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Dffeenntt I`'S" 4 IX:N .1 4 arj 4 , V l6 O 114(1 LITERATURE. The pressure of Parliamentary and local matter, for the last few weeks, engrossed our leisure and our space too much to allow us to notice any of the new publications which now crowd our table in formidable array. We gladly avail ourselves therefore of the first " open day," to record our opinions of a few of those works to which we have not hitherto been able to pay attention. The first of our dramatic poets—the bard whose deep and universal knowledge of nature, and whose thorough in sight into the moving springs of human action, gave to his writings an impress little short of inspiration,—has said that " He who the sword of Heaven would bear, Should be as holy as severe." flow far we may be justified in regulating our notions of the critical faculty by such a standard, we shall not presume to decide ; but to us it appears that the duty of criticism—whether delegated or assumed—can only fit tingly be discharged by a strict and honourable ad herence to that principle of impartiality which alone can give value to the estimates we form, or the opi nions we pronounce. Influenced by that feeling, we proceed to our task; in the performance of which, however, as we are not vain enough to indulge the hope of gratifying all parties, so do we earn estly disclaim the slightest intention of giving pain to any. Praise can only be recommended to general ac ceptance by its sincerity : or censure be warrantable when it springs from a sense of public duty.—We take up our subjects without distinction, just in the order in which they present themselves to our view : and first, we are gratified to find, the second volume of " Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, by Rrtse Caillie."—This completion of the work for which the first volume had taught' the world to look with intense anxiety, has more than realized all the expecta tions raised by the importance of its subject, and by the talent, intrepidity, and enterprise of its highly gifted au thor. The circumstances under which the materials for its composition were acquired—the hardships which M. CAILLIE underwent—the dangers by which his wanderings were on every side beset—the expedients to which he was driven, in the pursuit of his great object, would in themselves have been enough to have rendered any publication an object of curiosity and of interest ; but the acquisition of so much local information, the detail of so many facts eminently conducive to the advancement of science, and the vast addition that this volume is calcu lated to make to the store of general knowledge, place it high indeed in the estimation of the learned, and give it a well deserved rank amongst the standard works of the class to which it belongs. The only extract which we can at resent afford from the pages of this admirable nar rative, is the traveller's accountofhisarrival at Timbuctoo. "At length we arrived safely at Timbuctoo, just as the sun was touching the horizon. I now saw this capital of the Soudan, to , reach which bad so long been the object of my wishes. On en. t-ring this mysterious city, which is an object of curiosity and re. search to the civilized nations of Europe, I experienced an rode. scribable satisfaction. I never before felt a similar emotion, and my transport was extreme. I was obliged, however, to restrain my feelings, and to GOD alone did I confide my joy. With *bat gra. titude did I return thanks to Heaven, for the happy result which at. tended my enterprise ! How many grateful thanksgivings did I pour forth for the protection which GOD had vouchsafed to me, amidst obstacles and dangers which appeared insurmountable. This duty being ended, I looked around, and found that the sight before me did not answer my expectations. I had formed a totally different idea of the grandeur and wealth of Timbuctoo. The city presented, at first view, nothing but a mass of ill-looking houses built of earth. Nothing was to be seen in all directions but immense plains of quick.sand of a yellowish white colour. The sky was a pale red as far as the horizon: all nature wore a dreary aspect, and the most profound silence pre. railed ; not even the warbling of a bird was to be heard. Still, though I cannot account for the impression, there was something imposing in the aspect of a great city, raised in the midst of sands, and the difficulties surmounted by its feunders cannot fail to excite admiration." The Family Classical Library—the fourth number of which now claims our attention—maintains the favour able opinion which even the first appearance of so cheap, so useful, and so admirably executed a work, could not fail to propitiate. The incident, which we now select from the Cyropadia, is one of the most tender and affecting evidences of a woman's tenderness and a wife's affection that we almost ever read : Book 111. ch. I.