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rt\ 1.. . f. 1 . ~.,_../%SIO ( SUING OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. .141.ftqfypity statement, descriptive of the various offences with which thc prlsoriefi for trial severally stand charged, viz. Burglary, 2; housetlreaking 8; forgery, 3; highway robbery, 7; namelt , s offence, 1 ; rape, 3; beastiality, 1 ; arson. 1 ; slave dealing, f.; cutting and maiming, with intent to kill, 1 ; stealing goods, &c. in tin tiling houses, above the value of 51. 18 ; returning from tranbporta tion, 1 ; embezzlement, 9; receiving stolen goods, 9; manslaughter, L': sending a threatening letter. with a view to extortion, 1; stealing from the person, ; larcenies, 230 ; selling counterfeit coin, 2; bigamy, 1 : fraud. 4.—Total, 420. *• • Of the above number there arc 352 charged with offences alleged Wliave been committed in the county of Middlesex, and 68 in the City of London. STATE </F lIIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE; TUESDAY, SEPT. 14. Females. 12 Males. l'risorkr. under %caul*: of Transportation for Life 12 14 years 1 7 ditto . - 16 - 1 • .1;--..P1 2 347 w:nmitted for a 31Nlen-wanour __—w:totte judgments are reapited - - 3 ..-____tor trial at the ensuing Sessions - - 310 --- remanded from last Sessions - - 0 - acquitted on the ground of insanity, and t, main during Royal pleasure - - 2 committed by the Court of King's Bench .1%,1 await judgment . Total - 508 There it not a prisoner under flentenc,e of death in Newgate. A LADY. EXTRAORDINA R Sunday afternoon, a Coroner's Inquest was held before Mr. Stirling, at the. Hand and Flowers Hammersmith, to inquire into the circum stances attendant on the death of Miss Mary Treacher, who wax disco. voted, not dead, but in a lifeless state, on the pavement, at the back of her mother's residence, in Vale.place, Hammersmith, as early as half past five o'clock on Saturday morning. The affair created extraordi nary sensation, in consequence of the state of the mother's mind, and the manner in which they have lived for the last sixteen or twenty years in the above mentioned residence. It is a large and respectable house ; but, owing to the wayward state of the mother's mind, there was never any resident servant. There/was an occasional assistant, and that assistant was only allowed very limited views and liberties about the house. This peculiarity on the part of the old lady was con. firmed, as well, perhaps, by the peculiar state of her mind, as by the tact of her house having been entered, about sixteen years ago, by four burglars, two of whom were taken, and afterwards hanged. She never had the windows cleaned, the shutters were seldom opened, and the whole house looked as if, though there were blinds, that the family had quitted it for many years. This was done avowedly for the purpose of keeping away thieves, or of inducing them to believe that the house was not worth robbing. That there should be corresponding rumours of the house being inhabited by a miser-es r, by one who hid her gold in fire elates, bureaux, or band-boxes, ought not to surprise ; but still, though the house was deemed a mine of wealth, it was not attacked. The next peculiarity was the old lady's treatment of the daughter. From a real or imaginary idea that, some twenty years ago, a lover was about to carry off the damsel, the mother ever after subjected the daughter to the most' , rigoroustreatment—such as locking her in her bed-room, seldom allow. ing her to go out., and never ',permitting her to have any self-control; anti the daughter, though upwards of forty years of age at the time of her melancholy death, had so grown to this system, strengthened by invariable and most affectionate attention towards her mother, that she suffered herself to be nightly locked in her bed-room by her parent, the daughter bolting the door inside. On Saturday morning, as early as Pall-past five o'clock, the servant at the next house heard what, in the et II nce, she termed a " rushing noise, and then a scream." She there. upon 'coked out of her window, and saw Miss Treacher stretched on the pet ement, at the back of the house. She immediately alarmed her mistress (to proceed with the evidence), who desired her to go and alarm the policemen. When she first saw Miss Treachcr, who was merely In her night-dress, she was lying with her face towards the pave ment : on looking again, the body was turned on its side ; but after. cards it never moved. A policeman wan quickly obtained by this servant girl, and Mr. Parkins, a medical gentleman resident in the neighbourhood, was called in; but to gain admission into the house they were compelled to break in the back door. They then carried the 'Leidy into the house, but life was quite extinct. Mr. Parkins, knowing that Dr. Bowling, of Hammersmith, had attended the family, had him sent fur immediately. Dr. Bowling stated that, on Tuesday last, Miss Machr sent for him to come and see Mrs. Treachar ; and he added tent he found the old lady in a state of mental derangement. lie then prevailed on Miss Treachet to have some one to assist tier in attending on her parent. He consequently sent a nurse. On Wednesday Miss Trencher sent to Dr. Bowling to say that her mother was better, that she was much more tranquil than on ereceding days, and begged of him nut to come again, as the ringing of the bell would disturb her mother, and make her wonder who was coming. She added that her mother was then perfectly sensible. 