The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. , The distinguishing feature in the character of that party How struggling to obtain the Administration of affairs is this, that every profession they put forward to obtain the public confidence demonstrates one of Three things, either their total incapacity for that sta tion to which they presume to aspire, the egregious Falsehood of the assertions reiterated by their organs, or their own consummate knavery. We are now told that it is " a broad, a gross, and shameful falsehood" to charge the Conservative party with harbouring any design to neutralize the Reform Bill, or to repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act. So far from it, that the wish nearest their hearts is to carry into full operation these salutary measures, and to extend their liberal provisions to all. Now the question that on hearing this immediately arises is, have the Conservatives chang ed their sentiments as to the nature and the conse quences of these measures?—do they believe the Reform Bill, as they denounced it at the time of its enact ment, a measure inevitably destructive to the Constitu tion ? Do they believe the Emancipation Act fraught with all that ruin to the Church which they predicted at the time of its adoption ? If they do so, then where is the language to describe the profligacy of a party ready, for the sake of place, to aid in the enforcement of measures, every application of which must be a blow to that Constitution which they pretend to venerate. But if they tell us that their views have expanded with the progress of events—that they now believe the Reform Bill a wise, a provident, and a beneficial mea sure—that the people of England may be safely en trusted with the election of their own representatives, and that the liberty of the Catholic is not incompa tible with that of the Protestant, then how unparal leled is their effrontery who, confessing the continued error of their entire political life, acknowledging their own ignorance and improvidence, would fain persuade a thinking and a grateful people to trans fer the execution of measures from the hands of those whose wisdom devised and courage accomplished their enactment, to men distinguished only as the unrelent ing and clamorous assailants of a policy now acknow ledged by themselves to be just and salutary. Thus, then, when the Conservatives proclaim their readiness to carry into effect the great charters of English or of Irish freedom, they acknowledge either unexampled turpitude in enforcing measures which they deem de structive, or tried incapacity in having opposed enact ments to whose wisdom they now sub scribe. But let us see how far the people of any portion of the empire would be justified in giving a moment's credence to the professions of a party whose zeal for reform and improvement has been coeval with that new disposition of affairs which has rendered the avowal of such a disposition essential to obtaining power. Who, then, are the men now appearing in the garb of Reformers, ready to apply amelioration to every department of the State ? They are those who refused the principle of representation to the great towns, the emporia of the intelligence and strength of of England ; who refused a franchise, forfeited by the convicted corruption of a paltry borough, to the virtue and the wealth of Birmingham ; who declared the people of England in the very citadels of light too un principled or ignorant to be invested with the rights of freemen ; who upheld the depraved and inefficient cor porate system that prevailed, throughout the British empire, while, in Ireland, they fostered municipal in stitutions now acknowledged by themselves to have been the lowest sinks of corruption, the holds of public robbers for whom no plunder was too large, no pecula tion too minute—institutions by means of which the the jury-box was pac k e d with perjury and bigotry, and thus the life and property of the subject made the prey of the very refuse of society. The Conser vatives, we repeat, are those who loaded every seg ment of the empire with onerous taxation, dissipated in profligate and prodigal expenditure ; who shackled the Press with excessive duties, and sought to crush it by unwearied prosecutions ; who filled the pages of the criminal code with statute after statute, conceived in the mere wantonness of brutality, and written in the blood of that people for whose good they were pro fessedly enacted ; who, prating of religion, encouraged the slave-lasher of the west in the perpetration of hor rible atrocities, and in hunting from his shores the missionaries of that Gospel in which the broken spirit of his victim might find comfort and support. These are the men who, having been found in every portion of the empire, and in every hour of its history, the in veterate champions of abuse, the unrelenting enemies of humanity, truth, and light, now presume to as!; for public confidence in their professed determination to carry Reform into every cranny of the State. Such they are as Reformers, let us regard them in the light Jof new converts to the principles of religious liberty ; and let us see whether, if they believe 'one atom of those assertions they advance, they are not hound, without the respite of a day, either to demand a repeal of that Emancipation Act which they now declare themselves ready to uphold and execute, or to submit to merited execration. First, then, they