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IJ I 0 Oi.r• - .11 •• • LAW REPORTS. 430110 LT OF KING'S BENCH, OCT. 25. 44 7 4 • , • Aim; T. LAIOH T. t upon a bill of exchange for 821. drawn • • 31 111 a ti n t. the t was proved. • set,u i rtam . that th e plaintiff agreed to accept a tempo. ;11;01 . 11111 4 7*. id in; pound, for the debt dae to him by the defend r•ne:-Alisttital he aebsequently declined doing so, &Mewls, asoording so die evidence forthedefendant, he unhesitatingly agreed so swept the composition, and said that if the other aedltors signed, be should do so too. The names of eight of the principal of the defendant's credi tors were then obtained, bat the plaintiff refused to sign the composi lion deed, alleging as a reason for not doing so, that matters had since wore! SO his knowledge that induced him to alter his mind upon the outset. Mr. J. Wis.Liasta, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff having agreed to sign the deed of composition, thereby inducing other eredifbts to agree to the pooposed terms, that he was bound to accept the proposition made on the part of defendant. Mr. Comonsti., on the part of the plaintiff, called a witness, who proved that the plaintiff's assent to the proposition made to him by the defendant's attorney, was entirely conditional ; his answer being," that if the ether creditors signed, perhaps he should do sn." Lord TENTICILDEX said that if the assent of the plaintiff was eon actions], as proved by his witness, he was not bound unless he pleased to sign the deed of compositiou. It was therefore • question of ere . dit for the consideration of the jury. . The jury shortlreassulted, when they retuned a verdict for the , plaintiff for the full amount of the bill, with interest. This war the only case of interest that occupied the attention of the touts during the entire of the day. ADMIRALTY SESSION& Thee, Sessions commenced yesterday morning at the Old Bailey, be-' fore POT Cs aIIITOPIRIXI k °mason, and a full Bench of Civilians, as. - timed by Judges BOLLAND and BOCIINQVICT. The Clerk of the Arraigns read the Commission, in pursuant* of ut.seh the Sessions were held, after which Sir CRRISTOPHILII ROllll.Olll addressed the Grand Jury assembled on the occasion. ft was, his Lordship observed, upwards of twelve menthe since he had had occasion to address a Jury In that place; and when such an elapse of time bad taken place between the holding et `chase Sessions, it was satisfactory to know that crimes on the high seas must have been on the decrease. Formerly these Sessions wen held twice a year. They might, however, be held oftener, but bementioned "the circumstance to show that such crimes as fell within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty had become leas frequent of late. On the present occasion, however, there was several charges contained in the calendar, all of which were of a capital nature. One of those charges was that of piratically seising a convict ship, bound for Botany Bay, and carrying her into China, from whence the prisoners were transmitted ro this country, to take their trial. This charge, however, he felt happy to say, was not tinctured with sanguinary cruelty. The other charges bad arisen out of the Statutes which bad passed the Legislature within the last 20 years, for the abolition of the slave trade; and one of the provisions contained in those acts rendered it penal for a British subject to be found trafficking in human blood. It would be, in the first instance, necessary that the Grand Jury should be satisfied that the prisoners were British subjects, for if the fact should turn out otherwise, if the accused should not prove to be the subjects of these realms, then they would not be amenable to the High Coon of Admiralty. In ad dition to these charges, there were several others of a minor description, for misdemeanours, assaults, or, to use an expression familiar in the Admiralty Court, for confederacy. The evidence, in each case, would be laid before the Grand Jury in the usual way, and it would be for them, on hearing such evidence, to determine whether or not the proof adduct(' was sufficient to place the respective prisoners on their trial, for the offences with which they respectively stood accused. In one or two cases, the masters orcommanders of vessels were charged with having in. flictcd corporeal punishment upon a part of their crew. It was his duty here to remark that a good deal of misrepresentation had gone abroad on this particular subject; and some had doubted the power of the commanders of merchant vessels to indict corporeal punishment. The tight was however recognised both by this Court and the Courts of Welomituaer, and if such a power did not exist, it would, his lordship thought, be utterly impossible that commerce could be carried on. But althouich this was the case, and that the right of masters to keep their crews an a proper state of discipline was acknowledged as law, still, if a toaster or commander of a ship should indict, or cause to be inflicted, unnecessary or more than ordinary punishment on any of the persons under his =trout, he would be amenable for his conduct to the cri. minal laws of the country. Having addressed to the Jury these few observations, his lordship