0:: Thursday Miss T. again sent to him to say that her mother conti nued quiet, but that she herself was not well—on the contrary, was very feverish, begging him to send her some medicine. Accordingly he del send her souse medicine, ex required • because, knowing that she had attended her mother for several Jays andnights, and without taking off her clothes, he knew she must be in a feverish state. He did not go to the house in consequence of the daughter's injunctions not to come, as her mother was deemed better, that irritation or anxiety might not be kr:ceased. The nurse confirmed portions of Dr. B.'s evidence, and :chid that on Tuesday she found Mrs. Trencher in a state of great ex r :snit:N. She remained with her all night. Mr.. Trencher wandered about the room all night. At five o'clock on Wednesday morning she wee obliged to go to Miss T.'S room. Miss I'. then appeared to be cenisiderably refreshed from the night's sleep ; and, in the course of Wednesday, Mrs. T. appeared to be much better. bliss Treacher afters wards proposed to the nurse that she should withdraw, if only to a neighbouring house, as her presence, if observed by Mrs. Treacher would only make her worse, and more irritable—such was the old lady's dislike to have any stranger about the house. The nurse, nevertheless, knowing the very extraordinary state of Mrs. Trencher's mind, sue cc, (led in inducing Niles Treacher to allow her to stay in one of the menus during the night without the knowledge of the mother. On Thursday, however, Miss Treacher would not consent to her staying, saying that her mother was constantly in the habit of going all over the house, and that she dreaded the consequences of her going about and finding any stranger present, when she expected that none but herself and daughter were in the house. The daughter wished her te etay in the neighbourhood, and to be ready on Saturday morning, in ewe the should be wanted. She came on Saturday morning, but then found her young mistress quite dead. Mr. Parkins spoke to the finding of the body, and to the breaking into the house. The body, it ap peared, had hardly a perfect joint—arms, legs, thigh, wrist, ancles, ribs--all were broken or dislocated by the fall. The fall was from the three pair of stairs back window, which is directly over the mother's bed-room. On entering the house the party went to the mother's bed room, which they found locked. They called and required admission ; the old lady answered, but refused to open the door. To the proposi. Lion to force it open Mr. Patine would not consent, as, knowing the precarious state of the old lady's mind, he thought such a proceeding was calculated to make the old lady much worse even than she might have been. The daughter's bed-room was then examined: it was found to be locked on use outside, according to the usual custom, and it was bolted on the inside, as was the daughter's practice. All the rest was left to supposition. From a knowl ed ge of the daughter's anx ieties and habits, It was inferred that, bearing the mother about in the room underneath, and without the ability to get out of her room to go down stairs until her mother chose to unlock the door, she bee leaned out of the window (to sec what her mother might be about), till she lost her balance. and consequently fell. Another supposition was, that her suddenly wakincanxieties . had given activity to dreams, and thus led her, fatally, to the window, in the hope of giving relief to her parent. The suspicion that the parent bad in some frantic mood atter ked the daughter, the Jury considered was negatived by the tact that the daughter's bed-room was locked on the outside and bolted on the inside. after finding the body in the garden. The window of the attic-room, in which the daughter slept is a very low one, while the young lady was corpulent, and six feat ittioinches high ! lf, therefore, the Jury said, such a body stretched out of window, lost its balance, and being perhaps "between sleep and awake," the consequences ought hardly to surpr ise. After mile consideration, the Jury returned a verdict of " Acci &bud Death." It is mentioned that the mother even now is not aware of her daughter's death. The daughter's demise, and under such melancholy circumstances— fei the " rushing noise" was occasioned by her falling through vine irets—has occasioned deep regret, as well as much agitated feeling ; for with ell their eccentric feelings, they were exceedingly considerate to wards the poor. TREATY WITH THE SUBLIME PORTE.