tell us that the Irish Catholics are bent upon the subversion of the Church and the dismemberment of the empire ; that every fresh concession has only tended to in flame that passion, and to invest them with new power to fulfil its dictates ; moreover, that every oath framed for the security of the state has proved a rotten bond that snaps before the influence of a creed which justifies and enforces perjury. Well, then, if all this he true (and with what other assertions do the columns of the Tory organs teem ?), if seven millions of Papists are zealously intent upon the ruin of the state, if no concessions can woo them from their guilty pas sion, if gratitude by a plant that grows not in a Popish bosom, if solemn asseverations pledging them to loyal ends be a jest and mockery, what are we to think of those who, knowing all this, are now determined to fulfil the provisions of an enactment which ad mits within the very bosom of the state, and arms with all its powers, men bent upon its overthrow ? Such, then, is the party now aspiring to power, convicted upon their own professions of total incapa city ; convicted upon their own assertions of a readi ness to sacrifice the best interests of the country to their own selfish aggrandisement. " There never," says the Times of yesterday, " was a charge so un principled as the charge against Conservatives of being adverse to Reform." Now this a high authority, but we think we can oppose to it one equally strong. The Times, in 1834, thus describes the party now seek ing for power under the mask of Reformers—" What are the Conservatives, but the most inveterate obstruc tives ? What do they seek to gain but power, at the expense of honour, justice, and the welfare of the people ?"—Moining Chronicle. In our report of the proceedings yesterday, at Christ church, Surrey, will be found some interesting parti culars of the progress of the Church-rate question.- On the motion for the imposition of the rate, among th: items of which appeared 51. 18s. for a surplice, an adj3urnment to the 12th of - October, 1838, was pro posed ; but, after an animated discussion, the Rector of the parish, who presided, refused to put the ques tion of adjournment, and also an amendment which was subsequently moved. The motives of these re fusals may be easier explained than justified. The original motion was rejected by a large majority ; but a poll being demanded, it will be necessary for the parishioners to give effect to their wishes by recording their votes. We have no doubt, however, of the result being similar to that manifested by the show of hands, and that the parson shall either have to pay for his own surplice, or be indebted for it to the voluntary contributions of his own flock. Little, indeed, must they respect their religion, who would shift the burden of its support upon the shoulders of others who dis sent from its doctrines ; and weak must be the faith of those who denounce the voluntary principle as destruc tive of their own Church I What can be more con trary to the principles of Christianity than to attempt to uphold its tenets b y coerc i on, instead of by convic tion Did its Founder attempt to exact contributions for the propagation of his System ? Did he recom mend the employment of the bayonet or the sword, or similar stimulants, to the dissemination of the word ? It was not a sword, but a scrip —not force, but faith, on which he desired his disciples to place their confi. dence. Were coercion essential to the diffusion or support of opinions consonant with the truly reli gious dispensation, it would not have been left to man, and above all to the fanatic and ferocious men ....,.. at present arrogating exclusive claims in behalf of their own sect, to give to these opinions their due effect. But where Omnipotence in its omniscient wisdom forbore to enforce its decrees by any com pulsory application, but that of truth operating on free conviction, presumptuous and impious man dares to describe the Christian dispensation as inade quate to its purpose, unless he interfere to perfect its intention. Fanatic zeal in some instances may be al leged in palliation of this enormous profanation of Christian precepts ; but more generally it will be found that the coercive system is suggested by motives of the mast selfish and anti-Christian character. Reli gious persecution, in whatever grade, shape, or cha racter it may present itself, is not only directly opposed to Christianity, which inculcates forbearance and peace, an elgood-will amongst all men, but implies an acknow ledgment of Atheism—it supposes that man's petty brief authority is necessary to give effect to the decrees of the Deity. Out upon such blasphemy I Perish the Established Church rather than prolong its ex istence by means so unjust and iniquitous, so subver sive of the principles broached in the Reformation, and so repulsive to every humane and Christian-like sentiment I.—Morning Advertiser. A feat, as novel as it was extraordinary, was per formed last Tuesday in the western part of the Strand. A young man undertook for a wager to travel from the Adel* Theatre to the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, without as sistance, on a tub. The start was made about half-past five, and the condition was, that the man should not get off his wooden Bucephalus more than three times. The line of road being rather a slight descent, the tub, as a matter of course, would roll down, but the difficulty for the man was not only to keep it in a proper course, but to establish his equilibrium whilst standing on the tub in its progress ; and this he did by a very rapid movement of the feet, something like the dancing on a horse's back. It appeared no easy matter to get over the crossings of the several streets, and at Kin.