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BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS, I•A rEI.I DECEASED. WILLIAM iIAZLITT, ESQ.—Mt. William Haslitt, so well known as a critical and mire( lianeous writer, was a native of Shropshire. His ftthet was an Unitarian minister, who came originally ftom the north of Ireland, and who residing for some time in the above named county, at another period of his life held a situation In the University of Glasgow, under the late celebrated Dr. Adam Smith ; he likewise went over to America, where he continued during nine years. Mr. William Hiatt was educated at the Unitarian College, at Hackney; it is not known whether he was designed for his father'+ profession; but if so, the In tention was abandoned. The father died only a few years since, having lived nearly to the age of eighty. The subject of the present notice be gan life as an artist, but soon ceased to follow the arts as a He, however. obtained a knowledge of art, which qualified hr f f e rt . criticism in which he was afterwards eminent. There was sometimes Pc acerbity in hilt criticisms which his friends lamented, but the sound ness of his opinions could rarely be impeached It might sometimes I.'vc been said to him, " Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, but why did you kick us down stairs?" He was a man of strong pas. ;ions and acute feeling, which serves, in some measure, to account for the severity of his attacks : be would not, as the phrase is, " mince the natter. - ' The great majority of the works of Mr. Haslitt consist of articles written for periodicals. It is impossible to give any enumus fion of them ; they were upon every variety of subject, and are dispersed through different channels, most of them anonymously. He obtained an introduction, about 1809 or 1810, to the late Mr. Perry, of the Murning t'hroniele, by whom he was engaged to report parliamentary 41ebittee, write original articles, &a Whilst engaged on the Morning Chronicle, be wrote an able criti cism on the tragedy of Tirginine • he also furnished a number of theatrical articles on the acting of Kean. As a political writer, he was apt to be too violent; though in general he was not a man of violent temper. He was also apt to conceive strong and rooted prejudices against individuals on very slight grounds; but be was a good-hearted man, and ready to render services to individuals who differed materially with him in opinion. Private circumstances, it is said, contributed to sour his temper, and to produce a peculiar excitement, which too fte. quently held its slay over him. Mr. Haslitt and Mr. Perry did not agree. Upon one occasion, to the great annoyance of some of his col leagues, he preferred his wine with a few friends, to taking his share in reporting an important discussion in the House of Commons: added to this, he either did not understand the art of reporting, or would not take the trouble to master it. His original articles, though many of them excelknt, were too strong for the politics of the paper ; and there was a total indisposition to submit himself to controul. This producedaoool. nese with Mr. Perry, which ended in a separation. Mr. Hulitt was little fitted for the business of a Newspaper. His original articles re quired to be carefully looked over, to weed them of strong expressions. This more especially applied to those articles which had any reference to political subjects. He was, notwithstanding, a pleasant companion.— Though he afterwards wrote for another morn ing te ri r, and was em ployed by booksellers, besides contributing to 7cala, he was not able to escape pecuniary difficulties. He sta to the writer of this, some time after he had quitted the " Morning Chronicle," that be was obliged to write to get himself out of debt. This struggle with ;MU niary embarrassment continued to the end of his life, though his health was at times a good deal impaired. There was, however, an indepen. dence about him which seemed to rise superior to the evi ls around him. He was married, and had a son, who survives him. He was by some charged with being deliberately malignant. It Is not true. Those who sometimes writhed under the lash of his pen might, perhaps, think him malignant ; but in his private intercourse, kindly feeling and goodness of heart might be recognized. At times, he gave vent to a strong expression of feeling, which many of his friends re. greyed. There is a phrase in a modern comedy, of a" good-natured man turned inside out," and this might have been frequently ap plied to Mr. Hazlitt. He was undoubtedly good-natured, pleasant in conversation, and well.disposed, frequently enlivening a company by telling comical stories, or amusing anecdotes, but sometimes (to use another well•Unown phrase) he Hew off In a tangent. He con. tinued, nearly to the last hour of his existence, to furnish articles tope riodical publications ; and, in truth, the remuneration he obtained was too essential an object to him to allow of a remission of toil, if the state of his health at all allowed him to persevere.' He had been declining for four or five weeks, but it was only during the last few days of his ex istence that his disorder assumed a dangerous character. BARON FOUVIER.