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s LINES ST AN ocractreaatax, WHO HADSTEN AWAKIDED ST His YOUNG Mai AND AELVD WHAT kit HAD SEIM DRICAIiIIiG ABOUT. I clream'd that in Elysium, at a fair, Venus I fcund a wholesale dealer there; ller stuck of merchandize she quickly sold To ready customers, both young arid old ; I cheap'ned kisses of her favourite doves. For which I wrs to pay in pairs of gloves: But, ere the sale takes place, my hopes are cross'd, For, wak'd by you, my bargain now is lost. Since, then, I've told you how it fairly stood, I trust, in honour, you will make it good! EPIGRAM. , A couple of subalterns on half-pay, passing, a few days since, through Pall-mall, were much struck with the portly appearance of his Ma jesty's porter, and the following dialogue ensued: Quoth Brown to Smith, " I'm monstrous thin, Oh, far yon porter's place! No more half-pay--I'd soon begin, To sport as plump a face !' Quoth Smith, " That you might porter be I own there's little doubt; Yet still I fear, my poor H. P. You'd ne'er become Brown *tont !" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS. (FRoM THE LITERARY CHRONICLE.) Among the improvements at the west end of the metropolis, it is rumoured that one is projected which will confer much beauty on Pall-mall, by laying open the extremity of that street to the Green Park. The effect cannot fail of being peculiarly picturesque, especially if, as will most probably be the case, the view thus obtained be seen through a magnificent arch, of such dimensions as not to obstruct the pro spect, while it serves as a fine architectural frame to the natural scenery seen beyond it. Although there is hardly any species of public monument more susceptible of splendid decoration, or more imposing in effect than gates, or, as they are generally denominated, " triumphal arches," we • possess not a single specimen of such a structure : for it would he a libel on our national taste, for one mo ment to suppose that we could deign to quote Tem ple-bar, as an exception to our remark. Should this plan be carried into execution, the space immediately before Carlton Palace would command three fine vistas, of which that to the west would be termi nated by a cheering glimpse of theorerdure of the Park. But while the spirit of improvement is lauda bly employed in embellishing the environs of the Sovereign's residence, and rescuing this portion of the town from the architectural monotony and dul ness and insipidity which has so long been the re proach of our metropolis, we should hope that other quarters will receive some of those improvements which their increased extent and importance demand. It is much to be regretted that there exists no direct line of communication between the Strand and the neighbourhood of Russell and Bedford-squares, ex cept the filthy and wretched street called Drury-lane. Were this widened and entirely rebuilt with good shops, and the avenue carried in a straight line to Sotnerset-house, this part of the town would be ma terially benefitted ; while the increased value of pro perty in this situation would fully repay the outlay of capital. A direct communication is also much wanted between Holborn and the Strand, through Lincoln's inn-fields. In passing through this part of the town, one is continually tempted to accuse the stupidity or perverseness of our ancestors, who seemed to have delighted in nothing so much as narrowness and tor tuosity, and their consequent inconvenience. In re fleeting upon this extraordinary propensity, one would imagine that, by some fatal blunder, they always mis took the angustuic for the augustum, and had formed a theory accordingly—there have Leen blunders even still more fatal and equally gross and palpable. A gold mine has been discovered in North Caro lina, America, which promises to be very valuable. A piece of native gold was found worth 1700 dollars. About three weeks ago, Captain F. returned from a long residruce in Jamaica, bringing over with him two of the bloodhounds from the Island of Cuba. They had remained about a fortnight in London,when the Captain sent them. on Tuesday week by the wag gon to Salisbury, where they were received, and pro perly secured in a stable. On the following Friday, however, the dogs presented themselves at their mas ter's lodgings in town, and while conjecture was yet busy as to the manner of their return, the man in whose charge they had been placed, called to say the dogs had gnawed away