Star. — London, England, 1830-10-15 00:00:00

.~ ' J ; k%'"' I.'"v•-. . ~. CHARGES OF HERESY. mR. SCOTT AND SILL IRVING. !b'ti.isf 'menhir remablisheil front the Times, a paper on this I et. at h.citsu to lay before our resclers the disclaimer of Mr. litheit that it is not you; wish that your paper should be is Ade i'.e vehfele cf falsebeed or misrepresentation in any case, but ca rnal', when the matter of the personal character and professional : t..iNfr yh f hooch and reputable men. Yet, with all your vigilance, this cei.,t .1 •net hates be the ease, and. unfortunately. is so to a lamentable ex it, our paper of this day : whirr. in the article from a cortespon. thus on site scottisit Presbytery in London, contains many erroneous wait -re is. The fist. in these wads.—" The case of the Rev. Mr. Scott, st• that of the Rev. Edward Irving. each involving a charge of heresy ;" *tense the truth is, that 31r. Scott was there on no charge at all, but :;it.ely to complete km trials for ordination, which had been interrupted t, •it kn..% : and rot myself. 1 am not only not under any such charge, have to catss tf any kind before the Presbytery. One of my bre • hit iu,vint• given notice at a former meeting of a motion concerning one sK my publications, the question arose—whether this or the comple -141.. o Mr. Scott's trials should have the precedency. The s..inte, that " Mr. Scott anticipated and eluded the decision of the coati - by asking through me the Pteshytery's permission to address them. How your correspondent comes to know what the Presbytery's ,enteiiee was to be, he can best tell . • but certainly 1, a member of Presbytery. know that in all the sederunts of the Presbytery it was nee. r mooted that Mr. Scott would be prevented from i.linntion. How, then, he could " anticipate or elude" what i.ever had been in any way hinted at in the Presbytery itself, is ..00ther solecism into which gratuitous cruelty has betrayed your orespondent. But that Mt. Scott did what he did to " anti ( icipate or elude" any sentence of the Presbytery, is evidently shown to be false (were there not his own solemn declare :.:ion and every other moral evidence to disprove it,) by the min. vied sorrow and admiration wits which the Presbytery heard his solemn eedaration, and their resolution not to take any ate) till they should bold a loving and brotherly conference with him, if possible to change Ain mind. The third misstatement is in these words:—" He studiously observed silence on the sinfulness of CHa is is humanity, no doubt from deference to Mr. Irving." Tnere are no less than three distinct errors in these wattle: the first, that "he studiously maintained silence," on the subject of which your cm.espondent calls " the sinfulness of Cultures humanity," while he opened his mind on " more points than one opposed to the confession of faith." Now the truth is, that he expressly said that he was satisfied with what the Con fession declared upon the subject of our LoaD's humanity, and en 'icily concurred widi it, and thought it a full and explicit statement of the truth ; the second, " that he did this no doubt from deference to me," which adds to the former untruth the malevolence of endeavouring to offend another party who was as entirely ignorant of what Mr. Scott was about to do as any person present ; the third is, the averment that either Mr. Scott or I hold that our Loan's human nature was sin ful, whereas we maintain, with all orthodox men, that it was " without sin" by the anointing of the Holy Ghost. A news paper is not the place for theological discussion, and I ask your indul. gence for only one word more, which is, to remove the impression con veyed by your correspondent, as if Mr. Scott had opposed the West. liiinster Confession "on more points than one." He declared that the confession did not fully express his faith upon the universality of the .itonement, and seemed to bear a contradiction of it ; that it mingled the two questions—the assurance of faith and personal assurance of sal.' vatichi ; and that he did not believe that the Church still re. tamed the power to convey the gifts necessary for the fulfil. Diem of the offices which that Confession requires in the Chris- Dian minister. On these accounts, he declared that he could not sign it as the Confession of his faith. He did not, however, separate aiuss.lf front the church of Scotland, but only withdrew from his desire ordination as one of het members. That this is the true statement of the case. which I draw out for the nudes sake, I pledge myself to all concerned, by signing my name. EDWARD IRVING , Minister of the National Seoich Church, London. 