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I .~ TEE XIII POLICE. Sir R. WILSON, in presenting a petition respecting the new police, expressed his approbation of the good order and excellent conduct of that corps ; and ridiculed the idea of the petitioners that our liberties could ever be endangered by this force. What could 6,000 or 7,000 policemen do against 1,200,000 inhabitants? He thought the home se cretary entitled to the gratitude of the country for this establishment. Sirß. PEELsaid had he continued in office he should have moved for a Committee to inquire into the expense of the police, the mode of ap pointment, &c. for the purpose of ascertaining whether there could be any alleviation on these points; Dot from any change of opinion in his mind as to the value of this force. He felt assured that inquiry would .tdound to the merit of this force. He should support such inquiry, if ft were proposed ; but with the conviction that the value of the force would be still more satisfactorily shown. He, however, was anxious that misunderstanding should be removed—that inquiry should take place—and that as local superintendence was taken away, it became that House to be more vigilant. The expense was spoken of; it cer tainly might be a question, whethet part of the expense ought not to be borne by the public ? That would be fit subject for inquiry. As to the efficience of the force, it bad been proved in a remarkable degree, fi.r since they were formed there had been many numerous assemblages, par tieularly by die accession of his Majesty, the various reviews, and other proceedings, which had collected large bodies of people ; and their efficiency had been invariably proved in an eminent degree. Had there not been this force, there must have been troops employed; and if that course were punned, there would be an increase of army esti. mates and military expenses. With respect to the unconstitutional character of the force, if the expense was reduced, he expected the " constitutional" objections would be very materially diminished (a laugh) ; but as to the expense, the complaints on that head were ex. traragant and could not be true. As to the allegation of some, that 2s. 6d. in the pound wee levied, he would thus publicly and generally tell the overseers, and all interested in the matter, that there was no power to levy more than Bd. in the pound on the county rates, there fore if more were levied, the parish authorities acted illegally. As to another complaint that the parishes had not requisite controul, he hesi tated not to say, that if they had sueh controul, it would very mate. daily affect the efficiency of the force. He should never consent to any change of that kind, but he was ready to promote the amplest in quiry. Mr. WILKES agreed with the Hon. Secretary that the extra expense was the main cause of the unpopularity of the new polio; and he was satisfied with the expression of concurrence on the part of the Hon. fie cretary, to bring the matter under the consideration of • Committee. He (Mr. Wilkes) would suggest the propriety of returns from all the parishes being called for, that the real statement of the expense might be ascertained before the house entered into Inquiry on the question. Sir R. PEEL observed, that he would fully concur in that sugges. don, but he must repeat, that as far u regarded the objection of the removal of the power from the hands of the local authorities, that the system of the police could not exist if its present mode of appointment and arrangement were disturbed. Mr. HUME was perfectly satisfied with the dalmatian and expla nation of the Hon. Secretary. The lion. 31ember did not approve of the objections that bad been urged as to the Police being of an moon stitutional character • for the same objection might apply to the stand ing army ; but the increase of expense was certainly in some instances very great. In the parish of Ealing It was stated that the expense, which, under the old system, was not exceeding 801, was now, under the new system, 0001 per annum. In the parish of Hackne y, there was one farmer whose increase of rates on that account amounted to 601 a year. The Hon. Member was of opinion, that the only measure would be the appointment of a Committee to do away with the core. pbints. When the original Bill was first proposed last Session, he had given notice of a motion to call for returns from every parish, of their" expenditure for six months previous to the establishment of the New Police, and returns for six months after their establishment ; but, on the following day, at the desire of the Hon. Secretary, the ceder was discharged. The Hon. Member considered, that had these returns been permitted, a great part of the present complaints would net have existed. Colonel SI BTHORPR considered that the rates were very high ; and, as a proof of the inefficiency of the police s it had been admitted the other day, thst they were not sufficient to afford protection to his Ma. jestv's suite. The hon. Colonel protested against the rapense of the establishment. Mr. BYNO said, that to render the corps efficient, it oust be In creased at least three-fold ; but if it were possible to confine the rate to 6d. per pound, he thought that three would be no complaints against the estabffithment. MT. SIABERLY thought the hen. secretary was entitled to the thanks of the metropolis for the introduction of the establishment. The jurisdiction