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V SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS. At three o'clock on Sour day the ceremony of swearing in the new Sheriffs was Tor armed before the Cursitor B rein, in the Court of Exchequer. Westminster. l'he ancient and absurd performance, on the pnrt of the City of London, of' services to the King, for the tenure of a manor in the county of Salop, eFec., was discharged by sir. Aidcrman Lucas, who chopped the sticks, cut the Jewels, and counted the half-dozen horse-shoes and 61 in so I i a manner as to have "goad service" and "gocil ti.!enher" rep :fel by the officer of the Court. kite ll•corder, l‘cfo:e he retired with the (:orporation, gave the' umal invitation from the Sheriffs to the Cursitor politely stecepted it. TUC 'IIERIFFS' f)INNER. ... On Sntitri:ny th int. ,eurution slimier of the new Sheriffs. !timers. Kirebrother 311 i 11 .!1C;1, ter, took piney. The entertainment rm. aided ass rim! yof the husnitality of the (;ity. The Lord Mayor nn the tit , cave the usual prorliiiie toasts. On his health having he. n drank, he alluded to t}, recent corn rovreial distresses, hilt had ninth increased the difficulties and &ti ne) , o r hi, urnmon; and said, that to afford some alleviation I‘. , these d strf • lisd been the most anxious wish of his mind. t Bear. lt ar:) `rite lie ilth of the Silic:ifFit baring b:ten proposed and drank, S te•iff lattEnnor Ett ling returned thanes, and said tit it he rlitnild promise, et least. to discl , ar4c the duties of but &lice with fidelity ; and whenever he lacked ability, lie must th:oo himself on the candid indulgence of his fellow-citizens. (Hear, lt.tar.t WtsrerrEsTEß also teturned ill inks. Cat 1'f,u119 , 1 SEntt EA NV. returni, tit.' kf, for hia health being drank, egged m acknowledge the liberality with which he had first been received among the citizt:na of London, and now to renew the declaration of his attachment to those principles which had tint introduced him among them. (firer.) „ The Lord Allayor laces' was then proposed, anti drank with slue honour. Mr. Alderman BROW x, in returnirtz thanks, anticipated much assistance from the abilities of the gec.,Linen new appointed to the office of Sheritt'•. Several otter t ;Isis were drank, and conviviali•p was kept up to 1 late hour. STATE OF TRADE. 1 - 0111:. FrPT. :10.—Wc arc glad to observe that the improve ment in cot nianufevortn; districts continues gradually to pro ceed, arid diJeti si,tilar beneficial change is also taking place in See , lard. Thoticli itinch distress still cxists, atal t Ind of neecs adt reicaln for some yet the slow improvement now operating will have the beneficial effect of divesting the approachin., winter of much of its anticipa t ed bor-ors. One thing, however, is im perati% a clan those who rank amongst the more or.t.lent classes, red exerti ins in the eausi: of brnevolenee, as by these .revolt the gradual improvement will be mutetially assisted, and the load of stifret l ng meet with nice: effectual n:itigation. The transition irons a state i r Lr.guor to a state of great activity in the woollen and worsted stuti'maeufact area has been more sudden in Leeds and Bradford than could have been expected. At present nese ef our marsafarories are well employed; some of than are wanking ion days, others eight days in the week, and in one case, at least, iiignt and day, web a prospect of continuance till the spring. Toe land carriers are so fully employed in the con. veyance of mercharolise, that the prin.:ilia! of them have been otligeel within this hest fortnight to call in the aid of auxili. ar.es, but this is partly oceasioneel by the despatch of some twee Last Indian orders. which require to be sent to London with great rapidity. It would be es prepnaterous as it would be unwise to dent that there is an extraordinary improvement in trade. and though it is not felt by all mereharea and all manufacturers, and has scarcely yet reached such of the retail dealers as male in cont. niadnies Mar are not strictly neeessaties able, yet it does neverthe. lees exist, and must, if it is not checked, soon be felt by all classes. As to :be continuance of chi+ state of Mines, we see nothing to fear if the producer of the raw material is moderate in is Wool has now attained tai a tolerably fair reintineratirg price, at which we always wish to see it. but any attempt to raise the price eitaluiy would check that whulesuine stream of prosperity, which liar set In So auspiciously upon the manufacturing districts of the country, und in the benefits of which the farmers already partake. Sl'e cannot help thinking that, with prudence and moderation, trade roil be goad and even brisk during tit: approaching winter. The stocks in the hands of the merchants and manufacturers arc, we believe, unusually low; few geode have been sent abroad for the last ten months. and money enough will be found to carry on our transaction,, both at home and abroad, it that money can be profit ably employed. liasentman, Semexatota 21.—Our market yesterday was not quite so brisk, nor the sales to extensive as on the pre ceding Thursday, which is necoanted for by the rapid advance in wool, and the consequent advance in the price of pieces; a good deal of business was, however, done at bePer prices. Comb. ing wool, wl.ich, two months ago, sold for Hie a pack, iof 2401b1.) will now fetch from 12/. to 13!.; ail yarn, which has long been at Ph. a gross, is now sold for Ils. 9.1. and some dealers refuse to sell for less than 125., being an advance of 20 per cent. SEPT. 2r.—The market has this day been well at:ended by buyers, and a greet deal of business has been dare, as may be collected front the following teem—Diming the time that the bell was ringing at the termination of the market, that is, In an interval of ten minutes, 43.5 pieces of woollen cloth, which had been sold, were tai - :n out of the Hall; many other pieces were sold and removed in the course of the morning, but the principal drain is always at the conclusion of the market. In many cases 311 advance of price was obtained, but rot in ell. The manufacturer has difficult cards to play ; the wool grower or dealer very naturally sells as high as he can, and the merchant equally naturally buys as low as possible. The manufacturer's only security therefore is in the demand keeping pace with the sup. ply, fur when the latter exceeds the former, the middle man is in manger, between the agricultural and the mercantile interests, of Jai Me, his profit. 11 At. FAX.—A great deal of business was done last Saturday in Vie Piece Hall, at Halifax, without any material alteration in prices. The recent sales of goods have set a number of shuttles in motion, that have long been standing. lh.wsau at, SEPT. :li.—The trade in this town and neighbour. hood continues to improve, but it is feared that it may receive a eile.:;troni the rapid advance in the price of wool, In the blanket reatimt of H tekmondrtike yesterday, the demand was brisk, at an ateeleee of from 3 to 4 per cent., making the advance within the last month full tr rice and a half per cent., namely, Muni Is. 4d. to per pound. NaNCIIE 4 TEa, SEPT. 30.