13, Judd-place, East. Oct. 13. AURICULTURAL PROSPECTS OF THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF IRKLAND. From the DerryJtornal. We have received from a Correspondent at Ardara the following corn it :titivation, which, at this inauspicious season, will be read with no i'tt!e ;merest by those whose chief dependence is on the state of the c ups in this neighbourhood :- •• Business having placed me on the North-West Coast of the County tainegal, since the end of April, 1829, I have, during all that time, be.pt a diary, from which I extract the following facts :-On this coast tits. summer of 1829 was generally cold and mostly wet. High winds to June and July materially damaged early crops of potatoes ; and the natural growth of every crop was kept in check by cold and rain. The storms of wind and rain ot the 17th. 18th, 19th, 26th, and 27th of August of that year. greatly increased the damage already done by shaking or shedding extensively every field of grain then in a for ward state of ripeness, and destroying the quality of potatoes. There followed a great deficiency in the quantity ot every crop ; and this, com bined with the sales of oats made last winter by such tenants as were pressed for rent, left the country quite exhausted of food, and drove numbers who never before had purchased provisions, and had very often supplied their necessitous neighbours, into the high markets of last spring and summer. " The spring of 1830 was, here, generally unfavourable to the pre paration of land for, and the sowing and planting of crops. It was so stormy that much less than the usual quantity of sea-manure (weed) was procured ; and, owing to the wetness of the soil, many lots of low Irlossy land could not be sown or planted at all ; and many dales, which wets. planted late, turned out quite unproductive. lost summer and tat. present harvest have been much more inclement and boisterous than those of the preceding year. lit collect that the Ist, 12th, 13th, 14th, lath, 20th, 24th, and 25th of June were downright storms-and that the Ist, 7th, Bth, 11th, 12th, lath, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 26th, 27th, 30th, and 31st of July, were still more stormy. The 30th, in particular. wax distinguished by loud thunder, as well as a down-pouring of the aqueous element; and the night of the 31st transmitted the tempestu ousness of the month of July to its successor. On the Ist, 2d, sth, 27th, 28111, and 31st of August, there blew strong gales, accompanied with heavy rain-those of the sth and 27th were actual storms which, in their effects, exceeded the havoc of July and August last year. Sep tember, an awful month ! exhibited stormy Sits, which surpassed all that had preceded them in fury. On the night of the 4tis, on the sth, llth, 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, and 20th, on the nigh of the 22d, and on the 23d, there were very heavy storms of wind and rain. That of the Itith may be truly described as a destructive hurricane, and was fol lowed up, at night, by lightning and thunder. The dreadful effects of that hurricane in shaking the unshorn grain, in scattering and soaking that which was shorn, and in completing the ruin of the potato crop, will never be forgotten by those who live near the coast. It may be observed that the storms of June and July generally blew front the N. W. N. and N.E. which is not common in that season ; but in July and August we had hard gales from every point of the compass; so that, but in few instances, were crops protected by situation from their fury. Such, altogether, has been the weather, that good judges con. cider that, in this district, the crops will not average one-half of their usual produce. " As another feature in the condition of this district, it ought to be mentioned that, last summer, very many small farmers had to pawn their growing crops to keep their families from starving ; and of those who did so, not a few had been compelled, previous to eie last Assizes, to dispose of their only stay—their little gardens of early potatoes, to pay the county rates; and having made that last sacrifice, to resort to begging. The distress of these poor people lied this additional aggrava tion : irons the tempestuousness of the weather they could not engage in sea-fishing, which used to assist them in paying rent and maintaining their families. " 11 to the inclement season of 1029, and the subsequent ill-judged and improvident export of the grain of Banagh, principally from Billy begs, we arc to ascribe the dearth so prevalent here in summer last, what have we not to dread fonn the far more unpropitious weather of the present year ? Not only have the produce of last year's crops been long ago exhausted ; but of the present very deficient crop, altogether inadequate to the support of the inhabitants, a considerable portion has been forestalled to satisfy the pressing wants of the small tenants. In this distressing state of things, landlords and tenants are equally in. tereated ; and both should most seriously consider how to mutually as-1 %ist each other under such trying and difficult circumstances. Land. lords cannot live without their rents ; and the poorer class of tenants Lave not the means of paying rents at the present nine. Such can only gather the means piecemeal by having forbearance extended to them. Landlords ought, then, to give the utmost indulgence to their tenants, and use every possible exertion to Induce them to retain grain and every kind of food in their hand', and rather to turn ahy other species of pro- 1 perty they have into money, than to part with it ; for, most assuredly.' if the grain be disposed of as it was last year, a famine of unexampled severity will be the result." By the accounts from Sligo and Galway, the distress along the w role western coast will be fully as severe as that experienced on the coast 31 Donegal. It is customary, and is claimed by the Governors as a tight, for ilieSenior scholar of Christ's Hospital to address the Sove reign In St. Paul's Churchyard on the first visit to the city after the ac cession. -1 PItIVATE Ms ntiMPlEs.