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MR. OWEN'S EXPOSE, • At SUBMITTED TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. (Continued.) ropositions arhailing the mosuity of a Political demo. 1. That all Governments having necessarily been founded upon the same erroneous notions from which the spurious morality of the world has originated, their codes of laws have been opposed to oaten, and have been complicated and unjust; and that their, prac tices, therefore, have been, of necessity, deceit, contention, and war. 2. That, under this error, each Government has been compelled, in its own defence, to pursue the same course, or to fall a victim to some other power, superior in force, or in these arts of deception. 3. That all nations having been forced, by this error, into a mi serable and irrational state of existence, Governments have been 4.ompelletl, for their own support and security, to oppress the go. verned, and to keep them, as much u possible, in ignorance of the motives on which they have governed. 4. That under the ;present system, all being considered ignorant of the fundamental laws of human nature, no government can exist, r.:01 can Any be devised which would mutually benefit the governing •ind governed. .i. That Armin; and Navies, the lamented scourges of the world, have, under this error, been necessarily created to govern human iture by force, instead of by reason. G. That a Government of force requires for its support a very large portion of the labour and beat faculties of the population ; and necessarily entaina innumerable other evils, upon both the go verning and governed. 7. That war, under this error, is unavoidable ; and that, although incidentally it has been productive of some advantages, is yet, al most invariably, the cause of the most grievous evils, both to the victors and the vanquished. & That, under this error, the whole system of Government has necessarily made irrationality and folly of every conceivable deserip. don the high fashion among the leading parties of all nations ; and that, in consequence, the most valuable powers, national and indi vidual, have been applied to produce the most useless or injurious results. Propositions exhibiting the beneficial ersets necessarily arising from the adoption ofa Political Systemfounded upon thefore. golly Moral System: 1. That under the new moral system, founded upon an accurate knowledge of human nature, no cause could ever arise to disturb the confidence, or weaken the good feelings, which would naturally sub sist between the governing 'and the governed ; and that, u both parties would have but one Interest, no motives could exist to tempt Government to pursue any other course than that most conducive to the public good. 2. That, in consequence, no contest could ever arise between the Government and the people. 3. That, as all parties would evidently have but one common in. serest, all would engage in promoting it, with the same seat as they now engage in their schemes of individual interest, ambition, plea. sure, or gratification. 4. That the proceedings of national Government would no longer he made a mystery to the people, nor their offices objects of contest between individuals and parties; nor their stability be maintained by a counteraction of interests, because all their transactions would be made solely and obviously with a view to the public good. Propositions exhibiting the Necessity of a Commercial Change. I. That the present mode of interchanging commodities, and of conducting commercial affairs, has arisen from the same erroneous notions of human nature, which have created the false morality and the mistaken policy of all countries. 2. That, in consequence, trade, commerce, and manufactures, which ought to be productive of unmixed good, are now almost an unmixed evil, producing falsehood, fraud, cunning, competition, and opposition of feeling, between buyers and sellers individually ; oppression and poverty among the community at large, and coon. teraction, contest, and war, between nations. 3. That, as these departments of life are now conducted, they are instruments by which the weaker part of society suffer by the stronger; or, in other words by those who possess greater capital, Influence, or cunning ; and are means by which men are trained to take every possible advantage one of another. 4. That all, undesignedly or unintentionally, from the highest to the lowest, are now engaged in this universal practice of deception. 