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Did he forsake her when about to die, And then forget that she had once been dear ? Yea, more—he with the world, cried " Crucify," And ingrate, when he knew her fate was near, Ht strove to gore bur with apostasy's fell spear. 'Twas strange that he should thus a traitor prose Who made the virgin, fair his all, his Christ; The v world, that is not apt to move At faithleswem , at this was quite surprised, And with its jeer the infidel chastised. He gained a monarch's smile, a laureat crown; But what was this to one who both despised ! The fame which he acquired was such renown, such every boon received, as met his conscience frown. The Apostate turned him to the world, and joined The gang of hypocrites, the servile throng. For him the gilded smile of power is coined. How strange he looked the fawning crew among ! Hi* downcast eye proclaimed he knew it wrong, His flushing brow told a revolting heart, And praise fell dead-born from his stammering tongue, Yet interest urged him to perform his part,— lle did so, and was sold at Favour's conscience-mart. And now that mind which once so fondly harped On themes the noblest, loftiest, and best, So by sinister influence is warped, As search to be with glimpse of glory blest ; So narrowed now, so bound is that broad chest, That once with love of truth did only pant, The lowliest flight demands a place of rest; And, if it wished to soar, the spirit can't, Though wont on sunny peak of heaven its foot to plant. Tie true that now and then there is a burst, Of the old feeling, the celestial fire, But soon 'tie in the murky wave immersed— Corruption's wave—and born but to expire. There is a cadence in that venal lyre Of dying liberty, a mournful tone Of stiflinf longing and repressed desire, A gust of joy and yet a plaintive moan, That doth almost the charge apostacy disown. THE TRUE AND THE FABULOUS ORIGIN OF ROME. Italy, the peninsula westward of Greece, was originally inhabited by tribes of an unknown race. The Pelasgians, that extensive people who settled in Greece, also established themselves in Italy. They inhabited the plains and the coasts, and were peaceful and agricultural : the mountain tribes gradually encroached upon them, and conquered them. On the banks of the river Tiber, a portion of this people, named Siculans, was established ; a tribe of the moun tains, named Aborigines by the historians, invaded their country, expelled a part, and conquered and settled themselves among the remainder, and the united people were called Latins. A portion of them lived in villages, on some hills adjacent to the Tiber. Another mountain race, called the Sabines, afterwards advanced towards the sea, and wrested from the inhabitants of the banks of the Tiber a part of their territory. These nations finally coalesced, and formed one people ; their joint city was named Rome, possibly its old Pe lasgiati appellation, and it was governed by Kings, chosen alter. nately by one of the combined nations out of the other. Such is the most probable account of the origin of Rome which the researches of modern times have been able to give. A different and more romantic tale appears in the ancient histo. clans ; for the early history of Rome was not written till she had become a great and powerful State, and then inquiries could meet no narratives of the days long past, save what was contained in popular tradition and popular poetry, which recorded marvels of Rome's descent from wide-famed Troy, the landing of /Eneas in Latium, the love of the god Mars for the vestal hhea, her bearing twins by the god, their exposure in Tiber, their being saved and suckled by a wolf, and fed by a wood-pecker, till found by the shepherd Faustu lus, their finally restoring their grandfather to the throne of Alba Longa, the city founded by Ascanius, the son of /Eneas, and then collecting their fellow shepherds and an indiscriminate rabble, and founding a town named Rome, from Romulus, the elder of the twins, ea the hills where they had been miraculously saved and educated.— Dr. Lerdner's Cabinet eyeopedin. GREAT REVOLUTIONS. It is remarked that the great revolutions of Europe have occurred is July. On that month two revolutions were operated, which made famous the eighteenth century, and changed the face of the old and new world. The revolution of the United States of America, oc curred on the 4th of July. The French revolution (1789) on the lith July. The United Provinces date their revolution from the month of July, 1581. The present French revolution in July 1830. The Union of Calmar, which placed three crowns on the head of Marguerite de Waldentii, called the Semiramis of the North, was operated July 8. 