their fastenings, had worked a bele through the stable, and had escaped; and as be knew the value set upon them, he had hastened to town in the hope of hearing of them upon the road, or of giving such early intelligenceof their escape as might lead to their immediate recovery. Nothing could equal the surprise of the man when he learned that the dogs had anticipated the messenger. The late ltev. Mr. B—, of Breehin, was one even ing, after dark, attacked on the road, near the dens of Leuchlantl, by a footpad, who seized his horse's bridle, and sternly demanded his money; the Minis ter, recovering a little from his surprise, recognized in the person of the robber a townsman of his own s and coolly addressed him in his homely way, " Aye, aye s J o hn, what time took ye to this trade, man!" The villain immediately disappeared. The iotation in which the h ish Bishops sit in Par liament is according to a double cycle: the one con sisting of the four Archbishops, and the other of the • eighteen Bishops. The cycle of the Archbishops is completed in four Sessions : that of the Bishops ini six, there being three Bishops in rotation every Ses- sion. The two cycles commenced together the first S!ision af.er the U.,i.m. At the end of twelve Ses sions they again commence together, and will con - stantly continue so to do at the end of twelve Ses `sions. The following list completes the whole rota tion of twelve Sessions: 1. Primate, Meath, Kildare, Derry. 2. Dublin, Raphoe ' limerick, Dromore. 3. Cashel, F.lphin , Down, Waterford. 4. Timm, Ferns, Cloyne, Cork. 5. Primate, Killalot, Kilntore, Clogker. 6. Dublin, °Lusty, Killala, Clonfen. 7. Cashel, 3leath, Kildare, Derry. 8. Tuani, Raphoe, Limerick, Drama& 9. Primate lilphin, Dawn W ater f or d. 10. Dublin , Cirque, Cork. 1 l Caskmil, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clasher. 11Z. Ossory, Killaloe, Clonfert. AN IRISH BANDIT CHIEFTAIN: COUNTY OF COitIC ASSIZES. Thursday seinnight the following fiery intereatisi trial took place in the County Court. David Nagle stood charged with feloniously taking ;urns lrom the house of Thomas Wood; for aiding and assisting in taking the same, and for causing them Ito be delivered by Charlotte Wood, through threats and intimidation. Charlotte Wood, the wife of Dr. Wood, who re sides at Coolgrisk, deposed, that on the night of the 20th May, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the family, being then in bed, were alarmed by a rapping at the front and back door, and a call of " open the door, bring a light—arms," Witness requested the Doctor to give the arms or she would drop dead. Dr. Wood got up, opened the window, and asked what was wanted ? to which an answer was given from without—" arms ;" and another voice called out to , shut the window, or they would fire. Witness said to , them, that perhaps while she was shutting it they would fire, to which a voice, which she ascertained to be that of the leader, said they would not, but told her to come and open the door; she descended accordingly, and called a servant on her way down to light a candle ; the rapping continued very loud, and witness, requested that they would not break the door, to which the same voice that she had before distin guished said they should not, but to make haste; the servant then came forward and opened the door, and witness went partly up stairs, from whence she could see several armed men come in ; the Doctor, who bad not come down, addressing them, desired their leader to come forward, upon which a person did, and asked for arms, upon which she, without giving the Doctor time to reply, ran down to the hall, and said, as the Doctor did not fire on them,' she hoped he, the leader, would not suffer his men to do them any injury or trespass. The leader said, turn ing to one of his men, " Come up stairs with me, First Lieutenant;" and to another, whom he placed on the door, 66 Take care, Second Lieutenant, not to let any of the men enter the house, or do anything out side to injure the concerns." Then, turning to wit ness, he said, " Now, Ma'am, shew use the arms."