Star. — London, England, 1829-01-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELL MEM& - 1 DIA NSION- HOUSE. A young man, who has just monied from sea, was brought Op.' charged with having bad in his possessino ahnut a p d and a half of tobacco, upon which duty bad not been paid. The tot:acco had been found by an Exciseman. The LORD MAYOR. who deeply compassinnated the unfotrunate follow for having thus . pulsjected himself to hard service for bite years mica, asked him why hr had ventured to di so dangerous a thing ! . Ile replied, in. teals, that be had no idea there Pas any crime hs bringing home a little tobacco for his own use. 'lty begged for GOO i sake thit his proiecutors would consider that belied a wife and :wo children, and that be never committed its offence laiiore. The complainants persisted hi requiring that be should be orb tine, d to serve his Majesty for flee years. • The Loan MAYOR expostulated very stre,ngly with them, add said that it appeared to him to be great cruelty for so trivial ad offence; to hither the dreadful punidament Of tearing a pour man away from his wife and children fur five years. The complainant said that it was in the power of the Lords of the Treasury alone to remit or mitigate the punishment. The Loan Mayok—it I; dreadful to punish with such flour ; I shall order him to he detained in the Compter fur two or 'here days, and you can consider what to do. This appro.s to he a hor rible sort sat punishment for an offence of the very altlsied nature. The seaman was then remanded. earnest —Yesterday a curious case came on before the Loan Melva. A young man, of decent appearance. was brought before his Lordship, charged under the following circutustanees— A watchman of Wallsroolt Ward stated, that the auth•oiti.s of the Ward had, for the purpose of rooting out an inf.:nous broths! in Sherburne-lane, ordered that a lantern affixed to a board shoold be placed close to the door of the den of " abontinations," and that tt.e public should be cautioned against visiting it. The witness kept his eye upon the lament, but On Saturday evening. the defendant walked up to the board, and dashed it and the lantern down, cry ing," What the d—l does this do here?" The witness who bad received the most peremptory directions with respect to the pro. fltg •te concern in question, seised the deft :Want, who th. reupou pummeled him "shout the body most severity, and then almost choked hint, by twisting the cravat tightly round his thrtitt. If some of the guardians of the 'night had not come up, lie wait 'sterol he should have been a corpse. Tete defendant was instantly ct•n-1 veyed to the watelshouse, where he remained from Saturday night till yesterday morning. The Deputy . of the Ward said, that the watchman was a very steady man, Mho had been selecte.l to watch the hotise aforesaid. It had been found •nectueary to resort to the taperiment of " huruing oot," stn account of the psrstvesing iniquity of the pr..)- prietur. The defendant declared that he did not consider the watchman a propel person to be placed net 1.61:11 a titan inasmuch as a drunken man was likely to enter such p'acee km,- It, and the w,tehman happened to be drunk on that occasion. The tact was as ttlilo.lll lc and four 'fiends were pAssing. and o l,e t eeinz the h3ard and the Itinetn, they went up to look at what it was all. a:tout. 'I he watchman, however. because they lauzhed, tt , ok ..lrot.tr, and as he (defendant) was next to the ha.rd. seized him nt.y for the purpose of taking hint to tier w achltouse, This 5. , 1 tof treat nt tit he thought too harsh tor mere laughter, and he resisted, as he was bound to do. Two deient men, who acct nipanied the defendant, confirmed this statement. The Loan NIAYOR thought that the watehman-had far exceeded ' his duty in seizing a pers.as because he h,ppeoLJ to laugh at what appeared to be avery legitimate ./surer of Isim,ll:er. Ile had seen iu the newspapeis ass account.uf the part the City SAlcitor bast taken in a case relating to the very house in spirit 110•11 ; on W:1:1:11 UCcl,iittl that Learned lirtkknutt intimsted•lsis ino mhos to revive, the exploded and ridiculous customs of carting people toutil 111 brothels. The house. in Ci11141.1111:11C1: ‘ll . the merry ..ccoont; HAW rally became subject ror lausliterf and he would des) , any one to pass it, and see it so formidably ivatched and 11,;114d, witenut laughing heartily. His Lordship *as of opinion that it would be eacedingly improper to it i v.vethe practice of cartiog ; and how such an idea a, that of sending women of she town, aed such miles as might be taken with them, tluough the streets espo•ed, eouht have entered the head of any moralist of the present day. he mild not imagine. Mr. Nobler said, that the custom described was the worst in the world for the Morals of the people. Ile remembered when hi was a bay having seen a pretty exhibition iiiCheapside. Between twenty and thirty women of the town were t a ken in a cart through the city