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to bring in a bill to remove the disabilities affecting the Jews. l Agreed to on division ; for the motion, 115—against it, 97 majority, 18. Thursday Bth.—(Lords.)--Tbe royal assent given to Lord El. leaborough's divorce bill. Both houses adjourned to the 26th, for the Easter recess. Monday, 26th . — ( Commons .) — The usury laws' amendment bill considered in committee. The object of the measure being to throw open the trade in money. Bead a second time. Wednesday, 28th.—(Lords.)—The Bishop of London's estate bill read a second time. Same day—(Commons.)—Motion by the right hon. C. Grant, relative to the affair at Terceira, and recommending the recognition of Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal. Negatived by a majority of 119 against it. Thursday, 28th.—(Commons.) —Motion by Mr. Brougham, for leave to bring in a bill fot the establishment of local judicatures in certain districts in England, with a view to diminishing the expense of legal proceedings. Agreed to. May.-11Ionday, 3rd.—The Royal assent given to the 4 per tam. annuities reduction bill, and the Haymarket removal bill. Same Day.—(Commons.)--Colonel O'Grady, the sitting member for Limerick county, unseated, on petition of Mr. J. H. M. Daw son, on the ground of undue election. In committee of supply, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed a vote of 100,0001. for cont.{ pleting the repairs of Windsor Castle. Motion withdrawn, subject to the report of a committee of inquiry on the ultimate expense of the repairs. Tuesday, 4th (Lotds.)— Motion by Lord Mountcasbel for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the abuses of the established Church of England and Ireland. Negatived without a division, there being only one voice in favour of the motion. Sante Day—(Commons.)—Bill to regulate the sale of beer read a second time. For the bill 245 ; against it 281 majority 217. Wednesday, sth —(Lords.)— Hampstead-heath inclosare bill rejected on its second reading by a majority of 18 against the bill. Monday, 10th—(Lords.)...-Bill brought in by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to enable clergymen to take a composition for tithes, for terms not exceeding 21 years, the value of the tithe to be regulated by the average price of corn. Tuesday, Ilth—(Commons.) Leave given to bring in a bill to abolish the payment of fees on demise of the crown. Motion by Mr. Hume for abolishing the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland negatived by a majmity of 114. Wednesday, 12th. (Commons.) Hungerfonl market improve mcnt bill read a third time. Thursday, 13th, (Commons). On the motion of Mr. Slaney a select committee was appointed to inquire into the state of the work ing classes. Friday, 14th, (Commons.) In a committee of supply, Sir Jamie Graham insisted on the reduction of salaries and pensions enjoyed by the higher civil and military officers, and moved for returns re lating thereto. Negatived on division. Monday, 17th—(Commons.)—Petitions from the City of London presented in favour of the emancipation of the Jews. Mr. R. Grant moved the second reading of the bill. Negatived on a division, there being in favour of the bill, 165; against it 228; ma. jority, 63. . Tuesday, 18th—(Commons.)--Further consideration of the claims of the British West India Colonists postponed till next ass. sion. Motion by Sir John Newport for applying the revenue of the first fruits in Ireland to the support of the poorer clergy, negatived by a majority of 29 against it. The administration of justice bill went through committee, and resolutions agreed to for allowing 5,0001. a.year to the :additional judges, to be appoined under the bill. Wednesday, 19th (Commons.)—On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was agreed that compensation he allowed to the Welsh Judges, whose fees shall be abolished by the bill for altering the administration of Justice in Wales. Friday, 21st.—(Commons)...-The sale of beer bill committed—a clause proposed by 111r.!Monk to limit consumption in houses opened under this bill, was negatived on division, the numbers being—for the clause 118, against it 143 ; majority in favour of the original hill 25. Monday, 24th.-.-(Lords.)—The first official communication to parliament of his Majesty's indisposition made by message, signi fy ing the inconvenience of signing the public instruments with his own hand. An address of condolence agreed to. Papers relating to Greece laid before the house, and the refusal of the sovereignty of that state by Prince Leopold communicated. Same Day.—(Commons.)--Message respecting the King's ill ness, and address of condolence. The forgery punishment bill in committee. Sir James Mackintosh's amendment to do away with capital punishment in all cases of forgery, negatived by a majority of 15 in favour of the original bill. Tuesday, 23th.—(Lords.)--Motion for the appointment of can mib4loners to affix the Bing's signature by stamp to public docu mcnts.-.Agreed to. Same Day.—(Commons.)—Motion by Mr. Lennard to repeal so much of the act of 10th Geo. 11. c. 28, which empowered the Lord Chamberlain to prohibit the acting of any new dramatic entertain. ment on the stage.