Star. — London, England, 1824-01-23 00:00:00

MP F"' i . Li ~: ~` , . Rivingtons' Annual Register far 1822. This bulky octavo volume of nearly .a thousand swell-printed pages, which has been expected some time, has at length appeared, an I forms, like its in elecessors, a fall, faithrnl, an.l impartial record of. the lito: atuee, politics, science, an.l at is of the period. There is a tem perate tone in tha politics of Rivingtoni! Annual Re gister, which renders it p%rticularly valuable, and a care manifested in the collection of facts, State Papers, &c. N‘hich entitles it to the most implicit confidenee, as a depository of public records and events. ARCTIC zoormov. At a Nfeeting of the•Wetnerian Society of Edin burgh, on Satur,tay last, specimens of the quadrupeds collected by Captains Parry and Franklin, and Dr. Rich. ardson,.were exhibited, and, an account of the animals Collected during the overland Arctic Expedition, was read by that intrepid and intelligent fellow - -traveller of the celebrated Captain Franklin, Dr. Richardson. It is understood that tile University of Edinburgh bas the first selection front these - present collectislns; a pre ference which must .be highly gratifying to all those who take an interest in • Scottish National Collection, and which, we helieve i •his been secured to this Uni iteriity, not only from the justice of compensating to' he fbi baiting had only the second choice out of for int gonfalons, but also as a tribute due to the eele-. brity of ounPiefessor of Natural Histoty, who is un questionably the most eminent in that branch of science of all EtiOsh N:itnraliqf. These specimens werenot all comprehended in tie .Memoir Lead by Dr. Richard son, hut he knew them all,;and very obligingly an swered several questions proposed to him, relative to those animals which had been collected in the Naval Arctic Expedition. An account of two or three of the quadrupeds col lected during the overland Arctic Expedition, had been read to the Society on a fofmer day, and Dr. Richard son took up the Memoir from the place where it had been broken off. He began with the Wolverine, an ani mal strongly allied to the fox, wolf, and dog tribe ; he disctisced this apparently intermingled class of animals at considerable length, though in so low a tone of voice tlidt ivt.e had a good.deal of difficulty, at first, in hear itsg-uhal he said. Amongst other things, we particu- Ittfly troticed a circumstance which he related, tespect , , _ltig the mode in which the Arctic dogs hunt an animal, leglich,from its size, they may be afraid of attacking. They aporoach it gradually and cautiously in a semi tittle; if the animal spew no symptoms of fear, they pause; if, on the contrary, it appear terrified, they drive it about till it is exhausted, when they attack it, and easily overcome it. . The hair of the Wolverine was dark brown, long, and wiry ; nit the sides near to the tail, if had 3 yellow ish tinge. The tail was short,.aticlftitaished with lruigif hair, the ears short. • The next animal described by Dr. Richardson was the rctic Fox. Of this species, three•specimens were produced, to thew. the varieties in the colout and ap pearance of the fox, at.diCerent periods of the year. The winter clothing of these animals is white; and Dr. Ri chardson observed that this alteration happened, not from a change of the hair, but from a change of its Voloilr. In winter, the soles of the f e et of thi s an imal are covered with a thick coat of hair, which, by some Na turalists, stems to have been considered to be 'a saficittit, th'iracteristie td constitute a speci fi c difference between die Arctic and the more southerly fox. We should, however, regard it only as forming a variety, not a spe cies, in the same way as the feathery-legged Bantam Chanticleer is only a vat iety of the naked.legged High lander-like common fowl. The skins of the,e foxes form a valuable and consi der:olle ankle of commerce. The next animal mentioned by Dr. Richardson was the Mouse ; several specimens were placed on the table. These mice are about the size of our common Hanove rian rat; the body loots round and far, the head is enundisb, the snout not being pointed, as in our mice; ght ett ate short; but the mast remarkable featute which characterizes this mouse is its tail: this member, so prominent and conspicuous a one in all the rat and *route family (whether in town Or country), with which tVe 'haft Whoa° been acquainted, is most particularly ilitirt in the mouse of