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rERIIMIr r.\TLLU(; ENCZ. Mrigas;ni • -- Wn I T TAX EH. W.:41-vre..be;a rtiv.n;wh am - um,' by this Number. Of its politic►, from t..rincil ie. not approve; but it is written in the most !ott , :::ro sr...!e, to tenet r it r.ire of perusal, even by its opponents; and the Prat article contains hi. graphical Sketch of the present King of Bra lee, which canny; tail to hi r.t.d with interest. How peculiar is the • itt .entirrolt sine' •• ti , s.• Revolution ! At that time. judging (rem -:hat we read. nor, isl• a similar party of politicians. to those saw called Radical:, d • .it , • • at the firm triumphs of the French people over their oppr. • •••• Ultra Tories join with Ultra il'higs to th. it plaudits of t: •t ;,:•imatcy proceedings. Then the French pee le had lunch re-re ruse fey. the violent assertion of their rights than now—Men they had few friends : now all are eulogists. It is the fashion of the day. and pedlars event: may prove that we may have more than enough of it. Tint with politics we have no concern in •his depth. ni•nt of our Purer. " The Irish Priest and his Niece"--" Father Murphy's Dream" - The Onklen City"—" The 51using {Musician" —are all most entertaining " Paragraphs on Prejudice." and " Aphariams WI I! in," like every thh.g from the pen of the late Wil l:ant Ilarlitt. we o-igmal and good. The Review department contains CCU sidaable mock of min:Hans-out; information, and is judicionsle • ~.nted. We' Abell eAect onr specimen the commeneemel of the " Ansing, 31u4cian," which we recommend to the aerif:us attention nt all our fait quathilling friends; and we hope the serious sorrows he litimearously relates, may sttrict a; least some kind commiseration. it Tlll lUSINfI bfUSICIAN. " I beg leave in present my card, and to solicit the reader's patio nage. as a yenta-tam of innelo Fifty summers and winters have passed over my bead. I have not, however, kept time in the orchestra of life -- for life may be aptly likened to an orchestra. whose best performance is leo an overture, a promise of something to come ; a place where the thunder of the drum and the whippet of the Bute, the light violin and the heavy violoncello, nee by turns uppermost, and whose most com plicated harmony may be entirely ;erred by the error of ore solitary fiddler—a Nero. or a Napoleon ; --.1 have not, I say, taken pan in this performance for half a century, without acquiring a certain degree of experience, and picking up a considerable number of axioms which I believe to be incontrovertible. One of these is, that people who go to parties are more unreasonable than the rest of the world ; another iothat the man who bath " freak in his soul" bath seldom any mercy in it for the musician ; a third is, that gentlemen—quadrilles being once started in an amenably —continue dancing for the rest of their lives, until the gout seizes hold of them : and that ladies never do sit down afterwards. Your quadrille, I am perfectly convinced, is your only perpetual motion. Dancing, to women especially, is like a hoop, which they twirl round and round without coming to an end. They seem to imagine that a ball is, in accordance with its designa tion, globular; and that, having oncecommenced, there cannot pos sibly be any termination to it. I never yet met with a female that would acknowledge herself fatigued...if she danced well. They an always ready to go on, and never willing to go home. They have no notion of giving over—they do not know what breaking-up means— they think the chalk looks as fresh on the Baer as ever—they wonder what the old gentleman, who generally goes to bee! at eleven, means ay gaping at six In the morning—they vow, with Juliet, that it is the nightingale and not the lark that sings—they !gemlike to accept you as a rennet in the next dance bet nine ; and they never will, in short, put an end to theft sport until they fell fast asleep--and even then the v whl be apt to make a samnambuler inovemeat, and go through tai- figures with their eyes shut. They dream that they dance. If this be the carte--and It will scarcely be come:dice:a—with fe. wales generally, to what a height :tease the evil be increased with those is particular who ere celebrated, as so many are, for something or other talents, beauty, a teatime of poems, or a rich relation in a lesnkitia.establisament. When I enter a room, and find myself surrounded be }nog , faces, and figures not too fat, I prepare myself for the worst. But if. in addition to this disastrous display, I discover that there ere two or three of them who dance divinely, two or three more tolerably, and another two or three. who, though they cannot &ince at all, have inherited such thine.; as ankles ;-- it' I have reason to apprehend that none of the gentlemen are afflicted with the rheumatism or cork legs ;-- If I see a harp within reecib of eonieboily that has been taught to play, not because she has e taste tar music, but because she has a white ant or a diamonelthracelet ;- if I find a lady in the room who, happening to have a good set of toeth, happens to have also what is termed a, voice —a female professor of science and sentiment, that has all Bayley's bal. lads by heart ;—wheat I make any one of these dreadful and by no means unusual diseovera s, I feel that lam indeed fixed. There I am, like Prometheus, cheated to a mat:ea:my rock stuffed with horse-hair, with the