Star. — London, England, 1830-06-25 00:00:00

I ORM QUISTION. PIT. J. SMITH .takc.l whethi•r any infonnadon had been re. eu wed relative to the treatment veptianneft in Mayo gaol? Sir P. PEEL replied is the negative. Sir R. REM. then itest.ntea papers respecting the ("rrespon dente with the Sublime Porte as to the settlenient of Greece.- IThese papers are in continuation of those formerly presented as to the negociations with Prince Leopold, &e.l—Ordered to be printed. NEW POLICE. Sir It PRIA. said he observed in the votes an order tor accounts "t the expenee of -vatching In the several parishes, under the old • vstent ; as that information was to be found in the Appendix of tomer Reports, he trusted the parishes would not be put to this re- .cwed ar.d unnecessary expense. Atti r some explanation with Mr. HUMR, that order was dirt . !..ageo. _ _ _ tILE OF BEER 1311. L. :sir H. FEEL moved the ortleruf the day tot the resumption of debate on the Chancery BilL Nlr. BARING suggested die propriety of giving precedence to , he• Sale: of Beer Bill. - - Tit. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that he had previously expressed his intention to bring forward this Bill aftet the Chancery question had been disposed of. Mr. MABERLEV said, that the clause of which he had given ~tire had never yet been discussed in the house; that affected the :r .crests of 70,000 persons, and he therefore hoped ample time would .( given for its discussion. If the bill passed without the limita tion of his clause, ruin must castle to at least 70,000 persons in this .c..tntry. No answer being given, Mr. 1103 IE said, it would be very satisfactory to know whether the Bea Bill was to he brought forward, at all events, at one or two o'clock. Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that it was really too much to make such inquiry : it might as well be asked what they were to do with their estates and Chancery suits when the Court of Chancery should be reformed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIP.QUER admitted that there was not much probability of being able to bring forward that bill this night. CHANCERY DEBATE. The order of the day fur the resumption of the adjourned debate on the Court of Chancery having been read, Mr. J. WILLIAAIS rose.—He dwelt, at great length, in exa mination of Mr. Fergusson's arguments on a former evening; and he contended that if the present jurisdiction were continued to the Court of Chancery, a fourth judge would undoubtedly be necessary; out he maintained that it would be more wise and prudent to limit the Court of Chancery to its ancient jurisdiction. If the present .ystem were to be continued--there being fory millions abiding its decisions--a fourth judge would be required. The judicial business of the country ought to be administered by men who were not corn. pletely drudges to their office, but by those, who had time to well consider all matters that came before them for decision. The ex. penscs of the Registrar's Reports, from their prolixity, were of them. selves sufficient to amount to a denial of justice. He thought fur. then jurisdiction ought to be given to the Court of Common Law, which would diminish the overwhelming business of the Court of , Chancery, and gave a solid benefit to the public. Thinking as he did that this measure was likely to lead to very beneficial results, he gave it his humble but hearty support. Mr. ROBERT GRANT thought all the promises that had , been made were totally inadequate to the legal crisis about to take place, and very inadequate to the recommendations In the Speech from the Throne on the opening of Parliament. (Hear.) He did not want to hear the history of this Court for the last two centuries, the experience of the last two years was quite sufficient to show the necessity of something being done. Referringl to the Chancery Commission of 1826, he would say— " Thou sleep'st Achilles, sleep thy sleep may be; But ne'er can wc.forget thy deeds—or thee." The whole of the business of bankruptcy and tithe causes ought to be separated from the Court of Chancery. The hon. member then alluded to the evidence of tie Viee.Chancellor, Mr. Bell, and others, given before the Commission of 1825. Twelve Chancery Commis siors, some of them high in office, heard this evidence ; they had every opportunity of introducingrreforms ; but up to this moment not one of them had made a single proposition having for its object reform. It appeared from the statement of a high legal authority, Nat the arrears of business in the Court of Chancery had not in creased for the last seven years. Now, if such were the fact, there certainly could be no necessity for the appointment of a new judge; but in his (Mr. Grant's) opinion, something ought to be done. The measure now proposed was only a show of remedy, as it did not touch the subordinate offices. It was no use without something was done to prevent causes lying one year, or eighteen months, in the Masters Office. He did implore the Right Honourable Secretary of State, who had done much towards reformation in the law, to take this question into his most serious consideration. He must again repeat, that the gr eat evil now complained of, was in the Registrar's and Master 's Offices, and there