Star. — London, England, 1830-09-03 00:00:00

I'ROrIVCIAL I.VTELLIGENCE. O. Aain& tishel, and Thurles correspondents have fumialred us with particuiirs of the joy and enthusiasm manifested towards Mr. Wv e„ and the g.eitlemen who accompanied him in the different towns at.d villiees through which they passed.—Cionasel Adv. Toe independent freeholders of Lnughree and its vicinity, who have ever peen foremost on all potiotic occasions, have invited our respected members, Sir Burke, and James S. Lambert, Esq. to a public din ner, in commemoration of the victory which has just been achieved in this county, and to testify their high esteem for the individuals in whose favour the wishes of the people have been ratified. An immense as semblage is expected.—Western Argus. A requisition to Sir S. May, signed by upwards of 80 inhabitants, for a meeting to congratulate the French on their late successful strug gle for liberty, was on Monday morning surreptitiously carried away from the News.roont by sonfe senseless creature. Another was, how ever, almost immediately substituted, and as quickly signed, not only by those who had put their names to the former, but by many others, who were disgusted wilt the contemptible trick. We understand that the requisition was presented on Wednesday, signed by upwards of 100 resretable and influential individuals, and a deputation waited on Sir Stephen on Thursday, to communicate with him respecting the pro. posed meeting.—Beljast Guardian. RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.—In Ireland, a four titres greater number of electors have been disfranchised than all the elective body of France; and they were disfranchised because they would otherwise have re. turned to the House of Commons eighty actual representatives of the people ! New trammels have been forged for the press here ; an attempt to suppress it wholly in Ireland has been made ; and the horoughreeve and cunstahle of Manchester are busy in procuring the attendance of the Duke of Wellington at a public dinner in the Town-hall, in the very week in which they, with a most insolent assumption of authority, ex clude the people of Manchester from the use of that room, for the pur pose of expressing in it their sentiments of sympathy with, and admira tion for, the French people !—Manchester Advertiser. THE WEATHER—CIOPS.—Within the last few days the weather has taken a most unpropitious change for harvest purposes. On Thursday evening it rained incessantly, and continued with very little intermiaskas until one o'clock yesterday. We fear it will retard the late harvest, but we are glad to learn that the early crops are secured. Wheat, which has already partially suffered in some districts by blight, will be further injured should the wet weather continue.— Waterford Mail. ' GLASGOW, Auo. 28.--Grain is now beginning to pour in upon u from all quarters. The arrivals at Port Dundas since Wednesday last are fifteen vessels, besides four or five in the canal on their way forward, laden with wheat and oats front Grargemouth, being the produce of Archangel and the coast of the Baltic. The granaries at the Port are choke full, and the grain which they contain is said to be immense • yet, many of the vessels, which, on the average contain nine hundre d bolls, had not yesterday lifted their hatches to break bulk. THE Moons.—We hear from Braemar that that district is quite gay with the number of gentlemen enjoying the amusement of shooting. The first few days were rather unfavourable, with wind and rain, hut the weather has since become every thing that could be desired. Bad as the 12th was, Lord Elcho, on his moor of Corndavon, in Glengairn, shot his 105 brace ; and on two succeeding days, 62 and 80 brace. The Gairnshiel party take it more cooly, and are satisfied with 30 and 40 brace a day. The gentlemen in Glencalaber are of the same opinion ; although one day one of the party shot 44 brace, and a young gentle man, who never tried grouse before, bagged his 30 brace, and home by four o'clock. Indeed all seem delighted with their sport. The state of the birds is described as quite healthy and well grown—hardly a cheeper to be seen. Coveys averaging from four to eight each, and a number of old birds. A RBROATII.—A most important decision has just been pronounced by the Sheriff of Forfarshire, so far as regards the inhabitants of Ar broath. For a considerable time back, a demand has been made by the clergyman of the parish for tiend on all dried fish, imported into Ar broath ; and, on account of the exaction, many of the North Country fishermen, who were in the practice of frequenting the port, went to other quarters to dispose of their dried fish, rather than come to Ar-i broath with them. An individual of the town at last resisted the cler gyman's demand ; and the latter raised an action against the former for the tithe, on a large importation made by him. The sheriff has found no tiend exigible on dried fish imported into Arbroath, and has found the clergyman liable In all expenses.—Dundee Advertiser. EXCURSION ON THE RAILWAY..--The excursion on the Railway on Saturday last was more interesting than any exhibition that has hitherto been made, on account of the additional number of engines and carriages employed oil the occasion ; it was, in fact, the rehearsal of what is to be exhibited on the 15th of September, when this [peat national work Is to be open to the public. The tickets for seats in the carriages had in the early part of the week been entirely distributed, and the numerous applications to participate in the pleasures of the ex. cursion were unprecedented. Lord and Lady &leave, and a party from Eaton, were in the train ; as also were Lord and Lady Elgin, T.Leigh,esq. 31. P. and several gentlemen from the Birmingham and the Sheffield rail ways, all of whom expressed their gratification at the performance.