—The present law regulating the cart. and trea anent of the insane in the licensed madhouses was passed for a limited period oul*. Some permanent measure is now required. We have therefore. Him with pleasure a letter front Mr. R. Gov don (with whom thlon humane improvement of law originated) W I the clerks of tluq peace throughout the kingdom, announcing hi, intention to bri u in a bill " to continue to amend and consolidate"' the Acts of ath Geo. IV. cap. 41, and 10th Geo. IV. e. 18. and inviting the suggestions of 'the Magistrates at the ensuing quarter sessions for in , tnevenients of the present law.-1 imps. pgiIiEEDINGS AT FELLS-CONFLAGRATION ON THE COMMON OF LLOYD. We have received from our corraTposident at Hells an account of fur ther proceedings on the Common, in the neighbourhood of that town, of even a more extraordinary character than those which were noticed in his previous communications from the same quarter. Our readers are already aware, that after the naagistrates had deemed it prudent to liberate the eighteen persons taken into custody : the poor people re turned to the Common on Wednesday morning, and busily employed themselves in the completion of their tumble habitations. The open unincloeed portion of the Common, upon which the huts were first erected, was soon found insufllcient to accommodate the numerous claimants, and, in consequence, they entered upon the remaining part of the Common, which had been fenced in, and the entire plain, contain ing 800 saes at least, was soon laid out for houses, half an acre being allotted for each family. The miserable people (who are tepee. seated by our correspondent u in a state of utter destitution) occupied themselves in this way, without interruption, during Wednesday and part of Thursday, when it was ascertained that the Marquis of Headfort again made his appearance in Hells, and it was un derstood that he had been in Dublin for the purpose of obtain. ing legal advice to regulate the course of the corporation, and also the opinion of government upon his own conduct regarding the proceedings at Lloyd. On his Lordship's arrival, all the freemen were summoned to the Sessions House, where they remained in consultation until about four o'clock, when they proceeded in a body to Lloyd, ac companied by a strong detachment of the police, the military remaining in town. The police stationed themselves at a convenient distance, whilst some of the corporators attacked the small cabins, and unroofed the greater part of them, without the slightest opposition having been offered by the people. The Rev. Mr. Ill'Evoy was on the spot, and under his advice and direction, they abstained from any act of violence which the intemperance of the freemen might be calculated to excite. Determined not to break the peace, they remained passive spectators of the work of destruction, until the corporator. le ft the ground, when they quietly returned to the Common, with the intention of resuming their employment on the next morning, and repairing the injury sustained in the best manner they were able. About two o'clock on Friday after noon, however, the lan-ms and the police were called—the corporators assembled and hurried away to Lloyd, escorted by the military and police, and, on their arrival there, burned all the habitations that bad been erected. The people did not offer the slightest opposition, or be tray any disposition to disturb the peace. The above facts have been communicated by our correspondent, who says, It is due to the soldiery and police to state, that they did not in any manner interfere ; nor should I omit to mention that the Marquis of Headfort took every possible precaution in having the people re moved, lest any of the hapless creatures should perish in the confiagra don." On this occasion, our correspondent adds, five or six men were taken Into custody. Having been handcuffed, they were conveyed into Hells upon a dray, as it was supposed, for the purpose of being lodged in Bridewell, until next day, when the Magistrates sitting in Petit Ses sions might dispose of their case. They were, however, hurried off in a moment out of the town, and were sent, escorted by a troop of bea ms, to the county gaol, at Trim. It appears that this summary pro ceeding excited much surprise, and dissatisfaction. The people, all through, manifested the most peaceable disposition, and no danger w hat. ever could be apprehended from adopting the ordinary course—that of giving a fair and open hearing of the case before the Magistrates, who, if they thought it expedient, might accept bail for the appearance of the pennons charged. The people in the neighbourhood were in a very ex cited state, but the Catholic Clergyman, the Rev. Mr. M'Evoy, was using the most strenuous exertions to preserve good order--to appease the minds of the people, and induce them to place full confidence in the law. It is said that the poor people will endeavour to procure a legal decision of the question.