piaticafette preying upon me like a vulture. " These refloetions crave been forced upon my mind by a circunt. wogs: that occurred the other evening. I wax engaged professionally to, attend a little patty where the mistress of the ceremonies was under. stood to be an advocate for regular hours, and I accordingly entertained strung hopes of getting home by two or three o'clock. Vheet I entered the room, conceive my dismay and disappointment at beholding, ranged Lefore me, not lots than a dozen of the most indefatigable and deter. mite.? torturer. if the fantastic toe that ever danced till seven, drank coffee, and danced eeafie There were many others scattered about; but the dreadful Moen. Otat formidable twelve—they were the jury by whom my termer was to be tried—the signs of the Zodiac through witch I was destined to travel. They were stars that aia not think of slotting till the morning—pia:lets that would scorn to tort pale till day. break. I reed my doom in their eyes—they had dressed for my destrue t.on. Seeing that there was to he no mercy, I made up my mind for mischief. After bowing to the multitude—like one who is brought atoll to stiffer some dreadful sentence for the benefit of society—(the patelld will rot hold good, tar I lacked the necessary nightcap—how I longed for it !)-1 took my beat r. ith a snuffing face and a desponding heart. I was determined to Were calmly. I was quite patient—the very personification of an angler fishing tar philogmhical consolation. Dancing commenced. The company proceeded to take their pleasure in pairs, entering the ark of happiress two and two ; each fop with a female-1 with my piano. What a partner ! and to have it for life, too, as appeared at length to be my let. I bore my fate with celniness, nay, with contentment ; particularly as they commenced with some thew of moderation, and allowed me neatly a minute and a halt' between each quadrille. This playing anti purring with me. however, was only to wattle them to devour me at lest with the greater relish. They ap peared to tegerd me as a mouse instead of a musician. At least it never scented to enter into the imagination of anybody that I was anything' but a part of the instruna ; a piece of mortal machinery, that, when out of order, might be tuned or wound up with wine and water. " The situation of the frog renowned in table presented fruit' to my re collection, and 1 felt that their rapture was to be my ruin. I relieved my mind in some degree from the prersure of sorrow, by inveighing bit.. terly against the legislature, that, while it has provided such appropriate punishments for home-breaking, suffers heart-breaking to be practised with impunity. " It was now long past midnight, and they continued to glide and glisten about the room with as much vigour and brilliancy as if they had only just commenced. I could mad in every face at the termina tion of a dance, "to be continued in our next." Like authors who are They by the sheet. a conclusion was with th em quite out of the question. They appeared insensible to fatigue, and were evidently disposed to dance on for ever. Life in their philosophy seemed so short, that it was hardly worth while to leave off. A quadrille was their pursuit, their occupation—tier object they were born for. There was no t hin g else in nature in their eyes. People were created but to teince am! die. The world itself had been for ages past performing a minuet with the sun, and appeared at that n.nment to be waltzing away with the moon ! •• My fingers and my faculties began to rebel. I continued to play, however, though I could perceive the incipient symptoms of day light just breaking through the window-curtains. 1 wished a vast number of things—the principal and most preposterous of which was, that they would give over. I wished that handsome women were prohibited by Act of Parliament, or that boardingathool beauties, in their eighteenth year, were human beings—as in that case some small degree of pity might he expected from them. The lamps and candles were burning low—l fancied they began to burn blue ! How I wished that, by souse necromantic misfortune, there might be no more oil or long.fours in the house! I ardertly longed for the appearance of an apparition or a housebreaker. Jack Sheppard and the Hammer. smith ghost came alternately into my mind, and I wished that we had all been born in an earlier eta. Hope would not then have been so et terly hopeless. It seemed just possible that the kitchen-chimney might catch tire;—what a relief would that have been to the fever under which I was suffering ! I prayed fervently that the mistrial of the house might find the fatigue tot. much for her ;—a fainting fit would have administered much consolation to meo-patticularly it there were no sal volatile to be had. I wished most especially that her husband would get cross and sleepy. And then my imagination would settle again upon those lovely but provoking pests—those laughing, perse vering plagues, who were the real movers of my misery, and whom I heard every instant proposing some new mode of torturing me and pro longing the time. It was clear that, having the persons, they considered themselves entitled to the privileges of angels, and had consequently mistaken time for eternity. I hoped that their brothers and uncles might be desperately alarmed at their stay ; or that Queen Mab might pay a visit to their grandmothers, frightening them with dreams of elope. meats, and handsome clerks with eighty pounds per annum." The remaining part of the paper is a relation of a kind of dream, or reverie, into which the poor musician dropped, and from which he did nut awaken until the company withdrew. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF KING ; ,.4 BENCH, OM 19. Sittings in London. ('or v. TENBUTT.—This was an action to recover 61. under the following circumstances —The plaintiff, desirous of raising 2501. by mortgage, applied to the defendant, who is a solicitor, to know the amount of the expense which would he incurred in preparing the writings, and from a card of prices lie understood the Lusiness could be done for 141. The defendant was employed, and in deducting front the 250 L the amount of his hill, he u:ati, a charge of 201. The plaintiff resisted the demand, and might in this instance to recover back the 61. It was contended, oa 'he part of the defendant, that the charges were regular, and that they. was no ground to rialuze thedefendant's claim. Lord T.:IIIICIADEN, in his observations to the Jury, said, the charges made by the defendant might be regular ; his Lordship thought they were regular, but an attorney could not give a card containing one scale of prices and charge upon another. fhe Jury found for the plaintiff... Damages Id. SEE V. SPENCEL This was an action brought to recover the suui of ten guineas, for goods sold and delivered to the defendant's wife. The plaintiff is a butcher, residing in 'Huh -street, Islington, and at the time when this account was contracted the defendant resided in that neighbourhood. The plaintiff's servant proved the delivery of the meat. For the defendant it was objected, that at this period he was living separate from Mrs. Spencer, of which fact the plaintiff was aware, as he was also that the suet was ordered without his knowledge, and for her exclusive use. Under these circumstances it was, therefore, contended, that toe plaintiff was not entitled to recover against the husband. Lord TistsfEanzw, however, held, that before a party was deprived of his remedy against the husband tor necessaries furnished to his wife, it was not only necessary to show that she was living in a state of sepa ration from hint, but also that a separate maintenance was allowed, and that the plaintiff was cognizant of the fact. The defendant's counsel was tot prepared with evidence as to the last fact, and the jury, therefore, under the direction of the learned judge, found fur the plaintiff in the amount sought. No other case worth' reporting came on during the day. SURREY SESSIONS. Ye:•tetilay these S.nodons commenced at Kingston, before an uncom monly full Ber.ch of :11agistratcs. Mr. HARNAKIN Chairman. A considerable number of the Magistrates took the oath of allegiance to his present 31ajesty, and the oath of supremacy, &c. The Grand Jury being sworn, the Chairman charged them with great brevity, observing that the otreneA.s that would come before them wets happily few, and not of a chaiaeter to require particukr observation. The Foreman of the Grand Jury mentioned to the Court, that for want of a grand jury Tools. 1.:: Cy were obliged to assemble at the Gr!ffin Tavern, which led them into expense that they wished to avoid. The Cam axAs said all their reasonable expenses would certainly be allowed by the Court. EXPENSES OF THE GENERAL. ELECTION. Mr. OLIVER called the attention of the Court to a (lain, preferred by the petty constahks, who had attended during the election for the county, for payment fur their time and expenses, o which they con. sidered themselves entitled for that particular duty. Several Magistrates expressed their opinions against drawing on the county-rates in any doubtful cue, and, finally, no ordet for the payment of the constables was made. COAL METERS' ACT. A Report was presented by the Committee iqmointet: to examine into the operation of the Coal-meter.' Act. It statea that the at was pro ducing the most beneficial effects, and enumerated various itistanc,A of fraudulent nisasurommt that ha.l been detected by the land coal-meters. The Report was unanimously approved or. • BTAT OF TUE PRlsolis. Reports of all the Prisons in the County, from the Surgeons, the Chaplains, and the Visiting Cannnittees, were pret.:2nted. All the Reports from the Surgeons stated, that tht p-ions wet: re markably healthy. The Reports tiom the Chaplains stated, ilut the priscncrr were in general attentive to the religious and moral instruction cfforth.ll ths:o. and that the prison schools were well :mended. The Reports of the Visiting Committees stat:l, that :he or-leers in general discharged their duty faithfully, and strict aiselpline was pre set vcd. Mr. liEnnEa said, as 'me of the Visiting 'Magistrates of Brixton house of Correc ion, he felt i to be his duty to bring a fact which lie considered in:port:dot before the Court. The Visiting Committee had reported thy toe officers generally discharged their duty faithfully—in that general expression, perhaps, they were justified ; but he wax per. fectly astonished at seeing in the Chaplain's Report, presented that day to the Court, that the school in the prison was well attended, and pro ducing good effects fact was, the school r:as entirely broken up-- there was no school in the prison. A feeling of astonishment appeared to he very general both on the bench and throughout the frost, at