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- • • .."\ - r • 1r PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. -~~~ Au Accovits of the Sums received by the on MARINI POLICIiIIS MARINE POLICIES. mere of Stamps during the Six Years *mag a % d e bth January, 1830, for STAisre lung what Sums were received on Policies in London. YEARS INNING bth JANUARY. 185115 1886 1827 1828 1829 1830 !own Coustsy # 9. d. 181,195 0 0 42,468 18 6 Z s. 4. 220,131 1 11 82,374 8 8 Z I. d. 169,286 19 7 44,658 5 0 Z a. d. 100,890 17 6 48,274 13 10 E s. a. 187,820 7 6 46,616 1 9 £ a. d. 182,405 12 8 45,567 12 3 1223,66316 6 4al and Compt. General's Office, Stamps, 30th .1 272,603 10 7 farch, 1830. 213,646 4 7 238,964 11 41 244336 9 s i 227,973 4 9 THOS. LIGHTFOOT, A. and C.O. MARINES. Rey VIV 4 of all Orrictris of the Row. illantxxs who have Sold their Retired Full-pay or Half-pay Commissions, specifying their Names, Rank, when they obtained their Fbat Commissions as Second Lieutenants, and when plead on Half-pay ; whether they pin chased any and how many of their Commissions, and how long they served in each Rank ;—since the Return dated Admiralty Offift, Ibis Moe* ISM Name and Rank. lint Lieutenant. Captain. Major. tenantn p Colonel. on Retired Pay. '799 1 June ...1810 10 Jan ....AM 3 April ...1828 180319 July ...1826 3 April ...1 8 Nay ...1828 1803 4 25 July ..1826 8 May ...1 19 Aug. ..1828 180301 July ..182625 April ..1829 6 Nov. ..1829 Cmlesions. JOHN DYER, Chid Clerk. Thomas Timins.... Lieut.-Cot Akiander Watson ... Ditto... Thos. John Stirling... Ditto... Henry Cox ... Ditto... 27 Nov. —1778 11 (kt...... 1781 1 June —179324 April ..17 2 June —1793 24 April ...1796 112 June —179324 April ...1796 None of these s pureha 16 June ...1' 6 July ..11 6 July ..11 11 July ..111 sed any of their 25th March, 1830. TONNAGE, IRELAND. ROYAL DESCENT—AN ANECDOTE. We extract the folio from the third and fourth vo lumes (unpublished) of the " iques de de Bteufn Dufresney, a descendant of Henry IV. by the Lift side, has just taken it into his head to marry; but only see to what excess a poet may carry his originality. A young and comely washerwoman, whose account with the wit might be compared to a theatrical piece without a denouement, made her way one morning into the author's apartment, and in a positive tone demanded, once for all, as she termed it, the settlement of her account. ' Your account,' exclaimed the poet, slipping on his clothes behind his bed-curtain, for the sake of decency,' that's easily said, child ; but the truth is, that for the last fortnight the jade Fortune had been in a most spite ful humour with me. Faro, and all his host to boot, have been most unmercifuL' The sum is but a trifle of thirty pistoles.' A trifle ! thirty pistolts ! If I had only one I might take advantage of a lucky vein which 1 am positive was going to begin just u I left off last night.' 6 But in eight days lam to be married; and it's no use talking ; you mtnt in the meantime find wherewithal to pay your debt." Ah! you are going to be married ! tnen it seems you have money ; for alas if you count upon my thirty pistoles--" I lean upon a rotten staf—is that your meaning ?' Not exactly, child. I will assuredly pay you one of these days ; some morning when you chance to find me in the vein that I was forced to abandon last night. But a mo ment : thirty pistoles are not your entire portion ?' Certainly not. By dint of washing, and scouring, and plaiting, and starching, I have amassed about a couple of hundred ducats.' ' The devil you have, Jeannette. You have indeed starched and plaited to some purrppososee. And who is the bridegroom ?' • An honest Norman who has promised to manage our little household matters as c a refully as he drives his master's car riage.' A coachman ! Fie ! fie l a girl like you might do better.' 6 Whom then would you have me many ? A. duke, I suppose!' In truth, Jeannette, there are dukes who do not deserve you. and who are incapable of amassing in a century the two hundred ducats which your little hands have put together in so short a time. What say you to me, girl, for a hus ba nd—his majesty's valei-de-ehasebre and comptroller of the royal gardens !" You, M. Dufresney ! you marry a washerwoman.' ' Why not, my great-grandmother worked in a garden.' A slight whispering of ambition tingled in Jean nette's ear I don't exactly refuse,' said she with a down. cast look— , you arc his majesty's vier -de-chaetire, and comp troller of the royal gardens ?' Even so, child.' And in case of accidents, mayhap you could become valet-de-ehambre in some other great house or gardener P' I don't promise that, kali am a poet.' Oh, for the matter of that, your trade is not worth much. I wash for twenty poets, not one of whom pays me ; but—' Well ! have you made up your mind ? Here I am—quite dressed ; give me your arm—we'll have the banns published immediately.'