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4. 4 , ''' ~ '* -4 ~.,, 4 ..3,. " -, ) HE FAMILY MAGAZINE. ‘N,•I7 - 174 . :‘ , • ....—......—. CHARACTERISTICS Pio.) .1.4,1 OZ ?Tbe barber takes you by the nose, And talks about 'widen . • And Thames-Street warehou semen disclose Their art in crane-iology. lasi dying speeches beggars sell, And prate about buy-ography ; While journeymen take walks, and well Improve them in toe-pography. The milkman, who turns pale each day, While studying astronomy, Calls pouring on the milky way Political economy. Our waggoners that uphill go, Can tell you of highdrato.lics; They taste the luxury of " woe !" And drag through lectures prolix. Now gardeners extract their roots By science, till they've not any ; And costermongers taste the fruits (While selling greens) of Botany. Innkeepers double entry learn, And wisely calculate; • While carpenters those sawyers spurn, Who log-arithms hate. The march of intellect all love ; All wish to have a hand in; E'en cobblers labour to improve The human understanding. Of the present Number of the Family Magazine, it may be truly said, of nonsense and trash there is none, of good sense and useful information, ample to repay the trouble of its perusal and small price, f:es the most fastidious. Several of the tales are interesting. The only article in which we perceive anything to blame, is in that c stilled " The Family Physician." All the observations in this pa. jar are sound, but that in which he recommends abstinence from me. iieine. until a person " finds he has need for them." Now no one ...in approve of swallowing nostrums on fanciful suspicions: but living, as the most prudent do, in this metropolis, and following the habits of society, it may be almost said that no individual should exempt himself from taking a simple cathartic occasionally, even as a preventative. More are lost from not taking medicines in time, than taking them too often. We abridge below an article on Algiers, with some stanzas above on the " March of Intellect," which we derive through the medium of this Magazine, the stanzas being merely introduced as an extract from the poem under the above name, published with Cruickshank's humorous illustra tions. The Regency of Algiers extends to the Desert; but the &nth°. rity of the Dey ceases at the chain of the great Atlas the martial tribes dwelling in the lofty valleys, or roving through the date country on the margin of the Desert, laugh at his power, or are even ignorant of his name. On the coast, and for a certain dis tance inland, the soil is tolerably well cultivated: and this part is chiefly inhabited by Moors. Towards the mountains permanent abodes become more and more rare, and scarcely any thing is to be seen but pasturage and tents: here dwell the wandering tribes of the ancient conquerors of the country. They still departure the lower valleys of the Atlas; but the upper belong to the tribe of the Berbers. Of the four governments into which the country is divided, three are situated on the coast, the fourth in the interior—the seat of the latter is a moveable camp amidst the Arab tribes. This camp is pitched by a division of Turkish soldiery, wherever the collection of tribute from the moving Arabs renders it necessary: and it is the capital of the southern province. When Horace Barbarossa appeared before Algiers, he was the leader, but not the master, of his crews. These Turkish adven. turns had committed the sword of authority to the ablest band, and their laws resembled those of all the freebooters both of the old and new world, that is to say, plunder was the universal ob ject, one was as good as another, and they had all equal rights. The original equality prevailing among a band of pirates has been kept up in the corps of the Turkish soldiery. The only ins. quality consists in rank, which is attained strictly by seniority. The Dey alone is elected, and that by the whole corps. All receive the mate pay without distinction of rank ; the Aga and the Dey only having double allowance and being paid first. All the 'Turkish soldiery are styled effendi, or master; the lowest of them with a look strikes terror into the most !powerful of the Arabs and Moors. They pay no taxes, are supported in all dis putes with the natives, are exclusively appointed to all offices of state, and in this case also according to seniority, so that ifs man lives long enough he is sure to arrive at last at the source of wealth. They are attended in their barracks by slaves at the ex. pense of their government, are allowed four loaves a day, and have the privilege of purchasing meat for one third less than the ordi nary price; they have a share in the prizes and may equip vessels at their own cost. When they become old and unfit for service, the State maintains them and their children, and gives them quiet lucrative offices. But in no point has the simple system prevailing , among the original crew of a Corsair been so closely preserved as in the double right of