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zirriaAßY GLEANINGS. No. XXX. •• J. t OBSPYATIOS. MINTS, &e. FROM Tin AIS. PRE- I.STED BY ROBERT BURNS TO 31R. RIDDEL. us hoswillog over some old papers I lighted on a 14S. fan,, in which I had determined to write my = was placed by fortune among a class of men eesibern my ideas would have been nonsense. i had tneutt that the book should have lain by me, in the fond hope that, some time or other, even after I was no more, my thoughts would fall into the hands of somebody capable of appreciating their value. It sets off thus : Observations, Hints, Songs, Scraps of Poetry, &c., by It. 8.--a Mtn who had little art in making money, and still less in keeping it; but was, however, a man of some sense, a great deal of honesty, and unbounded goo.:-will to every creature, rational an d irrational. As he was but little indebted to scholastic educatme . ifid bred at a plough t be strongly tinctured with his way Of life : but ri I believe they really fero, it may be some entertainment to a curious albumin nature to see how, a plotighmao thinks 2ra tti :wilder the pressure of lorie . unbitten, anxiety, grief, w the like trues and passion', which, however divereifled by the modes and manners of life, operate pretty much alike, I believe, on all the species. " There arc numbers in the world who do not *ant sense to make a figure, so much as an opinion of ther own abilities, to put them upon recording their observations, and allowing them the same importance which they do to', those which appear in frint."—Shenstone. " pleasin g when youth has long expired, to true, The Kerns our pencil, or our pen deaign'd ! Swab was our youthf u l sir, and shape, and face,..._ .... Such the so ft image of our youthful Inind."—liiml. April, 1783. Notwithstanding all that had Men *id_ &plan love, re specting the folly and weakness it leads aryoupg loexpetti rated wind into, still I think it In a great mesietre deserves the highest encomiums that have been passed on it., If any thing on earth deserves the name of rapture or traha port, it is the feelings of green eighteen, in the company of the mistress of his heart, when sire repays hith with an equal return of affectiOn. August. Moe is certainly some connexion hetrieen love, and sonata, and poetry; and, therefore, I have always thought e line touch of nature, that passage in a modem love-com lwaition— " As toward her cot he)ogg'd along, Her name was frequent in his song." For my own part, I never had the least thought or in clination of turning poet, till I got once heartily its love; and then rhyme and song were, in a manner, the sponta neous language of my heart. September. I entirely agree with that •judisious philosopher, Mr. Satire, in his excellent Theory of Moral Sentiments, that remorse is the most painful sentiment that can embitter the humao bosom. .Iny ordinary pitch of fortitude may bear op tolerably well under those calamities,. in the procure ment of which we ourselves have had no hand ; but when ear own follies or crimes have made us miserable and wretched, to bear up with manly firmness, and at the same time have a proper penitential senSe of our iniaconduct, ft 'a glorious effort of self-command. Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peed, That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish, Beyond compatisoo the worst are those That to our lolly or our guilt we owe. In every other circumstance, the mind Bat this to say—" It was no deed of mine;" Bat when to all the evil of misfortune This Wag is added—" Blame thy foolish self !" Or weever fas, the pangs of keen remorse; The torturing, knitrfrig eonscio useema guilt— Of guilt, perhaps, Where we've inv I ot her ; The young, the innocent, whh f us— Na. more, that v , :ry love their now rain ! 0 burning hell 1 in all thy store of torments, There's not a ktener lash ! Lives there a utan so firm, who, while his heart Feels ail the bitter horrors of his crime, Can reason down its agonising throbs; And, after proper purpose of amendment, Cu firmly tune his jarring thoughts to pence ! 0, happy ! happy ! enviable man ! 0 glorious usaguanisnity of soul ! March, 1 7 84. I have often obsetved, in the ecrurte of m experience of hum fife, evtry rim. even the wows., has setertefing Stitie—abssai.4-serp Alen w•sbmg-eisr Ail a app tem'erpiaeut f constitution inclining him to this or that virtue. Fur this rearm, no man can say in what de gree any other person, besides himself, can be. with strict justice, called wicked. Let any of the strictest character for regularity of conduct among us, examine impartially how many vices he hai never been gbilty of, not frbm any tire or vigilance, but from want of opportunity, or some accidental circumstancti intervening how many of the weaknesses of mankind he his escaped, because he was out of the line of such temptation ; and, what often, if not always, weighs more than all the rent, how much he is in debted to the world's g6od Opinion, bet'ause the world does rot know all--I say, any l man who can thus think, will scan the failings, nay, the .aults and crimes, of mankind around him, with a brother's eye. I have often courted the acquaintance of that part of mankind commonly known by the ordinary phrase of blackguards, sometimes farther than was consistent with the safety of my character; those who, by thoughtless prodigality or headstrong passions, have been driven to ruin. Though disgraced by follies. nay sometimes " stained with guilt, ***** • ° °," I have yet found among them, In not a few instances, some of the noblest virtues, mag nanimity, generosity, disinterested friendship, and even modesty. April. As I am what the then tif the *mid, if they knew such a man, would call a whimsical mortal, I have various sources of pleasure and enjoyment, which are, in a manner, peculiar to myself, or some here and there such other out of-the-way person. Such is the peculiar pleasure I take in the season of winter, tno!e than the rest of the year. This I bel:eve may be partly owing to rgy misfortunes giving Thy mind a melancholy East; but there is something even in the " Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste Abrupt and deep, metered o'er the buried earth,"— which rakes the mind to a serious sublimity, favourable to (very thing great and noble. there is scarcely any earthly object gives me mere-1 do not know if I should call it pleasure—but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me—than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day ; and hear the stormy wind howling among the tree's, and raving over the plain. I t i s my best season for devotion: my mind is rapt stn in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, " walks on the wings of the wind." In