— She then went up, accompanied by the Doctor and maid -servant, and followed by the two men, the leader and the First Lieutenant, and went into the bed-room, where the arms were, which she pointed out, and they took them. They consisted of a gun, blunderbuss, and a cane sword. The leader begged she would not be alarmed ; said that it grieved him to see her so agitated, and asked her if she had not a case of pistols in the house, as he understood she had ? There was a wardrobe in the room which he desired to be opened. In this were some brooches, rings, and all the plate - in the house, which, when he saw he desired her in a hurried manner to lock the door, which she did.. Observing what was on the table, he asked her if it 'was hers? She said it was, upon which he desired her to put it on the top of the wardrobe, as he was afraid, while he was speak ing to her, some of the people would take any pro perty ; but, he added, if they did they should suffer for it. A man, one of the party, come up at that moment, and said to the leader, that there were se veral things in the house which would be useful, and asked leave to take them. He stamped, and said, if the house was filled with silver he would not suffer it to be touched. Just then a voice from below said, " Captain, if you don't make haste, we will fire up." Upon which the First Lieutenant said, " Captain, the men have burst into the hall, and will do mischief." He asked the witness if the gun which he held in his hand was loaded? She told him it was, upon which he sprung to the landingwl:tce, which commanded the hall, which she then observed was filled with armed men, four being at the foot of the stairs, with their guns pointed at them. Theleader presented his gun at them, saying, in an angry tone, to go out or he would fire. Then turning to witness, he said, " he hoped she was satisfied; he did'nt mean that any mischief or harm should occur to her." He then returned to the room, looked under a bureau, where there was a hot, with three locks to it, but immediately yarned away. He tock from a desk a few. flints and balls and a little powder, but returned the horn, saying be would not take anything from her. There were two large chests in a closet adjoining the room, but he did not require to have these opened, though she offered to do so. He requested her to put on more clothes, as he was afraid she would get cold, and regretted extremely that he had been obliged to come there. He next asked what the hour was? She took her watch from the head of the bed, and shewed it to him. After looking at it, he desired her to put it up at once. She said to him, that when it was known they had lost their arms, their house would be attacked by robbers, and asked him if he would return them ? He first said, " he would take it into consideration," and that after that, "he would if possible." He then said, " Good night, Madam, GOD bless you," descended, and went out, upon which she desired the servant to shut the door, and beard men outside speaking to him in a very angry manner. He then said, 66 Mrs. Wood come out. She went to the door with alight in het band—the men continued speaking very an grily; he said nothing, threw his gun carelessly across his shoulder, and notwithstanding his former kind and respectful demeanour, she thought they were going to make him fire at her; he looked at her for two or three minutes, and then said—" Let the Doc tor take care of his conduct in future—good night— GOD bless you," and then went away. It was the pri soner whom she now identified. Judith Quinlan, the servant-woman mentioned by Mrs. Wood as 'lrving accompanied her when the rapping was at the door, and subsequently up stairs, WaS next examined, and deposed to the same facts &bather mistress had done. Neither was cross-examined. Mr. HOWARD, Agent for the prisoner, now stated that the prisoner wished to withdraw his plea of Not _Guilty; and substitute that of Guilty. He would have done this at the commencement of the trial, but would thereby havelost the benefit of those mitigating cir cumstances which had been stated by Mrs. Wood. Mr. Justice %mos said Mr. Howt-d would see that the prisoner would not put himself in a better ( situation than if the ease went to the Jury. He there fore thought it would be the better way to let the evidence lot the Crown, met least of the witness on the table, proceed.—A few additional questions were then put to her, when the Counsel f r the Crown in timated that they had closed ; andl o his Lordship being iaformed that it was not intended to exaMine any . witnesses for the prisoner, he proceeded to charge thel Jury, in the course of which he observed upon what • had Wien *so humanely said Wood upon the IgenttecOndoet of The Jory then retired,' snd in a few minutes re ! turned with a verdict of Guilty—the Foreman at the same time addressing his Lordship, said, he was in structed by his brother Jurors to recommend the pri soner to mercy. Mr. Justice Buturusr." yes, Gentlemen, I shall certainly transmit your recommendation to the pro per quarter." The prisoner was then placed at the bar, and Mr. Justice BuitroN having passed sentence of death on him, he was removed from the bar. POLICE LVTELLIGENCE. Bow-STREET.