The Sun. — London, England, 1829-08-21 00:00:00

PUBLIC MEETING AT MARGATE.- STEAM-BOATS. • „4 very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Vrgate, R amsgate, an d others, was held at the -rve-hall o f M argate, on W ednes d ay afternoon, ot. the purpo se o f cons id er i ng w h at measures s h ou ld be adopted to obtain a more efficient communication between the metropolis and the places just menti oned. COl3ll Esq., the deputy of Margate, in the Dr. %YARN,Is, chief pier commissioner, said that nothing but a sense of public duty had induced him .to attend that day, and he begged to call the serious ,attention to the objects for which the meeting was , trivened. Th e ex i st i ng coa li t i on b etween t h e `7lllrgate steam-beat proprietors tended to render the usage betwee n L on d on an d M arga t e an y t hi ng t what i t oug h t to b e, the passengers, ow i ng to theti limited number of vessels starting, being packed "ore like negroes in a slave-ship than any thing else. . to ls7 this Want of accommodation the interests of the -" of Margate were injured, especially as the steam-boat proprietors landed their passengers, .. hen t h ought fit, at Ramsgate, to get an additional e out o f t h e i r pockets. He deprecated the corn ' h ' na tio; and suggested that if the inhabitants raised ,118officient sum they could annihilate the combine , and, by establi s hin g M arga t e st e am-bo a ts, do e town Incalculable good, as they would have the ;ecniveyance under their own control. Another evil .as the length of time now occupied in the voyage, 11 ° that passengers were obliged to take three meals board, th e b oats b e i ng , i n fact, swimming hotels, w ithout being subject to innkeepers' expenses or ,te strietions although it was intended by Mr. Peel ti) have placed them on the same footing. Mi. T. COBB said, that in consequence of the t'resent coalition, the number of visiters to Margate d greatly f a ll en o ff, as compare d w i t h f ormer years . e Thought the coalition was dangerous to the inte tfitl of the place. cMr..HALE, of Broadstairs, hoped the inhabitants i °- Breadstairs and R amsga t e wou ld b e a ll owe d t o I,,Preteip a t e in the advantages held out. . : edmmitte e was th en appo i nte d, an d a subscrip el?! of 2,3001. entered into towards the formation fend for establishing steam-boats to run between oadon;and Margate. I tu l h g anks were given to the Chairman, and the e etiD Separated. • I GEROUS SPEED of STEAM-VESSELS. 4 .,' 41) consequence of the numerous complaints ve 7 4o , g the impetuosity with which steam thelLs perf orm th e i r t rans i ts th roug h th e Th ames , t a(3 rd Mayor has ordered the following notice ere lLespatched to the different parties named "Mansion-house, August, 1829. TuostPs9N, Masor. 13t ice is ce - herd); given to the masters and the era, and all persons navigating steam-vessels upon li ver Thames, that in order to prevent the great i e r a o n nl ger and numerous acc id en ts whi c h ma y ar i se .4 the rapidity with which such vessels may be ti ee i , gat ed, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has f all it requisite, for the protection and security 13 84 , - i 411 other vessels and persons navigating upon the (I river Within his Lordship's jurisdiction as con ihr,rvator of the said river, to direct, that the follow -I,„b orders and regulations be adopted and abided t i " and that the harbour-masters of the port of "don d o see the same duly enforced. " That all those vessels when bound up the river, ,ro arriving off the east wing of Greenwich llos it;tal ° , do re d uce the steam or ve l oc i ty o f t h e vess e l, tides tint t o pass t h roug h t h e water w i t h a flood * i at the rate beyond four miles per hour, or g 4i nst th e ebb-tide at a rate beyond six miles per tr : ur, until their arrival abreast the Limehouse en tr e s of the West India Docks ; and that from e "ce to t h e i r moor i ngs t h ey d o re d uce t h e steam ides 1, to pass through the water with a flood thetesit3he rate beyond three miles per hour, or against Andlide at a rate beyond five miles per hour. their they that observe the same regulations on ° r yard voyages. That they be particularly guard when coming near deep-loaded barges or their craft, passage-boats, or wherries, to check rate of velocity, and on no account, except l ow ." lendin g p a s sengers , s h a ll any steam - vesse l fol t6lng any other steam-vessel e nd ea v our t o p a - s "" e s ame, after arr i v i ng u p war d s at t h e Li me h ouse sk ilttan ee of the West India Docks, or until they ‘4nal have arrived th ere o n th e i r d ownwar d vo y age , , so o n in succession. (4 4 4 Th at w h en they cannot arrive at their point of stinatioe before dark, they hang out a lantern with 4t'ong light, either at the bows of the vessel, or a !re it sh a ll b e d eeme d most necessary to prevent ee 'dents. Coapprised And i n order that all parties concerned may be Y._ 4 Pprisecl of the foregoing orders and r e gul a tions, t o -P t '," thereof be delivered by the harbour-masters th e I T Captains o f a ll th e s t eam vesse l s nav i gat i ng aff 4e ,, v er, and th a t th e y d o cause th e same t o be L' to some c o ns pi cuous p ar t o f th eir vessels; ii e3t t‘ ' 1 , 4 these o r d ers an d re gul a tions be printed and ))1 4 0 1) at all the principal stairs and plying bad ge on both sides of the river, between London ' b e and Blackwell. " Signed (by order of his Lordship), Th e . " FRANCIS HOBLER, Clerk." Harbour Masters' Court, which is of re4 lt origin, has been just revived, and such 1 1 ,1" a tinns h ave b een a l rea dy a d o pt e d as w ill ..t ol 4 'elY benefit the navigation. ar i d (mutt i s to be held at St. Katherine's, e a e h at Greenwich, as occasion may require, and 4kti harbou r - master i s to b e i n rea di ness n i g ht gene y, to be called upon in case of emer tnieo7' In order to secure the proper perf:orm- L of the duties of the situation, the City of °t i d o ele ct nave come to a determination not to tint L all y person to act as harbour-master who has 4tireom in the Royal Navy, or in the East A l Co in service. th e h tlioll gst the new arrangements for assisting app; t3 av igation, the port of London very strongly tvi l i e) v e of that to which the following notice, ef"B h as been served upon those concerned, ie fay . It is in fact considered a complete clearer 10 of the great obstructions which have been "g sot nudly complained of p ro " Port of London. tite r 41 1 in charge of colliers navigating on the C„, 4 naines. 