff's wife, but she threatened to send for an officer and send them to gaol; he did not then tell the plaintiff, but subsequently understood that he knew it. Themos Lines corroborated the last witness. The defendant gave them money; they then went to Mrs. Dolling.

Chief Justice BEST: You went to get money. A more scandalous transaction there never was.

William Hurst, a shoemaker, stated, that he had seen the plaintiff's wife and the defendant in a situation which led him to conclude that an improper connexion existed between them. It was ten years ago. He mentioned it at the time, but could not prove it. The plaintiff instituted a proceeding against him in the Ecclesiastical Court, and witness was obliged to pay twenty pounds to stay proceedings.

Mary Willoughby stated, that she knew the plaintiff and his wife up to last March. They appeared to live happy together. They have eight children.

Chief Justice BEST observed, that if such testimony as had been given by Rhodes and Lines could be credited, no man's life or character would be safe. The Jury, without quitting the box, found a verdict for the defendant.

POLICE.

GUILDHALL.

HORRID BRUTALITY.-James Short, ostler at the Bull and Mouth Inn, was charged with the most horrid barbarity. The prisoner was detected nthe act of forcing the handle of a pitch-fork into three valuable mares,

MARY-LA-BONNE.

CHARGE OF ARSON.-Julia Doyle, a young girl not more than 17 years of age, was on Monday charged with having attempted to burn the house of Mr. George Palmer, a coal-merchant in Mary-la bonne-lane. The wife of the prosecutor stated, that on Sunday morning, about 7 o'clock, her family were alarmed by the cry of "Fire." She went down into the kitchen, where she saw the prisoner, who is her servant, standing close to the kitchen, although there was at the time a strong burning smell proceeding from the adjoining kitchen, which was used as a store-room for hay, straw, wood, and coals. On entering this kitchen, she found four trusses of bay on fire, and which, she had no doubt, would, in a short time, have communicated to the whole house, and in fact to the neighbourhood. The fire, with great difficulty, was subdued, and when the prisoner was desired to bring some water for that purpose, she did it with the greatest reluctance. There were two other entrances to the place where the fire broke out, but they were not open at that early hour in the morning.-The prisoner said, she knew not how the fire originated, but when the alarm was given, she rendered every assistance in her power. When she was accused of having set the place on fire, she felt much hurt at it, and went home to her father.-She was fully committed for trial.

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c.

A duel was fought on Penton Enclosure, between Bagshot and Asent, at an early hour on Thursday morning, between two gentlemen of the names of Cronstd and Perfect, in consequence of a disputed bet at the pigeon shooting, at Mattenley Heath, on the preceding day. Mr. Cronstd was dangerously wounded in the first fire, by the ball of his adversary lodging in his shoulder. He was conveyed to the Crown and

Sceptre, at Bracknel.-Morning Paper.

Sunday night, a man of the name of Kinmoway, a pensioner, residing at Dalkeith, while in a fit of infuriated intoxication, struck his father almost immediately thereafter. We have been informed that this aufəron the head with a pair of tongs so violently, that the old man died tunate rencontre took place froin the son coming into his father's house in a state of inebriety, and maltreating his sister. The father lifted the tongs to intimidate the unruly son, and to force him to desist from illusing the sister; the son, however, pulled the tongs from his father, and struck him a blow on the head that felled him to the earth, from wines the poor man never again rose. The unhappy culprit was on Monda examined before the Sheriff, and is now in the Lock-up house.—Edinburgh Observer.

Charles Taylor Watson, Esq. of Berners street, was left alone in the
Wednesday evening, a fine boy, of the age of 18 months, the son of
nursery by the servants, got playing with the fire, and, by means of t
small broom, which he succeeded in lighting, his dress caught fire, and
in an instant the poor infaut was enveloped in flames. His cries brough:
the domestics to the room, and the flames were quickly extinguished, but
not before his face, hands, arms, and legs, were burnt and scorched
a distressing manner. Every medical aid was procured, and the usal
remedies were applied, but of no avail whatever. He endured the most
dreadful torture for nearly two hours, when death put an end to ha
misery.

DISCOURAGED AFFECTION.-An inquest was held on Monday, at Walworth, on the body of Sydney Walsh, aged twenty-two, who terminated his existence in consequence of the rejection of his addresses by Ma Lucy Keen, who stated, in a letter found in one of the deceased's poekea, that she (Lucy Keen) had "taken an unaccountable dislike to him." De ceased was assured, at the same time, that the lady "had endeavoured to love him, but could not," aud he was recommended to look out, accordingly, for some other young woman. The whole evidence was suffered to satisfy the Jury, whose verdict was-"That the deceased shot himse in a state of temporary derangement;" and, indeed, his own brother was clearly of opinion, that the deceased was of unsound mind during seat days previously to his committing the dreadful act.

