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I I LAW REPORT. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY 21. TURNER V. HAYDEN. This was an action against the acceptors of two bills of exchange for 601. and 301. made payable at the house of Mash and Co. and which became due before the failure of that firm. They were not presented till af terwards, hen, of course, they were dishonoured; but up to that time the defendants had cash sufficient to an swer them in the bankers' hands. It was now con tended, that the holder had been guilty of lashes, and could not recover ; while, on the other hand, it was ar gued that the defendants, as acceptors, were at all times and in all places liable. The Loan enter Jessica held that the plaintiff was entitled to res. cover, giving leave to the defendants to move for a nonsuit. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plaintiff. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. STEADMAN V. SIAYOSS. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. The defendant was a wealthy and respectable innkeeper in the city of Lon don, and the plaintiff had served him faithfully for a number of years, is the ,capacity of bar-maid. The parties had arrived at that period of life that he should not have to call their attention to romantic feeling, such as false vows of plighted love; but, nevertheless, the injury sustained by this poor woman was very exten sive. The defendant was a widower, and had kept the *Gun Tavern, in Lower Thamesistreet, until, for the purpose of improvement, it was necessary that the house should be taken down, and, on that occasion, the defendant got 10,0001. as an indemnity for it, under the Improvement Act. This verdict was obtained princi pally upon the evidence of the plaintiff herself. The defendant was upwards of fifty years of age, and the plaintiff more than forty; and a brother of the defen dant had previously married a sister of the plaintiff; and upon the plaintiff leaving the Gun Tavern, he made proposals of marriage to the plaintiff, who was al maiden Lady. The offer was accepted by her, the li cense was obtained, and the ring bought. The defen dant, however, from time to time, made excuses for postponing the marriage, and at length, on being pressed one day upon the subject, he assure(' the plain tiff that she had no reason to make herself the least un ea-y upon the subject; yet, it would be proved, on the _very morning he gave this assurance, he had purchased a license for the purpose of being married to a younger and. a richer Lady, which maniage very shortly after took place, by which the plaintiff was exposed to the scorn and indignation of the world. She suffered ma terially in her health in consequence, and without say ing anything to inflame the case, he mould prove the facts, and that would entitle him to their verdict. He cared not what excuse the defendant might set up—he 'made the plaintiff a premise of marriage, that promise be had broken, and, for the breach of it, the plaintiff was entitled to reparation in damages. Several witnesses were examined on the part of the plaintiff, to prove the facts stated by the Learned Counsel in his opening speech. ' The defendant's hand-wilting was proved; and• the following letter, addressed to the plaintiff, was read: " Reading, 17th of May, 1825. "MT BRAD JAMS-1 hope you got home safe and well yester day. As to myself, am tolerable; for I met with a sad misfor tune after you was gone. If you recollect, I told you I had a sad pain in my breast, which almost took the strength out of any legs and feet, and made me io weak that I fell down stairs, and hurt myself muck in the back and loins. I can hardly walk to-day up right. The girls are very attentive, and very sorry you are gone ; for they do not know what to do for me. They wish you were here, and so do 1; for really the Louie is very unpleasant—no one to speak to, and can hardly open my month. I wish to Gun you was here; but that, ',suppose, is impossible, as you was so cross to me when you went away. Only say what you want me to do to snake you comfortable and happy, and I will du it the day you wish. Please Gon, if to marry you is the wish of mine, and will do it in a very short time: that I told you before, but I want to bear Iron, you, to know when and . where I am to see you, for I think you went away so 'Cross, in not taking the little bottles and things which were up stairs, as you know they were all your's by agreement. Pray let me know by return of post if I shall .send them by coach, or if you mean to fetch them, as they are very much