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1 ~, ; 1 1 , I t P ;` . • TAGANTNT. Prom the Foreign Quarterly Review. In estimating the labour which it must have cost a performer like l'aganini to have arrived at such transcendent excellence, people are often apt to err in their ailcisiatinns as to the actual extant of time and practice which has been devoted to its acquisition. That the perfect ;tense's-dee of the nteehoniete of the instrument which his performance exhibits, and his almost incredible skill and dexterity in its manage. ne-nr, must necessarily have been the result of severe discipline, Is beyond all question ; but more, much more, in every case of this kind, is to be ascribed to the system upon which that discipline has pen etedvi, and to the genies and enthusiasm of the artist. The miracu lous powers of Peennini in the opinion of his auditors were not to be accounted for in the ordinary way. To them, it was plain that they , must have sprung from a life of a much more settled and secluded east than that of an itinerant Italian musical professor. It was equally clear, from his wild, haggard, and mysterious looks, that he was no ordinary personage, and bad seen no common vicissitudes. The vaults of a dungeon, accordingly, were the local habitation which public rumour, in its love of the marvellous, seemed unanimously to assign to him. a* the only place where " the mighty magic" of his how could possibly have been acquired. Then, as to the delinquency which led to his incarceration, there were various accounts. Some ' imputed it to his having been a captain of banditti ; others, only a car !tuna° ; some to his having killed a man in a duel: but the more cur rent and generally received story was, that he had stabbed or poisoned his wife, or, as some said, his mistress ; although, as fame had aseribed to him no fewer than four mistresses, it was never clearly made out which of his seraglio it was who had fallen the victim of his vengeance. The story not improbably might have arisen from his having been confounded with a contemporary violin. player, of the name of Duranovrski, a Pole, to whom in person he bore some resemblance, and who, for some offence or other having beer. imprisoned at Milan, during the leisure which his capti vity afforded had contrived greatly to improve himself in his art; and when once it was embodied into shape, the fiction naturally enough might have obtained the more credence, from the fact that two of his moat distinguished predecessors, Tartini and Lolly, bad attained to the great mastery which they possessed over their instrument during a pe riod of solitude, the one within the walls of a cloister, the other in.the privacy and retirement of a remote country village. At all events, the rumours were universally circulated and believed, and the innocent and much injured Paganini had for many years unconsciously stood forth in the eyes of the world as a violator of the laws, and even a convicted murderer, not improbably, to a certain extent, reaping the golden fruits of that • bad eminence;' for public performers, as we too often pee, who have once lost their good name,' so far f rom finding themselves, in the words of /ago, poor indeed.' generally discover that they have only become objects of greater interest and attraction. How long he lied lived in the eujoyment of this supposed infamy, and all the be nefits accruing from it, we really cannot pretend to say ; but he seems never to have been made fully aware of the formidable position in which he stood until he had reached Vienna, when the That; iced Geseitc, in reviewing his first concert, dropped some pretty broad hints as to the rumoured misdeeds of his earlier life. Whereupon he resolved at once publicly to proclaim his innocence, and put down the calumny; for which purpose, on the 10th of April, 1828, there was inserted in the leading Vienna journals a manifesto, in Italian as well as Getman, sub. scribed by him, declaring that all these widely circulated rumours were false; that at no time, and under no Government whatever, had he ever offended against the laws, or been put under coercion ; and that he bad always demeened himself as became a peaceable and inoffensive member of society ; for the truth of which he referred to the magistracies of the different states under whose protection he had till then lived in the pub. lic exercise of his profession. " That such fictions should have got wind. is not at all to be won. tiered at ; for, besides the circumetances which we have above noticed, the romantic gaiety of his disposition, and his love of gallantry in his younger days, were constantly prompting him to seek ativentutes and arnusemer.t by assuming different ditguises and characters. Indeed, the pleasure which he felt in making his andience stare and gape with astonishment was not always confined to the concert-room ; it would teem that he would sometimes draw a long bow of another description, and enliven the conversation by retailing humorous anedotes of his own invention. His masquerading propensities frequently found vent in travelling, and among strangers where he was lust known ; and we are mid that, upon one occasion, finding himself seated nig-a-via in a dili gence with a very rich but not a very bright fellow-passenger, he con trived to dispel the tedium of the journey by passing himself oW for a certain well-known brigand, whose name at that time spread consterna. Lion