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. , 1 1 i• t i i' MAXIMS OF °DOHERTY. Viotti Blackwood's Mogazine. j 9. No real smoker uses any of those little knick-kneek cries they sell under the name of segos tubes, and the like of that. The chief merit of the thing is the extreme gen- ' Venoo and delicacy with which the smoke is drawn out of the leaf by the loving and animated contact, and eternally ai !nig play and pressure of thnt most wonderful piece of Wined uwelianisiii, the lip of man ; whereas, if you ere to k o , to work upon a piece of silver, ivory, horn, wood, or whatever these concerns are made of, you lose thiwhole of this, 814 indeed, you may as well take a pipe at once. to. In order to know what cod really is, you must cat it at Newfunnillaitil. rring is not worthy of the name, ex oept on the banks of Loclifire, in Argyleshire ; and the Iv.at salmon in the whole world is that of the Boyne. Or. Kitchener, in all probability, never tasted any one of these things, and yet the man writes a book upon cookery ! It is really trio much for a man to write about salmon, who never cat it until it hail been kept for ten days in a tub of which is the case with all that conies to London, ex cepting the very few salmon caught in the Thames, and these are as inferior in firmness and gusto to those of a mountain stream, as the mutton of a Lincolnshire Squire is to that of Sir Watkin of Wales, or Jamie Hogg of Et trick. This fish ought to be eat as soon as possible after he is caught. Nothing can then exceed the beautiful eurdiners of his texture, whereas your kept fish gets a fla ridity that I cannot away with. 11. The best of all pies is a grouse-pie; the second a black-cock-pie; the third a woodeoek-pie (with plenty of &pieta ;) the fourth a chicken-pit; (ditto). As for a pigeon pie, it is not worthy of a place upon any table, so lung as there are chickens in the world. A rook-pie is a bad imi tation of that bad article ; and a beef-steak-pie is really abominable. A good pie is excellent when hot; hut the test of a good pie is, " how does it cat cold ?"—Apply this to the examples ab ove cited, and you will find lam cor rect, Never taste any thing hot whisky on then:woes. Porter or ale blows you up, and destroys your wind. Wine gets acid immediately on an empty stomach. And put no water to your whisky, for if you once begin swilling water, you will never stop till you make a bag of yourself. A thlin blefull of neat spirits once an hour is the thing; but one bgmper at starting, and another exactly at noon, is foond very wholesome. 13. The Scotch writers of our day seem to consider it as an established thing, that their country furnishes the best breakfast in Europe ; hut this I cannot swallow—l tnean the assertion—not the breakfast, which I admit to be excellent, hut deny to be peerless. The fact is, that break fast is among the things that have never yet received any thing like the attention merited. The best breakfast is unquestionably that of France ; their coffee, indeed, is not retie equal to that of Germany, but the eatables are unri valled ; and I may be wrong, but somehow or other , I can never ielp thinking that French wines are better in the morning than any others. It is here that we arc behind every other nation in Europe—the whole of us, English, Scoich, and Irish ; we take no wine at breakfast. A philosophic mind, devoted to this subject, would, I think, adopt a theory not widely (firming from the follow ing, which, however, I venture to lay down with much diffidence. I say, then, that a man's breakfast should be adapted to his pursuits—it should conic home to his busi ness as well u to his bosom. The man who intends to study all the morning, should take a cup or two of coffee, a little well-executed toast, and the wing of a partridge or grouse, when in season ; at other times of the year, a small slice of cold chicken, with plenty of pepper and mustard ; this light diet prepares him for the elastic exercise of his intellectual powers. On the other hand, if you are going to the fox-chars, or to the moors, or to any sphere of vio lent bald) exertion whatever, iu this case your breakfast' will be good and praiseworthy, exactly in proportion as it approaches to the character of a good and praiseworthy din ner. Hot potatoes, chops, beefsteaks, a pint of Burgundy, a quart of good old beer—these are the sort of materials a sportsman% de /rune should consist of. Fried fish is an ex cellent thing also—particularly the herring. If you have been tipsy overnight, and feel squeamish, settle your heart with half a glass of old cogniac, ere you assume the knife and fork ; but, on no account, indulge the whimsies of your stomach, so as to go without a real breakfast.— " L'oppetil viewt ea mangruat,“ quoth the most veracious of adages—therefore begin boldly upon something very highly peppered, and as hot as Gotnorrah, and then no fear of the remit. Yon will feel yourself another man, when you have laid in a pound of something. • Of Ina, I have ou various occasions hinted my total SON% It is a weak, nervous affair, adapted for the dup..- thin of boarding-school misses, whose occupation is paint ,ing roses from the life, practising quadrilles, strumming on tint instrument, and so forth. Old people of sedentary habits, may take (+palate if they like it; I, fur my part, stick to oofee when I am studious. 14. By eating a hearty breakfast, you escape the temp tation of luncheon-4 snare into which be who has a suf ficient respect for his dinner will rarely fall. U. I agree with Falstaff, in his contempt for the preva lent absurdity of eating eggs, eggs, eggs, at breakfact.