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I • • . • , - .I„I.ITER.IIIY INTELLIGENCE. Or MARITIME AND INLAND DISCOVERY. • We ha* reeled'. d longer than we intended, to notice the 2d volume .91," The Hiat.•:evof Maritime and Inland Discovery." forming the `Yltl Volume; cf Dr. Lardnces Cyclopedia. We ha* perused it with „ kkettiqn, e..ti conscientiously say, that a more truly instructive lime v.:1.11;10;!.ever pawed through our hands. Those who have seen !be 11.0 volume. ne II no' have a better recommendation than an as. porras,ce that :he etimat ter of the undertaking as commenced is ably continued. Great judgment is shewn, not only in the abridgment of the voyages it. troduced. but in the selection of the voyages abridged, and we ,bserve. with satiefuttien, some are introduced which have been, hitherto, too muEh neglected. Thus we find a very interesting abridg ment of the voyages and adventures of Ferdinand Mendes Pinto—who like Marro Paulo was long only known to the public by his being emi t dDistinguished for the most impudent mendacity—but It 'earth has removed the odium as unjust. Our extract shall be troll thi. , feat of the volume. •:ifirVERINGS me PINTO FROM SIIIPWILLCI.—On Pinto's return trout) the King of Aaru, he suffered shipwreck, and was obliged to crawl his companions through the deep mud that lined the shore, tor 11;enteri by myriads of insects, and in constant fear of being attacked by the S 4 rpents and wild beasts that haunted the neighbouring woods. One ot his companions died in his arms. With the remaining three he rt-uelell a small river, which it was necessary to cross; but the two fore inost of the party had scarcely reached the middle of the stream, when they were teized by alligators and dragged to the bottom. Pinto and his surviving comrade continued standing in the sea, as the safest place 'hes , could choose. A small vessel at length approached the shore, in whirl, they embarked to return to Malacca. The boat's crew, however, soon commenced beating the two Portuguese, to force them to confess where their treasures lay concealed. Seeing that the flogging proved i .effectual , dley supposed that their captives had swallowed their gold, and in cnnsequence administered to the companion of Mendes Pinto so violent an emetic, that he died soon after ; and Pinto himself escaped similar treatment only from the ill success of this experiment. He was drugged ashore nearly dead from famine and ill usage; but as his weak. revs made him an unprofitable slate, no food was given to him, and tie was turned," he says, " a grazing like a horse." A Mahometan merchant, hearing that he had friends at Malacca, at length put an end to his sufferings, and redeemed him for a sum equivalent to about 17s. 6d. oi our money. Li IV REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 28. MICHELLI Y. SOLLY. The plaintiff, an Italian artist, and picture-cleaner, sought by this action to recover 1301. for cleaning and restoring four pictures, the works of Italian Masters, of the old school, for the defendant, a gentle man of fortune, acrd the owner of a splendid gallery. It appeared from the evidence in support of the plaintiff's case, that the pictures, viz.:—The Virgin—A Virgin and Child—The Virgin and Angela—and the portrait of an Italian Nobleman, were sent to the pltintiff to be repaired. Time had nearly moved off one Madona, but ti.e miraculous touch of the plaintiff's pencil restored the face to its original purity. The skilful hand of Chevalier Michelli restored all these cluf d'aurres of art, but he had not the skill to obtain pay vst.nt upon the scale by which he valued his work and labour. Another artist, named Pabloni, and another artist, 111. Renagle, proved the cleaning of the picture, and the charge, to be rea. scrable. Mr. CAMPBELL, en the part of the defendant, resisted payment, principally on the ground that the pictures had been injured by the p:aintiff. It was stated, that the Chevalier Michelli came to thin e atutry in 1811, and was then described to be an Italian nobleman, with large possessions in Sicily. He was a great admirer of the fine arts, and haring been introduced to the defendant, was allowed to excl. cisc his favourite pursuit, namely, restoring the works of ancient pa in. tors upon the four pictures in question. They were sent to his lodgings. where the plaintiff kept them a considerable time. When sent home trey were consideted in a worse state than that in which they were taken' away. The defendant being called upon for remuneration, told the plaintiff he might have four or five pictures belonging to him at Stan. icy's, in Bond.street. The offer was not accepted, on the ground that the plaintiff was not a picture dealer. A witness expressed an opinion, that the pictures had been reduced in value by the work of the plaintiff. The head of the Virgin must have been a new head, as it did not appear to be in the style of the Master who had painted the other parts. The