Star. — London, England, 1826-11-24 00:00:00

THE DEVIL AMONG THE PLAYERS. PROM THE "OPERA GLASS: Folks do not seem to think Inclined _ Old Nick the source of evil, Fur when our Playwrights have a miPa, Most readily to raise the wind, They're sure to raise the Drys: In Covent- Garden his comume Is different far from Drury; Both are correct, we may presume: One decks him in a cloak of gloom, - - T'otber in tames and fury ! Pilsen SKI= and Evans thus artayed, Rise up midst squib and cracker, Your critics in the pit have said, If one appears the deeper red, One points the Devil blacker / In Feuds,* drest right curiously, He's played by grave 'DAM. Tanis.; There be make, love, or joins a glee, Or knocks down natives in a spree, Like Messrs. Tani and Jerry ! If Goners could but see this play, I'm sure he'd vote it clever : I'd lay a wager he would say, " My Faust, until the present day. " Was so bc-deinlkd never!" What shall I say of Frankenstein, Stich crowds each night attracting? The devl's in it, I maintain ; And as for Coosa—why his, 'tie Is monstrous clever acting! In Paris how he made them stare, While looking fierce this part in Toms voted by the gay Parterre Fit for the Barrier. d'Enfer, Rather than Porte St. Marti* To swell the list requires small art, For every one is able To mention many an actor smart, Who played the dead in a part, Not named so in the play-bill! THE RECORDER'S REPORT. At the Privy Council, which was held yesterday, the Recorder of London made a Report to tic King of the following Prisoners under Sentence of Death in Newgate, namely, John Shales, aged 34, and John Williams, 26, for returning from transportation— James Field, 2l—William Johnson, alias Hawke' 19—Joseph Frost, 19—and Samuel Merrett, 21, for horse-ste aling—James Spencer, 20—George Morgan, 22, and Ovaries Hayeroft, 16, for burglary—John Luckhurst, 19—William Johnson, 17—George Mullein, 13—William Arthur ' 16—John William Wilson, 24 Thomas Walker, 52—William Johnson, 29—Elizabeth Allender, 30—Ann Allender, SO—Tbomas Powell, 21—Samuel Percival, 21, and Rdward Elliott, 35, for bouseireaklug—Benjantin Robinson, 23—William Thomas, 34—Join Hayes, 25- 7 Samuel hlappen, 63 —Caroline Fit aallen, 25—Mary Hastings, 42—Caroline Hopper, 30—Charles Currie, 19—John Williams, I4—Thomas Stark, 15— Joseph Cane, 14—Daniel Lynch, 18, and William James, 17, (or stealing in a dwelling-house, to the value of 40s. and upwards— William Waters, 17—William Andrews, 17—John King, .10— John Robinson, 1 9 —Robert King, 41 — Catherine Parrnenter.lB— Jarvis, 19—James Boyce, 2.s—George Nicholls, 24—James Goulby, 18—and John Pleydell, 15, for highway robbery. All of whew were respited during his Majesty's pleasure, ex cepting John Hayes, James Boyce, Robert king, John Robinson, George Nicholls, and James Gerlby; add upon them the law is left to take its course, and they are ordered to be executed on Wednes day nut, the 29th instant. The case of George Houghton is deferred until the case of James Bishop, convicted at the last October Sessions, is reported. . . The importation of wheat from . Ireland has been, on an average of the last twenty-five years, 187,438 quar ters per annum, and, on an average of the list ten years, 303,2b6 quarters per annum. And of all sorts of corn, the average of the last twenty-five years, is 865,968 quarters per annum; the average of the last ten years, 1,341 855 quarters per annum ; and for the year 1825 alone '2,2:.3 962 quarters. . Wednesday morning, the body of a Gentleman named Watkins, aged about 50 years, was found in the River, at the Horseferry, Milbank-row. The deceased had his watch and some silver in hil pocket when found. It appeared, that he had been with some friends, to see his Majesty go to the House on Tuesday, and parted from them in the crowd. Verdict, Found drowned.— The unfortunate Gentleman was not supposed to have been in the water above ten or twelve minutes. Monday a battle was fought, foi two Fronds aside, in the parish of Harlan, near to Walsall, between a man named Thomas Osbourn, a shoemaker, and John Sanders, a brushmaker. It lasted upwardi of an hour, and more than forty rounds were fought. At the con ausion, Sanders was so severely beaten as to be obliged to be carried away in almost a lifeless state. Medical aid was sent for ; but, in consequence of some severe bruises about the head, he died the following afternoon at three o'clock. On the Thursday an Inquisition was held at the Dragon Inn, Walsall, when a verdict of Manslaughter was returned against Thomas Osbourn Sanders s antagonist), as principal, John Rigby and Thomas Butler as seconds; and Samuel Withers and ltd. Humphrey s (alias Dick Spring), as bottle-holders. FUNaRAL CP AN EXF.CUTND Fruatt.