Star. — London, England, 1829-09-02 00:00:00

IRELAND. -4.-- CLONMEL ASSIZES, An. MI. coN ICTION OF FOUR BROTHERS, FOR MURDER. Thomas, Pierce, Nicholas, James, and EdmundWal tete. stood charged with the murder of Arthur Graham, their brother-in-law, at Coda, on the 16th of last May. The indictment stated that Thomas Wallace did affix a rope round the neck of Graham, and that he did choke, , iiffctcate, and strangle him, and that the other prisoners were aiding. 'fhe priioners were comfortable-looking farmers, and were particularly handsome and fine-looking men. Every person in Court was struck with the extraordinary like ness they all bore to each other. The elder of the five n•as about 4.5 years of age, and the younger about 27. Mr. SCOTT, King's Counsel, stated to the Court, that it became his duty, in the absence of the Solicitor-Gene cal. who was called away by other avocations, to state all the circumstances connected with this most atrocious sold horrible murder. Mr. Scott then gave a very !,.tigthened detail of the evidence to be produced on the trial, in which he was fully borne out by the witnesses he produced. The first witness called was Anne Graham, the mother of the deceased. She was examined by Mr. O'Dw YEA, ind stated, that the night her son was murdered he was at her house till an hour or two AO nightfall; that when he was about to go home he called her to the door to observe the fineness of the night, and with what bril liancy the moon shone ; that she then saw him depart, and go towards his own house, which was only a few perches distant from hers ; that her son was married to Mary Wallace, the sister of the prisoners, of whom he was very fond, but she was " a bad head to him." That she was present on the Tuesday before her son was mur dered, when deceased, and Ned and Jem Wallace, had a dispute about the rent of potato ground, when Ned and ,f em Wallace endeavoured to take away the potatoes, and the deceased prevented them; that the prisoners Thomas and Pierce lived at Coolanuro, which was a mile from the house of the deceased. Witness saw the body of her son the morning (Sunday) after he was murdered ; it was in a miserable, horrid, dirty state ; the neck was cut and marked in two places as if with a rope ; the face was cut, and the tongue protruded far beyond the lips ; there was blood running from the ears and nose ; there was , the mark of the heel of a shoe on the chest, there was another mark of the heel of a shoe on the forehead, and .he could count the impressions of the nails which were in the shoes that struck him on the forehead. Thomas Skehan deposed to hearing a dispute between the deceased and the prisoner James, before the murder. Etlmond Cummins, a little boy, saw three of the five prisoners, on the night of the murder, prepare the rope with which it is supposed the deceased was strangled. Margaret Horan stated that she lived as servant with the prisoner Thomas Wallace, in May last, when Arthur (':ahem was murdered. On the Monday after Graham was murdered, heard Tom tell his wife to wash his brown coat, and he said he often desired her to do it, and that if any of the Peelers should come and see it dirty, they Ileuhl say he was out on Saturday night ; Tom's wife took out the coat and washed it in a lake , which is in a field near the house, and then put it on a hedge to dry ; before the Wallaces were taken, witness was brought before Captain Millett, and denied any knowledge of the washing of the coat ; Tom and Pierce desired her to stick to what she said if she should again be examined. Michael Landers (a boy about 15 years of age), ex ,mined by the Hon. Mr. PLITs ETT—I live at Knock loran, on the same townlaml where James, Edmond, and Nicholas Wallace live; Arthur Graham was killed on a Saturday night, and I was out herding cattle for Maxey 441 Sunday, the day following ; after putting up the cattle on Sunday evening, I was returning home, about nine o'clock, and was passing by Ned, James, and Ni cholas Wallace's door, and on hearing voices inside, I itoppad to listen. Wallace's mother lives in the house with them, and I heard Margaret Wallace (the mother of the prisoners), say to Ned, " What way did you kill him ?" Ned answered, "We dragged hint along lie