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I ,7 6 fcomit ~/t r; •,% . ' • rif 4 N BOARD THE LOWTHER CASTLE 41 INGLIS EAST INDIAMEN. VsiatiFflay titling the day appointed for the examination of the four seamen, at theiThanies Police-office, charged with mutiny on board the above-named vessels, during th e homeward bound voyage, the Office, and every avenue thereto, was crowded to excess. On Mr Bacr.axxixt and Captain RICIIBELL, the Magistrates, taking their seats, Jaynes Hawkins, a seaman of the Lowther Castle, East indiaman, Captain Rattle, commander, was charged withmutinous conduct. and attempting to stab Mr. John Hayward, the third officer. Mr. Robert Barton, the fourth officer, stated that on the 27th of June last, the ship was lying off bt. Helena ; he was in charge of the deck, when the prisoner hailed his Majesty's frigate Ariadne, lying near, and made a noise. He immediatily ordered him aft, and the prisoner walked as tar as the gangway, and exclaimed with an oath, that he would go no further, and attempted to come forward. He lad hold of him, and attempted to force him aft, when the prisoner drew his knife, and was about to open it. when he seised him close round the neck, and a struggle took place between them. Witness struck the prisoner, and made his nose bleed, and Hawkins called out " Murder, murder !" Mr. Gilman. the chief officer, then came on deck, and assisted witness to secure the prisoner. The master at arms was then sent for the irons, and the psi. roller said he would not go into them, and drew his knife, and exclaimed that he would kill the first person who laid hold of him. After a de t. rmined resistance, witness and the other officers secured the prisoner, but not before he made several attempts to stab Mr. Hayward, the third officer, who came up to assist. Mr. Ballantine.—What object had the prisoner in hailing the Ariadne ? Witness.—He wanted a boat to be sent for him to go there. Mr. John Gilman, the chief officer of the Lowther Castle, stated that he was informed there was a disturbance on deck, and on proceeding above saw Hawkins struggling with Mr. Barton, and heard him making use of abusive language. Mr. B. complained that the prisoner had been hailing the Ariande and making a great noise. Witness ordered the prisoner aft, and repeated the order several times. When the irons were brought he desired Hawkins to go into them, but the prisoner re. fused, drew out his knife, and exclaimed " by the GOD that made me if you attempt to put me, in irons I'll stab the first person who committer me." Other assistance then came up, and the prisoner was laid down. A struggle took place, and the prisoner made three stabs at Mr. Hay ward across the loins and cut his jacket open. Witness has no doubt but that for the buckle and strap which Mr. Hayward was wearing he would have been killed. Other assistance then came upon deck, and she prisoner was eventually placed in irons. Mr. John Hayward, the third officer, partly confirmed the evidence of Mr. Barton and Mr. Gisman. The Solicitor for the prosecution said that was his case. Mr. BSLLAXTIWL—What do you intend to charge the prisoner with ? Solicitor—With attempting to stab his officers. The prisoner in his defence said he wished to call two witnesses to prove that he hailed the Ariadne for the purpose of going on board that vessel, in consequence of the ill-treatment he bad met with, and the severe flogging he had received on board the Lowther Castle. On his hailing the frigate, Mr. Barton called him by an offensive expression, beat him dreadfully, and stapled him to the desk. Mr. BALLANTINZ said he had nothing to do with any previous ill. treatment the prisoner had received; but if he had any witnesses to disprove the evidence for the prosecution, or that witnessed the affray, be would bear them. The prisoner said he could only bring forward witnesses to prove the brutal treatmeot'he had received • and on this particular occasion he was so roughly handled that he had been under the care of the surgeon of the Kellie Castle during the voyage home, to which ship he was transferred after the affray ; he did draw the knife, but without any intention of using it. The prisoner then went on in a vehement strain, and said he was treated, as were many others of the crew, mere like wild beasts than men. He bad served on board a man of war be many years, but never met with such punishment as he had received N bead the Lowther Castle. Was such usage fit for a seaman who had mewl his King and country P Mr. BALLWITINZ said he was of opinion the conduct of Mr. Mir. ton, in striking the prisoner and exciting him in the first instance had been very improper, and as far as the assault on him went the case was at an end. But the prisoner in subsequently attempting to stab Mr. Hayward had committed a serious offence. The sting was, how. ever, taken out of the charge by the violence used by Mr. Barton to. wards the prisoner, whom he should commit to take his trial for the misdemeanor, at the next Admiralty Sessions. Bail would be taken for his appearance. Mr. Wools, who had been retained in his behalf, entered the office. The evidence was read over to him, and he contended that the assault bad been made on the prisoner, and that Mr. Barton had no right to prevent the prisoner from hailing the Ariadne, on which ship he had a right to enter, it being a man.of-war, if he thought proper. If his client's statement was correct, gram violence had been used to. wards him. Mr. BALLANTIVE said, that