Star. — London, England, 1829-10-26 00:00:00

, , . • : - r; - - NOfE.S i .ON ITALY, BY A WANDERER. THE BORSEN HALLE, HAMBURGH Tout or t. 7 t. I went to see the tomb of .I.,liet about a quarter of a mile from the town of Verona. It is :ued out of a trough of solid grauite, of the coarsest description, and of a reddish colour, resembling that which in England is called padding-stone. The tomb was formerly shown in the garden of the convent in which it is now placed ; but the exposure having . hid it the more open to spoliation (and an actual robbery of a part of the stone having taken place), it was removed from the garden within the walls of the convent, where it now rests. It is large enough to contain a man di feet high. The cemetery in which it Was heretofore placed is beneath an apple -tree, and is now filled with water and used only as a garden well. After viewing the tomb, we were conducted to the house in which Juliet's parents lived. It is a lofty and ancient edifice, with mullions and balus trades—the latter last mouldering to decay. The lower part of this edifice is now occupied by a saddler, and print° piano, or first floor, by a hatter. THE AUTHITREATILT: AT VillONA.—The amphitheatre in Verona as certainly magnificent in design. Our guide showed us where the Emperor of Austria (in whose service he had been for fourteen yearn) sat, and the locale where Catalan' song during the Congress. This guide had fifteen Milanese francs per month from the Empe ror of Austria for his fourteen years service ( franc a year !) He admitted that all the employes at Verona were Germans : the Go vernor a German—the Bishop a German—the Chief of Police a German—the military all German ! Ile also told us that all the clothing of the military came from Vienna. When I asked him did these employee in the offices speak Italian, he said, " Yes, a little, hut like foret,tners." Is it therefore wonderful that the Aus trian sway is hateful throughout all Italy, and that it " stinks in the nostrils" not only of all Europe, but of all the civilized world. TUE ROMAN STATE us ItALT...bi all parts of Italy the domi nions of his Holiness Leo XII. are the most wretched, and the worst governed. Even the hateful sway of Austria is a thousand times preferable to that of the Most Holy Father ; nor does this arise from any thing peculiarly bad in the character of the present man, for it was always so; and from the very nature and consti tution of things, must always continue to be so—at least, so long as the dominion of the keys shall prevail; and it may be observed,par parenthese, the sooner that dominion is at an end the better. Italy never can be great or powerful, or happy. so long as-one portion of her territory is in the bands of an infallible ruler. In truth, it was a great mistake of Napoleon not to have abolished altogether that splendid inutility called the Pontificate. I know that his own first impression was, that the " thing," as Mr. Cobbett calls another great pest should be done away with ; but then he was met by scruples and difficulties which could not have been foreseen, or, perhaps, surmounted. It may, however, be safely averred, that Italy never can be consolidated under any one comprehensive sys tem, whether monarchical or republican, so long as the Pontificate shall be endowed with temporal power. The impulsion of neces sity, strong in all men, but almost always in Churchmen a de vouring passion, must lead the successor of St. Peter into a thou sand faults. In the first place, a Pope, like a Judge in England, is never chosen till he is past labour, and he sits down to work full of years as of avarice. The sudden possession of unexpected riches (for those who are elected to the Chair are commonly as poor as they are feeble,) generates the desire of further accumulation and hence the Papal States are taxed and taxed, till a band of collateral needy ones shall be sated at the public cost. All then is receipt ; as fur disbursement there is none. No roads are made or re paired : no hospitals endowed or created. It follows as a natural consequence that the streets of every Papal town are filled with peeerty and disease. This strikes the traveller forcibly on entering liologna, the frontier town of the Roman States. One has cause to complain of the annoyance in the Austrian territories, but in the Papal towns these annoyances are a hundred fold more numerous. The doganieri of the Infallible are the most exacting of Christian custom-house of ; and the police of the Vicegerent of the Most High on Earth have, of a truth, a miraculously "itching palm ;" and they seem quite of accord that it is most praiseworthy and pious to plunder heretics, and, above all, heretic English. The Pope's beggars, too, are like the rest of his holy family—" Whom the Loan luveth, him he chasteneth." says the inspired one ; and, accordingly, the beggars of the Pope have the foulest sores, and the most pestiferous breaths among Catholic Christians ; and these sores and deformities are exposed with a