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LITERATURE. tH 4) ” 7 : . ..DEN lIAM, Ott MEMOIRS OF A MAN OF THE WORLD. HENRY COLBURN. A CELEBRATED LAWYER. Broughton is of ancient family (as every Scotchman is), but he was a youne•er brother, and, I need hardly add, as poor as a gentleman could well be. He was sent at the age of seventeen to Edinburgh to he educated, having been easily billeted on an aunt who resided in the city. Our youth soon came to the knowledge of the valuable talents with which he was gifted, and, being of an ambitions spirit, he set himself diligently to work them. In a few years, his industry, no less than his merits, placed him at the head of the students. No man has embraced a wider range of science than Brough ton : he is conversant with every subject, from the politics of Europe to the cochineal insect ; and, to give eim his due, no man with such various knowledge has acquired :o deep a smattering in each as Broughton. The bulk or his learning he acquired during his residence at the northern university. Ile took the lead in tho philoso phical, political, and metaphysical debating clubs. He :let up periodicals, and of course wrote the best articles in them. In short, the dons of the Caledonian Alma Mater prophesied that George Broughton would become a great man. But our hero, as might be supposed, soon began to feel dissatisfied with this obscure celebrity, and to look out for opportunities of accomplishing a more ex tended fame. The public mind was at -that time much intent upon politics, several interesting questions in which had been set afloat. Broughton, who was well prepared for intellectual service of any kind, seized hold of one of these, and wrote a book upon it. When he had finished this pamphlet, he put it in his pocket, and came to Lon don. P— was then in office ; and our friend had pru dently taken the Tory side of the question,—so he wrap ped up the pamphlet and forwarded it to the minister. His sagacity, no doubt, enabled him to perceive at a vlance that the author was a clever man, and as P always liked to hare as many as possible of these at command, he relieved the youne- adventurer from his suspense, by desiring his attendance in Downing street at a certain day and hour. " I beg pardon for in terrupting you," said I; " but how old was Broughton at this time ?" " Let me see—between three and four and twenty. He had been seven years at Edinburgh when he quitted it." Well, the result of his interview with P— was an employment to write for government, with the hope held out, though ambiguously, as ministers are wont to intimate their promises of future promotion. I am told that Broughton's impatient ambition and high opinion of himself had led him to nonrish expectations that his patron would have immediately brought him into the House; but, be this as it may, he of course found arguments to reconcile him to the postponement of this eTanil step, and, satisfied that he was getting on as well a.> lie could reasonably have hoped, he undertook with ala crity the service to which he had beeu appointed. He wrote more pamphlets, indited articles for the ministerial jour nals, and other government periodicals, and wielded his pen with much credit. After having continued in this routine for nearly two years, be began to lack advance ment, and hinted as much to the head of affairs. But it did not suit the chief to understand this suggestion, find ing, I suppose, our youth more useful in his present situa tion than ho could be in the higher department of his service, which happened to be very satisfactorily filled. Broughton said no more, but wrote on a little longer, tinling„ as lie thought, a security against the ingratitude of the minister in the private communications which that personage had, from time to time, afforded him as the materials of his labour. Accordingly, after an interval, he signified his wishes to P— in plainer terms; and to his surprise, indignation, and disappointment, he found the premier's manner grown proportionably more frigid. This indication was the more alarming, inasmuch as strong and well-authenticated rumours had lately gone abroad respecting the insecurity of the administration. Broughton hastened (as I am credibly infornied) to Downing-street, saw his patron, and discarding peri phrasis, asked him point blank, whether and when he in tended bringing him into parliament ? P— haughtily and contemptuously replied, that he had no such mea sure in contemplation. Broughton remonstrated, but to no purpose—then complained bitterly of his ill-usage, but made no Impression. As a last resource, he reminded P— that he was in his power, but the minister laughed him and his menaces to scorn, and our adventurer quitted the house, as a novelist would say, in a rage of conflict ing emotions. Seriously, it was vexatious to be deprived of his recompense, after the long period of probation which he had sustained, and to be dismissed with no other reward than the pecuniary remuneration which lie had received for his actual services. His first impulse was to put his threats into execution, and to