Hudson's Bay; in short, it seems Miter to have been appointed for the purpose of chew ing the spot to %shich tails are *many affixed, and by *bay Of an apology for the a'b'sence of that lengthy appen dage, than to have been intended for one. This mouse misch resembles the mole ; in the shape and size of the body and tail, but not in any either particulars. • Dr. Richardson stated, that, occasionally, very nu inerous bodies of these short-tailed mice were - seen tra velling over the ice, and darkened it in large.spots; for what purpose, or in what direction they were rambling, .vre did not learn; but it is probable that want•of food occasions, such migati,ns. Similar ercurtions hive been noticed in other places. • The nett animal presented ,to the attention of the So-- •elety was. a species of Marmot, called Arttoinys Par ryii, This was .a very, beautiful little animal, with si body somewhat larger than that of our common squir.: rel. The colour of the fur was a light brown, slightly. but thickly spotted over the back with white indistinct spots. the eyei sere lare and prominent; the head -rather roundish. In. its stotnacii, at one period of the year, were found the. fruit of the cranberry ; at • anothet, the seeds of a polygoriunCs and seine other seeds. Its cry somewhat reietithla the sound Of a %ratchet - lan's rattle: and the Esquirmrux call it " Sic Sic," a name formed by an attempt to convey a notion of the sound ejaculated 'by the creature; in the same' Way as was adopted, if we re'menther rightly, by Aris topliaries, in his imitation of the songs of (togs in their xprengtide water parties—" ko-at." This ani mal, when alarmed, spreads out the hairs of its tail, which is about three inches wt.. Dr. Richardson then proceeded fa the teriPits Taran dus, the Reindeer; and described a ereateivatiefy i'n the growth and' shape Of the hbftSS, than we ha'd any pre *Vititrs itrta Of: The growth of these excrescences, in midst animals, appearg to be regulated 'by established lois, and the:horns, from site to son, assume the same sfigykiitid ragbion : in this SpeCies of deer . we Were in 't atite/ that - our travellers obseried very considerable variations-in that extraordinary ornament. The rein srp well - known in this country, since Air. B-ul iseltristaertiosti to. proeure and exhibit them, that we need Wet sat - any' meri about it: One particular we Cahn& Oda, Which belongs More especially to the science of gastronomy, though it is not yet publicly :1111011111' I . ' . • • . re • r .... . . • ••••• 1-...... •• "v., •; : ' • . • . ..• . .... e. • • - ma i i iioo " driv Air - -. r s ' • --- 4 —.. 4 q't" •-•"... ...-it . '•7 k. "ir . , A, _ :.. .• _ r • „ t :~f . 'known in this . cOantry,• nor even in France, so cele-11' 'braced for her progitss it) that away: 'BO were it known, we fear that it could not be conveniently prae-, tised in Greet Britain, in consegnente.of the imrnen , ..e expense of importing the animal alive. In detailing the uses of the reindeer, Doctor Richardson told his audia ence that the natit•es used every part of the body as • [ food ; and that they carried their epiebristh so far, as • to eat the contents of the stomach: They seemed to imagine that the lichens which had been masticated by the deer, and partially decomposed by the action of the gasuic juice. of this most interesting animal, were thereby rendered more fit, proper, and digestible for the use of man, Chacun a son gout ! Dr. Richardson then named . a very singular_ fact relative to the period of these animals sheddipg their horns. It woirld appear : that the most usual season for their sustaining that logs is the au tumn, but he said that some of them had been observed to retain ' their horns so late as February, and if we mistake not very much, some examples were not wanting of their co:ltioOrg till May. The Mask Ox was the next quadruped, with an account of which the Siscieiy was favoured by Dr. Richardson. Wien a herd of theie animals is fired at, if the huntsman keep hintrelf well con• .coaled, they imagine the noise to be thunder, and crowd close together ; but if by the excellence of their smell, which sense they possess in.great acuteness, or by other means, they discover a hu man being, they immediately disperse. It occasionally happens that a wounded musk ox will turn on the hunter, and endeavour to make a violent attack on hint; in this case the hunter will be perfectly safe, if, with a little activity, and much presence of mind, he starts on one side, and