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IP? AN A POLOGUE. ST r. OASPIT ) ISQ. AUTHOR 01 THI " LOLLARDS." 'Twas eight o'clock, and near the fire My ruddy little boy was seated, And with the titles of a Sire My ears expected to be greeted. But vain the thought! by sleep oppresid, No father there the child descry'd; His bead reclin'd upon his breast, Or, nodding, MEd from side to side ! " Let this young rogue be sent to bed," More I had scarce had time to say, When the poor urchin rais'd his head, _ To beg that be might longer stay. Bellied; away his steps he bent With tearful eye and aching heart, But claim'd his playthings ere he went, And took up stairs his horse and cart ! Still for delay, though oft deny'd, He pleaded.—wildly eraid the boon ; Though past his usual hour, he tried At being sent to bed so soon! If stern to him, his grief I shard, (Unmov'd, who sees his offspring weep?) Of soothing him I half despair'd ; When all his cares were Lost in sleep ! " Alas, poor infant r I exclainid, " Thy father blushes now to scan, In aU that he so lately blam'd, The follies and the fears of man. The vain regret—the anguish brief, Whick thou bast known, sent up to bed, rouetray'd of man the idle grief, When dooM'd to dumber with the dead!" 4iICHARD CUR DE LION. -Among the ancient monuments of Trieste, there is onesatcalited to excite more particularly the curiosity 'of an tnglishman, as it bears the name of one of our most renowned monarchs, whose achievements and adventures are recorded by historians of different na tions, 'and ivhoselame revives in the modern romances of the great 'Northern Magician. There is a small irregular place in the very heart of Tergeste Antico which has always borne, and still bears, the nanie of Pizza dilticardo, near to which is a tri timphant.atch,"which has the singular appellation of " Richard's Prison," Prigione di Ricardo. Now it has been a constant tradition among the people of Trieste, that the' Richard here mentioned ism° other than Coeur de Lion, and that he was same time under confinement at ihis very place. But this tradition, like some others of more import ante, has•little to support it. The learned have rejected the hypothesis :as a vulgar error, and have perhaps _substituted a-greater error in its place. It is rather sin prising that not one among the Literati has been induced, even by . the spirit of contradiction and contro • versy, in defend the popular opinion, nor condescend to prove its absurdity. In the mean time their own ex •planation of the matter is any thing but satisfactory. U Padre Irene° della Croce, say., Ricardo, is a corruption :01 Re Cada* and that the arch was erected in honour of *Chirlemagne, on his passsage through this city in the ear 799, and more modern Chroniclers have found it easier to copy than to contradict. As far as may be judged from the style of architec ture, this monument is much older than Charlemagne, and is evidently Roman; and admitting the probability elf the corruption of Re Carlo into Ricardo, (that is, of kaewn name Into one lest boon) what connexion or ,what similarity is there between a triumphal arch and a prison? There is indeed no other ground for believing that l our Richard ever was at Trieste, and much less in cus tody here ; but as he landed, or was shipwrecked in the seeighbourhood, and was afterwards kept so long a pri. ;loner in Germany, it is possible chat the association of ideas produced the denomination which has been some or other applied to the building and locality in :question. At any rate, it is reasonable to assume that there once existed a prison and an individual of the name • of R•chard, to whom the tradition refers : and why not Ceur de Lion? _ . According to Austrian writers, King Richard return. ed from the Crusade full of glory, but destitute of every thing else, in a small bask, which was wrecked near Aqulija. (It was undoubtedly on the shoals of - Grado.) .His intention was to proceed overland to England, and knowing the Duke of Austria to be his enemy, he tra 'rifted 'in the disguise of a peasant (or, according to athers,of a Templar), but UV discovered in common inn, in one of the suburbs of Vienna. Leopold of Ans. 