to Bruiewell. This was an intolerable disgrace to them, but they retaliated by using language and gesticulations calculated to tetrify and disgust decent peoples The Loan Mavoa said he c•rtainly shoirtd•not be made instru mental to the revival of the carting system. He was of opinion that any perwm who should encourage carting deserved to be cat ted himself—(Load laughter). Fur his own part, he would rather see the City Solicitor carted than order the custom to be revived— (Coutinued laughter). An officer stated that fifty boys were opposite to the house, playing all sorts of‘tricks. The lantern and hoard did not appear to be decent means of putting a stop to the trade of such - house& His Lordship said,ihat at all events there .Mould be no carting ; and be did not • consider that an officer was justified in following men and wbmen into-houses. . • We understand that one of the bightsflaw functionaries in the City of Lontfon is strotigly,oppOsed,to the Cityr *Heim . % view of the subject, although' he is knoWn nert-telfeneuil hi> rambles at night east of Temple-hat. •- • The LORD' MAYOR ffiacharged the &farina. He ecinsidertd that the pious watchman had too dignified an opinion of the nature of his office, and acted with uuju,tifiable violence. GUI LDIIALL. A young man named Henry Ili:bourne, who was detected in stealing a parcel out of the Hobert Bruce, Manchester coach, while standing in the yard at the Swan with Two Necks, Led .lane, ou the 30th ult. was brought before Mr. Alderman Caowsiza day for re-examination._ _ _ Jonathan Cook, the Guard, restated the case. He saw the parcel under the prix ner's arm, and upon asking him what be was doing? he flung the parcel back into the coach. Mr. Green, a Solicitor in Santbrook•cnurt, Bastughallastrert, identified the parcel, and 'aid it contained an abstract of a tide deed, which had been sent to Messrs. Jarvis and Power, Solicitors, at llinekley. who were concerned fora party pawed Solids. Being questioned about the value of the said abstract, some conversation arose as to whether the value of the paper only, or is value as increased by the cost of copying thereon, should be stated ? as mpected the punishment for the offence it was immaterial which value was seketed, and the cost of the paper wily was taken, being Is. •.l Mr. Alderman Cnownen could not help observing, that although in this instance the lawyer's labour bad been treated as worth tio-. thing, those who had occasion for it ordinarily found it a dear commodity. The prisoner's Solicitor, Mr. William Humphreys, put some questions to asartain if there were' any weak points about the case, but declined Wieling any defence, anti the prisoner was cununitted tut trial. Daniel Austin, a pressman, was charged . with assaulting the Master of St. Brides workhouse. The prisoner, though a resident In the workhouse, went out to labour, earning twelve ohillings a week. one half of which had been own to him as an encouragement to industry. On Sunday night he came home an hour after the regular time, and admittance at the gate being denied, he attempted to force Ms way in, and as saulted the .411 ast. r. . . The prisoner admitted he had drank too much - ale,'"untl that be returned an hour beyond the time bud, aid tise-Aldermalccom misted him fug twenty one days fur misbehaviour. The AidCrestan at the same time expressed sonic avtonishment that a single yOung man, earning twelve shillings a week, should .be considered 'and maintained as a pauper. MARRIED. Tbelles. J. T. C. Saunders. to Augusts Sophia, daughter of J. L. of Alderbrook HA, Cardiganshire. Rev. Edwin Kerupsou, of Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, t Mary, youngest daughter of J. Thomas Holmes, E.g. of Blackbeith. NEWG ATE AND LRA DEN HALL MARKETS. JAL S. Beef— .. ...Ss 114 to 35104 I Veal ......5i ad to Si 44 Mutton .. ...as 04 to 4s 2d Pork ... 44 64 to Ss 44 PRICER or HAY ears STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAlSmis. wurroemarsc. Hay 51110) Od to 41 6s Od Hay 21 154 to 41 od Clover 31 5s Od to 51 Os Od Clover 31 10s to sT Os 04 Straw 1112 s Od to 11 166 Od Straw 11 lOs to 11 164 OS PRICE OF LEATHER. - Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting Ditto 45 to 501b5......... Calf Skins, 36 to 401bs Ditto 50 to 701bs Ditto .70 to 801bs ... .. - Smill Seals, Greenland) ..... Tanned Horse Hides ... ... Spasaih Horse Hides Priee. tilt 04 to 9111. 04 36s 34 to fOr I Skips at Market. 113 Newcastle • 33e Sunderland COAL MARKET, JAN. 5. Ships Sold. 23 81 tiI4g:AVATEIt at LONDON-BRIDGI TO mousuw. mire* • 10 minute, Our 9 4 Afternoon • • . 