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~. • THE LAT.I USKISSONS 1.1.T . 1 . LB ) TIl E PAH fOlt 11 CANNING'S SPEECHES. " 11)nviiiing.strevt, ITh March, 1828. "I vliry.ol.o* t I did not in tlac time acknowlidge your kind at .testiest Merin:l - mining to me a copy of Mr. Canning's Speeches. On titslay otc which you called in Downi•ig-striet, I was summoned to a ..binet at the Moment of your visit. " Understanding that there were some parts of tlm work to which you wished to call my attention, I was anxious, before 1 expressed my ;kaiaks for this valuable addition to my library, to have found time to base perused at least those portions of your book. Unfortunately I lave since been so overwhelmed with official and other public duties of an urgent nature, that it has not been in my power to look into the aurk. I hope to find a little leisure for this purpose during the ap proaching recess at Easter, when I have no doubt that I shall find that you have executed the task which you had imposed upon yourself with a seal corresponding to the spirit and feelings which first induced you to embark in the undertaking. " You must allow me to add that it is to me a great gratification that you have recorded the private friendship and political attachment which subsisted so long, without interruption, between Mr. Canning and my. self, in a work which is destined to convey to posterity the remains of his splendid talents as an orator—to exhibit his principles as a states. man—and to show with what en , rgy and success he carried those prin. cipiss into execution as a minister or the Crown. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your very obliged and humble servant, " W. HUSK ISSON." " R. Therry, Esq. POPULATION OF LARGE TOWNS. Now that an Act of Parliament is passed for taking a new census, v.artoas roujectures have been formed as to which of the large towns has luercased most in population since the last census. The following, from one of Dr. Cleland of Glasgow's Statistical Works, chows the amount of population in the large towns in 1821: THREE or THE LAROEST TOWNS IN England—London ... .. ... 1,274,800' Manchester ... ... 1 33,788 I , Liverpool 1... ... .. 118,872 Wales --Swansea .. ... .. 10,007 Canuarthen .... ... 8,906 Holy well .. . • 8,309 Scotland—Glasgow .. .. .. 147,043 Edinburgh ... ... ... 138,235 Paisley ... ... ... 47,003' I rel..nd-- Dublin .. .. . . 186,2761 Cork ... .. ... 100,535 Limerick ... ... .. 66,042 Fl Ali re --Paris ... .. •• • 720,000 1 Lyons .. ... 115,000 Niarseilles ... .. ... 102,000' Isle of Man--Douglas ... ... 6,054 Island of litionsty—Port of St. Peter ... 11,173 I slnna of Jersey—Town and parish of St. Helier 10,118 ENGLAND—CENSUS Or THE TEAR 1377. 1,527,560 27,222 332,281 937,000 Asa matter Of historical curiosity, the population of the principal i'owns of England, in 1377, is here given, from an Enumeration made uu account of a Poll Tax : imndon - 35,000 York - - - 11,000 Bristol Plymouth - Coventry - Norwich - Lincoln - Sarin , ' 'Wilt:Mi. - 9,000 . 7,000 - 7,000 - 9,000 - b,OOO 5,000 Colchester - Canterbury - 4,500 - 4;000 Beverley - 4,000 Newcastle-on-Tyne - 4,000 Oxford . 3,500 Bury (Suffolk) . . - 3,500 Gloucester F arh some- Leicester .•(11111 ( _ { aosttuore } 3,000 Lynn - - - - 5 , 0001 Shrewsbury than In that remote age, the total population of England was 2,900,000, but the proportion of town population was tar smaller than at present, since the number of towns containing above 3,000 inhabitants, was only 18. It is a curious fact that, in 1821, the population of the City of Lou t:fan, within the walls, was 58,400, so that, during the perioid of 444 years, the population increased only 0,400. The population of London, 1821, was made up as follows : City of London, within the walls .. ... 58,400 City of London, without the walls ... ... 72.000 City and Liberties of Westminster .. ... 188,400 Out Parishes, within the Bills of Mortality .. 730,700 Parishes not within the Bills of Mortality ... 224,300 Total ... 1,27-1,800 LAW REPORTS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—TituaspAy, (Sittings after Trinity Tern), before the CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) STANNARD V. CLARKS. By this action the plaintiff; a coachman, sought redress for injury sustained by him in consequence of defamatory words spoken of him by the duleudant, u gentleman of fortune, in whose service he formerly was. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS, Counsel for the plaintiff, in his statement to the Jury, described this case as one of considerable interest and tin pot taper to the public. inasmuch as it related to the question of what extent of discretion individuals were justified in using when called upon to describe the characters of their servants ? The plaintiff,"it appeared, alter !caving theserviceof the defendant,in which he had given satifaction as fir as the performance of his duties was concerned, heard theta gentle. man, named Brown, wanted a coachman, and he applied for the situation. If c acquainted Mr. Brown with the cause of his having left the defendant's serriee, which wai, that he (the plaintiff) had fallen into a little indis cretion. and been fattnred with a child by a servant girl at Dulwich. lie then confidently referred 3lr. B. to the defendant for a testimonial of his efficiency to till the situation, and left hint with an under. standing that he would be engaged if the defendant should make no other exception to his character, than that which he had him- self admitted. Mr. Brown applied to the defendant, who admit. ted Iris efficiency as a coachman, but said that "he was a man who ought not to be admitted into a family ; for, besides having had a child by a girl at Dulwich, he had debauched another young woman ut Worthing." In consequence of this slanderous addition to the plaintiff's offence, for which there was not the slightest foundation b•ynnd the idle assertion of the beadle of Dulwich, Mr. Brown re fused to engage the plaintiff. This was the injury complained of. Dlr. Brown would be called, and would prove the allegation ; and the false hood of the charge with respect to the young woman at Worthing, would be shown by the produetion of the young woman in the witness box. Mr. Brown was then called, when he unequivocally declared that there was no uneerstamling on his pan that the plaintiff was to be en gaged as his coachman in the event of a certain character being given of him by the defendant ; and that, after he had inquired of the defendant one day that they met accidentally at their Bean:, respecting the plain tiff's character, the defendant spoke very fairly of him, but on a subse quent occasion imparted to him some particulars, the precise nature of which he could not recollect, but they were of such a nature that be could never have thought of sending the plaintiff to his (the witness's) wife, by whom alone his servants were always engaged. He never entertained an intention of engaging him. After this evidence his Lordship directed that the plaintiff should be nonsuited. (Before a Common Jury.) 11.11.16 V. HOPKINS This action was brought by a person named Ellis, formerly a baker at Harwich, against the defendant, Mrs. Hopkins, as the executrix of her husband, to recover the sum of '9Olll and 1301. with interest thereon, at four per cent. from April 1827, the same being money lent by the plaintiff to the testator. According to the ease made out, it appeared that in the year 1827, two sums, amounting to 9001. were deposited by the plaintiff in the heads of the testator, a retired member of the medical proles.inn, who had filled the office of Mayor of Harwich for several succrsave years. and who was a highly respectable man ; but for this money the plaintiff had no other security than a note of band, on a piece of unatamped paper. For the sum of 1301. he held a proper stamped receipt, and this money the defendant had paid into Court; but with respect to tbe 9001. it was denied ever to have been received by the testator. and the note of baud was averred not to be a genuine document. This plea having failld in evidence, the Statute of Limitations was pleaded, under an al. legation that the money, if lent at all, tau lent in the year 1021; but the evidence not supporting it, the case went to the Jury, who found for the plaintiff. AYLESBURY QUARTER SESSIONS, OCT. 20. (Before Sir Taos. FREILMANTLE, But. Chairman.) Ast Inconarcirms Itoous.— Wm. Fotekr, aged IS, was indictid with Moses , Wailes foe stealing, at Chesham, two loaves of bread, the pr•porty of Mary Lewis. It appeared in evidence that Fowler and several other persons went into the house of the prosecutrix under the pretext of purchasing some fruit ; while she was attending to some of the party, Fowler took and carried away the bread. The evidence being extremely Blear against Fowler, be pas found Guilty, and Wilkins was Acquitted. To a question from the Chairman, Mr. Sherrie; the gaoler, said this was the seventh time the convict had been in his custody within the last three years. On one of these occasions he was convicted of felony, and sentenced to six months' hard labour and was twice privately whipped. The COURT, in addressing the prisoner, observed upon his having been six times before in the same prison; although he.had repeatedly undetgnne severe punishment, it appeared to have been lost upon him. In order that he ought be prevented from ppruting kis ;TB courses, and *kb a hope that his fate might operate u a wanting to others, the Coin felt it to be its imperative duty to eentenethint .to be. transported beyond the seas for the teem of his naturallek,..i... . eve other prisoners were waived, Imps *OA* possessed no feature of public interest. • WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUEST& A SMASII IN COVENTRY.COURT.