—We have given the facts above detailed with. out comment. But at most melancholy reflection must arise from a pe rusal of them. To what a condition must the country be reduced, when in a single district no less than one thousand families, the occupants of the Common, are reduced to such a hopeless stare of destitution, as to seek for a miserable abode, and the scanty means of supporting exist ence, which half an acre of Common could supply, under the perilous circumstances described by our correspondent. it is not our purpose to canvass the right of the Corporation of Keller to the possession of the Common in question, or to defend the course adoped by the peasantry ; but we cannot, without feelings of the deepest pain, contemplate the ex istence of such hopeless misery. —Dublin Morminy Register. ISSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, Om 14. In consequence of the great number of applications to file petitions and schedules, both in town and country, Mr Commissioner Harris di. rected that the motions should be disposed of in the (ireat Room in the office of the court this morning, and took his seat therein precisely at I 1 o'clock. IN RE STEWART. This was an application to file a petition on behalf of the above insol vent, who described himself in his affidavit as a policeman of the letter " S Division," a prisoner in the debtors' prison, at the suit of Messrs. Booth. The reason why he had not petitioned the Court before this date, he swore was solely on account of his not having the means to employ an attorney, but which he was now in possession of.—TheCourt granted the application. IN RE ORANGE LEINAN. The name of this insolvent made the Commissioner smile. It was an application on the part of the insolvent for leave to add three cre ditors omitted in flit schedule, who resided at Battle, in Sussex. The insolvent had been before the Court a short time since, and stood adjourned to give up certain property which he had disposed of to his father under a warrant of attorney ; or, in the event of not complying with the order of Court, he was to come up and receive judgment in December next. At the original hearing, assignees had been appointed, and subsequently to the adjournment, the insolvent's friends had offered the assignees for the general benefit of his creditors, the sum of 1001. in lieu of the property assigned under the warrant of attorney. The insol vent was still in custody, and wished so to remain, in order that he might insert the creditors he had omitted,and which he now prayed to do. 31r. Commissioner Minus said, that had the application been mode before the act of the Ist of William IV. passed, he should have known how to have acted; or that if a summons had been issued, he should hsve had no difficulty in deciding the point. At present the insolvent was under the adjudication of the Court, the order of which he had not complied with, and therefore he thought the best way would be for the insolvent to love a rule to show cause upon Messrs. Phillips and Co. the assignees, why be should not be brought up on the 13th of Dec. next (to which day he originally stood adjourned) to add the creditors to his schedule. Rule directed accordingly. IN RE WALTERS. This was an application for leave to file a petition, which the insol vent swore would have been filed in due time, but that he was a pri soner at the suit of His Majesty alone, and that It was not until he had got a detainer against him by one of His Majesty's subjects, that he was in a condition to apply to the Court. (This part of the practice is not generally known, and until lately caused considerable trouble.) The Court granted this application, as well as another, on similar grounds. IX RZ 000TCH. Pair. Coma moved, to appoint a creditor of the name of Smith, as signee, in the room of a gentleman of the name of Hall, deceased. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS—Is Mr. Smith present ? Mr. Smith—Yes, Sir. Mr. Commissioner HARZ'S —is it your wish to be appointed as. signet P Mr. Smith—Yes. Couav—Be it so. I:tr RE In this ease, there has been a summons taken out of the office yes terday, returnable on the following day, to show cause why the insolvent should not be discharged out of custody forthwith, his opposing creditors neglecting to pay the 4s. a-week prescribed by the act of Parliament, where the insolvent had been remanded at their suit. Mr. Commissioner Nana is.—This is a new way of proceeding. No application has been made to me, and the Chief Commissioner is out of town ; how is this ? . Mr. Massey (the chief clerk) said, he never heard of such a pro. ceeding. Commissioner HARRIS.—SmiI for the officer who granted the sum. mons. The officer having explained, that he granted it upon application ofl the attorney on behalf of the insolvent, as a matter of course, there being blank forms in the office for that purpose, Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, it was out of the usual way, and he hoped that it would not be done again. The way to proceed was by rule, and not upon summons, and he hoped no attorney would attempt the experiment again. If, after this, said the learned Commissioner, a gaoler detained an insolvent, it would be at his peril. Refused on account of irregularity. EXPARTE JANIS ISOM In the course of the morning, Mr. hod advanced towards Mr. Com missioner Harris. and presented a memorial addressed to the Chief Com missioner, and which he said was signed by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Norwich, and several of the most respectable inhabitants thereof. recommending him as a proper person to act as a broker on the part of insolvent debtors, and begged the Court to confimi the ream mendation. Mr. Commissioner Hauts said, that he would forward the memorial to the Chief Commissioner on his circuit, and as Mr. !sod was a resi• dent of that city, he would probably be informed if his application meritun attcntion. ••• In several of the country cases, particularly Worcester and Lan. cuter, the insolvents having neglected to file their petitions within three months. rules to show cause in each case were