in the way, and I wish them goose to make room for some of your things. Write soon, and say how you are. I am, very truly, " Adieu, and believe me your's truly, " S. MAYOSS. P.S. Pay the postage, and I will pay you again, and burn the letter when you have read it; I hope to write you another soon." Mr. SCARI.ETT addressed the Jury for the defendant. Though his Learned Friend had judiciously disclaimed any romantic consideration, well knowing that not even his powers could protect them from appearing utterly ridiculous, his witnesses did not seem willing to follow his example; for the fair Lady to whom Mr. Brougham wished to liken her antiquated aunt, said, with a suppressed laugh, 4• If the plaintiff did not take to her bed, she ought to have done so." Did they not perceive what the transaction really was? The wife of this pal alytic Gentleman died in February, 1823,, and the letter on which his • Learned Friend relied to prove a promise of marriage, was dated in the May following. Was it not manifest that this plaintiff, having Heed with him as a bar-maid, as soon as his wife died, thought it a good speculation to place herself in his way, to minister to his infirmities, and in duce him to many her? To a certain extent she suc ceeded with this infirm and sickly Gentleman; and if she had been patient, and allowed him a little time, it was very probable that he would have married her. Bat she was in too great haste—she went to him with the license she had prevailed on him to buy, anti said, in effect—" Come now—let there be no d e lay—the parson is ready and we will be married directly." If she was too alert; if she was in too areal a hurry to gratify her inclinations—not her passions cettainly, for it was too ridiculous to talk of them, he acquitted her of everything sensual— (a laugh)—but if she was in such haste to obtain the sub . staiitial benefits of marriage, could she complain if she failed? As she probably went to nurse him with a view to become his wife, so she quitted him for the. saint reason; went away in the hope he would feel her loss so acutely, as to purchase her return at any price. 13tit she miscalculated a little; absence was a powerful incites of love in many cases; but then the subject must be younger ; she left Mr. Mayors to win him, and she lost him. In the meantime, this old Gentlemen, who was an object of speculation to certain persons of the other sex, fell into the hands of a mote prudent candidate, who cat ried him off. In the drama of " The Farmer," a handsome young fellow was intro., duced, complaining of the importunities of the fair— ' " God a mercy, Devil's in me, " All the lasses wish to win me!" • And so it was with poor old Mr. Mayoss! Now, if Miss Steadman had pl tyed her game and had lost, was she have her chance? In seeking to marry the de ll, she conlcflave had an . eye to nothing toe; even that fortime Could scarcely be - to hive anoth fendant at ai. but his fot tun • large after six removals, ig three " of which 8 € were . as bad as a fire ; ff. nor was it certain that she would ever have obtained it, had she married the infirm object of her choice. If, therefore, the. Jury thought her entitled ' to a verdict at all, they would think her sufficiently compensated with nominal damages. The Loan Cane Jorrics left the case entirely in the hands of. the Jury. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages X5OO. SHERIFF'S COURT. JACOB 3 AND WIRE V. ROUND AND WIVE. This action, which was to recover damages for slander, was heard a few days ago, before Mr. Setjeant ARABIN I the Judge of this Court, at Guildhall. It was admitted on both sides that the husbands, who are fire men, were not the assaulter or assaulted, but were dragged into Court by the fiery" disposition of their wives. About two years since, Mrs. Jacobs appeared as a witness against two men, and gave such evidence as did not accord with the friendly feeling Mrs. Round manifested for them. Since the trial had taken place, Mrs. Round called Mrs. Jacobs a false swearing woman, applied a very opprobrious epithet to the hind part of Mrs. Jacobs' person, and added a blow to other insults. The Learned Counsel, who appeared for the plaintiff, said, this case would, it was to be hoped, have the effect of obliging every man who had a wife with an unbi idled tongue, to tie her up as he would a dog suspected to be mad. Indeed the comparison held extremely well, for the first symptom of canine madness was said to be seer. about the tongue, and it was well known that a woman's tongue was enough to drive any one mad—(A laugh). The damages were laid at 501. Mr. MI REHOUSE, for the defence, was of opinion that, the case could have been settled without coaling into ' Court. Billingsgate, of which the language used by both parties was the type, was better adapted for de ciding upon the merits of the question than a Court of Justice. As to the epithet which was said to attribute perjury to Mrs. Jacobs, there was no harm in it ; it was not proved to be connected with any particular pro ceeding, and it would be too much to suppose the words to be used with reference to a conviction which ti.ok place years ago. The JUDGE was of opinion that the words were ac tionable,aud the Jury *named a verdict of 40s. damages. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, ST. JOHN'S WOOD. Yesterday, the Annual - Meeting of this Society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Clneen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, for the purpose of electing a cer tain number of children into the School at St. John's Wood, and to transact other business relative to the Society. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of London in the Chair, supported by nearly the whole of the Bishops, together with Noblemen, Gentlemen, and a vast portion of the Clergy of London, &c. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings in a short speech, and expressed his readiness to receive the pro positions of the Gentlemen present. Several Gentlemen now proposed the names of chil dren whose fathers had died, leaving widows with large families totally unprovided for, and whose cases weie of the most interesting description, and had most pow erful claims upon the Meeting. Fourteen of the most deserving were elected into the School, and afterwards the company repaired to the large room, where a sumptuous dinner was provided. The Bishop of Lon don took the Chair, and was supported by many Gen tlemen of distinction. After dinner, eloquent speeches were delivered by the Bishops, and other Gentlemen, in suppnit of the Institution, who regretted that the funds did not enable the Society to extend their benefits to a Luger portion of children, but congratulated them on the essential service they had afforded to a considerable number of poor orphans, who otherwise would be left without education, and in distress. The health of the Chairman, &c. were drank in the course of the evening, and the Secretary's subscrip tion•book presented a flattering prospect, as several handsome donations appeared to have been forwarded in support of the charity, by persons of distinction. The company broke up at An early hour. Letters from Corfu to the 20th nit. give ample de tails of the siege and maritime blockade of Patras, which had not been raised at any period since it had been seriously undertaken, notwithstanding the repeated assertions made by the friends of the Turks to the con trary. It is remarkable, that these letters should make no mention whatever of the landing of an Egyptian force in the Morea, at Corot), or Modon, as stated by the Austrian Observer. The insurrection in the Morea was completely quelled, and the papers of COLOCOT RON] had been delivered to the Government. The Lord High Commissioner of thelonian Islands, SiTFREDEDICK ADAM, had returned to Corfu, from a voyage which he is said to have made to the Morea. Advices from Odessa state, that the tone of the Divan Lad resumed much of its former hauteur and insolence since intelli- gence of the inundation of St. Petersbutgh had reached Constantinople. The 'finks seemed to imagine that the Russian Empire must be reduced to a state of total debility by that event. At about ten o'clock on Thursday se'nnight, as Mr. JOHN SMART, eldest son Of_ CHARLES SMART, Esq. Quartermaster of the Watetford Staff, was returning home to his father's house, from the house of Miss BOYD, Little Newtown, Ireland, and had just reached the most solitary pin of that road, two fellows with their faces blackened and muffled up, leapt over a wall, and rushed at him so suddenly that he had little time to make any defence. One of them in a few minutes struck him a dreadful blew with a heavy stick, which brought him down. He was then struck repeatedly, and at length stabbed with a knife. Having at length, as they thought, accomplished their object, they fled, leaving Mr. SMART on the road, covered with wounds and blood. Mr. SMART, however, in the course of some time, was able to get up, and though with great diffi culty, to make his way back to Miss BOYD'S, where he now lies. His wounds, though severe, ate not dangerous. The Stocking Loom was originally invented by the Rev. W. Lee, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, in the year 1589, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He solicited the , pattonage of Royalty for the invention,' but obtaining no notice from his Sovereign, and de spairing of success in his own country—like the want cf honour attached to a prophet in his native soil—he went over to Rouen, in France. That Government re ceived And appreciated the discovery; and thus, by an exercise of true wisdom, did not only reward the - dis coverer, but secured to herself the acquisition of a new manafacture, and the honour of protecting discarded ;,genius.