this statement. The governor of the prison was called and examined, and his evidence confirmed the statement. .51r. Briscoe said the Magistrates had increased the Chaplain's salary to 2001. a year expressly on account of his attention to the school, and now it was suffised to go to decay for want of attention. Ile thought the county was much indebted to Mr. Hedger for having brought the fact to light. Me, R. JACKSON said it would be very painful to the Court to come, to a resolution on the subject such as it might warrant; but be felt con fident that the notice that had so proptrly been taken of the Chaplain's neglect would correct the evil. The Court concurred in this opinion. Mr. CRANFORD stated, that the prisoners charged with offences in the pariah of Ltuubcth were brought before the County of :Middlesex Magistrates, in Queen.square, and were by them sent in great numbers to Brixton, regardless of the expense to the county. The (inventor being called in, stated, that since the establishment of the new police the number of prisoners sent to Brixton had greatly in creased. They were mostly disorderly women ; some of them time six or seven times in the year, and he had known some of them conic up wards of twenty times since he went to the prison. Mr. Cameron]) thought they ought to apply to Parliament to have a police-office established at Latubeth, the Magistrates of which would be more careful of the funds of the county than could be expected from the Middlesex Magistrates. The Governor stated, that juvenile offenders also frequently returned to the prison. Mr. Dar stssorru said they had many letters from refonnedl of fenders, who attributed their reformation to the instruction they had received in prison. The Report of the Visiting Committee of the County prison in Newington stated, that the prisoners sent under decrees of the Court of Requests had so greatly increased, that 30 or 40 of them were frequently lodged in the infirmary for want of room. Mr. CRANFORD suggested that u new building should be erected for their accommodation._ Mr. Bniscow said he had a strong opinion that imprisonment for small debts would be i.peedily done away with, and he thought they had better try and avoid laying out the puulic money till they knew the result. The Court agreed in this opinion. Reports were presented from the Pauper Lunatic Asylums. Mr. DRUMMOND moved that they should he referred to a Cont. mittee.—Agreed to. The Court adjourned to tu.nterrow (this day), when licences were to be granted. DREADFUL ACCIDENT-CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday an Inquest was held at Brimfield, Mithilesex, before Mr. STIRLING, the Coroner, on view of the body of Thomas Flowers, Esq. aged 22, the son of Mr. Flowers, a magistrate of the county, who met his death in a manner most truly melancholy. It was proved in evidence that the deceased went out on Friday morn. ing last, for a day's shooting, aci, on his way back in the afternoon, he was looking at a gentleman's garden from the road, when the gardener, who knew him to be a reddest in the neighbourhood, asked him if he would like to inspect the grounds. The deceasett availed himself of the offer, and, as he entered the gardens. said, in a jocose manner. "I will leave try gun here for fear of accident," and placed his fowling.picce before • laurel bush, close to the gate. He spent a considerable time in inspecting the gardens, and after expressing, some praise at the manner in which they were laid out, he mcde the gardener a present and said—" Now I will go home to dinner." lie took his gun by the muzzle, sad was drawing it out front the laurel bush, when a twig caught the trigger, and the whole contents were in a 1110411ellt lodged In his side. The best medical assistance in the neighbourhood was immediately procured, and an ex.' press sent off for tEI eminent surgeon front London, but all was of no avail ; the unfortunate young tlentknian expired in about eight hours after the accident occurred. Mr. STIRLING, in addressing the Jury, said this was another instance of the meitincholy effects produced by the almost proverbial carelessness of sportsmen in handling hre•arn:s. Thou could be no doubt that the death of the deceased was purely accidental, an,: the verdict must be accordingly. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The deceased was a very fine young man, and was much beloved, not only by his family, but by the whole neighbourhood. A man, named Lysaght, was charged at College-street { , Police-office. Dublin, on Tuesday, with having uttered treasonable ex pressions in the public streets. lie was examined, and remanded till next day. The arrangements consequent on the proposed railway from Southampton to London, with connecting branches to other parts, of the kingdom, are in great forwardness. Considerable propels h ai l already been made in the survey, in order that the necessary application to Parliament may not be delay ed beyond the ensuing Session.— lyaatpslWe POLICE REPORT:;. GUILDHALL.—IIiIIiant lisebelul, warehouseman to Messrs. Har vey, Brand, and Co. Friday -street, Cheapside, was before Mr. 