-..-It might have been supposed that the corpse of an executed felon would have been consigned to the grave in the most private and unostentatious manner, and under the cover • of darkness. In a lite case, however, of this descrip tion, we ceremony, with the exception of ringing - the bell. was conducted with all the pomp and pageantry which distinguish the funerals of the upper orders.-- The plumed hearse, profusely decorated with the em blems of mourning, was in requisition on the occasion, and, with the driver enveloped in the usual sable mate rials, was ostentatiously stationed for an hour in front of the house where the body lay, an immense crowd were attracted to behold the novelty of honours being paid tinder such unusual circumstances, and the street was blocked up. A large concourse of mourners were arrayed behind the vehicle, arid walked with slow and solemn step; and people unacquainted with the matter, would rationally have supposed, not that this display was made for a criminal who had forfeited his life for vio.ating the laws of his country, but that the procession were paying the last marks of deep io.pect to some worthy citizen. who had been piematu•tly cut cif in the midst of his usefulness. Such an exhibition sheers how little ignoinky at.aches, in the estimation of some ; eopie, to a person becauie he happens to be hanged ; but that, on the contrary, it is a recommendation to gct a funeral. Ai a striking contrast, it may be menti. - ne.l th:q at about the same time was seen going up King-street the funeral of a poor Irishman. Four Merl Cairtykg Ole spokes, and oue mourner, comprised tie who.e 'company. tie had made no such figure in tie world as in the mstance referred to; and because he En: given up the ghost in soaie miserable hole, was deemed unworthy of notice, and a sufficient number of his fellow-creaturts could nut be mustered to carry his remains to the place of interment. Such are among the incongruities to be found iu common Cis: @nide. II . I f 1 PREROGATIVE COURT, 'No% 25. IN ma eases as' sra aims mom The order made by Sir C. Roan/sou last Court-day, by which administration was decreed to cettaih creditors . of the deceased, the next of kin being abroad, was roo. dified by the Court sd far as to require *lt security should be given by the creditors, on behalf of the In terests of Ye absent party. IN TIM GOODS Or arit.traw airuyasing. This was rather a singular case. The swoon was fnr the Court to decree probate of the will, of the de cceved, with a codicil annexed. Dr. JILN N IR, on behalf of Mt. Rose, who had married daughter of the testator, moved that certain words, which bad crept into the codicil, not in the handwriting of the deceased, and which conveyed a serious hairy , tation upon Mr. Rose, should be expunged. The words were that his client had 4d feloniously got a bond out of my house. " Mr. Rose, in right of his wife, took an equal share of the deceased's esats with his other chil dren ; the removal of these words would, therefore, be productive of no ill consequences. Sir JOHN NICROLL was not aware that the Court had ever exercised such an authority as that required, which he had held, in a case of a similar nature, to be out of its power to exert. There was some doubt, however, whether the paper in question was a codicil at all. It did not import to be a codicil ; it was not signed or dated ; and it expressed only the substance of what the testator wished to be done, and which appeared to have been introduced, by iaterlineation, into the will. The paper was not a codicil, unless it contained some addi tional provisions. Dr. LUSHINOTON, for the other party, observed that there were proceedings pending in the Court of Chan cery respecting the recovery of this identical bond ; and considerable reliance was placed upon this codicil (the contents of which did not appear to be precisely the same as the will) for success in that cause. The Comm suggested that the motion might be framed so as to prevent this paper being registered with the will, which would have nearly the same effect as expunging the words ; but directed