- William-street the performer was some time before he could get his vehicle in a proper direction, which, howe ver, he accomplished, and finally won the wager, apparently without much fatigue. A large number of persons were collected during the performance, which was on a large sized ale barrel. An attack was made on the chapel of Loughall last night, with the intention of pulling down the hell and belfry of the chapel ; but information having been forwarded to Armagh, a party of police well armed were despatched to the place and arrived just in time to save the building. Two cable ropes, 18 and 17 feet long each, were, with the assistance of a ladder, fixed round the roof, with sticks six feet long tied to the end of each rope, and a crow-iron. The party, about 30, fled on the approach of the police, leav ing their apparatus, consisting of ropes, ladder, and crow bar ; but we are sorry to say the villains made their escape through the darkness of the night, and it is to be feared, from the threats mentioned in the neighbourhood, that they will if possible, accomplish their object at some other time. —Dublin Evening Post. TRUE CHARACTER OF THE DOLPHIN.—The dolphin—the theme of poets and painters, great and small —in all ages the subject of many a beautiful fiction and absurd romance, whose graceful curves and sportive bounds have been reported with all the charms of exaggeration, of whose iridescent body the beautiful and varying tints have been described with an abundance of imagination equalled only by the deficiency of truth—has dwindled in the accounts of modern naturalists into a slender fish shaped animal, about nine feet long, with a large head, wide mouth, l ong snou t, o f a black colour on the back, and white underneath, voracious in habits, and fierce in disposition. This fish has been represented as fond of the society of man : it certainly is often known to accompany ships on long voyages, sometimes following in her wake, sometimes sporting at her prow, or springing its whole length into the air. Whether this indicates a love of human society at an humble distance, or a hope of nearer acquaintance, similar to that which influences the atten tions of the shark, is doubtful. Certain it is, that in a storm it becomes more frolicsome than ever ; and the greater the danger the greater is its exultation. The flesh of the dolphin was formerly esteemed a delicacy ; we read of an English feast consisting of a roasted dolphin with porpoise sallc, ; yet, except about the shoulders, the flesh of the animal is said to be rather tasteless. The young dolphin is reported to be far superior to that of the old.— Donn van's Domestic Economy—Human _Food; Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. The following disgraceful occurrence took place lately at Libourne, in the Gironde. A lady, who had been married four years, was awakened during the night by vio lent cries of murder from her husband, whom she found in the kitchen, bleeding from several wounds. On inquiry, the servant maid, who had not attempted to escape, declared that her master had not only made criminal overtures to her, but had endeavoured to gratify his passion by force, and that, in this extremity, she had snatched up a knife and used it in her defence. She was conducted to prison, and medical ail called in to her master, who is said to be in an alarming state. The heat has been unusually intense this autumn in the Levant. On the Gtli of September, at Argos, the thermometer stood at 108-deg. in the shade ; and on the Bth of September, at Adrianople, it was at 96 deg. in the shade. The beautiful City of Newhaven, in Connecticut, seems partly doomed to be destroyed by incendiarism. Not a week passes without five or six large fires, purposely caused, but by whom the inhabitants have as yet been unable to discover. Only one individual has been appre hended, and he is only charged with firing his own house. The regular incendiarism continues to be as bad as ever. This crime, apparently without motive, unless it be revenge against an entire city and university, is without a precedent in the United States. It is clothed in mystery, and excites much wonder.—Letter from America. On Saturday night, while a young villain, named Guy, living at Belleville, and who had on many previous occasions displayed the most brutal disposition, by robbing and beating his mother, was at supper with her, he insisted on her giving him a sum of 50f., which he knew she had locked up in her secretary. She refused, saying that it was all the money his rapacity had left her, and that it was ap propriated to pay her rent, which would be called for on the next day. Guy, however, resolved to have it, and got up to force open the secretary. The poor woman attempted to resist him, when the unnatural son took a knife from the table, and stabbed and cut her in I I different places. Her cries called in the neighbours, and Guy was seized and secured. The mother is not yet dead, but no hopes are entertained of her recovery. The father is said to have died mad ; and, for the honour of humanity, it is to be hoped that the son will be proved to be also insane. TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE.—The Journal des Tribunaux of Thursday gives the details of a horrible crime recently .committed in the upper sphere of Parisian society, which revives the exclusive iniquity of the too celebrated Marchioness de Brinvilliers, in the seventeenth century. The initial of the names of the parties are alone given, in order to spare the feelings of a distinguished family. A young, accomplished, beautiful, and wealthy heiress, Mdlle. X., was in 1830 married to a young and rich proprietairr, M. de N. The match was equal and auspicious —the lady was fondly loved by her husband, to whom she bore two children. But, neglecting these sources of domestic hap- piness, she had meanwhile cherished a guilty passion for M. A. de C., who, himself trembling for the consequences of its undisguisable violence, fled from the embraces of his paramour to the Brazils, whence he wrote her a let ter, avowing and justifying the reasons of his flight. The criminal passion of Madame de N. was inflamed rather than quelled by this event ; thenceforward her hus band appeared to her as the only obstacle_ to its crimi nal indulgence. What passed in her mind cannot be inferred ; but from that time she resorted to the ruthless expedient of imparting slow poison to her husband in small and successive doses, so as gradually to consume him, without leaving indications of the means. Her husband removed, she next successively destroyed the two children which she bore him in the same manner ; and then, in the character of a rich and unencumbered widow, and with a view to re-open advantageously her suspended communica tions with her self-banished paramour, she hired splendid furnished apartments in the Rue de la Chausee d'Antin. But so many deaths had awakened public suspicion. She herself learnt that proofs of her murders were sought and collected. At length they were complete ; and last week, at six in the morning, a police inspector, with several officers of the body, went with a wa rrant to h er lodgings. After knocking for some time to no p urpose, they broke open the door, and found the infatuated woman lifeless on a couch, still beautiful in death, and clenching in her hand a phial, which retained some drops of the prussic acid which had caused her death. Wednesday afternoon, as a cart drawn by three horses was passing near the door of a woman named Mary Schofield, in Withington, her child, about two years old, was seen walking on the opposite side of the road imme diately before the cart-wheel. A man who observed its danger ran to stop the horses, but just as he was about to seize the bridle of the leader the mother ran past him in great terror, and running against the head of the animal was thrown down. The horse sprang forward at the mo ment, and before it could be checked one of the cart-wheels had passed over the unfortunate woman's body, and she was killed on the spot. In the meantime the child, uncon scious of its danger, had passed under the shaft between tilos shaft-horse and the wheel, and walking under the body of the cart escaped unhurt. An inquest was held on the unfortunate mother, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returgede—Maischester Times. TI-1E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1837 EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrived.—The Quintin, Gillman, from Bombay, at Liver pool, sailed July 6, St. Helena, Sept. 1 ; Regulus, Edgar, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed May 13 ; Sur' 4;, Sinclair, from Bengal, off Swanage, sailed April 10, Simon's Bay, July 31. Arrival at Madras.—The Aurora, Cox, Juno ,1 7, from London and the Cape of Good Hope. Arrival at Colombo.—The Barossa, Gray, June 1, from Cork, Teneriffe, and Rio. Arrivals at St. Helena.-The Scotia, Cothay, Aug. 26, from Batavia, and sailed Aug. 28, for Cowes; Mars, Bran nond, Aug. 26, from the Mauritius, and sailed Aug. 27, for Marseilles; St. Vincent, Muddle, Aug. 27, from Batavia, and sailed Aug. 29, for Hamburgh ; Mary Walker, Pollock, Aug. 28, from China, and sailed Aug. 29, for the Clyde ; Lord William Bentinck, Hutchinson, Aug. 29, from Bengal, and sailed Aug. 31, for London ; Duke of Roxburgh, Des sington, Aug. 29, from Madras ; Courier, Proudfoot, Aug. 29, from Algoa Bay, and sailed Aug. 30, for London ; Clau dine, Kemp, Aug. 50, from Madras, and sailed Sept. 1, for London ; Ariel, Strickland, Sept. 1, from the Coast of Africa. Departure from St. Helena.-The Shepherd, Jardine, Aug. 25, for the Clyde. Arrival at Bombay.-The Jamaica, Martin, from the Clyde. The March and April overland mails arrived at Bombay on the :28th of June. The May mail had not arrived at Mocha on the 10th of June, the Palinurus was waiting there for it. Arrival at Canton.-The Bencoolen, Brown, from Calcutta and Singapore. Departures from Bombay.-The Charles Grant, Pitcairn and Glenelg, Langley, June 17, and Lord Castlereagh, Tonks, June 22, for China; the Emily, Childs, June 25, for Bussorah. Arrivals at Calcutta.