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A vS'IZE INTELLIGENCE. t XFOHD CIRCCIT—OLoucr.sTen. HAINES V. ST EPHENS. '-is was an a:1Mo brought by the plaintiff, a youth 14 years of age, recover compens ttion in damages for defamation of character. The .:ert-ittint had pleaded a justification. Mr. CAMPBELL stated the MC' It appeared that the defendant is a parish clerk and sehooln:aster ; that when attending a funeral, he had an altercation with the plaintiff's father, when be said, " I have lost tin ink.standa and a quantity of quills, and I have no other reason to believe but that your son has stolen them." This was the defamation complained of. Mr. Serjeant LuDLow addressed the Jury for the defendant. Mr. Justice PAIR K condemned the bringing of such trumpery actions, and the Jury found for the plaintiff'—Dainages. One Farthing. NORTHERN fr RCUlT.—LAstcasvna. Both the Judges arrived here on Saturday evening, when the com mission was opened, and this morning Chief Justice TINDALL (Mr. Justice BAYLEti presides in the Civil Court) charged the Grand Jury, and expressed his sorrow that in a calendar, which was by no means heavy, there should be so many cases of a serious nature, and deserving of the utmost attention of the Grand Jury. John Gordon, rigid 20, was indicted for killing and slaying Joseph Voude. at Pendlebury, near Manchester, on Sunday, the 15th of May last. Mr. ARMSTRONG stated the case for the prosecution, and called two witnesses, who proved that on the evening of the day named in the in dictment the prisoner and the deceased were at the Wheat Sheaf public house, in Pendlebury, with several others. A dog belonging to the pri soner was standing near the deceased, who pinched the dog's tail, and made him bark ; the prisoner immediately jumped over the table, and addressing the deceased said, " --- thee, what art thee doing with my dog ? and lie and the deceased began pushing one another about, and during the struggle the deceased fell upon a bench in the taproom, and as soon as he got up another struggle ensued, and he was thrown down upon the tap-room fender; one of the company went and imps rated them, and while Youde was getting up, the prisoner kicked him in the lower part of the belly ; Youde went home, and complained of great pain in the part where he received the kick. A surgeon was called in, but Youde died on the following day. Verdict, Guilty. The Learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for seven years. Joseph Dean, aged 21, was found guilty of killing and slaying Samuel Leach, in a light ; and John Edge, aged 23, and Joseph Plant, aged 25, for aiding and assisting him therein. They were sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and hard labour. John Manion, aged 30, was found guilty of killing his wife. It appeared that prisoner had an altercation with his wife about a shilling, that he struck her a severe blow on the check, which caused an effusion of blood on the brain, the cause of death.—The Court sentenced him to he transported for 14 years. ADJOURNED INQUEST UPON MISS CASHIN. Yesterday, at ten o'clock, the Coroner and Jury assembled. The Jury-room was crowded with medical gentlemen, snd several persons of distinction. Dr. Alexander Thompson was then sworn, and the evidence he gave on Monday was read over to him, and some corrections, merely verbal, made. He went on to state, that the cause of hyper-organization of the piece of flesh cut from the back, produced on Monday, was the stimulants which had been applied to the part before death, and which had augmented the quantity of matter in the secreting vessels. Wit ness had examined the spine and brain of the deceased since the last in vestigation. The brain was in the most perfect state that he had seen for a long dine. About four inches of the spinal marrow, underneath the wound on the back, was of a red colour, and much inflamed. Doctor James Johnson, Mr. Goolheal, Dr. ogg, Mr. Alackechny, Mr. Wilelgoose, Mr. Bolton, and other surgeons, were present at die examination, and assisted therein. Free access was given to any medical man who chose to present himself. Witness was now enabled . to state as his opinion that the sore in the lisck was the first cause of the death of the deceased. The stimu lants which had been applied to the back produced irritative fever, and from that proceeded the inflammation of the pluera. and the veinous congestion of the lungs. All these causes combined produced death. It is the practice among the natives of Arabia and America to produce iseunter.irritation by stimulating applications externally, and the bo. dies of the natives of those countries were often found covered with sores. Witness could state that no medical practitioner would be j'us titied in producing counter irritation to any extent at all on a healthy person, for the purpose of preventing disease, and especially to such an extent as appeared on the back of the deceased. He should not con. shier her going on well if he had seen her on the evening before her death. He should not have given her mulled port wine as a fit bever. :Iv. where her stomach was in such a state of inflammation as it must have been from the appearances after death, and from the statement of Mrs. ltodelis. It was highly improper, of course, to give any stimu lating