'tria committed him to the custody of Hademar of Kuen riogen, who kept him a close prisoner in the Castle of , Durnstein, the ruins of which are still to be seen in a romantic situation on the Dioube. He was afterwards transferred to-Worms, and delivered up to the barba rous and cowardly Emperor Henry IV. who seat him to Mayence, and exacted an immense sum for his ransom: The Duke of Austria °was certainly vindictive, and had less Magnanimity than our heroic Monarch ; but be • was not that dastard be is repress:sited to be in Shak• spare's play of King Join. Oa the contrary, he dis tinguished himself at the famous siege of Ptolemais, where the enmity between him and Richard had its rise is the following circumstance :—Each of the Princes who mounted the ramparts during the storm, planted his colours on the walls as a signalof victory.—Richard conceiving himself to be the chief hero of the day, caused all - other Bags but the English to be struck, and by this hauteur offended all the confederates. Duke Leopold left the camp in dudgeon, and returned home. At the taking of Ptolemais the slaughter was so great, that Leo pold'. whole coat of mail was stained with blood, excepting only what wai covered by the belt Mind bis waist, which remained white. Hence she stational /lag of Austria is to this day a galaxy is a Add of blood. QUICK Taavimano.—Amung the wonders which are daily solicitiag attention, the rapidity with which goods and passengers are whirled from one extremity of the island to the other is not the least. This is no doubt due to various causes, but chiefly to the admirable cattle that now run in our mails and post coaches. Step into the mail at eight o'clock, and yon may drink tea 400 miles off in less than 48 hours, and mount the Al liance in Liverpool at seven on Monday, and you may eat your muffin in Lad-lane on Tuesday at nine. Fifty or sixty years ago such a journey would have been planned over for a month belore setting out, and talked over for a year after arrival. The amount of duty paid to Government by five of the principal calico-pincers in Lancashire, for six weeks, ending the 25th April, 1825 ' was 19,3.55 1 . and for the salute I.erioi in 1826, 12,0961. only. THEATRES. DRURY-LANK. Mr. MALI ADZ'S benefit took place on Tuesday evening. The merit of his own perforinanee in What), and the novelty of Mr. Youvo's fitst and only appear. once this season, formed a double attraction, which (in theatrical phrase) brought him a bumper. It is now one or two seasons ago that Ksaii and Poona played these parts—perhaps the most popular and the most powerful delineations of character in the whole range of the drama—with eminent success. Mr. Youtio ex erted himself is to the top of his bent." h was, through out, an admirable and most effective performance. Mr. MACRZADV . B Othello, if not throughout a correct, was, in many parts, a spirited and even powerful performance. At the fall of the curtain, 41 YOUNG" and N MACRILADT," were vociferated by the noisy portion of the audience. The silly call was for a considerable time solely disre garded; at length Mr. MACIIIADY appeared, and, on the part of Mr. Yount; and himself, returned thanks.— The little pleasing delusion of a teal representation, that an exhibition at a theatre at all creates, is quite dis sipated by this mock assumption of a powerlm the part of the audience to revivefy the dead. HAYMARKET. 'The lively little coipedy of the Wedding Day was performed here on Tuesday night, for the purpose of introducing a new candidat e for popular favour in the person of Mrs. PINDAR, from York. This Lady dis played, in the character of Lady Contest, so much spirit and archness, such a genuine feeling of the part, and such prepossessing gracefulness of general deportment, as to warrant the confident eipectation that these qua lities, set off and improved by the attractions of a hand some person, will ultimately place her in the very fort. most rank of our fair favourites. The audience, indeed, appeared largely to participate in this opinion, showing, by their unstinted applause, the high gratification af forded them even under the embarrassing circumstances, to the performer, of a first essay. The House over flowed with an elegant and fashionable audience. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, DUBLIN, MAY 9. SICIAID YAMS. ILOWI V. JOHN WVIIII, AINVIVIV Janvev, AD s•mar. •111111POILD. This Was a writ of error from the Court of Common Pleas; the action was tried before Lord Norbury, which was for assault and false imprisonment, and plaintiff obtained a verdict for 2001. The defendant's Counsel took a bill of exceptions to the charge of the Learned Judge; and after much argument in the Court of Com mon Pleas, three 'fudges of that Court differed with Lord Norbury, and a venire de 110120 was awarded. The plaintiff was thus forced to bring in his writ of error before the twelve Judges. The case in this Court was ably argued by Counsel on both sides ; aed this day the Court of Error gave their judgment seriatim. Ten Judges decided for the plaintiff. Mr. Justice Moore and Mr. Justice Johnson declared against the plaintiff. Lord N. in giving judgment, spoke as follows : ," I know the full value of time. Indeed I ought to know it as well as most people, for I have already had a long day. I will net, therefore, make this day longer. Having a coastrudioe presexce" in the Court below, where this case was argued, I feel I have a right and a duty to defend the judgment given, in which the majority of the Court- agreed. I would, at any time, however, in this Court of Error, revise my own errors, and endeavour to divest 'every one of his Majesty's sub jects of a feeling that be did not receive justice. Having said so much, I feel it my duty to abridge any thing else I may have to say. I will come to a close instantly. Although I know the learning of all the Judges about me, I will mention the greatest authority on bills of exceptions, Holt and Brftenaw. I .have had a great deal of experience. A great many bills of exceptions have been taken to me. (Loud laughter). I am not ashamed of it, for I have done a great deal of business. I will not say much of myself —no, no, it would be ungentlemanly, I will give one line of the poet— • Oh! my Antonio, I do know of those Who wily are reputed who From *yin wording I Probably if I said nothing, it would have been much wiser --(loud laughterj—sbot having said so much, I will say a little more. (Here his Lordship reviewed the circumstances of the case minutely). I now feel myself bound• to conclude, and put an extinguisher upon my self. As to laying dooms the law, it is time for my doing so perhaps--(kughter)—but while I am in Any native capacity, I will expouudit--(Laugliter). Id the days of Holt and Bridgenan, too, Judges were treated rudely and roughly, as well as at any, time since. However, they are fair game.ileodieughtar),and where there is a scarcity of other game, I think it is quite fair to turn oat one of them, and heat him a little—(larghter). I think the bill of exceptions ought to be overruled." At the conclusion of hie ship's remarks, be turned to Baron Smith, and said," Well, was I long, eh ?" The conduct of the Roman Catholic Clergy in France is impolitic to the last degree, and they seem deter mined to revive the old authority of the Church in its, most obnoxious and insulting form. Many proofs of thistre given in the Paris Journals; for instance, a man was crushed to death by the fall of a tree, and the Priest of his parish refused to grant him the rites .1 th e , Church because he died without having performed his' Easter duties ! •A young girl presented herself to hold a child at a chtisteniog, and the Priest repelled her with every mark of disgrace, because she had the misfortune of being 'illegitimate. These proceedings ought to be stopped by the immediate authority of Government, for they Aced beyond any thing else to make it excessively unpopular. - But it appears almost vain to argue with the Roman Catholic Clergy, for wherever they see any chance of obtaining power, they leave no effort, no matter how outrageous, untried, to push their authority to the utmost, perfectly careless how their conduct•may affectthe secular authorities. _ _ _ L Ist week as some labourers were employed in break ing up and burning the turf upon the estate of the Earl of Carnarvon, at High close, they incautiously set fire to an adjoining plantation, of which no less than 14 'acres were destroyed. ALLITERATION.