— " No pullet-sperm in my brewage," say I. I prefer the chicken to the egg, and the hen, when she is really • fine bird, and well roasted or grilled, to the chicken. IG. Cold pig's face is one of the best things in the world fur breakfast, but it should not be taken unless you arc to be active shortly after, for it is so good that one an scarcely help taking a great deal when one begins to it. Eat it with shallot vim gar and French mustard. Fruit at breakfast is what I cannot recommend ; but if you will take it, be sure not, to omit another drain after it, fur if you do, you will certainly feel heavyish all the morning. N.B. The best breakfast-dram is whisky, when it is really very old and fine, hut brandy is more commonly to br bad in perfection among the majority of my readers. Cherry-brandy is not the thing at breakfast ; it is too sweet, and not strung enough, in the Highlands of Scot land, people of extraordinary research give you whisky strongly impregnated with a variety of mouutain herbs. And tiro. I sin bound to admit, is attended with the most admirable consequences ;—but they will not part with their receipts, therefore it is not worth while for toe to do more than inertly allude to the fact. Be sure you take it when eau the _spot. 17. Never wear • coat with a velvet collar—not even a tortoni 'f his maxim is, however, almost unnecessary ; tor no tailor, whose mat it is possible to wear, would ever think of putting a velvet collar on any vesture intended to be worn on the west side of Temple-bar. 18. Never eat turtle at the West End of the Town, ex cept at the houses of Wirt Indians. The turtle at the oc eideutal coffee-houses is always lean and poor, and wants the oriental richness and flavour of Maiden's. 19. There is nothing so difficult u the invention of a new tie. You might almost.as easily find out a sixth (w -ider of architecture. I once made a drawing of a sods, isami a Lschrymatory found at Herculaneum, and found it beg a good effect when reduced to practice. Its great beauty was, that you did not know where the knot began, nor were it ended. Even of the originality of this tie I waster some time doubtful, till one evening at the Opera l beard Hughes Nall exclaim in an ecstasy of surprise and admiration, " By (I—d, there's a new tie !" 90. Man and wife generally resemble each other in fea tures, never in disposition. A goodnatured man marries a shrew—a clio!eric man, an insensible lump of matter- a witty man, an insipid woman—and a very great fool, • blue-stocking. The reason of the resemblance in face I take to be this: every man thinks himself the handsomest person in ex istence: and therefore, in looking out for a wife, he always -chimes the woman that most nearly resembles himself. The reason for dissimilarity in disposition, is even more plain. Every one respects another for the quality, good or had, which he himself wants. Ecaides, this sort of oppo sition prevents the holy and happy state from getting flat, as it otherwise would, and produces upon it the same effects as acids upon an alkali. The worthy Lliahop of Durham was lamenting to Dr. PAlcy the death of his wife—" We lived nineteen years together," said his Lordship, " and never hail two opinions about anything in all that time. What think yon of that, Hector?"—" Indeed, my Lord," rejoined Paley, in his broad Carlisle accent, " 1 think it must ha' been vent flat." lam orthodox, sod quite agree with Dr. Paley. MEMOIR OF CHARLES 1. [ From the Moik ] The King who is destined to console us under our afftletlons, Charles Philip, was born at Versailles on the 9th of October, 1757, when he received the title of Count d'Artois. Ile was the youngest son of the then Dauphin, and was remarkable in his early days for the vivacity of his spirit, Ile had the misfortune to lose, at a very only age, one of the wisest of fathers and the most kind of mothers; and thit double hies deprived him of that advire and authority so necessary for calming and directing the ardour of the passions. His education being finished, he was married on the 16th of November, 1773. to the Printers Maria Theresa of Savoy, who wan born on the 31st of January, 1741, and therefore was a little older then himself. This union produced three children—first • daughter, who died in childhood, and also two Princes, who re ceived the titles of Duke d'Angouleme and de Berry. Ills frank ness, the amiability of his manners, the generosity of hie cha racter, conciliated every one who had the honour to approach him. It is evident, from the correspondence of Madame Elizabeth, which has been published by Count Ferranti, what an exalted idea this Princess entertained of her brother. She had perreived in his ardent and sensible mind whatever might be expected when • pro per opportunity should present itself for developing his brilliant qualities. In 1777 the Count d'Artnis paid • visit to the western ports, and during the American war he repaired to the Camp of St. !loch, in order to take • part in the siege of Gibraltar. Long before the period of the Revolution, this Prince gave his decided opinion against the projects of the factious, who on their part considered him an obstacle to the accomplishment of their views, and who consequently node it a point to represent him in the must tinfavour ' able light. The populace wen misled by the most absurd ru n re; anti such was the turbulence of the public mind on the 14th of July, 17E9, that Louie XVI. himself advised his brother to retreat fur the moment from the impending storm. Count d'Anois then parted with the Princes his sons, and repaired to Turin, where the King of Sardinia, his father-in-law, gave him an minium. The following year the Prince had an interview, at MAMMA ' with the Emperor Leopold. In 1791 he rep9ired to Worms with the Prince de Condi and the Marshal de Itroglio, who were received at Brawls by the Aoh•Dueliess Maria Chris tiana, and at Vienna by Leopold. His interview at Patin:, 27th August, 1791, with the Emperor and the King of Pretoria, 'hewed that those Sovereigns had began to concert measures tor stopping the progress of the Revolution; and, in consequence, the Consti tuent Assembly, and that which followed it, made several Decrees against this Prince. His possession* were seized, and the allow. ance of one million per annum, due to him by the l'onstitution, was withdrawn. Louis XVI. sat only able to give 200,000 francs a year for the support of his two nephews at Turin. Alter the death of the King Moues XVI.) Count d'Artois was appointed by his brother Lieutenant-I:metal of the Kingdom. lie repaired to St. Petersburgh, where he was very handsomely re. ceived by the F;nipress Catharine. Ile then rejoined his brother (Monsieur) at Ilattim, and resided successively in different canton. memo of Wool Melia. Touched by . toe situation of so many French men, who had lost everything in adhering to him, the Prince (Charles X.) transmitted to Marshal de Broglio, his medals, his diamonds, anti even the sword of his son, directing hint to dispose of these treasures, and to distribute their produce amongst the poor est of the emigrants. It was not until the end of the year 1794 that the English 00 - eminent bad assured the Prince of a suitable ima ntenance. The billowing year the Prince was enabled to repair to England. Ile embarked the 26th July 1795, at Cuxhaven, and after a short stay in England, Ir.