At Manchester, on Tuesday, Kinnear, Jones, and Wood, were held

to heavy bail to appear at the Liverpool Assizes, and be tried for a conspiracy to defraud several banking companies by spurious bills of exchange. The counsel for the ptosecution doubted whether a convic- tion for forgery could be obtained ; and preferred to indict the prisoners • for a conspiracy.

The Magistrates of Birmingham require Palmer, who is charged with swindling, to furnish two securities of 10001. each, before they will consent to bail him. At the last examination of this man, letters were read which proved that the transactions of the gang with whom he is connected were very extensive. They used a cipher in their correpondence, the key to which has been discovered.

William Bennett, a pensioner of the 49th Foot Regiment, was mur- dered near Tewin, in Hertfordshire, on the evening of Wednesday week. He had been in the meriting to Hertford, and received about 10/. due to him as pension-money. Four young men were seen dog- ging him on his return home: two of them have been apprehended, and one has confessed the murder and robbery. A reward of 1001. has been offered for the apprehension of' the two others, who have ab- sconded.

The Magistrates of Stafford had lately two gentlemen sportsmen, Mr. Critchley and Mr. Lister, brought before them, charged with shooting and stealing a 'lumber of fowls, the property of a farmer named Eceleshall, over whose lends they were shooting. It appeared that the sportsmen had bugged three of the fowls, and twelve other fowls were subsequently found killed under the straw of' the fuld-yard.

The sportsmen denied stotitly any intention of felony, but their miss take of fowls for pheasants was not explained. .f he Magistrates re-

fused to interfere in the master. LWhat ! because the parties were

" spotting gentlemen," and not poor thieves :1—Leamington Gazelle. About eight o'clock on Sund.iy evening, a fire broke out out the farming premises of Mr. Furnival, in the parish of Muckleston, in Staffordshire; and early the next mottlil ig. an eller tire v.a diseuvered in the cow. houses of Mr. Edwards, whose farm the adjoining parish of Norton, in Sin opshite. Great damage was done to the buildings, the stacks of hay tiut d corn, and to the cattle, at both places. There Is no doubt that the tires ti ere caused by no incendiary; theugh both Mr. Furnival and Mr. Edesurds are mei, ut incaTensive behaviour, arid 'wholly is ilWdre of any t.rudge cotcrtailicd ago:list eitiwt.

Intelligence reached London, on Saturdi,y, of the total Itc,s of the ship Colonist, be fire, at the Moths thank, off Portsmouth. The ves- sel, which tt as bound to 11.abittio,s, L. ti the London Dock on Wednes- day morning, and ;inlets! at Portsneerli on the folios hug night, where she cast anchor. On the follt,viin4 alumina, about eight o'clock,

while the crew were employed aloft In tieing ssils, the ship %vas disco- vered to be on flue. The thanes suddenly burst limit from all the batches at come; the whirl 'a as blue big fresh from the south-west, and

in a few minutes the vessel tie- in a blaze from stem to sterm The ship's bin Is were loweied, mid the people below were quickly aroused ; but the crew and pa-seegers were suet d with much difficulty, many of

the latter in a state of sudity. So tepid was the progress ()I the flames,

that it was impoesible to save any property from below. Captain Smith, the commalider of the Colonert, in his letter to Messrs. T.

Daniell and Son, the owners of the vessel, stares that the origin of

the fire cc-vs old:twilit, but seas supposed to have been caused by the ignition of some part of the cargo. Ile narrowly escaped with his

life in attendieg to his passengets. The (:emelt' states that he is in-

debted to the master of the Simon Taylor for the clothes he was stand- ing jut ; and be has lost every thing he possessed on board. The ship

continued burning all day ; end at seven o'clock out Friday evening, when the Captain's letter was forwarded to Pottsmouth, she wus con- sumed to the miter's edge. A lady and three children had a ruiracts. bus escape. The smoke was so thick that they were unable to ascend

from the cabin ; and the mate courageously descended, with a rope about his body, and brought them tip, with a cash and jewel.box of very

great value. One gentleman lost u gold watch and forty sovereigns, which he had not time to save; and a lady has lost a case of jewels wcrth upwards of 2001. Several of the passengers came ashore with nothing on but their night ( helms. The Colonist was a ship of about 600 tons burden, and had been several years in the West India trade. Her cargo consisted chiefly of plantation stores. The loss is estimated at 60,000/. The on uteri,, a wealthy firm in Mincing Lane, are partly in- sured.

The North of England has been visited by heavy thunder-storms within these few days ; but no damage of consequence has ensued.