.... ' With all my heart,' said the washerwoman, taking the poet lovingly by the arm; and in a fortnight the fair marcher, whom we must now call the grand-daughter of Henry IV. was obliged to scrub and plait harder than ever to gain another couple of hundred pistols, her husband having spent the first in a fruitless search a ft er his vein of luck. But in a week afterwards Dufresney made his appearance with a thousand pistoles which Louis XIV. had given him; his majesty good naturedly observing, that his relation, Jeannette, must not be suffered to starve for the crime of having married a great monarch's illegitimate grandson."—Litentry Gazelle. An account of the amount of tonnage of vessels entered inwards and cleared outwards at all the ports of Ireland ; distinguishing the amount for the port of Dublin, lkom bth January, 10513, to bth January, 1830, distinguishing the amount in each year : ENTERID INWARDS. Ships. Tons. IShips. 3,028 323,7831 7,908 3,428 ,458, 8,641 3,483 ,345 9,175 3,540 425,197 9,114 .3,079 379,279 9,67 0 3,238 412,23510,053 3,552 447,181 11,419 Dublin. Years Jan. 5. 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 Years ended] 1/IWIIII6 Ships. Tam. 2,483 276,379 1,618 181,079 1,824 218,845 1,422 284,380 1,431 211,960 1,610 250,582 1,552 ' Ships. Tons. 10,066 897,818 1 8,257 742,309 1 9,689 878,173 7,238 801,338 1 8,136 875,998 i 9,466 1,035,677 1 9,646 1,039.461 Jan, 5, 1824 1825 1826 1827• 1828 1829 1830 7,533 621,431 7,629 561,23( 7,865 659,321 6,816 566,471 6,704 664,P• 7,846 7P 240,6341 8,093 798, The falling off in the number of ships and increase of tonnage in the years since the sth of January, 1826, is stated by the officers at Dublin to be accounted for by the general employment then, for the first time, of trading vessels navigated by steam, most of which are upwards of 200 tons, which had the effect of displacing a num ber of small sailing vessels previously employed in the trade with Liverpool and other ports. A REPORT OF THE POOR MAINTAINED IN THE SEVERAL HOSPITALS OF THE CITY OF LONDON THE LAST YEAR. CHHIST'S HOSPITAL. Children put forth apprentices, and discharged last year, 153; nine whereof being instructed in the mathematics and navigation were placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships, out of the ma thematical school founded by King Charles 11. . . 153 Children buried last year . . . . . . Children now in the Hospital, in London and at Hertford, 7 1.173 ; to be admitted on presentations granted to this time, 140 . . . . . . . . . 1,313 The support of this hospital materially depends upon benefactions and bequests. As that part of Its income which is permanent is far .hors of maintaining the usual number of children, whose education qualifies them for the church, for naval service, and to every station in life aceerding to their abilities, and as the principles of religion, as well as the due order of civilised society, are points to which their attention is constantly directed, it is hoped that all the charitable will contribute to an institution, which is not only of local, but of rational good. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. Patients admitted, cured, and discharged, during the last year, 5,128 in-patients, 4,638 out-patients, and 3,667 casualty patients, most of whom were poor, sick, and lame, and being destitute of all relief, many of them have been supplied with money, clothes and other necessaries, to enable them to :return to their several habitations, in the whole . . . . . 13,443 Remaining under cure—ln-patients, 472 ; out-patients, 231 ; casualty patients, 297 . . . . 1,000 This hospital having escaped the great fire in 1666, the build. ii,gs became so ruinous, that in 1729 there was a necessity that great part should be taken down ; and a subscription was then en tered into by the Governors and others for rebuilding the hospital, which has been progressively erected, without any diminution of the patients. A very heavy expense has been incurred by a general and thorough repair of the whole buildings, in consequence of which the three wings are now completed. Within the last few years all fees on the admission of patients have been abolished, the nurses placed in ad ulation, better adapted to their duties, and the accommodation for the in-patients now so extended as to admit 600, and their diet and general cemforts materially improved. The accomplishment of these objects has occasioned a very heavy increase of annual expen diture and the Governors have lately rebuilt their church. ST. THOMASS HOSPITAL. Cured and discharged from St. Thomas's Hospital last year, of wounded, maimed, sick, and diseased persona. 