Star. — London, England, 1830-09-13 00:00:00

1 i ~ 1 `~ ; ~, . I n , i • V.; Ns, .v s PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE. . „ . • Notwithstanding the fine weather with which we have been favoured until within the last few days, there is still a great quan tity of- eons ushoused in this neighbourhood..—Northompton Alert-airy. , • - Bketsp-stealing is still very prevalent in Buckinghamshire • Mr. Webb ; of Stoke Mandeville, has recently lost five; and Mr. J. Skelton, of Apsley farm, Ellesborough, three ; a bay nag mare was also lately stolen from Mr. W. Randall's field, at Husborn Crawley, Beds. A disturbance broke out at Lower Hardres on Sunday last, arising from the Introduction of machinery to the purposes of agri culture. To such excess had the rioters, 400 in number, suffered them selves to be led, that it was yesterday found necessary to call in the aid of the military ; accordingly, last night, a squadron of the 7th dragoons arrived here.—Kentish Gascite. The most extensive dinner ever given in England was that of bad Romney to the Kent volunteers, when his late Majesty re viewed them, at his Lordship's seat, near Maidstone; the tables were 13,333 yards, or seven miles and a half long. The boards far the tables cost 1.5001. YottK MINSTER.—A discovery has been made within the last two or three days, in the Cathedral, in York, which will pro bably materially alter the nature of the controversy respecting the re. moval of the Choir Screen, so tat as that subject is argued on antique. rian rocarch, and the ancient architecture of the Minster. In clearing away the rubbish from the interior of the Organ Screen, the foundations of the ancient choir have been exposed. They are hollow, composed of rough granite, and the very coarsest of sand stone, and the space be tween is filled with grouted rubbish. They extend beyond the eastern pillars of the lantern tower, and a portion of than has been cut away, to admit of the insertion of the bases of these pillars, thus proving that the choir to which they have belonged extended much farther westward than the present one does, and also showing that it has been narrower in breadth from north to south.—Lseds Mercury. A SENTIMENTAL AND LITERARY SHOEMAKER.— A shoemaker of Doncaster, in announcing to the public in hand-bills the merits of his "selling off" system," says, "Selling off at reduced prices, several hundred pairs of boots and shoes in every size, from the infant in its mother's lap to the man full-grown; and in kind ftom the peuant that solitary wanders o'er his native field to the fashionable courtier. Shoes being an article of such common use in the exercise of the human body, (this is the much of intellect with a vengeance,) it becomes adequately necessary that particular attention be paid to the kind of leather of which they are composed, and the manner in which they are manufactured. The public are aware that it is too often the case that shoes are made explicitly for sale, and not for general utility when sold !" A KIND NOTICE.—The following notice has lately been painted in very large letters on a barn door at Farnborough, in Kent, opposite to the George and Dragon Inn—" Take notice, as five horses and three hogs have been stole from here, whoever trespasses on these here premises, after dusk, will be shot without fail." FIRST OF SEPTEMBER....—OR the whole, the sport on Wednesday was tolerably good, and the birds were in excellent con dition. The loss, however to the individuals has been very great, par ticularly to the west and no rth-west of Reading. A gentleman from Ludgate-hill, on a visit near Newbury, let fly amongst "a covey" of white barn-door fowls, which happened to be promenading in a meadow at Chieveley, and which he described as " werry extraordinary par tridges wot are seldom to be seen-.-quite a rare antis ;" one received a chance shot in the head, and of course was bagged, and carried home as " a singular epecimen." A fine bull belonging to Farmer near Theme, was severely wounded in the rump, by a junior clerk in the Ordnance office; the poor animal wee couchant in a field of aftermath, into which he had lucklessly strayed, and the tuft of its tail only being seen in a state of motion was instantly fired at. the accomplished marks man taking him for "one of last year's birds." A number of ducks in and about Tilehurst have not been seen or heard of since Wednesday morning, and it is feared they have been " made game" :of, and carried home by some city sportsmen, as trophies of their skill is the school pyrotechnique. Some 'rhea sheaves have here and there been seen set on fire by wadding having been shot at under the impression that " the birds" might have sought shelter in them. A capital double-barrel Manton belonging to Mr. K of Wantage, having several times missed fi re, it was at the close of the day discove red that in the hurry he had deposited the shots next to the breech : such errors, however, will occur. Our friend, Mr. —, hav ing a spare charge in his detonator, let fly at what he conceived to be a blue pigeon, hut it proved to be a hawk, and he missed it, but hit his turnspit dog, which had been with great care trained for field diversion! Mr. trom Abingdon, is fast recovering from the effects of " the knock-down," occasioned by his having let off four charges from his gun—not having noticed the fact that the powder in his piece had not exploded in the several efforts he made for a " palbable hit, " after tak ing a " few standing glasses" with a worthy Friend of Bar leyford. We have not yet received our usual returns from the Forest Division : Oh, what a day is the first of September; When Sportsmen and game are in plenty around— Its pleasures, and pastimes, and fun well remember, While bull-dogs, retriever', and sheep dogs abound. For " what's in a name ?" why the owl it has wings, And the pheasant and partridge wear feathers so gay ; And although the grey goose, she but seldom time sings, Why we'll hang her for a' that, and make her our prey. (Song for September, not published.) —.Berkshire Chroniek. FOREIGN CROPS.