29 mune' affil': 3: • Loewe: Printed and Publiebed by Jens Mares, thelgaipartit i p It the SIMS N. lb Ptckattjlaes, Temple Um . ..atireratitog aim u:iti•trtg ; one me mire—mat %.,i. U M]. - al.t•gmc wam iii anis case sucaity at nano, dna ay ISC Master of St. Bride', workhouse. - bird as a stratagem to escape pursuit front the dog. ',Antos dens and Over aet e tote allowed only to, th,ir Application of proper remedies, farthzr ill effects were The prisoner, though a resident In the workhotise, went oat to We . notice t'. ~ not aware of its his Gccunence as we are ? -.l>a e expenses. prevented. In another case of which we have heard, labour, earning twelve Shillings a week. one half of which had been having then before observed in this species. I goon to him as an encouragement to industry. On Sunday night Mr. MINSIIULL and lilt. 'topmost both s •id that a larger quantity having tem swallowed, and medical he came _mote an hour after the regular time, and admittance at -. .% . MARRIED. . the:r opinion was foondVd up• n the Cases w hial Mr, aid not at baud, it caused vomiting, and evacuations the gate being denied, he attempted to foice his way in, and as. The .J.T. C. Saunders, to Augusta Sophia daughter of Carder had cited. They thei ti re th ought it would be even of bluo.l: the person , however, recovered, alter a molted tbc.:llase, r. J . L. Williams , Req. of Alderbrook Hall, Cardiganshire. better for the andiron to.say sitat sum they cooseived P'ftiod 'f I ICei•l‘ e. eahauotion. From the powerful The prisoner admitted he had drank too mucliide,"Und that be Rev. Edwin Kempson , of Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire tie would be sufficient. cffeit• of the plant, it appears that some use might be returned an hour beyond-the time fi xe d , aid theAldermaiccom- 'tied him fug twenty one day s fur misbehaviour. The Aldellatan d ' of J. lir Not E . Mary -- ,youngest aughter . Mr. HALLS said th.ot the.snm ought to he either al. made of it in the materia medica; and at any rate, as at the sane time expressed t hat yoga' a• -- lowed in the whole or else rejected altogether. Unle s it is now so ger:etally employed in ornamental shrub. . ~ ...."and man, earning twelyeshiLin f sCi a ni Vi e 8 1, ehesilit t .be a considered -. NEWGATE Aso LEADENHALL MARKETS , Jae. S. Beef... .. ...3s 84 to 3slod I Veal ... ... 3s ad to 5s 44 it were allowed, all he could say was, that he would belles. it is desirab!e that its properties. should be as maintained as a pauper. 8 • . I not put his band to any paper that would fix an odium AenerollY known as possible ; more especially as, from H A TTON-0 A R Mutton .. ...as Od to 46 24 Pork ... ... 4s 114 to 51 ed DEN. . upon the late overseers. its being eaten greedily by hares, rabbits, Sec. young Thomas Ikarkass and Moon' FoUer were charged with stealing PRICES or HAY oars STRAW YESTERDAY. 0 Mr. MlNailtiLL said he did not exactly comp,vheria eeople me apt front curiosity to taste of it. Bees are a quantity of wine. and other articles, from the house of Rowland se. JAlicis. worracnarac. . ' AD. Halls, and he thought that they s hould Loom to observed to avoid this plant; and notwithstanding the Stephenson, at L Bartholomew'. Hospital. Nay 3110 s Od to 41 6s Od Hay 21 lis to 41 its Oil Phillips, a night constable, deposed that ho met the prisoner Clover - 31 5s 04 to 51 Os Od Owen 31 lOs to 51 Ss 04 some right understanding upon the subje c t ; f or o f M r. rich clu acts' f blossomwhich give the lahurnum such Fuols. k s er about one o'clock yesterday morning passing through Cow. Straw 1112 s oil to 11 16s Od Straw il los to 11 16S 04 }(''Simon, who lied been chosen as umpire , should hap a niabni fi cent apt earance on the edge of a summer cr The wine, Se c. were found upon his person. Ho said be p-n to agtee,with Mr. Halls upon an o ther poin t , h e , walk, its blanches ate always as silent as those of the ' got them from to the h ouse, luarham Mr. Stephenson's butler." On going PRICE OF LEATHER. • . 'Mr. Minshull, would be left alone in his.opini on , an d Sne's while many of less piomising appearance (the lime Boa s ham denied having any knowledge of the wine Best Dressing Hides A key was, however, found in his poss e ssion, which o pen e d t h e C o mm on Ditto thus the . matter would remain as undecided as before , for instance) ate hunioilng like a bee-hive. The la- h o usekeeper's closet where the keys of the cellar were kept. Crop 1114,8,35 to 40Ibs for cutting A; to 1 . Odium,", no one could be censured by their Miriam is (originally a native rid the Alps, whence it - Esther Cbandkr, the huustkeeper, believed the wine to be her Ditto 45 to 501bs ••• ••• •••.. 0000000 184 •to 204 decision. was breu t ,ht to this country in 1596.—1ife Herald. master's. ... Calf Skins, 36 co 401bs Mr. Hai.ta contendedi that these ,would, and said tiREENOCK, Dac. 29.—Friday morning , while the , • Mr. Laing thought it was the property of his assignees. George Bak er, stabie-bo . - Ditto yat Mr. Sttplienson's, Identified some Ditto 50 to 70lbs .70 to 80ffis ... .. ... - that e i;h . puot c press of thetountty tail been employed Ametican ship Kobel( Fult is was lying in the Stream of the ' steik property, and stated that the prisoners - were in Mr R. Small Seals, Greenland) • •••• OO . 000 22d to 234 .- .. . in traducing the Geotlemen who bad lately filled offices of the Custom himse Quay, ready for se a , t"e ~ - conk , p nom sumployment.