concluded by dismissing them, 'Ton which they withdrew to the grand inquest room. STICALIWO OT HUMAS UMW. James H•Donnel, Andrew Marna, and a black, named Francis Joss., alias Borrodel, were indicted (the prisoners M'Donnell and Martin being British subjects) for having, on the 27th June, in the tenth year of his late Majesty's reign, upon the high seas, within lb miles from a place called the coast of Florida, in America, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, piratically taken away 369 persons not being slaves within any colony, dominion, island, place, settlement, or t tory belonging to, or in the possession of, his said late Majesty, and the prisoner Josse, a subject of Spain, for having aided and abetted in the commission of the same offence. The indictments having been read over by the Clerk of the Arraigns, the prisoners respectively pleaded " Not (hilly." The prisoner Josse, on entering the dock, knelt down, and blessed himself after the formula of the Roman Catholics, and submitted to be tried by an English Jury. The King's Advocate, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Wightman conducted the prosecution. Mr. Wightmen opened the pleadings. The Kixo's ADVOCATC stated the case for the prosecution. There were, the Learned Counsel said, two points for the consideration of the Jury ; first, whether the prisoners were or were not British subjects; and secondly, whether they were guilty of the offence with which they were charged, and which subjected them to the penalty of death without the benefit of clergy. After detailing the facts as they subsequently ap peared in evidence, the Learned Counsel concluded by expressing the conviction which he felt, that the Jury would discharge the duty which would devolve upon them impartially. Mr. Josh. Shearer, examined by Mr. ADOLPHUL—I am a can mauder in the navy, and was Captain of his Majesty's schooner the blunkey,which hada crew of twenty.six men on board,and carried eight gum. On the lath of June, 1829, we were cruising of Bahama Bank, en the coast of Florida, when we observed a brig, called the Midas, with Spanish colours flying. We stood in for her, and continued In the pursuit from eight in the morning until one in the afternoon. 1 fins isoi ted American colours, but about half an hour before we came up with her I had the English colours unfurled. As soon as we came within reach four guns were fired at us, and we returned the fire. As action then ensued, which lasted about thirty minutes, when the Midas struck her colours, and a person in English called out that they would surrender. The prisoners were found on board, as were also 369 slaves. The vessel was subsequently taken to the Havannab, to await the judgment of the Commissioners there appointed to re lata the slave trade. The crew of the Midas consisted of 52 men, be. sides those who had been killed during the action. The Midas carried tightens, some mortars and muskets, and pikes and cutlasses for slaty men. When the Captain produced his papers, I was satisfied that the vessel did not belong to Spain. The prisoner Jour acted es cook, and the other two prisoners were left an board the brig foe the purpose of navigating her into the Havannah. At the Havannah 28$ black men, women, and children, were delivered from the brig. These persons had been stowed away in the hold, in the closest manner Dowd. Isle. The, women were kept apart from the mea. They were all naked, and in a state of wretchedness beyond daerkWen. The vessel was evidently fitted out expressly for the horrible traffic is which she was engaged. Many of the slaves committed suicide, by throwing themselves overb o ard, an d t hi rt y of t h em were missed in leis than as many hours. The prisoners Martin and 111•Don neU admitted to me that they were Englishmen, and had served on board King's ships. The prisoner Jesse stated that he was a native of Jamaica. The persons on board the Midas were African negroes. Jesse acknowledged that he embarked on beard the brig at the Havannah ; but the other prisoners said that they bad been taken on board during the voyage, having been wrecked on the African coast, to which their own vessel had gone for palm oil. Cross.exambed by the prisoner M•Donnell- —The Spanish captain acknowledged that he had taken the prisoners 111 4 Donneli and Martin ea board of the coast of Africa. Did not recollect his saying that they were passengers, or th at they bad not taken any part in the action. I tinderstood that there were several Americans employed in navigating the brig. The prisoners took the helm and look ma at the mass head like any other men on board, and were mustered with the other men. The prisoner Jame was informed by the interpreter that Capt. Sharer had stated that he could speak English. The prisoner through the interpreter stated, Capt. Shearer may state what be likes, but he spats out of his own had, (Laughter.) I never spoke a weed of English in m life. John Horton examined by Mr. WIOUTMAN. WY a mariner 00 board the Monkey, and after the action went on board the Midas, whew I saw the prisearn and a great number of negroes, some below and some on deck. I had several conversations with Jesse, who spoke to me in broken English. He said that he was born at Kingston, in Ja. males. M•Donnell