1397 ; and on the 9th of the same month, 1762, we maw another Semiramis of the North (Catherine II.) justify that title by driving her husband from the throne, and subsequently co vering that usurpation with the eclat of a celebrated reign. The battles which have occurred in the month of July often de. tided the fate of empires. The battle of Allis, July 18, nearly ruined the Roman power. In that of the Tiberiad (July 3d) the unfortunate Lusignan was entirely defeated by the celebrated Sala die, and the kingdom of Jerusalem, founded by the first crusaders, fell for ever into the power of the infidels. At the battle of Ou ua, (95th July) Alphonzo I. delivered his country from the yoke l of the Moon, and the title of first King of Portugal was the primal of his valour. The battle of the Boyne, in Ireland, ( 21st July) ruined the hopes of James 1. and secured the crown to the Prince of Orange. At the battle of Pultava (Bth July) two famous mo nuchs, Charles the twelfth, and Peter the Great, fought for their °towns and lives. The Swedes lost with their king the title of in. vincible. The history of France will furnish battles in the month of July of the most decisive character. The battle of Poitiers, gained by Charles Martel (22d July) rescued France from the yoke of the Saracens, then masters of Spain. Phillippe Auguste hap pily saved his life and kingdom at Bouvines (27th July) and the throne of Louis XIV. shaken by great reverses near the end of the Spanish succession war, was secured in the conflict of Denain, by Marshal Viliars (26th July, 1812.) Prench valour gained in the month of July the victories of For none, Fleurus. Nerwinde ' Leach. The battle between Turenne and Conde , in the Faubourg Saint Antoine, was on the 2d of July, and the taking of Alexandria, in Egypt, by Buonaparte, the 2d of July. The battle of the Pyramids, gained by the same, was also in July, 1798; that of Aboukir, gained over the Turks, 25th July, 1799 ; and, finally, the battle of Wagram, gained by Napo leon over the Austrians, in July, led to all the results of the Treaty of Vienna, in 1809. We have also seen in July the Regency of Al. Europe, overturned, and a piratical State, which, for ages, had insulted Europe, crushed to rise no more. On the 27th of July, 1790, the monster Robespierre excited, with ?dam, a popular commotion against the Court and the National Assembly. In the Palais Royal, then the focus of conspiracies and revolutionary crimes, he made the following address :—" Citizens of all ages,fly to St. Cloud ; shut up the King and the Dauphin. Secure he Austrian and her brother-in.law, that they may no longer conspire. Arrest all the Ministers. Throw them into irons. Watch the Chief of the municipality, and be sure of the General-- carry off the park of artillery from the Rue Verte ! Seize all the magazines and powder mills. Run, run, to arms ! Four or six hundred heads struck off will secure you peace, liberty, and honour. A false humanity of restraining your arms may cost the lives of millions of your brethren." On the 28th July, 1794, the above sanguinary monster was led to the scaffold, where he furnished a remarkable instance of revolu tionary vicissitudes. He was put to death with his accomplices by a tribunal composed of friends and associates. AN Inuit SENTINEL.—When the French landed at Enemy Bay, an Irish peasant who WAS posted, with a musket, upon one of the cliffs, and had wandered a little out of his position, was accosted by an English am, " What are you here foe?"— "Faith, your honour," said Pat, with his accustomed grin of good humour, •' they tell me I am here for a maitre 073 -. 1. 1 4.1;r - LAW RRPORTS. COURT OF CI — InFETY, Auo. 13. ix THZ HATTER or ROWLAND STZPNENSON, A BANKRUPT. SWAYSTOI moved for the payment of a sum of money to the trustees of the Cumberland Charity. The fund was now in court in the matter of this bankruptcy. The Loan CRANCELLOR asked if the motion was opposed, and being answered in the negative, made the order. LORD soriox V. PAYNE AND OTHERS. The SOLICITORAIRNERAL and Mr. STUaar moved for an in junction to restrain the defendants from altering the plaintiff's tow. ing.path on the left bank of the Thames. The aSdavits showed, that if the ddendasts carried on the works they were now about, they mast necessarily, to make them available, intercept the line of the plaintiff's towing-path..