according to law the prisoner had an undoubted right to hail the Ariadne, but he had acted unlawfully and violently in drawing the knife upon Mr. Hayward, who had not am. rained any previous assault upon hint. The witnesses were then bound over in the usual manner to prosecute at the sessions. John Jordan, Stephen Rose, and John Lally, seamen of the Inglis, East Indiana, were then put to the bar, charged with a mutiny on board that vessel, on the 7th of June last, on the horaeward-bimnd voyage- Mr. Fowler, Solicitor, of Fumival's Inn, attended on behalf of' the prisoners. Captain Joseph Dudman, Commander of the Inglis, being sworn, de posed as follows :—On the 7th of June last, off the Cape, Mr. Mows*, the third officer, was on the quarter deck, and ordered the men to make a sail. While they were fulfilling his orders, he told them they were doing it wrong,tabused them, and made use of some o ff ensive expres sions. Immediately afterwar ds Lolly came up from under the awning, and said, " Who can stand to be called an Irish son of ate—," and grumbled. I desired him to hold his tongue, and not to let it run so fast, or he might get himself into trouble. He answered, " I shall talk as long as I like." I then desired Mr. Mowat so tell the steward to stop his grog until further orders. He replied, " You may stop my grog all the way to London if you like," and went on grumbling, I then ordered him to be put in irons, but on their being brought he ro. fused to go into them ; on which I said, don't be a fool, but go in directly, and cleared the boatswain and gunner to put him in. After great difficulty and scuffling he was put in, but not before be had struck them several times. I then went to my cabin, and had not been there ten minutes when Mr. Mowat came down apes said, the ship's company had made a rush aft to rescue the prisoner. I instantly took my drawn sword and went on the quarter deck, and found a great part of the crew endeavouring to get on the poop, which Mr. Mowat was preventing. I hastened on the poop, and found the ma jority of the crew trying to get Lally out of irons by violent means. After a great deal of trouble I got the people off the poop, and the pri soner remained. When they were all down on the quarter-deck, there was a general cry from the whole that the prisoner should be re. leased. I said no, be should not be released until a Court of Inquiry bad been held. The crew immediately sung out, " There shall be no more Courts of Inquiry, no more cuddy Court Martial.; they had had their day, and we will now have our day ; no snore floggings ;" and similar acclamations. Jordan then touched me on the shoulder, and said, " There are three cheers for you in defiance of you on your quarter desks; and three cheers more were given by the men. Jordan I eon. sidaed the ringleader of the mutiny, and Rose was most active on the pop; I said, let's to the arm chest, my boys, and get the arms; I told them they should obey me, when Jordan said, "You may , take your oath I'll have them twice if you persevere." The men ex. I claimed, " We'll go below for ten minutes, and if they dont let them out we'll compel them." I then held a consultation with my officers, and in consequence of the excited state of the crew, we came to a reso. lotion to let him out in the evening, which was done. The gunner af terwards came to me and said that he was afraid the men were armed, and would rise into open mutiny. I said I would have a Court of In quiry, and was determined my orders should be obeyed, and would yield to no one. We then consulted as to bow many persons would join in resisting any unlawful proceedings of the crew, and said surely all the ship's company are not against me. We then reckoned on the number of hands.that would join us; and the gunner said he could de. pend on his two mates. After this the steward came into my cabin, and requested that I would allow him tosleep with me, as be had home threats against my life. I refused, and said I would sleep alma, • usual. The nex' morning the gunner cane again, and said the aew were in a state of great excitement, but I answered that 1 was deter termined to have a Court of Inquiry. I afterwards consulted with my officers, and we agreed not to have a Court of Inquiry, but would mil Lally into the cuddy, and reprimand him. The third mate was sent to fetch the prisoner, who was in the forecastle, armed with a bludgeon, and peremptorily refused to come. The men urged bins to this step, and we did not insist on his attendance, and the ship was afterwards marked to St. Helena without any further disturbance. When Captain Dudman had finished his examination, Mr. Fowler, the s Solicitor, was about to cross-examine him, but r. DALLANTINZ said be would not allow any qbestions to be put except by the prisoners themselves, who must do ft in a respectful manner. Mr. Fowler then said, he hoped the Magistrate would allow him to call witnesses to prove that the men had recived great provocation, and had been most severely flogged on many occasions during the voyage. Mr. BALLAN TINE said, that whatever corporal punishtnent the men had received, it had nothing to do with the present case. Lally then put several questions, through the magistrate, to Captain Dudman, and asked him if he used any weapons ? The Captain replied in the negative. He came with a drawn sword se the poo when the crew were eodeavouring to release Lally. we attempt most the arms ? (lapis!. Dudman.—Ne t pardid not. BALLANTIXE.II, I IIII4III Stro4ll4lr datuthed ? Captain Dtadman.