Jury, under all circumstances of the case , found a verdict for the plaidtiff—Damages, 1001. OLD B:4Trim - iii:filold, - ogr. 28. These sessions commenced this morning, before the Right lion. the LORD 31AVOR will the other City Authorities ; who are usually present on such occasions. The presiding Judges are Mr. Justice Sir ALLAN PARK and Mr. Baron Osunow. Caroline Maurice, aged 22, ass indicted for stealing several silk dresses, value 301. from the dwelling-house of Lewis Levi, the property of John Newry. The prisoner, although cautioned by the Court, pleaded Guilty. Sentence cf death was then recorded against her. WsMars Iralc . s. wilt -.vas indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Join Pollard, and stealing therefrom two pictures, end other property, also pleaded guilty, and had sentence of death re corded against him. leached Oddey, aged 26, and it il:iaas Oddey, her husband, and a corporal in the Coldstream Guards, were indicted, the former for steal. ing, and the latter for receiving the same, knowing them to be stolen, 1801. in bank neves and other articles, the property of Mary R'hitfield. William Ballard. a police-officer, mated that in consequence of in. formation he had received, be proceeded to the lodgings of the female prisoner, and on searching her box, found several bank note.:, upon which he took her and her husband into custody. Mary Whitfield, the prosecutrix. stated that she was a dress-maker, and resided at No. 73, Regent's-quadrant. The female prisoner had lived in her service in the months of May and June last. Her name was at that tine Sawyer. She left her place fur the purpose of getting married. The prisoner called at witness's house on the 17th of Sept. for a ckaractez, and immediately after she had left, the notes were missed. They had been deposited in a small box under a dressing-table in a roam in which the prisoner stopped while she retrained. The notes found on the prisoner were braved to be part of those lost by Miss Whiifield. The female prisoner denied the robbery, but stated that she found a roll of notes on the proaecutrix's stairs. The husband denied all participation in the robbery. He was at Windsor at the time. Mr. JOltiCe• ALLAN PARC having summed up the evidence, the Jury found the female prisoner Guilty, and acquitted the husband. Millard Phillips was indicted for altering a receipt for money, with intent to defraud Messrs. Wm. Houghton, Flinwn, and Co. This case bas been so recently before the public in the police re poets, as to render a short abstract only of the evidence necessary. The prisoner, it appeared, purchased a quantity of hams from Messrs. , Flinton and Co. provision agents, in Berwick -street, Soho, and or. deed a parcel of the hams to be sent to his residence in Ship-yard, Temple-bar, with an understanding that they were to be paid for on delivery. Wizen sue hams were delivered by a man named Stone. a porter in the prosecutor's employ, the prisoner meted that he had paid the prosecutor 51. on account of the bill, and then tendered the porter fin. 6d. the balance of the amount, tor which the porter gave a receipt. In this receipt the figure b was, it it was alleged, subsequently introduced by the prisoner after it had been delivered to him by Stone, and thus it was converted into a receipt for the suns of 51. 6s. 6d. although really given for only 6s. 6d. The prosecutor, on applying for the amount of his account, was told that it had been already paid, and the fraudulent receipt produced in proof of the fact. The prisoner protested his innocence, and called his shop - toy, a lad named Balls, who swore that the whole of the receipt, including the figure b, was written by Stone, the porter, in his presence. Mr. Hughes, an attorney, was called to the prisoner's character. He s t a ted that h e had employed the prisoner often, and had never been cheated by him. Mr. Justice Paix—He would be a clever fellow, indeed, who could cheat an attorney. (Laughter.) The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice Psaz observed, that the offence of the prisoner had been greatly aggravated by his calling the boy, Balls, who, undoubtedly, had not spoken the truth. The prisoner's life would not he endangered by the conviction, but he might expect to leave this country for life. NEW COURT. _ Dudley Alkly (of the firm of Green and Allely, gun-makers,) was indicted for stealing, in the month of October, 1829, a percussion pis. tal, the property of Thomas Smith, a gunmaker, in Portland-street, Cavendish.aquare, in whore employ the prisoner then was as foreman. The prosecutor stated, that in the autumn of last year his shop was robbed of a number of pistols, among which was the one charged in this indictment. In February last the prisoner opened a shop near to that of the prosecutor. In March last a medical man named Langley, called upon witness, and informed him that he had seen a pistol on the primer, which caused an inquiry to be instituted, and