was no provision in the bill at all likely to lessen the expense in those offices. It was true the masters were to be paid by fixed salary, but the clerks, by whom the principal part of the business was performed, were still to he reimbursed by fees. The case of Sincox and Bell, for instance, was referred to the Master in 1802, and no distribution of the property was made to the claimants till 1823, a period of 21 years. twenty years of which expired before the Master made his report. The hon. member then alluded to the plan proposed to re medy these evils, end noticed: the appointment of an additional judge, when at the same period it was proposed to diminish the business in the Courts of Law, or, in other words, appointing another judge when the business was gone. The Noble and Ve. iicrable Ex.Chnncellor, Lord Eldon, had stated in his place in the House of Lords, that the most important improvement that could he adopted would be to release the Lord Chancellor from the duty of hearing appeals, and thus allow him more time to attend to origl. nal juristbetion. The appointment of an additional judge must, however, have a directly contrary effect. The most important ques tion that, perhaps, was put to the Commissioners—than whom, he was sure none were more able, or could more satisfactorily perform the important duties intrusted to them—was whether the jurisdic. tion could not be divided. Upon one point he thought it might-- but he acknowledged that, situated as he was, he approached the question with considerable difficulty, and feelings of the greatest delicacy. He alluded to questions on bankruptcy ; and al. though he would not now, for obvious reasons, and especially because a time must arrive when it will be better discussed ; yet he must 'thou that the present system was susceptible of very great improvements. The hon. and learned gentleman then at some length detailed the mode by which petitions in bankruptcy were now brought before the Court of Chancery, and contended that they ought in the first instance to be heard by the commissioners them selves, reserving of course an appeal from their decision. This, with other alterations that readily suggested themselves, would, he was convinced, reduce the bankruptcy business in Chancery to one fifth ; and from what Lord Lyndhurst had been reported to say, that saving of time would be all that he required. The question now before the house differed very widely' from those judicial reforms that had been so ably introduced by the right hon. secretary of state for the home department, and he trusted that the consideration of it would be postponed until that right hon. gentleman should have an opportunity of applying himself to the subject, and bringing for ward a proposal less objectionable.—(Hear.) Mr. DODS WELL supported the bill. The hon. and learned gentleman defended the practice pursued in the Master's office, and read several documents, tending to show that the. evil and expenses • most complained of, namely, copy-money, was not to be attributed to the practice pursued there. The Masters in Chancery were most anxious that the present system of remuneration by fees should be discontinued. and that like the judges, they should be paid by salaries. This had long been their unanimous wish, and they bad requested all the commissioners that had been appointed of late years to recommend the change. Nothing could be more unfair or more unfounded in fact, than representing the situation of Masters in Chancery as a mere sinecure. In his own office, for instance, no itnpoitant investigation was suffered but under his own superin. tendance. The hon. and learned gentleman then went into a long htitory of the manner in which cases were conducted in the Master's office, and repelled the assertion that those functionaries did not pay ' due and adequate attention to their professional duties. In fact, it was to their interest to use all possible dispatch ; but unless the par ' ties that came before them were inclined to allow it, the thing was isu possible. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, that after having for so many years expressed his opinion upon the important subject now before the house, it was not his intention to enter into any long detail. He was happy to leave it in abler hands, although he did hope that the time would soon come when not one particular bill only, bat the ' whole of that complicated and important question would be before the house. His hon. and learned friend who had just sat down, and who was one of the Masters in Chancery, had, with considera ble ability, defended himself and his colleagues, although he must say that he (Mr. M. A. Taylor) had never in his life said one word against the personal character and personal merits of those functionaries. He hesitated not to say, that a more respect.' able, and, he would add, a more talented body of individuals never existed- lie was, however, anxious to make them even more re. spectable and respected if possible than they were. For instance, he wiflicd to see them sit in open Court, and thus give the public an opportunity of knowing the excellence of their judgment. The evils for which he had for 21 years complained would not nor could not be remedied by the