'Alderman COPELAND, with stealing a quantity of eh rnlause scarfs, handkerchiefs, and veils, to the value of between 501. and 601. the pro ' petty of his employers. Henry Denby, warehouseman to Mesas. Leif, Copeland, and Co. No. 8, Watling -street, stated that, on Friday, the Bth instant, a young man, who stated his name to be Bradley. came to the warehouse, and produced a specimen of gauze handkerchiefs, which he wished to dis pose of. Offering them at about M. per cent. below their value, ex cited Danby's suspicions that they were not fairly come by, and also being in the habit of buying goods of the same deserip. lion from Mr. Brand, for the last eight years, he appointed to meet Bradley at two:o'clock the same day, at Bread-street, where he should see the entire quantity which was to be disposed of, and in the mean while went to Mr. Brand's to acquaint him of the circumstance. According to an arrangement made with that gentleman, he kept his appointment with Bradley at ! o'clock. and purchased from him a quan tity of gauze scarfs, handkerchiefs, and veils, for 461. which was to be paid at five o'clock that evening. Bradley delivered the goods, and called in the evening for the money ; but, as had aheady been agreed upon, Mr. Denby was not at home, and be was desired to call at nine the following morning. He called accordingly, and was kept waiting while Mr. Brand was being sent for. When Mr. Brand came, Bradley was asked how the goods came into his possession ? to which he replied, that he had got them from a Mrs. Wallace, who, he understood, had them from a young man whom he saw at Mrs. Wal lace's the previous evening, and whom he would know again. The pri soner was then sent for, and as soon as Bradley saw him, he immediately identified him as the person whom he had seen at Mn. Wallace's. The prisoner was then taken up-stairs, and asked in witnesses's pre sence by Mr. Brand, why he had robbed him, when the prisoner ac knowledged he had betrayed the trust reposed in him; he could not ac count why he did it ; he did not care for himself, but for his wife who he was sure would break her heart, and hoped that the affair might be compromised. Mr. Brand replied, that it could admit of no compro mise whatever, and must stand upon its own merits. Mr. James Brand corroborated the last witness's account of the con. versation which had taken place. Bradley told him that when he saw the young man at Mrs. Wallace's, the previous evening, he recom mended him not to go for payment next morning, as, if he did, he was sure to be detained. The prisoner knew the night before of the dis covery which had taken place, the books having been examined by Mr. Brand's ortloy, to ascertain if a particular pattern of handkerchief, which was found among the goods sold to Mr. Denby, had been disposed of; but which the inquiry proved had not. Mr. David Brand, partner with the last witness. stated that on Sa. nudey evening the prisoner was removal from Leif and Co.'s to his house in Friday.street, and questioned by hint as to the extent of the goods stolen, independent of those purchased by Mr. Denby, when he admitted having taken three or four dozen of handkerchiefs, worth 435. per dozen, also a variety of other articles. He said he conveyed them front the premises by two or three dozen at a time, and never took them to his own house, but to Mrs. Wallace's; also that he commenced this system of pilfering about three months ago, when Mr. Brand went to Brighton. The goods purchased by Mr. Danby at 431. were worth, at manufacturers' prices, about 6.711. William Bradley stated that he was shopman to Messrs. Shetland, silkmerceni, No. 27, Bishopsgate-street, and knew the goods produced, and which he had sold to Mr. Denby. He did not buy these goods himself, but received them front his employers to dispose of. He sold them in the name of Bradley and Co. not in the r.ame of his employers, as he was aware he could not effect a sale if he presented himself from a retail house. The goods in question were sold to Mr. Shetland by a lady named Wallace, whom they knew for several years past as a re spectable milliner, residing at No. 6, George's-street, Minories. They were not brought all at the same time, but in different lots of from seven to eight dozen each ; they were purchased publicly over the counter, and no attempt made at concealment. Witness saw the pri son. r twice; the first time was on Friday evening, when a messenger was sent front Mrs. Wallace to Mr. Shetland, requesting that some one would come there to see the young man from whom she had purchased the goods. Witness went there, and found the prisoner waiting. The prisoner said, that it' witness went to Leif and Co.'s next morning for the motley, he would lose his situation, and wished to know if the sent for which the goods set re sold to Denby was repaid to witness by the prisoner and his party, wonld witness decline calling next day • Wit. nest replied that he had sold the goods for 461. and would certainly call' for the money, which he expected to be paid. On his return, he told Mr. Shetland that, In his opinion, the goods were not fairly come by. They were sold to Mr. Denby at a profit of about 18d. per dozen above what Mrs. Wallace sold them at. The prisoner declined saying anything, and was committed for trial. Mr. Leif applied to the Alderman, to know if he would keep the goods in his possession. He was applied to on Saturday by Mr. SharLmd fur the amount for which they were bought. The Alderman said he would decline making any order. It was then understood that the goods shall remain with Mr. Leif until the trial. Bow-STREET.