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I. lie certainly should give hi s support to the motion of his Hon. )Friend the kternb'er for Liverpool. c . Mr. BROIL' rtERTON must also express his thanks to the tirsobvernrnent. for what they had done. He considered the pu ,) meet or death not only contrary to sound policy, but itb)posed to the principles of true religion and right reason. C a : i sia, rt of the criminal code of this country which related to I . or P'anishment was against the Divine creed, and he, well " newi °' ' that he could demonstrate this, should give his vote I :or tb ebamendment. D . . a eri• BO WR ING was desirous to see the punishment of .th abolished in every case. llie le Mr. ROE BUCK thou g h t t h at the House ought to take ad of Public mind the p u bli c m i nd, and, if they did, he was sure the would follow them in these reforms. He was sure that, if they took the advance of the public in the abolition of thelt with reet respe c t to their opinion, and with the anticipation of the mast f avourable and satisfactory results. 11° -Mr. O'C ONNELL concurred in the opinion that they had °' right to abrid ge t h e l i fe of a fellow-man, and se n d a h uman b • eing unprepared before his God. There were other punish `ltems quite sufficient for all the purposes of prevention, with seut resorting to the punishment of death. The Noble Lord ?sad expressed an opinion that, by going this length, they ' wou ld go too far in advance of the public mind. If they isivanted ts ) see the state of public opinion on this subject, they nt i , ° 'llY to look at the press, which on all sides was in favour taker ency. With respect to the late execution that had rib's' 1 place in this city, he could conceive nothing more hor n_, than the circumstances of that exhibition altogether. A _: 4 .nber of people assembled to witness the execution of an 4.4` .rocious criminal, who had entrapped the affections and con- Jderice of an unfortunate woman, whom he murdered for the bade lure of gain. He would not dwell upon the eircum etances that attended that terrific exhibition ,but be was cer lain that there was not a human being who had attended ione.that was who had not been made worse by that spec and I , and by witnessing all that attended it. The ATTORNEY -GE NERAL had al wa y s b een i n fa vour of the mitigation of the criminal code. He had sup ported the. Bill for the abolition of the punishment of death nfor forge ry, and he regretted that they had retained that pu ,,,ies_limeit in cases of forging wills and powers of attorney. .. 4 .aee was a recent instance of the case of an individual eon evlacted of the reserved capital offence, and in which case the l punishment was prevented from being carried into 'gee tby the unanimously -expressed opinion of the public. 1° .en,ey had made great advances in Criminal Law Reform, hay i e.'oolished capital punishment in a great number of cases, a ad the effect of the present Bill would be to abolish capital punishments to three-fourths of the cases in which it was at present inflicted. He, however, was not prepared to go the length of abolishinwasp punishment of oreseath in proceeding. The public mind not prepared uch a pg. The time might come when it would be safe to g ive U r the punishment of death altogether; but he did not think at present they would be justified in going the length proposed by the Honourable Member for Liverpool. There were several cases in which it would be difficult to make a.distinction. How, for instance, could they make a distinc tion between absolute murder and the deliberate intention to kills where that intention bad been so far carried into effect ...): that the victim was left for dead upon the ground, and owed et i , ese aPe Perhaps to superior strength of constitution or to 14accidental advantage of medical aid ? Now, with respect 1 burglar advantage the state of the law on that subject was a disgrace 0 the country. Under the existing definition of burglary a p erson in a frolic breaking a pane of glass after midnight, or a bute o .Ibny stealing a penny bun, might be held to be burglars, defiill Noble Friend's Bill remedied that defect, and left the ton open to no miscnstruction. He felt bound to vote against the amendment of t the Hon. Member for Liverpool. eh ?. WYSE said that the true and only mode of preventing th „ e w as by establishing a proper and national education for amongre°Pla. At present they were educating them in the fad Way. Every gibbet they saw was a portion of that ... tication, and the effect of such spectacles oil the mind and ? r ela of the people was highly injurious. It was the Legis '<lure, not the people, that were to blame. He supported the Inendment. h o ll 'Ir• PL UM PTR E would vote for the amendment of the e. Member for Liverpool. olillie SOLICITOR -GENERAL admitted that a time s"g"t come when the spread of education would make it de- Iniravble that these capital penalties should be altogether re te° e d ' adoe did not think that in doing so at present they erid ;Je pting a safe or a prudent course. • tr. ROBINSON though he did not concur in the pro yP,ll:*9-.Y of doing away ' with the punishment of death altogether, •L felt bound to support the amendment. r)r. LUSHINGTON hailed with great satisfaction this 'Pea s ure for the mitigation of the criminal code. It was a sub- Jeet:to which for thirty years he had devoted his attention. ....,41e wished to see capital punishments abolished altogether. th e 4he effect of public spectacl es of execution was to deprave public mind. He believed that there never was an exe e,,tioil which did not produce a future candidate for the hands c . the hangman. He thought it unjust to the people of this e,uatitry to say that if the punishment of death were abolished, they would take summary vengeance, and appeal to what t hat Governac called " the wild justice of revenge." He thought . uat she ment were entitled to great credit for their re lv.tiness in conforming to the general call for a remission of th e punishment of death, and their fame would not rest on rile -fleeting popularity which might hail the change, but on Ole fact that they had brought forward a measure really useful to the country, spo o .t Sir ROBERT INGLIS h a d not intended, when he en sereect had the House, t o speak on the motion ; but so many per ken on the other side f House, and so few on his, that he sh ou ld f ee l ashamed if he the did not declare his reasons for objection. to the motion. Thi s was no party ques tion s • ean it never would be l eg i s l a t e d on , h e h oped, under any feeling of Political r zients h• - 1, • bias.—( Hear, hear.) As to the argu- I, .ty ic might be adduced in favour of the present system, 4e might point out the number of cases under the old Scrip sttre dise b illed p nsatio n in which the punishment of death was en lo ; • He Was unwilling to make the House a forum of theo gical discusaion, and he should not, therefore, dwell on that n i s tilldstoof the subject. He would rather refer to the argume . t , c ect by the At torney-General, and request Hon. Members I: 3 "°lisider if the distinction brought forward by that Hon. and Z,'!arned Member relative to what were called, in popular lan ly: e, the accidents of crime, were not perfectly unanswer sh • Be mu st again repeat, that the support of the motion. lie n, gi n , ' a chvenea by the H on. Members opposite, was, in his °- l aip p way of gaining popularity, and he should cer -I,en'Y Id with his Majesty's Government on the motion ; and ,opiZould not go to a division without declaring that, in his °O they had gone as far as they could in prudence attempt go. Coi n ale, 'feet THOMPSON said t h at , h av i ng gone out to exa h (:eha c rimes were p un i s h a bl e with death, according to dett:ilvtosaic law, he had by chance opened on a passage which lea( aced th at the man who ate the fat of goats or other ani nj °r Parto o k o f t h e b lood, should be cut off from the ele 4 C l e • But i n t h e present day such an enactment could not e . htin: o i iterated; and, therefore, the sanction of Scripture for the e a , ph inent of death on a numerous catalogue of offences be,., t /lot to be rigid) insisted on. One point which had not le.' adverted to b was y in his opinion, deserving of notice. lisClesired to learn if the punishment of death was to be &bo sal%r Political offences? Public opinion all over Europe ti t h e sueh severity, and he thought the time was come Ni na ~ :British House of Commons should make some . di kr, of opinion on the subject. t i on, 8.; opinion on expressed himself in favour of the mo liroo(t' adduced the state of part of Ireland in 1831 asa esto ts t uat Mild measures might be productive of excellent ere peaisti•Outrages were then commonly committed which w . list ed a ble with death. The capital punishment was not in tde, die' (1); "' a nd in a month the district became tranquil.