--II is stated in the Washington Telegraph of last Friday, that information has been received at the Department of State, that a Treaty between the United States and the Sublime Porte was signed at Constantinople on the Ith of May last, by Nir. Charles Rhind, on the part of the former, and the Re is Mende or Minister of Foreign Affairs of that Government, on the part of the latter ; and that Treaty secures tb the commerce and nevi. gallon of the United States all the advantages enjoyed by the most fa vour, ti nations in the ports cr dominions of the Turkish Empire, and a frees passage for their vessels to and from the Black Sea ; that &mans had been obtained and despatched by Mr. Rhind to Commodore Biddle, the Commander of out naval forces in the Meditenanean and Levant, and Mr. Ofiky, our Consul at Smyrna, antbswidng them to proceed to Constantinople by land, for the purpose emitting their signature to the treaty in question (those offices being adociattel with Mr. Rhind in tee Commission for the conclusion of the ease,) and that, on this for mality being accomplished, the treaty would be forwarded to this Go vernment. hit. Rhind left the United States In the month of Oct. or Nov. of the last }ear upon this interesting mission. TRIAL OF HENDERSON. From the rife Herald. The trial of Henderson came on yesterday (Wednesday) about eleven o'clock. When brought to the bar his appearance was perfectly col. lected, and he seemed altogether unconscious, except by a slight flush in his countenance, of any thing singular in his situation, or in the feel. ings of the spectators towards him. His countenance appears to wear a certain habitual complacency, which did not forsake him in the situa tion in which he was placed. He has a certain weakness in his eyes, which seems to prevent him from keeping them sufficiently open; and gives his physiognomy a peculiar appearance. He heard the most agitating parts of the evidence against him with apparent calmness ; and whenever it was requited that he should be identified by any of the witnesses he rose readily, with an appearance even of courtesy and attention to the wishes of the Court, which was sufficiently I striking. The jury were absent about five minutes, when they returned into Court, and delivered by their chancellor, Ale. Pitcairn, of Pitcairn, the following verdict : The jury is unanimously of opinion, that the prisoner, John Hen demon, is guilty of the three charges—theft—forgery—and murder—as libelled. It was exactly twelve o'clock at night when judgment was passed. Lord Mackenzie said, that a very painful duty now devolved on the Court. All the three crimes charged against the prisoner were of such a nature, that any of them might have been followed by a capital pu nishment, but for that of murder no punishment but one was awarded by the laws of GOD or man. He was unwilling to dwell on the aggra vated nature of this crime; yet he could not avoid stating that the pre sent case was a dreadful one. An unfortunate man was basely and cruelly murdered by an assassin, while sitting at his own honest trade; and that by his companion, and his only companion —one who was bound rather to defend him, even at the risk of his life, had that been required. The crime, too, was committed for the sake of base lucre; and the determination to attain that end was followed up with a degree of coolness and perseverance unexampled. Considering these aggra. rated circumstances, his Lordship could propose nothing else as punish ment than that he should suffer death, with all the aggravations directed by the statute in such cues. The execution of this sentence he pro. posed to be carried into effect at the county town of Cupar, on the 30th day of September. Lord Meadowbank proceeded to pass sentence. Prisoner, be after a very long and patient trial, a Jury of your country has declared you guilty of [three crimes ; one of these Is the most aggravated of which a human being can be guilty. Our Maker has declared, in let. ten of fire, " Thou shalt do no murder ;" yet in the face of Aug com mand from the GOD before whom you must shortly appear, under cir cumstances of cruelty and dire barbarity, have you perpetrated that crime, and that crime must now be followed by the fearful punishment which is justly awarded to it. It is quite in vain for you to expect that the sentence of the law will not be carried into certain execution. The Lords Meadowbank and Mackenzie do therefore decern and de cree that you, John Henderson, be taken from the bar to the gaol of Perth, there to be fed on bread and water ; and with all convenient speed thereafter, that you be transmitted by the Sheriffs of Perth and Fife shires to the county gaol of Cupar, there to be fed on bread and water until the 30th day of September, in this present year ; and that on that day, between the hours of two and four in the afternoon, and at such place as the Magistrates shall direct, you be hanged by the neck, by the common hangman, till you be dead, and that your body be then given for dissection. And now may the Lord Almighty have mercy on your soul. After these awful words the prisoner was removed from the bar. He stood collectedly while sentence was pronounced. POLICE REPORTS. Yesterday, two women, named Lewis and Cullum, and a man named Darby, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed a young sailor of three M. notes and a silver watch. Edmund Ferguson, the sailor (quitea boy) stated that he had just arrived from the coast of Africa, in the trig Black Nymph, and had re. ceived his pay, amounting to upwards of 161. He had, for the greater security, placed the three notes in the case of his watch, because he thought that people would never think of looking into a watch for mo ney, nor be cunning enough to suspect him of concealing it there. His brother and he met the two women at the house of a crimp in Saint Mary Axe, and asked them to drink. They all entered a public house, and contrived to dispose of six pots of porter and six quarterns of gin, very soon. The brother, who it appears belonged to an East Indianian, had luckily