takes the opportunity of stabbing the disappointed ox as he rages past hint. In speaking cf the Musk Rat, which did not form a part of Dr. Richardson's memoir, Ile liaid that he supposed the musky odour to be emitted from all parts of its skin ; and that it was only at parti- Cular ,periods of the year that the animal was observed to have a very strong sc::nt. This rat is nearly as la• ge as our common cat, and must indeed be a most formidable inmate in any house, if its ' habits were like those of our common rat, and its resolution in eteated in proportion to the size. Several other animals, also not included in the account written by Dr. Richardson, were produced, for the purpose of hearing such obeersiations from that distinguished traveller as his experience might enable him to make ; but as we must unfortunately hasten to conclude this article, we are under the necessity of passing them over in silence. We bear that Dr. Richardson will, in proceeding with this sub ject, read an account of the fishes collected by our distinguished countryman in the Polar Regions at the next meeting of the Se citty.—Edinburgle Literary Gazelle. II b:LAND. --+- THE LATE MURDER. IN KILDARE. An 'airiest was held in the county. of Kildare, on the body of John Fitzgerald,. already stated, to have been barbarously murdered.. The verdict was wilful murder against one John Lay, Who had introduced himself to the deceased and his family, as deceased's son-in-law. The wife of the deceased deposed that the said John Lay came to deponent's hOuse at thinniurry, about the hour of two o'clock, onSaturday, the 10th imam, and introduced himself as the son in-law of. witness and de ceased, and said he was Mari ied to witness's daughter, Catherine, whom he left in Manchester, on a visit to her uncle, Mr. Forbes ; depo'nent and the family sup po.:ing him from his account tti be shell a erson as he 'desrribed himself to be, he was accordingly treated tali : was prOVided in refresfitfient, his soei taken of and polished, and everything in the pOwer of fhe de teased arid family done to render their *Vices- aftee- Itile ; tient to rest that night, accompanied the:xi to Mass nett morning, and sb far in every respect appeared to be such as he introduced himself to be ; returne.i lidime on Sunday with the deceased, and being enter rained as fir as their ttriall means would allow, paised • the evening in conversation very agreeably ; exit When • the deceased was about putting in his mare kir the tight, Lay said he would do it, and .retuned of oriljr, saying he had lost a button, upon *Cried Witnets,,gOt up CO provide one, but watt . interrupted by the, riedikeci ying he saw one in the window, at which tithe wit nest supposes he furnished himself with the razor, with which he .inflicted a deadly. wound afterwards On her husband's throat, The evening pasted of agreTbly as aforesaid, but in the middle of the night Witness heard her husband cry, "Kitty, Kitty, the villain hat cut off my head r when she arose, and her daughter beth ' who met the murderer coming into therobin where she lay, who seiied her by the hair of the bead, but the deceased having got up and opened th e door;' she extricated herself, and ran for assistance; vliteiLay, who returned from pursuing her, culled for hirclothes, and dressed himself and Maxle Off. • The witness Elizabeth Fitzserild„ datighter of the deceased, corroborated this evidence irieiery.Particular. Lay was brought from Steal to the InqUisition after answering the questions putt° trim, admitted &xi fact; but said that the deceased's daughter, lifter Mar." rying him, left him, and went with another iciurig man, named White, who inlisted in the East India service,. I-Ltd it not been for the exertion of the girl, it is thotight be would have murdered the whole family. Lay says he is a native of Lancashire, and that he deserted from the 86th Regiment in April; and that when he was quartered in Dublin he married Catherine, the daughter of John Fitigerald, whom* he intirdered. CtlkitlNATlOii AND fiAititAttlTY. Friday evening, about eight ecloel, a ging . of this creams, at least twenty in number, rushed into the house of Patrick Kahil, a poor man who resides inStrat ford-row,•Off Summer-hill, and beat and stabbed hiM so terribly that he now lies in Jervis-street IlOspital, it i Said, without hopes of recovery. ,Not content with this ,bitital manifestation of their ferocity, the sZvage s tacked his wretched Wife, who. cbarieed to eater the house while they