curious felicity, and ex ultingly poked into the faces of foredo* as special marks of Divine condescension. Give largely, and the fellows take without thanks, and go their way ; give not at all, and all the light artillery of the Litany, St. Gervais, St. Peotase, St. Remy, and St. John of Pepomocene, are made to beat down on you, in all their spiritual strength. This system, however, cannot last.. It is alone in Ireland that the Pope is revered ; and it is there alone he has now his strong hold. There is not now a shopkeeper, or a waiter at an inn, in Italy, who does turn up his nose at this hideous system, and exclaim against the worldly damage it causes to his trade. That the power of the Pope will fall, there can be no doubt; that it will fall within compara tively a short space, there can be as little ; that its utter destruction would be the salvation of Italy, all honest men must be agreed.— But as this is a subject somewhat too comprehensive and v as t to be discussed thus incidentally in a passing paragraph, I shall, per haps, make its discussion the subject of a longer, but I hope not a more tedious disquisition. There are few establishments in Europe more interest. ing than the Borten Halle of this place. Its roots have deepened, and its branches have spread till it has become a moral, literary, and political power. Originally a speculation of an enterprising in dividual for the benefit of commercial men, it is now not only an emporium receiving contributions from a great part of the civilized world, but a central point for the diffusion of social and general in formation. Standing here, surrounded by the political and literary productions of many nations, a man feels as if he belonged to a better and wider brotherhood than that of selfish patriotism. The periodicals of a country are the ambassador of a people ; individual ministers are representatives of Kings and Courts. Newspapers are for the most part, and, especially when springing from lauds of liberty, preachers of peace and go .d will. In these our days they are far more so than at any former period. Truer touchstones are beginning to be discovered for the general interests of mankind, than narrow nationalities have ever been, or ever can 'oe ; and be is a useful co-operator in the commonwealth of his race who, re presenting any portion of public opinion, stretches out the friendly. hand, which he may be assured thousands will be eager to grasp. The Borsen Halle was established in 1804, by a Hamburgh merchant, Gerhard Von Hosstrup. It is a handsome building in the Bohnen-street, and is supported by subscribers, varying in number from 800 to 1,000, who pay at the rate of 60 marks, about se4 sterling per year, with a deductionlof a third, if the subscription be for three years at once. The Halle is become the common place of assemblage for merchant., and all important events are communicated by written announcements on the tables, twitted latest news." Commercial intelligence of all sorts is gathered together in the same way as Ship News is collected at Lloyd's Coffee-house. But the collections of the Borsen Halle embrace the newspapers and periodicals, to the extent of nearly 150, as well as the current literature of the day, with a considerable stock of foreign dictionaries, statistical, geographical, and financial stand ard works, such as are of the greatest importance to the merchant for his guidance and instruction. Nu less than five newspapers are published at the Borsen Halle, and the exclusive proprietorship of the whole are vested in M. Hosstrup. The Abair! Zeitung, or Daily Evening Paper, is that which is generally known in England by the name of the " Bor sen Halle." It has a large circulation, and is edited by N. Runge, a gentleman formerly a merchant, and whose writings, without any classical colouring, are very remarkable for their statistical accuracy, and for the geographical knowledge they display.— Though his Paper can scarcely be said to be markedly liberal, its sympathies generally lean towards the popular side. But the Censor would, in any case, prevent severe animadversions on" the powers that be"—thouah his offensive authority is commonly ex ercised in an unoffensive way, and rather by caution (I am told), than by correction. The Censorship is held by M. Voo Sienen, one of the Syndics of the town. The valuable commercial matter of the .dbenci Zdtung is furnished by hi. Niebour.— Originally, the "Semi Zeitung was merely a sort of Lloyd's List; but politics having gradually been introduced, and occu pying in it, at last, a great proportion of the Paper, it was found neceasaty to publish the (2d) &hip Piste separately, which also contains commercial notices, and matters purely of bud. ness.—(3d.) The Littererisehe Blatt appears on Wednesday: and Saturday mornings; its Editor is hi. Ludwig. who was: formerly theeEdiror of the Bremen Paper, and kis historical in-. tormation is considerable. He sometimes gives lectures on. historical subjects at the Borsen Halle. hl. Niehour Is his co adjutor. This paper is principally a sort of " extracter," it gives. articles translated from French and English magazines, scannas of new books, and sometimes makes reference to domestic affaits.