not been aid his wages, or he would have been stripped of every halfpenny, for they both accepted the invitation of the women to visit their lodgings in Angel-alley. Alore porter and gin were ordered in, and the witness, who became quite confidential with Lewis, handed over his watch to her, requesting that she would be good enough to keep it safe for him. He then, as his watch was quite safe, very quietly drank on till he got blind drtink, and stretched himself on the floor. Upon waking he found that his fair partner had pawned his watch for seven shillings, and on going to the pawnbroker's and exa mining it, he perceived that the three five-pound notes had disappeared. The Lord Mayor—What on earth could Induce you to hand your watch to such a woman as this, of whom you knew nothing except that she was a prostitute ? Ferguson—Why, my lord, I thought she knew the town better than I did, and that my watch would be safer in her posseesion than in mine, so I gave it to her to take care of. The LoaD MaYon--How could you suppose your property would be safe in such hands ? Ferguson—There were other people in the room, and the 7 appeared to be all one family—sistcts and fathers and mothers. M c thought we were quite safe, and my brother got blind drunk before I did. Mr. Hoblcr—And then you made a beast of yourself, and followed his example? Ferguson—Yes, Sir, I did get drunk, GOD knows ; but they told me they were all very honest people, and I thought there was no danger. The officer who apprehended the prisoners, said he was induced to take up auby, because when he was taking the two to the watch-house that person did all he could to prevent the sailor from following and giving charge. The prisoners were all remanded for another examination. Ciumnstxxx----John Partteine was brought up for re-examination yesterday, before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, charged with attempting to obtain various books from Mr. Bagster, of Paternoster-row, and Mr. Fisher, of Newgate-street, by presenting forged orders in the names of Mr. Dowding, of Newpte-street, sod Mr. Jennings, of Chomp. side, booksellers. Thee being no further charges within the jurisdiction of the Sitting Alderman, the prisoner was asked how he obtained the forged orders ? He said they were given to him. It appeared, however, that with the view of amusing him till the genuineness of the order he produced could be ascertained, Mrs. Bagger had Invited him to write in her presence an I. O. U. foe the book he required, the baud-writing of which corresponded exactly with that of several others. The Alderman therefore committed him for the attempts in the City, and directed the parties from whom goods had actually been ob tained in the county, to go before the Middlesex Grand Jury, and pre sent their bills. Bow-evnEwv.—Yesterday, Captain Lambert Malony appeared be. fore Mr. Mixentru., accompanied by Mr. Harmer, for the purpose of surrendering himself to justice, he having been charged with having acted as second to Lieutenant Joseph Crowder, who was killed in a duel by Captain Helsham, at Boulogne, on the Ist of April, 1829. Mr. Mixsuora. asked him if he meant to) make any observation The prisoner merely replied " It is perfectly correct." Then, (observed the Magistrate), it is my painful duty to commit you ' to prison on the charge of wilful murder. Captain Malony bowed, and was conducted from the office by Dodd the_gaoler. HATTOW-GAIDZS.—MI7II.DiI Or Logo Till Poticrx&w.-- Yesterday, the man who was committed for trial, charged with this murder, was brought up for the purpose of being transferred from the New iwa to Newgete; and he was also confronted with a man named George Long, who was taken up, and bad undergone several private examinations, charged with being an accomplice in the murder. Long was acquitted by Mr. Lunn of all suspicion of the murder but his evidence regarding the prisoner, who bad been committed under the name of Smith, was very important as regarded the history of the prisoner. Long said he knew the prisoner to be William Sapwell. a baker; that ten years ago be planned the robbery of his own aunt, a Ain. Shep herd, whom he kept engaged until he (Lang)aad another youth of 17, completed the robbery. Sapwell was 'bra !Spars of age. They were all three taken up, and on the trial hapweU became King's evidence. Long was then 111 years of age, and in consequence of his and his companion's youth, the sentence of death which was passed upon them was commuted to transportation for ten years, and Long had several years of that term commuttd, for his good conduct on board the hulks. After this, Long returned to town and became a companion of Sapwell's, in consequence of which he had now been taken up. Sapwell denied the whole statement of Long, but Mr. Lama had procured an extract of the evidence on the trial, that confirmed it. A man named Reece, a baker, also proved that he had known the pri soner as Wan. Sapwell, six or seven years ago, employed as a baker end that be had since kept a shp of his own in Old-street-road. Keys, a beadle, also recognised the prisoner as having once kept • shoz re n tl eaz Battle-bridge, under the name of Sapwell. A number of other stances appeared in corroboration of these facts. The prisoner was committed to Nene& WoIIeIIir•ATatZT.—DISTURBANCTS AT TRE ELECTION.