The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-17 00:00:00

5 1 , . firSTTXRPAM STEAM PACKETS, King -nf Jrici `StierF.l4 Que.. 11 Of the NiAlit , ."Thrtirt,—C,;: i ft. RICHARD SliA T t l E 'respectfay informed that . otre of th e ai,e.e anti enniniorlions Veftreels toiad fro . ra "otr the (7tlgtoin House at Eight o'eToek in :Warning,' on SATUaDAT, NOV. t? , Ann the'Seison Fur f tirther-I l artiattlarb applieHtion to he ma!?... to AI,. 1-Tade nT o l o 4, 1 36, llitytuarkvt ; hlr. Wryglite, :i7, 11:iy -1:alket; and for seeuriDg 131rths, to Al• V. SYAIONDS, 7, Crescent, Itin'pries. I';CI)ER Tilt: SANCTION OF THE EXECUTORS. 71. 1 s day was I;tiblb6ed, iz 2 rola. Svo., with Portrait, R S and CORRESPONDENCE of THOMAS JEFFERSON, LATE intr.sIDENT OV THE UNITED STATES. E dited by THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH. , print e d f or Henry Conorn and Richard Bentley, S, New ,Burlingftn-street. NEW ANNUAL FOR Y'M7TH. Just published, by R. Acl,crlnann and Co. Strand needy ..dune up in a Car, price A CKERMANN'S JUVENILE FOR GET ME NOT, a Chtistinas, New Yea,, and .f or ISSO, cirntainitvg nearly Three Hundred Pages, Nine Engravings on Steel, by Eminent Artists, and an Inscription Page. `. l This work entitled to the warmest commendation °"th in regard to its external appearance nod enthellish.• the c h arac t er o f th e cu ntributions."--;Mteekly - •77 Vress. " !e r ecommend it to the notice of all who wish' to I Present an' instructive as wdl as captivating gilt to a duti- '. ftd child."_Weekly Disptch. The most elegant a all the Juvenile Annuals. The I atorifs.tpl poytry t oo are good, and well adapted for. chil dren w which i s t h e great thing."Ed; Lurgh - Literary: Journal. ~ 1 1 • 1,...., 3 - yrher stink for youth having usurped the title of " - "rot iltelcot,"pnrch-sers are requested to be parti vular hi bt(lerini; " Ackermann't Juvenile Forget Me Not." 0 11 U -" SSIAN - N T OYAGE OF DISCOVERY. In the middle.of - June, 1828, the Siniapin, bad left, for the second time, the harbour of St.. peter and St. Pau!,. and sailed, with I. 'a favour able rind, on its voyage to examine 13ehring's Str a i ts. • The coast of Kamtschatka afforded the navigators a very striking prospect. Prom the centre of Avatscha Bay they had a view of five immense mountains, which rise,, instilated and St eep, abov e some lower eminences. On .the south • ai de of the Bay stands Viluschinskaja, 'a Which,ficent peak, covered with eternal snow, t Nfi r .„ t , bY trigonometrical measurement, is 6,342 d - r ; The Kamtsehadale relates with wt; the traditions relative to the . subterraneous rn s l n ; t tli f the interior of this mountain ; but the f o °` the spectator who visits these. countries th e first time is seized and enchained by Vert , ri t ,„ t'ilferent f ee lings, which no language can P r es& These are mountains which rise singly, fro s tn the plain, on a level witb the Sta, and whose 17-crowned summits are lost in the azure vault the firmament. The heart throbs with u quble violence, a hitherto .unfelt and almost Painful emotion overpowers the astonished spec tator yet.he cannot tear himself away from the Aene...-1n the_ starry night, in whiCh 11 'e contours of -the mountains arc strongly u latite t! , ' in consequence of the dazzling white bees -8 0: the s now , he appears to forget the stars of aven ) because be cannot abstract his eyes from t he I„ c , B i of the earth. One of these mono • 3- -; the' Karazkaja, which is but little inferior In elevation to the Peak of Teneriffe, as it mea lures 11,468 feet, constantly emits columns of . 8 11 Telce from its northern side, though profound ,p i e!ice and tranquillity prevail in its interior.'- A la is not the case with its next neighbour, the ratschankaja (the burning), whose top, cove :Pell in thick columns of smoke, threw out, so sn -e r e %tlY as last year, immense masses of fire, and I;i ta -ea ' terror and consternation among the inha- H t i o : ts t The lowest mountain, which slopes t ir -111 0 the sea-coast, is the Kaselskaja.. But di s e t mPa gigantic of" them, which is visible at a g ame . of 160 sea miles, and which, at the announces the terrible revolutions • this peninsula has undergone, is the _ lu 'etefsk a j a , or K amsc h a t s k a j a , w hi c h h as b u t ery lately th rown out as h es an d l ava . It s sum triT is more Which i s i nvo l v ed i n thi c k cloud s of smoke, I. l "re elev a t e d th an th a t of Mont Blanc, being ;7,542 feet above the level of the sea. But , S wiss m oun t a in must make a very different e j z ression from that which this Asiatic volcano t r' t es; because the latter rises immediately from ce : l ° ;ean, while the foot of Mont Blanc is con eked by considerable mountains which stand 're it. q b :rhe ce ili ng o f part o f the Quadrant has long j i " a state &an& roue bath to the inhabitants and those Pass under it. it i s . th e intention of Government to trnme plittlY raise tend cut a force of 50 men, as horse s h ies, 4 tr4 ' to p a a n treethe' difft rent reads round the suburbs Metropolis. U n d e r the present regulatiOn of the ;n ew 11 "liee Est blishment there are only two mounted patrol the Edgeware-road, from North-street, th e the Kilburn-tur npike-gate. The present pay of r fi a r t , r , n tes is two grant per week; and the men purchase "4 ,.. --1 their g horses out of it. The Nets' Police oiliest were stationed at St. Marylebone watch (.;' —'e are removed to grove very comfortalrie quarters in 41411nd-street issong, Government having taken itr;T o l verY looses in that street for them, which to n terted into sleeping apartments, on a similar plan soldiers,' barra c k, — Morning Paper. rite Commissioners for Paving the Parish of - t. rase,, have been, fur these two months pave, and 4 4) . : -s w, busily employing between one and two hundred ao — c r ) ,-,'' and labourers, during the absence of the N. bility I .