appointment of an additirsl Judge. The Learned Solicitor-Oworral Ilikt complained that this Court had been unnecessarily and improperly-stifled. If it hati , bein so, all that he would sty was that he. and those Who supported his view, wets alto. ember innocent of such a charge He bagged his boo. and learned (deed to look back to the motions that beTillr. Taylor) bad, from time to time, made on this subject. It was, indeed, necessary to do qo, for without it, it would appear that he had pressed the adoption sonic such measure as this. He had, it was true, stated that additional force, that an additional impetus was necessary; but it was of a very different description to that now proposed. The se paration of the appellant from the judicial duties, which, indeed, was only the Lord Chancellor sitting in his full-bottomed wig in the House of Lords, instead of sitting in his close wig in his own Court, was what he had always advocated, and what he always sliculd.— Now what was the state of business before the Court of Chancery at Hilary Term, 1828 ?—(Hear, hear.)--There were 1,071 appeal causes, demurrers, and further directions in arrear, when, at the commencement of the present term, they only amounted to 772, and a considerable number of those had now been disposed of. This in his opinion, was a clear demonstation that no necessity existed for a fourth Judge. Indeed, he felt some curiosity to know what duties a new Judge would have to perforn. The present Master of:the Rolls and Vice-Chancellor performed their duties in a most masterly manner, and he was creditably informed that soon all arrears would be got rid of. What then, he would again ask, was the new Judge to do ? If it was intended for him to relieve the Lord Chan. cellor from his duties, he felt insuperable objections to the ap pointment. So long as he continued Chancellor, so long he ought to be found presiding in his own Court. The evils of which he and the country complained would not be touched by this bill. They were the great and ruinous expenses, and the shameful waste of time, that characterised all the proceedings in this Court. Who, he would ask, supported this measure, and what was the reason that it was!not withdrawn ? All the distinguished prac titioners of the Court were opposed to it, Lord Eldon, the Master of the Rolls, and Mr. Bell, all of whose opinions were entitled to the greatest deference, declared that it was unnecessary. Lord Lynd hunt, it was true, supported it; but although that learned judge was, he admitted, a man of consummate talent, it must be recol lected his experience in equity was very limited. That learned judge had already brought in two bills upon this subject. What was become of them ? They had been abandoned ;—his lordship had acted wisely in doing so, and he would unquestionably add to his reputation in consigning the present one to a similar fate ; at all events it ought to have been introduced at an earlier period, and not at the close of the session. The present system was indeed in. tolerable; and he earnestly hoped the House and the country would not be diverted, by the introduction of such fallacious measures as the one now before them, from pressing other remedies. It affected the interests of all classes. Money that once got into the Court would never be got out without an expense amounting to perhaps one half of the amount. Infants, if ten years of age, made wards, who were intitkd to 5,0001. would not, on coming to age, get more than 1,0001. if so much. He had had so little experience, and he was only telling the results of that experience. This bill would not carry with it the opinion of the public, and he therefore hoped that it would be pressed no further. Mr. D.W. HARVEY had been long enough in the house to know that no member could secure a patient hearing on any subject, unless he lent himself to the views of one party or the other. Never. theless, as he had been conversant for twenty years with the business of the Court of Chancery, he trusted he should be allowed to say a few words on this occasion. He felt much reluctance in supporting the motion of the hon. and learned member for Plympton. He highly respected the political consistency of that hon. and learned member; still he could not help observing, that when he (Mr. Harvey) had a few years ago moved for some papers relating to the abuses of the Court of Chancery, the boe and learned member for Plympton, who was then attorney-general, opposed the motion, on the ground that it was a covert attack on the lord chancellor. By the measure before the house, the expense would not be lessened, nor the delay decreased. To effect any good, in the Court of Chan. eery, they must adopt a very different course. He saw nothing in these measures calculated to do away with delay. If the Court of Chancery was to remain as it then was, he would admit that the four judges were insufficient; but if they honestly meant to reform the Court of Chancery, he would say that the present number of judges was quite sufficient. Was it not a disgrace to the country that per sons were enabled to keep out of the Court of Chancery for three years ?