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F IT t -: . Pt 1 ~' *. I IF 1, THE CHOLER/I MORRO'S. The following official information respecting the ntettsnres taken by the Russian Government to pre vent the extension of the cholera morbus was re ceived yesterday afternoon : Regulations which have been adopted by the Imperial Russian Government for preventing the extension of the Cholera Morbus. " St. Petersburg, June 12, 1831. " All vessels arriving at Cronstadt from any of the ports of the three Baltic Governments must bring with them clean bills of health, &C. still they will be placed under obser. ation for eighteen days, and in case of necessity, under tptarentine. " As to St. Petersburg itself, iu addition to the hos piai, prepared last year, anti tie quarantine at 13orowitch and Narva, and the cordon from this latter place to the sea, medical officers will be I laced on the guard ships, fOr the purpose of examining the crews of ell vessels coming, from Cronstadt; besides which medical officers will n•akc the round of all the wharfs at which goods are larded, and those at which the barque stop, as sell as those of the tcastotn house, in order to ascertain the state of heal It of the crews, as well as the labourers. " Some doubtful cases have indeed manifested themselves amongst the labourers on board the barques at Rybinsk and Archangel, where, howcvar, proper measures have been taken; but should these, as is possible, eventually prove to be cholera, no precautions hays been omitted for the protec tion of St. Petersburg. Not only have orders long since been given to examine anti pmify the bargees. in case of neces sity, but, by order of his Imperial Majesty. officers and physicians have been sent to meet them. An ships from Dantzic are to be kept under quarantine below the guardship for fourteen days. If no sick are found on board, and no deaths have occurred Burin ; ; the voyrge, the ships after the above term, are allowed to Fatigue, after having been fumigated. " With respect to Cronstadt, the following arc the last orders given to Admiral RagenoiT,ic addition to what he had previously received : " All vessels coming from the south and western shores of the Baltic are to lie questioned with the greatest strict ness, and if on the passage there wire any sick or deaths On board, the ships, before enterin s the h, rbour. arc to be strictly examined, and in case of suspicion to be kept under quarantine. " Ostlers are given to the Custont-house to double the vigilance of the shore guard, that not the slighteet inter course should take place between the ships under quarantine and the island of Cronstadt. " Light cruisers will be appointed to assist the guard ships, " Every ship not admitted to pratiqee must hoist a yel low quarantine flag on board whilst under observation ; and if the ship has no yellow flag on board, she will be pro vided with one. " In case the cholera shows itself on board any vessel ar riving at Cronstadt, a lazaretto, surrounded by a cordon of troops, is to be established in the island of Tolbuchen. " In addition to any other measures of a local nature, which the Custom-house at Cronstadt is enjoined to en. force, physicians ate charged with the daily examin •tion of the crew of each vessel; and in case of choices being dis covered on board any vessel, she will be placed under qua rantine." LORD WINCIIILSEA'S BILL. The bill just introduced by the Noble Earl is intitled " An Act to provide for the hettcr Em ployment of Labourers in llnshandry,by enabling his Majesty's Justices of the Peace to order a distinct Rate to be made en their behalf (to be celled the Labour Rate,) with Allowances to such Occupiers of Land as shall find them Em- Floyment ;" and the following, is an abstract of it : Whereas, to the great itiory of a parish, whilst many oc cupiers of land may he forted rtriw arc employing their full proportion of labourers belolging to the parish in which their land is situated, wber.lty well labourers have avoided becoming chargeable to the s-titl pnri.b, other occupiers of land and tenements, with equal ability, have refused so to do: And whereas it is expedient that encouragement should be given to such landholders na are wilting to employ their full proportion of labourers; to the end that melt persons may not be subjected to the additional biotin of contribut ing to the maintenance of those labourers whom other land holders in the parish ought to employs Be it enacted, &c. The Bill contains clauses providing — That parish officers deliver annually to the justices acting for the division lists of labourers in husbandry dependent on the employment given by the landholders, and justices to order assessments to be made for the maintenance of those unemployed. That justice!' allow weekly assessments to certain labour ers in husbandry. That deductions be made from the rate for every labourer employed. That no payment to any individual labourer out of any rates granted by virtue of this act shall exceed the wages to which he is entitled according to the class to which he be longs ; which rate of wages shall be fixed and determined fur the ensuing month at a vestry