—Therwere remanded fur further ea- Tanned Horse Hides ... ... ..It in th e palish. He should therefore be very careful bow . wishing to get away from her before she sailed, and not animation. ' Spada Horse Hides .... 00000 .. he acted, lest he should toward the views of an inte- having other wise it is supposed an o - ppot tunny of dong MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .' . ' • • COAL MARKET, Jut. 5. , i t t ' tested party. so, Patina ts to the Captain tied some clothes round San" Sheitals a young man, in the garb of a sv;iter, was Sh ips at Market. Ships Sold. Pike. . Mr. Connate disclaimed all patty feeling, and said be his toffy and dropped from t! e side if the ship into the brought before Mr. Rog, on a warrant Of bastardy bef or e birth , by 23 285 Od to 55. OS Mr. Chadwell, one of the parish othceriot Bz. James ' s. A pretty its Newcastle 81 36s Sal to 395 04 was sari 0 . o.d that the }' mess of the country was too in. three, with the intention of swimn ► in I l -1 1g 4 , mit. e had looking well.dresseci young woman, named Rebecca Chandler, p i y 3 . ''...11 Sunderland • ' dependent 0 be influenced as M. Halls held deacribed, not left the vessel la. when he was observed by some the third month of her pregnancy , servant to a fitniily In Doyer- _____ SlditAvi ATER ac LONDON-BRIDGE TO P4OkR011: Atter some - further. discossion, it was agreed that 101.6•. persons no .the quay st:u . lin in the '1 • street, PI • ccadilly, was conducted to the 'Office, in order to slyest hi . ,: s ia, • 10 minutes alter 5' shou . ld beAeducied.from.the dinner bill, l • 61 6s . el . i I)" tater' * .° inl. eating . .me tate y rocuted a boat and put off to render him that the•defendant.was the !idler of itfe iplailkwith will - chaise was•s u -----"- • • •• Afternoon • - .. .. 29 minutes dine 3: • for the expenses. b ita w pr en etna t n o t.On the unl!spiiy tuntlklatureteholdiWylett, •.A; • . . is ; t a o ss u is i t i a e tt n c o e, but befo H r e . they could reach hiathe had .unk The sum of 41. lls. 3d. for 'a dinner at Ric . har body bas not yet been found. • . 133 strong hysterics , an upbraided him in feria* rein s, Losoni: Printed and Publidsed by Joint Marva, the'Propthro • with hav ing seduced her under aggravated circumstances. d at the Sus WIWI, Ns. l b Pickett-plaes, Temple B. - kit . 4 HATTON-GARDEN. 2'honces Boarbaes and ri /Arun Foliar were charged with stealing a quantity of wine. and other articles, frum the house of Howland Stephenson, at BartholoMew's Hospital. Phillips, a night constable, deposed that ho met the prisoner Fulker about one o'clock yesterday morning passing through Cow. cross. The wine, &c. were found upon his person. said he got them from luarham Mr. Stephenson's butler." On going to the house, float ham denied having any knowledge of the wine. A key was, however, found in his possession, which opened the housekeeper's el4set where the keys of the cellar were kept. • Esther Chandler, the housekeeper, believed the wine to be her master's. • Mr. Laing thought it was the property of his assignees. * George Baker, stable-boy at Mr. Stephenson's, identified some of the property,• and stated that the prisoners were in Mr R. Steplunsoo's-employment.—Therwere remanded fur further e,g- Antination. MA RLDOIIOUGH-S1 REET. Samuel Mku, a young man, in the garb of a .waiter, was brought before Mr. Ros, on a warrant Of bastardy before birth, by Mr. Chadwril, one of the parish officers of James's. A pretty looking weU.dressed young woman, trained Rebecca Chandler, 13 the third month of her pregnancy, servant to a fin - sit/in Doyer street, PiccadiHy, was cooducced to the' Office, in order to swear that the defendant.was the (pier of ha'ip ant ,with whfch phe was' then pregnant. On the . uniaapiy 4riuntlllaturetelsoldingatlit'qett, she went into strong hysterics, and upbraided him in fielinetitms, with haying seduced her u nder agguisted circumstances. PETTY SESSIONS. ,Mr. Putters, Captain sOMLINe`N, and Mr. SWIM; the Magistrates. held an Adjourned P. tty Sessions yes • terday at the Wm khouse, Little Gray's Inn•lsine..for the ' purpose of hearing the cases of the occupiers of 'Cham bers in• Lincoln's Inn, who still persist in their refusal to pay the poor rates demanded of them by the Parish • of St. Andrew. Holborn. About eleven o'clock, the time appointed, the room was cowiderably crowded with Barristers and Attorneys who had been summoned, all ot whom complained that the present proceeding was harsh and unjust. Several of them had purchased theit Chambers several years since, and had never been callzd upon to pay rates, and they were now taken by surprise. Mr. SMITH, Counsel for the, Patish, said he must ' sepel with indignation what was alleged against the parish asto the claim being unjust, and the proceedings vexatious; it was quite the reverse; and he was more sprprised to hear his Learned Friends (Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Phillimore, and