Star. — London, England, 1830-09-25 00:00:00

4 4 11 I If 1 r. , • i .11 MARTA DEL MOO TO HER HUSBAND.• here Albion's towering cliff* o'erhang the sea, l'hy hapless wife, Riego. weeps for thee.— Weeps the first victim of a tyrant's reign, For Spain to suffer all save wear her chain. The beacon fire, hope, fed to greet thy sail, Hath died, and strewn its embers on the gale. Yet reft affection ltntzers 'mid her tears, t r the britth , prnmise of our parted years, Anil lingering, looks with half deluded eyes, Where 00e...r. hears the arch of southern skies, Around whine sapphire base the billows play, And 'Death the sun-beams heave their spat kling spray. To ;wise --to tile, ah ! to I turn, While fame prepares her laurel for thine urn. Fondly I dream Riego yet shall live, Rut wake to feel each stab thy murderers give. When last we paved on cur native shore, How little the 1 we should meet no more; How little thought what once so fair did stem, :Should wither like the harvest of a dream; That locust-clouds-should wrap the blooming ground, And thou and freedom in one grave be found. In v.tin was seen thy gallant plume to wave, Where hosts opposed—the charge of fury gave ; Vain cheered thy voice on to the battle shock; Valet ilisheti thy sword amid each volley's smoke, tY,:rwh..imine numbers crushed thy patriots few, And o'er thine arms a captive's fetters threw. A tyrant's edict bide each patriot roam, And pine in exile from his native home ; Forbids thy wife, who with thee would have bled, ; To share the bolt that bursts upon thy head; Watch'd o'er thy last sad pillow of repose, And begged her martyr's ashes from his foes. Yet these shall fond admiters steal away, And in some mountain-cave the treasure lay, Where lurking patriots, blending o'er the shrine, Recall with tears thy country's wrongs and thine, And, breathing there thy spirit from the tomb, Sigh for some hour of vengeance yet to come. Yes ! in Riego's name there lives a spell Shall fire that olive land he loved too wel I; Corruption there with flame shall purify, And light o'er Spain the star of liberty. But what can give this severing heart relief, Or heal the wounds of its undying grief ? Though here are breasts where generous feelings glow ; Though here the fairest fruits of freedom grow ; Though England welcome gives through all her isle, One moumful stranger there shall never smile. Home of my youth ! dear wert thou to the hour, When love first planted there his blissful bower, And with his garland bound us in one fate : Scenes happy once, ye now are desolate ! Yet, when shall pass the fury of the storm, One mournful task thy widow will perform : When glutted blood-hounds sickening amid gore, Sleep at oppression's feet, and seek no more The hunted wanderers for their country's sake, Then shall my bark her silent visit make. !Wore one silent witness—the pale moon, I'll take of frowning fate her last sad boon. To seek where far the Atlantic waves expand, With pilgrim's faltering foot my native strand, There will Maria, in some sacred guise, Breathe 'mid thy ruined halls her heart-wrung sighs; There wandering still, will hallow with her tears Each blighted scene that banished blies endears. Thus some poor bird whose nest on verdant spray, Summer-embowered with leaves and blossoms gay, That drank the dews of morn with sunny song, And fluttered glad the warbling choirs among, When winter loads the woods and naked boughs With feathery frosts and field-enwrapping snows ; When icy winds from polar caves come forth To waft their clouds and vapours from the north, Hcr fond mate perished, and her green bower gone: Still lingering haunts that ravished spot alone, Fain still would trace the lints: of beauty there f ee 11(..r leaf-roofed nest. the lost brood of her care, The silver morn, calm evening's golden ray, And all the charms of memory's brighter day, 'Me silent droops while fleecy flakes descend, And waits the chill of death—her only friend I • Nlaria, the wife of the Spanish General Riego, took refuge In Eng land from the persecution of the Constitutionalists in Spain, of whom htr husband was so distinguished a leader. This epistle is supposed to Is- addressed to him betwixt his capture and execution. She did not line survive him, and died in England. MEMOIR OF MARSHAL BOUEMONT. Ltuts Count de Bnurmont first saw the light in the Chateau Bow. mo a, in the province of Anjou, where the family had long been settled. ti - niic yet a 1),,y he evinced a taste for a military life, and accordingly find him an officer its the French Guards before the Revolution. At that period lie, in common with many others of the adherents of the Bourbon dynasty, emigrated. He served with the army of the Prince de Condi., rose to the rank of Major-General in the Royalist Vendean army, under Scepeau, and commanded in the Maine and the adjacent insurrectionary distticts. He frequently went over on that service to Englavd ; presettitts'. himself