electing and deposing the Dcy, and interfering immediately in affairs of state . A Dey seldom reigns longer than five or six years; he is almost always put to death by the soldiers, whenever they are dissatisfied either with the too long continuance of peace, or with their pay being in smear. Every deposed Dcy must die even though the supreme power was forced upon him ; none can abdicate it. The Dey is, in the fullest extent of the term, the executive power of the sovereign body which has elected him ; he exercises it by means of a dozen ministers, declares war and concludes peace, levies taxes and imposts, is general of the troops, supreme judge in every thing; in short his will is law. So terrible is the power of the Dey that his will is seldom opposed in the Divan, unless the Divan know that a mutiny is prepared to support their resistance in case of emergency. The Divan confirms for form's sake, the principal ordinances of the executive power The Dey in person takes cognizance of criminal cases: the admi. niatration of civil justice is deputed to the two Cadis, under whom are other judges, who take their rounds in the villages. So small a number of judges would be overwhelmed with business if suits were so frequent and so long as in Europe ; but this has been provided against. Whoever loses his cause receives the bastinado for taking up the time of the officers. A complainant who commences a pro cess for some frivolous cause fares the same; but if the affair is intricate both parties are beaten that they may learn to make out a simpler statement of their case. Hence, whoever seeks the inter. ference of law must be previously certain of the justice of his cause. No such thing as delay is to be thought of ; the witnesses are exa mined on the spot, and the judges pronounce immediate sentence, from which there is no appeal. The longest causes last an hour at farthest ; most are dispatched in five minutes. and nobody has long to wait for the execution with which they finish, that is the bastinado. Criminal justice, which is always administered before the tribunal of the Dey himself, is not less prompt ; there is no appeal from his sentence, and it is always executed instantaneously. The murderer is doomed to die; a thief has his hand cut off, and is led through the city upon an as ; a Christian or a Jew suspected of intercourse with a elahomedan woman receives the bastinado ; if the offence is proved he is put to death, and the woman, after being paraded about upon an ass, is sewed up in a sack and thrown into the sea ; the fraudulent bankrupt, if a European, is strangled, if a Moor hanged, if aJew burned. For less heinous offences there is the bastinado, from the minimum of thirty strokes to the maximum of twelve hun. And. Imprisonment is not usual, the bastinado is cheaper and more prompt. Other circumstances concur with those already mentioned to run. der crimes of rare occurrence. Accomplices are punished in the same degree as principals; every district is responsible for the rob beries committed within it; the price of all kinds of provisions is fixed ; and the shopkeeper who cheats is hanged. The police is ad mirable, and every thing is communicated to the Dey. The streets of the city, as well as the roads in the country•, ate tolerably safe ; the Turk is too proud to degrade himself into a robber ; and the responsibility of the district, the consequence of which is a mutual vigilance not easily evaded, keeps the Moon in order. The pro vinces are governed in the name of the Dey by Beys who are more severe than himself. Every town of consequence has also its go vernor called Caid ; these Caids take what has escaped the rapacity pf the Bey, for, as the officers in general have no salary, they are al lowed to turn their power to the best account they can, and they •ever fail to do so. The ordinary revenues of the Regency consist of the tenth of the whole produce of the soil ; 2. the tribute of the Arabs ; 3. the property:of all who die without heirs ; 4. a duty of 21 per cent. on imports and exports ; S. a tax of twenty dollars on vessels anchor ing in the ports of the Regency, 8. the produce of the licences foe the export of corn, oil, and cattle ; 7. the sale of salt ; 8. the pr.. &Kea piracy; and, 9. the presents of the Christian powers. Al these resources together yield between two and three millions if francs : the expenditure amounts to much more, so that, but for the providenee of the Dey, there would be a yearly deficit,. were it not made up by extortion. The army was originally composed of the Turkish soldiery aloes —that is, of fifteen or twisty *boomed ; but the wars with Tunis and Morocco obliged the government to form a militia of natives, called Zouavi. Under a popular Dey, and in times of great emergency, the army of Algiers may be augmented to 100,000 men ; but in general only one-fourth of that number are on foot. Their first onset is said to be tremendous, but when once defeated they speedily disperse. The government formerly