— The Economist. WORSHIP-STREET. Daniel Trotter, a fireman in the Hope Insurance Company, was yesterday fully committed for ttial,chexged with having stoke flout the ruins of a house which had been burned in North -street, City road, on the evening of the 6th inst:a quantity of silver plate. A Clergyman in Yorkshire, lately deceased, bequeathed a considerable property to his daughter, on the subse quent conditions: First, that she do not enter into the state of matrimony without the consent of his two exe cutors, or their representatives. Secondly, that she be dressed with greater decency than she hadhitherto been accustomed to do. The testator's words were: " But as my daughter, Ann -, hath not atteirded to my admonitions, respecting the filthy and lewd custom of dressing with naked elLiows, my will is, that in case she persists in so gross a violation of female decency, the whole of the property devised by me as aforesaid, and intended as a provision for her future life, shall go to the eldest son of my sister, Caroline and her heirs lawfully begotten." It is a curious fact, not generally known, that many of the bricks employed at present in the buildings at Moscow were actually skipped from the Thames ! The houses are built of those materials, and covered with cement. COTTON TaAna.—The increase in the consumption of Cotton in France is very great: Used in the Manufactories of France. 1844 1823 . . 243,958 Bags . . 174,318 Do. 71,646 The consumption in the Manufactories i n Eagbnd. Isto . Weekly . 11,630 Bags 1823 Do. • 10,730 Do. VALENTINES, ANONYI4OIII LETTERS, Brc.—A Gentle man much annoyed by the expense to which he was put in receiving by post different articles of-the above descriptlee• applied to the Pest Office for redress. From the following reply, it appears that persons put to such useless expense are not without remedy : " General Post-Office. _ " Ste—We can give no general instructions as to the return of the postage of letters which the parties open, but if you wW rend to me any which you conceive to have been improperly addressed to you, we shall be the better enabled to judge what redress can be afforded. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, (Signal) " E y. FREELING, Secretary. BIRTH& This storming, of a son, Mrs. White, of Notdoghant-street, Mary-la-bonne. At Calais, on the Ist inst. the pady of Roderick Budley Rich , ardes, Esq. of Benito's, sear Aberystwith, Cardiganshire, of a son MAILS,-.: • as. sus. 1 CI 1 lIS DAY. MM. milit. 1 0 Hamburgb 0 Blandon 0 0 Holland .0 0 Leeward Wands • 0 0 I America • 1 Waterford 1 0 Guenisey sod Jersey 0 1 1 0 Gettembursh 1 2 BOIMOS Ay ies HIGH-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO.MORIROW. Morning • • 2 rainotes after I Afternoon • 47 minutes after 4 __ Lamm : Ailded and Published by J. F. KIALY, as the SIRS O,vica, No. 1, Piadi-Place, Temple-Bar t eighth part of the expenses incurred by making them. to Me any which you conceive to have been improperly addressee to you, we shall be the better enabled to judge what redress can t ALLEGED MURDRR OF A WOMAN IN ST. GILES'S be afforded. I , I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, r The above neighbourhood has been thrown into agita- • (Signed) "F. FREELING, Seetatary." lion again, in consequence of the reported murder of i Mary Coleman, a woman who cohabited with Richard BIRTHS. e Hawes, who resides in St. Giles's. The evidence upon This worming, of a son, Mrs. White, of Notdoghant-street, the Coroner's Inquest, however, proved, that though they Mary-la-bonne. C were in the habit of quarrelling, the death of the woman aril . A e t s. Ca gs la t ie, of on p t en he ea lst b, ' Se n t 6 was caused by excessive drinking.--. Verdict accordingly. . . _ .. - 0- "--, - - t A he beryi pad tw y of ub II ) cardisanadre aderick Rud , le o p f Tti a : o h ; e A niece of General WOLFE, of the name of A NNE ".