betray such of the state secrets as he possessed. But that instinctive caution and prudence which a Scotchman imbibes with his mother's milk did not fail our adventurer at this crisis ,which wes one of those trials of practical wisdom which every man comes to more or less frequently in the course of his life. He considered earnestly the state of parties, with the view to ascertain which was likely to be permanently uppermost, and the determination of attaching himself to that. We were theta very much in the situation that we are at present with respect to the probability of coming in, and were sanguine of success. The tory minister had had a long and uninterrupted spell of office; and, though not superannuated, was worn out with care, and sadly afflicted by the recent failure and consequent unpopula rity of measures, to which he had committed himself too far to recede at his time of day. It was known that he could not last much longer; and he was supposed to be the great centre-stone which held together the Tory' strong-hold, mouldered by age, and the batteries of Whig wit and eloquence. On us the capricious sun of popular favour, which had long shone upon. the other side of the house, now began to smile, and the sun of Toryism was said to have set for ever. Broughton was one of the many who were persuaded thatWhiggism was the order of the day; and he therefore determined to lose no time in declaring his adhesion to our party. An elaborate pam phlet on the state of the nation was, the mode which he selected of announcing his new opinions.. We know the value of the man, and had long wished to possess him. His past errors were forgotten, and Chepstow brought him into Parliament. ' No elan is, I am sure, so tho roughly acquainted with Broughto'n't character as myself, for it has been under my eye ever* since he joined our party. His talents, thouglftery high, are not first-rate, and 1 may state them as,Olonsinf to that • order which., approaches the nearest to genius, and just falls short of it. He himself is' aware of tote. extent of hie abilities, and he is galled bitterly by the conviction that there exist many men equally gifted with, and. some Mors . largety than himself; for examples of the:Scini4V;' Besumaris, Wriotheeley, aid, Paling L o g. 04:tatter; Anitruther, and singleton. Accordingly, he endeavours to make up for his deficiency in genius, by the reputation of universal knowledge, both in arts and sciences. He lately gave a young painter two hundred pounds far one of his works, and made all his friends sub- scribe for a statuary, of whose genius he spoke in high terms, although he is himself perfectly ignorant of both painting and sculpture. His object was to gain the credit of being a connoisseur and patron of the arts. In short, George Broughton is the most completely ambitious per son I ever knew. He is equally possessed with the two kinds of ambitions, that of power, arid that of praise. To the one is to be referred the frequent and indi6criminating use which he makes of his sarcastic powers; for .the dread in which they are held, and the_manifest effects which they frequently produce in the subjects upon whom they are exercised, are most gratifying to his vanity. His ridicule and satire have fixed several speakers in eternal silence : these are the triumphs to which he reverts with the greatest satisfaction. On tho other hand, his ardent _ desire for power causes him to bear very patiently his exclusion from office. Broughton is not naturally a malevolent or selfish man ; he never wantonly shows those qualities, and it is only toward his rivals that they ever seem to be displayed. His desire of fame is that of a passionate lover who cannot see his mistress barely civil to others without being transported with jealousy and hatred toward those who are favoured by her smiles. He will not even suffer, if he can prevent it, to ho ap proached by those whose accomplishments are likely to find favour in her eyes. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCAST]: MARcrI 12. MURDER AT LIVERPOOL. Alexander MiGiblions, aged 31, was indicted for the murder of Alexander Munro, the keeper of the Royal Institution nt Liver pool, on the 21st of November. Mr. CLERKE stated the facts of the case, and called the follow. ing witnesses:.. Edward Riley, of Fleet.street, Liverpool, stated, that one evening in November last he found the deceased lying in the passage lead ing to Mr. Glyn's office, with his coat pocket turned inside oat. Witness and other persons had him conveyed in a cart to the Royal Institution, where he lived. Witness thought at first that he was tiPsy. Dr. Trail! stated that he attended the deceased from the 22d of November. He had a severe contusion on his face, and complained of pain in the inside, although there were no external marks of vio lence on the body. The witness then proceeded to describe the state in which the deceased continued until his death. His intellect was confused, and lie was occasionally delirious, owing to the con. tusions on his head. Dr. Traill then described the state of the head and body, as they