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Mr. Jones had assisted his brother in that most dishonourable transaction.

Under these circumstances, they would feel satisfaction in giving to the plaintiff such damages as would effectnally vindicate his character from an imputation as serious as it was groundless.

Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE inquired whether the learned Counsel on the other side was prepared to take a verdict, and to allow the facts to be formed into a case, for ultimate decision in the Courts above?

Mr. Serjeant PELE answered that he was. This was undoubtedly a Mr. Thomas Woodley, on examination, was asked how the letter got question of very great importance. There was not any case which weat into the hands of Mr. Jones; when he gave the following account, which directly to the points now nader consideration, therefore it was desirable drew forth much laughter from the Court. The letter in question that it should assume the shape of a case. He could assure the Jury, that was delivered to me, as I was dressing to go to church. Mrs. Wood-the defendant frit nothing but the deepest regret on this occasion; and if ley came in and said, You have received a letter from Cheltenham; he were found liable in point of law, he would most cheerfully bow to the must see it." It contains nothing particular,' said 1, not wishing her to decision. see it. But I will see it, Mr. Woodley,' said she; so I told her it con tained very serious matters; and that if I gave it her, she must not show it to any one; but especially not to Mary.' She promised she would not, and I gave her the letter. I went to church, and, on my return, saw the letter on the mantel-piece, and my wife and Mary standing by the fire. Why,' said 1, surely you have not shown Mary the letter? What could I do, Mr. Woodley?' said she. Here has Mary been at me for an hour and a half, and I was obliged to show it her; and so she obtained the letter."

Mr. Justice BURROUGH —If you wanted to keep it secret, why did you show it to your wife? (Laughter.)

Witness-My Lord, in those things the women will get the better of us. (Renewed laughter.)

Evidence were then culled, who proved the facts.-Thomas Llewellyn proved that the defendant told him he had a spring gun in his garden. Witness advised him to give notice of the fact, which defendauf declined; as did also John Gill, when defendant told him to say nollting about the spring-gun.

Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 50/. subject to a special case, with liberty to enter a verdict for the defendant, should the decision on the case be against the plaintiff.

MULLINGAR OPPRESSION -William Fairley stood indicted for that he, on the 1st of February last, did unlawfully, at Ballasbra, take away two sticks and one door, value sixpence, the property of the Marquess of Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the jury for the defendant: he observed that is a carpenter; prisoner was a tenant ou said lands, and he left sane ng Westmeath.-Christopher Hannan examined: Lives on the said lands; there was one advantage which such a defendant always enjoyed-he February last, and took away the door of the cabin, and put another door could not be responsible for his words unless he had been actuated by in its place; also took two sticks that were in the roof of an old caw-house malice. Lord Ellenborough laid it down, that if a communication was confidentially made by one party interested in the subject matter to another that fell down. The prisoner was tenant to the lands for aliove thinly also interested, no action could lie; as otherwise," the business of life years; he then built the cabin and cow honse; the prisoner was notice! would be beset with actions of slander." Now the letter on which the action by Lord Westmeath to quit the lands last October, and accordingly did was founded was written by one brother-in-law to another, and respected; and long before he went the cow house fell down -Here the Judge (the Lord Chief Baron) interfered, and asked, did the Counsel mean to the character of a man who was about to marry his sister in-law, and on whom her own happiness, respectability, and perhaps morals, depended. Persevere in the prosecution? that it appeared the prisoner was confie d He had not published bis suspicions to the world, but had merely in- since 21st of March, two days after last Assizes, although the offence wat pressed them on his brother in-law, and never intended the information to alleged to be committed in February; that the Magistrate ought usf to pass beyond his friendly bosom. He had written "in confidence," and for have taken such informations, or committed the prisoner for felony -The the practical guidance of his brother. Beyond that brother Mr. Binkes Jury, under the direction of the Judge, instantly acquilled the prisoner, who was therenpon discharged. He was a man upwards of seventy years never designed the letter to go; and now the defendant published it to the world, and had only himself to bame for the diffusion of the charge. be enabled to obtain some compensation for his sufferings ] of age.-Dublin Freeman's Journal.-[Surely this poor creature should At first, he (Mr. Phillips) was inclined to blame Mr. Woodley-to express his astonishment that he should have betrayed the friendly caution received from his relative; he must do justice to that gentleman, Woman, delightful woman-sometimes alas! alas! the mother of mischief—came in, and obtained and told the secret. God knew what a life poor Mr. Woodley would have led if he had refused-but now he was safe. (Mr. Woodley | bowed assent amidst the laughter of the Court.) He told it to his wife with express injunctions to tell nobody, and especially not to tell her sister; and she, as might be expected, went and especially told her sister directly. (A laugh.) The question was not whether the charge was true, but whether it was honestly made; for was a relative to wait before be such a caution until the mischief he deprecated might be completed beyond repair? Let the Jury make the case their own. If one of them had a sister or a daughter far from them, whose intended union with a lover had received their sanction, and he heard rumours materially affecting the character of that lover, was be to be visited with an action for a libel if he communicated his fears to his friend? Surely he was not; and if not, the defendant was entitled to a verdict.