—We hate the satisfaction of smeie remarking the prugressive improvement in trade, nhieli seems. i most of the branches of the cotton mama:le:etre, to be steadily. e ee ogit nut r pally, recovering horn the late tleprcs,iun. Power- I.tons cloth crottutict in good demand, and a mither advance is asked. Illackbutti sevesty-tours also are ready a,a, at improved (tees. We were happy to hear. on Timidity. that a number of se., mantas:it:re re had imimated their intention of immediately raisirie the waices of their wearers 31. per piece, or, perhaps, on the aver ee, about I.i per cent. In yarns. for the foreign markets, -an extensive bu•ii.e.st is doing. but the spinners complain that all tic mice th e s can get so it: a: is swallowed up in the advance on ..otte.:.. wool. Heal y fustians are scarce, and i t goad requesi. titJAHnt A!: SOcti*TV.-011 Tuesday evening last, pursuant to rn: advertisement, 1AI:ie.:I had appeared in inns: ut tile papers, a Meeting of allopkeepers, traders, and miners. took plsce at the Ems's Arms, Kirg-atre t. Mai cheater, Mr. Thomas Ilium in the Chair, in order te consider of the propriety of estahliainne, a Facie.% to: .;:2 prat aeion of trade aeeinst swti tyres , tharher., Red franduleni pvt.o , n., on the tam principles as that wine:ll.lsta Liverpeit. Mr. John &ohm of the Litre/ I. L :c-,:g, a gin 1:- n. ir. who had hen very Divine is the formation of the sneiciy in thlt tort, attetiMel tile M:c ing. and gave a full • eplaitatien of the on. tarts of the society. of t e eircamstanccs which had, led to its esta blishment, aid of die beneficial effects which hail resulted nt. In the lint year of its existence, the conduct, description, otece. and pretences of forty swin.ll:ra, wha were engit e ed io c :frau lerig the she keepers of Livernoel, was made known members. sJlllc idea of the beneficiai effers of the _ e 'a he gathered from the far, that in the nest year the aanther weet ,'creel to 20 ; it: the third it leas elm 20; and up to this time, 1:1 present tear, it was not nitre than live Of six. in fact. tech we. the ceretinty of persons engaged in swindling pr ic. tices in the tn.' of Liverpool, meeting a quick anti thorough ex peture aninagat the members of the Society, wlticheonaisted of abet!: no steal:keepers and others, that it might almost be said that shay en longer resorted to that town, but menet:erred their operations it Munelleatir, or other places, where the chances of their escaping prompt clef eieeil were greater. Some of the members of the Liverpeel S..eisiy had indeed said it was slant necessary they shooed Lae:, a ease to make known row and than, or it would lie temieht Mee a- .re steeping on thea posts. But it might be fairly p s e eem se, me: it they heard little of swindlers, it was because such persons bail n di iven from alighlyri4 them ; and this had been d:cr at ver; city expense hi the 'timbers of a subscription of 7s. each rimein, from which they had not only paid all their expenses. hut neeunialeted a fund of about LAM winch would be ready ler :etiy emergency. Jlr. Smith haviiik concluded, j; was moved lee ,Jr. Lee. and seconded, that iii,estaUlishment of as similar society . in this town was a .try desirabfe (ker. A (;oat. • was app noted, with power to add to th.l? numbers ; and to imosider the rale , to be propped for tile goveaminew of the Society, • appoine ollizers, and to elect addiiional members. amot:g.: t So.:;et:' DETESMIN , n ATTEMPT AT SVICIDE IN THE SESSIONS Pao,,, CLERIKENWELI..—About twelve o'clock on Friday t x ,,i‘oor, at. , l while business was proceeding in the Court, a wiesideiabl: sensation was excited by the discovery of a man lializiT; by the neck to the balustrades of the stair irom the back entrance in Turntnill-street. 11 conwr was very dark, and peculiarly adapted for such au eccurr,nce. An alarm was given, and he was immedi ately cut down. Life was not extinct, and be was can veva to at. Bartholomew's Hospital, where a vein was opened, awl, from appearanc.a, it was discovered that he had previously swallowed poislio. The stomach pump was applied with eonsidirable effect, and although he had not spoken since the shocking transaction took place, yet at six ,:leek is the evening strong hopes were entertained of his v. He is a middle-aged man, and dressed very re- POLICE. THE PROVINCIAL RANK OF ENGLAND AND ALES. Illawstow-tiniest.—Sattinlay Mr. Wilke appeared to °firm the bail offered on an attachment Lid by him against Mr. Frede rick Verbeke, the brother of his former partner, on an action, to recover the rum of 241. 10s. 6.1., being the alleged share of expenses incurred in the attempt to form a Provincial Bank for England and Wales. As far an we could learn the nature of the transaction, it npneared that Mr. Willtn. when lie projected the plan for the Pro vincial Bank of England and Wales, get several persona to sign an agreement to pay a share of expenses incurred to carrying it foto exect.tion. Mr. Frederick Verbeke was one of the persons who signed. The plan, es every body knows, ('lit' after Mr. Wilke had sent circular letters to all the 31emhers of Par:lament, and had got a petition in its favour presented. Fie then. after these services bad been performed, brought in a bill for 2431. its.: against the patties for the expenses. Nearly all termed to ray the chat,tte. alleging that it was exorbitant, and they required a ?specification di the items. which, we understood, he refused to give, or at le Est re fused to give in a manner which they deemed sa , is.!".ietory. in c Il• sequence of their refusal he gave notices of actions ; and, to tre.tre his 211. 16..10. from each, actually issued attachment; from tl.e. Lord Mayor's Court against the none) to the hands of their bankers. This was the case with Mr. F. Verbeke. the defetitt..re, who now appeared to bail the attachment, and to undertake to resist the demand in Court. Mr. Dicks teem. a respectable Solicitor, resident in New Ilins.(l - oral 31r. Walford, the Secretary of the ‘Velsh Iron Com pany. and brother-in-law of Air. Willem, slept tired to give h Mr. Wilks opposA 31r. Watford on t' :e ground thht, as ere tary to a Company, he was not a boos( holder, but a mete tCrV3II2 to the Company, and would not be entitled to give bail. The boars 31aeon asked Mr. Aralfmtl whether he resiclicd in the house ? 31r. Walford replied in the affirmative. The Lours 3IATOR wan decidedly of Gpillitoll that the Secretary of a Company, resident in the house, might give bail. lie there. fore admitted Mr. IValford. Mr. Wilk% opposed Mr. Dickerson, an bail, on the ground that he had the °Oar day borrowed a gnint a. The Loan 3layon smiled at this obieetb n, and said that he had the other day attmally oceas???n to borrow on:: himself. The b_:l having been sworn that they were worth the sum of 2.11 each, atter having displayed some tine.utiness at the oopositian, us a piece of sharp imietice. were admit tvil. Mr. Verbeke terit!eret: a rot. peel bi:l ci Mr.ll'ilkn's for 213.1rwi as bail. but, after having excited some antusament, it was rejected 39 irregular. MR. MILKS AND " THE TIMES." Grit-DB at.i..