Star. — London, England, 1830-12-22 00:00:00

PUBLIC /ALARM& Mr. KENNEDY moved fora returnWille salaries, fees, and emo laments of the Keeper of the Signet. of the Aces connected silt the Signet in Scotland, and the several payments therefrom for the last ten years. Lord LOWTHER suggested that the returns respecting the salaries and emoluments of those holding situations and seats in Parliament should be amended, as the previous accounts were ►ery deficient in many particuLie. Lord PALMERSTON remarked, that the previous accounts wee pursuant to an order of the House, and by the order of the House only could they be amended. Modals agreed to. Mr. HUME moved for various accounts respecting the duties on customs and excise levied in the Isle of Man. &c.—Ordered. The Judgment and Execution Bill was read a third time and pass e. Lord PALMERSTON moved, that the House, at its rising, do ad journ to Thursday next.—Agreed to. TRZ iZTRZOZWTOTIOR. Mr. WILES moved for returns respecting the number of houses in each city, borough, and town, in England and Wales, that returned Members to Parliament; and a similar return regarding the cities, bo• roughs, and towns, having a population of above 10,000 persons, that did not return Members. He moved these returns for the purpose of antipleting Information respecting the state of the representation called for by a noble Lord (Althorp).—Ordered. Mr. WILKE, presented a petition from 400 females of Christchurch for the extinction of negro slavery.—Ordered to be printed, after some opposition from Sir R. bums. Mr. 8. LUM LEY presented a petition from Mansfield, against the , House and Window Tax. • CATHOLIC CHAPELS AND CHARITIES. Mr. D. BROW N gave notice that on the 17th of February he should move foe leave to bring in a bill to empower Roman Catholic to accept the conveyances in fee of lands on which to build Catholic Chapels, or for purposes merely charitable. COVETS OT REQUESTS. - _ Lord CL;BENTINCIE (we understood) moved for returns tbr the years 1828 and 1829 of the suits instituted in the Courts of Requests ie London and Westminster. distinguishing those foe sums under IL and'those for sums above IL—Ordered. ME raorourax POLICE. Mr BRISCOE presented a petition front inhabitant householders of bonbeth, on the subject of the new metropolitan police. They coin. *pied that they had been deprived of a power which had been exer cised by them from time immemorial, namely„ the privilege of sp.. panting, amtrouling, and superintendhig their parochial night watch, The change not only deprived them of all controul, but subjected the parish to a charge of 12,0001. ..year. . Surely, such chan relied 'for the examination of the house. (Hear, hear. hear.) die t ru iaid if* the expenses, in particular, attendant upon the new pollee would undergo the severest examination of the Committee which, visa to be appointed after the Christmas recess. He aertalitly 'adniitted the tM.e. ought to be a strong, well.mulated, and eificient_polloe for the protection of property In the metropolis ; but as to the n ightly watch, he thought the parishes ought not to be wholly deprived" of all mama over it. The new mum was most expensive, and the parishes who paid for the force weredeprived of all controul vier it ; and yet that Pose* which Was oemiida to be local, was, be notientood, espied In the protection et property as far au Dover, yimapi _that contributed no are mirage the atilataaaaca of thin /wee. T he • did not think that this was Tay equitable on. I t 11.7.8 Awned, that daily apirlities paved to Ida Ilse ta'aisoisft azirolootisa Into the *a__ _Ol the Now Po llee, sad 41sa on whisk they true lopeasd. Only on Saturday last, he had heard of one district that was rated to the amount of 1,0001. for the New Police, instead of its previous cost of bOOL which cost gave the liberty thirteen watchmen, &e. and for the 1,0001. they had now four policemen. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. DICK presented a petition from Sir H. Lees, praying that the oath of abjuration might not be repealed. He moved that it be printed. Sir R. INGLIS opposed the motion. The House were about to divide on the motion, when Sit J. GRAHAM expressed the hope that the motion would not be pressed, as it would, doubtless, occasion the adjournment of the house. (There was not half a house present.) and as the house had met to-day solely for the purpose of allowing the opportunity of presenting peeltions, pressing this motion would defeat that object. Mr. DICK said the petitioner particularly desired that his petition should be printed; and as it might be inconvenient to press the motion now he should withdraw it, and renew it on a future day. Motion withdrawn accordingly. Mr. ATTWOOD moved for an account of persons committed un der summary process to the different Bridewells and Houses of Correc tion in England and Wales from 1814 to 1819. He also moved for accounts of Bank Note and Bank Post Bill issues ; for the quantity of void sent to and coined at the mint in 1828 and 1829, &c. Severally ordered. Mr. PUSEY moved for a long series of accounts, to show the results of various costa, charges, and receipts, in brief, distinct, and tangible form, namely, the cost and rate of the charge of collecting the revenue, charge of the Prince Leopold—of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—of the two Houses of Parliament —of the Courts of Justice—of the Po lice and Houses of Correction—of the Convicts—for Salaries and Re tired Allowances of Foreign Ministers—of the produce of the Duty on Fire and Marine Insurances--on Newspapers—on Advertisements.