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w 7. • apareichad stilisidekl. Dr. Valpy rose. The venerable gentleman was so 'vessels affected that far so•-;•e Moments he was unable to proceed. • " Great griefkr, , .I.ltob, he said, arc silent —so are great joys.•— ?iitre are occasions on which the remembrance of friends snatched from .t. le,'UT% with fresh bitterness. Some years ago a similar tribute was • .104 to that dear saint. in Heaven, my lamented wife. If ever there .s woman adored by all who knew her, it was this object of my affee. lion. 1 apr•.l to you who knew her, whether I have overcharged this pinto. - e. It •Firits hays any sense of what is passing below, that blessed spiriti• istvcring over you whom she loved. Ido not know that Is. rove th..t spirits of departed friends are sensible of our Aftinzis. ..11t it iii an idea from which I have gained much comfort in wi.t.y a trying hour. I heartily wish those husbands and wives who !Aar me. will tweet All such a privation, until they reach a ripened age. I inn)! accept this tribute of your affection without sensations such as tai Lagthtee I have ever learned can describe. klv pilgrimage has been ;:estimpanird with many thorns. and illuminated with some few flowers, '-.,t this is the •fairest flower, the brightest rose that has ever shone on u y path. I cannot say more. You say this is a tribute of your grati. tude, but on th:• present occasion, the debt of gratitude becomes due, Os t from von to me. but from me to you."—Dr. Valpy finished his af. ferting address amidst the deafening applause of the company. The whole scene was most impressive and affecting : almost all the company were in tears, and the enthusiasm of the schoolboys seemed ite boundless. THE C. RFEW. Some mistake has arisen respecting the precise meaning of the word • 4 Ja w. . which does nor only signify a bell to be rung at a certain hour ;4 the evening, for extinguishing of lights, but an instrument, (as its cotavreleu. imports,) used as an extinguisher. A Mr. (Jostling, ef.Canterbury, had in his po.se:sion a utensil, which he said had been his house from time immemorial, called a curfew, or saw re-feu, from its use. which is that of putting out fire suddenly. It is of copper, riveted together, as solder would hare been liable to have melted with heat. This utensil is supposed to have been first used in the time of William the Conqueror, to whose orders, about putting out fires and .sidles, is attributed the rise of the eurfete-bell."—The Alias, Sept 12. 1830. _ _ I know not what "mistake has arisen;" for in Jottasoit's Die .wiassry the word is also explained, A cover for a fire, a fire-plate," and KACON is the authority referred to. " liuRTEw, ts. [Fr. couvre-feu, cover.fire.] The ringing of a bell en bells at night, as a signal to the inhabitants to rake up their fires, and retire to rest. This practice originated in England, from an order of William the Conqueror, who directed at the ringing of the bell, at eight -.'clock, every one should put out his light, and go to bed. This word it not used in America ; although the practice of ringing a bell, at nine o'clock, continues in many places, and is considered in New-England, as a signal for people to retire from company to their own abodes ; and in general, the signal is obeyed."—Da. WEBSTER'S English Die :ionary. '` CURFEW, the evening.bell. Old Fr. carre-feu, or cerre-feu ; mt,w changed into courre.few. It has been generally supposed by his :orians and law-writers. that the regulation of the curfew-bell, by which every inhabitant of England was obliged to extinguish his fire at eight v'elock in the evening, originated with William the Conqueror, and that the measure was imposed upon his new subjects as a badge of ser vitude. There is, however, no foundation for this opinion. On the contrary, sufficient evidence exists, that the same custom prevailed in old,: of the monasteries and towns in the North of Europe, before the arrival of our Norman visitor. The law was intended as a precaution against conflagrations, which, when so many houses were built of wood, were very frequent and fatal. See LORD LYTTELTOWS Ilia. Hen. IL Svo. vol. i. p. 433. %Fatima's Essay on Pope, vol. I. p. 22, and IIIIXRY'a Hist. Brit. 4to. vol. 3. p. 667. See also LACOMBE, Diet. du Vieux Lang. Franc. v. County -feu. The purpose, as well as the name of the curfew tell, is still retained at Newcastle; where it is rung at the original tint—eight o'clock at night." J. T. &LOCKETT% Glossary of I►orth e.nn,try ll'ords, p. 82. E. If. BARKER. J. J. W. begs to make an addition to the foregoing article, by ex. tractim , some remarks from the writings of two very intelligent au. t!lors. The first is from the pen of the celebrated antiquary, Dr. Pegge, who, it will be seen, differs entirely from Mr. Gostling respecting the use of the copper utensil, which has been in the lattcr's family n from inc immemorial." " The late Mr. Gostling, of Canterbury, was a worthy man, and well respected for his good nature and pleasantry; but, at the same time, he was very sanguine, and not a little opinionated, insomuch that when he had taken a thing into his head, it was not an easy matter tes drive it out. He was a great collector of antiquities ; and, in a long had amassed a considerable number of curious