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V -41~ _lPMWSecesiteMpeapegeoperalilegeagleMpess his very instinct, his Attack falls upon the flag t , and not the ?flatmate his horns pan inevkably within a hair's breadth of the life of his ativevsary, who, confident in his own skill, at the very instant turns lightly on one foot, levels his sword at the junettue of the neck and shoulder blade in front, and holds it firmly till the fury of the boll has drives Ann full upon it, and left it to the hilt in his' body. *ben he falls, amidst the exulting shouts of the amphitheatre; but almost always so slowly and so nobly, that It seems as if, like Pliny's Roman Gladiator, be were detennined to die with composure and dignity. " As soon as the bull is dead, three mules harnessed abreast, superbly decorated with rich caparisons, and with a Sag mounted on the collar of each, are brought into the seem, sod a rope attached to the bull's horns, by which they drag him out at a full gallop, accompanied by a grand Sourish of trampets, and another shout of the people. Regular shambles are very near, where the carcass is im mediately sot up by public butchers, and the meat sold at a low rate to the inferior classes, while, in the mean time, the great den of the amphitheatre is again thrown open, and soothe, victim is contending vainly for life, with the same afivereiviett, and amidst the same ceremonies and hot rots. " This is the amusement of the King, the Court, and a large portion of the people of Madrid, from ten o'clock till one, and from three till seveneduring the season when it is possible to enjoy it in the open air. The passion with which it is sought is most inconceivable, and would he emnidered a new phenomenon in human n a ture, if we had wet the histories of the games of Rome and Constanti nople Deere us. It begins with the earliest years of the people of Spain, and is as thoroughly inbred as education flan snake it. Children, not more than five or six years old, may be seen everywhere in the streets imitating bull fights, in the mockery which Gongora has described with such happy simplicity, ite one of his most beautiful ballads. Afterwards, they are every day seeing the representations of them, with which the walls of their houses are often painted, and hearing them the subject of continual conver sation and universal interest ; so that the boys, not fourteen years old, may be found in the amphitheatre, who have already. impaired all the pretensions and pedantry of hardened amateurs. " But the moral effects of the bull fights are more fatal yet.l The extreme interest the common people take in whatever relates to them rises afterwards, at every moment of excite :sent to radon and guilt. Quarrels grow up about a fa• 'owns indite or Banderillero, that are never appeased ; thedetaila acme of these shows become the occasions of family bitterness for life ; they are among the causes of the e=t assassinations in Madrid ; and, in 1818, a man his own brother in open day, in one of the most pub lic streets of the city, so that be fell instantly dead, in con sequence of a difference that had thus arisen in the ample!- , theatre in the morning. " These are certainly very extraordinary facts, well enough known in Spain, bit little known ante tchere else; such as asonot he recollected by those strangers, who have wit ornate' them, without horror, nor be read by others with out astonishment, and perhaps incredulity. It must be curious, then, to inquire for a moment, what there is in the bull fights, of power, thus to excite and inflame the pessions of a whole people ; and thus to take, for a tune, from such vast multitudes, some of the high est and best attributes of our nature. In the first plat" there is the animation of the crowd, divided into parties that take sides with the bulls according to the pro- 1 vines from which they come, as indicated by the ribands on their necks ; and contir.ually excited and exciting ; sontinually passing from one strongemotion to its opposite t now murmuring at a Picador, because his blow was not well struck ; now crying out to have fire put upon the hull's back to exasperate his failing rage ; and now waving their hats, and handkerchiefs, and fans, and shouting " bravo !" till the heavens seems to echo it again, because, goaded to desperation, he has left his eighth horse dead in the arena. Now, setting aside the cruelty of all this, as those who are accustomed to it really do, and recollecting and seeing only the immense population so gracefully ar rtnled round the amphitheatre, and constantly bursting forth with such varied and passionate feeling, it is not easy to imagine a spectacle more splendid and magnificent. In deed, it is mainly true, that the power of human em pathy will not sulfm any man entirely to resist it. " It is curious anti interesting too, under &despotism like the Spanish, to see the people, when, from their union in a great mass, they for a moment feel their own strength, and from their excitement are disposed to use it ; when, in fast, they feel themselves to be what they are, and become free in consequence of it. Royalty is little respected es If rndays is Madrid ; and, therefore, whatever the people persist in demanding at the amphitheatre is granted to them, to avoid disagreeable consequences. The entire free don which thepopulace taketo tbemaelves,on these occasions, and seems to constitute not a little of their excitement, is often very remarkable, and, under other circumstances, wou!d be found offensive and dangerous. In one in etance, when a particularly brase and collected bull had cleared the arena of his adversaries, a number of young men, in the King's presence, shouted re perrelly, that he war fit to be President of Me Cortes ;* and of another, who shrunk from the contest after receiving et:ly two blows of the PIC•DDII, apparently the same per eons kept crying out, amidst the general expressions of dis appointment and rage, that 'he ran away from danger like et king.' In a third instance, on the same day, a hull was eery difficult to kill from his great coolness; so that at last he had two swords in his neck, neither of which had in flicted a mortal wound. A young man, in die throng, amused himself with clapping his hands and crying out, es if much pleased with his own wit, that he looked like a Ma:er dotorosa,' alluding to the image, so common in Catholic countries, of the Virgin with several swords in her bosom.