— Ewo English papers are published at the Borsen Halle—the Hum-. burg Reporter and the Gleaner ; they appear at the same time, and accompany one another i • publishing days Tuesdays and Fridays.— The first is a political so d commercial newspaper, about the sire of. the Moniteur ; the other a quarto. and, as its name imports, a. gleaner Prow the periodicals of England. The price of the two IL stout two dollars, or 9s. English, per quarter. The Reporter was started in Febrisary,.lB2ll, and is now pset with all over the northi _ of Europe. 'lb. Maur was originally a magazine, but took km present form, and was married to the &power in April 1829. when' the latter bad reached virility. M. Sinuett edits the lieperfer, and L. Winn% the Gleaner. The Reporter has a commercial article made up at four o'clock on the day of publication, which frequently Ando its way to the English papers. The Hamburg Correspondenten, which has a sale, probably, of S.OOO copies, is edited by Al. Rumkel. It is a valuable property, • and is, on the whole, a liberally-disposed newspaper. It is here, frequently, that the despotic Governments of the Continent put forth their feelers, and originate articles which they do not choose to appear to emanate from themselves. This gives the Correspon denten a demi official character. The Nerve Zeitung (New News paper) which has been lately rising in circulation, has also become oae of the channels of indirect communication employed by the foreign Courts. It appears four times a week, under the editorship of M. Lueozmann. The paper of the people is the A'ackrichten (News), which appears every day—though, oddly enough, its ori ginal title of Weekly News (as it once was) is still borne or. its front. It is crowded with advertisements, and is to be semi in almost every lion.e, counting-house, shop, and cellar in the town. Dr. Roding is the Editor. It has often done excellent service to the popular cause, and has now attached to it a sort of offbranch, the Linerorisekeliraceilen( Literary Miscellanies. APrewedenListe (List of Strangers arrived)is published every day : but the police seldom inter feres with their sayings or doinp.Avariety of other papers are printed at Hamburg. I have now before me the Freischeuts, the Bien. (Bee) the Originatien, for the departments of Truth, Art, Mirth, and Fancy ; the Lesefruchte (Fruits of Reading) the Hamburger Wochensehrill (Weekly Paper), the ikobachter (Observer), the Sonnies* Zeitung (Sunday Paper), the ,Went Deutacher Courier (North German Courier), Hamburg, a Paper for at home and abroad. the Hasigketstrager (the Newsbringer—an excellent title, by the way), the Archie, for Knowledge. Arts, and Industry, and the Hesafreund (the Housefriend). I give these details, because newspapers are of the highest importance to the well-being, and singularly illustrative to the state of society. All the genuine in telligence on such a subject circulates over the world.—Jeform Her. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOGGI-11'0N MEETING. Mum* RENT, . SUNDAY . NIGUT: The racing season terminates with the ensuing Meeting, and if we may judge from the present appearance of the list, its close will be even more brilliant than its commencement. Good sport may always be expected in the Houghton week, for, being the last of the year, gentlemen, trainers, and all, have a scramble for some thing to pay the expenses of training, hence the number of matches, and the vulgar title of" the hay and straw meeting." The only stakes likely to offord any clue to the betting on next year's races is the Criterion stakes, for two year olds, the conditions of which impose extra weights on winners :—viz. 71b. on the winner of July, ..endergast, or Clearweli stakes, 91b. for any two of them, and 2.1 b. on all other winners. It happens, however, that the only winners in it are Paradox and Cetus, neither of whom had the good fortune to carry off a stake requiring the heavier penalties. The Leeway filly is in it, but nothing can be known yet as to what will start for it ; the Derby odds will not be much af fected by the result; Cetus being the only favourite in it.