4e ' v hereas it h as b een d eeme d expe di ent , t h a t a throo4id unobstructed passage should be preserved tki f , th e upper and lower pools, of not less than t °th et in width, and instructions have been given e h arbour- masters , to prevent any co lli er s hip e ses: s l from encroaching upon the same, and to Il k ' t o "Y ship or vesse l w hi c h s h e ll be so moored forte,4eroach upon the free passage as aforesaid, to N n with removed. 9 die,„ ° .tice thereof is hereby given to all masters and i ths tr : s n charg e of colliers,. navigating on the river rser ' and they are strictly enjoined to obey the _ N I -d i "' or the harbour-masters from time to time 4 e A no y. thtc, 0 4 notice is hereby further given, that there 4t, le,,p..ereserved a channel or passage of not a le o s ( s i e u r _r l t in width, at low water ferbar a g r e ld s the e i rt 4l l Liqi 'i o t re o f between te ri ve t e from tiersom New-craneof vessels down to I, 41°148e-bridge dock. e°o,ll.ier Will is hereby further . giveu, that no )1 44 18 "in future be permitted to moor at the . 4t ilou r .. l th e upper pool without permission of the 1,, Masters?' g ta pn ne w code of by-laws, which have been by the harbour-masters, under the 11 i1 e!..- 411, ed in a t tl o ce and sanction of the Lord Mayor, 4 .4 t " 1 t er operation on the 29th of next . s t et comprise a vast deal of of 11 4 utmost importance to shipping. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT fERSALL'S. The betting ye...dud:ly turned chiefly on the Gold Cup, for which the odds on the field are larger than on Mon day. The St. Leger continues pretty nearly as before, the only perceptible change being in Frederick, who sprung a couple of points,--The following is a correct statement of the prices at the close of the room : DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 7 to 2 agst Cleveland's Voltaire 11 to 2 agst Hon. E. Petre's Rowton 10 to 1 agst Lord Langford's Sir Hercules 12 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde 13 to I agst Mr. Gibbeson's La(:y Sarah 16 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Frederick 18 to I agst Mr. Theobald's The Exquisite 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Apollonia 20 to I agst Mr. Scott's Felt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Wandering Boy 20 to I agst Duke of Leeds's Rhodocautha colt 25 to 1 apt Mr. Riddell's Lawn Sleeves 25 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Stotforth 25 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim DONCASTER GOLD CUP. 100 to 60 agst Lord Chesterfield's Zinganee 3 to I ngst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede sto 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Murphy SALISBURY RACES. WEDNESDAY, MTG. 19.—The Wiltshire Stakes. Mr. Radclyffe's Lawrence 1 Sir E. Baker's Mr. Watt The Members' Plate, for all ages. Mr. Portman's Red Mantle, 3 yrs Mr. Wiltspere's Hercules, 6 yrs 1 2 2 Mr. Dundas's Rosebud, 3 yrs Mr. Sadler's f. by Anticipation CANTERBURY RACES. WEDXESDAY, AuG. 19.—His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. for all ages. Heats, four miles. Captain Lock's Gameboy, 4 379 walked over One hundred soya. given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County, for all ages. Heats, two miles. Sir E. Hering named The Landlord, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Mattam's Moor Buzzard, 5 yrs 6 2 Mr. Lushington named bl. f. by Eryx, 3 yrs 4 3 Lord Sondes named Hawk's Eye, 5 yrs Lord Mahon mined br. g. by Robin Hood, 4 yrs 3 dr Marquis Camden named by Woful, 3 yrs Fifty sous. given as above. Heats, two miles. Mr. Lushington named Eryx, 3 yrs Lord Mahon named Hawk's Eye, 5 yrs 1 2 2 Sir J. C. Honywood named Sir Richard, 4 yrs 4 5 3 Sir E. Knatchbull named Vicar, 4 yrs Marquis Camden named b. F. by Woful, 4 yrs.., 5 4dr Mr. Mattam's Moor Buzzard, 5 yrs WORCESTER RACES. WaDNKSDAY, AUG. 1 9. —The City Members' Plate of .50 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of three sovs. each. Heats, two miles. Major 0. Gore's Hesperus Mr. Pickernell's Susan, aged 4 2 Mr. Thorne's Prudence Sir T. Stanley's Joceline 2 dr A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added Heats, two miles. Mr. Thorne's Maid of Mansfield, aged Hunters' Purse of 50 soya. given by the Members for the County, with titivate subscriptions of five soya. each. Heats, four miles. Mr. H. Lucas named Gazebo, 6 yrs 3 1 Lord Deerhurst named Welchman, aged Mr. Jones's Vivid, 6 yrs The Gold Cup, value 100 soya. by subscription of 10 each, the surplus in specie. Four miles. Sir T. Stanley's May Fly, 6 yrs Mr. Mytton's Euphrates, aged 2 Mr. A. Skey's Sampson, 5 yrs A sweepstakes of 10 says. earl', with 10 added. Mr. Hick's The Tartar, aged. 1 1 Mr. Umbers's Davi , i, 5 yrs 2 2 The Severn Stakes of five sovs. each, with 25 added. One mile. Mr. Thorne's Maid of Mansfield, aged 1 Mr. R. Griffith's Musquito, 4 yrs Mr. T. Pickernell, jun.'s Susan, aged 3 BURTON-UPON-TRENT RACES. TUESDAY, Auc. B.—Produce Stakes of 50 SOY& each, for 3-yr-olds. The straight mile. Mr. Yates's Beatrice, by Swap 1 Cicely, by Paulowitz 2 Lord Grosvenor's Kamtschatka 3 The Drakelow Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft Mr. Peel named Sarah walked over The Burton Gold Cup, value 100 gs. and 50 sons. added. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Giftlsrd's Chester Billy, 4 yrs Mr. Mytton's HaLston, 4 yrs ....... ...... ..... —....... 