directed, whereby they have Individually lest the benefit of the approaching circuit. It is customary, and is claimed by the Governors as a right. for the senior scholar of Christ's Hospital to address the Sove reign, in St. Pad's Church•yard, on the first visit to the City after the accession. POLICS ESPOI7 S. 01. —J. Botfield, a greengrocer, Addle-street, Wood-street; Philip Pyle, a porkman, in Sliver-street; and the shopman of Mr. Cot trrell, an oilman at the corner of Milk -street, attended before Sir PE. TAR Lausis and Alderman C. SMITH, yesterday, upon summonses to answer the complaint of the Inquest of the Ward of Cripplcgate With. in, for having defective weights in their possession. The beadle produced the weights and one pair of scales, and Mr. Rice, the foreman of the jury, proceeded to state, that at the house of Botfield he found that the balance of the scales was false, besides which, there was a piece of lead in the weight scale, which the defendant ad mitted he kept constantly in that place. It was, however, removable. and if removed, would give a considerable advantage to the seller. In addition to this, the 71b. weight was deficient by nearly half an ounce, the 21b. weight by nearly one quarter of an ounce, the lib. weight by nearly one quarter of an ounce, and the alb. weight by more than three quarters of an ounce. Sir PATER Levitz asked whit goods were sold by weight by the defendant? Mr. Rice replied, chiefly potatoes. Mr. Alderman SNIT IR remarked that it wu the poor then who had been robbed. Sir Psra■ asked if he did not hold an office under the Ward ? Botfield said he was the Inspector of the Watch, and with to the scales, they had been accidentally Woken, and to correct the re f i Xetem of the balance the lead had been used, which a dishonest man might certainly remove during the weighing, without inconvenience. As to the weights, they had been altered since they had been passed by pre. vious inquests, and their deficiency was immaterial, as every buyer of potatoes insisted on having lumping weight. The Foreman of the Inquest said the defendant had a large family, and it was his first offence. The Magistrate convicted him in the mitigated penalty of 10s. Mr. Pyle was charged with having in his shop a 71b. weight, deficient ounce; a 41b. weight by os ; a ell,. near a quarter of an ounce; a deficient by something less than a quarter of an ounce; and a two ounce weight also deficient. Mr. Wilson, one of the Inquestmen, said the defendant had notice to get his weights regulated five months ago. Defendant said he had caused two weights to be regulated, and he was not aware that the rest were deficient. The Magistrates said they must disgrace him also by fining him 10s. The case against Air. Cotterrell was, that he had in use a lib. weight deficient by a quarter os and a half lb. weight by not quite t oz. Mr. Wilson said these weights were in the same state hr. months ago, when the inquest desired they should be rectified. The person who appeared in place of Mr. Cotterell said the shop was at that time in other hands. Mr. Wood, of Smithfield, was paid four guineas a-year to adjust the weights and scales. Sir Pzilia Lavatz said the contract with Mr. Wood could not be received as an excuse for using defective weights, and he and his brother Magistrate had agreed that they must protect the public by disgracing the defendant with a fine of 10s. If this was my case, (observed Mr. Wilson,) I should charge the fine to Mr. Wood. The fines were paid, and the weights and scales were ordered to be destroyed. BOIV.STREET.—MargareI Neale, a good-looking young woman of the town, or more properly speaking of the country, was charged with having robbed a man, dressed in a smock frock, of three sovereigns, In a field near Hounslow. The money was missed on the instant, and the prisoner given into the custody of two of the mounted patrol, who were conduct ing the prisoner to the cage, when they were set upon by several soldiers, who not only rescued her out of custody, but inflicted considerable injury on the head of one of the officers, which was enve loped in bandages. The soldiers are all under arrest in the barracks, until the pleasure of their commanding officer shall have been ascer tained. The prisoner hat ing no effectual defence to offer wat committed for trial. ROMIZRY AT THE WITRAM Baxi.—An elderly man of very respectable appearance, who is, it appears, the father of the young man named Jenkins, who absconded from the above bank with a large sum of money, exceeding 2,0001. has been in custody for these two last days, on a charge of being concerned in the robbery, or rather an accessory after the fact. The solicitor to the Witham Bank, auisted by Mr. Wooler, attended before Mr. Halls to prefer the charge against the pri soner ; but Mr. Halls did not think the evidence (which was heard in private) sufficiently strong to warrant him in detaining him. He however, u the charge was of a most serious nature, held him to bail: himself in 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each, of which he was to give 24 hours' notice to the solicitor for the Witham bank. Mr. Jenkins, who was apprehended in London by Ruthven, the principal o ffi cer, is very respectably connected, and the father of no less than thirteen children, of whom, we understand, the young man who has absconded is the eldest. David Fowler, a decent-looking man, was brought before Mr. HALLS, on a charge of having deserted from a