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POLICE.

BOW STREET.

Mr. Justice BURrquen told she Jury that, in his opinion, the letterman? The accused replied with warmth, that he was not a thief, but a proved was clearly a libel, and was not justified by any circumstances given in evidence. If the defendant had merely stated that rumours ex isted, and given his authority, he might have been excused; but he had taken upon himself to assert that all was substantiated and proved; and now he neither attempted to substantiate nor prove it. He therefore thought the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict; but the amount of damages was peculiarly for the consideration of the Jury.

The Jury, however, after consulting in the box for a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict for the Defendant.

BRISTOL, AUGUST 16.-SPRING Guns -Bird ". HOLBROOK -Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated the case. A person of the name of Morgan lost a pea-fowl, which flew over several gardens, and alighted in that of the defendant. The owner was anxious to recover the fowl, and the plaintiff', a lad, volunteered to bring it back. He got on the defendant's wall, and called out whether there was any person who would drive back the fowl, and render his descent unnecessary. Receiving no answer, he jumped down, and received a wound from the discharge of a spring-gun, which had been the cause of much suffering to him for six weeks, and might have occasioned his death. The defendant was in the habit of cultivating | flowers. He did not censure him for seeking to preserve them; but the question was, whether they should be protected to this extent whether the defendant, for that purpose, should be allowed to set a spring-gun in a garden not connected with his dwelling-house, but at a considerable dis tance from it? Surely it was not the law of England to prevent every pesty injury by placing persons in peril of their lives? If that were in deed our system, then it must soon become a system of blood.

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Power of WATCHMEN —On Wednesday a young man, fashionably attired, was charged with disorderly conduct by a watchman now d Taylor, who said, that about two in the morning he saw the accused talk. ing in King street with some women of the town, and desired him to move on," which he refused to do, and threatened to get the watchman displaced; he was in consequence taken to the watch house. The constable offered to let him go, but he insisted on being locked up, that he might lay his complaint of ill usage before the Magistrate. The acensed said he was talking quietly with a French lady when the watchman roughly interfered, which he thought he had no sort of right to do— Sir R BANTE said, the watchman was perfectly right in whạt be had done; and asked the accused who and what he was? The accused seemed unwilling to answer this question, saying it had nothing to do with the case. Sir RICHARD persisted, and asked whether he was a thief or an honest stockbroker, living in Birchin lane with his father. Sir RICHARD said, be did not believe that he was a stockbroker.-The accused, striking his hand on the table, said he was a stockbroker, and there was his card— (throwing one on the desk), —Mr. MINSHULL, upon this, said the deceased was conducting himself very indecorously.—Indecorously! exclaimed the accused; what right has he first to insult me, first, by an insinuation that I might be a thief, and now almost giving me the lie, by saying he does not believe I am a stock broker. I say that I am a stockbroker and a respectable man.-Sir R. BERNIE said, it was not much to the credit of a respectable man to be found in the streets at two in the morning, talking to loose women.—The accused said they were not loose, women that he was talking to. He was speaking to a French lady.—The watchman said, it was one of the French ladies who lived ja Buckingham street.—Sir R.BIRNIR: Oh, it was one of the Buckingham street strumpets, was it?— Mr. Gamble (the accused) was then informed by Mr. MissHull, that he was wrong in his estimate of the power possessed by watchmen, and as be seemed stili inclined to doubt on the subject, it was the duty of the Magistrates to convince him, by making him give bail to keep the peace-He was then held to bail “to keep the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects.”—[Sir R. Birnie is în the main a good Magistrate, but he seems to be liable to get warm, generally on the right side, but sometimes pufortanately on the wrong. He is, no doubt, exposed to many causes of irrita tion, in the ignorance or impertinence of people who come before him; and it may be necessary to assume something of a peremptory tone to get rid of frivolous and tiresome business. But his language in this case was quite indefensible, and his conduct in allowing his personal feeling to guide the decision ou sue care, not juste: Magistrates hare a large disos