— The races will occupy six days, and probably be carried on into the following week. The list already shows seven sweepstakes, five plates, and sixteen matches. The most interesting of the latter will be that between the Yorkshire horse Felt and the Luta filly Lucetta, the horse carrying 135 t. 71b. and the mare Bst. 41b. the latter the favourite. The following Stakes will close at the end of the meeting : Prendergast Stakes of 1830, the 2,000 Guinea Stakes, and 1,000 Guinea Stakes of 1831, and the Newmarket Stakes of 1831 ; also a new Stakes of two hundred sovereigns each for 1834, advertised by Lord Exeter, to be entitled, the " Tuesday's Riddlcsworth Produce Stakes" the condi tions to be the same as for the Old Riddlesworth Stakes, and the Stakes to be run for on the second day of the Cra ven Meeting. In consequence of Lord Exeter's having ad vertised this new Stakes, Mr. Thomas Thornhill has thought it nee sssss y to apprise the subscribers of the Old Riddlesworth Stakes (which is a pocket stakes and never advertised) that it is now open for signatures. The retirement from the turf of one of its most zealous and honourable supporters, George Payne, Esq. is very generally regretted : it will be a loss not very easily supplied. The lodgings are mostly engaged, and from the number of saddle horses sent in this morning, it will doubtless he a very full meeting. The following is a list of the races in the list for to-morrow : The Criterion Stakes, of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. for two year old colts, flat. 31b. and fillies, Bst. I lb. A winner of the July, Clear well or Prendergast Stakes, to carry 71b. extra • of any two 91b. all other winners to carry 21b. extra. The seco nd horse to save his stake. From the turn of the lands in. Sir R. K. Dick's br. c. by Champignon ' out of Salvaiora. Duke of Grafton's Paradox, brother to Problem. Duke of Rutland's b. f. by Middleton, out of sister to Adeliza. Gen. Grosvenor's b. c. by Wrangler, out of Georgians. Mr. Weatherley's ch. e. by Bustard, or Ivanhoe. Lord Grosvenor's br. f. Frail, by Filho, out of Etiquette. Mr. Poynts ' s ch. f. by Sultan, out of Phantom. Lord Tavistock's f. by Morisco, out of Butterfly. Lord Exeter's br. c. by Tramp, out of Miss Cation. Mr. Dilly's b. c. Cetus. e. Will Watch. ch. f. Bertha. Mr. Thornhill's c by Sans, out of Camilla. U by Emilius, out of Madelina. Mr. Wilson's c. by Merlin, out of Tippitywitchet. Mr. Prince's c. by Centaur, darn by Selim. Lord Chesterfield's ch. f. by Merlin, out of Rowena. f. by Figaro, dam by Waxy. Colonel Yates's bL c. Merryman. Duke of Rutland's b. f. by Little John, dam by Phantom. Lord Lowther's Envoy, by Comus, out of Mine. Marinette, by Tireslas, out of Mary. Mr. Stonehewer's c. by Figaro, out of Bella. f. by Bustard, out of Leeway's dam. Lord Egremont's sister to Pinwire. Mr. D. Radeliffe's b. f. by Waterloo, dam by Waxy. Mr. Theakston's b. c. by Spinaway, dam by Cat ton. Mr. Payne's f. by Cervantes, out of Calypso. Sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each. D. I. Duke of Richmond's c. Hindu°, by Whalebone. Lord Exeter's c. by Phantom, out of Ada. Duke of Grafton's b. c. Artist, by Emilius, out of Zeal. Mr. Rush's b. e. by Tiresias, out of Rhoda. General Grosvenor's ch. c. Daystar, by Phantom. Mr. Nowell's b. e. Navarin, by Orville—Lacerta. Oue third of a subscription of 25 sovereigns each, for 5-year olds and upwards. Subscribers.—Dukes of Rutland and Grafton, Lords Tavistock, Exeter, and Jersey, Sir M. Wood, and Mr. Payne. Handicap Plate of rEIOO, for 2yr olds and upwards. D.I. MATCHES. 200, h. ft.—Lord Chesterfield's Carthusian, Sat. 51b. apt Sir M. Wood's John de Bart, 84t. Mb. T.Y.C. 200, h. ft.—Mr. Thornhill's Merchant, agst Duke of Portland's Harlequin, Bst. 71b. each. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.—Duke of Richmond's Scymetar, Bst. 131 b. against Capt Locke's Bottle Imp, Bst. T.Y.C. 100. h. ft.—Mr. Stonehewer's Kildare, apt. Captain Locke's Masaniello, Bst. 71b. each. Ab. M. 100. It. ft.—Lori Worcester's Maresfield apt. Sir M. Wood's Haji Baba, Bst. 71b. each.—D. M. 100. b. ft.—Mr. Stonehewer's 1. the Fairy, Bst. 71b. apt. the Duke of Richmond's Convert. 7st. 71b.—T. Y. C. 50. Mr. W. Chifney's ?haus, 811. 71b. apt. Mr. Pettit's De formity, 7st.—No course mentioned. 300. h. ft.—Duke of Rutland's Cadland receives from Col. King's Deasy Bedlam. MO. h. ft.—Mr. Roberts's f. by Reilly., receives 30 sm. from Sir M. Wood's 1. by Strathern. At the Curragh, Saturday se'sinight, Mr.Ruthven'sLordVicount Rant won a match of 100 sovereigns, beating Lord Porrarlington's Dandy. Mr. Hunter's Guiccioli won the Northumberland Handi cap of 100 guineas, beating Skylark ; and the last race was for the Corinthians, won by Mr. Caldwell's Gazebo. Mr. Lyons' Kate won a second plate at Tramore races last week. but was declared incompetent, having by accident lost part of her weight. In the herring-fishing town of Yarntouth, it is customary for convivialists to give, as a toast, `• Death to our best friends," — meaning the herrings! The fine estates of Oakfichl, in Argyllshire, were sold last week for E 70,000. The purchase has been made for 'dr. Campbell, a minor, son of the late Archibald Campbell, Esq. of Greenock. A lady whose death lately took place on board the Soho steam packet, was the wife of a gentleman attached to a foreign embassy, from whom she had lately parted, with the intention of rejoining him in the spring. She had arrived in London only a. few days before, mid was on bee way to Scotland to spend the• winter with her relations, when she was suddenly taken ill, and died berme the vsssel sailed. Yesterday morning, just as the Gloucester Mail Coach had arrived at