2 Lord Anson's Louisa, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Giffard's Lucy, 3 yrs Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, h. ft. for horses not thorough bred. The straight mile. Mr. Tongue's Bistirda, by Bustard 1 Mr. Painter's gr. c. by Woodley 2 The Anglesea Plate of 50 sous. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Richards's b. c. brother to Mary Ann, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Thompson's Zekiel Homespun, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Gitrard's Barabbas, 3 yrs 2 3 Lord Grosvenor's Kamtschatka, 3 yrs bolted ROWING MATCH. The annual contest for a new wherry and other prizes, given by the Ladies and Gentlemen inhabitants of St. Clement Danes and St. Mary•le-Strand, to be rowed for by free watermen belonging to Strand-lane and Arundel stairs, took place yesterday. The match was one of minor interest, and was not well attended. The distance to start from buoys moored off Strand-lane, row through the centre arch of Blackfriars•bridge, return up the north shore through Waterloo bridge, round a boat moored off the Fox-under-the-Hill, down again to Blackfriars, and up to the prize wherry at Strand-lane. At half-past three the following men were placed for the first heat : Henry Joyce Arundel-stairs ... Scarlet James Parish T. Audley } Light Blue Richard Godfrey Strand-lane . _ _ John Joyce Arundel.stAits ... 1 Pink. James Teesdell Pink twit the lead for a few minutes, but after about two hundred yards Scarlet took the lead, and won the heat; Pink being second, and Light Blue third. At half past four the following men were placed for the second heat : John Gadd Arundel-stairs ... 1 Green Charles Baker Thomas Porfar Arundel-stairs ...1 yellow James Daly Strand-lane ...... John Parker Samuel Godfr e y .... Green took the lead, but soon lost it, and Yellow at the conclusion of the heat was first, and Green was second. At a quarter past seven, the men (the two first pairs of each heat) were placed for the grand heat. At starting Scarlet took the lead, and maintained it all the way ; the boats coming in thus—Scarlet first, Pink second, Yellow third, and Green iast. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER left the resi dence of her sister the Princess AUGUSTA, at Frogmore, on Tuesday, for her seat in Bagshot-park. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, had a long conference yesterday afternoon witli the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Foreign-office; after the inter view the Noble Earl, accompanied by the Marquis of ABER, coati, left town in his carriage and four for Tunbridge-wells On Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, a most determined attempt at self-destruction was made by Mr. HENRY CALDWELL, one of the clerks in the British Gas Company's works. About the hour above stated, Mr. CALDWELL went into the shop of Mr. HUGHES, the clsernist and druggist, in the Kent-road, near the Green Man, and asked for two-pennyworth of hellebore powder, which he said he wanted to make into an ointment. Mr. HuGuas felt no hesitation in serving him, and wrapped up the powder in paper, on which he, as usual, wrote " poison," back and front. The unfortunate man then left the shop apparently in good spirits, and nothing about him indicating an aberration of intellect. He proceeded immediately to the house of Mr. ALLFORD, the Dun Cow public-house, and going into the bar, he requested Mrs. ALLFORD to let him have a tumbler of cold water; the water was given him, when he introduced the powder and swallowed it off in the presence of Mrs. ALLFORD, and threw the paper in which it was enveloped at her. She felt alarmed, and said, " My good Sir, what have you been taking ?" The unfortunate man replied, " I have taken that, Madam, that will soon send me to beavers." Mrs. ALLroan gave an immediate alarm, and her husband and several other persons came in, and found the unhappy man labouring under the direful effects of the poison, which is of the worst description. They without delay removed him to Guy's Hospital, where the stomach-pump was re sorted to by Mr. HILLS and Mr. PERRINS, and the sto mach emptied of its contents, which was strongly im pregnated with hellebore, The unfortunate man was placed in bed, and after he somewhat recovered his senses, he related the above facts, but could not assign any reason for committing the dreadful act. Mr. CALDWELL is only 2t years of age, and his family are highly respectable at Kildare, of which place he is a native. He now lies at Guy's Hospital in a very precarious state. ANOTHER 13 URKE.-TIIE LIFE OF STEWART THE MURDERER. (From the Scotsman.) This remorseless homicide, who will this day suffer an ignominotis and painful death, was born in the parish of Sionneykirk, in 1803. Tried, con victed, and conierniird, lie must of course be held up to lasting infamy by the name of Stewart—but Bradfoot was his real name. His parents belonged to Ireland, and being possessed of a little money when they came to this country, they rented a small farm in the district of Galloway. Forced from the farm by misfortune or rather mismanagement, and divested of their little all, they sent their son, Stew art, to serve witl► Mr. M`;l7 n, a pious, benevo lent, and good hearted man, then residing in the parish of Glen!lice. While in his service, he was industrious, sober, frugal, and indeed every way circumspect in his conduct, and in consequence enjoyed the complete confidence and esteem of his employer. When about twenty years of age, he married a respectable young woman, whose parents were more wealthy than his own, and being influenced with some idle whim or pr►judice, they disapproved highly of the marriage. Being of an independent, haughty, and rather im perious disposition, he scorned to brook their hatred, jeers, and misrepresentations; and while under the influence of passion, he enlisted in the marines. He was sent off to Chatham in 1825, and the health of his wife being affected, by the neglect of her parents and the severity of her fortune, she died in that town in a few months after her arrival. He solicited, and