* Now, under so severe a government of the church, as exists in Spain, and under a tyranny so timid and crud, nothing could well be more obnoxious than sacA eon/F./intents to republicanism, such ribaldry ogainst royalty, end such blasphemy in a molter of religion; andl if these same phrases bad been shouted in time same manner' in any other mob, there On be little doubt the imprudent individual would have been safely lodged in the linen'• cition within twenty-four hours afterwards. The bull fights at Madrid are, indeed, an apology and warrant for all sorts of licentiousness in language, just as the games avere at Constantinople, when the factions in :the circus ,divided eke Ince ; and, what would perhaps-be no less cu rious, the Spanish amphitheatre might now furnish, as the Roman tepee did e an anthology of.popular wit, which would no doubt be vulgar enough, but would hardly fail to be eery characteristic and amusing. "Another source of the pleasure, and the chief source of the strong emotions excited at the bull-fights is, the great apparent danger overcome by still greater dexterity. There it some real danger. Few bullfighters, who persevere in the occupation, and especially very few who rise to be Ma tadors, die out of the atena ; but still many of them live it a tolerable tillage. Hardly onea year is killed at Madrid, and not mote than two or three wounded ; but, yet, there I;.) absolute safety in any degree of skill, for 1110, the most accomplished bull-tighter Spain has produced for fifty years, perished like the rest from a bull that was as cool as himself. But though the danger may be really small, ieseerirs every moment, to one little practiced in such things, imasioent and inevitable. Thus, for instance, when the bull bursts into the arena, and rushes on the neenaa, sad horse and rider are alike overthrown in an instant, there seems to be no hope of escape, and even when the I'i cedar has been laved by the delusion of the mantle, it seems only as if the victim were changed, but not es if the horrid sacrifice were to be spared. Then, again, when the Itesurattetao, armed only with the barbs, ad vances alone into the arena, and defies the bull, who in stautly rushes upon him in full career, so near do his 'soros ne:essarily come, before he feels the points that turn him aside, that it often seems as if they had actually teetered. the bosom of his adversary. And, finally, when tLe Matador comes out with a single naked sword for his only defence, •he • seems to offer himself up to the ungo verned ferocity of his exasperated foe, who yet in an in stant fslls deed at Lis feet. Now in all these cases there is such an obvious disproportion between the force of the' Lill and that of his adversaries ; there is such a striking victory, obtained by dexterity and self-possession, over mere phyetcalstren gth, that, though one unaccustomed to f heel. eahibitious might turn pale with horror, as lloblioueel rays Lord Byron did, or faint as many others have done,l yei to a regular frequenter of the amphitheatre, who fears: • Thu fancy is founded en a whimsically Literal Interpretituon of ■ les au the 2d chapter of Luke. -- no danger, and is hardened to the cruel►y, it is a scene of unbroken delight and exultation. " But, after all, we must cope to the natural question. what ate these pleasures compared with their consequences ? What is the imposing grandeur of such a vast and excited crowd ; the splendour of such picturesque ceremonies; these bold and striking outbreaks of the popular character; and this astonishing exhibition of the triumph of human dexterity over brute force and instinct, compared with the wanton and useless slaughter of so many noble and generous animals; the scenes of loathsome cruel , y, which the arena every moment offers; the violent pasaions it excites; the guilty hardness it carries into the heart and character; and the portentous edusstion it contributes to give to the rising generation, and the rude populace of a great capital like Madrid ? IRISH BMX SOCIETIES. NAILS, AUGUST 23. On this day was held, the Grand Jury-room of the Court-house of Naas, the tenth Anniversary Meeting of the Kildare Bible Society. Never was there witnessed in this town, ors this or any similar occasion of piety and cha rity, a more numerous and respectable meeting, consisting of persona of very superior rank in society, who laudably united together, to administer to the spiritual wants of their poorer fellow-creatures. The Rev. Mr. Lawler (R. C. Curate of Naas) was also present, and by degrees there flowed in a great number of Roman Catholics, some of them very respectable, but the greater part of the lower order. A deputation from the Parent Society likewise attended, consisting of the Re►. Messrs. Mathias and Stuart. The Chair was taken by Thomas Burgh, Esq. Vice-Pre sident of the Society, and the report was read by the Rev. John Harrison, Secretary. When the Rev. Mr. Mathias stood up to second the first Resolution, before he spoke even one word on the subject, the Rev. Mr. Lawler (quite unexpectedly) desired to be heard. The Chairman told him, that as he was not a mem ber he could not listen to him. Mr. Lawler att:l Insisted on being heard. The Chairman remonstrated, saying it was quite contrary to the rules of such a meet.itg. Mr. Lawler, however, persevered. Mr. Mathias then told him that they were very willing to hear what he bad to ear when the routine business of the meeting was over. This would not sanely him. The Rev. Mr. Stuart then stood up, and assured him that they would hurry over the busi ness with all possible despatch, for the purpose of accom modating him. This would not do either. The Chairman then decided that be could not be heard at that period of the proceedings. Upon this Mr. Lawler withdrew, sere ' ral of the lower order of the Roman Catholics followed him, but of the more respectable Roman Catholics in attendance, not one left the room. Very many of those also who went out with Mr. Lawler returned again, and during the re mainder of the proceedings, all behaved with the most marked attention, order, and decorum.