2,953 in-patients, and 19,616 out-patients, including casualties, many of whom have been relieved with money and necessaries at their departure to support them to their several habitations . . . 22 , 569 Buried 260 Remaining under cure—ln-patients, 441; Out-patients, 800 • • • ..... . So that there have been, during the last year, of poor ob. objects destitute of other care . smo The number constantly relieved at this hospital being so large, and having of late considerably increased,and the expenses for food,physic, and necessary erpairs, both on the estate in the hospital, being very great, it is therefore recommended to charitable persons to enable the Governors to go on in still farther extending relief to the distresses of the numerous sick, maimed, and diseased poor, who daily apply, so that through the blessing of GOD, and the bounty of this charity, hey may be restored to bailth, and be made useful members of the community. narnEwELL HOSPITAL. Meceived into this hospital during the last year, under commit. ments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen, as pilferers or dis orderly persons, who have been kept to hard labour (or received correction) • • ..... • • 325 Apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for solitary confinement 33 P.eceived sundry poor, committed for wandering abroad and begging in the city • • . . 106 The Governors have nearly completed the erection of a new house of occupation in St. George's.Selds, where the honest and indus trious poor (and more especially the young) will be instructed in useful trades, upon swore extensive sale than has been found prat. ticable of late years, owing to the increase of buildings contiguous to the old site. SETHLEM HOSPITAL. Curables.—Remaining in the hospital on the Pat of January, 1829 • • . 112 Admitted in 1829 195 • Incurables. —Remaining in the hospital on the lst of January, 1820—Alen, 25; Women, 41 . . . gg A committee meets every week to admit and discharge the insane from all parts of the kingdom, without expense to their relations or friends. The new hospital for lunatics, on an improved ph.% now erected in St. George's-fields, unites the advantage of air, exercise, and out-door occupation. To extend the means of relief, however, it must be obvious that nothing short of a liberal subscription on the part of the public at .large can suffice, which the Governors are fully convinced that they alien not solicit in vain. On Friday night, the 2d instant, Mr. Yorke, the banker, of Oundle, lost thirty lambs through the great fall of snow and the dreadful severity of the weather, which, it will be remem bered, continued equally bad for half o f ? the next day.—Drzkard's ("tampion. PIPING BULFINCHES. Perhaps a short history of the rearing, taming, teaching, and per fecting of these birds,prev iously to their being shipped for " this of all lands the best," land, will not be uninteresting to a por. rstion of your numerous ers. In the month of June the young ones, which are bred wild, are taken from their nests when about eight days old; they arc brought up under the auspices of one man, who, by feeding and caressing them, becomes so much the object of their notice, as to be able to command and guide them at his will. They are attended by him until they are about two months old, at which age they first b eg in to whistle; they then commence their exercises, and perhaps the strictest military discipline is not more arduous to the serjeant or more oppressive to the men, than these exercises are to the bulfinch and teacher. In receiving the first rudiments of their musical education they are taught in classes of about six in number . ; they are naturally great mimics ; the instrument by which they are taught is a barrel. organ of a single diapason—it only plays the aft—the birds before they make their first essay are comparatively starred; they are placed in a dark room round the organ, and the air is played slowly to them. A hungry mimic will always make the most of the gifts of nature; when the belly is empty (excuse vulgarism) the wits are always upon the alert : children cry, dogs howl, and asses bray, always louder and oftener when