—On Friday, atter the Reporters had left the Jus tice-worn, Mr. Wilk., Jun., M. P., a;tpl,ll for a warrant fir the apprehension of the Puhaishrr of The Titers, for huvirg cimulated, in the Paper of Thursday last. a !awl it on his character, In the shape of a letter from a Mr. Corrie, which imputed that he had committed four ' or fire offences against the 52 , 1 fico. 11, cap. 63, an Act declaring the stealing of de its a miseltimew cr. Sir Jotist PERRIN ti immediately conaulted the City Solicitor, and then said, that he must decline acceding to the application. Mr. Wilk* urged it was the imiterious duty of the Alderman to grant a tat he asked. and referred to a case argued before the House of Lords, nln re Lord Lllenhorough and liaton Gresham gave their opinion that the Alagistrnte might grant a warrar.t against the publisher upon a complaint, on oath, of a libel hav ing been circulated, and this decision -.vas subsequently recognised by the Lord Chancellor. Ile also referred to the proceedinas at Itow , trect, in the cast of Mr. Martin, M. I'. and The Chiouirle. _ Sir JOHN PEROT consulted the City Solicitor upon these authorities, mid age n said he must decline granting the warrant. Wilke inqulrcil whether the Alderman's doubts were as to the law or the facts of the case ? Sir JOIIN replied, he would not assign the grounds of his To furl!. 31r. Wilk% then hinted, politely, that he should apply to the Court of Kir,g's Bench upon the subject; and formally presented himself to be sworn and examined upon the matter of his cont. plaint. Mr. Payne, the Clerk, suggested that lie ought to bring his de positions prepared in writing, upon which the Alderman observed, he did not think he should grant the application, whether it were reduced to writing or not. . . . " Oh," /odd Jlr. ‘l, n• hr began to retire. " then if I had brought my application in writing you %trout(' Inite rejected it ?" Sir JOHN PER RING-I,ting your application in writing, and I will then consider of it. Mr. Wi1ka.....0n no, Sir, yon have informed me, that whether I make my complaint in writing or not, you will not hear it. Sir JGH X PEttRING—I do not ray b 0; bring your depositions, and I will consider them. . . . . . . Mr. 11'tlks, however, repented that the Alderman had determined he would not receive his complaint, even in writinu, and walked out of the Justice Room. lle did not renew his application on Sa• turday ; but the only reason probably was, that he knew Sir John Peering would again be the sitting 31agislate, and that, by delay ing his application till this day. he would, probably, meet with a more compliant Alderman. VlOO BAY COM PA NY. .... . - On Saturday, Mr. Wallace, a barrister, presented himself to be sworn to a long affidavit. The Alderman (Sir J. PEnniwo) desired to be made acquainted with the applicant's object. Mr. Wallace s:i.l he had commenced an action against the pro prietors of the fiforithq.. M-1-141, for aspersions on his character, contained in articles nn the Vigo Play Joint Stock Company. The attacks were, however. comintied, and hr woo advised by his friends that he ought at once to refute the slar,ders by a solemn de nial on oath. Sir JOHN PERRINO said the object of the affidavit cvldently was to affect the public mind by its publics ion : and he was ap prehensive that by allowing the contradiction of the alleged libel to be sanctioned by an oath, he should. perhaps, be the meal., of prejudicing the minds of %nine of the Jury by w hom the question would he tried. Ile should therefore, decline adminiatermg the oath, which, however, would not prevent 31r. Wallace publiahing his statement in the newspapers as an advertisement. INSANITY. _ _ _ HATTON-OARDEN.—OnSattlrday,; rather respectably dressed man, named John Bides Barnett, was brought before tl. S. Laing, Esq. charged with assaulting his own daughter, who was acco:u panied by her husband. The latter informed the Magistrate that the defendant had been held to bail only the day before for a similar outrage on his own w de, bat from the extreme inconsistency of Isis conduct there could, be no doubt but that the unfortunate man was subject to occasions ' seeerrations of mind. The as , ault which was now the subject of complaint had been occasioned by the defendant making an attemp on the life of his grand-child, an infant not more than three or four years old, which he said he should kill, a n d then eat it ! The mother, in her solicitude to protect the child. had excited his anger, and he !wired her I y the throat, threw her on the door, and would certainly have straogletl her, had not her shrieks excited some cf the lodgers to cease to her relief'. The defendant had latterly become so violent, particularly whenever he drank any thing, that all his family were in continual fear of their and as a peace warrant could have no restraint over a man derelict of reason, it was hoped that the Magistrates would place him in some permanent confinement. The defendant. in answer to the Magistrate's questions, apeke I rationally enough, but there was a wildness in his deportment which tenticd to strengthen the auspicioas entertained as to his sanity. 31r. (mixt; recommended that the defendant's friends Annie' t consult some medical gentlemen on the subject, who would a :vise hem how they should dispose of hint. COLONEL A RCIIDA MAar noaountr-stratEv.—Therttiair of Colonel Archdall has merged Imo a disnutation between Mr. Withers, the father of the pro .tutor, and Mr. !fanner, his solicitor; and the unaccountable circumstance of the Lord Chief Justice Abbott resting content with a prisoner's personal hail only turns out to be an error, which the ;rasa has been deluded into by the fact that the order of the Chief Justice had reference only to the personal b,til to be given before the Magistrates to warrant them in the defendant's dis charge, the co-bail having been previously accepted by the Judge. The power of the (thief Justice is indisputable, as Mr. Dyer re marked on Saturday to Mr. Butler, that the Magistrates have no right to consider about the propriety of the security, the order being peremptory to them to discharge the prisoner. The order being silent es to the co-bail, gave rise to the suppositien. that his Lordship had thought personal bail teifti,ient under the representa tion made on the part of the prisoner. SD general was this In ference, that Mr. Conant made the reiturlc—'• My first impression was, that the Judge had been imposed on." Why the mipliratinn for a reduction of the bail was made to the Cider Justice in pre ference to the committing Magistrate appears singultr, for Mr. Byer distinctly told Mr. Velma", the solicitor, some weeks since, that the Magistrates had the power to reduce the bail on a sufficient representation that the sum was excessive, and said, as we re ported at the time—" I think the proper way will be for yourself, or somebody conversant with his (Archtlall's) affiiirs, to draw up an affidavit that he has a chance of getting bail to a certain amount, and I will consult my brother Magistrates on the subject." Mr. Yatman said that should be done, but it has not, and the eonse quenre has been that the - defendant has remained in Tuthill-fields Bridewell till last Thursday. In all cases of bail at this office the persona offering have to undergo a very strict examination by the Magistrates, which may be the reason why resort %vas had to the Chief Justice. From what appeared in the newspitpes on Friday, Mr. Withers came to the office that day, ana stated that he knew nothing of the proceedings before the Judge, or he could have pro duced such fresh evidence us would have induced his Lordship not to consent to a reduction of the bail. This imputative statement getting into Saturday's papers produced the following communica tion from Mr. Harmer to the Magistrates by the hands of Mr. Butler, his clerk:— " 17, flatton.garden, 30th Sept. Info. " Mr. Harmer having observed in the Times this morning a re. port of the communication or statement made by Mr. Withers yesterday to the Magistrates respecting the liberation of Lieut.. Colonel Archdall, from which statement it might be inferred that Mr. Harmer had permitted the defendant to be discharged on his own recognizance, and that Mr. IVithers had been kept in Igno. ranee of the defendant's application, Mr. Harmer feels it neces. D ory to acquaint the Magistrates that the defendant haring obtained a certiorari on an ex-carte application, took out a summons for the prosecutor to Show cause why the Judge should not take such THE - BRITISH PRESS. bail oa he thought fit for the appearance of the defendant lo the Court of King's Bench at the next Tenn ; and another summons waft procured to inspect and take copies of the original letters writ ten by the defendant to the prosecutor. Mr.. Withers was told of these proceedings, and that they would be duly attended to. Ac cardingly, on the return of these NUII.IIIIIIRes the Lord Chief Justice was respectfully urged not to real tee the recognizance below the amount fixed by t h . conuniving Magistrate. But on the defend ant producing an affidavit that he was unable to procure bail be yond two in each, the Learned Judge was pleased to order e o n; lie alvitild be discharged on two respectable persons entering into reengnizances ta that amount, and hurnalf in tillof. This bail was given, and the titfendant, as a matter of course. was liberated. As to the summons respecting the letters, the Judge declined making any older. ss llr, Ilart»er trusts that the above statement will satisfactorily show that in his bands the ease of his clients and the interests of justice itaire not been neglected, sofd that the defendant was not li berated, as was reported, niertly on his own rezo:znizance." Mr. Butler s a;-.d that lie E mended and imposed the application to the Judgc; and that the motive with 3lr. Hairnet for 'tending die letter was, tlft,t, by what appeared in the it would seem that 31r. Banff'''. had been ;navy to w r ite erinivance. T c Lord t hiffi Justice's dtr, the Magistrate to discharge th. deEiii'ant on his Own re, O:.;LiZ:ICC only, was shown to Mr. r. . . Mr. ltrolir sail it tees extraordinary and t' ought the oniksion of meminuir the ea-1:4;1 most be neglect tat die part of the is r l Chi f Jiistice's clerk. Mr. Withers w not present at the tirre the letter wa , rcul, but time into the oll'ee ai a stib•timeut part of the day. On learning trim. nue Of i; e gcnticnicii for the pr. , s what keit he s:iii ;le sh , uld wait to see what was r.Tertcd in *to: t.ci ,, vipers, and mike a cm' , ter.sta•ciiii ct ti the .51agiatrucs on ltliniday. The Mdiefil pr ti cedirigs lunchlg been roorivcd to it Court of King'. Bench will occasion an tapetiNe Mr. %% itter is unprepared for, uilcsa sorra:tett, as he says he is promised, by the subscribers to the Guardian Insti,Utitsll. I:TVS'S POOR. On Fridnv, Sir O. Faustiss:r told :%Ir. Davis. th , pass-master, that ore ot his paupers 1414 complaired that the Overseers had ord-red her to be relieved wi•h bread arid cheese, which the waster of the workhouse kid taken away front her, r^d rortictl her out, v.hich he charvett-trod n 4 skein .1 rnn 1 u 4 sod roast rot be al lowed, desiring Mr. I:aria to i n quire into it, adding. I lave a good mind to send for the ti•aster. This wns handled by the Tiny-, in a to produce nn explannt;nn by .;1 r. Natris. the c'l,-rcltwarden, who, accontpabiLd by his eulitagae, 31r. Cul,licut, save the fulluw- That the master of the worlhoose was a very worthy man, and hid been in his situation fur aunt vears, and remarkable for his humanity to the poor; that so far from the overseers having a de sire to screen their oilicitts, they would be tke first to correct any thing that appeared wmng or too harsh ; that they had made in quities of the nuance?, and found that there was no truth in the woman's assertion ; that the fauv was, that the person, Elizabeth Shequin, wan delivered of an illegitimate child, and refused to tell who the father we., and was consequently refused the relief she sought, uu:le's she came into the house; bat had twice had bread and cheese; that they relieved 180 daily over the door, and, on each of the four board days, distributed in small aunts front 23/. to 48/. per day. At this nion.ent they had 817 paupers in the workhouse, And gave away 100 pair of shots per week; the number of the poor had been gr,iacly increased hy distressed printers, men who had hitherto sot yortual their families resnceinbly. It was the wish of himself mil colleagues that all tuossitile kindness should be show to the ,our ; at the saute time it vs. necii-sary to guard against impo sition, and check toe tonic of bad example. Their parish was burdened by the poor of all the parishes, who would sleep one night in the ratish, arid demand relief cif them the next day. Me. CoNAN —Why do not your otlietirs attend here to meet the poor. and coniradict the rn when th -y ful•e assertions? Ale. Harris—thir duty is a vi ry anitioun oc c ; we are occupied so mulch in the llowdirtioni that we e..tututut attend. We have an as sistant overseer, whom we depute to attend for us. rule. Itig. , t'ue assintant, said that he was here every day that he was not at tile stianions, or deil-g other business for the board. Mr. liven to Mr. Bi;fg---I",`:u nn 't know dist three d.iv out of the six you are ah•ent ; I dare say that you nee actively employed ; but I speak as to a fact. I t WM: a time should be fixed for the poor to attend, and somebody he here to answer them. Mr. toNANT—I should feel much iclieved if an officer attended regularly. I have of en felt my fe.lMg,.. much hurt by the repre sentations of the poor, anti, in makit g an order on the parish, have been fearful of an imposition. _ Mr. :lams prouit-ed a teglar attendance of one of their officers, and one o'clitelc in future was fixed as the hour. .s Jane Burke stated that she had applied for relief, and had been sent to Mr. Solicit, who retitled her to Mr. Mason, and