possessed but a single ship ; all the others belonged to Moorish owners. They were required to lend them, in use of necessity, to the State, and to replace them imme diately if they happened to be lost; thus the State had always a fleet which cost it nothing. The same system is still pursued, only the government has more ships of its own. The slaves are not treated so rigorously by far as is generally imagined. Women of quality always fall to the share of the Dey ; they are well used till their ransom arrives; the others are sold, but seldom ill-treated As for the men, those are best off who be come the slaves of the State: the Dey always takes the youngest and handsomest for pages, and these lead a very easy life, as do those also who are appointed to the service of the barracks. Any one who understands a trade may practice it in the city on paying a portion of his daily earnings; nay, many obtain permission to have separate houses, though all are obliged to pass the night in the slave-yard. People in general are very indulgent to their slaves that they may not lose them." LAW RF.PORTS. COURT OF CHANCERY, Avo. 9. IN THE MATTER OP HORSLEY', ♦ LUNATIC. Mr. Sotic rroa-Ozuzaar. said this was the petition of the committee of the person and estate of the lunatic, and it prayed that a sum of 200 guineas, which had been allowed by the Muter to Dr. Wilmot, for visiting the lunatic at his estate in Yorkshire might be disallowed. Dr. Wilmot had on a former occasion been permitted by an order of the court to make a similar visit, and had been allowed the sum now charged. In the course of the last year he made another journey, and had claimed another sum of 200 gui. ness in consequence. The Muter reported that it ought to be paid to him, and the committee opposed it because there had been no order of the court authorising the visit. Mr. RoVPELL was heard in support of the Masters report. The Loan Cnawcar.Lou said, that as the visit hid been made without any direction by the Court, the payment recommended by the Muter could not be allowed. He did not mean to disparage the value of Dr. Wilmot's services, nor to say that he ought not to receive some remuneration. A sum of 100 guineas might be al lowed him, but no more, and the reduction was made solely on the ground that his interference had not been required by any direction of the Court. IN RE SIR O. Pt TURNER, • LUNATIC. Mr. PHlLListoar stated this to be the petition of the committee, which stated that the pools' rates in the parish of Bicester had reached a very large amount,—Vis. in the pound, in consequence of which it had been thought advisable to encourage emigration among the paupers. The petition, therefore, prayed a reference to the Master to ascertain the propriety of advancing a certain sum of money for the purpose of enabling persons who were chargeable to the parish of Bicester to emigrate. His LORDSHIP asked if there were any affidavits stating the rea diness of the paupers in question to concur in the proposed emigra tion, or that the scheme had been agreed to by the other landed pro. prietors of the neighbourhood ? Mr. PHILLIMORE said he was not furnished with any such affi. davits. His LORDSHIP said, then it was impossible that the Court could make any such speculative order. Unless the case which was put by the petition should be proved to the satisfaction of the Court, it could not take upon itself to become a party to such an arrangement. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COORT, Augtgat 9. John Harvey, a wood -cutter, was opposed by Mc. Barry, on behalf of a creditor, named Browning. Mr. Cooke supported the insolvent. Examined by Mr. Barry.—Mr. Browning is his only creditor: be was journeyman wood-cutter to Mrs. Anson, of 4, Vine.street, Lambeth ; was not a master; he worked a little on his own ac count ; he cannot read or write ; he is ignorant of all sorts of learning ; he worked up the timber for Mrs. Anson ; he had been married ; had separated from his wife previous to her death, and allowed her a maintenance ; he had lived in the yard belonging to the house for seven years; can't say whether Mrs. Anson is a spin. ster or a widow ; two or three months before Christmas her name was on the cart ; his own name was on it afterwards ; on the 20th of •July, 1829, his name was on the cart ; the horse was not his—it was a borrowed one ; had no lease of the premises ; Mrs. Anson sold the wood, and paid the rent of the house ; he had been foreman to her better than twenty months ; he received 18s. weekly; there was not a shWing profit paid to him on the timber; he had bought wood from other persons besides Mr. Browning, because he would not supply him. An offer of 151. had been made by a Mr. Duncan to Mr. Browning to settle the action, which had been refused. Mr. Barry.—Mrs. Anson's name ought to be on the debtor's side of the schedule. Martha Anson examined by Mr. Barry.