the bottom of Gangsden Hill, near Nettlobed, the. off-.ids leader stayed at something in the road, and ran ski coach' up the bunk, which caused It to-overturn. The regular coadiman, Charles Webb, wes on the box but not driving; fur beteg-timber unwell, he had asked a man of the name of 'Richard . Stacey to drive for him. Webb fell. on his head -arid was killed Instantly: He was taken to a house at the top of the bill. Stacey was like wise thrown on his head, but escaped wkb a few bruises; as did the guard also. None of the passengers were hurt. me in I nut be pla cot b tog Co the we of I at' feu at If wl Sc' I an Sc , TI Sy Cc pu un m er ne all ne an fu; to hi ad ar ne bt ac th $ 1 4' at • r tl LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, oe2. 24. THI ICING V. CLANIALII. Mr. Artomv-Gattaaat. (with wbom•was Mr. Follet) stated, that this was a prosecution by the Masters and Wardens of the Apothecaries Company, on the 58th of the late King, against the defendant for practising before he was 21 yeas of age. The ex :miners having been frequently deceived, and the parties having more frequently eluded punishment than been detected, had brought two or three offendets to justice. The defendant to the present indictment bad produced to the Company of Apothecaries an affidavit, purporting to he sworn to by him, that be was 21 years of age, and had served five years' apprenticeship. Witnesses proved the case. Mr. Boottanax, for the defendant, stated, that whatever be had to submit to the Court mut be at another stage of the proceedings. Lord TENTERDEN.—What you will have in mitigation must of course be for the consideration of the Cuurt ; of course I cannot dictate to the Company. The Jury found the defendant Guilty. Mr. Bactuonam—l hope, my Lord, that the Company will think they have gone far enough, and that they will not consider it necessary to pray for judgment. Lord Tamrsanias—l cannot dictate to them. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two itinerant cheesemongers wete summoned before the Lord Mayor on Saturday, to answer for the offence of vending cheese in the neighbourhood of Rosemary-lane, to the prejudice of the trade of the shopkeepers in that line in that district. One of the officers stated, that he had received express di rections from persons in authority in the Ward, not to permit the defendants, who once had been partners, but who now are rivals in trade, from vending in the street, an article so exclu sively consumed by the labouring classes. When the defendants were partners, they used to favour various parts of the metropolis with their goods, but since the connection had been broken up, the competition had been so violent,and the articles of course so cheap, that the cheese shops stood no chance at alL—(Laughter.) The case appeared to be hard upon one of the partners. If that un happy person were not allowed to sell his cheese, he and his family must go to the workhouse, and he alWays did business before his own door. In the other case, the hardship was not so great. The other partner had been a shaver on board a man of war, and had seen a great deal of bard work, had no family, and might go any where be pleased. To be sure he had lost an arm. Mr. Hobler said, be did not see why, because a poor man hap pened to take a few Admirals by the nose, be should nut be per mitted to sell a few pounds of cheese. The Loan MATO II said, that the partners must not carry on so dangerous a composition to the prejudice of the shopkeepers who paid taxes. If the Shaver, who, it appeared, was the richer man of the two, and sold a great deal, did not shift his quarters, the law would no doubt overtake him. The Shaver—" What would you have me do, my Lord ?" The Loan MAYOII—" Why, shave, to be sure."—(Laughter.) The Shaver—" But I have lust my shaving band (holding up his stump) I can't shave with my left." This was an appeal not to be resisted, and the defendants were discharged with some good advice. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mrs. Elizabeth Dodd was charged with violently assaulting Joseph Tucker, and his *rife Sarah, of Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, and a pretty row appeared to have been knocked up in the street in consequence. It appeared from Mr. Tucker's statement, that be and his wife were just stepping into bed on the previous night, between nine and ten o'clock, when there were three loud knocks at the street door; his wife went down stairs, and came back and told him there were two females who wanted him ; by this time he had got into bed, and desired her to tell them he should nut come down, which she did, but they refused to leave the house until they saw him, and kept knocking as loud as they could for 20 minutes; be put on his small-clothes and coat, and went down, when he saw the prisoner, who insisted upon his coming out ; he went a few paces with her, and his wife followed ; the other woman, who was with her, got to the door, and prevented them getting into the house again, when