—Mr.Robertson, the Treasurer of Covent-Garden Theatre, accompanied by a Solicitor, presented himself before Sir RICHARD Bt RN I g yester day morning, to request the assistance of the police in the expulsion of Mr. James Brandon from certain premises attached to that Theatre, of which premises he had obtained forcible and illegal possession, as they alleged. All the town knows that Mr. James Manion has been box-book and house-keeper of Covent-Garden Theatre for more than half a eentury. It appears, however, by the statement of the Gentlemen above mentioned, that the present Directors ot the Theatre wished him to retire ; in fact, that they gave him notice to quit their service, and in consideration of his past services, they offered him a liberal retiring annuity. This offer Mr. Brandon thought proper 'to reject, and he continued to hold the house and box-office in Hart-street in defiance of their injunctions to the contrary. Things were in this state up to Tuesday last, when Mr. Robertson, the Trea surer, instructed by the Managers, Messrs. Forbes, Willet, and Kemble, who, it seems, are all out of town, obtained possession of the premises by the ex ercise of a little generalship. Taking advantage of a moment when Mr. Brandon was out, and when the door of the house was accidentally open, he sent in five carpenters belonging to the Theatre, he himself waiting at the door until Mr. Brandon returned, and he then told him what had'been done in his absence, at the same time assuring him that Messrs. Forbes, Willet, and Kemble, had no desire to inconvenience him ; and, if he would promise to quit the premises, ample time and every accommodation would be given him far removal of his furniture. But. Mr. Brandon refused to listen to anything, and went away in anger. —The five carpenters, therefore, remained in quiet possession up to ten o'clock on Wednesday night, when somebody knocked at the door, and on their opening it Mr. Brandon walked in, telling.them they were trespassers on his property, and ordering them to quit instantly. The carpenters refused to quit, unless they were expelled by force; and this force was soon at hand, for, it seems, that at the same moment in which Mr. Brandon entered the door, a large party of his relatives and friends, assisted by Bill Perry, the fireman, and other discharged ser vants of the Theatre, entered the house by a trap door on the roof, and they now came trooping dawn the stairs en masse. The astonished carpenters were now gently expelled, and Mr. Brandon and his party remained in possession. This was the substance of Mr. Robertson's state meat, and both he and the solicitor seemed to think that Sir Richard would assist them in recovering the possession they had lost. Sir RICHARD, however, observed that he did not feel himself-authorised to perinit any of the police officers to interfere in a disputed possession; but, as a friend to the Theatre, he would write a note to Mr. Biandon, requesting his attendance ; and, 'provided Mr. B. thought proper to attend, he should be happy to lend his assistance in bringing about an amicable arrangement. The applicants thanked his Worship.. The note was dispatched, and the messenger returned, saying Mr. Brandon would send an answer in a few minutes, when he had consulted with his friend, Mr. G. Robins. By and by Mr. George Robins (the auctioneer in Covent-garden Piazza) entered the Office, and avowed himself the friend of Mr. Brandon, and the adviser of all that he had done. He considered Mr. Brandon to have been very ill used, and he was ready to defaid hilt to the uttermost. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE recommended the parties to retire to a private room, as there was much public business waiting ; and he said, if he could be of any service in theconferencehe would willingly join them. The parties accordingly withdrew--Messrs. Robins, Robertson, and the Solicitor for the Theatre; but in less than a quarter of an hour they separated as much at odds as ever—Mr. Robertson and the Solicitor in sisting that Mr. Brandon should unconditionally give up possession of the premises before they could listen to any other proposition ; and Mr. Robins declaring that he should treat only beneath the root. Mr. Robertson they presented, pitn l elf once more before Sir RICHARD Btntsta in detrublic Office, and after thanking him for his friendly interference, and apologizing for the trouble he hid given him, stated his intention of applying for further instructions to the Proprietors. With respect to the annuity stated ,by Mr. Ro bertson to have been offered to Mr. Brandon as an equivalent for his past services, the following expla • nation was given on his part :—Messrs. Forbes, \Va let, and Kemble, proposed to allow Mr. Brandon an annuity of 200/. provided he would give up the pre mises, and raise altogether from his office ; and pro vided, also, Mr. Harris, who holds seven-twelfths of the property in the Theatre, would pay 1201. per an num towards the said 2001. per annum. This proposition Mr. Harris declined, on two grounds. In the first place, he himself bad given up the entire management of the Theatre for eight years, to Messrs. Forbes,Willet, and Kemble, for a considera tion of 1,5001. per annum, and they had tkeiefoi eno right to call upon him for any incidental expense; and, in the second place, that be was so well satis fied that Mr. Brandon's retiring would be an injury to the Theatre, that he would rather give him the 1201. a-year to remain in its service, than to quit. it. ..• thrsow-Hew.--gasepli &adman and Morzorcl, hie wife, were tharged with a fraud. The female, dressed in a very dashing little, wed to enter pawnbrokers shops, with a child in her suns, and pulling a coral off its waist, offer it as a gold one, to pledge at frogs Iss. to 30s. The ttst of arta fords it always withstood, being made of diver t well coated w.th gold; and she üb.airted such sums in a great many instances. Au assay, hcw • I ever, dired the trick, which *at Made known tbrough Fla • trade, and the female was stopped on Tuesday evenitig,Alfaiing to pledge for 11. one of her K warranted gold" corals. at lip)sar t . ilon s, :n the Borough ; and her husband, who confesses hi !t to be the maker, was aftetwaids secured, on his applying to 1)h bee off.' The husband was reminded, and the fringe ctimptifted for trial. HA rrom-Gmtrov4.—W. Ware was charged with stealing a bogie horn from the shop of Mr. Dale, in the Poultry. On missing the article, Sir. Dale applied to different pawnbrokers, _and found it had been pledged for 30s. at Mr. Ilenton's , in High Holborn. Limbrick was dispatched to fetch Mr. Benton and the horn, and soon returned with the shopman and the prisoner. —The latter had entered the shop at the same time with Limbrick, with a young man, to whom he was about to sell the duplicate.—Remanded. ALtaLtottoccn-Sraczy.—E. Chandler, a chimney-sweep, was fully committed,,for stealing a silver spoon from the house of the Dowager Duchess of Rutland, in Sackville-street, In which he was employed iq the exercise of his vocation. ' Elizabeth Skeen was charged with stealing a set of bagpipes, the property of M. O'Flannagan, The blinstrel was amusing a large company, at a public-house, in St. Giles's, with his harmonious notes, which so captivated the prisoner, that, on his laying then down, she removed them to her uncle Vice Balls, for safe keer ing, who rewarded her with half-a-crown, and the Magistr-te further rewarded her with free quarters in Newgate. GUILDHALL. —G. Day was finally examined for robbing his muter, Mr. Froudfoot, of Redcross.street, of snap to the amount of £lOO, in the last four months ; as was also J. Bur:sett, charged with receiving the same.—The prisoners were both csuomitted. Laiostru-Svitstr.—C. Ellis, C. Thence, and another, who were engaged in hunting the bullock that caused so much mischief in Whitechapel, on Wednesday, were committed to hard labour for fourteen days. Tuguss Police.