—It appears from the accounts received from all parts of Italy, that the crops in almost every kind of ;pain will prove deficient this season, in consequence of the continued dry weather which has prevailed. In the Roman States, the exportation of corn has been recently prohibited by a Government decree. This, according to the letters from Leghorn, will be particularly felt in Tuscany, where the supplies of wheat were always derived in most abundance from the Papal dominions, even in the seasons that are favourable to the prospe rity of the crops, and where the deficiency in the local produce will be this year still greater than elsewhere. In the kingdom of Naples, the kind of grain which has suffered most from the searching sun, is Indian wheat, an article of great local use, and also of exportation to the Il lyrian,Dalmatian, and Croatian provinces, where it is an essential re quisite of food. It appears, however, that this grain promises to be ex tremely abundant this season in the Bannat of Temnwar, whence the provinces mentioned will be, no doubt, amply supplied. It is, there fore, only to the Neapolitan dominions that its scarcity is likely to be confined this year. According to the letters from Odessa of the 9th of August, received on Wednesday, there was yet a very large stock of wheat on hand, and notwithstanding the reported failure of the sop in the south of Russia, no apprehension of any want of means to supply other countries seems to have existed there. The last advices from Italy, however, had occasioned a considerable rise in the price of wheat, as it was evident that Odessa will become this year the principal source of supply to most of the Italian States. The latest quotation of wheat at Odessa is 18 roubles the chetwert, which makes it equal to 25a. the English quarter on board.—. County Chron. PORTRAIT Op A LADY, BY HERSELF.--.I was born at Heidelberg (1632). lam unquestionably very ugly. I have no lea. titres : my eyes are small, my nose is Est ; these do not constitute much of a physiognomy; I have great hanging cheeks, and a large face ; my stature is short and stout ; my body and my thighs too are short ; and, upon the whole, lam a very ugly little object. If I bad not a good heart, no one could endure me. To know whether my eyes give tokens of possessing wit, they must be examined with a microscope, or it will be difficult to judge. Hands more ugly than mine are perhaps not to be found on the who globe. The Sing as often told me so, and has made me laugh at it heartily ; for not being able to flatter even my. self that I possessed any one thing that could be called pretty, I re. solved to be the first to laugh at my own ugliness: this has succeeded as well as I could have wished, and I must confess that I have seldom been at a loss for something to laugh at. lam naturally somewhat me. lancholy ; when any thing happens to afflict me, my left side swells up as if it were filled with water. lam not good at lying in bed; as soon as lam awake, I must get up. 1 seldom breakfast, and then only 03 bread and butter. I take neither chocolate, nor coffee, nor tea, not be ing able to endure those foreign drugs. lam German in all my habits, and like nothing in eating or drinking which is not conformable to our old customs. I eat no soup but such as I can take with milk, wine, or beer ; I cannot bear broth; whenever I eat any thing of which it forms part, I fall sick instantly, my body swells, and I am tormented with cholies. When I take broth alone, I am compelled to vomit even to blood ; and nothing can restore the tone of my stomach but ham and sausages.—See the" Memoirs of the Court of Loris XIV. to. by the Duchess of Orleans, Mother of the Reyna." GllOSTB.—There is a curious case related, of a man who was a well-known character, and a man of sense—where it was said he used to see a number of people in the room with him. Now he him. self has described the whole of the phenomenon, and all the adjuncts to it. He has said, after taking • cup of coffee, or tea, or so on, they came into his room in great numbers; and as be got better, and less nervous, he has only seen the arms or legs of the persons, without seeing any other pan of them. Now this is all an irregular action of the retina. A gentleman sitting in his library one day, reading or writing, or turning round his head, saw, sitting in a chair, a woman in a red cloak. And he said, how came you in here, good woman ? The woman said nothing. What is the meaning of you being here, woman ? No answer was made. You have no right to