-- • P WETTON, is now residing is a small room in Jones's MAILS—THIS DAT. •na. SUL AIM. POOL l • livery-stable-yard, Brook -street, Grosvenor-square; she Clutgla 1 0 Flew 1 l '' is nearly 80 years of age, and is so poor as to receive Waterford 1 0 Hamburg\ . 0 2 part of the Sacrament money, as well as the contribu- ta Guerlase T ibas sai ' WI " 0 1 1 0 Han H o : o 7 0 0 0 it tions of a few charitable individuals. G ottem b urg h 1 St Leeward Islands o 0 e A letter from Captain DAVIDSON * of the ship Northum- BuenosAyres 1 0 America o 1 • berland, of North Shields, to his owner. states the following fact. . • n The ship was lying at Sierra Leone. "On the Bth of November, HIGH-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ;,. 1824, one of our crew, being on the bowsprit fishing, dropped Morning - • • 22 minutes after 5 4 , his knife overboard. He made a great deal of work about it; but Afternoon • - 47 minutes after_ A __ d jud ge his surprise, when, on the same afternoon, he caught a do.- ---. phut, with the identical knife in its belly ! The G‘h was cut up in Lemon : Attend mod Published by J. F. BIALY, at the Sus Orrsca l ' r my presence, and I saw the knife taken out." No. I, Picbsei•Place, Temple-Bar • • OLD BAILEY, FEBRUARY 24. John Delsenhant, aged thirty, and Joseph Owen, aged twenty-six, stood indicted, the former capitally, for stealing in the dwelling-house of Mrs. Elizabeth Ladd, in Gilbert-street, Bloomsbury, two watches and other pro perty, value 101. the property of William Henry Tids well ; and the latter for feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The Jury consulted for a considerable time, and re turned a verdict against Debenham, Guilty, and against Owerr Gtiiity of Receiving, after stolen. NEW COURT. Sarah Strong was indicted for stealing nineteen yards of lace, value 475. the property of Messrs. Shoolbred, of Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner purcha'ed some trifling articles at the prosecutor's shop, and was about departing when the sbopman observed her con ceal the lace with her pocket handkerchief. The pri soner, in her defence, said, that when she was in the pro secutor's shop she was seized with the pails of labour, and was wholly unconscious of what she was doing.— She was subsequently delis eted of a child in Newgate.' She had no intention of stealing the lace, and had hitherto borne a most irreproachable character. She called witnesses who gave her an excellent character, and the tumkey of Newgate proved that she was de- livered in the prison. The RECORDER left the Jury to consider, whether the pains of labour, with which the woman said she was seized, had made her unconscious of what she was doing, and that she had by accident covered the lace with her pocket-handkerchief. The Jury acquitted her. Monday se'nnight, the Society of Scottish Antiqua ries met at theirMuseum,F.dinburgh,when a ballot for bew members took place. A very interesting paper was read by Dr. 9 containing a narrative of various incidents connected with the pro gress of Prince CHARLES through Lancashire, in 1745, from mate rials, partly ori g inal, collected by the late Rev..l. GRESSWELL. An original letter from Mr. Pima Vows°, Preceptor to King JAMES VI. to Sir Lewis lizuarNnos, of Auchnoul, Lord Justice Clerk, was also read to the Society. Next was read In account of some stone colitis and other antiquities lately discovered in the parishes of Rynie and Clatt, Aberdeenshire, accompanied with a drawing by ALEXANDER LOW, Esq. communicated by Mr. Sarzwa. - The delay in commencing the season at the Italian Opera House is occasioned by the indisposition of tw o of the performers, in consequence of which the cast of the Opera of the Marriage of Figaro has been changed, and the performers require time to study their parts, in which they never before appeared. Other reasons have been assigned for not opening the Theatre, which we understand are erroneous. Mr. HAYNE was present on Friday evening at Miss FooTE's benefit, at the BrightonTheatre,and was liberal, it seems in the purchase of tickets. The performanCes were 'I he Inccastant and Matrimony, and he is expected to take a hint forhis course from toe titles of the enter tainments. A Brighton Paper says—"r The best under standing decidedly seems to exist between him and the much-to-be-pitied young Lady.' The inhabitants of Lambeth assembled yesterday at the Vestry-hall, when a Petition was agreed to, praying for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes. CAUTlON.