-The Abberton, Shuttleworth, June 7, from London, Cape, and Madras, and was to sail July 3, for London; the Peter Proctor, Barlow, June 6, from the Mauri tius; the Charles Heartley, Hopper, June 4, from the .Mauri tins and Bourbon ; the Sophia, Lymer, June 7, put back from sea leaky ; the Triton, Blanc, June 7, from Bordeaux, Colem ba, Pondicherry, and Madras ; the Protector, Shaw, June 8, from Madras ; Andromeda, Latimer, June 9, from the Mauri tius ; Lady Hayes, June 9, from China and Singapore ; Aber crombie Robinson, June 11, from Madras ; George the Fourth, Drayner, June 12, from Madras ; Sir A. Campbell, June 12, from Penang; Guillemont, June 12, from Marseilles ; Le Modest, June 12, from Bourbon ; Hope, M‘Cullurn, June 13, from the Mauritius ; Westmoreland, Brigstock, June 13, from Madras; Coromandel, Chesser, June 14, from South Australia ; Vansittart, M` Queen, June 14, from Madras ; Donna Carmclita, Edwards, June 14, from Sydney and Trin comalee ; William 'Metcalfe, Philipson, June 18, from Madras and Sydney; Hereford, Reaburn, June 18, from Point Pedro; Lakely, Marding, June 11, and Gunga, Younghusband, June 19, from Liverpool ; Gabrielle, Jensine, June 15, from Boor to , the Mauritius and Pondicherry ; Nerbudda, Patrick, from the Mauritius, Vizagapatarn, and Madras. Departures from Calcutta (Bengal).--The Resolution, Dixon, for Madras; Mermaid, for -; Catherine, Rose, for London ; Earl Powis, Spittall, for the Mauritius ; John Wheelan, June 8, for the Mauritius; Altaran, June 8, for Moulmein ; Crusader, Wickman, June 10, for Liverpool ; tl Thomas Snock, Baker, and Belzoni, Salmon, June 13, for the Mauritius ; Saracen, Surat, and Eugene, all for Boston ; Water Witch and Lord Auckland, for China; Sultana, Powell, for Bombay. _ _ Departures from Sau , ur (Bengal.)—The Tapley, Nlallorg, June 6, for London ; Resolution and Mermaid, June 11, for Catherine, Rose, June 11, for London; Earl Powis, Spittall, June 14, for the Mauritius; Saracen and Surat, June 17, and Eugene, June 19, for Boston ; Water Witch and Lord Auckland, June 19, for China ; Sultana, .rune 19, for Boml.ay. Calcutta, June 19.—Ships Cleared—The Lady Kennavvay, Divis')n, for London ; Ann, Pybus, for China. Avplied to Clear—The Kyle, Fletcher, and Francis Smith, Edmonds, for Loi.don. Ships Loadifig—rile Hibernia, Gillies, Tamer lane, M'Kellar, 01) mpus, Cowl, Lysander, Currie, Daunt less, Pinder, Jardus, M'Farlane, and Abbetson, Shuttleworth, for London—the latter to sail sth July ; John Marsh, Clucas, Hope, Cockbain, Frankland, W e bb, M ary H art l ey, Priest man, Elvira, Gill, and Dorothea, Fairhsrt, for -Liverpool ; Crown, Pousonbv, for China. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Duke of Sussex, Horsman, from London and the Cape to Madras and China, July 16, lat. 24. S., long. 53. E., per Lord William Bentinck ; Minerva, Ireland, from London to the Mauritius and Madras, Aug. 8, lat. 35. S., long. 2u. E. ; Lord Lowther, Vincent, from China to London, to the east ward of the Cape, per Claudine, arrived at St. Helena. The American ship Hope, Norman, o f Phil a d e l p hi a , f rom China to New Y or k, was abandoned at sea on the 23;th July, with 14 feet water in the hold. Crew and part of the cargo saved be the Duke of Roxburgh, Defington, arrived at St. Helena: The American ship Henry Tuke, Williams, from Batavia to Amsterdam, arrived at the Mauritius on the Bth of July, leaky, and would discharge. The Norfolk, Gatenby, of London, was wrecked in the port cf San Antonio on the 6th July—crew saved. Passengers per Lord William Bentinck from Bengal, &c., expected—Lieut. Maynard, 24th M. N. S., Mrs.. Maynard, Major Grerion, Royal Engineers, Capt. Paterson, 26th Regi ment. Passengers per Courier from Algoa Bay, expected—Major M' Lean, 72d Regiment, Mrs. Norris and family, Mrs. Proud foot, Master Tomkins, Master Earl. Passengers per St. Vincent frcm Batavia, expected--Mr, .and Mrs Santa Maria and child, Capt. Coster, Mr. Brun. Passengers per Duke of Roxburgh from Madras, expected— Lents. Castard, De Havillard, NPNab, Bailey, Latham, Dykc, and Lampier, Mr. and Mrs. Story, Mr. Carley, Mr. Langley, Dr. Mastic, Captain Normand, and Mr. Hunt. Passengers per Cambridge from Bombay—Captain Gray, 57th Regiment (died at sea on the Bth September). Au Iquest was held at the house of Mr. James Hudson, Ware, upon the body of Thomas Parker, Mr. Hudson's groom. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. T. Graveley, of Lhndon, brewer, that he had been out the previous day with Mr. Hudson on a shooting excursion, and returned home to Mr. Hudson's house about ten o'clock, in a chaise. Ile was standing on the step of the chaise, on witness's side. Witness turned round to speak to him, when he heard a gun go off. It was very dark. There were two guns in the chaise. They were placed between the apron and the dashing iron. One barrel of Mr. Hudson's gun was loaded. It was a percussion -g un with a cap on. Witness supposed the man was taking the gun out, and the cock catching the leather strap, caused it to explode. Upon a light being procured the man was found dead in the yard, the shot having per forated his chest. Mr. M•Nab, of Ware, surgeon, arrived in a few minutes after the accident. Deceased was quite (lead. He had been shot through the lungs, and his death must have been instantaneous. From the appe ar _ ;trace of the wound he must have been very near the muzzle of the gun. Verdict—" Accidental Death."