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1 li' G► i . WoMAN. Woman is our Heaven below, She inspires the tenderest feeling,— When oppreu'd with care or woe, Woman ! is the balm of healing. She curbs the tyrant's fierce desires, And from base designs can lead him ; She ! the timid slave inspires, And urges on to life and freedom ! Circled in her 'tender arms, All confess her magic power : What is life without her charms ? A naked wild without a Rower ! Mortals ! while on earth ye go, Bear in mind thro' all distresses— Woman ! is our Heaven below, — All's o'erpaid in her caresses I POLICE REPORTS ti ITILDJIALL.—Ward, one of the beadles of Christ's Hospital, appointed to regulate the carmen working in the City, and enforce the claim of the Hospital to license the carts, attended before Mr. Ahlerrni.” ANSLEY upon summons, for overstepping his duty, in taking cart belonging to Mr.Hodgkinson, the grocer, of Dowgate. hill. to the green.yard, on Thursday last. The complainant stated, that the cart was standing at Mr. Ilodg kinson's own door, and had not been left by the driver above two ..inutes (he had c rossed: over to the Permit-of f ice, in Cloak-lane,) when the defendant, and another officer named Clitherow, belonging to the same establishment, began to drive away the horse. A young Irian who was working a few yards from the spot, and had his eye on the cart, remonstrated with the men, but to no purpose, for they persisted in driving it to the green.yard. It was released, however, upon application to Alderman Thompson, the President of the Hos pital, whe thought the complainant ought to appeal to a magistrate for redress. Ward stated in his defence that the cart was standing by itself without any person to take care of it, for nearly a quarter of an hour, anti was therefore an obstruction, which he was justified in removing. Mr. Ilodgkinson said this was a new defence, for when the matter was before the Lord Mayor (who declined deciding upon it, con. sidering the Governors of the Hospital would 'deal with it more ef. fectually), the defendant said he took it for plying on the stand for carts beyond the number limited to ply there. To prove that the cart had not been left unattended for more than two minutes, he called the carman and another of his servants, who were sworn to the fact. Mr. Alderman AwseEr said it was an abuse of their authority to drive a cart from the door of the owner, and they ought to have surrendered it when it was claimed. To teach them to do better another time he should order the defendants to pay the ex. penses. Ward said he believed the cart did not belong to Mr. Hodgkin. son, although his name was upon it. Mr. Hodgkineon thought that had nothing to do with the case. It was true it belonged to a Mr. Mott, but complainant hired it by the year. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said this was an arrangement of fre quent occurrence, and did not alter the defendant's case. Ward paid the costs with a very ill grace. QUEEN•SQUARE.—John Russell and Henry Jackson, who have been in custody about three weeks, were brought up for final examination, charged with robbing a person, name unknown, of a metal watch, steel chain, and gold sale, in Hyde Park, on the 21st of July last. • Handley, the officer, said that the watch had been advertised three different times, but no owner had appeared. John Dorrell stated, that on the 21st of July, he saw the prisoner Russell in Hyde Park, attempting to pick several pockets. He went up to Jackson, and gave him a watch. Witness told a police constable, who took Jackson into custody, and Russell got away. On the 28th of July, he met Russell in Regent.street, and gave him into custody. Mr. MARRIOTT, after consulting some time with hie colleague, ordered the prisoners to be committed for six weeks to prison from the present period. On leaving the dock, Russell said, " So help me GOD, if I sell the bed from under me, I will prosecute that man (pointing to the witness), for false swearing ; I was at Bristol, and live there at No. 1l I, Temple-street.' One of the police constables recognised Russell as an old offender; be has been twice in custody on similar charges, and was once tried at the Middlesex Sessions. Bow.sTazeT.—Yaterday, John Sireplands, the driver of one of Cloud's Hammersmith stage-coaches, was brought before Mr. eees, in virtue of a warrast,and charged with having assaulted a gentleman named Woodward. Mr. Woodward stated that, on the 12th of August, he got on the defendant's coach at St. Paul's, and agreed with him to be set down at Kew-bridge. On arriving at the Pack 'Horse, Hammersmith, lowever, the defendant refused to proceed with his coachany farther, and he (Mr. Woodward) alighted, and declared that as the original agreement had not been fulfilled, be would not pay the fare. The defendant peremptorily insisted on being paid his fare, and seizing him (Air. Woodward) by the collar and arm, exclaimed that he should not budge one inch until he had satisfied the demand. He (Mr. Woodward) was equally obstinate, and the result was that the defendant took forcible possession of his umbrella, which he detained as a pledge for the