—(Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said that the question was, would they allow a preliminary measure which was intended to do away with expense in the Court of Chancery, to be met by a motion calling for an in quiry into the Court of Chancery ? He thought that the great complaint of the present day was, that we had much inquiry, but no practical measure. If they adopted the suggestions proposed, they would be following the practice complained of in the Court of Chancery. They would be supporting delay. They had every in. formation on the subject of the Court of Chancery. The question was, did or did not the measure before the house lay the foundation for great reform in the Court in question. He asked was there not a sufficient case to justify the application of the present measures, in the absence of any others ? Were they merely to institute any enquiry The right hon. baronet agreed that the abolition of the fees in the Masters' Office was a great step In the way of reform. The right honourable baronet concluded by moving the previous question. Mr. BROUGHAM said that the noble and learned lord in the other house of parliament had pledged himself to make such a reform in the Court of Chancery as would set all cavilling at rest, provided be was allowed but a year to mature his plans. He had more than one—he has had three yew; yet what was done ? Why nothing, but a request on the part of the noble and learned lord to have a journeyman Judge to do his business.—(a laugh.) He (Mr. Brougham) thought he knew the industry of that noble lord—his diligence—but most of all, his ambition, not to allow the Woolsack, which ought to be a place of duty and judgment, to be a bed of repose. However he might be mistaken with re spect to the conduct of the noble lord. This he could assure the house, that he would not aggravate that mistake by voting for an additional Judge. After some observations from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL in favour of the bill, and Mr. HUSK ISSON against it, Sir C. WETHERELL replied, and the house divided, when there ap. peered— For the amendment For the motion _ _ .. Majority On the motion of Mr. BROUGHAM, that the second reading be postponed to Monday, the house divided. For this amendmcnt Against it Majority Notwithstanding this division it was agreed that the second reading should be postponed to Monday. The other orders of the day being read, the house adjourned at Four o'Clock this morning. POLICE REPORTS. Bow-STREET.—In the STAR of yesterday we gave a narrative of the preliminary argument, down to the conclusion of the address of Mr. ADOLPHUS in the unprecedented and most extraordinary action of " the Major Tutrernits against the Minors." Ater looking over the various reports which have been given in the Evening and Morning Papers, we do not find occasion to cortatet ourselves in one word of the narrative—rather than the " pollee report" which we laid before our readers, down till half past two o'clock yesterday afternoon. We are aware that this is a case which must awaken a lively interest amongst classes of opposite grades : the higher and the humbler classes are equally interested in its issue; and if our first-rate stage. weights are to be copyists at all, they would do as well to copy from the French In liberality towards their rivals, as in copying translations of the lowest and most mawkish French interludes and farces, which the pretended best of our bleaosts pawn upon the public. The question foe an tmglishman to decide is this :—whether he would rather have "A Cure for the Ilearl.4ehe" performed at a TOT TENHAM PLAYHOUSE ' at the rate of One Shilling, than have the same cure performed by an inferior operator at a THEATRE for floe shillings. It is, we believe, in the name of the thing, that the inconsistency lies—like: the old story of calling the rose by any other name—" still it will smell as sweet." With these in offensive preliminary remarks, we follow up the perform.. anise of bir. Atoot.rmus at Bow-street, and the result of his exquisite defence for the MMoas. When our representative left that notorious office at Bow-street, which, without lowering our own respectability,we are obliged to attend, the following result took place; which proves that sometimes Minors have an equal--not to say a better—right than the Majors: Thomas Brown was called and sworn. He said he was re tained at the Tottenham-street Theatre. lie did not know who the acting manager was in March last. He never heard Mr. Chapman say he was the acting manager. Witness's situation was in another department. He had seen Mr. Chapman at the rehearsals in the company of Mr. W. Vining, the stage manager. He certainly saw him there in March last, but he could not fix upon any par. ticular day. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Did you not see him there many nights during the month. Mr. Pinta.trs objected to the question being put, except as to the nights named in the informations, because, as Mr. Chapman was liable to a penalty for every night's performance in whirl he could be proved to have had a share, and upon the witness answer. ing the question generally, other informations might be laid and penalties multiplied. Mr. Chapman might have been acting many nights in Blarch without having acted on the particular nights men tioned. Sir R. Maxie-1 think the question ought to be confined to the nights mentioned, for any man may be a manager one day and not the beat. 1 have been informed, but I know not how truly, that a very popular actor once made it one of the stipulations of his en gagement that an the nights he played he should be stage-manager. rho objection was allowed. Mr. ADOLPIIVII, after a few questions on indifferent points, again endeavoured indirectly to draw front the witness that he had per. famed himeelf, and after a great deal of ingenious sparring on sides, he succeeded in obtaining that acknowledgment from him, on which Mr. Phillips complained that Mr. Adolphus should by aside wind obtain an answer from the witness criminatory of himself: Mr. HALLS thought that as a matter of delicacy Mr. Adolphus ought not to have put the same question in various ways, in order to draw a criminatory answer from him. It was unfair. (Applause ' front the crowd.) Mr. A DOLPHUS then resumed his examination of the witness at very great length, and again endeavoured to fix him upon the particular nights mentioned ; but he answered uniformly that al though he knew Mr. Chapman had played in March, he could not remember any precise date on which he did or did not play. Seve ral questions were put in such a way as to call forth objections from Mr. Phillips, upon which Mr. Adolphus again got warm, and said he was astonished at such frivolous and unnecessary interruptions. Mr. PHlLLtirs—You may be astonished now if you please, but I can tell you that you will be more astonished by and by—(A laugh and applause.) lam surprised you should persist in such improper questions. The examination of Mr. Brown was then continued at great length, but he stated nothing material, except that he believed as far as he had understood that Mr. Chapman was acting manager in the month of March. Mr. ADOLPHUS then handed him an affidavit, filed in the Chancery Court, and asked him if he believed the signature" John Kemble Chapman" to be in the hand-writing of the defendant? and after looking at it for a long time, and the question being seve ral times repeated, he said I believe that it is not." Mr. Percival Farren sworn— I know Mr. Chapman, and have had transactions with him. I have received two letters from him, and am acquainted thus far with the character of his hand-writing. I do not think that this signature is his hand-writing. I knew Mr. Chapman on the 10th of March, but I was not then connected with the Tottenham-street Theatre. I was engaged from November to January, but I knew nothing of its affairs in March. Mr. Richard Goodyear Perry, a performer at the theatre, said I know Mr. Chapman, and have seen him write an order now and then, but am but slightly acquainted with his hand-wridng. I should say that the Ch. is in his hand-writing, but not the whole. Looking at it again, however, and viewing the whole, I think it is his hand-writing. I was engaged in March at the theatre, and Mr. Chapman and Mr. Melrose were there, as, I believe, acting mane. gers. I cannot, however, swear that Mr. C. was a manager, on the particular nights mentioned. Mr. Luke Facade, a printer, No. 72, Fleet -street, proved printing the bills produced, by the directions of Mr. Chapman. The bills had the words " Acting-Manager, Mr. Chapman," and these were put in by his desire. Witness had been paid for the month of March, but he could not say Mr. Chapman paid him that bill. It was likely the bill was sent by a messenger. Mr. (hay, copyist to the theatre, was called by Mr. Adolphus, and on booking at the signature he said he believed it was not the hand-writing of Mr. Chapman. Mr. W. W. Massingbam was called, and he also said he believed the signature was not Mr. Chapman's hand-writing. Witness said he took Mr. Chapman to be Treasurer of the Theatre. IVitness paid over to him all monies that be received in the course of the day. Mr. John Cathie, copyist and librarian to Drury-lane Theatre, stated that he went to the Tottenham-street Theatre on the 10th, 12th, and 16th of March last, by order of his employers. He went to the Boxes, Pit, and the Gallery, and paid 4s. 21. and Is. for his admission. He saw a piece called The GyNy's Prophecy, in which Mr. Chapman played Henry Bertram. The piece was substan daily the same from beginning to end as the one played at the other houses under the title of Guy Mannering. He bought the bills now produced in the house. He saw a farce called The Irish Schoolmaster, which was in all other respects the same as The Irish Tutor. These pieces were decidedly , entertainments of the stage. I saw also a piece called The Maid of Milan, which was no other than the one called Clari at Covent-Garden. He saw a piece called Father and Son, or Push along, keep mooing, which was the comedy of 4I Cure for the Heart-ache under another title. He also saw The Beggars' Opera, in which Mr. Alexander Lee played Captain ifaciseatis ; and there was a farce called Master's OW, which was the old one of High Life Below Stairs. By Mr. PHILLIPS—You say Captain Macheath was played by Mr. Alexander Lee. Pray, is that the gentleman who is now lessee ofdDrury-lane Theatre ? Witness—l can't say—l believe he is the new lessee. I applied to him for a renewal of any engagement, and have not yet