ground till he was dead." Margaret Wallace then said, " What will you do, if this crime is found against ye 9" Ned again answered and said, " I don't think it e ill be found out, as no one knows it but ourselves. I did not see them during this conversation, but I knew their voices well, and could not be mistaken. Margaret Wallace then asked, " Did you leave the cord under his neck 2 " "We did not," said Ned. " Why didn't yen ?" said Margaret, " and you would never be brought to any account, because the people would suspect that he killed himself." I told my master, Walter Maxey, in the course of the week, every word of the conversation I heard with the Wallaces ; I am quite certain that it was Ned that held the conversation with his mother. The prisoners, in their defence, called witnesses to im peach the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution, but the jury found all the prisoners, with the exception of James, Guilty. AUGUST 2S. EXECUTION.—The four unfortunate men who were convicted on Wednesday for the murder of their brother in-law, were hanged this day, at half-past one o'clock, in front of the gaol. They were attended by the Rev. Messrs. Brennan and Baldwin, and made no mention of their guilt or innocence at the place of execution. A temporary gallows was erected in the morning, as the usual trap used on such occasions could not answer for more than three persons ; and it being the wish of the wretched men to die together, it was gratified, and they were all launched into eternity at the same moment ; they died without a struggle, and after hanging the usual time were cut down, and their bodies conveyed to the County Infirmary for dissection, under a strong escort of cavalry and infantry. A troop of the Queen's Bays, and about 100 infantry, surrounded the gallows during the execu tion. The crowd that assembled, to witness this truly deplorable and melancholy eight, was greater than was ever witnessed in Clonmel. HUMAY LIFE.—The result of researches in different parts of• France, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Russia, has been to 'hew, that out of a hundred men in those coun tries, only about twenty-five arrive at the age of sixty years. Mountainous countries, whatever be their latitude, are those in which life is of the greatest duration. Friday was the fair day at Donnybrook, near Dublin, hut not a particle of business was transacted there. The tents were, during the night, completely stripped of their canvass, and presented next morning a melancholy spectacle. The poor inmates must have endured an almost indescribable pelting from the piti less storm. _ _ _ . . John Brown, for the murder of James Crosbie, by poison, was executed at Wexford gaol,, on Saturday.--He eon felted his guilt. At the City Cork Assizes, Joseph Kelly is capitally convicted of cutting Thomas Ryan, a skinner, with a sword ; the affair originated in combination. In the County, Amin Kirby, aged 60, Is sentenced to death for forcibly violating the person of Mary Clarke, aged u 6 years, near Castlentartyr ; also Denis Daly, for the abduction and violation of Ann Gallaher, at Glenworth. Lieutenant Lloyd, in custody for stabbing Dr. Hackett at a billiard room in Tough % is admitted to bail by the Chief Baron, at Cork, until next Assizes. Jeremiah Sullivan is found guilty of the murder of Cbarles M'Cartby, at 13erehaven. THE CHURCH. The Bishop is now proceeding en his tour of visitation and con firmation throughout his diocese. His Lordship has confirmed at Chorky, Prescot. Wigan, Preston, &c. At Wigan 2,700 young persons, were confirmed, and at Preston about 1,700. At the latter place his Lordship held a visitation of the clergy, and delivered a luminous and excellent charge. The kishop has contributed 501. towards the subscription which had cciiimenced some time ago, with a view to raise the sum of monep required in order to obtain Queen Ann's bounty, in aid of the revenues of St. Paul's.—Pres ten Pilot. Sir George Clerk, of Penicuik, Bart. has presented Mr. William Scott Moncrieff, preacher of the Gospel, to the church of Penicuik, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Coulston. Tuesday the 25th instant, Mr. William Mackelvie was ordained to the pastoral charge of the United Associate Congregation of Balgedia, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Gibson. Knro's Cor.t.ma.