others) say they were taken by sur. priie, when the claim had never ceased being litigated for the last six years. A warm and somewhat angry discussion then ensued, • which at length ended by the Magistrates again ad . punting the Session until Friday next, when fourteen cases, in which the parties have been summoned ever since the 22. i of September. among whom are the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-General, apd several distill , &shed Banisters, will be decided. - There appears to be little prospect of any compro mise between the parries: the occupiers of chambers seem determined to dispute the ground. inch by inch, . with the parish, in eve y individual case; and they thieaten to try the validity of every single rate that has, or msy hereafter, be made. The palish perceiving this. disposition, on Thersday last summoned the whole of the persons* who they consider ought to pay the rates, amounting to no less than one ku,idred and fifty indi viduals, all of the legal profession. It appears that part cif Lincoln's Inn_belongs to the parish of St. ClemEnt Danes, and that many years since they had a similar dis pute with the then occupiers of chambers in that parish, but in 1788 the palish obtained a verdict in their fa vour, ever since which that part of the Inn has regularly paid the'poop:sates ; and the parish of St. Andrew are determined to compel the ether party likewise to con ' tribute towards the support of the poor, and complain • 'of the det4friined and vexatious manner in which the claim is resisted. They wished the whole of the cases detided by any five or six that could be agrted upon; but no, say the Society of Lincoln's Inn, we will ' "sflipturevefy single case on its own merits, and if you "hi#train, we Vi iit each of us replevy ; thus the case at • • Vielent vends. _ _ 'PkOSH OF ST. PAUL, COVENYuARDEN. A 'Petty Sessions was held yesterday at the public 'Office. Buw,treet, with a view to the final settlement "01' the Overseers' accounta, &c. Mr. MINSIIULL, Mr. HALLS, and Mr. ROBINION, a ethisity Migistiate(who was called in as an umpire, the titre former Magistrates hieing differed with regard to • slum, of the items), presided. •, Mr, Roach, the ex, aid sir. Corder the preseut, yes ' Sr" Cleats, were in attendance; its were also Mr. Nil ' lip;;the solit.tor; and se, rat inhabitants who telt au hire' esi in the final adjusts:writ Of the business. Aker some prelimutaiy observations, the accourt• %yr to opened, and Mi. Cordir, on behalf of the parish, p oceeded to object tOthe item otlBl. 16s. the expense of a dinner at tirieeowich,iin the occasi n of an annual vi.it to the pauper 'childen air Norwood. • Mr. MINSHULL said he had already objected to that • *kern, and 'still craiitOeeclof the same . opinion with te -.• ti.•ect to it. ; • Mr. • HALLS cstrieitied ihret the item ought to "passed, its' it liscl been a usual custom fur years, and had `nritiliefore been objected to. lf, he said, the charge were clisallowed i it wruld.beimputingconducttothose gentlemen who attended the dinner which would not ' credit upon them. • •Mr.•COnisea said that, in order to show that this ices • •ought not to be allowed, he would just mention the practice which existed in other parishes. Mr. GateriTna, ,one of the overseers, said, if Mr. ' Corder were to instance the practice of other parishes, he also would do so. St. Saviour's, Southwark, allowed 41.-a month for such visits, in addition to a grand annual dinner. Mr. WALKER—Y. u may know *hem a select vestry exits by the dtnnets which they enjoy at the parish • .expense. Mr. CORDER said that in St. Mary's, Whittchapel, four visits sere made to the p.oper children, for which only two guineas per quitter were allowed. Mr. knots:sots gave it as his opinion that this dinner bill, as it stried, could not he allosed. It was ;sof:et that the gentlemen deputed by the parish should have proper conveyance and ref reslim.ot. but eipensive din- Errs • u ;ht not to be tolerated. Why (continued Mi. Itiihinsln, looking over the account), the suns which is hese charged for wine would leave ex .ctly two bottles .. and a pint to each individual. Mr. CORDER then caled the t nt ion of the Maki.- . t ate, to the di c ta of Mansfield and Mr. Justice • A.si ton, cited in ,'clam's Poor Laws, where the (outsel l st ..:es—ihat time Cow r ught nut to st u tenanty chat ges ...fiii,cating and ti:n.iling; and the latter—that Ci.urch 7 w.st4ens and Overseers sere to be allowed only for their ba e expenses. • .Mr. MI snULL and Mr. Itonixson both sAd that . 