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CORRECTIONAL COURT CP PARIN. A young man, named illurcy, appeared before the Court on a charge of vagrancy. A superior invalided officer presented himself at the audience to claim the defendant. in order to extricate him from his distressing situation. "Is this young man your relative ?" the President, " No, Sir," said the veteran major ; " nor has he any father or mother—l married his godmother, who is dead." "Do you undertake the charge of him ; and will you pro rids hon with fond and lodging ?" •` I undertake, at his own re quest, to make s soldier of him ; his age and size are suitable. I ,id, moreover, give you a proof of the interest he ought to excite, v relating the particulars of his birth. The name he beam is not i."• uwn ; it is that of the femme de ehombre of his mother. Al enn.igh you see him in such a plight, he is a relative of Napoleon." •' That is foreign to the cause,' interrupted the President ; " you , !ten undertake the charge of him ?" " Yes, Sir." The charge of vagrancy having been removed by the undertaking ,n question, the Court ordered the discharge of the defendant. Fortunee Pinaud is a Venus of the lower orders, who had selected 0.-,e of the obscure and dirty streets of la Cite for the theatre of her nocturnal periunbulations, before the late Ordonnance of M. blangin. —On an evening of last month, Fortunee was alone in the public-house of a woman named Viennois. She was waiting fur Charles Floret, one of the handsomest journeymen black midis in the neighbourhood, who possessed the inestimable privilege of being her protector. The arrival of Charles was long delayed. At length an odour of tobacco smoke an • ounced the approach of the leather.aproned Lovelace. Fortunes hastily swallowed her glass of brandy, adjusted her head-dress, pre. pared a smile, and ran out to meet her adorable. Charles held in his hand a rose For whom could the beauteous flower be intended but for her, his constant love ? " That is for me !" exclaimed Fortunee, drawing from the pocket of her apron her white hand, in order to receive the welcome gift Alas ! how delusive is sublunary bliss ! The cruel Charles bestowed his favour on another ; and the happiness of Fortunes fled for ever. She shuddered with rage, and addressed the most bitter reproaches to the perfidious youth. But he, with the utmost indifference, re-filled his pipe, and struck up the well-known song, " Tu a'auras pas ma rose. " Ureat was the wrath of Fortunee. Blows arose—and the blood of he lovers flowed into the brandy which had been poured out for their mutual comfort. Happy had matters rested here. But what hounds could be set to the rage of a woman who had suffered such cruel indignity from the hands of the man whom she tenderly toyed ? A knife was at hand—she seized it with fury, and inflicted upon the man a wound, which, fortunately, did not penetrate very deeply. In a fortnight Charles was pronounced out of danger; but rortunee was called upon to expiate 'her fury, by the Correctional Ceitirt, which sentenced her to four months' imprisonment. E-YTR CTS FROM EAST INDIA PAPERS. Ouse.—We beg to lay before our readers such information as we have received from this quarter. Amridoll Patrick, the late col lector of Sandi, was ordered to be released from confinement. The Kntwal (Magistrate) received orders to take the Abkaree (licensing of distilleries, &c.) department under his own immediate manage ment, and to issue a proclamation, forbidding armed persons, either in the service or out of it, to pass through the city. Futteh Ally, after presenting a casket of jewels, fell at his Majesty's feet, and, with tears in his eyes, represented that, in consequence of his Ma. jeaty's displeasure, he is disgraced in Court ; and his Majesty re plied that, if he considers it a disgrace, he had better not attend the Court. Alobarus Ally Khan has directed the guard of Moonshe Morturee to be careful that he may not fly. Amanally Khan, a soldier of the regiment of Auzeem Beg, was killed by Ashan Ally, an artilleryman. His Majesty ordered 200 rupees to be given for the expenses of the deceased's funeral, and ordered an inquiry to be trade into the matter. blewaram presented the accounts of Aloonshet Oolam Alurtirzy. A person entered the palace occupied by her Highness Moriam Alokance, and complained of another person who took forcible possession of his house; at which his Highness was much displeased upon Muzferally Khan that, notwithstanding the order which was passed for guarding the gates, strangers are allowed to enter the palace ; and the complainant was ordered to be sr. rested. Nabob Nuscerodowlah, and other brothers of his late 'Ma jesty, are not allowed to ride out from their respective places of abode, which are still guarded ; nor have they yet received their allowances. For fear of robbers, his Majesty has ordered se. venal windows of the palace to be shut up, and guns mounted in several places, and has removed front palace Shah IMunzel to Fu. rich &kale When in Court, inspecting papers, every precaution is used. The Royal Battalion. and others, which