fare. The defendant said that he had offered to set Mr. Woodward down at Kew-bridge, but that he refused to get upon the coach. Mr. Woodward said that this offer was made after he had walked a considerabli distance from the coach, and expressed his determi nation to adopt legal proceedings. Mr. ILtees inquired whether the coachman had been abusive ? Mr. Woodward replied in the affimative. The defendant, however, denied that he had used any bad lan guage, but admitted having detained the umbrella. If, be added, coachmen were to suffer persons to alight when they pleased, and go off without paying their fares, there would soon be an end of public conveyances. Mr. HALLS observed that the conduct of the drivers of short stages was, generally speaking, offensive, and deserved now and I then to be noticed, for the purpose of keeping them in check. The defendant had no right whatever to take the umbrella. An assault had clearly been committed, and therefore the defendant should put in bail. Bail not having been ready, the defendant was locked up ; but, at the instance of the complainant, a fine of 40s. was sub stituted. LAIIPETU•STREET. —Yesterday Mr. Thomas Gosling and Mr. John Lenents, both respectable looking men, were brought before Messrs. Wyatt and Hardwick, charged with having assaulted each other. From the statement of Mr. Norman, an inspector of H. division, it appeased that, at one o'clock on that morning, be had been sent • for to go to the Horns and Horseshoe public-house, in Cable-street, I Wellclose.square, and on getting there he found the defendants engaged in a personal conflict. Having succeeded in separating t them, Miss Scott, the proprietress of the house, gave Mr. Gosling in charge, for having struck her friend Mr. Lenarts, and Mr. G. also made a similar complaint against Mr. L. He conveyed them both to the edition-house, but finding that they were respectable, he de dined locking them .up, but took their words to appear at the office to settle the matter. Mr. Norman added that, from what he could learn of the business, the quarrel arose from Mr. batten's fancying that Mr. Gosling was paying Miss Scott more attention than he (Mr. L.) could wish. Mr. Gosling, in reply, said that he had been invited to sup at the house of Miss Scott, and exhibited a deep wound in his head, which he had received by a blow of a quart pot, given to him by Mr. Lenarts. Mr. Lenarts asserted that Mr. Gosling struck him first with his umbrella. The Magistrates disposed of the case by ordering both parties to find bail to keep the peace towards each other. Two dashingly-dressed females, named Johnston and Williams, were charged with assaulting the person of Mrs. Smith, and tearing bet Leghorn bonnet to pieces. Mrs. Smith stated, that on Monday evening she met the defend. ants at a public-house in the neighbourhood of the Commercial. road, when they attacked her, beat her severely, blackened her eye, and tore her bonnet to pieces. The complainant here exhibited the fragments of a Leghorn bonnet. Miss Johnston, in defence, said that she was security for 31. to a tally-man for the complainant, and on meeting her and speaking to her on the subject, she became most abusive, and struck her and her companion. Miss Williams exhibited the remains of what was once a fashion. able velvet tippet, with black fringe, and a white silk bonnet Lute. fully trimmed, which were torn to ribbons by the complainant. A witness was called; who said the whole &nit began about a glass of' gin and water. hen," said the Magistrate, " I suppose it will end over another so far as the damage goes, 1 . -think the account is tolerably well balanced. The warrant is therefore discharged. Alxittr-Lx.-sossts.—Tuesday, x powerful athletic fellow of the name of Morrie, a navigator, was brought before Mr. Houma, charged with having violently asisulted a police constable of the name of Cooke,.No.• 160, Division I), and thereby endangered his life. Upon the prisoner being placed at the bar, the Inspector stated that, in consequence of the severe injuries which the prisoner had inflicted upon Cooke, the unfortunate man was unable to be re. moved. The contusions which he had sustained about the head rendered it extremely doubtful whether he would recover from the brutal ill-usage which the prisoner bad inflicted upon Cooke, whom it was necessary to carry into the watchhouse, and he was then hardly capable of giving charge of the prisoner. A me dical gentleman of the name of Cunningham, residing in Hereford. street, was called in to attend on Cooke, and he had given no hopes of recovery. Mr. Hossixs.