and alarm throughout all Romagna—an announcement which, as it was any thing but belied by his personal appearance, produced an effect upon his companion of which, perhaps, we tray form some idea by figuring to ourselves a condemned criminal on his way to execution. "His whimsicalities, his love of fun, and many other points of his character, are sometimes curiously exemplified in his fantasies. He imitates in perfection the whistling and chirrupping of birds, the tink ling and tolling of bells, and almost every variety of tone which ad mits of being produced ; and in his performance of Le Streghe (The Witches,) a favourite interlude of his, where the tremulous voices of the old women are given with a truly singular and laughable effect, his via emits finds peculiar scope. " His command of the back-string of the instrument has always been an especial theme of worder and admiration, anti, in the opinion of some, could only be accounted for by resorting to the theory of the dungeon, and the supposition that his other strings being warn out, and not having it in his power to supply their places, he had been forced from necessity to take refuge in the string in question—a no tion very like that of a person who would aesert, that, for an opera dancer to learn to stand on one lee the true way would be to have but one leg to stand upon. We shall give Pagnitini's explanation of this mystery in his own words. " At Lucca, I had always to direct the opera when the reigning family visited the theatre; I played three times a week at the Court, and every fortnight superintended the arrangement of a grand concert for the Court parties, which, however, the reigning princess, Rhea Bacciocbi Princess of Lucca and Piombino, Napoleon's favourite sis. ter, was not always present at, or did not hear to the close, ns the harmonic tones of my violin were apt to grate her nerves, but there never felled to he present another much esteemed lady who, while I bad long admired her, bore (at least so I imagined) a recip rocal feel. ing towards me. Our passion gradually increased, and as it was ot eeimaiy to keep it concealed, the footing on which we stood with each other, became in consequence the more interesting. One t'sy I mo n-bed to surprise her, with a musical jeu d'esprit, which should have refetence to our mutual attachment. I accordingly announced for performance a comic novelty, to which I gave the name of Live Scene." All were curiously impatient to ':now what this should turn out eo he, when at last I appeared with my violin, from which I had taken rB' the two middle strings, leaving only the E and the G .tring. Ily the first of these I proposed to represent the lady. by the other the gentleman, and I proceeded to play a port of dialogue, in which I attempted to delineate the capricious quarrels aped reconcilia elens of lovers ; at one time scolding each other, at another sighing and makire tender advances, renewing their professions of love and esteem, and finally winding up die scene in the utmost good burnout and de. light. Having at last brought them into a state of the most perfect harmony, the united pair lead off a pas de deux, concluding with a bril. dent finale. The mu-ical scene went off with much eclat. The lady, who understood the whole perfectly, rewarded me with her gracious looks, the Princess was all kindness, overwhelmed me with applause, and, after complimenting me upon what I had been able to effect upon the two strings, expressed a wish to hear what I could execute upon one string. I immediately assented, the idea caught my fancy ; and as the F.mperor's birth-day took glace a few weeks afterwards, I composed my Sonata Napoleon' for the 0 string, and performed it upon that day le•fore the court with so much approbation, that a cantata of • internee, following immediately after it upon the same evening, ma completely extinguished. and produced no effect whatever. This is the first and true cause of my partiality for the C string and as they were always desirity to hear more of it, one day taught another, until at last my proficient/ in this department was completely eetablisbed. " We know no one who has been more. =city misrepresented than the subject of this notice. In reality a person of the gentlest and most inoffensive habits, he is any thing rather than the &velem ruffian he has been described. In his demeanour he is modest and un;:sanming, in his (lisp sitien liberal and generous to a fault. Like most artists, ar dent a.ul eilluisiastic in his temperament, and in his actions very much a creature of impulse, lie is full of all that unaffected simplicity which we almost invariably find associated with true genius. Helen an only son, by a Signora Antonia Bianchi, a singer from Palermo, with whose he lived fur several years until the summer of 1828, when he ens unties the necessity of separating from her in consequence of the extreme vio lence of her temper, and in this little boy all his affections are concen trated. He is a very precocious child, and already indicates soon signs of musical talent. Being of a delicate frame of health, Paganini never can hear to trust him out of his sight. "If I were to lose hint," says he, " I would be lost myself; it is quite impossible that I can ever se parate myself from hint ; when I awake in the night, he is my lint thought." Accordingly, ever since he parted front his mother, he has himself enacted the part of a child's nurse ; and that our