-LYNCH V. CALLOW. The plaintiff in this case claimed of the defendant 12s. 4d. not for work and labour done, but for goods broke arid destroyed; the defend ant, a hard-featured, sodden-looking old woman, denied the debt, saying It was all a mistake. The plaintiff, also a female, but a decent looking shopkeeper, was therefore ordered to make out her cue. She said that her shop was in Coventry-court, and that the defendant, who is a com plete virago, was the terror of the neighbourhood, snore especially when she had been paying her too-frequent visits to the nunmom 1 liquor shops. A short time back she had vowed venom= for some supposed affront against another neighbour; but bee obit vows were always performed when she was in a state of drunkannies, and her custom was to smash a pane or two of glass, and then to do. stroy everything that was destroyable within her reach. On the OCCIII• aim in question, whether a glass too muck had made her vision laws clear, or from what other cause, it did not appear, but instead of going to the person threatened, she came to poor Mrs. Lynch's shop, and then and there broke one pane of glass, at the same time upsetting a 'heir, containing a variety of articles, from amongst which the following were broken, making, with the square of glass, the amount claimed, vii. s. d. Two sets of cruets .. • • ... 2 6 Two wine glasses .. • • ... 1 0 Three tumblers .. ... • • . 2 6 Four pair of spectacles ... ... .. 3 6 One comb ... ••• ••• ... 0 4 One dish ••• ... .. .. 0 6 One pepper-hos ... ... ... ... 0 6 One spiire . of gins .. 12 4 It appeared that there was a glorious smash at the time, and that Mrs. Callow callously tumbled about the shop-floor with the broken tum blers, &c. and moreover swore that if Mrs. Lynch presumed to summon her for the damage, that she would " serve her out" again. Mrs. Callow was now asked what she had to say for herself? she had not much to say, she was not in spirit*, but she " grinned horribly a ghastly smile," and hinted that it was perfectly impossible she could have broken all " them 'ere things :" however, the Commissioner being satisfied that she had, ordered her to pay the amount and costs in two months, and desired her to be more sober in future. TOWER SESSIONS. Yesterday a General Quarter Sessions for the Precinct and Liberties of the Tower was holden at the Court.house, Welklose-square, before W. BALLANTIIIx, Esq. as Chairman, and a full bench of Magistrates. TAX NEW POLICE. On the return of the Grand Jury into Court, after being for some time in deliberation in their room, the Foreman, addressing the Chair man and Bench, said, that at the request of his brother Jurors, and particularly one of them, he wished to point out to their Worships the disgraceful disorder which was at present permitted in the public streets in the precinct, by the congregation of females of a certain class, who conducted themselves in a manlier highly dimgreeble to the inhabitants, and whose practices were not checked by the New Police. Ile, how. ever, hoped that some measure would be adopted for the removal of a nuisance so intolerable. Another Juror (the gentleman alluded to by the foreman) said that he resided in Parson-street, and from 6 oclock :in the evening until a late hour of the night, it was impossible for any person having the slightest feelings of delicacy or decency, to stop within view or hearing of that street, from the shatneful conduct and abominable language of the shoals of abandoned tcmales who, during these hours, were per mitted to parade it. The evil existed for some time , bu t since the in. troduction of the New Pollee into the Precinct, it iao increased four kid ; and if some means were not at once adopted to put a stop to it, he did not know to what extent the evil might reach. At present, inde pendent of its being so intolerably disagreeable, it was the cause of * considerable deterioration of property in that part of the town. Mr. Fox, one of the 31agistrates on thu Bench, observed, that he himself had witnessed the nuisance complained of occusionally, and nothing, in his opinion, could possibly be worse, The Chairman remarked, that he did not wish to make any observa tion which would in the slightest degree be hurtful to the feelings of any gentleman present, but he believed there existed a strong prejudice against the New Police force at present ; and if he was not told of the extent of the evil complained of by such authority, he would be dis posed to think that it had no existence except in the imagination.— However, it was only for the inhabitants themselves, or their officers, to put their shoulders to the wheel, and take all the offending parties into custody, independent of the New Police, and one of the precinct Ha. gistrates would be always found who would deal with them as their offences deserved, and by this means the nuisance would in a short time be got rid of. An inhabitant remarked, that such was tl.e state of disorder which was to he seen in almost every street, that it was impossible for a re. spectable female to leave her home, or go out of doors, without being personally insulted, or her feelings outraged by the grossest language. It was only a kw nights before that he himself witnessed a most dis. graceful scene in their public square • and on his mentioning the cir. curostance to the policeman on duty, he reply was, that he could not be every where at once, and that such was the extent of his beat that it' took him twenty minutes to walk it. The Cnatastax said, that he would see Mr. Herring, the superin- ' tendent of the