to Count d'Artois in 1796; and, although under the prescribed ake. was rewarded with the Cordon of St. Louis, for his services h. the Royalist cause. Zr. 1799, his character first began to appear in an equivocal point of v+ew. He at first refused to accede to a treaty made with the Royalists by General Hi:dont-Me ; but, notwithstanding his apparent reluctance, asoi his show of devotion to the Royalist cause, he is believed to have is4heattd where certain guns and succours, furnished from England, rem concealed. He subsequently professed himself attached to the new order of things in France. and was, apparently, hell in great estimation hy Bonaparte. On the occasion of die explosion of the " infernal ma. chine." lie was among the first to hasten to offer the Consul his conger tutations upon the providential escape of the latter. He was, however, so extsemely earnest in adjuring vengeance upon the Jacobin .conspire. tors, that he became himself an object of suspicion with Napoleon, who was an excellent judge of the human character. From this and some subsequent suspicions, he was imprisoned in the Temple in 1803, and afterwards successively transferred to the citadels of Dijon and Besancon, from which latter place he contrived to make his escape, in July, 1806, with a M. D'Andigne. He had, however, sufficient interest to obtain an especial permission to retire to Portugal, and the sequestration was even taken off his property. Upon the evacuation of that country by the Freneh troops, he was permitted to return to France, and was re. ceived into the service of the Emperor! In this service he put forth all - his energies. He 6 ' covered himself with glory" in the campaign of Dresden, and rose from the rank of Ge neral of Brigade to that of General of Division. He commanded in Champagne in 1814 ; and defended himself, though wounded, and with only 1,200 men, in such style at Nugent, as to excite the admira tion of the enemy. He commanded the 6th military at Bannon at the Restoration ; and obtained the honour of being made a Commander of the Legion of Honour. On the return of Nopolcon from Elba, General Bonrmont was one of those devoted Royalists who accompanied Nett in the march against him; and, like hie Commanding Officer, he consented once more to range himself under the banners of the Ex-Emperor. Napoleon, who held Bourmont in no great estimation (as appears by all the Memoirs of the noperor,) was loth to avail himself of his services, even at that critical juncture : but, at the earnest solicitation of General Girard, he appointed Bourmont to the command of &division at the head of which he marched towards Flanders. subsequent events gloved that Napoleon was not mistaken in his estimate of Bourmont'a character. He betrayed the D:ipe:cr's plan to the Duke of Wellington, and &nuttily passed over to the enemy on the 14th June, 1815. He now became once more in favour with the Bourbons, and obtained a cousin:6nd in the Northern Department, where he was very serviceable in festering :tranquillity, and enforcing obedience to the new order of things. There wanted only one more touch to complete his character, and titat lie obtained, in being a material witness at the trials of Marshal Ney and Gen. Bonnaire. On the accession of Polignac to the head of the French Ministry, M. de flonnnont obtained the portfolio of the Minister at War. This created great dissatisfaction among the Opposition Journals, and the editor of the broom (among others) was prosecuted, and sentenced to pay a tine of 1,000 fr. and to six monhts' imprisonment, for having pub lished opinions unpalatable to the Ministry. In the appeal to the Cour Royale, the celebrated Advocate Dupin appeared for the accused. The following passages in his powerful address, which are copied from Le Globe of the 25th of February last, relate to the duplicity and double treachery of General Bourmont : " Every nation has its distinctive character, and its peculiar virtues. France has ever been distinguished for her loyalty, sod fidelity in her engagements ; and the profession of arms has ever been, more than any other, scrupulously nice, and jealous of the national honour.— Ailitary honor, among us, ranks as the highest order of that national virtue, and includes the idea of all that is loyal and generous. When a French officer swore by his sword, he gave the strongest pledge of his fidelity that it was possible to give ; and in the disastrous periods of our civil discords it was truly said, that the national honour had taken: refuge in the camp. Can it, then, be a matter of eurprise that the nation is jealous of her honour, and that she wising to see the di rection of her army committed to unsullied hands ? Ah had it been confided to one of those faithful chieftains who followed. the King into exile, or to one of those devoted warriors who remained en •thsir native soil to repulse the invader, it were of little monsentirhich. Both obeyed