—When the Armenian and his son, and the wives and daughters, were taken by Cyrus, Tigranes, who had been heretofore a fellow-huntsmen with Cyrus, returned from a journey ainead, and went directly to Cyrus, just as he was; end when he *saw his father and mother, his brother and sisters, and wife, prison. en, he wept, as was natural for him to do. Afters long discussion as to the course which he ought to pursue, Cyrus said to the Arme. nian, " To have your wife again, what money will you give me ?" " All that I am able," said he. " What for your children ?" " And for these, too," said he, " all that lam able." " Here is, then," said he, " already as much again as you have ; and you, Tigranes," said he, "at what rate would you purchase the regaining of your wife ?" Now he happened to be but lately married, and had a very great love for his wife. " Cyrus," said he, " to save her from servitude, I would ransom her at the expert:* of my . life." " Take then your own to yourself," , said Cyrus, " I cannot reckon 'that she is properly our captive; for you never fled from us. And do you, Armenian, take your wife and children, without paying any' thing for them, that they may know thiy come free to you." When they came home one talked of Cyrus's 'wisdom, another of his patience and resolution, another of his mildness one spoke of his beauty and the tallness of.his person; and on that Tigranes asked his wife;—" And do you," said he, " Armenian dame, think Cyrus handsome ?" " Truly, said she, " I did not look at him." "At whom then did you look ?" said Tigranes. "At him wbbiaid that to save me from servitude he would ransom me at the elpence of his own life." Mount Sinaioitil s oem. By W. Phillips, Middle Tem ple.—We are inveterate admirers of literary curiosities : we have so lonedelighted in the pursuit of them, that the propensity has become a perfect passion—a second nature, with us . : but never were our predilections in this way so much gratified as by once casually meeting with a Poem (save the mark I)` in heroic verse—the true " Corsair " couplet—entitled " The Redemption," which the Author, witit that innate modesty which is at once the indication and the concomitant of true genius, hid completed in some thousand lines or thereabouts; with the avowed and very laudable purpose of cheat . ening the imaginings, correcting the errors, and heightening the beauties of MILTON'S Paradise Lost t We blush to say that this most praiseworthy • undertaking of modern genius, so far from being ap preciated as it deserved, was suffered to fall—u Johnson says, " still-born from the Press," though offered to the world in the unassuming form of sixpenny number* 1 .,—Far are we froti'attributing such a design to the author`of Monist qittai, or of claming his labours with the ill-fated but ingenious production to which we have alluded.: but wee do suspect him of an aspiring tendency total - id thp mountain heights of Fame, without having catculated Upoti tharuggedness and the difficulties of the nt, or everyk of prostration from the precipicea which lie a toot-fall. Still he has the praise of a noble ambition; and we can only wish that, with that am bition, Nature had blessed him with powers to achieve one of the grandest efforts of poetry, by embodying the sublime conceptions, and unearthly contemplations which are the essential attributes of that sacred subject which has been " his inspiration and his theme." Then indeed, but then only, might he have hoped "to build himself a name ;"—then, but then only, might he have justified the boldness of his aspirations after fame. As it is, we select a passage from Mount Sinai which affords a fair specimen of the poetical pretensions of Mr. W. PHILLIPS, of the Middle Temple ; and indicates, at once, the cause, and the certainty, of his failure. --" Thus far on adventurous wing, The Muse bath borne mee.though discouraged oft Lest cold rebuke the sacred theme sublime Object as misbecoming lyre of youth, And ill according with the unequal song Rashly presumptuous ;—thus far sustain'd, The Muse bath borne me s but my spirit here, With trembling Moses in that rended rock May well take refuge, nor look forth for awe While Goa in glory passeth by without. Ah were it mine to see the Lord of Hosts As did &alas when Ussish filled The throne of Judah, caneaste to life By hand of seraphim, his lip who toucb'd With fire celestial, I would lift mine eyes, And sing Jehovah to the sons of men, In verse imperishable !" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD SPRING MEETING, Amin. 1. The Oakley Stakes of live sovereigns each. (24 subsaiben.) E. T. Baillie, Esq.'s br. c. Cardinal, 4 yrs, 10st. 10Ib. 2 1 1 F. Polhill, Esq.'s br. g. Legacy, aged, 12st. 1 2 2 Seven others started. The Hunters States of five son. each. (11 subscribers.) Mr. Brook's br. in. Fanny, 4 yrs, lOst. 10lb 1 1 Mr. Green's b. in. Lady Louisa, 4 yrs, list. 11b. 1 2 Mr. Benton's be. g. Royal Oak, 6 yrs, list. 121 b 4 3 F. Polhill, Esq.'s br. m. Media, aged, 12st. 61b. 3 dr. The Farmers' Plate of 501: 101. to the second boom Mr. J. Herring's b. m. Emma, 5 yrs, 12st.. 1 1 Mr. J. Dines's b. m. Mishap 6 yrs, 12st. 61b. 4 2 Mr. W. Purser's b. h. Ploughboy, 0 yrs, 12st. blb. 3 3 Mr. H. Gibbin's ch. h. Jujube, 6 yrs, 12st blb. $ 4 Mr. S. Hilton's br. c. by Hasping, 3 yrs, 10st. IMb.. 6 5 The winner was demanded by Mr. Widdowson. A Match for 50 son. h. ft. Capt. D. Radcliffe's g. g. Guardsman, aged, lOst. 41b. Mr. Simpson's b. f. Maggot, byn, .......... 6 2 The Handicap of b son. each, (12 subscribers,) was won by Mr. Widdowson's b. in. Emma, beating 11 others. Match, 50 soya. h. ft.—Mr.Dlxon's chesnut mars beat Mr. Simp son's Maggot. MALTON CRAVEN MEETING, Aram 1. The Craven Stakes of 10 revs. each. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Wormald's b. c. Bullet, 3 yrs Colonel King's Bogy Bedlam • • . .. Mr. Reed's Wandering Boy Mr. Steele's Wellington Mr. Walker's Pauline Four others started. The Wellies' Cap of 50 son. for hones not thorough bred, was won by Mr. B. Walker's Ptarmigan, beating Mr. Bowers's The High Sheriff, and four others. The Maiden Plate of 40 son. was won in two heats by Mr. Shepherd's The Cardinal, by Waxy Pope, besting Mr. Golden's Sonia WW, and Mr. Richardson's Skylark. HUNTINO. - - -- • The Surrey stag hounds meet on Wednesday, at Soma's Arms ; 1 Saturday, at Whigham. Mr. Bakeley's bounds tomorrow at Temple Wood; Thursday at Colworth; Saturday a:Warrington turnpike, near Yardley Chase. The Quorn hounds, Thursday at Gracedieu Park; Saturday at Oakley Wood. Mr. Bleynell's hounds, Thursday at Teddesley Warren; Satur day at Holly Bush. The Puckeridge hounds, Wednesday at Quendon ; Saturday at Barkway.—Season ends. Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wednesday at Audleby ; Friday at Willingham House; Saturday at Kirmington Vale. The Worcestershire Fox hounds, Thursday at Bretton Hill. Mr. Dansey's hounds meet to.morrow at Baccho ; Thursday at Thruxton ; Saturday at England's Gate. The N. F. hounds, Thursday at Beaulieu Manor House; Satur day at Picked Post. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aram 2. EXTRAORDINARY {MM....WELLESLEY r. DUKE Or _ BEAUFORT. As soon as the LORD CHANCiII:OI took his seat in Court this case was milled on, but it was postpo for a short time, as it was stated that Mr. Wellesley intended to appear in person. Shortly afterwards Mr. W. atte nd ed by his second son, entered the Court, and took his seat near the SoLzerroz.GarrEnAL. The LOAD CHANCELLOR suggested to Mr. Wellesley the plopriety of not letting his son hear what passed, and whether it would not be better that he should retire into his Lordship's private WOOL Mr. Wellesley said he had no objection to this arrangement. Mr. PErws opened the prayer of the petition, which was, that the child should be given up by Mr. Wellesley to the guardian appointed by the Court, and that Mr. Wellesley might be re. strained by injunction from harbouring him In his house. It ap. pearad from the aMdavits that the Master Wellesley. had been sent to their guardians to spend the Easter Holidays, from whose care, however, the youngest escaped, and succeeded in making hisfather's house. Mr. Wellesley opposed the application, and complained in strong language of the manner in which his children were treated, which he said was not consistent with their rank in life ; they did