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THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY. The foundation of great families may, perhaps, be deemed an inquiry more curious than instructive. Halm says, that almost all the richest of the English aristocracy derived their vast parses. eons front the spoils of the reformation. 'Phis is not precisely the ease ; hut it is partly true. It is well known to have been the ease with the houses of Cavendish and Russell. The latter, Burke, in his most indignant letter, provoked by a most ill-timed and cruel sarcasm., had made known to all the world, _in terms of burning and inimitable eloquence. The widow of Sir William Cavendish, Eli aibeth Hardwick, who afterwards married George Talbot, Earl of Stitt ivsbury, amassed the greater part of the Cavendish wealth. She set up three sons—Henry Cavendish, William, created Earl of De vonshire, and Sir Charles Cavendish, the father of William, Duke of ewcastle —all with immense estates. It was not that these estates were always gifts from the crown; but they were cheap ouich.3.es. the circulating capital beirig, probably, in no degree equal to the vest territories which were brought to market. But tin Devonshire rental received an enormous accession by the Bur lington property, made in Ireland in the reign of James I. by the great Earl of Cork ; and by the remnants of the Clifford property in Yorkshire. The foundation of the Fitawilliam estates was, per haps, by advantageous purchases of abbey lands, in the time of Henry VIII. but a great increase was made by acquisitions in Ire.. land in the reign of Queen Elisabeth; and lastly, b 7 the Went. worth property, through the present earl's mother. The Lonadale wealth has mainly sprung, we presume, from the coal mines on the ancient estates of that ancient family. Buecleuch has been an ac cumulation from heiresses, including here in England almost the whole possesaions of the Dukes of Montague.—The Gower estates have also mainly come by marriage, beginning with the Levesons ; but the grand augmentation was the canal property of the late Duke of Bridgewater ; to which are now to be added the Sutherland es. tates of the present Marchioness—a principality in themselves. The Grosvenor riches come mainly from an heiress, who brought in marriage the London building-land about two generations back. The Spencer estates are the accumulations of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, added to the paternal Sunderlandproperty. The Nor thumberland estates are mainly the old feudal property of the Pam. The Rutland estates are chiefly the baronial territory of the ancient house of De Roos; the Portland are derived from that branch of the Cavendishes who were Dukes of Newcastle ; and those of the existing ducal family of Newcastle come from the Holleses. The Hertford were chiefly acquired by old Secretary Conway, whose character makes a figure in the early part of Clarendon's history. it would hence appear that Mr. Hallam's assertion ought to be much qualified. The Marquis of Winchester, however, and Lord Pem broke, were great sharers of Abbey lands, as is noticed by Naunton. —Quarterly Revirw. • THE JEWS. Mr. Goldamid estimates the number of the Jews in London to be about eighteen thousand, and in the rest of England about nine thousand ; and they have several Synagogues in the metropolis and other parts of the kingdom. The two principal sects are German and Portuguese. As the terms of the Edict under which Napoleon Buoriamrte elevated the Jews to the rank of citizens in France may probably be reterred to in the coming discussions, we insert them for the infor mation of our readers. This Edict interdicted Jews from lending money to minors without the consent of their guardians, to wives without the consent of their husbands, and to soldiers without the conset of their officers. It annulled all bills for which " value re ceived" could not be proved. All Jews engaged In commerce were obliged to take out a patent : all strangers to invest some property in land and agriculture. It may also be well to give the twelve qUes. tions proposed by the Emperor to the banhedrin, in 1806, together with the answers returned ; because they will tend to show what are the opinions of the better claws of the Jews on the Continent, al. though they do not express the authoritative sentence of the nation, ' nor, indeed, of the multitude here. The questions were, I. Is poly. gamy allowed among the Jews ? 11. Is divorce recognised by the Jewish law ? 111. Can Jews intermarry with Christians ? IV. Will the French people be esteemed by the Jews as strangers or as brethren ? V. In what relation, according to the JeWish law, would the Jews stand towards the French ? VI. Do Jews born in France consider it their native country ? Are they bound to obey the laws and customs of the land ? VII. Who elect the Robbins VIII. What are the legal powers of the Robbins ? IX. Is the election and authority of the Robbins grounded on law or custom ? X. Is there any kind of business in which Jews may not be en. gaged ? XL Is usury to their brethren forbidden by the law ? XII. Is it permitted or forbidden to practice usury with strangers? The answers were :—I. Polygamy is forbidden according to a De cree of the Synod of Worms in 1030. 