appeared on a post-mortem examination. Death was occasioned by a colourless fluid which had effused on the surface of the brain. The effusion was caused by the inflammation which arose from external injury. John APCoon, a police officer, stated, that he apprehended the prisoner, along with Brown. The prisoner was committed to the Borough gaol. On the Sunday following he sent for witness, and said he wanted to tell him about Mr. Alunro's case. He said he had got the watch from a man named Cunningham, and that he and this man were standing at the corner of Cooper-street, when Mr. Munro passed. They followed him up the street until they came where there were no lamps; they then agreed to go up and knock him down. He said he struck Munro with his list, and " gave him the foot." He then stepped on one side. After he had knocked him down Cunningham took the watch from him ; M•Gibbon then went up to Mr. Munro, asked him if he was badly hurt, and if he should take him home. He took him by the arm and led him a yard or two, and found money in his trousers pocket. Bl‘Gibbon knocked him down agaiw, and Cunningham took the money out of his pocket—it was 153. He said Cunningham gave him the watch, and he was to give him 5!. for it. All that he got above he was to keep himself. Witness produced this watch, chain, and seal. By the Judge.—lle did not describe how he had knocked him down the second time. When he was first examined, the man was alive. Some further evidence was adduced, and the Jury found the pd. goner Guilty. The Learned Judge then passed sentence of Death upon him. TRIAL OF MR. THOMAS BURNE. Thomas Moms, aged 32, was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Foster, et Manchester. The Jury in the last case having applied for their discharge, on the ground of knowing the prisoner, a fresh period was sworn. Mr. STARK= stated the facts of the case, and called Thomas Reid, a wheelwright at Manchester. 1 was at the fair in Manchester, on the evening of the 17th Nov. Smith, an acquain tance, and Gray were with me.' 1 never saw the prisoner before that night. I saw him in Blackfriars.street. Harrison was with him; and was going down the street with something under his arm. He was coming from Hume. Some one said that man has a hole in his coat. Burns came up and asked what we had to do with it. We all said we we had nothing to do with it. lie said he would put a sovereign to a shilling he had not a hole in his coat. Smith said he must have a hole in his coat, or he could not get it on. He pulled a pistol out of his pocket. Harrison came back, and prisoner said, have you a hole in your coat ? He said no, he had not. Smith said he must have, or he could not get it on. The prisoner pulled a pistol out, and struck Smith. Anthony Gray said it was not a right thing to strike a man with a pistol in the public street. The prisoner struck Gray with the pistol. He said he had a r%ht, and would alley us the contents if we spoke another _word. Mae were three of us there, Smith, Gray, and another. Harrison and 'Foster were there. Harrison wanted Burne to go away. Ido not know what he said. Harrison got hold of him by the arm, and left loose of him, and in about half a minute he fired the pistol. I saw Thomas Foster fall dorm; he was about my age, 20 or 21, he was standing in the Street, and we were all standing on the Sags. There had not been any words be. tween prisoner and Foster. No blows between any of them. He was about two and a half yards from Foster. By Mr. Conan:NAT—Foster stood on the pavement. There was a show, such as are usual at fairs. Harrison was standing on a level with him ; he took the pistol out of his coat pocket ; he stuck to the stock, and struck as a man would with a stick ; 'did not hear prisoner say, " you scoundrel, if you strike me again I'll shoot you." Harrison was on the left hand side, and saw as well ume ; I was quite sober ; the prisoner appeared to be quite so ber ; Harrison took hold of his arm ; I believe he locked his arm for the purpose of drawing him away ; it was half a minute after that the pistol was discharged. Samuel Smith.wl was with the last witness; coming up the street I saw the prisoner and Harrison ; some one said that man, meaning Harrison, has got a hole in his coat ; Harrison left the prisoner and a woman standing; he left her, came to us, and said, " What have you to do with it ?" For our parts we s aid we had nothing to do with them; Burne said he would lay a sovereign he had net got a hole in his coat; Harrison said he had not that be knew of ; and I said he must have one or be could not get it on; Burns pulled out a pistol and struck me with it on the breast ; asked him if he was allowed to carry those things, and strike people in the street ; he said he would give us the contents of it. I said I hope not; Harrison endeavoured to prevail on him to go away, and retired *few yards. Gray then said such a man ought to be placed in the hands of an officer. The pistol went off and just grazed my cheek ' • I saw Foster drop; I am sure he gave him no insult ; I was ala rmed; a gentleman came to me and said you are wounded. I should have been afraid to stand before him with a pistol in his hand. James Boardman.