was indulged with a pass to Scotland, to convey his only child home to his wife's parents, but he never returned. Tortured and rendered restless and reck less by the constant apprehension of being seized as a deserter, estrang►ed from his habits of application and sobriety, sinking in his own estimation, and avoided by his former companions arid friends, he associated with idle and unprincipled profligates, and progressively fell into a life of irregularity and crime. For nearly four years he has now been prowling up and down the country, like the arch-enemy of man kind, seeking whom he might devour. In this rapid sketch we shall only notice a few of the principal incidents of his life—for we should be loath to tire and disgust our readers with minute details of all his revolting delinquencies. He was either too cautious, or too great a re creant, to attempt any desperate or perilous expe dient to obtain money or property. Even when reduced to the greatest distress, he never once dreamed of housebreaking or highway robbery. Sheep-stealing was his boldest adventure, and though lie succeeded in breaking Stranraer jail, his narrow escape made an impression upon him for the subsequent part of his profligate life. He enlisted frequently, and decamped with the moray he re ceived. He was a pretty dexterous pickpocket, and a veteran gambler and cheat at country fairs. In the course of his criminal career, he became ac quainted with a gang of coiners and venders of forged notes, and being soon initiated into their modes of procedure, he associated with them for nearly two years. Considering that the gang could not always escape detection, and dreading that the apprehension cf one might lead to the conviction and punishment of the whole, he cut the connection, and commenced business on his own account. About two years ago, he left the border counties—the scenes of his former proceedings—as " a shanner," and rented a small room in an obscure part of Dum fries. By his previous knowledge and experience, he was enabled to construct a variety of excel lent moulds or dies, exclusively for his own use, and by this means reduced this branch of robbery to a system, by which he obtained the greatest profit with the least possible danger of detection. At the same time, to keep up a decent appearance, and ob viate suspicion, he occasionally wrought at such jobs as suited his inclination. While he resided at Dumfries he became acquainted with his second wife, his coadjutor in murderer, and fellow-sufferer on the gibbet. They furnished themselves with a considerable amount of base money, with which they set out on a tour, for the purpose of exchanging it . , for the genuine coin of the realm. When t hey ar rived in Gretna they were there married with the usual formalities, by virtue of the unique powers of the very obliging blacksmith. During their travels, though they had a number of very narrow escapes,' they were so successful as to accumulate a little money ; but it was almost uniformly squandered . as fast as it was obtained, in drunkenness and de bauchery, among their infamous male and female companions. Such, in a few words, was the diabo lical, chequered, and perilous manner of subsistence of John Bradfoot alias Stewart, before he reached the zenith of atrocity, by a novel and recreant mode of murder and robbery. When travelling one night between this city and Biggar, he quite unexpectedly encountered an old companion in crime, who was lurking by the way side, waiting an opportunity to commit a burglary, when a genteel family he named were wrapt in pro found repose. In the course of conversation he stated, that this was the last housebreaking he ever intended to perpetrate, as he had learned a much more profitable and less dangerous way of obtaining money. Stewart made a number of inquiries, and it was then and there he first learned, that by the administration of a stupifying and mortal drug, warm-hearted, unsuspecting men, especially, might be easily overcome and plundered. He resolved in stantly to profit by this new expedient ; he concert ed measures with his wife; they repaired forthwith to Glasgow, and made their first attempts in that great commercial city. Though they realized but small sums, their success exceeded their expectations,. but deeming it dangerous, both for their personal safety and the exposure and neutralization of their tar tarean discovery, to remain too long in one place, after a short stay they set off, and began their career of plunder in a town in the south of Scotland, at no very great distance from their former place of residence. But here we can be minute no farther, it must suffice to state, that the robberies were all perpetrated under the same guise—with the same insidious display of candour, kindness, and strong partiality for their victims—with the same fiendish manoeuvring to promote their mutual design—and the poison was always administered by the Fury in female form. The most patient investigation war rants the assertion that they have occasioned the death of three men—one in the south, and another in the west of Scotland, and Lamont, for whose murder and robbery they are to suffer, was the third. There may have been more, but on this head no farther authentic information can be obtained. Stewart's first victim was a quiet, kind, good man, and while he held the poisoned draught, by which he was soon to be bereaved of life, he ex pressed his astonishment at the ostensible kindness of the murderers, and the most sincere wishes for their prosperity. He was greatly esteemed by all who knew him, and " a man who had lived without an enemy died by the hand of a pretended friend." In our short history of the notorious Burke, it was stated that "for a long time after he had murdered his first victim, he found it utterly impossible to banish for a single hour the recollection of the fatal struggle—the screams of distress and despair —the agonizing groans—and all the realities of the dread ful dead. At night the bloody tragedy, accompanied by frightful