were formerly under Asud Ally Khan, are again given in his charge. A Hindoo was robbed of a pair of shawls on the highway by the armed men, and, notwithstanding his loud complaint for assistance, from police. men who were near the place, he received no assistance. Although Aloirorux Ally is removed from his situation, yet no complaint reaches his Majesty's ear. A stroller came to the city, from some where, and took his residence in a place lately built by Alutumo tiowlah. In the evening he sent for a woman from the Bazaar, killed and buried her during the night, and ran away in the morning with all her jewels. The same night four soldiers plundered the house of Chedolloll, of Rekabgunge, and a robbery was committed near Charbag ; three persons were wounded, and goods to the amount of 2,000 rupees carried away. On the 25th his Majesty met with an accident, by his palanquin being accidentally thrown on the ground, but, we are happy to say, without any injury ; in consequence of which his Majesty distributed 4,000 rupees amongst the singers and well-wishers, and 1,000 more amongst: the bearers, and gave orders for releasing ten prisoners. Futtehally represented of having for. warded 10,000 rupees to the palace Khas Muhul and delivered in the hands of the daughter of Al kr& Solinnur Shekoh. His Majesty directed that the salaries of the domestic establishment of the de. partment be paid by the paymaster. It was reported to his Majesty that his Highness Moriam Mokanee sent 11,000 rupees for Nabab Yatmud Dowiah. MAHARAJA RUNJEET Sllllo.—Up to the 14th January this Chief was at Lahore. '9th, being the last day of the Hindoo month, be distributed amongst Brahmins and poor, grain, cows, buffaloes, horses, gold and silver basins, two thousand rupees, and many other articles. A letter from Sultan Mohamed Kahn, Governor of Pishour, was received ; announced the flight of Syed Ahmed to. wards the mountains, and his having plundered twelve villages of Yeoserty's that joined the Syed's standard, and put their chief in irons ; and the fort of Yoondra, which fell into the hands of the Syed, was taken possession of. Nabob Mohamed Zema Khan marched towards JaLilabad, and Jasor Khan towards Cabal ; and that it was the writer's intention to allot soon under charge of Hy butollah Khan, possessions to the amount of a lac and twenty-five thousand rupees. 12. The superintendents of the camp received directions to make preparations for a march with guns and amino ninon. It was represented that Ameeradcen, the Daroga of sta bles, who proceeded with presents to Prince Conran, had returned. Bimini Ram Sing, on requesting release of Rance Sudakoor, was told that orders will be given on arrival at Amritsir. Mons. De tour was ordered to join Mons. Elcaid without delay, and obtain good horses from Sultan Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Khan, and tri bute from Ycosefzeys.—Joun Man Nussa, Feb. 17, 1830. SnIGAPORE.—The Alexander, Capt. Ogilvie, from the Clyde the 16th of June, Madeira the 6th of July, St. Helen's the 6th of Sep tember, and Batavia the 10th ult. arrived here on the Ist; and the Dirdericha, Hector, from Batavia the 15th ult., anchored in the Reads on the 4th instant. By these arrivals we regret to learn that, on the night of Friday the 27th of November, the offices and warehouses of Alessrs. Thompson, Roberts ' and Co. of Batavia, caught fi re ; and before the flames could be the least abated, the whole of the offices,ibooks„and part of the warehouses, were burnt to ashes. It appears that it was only through the prompt exertion of every one present that the *bole of the buildings were not com pletely destroyed. " The rooms below the office," says our corres pondent, " contain sugar, cordage, &c. all of which, 1 am happy to say, were insured; and the loss of the books, &c. will not be such an inconvenience as might be expected, as they have balance- sheets up to a late date. The greatest inconvenience they anticipated was the loss of acceptances from Chinamen, &c. Though they were all secured in iron chests, they were so much defaced as to be ren. dered almost entirely illegible. The Chinese, however, have moat liberally conic forward, and honourably acknowledged their debts, which circumstance deserves to be recorded in testimony of conduct that merits the highest eulogium. This praiseworthy behaviour ought to be held up as an example, worthy of the imitation of others, en all future occasions of a similar nature." _ OVALIOII, DEC. 21.—A detachment has been sent to punish the Sondelie, commanded by Luxman Roa Bhaljee ; it has marched into thiChunderree Zillah. A body of horsemen attacked them, put them to flight, and followed them Into the Jahansee Zillah, and urged the Remendare to deliver up the property of these miserable wretches ; on their refusal, some strict measures were adverted to towards the Remcndars or Jahansee. LAHORE, Nov. 28.