the dictates of what they considered their duty—both trod in the path of honour ; but by a fatal error there is now placed over the heads of those hrt% c men one whom France, whom Kutope, whom posterity, can not bnt reproach. " The warrior who, on the invasion of the 20th of March, should nobly break his sword and refuse to lift his arm in the cause of t.surpa tion might well deserve distinction and reward ;he who should fit , to the succlutr of the oppressed King, and devote his life to his service, alight he deemed worthy of praise and admiration ; but what must be thought of him who should throw himself into the arms of the Conqueror for the time being, and swear fidelity to him—who should accept a com mand, thereby ratifying a solemn engagement with his brethren in arms to lead them to victory, and to live or die with them, and afterwards violate that sacred compact—who should betray and abandon them in the hour of peril—who should supply to the enemy, whom he was pledged to combat, the means of destroying those whom he h ad swprn to de fend? • • e But let it not be said that Royal grace and favour are sufficient to wipe out the stain, or absolve from these crimes. When the Constable of Bourbon, exasperated by an unjust arrest, took the inexcusable step of offering his aid to a foreigner against his own country, Charles V. asked one of his courtiers for the use of his Palace for the accommc Lion of the illustrious deserter, whose detection was so important to the Emperor. I can refuse your Alajesty nothing,' said the noble Cas tilian, but I declare that if the Duc de Bourbon enter my house I will burn it to the ground the moment he quits it, as a place tainted with perfidy, and therefore unworthy of ever being occupied by a man of honour.' Charles V. did not punish the man who had the courage thus to express himself: and the answer is on record among those noble sentiments which must ever be honoured by posterity." Count de Bourmont's appointment to the command of the expedition against Algiers, and the success of that enterprise after great losses, are sufficiently well known. The reward of this service, (in which he has to deplore the loss of a son) was a Marshal's baton, bafore the expulsion of the late Government. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PAY AND PENSIONS IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH ARMIES. BRITISH ARMY. (Circular) War-Office, 21st Nov. 1829. Particulars extracted—Warrant regulating the grant of pensions and allowances to officers of the land forces, for wounds received in action. Allowed for the loss of two limbs, or total loss of sight, besides half pay:— Regimental rank Yearly half-pay Rate of pension Total Lieut.-Col. Commanding Z2OO 0 0 £6OO £BOO 0 0 Major Commanding - 173 2 6 500 673 2 6 Major . - . 173 2 6 400 573 2 6 Captain . . . 127 15 0 200 327 15 0 First Lieutenant . - 82 2 6 140 222 2 6 Ensign . - 54 15 0 100 154 15 0 Allowed for the loss of one limb, or cyc, besides half-pay : Regimental rank Yearly half-pay Rate of pension Total Lient.-C'ol. Commanding £2OO 0 0 £3OO X5OO 0 0 Major Commanding . 173 2 6 250 423 2 6 Major . . 173 2 6 200 373 2 6 Captain . - 127 15 0 100 227 15 0 First Lieutenant - 82 2 6 70 152 2 8 Ensign - . 54 15 0 50 104 15 0 Rate of daily pensions allowed to sergeants, corporals, and privates, being in proportion to the severity of their wounds, as per scale s Daily Highest rate yearly Lowest rate. Serjeants---3e 64, 3s 23 (Id, 2s, is 61, Is ,663 17 6 £lB 2 6 Corporals-3s, 2s, Is Gd, Is,9d, Gd, 54 15 0 9 1 3 Privates-2s, Is 6d, ls, 93, Gd, 36 5 0 9 1 3 Rate of daily pensions allowed to serjeants-major, quarter.master.aer. . junts, serjeants, corporals and privates, after twenty-four years' ser vice in the cavalry, and twenty-one years in the Infantry, provided that the noncommissioned officers held their respective ranks for three years previous to their being discharged ; and should they serve beyond the 'above period their pensions would Increase. Daily Yearly annuity. Serjeant-Major 2s 4d £42 6 8 Quarter-Master Serjt. 2s. 2d. - . . - 39 510 Serjeant . - Is. 10d. . • . . 33 6 8 Corporal - - Is. 4d. . . . . 24 4 2 Private . . ls. Od. . . . . 18 2 6 Many officers who have lost but one limb or eye, hare remained on full pay in the service, consequently their rank goes on. Surgeons and paymasters receive the same rate of pension u a Cap tain, with their half pay. Adjutants and assistant.surgeons receive the same rate of pension u a first.lieutenant, with their halt-lay. Hegi. mental quarter-master, veterinary surgeons and volunteers, receive the same rate of pension as a cornet, second lieutenant or ensign with their half-pay. FRENCH ARMY. Palace of the Tuileries, Aug. 27, 1814. Particulars eztracted—Rules and regulations for granting pensions. :It appears that there is no half.pay.) Allowed for the loss of two limbs, or total loss of sight s Regimental rank. Yearly rate of pension. Lieut.