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I tiI!ERIC.IN FACTS AND NOVELTIES. From le of Boston and New York papers now before , • ns. tehi•ly received yesterday. we make a few selections; which, if theftsera of forth in them are not highly important, are, at all events, ~4uting DELPII IA The Census, it is reckoned, from the information now obtained, will give Philadelphia about two hundred titoutsind inhabitants vir--about ninety thousand within the city bounds. and about one hundred and ten thousand without: about one hundred and seventy thousand in the contiguous dwellings, and about thirty thousand in the rest of the county. Kensington alone has in. creased from se:en thousand to twelve thousand in the last ten years. Two hundred thousand inhabitants will give this district another n.ernber of Congress in the ratio of fifty thousand for each member.— Pi.ilodaphia A Bosom; Buo.—A person called this morning to show up a bug which has just been taken from his ear; it was about three quarters of an inch in length, brown legs and back nearly black, haying small pincers in front of the head. Immediately on entering the ear, it e•uleavoured to penetrate as far as possible, causing the most excru e;atihg pain as the insect progressed ; and which, had it not been spec. diis alleviated, the gentleman thinks would have produced insanity in a phi rt time, or something more fatal. His companion fortunately thought of applying a remedy which has recently bees mentioned in the eew-papets. and which was luckily at hand. He poured a small quantity of whiskey into the ear of his friend, which had the effect of paralyzing the efforts of the insect to penetrate, and by applying a pin it was extracted with little difficulty, and the sufferer immediately re leased from all pain and apprehension from an assault so unexpected and dangerous. MUSIC AND Buos.—By an advertisement in one of these papers, by Bourne. musia.seller, 359, Broadway, New York, we find that a reformation in music, means in America lowering its price ; and oy another advertisement of Demaret, an innkeeper in Waterford, New York. we are informed what are the qualifies of an American Inn, viz. —..a good clean hair mattress, and no bed bugs, or black-legs, to annoy ur disturb the guests. LONGEVITY OF VEGETABLEIS.—The vital principle of vegetables, it is well known, may be preserved for a great length of time, but the following instance, which we find mentioned in an abstract of a lecture delivered by a professor of Botany, seems scarcely credible. It is stated that a bulbus root, which was found in the hand of an Egyptian mummy, and in which situation it had very probably been for more than two thousand years, germinated on exposure to the at mosphere, though, when discovered, it was apparently in a state of pe. feet dryness. The root it is said was subsequemtly put into the ground, where it grew with readiness and vigour ! TREATY OF PRAIRIE DU CIIIEN.—We have been per mitted by the politeness of John H. Kinzie, Esq. to examine a copy of the treaty concluded on the 10th ult. between the Sacks and Foxes on the one put, and the Sioux, Winnebagoes, and 31enomonees, on the other part, and assented to b the - 0' Mahan, loways, (Woes, and Mis. souriaa, in presence of the United States Commisscners, Gen. Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and CoL Willoughby Morgan, of the United States Army. The negoolations commenced on the 7th. The treaty provides that there shall lze firm peace and friendship between the two tribes. That the boundary line, settled by Oen. Clarke and Gov. Cass, 19th August, 1825, between the Sacks and the Foxes and Sioux, shall be re-established. The Yankton and Santee bands of Sioux, who were not represented at the meedng, and who are interested in the boun dary line from the Forks of the Damoine river to the Missouri, shall be invited to send a deputation to St. Louis, as soon as possible, to meet a deputation of the Sacks and Foxes, to adjust that boundary under the superintendence of Gen. Clarke. That the same bands may become' parties to the present treaty of 1825, and that the 13th and 14th ar ticks of the treaty of 1825 be revived and enforced. BROKEN BANK NOTES.—Several advertisements appear in these payers, offering the highest prices for certain broken bank bilk; and the New York Daily Sentinel has the following communi cation on the " Pkasures of Failing !"—Some talk of the pleasures of trade ; some of the pleasures of polities ; others expatiate on the plea sures of law, physic, and divinity ; many speak of the pleasures of a married state, and others again on the pleasures of single blessedness; but as those are topics which have already become threadbare, by their constant use, 1 shall, for the sake of variety, speak of the pleasuresof fail ing. After, at least, twenty-one years had performed their regular re volution since my first appearance on the stage of life, full of high hopes and expectations as to the future, I launched forth into trade, and, for a while, Dame Fortune and all was mild, She frown'd, which brought me to the ground. But I must stop and apologise for intruding on the muses ground, and keep my place in the old prose road, pretty well behind the 'multitude. The nearest I ever came in my life to being a poet, was at a dinner table with an uncle of mine, who could make the ends of every line jin. gle like two old tin kettles. A sheriff one day popped into my