—Negatived without a division. Wednesday, 26th.—(Lords.)—Bill for facilitating the progress of suits in Equity read a third time. Thursday, 27th.—(Lords).-King's sign manual bill read a third time, and passed. Friday, 28th.—(Commons.) Motion by Mr. O'Connell, relating to Parliamentary reform, negatived on division—For the motion 13, against it 319, majority 306. Jut/E.—Thursday, 3rd.—(Commons.)—Motion by Dr. Philli. more, for altering the law relating to divorce, negatived on division, the numbers being—for the motion 45, against it 102, majority 57. Motion by Mr. Sadler, for introducing a system of poor laws into lteland negatived without a division. Monday, 7th.—(Commons.)—Grant for foreign missions pro posed in Committee of Supply, and warmly opposed—majority of 19 in favour of the vote. Further consideration of the forgery bill, and motion by Sir James hlackintosh to repeal the punishment of death in all cases except in the forgery of wills. For the motion 151, against it 138, majority 13. Tuesday, Bth—/Commons.)—Motion by Mr. Attwood to raped the currency acts, and to permit the issue of small notes; negatived without a division. llth--(Comfnons.)—Leave given to bring in a bill foe the ual abolition of slavery. T ursday, 17th—(Commons.) —Motion by Colonel Wilson for , leave to bring in a bill to enable British-born Jews to hold landed property, negatived without a division. Monday, 21st—(Commons.)—Sale of beer bill further considered in committee ; proposition to Imit its operation to three years nega tived by a majority of 30 in favour of the bill. Saturday, 20th—(Lords.)—House specially summoned in con sequence of the demise of his Majesty King George the Fourth. Several Peers took the oath of allegiance, &c. to King William the Fourth. _ --- Stunefta - y—(Commons.)—The Speaker communicated the King's death. Mr. Brougham censured the Lord High Steward (Marquis of Conyngham) far not attending at a proper time to swear in the members. - - _ Tuesday, 29th...(Lords.)...Message from the King recommend. ing the dispatch of public business, for the purpose of a dissolution of parliament. Address of condolence agreed to. Same Day (Commons.). —King's message brought up, and ad. dress thereon agreed to. Wednesday, 30th—(Lords.)—The King's message further con. sidered, and proposition for a regency rejected. Same Day—(Commons.)—Amendment moved by LordAlthorpe for adjourning the debate on the regency question. Negatived by a majority of 46. - - - - - - - - JULY, Tuesday, 6th.—{Lade.)—Sale of beer bill read a second time. Same Day.—(Commons.)—Motion by Mr. R. (leant for an ad. dress to his Majesty, the expediency of pro. riding against the poesi reg brel l an ali Ze tl a ol ge s s e dilg erown, by the appointment of a regency—negatived on division ; for the motion 93, against it 247 ; majority in favour of ministers 194. Friday, 9th.—(Commons.) --The libel law amendment bill read a third time, and posed. Monday, 12th. —(Lords.)—The sale of beer bill read a third time, and passed. Tuesday, Oth.--Coni l i onr ons. jo i—Motion by Mr. Brougham for the consideration at an earl neat session of a plan foe the aboll. Wm of slavery in the les—negadved on the division ; for the motion 27, against it MI; majority 29. Tuesday, 20th.—(Lords.)—Court of session (Scotland) bill, ad ministration of justice bill, and several private bills, were advanced a stage. Thursday. 22d.•—(Lords.)—Message from the King directing the removal of Sir Jonah Barrington, from his office of Judge of the Admiralty Court is Ireland, foe malversation. The sugar duties' bill, and the administration of justice bill, were read a third time, and pusW. Fry, 23d..—(Lords.)—Parliament prorogued by the King in person. Saturday, 24th.—Parliament dissolved by proclamation. It would seem, that during the last week, Mr. Stephens, of Callan, with his characteristic sympathies for the poor of that town, ordered two of his sheep to be killed each week for their use, until the end of September next. The two first were killed lot week, and incautiously boiled in copper yes. sels which had not been used for a considerable time before, and were, in consequence, rusted with incrustations of verdigris. Se. 'octal of the poor had portions of the soup saved out to them, and the result is, that three died on Saturday. two more up to yes. terday, and twenty.rive are in a state which lams no bops of their recovery.—lfilkenny Journal of Tuesday. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 24. The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole day in hearing ar- I pimento of Counsel, in support of an injunction to restrain certain parties from opening what are called warping drains on the riva l Trent, such drains being considered dangerous to the navigation. His Lordship rose at three o'clock, and the further hearing of the case was postponed till Monday. ROLLS COURT, JULY 24. QUESTION or LEGITIMACIVIOLETT T. SERLE.