• sailed front Portsmouth on 25th August, on board the Jason frigate. He was accompanied by a great number of Royalists, among whom was M. de la laurencie, Bishop of Nantx. They were Tompanied by 140 transports. But the disaster of Quiberon had already taken place, and the tragical fate of those emigrants who first landed there was known. Monsieur landed at the Isle lieu, where he received deputations front 51orbilian. Ile caused • service to be performed for 51. de Sombreuil, and for the other Frenchmen who had perished near Aunty. Charrette and Stofflet sent deputations to the Prince, and a descent was in wits. lion at Noir !Bonder; but the English did not consider it practica ble. On the 29ib of September the English anchored at the Isle Dieu with 4000 troops and MO Royalists on board, which were af terwards augmented in number. Monsieur landed on the 11th of October, and propoeed to Charrette to join him ; but a foreign pus. licy did not then allow a French Prince to place himself at the load of Ventlie. The Isle Dieu was in consequence evacuated in a very short time, and Monsieur was carried back to England. Here the ancient Palace of the Kings of Scotland, called Holy. rood Boise, was assigned for his residence; and it was in this asy. Cum that the Prince passed some years, together with a few French men who were devoted to him. 111. de Contie, Bishop of Arras, end the Baron de Roll, enjoyed the greatest share of his confidence. In 171(9, Monsieur went to London, where he received communica tions from the Royalists of Brittany. Ile did not return to Edict burgh till after the signing of preliminaries of the treaty of Amiens, and he repaired again to London on time renewal of hostilities. ‘l'hen the Abbe Edgeworth escaped from France, he repaired to the Prince, and passed a week with him at Edinburgh. 11'llen at London, Monsieur received the French refugees with the greatest kindness ; lie assisted at the services in the French Chapel, and vi sited the establishments of the Abbe Canon. We might well apply to this excellent Prince what Bosun said of the Great Conde—•` The hour of God has arrived, the hour so long expected, the hour so long desired, the hour of compassion and of grace. Without being adinonished by sickness, without being pressed by time, lie performs what lie hail meditated, under the influence of • wise religion, which always regulated his con. science, Ile conforrto, with Christian hunailite, to this decision; and nobody has ever doubted his good faith." It was at this very time that 51onsieur gave his entire confidence to a distinguished ecclesiastic, who was formerly Minister of St. Sullins, and who now occupies an eminent See in the Church of France. We have thus witnessed this Prince's fidelity to all the practical parts of religion, and who, as it was also said of the Great Conde, is seriously engaged in conquering himself! Prayers, good example, works of Christian charity, will display all that rentains to so noble • cha. rioter; and even foreigners cannot help being struck with the pro. found attention paid di, this l'rince to all pious exercises , and his exemplary exactitude in fulfilling the minutest duties of the Church. iris in this manner that Monsieur did honour to his mis fortunes, that he rendered them useful to !leaven, and prepared himself in silence to accomplish the views that Providence has assigned to hint. Such has been this Prince during his exile—such has he shown himself whilst amongst us. We understand that a branch Bank is about to be opened at the west end of the town (Cavendish-square has been mentioned), for the ace ))))) modation of the opulent classes and the trading and manufacturing interests of the western and north-western districts of the metropolis, by Messrs. %I'll Hams and Co. of the City, in conjunction with Sir Claude Scott, Bart. and Mr. Scott, M.P.—Morning Paper. PIOPOSED R•tr.w•v DETWIEN LONDON •ND EDlN suacm.—We understand that it is in contemplation to form a Joint Stock Company for the construction of a rail way between London and Edinburgh lot the conveyance of goods and passengers ; the propelling power to be locomo tive and stationary steam engines. It is understood that the distance between these two places may be reduced to shout 310 miles, and if the sasnerate of travelling beadopted on this road, as is propostil for the Liverpool and Binuutg hamtailway, namely eight miles an hour for goods, and twelve miles an hour for passengers, the time of conveyance between these two places will be reduced to 43 and g 9 hours respectively. The propriety of fixing upon this line as the " Grand Trunk Railway" of the kingdotn is particularly obvious. Besides being the communication between the' two capitals, it forms the longest direct line, and passes through one of the moat populous and manufacturing dis tricts of the island. It passes near to Bedford and Leeds. It least, at a little distance to the west the manufacturing towns of Northampton, Leicester, Loughborough, Notting ham, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Hanby, and Hali fax, with which it can communicate. By means of side railways it would in a sitbilar manner communicate on the east with Huntingdon, Stamford, Worksop, Doncaster, York, and Durham, passing at nearly equal distances be tween ('arlile and Newcastle. From Edinburgh it might easily communicate with Glasgow, and also in its southern extremity he the line of communication with Manchester through Derby. No other single line unites so many de cided advantages to the public and to the uniertakers.— Culeelonion Mercury. Hazard and Co. are the Con tractors for the present popular Lottery. The Scheme to be drawn next Tuesday eon:ants Four Prizes of Twenty Thousand, and 3t other Capitals. all to be drawn on that day, when the lumens,: sons of 200,0 u o/. will be distributed to the Public in a few hours: —thew are no Blanks, every number being entitled to live Pounds. Hazard and Co. sold Three Twenty Thome:ids last Lottery, and all Three in Shares, at their Ohl-esta- Wished Offices, Royal Exchange Cate ; Yd, Cornhill ; and 321, Oxford-street, end of Regent-street. Hazard and Co. have agents in all the principal country towns. 'fake a Farewell Chance, before the expiration of Lot teries, is the recommendatidn of Carroll to his Friends and Customers, and a better Scheme cannot be offered to their notice than the present, where no delay will be experienced, as the wh01.., amounting to the immense of sum of 200,000/. will Ix• decided in one day. Tuesday next, when the four Prizes ot . 