not receive sufficient respect. He enumerated many things which he coneidered ffisrappectful, amongst which was one that they were driven through their own estate in a taxed cart. The LORD CHawczt.i.oa—Have you any affidavits? Blr.Wellesley handed one up to the Court. The LORD CHANCRLLOR having read it, said it was no answer to the use. The y g gentleman must be delivered up to his guardians. If Mr. Wellesley had any fault to find with the conduct of tbese gentlemen, it must be by a different application.: Mr. Wellesley wished his Lordship to bear him explain some of the grounds of complaint against those who had !the care of his children. _ _ The Loav Qua cdra.ox could not allow the public time to be ;nutted. He could not hear it now. He had pronounced the ceder, and the childimust be given up. Mr. Wellesley said he would proceed against the guardians, and was about to make some further observations, when he was again sto it e e d ll ) Lan CHAm CZLLOIL, who said emphadcally, " I have made the order, and the whole of the responsibility I am willing to take upon myself." Mr. Wellesley said he had met the case in this way, to pprree eat the delay:that must otherwise have taken place, and in considerattion of the great prejudice that existed against him. The Loire UNANCIILLOR—As far as the Court is concerned no prejudice exists. lam willing to hear the case directly. r. Wellesky—Will your Imdship hear the statement from the. -lips of the child himself; you will.and him a very intelligent youth, and meowed of a mind that would do honour to any man ; and I am convinced if he tenet allowed to -remain with me, but sent bad to the bitterest enemy his father has in the world, it will naturally injure his health, and, perhaps, break the noblest spirit that ever existed in the bosom of man. _ _ _ The LORD Gamow-Loa could not deviate from the usual course. Th e b o y h a d no away thous sated, and took shelter in his father's house, and he must %dot** teas delivered to those who, by l a w and equity, were latided.ls the owe of his person. After some tadwrapviniAiss, the Loan CaurcuLLoa retired into his prime wry Sri tite of conversing with the child. Shordi t tesissila bin TL art fee kb. cenneeer, see of the ' guard wins. Umulbigbb loordslip said he had con versed die add, iiNinismi Mt.. Washy that be was now nadir dee gesinsdintelik Sandhi- • WAleiltyteitlt DNA Month) res:Stt i Wye *WO that naseendin sbewid les used, ad he • to am - ewe, ebi Cioncteliit It was not. Re was Ise fethee ;Tho — p - s, and it was hiS duty totes dist be was not coened. , The Loma' CastrouLLoa.—The fact of his befog. with ML c omes ". was i m agism to allay any apprehenion on that pant. Mr. Wiliesley thanked the Lord Chance:lle for his attention, and after a awn time redred. Soon after the LORD CEAwcti.Loa had wade the order re specting M r . W aadey's son, Mr. Courtenays cabriolet drove up to the private door of lbs Court, and Mr. C. mil the young gentle. man came out, but no persuasion could Induce the latter to enter the carriage. Mr. C. remonstrated with him en the impropriety of his conduct, and on the folly of exposing himself thus before a crowd that was collecting. He said be did not care, he would not go hue the carriage of his own accord. Mr. C. then offered to lift him in, but his hat falling off, he desisted, and after some Ineffectual per suasion returned with the young gentleman into the Lord Chancel. ler's private room, accompanied by his Lordship's Sergeant at Arms. The young gentleman afterwards went away quietly with Mr. Cour tney, in a post chaise. SHERIFF'S COURT, APRIL 3. HAINES V. THE LONDON DOCK COMPANY. Mr. ADAX stated that a precept had been issued by the Di. rectors of the London Dock Company, under an Act of Parliament, to the Sheriff of Middlesex, directing him to impanel a Jury to ascertain what sum the plaintiff was entitled to, as a compensation for the loss of a house which fie occupied, No. 40. New Gravel lane Shadwe ll , which house the directors gave notice to the plaintiff they required for the extension and improvement of the London Dock. _ _ _ Mr. liamnisow, the Counsel for the Dock Company, addressed the Jury. The defendant had already received a compensation from the Dock Company, for the loss of other premises which he had previously occupied in New Oravel.lane. The plaintiff had only occupied the house a little more than twelve months, and the time he entered it he Ins