Star. — London, England, 1830-09-01 00:00:00

PROVI NCLIL INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL, Aug. B.—A remarkable change in the usual flowing of the title to.dc place in our river yesterday. Instead of high water being at ItS mmutes after 12, which, according to the calculations of the tide-table, .04 expected to have been the ca.e, the tide flowed only ten minutes be tote twelve, and then beg a n to ebbLcaosing a variation of an hour and eight minutes. About three years ago an irregularity of the same kind 5.),, observed in this port and other places, which wu ultimately traced .0 an earthquake in the Peninsula. It is not unlikely that the present variation in the tide has been caused by some disorganization remote from o.tr shores. _ . . yesterday morning information being given of [something suspicions being observed floating on the water, in the neighbourhood of the Powder Magazine, Alr. Al'Dougal, tidewaiter, proceeded to the place, and found seven kegs strung to a buoy by a line of thirty or forty fa. titans long, tile whole being made fast to a thick post. With the help of three boatmen, by whom he was accompanied, he conveyed the cap :use to the King's warehouse, where five of the kegs were found to be tilled with rum, one with shrub, and one with tamarinds There hail originally been nine kegs attached to it, but two of them •'ad been pre.. % eddy got away ; and it is probable that the other seven would have :odowed them, but for the accidental circumstance of parting from their si corn, by which three of the rum casks came to light, and were seen floating on the surface.—Greenock itlvertiser. The fourth and last meeting for the season, of the South Saxon Archers, was holden on Thursday last, in Coneyborough-pack, when go, it prizes were contended tor. The first prizes, two of Waiing's b. st bows, were won by Colonel Goldfinch and Miss Julia Cripps ; the ,econcl, two ornamental quivers, were won by Mr. Cl. H. Borrer and miss M. l'ampion. The best shots of visitors who did not contend for the prizes, were those of Colonel Tucker and Mrs. H. Austen.—The rompany began to assemble at about one o'clock, and the shooting cemmenced soon afterwards. At a little before four, 128 of the neigh i•ouring Nobility and Gentry sat down to dinner, which was served up e• usual, by Mr. Insoll, of the Star inn. At five o'clock the shooting a as resumed, and continued until six, when the company enjoyed the tazy dance until dark. The weather, with the exeeption of a slight hower or two after dinner, was beautiful, and the whole off with great eclat. The Earl and Countess of Sheffield, the Ear and srd d Countess of Chichester, Viscount and Viscountess Gage, &c. honoured the meet. ing with their presence.—Swiss Advertiser. Lint week, a young lady, the daughter of a respectable Roman Ca. tnolic gentleman of Axminster, took the veil in the Franciscan Nun. fiery at Taunton. There may be some excuse for the aged, who have been struggling with adversity during an active life, to retire into soli tude, and, at the close of theft days, to reconcile themselves to the fir vEn of all good ; but it can never be considered as one of the duties or nature to immure in solitude and uselessness a young and amiable woman, qualified to adorn that society of which she is a member. It is a manifest and gross perversion of the first law of nature and the or dinances of Gon.—Bristol Journal. On the night of Thursday, the 12th instant, six cows (five fat and one milch,) belonging to Mrs. O'Meara, were poisoned on the lands of Killoscully, by pouring aquafortis into their ears—two are nearly dead, and the others wasting rapidly away. An apothecary in a neighbouring town sold 3oz. of aquafoitis to a man on the same evening, which he said he wanted to put on sithes, being a young mower.—Limerick Chronicle. A respectable young man, named Patrick Magrath, on his return from the fair of Windgap last Saturday, was waylaid by a party of men, who beat him with stones in so cruel a manner, that he died of his wounds on Monday. The deceased was the son of Laurence Alagnth, a farmer residing at Fourmik Water. Three of the fellow, concerned in the murder were shortly afterwards arrested by the police.—Tippe rary Free Press. We observe in many both of the Scotch and English newspapers, a recital of a horrid murder, said to have been perpetrated at a place called Arnot. near Dundee, the account of which is said to be taken from our paper. It is rather surprising that we should never have heard of the murder till we read it in the London Papers of Satur. day ; and it is more surprising still that we should be reputed the au thors of an account of a murder which we never heard of, and which, moreover, we believe, never happened. If there be another place in Great Britain called Dundee, and another paper called the Dundee Courier, all yet may be right and true; but, as we are ignorant of either, we suspect the whole story is a work of the imagination of some of the Grub.street Alunchausens.