store, and without stopping to inquire whether he intruded or not, monopo lised at once every thing around him. I discharged my clerks, and in fact myself from business, and for a while employed myself in doing nothing; but, strange as it may appear, this business, as well u most others, is now completely overdone. owing to the great numbers going into it of late. Formerly I laid awake half the night, contriving how to meet the payments of the next day : now I sleep sound, get up in the morning, read the news after breakfast, walk out, fall in, if possi. ble. with one of the happy insolvent fraternity, talk about the proceed. inns of Congress and Legislature, dispute as to the merits of the presi dential candidates, the utility of the safety fund, circulation of small bilk, hear and tell great stories about bursting steam boilers on the Nis siuippi and other rivers, contrive safety valve', and bulkheads for the greater security of passengers—but all is project and no execution. To attempt to speak to a business man before three o'clock, world be almost useless, unless you have a pocket full of money to lend him. After three, he is worn out by the fatigues of the day— I hear of accidents, and losses of property by sea and land, entirely un concerned who suffers ; 1 see some so anxious for the arrival of a vessel, that they can scarcely contain themselves • other* feel as though their fortune was dependent on the the or fall of cotton at some foreign market ; one wants the wind changed; another wants fair weather, and another rain ; in fact, none are exactly suited. I pass the fretting group entirely unconcerned, and think, within myself, they are now wading through the tribulations of trade, and will soon find that ours is the only course of ease and comfort, notwithstanding the sneered bankruptcy which they cast at our enormous, but respectable body. Should there be a large fire, a failure of a bank, or any individual in extensive busi ness, cambia more or less to be regretted by all, according to their respective business—the news, however, affects me as a mere circum. stance, and I am sometimes constrained to break out, with " blessed be nothing, for I have not the least fear of losing anything,by sea or land." In tact, we are in every respect safe characters; and from the picture I have; drawn, no one can doubt the truth of the assertion, that "A man's life consists not in the abundance of things which he possesseth." I am now free from the noise and bustle of active life, no payments to make but my own personal expenses, and at present where bank notices cease from troubling, and where bill books are at rest. POCKETS TO LET. THE CHEROKEE PHCENIX.—This American curiosity favours us with about three columns of an address of the "Committee and Council of the Cherokee Nation, in General Council convened," to the people of the United States, setting forth, that some months ago de legation was appointed by the constituted authorities of the Cherokee nation, to repair to the city of Washington, and, in behalf of this na tion. to lay before the Government of the United States such repruen. tations as should seem moat likely to secure to them, as a people, that protection, aid, and good neighbourhood, which has been so often pro. raised, and of which they stand in great need. Soon after their arrival in the city, they presented to Congress a petition from the Cherokee tui tional Council, asking for the interposition of that body in their behalf, especially with reference to the laws of Georgia, which were suspended in a most terrifying manner over a large part of their population, and protesting, in the most decided terms, against the operation of these lawn. In the course of the winter they presented petitions to Congress, signed by more than four thousand citisms, including, probably, more than nineteen twentieths, and, for ought we can tell, ninety-nine hundredths of the adult males of the nation (the whole population being about Wt. teen th ou s a nd), pleading, with the assembled representatives of the American people, that the solemn engagements between their fathers may be preserved, as they have been till recently, in full force and con tinued operation ; asking, in a word, for protection against threatened usurpation, and for a faithful execution of a guarantee which is per fectly plain in its meaning, has been repeatedly and rigidly enforced in their favour, and has received the sanction of the Government of the United States for nearly forty years. This document, which is really interesting, and ably compiled, and from which we may make some ex tracts on a future day, then proceeds to recount the exploits of the Che rokees, and that they wish to remain in the land of their fathers, having a perfect and original right thereto, without interruption or molestation. It is subseribei by the annexed extraordinary names : LEWIS ROSS, President Committee. James Daniel, . Dah-ye-Site, David Vann, John Baldridge, John Timson, Deer in the Water, Going Snake, Speaker of Sleeping Rabbit, the Council, Bark, Charles Reese, Chnkowah, Chu-Nu-flee, Walking Stick, L aude, gh-st-Mu uake, ki J. R. Daniel, Sit _ Bobbin, Nah-hoo-Lah, N n •Wei Joh vSah ßidge, ii i Moms 'Pants, Who Mow, Deigsh-10-la-01, Ws-kb-Do% Who Ps*, MIDDLESEX SESSION, SEPT. 13. Before F. CONS?, Esq. Chairman, and a full Bench of Magistrates. ASSAULT. John Grslks. aged 36, was indicted for violently assaulting, on the 12th of May, Fran c s Birmingham, a lad scarcely ten years old, and doing him merlons bodily harm. Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the prosecution, and Mr. C. PHILLIPS the defence. Francis Birmingham resides with his mother at Knigtsbridge, in furnished lodgings belonging to the defendant. On the day mentioned in the indictment he was, by the direction of his mother, standing on the outside of the room-door ; was not making a noise there ; had not been long there, when the defendant came up and kicked him twice so violently as to render him unable to walk for some time; was obliged to be put to bed ; bad 28 leeches and some liniments applied to the groin; a medical gentleman attended witness several days. Cross.examined by Mr. C. PHILLIPS—Had not frequently been de sired by Mr. Griffiths to get off the stairs. A policeman was called I in, and examined witness, and saw some marks of violence upon the lower part of his abdomen. Charles Farrel, on the day mentioned in the indictment, was playing at cards on the stain with Birmingham ; was mak ing no noise; Griffiths came up. and struck and kicked the last witness very violently in the lower panof the belly, and threatened to do so again it he did not go into his room. Cron.examineel.—Did not see two kicks given ; saw one kick and one cuff given. Never was in prison. Francis Newbury, a surgeon, residing in Slaane.street, Chelsea ; at tended Master Birmingham in coasequence of two very severe blows he had received; it was five days befere he could rest in the least degree upon his foot; the blows were very severe, and might have proved very serious. Cross.examined...—The demand the witness has for leeches, medicine, &e. amounts to two guineas. The Learned Chairman having recapitulated the evidence, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court, considering it as the better plan, requested Mr. Lee, the barrister, to see all parties, and ad judge what compensation is due to the youthful prosecutor. Mr. Lee returned into Court, after being absent nearly an hour, and awarded the sum of 141. including compensation, costs, &c. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS CHARGE OF PIRACY. Yesterday four seamen underwent a long examination at the Thames Police Office, charged on suspicion of being concerned in taking posses. sion of the colonial brig Cyprus, in the month of August, 1029, and subsequently with being concerned in some nefarious acts of piracy. In the month of August, 1829, the colonial brig Cyprus was pro. eeeding from Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, to AlQuarrie Dar. boor, with 30 prisoners on b oard and three months' provisions, when she was iken possession of by 18 of the convicts, who, after murdering some of the military guard, put the rest ashore with the other prisoners and the crew, on a desolate place, without food, and effected their escape with the vessel, which has not since been h of. In the beginning of the month of March last the President and Select Committee of Supercargoes at Canton were informed that four persons in a sbip's boat, who stated themselves to be part of the crew of an English merchant vessel wrecked on the coast of China, had visited the port. The one who represented himself to be the master of the vessel was sent for to Canton, and examined before the Select Committee. He was sworn to a deposition, In which he stated himself tc be Wm. Wal den, of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, and commander of the brig Edward, of London, of 202 tons, which left the London-docks on the 14th December, 1828, bound for Rio de Janeiro, which place be reached in 72 days. He remained there nine days, and then sailed for Maranham and Pernambuco. After touching at these places, he sailed for Valparaiso, and after calling at some other ports of South America, proceeded to the Sandwich Islands and Japan. At the latter place his vessel was damaged by the fire of the batteries opened upon him, and in that state he bent his way towards the port of Manilla, when the vessel became so leaky from the injury sustained by the shot passing through her, that the crew were obliged to abandon her near Formosa. Two boats contained the crew, amounting to 16 persons, but only one of them succeeded in reaching Canton, whither they were towed by a fish ing-boat. Weldon, in his deposition, further stated, that he had heard no tidings of the other boat, but supposes they would have reached Formosa. The Select Committee, on hearing the above deposition, the truth of of which appeared to be confirmed by Weldon, having a sextant with him, and also a boat, on the outside of which was painted, " Edward, of London, " and on the inside " William Walden,", transferred Wel don and hi s three men to the Charles Grant East Indisman, in which they were allowed a free passage, and the deposition he had signed was sent over to Mr. Auber, the ecretary of the Honourable East India Company. On the 29th of March last, a few days after the departure of the Charles Grant, another person, stating himself to be George Huntley, made his appearance at Witampoa, with three men, who stated then. leaves to belong to the brig Edward, wrecked on the coast. Huntley I was sent for by the Select Committee, sad examined. He said he was Ithe steward of the Edward, and that the master's name was James Wilson (not Weldon) ; that she left London on the 14th of June, 1828, for the Cape of Good