-Col. Commanding ... ... £125 0 0 Major ... ... ... 100 0 0 Captain ... ... ... 66 13 8 First Lieutenant ... ... MO LO 6 0 Second Lieutenant ... ... 41 13 8 Sergeant ... . . 18 16 6 Corporal ... ... ... 16 13 8 Private ... ... ... 15 4 0 Loss of one limb, without reference to services s _ _ _ Regimental rank. - Yearly rate of pension. Lieut.. Col. Commanding ... ... £Ol 10 0 Major ... •.. ... 50 0 0 Captain 33 0 $ First Lieutenanl 25 0 0 Second Lieutenant 20 16 9 Sergeant ... ... ... 8 6 6 Corporal ... ... ... 7 1 6 Private ••• ••• ••• 6 6 0 After twenty three years' service, those three ranks, if then Wing a limb, would be allowed the following rate of pensions s—To a sergeant, 141. be; to a corporal, 111. 8s; to a private, 8L 101. Allowed after thirty years' service, u per lade : Army rank. Yearly rate of pension. Lleut..CoL Commanding, after 30 years' service £5O 0 0 Major ... ... OD • • 41 13 0 Captain ... ..... ... 26 0 0 —-• .. ... .. 18 13 0 Meat Lieutenant Second Lieutenant ... ... ... 14 11 0 Sergeant ... .. ... ... 8 6 0 Corporal . ... .. 410. ... 7 1 6 o d o There is an increase pension allowed to all ratio of one.twentleth for every year's service after thirty. PROMOTIONS IX TBE FILEXCB private soldier is not to be promoted to the rank of a non-commissioned officer before he 'is twenty years of age, and has served two years in the regular army ; and no soldier is to be promoted to the rank of a commissioned offices before he has served two years as a non-commissioned officer, or that be has been educated at a military school. All officers must serve four years in each rank before they can be promoted to another, except In eases of extraordinary examples of bravery in war time. et the vacant commissions of Second Lieutenant is given yearly to non. commissioned officers. IPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. Thursday an adjourned meeting of Spits Melds weavers was held at the Camden's Head, In Bethnal-green road, to receive the report of a committee, appointed at a former meeting to prepare and forward an address to the King, and also to superintend the preparation of a piece of richly brocaded pros de Naples silk, upon which it is intended to in. scribe, with pen and ink, an address to Her Majesty. The latter is an object of considerable curiosity in the trade, on account of the difficulty of forming the silk of such a ange as to bear the ink without spreading. It was stated, that dazing the reign of the late King, several attempts which were made to get l us ' Ad roit s in a similar way failed, but the difficulty has at length been overcome . The address, which had been transmitted to Sir Robert Peel, was read. After condoling with his Majesty for the death of his Royal brother, and congratulating him an his ac cession, it went into the subjects of free trade and machinery, to which the addressers attributed their distress. A letter from the Home Department, stating that the address had been forwarded to the King, was also read. Mr. Wallis alluded to the brocaded silk which had been prepared for the address to be presented to the Queen, which he described as one of the most beautiful spsci. mem of workmanship that had ever left any trade. The materials, he said, were provided by the masters, and one of the journey men had undertaken the duty of working it, and it was then wove and ready for the pen. It is of white grog de Naples,* yard bag and 20 inches broad, with the Royal arms brocaded at the aides in Moses in the richest style ; the wads “ Spitalfields Weavers," woven at the top, and the address to bee Majesty written in the centre. Rome dis cussion took place as to whether the silken address should be exhibited to the public previously to its presentation. It was suggested, however, that its presentation to her Majesty, after being publicly exhibited, would be less respectful; and it was finally resolved that it should merely be shown to the trade. As kr, Jonathan Harrison, one of the lavies Mieistastes, was walking up School Hill on blonds', ha ofwbbnis Yl shwa la a fit, which, in a few Wastes after he was amid benks • sesssissl I his ex istence. In him the poor man has hot a frisk sod dm Ina sC Ks silicates an active and intelligent member. VP!,1M1.,"7 1 4! OLD BAILEY, Sept. 24• This morning there rem;i7tercr — it — wary to expectation, eight cases only for trial, and hence the sessions unexpectedly terminated, owing to the non-appearance of persons charged with misdemeanours who tra versed to the next sessions. At noon the Recorder, attended by Alder man Brown, entered the New Court, when the prisoners, upon whom sentence was nut passed at the conclu sion of their trials, were called up for judgment. The awful sentence of death was paned on the following 18 ill-fated individuals : George Ford, Wm. Wood, Wm. Newcombe, Alfred Shaw, Chatlesl Serjeant, Henry Gray, and Robert Tilsey, for stealing in dwelling. houses g oods and monies