-on Carriages, /ie.—of the Post-office and Crown Lands, &c. &c.— Ordered. 1' 1 ! .0 .4 4 7 I 1 , i•'l ti .I `1 that were the we, he thought it was hard fbithful public servant. )RT said the right hon. gentleman had said t's Administration wan popular in the begin. become unpopular ? Because the Duke of Wel lingtonr ' , proved the wishes of the people. He hoped whenever any Minister opposed the wishe s of the country, that he would be driven from power. Mr. WESTERN said. he agreed with the petition that distress pervaded all the industrious classes of the people. The petitioners stated the causes to which they attributed this deep and general dis. ere.. ; in the principal of those he fully agreed—the ruinous changes is the currency of the country. This had ruined thousands, and was continuing to ruin thousands—from the highest capitalist to the la. *vow in the field. With abundance of capital in the country the people were driven to desperation. The evil to the people was low wages, and this arose from the want of profit to the manufacturer and agriculturist. There was an irritation amongst even the middle clams of eatery at was loosening the bonds of society. He confessed fie felt the grades alarm at contemplating the consequences. Unless the pea ple were r lieved by Parliament retracing their steps on the subject of currency, ot by a reduction of taxes far beyond what had been yet pro posed, the country must become convulsed at no distant period. Sir R. INGLIS said, he was confident the intelligent portion of the community did not desire reform now more than they did six months refl. Those who never thought. and were easily excited, might have *.tett a feeling for the present, but he was confident they would soon re. turn to a healthful state of opinion. (A great laugh.) M. BERNAL was astonished at the opinion advanced by his bon. friend. He was convinced there was a load cry for reform amongst the intelligent claws of the community, and that no Government could long maintain its ration who did not answer the call. (Hear.) Mr. TWISS said he was quite surprised at Gentlemen laughing when his Hon. Friend slid the opinion in favour of reform was not as general as they supposed. He thought each Member had an equal right to form and to express his opinion. He was confident there was a great diversity of opinion on the subject. Mr. DUNCO MBE said, reform and the abolition of slavery, to which Government had pledged themselves, had both made the greatest advances in public opinion, and neither could be long delayed. Mr. ATTWOOD said, the demand for reform was great, and he did not believe it was for a temperate reform ; but that ministers would find themselves on a slippery foundation, which would slide away from tin der them. It was not the corn laws mentioned in the petition, but the changes of the currency that produced the misery of the country. The petition bespoke the opinions of the people, and he called upon the go vernment that placed its dependants on the public confidence to attend to its prayer. The petitioners told, the house, that unless reform be con. ceded, a wide-spread rebellion will ensue, and England become the vic tim of civil war. When he saw an administration that prided itself too much on popular applause, he would beglad to hear from them whatpart of the existing system of this country they meant to preserve. Wbsa last a Whig administration was in power, their first act was to doable the income tax, the constant object of their former condemnadea— the first act of the present was to be an increase of the army, to keep down the people on whom they professed to for support. He preferred the manly declaration of the late mi nistration. (Hear.) The people demanded reform—and they dis mantled relief from the misery they were so long suffering. They demanded reform from a Government that gave no security to pro perty—that drove them to insupportable distress. (Hear, hear. The present Government were incapable of giving any relief—they were as harmless as the late administration. The minister, on his ac. ' cession to power, said, distress should be immediately inqui r ed into and relieved. He called upon them not to delude the people by the Idle prettace of shuffling the cards of taxation as a means of relief. He was confident