lod to this pro ) see ut ion. The prisoner, in his deface, said the prosecutor was actuated by a spiteful feeling, because he had become a rival in business. Mr. Walker, a respectable gentleman, living in Pentonville, stated that the prosecutor told him he was determined to get the prisoner out of his shop, and if this indictment would not effect it, he would prefer three or four more, and he could find as many witnesses to support them as he could balf-crowns. The Jury hereupon stopped the case, and immediately acquitted the prisoner, believing that the prosecutor was actuated by a vindictive feeling. (Before the COMMON SZIJIANT and a Middlesex Jury.) Maria New was indicted for stealing a silver spoon, the property of Mr. John Michael GoodhalL The prosecutor stated that he is the landlord of the Monster public house at Pimlico, and the prisoner had been in frequently at his house' to visit her daughter, who was his occasional servant ; but whether she was there on the day in question he could not tell. A Pawnbroker produced the spoon which had been pledged by the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. George Davis was indicted for feloniously stealing 20s. the property of Mr. Joseph Balding, to whom he was a aervanc The prosecutadeposed, that he is a licensed victualler, and keeps the Greencoat Boy, in Tothill-fields. The prisoner had been his ser vant for four or five years, down to August last, when he absconded with the money named in the indictment. Witness was in the habit of send ing a pound's worth of change daily to a Mrs. Young's, and he did so on the din question ; he was not apprehended for a month after he absconded; down to this offence he bore a good character. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy, on account of' his previous good character. George Campbell. Clements was indicted for stealing thirteen sove reigns and four half sovereigns, the property of Francis Harrison, his employer. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Catherine Mack was indicted for stealing a lace collar and other Wl des of dress, the property of Mrs. C. Bowles Tripp. Verdict Guilty. (Before Mr. Sergeant Ansnix.) Peter Bradley, an urchin 12 years of age, was indicted for stealing a pocket-book, containing money, from t h e person of Thos. Priaeman. The theft was clearly proved against the prisoner, by the identifica tion of the prosecutor. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character, but the learned Judge appearing to know it better than they did, told one of them be had disgraced himself. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Sergeant Aliment said he was a very bad boy, and young as he was the Court must transport him for seven years. The following prisoners pleaded Guilty to charges of felony, vie.— Edw. Chanhill, fox stealing a musical instrument; Charles Gurr, for embezzlement ; Eliza Smith, for stealing apparel ; Wm IViditlet, for stealing a bridle, and Thomas Bryant for robbing his master. The following were tried and convicted of Monies, viz.— Susan Sloane, Mary Wakeling, John Carter, Maria New, John Jones, George Davis, George Clements, Catherine Mack, W. Walker, Joseph Slipper (two indictments), Eliza Williams, and George Andrews. The following were acquitted, viz.—Mary Tilly, W. Leach, Abra ham Green, Mary Rudd, Sarah Wakeling, Charles Bailey, William Davis, Samuel Morter, Henry Ambrose Harvey, John Pearson, and Thomas Adaaut. NIIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Ocr. 28. THE MINOR THEATRE!-MUSIC LICENCES. The Bench of lllngistrates was unusually crowded in curmequence of this being the day appointed for the granting of licences for allowing music and dancing. The licence fur Sadler's Wells Theatre was granted without any ob servation. Application was then made for the renewal of the licence of the Adelphi Theatre. The CHAIIKAN said the Adelphi was licensed by the Lord Cham berlain, and he was at a loss, therefore, to understand why a licence from that Court was sought. They had no power to license it as a theatre. Mr. ADOLPH us observed, that the licence of the Lord Chamberlain constituted it a theatre, hut as that license expired in Passion Week, the proprietors naturally felt anxious for a music licence, that they might be enabled at the conclusion of the theatrical entertainments to continue the use of the building for amusements of another description. Cum stax—We cannot give you a licence to continue it after that time as a theatre. Mr. ADOLPHUS said, certainly not, nor did he so apply, as he un derstood perfectly well that the licence of that Court extended only to dancing and musical entertainments. He was aware that it was employed for vtbar purposes, and it was the fashion now.a-daps to give strange names to places where it:was so intended to be employed. He was in structed to oppose an application of this kind, which he understood was to he made for a place called" Pandemonium," or some such name. The license