articles. Amongst other matters, he had gotten a piece of household furniture, of copper, which he was pleased to call a curfew ; and his friends, on account of his years and good.humour, did not care to contradict him. This im. plement has since been engraved in the Antiquarian Repertory. vol. 1, p. 89 ; and F. G. who communicated the drawing to the conductor of that work, having, without scruple, adopted tha old gentleman's notion of it, has described it as a curfew, from its use of suddenly putting out a the ; and says, " Probably eurfi-ws were used in the time of William the Conqueror, who, in the first year of his reign, directed that, on the ringing of a certain bell. all persons should put out their fires and candles." Miw, Sir, authors agree in the institution of curfew-bells, by William the Conqueror; and it was, doubtless, a good stroke of policy. imitated twerwards by others on like occasion. (I); but they call it the eorfiti bell, or the eerfert, in which latter short expression either bell is under. stood, or the time of night, or the injunction of putting out the fire, is eneant. However, not a word is said by any of them of any particular implement made use of for the purpose of extinguishing the fire; nor do we meet with the :lame of eorfeu, as an implement, in any ancient writer whatsoever ; ant' thereupon 1 am inclined to think there never was any such. But, you will ask, for what use, then, could this old piece of household serve 1 answer, you have heard of baking bread, or cakes, or other matters, under embers (2); and the same is practised now-a. days in most counties *here they burn wood. They make clean a place to the hearth, lay the bread upon it, cover it with something (this im plement, for example) to keep the ashes from it, and then rake a proper quantity of coals and ashes upon it. This will account for those • others of the kind still remaining in Kent and Sussex (3);" and, in my opinion, for the true use of Mr. Goading's implement, which does not appear to me, to judge from its elegance in the draught, to be of any such great antiquity as the prac tice of the eorfiu introduced by the Conqueror, since this ceased, as I suspect, temp. Ilene. Priori, (for so I understand those words of Knyghton, " Lucernamm usum tempore Pair(e sui intermissum restltuit de nocte in curia sus (4)," though the ringing of the bell con thawed, and even does so to this day in many places."—Gent:emon's Magazine for August, 1779. " CURFEW . The evening bell ; COUVIV feu. The oright and pur pose of this bell are too well known to need repetition. The original time for ringing it was eight in the evening, and we ate told by some writers that in many villages the name is still retained for the evening bell. 'buten, in his observations on Botraxe's Antiquities, says, 44 We retain also a vestige of the old Norman curfew at eight in the evening."—Chap. i. Ta the Merry Devil 0) . MMOtti(M, it is represented as having got as hour later ; the sexton comes in, saying, " Well, 'tis nitre o'clock, 'tis time to ring eswfew." 0. Pl. v. 232. By a passage in Romeo and Juliet, it seems that the bell which was mug for that purpose obtained, in time, the name of the our Jew bell, and was so called whenever it rung on any occasion : Come stir, stir, stir ! the second cock bath crowd, The curfew-bell bath rung, 'tie three o'clock, ROI& and Jul. iv. 4. At the regular time it probably was called simply the c urfew ; at others, if it was known that the same bell was used, it might be said, as above, that the curfcio.bell had rung. This bull, if we may believe die reporters, was as important to ghosts as to living men : it was their signal for walking • and their furlough lasted till the first cock. kairies and spirits were under the same regulation : hence Prosper.) says of his 'lvo*, that they Rejoice To hear the solemn curfew.— Temp. v. I. On the other hand, the cock crowing alarmed them : Bet% I was about to speak when the met crew. //or. And then it started like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. I have hoard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth, wfth his lofty and shrill-sounding throat, Awake the god of day ; and at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Hamlet i. I. The fiend Flibbertigibbet obeyed this general rule : this is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet : he begins at curfew. and walks 'till the first cock.—Lear iii. 4. Archdeacon Naitzs's Glossary. Since writing the foregoing, J. J. W. has met with the following passage in Beckmann. The ruder will not fail to perceive that the learned German ascribes the introduction of the curfew to serve a put liNal purpose, and that he fixes the time of its ringing one hour earlier than the above quoted authorities : •• That there were no chimneys in the tenth, twelfth, and thirteenth (I) Assaf. Repertory. p. 216. As to the corfeu in other countries see Du Faust's, v. IgsiAgiuse. (2) Gamic xviii. 6, and Bishop Patrick ad foe. Baum, bid. V. Bating. . r Aft*. Repertory. p. 90. 