--She is a single woman; she knew the insolvent ; he had been her foreman ; he lodged with her ; believes he had been separated from his wife ; she died on the 2d of March ; he was not a partner, was foreman only ; insolvent bought wood for her. The Chief Commissioner—The witness is answerable to Mr. Browning. By Mr. Cooke.—The timber had been worked on the premises. Examination continued.--The debt was originally 491. odd ; a part had been paid ; she would have come to some settlement, but Mr. Browning could never be seen. She could not say whether she had lent the insolvent 151. perhaps she might have lent him a few pounds ; he might have paid 151. himself out of his saving ; if she had lent him a few pounds, she freely forgave him. He used the wood and received the money to pay for his wife's far.eral. The Chief Commissioner—Why do you not go and pay the ? The money witness said she had not the means. The horse and cart were always her's ; she had the horse three years ; she has the cart now ; her name has been on the cart since the 30th of July, 1829 ; she allowed the insolvent to put his name on it, but it was al ways her's. Mr. Barry—What, allow your foreman to put his name upon it ! The bills were made out, sometimes in his name, and sometimes in her's; she paid him 12s. 13s. and IGL a week, but never so high as 20s. she owes him no wages; her business is going on now. By Mr. Cooke—The business is in the bundle wood way ; there is not a i f e r: r ai deal of profit attached to it. Mr. —llly client ought not to be defrauded by this man and woman; it a juggle between them. The Chief Commissioner— There can be no doubt that the money was her's; I suppose she let the foreman into the secret. Mr. Cooke—Mr. Browning was a great fool not to take it. The Chief Commissioner—l advise a settlement ;it looks like a conspiracy; the parties may take time until Wednesday to arrange the matter; should no arrangement take place by that time, a jutig. ment must follow. Mrs. Anson is a person of respectable appearance, and curtsied low to the opposing counsel on being asked if she was single. William Finch, a saddler, was opposed by Mr. Cooke on behalf of a creditor named Joseph Newman. Mr. Nicholls supported the insolvent. From the examination of the insolvent. it appeared that he had been in business at Maidon in Essex, and finding himself in diffi culties in February last, he called a meeting of his creditors, and offered them 12s. in the pound. At this period he owed about 5001. and so soon as he bad made the arrangement with them, he paid the composition out of the money arising from the sale of his business, which he disposed of to a person named Palmer. The insolvent underwent a long examination with respect to the property disposed of, which realized nearly 3001. The Chief Commissioner said, he saw nothing in the conduct of the insolvent but what was intended for the benefit of the creditors, and when he had filed a copy of a particular will in Court, be would be discharged. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LEWES, Auo. 9. The Assizes commenced hers this day. Lord Tenterden presided in the Crown Court, Mr. Baron Harrow in the Nisi Prins. Lord TENTERDEN addressed the tirand Jury. The number of prisoners to be tried (he said) was very considerable, and their duty in consequence might be increased. The calendar, however, did not present any eases of particular interest. There are no cases of an aggravating character, except those of two for violently assaulting females. Mr. itughea, the counsel for three young men committed in 1829, for an assault of this description, produced an affidavit from the surgeon who attended the prosetutrix, stating her utter incapability of appearing in Court, owino bad health ; upon this Lord Ten terden told the prisoners they might be at liberty on producing good bail. STAFF' )RD, FRIDAY ' Atm. 6. CROWN SIDE..-4BefOri us Mr. Jilce BosematEis Thomas Badria, and Frederick Shorthose, were Indic for the wiltid murder of Thomas Hollier, yeoman, at Burton-upon-Trent, on the 13th of March, 1828. The deceased was at a house called the New-inn. at Horainglow, on the night in question, when a quarrel arose between him and the prisoner Battle, about a dog. The deceased left the house about seven o'clock. on hoese.bacb, and was afterwards seen by several person at &Arent parts of the road leading to Burton. The next morning, a little before five o'clock, a labouring man, on going to his ren d vered the body of the deceased lying across the road M the towards Little Burton. His horse was fastened to a gate about 35 yards off. The cue was stopped by the learned Judge, after 10 or 16 wit nesses had been examined. The principal evidence to implicate the prisoner Batkin, was a declaration made b hint before the deceased left the New Inn, that if he (the ) came out of the house that night, he would give him such a beating as be had never had in his life. Shorthorn had interfered in the quarrel between the deceased sod Batkin, and offered to second the latter in fighting the de ceased. It appeared by the evidence of the medical men who were examined, that Hollier's death bad been caused by an effusion of blood upon the brain, arising from a fracture of the skull; but there was no evidence to show that the fracture had been occasioned by violence. The Jury, under the learned Judge's directions, acquitted the prisoners. This case closed the business of these assizes to-day about three o'clock. The Judges left Stafford about five o'clock for EccleshaU, where they were invited to dine with the Lord Bishop of the diocese. None of the prisoners have been left for execution. Nightingale and Lawrence, the two men who were convicted of putting off several forged notes of the Devises bank, have been sentenced to 14 years' transportation. POLICE REPORTS. Maxiirow-Housr..