requiting party six years ago, and taking with him some articles of wearing apparel belonging to the corporal of the regiment. A police constable of 0. division, No. 188, preferred the charge, and stated that about six years ago he belonged to the 48th Regiment of Foot, which was quartered in Northampton. A recruiting party of the 37th Regiment was likewise there, to which Corporal Henry was at tached. The defendant was enlisted by him, and placed amongst the recruits, whom he (witness) saw march out of the town. On the route to London, the defendant, whose person he fully recollected, managed to run away, and take with him a pair of trowsers, and some other articles of dress belonging to the corporal. That morning he met him in the streets,whcn he recognised him as the deserter, and took him into custody. The defendant, a native of Ireland, flatly contradicted that he was the deserter and asked permission to cross-question the o ffi cer. On this being given to Mm, he said to the witness, " Now, will you swear that you saw me enli sted ?" " No; I will not," said the constable; " but I will swear to you as having been among tire retruits, whom I saw march out of the town. Besides, I knew you very well before you enlisted." " By my soul you did not—cunning as you are," exclaimed the defendant : " you are as innocent of that as a child unborn, and that is saying too much for you. Do you, your Worship , ad d ressing Mr. Halls,) think that lam a deserter, fr om this man's evidence?" Mr. HALLS—No; I should not convict you from that alone—but I think it is sufficient to warrant me in keeping you till the documents and the Hue-and-Cry are examined. The defendant, seeing that Mr. Halls was determined in this, very wisely refrained from saying anything further, and walked of with the gaoler, saying, that they would undoubtedly find themselves in the wrong box. MAnyLEsows OancE.—John Coffins, a chairmaker, in Somers Town, was finally examined yesterday, before Mr. Hoskins, under the charge of having stolen the body of a child, as stated in a former pa per, and preferred against him by Wm. Price, a constable of the me. uopolitan police, No. 139, of division S. The prisoner aas brought to this office on Monday, and remanded, and Price was ordered to make enquiry, and ascertain, if possible, to what place the body belonged. At Hendon he was sent to Kingsbury, for there a child had been stolen from the churchyard. He brought Geo. and Mary Anne Martin, the parents of it, who live at the Hyde in the Edgware-road, and they then proved its identity before Mr. Stir. ling, the Coroner, and an Inquest Jury, at the Elephant and Castle, in the King's-mad, St. Pancras, on Wednesday night, and they gave evi. deuce there, and yesterday, before Mr. Hoskins, that the child was born about a month ago ; it was ill from its birth, and incapable of taking the breast, which accounted for its emaciated state, and it died, and the body was buried on Sunday week, and some one stole it in the night of the following Sunday, and left the coffin exposed at the side of the grave, and the bed-gown and cap in which it had been wrapped blowing about the church-yard. The prisoner said he was sorry to be in such a condition. He went on Sunday below Finchley to gather blackberries ; he fell into the corn. pany of two other men in the evening, and walked with them towards London ' • he was not acquainted with them, and did not kno w w h at they had got in the sack only by their own talk, and he was quite in. nocent of the charge of being concerned with them. The policeman said he found a willow stick upon the prisoner, con responding with others glowing near the church-yard at Kingsbury ; it had been scraped to get the rind off, and there were willow scrapings near the grave. Mr. HOSKINS told the prisoner lie had no doubt of his guilt. lie was found in company with the others, and the word " body-snatcher" at the tip of his tongue, and he committed him for trial. The prisoner asked if he might give bail ? Mr. Hoszixs replied, yes, two sufficient persons in 501. each will be taken. QUICEN-SQUART--Yesterday, Harriet Shale was charged with a dreadful assault on Mary Cockerwight, who was unable to attend the examiration, on account of the serious injuries she h a d r ece i ve d, w hi c h had endangered her life. A dispute arose between the prisoner and the complainant about some person, whether he belonged to the Ports mouth or Chatham division of Marines, and the prisoner was called a w—. The prisoner struck a blow with a quart pot ; the complainant bled profusely from the head. Mr. Ord, surgeon. stated that between 11 and 12 o'clock at night the complainant was brought to him. He ex. :trained her head, and found the. middle branch of the temporal artery half divided. He called Mr. Lynn, the surgeon, who w as i n t h e h ouse, and he divided the artery, which was the only safe way to atoi the hemorrhage. Had it not been divided, she must have bled to death. The prisoner was remanded. John Cl irks and Mary 111-.llanus were brought up for final exa mination, the former charged with stealing a portmanteau, containing a valuable violin and other articles, belonging to Miss Robinson, and the latter with receiving the same, well knowing the property was stolen. The prisoners were fully committed fot trial. Wousair-s ritErT.