—His Majesty's grant of a Charter to this In stitution has, we understand, been received by the Council within the last few days; it declares, in the preamble, that the College is founded with the intent that " instruction in the duties and doc trines of Christianity, as taught by the United Church of England and Ireland, shall be for ever combined with instruc tion in the various branches of literature and science." The Charter appoints the Lord Chancellor and eight others, in virtue of their dike, as perpetual Governors ; the Archbishop of Can terbury as visitor ; eight Life Governors ; one Treasurer; 24 Members of Council; and three Auditors; the whole of whom must be Members of the Established Protestant Church, or other wise become incompetent to act. The Corporation is designated, " The Governors and Proprietors of King's College, London." —Every preliminary arrangement having been matured, and the Council having received proposals from various parties for the erection of the College, finally contracted for the completion of the buildings at a sum of 65.9471. independently of the fittings. Under this contract we are told that the magnificent front of Somerset home towards the river is to be finished. The public access to the College will be through a gateway, at present occupied by the two houses 159 and 160 in the Strand ; and to the High School, through an entrance to be formed on the site of two houses at the Northern end of Strand lane. The purchase of these properties has long since been effected ; and no time will now be lost in carrying into effect the admirable purposes, for which the public munificence has already provided a sum of nearly 130,0001. Bishop Doyle has delivered a pastoral address in Edendery. It is very general in its application, and condemns the spirit of ani malty and agitation now so fearfully prevalent throughout Ireland. The Lord Primate holds his triennial Visitation for the diocese of Ardagh, iu Longford, on Wednesday the 2d of Sept. Sunday se'nnight an ordination was held by the Bishop of Kil- Woe, at Kilfeta Church, county Clare. The Rev. Mr. Griffin, V.T.C.D. lately appointed to the Living of Kilfeacle, was King's Lecturer in Divinity, Assistant to the Catechist, and Junior Assistant in Mathematics, Trinity College. ANOTHER STORM AND INUNDATION. From the Elgin Courier. It is with feelings of a most painful nature we an nounce to our distant readers, that we are again visited with a truly alarming storm, which is raging with tre mendous fury at the moment at which we write—Thurs day afternoon, 4 o'clock. There is a melancholy similarity in the present storm to the one of the 3d instant, which has spread desolation and misery to so mournful an extent throughout the north of Scotland, but which has been peculiarly'devastating in its effects in the county of Elgin. The storm, which is now exhausting itself round and about us, commenced yesterday (Wednesday) even ing a little after nine o'clock, since which time it has not had a moment's cessation. We had fondly hoped last night, that before, the dawning of this morning, it would have spent itself ; but we have been disappointed. In the course of the night it greatly increased in its fury; and this morning, and during the whole of the day, has blown one of the greatest hurricanes we ever remember to have witnessed. While the winds have been tearing slates and tiles off houses, and uprooting trees, the rains have descended, and are descending in prodigious tor rents. TEN O'CLOCK IN TOE EVENING. Since the above was written, we are happy to say the sky has partially cleared up ; but all the rivers in the ' neighbourhood are swelling with prodigious rapidity. For ' the last few hours, Lossie has been rising at the rate of three feet per hour, and has already covered the whole of the Green, with a great pOrtion of the growing corns in Burrow Brigs. The water has also broke into Lord Sea • field's parks, and is up a considerable part of the Sham ble's Wynd. All who have moveable property in the neighbourhood of Lossie are rehioving it as fast as possi ble, and endeavouring to secure whatever they can against further damage. BOAT LOST. —We regret to state that during the strong northerly gale of yesterday se'nnight, one of the herring boats belonging to Cromarty was upset, and all hands perished; she was manned by foul. individuals, chiefly young men, the oldest being only thirty years of age—he has left a wife who is pregnant, and two young children, to bewail their irreparable loss. One of the bodies, that of a James M'Clemond, was found on the beach at Burghead, on the following day. HERRING FISHING.