—Among the be,t specimens of alli• teratien may be rated the well-known lines on the cele brated Cardinal- WOLSEY : " Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred, How high his honour /odds Ms haughty head !" But the following unpublished sally, by the erudite Dr. Pa k an, is not a whit inferior. In a company, consisting principally of Divines, the conversation naturally turned on the merits of the late• Head of the Church, who was thi,a characterized by the learned and centric Doctor, reply to one cf the Gentlemen Sir, he is a poor paltry prelate, proud of petty popularity, and perpetna pt cacliip& to,petticoats. NAPLES, APRIL 26. .-.....- On the night of Tuesday last (24th inst.) expired the Princess of Partanna, widow of the late King Ferdinand of Naples. The Princess was barn at Syracuse, of a family noble but poor, to which, however, she was the heiress; at an early age she was married to the Prince •of Partanna, a Sicilian, who was as poor as herself. At the beginning of the present century, though then the ' mother of a numerous family, she was esteemed one of the three beauties of Sicily ; the other two were the Princess of Buteva and .the Princess Patetno. I have frequently heard an English gentleman, who knew the Princess of Pat tanna its Sicily, in 1807, speak of her as being then a lovely and most amiable little woman. It was about that time that King Ferdinand, an exile from his Neapolitan kingdom, was subdued by her charms—her confined circumstances were speedily im proved, and a connection was established between them, the nature of which was a matter of doubt to no one. On the death of his Queen, Caroline of Austria, (Par. tanna's husband having died during the unlawful con nection) Ferdinand married, a la mode royale, the Pi in cess, to whom he continued-devoted until the day of his death. On her marriage she took the title of the Duchess of Floridia. It must be said to her honour, that she never publicly used the great ascendancy she had over the King but in acts of protection and mercy for the unfortunate and offending. 'This conduct acquired her the esteem and affection of all parties.— During the year of her widowhood she lived in the greatest retirement, and only about three months ago had began to appear in society, and to entertaia parties in her own palace, which, as she was well enabled, she did with great hospitality and magnificence. Her age did not exceed fifty-four years. She was busily em ployed in completing her charming villa on thelromero, and in repairing and beautifying her fine large Palace in town, which was bequeathed. her by old Ferdinand. She has left four sons, all grown up to the age of man hood, and one very pretty daughter, of whom the late King was passionately fond, about 16 years old, who was shortly to have espoused the only son of the Prince of Larde►ia, brother to the Anglo-siculo Count Sant Antonio. By the will of the late King, besides hand Some donations, the Princess enjoyed a pension from Court of 50,000 ducats per annum; her estates in Sicily (nearly entirely Royal gifts) rendered about 18,000 ducats per annum ; she had, moreover, a large sum in foreign funds, and a.very rich collection of diamonds. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Anises Crawford, a youth, was charged with breaking the shop window of Mr. Horn, watchmaker, in fatinner-street, and stealing thereout four gold watches, and a quantity of gold ladies' seals and keys, finger rings, &c. Mr. Horn, coming att of his counting house, saw the prisoner's hand through a pane of glass, and seized him: He had none of the property about him, but the angel' of his left hand was bleeding, from being cut with the glass. When questioned by the Officer he gave two false addresses.—Remanded, Thomas Cover, a porter, was charged with assaulting Joist% the Bow-street gaoler, while accompanying the van with prisoners to Newgate. The defendant was dravripintratA,lrlaeo. be was 41 , - d e sired to make room for the van to . . t Ansintely dim in upon the wheels instead. He then ,:IIS - s;liiieses, esid•Xones getting down to remonstrate , was by Junn.- . -Tise . staiesnent of Brand, the Marshalman , put a . face bo thi flinger. He said there was plenty of room for .thg TANA,. - 4 s e Man was wantonly cut at with a whip In the first __ _ b lailaryg , t . • , , _ _....- Mr. Alderman Magus: immediately disnaillifkliff n ellaglir• .