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tion entrusted to them, but that surely is a reason the more for attention to execution, sh gave the particulars of the atrocious deed. It seems she propriety and self possession.-Globe and Traveller.] tempted her unfortunate husband to proceed with her to Foxton, on a promise that she would in future live with him again-(she had been John Artis, a youth 20 years of age, son of Mr. Artis the poulterer, of living with a young man for some time)-with which the poor creature Wigmore street, was charged with attempting to commit a rape upon Eliza | seemed quite delighted. Notwithstanding his expressions of satisfaction, Hanwell, aged 16, a servant in the family. The prosecutrix stated, that which, one should have imagined, would have tended to divert his wife on Tuesday morning, about half past two, she was awoke by some person from her horrid purpose, and though he was actually engaged in carrywho had got into her bed, and was lying beside her. Alarmed at thising for her an infaut she bad bad by the mau she had been living with, unexpected visitor, she pulled the clothes aside, and discovered the pri such was the hardness of her heart, nothing could change her diabolienį. soner. He offered no violence, and when she desired him to get out of bed, intention. "I took him (she said in her confession) several times round he went quickly to his own room. It further appeared, that the prisoner the reservoir, eagerly wateking a good opportunity to push him in, but a had been in the habit of using very indelicate language to the girl, and on there were too many people about, and we wade aur way along the tow Monday gave her a very offensive drawing. The girl had kept it to showing path till we were entirely, as I considered, out of public view; as we to her mother-The Prisoner, in bis defence, said he had occasion to go passed under the bridge, I said-Jem, you look such a figure in that down stairs in the night, and ou returning, he mistook the room and went smock-frock, if you don't pull it off I won't go any farther: he then gave into the prosecntrix's bed; he declared he had no improper intention me the child, after kissing it again, and took off his hat, which he placed towards ber-The prisoner's father said his son was a truly quiet, inoffen on the ground, laying his stick near it; he next proceeded to pull his sive youth, and, far from being of the sprightly temper alluded to, he was frock over his head, and at that moment I plunged him headlong into the a dull, heavy boy.-The Magistrate said that the prisoner had been guilty Navigation; he rose to the surface of the water three times, and came of very improper conduct, and ordered him to find two sureties of 50%. cach near the edge; but to prevent the possibility of his getting out, 1 jabbed him with the stick till he sunk to the bottom; all this I did without feelfor his appearance at the sessions. ing the slightest emotion. I, then proceeded towards Gumley, where I crossed the Navigation again; but in the centre of the bridge I felt, for and a flame of fire at the same moment seemed gathering round my body; the first time, something check me, telling me that I should be hanged; the heat and pain I felt is indescribable. Having recovered from this sensation, I prayed to God that I might never feel a conviction that I had done wrong." HYDROPHOBIAA melancholy instance of this, dreadful maludy oc curred in the neighbourhood of Brookeborough last week. A poor woman was bitten in the wrist by a mad dog in the latter end of June. She had immediate recourse to a person named Macgovran, celebrated as a preventer of canine madness, nad after paying him a large fee for his nostram, and remaining under his care three days, returned home in the hope of a cure being performed. On the 30th of July the usual symptoms of rabies made their appearance Surgeon West was called in, but too and the approved medicines in such cases administered to no avail. The late-the wounded part, although cicatrized, was ingeniously extirpated, frantic sufferer died on Friday morning last in great agony, leaving a husband and five children.-Erne Packet.