— At four o'clock four carriages left the station in Crown-street, and pro ceeded through the small tunnel to the open cutting at Edge-hill, where the Phenix locomotive engine was attached. The number of persons in this train was about 100. Three other carriages, containing about 75, were then attached to the Rocket, which with the Phenix moved off towards Spekelands, where they waited until three other carriages, con taining about 60, were attached to the Arrow. This being accom plished, the signal for starting was given, and the three engines moved off in majestic style. After crossing B'avertree.lane, where a vast con course of persons had assembled to witness the sight, the white flag was hoisted, and the speed was increased to upwards of twenty-Jour mites an hour At this rate they proceeded until reaching the bottom of the inclined plane; the Phoenix with her train ascended in six minutes, being at the rate of fifteen miles an honer. The Rocket and Arrow, being of smaller dimensions, ascended respectively at 11 and I.i miles an hour. No assistant engine was used on this occasion, which is a striking proof of the capability which these engines possess of ascending such elevation with a light load. The in clined plane being surmounted, the engines again darted forward, fre quently moving at the rate of 30 miles an hour, and the Phenix reached the Kenyon cutting in 47 minutes, giving the average rate at near 21 miles an hour. The Rocket and Arrow arrived about three minutes atterwards.—After taking in a fresh supply of water, and stopping at the Sankey viaduct, where the party (consisting of 240) alighted to view that stupendous erection, the trains were started en the return, and after &short but most agreeable journey, arrived in Liverpool about 7 o'clock. —The whole experiment went off without the slightest interruption, and several of the Directors who attended, and took an active part in the arrangement, expressed their conviction of the ease and simplicity with which the experiment was conducted, and the success with which it was attended.—Lirerpool Times. TREATMENT OF TRANSPORTED FELONS. The following letter was received last Saturday, by a gentleman who frequently visited the unhappy writer when a convict in Newgate. It has been seen by several judicial authorities, who think its publication might tend to the prevention of crime. This unfortunate youth is a member of a highly respectable family, and received a good education, but becoming entangled in the snares of a dashing Cypnan, he was in duced to rob his employers to supply her extravagance, who, when he refused any longer to do so gave information against hint, and then sneered at and abandoned him in his misfortunes Hunter's River, New South Wales, July 3, 1829. Dear Sir.--After a lapse of many months of misery and wretchedness, I take up my pen to write to you. I doubt not you are much surprised that I have not embraced an earlier opportunity, but, believe me, such has been,and yet is, my unhappy state, I could not do so ; and, by this post, letters will also be conveyed to my parents and my late respected friends, whom it has for so long a period disappointed. How niany un happy hours, weeks, nay months, of anxiety, have I caused to my aged parents, as well as to my brothers and sisters, since my deviation from the path of rectitude, which, instead of comfort, has produced the greatest grief! Would to lion that the degradation to which I am doomed for many years to suffer could alleviate their distress. I am guilty, and I alone ought to suffer; but GOD'a will be done. My dear Sir, could you see in my present situation guilty as I am, you would be induced to pity me; and, irksome as it is, I have to con tinue in it for eight years, supposing that I continue with one master, or a year in addition for every succeeding one. How little do the good people of England know of this colony !—how happy were the hopes of Mr. R. and other kind friends, by whose exertions my forfeited life was spared, and through which the gray hairs of my parents were spared from infamy ! I am surrounded by the 0 . wild bush," and an associate with the profane, so that my heart becomes like the adamantine rock, and I am sometimes almost induced to arraign the wisdom of the Ruler of Events for prolonging my existence ; but GOD is not mocked ; that which 1 have sown I also reap. I am now a slave to the caprice of others. 1 live and sleep like a slave. I put up with the most galling insults like a slave, otherwise I must be tied up and severely flogged. But why do I write thus ? I have been a slave to sin, and my guilty passions have reigned triumphaot. Flogging, which is the favourite punishment here, is before our eyes, or to be sent to a gaol gang or pearl settlement. there to be hard worked and half starved; but why do I write thus, and deviate from the point I Intended to aim at ? 