—The Baron Fourier, one of the Secretaries of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, was formerly a priest of the Oratory. He was a native of Auxerre, in Burgundy. Having devoted himself to the study of mathematics, he was appointed assistant to the celebrated N. de Prony, as professor of geometry and arithmetic, in their appli. cation to mechanics. He accompanied Buonaparte to Egypt, where he was nominated his commissioner to the government established in that country. In 1803, he was made prefect of the department of the here ; and in 1806 he was invested with the cross of the Legion of Honour. On the restoration of Louis XVIII. Al. Fourier gave in his adhesion to the new government, and was confirmed in his prefecture. In March 1815, he was recalled by Buonaparte, whom he had not sup ported In his department ; but soon afterwards he was appointed prefect of the Rhone. In that situation, however, his conduct was such as ciused him to be again dismissed. It add seem that neither the Bourbon nor the Buonapartean governmantreposed !confidence In him, for, on the second return of Louis, M. Fourier was not employed. In May 1816, he was chosen an associate of the Academy of Sciences, but the King did not confirm his nomination. AL Fourier published se veral dissertations in the Journal of the Polytechnic School ; and as a member of the Egyptian Commission of men of Science, he composed the preface of the memoirs published by them. 51. Fourier died at Paris on the 17th of May.—N. M. Map. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT-FIVE LIVES LOST! SCILLY, Sr. rr. 28.--A most melancholy circumstance, attended with the loss of several lives, occurred here yesterday evening. A small boat belonging to Tresco had just left the Pool at St. Mary's, when a sea struck her, in going over a ledge, and she instantly upset. There were fourteen persons on board, besides a considerable quantity of goods, so that she was laden almost to the water's edge before her departure. The accident was perceived from the shore, immediately on its occur. rage ; and several boats promptly put off to the assistance of the guards who were struggling in the waves ; 12 of them were soon broughtto land, apparently lifeless : but, by the energetic and persevering application d the usual resuscitatory process, under the direction and personal exer tions of Mr. Biewett, surgeon (who was indefatigable in his seal and at. tootles), most of them were soon restored to life. It is but justice here to state, that the greatest readiness to render assistance—combined with a spirit of the deepest sympathy—was shown by almost every inhabi tant of Saint Mary's on this lamentable occasion. Amongst those happily preserved, were the Reverend Mr. Lane, Minister of True* and Stylus, and Mr. James (a native of the parish of Paul, Cornwall), schoolmaster, of Tram. One woman and two twee were found beyond the power of human means to restore ; and there see Pet two persons who have not been picked up, making a total of five, who have perished by this awful catastrophe. It is very remarkable, that the whole of those who were drowned were related to each other.— The sea was, comparatively, smooth, and the weather fine, when the sheet happened. An inquest was this day held on three of the bodies, b Jolts Johns, Esq. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, who found the following verdict s—" That James Jenkins, John Odger, and Catherine Odger, were drowned accidentally by the upsetting of a boat, which had impradmtly approached too near a ledge of rocks, called the Cow, the said boat being too heavily laden at the time, and crowded with too many people, sot having accommodation for half the nunlike then on bard. Wed Dram DISGRACEFUL OUT RAGE IN LISSON.OROV E.—On Sunday morning, during Divine Service, A disgraceful scene presented 'went, the inhabitants of Limon-Grove. About two hundred Irish. taco at the lowest class had a most desperate fight ; they were in a state of intoxication ; some fought with blu4eons, and some with fists, com pletely divested of their upper garments, which were held by the wo men : the scene was dreadful and disgus ting, and on s few of the police coming up they were bid defiance, but they rushed into the midst of the combatants, and after a desperate resistance succeeded in capturing three of the most desperate. Their names are Hugh Kelly, Timothy Kelly, and William Chapple, who was armed with a large fiat-iron, and threatened destruction to the first that came near him : at twelve .'cock there were upwards of 1,000 persons present. Strong detach newts of the D. division soon arrived, as also some of the 8. division from St. John's Wood, when order was soon restored. Several of the combatants were severely wounded. MEL A Scam.? OCC UeaEN C E.— An inquest was held on Saturday aftermon, at the watch•bonte in Newgateatreet, on the bodies of three men, named Hickman, Regan, and Dixon. It appeared le evidence, that the above men were employed In emptying a cess =go:, on the premises of Messrs. Leaf and Co warehousemen ' Old St. Paul's, Friday morning and on Dixon going down t. elsar the bucket, which bed become entangled, be fell on one side, an/ sprayed to be dead. Hickman then went down end caught Dikes - le his arms; but before be could be pulled up, life had become extiact. Rowdiesa of all remonstrance sod the awful example before him, Row, as Irish labourer, proceeded down, and almost instantly aspired. 