—An army of 40 000 is on their march against the fanatics, under the celebrated Sandah Seyd. This man bad slain Ysr Mahound Khan, the great Chieftian of Peshawar, and was about to besiege that city. Alaharag Oruogett Singh's troops were on the eve of crossing the Indus to attack him. Some battalions of regular infantry, commanded by European offi. cc's, and large masses of cavalry, formed the bulk of his army. Purdit Khan and his brothers had tried to seize the treasuty in the possession of the Hajarres, but were driven back, with loss —Cou rier, Jan. 6. Thursday, a poor woman, living in Hopkins-lane, hav ing gone with her husband to trench potatoes, left tits care of an infant to a worran who was a lodger in her house, and site having occasion to go out in the course of the day, locked the door, leaving a pig in the !mouse. On her return sLe found the unfortunate thild's head and body so horribly lacerated by the pig, as to leave co hope of die infants recove rp—Tipperary Free Prem. LAIV REPORTS. COURT OF CHANCERY, Jut's' 27. EXPARTE HAWKINS, IN Till MATTER OF HOWARD AND GIRDS, HANIIIIIPTS. This was a petition arising out of the annuity transactions of the present Duke of Alai'borough when Marquis of Blandford, with Messrs. Howard and Gibbs. Mr. ROM stated that this was a petition for a new trial of the issue that had been formerly ditected in this case. In the year 1815, Mr. Hawkins having some money which he wished to lay out in annuities ' applied to Messrs. Howard and Gibbs, and they sego. dated with the Marquis of Blandford an annuity, which had not been paid, and money, which it was pretended had been paid to the Marquis as the consideration for the annuity, was simply a con veyance of the money from Messrs. Howard and Gibbs to the Mar tiuis and back again, merely for the purpose of giving the transac uon the colour of being bona fide. The Learned Judge at the trial charged the Jury, that if the money was at any time in the control of the Marquis, they should find for the defendant. He (111 r. Rolfe) submitted that this was essentially wrong, and there. fore there ought to be a new trial. Mr. Horne, for the assignees of the bankrupts, said that the whole truth of the case was, that Mr. Hawkins wanting to get ra ther more than ten per cent. for his money on annuities, applied to Messrs. Howard and Gibbs, who negotiated the transaction with the Marquis; and pending that negotiation, discounted bills for the Marquis, which were taken up by that noble person, when the money, which was the price of this annuity, was paid to him. There was no pretence fur saying that Mr. Hawkins was not aware who was the grantor of the annuity, and therefore there was no ground for this petition. The Lord Chancellor said it appeared that the money was under the actual control of the Marquis of Blandford, and therefore the petition must be dismissed with costs. lITANYPORTH CANAL COMPANY V. LORD MANTRAS AND His Lordship directed two issues in this case, the particulars of which have been stated; the fi rst to try whether the works pro posed by the defendants, consisting of a floating boom and fender piles, at the mouth of the warping drain, would have the effect of removing the obstruction to the navigation, which it had been the object of the injunction to prevent; and secondly, whether, if they were not sufficient for that purpose, the use of the other expedient, consisting of a rope fastened to a pile on the bank, would be effec tuaL Mr. Solicitor General said he hoped the plaintiffs would not insist upon this as a preliminary step ; but that they would permit the effect of the new works to be tried, and if they should be found sufficient, that they would be content with them. His Lordship said he had before suggested the propriety of this measure; and, as a security, the defendants might deposit a sufficient sum to indemnify the plaintiffs against any injury that could pos sibly be occasioned by the use of the warping drain. If this, how. ever, did not meet the views of the parties, the issues must be tried. The parties did not come to an understanding on this point, and the order was therefore made. LEAk V. LZGOITT. This appeal was heard, the question being whether a legacy which had been given with a declaration that the bequest should be void if the legatee aliened it, had been forfeited on his becoming bank. rupt ; and whether his assignees, or the parties to whom it was given over by the will, were entitled to it. The Vice-Chancellor had decided that the alienation, by means of the bankruptcy, not having been by the act of the legatee, but by the operation of law, the legacy was not forfeited. Mr. Horne and Mr. Knight were in support of the appeal. Mr. Sollcitor-Creneral and Mr. Wigram supported the original decision. Mr. Wood appeared for the trustees under the will. His Lordship decided that the operation of the bankruptcy. by which the assignees had become entitled to the legacy, was not such an alienation as had been contemplated by the provisions of the 'will, and that therefore the legacy was not forfeited. He therefore dismissed the appeal with costs. ROLLS' COURT. _ _ NUCILLNY AND DEE. _ _ _ __ The MArrxß of theliom.i;elktisatiethought he must con alder the property in this case as equitable personal property, and asked Mr. Wray whether he had found any authorities on the