4) Hen. Kityphlow , inter I. Script, col. 2, 314. See Hist. p 35. hilaxarzystrar, p. 156, who, for rempors i cilris, has savor* drab*. Bnygluon, however, svidendy transcribes Main of Jklakaer Wiry. centuries, seems to be proved by the so called ignicegisein, or pyri. legions, the eurfeie.bell of the English, and oonore t leti of the French. In the middle ages, as they are termed, people made fires in their houses in a hole or pit in the centre of the floor, under an opening formed in the roof; and when the fire was burnt out, or the family went to bed at night, the hole was shut by a cover of wood. In those periods a law was almost every where established, that the fire should be extinguished at a certain time in the evening ; that the cover should be put over the fire-place; and that all the family should retire to rest, or at least be at home. (b.) The time when this ought to be done was signified by the ringing of a bell. William the Conqueror introduced this law into England in the year 1068, and fixed the ignifegiust at seven in the evening, in order to prevent nocturnal assemblies (6); but this law was abolished by Henry I. in 1100. From this ancient practice has arisen, in my opinion, a custom in Lower Saxony, of saying, when people wish to go home sooner than the company choose, that they hear the burgerglocke, burghers' belL The ringing of the eurfev-bell gave rise also to the prayer-bell, as it was called, which has still been retained in some pro testant countries. Pope John IEIII. with a view to avert certain ap prehended misfortunes, which rendered his life uncomfortable, gave or ders that every person, on hearing the igniiegium, should repeat the Ave Maria three times (7). When the appearance of a comet and a dread of the Turks aftet wards alarmed all Christendom, Pope Calla tus 111. increased these periodical times of prayer, by ordering the prayer-bell to be rung also at noon." History of Inreniions, 2d ed. vol. 2. p. 06. (b.) Reiske ad Ceram». Aida Boast p. 146. (6) The following passages of old 'triter', collected by Du Cange, allude to this law. Statute. Leichefeldensis ecassia in Anglia: Es. autem ignitegium qualibet nocte per annum pulaandum hors septima post meridiem. Seatu/a Mauil. lib. v. cap. 4 : Statuimus hac pro. send constitutions petpetuo observandum, quad nullus de cetera vadat per civitatem Massilhe vel suburbia civitatis contigua de node, ex quo compana, quie dicitur Salvaterra, sonata fuerit, sine lumine. Marla Johanna. electi arehiepise. Upsaliensis, an. 1291: Statuimus, ut nut. lus extra domum post ignitegium seu coverfu exeat. (7( POLYDOR. Viacm. de reredos inventor, lib. vi. cap. 12. edit. Lugduni Baia'. 1664, 12mo. p. 460. Concilium Senonense anno 1345, cap. 13: Priecipimus, quod observetur inviolabiliter ordinatia facts per S. 31. Joannem P. P. XXIIL de dicendo tee Ave Maria, tam. pore sea hors ignitegii. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Ocr. 26. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. ' BIRKENsHAW V. LONEY, OEIT. This was an action brought to recover compensation in damages, for a breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Tommw, sow, in the absence of the Attorney-General, stated tliel plaintiff's case, from which it appeared that the plaintiff was the daughter of a pawnbroker, residing at Doncaster, in Yorkshire, and that the defendant was an attorney of the Court of King's Bench, residing in the neighbourhood of Golden-square. About the middle of last No vember, the defendant having some business in the shop of Mr. Wells ' a lace-manufacturer, situated in St. Martin's -court, saw the plaintiff, who was living there in the capacity of a shop-woman, and being en. amoured of her, called frequently upon her, and in the course of the con versations that occurred between them on those occasions, the plaintiff stated that she was the daughter of a pawnbroker, residing at Don-1 cuter. At the end of about we months' courtship, the defendant made proposals of marriage to the plaintiff, which the latter accepted. She left her situation in consequence, took lodgings In Orange-street, Leicester-square, and parted with her watch to enable her to purchase a dress for the approaching marriage. The defendant, in support of his intention of being united to the plaintiff; ordered the banns to be pub lished in St. James's Church, Westminster, and they ware published accordingly. He also presented a ring to the plaintiff, ard it was deter mined that the union should be completed on the 11 th of Ja nuary. Previous to the 11th, however, the plaintiff received a note from the defendant, wherein he stated that having caught cold, while paying his addresses to her, in Mr. Wells' shop (a laugh,) he was labouring under the influence of considerable fever, and he would not be able to attend at church on the appointed day ; it therefore would be necessary, he said, to bum: another' and a later day for the purpose in qu.stion. In a few days after the defendant called on the plaintiff at Orange-street, and there saw the plaintiff, a female friend, and a Mr. Graves, a haberdasher in the Strand, who was also a friend of Kr's. The defendant at this meeting did not appear to treat the plaintiff with his usual kindness, for, on coming into the room, he shook hands with Mr. Graves and the plain tiff's feaiale friend, but merely nodded to the plaintiff herself. in the course of the meeting, however, the defendant's unkindness was dissi pated, and he and Miss Birkenshaw were left together, when it was agreed that the solemnization of the marriage should take place on