— Have you any certificate from Mr. Cun ningham ? The Inspector replied in the sflirmative, and produced the docu. ment, which stated that the contusions about the head of Cooke were of a moat dangerous nature. William Allick, sergeant of the D division, deposed that a person , came to where he was on duty, and informed him that one of the constables was being murdered in Little James-street, Lisson.grove. He instantly proceeded to the spot, and there found a man on the pavement, but so dreadfully disfigured and covered with blood, as Ito prevent hint recognising his person, and who was being kicked and otherwise ill-treated by the prisoner: he instantly secured him, and upon making inquiry he was informed that the prisoner had been creating a disturbance. Upon Cooke coming up, and request. ing him to go home, the prisoner knocked him down and they began to ill-use him. Mr. Nostrils ohserved that as heshould remand the prisoner until it was ascertained whether Cooke was likely to recover or not, perhaps it would be as well for him to keep his defence for a future Period. The prisoner declined saying anything; on which he was remanded. WORSHIP-STlELT.—Yesterday Henry Grey, Alfred Hose, and Richard Tilsley, three boys under 15 years of age, were fully committed for trial far stealing a time-piece, value 251 the property of Isaac Cooper, Esq. of Finchley. THAMES POLICE.—Mr. Tietjien, of the Black Bull, Brook. street, Ratcliff, was fined 51. for keeping his house open during the hours of divine service on Sunday the Bth inst. Elisabeth Cuit, a lodging-house-keeper, in White Horse-lane, Stepney; Ann White, her sister; and Joseph Washington and John Gabby, two crimps, were fully committed, for robbing John Darlfn a sailor, of a valuable China crape shawl, three India silk handkerchiefs, a black velvet waistcoat, aced a jacket. The prose cutor, on his return from his last voyage, was induced by ()tabby, the paramour of Cult, and Washington, one of her touters, to take up his abode in Cult's house. After stopping a fortnight, finding the charges so exorbitant, he prepared to leave, and packed up all his property. The articles in question he deposited in a bag, and while he sent out to procure a porter they were stolen. White, who acts as servant to her sister, confessed to Shepherd, Mitchell, and Tyler, sergeants of K. division, that the other three prisoners were all concerned in the robbery, and that Darling was not the first man who had been plundered in the house. THE MURDERED POLICEMAN. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Yesterday morning, Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner for the County, had summoned a highly respectable Jury, at the Crown Tavern, Clerkenwelt green, to inquire into the death of the deceased, John long, No. 43, Div. G. of the Metropolitan Police. Before the Jury were sworn, one of the gentlemen said, that he wished to remark an irregularity which had occurred in this af. fair, which ought not to pass without observation, namely—that the murder had been perpetrated in one parish, and that the body had been removed to another parish, where, consequently, the inquest must be holden ; the expense thereby incurred was certainly but tri fling, yet it was a deviation from the usual practice, and was trans. (erring the casualties of one parish to the burthening of another ; and he hoped the Coroner would mark the irregularity, by expres. sing an opinion on the subject, and that the like might not be per mitted to occur in future. The speaker did not wish to object to the proceedings as they stood, but merely to prevent a recurrence of the same. Inspector Busine explained ; that he bad in vain attempted to get the body conveyed to a public-house in the neighbourhood, on ac. count of the lateness of the hour ' • and that of necessity they were obliged to remove the body to t he station-house, which was in a different parish. As a great portion of what transpired at the examination before the magistrates was repeated at the inquest, we will merely note such as differ materially in this inquiry, and give such as were added by the witnesses on their cross-examination. Mr. James Holmes, surgeon, of Guildford -street, St. Pancras, stated, in addition to what has already appeared, that as the wound was in the immediate region of the heart, he had no doubt but it must have occasioned death in about three minutes from the effusion of blood. The knife, which was a shoemaker's knife, wanting the handle, was very sharp, and worn to a point, and was about six hubs. in length of blade. IN emesquence of this witness not having opened the body he re do" Ise that purpose, and in the course of the investigation was re eznatined, when lie stated that he had ascertained that the wound bed been made between the fifth and sixth ribs, that the point of the knife had perforated one of the ventricles of the heart, and had entered a cavity. The only way that witness could account for the deceased being able to speak after receiving the injury was, that, perhaps, from the knife being left sticking in the part the blood was, in some degree, prevented from flowing. Had the blow been struck two or three inches in another direction, its fatal effects might have been arrested by the breast bone. Mary Ann Griffith., widow, Gray's Inn-lane. (This witness gave her name Stevens, as being the name she was best known by but when questioned, she with much hesitation admitted her real name, which was adopted.) She stated that about an hour and a half before the murder on Monday night, she, on her way to Bsg. nigge Wells, spoke to the prisoner in (hay's Inn-road ;he was then in good health, and very jocular. She was returning by the same l i road a little before twelve o'clock, when she met a person in dress and manners apparently a gentleman ; he treated her to a glass of rum at a public-house. and had a glass of ale for himself. He spoke In a peculiar accent, but witness could not say to what country he belonged ; he had a very remarkable impediment in his speech.