—Dundee Courier. The following singular narration was intended for last week's Paper, but came to hand too late for insertion. The correspondent who sends it vouches for its truth s—An old man who resided with his wife, a woman also far advanced in years, in a sequestered spot not twenty miles from Callender, and who had spent the whole course of his life in active employinent, died lately in consequence of an accident which he had some time ago met with. When he died there was no one in the house with him but his wife; and she was not a little surprised to behold him Strew minutes prior to his dissolution; start from his pil. low; and, after stripping himself of his night-clothes, deposit them at the foot of the bed. Having done this, he remarked to het that she had no skill in dressing the bodies of the dead ; after which he laid himself down with great composure, and stretched out his arms and limbs in the usual form in which a corpse is laid out; and, in this position, having taken farewell of his wife, he calmly breathed his WO—Stir ling Journal. About eight o'cloek on Sunday morning a disgraceful riot took place in front of the Catholic chapel. It appears that the Rev. John Smith, the former Alinister, having been suspended by his Bishop, the latter (the Rev. Dr. Painswkk) attended for the purpose of celebra ting Divine worship, when a patty of Irish labourers, who had been Induced to espouse the cause of their late Pastor, and 'had obtained pos. session of the chapel. not only refused him admission, but threatened him with personal violence, and insailed him with the most opprobrious language.' Mr. Pearson Fox, the chief constable, interfered to prevent a breach of the peen, and was roughly treated. The rioters ultimately retired within the chapel, in which no service was performed during the day. Two of the ringleaders, named Daniel O'Neil and Peter Davison, were subsequently apprehended.—Hull Advertiser. On Sunday evening, about seven o'clock, a party of 12 was /coming up the Tyne in a boat, and, when opposite St. Peter's quay, one of them seized a rope belonging to a Scotch vessel then being towed up the river, but, suddenly quitting his hold, the boat was upset by the im snake, and 10 of the party (including three females) thrown into the water. Two of the men, wiip leaped into the ship's boat when they saw the danger of their own, succeeded in saving the remelts ; another clung to the keel of the swamped boat ; and prompt measures having been taken to assist the remainder, they were ultimately got out with difficulty. Newcastle Courant. One day last week two young men belonging to the !leutk *rap, at If urstperpoint, undertook, for a trifling wager, to eats large drumhead cabbage, weighing 17elb. with a proportionate quantum of fat pork and bard pudding, in a given time, which they completed in excellent style. The " Knights of the Thimble," in the village are not a little discon certed at this gormandising propensity of the "Knights of the lAst," who have beat them out and out in the way of cabbage....SlUSet Advertiser. A short time ago we gave publicity to a very extraordinary and ling statement, descriptive of the waste of human life, occasioned by the unwholesome nature of the occupation of the Sheffield grinders. An intelligent correspondent, whose attention has been directed to the article in question, infortns us that the same information has been made respecting stone-hewers, whose lungs being equally exposed to the un. palpable powder arising from their operations, are no less in danger of premature death. To obviate this hazard, our correspondent suggests a plan, so abundantly simple, that it almost assumes an appearance of abstirdity ; but it is recommended by the sensible remark, that "though it may fail, it may be the mesas of setting wiseacres to devise a better." —ln short, it is merely to provide the grinders with a mask with (lass eyes, and a long flexible leather pipe for a month-piece, which the grinder or stone-hewer, as the case may be, could throw over his shad. 'dere while at work—thus supplying his lungs constantly with a pure and uncontaminated atmosphere. This proboscis the grinder, who works within doors, might project through the orifices in the walls of his den, into the external att.—Edinburgh Observer. The character of an informer is one which has been, and we trust ever will be, held in detestation by the population of Scotland. But this antipathy, however laudable in itself, should be always kept within just bounds, otherwise , when wantonly indulged io, the lines may not chance to get off' so tinily, es we trust that certain of the fair In habi. tank of Kincardine will do, in consequence of having been inadvertently hurried into a commission of the bleach of the peace on the afternoon of Thursday last. by forgetting the nit to which we have alluded. It ap pears that a deserter from the artillery had been apprehended on the supposed information of his own father-in-law, and lodged in the Sailors Hall, in order to be conveyed to Leith by the steam-boat which was expected to pass Kincardine about five o'clock. As the hour approached the sympathy excited by the poor fellow's case attracted a great crowd around the place of his .4enflnement. The women in particular turned outs and, from some cause or other, they became more eloquent than wise in tittle anitradvasiona on the conduct of the deserter's father-in law. While this wee going on several individuals contrived to gain ad mission into the halionder'the pretence of taking farewell of the de serter ; and when the officers proceeded to secure the prisoner, by chain ing him to one of their number, it is stated that some person took advan tage of the encitilleeling of the spectators to call for a rescue. The women on the 4tside, actuated by the impulse of the moment, rushed into the leall,• surrounded the principal officer (who is poke in the town, and no great favourite, we understand, with the inhabitants,) they prevented him fliom discharging his duty, while the prisoner got out and made off with sll'possibk speed. So high did the popular reeling run in favour of the deserter, that the crowd, instead of arresting his pro gress, literally escorted him out of town, cheering him on his way; and when they took leave of him, he got to an eminence, and vociferated " Goo bless the Kincardine lasses, for this day I owe my life and li berty to than." On the return of the crowd the gaoler was released ; and, not being able to find the supposed informer in his house, the multitude dispersed. Having stated the facts of the ease, in so far as We hese been able to ascertain thaw, we are at no lass to account for the epthosiaiiit of the populace, though we are rather surprised at the height to which it has been carded. One thing, however, appears to be certain, that, however unjustifiable the riot may be in itself, it pro ceeded from no premeditated plan on the part of the inhabitants, whose general respect for the laws, and peaceable demeanour, are equal to those of the inhabitants of any town in the kingdom.