QUEEN SQUARE.

On Monday, a gentleman of great respectability was fully committed to Horsham jail, by Sir R. Jones, Bart. for trial at the next assizes, charged with having, on the night of the 22d of July, violently assaulted and comwitted a tape on Mary May, his servant. He was taken into custody at Brighton by the police officers, on Sunday fast.—Brighton Gazette.

A Monsieur Petard was wounded in a duel with Mr. R. Smyth, about seven miles from Calais, on Friday week, and died in six hours after. The ball had lodged in the back, touching on the heart in its passage. The deceased was a Captain in the French army, and gave the challenge. Mr. Smyth lived formerly in Jermyn-street.

Scarcely a week passes but the Magistrates of this office have indi viduals brought before them (of most respectable connections in society) charged with indecent assaults on the sentries in the park. On Monday, Mr. MARKLAND was occupied a considerable time in the investigation of a charge of this description against a man, who gave his unme Thomas Williams, by a private, soldier belonging to the 3d Regiment of Foot guards, whilst on his post late on Saturday night-The prisoner, who appeared to be about the middle age, sallow complexion, with a turn or squint in his left eye, was dressed in a Newniarket frock coat, and fashionable nankeen trousers. Mr. Harmer appeared as his solicitor, and injroduced two gentlemen before the Magistrate, who, we understond, were friends of the accused person. Mr. MARKLAND, after a short private conversation with Mr. Harmer, said, "No matter, let the richest man in the universe be brought before me upon any charge, I will place him on a level with the lowest and the poorest, and deal with them alike;" and addressing himself to the prisoner, said, "Now, Sir, first tell me your name and address, and what you are."-The accused said his name was Thomas Williams; that he was generally on the Continent, and in town had no particular place of residence.-Mr. Harmer said, that his client was a gentleman, and that such an imputation being made against him was the reason of his reluctance in answering the magistrate's questions. Mr. MARKLAND: I must and will know where this man is to be found. Where do you live, Sir?—Prisoner: In Craven street, in the Strand. Mr. MARKLAND? I suppose there is a number to the house?—Prisoner : Must I give the number?-Mr. MARKLAND: To be sure you must.→ Prisoner, with great reluctance: 1 believe it is No. 15 Craven street, Strand, but I am always travelling about the country.-Wm. Jobson, the complainant, then stated the particulars of the case. The prisoner came up to him, and behaved in a most indecent manner. Witness instantly collared him, and said he should take him into custody; the prisoner struggled with him very much to get away, and as an inducement, he took from his pocket a handful of silver, and said, “I know what you want-take this." Witness told him he wanted none of his money, but he would bring him to justice, and the military patrol coming up, the prisoner was carried to the guard room, and subsequently to the watch house. Sergeant Miller said that he weat with the rounds between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night, to Constitution bill, and saw the prisoner in the sentry-box, and the soldier outside holding him by the collar. The sentry related the circumstance as it occurred in the same words as he had stated to the Magistrate. Witness took the prisoner under arrest-The accused being called on for bis defence, appealed to the Deity for his innocence, and declared, as he hoped for mercy hereafter, that he never touched the soldier at all. He said he was in the army, and was about to state further, but at the suggestion of Mr. Harmer be declined. He was then ordered to find securities to answer the charge at the sessions Mr. MARKLAND doubted the truth of the account the accused gave of himself; he despatched Woodberry, the officer, to make enquiry respecting him at the house where he stated himself to reside, No. 15 Craven street, Strand. The officer went there, and was told that no such person resided there; it was not a lodging-house, nor did they know such an individual.-Woodberry made enquiries at several other houses in the street, but could hear nothing of Mr. Thomas Williams-venience in making arrangements for his lady's reception. On Saturday In the course of Tuesday, notice was sent of two persons who intended to become bail for the prisoner's appearance; but on inquiry, they were rejected as incompetent persons. The worthy Magistrate, we understand, How declines to accept any bail the prisoner might offer, till he gives an exact and trus account of himself, as he considered him a far different man to what he represented himself],