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On Tuesday, one of those lamentable accidents which so frequently rise from the reprehensible practice of jesting with fire arms took place at Guiseley. Mr. John Craven, a farmer, had been assisting his brother in he husbandry business, and in the evening returned to sup with him: while at supper, his nephew, a youth about 16, took up a gun, and, present ng it at his uncle, said, “Uncle, I will shoot you;" when, to his consterna-been buried by Heathcote was exhumated and produced in court :—Mr. ion and horror, the piece went off, and shot his unsuspecting relation dead the spot! The shot passed through his cheek and part of the head, and instantaneous was his death, that he expired before he could complete je instinctive movement of raising his hand to his head -Leeds Merury. FATAL PUGILISM-On Monday an inquest was held at Finchley, to nquire into the death of John Platt, who was killed in a pitched battle Thomas Leonard Jordan-Mr. Thorn, gardener, deposed that on Sa rday evening last he was in the Five Bells, Finchley; the deceased ad Leonard Jordan were playing at bowls; the latter won the game, then deceased refused to pay, and became very abusive; Jordan sat own next his wife; the deceased came towards him and used very violent nguage, and challenged him to fight; Jordan refused, and the deceased ruck him, and repeated the challenge, offering to fight for money; Jorin still persevered in his refusal, until the deceased called his wife a -h, and struck her; Jordan started up on this and said, "you may buse, insult, and strike me, but you shall not abuse or strike my wife, I will fight thee." They met, attended by seconds, in a field in the eighbourhood. The deceased was a much taller, heavier, and stronger an than Jordan, and was a much better fighter; they fought for a conferable time, and the deceased gave in at length, and complained of his dy; he died soon after.-The CORONER said, however illegal pitched ittles were, he considered in this case no other verdict than that of justible homicide ought to be returned; it could not be expected that peoe should be so very forbearing as to sit down quietly and suffer their ads to be knocked about, and their wives to be abused in the vilest nguage. Mr. Field, one of the Jury, argued that they were bound to ake an example of the man-Upon this a warm conversation arose, d after a great deal of clamour, all the Jurors held themselves opposed that gentleman's position; but agreed generally in the necessity there is for indicting the others for a riot-The seconds were then called in, d received a severe reprimand, and the Jury having viewed the body, turned a verdict-"That the deceased died of inflammation of the wels, caused by the blows he received in a fight, from Thomas Leonard rdan, while standing in his own defence."

circumstances, Weale applied to the Magistrate, who granted a warrant for the apprehension of Jane Sturgess, the mother of Miss Sturgess, Heathcote the grave-digger, and a butcher's boy named Edwards, against whom suspicions were entertained; and they were examined before the Magistrate, when the following depositions were taken, and the child that had Lyford, surgeon, stated that he had seen the child taken from the grave, but he would not say upon his outh that it was the same child he had deli· vered Miss Sturgess of, on Monday, although he believed that the child of which he so delivered her was a male child, and the one this afternoon produced was a female.-Mrs. Cooke stated, that she was present with the child soon after the woman's delivery, and she thought she heard Mrs. Sturgess say it was a girl; she saw her wash the child with brandy, and doing all she could to recover it; but she could not recollect whether it was a male or female infant-Louisa Sopp stated that she saw the child soon after it was born. She was quite sure it was a girl, and heard the doctor say that it was a little girl; and Mrs. Sturgess spoke to her daughter, saying, " There, I told you it would be a girl."-Mr. Higgs, the book. keeper at Winchester, said that he verily believed that the butcher's boy was the person that had brought the parcel to him, but he could not swear to him. This was strongly denied by him-The Magistrates, not considering there were any charges attributable to any but Mrs. Sturgess, they were discharged, and she was placed under recognizances to appear when called upon Weale further stated, that the impression on the minds of the people of Winchester was, that from the circumstance of the woman Sopp and the grandmother of the infant being midwives, they had, on finding Mr. Lyford's surprise at the death of the child, and fearing a discovery, procured a female infant and buried it, as a substitute for the one which was the subject of the present inquiry Mr. Holt, surgeon, of Westminster, stated, that he had preserved the body in a solution. There were marks on the neck of it, apparently the impression of four finger nails, on the right and left side of the neck. There were no other marks of violence-There being no other evidence to produce on this mysterions affair, the Jury expressed their unanimous wish again to adjourn.

MURDER.—A diabolical murder was committed at Nottingham, on Sa-
day se'nnight, about eleven o'clock. Mary Austin, a married woman,
o had resided at Leicester with her husband, by whom she had two
ildren, in consequence of some disagreement, left him some time ago,
d went to Nottingham, where she took lodgings on the river Beck side.
an adjoining apartment lived one Thomas Dewey, a framework-knitter, |
ether with his wife. It seems that a criminal connexion took place
wixt Dewey and Mary Austin; she had one child by him, and was
gnant of another. One of her sons by her husband, was apprehended
Nottingham; but absconding, he was taken and lodged in the House of
rection. This circumstance induced Austin to go to Leicester, in
er to. prevail with her husband to return to Nottingham to effect the
s liberation, which he did, and they both travelled by the Leicester
ch, on Saturday evening. The unfortunate woman went to her lodg
s, where she was met by Dewey, who shook her by the hand, gave her
ss, and retired into his own apartment, where his wife was at the time:
-tly after, he took a knife, and returning into Austin's room, plunged
weapon into the poor creature's side, so as to reach her heart; she gave
ud scream, which brought in Dewey's wife, who found the poor
an on the floor, bleeding profusely, and expiring, with the knife
ing in her side. The murderer then kissed the deceased, went to
vife's father and mother, and told them what he had done; he was
after taken into custody, and on Saturday an inquest was held and à
ct of " Wilful Murder" returned against him He was taken to the
gaol.—Lincoln Mercury.

TRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION.-The enquiry respecting the dead
sent to Mr. Fricker's house has been pursued with much diligence.
le the officer, who had been dispatched to Winchester, discovered
Miss Jane Sturgess, residing with her mother in the church-yard of
chester Cathedral, had been delivered of an illegitimate child by Mr.
d, which he left well; but on going to the house two hours after, he
old that the infant was dead, but no offer was made to him to see it,
ngh he expressed himself much astonished that such a healthy child
d die so shortly after its birth. Weale had an interview with Mr.
d, who declared the child belonging to Miss Sturgess was a male
and, upon a description, exactly corresponded with the deceased.
e next proceeded to Sturgess's house, and found Miss Sturgess in a
Hangerous state of health. On putting several questions to her; she
hat it was a little girl, and that he had died, and that her brother
ade a sinall box for him, and she had given it to Heathcote, the
-digger, to bury. On the production of a rush basket, she declared
ad no knowledge of it; but said the apron, she thought, was the
he had wrapped her child in. In consequence of these suspicious

On the evening of the 7th instant, a mother in Home-street locked up two female children in the house, and went to pursue some out-of-door avocation. Ere she returned, they had set fire to some clothes that lay on the floor, severely scorched themselves, and partly burned the floor. In our list of accidents, we have often had occasion to notice similar and even more fatal consequences arising from similar derelictions of maternal duty. -Edinburgh Times.

FIRE AT EAST ACTON.-On Thursday afternoon, about one o'clock, a destructive fire broke out on the estate of Samuel Marriott, Esq. M.P. at East Acton, Middlesex, owing to a very large hay-rick igniting in consequence of its being overheated. Messengers were instantly sent to town for the different fire-engines, but before their assistance could be procured, nine other ricks of equal size were included in the devastation, and burnt with un precedented fury, till the whole of the valuable property was reduced to the earth. Each of the ricks that have been consumed, contained about forty loads of hay.

of St. Albans.

On the 9th inst. at Felbrigg, Henry Baring, Esq. M.P. of Somerly, Hants, to Cecilia Anne, eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, and niece to the late Right Hon. Wm. Windham.

Gibbon, M.P. second son of the late Earl of Clare, to Diana, eldest daughter of the late Charles Woodcock, Esq.

On the 11th inst. at Dunkerque, in France, the Hon. Richard Hobart Fitz

On the 14th inst. Miss Copland, daughter of J. Copland, Esq. of Store-street, Bedford-square, to Mr. Alex. Davidson, of Devonshire-street, Portland-place. On the 7th inst. at Milford, Hants, the Rev. Henry Cockeram, of Beckenham, Kent, to Mary Octavia, daughter of the late Sir William Fraser, Bart.

DIED.

On the 4th inst. at Bramley, near Guildford, Surrey, aged 73, Charles Carter, Esq. universally regretted. He was a great benefactor to the poor, and his loss will be deeply felt throughout the neighbourhood.

On the 7th inst. at Stratford-green, Mrs. Fry, wife of Dr. Edmund Fry, letterfounder, Type-street.

On the 8th inst. aged 74, Miriam, widow of the late G. Levien, Esq. of Great Prescot-street, Goodman's fields.

On Sunday, at Cupola-house, Newington, Joshua Somas, Esq. of Queen's Farm, Shorne, Kent.

On Sunday, in Keppel-street, Russell-square, Emma Maria Elizabeth St. John, widow of Henry Beauchamp Lord St. John, of Bletsoe.

On Thursday, in his 74th year, Samuel Hoare, Esq. of Hampstead, and of
Lombard-street.

On the 12th inst. Wm. Thompson, Esq. of Brunswick-square, in his 69th year.
On the 12th inst. at her house in Upper Wimpole-street, Mrs. Colville, relict
of Robert Colville, Esq. of Newton Hall, Cambridgeshire, and daughter of Sir
Charles Asgill, Bart.
On the 12th inst. Andrew Robson, Esq. of Kingsland-crescent, and late of
Aldgate, in the 78th year of his age.

On the 11th inst. Timothy Ravenhill, Esq. of Mansion-house-street, aged 43, second son of Wm. Ravenhill, Esq. of Down, Kent.

At Fulbourn, on Sunday morning, Ann Moore, aged 66; and the same afternoon, Martha Moore, aged 72 years. They were sisters and spinsters, and had lived together in the same cottage 40 years.

On Wednesday last, at Burslem, in Staffordshire, in her 60th year, Mrs. M. Kennedy; an affectionate mother, an ardent friend, and sincere Christian,