- -After witneu left the public-house, this person stood in convey. sation wiih her in the streets, and had hold of her hand ; they were in this position when she saw three men coming from the Holborn direction towards Battle-bridge ; deceased was a little way behind them, but she did not at that time recognize him. She saw one of the three men dressed in a blue coat and gilt buttons, with very dark whiskers and a remarkable scar on his left cheek, run away ; he seemed to be intoxicated, as he reeled considerably when he ran, and having come opposite a lamp, she had a full view of his face. When this man had run a few yards, another of the men also ran away ; he wore a brown coat; he went in the same diiection as the other, on which deceased instantly called out, "Oh GOD ! lam a dead man !—Stop hint 1" The person who was in conversation with witness immediately quitted her hand, and called out to the men who passed them. " Run a-head !" and set off to follow them running. Witness has since entertained an opinion that he might have been an accomplice. Witness did not see the third man, who was near deceased, because he ran in another direction. She is decidedly of opinion that the cry of the deceased applied to the man in the brown coat, because the other was at a little distance before it was uttered, and she in. distinctly saw the man In the brown coat, as if in the act of striking the deceased a blow ; but it was only one blow, for there was so strife occurred between them. She went to deceased, who had dropped on his knee, and he exclaimed—" I am murdered," and put his hand to his side. She called out—" Murder, and stop thief I" She went with the body of deceased to the surgeon's; when there, saw the man in the brown drat taken past in custody of two constables. She immediately recognised him ; and when she saw him afterwards at the station-houseohe identified him as being the very man she saw the last to run away from the deceased, he whom she had seen in the act of striking him, and who had since given his same Smith. John Code, No. 66. Cromer-street, was in Gray's Inn.lane.r. en Monday night, when be beard the female screaming, and also bad a men cry Mur d er I The *male called out, " For Gas's win ease and help, one of the G. Division is stabbed." Witness *Gni deceased lying on his left side, and with the assistance of enether young man who had come up, he took the deceased en his knee. The young man asked deceased where he was wended, be replied, " I am stabbed," and lifting his right hand to kis Neck, said, " I am choking." Deceased's head fell back as soon as he had uttered these words, and a young gentleman who was present felt his arm, and remarked, "the man is decidedly dead." Witness saw but could not describe the three men who ran away from the deceased, on account of their running in the opposite direction to that in which he walked, andhe stopped with the wounded Man Amos Dennis, No. 31, Noble-street, described minutely the three men who were walking with the deceased near the Caltborpe Arms. Witness was a very little way behind them—one of the men on deceased's left struck him a back-handed blow about the breast ; the men all ran away, and deceased dropped on his knee, and when witness came to him he exclaimed, « Oh, my man, I em stabbed," and:pointed to his breast. Witness saw that the man who struck the blow had on a brown coat. Witness immediately took de ceased's rattleand sprung it ; he remained beside him, but he kept his eye upon, and never lost sight of, the man who struck the blow till he saw him stopped by Mr. Cubitt's watchman, who was alarmed by the springing of the rattle. Witness is of opinion that the pri sorter who cells himself Smith is the man he saw strike the con stable. Thomas Prenderver, watchman to Mr. Cubits, stated that when he stopped the prisoner, who had given ,his name Smith, be made noreaistance, but was very pale and breathless, and seemed very much agitated ; he denied any knowledge of the constable having been wounded. Petit Millican, Portpool-lsne, saw the deceased come up with the three nten,One of whom he seemed to be taking into custody, on which the others hustled him, and the constable called out, " I am a dead man 1" Two of the men ran straight down, but the other turned short at Well-street, where he turned round and called out " Stop thief," and walked. sway In answer to a question from a Juror, Mr. MiWcan said that he was so agitated, that he scarcely knew what to do; and the reason why be Aid not follow the man who went by Well-street, was, a dread that he might serve him the same way that the constable had been served. lie saw the prisoner Smith running,aad at s darker place of the road he saw him throw something away to the right and to the left. This witness's description of the man with the blue coat, who escaped, was the same as the preceding witnesses who had spoken