—In consequence of the preva lence of strong northerly winds, the herring fishers at the neighbouring stations have not been at sea, excepting once, since our last. This is more to be regretted, as there is at present a much better appearance of fish in the Moray Frith than there has been for the last seven or eight years. We conversed on Wednesday with an individual extensively engaged in the herring fishing bu siness at Portmahomack, and we learn that it has been the most successful station in the North this season. ABERDEEN. We lament it is not in our power to state any favourable change of the weather since our last, the month of Au gust being now about to terminate with as little appear ance of summer, or portion of its genial warmth, as we can for many years remember. Several fields of barley have been cut down in this neighbourhood. The atmo sphere is, however, gloomy, the sun seldom making his ap pearance, and the temperature very cold, so that the crop has been greatly checked, and, we are sorry to learn, has suffiwed considerably. The late crop of turnips, it is much feared, must be greatly affected by this excessive and un seasonable rain. In our last we mentioned that it had begun to rain at noon. The rain continued without inter mission till last evening. Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, Clyde was only eighteen inches above its usual level, but about nine it had risen 6 to S feet, at two 12 to 13 feet, and in the evening to upwards of 16 feet.— Great fears were entertained in the lower parts of the town for the effects of the tide, but the flood had pre viously begun to abate, and uo additional effect was pro duced ; at six the river Mouse was greatly swollen, and the Nethan and Avon were dashing their banks with awful fury ; the wheat and corn in that district are said to be much damaged. At Airdrie all sorts of grain are said to have been slightly injured, while in the burns at Chryston and Hogganfield considerable quantities of hay were carried down the stream. At Ayr the Doon over flowed its hanks, but the storm appears, from the accounts received from that quarter, to have been less severely felt in the south. In the more immediate vicinity of Glasgow, it is believed a few days fine weather would recover the corn and wheat ; but, in exposed situations, the potatoes appear to have suffered considerably. At a place called Carrick, between tough-Sheehan and Cavan, county of Cavan, a field of oats was maliciously cut down, last week, by the ROckites. This wicked 2Utragi was astprostd to have been in revenge for the "late unapt, Tr i j r ?lk4 gicupio the grounds' previously to °the present Bolder obtainint lussesalou, having been ejected. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEW MARKET Fl RST OCTOBER MEETIN G. Ma Meeting will bring out many of the crack Derby horses. and are expected to prove highly attractive. The following are the entries up to yesterday : wounav, sm. 28. The Trial Stakes of W soya each. A. F. To close the Thurs• day before running, and name on Saturday. The Lilly Hoo Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, and for 2 yr old colts, Bst Sib ; fillies, sat 21b. T. Y. C. Those by untried stal lions and out of mares that never bred a winner before the end of the Houghton Meeting, 1827, to be allowed 31b. Mr. Sowerby's b f by Reveller, out of Lady Henry (31b) br f by Abjer, dam by Sancho (31b) Lord Orford's c by Anticipation, out of Addy Duke of Grafton's b e Paradox, Brother to Problem Mr. Rogers's b f Verdict, by Nicol°, out of Black Diamond (Sib) ch c by Nicolo (of the wrong age, named by mistake) Mr. Meynell's ch f by Gulliver, out of Historic (31b) c by Gulliver, dam by Cesario (31b) Mr. Dilly's Cetus, Brother