called himself an American, and Martin said that be was born at Teigomouth, Devonshire. blichael Collins stated. that he was a seaman on board the Monkey. WOunnell told him that be was a Seetcliman, that the number eshirts originally on board the brig was 400, but that when she was taken there were not mere than 400 on board, the rest baring died an their pump, sr throwa themselves overboard. This dosed the ease faille proseeutioa. The pilostihs. MI/condi and Martin. pia In • =WO dd." , whisk staled that they were both been at Boston, in America ; and.aftee giving a lase ambling history of their lives, stated that on the 341 of February, IWO, they entered themselves as seamen on board the Nep tune, and wee Ishoequently wrecked on the coast of Africa ; they were picked up si the Maw I'M taken on board, on condition of their work ing their 7 to the HavAnnah, and while engaged in that capacity were captured the Monkey. The p t, owe, through-the medium of an Interpreter, etated to the Court, that the Spanish Comm l was in attendance, for the purpose of proving that be (Jame) was not a native of England. John Clubs* a seaman ea board the Monkey, was then called, and after spooking to the portal treatment of the prisoners on their home, and to some other points of no material conseqoence, said never beard W1)=0.11 say that be WM only a passenger on board the be Andrew Clerks (one of the prisonas in custody, bat as to whom the Grand Jury ignored the Bill) was then brought from the gaol and es. mined. He stated that be was on board the Midas when the pprrisooas Martin and WDonnell joined the vessel. They were shtpwreeted, and were takes on board on condition that they worked their passage to the Havana& Crose.axaminsd —He never heard Joao speak English. He could ask for bread, water. and Inch things, in English. The Spanish Ambassador stated, that he believed ham to be a nadve et Spain, andwing on hat impression, had formerly ro. Saved him. The interpeetet, who had stated the evidence to hew during the trial, also stated that be bad no doubt be was a Spaniard, from the Ag ency with which be spoke that hm A variety of documents was th i s - to the Jury st their own request, t.a had been put in by the prisoner Jame; but the learned Judge rernerhed that there being no evidence of their being authentic, the Jury would dismiss from thdr minds any of the statements contained in them. At four o'clock Mr. Baron Behind summed up the evidence, and at dye o'clock the Jury retired to consider their verdict The Jury returned into Court about six o'clock, sad returned a ver. diet of tt Guilty " against all the prisoners, accompanying their verdict with a recommendation to mercy. The learned Judge (Sir Calutroeass llosixsou) the► put on the black cap, and, In addressing the pleasure, dewed that the recommendation of the Jury should be laid before hie Ma- Joey. In the meantime he had to perform a painful du t a e which was to oaks that the be taken from the dock to the hem whenee they came, from there to a place of execution, to he banged by the neck, b.c. The primes beard the awfhl sentence with apparent indifferateso— The Learned Judge did not appoint a day for their execution. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Ocr. 23 These Sessions commenced this morning, FRANCIS CONS; Esq. presiding as Chairman. Willies Whalley, an attotney, lately residing at Stafford, was brought up to receive the judgment of the Court, be having been con victed at the preceding Sessions of wilful and corrupt perjury, assigned to have been committed in an affidavit made by him before Sir William Boßand, one of the Berens of the Court of Exchequer. The Court, after commenting upon the enormity of the crime, sen tenced him to be imprisoned for the space of one year. SURREY SESSIONS, Ocs. S 5. This morning these Sessions, which had been adjourned at Kingston, commenced at the Sessions-house, Newington, before R. Human, Esq. and a bench of Magistrates. The calendar was unusually heavy, presenting a list of 93 prisoners for trial, of whom 83 were for felony, and 30 for misdemeanours, besides which there were several traversed cases to be trieL Upon the Grand Jury being sworn, the Cel — a — max addressed them. He regretted to perceive so unusual a number of prisoners in the glen. der, but be could only attribute such a number to the increased vigilance of the new police, under the new system. He hoped the Grand Jury would bear in mind, that they were not to allow the clamour which had been raised,against a system of police which the legislature had thought fit to say should be the guardians of the public peace, to influence their minds for one instant; they would have sonic of the new police before than, and on the credit given to their testimony many of the decisions of the Grand Jury must be given. He therefore trusted they would not lend their ears to any clamour against the new police, but that they would calmly judge whether they were worthy of credit, and gave proper evi dence in each ease. The learned chairman then drew the attention of the jury to a dilapidated house in Bermondsey, and begged that after they had finished their other labours, they would view the premises, as they were authorised to do by the act 14th George HI. and