for the Adelphi was then granted. The next application was made fur the Tottenham-street Theatre. Mr. Anointing observed that this was a place avowedly kept open as a theatre, and the license now applied for was that under which alone it was so kept open. He was not there to oppose the present applies don, if the Court should think proper to grant it. Certain other the. acres had a short time back adopted proceedings elsewhere on the sub ject, which had not been attended with the success with which he thought they ought to have been. Other proceedings had since been commenced in the King's Bench, and it was under those circumstances, and while the proceedings were yet pending, that he begged it might be understood, that although they did not oppose, still they did not acqui esce, in the application. Mr. ALLEY -Oh, I think the performances very pretty and very innocent. It is a pity they should be stopped. Mr. ADozruria—We will talk of that elsewhere. The Court granted the application. Mr. PIINSD3III34I9T applied for a licence for the Royal Pavilion, Nile-end-road, which was granted. The next application was on behalf of William Forrester Bray, for the Royal Dramatic Institution, Liverpool.street, King's.road. The Chairman, immediately on hearing the application rtad, said there were half a dozen objections to it. It was a place where, for the last twelvemonths, they had been going on without any license, and they might as well continue to go on so still. The Court could not grant a licence for the:place as a Theatre ; that would be gob& too far. It seemed, however, they wanted the music to be legal, although the other performances were illegal. The Court could not go that length for them. . _ _ Application was then made on behalf of William Forrester Bray and Joseph Henry Thotnington, for a licence for the New Zoolo gical and Botanical Gardens, Liverpool-street, King's-cross New-road. The licence was instantly refuted, these being a part of the same pre mises for which the preceding application had been made. The licences of the Mermaid, at Hackney, the King's Head, at En field, White Conduit House, Pentonville, the Royal Standard Hotel, Pimlico, and the Eyre Aims Tavern, St. John's Wood. were all re newed without observation. Mr. ADotraus applied to have the licence of the well.knawn Bag. nigee Went renewed. He statedj that the proprietor, Mr. Thorogood, had become a bankrupt, and he therefore had to ask that the licence might be in the joint names of Mr. Thorogood. and his Assignees. Mr. Twviro RD—The licence the Court can grant is only a personal one. ADOLPHUS—.-CtrtSinlr. CHAIRKAN—Then who (lo you apply for ? Mr. ADOLPHUS—For Mr. Thorogood ; he byes there, and would carry on the business. CHAIRMAN—And who are to be his sureti, ? Mr. Atnructs—The Assignees. CH tIRMAN—Then we can't grant it. POLICE REPOR 1 S. Mawatoar-Housx.—A decent labouring man was charged with has. iog left his wife to the protection of the parish. The defendant said his deficit amounted to no more than Is. one week's maintenance for his wife, and a severe injary he had received was thecause of that. He begged to assure the Alderman that he bad been obliged to live separately from his wife, aml thus contract a larger expense, became she refused to do as the matrimonial law required,— " love, honour, and obey hint." The wife declared that she certainly loved him, but she did no:alto gether honour him, because he bad turned her out of doors to make room for another woman. As for obedience, that was entirely out of the question, fur if she obeyed him, she must clean his woman's shoes, and wait upon her at table. The husband said it was her own fault that she was not uow with him, but her habits could not be borne by a poor man. The Wife.—Habits, what habits? The Husband.—Why, you know that nobody can get you out of bed until 11 or 12 o'clock in the morning • and as for breakfast. 1 have been always obliged to fag for it myself when I came home from work. The Wife.—Well, it is all your own fault ; why did you indulge me ? If you bad not indulged me, I wouldn't :lave: lain a-bed.— (A laugh.) The Husband.--Who'd think that you would continue to do so for three years. The very d-1 couldn't live with her, please your Wor. , ship, for if he did, he'd have to do everything fur her himself: The Wife.— Why, my Lord, lam really unable now to do anything at all. My eyes are bad. The husband—Your eyes ! Why, my Lord, it was only a short time ago she complained of her limbs being bail in the rheumatic, and I took her to a doctor. GOD bless you, says he tome, there's nailing the matter with her but want of exercise. (Laughter). Alderman ScuoLEY—lt is pretty evident that there are, as is gene. rally the case, faults on both sides, and nothing can justify the conduct of either, the woman for her laziness, or the man for living with another woman. The wife—Well, my Lord, 11l make all comfortable for him if he takes me home, and sends away his unlawful comrade. A female voice in the crowd was here heard—Don't do no sitch a thing, Jem. You'll have to wash your own linen, as you did afore, if you do. The wife—There, my Lord, is the very unlawful body that's iu my Alderman SCHOLsr despaired of accomplishing any thing by his recommendation, and he accordingly gave directions to the parish officers not to allow the parish to be burdened with a woman, when her hus band had another in her place. GUILDHALL.