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c. CONFESSION OF HANNAH READ-Perhaps a more deliberate murder was never committed, than that by this wretched woman. Before her

Several Frenchmen, recently arrived from Paris, have been found practising very extensive frauds upon pawnbrokers by pawning mock pearls for real ones; but so perfect in the invitation as to puzzle the best judges: one of the party is in custody. The scales of roach and dace are sent from this country to France to make these pearls.

SUICIDE-On Tuesday, an Inquisition was taken at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland road, on the body of James Boules, Esq. formerly an Othicer in the Navy. The Jury had viewed the body; the head was almost severed from the trunk, and the left hand was nearly amputated from the arm.-Mrs. E. Hunt, of the Kingsland road, stated, the deceased lodged in her house. Last Monday week he appeared dreadfully agitated. He then asked her to lend him four or five pounds, which she refused, assigning as a reason that she had not so much cash in the house. He again went out, and did not return till the following Thursday. On that day, he informed her that he was married the day before (Wednesday) and that he and his bride had spent their nuptial day at Richmond. His wife he had left under the protection of her friends, and he expressed his intention of bringing her home on that night. At the close of this conversation he left the house; but previous to doing so he ordered supper to he got ready at an early hour, and suitable accommodation to be provided for the reception of Mrs. Boules. He did not however make his appearance until the Saturday, at which time she (the witness) remonstrated with him on his breach of promise, particularly as she had been put to inconevening he brought home his bride and they dined together; after dinner his spirits were evidently much depressed, not withstanding every exertion on her part and that of his wife, to revive him. He and Mrs. Boules retired to rest at half past ten o'clock. At the hour of fire in the morning, she heard the back door open and some person walk into the garden. About nine o'clock in the morning the deceased was found dead in the water closet, with a wound in his throat, and a cut in the arm, inflicted with a razor which he grasped in his right hand. He was 60 years of age, his bride 24. The lady is the daughter of respectable parents. His friends objected to the union. The Jury returned a Verdict of-Lunacy.

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MARRIED.

On Saturday week, by special license, at the house of the Duke of Clarence, in Charles street, Berkeley square, Mr. Philip Sidney, of the First Life Guards, son of Sir John Sidney, of Penshurst, to Miss Fitzclarence. The Dukes of York and Sussex, the Marchioness of Westmeath, Sir J. Sidney, Colonel and Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hope, Captain Fitzclarence, Miss d'Este, Miss Burrows, and Mr. A. Fitzclarence, were present. The Duke of York On Monday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, James Bradshaw, Esq. of Grosvenor place, to Miss Anna Maria Tree, late of Covent Garden Theatre. Immediately after the ceremony they left town for Dover, on their way to the Continent. On the 13th inst. C. J. Shoubridge, Esq. of Guildford street, to Laura, eldest daughter of H. Bramby, Esq. of Euston square. At Lancaster, on the 11th inst. Richard Godson, Esq. barrister at law, of Woburn place, Russell square, to Mary, only daughter of the late James Hargreaves, Esq. of Springfield Hall, Lancashire, banker.

On the 16th inst. at Wells, the Rev. John Sandford, of Baliol College, Oxford, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Richard Jenkins Poole, Esq. of Sherborne, Dorset.

On Thursday, at the Friends' Meeting House, Peckham, Samuel Richardson, of Denmark hill, to Rhoda, youngest daughter of William Graves, Walworth. On Thursday, John, eldest son of Lord John Townshend, of Balls Park, Hertfordshire, to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of Lord George Stuart.

On Thursday, at the Friend's Meeting-house, Wandsworth, John Beaumont Pease, Esq. of Darlington, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Samuel Fossick, Esq. of Pennsbury, Clapham.

DIED.

will I be content; for in seven days were the heaven and earth made.