11. Divorce is allowed, but in this rospoet Jows recognize the tinthnsity nf th..;.41 law of the land In which they live. 111. intermarriages with Christians are not forbidden, though difficulties arise from the different forms of mar riage. IV. The Jews of France recognize in the fullest sense the •French people as their brethren. V. The relation of the Jew to the Frenchman is the same as Jew to Jew. The only distinction Is in 'their religion. VI. The Jews acknowledged France as their coun try when oppressed—how much more must they when admitted to civil rights ? VIII. The election of the Robbins is neither defined oor uniform. It usually rests with the heads of each family in the communi.y. The Robbins have no judicial power; the Sanhedrin is the only legal tribunal. The Jews of France and Italy being sub. jest to the equal laws of the land, whatever power they might other. wise exercise is annulled. IX. The election and power of the Rob bins rest solely on usage. X. All business is permitted to the Jews. The Talmud enjoins that every Jew be taught some trade. XI. and XII. The Mosaic institution forbids unlawful interest, but this was the law of an agricultural people. The Talmud allows interest to be taken from brethren and stranger—it forbids usury. TAX ON NEWSPAPERS.—Nobody can look back on the period when this disgraceful tax had its origin, without per. ceiving that the crime of newspapers was, that they treated of' all knowable things. The Georgian statesman summarily makes it capital for his Black to read the British Legislator only visited his White with a fine of four-pence-halfpenny for each offence. Compare, in the two cases, the certainty, the promptitude, and the profitableness of the punishment ; and it will give the measure of the comparative ability with which the two statesmen went about to compass their design.— Westminster Review. LINUTENANT LAJUIRECHT....OII Friday night, at half-past ten o'clock, Lieut Lambrecht, late of the Ceylon regt. who was recently tried and acquitted at Kingston Anises for having killed Mr. Oliver Clayton, In a duel, at Battersea-fieida, went to the police station of letter M. division, Southwark Bridge.road, and assured the inspector that be was completely destitute, having neither house nor home of any kind, and without the means of procuring the common necessaries of life. Since his acquittal all his former friends had turned their backs upon hint, and for the want of means he had been compelled to wander about the town day and night, not knowing whither to go or what to do. He implored the inspector to permit him to lie down and rest himself, as he was so exhausted from fatigue and want that even that accommodation would be an indulgence for which he should be most ggranteful The unfortunate gentleman was an object of real comm ; hie dd.:is bespoke the poverty with which he contended, and, not having been shaved for several days, his whole appearance was wretched in the extreme. The inspector tendered him all the service In his power, by consoling him and procuring him refreshment. He al. lowed Mr. L. to remain in the station until he had rested himself, and then furnished him with the means of procuring a bed, when he took his leave, after having returned thanks. LADY Ihraoli.—This strange matter has, as we no ticed in our last, assumed another and a darker shade, from the interference of Mr. Campbell, who, assuming to be the personal champion of Lady Byron, basste pped forward to throw the most odious imputations upon the character of Lord Byron which can possibly be left to the worst imaginations to conceive. Against this course we protest, in the name of all that is honourable in human nature. We were the undeviating censurers of the poet's injurious productions during his lifetime; but we cannot do otherwise than condemn, in far stronger terms, any attempt, after he is laid in his grave, to blast hint for ever by mysterious and voiceless whisperings. Of what monstrous crime was he guilty ?—for unless he was guilty of some monstrous crime a foul wrong is done to hie memory. His accusers are bound , by every moral and sacred tie, to be definite in their charge: against such there is a possibility of defence ; but there can be no shield against the horrible vague denunciation which has been so intemperately hurled at the unprotected and :man eirering dead. And what called this forth ? A very slight surmise by Mr. Moore against the parents of Lady Byron .....to repel which she camel rashly out with a statement that damns the husband of her bosotn ; and, as if this were not enough, the zeal of Mr. Campbell advances to pour additional suspicion and ignominy upon his mouldering althea The fame of a Byron is public property ; and; after what has passed, it is imperative upon his aciver..aries either to fix some eternal brand upon it, such as can justify their language,—or confess that they have used expressions which no conduct of his could authorise. And we are persuaded that they most do the latter; for it is incredible that any woman of the spirit and honour of Lady Byron could have lived an hour with a man whom she knew to be a detested criminal ; and far less that she should have corresponded with him in 'playful and soothing let. tees. The plea of insanity itself cannot reconcile this with any thing Ake the atrocious guilt now by circumstance imputed ; and we do earnestly trust that an explanation will yet be vouchsafed, which shall set this paintuf chicussion to rest in a manner more satisfactory to the woad. Having, in these few remarks, grappled with the mein point at issue, we abstain saying a tyllaNe on minor affairs and we do not deem ourselves in a condition to blame any one of the partite we have been obliged to Dame..