district, and some of the other officers, and would speak to them on the subject of the complaint, and by their exertions assisted by the inhabitants, he had no doubt that the evil complained o' f . would soon be put an end to. There being no business except that of the ordinary routine business to dispose of, the Jurors were discharged, and the Court adjourned. DARING BURGLARY AND ROBBERY. SINGULAR DETECTION Or TUE BURGLAR. On IVednesday, the Magistrates of Greenwich, Col. Foreman aad Richard Smith, EM. were occupied a length of time in the examination of a desperate housebreaker, named Jack Cann" who, with his gang, has been for some time the dread of Kent, upon the charge of burglary and robbery on the premises ofJames Russell, Esq. at East Greenwich, on the night of Thursday or morning of Friday last, and stealing plate and other articles. _ _ _ _The circumstances under which the burglary was effected arc of a very singular nature, and the ultimate apprehension of the burglar still more so. _ _ The dwelling-house of Mr. Russell stands alone in the Marshes, upon the brink of a mill dam which branches out front the river Thames. The burglars purloined a wherry front the stairs at East Greenwich, in which they proceeded up this creek or darn, from whence they found an easy access to the back part of the premises. They forced open the kitchen window, and proceeded up stairs into the parlour. an entrance to which they gained by taking out one of the door pannels with a centre-bit ; here they ransacked all the closets, stole several articles of plate, and broke up several plated articles to ascertain if they Were silver. They then forced a lock of an adjoining room, in which was deposited a considerable sum of money, but in this act they made such a noise that they awoke Mrs. Russell, who aroused her husband, but he believ ing it to be his wife's imagination, went to sleep again. At this mo ment, it is thought, the robbers escaped In the same manner they had entered, leaving the most valuable property behind them. In the room, the lock of which had been forced, a piece of a yellow cotton handker chief was picked up near the door, about three inches in sire, which had belonged to the rubber, and which is supposed to have been torn off in forcing the lock. This piece of handkerchief was the principal cause of the capture of the burglar, and his subsequent committal for trial. Serjeant Phipps, division R, No.lB, having gained possession of the scrap of handkerchief, went immediately in search of the robbers, and laving learned that a man had been inquiring in the neighbourhood, on the day previous to the robbery, as to what dogs were kept on the pre mises of Mr. Russell, and as to what time at night the domestics retired to rest, he obtained the description of the man, and knowing it corres ponded with that of the prisoner Cannon, he at once suspected him to have been implicated in the business, and therefore went in search of him amongst his old haunts. On Sunday morning lie received infointa tion that he wa. at a house in Lewisham-lane, kept by a woman with whom he cohabited. Serjeant Phipps disguised himself and repaired thither, when, upon opening the door, he saw the woman making a pudding upon a table, whim was placed against a closet-door. The offi cer inquired if " Jack" was there ? The woman coolly replied, " No, d—n him, he don't come here now." Phipps, however, was not to be deceived, and suddenly throwing over the table from the closet-door, he there found concealed the object of his search. The prisoner swore with a tremendous oath that be would not be taken, but upon being told that no quarter would be given, he surrendered, and Phip ps car . Tied hint to the statiomhouse, where he was searched by Mr. Stevens, the inspector, when in his hat was found a handkerchief. Upon the dis covery, the prisoner's courage forsook him ; he turned pale, and his lips quivered, and with a feigned indifference he said, " I)—n the hand. kerchief, burn 1., it is so very dirty." His request, however was un attended to • and upon the piece found on Mr. Russell's premises being compared with a vacuum in the handkerchief found upon the prisoner, it was ascertained to correspond exactly, and the prisoner muttered, " It's all over." The prisoner, when before the Magistrates, denied with strong asseverations having any knowledge of the robbery,and de nied also that ibe handkerchief belonged to him. A man named Cobb, a waterman, proved that he met the prisoner at the Pilot public house, in the Marshes, on the day previous to the rob , sad he asked him several questions respecting Mr. Russell's house. IThe prisoner denied having seen the witness before. The .ates laid the evidence of the handkerchief alone was 'sufficient to send the prisoner for trial, but the evidence of Cobb made it a:complete came against him. The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial at the next Maidstone Assam. POLIC.S REPORTS. GDILDIIALL.