above the value of 151; James Leach, and Richard Driscoll, for sheep-stealing; James Hyatt, for returning to the King's dominions before the term for which he bad been transported for telony ; William Hectrup, for stabbing and cutting a person with intent to kill ; James Taylor, Thomas Allen, Francis Cox, and Ste. phen Bordener, for housebreaking and larceny ; John Guyer, for bur. glary; and Michael M'Carty, for robbery upon the person. Eleven were ordered to be transported for life, 38 foe 14 years, and 60 for seven years. Several other prisoners were sentenced to various terms of imprison. matt for minor offences, varying from seven days to two years. Thomas Plymouth, a notorious meat-stealer, was ordered to be pub licly whipped by the comman hangman for the space of 100 yards, near to Newgate-market, and to be confined in the House of Correction six calendar months, and there kept to hard labour. In passing judgment upon the capital convicts, the Recorder earnestly entreated them not to be buoyed up with hopes of mercy. Some of them, the learned Judge said, would inevitably suffer the awful pe nalty of death. • 7V' . 'NO • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 24, Mary Ana livbinsoti was indicted for assaulting Joseph Hart. The prosecutor stated that he was bar-man to Mr. Simpson, who is a licensed victualler. The prisoner was in the habit of coming to their bar, but had PO repeatedly been abusive and broken windows and glasses, that Mr. Simpson left general directions for her not to be served with any liquors. On an evening in July she came in and called for some gin, but which was refused to be served her, upon 'which she became so violent and abusive, that it was found neces sary to send her to the watchhou.e. The next morning witness attended at Bow.strect end having substantiated the com. Oaint, the magistrate ordered her to be committed for seven days. On hearing the sentence she aimed a blow at witness's fate, but which being partly warded off by a policeman who was standing by, fell on his shoulder. The magistrate, in whose presence this took place, immedi ately had her put within the bar, and having received formal evidence of the:assault, committed her in default of bail for the same, and bound witness over to prosecute he. Verdict, Guilty. Mr. Chesterton, the Governor of the House of Correction stated, that he had.repeatedly had the prisoner In his custody. When in liquor she was most fierce and turbulent, but after the temperate diet of the prison had brought her to a state of perfect sobriety, no woman could behave better than she did. The CILIIIIMAIN sentenced her to 14 days imprisonment. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, Friday, Sept. 24. John Tharlow :roll Waring, whose cue appeared in our paper on Tuesday last, came up this day for final examination awd adjudica tion, when Mr. Cooxx said that his client bad paid 1001. into Court, and prayed that his discharge might be granted immediately, as the Insol vent had a situation in view, which the Court granted, and he was de. dared entitled to the benefit of the Act. _ _ John Hannan Pemberton, late of St. John -street, Clerkenwell, linen-draper, came up for judgment, the principal tacts of whose case hese appeared in our paper on a former occasion, and after a volumi nous judgment, the Court ordered the insolvent to be discharged. I'OLICE REPORTS. Mawuow-nousr.—A locksmith named Mormon was brought be fore the LORD MAYon by Mr. Plaistowe, one of the Ward officers, charged with having broken into a jeweller's shop in a new and speedy way, and with having stolen a gold ring and two gold seals. The shopman to Mr. Gray, of Leadcnhall.street, jeweller, stated that the prisoner, as he passed Acing, shoved his elbow with great violence against a pane of glass in the shop window, and broke it; after which, he endeavoured to get off, but was pursued and apprehended. The glass was of the thickest kind used in shops in which valuable goods are exhibited. The robbery followed the noise of the break ing so quickly, that skill and experience must have been both at the command of the prisoner. A person, who resides near the house of Mr. Gray, saw the prisoner drop a ring, con taining the bust of George the Fourth, after the window was smashed. This ring was identified as the property of Mr. Gray. In the pri soner's pocket were found two seals, the property of Mr. Gray, and a short piece of pointed iron, with' which it is not at all doubted the window was broken, and which appeared to be exactly adapted to such employment. The Lou) MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he had any thing to say about the possession of the goods of another person ? The Prisoner.—it was quite an accident, I assure you, my Lord. I was passing along quickly, and just as I came opposite to Mr. Gray's shop I slipped, and fell right against the window and broke it. The LORD MAToa--Very good. And how did you happen to have the ring and seals of Mr. Gray about you ? The prisoner hesitated, and said,—Why, the ring, my Lord, you Nee— Mr. Hob suppose you caught at these things to prevent you from falling ? Prlsotter.