— t'o% ~, divi d e t , x a-'4 'v A RT, in explanation, wished to state that he had niehn,Pressed himself in favour of a total abolition of the pu d tlcit entertain of death. He also desired to declare that he had vernole rtained the slightest intention of reflecting on the Go tio,se 11 : for their conduct respecting the subject before the d as The l b ut had given them credit for having done much goo galvleorrythweans s they bad gone Divide. ) r t i h Por the then cleared,. ad there appeare 7 cl 3 artigelarol motion 72 Mr. E wart' a M ajority —l When t he s -113en dinent was therefore lost. I tlitt e gallery was re-opene . d, tbe House was iu Com kere on th e B urni • tl • G°ULl3Ung or Destroying Bu . ilding h s e a p n u d ni S si h i i m p e s n ß t il n l i tath BN objected to having t k e t remitted in cases where any attempt was made to s c et i'illSe° a ny °f hil Majesty's dockards or arsenals. First, b.- Ili, great loss f life o ccur; and, next, becruse o mig h t . talb p P t l4 . b . lie interest might suffer most materially by such at- Th . , sider„es,IITTORNEY t.,_ _--able d im , . -GENERAL said that there was con eesh, ..0. eicu.ty in the point, and the matter had been al- C/,,J_''ri nsidered in some measure by the Government. o r 4 ci BW er to a question by Mr. SHAW, Ilin J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to apply the ..„to Ireland. C '„'". LENNA,,,, "Anty A , . au objected to the extended power given to . Lom J, Filtrates by these Bills. IIII POrt ' • , .a eee trywit% 4 A t and he should take time to consider it.. , as "zi.WES said the state of the police force in the coun sltres a disgrace to the House of Commons, and some mea -0114 W el4 ght to be taken to correct that evil before the present r . Alr e Z u P.a_sse s e ''' e 'lerat e ,,.ivl e E. said that nothing but an improved te system of Q 'l'l le ell ation would correct the morals of people. „Irereino,..4ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . said the f • - •eee tr , - :es had done a great deal to promote the object re „votr rst-Ju.7t.tb,e Hon, Member, super aot f oun d uSSELL said that the secondary punishments ti Pos ed. up,l so inefficient as the Hon. Member for Lambeth be a t r h_ s_ e lllarl y d; ._ rim (Lord John Russell's) attention had ee P and •7 via, nappy to to the state of the prisons of this country, Pt ke • NI to say a considerable improvement had ta ken t., Tr, In their man . GR.n,„, enaent. " ret • '' I B tbounlit that if the punishment of death was s P rivat e rai ned, it r y rd L L e lal ' its kV ou ue uetter that it should be with:inflcted in ferter.es ;C executions were never attended _bene r fi e- - n support of his views, the Hon.. Member Liedgz'tit,sicleetetlie recent execution at the Old Bailey, which he wooir Bl.tnost disgusting exhibition. ri gs el d b e fo,;-'IIBELL was of opinion that priva . t t e executions might give sy l io a belief a most dangerous expedient, as .( e . 1 4. Le that murders were committed l under such a teZII°4RT a ka 4 a rijost d. P EEL admitted that the execution referred tat„,. re teld, 'sgusting exhibition, and that spectacles of this s ec alga's be t srin roduced any salutary effects upon the p . to per Wit 0 thought it would be a most dangerous prin nut executions to take place in private.—(Hear.) There was one matter connected with the present system which he conceived extremely reprehensible, that of admit ting persons to visit prisoners under sentence of death.— ( Hear.) He did not mean to say that persons whose ob ject was to obtain information which might be useful to the Secretary of State, or those whom the prisoner might desire to sec, should be refused admittance, but he thought that per sons whose object was mere curiosity should not be permitted to visit a prisoner under such circumstances. When persons of distinction visited convicts under sentence for a serious crime it invested the culprit with the character of a hero. The publication of the details of conversations held on those occasions, with the history of the past life of the convict, was calculated to excite sympathy for his situation, and to raise him in the oyes of the vulgar. If, therefore, persons who had the management and control of prisons had not the good sense or discretion to prevent the growth of such practices, the law ought to interpose, to put a stop to them.---( Hear, hear.) If it were intended to rely on transportation and im prisonment as the principal means for repressing crime, it would be satisfactory to have some precise information as to the effects produced on the conduct and habits of criminals by the duration of those punishments; and he also thought the Judges should be empowered to add to the sentence of impri sonment solitary confinement, in cases where it might be deemed necessary. As regarded the police generally, it was admitted on all hands that they were very effective. —( Hear, hear.) With respect to a rural police, if the Honourable Gentleman who spoke of it (Mr. Hawes) had any proposition to make, he had better propose it to the House in the shape of a Bill. It was, however, a matter for very serious consideration. It was not so simple an affair as persons would suppose. The populous and manufac turing districts were different from the rural with respect to the establishment of a police, and any attempt to fix it upon the latter would be open to much objection and obloquy. It was not his (Sir R. Peel's) object to have the Bill postponed; but when such discretion was proposed to be vested in the Judges, it would be well to afford them an opportunity of ascertaining in what manner the system of secondary punish ments would be likely to work, and, by that means, to enable them to exercise their discretionary power in the best manner possible. Lord J. RUSSELL said that a Committee on the subject had been appointed last year by the Lords, which, after mi nute inquiries, had come to certain resolutions which were afterwards communicated to the magistrates of quarter ses sions. They were recommended for temporary application. and were found to work well, and it would be desirable to wait and see what improvement they were calculated to effect in the system of prison discipline. As far as the experiment had bean made it proved successful. There were complaints that some of the prisons were overloaded with military cases, but, on inquiry, it was found that sufficient accommodati3n could be made for such cases in the barracks. In the course of a 'day or two he expected to receive some further reports on the subject. The reports hitherto received from the magis trates were highly satisfactory ; and, this being the case, it was better that Government should co-operate with the efforts which proved so successful than to endeavour to enforce any particular rules. With respect to the observations of the Right Hon. Baronet respecting recent circumstances relative to criminals under sentence of death, he fully concurred in them. He admitted that some revolting spectacles had been exhi bited, but he hoped that after what had occurred means would be taken to prevent a repetition of them. Mr. C. FERGUSSON, in reply to the Right Hon. Mem ber for Tam worth, would only say that the discretion proposed to be vested in the Judges was not greater than that which they previously possessed. He should at the same time take an opportunity of directing the attention of the Committee to the state of the prisons in Scotland, which, according to the report of Mr. Hall, was most disgraceful. Sir R. PEEL, in explanation, did not mean to say that a wider discretion was vested in the Judges. His object was to enable the Judges to exercise any discretion with which they might be vested in the best manner possible; and to do this it would be well that they had every information as to how the system of secondary punishment worked —as, for instance, what was the difference in the result of five years' imprison ment, as contrasted with transportation ; the various manner in which the different