such conduct must drive them from power, and de stroy the confidence of the people in public men. He gave them no flattery (a laugh), but he felt confident that they must adopt oilier measures than they had yet proposed, if they would benefit the country. Mr. HUNIE saidhe thought it necessary to defend Earl Grey from the imputation cast on him of holding out delusive hopes of retrenchment. He would read his lordship's words, as he held a copy of his speech in his hand, " My Lords—(Cries of order.) The SPEAKER said it could not be allowed to quote in that house a speech made in the other House of Parliament. Mr HUME said he would then state what took place in the island of Brobdignag . In that island there was great apprehension of danger from public commotion. A great Chief addressed his fellows in the following terms :—" Fellow Chiefs, the State is in great danger; I call upon you to prepare yourselves for the coming storm. I would recom mend you to consider bow you may win the affections of those by whom you are about to be attacked, by yielding to them what they conceive they have a right to enjoy, and which we may grant them with safety." This was the way in which the noble lord had addressed his fellow chiefs. He would, no doubt, attempt the important change he had proposed, and the people would support him. The petitioners did not demand a change in the standard of value, but stated that the changes that had taken place in the currency had greatly increased the burthen of taxa tion. In answer to the question asked him respecting the treatment experienced by his hon. colleague at the meeting, he must say that when his boo. colleague expressed his dissent to the vaulty ballot, very strong dissatisfaction was immediately expressed. The member for Westminster called on them to hear his boo. colleague's reason. The greatest attention was paid to this call, and a perfect silence ensued. Himself and several others endeavoured to induce his hon. colleague to state his reasons, but he refused and left the meeting. Mr. CURTEIS said he was confident the repeal of the Corn Laws would be injurious to the country. He was willing to support the Ministry in every plan of reduction of taxation and moderate reform ; but he was confident that the majority of the people were not in favour of vote by ballot. The petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the several election petitions, appointed pro tem. for the 4th of January, were fixed for the following' days, via.:—Wigan, Rye, Wexford, 11th February ; Carlow, Truro, Winchilsea, 17th Feb ; Oxford City, Taunton, Carrickfergus, 22d Feb;• Dumbarton County, Galway County, Clare County, 24th Feb ; Seaferth, Linlithgow Burghs, Drogheda Ist March ; Durham, Gan da" Hythe, 3d March ; Londonderry City, Dover, Stockbridge, Bth March ; Tre-gony, Mayo County, Athlone, 10th March ; Pam. fret, Petersfield, 3laidstone, 15th March ; Colchester, Galway town, Liverpool, 17th March ; Knaresborough, Colerain, ffd March. i '.."- -e. i. • - : , ...i tAr „.... • - ~: 2 ~....,:-....„:„.,, ; ..:•., 4, ......„ Ti ., ... ..., , i ,, *7'44 #. !i ~,,,:.• ' . , 't'd '' - 24i' kill olkand fit •-. 1 4' • N•h:4l' POI the 0 a eof Velifigton's Ring • win , did it become SCOTCH PITITIONS FOR MORN.. Sir J. GRAHAM said, he had to present several petitions from Scot land for Parliamentary Reform—(Hear.)--petitions that he presented with very great pleasure. They particularly called for an extension of the elective franchise. They were from the Incorporation of Maltby and Leith, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and other places in Scotland.— Ordered to be printed. - Sir J. GRAHAM moved for returns (a continuation of other as of the salaries and emoluments from 1821 w 1829 of the foreign department in the General Post-othee.—Otdered. •vCTIOXU. Col. SIBTHORPR moved for an account of the number of auction licences issued annually from January 8, 1819, to the latest period ; and the amount of duty amounting from tales by auction, distinguishing town and country. —Ordered. GENERAL REGISTRY. Mr. CAMPBELL brought in a bill forthe establishing of a general registry of all deeds and instruments connected with the sale, purchase, conveyance, Re. of real property in England and Wales. He trusted that members would not be frightened by the length of the bill—but the object of it was to establish a general registry of deeds connected with landed estates.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time March 1, and to be printed. 