—A big fellow, who turned out to be a watch man belonging to Broad-street Ward, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with rioting in the street, and breaking the win. dorm of a well-known old gentleman, who is remarkable for not having worn a hat for 40 years. The defendant, it was stated, had taken the opportunity, before his comrades were upon duty, to get himself into a beastly state of intoxication, and to "chew fight," as the pu. gilists say of a man who puts himself in a boxing attitude, to those who approached him. At last he took a fancy to quar rel with the windows of a Mr. Ward, a carver and gilder, in Bishopsgate-street, and punched in the glass. Mr. Ward, how. ever, did not approve of this mode of accommodating him with air , and called an officer, to whom he complained of the conduct of the watchman. The officer instantly seized the warlike watchman, and requested that he would quietly march before the Lord Mayor. " No," said the watchman, " I'm blowed if I do. I don't want to see no Lord Mayor"—and he thereupon called aloud to the crowd, " Here's the b--y Jenny Derbys. We shall be pulled and destroyed by the Jenny Darbys."—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR begged to know of the o ffi cer what was meant by tfie'.lenny Darbys? The officer said the defendant meant the French police, and al• though he called them by their French name, the Jenny Darby% it was wonderful how the common people, what know'd little or no French, understood his meaning. The LORD MAYOR—Aye, it was a serious word to use. The officer said it certainly was a dangerous word, for the mo ment the defendant called out the mob rescued him, and it was with difficulty he (the officer) again gut hold of the unruly fellow, and then he refused to walk. He would. as be was going to the Sian dion.house, go like a gentleman, and so we were obligated to get him .., a coach. _ The LORD MAYOR —WeII, I think we are improving in our watchmen at least. Pray, defendant, do you wish to say any thing on this subject? The Defendant—Please your Lordship, I was drunk, but I hope you will look over it this once ; I didn't mean no harm. The LORD MAYOR—At what hour did this outrage take place? The officer said, the watchman was at the height of his glory at five o'clock in the evening. The LORD MAYOR—I shall represent this to the Watch Com. mittee of Broad -street, and I am convinced they will not be troubled any longer with such a protector. You must also find bail, and pay for the coach and the broken window, and I advise you in future to stick to your own language. The watchman was then taken to the Compter. GUILDRALL.—Anthony Cunningham, the young man who was brought up on Saturday, in consequence of having jumped off Black friars-bridge, under the idea that some men were pursuing him for the purpose of " Burking" him, was again placed at the bar. Sir PETER asked him if any one was present who knew him but the prisoner replying in the negative, Sir Peter Laurie expressed his surprise, as the case had obtained so much publicity. He asked the gaoler how he had behaved in the Compter ? The gaoler re. plied that the prisoner behaved very quietly, keeping apart (rasp the other prisoners, and scarcely speaking. Sir PETER asked him how long he had supposed that persons in tended to sell his body to the surgeons ? The prisoner replied it was about a week. Did they speak to you ? said the Magistrate. No, replied the pri. loner, but they followed me wherever 1 went. Sir PETER endeavoured to erase the unfortunate impression from the poor fellow's mind, and assured him there was no " Hurting" going forward in London. He awakened bis mind also to the wick edness of attempting to put himself to death. An officer was sent with him to the pawnbroker's, where his pipes were pledged, and money was given to redeem them; and Potter, the beadle of Blackfriars, undertook to pass him on. As the poor fellow's feet were quite bare, a pair of shoes was given to bins. QUIVEN-11QUAIS.-W. .r. Brown% and J. Wat Mow three lads, the eldest not more than 16 years of age, were charged with stealing from the person of General Morris, of 48, Cadogan place, one silk handkerchief. The handkerchief was produced, but the General refused to swear that it was his property, as he had no mark upon it. Mr. Uregorie said that did away with the felonious charge, and he should commit them for three months to the house of correction. TX/MIS-POLICE.