• ' in. , the to„ tn ` l entry from London, in repaving tut" lit:4 4 l : l i and Macadamizing the principal squares and to t i rel lO their extensive parish. The toot pavements are rePaved with new Yorkshire paving -stones, of anti from three to three and a halt inches Th e . ; and a l so wid e n e d f r om thr ee t o f ou r f ee t. a nd t r l, 'vin g -s tones in the carriage road are also removed, L e i ght e roads Macadamia. d end raised nearly a foot in ather street, Harley-street, nod other streets C4,4,,Vnmplettid, give preofs of the improvements the . WitLi o have male in the paring of the parish tfie , st „ t o months. j ltd S • • out v et . Peelllatums in potatoes are likely to turn f or L_ unprofitable this season. The first cargoes shipped too; ulidon met with a rei:dy sale there at about V. per Pla ce 4 farther advance of I Os. shortly aftertvards took an 'l the price here consequently rise : frOm Si and ilkotwtcrtivyll.lesa•zil 12a. a boll. The abundant supply which London from all parts of the country has, 4e,1 51 7' e umpietdy glutt e d that mrirhet. Perthshire dif e ; aye fall en to 31 10s. and 31. 155., and sales very \ Virit Lt " t hese Pric es ; Y or k s hi re Kid n -y and !•:,isex to 1 2'ng fro m 2 1. 10s. to 51..; Fifeshire Iled from 3 1 . t o , vit ` r • At sueh pr i ers exportat i on cannot he carried , t 'afe l Y, and, consequently, the trade here is at . a lUmst at a stand . P tt t a t oes for home use can te - o tk Ld at 7 3 . and Ba. a ball; but , fartnets declite g la, a e l 9 at present, in hop e s of an improvement in --‘1 . 14 st r No. 11,000. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSF- A voting fellow named Grew; was brought before the LORD MAYO R , charged with having robbeil a !ittle bey, the son of a respectable solicitor, of his cloak. The child, it appeared, was walking along the streets to school with great simplicity, and was marked by the - ptiSorier, who went up to him and asked him whether he Would not like to Imre a live bird? " Oh, yes, the pretty creature,' said. • the boy. " then," said the prisoner, " come this way, and I'll catch one for you with that cloak you have-on - your back." The child immediately cort=.. sented, and the prisoner, in.answer to some playful qUestion, told him that perhaps he would catch two birds with the cloak. They then went up the steps of a building which is let (nit in chambers, and the prisoner was about to make off with. the cloak, leav ing the child Waiting ror the two live birds. A gen tleman, however, had observed the tricks of .the bird-catcher, and asked him where they were going. " To school, to be sure," said the prisoner. " Oh, ivliat a story," cried the little boy, " he was a going to catch• two live bluiCistritte.-; De, 'Sir, pray let . him i• Icewill eatcb , 6;ett in . my c!otti" - The Lird catcher w a s soon delivered into the huge!; of an officer, who lorkedbitn up in the cage approptiated to such customers, and' The LORD MAYOR, who learned' that the prisoner was in the habit of stripping children of their coats, caps, and - even shoes, for the purpose ,of catching birds, fully committed him for trial. Four'young men, who, according to the technical phrase, are engaged in walking the hospitals, were charged by Mr. Sindry, the proprietor of the Mitre Tavern; 'in Fish-street-hill, with having created a riot in his house on Sunday to ht, between the hours . of eleven and twelve. Miss E. Sindry, ho had been attending at the bar, deposal that the defendants entered the house shortly after eleven o'clock, and called for four glasses of gin, which they drank and - paid for ; they then called for a pot of" half and half," which they also drank, but for which they put down no more than fourpence, the price being sevenpence.• When full price waz. demanded, they became noisy. The watchman wa , , however, referred to; and he, with the assistance of some others, tool: the rio.ers to the watch-house. Mc. Hardy, a gentleman who occasionally visits . the house, was occupied in takiug, a glaEs of . wine in the bar at the time. The LORD MAYOR—Priy, did you consider the young men drunk Mr. Hardy--•No, my Lord, to the beat of my judgment, they appeared to be about half and half. The LORD MAYOR Wished to know how the wit ness dit.ting,uished between whole drunk and half drunk ? Witness (after some reflection i—The state of half drunkenness strikes me as a frolicksome, dancing and singing. sort of condition; but in whole d ru: lenness people can neither dance nor sing, nor do any.thing, but fall upon 'their noses.,--(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Are you quite sure you were not a little frolicksopne yourself at the time? Wit -ness—quite certain: not at all approaching to it. The waiter confirmed the account of the row, and added, that one of the defendants chlteked his hat into the bar, another kicked - him, the third struck, and the fourth over-turned the servant maid. ' The defendants a:lnduct! the half-drunkenness de scribed by Mr. Hardy. They denied that they . strut*.any body, but 14:44 that naytg jitst utoipy a piece after their gill, Ailey called fora pot or beer,' and were served with a more expensive . commodity, for which they were not able to pay. They were ordered to find LONDON TITF SMY EST PP - -411 in the last year. He,Aia's diceharged from the House of Coircction only a week ago; and, as is ?Butt! with persons who once take to the practice of cc4iog ar d utteiing.base money, he commenced business again with renewed vigour, and without appearing in the smallest degree to have profited by past experience. He was also retnan(ted. / 7 -- - 7/".7,..