20,0n0/., and 31 other Capitals of '2,01)0/., 1,000/ , 'JAM. &c. will be distributed to the public. The last whole Ticket Prise of 20,000/. ever sold to the Pub lic, was sold by Carroll, being one of the four Prizes of 10,000/. lately sold by him in the short space of four months, at his Fortunate Offices, 19, Coruhill, 7, Owing cruss, and 26, thaorthstrett. THE BRITISH PRESS. POLICS. - GUILDHALL. Inters D ITT TO AVOID AP °MAI OP APPILTA- Ttow.—A genuine EinemWes, named Edward Kelly, who gets his living, according to his own description, by „ following the markets," and a countryw o man of his, one Ellen Spring, had taken each other's words, and been living together, as man and wife, in Field-lane, for upwards of twelve months, and on the 12th of August last a pledge of their mutual felicity appeared in the shape of a fine boy. All went ou comfortr.bly as usual till last Sunday was a fortnight, when, whether Mrs. Kelly took a little more upon her than heretofore, hy reran') that she had now become a mother , certain it in that Ned Kelly gave her a sound beating, blacked both her eyes, and turned her and the child out of doors. Irish love quarrels are soon made up, hut .trs . Kelly, though Ned o ff ered to take her back sgsin, refused to return, and, in a fit of indignation and revenge, applied to the parish officers of St. Andrew's, Hol born. swore the child to Ned, and a warrant was issued thereon for his apprehension. He, however, kept out of the way, and baying, as he thought, got rid of his wife, devised a contrivance to get re d of the child also, which, if successful, he conjectured would set all at rest with regard to the warrant against him. With this view he dressed himself in his Sunday's best, contrived an interview with the mother, affected all his former fondness, and persuaded her to let hint have the child to show to the people at his lodgings. This was in the etening of Sunday lut. flaring thus got possession of the infant, lie covered it over snugly with his coat, and carried it into Shoe-lane, laid it down for an instant close to the church-wall, where there was not much light, and then began a hue and my, which gathered a mob round him, pretending to have found the child there. The folks in the crowd advised hint to take it to the workhouse, and to the workhouse be actually did lake it, and left it there, declaring to the matron, as indeed he might with a safe conscience, that he had just picked it up under the church-wall. When ' , ruin, the overseers' beadle, saw the child in the rimming, he suspected it to be the one Ellen Spring had sworn to Kelly, and thought its desertion was a trick of the mother's, and was prepariog to look out for her. Towards the afternoon. however, Ned Kelly applied at the workhouse to demand the child he had left there, which he now said was his. The matron, who had seen him only for a few minutes in his Sunday clothes, did nut know him again, and therefore r. fused to let him have the child. Ellen DOW came up, and was clamorous to have her baby. Fruin was sent for, re. cognised them both, took Ned into custody on the warrant he had against him, and detained Ellen also oneettspicion of exposing the child, and thus thee were both brought up yesterday before the Sitting 3legistrate. Alderman Wood. The first thing was to identify Kelly. Ellen was accordingly sworn. . - Who is the father of your child ? said the Clerk.—" Ned Kelly," said Ellen ; " there he stands." " Indeed and I ant," nays Ned; " but I am trilling to marry yna. I wanted her to come back to me, but she was above it. We were to be married last Sunday, but I had no money to pay for marrying us, so the Priest promised to do it for nothing ; but when we went to him he was out." Fruin here represented that this was not exactly the truth. Kelly was willing that the l'nest should marry them, bat the woman, he said, was up to the trick, and knew that that was not a good mar riage in this country, and insisted on being married according to the Protestant religion. " Well," replied Ned, "and I am willing to marry her by the Pro testants, only I have no money to pay them with, and we can't be married without. I can keep her and the child too, and don't want anything from the parish." As Ellen was equally willing, so she could be made a lawful wife, and as this arrangement would relieve the parish from any expense with respect to the child, the affair of the affiliation, as far as the Overseers were concerned, seemed to be at an end. The next question wee as to the desertion, when the narrative, as we have above stated came out, and it appeared that Ellen, finding that Ned had actually disposed of the child somewhere, forced hint to tell what he had done with It, and had gone with him to reclaim it. _ . As. after this trick, the Overseers had no great confidence in Ned, the Alderman remandrd him to the f;ompter, and Ellen and her child to the workhouse, till the whole aftiir could be satis factorily concluded. BOW STREET. ..„ Ft AT LOTtn EGlENOWT . S.—Yesterday two woyinnen, named Franks and Brood/ey. were placed at the bar, charged with stealing a large quantity of lead from the works now carrying on at the Earl of Egrenimit's, in timsrenor-place. The Clerk of the works deposed, that some days since he re ceived private information that some of the plumbers had secreted a large box full of lead, which they contrived to carry off bit by bit. In consequence of this information, he watched the two pn. loners closely, and saw 'Smedley unbutton his waistcoat, and place a rolled piece of lend betwixt his shirt and his skin. The other prisoner was unbuttoning his clothes for the same purpose, when witness went up and detected them. The prisoners were searched, end a great many iricces found upon them both. These robberies, he said, had been very frequent, and on inspecting the premises, a great many pieces of lead were found In various places, tightly rolled up to be conies! MT. 'Smedley in his defence said, that as a plumber his avocations compelled him to carry the lead about with him on hie shoulder. btu ',vitt:Lt.