6. That the effects which necessarily arise from conducting com. mercial affairs upon these erroneous notions are—first, to excite a most mischievous desire on the part of all for individual gain ; a de. sire which, in its consequences, deteriorates the best faculties and finest feelings of the ,human race; and, secondly, to deprive all of the real advantages which belong to a rational interchange, both of commodities and of the productions of the human faculties. G. That the human race is thus made to live, contrary to Its in. terest and happiness, in perpetual contest, and in the constant fear of poverty, and to have all the highest faculties of the mind perverted by the universal desire of buying cheap and of selling dear. 7• That this universal desire, as now applied to practice, so blinds the understanding or judgment of all, that they cannot per. ceive that they are thereby compelled, as all are doing at this mo ment, to sell cheap, and to buy dear; for that now, in ibis supposed enlightened age of commerce, the productive powers, both physical and mental, of all human beings, are sold at less than one per cent. of their real value. 8. That this enormous loss in the real value of these productive powers is an unavoidable result of men being, through ignorance of the laws of their nature, so placed that they must prey one upon another in order to support themselves ; and are thus compelled to live by rapacity and contest, instead of by union. Propositions exhibiting the Beneficial Erects necessarily arising from the adoption of a Commercial System, founded upon the foregoing new Moral and Political System. I. That, as no motive would exist for deception of any kind, or any arise to induce one man to counteract soother In any pursuit, the physical and mental powers of all will be brought to an equitable market—one in which, without any bergaining,esch will obtain full value in exchange for the productions of these powers. 2. That by this moral and equitable mode of Interchange, each will receive a full supply of every thing most essential or beneficial for human nature, or, in other words, of every thing that can contribute to the improvement of man, and to the highest enjoyment of life. 3. That these results will be secured - without contest or competi tion between individuals or nations, excepting as to which among them shall be the earliest instrument of producing the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number. 4. That under the new moral system alone could this great change in the commercial transactions of society be effected, by means of giving an entirely new direction to the latterly-discovered scientific powers of production. 5. That these powers of production are now so unwisely directed, as to deprive a large propottion of the working classes of the means of existence, and grievously to oppress the whole of them; and that, in consequence, the time must soon arrive, when the safety of the non-producing classes will be greatly endangered, while by the proposed change of system these new powers will be applied to aid the labour of the producing classes, and thereby to secure incalculable advantages to all individuals of every rank and condition. (To be continued•) The frightful extent of misery in this metropolis in the months of January and February last, compared with that of the same months in the two preceding years, is clearly shown in an advertisement in front of our Paper. It is there stated that the number of applicants who received relief at the Mendicity Office in these two months was, in 1828, 4,264 ; in 1829, 5,571 ; but in 1830 it amounted to 45,21911 THE MINISTRY AND THE PUBLIC PRESS IN FRANCE. The editor of the Paris journal called Figaro, having been con demned by the Court of Correctional Police to a fine of 1,000 francs and an imprisonment of six months, for a libel: on the King. putt lished the 9tli of Augtist last (the day after the change of ministry), appealed against the sentence to the Royal Court. The Court on Thursday confirmed the original sentence, after an eloquent speech in favour of the defendant from M. Dupin, repotted in the Figaro, and from which the following is an extract : " Gentlemen, that which men suffer with most impatience is the censure of their opinions and of their actions. They are unwil ling to recollect that Gob has delivered up the world to their management, and they readily take contradiction for offence. —Yet there is among them a class of persons, which, from its posi tion, it would seem, should be resigned to critichun ; it is that of men who undertake the management of public saint. Placed upon the political theatre, with all eyes upon them, and in contact with a multitude of interests, they ought to expect the murmurs, as well as the applause, of the people. But there; as upon the stage, the actors are little disposed to enter into explanation with those who murmur or find fault l Power, which ought to assuage their susceptibility, only serves to incase it; and that which is in Set only a matter of contrariety, becomes in their eyes revolt, crime, subject of legal process: they must have convictions to cure the wounds inflicted upon their self-love. Such is the human heart. Such is that of a minister. The ministers of the Bth of August have been for six months the butt of an energetic opposition. So their first care has been to repress the explosions of public