that the motion should stand over, in order that the Counsel might be prepared to argue the point whether the paper was a codicil, or a draught of what had been subsequently in troduced into the will itself? IN Tar 00004 Or 1. S. D. CAVALSO. Dr. LUSSINGTON moved the Court to decree adminis tration to the widow in this case. The testator was a Portuguese, who died in the island of Madeira, possessed of property in the English funds, leaving a widow and children. By his will he appointed two natives of Portugal his executors, both of whom died in the tes tator's life-time. Probate was granted by the authori-1 ties at Madeira to the widow, as executrix; but her name was not mentioned as:such'in the paper. She had been, however, sworn as execUoix,.and the officer at Madeira had stated that she was entitled to distribution, according to tie law of Portugal, which, moreover, provided, that where a testator left a widow and chil dren, half of the effects belonged to the widow, and two thirds of the other moiety to the children; so that the widow was entitled, as residuary legatee for life, to the other third. His application was, that the Court would decree administration to the . widOsit on the usual security. The Cocas thought there was ne dillitulty in granting adminte , tration to the widow, with will annexed. KAMM AOAIiST 144114 T. This was a motion in peonage. The Hon. and Rev. Dawson Massey died in the month of July, 1825, a bachelor ' leaving several brothers and sisters, his next of kin. He left a paper, dated on the Midsummer-day preceding, written chiefly by a friend of Mr. Massey, but partly by himself, by which he bequeathed the bulk i of his personal effects, which consisted of kis share of l 47,0001. left to the family by the late Lord Massey,' (amounting to about 7,0001.) exclusively to his eldest brother, the present Lord. pr. IaWININOTON meved that the Court would pro.' trounce for this paper, as the willof the deceased. There was no opposition to it. The Cower observed that the paper was not signed • but its provisions werein conformity with the declare tion'of the deceased to his friends bef9re his death, namely, that he wished his .brother, Lord Massey, to have his estate, conceiving that it was desirable that it should go back to the elder branch, rather than be dis tributed amongst his brothers and sisters. At the time of his death the deceased, who was a Clergyman, was suffering under a good deal of religious depression; but the - state of his m i nd was not such as to constitute any thing' like insisnity, though it might be verging towards it, nor to Affect the disposal of his property. Under such circumstances, and as no opposition was offered, he should pronounce for the paper. Tunas, Novamara 11.—On the 7th of this month their kitrorrias accompanied by the Count de GSM'S, Minister .l'Stott, lad 'Cc:amender in Chief of the Royal Navy, with his Star, embarked PI based the Maria Theresa, with a numerous suite of Olken of the Court, and Ladies of the Qintex some of whom went oo board the other vessels of the' squadron, the Christina frigate and Triton corvette. As soon as their MAJISTI2II were on board, the division sailed for Nice. Their Marzsztzs landed the followhig Morning at Villa Franca, and proceeded by land to Nice, where they arrived in the afternoon, and were received in the most mithedastic manner by the inhabitants. . At an eerly hour Wednesday morning, a coach-house, belonging to Mr. Gibson, of Hanger lane, Tottenham, was broken open, and two valuable horses, which had been turned loose into it for this night, were stolen.— , Some robbers broke into the house of J. Price, Eici. of Somerset -street,. Portman-square, on Friday last, and stole 2941. in notes, cash, and Bank bills, besides a great deal of valuable property. It may Le not amiss to remind Postmasters, that the offence of detaining newspapers amounts to a misde meanour, and is punishable by fine, dismission, and im prisonment : and that wherever a case can be proved lagainst any individual, the Postmaster General will im mediately. direct a prosecution against the parties. An unfortunate man, named John Shea, was shot dead by John O'Donnell, a police constable, on Tuesday morning, while endeavouring to quell a tint at Clona kilty, county of Cork.