—Literary Gazelle. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, April 10. IMPORTANT APPEALS. Punic*its' Licxxcza.—The Court was occupied for sane, time in hearing appeals from the decision' of certain Licensing Ma. gistrates, who had refused to renew the licenses of several publicans without giving any reason for so doing ; and as these were the first decisions under the new Act of Parliament, which gives power of appeal from Licensing Justices to the Quarter Sessions, they ex. cited much interest. Peter Kenny appellant v. the Conviction of Messrs. Byng, Hamp. son, Patterson, Bowles, and Fitigerald, r es p o nd e nt s .—Mr. A LLEY appeared on the part of the appellant, Mr. Kenny, the landlord of the public-house known by the sign of the liodn e y's Head, in Ro bert-street, St. George's, Hanover.equare, whose licence had been stopped by the respondents in March last, without any reason what. ever being assigned. The Climax*/ said that he did not see what power the Court had to interfere, as it could not compel tile Licensing Justices to give a reason for refusing to renew a license. He (the Chairman) must take it for granted that they had just and sufficient grounds for what they had done. Mr. ALLEY said, that the Act gave power of appeal to that Court, and he had witnesses in Court to prove that the appellant's house had always been most respectably conducted, and his property ought not to be destroyed at the caprice, or by the exercise of arbi trary and vindictive power , of those who did not think proper to appear and show to the Courtl the grounds upon which they had de prived the appellant of his license. He (Mr. Alley) had witnesses in attendance, who would prove to the Court the injustice of de. priving the appellant of his license, and satisfy every Magistrate upon the bench that no house could possibly be conducted with more order, regularity, and respectability, than the Rodney's Head. The CHAIRMAN said that the Court certainly was bound to hear' the witnesses. Mr. ALLEY called a number of respectable tradespeople and neighbours of the appellant, and their evidence was conclusive as to the respectability with which the house has been carried on by the landlord. The CHAIRMAN observed, that as there was no cause shown on the part of the respondents, he was bound to believe that there were no grounds for refusing the licence, and therefore the Court ordered it to be granted. A license was also granted, under similar circumstances, to Mr. Millar, the landlord of the Duke of York, Union -street, Bond. street ; and also to Mr. Barron, the landlord of the Pelham Arms, St. George's, Hanover-square. A number of tavern-keepers were In attendance, anxious to hear' the decisions which relieve them, in some measure, from the authority of the Licensing Justices. Ellen Sweeney, a well-looking little girl, thirteen years of age, was charged upon two indictments with having fradulently obtained a quantity of silk mercer; goods from Messrs. Flint and Co. of Grafton House, Soho ; and Mary Burke, an elderly female, was charged with having received the property. It appeared in evidence, that the younger prisoner was occasionally employed by a French milliner, named , residing in Seymour-place, &yanston square, and during the temporary absence of the latter from town, on the 25th of March, she obtained possession of Madame Candall's account-book, with which she proceeded to Grafton House, and the shopwounin, under the imprerlion that she was authorised to receive the goods, entered a variety of articles in the book; and on two sub. sequent occasions she defrauded them in a similar manner. The goods were discovered at the apartments of Burke, who is aunt to the other prisoner. The prisoners, who were defended by Mr. ADOL PHUS, were found Guilty, and sentenced to two months' Imprison ment--The Grand Jury returned true bills against several of the Hyde-park gang, for misdemeanors. It might be well for England if a large Properly Tax were levied, and even all the Excise duties, as well as the Assessed Taxes, abolished ; for the House of Commons would then become interested in reducing the expenditure, as Its pressure would not fail to be fell by themselves. TUE BACK-BONE.—To those who are ac quainted with the walks round Oxford, it may be satisfactory know that " the Devil's back-bone" has been macadam Cheltenham Journal. EPIGRAM* Since Adam, who aided our grandmother Eve, In bringing Sin, Death, and the Devil on earth, Was the first of road-makers, if legends we believe, And mended his ways when from Eden sent forth ; How cheering for mortals Mac Adam to see, Son, worthy such sire--has old Satan o'erthrown, And at Oxford has nwisikd their ways, all agree, By pounding to atoms " the Devil's baek-bome."—Age. THE HOUSE or Cos:No/la.—That branch of the legislature ought to emanate from the five and equal, the frequent anef onshiesamel •••froop.