—And did your avocations compel you to carry the lead beneath tour waistcoat ? _ . This seemed to stagger the prisoner, who set up no further de fence, than that he had a wilb and sin children. The other prisoner observed, that it was only a pions of solder found upon him, and he bag picked it up u pon the premise • ad joining Lord k:grettiont's--Committed fee HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday John Juwes alias WiMiele Lewis, a young man about twenty years of age, and of respectable appearance (whose case stood remanded), was brought up for foal examination, charged with the following mhbery : It appeared from the evidence of a beg Maid Smith, in the em. ployment of Mr. Mason, bookseller, Nallseen, that on Tuesday , last, about two o'clock in the aftenseme, the prisoner mate into the shop, and asked to see a copy of Derken`lll Viegif. On being shown one of interior quality, of wbisi M disapproved (as he in tended it for a present) the boy west ft Ma admit sad of the shop to look for another, and consult the of prices. On hie return he missed an octavo edition of , of the value of one guinea, on which the prisoner had previously laid his hand. The second copy presented the pf Walt WOW ed of, and said that be would return in a few minutes us pay fie it. The boy made an of to secure hint, but he Malted est, drew the boy down, and ran up King-street, striking at every ems who opposed him, on the cry of " Stop thief!" by the boy s but was ultimately stopped by • colder, and given in charge to Godfrey, of the How-street patrol. The Cook was not found on him ; but it was proved that be bad • companion waiting °Amide the door. The prisoner, in a very cool manner, questioned the different witnesses, and proved the statement of one of the Bow-street petrol that he had been before committed from Marlborough-street ()dice, under the name of William Lewis, for a similar offence, and tried at the Old Bailey. He was fully committed. A RETIRAcTOIIir PAurrili.—Yesterday Thomas Bowstridge, who has frequently appeared at this Mhos, was brought up by Thiatleton, the officer, charged with riotous conduct at the City farm-house, Islington. Mr. Perry, the master, stated that some time ago the prisoner, himself in • state of pauperism, married, and brought himself and his wife chargeable to the parish of St. Panama. He had refused to comply with the regulations of breaking stones, and was then sent for his indulgence to the City fann-house, where he was em ployed in picking feathers. The allowance to the paupers daily was a pound of bread, six ounces of meat, a pint and a half of gruel, and occasionally two ounces of butter. They were allowed three halfpence for every pound of feathers picked, for their profit. On the preceding day the prisoner jumped up from his work, broke several Fiance of glass by thrusutig his fist through them, tore one of the doors in the workhouse off its hinges and broke it, and en couraged the other paupers to insubordination. The Magistrate recognised him as an old acquaintance, and sent hint to the House of Correction for a month. MARY-LA-BORNE OFFICE. Yesterday II young man of genteel appearance, named Thomas Alp, MIK brought up for re-esamisasion, charged on suspicion of stealing a gold watch, chain, and seals, from the house of a lady named Jennings, residing in Not.lngham.plsor. The officer, un ex.iinining the prisoner's box, at his lodgings, found a pair of gloves and a cravat belonging to the late Mr. Jen nings, which were in the same drawers with the watch ; he therefore took him into custody, but as yet no trace of the watch has been obtained, although it had been offered in pawn at Mr. pawnbroker, of South•stfhet, who attended, but declared the pri. loner was not the period who bad offered it. lle was again re manded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday John Bells, a decent-looking man, about 70 years o age, and Mary Ann BM:. a good-looking young woman, whom he stated to be his wife, both of whom have been before in custody upon a charge of a similes esetere, were brought to thg office by the officers or the M agelety, charged with obtaining . money under false peat ng begging letters and petitions to g ice If Ariolllll Noblemen rank• Ore of the Managereethrt y stated that the prisoners were apprehended that morning wader following circumstances :—Qn the 23d of this ono ,tit the Society received a letter loon Earl Spencer, inclosing the letter and petition now produced, whi& his Lordship referred to them to have inquiries made respecting the writers, as he had some [MOH to suspect that they contained ficti tious statements. The whole of the statements in the lettei and the petition were found to be a fabrication. The male prisoner said that he knew nothing whatever about the business; and the woman said that she merely represented herself to be Ann Alorean, because she was sent by another person to apply for the letter in that name. The prisoners were remanded, all the Magistrate expressed a wish for the attendance of Earl Spencer, which be considered necessary to making out a complete case against the prisoners, his boribgblp being at present in town. /Jetts has been a hair-dresser, residing in Itound-court, Strand. Mr. Ellis, a silversmith, resitting in John-street, Oxford-street, applied to Mr. Conant for permission to communicate with 31r. I tuntlemy. Mr. Co carve said, that it was contrary to the rules and regu lations of the prison to admit of any communication, written or otherwise, until permission was had from the committing Magi strate. Ile (Mr. Csmant) arid, iIOV/tVff, that, with the permission of Mr. Ellis, if he wished it, be would peruse*, letter he had writ. ten to Mr. Eauntleroy, and then give an answer to his appli cation. 'Mr. Ellis saitl,hr had not the slightest objection to this, as the letter was merely on business. LAM BETH-STREET; BveoLAlT•—Yesterday Edward Firne, Patrick Canes, and Jaws Horror, were brought up fur final examination, upon a charge of having, on the night of the 20th instant, entered the dwelling house of James Cropley, Esq. in West Ham, Essex, and stolen therefrom property to a considerable amount. Edward Allen, an accomplice, was admitted an approve►. The prisoners were fully committed to Chelmsford, and the ap ' prover to the Barking !louse of Correction. ' Yesterday being the day appointed for the further examination of Mrs. Abrahams, in whose possession fib pieces said some remnant' of Irish linen were found, by Dalton and Foster, officers belonging to this office, Mr. Bradley attended, and identified tlic whole as his property, and as being part of what was stolen from his house on the night of the 19th instant. slr. A RUM,* Mr. who attended far the prisoner, submitted