to him. Witness was with Inspector Busine when Summers was subsequently taken. Inspector Busine gave a very lengthy and particular detail of all the circumstances, he being the Inspector on duty at the the time, and who accompanied the constables when the information reached tke station. house. The substance of his evidence appeared in the report of the first examination ; it chiefly related to the apprehen sion of Summers, who denied that he had been in Gray's-inn-road that night, but who was afterwards identified by several witnesses as having been seen among those among the crowd. Bonne knew him to be of a general bad character. Wilson Conatabell, No. 34, Division E. produced the blade of the knife that he had received from the surgeon—it was stained with blood; and the handle, which witness had picked up about an haw after, a few yards from where the murder was committed ; the Wolk had a drop of blood upon it when found, but that had been rubbed off. Witness had also a shoe-maker's awl, with a particular mark upon it, which he had picked up near the spot. It was stated also, that a great coat and a crow-bar had been found where the former witness had described the prisoner Smith to have thrown something sway. Some difficulty existed in the minds of the jury regarding the de. tendon of Summers, who had not been identified by any of the wit. Doses, nor was there any evidence to trace him having been in company with Smith on that evening; but the Coroner thought there was enough in his denial of being at the spot to detain him till further inquiry could be made. The jury without hesitadou returned s verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner Smith and two others, names unknown. After the inquiq had terminated so far as regarded the verdict, Air. Stirling issued an order to the Governer of the new prison, Cler. kenwell, that the two men, John Smith and Laurence Summers, should be brought before the Jury, and in about half an hour they were brought into the jury-room in the custody of Mr. Kihby, the Governor of the prison, and Bugg and Mountateven, the beadles of Clerkenwell. They were fastened together with a leg-chain and handcuffs. They were placed at the foot of the table, when The Coroner, addressing Smith, informed him of the result of the inquiry which had just taken place, and after cautioning him that he was not bound to answer any question, nor make any remark übiess of his own free will, asked him if he or his fellow-prisoner had - anything to say ? Smith said, I am perfectly innocent of the crime I stand charged with, and I am willing to give any explanation that may be re. quired of me. The Coroner then asked him where he resided ? Smith—l must decline answering that question altogether. A Juror.—What business do you follow ? Smith.—l am a porter and messenger. The Coroner.—Who was your employer ? Smith.—l hope your Worship will excuse my telling—it is on account of my not wishing that my friends, who are very respecta ble, should know the situation I am placed in. A Juror remarked, that considering the situation in which he stood, he ought to lose no time in communicating with his friends, in order that they might assist him. Smith.—lf I make any communication to them I shall do it in due time, and privately. Summers, in answer to questions, said he lived at No. 3, Lay. stall.strect, Clerkenwell ; that he was by trade a smith ; that be knew nothing of the transaction, and that be was a perfect stranger to the prisoner Smith. • The prisoners were then removed in the custody of the same officers. Smith is a man of the middle stature, a countenance by no means Indicating ferocity of disposition, and is about 30 years of age. He seemed rather depressed, but conducted himself firmly and re. sportfully to the Court. Summers is a lad of 19, and has nothing remarkable in his appearance. Mr. Cobbett's idea, that " to believe oneself young is as good as being so," will be received among certain elderly maiden ladies as a standing and most gratifying maxim. His Majesty has been pleased to present to the Zoo logical Society the whole of the collection of birds and beasts which belonged to the late King, amounting in number to one hundred and fifty ! Wben Charles X. resided at the Palace of Holyrood House here, one of the muter. of the High School, the late Mr. Richie, was employed to give him some instructions in the English language. Mr. Ritchie, by way of rendering his lessons useful, recommended his royal pupil to study history, in which he found him very ignorant. He tried him in French, English, and Scotch history, but in vain. The only book he could ever induce him to read was the " Vicar of Wakefield."