sentiment by punishing the public press. The day after their ac cession to office they were attacked. In three days after citations were served. Under a constitutional government, that is to say, of free enquiry, are not ministers amenable to be tried by public opinion ? Is not censure of their actions permitted ? Is not the examination of their principles right ? And if so, conceive a process which should have for its object to try that M. the Prince de Posactwac has been al. ways inflamed with an ardent love of the Charter; that M. de la BOUNDONNAYI6 has been heard only in accents of mildness ; that the banks of the Sambre have never witnessed a perjured warrior ! Yet the Ministry thought they had found a mode of extricating themselves from embarrassment. It was to persuade Magistrates that the attacks directed against the new Cabinet were levelled against the person of the King ! Their well-known fidelity would take the alarm ; the writer, reputed guilty of offence towards the Sovereign, would be condemned. Two Journals were selected for this purpose: the one devoted to political matter, grave in its discussions, severe in its doctrines, and the more dangerous to ministers as it recruited in its ranks those whom it was sought to restore to power; the other armed more lightly, half political, half literary, dividing its cridcban between the theatre and the public. TM. was to deaden at once the um of reason and that of ridicule; to attack the right of en. quiry and the right of epigram. " The two Journals were condemned in the first instance. " The Journal des Debalo already owes to your equity, to your noble independence, the redress of the error of its first Judges." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING. Hies Majesty's hounds meet on Friday, at Well= Heath. Mr. Osbaldeaton's hounds, to-morrow, at Waterton ; Wednesday, at Duston ; Thursday, at Sulby ; Friday, at Hardwick Mr. Drake's hounds, to-morrow at Charndon Common ; Thurs day, at Bicestee Windmill; Saturday, at Horton Common. The Duke of Grafton's hounds, Wednesday, at Stoke Plain ; Friday, at Drayton Cross Roads. Mr. Berkeley's hounds, to-morrow, at Knotting Fox ; Thursday, at Ketnpston t Saturday, at Clapham Turnpike. Earl Fitswilliam's hounds. Wednesday, at Old Weston Wind mill; Thursday, at Walcot Park. Cambridgeshire hounds, Friday, at Potion Wood. The Coegham hounds Wednesday, at Harpley Dam ; Friday at Snettisham Red Barn. Mr. Foljambe's fox hounds to.motrow, at Hamby Moor; Wed. nesday at Finningley Park; Friday at Aston; Saturday at Sand. beck Park. Lord Yarborough's fox hounds Wednesday, at Kingsforth House; Friday at Elkington Cow Pasture ; Saturday at Hundon. Mr. Drake's hounds meet tomorrow at Charndon Common ; Thursday at Binger Windmill; Saturday at Horton Common. The White Cross harriers Thursday at the Brick.kiln, at Had. denham Lowe. --- gbropshire 'hounds Wednesday at Fox, Albrighton ; Frid a y a t Cressage Village. Mr. Boycott's hounds Thursday at Crackley Bank; Saturday at Preatwood Lodge. The Quorn hounds to-morrow, at Bandon Hill; Wednesday, at Gutnley Hall; Thursday, at Quenby Hall; Friday, at Owthorpe (Notts.) Lord Anson's bounds, Wednesday, at Croft Hill; Thursday, at Wharton Village; Friday, at Croft Hill: Saturday, at Newbold Gate. Mr. hleynell•e hounds, Thursday, at Catton ; Saturday, at Hcn. hunt. Sir Jacob Astley's hounds, Friday, at Duke's Bridge. The Kempstone bounds, Thursday, at Newton George. The Suffolk and Norfolk Union harriers, to-morrow, at St. An. drew's ; Thursday, at Mendham Lion; Friday, at Thurhon Hart. Mr. Coldwell's stag hounds to-morrow at Liteham ; Friday, at Saham Mere. Mr. Wicketead's hounds to-morrow at Cheekley Village; Thurs. day at Stableford Bridge; Saturday at Chines. Mr. Mure's bounds to-morrow at Hawetead Green. Mr. Dansey's hounds tomorrow at Dilwyd ; Friday at Bridge Soling. _ The Cheshire hounds on Thursday at Duddon Heath; Saturday at the Fox and Barrel _ The Royston barrios Thursday at Ashwell ; Saturday at Kennel. The Doddington harriers Wednesday at Nowood Farm; Thurs day at Orton's Thorns. Mr. Mule's hounds Wednesday at l3oxford ; Thursday at Lind. soy Church; Friday at Ardleigh Crown. The North Surrey hounds meet to-morrow at the Kennel; Satur day at Coombe Wood. The Forest harriers meet to-morrow at the Kennel, Woodford Wells, Essex. The Btighton harriers, Wednesday at the Race Course; Friday at the Dyke. The Pener Hunt, Thursday at Jevington Holt. Mr. R. K. Sampson's hounds, Thursday at Bourne ; Saturday at Mr. Ade's Duttles. The Southern Hunt, Thursday at Sutton ; Saturday at AUristan Race Course. The Cottesmore hounds, Wednesday, at Parkhouse; Thursday, at Gluten. The Conoek harriers, Friday, at Chittern Meadows. The Bb.ckmore Vale hounds, to-morrow, at Pennard House. The Burton harriers, to-morrow, at Tollardown Turnpike -gate. Mr. Lestcr's barriers, Wednesday, at the Briefs Plantation ; Sa turday, at the back of Alderney Cottage. The