modes of punishment operated in reclaim ing males and females, and which were the results of those separate modes of punishment as applied to the younger and the older offenders. After a few words from Dr. BOWRING, with respect to a classification of juvenile and hardened offenders, the first part of the preamble was agreed to. On the second part of the preamble beim -, proposed, Mr. G 0 ULB URN o bj ecte d to i t, on the ground of its free ing persons found guilty of setting fire to dockyards, arsenals, and military stores from convictions which would render them liable to capital punishments. The House divided, when there appeared for the preamble, Ayes Noes CROWN-OFFICE, MAT 19, 1837. Msjirity -62 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. SHAW insisting that, if the measure was to be ex tended to Ireland it 'would be necessary in the first place to repeal all the existing statutes. Mr. G 0 ULB URN, in reference to the law relating to pu nishment for offences against the person, observed, that by the present Bill offences of this nature committed against persons in th e navy or army, or other public service, were only punish able by transportation for life. Lord JOHN RUSSELL bad made provision against this objection, and, as the Bills were much mixed up with each other, would take care to meet it. The House resumed, and the Report was brought up. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, this Bill was read a first and second time, and committed. Mr. GO ULBURN objected to two of the earlier clauses as being discrepant. One of the clauses made it felony to admi nister poison, to attempt to drown, or to strangle ; whilst in another shooting at only subjected the guilty person to trans portation. He could not see on what grounds, or upon what principle, such a distinction could be made. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the difference depended upon the actual injury done. In the one case bodily harm was inflicted, and in the other it was not, which in his opinion made a marked distinction. Mr. G 0 ULB URN could not see the distinction ; it might be the obtuseness of his understanding, or the imperfect ex planation of. the Attorney-General, but he thought there was no difference. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the clauses were drawn under the sanction of the Common Law Commissioners. Mr. M'LEAN thought that the two principles ought to be more decidedly defined. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL concurred in the opinion that the crime depended upon the injury inflicted. Mr. F. S HAW thought that the animus to commit murder was the offence, and which each of the clauses expressed, using the words with the " intent to commit murder." After some further conversation, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed that the words " thereby doing some grievous bodily harm" should be inserted, and thought that such an alteration would obviate the objec tions that had been raised. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that it was better that the attempt should be placed on the same footing as the crime, if committed, and that it should then be left to the discretion of the Judge or of his Majesty, as to carrying the sentence of the law into execution. Various verbal amendments were suggested by Hon. Mem bers on both sides of the House, having for their object to classify with more distinctness, and more at length, the offences against the person contemplated in clauses 2 and 3. None of these suggestions appearing fully satisfactory to the Committee, it was agreed that the clauses should be postponed for the present. The House resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. The Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. MR. WASHINGTON IRVING'S NEW WORK " ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE.—One of the most curious and intensely interesting books we ever read. For wild adventure, daring enterprize, descriptions of remote and hitherto untrodden regions, and singular developement of human character, under unprecedented circumstances, and in the face of imminent perils by land and flood, the present work has scarcely any parallel. We are in one part presented with sketches of the dauntless trappers of the " Far West," either exploring the solitude of primeval forests, or toiling up preci pitous and giant cliffs, or tracing the shores of vast and mighty rivers, or encamped on the boundless prairies, enjoying the mid-night carouse, and startling the awful silence with their rough merriment ; and, in another, with pictures of strange rribes of savages, dogging the trail of the travellers, or burst ing on them with their frantic war-cries, or else torturing the captives at the sacrificial fire. Captain Bonneville's adven tures form, indeed, a terrible romance of real life, and the more absorbing from the absolute newne ss of the subject, and the magnificent accessories by which it is surrounded.—Age. MISS PARDOE'S TRAVELS TO CONSTANTINOPLE. —The public seem to be looking with considerable interest to the appearance of Miss Pardoe's work on Constantinople. By all accounts it is one which must not be classed among the every day books of the season. It contains, we are informed, not merely striking points of national manners, but also bold and graphic sketches of powerful and influential individuals ; not only graceful and feminine delineations of Eastern beauty, but also vigorous and startling deductions, the results of shrewd observation and clear judgment. Miss Pardoe, we are as sured, left no point of interest untouched. Accompanied by her father, she visited alike mosques and mad-houses, palaces and prisons; and during her sojourn in the " City of the Seven Hills," incurred risks, through which nothing but a strong mind and an enthusiastic nature could have supported her. CAPTAIN ALEXANDER'S NEW WORK.--We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, bas this day published Captain Alexander's Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa, in the flag-ship Thalia : and of a Campaign in Kaf firland in 1836. In two volumes, Bvo., illustrated with maps and numerous plates, by Major C. C. Michell, K. H., Sur veyor-General andtl Civil Engi neer , C ape of Good Hope. Agents :—For Scoand, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edin burgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. MR. DISRAELI'S " VENETIA.”--That " Vene tia" will be identified as a noble lady, celebrated from the mo ment of her birth by the most illustrious bard of modern times, there can be no doubt. All the other characters in this extra ordinary, and it must be confessed, scarcely justifiable ivork, are equally historical. The dead and the living are delineated with similar skill and success, but whether all are fair subjects for the pen of the novelist, is a question which will be doubt less agitated in every circle. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. TOWN AND PORT OF HYTHE.—William Hugh Elliot, Com monly called Viscount Melgund, in the room of Stewart Marjori hanks, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BOROUGH 07 BRIDGEWATER.—Henry Broadwood, Esq., in the room of John Te m pl e L ea d er . E sq ., w h o h as accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, MAT 19. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel J. Thack well, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice C. Stisted, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Captain H. Bond, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Levett, who exchanges, May 19. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain T. Levett, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Bond, who exchanges, May 19. _ _ . _ 12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign J. F. Kempt, from the 32d Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice West, deceased, May 19. 32d Foot—Ensign T. Robyns, from the 55th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Trench, who exchanges, May 19 ; Gentleman Cadet E. W. D. Lowe, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kempt, promoted in the 12th Re giment of Foot, May 20. 48th Foot—Captain E. Duncan, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Charles Campbell, who exchanges, receiving the difference, May 19. 55th Foot—Ensign W. Le Poer Trench, from the 32d Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Robyns, who exchanges, May 19. 