—Darifbrd Reformer. Saturday Falkirk presented an unusual bustle, from great numbers of colliers assembling from the surroundin g country, to take into consideration the difference between themselves and the coal-masters. The meeting took place on Falkirk Muir, and there could not be fewer than from 000 to 800 present. The workmen complained that they, in the first place, had been encouraged by their employ ers t o s t r ik e , un d er a prom i se to raise their wages, in order to raise the price of coal ; they then lent them money, for which they took bills, in order to enable them to hold out till the stock in hand was sold off at a great advance of price ; and that, after the hills were cleared of coal, the ordinary price for work was refused them. The colliers refused to work at the prices they received when the coal was low, now that the masters had raised the coal, as the custom always had been that they are paid according as the prices of coal are high or low. The resolutions ultimately come to were, that if the masters would reduce the coals to the public to the old rate, the colliers would commence to work at the former price ; or they would refer the whole matter to any of the burgh magistrates who understood the nature of the work, and the manner that the workmen had from time im memorial been remunerated.—Edinburgh _Evening Post. ACCIDENT IN KINGSTON HAHBOUR.—We men tioned in our last number the accident which occurred in Kingstown harbour on Wednesday last, in consequence of her Majesty's packet Lucifer running foul of a sloop laden with oats. It is but justice to state that T. R. Murphy, Esq., accompanied by the crew of the Rowena yacht, and George Simpson, Esq., R.Y.S., were the first persons to render assistance to the injured vessel. The former gen tleman, on seeing the occurrence, promptly manned the boat of the yacht, and, boarding the sloop, succeeded in slipping her cable and righting her, while all was consterna tion on board. The Rowena men having then got a tow rope from the crew of the sloop, brought her round, and by these prompt efforts saved the vessel, which was filling fast, and her cargo floating out of the hold. The crew of the harbour boat were not so efficient at the commencement as they might have been ; but Lieutenant Hutchinson got on board very soon after the occurrenc e accompanied by Sir W. Linar, and never left their posts until the vessel was placed in safety. The owners of the sloop should feel much indebted to Mr. Murphy and the crew of the Rowena for their exertions.—Freenian's Journal. Great disturbances occurred on Friday and Saturday in the Rue des Lombards, Paris, a quiet street, principally occupied by wholesale chemists and druggists. From time immemorial, the custom bus been there to close the shops at nine o'clock ; but a new comer, M. commencing with a bold innovation, last week, gave orders to his medi cal assistants to keep open till ten o'clock. This encroach ment on their privileges caused a ferment among all the youthful ministers of Esculapius. Meetings were held, and M. N-- was threatened, by a letter in doggrel verse, with unple asan t consequences ; b ut on Friday, having per sisted in his resolution, a gathering of some two hundred of the medical tyros, augmented by a mob of idlers, as sembled before his house. 'rho attack began with groans and hisses, but at length stones were thrown at the win dows, and M. N--, coming forward to appease the ex citement, was seriously wounded by the discharge of a phial of aquafortis. On the police appearing the students dis persed and escaped, but warrants have been issued against the ringlvaden. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oar. I. Charles James Faticutt, a young man, described as an attorney's clerk, was opposed by Mr. CRESWELL, on the part of an old man, named John Pearce. The opposing creditor, a poor enfeebled old man, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, became acquainted with the insolvent some years ago, by calling at an attorney's office in Marlborough-street, where he was clerk. He had at the time 3131. in the Bank, which he had saved for a series of years. The insolvent asked him to lend him some money, as he wanted to buy houses in Cloth Fair. He also told him he had a place in the Custom-house. He got 501. from him in the first instance, for which he gave him a bill of exchange. He afterwards got 631. 3s. 4d. more from him, and gave him other bills. He had obtained no portion of his debt. He told him he should have a por tion of the profits of the houses he intended to buy. The poor old man wept in detailing his complaint. He said the insolvent told him many things, and prevaricated in his stories. He had sold out all the money he had in the Bank, which he had saved out of his situation in the East India Company, and now had nothing for his old days but his pension. The Learned COMMISSIONER, in an impressive manner, animadverted on the dishonourable conduct of the insol• vent, and said the Court would mark their sense of it by ad• judging the insolvent to 15 calendar months' imprisonment, for fraudulently contracting his debt. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday, before J. CONST, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar is a very light one, there being but 28 pri soners for trial, the greater part of whom are charged with petty larcenies only. John C o lli ns , a young man of what is termed shabby genteel appearance, was indicted for stealing twelve silver tea-spoons, value 31. 