be here; go out of the room. She took no notice of him. He got up and rang the bell for the servant. The savant came in. Turn this woman out. What woman, Sir ? Why, the woman in a red desk. There's no woman, nor any red cloak, Sir. Well, go and fetch the doctor for me ; tell him lam ill, and I wish to speak with him. The man, however, was not to be fightened by this, because he knew it was a delusion of his sight. Now I have had it so often, that it has been a matter rather of amuse. ment to me, than anything else. I have stood before a glass, and seen the upper part of my head, and eyes, and nose, very distinctly ; but I never saw that I had any mouth or jaw ; and I have seen my shoulders very well, but all was blank between my nose and shoulders. Why,' now I say, what can you make of this, but that it is errors of action, or inactivity in parts of the retina ?.—sflarresthly's Lectures. SCINTILLA. TO THE LADY-BIRD. Prom the Germane. Lady-bird! Lady-bird 1 pretty one, stay, Come sit on my finger, so happy and gay, With me shall no mischief betide thee ; No harm would I do thee, no foeman is here, I only would gaze on thy beauties l'hose beautiful winglets bade 1110. Lady-bird ! Lady-bird ! fly awig his,, Your house is op fire, your MMus will roam,! List ! list I to their ay and bewailing I The pitiless spider is weaving their doom, Then Lady-bad, Lady-bird, fly away home, Hark ! hark ! to thy ddldren's bewailing ! Fly back again. back again, Lady-bird dear ; Thy neighbours will merrily welcome thee here, With them shall no peril attend thee ; They'll guard thee so safely from danger or rare, They'll gaze on thy beautiful wingleta so fair, They'll love thee, and ever befriend thee. A DIVINITY PORTRAIT. Battering his sleek frame for sums of gold, He cost himself into the saint-like mould; Oroan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squatting train But, as 'tis hard to cheat &juggler's eyes, His open lewdness he could ne'er disguise t There split the Saint ; for hypocritic seal Allows no sins but those it can conceal t.... Wenehing to scandal gives too large a scope ; Saints must not trade, but they may intalopt I—Darpsw. --Ns.— GREECZ.—The following curious statistical details rela tive to the Peloponnesui, are taken from a French paper :—The Mores is separated into four provinces —Romania, Acids, Messer's, and Livonia. Romania includes the territories of Napoli, Argos, Corinth, Tripolitza, and the eight townships of Zaconia. Anita's comprehends the territories of Patras,Vostista,Calvarita,andGastuni. Messenia com prises the territories of Navarino, blodon, Coron, Aradrussa, Calamata, Indari,Caritania,Janar, and Arcadia. Laconia is composed of the tad tories of 51alvoisia, Mistra, Bordugna, Chielefa, Passava, and Zarnats. The following is the number of the inhabited towns t—Romania, 255 ; Achaia, 419 ; Messenia, 564 ; Livonia, 260 ; total, 1,4.98. The num. ber of the villages which have been destroyed is in Romania 80, 100 in Achaia, 72 in Messenia, and in Livonia 50; total, 302. Of monaste ries there are 41 in Romania, 30 in Admit, 23 in Messenia, and 33 in Livonia ; total, 135. In Romania there arc 9,557 families ; Achaia, 11,445; Messenia, 13,488; and Laconia, 11,717; making a total of 48,207. The teal of the population of Romania Is 40,829 souls, Achaia, 49,491 souls, Messenia 64,073, Livonia 46,260 ; total, 11A653. NATION AL PREJUDICE.•-I especially believe that com munities suffer solely by that species of immortality, which the herd of statesmen have industriously cherished as of signal utility; I mean by hostile feelings towards other countries. The common doctrine has been, that prejudice and enmity towards foreign states are means of fos tering a national spirit, and of confirming union at home. But bad passions once instilled into a people will never exhaust themselves abroad. Vice never yields the fruits to virtue. Injustice to strangers does not breed justice to our friends.—Malignity, in every form, Is a fire of hell, and the policy which feeds it Is infernal Domestic feuds and the madness of party are its natural and necessary issues, and a people, hostile to others, will demonstrate in its history, that no form of inhumanity or injustice escapes its just retribution.—Dr. Charming. Iwcuaus.—Have there ever been Incubi and Succubi? Our learned jurisconsulta and demonologists admit both the one and the other. Bodin, in his book concerning Sorcerers, relates, that John Hervilier, a native of Verberie, was condemned by the Parliament of Paris to be burned alive for having married his daughter to the Devil, a great black man, whose armies were attended with a sensation of cold, which appears to be very uncongenial with his nature; but our juris. prudence has always admitted the fact, and the prodigious number of Securers it has burnt in consequence will always remain a proof of its accuracy. The celebrated Pica of liiirandola—(a Prince never lies)—• says he knew an old man of the age of 80 years who had dept half his life with a female devil, and another of 70 who enjoyed a similar feli city. Both were burned at Rome. Thus is the existence of Incubi and Succubi demonstrated. It is impossible at least to prove to the con. =for if we are called uppon to believe that devils can enter our who can prevent them from taking kindred liberties with our wives and ten ? And if there be demons, there are probably de monesees.