'The Jury having expressed themselves satisfied that no blame was attributable to ally one, returned a verdict that the above men were secifisatally minuted. Dili ADP L ACC I DENT —Yesterday morning, about half past sloe o'clock, a dreadful accident happened to a very fine little boy, about series yeendld e si the name of William ritsgerJd, who lives in Church-street. aimless. He was aftworeivg ea cross the road, when. before he deuld go eat of the way, ha was kasshol down by the horse of a knacker 's ark, stick was pairs at a furious este ; the wheel went over his . heek. The seam was ands& to the how of Mr. t at =l : l • the ansessk who, alleronoraising she injuries while be had Ind his taewneyod se his peas* residisoce. Hopes, bower, ere ea. tenained dent, *sash shelseuries nee wry mins, they will ist prom MAIL EXECUTION OF HENDERSON AT CUPAR. The execution of this greaT=Tifter a confession of his pile, took place Co Thursday, about thee o'clock, at tie lash of Caper ;at Williams, the executioner, arrived from Edinburgh en Saturday, and was lodged in a room there. Till the hour strived. Henderson con versed without any apparent feelings of horror or deep emotion con cerning his approaching fate. To a clergyman (one of the IPrefesson of St. Andrews,) who prayed with him on Wednesday in his cell, be said that he had made up his mind to meet the execution of hb sen tence with Simons, and that be believed be would not shrink. He said also, that the religious attentions which had been paid him by the clergymen of the town bad not been in vain, and that be was sensible of the enormity of his crimes. His conduct during the period of his conlaementl was not marked by any thing peculiar. He attended to all the religions services of the prison with decency, and with appa mot feelings of repentance. The jailor said he never complained ; he never asked for 'any thing, but took what was offered him, and was thankful. Towards the last days of his life he often wept bitterly; and when the preparations were making for erecting the scald (which be !nerd distinctly in his cell) all his efforts at composers were in effectual. IFre was visited a few days before his execution by his mother, and some other relatives, but the interview was no ways interesting, he usuelly slept soundly. except on the night of Wednesday, which be spent almost entirely in rending and devotional exercises. About noes on Thursday several of the Magistrates visited him, when he handed them a letter in nearly the following terms :- 41 I Mein peace with all men, asking forgiveness from all whom I have injured, and Mu tily forgiving all who have injured me." ' About one o'clock, preparations were made for carrying the sentence of the law into effect. The Rev. Mr. Watson commenced the devo tional exercises in the prison with prayer; and the Rev. Mr. Birrell read a portion of Scripture, and sung a penitential psalm. In all these exercises Henderson seemed cordially and fervently to join, maintaining throughout the greatest apparent firmness and composure. The irons having been removed, and his arms pinioned, he mounted the scdrold, assisted by two officers, and followed by the Magistrates. His com post= now began to leave him—his legs tottered, and be appeared to abed tears. When he reached the platform he was accommodated with a chair, which he turned round so as not to face the immense multitude assembled to witness hie ignominious end. Mr. Birrell again payed; and during the prayer Henderson seemed as if he were going to fall from the &air. He required to be supported by two officers, and hardly fors moment took the handkerchief from his eyes. After prayer, Mr. BirreU addressed the crowd. This having been done, Henderson took his place on the drop, when the official gentlemen and clergymen bade him farewell, and the executioner proceeded to do his duty. The un happy criminal now showed that he clung fondly to life. He wished Mr. Watson called back, and anxiously inquired the hour, and whe ther he could be granted a few minutes longer, because, be said, I am "frightened to go." Understanding that this request could not be com plied with, he reluctantly gave the signal, was thrown of, and, alter a severe struggle, ceased to live. From repeatedly turning to speak to those near him, after the rope was round his neck, the noose came to be behind his head when the drop fell, and the death was caused by gran. gelation rather than dislocation. The body having been suspended for MN= hour, was lowered down and put into a large box, to be con veyed to the professor of anatomy. An execution in Copse is a novelty of no common description, there not having been one sines 1743, when a man of the name of Jas. Hay suffered the lass punishment of the law foehormatealing. The Mad the Fife militia was on duty, as also several et the respectable citizens, in the character of special constables. Henderson was dressed in a suit of black. A platform was constructed for the purpose in the court-yard behind the jail, fronting a large peak, in which is a hillock known by the name of Skevie.brae, and other rising ground,..so that the immense crowd, amounting to not fewer than 12,000 or 15,000pasons, brought from every part of the large and populous county of Fife, kid a ki fu e l t t: r iew of the criminal. whose fate seemed to excite a great degree of sympathy, particularly among the female spectators, of whom a very rat number was present. This might in some degree * accounted for by Henderson being young, and having nothing . '" murderous" or ferocious in his ap The family of the jailor seemed in very great agitation. hey had treated him kindly, and he was so sensible of it, that he expressed a desire to see and thank each of them, as also a debtor who had paid him attention. 