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LITER,] TIRE. THE CABINET CYCLOPADIA. Onducted by the Rey. Dmasius Lmums, LLD. Sic. Sic. LONGMAN, ADES, MIMS, DRAWN, AND OLDEN. • 'Chi; ..vork—which we shall have frequent occasion to refer to and quote—is intended to form a popular com penditita of whatever is welt!, instructive, and interesting in the circle of human knowledge. At the same time, it is. sot intended to be formed of materials merely compiled from works already published ; but to consist, as far as possible, of original treatises, from the pens of those who are most eminent in every branch of knowledge. It is u...tilless to premise that, under the auspices of Doctor LA RDNER, nothing can be admitted into the pages of the " Cabinet Cyclopcedia" which can have the most rentote tendency to offend public or private morals. We are authorised, by the specimen before us, to say this much and more of the new Cyclopedia. In listory, we find that Sir WALTER SCOTT takes charge of Scot land ; Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH of England ; and Mr. Moon Eof Ireland. The first volume of Sir WA LT ER'S History has just appeared ; and has fairly implemented the promise of the Proprietors, of making the Cyclopedia, not only a useful book, but an elegant one —a book that claims a place in the drawing-room and the boudoir. We have attentively perused Sir W. SCOTT'S first vo lume, and we are therefore entitled to speak unhesi tatingly about it. It is exquisite ; and of that, we shall • 80011 satisfy our readers. The limits of the work oblige the several writers to treat their subjects more concisely than, perhaps, they themselves could wish. The distin guished author, whom we are more especially speaking of, distinctly tells us so ; and that in his Scottish annals, lie was of course under the necessity of rejecting many details which engage the attention, and fascinate the imaginatioq. He endeavours, notwithstanding, to leave nothing untold which is necessary to trace a clear idea of the general course of events ; and he has made a history —not merely as relating to one small kingdom,—but as forming a chapter in the general history of man.— Dropping all. other preliminary notice for the present, we proceed to give an extractefrom the early history of Scot -I.ind, which will, no doubt, astonish many. It is on the subject of MACBETH : " Malcolm died peaceably in 1033, and was succeeded by " tie graciessahnscan"—the same who fell by the poignard of Macbeth. On reading these names every reader must feel as if brought from darkness into the blaze of noon-day ; so familiar are we with the personages whom we last named, and so clearly and distinctly we recall.the events in which they are Interested, in comparison with any doubtful and misty views which we can form of the twilight times before and after that fortunate. period. But we must sot be blinded by our poetic enthusiasm, nor add more than due import • • :awe to legends, because they have been woven into the most strik ing tale of ambition and remorse that ever struck awe into a hu man bosom. The genius of Shakspeare having found the tale of Mac beth in thrscottish chronicles of Holinshed, adorned it with a lustre aimikir to that with which a level beam of the sun often Invests some fragment of glass, which, though shining at a distance with the lustre of a diamond, is, by a near investigation, discovered to be of no worth or estimation. " Duncan, by his mother Beatrice, a grandson of Malcolm 11. succeeded to the throne on his grandfather's death, in 1033; he reigned only six years:. Macbeth, his near relation, also a grand- child of Malcolm 11. though by the mother's side, was stirred up by ambition to contest the throne with the possessor. The lady of Macbeth, also, whose real name was Greed, had deadly injuries to avenge an the reigning Prince. Sbe was the grand-daughter of Kenneth IV. killed in 1003, fighting against Malcolm II; and other causes for revenge animated the mind of her who has been since painted ad the sternest of women. The old 'angina add some instigations of a supernatural kind to the influence of . a vindicti;re woman, over an ambitious husband. Three women of more than human, stature and beauty, appeared to Macbeth in a dream or vision, and hailed him successively by the titles of Thane of Cromarty, Thane of Moray, which the king afterwards bestowed on him ;—and bnally gy that of King of Scots; this dream, it is said, inspired him with the seductive hopes se well expressed in the drama. •" Macbeth broke no law of hospitality in his attempt on Duncan's, life. He attacked,and slew the king at a place called Bathgowan, or4he•Smitles House,. near Elgin, in 1039; and not, as has been supposed, in his own Castle, of Inverness. The act was bloody, as was the comileirloli'df: s ikellatea; but in very truth, the claim of Macbeth to tie throne, ,according to the rule of Scottish suc cession, was better than that of Duncan. As a King, the tyrant so much exclaimed against was, in reality, a firm, just, and equitable Prince. Apprehensions of danger from.