they feel the " vulture in their jaws." It is just so with these little vocalists ; they make a virtue of necessity ; the moment they mimic the organ the light is admitted into the room, and a little food is given to them ; and this is repeated so often, and works upon them so mechanically, that the organ is to them a sure prmtge of their being fed. When they have been drilled in this manner for about a month their old feeder, who is called their " Lehrer," hands them over to boys, who are employed for the sole purpose of playing to them. Each boy takes a bird, and during these exercises, or rather rehearsals, they are occasionally visited, and indeed always fed, by their old teacher, who, by various motions of the head and mouth, checks or en courages them in their piping, according to the degree of perfectibility with which they pipe: for instance, when they repeat a stave too often, he scowls and blows upon them ; and when they proceed correctly he waves his head somewhat like a Chinese figure, or rather like a " Great Mogul," and testifies his approbation of their endea vours. They perfectly understand these motions, but by dint of perseverance on the part of the teacher, and attention and practice on theirs, acquire the habit of piping, which never leaves them till their death. _ It may easily be conceived (mimic even u they are) what a task it must be to teach them to pipe at all, much less with any per fection. According to Cuvier there are in all singing birds five pairs of constrictor museles—two anterior, two posterior, and two small longitudinal contractors, two oblique and two transverse; and in most birds which do not sing there is in general only one pair. To digress, I am one of those who think that the intell ect s of men depend upon the conformation of the pineal gland, and the propositional and syllogistical canals of the brain, in the same manner that the vocal powers depend upon the con struction of the larynx, or organ of voice—and this hypothesis ap • plies even to piping bullfinches, and is confirmed by the fact, that, though they may all have the same advantages (as far as teaching goes), and the same power of voice, there are not above five out of a hundred that pipe correctly. Be this, however, as it may, the difficulty must be great, even to teach those of the greatest capacity, and it can only be accomplished by the most unremitting exertions on the part of their " Lehrer ;" it is not sheer mimicry—it is no inherent property—neither can it be "an essence," as metaphysi. clans would say : they are taught, and they acquire piping, in the same way that a whelp is taught to carry—a boy to behave himself ..and a lawyer to be just—by castigation—by the severest lessons of experience, and by the stern and uncompromising authority of their teachers. —Mirror. A black terrier dog caused great alarm in the neigh bourhood of Albany-street, Regent's Park, on Wednesday last, by snapping at several other dogs, and betraying symptoms of hydro phobia. He was, after great alarm and confusion, killed by a po liceman. Several instances of this frightful malady have recently appeared among the canine species in bt. Pancras and Illarylebone parishes. As a prof of the effects with which Temperance So cieties are beginning to operate on their adherents, it may be men. tinned that a gentleman in this city has warned away one of his tenants from a shsp in Saltmarket, for no other reason than that he retailed ardent spirits. He has also several times refused to let as a spirit-cellar another shop in the same street belonging to him; and positively asserts that he will rather have them empty than prostituted to such bus purposes as selling of pow Chronicle. , Out-Ports. Tons. 6 28,9 05 736,311 764,469 816,676 816,407 1,023,71 CLEARED 0 UTW, Out-Pons. Ships. 1 Tons. Ships. Tons. • 10,986 952,688 11,969 1,101,769 I 12,658 1,187,314 I 12,654;1,241,873 11,7481,195,686 I 13,291 1,388,573 I 14,9711:470,977 Total. 1,241 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Aram le. AISAIILT -CALLAN V. BROWN. This was an action of assault and Imprisonment. The declara tion charged the defendant with causing the plaintiff to be taken to the watch-house b a watchman. The defendant Onded a justification, and set forth that the plain. tiff at an early hour in the morning, entering a room which he oc cupied In the defendant's house, made a peat noise in the passage, and on his refusal to permit the defendant and his family to en joy any quiet, he put his band upon him, and sent the plaintiff to the wahhhoose. _ _ It that the defendant is an undertaker, and residing in -plat, Edgeware.road, and that the plaintiff is a lodger in the house. There happened to be a large box in the plaintiff's r and having an idea that it contained a dead body, the plain tiff to have It opened, and would not go to bed until he saw it opened. Aaading to the witnesses the plaintiff used insult. ing ex and wished to know the contents of the box. Some one in the watchman, who took him to the watchbouse. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE told the jury there was nothing to justify the defendant in sending the man to the watch-house, but if they found he was insisting on that which he had no right to ask, small damages would be sufficient. The box contained nothing but clothes. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, with a farthing damages. ?MORETON T. CRAMMER& The plaintiff, a gardener, who has attained the age of 87, bro ugh t this action minima a baker at Putney, to recover 1111. lent under the following eirestalianees :—The daughter of the plaintiff was desirous of mod% into business with the defendant, and old Thornton, who had mud property, sold out stock to lend the de fendant IW. The old OM called upon hint some time after, to give a note aa security !sr the loan, but it was refused, and the plaintiff brought this aegis& George Thornton, the as it the plaintiff, and several other wit nesses, proved the plaindlih arse. Mr. Baonsatcx, on the part of the defendant, called Elizabeth Phillips, the plaintiff's daughter, who endeavoured to prove that the one hundred and eleven pounds had been given to her, and not the defendant, for the purpose of defraying the expences of housekeep ing, whilst ha father was lodging with them at Putney. The jury, without hearing the Judge sum up, found a verdict for the plalotW--Damages, 1001. JAMES V. 000DXAN. This was an action on the cue, brought to recover damages for an injury done to the plaintiff by the improper conduct of the de fendant's servant. It appeared that in Anna last, the plaintiff was in his gig.urt in Feschurch-street, and that the defendant's servant was - driving his master's cart in an opposite direction, in a very careless manner, the reins being quite slack, and not having any command over t he horse; the consequence was, he tub against the plaintiff's gig, which was overturned, and the plaintiff had his leg fractured and his arm severely injured. The plaintiff's witnesses proved that the defendant's servant had no command over the horse, and that the bit was out of the animal's mouth. It was also said that if the horse had been pulled up after the collision of the two vehicles, no material injury would have been sustained. Two medical gentlemen proved that his leg was frac tured, that his arm was severely hurt, and that these injuries con fined him to his bed foe 'even weeks, and to this day he wu lame and obliged to walk with a stick, and his health was affected by any laborious exertion in his occupation, which was that of a brush. maker. Mr. 011111EY, for the defendant, addressed the Court, and con. tended that the plaintiff's witnesses had not proved any actual neg ligence on the part of the defendant's servant, but declined to call any witnesses. Lord TaNDZIDZM summed up the evidence, and The jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 1001. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-APRIL 15. OLD COURT. These Sessions opened this morning before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice J. PARK, and Mr. Justice GAULLE. Henry Wright Smith, a respectable-looking young man, was in dicted with having, on the Ist of February last, stolen from the dwelling-h ouse of George Ducket two watches, with various articles of jewellery. value 501. There were four other indictments against the prisoner. Mrs. Elisabeth Canon examined.—l reside with my brother , George Dueket, at 1011, Upper Seymour-street, Somer's.town. On the 29th of January the prisoner called at my brother's house, in which there were lodgings to let; prisoner took them, and said he would come and take possession of than next day. He referred me fora character to 3, Jedd-place. I went there, but could not get any intelligence of the person to whom he referred me. On his coming the next day, I told him so. Prisoner then said I had made a mistake, as it was to 22, Judd-place 1 should have gone. Before I had time fa any further inquiry be came and took possession of the lodgings. This was on Saturday. He slept there that night ; he went out on Sunday, and did not return until Monday; on his return