being in the hands or the locals, was chitfly defective on ac. count of the difficulty of finding local authorities who would attend to the duties of their offices; and he hoped that the house would pause be fore they lent themselves to an alteration of the present bill. Mr. WYSE remarked, that the constabulary force of Ireland was defrayed by the Grand Juries of each county ; and if the hon. secretary meant to admit the principle of local taxation, it ought to be made ge neral throughout the country. It was desirable. however, that a force so constituted should be closely watched ; for the pollee of Ireland, from being first a constabulary force, had now very much changed its character. Sir R. PEEL replied that the expense of the constabulary force in Ireland was not defrayed entirely by the Grand Juries, but that three. fourths of the sum were defrayed out of the consolidated fund. In reply to the allusion respecting the returns that had been moved for by the lion. member for Middlesex, he had to observe that, by the act, he the (hon. secretary) had made it the law that every year, 30 days after parliament met, a return of the expense attending the police establish. meet should be laid before the house. Mr. WAR BURTON said, that in the committee it would be proper to show the efficiency of the police, by laying a return of all the pro. petty that had been recovered through their means • he understood that there bad been much valuable property thus recovered in some of the central parishes. Mr. PORTMAN deprecated the proposition of taxing the country for the expense of the metropolitan police, but he thought that the honourable secretary was entitled to thanks for introducing the system of police. Several other hon. members made short observations on the question, and the petition, which was from St. John's, Southwark, was presented, praying for relief from the new polio act. Laid on the table, and or. praying for reli ef from the niw po&e act. Laid on the table, and or. deved to be printed. SAKE 'LAWS. The Marquis of CHANDOS moved for leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the Game Laws. Be stated that the bill was the same he had introduced on the previous session. After a few remarks from some hon. members, the house resolved itself into a committee, and the bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 30th of the month. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to bring in a bill for amending the law relating to the attestation of deeds by which powers arc executed. A number of petitions for the abolition of negro slavery were pre sented, chiefly from dissenting congregations. Mr. GOBROUSE:withdrew his motion for enquiry into the state of tlx foreign relations of the country, on account of the present state of his Majesty's administration. Mr. LittiON presented a petition film the city of Worcester against the introduction of the track system, by the Overseas. Laid on the table. Mr. O'BRIEN gave hake of a motion to enable the parishes of Ireland to provide for their own poor. The house adjourned at he minutes to six o'clock. LAW REPORTS. CO(RT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 18. The LORD CHANCELLOR remained in his private room this morn ing lot a few hours, but we have been unable to ascertain the nature of the business he was engaged in. His Lordship will sit again in his pri vate room tn-morrow morning, to hear the further arguments of Counsel on the part-heard appeal of " Newdigate v. Newdigate." It is generally supposed by the Bar to be his Lordship's intention to give judgment in all thaw causes which have been argued before him,, should the parties desire it. No public intimation of such intention has, however, av yet been given. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 18. MIZELLI V. WILLIAMS AND crrirEns. In this case the plaintiff, • gentleman who kept cash with the de fendants (well. known bankers) brought his action against them for tort. in refusing to honour his draft for 871. they having cash in their hands at the time to more than the amount of the draft. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff: The ATTOZSZT.GESLIAL moved to set aside the verdict, on the ground that the declaration was not applicable to the ease. It was con tended that the form of action should have been for breach of contract. Lord TESTZIDEN held that the objection was not well founded.— His Lordship was of opinion that the action for tort, or wrong, was analogous to breach of contract, and that the verdict was right. If a banker contracted to pay a draft when he had money in his bands, and did not pay it, he broke his contract. The verdict, under all the cir cumstances, could not be disturbed. The other Judges were of the same opinion, and the conditional rule obtained by the Attorney-General was discharged. JUDGMENT. George Stewart, Henry Hutchinson, and John Harris, were brought up this morning for judgment, they having been found guilty of ob structing and assaulting a King's officer in the execution of his duty ; and also for being concerned In smuggling transactions. The two tor. mer were sentenced to nine months, and the latter to six months' Impri sonment in Morpeth House of Correction. BASIRTT V. GARDINER. The ATTORNEY.GESERAL moved for iiittie to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against a medical gentleman, named Gardiner, residing at Marlborough, for sending a letter to Mr. Baskett, with