—Edinburgh .ddeertiser. Within a few days after the King's accession to the throne, his Majesty ordered that a way for the public should be im mediately opened into St. James's park, from Pall-mall, through that most extraordinary, and exclusively aristocratical, barrier and embankment—Carlton-terrace. More than six weeks have now passed away Since that Royal order was given, and, as yet, nothing whatever has been done towards carrying it into effect ; the lordly barrier still remains untouched, and untrodden—aave by the feet of " the eaclusives ;" and " the people" who wish to enter the Park are still doomed to tread their way into it by the old roads which liked; them best. Query. Is the King's order merely "wain the convenience" of the architect P--or is it altogether rescinded There are folks who say that the King's order was premature, and will not be carded into effect ; for that when his Majesty issued it he was not aware that his Royal brother, the late King, had given his direct sanction to the exclusive embankment in question, Inas much as he thought it extremely improper that the multitude should be permitted to trample on the site of a once Royal Palace. Until last week the movements of the new Court have been highly favoured by fine weather; but, it seems, those move. ments would have been in no wise impeded by the very worst wea ther to which our variable climate is subject. Instance r--On Saturday last, while the King was inspecting the sth Dragoon Guards in the court of the cavalry barracks at Windsor, the clouds rained what the Scotch call an even.down.pour ; insomuch that some of the Field Officers in attendance would fain have availed themselves of the shelter of the barrack piazza ; but not so the King. His Majesty was on foot, dressed in a Field. Marshal's uniform, with white overalls, and without any cloak ; but he nobly stood it out, attentively watching the evolutions of the troops, and making his comments as composedly as though the sun had been " aimaidag us. clouded o'er the blue serene." Three times, in the coarse of those evolutions, did the Prince Leopold, Colonel of the regiment, offer his Majesty ari umbrella; and each and every time did his Majesty, by a rather impatient wafture of his hand, signify that he needed no such unsoldierlike—or, at all events, such an on* sailorlike accommodation. At length t he Prince, giving the um brella to an attendant, said " At least, your Majesty will permit me to shelter you as well as I can with my own person;' and so hav ing said, his Royal Highness placed himself to windward of the King, which luckily happened to be in the rear ; otherwise it is more than probable that the Prince would have been pat aside with as Bide ceremony as the paraplaie. Three quarters of an hour passed, and the rain never ussed to pour down " in torrents" as we En glishers say ; but so little trouble did it give his Majesty. that, when the regiment had gone through its evolutions on horseback be or dered that it should perform certain other evolutions on fiat ; all which he waited to see duly performed before he withdrew from the pelting of the storm, and joined the Queen and the rest of the Royal potty in the Officers' barracks. England has long and justly boasted, both in prose and verse, of her "roes for all weathers; and now— thanks to his Majesty's bringing up—she may be proud of having a Zing of the same quality.—Morning Herald. REMISSION OF SENTENCE.ThOMIUS Buxton, Wil lem Webster, and Erasmus Webster, convicted at the Lent Arakes, 11639, and ordered to be imprisoned three years—for having pprorosc red a certain marriage between the said Thomas Buxton and Eli s abeth Hickson, at Manchester, were on Friday, the 6th instant, discharged keen the Castle of Lancaster, they having received his Majesty's most gracious remission of the remaining part of their sentence of linprisonment. This morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire was discovered at the house of Mr. Lewis, a turner, in Prim& street, nearly opposite Drury.lane Theatre ; and, curi ously onmels, the whole appeared to be on fire without any flame bursting tank in the manner usually characterising houses on fire. Two engines were speedily on the spot, one of them from Drury; and they were able to go to work very soon, in consequent of a prompt supply of water. They played on the premises for at least half all hour before any thing like flame burst forth, though by that time the house was nearly gutted t this peculiarity called forth general observation. Other engines arrived, and in about an hour the fire was so completely subdued as to remove all alarm for the neigh. bowing houses, which are rather old, and would have stood a may chance h ad flames burst forth, instead of the fire being etas singular and smouldering a character. The lower doers could not be got open, but ladders were raised to the windows; the Inhabitants trim aroused, and much of their furniture removed by the active later. Terence of the Police and others. The next house to Mr. Leeds's was burnt down about two years ago. SCINTILLA?. TABLE BEER.—The following announcement is to be seen at the window of a house in Exeter-street, Salisbury :—" Tabel Bear Sold Hear." A wag, upon reading it, observed, that he sup. posed the Bear must be the man's own Bruin (brewing.) CORRECT TRANSLATION.—On the arrival of the late important news from Paris, the light-heeled Metcuries, ear flying stationers, obtained from the usual sources In Manchester, a supply of " full, true, and particular accounts," which were printed with the usual accuracy of such publications. In the newspapers the French mob were made to exclaim, "A bas les Bourbons! A bag lee despoliques !" But the talented editor of one of these "catch penny men" transformed the sentence Into the following shape-- " A Madam Bourbons ! A bastes dispolier !" PRINCE DE POLIGNAC.