1 beg to inform you that, after a tine, but tedious voyage of four months and 12 days, we entered Port Jackson ' with the wind N. by W. During the passage I was most kindly treated by all, but especially by the surgeon, who, on our arrival, gave me a certificate of good con duct, couched in Ilighly-tlattering terms ; he also wrote to the Secretary in my behalf ; but the chief mate neglected to deliver the letter, and I was assigned to my present master. Thus, by the neglect of one man, are all my present miseries heaped upon me. After a short sojourn in the barracks, 1, with niany others, was ordered to repair to our teepee. the masters. Mine was 130 miles from Sydney, from whence we took shipping to Newcastle, 25 miles distant from my present situation. Prisoners who are assigned are seldom allowed to go out of the bar racks; but through the kindness of Mr. I was a few hours in the town, which, for an infant colony, is large and well built. Among outer buildings there is a church, an hospital, and barracks, both for the military and convicts. On one Sunday we were marched to church, but my mind was so distracted that I could not pay much attention to what 1 heard. The prisoners' rations are bad in the ex treme, and very insufficient for support. Men work from the rising to the setting of the sun ; only one hour being allowed for repast. We sleep in large rooms, which, owing to the number of convicts, are in. fested with vermin; but after six months' good conduct, they are al lowed to sleep out of barracks. Flogging, the tresd-mill, &c are the punishments for sleeping out of barracks, for drun. kenness, and uncleanliness of the person on a Sunday. With regard to character, it is of no consequence what a convict was in England ; or, after he is assigned, what his conduct was during his passage. I am sure, did any person transported for life know the punishment which awaits him, he would shudder. Lite, did 1 say ? Oh, dreadful sound, only to be un derstood by a " lifer," as we are called. If any inquires the term of our sentence, and we reply " for life !" he shakes his heart, or gives ut terance to some expression of condolence. There is not one in 50 who ever get their ticket of leave. Our overseer has been 15 years in the country, and is not yet free. Masters are so haughty and cruel that men are driven to despair, and cast away all hopes of liberty. Should a con vict obtain a ticket, he is bound to work in a particular district until he gets emancipation. Men transported for 14 years must serve one master six years, or two masters eight years, and seven years' men must serve one master four, or two the whole term. We live in miserable huts, and a bag of I straw and a blanket is our bedding. The great objects which men I have in view is to kill time, to get plenty to eat, and to avoid punishment. The climate is very hot, and in summer intolerably so, but moderate in winter. In some parts of the colony rain has not fallen for two years, but the night dews are very heavy. lam become a settler's labourer, and use the axe and the hoe, and, excepting in the morning, a pair of canvass trousers comprises my dress. The kangaroo, emu, opossum, &c. are the inhabitants of these wilds; and the crane, swan, pelican, cockatoo, Ste. are in abundance. The aborigines, or native blacks, are the most miserable and degraded beings that can be imagined. They wander about from place to place ; and as a proof what has been the ' morals of the whites, they have taught them nothing but blasphemy.— Although Government distribute blankets to cover the females, they ge nerally go quite naked. • • • • '1 he female cons icts, who behave well, appear very comfortable; but those in the factory are hardly treated. As a proof of it, they lately broke out by main force, and paraded the streets of Paramatta, crying out "We are half-starved " lam sorry to say that the conduct of females is very depraved, and g enerally revolting to delicacy and * decency." • • • • • The writer then gives an account of his varied employment when house-servant to his employer, before he was sent into the bush," and then proceeds—the curse of an offended (lon hangs over me—l am miserable in mind, and wearied in body—but familiarized to hard work. Oh ! that 1 had never come to this country ; but it is the just, although severe punishment of my guilt. I did once hope for a mitigation, but that hope is almost extinct. In this country, humanity seldom shows itself. Men that become free, grow arbitrary and cruel, and the pri soner becomes selfish and desperate • • • I long to hear from my parents and friends, and then I think I shall say farewell for ever ! Please to remember me to Mr. Wontner, Mrs. Colonel Roberts, Mr. Kelly, and all those who exerted themselves to save my justly-forfeited life. GOD bless you ! I shall never see England more. Farewell LAW REPORTS. CONSISTORY COURT, SEPT. 2. JONES ♦. JONES. This was a suit by the husband against the wife, for the restitution of conjugal rights. A monition had been issued in the first session of Easter Term, and the officer had been to serve process on Mrs. Jolty% the Court having first pronounced that the marriage was valid. He (the officer,) however, had been to her residence, and although he was con fident she was living there on the occasion in question, she caused her self to be denied. She was then served by ways and means ; hut not withstanding these measures, she had never paid the slightest attention to the process, and the husband now prayed that she might be pro nounced in contempt. The Court pronounced Mrs. Jones in contempt, on the other party showing that the proceedings bad been regular. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, Ara. 31. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) His Lordship having tried all the prisoners in the calendar on Satur. day, has since assisted Mr. Justice Bayley in trying causes. Yesterday the enormous number of 63 were disposed of in both Courts, but none of which possessed the slightest possible interest. REZ V. FLANNAGAN. This was an indictment against the defendant for obstructing certain officers of I;xcise, and rescuing an illicit still which had been seizcd by them. Mr. Serjeant ClOBll, with whom was Messrs. BROUGHAM and AL. DERSOW, stated the case for the prosecution. It appeared that the tran saction out of which the prosecution arose occurred so far back as the year 1826, when several officers of excise having information that a pri vate still was at work in a cellar in Bradford-street, Manchester, they took with them a posse of police-officers and proceeded to the spot. In the cellar they found a bole in the wall under a bed, and on passing through it discovered a still and a quantity of wash, which they seized, together with the still, and also took into custody a man of the name of Denington. In the street a mob was collected, and Denington was res. cued. The defendant was seen standing on a wheel of one of the carts containing the distilling utensils, by an officer. Mr. Serjear.t Jolt ts, who conducted the defence, contended that there was not sufficient proof of identity. The jury found the defendant Guilty, and His LORDSHIP sentenced him, for a similar offence, of which he had been convicted last week, to eighteen calendar months imprisonment; and, for the above offence, to enter into his own iecognizances to appear, when called on, to receive judgment. THACTIIER V. HEAT). This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an assault. Mr. COLTMAN stated the cue on the part of the plaintiff.—He said this was not a case of an ordinary nature, fur there was very great tea son to fear that the plaintiff, on whom a most violent assault had been committed, would never again be able to follow his usual occupation ; and he was of opinion that when the Jury had heard the whole case, they would have no doubt or hesitation that some handsome com. pensation ought to be meted out to him. From the time the trans.. action took place, to the present period, the plaintiff had not been able to follow his business, and now it was very likely he would have to subsist the remainder of his life on the reluctant allowance of parish relief. The plaintiff is muter of a vessel called the latona, which, at the time of the assault, was lying at St. Ives, in Corn. wall. The defendant is muter and part owner of the Birmingham stearn.packet. The plaintiff bad taken his passage in the Bir. mingham, as a deck passenger, for Dublin, intending to go to Cork, and from thence to his own vessel. When he got on board the steamer he was desirous of becoming a cabin passenger, and for that purpose went and tendered the difference to the Captain. lie (the Learned Counsel) was unable to prove what conversation then took place between them, but he should prove that the defendant seised him by the collar in a very violent manner, pushed him with his knee from thequarter-deck on tothe main deck, where he fellwith so much violence, that the spectators on the pier.head called out •' Throw the murderer overboard." After this took place the Captain put off immediately. A short time after, however, the man was sent on shore in a boat, carried home in a very bad state, and was unable to leave his bed for nine weeks ; and up to the present time can only walk with the assistance of crutches. He therefore hoped the Jury would award considerable da mages, as a compensation for the injury his client had suffered. The Learned Counsel then called three witnesses, whose testimony went to prove the above statement. Mr. ALnzasow (with whom was Mt. HALL) addressed the Jury for the defendant. Ile ebserved that in his opinion, the case did not deserve the grave construction which had been put upon it by the learned Counsel on the other side, although he was not disposed to treat it as not deserving the consideration of the Jury. He then went on at some length to contend, that the injury sustained was one to be attributed to accident, and to the state of drunkenness in which the plaintiff was at the time, than to any fault of the defendant. Several witnesses were called for that purpose, to prove that the de fendant bad not kicked him, but that the plaintiff's conduct was very turbulent, and that the defendant had led him to the edge of the quar ter-deck, and that he fell from it on to the main-deck. Mr. COLTMAN replied. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 801. NANTWICII.—A deplorable event, which has excited a very painful sensation in this town and neighbourhood, occurred within a few days, whereby a respectable female lost her life, and other indi viduals are suffering from the same cause. On Thursday last, Mrs. Shaw, wife of a Mr. Thomas Shaw, mercer and draper, boiled a leg of mutton for the dinner of her family, in a saucepan which had some few days previous been used to boil arsenic for the purpose of destroying vermin. When the dinner was prepared, Mrs. Shaw sent part of the broth to a young man who was unwell, and partook of some herself. The Nev. John Hughes, Wesleyan Minister, having called in, was in vited to dinner. He and Mr. Shaw sat down, and were in the act of eating some of the broth, when Mrs. Shaw was taken suddenly ill; and as the use previously made of the saucepan in which the broth was pre pared returned to her mind, she desired them to eat no more. 4. mes senger was instantly dispatched for medical assistance. The unfortu nate woman lingered in great pain until Saturday evening, when she expired. The young man, to whom part of it had been sent, discovered its poisonous quality, and threw it tium his stomach, as did also the Rev. John Hughes. They are out of danger, but Mr. Shaw still con tinues very ill.