—This ease was one of very curious character involving the legitimacy of the plaintiff, a lady of the name of Violett, who instituted the suit as the daughter of Mr. Henry Jackson, formerly an eminent soli citor of Lincoln's-inn. The bill was fi led for the purpose of com pelling the executors of her•father to render an account of the per. sonal estates at the time of his demise. Mr. Jackson had been twice married, and the answer to the bill denied the plaintiff's legi timacy, her mother having eloped with Lord Portrnore, with whom she resided at Tours, in France, although the elopement was subse quent to the plaintiff's birth ; but the presumption was raised that a criminal intercourse had previously ululated. Another ground of sus picion was also relied, namely, that Mr. Jackson had been labouring under a peculiar malady for some time anterior to the plaintiff's birth ; and finally, that she had been brought up and educated by Lord Portmore, as if she had been his child. The plaintiff lived in France until the year 1819, when Mr. Jackson died, and the second wife having administered to his estate and effects, which were consi derable, the plaintiff filed her bill as next of kin. However, it hay. ing been represented to her that the property was inconsiderable, she executed a deed of release, in consideration of receiving the sum of 6001. Subsequent to the execution of the release, the plaintiff be. came acquainted with the actual value of the property, which was much larger than sbe had beengiven to understand ; and one prayer of the bill was to set aside the deed on the ground of fraud. The Muria of the ROLLS stopped the case, and directed a re ference to the Muter, to inquire who was the next of kin, supposing the testator to have left no child, and when the proper parties were identified, the Court would know bow to act. BOARD OF EXCISE, July 24. Thomas Ainjer, of the Oeorge,Back.lane, Islington, was charged , 1 with adulterating beer with sugar, salt, water, copperas, and std., phate of iron. Mr. French, from Messrs. Barclays, proved that the beer had been much deteriorated by adulteration. He said it was a custom now among the brewers to keep a sample butt of the beer in each vat in order to compare it with any adulterated article used in the houses which they supplied..-The defendant was fined 501 James Smith, of the Shears, Wood-street, Cheapside, was charged with a similar offence. _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Farraby said that on analysation he bad found that there were le ounces of sulphate of iron or copperas (averdupols) to every 98 gallons, besides sugar, salt, &c. The Surveyor of the Excise proved that 18 gallons of water had been put by the defendant into a butt. The Chairman, in fining the defendant 1001. said he bad been in juring the brewers and cheating the public. SURREY MISSIONS. A Pious Tatar.—On SatUrday, Thomas Green, a fellow aged nineteen, was indicted for stealing a new Bible from the shop-door of Mr. Higginbotham, pawnbrolta...-A shopman belong. ing to Mr. Higginbotham deposed to the facts... Chairman Do you wish to ask the witness any questions ?.—Prisoner : Did you not see me pick the bible out of the dirt, and go down upon my knees and kiss the mud off the precious treasure P—Witness : No, no; it was in a case at the door.—Prisoner s Oh, you ungodly creature ! The truth is, my Lord, and gentlemen of the Jury, that for some time pest I've had some wisiting of diwine grace, but being wery poor, and my bowels yearning for spiritual food, I was not able to procure a bible no how ; and so I was passing that 'ere gemman's shop, and seeing the treasure I was in search of lying on the ground, I stooped down and took it up.—The jury found the prisoner Guilty.—The Chairman said he would be sent out of the country.—“ Damn and b—t Botany, and the whole lot on ye," exclaimed the pious crea ture as he turned away from the bar. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, iIILY 23. CHM COX....CLATTON, ESQ. V. FIAXILTY, JUN. Mr. Cooper opened the pleadings. The damages were laid in the declaration at 5.0001. Mr. Taunton (with whom was Mr. Serjeant Ludlow) stated the case to the Jury. His client, Colonel Clayton, was a gentleman by birth, education and fortune. He was the eldest son of Sir Wm. Clayton, Bart. ;rid resided at Great Marlow. In the year 1817 he married his present wife, who was then in her 17th year. She was the daughter of Colonel O'Donel, of Newport House, and grand daughter of Sir N. O'Donel, a gentleman of righ rank. The parties lived together until the unfortunate knowledge of her misconduct, (which gave rise to the present action,) on the most affectionate terms. The defendant (Mr. Richard Franklyn) was the son of opulent parents, and thirty-three years of ngc. He was the partner and sharer of the profits of a lucrative concern in London, and also held a situation in the Mint. His first acquaintance with the fa mily of Colonel Clayton was in consequence of an introduction by a lady named Williams, a governess in the Colonel's family, who had formerly filled a similar situation in the family of the defend ant's father. Mrs. C. was very much attached to Miss W. and at her request invited the defendant's sisters to visit her at Great Marlow. The defendant accompanied