visions of supernatural beings, tormented him in his dreams ; but he ultimately became so callous, that a murder added but little to his mental anguish." The same facts are applicable to Mrs. Stewart. When she first learned that she was a murderer, she was plunged into the deepest alarm, horror, and despair. She declared that she saw the pallid and distorted countenance of the murdered man frequently in her dreams—that he ac tually stared at her out of the stone walls of her apartment, and that for some time he followed and tortured her wherever she went. Stewart himself was made of " sterner stuff," and was far more alarm ed and annoyed by a dread of the officers of justice, than by any compunctious visitings of nature. It was then that dark and gloomy forebodings of the awful punishment that follows crime, shot with full force across his perturbed mind. Indeed, it may b e said, that the almost boundless circle of humiin wretchedness and 4uffertng cannot contain more mi serable beings than criminals in this state. Without money—without friends — without charact er or ho nest mean, of subsiwence, and tortured by the gall ing consciousness that they have mi rited the abhor.. rence of all the good and virtuous part of mankind; and, to crown all, they cannot starve—they cannot obtain employment —they are almost compelled by dire necessity to hurry on in the path of destruction rashly chosen, till arrested by the strong arm of jus• tice, they are cut off by the common executioner. From the hour in which he was committed for trial, Stewart was well convinced that his death on the gallows was inevitable, unless he effected his escape by breaking the prison. Ile instantly resolved to make every possible exertion, to run all hazards, and even to shed more blood, if by additional murders he could accomplish his design. While in Glasgow jail, he organised a scheme by which he expected to accomplish his purpose, but it was happily discovered, and he was subsequently confined in one of the iron rooms or " condemned cells." A few days pre vious to his trial, in conjunction with eight stout and desperate ruffians, he resolved on another at tempt to break the jail of this city. Their plan was, to seize an opportunity when the turnkeys were employed with the prisoners in the other wards, and murder the one attending on them, and Mr. Fisher, deputy-governor of the jail, and seize the keys, but failing in this atrocious project, they intended to take one of the massive seats, which they had loosened for the purpose, dash out the stauneheous of the windows at the foot of their stair, break the interposing cast-iron barriers, and force their way to the outer gate. If the turnkey then offered the least re sistance, he was to be instantly dispatched. When they reached the outside, they were to fly in dif ferent directions, and they were all bound by oath never to disclose the names of the ringleaders. They had procured two of the small spikes from the top of one of the railings, which they had carefully sharpened for the purpose of murdering the turn keys who opposed their e.lcape. The conspiracy was discovered of course, the necessary precautions promptly adopted, and when the two. spikes were taken from Stewart's cell, he coolly said he had done no more than any man would have done in his cir cumstances. When he found that all his plans were discovered, and that he would be watched if pos sible with redoubled vigilance, " his hope turned black despair," and he resigned himself to his fate. In our report of his trial, it was stated that their confident behaviour evinced that they had not the least hope of escaping the gallows. It must be still fresh in the recollection of our readers, that the murder and robbery for which these wretches are to be executed this day, was perpe trated on board the Toward castle steam-boat, while on her passage from Tarbot to Glasgow. They had observed a hawker's wife with nearly twenty pounds in her possession, and they resolved to de prive her of her property, though by the sacrifice of her life. Finding her too prudent to be easily en snared, and observing that Robert Lamont was pos sessed of a sum of money, he next engrossed their whole attention. Stewart sung, told him idle le gendary tales, while his partner in spoliation plied him with affected kindness, and gossip about " Rob Roy tartan," till he swallowed the fatal draught. The homicides were apprehended on arriving at the Broomielaw, and notwithstanding their experience and caution, they were convicted and condemned on as clear and satisfactory evidence, direct and cir cumstantial, as ever came under the consideration of a jury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A gentleman named Bailey complained against a watermac under the Cireumltances stated below, which Mr. Bailey thought the public should be made acquainted with. "on Saturdar T grxiipg, at eight o'clock, I took the 'defendant's hoat;'at'the Temple-stairs, and directed him to go through London-bridge, to put me on board a steamer. It was perfectly safe at the time ; but he resolutely assured me that he would land me at the Old Swan Stairs. I requested, in the most pressing manner, that he would not do so, but take me through the bridge ; he however persisted, and did land me at Old Swan Stairs, and I was at the expense of hiring a porter to take my luggage to the Tower Stairs. I told him that I would certainly punish him, and his reason for refusing me was, that he could not, on account of the tide, return. The defendant considered it dangerous to attempt to pass under the bridge, as the tide was ebbing about three quarters of an hour. He had made in quiries of the Waterman's Company, and learned that he was justified in refusing to do as he had been required in this instance. The increasing dan ger of the navigation at the bridge made the refusal more necessary. The LORD MAYOR asked whether any danger was to be apprehended at the time. An assistant of the Waterman's Company at tended—He had been a practical man for 30 years, and