---Franois TruU was charged by Mrs. Hansel!, of 1 1 Aliddle-row, Holborn, with stealing fifteen silk handkerchiefs. Mrs. Hansell stated, that the prisoner went into the shop yesterday morning, and asked to look at some stockings, and whilst the complainant turned her back he took the handkerchiefs from the counter. She seized him, and gave him into custody. On being searched the handkerchiefs were found in his hat, and also a school ticket as follows:--4. Coy tinue thou in the things that thou bast been assured of."—Matthew, The Alagistrate (Mr. Minshull) complimented Mrs. Hansel on her courage, and committed the prisoner for trial. The incorrigible Lady iflarryntore was once more brought up, charged as usual with being drunk and disorderly, but as no one came forward to substantiate the charge, the magistrate ordered her to be set at liber ty, and told the Police not to bring her up again, unless the complain ing parties would come forward against her. Uxiox-reztra..--Mats lasts, a servant-girl, was charged with a rob bery in the house of Mr. Lightfoot, of Camberwell. The prisoner had obtained a situation in the complainant's family, by means of a fictitious character given of her in writing. She bad not been more than three weeks in her situation, when Mrs. Lightfoot hav ing accidentally left her purse, containing six sovereigns, on the parlour table, when she was going out, on her return, immediately dis covered that one of the number was taken. Suspicion was ex. cited against the prisoner, but she resolutely denied the theft, upon which the key of her box was demanded, which she reluctantly gave up; and on searching it. upwards of thirty pounds wcrth of Mr. Lightfoot's property, consisting of a dressing ease, and various other articles, were found concealed therein. Upon this discovery, the prisoner, who was standing by at the time, fell upon her knees, im. ploted forgiveness, and immediately drew forth the sovereign taken from the purse, acknowledging her guilt, and admitting at the sense time that she had obtained the situation by a fictitious character. In the prison. er's possession was found a letter from her sweetheart, vowing eternal fidelity, arAl ending with a broad hint for money, which he said be then stood in much need of. The Magistrate, on perusal of the epistle, re marked that he thought all along there was a man at the bottom of the business, who encouraged her to rob her master, and that opinion was confirmed by the letter just read. The prisoner was committed. WownlP-sr.—Buitcy was charged with a daring attempt to plunder the house of N 0.3, Wiltshire-place, Islington. Mr. Waters stated that he had the care of the house. He was returning home about eight o'clock in the evening, and discovered, as he passed the house, that one of the parlour windows had been forced. He then went in to examine the interior, hut as soon as he entered two men rushed down stairs, and one of them escaped, but the other (the prisoner) he seized, and atter a desperate scuflie succeeded in giving him into the custody of a police constable. Different apartments in the house had been entered, and linen, plate, and other valuable property, were found lying about, and partly made into bundles, ready to be carried off'. The prisoner was remanded. Frake, an old navigator along-shore, was charged with having in nis possession a quantity of unpertuitted spirits, the full penalty for which k, by the Act of the 6th of George IV. a fine of not more than 100 1 nor less than 251. The prisoner said he got up at two o'clock, fur the purpose of loading a skitrwith oats, and that, passing over the barge, he saw the bladders lying at the bottom of it, and thought it best to take care of them. Alderman ANSLEY cons-feud the pris.mtr in the lowest penalty of 251. iu default ot' which, he was sehtenc:d to three months' hard labour at Brixton. Maart.tama.--Two sisters. Elisabeth and Awn Graham, were finally examined, under a charge of forgery. They were commuted for trial. Txanis POLICE. —Ann Ramble was charged with a robbery, attended with circumstances of heartless ingratitude. The prisoner. who is separated from her husband, had for some time been supported by Rather Treeing, the wife of a hawker of mats and rugs. Seven weeks ago the husband of Mrs. Treeing left town for the purpose of vending his goods in the west of England. A few days afterwards Mrs.T. received in. formation that her husband had met with an accident, and was detained at Exeter. She accordingly left London to join her husband, leaving the prisoner in charge of her lodging, at No. 4. Charles -street, Mile. end, with the prosecutrix's three children. Mrs. Treeing was away from home six weeks, and was punctual in her remittances. She re turned on Sunday, the 10th instant, and found that during her absence the prisoner had decamped from the place, after stripping the room of every portable article of furniture. She was committed for trial. LamBETH-rraurr.