22 NOVEMBER 1834, Page 8

We mentioned last week, that the trustee 'of a Savings-Bank

at St. Alban's had decamped with about 80001. of the deposits ; but in a letter from Mr. Tidd Pratt to the Daily Papers, it is stated, that "there is not nor ever was any legally-constituted savings-bank at St. Al. ,. ban's ; though the Reverend H. Small, who has absconded, was in the 7 habit of receiving sums of money from parties living at St. Alban's, and in that neighbourhood, for the purpose of paying the same to their sl account into the Savings-Bank at Hertford. The loss, therefore, which may be sustained has arisen in the misplaced confidence in Mr. ' Small, and not on account of any neglect of the managers, &c. of a savings-bank." This reverend scoundrel has been overtaken in Path, and compelled to give a bill of sale of his effects. His debts amount I to about 30,000/. It turns out that the amount of his defalcation is not less than 18,0001., including 20001. of subscriptions for repairing the Abbey of St. Alban's, which were paid to him as treasurer.

A barbarous act of incendiarism was discovered on Sunday, in the stables of the Albion Inn, Oldham. An ostler, on entering the top ' stable, discovered that a bundle of straw had been placed upon the is! back of a mare and set on fire. The poor beast was dreadfully burnt on the hind-quarters and loins, but was speedily extricated from its dangerous situation, and the flames extinguished before any material injury was effected. Turpentine or some other inflammable liquidhad evidently been thrown on the straw and mare ; and the horrid act, there is every reason to suppose, was committed by an incendiary. The same stable contained at the time eleven horses, and the adjoining one twenty : in the room above, there were three coaches, many workmen's tools, paint, &c. ; which, together with the adjacent premises, would very probably have been consumed, but for the accidental discovery by the ostler.— York Courant.

Ail adjourned meeting on the subject of the late alarming acts of incendiarism was held in the Guildhall, Grantham, on Tuesday last, and was attended by a respectable assemblage, including the Aldermen and a majority of the Corporation. Several resolutions were agreed upon, a Committee appointed to render them effective, and a sub- scription entered into, which before the close of the day amounted to nearly 800/. Incendiary fires are reported to have occurred in various parts of the country during the week ; though the number is not so great as during the last and previous weeks. Everywhere rewards are offered, and; great exertions made for the discovery of the incendiaries. A serious affray took place on Friday night (last week) between a body of fourteen poachers and the gamekeepers, four in number, of Sir Charles Lamb, of Beauport. Both parties were much injured ; fouv: of the poachers were captured and lodged in Battle Gaol. The affray took place on the estate of Crowhurst Place, the seat of Mr. Harman. s

—Brighton Guardian.

The man who was apprehended in Liverpool for the murder of a sailor, named Smith, as stated in the Spectator of Saturday last, was at the time supposed to have given a fictitious name, as his travelling-bag and linen were marked with the name of Fawcett, who was supposed to be a resident of Dublin. The Dublin Register of Saturday, in alluding to the circumstance, observes—" The prisoner was well known and beloved by a large circle of the most respectable acquaintance in this city, for the mildness of his manners and the goodness of his heart ; but from the circumstances attending his father's death, who destroyed himself while labouring under insanity, fears have been constantly en- tertained for the preservation of the son's intellect under the slightest circumstances of excitement. Nothing had occurred to induce him to leave Dublin without apprizing his relatives where. he was going, and flying from them in the manner he did, proves that he must have been mad."