neither would relieve her ; her husband was un American. She had come up in London from the Isle of Wight with her husband in search of a ship, which, if be had gat, he would have drawn two or three mantle, pay to enable her to travel back to the Isle of Wight. ller two children were with her busbithil. Their feet were too sore through waking for hrr to bring them with her. She had slept two nights in the I a:isli, and only wanted a few shillings to help her on the road. Another man and his wife, with two children, had been relieved a week ago with Is. rid— on a promise to walk to his own pariah ; it was Lite in the evening when he received the money, and could get no farther than Westminster, where une of the childretn took the mert.des. lie had applied main at the house, and had been refused._ _ _ _ Sir. llarri3 referred them an to the workhouse, where he would meet them. WATERLOO TOM. Mary Jones, better known as Watcrloo Tom, having served, in disguise, as a private at the battle of Waterloo, where she was wounded, and pensioned at (Id. per day, was broti;;ht up, for the eighteenth time, for being found drunk in Oxford-street on Friday afternoon, where she collected such a mob that the stree:-keeper was obliged to bring her away in a couch. The prisoner pleaded very hard to be let off this time. She said she lived at Brumley, in Kent, whence she had wall; ci on Friday morning. She had been employed in harvesting alia hop-picking, and would return to her hushand at Bromley directly. Iltr pension WO due next Monday week; she had only come op for a pair of breeches belonging to her hum band, and would not be seen here Sir G. FAnnewr —lt is a sad thing you will get so tipsy and make disturb:vices. You know, :Dory, you have hcen here many times. What have you done with your medal? I suppose that's at your uncles, :Nary—tio, your Worship ; it is at home with my pension ticket. Do discharge me this time, and you shall not see me for twelve months. . _ _ . . . Oa this promise Sir George let her go. She fcrncrly had a shilling a day allowed her by the officcr whom she evtiel untlei off the field of battle, but, finding that his bounty only aided he r propensity to get intoxicated, he withdrew the allowance. THE SUFFOLK CI1A:11PION. MANES OFFICE —On Sattioloy, James Garrott, abut the Suffolk o hampion, was brought before Captain Bit it ne LI., on two warrants—first. for Itrt:.king the rme of John Bowioan ; and, se. coral;. for cxroviatir:: the shins. tool otherwise thusorping, kicking. and caging John Cope, a resitc.ctable publican, of Itatchtf. highway. Captain It it .;nt.t.i. called on Bowman firs; to s;:ite his grievance. Poor Bowman exhibited woful symptoms of the rullianly prowess of the Suffolk champion. lie appeared with a large plaster on his nose, and his eyes were in the retry horrible state. lie said that he was sitting in the Wheat Sheaf public-house, on . I lotolay week. whe•o the Champion, as he called him, came in, anti. without the slightest provocation on his part, struck him upon the note, and broke it ; it hit it 114 four days coo:hat:illy, and two nicer, or bone had heel; exi..li;:t. ti. Cart r.t. asked the Champion what lie had to say for himself?—The Champion said, ti•sit lie came into the miblieshouse and they w•, As n l tiglviug throagli cad' other, and be only gently 111 . 11 y nom- g 'hem, and it happened to is: ll on Bowman's none, Cap;iun RIC11,11:i.l. asked Bowman had he rot better settle Bowman (belated that no tardily c(a.sideration would induce him to isetCe it ; he certainly should puse(aite, and he dal it as nioch for the public peace as for Ilk own s.ike ; he was hourly breaking the hones of some industrious titan or other, without any cause whatever. _ t aptein RlctinErt. then cAlltal on (ThApe to state his complaint. Cope said that nn Tuesday last he was passMg along Ronald . - highway, when lie met the Champion, who said to him, how are you Cope, my horny cove ? to which he indignantly replied ; when the Champion, without more to do. trip , up his heels; in d o i ng an, be scratched all the skin oft' one of his shinA, and afterwards heat him. lie never meets hint but he sings out " limns, horns, Copes horns," in allusion to the great injury ehich he inflicted upon him, by seducing his wile. lie had a happy (mine, and virtuous wile, until the Stiff ilk Champion came into his neigh bourhood, and the moment wife saw hint her conduct was at once changed, and finally she lit him, and remained under the protection of the Champion for two years. About six months ago he look her home. on a promise of reformation, and she conducted herself toleraby well until she saw the Champion again. lire conduct changed then so truth that she Actually struck him with a fire-shovel on the hark, and inflicted a deep wound, and lie was obliged, on Monday last, to bring her Wort. 31r. Ballantinc, and have her hound over. The Champion denied ever insulting him. lie was always one of tilkhackeri, by which he won a great deal of 'Loney, and it was a rty return he was going to make him ; he h id nn bail then prepared, and hoped Capt. itichbell would permit hint to be at large until he should procure it. Captain RICII ELL said that he could not comply with his re quest, and he was taken by the gaoler to the luck-up room. ILL TREATMENT OF AN INFANT. Saturday a very extraordinary investigation took place at t4is office. before J. S. Ca Lim ea t. and R. HEDGER. lEsqrs. respecting an infant that was reduced to a Rightful state of emaciation, in con.equence of st“rvation. Nary nnrrotes, the supposed mother of the little sufferer, which is tin illegitimate child, was brought up in custody, by the parish officers of Newington, to whist piatsli it was now chargeable, to &Amer for the oftc,.cc. _ _ The Rev. A. C. Onslow. the Rector of the parish, attended, for the purpose of assisting his brother 31agistrates in the development of the extraordinary circumstances connected with this case, which excited conilderable interest in Newington, and collected a vast number of the irltabitanta of that portion of the district to the office, to hear the proceedings. . . The unfortunate irTant, the subject of the inquiry. was brought into Conn by the midwife who attended the accused during her accnuchement : it presented a dep!orahle sight, biting reduce.. to a mere skeleton, front want of food. The bones in its meagre and decayed frame were slmost stetting through the skin, and the thumb and fore-linger of its hft hand were dreadfully excoriated, which was produced, as will be seen front the surgeon's evidence, in consequence of starvation, the child having sucked its own flesh, and caused deep-seated wounds, fur the wait of proper nouris::- ment. The defendant, on her entrance into the office, appeared exces sively ill, so much so that it was with difficulty she could walk without assistance. She is a respectable-looking woman, apparently about forty years of age. During the investigation she became so much worse that it was several times apprehended she would have landed. Snow, the