to Pandarus b f Trinket, by Tramp, out of Tiara (31b) Mr. Perkins's ch fby Nicole, out of Sister to Miss Fanny (31b) Sweepstakes of 100 soya each. b ft; colts Bst 51b, fillies Bst 21b. T. Y. C. Mr. Rogers's b c Envoy, by Comus, out of Aline Duke of Grafton's b e Orbit, by Centaur, out of Whisgig General Grosvenor's ch e Red Rover, by Nicol. b c Senior, by Wrangler Mr. Goddard's b c, by Ruben's d, by Caleb Quotem The Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of 50 sous each, for 3 yr old colts, Bat 71b ; fillies, Sat 31b. A.F. Doke of Grafton's br c Ronald, by Centaur br c Burman, brotber to Bolero Lord Exeter's e. Patron, by Partisan e, by Phantom, out of Ada Lord Grosvenor's b c Ebury, by Master Henry Mr. Roger's Verderer, by Teresias, out of Landscape Lord G. Cavendish's ch c by Wolof, out of Miracle Mr. Irby's b e by Orville, d by Soothsayer Mr. Payne's b f Pouliot, by Moses—Pastime's dam Match 100 h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Ferulam's Brocard, lit 91b,sg$t Sir M. Wood's John de Ban, Bst 21b. Tounay.—Match, 200 says. b ft, P.M. Sir M. Wood's Nessus, 84 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Augusta filly, Bst. Match, 100 sore, h ft, Lord Verulam's Laurestinus, 811 51b, agst Sir M. Wood's Canary, Bst. 21b—A. F. Match-200 soya, h ft, Lord Sefton's Juryman, Sst 131 b, agst Mr. Greville's Discovery, 7st 121 b—D. M. Match-200 soya, Et ft, Lord Cavendish's Mouse filly, Bst 11b, agst 31r. Greville's Xarifa, 7st 131 b—T. Y. C. Fifty guineas, free for any horse, Ste. four years, 7st 41b ; five years, sst 51b ; six years, 84 11lb ; and aged, 911—B. C. To enter the day before running. The October Underiey Stakes of 100 soya each, b ft, for the pro duce of mares covered in 1825, which never bred a winner prior to the 31st Dec. 1825; colts, Sat 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b—A. F. Mr. Nowell's f by Orville, out of Erin Lass c by Walton, out of Bequest Mr. Hunter's c by Gustavus, out of Canvas Mr. Thornhill's b f Worry, by Woful, out of Sal Lord Exeter's f by Phantom, out of Augusta. Sweepstakes of 100 sou. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b—A.F. Lord Verulam's Ombre, by Phantom, out of Tredrille Mr. Payne's g c Gas, by Walton, out of Linkboy's dam Duke of Grafton's b c Burman Lord Exeter's Green Mantle, by Sultan Mr. Gully's b c Baltic, by Borodino Mr. Champion's b I by Filho, out of Rough Robin's dam The St. Leger Stakes, of 25 sovs. each ; for three-year-old colts, est. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. D. I. Lord Seften's b c Morris Dancer, by Morisco—Mona Duke of Grafton's b c Burman, brother to Bolero Duke of Rutland's brother to Moses Lord Grosvenor's Ebury, by Master Heary Lord Exeter's Patron, by Partisan Gold Pin, sister to Pinwire. Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the- Wisp, brother to Colonel Mr. Houldswortb's br f by Orville, out of Young Caprice Mr. Pettit's eh c Post Obit, by Woful, out of Posthuma Mr. Greville's b c Vortigern, by Emilio', out of Rowena Sir Mark Wood's b c Nessus, by Centaur Lord G. Cavendish's br c by Godolphin, out of Espagnolle Mr. Cbampion's b f by Filho, d by Langton, out of Passion-flower b f by Duplicate, dam sister to the above THURSDAY—The King's Plate of 100 gs ; 4 yrs, lOst 71bs; 5 yrs, list 71b; 6 yrs, list 121bs; and aged, 12st. 0. R. C. To be entered the day before tanning. The Town Plate of sal. For 3yr old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, 9st 31b. D. I. To name as above. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, bft ; for fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. N. Lord Verulam's f, by Waterloo, out of Venom Mr. Payne's f Pauline, by Moses Lord Exeter's Varna (41b extra for being second for the Oaks) Mr. Greville's b f Lady Emily, by Entilius Mr. Champion's b f, by Filho, out of Rough Robin's dam br f, by Duplicate, sister to the above Duke of Grafton's b f Lyric, sister to Latimer Mr. Dilly's b I Windfall, by Reveller Match 200 sows h ft, Mr. Payne's Pauline, Bst Bilb, against Sir M. Wood's Rosary, Bst 21bs—T.Y.C. Match 200, h ft—Lord Southampton's Barnardo against Sir M. Wood's John De Ban, Bst 41b each ' - T. Y.C. Match, 200—Duke of Grafton ' s Burman against Mr. Greville's