Star. — London, England, 1830-08-04 00:00:00

LITIIIMIZI' I .VTELLIGE.VCE. The Nero Monthly Ma9a.Cue for this month, is in character yuito! up to its old standard. The number for last month, although 11 could hardly be properly censured, wax not so briiliant as the pr. sent. We huve been particularly amused, among several others, itt !our of the articles--vir. On the Inconvenience of a convenient Distance"—All " (kW Association''—•' A \Vet Sunday at the :0-virs Bri.ige"—an.l on the " Art of Rising in Prose." The last s ttn rate . nely well-exectite.l ce; score prose.writers of the itiescia day. who ax4utue to theittselve , great ati.lioriey. We shall attempt for the amusement of our reader., to give an abstract ni the first mentioned Essay on— THE INCONVENIENCIES OF A CONVENIENT DISTANCE. Humboldt; said a attain Captain in the West.3litidlesex tt,:litia, • Humboldt is an over-rated man ; there is very little in him; and he knows nothin of geography !'—' How ! that cele heated traveller knows nothing of geography ?' -‘ No more than my lark terrier there, Sir. I met hint at a party once at the Russian Ambassador's at Paris, and put him to the proof. As long as he ..as talking about the Andes, and the Cordilleras, and places which oho:1y but himself had ever heard of, he carried it all his own way ; but the moment I put a straight-forward question to him, eh h :.r.y school-boy might have answered, he was floored. Now, Novo.' said I—taking him by surprise—' Now, Baron, can you .t II me where Turnham Green is ?' Upon—my—honour, he Isr ew no more about it than I know about Jericho !' " Who that has ever journeyed from the giant metropolis towards the town beloved of surgeons, wheelwrights, farriers, and black smiths, the one unparalleled Brantford, but must have observed, on the left hand side of the road, at the farthermost corner of Turnham Green, a house remarkable for an air of snugness and comfort, and an appearance, altogether, bespeaking respectability and solid wealth to its owner. It stood alone ; that circumstance told of inilepen (knee : it was no more than two stories high, and was as square as a chess-board. " Perfect in its kind as was this edifice, a taste severely critical might have objected to two of its accessories, namely, a common little plaster cast of the Duke of Wellington stuck in the fan-light over the door ; and the leaden figure of a Cupid standing in a bed of in front of the house, squirting up a thin thread of water to the height of some eight or ten feet. " For my own part, notwithstanding these trifling drawbacks, I n, vcr passed this happy.looking mansion without a feeling of admi. ration of the genius which had directed its construction, and some thing. perhaps, like envy of its nosey occupant. Mr. Rufus Watid,. have I often thought, must be the happiest man in the King's dominions !' Alas ! alas ! for human happiness ! The last tine I saw this abode of bliss—it has since been de molished, its fair garden has been uprooted, and the little squirting Cupid has been inhumanly exposed for sale at a plumber's at Ham mersmith ; and nought remains to mark that such things were, but a heap of rubbish, and a notice, stuck upon a pole, that the ground is to be let on building leases. " The desolation was awful ! Can Wadd be dead ?' I exclaimed. But I was presently relieved front this apprehension by a notice, painted on a board, which I had not at first perceived. It was in these words :—This house to be let or sold, wills or without the /icrnilure, on very moderate terns,—with immediate possession —the owner going abroad. Fur further particulars. 4c. —The inscription was conceived in the spirit of profound melancholy. It conveyed an idea of resolved and total abandonment, which was sf tecting in the extreme. " The house might either be purchased or hired; it was indif. :cunt to Wadd: the furniture might be taken, or not; Wald eared not ; the option, in both cases, was left with the other con. trscting party : to Wadd even the terms were of trifling imp, stance : it was his object to rid himself of this property and quit his coun try, and it was clear that nothing was to stand in the way of its ful filment. What was the cause of this ? " It was a moral phenomenon which called for explanation, so I went to Mr. Stiles. Mr. Stiles was the auctioneer to whom all in quirers were referred. Why—a—no, Sir; to be candid with you, the dining.room is capital, and will accommodate eighteen with all the comfort in life.' " ' I do not sec that in the light of an objection, BIT. Stiles; and t f there be no other--.