-- Monday night Henry Mosel", Williams Isekling. Joseph "ferries, and William Harris, were charged with throwing mud, stones, Re. at Mr. Baker's coaches. Mr. Reynolds, the hWi constable of the Tower division. said, that in the afternoon, aboat half - pat three o'clock, he was standin g opposite the hustings, and saw the prisoner Slowly on the top of a private house, throwing tiles and bricks at Mr. Baker's conches ; he immediately. by order of the sherlC went to the top of the house end took him into cue. tody ; he there saw a quantity of old bricks and broken tiles, piled up ready to throw down. Mr. BIOTIOHTON.—WaS there any throwing at Mr. Wakley's Car ringes Mr. Reynolds—No, lit, the whole snob appeared to be in opposition to Mr. Biker. _ _ John Grey, a constable, corroborated Mr. Reynold's statement. He stated, that some of the titles fell upon him. The Fisoner Afootly said the officers had sworn falsely. BROUGHTON.-...Y0U must find very good bail to appear at the Seabions. Mr. Reynolds said, the Sheriff was determined to prosecute Mosely. Codling, a constable, stated that he saw the prisoner, Jackling, throw some mud into one of Baker's carriages. He immediately took him into custody. Prisoner.-1 certainly did throw mud, foolishate, and lam sorry for it. Mr. BROVONTOW.—But why did you throw it I ) Prisoner.—Because I saw others doing it. Mr. Baouciwros.—Were you paid for it ? Prisoner.—No, Sir. Mr. BIOUGHTON.—WeII, as you express great contrition for It, I shall discharge you. James Turvey, a constable, stated, that about half.psst three o'clock he saw some boys throwing mud into Mr. Baker's carriages; he immediately told them to desist, and in attempting to take one into custody, a mob surrounded him, tore his coat all to pieces, took his staff from him, rescued a prisoner from his custody, and after beating him shoved him under a conch.wheel. The prisoner Berries was one of the men who rescued a prisoner from him. Mr. BILOUONTOM—Did he excite the mob in any way ? Turvey—Yes, Sir, he did; and if other officers had not come to my assistance I really believe I should have been murdered. Nash. a constable, stated, he went to the last witness's assistance ; he saw the prisoner 'kirks rescue a boy from Turvey's custody, and on taking him into custody he threatened to give him (witness) one for himself. llerries said, that instead of ill-using the officers he protected them.— lie was ordered to find bail. Nash was again swom—He stated that he heard the prisoner Harris, who was running behind one of Baker's carriages, say he would have the b—y coach down, and tried to tear the bills off; the moment he (Nash) interfered, he accused him of being of Baker's party, and at. tempted to strike him. Mr. BROUGHTON, to prisoner Harris—What are you. ? Prisoner—l sells baked taters, your vorship. Mr. Baouonrox.—Oh, indeed; then how is it that you are for Wakley, and against Baker ? Prisoner—On my void I can't tell you, Sir. Mr. Baouoitrow—Then you must find bail, Sir ; such conduct cannot be suffered. Dossett, one of the constables of Hackney, was dreadfully beaten by the mob in attempting to take a man into custody who threw a dead cat into one of Mr. Baker's carriages. TOWN-HALL . Win. Sawyer, James Forster, James Robbins, and Mat. Bowes, were charged by John Kinsey, an officer on this esta blishment, with assaulting him, and rescuing a prisoner in his custody. They were held to bail. WORSHIP-STREET.—A woman, who gave her name Mary Wright, but has many aliases, and is suspected of having been very extensively engaged in levying contributions from parish o ffi cers, was re-examin ed charged with defrauding the overseers of St. John, Hackney, and St. Leonard, Shoreditch, by means of forged passes. She was remanded for a week. THE MURDER AT POPLAR. INQUIST ON THE BODY. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Thomas Stirling, Req. and a respectable yury, assembled at the Steam Packet public-house Park. street, Poplar, to make inquiry touching the death of Elisabeth Dl`Cartliy, whose death was said to have been occasioned through the brutal treatment of her husband, who is at present in custody. Christian Roebury, the daughter of the deceased, said that she lived with her mother and father-in-law, in Park-street. Saturday evening, about six o'clock, her step-father, McCarthy, came home partly in li quor; at the time the deceased was cleaningß the room. Her father-in law pulled out 51. and offered it to her. said, what am I to do with this trifle, when I have to pay 3s. fur rent ? He then flew in a violent passion, and immediately said, " Give it back to me, as I know what to do with it." Deceased refused, upon hearing which McCarthy struck her on the temple with his fist, and she ran down into the kitchen, and the landlady', in order to protest her, locked her in. M'Carthy broke open the door, and afterwards came up stairs, and walked about the room like a Madman. Since last Christmas be has commenced treating the deceased with the most brutal violence. After her father-In-law had beaten her mother in the manner in which the had described he went out, and did not return until about two o'clock oc Sunday afternoon, when he again commenced ill-treating her mother, and she was again obliged to fly to the kitchen from his vengeance. Her mother told her on Saturday night that 111'Carthy had kicked her violently, and she believed he had broken her breast-bone, and she expected it would be the death of her. On Sunday night heard her father call, "Oh ! if I could find her I would kill her."