meeting convened for that purpose at the commencement of each month ; but hr all cases where, on account of bodily infirmity, the earnings of the labourer are not sufficient for the maintenance of his family, and an additional allowance shall be thought requi site by the justices, such allowance shall be made out of the general assessments for the relief of the poor. That no deduction he made for less than a week. • That . the parish officers may collect a proportion of an assessment made by virtue of this Act, to meet present de mands. and to balance accounts at the expiration of every month ; and at every settlement each rated person shall de liv:r to the parish officers an account in writing of the de duction claimed. That accounts be produced to a Vestry, and verified be fore the Justices. That no rate shall be collected by virtue of this Act, un less demand for labour shall be made by those belonging to the parish. That certain powers are given to churchwardens and overseers of the poor to provide land for the employment of the poor to an extent not exceeding trees!; atetcs; and whereas such limitation to twenty acres has beet: found in convenient in many parishes • Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of any parish to provide land for the employment of the poor, subject to the regulations and provisions contained in this said last-recited Act, to any ex tent not exceeding, &c ; giving power to provide more land. —Herald. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE JEWS, Mr. C. PEARSON presented. a petition from Mr. Abraham Lendo Mocatta, a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, praying to be admitted to the freedom of the City. He congratidated the Court on the removal of all impediments to the admission of the Jews in future, as Cie Aldermen, since the discussion of the question incklie Court of Common Council, bad abandonadAheir impolitic and intole • rant opposition to theadinission of gentlemen so si• ' tuated, upon theirttaking the Freeman's Oath ac cording to the fornis of their own religion. The Petition, together with several others of a similar kind, was agreed to, and orders were issued to the Chamberlain accordingly. THE REF O RM BILL.--Mr. R. TAYLOR said, that as he saw two of the members for the City in ; the Court, he felt anxious to put a question rela tive to a subject in which tin v were all highly in terested. He alluded to the new Reform Bill, into %%Weil one clause had been introduced which had caused some degree of alarm amongst his neigh boors, and no doubt amongst those who belonged to other Wards in the City. That clause went to deprive all persons who did 1101 pay their rent half yearly of the right to veto at elections, and was calculated, in a great measure, to frustrate the avowed and real object of the great measure. It happened that the unexpired leases of vast num bers of houses obliged the tenants to pay their rents luarterly, so that not only small tenants, but very large ones would, if the clause remained unaltered, be denied the very privilege which the bill was in tended to secure for them. He wished to. be dis- tinctly understood as not meaning to cast the slightest imputation upon his Majesty's Govern ment by expressing his anxiety on the subject, but he thought that some communication should be made to Ministers as soon as possible relative to the clause.—(Hear, hear.) Ald. WOOD said he was sure the attention of the house would be called to the subject in duo time. He could, without fear of contradiction, assert that the clause requiring the half-yearly discharge of rents was never intended to operate re..ainst those tenants who paid quar terly, but merely pointed at such tenants as paid weekly, and who, of course, were not to be in cluded in the constituency. He thought it, how ever, his duty to call the notice of the Court to another clause, which certainly appeared to him to be Taller an extraordinary one. It appeared that several of the freeholders of the City of London would be allowed to vote as constituents for the County of Middlesex, and of course, according to the principle of the bill, which went to introduce the voting of one person for two places, a leaseholder at 101. a year rent would have a vote for the City, while the free holder would have no vote there. If, however, the house happened to be only of the value of forty shillings, then the freeholder would have a vote, while the leaseholder would not possess any privi kge of the kind. He looked upon such a regula tion in the bill as calculated to affect the City of London very materially. Alderman VERA ISLES said, that be had partaken largely of the anxiety which prevailed upon the subject of the clause al luded to by Mr. Taylor. He had never seen a lease of the City property which did not oblige quarterly payments of rent to be made, so that lie naturally felt the force of the apparent exclu sion of those who were leaseholders under such circumstances. He had made some inquiry into the question, and he might say, that it was merely meant, as his honourable colleague had declared, to affect the weekly tenants. As to what bad been observed relative to