--Chesier Courant. POLICE REPORTS. Mstrsiow-lioun.—Yeaterdayqwo men, named Awaits and Lour, were brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having attempted to pass a gilt sixpence as a half sovereign. .Ur. Ledger, the landlord of the King's Head, in Pudding-lane, stated that the two prisoners walked into his house, and that Austin called for a quartern of gin, and threw down the sixpence. Witness at once _perceived that the sixpence was not what it pretended to be, and an or passing by at the time was immediately called in. Austin, perceiving that all was up, said with great tact, "Come along, master; give us the change for the sixpence."—(Laughter.) The witness, however, who happened to be awake to such characters, would not believe that Austin meant any thing but to defraud him of 91. 6tl. and accordingly had both apprehended and conducted to the Jus. tice-morn. The Loan MATOR..—WeII, Mr. Austin, what Male have you to say OD the subject? Austin.—More I your Lordship ! Lord, what more an I say. I vent to treat my friend. Says I to him, Jack, says I, I have got a tanner, and I'm blowed if we don't lush it, so I calls for the gin, and the landlord can't say as how that I axed him for more change nor I ought to have. Aye (said the Lord Mayor) but you expected that the landlord would make a mistake in your favour. Mistake! your Vorship, said Austin, that's impossible. The two coins are quite different. The LORD MAYOR—Yes; but you have made them pretty much alike. Have you many sixpenses of this colour? Austin—l've seen that ere one, and I knows nothing about the colour. If it's a good sixpence, 1 don't care nothing about the colour. (Loud laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—I believe you to be a very great rogue. Austin—What, my Lord I a rogue ? Am I a rogue, Jack ? Didn't I tell you it was a tanner ? (A laugh.) Law—You did, Jem, and you throwed it down quite careless, not like what you would, provising it was half a sovereign—(Laughter.) The Loan MLYOII—Do you colour the sixpences yourself, or did this change colour in your pocket ? Austin—l'm blest if I know how I got it, but I've seen people pus them for sixpences ; and the bit of gilt don't make them a bit worse ; they gilds silver watches, and why shouldn't they gild silver sixpences, please your Lordship ? The LORD MAYORYOtt are likely to do well ; but though I have a very high opinion of you, I shan't let you go until you bring forward some persona to tell me that you are not an utterer of base coin. The prisoners were remanded. BOW•STREET.—Yesterday two girls, named Isabella Josephs and Jane Bartholomew, the former 1/3, and the latter 14 years of age, were brought before Sir R. Brarrtz. Mr. Thomas stated, that he had a few days since, received an ano. nymous communication stating, that a number of hale children were harboured in an infamous house in Eagle-court. This bagnio was de. cidedly the very worst in London, and the heartless being who keeps it derived immense gains from the prostitution of children. The little girl, Jane Bartholomew, had been living there about three weeks. She had one day been met in the city by a Jewess, who by promising to get her a situation, in the family of a lady at the West-end of the town, enticed her to Eagle-court, where she had since been living. The wages of her infamy averaged nearly two guineas a day, and this money was wrung from her under pretence of furnishing her with clothes, and board and lodging. Sir R. BIRWIE said if this were true, he knew of no punishment that would be adequate to such unprinciple d criminality. The little girl corroborated the statement made by Mr. Thomas, adding that site was an orphan, and that she would gladly leave a life which was most disagreeable to her. Mr. Thomas said there was a den of vile houses in I. agle-coutt, in which every atrocity that could be thought •of was perpetrated, and the disorders which existed in the neighbourhood, completely baffled all the exertions of the police. Sir R. BIRXIE said, that the keepers of these houses ought to be in. dieted. There was now a clear cue against Belau:o,4nd lie would take care that the pariah officers should take it up. Mr. De Ville, the Churchwarden of St. Martin's, entered at this moment, and Sir Richard stated to him all that had occurred. Mr. De Ville consented at once to cause an indictment to be preferred, and appointed an interview with Mr. Thomas on the subject. After some further conversation, it was arranged that the girls should remain in Bt. Martin's workhouse until they could be got into some asylum. Mea:.LA.Boxxts.—Y.sterday a young woman, named Eliza Jones, was charged with stealing one 101. note, two 51. notes, and five sove reigns, the property of Mr. H. T. Green. About ten days since, the prisoner and another young woman were brought to the office, charged with refusing to pay the fare which they had incurred by engaging a cabriolet, when a 101. and two 51 notes, with a sovereign and some silver, as well as a silver watch, were found upon Jones. In her explanation to the Magistrate, she ' , then stated that a gentleman whom she had met at Camberwell fair had made her a present of the money. Circumstances, however, tranapired,which induced Mr. Rawlinson so have her remanded ; but when she was brought for re-examination, no person coming forward to claim the money, she was discharged, but the notes were detained. A few days since, the prosecutor, in consequence of an advertisement, gave such a description of the notes as to leave no doubt of their being his ; but all trace of the prisoner was lost until Wednesday morning, when