-1 saw prisoner near the toll bar linked with two men ; they were arm in arm ; 1 took him by the right breast, and Ws we were going across the way he squeezed my right hand, and said he would give me 101. to let him go ; I said very well, give me the pistol ; he did so, I put it in my pocket and gave it af terwards to Robert Heslop. Stephen Lavender—l have known Burns many years •he was in business in Manchester, and afterwards a silk agent. I " Good Gon, Mr. Burne, I hope it is not true you have shot a man; he said he bad, and was very sorry ; he appeared to me to be much distreued, but did not seem to be drunk. Mr. Boutfiower, the surgeon, went on the 19th of November to the Crown Inn, where I found the deceased lying upon a table; there was a wound upon the left temple; he died in about twenty minutes. • A written defence was put in by the prisoner, which was read precisely as follows : "My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury,—l have prepared a few observations upon the evidence given on the inquest, as I understand my Counsel arc not permitted to address you upon the subject. It is quite true that I and my friends went to the fair. It is a place, as some of you may probably know, of great confusion,- and where all sorts of people assemble ; and about eleven o'clock, I unfortunately met with three or tour men, as described by the witnesses, when some of them made the observation about there being a bole in my friend's coat, which produced the altercation that had been describeds Gentlemen, the bode in which it commenced, and the provoking and insulting way in which it was carried on, gave me reason to believe that it was the commencement of a riot. I laboured under that ap and being le ft alone, I did, 1 own, produce the pistol; t I sol emnly declare it was merely for the purpose of awing and sounlning the rioters that were now closing upon me, from commencing their attack; and, with that view, I threatened to fire upon the Stet that laid hands upon me. I could have no other motive or object —they were perfect strangers to me and 1 to them—tbefs therefore, be no malice or enmity between us, and 1 could con sider the ridiculous attack upon my friend as nothing but the watchword for a row, and it is well known that riots and robberies, in and about Manchester, are now almost to be considered as sy. nonymous terms ' and of a most alarming nature. I considered the insult or attack upon my friend (which, to persons unacquainted with Manchester and the numerous street robberies committed there, would appear ridiculous) as the watchword for an attack. I there fore hope and trust that some of you, gentlemen, know how fre quently robberies have of late been in Manchester, and how uniformly these robberies arc begun by thieves getting up a trifling quarrel and provocation, as a pretext merely to cover their intentions to rob. If any of you are inhabitants of Man. cheater, you will also know that the numerous street robberies there are always begun by a riot and assault. I trust you will see that the whole complexion of this unhappy case will be altered by the evi dence to-day, from what appeared before the Coroner, who did not call before him all the witnesses who could have girt!), and were best able to give a true account of all that really did take place ; these witnesses will now be called before you. My regret at the un fortunate circumstance of my having been the cause of the death of a fellow.creature, will stay by me for the rest of my days." Henry Harrison I am a silk-manufacturer, and was acquainted with the prisoner, having lodged together three years ; prisoner was a ilk-agent ; they lodged at Greemheys, Moss-side. I had to call on Mr. Burne, at six o'clock ; it had been arranged we should go home together; it was on account of the road ; we were in Blackfriars-street ; Mr. B. had occasion to atop ; I went forward; I had a white pocket. handkerchief in my breast r the prisoner and sonic men were in a kind of a row, and Mr. Burne had a pistol in his hand; he said if they struck him again he would shoot them ; I put my left arm into his right arm, in which was the pistol; I turned it round, and bid him come away; he threw his arm out, and it had the effect of raising his arm ; at that instant the pistol went off. By Mr. STARKIE—It is not true as stated by the other witness; I did, not see them offer any violence; they laughed at Hume in an insulting manner; I did not hear them use any expressions; I went up to him ; they ran on the pavement; Blanc was on the flags ; ,they were all on the flags. Cross-examined—These people were standing round him ; the were in a line • Reid was next, (hay on the le ft side, and Smith the next. Witness described that he drew his arms with a rapid motion out of that of the witness. Mr. Wm. Bradley, Mr. James Bremner, Mr. James Jacques, Mr. Peter Watson, Mr. Thomas Callender, and Mr. James Wil liams, were then called, and stated that they had known the prisoner a great number of years, and that he