medicine to the person in whose system inflammation existed. lie should have considered that if he had ordered Miss Cashin port wine in the state she was in when Mr. Long ordered her a tumbler, that the patient would rot have survived twenty-four hours. Mr. Long, or whoever attended the young lady, ought certainly to have attended to the symptoms which showed themselves, and prescribed' remedies to reduce the inflammation. He ought to have prescribed medicine if he wished to save his patient. No medical practitioner ought to have neglected such symptoms as continued vomiting and a high state of fever, but should have administered calomel and bled the patient, and used every other means to lower the inflammation. Mr. Thomas King, of Hanover-street, Hanover-square, surgeon, sworn—l attended the examination of the body of the deceased, yes terday, and saw on the back, between the shoulders, a large sear, or disorganized or burnt piece of skin. All the surrounding parts under the skin were gorged with serum ; there was no process at separation evident. The spinal marrow had exactly the same appearance as I have always seen after violent local injury, when the body has been examined ten days after death, and (specially when it has been kept tolerably cool. Every part of the cranium appeared to me to be perfectly healthy. Tire hotly has the appearance of being in good condition ; that is, to have been that of a person in a healthy state, who had died after a very short illness. That, I believe, is all I know on the subject. 1 did not csatnine the stomach and 'deur?. I took notice of the back ; it had the appearance of being produced by a scorching heat ; for instance, if you held very near the skin a red-hot iron, as broad as the crown of my hat, for a quarter of an hour, it would produce the same ap pearance as I have mentioned. I cannot form an idea of what ap plication did cause the appearance, but it was such as would have been produced by what I have described. Any violent caustic would have produced the same appearance ; an arsenical application would have produced that appearance. I cannot say what was applied, but I should think it was something of that sort. Judging from the examination which I made yesterday, I should say that the death was occasioned by the local injury. Very few persons would recover from such a local injury ; the strongest might have been killed by it, anti the weakest might have recovered, if proper care had been taken imme diately upon the sore making its appearance, but it would have required the utmost skill and attention. Clop forbid that any surgeon should produce such a sore ! I have seen the derivative system practised to the fullest extent in all parts of Europe, but I certainly never saw one fourth of the injury which I saw on the back of this young lady, pro duced by any surgeon. Judging from what I saw, I should say that the wound in the back was the sole cause of death.. . . . . Mr W.O ildgoose, surgeon, sworn—Having read the depositions that hail been taken, found it difficult for him to say what the cause of death bad been. Having nothing else to go by than the appearances after death, he was bound to suppose that the injury which had been inflicted hail been the cause of the death, but he could not swear that it was.— The internal surface of the stomach and duodenum were inflamed. in- fiammation of the stomach could not exist for any length of time without killing the patient, independent of any other injury or disease. Had I seen the back, and if he (witness) had nothing to go by but the back alone, he should not have supposed it would have caused death. By a Juror—Could not tell whether the inflammation of the bowels could have been occasioned by the state of the back or not ; it might or might not by sympathy. lied been in the habit of examining bodies after death. The appearance of the back was somewhat like as it lunar caustic had been applied to the part. The skin was mortified, but the muscles were uninjured. Had seen such injuries before. Had seen deeper ulcerations produced by caustic. Had never seen an injury in tentionally produced to such an extent on the back of any individual. Had he been called in,and supposing the inflammation of the stomach to have been sympathetic, he might have done something for the relief of the patient. Ile had no means of knowing what had caused the wound. He should not like to see such a wound on the back of any patient of his. Knew nothing of Mr. Long's mode of treatment. • By Mr. Anotrnus--Knew Mr. Long. Had heard front very res. pectable people that he was a successful practitioner. Had known for some years, and seen many patients go to him. By a Juror.