one of these 'Pawns, just after a train of misfortunes, I composed the following: The wintry west extends his blast, &c. fist ?farces finely observes, that love-verses, writ With out sny real passion, are the most nauceous of all cone:elm; and I have often thought that no man can be a proper tie of love-composition, except he himself, in one or more instances, have been a warm votary of this passion. As I have been all along a miserable dupe to love, and hive been led into a thousand weakness(' and follies by it, for that reason I put the more confidence in my critical skill, in distinguishin g foppery and conceit from real passion and nature. Whether the following song will stand the test, I will not pretend to say, because it is my own ; only I can say it was, at the time, genuine from the heart. Behind yon hills, &c. I thick the whole specks of young men may be naturally , tnon . :!: divided into two grand classes, which I shall call the grave and the merry ; though, by the bye, these terms dons: with propriety enough express my ideas. The grave I shall east into the usual division of those who are goaded on by the love of money, and those whose darling wish is to make a figure in the world. The merry are the men of Pleasure of all denominations ; the jovial lads, who have too mutt fire and spirit to have any settled rule of action ; bu:, without much deliberation, follow the strchg itnpulses of natur e : the thoughtless, the careless, the indolent—in ra - tvular he, who, with a hay sweetness of natural l' r nixr, and a cheerf u l vacanc y of pp thought, steals through, t e — generally, indeed, in poverty and obscurity ; but pcs ti,rty Slid obscurity are only evils to him who can sit gravely' ' ktwru and make a repining comparison between his own situation and ;)tat of others : and, lastly, to grace the quo such as are, generally, v.hc.7.:: bads are caps • ' .ble of all the tonerings of genius, and whose hearts arc warmed with all the delicacy of feeling. As the grand end of human life is to cultivate an inter course with that Being to whom we owe life, with - every' enjoyment that can undo. life delightful; and to maintain an integritive conduct tolvlrdsr , war fellow-ereatates; that so, by forming pi e ty an d shine into habit, welciy be fit members for that society.of tea pious and the good,' which reason and revelation teach us to expect be,yond thr grave ; I do not see that the turn of mind and pursuits of an* son of poverty and obscurity, arc in the feast more tnimicatl to the sacred interests of piety and virtue, than the '(even henful) bustling and straining after thc v:tirld's riches and honours; and I do not see but that he rily gain Heaven as well (which, by-the-bye, is no mean consideration), who steals through th e va l e o f lif e , amusing himself with every little flower that fortune throws in his wry; as he who, straining straight forward, and perhaps bespattering all abont him, gains some of life's little eminences; Where, after all, he can only see and be seen a little more emrspis cuously than what, in the pride of his hart, he is apt to term the poor indolent devil be has left behind him. There is a noble sublimity, a heart-melting tenderness, in some of our ancient ballads, which show them to be the work of a masterly hand ; and it has often given me many a herrtlache to reflect, that such glorious old bards—bards who very probablir owed all their talents to native genius, yet have tiescribsd the exploits of heroes, the pangs of dis appointment, and the meltings of love, with such fine strokes oT natnre—that their very names (0 how mortify ing to a bard't vanity!) are now " buried among the ' wreck or things which were." 0 ye illustrious names unknown! who could fed so strongly and describe so well; the last, the meanest of the muses ' train—one who, tho4h much inferior to your flights, yet eyes your path, - and with trembling wing would sometimes soar after yon--a poor rustic bard unknown, pays this sympathetic pang to your memory ! Some of you tell us, with all tbie chasms of verse, that you have been unfonen ateitt . vvoiS;-hbfortnnate In love : be too has felt the ltiiiof Milling fortune, the loss Of frientTs, in& worse than all, the law of the woman he adored. Like you, ell his consolation was his muse : she taught him in rustic measurer to complain. Happy could he have done it with your strength of iinagination and flow of verse! May the turf lie lightly on ,yoor .bones! and may you now enjoy that solace and rest which this world rarely gives to the heart tuned to all the f e elings of p oes y an d l ove ! This kill worth quoting in my MSS. and more than all. R. B. arts cite trod who the mJ tore• ring tort fun were wed. .4. pub . YORZSIIIRE JIfUSIC..IL FESTIVAL. SECOND DAV.—Ws:DWESDAY, SEPT. 14. • The demand for tickets after the conclusion of the Oratorio con tinued, and the receipts were great. The sale waa resumed this morning at seven o'clock, and did not terminate till two o'clock; we have not heard the amount received since our last report. A great many other arrivals have taken place, and Me observe several who attend the meeting, as much to be ready for lion. cutter Races next week, as to participate in the enjoyniehts of the Featiral. We have taKen some pains to get as full a list of the Makers as possible, and are enabled to lay before our readers the following names, and in our next shall very probably give many others. Sir P. Vet:moue and Lady. Lady Emily Fielding ; Captains Ford, Fawcett, leers, Rose, Gleado*, Irvin, liefroy, Alacduff, Mitchell ; (Ice. Sharpe ; Colonels Richardson., Shadforth, Staple ton, Pulieine; :Major Horton, Lord Bishop of liilmore, General Harlane, Lady Horton, Mr. Archdhacon Lyre, Mr. Archdehcon r Markham, Dr. Spray, Dr. Young. Revercnds-.Allott Allanson, Annesley, Blow, Bosanquet, Boulton, Bentick, Bulmer, Benson, Bowness, Croft, Clapham, Charleswoed, Courtney; Clarke Choi osondelev, Currer, Chaloner, Drake, Dixon, Duneombe, Di;dgson, Ellis, Enipson, Etridge, Evden,Ethelaton e , Eki ng , Ey r e, Ell erton , Fenbank, &e. Lady Bruce, Mrs, Admiral Brown, the Mime; Cholmondeley, Cayley, Court. Deans, Eyre. &c. Sir W. W. Cooke, Dr. Calcraft, Messrs. Agar, Armitage, Allington, A kroyd, Allen, Boulto:o, Bulmer, Budenham, Burton, liragce, Bainbridge, Chaloner, Crompton, M.P.. Duncombe, Graham. Gaunt, Gaskill, Greene, Forbes, Beverley, Burrell, &c. The performances at the Minster yesterday went off with great eclat. The devotional feeling which pervaded the audience mani fested itself to a very striking manner at the performance of the chorus, when all standing up together, seemed to unite in the solemn anthems of the orchestra. The scene outside the !Minster during the perfonnance was very animated, the streets being wronged with people in grater numbers than were ever before seen here en any public ocimeon. In the west gallery of the Cathedral yesterday (the admission to width is one guinea) there were about 1.04)0 persons of the higheit rank. The &eases of the ladies were extremely elegant and appro. prime, and, contrasted with the sombre appearance of the venerable building, bad a very singular, sod, at the same time, interesting appearance. W a n * . t: 0,0 r• - evil this wog trey be;llienttwienonded •s it• - ••• :• die esrnugss . .