11 s., the property of John Page. A policeman proved the apprehension of the prisoner, and on searching him found some phosphorous matches and a metal spoon. Prisoner refused to give his name, and said his family were very respectable. The prisoner put in a written defence, in which he stated he could not tell why be had committed the offence charged against him. He was very sorry for it. A Mr. Garniss, a tailor, in Wells-street, Oxford-street, was called, and he said the prisoner was the son of respec table parents, and he believed him to be a very honest young man. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS--I don't ask you what his name is, but of course you know that it is not Collins ? Witness —lt is not. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS—He belongs to a respectable family who reside in Newman -street, Oxford-street. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to four months' imprison ment in the House of Correction. John Davis was convicted of stealing a barometer from a Coffee-house in the Haymarket, and transported for seven years. Mr. PRENDERGAST made the following application to the Court: —He stated that in the course of the last Sessions the Grand Jury returned a true bill against James Hancock, William Canty, William North, Aston Montague, George Campbell, and James Hollick Davis, for keeping a common gaming -house. The prosecution was instituted by Colonel Richard W m . Mead. The prosecutor, in his affidavit, swore that, after the bill had been found, his then attorney ob tained, on the usual certificate of the bill being found, war rants for the apprehension of the defendants, but which warrants he had neglected to get executed, and refused to part with them ; that one of the defendants was seen at his office a few days since, and that prosecutor thought there was some collusion between the attorney and the defendants. The CHAIRMAN—We can't grant fresh warrants while the old ones are in existence. Mr. PRENDERGAST-But, Sir, the hardship on my client is, that lie is under recognizances to prosecute, and he will forfeit them if he does not proceed. He can't do so while his attorney holds the warrants. Mr. Sergeant. ANDREWS—What you have stated, if true, is good ground of application to the Court of King's Bench against the attorney ; but this Court cannot inter fere. I give no opinion as to whether the prosecutor's affi davit is true or not. Prosecutor here said—" I am as high as that man that sits on that bench, and he shall not insult me with impu nity," and he immediately left the Court. The CHAIRMAN consented to the prosecutor's recog nizances being enlarged, but refused to issue fresh warrants against the defendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Two persons of genteel exterior were brought before Mr. Minshull, the sitting magistrate, charged with having oh the preceding evening assaulted a respectably dressed female in the Strand, and called her the most oppro brious names. The complainant, a Frenchwoman, stated that the two defendants laid hold of her in the most indelicate manner, which she very properly resented, and threatened several times to give them in charge, which she thought would have induced them to desist ; but, notwithstanding she stcod up against a shop d o o r w hil e s h e th oug ht th e defen dants would pass on, they still persisted in annoying her. At last a policeman, who was near, was applied to, and she was compelled, from their unmanly conduct, to give them in charge. • Mr. MINSHULL, having heard the evidence, asked the defendants who and what they were, when they answered that they were law students. His WORSHIP said that as they seemed to treat the af fair very lightly, he would not deal with the case summarily, but send it to the Westminster Sessions. HA'TTON GARDEN. Yesterday Joseph Ford, a pale-faced fellow, about.thirty years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with having cut and stabbed Margaret Philips, so that her life is iu daunt:. Police constable 178 G, yesterday morning, about three o'clock, received information that a woman had been stab bed at a house in Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and on proceeding thither he found a young woman bleeding pro fusely from several wounds on her person, and, the prisoner being pointed out as having inflicted them, he took him into custody, when he confessed that they had had a quar rel, and he wounded her in. taking a. knife from her. The prisoner was committed. Yesterday several aged persons, keeping houses in the Lower Liberty of Saffron-hill and St. Andrew's, Holborn, appeared before Messrs. BENNETT and LAING, pursuant to appointment, in order that evidence might be produced to prove their pauperistn, , .agreeably,to.t4 s eirculated regu lations of the Poor Law Commission;sr,s, which. requires that such course shatild" be aapt,,reparatgry to their being excused from the payment of the_poor-rate.. tria Faulkner, an aged woman, a widow, nearly blind, was the first called on. She kept a small house for many years for which she paid 171. per year, and she derived support from the rent of her lodgers ; but latterly she was unable to pay the rates. Mr. West, the churchwarden, proved that the defen dant was a poor widow, who was in the habit of receivinc , a loaf every Sunday from a charity called " The Church warden's Fund." There were twenty-one on the list of claimants -who were recommended as persons unable to maintain themselves. Mr. Rodwell, the Curate, had re commended her. Mr. LAING asked whether her receiving the loaf every Sunday induced a belief that she was too poor to pay the rates ? Mr. West replied in the affirmative. The vestry clerk said they would not press the