—( Dublin Paper.) COMBINATION IN IRELAND. JITDOSIENT 7110WOUNCED ON THIS 7001 MEN WHO will CONVICTED AT VIII LAST COMMISSION, 101 TUE Al. SAULT ON MR. BUTTERWOUTH. Patrick Hinchey, Timothy Maher, James Walsh, and Thomas Cullen, were brought up for judgment at the Commission Court on Monday. They had been convicted on an indictment for wilfully and maliciously assaulting James Butterworth, and for cutting, stabbing, and wounding him, with intent to dis able him. The prisoners having been placed at the Bar, they were addressed in an impressive manner by Judge Varnlelenr, who told them that they had be, n severally convicted, after a long and patient investigation of their case. Counsel on their behalf bad moved for an arrest of judgment of the Court on two points; the first was, that the indictment under which they had been found guilty, introduced the word " wound and the second point was, that the Jury having acquitted them of the in tent to murder, and the intent to maim, that the intent to disable could not be supported in point of law. The Judges who tried the case, one of whom be (Judge Van deleur) was, reserved the two points for the decision of the twelve Judges. On full consideration of those two points, the Judges were unanimously of opinion, that neither of] ' the two points so made by their (the prisonets) Counsel, were tenable in low, Ifs their opinion the word " wound" was referable to " stab" and " out ;" and although the Jury acquitted of the intent to maim, they were justified in convicting of the intent to disabl e . The Judges having agreed on these two points, it now only rested with the Court to pass judgment. His Lordship then directed that sentence of Death should be recorded against the prisoners. Lord Norbury observed, that by the Court recording the judgment, Mr. Hamilton would understand the cle mency of the law. The meaning of this, our readers are aware, is, that the , lives of these unfortunate men are spared. We have heard that an crier was made out for their immediate removed to the hulk, previous to their trans portation.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. Partridge shooting commeneed yesterday. From all quarters we find that there is game in great abundance. NIMSTRAD Amery.—Lieut.-Colonel iVildruan, the owner of this ancient and superb mansion, *as honoured on Tuesday week with a visit from the Duke of Sussex. The Colonel left his residence for Nottingham with the view of meeting his Royal Highness, but was disappointed showing him that mark of respect, and had only returned a few minutes (near eight o'clock in the evening) when the approach of the Royal Duke was announced by an avant courier; a salute from the earronades on the borders of the lake was given in honour of the Royal Visiter, who was re ceived with loud ecelsmations from the numerous persons waiting his arrival. It is said that his Royal Highness is expected to Cuss a month at this place. Every thing be longing to Newstead, once the residence of our late highly celebrated poet, Lord Byron, bears a romantic appearanc e . A female, who is (leaf and dumb, but whose name is not generally known, fr..quents the walks, it is said, to con template on the genius and talents of the author of Chalk 1107 old, she carries a small slate in her hand, and often converses with those she meets, with the help of that inter preter. A remarkably fine Newfoundland dog, said t 3 have been given by the late Lord Byron to Colonel Wild man, and rimed Boatswain, after th e c el e b rate d (log eulo gised in the epitaph, astonishes the visiters of Newstead with his diving abilities. On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, as Warren and Cutrie, two of the dismounted patrol, were going along Sloane -street, Chelsea, they observed a female, of very respectable appearance, apparently in a state of stupor, hut not from the effects of liquor, but ploduced by her having taken a large dose of laudanum ; the phial which had con tained the deadly drattght wits in her bosom, and she seemed to be in the last stage of existence; The patrol took her to an apothecary's shop iwthe neighbourhood, 'Where she, as well as she was able, said her residence was at No. 13, North -stre e t, Sl oane - square , an d t h at some , family difference had caused her to attempt the rash act. I She also said she had purchased the laudanum at two doctors' opposite the Bun-house, and paid nine-pence. The patrol instantly conveyed the unhappy woman to St. George's Hospital, where the stomach pump and other remedies were used, and the unfortunate female now lies I in a very dangerous state. On Wednesday, in Wilkes-street, Spitalfields, as one of the loaded drays belonging to Messrs. Truman, Banbury, and Co. was coming from the brewery, it drove against a poor woman who was sitting at an oyster-stall by the pave ment aide, who, erdeavouring to evade the danger, fell under the wheel, which passed over her head, and killed her on the spot. The poor creature had a young child in her arms, which escaped. The sufferer's head was crushed to pieces. She was removed into a house near to which the accident happened. Siresealen Stitetne.—On Sunday morning, a man in Beilgates, Salford, put an end to his existence by cutting his throat in a most shocking manner. It appeared that he had cut with so desperate an intention that he led not power to draw out the knife, which war found sticking in his throat. His unfortunate wife was the first person who discovered the dreadful circumstance; she fainted away at the horrid sight. Surgical assistance was in vain, for when it mewed, life was entirely extinct.—Afenchester Journal. The brutal wretch Af arming, who had been hospitably lodged by the Ce: . rolls of the county of Meath, and Who afterwards attempted to murvler the entire family with! a hatchet, has been taken into custody by peace-officer Maus-rgh, of College -street office —DuVin Mor niv Port crasrEre CIRCE - 17'. CIIE3HiRE ASSIZES, CHESTER. Alio. 10. !num Lee stood Indicted with haying, on the night of the‘ ' 20th of August, feloniously stoleu from the person of Benjamin Ashton, a hat. The cage for the prosecution was stated by the ATTORNEY. GENERAL, and was one of rather a singular nature. The chief witness against the prisoner was an accomplice of the name of Mailer, who,lt appeared front the Learned Gentleman's statement, had been in company with the prisnr.er at a public-house in Hyde, where it was agreed, in the presence of mote than twenty witnesses, that they should go out and rob the prosecutor, ut which time it was stated the prisoner had in his possession n loaded pistol, which he told Mailer he always carried sinus him. After the witnesses had been examined on the part of tbs Crown, The Citrate JUSTICE. in his charge to the Jury, said It was for them to consider, whether they believed the testimony of the ac complice (Valley)), who was himself an accessory before the fact, and now admitted an evidence on the part of the Crown. 