111,4 opinion was loondred tip• n the cases ulnas Mr. Corder had cited. They theiefore thought it would be.. . better for the auditors to.say what suns they totiecieed would be sufficient. . Mr. HALLS said that the.surn ought to he either al. lowed in the whole or else rejected altogether. Unle s it were allowed, all he could say was, that he would not put his hand to any paper that would fix an odium upon the, late overseers. Mr. Minanuta. said he did not exactly compiehend Mt. Halls, and he thought that they should (mom to some right understanding upon the subject; for it Mr. ttobinson, who had been chosen as umpire, should hap p-n to agree,with Mr. Halls upon another point, he. .Mr. Minshull, would be left alone in hi:A:pinion, and thus the matter would remain as undecid e d a s berme. As to ..odium,", no one could be centuted by their decision. Mr. Hipps cnntended r that these ,would, and said that Oe . pu6lic press of thetountty had been employed in traducing the Gentlemen who bad lately filled offices in the parish. He should therefore be very careful bow he acted, lest he should toward the views of an int.- tested party. Mr. Colman disclaimed all patty feeling, and said he was satisfi.d that the Press of the country was too in. , deper.dent to be influenced as Mr. Halls hod described. Atter soma fur thet. discussion, it was agreed that 101.6'. should be,teductedltotothe dinner bill, leaving 61. 65., for the expenses. The sum of 44.11 x. 3d. for a dinner at Richardson's, was reduced to IL II s. 3d. it appearing that the listd mentioned sultscovered the tray/ Iligg imposes and lunch.' of the dinner party who had gone to Norwood upon. soo►e trifling occasion. 'Mr. Roaches bill for Jaw espenses was reduced from 361.45. to 81. 61. After some further discussion, the remainder of the accounts stare passed by Mr. Muumuu. and Mr. IPS- . HINSON. Mr. HALLs having retained his opinion, d%.. dined to act. YORK, jam s ik Last Monday evening, between eight and nine o"clock, three men, habited as sailors. called at the shop of Mrs. Whitehead, a huckster, in Walnsgate, and inquired if ►he could inform them where they could procure locip: jogs ? She pointed them to a house op the opprhi , e side of the stiett ; but they told her thiy had already • been t►:ere, and had not succeeded. She then mentioned' to them another house in Paver's-lane, in Walingate,, the way to which they affected not to know. Wishful to tender them all the assistance that civility could suggest, she offered her son, a hoe child, ten years of age, to accompany them and show them the way.' Whether it was tfiat some gloomy apprehension had arisen in the mind if the child, or there was something repulsive in the appearance of the strangers, we can not say, but the lad objected to undertake the mission, and it was not nail the peremt tory command rf his pa rent had been issued that he left the protection of her home for the company of these unknown wanderers. When they had ar, ived in the lane, which is a retired and lonesome spot, one of the villains suddenly seized the youth, and exclaimed, Al Is this the door 7' whilst he applied a large platter, seemingly a composition of pitch and tar, to the mouth of their astonished guide. In endeavouring to avoid the violence that was offered him. he averted his head from his assailant, and thi, act caused the grea:er part of the Plaster to fasten upon his cheek, thus preserving one h tlf of his mouth tier for respir •tion; and as it. Providence had kindly inter. feted to prevent the completion of some foul deed rf dark ieas, a girl happened to be standing on some s-airs,' is an opposite , passage, and was witness of the horrid transaction. She called out to them to know what they were going to do with the lad? And this bold and prudent measure infused fear through their guilty' minds, and hastily tearing off the plan , r, they all three, ran away. The child was severely hurt by the violence of this operation, and so strongly adhesive had the composite• n been, that some I,f it ternained on his cheek three Jay s aftr this occurrence. What the ultimate intentions of these miscreants might be, we do not pretend to say, but it is evident, that had the plaster taked the effect they intended, suffocation must very shortly have been the result, and under these circumstances, suspicion —strong suspicion —points to the monstrous. attockies of Westpint, and tremble'. I).e dark mystery of the transaction is fur ther lit ightened from the fact having since been ascer• tained, that these men had actually engaged lodgings prior to their application to Mrs. Whitehead, *lire they had gone with the infamous preparation in their possession, aiter a long inspection of her residence from the opposite side of the street. On Tuesday morning the same three wretches had the effrontery. though in a different dress, to exhibit them: elves in Walmgate, singing in the middle of the street, as disties!ed seamen. The child, Whitehead, saw them, and immediately pointed them out as the men who had injured him the.preceding night. They soon sasv that they were noticed, and that fear which ever accompanies, conscious, guilt, induced them to make a peed, flight on the Hull toad.