—Sarling Journal. The execution of the unfortunate girl, Margaret Cleland, for the mur der of her sister-in-law, took place in Downytattick on Tuesday, at one o'clock. Otte was attended by the Rev. Arthur Nelson, who, notwith standing all that was said to her, from the time of her sentence, could not get her to acknowledge a particle of her guilt. She persisted, till the last moment, in asserting her innocence, and occasionally burst into fits of indignation against the boy (Mathew) declaring that he had got money for giving his testimony against her. The prevailing opinion in Downpatrick is, that the woman was insane, at least from the moment she received her sentence. From that time, sbe, for the most part, drank, and slept well; and on Tuesday morning ahz wa.ked up the steps leading to the execution-room, as firmly as if nothing was the matter. As soon as she got on the trap she requested the Rev. Mr. Nelson to make a short prayer, which be did, she repeating it after him word for word. She then expressed her fears that the rope was too thick, and besought the executioner to make it long enough, in order that, front the length of the fall, the might be sooner out of pain. The clergyman having shaken hands with her, and retired, site had just time to clasp her hands and say, " Clow have mercy on my , soul," when she was launched into eternity. She (11,4 apparently without !tittering much. Having remained suspended the usual time, she'fas taken down and placed in a coffin, which her rather had brought there for the put- I pose of carrying her home in ; the coffin was then placett on four men's shoulder'', and carried out of the town, followed by 20 or 30 people. There was a vast concourse of people ylpiniipg the execution, among whom was a number or well-dressed females. The unfortunate girl was only 22 years of age. She was stoutly made, and rather well look ing.—Belfast News Layer, August 28. 11loarrrn, Aun. 28,1830.—As the elephant was pas ting through Morpeth last. Tuesday night, it stopped at the New Phe nix, where, early on Wednesday morning, It suddenly manifested an angry disposition, and seized one of its attendants, named Baptiste, with its trunk, round the middle of his body, and threw him with such vio lence as nearly to deprive him of life. He bad his ribs broken, and his chest horribly mutilated, and he lingered in great agony till Thursday morning, when he expired. Verdict of the coroner's inquest, Accidental death—deodand ss. It has been stated, with what truth we know not, that this shocking proceeding of the elephant is attributable to some ill treatment it experienced from the deceased three years ago. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. The inquiry was resumed at ten o'clock yesterday morning. After some preliminary arrangements of no importance, Mr. Brand called Mr. Thomas William Dunsford, who deposed that be saw Mr. Brand on the first Wednesday or Thursday in June, and on that occa sion he saw nothing whatever in his conduct to induce him to suppose that he was insane: had seen him also in the previous April at his house at Sutton. He told him that he and Mr. Alderman Wood;had put down a considerable sum of money for bandies. Mr. Brand.—Now, if I was at this moment released from these re straints, should you have any objection, or feel any apprehension, to shoot hares or partridges with me on my farm ? Witness.— one whatever. In his crosatxamination by Mr. AirsTrx,:the witness said that he had given the previous answer, not only from his former knowledge of Mr. Brand, but also from having seen him several days in that room during this inquiry. Mr. Brand was a good customer, but he bought less wine than gentlemen in his rank of life. One year his account amounted to 148 L but generally it aversged 804 He was very punc tual in his payments. Mr. Simmons, a coal merchant, examined by Mr. Brand.—Witness had frequently seen Mr. Brand within the last two years ; the last time was the latter end of 1829, on his return from Paris. At that time he saw nothing to induce him to suppose that he was insane, nothing bois terous or crazy. Should think that he had seen him dur ing that period 20 or 30 times, and had never witnessed any thing that would have led him to imagine any disposition towards insanity. Cross-examined—Witness was a member of a chess.club with ?dr. Brand. Mr. B. was by far a better player than he was; he should have no theme with him. The conversations on those occasions were of a general nature. Remembered meeting Mr. B. as long back as 1816. He had always thought him somewhat singular, having an unusually ironical way of speaking, that would render it difficult for a stranger to understand whether he was in jest or earnest. Nathaniel Domet, jun. ship biscuit-maker, in answer to questions from Mr. Brand—Had seen him very frequently, and had never sus pected that he laboured