intent to provoke him to fight a duel. The facts of the case were shortly as follows s—Mr. Gardiner is the parish surgeon, and up u one occasion was sent for to attend the wife of a poor parishioner, Who was suddenly taken il. He. however, did not go, and another medical man was sent for. The husband subsequently applied to the parish for the expenees, when it was agreed to pay half, provided Mr. Gardiner paid the other half. A vestry was then held, for the purpose of considering the propriety of removing Mr. Gardiner from his office, on the ground of Inattention to his duties. Upon :this occasion certain words were attributed by Gardiner to Baskett, which, however, the latter denied; but, notwithstanding this denial, the letter in question was sent by Gardiner to Baskett. The letter was as follows: " Sir—l've been told that you have asked the opinion of a friend to clear yourself from epithets which I had used towards you, and am astonished at the advice which be gave you, not to notice them; but I suppose that this arises from the manner in which you represented the matter to him. That is no epithet which I then used that I do not now repeat. You are poor in principle—poor in spirit, and poor in everything. I remain, &c. Rule granted. .ItitshaN"t l k • ••••• wi l t, . • *.! ' r ~} ~ i . ,1 i ~~ '~'y'. M :' a tumirie whether it ieonld he prudent to present it, as the return was pe. • t itigned against. :*4 Lord -Milt INGTON eventually withdrew the petition for the preeentZ IRELAND. O'CONNELL gave no ice that after Christmas,' he Ahnuld sub. mit motion,' rimpecting the payment of Churches, the Law of Libel, and a better codification of the !acs.—He then presented a petition from mercantile aid trailing clsAres of Galway respecting the Franchise. Mr. J. O. WOOD said, if the petitioners of Ireland would instead of for the repeal of the Union petition for a reform of what was a seandalons abuse in Ireland—the state of the Church in that country— it would be better to petition for that reform, than for what was imprac ticable, and if practicable, mischievous. Those who asked for the re pal of the Union, in reality wanted the reform of the Church; it would be better manfully to ask for that reform at once. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said all knew that the Church was now in a much better condition than It was before the Union. Mr. WOOD replied, that he believed it was pretty much the same sow as then ; but that a local Parliament would have long ago corrected the evil. Col. O'GRADY contended that the Church of Ireland was in a state of improvement. Mr. HUME said, that these patchwork proceedings wold not an swer any longer. The question was, whether the Church ought to eon. tinue any longer ? he said it ought not. There must be inquiry—they must go to the root of the evil. Whoever might be the minister, this must he done; the time for it was come ; and the people would no longer submit to the system. The paston must no longer rule with tods of iron, instead of being Christian ministers ; they n:ust limit themselves to their duties. The industrious ministers ought to be paid —and the idle dismissed. That was what must be done. Mr. RUTHVEN spoke highly of the conduct of the ministers of Ireland—but he must condemn the overgrown sinecures in the Church. Petition ordered to be printed. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Dunhaughty, county of 3layo, relative to the education of Roman eatholics ; also one from a parish in Galway, for the repeal of the Union. He begged to observe that the church establishment and the repeal of the Union were distinct questions. A gentleman of. Limerick had informed hint, that at the ptriod of the Union there were in that city 28 tan-yards, and not one pawnbroker's • now there were 40 pawnbrokers' shops, and not one tam yard. (bear , )—Ordered to be printed. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a petition from • place in Galway, for an equalisation of the franchise. LIDZIo--.THE ZING 1r 01010 E lII►IX. The defendant in this cue was brought up for judgment, be having been found guilty of publishing a libel in a small paper oiled the Cita /sets, published in Carlisle. The libel was contained in a letter signed 'C. X! and was intended to reflect upon the character of a gentleman named Briscoe and others. Mr. B. having expressed his determination to prosecute the defendant unless be gave up the writer of the letter in ques tion, the defendant wrote a letter in the " Citisen,:utterly denying any knowledge of who " C. IL" was; that be put in the letter as a contri bution; that be merely printed the paper; that he was exceedingly sorry for having inflicted pain upon Mr. Briscoe and dumber gentle men, and that, under these circumstances, he trusted that no advantage would betaken of his situation, because putting him into prison would be little satisfaction to the plaintiffs, and might be utter ruin to him. The defendant made no defence. Their Lordships did not think that the tone of the defendant's letter MIS at all calculated to soothe the wound inflicted upon the plaintiff's by the libel, for publishing which the defendant was found guilty. Their Lordships, therefore, sentenced the defendant to be Imprisoned in the gaol of Carlisle for six weeks, and at the end of that erlod to enter into recognisance., himself in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, for 12 months. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 17. John Siorr, late of Oxford-sweet, jeweller, was opposed by Mr. Coons, on behalf of Mr. Ellis Cooke, jeweller, and several other cre ditors. Mt. Woonaorrs supported the insolvent. It appeared from the evidence in support of the tion, that the insolvent's debts amounted to the sum ot 42861. for which he had received a consideration ; besides which. he owed 3001 on his brother's account, for which sum he became liable in 1847; but the debts for which be bad received consideration bad been con tracted since ine. In April, of that year, his house in Shoteditch was destroyed by fire. He was insured in the Sun Fire office to the amount of 7601. and be claimed from the Directors 7091 which they disputed. In cam. sequence be commenced an action, which was referred to arbitraden, when 3811. lbs. was awarded him, but he bad only received 2WIL the difference having been attached In tire Lord Mayor's duet, and for tavern expenses while the arbitration was pending.l In April last be estimated his stock at about 8001. having at that time a shop in Oxford -street, and a stand in the Soho Bomar, which had been taken in the name of Miss Smith, his sister-in-law, no sob person being allowed a stand there. In April he bepa to pledge and had pawned about MIL worth, the duplicates of which bank to a person named Perdue, a general dealer, of TothilLelmet,llNlMlnster, for 91. This person had beim his bail in several of theinzelhabersged dhoes actions. On the 211th of the same his Starr, served him with a poem for a debt a[ meeley ' advanced, for which be, the insolvent, gave his promissory we, payable on de mand. He soared judgment to go by default, sei shortly afterwards his brother obtained execution, and levied on the in Oxford. street ; but not wishing to put in an execution at t aho y Bauer, the goods in that depot were removed to Oxford.sueet, where they were, valued, and afterwards taken back to the stand, the brother taking bill of sale of the property and remaining in peaseesits. In Septem ber, the stock was sold by his brother, on which the insolvent said be had lost about 1901. and the residue of the goods were sold at a pest sacrifice, for the support of his family, who resided with his sister-in. law, Miss Smith, who continued the stand at the Bssear in her own name, and purchased goods with her own money. Some of the with her bad been seised under the executi o n s h e lik ew i se p urc h ase d with her own money. Be swore positively, that the execution was sot a con. certed one. His brother, Richard &ore, was MI pass of age, and at the time be put in the execution, he was living in Bath-place, New. road, but had since removed, and he did not know, he said, whither he had gone. After the case had occupied the Court for a considerable time, Mr. Commissioner Bowen ordered it to stand adjourned ohs* die, for the purpose of filing a new special balance-sheet, to produce his brother, Richard Starr, and Mr. Perdue, and to give 14 days' notice after filing. POLICE RKPORTS. Mairerow-norrez.--Captain 11;11 was brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged with having been mad drunk on the preceding night, and with having beaten every one who came in his way. The defendant, i fine able fellow, •eppeated, about seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, in the street, staggering drunk. A constable helped him into an oil-shop, the owner of which o cosine him the use of a bed until he should recover from the effects of the grog be had been drinking. This accommodation he rejected, and then, as be was wholly unabli to walk, a bed of straw was quickly made for him In the shop, anti the master of the house politely requested that be would make him self as comfortable as passible. An odd thing, however, struck his fancy. There being a strong smell of oil and sulphur in the plea, his imagination was impressed with the belief that he was in hell, and be determined to oppose the devil and all his works. He accordingly, when urged to Ile down, made a violent kick at the hum a n e person who was rendering assistance, and then endeavoured to destroy every thing within his reach. It became necessary then to remove such a customer from the shop, and two or three officers were sent for, bet the Captain's delusion was not removed by their appearance. On the contrary, he considered himself beset by some of the devil's emissaries, he resisted the vigorous attempts to convey him to the Compton, end fought like a cat upon his back, cursing and swearing as if be had just arrived from the of punishment in which his imation had fixed him. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the dant had done any injury to any one, or any mischief in the house P The officers replied that be had, in consequence of mistaking the pro. pricier for Old Nkk, given:him a violent kick behind,but luckily with. out doing him any damage. The property in the shop also escaped, but the defendant, upon being conveyed to the Compter, became. if possible, wore furious, and instead of opposin g Satan, seemed to b e in spired with the spirit of the demon himself. The only thing calculated to abate his rags was a straight-waistcoat, which performed wonders. The moment it was put on the lunatic patient became quite calm, and fell into a sound sleep, and when be awoke he knew nothing at all of the occurrences of the night. The LORD Malec& asked the Captain how he happened to get into such a condition. The &Rodent—Why, my Lord, I had taken sight or tan glasses of grog more than used, and that probably bested my but I am very sorry for what I have dose, and I partkelarly pardon for mistaking the gentleman who wished me so wall, for a pusonage so very unlike him. the LORD MAYOR thought the grog must have been very warm in. deed to inspire such thoughts, and fined the defendant W. for having drank to such infernal excess. --- GUILDHALL.