the prisoner seized him by the collar, tore his coat, assaulted his wife, tore her bonnet and shawl, and struck her twice in the face. This conduct she frequently repeated, and came and broke his windows, and four years ago he was forced to have her bound over to keep the peace. " Pray," inquired the Magistrate, "what acquaintance had you with the prisoner that she should come to your house in the manner you describe ?" Why," replied the complainant, "unfortunately for me I lived with her six years ago.' The prisoner and Mrs. Tucker indulged in mutual recrimina tions tow.rds each other about the right and title they had to Mr. Tucker, who stood between them, evidently afraid that these rivals for his person would commence a cap war. The forsaken fair one said, in her defence, that Mr. Tucker bad a gold ring belonging to her. which abe could not get from hint. It was a ring she valued, as it belonged to her deceased husband. After a long discussion the ring was sent for, and given up to the prisoner, who was discharged, the Magistrate telling the com plainant he must make some allowance for past transgressions. UNION-HALL A stout strapping woman, named Daley, was charged with as saulting Crow, a constable of the Kent-road ; and also with having smashed seven panes of glass in the bar-window of the " World Turned Upside Down" public-house, on the Greenwich-road. Crow said, that of all the women he ever had to deal with, he never met with defendant's equal; he had heard of the celebrated Lady Barrymore. But, Lord, said he, her ladyship was nut a patch to be compared to Miss Daley, whose exploits were well known over Whitechapel, and latterly in the neighbourhood of Kent-street, where she was the terror even of most of the ter magants who dwelt near her abode. She had been on the " ran dan," Crow mentioned, for the last four days, and was in toxicated nearly the whole of that period. While in this state, she went into the " World Turned Upside Down, and out of re venge for not being served with a glass of her darling beverage, " blue ruin," she thrust her fists, one after another in quick suc cession, through seven panes of glass in the bar-window, before the landlord or any of his servants had time to prevent the damage to his prope rty . Now, exclaimed she, after having " starred the glaze, I've had my revenge, and I'll toddle, aid she was in the act of walking away, when he (Crow) being near the spot, and hearing the noise of the glass, ran up to the house and took her into custody when she was leaving it. The moment he laid hands upon her, she cried out, " I'm blow'd if you don't let mego I'll give you a muzzier ;" and she kept her word, for it was scarcely uttered before Crow said he got a pelt on the side of the jaw that neatly floored him. She kept hint at bay for nearly a quarter of an hour, until four of his men came to his assistance, and they with great difficulty succeeded in carrying her by main force to the watelthouse, where she did considerable damage. The Magistrate fined the defendant 30s. under the Wilful Da mage Act, and in default of payment she was committed for two months to Guildford. The defendant exclaimed that she did not care for the punish meat, as she bad been the round of all the gaols in town before. THAMES POLICE. The Captain of a merchant ship brought a curly-beaded black fellow to the Office, to know what he should do with him, as the fellow swore by 0— he would not go back to Ceylon.— The Captain said he bad shipped this black at Ceylon as un der-steward and servant, and was under a bond of ,E5OO to de liver him back thtte, if alive. He had arrived in this country two months since, during the chief part of which time the black bad been ashore with other sailors, and having attached himself to a woman, and partaken extensively of the luxuries which this "blessed country" affords, be was disinclined to go on board to his duty, as the ship was going to sea in a day or two. The fellow was too stupid to think about the consequences of his stop ping here,where he would probably be starved,as all his false friends would give him the " cut direct" the moment they ascertained that all his money and clothes were gore. The Captain wished the Magistrate to send the black on board, and In would take good care to keep him safe until the vessel was at sea. Capt. Ilicinstsc.—Has be committed any offence? Captain•—No criminal offence, only being drunk ; be is half drunk now. Capt. Rioters' him go on board. Captain.—Not make him go on board? Why the fellow will perish with hunger. Capt. Itictiaacc,—Not he. Hallo ! you Sir ! Why don't you go back with the ship, as you promised ? Black—Me like London d—n well. Me stop ;me like to stop me no go back. Captain Ric: wants you. Black—Me no care a d—n ;me came London passenger ;me no black fellow servant ;ohno ! Captain tell d—n lie ! Captain—Why, you scoundrel, what do you mean by that ? 