his sisters on this occasion, which was his first introduction to the family of Colonel Clayton. Shortly after this Mrs. Clayton, being in an indifferent state of health, went to London for medical advice; and she wrote to her husband to account for her long absence on the ground that she had not been able to see a celebrated physician, whom she had been recommended to. After a lapse of time, she returned home, and lived with her husband. It now became his (Mr. Taunton's) duty to state circumstances, from which the jury would infer that adul tery had been committed. blajor.General Samuel Brown proved the marriage, which took place la May, 1817. Jane Allen examined —ln May last I lived with Colonel Clayton; on the sth of May Colonel Clayton went out to dinner; Mr. hank. ln come to the house in the evening ; I met him at the Crown Inn. Marlow where the coach stops; I inquired for him by the name of William Allen; this wasby direon of Mrs. Clayton; I went with him across the field towards my mute's house, where we saw Mrs. Clayton; when they met they walked in a contrary direction to the house ; they afterwards came towards it ; I went to the house first ; the defendant and Mrs. C. afterwards came, but not together; Mrs. Clayton came first • ' she went up to her be d - room; the lady's maid went up with her, and took off her bonnet and shawl; Mrs. Clayton told the lady's maid not to come up stairs again until she rung the bell ; Mrs. Clayton sold she would call me • I then went [ to the housekeeper's room • ' Mr. Franklyn was then waiting outside • 1 I went so him and took him up stairs into the " boudoir," throug h [ my mistress's bed-room; I remained a few minutes in the bed-room with Mrs. Clayton ; the defendant was then in the " boudoir." I locked the door of the recess; Colonel Clayton's bed-room door was locked ; I then went down stairs, leaving the defendant and M rs , Clayton in the situation I have described ; Mrs. Clayton called me up stairs in about half an hour; there was a sofa in the " boudoir ;" I found Mr. Franklyn sitting on the sofa ; Mn. Clayton was stand. Lug near the door; flighted them down the stairs to the front door, I and opened it t Mr. Franklyn then went out and left the house. Cross-exarnined by Mr. Jarvis—l am not aware that Colonel Clayton and Mrs. Clayton ever slept together during the time that I lived with them; they invariably used separate beds. They used I sometimes to dine and take their meals together • but not always • they lived on the very reverse of ailletissaw feral; I do not read: but their ever speaking friendly Write, except when the child lay dead; sometimes they did not spool far a fortnight ; I never beard Mr. Franklyn in all my life use ax endearing expression to Mrs. Clayton ; I never heed him even tall her by her Christian name; his conduct was altogether such as a moral man would exhibit to. wards a virtuous woman. Mr. jiIVIS, for defendant, contended at some length—.lst. That there was no proof of adultery having been committed.... 2nd, That if it bad, with the information the plaintiff was in possession of, be must have connived at It; and therefore, if the jury found for the plaintiff, they ought only to give nominal Mr. Mr. Justice BOILINQUIT summed up, and at half.past nine o'clock, the jury retired. The Counsel an both sides agreed that , the verdict should be taken by the officer of the Court.—His Lordship said he was very glad to avail himself of the in. dulgence after the fatigues of the day. He then retired to his lodgings. At a few minutes before eleven o'clock the Jury came came into Court, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages 1001. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WINCHESTER, JULY W. MURDER ON BOARD • COSTICT4IIII , ....Ww. m em , an d Smith William., two convicts from the Hulks at Portsmouth, were indicted for the wilful murder of William Money, on the 15th of January last, by striking him a blow on his forehead with a ham mer, and also with cutting his throat. It appeared that the deceased was deputy foreman of the convict sawyers eptploy e d In the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth ; he was known to be of penurious bobby, and to have occasionally obtained tobacco, spirits, rite. which he after. lords retailed to other convicts, by which traffic he was known to make money ; he had, besides, been neon With sovereigns in his pommels& —At eight on the morning above described, he, with several others, went to the Gun Wharf, where be was seen about half-plat eight talking to a labourer, and at half peat nine he was Antra in a shed with his bead almost severed from the body, and the skull, near the temple, fractured. From a careful ex. a mination of the fracture, and its effect, it was clear that the wound mot have been inflicted by sonic blunt instrument, before the throat was cut. When the deceased went to the shed it was observed that Brown watched him vay narrowly, followed him in, and cams out shortly after. Immediately after the deceased was found in the situation above desc rib a The principal evidence against the primes was John Purcell, guard of the