12. And not many days after, the people said unto hi Behold, thou hast now seven thousand yoke of oxen. 64 thee unto thy place, for why shouldest thou weary thy f to judge us any longer?

13. And Shunakim said, Nay, but I will have ten tho sand yoke of oxen; for the Commandments which were give unto Moses are ten.

14. And Shunakim judged the people yet three year And they said unto him, now thou hast ten thousand yoke oxen. Therefore leave to judge us.

15. And Shunakim said, Nay, I will have twelve thousa yoke of oxen, for the tribes of Israel are twelve. 16. And the people cried out, and rent their clothes, a threw ashes upon their heads. 17. Then arose one among them, Kaled, the son of A

On the 3d inst. at Ardgowan, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and naim, of the tribe of Naphthali, a wise man, and esteemed of the people.

Blackwall, Bart. Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Renfrew.

Mr. Bellingham, a gentleman who lately left Brighton, and had arrived at Cheltenham, while taking his first dinner at a boarding-house, fell back in his chair, and in five minutes expired. He has left a widow and four children.

On Tuesday week, at the Marsh, near Shirehampton, Mr. Edward Painter, aged 77. His death was occasioned by the stinging of a wasp, which was unobserved in a cup of beer of which he was drinking, and although, after very considerable effort, he succeeded in throwing the insect out, he died of suffoca tion, in consequence of the swelling of the throat, within half an hour.

On the 16th inst. at West Malling, Kent, Lieutenant-Colonel Downman, in his 85th year.

On the 13th inst. at the Rectory, Alverstoke, the Rev. Chas. Aug. North, M.A. youngest son of the late Bishop of Winchester.

On the 11th inst. in Newman street, in the 37th year of her age, after a tedious illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, Mrs. Ambrose, the beloved wife of C. E. Ambrose, Esq.

On the 13th inst. at Witney, after a protracted illness, which she bore with perfect resignation, Mary Gore Tyler, wife of Joseph Tyler, Esq. of that place, and neice of Dr. Bates, of Little Missenden, Bucks. She was distinguished through life (says a Correspondent) by the superior powers of her mind, and by the habitual exercise of virtue.

18. And he spake a parable unto the people, saying, 19. The sparrow and the wren saw a worm, and they to it that they might eat, and give thereof to their young. 20. And the sparrow said unto the wren, Forbear, for worm is mine. After like manner spake the wren unto

sparrow.

21. And the sparrow said, Behold, we will go unto hawk, and he shall judge between us.

22. And they went unto the hawk, and the hawk fell them, and tare them, and ate them.

23. Now therefore, O Israel, hearken unto my speec for better is it to lose half a worm than to be eaten by hawk, and more merciful are the cruelties of our adversarie IN A VERY ANCIENT HEBREW MANUSCRIPT OF than the tender mercies of Shunakim, the son of Adonakim.

TRANSLATION OF AN APOCRYPHAL CHAPTER FOUND

THE BOOK OF JUDGES.

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24. And the people cried out, it is well spoken.
25. Then said Shunakim, Ye men of Israel, hearken un

1. Now it came to pass, after these things, that Shuna- my speech. kim, the son of Adonakim, judged Israel.

2. And he rode on a white ass, and he sate under the olive tree which is by the brook Kedron: there he judged, and thither came the people unto him.

3. And his substance was mightily increased: for he had a thousand milch camels, and six thousand yoke of oxen, and ten thousand shekels of silver. He had also horses and mules as the sand which is by the sea shore, a very great multitude. 4. And he did in the land as was right in his eyes; he pulled down and he set up; he made some Sheriffs, and some Counsellors, and Elders, and Judges of Tens, and Judges of Fifties.

5. And he judged slowly. And, if one came unto him and said, O Shunakim, judge my cause; he said, Return unto ine again in the month Abib.

6. And in the mouth Abib he said, Nay, but return unto me again after the Feast of Tabernacles. And the people murmured.

7. Now, the eyes of Shunakim were like the fish-pools which are in Heshbon, and his heart was as a piece of the nether mill-stone.