* party which Malcolm, the eldest son of the slaughtered Duncan, had set on 'foot in Northum berland, and_ still maintained in Scotland, seems, in process•of time, to have soured the temper of Macbeth, and rendered him for midable. to the. Nobility. Against Macduff ,in particulars, the • powerful Maormor of Fife, he had uttered some threats which oc. cqoped that Chief to ly from the•Contt of- Scotland. Urged by this pew counsellor, Sward, the Danish Earl of Northumberland, invaded Scotland in the year 1054, displaying his banner in behalf of the banished Malcolm. Macbeth engaged the fu in the neigh boutihoositif she celebrated Castle of Dunsinane. He was defeated, but leaped from tie battle, and was Gain at Lumphananan in 1056.. " Very slight observation will enable uc to recollect * how much this simple.statement differs from that of, the drama, though the, plot of the latter is consistent enough with the iiiiccurate historians from . whom Shaltspeare drew his materials. it may be added that early authorities show us no such persona• as Banquo and his son Fleance; nor have we reason to think that the latter ever fled further'frinp Macbeth than across the flat 'tithe, according to the. Stage direction, . Neither were Banquo et his son ancestors of'the Himse of Stuart. All those things are now known ; but the mind retainspertinactoualy tbeinspressions made by. the impositions of: genius. While the works of Shakspeare are read, and the F,ngUsh lanjuage subsists, /Berm may say what she will ; but the general , reader will only recollect Macbeth as a sacrilegious usurper, and Richard as a deformid murderer." • • A handsome - 'monument' to the late General Sir David, Baird la &hoof to be erected oti the top of a etnep hill about two mites on the west of Cried'. A road is at prederlt making for the purpose of conveying the requisite materials totbe top of tbe .and the,boilding will, it Is understood, commence early next spring.—Edanbure4 Evening Courant. E ATUR A L PHILOSOPHER AG A 1141.•—Will Martin, the " Natural Philosopher, Poet, and Architec otiPliwn pi-marmot," with the most praiseworthy perseverance, eanihues to neglect his own interest, and to devote himself endretyrto the inte rests of other people. Not tired with his perpetazimotion nor his eagle mail, nor his rail-road plans, nor his syste i p of dovetail build ing, devised expressly for Scotsvraod-bridge,lie has now prckleced the true theory of earthquake*. This valttitle discovery we shall give-in the philosopher's own words, *Haulm et lucrative:—" The Etplaination of an Earth Quack. This proceeds from the dry Mountains; when a shoke doth take place, it cawses a great deal, of the roof to fall in, then all a round the bothem of it leaves a number of hollow chambers; then it wail take a long time to burn to those small hollow chambers, which is well stored with gas of the foulest nature. And it may hernaoy years before they do burn to thosi hollow chambers; then when the &inn burns and those foul chambers brunt roe, they instantly explode the same as a ma gazien of gun ponder or an coal pit, but in a more'tremendents manner, add clears the vulcano of its foulness, until! leitifti tihie cumitates it again. That Is the true explaination of the Fity tains and, Earth Quacks, bye the help of my God: lie • sefil n o t slow me to lie like the false phikoopheie as the ware led by the divel, was sere to He and decive mankind, as, the Diva wat'illier from the foundatlotrof the world. It will he proved to all the world I am the only trite philosopher urns the just patticapal of the perpetual motion 'lnc. the creation hy the will of .God. William Martin, Nat. Phil. and Poet. Walisend, Nov. 19, 1829." .