readers may form some idea of the manner in which he acquits himself in this new capacity, and of the character of the young Paganini, we shall here insert a description with which we are furnished by a friend of his who hap pened to call upon him at his lodgings at Prague, in 1828 , in order to take him out to dinn e r. W e ma y ment i on t h at the youth goes by the classical cognomen of Achilles Lyrus Alexander. " • Evety thing was lying in its usual disorder; here one violin, there another, one snuff-box on the bed. another under one of the boy's play things. Music, money, caps, letters, watches and boots, were scattered about in the utmost confusion. T he chairs, tables, and even the bed had all been removed from their proper places. In the midst of the chaos sat Paganini. his black silk nightcap coveting his still blacker hair, q yellow handkerchief carelessly tied round his neck, and a cho oolate-eoloured jacket hanging loose upon his shoulders. On his in' es he held Achillino, his little son of four years of age, at that time in very bad humour becanse he bad to allow his hands to be wattled. • " His affectionate forbearance is truly astonishing. Let** boy be e er so .rutwlcstEne, he never gets angry, bat merely tutus round and obesevis t o twee meant, 4 The poor child is wearied, I do not know what I shall do, I am already quite worn out with playing with him. I have been fighting with him all the morning, I have carried him about, made him chocolate, I do not know what more to do:— It was enough to make one die of laughing, to see Paganini is his slippers fighting with his little son, who reached to about his hose i sometimes the little Aebillino would get into a rage, draw his tablet upon his father, who would retreat into a corner of the room, and call out Enough, enough lam wounded already i• but the little fel low would never leave of until be had had his gigantic adversary tot tering and prosttate on the bed. In the discharge of his filial duties, Paganini has always shown himself to be quite as exempluy as in that of ►is parental. The wealth which he hu amassed has been partly applied to provide for the corn., torts of his aged mother, and not unfrequendy dispensed in acts of bounty towards his more necessitous relations and Mends. Having now traversed Getmany, Paris, and London, will complete his profes sional tour, after which he intends to revisit Ida native city, and to see his mother once more." NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY. Yesterday the annual meeting took place, when the Mar quis of Cholmondeley was called to the chair. The plat form was fined with clergymen, officers of the navy, army, &c. The assembly was opened by a prayer, read by the Rev. Mr. Stewart, for a Divine blessing on the Institution. A report was then read of the operations of the society during last year, and the exertions of a travelling agent to establish auxiliaries in different parts of England ; as also the number of vessels supplied with the Scriptures ; the do nations received from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other parts; that 500 copies of the Scripture had in different languages been given to the society by the Bible Institution. Num bers were sent to South Wales, &c. and during the last 13 years, 252,000 had been distributed, making, on an average, 10,000 yearly ! The report further stated, there had been received, in donations, &c. by the society during the last year, 2,2201. and their expenditure was 2,0151. Lord Mountsandford proposed that the report should be printed. It was followed by the agent explaining the exertions he had made, and he gave many interesting anecdotes con nected with them. A warm discussion afterwards arose, similar to that agitated at the Bible Society last week ; and we noticed : namely, if Sociniane should be admitted into this society, which its original laws intended should be for Christians. The Rev. Mr. Melville first addressed the meet ing, and was followed by Lieutenant Rhind, R.N. Lord Calthorpe, Rev. Mr. Irving, and also Mr. Armstrong, with great animation, when it was carried that the laws should not be amended, but stand as they are ; so that Socinians are still entitled to be received as members. The meeting continued about five hours, and was crowded with both sexes ; and on breaking up, a liberal collection was made. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH E M P I R E. LEEDS PATRIOT, MAY 7. YORK, FRIDAY, 12 o'CLoce.—The snow (!) which fell this morning for three or four hams, has thrown a damp upon the spirits of those who came to York to enjoy the bustle of the election. Tanzz o'CLoci......At ten o'clock, the High Sheriff (Sir Harry James Gondricke) made his appearance on the hustings. The hustings were divided into three compartments, the centre of which was appro priated for the reception of ladies, of whom, notwithstanding the unfa. vourable aspect of the morning, a good number made their appearance. The polling booths, 20 in number, were arranged round the yard. The procession emtered the yard at half-past ten, preceded by flags, with the following inscription :—" GOD save the King." " A part iot King appeals to his people."