—lnjunction granted. DOWNIE V. BAGLEY. Mr. PEPTS (with whom was Mr. STUART) appe ared in support of this polders, which prayed that the fortune of E liza Bagley might be transferred to the petitioners under the following circumstances. —The young lady had been n ward of Court, and after having attained the age of 21, she made a settlement, by which she assigned her personal property to the plaintiffs, upon trust to pay interest to her for her life, and after her decease to divide the capital amongst all her children, and if she should have no children, then to pay it in such manner as she should direct by her will. This eetdonent contained no power of reservation ; and the property of the young lady was still in the name of the Accountant General of the Court. The SOLICITOR GENERAL opposed the petition, and stated that all the facts had not been stated in the opening. After the execution of the voluntary settlement in question, not in contem plation of any marriage whatever, a contract of marriage was entered into between the lady and a gentleman, and upon that contract it had been agreed that 1,0001. part of the lady's fortune, should be given to the husband to set him forward in business; and accord key Miss Bagley executed a deed, by which she revoked all the trusts of the voluntary settlement, and now claimed that the fund should be paid to herself, that she might execute a proper settlement upon her intended marriage. This the learned counsel contended she had a right to do; aad although she was not now under the control of the Court, as its ward, still, her property being in its hands, the Court would see that it was most advantageously settled for her benefit, and that of her children. Mr. PErys, in reply, first admitted that the Court had no juris diction over the propertoof a ward when that ward had attained the age of 21 years, unless the assignment of such property was made immediately after attaining age, and was also grossly improvident ; and secondly, that as nothing had been shown or even suggested, that there was any improvidence in the present case, the Court ought to pay the fund over to the trustees nominated by the lady herself ; or at least that if the Court could not come to that conclusion, it would take care to indemnify those trustees from all consequences of their trust. THE LoaD CusxczLLoa said, that without suggesting any impropriety of the voluntary settlement, he should not at once order the money to be paid to either party, but would inquire into the point, and give his opiniun upon it, and in the mean time the pe tition should stand over. BRIGLIVATEI AND TAUNTON CANAL COMPANY V. THE CON at the Gloucester Coffee-house, for the expenses there incurred by him (12L 10s.) which, since his last hearing, had been redeemed by Mr. Squires, his attorney, and which he was now ready to deli-' ver up to the Court. Mr. Woodroffe —Where is the property ? Insolvent—lt is in my room in the King's Bench. The Chief Commissioner—Let the property be delivered up to Messrs. Dawson and Cafe, the brokers of the Court. Mr. Cooke—l now pray the judgment of the Court, having every reason to believe that the Insolvent's friends will make some ar rangement with the opposing creditor, and I will undertake that the things shall be given up to the Court. Mr. Woodroffe—Have you not two lap.dogs? Insolvent—Yes. Mr. Woodroffe.—Bly client, Mr. Martin, says they are of great value; you must give them up. Mr. Cooke—l am ashamed to hear them asked for. The Chief Commissioner—Are they your dogs? Insolvent—The dog was given to my wife by a relation, and had a pup. The Chief Commissioner—Where is your wife?: Insolvent—ln the King's Bench prison; she is very UL Mr. Cooke—l knew an officer who had bled in the Peninsular war shed tears for the loss of a favourite dog. The Chief Commissioner—Of what breed is it ? Insolvent—The Blenheim breed. The Chief Commissioner—Father and mother? Insolvent—Yes. The Chief Commissioner—What are they worth? Insolvent--A guinea and a half a-piece. Mr. Vi'oodroire—My client says the mother of the pup is worth twenty pounds. Chief Commissioner—Say a guinea for the puppy. (Laughter.) hlr.Woodmffe—My client will not press for the dogs. The Chief Commissioner, in delivering judgment, said it was needless for him to read over the whole of the evidence adduced against the insolvent. It was not an ordinary case, but one pregnant with fraud. The judgment of the Court was, that the insolvent should be dis charged out of custody as to all his creditors, except Mr. Martin, and that he be remanded at his suit for 12 calendar months, for frau. dulently contracting a debt with that gentleman. Mr. Woodroffe.—l now ask for a portion of the insolvent's pension. The Chief Commissioner.—What is your pension ? Insolvent.-1001. a-year fur wounds. Mr. Cooke..—How many wounds have you received? Insolvent.—Six. The Chief Commissioner.—Pity that you, who could show so brave a spirit in battle, should have shown so mean a spirit in other respects. Have you any means beyond your pension ? 