Cadbury harriers, Thursday, at Galbampton ; Saturday, at East Hill; Sir John Co 's hounds, to-morrow, at the Three Crowns, Bucklebury ; Thursday, at Southridge Farm, near College Wood; Friday, at Engleileld. The Hambledon bounds, Wednesday, at Preshaw House; Friday, at Hoggs Lodge ; Saturday, at Bold Forester. The V. H. to-morrow, at Beauworth ; Thursday, at Abbotsdon Down; Saturday, at Tunworth Down. The N. F. hounds, Wednesday, at Furze Lawn Gate; Thursday, at Owr Bridge ; Saturday, at Leoitt's Gate. Monday evening, Mr. Sergeant Blackburn received a commission appointing him the going Judge of Assize, on the Munster • Circuit, and, with Baron Pennefather, the Learned Gentleman opened the Court at Ennis, next day. About one o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the back premises of Mr. Rushton, a coffee-house. , at No. 3, Jewin-street, Aldersgate-strcet, which from th i e Kee fe e n r seners of the buildings and the rapidity with it burnt, plaied the whole neigh bourhood in a state of great alarm and danger. *The speedy arrival of the firemen with the assurance-office engines, and plentiful supply of water, enabled them and the neighbou rs to confine the destructive element to Mr Rushton's house, which is now con. sumed, along with the ihrniture. It was with great difficulty that Mr. Rushton and his family escaped with their lives in their night. clothes. A servant-maid had a mariculous escape without any ma terial injury, after jumping from the top of the house into thestreet. The house and furniture wets insured in the Sun Fire-office. We did not hear of any serious accident being sustained by any person on the occasion. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 6. V. MORRIS. This wuan application to MORRIS dissolve an injunction obtained in 1828, restraining the defendant, John Morris, from interfering with the rents and profits of a certain estate, which be had agreed to settle upon the plaintiff, his wife, on the occasion of their separation in 1808. It appeared that after this settlement the parties lived apart till 1810, when the wife returned and lived with lee husband for a few months, when she agsin left him, and her husband suffered her to enjoy this estate till 1828, when he attempte d to get the rents, but was restrained by the injunction of the V Xhauellor. The Loan Quarcrc.con inquired how the original deed of se paration was set up again after the wife returned and lived again with her husband ? Mr. Hot, for plaintiff, replied, it depended upon the fact that the husband had permitted the wife to enjoy the estate till 1828. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the original deed was void by the wife's returning to her husband. If they had agreed to live apart the second time, on the same terms, the wife could have sworn to that fact ; but she had not done so, and therefore the injunction must be dissolved. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, MARCH I. There was nothing of public interest in this Court. It was the last day of sitting till after the Assizes. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ORFORD ClRCUlT.—lllancll 5. GOODITALL V. ROGICIS.-111DVCTIOV. This was an action by the father, to recover compensation in damages for the seduction of his daughter. The plaintiff is a timber dealer, and the defendant a butcher. Both reside at Nettlebed. Mary Ann Goodall, a female of_po great personal charms stated that she was twenty years old. The year before last , during the temporary absence of the defendant's housekeeper, she kept house far hhn but returned at night to her father's house. While there, the def endant addressed her in the way of marriage. He continued his attentions afterwards, and frequently walked with her when out on an errand. On the 9d of March last year, she met him when going to heraunt's, and was prevailed upon to walk with him. They walked along the turnpike road, near to a coppice. She wanted to return, but he begged she would not, and pulled her down, and ef fected his purpose She upbraided him, and he promised to make her his wife. After that, she saw him frequently. In June, she discovered she was pregnant, and told him of it, and he then :e -1 newed his promises. He afterwards said that she was not the first that had been in the family way, and that words were but wind. She told him be wanted to get rid of her and the child too, and that he had better have done as Corder did. She was delivered in No. vember. He had never seen the child, are had he contributed to its support. Mr. TAITNTON addressed the Jury for the defendant, and called several witnesses, for the purpose of showing that the witness was of loose character. In this, however, he failed ; and, in answer, Mr. Toovey, a county magistrate, a nd the Nev. Mr. Bennett, the clergyman of Nettlebed, were examined, who both spoke to her ap. parent propriety of conduct. Mr. ./Elvis having replied, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 