99th Foot—Lieut. W. F. We. ster, on the half-pay of the 2d Ceylon Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Hartley, appointed to the 18th Regiment of Foot, May 19. UNATTACHED. • Lieut. L. M'Pherson, from the 74th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 19. BREVET. Col. A. Lloyd, on the half-pay of the 97th Regiment of Foot to be Major-General in the Army ; Lieut.-Col. J. Thackwell of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Colonel in the Army; Capt. E. Dun can of the 48th Regiment of Foot to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM, HAM, livery-stable-keeper, Upper North-place ; Gray's Inn-road. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1837. BANKRUPTS ARTHUR THEOPHILUS KINSEY VALE, linen-draper, Bromyard, Herefordshire, to surrender May 29, at half-past ten, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Warne, Leadenhall-strcet. WILLIAM SIDNEY WARWICK and THOMAS WIL LIAM CLAGGETT, merchants, Billiter-square, June 1, at ele ven, and 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Freshfield and Sons, New Bank-buildings. THOMAS VIGORS, brass-founder, Brixton, Surrey, May 26, at half-past twelve, and June 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Fisher and De Jersey, Aldersgate-street. JONATHAN ADAMS, innkeeper Banbury, June 5 and 30, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Banbury. Golby, Munton, and Draper, Banbury ; Cox, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. EDMUND TAYLOR, colour-manufacturer, Liverpool, May 31, and June 30, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Davenport, Liverpool. ROBERT WOOD, cotton-spinner, Rochdale, June 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Norris and Allen, Bart lett' s -b u tidi ngs , L on d on; H eaton, R oc hd a l e. ALEXANDER GLENDENNING ROSS, wool-merchant, Bradford, May 31, at nine, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court house, Bradford. Hawkins, Bloxatn, and Stocker, New Boswell conrt, Lincoln's-inn, London; Wells, Bradford. JAMES NEWTON, builder, Bilterne, Hants, May 31, at twelve, and June 30, at four, at the Star Inn, Southampton. Walker, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury -square, London; Deacon, Southampton. WILLIAM PITTS, miller, of Great and Little Hampton,Wor cestershire, May 31;and June 30, at ten, at the Star and Garter, Worcester. Johnson, Son, and W ea th era ll , T emple, London ; Seddon, Maw son , and Lycett, Manch es t er . WILLIAM HENRY SUGDEN, linen draper, Leeds, June 6 and 30, at thre e , a t th e Commissioners'-rooms, St.James's-square, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London; Bent, St. Ann's-square, Manchester. JOHN ASKEW, hotel keeper, Liverpool, May 31 and June 30, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Dean, Essex street, London; Peacock, Church -street, Liverpool. THOMAS GOUGH, cloth-dealer, Minchinhampton, Glouces tershire, May 26, and June 30, at four, at the George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Baylis, New Basinghall-street, London ; Win terbotham and Thomas, Tewkesbury. JAMES LYON, merchant, Bristol, May 22, at eleven, and June 30, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford. row, London ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. GEORGE HOUGH, ironmonger, Branford, Yorkshi re , May 31, at ten, and June 30, at twelve, at th e Court-house, Bradford. Woodhouse, Condell, and Hubbard, King's Bench-walk, Temple. London ; Stott, Leeds. THOMAS TURNER, currier, Otley, Yorkshire, May 25, and June 30, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Raynar and Bradley, Leeds. JOHN WOOLISON, plumber, Leamington-priors, Warwick shire, June 13 and 30, at one, at the Lansdown Hotel, Leamington priors. Haynes and Moore, Warwick ; Taylor, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London. BENJAMIN GLOVER, drysalter, Liverpool, June 10 and 30, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Grocott, or Holden, Liverpool ; Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. JOSEPH SAUNDERS, btitcher, Watford, Hertfordshire, June 1 and 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Sanger, Essex court, Temple London ; Cowley and Sons, Watford. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Count, wine merchant, Colchester, June 12, at half-past twelve—J. S. Crispin, bootmaker, St. Martin's-lane, June 12, at half-past eleven—S. Keyte, oilman, Minories, June 12, at half-past one—C. R. D. D. Milligan and R. M. Dalzcll, merchants, Fen church-street, June 9, at halt past ten—J. Kendrick . , printseller, Sidney-alley, June 9, at half-past eleven—T. Chandler, warehouse man, Wood-street, Cheapside, June 9, at eleven—A. Richter, book seller, Soho-square, June 10, at twelve—W. King, common brewer, Lambeth, June 10, at eleven—T. T. Ryan, merchant, Pitfield-street, Hoxton, June 10, at one—G. J. R. Dickinson, surgeon, Ealing, Middlesex, June 9, at twelve—G. Jones, auctioneer, Leicester.. street, Leicester. square, June 9, at eleven—W. Brock and B. Le Mesurier, merchants, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street, June 9, at one. In the Country. E. Devlin and J. Peoples, woollen drapers, Liverpool, June 14, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms—A. Fletcher, auctioneer, Red_ bridge, Southampton, June 15, at twelve, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton—R. Lenten, stationer, Bath, June 29, at one, at the Three Cups Inn, Bath—E. Jones, alkali dealer, Levvin's Mead, Bristol, June 14, a t t we l ve , a t th e Commercial Rooms, Bristol —J, Daniel, coal merchant, Bath, June 10, at twelve, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Bath. CERTIFICATES, JUNE, 9. _ _ _ T. and N. Armstrong, tanners, Caldcoats, Cumberland --J. Bowker, sen., dyer, Salford, Lancashire—S. Walton, linendraper, Nantwich, Cheshire—T. Wiggington, jeweller, Sheerness, Kent— W. N. Procter, cettondealer, Manchester--T. Fowler, victualler, Basingstoke, Southampton—R. Lenten, stationer, Bath—R. B e l t, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —W. Wright, , tavernkeeper, Brunswick-dock, Harrington, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. and J. Ashton, St. Ive's, Huntingdonshire—S. Tudor and Co., white lead manufacturers, Hull, Yorkshire (as far as regards W. Heslcwood)—W. Maddick, sen., and W. Maddick, jun., ma nufacturing chemists, Manchester—J. Leece and J. Noble, rope makers, Huddersfield—H. and W. Wil son , grocer, Glamford 'Briggs, Lincolnshire—J. Holmes and IG. Holmes, jun., farmers, Elm, Cambridgeshire—W. Sant and Co., coal merchants, Eastern Wharf, Adelphi—W. S. Lingard and T. Brailsford, common brewers, Chorlton-upon-illedlock, Lancashire—J. Lias and Co., sil versmiths, Finsbury--T. Tuckey and G. F. Isaac, publishers, Hen rietta-street, Covent-garden —J. Vickers and Co., brass founders Oxford-road, Manchester—P. A. L. Despres and E. H. Gesvignes, spirit dealers, Bridle-lane, Golden-square--M. Matterson and M. Smith, milliners, Wigton, Cumberland—R. Swansborough and H. Oake, Manchester warehousemen, Bread-street—J. Lownsborough and Co., silk mercers, Liverpool—W. Forder and J. Channell. grocers, Southampton—W. Forder, sen. and Co., wine merchants, Southampton (as far as regards J. Channell.) PRICE ov GAR. The Average Price of B rown or Museado Sugar, computed from he Returns made in the week ending the 18th day of May, 10 37, a t l 2 s. lid. per Hundr e d W e i g h t, exclusive of the Duties of Customs aid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—May 18, the Hygeia, Birch, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed Jan. 15 ; May 19, the Duke of Clarence, Sandford, from Bengal, off the Wight—sailed Jan. 10, St. Helena March 21; the Camilla, Marshall, from Van Diemen's Land, off Dover, sailed Jan. 5 ; the Galatea, :Tait, from the Cape, off Hastings, sailed from St. Helena March 23 ; the Favourite, Robinson, from China, at Lcith—sailed Jan. 4, St. Helena March 10. Arrivals at Hobart Town (Van Diemen's Land.)—The Sarah, Newby, Dec. 1, from Liverpool and the Cape ; the Duke of Roxburgh, Dessington, Dec. 1, from Dantzic, and sailed Jan. 3, for Sydney; the Wave, Goldsmith, Dec. 6, from London and the Cape ; the Albatross, Dec. 6, from London ; the Africane, Dec. 6, from London and the Cape ; the Elizabeth, Dec. 8, from Greenock ; the Jane, Goadie, Dec. 3, from Sydney ; the Vansittart, Dec. 3, from Nepean Bay ; the Eudora, Addison, from Sydney, and was loading for Calcutta; the Statesman, from Liverpool; the Eden, Mollison, Dec. 22, from Plymouth and the Cape • the Co lumbine, Thornton, D ec . 