—It may not be generally known that this individual is an illegitimate son of the ex-King of France—still less that he lived a considerable time in Edinburgh. His mother, Madame de Polignac, mistress of the Comte d'Artois, when he resided at Holyrood-house, lived in that small whits villa at the south end of the lane called Croft-an-righ, and fronting into the King's Park, about fifty yards from the Palace. Here also lived Louis de Polignae, then only known as a wild French boy, attend. ing the High School. We have been told by a lady who attended Madame Rossignol's dancing academy—ye Powers ! it was in Bailie Fyfe's close, up three stairs—that Louis de Polignac used to come to the bottom of the stair every day with his tutor, or other at. tendant, and kiss the young ladies attending the school as the descended, the said attendant assisting him to catch them, and see that no one escaped. The same youth afterwards forma a matri monial connection with an Edinburgh lady, of the name of Camp bell, who, however, is since dead. The lively manners of young Polignac are still well remembered by many persons living in Fdin burgh.—Caletionlan Mercury. CURIOUS FACT.—There is an historical coincidence in the fall of Charles X. which,owing to existing circumstances,strikes every body in France as singular. Thrice has the crown of the Ca. pets fallen from the elder to the younger branch, and the consecu tive reigns of three brothers have always preceded that change in the reigning family. After Philip le Bel followed the reign of the bro thers Louis le Hutin, Philip lc Long, and Charles le Bel, then the sceptre fell into the bands of the family of Valois. The three bro thers—Francis 11. Charles IX. and Henry 111. finished the career of that branch of the Royal Family, and called the Bourbons to the throne. Louis XVI. Louis XVIII. and Charles X. terminate the list of the Monarchs of that family, and the House of Orleans rises in the midst of a tempest. JuNOT.—The following anecdote of Junot is in Con stant's Akmoires of Buonaparte :—" Junot, on his return from Egypt, happening to pus through Montbard, where he had spent his days of boyhood, took especial pains to discover his old school. fellows and playmates, with whom he chatted gaily on the theme of his youthful pranks. His next step was to visit the respective loca lities in company with his quondam associates in mischief. In the public square Junot observed a grave-looking old gentleman, walk. ing majestically along, an ivory-headed cane supporting his steps. Without further ceremony, the General ran up to him, threw him. self upon his neck, and embraced him with a vehemence of cordia lity nearly sufficient to stifle him. The Professor, disengaging him self with difficulty from the close hug, and ignorant of the motive attach warmth, contemplated the General with every symptom of stupefaction. What !' cried the latter, do you not know me ?'— ' Citizen General, pray excuse me, but I have no recollection.'— Zounds! Doctor, have you forgotten the most idle, goon-for-nothing, inntractable dog that ever tried the patience of a pedagogue ?r: I beg a thousand pardons, but have I the honour of addressing M. Junot?' 'You have,' said the General, renewing his overwhelming endear. menus, and bursting into a loud laugh (in which his friends joined,) at the singular signs and tokens by which the man of learning hail so easily recognized his graceless pupil." KNIFE-GRINDER'S ASTIIMA.—Dr. Knight, of Shef field, has contributed a paper to the " North of England Medical and Surgical Journal," in which he shows the fatal effects of reeciv. ing metallic dust in the lungs. " The articles," he says, "ground in this neighbourhood are forks, awl-blades, fire-irons, razors, scis sors. pen-knives, table-knives, large pocket-knives, files, joiners' tools, saws, sickles, and scythes. Some of these are ground on dry grindstones, others on wet, hence the grinders are divided in two classes, the dry and the wet grinders—and there is a third class, who grind both wet and dry—altogether they amount to about two thousand five hundred ; of this number about one hundred and fifty, viz. eight men and seventy boys, are fork grinders—these grind dry, and die from 28 to 32 years of age. The razor grinders grind both wet and dry, and they die from 40 to 43 years of age. The table- knife.grinders work on wet stones, and they live to between 40 and 80 years of age. So general has this destructive malady become of late years, that the result of some inquiries, made in 1822, showed I that out of two thousand five hundred grinders, there were not 35 who had strived at the age of 50, and perhaps not double that num. bet who had reached the age of 45; and out of more than 80 fork grinders, exclusive of boys, it was reported that there was not a single individual thirty six years old !" ICOLsocILL.