-4- , ....0 , ---#----- --- - (( A -e- ___ --..._.----- , _ iiir ) ,--- • ..4-- /X--_,, -/ _.• , -, .eirs.l•4.)t v..- - , :. - -----1..„ ~ •_, _w.:,, ••,.. 1 ...,., Or • .**t it• g • - .• • / ..., i i ," \N, • - ' 'ill • "' A I:1 iti2 oa . 1 .1 iii • • 1 01. 1 7,:k7Li ft! '4 _ ,:. - :::,Sir t. - -1 . 4; " 4 -44 i-- ;ale '‘., .... !iisaas 4 4(1 10 • ' 1 ' 2. i nl I ', - ..4. ,A.,''-• - • - •' N ;#-*-;-"-------.% Nark ° .. ''' ,\_.. ~,,,4.,Vl , '. e ' -i: Tk ~ , k h . )JO,, IV , . :.l ‘') i , - ....S. 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Jenne Lovegrove and two police constables, to the first floor of the house No. 37, Dedfordbury, in which he was given to understand that coining was going on. Upon bunting open the door, some person within tittered a cry of terror. The three prisoners were in the room, and .Tohnson had an open knife in his hand, which he raised in a me nacing manner, as if with an intention of striking Mr. Thomas. He immediately put a loaded 11,s tol to his head, and told him to surrender, or he would blow his brains out. He then seized the knife, and wrenched it from the grasp of the pri soner, and in doing so cut his hand slightly. Six teen shillings and thirteen sixpences (all counter- - kit) were found on the table and about the persons of the prisoners. The coin was here produced by Mr. Thomas and his assistants. The shillings in particular were ad mirably executed, end but for a slight deficiency in height were calculated to impose upon the most cautious persons. At the suggestion of Mr. Powell, jun. who with Mr. Field, the Mint Inspector, appeared on behalf of the prosecution, the prisoners were remanded until Mr. Halls (who was subpoenaed to the Court of King's Bench) should be in attendance to receive the evidence. The prisoner Johnson, who is an elderly grey headed man, has been nearly all his life engaged in the desperate trade of coining and uttering ba , e money. lle has been several times in custody both at this office and elsew here, and has appeared at the bar of the Old Bailey. on many occasions. On his last appearance there, he was charged with coining, but although the evidence tended strongly to prove the fact, and notwithstanding that the Judge (Mr. justice James Parke) charged the July to find the prisoner guilty, he was acquitted, the Jury having taken up an impression that un fair means had been resorted to for the purpose of entrapping the prisoner, and causing him to be ap prehended at the particular moment when he was engaged in the business of coining. (The trial oc casioned arthe time a good deal of - comment.) The female, who bears his name, and who we believe passes as his wife, although she might well. be his daughter, appeared at the bar yesterday dressed in a handsome slk gown, large black lace veil, and muff and tippet. She is well known in the saloons of the theatres, arid when taken into custody, a letter from one of her admirers was found in her .pocket. It is said that she lately came into posses sion of 8001., the.greater part of which is supposed to have been expended in carrying on the trade of coining, . . . . Mr: Field, the inspector, observed that coining was on the increase to an alarming degree, which xvas owing principally to the small capital now ne cessary to . earfy on the trade, compared with what was fwmerly required. The white metal of which modern base money as composed could be had for tr - mere trifle. After the prisoners had been removed, a little Creole named John Middleton, who belongs to the same gang, and lives with them, but who is charged with a distinct offence, was also brought before Mr. BECKETT by William Rich, a police constable, who apprehended him in the neighbourhood of Bedford bury, akout an hour after the other pisoners were taken into custody. H e i s well known as a " smasher," or utterer of base money, and has ap peared at the bar of this office five or six times with- MA RLDOROU GH-STREET. Colonel -, the gentleman who has been in custody since Thursday last, on a charge of having forcibly riobJed the person of a female servant named Julia hillier, in the house where he is lodg ing, was yesterday brought from Tuthill-fields pri son, where he ha. 3 since been confined, before Mr. the sitting Magistrate, for re-examination. The . Colonel was accompanied to the dice by a :►umber of most respectable friends, military and others; and , one of Mr.. Harmer's elerki attended as his legal adviier. Near an hour having elapsed, and the prosecn trix not having made her appearance, the. Magi stratedirected the officer to call her name aloud in the passages and at the ratter door of the °flip!, which he repeatetnyetl4lJait Kiktr fortheotnitv 4 . ;- • Mr; Rot•: then addressing Colonel -, said, " I ant happy, Sir, to have an opportunity of discharg ing. You from- the wareant' under• which you have - been taken into custody." Colonel - thanked the Magistrate,and having respectl•uiiy bowed, withdrew ►with his friends, who warmly congratulated him as they passed out. A military-locking person, very dashingly dressed, wearing large IvhiskerS and mustachios, named Ed; ward Harvey Foster, but more generally known as Captain Foster,". was brought before the Magi strate, in custody of Clements and Goddard, charged with having forcibly broken into the chambers of Mr. Edward Gilmore Richardson, in St. James's street, and takeniamay his furniture, worth nearly 1001., which y. as removed for sale to the room of Mt: Oxenham, a respectable auctioneer in Oxford street, where Mr. Richardson subsequently saw it, and gave. Mr. Oxenham notice not to part with it, as it