1f they did, there could be no doubt of th e prisoner's guilt. The Jory returned a verdict of Guilty. His LoRDSHIP, In passing sentence, said," William Lee, you have been found guilty by a very intelligent Jury, of taking from the prosecutor, Benjafnin Ashton, a hat. The Jury have given, in my opinion very prdpetly, implicit credit to Mailer. Your case is a very bad one ; fur it is quite clear, from the deadly weapon you had in your possession , that had Mr. Ashton made the least re sistance, you, in all probability, would have murdered him, from the language you made use of in the public-house. There are two other indictments against you, and if you had been arraigned upon them, there is no doubt bur you would have been convicted. The judgment of the Court is. that you, William Lee, be transported oeyonst the seas for the term of your natural life, as his Majesty, by the advice of his Privy Council, shall order and direct. Ifillions Neutron was convicted of grand larceny In robbing cer tain premises of some malt. From the statement of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL it appeared that the prisoner, in company with several others (not yet in cus tody) ha 4 been detected in the robbery, but only the prisoner taken (who had a gun in his hand). The CHIEF JUSTICE said, in pealing sentence, that had he been indicted for the burglary, and been detected in pulling the trigger, his offence would have been of a capital nature, and in that case he would have suffered the extreme penalty of the I.ll‘. As it was, the judgment of the Court was, that be be transported tor the term of seven years. Jonathan Parsley stood indicted with having uttered, at knuts. ford fair, on the 27th July. one base half-crown, to a Feriae of the name of Philip Corking. In change of a hall sovereign, in the purchase of some outs, knowing, at the same time, it was false and counterfeit. 111 r. TEMPLE stated the indictment, and the ATTORNEY-GE NERAL the case on the put of the Crown. • On searching the prisoner, there was found on his person eight half.crowns and ten shillings of bre coin, amongst nearly eighty or ninety pounds of good money. The money was produced in Court, and cut. Mr. Joust (for the prisoner) took several objections ; and rested his defence principally on the improbability that a person situated as the prisoner, who carried on the business of a confectioner at Derby, could be guilty of the crime laid to his charge. Several persons gave the prisoner a good character; after which His LO•D3111P summed up. The Jurg having , found the prisoner Guilty, The CHIEN' JusTset, in passing sentence, said the punish ment he was about to inflict was not proportioned to the offence, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, but not to hard labour (as suggested by Mr Timet.x), and at the expiration of that period to find good se curity for behaviour for six months. POLICE. Mansion-Hot:rat, SEPT. I.—Mr. Duncan Campbell, who is so remarkable for charging persons for violations of the law, and helping them over the penalties, summoned several watermen be tore tits Lord Mayor upon three distinct charges. The first was, that they did not wear in a conspicuous part of their hats or caps the numbers of their boats ; the second, that they took fares with ' Chit having their numbers so placed in their hats or caps ,• and the third, that after having taken fares, they did not use due deligencc to proceeding to the places of their destination. The first defendant was a man named Factors, who had been a waterman thirty years. Mr. Campbell stated, that finding by the Act of Parliament that the watermen were obliged to wear the numbers of their boats in the front of their hats or caps, and that those gentry disregarded the law, he thought It necessary to show them that he could com pel them to observe a rule which was made for the benefit of the public, by having the penalty inflicted for non-attendance. The public sustained inconvenience sometimes i n consequence o f t h e liberty the watermen took in accommodating other persons besides close whom they took as regular fares. He hired the defendant at the City side of Southwark bridge, and ordered him to row to the Adeiphi. Without asking leave, however, of him, the defendant took a boy into the boat, and landed him at the other side of t':e river, after which ha rowed witness to the place of destination. He observed, that the defendant all the time displayed no number on , his hat or cap. The penalty attached to ea c h o f t h ese o ffe nces was 40a. but Mr. Campbell did not wish to punish the waterman at so high a raw Lie sapid be content with the lowest penalty, as a sort of memorentlam to the craft. The defendant said, that although he 'tad been a watennan thirty years, he had never seen a number on a waterman's hat or cap. i I finch a tiring was never Nought of, and if a man wore it, he would I assuredly be scouted them the river. 111 r. Campbelletold the Lord Mayor, that the defendant had: I acted with civility, and that in no other respect had he miscon duettd himself. ' The LORD MATOZ fined Farson five shillings for each offence. He also fined others of the defendants, and Mr. Campbell lupine. diately put tire amount of the penalties into thei.. hands. Ile gave notice to the watermen, that they must immediately hoist this sym bol of their calling on their bats, or be satisfied to pay for the omission. _ THE DUTY OF WATCHMEN. GUILDHALL, SEPT. I.—A young man of respectable exterior was placed at the bar, charged with an assault. The prosecutor stated that he had ,given him in charge for an assault that he had committed upon him in the streets last night, but that they were both in error, and lie wished the matter to go no further. Mr. A klerinan A TXIX s interrogated the witness as to his respect. ability, and desired the watchman to state what he knew. The watchman said that the two persons had some words, and that the young man was given into his ..harge for an assault, but that he saw nothing of it. It happened before he came up. Mr. Alderman ATKINS remarked that watchmen had nothing to do with words passing between two persons—they had no busi. ness to be so officious. Tiny must not take people into custody on such charges. Persons might have a dikirence which they would settle in five minutes, if the watchmen were not to interfere. Their duty was to prescrye the peace, and if that was broken by two individuals, it was their duty to take them into custody. The watchmen thanked his Worship for the explanation, and the affair endeiL A TTEAIPTED SUICIDE—THE DISTRESSED ARTIST. During the business at this justice-room, Elliman, one of the beadles of St. Dunstan's parish, brought in a middle aged man of very respectable appearance, who had just been prevented from committing suicide. The beadle stated, that about half an hour before he was told that a man had attempted to destroy himself in the passage leading from Fleur de lys-court into Fetter-lane. He ran thither, and saw the gentleman in the care of anot h er respecta bl e l oo ki ng person, the latter of whom said that he lied that Instant seized the prisoner's hand in the very act of attempting to cut his throat with a razor, and he (Elliman) saw the foal instrument then in the prisoner's hand. He was dreadfully agjtated, and did not deny but that he was about to destroy himself. The unfortunate gentleman stated to the Magistrate that his name was John Brown Eyton, that he was a portrait and landeape painter, and his works had ibr many years appeared in the