then present to the Court whether they were in a dangerous condition t for tf so, the Court would take care to adopt reels:wee to prevent any dan ger arising to his Majesty's subjects. ASSAULT BY A CLERGYMAN. The Rev. Thomas Hardwick, resident minister of the parish of St. Mary, Rotherhithe, was indicted for assaulting Mr. Thomas Monk, on the 30th of July last. Mr. TMEISIGRR, in stating the cue for the prosecution, said be =- I ceedingly regretted to have to appear to prosecute a person in the sta des of life in which the reverend defendant was, and he should have been happy if this case bad been otherwise disposed of. Thomas Monk, the prosecutor, stated, that he resided at Rothe:. hithe. The defendant was the resident minister of that parish. The defendant's clerk having bon seat to prison for debt, witness was appointed to Aldus in his absence as clerk. He so offi ciated from the Ist of May to the 13th of July. On the latter day (Sunday), the defendant took him by the arm, thrust him from the vestry, and told him to go about his business. Wit. nee did not know Irby he was so unceremoniously dismissed, and be applied to the churchwardens, who were equally unaware of the cause of it. He afterwards went to die defe nd ant's house to ask him the ream of his dismissal, and the defendant said, it was for writing an anonymous letter to the bishop. Witness had never written to the bishop, and he told the defendant so. A day or two afterwards witness made an affidavit before &magistrate, that he bad written no such letter, end be enclosed a copy of the affidavit to the ddendant, who desired that be would mil for an answer in a few days. On Friday, July 30, witness called at the defendant's house for an answer ; the defendant said he should not trouble him. Iself any more about the matter; witness told him that as his character had been smiled, be hoped the defendant would set it right, others/lee be would tenet to • higher authority. The de. fendant then seised him by the arm end shook him for the space of 12 or 15 yards, and when they reached the gate, the defendant gave him a violent blow on the month, which prevented him from eating his food for four days. The marks of the defendant's fingers were visible on witness's arms for some time afterwards. By the Chairman--The Rev. Mathew Hewitt was the rector, the de fendant was the resident Minister. Crosa.examined by Mr. SACON.—Witness had beard also of anonymous letters having been written to the Rector, but he did not hat they were attributed to him. Witness did not swear at the defendant, nor did be insist on sitting in the kitchen until he obtained satisfaction. He did not on this occasion go into the kitchen, but waited between the kitchen-door and hall.door. Mr. ilecox then addressed the Jury for the defendant, and remarked on the improbability of a gentleman in the defendant's situation being guilty of an offence such as this now laid to his charge. He described the defendant as a person of great respectability, who was incapable if wantonly assaulting any person ; and he said he should be able to show that the prosecutor was requested to leave the defendant's house, and upon his refusal the def end ant pushed him gently out, but without striking a blow. If he should be able to substantiate this, he trusted the Jury would and a verdict of " Not Guilty," for a person was justi. tied in removing any person from his house, provided he used no more force than was necessary. Jane Williams, servant to the defendant, stated, that on the day in question, Mr. Monk came to the house, and, sitting down in the kitchen. declared he would not go until he had an answer to his letter. When Mr. Hardwick came down stairs, the defendant swore at him, and said he would report the defendant to the bishop. The defendant requested the prosecutor to leave the house, but he refused, and the de. fondant then gently pushed him out at the gate. She mote positively that no blow was struck, nor was the prosecutor's mouth cut. Mr. Tmeamosa !spited. The Cuarnmax briefly summed up the evidence, and said the Jury would have to determinedetermine whether the defendant used more force than was rectum in /* ling the prosecutor item his house. The Jury found the defendant Guilty. The ClitalliNAN, in passing sentence, regretted to see a person of the defendant's situation in life brought before this Couriers a ce of this kind. The judgment of the Court was that he pay a tine of M. to the King. The partners of the Sherbonie Bank lost a considerable sem of money some months since, in consequence of a parcel having been stolen containing their London remittance. At the time, a person took up a temporary residence at the Angel Inn, in Shaborne where the mail coach changes horses, and from whence the parcels are ;oohed. Upon this person strong suspicion rested ; tut, having left the mail at Hammersmith, his residence was unknown. On the Ilth inst. however, he again made his apparatus at the Angel Inn ; and, being ne brills landlord, he immediately communicated it to the inn otlrj. Pretor and Ca and he was taken into custody. He was committed to take his trW at the neat Assizes. There bee very rarely been an instance of such respect being paid by say country to the virtues and the talents of one who