—Yesterday, Joseph Kendall, in the employ of Mr. Battely, a retail brewer. was finally examined, ch arge d w i th em. besslement. From evidence now given, it appeared that i n t h e comae of t 8 months he had received front 31r. Singleton various s u m s ,: to t h e ' amount of 301. 7s. Bd. no part of • which had been accounted for to his employer. The prisoner was fully committed. UNlON.NALL.—Yesterday, Pedro Mamie, one of these hiserani organ-players so numerous about town, was brought before Mr. Hone. on the tbllowing charge. Th e complainant stated, that as he was passing the end of Unioo. street that morning, he observed the defendant with a red-faced monk y, which was dancing and capering about to the music of the organ. T animal wu :confined by a string, which, however, was of such a length as to give it an opportunity of getting away in th, course of its freaks, at least five yards from the owner. A crow.: was very soon collected to witness its gambols, and amongst th • rest a little boy, who, desirous of rewarding the performance, pro : anted a halfpenny to the monkey for the amusement it afforded him, Jacko, however, instead of taking the copper in his usual manner, and making his grand salam to the donor, flew at the poor hale fellow, rrl gave him a severe scratch down the cheek with his long and sharp finger nails. The complainant added, that having witnessed the various pro. penalties of themonkey, he remonstrated with the defendant for givin 4 it such a length of string, but was laughed at, and he therefore brought the defendant, music, and monkey, to this office. The defendant, in broken English, declared that the monkey was tormented by the boys, and that he never displayed a vicious disposition until he visited this country. Magistrate—Then why did you not stay in your own country, Instead of coming to England ; there are already too many of you about the streets grinding your discordant music. Defendant.—l can get noting in my country, de people see so poor, but maccaroni ; here I can get both macaroni and root beef, sir, and dat is de good reason sure. At the request of the complainant, the defendant was discharged ; and previously to leaving the office, the latter shortened the string at. cached to the monkey, who, as a proof of his dislike to such restraint, gave his master a severe pinch. For this piece of misbehaviour on the part of Juko, his master punished him, for as they were leaving the office together, his loud and piercing cries were heard from within. TwastEs-POLICE.—James Gregg, a lumper in the Docks, was charged with violating the person of Elizabeth Brock, aged eleven years. The mother of the child is the wife of a sailor now at sea, and the parties reside in the same bowie, in Martha-street, St. Oeorge's.in. the-East. Mr. BALL/WTI/1Z said the prisoner was a most atrocious scoundrel. He had been guilty of a very bad offence. The prisoner was committed for trial. John Lamella, master of the collier Vigilant, and John Jamaton, one of his seamen, were charged with having in their possession a chest of gunpowder tea, which they were attempting to smuggle ashore. Mr. BALLANTINE told the prisoners they had tendered themselves liable to a heavy penalty, and ordered the chest of tea to be sent to the Custom-house. Thomas Hutchinson, master of the Susan trader, from Archangel, and Sanderson John How, master of the Collier Thames, were charged with attempting to smuggle ashore 401bs of flour and three foreign tongues, which had not duty paid. The goods were sent to the Cus. torn house. LAMBETII.BTREET.—Yesterday, William Alurplig, a policeman belonging to K division, was charged before Messrs. WALKER and WYATT with assaulting Mr. Cheese, one of the Churchwardens of the parish of Bow, Middlesex. Mr. Cheese stated that, on the previous night, as he was return. ing home through a bye-street, he observed the prisoner coming to. wards him. Perceiving him to be in a state of intoxication, he en deavoured to avoid him ; but as he was passing by, he (the prisoner) placed himself right before him, and commenced questioning him.— Seeing that he was very drunk, he made an effort to pass him, but the prisoner pulled out his staff; and commenced using it on him. Finding that a quick retreat was the only chance left him to avoid his violence, he ran from him as fast as he could, but the prisoner followed, and kept striking at him with his staff. Having at length reached a sta. tion.house, he called for assistance, when a sergeant came out and took the staff m his assailant. Inspector Drew confirmed the statement of Mr. Cheese as to the in. toxication of the prisoner. Mr. Chem further stated that the policeman was not on his duty in that district, as he belonged to another beat. The policeman came forward, and said that he was ashamed tic his conduct. He had been with a few friends, and had taken too much of the cheap beer, which caused him to miss his way . • and he, finding himself in a lonely street had a gentleman coming towards him, he stopped him for the purpose of questioning him. He was sow ready to make any apology or submission, which he hoped would satisfy Mr. Cheese. The Magistrates refused to inflict any fine on the man for dranken. nese, remarking that the course which Mr. Cheese must pursue, was to make his statement to the Inspector, who would report to the Com missioners, and the punishment of the man would be sufficiently heavy, as he would in all probability be dismissed. Mary Smith, a gaunt, wretched-looking female, was charged with stealing an infant six months old. It appeared that, about five o'clock on