—Yesterday the Board of Excise fined from twenty-five to thirty publicans in mitigated penalties, from 15s. to 101. for not renewing their licenses. The plague'has !tested itself at I. mail, and besides the Lazaretto at Scoters), a second has been establi bed halt way to Odessa. The plague has ceased at Bucharest. Amon the Parliamentary Papers delivered yester day, is a list of the Petitions for Private Bills presented during the present Session. They amount in number to 367, of which 26 are tor Rail-ways; 107 for New Roads; 21 for Gas Companies; 11 for Water Com panies; and eight for Mining Companies. The Turnpike Trusts Committee of the house of Commons (for ten miles round London) assembled for the first time on Friday, 'chose Lord LOWTHER to be, their Chairman, and adjourned to yesterday, when witnesses were to attend—amongst others, the 'flea - surer and Clerk of the Highgate Trust. Lord Low-, Tom's plans are understood to be, amongst other mat ters, the appointment of a Board to controul the several Trusts, and to enforce the Acts, the Commissioners of which are to be independent of all Treasurerships, &c. and such Board again to be superintended by the para mount authority of a Parliamentary Commission.— These plans of course may be modified or superseded by the Committee. An account has been printed by order of the House of Commons, giving a detail of all the customable com modities seized by the various establishments formed for the prevention of Smuggling, namely, the Coast Guard service, the Preventive Water Guard, the Riding Officers, the Revenue Cruisers, and the Ships of War, in the United Kingdom, for the last three years. The account comprehends, from 902,684t1b5. of tobacco, down to a single musical snuff-box, seized, and exhibits a total of-129 vessels, '746 boats, 312 horses and cattle, 135,000 gallons of brandy, 253 gallons of rum, 227,000 gallons of gin, 596 gallons of wine, 10,500 gallons of whisky, 3,0001b5. of snuff, 19,0001b5. of tea, 42,000 yards of silk, '2,100 pieces of India handker• chiefs, 23 Leghorn hats, 3,600 packs of cards, 10,000 pieces of timber, 75 stills, with sundry minor articles. The law expenses incurred by the condemnation of these articles amount to 29,8161. 19s. 41-d. the • store-house rent, freightage, and distillation, to 18,875/. 14s. loid. the expenses of salaries, wages, equipment, repair;, casks, cooperage, &c. 1,533,7981. 4s. 10d. the amount of rewards to seizing officers, 488,1271.25. Hid. The 'King's share is set down at 25,7231. ls. sfd. the pro duce of all these seizures at 282,5411. Bs. sd. indepen dent of 5,0001. worth transferred to the Victualling 'Office.—The result of the statement is, that the produce l of the seizures does not amount to mire than one eighth part of the expenses incurred by making them. ALLEGED MURDER Or A WOMAN IN ST. GILICS'S.—• The above neighbourhood has been thrown into ask*. lion again, in consequence of the reported murder of Mary Coleman, a woman who cohabited with Richard Hawes, who resides in St. Giles's. The evidence upon the Coroner's Inquest, however, proved, that though they' were in the habit of quarrelling, the death of the woman wascaused by excessive drinking.—Verdict accordingly. A niece of General WOLFE, of the name of ANNE WETTON, is now residing is a small room in Jones's livery-stable-yard, Brook -street, Grosvenor-square; she is nearly 80 years of age, and is so poor as to receive part of the Sacrament money, as well as the contribu tions of a few charitable individuals. A letter from Captain DAVIDSON, of the ship Northum berland. of North Shields, to his owner, states the following fact. Tho ship was lying at Sierra Leone. "On the Bth of November, 4524, one of our crew, being on the bowsprit fishing, dropped Vs knife overboard. He made a great deal of work about it; but bodge his surprise, when, on the same afternoon, lie caught a do.. PIO, with the identical knife in its belly ! The Gab was cut up in my presence, and I saw the knife takes out." PAZZCZ OrELLtdtgd. BOW-STREET. • The Caledonian Rowing, Mr. Flowerdetv,"was brought before 31 • RiCIiAILD Braise, by a posse of women and watchmen, who charged him with having struck a little girl, the daughserwf one of the women, a severe blow on the arm with his perpetual broomstick—: or " immortal skewer," as he calls it. The Magistuda said,'` really it is high time something was done With this man. Iwo* in hopes Ix his friends had ptovidrd foe him, and that -we should have troubled with him no {tore. However, we must not have children assaultedin the streets in this manner, and therefore he must find bail." " dudi ailerons port on I" exclaimed Mr. Flowerdew, Sit RICIRAILD, will you give ear to my defence?" " Certainly," said the