never so mud as set foot on their shores as in the honours beeped in America upon the miasisy el Bishop Heber. Among various moon. mans and ioeuipdome se the seam diet, the isbabitants of Cow dallua. a 12P Area le du intense of the State of We, Y ec k , I n the Oen et do fhb et the Megan, have caused his atm to be 'wand la hefts g MI rock ot 'matte, which fetus pert of the outer feesdatiorefehett 'pimps' dwelt. THE NEW POLICE. A meeting of delegates from the various metropolitan perishes op. pored to the sew police system was to have token place last night at the ben and Anchor, in the &rand. for the purpose ef devising the best now ferwarding raiding to the King and to Parliament, with a vie* ea dank die sepsis( the New Pdthe Act. Tbe meeting was ad. meshed kr al: o'clock peeeliy, ed ihon the exertions made, sod the meow aisedngs wash hell hum held open the subject, a numerous seenalthes d poem was =pseud. At dght o'clock, however, not mem OW 411 lavas& wthe aellread. mid set of dds number only thme regnielly appointed depths (Mee the parish ri Clerkeswell) tier tenta=l i theogh dessims hail been sent round to no less than 84 perhhelp ores alund, der to forward th e objects of the meadag. aVes e me May, Mr. lifzinovaws, one of the churchwanlens of fit. Clement Dane's, w called to the chair. - Several of the panes present addressed the meeting, explaining bow it was that the respective parishes from which they came had not sent I deputies according to the terms of the circular ; a great deal of discus sion took placed a desultory nature, in the course of which it was evi dent that the meeting was by no means unanimous as to the course which ought to be adopted for promoting the objects in view. was at length mova and - carried, that the first resolution paned at a meeting held at Bt. Leonard's, Shoreditch, should be adopted by the meeting. This resolution was expressive of the unconstitutional nature of the new police, its inefficiency, and the Navy expense which it entailed upon the various parishes in which it had been introduced. A lag and unconnected conversation then toot place as to the ppro mode of alimatilai his Majesty, when It was determined that addreeea in lieu of piddles, should be forwarded either to the King in council, or to His liejraty at the next levee. A motion was subsequently agreed to, that circulars should be issued to the various inter ested in the measure, with a view to incite them to send deputies to a be held shortly, when the mode of addressing His rai ral l ipai andeenlt to e Legislature should be definitively settled. the final resolution of thanks to the Chairman was moved sad canted, there were not more than 15 persons present, the majority of those who had assembled having previously retired, seemingly in des pair of stating any useful object by remaining any lenge:. POLICE REPORTS. Gues.romeat..—The time of the Magistrates wasoccupled yesterday for three hours in rehearing the case of Price, a policemen, charged with assaulting Dennis Lewis, a watchman of fit Andrew's, Holborn. The ease has already been reported in this Paper, and disposed of, and the rehearing was gone into to sat* the Commissioners of the New Police. Aldermen Copeland, Laurie, and Walthman, delivered their opinions. Aldermen COPELAND said he saw se reason to alter the decision be came to on a former occasion. He then dismissed the case, because there was no evidence which satisfied his mind as to who had given the first blow. With regard to what followed, be thought the watchmen were in fault. The policeman went from the piece, and was followed by the watchman, and a witness had stated that he was knocked down by a blow on the poll of the neck. There were masks of violence on his per son, and the evidence of respectable witnesses that he was maltreated. The treatment Mr. Tilney had received at the watchhouse was a sample of the brutal disposition of the watchmen. RIAILLIOROUGH-llTlLlZT.—Saturday, a young woman of highly respectable appearance, and dressed in the first style of fealties, was brought before Mr. ys• by Valentine, charged with stealing eight Etench cambric pocket handkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Williams, linen draper, of Oxford.street. Smith, shopman to Mr. Williams. said that, about six o'clock on Scturday afternoon, the prisoner came Into the shop, and requested to be shown some white silk gauze. A variety of patterns were ac cordingly laid on the counter, from which she selected • piece, and having completed her purchases, which amounted to Se. 6d. she left the shop. and he immediately discovered that a piece of French cambric handkerchiefs was missing from the counter. Suspecting that she had taken them, he followed and brought her back to the shop. where he charged her with the robbery, but which she most neatly denied. Valentine. an ofEcer, was then sent for, and in the meanwhile she drew the piece of cambric horn her pocket, and offered whatever sum of money they would demand to fbre go any charge. The ofllcer stated that on his taking the prisoner into custody, she wept bitterly, and gave her name as Mary Smith, but which she after. wards altered to Eliza Smith. He had since ascertained where she lived, and, on going thither, he found her to be se she had represented, highly respectable, and living on an income allowed to her by her Mr. DlMS—What Sarno do you give now P—The prisoner, who ap. peered excessively agitated, replied Eliza Smith. She was then asked if she had anything to say to the charge She replied in the negative; on which Mr. DIMS observed, that however painfhl it intuit be to him to commit a res le person to prison, he had no other alternative left. As the evftwas complete, she must take her trial. The prisoner, on hearing this decision, burst into tears, and was sup. ported from the bar. MAITLIIIIOII6.