-c;,•vn“ta arrive; art - by eight': t i •.r iSoclk, the this appointed for its commencement, the hall was full, presenting a truly splendid scene, which was rendered still more fascinating by the great proportion of ladies, their 'magnificent dresses, and the profusion of light, there being, besides the two grand chandeliers from the ceiling (each having thirty berners), a number of liphts supported on massy gilt and bronzed stands, and several clusters along the Wei. The selection for the evening commenced with a grand symphony of Beethoven's, which was supported by the elite of the instrumen tal performers, and though the impression was not to profoand as was created by the overwhelming force of the orchestra in the Min ster, It was more pleasing, and we were more capable of discover. Ing and enjoying the beauty of the composition. A ballad of Arne 's by Phillips was admirably sting and encored. A duet of harp and flute, by Boehm' and Nicholson, was very fine, but the weight of the piece rested on Nicholson, and it would be a difficult task to describe the delight which appeared in the auditory. Alin Stephens, in " Lo ! here tl:e gentle Lark," and Mademoiselle Giecia and :Mph), in a duetto from Tancreili, afforded a grand, treat, and were effectively sustained by the orchestra. Mademoiselle' Garcia sung Una voce poto fa" in a style worthy the daughter of one of the rqost perfect singets of the day. Madame Caradori was loudly encored ip " Should he upbraid , and Miss Stephens delighted and surprised us by the comic effect with which she sustained her part of the duo ' Con Pnrienza" with De Begnis, whose '` Large al factotum" afterwards was encored. A conccrtante for flute, burn, clarionette, and bassoon, by Nicholson, Platt,': Willman, and !Mackintosh, was beautifully executed, as was a brilliant concerto on the violin, by Mori. Miss Wilkinson, in': ". l'ango a voi," excited great interest, and displayed a very supe rior developement of style and voice. At an early hour this morning the streets were crowded, and long before the commencement of the Mestiali. the :Minster was tilled in every part. ~amongst the commute were the Fitzwilliam family, his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, and most of those 'ilea names we have previously mentioned; it is said that near 8;000 were present. The Messiah has been so often the thkne of wonder and admire firm. as to require little notice of its tinparallehd excellence, we , shall therefore be brief in our observations. The overture *as env's , executed, and abated the precisioti and merits of the Innen.' mental band with great effect. Vaughan gave the recitative of " Comfort ye my People" with much spirit and taste, and the song with a fine catlenCe ; the succeeding chorus was delighttully performed—the harmony was perfect. Bellamy was in line voice, and gave " Yet once a little while," with a sublimity find deepness suited to the character of the corn. position. Slim Wilkinson delivered the recitative " Behold a Vitgin," with great chastity, and Sent through the air " (1 tSoit that tellest" in a very rpirited manner. The solemn com position, "For, behold, Derkness" was Seri good, both in its ac companiment and singing, by Phillips. 1111sa Stephens in " knew its my Redeemer liveth," Braham in "The Rebuke," and " Rejoice greatly," by Mille. Garcia, were all in the first style of excellence. The "Trumpet shall sauna," by Mr. ;hilarity, ' with the trumpet accompaniment by Mt. Harper, with the pieces above enumerated, were the most prominent parts of the perform. once. All the choruses went oll'adrnirably, the performers being ocectlingly correct, and keeping in strict unison. Time prevent- Mg our enlarging upon ihe above, i'te shill therefore only add, that this divine prosfuettou of the iieniortal Handel Was never before perfbrined with such powerful e.. ect. - We have just saseertained that up to Tuesday right the receipts amounted to abort 11,000. Te pickpockets have been very succeessful. On Monday evening a trunk was stolen "Min Coney street, containing valuable wearing apparel; and yesterday, in the cathedral, a gentleman had his pocket pitked of forty bank notes of Si. and 101. each, and in the evening a gentleman was robbed of 501. near the Post-office. Mr. O'Callaghan, of whom the pUblic heard so mucli during his iinprisonmnnt in Horsenionger-lane for an as sault on the Rev. Mr. Saurin, ii now following hl3 old pro fusion, and playing at the York Theatre. The Prince Regent, arrived from sierra Leone, hat brought the Captain, Mate, and part of the crew of a piratical vessel, capt ured some time ago On the Gold Coast. We understand that a vessel belonging to this port has for several months been tinder seizure in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, for a slight infraction of the extremely rigid regulations enforced there. We have heard that the British authorities in that port, whose duty it is more es pecially to endeavour to mitigate the rigour of the Brazilian regulations, where their infraction has arisen from error and not from design, as is the case in the present instance, have shown an unaccountable remissness in their duty, and that, from this cause there seems no prospect of the vessel being speedily liberated.—Li re; ponl•Cour irr. The principal grocers in Birmingham have,in compliance with a requisition signed by fifty-seren shoproen, agreed to shut their shops at nine ti clock every night except Matur ity, and on that evening at DREADFUL ACCIDANT AT THE LAUNCH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOI'I'E, Al! PORTSMOUTH. It is our painful duty to *nominee a melancholy and fa tal accident which occured on Wednesday, just before the launch of the Princess Caarlotte, 110 guns, at Portsmouth. ,The workmen of the ;sari, under the direction of the Ship wright Officers, had been 'preparing the basin for the r e . eeptioft of the ship, ai soon as the should have been launched ; but the tide tviteg unusually high, the gates of the rock unfortunately gave way, aud swept a number of peofile, who were either pasting dr.itancling on the bridge as srectators, into the bc.ain, and Wheat& persons perished. Th.: number of sufferers, it willArtiies, la variously esti- I mated ; we hope it Will be leer tlioxisileipllr were at first, in tbe.agitation of the moment, led imppritieml. 