the 10th. They went together the same day to Mr. Graves's shop, where gloves and ribbons were purchased and paid for by the defendant. He also requested the plaintiff's female friend to act as bridesmaid on the occasion of the marriage. A few days afterwards the defendant again put off the day of marriage, and was not heard of until the 27th of January, when he called upon Mr. Graves, and said he had received a letter from his agent in Doncaster, who in formed him that the plain- tiff's father was not a pawnbroker, but a dealer in rabbits (a laugh). The defendant added that, under those circumstances, he could not think of marrying the daughter of a rabbit-dealer (Laughter.) Mr. Graves said„that it was a mistake, and wished for the name of the per. son who wrote the letter.which the defendant gave him, he. at the samel time saying that he declined the match altogether, as be had been de ceived by the plaintift; who informed him that she was to have 1,6001, fortune; he then took his leave, and was never afterwards heard of. Evidence in support of this statement was given ; but Mr. Graves explained in the course of his testimony, that it was the plaintiff's uncle who " dealt in rabbits ;" he was rather, to use Mr. Graves's expression, a large furrier, dhd kept several persons employed in his esta-i blishment. Mr. GRAVES supported the statement, that the plaintiff's father had been a respectable pawnbroker in Doncaster, and that he wu now living in comfortable retirement, and that he probably would leave the plain tiff's sum of money, when lie died. Several letiers were put in and read, in which the defendant called the plaintiff his " Dear, dear, 11e6ey." They breathed throughout a strain of devoted affection. Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury for the defendant, and said, that from the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff was a young woman of five and twenty, and the defendant a man upwards of 40 years of age. Now he did not think a young woman had much to complain of in losing the affections of an elderly man, particularly when:her character had not been impugned, nor any charge brought against her moral cheracter.lt was said ladies were sometimes more flattered by the judgment of old men being exhibited in their favour, than by the attentions of young ones. Ile (Mr. Adolphus) knew something of bunion nature, and he must say that, in his opinion, young ladies liked something fresher and warmer than an elderly man of forty. It was not pretended that the defendant used any insidious arts to injure the plaintiff. It was evident that his intentions were most honourable, and that he was only induced to change his mind from the circumstance that he had heard respecting her family ; and that the story told of the plaintiff having a fortune of 1,600 L was without foundation. Under all the circumstances he did not think that a verdict for heavy damages should pass against his client. Lord TEXTEIDIN said it was clear that a proposal of marriage had ham made by the defendant to the plaintiff, and that it had been broken off without any apparent just cause ; for the fact that the plaintiff told the defendant that she wu to have a fortune of 1,6001. was not proved. The jury consulted shortly together, wl.en they rt. turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS—Tucoday. MUTINY ON BOARD TIME INGLIS. The Judges took their seats on the bench this day at ten o'clock, when the following prisoners were put to the bar on an indictment charging them with conspiring to force Joseph Dudman, acting as Captain and Commander of the merchant ship the Inglis, the property of Messrs. Richardson, Borradaile, and Co. on the Gth of June last, about 40 leagues off the Cape of Good hope, to liberate ono of the ship's crew whom he had ordered into custody :.-_John Larry, John ./ crtian, Ste phen Rosa, John Murray, John Steel, George. Irells, Samuel Cole, John Harrison, Joins Carter, and Morris 3141(1 imy. Dr. Lushington, Mr. Alley, and Mr. Evans, conducted the cue fur the prosecution ; and Messrs. Phillips and Clarkson the defendant's case. Dr. LUSHINGTOI4 stated the cue with great minuteness,to the Jury, beginning with the ship's departure up to her arrival, and the eventual placing in custody the prisoners. There had been reasons to suspect for some time previously the intention of the crew, but the open hos tility was not declared until the Gth and 7th of June, when they forced the Capt. to liberate one of the seamen named Larry, who on the 7th walked about flourishing a bludgeon and a blunderbuss, and threatened to shoot the Captain. The following witnesses were then called : Capt. Joseph Dudnian examined by Mr. ALLEY—Was entrusted with the care of t h e ship Inglis, which was to 'proceed from Londoo to Bengal, and thence to China. Left the Downs on 30th of Jan. 1829 ; there were one hundred and forty-five on board, including the officers and the prisoners. Left Chiral and proceeded to St. Helena ; on the passage a great deal arose to excite compla;nt on the part of the witness; on Sunday the 6th of June, there was a person named Moore, the third officer, on the deck ; witness had given the officer orders to roll the sail up and put it away ; while they were making the sail up, observed they were doing it awkwardly, and the