annual exhibition at Somerset House ; that he resided at No. 13. Fetters lane, and that lie had a wife and two children, whom he had here tofore supported In comfort and respectability ; but that latterlyL he had been unfortunate. • Insetted of consoling hint under this affiic. Lion, his wife was coittinually upbraiding him on his poverty, which had driven him to desperation. Mr. Alderman ATKINS addressed the gentleman with much feeling upon the enoreadryabir the offenne be we, about to com m i t , and 34 a retutti to his wife in.his present state of agitation might be unadvisabie, lie directed him to be taken care of at the Whiling. street Compter till the next day. Mr. Eyton readily submitted to this arrangement. After lie had been remov d from the bar, she Alderman directed the beadle to call upon Mrs. Eyton, put her in possession of the circumstances that had occurred, and request her attendance when her husband should next be brought up. Elliman observed, that he feared she would be but little affected by what had °centred, as her husband, in coming to the office, had opened his mind more at large to hint than he had done before the Illagistrate. He told him that amidst her upbraiding, that morning site bid him go and bang himself, or cut his throat, and at the same time actually put the ruor into his hand, and in the de speration. which her irritating language had occasioned, he ran out of the house instantly, determined to do as site bid him. Elliman mentioned, that the gentleman who had - prevented Mr. Eyton lion' committing the rash act' observed, that that was the second instance in which he had been the means of preventing suicide that morning t fur, as he was pissing the Tower, at an early hour. he saw *respectable man throw himself into the Thames; he immediately gave (he alarm, assistance was procared, and the man's life was saved. CHARGE OF 11.10 TREATING A HORSE. 801P.STEZET, SEPT. 1.--Mr. Martin, M.P., produced a case of this description this morning, which in its progress became in volved in a difficulty of rather a novel and curious nature. The driver of the htckney coach No. 655 appeared to answer an Information made by Mr. Martin himself, on oath, for 111-using one of his horses. The coachman pleaded guilty to the charge of heating his horses, but not " wantonly and cruelly" He said he had a horse that wan • ohstropolous,' and would sometimes lie down in the mad. The street keeper of the Strand was then called as witness in sup port of the information, lie sated that on Saturday night last his notice was attracted, when standing opposite Warren's Blacking Warehouse, by the load lashing of a whip. Upon ktoking in the' direction of the noise he saw the defendant most violently flogging' the off horse from shoulder to flank. He shortly after this cruel transaction pulled up his coach a little distance beyond street. and ' like a MELO of the, first water,' set to and lashed th e orethe eyes sad head. The poor hors. (a little wee) turned hn head away several times in agony, but obtained no' abatement of the cruel treatment. The driver here admitted that he gave the mate 1 few cuts. The witness was called upon to identify the person whom he saw engaged in this cruel practice. lie turned to a man who was standing rather backward in the office, and who was two or three heads taller than the defendant, and nerly three tinier as big. ,a , ,d declared he was the man. The witness was cautioned to be careful in this part of his evidence. He persisted In declaring that it was the big man • and he was quite certain the little one, wbo avowed himself to be the real offender, was not the man. Another witness was here produced, whu swore lie had seen the' horse several turves knocked down by the violence of the • 4e. tendant. This witness most positively declared that the big ,man was the real °Netter and that the coachman, whom he had seen conducting himself' in the way described, was nothing like the one who produced himself as die defendant in the information. The individual upon whom suspicion was then fixed was re quired to step forward. He was ordered to put on his hat, which he did, and the wlinesses became still niece confirmed lb their opinion. In answer to questions from the bench, he stated that he never drove No. Oa in Ma life, nor did he ever see the driver before, to his knowledke. He said he wes then in the office upon business of his own, and never heard of the present case till he witnessed the examination then going on. An officer came forward to prove that the man really had business of his own. Ne was driver of the coach No. 564. The witnesses, however, were not at all shaken by this contra. diction of their opinion. In this difficulty, which threatened to be fatal to the information, an officer was despatched for the waterman of the stand to which the defendant drove. Mr. Cook, a proprietor of several houses in Acre-lane, Clapham, appeared at this office, upon a summons issued against him, at the Instance of Mr. Robert Parker, under the following circum stances : Mrs. Donaldson, a friend of the complainant's, having made up her mind to change her residence, for the advantage of better air; aad having noticed an intimation in the front of one of the defendant's houses that it was to let, called upon that gentle man, requesting to be permitted to go over the house and pre mites. She was accordingly shown over by that gentleman's daughter, and as they were quietly proceedir.g down the garden, she was suddenly seized, without either the least provocation or notice, by a large Newfoundland dog, who threw her down, and injured her w much as 'to prevent her attendance at the office; I indeed she was in a state very alarming to all her friends, from the apprehension of a more serious result. Het husband not being at present in England, :11r. Parker acted on this occasion on her behalf. 31r. Cook stated that the dog had slipped his collar, but that he generally kept him fastened up, although ha was very quiet. Mr. Illisraut:LL-31 It is a quiet dog you go the very way to make it otherwise, by chaining it up; but, Sir, you have no right to keep such a clop unless you properly secure it. In this instance the dog, quiet as it is, proved worse than one of a more ferocious nature ; the latter would have given some sort of notice of its intention : your " quiet one" did no such thing," but "quietly" followed 31rs. Donaldson, and then ill-treated her. I should advise the complainant to bring an action against you. Miss Cook then stepped forward, and said the dog did not knock the lady down, but after he had laid hold of her, 31rs. Donaldson fell from the effect of tenor. Mr. Parker—We only . want the dog destroyed, or kept safe. Mr. Cook—l wish to give ft away. Dlr. Ditxsu • - t.t.