1116WDEISON'S CONFESSION. On Friday, the 26th of June, Millie, the murdered man, left hens to go to Concede or Monimail, leaving Henderson alone at his work; while he was thus employed something went wrong with the machinery or the loom ; nobody being present to waist him in setting it to rights, he went off to Concede, where he remained drinking till about two o'clock, and on leaving was a good deal heated with liquor. On coming bask to Whinny.park, be found that Millie had returned, and was in his workshop, convening with Lord Leven's gardener, Thee. Oreig. In a sheet time after Mr. Oreig left the place, and Millie accompanied him to' the lkde Iron gate of Whinny Park ; Millie then returned to the shop. and was requested by Henderson to give some assistance in repairing the aradrinery of the loom. Millie began to chide Henderson for his Assam heat work, saying that any person might have come into the house. end taken away articles when both were absent; he was at this doe obeeplag down putting the machinery to rights. Henderson had at the same time a hammer in his hand in order to rivet some nails of the big treadle on the one side, which Millie was to drive on the other. Is ceder asset into a proper position for doing this, Henderson had to pass bellied Millie while the latter was stooping ; it was at this time that *aim= pee Millie the first blow on the right side of the head with the hewateer which he had in his band. Millie immediately over towards the right side; Henderson says that he does not re select giving a meted blow, but only adds, that if there were two wounds he must necessarily have done so. MM. he says, did net after the blows make any motion that he realms; soon after, be beard some person at the Iron gate of the gars, mid taw to prawn' any one entering. The person proved to be Wow Bream Hie derson said. as be recollects, " James is not in," Of WOW cosh Warthi. He then returned, not pia( to the shop, but to the kitches, ethers he kid down the bobbins beneath a window. On going back to the ship,' be tacked the door, without entering. He then returned to the Mt -them, took some mosey be found there (about IL) and went of eel Auchtemouchty. He staid in that place all night drinking with eons companions, and porches= a suit of clothes. He was only beck at Whinny Park about six o'clock next mm*g. Ile did not th en Im mediately go to th e shop , but went to the Mtthen where be stopped ' till about sight o'clock. Afterwards he wandered lett from one place in the neighbourhood to another till about four o'clock, when he went into the shop, but had not courage to walk up to the spot where the body was lying. He then took a pick and dug a hole in ths Geer of the shop near the back wall, intending to bury the body there ; but found that the earth was too shallow, the rock Wag only about twenty inches below the surface% and Wed up the aperture immediately. At this time he threw over the body a sheet which he found lying in the shop. He afterwards tried to make a grave sufficiently deep on the west side of the house door ; but found the same obstacle' here. He then went to Collossie (having locked all the doom), and remained them till about nine o'clock. When be returned be took a pick and went to the footpath leading to the well, where he again dug to make a hiding place for the body. He was enc. easeful hem; and after completing it, he went to Mr. Millie's bed in the kitchen, undressed, and went to bed. He was greatly fatigued, but could not sleep; and rose nab morning about broth of day. He then went to the shop, in ceder to remove the body. When there, be saw Manes which =evinced him that Millie must have made ethrts to rise afterbft _lint felled by the blows • the cloth next the cloth.beam 1 was all overt Mood, as if it had been rubbed with a brush ; this, he says,. mast have been caused by his head rubbing against it in the attempts to VW. Henderson only observed these marks afterwards-Ahe while he was removing the body, being only a grey dawn, ad 11 11 11 11 :2 Mont to give light inside the house. e got the body out, brought a 'd He to the end of the loom, and thus who= along and down the path leading to the well. The sheet, which id beta thrown over the body in the shop he kept over it also in iheated„ barrow, and threw it into the grave with in He then covetel meth um the body, and made the spot like a footpath, nit bad been before; Ks* be about five o'clock in the morning when all this was finished. He then went back to the shop, cut the bloodied cloth out of the loom, and took it into the kitchen, where he burnt all upon which he observed blood ; what appeared unstained he took up stairs, and laid it into one et the rooms. He then returned to the shop, and having strewed lime on those parts of the floor where there was blood. he re turned to the kitchen. He did not during these days cook victuals in the house, but ate any pieces of bread be found, and got other food in the houses where he went to drink. The subsequent pert of his narrative was similar to the evidence ad duced on the trial. In the confession made to the Magistrates of Path, Henderson alleged he committed the murder by firing a loaded pistol at Mr. Millie. As to the forgery, he said he found a letter et Mt. Millie's, and from It imitated the hand-writing on the bill. A strange tale regarding Henderson is at present very meth the sub. ject of conversation at Dunfermline. It seems that on the day of the culprit's birth, his father, who is an excesthogly respell* man in his own humble way, dream ed.; hat he law his son, grown muses pew, go through all the tenor.striking formalities of a publle eacendom This strange vision gave him great uneasiness at the time, ad amp pension was confirmed in the coulee of years b the wild teithwalles et character which distinguished his son through boyhood sae early youth. It was always, however, the hope of the senior Hallemeei. that, " as he had not seen the end of the rope wherewith the eindsal seemed to be executed," the accomplishment of the video should not take place during hie lifetime, a supposition the more probable, as be was already rather aged. He has unfortunately been disappointed in his pious hope. The interpretation put by the old man up= his dream, theugh thus found =Milled, is a curious trait of superisidon, and t have very proall ei citt: a comer in Sir Walter Scott's recent work on Naves* sessumni bel°nglal The driving-boats . to st. Ives have taken a quantity at enackarel. berries% ~.ipildiarda dila week. The seam q uo t a m sw a g 1,400 bgleimpads of lab this week also. Tbr Ismer eatebss al Aber& will be ready for *Wing in about Avg weeks ; the prim at present asked is mom 4Ss. to SO.. per borbead.