111 r. Woodroffe--He has friends. Insolvent—Their friendship has been withdrawn. Mr. Cooke-1001. a-year is a small sum to live in a prison with. The Chief Commissioner—lt will be to the credit of your client, Mr. Woodroffe, not to press it; he will be assignee. Mr. Woodroffe—My client wishes no private settlement; he has travelled 800 miles to follow up his opposition. The Chief Commissioner.—Well, take 101. a.year. Mr. Cooke—To begin after the expiration of the sentence. Mr. Woodroffe pressed an early period, but it was overruled. The insolvent was then remanded. Robert Parr came up again this day by adjournment. Upon the case being called on, The Chief Commissioner said, I recollect this case very well, and am determined to sift it to the bottom. Mr. Cooke.—The driver of the van is here. John Williams, examined by Mr. Cooke.—Witness L servant to Steadman ; he drove the van ; he left the insolvent's house at ba ptist six o'clock in the morning ; had two hones ; he could have taken double the load with one horse; there was a bed; or two, a child's crib, a wardrobe, and other things, but no tables or drawers that he saw. He drove them to South Bank, Regent's-park. Will swear they could have been drawn by one horse. Cross-examined by Mr. Woodroffe.—He was paid 17s. or 181. for moving the goods; bad 3s. Gd. for himself. He took no plats that he knew of; took no hampers. Mr. Shepherd, examined by Mr. Cooke..—Witness was owns of the Alpha Cottage, where the insolvent resided ; was the owner of it on the 23d of September ; has sold the lease since. The bell. vent paid him two guineas a week for it; he resided there 10 a 11 weeks ; paid him in all about 231. Witness was on the rood= when the insolvent was living there. Witness occupied a room in the house ; did not observe an increase of furniture. - wined by Mr. Woodroffe.—Every room had a parr William Rarl examined by Mr. Woodroffe.—Witstme had lived with the insolvent up to June last ; he cleaned the plate once a week. Is not sure, but thinks lie saw two dam of grams, amen and table spoons ; about a dozen of silver Anb, large and small; two pair of salt spoons ; two pair of sauce ladles; a gravy spoon; and a silver tea-pot. Cross-examined by Mr. Cooke—Nobody told him to say all this. He first mentioned it to Mr. Davey. Told him when Mr. Davey asked him, when the insolvent was first brought up, about a fort night ago. Couldn't say if after the second time. Had been asked more than once. Told him this morning. Went over the story about the plate yesterday morning. What be bad to say was not written down. He is a cheesemonger's boy now. Went into Mr. Davey's service on the Ist of July. Left the insolvent's service in June because he bad not wages enough. By Mr. Woodroffe—Did not leave his seeks on account of dishonesty. Timothy Ring, examined by Mr. Woodroffe—Witness lives at Retreat-place Hackney. He went into the service of the insolvent when the other boy left. Lived with the insolvent three months. He cleaned the plate often. (Here, similarly to the last witness, be described the plate.) He knew it wax silver. Mrs. Farr put them in a hamper, and sent them of by a carman. There was an errand cart full of them. It went to Lothbury, to Mrs. MW's, about a week after the sale. Cross.examined by Mr. Cooke.—He never took an oath before. The boy Earl brought him up. Was at Mr. Davey's yesterday. Wes with him half an hour. He was passing by Mr. Davey's shop when Earl asked him in. Mr. Davey asked him what he had seen removed ? He told him be knew some of the things, not all. No. body told him what to ay; Earl went over thethings with him and Mr. Davey too. Earl said the candlesticks were plated; had seen the errand-cart before; he knew Mills, and used to go to his house. Examined by the Chief Commissiooer.—His father is a brick. layer's labourer, his mother is a washerwoman ; he goes to chapel to Mr. Burder's meeting-house. Insolvent examined by Mr. Cooke.—The maid.servant always cleaned the plate ; the boy, Earl, came to clean the shoes and knives ; there was not so much plate in the house. By the Chief Commissioner.—The servant-maid might ask the boy to clean it. He turned him off; he was never asked to give him a character ; if be had been,he would not have given him a goodone; he had had a silver teapot, which he had pawned to pay his expenses. This was 12 months back ; pawned it at Perry's, in London-wall, for about 71; he sold the duplicate in December; be had not two dozen of spoons when the boy was with him. Had ten spoons in all, including six tea-spoons. Don't think he had a dessert. spoon. Had two plated candlesticks, no plated forks. Had two salt spoons, and one sauce ladle, which was used for sugar. (Mr. WOODROPIPZ.