received an answer. ML ADOLPHUS objected to this course of examination, because, be said, he could perceive that the object of it was to lay a founda tion for casting obloquy and reproach upon a gentleman who did not deserve it, and who, as he had already stated, had nothing to do with these proceedings. This is my case. Mr. Purwrs—.Thert, Gentlemen, I submit that my learned friend has made out no use it all. It is alleged in these informs. tons, and indeed it forms the very gist of the case, that Mr. Chap. man had no authority by letters patent from his Majesty, or any of his predecessors, at by license from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, to cause entertainments to be performed at his theatre. Now Mr. Adolphus has not offered any proof that we are not at this moment in reunion of such authority. DIL ADOLPHUS said perhaps they would postpone the case, and take time to consider of their judgment. Sir R. Brawn—l want no time, nor does my colleague. lam decidedly of opinion that having set forth this allegation, you were bound to prove it in evidence, which you have not done, and the informations are dl missed. A tremendous burst of applause followed this decision. The cam lasted until nearly six o'clock. —......-- UNION ItlALL.—Yesterday, two Irish haymaker named Dan. O'Connell and Patrick Kelly, were charged with being drunk and fighting' at Camberwell. A police constable stated that, on the preceding afternoon, the defendants excited great commotion at Camberwell, owing to their outrageous conduct. They bad pitchforks in their hands, with which they struck each other, but fortuately the points of the wea pons were secured by pieces of cork, otherwise bloodshed must have taken place. The quarrel originated in consequence of one of the combatants charging his adversary with robbing him of Ils. the greater portion ofwhich he admitted having collected by begging. They were fined bs. each for being drunk, and in default, were committed for 14 days to Brixton. In the course of the day, two able-bodied men of the same ann. try, applied for relief, declaring tha t they were unable to procure work, and that they were in a starving condition. They had only been eight days from Cork, and came over with the view of better. iag their condition. On their way to town they had applied every where for work, but all those who had work to do had hundreds of applications for it, and they (the applicants) had come into London, where they had met with as little success as in other places. The Illagistrate said they must get back again as well as they could ; and when they arrived in Ireland they ought to point out to their countrymen the folly of bending their way towards London, for however distressed they might be is Ireland, yet half a loaf was better than no bread at all. The applicants then withdrew from the office. Laststrrit-srassx.—Yesterday William EvaMS, not more than ten years of age, and Margaret Wilmot, a rather respectable looking frmale, were placed at the bar, before Messrs. WYATT and Hannwicxx, upon the following suspicious charge :—Mrs. Davis, of the Blue Anchor public house, Cable-street, W ellclosc . square, stated that about half past 11 o'cick on the night before, as she and her husband were preparing to go to bed, she thought she heard some extraordinary noise in the tap.room. On looking up the chimney, they found the boy secreted In it. They instantly drew him down, and gave him in charge to a policeman. Christian, a sergeant belonging to H: division, said, that when the boy was brought to the station-house, he acknowledged that he was desired to secrete himself in the chimney by the woman, until the family retired to rem, and at three o'clock in the morning to unbolt the 'meet-door, and let in a party who would be waiting outside. In consequence of this, and the boy saying that the female had actually assisted him to get Into the chimney, he had her apprehended. The woman, hi defence, declared that what the boy had stated was perfectly groundless, as she had not even seen him on the night or evening in question. Her husband, she said, was a bonekeeper at the Belle Sauvage Inn, Ludgate-hill, and she could get a cha racter from several respect able individuals. The boy still persisted in his story ; but it appeared that he has been more than once charged with theft. The Magistrates said they had strong doubts as. to the innocence of the femme ; but as there was only the mere statement of the boy to implicate her, they would for the present discharge her, advising her, at the same time, to be very particular for the future; for it she was again brought betore them under similar suspicious circuit). stances, she would not be let off so easy. The boy was committed for two months to the treadmill. TOWN-HALL..—JOISCI Goodwin was summoned for assaulting his apprentice, Henry Poplett. The complainant was a turn-over ap. pencil:4 to the defendunt, whom be charged with continual ill usage. Yesterday he was combing his hair before the glass, when the defendant said he should not curl his Bair there, and pushed him. He threatened to push in return, when the defendant struck him over the loins with a poker with such violence as to break It, and afterwards wounded him In the hand with a knife. The de fendant said he had been provoked to passion by the complainant's Insolence.