—On Saturday George Hamelin, a deputy grave. digger in Sr. Pancras, was charged, before Mr. Griffith, with stealing a quantity eflead. weighing about 1121bs. A paler constable, No. 160, division S. stated that at half-past six on Saturday morning he perceived the prisoner standing near the old church of St. Pancras, and endeavouring to conceal a large beg from the constable's view. The otostable went up to him and asked him what the bag contained, to which the prisoner replied, " Oh, nothing !" This explanation being by no means sideway, the constable insisted upon examining Its contents, when be found it to 'contain an excavator's bock, in . which four pions of lad were wrapped. This being " something," the prisoner accounted for its coming into his posemakin by saying he was employed to dig a grave sixteen feet deep, In St. Pancras church-yard, and in his descent he came in contact withlthe lead, which he considered his fair and legitimate perquisite. He poi nted to a cottage at some distance, whither, he alleged, be was carry ing it but when the constable accons palsied him to the cottage, the Inhab itants knew nothing of him. He was taken to the station, whets be asserted that the Sexton knew that he bad taken the lead away ; but the sexton, when sent for, denied all knowledge of the matter, observing that lead found under the dr. cumrtances stated belonged neither to him (the sexton) nor to any per son employed to dig a grave. Mr. Garrrten directed Webster, the officer, to examine the lead, and ascertain If it were old lead likely to be found as stated by the prisoner. Webster was of opnion It was very old. "At least 90 years old, your Worship," exclaimed the prisoner; " it is part of an old coffin." The prisoner, in his defence, repeated what he had before told the police constable, adding that his wife was confined to her bed without the means being in his power to procure her the necessary nourishment, and that lie was going to dispose of the lead to buy with the proceeds some food for her. Mr Ottertau told him to consider himself committed on this charge however, he ordered him to be remanded for a few days, to afford time for making inquiry whether there may not be other charges against him. LAKIITII•IIIIIZT.—Jobs Knight, a private belonging to 1E di. vision of Polito, was brought before the Sitting Magistrates, Messrs. WYATT and WALIEII, is custody of Henfree, one of the beadles belonging vo Mile End, In order to his finding security to indemnify that Hamlet for any expense it might be put to in the support of a child, with which a young hinge named Elisabeth Jones, is at present pregnant. He was committed for want of bail. A German named Terms* was charged with being found working a private still, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. TBAMILS OM hundred persona of both San WON brought up by the new police during the day, charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night and Sunday morning , auault. ing the officers in the execution of their duty, fighting, making a die. turbance and other acts of outrage and disorder. Fourteen labouring men were tined in various penalties from five to forty shillings each, for assaults arising out of the public.house rows and drunken brawls. George Blackburn was committed for trial, fur stealing a sample bottle of rum from the window of the Gulden Eagle public-house, Rat elite Highway. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Friday night an inquest was held before Mr. Payne. at the Can. tabury Arms, t.n.strect, Southwark. for inquiry touching the death of Mr. Edward Anthony Sherrard, the Vestry Clerk of St. Nave's pa rish, aged 36, who raided at 3%), Cantabury.squire. The decesesd, it appeared, was found at six o'clock in the morning, encoded upon the flax of his dressing town, dead. His clerk. who was examined, stated that he last saw him alive the pleading evening, and he then appeared in his usual state of health. Mr. Wiltshire, • surgeon. said that he was sent for to the house of the desired, whom lie had known ter several years, and found him quite dad taro the door of his-roans, adjoining the apantnent In which the jury viewed the body. There were no marks of violence, sad the opinion of witness was that he dad in to apoplectic it. That opinion was confirmed by a subsequent examination of the body, a quantity of estravarated fluid being found mash% ups. dm brain. The decessed, who was well !mown so the jurors, was spoken of as a if intense application to his profession as an attorney, which ri lt :r o a n s supposed might have had some sea in inducin g an attack of apoitessi.mosse obaseved, that hot. what he bad beard of the ewe per. Timely, he had hastily thought as lowa woes, t but be instituted the inquiry to satisfy tba Weds et the seighbaues. A Twist rests immediately gawped ae r .Dhd by the visitation of 64D. SCIINTILLE: Cantor, April, 18.sn Diirzc*riow—At Kirin, in Manchow Tartary, a fellow has bad the audacity to deify his deceased brother without an ord er f rom the Emperor to do so. A lady has brought the matter before the R el . pew. and his Celestial Majesty, being no way disposed to allo w gods to be made without his licence, demurs to the canonisation. ' Ditit.nY or JUSTICE.