—This is not stated in the balance sheet.) The tea.pot was pawned before the sale ; could not say what he sold the ticket for. Knew Cornish. He did not know his wife sent the hampers. Only a large box went to Mills's ; it was a ma-tritest; believes it was empty ; cannot say what it contained. He turned Earl away for pilfering; his wife told him he pilfered she dia. charged him; his servants knew he pilfered. He knew he was in Mr. Davey's service : he did not tell Mr. Davey he had got a dishonest lad. The Carer COMMTISION6I having ordered the last boy ex. amined to stand forward, solemnly Interrogated him as to his ides of the meaning of an oath. The lad seemed sensible of its awfill import, and the learned Commissioner proceeded to examine him. He had mentioned the plate to Mr. Davey ; he asked him what there was ; he told him as near as he could. Witness helped to take the hampers out. Master (insolvent) was not within; there was a good many hampers; six or seven great hampers; Mrs. Fan was by; he saw Mrs. Farr put things in • it was between twelve and one o ' clock; it was the nurse, he believed, stopped the errand. cart. Mr. Cooke—l believe the last witness to be the witness of truth, but not the first boy. The Chief Commissioner—Better for the insolvent, Mn Cooke, that it should stand over; and, addressing the insolvent, be said, in a very impressive manner, and with great energy, " I cautioned you when you were first before the Court to be easeful how you an swered the questions put to you : again and again, I advised you on your second examination, to adhere to the truth. This day you have endeavoured to blacken the character of a youth a hose oath goes far beyond yours, and tremendous is your re sponsibility on this account. That many things have been removed, no one who heard the evidence could doubt for a mo ment ; and your wife, who should have set an example of ho. nesty to your children, has, by her interference in removing the property, become an instrument of your disgrace. I new for the last time solemnly warn you, if you wish to escape a heavy impri sonment, to disguise nothing. thin from your wife the whole truth as to where the property was secreted. If you do se, when the case conies up again, you may receive a much wilier wale& George Lomas, late a captain in the 92d regiment, came up ' man than might otherwise await you." this day with a new amended special balance sheet, to receive the I Mr. Cooke said he was afraid that all intercourse with th e Mb judgment of the Court. was cut of. Mr. Woodroffe, who appeared for the opposing creditor, Mr. The Chief Commissioner—Let the case be adjourned to madam Martin, said he did not find that the property had been given up. i Mr. Mills and Mr. Cornish, and don't Ist the insolvent be Mel The insolvent said, Mr. Orgill had retained his wearing apparel nut when I sin present. lERVATIONI or TEE ling% TONS. Mr. Holum and Mr. Jacos appeared on a motion to dissolve an injunction in this case. The facts were shortly these:—The canal company, under the authority of their Aet of l'arliament, con ceived they had a right to cut into the River Tone, and also to take the waters of the river for the purposes of the canal, both which they had done, and the latter by means of a steam-engine. The defend ants then erected a dam across the mouth of the canal, by way of reinstating the original bank of the river, and on the plaintiffs setting men to work to pull down that dam, the defendants offend resist ance and opposition. The Canal Company then filed the bill for, and obtained, an injunction restraining the defendants from ob structing them in pulling down the dam. To dissolve this was the object of the present motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. PIGGOTT were in oppo sition to the motion, and it was ultimately agreed that the whole question should be tried between the two corporations by actions at law, one of which, to try whether the Canal Company had a right to cut nto the river, and the other to ascertain whether the company had a right to take the waters of the river—.the plaintiffs in equity submitting to any order the Court may make after the trials, and keeping an account of the tolls which may ultimately appear to be due to the Tone Company. The injunction is to be continued in the mean time. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Auo. 13. His Honour's paper to-day was filled with cause petitions to the amount of about 120. Nearly all of them were disposed of, but the circumstances of those which were argued contained nothing of pub. lic interest. bed in it. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK, Ave. 12. The business of the assizes for this county commenced to-day at twelve o'clock, the Judges having previously gone to church. The business, on the civil side is unusually heavy, there being 34 causes intended for trial. A considerable number of these, however, are undefended. On the crown side there are the names of 86 prisoners, which is a large number, considering how recently the quarter ses sions have been holden ; but, except one cue of murder, there does not appear any thing of peculiar aggravation amongst the of. fences with which they are charged. (Before the LORD CHIRP` &mow.) LATHAM V. ROGZRI. This was an action of slander brought by the plaintiff, who is a member of a club at Birmingham, at which the defendant stated that he had been guilty of practices revolting to human nature. The words were proved ; and, no defence having been offered, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 100 L HIND V. °Rasmus. This was an action of slander. Both patties lire in the same street, at Birmingham. The plaintiff keeps * confectioner's shop, and the defendant carries on the business of a saddler. A little girl about nine years of age, as apprentice of the plaintiff's, swore that she heard the defendant impute to the plaintiff that she was a wo man of improper character, had been found in bed with a black, had kept a house of ill-fame, and had killed a servant of hers with a broomstick and rolling.pin. A servant-maid of the plaintiff's bore testimony to the same effect. _ _ Mr. &leant HonLamm (who was assisted by Mr. WiLLtaxs) having laid this evidence before the the jury, Mr. Dawmax (with whom was Mr. HILL) addressed the jury for the defendant, who solemnly denied, he said, that be had ever used the expressions alleged by the witnesses. The learned counsel argued both from the probabilities of the case, and the manner and circumstances under which the witnesses had given their evidence, that their story was utterly incredible. He admitted that if the dc. fondant had really cut the imputations stated by them upon the plaintiff', character, the damages laid in the declaration (1001.) would be insuilcient—they ought to be 1,0001. But the story was altogether false, and therefore the defendant was entitled to a verdict. _ _ _ The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages one farthing. GUILDFORD, Auo. 13. The commission was opened here yesterday. The calendar,thongh unusually heavy, presents no case of * very aggravated cut. (Before Mr. Baron GARROW.) On the application of Mr. CLanxsow, the trial of Hoary Slags, for burglary in the house of the Rev. John Courtenay, at Sander stead, was postponed till the next assizes, in consequence of the sudden illness of the prosecutor. George Rooney pleaded guilty to the charge of being at be. fore his term of transportation had expired.—Death was seced. William Jackson was indicted for obtaining a watch and ap pendages, the property of Thomas Faulkener, at Farnham, under false pretences. From the evidence, it appeared that the prose cutor had left his watch at the shop of Edward James,* watchmaker, of Farnham, to be repaired. The prisoner by some means was aware of the circumstance, and going to James, got pos essi n of the watch by stating he had been sent by Mr. Fa etul He then offered it for sale to a person named Muggeridge for 12s. and the latter was about to purchase it, when, in consequence of something which his wife said, he was induced to send for a constable, and the prisoner was accordingly taken into moody. The prisoner put in a written paper, purporting that he had been led to commit the offence by distress. A verdict of Guilty was re turned, and The learned Judge sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, cautioning him, at the same time, to b eware how be ever appeared at that bar again. The learned judge warned Muggeridge never to make such bargains again ; and observed that, as the hest way to make him remember, he should bear his own ex penses, adding, too, that if ever he did, he would be li a ble to be prosecuted as a receiver, and be sentenced to fourteen years' trans portation. CIVIL Srnx.—(Bfore Lord TENT ZUDEN.) DOE ON THE DEMISE OF OVERTON V. HAMPTON. This was an anion of ejectment. The plaintiff founded his claim upon a matt/age deed, which was admitted by the defendant; but the latter proving that the legal estate was in the hands of ano. ther by a previous instrument, the plaintiff was nonsuited. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, August 13. LAST DAY OF SITTING. • F • "":. • . •W POLICE REPORTS. BOIV-STREET.