- - ( 1 n the kith of November, Cuthbert Iliskisr, a young man in a military undress, and who bore the appearance of being somewhat wealt.mind4 was brought before Mr. AkiermanVexam.Es. cluge o with being a deserter. don i r fr o i n s e reach, a private in the 98th Foot, stated that he charged the with deserting from the Plymouth division of marines, but e had no proof that such was the fact. He charged him entirely upon his own confession, the prisoner whom he had never seen till then, having walked up to him in Holism:, and voluntarily surren dered himself as a deserter. He stated himself to be a drummer to the above division, and applicant wished that he should be detained till the Commandant could receive notice of his apprehension, and send a guard to escort him to Plymouth. Mr. Alderman VEIFABLIS said, the prisoner was punished when' fellow to run sway , knowing how severely he would be he was found. Prisoner replied, he ran away because he could not get liberty enough. His rueful, heavy-hearted appearance formed a striking contrast to that of the private of the 98th, who chuckled over this unexpected windfall, and seemed to enjoy in anticipation the spending of the 40s. reward. The prisoner was detained, but his story proves to be a trick, merely to secure a few days' homely board and lodging ; for yesterday Mr. Al derman Venable* received an official communication from Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty, that the prisoner's representation of having belonged to the above-mentioned corps was a fiction, and the prisoner was, ac- 1 corlingly, discharged from the Comptes rthwith. - - - Bow-rratur.— A well-dressed man, apparently 36 years of age, naned George Lewis, was charged with having assaulted a young wo man named Leary. The complainant, who had a child in her arms, stated that she was a married woman, and that, as she was on her return home, about two o'clock yesterday, In the Strand, the defendant came up to her, and seizing her round the waist. attempted to take liberties with her. She resented the insult in the best way she could, and the defendant then used towards her expressions of a foul and degrading character. Sit Iticstaap Stan tz.--Ilad you your child in your arms at the time? _ _ _ Complainant.—Yes, Sir, I had. The defendant admitted that he certainly bad taken the young woman by the waist in the manner she had described, and that she inflicted punishment on the spot by giving him a back-hand on the cheek, that knocked fire from his eye. Sir it. Brute—And served you right. Defendant—What, sir, for an innocent frolic ? Sir R. Brairtz—An innocent frolic 1 indeed I do not think such conduct as you were guilty of can be called innocent. Unless you satisfy this young woman for the insult you offered her, I shall be obliged to call upon you to put in ball. The defendant retired, and as he did not return, no doubt he ad justed the matter amicably. A journeyman shoetnaka was brought up by one of the pollee,tharged with being a deserter. The young man said that this was the third time he had been taken up on the same charge. Ha, however, denied being a deserter, and said that the persons who gave the officer the information were shoe. makers, who owed him a are. t zpit Mr. HALLS said he recd h, seen the young man before and that he in no way answered the description given by the War-ollice. The young man's master said that the charge WON out of a tempi. racy formed by the journeymen, to injure those men who infringed at tain rules which had been adopted for the regulation of the body. Mr. HALL' said he had no doubt that it was a charge arising oat of some spite, and discharged the young man. _ - UNION HALL.--Joann Wilson, a sanctified looking man, was brought before Mr. Bwabey, charged with robbing a number of poor women, the inmates of various alms-houses in and about the It was the model' albs prisoner to ascertain the names of some Mead er relative be lon ging to the inmates of alms houses, and having acquired this information, he would proceed there and inquire for we of the inmates, to who mn he would introduce himself es the messenger of some agreeable news. Having gained access to the sprtment of the poor women, he had his story cut and dry, to the that some relative or friend had died, beqeatning to her a sum of money, which would enable her henceforward to live in splendour, and leave the alms-house altogether. The fellow managed to tell the story with so much ap parent truth, that be was believed b his credulous hearers, and taking advantage of the feeling excited in his favour, in consequence of the great news be had imparted, he would then say, Mrs. So. and-so, I have walked a long way to bring you this intelligence, and feel thirsty; oars you let nts have either a glass of beer, or a glass of water P He was general provided with the hewer, and in the absence of the poor women, he plundered their rooms of every portable article he could lay hands upon. A few days ago, he went into an alms-house in Bt. Saviour's parish, and having introduced himself to a poor woman, a Quaker's., and told the usual pack of lies, be asked her what o' clock it was; she went to the drawer and looked at her watch, and he then requested het to give him a glass of water, and while she was gone into an adjoining apartment, be bolted with the watch. He robbed another woman in the same alms-house, of half. a-dozen silver spoons. In hot, the fellow has plundered poor wo men of the above description to a great extent ; and as several other cues are expected to be made against him, he was remanded till Bs. turday. Lanerru.asnitsts.