—P Dictionary. AFFECTATION OF SING ULARITII." Singularity, when It is natural, requires no apology; when it is affected, it is detestable, such is that of our young people in bad handwriting. On my expedi tion to Byzantium, the city decreed that a cloak should be given me with forty drachmae: and when I was about No return, I folded it up carefully, in readiness for any service in which I might be employed hereafter. A young o ffi cer, studious to imitate my nearness, packed up in the same manner, not without hope perhaps that I might remark it ; and my servant, or his, on our return, mistook it. I sailed for Athena t he, with a dernehment, for Heraclea ; whence he wrote to me that he bad sent my cloak, requesting his own by the first conveyance. The name was quite illegible, and the carrier, whoever he was,thad per. sued his way homeward. I directed it then as the only safe way—if, indeed, there was any safe one—To the Jiver who writes worst at Ha raolea."—Dialogue between Zschines and Phottion.--Loador's Con twraations, voL _ _ • WAYS OP SATAN. — SECOND SIGHT.••••IIiS Majesty (James I) did much press for my opinion touching the power of Satan in matter of witchcraft, and asked me, with much gravity, if I did truly understand why the Devil did work more with ancient women than others ? I did not refrain from a scurvy jest, and even said—(notwith standing to whom It was said)—that we were taught hereof in Scripture, where It is told, that the Devil " walketh in dry places." More serious discourse did dent ensue, wherein I wanted room to continue and some • times room to escape; or the Queen his mother was not forgotten, nor Davison nelthes. His Highness told me her death was visible in Scot land before it did really happen, being, as he said, spoken of in secret by those whose power of sight presented to them a bloody bead in the air. He then did remark much on this ifs. and said he had sought out of certain books a sure way to attain knowledge of future chances-- Hereat he named many books which I did not know nor by whom written, but advised me not to consult some authors, which would lead me to evil consultations. I told his Majesty, the power of Satan had, I much feared, damaged my bodily frame, but I had not further will to court his friendship for my souls hurt. We next discoursed somewhat on religion, when at length he said, Now, Sir, you have seen my wisdom in some sort, and I have pryed into yours : I pray you, do me justice in your report ; and, in good season, I will not fail to add to your under standing is such points as I may tied you lack amendment.—Letferfross Sir IcM Harrington to Sir Astor l'aioktt r 1604. 11E131)OMADARV. Tuts DAY, SEPT. 13.—General Wolfe killed, 1759. Right Hon. C. Fox dial, 1806. Set your watch 4 minutes 4 stealth skwer than the time shown upon the sun dial at noon. To-Kowtow—Exaltation of the Holy Cron, or rather some pleas of it, upon their being re-taken by the Emperor Heraclius, from Comes, Ring of Persia. Burning of Moscow, 1812. Witurzsoev.—Ember week. The Ember day■ are appmpriated to prayer and fasting, and seem to have been instituted In thank Goo for the harvest that has been reaped. About this time the common !!owl hoots, and the saffron butterfly, and the willow red under wing moth appaus. TIEVISDAY—LeDgth of day 12 hours 35 minutes. Day decreased 3 hours 69 min. Old Bailey Sessions commence. FRIDAY—New Moon 23 min. put 2 morning. Sun eclipsed, invisible. St. Lambert. The Roman Catholics have expunged this Saint's name from the Calendar, though we retain it. Title of King offered to Cromwell, 1666. Mercury may now be seen a little after sunset tlt is now at its greatest distance from the sun. SarnaluT—Oeoege I. and 11. landed. This is the first day of the month /labia 11. with the Mahometans ; and of the month TWA with the Jun, when their year 5591 begins. As well as being the New Year's Day. it is the Feast of Trumpets, and the Jews will be beard in all directions sounding trumpets of rams' horns, as some say, in memory of Abraham offering up Isaac on Mount Marlah on this day. Moon mouths L afternoon. Sterne died, 1768. Prior died, 1721. flextuT—Battle of Poktlers, 1356. Sun rises 12 min. before 6, sets 11 min. pest IL BIRTHS. The Iltb lost. In Park -crescent, the Lady of SirW. H. Rlebardson of& daughter—The lath hut. at Denmark-hill, Mrs. W. &ow, of awes MARRIED. On Batutday last, at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, by the Rev. John Brains (the ceremony having been previously celebrated - according to the rites of the Church of Rome by the Rev. Dr. Dahlacconi), Sc butbtn Boom. Fog. of Havre, to Frances Caroline, only daughter of Mr. liens Re 1, of Chaneery-lane, and of Putney, in the county of Sum?. DIED. The 11th hut. at Brldport-place, New North.nwd, Mr. A. Clunk. In the 74th year of his age—The Ilth int. W. Arthur, the Infant eon of T. U. Whitmore, of Peckham-grove —Sept- 7, at Bath. Mt. I. Pewee, aged 90, many years Won-Master, Tewkesbury, Gloocoater. shirt—At Rio de Janeiro, en the 9th of June last, William,fourtk son of Mr. Haney, of the gunpowder-mina. iionnalow.lwadt, in the sob year of kb age—The 7th Inst. at Bath, T. N. Quiche. Be* late Capt. In the King's Dragoon (hard% and fourth eon of the late J. Quiche. Req. of Newton•hoose, Deem. LONDON: Ptiesed mad Published by Jose MATNI, ag the Oft". Ovrtcz, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple B. 1 WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, SZVT. 11. ii!t ii [.;,' 41.4 1~ , ►~~j~ it ~ 1 ~ 4 , ~' ! 