—Yesterday, John Seale, if Ilolditig, and 7 harms Abbott, were charged before Mr. MINSHOLL, the two former with having assaulted police serjeant Booth of letter F divi- I sion, and the latter with having attempted to rescue them from the officer's custody. It appears from the evidence of Serjeant Booth, that the prisoners Haste and Holding were riotous and disorderly at the corner of Fountain-court, in the Strand, at a late hour on Thursday night, and when admonished to go about their business, they became abu sive, and struck the serjeant several times ; and the prisoner Hold ing tore his coat. A police constable named Kent came to the as sistance of the serjeant, and the prisoners were secured and con veyed to the police station, on the way to which the prisoner Abbott attempted to rescue them, but was himself secured, and locked up with his companions. The prisoners said, that they were standing quietly together, when the police-serjeant told them very uncivilly to be gone, and as they were not conscious of doing any harm, they refused to com ply, and were dragged to the watch-house. They denied having struck the constable. Mr. lIIYIHULL ordered the defendants to pay u fine of 40s. each for assaulting the officers in the execution of their duty, and he ex pressed his determination to inflict heavy penalties in future, in all cases where the police were wantonly assaulted. _ _ Wonsutr-svaiewr.....Yesterday, two men named Taylor and Allen, were fully committed to Newgate for trial. Mr. Hobsown, an oilman, in the Kingsland-road, had been informed that an at. tempt would be made on his house. On the night before he shut up his shop and took a walk, and returned a quarter of an hour before eleven o'clock ; on going in he heard a noise, when he called out " Who is there ?" He seised Taylor; Allen got into the street, and constable No. 94 secured him, and on his person there were found three collars and a piece of ham. On the person of Taylor, there was found a bunch of skeleton keys, a jemmy, dark-lantern, and every necessary implement for house.bteaking. An elderly man, with hie head very much cut, and bleeding, named Hayward, a housekeeper, in St. Luke's, entered the office, with a man named Williams, and his wife, who were in custody, charging the latter with having that morning attempted his life. The prosezutor stated that the prisoners had been lodging at his house, and that in consequence of not being able to get his money, he had repeatedly desired them to quit. In consequence of their stopping out the night before, he, on the following morning, refused them admittance, upon which the male prisoner actually pulled up some gag atones, and at the same time threatening to shoot him, burst the door open, when seizing a large rail from the banisters of the stairs, broke it, and afterwards cut his head open with it. The female prisoner told him she would some day or other murder him. The rail, which was of size sufficient to kill an ox, was produced in the office, as also the flagstone. The prisoners denied the assault, and called witnesses who proved that the prosecutor had conducted himself so violently that it WAY difficult to distinguish which was most in the wrong. The prosecutor having no witnesses, Mr. Twyford ordered the male prisoner to find bail, and discharged the wife. I.lwtow-HALL. Yesterday, a man named Hamilton was brought before Mr. Hone, charged with committing a violent as sault on William Dundon, a policeman of M. division. Ehindon stated that, while on duty the preceding night in Kent. street, he beard cries of murder proceed from a house in one of the narrow alleys of that street. On going there, the cries still conti nuing, he demanded admittance, and on being refused, burst open the door, and saw the defendant in the act of beating and kicking a woman, who was described to be his wife. The moment, however, the defendant saw the policeman enter he turned his fury upon him, and commenced a most determined attack upon him. The policeman defended himself as long as he could, but was at length overpowered by his adversary, who ran to a corner of the apartment, and before the po liceman had time to recover, armed himself with a long sharp.pointed piece of iron, used in his trade as cooper, and with it made a thrust at the policeman's head. The thrust was given with such force, that had be not with alacrity stopped at the moment, the instrument must have penetrated his head, at which it was aimed; the point, however, entered his coat, waistcoat, and shirt, between the shoulders, in a slanting direction, and merely grazed the skin. The defendant attempted to make another thrust at him, but the policeman held the instrument, and a severe struggle en. sued between them, in the course of which the defendant was as. slated by three powerful women ; and the policeman declared that so ferocious was the attack made upon him, that he was convinced be should have been murdered, had not another policeman