Star. — London, England, 1829-01-07 00:00:00

s 0 N G. —....-- The following Song was Written and Song by Mr. W. Truitt, of Great Marlow, at Colonel Ctarsoo's Hosts* Warming, a abort time slate : Ant—Artn Liam Snug. Shall these blight moments be forgot, And never brought to mind; Or can we leave this cheriohed spot With no regret behind? Oh yes, for many a coming day, Our meneries will recall, The beauteous smile, the joyous by, Which graed our festive hall! And long as friendship shall remain, Our bosom's proudest guest, We'll hope thus once to meet again, To be thus kindly blest! Oh yes, &c. And many a tongue will live to tell, The pleasure's or this day, 'Till Freedom's voice the song shall swell, With her exulting lay ! Oh yes, &e. Then 611 once more the circling glass, And raise the bumper high ; Then let this toast in raptures pa,ss— Tree hospitality! True hospitality is here, And never may it roam, But meet us thus for many a year, AnJ be like this " At Home!" THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND. The office-of Lord Advocate is the highest and most important, by far, of all the Government offices in Scotland. He es an Officer of State, and his power is ' so unlimited, that at is controulled only by his tesponsi bility to the State. In so 14f as erg rd, criminal pto cedure, in :elation to which he is sty led " public pro secut"r," he may be said to hold the keys t f life and de ith ;" for nn crin ;nal prosecution can be joint ,ted without his consent. In Ea 6 land there is a 4• Grand Jury" to investigate every male. ufa natme, and when ti ev find a 4 true bill." the private pally is 4 8 bound over," as they call it, to prosecute; hut here we have no Grand Jury. The prelispinAry inquiry is made by the " ocuratir Fiscal" of the county within which the crime is committed. This offic r reports the Inuit of his investigation to the Lord Advocate; and, so far from the private pasty being compelled to proseciae, he has not even the power to do so without consent <1 his Lqrdship, to whose discretion it is left to determine whether any criminal pros. cutio, shall be inst.tuted, and whether it shall be at the instance of the •' public pro,ecutor," or, with his consent, at the instance of the private party aggrieved. Such being the powers t f the Lord Advocate, his duty and responsibility are pror,rtionate. It is the duty of his L , rd-hip to watch over the safety of the public, both in their persons and their property, with a jealous case; and whenever any tumour of a criii e having been c•inimi ted comes to his ear, it is his duty to inve tigate. by himself or others, the matter to the bo:tom. and satisfy bin:cif, and, if necessary, the pub lic, whether there be any ground for the tumour; and when the e is ground, and probable chance if con viction, it is his duty to bring the accused to trial ; and bete the Lard Advota e has a double duty to peif rm, for the accused is une!er his protection a, se:l as • the public in general. alai it is his L .rd -hip's duty to judge iasfarii.Uy between them, and to exercise. with a sound discretion, the power reposed in him. This part of his Lnr.lstop's duty must oleo he matter of great delicacy and diffi. ulty ; and it must be obvious that it is here that his great responsibility tests; for, if he recklessly and hastily bring a man to trial, with: ut serious cause, he is guilty of oporessi n to a aids the accused; and if he wilf .Ily and perversely refuse to hying a man to trial, when there is serious cause, he is guilty of treachery to the public; but for both he is responsible; and should e tier happen, the public voice would be t.i,ei, and would not e sily be slated. In this awful responsibilty rests the smoky of the public. It has hitherto been found sofficiect ; and N e have no doubt that it will continue to be so. And hoe we may remark, that she relati n in which the Lord Ad, cite • stands to the public seems to be misunde , stun ', and that the person holding the office has not, in our d .y at least, been regarded by the public in his proper light. We mean the officer—not the inJicidual. Hitherto the public seem to have regarded the Lord Advocate as an officer who ought to be viewed with suspicion and distrust, and speak of him as a public enemy, whose interests and incrinations are altogether opposed to their own. If conviction follow a trial 'where public sympathy has been excited on behalf of the accused, the publ c prosecut •r is loaded with ob loquy, and branded with every term .1 cruelty and re• prose!' ; and if acquittal follow a trial where the public prejudice has 13: en raised against the accused, the public prosecutor is ch .rged with partial:v. and a desire to screen the accused. In short, wherever the Lublit are dissatisfied, blame is always imputed to the officers of ' the Crown. Now this, we