—Dublin Morning Ilegiater. The only article which possesses excrusive energetic propetties for nourishing the Hair, preventing its falling off, or turn ing Grey in cases of Sickness, Alarm,Frigbt, Studydlccouchement, &c. is Rortstio's Macassas Ou., which preserves the Hair to the latest period of life—promotes a luxutiant growth on the baldest places, adds strength to the roots; produces Strong Curls, which damp weather or exercise cannot erect; renders Hair that Is harsh and dry as soft as silk, glossy, Alegant, and beautiful. This Oil is invaluable in the Nursery, as a due attention to Chiliren's Hair is of the greatest importance. It eradicates the Scurf easy and pleasant, and mats the Hair firm at the Roots, and fixes a stamina for a Beautiful Head of Hair. Produces Whiskers, Eyebrows, &c. This Oil has been for many years universally admired and acknowledged superior to all other, and by its inestimable virtues, is daily honored with theunction of Royalty, the Nobility, Gentry, and Public at large.—The sole Proprietors have just supplied their agents, in town and country, with a valuable quantity. Also their F.saence of Tyre, for changing Red or Grey Hair to Black or Browu.—The Genuine is Sig:ivd A. llowt.asu and Sen. 4 ) 0,14A I NTFg..I4MICE: GUILDHALL Mr. Fred* Ck Stockdale, the author of a splendid work, entitled, l •‘! Excursion's through Cornwall," was charged with illegally pawn. Its two volumes of" Port, alts of the &Wilt Poets." Mr. Walker, of Gray's Inn, the proprietor of the latter work, stated that he was Itt treaty with the defendant to compile a Cata lina of Planres in England, when he offered his interest among the Nobility In disposing.of the British Poets, and he gave him two altunes as a spegimen, in March, 1825, and he never beard of him again` till he ass* by the Newspapers he had pledged the volumes, and summoned the pawnbroker 'respecting them. The defendant replied, he had left a copy of the " Excursions" with Mr, Walker, whose wife being pleased with It, he said," Keep my book and I ' l l yours." Sir Pace Latime deemed this an exchange, and dismissed the charge. • Mr. StrokeeLer, a grocer, in Fore-street, appeared to answer the complaint of a Mr. Draper; for selling him bibs. of spurious sub stance for . isinglass. The article was in reality, though fair in ap pearance, composed of sheepe gut, and of course insoluble in boil ing, and threw out a stinking odour as soon as hot water was thrown upcin it. - Mr. &robecker contended that Mr. Draper examined the article enough to be bound by the bargain he made, and that as he (defend ant) bought it for isinglass he had a right to sell it as such. Sir Perna Lausix said, he ought to refund the money ; as, however, it •was not dangerous to health, he would not held him to bail._ _ BOW-STREET. Yesterday four men, named Rio/sant Higgins, Paul Pearce, lob* Bailey, and Edward morry, were brought before Sir R. Status, charged with having been concerned in the murder of Wm. Morgan, a quartermaster of the Preventive Service, on Dever-beach, on the night of the 30th of July. They were also charged with several offences agaiast the Reversue Laws, independently of the murder in question. It will be recollect* that about a month ago eight men *ere committed from this office on the same charges, principally upon the testimony of an accomplice named Horne. The approver had given in the names of others as being concerned, and upon his informa tion Smith, a principal officer, went into Kent on Monday se'onight, and apprehended the four men alsovenamed, with the assibtance of the Preventive Service men. Mr. Horace Twin, as Counsel, and Mr. Jones, as Solicitor for the Admiralty, appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Langham at tended for the prisoners. Previous to the examination being gone into, Bantry humbly beg ged to be admitted an evidence for the Crown; and after some con sideration, his request was complied with. The case of the murder of Morgan was first gone into, and Hig gins and. Pearce were sworn to, as being present with arms upon that occasion. Home, the accomplice, gave precisely the same cvi. deuce as upon the former occasion, and which we gave at great ' length at the time. Bantry gave evidence in corroboration, and the testimony of each tallied almost exactly. The Prevendve Service men who were present on the occasion repeated their former statements. A charge applying to all the three prisoners was next gone into, namely, for assembling with arms at Hytbe, on the night of the 6th of August, to