were engaged in this diabolical act, and left her in a state of insensibility, covered with wounds and bruises. The unhappy woman is in an ad vanced stage - of pregnancy, and to complete the satanic cruelty of the barbariins, they nearly strangled *tee infant children that were in bed when they burst in. - Kahil is a journey ". man sawyer, and after obeying the ruinous mandates of the body-men' for several . Mouths, until his Miserable farMly were reduced to befigary—, being sometimes fOr several days without a meal of vic tuals—he accepted of employment last Thursday, on wages somewhat lower than those detestable assassins deemed consistent with their lawless regulations. ! • The police arrested five suspicious persons, four of Whom Were sawyers, and one a -schoolmaster, named 'Cassidy. A quantity Of paperi were discovered in their possession : they are Of a very mysterious nature. On searching their retidencesin one.of them two bayonets on poles Wert fount:l,-00 pieces of iron . shaped like :words, and three large blddgeons, such as have been used for the purpose of combination, and called slaters. A blow from them is generally likely to prodtrce death'. The five men have been committed to Newgate for frir tiler examination:—Dublitt Paper. triday, the Loan PROVOST of Edinburgh received a lett* from Mr.. Secretary Pkat, granting a respire, 'during his Majesty's pleisure, to John . Doughis, under sentence of death in our jail, for' robbing a man on the road from Portobello to Mussclburgh. .• 41.-1 *T -. PE. , .....11,1,•1•1. ~" Wi.. ~ APP!'I IF r MS I M'" I "°". 6 I Mir" .~. t. ii66416-itsE A-Genetal-Mesting of the .Postrnasters of the Metro-' polis.was yesterday , held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the putirose of receiving the report of a committee apriinajd -to confer With Government respecting the new legislations for fixing the duties on Post-horses, ar.2l "all horses let for hire. - Mr. NVltore was called to the Chair. • The Secretary then read the report. It stated that in their conferenies With thsterninent, the Clamm:ttee . had tria-Je strenuous exeitiOni to obtain an eiemption of sad dle horses from the payment of duty, but without success. Mr. Warm the Chairman, said, as he.had been -ac tively-engaged in the intercourse with Government on chi question, he could perhaps state mote distinctly the concessions that had been made to Postmaster s through out the kingdoni. In the first place, it was not now necettaty to have the nits* 'end number Milted to any *carriage, except plastchaliis, or those travelled by the mile or stage; therefOre, they might let a gig for the day, or a carriage to a.family, without its being requisite to proclaim that it was' not their own. With` tespect to saddle-horses, it had been warmly contended by the Solicitor of the Stamp-office, that timie who rode hired horses should be obliged to take and thew a ticket of the duty at the turnpike-gate. It was ch• jected to this measure, that it would subject every gen tleman who rode a horse in the kingdom to be challenged as the rider of a hires nag, itnd insulted •by the toll-collectors. Those who hired horses, anti espe cially in themetrapolis,were aniioas to preserve appear ances ; then why should they be compelled to make a disclosure by producing a ticket at every tut npike-gate? These reasons prevailed with the Government, and they had withdrawn the obnoxious measine—(Applatise). But, above all, instead of twelvC Acts, each of which was More obscure than the other, the trade had now the rare feli city of bein- , regulated by one common Act, which was so clear ancisittiple that any man of common capacity amongst them might understand it. He had in his hand a document, or rather a volume, which had been given him as a curiosity. A Postmaster was charged with having transgressed some one of the regUlations of the twelve contrary Acts, and an action was brought against hits, with a declaration of 1,200 folios. There was so twitch repetition, and there were so many points inter *bven,stbat the defendant's attorney could not under- Stand it; and the consequence was, that the defendant, for fear there might be something from which he might be hit in this mass of pleading, compromised at an enormdus expense.—(lkar)—.lll such work as this was now done away with. The farmers of the duties Would not be allowed to bring such actions as they pleated, brit must first submit the cases to the Stamp tate, and none but proper cases would be suffeted tti .be taken into Conrt..