say, is wrong, and in this respect the public prosecutor is treated with manifest injustice; for, instead of being regarded as a public enemy, or as an officer whose interest, and duties, and inclinations, ate hostile to the public, l►e ought to he regarded as the public protector and the public friend mod treated with every demonstration of confidence and enceuragenrent. His interests, instead of being opposed to those if the public. are evidently identitizd with them ; and, instead of his being inclined to pe:secriti..n and cruelty in the dircharl i e of his duty, it miry f e quently happen that the discharge I f his duty as a public officer must be very painful to his feet gs as a man; and that, if his personal feelings were alone con stilted, it would be much more agreeable to lead fro the accused than to crave a verdict against them. - &aid Paper. A CAUTLOUS ANSWER —s% Gentleman travelling la%t week In the Hightands, pulled up his horse at a little solitary public-house by the road side, to indulge himself with a dram, as an antidote to the cold blast that was blowing in his teeth. /laving t furled the quads, he exclaimed," That's capital whisky, Donald ; is it legal?"—" Why,Sir„" replied Donald, hesitating a little tin he got the money into bit hands, " why, Sir, that's a question!" and be moved off with the bottle ender his arm. t‘londay sennight a fire bloke out in a carpenter's sln Jo. n-stieet, St. Philip's plain, Bristol, which en s ;e4 . destroyed the interior of three houses, occupied by twelve different fonili,fs, and by which a child, aged e:even years, was bum is de-th. The lower pat of the premises was used as a carpenter's shop by a p r,Oll named Batmen, who had gone to work that morning befuse day-light, and had placed hi. lamp in the work shop, from which he had retired only a few minutes, when the whole was in &ems. The mother of the above unfortunate child was roused among the rest by the fi.e and smoke rushing into her room: she had an infant at her breast, and seising both her children, she endeavoured to teach the stairs; but one poor child, which was sick and weakly, fell floor her, and was burnt to a cinder. We learn, that the loss of property by this dreadrul fire csa a moderate computation, amounts to at least SOOL exclusive of the loss to the owner of the three houses destroyed. which is estimated at act lea than 700 i. MESSRS. FRY AND CHAPMAN. Ye►terday there was s►h.t was termed the last Meet- ' 1 big of the creditors of Messrs. Fry and Chapman. It was again fully attended. All the bank: upts wire present, as were all the &Islam-es. The assignees, since the last Meeting, have arpninted new Solicitors. Messrs. Young and Valiance are now the Solicitors to the Commission. Many debts were proved. Swarr claimed to have the holder of an ova-due check ad mitted to prove. Mr. Commissioner SMITH said such course was impossible. Mr. Swan contended that there was an equitab:e claim ; there was an assignment of the cause of action, and that made out the equity. The course was practised daily in bankruptcy cases. The Commissimien Swung and Minos said that to checks the bankers would be bound to attend; but the giving of a check did not create a debt. as between the cheek-holSer and the hankers. Mr. Swear—But Messrs. Fry surely would not avail them wives of the ladles of um resenting the check, they having the money. Mr. Commissioner lineson—But is it not the duty of the as signers to see that none but legal d: he praised ? Mr. Commissioner Satiau—if the money be not paid, it is still that of the depositor. Mr. Swans—Yes; hut having given a cheek for the amowit, how can he swear that the amount was still in the banker's hands and due to him? Huth must swear, but the check-holder to an equitable claim only. . Mr. Commissioner Surma- We cannot admit such an oath. The Solicitor to the Commission then banded in the balance sheets of the debts, credits, &c. regularly signed by all the hanks (apts. By these documents it app cared that since the continence- Went of this banking establishment, the bad debts bail amounted W about 330,0001 made out thus— Doubtful debts • Bad debts Di:to 1822,000 85 000 220,900 .C.:29 000 Thi. amount spread over the period of the concern. Tile sheets of the present state of accounts detailed these sums total : Debts owing and outstanding . . . £401,000 Assets to meet the same . . . . 