was a peaceable, inoffensive, and humane man. _ _ _ _ At five o'clock his Lordship summed up the evidence; and after reading his notes, his Lordship said, it would be a question for the Jury's consideration, whether the act were committed with cool de. liberation, or under a mistaken notion of violence, or if the latter would amount to murder. The verdict of the Jury must be either murder or manslaughter, or an acquittal. Ilis Lordship alluded to the defence, which he said was exceedingly well drawn up, and the prisoner should have the benefit of it. The Jury, after some consideration, found the prisoner Not Guilty of either murder or manslaughter. His Lordship said—" I am glad of it. I return you the paner you have put in, and I hope you will read it every day of your lite." Application was then made for the discharge of the prisoner, which was immediately acceded to by the Court ; and Mr. flume was accordingly forthwith discharged. - Ar EXTENSIVE FIRE AT ROTHERHITHE. The neighbourhood of Rotherhithe was on Saturday night thrown into the greatest alarm, in consequence of a fire breaking out in the premises of Mr. Moore, the builder. Mr. Moore, who is a contractor for the works now in progress at the New London-bridge, and at the St. Kntherine's Docks, has a very extensive yard, about 100 feet deep, and workshops, leading from Rotherhithe street to the waterside. In one of the sheds, which con- tamed a large quantity of unslaked lime, the fire first made its appearance, and in a very short time the flames ex tended to the whole of the buildings in the yard, and to a quantity of deal and oak timber. Throc, bounce' which had boon erected by Mr. Moore, at the end of his wharf, in front of Rotherhithe-street, next took fire, and were in a very short time levelled with the ground. They were inhabited by people in Mr. Moore's employ, and they have lost nearly the whole they possessed. The engines by this time had arrived in great numbers, but they were completely at a stand still for want of water. The tide was very low, and the only supply that could be obtained was from a few shallow ponds and ditches. The next premises that took fire were those belonging to two boat-builders, named Absey and Bristow. The flames then communicated to the house of a Mr. Spence ; then to the premises of Mr. Shutt, a painter and glazier; and afterwards to the house of Mr. Williams, an oil and colourman, the whole of which were entirely consumed. The houses of Mr. Smith, a carpenter, and of a widow, named Burr, were also partly destroyed. A man named Thompson, who had a few boats and small craft lying close to Mr. Moore's wharf, has also sustained a very severe loss, the whole of his stock having been entirely consumed. Mr. Moore's yard was well stocked with high piles of timber, the whole of which was on fire almost at the same time, and was speedily reduced to ashes. Mr. Moore, wo are informed,• is not insured; but the loss will be felt more severely by the persons who inha bited the other premises which are destroyed, and who, we believe, were unable to save any portion of their property. There is no doubt that the progress of the flames could have been stopped, if a supply of water had been obtained. The engines were promptly on the spot, but the conductors of them were obliged to stand by and witness the conflagration. The only machine that could be brought into use was the floating engine belonging to the Sun Office, and that was of little service, in conse quence of the lowness of the tide. At ten o'clock at night the fire had been prevented ex tending to other houses, but the materials on Mr. Moore's premises were still burning. On Monday Mr. J. S. Bennett, of Appleby, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, met his death under the following circumstances :—Having two clergymen visiting at his house, they proceeded to view the parish church , which lately had undergone some repairs, and when they reached the steeple, Mr. Bennett, being formerly a seaman, anxi ous to show his dexterity in scaling, mounted the para pet, and climbed the pinnacle. When he reached the top he gave a shout to those below, and in an instant the stone broke, and the unfortunate gentleman was precipi tated to the bottom, and killed upon the spot. height of the steeple is upwards of 100 feet. He has left a wife and four children. An extensive scheme of fraud has recently been prac tised at the west end of the town, with considerable success, by a fellow assuming the dress and manners of a country gentleman of fortune. It appears that on Saturday last he entered the shop of Messrs. Perrigal and Duffrin, jewellers, in New Bond-street, and selected a watch exhibited in the window for the sum of eight guineas, at the same time requesting them to send it to his apartments in South-street, Park-lane. He pro fessed to pay ready money for the article, and produced a blank check book, of the firm of Messrs. Bosanquet and Co. of 73, Lombard-street, out of which he tore a check, and then filled it up for 101. receiving, of course, the difference. On Messrs. Duifrin's messenger reaching