—T. Burton was charged with stealing a pair of new boots from the shop of W. Orarenor, Shadwell. He was earning tl. 15s. per week when he committed this act of disho nesty, which will consign his wife and family to a workhouse, and ruin him for life. Committed. James Powell was charged with a brutal assault on Timothy Murphy, a police-constable, and breaking his leg. The officer was called to quell a riot on Saturday-night in Old Gravel-lane. when the ruffian knocked, him down and kicked him in the head and side. On rising Murphy again laid hold of the prisoner, who was rescued ; and while three of the prisoner's companions held the officer, the prisoner best him with his clenched fist in the face, un til he bled profusely from the nose and mouth. They afterwards dashed him on the ground, and in the end dislocated his knee, and it is doubtful whether he will ever recover the use of the injured limb. The prisoner was fined 6L and, in default of payment, was com. mitted to prison for two months. LAYBETH.STILEET.—It will be seen by the details of the fol. lowing case that the most friendly feeling does not seem to exist between the parochial authorities and the new police, in some of the metropolitan parishes. A policeman belonging to K. division was yesterday broaght before MUSH. WYATT and WALKER, for OF exulting Smith, one of the beadles of All Saints, Poplar. Smith stated, that on the night of Friday last, between ten ad eleven o'clock, while standing at his own door, he observed the de. fendant taking one of the late parochial watchmen to the station. house. He did not in the slightest degree interfere with him at the time, though on his return, and perceiving him (Smith) standing at his door, he asked him what he knew about him ? He (Smith) replied, nothing, nor did he wish to know. The defendant then be came abusive, on which he was about to take his number, for the purpose of reporting him to his superiors, when he seised him by the arm, and insisted on his going with him to the station-house. He did so, but was not detained there. The policeman, in reply, said that it was Smith who insisted on his going to the station-house. A police sergeant said that, when the parties came to the sta tion house, neither gave charge, but they complained of each other's conduct. Mr. Clark, one of the overseers of poplar, remarked that the pa rochial authorities considered this attack on their officer most illegal and unjustifiable, and therefore it was that they advised that he should come before their worships for redress. Mt. Ship, an inspector, said, instead of the policemen finding protection and assistance from the parochial authorities, in some parts of the district they experience a very different feeling. This he thought arose from what was considered a grievance, namely, the high amount of the police rate. Mr. Ship added, that the short time the new police were established the most beneficial results were perceptible. The streets of Poplar, which used to be the scenes of the greatest uproar and disturance during the whole of the night, previous to the introduction of the new police, were now at all hours of the night kept orderly and quiet, and not a single prostitute or low character was to be seen in them after 12 o'clock at night. The parish oftfesra declared that this was not the case, and that the streets wee MOM disorderly than durinig the old system. • The Nagloineos lememed tbst dose differences should exist, and dismissed the thugs, vonsorldsig that there were faults on both slimy which appeared to them to be tolerably balanced. A lad mooed Wilikon Dmilh was committed to Barking Nam of Correctims o .be Mad airing for sale a silver fork, there. isellent his torater, Wisirklge, of Btratford. woo no lengthen nevengelorgee Of different dessiptiowo brought ban the Maelstrom try Ai iwai pellet. NARY-LA-Botts .-.A. • i slul Scene of jusimile erranddnuency presented itself at Misr** . • y morning. Twoboys, named Brews and Watley, were charged with 'felony, and the oldest of them voiresse more dun fourteen years. Brown bad been three at four weeks in the envies of hie. Collier, at No. 31, Upper blary.la.bonne.street. A chafweensa found three entire pieces of new riband in his dinner-basket. lie confessed that he had con cealed three silk handkerchiefs and a pair of gloves in the canal?. box, and that he had received the whole from the other prisoner. Westley lived with Mr. Jones, a draper, in Tottenham Court.road. A policeman found a purse beneath the waistband of his breeches, which contained a ten-pound Bank of England note, two sovereigns, and some silver, and the prisoner acknowledged that be stole the money and the property found in Brown's possession, all from his master. In answer to questions from Mr. Rawlinson, the prisoners recriminated each other, and