1)0 you think, Sir, I Mould bring a black son of a w— like• that fellow a passenger. He was servant in • the Cuddy, Sir ; nothing more and bad 30s. a month. • • The black grinned, and, shrugging up his shoulders, said,'` Al d—n lie—me passenger." Captain, its a rage—Passenget ! pshaw a good 110 2.04-' bkth— Me bad Bowe ethotsgh—me "do like &grip. N. !In ge, in England ; me stop and get work. Captain IlLanact.-1 can't intetlere. If be win not go on .What can I do with him? I cannot make .But you must go on board—the master board, I have no power of making him. He is emancipated from his state of slavery the moment he sets foot in England. Captain—l wish I had left the d—d thief behind. The Magistrate reproved the Captain for swearing, and, ad dressing the black, contrasted the misery he was likely to be reduced to by remaining here, with the comfort he would experience on board. The fellow shook his head with the air of a black who had made up his mind, and said, "Me see you all d—d before me go back." A gentleman whispered the commander of the ship, who said, "A thought has struck me : this fellow has committed some offence in the island, and be is afraid to go back. Now, I think he ought to be sent back." Captain Richbell smiled, and said," Oh, that sort of thing won't do with me ; have you any evidence of his committing any offence, because if you bad you should not have brought him away." The black fellow at this juncture, the door of the office being opened to admit some one else, made a bolt, upsetting an Irish apple-woman, who exclaimed, " bad luck to your black soul!" His only answer was, " Nie see Captain d—d before me go back." His flight was toe instantaneous and rapid to admit of his being stopped, and he escaped. The Captain departed very angry, hoping the fellow would go to a certain repeatedly described very hot residence for wicked souls. In a paper of nineteen years ago, we met with the fol lowing humorous anecdote of Mr. Copley, the barrister. Tne repartee occurred at the Lincoln Assizes in the cause of " Lee tr. Ring :"—Mr. Copley, counsel for the defendant, maintained in his address to the jury, that the case for the plaintiff wu very in sufficiently made out, for he had in fact produced only one witness ; that witness was a bailiff named Green • the other person who bad been called (Mr. F. Johnson), the bailiff's assistant, was Owned to say whatever his principal said; and, therefore, the two were, to the intents and purposes of justice, bet one witness. " What," said Justice Grose, you look upon them in the light of man and wife, do you, Mr. Copley ?" " Aye, my Lord, to be sure," re plied the witty barrister, "and I will maintain, against any m an , that a bailiff and his bum are but onejlesk, all the world over" Th e Court was convulsed with laughter. During the voyage of the Hector, of Bristol, recently arrived from Cuba, a duck having laid some eggs, the drake finding it was going to sit, plucked itself nearly bare of its feathers, to enable the duck to form its nest ! HINTS RESPECTING WALKING IN PUBLIC PLACES: Streets are for walking and talking; Not for talking without walking. ABDUCTION .-A Miss Sarah Blake, a young lady of great beauty, and entitled to a considerable fortune, cause before the Magistrates of Dublin en Wednesday, and made the following extraordinary statement :—She said that she was acquainted with three persons, a Mr. Peter Nl' Gill, Mrs. Peter and Mr. John Al' Gill ; on Sunday last, Mr. and Mrs. P. Ill' Gill called on her and asked her to take a walk ; she went with them, and when she got near the Ivy Cabin, Mrs. WGill pretended to be ill, and a carriage was sent for ; she went into it with Mr. and Mrs. Peter M' Gill, and they then drove off ten or twelve miles, when they came to a house into which they entered; Mrs. M'Gill and Miss Blake were here left alone, and Mrs. Al• Gill then told the young lady that she was broug ht there in order that the marriage ceremony might be performed between her and Mr. John M. Gill, and that there was a Priest in the house to marry them. This cider Miss Blake declined in the most positive manner. The two ladies stopped together until night, when the Messrs. M.Gill came in, and Muss Blake declined the proffered marriage. Mrs. WGill and Miss Blake slept together that night ; in the morning, the latter was awakened, and told by Mrs. *Gill that she might as well make up her mind to be married to John *Gill, fee that she heDelt had been run away with. 31i.s Blake im. mediately got up and dressed herself, jumped out of the window, and thus made her escape from the house. She met the two on the road, and they wanted her to go back, but she would not do so. A warrant was granted against Mrs. 111 , Gill, her brother-in-law, and husband. In a short time after, these three persons entered the Board-room. Mrs. APGill is a very beautiful and fashionably-dressed woman; they asked permit. sion of the Magistrates to send for Counsel. Mr. Cole said, he should postpone the business until their Counsel was sent for, re. quiring good bail for the appearance of the parties. The requisite bail was given, and the matter was postponed.