aware the place in a short time would be required by the Dock Company. The Dock Company were wiUing to pay the plaintiff the value of the fixtures, but they would not give him a shilling more. The Jury decided that the plaintiff was not entitled to anything by way of compensation. It was agreed that the plaintiff should receive the value of his fixtures. DALTON AND OTHERS V. THE LONDON DOCK COXPANT:'' In this case the plaintiffs sought compensation for the fee-simple of the premises known by the sign of the Ship public.house, gliakspeare-walk, Shadwell. A verdict for 2501. was taken by consent. NASH V. THE LONDON DOCK COMPANY. In this ease a compensation was sought to be obtained for the fee. simple and a life interest in three houses situate in Gravel-lane, Shadwell. A verdict was given for 73W. by consent. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—KINGSTON, Aram S. BURGLARY. _ _ Wet. Rafe Hinds was Indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Charlotte Sutton, and staling therein a watch, and other articles, value 101. her property. The prosecutrix resided in Frederick-street, Bermondsey. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Death. The prosecutrLt strongly recommended him to mercy, and the Jury joined in the recommendation. Mr. Justice BAYLEY asked the prosecutrix whether she had reco vered the whole of her property, to which she replied in the negative. The prisoner said be would inform her where it was. Sentence of death was then recorded against him. Charles Browne was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert Pitt, and stealing therein a quantity of plate and other articles, his property. Verdict, Guilty—Death. Judgment of death was recorded, and the Learned Judge told the prisoner be would be sent out of the country. Thomas Wood was indicted for assaulting Henry Hawkins, on the King's highway, and taking from his person a hat, his property. The hat was produced, and Identified by the maker of it, u one he had sold to the prosecutor. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty —Death. The Learned Judge told him that his life would be spared, but that he would be sent out of the country. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HEREFORD. SHAW V. ROBINSON. This wu an action brought by the plaintiff, a surgeon at Dudley, in Staffordshire, against the defendant, an attorney, in the same town, to recover damages for seducing the plaintiff's wife. The defendant, who had acquired a considerable fortune, was a married man, a father, and *grandfather. One of his sons, an attorney, conducted his defence, and two others, one of then Coroner of the county, gave evidence. The marriage of the plaintiff with Miss Sarah Broad (the lady in question) in the year 1822, with the consent of her family, who are highly respectable, wu proved, and several of their acquaintances gave evidence of their living happily together, but some of them admitted that there were reports about Mrs. Shaw for three or four years before she went of with the defendant; and also Mrs. Shaw's leaving her husband's house with the defendant, at ten o'clock at night on the 31st of Au. gust, and their remaining together at a house of ill-fame till three o'clock the next morning, when they left Dudley in a postchaise and went to Worcester, in the neighbourhood of which, and in di& ferent parts of Wales, they continued to live together down to the time of the trial The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, One Shil. ling. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—Wax. Tat QUACK AND JAcx-or-ALL-Taaniss.—A pewit mimed Henry Wharton, was prosecuted by the Society if Apsdisairies for premising without having obtained a certificate. The Madan; who lived at Baldon, was originally a butcher's boy; he dim be came a coachman to Mr. Ham 4 at Helm* End, in Cubs he was afterwards butler to Mr. Parkins, in that neighbotubeed, Misuse he went to Pooley.bridge, and kept an inn. He subsequeadg se. moved to Bradford, where be followed the trade of a wosiemlet, and then removed to Baildon, where be set up the pram:dim if MI . The following is a copy of a bill sent by the ishad. L ix t, til l et Z was put in as evidence : " Oct. 10, 1827. Dr. to Henry Wharton. s. d. "Mr. Sutclif To foot soplaciog ....... ........... 2 0 One bottle modish% ; ' llth do. Cof medisin 14th ditto To your Child Shoulder . 