• . • PRIPILEGE,OF THE BAR. In the course of last summer, a young Barrister, named Croke, was committed by the order of Darly G. Grady, Esq. (brother to the Chief Baron,) a Magistrate presiding at Petty Ses sions, for presuming to address the Bench in his professional ca pacity, when he was ordered not to do so by Mr. O'Grady. At the time that Mr. Croke was committed, a person happened to be on trial for perjury, and Mr. O'Grady is saki to have made a re mark, to the effect that it was curious a Barrister and a perjurer should be beside eath other. At the Cork Assizes, Mr. Croke bad a meeting called of the Munster Bar, to which he belongs. A strong feeling of indignation was manifested by every Member of the Bar at the manner in which one of their profession had been treated. Some of the junior Members wished to have Mr. O'Grady called out, but the majority of the senior Members, amongst whom were Mr. Sergeant Goold, Mr. Bennett, Mr. O'Connell, and Ur. Jackson, were for adopting a cow se more in accordance with their profession. It was agreed to call a General Meeting of the Bar of Ireland at the end of the Michaelmas Term, to consider what pro ceedings should be adopted. A requisition for this purpose was placed in the law library, and has already received upwards of two hundred signatures. We believe the course that will be proposed will be, to appoint a deputation of the senior Members of the six provincial bars to wait upon the Lord Chancellor, and request of bitLordsliip to remove Mr. O'Grady from the Commission of the Peace. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, Dec. 3. Frum the general desire manifested to back Brunswicker for the Derby, and the eagerness with which the odds are offered against The blajor, we are entitled to infer that the former has turned out the best, and that The Major may not be expected in the South.— It is not yet known when Mr. Petre's lot will be sent to New market: but we have heard that besides the Derby Nag, it is in tended to send Laura for the Oaks, and Rowton for the Ascot and Goodwood Cups. Lord Queensbetry's Sister to Emma rises daily, and there is not much doubt that she will become the favourite for the Oaks; indeed she is now so close with Mouche that i: would be difScult to say which has the call. The following were the ge neral prices at the close of the room : orasy. 7 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Mummer 12 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker (13 to I taken) 12 to 1 Sir M. Wood's Cetus 17 to 1 Lord Exeter's Mabmoud 18 to I Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 18 to 1 Lord Sefton's Sal. Colt 18 to 1 Mr. Thornhill's Wat Tyler 20 to 1 Lord C..vendish's Mouse colt 22 to 1 Lord Sefton's Mouche 25 to 1 Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 25 to 1 Mr. Petre's The Major 25 to 1 Lord Exetet's Red Rover 30 to 1 -- Lord Tavistock's Custard (taken) OAKS. 7 to 1 -- Lord Sefton's Mouche 7 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma 9 to 1 -- Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly 1000 to 6 agst Mummer winning the Derby, Mouche the Oaks, and Ruby the St. Leger (taken). HUNTING. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds meet on Tuesday, at Froome House ; Friday, at Green Dragon, Corse Lawn. Mr. Jolliffe's fox—hounds to-morrow at the Hermitage ; Wed. timidity. at Outwood (the Bell) Saturday, at Kingswood.gate. The Surrey fox.hounds, to.morrow at the Half Moon, Godstone road ; Thursday, at Locksbottom (White Lion) Saturday, at the Bull, at Limpsfield. The ways of showing respect vary almost ad infinitum in different countries. Here, beneath the same roof, opposite rules prevail. When the Speaker of the House of Commons enters, the Members rise in honour of his presence. The spectators in the gallery, on the same occasion, are ordered to sit. The strength of wing and 'muscular vigour of the eagle are truly astonishing. The flesh has not, as some have alleged, any offensive smell or taste, but It resembles a bundle of cords, and cannot be eaten.—British Naturalist. A party of four, comprising two brothers and to o 14- ters, of the ages of 86, 85, 84, and 80, all in possession of excellent health, and all residing in Ipswich, sat down on Wednesday eve ning last to a rubber of whist. Tire occasion of this meeting was the circumstance of the elder of the family party entering the 87th year of his age. Admiral Byron was so proverbially unfortunate, that it was said of him that he never once met with a fair wind; yet his acknowledged Merits were such, that his disasters were always imputed to his ill fortune, never as his fault. The following is in general the Sunday costume of the people of Brunswick. :—A cocked hat, a white coat lined with scarlet, and reaching quite down to the herb, white leather breeches, with frequently black, and often red stockings, with enormous shoe-bucklea. Mr. Charles• Young, late Manager of the Federal street Theatre,•in Boston, it is said, has recently sailed from New York for Englandoo take pos►ession of a fortune of X 20,000, bequeathed to him by a near relative.