to the Magistrate, that, as his client was not the owner of the house where the property was found, but merely a servant to the real occupier, she could not be held accountable for the goods found therein. The Magistrate (Mr. Ilauswtcx) said, that, as she was the person in possession at the time the goods were got there, there was rimo.fircie case against her. 31r. ABRAHAMS said, that the real owner of the house was wil ling to com: forward. but that the present was a very sacred time with the Jews, and it was only the fear of being sent to prison, and thereby being prevented from attending to her religious devotiot a, which - hindered her from doing so. The Magistrate said, that in order to give her an opportunity of doing so, he woultLremand the prisoner tal Tuesday next. As the liolytlays will cambia., on Saturday, she can then have no excuse. UNION HALL._ YeateriLy Thomas Jones. idas Lowe, alias Lawrence, who was apprehended some time ago, on a charge of having committed a burglary and robbery in the house of Miss Clanton, at Dunniow, in Essex. In the beginning of May last, was brought up fur final examination, and sent to Chelmsford, to take his trial. HORRID ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. The family of a young gentleman — residing roar Paddington, have been plunged in the deepest distress by the following melan choly event. The individual alluded to had but just returned from college, where he had been preparing for the church, and was speedily expected to take orders, with the fairest prospect of pre ferment. Being on a visit at Windsor about three months ago, he happened to meet some ladies of his acquaintance who were taking an airing in their carriage, and riding close to the window in earn eat conversstion, his foot caught in the hinder wheel, by which means he was dragged from the saddle, and pitched on the road with dreadful violence; his left arm was broken beneath the car riage wheel, and his skull was so badly fractured that, he was com pelled to undergo the process of trepanning; his bodily health was very quickly established, but his mental faculties had received an irremediable shock, which nothing but time can oure. Having imbibed, whilst at college, certain opinions relative to a future state of rewards and punishments, and the various degrees of guilt that are said to exclude us from Heaven, he became at ant thought ful, then pensive, and at length raved is the wildest paroxysms of despair. In this state he continued for better than three weeks, during which he was most sedulously watched both night and day. At length, however, he became more tranquil, and even recognised many members of his family, whom he before treated only as strangers ; this dawn of reason afforded the most pleasing anti cipation of a perfect recovery ; and the vigilance of his guardians war the more easily deceived by the uniform placidity of his coun tenance. On Sunday last he appeared more than usually cheerful, conversed with several persons in tin unrestrained and lively man ner; dined and drank tea with the family, and exhibited altogether so favourable a state of mind, that the person who alternately kept watch in his chamber during the nightie,* suffered to go to rest. However, taking advantage of this clftumstance, the unhappy maniac rose front his bed, - deliberately forced the nails front the window seat (which had been purposely fastened down) and utter ing a loucilcream, threw himself into the yard beneath. The vie knee of the shriek reached the ears of his sister, who occupied the adjoining apartment, and had not yet gone to bed. On entering the room the invalid's bed was found deserted ; the window open, and conviction of the shocking truth at once dashed on the young lady's mind. Hastily arousing the family, search was mule, and the poor fellow was found lying in the yard, apparently dead. Surgical aid was speedily procured, and it was ascertained that signs of life still remained, though absolute restoration seemed even beyond possibility. The fall had been checked by a pent-house, but the' , spinal bone was broken in two parts, and a compound fracture had taken place in the already fractured head. By great professional skill, acting in conjunction with a constitution naturally strong, the fleeting spirit was recalled, and in the course of the following day (Monday) the patient wan so far restored as to be able to utter some sentences distinctly, though feebly. However, the circum stances antecedent to the lamentable event do not warrant a hope of his surviving. He at present labours under dreadful pain from the injuries that his back has received, and the wild vacancy of his eye does not denote any improvement in his intellectual health. He was a young gentleman of very considerable talent, and much esteemed by his coUegiate and domestic friends. - -- Mr. Mackenzie, of Allangrange, last week shot an un commonly large and beautiful stag on Sir Hugh Innea's property in Lochalsh, which weighed 37011 e. Are Exesaisectn Swieotre.—lnformation was yes terday sent to Ilatton-garden Office, of a chesnut horse, and a green dennet, the property of Mr. Smith, livery stable-keeper, Caroline-mews, Bedford-square. being stolen from him by an elderly lady, calling herself Mrs. Edwards, and a servant boy. From the description given of the woman, she was immediately recognised as the person, who, but a few weeks ago, was discharged from this office, charged by numerous tradesmen with defrauding them ; and described as going about in a gig with her son dressed as a servant in livery, and giving the names of Foss, Foster, &c. It appeared that about ten days ago, she went to Mr. Smith, accompanied by her mock groom, and selected the horse and dennet for hire, for the space of three months, for which she was to pay three guineas and a half weekly. As she was in very splen did lodgings in l'erey-street, Rathbone-place, Mr. Jones had no suspicion of her until after a few days, when the dennet, which she regularly used, was sent home at night with broken pipes, tobacco ashes, tobacco stoppers, &c. in it. This appearing extremely strange in a lady's dennet, he sent his hostler next morning to her lodgings to com plain. She then expressed so much indignation at her servant's conduct, threatening to dismiss him, that Mr. Jones was appeased. When, however, the day of weekly payment came, the lady, with her groom (followed by her maid-servant), after ordering a very delicate dinner to be prepared for her on her return from an airing to Highgate, took French leave of both the landlord of the house and Mr. Jones, and has not since been heard of. The horse and (leaflet are valued at seventy guineas. EXTENSIVE Fit*uo.