—' Why then, Sir, to speak out like an honest man—those Om. Mimes, Sir : it was the Omnibuses that forced Mr. Wadd to sell his house and fly his native land—for, between ourselves, he is al. ready gone— he could stand it no longer.' "The connexion between self-expatriation and a Turham-Green Omnibus not being quite evident, I requested of Mr. Stiles to explain it ; whereupon he very obligingly favoured me with the n.elandioly story of the sorrows of Wadd, to the effect following : Mr. Rufus Wadd had been, for many years, head of therespect. able firm of Wadd, Brothers, Wadd and Co. (the Co. comprising a couple of the Junior Wadds,) carrying or. a profitable business in Lawrence Pountney.lane, near. Thames.street. In this same house tie Wadds had been established time immemorial ; it was here that Rufus drew his first breath; from his earliest youth, his most ear nest wish had been to lead the life of a country gentleman. Many of our most profound desires may be traced to some trivial circum stance operating constantly, though Imperceptibly, upon the mind. In a large enclosure (somewhat resembling a burying-ground) in Lawrence-Pouritney-lane, stands a huge tree, in form resembling the din ; though, as its leaves are usually black, (excepting after a heavy rain, when they assume a dingy brownish-green colour,) a cautious observer would hesitate before he referred it decidedly to that class. However, it certainly is a tree; and the windows of the bed-room formerly occupied by Mr. Ruble command an agreeable view of it. There would he sit for hours, after the cares of business were ended, reading Thomson's Seasons—his only hook, and a work of which he possessed every known edition—and listening to the wind, as it elbowed its way through the numerous stacks of chins. neys, and just ruffled the topmost leaves of the tree. To this habit, no doubt, is to be traced his settled wish for rural life ; and that this wish was early engendered, may be inferred from a pastoral song of his own composition, written on a blank leaf of one of his Thomsons. " The song has been justly characterized as a sweet song, and as such it would be acceptable to all poetical readers. "'Tis sweet to be a Shepherd-boy, Aud sweet the Shepherd's labour ; Sweet lambkins all his cares employ, And sweet his pipe and tabor. How sweet his frugal meal to cat By sweetly-shaded mountain ! Sweet fruits his fare, with water sweet From sweetly-flowing fountain. 'Tis sweet when Evening spreads her shades, Through some sweet grove to wander ; And sweet, amidst its gentle glades, On maiden sweet to ponder. At night, the sweet green grass his bed ; His lull-song sweet the billow ; A moonbeam sweet to wrap his head, A daisy sweet his pillow. " Pity that a being like Wadd, formed by Nature for the enjoyment of the Sylvan solitudes of Turnham-Green, should have been hunted from their precincts ere he bad scarcely tasted of their pleasures "In evil hour, he found precisely the thing he wanted : some de mon thrust under his very nose an advertisement of "A house to be sold, moat delightfully situated at a convenient distance from London, enjoying the supereminent advantage of commanding coaches, up and down, four times it-day ;' and he fell plump into the snare. The seven hundred and fifty pounds per annum were completed, and away to Turnham.Green went Mr. 'Wald. lie had never been fond of company, thereby meaning visitors, occasional droppers-in ; they interfered with his habits. " It was on the fifth of August that the Wadds took possession of the new mansion. On the sixth (Friday), as the dock struck five, and just as they were sitting down to dinner, the stage-coach stopped at the door. The servant announced the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wadd and Master Tom. Rufus stood like one transfixed—like his royal namesake, if you please. 'By Jingo, Rufus,' exclaimed his cousin Bob, you are at the most convenient distance! delightful! Fine afternoon, nothing to do, at half-past three, Betsy and I took it into our he ads to come down,: no sooner said than done, —capital loin of veal that, upon my word,—took little Tom with us--.. Tom, my dear, don't be picking . the edges of that tart, they'll ,give you some presently jumped into a Turn. l hatn-Green coach at the Goose and Gridiron, and here we are, just its pudding-time.' There was no parrying this blow, but Rufus re solved to avail himself of the sweetest vengeance iat occurred to him : knowing that his visitors were fond of a little of the aidney, be-swallowed the whole of it himself.—' Capital port this, Rufus.— Now see, Betsy, my dear, 'tis as I told you, a most convenient dis tance : plenty of time to take one's wine comfortably, get a cup of —lla ! where's Tom ? 0, I see him amongst the strawberries. [Rufus's heart sank within Itiml Can't leave the little fellow with you to-night, but he shall come and spend a month with you before we lose the fine weather : nice distance for the boy. As I was say.' lag, time to take our wine and coffee; at half - past eight the stage calls for us, and at ten there we are at home. Charming' distance, isn't it, Betsy, my dear ?'—Half-past eight came, and the guests went. This won't do, thought Rufus. But he not only thought it, he said it, and swore it too. That night he slept not. " The nest day (Saturday) he gave strict charge to the servants that, if any one should conic to dinner, they were to say the family were all out. The order happened to be needless, for no one did come, and Rufus began to sesame his usual good humour. At eight o'clock a siege-coach drove up to the gate, and down jumped little, round, red, tat man, with a small portmanteau in his hand. fr Au—the--ilevil—it—that, and what can he want ?'