the leaseholders and freeholders, it was no doubt intended by the arrangement described that one person should not be able to vote for two places. Mr. STEVENS said he felt convinced that the first clause quoted must have arisen from error. H. wished the Committee to watch the proceedings in the reform bill with care. He was far from rising to express the most remote suspicion of any thing like deception upon the part of ministers; ' but while the clause existed there would exist a very strong sensation through the city ; and he should therefore move that copies of Lord John Russell's Reform Bill be laid before the committee appointed to watch the bill, and that the commit tee should report thereupon to the Court. Mr. Taylor, in seconding the motion, said be did not see much in the answer of Alderman Wood. The great object was the extension of the constituency and the clause respecting the period of the pay ment of the rent necessarily went to limit the con stituency. Whether a freeholder or a leaseholder voted, it was all the same to him. There was no diminution of the numbers of electors ; but' the question of paying the rent quarterly applied to every tenant in existence. SUPPLY OF PURE WATER TO THE METRO POLIS.-Mr. ALDERMAN brought up the report of the Navigation Committee on the subject of the supply of pure water to the metropolis. Ho stated that it was peculiarly, at a period of apprehended danger to the health of the people from the ap • preach of a dangerous and fatal disease, the duty of the Court to do all in its power to guard against the contingency. He considered the supply of pure water a most important means of aiding in the prevention of epidemic disease. The report stated, that the Committee had referred Mr. Wright's proposition for filtering the water of the river Thames to a Sub-Committee, and that they had come to a resolution to recommend the court, as pure water was so primary an object, to aid Mr. WI ight in his experiment, as far as it could be done without prejudice to the navigation of the river. DURATION OF COURTS OF ALDERMEN. — Mr. CHA RLES PEARSON Bid, he had been given to understand that some members of the Court of Aldermen considered that he had cast some reflec tions upon that body. He took the present op portunity to deny that h 3 ever had any idea of the kind. He was, on the contrary, of opinion, they could be made extremely serviceable if they would attend to their business ; and for the purpose of inducing them to do so, he would give notice that he would move that it is expedient to apply to Parliament for a bill to make the election of Aldermen septennial, (loud cries of " hear.") He was convinced that those Aldermen who were good for anything would wish that the election should be so regulated. Irt H, : . . 1 . 1 . the r 1110:1SIlt Vela 111 ceived ' . ' .!t Itegulat Rossi Chole li " All ,if the tl I' bills of lotion 1 r , ‘, quar:lnt " As Ord, m , • 7 11‘ and Nal medical 4...' purpose ,'. r • Cronsta round o at whic house, as well " Soi amongs Archon SWAN lIIVER. COCKBURN SOUND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, JAN. s.—The promising discovery of the river, and good soil at the eastern ,foot of the mountains, forming the Darling range, according to the report of Mr. Dale, has been extended and confirmed by the Governor in person, and by several settlers, who had proceeded thither in separate parties. As far as I have been able to learn, all are satisfied with the soil and country in general, although some are much less pleased than others. The depreciat ing circumstances are its distance from the coast, or rather port, and the obstacle to communication and transport presented by the rugged, steep, and arid range of hills that is to be passed. The rough ness of the surface to be traversed is not, however, so general as to preclude the possibility of discover ing a route sufficiently plane, nor the steepness so universal as to prevent by a little circumambulation, a declivity gentle enough for sumpter animals, even for loaded carriages. The scarcity of water must be compensated for in the stimmor season, 3 or 4 months, perhaps, by wells. The distance in a direct line, east from Perth, is between 40 and 50 miles, and we walked it with baggage horses in two days and a half, making several detours. The river is the only part that has not maintained the character first given it. The commencing droughts of summer, at the time of our visit in the end of October, bad already diminished its Waters, where there was any thing of a current, to a brook fo►da ble without going above the knee, and only a few feet wide. The soil near its banks is a light brown ish clay-coloured loam, in many places exposed, with a very scanty, and at the time I refer to, dried up wiry herbaceous vegetation, destitute, however, of the hard and nutritive shrubs, and but thinly co vered with the wood so prevalent near the western shores. In many places, particularly in the narrow valleys which abound around the feet of isolated gra nite bills, and more especially on the flats, whence the waters of the flooded river of winter have with drawn themselves either in part, leaving an