they were committed for trial, with orders to be kept separate. MAILIOROUGH.STREET.J. Ricks was yesterday brought before F. A. Roc, Esq. charged with creating a disturbance and throwing several stones through the drawing-room windows of the Viscountess De Tagoahy's mansion in Piccadilly. The defendant was brought here about three weeks since, charged with creating a disturbance at the Viscountess's, and upon his sp. pairing to express great sorrow for his outrageous conduct, he was discharged, upon strictly promising never again to go to the house. He however went again on Saturday evening, and after throwing several large stones through the windows, went up to the door and made use of the most violent language towards his wife, who was • servant there. While in the waiting-room of this Office yesterday, he was prevented by the officers from assaulting his wife, who has just risen from a bed of illness caused by his violence. Mt. Raz ordered him to find bail, and -1- 48 hours' notice. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT JARROW. The explosion took place in the Barham Seam of Jarrow Col. fiery, and twenty-three men and seventeen boys were instantly de stroyed, and several others more or less hurt, some of wham so severely that recovery is not expected. The men generally are of the married class, some of whom have left large families. Wednes day afternoon the Coroner proceeded to investigate the cause of this dreadful accident by bolding an inquest on the body of Wm. Hume. It was proved in further particulars of the evidence, that when the in flammable air was discovered, every precaution was resorted to for rendering the works perfectly safe. Mr. Boddie visited them regularly weekly up to Monday week, after which he was not in them again till after the accident, when, on getting to the face of the east drift. the cause of the accident was quite manifest. The whole front of the drift was detached from the roof on the left side, as if the block of coal forming the face of the drift had been detached by a blast of gunpowder. A ragged aperture, of about nine inches wide, was left between the coal and the roof, ands fissure about the same width tom out on the left hand side. On probing these aper tures as far as they could reach (about six feet at that time,) they found nothing but open space behind. It then became quite clear that the miners had holed into an old waste, and that the fracture was occasioned by the elastic force of what they termed a bag of foulness, which had been compressed in that species of natural gasometer, and which had rushed of in an enormous quantity, and fired at the first light with which it came in contact, consuming all the vital air in the small division beyond the stone drifts, and filling the workings with a dense smoke and after-damp, and deranging the ventilating apparatus so much as to cause the suffocation of the people before the air course could be restored. The state of the mine was so good, that they worked with candles, and the coal was blasted with gunpowder almost daily till the day previous to the ac cident, when the candles were put out. Mr. John Forster said, he was under-viewer, and spoke to the healthy state of the mine at five in the morning. When he heard of the fire he went with Mr. Johnson, and a man named Coxon. They put up stopping., and got as far as the " thirty-one feet trouble," where they found two boys alive. On going farther, the after.damp was so strong that they were compelled to wait. They then found that all the men on the east side would be dead. They immediately put up a stopping, and threw the air into the west side, by which they saved all that were in that side. On the Saturday he went round the mine, not only the workings but the waste, with his candle. If hs had apprehended danger he would not have gone down, and the pit should not have gone to work. The coroner recapitulated the evidence, and a verdict of " Ac. cidental Death" was returned. It was reported that the accident had been caused by two work. men having unscrewed the tops of their lamps, but this was ascer tained to be erroneous, as the men in question were found without any marks of fire about them. They had died of suffocation. The destruction of property has not been so great as on some for. er occasions, owing to the secluded nature of the workings. SCINTILLA. --on— LOVE IN THE SOUTH SE•S.—When the father of the present Chief of Lsgeba, whose name was Tuineau, died, two of his most beloved wives were buried alive with the corpse, one on each side. Love like this, supposing the arrangement to the taste of the ladies, would hardlybe found in England. DEBIT ATION s.—Menage derives the word peruke from the Latin pilau 'hair,' thus—pilus, pelus,pelsitus, peluikus, pehitiea, prima, peruke. This is nearly as ingenious as Porson's derivation of euenontar front Jeremiah King, chub—Jeremiah King, Jeremy King, Jerry King, Jer-king, Ger-kin, cucumber. A REWS VENDER.