( Applause)—There was doe *ord iiht theneli Act which excited much alarm, end 'War sttplitised to erect materially the trade end fhe Pcaihc; •an opinion of Counsel had been firtenein the Subject. In the course of the Act the word Occufred in conjunction with " let.". Many opulent pckt:thasteit were in the habit Of lending their horses or iilifeletlollieir friends or branches of their families gra fuitefuilifot short jauntt, or now and then a pleasure patty. • The Counsel to whom it was referred had de• dared that this word " used," rendered the horses used o:i such an occasion liable to the payment of duty ; and one of the Counsel had gone so far as to say, that a Gen atnian who lent his carriage and horses to a friend for Six *eeki;•trinst pay duty for them during that thite (Hear, hear). But he begged that no one would be alarmed at this word, or the construction put upon it by Counsel. It was all mere'special pleading. sfire the point could not stand in a Court of Justice, and that the Con-mink:triers of Stathps Would not allow any farther of taxes to bring an action upon it. A long discussion was then entered into as to the mi nute details and regolations of the duties with the far mers, when, ultithately, the report was agreed to, and ordered to be publiShed. Thanks were voted to the Chair- Mad and theCtironfeitee, and the Meeting separated. THE COMET. Inchbonny, Jam 23, 1324. The Comet a few days hence . will be within the circle of perpetual - itiparition, and *ilf bt continua* above the knit* NA so never set. At present it rises be tween the N.N.E. and N. by E. about 15 minntes past 10 at night, and Conies to the meridian about 4.5 mi nutes past eight in the morning, and sets betweenthe N.N.W. and N. by W. at 35 minutes past seven at night. Its tcnrect distance was, on the 10th January, hours SClnliintites Mean time ; froM Arctorns 32 deg. ffi Min. )6 sec. hole Lyra, 26 derr. 33 min.; and froni Itiotlhagns, 22 deg. 50 Min. The earth travels nearly at the rate of one million and a half of Miles per day in its ananaltourse round the son, and the earth's mean daily motion is nearly 59 minutes and eight Se conds ; but the din,' 'Motion of this Cornet at present is 112 minutes, which is nearly double that of the eaith round the inn. About six o'clock in the moining Ate planet Venus will be seen on the sotto - east, and the planet Mars a little past the meridian, and nearly in eeninnetion With the star Meath Virgo; and Jupiter near has suing in the-lest. Jam VEETCIi. - P.4.—On the IMIS instant, about &tiff minutes past sit, a large °ail , meteor, with an oval brad larger than the full' moon, and a long and sparkling tail, appeared to come from the west, and tooted toward the South East, in a curve line, with its convex side to the North.—J. V. The Cornet, on the 7th of January, Was itt the right shoulder of Hercules, taking a direction towards the tail of the Dragon. It moves with astonishing velocity, as it hai since passed niidWay between; the back of Her cule,' and theoenthern Crown, through the right leg 'of ffereales; and' is now continuing its course between the tight- knee of Hetculei and the right hand of 13ooteg, and at the present time does not set. If the brilliancy of the Comet cOntinne, we may expect a more faint*. able OppOttnnitY of seeing it about the 30th of this month, when the Moon willte absent ; and should the atmosphere be clear, it wiU then be distinctly *isible, between the Pole and the extremity of the tail of the. Ursa Major, at any hour of the night.' A Monument has been erected by the Emperor Alei ander to the memory of Kosciusko, near Cracow, which ' has become an object of extreme veneration to the Poles. It is a simple nowned sepulchres of diameter, and 130 in of the ancient monnmeni low bill near the Vistula, propriate name of Bio: Glory."—Ground has been four peasants, who "fongh', with their families, are char ailment. The money.. supporting the peasants '• • . t. • i=6=ab•m. ~. - ~.. ,;'~ l .a 8_ ... '• hlc • :: a • • Ali • : • 40.' ! It . l ... :•*l . , e4l • 40 op] . i ..,! • • .11 ites la mlO so tg a fat t 01 extreme veneration to the biAII. — .T.Z=NIIIS DAI. barrow or • tumulus, dike the re- AML. DUL. •It R. MIL the Ancients, .about 300,feetis :. • .„' 1 0 I France ' 1 0 . lei^ , ht • and it stands within'iar 'Su i rr9rd , 1 0 liamburgis 0 1 b • s' 4 . i fief • :J, ma Jolty 1 0 Flanders 1 0 ents of Cracus and Waia. • ' ' . - , . .1 -0 1 Prazils 0 I la, which happeusis • • , - 1 o G,,tienbia.vb 0 1 a onislawa, or mills"*.. 