—Just so, please your Lordship. The Loup Mes=on.—An d instead of sating you from falling, they fell into your pocket ? (laughter.) Prisoner.—l don't know how on earth they got there. I assure you It must be by accident. I was in a great flurry at breaking the glass, and did'ut know what I was about. The LORD Mayon.—And why did you fun away ? Prisoncr.Wity, my Lord, because I hadn't the price of the glass / broke about me. The thing was quite nat'raL , 1 The LORD MaToa advised the prisoner to get ready a better ue fence, and committed him far triaL Orriannu.t..—Heats, the landlord of the Albion coffee.shop, in Long-lane, Smithfield, attended before Sir J. PERRINO, Bart, yestcr da , to answer a complaint of keeping his house open at improper hours, Toe by the Inspector of the Watch of Ablengate Ward. the complainant, said the house in question was regularly kept open all night, and desperate thieves and prostitutes were harboured. He had warned the defendant by desire of his superiors, but he did not pay the least attention to it. He found it open at a quarter put three o'clock on Thursday morning, and in consequence made the present complaint. The defendant denied that he had been warned by Bates, or that his house was open before four o'clock, or later than twelve at night. Sir J. Pz aa two said the complaint not having been disproved, he I must pay a penalty of 20s. or in default be committed foe one month. Mr. Brown, the pawnbroker, in Fetter.lane, attended to answer two informations lodged by one James Mowbray, gentleman, for taking more than the lawful interest on two loans made by him. Mr. Brown pleaded guilty in the outset, observing that, as he found his shopman bad been in error, he would not avail himself of any tech nical defects in the information. The defendant was fined 40s. on one charge, and the complainant I agreed to take costs only on the second. HATTON-OARDEL—CAUTION TO Tuanstutur....Yesterday a young man, named Charles Garr, was charged with embeuling sundry sums of money, belonging to his master, John Lyon, tobacconist, No. 58, Fetter-lance The psoaecuto stated that be bad known the prisoner for a long time, who bad lived several yens as enand-boy under the same em. ploysr with prosecutor; be had evinced steady and iodisation babies, Ind bad lately been employed as light porter. He bad been thrown out of employment, and was rather distressed at the time that prosecutor engaged him. He had latterly been entrusted to gather in small ac. counts about town, due to resumer, and Mr. Lyon had presented, last week, several small MIL to his customers, many of whom had re. ceipta for payment of the amount in the hand-writing of ithe prisoner. slr. Lyon had discovered defalcations to the amount of about 101. In the course of the investigation, Ilerieent Sellon called upon the prosuattor. to explain the method by which he regulated his ac counts; and from the detail given by Dlr. Lyon, it appeared that the esner had required considerable 'Mena to accompla hi s p un osn . was entrusted to collect accounts, but was not alkwed to met i ant any bills; these were all made out by the prosecutor or Ids bastes , and delivered to the prisoner for collection. A bill of par. pis ins Invariably sent home with every order, and each article therein enumussed, and if paid foe on delivery, a discharge on the bill of par. eels merked the receipt; and it was the duty of the prisoner, or whoever received the money, to enter the same in the casb.book, as soon aa he re * turned to dm shop. If the goods were not rid for en delivery, and the' assesuese uslinued his ceders, the date and amount of each bill was merely bassrted is abetnets in the account subsequently _presented foe parleure ; and the assuiets being all made out by Mr. Lyon, or his blither, the aseresms saw at ones at each calL the full statement of their asesent. The idioms could ass, therefore, practice his intentions upon the anstonillll with ems fealiales; but he planned to blind bi t master, by piassathig boar if it number of blank printed invoice bends, width lay sym dem ands*, and which gave the bills a regu. Ist end when mmyllstl with the genuine bills he used to fill up bllttit ass la Ws men bsadordt2, arranged to answer the real state of the asmusee = p asecust, Wog the abstracts ache sums of which he lad sessived papist. The unseal Malmo were Food cane the prisoner, and the dish. book was reined to prove that he bad not then given credit for the re. se. dm nigh TMsbazaar of ths Owns, was quits the reverse of biting hardened —be sloth esemi Wash essi for a and wasdd math ilsAieprol Oaring the azandnadcm B Wm fedi . LawnExtt.sinitsw...Yesterday, Robert LIMO* was finally ez. amined on a charge of stealing a check for 641.2.. 