—The general anxiety to obtain away intelligence respecting Fiance, has, notwithstanding the se riousness of the subject, pect led to many ludicrous mistakes and oc arrears. A greedy news-seeker passing the other day the corner of Downing-street, saw two Gentlemen (whom he immediately in rated with all the dignities of" official Personages") conversing; and thinking, from the apparent eagerness of their discourse, that no doubt the airs of France engrossed their attention, he slowly and attentively passed them. He was not disappointed—the situation of France was the theme of their conversation—he repassed, and distinctly heard the words, " there is no doubt the citizens of France have taken umbrage...—m" no more could he wait to hear —delighted with having what he considered the first intelligence of era important fact—he hastened off' to all the news offices with " ia aederived from the highest authority, that after a sanguinary rate conflict, the glorious citizens of Paris had possessed s of l Umbrage,' and thatthe tri-coloured flag was actually lying oat that town ! WELLINGTON AND MA RLBOROUG H.—Marlborough almost began his great career by his grand battle of Blenheim. Wellington ended by his grand battle of Waterloo. Marlborough's ' greater glories were in the outset ; he started almost at once into a great captain, having previously served only a little in the Low Countries and a short campaign in Ireland. Wellington's fame went on like a snow-ball from the first, always increasing by suc cessive accumulations, till, by his victory at Waterloo, he crowned his own glory, and established the peace of Europe. Marlborough never had such an opponent as Bonaparte, who was unquestionably, besides his other astonishing qualities, the greatest Captain the Ca.- tinent of Europe ever produced. A CURE FOR ARS EN TELLS m.—The late Earl of liar court seems to have been anxious to guard, if possible, against the inheritor of his property spending his income out of England. His will directs, " That if the person who shall succeed to the lands purchased with the 80,0001. (left in the first instance to his witlots be absent from England more than six months at one time, unless he be so in the civil or military service of Great Britain, er under 25 years of age, and travelling for his education, he shall forfeit the advantages of such bequest." We hope the proviso will not make his posterity peculiarly anxious for office on any terms. In Paris, whilst the tribunal ofcommerce was declaring its inability to register the unconstitutional ordinances, the cannon were firing in all quarters, and a ball; which passed near the hall of audience, interrupted the reading of the judgment. " Shut the window," said the respectable President, calmly .— Paris papers say a work man, covered with blood and sweat, asked for a little nourish ment. Du ring the two days on which he had been fighting he had eaten nothing. An individual hastened to welcome him. He was scarcely seated, when the firing was heard. He threw away the bread, and went to place his noble soul in the hands of a merciful GOIN—The Archbishop of Pails attempted to depart from the capi. tal. An enormous sum in gold was found in his carriage. This Ad is the property of the prelate, and will be restored. BIRTHS. At Serjeaut'a.tan, the lady of S. F. T. Wilde, barrister.at-law. of a daughter.—At Geneva, the lady of Dr. Alacreight, of a sou. MARRIED. In Glasgow, W. Ross, Esq. merchant, Glasgow. -to Margaret Finlay, daughter of the late W. Furlong, Esq. of Wellshot, in the county of Lanark.—At St. Luke's-church, the Rev. T. Greenwood, B. A. of Trinity College, to Eliza Binfield, eldest daughter of the late J. Crawford, Esq. of Holton.—At St. Mary's, Lambeth, F. Grigg, Esq. of Brompton, Middlesex, to Sarah, second daughter of the Rev. J. Peers, of East-place, Lambeth, Surrey.—At St. Sa viour's, Southwark, Mr. J. Haighton, of Warner-street, Dover. road, to Miss Jane Crampton. of High.street, Southwark--At St. George's, Hanover-square, W. H. Place, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn, barrister.mt-law, eldest son of L. Place, of Weddington-hall, in the county of Warwick, Esq. to Ross Sophia, second daughter of the late It. T. Strratfield, of the Rocks, Sussex. DIED. On the 9th instant, at Devon;lti;e•place, Paddington, in the 75th year of his ege, T. Wilkinson, Eaq. formerly of Westhorpe, near Marlow, Bucks.—The Bth inst. in the sr.d year of her age, Mrs. Milner, relic of the late I. Milner, Esq. 14010 y-street, Southwark. —At Brighton, on the bth inst. Maria, the third daughter of . It. Calmer; Esq. of the Temple.—At Claphatn.rise, B. Zi ll ah. Esq. aged 89.—. At Cheltenham, in his 74th year, John Hottest, The+ of Dublin.—ln Pullin's-row, Islington, T. Smith, El (laze ef mu% h Star Brewery, Lower AVhitecross-street; .Cripplegate du year of his age. —At the house of H. & blau, Esq. 'sheath, A. 11'Neilage, Esq. of Argyleshire, late of Brighton, aged : Loa as : Primed and Pattaisbod by Jose Sian% at do %as- Ornos No. I. Piii•thpasse,Temple Ras.