• nf aft. I...jebs4.y of ha *moan ben are the nominees of peers and commoners, who, it appears, make the seats in that assembly a subject of traffic and intrigue. Many of' the members, too, are placemen and pensioners, depend. ants on the minister, and the slaves of his mandate. A House of Commons so formed, can have no identity of feeling and interest— no common participation in the wants anti grievances of the people at large. This is proved by their habitual conduct. The great majority of the House are influenced by distinct and partial inte. rests. Of those who sit by a more extended suffrage, and who hold their constituents in respect, some are mere partisans ; others are fettered by factions and connections hostile to the people ; and the few whaare truly independent, find their best intentions frusttated—. their honest exeettons neutralized. A House of Commons so con stituted, can be no check against a bad minister, except when his measures may be averse to their special individual interest. Such a House of Commons can form no balance against the aristocracy— no barrier against the ambitious monarch. These are solemn and indisputable truths, which all who have impartially observed must acknowledge. This is our settled conviction, and the sooner It becomes the Incentive to general association, the sooner we may expect and obtain effective relief.—Address of the Nottingham Political Union. ANECDOTES OF LORD BYRON, BY M. BTENDHA L. — Lord Byron was at once enthusiastic in favour of Napoleon, and jealous of his fame. He used to say, " Napoleon and myself are the only individuals who sign our names with the initials N. B." (Noel Byron.) His lordship one evening broached rather a whim. Wad idea—that, in a discussion which bad just been started, his tide added weight to his opinion. On that occasion Dc Brame retorted with the well-known anecdote of Marshal de Castries, who, shocked at the deference once paid to D'Alembert's judgment, ex. claimed, " A pretty reasoner truly ! a fellow not worth thre e thou sand francs &leer !" On another evening, Lord Byron afforded an opening to ridicule, by the warmth with which he denied all I resemblance between his own character and that of Jean Jacques Rousseau, to whom he had been compared. His principal ob jection to the comparison, though he would not acknowledge the fact, was, that Jean Jaques Rousseau had been a servant, and the son of a watchmaker. Lord Byron always entertained a great horror of corpulency. His antipathy to a full habit of body might be called a fixed idea. M. Polidori, a young physi. cian who travelled with him, assured us that his Lordship's mother was of low stature and extremely fat. During at least a third part of the day, Byron was a dandy, expressed a constant dread of aug. menting the bulk of his outward man, concealed his right foot as much as possible, and endeavoured to render himself agreeable in female society..—Byron had one failing in common with all poets— an extreme sensibility to praise or censure, especially when coining from a brother bard. He seemed not to be aware, that judgments of this nature are generally dictated by a spirit of affectation, and that the most favourable can only be termed certificates of resent blanee...-Foretin Literary Gaiselle,—a periodical which, we are sorry to learn from its number for March 31, is to be discontinued for want of support. " Though we might suppose (observes the Editor, in his manly and becoming notice of his intention to drop the work), that a great outlay of capital and a long come of per severing Indusizy,,,would raise this Periodical to that degree of cir culation which should reward the Proprietors, we are not inclined to I resort to the expedients which now seem so necessary to bring any work into general notice. Our public is self-occupied, and nothing but a system of extravagant puffing seems adequate to awaken at. tendon to any literary performance ; and rather than resort to that systems, we, thanking our friends for their many kindnesses, have resolved to close our well-intended labours."—(The disgraceful sys tem, so properly denounced in this passage, has become a public nuisance;—it is at present evidently on the increase, and has been adaopted in quarters front whence better things were reason a bly ex - Itted. will, however, work its own cure ere long, or i t w ill b e an exception to the gene ral fate of such quackeries.] Since the cause of emancipation has become so fa shionable in these days of liberalism, it is somewhat matter of asto nishment that our liberal Ministry have not expressed a wish to emancipate the owners of copyhold estates from their present inabi lity to vote at county elections. It is certainly anomalous that the owner of a cottage-house worth forty shillings a year should have the right of elective franchise, whilst the owner of a copyhold estate of 600 acres is nbt entitled to it. We know an instance where a gentleman in this county, possessing a domain worth 60,0001. was compelled, the other day, to buy a cottage in his neighbourhood, to entitle hint to the same privilege which is enjoyed by hundreds of cottage owners in this town. This is a subject really deserving of the serious notice of the legislature. —Stockport Advertiser. Three of the men who are supposed to have made the first attack at blacken, were closely pursued by the Antey police about ten days ago, on which occasien they were seen to enter a house, but on the police making the strictest possible search, oo trace of them could be discovered; bourn?, it has since been as. certained that they hid themselves in the air-holes of • large turf stack in rear of the house, and a boy who was filling turf had time to throw a quantity on the entrance of the holes before the police came up, by which they escaped.