officer abused them ; John Larry came out and said, " Who can stand being called an Irish son of a bitch ?" Witness desired him to hold his tongue, and Larry said, " There are as good Irishmen as Englishmen in the ship." This was said in the most insolent manner; witness de , aired Larry a second time to hold his tongue, and he said, " I will Dot, I'll talk as long as you talk;" witness ordered Ma (Larry's) grog to be stopped till further orders, and Larry said, " You may stop it all the way to Leaden;" Larry was then ordered into confinement . • Moore then went up and put his band on Larry, who offered no resigaim a a t that time. Lam then came up, and leaning on t h e poop, looked Joao liently at witness, who ordered hint more aft; on which he jumped on our of the hen-coops, and said in a most insolent manner, " Am I far enough aft to please you now r Witness desired the boatswain to put him down the midships ; the master at arms desired him to go in irons ; witness told him not to be a fool, but to go in irons. He said "I will not." Wit ness desired the gunner and boatswain to put him in boos, when he clenched his fists, and in the setae which ensued he struck the boat swain three times. Larry was eventually put in irons; ten minutes after, witness went to his cabin, and in about ten minutes after, Moore was informed that the men ha d made a rush aft ; witness took his sword, and found 60 or 70 of the crew on the quarter-deck, in a tam ' plete state of mutiny ; witness went on the poop, and found 10 or 30 men round the prisoner, endeavouring to release him: with tbe assist ance of Mr. Herbert, got them off the poop. All the prisoners were most active in the mutiny. Cole said "Don't shove me, if you do, shove me with that thing ( the sword) you have in your ha nds." Did not observe Carter particularly active ; though repeatedly ordered they would not go away, and repeatedly said "Let the man out of irons. Rose called out aloud" Let's now to the arm chest." On the quarter deck the whole of the ship's company made a stand, and demanded the release of the prisoner. Witness said nothing on earth should induce him to do so, and if he did anything wrong the laws of his country would punish him on his return to England. Witness said, "He would hold a court of enquiry on Larry;" Jordan and Steel said, " You shall not hold a court of enquiry, or punish." Jordan said, alluding to witness's observations as to the laws of the country, " I'll have them of you, take your oath of that. Wells called out, "Are we all agreed?" and threw his cap in the air, accompanied by three cheers. Jordan said, " There are thtee cheers in defiance of you on your own quarter-deck." Some one said, "We will g ive him 10 minutes, and if they don't let him out of irons we wil l. Let's go below," which they did with a part of the watch. At length the man was set at liberty for the safety of the ship, and much against the will of the witness. The next day witness sent for Larry, who refused to attend. Mr. Andrews took the first message to him. Saw the men together frequently after. Larry's behaviour was extremely improper. Wells was one of the men who called out " You shan't punish the man." Proceeded on the voyage to St.Helena,ami in consequence of acommuni. cation to the Oovemor at St. Helena, a guard was sent on board, and the prisoners were taken into custody, but not until a threat had been made to fire on them if they did not surrender. The same morning the boat was manned, and the men ordered not to leave, but this was nut in the presence of the prisoners. Cross.examined by 31r. C. PHILLIes—Had no reason to complain on the outward-bound voyage. By Mr. ALLer.--No entry was made in the log-book, as the ship's company would have taken her away from him, had they known what he intended to do. By Mr. C. Pittrrits—Had given extraordinary indulgences to the Crew flogged two men going out. Could not say how soon the flog ging commenced, it might have been a month ; gave the men three dozen each ; had stood by and ordered a fresh man to take the cat, in order that more strength might be laid on, at the end of each dozen. The stripes were not so severe that it was necessary to have fresh men, but he did not wish to fatigue the officer. The men who inflicted the punishment were in health and strength, but their arms would tire at the end of each dozen ; this was the constant custom of witness on board the merchant skips. The punishment was left to the discretion of wit ness. "Starting," was giving a man a whipping with a rope's-end; this was done sometimes with, and sometimes without, the knowledge of witness. The chief mate has the power of inflicting such a slight punishment as a starting. Mr. J. 3louatt, third mate, gave an account of what occurred, as Capt. Dudman had done. He added, that Larry, when put in irons, shook his fist at the gunner, swore he would have his blood, and that his (Larry's) feet should be free before six o'clock. Heard Kinnear ask for the key of the irons, and say, " Give me a hammer, I'll soon open them." Carter said, " (;o it, messmate, stick by you." The Captain and Mr. Herbert came up, and endeavoured to persuade the crew to Pave the quarter-deck, but they said they would not until the prisoner was released. Captain Dudman said be could not do this, but would hold a Court of Inquiry on the nor. row, and if Larry was acquitted lie should be released. Saw Wells throw up his cap when the cheers were given. Larry said, " I wish I had that cutlass, he (Capt. Dudman) has got in his hand, I'd soon clear the deck of you white-livered -..