—Did not know until this investigation had begun, whe- ther the persons he had seen go to Mr. bong were patients or visitors, as he had never been inquisitive respecting Mr. Long's affairs. Be lieved part of his plan of treatment to be that of counter-irritation, that was to produce an external illness for the purpose of drawing off' an intetnal disease. Would not have made a wound so large as this on the hack under the circumstances. From what he had seen since death, he ' did not think be should have been justified in makiog so large a wound. Consumption consisted of tuber. des of the lungs. His conduct in treatment would be much in. fluerced by a mother or an old woman saying other branches of a patient bad shied of a consumption, but not so much as to be induced to make such a large eschar as this was. Dr. John Hogg sworn—Was present yesterday in the vault in llnor. fields Chapel, and sssisted in examining the head and spine of the de eeasrd. The first thing that struck hint 613 remarkable was the state of Be back. It presented between the shoulder-blades a very large kind of schar ; it appear , d as if it had been sco rched by fi re. The body it. self was not at all emaciated, but muscular, symmetrical, and in many respects well formed. Dr. Thompson, witness, and others, proceeded to examine the spine ; obtained a full view of the spinal cord. There WU certainly an appearance on the sheath of the spinal cord, opposite to where the external sore was, of discolouration. This was very minutely examined. On removing it to the day-light, it looked like crimson.— The other part of the sheath was of a more natural colour. On opening the sheath it was evidently thickened at the part where it uas discoloured, but had no appearance of disease. The cord itself was not at all af fected. The examination was next directed to the head. On removing the skull cap, the brain presented an unusually firm and healthy ap pearance; portions of it were removed and examined as to its structure, which exhibited a state of perfect health. The brain was perfectly sound at the basis, and at the origin of all the cerebra; nerves, and all nerves emanating from the brain itself. Not having been present at the former examination, it was difficult for him (witness) to form an opinion as to the cause of death, but should say that the violence which had been done to the nervous system was quite sufficient to cause death, par ticularly in the ease of a nervous and delicate young lady. By a juror.—The sheath of the spinal cord was discoloured from ex ternal causes. The opinions of the different gentlemen present at the examination were not communicated to each other ; each gentleman made and brought away his own observations. As a professional man, he (witness) should certainly not create such a wound on a healthy per. son. Had not the slightest idea what such a wound could have been made for. Should say decidedly that the lady had not been labouring under the effect of any disease, except that of the wound produced on the back, as tar as he saw ; in death even the body had the appearance of health. Had never seen a more beautiful formed body. Had never seen such a wound produced on an unhealthy person, and should be sorry to produce such a one. If the mother of a patient had gone to him, and said other children of her's had died of consumption, and that she was afraid of the one produced falling a victim to the same disease, there were prophylactics that might be had recourse to, but he should never think of making such a wound. After examining several other witnesses, the further inquiry was post. poned till Friday. MURDER A7' LAMBETH. Yesterday, the Coroner's Inquest upon the unfortunate Mrs. Jane Witham, which was adjourned from Saturday last, was resumed. The same intense interest was excited as to the issue of the inquiry, but notwithstanding the exertions of the police, and a reward of 601. offered by the parish officers for the apprehension of the perpetrators of the horrid deed, they have hitherto eluded all pursuit. A great many witnesses were produced, whose evidence went chiefly to prove that the deceased's shop door was closed at 20 minutes past four o'clock, and so remained until seven o'clock, when Witham, the de ceased's husband, returned from his work, and was seen knocking for admittance, which however he could not obtain. A coat and jacket, which were found partially covering the deceased's body, and covered with blood, were produced, and it was proved that one belonged to the deceased's son Samuel, and the other to Witham. Witham's jacket, which he had on when at work during the Thursday, was also produced, and some stains which were at first supposed to be blood were found upon them, but on examining them caretully this day, it was satisfac torily proved that the marks were caused by paint, which he used in his trade as a barge-builder. Several witnesses were examined, whose testimony however did not affect Witham as to his having any participation in the murder ; and after a lengthened inquiry, the Jury, after a moment's deliberation, re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Witham has been consequently discharged out of custody. POLICE REPORTS. GIIILDHALL.