ever verdant swamp, or in the whole, giving up a richly clothed pasture land, where the herbage is every thing that could be expected. The evil-auguring class of Banksias scarcely once obtrude its offensive presence, and the dubious grass tree (hawthorn) seldom raises its spiked summit into view. The forest timber is not very frequently met with of the tall stature and huge girth that it generally .attalos on the coast, or in the mountains. The different i species of eucaliptis are rarer, and the smaller mimosre more common, whilst the surface is alto gether much less encumbered, and the labour of clearing to the agriculturist would be comparatively easier. According to the report of those who ex tended their examination, and our knowledge cast of the river I allude to, which has received the name of Avon, as far as 40 or 50 miles beyond it, the country continues of the same general charac ter with, but as is to be expected, infer for to the vicinity of the river. No other stream of any size, only a few fresh-water ponds or lakes, end several salt, were encountered. In the beginning of November, the First Lieu tenant of the Sulphur examined, in boats, the coast to a distance of two hundred miles nort h of Cockburn Sound, in the hope of finding out some harbour for shipping, or at least commo dious anchorage, and the estuaries of whatever rivers might empty themselves in that direction into the sea, and by which access might easily be procured to the interior of the country. The search was unfortunately wholly unproductive of any use ful discovery, unless one could be satisfied that the I knowledge of the non-existence of anything to be turned to account, possesses a no small di-free of utility. The coast is very similar to that. io the vi cinity of the Swan !liver, presenting :,,-euerally sandy beach, which, being sheltered by inure than one line, always tnore or less broken, of coral reefs, is, during all seasons, and all sorts of weather, fa vourable to boat-landing. The soil is sandy and unproductive, as well as destitute of feesli for several hundred yards, as far as we could pene trate inland, and altogether unpromisiug, to the settler. The hair-seal abounds on the several small islaudi wide' lie at a greater or less dis tance from the main land. These islands, and the whole shore are composed of calcareous sand, mixed inland with arenacious . l uartz—of the same materials, cemented more or h‘ss firmly - into a sand stone, and of the moor comp act calcareous !lota factions and incaustaiions which so remarkably characterise this class of rock, that is almost pe culiar to Australia, and that has hitherto been re garded as holding a very uncertain, or perhaps more rria;teriy an undetermindd place in geogra phical nomenclature. The Governor has just returned from visiting Augusta, the coast east of it, and King George s Sound, to the last of which places he was induced to go by a strong contrary wind, on board the Sulphur. The kitchen-gardens at Augusta have given much satisfaction by their produce ; and the small patches where corn had been sown and has been reaped, encourage the prospect ol' abundant returns to the farmer. Some very good golf' has been discovered towards the head a the . liver, and good pasturage at no very great distance. The Kangaroo (what is called the forest) and which often weighs 130ibs. has oven hunted with great success, and the few interviews which have been held with the natives' have been exceedingly amicable. The south-east winds, which are the prevailing ones of the sum mer, and blow rather fresh, will make the landing in the bay attended with some difficulty, if not in terruption, during that season. Ships ought also to have tolerably good ground tackle, and with this and common care I think they will have nothing to fear. A few labourers, chiefly artificers, have been added to the settlement. Between Augusta and King George's Sound, the Governor had entertained the hope of the ex istence l); some harbour, or entrance of a large river, more particularly among the many and dis tantly surveyed indentations of the bold shores in' the neighbourhood of Cape Chatham. This hope, however, has been almost totally dispelled by a close examination of every sinuosity, except for a few miles, where it had been formerly seen that if anything did exist, it was only the outlet of a river. Dr. NVilson's estuary was found about seven miles east of 'Joint ; and that part of the country inland, which he compared to the cowpastures of the Sidney Government, is now described by the natives as pastured by horned cattle and horses; in every probability those which had strayed from the banks of the Swan and the Murray. Mr. Peel's establishment is wholly broken up, and the recently populous town of Clarence now only musters two or three families. He is farming with some fifteen or twenty hands on the Murray, I and the people whom he brought out have been distributed over the colony under the direction of Government. It is not generally known that Philip, the eldest brother of the late Mr. lluskisson, resides in a state of gnat seclusion on a small farm at King'■ Norton. In non. of the bio•traphics which appeared at the time of 3lr. Huskis son's lamented death was the existence of his Mother Philip ever mentioned. General and Captain Huskisson, who at tended the funeral, were stated to be the only surviving brothers. TILE CHORE!' NOT IN DANGER FROM Itz rottm.