beadle. rated that a female named Mary Lin field, a midwife, who acted in that capacity for the defendant during her accouchemenf, came to the workhouse a few days ago, and re pre navel that the child of which Mrs. Burrows was delivered in the month of April last was dying for want of food, and that the mother appeared quite careless as to its fate. He lost no time in attending to the case, and proceeded to the defendant's residence, where, after having experienced some diflicu:ty, he SAW the child, which at that time was apparently fast approaching dissolution, be ing redeced to skin and bone, and animation being scarcely perceptible. Having been informed by the midwife that the child's illness had arisen from want of food, he ronveyt d it to the work- i house, where proper attention was paid to it, and the child was now so far recovered as to bald out a prospect of its ultimate return to health. Snow added. that the Overseers of the parish determined on making an example of a mother capable of neglecting her own oirspring in the shameful and unnatural manner ascribed to the de fendant. and had her brought up on the present occasion, in order that the Magistrates might visit the offence with that punishment it de. served ; the accused, he understood, asserted that the child was not her own, deelaring it to have been changed by the inalwife who at tended her during her lying-in; this assertion, however, he (Snow) was convinced was without the slightest Veranda' ion, for incontestible evidence could be brought forward to prove the fact of the child's identity. Mary Linfield, the midwife alluded to, was then called.—She stated that she attended Mrs. Burrows, who has been a widow for some years, during her arcouelicnient in the month of April last. The child that she was then delivered of was the identical child that she (witness) now held in her arms. On the occasion of the birth of the child, the mother requested her to take it Ironic with her and nurse it. Site !metaled to that, knowing that thetlefendant was anX• bus to kelp the circumstance of her having been brought to bed a secret. Witness kept the child for two or three weeks, until she procured another nurse for it, who,' however, treated it with such can leanness and inattention, that she took it away to her own home again. The child at that time was thriving fast, but the mother, on her recovery, evinced a total disregard of maternal affection for it, scarcely ever calling to see it, or making any inquiry about it. This conduct on the putt of the mother surprised the nurse, who , _ ill able to afford the expenses of rearing another woman's child, had an interview with the defendant, the Truth of which was, that the infant was given np to her. The midwife, suspicious of the unnatural manner with which the defendant treated her child, called subsequently to see how it was cettit,x on, fearing that pro per care or avention would not be bestowed upon it. When she did call, which was in the course of a week afterwards, there was a visible alteration fur the worse in thechild, and its mother was per . • fectlycareless a• to its fate. On that visit the witness said thai she was convinced the cause of the child's illness proceeded from the want of food. She, however, went away, after imploring the mo ther to attend to it and feed it properly. The defendant pro mised to do so, but when she (witness) called afterwards, the ac cused refused to let her see the child; and when witness expressed her dttomtitistiol of seeing it either dead or alive, as she krew that the mother was starving it, the latter could not be pre vailed upon to acquiesce. and she (the witness) hearing that the in fant was in a dying state ft om actual starvation, went to give intbr mation of the facts to Snow, the constable. She added, that she proceeded with snow to thedefendant's residence, and saw the child in the state already described. Since that period she has been ours in:( the child herself, and by her care and attention to it, coupled with the assistance of the doctor, the child was saved from perish ing of hunger. In reply to the Magistrate's questions, the witness said that th child was its the most thriving condition preparatory to its being given up to the mother ; but when that took place, the child fell away to a skeleton, and the lodgers in Mrs. Burrows's house told her that it was starved by the mother, who evinced a total disre gard for it, and appeared to be most anxious fur its speedy disso lution. Ale. Hardy, the surgeon, who attended the child immediately on its being taken away from the defendant, stated, that when he was called in to sce the child, it was in a frightful state of emaciation, produced from starvation. The holies almost protruded through the skin, anti its back and loins were covered with wounds, appa rently caused by friction, or lying long in one posture. tlr. Hardy then procr,ded to describe the nature of the excoriation visible in the patient's thumb and fore.fitiger, which he solely attributed to have been produced by the act of sucking, which the - child resorted to for the want of nourishment. Mr. CALDWELL-Might not the symptoms that you have de scribed have arisen from weaning the child at too early a period . . Mr. Hardy replied, that it wit; impossible that cerise c . uuld have produced such dangerous symptoms. He then added, that he was apprehensive, when he first saw the child, that it could not survive, and had it not been for the care and attention bestowed upon it by Mary Linfield, the nurse, who seconded his endeavours, the child would never have lot through it. Mary Burrows, the defendant, was now called upon to give an account of her extraordinary conduct towards the child She com menced by stating that ever since her lying.in she had been labour ing under a nervous fever that almost brought her to death's door. The child that she hail brought into the world, she said, was taken away immediately on its birth, by Mary Linfield, to whom she ac knowledged she had intrusted it to nurse, to prevent exposure, as she was the mother of several lawful children. When she had in some degree recovered from her illness, the midwife's conduct was such as to impress her with a belief that the infant she had brought to her was not defendant's own offspring, but that bent was changed for the one in question at the time of its birth. Mr. CALDWELL-Rut supposing that to have been the case, it was unnatural to starve the infant. Why not apply to .the perish, rather than to pursue such a Inc of conduct as that attributed to you ? The defendant—l can declare to you, Gentlemen, that I was very ha•i for a considerable time subsequent to the nurse bringing me the infant • and although I was convinced in my own mind that my child had been changed, yet I paid the one that was alleged to he mine all the attention I could, hut it wasted away i, I could do for it. I tell yt u again, Gentleniei, ant) that Mary ',infield is a very bad wemon, an t i ti t , keeping the secret of my lying-in, as she promised, tr then actl;the executors of some