—Feroartagh Reporter. - .. .~.~T ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. --eww-- TAUNTON—Wzmislmw. BRUTAL MURDER. • James Russell, a respectable-looking young man, was Indicted for the wilful murder of Joan TIMM a young woman, aged 22 years, at Chard, on Nov. 30. The prisoner when placed at the bar bowed respectfully to the Court ; but when asked by the Clerk of Arraigns, if he was guilty, or not guilty, he exclaimed Not Guilty in so loud a voice as to excite astonishment ; and it was necessary for the officers to caution him to conduct himself with more respect. He recovered his self-possession, and, when asked if be wished to challenge any of the jury, replied, in the mildest tone, " thank you, Sir; I have no challenge to make." Harriett White examined by Mr. Beare : I live in the parish of Chard, at Touchets. 1 know Mr. Langdon's field, the Six Acres; there is a path across the field, leading to Aveshay's-lane ; in that field, on the morning of De cember 1,1 found a dead body, the body of Joan Turner ; 1 instantly called a person named Somers, and his wife, who were in another part of the field.—Jacob Somers : I live at Touchess ; I remember the day the body was found in Mr. Langdon's Six Acres; my wife and the last witness were pre sent; it was half.past seven; when Harriet White came to inform my wife she put her arms round her neck, and seemed sinking. I ran before them and on getting to the top of the hill saw 11. e body, lying on the ba ck, and was stabbed and cut from one ear to the other. The head was lying a little to the right, as if some one had pushed it on that side ; her clothes were drawn up, and on her left thigh I perceived the mark of a man's bloody hand ; the body was quite cold and stiff, and seemed as if it had been lying there the greater part of the night; I did not know the body at first, but after recognised it to be that of Joan Turner; (lemma worked at Mr. Rice's factory, and lived at John Rice's, a quarter of a mile from Chard ; the field is a short distance from the town ; when I covered the deceased with her clothes, I saw a piece of flesh or clotted blood near the place where she was murdered, and when I was putting it under her left shoulder , to prevent it being walked on I found the top part of a pound kid of bread ; I left my wife and the first witness near the body, and went into the town to give ' the alarm ; when I arrived at the foot of Chard I cried out " there was murder; " Mr. Richards dnd several persons came to the place where the ody lay, it was then a quarter to eight; my wife and Harriet White went into the town, and 1 remained to watch the body—Witnesses were examined whose testimony went to prove that spots of blood bad been found on the stain of the prisoner's house, and other circumstances tending to connect him with the transaction.—At eight o'clock at night many witnesses remaining to be examined, the court adjourned. THORIDAY.—The prisoner was placed at the bar at eight o'clock. The most remarkable evidence was the following :—V. Bird worked at Mr. Risk's factory on Dee. 1, in the machine-shop. W. Bragg was the first who told me of the murder, on my return from breakfast, at twenty minutes after eight ; I went into the factory ; Russell was there ; I said to trim, " John. there is a poor girl found down in the field with her throat cut." He said, " floor girl, she'll never be no more."—Mr. Cahn : the coroner, ex amined. The prisoner was in custody. This is the statement he made before me, voluntaril7. The prisoner's examinsuon before the coroner was then read. He stated that he left the factory on the evening of Nov. 30, at 8 o'clock. He went for some leeks, and returned home soon after half-past eight, and did not go out after ; Bird was the first ppearssoonn who told him of the murder, after he returned from Lbt t. — Wood : I worked in the factory on Dec. 1 ; I heard T. Harp say to Russell, between 7 and 8 o'clock that morning, " What sort of an engagement had you last night ?" Prisoner replied "a d--d hot one." They were nine or ten feet from me.—J. Kendall : I work at Risk's factory; I saw Russell there on Monday ; he said to me, " I am going to have s d..-cl b—ly good battle by and by, after I leave work." 1 asked him who with ? He said he was going fighting along with a —.—.