—Boston Gazette, Oet. 20. , Sir Edward Moetyn, of Talacre, Flintshire, intends to offer himself for a share in the representation of the city of Wor cester, whenever an opportunity occurs. Sir Edward is a Roman Catholic, and formerly resided near' Worcester.—Maccksjleld Courier. Tuesday evening, the 24th ult. as Daniel Sullivan, of the Coast Blockade, was on duty near the lighthouse, at East bourne, he fell down the dreadful precipice, supposed to be 280 feet. It is conjectured that the beaten path, marked by large pieces of chalk, being covered by the great fall of snow, be missed his track and fell off the cliff. He was missed about seven o'clock in the evening.by the mail, which made a report at the watchkouse that there was noon* on the station as above. Immediate search was made with candles and lanterns, and by fhquently 'calling his name, but tb no effect. Early neat morning (Wednesday) some men were sent-in quest under the cliff; they found the unfortunate man in Shooting Bottom, with his thigh broken, and dreadfully bruised in other parts, quite a spectacle to behold. An Inquest was held on the body on Saturday, by F. H. Gell, Esq. Coroner, and a verdict returned of " Accidental Death." Whether the much-talked-of science, phrenology, be • true or false, one thing is certain, that the practice of it frequently • places its professors M a questionable and ludicrous predicament, as the' following little anecdote, which happened a few days ago in Idinburgh, will thOw ::--A lady standing in need of a nursery. maid, a girtcalled ar her house as applicant for the situation. She was shown into a room wherh she was left alone, and by and bye the husband entered. He requested her to seat herself, and then to take off her bonnet and undo her ringlets. With this the young I *omen hesitatingly, compiled; but, 'when he followed it up by ..procceding to poke with his- Etagere all round and round her held, she, with the instinctive delicacy, ofltser sex,, started up and " de manded an eaplanation," which nqt proving.intelligible to her un-, _initiated mind, she lost no time in quitting the house, and ex pressing, in no measured terms, her sense of the rudeness of the philosopher. RUSSIAN JUSTICE.—An American gentleman at Moscow has, through divers lawsuits and antagonists who have overbribed the Judges, lost all .of a very promising fortune. He ?thus related tome the origin of his downfal. He bad purchased a -vessel which was stranded at Archangel for a very trifling sum of noney, and pereeiling that the tinsel had not received so seriods a damage as to hinder her repairs for a moderate sum, he entered into . an agreement with, a Russian ship-builder to have the said vessel .tigten in hand, to be repaired with, oak planks, and to be finished in two Months, the American 'paying a thousand rubles in advance.' :. A month•elapsed; -and the Vessel, instead of beitig in a more forward state, was gradually disappearing ;.plank after plank was removed, and a hempen cable and other trilling articles, were daily found advancing towards a store kept tithe contractor, and at the•end of two months she was perfectly plankless. The Ame rican sued his adversary : in the first place, to recover his thousand rubles ' • secondiy ,. to recover the value.oT the ship ; and, l ast l y , t h e forfeit due on the non-performance of the contract. Before the trial coMmenied, he asked-the chief Judge to dinner, and without any round-about conversation. offered him a' handsome remune ration if he would do him justice. The judge declined the bribe, alleging be had received more from the other party; but as the , American linagined be had • offered quite enough, the negotiations with' he — chief Judge were broken off. But the Anterican suc , ceedet in bribing die other four who constituted the Court ; and when the opinions were delivered, four Intake the American, and the chief Judge for the Russian. This gave rise to a reference to 1110 scow. In the Governor's note was a remark that a doubt could' not be entertained . concerning the case, the American having teen decidedly defrauded. The action, however; was nude over to the Court at Riga.. It was lurid in &sputa. for nearly a year: the Ruasian-peing a man of wealth, and the Apericiut becoming poorer and poorer, bribes adianied on . one side" as they decreased oil theothetindeed, they wetrinititially relinquished by the Ante wMagelieved his case snore after the first and second decia skin. ; .so much err, - that: even. a Russian Court must do justice: the,sll . ollo uses 01E9 against him .ot Riga, and having' passid - the,Council at St. Petarsimigh, received the signature of the ffiriptriat, So •that 'WO 'sblp;.'delpoett, aid cable, Pais* the lawful property of the Russian.