3501 NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—AYLEIIitinT, Marten 4. Williams Warren and Janes Oast stood indicted for breaking open the shop of Thomas Fountain, at the parish of Newport Pag neU, on the 12th of November last, and stealing therein 10s. his mo. ides. The prisoners were apprentices of the prosecutor, who, having lost considerable sums of money from his till, resolved on watching his shop. Accordingly, on the night in question, he told his appren. tics that he was going into the town, and should not return for some time; but in point of fact he secreted himself in the cellar. In about half an hour he beard the two prisoners come down stairs from the workshop, and one said to the other, " It's all right," and im mediately die prosecutor heard the door of his shop unlocked and some one at the till. He consequently left his hiding-place, aitiOt hold of the person at the till, and lockid him in the shop. He then fetched a light, and found that the person at the till was the Close, and that 10s. had been taken from the till, of whi P cfr is f i r n i: were lying scattered on the floor. On his cross-examination by Mr. Braga, for Warren, prosecutor said he did not see him in the shop, and he might have been saying that the fire or the house was all safe, when he said " all's right." Being aess•examined by Mr. Ormwrwo, for Close, prosecutor said helmocked him (Close) down in the shop several times, and beat him soundly with a stick, leaving considerable marks of vio lence on his person. It was about the usual time for the prisoners to leave the Several witnesses nis gave Warren a good character; and after the summing up of the learned Judge, who pointed the attention of the Jury to the difference in the eases of the two prisoners, they ac quitted Warren, and found Close Guilty. A petition in Close's favour, nearly three feet in length, engrossed on parchment, and signed by about 150 respectable inhabitants of Ms nodes town, Stony Stratford, was then - handed to the learned Baron. His Lordship said that he lamented extremely to see a person in whose behalf so numerous a body of his fellow -townsmen took so strong an interest, standing in the situation of a convicted felon. In the course of his experience, he bad never seen a written testimonial to character so numerously and apparently e so respectably signed, on behalf of a prisoner, and although he perh aps ought hardly to look into the contents of an unauthenticat document, he could not but feel that prisoners have not in general the means to compel the attendance of witnesses at the Assizes, and he for one was even tempted to receive such instruments with every indulgence. Giving credit to the present petition, and looking at the age of the prisoner, and the circumstances of this being his first offence, he would pass a lenient sentence upon him, in the sincere and earnest hope of his r e . trieving in society the good character which he had formerly bonne, but which was now for a time lost. His Lordship then sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for six months. SURREY SESSIONS, March 6. George Russel was indicted for having obtained by fraudulent pretences, two sovereigns from Mrs. Darby, of the Horse and Groom, Guildford-street, in the Borough. The prisoner had for some time been a lodger in the house of the prosecutrix, and upon one or two occasions, had borrowed money tiom her to purchase clothes and other requisites, as it was necessary for him to make a respectable appearance before be could be enabled to get into any business. On the last of these occasions, he gave 'as security for the re-payment of these loans, a cheek for the sum of eight pounds purporting to be drawn by Mr. John Beckett, the tobacconist, in Blackman -street, (his father-in-law) upon Messrs. Praed and Co. the bankers, where Mr. B. keeps his accounts. When the draft was presented at the banking-house, being drawn on a very peculiar description of check, it was Immediately asked how it came in the presenter's hands, as the house had not made use of any of that stamp for upwards of five and twenty years. A satisfactory reply was given, and the check was returned by the clerk, saying there was no account. After this an application was made to Mr. Beckett; he denied having given the check. Mr. Fowles, a tailor, was called to prove the prisoner to have previously offered the ;luck to him, but he refused to take it The prisoner made a very long defence, evidently prepared foe the per. pose, which he delivered with considerable efect, until unfortunately he forgot the thread of his argument, and then he confuted himself. Be endeavoured to prove that the money had not been frattdulendy obtained, inasmuch as it had been lent without any security being given for it at the time; the check was given afterwards, and entirely at the urgent request of the prosecutrix, who knew that he had such a draft in his possession, and he gave it to her merely as a ea. defection, not under the impression that she would take it to the bankers. The Cumulus commented strongly on the nature of the of. fence, and said a charge of a much more serious nature might have been preferred. Mr. Beckett had been called, but no answer had been returned, otherwise upon his denial of the signature, the case must have assumed a very different feature. The Jury shortly retired, and then returned a verdict of Guilty. The CU/MIKAN then passed the sentence upon the prisoner of transportation for seven years. AN EXAMPLE FOR CAPITALISTS.