--,' meaning the officers. The next morning Larry was sent for, when he said, • I'll not go a step further, and ant as good a man as you or Captain Ditdonan. My blood is at red and as hot as yours, and a d—d deal hotter." There was a general cry for Larry not to go to the Cap tain. Larry said to witness he might stand there and grin like a d- d Virginia slave. Cross-examined by MI. C. PittrArrs—Capt.Dudman was present at the infliction of the punishments. The witness admitted the fact as to the mode of flogging on board the Inglis, namely, a fresh man to inflict every dozen stripes. Had seen a man under punishment have water given him in consequence of being faint. One man did faint under the lash. Witness had used harsh language towards the men. Would not swear he had not used insulting language more than fifty times.— Had called them " Irish sons of b—," " d—d lubbers," &c. Mr. Herbert, the Chief Mate, was then examined by Dr. Ltrsussro sox. at great length, but stated nothing material. Mr. Dawson, Surgeon on board the Inglis, deposed to the conduct pur sued by the crew on board the vessel on the 6th of June. The men were not punished with unnecessary severity on board the vessel. The greatest number of lashes that he had ever seen inflicted was five dozen. The men were never kept from their duty more than three or four days. Wm. West, gunner on board the Inglis, examined by Dr. Luau tiro sox-s-This witness described the crew to have been in a high state of ferment on the 6th of June. Larry and several of the crew threatened to cut his head oft'. Witness heard Captain Dudman say if his officers did not do their duty be would punish them as well as the men. Peter Johnson, a seaman on board the Inglis, swore that Larry, on the 7th of June, the morning after the row, threatened to serve him as he had done the gunner (break his head.) Witness was called out of his hammock to shoot the officers, by Dobson. The tool-chest was emp tied. The men stood by the chest. They made cutlasses of the iron hoops, and stowed away the handspikes. A tremendous cudgel was here produced, and the witness swore that Larry made it. It was what was called "a heaver" on board. John Smith, servant to the chief mate—On the 6th of June, about half-past nine o'clock, the Captain was taking the sun, when Larry came forward and said. " I'll knock this about your d—d head before I sleep you ---." 3lr. ALLEY here stated that the cue for the prosecution bad closed, and obtained a postponement of the case to this day. POLICE REPORTS. GUILDHALL —Nla. MARTIN'b ACT. George frilli4M4l was charged before Alderman COPELAND, by the officers of the Society against Cruelty, with having severely beaten a horse on wounds, and was reprimanded. QUEEN-SQUARE.— Thomas Giddons was charged before hlr. Oar. nowiz, with having cruelly beaten a horse with a bludgeon, but was dismissed. Manesoaoton-STREET.--At an early hour yesterday morning there was an immense assemblage of persons, chiefly Kniehie of the Last, anxious to !war the decision of the followingcue : Seven sheemakers, named Dobson, Aforyan, Bell, Green, Cochran, Roberts, and Nelson. the latter of whom described himself as the Conductor" of a free concert—trufgo, "a cock and hen club"—were placed at the bar before F. A. Roo, H. M. thrill. and T. HALLS. Esqrs. charged with creating a riot, and violently assaulting a number of persons. It may be remembered that, a short time since, we detailed a case of intimidation, which, like the present affray, proceeded from 140111 C of the masters lowerieg the wages, which the majority of the journeymen allege are inadequate to their subsistence, and this has occasioned a strike " and considerable dissension among the men. St. Crispin was the primary cause of the disturbance on this occasion ; for it appears that, to celebrate the anniversary of the patron Saint, a shoemaker, named Hickey, (who appears to bear the detestation of all the high. priced men,) by the direction of his master, gave a supper at his residence at Lowndes-court, Carnaby.street, to the men be.. longing to his shop. They were obeying these instructions when they were informed that something was then treeing out of duties, and at about 12 o'clock as the wife of Hickey was going out of doors, she was struck violently in the mouth by Dobson,who, in making use of some disgusting language, said if they could net have their re venge on her husband they would upon her. At this time tiler.: were upwards of 1541 of the high-price men assembled, end a volley of brick. bats was discharged at the windows with great violence : a few con stables of police,who were on the spot in an instant attempted to beat their way to the door of the besieged house,whieli they could cot succeed in doing, and were repulsed, as the rioters next directed a discharge of missiles at them. The extra attendance of more constables was very expeditious, and there being ten in number, they marched in a single file, beating their way with their truncheons to the end of the court, where, making