25, f rom L on d on ; the Sea Witch, Dec. 28, from the Cape; the Aurega, Dec. 28, from London; the Syren, Dec. 27; the Francis Freeling, Dec. 28, from Sydney. Departures from Hobart Town.—The Industry, Dec. 11, for Launceston ; the Brougham, Dec. 11, for Twofold Bay ; the Henry, Porcher, Dec. 18, for Calcutta; the Janet, Dee. 19, for London; the Vansittart, Dec. 19, for Launceston; the Salacea, Dec. 20, and Scotia, Dec. 20, for Sydney ; the Amity, Dec. 27, for the South Seas ; the Ann, Vertue, to sail on the 20th of Jan. for Sydney ; the Boadicea, Wright, was loading for London. Arrivals at Launceston.—The Arabian, Dec. 19, from Port Fairy, with oil, &c., for London ; the Eagle, from Hobart Town, and sailed the 21st for Port Philip ; the Rebecca, Dec. 21, from Port Philip ; the Industry, Dec. 17, from Ho- Ina Town ; the Vansittart, Dec. 25, from Hobart Town ; the William and the Gem, Dec. 27, from Sydney. Arrival at Lou.isburg,h.—The Egyptian, Johnson, Dec. 19, from China. In 1703, when Prince George of Denmark went from Windsor to Pctworth to meet Charles 111. of Spain, says Mr. Godwin, jun., in a judicious and well-timed " Ap peal to the Public on the subject of Railways," it appears that the journey, which is a distance of about forty miles, occupied fourteen hours, although those who travelled it did not get out, save when they were overturned or stuck fast in the mire, until they reached their destination. "We were thrown but once in going," says the relator ; " but his Highness's body coach would have suffered very much if the nimble boors of Sussex had not frequently poised it or supported it with their shoulders from Godalming almost to Petworth. The last nine miles of the way cost us six hours to conquer them," NEWSPAPER STAMPS. RETURN to an Order of the Honourable the House of Com mons, dated 13th April, 1837 ;—for ACCOUNTS explanatory of the Effect produced upon the Reve nue by the Reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers. RETURN of any Informations or other Legal Proceedings in stituted in respect to the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, or the Sale of LTnstamped Newspapers. RETURN of the Number of Persons who may have been corti mitted since the Reduction of the Stamp Duty on News papers, for the Violation of the Stamp Laws, by Printing, Publishing, or Selling unstamped Newspapers. RETURN of the Number of Prisoners now in Custody charged with such Offences. AN ACCOUNT explanatory of the Effect produced upon the Re venue by the Reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers. The reduction of the Newspapet duty took effect on the 15th September, 1836. _ in the half year ended sth April, 1836, the number of News papers stamped in Great 13,-itain was 14,874,652, and the net amount of duty received was 196,909/. In the half year ended sth April, 1837, the number of Newspapers stamped in Great Britain was 21,362,148, and the net amount of duty received was 88,502/. ; showing an in crease in the number in the last half year as compared with the corresponding half year before the reduction of 6,487,496, and a loss of revenue of 108,3171. Of the above number of Stamps taken out in the half year ending sth April, 1837, 11,547,241 stamps have been issued since Ist January, 1837, when the distinctive die came into use ; whereas only 14,74.652 were issued in the six months - ending April, 1836. Since the reduction of the duty, one daily Newspaper, once published twice a week, twenty-three weekly Newspapers, one published once a fortnight, one occasional, have been esta blished in London; of which eight are now discontinued, and two are incorporated with other Papers. Within the same period, thirty-five weekly Newspapers and one three times a week have been established in the country, of which six are now discontinued or incorporated with other Papers. A RETURN of any Informations or other Legal Proceedings instituted in respect to the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, or the Sale of Unstamped Papers; of the Number of Persons who may have been committed since the Reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, for the Violation of the Stamp Laws by Printing, Publishing, or Selling Unstamped News papers; and of the Number of Prisoners now in Custody charged with such Offences. ENGLAND—One Information.—The printer of a duly regis tered provincial Newspaper having published 25 copies of his Paper of a particular day on unstamped paper. The proceedings were stayed on payment of the duties on the unstamped copies and a mitigated penalty. SCOTLAND.—One Information.—The printer of a duly regis tered Newspaper having published 507 copies of his Paper of a particular day on unstamped paper, the proceedings were stayed on paym . ent of the duties on the unstamped copies and costs out of pocket. One Information.—The printer of a duly registered News paper having published 75 copies of his Paper of a pailti cular day on unstamped paper, the proceedings were stayed on the payment of the duties on the unstamped copies and a mitigated penalty. One Infor►nation.__Th e printer of a duly registered News paper having published 202 copies of his Paper of a parti cular day on unstamped paper, the proceedings were stayed on payment of the unstamped copies and a miti gated penalty. IRELAND. —None. Total number of Informations, &c. in the United Kingdom— Four. Note.—lt will be observed that all the above proceedings have been taken against the printers of Newspapers which are ordinarily printed upon stamped paper, but who under particu lar circumstances printed a certain number of unstamped copies on the occasions referred to. There have not been any prose cutions against the proprietors of Newspapers constantly printed without stamps, nor are any such known to exist. THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant Secretary. Stamps and Taxes, 6th May, 1837. GRAND REVIEW AND SHAM FIGHT. In consequence of its being announced in the papers of Thurs day that a review, on a large scale, would take place on Woolwich Common, the roads leading to this well-known Champ de Mars were crowded at an early hour with parties on foot, on horseback, and in vehicles of all descriptions, from the four-in-hand fashionable to the demifortune and buggy, anxious to share in the pleasures of the day. A vast Con course of people having assembled on Woolwich Common by one o'clock, it then transpired that it was intended by the General in Command, Sir Andrew Bavard, that a sham-fight should take place. The country n Belvidere, Bostol Heath, the adjoining wood, Wickham, and the Plum stead Hills, had been determined on as the scene of action. This ground, possessing from its steep hills and deep ra vines peculiar capabilities for the display of Light Infantry manoeuvres, is situated about four miles farther from London. All were instantly in motion to crown the hills where it was anticipated this splendid military spectacle would commence. Owing to the celerity with which the troops moved, consist ing of a battalion of that splendid corps the Rifle Brigade of 500 men, exclusive of Officers, several parks of Artillery, with some squadrons of Horse Artillery acting as Cavalry, few of the most eager of the multitude had the good fortune to reach the farthest part of the field of battle, if we may so speak, ere the action had commenced by a heavy cannonade upon a posi tion taken up by the Rifle Brigade upon the further side of Bostol Heath, supported by four pieces of Artillery. The plan of the action now began to develope itself. It was an attack of a large park of Artillery supported by Ca valry, upon the Rifle Brigade and Artillery. It was a con siderable time ere the Rifles were dislodged from their posi tion. They were now observed retreating to the left of Wickham lonely church, over the rugged ground between the wood and the steep hills of Plumstead, under the heavy fire of Artillery from the opposite height they had just left. In executing the orders for a retreat, conducted with great order by the retiring party, it was observed, and no doubt intended to be displayed by the General in command, how unequal Cavalry were to cope with such a corps as the Rifle Brigade; for wherever the Horse attempted to act singly, their advanced was checked by the (supposed) precision of the Rifle fire, situated