1, 11 i~ .~ t. A general gaol delivery of Tothill Fields prison took place this mons. ing, when among a hundred prisoners who were set at liberty without trial, we perceived Mary Ann Peeree, alias Lady Bertram, and Dorado, the voracious oyster eater, the former of whom was clean and neatly dressed; and the latter laughed most impudently as he passed under the bench, on being pointed out by Mr. Gilby, the Clerk of the Peace. Stephen Moore was indicted for attempting to cut the pocket of a lady unknown. Inspector Manning saw the prisoner end a gang of his confederates, in Palace-yard, during the Levee, and suspecting their design, watched their manauvres, when presently he saw the prisoner with a knife in his hand, in the act of feeling for the pocket of a lady who stood in the crowd, upon which he secured the prisoner. Mr. HAYMOW, the prisoner's counsel, asked the witness if he could say whether or not the lady wore a pocket ? Inspector Manning replied in the negative. Mr. HAYMOW then submitted, that as there was no evidence that the led" had any pocket on, the indictment could not be supported. The CHAIRMAN, however, over-ruled the objection. Mr. HAYDON in his address on behalf of his client, observed, that the strong fact against him was, the having had a knife in his hand. It was well-known, however, that persons who had no occupation for hours together, often resorted to the use of a knife for pastime, and himself and some of his Learned Friends, who frequently sat in that Court from the beginning to the end of a Session would very often furnish indisputable testimony to the truth of the remark.— , (Laughter.) The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Henry Smith, a young lad, was convicted of stealing a pocket handkerchief. _ _ _ The prisoner's moths:gave him a most shocking character, and en tailed, as the only means of preserving his life, that he might be sent out of the country. The Came:wax complied with her request, having sentenced the pri soner to transportation for seven years. Jaime Brown, a young Irish lad, was indicted for having on the 7th of July last, presented a forged order to Messrs. Keating and Brown, booksellers, Duke.street, Grosvenor-square, for twelve missals, value Si, George Keating stated that he was one of the prosecutors, and remem bered the prisoner presenting the order in question, which purported to have been written by Alr.W.Woods, and signed by a Mr. Harrington, whose signature was very closely imitated. Believing the order to be genuine, witness complied with it, and in a few hours afterwards the Rev. Mr. Lee, a Roman Catholic Clergyman called on witness and in formed him that he had reason to believe tha t he (witness) had been de frauded by the prisoner. The prisoner was taken into custody about a week afterwards in War wick-street Chapel, where he was detected in the act of stealing SOON books from a pew. Witness was positive as to the prisoner's identity. Prisoner—Are you certain that I am the same gentleman ?—(A laugh.) Witness—Perfectly : you are the rogue who got my books on the forged order. Prisoner—Produce the order. Witness—lt is not in my hands; it lies with the clerk of the peace. The Cn.ta max observed that the production of the order was not necessary, Mr. Woods being in attendance. Prisoner.—l can't either read or write. To Mr. Keating—Yon may stand down, Sir. Thomas Brown corroborated the evidence of Mr. Keating, but ad mitted that he knew nothing of the prisoner. Prisoner.—You may also stand down. Mr. Woods proved that he had never sent any such order, and that he bad not received the missals. Mr. Harrington also denied all knowledge of the order, but said that the signature, " Thomas Harrington," was a close imitation of his. Prisoner.—Do you know any thing about me ? Witness.—Certainly not. Prisoner.—Well then, you may likewise stand down. The prisoner stated that he had but recently arrived from the county of Mayo ; and, not being:Sable to get harvest work, he went toWuwick-m. Chapel for assistance, when he was recognised by the priest as a thid, and immediately given into custody. He, however, denied baying am• muted the forgery. The Jury found him guilty. . .. - The CHAIRMAN expressed it as his belief that the prisoner had been made a dupe in the transaction, but added that u he refused to disclose those who had employed him, he must take the consequence. The pu nishment which the law awarded was transportation for life, and unless he (the prisoner) disclosed the names of his confederates, the law should be carried into full effect. The prisoner bunt into tears, and stated that a person whom he had met in the street gave him a shilling for presenting the order. The CHAIRMAN declared that he did not believe this story, and de. ferred pasting the sentence until the adjourned day, in order that the prisoner might have time to reflect on the folly of longer withholding the names of his associates. INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF MR. GEORGE SHOOTER AND HIS EON, AT SUTTON. (Abridged from