I remarked to him that his luggage had not come; he said that it had t o ot i tl through mistake, to No. 111. He was in and out of the during the day. I did not see him go out the last time. In the course of the evening I missed my trinket-box out of the room, as well as several articles of wearing apparel, out of a trunk. (Witness then enumerated the various articles mentioned in the indictment.) I never saw the prisoner until after he was arrested. I was present when my property was found. Cross-examined by Mr. Ctsarsox—ls separated from her hus. bend ; does not know where he is. The property stolen is hers, in dependent of her husband. There were no other lodgers in the house except one lady. She is not here. Sevaal pawnbrokers were examined, who proved the prisoner pledged the property with them, and which was identified by the prosecutor. Mr. Joseph examined—The prisoner and his mother and sister lodged In my house. Prisoner left it three or four months previous to the present affair, owing to a certain transaction. I de. sired Limbrick, the officer, to keep an eye on the prisoner. Earl in February I met him at the upper end of Seymour -street; I told him that there was a letter at my house for him from his mother, and I asked him to come along with me, which he did ; on our arrival at my house I saw Limbrick the officer ; I called him ; he came, and searched the prisoner. Cross-examined by NIL Cx.tassos—Never heard the prisoner was deranged until latterly, during the time he lodged in my house. Never heard that he always slept in his house with a dagger under his pillow. His mother is a highly respectable woman. Limbrick, the officer, proved searching the prisoner, and finding several duplicates on him ; and prisoner having confessed the robbery. Mary Butt examined—The prisoner lodged in the house of my mother. He brought the small trunk which is now produced with him. Croes.e.xamined--She never lived with the prisoner as his wife...-. Never read the story of George Barnwell. Recollects his taking laudanum ;he was very ill at the time. Knows it was laudanum from the doctor saying so. The case for the prosecution here closed. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence. Elisa Watktns examined—The prisoner and the last witness, Mary Butt, lodged in my house in December last ; they lived together as man and wife. Prisoner, while in my house, took lau danum, and was very ill, in consequence of which I apprised his mother and sister, and they came to my house. Prisoner behaved very stranOy in my house. Mrs. Elisabeth Smyth, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am the mother of the prisoner; I recollect frequently finding a dagger, as well as a carving knife, under his pillow. He has been since a child subject to a disease is his bead. His elder brother yes similarly affected, and I believe his death was occasioned by that affliction. Mr. Justice PARE recapitulated the evidence, when the Jury im mediately returned a verdict of Guilty.—Death. Mr. Justice Pill then said he should trouble them to try another indictment against the prisoner, for robbing Messrs. Sewell and Cross, in whose employment he was. The value of the property was upwards of 301. The prisoner was then put on his trial, and the propetty stolen was identified from the house.mark, which was, D. J. L. M. B. U. 8. R," the initial letters of the following sentence, intended as an admonition to the young men of the establishment. "Do justice, love mercy, be upright, and sincerely righteous." The prisoner was found Guilty ; and Mr. Justice PAIR said that he would not proceed on any other of the indictments, of which, he regretted to say, there were five more, all of which were for robbing his masters ; and he addressed the prisoner, and said that it was with the greatest pain he witnessed one so young in such a vortex of crime, and therefore he should re commend him not to indulge any hopes of mercy. The pawnbrokers were th en obliged to restore all the stolen pro perty; and the quantity at wearing apparel which he had stolen from hie fellow-shoprnates exceeded any thing we have witnessed. The value of the property altogether stolen exceeds 20(U. The pri. soner did not seem the least moved. He was very respectably dressed. NEW COURT. Michael Quirt/oft, med 90, was indicted for stealing four guitars, a number of flutes, rWins, and other musical instruments, value 2001. the property of Thomas Welsh, FAq. the proprietor of the late Argyll Rooms. Mr. Welsh stated that the prisoner was in his employment in the situation of potter, in whom