—John Poses, and Vary his wife, who have been in custodfor a week put , on shame of having incited a boy named David Downs to anal a 301. Bank of England note from a pntisman, who lodged at the house of his father, and receiving a pen of the property, well knowing it se have beta steles, were Isesught up for inal examination. The missies of cask displayed by the boy, who la not more then nigh inns of age, lad le a disco. of very the lose of a 301. note by ea glationms of property ' wise lodged at his father's Musa The ossisseed that be had taken the note, and gave It to the female prfromme, who procured change of it for him. On receiving the change, he paid Mrs. Payne, who kvt a shop in the greenly and gesso' line, in the neighbourhood of his father, 22i. which the had melon* astound him for sweetmeats, ginger -beer, dm and deposited Id esemedges la the hands of her bus. band, the male prisoner, to keep far him. Die messiades of the money he put in his pockm, and, as well as M. which be bad subsequently drawn from bb stock in the bends of Payne, be had spent in the short space of seven days. Mr. Mums* attended ea the part of the Osseo% but his duty in defending them was rather light, as Mr. Dim, *ugh be has dis. covered that within a very sheet time he hoe het upwards of 861. not wiabbsg to prosecute, they woe didmqpil *Oka sew admonition. Preen a bat of items pressuted to the meglatomes, it appeared that the young delinquent in two days end sights, spent upwards of 101. for wine, gin, nun, brandy, ginger-beer, pastry, and oysters, and treating a party of juvenile friends to the theatre. EXECUTION OF 4 CELEBEITED ILARAUDER. (From the Cakulta Ms Bull of Apr 1122.) On Thursday, the 18th inst. was executed at Ahmednoggar, with seven of his associates, the celebrated marauder Bake*. - This man, whose courage and talents might, during the disturbed period of Indian history, have enabled him to achieve great things, uncler the present organised administration of affairs, could attain no higher elevation than that which, in all ages, is due to unprincipled agreeing upon the welfare and property of their fellow-creatures. Born a Brahman, his impetuosity appears to have been tempered with a large proportion of the subtlety which distinguishes that wily generation ; and far many years he succeeded in carrying on his system of robbery in del. wee of justice. Although the scourge of the districts in which be re sided, so great was the terror with which he was regarded, that no person'webold enough to bring the evidence against him. Some yeas ago he was in confinement at Dhoolia, but contrived to make his es. cape, leaving a note for the magistrate, in which be humourously apo logised for absence without leave,' on &plea of being tired of confine. ment and gaol diet. Daring hi s last imprisonment he had nearly sue. °ceded in liberating himself, but his plans were defeated by the tree chary of a fellow prisoner. His common tuod was parched grain, and he performed his devotions seated on the flat otitis sabre, after the manner of those of his caste who bear arms. Like Mallow; be en. • deavoured to stimulate the seal and secure the respect of his Mann by the assumption of a religious detector, and, for this purpose, proclaimed himself an incarnation of Chundo bity the deified patron of Mahratts thieve.. His object, as proved in Court during his trial, was to raise against the government the whole of the predatory tribes of the Deccan: Amongst the participators of his fate was his son, a promising youth, and well worthy of such a sire. No Frenchman, in the hour of trouble, could have adopted with more gaiety and confidence the motto, I " Le bon tempo viendra," than this hopeful chip of the old block, who after his awes, seeing a person mounted on a horse to which he took a fancy, very coolly assured him of his intention of possessing it, cost free, in • very short time. The execution took place at two o'clock, r.a. under a numerous gond, as it was generally supposed the rescue of the prisoners might be attempted. The most prevailing castes sent represat. wives to this spectacle of justice, the peaty on the scaffold consisting of two Brahmans, one Sing, or Pordesete, one Mussulman, two Mabrattas, a Merl of Guserat, and a Dher. Omer fling, the Per. dessee, is end to have been the man who, on a recent occasion, wished to sabre a British Aka, who, like the Jewish traveller, " fen amongst thieves," and would have 'acted his sanguinary purpose but foe the interrelating of Bake*. As a reward for this act of kindness, the robber cider merely reittested to be allowed to help himself to a pair olle k tl= t widek hot! escaped the rest of ohs peg, and which be Oa Aver. He ties the a esapieet rape., to p r" ="stl en Ye jemmy. Ile* eel prilmody uneesters ere an ornament to my Tile vbellywity emee their Atte with