assist in the running of contraband goods. The approvers swore to the three prisontrs as being present on That night, when a cargo of tubs of spirits was tun, end fire arms were used. The prisoners were fully committed foe trial at the next Maid stone Assiaes. QUEEN-SQUARE. Two countrymen were brought up, charged with stealing seven sheep. One of the prisoners was met by the patrol, at two o'clock in the morning, coming from Barnes Common. He said they got the sheep at Windsor, and that they belonged to a Mr. Mills, Vauxhall-bridge. Mr. Mills denied that he knew any thing about them. The prisoner, Ant met with the sheep, said, he had left his brother, who bad been driving the sheep with him at the Castle, in Brentford. One of the prisoners afterwards confessed they had found the sheep near Brentford-bridge, on the road-side. They were remanded, and ordered to be kept apart until some one came forward to own the property. WORSHIP-STREET. Nicked Sullivan, a fellow who, it may be remembered, was engaged in a dreadful riot on the 29thmIt. in the Kingsland•road, ' and who, on an attempt being made to seise him, drew a knife, and severely wounded the person making the attempt, was fully committed under Lord Xlienborough's Act. The prisoner, a remarkably stout man, and wba himself was Very severely hurt on the night of the riot, when placed at the bar, pritended to be deaf and dumb. His former master, however, deposed, that he could at one time bear and speak well enough. MARY. LA-BON N& Yesterday, Mr. Abbott, a broker, carrying on art' extensive busi ness in Devonshire-street, Mary-la -bonne, was brought no this (Ace, in custody by Jones, the keeper of Sc. Pancras watch-house, under a Judge's warrant, on a charge of felony, preferred against him by James Mrebray Warren , of Thornhaugh-itreet. The object of the party n coming before the Magistrate was to pot in bail. Mr. Ourems, after having read the warrant, said it would be better for him to in before Mr. Justice Hoiroyd, who pasted fret same, and put in bail there. B.;• 044 acid ; the cue was merely trumped tip aphast him— a kind of conspiracy to injure his character. He was charged with 1 haiiiag taken feleniond iossession of Warren's goods, whereas he LA under the written authority of a Gentleman' of property, detrained them for rent; he merely acted in the capacity of broker, And the goods were valued end sold in the usual nay.. . Thep= Connor was charged with having. robibed his 'masters a Mr. William Jackson, a brush manufacturer, Tottcnkam-court read The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner had been in his employment about live years. as a porter, but be intettained no suspidon of hislonesty andl Lady, when he observed the prisoner bad more money than his file} walt!lnea, and from property, la a considerable amount, being misting ; and,yesterday monsingoin gong into the shop, he found the prisoner there, who appeared to be ra ther confused. He saw the prisoner's coat hanging up in the shop, in which he found thirteen combs; and, on searching the prisoner's lodgings, seven dosen of unfinished combs were discovered, which he identified as his property. The prisoner was fully committed. UNION-H ALL. A man, named Johnson was charged with breaking into the house of i farmer near Bec kenham, and stealing property of consi derablevalue, chiefly clothes and linen. The evidence 'bore that the prissier, a few days ago, lodged in Old-street-road, and in the course of the evening be told the cir cumstances of the robbery to a man named Astor, and requested his adrice bow to dispose of the booty without risk. He described the particulars, and also where it had been deposited, namely, in field named Denyer-field, near Penge Common, where it was buried near the road side. Astor, it would appear, had passed himself on the prisoner as a fence (a receiver of stolen pods), and it was ultimately arranged, that next day Johnson should bring tho stolen property to town ; but as Johnson did not make appear ance, Aster went down to Beckenham, and gave Information of the above particulars, and the prisoner, who lives bard by the house he bad robbed, was immediately apprehended. The MAGISTIIATt was inclined to suspect that Astor bad appeared against Johnson, more , because .he had been deceived, in his hopes of sharing the plunder, than frosp his zeal for justice. Mr. Lever, whose house had been rubbed, confirmed the