as the detachments of the corps often were, in the angles of roads, farm-yards, and copses of underwood. One farm-house and yard in Wickham-lane, was contested with all the obstinacy, si parva licet componere magnis, of the far-famed la Haie Sainte, on the 18th of June, in some year since the flood. Nothing could now exceed the interest ing character of the scene ; the detachments of the Rifles in the valley of Wickham, supporting each other with all the vraisemblance of actual warfare. Here, however, they con tested the fate of the day so long, that two of their guns, situated on a commanding eminence in their rear, so as to sweep the valley, were upon the point of being captured by the enemy, who had outflanked them on their left, through the Plumstead Wood. Through the deep ravines and wild scenery of a country which seems to have been thrown together, if trot by a convulsion, at least by a freak of nature, at a loss what to do with so much rubbish and unprofitable masses of materials, the fight was continued with various for tune, the attacking party sometimes repulsed, but in the main gaining ground, till the whole Rifle Brigade, occupying the summit of a precipitous position on this side of the windmill, displayed in full line, supported by its cannon at intervals in the centre, enfilading the approaches on either extremity for the hostile cavalry. This position, however, had not been at tained until the sharpshooters had been obliged to form several times into rallying squares. In every effort to dislodge these squares from their position the cavalry were defeated, until ' they brought up piece after piece of artillery to play upon the masses, when they immediately extended and commenced an independent firing. Colonel Eeles, the veteran, command ing the right of the Rifle Brigade, occupied the high road in force, checking the approach of the Cavalry, though re peatedly charging. The whole line now opened a constant fire of small arms, sad of their artillery upon the advancing party, and we must say that though present at numerous displays of military manoeuvres, we never before witnessed a scene of so much interest and excitement. The result was as preconcerted—that the Brigade were forced from their com manding position by a furious cannonade and a concentrated charge of cavalry. There were upon the ground Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Secre tary to the Commander-in-Chief; the Marquis of Douro, tm L h c o o n r r d oaft ß4 G n T e eh y ne , t I Lo Re mard Random Cmhe amongst Shot," te ho rfied t,” othersa „ I: dwith‘, CaptainT he numerous Adventures d Kincaid,ve he n o tu t r e the No b of fat le the Rifle," formerly the efficient Adjutant of the Brigade. - - - - TIIE COURT I‘IOURNING.—There has been an uncertainty prevailing, for a few days, as to whether persons were expected to dress in black for public places, and parties not at Court ; we can inform our readers that at all fashion able parties the ladies have appeared in black velvets or satins, and at the opera, on Tuesday night, there was not a coloured dress in the boxes. Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, the body of a man, apparently about 45 years of age, and having bad three fingers of the left hand amputated, was found floating in the river Thames, opposite to Pickle •Herring Stairs. A lamentable and awful occurrence has recently taken place in Barnstaple. A man named Thomas Kelly, by trade a mason, who resided at Newport, was apprehended on Friday week under suspicion of forging two checks on the West of England and South Wales District Bank. It appears that, in the afternoon of the above day, he went to the shop of Mr. Alex an d er, a watchmaker, in High-street, to purchase a watch, in Payment of which he tendered a check of 161. Bs., drawn in favour of Richard Gilbert and signed Francis Squire. Mr. Alexander suspecting that all was not right, went imme diately to the Bank, leaving Kelly in the shop, for the purpose of getting the check cashed. On his way thither he met Mr. not no, the manager, who discovered it to be a forgery. Kelly was in consequence apprehended, and identified as the person who had succeeded in passing a forged check for 14/. Ss. at the shop of Mr. Kennard, linendraper, on the 17th of April last, when he purchased some cloth, and received about 122. in cash. The deposition of Mr. Ken ward was taken before a ma gistrate, and Kelly was remanded to prison till the following day. In the course of the night, however, he put an end to his existence by hanging himself, being discovered by the turnkey, on going his round in the morning, suspended, quite dead, in his cell ; a handkerchief was round his neck, which had been affixed to the grating. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, and the Jury returned a verdict of Felo-de-se. The body was interred in a rough shell at 12 o'clock the same night, in the churchyard, without any prayers being read over it, amidst a moat revolting scene front nurnero4s half-drunken by tanders.--. Western Luminary. - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, MAY 18. JOHN MABERLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of the creditors under the fiat issued against Mr. John Maberley, of London and Scotland, banker, was held to-day, for the proof of debts and the declaration of a dividend. Mr. Cotterill, for Mr. Franchisson, a broker in the Pa risian Stock Market, proved a debt for 7,0861., being the balance due upon a bond given by the bankrupt to the claimant for 8,8301., for differences upon certain transac tions in the French Funds at Paris. The claimant's solici tor stated that Mr. Franchisson was instructed by the bank rupt, while he was in Paris in June, 1831 r to purchase stock to the emount of .5,000,000 francs, to be delivered l at the end of June of that year ; but that the stock con tinued on, at the request of the bankrupt, until July. The claimant, however, on the 23d or June received a letter from Mr. Maberley, stating that he wished his account to be closed on the best terms that could be obtained, and Mr. Franchisson did so, but at a loss of lihoo/., the'value of the stock having become much reduced. Mr. Maberley remitted the sum of 9,000/. in part payment of the losses, and gave a bond for 8,8301., stipulating to pay off the re mainder in monthly instalments of 5001. Of this sum about 1,500/. bad been thus paid when the bankruptcy took place, and' he (Mr. Cotterill) now claimed, on behalf of Mr. Franchisson, to prove against the bankrupt's estate for the balance. Mr. Gordon, the solicitor to the i*:at, said the principal objection to any proof being made on ibis bond was, that by the law of France such transactions h e the present were not recognised. It was, in fact, a stock-jobN9g transaction. The COMMISSIONER would look into the whole case, and give his decision on a future occasion. In the meantime a claim might be-entered on the proceedings for the i.Nalance due on the bonds, but subject to being expunged at the rod of three months if the Court should not consider the evi dence given in its favour sufficient to establish it. Mr. Belcher, the official assignee, said there were funds in hand to pay perhaps 4d. to 6d. in the pound, and the Court directed that a dividend should be made. The remainder of the day was occupied in discussing other matters of no public importance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The driver of a cab was summoned before the Loan MAYOR fur having refused to take a fare. Mr. Everett, the proprietor of the Holland Coffee house in Lower Thames-street, stated that his sister and he got into the cab at the door of his house, and ordered the cabman to drive to Horslydown. The moment the de fendant received the order he found out that his horse had thrown a shoe, and he positively refused to move a step in the direction. The lady was an invalid, and the disap pointment was most provoking ; but the defendant, no doubt, supposed that he could make a better bargain with persons landing from the steamers ; and although warned that he should be made responsible, actually took up two ladies, at the very door, and drove them off in another di rection. The LORD MAYOR fined the defendant the full penalty of 405., and Mr. Everett requested that his moiety might be given to some of the miserable creatures who so often crowded to the Mansion House. A grey-headed man named Best was charged by his wife with having violently