subject. Mr. WRAY cited several cases in which personal property had been forfeited on the possessor being convicted of felony. The MArrER of the ROLLA said, that on the authority of the cases cited, he must declare the property here to be forfei te. ANSLEY Y.BAINBRIDGE. In this cave it appeared that, on the marriage of Bainbridge, sen. of the firm of Bainbridge and Brown, a settlement was made, under which a sum of 40001. was secured to his son, under a deed of trust and by a bond. Bainbridge sen. having been executor to both the trustees to this settlement, the bond came into his hands and re mained there, forgotten, until the time of his death. Bainbridge, jun. having been taken into the partnership between his father and Brown, fell into a course of extravagant expenditure, and drew upon the company so much beyond his own share, that in the year 1817 he was indebted to the firm in a sum of 19,0001. This debt was taken upon himself by the elder Bainbridge. In the year 1822 the son again became a debtor to the firm to the extent of 12,000 L Bainbridge, sen. also undertook the liability of this sum on condi tion of the son resigning his share in the concern, and receiving 6001. a year in further consideration thereof. The father having died, the bond for 4,000!. came to light; and, in the administration of his assets, the question in the case arose, namely whether the payment of the debts of the son, which had been undertaken by the father, should be considered as a satisfaction for his interest in the debt ? His Horrous decided, after an examination of the authorities, for the affirmation of the proition. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 27. DE BEAUVOIR V. RHODES. Mr. KNIGHT moved on the part of the plaintiff, for an order of the Court directing the defendant to pay into Court for the benefit of the plaintiff, 11,0001. being the balance which appeared upon the Master's report due to the plaintiff. Mr. PEPTII opposed the application, on the ground of there being objections to the Master's report, which should be discussed before the Court came to any discussion on the subj ect. , The Vice CHANCELLOR thought that it would be advisable to appoint an early day to hear the exceptions. It was ultimately arranged that the arguments upon the excep tions should take place on Thursday, subject, however, to an appli. cation being made by Mr. Pepys to have the matter discussed at a future day. rCE. HOME C I RCUIT—CH ELM SFORD, JULY 26. Lord TarrEnnEw opened the commission here this afternoon, and will proceed, with Mr. Baron Ciannow, to the despatch of bu. siness to-morrow morning. There are about fifty prisoners for trial ; but, with two or three exceptions, the charges are not of an aggravated nature. One prisoner stands charged with having stolen a gown, another with stealing a pair of women's high shoes, and a third with stealing seven hen's eggs. It is not known ♦et on what day Captain Moir will be tried. It appears that since his committal he has conducted himself with great propriety, and gained the good will of those who have intercourse with him. NORFOLK CIRCUIT—BEDYOID, JULY 26. Isaac Birdsey was charged with stealing divers articles, the pro. pat of William Boughton, of Malden. Mr. Smith, in stating the case for the prosecution, observed that he did so with considerable pain, for very little more than a seek bad elapsed since he had, at the Sessions, prosecuted to conviction the same individual for a similar offence against the same complain ant, who was related to the prisoner. His object then and his ob ject to-day, was not so much punishment as security, for the indi. vidual at the bar was wholly unfit to be at large. He had witnesses in Court to prove the use, and, should his Lordship think that a felony had been committed, he had other witnesses in Court who could prove the prisoner to be not only insane, but dangerously so to every body around him. At the close of the case foe the prosecution, and before calling the witnesses to insanity, Mr. Justice Littledale said, he did not think the felony bad been sufficiently proved to warrant a verdict of guilty. The inquiry, as to the state of the prisoners mini, he could not, therefore, allow to proceed. Upon the present charge the prisoner must be acquitted, as it was impossible to say that, under the circum stances detailed by the witnesses, the property had been taken feloniously. The Jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The prisoner, whose fierceness of look strongly indicated dan gerous derangement, asked one of the witnesses whether she did not see him eat a quantity of raw pickled pork, which was part of the property taken ? She said " No; but he gravely persisted in asserting that she did. It was understood that the prosecutor would either immediately Institute an inquiry before Magistrates, under the statute, or exhibit articles of the peace against the prisoner. He declared that he dared not return home, nor any of his family, unless some such step was taken. Early yesterday morning a young gentleman, named Hart, was drowned in the Serpentine, having become entangled in the weeds, after saving the life of a companion who had been in imminent danger. On Thursday evening week, a boy of the name of Smethunt, having driven a tub with too much farce to the mouth of one of the Werneth coal.pits, near Oldham, both were pl. toted into the pit, and the boy wail killed on the spot enohes. ter Tows. POLICE REPORTS. Bow.STIEZT.