—M. de Georges employs 2,000 workmen in his colleries and works at Homues, near Mona, for whom be has built a handsome town, consistiug of NO neat houses, with a garden to each. The rent is from one to two francs per week, according to their size, a very small reduction from the emoluments of men whose wages are from 70 centimes to three francs a day. The streets are laid out with uniformity, and well paved ; and in the centre of the village is a large square planed with trees. In which is the ball-room for the Sunday amusements, the town-hall, and the school of mutual instruction, where 400 children are gratuitously educated. The workmen have the gra. tuitous use of store-homes for all purpose., and of the luxury of baths t and appear altogether in a very happy condition.—See a va luable article in the Portly's Quarterly Review, just published, on the " Present State of the Netherlands." At the battle of Fornova, under Charles VIII. there were a number of Italian knights, who, although over thrown, could not be killed, on account of the thickness and strength of their armour, till broke up, like huge lobsters, by the servants and followers of the army, with large wood-cutters' axes, each man at arms having three or four men employed about him.—Grose, vol. i. p. 106. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. CURIOUS CASs. —An Irish tallorenamed Afatthao Walsh., was charged by the parish officers of St. Mary, Abchurch, with being the father of an illegitimate child,which the mother, Ann Wilkins, had in_ her arms. Weigle said he was in Ireland when he heard that the girl had laid the child at his door, and he came over to get the Lord Mayor's righteous judgment in the case, because it was a public question ; for, if Ann Wilkins could make him be the father of her child, no man in the land could be safe (laughter.) The LORD 141.40ron—But she swears you are the father of the child. Wash.—Swam t How can she swear to such a thing ? She can't deny that Ton Hayward and the big thrum know as much about her as I do. Why the greatest philosophers in the world couldn't swear to a thing of the kind, an d h ow cou ld s h e ? ( great 111 =lenied the German. The LORD Illeroa--Who is this Tom Hayward? Is he an Englishman or an Irishman P Walsh.—. He's English, your Lordship. The LontbllATOß—Olt then you are the father, (loud laugh ing); the character of your country will convict you before any tribunal. Walshe—Tbe character of my country has nothing to do with the matter. I say she can't tell which is father; the greatest philoso phers can't tell; and I came here, all the way from Ireland, for your rithteons )judgment. The LORD MAYOR— Are you sure, young woman, that Mr. Walahe is the man ? Anne Wilkins—No doubt of it, my Lord ; I know it well.— (A laugh.) Wabdie produced a paper, signed by Anne Wilkins and her father, In which she declared that he was not the father of her child ; and her father declared that Walshe had always given her good moral advice sAlaughter.). The Loin) MAYO! said, notwithstanding that written denial, he must decide against Mr. Walshe ; who then gave notice of appeal. HATTON.OARDEN. James Maga alias &Unger, alias Janes, alias Andrews, was charged with stealing sundry sil ver spoons, forks, Az. frail the house of Mrs. Bell, Cadogan.place, Sloane.street. The prisoner was one of many footmen who obtained situations by means of false characters, and had but just got liberated from prison when he found means to ingratiate himself with the footman of Mrs. Bell, and during his absence the plate was missing. None of the pro perty was found. The prisoner was committed for three months to the House of Correction as a reputed thief. TOWN-HALL William Martha was charged with assaulting Reeve, the mar. shaman, and Johnson, two police-officers. Cooke, an officer, stated that the prisoner darted from a crowd, knocked down a boy with boots in his hand, struck several females, and was equally bountiful to Reeve and Johnson before they could master him. The prisoner said he was respectably connected, and firmly be. tiered he was insane at the time from gin.drhsking.