—SeveraI inhabitants of the parish of St. Sepulchre at. tended before Mr. Alderman Warrusraw yesterday, on summonses for neglecting to pay the poor-rate. The parties generally pleaded their distress as a reason, and only two objected to the amount of the assess ment, in which cases it appeared the houses had been rated at only about half the actual rental. In sonic instances the parties were, upon the ' recommendation of the Magistrate, excused half the wrest, on paying the other half within a month, and the coming quarters as they fall due. —The Alderman mentioned that some time since the distress was so se vere in this district, that out of the 800 housebolden, 200 were sum. mooed for their rates, and there were 300 persons in the workhouse, and above as many more receiving weekly aid out of the house. BOW.STREET..—A respectably dressed man was chard with having obtained a bill of exchange for 201. from Mr. Richard Nassau Bolton, an officer in the army, with intent to defraud him. It appeared that Capt. Bolton, seeing an advertisement in the news papers, stating that bills would be discounted, went to the direction, when he saw the prisoner, who agreed to give him cash for the bill is: question. The prisoner got possession of the bill, on the understanding that Capt. Bolton should receive the amount in a day or two. At an appointed day, Capt. Bolton again called, but the prisoner was from home, and from that period (last July) he had heard nothing of the bill until within a few days of the present time, when he was threatened with an arrest for the amount. Having received no value for the bill, he caused the prisoner's apprehension. Mr. Wooler, for the prosecution, contended that a case of felony had been established ; but the prisoner's solicitor denied this to be the case, as the bill had been entrusted to the prisoner. Mr. HALLS was of the latter opinion. Captain Bolton said he was told that the bill would have been drawn by Colonel Morrison, but when he was called on for payment, the name of J. King was attached to it as drawer. Mr. HALLS observed that this fact altered the transaction, as no doubt the bill would not have been accepted by Captain Bolton, had he not been undet the impression that it was to' be drawn by Colonel Morrison. Captain Bolton replied in the affirmative. Mr. Wooler submitted that sufficient had been shewn to warrant the prisoner's detention. Mr, HALLS thought that the bill ought first to be produced. Mr. Wooler, said that if his application were granted, the bill should be produced on Saturday. The prisoner, by the advice of his solicitor, remained silent. The solicitor declared that the case was one of great hardship on his client. Mr. llst.r.s then remanded the prisoner. LAMBICTII.IITRICET.—A respectable looking female, named 4111 w, residing in Prince's-square, Ratcliff-highway, was charged by a police man, H. 187, with an assault. _ _ The female, in defence, called two witnesses, who stated that the de. fend ant had been having a child christened, and on her return home through Swallow-court, she desired one of the females who accompanied her to stand before her while she fastened an unmentionable part of her dress. The policeman coming up at the moment, ordered them to " move on ;" and on her attempting to pass through the court she was met by the policeman, who took her to the station-house. The Magistrate. , dismissed the charge. A young Scoichnian, who stated himself to be an engineer, was next charged with being disorderly, by the policeman K. 110 and 139. The policemen stated that, while they were conveying a disorderly charge to the station-house on the night before, the defendant intent, fered, and abused them in so shameful a manner, that they were obliged to lock him up. The defendant stated that, while going home on the preceding night, he observed the policemen dragging a man whom they had in charge, in a shameful manner. He merely remonstrated with them for using so much unnecessary violence, and went to the station house to complain of their conduct to their superiors, when he was locked up. Hunter, the inspector, said he should have discharged the defend ant, sere it not that he was so saucy. He acknowledged that be was just come from hearing Cobbett's lecture; spoke of the unconstitutional nature of the New Police system, and of having justice done towards him. His employer attended, and gave him an excellent character, on which the magistrates dismissed the charge. HATTON-GARDE:Y.