4 / 1 191w • . d 4__ .0 . . ARNriCa 0 .:... been boughtosndliO, 6;04, - .'I Fr-WATER — aI -I.oNoottfmntil)GllTa.MOltltOW. ;slit wider Koscidskk - • dia., r,• . • Ssi.ssong -.t.." :0-1;, 1 . 3s .ni,uts. .rte. T : charged to takogrit • *pa* "I : Ittenanar 1 !-.• .'-6:". 4 641.4.- , . -.7- see intrit i r6afte&.:".. . .for-raiskng the Molt ,• - ' . 1,4 N DON ; Printe d arid putslished by Lem. kiwi, rickets.. Ls, has been raised by su ' iption. 11::ce, Tenikle-llar ' , ••.. • • 4.. • • . . . ' 1 •• • .. ' • 7 - _ 1.. J.T • roz;ti? (1 NctritTettt. Jam S'tort, &lad ntocint 16 Tears of lige, *Agfa RIUHARD BIRMIti ckltged with an attempt to pick thttinfilligkk, Mr. MaNS/ICIJ, a l'.l.tiostrate of this Oflice. 1 . 11 1, It appeared that \!r. was passing 'fops e lo s port-street, on Wednetclay afternclon, in • reihritijig '14664 Vona his official duties, when the prlitcntr, tirho *AS id-cornpaMea another lad, was seers, to pat his 'hand Into Mr; filtnsitni.l:aenit pocket twice ' apparently attempting to take oat whatever itsaen: twin.-d. . Jones, a mercer, in Sewpormtreet, paw stake the attetnpt, and Alit:et)? apriZed Mr.lisurriroi.t. or it l arid he the prisoner by. the ctsliar, and detaLied him until a coastal:4i •t l / 4 ;di ' sent for.—'l'he prisoner produced several respeetable Pekoa its speak for him, who gave hilt a good character, ani under this sideration he was discharged. Anthony Be . ;•etn, the proprittOr of one Of the St. Alban's coaches, was lined XS and costs, for plting for hith ieith his aor as a hackney-coach on the paved street, the-sallre net being a:hitt ney-toach. GUIT.DII ALL. • Mr. Bud; a solicipr, from Birminghaht, obrained a swarrani against Marks Turttley, fur stealing the parcel containing tite haak: notes belonging to Messrs. Taylors and Lloyd, hankers, at birmin.-- ham, from the Balloon coach, nn the I , 2th of Decenrider, Turnicy is well-known to the different police officers. HATTON-GARDEN. • John Jenkins, who was remanded until this day, charged with baying Stolen a great coat and eleven toultrellas,•the property of John Adams,. umbrella-mantifactitritr; in Barbican, was brought up for a second examination. . Jan Adams, the complainant, stepped forward to be seinen, with a solemnity of manner which excited observation ; and, after being sworn, not looking directly to the Magistrate, but all.around, as if he were addressing-his congrtgationi proceeded to state that he belonged to the reli„e:ous community cane.' the " Iteiivallsts;" that on the evening of New Year's Day lie Was tailed away front his temporal concerns to administer spiritual coutfert to hislirethren, in Flentetter Chapel, and that while offiziating, Ms attention teat attracted by the penitent end contrtte denteanottr of the pritotter; who was not content with rending kii hearr,bdt was actualle resid ing his garments. Struck with hiS erindocti he afterwards addressed the prisoner, who stated that he W/S /Wakened to a Sense of his Sin ful Stale by the powers of his (Attainsl) presetting. Thinking he might one day become'an ornament to tha Society of" Res/it:Hits," he took the prisoner under his prOtection; and the firS!.. prdof its gave of his regenerate mind was, to rob him of the above artieles. The prisoner was remanded for the production of a witness: DIARLI3OitiMG 11-STREET. A boy, eight years of age; with scarcely any clothing, was charged with vagrancy. He was found at an unseasonable hour on Wed nesday morning, sitting at a door, perishing with cold and hanger. The ;Ayer took hint to the watch-house. gave him some food, and placed him by the fire. In his defence, he said that hit mother had died lately, and his father, since her death, had forsaken him. Ile had sold his own things, left him at a Whin-home in Sr: Cartel's, and he had not since seen him. The landially would not -icif&r him to sleep there any night unless he brought threepence. and he was obliged to beg. Art overseer of St. l'akeras said, rb tt hiVttew the father to be a drunken profligate ft flow, and had tio thiulft of the boy's statement being true, and very huniantly took hint, fur the purpose of being received into the veto khotive. The little fel low seemed rejoiced at being relieved from his perilous situation. and his prepossessing appearance.exclted grezit interest in hit favour, Benjamin Burns, the pugilist,.and landlord of the iO4 . hg Sun public-house, in Great Windmill-street, Was yesterday chmed with an assault by William Holland, boot