—York Herald. The iron trade has considerably advanced within the 114 three month.. Several continental orders for ma chinery. have been Icely 6ni►hed, and others are com pleting. Last weak, at a merry mak'ng in Durfermline, a very melancholy event happened. Two of the com pany having quarrelled, in the midst of the contest the wife of one f the combatants interfered, and to pie vent her husband from receiving a blow went between them, when, awful to lelate, the woman's husband, aiming a blow at his opponent, struck his own child, at the time in its mother's arm , , so severely as to occa sion its death in thecourse of a few minutes! A lew days ago, a porter in Leith met his death by a bag if grain falling from a considerable height, and striking him on the head, which killed him on the spot. On Wednesday, about two o'clockya female, betwi do seventy and eighty pests of are, of the name of Myth, *eliding in Wis....street, Edinborgh, while engaged in hanging out linen to dry at a window f •ur stories high, lost her baiance and fell t ver. She alighted urn the roof of a smi h's shop, and was so much injuted that she eiej rally in the evening. .About seven myrrh, ago a woman fell in . o:the same place from a window one story lower, while engaged in the same dangerous occupation. _ _ Tim Lasunaum.—lt not generally known that . I the leaves and balk of the laburnum are poisonous; but a case has lately (named in the neighbourhood of Cupar, front whtch..it appears that they possess deice riousqu lities rf a very active nature. A small quasi tity of the bark being chewed, caused first giddiness and tremor, which by ioptoms were succeeded by sick ness, cold sweats, and excessite vomiting ; medical as sistance was in this case luckily at hand, and by the application of proper remedies, farther ill effects were prevented. In another case of which we bare heard, a laiget quantity having teen swallowed, and medical aid not at bawd, it caused vomiting, and evacuations eve,' of bh.o.; : the person, however, recovered, alter a ip s o iod if I 1Ce6•1% e. exhaustion. From the powerful effeit• of the plant, it appears that some use might be made of it in the Materia medica; and at any rate, as it is now so ger:et ally employed in ornamental shrub. beries, it is desitab!e th..t its properties. should be as generally known as possible ; more especially as, from Its being eaten greedily by hares, rabbits, ate. young people are apt from curiosity to taste of it. Bees are observed to avoid this plant; and notwithstanding the rich clu ters r f blossoin which give the laburnum such a nrabn:ficent apt earance on the edge of a summer walk, its blanches ate always as silent as those of the ) ess., while many of less promising appearance (the lime for instance) are humming like a bee-hive. The la tsunmi is (originally a native nI the Alps, whence it was brou,,ht to this country in 1.596 . . —Fife Herald. CiREENOCK, Dec. 29.—Friday morning, while the American ship Il.ibeit Fult n was lying in the stream off the Custom house Quay, ready for sea, V , e co:,k, wishing to get away from her before she sailed, and not having other wise it is supposed an opportunity of do . ng so, unkno w n. to the Captain tied some clothes round his hotly and dropped from t! e side (f the ship into the 'inn, with the intention of swimming 4-bore. He had not left the vessel la• when he wit observed by some }arsons .the quay stuggliug in the water, who im mediately procured a boat and put off to render •him assistance, but before they could reach him.he had sunk to rise no more. His body has not yet been found. /' . • . . . • . lir. R t ir in vita endriveured to oh i pte dto 'etijittpudi 'fief eillit.diritlifft inlffe tre thitleir.infiltatered Seiler. shear 'herielf on •tise Asir with butt viotiltre thdt the month is her hafr entered her brad, and caused the blood to iluw cbriously.and I re. qulred the, unitcd forces of f..uryermials to eiery her towards the Nidgiptr.trett uI i...At reitgtli 'tenitir girl eras Mum, and Mr. 'ffire 'de;tiltd her tb pant Alt she 'father of her dAq. • There it the wretch,' 'outdated the girl, gazing entity around. antt aiming a de•perate blow at Mullett; who stood near . her, NA escaped solely by running fqr princetion into the klagistrates pd. rate room, havmg*pferlotity Unabated that hr w.s4 not prepirel whh bail to'satitiy the parish. Air. floc then renewed his efforts to soothe the uhrorthbafe young crea..pre,.whose.continoted shrieks "ere most distressing ir tsi assuring her that the fellow was gone to prison, and she might re. idrit pi:aceahli Mime; but the oily reply she made to the Mails; trate s oinkriations was—" *Oh ! my poor Mother r and half utiereff espiesosintni.conterning hthrrs of her ra utly. poor ire' was then conveyed into the open sir. and resters. 