— " England expects every man to do his duty"--" The King, the Bill, and the People, accompanied by bands of music. The four candi dates then entered the yard, each on horseback, in court dresses, and were receved with immense cheering. The scene, at this moment, was imposing in the extreme The morning had been remarkably stormy, but the sun now broke out from the clouds, and the day afterwards continued remarkably fine. The Castle-yard was filled with orange, and the different banners were arranged round the yard. Lord Mor petit and Sir John Johnstone took their stations in the right compart- ment of the hustings. Mr. Strickland and Mr. Ramsden took their stations on the left of the High Sheriff. Sir Edward Vavasour, Bart. came forward to propose Lord Viscount Blorpeth. John Marshall. jun. Esq. seconded the nomination. He felt that there was only one main consideration before them that day, and that Lord Morpeth would be the man of their choice on the ground of the support he had given to that Reform Bill, which was the cause of their assemblinit 4 b i at day. (Cheers.) Esq F. H. Fawkes, proposed Sir John Johnstone, which was se conded by Sir G. Cay, ey, Bart. Marroaduke Wyvill, Esq. proposed John Charles Ramaden, Esq. which was seconded by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, D.D. rector of Spofforth. F. Cholntley, Esq. of —proposed George Strickland, Esq. as a fit and proper person to represent the county in Parliament, in a neat and eloquent address, which was seconded by George Rawson, Req. of Leeds. The High Sheriff then called upon any other freeholder who might have a candidate to propose. No one answered, and the silence was received with three tremendous shouts for victory. As soon as silence was restored, Lord %lorpeth rose to address the freeholders, and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, waving of hats, orange handkerchiefs, and every demonstration of applanse.—Sir John Vanden Bempde John stone, But. acknowledged the kindness of his proposer and seconder, and said that their canvass had been one continued triumph. He declared himself prepared to give his support to the Bill, the whole Bill, through every stage of its progress, till it became part and parcel of the law of the land.—J. C. RarnsOrn, Fa+ next came forward, and was received with cheers. George Strickland, Esq. observed, that he considered the reform bill would benefit the fanner, by placing him and his landlord on one and the same footing, with respect to the representation. The High Sheriff then called for a show of hands in favour of and against each of the four candidates. Not a single hand was held up in opposition, and Lord Viscount 3lnrpeth, Sir John Vanden Bempde Johnstone. Bart John Charles Ranisden, Esq. and George Strickland, Esq. were declared duly elected Knights of the Shire, to represent the county of York in Parli.tment. F. H. Fawkes, Esq. proposed three cheers for a patriot King, which were immediately given. On the motion of Sir Gco. Cayley, three cheers were given for the Ministers, after which the national anthem was sung by the whole assembly, uncovered. The result was received with the most tremendous cheering. The usual formalities having been gone through, the several members returned thanks to their constituents. Sir Edward Vavasour then moved the thanks of the county to the 11 la h Sheriff for his attention to the business of the day, and the member. having got into their chairs, of which one was provided for each, drab:, by four horses, and splendidly decorated with orange and laurel, the ceremony was completed. LEEDS CORN MARKET, MAY S.—We have a good supply of Wheat ; but only moderate of other Grain. The trade has ruled ex tremely heavy; and hest Wheats are full Is. per quarter lower; whilst all secondary sorts are Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. The 3;al•sters se lect the little fresh Barleys at a decline of Is. per quarter ; and all mid dling sorts, as well as Foreign. are very dull, at a decline of 21. per quarter. Oats are very dull, and rather lower ; the same m a y b e s aid of Shelling. Good Beans full as dear. In other articles, we note no alteration. New Wheat, English, white, 645. 70s 745. Old. 60. 66s 745. Ditto, Red, 60s 64s 725. Old, 60s 66s 68s. Ditto, Foreign, 684 70s 72. per quarter. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, MAT 6.—The market is well sups plied with all sorts of grain. The best fresh English wheat is Is. to per quarter lower, though scarce; and even the finest Foreign had declined 2a. to 35. per quarter; whilst inferior of all descriptions is nearly unsaleable, though offered at a still further reduction. Barley is in very limited demand, and again rather lower. Oats and Shelling scarcely maintain late prices. In Beans and other articles no variation can be stated. Wheat per quarter of GOlbs to the bushel : Norfolk and Suffolk, Red, 66s to (18s; Fine, 725; Boston and Wisbeach, do flOs 66s ; Fine 70a; Yorkshire do f6s 60s ; Fine 64s • White 66s 70s ; Fin e 73 a; M ar k s , Brabant, and Pomerani a n, 60 s as ; Fine tills ; Seale and Stettin, 63. 70s; Fine 70s; Riga and Petersburgh, 58s 60a; Fine 60x; Archan. gel, ells to 565. lif4RßlED.—Leonard Thompson, Esq. eldest son o f G eorge Lowther Thompson FAq. of Sheriff Hutton Park, Yorkshire, to Bliss Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second daughter of Lord Milton, and grand-daughter of Earl Fitzwilliam—At Buretall, Lionel Knowles, Esq. of West-House, Goniersal, to Miss Crowther, of Bpen—William, eldest son of C. F. Busfeild, Esq. of Bradford, to Sarah, daughter of Capt. Priestley, of Stott Hill—Mr. Hurst, proprietor of the Wakefield and Halifax Journal, to Marianne, daughter of the Rev. T. Johnstone,, of Wakefield—The Rev. Cha.. Davies, B.A. Broadstairs, to Mary Ellen, second daughter of the late Col. Torte, of Snydall Hall. DIED.