't A letter from Southampton states se a report there, th..t ilisrty-two !persons had been takesi out of the water by threF . o'clock, all of whom were dell). ite umlerstand, however, that of twelve person slid. ere almost immedi ately dragged up, seven recovered. and *redoing well ; and we hope an equal proportion of the others were saved. The r.:6fitnilssioner, Sir George Grey, had promptly dfdtred the bailif to be drained, that the bodies might be found, The ' launch proceeded with ou t an y o th er acc id ent , and, t hough proud orvur navy, we wish the continuance of peace may render thic•the only loss of life the Princess Charlotte may directly or inNectly occasion. The following are extracts of letters received yesterday from Portsmouth; giving the details of this melancholy and fatal accident : • "PORTIIIIIOUTR, SEPT. 14. " At about one o'docl, or a quarter of an hour before the Princess Charlotte Was let off the slip on which she was built, a most dreadful accident happened, as the public were crowding over the :bridge across the dock, wherein it Was intended to brint the launch. There are three docks, all of which were dry es& every preparation to receive die launch was tratt4o." iindsr.saeb laidge them are flood-gaigg. to let the, !saw. i* or l'eeto it. back ; the comber now filling two f ee t a b ove - the usuai height, the weight of this water carried away the floodttetes on which the middle of the bridge rested, and the whole . of the crowd passing thereon fell into the dock, and wen: hurled over and over, the water falling three or four and twenty feet before it came to a level—the whole mass of people were hurled away to death in a moment. " As the bridge is upwards of eighty, or nearly ninety feet across, and about four feet six inches wide, you may judge how many persons it would hold, closely wedged together, and all pressing to be over first, to get a good standing place. There were nearly 130 on it at the time it gave way ; the number lost it is as yet impossible to ascer tain. Eleven are now dragged up, hut as there happens to be two ships in the basin or comber, and they cannot work the engine to pump out the water, until these ships arc pro Orly shored up, all the labourers are ordered into the dock-yard all tfight, to proceed as fast as possible to forward ' the work, And get the water out. " There were 100,000 persons altogether at the launch, ' 1 and never was there such a scene of woful countenances; all are in dread that their nearest friends have perished." " PORTSMOUT H , SEPT. 14. " This day ha's presented the finest spectacle that has beeu witnessed in Portsmouth for some years past, in the launch of a first-rate ship of war, the Princess Charlotte, an elegant vessel, built upon the modern principle, with a round stern. " The morning was rather unpromising, but the day cleared as the time for the launch approached, just im mediately before which, and when the crowds of spectators were immense (the shores and the sea being literally covered with them; and numerous bands ple.ying on board of different vessel's, amongst whkh were various steam-boats, full of company, from different parts of the coast), a barge approached with the royal standard flying ; and the scene was made still more interesting by the salute of 21 guns, paid by each of the men of war to the Royal personage therein (supposed to be Prince Leopold), and by the ships manning their yards. " At about ten minutes past twelve o'clock the stupend ous &brie was received in the hosom.of that element where we trust she will ride triumphant, and grace with laurels the brows of future British heroes. A quarter of an hour afterwards a brig of war Was also launched, from a slip close to the oaten " Happy should we be if the narrative could end here, but we have to report a most rata: and dreadful atteident that ezeutrecl. The crowd , - kf the dotir-yasji were so remevise, that ever 9 place that could command ' even a limited view of the slit'', was covered with people— amongst the rest, a bridge that crossed the entrance into one of the docks; it is So feet in length, and a b ou t five feet in width, and as many poisons were petsing on it as possibly could (a person who saw the accident states, there must have been at least 100 persons on the bridge), wh en the gates of the dock upon which the bridge was fixed, gave way with the weight cf *ater against them, and the immense rush dl water into the dock was excessive, carry ing with it the bridge, and all that were on it. Nothing can exceed the horror of the scene, anti it is not possible to ascertain bow numerous aro the sufferers. Various boats rowed instantly into the dock s and lent all the s;d in their power ; men, women, and ch.ldren were picked up, some with life, and others without the appearance of any. Efforts are still making to discover bodies ; many, it is feared, lost their lives by the violence with which they were deshed against the sides of the dock. " The scene of parents looking for children, and hus bands for wives, is truly deplorable, as no judgment can hitherto be formed as to whom may have been victims. We are glad to say that the method recommended by the Humane Society has been successful in several cases, and happy shill we be if the loss of life should ultimately prose to be much less than we have every reason now to apprehend." "Pontraioteret, WISTIRESDAT AFTERNOON. " This day has witnessed the launch of the largest vessel ever built at the Portsmouth Hock, and one of the most destructive accidents attendidg snith an event it haa ever been the painful duty of an English Journal to record. " For the additional accommodation of the numerous spectators assembled to behold this truly grand end im posing spectacle, a temporary bridge or platform had been erected across one of the docks, which, at the moment the launch took place, gave way with a tremendous crash, when seventy persona were instantaneously precipitated into the water. The strong current occasioned by the Velocity of the course of the vessel, rendered the endeavours of the boatmen nearly ineffectual, and, lamentable to relate, seven oily have escaped a watery grave. " The consternation pervading the assembled multitude surpasses ill description, for no one knew whether he had inst to lament the untimely death of his nearest relation. " The number of persons present exceeded all calcula tion. In a boat under the royal standard, his Royal Highness Prince Coburg, and his liztelleng Prince Ester hazy, honoured this exhibition *miff their presence, it tended by the Port Admiral, Sir George Martin, Bart. and Commissioner Grey. A salute from his Majesty's ship the Ganges announced the arrival of their Highnesses. " A splendid ball was announced to bo given this even ing, at the Royal Clarence Itoome, Southsea Beach, under the special patronage of Lady Martin, and it was expected to be numerously and fashionably attended." UTILITY ON STEAM BOATS.