— Her mother was then asleep on some rags in the comer of the kitchen, but her father-in-law did not know it, as her mother bad given out that she had gone to WhitechapeL Her mother died in two hours after this threat was used. Her mother had complained dreadfully of the treat ment she received. Her mother had sufficient to eat and drink generally. The Coroner very humanely gave the witness, who from disease is ren dered a cripple, a trifle from his pocket, and recommended that she should be placed under the care of the landlady, in preference to remov ing her to the workhouse. A Juryman observed'that the parish would not indemnify the woman, unless relief was afforded by their sanction. The Coroner said they were bound to relieve them as casual poor. A Juror said that that parish had already allowed two shillings a week for the maintenance of the two children of the deceased, while she I was a widow. The Coroner remarked that he could sot keep a dog on that allowance. Mrs. Ralph said that the deceased and her husband had lodged at her house for the last five weeks ; she saw the husband of the deceased strike and knock her down, and stamp on her person, on the Saturday evening. The deceased complained of the severity of the injuries she received. Mrs. Dorothy Lashmore deposed to having seen Worthy strike the deceased, and stamp on her chest. He had also struck witness, and knocked her down, on her interfering to save the deceased. Mr. J. Natoph said, he was called in to attend the deceased at six o'clock on Monday morning. She was then dead, and appeared to be so for a quarter of an hour. He at the time examined the body externally, and there were not the slightest marks of violence on it. In his opinion, the deceased had died from the effects of a determination of blood to the head. _ _ _ Mr. 31. Tatham, a surgeon, of High-street, Poplar, said that on the day before he examined the. body of the deceased. There were se veral contusions on the head, and one on the thorax, extending to the fourth rib. There was also an extensive contusion on the abdo men, all of which he had no doubt were produced by external vio. knee. He then opened the head. The dues mater was perfectly healthy, as well as the brain and all parts of the head. The abdomen was much swollen, and there was much inflammation in the intes tines, which was the cause of death. The internal inflammation, he believed, was produced by external violence, as the parts affected were immediately underneath the external marks. This being the whole of the evidence, the Coroner briefly addressed the jury, who, after consulting some time, returned a verdict of Wil ful Murder against Michael M'Carthy. The inquiry occupied up. wards of five hours. Tut PILCIIAItD FISIIERY.—We are at length enabled to communicate the pleasing intelligence of the successful commence meat of the Pilchard Seine Fishery. From Penzance we learn that during the last week 000 hogsheads of pilchards were taken by the I Mullion seines, and about 200 hogsheads more on Tuesday night last. I At Penberth Cove 130 hogsheads have skeady been taken up ; the seine still remains in the water full of fish, supposed about 2 or 300 hogsheads. The 31ullion and Pordeven seines shot again on Thurs. day, and enclosed a great quantity of fiah,which the seinen were activelyl securing when our correspondent's letter was sent off. At St. Ives, also, on Wednesday evening, one seine was shot, and a considerable quantity of fish enclosed. The driving-boats have also been very successful' at all points of the coast, and the pilchards which we have seen at' market are exceedingly fine fish. The Lizard seine also took about tea hogsheads of pilchards on Wednesday, and all the driving boats about Falmouth continue to take fish every night. From the immense shoals at present seen upon our coasts, should the weather prove mode rate, we anticipate a very successful season.—Wesiens Leasinary. Yesterday, as the Hastings Mail Coach was proceeding I I to London, on Its arrival at Wood's lime it was ran against by a van, which broke the splinter-bar and pole, threw the guard off, and bruised his ann and shoulder very much. Although they called to the driver of the van. he proceeded onwards, but it is to be hoped he will be recognised. Fortunately no passenger was hurt. The mail was obliged to proceed to River-head betbre they could procure a pole, which delayed it more than two hours. It arrived at the General Post Office at a quarter. past eight. On Sunday about noon, a female decently attired, was observed pacing up and down the causeway of the northern side of the Serpentine river, when, watching an opportunity, she threw herself into the water. A gentleman who witnessed the occurrence instantly went to her assistance, and fortunately arrived in time to save her life ; she was, however, much exhausted when taken out of the water, but re ceiving every attention at the Receiving-house, after a warm bath, and the usual means adopted to restore animation, she so far recovered as to be able to give the following account of herself s—She stated that she was 51 years of age, that her name was Elizabeth Pearman, and that she lodged at No. 0, Robert-street, and having been fora long time out of a situation, she had been reduced to a state of destitution, which in. duced her to make an attempt upon her life The poor creature was Wien to ht. George's workhouse, where she still remains. SCINTILLA'. A FEW WORDS ON DOGS. Nee ribi cora cannon fueris postretaa. Virgil, Georg. ill. 404. Dogs wero employed in Rome to guard the temples, and because they failed to give warning when the (huls attacked the capitol, • certain number were annually crucified I—Pliny, 29,4. On the death of a dog, the Egyptians were wont to shave their heads and every part of their bodies—Herod. Euterpe, 66; and the females were buried in consecrated cheats.