--It was 'obbley the under-writer, one of the pleasantest fellows in the —city, and one whom Mr. Wadd was always delighted to at other people's houses. Ha I Wadd, my boy I Mrs. W. I'm yours—lie ! Miss Jetnina! Delightful house, I &clam ; conies ' up to all I have heard of it ! And the distaneu! Stage sets you down at the very door, the—very—door. Nice house, indeed, and -Bow, wow, wow ! that'll never do. Yeu must chain up that doa to-night, Wadd ; I can't sleep in a house where there is a dog barking.'—' Sleep I' echoed Wadd ; why surely you arc not cente to sleep here?' I'm not come to lie awake all night, I cm: tell you that. Ha! ha! ha! you know my way : I always take the bull by the horns. Ha! ha! ha! first come, firs; served. Ha ! ha ! ha! you may have the house full to-morrow—Sunday, you know—and then Sam Wobble might come off second best. But don't put yourselves out of the way ; any thing will do for me ; a garret, any thing, only let me have a good bed and plenty of pil lows. I leave that to you my dear Mrs. W. I have a short neck and mutt sleep with my head high, else 1 might go off suddenly in the night, and a funeral in a newly-furnished house would snake such a mess, wouldn't it, Wadd ? 1 suppose you have dined ? So have I. I know you are supping-people, so I dined early. Well, I'll just go and make myself comfortable and come down to you. Charming house, delightful distance, I declare Where can we put him ? inquired Mrs. Wadd ; we can't turn him out now he is hem.'—' There is the blue bed,' replied Wadd ; It has never been slept in, and may require airing in case I should want to use it myself; the very thought of a damp bed makes me tremble, so put him into that. "The next day was, as Mr. Wobble had sagely foretold it would be, Sunday, a day of all others dearest to Rufus Wadd, who liked to have his time, as, indeed, he liked to have every thing else, to himself. But:tohim this Sabbath was no day or rest.' Ihe twelve o'clock coach brought Mr. and Mrs. William Wadd, who apolo gized for not getting down in time for breakfast, the distance being so short it was shameful to lose the fine of the morning • but then the one o'clock coach made ample amends to the amiable host, for it brought Mr. Parkins (the currier) and his son, lust in time for luncheon. The distance is so convenient,' observed the latter, 'that one can calculate one's time to a moment ; and then the lux ury of being set down at the very door !' I'll set fire to the house thought Rufus. The next conveyance introduced Peter Wadd. I am sorry your wife is nut with you,' said Rees, patting the best face on the matter, yet heartily glad at seeing him ruins. You know how it is, Rufus; women are never ready ; but as the dis tance is not wor th mentioning, I left them to come by themselves by the next stage.'—' Theta! ! o—ay -the two Miss Praters are staying with us, so we couldn't do less than invite them to come with us. As I said to; Jane, where two can dine three can dine, and--besides you can make an addition to your provision with so little difficulty, at this charming place—you are at such a convenient distance !' These two or three days are types of most of those which fol lowed. Mr. Wadd saw his projects frustrated, his hopes of leisure and retirement destroyed. He was seldom left alone, except when he would have given one of his ears for society. " One morning at breakfast, while Rufus was reading the Morn ing Post, Mrs. Wadd and Jewiima were alarmed at hearing a sort of rattling sound in the good man's throat. The p,,per had fallen from his hand, ands piece of toast was sticking in ins mouth : he was within an ace of choking, but their attentions presently revived him. He spoke not, but pointed to the paragraph which had so fearfully affected him. It ran as follows: 'We arc happy to learn that four Omnibuses, each carrying sixteen inside, will run daily between the City and Turnhain-green.' " It is supposed that Mr. Rufus Wald is gone with his family to reside at one of the moat distant settlements on the Swan Rive P. r. .« ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM, Auo.2. Up to the post hour nothing of any interest occurred. Mr. Jus tice lelasuLtu has been occupied since 9 o'clock hearing the case of " Otundy v. Wildman," which is a feigned issue to tiy the ques tion whether or not Newstead is a viii or township, liable to main tain its own poor) It is likely to last to a late hour. The details of the evidence are of too dry a nature to be of any interest to the general reader. Mr. Denman, who conducts the defence, continued in court until Mr. Bailey's resignation was announced, when he withdrew for a short time to return thanks for his election. Mr. WannixoTow and Mr. WILDMAN arc with him. Mr. serjeant bou Limit); and Mr. Amos conduct the plaintiff's case. With it will terminate these assizes. MAIDSTONE, AUG. 3. CIVIL SlDE.