the Nottingham JournaL) ' On Wednesday a jury was empanelled at the house of Mr. Francis Withman, the sign of the Black Bull, Sutton in Ashfield, before Mr. Swaine, Coroner, to inquire into the circumstances touching this horrid affair. Sarah Shooter, widow of the deceased George Shooter, beinc: a o sed m, stated that her husband was 53 years old, and her son 19. The Henry Shooter was bound apprentice to Mr. Lomas, of Belper, in the county of Derby, surgeon, and had served five years of his apprentice ship. He boarded and lodged at Mr. Lomas's. Yesterday (Tuesday) morning he returned home to our house quite unexpectedly. We ware all gone to bed, and he rapped at the front window, when my husband got up, and put his head out of the window, and inquired, " Who's there ? Is it Henry ?" Henry answered " Yes." My husband then went down stairs, and after letting him in, came up again, and told me Henry was come. I then got up went down stairs, and warmed some bread and milk for him, which he partook of. He appeared much as usual. I observed to him that as he appeared tired, he had better go to bed ; I said the bed was ready, but as the sheets had been laid fresh on the bed, I would go down and warm them. Having procured a pan of coals for this purpose, I then went up stairs in the dark. There were no angry words pseud between Henry, my husband, cc myself, from the time he entered the house to the time I went up stabs with the coals. The only observation I heard was when my husband asked Henry why he came home so late? Henry answered, " Because it was most con venient to me." This was not spoken by either of them in an angry manner. Before I had time to put the warming-pan in the bed, I heard a groan down stairs, which I have no doubt proceeded from my bus. band. Upon hearing that, I immediately came out of the room with the pan In my hand, and met Henry on the top of the stairs in the dark, and his father following him. Henry, as he passed me, gave me a blow on the left side of my head, and went into his bed-room. That mo meat I did not know that he bad struck me with any instrument. I then said to my husband, " What is the matter?" and he replied, "He has 'stabbed me in one or two ',places." I then saw the blood flowing from my husband down the *taboos. I requested him to go down stairs, and he did so, and sat himself down in a chair; he was bleeding fast all the time, and I stood by and supported him. I sent the servant-girl for Mr. Sales, the surgeon; and I also sent a lodger, named Richard Marriott, whom I had called up. In a very abort time after my husband bad eat down, be got up and tried to walk moss the room, as if he wanted to go to thestairease, and In walking across Ise fell forwards on his face on the flew, and be lay in that state till Mr. Sales came. Mr. Sales advised me to go to m/ c listoaite neighbour, Mr. Rhodes. I never heard the deceased a ft er he told me the was stabbed, except once or twice, when called out " Richard," meaning Richard Marriott. I have not been in the horse sines. As my husband was coming down stairs be said to me "Hs ;has served himself the same." I then said, "He struck at me, and my husband said, " Did he ?" About six yesterday morning, when I was getting reedy for breakfast, I took my cap off, and my hair felt rather clotted ; I asked Mts. Rhodes if it was blood, and she said it was. My left ear then bunt out bleeding afresh, and I sent for Mr. Sales, who mine and bound the wound up ; I received no other wound whatever . • whilst I remained down stairs in the house with my husband, I did not Lear or am any thing of Henry. About two years ago Henry ran away from Mr. Lomas, and was absent about a fortnight, when the Mayor of Dover sent a letter to Mr. Lomas, to inform him where he was, and he went and fetched him home ; I never heard him give any reason for running away, except that he wanted to go to sea; I have never beard any complaint made against him since; I know of no instance in his conduct to make me think his mind was unsettled ; I do not know that he was in want of any thing; he had been at home about a fortnight before, and we did not expect him again so soon; I never heard him make any complaint against his master, nor his master against him. lie was always a steady apprentice and an affectionate child, and my husband and I felt much attached to him. When be was over, about a fortnight ago, I was taken ill with a slight attack of the bowel complaint and vomiting, l do not think or believe, nor, have I the slightest suspicion, that Henry mixed in my victuals or Other wise any thing of a poisonous nature; I have heard that there is in sanit in the family of the Shooters ; my husband's aunt was so Weasel that for some years she was unable to take care of herself; the late Mrs. Hutton of Sutton, who was my husband's sister, once attempted to cut her throat, and she never was quite right in:her mind after. Ido not know of any instance of insanity in my husband's conduct ; I can give , no idea whatever why Henry should have committed this set. This evidence being corroborated by other witnesses, and the reports I of two surgeons being made, The Jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased George ' Shooter was stabbed and killed by his son Henry, who was insane when, he killed his father; and that the