—The dog ought to be hanged; though perhaps it had better be kept, for the satisfaction of Mr. Parker, until it be ascertained that Mrs. Donaldson is not In danger. After some more conversation, the parties left the office with the above understanding. RECOGNIZANCES. HATTOX-GAIIDEX t DEPTINDER I.—A case of very great public interest was discussed at this office before Sir. Sergeant SEssou and Mr. ',sort., respecting the practice at present pur. sued in regard to rectignizances. A respectable solicitor who attended stated the circumstances. Some time since a poor old man, named Mason, complained before the Magistrates of this office of an outrage committed upon him at his house in Swinton-place, Gray's Inn-lane -road, by some youngsters living. in the neighbourhood, who. from some private pique, took the liberty of burning him in effigy, and threw the still-blazing figure Into the door, upon which it seemed he struck one of the party. Oil Mason's information a warrant was granted, and the Magistrates. on hearing the case, ordered the parties to find I bail. The accused then indicted Mason and his wife at the Sessions for the aesault,to which indictment they unfortunately neglected plead ing. The ordinary custom in such cases is, to obtain a bench warrant, land bring the party before a Magistrate; but in order to increase expense and Inconvenience to Mason, they went to the Clerk of the Peace's Office and proct.red a certificate, importing that the party indicted did not appear either in person or otherwise; this eertifi cate was then taken to a Judge's clerk, and although the Judges were all out of town, a warrant was granted upon the certificate, against the poor man and his wife (a respectable elderly murk), end they were taken out of their house on Tuesday night, and instead of allowing them the privilege which the law allows of putting in bail before a Magistrate. they were thrust into a spunging house, where they were compelled to sleep in separate beds, for the purpose of increasing the charge. On the first night it cost the poor man 10s. for tett* alone ; and every accommodation in this accommodating place was in a proportionate ratio. The object of the officer who made the caption was evidently to swell the prelim of the proprietor of the spunging-house, and the reason of taking out a Judge's warrant in preference toe bench war. rant, was, that the prisoners should continue the longer in their power, because all the Judges happened to be on circuit. But, however, the assumption in this respect was in ditect violation of the law, which says, that if there be no Justice of the King's Bench within the environs of London, then the prisoner must be brought before a Justice of the Peace,. by whom he may be held to bail on sufficient surety. When such surety has been put in a aupersedeas is granted, and the party liberated. Air. Sergeant SELLON, on a cursory view of the east, seemed to be of opinion that the Magistrate lied DOt sufficient authority to discharge the warrant, and expressed some surprise at the Judge's clerk having issued it under such circumstances. The Solicithr replied that it was quite a common practice, though strictly speaking an unjust one. Mr. Lama said, that from the express wording of the instru ment intrusted to the officer, it was imperative on him, in the ab. senee of the King's Bench Justices, to brinq the prisoner before a Slagistrate ; and it was perfectly clear that the reason why he was so enjoined was, that the Magistrates, in the absence of the Judges, should have authority to liberate the prisoner ou sufficient security being put in for his appearance. The Solicitor observed that there was no legal process which pro. duccd more inconvenience than that of recognizance, and such inconvenience was chicily attributable to this practice. Mr. LAING said lie was quite sure that if the Judges were aware of it, that it would be very speedily remedied. After some further conversation the Magistrates agreed as to the point, and bail was then put in, on which the warrant was super seded under their authority. The parties then left the office, expecting to h ave t h e prisoners set at liberty ; hut in about half an hour the Solicitor returned, to say that the officer in charge had refused to comply with the su pernedeas, and detained his prisoners in defiance of the 3lagis trate's release, which will furnish ground for an action. PRACTICAL PUGILISM. Mr. John Mudd& the landlord of the llole-in-the-Wall public_ house, Chants:Ty-lane (better known by the familiar cognomen ut " Jack Randall, •' of pugilistic celebrity), was brought up under a warrant, wherein he was charged with assaulting a young man named Robeit Smelly, a waitor in his house. Smelly stated, that between seven and eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, he was sanding at Mr. Randall's door, when the latter came up, rather . fresh (drunk) and told him, in no very gracious phrase, tha: he was a d--11 rascal, and should be no longer sec. rant in his establishitient. Complainant, not bring aware of having committed any fault which merited so unkind and so brief' a dismissal, was about to remonstrate, when Jack seized him by the coat, one sleeve of which hk tore away, and laconically told him to "be oth" Complain a nt, we ll knowing that there was some danger in playing with " the lion's paw,' prepared to march, as he hoped, with uttbrbken bones, and in a whole skin ; he accord ingly asked the girl to get hint his hat out of the cellar, and whilst waiting in the tap-room, Jakk helped to fill up the interval by a practical dkplay of his tistic powers, and complainant paid a quart of claret in return for two smart salutes on the nose and car. Witnesses were produced ih proof of the thaw, and Jack was called'on to plead. Those who hare the honour oft personal acquaintance with the " Nonpareil," are well aware that he is no pretender to ntatory, but, on this occasion, he was something even more than eloquent— " Please your Worship." said Jack, elevating his hand (and such a hand, Good Lord deliver us !) in the true eieeronian style, " as to this here business, I pertest and declare, upon my honour, that 1 was neither toad; drunk, or a fool on this here night, as he speaks of. The fact of the thing is this:—l found the fellow eating oysters outside of my door, and I bid him go in and mind his business but what does he do, but calls me every thing but a gentleman ; so I tells him that he was •no longer servant of mine, and when he went in-a-doors, lie struck at me, and I struck him again, to be sure, so I did, I don't deny; and more than that, he's an un grateful wretch, for I took him back three times over, when lie was starving." Poor Jack, however, could not give any evidence that Smelly had broken