—No, It was not. • The prisoners then severally questioned Captain Dudman, whether `'" ... ••• the third aka had not need very offensive expressions, and caned Lally by an infamous epithet? The Captain replied that the third officer had abused some of the crew, and made use of very ill language. in consequence of their not making the sail properly. The prisoner then complained that Captain Dudman had made a statement here, and a diffnt one at St. Helena, and Lally called for the production of the depositions taken before the Governor of the In Mr. John Cleland Buchanan, the Captain's Clerk of the Inglis, eon. finned the evidence of Capt. Dudman. Mr. Ballantine.—Did the men work the ship from St. Helena to London, as before the disturbance ? Witness.—All, with the exception of the prisoners; but 12 soldiers, a serjeant, and a corporal, came home with her from the island, to pre. vent an further outrage. MrJames Mowat, the third officer of the Inglis, was next exa. mined, and said, that on the morning of the mutiny he relieved Mr. Herbert. One of the marine boys fell pverboard—he was saved; and soon afterwards be gave some orders to the men, which were done in a lebberly manner. Witness censured the men, and called one of them (Bell) a son of a Soon afterwards he heard Lally grumbling, and observing that his blood was as red as the officer's. He confirmed the evidence of the two preceding witnesses. Laney said he was called by a very offensive epithet by the witness, and such language was used by him as he should be ashamed to men. Lion before gentlemen. The other prisoners also complained of being W used by the third officer. Mr. Mowat said he generally made use of the term mentioned, and be was much excited at the time. Mr. BALLANTINZ said that if the witness had made use of a round oath generally perhaps the men would have taken no notice of it ; but when he applied the terms Scotch, Irish, and English - indi. vidually to the men, it became personal, and the oath in question was considered offensive. The excitement of the dicer ought to have been that of a gentleman, not that of a blackguard, and be was very sorry such epithets had been used. He was o opinion, however, that Captain Badman had acted in a very firm and becoming manner throughout, and his conduct was entitled to great praise. The prisoners then entered into a long statement of the treatment they had endured on board the Inglis, and appeared to consider that the Cap. Lain and Officers had no business to punish them, and that they were only amenable to the laws of their country. After a long discussion, Mr. Ballantine said, that although there was no martial law recognised in the Honourable Company's atips, yet it was the duty of the commanders to keep proper discipline on board and if they exceeded their authority, the laws of the country were open to the men, who could not be allowed to take the law into their own hands, and coerce the Captain, and take the command from him, which the prisoners in this cue had done, by resisting his authority. He was of opinion the case amounted to a misdemeanour, and a very bad one, though not to a mutiny, as the crew had not taken possession of the ship. The Magistrate then committed the prisoners for trial at the next Admiralty Sessions, but said he would take good ball for their appear. ante to answer the charge. The men were then removed in custody. INQUEST ON THE BODY.OF MRS. DANCE. Precisely at 12 o'clock yesterday, Mr. Carter, the coroner for Sony, and a highly respectable Jury, assembled at the sign of the Masons' Arms, Canterbury-place, Lambeth, for the purpose of investigating the circumstances connected with the mysterious demise of Mrs. Mary Ann Dance, aged 63. . . . . • . The jury having berm empannelled and sworn, repaired with the coroner to the late residence of the deceased, No. 24, Canterbury-place, for the purpose of inspecting the body, which they found in such a dreadful state of decomposition that not a feature of the face was to be distinguished. On the return of the jury to the inquest room, a conversation arose as to the propriety of having the body opened. Several of the jurors were of opinion that this ought to be done before they could come to any satisfactory conclusion. Mr. Beck, one of the surgeons who had examined the body, being sent for, on his arrival he was asked by the coroner if it would be safe or prudent to open a body in such a putrid state ? Mr. Beck replied that he did not think the operation would be safe. It was now agreed to proceed with the evi. dence, when A gentleman, who said he was related to the deceased lady, com plained to the Coroner of what he considered the arbitrary conduct of the police, who, he said, had been in possession of the house ever since the deceased was discovered dead. He added, that Mr. Dowling, the superintendent of the district, had propagated the most unfounded re. ports respecting the conduct of Miss Dance, saying that she had poisoned her parent. Now he was so fully convinced of the innocence of Miss Dance, that he was particularly anxious that a post mortem examine. Lion should take place, in order to satisfy theminds of the Jury upea that subject. Mr. Dowling denied, with some warmth, that he had made the repee. satiation imputed to him. The Costanza here observed, that the Jury had nothing to do with reports, they had to decide upon facts only, and it was useless thus to waste time upon irrelevant matter. Mrs. Margaret Benson was then sworn.