—He was tined tic THAAIMPOLICE. John Shensi was charged with a violent assault upon Ann Walker. He was sentenced to pay a line of 51. and in default, to impthonment for six weeks. Thomas Ryder was charged with stealing four quarts of brandy, some India nankeen, front St. Katherine's Dock Company. The prisoner was employed u a watchman by the company, and was on duty on Monday last from six In the morning till two in the aßet noon. On being searched when quitting duty, part of the property was found concealed in his hat, and the rest at his lodgings.—He was committed for trial. Tnt BEEF-STEAKS.—We rejoice to hear that the Beef-steaks Club, although the loss sustained by the late fire has been in some respects irreparable, are not so utterly bereft as they at first supposed themselves. Some of the articles of their paraphernalia, &c. and those not the least important ones, happened very for tunately to be insured against fire, not by the Phoenix or the Globe, but by the nature of their own material ; —first and foremost, for instance, is the immortal and indispens:.ble gridiron; as to the precise degree of tem perature, whether of white or red beat, endured by this precious article, that point must be left to the con jectures of M. Cbabert ; but it is certain that it did net arrive at fusion, and that the instrument has been recovered front the ruins. The sword of the President and the head of the sergeant's mace have also been found, but they will require the art of skilful workmen to re store them to their pristine splendour; to these are to be added the bust of Wilkes, which is the only object ex cept the gridiron which has escaped uninjured—it is ab solutely unscorched. That part of the records which contains the names of the members has also been found. —Atheneum Weekly Review. BEBDOMADARY. Testa DAY—This is the Feast of Purim with the Jews, kept in commemoration of their deliverance. TO-MORROW—Mars rises 26 min. pl►a~sst 3 morning. Full moon 42 min. past 1 afternoon. David Rini* assassinated 1566. One Pound Notes issued. WEDSZESDAY.—JUpiter rises 39 min. past 2 morning. Mercury at its greatest elongation. THURSDAY.—Saturn sets 20 min. past 5 morning. Day breaks 21 min. past 4. The Moon in apogee. FAIDAIN—St. Gregory the Great. He was elected Pope in 590, and furnishes a rare instance of a Homan Pontiff anxious to promote a knowledge of the Scriptures amongst all ranks of men. SAYunDAY.—Length of day n hours 36 minutes.—Dr. Priestley born, 1733. SITIDAT.—Sun rises 10 minutes past 6—sets 10 minutes before 6 . BIRTHS. In Nortb Great George's.street, Dublin, Lady Harriet Kava nagh, of a daughter. At Kilmanahen Castle, County Waterford, the lady of Colonel Greene, of a daughter. MARItIED. At the Manse of Trinity °ask, Patrick S:neatoo, EAq. younger of Coul, to Janet, daughter of the late Rev. Ralph Taylor, mint. ter of Monsie. In Edinburgh, James Whltshed Ilawkins, Esq. of Dannichen, county of Forfar, to Charlotte, third daughter of W. S. Demp ster, Esq. of Sao, county of Sutherland. Thursday se'nnight, Charles Bl'Carthy, Esq. of Springmount. in the county of Cork, to Catherine, daughter of the late Patrick Trant, Esq. of Waterriew, county Kerry. At Stagmount, county Kerry, Andrew M'Donough, Esq. of Clausal'lane, to Mary, daughter of F. Giles, Esq. Castlemaine. Thursday, at St. Mark's, Kennington, Robert St. George, Esq. of Baylief Castle, county of Kilkenny, to Rebecca, widow ot John Simpson, Esq. late of Rook House, Aldenham. DIED. At Tramore, aged 91, the Rev. Nicholas Phelan, P. P. At his house in the close, Lichfield, Colonel Madan. At Clandon, the Countess of Onslow. At Paris, Charlotte, eldest daughter of General Knolly. Lately, after a lingering illness, Francis Downing, EN. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals. In the Mall, Clifton, on a visit to his son, on the 23d ultimo, in his 83d year, William St. Clair, t sq. of Skedaway, Fifeshire, and of Edinburgh, late Lieut.. Col. of the 25th regiment, or royal bor. deters. In Moksworth-street, Dublin, Isabella, wife of John Keatirge Taylor, Esq. Thursday morning Lady Augusta D'Ameland. Her Ladyship was married in April, 1793, at Rome, and again at St. Georl,e's, Hanover-square, in the December following, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, by whom she has left issue, Augustus, a son, and a daughter named Augusta. To dissolve this second marriage a suit was Instituted in the Prerogative Court, by which the mar riage was declared null and void, in August, 1794. The fantil name of her Ladyship was Murray, which she exchanged for that of D'Ameland, in October, 11)06. PRICE OF LEATHER. Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto isd to iod 14d to tod Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting l4d to lid Ditto 45 to 50Ibs ...... ........ l6d to led Calf Skins, 36 to 401bs Ditto 50 to 701ba Ditto 70 to bibs ... .. Small Seals, Greenland) 'Canned Horse Hides ... ... Spanish Horse Hides - --- -- 19d to 14d li•GI4.WATBR at LONDON-BRIDGg TO MORROW. Montag 40 mutates after 12 Afternoon 12 entstutte attar 1 • : Printed aad Published by Josue Mania, at the Braa- O►rtea No. I. 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