2630.110 £l;s otv There were some other details, and the minus was thus entered : De ficiel ic y . . . . . . £153,000 . . . __•..._ Other items mentioned the Crown Claims to hare been 32,5201. Fur Gurney's Bills. &c. &WOOL The Capital. in one sheet. was steed to be 110,0001. The Profits were stated AO be 87,0 u Mr. Talmo, the Solicitor, raid they were now prepared to pass thew accounts. Mr. Sruaa said there ought to be time given to examine these accounta--(l.oud cries of " Hear," from ail parts oldie room). Mr. Ystiatc ob d that every facility bad been afforded for their investigation singe they bad puiseued the accounts, which was since the 29th ult. Mr. Commi+•iothr SMITII—There ought to be time and oppor tuniales for such investigation, there were such numerou4 accounts, and such large stints; for instance, the bid debts were mimed at 5112.0(VI. _ _ _ Mr. Commissioner iltinacia—Desides other items for bast debts Mr. Your:a—We desire nothing more anxiously than investiga tion : by it flu baatrupts will be found to have been " nacre aim) d against than si • g." Mr. Manaus, the Calamine Banker, said, as time for inquiry was at be, afforded, he would make no observ,tions ; but he could adduce tscts that would warrant strict scrutiny. The Meeting was adjourned to the 29th lust. • iiiiilim....._ SO M N A iI.BULiSM. Ye,terday evening an Inquisition was taken at 'hie Three Tuns, Coleman- crest, before T SHELTON, E q Coroner, on view of the body of Louisa Elva., a fine girl, aged 17. Mrs. Ann Flory, housekeeper to J Lugon, met chact, ot No. 17, Finsbury-circus, deposed, that the deceased was her niece. About a fortnight back she bit her situ .tion as curses) , maid at Kensington, owing to inchspesition, and came to teide with witness in the house of Mr. Lugon. Within the last week her health had greatly improved ; and on Fri ' day she went on a visit to some friends in Ilunter.stteet, Biunswick•square. On her return, about sevtn o'clock in the netting, she appeared in good 'pities; about ten o'clock she went to her bed, which was situated on the child floor back. On the following morning, a'sou: half-past seven o'clock, witness went into the deco ised's room tot the purpose of calling her, when she found her absent. The bed had been lain in during the night, and the sash of the window was wide open. Witness was much alarmed at the circumstance; she went down stairs. in the back kitchen, and soon after seat ds having occasion to go out in the back area, she discovered her u.,fortunaie rung relative stretched along the stunts, b ceding ps ol theiy from the head, and apparently quite dead. Wuness immediately went to the bed-room of Mr. Lugon, whom she into, abed of the shocking di:- covet y. She subsequently went for the ward beadle lot the purpose of knowing how to acts and he came to the house in about an hour. lam not aware that the deceased's mind was affected, or that she was in the habit of walking in her sleep. Juror—Can you at all account for her being in the situation in which yeu found be: ? Witness-1 cannot, Sir. By the Coroner—She did not appear low-spirited on the Friday evening. By a Juror—When I discovered the decea ed in the area, she bad on her chemise, under pettico,t, gown, and stockings. In answer to numerous other questions put to the witness, she said that the persons who slept in the house besides herself, daughter, and the deceased, were Mr. Lugon, his clerk, and a little boy about eight years old; that she did not hear any noise on the F. Islay night, and that no kind of it.timacy subsisted berwe,t the deceased and Mr. Lugou's del k. John Ledwidge, the ward beadle, deposed that he was !etched by Mrs. Flory, and ep arriving at the house of Mr. Lugon, he found the deceased in the back area ; .be was quite dead and cold. She was dread uliy • in patticularty on thg head, which was biee.ring piolusely ; he did not go for a surgeon, thinking it pet. Italy u!.etess. Jane Flory, daughter to the fi: st witness, deposed that she had been a great deal in the company of ; er iintor tunate cut in los the ft), might Leiore her death, and had not lima. ked that she wa► dejected, but on the cinitrary cheerful and lively. Witness is not A% ale th.t she had been disappointed in any attachmen . , or th.st any thing preyed on her mind. Hannah Elvis, sister to the deceased, del osed that she (deceased) called i n her on Thursday last. whets she appeared much better in health, and in good spirits. The Jury, after consulting about half an hour. re , turned a verdict--'• That the deceit/M.4 111 'titbit asleep, got ont of the window, and falling into the area oas killed." Seven men were last week committeJ to Warwick gaol, charged with being engaged in the late affray with the gamekeepers on Earl Danbigh's estate. One of them, Thomas Enrol., is•supposed to be the man who shot at the principal keeper, John Slinn. The latter is said to be in a lair way of recovery. Seven other men have also been committed to the same piiscn, charged with feloniously shooting at Thomas Smith. and other!, at Marciale. on the night r f the 19th of December. Monday James Butler was killed in a pitched battle with a man of the name of Ostler. at Tipton. He died in less than three friars, after fighting SO sounds. Tire fatal termination of this contest will bring the parties before a Court of Justice, which, we trust, will award such a degree of punishment to the survivor and abet stors as may tend to repress the illegal and disgraceful practice. 