deceased Henry Shooter stabbed and killed himself, being insane at the time. .t POLICE REPORTS. OIIILDMALLIL Montagne, who has been In custody several days charged with stealing a parcel. containing halves of provincial notes, of the value of 4001. from the Swan with Two Necks Inn, where he was emloyed, was finally examined= Saturday before Mr. Alderman Win. cheater. Mr. Hunt, the Solicitor for the prosecution, said the party in the country who packed up the parcel was unable' to come that day to prove the contents, but he would attend at the Sessions. Mr. Burford, a clerk to Messrs. Roberts and Co. the bankers, said the prisoner brought in the half of one of the stolen notes on the 24th of August. He did not ask for payment, but stated that be had picked it up in Broad-street, opposite the Excise-office. When called upon for his defence, the prisoner said be could not tell what had induced him to do it, but he had stolen three par cels. He did not remember the address of the first, but the snood was directed to Mr. Ashby, and the third to Fair and Son, sectionals, in the Borough. Mr. Alderman Wurcnsir xi expressed the pain he felt at com mitting such a boy (he had the apparence of being only twelve or fourteen years old) for a capital offence; but he said he feared that though he was so young, he was old in crime. He was committed for trial. A handsome girl, named Mary Mitchell, nearly sixteen years of age, was brought up on the charge of her uncle, for deserting her parents, to become one of the unhappy creatures who infest the streets. The uncle said she was the eldest of nine children, and her father re sided near Maidenhead. About a fortnight ago, she absconded with a younger girl in the village, and came to Lon do n, and the letter which communicated the fact to him, stated that her poor mother had been in fits almost constantly since she had been missed. With some difficulty, he had discovered the girl in a brothel at No. 2, Lombard-street, White. friars, decked out in the first style. He now merely begged that the Alderman would detain the girl till her parents could reach town to re ceive her. Mr. Alderman WINCHEITIM despatched two officers to the house, and, in a short time, Mrs. Jones and her husband were brought up. The defendants protested that they had strongly urged Mary Mitchell to return to her friends. No rows or robberies ever occurred at their house, nor could any body say they ever permitted an innocent girl to be ruined in it. Mr. Alderman WINCHICSTZI4 however, said he would not shew them the least lenity, and committed the in for keeping • disorderly house, at the same time ordering the City Solicitor to prosecute. HATTON.GAILDEII.—There were 775 summonses disposed of, all of which were for poor.ratn. It appears that a rate of one shilling per pound had been made on the inhabitants, which was understood to have been occasioned in consequence of an order for defraying the expense of police ; and that to make up the deficiency in the accounts of some de. rankers who had been entrusted with the parish monies, the inhabl. tants had been paying a tate of amen of the old Watching Act ; so that the rate of arrears, and the other together, amounted to about ls.Bd. in the pound. All the persons summoned were unable to pay, and the usual number of days of indulgence was granted them, at the expiration of which they were told the warrants of distress would be is sued against them. Should their total inability to pay be really un. affea4 and the law be enfotced to Its full rigour, it is probable that the parish will have a vast accession of applicants for support from the very sources towards which they had been called up on to contribute. QUILW.SQUARIC.—ifistiIda Beiges was on suspicion of having made way with her infant child. Elizabeth Davey, of No. 36, Saint Anne-street, Westminster, stated, that the prisoner and her husband came to lodge with her on the Ist of last July. The prisoner appeared to be very large. A person told witness that the prisoner had been brought to bed, and she asked her husband what bad been done with the child ? lie replied, 4 , you make a great deal of fuss about it, go in and ask her. Witness:went accord ingly and asked her what she had done with the child ? She said that the child had been buried in Saint John's Church-yard. Witness went to the sexton of Saint John's, and was told that no child bad been bu ried in the burial ground of that pariah from Saint Ann-street. The prisoner and her husband left her lodgings a few days after this, at an early hour, and took the key with them. The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial for the offence, and also for stealing a shawl at Camberwell Fair, and pledging it at a pawnbroker's in Tottenham.coutt-road. WORSHIP.STILEZT—R. Wilson, alias " Brighton Dick," was finally examined before Mr. Broughton, with a man named Austin, on , a charge of breaking into and plundering the house of a lady named Stayley, at South lancing, Sussex. [ Armstrong and Attfield, officers of this establishment, have lately found some of the articles pledged at various pawnbrokers' shops in Walworth, by a girl who gave her name Margaret Wilson, 1, Ptinces. row, Walworth. . . Mrs. Mary Foster, a pretty and very showy-looking little woman, stated herself to be a married person, but said