41th. HUMS presented a petition from the Liberty of Haveringbo. rough, Essex, complaining of the tithe system, and the vexatious and ruinous costs to which the petitioners had been exposed by litigations about tithes. Mr. Wellesley, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, made remarks on It ; but while Mr. O'Gorman Mahon wu speaking, Mr. COURTENAY moved that the house be counted. The gallery was cleared for such purpose, when it was found that there were only 16 member besides the Speaker present—(abo ut and the same number that had been present for more than two hours as 40 members are required to make " a house," the house was of course adjourned at half.put ten o'clock. It stands adjourned till Thursday. LONDON AIECHANICS• INSTITUTION. On Friday evening last Dr. Birkbeck delivered the first of • Course of Lectures on Acoustics and the Theoryof Music, which he introduced by observing that his audience had already been made acquainted with the nature of the aerial fluid by which men and animals were sur rounded, and also with its motions, and the changes which they pro. duced ; but there was another motion in the atmosphere, at least 20 times as rapid as that of the highest wind, which produced no tangible effect, and was only rendered sensible by its impression on the organs of hearing. He alluded to the motion of sound, the phenomena of which constituted the science of acoustics, which was sometimes divided into diacoustics, or transmitted sound, and catacoustics, or reflected sound. He should first consider the nature of sound, and afterwards explain the structure of the ear, at least till he arrived at the auditory nerves, beyond which the investigation was physiological, and was obscure even to physiologists. Sound was said to be peculiar to elastic bodies, but an elastic rod might be made to vibrate without returning any sound, if its vibrations were not sufficiently rapid. Thus if a rod of metal, of such length that its vibrations were visible, were put in motion, no sound would be din. tinguished, while a shorter rod, the vibrations of which were so rapid as to be invisible, would return a distinct musical tone, because it had been ex/ erimentaliy amvtained that to e C i ltee sound, it must vibrate at least . qt times in Stet 11. When bodies were struck, they retumet' those short, dull a, .nds generally called noises, while a blow struck , men a beil produced ontinuity of sound. Dr. Birkbeck then explained, by referring to proper diagrams, the change of form which takes place in a hie: wneld it is struck by the clapper, and showed that the blow iu tht.'first vltee threw the bell into an elliptical or oval form, elongating it both on the side where the blow was given and at the op. posite side; that afterwards, in consequence of its elasticity, its edges not only returned to their original situation, but as much nearer to the centre of the bell as they had been driven beyond it, thus throwing it into an oval form in the contrary direction; and that these alternate changes of form contiuued till the vibrations ceased, spathe bell resumed its circular figure. The lecturer next adverted to the vibrations of mu. sisal strings, which return a variety of tones, according as they are longer or shorter, and neatly vibrate with less or great er rapidity. Air, be observed, was cipal conductor of sound, which, there fore, could not be heard In a vacuum, but other substances also con ducted it, such as a brick wall or a log of timber, and Dr. Franklin had conveyed sound through the include fluid, water, to the distance of half a mile. After a variety of interesting remarks on the nature of echoes, the eonstruction of ear.trumpets, spealting-trumpets, and other acoustical instruments, Dr. Birkbeck referred to a series of beautiful transparent diagrams, representing the curious and complicated internal structure of the ear, of which be gave a minute and distinct anatomical description, pointing out in succession the external auditory passage, the membrane called the drum, or tympanum, the labyrinth, and the Eustachian tube leading from the tympanum to the back of the mouth. He also exhi bited and described the curiously formed bones called the milieus or hammer, the incus or anvil, and the stapes or stirrup, together with the cochlea or convoluted cavity, resembling a scull-shell, and the three semicircular bony canals communicating with the vestibule ; alter which he concluded by intimating that in his next Lecture be should advert to the construction of Musical Instruments, and the principles which regulate the production of Melody and Harmony. It was then announced that the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton would deliver his second Lecture on Statistics and Political Economy, on Wednesday evening next. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Monday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. It was nu• merously attended. The report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the subject of the fining of the tickets of admission to Guildhall was brought:up, and the Court came to a resolution that, Mr. &ales, Mr. Jaques, and Mr. (*chart were, on account of the part they took in circulating spu rious tickets, hen ceforward ineligible as members of any committee of the Corporation. A long discussion took place upon the report on the subject of the Gresham Lectures, in which it was contends& that the institution was most grossly abused. This was the opinion of a large majority of the Court, and the quad= of making the bequest of Sir Thos. Gresham available to the public, incised of being a mere matter of jobbing, will come forward soon in a decisive shape. Mr. OLDHAM, who has long been endeavouring to reform the lec turing system, admitted by at to be so =full) neglected at the Royal Exchange, made an admirable speech on the subject. A good deel of dlacuaskei took place in the course of the day on matters of no public hnportanee, except In so far as many of the most influential members showed a strong determination to retrench and economize, and Mr. Charles Pearson gave notice that he would, if returned next day (St. Thomas's), move for an annual budget of the civic expenditure. WA CLAUDIUS STEPIIIIM HUNTS/ AND TIM LONDON MILITIA. Mr. CHAU.= PIAIIGN eared that he was meet amigos to draw the attention if the Court to a most important subject, which geoid upon the paper of business—an inquiry respecting the receipt and expenditure of what was termed the Trophy Tax, in Wpm wring from the pockets of the tidings of London, fee the potpies dap. penis, diet contemptible bumbog, the shreds mod puha which crosetituted the Loudon Militia. As. however his numb ov u m pose wouswhet heavily upon their Calestel Oki C. iL Mustee4) be wee desirous this the palest colonel should be prowess m i . e s di a . aid t r od written to him acciediagly. Sir itisr In enogil film ( Mr. Pierson) that he was frothily Vo• kilo& settles othe &tubed districts, (Hear, hear, sod mg rehired him to a letter which he (Sir Claudius) bid whoa lithe Mayor on the subject. That letter Ms Lordship would be good enough to have read. The LORD MaYon here produced the letter, which was read, as well u the Town Clerk could get through it, amidst the roan of laughter of the whole Court. The following is a literal copy : " Mortimer, near Reading, , Dec. 11. "My Lord,-1 have received a letter from ; Mr. Pearson stating his intention to say something about the Royal London militia, and my self, as the Colonel. I am sorry I cannot be there. Amongst other reasons the disturbed state of the counties of Hants and Berks, for both d which I am an active magistrate (loud laughter,) and the alarming fires that surround us, call for hourly are; and u London is in com parative peace laughter,) I prefer staying where I can do the most public good. ( Roan of hter.) " I know Mr. Pearson is greatly mistaken in his views of the militia and myself, and he may be led by mischievous people to make state ments which are altogether untrue. One he spoke tome about the other day, that I received 1001 a year for paying the men. Now I never paid a man in my life. (Excessive laughter.) There was 1001. a year allowed me by the Lieutenantcy to find repairs, coal, candles, and the pay of certain servants for the cared heed.quarters, and for the supply of other matters, and I know of no other money whatever. When the mischief is over hereabouts (luud laughter), and I am released from my attendance at Winchester, whither I must go on Saturday next, having fully committed 22 poor men for capital felonies (roars of laughter), 1 shall be happy to come to London and explain to a committee of the Court all that I know on the subject. I must add that I have had, in former times, much reason to respect that Court, and I ardently hope I may have reason to regard it again. "I am, with great respect and affection, (laughter), Your Lordship's faithful humble servant, " CLAUDIUS STEPHEN HUNTER." When the letter had been read, Mt. CHARLES PEARSON said it was impotaible, after such a state ment, for him to plus the consideration o f the question in the absence of the gallant Colonel, who, according to his own account of himself, was so actively employed in the performance of his magisterial duties in the disturbed districts. (Hear and laughter.) He (Mr. Pearson), however, pledged himself th at he would take the earliest opportunity, after th e re-sasembling of the court, to bring the whole matter forward, when he would show that this London militia had been for many years one of the moat barefaced jobs, by which, in fourteen years since the peace, 15,0001 bad been taken from the citizens for no earthly pu rpo se but to sustain a piece of contemptible mockery, in which the gal lan t colonel's folly was not the most prominent feature of the part he had played in the business. (Hear.) The Court adjourned at a late hour. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dre. 20. [London Sittings before Mr. Justice PATTIIIIOII and Special Juries. SLAT El V. AVIROVISMITH. This was an action brought to recover damages for breach of covi- Dam. The defendant was In possession of some ground within a mile of the Exchange at Manchester, which was well adapted fot the bleach ing business, and the plaintiff and he entered into an agreement, dated the 15th of May, 1827, whereby the plaintiff was to have the place on lease at a rent of 3001. per annum. The ground in question had been let by the Earl of Derby for ninety-nine years to a person of the name of Acres, and Acres agreed to assign the lease to the defendant on coo. dition of his making certain improvements, and under that agreement the defendant took possession ; and before the lease to himself was executed, agreed to assign the lease to the plaintiff; at the rent men tioned, for seventy-seven years, which was the time which it then had to run. The premises bad the advantage of a very valuable power of water from the river Irwell, and some springs were discovered, which added greatly to the value of the ground for bleaching. The defendant' refused to perform his agreement, alleging that he himself had only an equitable title. Acres had died, but his executor agreed to execute the lease to the defendant on his making the improvements which he had engaged for; but the defendant made no repairs, and did not put himself in a situation to enable him to perform his agreement with the plaintiff; although he had the power to do so; and it was contended for the plaintiff, that under these circumstances the plaintiff was entitled to recover by way of damages as much as the lease would have been worth to him if it had beeu executed, and that was stated to be, at the lowest estimation, 5,6001. Mr J. SCABLETT, for the defendant, maintained that all the pWntil was eat tied to was nominal damages, as be had an opportunity of still enforcing the execution of the lease by proceedings in equity; and he now offered to get his lease from the executor and execute the lease to the plaintiff kmnallately, if the plaintiff himself would do the repairs at the defendant's expense. This offer being rejected, Sir J. Bcarlett con tended, that no evidence of the value, as special damages, ought to be received. The Junes thought his best coulee would be to receive it, in the meantime giving the defendant leave to move the Court to reduce the verdict to nominal damages. Menages were then called, one of whom stated the value of the lease at 11,0001. another at 13,0001. and a third at 5,6001. A witness was then called for the defendant, who stated, that in the course of the last summer he was present at a conversation between the plaintiff and the defendant ; the defendant said to the plaintiff that the executor had agreed to give him this lease, that he had his materials ready, and would begin the repairs immediately. The plaintiff re. quested that the defendant would delay proceeding with the repairs for some time, as he (the plaintiff) was not ready : what the plaintiff meant that the witness did not know. Mr. Justice PAT ISON stated, that at present he was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to recover damages to the amount of the value of the lease, subject to the opinion of the Court as to whe ther the verdict should be reduced to nominal damages ; and after the plaintiff should bare recovered damages in this action, whatever they might ultimately be, he would have no.further remedy, either at law or in equity. The Jury retired, and, alter the lapse of half an hour, returned with a verdict fee the pleintif—Dessoges, Two Thousend Six Hundred and Eighteen Pounds. POLICE REPORTS. Guit.nwatt..--Thessoi Furl/ was charged with obtaining goods under false hem Mears. Johnson and Bulmer, of Wading street, w Mr. Buimer WNW that m Monday he weaved a letter from Newark by post, MIMS ilea Meese. J. and J. Oliver, who were customers. t Jsied this a imall sweetmeat of black and brown Thibet shawls Ed& be sent to the Bareeen's Head Inn,Snow-hill, " to the care of Mr. Moon I" and, upon being bonded over for execution to a young in the washeem,bs dhoevered that the letter war the hand - wr iting of the prisoner, who bad been in the employ of the com plainant. parcel of shawls sod whether were taken whim by the waiter, and Roe, the officer, followed and asked if they belonged to him. The prisoner replied, " what difference is that to you ;" and Martin and one of the clerks then entered, when the supposed Mr. Wilson was found to be Thomas Furby, who had been for six years in the service of Messrs. Johnson and Buhner, and his companion was his brother, John Furby, who had been in the same employ, and who had absconded in February last, after embessling a considerable sum if money. The prisoner was committed under the recent Act for amending the law of forgery, which makes it a felony, punishable with transporta tion for life, to forge or utter, knowing it to be forged, any order or " request" for the delivery et transfer of goods. John Furby was then put to the bar, and the embezzlement of 391. which he had received on the 29th of December. 1829, from Mr. Bowen, linen draper, at Poplar, being proved, as well as a second case for a sum of 31. he was committed for WWI also. THAMES Poticz.