Semiramis. Off by consent. DONCASTER MEETING, 1829. The Cleveland Stakes have closed with the following acceptances : Lord Fitzwilliasn's Mulatto, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Petre's b f Deiphine, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Lord Cleveland's Stotfortb, 3 yrs, 7st Olb Tamboff, 3 yrs, 6g 121 b Mr. Petre's Netherby, 3 yrs, 6st 91b VAUXHALL GRAND REGATTA. Yesterday was an interesting day to the admirers of aquatics re siding in Vauxhall, South Lambeth, Kennington, &c. it bring the annual contest among the Vauxhall watermen for various prises. On this occasion a new wherry was &t' n by Mr. T. Baylis, sf the George and Dragon, Vauxhall, and in addition to which about 20 sovereigns were subscribed by the inhabitants of the vicinity, thus making several very handsome prize. worth competition. The following were the men who contended for the prizes, all of whom belonged to Vauxhall Stairs : S. Leonard and R. Lewb Light Blue. 8. AviU and W. Brumwell Pink. A. Hallam and W. Winter Purple. H. Jones and R. Atkins Green. G. Bartlett and G. Rippen Yellow. R. Leonard and R. Croker White. G. Bramwell and G. Groves Scarlet. J. Baker, jun. and G. Gallaway Orange. The match was decided in three beats, and the distance rowed in each was, from Vavzhall.bridge, round a boat moored off Tuggy's Mill, down the North Shore, round Carey's Bath, and back to the Prize Wherry off Sullivan's, Vauxhall-bridge. Purple and Green won the first beat, and Scarlet and Yellow the second. The winners of the first and second heats then rowed for the grand heat, and came in as follows :—Green first, Scarlet second, Purple third, and Yellow fourth. Green received the new boat, and about £2O was distributed among the others. TOWER REGATTA. Yesterday, the eleventh annual prize wherry was contested for by watermen belonging to the Tower-stairs. First Heat. Second Heat. Jahn Edward., Yellow. W. Howlett, Green. R. White, Dark Blue. W. Finniss, Pink. R. Shots, Light Blue. W. Young, Red. The first and second to row five beats, end the distance to be from off the Tower-stain twice round the eel-chain, round a beacon off St. Katherine's dock, and up to the wherry, moored off the Tower. The match commenced about twelve, and continued throughout the remainder of the day. The five heats were well contested, and the men became entitled to the prizes as follows : W. Young, a new wherry, value ...... £23 0 0 R. White, the second prize 4 0 0 R. Short, the third ditto W. Finish, the fourth ditt0........ W. Howlett, the fifth ditto I 10 0 J. Edwards, the sixth ditto.... ..... I 0 0 The competitors and their friends crowded the elegantly done up roost at the Duke's Head, where the evening errs spent con vivially. THE WORLD OF LETTERS.—The literary world pre sents many remarkable contrasts and similarities between the names of some of its denizens and the works for which they are , celebrated. Hogg is by no means a bore,' althOugh be does not poueu so much Attic salt as Baum; yet be is, sidle Scotch say, a jrawki• writer, and is Ilse owns,' of would tailes4 Craw, so far' from Wog melancholy, sends forth merry Irish tdiry tales; Afnere i is not a blackamoor, although rather Brown" Moddon displays Do symptoms of issaisiggi but Cul* ii'tertslnly an Unbar of the/ hiehAig or . dr r. iitrLSIOWAR'F' CONSMIPTION.—Le Globe states that a student of . ntedicinei tweety-siz 'years of age, attacked by a malady which oils of the Commissioners appointed by the Aca— demie des Sciences recognised to be pulmonary consumption, had been completely cured by the administration of chlore. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CONSPIRACY AMONG TIM PACPIRS TO IMAGO Pi Monday morning the Justice Room was crowded to excess by the Overseers of the Poor, and other Parish Officers, to make charges against paupers for having gone from parish to parish, and fraudu lently obtaining relief. The cases of several were gone into, and it appeared that some of the paupers made as much as ,C 2 per week, by obtaining relief from many parishes. A strong young man, named Williams ' was ordered to take hi s trial at the Sessions for obtaining money under false pretences. Another sturdy pauper was sentenced to three mouths' impri sonment, and