'According to Judge Butt - Roue led decision, every man present bas involved himself in the most serious and awful responsibility.--Ifirniinghaw Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ANSIONaIIOUSIL Aldred, the Beadle of Dowgate Ward, brought op Mn'. Fogerty, a native of Ireland, and charged her hewer the Loan Maros wish having broken windows in the Waal. to tb: amount of 255. From the Beadle's statement it appeared that he bad been called upon by some of the inhabitants to take the defendant into custody. She had gone into a pu'llicoloause in the neighbout hood, and called for some gin, but the laudlady did not think proper to serve her without first receiving piyrstang, as she was rather a questionable character as to fonds. Upon being refused, she swore that she would make the landlady pay for her want of an accommodating feeling, at d immediately dashed her hands through the glass of the windows. Upon being apprehended, she struggled deeperat- ly. and endeavoured to treat' every thing in her way. She had pre viously done other mischief in the neighbourhood, and was recur nised as an old off. older in this was. The Loan Nlaeola, who observed that the defendant was rather sparingly clad, asked her whether she batldrank all the clothes off her hack ? Aldred said that her miserable plight was to be accounted for in rather a singular tis diner. When she was taken to the watt:Mostar, there lay a watchful on's coat. lantern, and rattle, at a chair, sod. when melody was A:tarrying her, she tore every stitch of her own clothes from her hack, put on the watchman's coat, and seizing his rattle and lantern. swine that she would go out and act as a watchman herself better than any of the accredited guardians of the night. Upon being opposed in this wish, she began to blow up the constable. and at last she sprung the rattle, to the alarm of the neigh bourhood. It was with much difficulty she was steipmd cf some of the watchman's paraphernalia. Finding, however, that, in losing the rattle she lost one of the essential' ut the profession, she flung the coat, the only covering she had upon her body, down upon the ground ; and, to the astonishment of the inmates, stood in the midst of them without a rag in the world upon her. The Loan MATO% a-ked the defendant whether she had any thing to say about such disgraceful conduct? The defendant replied, that she had been very badly treated by the watchmen, because she could do their business better than themselves. As for the broke n windows, it was the landlady who broke them herself, for the purpose of laying the damage at her door. Aldred said that the defendant was the terror of the Ward. In stead of being bumbled in the morning after all Bib violence, she swore lake a trooper—that if she must pay a visit to the Lotto Matron she would too go except in a coach, or at least a cab. The Lotto Maros said, that as she was so well able to fill the place of a watchman, she could have no objection to a little work in liridewell. " Ilrielewen " exclaimed the defendant. • Arrab, then, you're net going to) send me there? What the U—l will Ido there?" The Lail) Maros told bet that he would be prevented from annoying decent people. Defendant—" Wiaba, then, the 1)—I thank your, if that's all the good you'll do for me. But when I come out, if I &We-give it to the thieving watchmen the D—l's luck to me." Aldred told her to walk out, as she was committed for a month. She turned towards the beadle, and clenching her fist, was about to give hint what she called a " clinker," when she was seized by an ollicer.—She was then committed. GUILDHALL. - Charles While, a horse dealer, was again brought before the Alderman on various charges of fraud. W. Moody. of Acre-lane Clapham, stated that the prisoner and a man named S mpson ached upon him a few days ago rrepecting a horse which he sad he had fur sale, and they rruck a bargain for the animal at 131. Simpson said he was going to the Hank to receive money, and it witness would call at his house in I:akin-row, New Kent-road, in the evening, bringing the mare with him, he should receive the price agreed upon. Witness accordingly rode there, and upon alighting a boy was sent out to bold the animal, while he was politely banded into the parlour, and invited to drink some gin. While be was waiting, expecting every moment to see the money produced, and listening to a general conversation, be beard Ilse boy and the black mare ha d disappeared. White went out to look after them, and Simpson made some ex cuse for delaying payment till Friday, upon which dry witness went again, but got no