--Yesterd a y a d eep l y la den ship, in tacking in the rivet, nliued stays, and the *ind blowing fresh frotn the northeast, was fast drifting on the Cheshire Acne, above Tranmere. The masters of the Birkenhead and Tranmere steam-boats, which were both crossing the river with passengers at the time, perceiving the perilous state of the ship, made towards her, and took her in tow, one on each side. It was a long time before they could stem the current, so as to drag her off; at length, however, they succeeded, and brought her in safe ty down the river, opposite to the Prince's dock, where she came to anchor. 'lbis occupied between one and two hours, during which time the passengers were detained on board the steam boits.—Litterpool Paper of Wednesday. Sent IIseraUCTION ERIVINTED,--VESIETtIAX morn ing, about ten o'clock, Mrs. Fleming, of Vnion-court, in the pa rish of Shadwell. wife of Mr. Fleming, coal backer, was seen run. ning in an agitated state of mind on to New Crane Ways, where, from the tide being low, the unfortunate woman plunged herself head foremost into the mud, which would in a few moments hare produced stitibcation. Fortunately the shore-raker of Mr. Luke, of Wapping-wall. was near to the spot. who insuintly.ha.tened to het assistance. and rescued her from tor7e perilous situation in which she was placed. Medical aid s was promptly !procured, and anima tiOn restored. The unfortunate woman is of interesting appear under. 30 years of age, and fortunately recovering. Tae cause of this midi act is said to have arisen from a quarrel which had taken place a short time previously with her husband. OLD BAILEY, Tut:l4D" Sept, 1.5. ' • • The Seeking corruneneed here this day, at nine o'clock. before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, 3J ;. Baron Moonset , and Mr. Jus. tics GAST:LEE. The Lord 6 aim, Aldermen, and Sheeiffs also 'sat upon the bench. . . The calendar is extremely weitkty in.p o i nt o f numbey, and owes tains the names of 86 prisoners cosagehlod from the city of Londe* and 340 from 311.1dlesex. Of these, 4 are charged with the.eOrtirniasion of morder, 7 with) burglary, 6 with the offence of lioree.itealing, 3 with highway rob. bety, and 2 with forgery. The larcenihs are. very numerous, being' for Middlesex, 212, and 43 fur ',tondo's; in all 2,;.5. The.gmem number of prisoners is 426. ) lAster Clark, aged 40, was put to the bar, capitaily indicted t stealing several articles of plate and we a ri ng dpparel, otiose) t , value of 40s. in the dwelling-house or Ilenry Thwaltes, Esc., of Euston-squ.re. Mr. ItIRODE ICK stated theme for the prosecution as it after wards appeared in evidence, and observed, that as it could not be proved that gib articles in question had been stolen all at once, it might not be possible to satisfy the Jury that the value of the articles stolen at arty one time amounted to 40s. . tnder those circumstances, he d'd not think the capital part of the charge could be sustained. • • . It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, th-t the 04. stoner had been left inseam of :81r. Thwaites's house while , * family were in the country. It was discovered on their mitten, that during their absence the, property laid in the intlicuneut was taken and pledged by the prisoner. The prisoner acknowledged the commission of the offence, and , that the duplicates which were founff on her person were tlit:se she had, received when she pledged Mr. Thwaites'ti property. l'he.CounT charged the Jury, who acquitted the prisoner of the capital part of the offence, ,and found her guilty of stealing in a dwelling-house property to the amount of 3gs. . The prisoner, who was a decent and respectable-looking fraud* was then removed from the bar, apparently deeply affected with a sense of her unhappy situation. BURGLARY.. Wm. Rippen, the younger, was put to' the bar, 'indicted for a burglary to the house of Mr. Woolf, in Bedfordbury on ibe of Jane last, and ideating from thence a quantity of woollen cloth, of the value of lOW. the property of the prosecutor. William /Doom the elder, father of the prisoner, was else pat to the bar, charged with receivingibe death , knowing it to have been stolen. The'prisoners, who me ctleptaterifia a reireetible line of life, were extremely well dressed, and appeared by sheir demeanour to be considerably abot , e the ordinary class of prisoners usually placed at the bar under similar circumstances. It 'appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, who is a clothier resident in Bedfordbury, that the prisoners were his next door neighbours. Witness's back premises were undergoing some re pairs in the month of June Iva, and on the night of the 23et the door belonging to his warehouse was secured and safely los:!ted. At four o'clock on the following morning the prosecutor, on viziting his premises, found that the door had been forcibly broken open, and about 100 yards of cloth wore discovered to be missing. Wit ness toads some inquiries, and from the informslion he received, wailed' to entertain suspicions that the prisoners were the parties engaged in the commirsion of the robbery.. The prisoners were aatchedooldju consequence of some doubtful appearancei ob served by thepcospcutor's son, a search warrant was applied for, and obtained. Pace, the officer of Queen-square, accompanied the prosecutor in hie search, in the course of which the property stolen was discovered, concealed in a large grape jar in the prisoner's eel lar. The prisoner, in the course of his cross-examination by Mr. Broderick, admiqed that the elder prisoner made no objection to the search warrant, nn 'the contrary, he went down with him and the officer with a light into the cellar where the goods were discovered. It was also elicited that there were several lodgers in the prisoner's house at the time. • ' A servant of Mr. Sptrtir, a eoW-keeper in the neighbourhood, whose premises immediately .adioin those of the prosecutor, de. posed that at an early hour on tit:. morning of the 2tth June. be rob served his master's cow-house and hay-loft had been opened, and a ladder taken away, which appeared* to hive been sublequently used for the purpose of getting into dit+ pi•imises of the prosecutor. Witness also stated that he discovered a pert of the Cloth in his master's hay-loft. In consequence of this he made an alarm, and communicated the circumstances he had observed.tbtfle watchman, who went up into the loft, and there