- • . • BOW-STRIISTO.A 04 1 1 ytr, , t• - • Yesterday, Alward draw. Who has liessilit QS* Skit* nes day .'nought, on the-charge of stealing a pareelesmigilaing "BM in. Bank mass from the lanninglians Pow,Cnalkown i sfkronghtesp and underarm* a nubile examinatio, , • , r ., ;; . Augustus Iwick atonehridge ithA4in west /rah to Meows. inaksmasid Watt, of . Ifte.i4llo.* deastroat, Pinekords-sweet. .On the , it lank ' up a parcel awtakdag 'SU Ls Bank antenioriiieh Ilia regularly cis ' tared at thellpeond Eagle Ogee„Oestoodspdroftivel- The Clerk at the coach-race preyed his having gins She parcel to the guard, who, being informed. ol i k a p t = wanting{ intake care of k. A servant belonging •ton . at which the guard usid is lodge, Fri blyiPS.ites she prisoner in the coach on its setting out from the Null and goods lan. 'The guard who had been summoned to attend was called, but did not appear. A Clerk in the Bank proved that the prisoner had received of him tOO sovereigns fqr notes to tLat amount, which notes proved to be part of those sent in the stolen par cel. The other 300 belonging to the parcel were exchanged for gold, on the same day, by another man. The Police Officer who apprehended the prisoner at his father's beam, at Lewes, said that an being accosted by him, the prisoner denied that his name was Archer a but his sister afterwards acknowledged that Archer was his real name. The prisoner (who remained silent) was. remanded for further examination, as the prosecutor said there were other witnesses, not then present, who would prove that the prisoner pro ceeded in the coach no farther than Stmey-Stratford, and then returned to Landon. HATTON GARDEN. 1 Junes Jackson,* chimney-sweep, of Lamb's-square , Clerkenwell green, was brought up in custody of an officer ' charged with assault ' lag Mr. Richard Banos, the landlord of the Hat end Tuna, Hatton wall, and with creating a riot and disturbance in his house, under the following singular and melancholy circumstances : Mr. Burton stated that, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the defendant aid three other persons came to his house, and having, as-they said', wine business to settle, requested the use of a private mom ; they were accordingly shewn up to the front apartment on the first floor, where they drank one bottle of port wise, and then rung the bell for another, which was answered by the landlord himself; and when be entered. the room two of the party were tossing to see who should pay for the second bottle. One of these .was Mr. !Samuel Cullen', a nightman, residing at HoUovray, and in the act of tossing up a shilling it fell nu; of the window next which Mr. C. was sitting ; he immediately stood up, and leaning over the leads to see .where it had fallen, unfortunately lost his equilibrium, and fell into the street, a heigh t: of about 18 or 4o feet. Mr. Burton and the remainder of the party ran down stairs, and, when Mr. Cullen was taken up, he was, to all appearance, dead. —Mr. Wilson, the surgeon, of Lower Saffron -14 W, was sent for, and on examination, it was found that he had received some veer serious internal hurt. having fallen almost directly on. his back and loins, the back of the skull bad also come in contact with the pave ment, but fortunately no fracture had taken place. A vein was opened in the right arm; but a considerable time elapsed before the blood began to Bow, and great fears were entertained for his resto ration. Mr. Wilso n, alter extracting a small quantity of blood, began to have better hopes, as the pulse now throbbed, and the beating became more free; however, removal in his present state was deemed extremely dangerous • and Mr. B. readily said, that his own bed should she at the ser vice of the sufferer so long as it might - be necessary. Hs was then about to be taken up stairs, when, to the great surprise of every one present, the defendant, said, "he would not allow his friend to be put to lsed in a strange house, and he would take him home, dead or alive. A general remonstrance was made en the impropriety and danger of removing a man in such a state ; but Jackson, who was deaf to reason, per sisted in his determination. Mr. Burton then interposed his au thority, as landlord of the house, and said be would feel answerable for the man's life were he to disregard the instructions of the medical