he always placed the most implicit confidence. About the 92d of February last he received information which induced him to look over his stock of musical instruments, and discovered that a number of the most valuable had been stolen; they consisted of guitars, fates, violins, skc. He suspected the pri- Lososat: Printed and Published by JOY, MATIM, at tae 'bun- Orracz Nu.l, hcliett-Plase,Temple Bat. saner of the robbery, and challenged him with it, but he denied It. He sent for Clements, the officer, and gave him into custody. Clements proved apprehending the prisoner upon Mr. Welmi He stoutly denied the robbery, but subsequently cc-. it, and took him to his lodgings, where he handed over tl duplicates of the stolen property, which bad been pledged at dif. *rent pawnbrokers by the prisoner, for various amounts. Turnbull Tait, shopman to Mr. Bertram, pawnbroker, of Princes_ street, Soho, produced four valuable concert flutes, value 32 guinea‘, which had been pledged at his shop by the prisoner. Another pawnbroker produced a valuable Cremona fiddle, whi, had been pledged by the prisoner for 12s. Mr. Welsh identified the property, and the prisoner made no ( 1 0- fence, but called several witnesses, who spoke to his character. The Juq found him Guilty. Mr. Wdsh most humanely recommended the prisoner to mercy, se he was most respectably connected, and as he believed It to be the first Warm Mr. &meant Anoint said the tended to. should be at. James Jones, aged 12, and Cornefiur Hayes, aged H years, were placed at the bar charged upon an indictment with stealing a tart, value one penny, and a tin dish, value three-pence, th e of George Beard, the pestirpcook, in Sydney's-alley, -square. Joseph Austin, street ke of fit. Martin-ln.the•Fieldt, stated, that on the 29d of Fthruary be bad observed the two prisoners lurking about the shops in Bydney's.alley, and upon remelting the shop of Mr. Beard, the passey.cook, he saw the art Hayes steal a tart from the window. He seized biu. ediately, and the other ran away, but he a ft erwards app re . heeded him. Juror—Really this too bad. The prosecution has been institute for the sake of the expences ; it is quite clear that is the cue. Mr. Sergeant Awur—We will say nothing about that at pre. sent ; let us hear more of the business. Juror—ls the tart here now ? Witness—lt is, Sir, I have kept it ever since. Juror—l should like to see it. The witness here left the Court. Mr. Sergeant Anastx—Where is the witness gone now ? Mr. Wox:xss—lle is gone foe the tart.—(Laughter.) The witness having returned, he unfolded a piece of paper and took out a small fruit tart in a tin dish. It was quits black fron age, and was handed to the Jury for their inspection. Juror—is this the object of this prosocution ? Witness—lt is, Sir ; and in the same state as when it was stolen Juror—Really this is most shameful, and I hope the Court not allow the expenses. The prosecution ought not to have beer instituted. Mr.olice Sergeant Armin( to the witness—Are you connected wit! the jo P Witness—l am not, Sir. Mr. Sergeant Ackert( said he had no doubt but the committing Magistrates had some good reasons for sending the boys for trial . perhaps they are old °fenders. The witness said that several of the officers said they had knowt them as thieves for some time. The Jury consulted,and acquitted Jones, but found the boy Ilaye , Guilty of stealing a tart, waist one penny. Mr. Sergeant Aaaszx directed inquiry to be made as to thc character of the prisoner. The expenses of this prosecution amount to upwards of £2. ROBBERY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—A foreigner named Mari, was found guilty of receiving forty-four copper patty pans, value 20s. the property of his Grace the Duke of IVellington and the chief witness against him was a foreign cook, named Roney . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Carlile, jun. attended before Alr. Alderman Arktus yester. day, to prefer a charge against a young man for picking his pocket. The prosecutor, it appears, was stepping into a stage-coach who:. the prisoner stole the property from his pocket, and it was found :-. his poumion. The oath was administered, u usual, to the prosecutor. Mr. M'Donald, a printer, of Stanhope -street, Clare-market, her. said he had known the prisoner to be an industrious honest lad, and it would not be consistant with English law to deprive him of hi• liberty on the oath of a professed Deist. Alderman Arum, said that he was bound to receive Mr. Car. file's oath. if he was willing to take it, or any other man's. Mr. 111`Donald—l'hen it is contrary to the general usage o: Courts of Law. Alderman ATKIXI—No, no—(To Mr. C.arlile)—Do you believe. on the oath you have taken, in future rewards and punishments? Mr. C.