5 6 Received Settled by B. Wharton The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiffs —Damages, sot. BOARD OF EXCISE. 11001TANT PIOSECVTIOXII.- William Garrett, a Hamad victualler, was charged on Saturday with having a quantity of a spu rious compound in his possession for mixing with spirits and beer. The Mars gave evidence to prove that they searched the cellar of the defendant, where they found a parcel of Guinea pepper and ether stuff, to give flavour and colour to the snicks: they also took some of the beer of Maas. Whitbread, the defendant's brewers, whore Mr. Martineau: tasted it, and gave it as his decided opinion that it had been adulterated. Mr. Illartineaul,Olthe firm of Whitbread and Co. proved that the flavour and spirit of the beer were considerably reduced by the adulteration. Commissions a.—Pray, Sir, is it not a fraud on the public, and a great injury to their health, to have beer thus adulterated ? Mr. Mansixsaux—Decidedly sot a great injury to health, and the pracdce ought to be checked. The beer was always sent in its purity from the brewhouse. The defendant called several' witnesses to prove that be was not in the habit of adulterating his beer or spirits. The Cam Commissions& said that it was their determine. tion to levy the heaviest fine (1000 when cases were clearly red. This being his first offence, and dime' being other ve cit. they would convict him in the mitigated penalty of 301. and advised him to be cautious for the future. William Hamilton of the Green Dragon, Robert.street, Borough, and erfilld other publican, were fined in mitigated penalties for the minor offence of having colouring stuff on their premises, with in. tent to use the same. DREADFUL COACH ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. (ARIIDOZD IRON ?HZ CO111E11E141! HERALD Or SATURDAY) At half.past ten o'clock on Tuesday night, the Stacked Live:- pool and LiWen esseit, baying changed banes, at Bloningbam, started with eth and wee inside peeemocen. They hadn't ceded far bethce the pamenewe beemoe gusted that ow sisdt would occur in calspassi of the inigular pate at whisk ie semi. man drove sensideme wetting and sometimes galloping die beam. When desesoiting the hill en the new Maley road, moth" hil.gme which Igede Imo this city (Cathay), he dame with imetheed speed, but maths& the gate In safety. Mming passed tthoupth it pee, be petit Itheelinto sail* and they became mtheauegmile, and wen neap iehlog imam the beam on the esite had. The emir kindles is ehnelhon be was in, wi4pd the beeem,when, anthetnnmety, the moth but he Palm, old led*a lkw PA; eameivos with a tremendous auk en he rt elk. The screams and new sot th e sutheinnate pansopts wen deeedfid, and soon awoke weed of the Inhabitants, whoaesedeead nosey , peak assist- IMO& Folot dtho Paamisra were taboo Ye the bethe of the Rev. kth. Cithdon, i Dlemadiig hthoisthrs mee stem Meier emaggss_dY was Pat to bed, triune hp %wed • the them oththololog terms until the neat day 'Who be id. A mo t nom& MaiiPart" r a abeetualuw, residing at laketh o bsia, bed bie ekto sheldint Mao leeated. Lop. lagasket ee egg ledge Itegthaegt. who was the indlginggele• hid W ensiling Weis, sal is sew lybs at die' Hines Had Inn. raj Oscines and pat wool diti thiords as wen all the e th er pegsgewe Aa laspasg.will be in a day or two en the body of i tt r a jaw rat present Mown. The Archbishop of DUBLIN is quite recovered from -the meat attack of indisposition with which be had been aided. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MATW)Ig'-'IWISE. Saturday, one of the Italian boys who go about town with ino : keys begging, was brought up as a vagrant. The boy, who spoke pretty good English, said he was brought *an Parma fourteen months ago. His master bad four other boys, and they all went out with monkeys, and got about a shilling a day each, which they gave to their master. He gave them a penny loaf for breakfast, and potatoes and rice at night, which was their only food, and went round several times in the day to take from them the money they had received. An Italian gentleman who was present said bringin g those kidnapped boys to this country was practised to such an extent that he had been instrumental in sending over to their own country about seventy of them in a short period. The LORD MAYOR said it was a practice that must be checked, and the gentleman having undertaken to send the boy to Italy, he was delivered over to his care. BOW.STREET. TEE FATAL OCCUItiNCI IN Buzz.