gentleman, who had so particularly forbade his re moral. Jackson then became quite outrageous, stripped off his coat, challenged Mr. Burton to fight, striking him at the same moment a violent blow, which laid the eye open nearly two inches; Burton, provoked beyond all endurance by this gross outrage, returned the compliment with good effect ; and, in the scuffle, Cullen, Ivho was stdl insensible, was knocked off the chair. The defendant's continued violence induced Mr. Burton to give him in charge to an officer for an assault l mid Cullen was then put to bed. Mr. Button now said, that as he believed, the , defendant was in toxicated, hi did net wish to- press the case. provided be made a suitable apology, and paid the slater .for his trouble. 'Ur. R 01111“, the presiding Magkat e rete laid, that he thou& tbei B I RTH. .At Farehaut, the lAdy.of Captain Prescott, R.N. C.B. of a daughter. MARRIED. May 10, is Stap!wont Mora, comity of 'Carlow, the Ho rionraids and Right Reverend Henry Scott &opford, Arcbdeacon of Leighlin, to Annette, daughter of William Browne, liaq. of Browne" Hill, county of Carlow. yaaaaw Wednesday sennight, at Dumfries, in the 15th year of hie age, and the sizty.second of Ms Ministry, the Rev.. William , Gentleman whose whole life was blameless and exemplary both in principle and precept. The 15th instant, at Maidenhead, Berk., in the ilith year of his age, the Rev. Henry Dodwell, Rector of Hartmann and Colder worth. is Linea!whin. At Brandon, Suffolk, es the .lad ult. aged 69, Joseph Rand yll Burch, Rai. one Oche Magistrates fee that ;aunty, and for several yean..M.P. for Thetford. In March last, at R. M. Tbanas, Esq. Pre-Cum.'', Algiers, where he bad been fir the recovery of his health, and in his 44th year, James, the second son of Mr. Woodfall, of Great Dean's iyard, Westminster. Waterford ti AIUL-' •U. DU& 1 01 1 0 Gustuse 1 - ead 'heresy I 0 Lisbon 0 1 Gxtenborgis Malta DAT. o 2 O 0 A mi. Dm Truce 1 0 Haasburgb 1 0 Flanders 0 O 1 Brazil America 0 1 Leward Islands 0 O 0 Barnes Ayres 0 0 11I ssornin ell-W g ATE . K at LT4 DOltß4tl7 ImDinGuigesTatftra4olll :Afternoon - minutes after Losioop s Primed atul PublisholoilJ. F. Knatx at dee Stag ems, No. 1, Picke6-Placs, Tenspie;l3o. 'landlord was much too lenient, as there could not possibly tie a more aggravated assault. The defendant, on being asked•whether he would comply with, the terms offered him by Mr. Barton, said. " he would see hint (1.--m-d first, and as to expenses, be would rather rot in jail tale pay a single msg." The Magistrate said, he was happy to have it is his rawest, make bins and geed bail. If A R LBQ RIM G 11-STREET. Yesterday P. Flgns was fully cesnnsitted fir trW too atoalloS ik box great coat of J. Reynolds, Esq. value U. WO RS H IP-STREET. Yesterday, two Gentlemen, who reside in the city-road. in the neighbourhood of the Eagle Tavern, kept by Mr. Rouse, ;roared before the sitting Magistrate (Mr. am en). to prefer a (Assaf complaint against the balloon exhibitions, which are of so ferrepsent occurrence in the gardens of the Eagle. Oae of the applicants said it bad cost hint at 'east fot. 4t coma times, to repair the damage occasioned to his fences, Ste. Zr Magistrate said, any damage he might have sustained should be the subject of a civil actien. Mr. Basirry recommended Mr. Boomer to go round to kis neighbours and to ascertain their feelings genee rally as to these exhibitions, end the applicant. might do the sadder also. The parties then left the office. A poor woman applied to the Magistrate for a suonnons against Mr. Thimbleby, residing in Old-street-road, Shoreditch. She had pawned her wedding ring, for Ss. on the 14th May, 1825. This year the 14th occurred on a Sunday, and she unfortunately neglecod to apply for the redemption of her ring until about three o'clock on Monday afternoon, when she was informed that the ring had been sold. She produced the duplicate, on the back of which the pawn. broker had written the word " sold." The summons was refused, on the ground that the article should have been redeemed on the Saturday. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mrs. Mary Page, whose husband is attached to the Milbank nitentiary, was charged, on the oath of Mrs. Charlotte Savage, at the instance of Mr. Benjamin Young, with assaulting and beating his son, a lad scarcely nine years old, on the 14th inst. Deponent now stated, that on the day in question, she observed Mrs. Page beating the lad Young while witness was standing at her door, for no other reason except that be and *noshes boy were play. ing with the donkey. The animal was loose at the time, and grazing in a lane adjoining the street. Witness went up to her, when she desisted from her violence. The little boy, Benjamin Young, was so beaten, that he fell down, and could not get up. Mrs. Page. in her defence, declared, that Young, wish several other boys, were beating and tormenting the ass, and poking bias inhumanly with a stick. She, in consequence, went up to.hint, called him a little rascal, and dapped him roundly on his back, but she never once kicked him. Mr. Young—But why didyon not come to me, Mrs. Page, and let me beat my boy if he had done any thing wrong. Mr. Wurrs—Well, Mrs. Page, you think you have dose nothing wrong, but you had no business to beat the boy. You wculd have done right in trying to prevent him, without violence, from M using the donkey; and if you had given information here, sap . posing the animal to have been ill used, we 'honk! have attended to it. But I have the surgeon's certificate now before me, in which. he states, that the lad, Benjamin Young, has received considerable injury ; and, under these circumstances, you must find satisfactory bail for assaulting the boy. UNION-HALL A map named Edmond Lewis, suspected of having committed divers burglaries and robberies in the county of Surrey, was breasts up in custody to this Mee before the doing Magistrate, M. Swaar, Esq. charged with breaking into, and robbing the house, of Mr. Nunn, at Merton; but it having been suggested to the Magistrates that ethers belonging to t►e gang would, in all probs. bility, be taken into custody in a few days hence, the prisoner wee accordingly remanded. THAMES POLICE t W. Pointer was charged, under b; Ha w kers'Act, with vending carpenters' chips in the neighbourhood of Stepney Church-yard.-- • It was argued that the articles did not come under the designation of goods and merchandise, as specified in the Act; if so, the miser- , able venders of matches were equally liable. Mr. Rename however conceived the defendant liable, and con victed him in the penalty et 101. against which the poor fellow en tered an appeal Al) Inquest was held at the Westminster Hospital, on be body of G, Mead. The deceased was observed on Srinday to go to the Crown public-house, where he had been about three weeks before, but having quarrelled with the. waiter at that time, he expressed a wish Ahas, GOD would strike hips dead, if ever he again entered the I I home. He was lipsy e and, on enterinkfell backwards lathe middle of the road, and was carried to the above Hospital, but: immediately expired. Verdict.—Died by the .itsitatimof.Goo. An Inquest was also held at the Black Horse, in Ox. endon.street, on John Smith, formerly a master baker in Chancery-lane. The deceased went into the above house. and in a few minutes was discovered in the back yard dying. Medical aid was called in, but the spark of life was extinct. • Verdict—Natura dea:h. There is an old woman living at Blantyre Moor, parish of Blantyre, of rather a singular character. She is eighty years of age—she never drank a cup of tea, never had. a tea cup or tea pot in her house, net...r bought a particle of tea but once three farthings worth as a medicine for a friend, never had a dram glass in her house, and never drank a glass of whisky in her life. The Sloth, in its wild state, spends its life in trees, and never leaves them but from force or accident ; ant! what is most extratndinary, he lives not upon •the branches but under them. He moves suspended, rests suspended, sleeps suspended ; and offers a figurative representation of the life of suspense passed by no small number of mankind. The King Of the Vultures, a bird which abounds in the forests of South America, is very handsome, and seems to be the only bird which claims regal honouts from a surrounding tribe. It is said to be a i act beyond all dispute, that when the scent of carrion has drawn together hundreds of the common •ultures, they ill retire from the carcase, as soon as the king makes his appearance.