—Jewses Brown, occasionally employed as a porter by Mr. John Henfree,*a respectable auctioneer, was charged with swain a shoulder of mutton, weighing 7lbs, from the shop of Mr. Robinson, butcher, High-street, Shadwell. The prisoner pleaded distress. Bustle, the °Mese, said he knew that Mr. Hen's*e paid the prisoner well when he employed him. Mr. Samna's , east him to Newgate for trial. Cape. Vs. Pawn, master of the brig Emma, was tined SM. on an information laid against him by the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, for smuggling ashore a Uquor-cass, containing twelve bottles of cordials, brandy, Geneva, and aniseed, three wine glasses, and twu tumblers. The penalty sued fbr was 1001. Information was on Monday-given at Union Hall of an extensive robbery committed at the house of a gentleman in Park-lane. The stolen property consisted chiefly of jewellery, and amongst the various articles were several mourning rings of Noble persons; many rings given by Judges and Sergeants-at-Law on their promotion, with Latin mottoes ; an oblong snuff-box, entirely of gold, richly worked ; an oblong snuff-box of a red Italian stone, set in gold, with a view of Rome in Mosaic on the lid ; besides several costly articles of a similar description. A reward is offered for the apprehension of the miscreants Who entered the premises of Mr. John Jackson,' of Southery,i in Norfolk, and unaliously -stabbed three foals, too of which have since died. It is a melincboly fact that last week no less than eighi, inquisitions were bald before the City Coroner, W. Payne; Esq. touching the deaths of children who have died of severe Minting (dutinebe temporary absence (Web* Swims) With fire. It appeared that the unfortunate sufferers were chiefly' the children of parents placed in a situation of life unable to *rep servants. SCINTILI,4E. A FEW WORDS ON PRECISION. 4, precise villains,"---Sumrsneaat. I. Dr. ANDLIMON says the mathematician can den ies , orate, with the most decisive certainty, that no fly can alight on this globe, without communicating motion to it ; and he can ascertain, with the most accurate pre c i s i on, what must be the exact amount of the motion so produced —See his Recreations in Agriculture, ii. 350. 11. CH Ev REA tr, in his History of the World, tells u s , that it was created the 6th September, on a Friday, a li tt l e after four o'clock in the afternoon ; 111. Dr. CA IUB makes out, in a quarto tract, pri n t e d 1574, that the University of Cambridge, had, for its foul• der, Cantaber, 394 years before Christ, and in the year of the world, 4,300 and odd ; and, therefore, that the Uai• versity of Cambridge was 1267 years more ancient than Ox ford. IV. Mr. HA Limn, in his preface to the Gentoo Lava says, what shall we say to a work composed 4,000 year; ago, and from thence training mankind upwards through several millions of years ? V. SIR Wn.r.ten JON Es says (Asiatic Researches ii that if it were worth while to calculate the age of Menu's Institutes, according to the Brahmins, we must multiply 4,300,000 by 6 times 71, and add to the product the num. ber of years already past in the seventh Manwantara! VI. GREGORIO LETI boasted that he had been the fa ther of a book, and the father of a child, for 20 years suc cessively. VII. SWIFT counted the number of steps he took from London to Chelsea; and Bishop WREN calculated that he walked round the earth while a prisoner in the Tower of London. VIII. Honest MA N row wrote 119 Sermons on the 119th Psalm ! IX. PZTRARCH is no less accurate and precise about bis Laura. These are his own words : " Laura, illustrious by the virtues she possessed, and celebrated during many years by my verses, appeared to my eyes, for the first time, on the 6th day of April, in the year 1327, at Avignon, in the church of St. Clare, at 6 o'clock in the morning. I wa s then in my early youth. In the same town, on the same*, and at the same hour, in the year 1348, this light, this sun withdrew fiom the world." , X. STURM calculates, that there are thousands of insects in a crumb of bread ; MALEZIEU says, he has seen 'icing animalculm twenty-seven millions of times smaller than mites ; NIEWENTYT has computed that in a second of a minute, there escapes out of a burning candle particles of light ten millions of millions of times more than the number of the grains of sand computed to be contained in the whole earth ; and SPALLANZANI finds that the spermatic particle of a toad, designed to fecundate a tadpole, has tin 2,994,687,500 th part of a grain ! XI. General WASHINGTON was extremely exact, even to folly. A man came to Mount Vernon to pay rent, and be had not the exact balance due to the General ; when the money was counted, the General said. " There wants four pence." The man offered him a dollar, and desired him to put it to the next year's account. No, he must get the change, and leave the money on the table until he had got it. The man rode to Alexandria, which is nine miles from Mount