Magistrate. " I knew you wenki, for Oh, Sir Rkhardi.you• are my second father !" rejoined Mr. Flowerdew t and thaLbe went into his de fence in form and manner followingi—! ! Ste Richard, you may re: member that when I last bad the honour of appeating befbre you% you earnestly recommended me to lay aside my plumed CaledriniA bonnet, lest it should make me a flied figure for the hand of Fulii to point its foolish' finger at. And 0, my .second father ! I did do laid aside my bonnet, with all its honours, ard covered in!: caput with this plain round hat. But, nevertheless, the small fly this teeming metropolis, prate continually of my whereabout, and hunt me through the streets as though r was a rat, or a bear, or tl badger, or a polecat. lam like the owl, the wisest of birds, fol lowea wherever I go by troops of nasty little pecking sparrows and tomtits. And how, 0, Sir Richard! 'am Ito bear all this? Behold I have a weapon 1 or rather I had—for my immortal skewer has been taken from me by ignoble hands-even by the hands of these watchmen. But, whilst it was mine, was it wonderful that I should sometimes endeavour to keep off my pestering pursuers by giving them the Anglessa cut ? (Here Mr. Flowerdew, by way of epi• sode, pronounced an eulogiutn on the valour of the gallant Marquis of Anglesea, and the nice dexterity of his " cut.") Then turning td the mother of the little girl, he addressed her thus : " And now. my good woman, mother of this most innocent child, whose hurt I shall never cease to lament, let me ask you whether those filthy rags are a fit envelopement for the injured arm of a beloved child?" " I assure you, Sir," replied the poor woman, " that they were quite clean till I steeped them in vinegar." " Vinegar !" exclaimed Mr. Flowerdew, " you are vinegar • itself!—vinegar mingled with muitard, and with a modicum of pepper to bout." " indeed, Sir, I don't wish to hurt you," said the woman, somewhat awed by his lofty delivery—" but to have my child brat in this manner was enough to make me angry." 0 Anger is unbecoming in a woman," rejoined Mr. Flowerdew, " a woman moved is like a fountain troubled—middy, ilbseeming, thick, bereft of beauty; and what shall be said of you ' who are toe flower of brimstone and the very cream of tartar ? hut lea mar go home, my good w,,at.lit, t will not trouble you with more qua.; lions at this time. So go home, and take your neighbours w it you, and your little girl, and make yourselves eomfertable, and in struct your children nut to congregate in the str.:tts." *Mr. Flowerdew uttered this as one baying authority, st tbte same time patting the _women on their shoulders, and pointing towards the dour ;• and they, good easy souls, were tuning to with draw, when Sir R. BIRNIK, called them back, had their evidence taken down, and directed that A:r. blowerdew should hod bail for the assault. "So long as your eccentricities were harmless,' said his Worship, " they were tolerated; but you cannot be allowed to be..t children with a broomstick." _ " Ye officers, lead on!" cried Mr. Flowerdew ; and, calling upon the watchmen to take especial care of his " immorul skewer,' he followed the jailer to his strong hold. Eliza Louisa Wibster, alias Eady, was re-examined before Mr. HALLS, on a charge of swindling, with the circumstances of which the Public are already acquainted. A number of pawnbrokers appeared, and produced several articles, which had been pawned by her. She was committed for trial. _ A Gentleman then presented himself to the Magistrate, describing himself as the second son of the late Sir George Dunbar, and begged leave to observe, that the woman just committed, however she might say that she was connected with his family, there was not the slightest foundation for her aesertidn. James Sinus, alias 'fie Saida, the celebrated pickpocket, was brought before Sir BIIINIK on a charge of attempting to pick a woman's pocket, at Drury-Lane Theatre, ou the previous evening. Sir Mutate') liisieta committed him for two months to the House of Correction. James Despeigne, a watchman of St. Martin's Pacis‘was brough: up on suspicion of stealing a reticule and a cheque fur £l4, the perty of a young Lady named Nicholson. Miss Nicholson resides in Northamberland.street, Strand, and was going home late at night with a male cousin, who carried her reticule until he got within a ftw yards of her house, and Men, as he supposed, gave it into Miss Nicholson's hand, but it would seem it dropped between them, for Miss N. did net receive it. The prisoner was standing near them when the reticule was banded. lie was remanded. •