the pence before Jack hail let fly, and Sergeant Sellon, alter reading an appropriate lecture on the necessity of keeping a cool temper in this sul tr y weat h er , i n f orme d Jack, he must either settle the matter or find bail. The patties then retired to the outer-office, when the application of a sovereign styptic healed all wounds, Dud the Nonpareil was himself agate. COMPARATIVE MERITS OF GIN AND BEER. Sarah Cu;Alison, one of the frail sisterhood, was brought before Sergeant SELLOX, by IVhelden, the street-keeper, surged with haring exhibited dramatic perfortnances in the o p en street , not being licensed thereunto, to the great scandal of the profession and the probable injury of the patent theatres. It appeared from the statement of the street-keeper, who had been a witness of the performance of 'Miss Sarah, at the corner of Fea therstone-buildings, Holborn, from seven o'clock to nine last night, that this lady had assembled a vast crowd of spectator*, who were so delighted with her mimic, pantomimic, anal oratorical powers, that they refused to separate, and it was impossible foe those pea ers-by, who had no genuine relish for the drama, and therefore wished to make the hest of their way, to I loved, " without let, hindrance, or molestation." Miss Sarah not being able to satisfy the zealous guardian of the public street anti Dimas, that her per formance had teens tidy licensed by the autocrat of tha theatrical community, controonll . called " George Colman, the yo unger ;" or that her " broad grin s ' were precisely of the description which that ' great authorll would pronoutice to be conducive to public improve meet,eowractehgh, and qualify g th u e i r lify lo her eti lf ts f i t, e r rofi chatu. th s expected Hearte dcteddr her to th drama of them e in ter subortlinatts'o the one she had enacted at night, but 'quay s calculated to exhibit tile effects of " the passions." On being placed at the bar, our heroine stated that she had been occupiel, during the greater part of the day in the domestic occupatio n o r moving some goods, and that being very thirsty from the intense heat of the weather, she had taken an in -considerable .portion o f Perkins's XXX, which, in this impr ove d age of chymistry, lik e other productions of the London vats, has so great a reputat ion N. potency, that what with the heat of the weather, and the excelleur e of the composition, the effect upon her delicate system had bo on such, that she knew not what she slid, and even no w s h e could net look back without surprise at a conduct which appeared to hare been produced mote by magic than by the course of nature, if (said Miss Sarah) I had taken four times the quantity of pure gin, should nut so bare committed myself--and here she entered into a long and practical statement of the superiority of gen n i s , max over the highly-wrought productions of the power breweries. Mr. Sergeant Sensor seeing the dime which Perkins's XXX produced, recommeded bet strongly ro abstain from taking an , more in future, and to drink in reasonable quantities that whim best tutted her. With this recommendation, and many (*hived, monitions, the Learned Sergeant dismissed her; and the far Juliet withdrew, looking thanks, the utterance of which the neat of her heart prevented. MARLBOEOUGH4THEZT, SET?. I.—A journeyman u,.. pester, named Wm. Arnold, appeared before Mr. Roe, the ftw. wig Magistrate, to answer the complaint of his employer, Mfr. Smith, an extensive builder in Dayies.street, Berkeley.squars, quitting his service, and leaving his work unfinished. Mr. Smith stated that sortie short time ago, there was what is called a " strike," amongst the journeyman carpenters in hi s em, ploy for an increase of wages, and, feeling upon principle that there really was some justice in their demand, he willingly agreed to give them the advert,' they asked. and every thing was mut. factorily arranged ;but. notwithstanding this, several of his work, men had the ingratitude to quit him, leaving their work unfiaislied, and in such a state that other men could not properly complete it. The present defendant was one of the men who had so heated hhr Mr. ROE asked the defendant what he had to say to the ch arge? He replied in a very cavalier manner, that lie had • right to g o where he liked, just as mach as Mr. Smith had a right to tiles a man away when he liked Mr. Smith said the defendant wax engaged by the week, at xl s , The agreement and understanding with all such workmen to tl ie trade was, that they should never leave s piece of Mork unfinished, The defendant admitted that his engagement was certainly u amount 3:14. per week, but he only considered himself as enga gs a by the day, and lie did not feelthst he was obliged to complete say work that oilier men could do as well as he. Mr. Smith said, this was not the case, because It was very Ira known that carpenters' work commenced by one man eouhi eat V A properly finished by another. The defendant stated that he had no fault whatever to find nick Mr. Smith, who always acted fairly and liberally ; but then as he hail an undoubted right to dismiss any of his melt at a moment's notice, so the men had also an undoubted 'iglu to go dam thee business when they thought proper. Mr. Roe observed, that there could be bat one opinion m to the ingratitude of any of Mr. Smith's men, who would even entertain a wish to leave him, with his work unfinished, after th e very lib eral manner he had behaved to them ; but it would be also well for the defendant and the others to know, that such conduct was as illegal +l5 It was ungrateful, because they had no right whatever to go away in the manner described. Every man to whom certain work was given to complete, was bound by contract, when he once cons. menced the work, to finish it before he quitted. The defendant replied, he was not engaged en dopiece.wark. Mr. Roe told him he was just as much compelled to ceramic% his work if engaged by the week or day, as if by piece work, and unless he thought proper to go back and finish thit work for Mr. Smith, he must take the consequences. The defendant still refused to complete his work, upon which the Magistrate said he would immediately commit him to prison; but, on some further consideration the delendant, with much reluc. tance, consented to go' back and finish the work, and Mr. Smiih said that (after doing that he might go where he pleased, or if be thought proper to stop he would give him a permanent engagetneat for the whole winter. COMPOUNDING FELONY. of(IUZIX-SQUARE, SEPTEMBIIK I.