satisfrction. Joseph Alexander. of Little Frederick-place, Southwark Bridge road, said, that in October, 1827, he took a horse to S • Infield fur aide, and was introduced .by some person to the prisoner, who was at a public•bouse in Charterbouse-lane, and was repre sented to be an extensive grazier. White agreed to give M. for the horse, saddle, and bridle, and said be was going to re ceive sonic money from his talesstiro, and would pay the amount, if witness would bring the house to his house in Charics Northan.ptonosquare, in the evening. lie went there, and the horse was taken charge of by a lad who came out of the house, and who was directed to take it round the corner to the stable. After this had been done. White told witness that be had been disappointed respecting the money, his salesman having left the market before he looked for him. To satisfy hint, however, he would give him his promissory note, merely to bold till the next market day, when the eighteen pounds should be paid. The horse having been led away, witness thought he had better take the bill than nothing ; and be became alarmed when he looked in vain for the stable just round the corner which he had beard of. When he called again en the following market day, he was told White had gone to Bristol fair, and had not been able to meet with hint since, or get value Co; the bill or the horse. Richard Lamborn., formerly a farmer in thfurtishire, but now lodgirg in Short's Gardens, Ihury-lane, said that, in November, 18E6, bring in some distress, he tent some cattle to his brother Christopher, in London, to be sold, and in a few days received a letter Hum him, a 1111111111111 l that be had disputed three cows and two calves to the prisoner, who then appeared to be a seesisman, in Clutched Friars; that upon driving them there, he was invited into the house, as it to receive payment, when White asked hint for the difference of a draft of eighty pounds, the price or the cattle being forty-tour pounds. Christopher admitted he was unable to give him the dtfiereuce, and the cows having been driven away while be was amused within doors, he was obliged to agree to give hint a few days' credit. White told him to bring two more cows on an early day, and then he should be paid foe all but when the time fixed Art ived, he found White had disappeared altogether.— Witness's ulnae's increased through the above and other such losses, and he became an inmate in Whitecross street gaol, wheat ht one day met with White, who came In to see an acquaintance. Ile affected to be greatly concerned to find hint there, and promised to get hint out by three o'clock th..t day, but he saw no mote of him till the expiration of seven or eight week-, when he CUM la as a prisoner. The prisoner, in his defence, admitted be was the debtor of each party except the !last cumplainant. The prisoutr was remanded to: further examination on the fol lowing day. Among other charges it was stated, that the prisoner hsd de frauded a master dustman, who was courting Lila daughter, of thirty- Inre pounds. BOW—STR BET. Yesterday Henry Ilithases, a lashiunable looking young man, whore clothes were dismally disfigured with mud and sundry rents through which his linen peeped. was charged with assaulting Mr. t. flambe rlaine, • tradesman, residing in Little RussAi-street, break lug his shop window, and tearing his clothes. Hearing the crash of the broken glass, Mr. Chamberlain. went out to ascertain by whom the nalichief was done, when he was fallen upon by the defendant, who knocked hint down, and in the scuffle tore his clothes to lintels. The deftmiant pleaded intoxication. Cliamlitriaine computed the damage to his Misdate. presort, and clothes, at 24% %hien tbc Wag:birdie directed the detentlaut to pay. Defendant—Oh ! its entirely too much. 11l not pay it. Mr. llwat..--And also pay to his 31.rp.sty bye shillings for being drunk. Defendant—Pooh, noomnse ; hie Majesty doesn't Went money. I wasn't drunk. Mr. Hetts—l act on your own confession. Defendant—l thi..k you might make the hoe less. &Ir. Hetts—l did not ask you to think, but to pay the annoy. Do so, or go to prison, *Lich you will. The defendant chose the former expedient. He paid lf. Os. on 'which be was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Another firm of gaming.bouse keepers, consisting of George Desborostgls Radcliffe Pond, John Russell, William Homed, Thos. George Johnston Pearce, and John King, five persons of fashions ble ezterior, appeared before Mr. Commis, and pot in bad to an indictment found against them at the late Middlesex Sessions, for keeping a common gambling-house In King-street, &. James's square. The indictment above mentioned only forms one of a series which are about to be preferred against the keepers of the gaming-houses of St. James's, among whom considerable alum