—(Egfore Lord TENTranEx.) SALE V. WARD. This was an action for illegal restraint. The plaintiff held a farm at Sunbridge under the defendant, at the yearly rent of 2501; in addition to this he had entered into securities for other MUM of money borrowed by him of the defendant. The transaction complained of was, that the defendant had dis. trained upon the plaintiff's goods, not merely for the rent, but also for the amount of the various loans, distraining altogether for 1,1001. when 2501. only was really due by which he had the powor of issuing a distress ; this the defendant had done without acting first upon the securities. The hardship attendant upon this illegal affair was, that the plaintiff's effects being seized, he was rendered unable to meet any claims made upon him, more especially as at the time, he could perfectly well have discharged the real sum due, the' 501. In this way be was ruined. Mr. ,Guameu was proceeding in his speech for the plaintiff, when he was interrupted by the defendant's counsel, and after some conversation between them, it was arranged that a nominal verdict of 40s. should be taken for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. NICKELS V. BOORMAN. In this case an action was brought to recover a sum due upon a covenant of apprenticeship, in which the son of the defendant was bound to the plaintiff for seven years, the defendant binding himself to the payment of a premium of 231. in instalments; some of these instalments he had paid, but 121. now remained due, which he refused to pay, denying the signature in the indenture to be his. The subscribing witness, George Harris, proved the defendant's signature; no defence was offered, and a verdict was returned for 121. accordingly. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron GARRow.) John Clark was indicted for having stolen two geldings, the pro. perty of Joseph Cogger, at Hawkhurst. Mr. BODKIN conducted the prosecution, and called Joseph Cogger, who deposed to the loss of the geldings ; o n e of them hstime peculiarities. After being out for a number of days and round the various fairs, he found one of the horses at Brentwood fair, and knew it again immediately; the prisoner was with it, but of him he knew nothing. The prisoner said it was for sale, and offered it to prosecutor, of whose person he was ignorant, for 41. 108. saying it would go well in harness, and otherwise praising it. Prosecutor said he would go to a public house to get a cart to try the horse. This he did in order to draw the prisoner from the fair, as he was afraid to give him into custody among the crowd of horse dealers. A constable was forwarded to the public.house.— Prisoner said at first that the horse belonged to his brother ; then he changed his tale, and said he did not particularly belong to his brother, but to a man who had a cart about two miles and a half from the town. This story was found to be incorrect. Prisoner was then taken to Hawkhurst, where he said he had not been for a month. When they got near Marsham.gate, near Lord Petre's Park, prisoner asked the constable to go Into the park for a certain purpose. This was allowed, when the prisoner set off running, but prosecutor overtook him, though it was not till after a severe struggle, in which one of his eyes were severely injured, that he secured him again. The constable certainly told the prisoner to run if he could. When prosecutor asked him to explain what he meant by so saying, he replied, that he did not mind giving prisoner a chance ; but that he took good care they should nor succeed in availing themselves of it. (Loud laughter.) When they reached the Marshain pate, Mrs. F.tseU, who takes the toll of the gate, re cognized the prisoner as the man who rode through the gate, and paid her two-pence on the morning witness had lost his horses. Mary Etsell, the keeper of the bdarsham gate, corroborated the last witness's testimony, as fir as ha recognidoo of the prisoner. Another witness, Horace Twopenny, remembered seeing the pri. toner in Hawkhunt within the time mentioned. No defence was made, or any witness called, and a verdict of Guilty was returned. Joseph Surlees was indicted for a rape on the person of Sarah Taylor, in the pariah of Strood. The prosecutnx, a girl of rather prepossessing demeanour, gave the details of the offence with much distinctness, which, with the corroboration of other witnesses, left no doubt of the capital offence having been committed. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and sentence of death was im mediately passed upon him. The prisoner was removed from the bar in a state of stupor. YORK, MONDAY, Au.. 2. The prisoner, whose trial for the murder of his child took place on Saturday, was hanged this morning at the usual place of execution within the Castle. The proceedings in both Courts this day have been entirely devoid of interest. The verdict in the cause of " Stencil& v. Chorky " was in favour of the plaintiff—Daarages, 1801. STAFFORD, And. 2. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. ',Native nal.) sTozze V. wILLIAms. This wu an action to recover compensation in damages for an injury done to the plaintiff's wife, through the misconduct of the defendant. The plaintiff was a labouring man, and the defendant a flamer. The plaintiff's wife, on the 10th of December, 1827, was at the de. fendam's premises, when the defendant set a ferocious dog at her, and she was severely batten, and her clothes torn nearly off her back. The poor woman had suffered greatly in her health, but mote from the fright than the biting, and was at this time worse Ithan ever. The defendant did not deny that he had incited the dog to attack her, but excused his conduct by stating, that he had mistaken her fur another person, who he thought was taking sticks front his hedges. The matter had been heard before a Magistrate; and the defendant, in order to avert legal proceedings, agreed to pay 51. as a compensation for the inlay done to the woman, and to pay also the doctor's bill " until her recovery." The 51. had accordingly been paid, together with the sum of 21. 19s. Gd for the surgeon's attend ance, up to the 16111 of January, 1828 ; and the only question now was, whether the woman had recovered from the effects of the bit. log at that time ? It appeared clearly front the evidence that she had not, and two medical men who were examined to-day gave it as their opinion that she never would entirely recover. The amount of the surgeon's bill, beyond that of 21. 161. 6d. paid by the &feed. an:, was W. Is. Gd. and the Jury found for that amount, with MI. in addition to defray the extra costs, making altogether 181. Is. titl. 31r. CAMPBELL watt in Court to-day, for the first time during these assizes, and was engaged for the plaintiff in the above cause, the proceedings in which were enlivened by some jokes in allusion to the late election at this place. The candidates, it will be recol lected, were Mr. Gisbome, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Hawkes. 31r. Campbell, in calling forward, as a witness for the plaintiff, a mcdi. cal man of the name of Hughes, introduced him as the son of a very respectable man, the late mayor of Stafford, who, he raid, was a gentleman of great respectability. Ma. TAUNTON said archly, but with his usual gravity, " You are a burgess of Stafford, Mr. Hughes, I take it for granted." 31r. Hughes.--1 am. Mr. CAMPBELL.—Then allow me to ask you another question. For whont did you vote at the late election ? Mr. Hughes.—For Gisborne and Hawkes. Mr. CAMPBELL.—Not for Campbell? Mr. Hughes.—No. (Great laughter.) Mr. Justice Parts: (to Mr. Campbell.)-1 wonder you should have been so c , gee to Mr. liughts. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice BOSANQCET.) John Ifuorr, aged 21;, was capitally convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of Daniel Harrison, at Tamworth, on the night of the 2d of July last, and stealing therein a sovereign, some silver and copper coin, a cheese, and a quantity of bacon. The main facts against the prisoner were proved by the evidence of an accomplice named Joseph Beard. There was another indictment against the prisoner for house breaking, and he was first tried upon that ; but the testimony of the accomplice not being satisfactorily corroborated by other witnesses, the Jury pronounced an acquittal. The learned JunnE told the prisoner that he would be trans ported for life. POLICE REPORTS. MaYstox-Bot sE.-31r. Martin Foster, an attorney residing at Laurence Pountney-lane, complained of a degrading assault which he received, hot at the hands, but at the mouth of NIL Mender. son, a wine-merchant, whose premises are attached to those of Mr. Foiter. According to the complainant's statement, Mr. Henderson was very much in the habit of calling him a pettifogger, in derision of him as an attorney, and in consequence of some little disagreement which they had about the mending of a water-pipe. No notice being taken of the insult at first, it began to assume a most serious shape. Mr. Henderson not only called out " Pettifogger, petti fogger," after the complainant, out shook his fist at hint. At last, Mr. Henderson, on Sunday evening, as the complainant was going up to his door, walked up, and, drawing up the smoke of a segar as bard as he could, puffed the cloud three or four times into the corn plainant's eyes and nose. Mr. Henderson declared that he never once shook his fist at the complainant, nor had he used the word " pettifogger," until the more offensive term of " fish.fag," was applied to himself. As for the cloud that issued from the segar he blew it front him without directing it towards the countenance of the gentleman who charged him with a malicious intention. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I see that it is all words; there has been no assault ; nothing but words, words. Complainant-1 beg pardon, my Lord. The Loon Marox-11 ell, then, all smoke, if you please : (laughter -) or words and puffs. There has been no blow. Ido not consider it such a case as my time should be occupied with, and I shall not interfere. What is it, after all, but a mouthful of smoke. (Laughter.) The parties then retired. GoiLnitam..—Ellers Fitzsimmons was charged with stealing 21. 