--SFEEcn OF THE BISHOT OF 8111PT0L....-The Lord Bishop of Btistal held his annual rwiation on Ft iday, the 10th inst. in the Cathedral, and afterwards dined with the Clergy of his diocese, at the Illtite Lion Inn. We are indebted (says the Bristol Caulk) to a correspondent who attended the dinner for the information that, after the re. moral of the cloth, and when a toast was given alluding to the state of the Church, the ltev. Dr. C--- expressed his fears that the venerable fabric stood in great leo , partly, and that the great and increasing influence of the Dissenters on the one hand, and the defection of the Government on the other, rendered the stability of tiv Establishment eery doubtful. Ile also expressed great alarm lest the intended reform should lead to revolution, and the order of the Clergy be swept away in the common deluge. To these awful annunciations our Right Rev. Pre late replied, with all that soberness and moderation so con spicuous in the character of a Bishop, that the apprehensions of his Rev. Brother appeared to be founded in misconcep tion, both of the character of the Dissenters and of the designs of those who advocated reform. For himself, be felt that to reform those abuses, or to repair that decay, which time had produced, either in Church or State, was the duty of a true Christian, and there was more danger to be feared from neglecting so essential a duty than from un dertaking it. With regatd to the Bills about to be intro. dined into Parliament for commuting tithes and other ec clesiastical arrangements, he was convinced that his clerical brethren would have occasion to rejoice rather than be grieved at them. These liberal sentiments were received with the greatest satisfaction by the company. OLD BAILEY, Jun SO. These sesskal commenced yesterday, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Alderman Si, C. Flower, the Recor der, the Common Serjeant, and the other civic authorities. The presiding judges are Mr. Justice Oastlee, and Mr. Justice James Parke. Thomas Sawyer, aged 21, a soldier, was indicted for assaulting and Busting from the person of Hugh Orioles, three half crowns, three shillings, and nine sixpences. The prosecutor, who is a mariner, stated, that on the oth of April he was at a public.house at Edmonton, and had a sovereign and a shilling in his pocket. Sawyer, the pri soner, was there. He asked witness to lend him a shilling, and witness did so. A short time afterwards the prisoner asked witness for the loan of 21. MOM Witness then changed the sovereign and lent him that sum. The prisoner, his brother, and other persons, refused to suffer witness to leave the house until he paid for eight pots of beer. He subse. quently threw witness down, arid the prisonsr cut off wit. ness's watch fob with a knife, which he borrowed from one of the persons present for the purpose. He handed the fob to persons of the names of Flood and Taylor, who ran away with it to another public house. IVitness followed them.— Taylor struck him, and the prisoner tripped him up. Five of the parties were apprehended the same night. Henry Smith, a pot-boy, proved that while the prose cutor was down, the prisoner's brother endeavoured to cut the kb off. The prisoner declared that he would have no thing to do with It. Witness then went away, and told his master of what he had seen. Flood, Taylor ; and the pri- goner, ran out of the house. Thomas iVicks saw the prisoner, his brother, Flood, and Taylor, dividing money. Another witness proved that he saw the prosecutor snuck and tripped up. Mr. Justice OABELZE stopped the cam, observing that the evidence was not sufficient to call upon the prisoner for his defence. _ _ The Jnry accordingly acquitted the prisoner. Win. Young was ,indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Robert Gordon, and stealing a side of bacon and other articles. The prisoner has for many years been known in the neigh bourhood of Hounslow ass desperate fellow. It belonged to a gang of depredators, who kept that and the neighbouring parishes in a state of the utmost tenor for many years. He was also concerned in the Tcddington Lock-house robbery, which, it will be recollected, occurred about two years ago, and which at the time created a great sensation. He then saved his life by turning King's evidence, and his brother.in. law and some other men were convicted on bis testimony at the Kingston Assizes, and afterwards executed for the offence at Horsemottger-lane gaol. From all that transpired the prisoner was the guiltiest party, and this led to his being prosecuted for other burglaries. Ile defended himself by saying that the King's pardon absolved him from all former crimes; but the evidence not warranting a conviction, he was acquitted without the question which he raised having been decided. Mr. C. Pniv.tra and Mr Cunwax conducted the pro secution. and Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor lives at Hannondsworth, in the county of M iddiesex and that his house was bur gloriously entered on the 12th of May, and robbed of a flitch of * bacon, his wife's watch, a jac l e-et, and a variety of other articles. The bacon was found under the prisoner's bed, and the prisoner had the jacket on when taken into custody. The prisoner declared that he was innocent. Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE having summed up the evidence, 1112 Jury found the prisoner guilty. Thomas Bartley was indicted for stealing in the dwelling house of Mary Dwerrihouse, and others, a watch, value 121. their property. Mr. C. PHILLIPS conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CLanxsow the defence. It appeared, that on the day named in the indictment, the prisoner celled at the prosecutrix's shop in Davies-street, to solicit alms, and that as soon as he was gone a gold watch was missed. The prisoner was apprehended the next day on Westminster-bridge ; and a pawnbroker identified the pri. soner as the person who had pledged the watch. Mrs. Dwerrihouse did not reside in the house. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Justice Gaszces summed up the evidence, telltale the Jury that they were bound to acquit the prisoner of the ca pital part of the eln.rge. The Jury found the prisoner guilty of stealing only. Alan Hyde was Indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of James Mackie teen mats weight of rubies and ten carats weight of emeralds, value 501. his property. It appearel that the prosecutor resides in King-street, Soho. and that on the 30th of May, he and his wife went to Cooke's Circus. The following morning his wife observed some tubies on the floor of their bed room, and on going to the drawer missed the articles mentioned in the indictment. The prisoner knew what the drawer contained, and when asked about the robbery she said that she would not be surprised if it had been committed by a gentleman who lodged in the house. A officer was sent for and the apartments and person of this gen lentatn were searched, but nothing was found that could warrant a sup position that he had been implicated in the transaction. The prisoner, however, subsequently confessed that she had gone to the drawer out of curiosity ; that site had taken the rubies and emeralds, and that she bad thrown them into the water closet and dust hole. This confession was made to the prosecutor's wife, and the prisoner begged of her to plead for her. The water closet and dust hole were searched, but none of the rubies or emeralds were found. The eon duct of the prisoner in attempting to shift suspicion from herself was marked by great cunning. None of the pro. perty was found either upon the prisoner's person or in her box, but she acknowledged to Scholfielti, the officer, that she placed a ruby on the floor of the lodger's room to avoid suspicion, and to have him taken up for the robbery. The prisoner put in as a defence a long written state ment, in which she denied her guilt. Mr. Justice James Paul summoned up the evidence. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. John Armstrong, aged 18, was indicted for stealing, in April, silk handkerchiefs and riband, the property of Messrs. Morris and Harrison, silk-menus, In •Tottenhant.court road, his employers. William Davies, a shopman in the employ of the prose. =tors, 'moved the theft; and ' William Pritchard, a serjeant In the B division, deposed to having apprehended the prisoner, while disposing of the property to a Jew salesman.—Verdict Guilty. James Davits, an elderly man of respectable appearance, was Mound guilty of :stealing, on the 18th of May last, 24 yards of silk, from the shop of Mr. Henry George Hill, draper, St. Martin's-lane. James Evans, aged 50, was capitally convicted of cattle stealing, The following prisoners were convicted of larcenies N... Thomas Bartley, aged 38 ; IVm. Bennett, 21; Wm. Good win, 40; George Poulden, 17; James Cowell, 17; Wm- Clark, 18; Boaz Rudd, 49 ; Michael Mullins, 41; Henry Curtain, 32; Chalks Harris 22 ; John Arrostiong, 18; James Davis, 24; Thomas Harris ant, 30; Benjamin Bate. man, 17; Wm. Webb, 16; John Cullen, 20; Jane Wid geon, 33 ; Wm. Williams, 25; Benj. 'fay tor, 20 ; William Smith, 30; Robert Ptielham, 16; John Mason, 22; Rich ard Reynolds, l l ; J. Whittaker, 14; Mary Allen, 45; W. 'Ault., 21 ; John Farquhar, 26 ; W. Carver, 12 : Wm. Purdy. 25 ; John White, 12; and John Williams, 38. The following were acquitted :—Joseph Spencer, James Butler, Joseph %Williams, Thomas Begot, George ISPI.oeh. lan, J oh n Chapman, and Geo. Sheen alias Andrew Conner. POLICE REPORTS. GUILDHALL.-Mr. Michael Chick, who consented to re main In custody till the forenoon of yesterday, without any ground for his detention being laid, was again brought before Mr. Alderman COPiLAND, some business having prevented the Lord Mayor from taking the case. When the prisoner was put forward, the Alderman asked where the complainant was ? BPLean, the officer, add he had been there that morning, but he was abseil, now. The Alderman then discharged the prisoner, telling him it was not by any act of his that he had been detained since the previous morning. THAMES Poucc.