—l 6. 67. Tritantechmes, son of Atabasus, had so immense a number of dogs, that four great towns in the vicinity of Babylon were exempted from every other tax than that of maintaining them-414 Cho. 192. Thee is a fragment from An es, preserved by Atheneus, u. which occurs the following line;—" You worship a dog, I flog the rascal, and particularly when I find him stealing my dinner." See a curious account of a dog turned player, in Plutarch's Treatise on Land and Water Creatures. The howling of dogs was considered as an ominous circumstance among the ancients.—See Virgil, Georg. L 470; &Reid, vi. 255 ; Ovid Metam. xv. 796. English dogs formed a considerable article In the ancient commerce of this couny. English hounds were carried to Rome long bef ore Cwear's exp edition to Britain. Strabo, and the poet Orotius, cited by Ovid, make mention of them, and speaks of the use the Gauls made of them In war, and the Romans in the chase. Paulus Jovlus, in Elogiis, ch. id. tells us that " Agrippa always had a devil attending him in the shape of a black do g ." Wiens, Agrippa's domestic, however, assures us, that this black dog was areal dog, for, says he, " I remember very well this dog, who was black, and of a moderate size, and culled by a French name 'Monsieur, and I have often led him tied with an hair.cord, when I waited upon Agrippa."— Dc Magi,. ch. v. p. ill. The great civilian Baking, while caressing his favourite dog. re. ceived a bite on his lip, which caused his death, the dog being mad at the time. Gullet, in his "Lacedemone Ancienne et Nouvelle," p. 232, speak ing of dogs, "these animals sometimes slip into private houses, when they find the doors of them open; but as to the mosques, they need not be shut at all, for the dogs never enter them." This the Turks explain by a miracle, but the shrewd Gullet more philosophically attributes it to a hearty drubbing having been formally given to the old dogs, who ever after shunned such inhospitable quarters, and the young dogs, observing that their seniors religiously abstained from approaching the mosques, prudently adopted the same wise course. Useful and necessary as this animal really is to the inhabitants of the he is yet deemed by them an unclean beast. There is, notwith. standing, no part of the world in which a greater number of them is kept than in the Levant, where, as they seldom belong to any particular master, even legacies are often left for their general support. In 1715, there was a dog near Zeit:, In Misnia, which could " tall: Getman I" The celebrated Leibnitz says, he both saw and heard him ! —Thispkasax's Curious Remarks iu Physics, p. 3. Dogs arc very generally used in Holland for draught. "It is really astonishing to see what weight these animals will draw after them ; nothing can exceed their docility ; and for their labour, the Hollaadet, who is remarkable for their humanity to the dumb creation, feeds them well, and lodges them in hie house very comfortably."—Carr's Tour through Holland in 107, p. 170. Cairo like Lisbon, is invested with troops of dogs that have no mas ter, and the jealousy with which each party guard their diffirent divi sions, is remarkable. "It is curious to:see the dogs of Cairo divide the city among them into quarters, like officers of police, and not permit any dog belonging to another quarter to pass the boundary. Such a violation of the established rules generally produces a bloody war, and I have seen these animals, in spite of the laws of hospitality, cruelly bite an unhappy deserterAwho has dared to transgress his limits."—Baroness Von Minutoli's Recolketions of Egypt, p. 42. The following epitaph on her favourite dog is a specimen of the Fan. press Catherine's poetical talents " Ci-glt la Duchene Anderson, Qui mordit Monsieur Rogerson." The dogs in Ramtschatka have socks on their feet, to preserve them among the snow.—Beckman't Inventions, voL IL p. 274. According to Lord Monboddo, dogs are capable of making compari eon ; this however is denied by Johnson, who says, " a dog will take a small bit of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him." J. J. W. A PURITAN'S DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIR Extracted from a pamphlet entitled d Brief Anatomy of IVomen. London, 1653.