others were more leniently dealt with. BOW-STREET. Joseph Gin, a man who sells fruit in Covent Garden Market, was brought before Mr. Haws yesterday, charged with having at tempted to strangle a little boy, named Scully, by hanging him with a rope. The boy, whose age appeared to be about twelve or thirteen, stated that he was standing under the new buildings in Covent Garden Market, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, when be observed the defendant trying to throw a rope which hung from the scaffolding round the neck of a woman, who how• ever avoided the attempt by moving to a distance. In some little time afterwards witness felt something round his own neck, and before he could ascertain what it was, or extricate himself from it, the noose was drawn tight, and be was raised from off his feet. The rope rubbed the skin front his neck, and otherwise in jured him. Mr. HALL, declared that be never beard of a more brutal case. The defendant said that he bad merely done it to get the boy t,, move of front before his baskets. Mr. Harts—Such practices must be stopped; you must there fore put in good bail to answer for your conduct at the Sessions. The defendant was then locked up. Two well.dressed young females, sisters, were charged before Sir RICZARD Banns, on. Monday, with having robbed Georg, Mayton, a medical student, of nine sovereigns, on Saturday night. The prosecutor did not attend. The constable stated that Haytnn had met the girls on Waterloo road, and accused them of having robbed him of the above amount. The Constable said that he had ascertained that they were very weU behaved girls. Sir Rscuaan asked if he had called at the prisoners' lodgings? The Constable said he had, but that the prosecutor was not to be found. He had told his landlady that be bad given two girls into custody for a " lark," and must keep out of the way. He was not at home since Saturday night. The girls had been imprisoned since then. Sir 113CIIA RD said the conduct of Hayton was most dlsueditable, and deserved to be punished. He strongly advised the girls, whom he discharged, to bring an action against hint for false itnprisor.. tnent. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a man named Robert Driver, who described himself as a shoemaker, was charged by Anne Lucas, before Mr. Cuamaaas, with behaving in a mo.t improper manner towards her in the gal lery of the Coburg Theatre, where she was in company with her husband on Monday night, and with striking her afterwards on her complaining of his misconduct. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 455. or to be com mitted to the Howse of Correction for a month. M A RLBOROUG H-STREET. John and Thomas Gilbert, two brothers, were brought before the Presiding Magistrate, from St. Giles's watch-house, charged with (to use the watchman's expression) " refusing to move on." John Butke, a watchman, stated that the defendants were stand ing in New Compton-street, when a man and bis wife came up, and were about to fight, when the defendants interrupted them, and prevented it, and they immediately afterwards refused to go on, for which game he took them to the watch-house, and there charged them with being disorderly. This was the offence complained of, and only confirms the opi nion that watchmen, now the New Police system is about to be adopted, are not particular as to their conduct, and the unoffending are more frequently Immured in a watch-house than those who are really culpable. Sir Groans Passe" after a short consideration, ordered the men to be discharged. CORONER'S INQUESTS. -~ At eleven o'clock yesterday mornin;, an inquest was held by W. L. Newman, Ea+ at Whfrecross-street prison, to in quire touching the death of John Clifton Andrews, aged 40, one of the prisoners. The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death, by the Visi tation of Gon." The deceased was a Major on the half-pay list of the British army, and bad served in the canspaigns in the East At twelve o'clock another inquest was held, by the same Coro ner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to inquire touching the death of Thomas Sumner, a hair-dressier, in Chiswell-strcet, aged 42 years, who shot himself through the head with a pistol, and died shortly after being brought to the Hospital. The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased committed suicide under the influence of insanity." In the early part of the last war the Captains of British vessels were ordered by the Admiralty to give some account of the country, religion, and manners of the inhabitants wh.re they touched. The Master of one of our ships of war, lying off the island of Minorca, made the following entry in the log-book : '• The country is d—d bad, religion they have none, and their customs are beastly!" MARCH OF ECONOMY.