property of mine, she forth to the world. The Alagintrate—But that has nothing to do with starving the child. The defendant again protested that sh^ (lid as mint in taking e.t.a of the child, and than. t'.e state 10 w duced was in consequence of disease. ~• not the v nourishment. as le,l;it with thick tail!: con.t.ooly it. The def,rlant then added that site wag was a God in heaven that the chill wiis not her was either Mary ',infield's, or soine chili I was trh•ngril for her's. Mary 11,infi.1 here solemnly declared 0 it the el I'd was the identical on. , of which Mrs. 11111,11Y,11;i'i I. DCfelltilitit —1 kilOW it is not my child ; there is t. lure in its whole counts once that apt•roaclies to a re myself or the father of my child. The Rev. Mr. onslow said that he could not any reason for induci;• Mary 'infield, the witty. , us had been t IVhat sl he could rot well distetn :.nut .ter t is cot::d d. is not my baby ; the midwife's pt is as bail as c di be, and I know it to h. ehil Mr. CAT.I.W ELI., as the iitinr 11 consider:dile surprise, and asked if any brouifht forward to prove the identity at the 611 tnhelfra. hff l \LIUSI ''c f all Snow, the beadle, sold, that at present thtYc wan rot ant . body Court to speak to the flict except the midaM..; but ea a future dr / he should be enabled to prove it to the sti , i , taction of the fla g; ,. trate% Ile then applied to ill , . :tench to have the defendant's formation taken an t , t alto was Ow father of tier child. havi•ig sworn it vet to any one, and it bei ,, g at present chargeatu L to the parish. the woman was accordingly examined, and, in re ply to the questions. devised that I tiivin wan the lath^ r ci her child. um he was of no Lusiress or frotestoion, and that he wt.& et the present time travelling on the Continent in cohstqueni.c et di health. The examination having been taken. Snow requesice, that t;,„ Magistrate would g:an , his warrant fur the apprehension of the repotedfath,r of the child. Mr. Carsnw Ent. re In•ed the applicasion, on the ground was not sufficiently satithed as to the identty of the child in qui,- lion being the offspring of the pawn against whom the warrant was applied tar. Defendant—Another strong reason, gentlemen. that I have far supposing the child not to be mine. is the very great atlx!ety snown by Mary Lintield all through tins husines, , , and h.rr the child. I have heard her say brou;lit it lack that she should never see it want, and she caressed it in 5:.211 a manner that convinced tee she was 'nine nearly allied to it than 1 arr. The dellndant was next asked whether she knew Mary Lintield was pregnant about the same time that she was 1ter , ...1r. :she re. plied that Mary Lintichl hail \,ral illegitimate children, and that she was certain this was r•ne of them. The ltlagistrates all agreeing that the child in question was aatisfactmily identified us the offspring of 3lary flutn•ws. no.t. poned the further hearing of the case for a few days. and in the terim gave directions that the child was to be taken care of in the parish workhouse. SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE. FEMALE PEITi;sTRIANISM. A novelty in the sporting lie was presented to the citizens of Oil F.bor on Wednesday lasi, in the performance of a pedestrian fem. out of Micklegate liar, by a female sixty years of age, who under. took to walk forty miles in ten 011.1C , :e.,iVe hours. Proclamation et this feat having been made by the Hellman, on the preceding day. numbers were attracted to the spot to aitness the exhibition. At half-past eight o'clock in the ntorning, the fair heroine enneareti at the starting-place, at flohlgate-lane.enil, wh• re a box, atli cc' to a chair, was placed, haying a label soliciting the pecuniary aid a rye spectators to the Pedestriancsas From this chair, half-a-tole a, measured along the high south mid, cud in this cruise the I tidy performed her task. she is a tall woinan, and was attired in a e.at: coloured skirt, a white cotton waist, over wl.ich was pinned a cc• loured neckerchief; a white muslin cap completed the tipper part of het customs., whilst a pair of black stockings finished her attire; she wore no hat nor shoos. She set oft at a brisk rate, evidently showing her consciousness that she was mistress of lilt week. Those who recollected the performance of Powell, the csichrat walker, discos eyed a great similarity between his gait and that cd Mrs. 31‘3fullon, the subject of the present paragraph. In the course of the day, several persons attempted to accompany her in her walk, hut hint we e able to keep her pace, without having re• course to a shuffling trot. The following is the time occupied in accomplishing the task it. 3f. S 11. M. S The first ten miles 2 2 40 4th ten miles 2d ditto . - 2 16 2 ..) c :id ditto . - 216 01 843 LI) She finished her engage ent at half-past five o'clock, thug, exclu sive of the time occupied in taking refreshment. havirg nn hear to apace. Throughout the performance she maintained the sine steady but rapid pace, and at its conclusion exhibited nn signs of fatigue. Indeed, at the close of the undertakit g. she declared her self able to have continued her escrrisc much longer. We under stand she has accomplished a similar feat at divers rlaces. ac•i cu all these occasions she depends entirely upon the gtnerosiry ui the spectators for her remuneration. In the present IliMal.Cc, we XVl tlerstand, the spectators were not parsimonious in rtuartling tLc labours of the Pedestrianes..— Yin llt odd. MEETINGS OP CREDITORS. LONDON LIST.—:From the London Ca:r;h•.! AT TR! COLItT O► COMMISSIONER., OP BANXnETES, PITTIENT, ON I.TXDNEsnAY NEXT . Harrison, T. Fleet-market, victualler, Slitler'a mart. are . ... 111.kintion, T. Wapping High-atrert, oilman, H Strwati, C. Itirchip.laue, merchant. am—no:taut Trott, tt. Stepney, ......... 11X LIST. Bard.lcy. J. Reaton-Nonis, hat-maker, Bullreley Arm , ( . . _ .. Ist examination Francis and Watmough, Whitrbutch, •choolmaxtera, Lint , M. church, Ist examination Gettp, J. H. Uphill, dealer, Lion, Bristol, let ex:tniiiiatitm Harrison, S. Manclie:4er, grocer, George, Li Verpool, Ist ...do Hunt, J. Holywel,, Innkeeper, Itel!, Holyis cl, Lowe, J. Manchester, nil merch. King's Head, Mary hexter, 1,4 cx . Morrow, 3. Liverpool, muney.scrisener, Situ., Liverpool, 2,11 Yt:111 Sampson, J. H. Sculcoates, merchant, Ittic arid Hock, Kim:au" ill, Smith and Votes, Heaton Morrie, biass-founders, Hctcl, Manche •L, tiather dividend .......... ...... ....... Thuilell and Giddvns, Nora it 6, 1,..La in-inauni4vVirers, Norwich, dividend .. Welch, S. Whitchurch, saddler, Lion, IVhitcharch, lrt cram At the Middlesex Sessions, on Friday, John young man who was on Thursday found guilty of ae auc cious assault on Charlotte Gunnell, by throwing h•r ie!) the water over Cowley-hridge, was sentenced to d , iiitei soned one year in the House of Correction, and al,o to kept to hard labour. The prisoner, as he was being r,• moved, solemnly protested his innoetnee. Oxeorso, Serr. 30.