assaulted her. The defendant, who is a shoemaker, and an excellent workman, and who has had fourteen children by his wife, to whom he has been married upwards of thirty years, behaved himself, by her account, very well for about twenty years of that time, but had devoted the last ten years of his life to gin and ale. The effect of the overdoses of his favourite beverage was shown in the countenance of his wife's face, every part of which he had marked with his fists. She, however, for quietness sake, forgave him as often as he offended, but she apprehended that as his vice increased with his years, a Coroner's Jury might at least have a look at her, and she complained to the ward authorities, who insisted upon taking him before the Chief Magistrate. • The LORD MAYOR asked whether the old man was in his right mind. The beadle of Coleman-street said that the defendant refused to work more than a couple of days in the week, the rest of the time he devoted to gin and beer. The LORD MAYOR-DO you ever read the Bible ? Best—ln course I do, my Lord, sometimes. Mr. Hobler—Did you never read the parable of the talents ? Best—Can't say I did, but I might —my memory is but poor in those things. Mr. Hobler—The wicked servant, to whom his master gave one talent, instead of making use of it hid it in the earth. You are that servant, and if you do not correct your villainous habits you will go by and by where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Best—Lord have mercy on us, I hope not. The LORD MAYOR—You are going there as fast as drunkenness and cruelty to your wife can lead you. Best—Oh dear, oh dear ! I hope not. I'ii never whop her again. The Wife—The moment he gets hold of a drop of drink he forgets all he promises. The LORD MAYOR—He has one leg in the grave already. The Wife—He has, my Lord, and I wonder it an't burned off. I'm sure if you heard him swear you'd think be jist arrived from the place they gnash their teeth in. Best—l won't raise my hand to you any more, my dear. The Beadle—We have been obliged to interfere fre quently, my Lord, to prevent him from half-killing her. The LORD MAYOR—He shall go to the Compter for a week, and the Chaplain shall lend him a Bible, in which he can read the parable of the " talents." Best—l'll read a dozen chapters in the Bible, my Lord, if you'll let me go.—( A laugh.) The Lorin MAYOR—You shall have time and opportu nity for meditating on what you read ; and as I know no body will bail you, I may be induced, at the end of the week, if I have a good account of you, to bail you myself. The poor woman expressed her gratitude to his Lordship for what he had said to her husband. She hoped and be lieved it would change him, and if he did change it must be for the better. BOW-STREET. A young woman, about twenty-seven years of age, and of decent appearance, applied to Mr. TWYFORD, under the following circumstances. At the beginning of the present year she had had a child, to the father of which she was un married, and shortly after her delivery the midwife by whom she was attended represented to her that a lady of fortune, with whom she was acquainted, was anxious to take her infant under her protection, and would provide for it, and leave it a handsome income on her death. The applicant was pleased with the good prospects which presented them selves for her infant, and she at length reluctantly consented to part with it, on receiving two guineas, which were pre sented to her by the midwife as coming from the lady. The applicant added, with tears in her eyes, that she had never since seen her child, and she was now anxious at least to see it, if not to obtain its return to her, and she applied to know whether the Magistrate could not render any as sistance. Mr. TwYFoRD could do nothing for the applicant ; she was exceedingly indiscreet in parting with the child under such circumstances. In the course of the day a gentleman applied to know whether he could not summon the conductor of an omnibus for having charged him too much for a pane of glass, which he had broken in the omnibus. Mr. TWYFORD asked by what means the window had been broken? Applicant—Why, a dispute arose between myself and a fellow-passenger as to the window being open ; he demanded that it should be shut, while I said it should be open, and at last, to end the matter, I thrust my stick through the pane of glass. The conductor demanded 18s. for it, and I paid him ; but I am since informed that it was too much. Mr. Tws•roxn—l cannot assist you under such circum stances ; the glass was wilfully broken, and you were rightly made to pay for it.—The applicant then withdrew. QUEEIV-SQUARE. JOSEPH ADY AGAIN.—A gentleman produced the fol lowing letter Thursday morning at this office, for the pur pose of showing that the professor is still pursuing his pro fessional avocations : " Sir,—The undersigned is able to inform you of something he believes considerably to your advantage, on receipt of 205., by post or order. .. " 29/. 1 ls. 6d. —lBO9. " Respectfully yours, " JOSEPH AD; Accountant, " No. 7, York-street, Commercial-road, " Charlotte-street, Whitechapel. To Mr. Knowles, watchmaker, " No. 15, Wilderness-row, Chelsea. " No letters received unless post paid." The greater part of the letter is lithographed, and the form is filled in with the name of the gentleman who was honoured with the correspondence. It is almost unneces sary to say that the application was unsuccessful. MARYLEBONE. Thursday, Mike Sullivan:, Thomas Baker, Thomas Ri ley. and Edward Salt, the first a ruffianly Irish labourer, and the other three Paddington boatmen, were brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, charged with th e follow ing savage conduct :—On the previous night, Sulliv an went drunk into the Hope public-house, Stevens -street, Lisson grove, and began quarrelling with one of the boatmen. He was at length got out, when a strong muster of his country men took place, and they paraded the streets, bidding de fiance to the boatmen. The latte r p ar t y , h owever, f e l t no disposition to fight in the first instance, but on one of them remarking that the Irish were " a set of scoundrels, and ought to be licked," a desperate scuffle ensued, in the course of which nearly the whole party engaged received divers wounds and contusions. 11'te policemen hearing the disturbance hastened to the spot, bt it had no sooner arrived there than they were knocked dowi 1, pelted, and kicked ; but after a desperate struggle, they a ucceeded in capturing the prisoners. The rest of the rail inly fellows escaped. Sullivan was ordered to pay 3/. Rile - was mulcted in the like sum ; and Baker in the amount of 405., Salt was discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. On Thursday Mary Handley, an Irishwoman, was placed at the bar before Messrs. Codd and Grave, and Mr. Millard, a county magistrate, charged with illegally conveying a quantity of spirits. The prisoner was fined in 501. penalty, or foar month's imprisonment. THAMES. OFFICE. Ob Thursday Mr. liook,th; relieving officer of the pa rish of St. George, Middlesex, attended upon the magis trates. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Broderip, to receive their (Erections as to the disposal of a man of decent exterior, named Thomas O'Shea, whose case has occupied the at tion of the Bench during the last two days. The prisoner was brought up in charge of the police, and placed at the bar. He is is about forty years of age, and although he was gifted with the faculty of speech, and con versed in the most rational manner up to Wednesday morning, he has not since spoken a word, but to every question put to him has made a noise resembling the cry of a dog, accompanied by a singular shake of the head and a wink of the eye ; indeed his grimaces were of the most extraordinary description, and although it was evident he understood everything that was going on, and the nature of the questions put to him by the magistrates, nothing could induce him to speak, and at the conclusion of every sen tence uttered by the people in the office opened his mouth, and gave vent to the disagreeable noise by drawing his breath between his teeth. Mr. BALLANTINE said the man was brought before on Wednesday morning, charged with being found drunk i n t h e streets, and when he spoke to him he made the most w hi ms iol grimaces he ever witnessed, and refused to an swer a sit ;le question, or give any account of himself. He ordered bin: to be detained until the evening, when he be gan uttering' the offensive cry he was then making. (Here the prisoner gnashed his teeth, stared wildly around, and gave utterance to the disagreeable noise with such rapidity as to terrify every one present.) The worthy magistrate continued to say that it was necessary the unfortunate man should be taken care of; and that;inquiries should be made after his friends. Mr. BALLANTII4E said the prisoner must not be set loose, and the parish must take care of him. Mr. Rook said the Board of Guardians were not at liberty to keep a lunatic in the workhouse beyond a cer tain time. _ ...... Mr. BRODERIP said the question wad whether the man was a lunatic or not. Mr. Rook said a man named Wales, an inmate of the workhouse, recognised the prisoner as having been in the House of Correction when be (Wales) was confined there. Mr. BALLANTINE said that might lead to his identity. The prisoner was then removed to the workhouse by Mr. Rook, making the most hid.muis grimaces, and utter ing wild cries. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Thursday night, at sir o'clock, a Jury was empannelled in Newgate, before Mr. PAYNE, the City Coroner, on view of the body of Harriet Smith, alias Durrant, who died in the gaol. Mr. G. M'Murdo, surgeon to the prison, sworn—Stated that the deceased was brought under his notice on the 4th of May, the day of her arrival. She was so weak that she came in a coach, and was carried into the Frison. She had been previously suckling a child, and her milk was suppressed. She got so bad that for a day or two he thought she would have died. He supported her with wine, milk, &c. She died on Wednesday. She said that she had been frightened by having been taken out of bed. As a medical man, lam of opinion that she ought not to have been brought here. Mr. Cope said, in answer to a juror, that she was sent to Newgate for having received stolen goods. He understood that the deceased had been twice apprehended on the charge for which she was committed. That a.rter the first examina tion she was discharged, but was told by Mr. Laing, the ma gistrate of Hatton-garden, that she was released because the prosecutor was not present, and that she was liable to be again taken into custody. The last time she was ap,•prehended she was taken out of bed, between three and four o'clock in the morning. Juror—lt seems strange that she shoull have been sent here in that state. CORONER—The question is, was she in a state to be brought ,here? It is not because a man has a warrant that he is to execute that warrant at the risk of a person's life. At this moment the mother of the deceased appeared in the inquest-room. The unfortunate woman, who seemed op pressed with grief, stated that her name was Harriet Durrant, and that she lived at Summer-hill, Hatton-Garden. The de ceased's name was Harriet Rebecca Durrant. She was 19 years of ego and a single woman. She cohabited with man named Thomas Smith, clerk to Mr. Haseer, barrister. The child she had by him was horn the last day of the last year. Her daughter laid in in Gray's Inn workL . oue. She was living in Eyre-street-hill with witness when she was taken into custody, which was between three and four D'clock in the morning. Three weeks previous to that she had beon in Clerk enwell Prison. CORONER—When was: it that she was first taken ill ? Wit ness—On the Sunday previous to the Thursday that size was apprehended. After the first examination Smith told her that his master would let him off by having a flaw in the indict ment, and that he must make her suffer in order that he might escape. On the Sunday a loud knock at the door alarmed her. She thought it was the police. The effect was that. almost all her milk flow up into her head. She was ill from that time, and never went out of the house till the Thu+sday morning, when the police came. Witness afterwards fed the child. The depositions were here brought hi, and which acre read by the Coroner. From them it appeared that Mr. William Hastier, barrister, No. 1.2, King's Bench-walk, was the pro secutor, with whom the prisoner Smith had been clerk a short time. The prosecutor left his chambers in February, to go on the circuit, when during his absence Smith robbed him of a silver flask and other articles to the value of about 20/., tiie greater part of which several pawnbrokers identified the de-- ceased to have pawned, and who at one place, on being ques tioned as to the possession of plate which had a crest upon it, represented herself as belonging to a respectable family, and that shz had married a person in humble life against the wish of her relations. The witness, in continuation, said that her daughter was not fit to be removed away. She would have had a doctor if she could have afforded to pay for one. Be tween three and four o'clock on Sunday morning, the police man came. CORONER—What did you say to the policeman ? Witness —I do not know. Being awaked out of my sleep I was fright ened. He knocked loud at the door, and said, " Here are policemen." They came into the room, and said to the de ceased, " I want you ; you must go along with us." She was all , in a twitter, and trembled very much. The police bore her down stairs, and held up her head. Several Jurors—God bless me. Witness told the policeman that she was very ill ever since Sunday. CORONER ?—What - did he say ? Witness—He did not say anything. Cottomert—Did he show his warrant ? Witness—No, Sir. There were three policemen. CORONER—Three policemen for one woman I Well. Juror—Did the policemen behave kind to her ? Witness— As far as I saw they did. CORONER—de your judgment was she in a fit state to go at that time of the morning ? Witness—No, Sir, she was not indeed. She was very far from being in a fit state to go. She said to the policeman, " Poor girl, she is not in a fit state to go—she has been ill ever since Sunday." A gentleman who was present at the investigation before Mr. Laing at Hatton garden Office stated that she appeared very ill indeed. Her lips were pale, and the whole com plexion of her countenance denoted illness. She was in con sequence provided with a chair by order of the Magistrate, Mr. Laing. ' Smith was there. CORONER—Did she make any answer to the charge? Wit ness—She was scarcely able to speak. Oa the former exami nation she appeared very well ; on which occasion she gave her answers with the greatest flippancy, refusing to gi►e the Magistrate any satisfactory account. CORONER—Was there any observation from the Magis trate? Witness—The Magistrate might have seen it as well as witness. It was very evident to him. There was no ob servation made as to• the impropriety of committing her. She was supported out of the office. Juror—What were his observations about her? Witness— His impression seemed to be that she affected illness. He said that she was very easily frightened, or something to that effect ; as he had never seen such flippancy as she exhibited on the former occasion. „.. The Jury having express a desire to hear no further evi dence, The CORONER summed up. He observed that, in taking the deceased out of her bed at that time of the morning, the police had done nothing unlawful, she being charged with a criminal offence ; and 't had not been represented to the police that she was in a state of danger from being removed, where by the consequence might be the loss of life. It wis also stated that she had been treated with kindness by the polite What ought to have been the duty of the Magistrate was ano ther question. Mr. Laing might have acted differently, and he was not disposed to say that every Magistrate would have taken the course that Mr. Laing did.—( Cries of ” Hear, hear," from some of the Jury.) On the contrary, he thought that few, if any, would have acted as he did. Had he been placed as that Magistrate was he certainly would have placed her where she would have been taken care of till she was well enough to be sent to prison (since the idea of imprisonment would tend to aggravate rather than ameliorate h r complaint) ; not but what she might have received treatment in Newgate equally as kind as what she would in any hospital. Verdict— " Natural Death." The thermometer in the shade now sometimes reaches 60 in the course of the twenty-four hours—no mighty elevation, it is true, in the mouth of May, but still presenting a wide contrast to the long-continued depression it has now for nearly nine months been subject to.