—Dribliss Morning Register. HEBDOMADARY. Tau Mr.—Jupiter sets about 7 evening, Venus half an hour earlier. Day breaks 7 min. past S. To-ssozaow.--New Sloan 44 min. past 7 morning. Sun rises 5 min. past 7. Watwasnay.—Holiday at the Bank. St. Jude and St. John. THUZSDAT.—About this time the tortoise buries himself in the earth ; the air is filled with the net-work of the gossamer, and the long-tailed titmouse is seen flitting about. FILIDAY.—Moon set 13 min. before 7 evening. SATUILDAT.—Day decreased 6 hours 54 minutes. Length of day 9 hours 40 minutes. BIRTHS. At Sarsden, the Hon. Mrs. Langston, of a daughter. At York, the Lady of Lieut.-Colonel Wallace, late Major in the King's Dragoon Guards, of a daughter. At lililverton, the Lady of Major St►iohoe, of a daughter. At Anne's-Grove, County Cork, the Lady of the Hon. Lieut.- General Annesly, of a daughter. At Knapton, the Hon. Mts. Vesep, of a daughter. At Mysore, the Lady of Major T. Steuart, bulb Regt. Light Cavalry, of a son. At Benares, the Lady of Lieut. K. Campbell, 45th Regiment, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Ochtertyre, Anthony Murray, Esq. younger, of Dollerie, W. S. to Georgina, third daughter of the lion. Baron Sir Patrick Murray, of Oebtertyre, Bart. At Inverleith Row, Andrew Beath, Esq. surgeon, Edinburgh, to Ann Elizabeth Sinclair Mackenzie, daughter of the late William Mackenzie, Esq. of Strathgarvie. John Taylor, Esq. Barrister at Law, to Theodosia, daughter of Isaac D'Olier, of Baggot-street, Dublin, Esq. G. Murray, Esq, 65th Regiment, to Kitty, daughter of James Wallace, of Waterford, Esq. At Yetminster, Dorset, Mr. John Penny, proprietor of the Skerborne, Dorchester, and Taunton Journal. to Slaty Antic Jen kins, eldest and only surviving daughter of the late J. Perkins, Esq. of Henley Grove, near Crewkerne. At Kilronan Church, County Roscommon, Colonel E. G. Stan nue, C. B. to Mary Louisa, widow of the late James Gordon, of Nagpore, Estp Wednesday se'nnight, at Ruddington, near Nottingham, Capt. Edward A. Cotton, late of the Royal Artillery, to Amelia, daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Smelt, rector of Gelling. March 20, at Sylhet, Bengal, Henry Walters Earl. Judge of the city of Dacca , to Eleanora, only daughter of Li eut.-Col. Campbell, formerly of his Majesty's 60th Regiment of Foot. In Cork, Michael Carey, Esq. of Careyville Cottage, to Mary, widow of the late Capt. Cartwright. DIED. In Limerick, Mr. Andrew Jeffery*, formerly a Preacher in the Methodist connection. At Noah *Colly, Bengal, aged 37. Captain Frederick Mackenzie, of the Honourable Bast India Company's 64th regiment of Native Infantry. At Rawcliffe, near Smith, the eccentric indivithisl, James Hint, at the advanced age of 91. He was by trade a tanner, and finding that his business much interfered with his odd ways, he freed him self from its trammels, devoting himself entirely to his whimsical and eccentric propensities. One of the first things he did when disengaged from business, was to purchase for himself a coffin, which he made a practice of exhibiting for any small remuneration, and in this coffin was deposited his fund. His habitation was one of the most curious places in Yorkshire, the rooms being hung round with agricultural implements of every description, and pieces of old iron, nails, Scc. in a rusty state. The inmates consisted of himself and a man and woman servant, to which he added a tame fox, an otter, and a bull. The carriag e in which he appeased at • Doncaster races was of his own workmanship, and was generally drawn by asses or dogs. He was on the ground on Thursday in the last race week, distributing apples to those whose attention be had excited ; and his eccentric appearance during his annual visits fora long series of years will be in the recollection of thousands. Its his shooting excursions he rode a bull, attended by pigs and dogs, the former trained to scent, the latter to carry the game. He set the greatest value upon a waistcoat which he had formed from the front part of the drake's neck, and to obtain which he had so licited the surrounding villages. He bad three bulls which were kept for the sole purpose of baiting ;t country feasts, after which his man generally collected from the populace. He bad notes en graved at Hull, and printed on a paper similar to the Bank of England notes; they were embellished with representations of 'himself in his curious carriage, and in his shooting habiliments, also mounted on a bull, attended by his pigs and dogs ; and wore couched in the following language :—" Bank of Rawchffe--No. 84, 1 proMbe to pay to John Dull, or Bearer, on Demand, the sum of FIVE Halfpence, 1824. Aug. 24. Itawciiffe, Aug. 26, 1824. For the Goer. and Company of the Bank of Rawcliffe. Jrs. Hirster.—Daseasler Gazelle. H: G ii.W ATER at LONDUN-BitIDGE TO. MORROW. Mortillet; 19 asinine. and . 1 Attertioon 37 minute. me , 1 Lennon Printed and Published by Joust MATS% at the Su it " Orme, Nu. 1. Pickett place,Temple liar. F