—Mr. Rae Wilson has been successful in making discoveries in Icolmkill. After working, with others, among the ruins, for several days, and removing cart loads of rub bish, he discovered a fine altar in the chapel of the nunnery; also several tombs that have been under these for ages. This was a spot exclusively set apart for the interment of the nuns; many tombs hear the effigy of the Virgin Mary, the abbesses, &c. and, in particular, one beautiful piece of sculpture found was the decapita tion of John the Baptist, as perfect as if executed yesterday; the head is in the act of falling; the sword, char, saint, and person who accomplished the object. Mr. Wilson Us besides cleared ot weeds and rubbish all the grave -stones, erected to the memory of the Norwegian and Scottish Kings, and gigantic Chieftains, and brought many inscriptions to light, which have hitherto been buried. It appears, from opening one tomb, that the nuns were buried within One inch of the surface. The discoveries made by this gentlemen cannot fail to make lona still more interesting to the traveller and antiquarian. A VORACIOUS EEL.--Last week, a large eel was caught in a stake-net at Loch Staffio, in Skye. On brining it ashore, ha stomach was observed to be very much distende d; and when it was cut up, it was found to contain a very fine grilse, be tween four and five pounds weight ! and so fresh and entire, that the fishermen boiled it, and declared that they had never eaten better fish in their lives ! A NICE POI NT.—At the Shropshire Assizes John Burrows was Indicted for the manslaughter of Thomas Wilcox. at The prisoner was one of a body of musicians, who. MOhs evening the unfortunate accident occurred, had been spending swat time at a party in the neighbouring town. In returning they met the unfortunate old man riding on an ass, and in a frolic the prisoner took hold of the collar of his coat, and snatching it sud denly, the old man fell to the ground, and so Injured his spine that he died the second day afterwards The widow of the deceased said. that when in immediate expectation of death, he expressed his conviction that tiOD would forgive the prisoner, who, he was certain had no intention to do him an injury. The commission of the crime could not be traced fully to the prisoner, and he was Requtt. ted. In this case a curious objection was started to the correctness of the indictment ; it was there laid that the offence had been com mitted " against the peace of our late Lord the King ;" and the in dictment went on to state that the blow which caused death was given in the last reign, whilst death did not take place till the com mencement of the present; and the question was--whether does the blow, or the consequence of that blow—namely, death--constitute the offence? If the death of the person constituted the offence. then the indictment was bad, inasmuch as it ought to have been laid as against the peace of his present Majesty. Counsel were eagerly debating this point, when it was hinted that even conviction in the present ease would be followed by a trifling punishment, and the prisoner's counsel waived the objection.—Mr. Justice Park stated ' that while at the bar, he had to draw an indictment against a pri soner for an offence committed at half-past eight o'clock on the morning that King George 111. died at 25 minutes past eight. It was with some difficulty, and by laying the offence under three different counts, that he obtained a conviction. The first count laid the offence under the late King, the second under the present, and • the third in the reign of the then reigning Sovereign. HYDROPHOBIA. • The following case of hydrophobia. cured by the application of mercurial ointment, is selected out it three, recorded in the ilibliotheque Unirerselle, for March, 1820, a literary and scientific journal, published at Geneva. In 1809. Mr. J. Blacends, a physician at Naples, was requested to attend the gardener of the Duke of Casoli, at St. Torio, a young man 2U years of age, who had been bitten in the right hand by a house dog 20 days before. The dog bad been ascertained to be in a rabid state, and had accordingly been destroyed. The wounds were th ree in number, and the marks apparent. Mr. Maccada prescribed mer curial frictions, 20 drachms pee dose, daily. On the 40th day af ter the bite, viz. the 20th of the cure, the patient was csavul sed.ana exhibited slight symptoms of hydrophobia. Mr. Maccada ordered him immediately to be bled, and placed in a bath ; this operation was repeated three times, after which the patient became calm. The mercurial frictions were persevered in, and, after eight ounces had been used, the cure was completed. DIED. At Leamington, on the list inst. John Armstrong, E!9• Che f " Valley, county Antrim.—ln Calais, on the 14th inst. Susan Ati ney, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Adney, Rector of ITplowrn st ! d Sandford, Peva% In the county of Devonshire.—At Fn „''hip Estate, St. Elisabeth's, Jamaica, cm the 9th bby last, MO 24, Joseph James Robinson, M. D. eldeet son of the late John Robert son, Esq. of Belmont Estate, In the same perbh.—At L e ith, on the 4th inst. William Campbell, liaq. Mid Lamer : Printed sad Pablebed by Jam Mersa, at sbe 111111. Omar No. 1. Pielteu-plase, Temple Bar. —.among .. P ,. _.