—Memoirs Rods fisille . Mie Menai!, Magazine. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dist. 5. pt THE MATTI OP intriarosr, misname, AND CO. BANKRUPTS. Mr. DANIEL stated, that this was the petition of Mr. Power, who, some time since, being in the want of money, applied to Mr. Rowland Stephenson for a loan; that gentleman agreed to lend him Li ,000 upon a bond being entered into, an assignment made of tell Shares in the Imperial Gas Company, and a deposit with Mr. Rowland Stephenson of several valuable pictures, the property of Mr. Power. The bond was drawn up, the Gas Shares assigned, and the pictures deposited with Mr. Rowland Stephenson. The money was not forthcoming at the appointed time, Mr. Stephenson assigning as a reason the scarcity of money in the bank, in conse quence of the heavy runs upon it. Rowland Stephenson, however, stated chat he should soon be able to raise the money. During the in terval the house of Remington and Co. became bankrupts, and the petitioner received but L6OOO. The pictures deposited with-Row land Stephenson were handed over to the assignees, who refuted to give them up without an order from the Court. The present Pe tition was therefore rendered necessary for the purpose of getting re-possession of them. The assignees were perfectly willing to yield up the property, if the Court thought that they ought to do so. The Vica-Cnancaswo made the order as prayed. II PAATZ COOPIR, IN Mt MATTER Or WINS% This was a question whether there should be a new trial of an bane. which had been ordered by this Court, to try whether a com mission of bankruptcy, issued against James Barnes, a banker, of Ledbury, was one that was concerted between the bankrupt and Madden, the petitioning creditor? At the trial, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, thereby overturning the commission. Mr. TAUNTON and Mr. MONTAGUN this day agreed that this ver dict was wrong, and there was no proof of any concert between the parties ; but that the petitioning creditor was the only acting party ; and although he had several interviews with the bankrupt, it was only for the purpose of inducing him to give information by which he might prove an act of bankruptcy, to which the bankrupt was averse. Mr. Montague said he hoped very loon to see the day when all the nonsense about concerted commissions should be done away with. There was no reason why a debtor, being unable to pay all his creditors, should not be allowed to procure an equal distribution of his property among them. The law was so in Scotland, and Lord Meadowbank had raid that he could not understand what the English lawyers meant when they said that an insolvent person was not allowed to divide his effects among his creditors. His Honour the Vice-Cs:Ammon, without calling on Mr. Campbell and Alf. Whitmarsh for the other side, said he saw no reason to find fault with the verdict of the Jury. The law must be taken as it stood, and he therefore granted the prayer of the pe tition, that the commission should be superseded at the cost of the petitioning creditor and the bankrupt. CONSISTORY COURT, Dec. S. 13rfore Dr. LUSHINOTON. ' ?AGA! V. PAO& This was a suit of sepa r ation brought by the wife, Catherine Ann Page, against ber husband, Wm. Page, by reason of cruelty and adultery. Dr. ADDAMS, on behalf of the wife, prayed for the admission of her allegation, containing twenty articles. Dr. Domini opposed it, and commented upon the nature of the libel ; In which he contended that many of the articles were irre levant. The charges of cruelty were only of a very general nature, with the exception of that contained in the sixth article, in which it was alleged that, in 1818, Mr. Page threw her down stairs while in a state of pregnancy, which subsequently produced miscarriage. He objected to the next article being admitted,in which an asstult upon ber father was imputed, as it was an occurrence no way ne cessary to the object of the suit. The Juno: reviewed the allegations of the libel, and said, with respect to the objections as to the extent of time which they em