and .shiie-inalter, in Duke'a-court, St. Martin's-lane. The complainant's face was bruised Severely, and one'ef his era Was Much swohl and very black. Re stated that On Weinetday evening he entered the public-house, and calla lot some ,inner. which was denied him. After .remaining there - seine time he re p Aired the application, and Burns then struck • . Burns admitted having committed the a t i o ttlgt justification, that the, conal4inant's conduct had been So that he could not resla Lying (hands upon hiM. The Magistrate saldtbat this was the second warrant .telek had recently been fished agiinit him, and he cautioned bias .to beware of such complaints. The complainant being deterdined, to press thi ihar.Ste I ,2rib ship ordered Burnt to find:bail, which he aecoraisigli did. • MARY-1..A•1101"/Ng • • Johnson brought up another• hatch of liakers yesrdettat,Astlf• met with adefeat. •Insitecale . hi Mr. Blheave, he•taid es* Mfg*. mations, one of whieln•behis defeetitte, was withdrawn, indite wonky wighl wishd int ptioceed With the other. Mr. Wicualts, however, opposed this, stirsetvitteg l drat'lanMilid • not proceed on two itiforniiiiinerAiethe sant; siffence, for where the Brat was quashvd,the second fottnered l • • Johnson, of course deniared at this, but the 'lltagTstrate agreed with the Counsel, and Mister Johnson was compelled to suhipir. The inform:l6 : ns against a otoither of others were also quashed, tome for not describing the persons rightly, and giving wrong Dames, and one because his tickali entrapped the baker to the c4l - of the offence, by going into his shop and asking for a loaf. The baker, handing a 21b. log . to him, asked if that would 40. • jie said yes, and got away with it, throwing down th e money, al:Wilma laid the information for not weighing the loaf. Mr. Muer, in the eoutse otionie iery'setere rentstrktnon Byers, sad, such was the man's ingenuity, that he lamented three was as chance of indicting him for perjury. The fellow always took care to select females and children, whose evide:nce he well anew coall not be received in cases of pirjarjr. " Yes," said he, " I wish we could catch him as We did his frientH, Wine and Jelribn,Witaite now amusing themselves at the Tread 'Alin, where he ought to' be, for plundering these industrious men." Joirrison, with consummate effrontery, replied, " Aye, you inay chuckle to-day ; but, the light I swear,' your triumph will he but short-lived, as to-day's defeat will only Serve to rally me to morrovs, fora greater victory. I will have yeti all agalti, rid may rely on it." Byers occasionally disguises himself in a hairy cap eel red waistcoat.—Bakers, beware of hint ! Saturday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, a womati, residing in- Simpson's-court, Edinburgh,itas burned to death. in her own house. A District Committee - of the Slciety for Promoting Christian Knowledge is about tube formed at Guildford, to cotn prise thatpart of Surrey contained in the Deanery of Stoke- The Sessions coiymenced on Tuesday, at Aliingclon,.befOre the . Right (lon. Lord FoLksitoNe, Chairman, and a'very full &inch of Magistrates. The fallowing: case ticked iOnSider f ible interest Nlcssrs. Charles Gearlag ! Stn. and :Edward Gearbig, t n'to far mers, of the : parish of 1 5 .4 . 41trurn, Wert indicild by the Rev; Henry gieeNni, the Rector, -for' stealing, iakitig,' and ca ijing away, Seferal quaniitirs -of oats, barley. and beariS i Iron lands in their Oecifia tion, after the same bethi tithed and set out for tl.e Rector. Mt. TELFOR9, the Counsel prisoners, subinitted; that the offence charged leasslat a " felo nious" act, and that the prdseetit,or should have pro ceeded by action at law,. OnCid . the statute of 2d Ed ward VI. to recover the treble value air the tithessub tracted. The Coua . i .were .of the . ?roe:Opinion, aid the prisoners were consequentiy'acquitted. f mitrts. . - On the 14th inst. at Kearnsey Abbey, near Doer, the Lath of Henry P. Bruyeres, Esq. of a daughter. Jan. 17, at Lasthourue, the Lady of S:r C. Dalrymple, of a son. At the Mansion-house, Dublin, the Lady Nfiyoress, or a d.l4tet . • Jan. 14, at bdliffi, the Lady of Sir William Hurt, Batt. of a son and heir. • Jan. 10, at Scarborough, Mr. George Wellborn, of qtat ptare schoolmaster. }IF WAS inthe act of sitting down, and callintfor a glass of water, when he-suddenly tell back in his chair, and died. -• tali I I I . . e •111 14 at I • , se A "I 44 44 if 44 I "1 1.1 t;'E r i 7 4i-i la A p i 4 11 i in • •c•A— • •