6d. from the counting. house of Means. Ware, Arbuthnot, and Co. curriers, of St. John -street. Mr. M'Cloud stated that on Tuesday night the prisoner, who had been formerly a confidential person in his service, and whom he 14,;h1y respected, came to his house ' and appearing much intoxicated, Mrs. M'Cloud prevailed on him to leave what property he had about him in her care. He did so, and it consisted of 401. in notes, eight sovereigns a watch and appendages, and 12 table spoons. For this he was hawk , ' the acknowledgment, which had been found on him by the policeman. Mr. Robert Lawson, clerk to Messrs. Grote and Co. remembered cashing a check for 641. in three 201. notes and odd money. Ile could not positively swear to the prisoner as being the person who changed 4., but the 201. note now produced formed a part of the sum which The prisoner was fully committed for trial. - - - TwatEs Posacz.—Yesterday, Thomas Gaoling, foreman and clerk to Messrs. ilubbuck and Son, oil and colour merchants, in R Lion-street, Wapping, was charged with embezzling several surn , r. money. He was committed for trial. Toww.llALL.—Yesterday, Elixa Murray, Sarah Jones, an , . Louisa Dudley, were committed to Brixton, for indecent exposure ir the public streets, and glorying in their infamy. They had rcturnc the same day from the same prison, and required three stout men place them In the Brixton van. SCINTILLiE. BETTER, better than BEST.—What is it we all look t; as a reward, for the best spent life? The answer is unquestionably a Better.—F. THE AMERICAN ALOE.—There in now in flower in magnificent consesvatcay, of Mr. Alex. Baring, at the Grange, Winchester, an American aloe. The panicles or flowers are 32 in num ber, and the plant has grown upwards of 30 feet in height since the b. ginning of May. CURIOUS SUPERSTITION.—We have a superstition that schema or knives cut love. The Turks carry the same idea to soap, which they will neither give, nor even hand to each other, as thLy say it washes away love—dirty love, we imagine —or, perb•Lp., lett of dirt. Tann ScuLLs.—A recent traveller in America, alluding to the strength and thickness of the sculls of negroes, says that "they= have been seen frequently to send their craniums through a pretty iamb: wooden door with the velocity of a cannon ball I" A GREAT LlAll.—His Royal Highness (the Prince Re gent) bespoke my benefit play, which was The Liar. Mr. Weltgi. came to take all the boxes, which occasioned the elevation of the pit tc the box prices. I expressed a hope that his Royal Highness would be present, though I knew that that day he dined with the camp. That worthy Gentleman replied, that I might be sure he'd come, since he had given his word : " the Prince," he rejoined, "always keeps his word, but he says you are the greatest 'Liar' on the stake "--Bernard's Re lirospeetions. EQUITS.—A Gentleman, resident at Harrow, made fre quent complaints to the masters of the great school there, of his garde being stripped of its fruit, even before it became ripe—but to no pur pose. Tired of applying to the masters for redress, he at length ap. pealed to the boys, and sending for one to his house, he said, " Now, my good fellow, I'll make this agreement with you and your compa nions ; let the fruit remain on the trees till it becomes ripe, and I pru. miss to give you half." The boy coolly replied, " I can say nothing to the proposition, Sir, myself, but will make it known to the res. of the boys, and inform you of their decision to-morrow.'' To..morrcr came, and brought with it this reply—" The gentlemen of Harrow mr.. not agree to receive so unequal a share, since Mr. —.. is an individual ; and we are many." UMBRELLAIL—Tbe use of umbrellas in this country not older than the time of Dr. Johnson. When Jonas Beltway, who Introduced them. first made his appearance with one in the street, hc was hooted at. 'Reformers have been accused of vanity ; but it may witkmore certainty be predicated of the opponents of reform. Erect thing which differs from themselves appears ridiculous to the vulgar, with the exception of the imposing vulgarity of power. A COUPLE OP GEESE. —An elderly lady, now on a visit at Margate, went into the market a few days since, having made up her mind to buy a goose . There were but two in the market, both in custody of a little girl from Birchington, who, to the sur pri se of her customer, positively refused to sell one without the other. Recollecting that a neighbour had also expressed a wish for one, the lady was, with. out much difficulty, prevailed on to take both. When the bargain was concluded, however, she thought proper to Inquire of the vender, why she had so peremptorily declined selling them separate ? " If you please, nay lady," was the naive answer, " mother said as how the geese had lived together for fiJteen years, and it would be mei to part them." THY CAT OPERA .