—During the present summer a new species of white bat, in cost about 10s. being introduced into general wear, much to the annoyance of the fashionable manufac turers of that necessary article, and to the sensible diminution of their pmfits. they have bit upon a plan to disgust their customers with what they call their ill-judged and tasteless economy. The obnoxious hats are quite napless, and, as the masters describe them, Ducking but the woollen felt form before the external beaver is a:- tached to it, and, therefore, they say, not even worth the small sum which is paid for them. With the view before-mentioned, and al together to exclude the Innovators from the market, they have within the last few days gratuitously distributed a number of them of the most modern Asps, among the raggedest and filtalst of the beggars of the metropolis. The sweepers of the crossways, who may be considered as public characters, have come In for their share ; and we yesterday saw two of them,one near the Exchange and the other at the Mansion-house, sporting their new toppers. ESCAPE OF .% CON V ICT.—On Monday last, Henry Ramsay, alias Thompson, a convict under sentence of transporta tion, contrived to make his escape from the Justitia hulk, at Wool wich. It is rather singular, that frequent information; are re ceived at the different Police Offices, of convicts escaping from the above-mentioned hulk. Aznoctous Pt; N.—A gentleman, seeing a party of row-bucks going down the river in a boat of a remarkable con struction, asked his waterman what was the name of a boat cf that description? " The Lord knows!" said he of the coat and badge ; " it's not got no name whatsomdever, but its summat between wherry and a funny." " Indeed," said the gentleman. "it looks altogether, boat and crew, like a wherry/spiny concern!" ANCIENT JOKE.—One rofruo brought a law-suit against another, which was beard before Philip of Macedon. His judgment is admired by Plutarch both for its wit and its justice. It was. 0 That the ds'fendant should fly from Macedon, and :kc plainly' should follow !" Michael Scannell, convicted of a burglary at Cork Assizes, was sentenced to be hanged oo the P2th of September. On Mr. Justice Torrens recommending biro to look well to the counsel of his Clergyman, and to endeavour, by a sincere contrition for his put offences, to secure that mercy in another world which he could never experience in this, the wretched man exclaimed— " The man, my Lord, that's born to be hanged can never be drowned !" 'The atrocious and diabolical plan of introducing stnpi ing drugs into liquor was practised, unfortunately, with ton much success, at Horneastle Fair. A steady cottager, named. Edward Dickenson, of Prelatic, having sold a horse (or about VOL was in duced to drink a glass of liquor with some of the horse dads's.— Immediately afterwards he was seined with a benumbing stupid sensation, which deprived him of resistance and recollection, and. while lu this state, the villains very easily robbrahltu •d his money by cutting open his waistcoat, and taking the notes from his t , reas: pocket. BIRTH. Sunday, the Lady of Doctor Beak, of Caher, of a son--and or. saint day, the LadyrofJobn Jailiens, Esq. of Flontlngstowthainiss• of a son—both ladies are sisters. MARRIED. At Delgany, county of . Wicklow, A. C. Sterling, E'q. fieut•• 24th Regiment of Foot. • to Charlotte, only daughter of thelate . Major-Ciknerial Joseph Bird. H: w ATEI at I,ONRON-BHIDOIiI TO.MO4IIOW. liarnsiag 32 mamas attrr Moeegt~• 42 atatntas altar 4 _ Loosen: Printed and nittlished by JOHN MArits, at the %lot Orrice, No.l, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. ~< Ef. PEI rr; !i •