—Yestcrday, George &midden, and Samuel Williams, seamen of the Royal Saxon, FASt India man, were charged with mutiny, and assaulting Captain Petre and Air. Hays, their chief officer, at sea. It appeared that one of the seamen having intruded into the steerage, and insulted a lady passenger, all hands were mustered to detect the offenaer. The crew murmured at being called out of their hammocks, more especially Williams, who said they were drove about like dogs; and on being told to be quiet, struck the chief officer, tore the shirt from his back, and beat and kicked him severelv The others officers rescued Mr. Hays, and ordered Williams into irons, but he swore a dreadful oath that he would not be confined, got away, and secreted himself till next day. Snadden was found to be the offender who had Insulted the lady, and was ordered on the poop, but be refused to go there; and the captain, after remonstrating with him for a long time, was violently pushed against the hen-coups, repeatedly struck, and his coat torn by Shadden, who was eventually placed in irons. Daring the disturbance he frequently made use of the most gross epithets, and as well as Will►ams, excited the ship's company to mutiny. Four of them, and more particularly Berry and Graham, joined in the violence offered to the captain and chief officer, but on expressing contrition the next morning, were for. given. It was, however, found necessary to make an exam ple of the prisoners, and they were brought home in confine. ment. Shadden had once before gone into the steerage, whtre he was found by the Captain, and threatened with puni,h. ment if he wan found there again. The boatswain was alto very mutinous, and refused in one instance to turn the hands up. Mr. Billantine said it was a most aggravated of assault and mutiny, and committed the prisonets foe at the next Admiralt Session s. SUDDEN REMOVAL.—We are credibly informed by a gentleman in the country, that at Pine Grove, in this State, during the late gale, a stable newly erected, which contained seven horses, was removed ten feet by the violence of the wind, and set don n without injury to objects animate or inanimate !—Philadelphie Gazelle. How TO CATCH AND HOW TO CURE A COLD. —At this time of the year colds are easily caught, and very difficult to cure. The following will be found effectual:— After a quick walk of an evening, sit in the draft to cool ; the consequence will be a severe cold, attended with a cough ; the next day you will have a hoarseness, short breath, and much expectoration. In the evening, at seven, go to a well. frequented tavern, and drink three or four glasses of strong punch, or stiff rum and water ; stay till eleven o'clock, then walk home, and go to bed. You need not get up next day, but send for an apothecary, the following for a physician, and the next day your friends will send for the undertaker. You will never feel the effects of a summer cold after. wards." OPPRESSION IN POLAND.—Russian Justice:— The Grand Duke Constantine, when he wished to press a conviction, has been known to change the Judges four tunes before he could obtain it. If this tells much against the ty. rant, it tells something also for the magistracy. An itinerant traveller in jewellery attempted to commit suicide last week, at the Coach and Horses, Tea. bridge Wells, by cutting his throat, which not doing effect wally, he tried to suspend himself by the strap of his box, which he was pleased to find would not bear the weight of his anxieties—namely, the supposed inconstancy of his fait inamorato, with whom, however, he departed the next day in good spirits, and with no further complaint than a sore throat. At Selby Church, on Sunday week, when the officiating clergyman was publishing the banns of marriage between several parties, at reading the names in one of them, a man rose and said, " I forbids them banns." " Very well," replied the clergyman, " the reasons can be heard hereafter." After service, he was requested to attend in the vestry, and there being asked what impediment existed to prevent the solemnization of marriage between the parties, he replied, "A very good one, the parties be'ant agreeable." " Indeed," said the clergyman, " how do you know that ?" " Why, I'z.e the man myself—so l'se like to knew," re. joined the swain, whom some one wanted to dub a Benedict without his leave or liking. The clergyman considered the man, of course, in this instence, to be a good judge in his own cause ; and the banns were struck out of the book • and the parties will, for the present at least, remain in " ;Ingle blessedness."—York Courant. FORTUNE-TELLING.—On Saturday se'nnlght one of those itinerant gipsies, who till up occasional employ. 