Hope, and that his brother was first mate of the Edward. His account was so much at variance with the statement of Weldon, that the President and Select Committee im. mediately suspected that some nefarious acts of piracy were connected with the brig Edward, and detained Huntley, who was consigned as a prisoner to the Keine Castle East indiamen, which arrived a fortnight since. The boat was also sent to this country in the same vessel._ Huntley, when before the Select Committee at Canton, said he quarrelled with the Captain of the Edward, and left her in an open boat with three of the crew, and ultimately reached Lingting, where the East Indiamen were stationed. He stated that his friends resided in London, and that his brother was a Mr. Huntley, optician, of 191 or 192, High Holborn, opposite Great Turnstile. When Huntley was transmitted to the Nellie Castle as a prisoner, his three companions could not be found. Mr. John Jackson, the Secretary of the Select Committee at Canton, how. ever, sent a full statement of the affair to the East India House, and in the event of the &Ilk Castle arriving before the Charles Grant, inti mated that Weldon and his three companions might be secured before they left the vessel These statements were all forwarded to the Secre tary of State, who gave the necessary directions to the Magistrates of the Thames Police, to secure the boat and the persons of the four prisoner, on the arrival of the China fleet in the river. On the Ist inst. Huntley was lakat out at the Kerne Castle with the boat, and brought to the Thames-Pollee-office before Mr. Ballantine. He was very reserved and expressed greet reluctance to answer any questions. His account of himself, however, differed materially from the statement be made at Canton, but stated that he left the Edward at one of the Ladrone Islands, and that the Captain's name was James Wilson. In answer to ques. Lions from Mr. lisllantine, he said that, when the vessel left Blackwall, she went to the Cape, from thence round a lot of lands, and took In GOO Otter skins, and gave cutlery for them. The vessel then ran up that coast, and came to the Lathan Islands, where he left the vessel on as • of the quarrel with the Captain about the bad bread they bad to eat. He said his friends were opticians in the city, but declined giving any further information, and said he was wrongl detained. On Tuesday last, the Charles Grant East having arrived in the river, Mr. Evans, the chief' odlca, and several constables of the Thames Police, went to that vessel, for the purpose of securing Wal. don and his three companions, but found the forma had left the ship at Margate, the commander having no authority to detain The others were secured, and brought before Mr. Ballantine. They gave their names John Anderson, AI meatier Tolford, and Charles Williams. They were all examined rely. Anderson said he was a native of Edinburgh, and ship on board the Edward, at Gravesend, on the 14th of December, 1 ; she was laden with cotton and other goods. After leaving Gravesend they went to Rio de Ja. who, to Valparaiso, Sandwich Islands, and igen touched at Japan, where they were fired as by the natives, and, in consequence of the in. jury done to the brig, she went down off Formosa, in 60 feet water. A pan of the crew tools the boat, and ultimately reached Canton. He stated that the owner (Allen) died a few days after the vessel left Val. pardon, and his body was thrown overboard He (Anderson) shipped as His wages were M. 10s. per month. who wee next examined, said he was a native of Leith ; that be shipped at Gravesend as seaman, but contradicted Anderson in =Lparts of his testimony, and said the latter was taken in at the icit laa no earpenta on board until they reached that plate. He also stated that Allen, the owner of the Edward, died at Valparaiso, and his body was taken ashore and interred. Williams, who was next called in, said he was a native of Bristol ; that he shipped as butcher in the Edward, at Gravesend, some time in 1828. He confirmed Anderson's statement respecting the route of the ship, but stated that Anderson did not come on board until the vessel reached the Sandwich Islands. He differed materially front his two companions respecting the manner of Allen's death, the n um b e r o f the crew, &c. The three prisoners declared they had never been to sea be. fore they 'hipped in the Edward. After their examination was concluded, Huntley was brought in. They changed colour at his appearance, and were ordered by M. Bat warring to look at him. They declared they had never seen him until that moment, and Huntley expressed himself to the same effect, and mid he was wrongly detained, and the Bench should get no in. kam a d a e from him, or where his friends resided. They were then taken hem the bar, and ordered to be kept apart. The inquiry h a d raaa tt led thus far without much success, when Mr. Evans, the aid dicer of Thames police, was struck with great re. semblance the four prisoners bore to the description of four of the con. rims in the Hue and Cry of the 13th of March last, as having been con cerned in the atrocious act of murdering some of the military guard, end running away with the colonial bag Cypres, in Aug. 1829. One of the convicts was William Watts, a native of Bristol, who arrived by the Leal iklon coaviet.ship, at Van Dianan's Land, is 1817. Mr. g m ., am ais h ia d ie Williams, found he exactly answered in mir y 18 ; aaaa of that convict. Another of the convicts is desedlisiM the tepee amp James Davis, engtaver, triad In Midas= In al 1 et etrlseesee, 1820; sentenced to seven years' nanspeetadon. Huntley answers to bis description in almost every respect. Alexander Telford states himself to be a native of Leith, and answers to the description of one of the convicts, named Alexander Stevenson. who was tried at Glasgow on the 13th of April, 1824, and arrived in the colony by the Sir Charles Forbes, in 1828. He was sentenced to fourteen years transportation. The fourth prisoner, John Anderson, who said he was a native of Edinburgh, answers to the description in the Hue and Cry of another convict concerned in the murder and piracy, viz. John Beveridge, tried at Perth, March 4th, 1821. The brig Cyprus, seized by the convicts, was never heard of after wards, and it is generally supposed that the fellows who seized her scuttled the vessel on meeting with the Edward, and took possession of the latter ship, to carry on their piratkal practices. Inquiries are being made to ascertain whether any brig called the Edward le ft Gravesend in the year 1828, and if any tidings were heard of the crew, who, it is feared, might have been left on some desolate place, or disposed of in a more atrocious manner The story told by throe of the prisoners, of their being fired at by the Japanese, is probably correct, and strong sus picions are entertained that they touched at the Japan Islands for the purpose of plunder, and also at other places, and commit ted acts of murder and piracy. The man who escaped, and took the name of Weldon, is supposed to have acted as Cap. taro of this lawless gang, and to have seamed the name of the master of the Edward, after that vessel was kited. His person is well known to the officers and crew of the Charles Grant, in which ship he came over, and it is probable he may be met with and secured. The story told by Huntley at Canton, of a disturbance on board theship of which he mentioned he was steward, has given rise to a conjecture that the con. victs quarrelled amongst themselves respecting the division of their booty, and that after the Edward foundered, each party took their own course in open boats. Three, who were in company with Huntly at Canton, it is probable, may be sent over by the authorities there. The four prisoners were again brought before Mr. BALLA/MINE yesterday. The worthy magistrate, who has taken great pains to elu cidate the mystery in which the affair is involved, again examined them separately, but they were very sullen in their replies, and refused to give any more information. Huntley denied all knowledge of the others, and refused to state where his friends resided. The prisoners were ordered to be brought up again on a future day. In the mean time, the local authorities at Scotland and Bristol will receive notice to attend and identify the persons of Anderson, alias Beveridge; Telford, alias Stevenson; and Watts, alias William:. When the case is Com pleted against them, they will be sent over to Van Dieman's Land, to meet the punishment due to their crimes. Since writing the above, we have been informed that the identity of Huntley is placed beyond a doubt as George James Davis. He was examined before Mr. Enemas, at Hatton-garden police.office, on the 19th of July, 1820, for stealing some silver spoons, and tried at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions, before the Common Sergeant. The pro secutor's name was Charles Rawlins. Davis, alias Huntley, is a of good education and address ; and at the time of his being with the felony, resided in Clerkenwell. 13y the accounts in the P.oban-town papers, it appears that the pas sengers and crew of the Cyprus endured the greatest privations after they were left by the convicts, and several perished for want. it is pro bable that all the parties concerned in the seizure of the vessel may yet be brought to punishment. The boat sent over from Canton, on which are inscribed the words " William Weldon, Edward, of London," is in the possession of the Thames Police. POLICE REPORTS. GUILD RALL.--Roberi Ricked' was charged with an attempt to steal an umbrella. Mr. Edgell, of Basinghall-street, said he was passing through Ca teaton-street, by the church, about half-past seven o'clock on Saturday evening, when the prisoner suddenly started upon him, and endeavoured to wrest his umbrella out of his hand. Witness held the umbrella fast, and so too did the prisoner, who struggled long and violently for pos. session. Witness, however, succeeded in keeping his property and se curing the prisoner. The Alderman committed him to hard labour for a month. Henry Miller was charged with stealing the sumlof 11. lla. Mr. Clark Winchester, en umbrella-maker, in Dean-street, stated that he had hired the prisoner from St. Andrew's Workhouse, and on Tuesday last he entrdsted him with the above money to purchase some sticks. He absconded, and complainant heard no more of him till he applied that morning to the Overseers for relief, when he was secured. The prisoner said, with somewhat of a theatrical air, that honesty was his " ruling passion," and that he had not made use of the money, but had been robbed of it is the fair, which he was tempted to visit by an old acquaintance. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER said he had behaved ungratefully to his employer, and it was evident, that notwithstanding honesty was his " ruling passion," it was not his practice. The pr loner was committed for trial. Harrow -Gaeass.