—Mr. Haven't, of the firm of Hagart and Co. tea. dealers, in Lawrence.lane, Cheapside, attended voluntarily before Sir John Perring yesterday, to meet the complaint of a young woman, who had formerly been in his service. Mary Ann Cuinmitvg, the complainant, briefly stated that she had left apparel and other articles, by permission, at Mr. Hagart's house, upon going into the country, and be had refused to give them up on her return. Mr. Hagart replied that, in November last, he purchased the business from a Mr. John Lawson, in whose house the complainant then resided as servant, or agent. He re-engaged her ; but, after the expiration of five weeks, they parted, and she went to Liverpool. Mr. Lawson had previously left this country. On Saturday last she came to him for some articles of trilling value she had left behind ; but he refused to deliver them, because he had discovered that the complainant had caused a parcel of teas and sugars to be taken to a Mrs. Beevor's in Finsbury-place, after the stock had been transferred from Mr. Lawson to hint, without accounting for the same, either to him or Mr. Lawson, whose books he retained. The complainant replied that this order was executed the day before Mr. Hagan came into possession, and she thought the property belonged to Mr. Lawson. The goods amounted to only 16s. 10d. and, at all events, she had not received the money. She had stopped with him, and instructed him in the qualities and mixing of the teas, and the making of green teas, for the small sum of ten shillings a week, and the return he had made was, to revile her In the most shameful manner. Mr. H. said he had asked her a few days since where Mr. Lawson was, and she replied in France ; but, two days after that he met them walking together in Holborn. What was he to think of this ? And as respected the " secrets of the trade," he found a good deal of trash on the premises, and if he had followed her advice as to the beforemen. tioned secrets, he should soon have had no trade at all. He discovered immediately the expediency of getting the complainant out of his house as soon as possible. She replied she had made green teas into black, and done every thing else he required her to do, and therefore she did not understand why he discharged her. Mr. Hagan said he was obliged to get rid of her, or he should have lost all his connection. but he only complained of his goods being sent away to customers without making any entry in the books. Sir Joint PERRINO said he had a right to complain of such con. duct, and he should not interfere in the case. The complainant asked what she should do to recover her property ? and, declaring the attack on her moral character to be unjustifiable, concluded by calling Mr. H. a blackguard. Sir JOHN intimated in a peremptory manner that he had done with the matter, and the parties withdrew. Woitstur -STREET.—George Taylor and Jane TValkins, were charged with brutally assaulting a police constable, 71, division 0, while in the execution of his duty. It appeared that on Sunday morning, during the hours of Divine Service, the prisoners rushed out of a public-house in Old-street, and, being rather intoxicated, Taylor began to insult every one passing; upon which the prosecutor interfered, and followed them a considerable distance. When opposite a public-house Taylor stopped short, and with the female prisoner, knocked violently at the door, and demanded admittance. He (the officer) then went uplo him, and'told him he should convey him to the station-house unless he walked boon when in an instant he was knocked down, and kicked while on t he groued by Taylor. On attempting to hold fast Taylor, and to get on his legs, the prisoner, Jane Watkins, who is a prostitute, came behind hint, and, with a tremendous blow with an oyster-shell, cut the back part of his head completely open. Several witnesses proved the assault, which, from the sur eon's certificate, and sickly appearance of the prosecutor, who ap with Iris head bound up, must have been inflicted with great vio ence. The Magistrates sentenced Jane Watkins to pays fine of five pounds, and George Taylor a fine of forty shillings, or, in default of payment, the former to be imprisoned two months, and the latter one month.— They were both locked up. QITEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday, Sarah Hiperal, aged 16, was chad with violently assaulting her aged mother, and threatening her life. The mother stated that she came home at all hours of the night and morn. ing, and if she remonstrated with her on the impropriety of her conduct, her daughter beat and abused her. Mr. MARRIOTT ordered her to pay a fine of 40s. in default of which she was committed for one nionth to the House of Correction. A cabdriver, named William Cllil, was charged with brutal cruelty to his horse. _ _ The poor animal was brought to the police-yard. and Mr. GAZOORIE went to examine it : the blood was streaming from its Banks, and It ap peared to have been most cruelly used. The defendant had been left in care of the cabriolet, at Vauxhall gardens, by the driver, with directions that, if a fare offered, not to refuse it. He was engaged, and close by the 2.larsh-gate, he was observed, by a police constable, flogging the hone with a thick whip under the flank ; the blood poured down the legs, and the horse could scarcely crawl. The constable remonstrated with him on his cruel conduct, but he told him that he had a certain sum of money to make up, and he must do it. He was then taken into custody. • The manager of the cabriolets attended, and said that the horse was a very good one, and did not want a whip. The constable produced the whip, which was covered with blood. The defendant endeavoured to lay the blame on his fare. Mr. GREGORIE said it was a most savage case—the blood of the poor animal had actually run over its hoofs. The defendant was fined 50a. and, in default, was commi.tcd for six weeks to the House of Correction. --.— THAMES Poxtcx.