Nva7, his (Mr. R.'s) property. Mr. Oxenhain said, that the prisoner came to him, and told hint that he had a quantity of Audi titre which he wished to have sold by auction under a bill of sale, by which he held possession of it, and on this representation he (Mr. Oxenham) Went with same of his men to the chambers in Sr. James's street, and under the, directions of the . prisoner, re moved the furniture to his (Mr. Oxenham's) rooms, where it at present remains. \Vitness was not pre sent, he said, at the forcing of the chamber-door by the prisoner, and could not therefore say any thing - as to that. • Clements, the officer, said that the distinct marks of a crow-bar wrre visible on the door where it Lad been forced. The .prisoner did not deny the removal of the furniture, but said, in his defence, that he had pur chased, or agreed to purchase, the furniture in ques tion from Elves, to whom it belonged, before Mr. Richardson had interfered at all or bargained for the ehamborq, and he considered, therefore, that he had a right to dispose;of it. The prisoner was remanded, to have the atzend mice of Mi. Elves and other witnesses. NARYLEBONEMITICE. On Saturday eight, Eliza Plum, a young woman dressed genteelly, was charged before. Mr. HosKINs with intending to defraud Mr. - Rogers, of 216, Ox furd-street, jeweller. - 111e.. - 14,4ers represented, that between seven rad' eight eileek that evening, Miss Plum came into his shop to look at some neckfchaint , . She objected to die size of one, arid after looking at another, she asked him what he would allow for one whiCh she produced, and, which she said .was gold. He had before been taken in by a young woman so like this person, that he belieVed her to he the same, and he hal reason in this case•to suspect the quality of the metal, and he refused to deal with her; and after she left his shop, he followed her to watch her pro ceedings. She immediately joined company with a man in the street, who some time before sold him a lump for gold, which did not turn out to be so, and that man, as soon as he saw Mr. Rogers's face, ran away, and Mr. Rogers gave the young woman into the custody of the police. Miss Plum, with reluctance, gave her name and address, and altogether denied that any man came up to her in the street; but after Mr. Rogers again repeated what he had seen, and assured Mr. Hos kins that he -could not be mistaken, she admitted that it was one Edmond Walker, and she was re minded till Monday, and Buckeridge, the officer, was ordered to look after Walker, and apprehend -The case was resumed yesterday, and Buckeridge I told Mr. Hoskins he did not succeed on Saturday I night in-apprehending Walker, bitt he found a man at thihonse of the prisoner's mother, who promised to produce him at this examination, and that 'man was present. The man pointed out by Bockeridge stepped for ward, and Mr. Hosmics asked him if Walker was forthcoming, according to his promise?—" I am Edmond Walker myself," said the man. Buekeridge—You Edmond Walker ? You did not admit that on Saturday night ?—Walker—Of course not. I did not wish you to take my liberty away; but I can bring several persons now present to prove that I am Edmond Walker, and I am ready to answer any questions the Magistrate may be pleased to put. In answer to the Magistrate he admitted that he had given his name Simpson, and his residence No. 2, City-gardens, on Saturday night to the officer; but that lie lives at-No. 27, Chapel-street, Penton vine, and is a wo:king jeweller. With respect to Walker, Mr. Rogers stated that some time ago he came to his shop and offeied hint a lump of apparently gold, and he was induced to give him ss. for it : he afterwards took it to Mr. Ruel, a refiner in St. Giles's, aid it was found to contain only eightpenisy worth of that precious metal. Mr. Edington, of No. 31, North .Audlev-street, jeweller, informed Mr. Hoskins, that in February last a young woman came to his shop with a chain for the purpose of selling it; she said a lady with whom she had been living gave it to her. She of fered it for gold ; it was in the evening; he tried it with aquafortis, and it stood the test ; but in the morning he discovered that it was only cased with gold. lie paid her eight guineas for • it, and it was worth two. Ile could not venture to swear it was Miss Plum, but he really believed it was the same. The chains were tried before the ►magistrate, 'and found to be of gold, very much reduced, and Walker said he and six of his brothers had manufactured great quantities of them, and the workmanship was so exquisite that half the pawnbrokers in London had been deceived by them. He had been present at a public sale-room, and seen them sold as unre deemed pledges to the amount of 200/. in one 'lay. He said the piece of metal which he sold to Mr. Rogers he took of a Jew in exchange, and if it turned out to be of so little value as Mr. Rogers represented, he was himself deceived. He is re l a t e d by marriage to Miss Plum. Ile had particular business to trans act on Saturday night .at Tyburn, and she accompa nied him; and as she wanted to buy a chain of a particular kind, he gave her the orie in question, and recommended her to go into the shop of Mr. Rogers and see. what he would allow her for it, arid in so doing neither he nor she had offended the laws. Mr. Ilostcw. said there was so much appektrance , _ . 41 , ' . n. ,, • ?,-.. 0,- . / ... , -.4.4 - 7 i• ) b.: 1 . 'C-- - 7' .