--She stated that she lived at 25, Canterbury.place, next door to the deceased. About half pest ten o'clock on Blonday morning she was informed by her servant that the parlour shutters of the deceased's house were closed. IVitness, upon this, observed that she was afraid something serious was the matter, and went to the deceased's house and knocked loudly and repeatedly at the dour without obtaining any answer, and the then sent her servant to the police station ; in a short time the servant returned with a constable. Witness let the officer her house, when he got over the garden wall and diseemsed thro t back door of the deceased's house open, through which he entered. In about a quarter of an hour the ar tame out of the hewn and told witness that he could not make any one hear; he then got further assistance, and went up stairs with the officer; they found the deceased's bed-room dote locked ' • when, on bursting it open, they entered and found the deceased and her daughter in bed, covered over by a sheet. On removing this, they saw the deceased lying stretched out, apparently quite dead. Miss Dance was also lying by ha side, in a state of insensibility, as if produced by poison. Witness im. mediately despatched a messenger for Mr. Beck, a surgeon, who resides opposite, who in a short time attended with the stomach pump, which he applied in the presence of witness. Mr. Edward Beck sworn.— I am a surgeon, and reside at No. 1, Lambeth-tame. Between ten and eleven o'clock on Monday morn. lag I was sent for to attend the deceased and her daughter. I found them both in bed, and examined the old lady, and found that she was quite dead. My attention was then directed to Miss Mary Ann Dance, the daughter of the deceased. She was nearly insets. sible, but in a short time recovered a little, when she appeared vie lendy agitated, and, bursting into tears, threw her arms round the neck of the deceased, and said, " Oh, my poor meting, Is dead I" and added, in the wildest manner " but I did not kill her." I asked her when her parent had died ? manna, said, some time in the course of the night ; and that, having made the discovery, she was greatly alarmed, and got up and drank something out of a bottle, which she thought was lavender, or it might be laudanum, which had com pletely overcome her. I then told ha that I was informed she had taken poi.on, and asked her if she had any objection to my apply. ing the stomach pump ? She hesitated for some time, but at length consented, when I introduced the tube, and drew of the contents of the stomach, and after this she became more calm. I examined what I had drawn off, but could not trace any laudanum, neither was there any smell of lavender. I then asked Miss Dance why she had not =lied in assistance when sbe found her mother was dea d? Her reply was, that she was too much agitated, and that she had taken the "stuff" out of the bottle to compose her. I then proceeded to examine the corpse more attentively, and am of opinion that it had been dead at least 24 hours. There wu a black mark round the neck, but I am more inclined to attribute this appearance to the progress of decomposition than to violence, as the body now presents all over neatly the same marks. Upon searching the bed-room, I found two bottles which had contained laudanum. Mr. Dowling, the superintendent of the district, here stated, that having seen the bottles alluded to, he asked Miss Dance if she was in the habit of taking laudanum ? when she replied in the negative. He then asked her if she was in in the habit of giving it to her mother, and received the same reply ? The bottles were here shown to Mr. Litdemore and Mr. Brooks, two chymists, who reside in the neighbourhood. They stated that they had frequently served Miss Dance with small quantities of laudanum in these bottles. Upon one occasion, she said that she wanted it for the tooth-ache. In the opinion :of these gen tlemen Miss Dance was habituated to the taking of laudanum in small quantities, and she had the appearance of a continued opium eater. Elizabeth Jane Schelminster, • girl 17 years of age, stated that she had been servant in the family for the last twelve months. She did sat however, sleep in the house; she sometimes took the deceased her meals, but generally she was waited upon by her daughter. They be. longed to the Society of Friends, and they lived quite recluse, as their income was but small. The old lady had been confined to her chamber ever since witness bad been in the house, and her daughte r to treat her with kindness. The old lady, who was rather .b he. quently cried out whilst she was washing her, but not in of ill treatment. Witness saw the deceased on Saturday and s h e then appeared highly delirious, and said she saw fame sad mo m in the mom. Miss Dance took up her breakfast on Said" miming, and afterwards same pudding, but witness did sot see h that day-- Miss Dance ate some of the same pudding. Miss Dante aid witness that her mother bad • strong objection to have medial advke. Miss Dance seldom leant ont, and witness was in the habit of going t• mar. ket. lo reply to &quantal from the jury, the witness seM that she was not in the habit of fetching laudanum for Miss Damn, she has several times been sent for magnesia. She did not me the after Saturday. Witness WA that she took, on Ski*, a note to her mother from Silos Stases, in white it was stems= ~~ , • need not come in fugue, unless she came for lessirages, and she Is aon. sequence did not go on the