—In the province of Canton I murder has been committed on a spot which lies on the boundary b e . tween Linda district and Hongkong—i. e. between the Sin.gan an d Tung.kwan districts. The local Magisuatos quarrel about the re,. pons bilit~ ; end subsequently the Bove nor has adored a new AVMr and maps to be made out, in order to decide which party is responnble, and liable to account for the ahne. A RIIN-AWAY WIPE.-A placard is On the walla of Goatee, in which a taming frail one's attire and person are most mi. needy described. The lady's name was Lan.peang ; eke was meat, years of age, had a " sneloe-formed white face," was dmked wit; " precious stoat hair pins; silver, gold wasted foreign-dowered, pe w :. set ear-rings; precious stone bracelets, ac. On the 15th 0 . the moon she rase early, and, having been reproved and scolded lib her lord sad master at breakfast, she started of at noon, and bas v: since returned. " Any good person," says the placard, •' who wt : give information where she is to be found, will be rewarded with t.- dollars ; and any one who will bring her back will receive forty Irrg• dollars, and no questions asked." The following conversation, according to an American Paper is said to have passed between a negro and his master : " Where is the hoe ?"—" Wid the harra."—" Where is the harrow ? ' —" Wid the hoe."—" And where are both ?"—" Why, bofe be to. geder ; Good LOAD! why you make a fuss wid poor nigger-mac, di. mornin !" Extract of a letter from Rome, dated Sept. 28 : In - my last I omitted to mention how vastly I bad been edified at a sittine of " The Academy of Catholic Religion," whereat the pious Dr. Guslend, Professes. of F.celesiesticel Law at the College of St. ikons venture, indulged his auditory with a discourse, Istadataey and didactic, on " auricular confession," which be maintained to be, in a social point of view, " a fountain of good to Individuals and society at large ; -0 * n , " bridling vice, preventing crimes, purifying the heart, re-awakenin g virtue, invigorating good dispositions where they languish, and render ing than perfect where they ere already in action." This sapient ea. pounder forgot to inform us why, under so enviable an inadtution, there is just as much of vice in Catholic se in Protestant or Illahomedan so ciety. Had his premises been veritable, ten centuries of. auricular coafesoloa would have found the world a fit abiding place for some. thing better than" fallen angels " and peecable humanity !—"bigre Angriest. An awkward circumstance occurred in 1761, upon their Majesties visit to the City, which it is to be hoped will be avoided upon the ensuing ceremonial. Their Majesties. who were occupying the hoses of It Barclay, in Chsapside, with the view of witnessing the Inaugural procession, were very nearly disappointed In even gratifying themselves with a glimpse, it being very nearly dark when the Lord Mayer passed the King, in consequence of the bed contrivance of thos e whose badness it was to the procession by land, several Livery Compsniss being am to watt upwards of two hours in Temple. lane, which so block up the thoroughfare, that his Lordship could not make his way into Cheapside until the light of day had completely disappeared. Abraham Newland, whose name was once as well known as that of the greatest Monarch in Europe, lies interred in the church of St. Saviour, Southwark, where a handsome monument, less periihable than his notes, records his life and death to future ages. In the transactions at the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, it is stated that the quan tity of iron annually manufactured in Walsall about no,ooo tons, of which about three-fourths is made into bars, and one-fourth sold as pig, end castings. The quantity of coal required for its manufacture, in cluding that used by engines, workmen, &c. will be about flv: and a half tons for cacti ton of iron ; the annual consumption of coals by the iron works will, therefore, be about 1,506,000 tons. The quantity used in the melting of copper ore imported from Cornwall, in the manufacture of tin plate, forging of iron for various purposes, and foe domestic uses, may be calculated at 350.000 toast which make altogether the annual consumption of coal in Wales 1,850,000 tons. The annual quantity of iron manufactured in Great Britain is 090,000 Sunday morning a number of Radicals assembled in Smithfield-market. Though the day was Sunday, and the hour seven a. m. the attendance was very numerous. The orators having fos some time harangued their audience on the usual copies, their language at last became so inflammatory that the police interfered. Great disturbance ensued, but eventually the Radical party were by the firm, but tem =conduct of the police, compelled to abandon the field. They, , expressed their firm determination of assembling again, at the same place, on the next and all subsequent Sundays. Mr. Bonifield, the Solicitor, has given the following no tice of a motion to the Court of Common Council, of which be is a member :—" That this Court do petition both Hoene of Parliament, praying that the whole of the present fourteen Bees of Commission. ere of Bankrupts may be abolished, and that in lieu thereof an A cton regular Court be constituted to sit daily in matters of Bank ruptcy." ANTI-SLav ZRY MEETING AT CHILMSTORD.