firm. nen, sad pan* topeered, in *a eyes er Marotta spectators, seenyre. The number of ass la the Sussex blockade is about 1,100. These occupy upas a line Obeying the dlnu et the coset), ' of one hundred and twenty miles, and which Keehn tow Chiehleter to six miles beyond Rye. SCINTILL.S. TO ISOLDINB. To love was never yet to sin, Although the evil spirit deckt In holy love's apparelling So many a guileless soul has vrreckt. Pure love can never be a sin, Not wooing the fair form of clay, But the blest spirit housed within, And hallowing still the shrine's decay. Then say not that to love were sin, For 1 would joy to see thee wed One worthy of thee, Isoldine,-.. And I would love thee west thou dead. J. THE ANCIENT SCOTS CANNIBALS." Quid loquar coterie nationibus, cum Ipse adokseentulus In Cia viderim S cut „ , gentem Britannicum, hamanis vend cansibus."--BT. Jzstonx.—Th.• assertion is positive; but it is easy to suppose bow even a mint, aini , adolescutulus, may have been imposed upon respecting the matetials act the banquet. There was a grand controversy, now forgotten, on this passage, arising out of a note in Grinon. in which Dr. PARR cut a principal flgure--Some 3188. for &Woe read Atiseetlos," Q uarter l y &•view, No. 81, p. 126.—Can any of the readers of Tax STAR in. form J. J. W. to what controversy the reviewer alludes, and where the particulars are to be found ? THICK SKU LLS: The following extract from Dr. Cricli ton's " Inquiry into Mental Derangement," proves that this reproach anatomically correct, when applied to those who labour under a defer. of intellect Is very remarkable, that the skulls of the greeter number of such patients, are common' very thick; nay, some have been found of a moat extraordinary Among 216 patients of this description, whose bodies were inspected after death, there were 167 whose skulls were unusually thick, and only 38 thin obey; among which last number, there was one which was much thicker on th e right aide than on the •1441. But in particular it was observed, that among 100 raving madmen, 78 had very thick skulls, and 20 very thin ones; among which skulls there was one quits soft. Among 26 epilip. deriving madmen, there were 10 found with very:thick skulls, and 'four very thin. Among 16 epileptic idiots, there were 14; and among 20 epileptic patients, 10 who bad very thick skulls. Among fst me. lancholy patients, there were 18 with very thin skulls; and lastly, among 30 idiots, 22 with very thick, and six with very thin skulls : all others had skulls of natural thickness." Iwozwious Dtv mg.—One day last week a son of Vul can residing in Elgin, applied to a carpenter to have a broken pane of glass replaced in his window. The week finished, it was proposed by arpenter, and agreed to as a matter of course by the man of smoke, that they should have "a glass" together in settling the small account for the " job" done. " Now, Thonta,, says Vulcan, "it was a little nickam of a loon that broke the window ; do you think I can have recourse for the rice of replacing it sgaine his father ?" " How old may the little villain be ?" inquired Thomas. " Between nine and twelve," was the answer. There can be no doubt of it," rejoined the carpenter; " make the father pay you, by all wrens," end be enforced the doctrine by a "dint" of his fist on the table, which made the house ring. "lam of the same opinion,. Thema ; take your glass;" Nothing loth, the glass was empty in a twinklinz. " Thomas, do you know it was your own son that broke the window ? Thomas looked confounded. Only conceive how provoking it was to hare last his glass, his workmanship, and the price of • gill of whisky to boot, all In consequence of having the above doctrine wormed ot t of him by mere trickery.--Eloin Courier. Tun Hones on Comm:intl.—A woeful disappointment awaits the stranger from the country, who expects to find the House of Commons enshrined in a habitation proportioned to the importance and dignity of its functions. St. Stephen s' Chapel is a small, shabby house, not much larger than the aisle in which the General Assembly meets, as plain in its furniture , and less imposing in its general effect, because it is flat roofed. " The first thing," says a lively writer, " that strikes you, is its mean and sombre appearance. When at home you heard the Chapel of St. Stephen's spoken of,you naturally supposed that if there was not something of the grandeur and grace of a national ball about it, there would be at least some of the venerable and imposing ap. pearance of an ancient church. But you find that this place—the place where so much wisdom is accumulated,and whence so much eloquence is distributed over the.world, ought to be called the chest of St. Stephen, rather than the for its square form and wooden texture make it seem better for a linen chest to the oedema a storehouse to the Patent Steam ashing Company, than for accommodating the collate, ads‘eteel, live wisdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Not one vestige of the ancient structure is to be seen. The whole walls are of wainscot, as dark and dingy as heart can desire ; the fiat roof is so close upon the gallery, that It seems as if intendedi am hir i n s eral extinguisher m to the House ; the Speaker's chair, bating the arms, would do no honour to &ein. dal Mason Lodge ; the and scats are not more tasteful than those of a dissenting 1111:114= in a manufacturing village; and th, three windows which throw light upon the house, are as common place in their structure, as mai In their heads, as the country gen. tlemen who show forth thole IMelhanal gllgaswleg from the third bench upon either hand of the Speaker." A narrow gallery runs all round, supported bEiender iron pillars. The part et this at the foot of the room, reach to the dotted line, is foe strangers. It leas five rows of seats, and s about 130 persons. The reporters for the morning newspapers occupy, not thefirst row, as one would expect, but the back. most ; and they are accommodated with a private door and • room, into which they retire during divisions. The part of the gallery extending round the other three Wm of the House, is reserved for members. It is a rule of the House.