—Catherine CUMIN and Ana Rowley, both wo men of the town, were charged with robbing Mr. Thos. Simmonds, of St. Paul's Church-yard, of his watch and its appendages, value 51. Mr. Simmonda deposed that, at an early hour that morning, he was passing along Hatton-garden, on his way home, when the prisoners at coated and laid hold of him, one at each side. He spoke to them civilly' at first, and requested that they would go about their business and not annoy him, but he found that mildness and remonstrance was unavailing with them. He then made an effort to shake them off, but the moment he did to, he missed his watch, to which was appended a gold chain and two gold seals, and he called the police to his assistance and gave the prisoners in charge. Police constables Harvey and Harris of the G division, deposed that. when they came up to where the prosecutor and prisoners were standing, they found the watch in Collins's hand. Rowley declared she knew nothing of the concern. At the bar the prisoners accused each other of having taken the watch, and they were fully committed for trial. Blassnoitottoa.tanEET.—Wednesday Mr. Ewalt an inhabitant of St. James's, was summoned before Mr. DYER and Mr. ROE, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 4L I Is. for the use of the poor and the new police. From the statement made by Mr. Ewens, it appeared that last year he was called on to pay towards the poor, the new police, and county as sessment, a rate of 3s. in the pound, and which was found to be not only sufficient, but to leave a surplus, while, for the ensuing year, the rate demanded amountel to 4a. Bd. in the pound. Considering that this enormous increase demanded some explanation, he called on Mr. Haines, the collector, who informed him that it was for the use of the poor and the new police, but the two items were so mixed that he could not say what was the specific sum for each department. Mr. Haines, however, advised Mr. Ewens to call on Mr. Rice for an explanation, which he did, but that gentleman was not able to state whether he parish paid lid. or Is. Gd. in the pound to the new police. An inquiry was then set our foot to know what sum had been paid to the Commissioners of the new police, which, front the receipts, it appeared, amounted to 7.500L_ I Knowing the sum was demand.ed on the county rate, Mr. Evens then asked the rental of the parish. He was informed it amounted to 224,600 L On observing that the rental of the parish was much larger, he was then told that that was the sum which was taken as the county rate, it being about three.fourths of the rental— This iaformation led him to wait on Mr. Rice again to de- mand an inspection of the parochial books, which, after some hesitation was granted, and he then discovered that, although such an outcry had been raised about the enonnous expenses of the new police, I that the demand which had been made by the Commissior.ers did not amount to Bd. in the pound, but that this increase of six or 7,0001. had been thrown in for the purpose of paying the Commissioners of the new streets. Under the Act which authorised the building of Regentsttreet, a clause was introduced that the Commissioners should pay the rates un the old houses which were pulled down, the money to be repaid whenever a surplus on the houses was effected. A surplus began to take place in 1823, which, up to 1829, amounted to 6,397!. 16s. 11d. Under the 2d of (ho. 111. the inhabitants of St. James's, when they found themselves aggrieved, were empowered to apply to two m:.' gistrtes to interfere, and to compel the parochial officers to give an ex. planation, and specify the different items. Now, his having been call, d on to pay 30s. more than had been accounted for by the parish, led :o the present refusal to pay the demand of 41. Ils. Mr. KxIOHT contended that the defendant had barred himself from the explanation which he demanded, as, by an Act of Geo. l I. he ought to apply to the next Quarter Sessions for redress. Mr. Dyer observed that the Act of George 111. contained a positive injunction, and if the defendant was aggrieved, at:d had not received that justice to which he was entitled, they (the Magistrates) certainly would not sign the warrant of distress. The next thing was, what was the nature of the grievance ? It was in rot receiving that explanation to which the defendant was entitled ; anti he would now state that every person who has the funds of a parish, or body, in his hands, is bourd to give the fullest and most satisfactory explanation to those interested. After a long interlocutary conventat:on, the parish officers undertook to give an explanation for the demand. After wheel the parties left the office. QUZEN-SQUARE.