8. Wherefore they which speak in proverbs say, Four things are there whereof the tears are an abomination.

9. An adulteress which accuseth her husband, an heir which counteth his shekels, a crocodile when he eateth his prey, and Shunakim, the son of Adonakim, when he judgeth. 10. And the people said unto Shunakim, Behold the work is too great for thee, and thou art old and well stricken in

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26. Whose ox or whose ass have I taken, or which of y have I defrauded?

27. Behold I have done no wrong. But men of Belial bea witness against me, because I would not suffer folly to wrought in Israel.

28. Ye know the Jebusites, how that they bow down gods of wood and stone, wherefore our fathers made the hewers of wood, and drawers of water.

29 And behold these men of Belial spake unto the peop saying, Let the Jebusites go free, and let there be one a for them and for us.

30. And I withstood them, saying, Ye shall not do t thing. And I persuaded the princes of the tribes, and t chief priests, and the Levites;

31. Wherefore many praised me mightily, and wrote name on the walls for an eternal memorial.

32. But these men of Belial envied me, and hated r Therefore they spake lies against me, saying, He delaye judgment, and maketh the hearts of the poor sink with de ferred hope.

33. It is not so. But the Scribes take bribes, and the which plead causes, plead slowly, and they whom I have 5 to be judges of fifties, and judges of hundreds, pervert ju ment;

34. Now therefore, O Israel, judge, I pray you, between me and Kaled, the son of Aronaim.

35. And Kaled, the son of Aronaim, answered, and a Hear me, O Shunakim, son of Adonakim, thou that promised and doest not, thou that hearest and judgest not, thou weepest and pitiest not.

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37. Boastest thou, because thou tookest not our oxen our asses? Do not even the robbers so? .

37. For even a robber chooseth much gold, with safety, rather than a little with danger.

38. Now hast thou a thousand milch camels, and twelve thousand yoke of oxen, and ten thousand shekels of silver. But if thou hadst taken our oxen and our asses, then we should have stoned thee with stones; therefore what thanks hast thou?

39. And in that thou didst grievously afflict the Jebusites, thou art guilty of death.

40. For, behold, our brethren of the Tribes which are beyond Jordan live in fear continually. They neither sow nor reap, nor buy nor sell, nor marry nor are given in marriage, but are in fear and tribulation, because of the Jebusites.

41. And in that thou sayest that the scribes and the pleaders, and the judges of hundreds and of fifties are blameworthy, behold out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked judge.

42. Thou knowest that the scribes take bribes; wherefore then didst thou not punish them?

43. Thou knewest that the pleaders plead slowly; wherefore then didst thou not hasten them?

44. Thou knewest that the judges of fifties, and of hundreds, pervert judgment; wherefore then didst thou not put others in their room?

45. For thou hadst power to do all these things, but thou lovest evil and hatest good, and thou lovest darkness and hatest light.

46. And the people shouted and said, Let Kaled the son of Aronaim live for ever. ›

FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, AUG. 19.-Five per Cents. 102f. 40c.; Three per Cents. 72f. 30c.; Bank Stock, 2,180f.; Rente de Naples, Certif. Falconnet, 88f. 40c.; Rente d'Esp. 174; Royal Spanish Loan, 512.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON-One Month, 25f.; Three Months, 25f. 85c.-Cours Anthentique, Aug. 19.

The negotiation between Lord Cochrane and the Greek Deputies is concluded in a manner highly satisfactory and honourable to all the parties concerned. His Lordship will, be believe, sail for Greece immediately after his return from Scotland, where he is gone on a short visit.-Times, Aug. 22. We regret to state, that 25 cases of sudden death occurred yesterday in consequence of drinking cold water, and other causes produced by the excessive heat of the weather.-New York Paper, July 23.

YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.-A shop-boy, in the employ of Mr. John Alford, draper of Bradford, having been corrected for some offence, attempted on Friday last to seek his revenge by poisoning his master. For this purpose he went into a druggist's shop, and actually stole a parcel marked "poison." This he put into a bucket of water, from which the kettle was filled for tea; and on the family (consisting of five persons) partaking of it, they all became sick. Mr. Adye, a respectable surgeon, was sent for, who administered some medicine, and very fortunately removed the cause. On analyzing the water, poison was clearly discernible Suspicion at once fell on the boy, who has since confessed, and is now in prison.

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47, And Shunakim said, Behold now I thought to have left to judge you: but, because ye hate me and murmur against Market remains uearly as on last Monday, Greek Scrip being 12 dis. me, I will judge you still.

48. And, because ye cry out against my little finger, ye shall feel the weight of my loins; and, because ye strive against whips, ye shall be chastised with scorpions.

49. And the rest of the acts of Shunakim, and all that he did, and how the chariot wherein he drave for fifty and three years brake down under him, and how he sold fish and lost thereby ten shekels, and the turkey which he sewed together, are they not written in the Chronicles of the Judges of Israel?

POSTSCRIPT.

MONDAY, AUG. 22.

French Papers arrived last night, containing the following news from Greece:

CITY, 12 O'CLOCK -Cousols for Account are 89. The Foreign and Mexican, 3§ dis. ; all the others look very dull.

THE LONDON MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, AUG. 22.. other grat were moderate. This morning there is a tolerable supply of The arrivals of grain last week were considerable as regards Oats,but of Wheat, but the quality is indifferent. Of Barley and Peas the supply is small, but we have more than of late, and the arrivals of Oats are considerable. The samples of new Wheat are 3s. and 4s. per quarter less than Although the Ports are shut for Barley, there is little trade, and only a on Monday, and even old Wheat, unless very fine, may be quoted lower. few fine malting parcels obtain more money. In flour there is no alteration.

Red Wheat.. White ditto..

Barley Grey Peas Maple White.. Boilers

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55s. 65s.

42% 45s, Scotch 46s 50s. Flour

Aggregate Average Prices of the Twelve Maritime Districts of England and Wales, by which Exportation and Bounty are to be regulated in Great Britain.

Wheat per Quarter, 67s. 94.-Barley, 36s. 9d.-Oats, 25s. 3d.-Rye,

41s. 9d.-Beans, 41s. 10d-Pease, 41s. 6d.

(From the Etoile, dated Saturday, August 20.) PARIS, AUG. 19.-The situation of Greece is still involved in obscurity. We know nothing certain since the retreat of Ibrahim from Napoli, or rather since the 29th June, when there was fighting at the foot of Mount Parthenon, and Colocotroni had ordered a levy en masse of the Peloponnesians. The news of the capture of Ibrahim is not confirmed. These The Beef Trade is very firm this morning and the best Scots Runts, &c. are the latest accounts, which we cannot in any way gua-the supply of Sheep being larger. In Lamb there is nothing to notice. are 5s. to 5s. 2d. per stone, and the inferior 4s. 8d. to 4s. per stone, Veal is 5s, to 5s. to 5s. 6d, per stone.

rantee.

A vessel which arrived at Ancona June 29, in three days from Corfu, brought the following news:

"The Greeks in the Morea are defeated. Missolonghi and Napoli di Romana, to avoid a massacre, have hoisted La Bandura Inglese. The Turks then suspended their operations against these two places.

A letter from Corfu of 20th July informs us, that it was reported that the English flag was flying on the walls of Napoli di Romana.

The same letter mentions a report at Corfu, that Ibrahim had been defeated on the 5th July, in the plains of Tripolizza, by Colocrotoni, with the loss of 1,500 men.

Beef Mutton

Beasts Sheep

Hay

SMITHFIELD, Aug 22.

To sink the Offal-per Stone of 8lbs. 4s. 6d. to 6s. 2d. | Veal......... .4s. 8d. to 5s. 2d. Pork..... Lamb 5s. Od to 5s. 8d. HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAY.

2,744 | Pigs 22,380 Calves..

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW. £3 10 to £5 2 | Straw...... Clover £4 4 to £6 0

5s. Od to 6s. Od.

5s. Od to 6s. Od.

110 224

£1 16 to £2 5

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