-.Wert Jirkes. POLICE REPORTS. Martatow-Houss.—Mr. Hum came to the hod=lnake a direct charge spinet Mr. Tidier, the Commis for having appropriated to his own use the paviseitimin whisk had been removed from Fleat.otreet, and were tits - wpm, ig the Qty at London. He had, when mark a comogleist" on Many last to • gpectisi the disgracelitl state of Mddrimbdfte. staid, that poet d the di pavement had been taken to Mr. Ticknor's tamyisill, YllR noonday, but be brought no charge against that gentkona, arse be dk. tint* stated that he Imputed to Mr. Ticknor no Mimi baustks. He would now appeal to the Lord Mayor whether he bad node ray charge of baud or other offence against the worthy member it the Common Coupe& _ The LORD Mayon said be mad not exactly recollect. Mr. Hunt stated, that in The no" to the report in which Mr. Tickner particularly referred as centaimbg the imputed calumny, time WOO no statement of soy charge against Mr. Tielmer ; but on the con trary, there was a Mama' of any thing of the nature of an imputa tion of Band. Ma Thbsr had tbeu proper, however , to call at the Morriewhoese en Sourday, esal then appeared in TheThw art =whisk he hilieved to be accurate, of the observations of that gen whir aseepliaad, amongst other things, that the ceremony of giving nada ef the latiettion to make the charge was not observed to womb hint. Now, is wise that he should not be aceased deny ddngof the kind, whim he really had a charge to bring, he had written the fol. boring note In Mr. Miner: " 34, Stamford-street, October 4. " Sir—l see by The non paper of this day, that you attended at the Mansion-house on Saturday, and falsely, before the Lord Mayor, attributed to me unworthy motives, in making the complaint I made on Friday, as to the infamous state of Blackfriars Bridge. " I am now going to the Mansion-house to controvert your slander, end I give you this notice that you may, if you please, meet me there, as 1 now mean to follow up the inquiry into your conduct. " I am, Sir, yours, &e. 44 H. HUNT." " Mr Tlckner." ML HUM said that Mr. Ticknor, however, had not thought proper to take any notice of this communication. No charge bad been made until Mr. Ticknor by his confession that be bad purchased the Waite stone for the sum of 321. bret a charge against himself. He (Mr. Hunt) could now produce ma to prove that the ra nks stone removed from Fleewtreet was pertly removed to Mr. Tielmer's yard, and partly to the City.fitone.yar and that none of it bed been taken elsewhere. He could prove that a quantity, to the extent of from 250 to 900 tons, constituted the lot which Mr. Meitner had thought proper to pave his yard with, and that 1801. and not 301. which latter Mr. Tidings said he had paid the the material, constituted the value. Why had not the stone been put up to public auction ? No, no, it was not put up to public suction ; and he could prove that not only was this warrantable mode of disposing of it overlooked, but that the city carts removed the stones to the aforesaid leather yard, and the city paviers laid down the pavement, and that Mr. Du pee, who was employed by the city, paid all the expenses attending the removal and the laying down. The Loan MAYOR—What! Do you man to say that Mr. Tick. per's yard was paved at the expense of the'city of London ? Mr. Hunt intimated that such was the gist of the accusation. The Loan MAYOR said it certainly was the duty of the city MIN veyor to direct the appeopriation of the old pavement, and that it was eery improbable India that any such misappropriation as that alluded to had taken place. Mr. HITIFT (as we understood him) said that the city surveyor had been applied to one occasion by a person who wished to purchase some of the te, and that the answer was that the city never sold stones. (A ugh.) Mr. Hunt then read several passages in the state. menu made by Mr. l'lckner to the Lord Mayor, and ridiculed the idea which that gentian= entertained, that the mo tive for mentioning the pavement in connexion with the name of 'Dana, originated in the dOrent proceedings suggested by Mr. Tither and Mr. Hunt on the subject of the French revolution, in the Common Council and at Ben. nington. The Lad Mayor must recollect that he bad designated the Court of Common Council as the scavengers of the city. (A laugh.) He never had sousidered them, nor ever could consider them as a poli tical body, and be uniformly had felt and expressed for them the most unqualified conr The Livery were the political body of the city of Louden, who t ad members of Parliament , and chief magistrates, and sheriffs I Common Council were nothing but scavengers (laugh. ter) ; and the gentry who composed that body never would think of get into or.e If it were not for the nice jobs which abounded in the the ‘ 4 I