a man came to the office and stated that he was authorised, by a young woman of the name of Jones, to apply for 211 which had been detained, and that she was so situated as to be unable to attend. Mr. Rawlinson endeavoured to ascertain where she was, but the applicant was quite silent on the subject while he was in the office. Heys, the gaoler, however, happened to go out, and observing Jones standing in a retired place, he brought her to the office, and evidence was brought against her which went to show that the prosecutor having been accosted by her in the stseet at a late hour of the night, on Thurs.. day se`nnight, he imprudently admitted her into his house for a few minutes, and she took that opportunity of picking his pocket. The prisoner denied having seen the prosecutor until he came to see her in Clerkenwell prison. Mr. Rawlinson said the charge was fully made out, and he should commit her for trial. TOWN.HALL.—RaphaeI and Ann Smith were charged on suspicion of stealing a gold watch. Mr. Rose, silversmith, of Tooley-street, stated that, on Wednesday afternoon, the prisoners offered the watch to him for sale, saying that it was left to the male prisoner by his father. He declined purchasing, unless some responsible person came forward to vouch for the accuracy of the statement, and in consequence they left, but returned shortly after with a person whom they represented to be their brother, who denied having ever seen the watch before. Upon this he (the prosecutor) insisted on detaining it, when the prisoners said they would tell the truth, which was that the wife found it the night before in Goswell-street-road. The prisoners were committed for re-hearing. WORIIIIIP.STREET.--Yesterday, Louisa Elliott was fully commit. ted to Newgate for trial. by Mr. Bennet, under the following charge.— It appeared, from the evidence of Mrs. Banbury, of Mariner-street, Horton, that the pawner lodged with her. On last Tuesday night, the prisoner came home in a state of inebriety, and witness went to un. dress her : in doing so, two seals and the duplicate of a waistcoat fell from her boson,. Witness, knowing the seals, went and examined a box in her back parlour, from which she missed a silver watch, two seals, a new waistcoat, and a tablecloth ; and, on further search, she found that a sheet had been taken away from the prisoner's bed. The following morning she sent for an officer, and gave her into custody, and who, on searching her person in the presence of witness, found the duplicate of all the property. THAMES POLlCE.—Margarel Ford was committed for trial, charged with taking from the person of Elizabeth Pearce 15s. in silver, and some copper money. The prosecutriz stated that, on the evening of Tuesday, the 24th ult. she was passing through Twine-court, Shad well, when the prisoner, who knocked her down, placed her head and shoulders between her legs, and took front her bosom a child's stock. ing, which contained the money. Luke Marjarlane was charged with an attempt to steal the police. van, which is used for conveying the prisoners from the Office to Newgate, while the van was standing at the door of this office, on Wednesday even ing. The accused drove off in the direction of the London Docks, but the horses not having been accustomed to go that way, became restive and began to plunge, and the prisoner in consequence became unable to guide the vehicle. the wheels of which came upon the foot.pavenitnt, when a man was knocked down, and narrowly escaped being run over. The prisoner said he had laid a wager of half.a.pint of gin that be would drive the van a short distance ; which wager he won, but he lost his liberty, for he was locked up for the night. Captain Riebbell told the prisoner that he had pbecd the lives of his Majesty's subjects in jeopardy by his foolish conduct, and ordered him to find good bail to keep the peace for the next six months. Not being provided with the required sureties, he was placed as an inside passenger in the van, in stead of the box, and conveyed to prison. An inquest was held at the Town-hall, Gravesend, un Thursday, the 28th instant, before Eagle, Esq. %layor and Co roner, and a respectable Jury, on- the body of Mr. John Davis, a respectable Licensed Victualler, and late landlord of the Three Crowns, Old Jewry, aged 48 years. He lost his life by accidentally slipping off a pathway, nine or ten feet, into an area, at the back of the Vann Bath, and severely fr acturing his skull, of which wound he survived but a short time. Verdict—Accidental Death. Fate.—About three o'clock on Monday morning, the watchman discovered that there was a fire in the stable attached to the Bush Inn, Manchester, and accordingly raised an alarm. Sot of the men attached to the inn got up, and forcing the door, found that part of the hay-lo ft was on fire, a nd communicated to the rack and bed ding of a valuable mare, belonging to a gentleman frau Liverpool, who travels in the spirit line . The mare being tied up, was completely en. veloped in the flames, and Its moans were piteous In the extreme ; but there was no help for the poor animal, as the fire completely. pre. vented any approach to it. The fire engines arriving, played upon the building, and about six o'clock the fire was get under. CORONERS' INQUESTS. MISERABLE DEATH OF A LADY.