—Robert Mills—After prisoner had been liberated I saw him near the Guildhall ; I heard some one say to him " They have accused thee of the murder, arn't they." He answered, " Yes they have; they shall have a (12-d hard job to get it out of me, and a d—d sht harder to hang me." Mr. John Gunn Minister of the Dissenting Congregation at Chard—l visited the prisoner at his own request; was in custody; on the Monday after he was com. mitted,'we were left alone; I told him I was not aware of his object in sending forme, but if to make a confession I be; he would not make it to me; I spoke of the awful situation in which be stood, and of his former life ; he wept, and said, " GOD knows I have sins enough to answer for without this murder." Mr. J. Edwards said, in presence of the prisoner, he understood prisoner wanted to inquire of me concerning the possibility of pardon for murder ; I told the prisoner there was pardon from GOD upon repentance and humilia tion • I continued with the prisoner a quarter of an hour; I ex horted him to confess his sins to Gon, and I read some portion of Scripture to him. William Guppy : a labourer at Tuchets, knows the prisoner. Saw rum in maters, Lerza near Tuelieur I kat. Joan Toaum , ho and I stood together , and she passed by about 10 o'clock in the morn ing. He said, •• there's a pretty bitch gone along ;" I said, " Why r He said, " She had a summons for me the other day, and if ever I catch her by herself I'll give her a sly pat."—J. Atherley t a lace man at Chard, bad some talk with prisoner before he was last taken into custody. He asked me if I thought a murderer could be saved. I told him yes, murderers and the worst of characters might be saved by repentance. He said, if he had not done the murder, he had no occasion to fear. The day after he came to me and Lid he had another qyestion to ask me, if I thought it was possi ble for Conjuror Baker to bring the murderer to light. I said, I did not think it possible, though there were wonderfiCthings done in old times. He paused, and then said, " Well, I've not committed the murder, and by that means I've no guilt upon my conscience." The prisoner, when called to make his defence, raid—" The charge, my lord, I am now lying under. and which affects In, life, I know nothing of, therefore there is nothing lying on my con science for it ; and I hope, by the help of Ow, and his mercies, I shall be restored." The Learned Judge at four o'clock summed up, and concluded at half-past six. The Jury turned round to consider their verdict, and in a short time returned a verdict of Guilty.—The prisoner was asked what be had to say why judgment to die should not be passed upon him ? He addressed the Court, and said, " My Lord, what I have to say Is this, I em wholly innocent, I know nothing more of it than a socking child, and the Almighty will find it out, and the world , will know that lam innocent." Mr. Justice Gaselee passed sen.' fence, ordering the prisoner to be executed on Saturday, and his body dissects& The prisoner fell on his knees, and said in a firm and loud voice, " lam happy to say, my Lord, that you have passed sentence of death upon an innocent man." He was then removed. Throughout the trial Russell retained his self-possession, frequently instructing his solicitor, or directing the governor of the gaol to write notes for him. He chiefly sat, except when any witness spoke to some strong fact. lie paid the most anxious attention to the summing up, and once interrupted the Judge, and begged that his wife might be called and examined by the Jury, to prove his in nocence. When the verdict was given he did not move a muscle. REVOLTING DEPRAVlTY.—Yeaterday a child only about fourteen years old, and small for her age, appeared before the magistrates at College-street Police-office, to charge an unfortunate associate in crime with having taken two shillings from her on the previous night. When questioned u to her connection with the prisoner, she detailed the following circumstances :—Her father had been a painter, and was dead two years ; her mother and a younger sister were living, and were supported by her prostitution ! She bad been employed selling fruit in the Four Courts, and was se duced some time ago by a young lawyer, and since that had pursued the unhappy course thus opened for her. She denied that her ma ther or any female acquaintance had instigated her to these habits,' but that she pursued them of her own accord, and divided the pro fits of her melancholy pursuit with her parent and her associate ! We forbear to give the name of her seducer, who is a young gentle. man of respectable family in character, but we deplore that any man of his rank and society should be so connected with such de pravity.—Dublin Morning Regiater of Saturday. The following rather awkward circumstance, to the family of one of our fellow townsmen, occurred on Wednesday last. On that day one of his Majesty's li eges, named Chules Shirley, took it into his head to " cry down, " as it is usually expressed, Mary, his wife—or, in other terms. sent round the criers, warning the public against giving her credit. It so happened that Cherriman, the crier in going his mounds, converted the name into Sh e ll e y, and on reaching West-street, cried his notice in front of the Carpenters' Arms, Arms, kept by Charles Shelley, whose wife is also named Mary, and the consternation of the good people, on bearing their names thus publicly exposed, may be easily conceived. An explanation took place, and the honest crier proceeded on his way to execute his task de nom—B.4Mo* Herald. FREEDOM OF ELECTION.