he would not on any account try the bridge un der the circumstances stated. The waterman was justified for two reasons—first, the danger of the experiment; and, secondly, the book of fares said not a word of a fare from any place above bridge to any place below bridge : the witness said that the bridge was in a terribly dangerous condition, and every day would no doubt render it more so. The LORD MAYOR said, that the energy of the Duke of Wellington, who so rigidly superintended the new London-bridge, would soon make a change which would be most beneficial to the public. His Lordship then stated that he could not in this case inflict a penalty, as the defendant was perfectly justified. GUILDHALL. Mr. Harris, the salesman in Newgate-market, appeared upon the summons, for unlawfully selling a lamb unfit for human food, attended by Mr. Hob ler, jun., as his solicitor ; but the complainant making oath that that his witnesses refused to give evidence unless they were compelled, the hearing was ad journed, and summonses were issued for the attend ance of persons named by the complainant. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a man named James Taylor• was charged with stealing a box coat from the carriage of the Right Hon. Robert Peel, at his residence, Privy-gardens. David Jones, one of Mr. Peel's servants, stated that on Monday last between 11 and 12 o'clock, he buckled the coat in question to the dickey of his master's carriage. Benjamin Cole, another servant, deposed that he missed the coat from the dickey, and in a few minutes after it was given to him by a servant of Lord Farnborough, who detected the prisoner in the act of cat rying it away. The carriage was wait ing to convey Mr. Peel to Windsor. Thomas Dawson, servant to Lord Farnborough, met the prisoner at the back of Whitehall Chapel, with the coat under his arm. Suspecting that he had stolen it, witness took him into custody. The parties were bound over, and the prisoner committed to take his trial at the ensuing West minster Sessions. MARYLEBONE. John Elmore, a ballad-singer, was charged yes terday before Mr. GRIFFITH with stealing a large quantity of apples, and some Siberian crabs. He was brought to the office at an early hour, with his plunder, by Webster the officer, who met him on the towing path of the Regent's canal, between six and seven o'clock, and apprehended him on suspicion. The gardens within the district of this office have lately been ro bb e d to a most vexat i ous d egree , an d the difficulty of speaking to the fruit's identity has in some cases ena bl e d th e thieves to escape. In this instance the imp u dence of the prisoner, and a little disaster which befel his coat on a former occa sion, put aside all uncertainty, and he was made the object of summary punishment, under the statute 7 and 8 of George cap. 29, sec. 42. The garden is at No. 23, North Bunk, Regent's nark, and belongs to Mrs. Burrow ; and her mother, a lady ailv,inced in years, was brought forward as a wit ness. She had nothing to say respecting the present ti ; Sil..!Z hen strawberries were in season, at an early hour ore morning, from her eharelier she 'aww• the prisoner in her tltigliter's prilell gathering haul ;oys and pines,—some he ate, and many more he placed upon a handkerchief. She threw up the window, and shook her finger at him. " Good morning to you, madam, good morn ing," said he ; and after gathering the curners of his handkerchief into his hand, he shook the bundle of fruit at her in bravado, and got over the pales into the towing-path. To keep robbers away, tenter hooks had been placed in the pales, and as he re treated they caught his coat lappet and tore off a piece, which Mrs. Burrows preserved. The fruit produced before the magistrate corres ponded with the fruit still growing in Mrs. Burrow's garden, and her maid-servant deposed that she had seen the prisoner there on three ocesions. That morning (yesterday), at ten minutes after six, he was tying up a handkerchief full of apples, and she cried " Stop thief!" but there was nobody to stop him, and he ran away over the pales. 'Webster, the officer, gave evidence of die manner in which the prisoner came into custody as before stated, and said, " I think, your worship, I have got a little bit of cloth here, which fits a bole in the lappet of the prisoner's coat so nicely, that a good tailor would put it in, and nobody would know it ever had been out of it." He alluded to the piece of cloth left in strawberry-time upon the tenter-hooks, and it fitted the rent in all its unevenness. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the prisoner is hat he had to say about the piece of cloth belonging to his coat, which so fully supported the charge against him of stealing the strawberries, that nobody could doubt it ; and whether he wished to contradict any other part of the evidence ? "As to the coat, your Wor ship," replied the prisoner, " I don't care about it, and it's of no use to say I did not steal the apples, but I declare I never went into the garden before for fruit." Mr. GRIFFITH—You have been seen there re peatedly, according to the evidence. Prisoner—For a few roses, your Worship, only. Mr. GRIFFITH told him the charge of stealing fruit had been completely proved, and he com mitted him to the House of Correction and hard labour for three months. WORSHIP-STREET. On Wednesday night the case against Henry Jarvis, the alleged violator of Miss Louisa Damen bergen, was brought to a close, and the depositions having been completed, were read over to the pri soner, and signed by the winesses in the presence of the Magistrate. Mr. King, the surgeon, was present. and stated that he had unavoidably been prevented from at tending the examination which had taken place in the earlier part of the day. Mr. BROUGIITON read Mr. King's certificate pro duced at the first hearing of the case, in which he stated his belief that the prosecutrix had been in jured by an attempt to violate her person. The Magistrate having compared this with his subse