—Yes, Sir. Alderman A Tints—There, Sir; besides we have the oath of ar. officer. Mr. M'Donald.—Aye another witness, whose oath ought to be received with great suspicion. Alderman Arants—Really, you are very clever, sir; but my experience tells me that I am bound to treat the oath of an officer with attention and respect. Mr. M`Donald--That's more than I would do. The prisoner was committed to Bridewell for a month, and Mr.3l. left the Court complaining of the illegality of the proceeding*, am , complimenting Sir R. Blatant, who, he said, would have acted dif ferently. _ DOW-STREET. Tilts ELOPEHENT OP THE POLICE INSPECTOR WITH MISS Kmaza.—Yesterday, Mr. King, a gentleman holding a situation In an extensive mercantile firm in the City, came before Sir R. Bit. tz, and stated that he was requested by Mr. Kidder, the silver. smith, in the Strand, whose daughter had unfortunately eloped with Ousley, late an Inspector of Police, to wait upon him for the pur. pose of laying before him two letters which had been that morning received from the guilty pair, and soliciting Sir RICHARD'S nark,. as to the best mode of tracing the fugitives, and punishing Ous for his cruel desertion of his wife and children. The letters being handed in, it appeared that one was written by Miss Kidder, the other by Ousely, and both were addressed to Mr. Kidder. The daughter admitted that she knew Ousely was a mar ried man, but pleaded for forgiveness from her parents on the ground that he was her first love ! The letter from him contained similar appeals, adding that the money he had drawn from the Bank would serve to provide a moderate competency for him and his companion. and that they intended to retire to some obscure place and content themselves with each other's society. Sir RICHARD said every assistance should be rendered to trace the fugitives. At the suit of the officers to the Society against Cruelty, Grerse Cottrell was fined 10s. and costs by Mr. Al INarcuct., for cruelty t a horse. MARLBORO)( I I-STN EET. Mrs. Butler, a woman dressed in the first style of fashion, the wife of the notorious James Buller, belonging to the west-end gang of burglars, and who suffered about five weeks ago the last penalty of the law for a burglary in the house of a gentleman was yester day placed at the bar before F. A. Hoe, Esq. charged with being intoxicated and cleating a disturbance in the Quadrant on the pre ceding evening. A policeman proved the case, and the defendant was committed to the House of Correction for one month. It affords us great satisfaction in being able to an nounce a further advance in the price of labour in this town ard neighbourhood. Last week wages were raised threepence per piece in this town on several descriptions of cloth, and it is calculated that the recent advances will throw into circulation among the weavers in Blackburn alone from 5001. to 600/ per week. Some pieces have been advanced since Christmas from Is. Yd. to 2s. others 101 d to Is. 9d. lcc. being an advance of 121 to 35 per cent. avera ging on all descriptions 25 per cent. In Burnley and Colne an im provement has also taken place : at Burnley, we understand, one S particular sort has been advanced 50 per cent.—viz : trout 11. tt. Is. &L and in both those places other descriptions have been raised from 71d. to Is. and from 100. to Is. 3d.—Blackburn Gazette. BIRTHS. In Limerick, the Lady of the Rev. W. Waller, of a son.— . Tuesday, at Widdial Hall, the Lady of (1. 0. Osborre, Esq. o f twins, a son and daughter. NIARRIED. At Dublin, Anns Rebecca, daughter of William Nicholson, Esq. to T. E. Freeman, Esq. Enniscorthy.—At Southwell, R. Warrand, Esq. late of the Enniskillen Dragoons, to Sarah Sophia. youngest daughter of the Rev. W. Clap, of Westhorpe. Notting hamshire. DIED. Sunday, in Waterford the lady of M. Evelyn, Rag. Mayor or Waterford.—At Laragh, near Omagh, Capt. Dudden, a magistrate of the county Tyrone, and late of the 32d 'Regiment —At Kilrinar. Moue, on the 18th ult. the Rev. Donald M•Nicol.—At Ballynagb, county Cavan, the Rev. J. Pollock, aged 82. He was 84 years 3 Curate in the diocese of Kilmore.—At Rose Park, on the 25th ult. Barbara A. Ilarnilton, wife of Professor Dunbar. HIGH-WATER at LONDON-8111DGR TO MORROW. Morning 33 Minutes atter U • Afternoon 22 minutes a ft er 9 • PRICESOF GOLD AND SILVER. Foreign Gold in Bars m ... ,e 3 17 Silver, in Bars, standard ... o 1 Si