—SoIomon Bersame was brought before Mr. Alderman Copeland yesterday, on suspicion of having stolen a watch. The complainant, Abraham F. Nemo, stated, that some time since, an aged Hebrew asked him to get a metal -watch repaired. He did so, and returned it ; but on the following day his Mend asked him when he should bring the watch back. He was astonished, and endeavoured to bring to his recollection that he had delivered it to him the day before, but all he could get from his Mend was, that he had not seen it. After diligent inquiry, he traced that it had been pledged by the soner in the Liverpool-road, Islington, and he brought him before the Magistrate, that his own character might be justified in the eyes of his Mends. The prisoner said he had purchased it for four shillings from the complainant's friend. The latter being in attendance, the Alderman proceeded to examine him through an Arabic interpreter. The old man, who gave his name Moses Asoli, stated, that he brought the watch from Brasil, and that it was true he had sold it to the prisoner, as he had represented. The Alderman immediately said this testimony put an end to the charge of felony, and justified the complainant's character. Bow.swairr.—Mury Ann Pearce, alias Lady Barrynoore was again brought up by a policeman, charged with riotous and diso rderly conduct. The worthy Magistrate, Mr. Bloom:ILL ' considering it useless to send her to prison , desired her to sit down in the front office, and he would give an order on the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, that she might be passed to her parish. Her ladyship was, however, insensible to the kindness intended her, and left the office as usual, lifting up her hands, deploring her melancholy situation. Cuatous FRAUD.—dI person who represented himself as • pawn. broker,waited on Mr. 311318litiLL, to give information of a singulat fraud which had been practised upon him a short time since. A rrspectably.dressed individual came into his shop, and purchased a gold watch, a wedding-ring, and some other articles, in payment for which he tendered a SOL Bank of England note, which appearing to be genuine, was received by the applicant, who gave the change. Thus the matter rested for some days, when the note was returned from the' Bank as a forgery, and the% applicant then ascertained that the word " five" had been cut out of the note, which originally was for that amount, and in its stead was substituted the word " fifty," which was so cleverly executed as to be capable of deceiving almost any one. The applicant said he feared the party from whom he had received the note had left the country. Mr. ftliwsuum. declared that it was a most ingenious contrivance, and ordered Ellis, the principal officer, to go with the applicant, and render him all the assistance in his power. The applicant and Ellis then withdrew. MARLIOROUOH.STREET.--ATTEXPTED ROBBERY AT CHES TERFIELD HoUSIL--YeSterthiy two well-dressed young fellows, who gave their names, John Watkins and James Jordan, were brought from the police station of this district before F. A. Roe, Esq. the sit. ting Magistrate, on the following charge. John Bishop, who had been an old soldier in the army, stated that he is employed by the Earl of Chesterfield as a private watchman to look about his Lordship's 'ptemises and gardens at Chesterfield House, Mayfair. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday night, he though the heard a alight noire, and saw two heads raised above* bush in the garden ; he called out, and " challenged " the bush-rangers, but he received no answer ; he again on them to know whn they were, and what their business there was, and was proceeding to approach the bush behind which the enemy was concealed, when the latter rushed in upon him, and both men having closed with him, got him down. A desperate struggle now ensued between himself and the two men, the latter endeavouring to grapple him by the throat and cover his mouth ; and in their efforts to accomplish this they tore his cheeks and face severely wish their nails t however, be succeeded in calling out " Murder ! and the villains quitted him and got over the garden wall, but leaving behind them a dark lantern and some house. breaking implements, together with a hat and pair of shoes belonging to one of them. Mr. Murray, a lic.enced victualler, residing almost opposite to the Earl of Chesterfield's gardens, said, that between twelve and one o'clock on the night mentioned, he was up stairs going to bed, and partly un dressed, when he suddenly heard a cry of " Murder !" as if from the direction of Lord Chesterfield's gardens, and tinging up his window. sash, he saw two men, one of them without a hat, clambering over the wall from the gardens, and still heard the cry of " Murder" continued inside: he instantly ran down stairs, undressed as he was, and got into the street just time enough to seize the prisoner Watkins, who was running towards his house from the direction of the garden wall, and without a hat ; and after a severe struggle, in which the prisoner made great efforts to escape, he secured him until several police con. stables came up, who arrived promptly on the spot and took charge of him. Witness had not the least doubt but the man be secured was one of those he had previously