quent declaration that there was no appearance of recent violence, advised him to be more cautious in future how he gave evidence or signed certificates, as a surgeon's evidence in such cases was of very serious consequences. lie added, that as Mr. King's deposition had not been taken with the others, he should not bind him over as a witness, and either party might subpoena him at the trial if they pleased. The reading of the evidence was frequently sus pended, the attention of the witnesses being directed to the prosecutrix, who appeared in a most de plorable condition from the swoonings and fits which overcame her during the examination. She was so strong in the convulsions which occasionally agitated her frame, that two of the officers had great difficulty in holding her. Even then, however, there were presorts present who indulged in ribald jests and heartless merriment upon the scene before them.— When our reporter quitted the office, nearly ten o'clock, the unfortunate girl was lyir.g extended upon the floor of the office, completely exhausted, and apparently inanimate, surrounded by her relatives. Mr. BROUGHTON spoke in severe terms of the in famous attempts which he said had been made to ruin the character of this unfortunate girl, by persons who had sent anonymous letters. It was natural that the friends of a mart in the prisoner's situation should rally round him when he was in peril, but persons who acted in the manner spoken of, injured him instead of rendering him a service by their pro ceedings. They said that there was a conspiracy against the prisoner, and the Magistrate said he un derstood there was much evidence present, but he was very glad that he had not heard any of it, for it was not his but the province of a jury to decide upon such evidence; but even supposing what was said to be true, that she was not a;virtuous person, and not a virgin at the time this assault was said to have been committed, she was not, therefore, to be subject to brutal assaults; two men were hanged not long since for a criminal assault upon a pros titute. The evidence of the mother and others for the prosecution, went to show that the capital offence had been completed, but he was bound to look at the evidence as it stood legally, and, taking into consideration the length of time before the alleged violation was made known and the prosecutrix subjected to the inspection of a sur geon, he did not think there was evidence upon which a Jury would convict the prisoner of a capital offence; and therefore he would not send him to trial for such an offence, but would take care that he should be prosecuted for the assault, and would bind the parties in recognizances to prosecute for the mis demeanur. The magistrate added, that the feelings of those persons who could unmoved look upon the dis tressingscene before them, were far from being credit. able to them. Whether the prosecutrix were virtuous or not before this occurrence, she was exceedingly to be pitied. He begged of her friends to bear in mind, that in any thing he had said he was pro nouncing no opinion upon the case, but only looked at the evidence, in a legal point of view, as it came before him. It was still open to them, if they thought their case sufficiently strong, or should here after get further evidence, to prefer an indictment against him for the capital offence. • The prisoner was then liberated upon bail. PROGRESSIVE POPULATION AND EX- TENT OF RUSSIA. In the year 1476, Ivan the Third, the last Grand Duke of Moscow, succeeded to patrimonial estates of— Geog. Sq. Miles. Populat. 18,203 with 6,000,000 In 1505, he died, bequeathing 1535, died the first Czar, Vassili 1V.... 37,217 1584, died Ivan IV. 114,010 1598, died reodor 1 150,410 1645, died Michael Romanof 237,933 1675, died Alexis 267,116 1689, succeeded Peter I 271,371 1725, died Peter the Great 280,379 20,000,000 1710, died the Empress Anne 3 - 25,567 1762, succeeded Catherine 11 3 - 25,609 25,000,000 1796, died Catherine 336,646 36,000pe0 In 1825 died Alexander, bequeathing to his successor, Nicholas 1., a territory of 5,879,900 superficial square miles, and a population of 58,000,000 of souls ! consti tuting an addition to the latter (in a short career of con quest, begun a❑ ended within little more than a quarter of a century) of twenty •two millions ! We may throw in another two millions at least for the nitural increase of the Russian populiition, conjointly with the forced increase of subjec•s pilfered from the Persian crown, during the three years of modest pretensions preferred by the present Autocrat. To this plain statement, we may add Balbi's recent estimate of the actual state of the Muscovite em pire : Superfices in square miles 5,912,000 Population Revenue £16,000,000 National Debt £52,000,0 00 Army and Navy Ships of war l SO Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Earl of BELMORE, the Go vernor of Jamaica, and also for the Governor of the Lee ward Islands. St ihiT 01 1 THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have already briefly noticed the report o the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates, with the ex ception of three, viz. those for the Association for Discountenancing Vice, for the Kddare street Education Society, and for the College of Maynooth, which not having been voted in supply on the 3d of April, did not come under the consideration of the Committee ; and we think it right, as the report contains much cu rious matter, again to advert to it, especially as the situation of the country at this moment im peratively calls for the most rigid economy in every public department. The principle under which the Irish Civil Estimates were originally made a part of the public expenditure, was this, —By a clause in the Act of Union it was pro vided, that " a sum not less than the sum granted by the Parliament of Ireland, on the average of six years immediately preceding the Ist of January, 1800, for the internal encou ragement of agriculture and manufactures, or for maintaining institutions for