a stand, they drove the crowd completely out of the court, and subsequently the seven prisoners, who were the ringleaders, were conveyed to the station-house. After a lengthened examination, the Magistrate, who appeared to have taken notes of the proceedings, turned round to the other Justices on the bench, and, after a few moment's consultation, addressed the defend ants. With regard to Dobson, his conduct, lie regretted to say, was shameful, outrageous, and cowardly in the extreme, and as he, by all, was Identified as the most outrageous, the punishment would be corn. mensurate with the offence. For the assault on Mrs. Hickey he would pay 51. or be committed in default for two months ; and next, he would for the assault on Cashin pay 11. or be committed for six weeks; and, lastly, as there had been very violent threats made use of towards Hickey, he must find bail to keep the peace to that individual for the next six months. Morgan, Cochran, and Roberts, bad been less %qtr. lent, and they would find good bail, and give 48 hours' notice of it ; they might depend upon being indicted. There was no person there W charge Nelson, and he was set at liberty. Green and Bell, who, it ap. peered, had not been guilty of any vety gross act, were required to enter ttheir own recognissaces to keep the peace. As soon as the decision was communicated to the mob outside tit Office, consisting of about 200 persons, the groans and hisses bream deafening, and a fellow was brought in by Plank, charged with „ most prominent in the riot. He was held to bail. Two more shoemakers were placed at the bar, charged with I , violent, and having, the one a large file, and the other a sharp knife, their hands, within a few yards of the office. The men said they worked at the reduced price, and were carry them (the weapons) about to protect themselves. The men were discharged. After Hickey and the others had entered the charge in the Lint., office they proceeded out of the front door accompanied by Joshua ments and I'Key, two Inspectors, four or five police constables, aa.l many more of the officers of this establishment, and it would be impossag e to describe the scene that followed. The groans and hisses were te. pelted with tenfold violence, and the escort had not pro twenty yards before a tremendous rush was made, and Hickey w as knocked down. Clements, the inspector, immediately avircl 1:,. man, a daring and violent attempt was made at rescue, but the in. spm. or, who is a powerful man, maintained his hold, and, with the as slatance of Clements, an officer of this establishment, fought his ‘, through to the Office. In the meantime the attack was resumed t.p.) Hickey and his party, and the former having been pushed into a ka,i . • and secured from violence, Mr. BPICey and his party, aided by Pen. an ex-constable of St. James's, apprehended about a dozen, some of wit were held to bail, and others ordered to pay 51. for different 'snub . fellow, named Preston, was fined 51. and committed for two mont• default, charged with assaulting a reporter, who had observed his a. • thous conduct in the mob. The parties ultimately were conveyed out at the back door. ENSUING OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. The following is a summary statement descriptive of the van., . offences with which the prisoners for trial at the ensuing sessions . verally stand charged, viz : Burglary ... ... .. Housebreaking .. .. ... Highway robbery ... ... ... Forgery ... ... ... Sheep-stealing .. ... ... Stealing in dwelling-houses ... Cutting and maiming ... .. Piracy ... .. .. • • Embezzlement ... .. ... Stealing fro.n the perbon .. .. Receiving stolen goods ... ... Child-stealing .. Uttering counterfeit coin ... ... Assault on the High Seas ... ... Uttering a forged request for the delivery of goods 1 Conspiracy ... ... ... Larcenies ... ... ... ... 128 ~ ••• .. ... 220 Of the above number there are 35 charged with offences allegt.d have been committed in the City of London, and 185 iu the coutry tf Middlesex ; and among them are 27 of a capital nature. Stale of his Majesty's Gaul of Nessgals, Oct. 98. Prisoners under sentence of death . 18 .... transportation for life. 19 14 years 20 ... ... imprisoned for misdemeanors .. .. 1 .. ... whose judgments are respited ... ... 3 ... ... acquitted on the ground of insanity, and remain during royal pleasure .. ... ... ... .. for trial at the ensuing sessions ... 209 .. .. remanded from last sessions ... . i'l .. . acquitted last sessions and detained 4. . _ ... ... for the Admiralty Scssiotis ... ... I .. .. committed by Court of King's Bench . 2 Males ... 226 Females .. 142 - 36R SCINTILL4f. Tuz Btwoa,L ANNUAL.