10s. front the trowsers pocket of Mr. Titus Danks. The complainant stated that he was returning home between two and three o'clock in the morning, after supping with some friends, when the prisoner pressed her company on hint in Fetter-lane, and caught hold of his arm; he repulsed her, but she pertinaciously clung t• Lis arm, and craftily slipped her hand into his pocket and got hold of some money ; he seized her hand, and she resisted with great fury, and he was obliged to throw her on her back ; she con. trived however to slip two sovereigns and a half into her mouth, and after rattling them about sometime, she actually swallowed them. He succeeded in getting back only two or three shillings. The prisoner said the complainant suddenly crossed the street, and seizing her neck, threw her doWn and falsely accused her of having been in his company an hour before, when she had robbed hint. She knew nothing of hint or his sovereigns. Sydney, a watchman, said he distinctly heard the money rattle in her mouth. There appearing to be no doubt that she had swallowed the three coins, she was remanded till Friday, to afford time fur further in vestigation. HOW.STGRET.—A young mun named Nihill was brought _M. fore Mr. HALLS, charged with having assaulted his landing% a broker, named Isles. Mr. Isles stated, that the defendant lodged in his house, and owed him an arrear of rent, which he refused to pay. The other day lie (complainant) sent up to know when it would suit the con venience of the defendant to liquidate the debt, and the answer lie received was a torrent of the grossest abuse, which finally terminated in the assault complained of. DirNihill declared that he was the aggrieved party, and that the complainant had in the first instance assaulted hint. Mrs. Nihill assured the Magistrate that what her husband had stated was the fact. The complainant had kicked him repeatedly in apart which she could not name, but which she would illustrate on paper if furnished with pen an d (a laugh). Mr. HALLS, however, declined to give the lady the oppor tunity which she sought of displaying her talents in the art of etching, and asked the defendant why he had refused to pay his rent? The defendant said he disputed the demand. He was about to move out of the lodging, as the complainant had taken the course, which of all others he desired, namely, that of bringing an action against him. Mr. Ila.z.s then ordered the defendant to put in bail, much to the surprise of himself and wife, who exclaimed against the justice of the decision. The defendant was locked up in default. Yesterday, Mr. Coleby, the proprietor of a snuff-shop, in the Rea gent's Quadrant, waited on Mr. HALLS, to give that Magistrate Is.. formation of an infamous attempt which had been made by some unknown assassin to shoot him or some of his family. Mr. Coleby stated that on no fewer than four occasions some con cealed miscreant had discharged an air gun into his shop, to the im minent peril of the inmates : and that on the two last two panes of glass were broken by the balls, independent of other damage. The last shot was fired on Saturday night, ar.d then It was a miracle that a lad who stood behind the counter was not killed, the ball having whizzed past close to his head, and although composed of clay there could be no doubt had it taken effect that the consequences would have been fatal. Mr. HALLS observed, that the use of the air gun as a public an noyance had become general, and referred to the transactions in the Regent's-park. He asked Mr. Coleby whether there was any cause for such dastardly conduct ? Mr. Coleby replied that he could assign no probable reason. His portrait, in the act of smoking a cigar, war placed in the window. and that he conjectured had given offence to some evil disposed per son. He would willingly give 201. to discover and bring to justice the perpetrator of so unmanly an outrage. it r. HALL' told Mr. Coleby to lodge his information at the clerk's office, and to employ Taunton, the principal officer, to un ravel the affair. Mr. Coleby said he would act under the Magistrate's instructions and retired for that purpose. Information was likewise received that an attempt had been made during the night, by several felons confined in Tothill-fields, to ef fect their escape from that prison. At an early hour in the morning one of the turnkeys happened unexpectedly to visit a cell, in which eight prisoners were confined, and to his surprise he found in it a heap of bricks and mortar. He, on further examination, discovered that an attempt 4ad been made to effect a breach in the wall, and that this attempt had well nigh succeeded, a single brick only re maining to be removed. The object of the parties was to effect m entrance into a sewer which would admit them Into the Governor's garden, and then to scale the wall. As soon as the fact was known the prisoners were removed to the strong mom, and there heavily ironed. The prison is excessively crowded. There is accommoda tion only for 180 prisoners, and the persons confined in it at present exceed 250. LawaErti.sraxxr.--Yesterday, Witliese Mad, in custody on a charge of having seduced and taken sway the wife tuts: pony of Chaoles Hitchcock, was brought up for fi nal exam in ation. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner came to lodge at his house, sold had succeeded in gaining the affections of Mrs. Hitch cock. On the evening of Saturday week the prosecutor had me& sion to go out. On his return he discovered his house deserted. and every vestige of property taken away. After much triable he discovered that his wife and the prisoner were rerit!ing to t :edict h Poplin., and on Friday night last he took a policeman with him, and surprised them as they were about to retire for the night. The prisoner completely deceived him hum an: hypocrisy of his man nets. Whenever he saw them together, he always had the bible it his hands, and lie was constantly in the habit of reading passage. from it to her. He used to go three and sometimes four titres on Sunday to chapel. Mr. ‘l'vavr. What was the conduct of ycur wife? Complainant. As Chaste, as good, as industrious. and as sob,• a woman, as shy in the metropolis, until this deceitful, hypoenti cal rascal (pointing to the prisoner.) managed to accomplish her ruin. The prisoner treated the matter very lightly. and said had merely acted under the advice of Mrs. Hitchcock. He was committed to Newgate for trial._ ROBBERIES AT PUBLIC-11 0 ESES.—Yesterday, a young wan, named James Moran, was brought before Mewls. IV V T ant' WALKER, for final examination upon the ing charye Mr. Keasley, the landlord of the Fir Tree public-house, in the neighbourhood of the Office, stated, that on Friday night last, the prisoner engaged a bed for the night at his house ; on the follow ing morning the servant, before he had left the house, discoverer. that the Sheets and a blanket had been taken from the bed, and it was stopped and searched, and the articles found tied round his pet son. Mr. Keasley added, that the present made the fifth robbeil of a similar description which had been committed in his house within the last few months. A person named Frash, who lodges in the prosecutor's house, de. posed to having found the articles on the person of the prisoner, awl he was fully committed for trial. THAMES POLlCE.—Yestcrday, Charles Pugh was charged with assaulting Eliza Bradley, and kicking her in a most drnaltill manner about the body. The Magistrates fined the prisoner in the sum of or :so months imprisonment. SCn'TILL.E. EXTRACT FROM TIIE WILL OF ELLIS WOLFE, Esq. —I give and bequeath unto the Treasurer and President of t h e London hospital. Five Hundred Pounds. 1 give and bequeath unto the Treasurer and Members of the Samatitan Society (an ap pendage to the said London Hospital), Five Hundred Pound:. These two sums I have bequeathed in gratitude to the Managers o: these most valuable Institutions, for their generous and liberal con duct towards my distressed Brethren of the Hebrew Nation. — Amount received 2d August, 11130, of Hymen Cohen Esq. Judait Cohen, Esq. Aron Josephs, Esq. Executors. PARIS IN 1789 Ae u 1830 —The events that has lately occurred in such rapid succession in Paris, bear a remarkahl. resemblance to those of the beginning of the Revolution, in particu lar of the month of July, 1771.3. The National Assembly had the:: sat two (months, and having evinced a disposition by no means agreeable to the aristocratic advisers of the Court, Louis XVI. oas persuaded to make the military, stationed in different parts of do. kingdom, advance to the capital, to assert the power of the Crown by force of arms. Front 11. Necker, who was then Prime Minister, this plan was carefully concealed : it was concocted by a junta in the confidence of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, at the head of whom was the Baron dc Brcteuil, whose temper and pretensions bore a striking resemblance to those of M. de l'eyronnet, the prime mover in the late measures of the Court. " The Baron," says Madame de Steel, " was accustomed to speak in a rough voice, and, in walking, to press the ground with a ponderous step, as if if he could call forth an army from below. He made bold to new-model the state of the national politics in three days, and it happened, singularly enough, that three days proved the term of Lis Ministry. On the 11th July the King sent a private order to 31. Necker to withdraw forthwith from the French territory, with which the Minister, who, though a Liberal in prin ciple, had a strong personal attachment to his Sovereign, binned:. ately complied. Repairing first to the Netherlands, he procced.•' southward towards Switzerland, but had hardly entered that e..11:- try when he was tnet at Bale by one of his political opponents, M. dame de Polignac (mother of the present minister) whom he had left all-powerful at Court by the favour of the Queen, but who lad been obliged to fly by the rising of the people. The latter h . as heard with amazement the removal of M. Necker, the only memil.- of the Cabinet in whom they had confidence; they inimedis • assembled in groups, and laying hold of muskets, sabre. whatever anus they could possibly procure, formed theinse:....