now have to request," said Mr. Hunt, " that your Lords* will grant me a summons for Mr. Ticknor, to an. swer the charge which I did not bring when lint I appeared here, but which I now certainly shall bring, and which I &di produce evidence to substantiate, If mesas be not taken to prevent the production of the testimony. A witness may be removed, but it is a matter of difficulty to remove the stones. nay ars of too :grad bulk' to be got rid of, and must remain as corroborative evidence in AI r. Tickiter's tan-yard." Mr. &mum said, that efts: all, he could not see what the Lord Mayor bad to do with the case brought forward by Mr. Hunt. Alt. Bunt—Why, it b a case of grow fraud. I have been present when the Lord Mayor has committegfor frauds, and lam ready to bring forward evidence to substantiate U ease. • The LORD MAYO/ expressed his Medina* to hear charges against members of the Corporation, as well as agsAnst other people. He then repeated his high opinion of Mr. Ticknor 's integrity, and assured Mr. Hunt that Mr. Ticknor should be 'ablated of the all which bad been made for his presence at the justles.room. • Mr. Hunt expressed his perfect sadsfactlon at the promptitude and impartiality manifested by his Lordship, and hoped that some docu. memo belonging to the liewer'saSce would be forthcoming at the Man. tdon.house. _ - - Mr. Hunt informed his Lordship, that on Saturday the workmen were engaged at Blackftiass.inidge In Oiling up the ruts with the same soft sort of gravel which they bad used so frequently, so that com plaints were, it would appear, quite useless. it some of the granite which paved the tan-yard at Bermondsey were broken, it would have served on Illackfriers.btidge foe six months. The LORD MAYOR said the mode of paving itis thoe was no. thing but a mere subterfuge, and we undaunted Lordship to say, upon the request of Mr. Hunt, that Mr. Montague, the sutveyor of the city works, should be in attendance to give an explanation upon the subject. Mant.nonotroa.sTaurr.....Yestaday Wat. Odds, and Ream, Odds, husband and wife, the former a corporal in the second battalion of of the First or etenadier regiment of Guards, were brought before Mr. ROE, the sitting Magistrate, on the following chime Mary Whitfield, a young lady, residing with her brother, in the Regent's Quadrant, stated that the female prisoner bad been in her see. vice for some time, but quitted it about two months ago. On the 6th of August last, she, Miss Whitfield, having occasion to pay away some money, went to a drawer, where she had a considerable sum, and took from it what money she wanted, kavthg behind ens hundred and eighty pounds in Beak of England notes ; from that time until the Idth of September, she bad not any occasion to go to the drawer again, but on that day she went to take out some more money when, to her great amassment, she discovered that the whole of the 1801. was goo& The female prisoner bad quitted her swim before the 6th of August, and consequently the money was safe after she had Ish, but in about a fortnight the prisoner called one day for a written character to another place she was going to service in, and it was suspected that on that occasion she took some opportunity of abstracting the mosey from the drawer, as there son no one else on whom the least suspicion could be cast. She, Miss Whitfield, did not know either the numbers of the notes she had paid away, or of those that were left in the drawer and subsequently stain, but she knew that amongst the latter there was a Mi. note, and twoMeL notes. Ballard, ens of the dimes belonging to this Oda, stead, that es receiving hilsemstiat of the robbery Awn Mks Whitilirs beside, and theism smidelso was attached to the female pelanser, he at about athavostring at aeon out some of the notes, width was an extremely dills& tath, as sot one of the numbers was known. After several days' essetion, however, he saccade& in that the male pri. mat bad daigsdalML es at a hones in on which be wrote hie own tame, aid that he had lodged, a few days before, *Meth pounds in the hods of Mama Greenwood and Cox, the army agents, to purchase his discharge out of the e i = sai tzether. Open this diet:every, be (Ballad) went down to Windsor, where the male prisoner was quar. awed, and there found his wife with him, and took them both into oneledy. On searching the person of the female prisoner he found on bee two IM. notes, and in a box belonging to he he found a small pass, whisk contained a 201. note, and on a further search, in turning over some And lines in a drawer, he shook eat a 601. note, making in the while Mi. besides the ill. in the hands of Messrs. Coe and Greenwald. He hand also a large aesortment of line female dresses, which had been mostly purchased, as they were quite sew. The Raab prisoner deified saying any thing at present but the male primer said thst be was totally ignorant ar the nonutetke co on planed of, and the best proof of his Innocence was his having put his own maw and 1111 station at Windsor on the SOL note be passed at K le betdie rketsers • were both remanded, to have the evidence of the poison at the king house, of whom Miss Wlthikid originally received the notes. Uwtort.Hat.t..