'nerds by an assumed intercourse with the stars, in the course of her peregrinations fell in with a zealous votary in the person of the kitchen-maid at the Marquis of Granby inn, Gainaborough. Whether, however, the promised bles. sings of wealth were not sufficiently extensive to fill up the measure of her wishes, or the husband of her choice was only to be obtained through a hempen noose, is not clearly explained ; but no scones had the prophetess departed than the girl informed her mistress she should make away with herself. Accordingly, she took advantage of an opportunity up stairs to carry her purpose into effect—locked her doer, hung some " filthy dowlas" over the window to prevent peeping intruders, and launched herself for another world. Luckily for her the circumstance was soon known, and the door being forced open, she was taken down in ti me to pre vent her folly being expiated with her life. FACULTY FEUDS.—It is the fortune ( goo d or ill is matter of opinion) of the town of --, in Kent, the population of which is under 3,000, to have six apothecaries among its denizens. The junior partner in an eminent wholesale druggist house, travelling for the firm this spring, was so pleased with the orders he obtained from them in the morning, that, in the overflow of his heart, he invited his customers to sup with him at the Saracen's Head in the even. ing. Mr. Jones arrived first, and mutual greetings were exchanged • but on the appearance of Mr. Thompson a few minutes af ter, Ith. Jones took up his hat and walked away. Mr. Thompson teok himself off with no less precipitation on the entrance of Mr. Wilkins, who, in his turn, stalked away indignantly at the sight of Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith bad barely time to pull off his gloves and enjoy a single sniff of the effluvia of a couple of line roast ducks which Tom, the waiter, was placing on the table, when in walked Mr. Simpson;—away bolted Smith with a look of fiery indig. nation at his entertainer, while Simpson, who, luckily for himself, was the last corner, sat down to table alone with his hoes, congratulating himself that he had escaped the " company of the scoundrel who had just left the room." FECUNDITY.—A friend and correspondent re *int in Newton. Stewart writes as follows :—As you are I had of the curious, I beg to communicate a circumstance which occurred in this neighbourhood, and the truth of which I eanestablish to your perfect satisfaction. Mr. John M' Mill, fanner, Parkinaclury, has a cow in his daily of the Gaileway breed, which produced about ten days ago no hewer than four calves at a birth, three of which, with the mother, are in a thriving state. The fourth was lost by an isoideat. What is nearly equally remarkable, the prolific main. (herself a twin) has dropped at four successive births the extraordinary number of ten calves, viz. two, one, three sad four on each occasion." Query.—Does Mr. Malthus carry his doctrines so far as to lodge a caveat against the 'smarty of milkers ? " HOME, SWEET HOME."—I have travelled some little in my day; and 1 never yet saw the place over• seas where I could say, here I will live and die. My steps have been arrested by beautiful spots—by savage spots--by pat and luxurious cities ; a week, a month, 1 could spend in many—and spend it happily, but not life—sot all my days. This may be prejudice ; I believe it Is; but his the only prejudice I have no wish to part with. I know of no pleasure that will compare with going abroad, excepting one—returning home. I pity English colonists wherever I find them, whether at Tours, or Pao, or Lausanne, or Brus sels, or Nice, or Florence. They all talk of the delightful climate, and delicious wines, and cheap living, and e asel• lent society • and yet, I believe, there may be but two cr one among :hem all whose words came from the heart—but two or one among them all who, if they dared to appear poor, would not turn their backs upon the climate, and wine, sad society of foreign lands, and reek the shores of England. Travelling is a charming recreation ; but, after all, England, to an Englishman, is the only country to live In.—Daseat Conway's Tour in Switzerland. BIRTHS. In Oxford -terrace, on the 29th ult. Mrs. Charles Rapti. men, of a son, still-born.—The 23d ult. at Tattinpuer, Suffolk, the lady of H. Thorold, Esq of a son, still.Urs.-- The 29th nit. in Old Broad-atreet, Mrs. Frederick lialmer , of a son. MARRIED, On the 30th ult. at Cambetwell, George Gay, Esq. 0 ? Champion-hill, Surrey, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Richard Moseley, Rag also of Champion-hill, Surrey—O' the Stith ult. at Darenham, Thomas France, Esq. to Selo Noakes, eldest daughter of John Hoskea Harper, Esq. of Davenham Hall—On Monday last, at Saint 11Wy Magda' len's church, Taunton, James Cookaley, aged twenty.tour, to Mary Blockage, a widow, aged sixty-four. DIED. On the 19th ult. at Oreen's-end, Woolwich, U. Everitt. Esq. aged 74—The 21st ult. at Brixton-bill, Surrey, T. F. Hommey, Esq. late of the Military Institution at Charlton. near Woolwich—The 15th ult. at his house at Plymouth , Capt. Thomas Inners, R.N. grandson of the late Admiral Ines—Wednesday afternoon, Bite. Weippert (formal) Miss Isabella Stevenson, an actress of promising talents at the English Opera House), at her residence in Sobo.square. This amiable lady had been confined in the preceding weak with an infant still-born, and was considered to be doing set. until the evening preceding her death. 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