Monday. Mr. Dowling here produced two rods which be said be bad discovered in the bedroom of the deceased. which ticked the surprise of the jury, and the servant girl wan here closely questioned whether, to ha know. ledge, the deceased had ever been beaten with than by her daughter. The girl replied, that she was totally ignorant olds suds being in the room, and did not know for what purpose they were kept. She never sew Miss Dance beat the deceased with them. Mr. Brooks, a medical gentlemen, who was present, bore gave it as his opinion, that Miss Dance might have taken laudanum without its presence being detected when the stomach pump was used. He, bow. ever, agreed with Mr. Beck, that it would not now be safe to open the body of the deceased. A gentleman, who said that he acted as trustee to the deceased, said that he wished to explain one circumstance. It had been stated in the public prints that the deceased's eye was much swollen, which certainly was the we, but be was of opinion that this was not produced by violence, and the deceased to his knowledge bad been blind in that eye for the last four years. He added that he bad known Miss Dance many years, who though flighty and eccentric in her manner at times, was of a very humane disposition, and be never knew ha to treat her mother with unkindness. _ _ - - . Robert Giles, a Quaker, affirmed that he had been a lodger in the deceased's house for the last 16 months, but neva saw the deceased. Re considered the intellects of the daughter (Miss Dance) to beer. tamely weak, but he did not think her cruel. He had frequently heard the old lady cry out, but he did not think it arose from any ill treat ment, as she fruently cried out so when no one was with her. He be. Uses that Miss Dance generally waited upon her mother, for whom be has heard her express much fondness. Has seen Miss Dona pace up and down the garden in a wild and disordered manner, aptly quite bewildered. Witness was at home on Sunday, and the deceased ay out as she was in the habit of doing, so that she must have been alive at that time. -- ihiCertnerbere asked the beadle if there was any further evidence which could elucidate the mysterious affair ? The beadle replied in the negative. He then addressed the jury, and asked if they were saddled with the evidence without the lady being subjected to furtba surgical The foreman here stated, that he did not think there was any tat dente calculated to criminate Miss Dance, who, it appeared, was a woman of weak mind, but who bad received an excellent character from the witnesses for humanity. . She was certainly much to blame for not making ha situation known sooner, which had given rise to so much suspicion, and certainly not without good grounds for it. He, however, was more inclined to attribute this to her weakness and want of nerve to make the necessary disclosure, than to any guilty pertidps tion in the death of her parent. The rest of the jury were of the same opinion, when, after consult log together for a short period, they returned a verdict—" Died by the visitation of 00D." One of the jurors now rose, and said, that as very unjust aspersions had been cut upon Mr. Dowling, he contended that that officer had done no more than his duty, for which he was entitled to the thanks of all parties. The jury were unanimously of the same opinion, and com plimented Mr. Dowling upon the very proper and fearless manner in which he had discharged his duty, in which the Coroner joined. POLICE REPORTS. llfaxinow.xottax.—The officers of St. Botolt ion Aldgate, applied to the Loan MAYOR for an order to the parish of an-street, to sup. port the child of a woman named Cole, who had been married to a man named Gavin, now a convict in New South Wales. Binnersley, the beadle of Aldgate, stated that the poor woman had been separated from Gavin, her husband, several years ago, the convict having been comported for life for felony. Under the impression that the conviction was a legal and final divorce, she thought proper to marry a man named Cole, by whom she had a child, which became chargeable to the parish of Coleman-street, inasmuch as it was born there. The officers of that parish, however, wanted to throw the onus upon the pa rish of Aldgate, where Cole, who had lately died, had made a settle. meet. The child had been put to nurse by the latter parish, and certain expenses incurred in the rearing of it had been paid, but the which bad thus stood the brunt of the expense, determined to fL is)ar th b e burden upon the proper shoulders, for the poor woman was wrong in her law when she thought that the verdict at the Old Bailey divorced the husband from the wife. The LORD MAYOR thought the question was one which ought to be referred to another tribunal The beadle said that the parish of which he was an officer felt much at being obliged to support the poor of another parish. The child was, he said, evidently born in wedlock, Gavin having been slin at the birth, although he was not the father. Mr. Nobler said that the ass must be referred to Doctore.coamloos. L•maers-Sraser.