—Yeaterda , Ann Lowdown% a servant, living in the famil of Mr. Levitt, in -meet, was charged on suspicion with stea ling a tea.oervice of plate value 501. From the evidence of the complainant it appeared that on Sunday evening the poisoner was left in charge of the bow in the abeam of the family. When the family returned home the cupboard which bad contained the plate,was discovered to have been manned open, and pos. perry to the above mount taken. The prisoner, being intenoptod on the subject, said that she left the house fee a short dme, and that it must have boss is her absence it was entered and robbed. dame of tIN Trite neighbours, however, saw het leave the house in the comas of afternoon with a %ugh, and she returned empty. handed. la addition to with& it was stood, that she had rocendy fanned sown loose sequaintaates la dm asistboutbood. The Owner was reinandod on oho SCINTILLA. AMERICAN PRECOCITY.—A Yankee friend assures us that he has a little ghl at home, who, when only Ohm weeks old, :ZVthe family while at dinner by saying, in an audible voice, I guess them 'tater, are tunnel= nice I" Tan Goose.—Yet, well fare the gentle goose, which beingeth toe man, even to his doore, so many exceeding commodities I For the goose is man's comfort in warre or pace, sleepinge or wakinge. What payee Never is given to shootynge, the goose may challenge the best put of it. Bow well clothe she make a man fare at his table I Bow milk dodt she make a roan lie in his bolds ! How flue, even as her feathers be only for shootynge so be her quit for writinge I—Roper daimon. DIGNITY Olt THE MAGISTERIAL BENCII.—A corru- Cdgates “ that respectable man, tamed James Sheehy, applied w e e lt week to the Magistrates at Ballymms Petit Sessions, for a ear. tilleate to sell spirituous liquors, and was refused. The applicant was a inaessine last election, and be intends to give a further proof of wisdom by applying to the Banister next Quarter Sessions. Sheehy, addressing one of the Magistrates (an old derygymsa,) said, " Sir, you will give me a character ?" to which he received the following laconic answer t—" B—d I—k to me if Ido !" (Boars of laughter.)—Tipperary Bros Pows. A FLATTERING Annaass.—N— related an anec dote of Mr. Moore (brother of the General,) who was on board an English frigate in the Awoken war, sod coming in sight of another vessel whirls did not answer their signs* they expected an sleds% when the Captain called his men together sod addressed them in the following manner s—‘ 4 Yes dirty, ilLloOkieg blackguards l do you sucz n i con agree to deliver such a set of seareerows as you as pr to that smart, frippery P 1 can't think of such a thing. Not by 0.41, you must fight till seta mend you k left, for I should be ashamed at owning such a ragenodin crew " This was received with load shouts and assurances of dewy. but the eased tamed out to be an English one.—Hoslitt's ConeeresSene of Noralook. ---z---- LIBNITY 01 Tits Pause.—There is a nuisance not uncommon in our streets which it would not be ODIN if those who may happen to whom it, could in any manner counteracts we allude to the Itinerant venders of horrible statements of atrocities that never dap ped except in the brain of a certain " (heedful accident maker," who is add to make nice pickings from supplying these itinerants with " full, tree, and particular" amounts d&mdful and and murders, like that which was committed lea week upon " two Bohemian Broom Girls," near Stockport 1 Scores of tender-hearted gossips have been defrauded of their sympathies while reeding this tragical stoey, and led to lay heavy charges against us, the rightful chroniclers of all legit'. mate autualides affecting the lives or Ihnhe of his Majesty's subjects, for not giving any account of so atrocious an Whir I Tan YOUNG WINE.—The late extraordinary marriage of a Mr. Foote, a lawyer, of Decatur, Dekalb county, to a little girl of the same county, Iles been made the subject of legal discussion at Athens, where the parties were brought before Judge Myatt, on the td inst. by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus. The girl, at the time of the marriage, was aged ten years one month, and seventeen days, weighed only fifty-two pounds, and fully as childish in ha manners as is costa -1 mary at her age. It appeared in the evidence, as reported to us, that the family, which is respectable but humble, consists of the girl, her mother, and a brother, he probably of age, or nearly so. The father had left a small property , part of which, probably two or three newer, is the portion of the gir The mother is rather • weak-minded woman, and Foote had obtained such influence ember mini as to induce her to believe that her son was disposed to wages end destroy the property, to tom him out of doors, and to marry her dateglase to him (Foote), as the only means of protecting the property. The marriage was determined aim with the knowledge of the daughter, en one night, and took place the next. The clergyman and magistrate if Ike neighbourhood both retired to perm= the ceremony, and the mogineme who officiated was taught hem a distance. The Homo limed the age of the girl to be wee twelve years. When the gid was kallemmed, on the arrival of the magistrate, that she was to be married, die peeitively refused, and for a keg dam sited by clinging to the buLpeet ; sod when the ceremony was pedhemed ebe at in a chair, alai( lo stand up. She went hems with Tom velomendy, and slept with his two lem, after which dm was taken sway boon him by the bang asked by the Judge if she said 44 yes" to the usulr in. mden, the she did, but did so from kat of her mother ; and whm seal by him If Me wished to Ito with Foote, she replied with ask warmth that she Al net, and never wookL—that she hated him, sad did set wish to boar bls nos madared to bee. Foote is said mhs In snow cleemmtmem, and mid tor his board. The Judge deckled that the Rid dwell be amp ran Fame, under charge of a paean, till she deed her tall& yams, when she is to :become his wife, or not, as she hood, may deursabm— Prom the GAW9IIIII (daserieem) Paper. THE LATE LADY TIEVILOW.ThiII lady, who died at Southampton a short date ago, wen the widow of the snood Baron Thurlow, and well known to the admirers of the drama as Mies M. Belton, of Covent.garden theatre, where, at he ap of 17. she made her first appearance in the character of Polly in the Aware' Opera, Oct. 8,1806. Previous to her public offset on this occasion, she had never seen but five plays perfonned.