convicts. On the 28th of January I saw Brown on board the Yak ; I learnt that he wanted to give some information respecting the death of Winney ; I said to him, " Brown, I understand you know something about this business ; why do you not disclose it, as as one in th e ship suspects you were concerned in it?" her epli " I am not the person, but I know who did it ;" be then na the person; I said, " how do you know that ?" be said that a passe told him , gave him six. pence and a bottle to get a quartern drum, and that he returned the bottle and rum to the person, with the change, which was procured by one of the Board of Ordnance men on the day prior to Winmy's death; he then said he saw the person going over to the 4e &seed in No. 11, and in the course of a few minutes after he saw him come out with his hands and clothes apparently covered with blood ; he said he asked him what he had been up to ? he replied, " Never mind—hold your tongue—all is right ; ' he then said the other person went over to thepump to wash his hands, and that he followed and asked him what the devil he bad been up to ? He said, " Hold your ton all is right ; I have planted the come money, and when we all will be right, and we shall di • vide ft." He said it was ei in • battle, or the neck of one; I said to him, " It appears to me you premeditated this business ;" he said " Yea, thew weeks or a month before, but he did not think the person would have murdered the man, but would have koouassd him (sent him to sleep with laudenum) so that he might have been robbed." - - ii; pence he alluded to was the other prisoner, Williams. Williams was accordingly taken into custody, and his clothes were found to be covered with marks of blood. The money taken from the deceased, viz. six sovereigns and six shillings, were found in another shed, in the neck of a bottle. The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were ordered to be executed on Monday, and their bodies to be delivered over for dissection. POLICE REPORTS. WOUNINITIMETr-MISPLACED MTN CTION AND SUICIDE. A young woman, named Mary Roberts, who had been brought to the Office on Fr iday night on suspicion of having been accessary to the murder of a young person about her own . age, named Caroline Roberts, was on Saturday placed at the bar, before Mr. Baotron. TON, for re-examination. Meldrum, police constable, No. 72, K. stated, that about half. past ten on F ri day morning he met with the prisoner, followed by a crowd; and was told by several persons that she had been seen upon the banks of the canal at an early hour that morning, with a female, who was afterwards found near the spot drowned. He de. tamed the prisoner, and, upon inquiry, found a report very generally spread that she had some hand in the young woman's death, and bad ' been seen by the lock-keeper's wife in company with her and a young man, and quarrelling with them. On further inquiry, it appeared that the young woman had become attached to a man who lately married another It did not appear that she had acted imprudently. of a gay turn, she was stated to have always been a virtuous girl.—The prisoner was discharged. QUIEN.SQUAILLA—BRUTAL ASSAULT.—. 7. MIAOW police constable, was charged before Messrs. Marriott and Orego;ie, with a violent assault on J. Wallace. of Silva stmt, Golden-square, a cellarman to Mr. Morrell, Italian warehouseman, in Piccadilly.... The prosecutor, who appeared to be in a very weak state, had his head bound up with a handkerchief, and was so faint that water was given him during the examination. lie stated that he was in com pany with his fellow shopmati, on Friday afternoon, at the end of George-street, to witness the procession of his Majesty returning from the house of lords. Just as the King was passing, there was a great rush, and he was pushed forward ; the defendant seised him by the collar, and struck him a violent blow on the head with his staff, which knocked him down like a bullock. The King's car riage :oust have gone over him, if the mob had not pulled him away. Some persona took him to the hospital, where he had his head dressed. and the surgeon told him he must take great care of himself. The prosecutor produced his shirt, handkerchief, and waistcoat, which were covered with blood. Two witnesses corroborated this statement. The police.consta. ble, in his defence, admitted being on duty at the end of George. street, but he denied being the person wbo struck the complainant. Serjeant Cantrill, of the L. division, No. 7, stated that the complain. ant behaved himself in a most riotous manner. The magistrates, after further Inquiry, said it was clear that the witnesses for the de. fence were mistaken in the prosecutor's person. Mr. Marriott said that the prosecutor had had a very narrow escape. Nothing could justify such a violent assault, and he had no hesitation in saying that if the prosecutor had died, the man who gave him the blow would have been guilty of murder. They should, however , reserve their judgment till Wednesday, in order that the commies nos of police might have a copy of the depositions. He assured the pro. secutor that he should have strict justice done him. MAIILTLZSONEDO4II STEALIIO. Saturday, a fellow, of the name of Dombleday, was brought before Mr. Hoskins, charged on suspicion of stealing a valuable coach.dog. On the place in which he lived being searched, the bodies of thirty dogs were found in a state of putrefaction...