braced, he was of opinion that, in some cases it became indispen sably necessary, as the wife frequently exhibited a reluctance to separate from the husband upon the first act of •iolence. Al. luding to the fifth and seventh articles, where it was pleaded that miscarriage ensued from ill-treatment, this was a consequence built upon a consequence, and therefore would suggest a little re formation. The other objection to the article containing the cruelty to the father, he would overrule, as the attack was made upon him while endeavouring to protect his daughter from her.husbaod's violence. With the reformation he had pointed out, he would direct the allegation to be admitted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Die. 3. GOW llt ♦. LAVE?. This was an action to recover the sum of MB M. the amount of the repairs of a chaise, and for the hire of another, whilst such repairs were being done. The plaintiff was a coacismater, and de fendant an exciseman. _ _ The defence set up was, that the plaintiff had agreed to do the job for 416 ; 424 however, was tendered after the delivery of the bill. • It was also contended that it 'was not customary to charge for the hire of a vehicle whilst the other was under repair. Lord TiNTIRDIN said, the questions for the consideration of the Jury were, as to whether the defendant was indebted more than £24,and whether that sum was tendered before the writ was issued. The defendant was bound to snake an'unconditional tender • but the une in question having been accompanied with a con dition, could not be considered as a legal. tender. The Jury must there fore find for the plaintiff. It consequently remained for them to say whether the .124 was sufficient and reasonable. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 128 91. 6d. Several other Common Jury causes were tried, but none of the least interest in a general point of view. OLD BAILEY' SESSlONS—huisday. These Sessions commenced this morning before the Right Hon the LORD MAYOR, the Sheriffs, COMMON Ssaoc►vT, Mr. Sergeant ARAM, and several Aldermen. The presiding Judges were,•Mr. Justice LITTLRDALE and Mr. Baron VAVOHAN. OLD COURT. William James, aged 23 years, Mood capitally indicted for break ing and entering the dwelling house of Joseph Delaney, in the parish of St. James, Westminster, with Intent to , steal therein. Between twelve and one o'clock, on the night of the 2cl of No vember, the prosecutor, who Is thelandlord of the Red Lion pub lic-house, in Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, retired to rest, having first examined the fastenings of the windows and doors, to, see that they were properly secured. He carried' the dub box of a Benefit Society, held at his butter, with him to' his chamber; About five o'clock in the morning he was disturbed by some of the new policemen knocking at the door, and telling him that the . house had been broken into ; he immediatelY went to the club• room, and there foUnd that the windoW shutter had been broken away, and the sash frames thrown up. . • • Two police constables stated that they were on .duty in Wind-. still-street, Haymarket, during the night in question between four and five o'clock in the morning they observed two men stand ing under the window of Mr; Delaney's club-mom, arid a third upon the window lead; on seeing the witnesses the men ran away; the prisoner was followed to Smith's-court,. where ,- on mare*. being made, they found him curled up in a heap f strait ;a .• being disturbed he rubbed• his eyes, and pretetited to halve bees' • awoke from his sleep ;.a small chisel and a candle-end weri raid in his pocket. John Blackman, a police inspector, stated that be liad_cont pared the chisel found on the prisoner with the marks on the window‘shuter of the prosecutor's club-Moni, and Mind them to correspond. The.prisoner put. in a written defence: . He. said he bad lately come front Walford, in lierkthire, where he bad served Ms time as in apprentice to a carpenter. Not being able to procure Work, he had spent all his money, and, from distress, went to sleep in the place where the police found him. The chisel, be said, was one of his tools, and be had been using it the previous day. • . - The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. , . Before Mr. Biron VAUOMAIL • • Mary ..ton Brom, aged 19, was capitally indicted for stealing in the dwelling house of Frances Sparrow, in Exeter -street, Strand,' a gold watch, value .es, the prop e r t y t 11aria Green. . Mr. BARRY appeared for the prosecution. 