under a tendency to insanity. Witness was Secretary to the Whist Club, and Mr. Brand was very punctual in paying up his subscriptions. William Callicourt gave stadia: evidence; the last time he saw Mr. Brand was at Lord's Clicket.ground, within the last seven weeks, when lie appeared perfectly sane. Witness went over to Mr. Brand's farm In June, when they prectlied cricket for upwards of two hours, and he saw nothing whatever strange or unusual in his conduct. Mr. Samuel 'Miley, stockbroker, bad had transactions in business with Mr. Brand, in Thom he had never witnessed any indications of insanity. Capt. Bailey, the illaster of the Ceremonies at Margate, was his brother, and be 'should of course know him. Mr. Rama—Very well ; Isbell call you another day. AIL Brooks had known Mr. Brand since 1819. The last time he conversed '.with him was the 11 di of June, when they talked for two hours or two hours and a half . They talked upon the King's illness, and general politics. They conversed also of witness's family matters. Mr. Brand then called the witness's attention to several parts of their conversation, whiCh he instantly recollected, and added that be never saw any In dicatioes whoever of insanity; but, in his opinion, quite the reverse. By the Commissionees.—During the period he had mentioned be had the fullest opportunity of conning a correct opinion of Mr. Brand's state of mind. Witness was Paymaster in the Local Militia, in which Mr. Brand was a Captain. They were also Members of a Cricket Club, in both which capacities they frequently transacted business. Saw him last night, when he appeared as he always had before seen' , him, and talked of the present proceedings with the utmost calmness. Mr. Matthews, of Woodbridge. give similar evidence. James Horne, a labourer, said that Mr. Brand managed his farm as' well and as cheap ai any farmer in the neighbourhood. Oa his cross examination this witness said that it was not good farm. ing to sell off the flock, as such light land required sheep. Mr. Brand. Yes. But if you wanted money to carry on the farm, what would you do then ? Witness. I must sell, I suppose. Mr. Harris, of Camberwell, was here recalled, for the purpose of explaining some facts and contradictions given to his former evidence by Mr. Aldemion Wood. A good deal of uninteresting discussion, as to the different points of law ' then ensued, after which Mr. Brand examined him at considerable length, the result of which was his swearing positively that his former contradiction of the statement of his expressing a wish to have a keeper with Mr. Brand was true—that he never had expressed such a wish—and that he desired the former state. meat to stand as his evidence. Mrs. H. was also recalled, and deposed with equal positiveness to the same fact. Oa her oath she never told Mr. Alderman Wood that 111 r. Brand drank always two, and sometimes three bottles of wine • day—it was impossible she could ever have said so, for it was altogether contrary to fact. Many other witnesses gave favourable opinions of Mr. Brand's unity, but nothing of interest was stated, and the inquiry sal adjourned tol this day. SURREY SESSIONS, Aug. 31. Henry Paul, a young man, was placed at the bar, charged with I having attempted to violate the person of Caroline Livermore. There ' war also a second indictment, charging him with a common maul , . Caroline Livermore (a very pretty.looking young woman, about twenty years of age,) stated that she was in the service of a lady named Hanbury,:who had a villa in Lark Hall-lane, Stockwell. A little before six on the evening of the 9th of August, ben mistress left home and went to the Saloon of Arts, at Clapham. Shortly after she was gone, she heard some pence speaking, and on looking round, saw the prisoner, whom she asked what business he s had there. H e re . plied, he wished to see het mistress, but war informed she was f rom home. He then asked if any one else was at home ? He received a similar answer; the primmer then seized her by the shoulders, and shutting the street-door, farad her into the parlour, where he proceeded to take liberties with ba, (which are unfit for the public eye.) She got away from the prisoner, and ran into the kitchen, intending to fasten herself in ; the prisoner forced open the door, end again attacked her more violently than before, and at one tine had nearly effected his purpose ; after another violent struggle, she succeeded in again getting away from the prisoner, and witness ran to the street door, where she had scarcely arrived, when the prisoner seised her by the wrist, which he nearly broke ; it was afterwards so bad, she w as obliged to have medical advice, and was unable to do her work for some days. Witness at length made her escape to a neighbouring house and when her mistress returned home, she communicated to her all th at had hap pened. The prisoner was a limner at the Saloon of Arts. Sbe never gave him any encouragement that could have induced him to act so bru tally towards her. The prosecutrix underwent a very rigid cross-examination by Mr. Dunbar, but she did not deviate in one instance from her evidence and denied in the most solemn manner ever having encouraged the pri soner, of whom she knew nothing but by sight. Mr. lisnbiny dep osed, that when he taunted home, his mother told him what to the prosecutrix ; he p rocure d a police constable, and w.trrc e i d oest riaoper, whom be c a u se d t o be appeebended. Cromexamined by Mr. Duinan.