—Yesterday, a singular instance of the force of imagination was detailed to the Magistrates, in defence of a charge brought against • female named Jane Stuart,w by Mr. Atkins, a reaLele inhabitant of Prinee's.street, Ratcliff-highway. ;. ta ltkins stated that about two o'clock on that morning, he and his family were aroused from their sleep by vlsedntt cries of "Murder I" and " Help l" apparently from a female vi He roes immediately, and went downs tain, when he discovered the He at the bar nearly in a state of nudity in his back yard, still min out " Murder, murder I" and in • state of considerable agitation. The honk not being able to account, 'Wife: eerily, for her presence there, he gave her into custody. The woman, in eeplanadon, said she lived Ina street at the back of the compl a ina nt's house, and lawns retired to bed early, she fell into • sound slumber. She thee fancied niter drams that a deaf and dumb woman was making horrid faces at her, and at length proceeded to at. tack her. Impelled by terror, she sprang out of bed and jumpedout of the window, and managed, by an eztrordbary exert i on , to oath some high walls, and get into the complainant's premises, where, still under the ides that she was pursued by her visionary antagonist, she called for assistance. The Magistrate, after some questions, found that her Imagination had been omMembly assisted by copious libations of gin the previous evening, and after Dams proper admonition, discharged the defendant. Prairie?: "yawn, a young man who stated himself to be a:clerk out of employment, was charged by Policeman E. 64, on suspicion of felony. The Policeman stated that the prisoner ran suddenly against him between one and two o'clock on that morning, and his hat telling of, a glass tumbler rolled out on the pavement. Suspecting it to have been stolen, he took him to the station.houpe, and on searching him, discovered two silver salt-spoons and a cut salt castor. The former were marked with the inidals M. L. and W. . It The prisoner said, all the articles, except the glass tumbler, were his own property, and he could not conceive how it got into his hat. The Magistrate said that it was very clear the property had been stolen from some chop or coffee-house, and remanded the prisoner till Friday, to give the officer time to maks some inquiries about him. Wonsifir-rrnizr.--Yesterday morning a waggon, laden with 32 boxes of tin-plate, and 26 bags of nails, weighing abo ut four tons, was brought to the Office, and a woman named Freeman, and an appren tice named lady, were placed at the bar, with a man named Hewitt, the former charged with readying the property, knowing it to be stolen, and the latter on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery. The property, said to be worth upwards of 200 L was alleged to have been stolen from Mesas. Orasebrook and Munro's City Road Wharf, Regent's Canal, and was found on the premises of the prisoner Free man, who keeps a store-shop in Church-street. The prisoners were remanded, after a very short examination. Mem Graeae, a single woman, was finally examined and committed for trial, on a charge of concealing the birth of a child. Toww.H.a.z..—Jasses Miller, 14, and Henry All'Afoart, were charged with stealing five pair of pistols, the property of Mr. Hill, gunmaker, Today-street. The prisoner DP Mann was In the employ of the prosecutor, and tempted, as be said, by his companion, be left his master's house open for the prisoner, Miller, to enter, who came between 12 and 1 at night, and took the pistols away, which the other (though told be was sot bound to criminate himself,) admitted as far as the stealing, but threw back the charge of tempting, insisting he was the party seduced. Owe pair of the pistols was found by Kinsey, the officer, at a pawnbroker's in the Hackney.rosd, where Miller bad at tempted to pledge them. They were produced, and sworn to by the prosecutor, and both prisoners committed for trial. Quxicit-snusax.—Ekenor Frost, about 22 years of age, formerly a servant in the household of her Royal Highness the Princess of Den mark, was charged with robbing Henry Shepherd of 41. 10s. The pro secutor, who was extremely lame, and went upon autches, from the injuries he had received in jumping out of :a window to catch the pri soner, was accommodated with a chair. He stated, that on Sunday evening he accompanied her to a house in the Almonry. Before he got to sleep, the prisoner jumped out of bed, seised his clothes, and ran out of the room with his money, which she found in his pockets, 4L 10s. Witness got out of bed, and in order to prevent her getting away, he from the window into the street, but lamed himself so severely, that was forced to be taken to the Westminster Hospital. The prisoner, in her defence, said that Shepherd's clothes fell off the bed, and his money dropped out, and she merely put it in her pocket to take are of it for him. Mr. MAKRIOTT committed the prisoner for trial. TAXIS IN THE NETHERLAND/1.-10 Belgium every thing is taxed—bread, meat, servants (even female servants about 12s. year each), windows, gardens, fire-places, hooaes, spirits (to more than the first cost in the ease of gin), ground, dogs, and in short everything that the eye or heart of man can fix upon, has a duty laid upon it, and that not trifling. By way of example, about 91. 10s. is paid on every head of cattle =posed in the butchery of Bruges this is a municipal taxi foe the fact is, that if an article is not reached by • dovernment imposition, a municipal tax lays immediate hold of it. As in the case of the mouturt—a tax which has made so great a sensation (it is one on flour, besides the bread tax)—when the mouton was abolished by the gt•ros, it ones mooed in Brussels at a municipal tax, sad is only this moment done away with. At Bruges it has best Impended is mesa queue of public tumuite.