evidence of Astormith respect to his giving every information of the robbery. As there was another individual concerned in the robbery, who .is not yet in custody, Jutunon was only remanded. LAMBETH-STREET. A Mrs. Pasfotd, of Golden-street, Brick-lane ' was brought to the Office for rather a curious offence—sel li ng the body of her hus band, who died after a lingering illness, a few days ago. An im mense mob had, it appears, collected round the woman's door, and after breaking her windows, were proceeding to inflict summary vengeance on her for the above alleged Offence; when the officers interposed for her protection, and brought her to the Office. Airs. Pasford deckled, that the body was taken away without her knowledge, and against her consent. Some other evidence was examined, which did not exactly tally with hen; but as the offence did not seem to the Magistrate cog nizable, he sent Mrs. Pasford about her business. A great number of people were outside of the Office, whose yelb of vengeance were very loud and threatening; but the supposed delinquent, by the favour of a hackney coach, was safely conveyed through the midst of them. THAMES POLICE. --- - - - Chapman, one of the headboroughs of ShadweU, was brought to the office to gi•e evidence against three men and a woman, all Irish, for a desperate assault. Chipman, Who is• still suff.:ring severely, was accommodated with a chair. It appeared that he had been at the Ship and Unicorn, on the night of the 10th. . While there, a quarrel ensued Isetwctu Lorimar.. /Vatted fend PuMi hcd by J. F. KwAr.v, ai ths Swig 0191c1) 4V0.1, Pickett-hate, Temple-1O w man selling outs and O'Neil. one of the prisoners. Ckap mo produced his staff, on which Mr. O'Neil knocked him down, it , / and all. The other two men, Bernard Connor and Corny 11. Carlry, then set on him, in order to rescue O'Neil—two sailors who hap, pened to come in at the moment. taking the side of the we.ke st , set upon Connor and M'Carthy. Mary O'Neil, who now b tg „ to fear that the " buys" would have the worst at it, struck In ; bet doubting her own single powers, and willing to make sure work, she soon after run out, and returned with a dozen of her country. men, as a reinforcement ; who fell upon Chapman, and kicked him till they had nearly beaten the wind and the life out of hia l together. One of the witnesses swore that sixteen, and another that twenty, of the Irishmen were kicking Chapman at one time, so that the whole body of the headborough hardly afforded met sufficiently large for their " vengeful toes." The prisoners bei ng asked for their defence? answered—" He struck us first, and Ne struck him again—and were we not right to deesid ourselves ?... They were all held to bail. Con•iderable alatni was spread through Corfihill, yesterday afternoon, .by .the appearance of a fire at No. 3. It was, however, happily soon got under. The " Cottage System" has been introduced in tht neighbourhood of Wells, with the happiest results: consequence of a representation made to the Bishop of the diocese, his Lordship granted one of his best fields 14 acres, for a trial of the system. The field was dividd into lots of a quarter of an acre each, at the low rent of 10s. per annum ; and so pleased was the Bishop wi t the result, that he has latterly granted three more field• of 10 acres each, for a similar purpose; he has also caused a good road to be made to the cottages, and Iles adopted every other means of convenience 'the tenants could require: in addition, his Lordship lends them I.s own carts and horses for the purpose of hauling cut their manure, and taking home their produce, ar'd !gas promised the land to the poor labouring occupants, fo r their use, as long as he holds the See. The benefits of the system are now extended to 112 families, who, when not employed by their more wealthy neighbours, bare thus always an eprortunity of turning thee time to a profitable account. Not one of the occupants receives parish pay—they are not allowed to occupy any land while they continue paupers ; and many have exchanged the parish pittance for a more honourable dependence— their own industry. MADRID, No V. 9.