—o very useless one—that strangers should be turned out as often as a division takes place. To get this accomplished quickly, the gallery is provided with two doors, by one of which persons pass out, and by the other they are let in again; and as those who are first out are thus let first in, and have their choice of the seats, there is a universal effort to get out as quickly as possible. From the stranger's gallery these is a view of the Thames, through the windows at the upper end of the house.—The Speaker seldom takes the trouble to look to the mem. her who is speaking, or to listen to him. He may be seen penning a note, or leaning over his chair speaking to a member while an ha. Teague is delivering. The forms of the House are the very reverse of imposing, and its proceedings have rather a disorderly appearance to a stranger. There is much motion in the way of ingress and egress ; much whispering • and often such a buss as drowns the orator's elm quence. It is said that a journey to Rome ha* cured many a bigot. red Catholic of his reverence for the Papacy. So a plain country. man, who comes to London with high notions of the dignity and so lemnity of the Honourable House, may well be surprised, when be Into St. Stephen's, and finds: net a numerous assembly an grave i l ete, but some 40 or 60 fellows, some foppishly and some shabbily dressed, sitting in an obscure room, talking, gossiping, and naoib,; shout, with less of state and business form than may be met with in a kirk session—and sending forth rescripts that bind the whole country, new model its laws, drain its resources, and turn the fortunes of the confiding millions upside down. There would be a moral grandeur i:i its exterior planeness, if it did not cover so much unsoundness below. ON 2 EFFECT 01 STlAm.—The Liverpool and Mancha ter steam coaches have, weave told, driven 14 home-coaches off the toed. Each of the hone coaches employed 12 horses—there being thin: stages, and a change of four horses each stage. The total horses cm i played by these coaches therefore was 168. Now, each horse consumes, . on an average, in pasture, hay, and corn, annually, the produce of one • and a half saes. The whole would thus consume , the produce of 25: 'saes. Sup therefore, " ever y man h a d his am,' upon which to rem his y, as some politicians have deemed sufficient, the maintr lama of 262 families is gained to the country by these steam.cosches. The average number in a family is six, that is, four children, besides the father and mother. The subsistence of 1,612 individuals is thus attained. =weintreem BIRTHS. In Leeson-street, Dublin, the lady of Ilajor Dundaa, of a daughter —At coon!, Cork, the lady of D. Daly, Esq. of a son and beir—.At ogue Castle, county Clare, the lady of Capt. W. Scott. of a daughter—Satutday, in Wexford, the lady of R. Bolton, E.g• of a daughter; and on the same day, at Sarshill, the lady of S. Boxwell, Esq. of a eon. The ladies are sisters, and the children their brat-Ixan. MARRIk The Oth inst. at St. Matthew's, Friday-street, Mr. G. Smith. of Ps' ternoster-row, to Ant, eldest daughter of t►e late Rev. E. Whiteloek. of St. John's, Weardale, Durban.—The 18th inst. at St. Oeorlic' 6, Bloornsbury Capt. Keratenten. of Canewdon, Ifasez, to Mary Ann. second daughter of the late Rev. R. Berkeley, LLD. of Writtle, Bases. The 4th inst. Capt. S. C. Rowley, of his Majesty's ship Welk/kJ , brother of Via•Admirsl Sir J. Rowley, Bart. LC B. to Mary, WY daughter of the late E. Crony's, of Newtown, County Kilkenny, Baq• _ DIED. At Clonakllty, Lieut H. T. O'Brien, of the Royal Marines—W(4' mislay, at Saniwich, the Rev. W. Wodswords, rector of St. Peter's, I D that town, M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and chaplain to Lord Pahnerston. Besides his attainments as a classical and mathe matical scholar, he had acquired the esteem and affection of all who knew him, by his independent and upright spirit, tempered and 101• proved by the kindest manners and most benevolent heart. He will be long and deeply regretted, not only by his personal friends but by all his parishioners. The living which he held was in the alternate Pre sentadon of the Mayor and Corporation of Sandwich and of the Lord Chancellor, and it was at the earnest and unanimous solicitation of that body that his Lordship bestowed the prefament on Mr. WodNwottl" - The I4th inst. at her house at 41i11.11111, Ann Rankin, relict of the late J. Rankin, Esq. In her 81st year. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR TO-MORROW. n. le, r. al• Mashy natal sud Published by Josik_lllays;, le doe PTuu• Orris; Pie. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bee. to so to so is St 11 es X of to all ar blo 11l