seen from his window, climbing over the A police constable, belonging to the division, letter C, heard a call of murder from the gardens, and ran instantly towards the direction from which it seemed to come; and as he approached the garden wall, he saw two men jump from it, and one of them, who was without a hat, ran towards Mr. Murray's house, and the other in the direction that he, the witness, was coming. Witness immediately grappled with the man who approached him, and speedily secured him, and that man was the prisoner Jordan ; the other prisoner, who was without a hat, Mr. blur. ray and some constables afterwards brought up in custody. Bishop, the watchman, said that Watkins, the prisoner, when taken in the street, was not only without a hat, but was also without shoes, and the hat and shoes found in the gardens exactly fitted him. The police constable said that on searching the prisoner Watkins, several pieces of candle and a phosphorous box were found in his pockeL The prisoners, on being questioned by the Magistrate, denied that they were the persons who were seen to get over the gsrden-wall, or that they had any knowledge of each other, but both of them refused to give any , further account of themselves. The prisoners were then remanded until Thursday next. HATTON-GAADEN.—Yesterday Catherine Pryer was re-examined, with felony. r. James Collier, landlord of the Two Chairmen, Wardour.etreet, St. James's. Clerkenwell, stated, that on Wednesday, Oct. 6, about half past six in the morning, his servant informed hint that the bar had been broken open. He went down stain and found the till emptied, and a number of other drawers had been ransacked of money, plate, and wearing apparel, and other things, to the amount of upwards of 121. The door of the bar had been forced by means of a wrench. The back door of the house was open. Information was given to the police, and in the course of the following day all the pawnbrokers were apprised of the robbery. Cuish, pawnbroker No. 65, Museum-street, stated that t h e prisoner pawned on the 6th instant sonic !liver spoons and linen, and she returned twice the same day with other articles, alleging, as a rea son, that her mother had a sum of money to make up. She gave her address No. 25, Compton.strect. On the 7th She returned with more articles. but in the interim Mr. Cuish had gut information of the rob bery, and be caused the prisoner to be detained till Sir. Collier was sent fur, alio identified the property. The prisoner made no declaration. but appeared to he surprised that she was stepped. As the whole of the articles stolen bad net come to light, Mr. Collier went, accom panied by Ballantine, an officer of Marlborough -street, to Compton. street, where the prisoner had given her address, but no such person was known there. Thomas Buttress, constable 142, div. E, took the prisoner into cus tody ; she made no disclosure. The prisoner in defence said, that she was an unfortunate girl. She received the articles that she had pledged from a man whom she did not know any thing about in the street, about one or two in the morning, and she spent the remainder of the night with him. He gave her all the articles to be pawned. and received them from him not knowing them to be stolen. She was fully committed fur trial. QUEEN•IKWARE.—Ridtard Mint. Iknry Stalker. and G. Co.r, were charged witit attempting to rob the granary of Jr. Roiling, a corn dealer, Blitekfriara. . _ Air. Resling stated, that for a series of years his premises were con. tinually plundered of corn. Edward Temple iratson, clerk to AIL Holding, stated, that he was appointed with John Green to watch the granary. They concealed themselves behind the sacks in the granary, and about four o'clock in the mornim; a person opened a door of a room above the granary, and presently saw a light flub from the ceiling, and a small board removed, and the prisoner, George Cox, dropped through into the granary; he then opened the shutters of a window, and the other prisoners, by means of a ladder from the outside, ascended into the granary. The prisoners were then about to remove a sack of corn, when he came out from his hiding place. and gave them in charge of Green, while he went and brought a police constable, who took them to the watch-douse. Mr. WRITE said, that the intentions of the prisoners to rob the pre mises were manifest, and he should therefore s, ntenee them to the full penalty of the law, three mouths' imprisonment and hard labour. A moat dreadful accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, nff Cumbetland.wharf. A brig, laden with corn, from Hemet. Speck and Redman'a granary, was just getting under weigh, whena poor fellow belonging to the brig's new went aloft for the purpose of setting the topgallant sail, when by some means he lost his hold, and fell with hie head downwards, and the middle of his shoulder came in contact with a cleat, or belaying pin. one inch and a half in diamet er and eigl3 inches long. the whole of which was entirely buried in hi s shoulder, which was extracted with a pair of plyers by Dr. Randal, junior, of Hotherhithe. The poor fellow was placed on the tap-room table of the Spread Eagle Tavern, near the Thames Tunnel, and groaned dread. fully, but still sensible; and was sensible when he arrived at Guy's Hospital, where he now is. SCINTILLA. It is remarkable that 171;=e7111:use their first wire; the least difficulty in procuring a second. The abolition of the Star system at the winter tlioatte,i said to be likely to be followed both by clouds and storms in the t't . tried hemisphere. EFFECT OF INDICIESTION.