—A MSS of considerable interest has lately occupied the Parisian public. AM. Banes pro secuted a M. Itoumage for cheating him out of the sum of 450,000 francs. Thu was met, on the part of Homage, by a prosecution of Banes for defamation. After a partial investigation, which occupied the Court nine sittings, judg ment was given on the teeth instant. Jean Bouinage was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, to pay a fine of 3,000 francs, and was interdicted from all civil rights for ten years. He was condemned in all the costs. On the civil question involved in the trial, the Court ordered the quittance possessed by Roumege to be destroyed, and 700 Spanish Bonds to be returned to Banes, with the pay ment of the difference resulting from the depreciation of these Bonds since July 17, and the payment of the interest of 450,000 fiancs for the same period. On fearing his sentence, M. Roumage said to the Judges, " Your error, Gentlemen, costs me 4.50,000 francs, and carries (Impair to my family." lkfore this time Roumage had lived in affluence, and enjoyed a good reputation. entioeLlNG.—We are glad to learn - that the Board of Excise have at last begun to adopt measures preventive of the illegal trade carried on so openly between Ireland and this country. A steam-packet is now under leisure for an importation of printed cottons, crown and Hint glass. It is certainly high time some steps were taken to check a traf fic so injurious to the revenue and fair trailer on this side the water, but it is singular that there should be any doubt as to the power to condemn or levy penalties in such cases. We know, however, that while the Board of Excise persist, the Board of Customs have declined to act against parties in the very same predicament with the packet in question. Surely the attention of the Parliamentary Commissioners ought to be given to the subject, for, as matters now stand, no protection is afforded to the revenue or fair trader lute. It is undeniable that the importation of contraband goods is encouraged by the masters of the various trailers em ployed between the two countries in genera!, but we hope they and their owners will at list be taught they cannot persist with impunity. A very slight attention on the part of the masters would effectually or in }great measure pre vent this practice.—Ghugew Paper. R —Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the workshop of Mr. Dijand, jeweller, of 49, Alfred-place, Goswell-street, was broken into, and fourteen ounces of prepared gold, several rings and precious stones, to the value of upwards of seventy pounds, were carried away. Information of the above was scut to Hatton-garden police office. COURT OF COMMON HALL, TUESDAY. SErt. 28. • in t h e new Shinn's. and room of This was the day appointed for swearinj confirming the election, by the livery, a Bridgernaater, io t h e Mr. Galabin, decearted. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, shn. riffs, and Common Council, proceed e d to the boating", iki we the presentation of the new Sheriff's, the Common Sergeant an , notinced that Mr. Gillman had been elected to the ufFe e o f Bridgemaater for the ensuing year, the numbers on the pull Imaj ot been 31r. Gillman • • 2,174 For Mr. Ilainworth . - - 1,210 For Mr. Moline • 33 Ina short time after, the Loan MAVOI and RECORDER CIN on the hustings, when the latter declared that the Court of Ala,. men had confirmed the election of Mr. Gillman to be one of t e n Itrielommtcrs for the City. Mr. tonal): then came forward, and thanked them for desk support during the whole period of the election. e anxious, and faithful discharge of the duties of the office t o they had so kindly promoted him, might be considered as any r e , turn fur their generous attention and support, they might daeoi upon every exertion being made by him to manifest his senate ta n high obligation under which he laboured. Mr. AIN worr tr, the next candidate on the poll, begged pa mis•ion of his Lordship to address his brother Livery men. i f e said that the highly-respectable gentleman who had taken th e c h air I of his opponent's Committee, had, in his opinion, committed him. self in some degree on the last day of the election. li e 4, 1 thought fit to animadvert on the conduct of a worthy Alderman, who had done him (Mr. liainworth) the high honour of takine the chair of his Committee. That worthy Alde rman h ad dire so front the pure exercise of that benevolence and kindnem which was known to actuate him in every relation, both of public and prim e life ; and further than that he was not awa any inffuetce, either direct or indirect, which he had thrown in t o'he future f his election. lie had now only to add,. that if at any time there should be • situation in their gift, which they might think him qualified to fill, he should exert all his energies in their am. vice. 'Ti, not in mortals (said Mr. Ilainwortli) to command success; 1 will do more—l have—l do-•-I will endeavour to de. serve it. (Applause.) The selection of Aldermen Brown and Key to serve the die of Sheered' London sod Middlesex for the ensuing year, loathe announced. Those gentlemen were then sworn into office, and re. ca lv ed their chains; endaftes. r which they were gr ee t e d w i t h the emigre, tu o fri The late Sheriffs were sworn to the truth of their seen:oak k and the g l7nder-Sheriffs took the customary oath s , i n t h e usual tons, neelin The Lord Maya. Aldermen, &c. thee left the hustings 5,4 proceeded w church. MARKETS. [From the London Neir Price Cerrenti TrEsDAr, Strt.2B. SVGA R.—The Sugar market during the last week was ler heavy, and the public sale of Tuesday (whirls we inserted) tend e d to damp the trade; inferior brown Sugars were 6d. a la pa lower; cwt the finer qualities were unvaried, but the market am Tray heavy. The Sugar market was again heavy this forenoon; de accumulation of stock prevents the buyers from purchasing; de business reported Is quite inconsiderable, as the holders will submit to no further reduction in prices; theme:het generally is excessive ly heavy, and the brown ild a leper cwt lower than on this d a y wee k . In Refined there was little alteration last week ; the low goods sod readily at the previous prices ; the tine were neglected. 