—A marTirTZTarb of a horse.dealer, named Phelps, residing in Hart-street, Covent.garden, and Mary his wife, were charged with having robbed a ficotchman named Baxter, of a purse containing 14 sovereigns. Mr. Baxter stated that he lodgedin the prisoner's house, and that on Friday last be missed his purse from his neck.handkerchid, in which be had placed it for safety. No one but the female prisoner was in the room, and her husband stood outside the door. Mr. C. PHILLIPS, (for the prisoner :) Where did you sleep that night ? Prosecutor : At Mother James's in Lisle-street (a laugh.) I stopped at Mother James's for eight days, and she claims 401. for that time ; but I have refused to pay her so unreasonable a de mand : (a laugh.) After some further questions, from which it appeared that the prosecutor was leading a very dissolute life, and had more money than wit, Mr. lilinshull said be should send the case for trial, but would accept bail. The witnesses against Captain Helsham having arrived from Boulogne, Mr. Harmer, the solicitor for the prosecution, applied to Mr. hlinshull to have Captain Helsham brought up Prom the New Prison for immediate examination, in order to avoid further delay. Dodd, the gaoler, was accordingly sent for Captain Helsham, who, on his arrival, prayed that the matter might be postponed until Friday, when Mr. Adolphus was expected in town, and would attend as his Counsel. Mr. Minshull said that, unless it was Captain Helsham's desire, the examination should not be proceeded with until Friday. GUILDHALL.--Georve Ford was brought up for re-examination charged with purloining two diamond 'hiss from the shop of Mr. Lamb, of Ludgate-bill, jeweller. The prisoner was remanded at his own request, that he might ob tain professional assistance, and yesterday Mr. William Humphreys attended on his behalf. -- Mr. Humphreys asked the prosecutor if his shopman did not say, when he brought the prisoner back to the shop, that he was sure prisoner could not have stolen the rings, because he had watched Idm so closely. Mr. Lamb replied that the shopman's notions of the matter would not help the prisoner, because witness actually saw one of the rings fall from him after he had been fumbling in his pocket, as if be found some difficulty in getting out his handkerchief. Mr. Humphreys begged him to answer, aye or no, to the question put to him, which he repeated. Mr. Lamb still evading It, The Chief Clerk said be had better give him an answer. Mr. Lamb then said he did not hear such an observation. The prisoner wished to be remanded again, that he might adduce testimonies to his character, but Sir John Peering thought the cir cumstance of the ring being observed in the act of falling from him, was conclusive, and committed him for trial. HATTOW•GAILDZIC—Yesterday, Mr. Thomas ROSS, who keeps a bonnet-shop in Gnat Russell-street, Bloomsbury, was charged with having assaulted Eliza Douglas, formerly his servant. The complainant summoned her master for the recovery of her wages, 1L ls. lid. On Saturday evening she went to the defendant's to serve an absolute order upon him, when he struck her, and tore her clothes. The defendant was ordered to pay a sovereign and costs, for the assault. Quszr; Bctu Aut.—George Dale, James Gales, Edward Glo ver, and Wm. Bayley, were charged with stealing pocket hand kerchiefs in the park, and fully committed to prison. Thomas Webb, Joseph Pool, and Frederick BrindaU, were charged with attempting to pick pockets in the park. They were committed for three months to the House of Correction to hard la bour, as reputed thieves. THAMZB POLlCL—Yesterday, Patrick Scannell, the landlord of the Ship public-house, Old Gravel-lane, Shadwell, appeared to an Information laid against him by Fagan, an inspector of K sion of New Police, for keeping his house open at late hours, and not maintaining go od rule and order therein. The defendant, a rough Irishman, said, very little could the people have been drink. ing, for he only sold a butt of beer a month, and a very small quan tity of liquor. Mr. BALLANTINE—If you behave no better at your own bar than you do at this, you are very ill adapted to keep a public house. A respectable gentleman said the defendant wu in a state of great poverty, and unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. He (the gentleman) was now conducting the business on behalf of the cr ed itors, and he hoped that, under those circum stances, the fine would be mitigated. The defendant was then con. victed in the penalty of 40s. and costs. Towx-HALL.. William Furness, William Huntingdon, nos Carter, and Robert Jarvis, the last a policeman, No. 28 , letter AI, were brought up for final examination, charged with the coin. mission of several burglaries. John M'Cure stated