•• into corps of volunteers, or national guards. On the pith the month the taking of the Bastile, joined to the refusal of • military to fire on their countrymen, spread alarm among the ad visas of the Court, and showed clearly that the Sovereign could preserve his power only by acceding to the wishes of the pullie and removing such dangerous counsellors as the Baron do Breteuil. Louis XVI. always eager to prevent the effusion of blood, repaired from Versailles to the Hotel de Ville, or Guildhall of Paris, t 0.1%! pledged himself to the desired change. Necker, on returning from In.. short exile, lost no time in proceeding to Paris, where he prevails.: on the assembled multitude to proclaim a general forgiveness for the past, and cordiality for the future. Such was the result of this first great scene in the drama of the Revolution. The National Assem- WY resumed its deliberations, and continued uncontroulcd for a long I time, until a concurrence of unfortunate circumstances raised up it Ithe Jacobins the most dangerous and ferocious of enemies. DISINTF.RESTED GENERosiTY.--Among the few in stances of liberality and good feeling displayed by Highland pro prietors towards their emigrating tenantry, the following is deserving of record, as it evinces that among the members of at least one Highland family, that patriarchal care for the welfare and comfort of the subordinates of the clan, which used to form the bond of union between them and their chief, is not altogether extinct—lt is extremely rare that emigrations take place from the Argyll estates ; it was therefore with no little surprise that the brother of the nub', proprietor happened one day, in the course of a ride, to conic where a crowd was collected to witness the sale of furniture belonging to a: emigrating family. Having called the old man aside, he asked hint the reason of hie quitting the Duke's grounds "We cannot live upon them," was the answer. 4 - If your rent is too high," said his Lordship, " I will use my influence with the Duke to get it re. duced." " The rent is not too high," said the man—making due acknowledgment for the kindness of the offer, " I have no complaint to make on that heed ; but there are too many of us, as your Lord ship may see," pointing to his six sons, all as fine-looking Milo% r as could be found in the county ; " and, had we lands for nothing. they would scarcely support us." " Can I do any thing -lee fer you ? " "Your Lordship is kind," said the old man, "but nothing else than additional lands would do us any good ; and, to ask that. would only be to ask the Duke to turn away sonic worthy neigh bour; and, rather than do that, I am determined to go myself." The case was hopeless—his Lordship proceeded on his ride—and the emigrants to make preparations for their departure. Before day set off, they were given to understand that his Lordship would wri:. to the Captain to pay them attention on the voyage—more than tit . • they looked not for. Judge then of their surprise, when, on th.ii preparing to quit the ship, the passage money of the whole fanul:‘ was returned by the Captain, who also intimated to them that he had instructions from Lord John Campbell to find a eonveyance t - them, free of expense, to the place of their destination. Titis s gular . instance of disinterested generosity has only transpired throt.:. the medium of letters lately received from the grateful settlers then:. selves, by their friends in this country. BIRTHS. At Ancrum, Roxburghshire i the lady of Sir%'. Scott, Bat. of 3 son—At Preswylfs, near Ncath, the lady of Capt. C. Warde, R.N of a daughter. MARRIED. At Edinburgh, James Tod, Esq. W.s. to Susan, daughter of J. Mercer, Esq. of Sentsbank —At Al elifield House, Hem icksidre,.l. Hope, Esq. of Harden-green, Mid Lothian, to Isabella., drughnr of the late Wm. Hunter, Esq. of Pihnure—Last week, after tedious couttahip of twenty-nine minutes, J. S. Nappy, Esq. rt Lavender Cottage, near Selby, to Min D.nah Smith, of Biggin. DIED. Aged 71, at her seat of Runsll, near Ross, Mary, relict of T. IL Westfaling, Esq. and sole descendant of an ancient family, w.Lo are believed to have been settled there before the Norman conquest —At klountpanther. in the county of Down, Alajor William Henry Rainey, of the Hon. East India Company's service—At Port Glas. gow, on the 19th June, Capt. Wm. Auld ; and on the 23d July. Mks Auld, his daughter—After a few hours' illness, at Annan. Catherine Carruthers, daughter of A. L. ('arson, LL.D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh—ln her 85 th y:a r, at Brighton . 3lrs. I etktna, relict of the late J. Perkins, Esq. Sir JOHN KtsiwitAt Macniewst.n.—(From a Corrrespindent —At Tamer, on the 11 le of June, Lit ut..Colonel Sir .10.,n Kinnter Macdonald. C.B. British Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia. Sir John Macdonald entered Persia at u highly cri , ic A state of the public affairs, and it is not too much to say, tl..it he be came instrumental in recovering that kingdom from the very verg. of destruction. By combining integrity of principle, energy of .!.- elision, and soundness of judgment, with an invariable singlenes. or purpose, he enjoyed the unlimited confidence of the Persian and Russian Governments, while be succeeded in promoting the interests and upholding the dignity of the British Empire. The intense solicitude manifested by all classes of persons in Persia. especially by the Shah and his Ministers, during his long illness, was an 'fretting testimony of the regard which they cherished for his pri vate character, and of the value which they attached to his public services. Loosen : Printed and Published by ions MALTWZ. at ebe Sems- Q►nes No. I, Pickett pkes,Temple Bat.