—George Lowy, a powerful looking young man, dressed in a blue coat, white trousers, and a drab hat, was brought up yesterday on suspicion of being an accomplice in the murder of Long, the policeman, from his alleged similarity to the description of one of the men who was seen in company with the man Sopwell, who is al.. ready committed for trial. A Sergeant of Police, No 6, Division 8, thad taken the prisoner ' into custody in the vichtitT of the Regent's Park, late on Sa turday night, from information he had received. The examination was kept strictly private, but the following are the leading facts that transpired The prisoner, about three weeks ago, removed from Baldwin-street, where he lodged, and took lodgings with an interesting young female, who passed as his wife, at No. 2, Wellington-place, Britannia.atreet, City-road. During his residence there, he has followed no employment, but he has lived comfortably, and was always very merry. He is by trade a baker. On Sunday, after his apprehension, the police of Div. 6, in the absence of the female, got an order to break open his room, where they searched, but found nothing of a suspicious nature, except a pick-lock key. The female who lives with him says her name is Miss Smith, and she accounts for Long's living without working, by saying that he had lately received IDOL legacy from an aunt. He does not accord with the description given of the accomplice, and none of the witnesses could recognize him; but he was remanded. Baker, the informer, not intimidated by his late rebuffs, appeared yesterday with three double informations against three licensed victual lers, for suffering gambling in their houses. He had a new wimess, like a shabby dandy, who gave his name Thomas Miles, Chapel] place, Brampton. The witness was a young man, and seemed rather timid, but he swore to direct face, which were in four cases as directly falsi. fled by most respectable testimony. One of the defendants intimated to the Magistrates that he lived within the jurisdiction of Worship-street; but that Baker would not dare to summon him to that office, where he was known. The other two complaints were dismissed on account of an infor mality--so Baker was once -Dore defeated, with the expenses out of pocket. - Lamaism-sr xxxr.—Yesterday, Michael MiCaray was charged with the murder of his wife. The prisoner is a middle-aged man, of great muscular strength, and his countenance has a most sinister cha. meter, from an obliquity or loss of sight in the left eye. He Lan Irish. man, and is employed in the East India Docks. Mrs. Reynolds, of Park -street, Poplar, stated that the prisoner and his wife rented a parlour in ber house. The deceased was his second wife, and bad two children by her former husband. The prisoner's con. duct towards her was of the most brutal kind. On Saturday afternoon he came home about six o'clock, and gave his wife some money. Shortly afterwards she heard a dispute arise, and on going up stairs, saw Mrs, 31Tarthy standing on the stairs, and heard her cry out, " Oh, you villain !" and, addressing herself to witness, said, " See what a blow he has given me !" Deceased then ran down stairs, and )I'Carthy after her, apparently in a great passion. In a moment a ft erwards, heard his wife screech violently, and a lodger ran down stairs, and endeavoured to keep IlTarthy from his wife. M , Carthy knocked both of them down, and then kicked his wife violently in the stomach. M•Cartby afterwards went out, and did not return until Sunday about two o'clock, when he again ill-used his wife, who was suffering severely front the ill treat ment she had experienced the over-night. About six o'clock on that evening, the son of the deceased, a child of about seven years of age, came and knocked at her door, and told her his mammy was dead, and bad died about two o'clock, but he was afraid to come to tell her until his father went out. Witness immediately ran down stairs, and found the deceased lying on a heap of rags on the floor of the kitchen, quite dead. Her body appeared in a dreadful state of emaciation, nearly as bad as if she had been starved to death,! Policeman K. 27S stated that he went after prisoner, upon hearing the circumstance, and found him very composedly at his usual work in the West India Docks. On takin him into custody, he did net evince any symptoms of compunction, alt hhe must have known when he went out to work, that his wife was ouyt g dead . The policeman fur. ther stated that the body of the deceased exhibited masks of severe usage, especially the face ; but his attention was mote particularly dl. rated to her throat, which appeared greatly swollen, and Der cap-strings 1 drawn tight. Thewat -C women did not sleep with ha husband, but made a kind of bed of some rags for he self and children in an empty kitchen, to which there was access from the prisoner's room. The marinates said that nothing could be done at this stage of the inquiry, further than to detain the prisoner until the result of the cons. no's investigation was ascertained. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and the body of the unfortunate woman now waits the inquest. Alexander, alias Leal, alias Wilson, with numerous other slicer, was charged with swindling. The prisoner is an elderly man, of the Jewish psrssaaioa, sad was recognized as having been comma in a number of similar transactions. _ _ A.lll.Levi stated that his brother, who was a watchmaker and jeweller, had been defrauded of a quantity of jeweUery by the and meeting with him accidentally that mowing, he gave t i lt% custody. The Meow, who denied all isowledge of the troasactims, was remanded. MARTLIBONI OFTICZ.— Thomas Batton, a man who formerly lived in the service of Mr. Coke, at Holkbans, in Norfolk, was charged yesterday, with endeavouring to obtain goods under a false pretence. It appeared that on the 29th of August, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. King, a cheesemonger, in Connaught-terrace, Edgeware.rosoi, and gave him an order in the name of Lo 4 Anne Coke, who, he said, was coming to town to celebrate a wedding and he must have the things with him. It was very early in the morning, and Mr. King not being in the way, his shopman refused to let the goods go without his sane. tion. Enquiry was made, and it proved to be an attompt to defraud Mr. King of his property, and when the prisoner was met with again on Sunday mottling, he was given into the custody of a policeman. Re could show no authority for ordering goods in the name of Ludy Anne, and Mr. Hoskins sent him to the matd.mill for six weeks. George Smith, a young man with dark hair and light whiskers, was with felony. r. John Graham, a grocer, in Pratt -street, Camden Town, returned home with his wife at about eight o'clock en Sunday evening, and alter they bad let themselves in at the private door, and struck a light, they fancied they heard a noise in the house. Mr. Graham went into the street, and he saw the prisoner clinging to the bars of the area grating, and trying to get out, but he was abut in by a heavy trap.door, and be went to the Police Station for assistance. William Price, a policeman, No. 138 of Division 8, returned with Mr. Graham, and he found the prisonetlin the kitchen and took him into custody, and conveyed him, together with a crow-bar, a phosphorus box, a dark lantern, and some matches with which be was provided, to the watehhouse. Mr. Hosints asked Mr. Graham whether, when he first discovered him in the area, the prisoner said any thing No, Sir, replied Mr. Graham ; but he whistled, and I am certain he had accomplices at hand. A very few minutes before Mr. and Mrs. Graham came home, a fruit woman saw the prisoner knock at the door, and thereby he ascertained that the house was without protection, and when the attempt was dh. covered, three ether men of suspicious appearance, lefts neighbouring public-house abruptly, without taking change for a s hilli ng to which they were entitled. Air. Hosairra asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything 1 Prisoner—Yes,llir ; I met two men in the road, and they gave me a shilling to go down the area and open the street-door for them. Mr. Hosuas—Oh ! and have you anything to say about the dark. lantern and the phosphorus-box? Prisoner—That was to get them a light. Mr. Hoes:xi—And the crow-bar ? Prisonei—iltst was tO4enthel7ite hen.door with. Mr. Hosnws told him it was quite evident the men he spoke of were his accomplices, and without intending it, they had imprisoned him; be committed him to Newgate for trial. UNTON.HALL,...relltlitlay, a man named Clerenein was brought be fore Mr. Chambers, charged with obstructing a funeral on the day pre cedin F om g. r the evidence It appeared that on Sunday afternoon, as the fune ral of an Irish labourer was passing along Union-street, the defendant, who was drunk at the time, to quarrel with the persons carrying the coffin, because they would not permit him to be one of the bearers of ft. Having in vain bought the honourable distinction of helping poor Larry to the grave, the defendant, irritated at being rejected, the mourning clothes off the shoulders of an old woman, swear d rn i rg ould friend (the deceased) should never have it to say that Chronio did not follow his corpse to the grave. The old woman made an outcry at the loss of her cloak, and the defendant ran off in front of the funeral procession, and commenced dancing and capering like a madman. The disturbance occasioned by the outrageous conduct of the defendant ob. Inflicted the funeral, which was compelled to remain at a stand until the refractory friend of the deceased was lodged safely in the station. house. The magistrate told the defendant that he had subjected himself to a fine for obstructing his friend's funeral, besides the indecency attending his conduct on so solemn an occasion. Chronin—Your worship, I was up all night afore at poor Larry't , wake, and drank a drop too much ; and what with ?actin!! and drink. log together, it so bothered my brains that I did not know what I was about at all at all. Magistrate--But you must be made to know that getting drunk at a wake In this country, and then causing a disturbance while In that state, is an offence. Chronin.—By m soul, your honour, I have been at many a wake In this country as well y as my own, and always had the good luck le Yet out of all broils. 1 only got drunk out of respect foe the mom sr poor Larry, who was as good a boy as ever broke bread. blistrate.—Unless you pay a fine of ss. to the King, yen mut le lockedup. Chronin.-.1 hope your Worship will let me go this time ; I have a wife ready to fall to pieces, and six youngsters in the bargain ; besides, the King, your honour, can better afford to lose 51. than I can, a poor hard-waking fellow. Chronin, with all his eloquence, was unable to alter the decision givm against him. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Last night, at about 12 o'clock, a boat, containing six persons, came in violent contact with a bar ge our Westminster-bridge, and was turned bottom upward& Two of the party, a young man named Martin, and a young woman, were drowned, and the reef were extricated with great difficulty. A sailor in one of the transport ships at Cove, bound to New South Wales, was drowned on Tuesday in that harbour. He had been refused to allow his wife to accompany him on the voyage, and resolved to desert the vessel by swimming to the shore, in the attempt of which be perished within twenty yards of the beach, in presence of his wife, who had been waitirg for him with a supply of dry clothes. - Sunday evening, as two youths, sons of Mr. Ward, baker, of the Edgeware.road, were walking along Piccadilly, a stone was thrown by some person, whether accidentally or on purpose, could not be ascertained, which struck the youngest lad in the right eye, broke the eys.bone, and literally forced the eye from the socket. A surgeon, who resides near where the accident occurred, dressed his wound, but as it was of such a serious nature, he ordered the boy to be taken to the hos pital, which was immediately complied with. On Saturday an inquest was held in Newington on the body of Solomon Harris, aged 96, who came by his death under the fol. lowing circumstances :—From the evidence it appeared that the de. had lived with his son for some years past, and was in the habit of indulging in a pipe of tobacco every afternoon in the kitchen. 0- the preceding day the old man being alone in the kitch en , d rew up to t h e fireside to enjoy his favourite luxury, and in reaching to set light to piece of paper, he fell forward into the fireplace, and being extremely infirm, owing to his advanced age, he was unable to extricate himself ; his groans were heard by one of the family, who on entering the kitchen discovered the deceased with his head hanging over the Ere and the bosom of his shirt and neckerchief in a blue. Notwithstanding the short space of time that must have elapsed from the period the old man fell into the fire until he was rescued, it was found that his face was go dreadfully burnt that it rendered it impossible to distinguish a single feature in it, particularly as the whole of th e nose was destroyed. fic lingered in agony for a tew hours after the accident and then expired. It did not appear that there was any blame attributable to the persons in the hove, as they were occupied in business in the shop at the time the catastrophe happened. Verdict, " Accidental Death." BIRTHS. At Belfast, the 9th inst. the lady of Major-General C. Bruce of a soo.—The 12th inst. at Chingford. the lady of 11. Playfunl. Esq. jun. of a son.—The 10th inst. at Highlands, Wilts, the lady of W. Wayte, 1 .4.114,1 Bark of a dau hter.—The 11th {Mt. at Newington - green , the lady of W. Hickman, .of • son.—The 11th inst. at Wichm:sre-hi ll , the lady of T. Hood, .of a daughter. MARRIED. The Bth inst. at Littleham. near lismoutit, the Rev. J. Moseley, of Exmouth, to Frances Maria, third daughter of the late 8. Williams, Req. of BrbtoL—T4 Bth last at Sc. Clement Danes, Mr. Darling. to Miss Humphris, both of Speenhatuland. Berks—At Kendal, on Thursday last, T. A. Garth, Esq. of Great Wlnchester•street, to Ann, daughter of the late J. Barrow, Eaq. of Keodal—The 11th instant, at Stepney, Mr. J. F. Pester, of Montagu-terrace, Mile End.rosd. to Maria, third daughter of the late Mr. J. Cannon, of Mile End, and widow of Capt. W. Freeman—The Bth inst. at Westbury upon Trytn, H. H. Joy, Req. of Mountjoy-square, Dublin, to Catherine Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, of Down-house, Bristol. DIED. At Croydon, the 10th inst. J. Haines, Esq. aged 76—The 10th inst. Fanny, the youngest daughter of J. Leslie, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's Home service-.. The 12th inst. at HOmerton, in the 416th yen of his age, T. Corlett, formerly barrack-master of the King's Mews Barracks--The 11th inst. at Vale-place. Hammersmith, w o g A Miss Treacha, only daughter of the late B. Treacher, Esq. of Sloane-street, Chelsea—The 11th inst. Lkut..Col. H. Stables, late of the Oxman , Guards, aged 49—The Bth inst. at 11111. house, near Malmsbury, in the 45th year of her age, Helen, wife of the Rev. O. A. Biederntann. Rector of Dautsey, in the county of Wilts, and of Flentingstone and Lianvi. bangel, in the county of Olaniorgan—.The 12th inst. Charles, the second son of Mr. Hardwick, New Bond-street —At Abeeystwith. the Bth inst. Winnifml, youngest daughter of Mr. O. Maim, of Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, in the 24th year of ha age. At Caiblair, Nairnshire, on the Mitlult. Caroline, youngest daughter of Colin Shaw, Esq. and wife of the Rm. Charles Roes Matheson, A.M. of Kilmuir Rasta, County of Roes, in the 43d yaw of her age. Mrs. Matbeson's personal gnaw and mental accomplishments endeared her to an extensive circle, of which she was long the velialmisi i and her loss will be deeply felt by an allsetionate husband, and a young and beautiful famlly. Louvom Muted sad Published by Joins MAYST, IWO efallM Orrics, No. 1, Piebst...plece, Tough De& skip wid pas' the I bill whlc also I • Syr, 11li Meet Weil labi ate_Os cran; Dew par Ma aht BR FII Shil P 11. 1 A