found the club. The watchman stated that he observed two sibling men coining out of the prosecutor's premises at about half.part-ont of the morning of the robbery. They were shortly afterwardd: joined by a third, whom he believed to be the younger prisoner. One of the two whom he had first seen was a person of the name of Ready, and a companion of the younger Rippen. Joseph -- stated that he was acquainted with, both the pri soners at the bar, and that the younger toll him that three persons, named Ready, Flanagan, and David, had cotnmitted the robbery to which he (Rippen) was privy. This conversation occurred while the seach was taking place in the house of the elder prisoner. The younger Rippen remarked, he thought how it would be." Pace, the officer warn called, and produced a chisel found on the premises of the prosecutor, and which appeared to have been used for the purpose of breaking open the door. Witness experienced. no obstruction from the elder prisonerin the course of the search'; on the contrary, he rendered every assistance in his power in ordusi to further the search, and expressed his astonishment that should have became the ticle,?,ect of euepicioo. The elder Rippen repeatedly peotested his innocence after the discovery of the pro- posed the 131 prisoner's Philip \ . deposed., -- directed him to watch the prisoners' house on she morning after the robbery. He did so, and observed. the cider prisoner looking cut of n window in his own house, a little before fire o'clock on that rhorning. Tho prisoner was partly dressed, anti had his shirt sleeves turned up. About the same time he heard the voices of, as he conceived, a man and woman, in conversation, in the pri goner's back kitchen. The woman said, "Nor they are on the watch;" and the man replied. " bet them watch, we have got if safe enough here." Witness believes the man's voice was that of the Ode, Rippen. Mr. Nodder, the •Governor of Totbill.field Bridewell. stated. that he had received a written statement from the younger prisoner, shortly atter his apprehension, which be subsequently delivered to Mr. Markland, the Magistrate of Queen-square. This document, which wns identified by the last witness, was put in and read by the officer of the Court. It contained a con. fession •that the writer had been prevailed on by three youths, named Ready, Flanagan, and David, to coin in the commission of the robbery. The goods, after they were taken, were deposited in his father', cellar, without his knowledge or consent, Tits paper funher stated that his father, Wm. Blom, was quits ig norant of the robbery, and knew nothing about it till the goods wets discovered in the cellar. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Baron CISAHAM having called on the prisoners for their defence— The younger Ripper' repeated the statement contained in the document just read, and entirely exculpated his father. The elder prisoner disclaimed all knowledge of the transaction. The defence was to the following effect : A silversmith, named Radcliffe, who lodged In the house of the elder prisoner, stated, that on the morning of the robbery be got up at an early hour (between four and five o'clock), for the purpose of going to his work. He looked out of the first floor window, being at the time without his coat, and with his shirt sleeves turned up, as was emsl with him when at work. On looking out he ob served one or two of Mr. Woolf's sons, who appeared to be watch ing the premise*. Philip Woolf was now recalled, and being confronted with this witness,. persisted in declaring, that it, was the elder ltippen and not the witness whom he (NVoolf)saw looking out of the window I on the morning after the robbery. It was proved by several lodgers in Rippen's house that they heard the elder prisoner come down stairs about six o'clock the morning alter the robbery, end not earlier. Some of them reposed that their rooms were so situated that Rippen could not have passed down stairs without their hearing him. The prosecutor having been recalled, for the purpose of identi fying the goods, voluntarily spoke to the prcvious good character of the elder prisoner. . . several respectable witrmssee Joined in giving the elder Rippen a most unexceptionable character. _ _ Mr. Baron r Gasnast charged the Jury„ who after a short con sultation found the younger prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy ; and aequitted the elder prisoner. Thom or Lock and Henry Godfrey were indicted for stealing • gold snuff-box and other property, of the value of 2 tt., from the shop of James Jeremiah Tunisian, on the 7th.of July last.. It appeared (Torn the eviderire of. the prosecutor's shopman,that on the day . in question, about ten o'clock, the two prisopersatt the bar came into his master's shop, in Great Russell -street, Rloonis. bury, and asked to see a gold hording-watch. They remained some June In the shop. and afterwards went away. Before they had passed the window the witness saw two.brooches on tbecounter, in consequence of which he made a remark to 31r. Tuptnan, wpo looked into the glass-case, and missing two watches and a gold snuft-box, directed the witness to pursue the prisoners. The property was seta by. the witness an instant before the prisoners entered the shop. and tufssed immediately after they had left it. Witness pursued the prisoners, but did not succeed in apprehend ing them. On. the evening of the same day he saw the prisoners at the bar lo custody at Bow-street. (in his cross.examination by Mr. Law, who was of Counsel for Godfrey, the. witness said, that he kept his eye on the prisoners while they were in the shop, and saw them take nothing. The property . ban had never since been recovered. A ,gentleman had been in the shop to look at lodgings the same morning before the prisoners. Cross-examined by Mr. Pstrtries, for Lbck.—Did the gentle: man trine the lodgings P—So. Oh I then lie wok nothing, that you saw, except hls leave 1 0 — e 4. • By the Cor irr.—Witnen saw the.wstches safe In the glass-case otter the gentleman left the shop. They were there immediately before the prisoners Caine into the shop. The prosecutor care a similar account of the transaction with the last witne ss , . and identi fi ed the prisoners as the remits who had been in Ins shop on the morning of the robbtyy. Joseph Woolinan, • coosselble, apprehended the prisoners, and sesrened them, but did rot find the stolen property ir. their pos session. dea t i d bc ou e b , t i w n is t a h ra e p iibed arier o ta s w t. het ti h en er ,a t e he i. p ri roa loo ecu m, :or b. :ii r i house was. I" For the prisoners it was urged by Pleura. Law and Trractrs, that N:. Tupn:ses shop was situated :n the parish of St. Utht: Several witnewes were examined on this point, and it appeared (bola their evidence that the boast of .the prosecutor was correctly described in the indictment as being in the parish cf St. George, Bloomsbury. • i This was.the case for the prnseentrin. . . , The prisoners being called on for their defence, 'add they todld leave it,to their Counsel. 