—Saneuel Tasker and John Gregory were charge,: with stealing several silver table.spnons and forks. valued at 101. the property of Mr. Sermon, of the Rose and Ctown, at Kew. Mrs. Sermon stated that Tasker had lived in their employ as waiter some length of time. About seven o'clock on the previous evening, she missed several silver spoons and forks from the bar. Inquiry was made atter Taster, but he was not to be found. Sarah Price stated that, between Ex ana stun o'clock on the previous evening, Tasker put some spoons and forks in a basket in the bar. The prisoner Gregory was standing mar him : shortly after she missed both the prisoners. David Phillips, of the B. division. 41, stated that he found the silver spoons and forks OA Tasker, and a bundle containing bread and bacon on G M i r.rY. GREOURIE said that against Gregory there was tot suf f icient eel dens to commit him for trial, and lie should discharge him ; with re spect to Tasker, he should commit him tor trial at the next Kingston Assizes. Tuaisza PoLtcc.—Pbasbe Sullivan was charged with robbing John Barber, a sailor, of two sovereigns, at a house of ill-fame, at Mermaid street, Shadwell-market. The prisoner was committed tar trial. THE FUNERAL OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY We laid him down on his funeral bed, By the waves of the boundless sea ; And their moan was the dirge of the reckless dead, With their wild monotony ! Beyond was the forest's darksome shade, And around was the desert's gloom ; Oh ! well did we fix on that lonely glade, For the scorn of the Poet's tomb ! The sky was without its wonted blue, In the noon-tide's sultry heat ; And hoarse was the scream of the wild sea-mew, As his wings o'er the sleeper beat ! And the winds around, and the waves beneath, Were still as the sleep of the dead ; All grew hush'd, save the sound of our thick'ning wrotth, As we sobb'd by his lonely bed. That bed was the boughs of the mountain pine, And beside was the torch's ghee; And we mournfully mark'd its flashes shine Thro' the gloom of the sunless air ! We fir'd the pile—and the earth and sky Were lit by its burst of light ! A moment it blafd, then died on high, Like the spirit we mourn'd that night ! That spirit ! it never can light again The form that is mould'rmg there ; Does it mix with the storm on the angry main, Or rove through the boundless air Does it roam o'er the forest, the wave, the glen, Away from these scenes of ,trite; Far, far from the haunts of little men, And the little concerns of life ? Peace, peace to his ashes ! they sleep by the %ave. But his spirit remains with us yet ; Years and ages must roll o'er the Poet's grave Ere the sun of his glory be set !" Jesse's Tales of the Dead. SCINTILLA. SIR ALEXANDRit GORDON OF CULVCNNAN. We noticed in our obituary yesterday the death of Sir Ales. lixdoa of Culvennan. Few men have borne a more eminent character to F.. tegrit7 and usefulness, than this venerable gentleman has done, tluougi . out the course of his long and active life. lie became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1771. Abiai.t eleven years afterwards he was appointed Sheriff of his native County et' Wioown, and on a vacancy occurring in the Slitriff and Stewatdshiy of Kirkcudbright in 17/34,1e becanie,Sheriff and Steward of that Ceuat , in which he had his family scat. The zeal and assiduity with which be discharged his judicial Lions commanded the approbation and respect of all classes : and it is Ir important feature in this part of his character, that wherever he had in his power, he extended to the public the benefits of Trial by Jury.l... which liberal and enlightened system he exhibited an early em‘t s:r predilection. Nor were his public services confined to the performance of thi,si: ties : he readily and zealously lent his aid to every purpose that had its object the interests of the country; and it will long be renienibtt„ that we owe principally to his exertions those improvements of the rna.', and bridges of Galloway, which have opened up an easy and commoilicto way of communication to all parts of a district, which, but a few yr ago, was deemed almost inaccessible. He was an attentive and affectionate parent--a generous and indu:. gent master—a kind and considerate neighbour—and as: honest and right man. The church, of which he was an office.bearer, has lust of its most exemplary members—the cause of vital Christianity, a:B.- bus and efficient supporter—and one really attached to that caus e , well wisher and a friend. ' On Tuesday evening the carriage of Lord Brecknock was pelted with stones between Cappoquin and Dungarvan. It is suprom . to have been mistaken for another carriage. —Waterford Mirror. CORSOL•TION FOR THE TEN DEZ-HEA RTED.SOO.; persona of a desponding spirit arc in great concern about the vast nui: • etis of i poor people who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and I have b:,l desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease tbr nation of so grievous an ineumbrance. But lam not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every 'sv dying and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. And as to the lounger labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. They cannot get work, I:r.d consequently pine away for want of nourishment; and thus the countty and themselves are in a fair way of being soon delivered from their evils. —Swift. [Tle description of the sarcastic Dean completely suits the present times.]