South-street with the watch, he found 'that the fellow really lodged at the address he had furnished his employers with, and accordingly left the watch. The fellow immediately afterwards came home, and having 'obtained •the - watch, decamped forthwith. On Monday morning the check was presented et Bosanquet's, when it was ascertained that the swindler was not known there; and it was stated that no fewer than fifty ten-pealed ' checks, drawls by the same person, had been dishonoured Within the last month by the firm. The fellow had pre viously occupied apartments in North Audley-street, in the neighbourbOod of which he had defrauded' jewellers under precisely similar circumstances. He invariably committed the frauds on Saturday evenings, after the banks were closed ; and on taking apartments he hires them for a week, paying in advance.— Observer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUI - LI L . Catherine Alurpky was charged with stealing a tabby tont cat. Sarah Teat deposed that about half put nine o'clock the pre ceding night, the prisoner came up Smith's-court, Beckley-street, where witness resides, and being frequently troubled with " such rubbish," she watched her. The prisoner put something into the corner of a public dust binn in the court, and as soon as she was gone, witness ran, and found the prisoner had secreted there eleven cat's skins, which were all quite warm and fresh. Ten of the cats must have been very large and handsome, but the eleventh in poor condition. Witness ran and overtook her in Brackley-street, and said, you dirty hussy, come back and fetch theft skins away; and the neighbouts inquiring what was the matter, and hearing what she had done, began to crowd about her and abuse her. At this moment the watchmen came up and took charge of the prisoner. Simper and another watchman deposed that when they stopped the prisoner, she let something fall upon the pavement, and looking down they saw a poor cat, half strangled, struggling and twirling about in agony. The mistress of this cat, which was in a fair way to recover. had brought it for his worship's inspection, but Mr. Beresford, the clerk, said there was no occasion to go further, as it was no offence to steal a cat. Horton, one of the Cripplegate officers, deplored the defectiveness of the law ; for, said he, many a time have I turned up a court in the evening or morning, and found poor animals with their jackets off, and yet alive and kicking about. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER said such sights certainly were revolting. Horton added, that she at first denied the charge, but htr hands and apron were all over blood. Some of the cats she had killed this night were the greatest beauties he had ever beheld. The fat was half an inch deep on the skin of one of them. The prisoner had a sort of bag, containing half a pound of liver, slung across her shoulders. Alderman Winchester asked what she had to say to the charge Prisoner replied she had nothing to say then; she would leave it to his Honour. The Alderman, after consulting his legal advisers, dismissed the prisoner, with a warning that if she was caught committing a nui sance of the sort described by Ilorton, she would be punished by fine or imprisonment. She curtsied, and promised to shift her scene of operations from the City. 80W44 T RE ET. TUE Wire 0? THE WiDow,—Martha Ann Mary Wood_ gale, a lady dressed in the first style of fashion, was charged with obtaining 4001. by false pretences, from a wine merchant. Mr. Alley attended as counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Adolphus for the prisoner. The facts of this case appeared in this paper on the 15th of February, in an account of the prosecutor's application for a warrant, when he stated that he had been induced to lend the prisoner 4001. upon the faith of her representation that she was a widow, but was afterwards arrested by her husband for money due for board and lodging. The prosecutor, now being cross-examined by Mr. Adolphus, admitted that at the time the prisoner paid him the hills of exchange, he had only advanced her LW. Mr. Halls, upon this, said there was an end of the case, and advised the prose- tutor to seek his remedy by an action at law. HATT()N-GARDEN. The two boys, Gamble and llfaxsey, who have been for several weeks in custody, charged with having administered poison to John Thomson, a young man deaf and dumb, were brought up for re examination. Thomson, who had been sent to an hospital, where he remained for some time in a precarious state, was present to give evidence, having been declared out of danger. The circumstances of the case were, that the two prisoners were employed along with Thompson, in a cutbrad.manufactory, in Compton-street, and were in the habit of annoying Thompson, who had on one occasion beaten Gamble, who threatened " to serve him out for it ;" and he scat :llaxsey for some jalap, which was given to Thompson in his coffee at breakfast. Thompson immediately became ill, and votnitted ; and a dog that took part of the contents instantly died; and it was inferred that oxalic acid had been mixed with the coffee. The evidence lay chiefly against Cilamblc, and Aunt it it app►arod *h.