— An inquisition was held on Tuesday evening, by Joseph Carttar, Esq. Coroner for Kent and a Jury composed of the most respectable inhabitants of the neighbour. hood, at the Fountain Tavern, Broadway, Deptford, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of a lady named Elizabeth Guinan, daughter of a well known wealthy East India merchant, and who would, at the demise of a relative, have come into possession of property amounting to nearly half a million. The inquiry excited an extraordinary degree of interest, and many of the gentry of Blackheath and neighbourhood were present, the unfunu. nate lady being known to them in het lifetime. The Jury laving been sworn, proceeded to a miserable Louse in Mill-lane, occupied by a man and his wife, Darned Hethering. ton, who obtained their livelihood by letting out beds to pour weary travellers at threepence and fourpence per night. Upun entering a back attic, the Jury were horror-struck at the spectacle that met their view. In this small room there were 4 beds t in one of them there was a poor famishing woman, with her two children, in the last stage of existence from the smallpox ; in another was a wretched look. ing old man, and in a third was stretched the b o d y o f t h e decea , edlady she was dressed in a silk gown, and wore a leghorn bonnet. The jury, upon beholding the miserable scene, shudder with horror, and having performed this disagreeable part of their duty, they hurried from th e infectious apartment as fast as possible back to the jury room, when th following facts were detailed in evidence The unfortunate deceased resided with her parents on Blackbeath-hill, and being rather flighty in her mind, every care and attention was paid her. On Friday morning last she left home for the purpose of taking an airing on the heath, and never returned. Her absence created the greatest alarm, and search was made for her day after day, ineffectually It subsequently was discovered that on leaving home she proceeded to Deptford, and remained at the Fountain from Friday till Monday. — On that day, having paid her bill, she went to the miserable lodging. house kept by Hetherington and his wife, and engaged a bed (the filthy bed on which she was found) for the night; when she made the engage. ment, as is the usual practice, she paid down the charge, fourpence, for her bed. After having thus arranged her lodging, s he went away, say. ing she would return at nine o'clock. Between seven and eight the de ceased called at the shop of Mr. Elkington, chemist and druggist, in the Deptford Broadway. to whom she was known, and requested an ounce and a half of laudanum. Mr. Elkington had sold her that quantity se veral times before, but he had not seen her for som e mont h s . an d h e therefore supplied her with the required quantity. Mr. Elkington dill not know her name, but her person was well known to him, and be knew her to be an habitual laudanum taker and opium eater. When he gave her the laudanum, he said, " You take a great deal of laudanum, Miss." She said, " Yes ;" and in his presence she swallowed nearly half an ounce with the greatest unconcern, and then put the phial with the remainder in her pocket, and went away. The un fortunate lady then returned to her wretched abode, and was shown to her pallet. She merely laid on the ou ts id e f the bed ; and shortly after she requested the landlady to procure her half a pint of porter. The porter was fetched, and the deceased emptied the remaining ounce of landanum into it, and drank it nearly off. In a few minutes after, such was the powerful effects of the draught that she was seized with stupor ; her wretched companion (the woman with the two dying children) alarmed the house, and Dr. Green was sent for, who, the mo ment he entered the house, discovered her to be labouring under the powerful effects of laudanum. He resorted to the stomach-pump, and every other means, but the unfortunate lady expired in a few minutes after, in the arms of the medical gentleman ! Upon searching her pockets the phial which had contained the deadly draught was found, with "Poison" labelled upon it, and 12s. 6d. in money. It was proved by a lady, a friend of the family, that the deceased was in the habit of taking laudanum in large quantities, and a short time since, whilst at a watering-place, she expended 101. in the purchase of laudanum, winch she consumed in a short period ! The witness also proved that the de. ceased was of unsound mind at in•ervals. The Coroner regretted that a lady of high connections should die such a miserable death, and he thought the people of the lodging-house wreve blameable for sibl ing a lady of the appearance of the d eceased to have a bed in their house. The Jury acquiesced with the Coroner, and Hetherington and wife were called in and received a severe rebuke from the Jury for having harboured a lady in such an infectious hovel ; they might have very easily perceived, from the appearance of the unhappy lady, that she was above the common rank, and not a tit tenant for such a wretched abode. It was a great pity the parish should allow such an unwholesome place to exist.