-70, the Rev. John S ta mp, dovernor of the Wesleyan Academy, Woodhouse Grove—Mr. Henry Staniland, of Selby.—Mr. Aquilla Thomas, of Holbeck, 70.-68, the Rev. James Oath", of Gorton.—At St. Ives, near Bingley, 48, Mr. James Constantine, of Hawonh, the last survivor of severa l p a i nters o f t h e same name 'and badly. THE CORNUBIAN. MAT 6. A Meeting was held at Boded!) yesterday for the nomination of two fit persons to serve as knights of the shire in the ensuing Parlia ment; and notwithstanding the heavy rain which continued almost without intermission through the day, upwards of 5,000 persons were present. F. W. L. Peadarves, Beg. one of the late Representatives, was mooned into the town by a numerous band of the yeomanry, who had breakfasted with him at the seatof Sir W. Molesworth ; but we regret to state that his friend, Wm. Peter, Esq. of Chiverton, was thrown from his Norse at some distance from Bodndn, and received such injuries as prevented his attendance. T. Coryton, Itaq. proposed Sir Richard Vyvyan as a fit and proper person to represent the county in Parliament; his public character stood so high as to require no eulogium from him. (Loud cries of disapprobation. The Right Hon. R. P. Carew observed that it was now six years since he had the honour to propose Sir Richard Vyvyan for this county. His conduct was before them during that period, and he could conu dently say, that the hon. baronet bad supported the interests of the nu merous classes of this industrions county;—whether he should appeal to the miners, the fishermen, or the agriculturists. John C. Rashleigh, Esq. proposed E. W. Pendarves, Esq. as a gen tleman who had first deserved their confidence from his attachment to Ithe cause of Reform, and who continued to do so by a steady adherence to his principles, by a studious attention to their local interests, by up holding, on all occasions, the liberties and welfare of his country, but more especially as the supporter of that measure of Parliamentary Reform which the Ministers had brought forward. Sir William Call with heartfelt pleasure seconded this proposal. Mr. Pendarves has always been the defender of the privileges and rights of the people of England—be never gave a vote contrary so those rights—was entitled to their exertions—was entitled to their gratitude. F. H. Roth, Esq. in proposing Lord Valletort, would only say that if ho considered the reform bill was necessary for the salvation of the country, he would not oppose it. He was always a friend to the agri cultural interest; the yeomanry knew well how he had lived among them, in truth and honesty. If this bill were carried the agricultural interest would be ruined. There will be six to one against the farmer; be will be thrown into a pit from which he will never arise. E. Collies, Esq. having been received with some marks of disapproba tion, and observing that he should no longer address himself to persons inclined to hear only one side of the question, concluded by seconding the nomination of lewd Valletort.: The Rev. Mr. Walker, iu proposing Sir Charles Lemon, remarked. that the lute father of the baronet had a particular mode of conciliating , all patties to him-elf. and his son now stood before the freeholders supported by his porsoual frieuds. even although they differ from him ' in opinion. Sir Charles Lemon follows in the steps of bib father as a staunch Reformer—and as the sur of every liberal institution. Mr. W. contended that schedoles Rand II contained the principle of the bill—the destruction of the rotten boroughs. Buller , Esq. observed, that when he first had the honour to ad-, dress the freeholders, it was to support a man who le acknowledged to have been one of the best representatives who ever passed the threshold of the House of Commons. He had now to second the nomination of the son of an individual who represented the county for half a century, and secured the approbation of every good man. (Cheers.) Sir Richard Vyvyan now came forward, but for a considerable time could not obtain a hearing. At length the Sheriff interfered, and Sir Richard Vyvyan called out , " If I am not allowed to ;speak no one else shall. He appeared before them that day to render an account of the trust which they had reposed in him, and to solicit the renewal thereof at their hands. (Considerable disapprobation.) It was to him a matter but of little importance whether they would hear him or not, hut he asked them, for their own sakes, whether the county should disgrace itself by clamour P becaure he knew full well that a time would come wit, n those muss clamorous against him, from conscientious WO dm, would do him justice. He ivialit have been as popular with them at that moment as any man who would undress them, if he had voted in tivour of di:" Reform Bill: and they would have declared him again to be a competent person to represent them. He might, it' he had pleased, for the sake of a little umporory popularity amongst them, have disgraced himself in his own opinion—(here the expressions of dissmi.beiion drowned the voice of the speaker). The High Sheriff now called for a show of hands, which was given in favour of Sir C. Lemon and Mr. Pentlarves. by a large majority. REPORT& Appeals and Seal, before the Loan CaastCsr.Lon, after Easter Term, 1831. Tuesday, May 10—Wright v. Tatam pan heard. Wednesday, 11, and Thursday, 12—Appeals. Friday, 13—The Seal. Bankrupt Petitions and Seal, before the Vick GIANCELLOI4 after Eager Term, 1831. Tuesday, May 10, Wednesday, 11, and Thursday, 12—Bankrupt Petitions. Friday, 13—The Seal. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. DALCILRISH V. nun:Jolt. The LOUD Curer JUSTICE delivered the judgment of the Court in this case. The only questing to be decided, his Lordship oltscreed,was whether or not the sentence of condemnation pronounced by the Court of Admiralty at Buenos Ayres was conclusive evidence of the fact of the master of the ship in question :laving broken the blockade of the above port. The law upon this point. as laid down in an the cases on the sub ject, was quite settled. It was this—wherever the ground of the dzci. don of condemnation was cletuly and distinctly stated in the sentence itself, it was to be taken as conclusive evidence of the fact so alleged as the ground of such condemnation ; but where the sentence did not state it, or left it in a state of doubt, then the question was left open to extrinsic evidence. In the present case the sentence stated various grounds of condemnation, mie of which was, that the vessel had sailed from Liverpool for the port of Buenos Ayres, which watt known. before she sailed, to be in a state of blockade, and had thus rendered her voyage altogether illegal. Here, therefore, was an alleged ground of condemnation, different from that of the Captain having broken the blockade, and one which was mistaken in point of law, inasmuch as such a circumstance, even if true, was not ono which would render the voyage illegal. The Court was of opinion, therefore, that the sentence of condemnation in the present case did not furnish conclusive proof of the master having violated the blockade, and that the other facts stated on the trial proved that he had neither done so nor intended to do so, and, therefore, there must be judgment for the plaintiff. MIDDLESEX Sii.AONS, Mk: 10. James Ifamis was indicted for a gross assault upon a Mrs. Hutchin. son. From her evidance it appeared that she was a married woman, and a lodger in the 110416 C of the prisoner. One day, in April last, he asked her to go with him to the Court of Rerests, as a witness for him ; in comin4 home they had some ale in a public-house ; after leav ing it. Ilia prisoner said he had anotiler house to call at before going home ; she accompanied him. They went upstairs into a room where a women was siding, but she left the room immediately, when the pri. toner teak off her bonnet, one pushed her on the bed, but she resister! ; and on a wthoua uomicg to the door for money. she ran down stairs and came away. The husband was called, but was not allowed to give any evidence, as all he knew was only hearsay. Mr. rummies, for the prisoner, said no person could believe a word that came from the prosecutrix "; but he would callp witness who would prove that on the night of the day when the offence was said to have been committed, the prosecutrix took tea with the prisoner and his wife, borrowed 2s. of him, and nothing was said of this charge. He ,aeu c.:ll‘d Swan Williams, who proved these things. He also called the servant in the house in question, and said he would spare her modesty, but would ask her was she a servant of a house of 111-fame In April ? She proved that she saw both the proaecutrix and the prisoner some time in April, in a room together; the woman took off her bonnet, and kissed the prisoner before she left the room. At this stage the Chairman stopped the ease, and pot it to the Jury whether they wanted more evidence ? The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. POLIO E REPORTS. OunnuaLL.--John Dobbs was charged yesterday with stealing • saddle, the property of the Rev. Mt. Long, of Hunger, Norfolk.— Titer. was a second charge of stealing a horse out of Norfolk. Mr. Dufl a saddler, in Lung-lane, deposed that the prisoner on Thursday morning said he wanted to exchange a saddle fur some halters. Witness showed him six. and prisoner asked what he would give to boot. Witness offo.red him a sovereign, and asked him if he was known in the neighbourhood. Prisoner said his name was John Brown, and ha was lodging at the Fountain, at Clapham.— In tl'c evening the prisoner come again to the shop, and said he was known at a public-house in Albemarle-street ' Clerkenwell, and witness offered to go immediately there with hi m . This, however, he declined, and being asked his name, and givin g th at o f J o h n D obbs (not Brown, as before), witness suspected he had stolen the saddle, de tabled him, an& traced the owner. The Reverend Mr. Long said, the prisoner lived as under-groom in his service, about two years ago. He bad been about the premises lately, an d been suspected of stealing this saddle on the 27th ult.— The bone was stolen ham another party. The prisoner was accordingly committed on thischarge, and remanded on that of stealing the horse. Bow-Srnitsr.