come to his assistance. _ _ . The above evidence was confirmed by the policeman who went to the complainant's assistance. The blagistnsto asked the defendant the provocation be received to use the deadly weapon now produced against the complainant, who oily acted in the performance of his duty by entering the house from which cries of murder issued ? The defendant said that his house was his castle, and that if any pane attempted to invade it, he was fully justified in killing him if he could. . Mr. Mows told him, that had be killed the policeman on the night in question, he would have been tried for murder, and very probaby hanged. The magistrate then said that a policeman was perfectly justified in bursting open the door of any house from whence screams of murder issued, in order to render his assistance. The defendant, in a most insolent manner, said, " Then if any of the police enter my place, I shall act as I have done on this oc callow, and if they refuse to quit, I shall know how to make them." _ _ _ The policeman said that, from the threats the defendant held out to him, he was apprehensive of personal violence in case he should come upon him unawares of a night. The Magistrate said the case should go before a jury, and the de fendant was held to hail accordingly. In the course of the day, several persons were charged with pick ing pockets on Thursday, during the ceremony of chairing the Members for Southwark. Some of the accused were sent to Brixton as reputed thieves, and others discharged for want of evidence. SCINTILLA?. EPITAPH.—On a tomb in tho church-yard of Torbay, Devonshire, is the following inscription : " Heart lyeth the body of Thomas Waxmouth, who decesed this lyfe the 20th of Noucmb. 1679. " Tack notes you that parse-hears by And think upon your mortalyty. No freedom from the graue or turn Untel fro► heuen Christ doth come. Now bee is gone wee al most folio arter His wife, his sons, and ecke his darters." EXEMPTION FROM TOLL for VOTERS.-II is not r uefully known that persons going to an election are exempted front mingle!! at turnpike gates ; and it is with great pleasure that we give the substance of the clause of the Act which affords that ex. emptiest ; which is—that in whatever way a horse is used by a voter going or returning from an election, whether as a saddle horse or In harness, 'toll cannot be claimed, and consequently carriages conveying voters are exempt. The object of the exerotion is, by removing all obstacles, to secure the freedom of election. A NOVEL MODE OF DISPOSING OF AN ORATOR.- At the conclusion of Mr. Shell's speech, in Dundalk, on Friday, a ludicrous circumstance occurred. Mr. Anthony Marmion leaped into Mr. SbeU's carriage, and began to address the people. His voice was drowned in universal uproar. He was, however, undis mayed by the clamours of the crowd, persevering in his appeal. when Mr. W. Keiran, availing himself of the moveable quality of the rostrum which he had selected, directed the people to draw the carriage away. While Mr. Marmion continued to gesticulate, he was gradually removed amidst shouts of laughter from the scene of action, and was deposited in a back street, where his eloquence was wasted upon the desert air. BIRTH. —._ _.. The 12th inbt. in Portland-place, the lady of Oswald Smith. Esq. of a son. MARRIED. The 12th inst. at Holton Beckering, R. Bythell, Esq. of St. Asapb, Flints, surgeon, to Eliza, fourth daughter of the Nev. J. Hale,' rector of Holton.cum.Beckering, in the county of Lincoln— The 11th inst. at Enfield, Oxfordshire, J. Copling. Esq. of Upper Tulse.hill, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late J. Marten, Esq. of the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar—The 14th inst. at St. George's East, A. It. Rhodes, of Mill.hill, Hendon, Esq. to Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr. E. Everest, of Rotherhithe. DIED.: The 11th init. Mary, relict of the Tate Rev. T. Powell, of HO. loway—The 10th inst. Mary Georgians, the infant daughter of Dr. Moore. Linealnse-inn.firlde—The sth inst. at Neath, Glamorgan. shire, in the 64th year of his, age, W. Gwyn, Esq—The 12th inst. at Warms, Berke, in his 18th year, William, son of J. Stein, Esq. of York.plaa, Portman-square--Lately, at her house, in End less-street, Sarum, MN. Jane Catherine Samba, only child of the late Rev. J. 8. Samba, D.D. sub-dean of Sarum, prebendary of Horninpharn, add rector of St. Edmund's—The 12th inst. at Ci eller a 'bon Moen, Marianne, the youngest dauchter o a rrope, Req. of Coltham, near Bristol.—The 12th inst. John, aged two, second son of W. Morley, Esq. of John-street, Bed ford-tow. Loney I Printed slid Published by Anse Plents, $t tint Sus *nos W.. i i Maws .plete•Tialk at'