—Neves said be would = deeli psi. m loner, but said that suck an set deserved hanging, for he that a man entering into a Mumma taking advantage of a lone woman, was worse than the thief who MOW the house in the citadel the night, for he deserved to bi, dealt with lope laskislf. The defeneiest up was, that the lamer bed cost weir irim uagemen ,, and endeavoured to asperse the ebsounte Oche peoultiviz. The Jury, without hesitation, esd therieslein The Chairman addressed the poisessr, expeesed his intUgnatlen l at the defence set up. There was not one in the Court would discredit the prosecutrix's evidence, and to show his sense of it, he sentenced the prisoner to two years' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction, at Guildfonl. John rano', aged 41, was indicted for intermarrying with Elizabeth Humphries, his former wife Jane being alive. • Elizabeth Rhodes proved that she was present at the marriage of the prisoner with Jane Byfiekl, at Waterloo Church, Waterloo-road, on the 24th of September, 1826, and they lived together afterwards as man and wife. Thomas Boardman, Parish Clerk of St. Mark's, Kennington. proved the marriage of the prisoner with Elizabeth Humphries, on the 18th of June last, and now identified the 'prisoner. The prisoner said, why lie married his second wife was because his first was always going to the play, or else walking about with strange men. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment and hard labour, at Guildford. POLICE REPORTS. woo-- Guituura.s.—Maria Gre— en was charged with flinging herself over the bdustredes of the middle rearm on Blackfriars-bridge, into the Themes. Charles Dunby, a constable of Blackfriars, stated that, between three and four o'clock in the morning, he saw her sitting in the recess, and as her appearance bespoke a troubled mind, he thought it his duty to re. move her from that place. When be told her he could not allow her to remain there, she showed an obstinate temper, and he found it would be necessary to get assistance to force her away, and upon his walking a few yards towards the next watch-box, she rose and clambered upon the balustrade ; he rushed back in time to seize her clothes and save her.— She then cried bitterly, and upon questioning her, he found she had been living three years with a pugilist named Bury Haddocks, but commonly known as Jack Nicholls. the fighting butcher ; that they had quarrelled thst evening, and he had beaten her, and that the constable of the night before whom he was taken for the assault had refused to detain him. Mr. Teague, the Governor of the Compter, said that the gi:l's pas rents were dead, and that he understood she had been supporting Ni cholls by her prostitution, he having no means of maintaining him self or her. She had formerly been admitted into the Guardian In stitution for reforming such females, and as she had not misbehaved herself while there, she might probably be re-admitted, upon a pro. per application. The prisoner said, in answer to the Alderman's enquiries, that she was assaulted by Nicholls in the presence of the watchman. lie had used her very ill. She had no home now, nor friends. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said, such an ungrateful return was to be expected from such a vagabond, but he would grant a warrant against him for the assault, and for the present she should be taken care of in the Compter ; and be further directed that the constable of the night, who had discharged Nicholls, should be ordered to attend before him and explain his conduct. LAMISETH•STNEET.-••Wiliian Ranlen, a rather respectable look ing man, was charged with assuming the character of an Inspector of the new police, and as such clearing out the public-houses in the neighbourhood of Rosemary-lane. Mr. Money, of the White Hart and Fountain, Rosemary-lane, stated that, between 10 and 11 o'clock on the preceding night, the prisoner entered his house, and said that he was an Inspector of the new police, and was sent down to that neighbourhood specially by Colonel Rowan, in consequence of what had occurred on the morning before, namely, the two policemen robbing a man of 10s. He also told wit. ness that it would be his imperative duty to clear his house of all as. tourers at 1I precisely. While in the house, one of the men who were drinking there called for a quarters of rum, and handed the prisoner a glass of the liquor, which he drank. Mr. William Hawkins, the landlord of the Duke of Sussex public. house, in the same place, said that the prisoner called at his house and told a similar story as that stated by Mr. Money. The prisoner, in defence, said that he had acted in the manner de. scribed through a drunken frolic. He was, he said, a servant out of plate, and last lived with Mr. Fan, the banker, in Lombard-street. The Magistrates, after some consultation, ordered him to find bail I for his future good behaviour, and give 24 h ours'i notice of its solvency. Uwiow Hatt..—Yesterday, Maria IVhitear and Bridget Chilniek, cook and housemaid in the service of the Rev. Dr. Harrison, Rector of St. Saviour's, were charged with robbing their muter of property to a large amount. The Doctor's family had removed from their town residence at Bankside a short distance into the country, leaving the two prisoners, who ha been in their service for the last ten years, in charge of the premises. On the return of the family, a few days ago, Mrs. Harrison missed some portion of the plate, and on questioning the prisoners, they both strt-nuously denied any knowledge of it. After a strict search, sixty-three duplicates of articles were found, which were pledged at the shops of various pawnbrokers in Southwark. Previously, however, to this discovery, both the prisoners absconded. Evidence was adduced that the box in which the duplicates were found belonged to the prisoners, both of whom jointly kept their clothes in it. Upwards of 4UL worth of property, artion only of that stolen, was produced by the pawnbrokers, some of portion whom identified the prisoners as having pledged various articles at their shops. They were fully committed. Wommir-Sseerr.