— Ammeter Trard was remanded, charged with skulking into the shop of Messrs. Burkett and Co. musical instrument-maker:, in Bond-street, yesterday . morning, while the boy was sweeping the shop, and stealing thereoUt a guitar, value £2. Captain Williams, of the Fasces, lying off Linsehouse, was charged with having a quantity of fir board, mats , and a ham mock, King's stores, on board. In defence, he said he had car ried troops to tile ape, and had no doubt the articles were left by them. The Solicitor said he had no right to bring these things back, and the Magistrate fined hint £3. DESPERATE OUTR.4GE AT KINGSTON. Two men, well known at all the metropolitan Po lice Offices, named Ckaaes Hutchins and noted Smart, as common informers, lately paid a visit to Kingston and the towns adjacent, where they have been following their profession nu secret, amongst the coach-proprietors and coal-merchants, against whom they filed informations—the former fraternity for u. fences under the Coo& Act, and the latter for those under the Coal Laws. These worthies, fearful, should their occupation be discovered, that they •would be roughly treated by the town\ peovle, took care tfll keep themselves out of company, an'! took a lodging at an inn in the town, where they were treated as Gentlemen. At length all the coachmen and coal merchants were served with summonses, to answer the information before a Bench of Magistrates at the Sessions House; and accordingly, on Saturday last they attended the Court, when to their astonislunent they found the two supposed Gentletup( present in tha characters of an informer and witness. The cases were gone into, and what with informalities and want of evidence, most of them were quashed. The result soon spread in the town, and almost immediately after the Court broke up, upwards of 2,000 people had collected round the Sessions-House, and were pro vided with filth, rotten eggs, stones, and other mis siles, for the purpose of attacking the informers when they came out. In a few minutes Hutchins made his appearance under the protection of a constable, nom whom the mob soon rescued him, and pelted him with the am munition provided, till none of his features were dis tinguishable: in fact, he resembled a pillar of mud. On getting to Clutton-bridge, he, to escape his assail ants, jumped into the Thames, and concealed him self under one of the arches. Some of the mob fol lowed him, tore his clothes from his back, and dragge3 hip. two or three times through the river, till he was almost lifeless. They then dragged him ashore, com pletely naked, and deprived him of his whiskers. ctr this juncture, the Magistrates, headed by a posse of conitables, arrived on the spot, and succeeded in res cuing the fellow from the further vengeance of the infuriated mob, and conveyed him in a state of in sensibility to a surgeon's, where his wounds were dressed and properly attended to. He was then car ried to the house of Mr. Palmer, the Magistrate, in the fOwal, who 'humanely gave him some clothes to cover him, and permitted bias to remain tall the evening, when he was placed in a pon•chaise, and carried home to his residence in the New Dover-road, where he now lies in a very precocious state. His companion. Smart, saw the storm coming on, strut succeeded in retreating unnoticed by the mob, with. Out any injury. We understand one or two of tiro ringleaders. are in custody. J: Allen, who was confined in the Borough Compter, for debt, at the time that Mason, who was to have been tried for robbing the Ctanbrook waggon of 15001. in country notes, made his escape, and who performed a similar feat in the space of one minute, before a Com mittee of Inspection, to shew by what me:ins Mason effected his purpose; having been released under the Insolvent Act, and resumed his occupation as a ship wright, yesterday. returned home to his wife, and cor. - plaining of illness, desired her to, go for his tools, as he was unable to work longer. She did so, and on bur return, found him a corpse. A fast eater will consume a fourth mote at a meal than a slow eater, and the German shews the good sense of his nation by keeping to the maxim that " the first digestion is Made by.the teeth." All genuine gourmands eat slowly, from the experience that fast eating soon destroys the stomach and brings on a premature old agc. IRTHS. August 14, at Relugas, the Lady of Sir Thomas Dick Laud, r, of Fountainhall, Bart. of a daughter. June 19, at Naha, the Lady of Major De Bathe, of the 85th Light Infasstry,4l s mop DIED. In Sloane.street, on the 17th instant, aged 80, Mrs. Dodd. relict of Major Benjamin Dodd. • 11111. MOIL • • 0 1 1 1 0 O 0 • o 1 o b :s ,DA Y. Alai 1 LS.-- AUL DWI. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 1 0 Guernsey and Jersey 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Holland • 0 1 Leeward !deeds 0 0 litOLYVTATER at LON DON•BILIDGE TOXORROW7 Slanging - g re . Ahcni,ww - • • " France Hamburgb Flanders Alaita Gottentsurgh America LONDON; Pawed and publidted by I.sess.Kette, Pickett.' Piece, Temple. Dar. . r S ~~3 a~ 4: •