Vernon, and then the General settled the account.... See Parkinson's Tour, ii. 438. XII. BOYLE demonstrated the practicability of dividing a grain of gold into 18,000,000 visible parts. He like wise dissolved a grain of copper in spirit of sal ammoniac, and mixing it so dissolved with a certain quantity of water weighing 28,534 grains, a blue tincture was given to the water in every part. He, inferred, then, that there must be in every visible part of the water a small particle of copper. Now the water measured 105,57 cubic inches, and in a cubic inch there are 216,000,000 visible parts ; consequently, a grain of copper was divided into 22,788,000,000 visible parts ! XIII. Lae u WINHOCK discovered in some water three kinds of animalcules, of which the diameters were to one another as the numbers 1, 10, and 50 • the diameter of a co mm o n grain of sand was to that o f the smallest of these animal cules as 1,000: 1 ; and, consequently, its magnitude as 1,000,000,000: 1. J. J. 11. Till QUAKERS. —July, 16.56, I had the curiosity to That soma quaker, here, (Ipswich,) in prison ; a new phanactic sect. of dangerous principles, who chew no respect to an man, magistrate, or saber, and seeme a melancholy proud son of peop le, and exceedingly ignorant. One of these was said to hav e f aste d 20 ie., but another endeavouring to do the like, perished on the 10th, when he would have eaten,laut could not.—Berlya's Dia r y, vo L L p. 301, 4to. ed. BILLIARDS.—St. Ignatius de Loyola, says N. Tunas in his treatise on " Games and Diversions," being desired one day to play at billiards, did not refuse to do it, and was so plainly &enact, by Heaven, that though he could not play, he won every game. FRIENDSHIP.—" The intercourse of minds, the free use of reason, and the exercise of mutual love an d frien dship, is the highest of all hvapinesees and enjoyments."--Lonn SiserrEssotv. Pages 10.--" For= of magnitude, although shaped, will, however on account of their vast ness , draw our emotion. and raise our admiration. The full-bottomed wig, like the lion's mane. hath something noble in it, and adds not only dignity, but sagacity, IJ the counumance."— HOGARTIeI " Analysis of Beauty," eh. VI. TEA, WHEN FIRST KNOWN IN EN GLAND . —" S e pt. 25, 11160.-1 did send for a cup of tee (a China drink) of which I never had drank before.—Pxrra's Diary, i. 141." June 28, 1667. Home, and there find my wife making of tea ; a drink which Mr Perna& the Potticary, tells her is good for her cold and defittriour."— lb. BIRTH. Saturday, the Lady of G. W. Newton, Req. succfru g h.terrace. Cr. per Clapton, of a son. MARRIED. On Thursday, at As ley, Beds, Edmund Wadley, second tel of the late Rev. C h arles Ash&ld, of Stewkley, Bucks, to Mary Aar. only daughter of the late Mr. Wright, of Aspley—On the Lune day. Septimus Wright, of Hitchin, Herta, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Mellor, of Duontable, Bede. DIED. • At Hampstead, on Saturday, Mrs. Hill, widow of the late Law rence Hill, Writes to the Signet, Edinburgh —Suddenly, on the 1 0 th of June last, Lieutenant Cecil Hammond (on his passage ftorn Born bay, on board the Bomalen, Captain Martin), of his 111ajetty's 6th Regiment of Infantry—On the Illth inst. Mr. William Gaston, aged 82, upwards of fifty years vestry.clerk of Norton.falgate—At St. Martin's, Scilly, Thomas Nance, usually celled The Goal. He was formerly in the habit of drinking, regularly, a quart of spirits &der , and complained much when compelled by various circumstances to m arkt 'himself to half that quantity—At Paris, on the Bth of October last, Mr. Joseph Donaldson, from disease, brought on by over.eza• tion and fatigue in the late revolution. He was a native of Glasgow. and well known as the author of The Eisen{ We of a Soldier sad Seems and iffbikkete elf a Soldier's We in Ireland, where he has It. corded In a manner, his early life and adventures, by " Soled and i tif t's' °lc About eighteen months ago, he left Magog (sibere be had hem tumbled, has the premeds of his writings. to pro• smuts his implies as a sawn Isendes. He remained there but Isheit time, *MU prneesded to Pads ; he was there at the breaibir mit et the WNW" 'mad, as might have been expected, embric e4 with ithimelmeth, ihe ems el the people. A gentleman at Paris, grh , ' ant banat halftime of hie death, mays, " that his conduct, during the dine days eT the *mistimes week, was most distinguished : itg wasliodead hap the, Paris Joessels, as be was constantly engaged in the Nelt plat* attacks. His exertion that week brought him unite the MOW of the- new Orivermosat. He was employed under Meislist l and had received an appoineetest so rem i t to (A m y x i n some empteity, when an hitlammathin terminated his eventful career. NIOM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGI TO•MORROW. a. a. a. 1111 Illeraiag _7 ta I Aftemes• ____ Isom : Rimed sad kabliebed by Jou )[•Txs, •t the 3s.a Orrsea, No. L, Pbrkettibber, Temple:Bor. T