that he resided in Lordship-lane, East Dul wich. On the morning of the 7th Inst. he found one of his windows open, and missed a black bag, containing the robes of the Kee. Matthew Anderson, the resident Minister, consisting of a black silk gown, a silk cassock, two silk scarfs, and a belt ; he also missed a silk shawl, a Dunstable bonnet lined with French silk, and a muslin window curtain, belonging to himself, the value of the whole 101. Helen Sullivan, servant to Mr. Bowman, a publican, in Ber mondsey-street, said the prisoner Furness came to lodge at her mas ter's house the Bth of this month, and the same evening oared to sell her about a and and a half of black silk for 32. @d; hs after wards agreed to let her have it for 2s. which she paid him, and to ascertain its value, afterwards pledged it with Mr. Wharton foe 2s. E.4:ving her master the duplicate. Furness told her that he had ed from thirty to forty yards of it elsewhere. The silk was died by Mr. AlTure as having formed part of the Rev. Mr. Anderson's robes. Mary Ward said that, on the night of the robbery, she slept with the wife of Huntingdon, at his house, 334Uxbridge.street, Newing. ton Causeway ; early the next morning, she was awoke by three men entering the rooms they were the prisoners, !Furness, Hun. tin on, and Carter. Carter bad a Dunstable bonnet on his head, and one of the others, she could not recollect which, had a minister's black silk gown upon him, and she saw taken from a black bag a black silk scarf; a shawl, and a muslin curtain. A second case was brought forward, in which Mr. Wm. Carter, of Brixton, deposed to his house being entered on the night of the 6th instant, and a Dutch clock, a pair of brass candlesticks, a tea. eaddi zn and a fur cap, stolen. He a ft erwards saw the cap in Hun. tin 's house. Mary Ward swore to purchasing the clock of Huntingdon for 6s. Myers, an officer, confirming the connexion between Jarvis and the other prisoners, by swearing he saw him enter Huntingdon's house the night after the robbery, and acknowledging to him after. wards that he had supped there, Mr. Alderman ANSLZY considered that the charges were clearly made out against the prisoners, and fully committed them for trial. LANSZTR.ITREET.—Yesterday a respectable tradesman was charged before the magistrates with assaulting polite constable 147, of K. division. The policeman stated that, on that morning, between twelve and one o'c loc k, he observed the defendant lying in Stepney.fields, and understanding that he had been robbed of his pocket handkerchief, be went to him, and asked him about it. The defendant, however, not missing the handkerchief, he (the policeman) observing him somewhat the worse for liquor, asked him where he lived, and offered to see him part of the way home. He then raised him, and was assisting him along, but they bad not got very fu when he at. tacked and struck him in the most violent manner, and he (the po. Haman), in his own defence, was compelled to knock him down three or four rimes, and he at length, with assistance, succeeded in taking him to the watehhouse. The defendant declared the fact was, that when the policeman first aunt to him, he told him be knew him to be a Jew, and that he came there foe the of thieving. He next caught him by the collar, and dmpedVi r tis P° l:e a felon, and on his telling him he would walk quietly awl; with him, be struck him several violent blows, and knocked him down, as he had stated. Not content with this, he still continued to useinsulting language, with the view, no doubt, of provoking him to strike him in the presence of another officer, who he had called to his assistance, and for the truth of this be would appeal to that policeman. This policeman being sworn, said that he saw every disposition on the part of the defendant to go quietly to the station-house. He heard the complainant tell him that he was a coward, and that he was a better man than him. Mr. WYATT dismissed the use, observing. that he could not consider it new/nary, where there appeared such a disparity of per sons, to knock a man down four times to secure bim. .74;11N Car, a middle-agednTaii7v;;cliaried;il robbing hi, ready-furnished lodging of almost every moveable article. When taken into custody the prisoner had on his person a num ber of blank checks on the different London bankers, some puwn. brokers' duplicates, and a variety of flash notes, together with some curious documenta, all of which indicated that he obtained a living otherwise than► by honest industry. He was rctuanded, in order to give the officers time to make the necessary enquiries. WOISRIP.STRZET —Je lls Hooker, a bird-fancier, was yes terday committed for trial for stealing a goldfinch and cage. Mrs. Watts, of Shoreditch, on the night before left as usual the cage and bird hanging outside her house. On the following morning she found both had disappeared. A police constable produced a long pole, with a book attached to it, which at four o'clock that morn. ing he saw the prisoner using, and with it carry off the cage and bird, when he secured him. An inquest was7o7 at tWhouse, Birmingham, on