—Speehuisr. ~ SCINTILLA. IM - 1.4 4 1111. "1 trander," quoth John, to his friend t'otha day, " Why OW LOW are ID DARK and obsessiv e " If the wisdom's anploy'd in the manna you say, " The Law &said be all that is pure." " The reason is elm," quoth his Mend, in reply.— " And as plain es the sun it is bright ; " They are made when good folks are asleep, by the bye, " And are fused In the nuns' of the night." PADDY BULL.—A Dublin Paper, enumerating the mu tations produced in the Green Isle by the late elections, makes the fol. lowing good hit, which, considering the soliese.aliont, is by no means out of pleas In Roscommon, O'Connor Don displaces Mr. who never attended in his plate." This looks mighty like locating as Donna where. Joni Butz..—The admirable discretion of three Yorkshiremen, who last week went in quest of a melancholy friend of theirs, goes b e my commendation. They had a suspicion that be had mad e away with himself, and their suspicion was well grounded, for they found him over bead and ears in a well, and, without asking bow long he had been there, in the well they left him, until be could be taken out by due form of law. Taking it for granted that he was well.drowned, they thought It as well to wash their hands out of the businies—and away they walked, well.a.day 1 all three together, to fetch a constable —.s water.bailiff, I suppose.—who came in three hours afterwards, and gave them leave to take him out. Before they went, however, these well. judging Northern. deeming that, although the corpse itself might not be much the worse of an additional soaking, Its ha might, fished up the latter, and deposited it on dry land. SPLENDOUR of THE ANCIENT FLEMINGE.—At a repast given by one of the Counts of Flanders to the Flemish Magi'. trate., the seats they occupied were unfurnished with cushions. Tho se proud burghers fol&d their sumptuous cloaks and sat on them. Aft er the feast they were retiring without retaining these important and costly articles of dress ; and on a courtier reminding them of their apparent neglect, the burgomaster of Bruges replied, " We Flemings are not in the habit of carrying away the cushions after dinner !" A similar story is told of Robert Duke of Normandy:—" The meetings of the different towns for the sports of archery were signalised by the most sp,. did display of dress and decoration. The archers were babited in damask, and the finest linen, and tarried chains of gold, of great weight and value. Luxury was at its height among women. The Queen of Philip the Fair of France, oa a visit to Bruges, exclaimed with astonishment, not unmixed with envy, I thought myself the only Queen here ; but I see six hundred others, who appear more so than I.' "--From Dr. Lather's Cyclopedia, History of the No. Ithorlands. MOVING MOUNTAINS IN CALABILIA.—From each side 'of the ,deep valley or ravine of Terranuova, enormous masses at the adjoining flat country were detached and cast down into the course oldie river, so as to give rise to great lakes. Oaks, olive trees, vineyards, and corn, were often seen growing at the bottom of the ravine, as little injured as their companions from which they were separated in the plain above, at least 500 feet higher, and at the distance of about three quarters of a mile. In one part of this ravine was an enormous mass 200 feet high and about 400 feet in diameter at Its basis, which had been detached by some former earthquake. It is well attested that dais mass travelled down the ravine near four miles, having been put in motion by the earthquake of the sth of February. The momentum of the " tare movitine," or lavas, as the flowing mud is called in the coun try, is no doubt very great ; but the transportation of masses that might be compared to small hills, for a distance of several miles at a time, is an effect which could never have been anticipated. The first sabount not to Naples of these two great slides or landslips was couched in these words --" Two mountains on the opposite sides of the valley moved from their original position until they met in the mid dle of the plain, and there joining together, they intercepted the causes of the rive."—Loll's Geology. MAXIMS FOR MARRIED LADIES. —The following maxims, if pursued, will not only make the man in love with mar riage, bat cause them to be good husbands ,-..The first is to be good yourself. To avoid all thoughts of managing a husband. Neva try to deceive or impose on his understanding, nor give him uneasiness, but treat him with affection, sincerity, and respect. Remember that hus bands, at best, are only men, subject, like yourselves, to error aad frailty. Be not too sanguine, then, before marriage, or promise your. selves happiness without alloy. Should you discover any thing in his humour or behaviour not altogether what you ex pe cted or wish, pass It over, smooth your own temper, and try to mend his by attention, cheer fulness, and good nature. Never reproach him with misfortunes, which are the accidents and infirmities of life—a burden which each has en gaged to assist the other in supporting, and to which both parties are equally exposed ; but instead of murmuring and reflections, divide the sorrows between you, make the best of it, and it will be easier to both. It is the innate office of the softer sex to soothe the troubles of the other. Resolve every morning to be cheerful all day, and should any thing occur to b.adt. your resolution, suffer it not to put you out of temper with your husband. Dispute not with him, be the occasion what it may ; but much sooner deny yourself the trifle of having your own will, or gaining the better of an argument, than risk a quarrel or create a heart-burning, which it is impossible to foresee the end of. Implicit submission in a man to his wife is ever disgraceful to both, but implisit submission In the wife is what she promised at the altar, what the geed will revere her for, and what is, in fact, the greatest honour she can N. airs. Be assured a woman's power, as well as her happiness, has no other foundation than In ha hu s band 's esteem, which it is her imams, by all possible means, to preserve and increase. Study, therefore, his temper, and command your own. Enjoy with him satisfaaion, sham and sooth his cares, and with the utmost assiduity conceal his infirm'. des.