—Early cn the morning of Sur - 'ly last a species of villany was committed, which, forteeee: for the character of the place, is of rare occurrence ii, ;Le city. Several yards of the balustrade of Magdalen ltrid-l• were forced off, and one of the lan - in-irons and its suffer! torn down by means of - a rope. This deliberate act ;Lee have been committed by the worst of scoundrels ; fcr u. could be actuated by no oth,r motive titan that of mi-ce • and doing injury to the public. Itiiileena•er, the mate,: of the gas-lamps, when he was extin , , , ,,tising the that part of the town, heard the nreuh s at their n. r. destruction; but as soon as they perceived jumped into the meadow, took to the river, and thei.ce up Long-wall. Bridgewater, who deserves much ur3,e• for his exertions, pursued them, bur they recap , : le , i him in the Parks. He describes them as !lasing th: • pearance of working masons ; one had on a festian j 17'e:- it is hoped that some reader of this pararerepli to::y lest persona of the above description rerirrnioe iu • ii " condition to their lodgings, and give surd , iet'ermaeen may lead to their detection and punishm.i.t. As an is crow and other tools must have hero used, we pose it was a premeditated act, and we most hope the perpetrators will be discovered. ire s e : e C: feeling on the subject throughout the city ; that of .*- tion of the villains who could he guilty of such an etre ,- -• act.—Oxibrd Herald. BIRTHS. On the 28th ultimo, at Liverpool, the Lady of Cart. H. P: R.N. (Regulating Captain of that Port), of her se%cntli:on. At NVentworth House, on the lath. ult., Viscountess 31i1::- son. The ceremony of bar:titan was performed on Ihe by the Rev. J. Lowe, Chaplain to Earl Vitzwilliam, and 0: fent named Charles AVillism. MARRIED. On the 27th of Septemher, by specirl licence, at St. Jan Church, by the Rae. ri , alterbert Fuller, George W. Esq. .51. P. only son of Sir George T. 'Puppy, Bart. of Oast berland-place, and of Hinton Admiral, Hampshire. to Ora, a daughter of Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esq. of tlifrord.sucet , of Ashdown Hou►e, Suestx. DIED. On the 17th ultimo, at Largo House, Mrs. Durham, the L : . , of Lieut. General Durham. On iVednesday last, at the Palace at Wells. Jane, wife ef t' Lord Bishop of Bath and IVells, and eldest daughter of the la General Adeane. On the 29th of April last, at Sattara, in the East Indies, after illness of lb days, Lieut. Edward Burgess, Adjutant of the 24. Bombay Infantry, aged 211 . HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning .... 22 min. after 21 Evening...—. 40 min. after 1 Printed at THE BRITIsH PRESS ONce, by d• W.CARLTON,NO, 16 SUOMI, and publivlut4 by IL CANNON, robe place. A SON nottritNo 1115 EITHER NGrion, a well-dressed young man, well known to the officers as a bad character. two of whose companions are now suf fering transportation, sas fully cnintnitted for trial at the Old Bail! . y, for stealing a cramp and a taw tram his father's workslop last Thursday. The alinpmen of Mr. Aldous and Mr. Claroneau, pawnbrokers, produced the tools which the prisoner had pledged in fictitious names. _ _ The father, a respectable carrtcnter, No. 11, Cornaby-st:tzt. raluLtd the tools at 205., but saki the trump was worth thrice as The p, isoner's mother Was present ; but on hearing his commit ment made out, her tecr. so overcome that the officers svere obliged to lead her nut of th office. The ptisttocr made no defence. Webb. the oilict.tr, found him carousing al Friday night at the Luke's head in Little Pone:lcy-. utter. PARENTAL CRUELTY. M A IWILEBONE.—iY(Witai r anti II clora Enielism his wife, were brought up on S iturd.ty, from the ' 4 .t. Marylebone watchhouse, charged with cruelty to their female infant child. ‘Vhert placed at the bar, the female plisuner utterad repeated convulsive sobs; but Walt r, with a fur cap and gold band in one hand, and a roll of music in the other, appeared to stand with the utmost indifference. In addition to the evidence we ha 1.. ., idready given, it was stated that Mrs. Walters never took the child with her when she went out, which coupled with the most singular circumstance, that it was never heard to cry in her absence, created a suspicion in the mind of Mr. Norris of he hastily knew what, ard as he hail a key which would open the room door, he entered in eisnpany with Aim Kent, and saw the poor infant sitting completely naked, in a little chair ! under a table. ‘Vhen they first entered the room i, startled, but soon assumed a dejected posture and appearance. Mrs. Kent afters arils questioned the other children. They said their father would not let them love their little sister; their father called it a devil, and never let it go to bed ; he put it in the cupboard, and it te vet went to sleep. That thir mother beat her with a cane, a;al their father slapped her face with his foot. During the examination, the woman, who is in an advanced state of pregnancy, was accommodated with a chair; and the man, having unrolled his music, took occasional voles of the evidence upon the back of it. He conducted himself with much levity ; and Mr. liroughton told him he was the only person in court that could laugh. After this reprimand, he said he was exhausted, and asked for a glass of water. In Ids defence he pleaded poverty, and ,aid his occupation prevented his being much at home. He knew nothing of the lacerations upon the limbs of the child, for he never looked further than its face, and he could not tell how the bruises came there. Ile said it was a curious child, of very stub born temper; it likes to be by itself, and does not cry when left alone. His wife wan obliged to leave it as she had done, because she stands in Totteitharn-court.road to sell glasses; and as to put- Cull it in the cupboard, when he was at home, there was no toom for all the children in bed. Mrs. Walter said the child had dirtied its clothes, and she hail no others to put on, and no wood or coals to dry them with. She therefore put the child between the blankets of the bad, and told it to lie still; she was shunt until half-past five, and when she came home, she round her doot burst open, and the dreadful charge made against her. The scratches upon its limbs were given by a pin in the night-gown, with which she wiped the child ; she did not know it was there until she saw the blood ; the bruises in its face she did not attempt to account for. Mr. BROUGHTON said, no distress upon earth can be taken as an excuse for cruelty. To talk of the child's stubborn temper, and telling it to be quiet, is all nonsense. No poverty, nor any other circumstance, can be an excuse for the most abominable acts of cruelty which have been fully proved against you ; all the feelings of nature seem to be stifled within you. I shall hold you to bail,' and the parish will prosecute you. The child was brought to the office by a nurse frmn the work house; it is a line li%le girl, between two end tl.rce years old, with a very fine cfmnteonncc. and so far from appearing stubborn. it submitted to the examination without struggling or showing the least impatience. ~~, ,~