has been created. DIARY-LA BONNE. Frederick Byrne. a young man, was charged with stealing plate. Oir Thursday afternoon the prisoner called at the house of Jr. lluskins, in Great Penland -street, to look at some furnished apart ments, which be said be waisted for his uncle. While the servant went up stairs to speak to her mistress upon the subject, the pri soner opened a cupboard, and was helping himself to some plate, bet the noise attracted the attention of a lad who was in the Dem room, and who, on opening the door, saw the prisoner putting the plate into his pocket. An darn) was given, and the prisumr was .theu secured. It appeared that about le months ago a similar robbery was committed at the house of Mr. Bartholomew, inFoley-place, when the prisoner wont to tome agattlikeut4 • ' Sirs. Collea, of Great Castle-street. o.4.eltmar%et. • ?Set shout three weeks ago the prison. r cal'-tt at I. All Ile fir one leged purpose of hiring apartments, and stale a p.:ir of segAr t.. u .. Mrs. Collard said that some of le. e 4 ..es.ndefrausk...l in a similar manner.—Tor pr,soner we. 1 ...m.0..3,4 QUERN—SQU it E. Yesterday Mary Rice was placed At the bar b..f.we Mr. W.:;rt. elisrg,sl with stealing a silver tannin watch, gold cuaiu and 5...6, from the house of Mr. William Squib, Princes street, Weerniever. lt appeared from the evidence, thee the prisoner finding tl.: du..r If the prosecutor's house open. about ten o'clock in the n,orui...g, deliberately walked in, and finding an person to obsaruct hor s she went into a bed•room, and took the watch and appendages; she was, however, seen by Mrs. Squib going out of the door, who felt ,some surprise at teeing a swing: r. and followed ht r into thy street" when the prisoner dropped the watch and endeavouted to get aw.y, but she was secured. The prisoner, in her defence. declared she did not knew how she came in. possession of the watch. She was fully committed for trial. II ATTON—G A it DEN. Sum. Idranco.—Mory Sweet and Hannah make were (411110 1 1 shop•lifting.—On Monday afternnou the prisoner Sweet wet into the shop of Mr. Graham, in lloitsorn,aud desired to be shows( roue handkerchiefs. The •hropman Illti VI; she pol•lted out ann. turf parcel, and desired to see that; the slsopman turned to gei it, hut kept his eye upon her, and observed her concealing two hands kerchiefs under her gown ; be seized her, when she dropped float her hand. In addition to the handkerchiefs, a yard of lice Co.. tabling 29 yards. At the same instant, another shopenen stopped the other prisoner, BI •ke, and found concealed under her shawl y.rds of calico. The prisoners were not known to each ether( and Blake. upon hearing what Sweet had done. exclaimed," My Gun! how shocki•lly dishonest some people are!" The prisoners were committed. THAMES POLICE. Bialy► Meade►, a coal-beaver, was charged with beating Tint Lahee.—Tim stated his complaint; and Bishop Alexander said in his defence, " Vby. your Vorabip, the fact i., I floored Tam Laker, because be desarved it. Our master gied each on us a sack of coals, and we agreed to give an ould man a penny a piece for taking it to our house. Veil, thee, your Vonhip, Tint swore he would not tV the penny to the ould one, so It made me so wild, that I said I would give him a milling if be w►.uld not act regler. So he ups vith his fist, and be give me one or two in the face ; I then stood in my defence, and we bad a couple of rounds, when Tim, having bad enough, swore be would get a warrant. I have a vitiate, your Vorshlp.' Mr. Batzaiertma--Well, if you have, let's see Mtn. Another eoal•heaver was then Introduced, and be also declared Tim Labs, was in the wrong. Bishop Alexander was therefore diseharged, Tian Labee being about three shillings out of pocket by his refusal to pay the peony, which was the original cause of the quarrel. UNION-HALL rI3IIOLAILIM—Three ser i ous charge. of bursi sod robbery were yesterday preferred, in which Bcjuntin Minh sod ,gait Brinkley were charged with being implicated. Wks is a barge. man, and the ether prisoner has been engaged Is alwaggling trans. actions. They have been kept separated during the time of their confinement, and yesterday each accused the ether of crimes.— Williams said that Brinkley was a plasiner of burglaries, and bad been concerned In vast numbers. He once bad resolved on plan. 1 tiering a Church at Rotterdam, to which place be frequently went with Isis ship when a smuggler, of all the valuable pictures, of which he intended afterwards to dispose in London ; but owing to some singular circumstances, the plan was not put into execudon. Brinkley denied *bat bad been charged to him, and said, that although some years back he bad violated the laws of his country, by engaging in smuggling transaction+, be bad never been guilty of robbery. Puple, one of the oilkers, saki that Brinkley told hint one day since he bad been in custody, that he knew of a house which would be robbed, and wished to be acquainted whether it would be best to take the thieves in the fact, or afterwards? Evidence was gone into, but it only affected Williams. is when posamion property belonging to three individuals, whose homes had been robbed in November last, was found. The names et these Gentlemen ate, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Eddridge, and Mews. Slee and Vickers, vinegar merchants, of Church-street, Berman& sey.