—.4merioan Farmer. f DOCILITY OF THE ELEPH•N v.—The Duke of Devon shlle's elephant was kept at his (brae's villa at Chiswick, under cir cumstances peculiarly favourable to its health ad docility. The house in which she was shut up was of Leis diemnime, well ventilated, and arranged in every particular with a paps owl to the comfort of the animal. But she often had the range of a vadoss paddock ; and the exhibition of her sagacity was, therein% donWy plowman, for it was evidently not affected by a rigid coninement. At the robs of h e r keeper s he came out of her house, and immediately took up a broom, ready to perform his bidding, in sweeping the paths, or the grass ; sh e would follow him round the enclosure with a pail, or a watering-pot, showing her readiness to take that share of labour which the ele phants of the Best are so willing to perform. Her reward was a curet and some water; but, previously to satisfying her thirst by an ample draught, she would exhibit her ingenuity in emptying the contents of a soda-water bottle, which was ttly corked. This she effected in r singularly adroit manner; pres s the small bottle against the ground with her enormous foot, so as to hold it securely at an angle of about forty-five degrees, she gradually twisted out the cork with ha trunk, although it was very little above the edge of the neck ; then, without al. tering the position, she turned her trunk round the bottle so that she might reverse it, and thus empty the water into the extremity of the pro boscis. This she actually accomplished without spilling a drop, and she delivered the empty bottle to the keeper before she attempted to discharge the contents of the trunk into the mouth. She performed another trick, which required equal nicety and patience. The keeper, who was amts. touted to ride on her neck, like the totokonts or elephant.drivers of India, had a large cloth or housing, which he spread over her when he thus bestrode her in witnewhrt of Oriental state. Upon alighting, which she allowed him to do by kneeling, be desired her to take off the cloth. This she effected by putting the muscles of her loins in action, so that the shrinking of ha loose skin gave motion to the cloth, and it gradually wriggled on one side till it fell by its own weight. The cloth was then of course in a heap, but the elephant, spreading it carefully upon the grams with her trunk, folded it up as a napkin is folded, till it was suf hdeotly compact for her purpose. She then poised it with her trunk fora few seconds, and by one jerk threw it over her head to the centre of her back, where it remained as steady as if the burden had been ad justed by human hands. The affection of this poor animal for her was very great. The man who had the charge of her in 1828, when we saw her, had attended her for five years, having succeeded another who bad Jan with her eight or ten years. When first placed under his dine, she was intractable for some time, evidently eventing the loss of her former friend ; but she gradually 'meanie obedient and attached, and would cry after him whenever he was absent for more than a few hours. The elephants of India in the same way, cannot easily be brought to obey a stranger, and manifest a remarkable knowledge of their old mahouts if they should meet after a long separation. The ele phant of the Duke of Devonshire was about 21 years' old when she died, early in 1821. It was understood that the disease which carried her of was pubsorsary consumption. BIRTH. The Bth instant, at Clapham Common, Mrs. Frederick Borradailr. of a son. MA. I The 4th inst. at Talgarth, Major Holford, of Kilgwyn. Carmarthen ' shire, to Miss Ovsne, of Buckland, Brecknockshire . — The 7th inst. at Petersfield, R. Hopkins, Eq. of Alresford, to Miss Susanna, eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral °Ward—The 28th ult. at Geneva, Mr. J. Choisy, Professor, to Maria Amelia, fifth daughter of the late J. L. Siordet, Esq. of London. DIED. Tuesday last, at his residence, Brunswick-place, Regent's-park, J. Wilson, Esq. of Seaton Castle, Yorkshire, and of Cane-grove, in the island of St. Vincent. in the West Indies, Lieutenant. Colonel. and Member or the Council in that island, and a Magistrate and one of the Deputy-Lieutenants for the county, and late Member of Parliament for the dty of York..—The ath inst. Mr. J. Pringle, of Lloyd-street, Pea tonville, aged 62.—The 7th inst. at Foot's Cray, in consequence of a fall from his horse, O. Jones, Esq. of Saliabury.square.—The 7th Wet. at his residence, Lower Tooling, Surrey, N. J. Murat, aged 00.—Tbe 29th ult. at Evesham, Harriet, the youngest daughter of the late T. Smith, Esq. et that place, in the 40th year of bet age. - • loommoir: Hinted and Published by Joss Mersa, at the liras. Orrice, No. 1, Pieltett-plece, Temple Dar