'Oyes applied, and eventually h. r sister had 11 , .:r taken home in coach in a dreadful state, arising Irons eseess!ve anguish of mind. Nlullrtt, who, until the young woman terrified him by bet frantic ge,turek,prott•ted that be hsd a great deil to of.rer in Ms Jetsam, was iucktd up in default cal hail IJN IIIy—HALL. Yoltetilay Map Levi. al.tolt . er. and dealer in mar:ne stores, wai clo ,ried with basing received a quantity of glass, knowing It tb hers •tolen. M r. Barham, a picture dealer, stated that he was at present htaldinig s me houses in Lambeth, and that on Monday 'tight, the 29th tilt. s *me 'Mews entered tme..fthrin,Lnd having ut..szed several window h antes, cut out 'eighty pane* of glass trona them, leering the teatueb behind on the ground fl .or. A witness named Foster, stated, that onthc "oth a December, he weld to the stop of the pawner, and purchased Of tem the 3t •qteirt s of gl.ss now produced, at the rate of 2 )J. each S3ll.lrt, pea he, qu.tiing t 6 shop, t;t:. primmer said, " Dvn't tell any body *let I send you the glass for." A person win. glazed the windows for the complainant, toted, than on the day subirquent to, the robbery, he ..w -he ales' its question in the prisoner's shop. llavin: examined the square ',And akert.tined them to have been those stoic!) from Mr. Barham WlZ'ttili proceeded for that Gentleman, and Cradly, the coast bk ; an I on their return to the shop, they found the prisoner had got nil of the whose of the glass in the interval. 'the pt keener, in his defence, said that a person named ltiohertss whose plate of Omit- he did nut. know, brought the glass to his shop and ..Trued it fur stir; he did nut purchase it at the times . hut pfus posed to Itoberts to Itt it reata:n in his shop for a Customer, and that WI ,trrer it feteheel he should have, on allowing a small sum to: disio,aing of it. The prisoner added, that Foster purchased. hi•ty.two paves of glass, and that aut.-quietly to the purchase Roberti came tth re and took away the rtmatatier himself. Nadia not know where Becht is could he tuund.—The prisoner was cum matted for trial. SPORTING IN lELLIGENCE. • TATTERSALL'S. The Room yesterday 'hewed a grater .+•emhlage than forams time past. tu► doubt drawn tagettivr by the till e.ntoubcentent of th r teniti t t.tsmie trf4tte Ilereas!er St. Leger. Tile speeul ores have not ytt male up their minds as to the qoalities of Ow horses ess eept kn , .11 before) nut fore in d. public , come. spent ly no erg it nient 4 nn (hit inapt rain Stakes were entered boo. The Llerhy hat undergone some changes. and the Oaks tape. rietierd trifling alteration sar two, as will be area by the following atate.itent'm Maar. . , . . 3to I apt . Moab. rto Mout 17 to I apt Will etlltiVisp 6 to 1 ...pi l'oehu.o.l cut IS to I agit EissgnotlecOk ,6 to 1 apt i'a,•vAs ' , at 20 to I ag-t Lusa Wily 16 to 1 apt Pit. cc -1 7 1iy• an- •40to 1 apt Augusta 16 to I apt !Occurs, 6.4 H gh odds against any other. 16 to I apt Mutiis 11,iicer Sr: Lents.—No betting. • Oa Cc 7to 1 apt Green Mantle 12 to 1 agst Clotilik. - :'4. 7 to I ag.t Varna IS to 1 apt QoatiirOlf •...:. , 10 to 1 apt Luis filly STATE OF•TH E COUNTRY.'• ' TROIS THE CLONHEL HUMP. • Sunday last one f the Rumen Casholic Curate' of Ca diel stated to t he congregat it?ti in the chapel of Cashel. that a gang, well stifled, and , intik on plunder, has ex tended it.ef to G Nile , Clcriban, &e. and that many of them ate frosts the paeisb of Cashel. He observed to the Eongregatir.n thit some of the gang Ave already i.t..ined With blood, and that though the ltw had not yet laid its hand on then'. it was very like that in a short spar -elf ,would 'be within its iron grasp. - ' • •.. •••-• Sairinhy tight last a g ing of 1:414d 'rolling went to Ballymakeady, and paid a visit to a dairyman be longing to Mr. Keating'ol,Garrablei, and after getting he nano tunatv man out of his houie. fired athirst, but in consequence of the darkness of the night, he escaped uuhuit ; after the shot was fired he succeeded in getting into s 14rxe bush, where he remained till an opportunity occurred of escaping to a friend's house at Bellycaron. bridge; the armed assassins continued till near day searching for him. Sunday afternoon the wind blew a heavy gale front the north. calculated, it is to be hoped, to free the at mosphere lions the aniasinata which have been for stator time Westing in it. New Yron s Eve, a joutneyman baker, of Abingdon. of the name of Gibliins, laid a wager Oar he would drink two quarts of beer in five minute•. He drank the beet, and immediately laid his head 03 the table and expired. He had been drinking previously. L ost week, as Mr. B. Sedgley, a respectable farmer residing at -Heatlicote, near Warwick, was walking about his grounds accomnanied by a terrier, the dog sprung a Water rail (Rant eptatkus) which Mr. S. marked down at some distance. Upon proceeding to the spot he was much surprised at perceiving the bird lying motionless upon its back, its feet up, its head on one side, and in shout to all appearance dead. Sup posing this to be the fact, Mr. S. picked it op, when the bird instantly aroused itself and made the most vigorous efforts to escape; so that evidently the assum ing this inanimate state must have been used by the bird as a stratagem to escape pursuit from the dog. We notice thin occunence as we are not aware of its having bteo before observed in this species. i . I }~