—Annuals, which were in shell infancy but two or three years ago, are now old enough to enter on s grand tour of the world, which they seem inclined to punue through uii the signs of the zodiac.. The" Bengal Annual" comes from about on , Antipodes--from the Calcutta Press, and is printed upon India paper. It would be well if the Eastern character had entered a little more into its contents. The majority of its articles, however, are unconnected with Orient lore and are devoted to those miscellaneous subjects upon which so many imaginations and pens of our veteran literati are alread employed at home. This was ill-judged in our Bengal friends, to in trude upon our lions in their desert, and leave their own well-stocked wilds, over which they could roam without fear of rivalry. What ma terials for an agreeable variety of the " Annual " are there in the man ners and histories of the Hindoo, Persian, Arab, Turk, Tartar or citi zen, of the celestial empire! Here we have a lengthy tale tou ching the superstitions of the Scotch Highlanders (quounue 9) With all due re verence for the venerable " noli me tangere," whose odour and beauty salutes us from every hedge, we should, on the present occasion, have pteferred to have had our senses regaled even with a blossom of the gm)) of flowers, Irons whence Ferdousi distilled into the ear of the King of Kings the Attar gul of Perak poesy. Most of the versification in the work is very readable and creditable to the civil and military amateurs from whom it has proceeded. The dramatic illustrations of Shakspeare's " Seven Ages ' is: very spirited, and worthy of our " Forget-tne-Nots," , Gems," &e. The most interesting article in the book is the translation of the Persian Abbas Kooly Khan's account of his capture and detention by the Wahabee pirates. This has an amusing tincture of Asiatic style.—Herald. A Roman silver coin of Trajan was found in a garden in Boughton, one day last week It was struck in the year 98. On the obverse is the bead of Trajan, in a fine state of preservation. Legend Imp. Trajanus, &c. On the reverse, a captive sitting upon a shield. Legend Cos. V•P•S•P•Q•it• Optimo Primo. It is now in the . - lion of Mr. J. Twemlow, Black Lion, Boughton.-8( ;field Courier. A recent visite: to St. Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, states the usual service there to be performed, unlike those in all or most of our English cathedrals, in a style of magnificence only excelled at our musical festivals. An interchange of duty with the sleepy choristers and lay Vicars of St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey might infuse Into the latter what they much want, the spirit both of harmony and devotion. The late King, when Prince of Wales, attending Lewea races, one day, when a drenching rain kept away the greater p ar t o f t h e expected attendants, en its being observed how few of the Nobility had hien upon the Course, "1 beg pardon," said the Prince, "I think 1 saw a very handsome sprinkling of the Nobility." A new provincial journal contains the following pleasing specimen of editorial naivete:—" How to multiply the friends o::! paper. Speak and write of i s kading facts to your friends ; try to :.ui.- tnent the number of its subscribers among your acquaintances ; niece to its editor all the valuable information in your own immediale neighbourhood; and, whew they arc good for any thing, the line brations of your own ttiends !" Sin Ht;)lPli asv y.—A marble tablet, three feet six inches long, two feet six inches high, and about three inches thick, a thing which two men might readily lift, has just been put up to his memory in Westminster Abbey ; and the Chapter, to show the raise at which they rate Si r Il u mpbry's genius . have ch arged 1201. as a fiat (so they call it) fur leave to put it up- Nor is this all—as a punish ment on his lady, for allowing him to die and be buried in a foreign land, they have charged 221. as half-burial fees. It is otherwise abroad : so little was his body looked upon as a mater of amour* and value price at Geneva, that the simple Calvinists told Lady Davy she might inter his body free of all expense. The Dian and Chapter of Westminster knew better the worth of him of the wonderful lamp, and made 1421. by a draft on Druniniond's--out of n body which, to the simple Church of Geneva, was not worth a penny.—Athatioatm SAMrst►x AG ON rs.—The new beer houses are termed barm-houres, whistling.shops. and Toni anti Jerry houses. Sampson Green, a man much esteemed for potent *is, keeps one of these houses on Biddulph Moor, near Congleton. About six o'clock on Saturday evening last, the man, Sampson, nailed his domicile somewhat Cocchi plexus, and finding two men sitting by his fire-aids and drinking nei ther his " Rack-the-head, middle-draught, nor taper•down,"—that is to say, beer at' d. 4d. or 6d. per quart—lie, in his wrath, pronounced them to be drunk, and tattered them out of his house. The wan, thinking the saddle was placed or. the wrong horse, retorted upon Saint son ; be, forthwith, like another Agonises, stripped, and blows en sued. Finally, Sampson the strong, was overpowered and punished severely. It is not, however, true, as has been rumoured, that one of the beer-drinkers bit off the nose of the barn-seller. The said WW I " cis still remains attached to its owner's face, but somewhat scarified.— iiaecilcsfield Courier. BIRTH. The 20th curt. at Ike Bank, the Lady of Sir John Gordon of Fads ton, Bart. of a son. MARRIED. At Bombay, on the 22d May, Lieutenant George Deck, of the rvyal engineers, to Harriett, daughter of the Rev. F. Grant, Rector of Wrab ness and Incision. DIED. At Edinburgh, Mr. Jarr.es J. 0. Congdon, aged 24 years, the second son of Mr. Joseph Congdon, of that c it y .—At Edinburgh, on tilt 13 th curt. William Braidwood, Eng. aged seventy-nine. Lownox: hinted sad l'ublished by Jon* MAYNE, at the ps.a. Ofriez, Mc 1, Pickstt-plan, Temple Bar. +4~ ~. ~.