--Yesterday, six sailors belonging to the Prussian vessel Glaikoft, were charged with plundering the cargo of coffee, pepper, and sugar, of which the cargo consists. In the sleeping berth of one of the prisoners named Gorgill were found concealed slb. of raw coffee and llb. recently roasted, and in the berths of the other prisoners were dis covered secreted various quantities of raw sugar, coffee, and pepper. Mr. Baxxforriste fined each ?Os. for unlawful possession of the pro perty, which was ordered to be restored to the ship. The Captain said he should pay the fines, as he could not set sail without the prisoners, and should stop their wages for the amount. 7 humus flume, a foreman in the employ of the St. Katharine's Dock Company, was charged with stealing a large piece of rosewood, the property of the Dock Company. The prisoner was brought to justice through the mvdium of a stonemason named Cummins, to whom ne had offered to sell the wood, which he said he could get out of the Docks in a rubbish cart. Cummins informed the Dock Company, who set a watch upon the prisoner, and on Tuesday evening he was d e t ecte d cu . rying it to a part of the Docks where he could place it on a cart unper ceived. He had previously asked the carter to take it out amongst the rubbish, and he would call for it at the house of the latter. The pri- I boner was committed for trial. Tuesday Captain George Wood, the master of a collier vessel, called the Minerva, of Newcastle, appeared before Win. Ballantine, Esq. to answer an information made against him under the 50th section of the Coal Act, which enacts that every master or owner of a collier employing coal whippers, where no licensed coal undertaker is engaged, shall equally divide and pay such labourers on board the ship they have worked, and, by paying, or causing them to be paid ashore, shall forfeit, for every such offence the sum of 201. the whole of which goes to the informer. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. Cornelius Donahoo, a coal whipper, deposed that he assisted In clear ing the Minerva of her cargo of coals, from the 26th of July to the 30th of the same mouth. He was employed by Cooper, the basket-man, or foreman, from whom he received his wages, part on board the vessel, and the remainder ashore, in the street. There was no coal undertaker on board while the ship was being worked. The other men were paid in the same manner. Defendant's solicitor contended that, to make the defendant liable to the penalty, it must be proved that he paid the labourers ashore, for he had not incurred any fine by neglect ng to pay them on board the ship. The informer's own witness had proved that he received his wages from Cooper the basket.trut. Mr. BALLANTRIZ said the Act mentioned the words " paying or causing to be paid." The defendant, by giving the money to Cooper, and neglecting to pay the coal whippers on board the vessel, bad caused , them to be paid as hor e, and was therefore liable. He convicted Captain Wood in the full penalty of 201. and costs. Notice of appeal was given. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.-A countryman from Loughton, in Ease:, applied for a Rearch.warrant. " What have you lost ?" said Mr. RAwLtxsow. " My wife, Sir," replied the countryman. Mr. RAwr.twaotr—Who has run away with her?—Countryman. Mr. Adams, Sir, a rich man. Mr. RAwratisow—lf you belong to Loughton, why do you come here ?—Countryman. She is in this parish, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—It's a rascally thing of this Mr. Adams; but I have no power to interfere. You must go to an attorney. Wns. Clarke and Edward Dickenson were charged with stealing a stove-grate from the house No. 33, in the High-street, Borough, required for the approaches to the new London Bridge, the materials and fixtures of which are allotted for sale. They were re manded. LAMBETII.STIZET.—Yesterday, an elderly person having the ap pearance of a substantial farmer, accompanied by his agent, came be- 1 fore Mr. WYATT, the sitting Magistrate, to ask his advice and assist ance under the following awkward circumstance. From his statement it appeared that he had resolved to emigrate, with his wife and ten chil dren ; and having turned all his substance into cash, had engaged and paid for their passage to New York in the Lima packet. As the trans action took place betwixt him and the ship-agent,he was unacquainted with the person of the captain, and having arrived in town with his family, he was accosted by a person who represented himself as connected with the other agent, and induced him to place his wife and family a-board a vessel alleging it to be the same in which his passage had been secured. Ac cordingly the applicant sent his family on board, and being a stranger in London, requested the Captain to take charge of the remainder of his money, at the same time handing it over to him. The mistake was soon discovered by the arrival of the first agent, and the applicant im mediately went back to the agent to get his money returned, and also his family. The Captain however refused to deliver up either, unless the whole amount of passage for himself and f a mily was first paid. The ap plicant begged the Magistrate's speedy decision, as the vessel was about to sail, taking with it his wife and family, anti money. The Magistrate said the case did not come within his jurisdiction, and recommended that some immediate compromise should be entered into with the Captain. THE HARVEST. SALTSBURY.