90 evidence was offered on the part of the prlionites. • , . Mr. Justice LITTLEDALT. Chilled I Jurf. and obeerved,slisa the evidence in this case was merely pretumPttle—but certain!! ;Ufa piesumption wee very strong against the prisoner.; for al. 14smaght no person had seen them take the property, and it was not oftekeardi found in their portessmn, yet it bed been seen by the prosecutor's shopman immediately Ilfore they entered the shop' endorsed as soon a ft er their departem. If 'the ..T'Air errerttnrc, any •loubt as to the circumstance of the parish tit which AIL an fitan's house stood not being correctly laid In the Ind trnent, they would giri,the,,prisoners the benefit of it, andperha acquitting them of tae etp,rel, pert of' the charge, find Moo ' te ofjea4 larceny. In altklierer of the parishes in quotion ilrelibite et in t 7 theta cold be little doubt that it stodd.on UV! con'7l4.of both. It had indeed been prii,ed by the prosecnter and POW rrit. nesse', that as far as thelr•knowledge went, the liousemae, in St, George', parish, but perba?a the beat possible evidence c'S the sub. jest had not been mulduced. The Jury consulted for smile time, and acquitte4 r prisoner; of the capital offence, but found them both Guilty grind far e „. . , ary Muses, aged 23, was inP..ted for steeling - pt gg UZ I valpe Sl. thepteperty of Richard Duckworth',Dunn, In of kt. Margtret, IVestminster, on'the 12th Jelv hat. „ ..... Richard D. Dunn; i the proieeutor, a scholar in Vi l le school, andepparebtly a lad of abOut 14 , yeare of age egared, *it he left his watch, which hi had purchased about a foitnight beton .for Bt., on th e 12 t h July, under the pillow in the b ., -room of the house of Mr. Grant, where he lodged and boarded, in Weetminster. Shortly afterwards he went to look for It, and finding it sou tone, melted the prisoner, Whose business It wee - to clean his room, If she knew any thing about it ; but she dCnied ell knowledge of ii. • The Rev. Geo. Preston, an usher in `Westminster schovol, de -4 to the circumstance of the prisoner's brie being searched on Ith July; and the watch being friend in it, 1n the practice of ..: prisoner, who said, "I think the Devil prompted me to take it." The watch was produced by the constable, and identified by the Ist witness as the one fond in the prisoner's box. .. For the defence several Witnesses were called, whet pee tbefti orrti an excellent character frole•her Infamy. Mr. Justice Gass LE x charged the Jury, who immediately Astml. the prisoner Gritty, but recomtnend?d her to mercy. .-. nie Rev. !Ir. Preston begged ieave to state • eirennistence which induced' hint to believe that Vie prisoner was young in crime, A few day. preyious to the stealingof the wench, prisoner found A pocket - book , bemnging td one of the bitO, Omtaining terenty-eighf shillings. She made no attempt to retina it, b ef lt,,on the'Cdbtrary, Was brought it to the housekeep e r, a nd tt restor bathe owner. ' ((.urge ..Vitcltell. a, cosoinnam oat Indicted for stealing a, silver. milk-ewer and coffee-biggen, of the Value of 101. thy property of James Window, of the parish cf St. Pancras, on the WO day tif August. It appeared thas on the day laid im 'be indietthent the prisoner was met coming tit of Mr. Window's pons with a bundle in hie -hand, which :ontatned the articles in question. On being,Pawsued he threw the bundle down an area, and attempted to ecape, but wait overtaken and appreheodl4. Guilty of grand larceny. ' ' Joseph Jackson was i ndicted for stealitig. on 'the 43th July, a clock, of the valueot fI. in Beyenstone.atreet, in the parish of St. ill arylebone. the . property of Samuel Lomax. It appeared from the evidence of the mounter . that the doom and shutters of the house were properly secured 'on the night pre. vioue to the robbery. About foer o'clock of the morning of thtt 13th July witness was alarmed by the watchmen,, who had taken the prisoner into custody w ith th e c l oc k' i n his Plseposion,, The front door of the house vas open, and other articles had alto been taken away, On his .ttots-examin'atioti Vie prosecutor stated. that he hie 4 another residence, In which family generally lived ; but on the night of the rubbery he h a d Sept it. the house in 13tyanstone-strect, watch was usually let in lodgings. The watchman (Atkinson),deposed tb hating met the prisoner about half-yest three on the mottling of tie INA, with the clock iii his possession.. There was another person in company with hint, who threw down a quantity of toroper6, he had in his possession, and effected his escape.. .N • The prisoner put in a written that he had been spending " - - locked out of his lodgings, till the time arrived a hen ' of his wanderings he represented son carrying two umbrellas, mom clock in question. • This indii servant carrying these articles dilly, wheri he expcpted to nice sorer to issad him by' burying t and. turd not gene far with him man is Ilricribed, and his collopiiiiO4 Mr. EITOU GILAHA)I chargea the prisoner. Ir. 0. h e ar. on an 'cm ember I Ctn. each, rather a. Mr.1....5.. efs4 . • • _.%_,.___ f • , . . • ~. . .. 111 r. Sergewnk. ...ANQUET magracfra ibe Jury fbr the prosiec..... tion, and called the following withesset :-- Mr. Henry 3ferrik Hoare. examined by the Bench,-1 ant oiler of the partnera.in the house of Maisps. Hoare and Co. They tomtit of Ilchryfloare, Charles : Hoare: Hugh Hoare, and Hear.y ,flerritk Hoare. The prisoner was a clerk in th e h ouse , coil at end In trusted to receive sums of money for the fi rm . I t wet his hiving's ti, carry the Exchequer Edit' to the Audit Office of the Exche q uer, for the porpose of getting. them changed. The ti - lual course way, trit witch a notice came front the Exchequer, the prianner 'made our slish•which he took whit the bills to the Exchefluer, where Pe. received new ones fur them, with the inte-':eit. According lo the,. custom, a list was made out in September last, whieh the ptisoncr made out himself, and got new one,' for them. H e was dismissed from the banking-house in the month of September last. , . • Examined by Mr. BaonErtlexThe bills were depoa!ted by the customers of the bank as a security, but tht• partner& had no right to use them. The prisoner hail been in t h e house for many years, and wps itikhly respected. - When sent for to explain hi s conduct he came. Ile cam,: the day he was token into custody. - ' By Mr.,LAW—The Iwitse has the power of exchanging the oh! { for the