-011 Sunday last, at Car rick. Mr. Rivers, a gentleman of the highest reApectability, was at. tacked in the mast savage manner whilst attending morning service in the chapel, by a portion of the crowd, who did not please to ho nour the vote be gave at the last decd.:lt for this county with their approbation. No sooner was.lllr. Rivers recognised, says our car. respondent, writing from the spot, than he was vet upon in the most violent manner, and it was with the utmost difficulty he vas enabled to retreat to the sacristy. From hence he proceed e d t o th e h ouse o f the Rev. Doctor Canally, which is near the chapel, but while he was rapping at the door, the mob discovered him, sad again at tacked him. They tore his clothes, called hint the most opprobri ous names, and conducted themselves so furiously, that but for the assistance of Mr. Edmond Lake, a a nd me. A. Ryan, it is probable he might not have escaped with his life !—so much for the peaceable act-well-conducted town, whieh looks with honor upon the appointment of a stipmdary magistrate, and is much too peaceable and orderly to require any police at all.— Wainfirrd POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE. RICCITATION Boots.—lo the course of the week several letter were addressed to the Lord Mayor, from the members of sundry re ligious congregations, complaining that, contrary to good order and Ow ation of the public peace, • house in Grub -street, which h a d ery formerly bean devoted to pious purposes, was converted into a so of theatre, in which young persons assembled and gave recitations from the drama, and sung songs, without &licence. His Lordship' correspondents drew alarming pictures of the consequence of pry. mining large meetings of so exciting a description, and hoped that. for the sake of the youth of the City of London, as well a.s for th, security of property which might be liable to invasion from th, system of detnoralization thus encouraged, his Lordship would ortl.l his officers to interfere. The LORD Miro,' said be regretted that some controul eo u y not be exercised over houses in which entertainments of the sore were given. Mr. Hobla observed, that if places of the kind could be towhee by a penal enactment, the informers would long ago have appeared, furnished with the usual apparatus for giving a check to the viciou• propensities of mankind (laughter). GUI L DHA 1.14. The celebrated Miss Zouch appeared before Alderman Awmtv, to prefer a charge against a person named James, for detaining her wardrobe. Alia Zouch stated that she hid lodged in the defend. ant's house, but he had brought so exhorbitant a charge against he. that it was utterly out of her power to liquidate the demand. A long bill was here produced by James, amounting to 501. 301. 0: which was charged for attendance upon her and for messages. Alderman ANSLEY asked him why he detained the property ? James—Because Miss Zouch promised to pay me when she go.. married. (A laugh.) Mill Zouch—l promised to pay you on my marriage, but not what you have charged. How much have you put down for lodging'' —James : Only 21. per week.—Miss Zouch : fie, Jame', t charge me so much when lam so poor! I'll pay what is just ant'. legal, but no more. She said that her disappointments had ph. vented her paying the money, when the defendant detained the whole of her wardrobe, and left her entirely without. She was willing to raise the money on the articles and pay him. Alderman ANSLEY—Do you deny the debt ?—Miss Zouch : I I do ; I dechwe he a let me have the lodgings on terms of hospitality. The Al said he could not compel the defendant to give up the property, but said she might bring her action. BOW-STREET. Swifuntgo.—George Pries, a man of genteel appearance, was charged by Mr. Wayland, woollen.draper, of 15.1, Strand, with ob. tattling cloth, his property, value about 121. under false pretences. Mr. Wayland said that the prisoner called at his shop, and stated that he came from a Mr. Smith, of St. Andrew's.hill, Doctors' Commons, a tailor, who was a customer of his (Mr. Wayland's), to procure for Mr. Smith a quantity of Saxony cloth. Having selected the article, it was entered to Mr. Smith's account, and the prisoner took it with him. He called again a few days afterwards and made a similar representation, and took a quantity of Saxon crimson cloth with him ; and on a third visit he obtained more of the same kind of cloth. Subsequently the fraud was discovered, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Mr. Smith said that he knew the prisoner, who, five weeks ago. introduced him to Mr. Wayland as a customer. He (Mr. Smith) never authorised the prisoner to obtain the property from Mr. Way land, nor had he ever received the same—The prisoner was re manded. QU EN-SQUA RE. SINOULAZ DETECTION OF A THIEF HY • PIGEON.— Saturday, John Tierney, a notorious thief, was placed at the bar. charged with stealing six fancy pigeons. The prisoner was stopped, a few days ago, by Reardon, with six pigeons, which he said he bought for !ts. The serjeant brought him to the office, where, af. ter several examinations, he was discharged, and the pigeons given up to him.—Cooper, an officer, aware that no one in the lane) would sell pigeons at so low a rate, purchased them off the prisoner for six shillings, determined to find out the owner. He selected a a fine bald-head pigeon, and fastened the following note to his foot :—" Sir, if you will bring this note to my house, 10, Roches. ter-row, Westminster, you will find I have sof the bearer's mess. mates in durance vile, who have, I believe, been taken prisoners unlawfully."