—The greater part of the wheat is now in rick, and, not. withstanding the occasional showers, has been got in in excellent order. The barley exhibits a finer appearance than is recollected by the oldest man living. Potatoes are in abundance, and of excellent quality. There is a double crop of every thing. On Saturday last, a sample of prime new barley, which had been cut about ten days before by Mr. Lumley, of Corbridge Mill, was ex hibited in our market. The produce of this crop is estimated at the astonishing quantity of 32 bolls per acre, being 12 boll* per acre above the usual average. Indeed the crops in general this year on the banks of the Tyne are said to be eo promising, that they are expected to average about 26 bolls per acre.— Tyre Mercury. The sickle is still in full operation throughout the county ; although an immense quantity of corn has already been lodged in the granary. The wheat around us falls both excellent in quality and abundant in quantity. The barleys are a good crop, the calculations being between five and six quarters to the acre. The oats are equally promising Maidstone Gaulle. We have been favoured with the most delightful weather during the past week, which the farmers have made the most of. The harvest is quite general, and the crops good, in this neighbourhood—Cheater C. The influence of the Government in Essex is very consi derable, especially down the river, and along the coast. This, as well as the whole weight of the Church, was thrown into the scale of the successful candidate, Colonel Tyrrell, who, besides this, had an ad vantage to which we may allude, but must not permit ourselves to mention. Such was the determined abstinence from plunder ob served by the heroic men who accomplished the late revolution in Paris, that we are credibly informed, on one of them having been discovered to have purloined a valuable watch from a body slain during the en counter, and determined to retain it, he was shot dead by his incensed comrades. Yesterday afternoon, a porter who had been hired to take some valuable luggage in a truck from the counting-house of Messrs. Cohen and Co. Great St. Helen's, to the residence of E. Cohen, Esq. in Suffolk-place, Islington, absconded with the whole of the property, which was contained in two black leather trunks and a wooden case. It consisted of linen, wearing apparel, silk dresses, and other valuables of the family, and amounted to upwards of 5001. Yesterday morning, a shipwright, named Joseph Cooke, while walking along New Gravel-lane, near Rateliff-highway, suddenly fell down. He was taken to the shop of Mr. Crouch, surgeon, who at tempted to bleed him, but in vain : the vital spark was extinct. The deceased was in his 68th year, and has left a wife and four children. A woman named Mary Fitzgerald has been committed to Cork goal, charged with the murder of her infant child, in an unoc cupied room, in Fair-lane. She attempted the lives of two othcrs of her children, at the age of six and four years. The wretched woman, it is thought, is deranged. SEDUCTION.—At the Cork Assizes, on Thursday, an action for seduction was tried before Mr. Justice Torrens. It was brought by a widow, named Anne Cordner, against a Mr. Mich. Murphy, (son of the Governor of the County of Cork gaol,) to re cover compensation for the degradation and disgrace cast upon her by the seduction of her daughter, Anne Cordner, by the defendant. Damages were laid at 10001. Miss Anne Cordner, who appeared to be about twenty-three years of age, was examined. It appeared from her testimony that she went to school with defendant's sister, and became by that means acquainted with the defendant's family. She was in the habit of walking with the defendant on the Dyke, and in one of these promenades, in April, 113'29, under a promise of marriage, the first offence was committed—a repetition of which occurred at different places, and at the house of the defendant's father. Subsequently, defendant refused to fulfiil his pledges, and witness was delivered of a female child in December following. Defendant's Counsel (Recorder Wagget) said the plaintiff appeared a most negligent mother, and that her conduct as respected her child, in allowing her to walk, morning, noon, and night, with young men, was not such as gave her a claim to damages. It was well to talk of the impropriety of such conduct on the part of a young man ; but when he found a girl as ready as himself, and willing to leap into his arms at the first invitation, it was too much to expect from human nature, that under such circumstances t h e dictates of morality would not sometimes be lost sight of. 3lr. Justice Torrens summed up the evidence. The great point for the consideration of the i Jury was the conduct of the plaintiff in the care and nurture of her family. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 1001. and 6d. costs. ACCIDENT.—Friday, an accident happened near Anston, which, although providentially unattended with fatal consequence‘, ex hibited some singular circumstances. 