pious and charitable purposes, shall be applied for the period of 20 years to such local purposes in Ireland, in such manner as the Parliament of the - United King dom shall direct." This : : stipulation has not, however, been adhered to, either with respect to the duration of the term, or the amount of the sums voted. Taking the average of the six years immediately preceding the Union, the Irish Parliament appears to have annually voted 73,2771., which, continued • for 20 years, would have amounted to 1,465,540/. ; but the Parliament of the United Kingdom has gone on voting those Civil Estimates for 28 years ; and, on striking the average, it will be found that the sum voted was in no given ,year less than 100,0001., and for the three years from January, 1813, to January, 1816, the annual average was 343,5271. The total sum thus granted for 28 years was 4,348,3521., being an l exceeding beyond what was prescribed by the articles of Union of no less than 3,882,8121. Had this enormous sum been expended upon objects really beneficial to Ireland, we are sure that our greatest sticklers for economy would not utter a complaint against its being so appropri ated ; but the Report of the Committee proves that it has not been so bestowed. It has been laid out on jobs, to the great benefit of the do minant party in Ireland, but not only not ad vantageous but in many instances absolutely de trimental to the interests of the country. The Committee have performed their duty honestly and impartially ; and the extensive reductions re commended by them, show very clearly that they view, as wasteful and extravagant, the system on which the public money has been for many years expended in Ireland. In many cases they call for the abolition of the present grant altogether, others they recommend to be reduced one-half or one-third, and there are very few indeed of the items forming the estimates of which they entirely approve; but even to these they direct the attention of Parliament, in the hope that they may be beneficially modified. The Commit tee, in alluding to the diminution of numbers in the Protestant charter schools, which was com menced in 1825, by removing 300 children an nually from the institution, are of opinion that this plan should be continued, till the number left on the establishment can be supported by the funds attached to those schools (which in the present year amount t 0.6,7370 without further Parliatnentary aid. A - saVitig of about 20,0001. a-year will thus be effected, and a nuisance, the effect of which was to create' ill blood and dis senbion, which must alwayS prevail where religi ous proselytism is the object in view,- will he considerably abated. The Committee teem mend the abolition of the Foundling Hospital after the Ist of January, 1830; being convinced that the two objects of the institution, the pre servation of the lives of destitute children and their subsequent education, can be better effected by other means. The view taken by the Com mittee on this subject is wise. The Foundling Hospital offered, in fact, a premium for inconti nence, at an annual expense to the public of between 20,0001. and 30,0001. a-year. The Committee throw out several useful suggestions, relative to the Richmond Lunatic Asylum and the Hibernian Military School. They recom mend that the former, when a sufficient number of district lunatic asylums shall have been esta blished through Ireland, shall be converted into a lunatic asylum for Dublin and some of the adjacent counties, to be supported by local as sessment, and not by Parliamentary grant ; and they recommend the latter establishment to be brought under the direct controul of the mili tary departments, in the same manner, and voted in the same estimate, with the military asylum in England. The Committee cannot re commend the continuance of the Parliamentary grant to the Hibernian Marine School, because the benefits of it are not confined to the children of sailors who have served on board his Ma jesty's ships of war, and they therefore propose that the grant shall be gradually reduced, and ultimately discontinued. The amount of Par liamentary aid to the female orphan house to be brought, as speedily as circumstances will permit, to a sum not exceeding one-half the annual ex penditure of the establishment. The committee express their opinion that great advantage has been derived from the Royal Dublin Society, established in 1731. They think, however, that the private funds of the society might be in creased, principally by charging a certain sum to those who attend the lectures, which are now given gratuitously, and its claim on Parliamen tary aid placed on a footing more unobjection able than at present. The Committee recom mend that the purchase of books and periodicals should be strictly limited to those species of publications which are suited to an establishment scientific and literary. The annual grant of 3001. to the Royal Irish Academy is approved of without comment. One of the most gratify ing items in these Estimates is that which re lates to the Commissioners of the Board of Charitable Bequests, appointed under the Act of 40 Geo. 111., cap. 75. It appears that these Commissioners have, since the year 1802, re covered sums of money belonging to various charities, which had been diverted from their proper purpose, amounting in the whole to 9 .4s. 6(i. '239,707/. I7s. 10d., together with permanent annuities to the amount of 3,853 /. Gs. 9 d. per m annu ; and that suits are either pending, or proceedings in progress, or under consi deration, recovery amount ing, in the whole, to 75,9501., and o f p er . annuitiest for the to the amount of of 5um5,1,55l an The Parliamentary grants to this board during twenty-three years an4onnt t o 13,029/.— a very ineonsideralge sum compared with what has been recovered. fir. O'Connell, in his evi dence before the committee, expressed his dis approbation of the 40th Geo. M., because it gives to the commissioners inquisitorial poisess, the existence of which has prercut4ed, to his