- - - -zl-' .7/ 4. • 4. _ N ov E mBER 17, 1829. fraud,in:these transactions that he could not allow tlw young woman er Walker to go Until they had _ !; isren seeuri!y for t brir appearance before him again when required PRICE 7n. matter. was to transmit a notice of the circumstance to the Secretary at War; at the same time he should not forget particularly to Specify that he had volun, tarily- surrendered himself, which he (the Magis trate) truSted would be the means of saving him fibtri-punishment 4 .MBETII-caREEr. Four :; , : ng WO!, apparently mechanicF, were placed at the ,bar yesterday, and charged before J. WALKER, Esq. by Henry 'Never, a watchman on . he Ude-end-road. _ " 'Phcm 'ere three men, please your Worship," l Turvey, "• I seed a Saturday night, conversing sick languages as never Vas heard. So I desired l e:nto go on, or I'd thc,re 'em on; and they said 3arcily as they vottldn't be thottso 'em up in the voichus." " Were they intoxicated ?"intii.tired Mr. WALKER. " Caw' t says as they vas," replied the watchman. " What did the fourth mart do ?" said Mr. WALKER. " 'try," said Turvey; " just as I got them 'ere three to the votehus;up comes this feller and axes For vot ?' and as I- was pretty sartain as I'd seed him along vitlt 'etn about an hour afore, vy I lock'd - him up alSo." • Mr, WALKER instantly ordered the dismissal of the tylitite of the defendants. The'same .watchman then placed anether mite at the bar, on a " widen/ suspii..Ton of felony." The charge, as detailed, consisted of the watchman hear ing a cry of " Stop thief !" and, obser'Vini., the de fendant crossing the road at the came moment, he collared him, and took hint to the watch-house; but the person who had been robbed. declared he was not the. man ; nevertheless the watchman, in his Wisdom, had him confined till the Monday morning. The man. charged stated that he had numbers to speak to his character as a bard-working weaver, and vests utterly ignorant of the charge against him Until this moment explained. Mr. WALKER directed he should. be immediately liberated. When all parties had quitted the office, the Ma gistrate called Turvey before him, and gave him a sharp - lecture upon this extraordinary manifestation of the power placed in his hands, and recommended him in _future not to imprison people upon such .frivolous pretences. A couple of peripatetic musicians, both-Irishmen, made cross chatges against each other. " Plase your Reverinc,!,7 said the piper, " that man's an imposing man. He imposed on me in a way that I wident mintion." How do you mean ? said Mr. WALKER.—He pulled out his fiddle foment the company who'd ax'd me for a taste o' my pipes. . " Blod anti owns man," raid I, " tion't you see that lijontle»idies - in the room who's going to be after trating the paple wid mewsick. Died burn ye, Sir,. if -you don't take your big ugly carcass wid you out o' the house,. I'll put my futt to your - breeckies.". I'd ax'd him civilly to be aisy, but he whident,. so I knocked him down clane and dacent. He then got up and whacked me wid his tastes till the. watchman come to the foi-e, and tuk us both to the watehlui." The Magi-trate, after a suitable admonition on the propriety of their living in " harmony" in future, dismissed both the belligerents. Hannah Moses, a young Jewess, was charged by Mr. Waite, one of the overseers cf Wh;techapel, under the sth of Geo. 111., the provisions of which he prayed might be put in force against her, as a lewd woman, and one who had burdened that parish with her maintenance. Mr, HARDwIcE, on hearing the nature of the complaint, asked why it was that the prisoner had 'beetrvetetted''as - 'object of plinMment, when doubtless there were many other females in the pa rish equally if not more guilty of the same offence which the officers had hitherto permitted to pass with impunity. The Overseer—Because, Sir, this is the second time she and her children have become chargeab!e to us, and we are unable to discover the father. Mr. lanDwicK—This is not an iso:ated Why then do you press it ? There must be some other rause. The Overseer—That may be, but it is one of an aggravated nature. It is not eleven months since the prisoner bore another illegitimate child, which we were also obliged to maintain, and for its sup port not one farthing have we been able to obtain ; but, besides this, her conduct in the workhouse has been most °tat ageous and insulting, and fregnently complained of by the master. - Had she conducted herself with propriety, she would not have been placed in her present situation, nor would the parish have pressed for puni-bment. . _ _ Mr. WYATT wished to know if the fiat child was still living ? The overseer replied in the negative, adding that that' they had been burdened with the prisoner and the infant she then carried in her arms, as a substitute since its death. The prisoner, when asked what reason she had to assign for not being committed as a lewd woman to` the tread-mill, denied the accuracy of the overseer's statement us to the impossibility of finding the father of her children. He had been found and taken into custody, and an order made on him for the payment of ls. 6d. per wrek. The parish itself liberated him, and she wax not to blame if it had not been paid. . Mr. WALICEIt asked if the same person was the father of both the bastards ? The prisoner said that he was ; he prevailed upon . her to consent to his wishes by his promising to marry her ; but when a little property, left her by her mother, was expended, he deserted her. • Mr. WYATT—That certainly might have oc curred in the first instance, but it is not probable that it would in the second. Experience should have taught you caution. Mr. WALKER sand, that to prevent the increase of the offence, the impunity of which held out a pre mium on its commission, an example was certainly necessary ; some object must be selected, and as the parish meant to commence with her, they would act as leniently as the Act of the Legislature