51r. Procter, a relative of the Rev. Mr. Crabtree, of Laughton.en-le.Morthen, with his sister, were proceeding in a gig, with a strong and spirited blood horse, along the road, when they met a marketman driving two small carts; he hastily turned the head of the first horse to the roadside, and proceeded to do the same with the other ; when;however. the gig Caine up. the carter 's former horse, making a sudden diversion towards the middle of the road, frightened the animal in the gig, which, running instantly over a heap of stones, overturned the vehicle, and tossed the couple, almost unhurt, into the ditch. The horse immediately turning, jerked the gig upon its wheels, and galloped back up the lane, till it came to a six-barred gate ; this the animal dared, and actually cleared, with the gig behind, and afterwards like manner another fate, when he found himself in a large field, where he was secured, having done but little injury to himself, the gig, or the individuals who had been thrown out, although such was the force with which he went over the former gate, that the strong hooks, Ott which it hung, were actually drawn front the post l It may be ob. served, as a curious coincidence, that a lad, who was breaking stones on the Mali, and who had seen the party go by him all smoothly, but a few minutes before, had observed to a looker on, that " it was fine sport tiding in a gig."—Sheffieid Iris. SCINTILLA:. TO THE fit I COLOUR. MY T. ROSCOE, Esq. Down, down with your colouts, ye slaves ! Ye despots ! bow low the proud knee To the Standard of Freedom that royally waves With the sovereign people's decree. Proclaim it aloud, till it rings Through the regions of earth to the sky— That Victory's freemen have made themselves kings, And claimed their Divine Right from high. Joy, joy to thee, land of the brave ! To the gallant and fearless in soul, Who dared to tell Europe, lwued fast slave with slave, And her despots in steel-clad controul, That the spirit of Gaul was not dead— That the last drop of blood in her veins For her young rights of freedom should gladly be shed, Till her children were washed from their stains. The pollution of ages of crime,— Of scorn, and oppression, and wrong, From those libels of monarchs whose names thro' all time. With our Stuarts, to shame shall belong. We honour thee, land of the Gaul ! The beacon of light in the storm— The last glorious bulwark of patriots, when all Had perished--orctinged like the worm. Then up with your proud Tricolour, The emblem of Hope to the world ; Let it wave from each mast-head, each palace and tower To the ends of the earth be unfurled. Let it blanche the hot blood of the priest, Of the lordling, the minion—the broed Of old tyrants whose vultures are trained to the feast— Whose talons drank deep of your blood. The day-star of Europe bath risen ! Young Freedom's creation's begun ; At her word, out of Anarchy, Slavery, and Treason, Spring Light, Peace, and Order, whose sun O'er a new earth and heaven bath beamed— The homes and the hearts of the free ; 'Tis a glory—a triumph we dare not have dreamed, And we owe it, brave Paris, to thee. What honours—what wreaths of renown, To the heroes of Liberty due ! Crown, crown, on the thrones of earth's despots hurl'd down, Our Citizen Kings who are true. • Let us honour your brows with the palm Of victories won with your voice ; Your example shall teach man to dare yet becalm, Your victory—man to rejoice. These, these are the thanks we decree To the saviours of Freedom and France ! Not the thanks vow'd by Courts to new despots o'er thee, When our Metternich statesmen advance. Then up with your brave Tricolour, The emblem of Hope to the world ; Let it wave on each mast-head, each palace and tower, To the ends of the earth be unfurl d ! The following placard was exhibited to tl►e view of the per sons collected opposite Crockford's, on Saturday night, attracted by the illuminations : To behold all this fuss, you would really conceive King William the Patron of sinners ; But those who best know him will never believe lie cares either for losers or winners. MONSIEUR ROUGET DE LILLE, AUTHOR OF TII I CELEBRATED MARSEILLOIS HYMN. —This veteran votary of the Muses, on whom the new monarch of France has settled a pension, was born at lions le Saulnier, in 1760. He was early known as a man of letters, but the universal, and, perhaps, unexampled success of the national air above mentioned, has eclipsed all his other productions. In 1792, at the commensement of the French revolution, 111. de Lilk wrote both the words and the music of this air, which was then called. " War Song for the Army of the Rhine." Perhaps there never was an impression so widely and rapidly spread, as the enthusiasm produced by this air. It was the song of the morning and the evening ; whether in peaceful employment at home, or preparing to combat the enemy on the frontiers, it was the burden of every Frenchman's voice. The following short and pithy dialogue actually took place, a few days since, between a worthy and enlightened elector of the borough of Southwark and his friend Mr. A. So, Mr. L. you have turned out Calvert ?" " Yes, Sir," snuffed Mr. L. Mr. A. " But why did you wote agen him ? " Mr. L. " Why, cos he woted for the Beer Bill." Mt. A. a Oh, lawks, you're tin-informed, he muted cx. actly the rewerse." Mr. L. " Well, 1 don't know ; but he done sum. rout, and so we injected him." W TCttc R A rr.