—Sir JOHN Pzattwo said no provocation could justify such conduct, and held him to bail. Ttr•xes l'ocics.—Yesterday, Jane Roeerts was charged with robbing 31r. Robert Burn, an elderly tradesman, of Shadwell Mar ket, of one sovereign and a half in gold, twenty shillings in silver, a silk handkerchief, &c. at a house of ill-fame in Shadwell. The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. Yesterday, Hairy Knott, wbo had lately attired from Barnstaple, and was about to emigrate to New York, gave information of the following daring robbery. On his way to the vessel with his pro-1 petty, he was met by a man, who, observing the trunk was vtq heavy, offered to carry it for him. lie committed, and so, ,n a t wards went into a baker's shop to purchase some bread, lt.,‘ ia R t h, stranger outside. On coining out he found the man had ti. d, ar.l he had not been seen or heard of since. The trunk conthir t d 4. sovereigns in money, several new coats, and other wearing aprert. and a quantity of linen. SCINTILLA. • FIGS.—The medicinal use of figs is of great armpit:, The first cataplasm on record is that which was %Ind by who lived 260 years before Hippocrates. 66 And Isaiah said, •T,i a lump of figs, and be took it and laid it on the boil: and covered." A celebrated traveller, in speaking of the Bedouin; observes—A , It will appear almost incredible to us, but it is an u 3, doubted fact, that the quantity of food usually consumed by greatest part of them does not exceed six ounces a day. sh seven dates soaked in melted butter, and a little sweet milk or curd serves a man a whole day ; and be esteems himself happy % h e ,. Ie can add a small quantity of coarse flour, or a little ball of !if ---• Du'rc it WON DE R.—Among many stories, then. 1, one, rather singular, and yet generally believed, of an event, E:Aia have occurred at the great inundation of Dort; 1420, which in oo night destroyed seventy-two villages, some of which, on theit are now one hundred and fifty feet below water. One hundred thousand people perished ; but the wonder is the preservation of child, six months old, who happened to be asleep in a cradle, tr common with an aged cat, which latter had the sagacity to pots, the vessel, by running to the side opposite to that to which it i:,. dined, and, persevering in this sailor-like conduct for some tlay. the quadruped pilot saved herself and the child, to the great word,- of all all who heard the story !—Mirror. FECIJNDITY OF INSECTS AND FISIIES.-A plant-louse may be the living progenitor of 5,904,000 deseendatib. and the queen of the warrior white ants produces 31,536,000 eggs in one year. Compared with the rest of animated nature, infusiot, animalcule are the most numerous; next are worms, insects, ei fishes; amphibia and serpents, birds, quadrupeds ; and last is man. How prodigious Is the difference between fishes, amphibia, reptiles, insects, and worms. A scorpion will produces 6.5 young ; a corn. mon fly will lay 144 eggs ; a leech 150; and a spider 170. A fe male moth will produce 1,100. A gall Insect has laid 5,000 ems, a shrimp 6,000; and 10,000 have been found in an aseztides. Twelve thousand eggs have been found in a lobster, and in antabei above 21,000. An insect very like an ant, has produced 80,000 in a single day ; and Leuwenhoeck computes four millions in 1 crab. Above 36,000 eggs have been counted in a herring ; 38,00 in a smelt ; 1,000,000 in a sole; 1,130,000 In a roach ; 3,000,00 c in a species of sturgeon; 342,000 in a carp; 383,000 in:a tenth ; 546,000 in a mackerel; 992,000 in a perch; and 1,357,000 in a flounder. The cod, however, has been computed to produce more than 3,686,000 eggs ; another 9,000,000; and a third 9,444,000. Here, then, are eleven fishes, which probably, in the course of one season, will produce above thirteen millions of cggs —Lib. Ent. Knowledge. The severity of the winter in part of Hudson's Bay, 1 , such, that the ice on the riven is eight feet thick : brandy hems and, in consequence of the cold, the rocks split with a tretnendou. noise, fully equal to that of heavy artillery, (the expansive force of the water, when converted either into ice, or steam, being probably more than double that of gunpowder), and the fragments fly to astonishing distance. BLOW FLY.—The checkered blow-9y carries its !aryl. in a pouch resembling a watch-spring, or roll of ribbon. About 20,000 young have been computed in one of these coils, so that we need not wonder at the countless swarms which appear, u if by m t. gic, upon a joint of meat during hot weather. TUE MICROSCOPI.-14r. Thomas Carpenter has hibited the circulation of the blood of the young of the newt, in the projecting fringes, which are found on each side of the body, near its head, and before its legs are formed; the blood circulating mos: briskly throughout all their ramifications, and being very distinctly seen, under a moderately magnifying power on account of the great transparency of the skin covering those fringes. "We cannot,' observes the writer, " too strongly call the attention of our readers to this interesting subject at the present time, when only the young of the newt are to be found in great abundance." An unfortunate Irishman, hearing the Sphinx alluded to in company, whispered to a friend, " Sphinx ! who is he now " A Monster, man 1"—" Olt ! Moinsterosan! I thought he was from Connaught," replied Paddy, determined not to seem totally unacquainted with the family. ON GAMING.