— Saturday a gentle man, who we understood was a banister, and relata to Captain Moir, who has been committed to Chelmsford Gaol for the murder of a fisherman named Malcolm, by shooting him, came to this office and presented himself before Mr. HALLS, the only Magistrate on the bench, to request his assistance under the following circum stances :—The gentleman, whose feelings appeared to be a good deal agitated, stated that his application was of a very pecu. liar nature—it was on behalf of Captain Moir, who had been committed on the warrant of the Coroner for Essex, to take his trial for the murder of a man named Malcolm, on his (the Cap. tab's) estate, Shelhaven Farm, near Barking. It was the anxious desire of the Captain and his friends that a medical gentleman, who was acquainted with the family, should have an opportunity of viewing the body of the deceased, to enable him to give a correct description of the injury which had been in flicted in the arm of the deceased; as the statement of the surgeo. before the Coroner's Jury on that subject was not satisfactory. Thc body of the deceased was lying at the house of a brother at Ham mersmith, and application had been made to him to permit a sur geon to examine it, but he had positively refused to accede to the request. The body was soon to be buried in Hammersmith Church, and it was of very great importance that It should not be consigned to the grave till a further examination had taken place. Mr. HALLS said that he did not possess any power to compel the brother of the deceased to allow the body to be further exa mined. The question relating to the cause of the death of the de. cased had already been investigated by a Coroner's Jury, who had evidently been medalled with the evidence of the surgeons who had spoke to the cause of the man's death, and unless the brother of the deceased thought proper to comply with the request, he (Mr. Halls) did not see what power existed to compel him. The gentleman observed that the deceased did not die from the effects of the wound. Had the wound been properly attended to, the deceased would have recovered; but he bad been neglected; lock-jaw was the consequence, and that occasioned his death. It was important that more than one surgeon should view the body, that that fact should be put beyond all question ; and it could not be done unless the brother permitted the examination to take place. Mr. HALLS said he would willingly render any assistance te further the ends of justice, but he could not interfere. The gehtleman said that he should proceed to the Secretary of State's Office, and endeavour to obtain an order for preventing the interment of the corpse till it had undergone another surgical in spection. Mr. HALLS said that he could not advise the gentleman, he must adopt his own course, when the conversation terminated, and the gentleman withdrew. UNION-HALL On complaint of the Honorary Secretary of the Society against Cruelty, Henry Erring, the boy of Mr. Clout, butcher, was fined 10s. and Os. costs, under Martin's Act, by Mr. Horz, for cruelly beating and furiously driving the horse. MEMBERS AND TIIEIR SPEECHES.—The solicitude of NOW Members respecting the appearance of their speeches in print is very characteristic of the individuals. The of reads the proofs of his speeches, but he makes very few alterations ; if the sense of what he has said be accurately and clearly conveyed, be shows very little solicitude about the identity of words, or the character of the style. Mr. W— on the contrary, is never satisfied. He alters, revises. reverts to the original word, changes it again and again, casts and recasts every sentence, and could the distressed printers wait foe him, the correction of a single speech would occupy more time than the concoction and delivery of it. Nu man is more pragmatic than Mr. D—, and if the initial E of his Christian nome be omitted, as a distinction from the Member for Cheshire, a statement is sure to reach the Newspaper office next day, that there are two Mr. D'—s in the House, namely, Mr. D. of Cheshire, and Mr. E. D.D—, of Skoftesbory. We see assured that Mr. E. D. D. sent his recent long speech in hi& to the Morn ing Herald. and ordered five hundred copies of the paper which was to contain it. The next day besaw a Reporter's report of the speech in a publie.