new bills as the.latter are paid off.. . Mr. Hugh Richard Hew examined—l am the Mphei a tl.t• list witness. In September last I looked out the E:%ettequer bills 'for the prisoner to take them to the Excheqth, but 1 did not take any account of them, as that was the duty ot the prisoner. Ily the Retontit R—l had no list. I looked nut all the not, s of Sept. 22. .I,merely handed over the ]Exchequer bills of that dal,. to the prisoner. Many of them had been deposited in the hduse by the customers. . Mr. H. Snelgar examined by . Mr. Lai'—l am an officer err. ployecl in the Audit Office, Somerset House. I prOduce a list of Etchequer bills transmitted to our office from the house of Messri. Jpare. The amount of the two lists is 47a,400/...prigelps!, and 14,2121. for humid. The lists specify th e tr...mbet and date of the bills. The manner in which a demand for ne's bills and interest was made, was by the person 'Mese unk:- writing appeared at the bottom of the list and receipt, the words of of Whizh were " Received the 2'2d S'ept. the bills as sreeified within with interett." That receipt at the bottom of the hats in questiur was the prisoner's handwriting. Mr. 31errik Hoare, again examined—The list of the lid is kali as the new bills is in the handwriting of„the prisoner. , .. , Mr. Snelgar again examined —Th7 bills have no ; as yet heir, coniptired at the Audit O ffi ce. The figures at the back of the elfd billido not mean any thing. They were merely ornaments!. • John Henry Latham, examined by Sergeant Ron... Zeal u EX—lrit the paymaster of Exchequer bills, and paid oils !lumber to the oil toner In F•eptember last. He gave him new for eld ores. • The amount of the principal was 476.400?. • of the Thterest 14,:e21. fist• the prisoner received 30 bills for lOW/. each , (29 krllp i /10Q1. each; 116 bills for 2001. each ; and 2'27 for in. each, t it,. acts did not compare the Exchequer bills with aqy account, but 4s believed them to be the sante. Ile gave the prisoner all he dp mended. . A book now prod.i.ced wits one in which all pew, !ilk eke copied. It contains an account of all the bill s issied,trid to wtotb.. It also Contains an account of those delivered to the pesoner do the 2•21 of September last. Precisely the kame sgefies of liotei wet given in exchange for old bills. If a 10061. bill were reesented;* 10001. new bill would be given for it, and not two HIS for 6601. Mr. Woos, paimasta to his Majesty's. fotets In Setembet laj.• A paper now_produtdd was not In his (wimeas's) hand-tithing, li was coned tiorn the (retinal draft ; witness examined It et the time. Thinks he has seen the prisoner c. never paid h!'4l any mangy on his own account ; never paid money without proper vouchietts, cnosisting of draughts end ntlidatits ; witness milli the prisoner a draught on the Bank. Pensions wert in courte of payment in Seb tember last, and remained so tip to the p t time. , Mr. Henry Whiting was and is in t service of the Bank of England, as a clerk in the public Bra g-office. I hate a check in tnj own hand - writing , order' , thlt. Armen! of 1:1293/. fn. lid. by 11r. Hetherington to he prisoner. • r„,,..: ' was another draught connected with the a eKw the plyinent of 33/. es. lid. The order was not made particti I yto 31r. II etherlnl-,-. ton, to whom the prisoner presented. it, And it•eil tide Metros. Whites. did not see the money paid. Had n known, delitiol the thirty years he had been in Me office, but t Jost:mit, Ir which money had heen OM without the person receiving It putting !di name on Are back. Cannot say that he ecliany paid the draught over tri the prinaher, but he keSicved sc. ... Mr. Wm. lletheringinn, one of the gay clerks to th e be n_ k . pro b v i e r. d bills, to the amount of 374.4fitt1. had been made in the him; quer Coyle O ; the nrone produced 'v, a but b li k e . could in w hich ri o t S an e i n t t o ry w o h f o t m t . r.1 .. e. Robertt g while na new bill was placed to her account. The interest al tOrit, 10011!. n•as !Mi. The prisoner ought to have brinlght ilte lettere.... er m r l i v ting w ol ood the .s pr t is l o c n b er e; h u e er ing ac i c tfi o l/ t I n ea p s o th a a .ei n ought to h e ap te bein iz -1:.. check and Exchequer bills to Meseta. Hoare's, but he laid dot don! so. . . . . In the crosi.examination, :he rhnisa admi'ted that he hid noti fied in the public press the etamination of the prisoner at Bet.. street. previously to that taking place. If the money had been pti.l to Alien \Vinod, it would have appeated in the book. i Mr. Oeorge Meirnme—V'itnors had examined the aceouri of 0•1 t ••• , • • rrittOts defence, the perrort of ;blob wan thefvening with ions frierts • and being I, came to the resolution of walking about he abld go SO his work. In the course esenred himiuslf as having met with a per_ Is some lug g a g e in a carpet big, and tho individual told him he was kgetatlemanlk tieres to the ll'hlte Horse tucet,ltis master. He revisted the re- rying the clock, ona.the law cpmenitod, I him when he er a s stoppeetb7 pirstatch. Icollima t ion tan away. chatgel the Jury, who ecciblttal tt'e r obst r rueilost from the eltrerl;risoner inthe course of the search . ; „TRIA7i (iF 111.1 t. W. CHRISTMAS. i the contrary, he rendered e ver y assistce in his power in ordsr tr. Chris., ma:, avd .ty profession a clerk, w a s pc t to the further the search, and expressed his astonishment th a t h e bar on an indicutnt, ctiolng him with emberzling on t h e t.'2d of omit] have become the seh:eet of suspicion. The elde r Ripp en S eptem b er list, a stbz cit of London, ten L'lchequer bills for peatedly protested his innccence after the discovery of the pro- !fa each, the Oriiperty. of Messrs. Henry .Mertit. trite, and !rty. others, hie pennies, by thorn the private oto It a p peared. from the evidence et Wootibtr... another officer, that ' There wA a sec Ali iikridttnoti r aihilipatXtu et ha "em . e cloqt was diootvered h 1.40,,, in aia:^h 'hers wits sum* barlor, berried a bait ace for *i t . t rdiLeati.af the said -merrii, r favoisig tbscia„. nil that toe - elder pit mr iept poultry. A pee. , Hoare and panzer', at the n n zro kaki !n the West. n might be in the wear without perceiving the cloth, which could The prisoner was accomp anied into Court by a profearional Ire been concealed where it was f oun d w i t h out enter i ng t h e elder friend, holding in his han ds a bundle of papers. H e pleidrxl ir. Owner's house. - rather a-faltering tqne " Not Guilty" to the indletMent. Philip Woolf, son to the prosecutor, deposed., that hie father Mr. liw opened the epic. - '. : ' • .. _ . rectal him to watch the prironcrs• house on the tam Sergeant ping Mr. fIOSANQUET acii44 ibi J ury fbuthe corerec..- 4. ; , I trl tti oed iyaa mly el). the Cu Aim. .