pet mitred, and sentence her to an imprisonment of six weeks. UNION-HALL. A stout, well-looking man, of soldierly apjearance, named Smithson, ctrue to this office on Saturday, and surrendered himself as a deserter. lie seemed to be in the utmost distress, and from his statement it appeared that he was a seijeant in the Second Di vision of Royal Marines, now stationed at Chatham ; that the serjeant-major of the same division, having an enmity against him, did every thing in his power. to render his situation uncomfortable in the extreme, and that in consequence of the miserable life he led owing; to that circumstance, he determined on de sertion, an d acco rdingly left Chatham about three weeks ago, ever - since which period he had been wandering about. The poor fellow declared that he had not slept in a bed for several nights, and during the!: . time bad also gone for several days without food : he was now desirous of returning to join his division. The , Magistrate consured his conduct in having deserted from the division,forif he had complained to the commanding officer of the alleged ill-treat ment he received at the hands of the seijeant• major, there was very little doubt an investigation would have taken place into the matter, and the cause of his complaint soon removed. The deserter regretted that he had not adopted that plan in the first instance, but dec'.ar•ed that his mind vas so distracted at the time, owing to the persecu tion he had met With from the sesjeant-inajw, that he was induced to take the step that l.e now so deeply deplored. Mr. cIIAMUERS Said that WI 1e had !o do in the TOWN-lIALL. Mr. Francis Nash and Mr. Ledger, the Church. wardens of St. John's Horslydown, waited yes ?erday Itpon Mr. Alderman J. J. Surell to acquaint him that having received information that a young woman, named Sarah NiTinsor, lay at the point of death at her residence, No. 8, Russell-street, in con sequence of injuries received in the course of a ;lute between her_and her brother, they had caused the -brother to be arrested, and he was then in the strong room of the Office. On hearing this, the Alderman ordered the offl . - cera to bring the priloner before him, and Upon Mr. G. Filcher, the parish surgeon, stating that it was impossible the sister could survive many hours, or retain the faculty of speech for n'much shorter pe riod, remanded the prisoner to abide the result, and - proceeded . without loss of time 'to Russell-street, aceompaaied by Mr. Newman, the principal clerk, where he took the following _depokiiton fford the lips of the dying woman, who had just previously rc ceived.the sacrament : ".,On Tuesday last my sister's child was with me. 111)T biother William came iii a little after seven in the morning, and said to the child (two years old) ''Are you here? I shall take you home.' I said ' You shall not; I brought him here, and if you take him, you shall do so without his hat,' and threw the hat up stairs into my mother's room. lie then took' up my bonnet, and sail, Then I'll have your bonnet.' I flew at him to take the bonnet from him, he pushed me; I flew at him again, and caught hold of his waistcoat, he laid hold of my hair ; ire both fell together, he was uppermost; as soon as he got up, he wtnt away. 1 then rose, and found I was hurt. It was my fault, he had the child in his arms. I laid hold of him first. I might have let the child go, and nothing would have hap , pened." Not signed, the deponent having lost the uie of all her limbs by a dislocation of the vertebrae of the neck, occasioning injury to the The brother seemed overwhelmed with distress. • . We understand that the construction of wet dodo at Port-Glasgow was finally.dietermined upon yes terday at a meeting of the Committee of Trustees.— Glasgow Herald, Friday. The mortality in Hexham has been greater the last month than has been known far many years ; amount ing to as many in number as the three preceding months ; it has been principally among children. '['he prevailing diseases have been hopping cough and measles. The clerk of,Bexharn church has been nearly 31' years sexton and clerk, and in that period he has seen interments, and offi ciated at the same, amounting to nearly 4,000, - which is not farshort of the present population.— Carlisle Journal. • SPLENDID METEoll.—About eight o'clock en Saturday evening last, an immense bail of fire, emit ting brilliant flashes of flame, was observed approaching from the north-east towards the town of Dimblane, and was visible for five or six seconds. A person who was at the time standing at the Post-office, foncitnlly describes it as bearing a strong resemblance, in form, to an enormous basket-hilted sword—the sparkling ball forming the basket, and the blue timed train of strraMing fire behind the blade of the weapon. On its being first observed it appeared to be at a very great elevation, and about the.size of astar of the first magnitude; but it seemed gradually to enlarge in size as it approached the earth, when it assumed a truly grand and magnificent appearance. At this time, such was the dazzling splendour of the meteor, that all around, for about a second, was as clear as noon-day. To the beholder it seemed to become extinct behind the ruins of the old cathedral, and to have there fallen to the earth. A person who observed it on the Ochils above Blackford, de- , scrib e s it in the following terms :—" When observed it seemed at an immense height, coursing its way rapidly to the westward. It was visible for about eight seconds. It was remarked that the lung purple train which followed the perpetually sparkling ball appeared as if constantly emitting a glance of forked lightning, which no sooner appeared than it instantly became extinct."