—three during bar infancy, sad two at a recent period. Her stabs as an actress sad a singes are still fresh in the recollection of many of our readers. Ms was a pupil of Lam ; and such was the success which attended her, in Polly, deal it led to the revival of Lowe in a Village and other operas during the season, in all of which she was equally successful Her beauty, figure, and lad .l ike demeanour, rendered ha a ,t acquisiden to the theatre, whilst her embed in private life gained her the esteem of all who knew her. She continued at Caveat garden dll 1813, when she with. drew from the stage ; and on the 13th of November in that year she become the. wife of the late Lord Thurlow, with whom she lived in a state of meat domestic happiness until his Lordship's death, which event took piece on the dth of June, 1829. Her ladyship leaves three sou to lament this early deprivation of both their parents. Previous to her carnage with Lord Thurlow she waned from his Lordship an annuity for her parents during their lives, which, we believe, they still live to enjoy. DEATH OP THE DUKE OP ATHOLL.—Thio *VOW took place at Hanka, about ten o'clock on Wednesday morning. A letter dared on that day says I—" A more useful and respected public man did not exist in this county, and as a private man he will be remem bered es one of worth, constantly exercising his pest influence and power in mood some useful object. His death, neither very sudden nor vseyunexpected, was like the stopping of some great power engine. which kept a thousand people in empfmt. In point of fact, at ten o'clock this seeming, 500 people were at work, constructing a beautiful palace for his habitation. At twelve o'clock I went with a beery heart to the pima—not a hemmer was heard, and scarcely on individual to be seen. I soon met John Angus, (his principal alum for nearly thirty years) sitting by himself on an uncut Outten& He could not my ward—neither could I. The change was so great and striking—it spoke more than a thousand sermons. I did not see his Orace yesterday, but I received a distinct message from him. He had been declining for a fortnight, but be was not worse at ten o'clock lest night than h4hati been to several days. He slept pretty soundly during the night. but was not so well in the morning, and danger was apprehended. About nine o'clock he took hell a glass of wine. and intimated to the weeping Mends around him that he thought he was dying. He leaned his head on his pillow, and was instantly asleep. He showed no symptoms of pain, and continued apparently in a sound sleep for half an hour. He sever awoke, and it was some time before his worthy and devoted Duchess could believe he was dead. All greatness in this world is cool pestles—but in the sense I have already esd bed, he will ever be con sidered in the county of Perth as a great man. His Orate (says the Perth Courier) was in his 75th year, daring the latter thiny.six of which he his distheiged the various sad important duties attendant on his ace as Lord Lieutesiont of this extensive county, with a seal and integrity which will make the bereavement es severely felt by the county, as his loss, as a patriotic nobleman, will be lamented by the na. dm at kap. To the Highlands of Perthshire, with which he wag mess iimmdiatel connected—the chief place of his residence, and as peat fi eld of his public spirit and enterprise as a landed loss will be as incalculable as his services. W i ll il l s"b ismay, Duke of Atholl, Marquis of Tullibardine, (Earl Strange Ind) ke- Knight of the Thistle, a Privy Councillor, Lord Lillainliat of Perthshire, and Governor of the Isle of Man, was born on the 1116 June 1755, and succeeded his father in 1774. lie was the eldest son of John Duke of Atholl, who monied his cousin Lady Chal k**. Murray, only daughter of James Doke of Atholl , his uncle. The Ye Duke married first, Jean, sista to the present Earl Wham who died in 1700. By her he had John, now Duke of Atholl, born 1775; —Antes Lord Glenlyon, born 176, married to Lady Emily Penal. sister of the present Doke of Northumberland, and hes several children: and three daughters, Lake Charlotte married Rear-Admiral Adam rummond, of Meginch. Amelia Sophia Viscountess Strathallan, and Elisabeth Murray, all of whom have families. His Oren married, s y, Marjory. eldest daughter of the late Lord Forbes. and widow of Lord Macleod, by whom he had several children. hot NM of them are now alive. The last was Lord Charles Murray. eh° died some years since. I um lOW yews SUNS. BIRTH. The id. inst. the wife of T. G. Kiosk. Esq. of a see. MARRIED. The Id asst. at LestAlogtoa, Sir C. E. Carrington, of Cbalfoot St. ht the coonty of Becks, M.P. to Mary Aso, ooly daughter of J. Cape*, Esq. of Rassell.siaate, M.P. DIED. TUN la& at !award, the seat of the Marquis of Mato', thy Hoo..llllsi Rutin gals, oily &getter of Lord sad Lay Ilowerti de Waldes. — The 4th inst. Mn. Rasa= Webber, of detoe-bin, Surrey. mod TT. gumumpeosemomee.m.aeseimaswesmempumwswilliallpisuriPlS LONDON f hinted mad Iltblidesd by Jolts /WWI. M.•• Swam- Orrics, No. 1, Pickett*" Tog* lbs.