-house paper and he liked it so much better than his own in the Herald, that he rescinded his order for the five hundred ....and substituted a hundred copies of this Brewer's Gazette. Sir J. M was once very anxious to see the proofs of his speech; and having perused than, he returned them in a note to the Editor, hating that the report was most accurate, except in a few places, whore his speech had been infinitely improved. Query. Did he alter these parts ? We would advise Mr. D. O'Co--- not to raise a Hornet's nest about his ears, by complaints. Mr. J. H— has felt the effects of such querulous anxieties, and Mr. S. R—.... would have been extinguished, like Mr. W yndha m of yore, not. withstanding his personal interest with theformer autocrat of the Representative,—but. that Mr. S. is not a Wyndham.— Court Journal. II EBDOMADARY. THIS DAY—Moon twelve days old. First Abdication of Bona. parte, 1814. To-Kowtow-11 is commonly believed amongst the Jews, that on this day Hezekiah fell sick, and on the third day, which was the Passover, he went to the House of the LORD, and that night 185,000 Assyrians were slain by the Angel. WEDNESDAY—The Jews remove leaven from their houses, and the eldest ions fast all day, in memory of the first-born of the Jews being spared, while those of the Egyptians were slain. Oi this and the two following afternoons, the grand office of the Tenebne is celebrated at the Catholic chapels—candles are extin. guished, and a great noise is made to signify the splitting of the rdtks„ &c. when One SAVIOUR died. MAUNDY TEURSDAY—When the King's bounty Is gi ven to the poor at Whitehall Chapel. With the Jews it is the Passover, for the manner of celebrating which see Exodus xii. Full moon 31 mina uat 7 morning. GOOD FRIDAY with the Christians, and the feast of the sheaf offer. lag with the Jews. Our Saxon forefathers called this bong Fri day, from the length of the offices and fasting on this day. SATURDAY—HoIy Saturday with the Catholics. At the chapels, after Complin, Rnina Cali. The candles, and the fire at which the candles are lighted. are blessed. Some baptism water is alto blessed. SUNDAY, EASTER DAY—Sun rises a quarter put 5, sets a quarter before 7. BIRTHS. At Carruchan, the lady of Capt. Hannay, of a daughter.—The lady of Erskine Douglas Sandford, Esq. of a daughter.—At Lime rick, the lady of W. Mason, Esq. of a son and heir.—The lady of the Rev. T. Crofter, of Ballyneguard, of a daughter.—The lady of Alderman Evelyn, mayor of Waterford, of a son.— At Cove, the lady of P. Drew, Es of a son.—The lady of Lieut.. Col. St. John Clerke, of a dau gh ter.—At Cork, the lady of R. Howard, Esq. of a son.—At Tr te, the lady of the Rev. A. B. Rowan, of a son and heir.—At Cloghjordan park, Tipperary, the lady of T. Ely, Esq. of a son.—ln Dublin, the lady of Capt. Stoyte, 24th re. giment, of a daughter. DIAKRIED. In Drumville, C. R. P. Lavelle, Esq. A. B Proprietor of the Frogman's Jourseal, to Mary, only surviving daughter of the late C. Curran, of Kilkenny, Esq.—At Connor Church, the Rev. G. 31. Black, to Sarah Anne eldest daughter of the Rev. F. Ould , Pre. bendary of Connor—W. Leathern. Esq. of Londonderry, to Dorcas Emily, eldest daughter of Doctor Crawford, of Rockville, Dore. gaL—At Jamaica, J. Wallace, Esq. of Kingston, to Aana 31a. via Brooks, niece of J. Smith, Rag. of Sells ry plain, St. An. drews.—At Edinburgh, A. Gray, Esq. Cups: Fife, to Anne Christian, daughter of the late W. Woderspoon, Esq. Edinburgh. DIED. AsSillihMarls Saw antighter of the Hon. Mrs. Graves, and 'Aso of Lad Says andealo.—At Belem" lady Mary Sotheby, wife of Admiral B e d reby.—At Celitidge, aged 6s, W. Lealk, hog. late of his Majesty's revenua—At Glugow, W. doper Dem. acct, Esq. of Skibo—At Naples, the Hon. Reginald Ashbutidiam - Edinburgh, J. fleshed:, second son of J. Leannouth, Esi• —ln June, at Rangoon, Emit India., Mr. Clashed:, son of the ku Mr. A. Clasborn, .hip-masts., Loida—At Zdhlbursh, Pow Comarboll, IN an out.penow, Om owed in the reign of How the !Lased.—At Ma mot, Comes, county Limerick, I' . Saes, the Abe, In Deblb, hoe !Ist yew, Sophia =lid of i 4. Copy& TWAIN, the Oltb.—ln J. A. 111•Daurits, Xs* of Wag" Cialway.—ln Dub. elll4 Pact I' ow& Mat ftseurielsewhoem .on of the late Ili. Clara.—Atof undieseings, nearDothim, Mr. J. Owen, IS, wbo In 43 pus yes nikeekonotor sod older in that pa- At Ba', Mrs. M. Itellisw ot die andll rat a die 'a d " vaprd i z es o . f Yoh, lis...lsms Modish lass "i ler In i Loom: : Prillwitam, a *a ems emus No. 1,1 1 11110414W11mag4 ay' "I I n