--Roaanny IT SERVARTlVelttelday, two females, named Mary Taasby and Eugenia Colville, the latter of whom is a moire of France. and a man noosed Gash, were brought before Sir R. Birnie and Mr. Halls, the flagill WO shagged with having robbed their master, Mr. Hawn, the neelemiler, el the Strand, who is also musical conductor at the &JIM Opera, of a quantity of wine, and other articles. The Frenchwoman was admitted approve, sad deposed that she suffered Tansby to put several bottles of wine Into her box, without knowing how it had been procured. The prisoner Tanaby did not deny the fact, but endeavoured to in. eulpate her fellow servant. Oc was fully committed to take her Mal for the offence; hut o h, e tson denc e e r ag Ctr a k st s h as u f LAMICET/I•llTlEzr. — Yestftday, AMU and John Oren, ti t h er sod discharged, in consequence of the sli g h tness of ti, most, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-hous e of m e r beri, at West an, on Sunday night, and stealing therae o , vari 7 u . H , articles of property. Samuel Gulbrage, a Bow-street patrol, stopped the prisoners not their residence. in the Irish-row, on the Ilford road, and on exaent o i, a sack which the father carried, he found it to contain a gr eat ono : which had been stolen from Mr. Lambert's ; but though he .ear,,, d the house minutely, be could not discover any more of the stolen p o . PertY• The prisoners, in defence, said they found the cost in a field, a s were going to work, on Monday morning; but on examining rites repsrately, they so varied in their story, that the Magistrates e c nhsad u t them for a week. Untox-sait..—Jomes Wood, a retail beerseller residing at B ac h. side, was charged with suffering gambling in his house, contrary to t b, tenor of his license. Gill, the officer, stated that on the evening of the 29th ult. there ism several persons in the taproom, who appeared by their dress to h e out and hop porters, and six out of the number were seated round a tali, and playing the game of all fours; they had beer in pots before th ou. The defendant said that he was ignorant that permitting wen to 111 1 y cards, when they did not play for money, was an offence against tine sea. tote which regulated the new beer shops. Mr. Staples the chief clerk, roul the copy of a fo rmer conviction against the offender, by which it appeared that a fine of 40s. was inflict e d on him the 30th of September. The Rev. Mr. Mann, residing at Backside, stated, that no house of the description could possibly be worse conducted than that of the de fendant. There was noise and confusion therein from morning um late nt night, and if such a nuisance was permitted to elk, h e (11,. Mann) had no other alternative than to leave a house in which he had resided for a great portion of his life, without being subjected to that about which he now complained. He added, that he never heard or saw any of these goings on at the houses of the licenmd victuallers who dwelt in the immediate vicinity of his house, and such was the Won. venience to which he was now subjected, that he could not enter his study, which was situated at the rear of his house, owing to the rice and disturbance in the defendant's beer.shop. Thu magistrates decided that the MSC was satisfactorily proved against the defendant, and as this was his second offence, they should inflict a penalty of rd. and costa. For the third offence, they informed him that ne would render himself liable to a fine of not less than 2til. besides being disqualified front selling beer for two years. On the defendant', application, he was allowed until Saturday to pay the tine. John Church, another retail beer seller in the New Kent-road, pleaded guilty to an information, charging him with keeping open his house and permitting hoer to be drank after 10 o'clock at night. This being the defendant's second offence, he was also lined dl. togethet with the payment of acts; the magistrates giving him the same caution with regard to the punishment for the third offence, as they did the defendant in the tonnes case. BIRTHS. The Bth inst. at Bmmley-house,tWeLady Sarah Murray, of a son— Tbe 9th inst. in Baker.strect, the Lady of I'. Wilson, Esq. of a 14)11 —At Gil.tnn-park•, flats, on the 29th ult. the Lady of 11. G. Ward, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. The 10th inst. at St. platy's, Islington, J. G. Pittard, E•q. of Tyndale-place, to &mints, youngest thiughier of the laic W. Sabine. Esq. of Islington.—The 10th Met. at Si. Mary's, Islington, J. Col. ling, Esq. of Upper Bedford-place, to Eliza!): th, only daughter of the late A. Weston, Esq. of Fenchurch.strect.—At S.. James's Church, on the lOth inst. G. E. Van Hey ilinysen, RSIf. of the 24th Regiment of ihc lion. Company's Service. to Zillah. (Meat daughter of r. L. Hull, Esq. of Lower Iledfind-place, Ruraell.square. DIED. The 7th inst. the Rev. T. irialliT;of Radnor.house, Twickenham, aged 64.—M Poplar, on the 9410 inst. in her 24th year, Miss Mary Ann Aldrich, only daughter of Mr. Charles Aldrich, late of New Bond. street. and niece of the Rev. William Aldrich, of Royton, in the eounty of Suffolk.—The 911, init. T. Fla. hnian. Esq. of Ely.pluce, Holborn, aged 68.—The 7th inst. Mr s . Erma, of Adelphi.place, Camberwell, daughter of the bite C. Gastineau, Esq.—The 10th inst., at her hone. Angel place, Skintier-sttect, Bishopagate. Ann, relict of the late S. Nash, Esq.—The oth inss in the ii3d year of his age, T. Massey, Esq. of Rood-lane, wine and brandy merclunti.—The 10th inst. Jane Pris. cilia, wife of 111 r. U. (Moe. of klng.street. thinw-hill, in her 57. h year. —At Chelsea, on the 9th inst. of apoplexy, in her 40th year, the wife. of Mr. Vl r rentmorc, of Charles -street, Si. James'it.aquare, solicitor. FT is an old saying, " Tell the truth and fear nobody."