--Mialiael Harley, an Min labourer, in the employment of Mr. Gregory, potato.grower, at East Ham, Esser;, was charged with assaulting Thomas Ainsley, a Scotchman, under the fol. lowing circumstances. Mr. Gregory stated that he had generally in his employment from 150 to 200 men, both English, Irish, and Scotch, at different branches of agriculture. Some months past be engaged the complainant and two of his countrymen as ploughmen, and for some reason or other hi s I r i s h labourers had taken it into their beads that it was his intention (from the recommendation of the ScotchuiLn,) to have the present poLit,.. ( , gathered with the plough instutd of the spade. A considerable pre ) , dice, he understood, was evinced towards the Scotch, and on Satan" night hat the defeudant struck and knocked down the complri: • He was fined 10s. and costs. THE LATE ASSAULT IN COVENT GARDEN THEATIii Monday morning Mr. limbic waited upon Mr. Halls, tile li,s l4 i. trate at Bow-street, to ascertain it his presence was required at il.r• et flee, or if any charge would be made ITainst him by Mr. We , - •se•itt in the course of the day ? Mr. Maxis said that no charge of any kind had as yet bm. before him. If, however, there was, he had no doubt that Mr. Keintli would be made acquainted with it. Mr. Semble said, whenever he understood that his presence was • quired to meet any charge made against him, he would attepil Mr. Kemble then retired. . . In the course of the day Mr. Thomas ' the Superintendent, appearance before Mr. Halls, to inform him that Mr. Westin:troy- 4 , least he had been written to to that effect—was unable to attend •,o pr fer any charge against Mr. Kemble, who had assaulted hint. ' Mr. HALLS said that he had nothing to do with the matter, as ;:., affair had not yet come judicially lit fon him. He had, however, gas' reason to believe that Mr. Kemble would attend at any tir.te that Mc Westmacott thought fit to make a charge against him. Mr. Thomas said he merely came to inform Mr. Halls of the tease: of the case not being brought forward that day, as he might have es petted it would, front what had transpired on Saturday night. Mr. Thomas was then about to retire, when Mr. HALLS said he had one question to put to him. His Worshir i then inquired why, as he had seen the assault, and being an officer etu. powered to keep the peace, he had rot taken Mr. Kemble at ono' Into custody ? Mr. Thomas replied that he knew such was the practice in general and explained the cause of his not having acted in that way, by statieg that on part of the audience becoming acquainted with the persons of Mr.Westmacott and Mr. Kcmhle. a general ,hooting took place, aiol J disposition was evinced by many gentlemen present to follow up the assault upon Mr.lVestmacott, who had fallen on the floor. After hav ing prevented Mr. Kemble from assaulting him further, he was engaged in begging thole present to keep the peace, and see that no further in jury was done to Itir-Westmacott. Al'hilst so engaged, and the whole atfair was the work of a moment, Mr.Kemble, without saying anything, walked away to the green-room. Mr.Weatmacott asked him then to take his arm, but this he rettwil to do, noticing that the audience mani fested strong feelings of dislike to Mr. Wcstrnavott. The latter thug charged him with having acted unfairly, and told hint at his peril to g and take Mr. Kemble into custody, and convey him to Bovv-Lr :ct. H. accordingly went to Mr. Remble in the green-room, and u.lO had been said. Mr. Kernble sai d he would go cheerfully to Buse -street, and accordingly walked with hint to the Mr. HALL! said that no harm had been dui,_, am: he v:.ts with the explanation. _ _ A gentleman talking with a friend, on the late fracas Iv Covent-garden Theatre. said " that Charlis liemble had proved himse a more powerful head-hitter (editor) than hi. antagonist." A punning critic, in his remarks upon a late work up , _.:, billiards, says, " the discoveries of the author arc very sfriA ie . ti In whatever cue the Ppectstor may be, mubt strike him with a-ranee." The Lasaroni at Naples drink, without danger er ap7n: • hension, three or four quarts of iced water during the day, though the while in a state of profuse perspiration. THE DEIC OP ALGlnis.—ln point of per,osial anew. ance, the Dey is very dial:relit from the showy portmi:ure which a writer in a monthly magazine has paintcyl. He is, for all the world, the coun terpart of the Turk who sold rhubarb near St. Paul's Churchyard. lli beard is grizzled, or, if you will, a sable-ailvered ; and his white chin:, turban, aimgkvelvet caftan, green silk trousers. diamond-studded dag ger, gold-headed scinaetar, exit only in the picturesque imagination of the writer of the clever Notes of the Month," lyetbri; alluded to.— his rings are splendid diamonds of tie first water ; but ids costume is not striking, and, worse than all, is uncleanly. The I)ey has with times suite his brother and " counterpart presentment," Nlustap;ta Effendi. whose beard and moustaches stand a little less in need of cirage, or hems, than the fraternal Paeha's. Ibrahhini Aga, his sonsin-law, the handsomest man of the set, is a fine, broad-slicultlcreti, brawny, black bearded Moor, with a manly, good-humoured countenance, apparently. little capable of the atrocities he is said to have committed before quit. ting Algiers. Next follows the astute Ibrahim Effendi, Orand Ad miral ; Mustapha Aga, a General ; Mahnnaned Hoggia, Grand Chan cellor (now no longer holder of the Seale ;) and Hassan Hey, Trea surer, being altogether the heaviest, dullest, and . ugliest being, ever seen. The Dey is far from regretting the change in his fortunes, but looks upon his dethronement as a deliverance from a post et' great difSculty and danger. He is said to be immensely rich, and tar have some intention of embarking a portion of his property in ma candle speculations.