'the prisonet formerfylived in Mrs: Sparrow's house in Exeter- • street, where the prosetutrix is at preient resident. The watch was stolen from a bed-room of the house on the 10th of Nov. and on the evening of that day 'the prisoner diiPosed of it to Mrs. Joseph, of COventry-cotirt, Haymarket, for de, Mating that she wanted the money to pay for a free admission card to one. of ` the Theatres . . . 11r. Baron VAUQMAN told the Jury.tbat the capital part of the charge could riot be sustained; as the Indictment charged the pri soner with stealinl the witch in the" dwell* house of " Frances Sparrow, widow," and. the evidence proved her to bee spiniter. The Foreman of the ,jury said they did not believe the evidence adduced against the prisoner; they theiefore returned a verdict of Not GuUty. Jaws Simmu was convicted of stealing a gold watch, value £l4, from the dwelling-bum of ,fir, C. R.lVlsset, a watchmaker, living at the West-end of the town. NEW. COURT. " Before the Coining Stimearr. • Edward Higgs was Conticard . ctstealingi S great coat; value XS, from the carriage of C. Bell,-Est. anargeo9, of Sob care, Francis Smith, aged 1 5 . years wa kftndguilt; otstealing.a silver bunting watch int sAienclAeA, Italie4B; loaf 4bE afop of Mr.' Carter,-a•watebnaarer ? '" Before Mr. Sergeant Ausnr. Wm. Junes and Charia Furst were sentenced to seven years transportation for stealing, on the 41st inst. two hats, from the shop of Mr. Smith, a batter carrying on business in Compton -street, Soho . Mary Anderson was convicted of stealing a pair of shoes from the area of the house of G. R. Dawson, Esq. in Upper Grosvenor street. JAN Bosky was indicted for stealing from the person of Mr. John Latchford, of Piccadilly, a seal, a key, and two rings, on the 18th of November last, in the parish of St. James, West minster. The prosecutor stated that he was passing St. James's watch house on the evening in question, when he saw a man who was endeavouring' to get in. He knocked at the door to gain admit tance for the man, and went in with him. When in, be was shoved into the black hole directly. The prisoner was there, and knocked his hat off twice. He then asked the prosecutor what money be bad, and demanded it. He gave him Is. 6d. The pri soner then " &ornerier him, and the articles mentioned in the in dictment were stolen from hint. Mr. Sergeant Awn; said, it was a most extraordinary thing thing that a citizen should be locked up for nothing whatever. In defence, the prisoner said he was drunk, and denied all know. ledge of the robbery, and called his former master, who gave him a good character. Mr. Sergeant ARAM summed up the case to the Jury, and said he should take care to represent the ease to the propet authorities . It was most scandalous that a respectable citizen, who went to du what he considered an act of charity, should be locked up among a set of felons. The learned Sergeant then read over the evidence to the Jury, who, after a short consultation, acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant MIAMI warned the prisoner against being drunk, as it had nearly subjected him to transportation for life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STRRET. Elisabeth Magma. a pretty-looking young woman, whose dress was more like that of a woman of fashion than a servant, sea; brought up by Burcball, charged by Mr. Sprague, the wholesale stationer of Queen-street, Upper Thames-street, with stealing a number of articles of jewellery and wearing apparel, his property. It appeared that the prisoner bad been in the service of the prosecutor ter some time, but was discharged about three weeks ago. While she was in the service, a Gentleman who wu on a visit to !slr. Sprague lost a diamond pin, and after she had been discharged the other property was missed. Burchall took her into custody at her lodgings, and on searching her he found pawn- brokers' duplicates of all the property stolen, which proved to have , been pledged at Mr. Chaffer's, a pawnbroker residing within four doors of the prosecutor's house. These facts were proved, and Sir Ru.naso HIRMIt committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial. She concealed ber face with a large black veil, and was in tears during the examination. MG Ashdown, the proprietor of the Star Coffee-house in Bow street. gave information to the Magistrates of having been robbed by a female servant, under circumstances of great aggravation. Mr. Ashdown stated, that about a fortnight ago, a girl, of about IN years of age, came into his house in the course of the