—The Marquis de Bolgida, Comp. troller General, had a sudden attack of apoplexy, which ended, as it was thought, in his death. He was dressed in the habit of a Monk, as is the constant custom 01 our country, and deposited in the vault of the Church of St. Juste, his parish. However, at eleven o'clock last night. the Marquis awoke from his lethargy, raised hinoeit from his coffin (for, in general, our coffins are not fas tened), and his fear giving him additional strength, he made his way to the grating of the vault opening to the street, and called to the first person he saw, who, rrigia ened in his turn, ran away as fast as he could, (allot out that ghosts were coming forth from the vault of S . Juste. The Marquis, findiug himself thus treated, re. collected the name of a carpenter known to him, and who lived'opposite, and called on him so loudly that he succeeded in waking him. The carpenter went nut, and though not much pleased to hear himself ca led upon from a place, the inhabitants of which are gen.• rally very taciturn, be by degrees collected his thoughts, understood what the Marquis wished him to do, and went immediately to give the Cure of the parish an ac count of what had taken place. The Marquis was liberated from the amok, and taken to his home, where he now remains ill in bed, and on the point of really dying, through the supposed death he lately suffered. PARIS, Nov. 20.—Paris is at this present time the scene of the most terrible midnight murder and robbery; scarcely a day passes but some one is found murde:eJ. It is in agitation to have the patrol increased, and the national guards are, it is said, to be called out to do double duty, if the depredations do not cease. A few evenings since the horses of a Gentleman's carriage, which was waiting near ene of the theatres, in the ab sence of the coachman, were unharnessed and taken away, and no trace has yet bees found of them.— It is dangerous to walk in the streets at night. ir , ar .will scarcely credit it, but a person was s'oppel robbed of his watch l ast week on the Pont des Arts, where there is a toll.keeper and guards at each end.— Distress, however, seems to be the grand cause of these crimes, for of the numbers who have been arre.ted, the greater part min the most dreadful state. Monday a meeting of the artisans of Sheffield was held on the subject of the Corn LAWS, when resolutions and a . petition against them were agreed to. One of the speakers, Mr. Shelton, in illustration of his argument that the corn laws in this country are operating in fa vourof foreign manufacturers, by enabling them to produce goods at a cheaper rate, and also exciting a spirit of rivalry, exhibited, as a specimen of continental ingenuity, two or three pairs of fine scissors, of French otaaufactore, which he declared no Sheffield workmao need be ashamed of, and that the men who - made these would soon be able to help themselves by znanufac faring other articles. A short time since, the Regulator.cosch, while on its way to London, from Gloucester, was robbed at Ealing, short distance from the Metropolis, oisever al parcels, by some fellows who had picked the Ipck, and opened the boot behind the vehicle. Being discovered by the guard in the act of taking away the property, he stooped down and secured one of the gang, and gave him into the custody of a patrol, although in doiug so he was much beaten by the fellow's accmnplice...Alithe stolen articles, except a trunk belonging to Mr. Platt, the bar tister. were' recovered, and several others of the thieves have since been apprehended. A ‘ecorici attempt to plunder the same coach was made on Wednesday, by a single man, whom the guard prevented from accom plisbing his purpose, by beating him about the h=ad and face with a heavy stick. . BIRTH& This morning, the Lady of Mr. T. J. Matte, of New Bridge street, Blackfriars, of a daughter. At Ca./more, on the 27th April last, the Lady of Francis Sive wright, Esq. his Majesty's 59th Regiment, of a son. DIED. At Mellerstain, on the 9th blatant, in the 78th year of her are, Lady Pringle, relict of the late Sir James Pringk, Bart. of Satchel. Suddenly, in September last, at her residence in William Henry, Canada, Mrs. Samuel Cates, relict of Captain Cates, formerly of the 60th Regiment. MAILS—' AEC DUE. Dublin 1 0 W;:cru rd 1 0 Ggrittgey and Jersey 1 0 Lisbon 0 0 Donagbadee 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 Holland 1 0 'HIS DAY. ARR. peg• 1 0 Franc e Hamburg 0 0 Flanders 0 0 0 0 Sw etlea 1 .0 America 0 V Buenos Ayres lit GIi.wATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO MORRO Morning 2 minutes after 10 . Afternouo 39 minutes atttr 10 0 1 Brazil F.* I