--In order to complete the cases, the prisoners were remanded for a week. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. The Wararkkshire Hounds meet to-morrow, at Clanks. Court; and Saturday, at Farnborough. The Vine Hounds on Saturday, at West Sherborne Church. THE BRIGHTON HARRIERS. The Subscription Barriers bad some lively diversion In dill aeighbourhood of this Devil's Dyke nn Friday. Three lures were run down. The first started from Siddleseomb, and skimmed the turf for biewtimher ; reached it, and turned back, and, ere it yielded to its pursuer., gave delightful play to man and horse for the space of 30 minutes. ile second bare produced a run of more than evil length, but confining ber course to ber own circle, caused less 0 , wear and tear" in horseflesh —On the whole, the diversion was amusing, and the sportsmen much gratified. SFVRKK CHASE. Thursday the Sherburne beagles met on Lea-green, in the parish of Claverdon ; and, notwithstanding the tempestuous state of the weather, found a hare about mid-day, between Lea-green and Shrewley Common, which went of he the direction of Sir Edward A ntrobues property, and after to►ing two circuits round Maley and the Stone-buildings, trussed Lea-green to Yaraingale Common; from thence she was viewed. and ran back by the Stone-building, Posley, Pinley-ahhey, through the valley to Nunhole, to Hatton wharf, round by Grove-park, under liatton-hill two rings, and again up to Grove-parlovbere, unfortunately. a fresh hare was started, which ran into the Park. The chase may be said to have been the most severe ever witnessed ; the hounds were running for upwards of three hours and a half, with nut more than a querter au ►out's check during the whole run. I The Royal Court of Paris was occupied on Monday with the following singular affair : The Marquis d'Harcnurt, eldest son of the Duke d'Harcnurt, and now a Peer of Fr ance, took into keeping about ten years ago, the daughter of a garde champelte, *ho, alih.rugh apparently of low extinction, is said to be dew , Wed from a noble family. The Marquis was then 33 years of ' age, and the girl 15. Pioperty to a considerable amount bequeathed to the Marquis, basing been squandered by him, tie family upon the death of the D.:chess WHAT court, obt4ined an interdiction of civil and poiitical tights against the :Marquis in 1824. This interdicti a was g,..unded upoti his living in concubinage, frequent ing persons in low life, and being given to habits un worthy of his rail. In the course of the pre.ent year, the Marquis d'Harccurt appealed to the Royal Court to have the interdiction quashed, upon the ground that the principal grounds upon which it was granted ex. ioed no longer. The Court, considering dist the non. existence of these grounds was by no means rowed, rricted the upped,. wth costs. In the course of the pleadings, seseral circumstances were stated, which excited the I..ughter of the Court and the auditory. It was alleged that the Noble Marquis not only ap peared in public with mistress, but was accustomed to drink with peasants and low people, and was parts cularly fond of going to see horses shoed, and hogs ' flayed. Some time since, the Marquis and his Lady being at an inn of Ttllcries, near which his family resided, the Commissary of Police called and inquired whether the female had a passport? Not having one she was arrested, confined in prison during the night, and sent off the next day under the escort of gendarme:, from brigade to brigade, as far as Paris, the Marquis d'Harcourt following on foot the cart in which she was conveyed. Three children are the fruit f this connection. The Courier des Tribusaus, in speaking of this affair, says :—N However reprehensible he conduct of the Marquis d'Harcourt, may be, ye regret that motives to deprive him of his civil and pob. mat rights should have been sought in the details of xivate life, and even in the rank of the person upon whom he had fixed his affection. Was it a crime on his part not to have pail his addresses to a graude darner —Galignanis Messenger. ill ki ii- W AVM at LONDON-IittIDGIC TO MORROW. Morning . 47 sornote• alter S • Afternoon 5 minutes shoe 4 • . uennu: Printed and Publ.l4ed by Jour blovirs, the Piupai►tle •t the Semi Orttes, N. 1, hckett•plaoe, Temple 11. a.