—Abridged frogs an Orliat' in Mt' Literary Ga zette. On the 6th of February- Mra Billingtou first appeared in the part of nosella, in the opera of Lore in a Village. • • Amongst the fashionables present that evening was Mr. Jekyl, the witty barris ter, who had with him a gentleman from the country. When the cur tain rose and discovered Misr t! it and Lucinda, in the first scene, the ap plause being great, Mrs. Millington, who had prodigiously increased ir bulk, curtsied to the audience, on which the country gentleman said it. his friend, "is that Rosetta?" " Na, Sir," replied Mr. Jekyl, "it !. not Rosetta,it is Grand Cairo." • • Whcn'Fischer, the celebrated oboe:- player, who was remarkable for the oddity of his manner, played coneet. tea at thesrand concerts given fifty years ago, at the Rotunda, in Dub. lin, a nolffie lord who had been enraptured with the rare talent he dis played, came up to him, and after having complimented hint, gave hire, apressing invitation to sup with him the following evening, adding. " You'll bring pour oboe with you :" Fischer,who was a little nettled a: that sort of' invitation, hastily replied, " My lord, my oboe never sups." i• • The " cutting down" Gay's popular opera made a friend cf 3lr. Harris, the proprietor of the theatre, observe, while expostulating with him on the subject, that it was not only injudieious, but cruel. " What 1" exclaimed Mr. Harris, Do yeu call it cruel, when I find a piece hanging, to cot it down r—i'arkc's Nuitical Jlensoil After the business had commenced last night at Mary4a. bonne Police, Mr. Lazenby, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police in this district, came to the office accompanied by a gentleman. ilr came respecting the case of a young woman who had been preven - e . from drowning herself in the Serpentine River, and whose appearance led him to suppose that she belonged to some respectable family. Th. young woman was brought in end conducted to a chair near Mr. Raw. linson. The tears flowed fast down her cheeks, she endeavoured n conceal ber features with her handkerchief, and she would Nplrik re. thing. Mr. Rawlinson entreated her to give him her name and address. and save hint the necessity of sending her to prison, which would h: very unpleasant to hint ; but it could not be obtained. The ger. knee who came with Mr. Lazenby repres.reed himself to b. Walter Lew, e: 34, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, end he stated that as he passed by the new stone bridge across the Serpenti:e River, at Kcneiegt about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. he al%• a bonnet and . h a e t lyeast upon the grass; it excited a suspicion of what proved to h. the case, for upon looking OVin the parapet lie sew this y oang woman at the edge of the water, sobbing valently. and appearteg dreadfully distracted, and ready to throw herself ins. lie ran down and laid bob. of her, and questioned her respecting the: cause it; her distress. Twcrt t minutes elapsed before she would give hint an answer, and then ea she said was, that she was one of six children, and her mother had taker. dislike to her, and very much ill.treeted her. He remained sonic rut: longer alone with her before he saw any one he could call to assist in bringing ter away ; at length one of the park-keepers came by and t respectable.looking woman, and she was conveyed to 31ary-la.bone.. workhouse. Mr. Rawlinson suid to her, "If von will tell not your name and address, you can be restored to veur ;rttids, an:: if there Z any: disagreement, I will endeavour to bring a bout reconciliation.' She then said, "I wont go home." Mr. Rawriiteon asked the rental: who !assisted in bringing her to the office (A-.n Cresdale, of N^. Henrietta -street, Covent-garden,) whether she had been Able to get art thing out of her? Mrs. Cresdale replied. et Only that she 'e 1• years old." Mr. Rawlinson determined to send her to she . r ot`. house in Mount -street, for the attempt to destroy herself was r. sae in St. Georges's parish ; and Mr. Adamson, one of the pa! * spectors, and Mrs. Cresdale. took her there in a coach. e a wcll.made, handsome girl. and was dressed gentecly, in a 0 - 7 loured muslin gown, a large ehae. I, and a straw bonnet with elect. riband. BIRTHS. The 16th inst. at Hottsham. the Lady of Col. Chohnler, of a dau,j , ; , .: —The 14th inst. in Chesterfield -street, Niay-fair, the Lady of 11 • Ewan, Esq. of 0 daughter. MARRIED. Monday. at Trinity Church. fir. 31aq-Ir-bone, J. Liboucherc. of Hamilton-plate. to Mary Louis..., second daughter of .1. Du Pr: Esq. of Wilton Park. Rucks. D I ED. The 15th Inst. at Charlton House, rear Cheltenham, Emma, seem - daughter of F. Cregor, Esq. In her 15.11year—The 15th ir.st. at Holly. near Tunbridge (Cells, major -General lleatson, of the Hun. East Company's Service—The 18th inst. NVryinouth-street, Pottlsott place, Eleanor Elliott Batt, second daughter of the late B.E. Batt, BK. ff the Kings County, Ireland. The 14th inst. at his residence. Clapton, S. Hayward, Esq. of St. Dunstan's-hill, Tower-street, in the 52d year of his age. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOBS lliarrs, asetbe trim. Orrice, No. 1, Pickett-place. Temple Bar• 1 a' Rs ON Da I t mil 11•1 ON wid •e. plied T say of II BY I TI tr. I The ON] ii reso Cacti Foe o Plop a( p 16 Rod Um Man dell and ha Dr* alga Lib' had colas and cbo Law rare at ►bl also ; head and Offin most milaN hast, a ii slim 1l elm Os TIN; 39 ' Res