Friday, on the body of an unfortunate female patient in the In. sane ward, who, during the temporary absence of the nurse oe Wednesday evening, was forcibly suffocated by another patient named Poole. The latter was peasant during the inrestiption and it was clearly crideut that she was of unsound mind. The Jury, as directed by the Coroner, returned. verdict of " Murder" against the accused. EXECUTION OF MARTIN THE MURDERER From the Journal des Debate. Martin, who was condemned to death 61amiss inating Margat e . Gautruche, the fruitress, in the Seminary of Chartres, in the Bois de Boulogne, was this momin4 removed from the infirmary of 1., Bicetre, to undergo the execution of his sentence, at half-past four o'clock in the evening. Ever since his condemnation, Martin be, been in a state of cruel suffering and indisposition. He has ins,. sandy received the consolations of religion. It appeared at first tha• his natural death would stop the course of human justice, as far sN he was concerned. The last sacraments had been administered t him a fortnight ago, but he had the misfortune of recovering suit. ciently to expiate his crime. It is asserted that he persisted in pro testing his innocence, whilst the woman °Arlin, his concubine, who was condemned to ten years of seclusion for barely being his accom puke in the theft, charges every thing upon Martin, and pretends to ave had no share in the crimes. Deplats, a medical man, has been sentenced to imprisonment and the pillory, for exempting young men from the laws of recruitm.l by artificial illnesses that were nearly killing them. His appt:, was rejected, as well as that of Thome 011ivier, and his mother, fa assassination. SCINTILLA. A WONDER.--In the island of Skye, where the ge nius of rain descends in a perpetual drizzle, there has scarcely, it is said. fallen a single shower during the last six weeks, and this when nearly all other parts of the kingdom. highland and lowland, have been drenched and flooded with constant " even-down pours !" ANCIENT FREEHOLD.—At the Sussex election in 1807, an elector named Morton voted in right of his patrimonial land at Rusper, which had been in possession of his ancestors 730 years. VORACITY OF RATS.Mr. Carey Corfe destroyed with his two celebrated terriers the other day, at a farm near Ba singstoke, in two hours not less than 230 rats ! In well-store. ! barns and corn.stores the destruction caused by these vermin cannot be rated at lean than 21. 10s. per week, or 6501. per annum— /Innis Adrertiatr. GENERAL ELEcTiox.—Magna Charta ordains that at least 40 days shall elapse between the issuing of the writ by the King in Council, and the meeting of Parliament. This is enforced by statue 7 and 8 William 111. c. 25, which enacts that there shall be 40 days between the terge and the return. Jr. consequence of the union with Scotland and Ireland there is usually a lapse of SO days or more. In the Act of Union with Scotland 50 days are mentioned as the period to be allowed by proclamation for fixing the first Par liament of Great Britain. The proclamation for dissolving the la. and summoning the next Parliament permits 52 days to intervene. A singular ceremony exists at feasts in China before they proceed to their libations. Before they drink, they all rise from their seats and advance towards the middle of the room, hold. ing their cups with both hands; they raise them to the height of their mouths and lower them again to the ground—the lower the more polite. This is repeated three times, aix times, and even nine times; every one lowering and raising their heads at intervals, more or less loaf, by a quick movement ; each man following the movements of his neighbour. After repeated trials the cups reach their mouths at the same time. They then empty them together. and look at each other very seriously, and as if to show that they have drank up the last drop. After this operation they salute each other with the same ceremonies, and gradually return to their places to continue their repast. There sometimes are endless discussions happen who shall first be seated, when after a long aeries of salute. dons, inclinations of the head, gestures and reverences, they sit themselves down at the same time.—Nadosal. NEW MEDICINE.M. Leroux, an apothecary at Vitry.le.Francais, has extracted from the bark of the willow a new substance, to which he has given the name of salicine ; and which he has found to be a powerful febrifuge. A committee of the French Academy, to whom M. Leroux's discovery was submitted for consideration, have pronounced most favourably with respect to it. They say that its medical properties are singularly energetic. and that it may be advantageously substituted for quinine. M. Ma. jendie administered 18 grains in a day, in three doses of six grains each, and that quantity sufficed to remove intermittent fever, with. out any return. It appears, therefore, that the quantity of salicine necessary for that purpose is smaller than the quantity of quinine which must be employed under the same circumstances.Foreigra Quarterly Review. SCOT - TISII REPRESENTATION.