—Morning Register. In a letter addressed by Sir Henry Hardinge to Richard ()'Connell, Esq. of Tralee, it appears that the order for the late search of arms originated nut with the inspector of police, but with the bench of magistrates. Acorrespondent of the Tipperary Free Press states, that the Assistant Barrister at Thurles, Mr. Hobson, requires from all per. sons about to register as 10L freeholders leases up to the person holdicg the fee. If the statement of the correspondent be correct, this Barris ' ter's decision is opposed to that made by Lord Plunkett in the Court e Common Pleas on the appeal of Ur. Staunton, when the noble lost: ruled thst the lease from the party under whom the tenant in possessio:. derived should be deemed stint. Mr. O'Connell took his departure for London at an early hour on Saturday morning, and prinalely, contrary to his on. ginal intention. He announced that he would leave his beloved Ire ' land after last Mass on Sunday, which announcement was of course in tended as an advertisement for a good gathering of the boys. It having however been intimated to him, that in the event of a riot which was fully calculated upon, there were those who had determin e d t o make hist suffer for Ins agitious efforts in disturbing the peace of the country...." the brave O'Connell" as he is called, still acting upon the principle of self-preservation, prudently decamped without beat of drum.—Dtablin Evening Mail. The clergy, as usual, on the opening of a session, assem bled on Wednesday morning. it convocation at the Chapter-house, in St. Paul's Church-yard, whence they went in procession to the e'tebee drat, attended by the Judge's, Proctors. Ike. of the Spiritual Courts --The procession was met at the great western door by Horror Hughes, the Residentiary in waiting, the Minor Canons, aril Vicar' Choral, who preceded them into the choir. The Archbishop of ('en terbury took his seat in the I)ean's stall. the Bishop of London on Ms throne, and the Bishops of Salisbury and Bangor in :he prebendal stalls to the right of his Grace. The latter then, se the junior BiNhop, rat the Latin Litany, after which Handel's fine anthem from the Mersin'.. " The Loan gave the word," was sung by the choir, the solo pie, " How beautiful," being admirably given by Mr. Vaughan. A Lstir. sermon was then delivery' by . Dr. Barton, of Christ Church, Oxford, Regius Professor of Divinity in that University. At its conclusion. " Gloria in Exeelsis" was chestnut' by the choir, after which the bishop dismissed the congregation with the usual blessing, also in Latin, and the procession returned to the Chapter.house. There wa a numerous attendance of proctors from the different dioceses in tit.: country. FATAL. AcCt DENT.-e—Saturday morning last, four bro thers (Driscollij who lived at Robert's Cove, proceeded in a small bo.": to a bay in its vicinity, to gather sea-weed, which not having uhraine4 they were returning quite close to shore ' when a wave brolse upon then'. anti capsized their boat. Three of t h e brothers w:re, thrown upon rock, which they held with difficulty. \Vile° tile fourth appeared or. its verge, the youngest of them instantly three himself in the sea in J:. der to assist his sinking brother, and after au ineffectual struggle, th. t both sunk and perished. The shrieks of the survivor, brought tut men from a field adjacent to their assistance ; the swell of the stair. creasing. the poor fellows could with difficulty eel'', and with gnat peril, hold together, every moment expecting to be swept away. 3r.il increase then terror, at this moment one of the drowned bodies was thrown on the rock. After the lapse of half an hour, they were CZ3- bled to reach the shore with the body of their brother and friend. The other body had not been found at an advanced hour yesterday.—Cork Mercantile Chronicle of Monday. BIRTH. The filth inst. at Buarn.hall, the Countess ofDelamene, of a .on. MARRIED. The 27th inst. at Derby, T. Nunneley, Esq. of Leicester, to Sara'. • second d-ughter of Th.. &den, of the former place. DIED. The 9th inst. at Berne, in Switzerland, Jane, daughter and only chip of Major Cape, of Oloueesterplace, Portman square, aged 17—Th , 23d inst. at Knightstown, near Alount-Mellkk, Ireland, in his 52d year, R Kenny, Esq.—The 13th inst. Mr. C. Cutter, of London-street, Reading—At New York, on the 20th ult. R. Gillespie, Esq.—The 27th inst. Mr. W. Love, of Lamb's-buildings, Bunhill.row, in the 76th year of his age—The 27th inst. Louisa Jane, wife of the Rev. A. E. Bowman, of Shiplake. Oxfordshire—The 4th inst. at her son's house in town, Jane, relict of W. Briand, Esq. of Woodfecd, in the 74th year of her age. Lownon : Puinted and eublisbed by Jos* MAYMI, at du yas• Orracs, No. 1, Pickett-ewe, Tetaple.Hl*•