—Yestetday, John Mowelt, a cabinet-maker in Crown-court, Curtain-rood, was charged with an outrageous assault upop a martied woman named Perkins. Thomas Waters, an officer of the establishment, said that information was received that the pri. ewer had nearly killed a married woman named Perkins, by beating her on the back and head with a poker. On his way he met a constable of the new pollee. When they reached the prisoner's apart ment, they found the door barricaded. Witness called to him and said, " If he did not quietly open the door, he (witness) would burst it open." The prisoner then opened the door and he observed him putting one of his hands behind his back, when witness upset him, and he fell into the arms of the new police constable. After he was secured, they found in his coat pocket the sharp-pointed case-knife pro duced. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES POLlCE.—Yesterday Jeremiah Lewis, a broker, in Os. borne-street, Wellclom-square, and J. H. Turner, his man, were charged with assaulting Mary Daly, aged 84 years, who was unable to attend and give evidence, in consequence of the severe injuries she had received. Lewis distraincd the goods of Mary Brickly, the old wo man's daughter, for the sum of 4s. 6d. rent. Finding the door locked, they obtained an entrance by the window. They then removed the whole of the furniture in the room to Lewis's warehouse. A stool which the old woman was sitting upon they pulled from under her; she endeavoured to regain possession, when Turner struck her and inflicted a deep wound. The defendants then dragged her into the yard while they removed all the little property belonging to the daughter,which watt not restored until she paid 3s. 6d. for the levy, 2s. 6d. for man in possession, Is. for ware-room, and the rent. The defendants were or dered to find bail, themselves in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, to answer the charge at the Sessions. MART-LA-BONWL—A hoary-headed old man, of the name of Thomas Burton, was charged with creating a disturbance round the residence of lady Frances Fitswilliam, in Upper Wimpole-street, on Sunday morning. The footman deposed that, in consequence of the aged appearance of the defendant, Lady F. Fitzwilliam has been in the habit f ora considerable time past of relieving him. The prisoner in general made it a practice of coming up to the carriage as her Ladyship was either leaving or returning home. On Sunday Lady Fitswilliarn was going to church, and she handed to him (witness), as was her prac tice, two-pence, wrapped up in a paper, and which he handed to the pri. sorter, who instantly opened the paper, and upon seeing the halfpence he came up to him, and began by swearing that he would take nothing but silver. He refused to leave the place, when, finding all remonstrances of no avail, he was under the necessity of giving him into custody. Mr. RA111.1318021-1 should think that begging Is a most profitable trade, when youjefuse to take any thing but silver. The prisoner, without replying to the charge, said he was extremely W and poor. Mr. Kamm/sow—l have often seen you myself, and have hitherto considered you an object of compassion; but that opinion is entirely altered by this conduct ; and therefore I must see if a month at the House of Correction will not teach you better. The footman trusted that the prisoner would not be sent to prison, Js it was probable he would not act in a similar manner again. The prisoner joined in the retinal, alleging that be was extremely 111. Mr. Itawimrsow—Then, that would be the best place for you, for there you will have proper medical assistance, and every thing wall be done which your case demands. QUEEN.SQUAIL.--.10/01 Cu. and James While, Irish labourers were charged with violently assaulting Mr. Brown, th Inspector of th e 1 T. or Kensington division of the new police. From the Inspector's statement, it appeared that a number of Leith labourers, having collected at the Marquis of Granby public-house, High-street, Kensington, between six and seven o'clock on danday evening, they commenced a violent disturbance In the tap-room, and broke several panes of glass. Mr. MONO, the landlord, having remonstrated with them on the impeopriety of their con. duct, but with Out avail, was compelled to apply to the police. station for a body of *men, to assist him io quellhig the disturbers. Mr. Brown, the Inspector, with about a doses pollee constables, re turned with Mr. Haloes tohis house, and the moment the prisoners ob served the Inspector enter the room they struck him violently, pod at to strangle him, but were prevented by the pollee constables. In attempting to secure them, police-coostable John Celia had one of 1 his fingers nearly bitten or by th e prisoner Ctrs, wbo resisted with such 1 violence that it required t men to take him to the police station. The magistrate., My. end Mr. Williams, a county mson. sle ety taste, sentenced . the prisoner to pay a fine to the King of 110 s. and White 10s ; or, in delimit of payment, to lad bait to answer for the assault up= the Impose at the ensuing General Quarter Seericema In Want& of palatial they were locked up. A bone-dealer In Ebury-street, Pimlico, was charged with crielty to his hone. Itapieerod ant the defendant woe driving s been Ins Elg, when the animal Nei MI down. The horse woe taken out aee heasene, whit 4 4 `sr. 0 lima the borne whit his iota sow tot use and tom The Anhui Mud up es his bind and tall backwards and bean Its neck ! The homP The defendant was hid la. SCINTILLA The following lines of Dryden, addressed to a Lid f ,f distinguished beauty and virtue, though highly characteristi c of ilk. author, are found in very few editions of his works : " Oh daughter of the rose, in whom unite, The varying graces of the red and white ; Which Haven's alternate beauties well display, The blush of morning and the milky way ; Whose face is Paradise, but free from sin, For Gorr, in either eye, has placed the cherubim !" ROYAL CONDESCENSION.