evening to crave charity. She was sett to the skin and very cold, and de dated that she had not tasted food for several days, and bad not a friend in the world. Applicant, compassionating her desolate situ ation, gave her food and dry clothing, and there was so much seeming simplicity in her manners that he was induced to take her into his service. She conducted herself very well up to Tuesday last. when she suddenly disappeared ; and it had since been ascer tained that she bad taken with her a purse containing £24 in sove reigns. and a gold watch, chain, and se..ls. An officer was ordered to use every exertion to trace the offender. A well-looking girl, named Sophia Kelly, was brought up, charged with having attempted to drown herself in the Thames, on Wednesday night. The police constable No. 67, saw the prisoner between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, ,in Essex -street. Strand, and he observed her to get upon the top of the wall by the side of the Thames, and as she was about to throw herself headlong into the water, he seised her and prevented her from drowning herself. He conveyed her to Covent garden watch-house. and Mr. Ro gers, the Inspector of Police, humanely supplied her with food. It appeared that she had recently been discharged from a situation which she held in Bloomsbury for 21 months, and was without money or home. She had not tasted food for two days, and having no friend in the world, she determined to put an end to a life which had become a burden to her. Sir IL limns addressed her upon the wickedness of making an attempt upon her own life, and expressed his sorrow that her dis tress was so great. Mr. Itotazt - ss said that she was in a deranged state after she was brought to the watch-house ; and it was some time before she was capable of speaking or acting at all rationally. She was almost dead from want of sustenance, and he purchased her refreshment, and by proper attention soon restored her. Sir R. Bums applauded his humanity, and ordered her to be taken to St. Clement's worklunpe for the present. MARY-LA-BONNE. Ayoung man, 19 years of age, whose friends are stated to be persons of great respectability, was charged with having robbed his employers. Messrs. Bytes and Bollen, mercers, of Ludgate-MU. The prisoner was apprehended in the shop of Mr. Dobree, pawn broker, of Oxfprd-street, where he offered to pledge a piece of velvet, but as be could not give a satisfactory account of the way he became possessed of the velvet, be was given into custody, It was then discovered that he had robbed his employers to a consi derable extent, and had pledged the stolen property at various pawnbrokers.—He was committed for triaL UNION HALL. A gentleman named Seal complained against a Mr. Mann fir having given him • .ClO note, wilds was afterwards found to have been a stolen one. The complainant said he had received the note from she defendant in part payment of a horse ; and on presenting it at the Bank it was identified as one of a number which had been ItOen between ,Liendogoe and London, and they refused to pay the -mount. Mr. Malin said he had taken the note from a Mr. Bond. The Magistrate sald•that Mr. Maffin had a right to pay the com plainant the £lO, as he admitted having given the stolen note to him ; and with•regard to his (defendant's) recovering the amount, he had his remedy by action against the person from whom he al leged having taken it. The suggestion of the Magistrate seemed ta satisfy both parties, and they withdrew. • CAUTION TO nousEKterLus.--Several burglaries hiving been committed during the preceding week, it is evident that the hoUse-breakers have commenced their depredations for the winter. The burglary which took place the other ifightyn Brown low-hill was a very daring one, and well ,c4lculat , d to excite won der that so extensive a robbery could be perpetrated without the watchman detecting the burglars.—Housekeepers should rely, not on the vigilance of the guardians of the night, but on the security of their premises; respecting which they should, before retiring to rest, fully satisfythemselves. Such precautions are the best pros tections against the attempts of the midnight robber. —Liverpool P. We learn from a gentleman direct from Erie, that a rencontre lately took place between Mr. J. Samiter Ross and John . Er win, F.sq. both of Green county, which resulted in the instant • death of Mr. Ross. Mr. Erwin surrendered himself to the civil authorities, and was admitted to bail. 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