the previous evening, the pri soner observed the infant in the arms of a little girl, near the residence of its parents, in St. George's In the East. She sent the girl on k^ errand, and during her absent* carried off the child. At six o'clock en that mottling, however, she was given in charge to the police by a muter butcher, who suspected the child was not her's, having been roaming about all the previous night with it. The butcher being unable to attend, the prisoner was remanded until this day. MURDER AT SPALDING. About ten o'clock last Saturday, two young boatmen at Spalding, one named James Tomlinson, aged Itl. and the other named James Munton, aged 15, were passing the Angel public-house, in Double. street, where they made some observation to a man named Richard Cross, who was standing there, and who immediately commenced a volley of abusive language, and attempted to beat the youths. In the acute, Cross fell to the ground, and while there, it is supposed he drew from his pocket a clasp knife, the blade of which was nearly five inches long, with which he stabbed Tomlinson in the left side. Tomlinson was for some time unconscious of having been wounded . the ferocioe. fellow immediately attacked Alunton, and stabbed him in the part of his arm. Alunton immediately gave an alarm, and,Tonilins,.:. then discovered his wound. They both ran into the house of a ma:. named Wade, and by a light it was seen that part of the bowels of Tomlinson protruded. The constables were informed of the circum stance, and proceeded with Alacrity to the Angel, to apprehend Cross. and about two o'clock in the morning the wretched man was comin,• home, when he was taken into custody. Since the above account wa, received, we learn that Tomlinson died of his wounds on Thurada ! morning. An inquest was held on the body before S. Edward., Coroner, and the Jury, after a patient investigation, and long delibera tion, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Cross, who was im mediately committed to Lincoln Castle, to take his trial for this mos.. serious crime. Sir Jol Jo) Go clot had thh 2d llui Self wit dun Lifi ject tide in ten! of 5 tiol Pim Sills thri Tex* Part soca CORO N E Hs' INQUESTS. Yesterday, an Inquest was held at the sign of the Blue Anchor. is Bermondsey, on the body of Mr. James Inwood, the landlord of that house, who committed suicide. It appeared that on Tuesday List th. inmates of the Blue Anchor were alarmed by hearing the report pistol in the house. One of the servants proceeded up stairs, and e: entering the deceased's bed-room, he was discovered lying dead acres» the bed, with a pistol firmly clenched in his right hand. It appearel' that the unfortunate man had placed the muzzle of the pistol to the under-part of his right jaw, which was shattered to pieces, and on ex amination the ball was found to have lodged in the brain. The de. ceased was in easy circumstances, and was very much respected by his neighbours. Evidence was adduced of his having exhibited decided symptoms of insanity some days previously to the fatal catastrophe. and a verdict to that effect was recorded. Another inquest was held at the same house, on the body of a tine little girl named Price, who was suffocated in a privy. The deceased and another little girl went into a public privy at Ber:noralsey, and began to play together ; the former got upon the seat, and the hole being of unusually large dimensions, the poor child fell backwards head foremost into the soil, and before assistance arrived she wis suffocated. A ver dict of " Accidental Death" was returned. - - - - - THE Naw BEER BlLL.—Upwards of 3,000 applications have been made to the excise-office fur licences under the new act, and the number is daily increasing. It would appear, however, that public. house property is not so much deteriorated as has been stated. The lease for ten years and a half of the Crown and Cushion, 51arsh. gate, Lambeth, subject to 501. rent per annum, has been sold at Ciarra way's for 1,1101. A great number of informations have recently been laid against victuallers for adulterating their beer, and heavy penalties have been paid into the Exdse department. We have now got nearly to a close with the harvest; and the statements from all parts of the country are most satisfactory, as to oats being abundant, and tine. Barley will prove an average crop. both as regards quantity and quality; It is to be feared, however, that the wheat crop will be deficient in quantity; whilst from the samples fox ward. no very favourable opinion can be formed of the quality. The potato crop,l which is of considerable importance to us, will prove a fair aver. age if we have favourable weather for housing it.—Belfast Paper. Another of those disgraceful exhibitions, tending in an especial manner to bring the ordinances of religion into disrepute, took place on Sunday morning, in the Exe, near the lionhay---a river baptism. A great concourse of people were assembled, not only to int ne.s, but many of them to add mirth to the occasion, by either baptising themselves or their neighbours, and at one time a group of 30 boys were seen, thus making converts and profiting by the pattern set them. I resters Luminary. • DIED. The 9th inst. at Chichester. Mrs. Teesdale, widow of the late Lieut.- Colonel Teesdale. LONDON : hinted and rubliabed by Joss Mentz. tabibe Bran- Oren:a, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. hid Cer fen Sul Go Flo from rust by e LOS Wri bri4l