—A dyspeptic Aniciit..t,. whose letter to his physician appears in the Bolos Gawk, t.l him that his sufferings from indigestion have been so severe, that tI materially affected his conduct, and " hie capacity for usefulne4." How TO RAISE it BELL.—The Boston Comm Gaulle recommends a small bell, which, it says, could be raised, , subscription," to announce to the merchants the arrival of the boats and mails. " The suggestion," it adds, " did not emanat, • us, but from a friend at our elbow." USEFUL INVENTION.—A ship's pump has lately lir:, invented, the handle of which, though worked with the greattst throws out at every moment five gallons of water ; so that, sup's,, only thirty strokes to be made in a minute, the astonishing quantity 9,000 gallons, or nearly one hundred and seventy hogsheads, pumped out of a vessel In an hour. A DAMPER FOR M•LTII US. —At Laghtamoneen Cowl Clue, aged 63 years, the wife of Mr. James Lysaght, of • dough:. Her husband was in his 73d year. This happy couple had crease to their family for the last twenty years—nothing can equal th. happiness ! HORSE RA DlM—Reddish, the actor, bad a wife of slit:. unseating dimensions, that Foote used to designate her the hor.• radisk; on which soother wag observed that, judging by the colour c theLlady's face, the orthography need not have been altered. A WON DER.—There has not been a poor-rate in (It parish of Widford, Gloucestershire, in the memory of man. There ant only two payers in the place, and very few paupers. The two paye.t meet occasionally, and distribute such relief as they consider nccc.. scary; and what is stranger still, it appears that they are generally rt.. hpected among the labouring classes. [lt is something surprising nos. a.days to find a parish where there is not a poor-rate.] APA REN T.—ln Berkshire,lately, a gentleman observim a remarkably corpulent man pass, inquired who he was ?" " Why, that is Mr. , dreier/ter of the town of B." " Bless me, said the inquirer, and he seems just ready to be delivered of another town !" QUESTION FOR QUESTION.—At the commencement of the first revolution in France, a gentleman of Dauphine, anxious to sup port the interest of the aristocracy, said, " Think of all the blood th.:. the Nobles of France have shed in battle !" A commoner replied, " and what of the blood of the people poured at the bane fine! that wafer 9" A Box MOT.-. Lady L—. who had a very fair ski:; said one day to Lady Gl—, of whom she was a little kaiak. i t must be confessed, my dear, that, for so beautiful a brunette, you t , very brown." " I suppose," answered Lady "it sequence of being so often toasted." A WHIMSICAL INTRODUCTION.— Boswell, iu " Journal of a Tour," &c. relates that Cooke, the translator of Itsiod, itc. introduced Foote to a club in the following singular manner : " This is the nephew of a gentleman who was lately hung In chairs murdering his brother." POLITICAL DIALOOUE.--ThO following dialogue as:. heard to pus the other day on a hackney-coach stand :—" I say, N.A. I know you're a politishun—what's all this here fighting about atlion- the Dutch and Bilging?" " Wot is it about ? Wy it' s a b out 'h et fundintenstat law. The Dutchman vants to make (others year th..i. big.breeehes, and they vont." Tic RILFUSED.—" Open the doors, Polly," said Bar, • bones Grant, " I want a naggin on skoare." " Waite a while," sa.s Polly, (whd keeps the Cuckold in Banagher) " wanent you drinken it at Mock Turtell's ?" " Not my own self," says Barebones. " It's false, you lying bosthoon. I seen you go In with my two blessed eyes. and they diddent desave me." " Och then a vorneen, not to tell yo, one word of an untroothe, myself and Father Cohen, and John Hay, glipt in useabearved, to have the value of a pig .fine. B ut to tell the aanw of the histhory, when my pocket was drunk dry of whiskey bad luck t. myself, but I was very undasently wheeled out into the street—and now lam come to az you for a naggin on tic." " Sure, then, coslit. mo cree," says Poll, "as you haveent the money, and you didder.' come here when you had, be off with yourself; bad cess to your as. surance, dickens a thimble-full will you get here—go coff where yor get oold." SCOTTISH CLERGY. —The situations of the Scottisi: Clergy in the aggr egate , as regards worldly circumstances, is superioi to that of any pries thoo d in the world.—lncluding chapels of east, double charges, it may be estimated that there are now one thousand li. s i ngs i n the church, the value of which will be comprehended from ill • following summary ,E t 72 benefices at 150 each ... .. .. 200 do. at 200 do .. .•• • 25,800 •• •• • .. 40,000 150 do. at 230 do ... ... .. 