31014100 advanced to 26.. The Refined market is heavy to-day, and the low goods do not sell so readily; fine are still neglected. There an buyers of Molasses at 265. For Foreign Sugars the inquiries were very considerable; but few parcels were offered for sale; yellow Havannah, of good quality, sells readily at Ils. The Alauritios Sugary, lately disposed of by public sale, command an advance of 6d. a Is. per cwt. COFFEE—The public sales of last week went off heavily; St. Domingo and other Foreign description sold at a reduction of Is a Is Cal per cat. ; good ordinary 6114 6d a 61s; good and tine ordinary of the British Plantation sold alai at a small reduction, and sot a parcels of middling Jamalca were also bought upon lower terms; generally the market was h. 'ivy at the redtred currency. There were two . public sales this forenoon; 1114 casks British Plistatios, all Jamaica descriptions, sold at a further reducticrt of Is a Is, god clean but shrivelled 67s a MK good ordinary 60. fid, line fine or& nary and ordinary middling 68e a 715; 249 bags good ordinary it Domingo all taken in at 60s ; the market heavy at the reduction n have stated. COTTON.—At theule of Cotton at the India (louse on Friday, for which 111.484 bales were declared, the whole of the Company's Bengskt, amounting to tl3elll hales, Landau bd per lb. were reload; and the greater part of the Licensed wu also bought in, formulas of the proprietors, but rather above the previous market rummy The sales by private contract amount to about 1,100 bales, Tis. IN Pernants laid • 400 Bengals bld a ed ; 230 SUTPU Sid a 601; 11 Sea Islands I3id. lorry POOL, SEPT. 26.—1 n Cotton there has been more bed. nem date than during the previous week, but no Improvement is prices. Yesterday 60 Demerma were offered by auction, 131 d which sold at Rid a Did per lb ; there were also offered :11 £111). San, the whole of which were withdrawn. /IE3IP, FLAX, and TA LlA)W—Tbe Tallow market no. tinues heavy and declining; yellow candle tallow of 18Z may be quoted 344 a 34s 3d. new 34s 1141 a 34s Od ; for August and *tern. her shipments 34s ikl. St. Petersburgh clean Demo parcels here 3111. is. a 361 10% ; for August and September ahipments 361 Ss. Old St. Petersburgh 12 head flax 431. Sll4K—The Silk trade continues brisk; the premium we man• timed last week on Bengal and China Silks of the last East India Howie Sale Is maintained. FRUIT.—In ou. ----- --- -- -- a - ste noticed an improvement in the demand for Currants, which much increased last week, and higher prime ere demanded in consequence ; the inferior descriptions of Late are now held at 102 s. Red Smyrna Raisins continue to go off slowly 3 there is no alteration in the other descriptions. SPlCES.—Pimento continues to be much inquired after; Sid foe good quality could be readily realised, but it is scarce. Nut megs not so bnsk at Ss. White Pepper has rather given way. la other descriptions there Is little alteration since last week. RUM, BRANDY, and 11OLLANDS.—At the public sale last week, 106 puncheons Jamaica Rum, landed August 1821, told Is 3d a Is ad, average 16d ; the tnarket prices, by private contract, are completely nominal ; another failure in the Spirit trade bee taken place. Brandies are higher on account of the continued un favourable accounts of the vintage in France; 2s 7d housed Lai been repeatedly obtained. In ilien.,va no purchases are reported. OILS.—The only account yet received respecting the Dam Straits Fishery, is from a Danish vessel, and the date is the middle of June; the report of the vessels fibhing is so panial and vague, that no alteration in prices baa taken lilac:- Seed Oils an more in demand, and f,n rumen' delivery very considerable contract. in reported. Mr. West won his match on Monday morning, at four o'clock, with twenty minutes to spare, to go from London to Doncaster, and back to Tottenham-court-road, in tour days and six hours. Ac c maw r.—A fatal accident occurred yesterday at the Abbey-hill. A caner was coming along, driving a horse and cart, attached to which was a kind of sledge drawn upon two large rollers, which is used for carrying off the meadow-grams from the marshy grounds below Salisbury Crigp. in passinF the heed ofCroftan-rbie-lane, a school in the vicinity was Just dismissing, when a number of the chlidren got upon the sledge, and in a few minutes it was discovered that the rollers bad gone over a girl of twelve years old, and killed her on the spot. It is supposed the unfortunate sufferer had fallen between the sledge sod the cart, in attempting to leap from the one to the other. The carter was taken up and examined last night, but . we understand he is free from blame, having repeatetlly dnven the cheeps tram the Amigo before the accident took place. -.Coisdiesias Mortitry. MARRIED. On the ids inst. at Clapham, John Hooper, EM. M.D. of Buntin Herm, to Frances, only daughter of tin lots Jobe of Mark-lane. AI'S.. Owes, Hanover-aquae, Thomas John Theobsld, on Esq. of Upper Brook-street, to El:r.abeth Lavinia hustling. ygest daughter of Nathaniel (loading, Esq. of Earl's Court Muse, Brotnpton. At Budleih, Devon, Dr. P. Mere Latham, second so n of Dr Latham, to i)iana, youngest daughter of the lion. U. A. Char wynd Stspylton. DIED. Yesterday morning, at 34, Surrey-street, Strand, Mrs. Hodgson, aged 78 years. On the 24th inst. at Hendred, Reeks, in her Midi year, atter a few days illness, Teresa, widow of the late T. P. Metcalfe, Et+ 01 Barnborough, Yorkshire. At the Public School at Sevennaks, on Monday last, the young est 114111 of Sir W. Geary, Bart. On Friday last, at Toiteth Park, near Liverpool, Mrs. 9C1C47.1, wife of Wm. Roscoe, Esq. On Sunday morning, in Arbour-square, Comnoercial-rowl„the lion. Mrs. Pi lips, aged 37, of a decline, wife of Stephen Pbdipe. Esq. of his 3lajesty's Customs. At Belmont, on the 231 inst. Captain Brathwaite Christie, late of the Mb Dragoon Guards, third son of the late Rear-Admiral Alexander Christie. On Saturday last, in Upper Groavenonatreet, Harriet, young's daughter of the late 31ajor-General Civic 31anningham, aged IS years. On Friday last, at Cheltenham, suddenly, Thomas /lobbying Ilerrizk, Esq. of 3lerridale House, Staffordshire, in his sixty-ninth year. HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT lA)SPON DRUMM Morning 28 min. due S. I Afternoon 67 • tee. -- Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Otfice. by J. W. CAR#T OO S 1131, Strand, and published b► R. Cue mu if, seine 1M• r 7 Or