-He was remanded. REMARKABLE CASE .f MATRIMONIAL DECEP. TION. The maid-savant of a respectable solicitor, who resides in Broad. street, in the City, for some time lately encouraged the addresses of a man who described himself as clerk to a large milinery concern at Battle-bridge, and received him in her master's house. The clerks in the house in Broad-street, had seen the gallant about the premises frequently, and observed that on such occasions he hid his face with his handkerchief. This was rather a ground for suspicion, but they fancied that be felt some little shame at being identified as the lover of • female in such humble cir cumstances, and readily excused the feeling. The young wo. man at last grew two high for the situatio•, and upon being told that her qualifications for her place were become rather out of order, turned up her noes and saying that she was going to enter into a happier state, took her leave. It had not, however, escaped those in the house that she was accustomed to display more money, trinkets, and clothes, than it generally fell to the lot of a milliner's clerk to provide, and a clue was soon found to the mystery. Several article' of her master's property were missed, and amongst the rest were two most valuable volumes of the Cyclopedia. The girl was not sus pected of having appropriated these books, but her lover's studied concealment of his face from strangers was soon attributed to a mo tive very different from that originally ascribed to it. A day or two after the detection of the robbery down ran the milliner from Battles bridge to the office in Broad.atreet to inquire for his porter ; for the lover had thought proper to go a step or two higher than his real rank in recommending himself to his sweetheart. "He is not here, said the servant s we suppose that he is gone to be married." " Married !" cried the milliner, " Why he has robbed me of money and goods, and I'll have him if be is above ground." The laborious Inquiries of the enraged milliner succeeded. He traced the new couple to Brighton, and pounced upon them soon after they came out of church, covered with matrimonial favours, and thus prevented them from 'pe n the honey moon in France. As soon as they arrived in Ludo., and were taken to a police station, " I say," said one of the officers to the hero of the story, " 'tis you, is it? I thought It would come to this—you wouldn't take my advice, and keep your old tricks." " Why, who is he, in the name of don," said the milli- ner ; " Who is he. " reputed the officer—" Why, be is an old hand, to be sure--he has bent over the water before, and now he'll go over for good." The unhappy girl seemed as much astonished at the In. telligence that she was the wife of a thief so any body else, and it being apparent that she was not aware of the manner in which he had lately enriched . himself, no intention is entertained of prose cuting her. ATTEMPT TO MURDER TWO CHILDREN AT ',Err. ISHAMrSITICIDE OF THE MOTHER I About four o'clock Saturday matting the inhabitants of Garden row, Lewisham-lane, wee alarmed by the ay of murder, and the shrieks of ehildrets,which proceeded from the house ea man named Portbury, No. 4, in the row. Many persons ran to ascertain the cause, when they perceived a lad, about its years of age, son of , Portbury, in his shirt, with the blood pouring from his throat In torrents !—lt afterwards apparel that the mother of the lad had been out spending the day at a friend's in the neighbourhood, and hail returned about three o'clock in the morning. Her &lichen, a boy named Thomas, and a little boy about nine years old, were In bed together. The boy beard his mother come into the room, but did not speak to ha, and fell him a dose. Shortly after he felt gnat pain, as if some one was pinching him, and opening his eyes, he saw his mother kneeling on the side of the bed with an open razor la her hand, and before he could get up. she drew It across his throat. He ran down stairs and alarmed the neighbouthood. He recollected he bad left his sister in bed, and for fear his mother should murder bet he returned, when he found that she bad taken his sister out abed, and v cuffing her throat t be instantly rushed between them, and andsavoural to tab the row tram his mother,l but could not, and in, dm ell mpptt the tqpd Ms kit thumb was out completely off! He shomei4 in maim Ms *Me teem destruc. l don, and fled with bee Wet of the bee the Wei WU pawing from his throat t S 4 pereows se tadts to UMW, the wo. man, when, upon the toss, tbay Midi bee lying on Mel pound weltering la she ham Illltly amid bet bead from her body, and the maw with which tine perpetrated the horrid deed was grasped tightly b her right Nisi. The poet boy was meted to the house of Mr. (bike, the - stiarmt, where the wound In hie t hroat was dressed t sod although none of the blood-needs at arta. ries are divided, it is feared, from the immense loss of blood, he win never recover. The husband of the unfortunate woman is a journey, man baker at Deptford, and was glom home at the time the horrible set was committed. The unfortunate woman was noticed for he r sobriety and general good behaviour, and there can be no doubt but she committed the dreadful deed in a fit of temporary mental ex. citement. Information was sent to Mr. Carter, the coroner, alto will bold an inquest on the body to-morrow. SCINTILLA. ORIGIN OP THR TERM TONTINE..