—The pigeon was thrown up at Vauxhall bridge, and flew towards Wandsworth, to his home, and in consequence the pii. goner was a second time taken. A Alr. &say, who resides in the Wandsworth-road. stated that his pigeon.house had been broks:. open and robbed of his pigeons on the night the prisoner was step. pM. He saw the pigeon to his great surprise come home, and go into his old quarters, and at night took him from his roost, and put him in a small wicker basket. Next mooning lie was astonished to find a note in the basket attached to the bird, desiring bin, to call at Rochester-row. The prisoner repeated his old defence.— 31r. Marriott lined the prisoner under an old Act lot. foe haring the pigeons in his possession ; in default of e ayment he was committed for four months to the house of correction. Mr. Beasy said he did not intend to keep any more pigeons, and desired Cooper to keep them for his sagacity. HEBDOMADARY. Tars DAY—The BluTecTitil34;;;;ll; In procession from th, Mansion-house to Christchurch, Newgate-street, followed by the Lord Mayor, &c. in the state carriage.—Rodney's victory, 1702. To-stoattow—Venus shines with her maximum brightness. She rises at 46 minutes past 3 morning. The Royal Assent was given to the Catholic Relief bill, 1829.. WEDNESDAY—Jupiter rises 46 minutes putt 1 morning. Seventh day of the Feast with the Jews, whereon Israel passed the Red Sea 3321 years ago. TuunenaT--Satum sets 10 minutes past 3 morning. The Jews' Passover ends. This was the Fordicidia with the Antient Ro mans, when thirty cows hig with calves were sacrificed in honour of Jupiter. The ashes were kept in the temple of Vesta, to be used in purifying the people at certain times. Fnmar—Moon enters last quarter 49 min. past 6 morning. SATURDAY--Benjamin Franklin died 1790. Suitritay--Sun rises at s—sets at 7. BIRTH. On the 3d instant, at Belvedere House, Drunicondra, Lady Cog hill, or a daughter. 31ARRIEll. On the 30th ult. in Donnybrook Church, Major (Melly, of the 11th Regiment of Infantry, to Julia, only daughter of Captain Fos.. of Merrion.—On the 3d instant, at Aghada church, the Lady Sarah O'Bryen, daughter of the Marquis of Thomond to the Honourable Major Taylor.—On the Bth inst. at St. Alkmund'a church. Derby, Marten, Esq. of Mincing-lane, London, to Ann, third Ya e t 4 i )e ter of Thomas Bridgett, Esq. of Grove-Ivan, near Derby.— Tuesday, at Birr Church, William Wybrow, Lag. 56th Itegt. to Dora Amelia, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Borough. 26th Regt.—At Booterstown Church, Capt. Hartwell. R. A. to Julizna Sophia Iles, only daughter of the late James Iles, Esq. Sovereign of Armagh.—At Bray Church, near Dublin, Sir William Crosbie, Bart. to Dorothea Alicia, youngest daughter of the late John Walsh, Esq.—At Amport, Captain Henry Sidney Widdrington. 53d Regt. to Fanny Caroline, daughter of the late Thomas Strick. land, of Kendal, Esq.—At Ballyshannon, Doctor John Britton. to Miss Mary Chinnery, second daughter of J. Folinibby, Collector of Customs at that Port.—At Dublin, Anna Rebecca, daughter of William Nicholson, Esq. Camden -street, to Thomas L. Freeman. Esq. of Enniscorthy, County Wexford.—George Parkhouse, Esq. to Frances, daughter of the late Edmund Armstrong, Esq. of Gal. len, King's County. Plk:D. On the 6th instant, at Woodbrook, Queen's County, Margaret. the wife of Jonathan Chetwood. Esq. in the 80th year of her age. —On the 19th tilt. at St. David's Castle, Nu*, the Rev. JAlTiles Slater, of Tonyn, county Longford, aged 77e 'ears. He was Vicar of Naas, and Rector of Caragh, for 52 years. Vi'ednesday, is Limerick, Rebecca, wife of Henry 11'oodburne, Esq.—Saturday Wattled, at the Causeway. county Kerry. at a very advanced age, the Rev. Nicholas Neilan, DM an active Nlagistrate. and formerly for many years parish priest of that district. He has left large estates, which revert to his nephew, Couns,llor King, of the Munster bar.— March 26,at Rose-hill, Aberdeen, A. Duthie, Esq. of itudirieston.— On the 4th inst. at Royal-place, Greenwich, John Rees Esq. aged 40.—Mr. George Jones 111. A of Trinity College, Dublin, and author of the Hebrew Grammar at present used in that Cniversity At Lurgiut, Thomas Byrne, Fain—At Mallow, Elisabeth, eldest daughter of the late John Atkins, of Fountainville, county Cork, Esq.—At the residence of her grandfather, Major General Hayes, Mountmellick, Miss O'Reilly—Suddenly, Sirs. Scaly, relict of the late Robert Sealy, Esq. of Barleyfield, county Curk—ln Drogheda, aged 81, the Rev. Joseph Fairdough, Chaplain to the Corporation of that town, and fifty years Chancellor of the Diocese of Leighlin and Ferns—At Brook Vale. county Monaghan, Wm. Johnson, Esq. "—At Celbridge, in his 63d year, William Leslie, Esq. late of his Majesty's Revenue—At Masontown, aged six years, of water on the brain, George Standish St. George, youngest son of the late Rev. G. St. ,of Tully, in the county of Roscommon--At the New Barracks, Limerick, Standish Lokay, Cot poral, Ist Battalion 60th Regiment. He was buried on Monday, with military honours, the band of the reghnent playing the funeral anthem—several of the officers and most of the solditrs attending the proceador. The de ceased was much esteemed in the service; lie formerly held a cam mission in the Wexford Militia, and subaequcwly a Liemenantcy in the 98th Regiment, or Canieronlana. ki- W ATER it LONDON-BRIDGK TO 5101tKOW. 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