—It was lately announced be a St. Petersburg journal, that "his Majesty was graciously pfrased, during his stay at Warsaw, to enjoy excellent health ! Quin played Cato very well, which I attribute to some constitutional resemblance between the two. He was generally "as cool." to use a vulgarism, "as a cucumber." Some person whoni he had offended, met him one day in the str.s.i. and stopped hi m __ " Mr. Quin,'• said he," I—l—l understand. Sir, you have been taking away my name?" " What have I * mid, Sir ?" " You--you—you called me a scoundrel, Sir !" " Keep your name," replied Quin, and walked on.—Bernard's Retrospection, of the Mgr. At the Gloucester i tssiFes, a person named Blakeman was tried for sheep stealing, and while one of the witnesses was giving evidence of • confession, the prisoner exclaimed, " Yon are fable fellow ; you would swear a grey horse was a chandler's-shop, an d every stair on his back a pound of candles." TRAITS or Cll.! CTEIL—He who can relate a fact tint he has seen or heard, in such a manner that another witness can neither add thereto, nor dimipieb therefrom—must be pronounced wise, gas!, and full of energy. He who is guilty of a single premeditated ill act, is decidedly a bad man. If you meet with one who might refuse a Li. your and yet not does easily refuse, hold hien in higher estim it:un than Martial held him, who could compose good verses, and yet alt. stained from writing. The gait of a man will often give an idea of his conduct, and the sound of his yoice sometimes indicate the tone of hi. heart.—(From a posthumous work by Lavater.) JOHN BOLL.— Mr. Gordon, in his " Personal Memoirs," relates the following extraordinary Instance of the gullibility of John Bull i—" A young artist at Florence, a Frenchman, Monsieur Averani, had extraordinary talent for copying miniatures, giving them' atl the force of oil. I have frequently seen him at work in the gellery, and I purchased a clever copy of the Fomarina of Raphael, and one from the Venus Vesita of Titian, in the Pitti palace, said to be the only miniature ever painted by this great man. It had a good deal of the character of the Queen Mary Stuart, was painted on a gold ground, had great force, and was highly finished. I gave the artist his price, six sequins, and brought it to England. When I dis posed of my vertue in Sloane.street, previous to m 7 settling in Scot. land, this miniature made a flaming appearance in the Catalogue, and my friend, the late Mr. Christie, puffed it so well, that a certain Mr. F. a sort of broker, became the proprietor of this gem for fifty five guineas. I thought I had done pretty well by this transaction, until I saw it advertised in the " Morning Chronicle , a flaming puff', stating that an original portrait of Mary Queen of Scotland, the ten. doubted work of Titian, value one thousand guinea., was to be seen at No. 14, Pall. Mall ; price of admission 2s. 6d. The bait took ; Mr. F. put 3001. or 4001. in his rocket by the exhibition, and sold the portrait for 7001. or 8001. Here was I, an innocent accessory to the greatest imposition that ever was practised on the public. As a work of art, it was worth all I got for it, and 1 was offered nearly that sum from a friend who knew its whole history. I understood that Lord K—k was the purchaser of this beautiful miniature." BIJON APA RTE . !, PREDICTION.—The followipg remark able prediction was foretold by Napoleon to his surgeon, whe n in ex il e at St. Helena, and which has been fulfilled in the late revolution in France; a circumstance worthy of attention, particularly to those who are interested in the history of this great and wonderful man. Had the Emperor been now livirig to have witnessed the ascendancy of the peo. pie over those imbeciles, the Bourbons (as he termed them), nothing would have imparted to him more sensible pleasure. It is taken from 011eara's " Voice from St. Helena," p. 272. Ere twenty years have elapsed, when I am dead and buried, said he, " you will witness another revolution in France. It is impossible that twenty-nine mu. lions of Frenchmen can live contented under the yoke of sovereigns im. posed upon them by foreigners, and against whom they have fought and bled for nearly thirty years. You are very fond In England of making a comparison of the irsioration of Charles the Second and that of Louis; but there is not the smallest druilitude. Charles was recalled by the mass of the English nation to the throne, which his successor *Ril -1 wards lost fora mass; but, as to the Bourbons, there is not a village in France which bas not lost thirty or forty of the flower of ha youth in endeavouring to prevent their return. The sentiments of the nation are, " Ce n'eat pas nous qui aeons ramen6 cm miserables; non, crux qui out ravage noire pays, qui ont brule nos maisons, qui oat viols nos femme* et nos filles, les ont mis sur le trone par le force ! " The literal translation of which is :—" It is not we who have brought back those wretches ; no, those who have ravaged