34,560 130 do. at 250 do .. .. . . •• • 37.000 150 do. at 300 do ... ••• ••• .. 45,0(10 80 do. at 326 do. ... ... ... • • 28,000 30 do. at 350 do .. .. .. ... 3,500 28 do. of 4110 do. ... —• ... ... 11,800 10 do. at 500 do ... . . . . •• • 5,000 10 do. at 600 do .. •• • ... ... 6,0011 29 do. at 800 do .. ... ... ... 16,000 1000 252.500 Sav that 950 of .these have manse" and glebes at 401. each •• ••• . • 98,000 Total Revenue of the Church of Scotland ... '290400 This statement is, unavoidably, very imperfect, as the stipends vary every year according to the liars; but, if even correct In a general pect, it shows that the average living is nearly as good as that of beneficeslin England, which we believe is 3031—Chambers' ilisiory qf Scotland. OBJECTS PRESEILVED IN HERCULANEUM AND PON PEII.—Both at Herculaneum and Pompeii, temples have been found with inscriptions commemorating their having been rebuilt idler they were thrown down by an earthquake. This earthquake happened in the reign of Nero, sixteen years before the inhumation of the cities. Is. Pompeii, one-fourth of which is now laid open to the day, both the pub lic and private buildings bear testimony to the catastrophe. The walls arc rent, and in many places traversed by fissures still open. Columns are lying on the ground, only half hewn from huge blocks of travertin, and the temple for which they were designed is seen half repaired. It: some few places the pavement had sunk in, but in general it was until'. turbed, consisting of great flags of lava, in which two immen.e ruts have been worn by the consent passage of carriag es through the :e.rrow street. When the hardness of the stone Is consi dered, the continuity these ruts from one end of the town to the other is not a little retnark. able, for there is nothing of the kind in the oldest pavements of sander: cities. A very small number of skeletons have been discovered in either city ; and it is clear that the great mass of inhabitants not only found time to escape, but also to carry with them the principal part of their valuable effects. In the barracks at Pompeii were the skeletons et tae soldiers chained to the stocks, and in the vaults of a country-house is the suburbs, were the skeletons of seventeen persons who appear to have lied there to escape from the shower of ashes. They were found in. closed in an indurated tuff, and in this matrix was preserved a perfect cast of a woman, perhaps the mistress of the house, with an itifata her arms. Ajthough her form was imprinted on the rock, nothing bill the bones reinsined. To these a chain of gold was suspended, a..! rings with jewels were on the fingers of the skeleton. Against the stile of the same vault au ranged a long line of viriliern amphora. Th. ' writings scribbled by the soldiers on the walls of their barracks, are: the names of the owners of each house written over the doors, are still perfectly legible. The cola's* of fresco paintings on the stucc oedC walls in the interior of buildings are almost as vivid as if they were jars: finished. The wooden beams in the houses at Herculaneum arc blaei: on the exterior, but when cleft open they appear to be almost in :ht. state of ordinary wood, and the progress made by the whole it-ass s - wards the state of lignite is scarcely appreciable. Soule animal :t t: vegetable substances of more perishable kinds have of course stithsee I much change and decay, yet the state of conservation of these is huh remarkable. Fishing-nets arc very abundant in both cities, often qe,t , I entire; and their number at Pompeii is the more interesting front s sea being now a mile distant. Linen has been found at Herculaneum. with the texture well defined ; and in a fruiterer's shop in that ells were discovered ,vessels full of almonds, chesnuts, walnuts, and fnii: of the " carubiere," all distinctly recognisable from their shape. A loaf. also, still retaining ha form, was found in a baker's shoo. wttil his name stamped upon it thus : Elena Q. Crani Riser." On the counter of an apothecary was a box of pills converted into a fine earthly substance ; and by the side of it a small cylindrical roll, evidently Fs pared to be cut into pills. By the side of these was a jar containing medicinal herbs. In 18117, moist olives were found in a square glace ease, and " caviare," or roe of a fish, in a state of wonderful preserva tion. An examination of these curious condiments has been publi:•!led by Covelli, of Naples, and they are preserved hetmetically sealed rt the tieuseum there—Lyelfs Geology. SEIIOI=MMIE BLUTH. The 19th inst. in Finsbutyseireus, Mts. J. Weston. of a daughte. bIARUIED. The 21st inst. at Hampstead, Frederick Robert, son of the late 4 Henry Crowder, Esq. of klontague-plaes, Russell-square, to Luc?. eldest daughter of the late John Jeffries, E►q. of Taunton. DIED. At Abingdon, the 18th inst. Mr. J.. Prince, in the 7 6 th Yeir of , his age.—After three days' illness, Stewart George Dallas, Eq. bar r ' s '''...' at-law. of Spanish-town, Jamaica. IIVOX . : tinted Yubh by Jowr Alen's, at STiottlie • °fries, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple 11.4 r. I i i Ij F it i