—In gaming distinction is lost; the wealthy sad the weak are upon an equal footing ; the illiterate blockhead and the sparkling, well-taught and 'polished man, whose learning and genius would in every other place procure him admire. don, are here upon a level. The highly-horn and the cottager share the same respect and honour. Only the brave and the honest op. posed to knaves, must have the disadvantage, because they disdain to use those jugglings to which others owe their fortunes. OItIOIK ov EVIL.—The first person who, having in. closed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying " This is mine," and And people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, battles and mur ders, from how many horras and misfortunes, would that man hay, saved mankind, who should have pulled up the stakes, or filled up the ditch, crying oat• to his fellows, " Beware of listening to this imposter; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and that the earth itself belongs to imbed.: !" ...Rousseau. Cnnizak SHOP-BILL.—The following is a literal translation of a Chinese shop-bill, which enveloped a packet of In. dian ink. It will prove that the art of puffing is as well understood and practised in China as by any of the most celebrated quacks ir, this country.-- ,, Very good ink, very fine; very old shop; grand. father, father, and self, make this ink ; fine and hard, picked out very fine and black, before and now. Sell very good ink, pilule cost is very dear ; this ink is heavy, so is gold ; no one can make like it ; the others that make ink, do it for money, and to cheat ; I make it good foe a name. Plenty of gentlemen know my ink ; my family never cheat, always a good name. I make ink for the Em. ' peror and all the mandarins round. All gentlemen must conic to I my shop and know my name—Usretwaxemi LOCEE." BAZAARS OF CONSTANTIISOPLE.—The bazaars and besesteins are very extensive ; some of them are merely open streets. but the greater part are lofty vaulted cloisters, lighted from the roof, and closed when the hours of business are over with iron gates. Those low-fronted shops, without glass in the windows, and with s shutter falling half down, and serving in the daytime to place the wares upon, which are now fast disappearing from our English towns, are the true representatives of the stall of a Turkish artificer. On this shutter he sits at work ; and though his tools arc very rude and inferior, be noes them with great dexterity. I have ettrn stood to admire the skill with which a Turk, with no other in. strument than a very long gimlet, which he turned rapidly by means of a bow and cat-gut, would bore the tube of a pipe ti rough a cherry or jessamine stick, perhaps more than six feet long The pipe bazaar is a favourite place of resort ; and many a Tartar and Jannissary may be seen there looking wistfully into the glass our which contain the enamelled amber. The Tusuk banar:(the Pa. ternoster.row ofConstantinople) is well worth visiting ; several hen. deed scribes are to be seen there employed in copying ; and even those persons to whom the Eastern character is not legible, may still admire the neatness and beauty of their manuscripts. Th, Koran, with its commentators, is the chief obect of their labours. but they condescend sometimes to fancy-wor ks; and the link luminated almanacs which are to be bought in this bazaar, are without elegance. The workmen of Constantinople excel too In embroidering on eloth or leather siih gold and silver thread; bu t their designs, though rich, are unvaried. A large bazaar isappro. primed to the sale of embroidered silk handkerchiefs, which arc made in the ammo, and are sometimes very rich and beautnul...- Fuller's Tour in the Turkish Empire. BIRTHS. At Carnew Castk, county of Wicklow, on the 18th inst. the lad) of the Rev. Henry Moore, of a daughter—On the 22d inst. at High. field Howe, Whichniore.hill, the lady of P. P. Filth, Esq. of a soy. Friday, at Berlin, in the county of Kent, the Hon. Mrs. Net ill. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. 8. A. Austen, of Leeds, Esq. Barrister-at -Las , to I..lisabeth, eldest daughter of T.Teanant. Esel• of the same ph"' —On the 22d inst. at St. George's Hanover-square, R. Burord, Esq. of Leicester-square, to Miss Shepley, of the same place.—Or the 22d inst. E. R. G. Robertson, Esq of the Inner Temple. u Sarah Ann, youngest daughter of the late R. Edmond', L tr. New Cross, Surrey. DIED. In Carlow, on Friday, aged 21, Bliss Mary Muldowney, &tighter of Mr. D. Aluldownay.—At Webbville, in the vicinity of Crib. J. Tuthill, Esq. eldest son of the Rev. C. D. Tuthill—At Fairbroos. county Waterford, Char/ea, third sun of Jeremian-Hardum. Esq.— On the 21st inst. In Montague-street, Portman.square, in th e 13th year of her age, Sophia Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Garnett, Rector of Ti'stone, Cheshire. Loner : Printed sod Publisbed by JOHN MATO, le tint SIMI. Orrice No. i, Pickett-plool.T•ange Bar.