—A case was brought before the Justice of Peace Court at Cromarty, on Monday week, of a singular descrip. tion. The circumstances are as follow :—A small anchor having a short time ago been stolen from John Fraser, boatman, at Ferrytown, parish of Resolis, he set out for Inverness with the view of consulting Miss Hay, who is reported to be skilled in the occult sciences. The usual fee having been demanded and readily paid, the spaewife, alter having chalked out two letters (D. H.) directed Fraser to return home, assuring him that the first person he should meet, the initials of whose name would answer to the above letters, was the thief. It happtntd that soon after his return, Fraser met David Holm, farmer at Ferrytown, whose initials corresponded with the letters, and he was accordingly de. nounced as the guilty person. The man, however, convinced of his in. nocence, and seeing that his character was at stake, prosecuted Fraser for defamation before the Justices, who, after having taken a proof, awarded the sum of 21. of damages against Fraser, with expences. The Justices strongly reprobated " consultations" of the description referred to. which have become very prevalent in knolls, and directed a copy of the judgment in this case to be posted on the church door of that parish oa Sunday. A correspondent in the Timierury Free Press commu nicates the following " important" information :—" A Vestry was held in the Parish Church of Fethard, on Monday last, the flth instant, for the purpose of confirming the applotment. The apploucrs levied sum of twopence-halfpenny per acre on Protestant landholders, am! one halfpenny per acre on Catholics. 111 r. Thomas Heffernan and a great number of the parishioners attended. • • The l'nion of Fethard contains about 12,000 acres. 11 would be well if all the parishes in Ireland would follow the example set in Fethard." PERIODICAL PRESS AT ALGIERS.—W e have ken favoured with a sight of the Ectufetle d'Alyer, from the Nth 14' Jure to the 11th of July last. This singular production is one of fruits of the occupation of that capital by the French : and a few selections from the numbers before us, cannot but prove ir.teresting to the rcala. —Atheneum. An old Algerine woman, who had been captured in a ecuntry house, whilst loading her husband's musket in defending himself against his Gallic assailants, had been brought into the camp at Sidi Ferruch. The man was killed, and the woman slightly wounded. Shc was kindly treated, and gave the captors to understand, in a melancholy tone of voice, " that she was perfectly aware what object the invaders had in view, who had come for no other purpose than to I.stk after fine women ;" but, she told them, " they would be foiled in their ent•CLI. tiohs, and would not meet with a single beautiful face la all Algiers. They should have turned another way, and paid a visit to Tutus." FRENCH DiGNlTAttiv.s.—ne Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs served under Napoleon, first as Kelt ct of the Cote d'Or, then as Councillor of State, afterwards as Director-General o f Bridges and Highways, and lastly, as M.nister of Justice. He was terwanls placed at the head of the Naval Board by Louis XVIII. it great experience in public affairs, coolness, caution, and considerable talent as an orator. be of any consequence, there can be no doubt of the Count proving himself quite equal to Lord Aberdeen ! This °like sill require extraordinary prudence and foresight for some time to come, on account of the jealousy which many of those will be careful to cherish. with whom the Foreign Secretary will, of necessity, have to do. The Duke de Broglio is President of the Council, and has also the sub.tle partment of Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Afiliirs. Ills claims ¶0 office rest on other grounds than those of his having previously bten in the Ministry ; but he is not likely to prove inferior to his colleaguis. being a man of great mental resources, and possesses not only a daugh ter of the celebrated Madame de Stael, but is a great admirer of lady's politics.—Al. B. Constant is President of the Committee of Le gislative and Administrative Justice; Lieu*..Gcneral Gerard, Alinist er of War; S t bastiani, Minister of Marine; AI. Guizot, a man of so me literary reputation, Minister of the Interior; Al. Dupont de l*Fure, Mi nister of Justice; and Lafitte, the banker, Casimir Paler, 'Signor. and the elder Dupin, are Ministers with. ut departments.—Sheteld .11( 7 - cloy. that HI lUD'S. In Montague-square, on the 25 b inst. the lady or Major 11. H. Close. of a 25th hitt. the tidy of Nicholas Garry, Esq. of Stratton street, of a son. MARRIED. The 44th inst. at St. Luke's. Chebea, T. Burrow, Esq. of Dolton place, to Harriet. eldest daughter of J. Stephen, Eq. Chutch.street. DIED. At Worthing, on the 14th inst. Anna, the second daoght. rof Sir C F. Goring, Bart. of Highden, Susses—ln Kenton-street, nuns wick-square, on the 24th inst. Susan, second daughter of 11..1idable , F..q. in the 15th year of her age—The 25th inst. J. Darvill. Esq• la te of Kentish-town. LONDON: Printed and rubllshed by JOHN MAYNE, at the STAR. Orrtcr, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. mai so, and ma dig mo our wil mu pa int ing Ilk •OO {MI des the wil htri Tr Mil Lo Ex