that about 10 years ago, she became acquainted with Wilson, and lived with him till lest June. About the 25th of March, Wilson had been away from home for a day or two, and at two o'clock in the morning she heard a knock, and found Austin and another man at the door, with a tilted can, containing a quantity of furniture, which they brought into the house. Wilson re. turned bow a day or two afterwards, and said be supposed they had got the things all right. Witness had a daughter about lb years of age, who was sent with Austin to pawn some of the articles. Witness continued to live with Wilson, in Prospect-row, till the 17th June, when he absconded with her daughter, whom she had never since beard o£ The prisoners were onnmited for the burglary, to be tried in Surrey. COURT OF JUSTICIARY, GLASGOW, Septaaber 8. ir• Feat, porter, was charged with the rnur..er of his wife, Maxwell 11 , 11 inlay, or M'Feat, in so far as he did, on the 24th of April, in a house in klinspeon's-land, Shuttle-street, Glasgow, strike her several severe blows on the head and other:parts of the body, with his fists, and with kicking and trampling on her belly, and with stabbing her with a pair of scissors ; in consequence of which she was deprived of life, and auelly murdered. Witnesses proved the manner in which the demand came by her death. She was drunk, and singing and dancing in the street, with a child in her arms, and a crowd round her. They went home, a great noise began, such as swearing, &c. Mrs. M'Feat was crying, and wit ness heard her say more than once, " 0 Goo Almighty I" Witness heard more than one fall in in the house. In the course of the squab ble witness went to the door and knocked. She then saw Mrs.ll•Feat !ruing on the floor in front of the bed. One of the daughters opened door. Mrs. M'Feat did not rise, and the husband was close by. He laid hold of his wife by the legs, and threw her with her feet to the door. In drawing her bee clothes were drawn up, and pan of her per son exposed. She did not observe any marks of blood at that time. Mrs. was thrown with violence, and the door was shut in wit ness's face. There was a noise after that similar to what had been be fore witness went into her own house. A Mrs. Ogilvie came in, and in consequence of what she said, witness went again to West's door, and saw Mrs. M'Feat lying in front of the bed. Wiest was smoking by the fire. Witness went to the bed-side, and put her hand on her; she soon after left the house, and went away on a message. On her return the police were there, and all was over.. EXCULPATORY PROOF. Din. Munn, vintner, has known the prisoner for ten years. He was four years servant with her ; be takes nervous tits, and is weak in his judgment ; he does not know what he is about when in them ; she has hard him talking like a assy persona thinks he is worse In his ment than be was when with her. Alex. Brown. fannes—M , Feat was in his service for one year. He observed a general delirium about him, sometimes approaching to in sanity. He talked lautherently. He had to dismiss him on account of his weakness. ll'llutray, porter, has known West for 20 years ; be often thought be was deranged, and was frequently in fits, when he was not in his right mind ; be had many del usi ons and fancies, and spoke much about being at the wars, which witness knew was not true. Lord PITYILLY •1111111 Th e e phe evidence, and the Jury having rto tired for a short time ret with a verdict of guilty, bat mom. mended him to mercy in the strongest terms, on account of the peat provocation he received. The prisoner was then sondsmited by LordPltmilly to be executed on the 29th September, at the usual hour and place. On the conclusion of hi s Lordship's address, BlTest " My Lords, will you allow ime to speak ?" He than said, " Before (ion and my Jury, and your Lordships, as Lam doomed to die, 1 never touched that woman with any instrument, so help me 00D. lie main tained the utmost composure throughout. The body of a fine female infant was found by Mr. Mori son, of the Rlia Tavern, Augustuaatreet, Regent's-park, en Thurs day morning, on the bank of the Regent's-canal, with a large stone fas. toned to it. It pp from the situation in which it was discoveted, that it was In to have been thrown into the canal ; but from some cense, es yet undiscovered, the object of the inhuman wretch was true. trated. A Chinese sow, the property of Mr. J. Padbury, of Little Clarendon-street. Oxford, on Thursday last, brought faith a Bust of vi 26 p l ysa l lj 130 d of whkh are living. ! The sow is very prolific, having pre. m y need ones A re broke out y ,about one o'clock on Saturday morning, at Dlr. Hoskins's, pacer, in Spectacle-alley. near Whiteehapel CA It was dhcovered by a pallor constable. By timely mortices the goods and furniture were saved. The engines were on the spot, and a plead. fill supply of water being obtained, the firs was moon extinguished. Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, as a poor woman, with a basket of fruit on her head, was crossing from Farringdon.strest as Bridge-street, the pole of a coach drove against her, and **eked her down with great violence. She was taken up quite insensible, and eon_ veyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, when it was discovered that her Ooller.bone was broken!