‘ Magary nsa only boon a tool lo his hands, and that vitrol had been given to Thompson along with the jalap. Maxaey was discharged, and (iambic was ordered to find 48 hours' notice of bail. LAMBETH-STREET. A* UNNATURAL PARENT.—SamuelCollyer was charged with deserting his two female children, and thereby rendering them chargeable to the parish of All Saints, Poplar. From the statement of the beadle it appeared, that in October last the prisoner's children, the elder of whom is not more than eight years of age, were found in a state of starvation, in an empty house in Poplar. In reply to several questions, they said that their father placed them there, where they remained two days without tasting a morsel of food. The children were conveyed to the parish workhouse, and a strict search was instantly made for the prisoner, who had absconded, but he was not apprehended until Friday, when he was discovered at work as a sawyer. 'She magistrates having in the most severe teems expressed their abhorrence at the prisoner's unnatural conduct towards his children, committed him to the House of Correction for three months. A melancholy accident happened on Monday last to the youngest son of Dlr. Fullford, baker, of Salisbury, who lost his life in the following singular manner :—He went, as was his cus tom, to feed his rabbits and pigeons in a loft over the oven ; and, as he was amusing himself by swinging on a clothes line near, while watching his rabbits feeding, by some means or other he got the cord entangled round his neck. Ten minutes elapsed before the accident was dkmvered. when medical assistance was immediately procured, but the vital spark had lied. The verdict of the coroner's inquest was " Accidental death.”—Balk Chronicle. BIRTHS. At St. Christopher's, West Indies. the lady of his Excellency Colonel Maxwell, Governor of St. Christopher, of a daughter. Wednesday se'nulght, on board the Non Creina steamer, on her passage from Bristol to Waterford, the lady of Nunn, Esq. of the county of Wexfonl, of a daughter. At Burdwan, East Indies, the lady of David Scott, Esq. jur. of the Bengal Civil service, of a daughter. At Calcutta, the Lady of C. Fleming Hunter, of a son. In Newcastle, the wife of Captain John Kelly, late of the 23th regt. of a daughter. At Kilmanehen Castle, county Waterford, the lady of Colon.l Greene. of a daughter. Wednesday sennight, at MI house in New -street, Spring-pr. dans, the lady of E. P. Buford, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. At Calcutta, W. V. Jillard, Esq. of his Majesty's 16tth lan cers, eldest son of W. P. Jillard, Esq. of Oakhill Cottage, t. Miss Sally Margaret, sth daughter of John Palmer, Esq. at Calcutta. At Tadcaster, John Davy, M. D. Physician to the Forces. t. Margaret, third daughter of the late Archibald Fletcher, Esq. ad. vocate. James Bilks, jun. Esq.: of Clasher, county Roscommon, to Anne Maria, second daughter of Edmund Phillips, Esq. of Con more, county Mayo. At Cheltenham, R. A. Bradshaw Esq. R. N. son of General Bradshaw, to Dedma, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Tom. kyns, of Buda:shill, Herefordshire. DIED. Lately, John King, Esq. comptroller of army accounts, brother Of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was found dead in his bed. After a few days illness only, Catherine, the wife of Joseph Yorkey Esq. of Fordiampton Cowl, Gloucestershire. At the Green, Dulverton, T. Smith, Esq. formerly of Mau. more Lodge, near Gloucester, one of his Majesty's deputy lieute. nuts of the peace. At Morristown, county of St. Lawrence, state of New York. June last, Mr. R. Hindmarsh, a native of Alnwick. At South (Josford, Isabella Mary, daughter of the Rev. Jobe. Walker, aged 3 years. In an awfully sudden manner, Mr. Henry Browne, ironmonger. at Trowbridge. lie had been home on business ever since Mon day morning, and was returning when within about 300 yards of his own habitation he fell suddenly, uttered a groan, anti instantly wu a corpse. At Cambridge, the Rev. J. 11. Renouard, M. A. Rector of Orwell. Rev. 11. Kedilington, M. A. of Babergh, Great Waldingtield, Suffolk, rector of Bradfield, and formerly Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge. In Cork, Captain James HAI Phillips, late of 10th Royal Vete ran battallion. At the Spa, Gloucester, in his 43.1 year, Mr. C. Arthur Pate, el dest son of the late Dr. Pace, of Gloucester. In consequence of a fall from his horse, near Wells, Mr. Will. cox, cattle dealer. of Poleaham. At Barrow-louse, Somerset, Elizabeth Mary, widow of &thief Hague. Esq. At Torquay, Devon, aged 17, John, the only son of John Poyn ter, Esq. of Blackheath, Kent. At Taunton, aged 54, Mr. John Stuckey, drum-major of the stall:ed the Fint Somerset Militia. _Lately, it Edinburgh, Lieutenant John Smith. balf-poy, of the 45th regiment. Monday, Helen Margaret, wife of the Rev. T. Gaisford, Flights Professor of Greek, aid Prebendary of Durham. Losses : Printed and Published by Joys Mauls. at the Sue' Oman No. t. Pickett plaseaktnple Bar. 1