our country, burnt our houses, and violated our wives and our daughters, have placed them on the throne by force." At the taking of Java, in 1811, in the evening after the hard-fought battle of Cornelis was over, and matters in some degree re stored to order, the native servants of the 78th Regiment, havinghad nothing to do with the (Wit, had gone on cooking as usual. and at the proper hour laid out the dinner in the mesa-room tent. in the rear. as if nothing had happened. The remaining officers of the regi. menu, who had been exposed to the hottest fire of the day, assembled accordingly ; but. on biking their places at the table they breams sen sible, for the first time, of the terrible blanks which '• few short hours numbers;had made in th eir i and looking at one and arother lot an in stant, in grief and silence, nee and separated, leaving the meal un touched. A ludicrous circumstance occurred in Ratcliff-highway on Saturday evening. A section of the new police quartered in that dis trict, consisting of eight men, headed by their 'errant, were marching in rank and file order, for the purpose of relieving guard, when they were met by a party of sailor., who refused to make way for them. aril shoved the policemen into the road, exclaiming, " You d—d livery servants, you are not to have all the pavement to yourselves ; get home to your masters." The police drew their truncheons, and said they were officers ; when one of the tars exclaimed, " Come, no tricks on tra. yellers : who ever saw an officer dressed in livery That won't do.' The sailors, refusing to apologise, were about to be marched off to the station-house, when a gentleman passing interceded in their behalf, and an explanation was given, from which It appeared that the sailorshad just come ashore from a long voyage, anthnot having heard before of the existence of such a body es the new police, mistook those they met for livery-servants, not could they be persuaded of their mistake by ihe by.standers. ACQUISITION OF BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA BY THE Exot.thm.—A medical gentleman in the service of the Company, by name Broughton, having accompanied a mission front Surat to Agra, was so fortunate as to cure the daughter of Shah Jehan of a severe ill. ness, for which, among other rewards, he received permission to carry on, throughout the empire, a free trade. He proceeded nest to Bengal, where his abilities obtained for him equal favour from the Nabob, who extended to the English nation the privilege which the emperor had conferred personally on himself; and in the year 1113(1, the first Eng lish factory was erected at Hoogly, a town situated on one of the branches of the Ganges, and about one hundred miles from the sea. No great while after this acquisition to the Company's possesaitme, the island of Bombay was conferred as the marriage portion of hit bride, by the Portuguese_ sovereign upon Charles 11. A squadron, haying SOO troops on Ward, was Immediately sent out to take possession but a misunderstanding having arisen between the Governor and the British Admiral as to the extent of the cession. permission to occupy the place vms refused. The consequence was, that the so'diers, landing at An. Endivah, perished of famine and disease, whilst the fleet returned to England for fresh instructions. After many delays, arising horn th e disinclination of the Portuguese to ful fi l the compact, those were at last affotded. Bombay thui passed into the hands of the Eng1:111 Go vernment, by whom it was made over with due formality to the Com pany, though ft was not till a period considerably later that it obtained the rank of a presidency.—Fussily Libra.l. No. Xl'. Gleiir Iliatury 'V SINGULAR RESCUE.- A deserter from the artillery had been apprsherded, on information of his own father-in-law, and lodged in the Salkn• Hall, Kincardine, in order 'to be conveyed to Leith by the steam-boat, which was expected to pass Kincardine about fire o'clock on Thursday last. As the hour approached, the symeathy ext. died by the poor fellow's ease mended a great crowd around the plus of his confinement. The women in particular turned out; and filth some cause or other they became more eloquent than wise in their ani madversions on the conduct of the father-in-law. While this going on. several Individuals contrived to pin admission into the hall under the pretence of taking farewell of the deserter; and when the officers pro. ended to secure the prisoner, by chaining him to oat of their number. it is stated that some person took advantage of the excited feeling or the spectatqn to call for a rescue. The women on the outside. actuated by the impulse of the moment, rushed into the hall, and surrounding the gincipel officer, (who Is jailor in the town, and no great favourite, we understand, with the inhabitants) they prevented him from discharg• ifK his duty, while the prisoner got out, and made off with all Wed. possible So high did the popular feeling run in favour of the deserte r, Siff dies tepid, hated of arresting p literally escorted him that of tows, dosotos him on his way ; aid when they took leave o f Yo, he pt to an e. risaes and vociferated " GOD bless the Kincardine )sestets, for title de, I eie toy life and liberty to them." On the re turn the crowd, the J vhs released, and not being able to find the sup. poegg wawa is his issue, the multitude dispersed. DIED. On t h e MA *Must, at . Wells, of donne, aged 17. Elise, the only daughter of kith* Coote, Esq. of Lincoln ' s and tuneenfgablitel. Lowboy: Psiated awl Babllabad by Joyy MArww, at die STAB. Orrice, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar , 1 n i i