—The following docu ment, prepared byan intelligent friend, who vouches for its accurac y, cannottobe regarded by our readers as valuable. It shows into what number of hands the right of election in our Scottish counties is committed, and may perhaps point out, to the excluded community, the importance of a more extended suffrage, along with the privilege of voting by ballot. Vigil we have the voting by ballot, we never can have an incorruptible constituency, or a really pure and independent representation ; and therefore to obtain this boon,—a boon which at present is working, in France, such wonders in favour of liberty,—ought to be the leading object of every peti. tion made by the people to the Legislature : C ount y. Freeholders. County. Freeholders. 1. Aberdeenshire 184 Brought forward 1754 2. Argyllshire ll4 19. Kinrosa.shire 3. Ayrshire lB5 20. Kirkcudbright ...... ... .181 4. Banffshire 49 21. Lanarkshire 222 5. Berwickshire..... 149 22. Linlithgowshire 6. Buteshire • .. 21 23. Nairnshire 7. Caithness shire . 33 24. Orkney and Shetland ... 43 8. Clarkmannanshire .... 16 25. Peebles.shire $. Cromartyshire .......• • • 19 26. Perthshire. 239 N. Dumbartonshire 11. Dumfries.shire.......... 24 28. Ross-shire ......--- 82 12. Edinburghshire 165 29. Roxburgshire l5l 13. Elgin and Moray 32 30. Selkirkshire 33 14. Fireshire .............239 31. Stirlingihire l3O IL Forfarshire 124 32. Sutherlandshire...---- 21 is. Haddingtonshire lOB 33. ‘Vigtonshire —...-- 70 17. Invernawnhite 77 18. Kincardineshire .... Total Number of l 3303 Freeholders .. f Carry forward 1784 The average number of votes in each county to semi a Member to Parliament, is 97 2-33. SEDATIVE EFFECTS OF THE SPIDER'S WEII.-The web of the black spider has received commendation from many re spectable sources, as a sedative agent, capable of calming, with pe. culler case and certainty, morbid excitability of the cerebral pa nervous systems.* On the credit of those qualities it has been em ployed in the various forms of ternulence, and not without a share of reputed success, sufficient to entitle it to consideration in that state of constitutional irritation. In the summer of 1827 we tried this article in many cases, and in fuU doses. To test its qualities it was given, where the state of the patient admitted, uneombined with opiates. When thus used, its effects were generally par tial or doubtful, and its rowers inadequate to the production of tranquillity or sleep. In one case only have I found this sub stance to exert great or decided sedative attributes. This was the case of an intelligent young man (In private practice) who, after consuming, by his own report, three quarts of brandy in 36 hours, fell into a state of temulent excitation so excessive, that he was incapable of keeping a recumbent or even a sitting posture for more than a minute, but paced his chamber with a ceaseless step for two days and nights. He was not delirious; on the contrary, his conversation was rational, though hurrial and vehement. But he was so far under the influence of spectral hallucination. that if he closed his eyes for a moment, day or night, he was instantly visited by a host of phantoms of frightful aspect : hence chiefly his aversion to lie down, or make any voluntary effort to sleep. This patient took opium, opi um with camphor, and black drop, at short intervals, and in full doses, until the quantum of opiate approached the utmost limit of probable safe ad. ministration, without even partial relief of constitutional irritation, or any apparent proneness to sleep. The temulent excitement kept unabated for twenty-four hours, the second night passed in eon. want vigilance, locomotion, and mental excitement, and it seemed probable that excitation so intense, protracted, and unremitting, must soon lapse into delirium or convulsions. At this time, the morning of the third day (the second of my attendance) he began the use of the web in fresh pills of five grains every hour. Its effect ;iris prompt and unequivoarL The patient spoke emphatically, both the first and second day, of the soothing influence produced by the pills. He was not at the time informed of their composition..—Frun the London Medial Gaxelle. • See American Journal of Medical Science. Mr. T. H. Chapman, son of Chapman, formerly of C,ovent.garden Theatre, was lately killed in Philadelphia, by a fall from his horse. , BIRTH. At Peny.hill, Sydenham, on the 22d inst. of a stiU.bom soo, the lady of H. Espie, Esq. surgeon. R.N. MARRIED. The '2241 inst. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, R. Power, Esq. to Josephine, second daughter of Al. de Cerf, of Spa, in th e Nether lands—At Kensington church, the 24th instant, Mr. Faulkner, of Brentford, to Miss Sarah Wooleott Latium, of Phillinaoreplace. Kensington, and Pail-mall!—The 22d inst. at Brighton, Mr. %%'m. Reynolds, of Chancery -lane, to Miss Sarah Fisher, of Boswell -road. Of spoplezy, on the 14th ofJul7, st the house of his son. ow Evteui, Dr. Pinkstan Jamas, M.D. of Oeage-st►eet. Hanover. square, aged 64. LONDON : Printed sad Piddiebod by Joao, bisssts, st the 'ma. Orncs No.l, Pletots.plose.Tesnyis •sr.