—Hetherington said he was not aware of the lady's rank in life, or he certainly would not have allowed her to enter his house. She asked if she could have a bed, and he said " yes." He was very sorry that she should have died in hla house. After some further conversation the Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased poisoned herself, being at the time in a state of mental de. rangement." The unhappy lady was about 30 years of age. Wednesday an Inquisition was taken at the Turf Tap, Tattersall's yard. Grosvenor-place, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of Ire. derick Thompson, aged 25, who broke his neck under the following cir cumstances:—Mary Buckthorpe, residing at Pye-street, Westminster, stated that she knew the deceased, who was a costermonger. Friday last she accompanied him to Hammersmith, with a donkey and hampers, full of vegetables, which having disposed of, they were returning home, when near Kensington the deceased complained of being tired, and got upon the donkey. Witness on their way called at a house where some money was owing her, while the deceased and the donkey proceeded home. Having obtained her demand, she hastened forward to join her eampa.. nion, and had not proceeded above two hundred yards, when, to her great surprise she saw the deceased lying in the road, with a police con stable and several other persons round him ; and she was told that a stage-coach had run against the donkey and knocked him off. The deceased, on being tallied from the ground, exclaimed. "Oh dear, 1 shall never come out again. He was conveyed to the nearest public-house, where he was attended by a medical , man, who ordered him to be taken to Saint George's Hospital, and thither he was taken in a cart. The deceased and herself were quite sober at the time. The Coroner inquired if there was any one present who witnessed the accident ? when the beadle replied in the negative.— ' Sarah Thompson, the widow of the deceased, said that she went to see her unfortunate husband in the hospital on Saturday morning, and he then told her that Le had fallen off the donkey by accident. She added that the woman Buckthorpe was addicted so drinking—Mr. W. Carey, house-surgeon, stated that he examined the deceased when brought there on Friday evening. He perceived that his neck was dislocated, and that the case was hopeless. He lingered till the Monday following, whe.t he expired. He did not tell witness how he got the injury.—The por• ter of the Hospital stated, that the first witness (Buckthorpe) was quize drunk when she accompanied the deceased to the Hospital, and the un fortunate man also appeared as if he had been drinking. None of the persons who brought the deceased to the Hospital saw the accident.-- The Jury, under these circumstances, returned the following verdict— •' That the deceased died from a broken neck, but how he reeetriil the injury, there was no satisfactory evidence before them to peeve." SCINTILLA?. A DOUBLE DELIVERY.—At a village near Cambridge. • lady, who keeps the post-office, is likewise a midwife, in very great practice. A Cantab passing that way, wrote with a diamond, on the front pane of the glass,—" Ladies and letters safely delivered." THE CROSIER v. TILE SWORD.—•A corporal of Hohen loe's regiment has been expelled that corps for refusing to wear the tri-coloured cockade. On being pressed to tell the reason of his re fusal, he at last acknowledged that his confessor had ordered hint not to recognise the national colours, or obey his officers in any eerie: required on account of the new government.—Courier Francais.. A PRIESTLY TRICK !—The following is an extract of a letter from Albi :—" The soc of the Prince de Polignac wax lately here. This youth, aged 13, was attended by an ecclesiastic, his ttor. wh J had been recommended to the situation by the Bishop of Hermopolm On learning the defeat of Ministers at Paris, this worthy preceptor left his pupil at a miserable inn, taking with him the carriage. horses, baggage and money. The youth, left to himself, had no other resource tlai that of going to the Mayor of the town, to whom he declared name and situation. A passport and money were given him to proar" to his family." This poor lad has indeed been " Deserted in his utmost need By those his former bounty fed." BIRTH. On the 26th ult. at Doter, the lady of the Hon. C. E. Law, of a an. DIED. The 27th ult. at Wimpole.street, Lady Robinson, the wife of the Right lion. Sir Christopher Robinson, aged 34.—The :sth ult. at Not tingham-place, Mary.la-bonne, Isabella Robinson, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. A. Stewart, of Eiinburgb, aged 19.—The 26th ult. in Elizabeth -stmt, Eaton-square, Catherine, wife of '('apt. J. Brentee, R.N.—The 27th ult. at Bognor, Lieut..CoL Tyndale, of the Ist. Regi ment of Life Guards.—At Cottage, near Oorey, in the 70th year of her age, Margaret Brownriu, widow of the late Rev. Theobald Brownngg. Rector of the Union - Oranp Silvia and Kilmichan, in the diocese of Ferns.—The lst inst. at St. Margaret Pattern', the Hey. T. Davies. of Romeo, Herta, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Hill. of Rood-lane, solicitor. Loam*: hinted and rubßalled by Jolty Slants, at the Sras- Orricz, No. 1, Pickett-place, Tempo Bat MARRIED. The 26th ult. in Ardnorcher Church, J. Knox, of Granwood Pak. County of Mayo, esq. to Jane Adelaide, daughter to S. Handy, of Bona Castle, County Westmeath, esq.—The 30th ult. at Wortley Hall, the Hon. J. Clietwynd Talbot, third son of Earl Talbot, to the Rom (a roline Jane Stuart Wortley, daughter of Lord Wharncliffe. DIED. The 27th ult. at Wimpole-street, Lady Robinson, the wife of the Right Hon. Sir Christopher Robinson, aged 34.—The :sth ult. at Not tinghant-place, Mary-la-bonne, Isabella Robinson, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. A. Stewart, of Edinburgh, aged lit—The 26th ult. in Elizabeth -street, Eaton.square, Catherine , wife oreapt. J. Breme r, R.N.—The 27th ult. at Bognor. Lieut..CoeTyndale, of the Ist. Regi ment of Life Guards.—At Cottage, near Gorey, in the 70th year of her age, Margaret Btownr, widow of the late Rev. Theobald Brownrigg. Rector of the Union Orange Silvia and Kilmichan, in the diocese of Ferns.—The let Inst. at St. Margaret Pattern', the Rev. T. Davies of Royston Herta, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Hil l. of Road-lain, solicitor. I •1 L