— Caledonian Mercury. A SLEEPY PARISH CLERK.—A few Sun, days ego, the clerk of a neighbouring parish church, in consequence of having partaken of a plentiful dinner, and a drop of his own very good id of er it, in the course of the afternoon's service felt more disposed to sleep than to " watch anal pray ; and ace.rciirgty took the liberty, while the parson was reading over the service of the day, to in dtdge himself with a comfortalle nap. This indulgence might have passed off unnoticed but for the heterodox re sponse which Mr. Amen uttered when .he awoke from his slumber. 'The Minister read with due emphasis and . ore rotund() the part allotted to him ; and, in due order, should have fellowed the clerk's response,-when, to the horror and son of the aged and more serious por tion, and to the great'amaziment of the more juvenile part of the congregation, lie lustily bawled out, " Rock the cradle ; how; wow, wow." We have been informed that for this effence against the'laws of decorum, he was suspended, but, on promising to be more careful in future, he has been reinstated is his office. .—Manchester Times. STATE OF TRADE.—For some weeks past, the Manchester and other neighbouring papers, have put forth statements as to the " improving" and " brisk" markets for manufactured goods in this town, particularly at the piece-hall. On this subject we thought it prudent to remain silent, but the announcements just alluded to have, latterly, assumed so " confident" a shape, that we are compelled to break the spell. Having access to the best and :most accurate sources of information, as regards the trade of our own district, we have not, hitherto, joined in the " prosperity" cry of our brother journalists, because we could not conscientiously do so. It is the bounden duty of the conductors of the press, not to exagge rate on either side. There is no questi.in but that the ap proach of winter has, in some branches, caused a tempo rary demand for goods; but not to the extent described. We have no wish to dilate upon this subject ; but those with whom we have conversed concur in three things-- let, That fur the last two market drys the sale of goods at our Piece-hall has been very limited ; 2dly," That there has been no improvement in price ; and 3dly, That low as wages are and have been, they are rather on the decline. Oae large house hes, within the last few days reduced the prices for a certain description of goods very con siderably.. We regret this extremely, but it proves that there is no real or permanent improvement in trade.— Hon fax Ch ron ic/c. In Lanark, as in almost all the other towns dependant on the weaving business, work is now more plenty, but as no ri-e has taken place on the price of webs, the weavers state their circumstances are far from being comfortable. We would advise the weavers of the country towns to adopt the resolution of our spirited correspinident at Belimn, communicated in out last pa per, and abandon the iP-paid loon,. Notwithstanding. the bati state of the weaving, however, throughout the year, a good numfter of improvements in the hu;ltling line have been carried into effect. The new bank is new nearly finished, together with a neat house in it immediate vicinity. Another new house in Well gate-street is almost finished ; and the Relief Meet ing Hette has been considerably enlarged. Thee• together with an additional, dissenting place of worshil•, the building of which is now almost comple`eil, and the new street that has been opened tip in the West. Port, have been the means of infusing more than ordinary spirit and comfort among a number of the inhabitants of the borough.. The early prospect of the erection of a new gaol, and the bridge across the Cl) de at Stonebyre's Fall, will go far to enliven the minds of the population throughout the winter months ; and, when cat tied into effect, will add much to the beauty of the plats.. It is reported that the bridge is to be thrown ilerOSS a little below the Fall ; but for the sake of the view, and the additional exi;ense that would be incurred, it is to be hoped that this Pea wili be abandoned,— Glasgow chrPhicle. COPENHAGEN, OCEMR. -For many. years:---and .that with singular votion—have thejearned men of Denniark been engaged in the illostratiota—of those remarkable literary remains of the middle ages, to -ullich they are the undoubted heirs. A little, vet too little, attention has been given in Engl:in'il to those treasures of historical prose, and Im:hie poetry, which sprung up . among the Scandina vian settlers in Iceland, and in which are pre , served so much of their faith and so many cif their deeds. Their traditions go even b eece ,d, that remote period when their hardy fall ems quitted the Norwegian shores ; but in the twe!ftim, thirteenth, and fourteenth century, when other nations slept in the darkness of oblivion, the Sagas of Iceland breathe upon us in full vigonie and light, and beauty. Over these are gathered none of the mists which hang around our Os sianic fragments ; the MSS. exist' in variou's forms, and of undoubted antiquity. TheSttn dinavian mythology is decorated with exquiai m imagery ; and the language of the Icelandic poets, though strong and daring, is oflen pree want with the most exquisite conceptions Of fancy. To them the rainbow is "the bribe the gods ;" 'the ocean " the shifting, belt of the earth ;"and the; mountain streams are " tr.e blood of the valleys." The grey hairs of the old are " the snows of the braid ;" and the song aaf the poet is " the metheglin of Heaven." Ice land thus poured forth her contributions—sew her day of splendour—and passed away from all notice for centuries. Again men's thew:flits ar turned