—" The golden tresses of their amourous baire (which being curiously kept suitable to their outward apparel, and accordin g to the newest fashion), cloth manifestl ex the true performance ot their duty to their lord and master er in observing so well his li verye ; and that they more reallie appears to be his, and their beauty seems more gloriously light to other, they path up their visages with pieces of deritnesse, which are as so many seals of Sathan to binds them ot his pleasure and will. Their roling doglike shining pearle seems to be the baits that haws men in their love, whose fruit is destruction. Their cares delight to:entertain frivolous discourses, especially if it re late to their praise and commendation, which is to them a thing most plausible. Their tongue (that stirring and active member both offen sive and defensive) defensive in upholdinge their own supposed credit though ever re bad ' • offensive in scolding, abusing, and detracti ng f rom their neighbours though ever so good. Their yippee are the posterns whence issueth lying, deceit, and all manner of disaimulation. From the crowne of their head to the sole of their foots there is no good member, no, not one. That they are a helpe unto man is indisputable, but in what sena ? To exhaust his estate, divulge his secrets, and bee a continual) trouble and vexation to his spirit all the dales of his life. They are fickle, changeable, and various as the weatheroocke, constant,, in nothing but inconstancie, and human creatures meerly tnetamor. phosed seeminge to bee that which truly and reallie they are not, and in a word, it is most apparent that they are only the greatest and most powerful) temptations to cvill of all others ; the very gulphe when_ nuns reason, governance, and discretion, is often swallowetrup, and the the adamantine rocks whereon many have been shipwrackedl . A young man fell in lore with the daughter of a rich citizen of Paris, and his affection was returned. The father of the lady obliged her, however, to renounce her lover, and to marry another. A short time after the nuptials, the young wife fell ill and died. She was buried at Paris twenty-four hours after her decease. Her first lover, in capable of resisting the desire he felt of seeing her for the last time, succeeded in gaining the sexton, who consented to open the tomb the same night. The young man threatened the latter to kill him if be committed the slightest indiscretion ; after which he carried off the body, conveyed it to a neighbouring house, placed it near the fire, rubbed it with warm cloths , and tried a ll po ssible means of restoring to life the woman he adored. After some hours, he had the happiness to discover signs of life appear ; she first began to emit gentle sighs, and ultimately returned entirely to herself. As soon as she was en tirely re-established in health, the two lovers, thus re-nnited by death, set out for England, whence they did not dare to return till several yews had elapsed. At first, a stand was made against recognising the young female for the pretended defunct ; but her new husband found means to prove that she was really the same as had been interred, and demanded restitution of the fortune which belonged to ha. The consequence was a most extraordinary lawsuit. The lint husband persisted in asserting that she belonged to him : whilst the second affirmed that she was dead as far as he was concerned, and that without his measures, and his ex. actions, she would never have been restored to life. The Parliament, however, seemed to lean towards the tide of the first husband ; and this circumstance urged them to return to England, without awaiting the decision of the law suit. The particulars of this remarkable process are yet to be found in the Journals of the Parliament. BIRTHS. On the 13th instant, in Henrietta -street, Cavendish-square, the wife of T. Watson. 31. D. of a son—The 10th inst. the lady of Mt. W. H. Nodding, of Uppet Oloccster.street, Dorset-square, of a son. MARRIED. On the 14th inst. at St. Mary's, Bryanston.square, Sir E. 131onat, Bart. of Sodington, in the county of Worcester, and of 111awley, Shrop shire, to Mary Frances, eldest daughter of E. Blount, Esq. M.P. the ceremony having been performed on the preceding evening, according to the rites of the Catholic Church, by the Night Hey. Dr. York Burns ton.—The 14th inst. at Trinity Church, St. 31arylebone, the Rev. C. Bigeby, B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. to Jane Christina, youngest daughter of the late J. Watson, Esq. W.S. Edinburgh.—The 14th inst. at Paddington Church, J. C. Loudon, Esq. of Porcheata terrace, Bayswater, to Jane, only daughter of the late T. Webb. Esq. of Sitwell-house, Worcestershire.—Yesterday. at St. tieorge's, Blooms. bury, W. Dunlop, Esq. of Bury, Lancashire, to Miss Hannah Beasley, daughter of the late R. Beasley, Esq. of Radcliffe and Manchester. DIED. The 11th inst. at Actompark. Denbighshire, Harriot, wife of Sir F. Cunliffe, Bart.—The 13th inbtant, at Catnberwall. in her 12t= Lavinia, the youngest daughter of W. Sims, Esq. of the War The 13th inst. at Albemarle -street, B. Carpenter, Esq. of Monkeys. house, near Taunton, Some/shire, aged 39—The 7th last. at Green wich Hospital, Mary, widow of the late Capt. A. Hunt, R.N.—The 14th inst. at Blackheath, Mr. G. Charles, of Mark.lane—The 12thInaL in her 72d year, Mary, the will of Mr. Sew, of Oust Ocaral-aimsa, Euston-square—At 3l ate, on the 10th inst. Rawlins arced 24., wife of T. F. Cobb, Eaq. and eldest daughter of the late CoL of Snydall, Yorkshire—The 13th of August, at Madeira, in the year of his age, Mr. H. B. Stance, son of Mr. Janus Saws, at Publ . ham Rye, Surrey. Lannon: Printed and Published by Joint M*YU, NO egili -077 ICI, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Be& 1 1 1