— IT There are Ladies and Gentlemen In Great Britain, as well non the Continent, who have been humbugged by various pretenders ; some prejoare Pastes or Powders; others Tinctures, &c. for Dying the Hair. The Pastes and Powders are generally prepared with lime, white lead, mercury, or other such slow poisons, which are injurious to health, and troublesome to use, as they .are obliged for hours to have cabbage leaves or wet skins on their head, to prevent burning the hair, and at last it does not answer the purpose, as several gentletnee who have used it to their whiskers have been obliged to have them shaved of, as it made them dark at the tips and white at the roots, which made them look like a magpie. and those who used tincture, which are generally prepared with lunar caustic, silver. &c. which generally turns the hair purple • but the IMPROVED RUSSIA DYE, with the extra gold ingre dient, is now proved to be the ably article that will change red or grey hair to brown black In a few mi. mutts, and is quite innocent, and changes grey hair as quick as ink does paper • and when the roots of the whiskers, when they grow, and naturally be grey. are painted with a pencil with some Russia Dye, they will immediately turn dark, which is a great ornament to gentlemen • and also when gentlemen have thin grey whiskers, the Im. proved Ru ssia: Dye, with the extra gold ingredient, makes them not only dark, but also makes them look nearly double the quantity, which the Proprietor will toovinee Gentlemen who call upon him. And still further to convince Gentlemen, if they call at the Proprietor's, No. 9, Poland -street, Oxford-street, every Wednesday, from Twelve till Three, they will see a Gentleman, above 65 years of age, with whiskers of a beautiful brown black, like a Young Gentleman of 50. The Proprietor will thank Vender,, who have any Russia Dye on hand before it was imptoved with the extra gold ingreditnt, to mod it him, and he will change It, as the Proprietor wishes none to be sold unless prepared with the extra ingredient, as the Proprietor must con. feu they were a little humbugged also. Ask for Prince's Improved Russia Dye, Half-a-Guinea a Bottle, Two Bottles for One Pound, or a I•ozen for 51. Also, TO WEARERS OF FALSE HAIII.—A Valuable Disanetl to Ladies and Gentlemen who wear false hair, as by putting a little of that valuable discovery, the GOLDEN CEMENT, inside the false hair, it will stick tight on the bead, and not move, as if it bad grown there, without having occasion for any fastening. The Faculty have, of late, found out that persons who wear false Bair fastened by springs, strings, or any other tightness, makes a mark rnunJ tic bead, and prevents the blood from circulating, and subjects the w to headaches. giddiness, apoplexy, and other complaints; but by using that great discovery, the Golden Cement, the false hair will be worn comfortably (and Is as pure and innocent as gold), and the wearer will not be subject to the above complaints. nere ate several bale- , itegtert who f.t.t..r. tha false Bair with paste, gums, &c. which, wino, r t .-red en the 1:, , a.; re also unhealthy, as they stop the circuidtiutt of the pores; and 6‘,i.lve, it is not safe, for if a gentleman takes his hat of, he has a cha nces to take the talsehz.ir with it, as they do not keep the false hair tight to the head ; but when the false bait is fastened with the Goden Cement, nothing will remove it from the head, unless taken off purposely. Particulars are in the direction, so as any lady or gentlemsa Buy use it themselves with ease in a moment; and if any gentleman will favour the Proprietor with a call, be will show him bow to fasten the false hair, and will convince him that the 5 olden Cement is the most valuable article for the purpose. Also, persona wearing artificial teeth, by putting a little of the Golden Cement on the top of the false teeth, they will stick to the gums without any other fastening. There are several ladies and gentlemen who wear whole top sets of artificial teeth, with no other fastening but a little Golden Cement. Ask for Prince's Golden Cement, Half-a-Guinea a Bottle. Two Bottles for One Pound, or a Dozen for 51. Sold by the Proprietor, Mr. Prince, Is, Poland -street, Oxford-street: Sanget, 150, Oxford-street, opposite New Bond.street ; Prout, 22 6 . Strand ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; or of the prindpal Perfumers and Medicine Venden. Keep In all climates—the older the better. Merchants and Captl 93 will receive liberal allowance for exportation. ilk Forwarded to any part of the Country, or to the Continent, by sending a remittance. Direct to the Proprietor, Mr. Prince, 9, Poland• street, Oxfoed-street, London. Cauxtox—As there are spurious In circulation, be partial'sr and observe, each Bottle has Prince on the Cover and Seal, and the Pro prietor's name, A. Prince, 9, Poland-street, Oxford -street, London: without it, is not genuine, and to imitate it, is felony. For the convenience of Merchants sad Captains in the C;ty, whn have not any particular Wholesale Perfumer or Medicine Vendcr, who serves them, and it is not convenient to come to Mr. Prince, 9, Poland street, by giving their order to Mr. J o h nson , gg, Comb 11, it will th-' executed, as Mr. J. has it in his power to give the same Thscount as the Proprietor allows. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 2H. 9m. I Afternoon LONDON: Piloted and rubi.... l -h....- 4 by JOHN 11.erms, at the Sig" Orrici, No. 1. Pickett-place, Temple Bar.