—A few days since s women issoltne habits, named Mary Thompson, and Willism road. man, the waiter at the Adam and Eve public-house, in York -street, Westminster, were brought before the Magistrates, charged with having robbed Mr. Joseph Cooke, of York -street, Sloatte-street, Chelsea, of nine sovereigns and a quantity of silver. It then se. peered by the prosecutor's statement, that on Friday night, ;a passing through York -street, on his way home, to met the it west Thompson, who, in the usual manner peculiar to ladies of bet cask, accosted hint, and solicited a treat. He accordingly accent. ponied her to the Adam and Eve public-house, in the above street, where they were accommodated in the front of the bar. They took their seats, and drank copiously of a cordial called rum and shrub. They remainAl in company for some time, when the prosecutor became r a th er t h e worse f or w h at h e h ad drank and fell from his seat, and thus becoming a troublesome cut. totter, was removed by force, by the prisoner Woodman, to a bench outside. It appeared that at this moment the prosecutor possessed nine sovereigns and some silver, and whilst seated on the bench the prisoner Thompson forced her hand into his pocket, and rob. bed him of all it contained. Next morning the prosecutor went to the Adam and Ere, and communicated his loss, and on questioning the prisoner Woodman (th e wa i ter ), h e sa id " I know nothing of the rolattrey,.-anor will I." In consequence of this, Mundy, a con. stable. was sent for, and took the waiter Into custody, wheals* thought proper to State that the woman who was in the prosecutor's eompnny at the time of the robbeyy, lived in Bennett -street, West minster, and that her name was Mary Thompson, alias Sauc Poll. Saucy Poll was also taken into custody, and brought, w ith the waiter, before the Magistrate (L. -MAIRKLAND, Esq.), who, on the sworn statement of Cooke, remanded both for funlier examine. Lion. On Tuesday last the prisoners were brought from Tothill-tields for another hearing, when Cooke (the prosecutor) was nowhere to be found ; and the reason assigned tor his absence was, that he had on the preceding day compromised the matter by receiving fine pounds in liquidation for Isis lose, to forego the prosecution. The Magistrate, on hearing this piece of intelligence, expressed his determination to punish the prosecutor for compounding the felony but he would take legal advise on the subject, and till then he would remand the prisoners, who were then taken back to prison,. Since their further committal Mr. MARKLAND has been iode. fatigable in his exertions to procure proof of the compromise, sad this day the depositions of 3lunday the constable, Stevens, a broker, and Mr. Peattree, the landlord of the Adam and Eve public. house, were taken, the latter of whom deposed, that on Alonday last the prosecutor came to his house, and told him that be had a large family entirely dependant upon him, and,that if be could in any manner get back any port of the nine pounds ha would be thankful, and would not prosecute, being in needy circumstances. Peartree accompanied the prosecutor to Tothill-fields prison to see the.preoners. He asked Thompson where the money was detio. sited, and mentioned the prosecutor's proposal to her. She said she knew nothing about it, nor had she any money to give him. Hoe. ever, presently after another woman, • companion of the misstate Thomson, brought him 31. which she said was all she could get, and he (Mr. P.) advanced the other 21. fur his man Woodmao. which made the five, and it was given to the prosecutor, who said he was satisfied, and would rot prosecute any further. Mr. 31A11XLAND said that enough had been sworn to to autho rise him in issuing his warrant for the apprehension of the prose. tutor for compounding the felony. The warrant was then granted, and placed in the hands of Cooper, the officer, to execute, who shortly after arrived with the prosecutor in custody, and he was placed in front of the bar, and and the depositions against him were read by the Clerk. Mr. 111•1111. AND, in addressing him, said that he was brought there on a charge of a serious nathre. He had brought a man and woman before hint on a charge of' felony, and upon his informa tion they had been remanded, and now detained three days. It was not to be borne that Magistrates were to be made tools of, and he would not lend himself to such transited-one, as he had thought prime to be connected with. ft was quite clear that he had beta guilty of • misdemeanor in compounding the felony, therefore he be should call upon him to find seenritiea, himself in 601. and two °there in 23/. each., to answer the charge at the Sessions. Mr. Cooke said he had a large family to support, and if he had done wrong, it was done in ignorance of the law. Mr. MAIRLAND said be was determined to suppress each practice', and he could not retract ftont his determination. The defendant, not being provided *it% sureties, was detained. lIKION.HALL, SEPT. I.—Derrnir Reardon, • watchman, stationed at Vauxhall-gardens, was charged before the sitting Jla gistrate, with having committed a desperate assult on a constable named Newcombe, the preceding night, in the gardens. It aepeared that the defendant was drunk and behaving riototoly. when Newcombe, in his endeavour to put him out of the fllede" , fell dawn, and the defendant struck him a severe blow across the back with along pole; Newcombe was in a dangerous state and en. able to attend at the office; the defendant was, therefore, rewar.dcd fora future examination. -. ' m " . 11 BIRTHS. On Thursday, September 1, Mrs. Frederick Le 3lantr, of aeon. On Sunday last, the lady of Lieut.-Colonel Deere, of a ea. On the 29th oh. at his house, IValtharn.cross; Iletts, the lull of T. A. Jessop, Esq. of a son. On the 29th ult. at Fulham, the lady of Robeit.Latres, Eiq. d a son. A t Blackheath, on the 24th ult. the lady o f Lieut.-Colonel Da rington, Royal Artillery, of a son. MARRIED. On Wednesday, the Rev. Horace George Oholmondelev.. Mary Elizabeth, dau g ht er o f t h e l ate G o d sc h a ll J o h nson , k.sq• l and granddaughter to the late Air Phillip Francis. On the 27th ult. William Blackmore Vye, Esq. only son a William 'ye, Esq. of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, to Elisabeth. eldest daughter of Henry Dalbv, Esq. of Leicester., lED. On the 23d d ult. in Albemarle D -street, the Right Honourable lalif Elnitinstone. On Monday last, at his house, at West Wickham, in Kell'. after a long and severe illne,ts , Burton Moriee, Esq. one of IL , Judges of the blarshalsea Court, sad • Commissioner of Bak. On the 23th ult. at C ann i ngton , age d 27, E mma , the wife John Sealy, Esq. banker, 13tutgwater, and daughter of George Lovell, Esq. Rookies. House, Hants. HIGH WATER AT IJONDON BRIDdE Tlii9 DM Morning 32 min. after 4. Evening 49 min. igter Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J. W. GelbaT"' Ill', Strand, and published by R. Cassus, same Pbl