--The word Tontine is only a ant word, derived from the name of an Italian proje cts. This was me Lawrence Toad, a aeature of Cardinal Magazin e , =Lilt:people extremely out of humour with his Eminency's imagined be could reconcile them by a propos a l of adding pas* rich in an instant, with trouble or pito& Mc *boo was a lottery of annuities, with survivorship, which Pt yarpred la 1663, with the consent of the Court, but the Parlia. aunt weld not register the edict. Three years after, he tried in, spin, for building a stone bridge over the Seine, when it rboth the favour of the Court and the sanction of Parliament DANORROUS IstPos IT lox .—The public cannot be too cautious in purchasing green peas from hawkers. Comm oa field peas are continually brought to market and sold as green ga r . den peas. They are indigestible after three hours boiling, and pro. duce most dangerous and distressing pains in the stomach and bowels. They are easily detected in the raw state, being tough slid divested of that sweetness which is common to young garden peas. When boiled they are the colour of beans. People should be equally cautious in the choice of mushrooms. A SEAT WANTED poi WILLIAM COBBETT..—I am not sure that I shall not go into Essex, where I have got an invita. don to oppose Pole Long Wellesley Pole (a fearfully long name): and, Wane body will pay for the hustings, I may perhaps do it, if Westminster should not keep me in the metropolis of the " British Bleffre." I see that Mr. Mond has declined - for Reading. I have a hint to start for that place; but who trill pay for the hustings I have the money offered to pay for them at Westminster; and it I do it, I will show up the Daddy in grand style ! I will treat him to a Scotch document, that will make even Thimble and Cowhide stare. In short, lam in the humour for spat; and I am determined to have it somewhere or other.— Weekly Register. _ - - ATTAINDERS ON SCOTCH FAMILIES.--A few years ago Government acceded to the popular wish, that the attainders. which had so long lain on the honours of several of our historic families should be removed; and accordingly the titles of 31ar. Carnwath, Airlie, Kenmure, Duffus, Strathallan, Nairn, and Weymss, once more came into existence. But here the Royal clemency faltered. The Scottish Peers still suffering under the attainder are.—Keith, Earl Marischal, attainted 1715; Maxwell, Earl of Nithsdale, attainted 1715; Seton, Earl of Winton, at. tainted 1715; Livingston, Earl of Linlithgow, attainted 1715; Drummond, Earl of Perth. attainted 1745 ; Carnegie, Earl of Southesk, attainted 1715; Mackenzie, Earl of Seaford) attainted 1715; Livingstone, Earl of Callender, attainted 1715; Maule, Earl of Pantnure, attainted 1715 ; Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock, at. tainted 1746 ; Mackenzie, Earl of Cromarty, attainted 1745 ; Seaton, Viscount Kingston, attainted 1715 ; Livingston, Viscount Kilsyth, attainted 1715 ; Fraser, Lord Lovat, attainted 1743 ; El. phinston, Lord Balmerino, att ainted 1745; Balfour, Lord Bur. leigh, attainted 1716; Preston. Lord Dingwall, attainted 1715; Forbes, Lord Pitsligo, attainted 1745. SIR WALTER SCOTTS-A GENERAL. — Sir Walter Scott writes on military affairs as few ever did or eves will write ; but he labours under the great disadvantage of never having seen war—a disadvantage that even his genius cannot altogether over. come. We confess that, forgetful of the dangers a life so valuable would have been exposed: to, we sometimes amuse ourselves in speculatleg on what might have been the result had chance made Sir Walter a military man, and placed him in situations favourable for the display of his genius, which is evidently of a military cast. What sort of battles and what sort of books should we have had ? for we should of course have had both, and both very different from those we have had. But, though he was not with us in the hour of danger, yet his spirit accompanied us, and his genius cheered us. We recollect being one of a party who a stormy night, while encamped on the heights above pawed Pennscova, s in reading the " Lady of the Lake," then just published, that as a special favour had been lent to us for that night only; and though our cloaks were hardly able, in addition to the rickety walls of our tent, to protect our single luminary, we did not break up till every word of the book, notes and all, had been read and discussed. In the fields of Vittoria and Pampeluna, the grass now waves over two of those whose hearts then beat high at the re cital of that delightful tale; the gallant owner of the volume lies betted in the church-yard of St. Etienne which it was his dying order to defend to the last. The third of the party has found a happy home to soothe the sufferings that severe and complicated wounds have entailed upon him ; while the last, after years of absence, a stranger In his native land, with nothing but the recollections of the peat to dwell.upon, traces these sketches, because, as Sir James Turner says, "he knew not bow to pass away his solitary and retired hours with &store harmless divertisement."