—When Foote first opened the theatre in the Haymarket, amongst other projects, he proposed to entertain the public with an imitation of cat music. For this purpose he engaged a man famous for his skill in mimicking the mewing of cats. This person was called " Cat Harris." He not attending the rehearsal of this odd concert, Foote desired Shuter wound endeavour to find him out, and bring him with him. Shuter was directed to some court in the Mino- rite, where this extraordinary musician lived; but, not knowing the house, Shuter began a cat-solo. Upon this, the other looked out of tit windw, and answered him with a cantata of the same sort. 64 Com, along," says Shuter, "I want no better information that you are tt. man. Mr. Foote stays for us-..we cannot begin the Cat Opera without you I" THE EARTH CAVERNOIIII..-..." Franciscan Patritins, man famous enough for his learning, in a certain book of his, " Of iht Ithetorick of the Ancients," written in Italian, and printed at Venie by Franciscus Senensts, 15811, has the following pleasant story, which be says Julius Strom had from Count Balthassar Castillon t and helix! it from a certain Abyssine philosopher in Spain. This wise Abyssinian. did say. that in the most ancient annals of Ethiopia, there is a hister) of.the destruction of mankind, and the breaking of the earth. That i. the beginning of the world the earth was far bigger than now it is, art: nearer to heaven, perfectly round, without mountains and valleys yet ids cavernous like a sponge, and that men dwelling in it, and enjoying :. most pure ether, did lead a pleasant life," &c. The .11.3,ssintat. Philosophy Confuted, lig Robert St. Clair M.D. 12nio. 1607. p. 88.—The foregoing is in perfect accorda nce with the Platonk philosophy, e. 9. " hor I am persuaded there are everywhere about the earth many hollow places of all various forms and tnagoi tudes. . . . . . . . . .We are ignorant, therefore, that wt. dwell in the cavities of this earth, and we imagine that we inhabit to upper parts. . . . For dwelling in a certain hollow of the earth, we think that we reside on its surface. . . . Plato. the Phado, p. of Mr. Thomas Taylor's invaluable translation, octavo edition. Set also p. 140 of the translator's masterly and luminous introduction to ti t most beautiful dialogue. In the subjoined passage from Olympiodores. there occurs the very same simile as given above in italics. It is requi. site to know that philosophers conceive the earth to be cavernous like a sponge, and that it is perforated as far as to its extreme centre." Yesterday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a large van. belonging to the Spread Eagle Steam.office,Regent.circus, driving down Ludgate-bill, was overturned directly opposite the house of Mr. Hil ditch, silk.mercer. Fortunately at the time few persons were netting in this crowded street, particularly at such an hour, or the affair must hart terminated fatally to many, as the van tell a considerable distance upon the Bags. BIRTHS. The 113 d Inst. at Ewell, the lady of Capt. Lempriere. of a daughter —The Illd inst. the lady of Peter Leversage. Esq. of Middle Lly plan, hs the county of Gloucester, of a son, still ►orn—The 23d inst. in Newman -street, Mrs. G. R. Ward. of a son. MARRIED. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, T. Phippen, Esq. of Beet-street, to Liar riot, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Brunt, Kennington—Tuesday, at the New Church of St. Pancras, Mr. E. Rowland, of Regent-street, CO Elisabeth Ann, youngest daughter of the late J. Davies, Esq. of Mer chant Tailors' Hall—The 31st inst. at Drayton, Osfordahire, Mr. J. Langford, of St. Paul's Church-yard, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late J. Robert, Esq. of Tetswonh, Ozon—Tbe Mid inst. at Coup" bury, Sonsersetahire, W. Lambert, Esq. of Monmouth, to Margate Collins. eldest daughter of the late W. Jennings, Esq of Congresberl —At Tormarton, Gloucestershire, R. R. Johnson, Eeq. of RiDi' Atms.yard. London, to Mary Ann, second daughter of the law J Draper, Esq. Captain R.N. of Crewkerne, Somerset—The 14* Jell last, at Timmy, Argyllshire. IL Gordon, Esq. to Mary, Mord daughter of the late T. Ashton, Esq. of Leghorn. DIED. - The 21st inst. A. Bredd, Esq. in the 85th year of his age.--The 13th inst. at his residence, Colons/le, Brighton, aged 64, W. Cathhenson. Esq.—The 93d inst. at the residence of Lady Lamle, Cluiriette-w+'' Penland-Ow, Mn.l Bisamore, in the 81st year of her age.—abe 23 ' 1 inst. Jean, the second daughter of Z. Macaulay, Esq. of Great Osmond street.—The 23d inst. in the 34th year of bee age, Sarah itichardloo , wife of H. Parkin, Esq. surgeon, St. Mary Abbot's-tenses, Ketwing' ton.—Near Cornwall, in Lower Canada, while bathing 64. l'" rags, R. Talbot, eldest son of Mr. J. Talbot, late of Mims, Sufle/••' The Mid inst. at Boutheille, Wandsworth-road, Ms J. T. Bell, aged 49. LOWDOW: biased s Published by Jou' MAYsts, at the Waft- Orin', No. 1, Pkkett-plioe Tempt Ile& O