—On Saturday a highly respectable meeting was convened at Chelmsford, in the Shire-bell, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to abolish slavery throughout his Majesty's dominion. n• distension was very animated, and the speakers were unanimous inavowing their determi nation to support the object of the pedtion, both by eannibations and perseverance. Amongst a number of gentlemen, who addressed the mes, we noticed the Hon. J. J. Sault, who was in the chair t Knox, Po i, Stephen, Hunt, Re. The petitions to both Houses wets car ried unanimously. Friday evening, between five and six o'clock, a highway robbery. attended with brutal treatment, was committed by two fellows. near Norwood, on a youth between ten and eleven years of age, son to Mr. Turpia, landlord of the Essex Serpent, New-street, Covent-garden. The youth was returning from his father's residence in town, to Mr. Simpson's academy at Norwood, but was directed to sleep at Mrs. Peactsey's, his aunt's, at Dulwich, and proceed to Norwood in the morning ; but he preferred proceeding on to school the same evening, when he was met on the road by two fellows, who, without speaking to him, struck him a tremendous blow on the head, which instantly felled him to the ground ; and they robbed him of what little money he pos. sassed, which only amounted to 3s. 6d. This done, the villains struck him several very severe blows, and then ran off, whilst the poor little fellow gaup, and proceeded on to his school severely injured from the treatment he had received. Pursuit was immediately made dm the robbers, but they unfortunately effected their escape. BA L LOON I G .—Saturday week, Mr. Green, the cele brated aeronaut, made from Dewsbury his 106th ascent. accompanied by Mr. Webster and Mr. Brown, of that place, and a live goose. At the elevation of half a mile the goose was thrown out of the CIT. Is hen it appeared to the spectators below no larger than a pigeon. It tell with great velocity through the attenuated atmosphere, and appeared to be dead ; but on its arrival in a less ratified medium, it expanded its wings, and descended slowly and safely to terra fimia. The three other tra vellers pursued their aerial voyage, and alighted in safety near Leeds. An old friend of the Establishment inquires how it hap pens that the least civilised people in the metropolis are the beadles and others in attendance at the churches and chapels, and the domestic ser vants, particularly the coachmen, of the Bishops and other dignitaries? The rudeness of the former is proverbiaL Among the latter, the usual weever to the question of a stranger i 5...." Fee blood (f tom !" Between six and seven o'clock on Sunday evening, a fine girl about seven years of age, the daughter of a tradesman named Stan ley, living In one of the streets in the vicinity of the London-road, was killed by one of the nnmerous coaches running on that road, from the Elephant and Castle, towards London. BIRTHS. The 234 inst. at George-place, Lewisham, the lady of W. Tucker. Esq. Commander Royal Navy, of a daughter—The 24th inat at Horn sey, %In. F. S. Danvers, of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. Hathetine•Coleman, on the 26th inst. Mr. J. M. Carter, to Jane Lamb. wily daughter of Mr. R. Curtis, of Jewry.strost.—Tha 2311 inst. at Ware, Herta, Mr. D. Hollingsworth, of 'Fairish, to Miss L. I ). Pearson, of the former place. DIED. Oct. 23. at Thoraton Heath, Surrey, after a long Maas, Elisabeth Beason. daughter of Joseph Reid, Esq. aged 11 years. The 21st inst. at Le Mans, the Right Hon. the Berl of Beverley, is the 81st year of his age.—The 20th - inst. at Little Chelan, Sir W. A. Brown, Hart. Lieutenant in his Majesty's 101st Beeman of Foot, axed 011—At Calcutta, on the 234 of May last, In the nth year of hu age, A. Stirling, Esq. Secretary to Government in the Persian depart ment, and Deputy Secretary in the secret and political department. Mr. Stirling was the second son of Admiral Stirling, of Woburn.fann. in the county of Surrey, and had resided in India nearly 17 years—The 23d inst. at his house, St. George's. lace, Knightsbridp e Lames. youngest son of Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, late Deputy w of Chelsea Hospital—At Brook-green, on the 22d inst. Mrs. H. Flower, relict of the late Dr. Flower, of Hammersmith..-.Thu 2Sd Inst. at St. John's.wood.terrace, 31r. T. Smith, aged 11, lateof and many years an inhabitant of Oxfoed.street—The 21 i s i fl a ns i t tli a l tlttow. la his 234 yew, H. A. Hurls, late of Trinity Collage, Word, eldest son of H. &ale, Bs. Bed 4.w. Lootspos hinted lad tublasbui by Joni Maxus, al ltM ST" . Orrice, No. 1, PWsa•pl..s, Topple Bar.