—United Service Journal. _ A WITCY.—A woman, named Niblett, was brought before the Rev. J. Neale, at the public office, h with prac tising the " mystic arts" of sorcery and divin ation , ca and with curing all kinds of disorders, casting out devils, Att. Ac. by mys. terious and supernatural influences. The ceremonies she per. formed previous to achieving these wonders, were, crossing pins in a peculiar manner, and twisting thread, while she pronounced some solemn incantation. The princial act required from those who ' applied to her for assistance being the advance of as much money as their credulity and superstition would prompt them to give. After the talisman had been prepared in the above manner, they were sold at a high price ; and a box of charmed ointment possessed such extrardinary virtues, that it was considered cheap by a customer who purchased it for tbs. The facts of which she was accused having been clearly established, 31ra. Nlblett was very properly sentenced to six week's confinement in the House of Correction at Northleach ; but conceiving the decree to be unjust, and fancying herself a martyr in a gond cause, she gave no tice of appeal against the conviction at the Quarter Sessions. The question was accordingly argued, and many ancient cues and con. victions for sorcery produced pro and eon. a few days since, before that tribunal at Gloucester; when, after a patient hearing, the Chairman (the Rev. Dr. Cooke) confirmed the conviction, and ex pressed his regret that she had not been punished to the full extent allowed by law, as an impostor. She was therefore sentenced to six weeks' penance in a jail, as the only means of laying those evil spirits in the Red Sea, who had possessed and taught her such un hol pact ices.—Cheltenlems Journal. FIRE AT W OOLTORD..--Abollt one o'olock in the morning of Thursday last, a fire commenced in the bleach works at Woolfmd, near Bury, which in two hours destroyed from 1,300 to 1,400 calico pieces, and the whole of the interior of the edifice in which it commenced. Two of the men employed at the works had gone to work at that early hour, and the lighted candle they made use of by some means occasioned the calamitous event. The wash wheels, water wheeVdrying machine, and the adjoining buildings, were all saved. What adds to the misfortune is, that the works were carried on for the benefit of the widow and numerous family of the late Mr. James Booth, who, it will be recollected, met with a premature death by partaking of a pudding into which arsenic had been introduced, at the vestry dinner, at Tottington Lower.end, in September last. The building was about fourteen yards long, twelve yards wide, and three stories high, but neither it nor any part of the Ilsotents were insured. H EBDO3IA DA RY. Tins DAY.—St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. The Moon will transit the first meridian of this country at 26 minutes put fi evening. The Battle of Talavera, 1800. To-Moznow.—Moon enters the first quarter 42 min. past 8 after noon r it will be in apogee at 1 l morning. Battle of the Pr rennet', 1813. Wasurzumw.—About this time the bees kill the drones, and the frogs begin to leave the water and resort to the long grass. The Spanish Armada was destroyed, 1583. Earl of Essex beheaded. 1640. Mars rises 66 min. past 9 evening. Tuu RH/AlN—Jupiter sets 7 min. past 2 morning. This is the Blaek last with the Jews, in memory of the burning of the Tem ple by Nebuchadneuar. Numb. ziv. 29, 31. FIIDAY.....BaIUft3 sets 20 min. past 7. Thomas Gray died, 1771. Sawonnaw..—Richard Savage died, 1743. Sttirrozw.—Lammas Day—Battle of the Nile, 1798—Sun rises 18 min. put 4, sets 41 min. past 7. BIRTHS. The Cid lest at Roydon, in Essex. the lady of the Rev. B. Auriol, of a aon—The 114th inst. the lady of J. 0. Jones, EN. of John - street , Bedford.row, of a sin, still .botn—The 24th instant, at York.terrsee, Regenes.park, the lady of A. Duff, Evti. of Wood. oott.heame. Oxfordshire, of a son. MARRIED. Henry, thbd son of W . Smith, Esq. of Richmond, Sarre'', to Rum% thini daughter of T. D. Broughton, loq. ef the same plea. DIED. The 12d instant, In his 27tITY;;;,at the residence of his father, Thomas, eldest eon of T.Pardngton, taq. of I Wham, in the county of Sussex—The Seth of May last, at Belvedese estate, Jamaica. Abbas he had gone for the benefit of his health, Jsmcs, the eldest eon of J. Lewis, Esq. of Rodney-place, Clifton, in the 41st year of his age—Th.22d inst. at Hastings, 11r. 0. Darby, late Quarter. master in the Ist Regiment of Grenadier Maras, aged IL Lowman Piloted and Pubbabed by 301110 Marva. at di. Ilene Orrice No. 1. Pkbett-plarke.Temply Bar.