towards her, and she seems stretching tint her arms to ask the return of that civilizatien which site once diffused. It was no small Ce. light to me to shake - such a man as Finn :Nicg• nusen by the hand—an Icelander horn, aml busied itt his now literary. eminent Position in unveiling the treasures of his forefathers. Nor less did I rejoice to find that many an Icelandic youth, from that Ultima Tfiule, had found his way hither for instruction, which he will take back to the ridges of Heels, and that too not withstanding much risk from this, to them, un friendly climate. Many of them die here—and of one large and interesting family I heard that day.after day they dropped off (from pohnonary diseases), till not one was left to return. To Professor Erasmus llask perhaps More is au. than to any other individual. His stupendous .philological powers were first directed _towards Icelan4 which he visited, and dwelt there :for three years, after he had published his Icelandic Grammar, and before he undertook his seen years' peregrination to the East. He is tow the President of the Icelandic Society here.; and it is only to be regretted that their valuable ,re searches—buried as it were in a language aide known or studied—should have so little our reucy in the general world. What fine scope - for the pen of a master like Sir Walter Scott do some of the epochs of Ice land offer ! Let bins make a hero of Snorri, the great Icelandic historiane—the wise, the bold, the eloquent, the illustrious—the tyrant, the ter rible, the traitor, the seeker of fame, the scorner country'sof man--his n sceery is pride, associated country's what deeds ! Iccl old, with her forests and burning mountains !—Norway, with her rocks and lakes and rivers—with all the gigantic machinery of Polar frost and snow, and ice and storms. Then the rich Scandinavian mythology 7 --but there is no end to the elements which present themselves ; they are intimately associated, too, with the Anglo-Saxon period of our history. There are, it is said, about 50,000 inhabitants in Iceland. They had a newspaper among them some time ago, called Klaustur Postur, but were unable to support it. They have, how ever, a Bible Society of their own, which' has lately published a new translation of the New Testament. Our British and Foreign Bible Society printed for them a translation some time ago ; but the Society wasted their money (a 4 they do far more frequently than they are aware of) by employing inappropriate hands. Thorle- I kin was the translator, who had quite lost the use of the language when he undertook to pre pare. the version-e-which is, in truth, almost worthless. As the Bible Society has no motive to err in these matters, I make this observation in the spirit of sincere good feeling ; but they are very often deceived by incompetent or insuf ficient persons, and refer matters precisely to 'those who ought not to be referred to. This I have found in many parts of the world I have visited. For instance, the priests of the Greek Church are notoriously unfriendly to the circu lation of a Bible intelligible to the people.. SoMe time ago there was a project for translating the Bible into Servian, and a man, beyond all doubt, beyond all comparison, the fittest person to ur dvieerit)a)k, e oir th e e red tra t t o ssi d a o tio s t o n: Vuk The ibles S oc te ie p t r aos the Servians believe, refer the matter to the Greek ecclesiastical authorities, who wish, un doubtedly, to keep in their own hands the keys of the Scriptures, by still employing the old and little understood Slavonic, and Vuk is rejected as a matter of course. • • The most extraordinary Icelandic work of modern times is the admirable version of " Pa radise Lost," by Thorlaksson, mentioned by Henderson in his " Travels in Iceland." It was printed in Copenhagen last year, at the expense of Mr. Heath, of Cambridge, whose name is be coMe music to those who occupy themselves here with Icelandic matters. It is really a de lightful work, and, though some errors have glided into time text, it will remain a lasting ma , numaent in honour of him " who should be living at this hour." Thorlaksson died in 1819, and the Icelandic Society have enshrined his and Milton's memory with the name of the genetotm Englishman who has honoured both. An old inhabitant of the parish of lietttlifield, named ABit. SIIINGLETON, aged 94, del last week. hav ing ha•.f in his life-time a posterity of IfiO! A rare bird, which made its appnrance in the meadows south of Chichester, anti, limn its peculiar shyness, foiled the attempts of many to obtain a shot at it during several weeks, en Saturday t.-11 to the prneveranco a man named ATLING, who comtrurted a dot, with bushes, before day break. It is a beautiful specimen of the Shrike or Greater Butcher Bird, and is preserved in the collection of a gentleman at Westg.ite.—/Lants Citron. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Last week a respectable fanner in the neighbeurboi d of Cupar Angus, perceiving one of his horses to be in a drooping Condition, and observing at the same time that he requited shoeing, - , ent him to the smithy, with orders for the smith t, exa mine burn strictly to .see what was the matter With him. Upo , r ili ch di b ni c :c in en . l : i t t l rn t ll: :, ll)tu t i lie animal's tonoe urus fowl& :itezfrom the r o ot ; thatan laislgotsea:lkael nearly consnmed tv rats. It is difficult to tii n os iu imagine how this could have Le... 0 ,!feud. Surely no .me could hare been guilty of such a piece it wanton to,:ty ; and yet the separeion was too nein the root to justify the suppcOtiott that it could hare been bit off by the 4nimal binuitlf. 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