case. Mr. LAING informed her that if she remained in the house, she should pays the rates. She was now excused, conditionally that she would quit the house on the ground of her poverty. Frances Ward, another aged widow, was excused under similar circumstances, and told she must quit the house. Defendant—l do not know what to do. Mr. LAING—Why, as others do, take a lodging. In other cases the pauperism of the parties was proved, and they were excused, conditionally that they should quit their houses. QUEEN- S QUARE. Ann Paule, alias Haygive, the wife of a broker residing in Charles-street, Westminster, who was described by a policerrlan of the A division, a few days ago, as a very re spectable housekeeper, was yesterday charged with fortune telling. Mrs. Ellen Brown went to the defendant's yesterday morning, and asked for Mrs. Haygive, and stated that she wanted to ask her a few important questions. Mrs. Paul; immediately invited her into the back parlour, and then, having said, " My dear, I'll answer you," handed a dirty pack of cards to complainant to shuffle, which she did. She was then requested to " wish," a matter which she also complied with. Defendant then laid the cards out in divers ways, after having cut them several times. After cogitating a few minutes she said, " My dear, you have had a great deal of sickness during the last year, but you won't have so much this year." After this important communication sbe paused, had another peep into futurity, and then continued, " You'll have two husbands, one will be a fair man, and the other exceedingly dark." The cards then underwent another twist, and the lady who had the reputation of " telling so true, pitifully concluded, by informing Mrs. Brown that she would have nine children, but that three only would live. Having received all this consolation, Mrs. Brown in quired what she had to pay, and was told whatever com pliment she thought proper. Complainant then gave her 2s. A warrant was immediately afterwards granted at this office, and the " clever woman" was soon placed before the Magistrates. She did not deny the offence, and was com mitted for fourteen days. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday William Bennett and Louisa Ferdusson were placed at the bar before AlOESri. CODD and GaoyE, charged with uttering counterfeit sixpences. They were remanded. A BEGGING IMPOSTOR.— Harr iet Webb was brought up in the custody of George Chapman, a Mendicity Society officer. With her was a youth who was stated to be an idiot, and which from his manner appeared painfully evi dent. He was unable to speak, and he was obliged to be carried by his mother, as Ile had lost the use of his leg:. Powell, a streetkeeper of Shoreditch, stated that the prisoner was one of the most sturdy beggars he had to deal with. He always had much trouble with her. Mr. Conn—the boy is quite a fortune to you. Prisoner—Oh no, Sir ; 1 get work when I c.in. Officer—She said that she could get a living in the way she did with the boy. Several persons said that such a pitiable object as the boy ought to be placed in the work house. Mr. Copt/—You must go to prison for ten days. Prisoner (crying)—What is to become of my child ? Mr. CoDD—That will be taken care of in the workhouse The prisoner was then removed from the bar. ---------------- REGISTRA TION OF VOTER, MIDDLESEX. Yesterd a y Messrs. COVENTRY an d TAMLYN held Co urts, by a pp o i n t men t, a t the Guildhall in the City, for the pur pose of revising the lists which stood over from the last by. (Before Mr. Tawmvs.) The'list of St. Mary-at-Hill being called for, of Mr. Gregory objected to the vali dit y of all the notices of ohiections, on the ground that the lis t p osted on the chur ch _ door had been signed by the assistant overseer instead of the overseer. Mr. TAMLYN said he would look into the Act before giving his decision. In the Bassishaw list, the names of John Davies, Willi ° Liston, Edward Brice, and John Wilson, who claimed to be registertd in res4-,‘ oct of a beneficial interest ofthe vine. hall-street, were olijoett - A to in, of 21. ea ch, arising ow of fovr fr,-ehold houses in Basittg„ that these p a rti, , a were truLteeQ, and ought to - have &sent! this themselves as such, the provisio,is of the' Act being on t b li . ' t point imperative. If, however, the Court was satisfied tuild Mr, Gregory, 00 the gratin:, the trustees had a beneficial interest, still, before they 6° vias be a dmitted to vote, they must prove that this interest r of the annual value of 40s. Now, it was proved that titede, were eighteen persons who partook of this hospitnlity, o°,l. therefore, before this money could reach the hands, or ratb3; the mouths, of these t r u s tees, it would b e reduced to 3 5 . He contended that , in either case th ese claimants or' disqualified, and that to entitle them to be placed on the. register, th e y should have described themselves as trustees merely. Mr. Baylis supported the claims.---Judgment was deferr ed. (Before Mr COVENTRY.) In the list of the . pari sh of St. Bennett* the name of Mr. Putman was objected to. licb Mr. Pulman claimed in respect of a frehold officew-1 certain chambers in the he held for life, and which wa p s of the annual value offol theshillings and upwards. Mr. Pulman held a patent o ffice 1 0 Collegeo,fwhich were Heralds' College, by virtue which s entitled t he w as a rapt ev vi a sei n . or ,n t o to r o t f y btshehei restored,l county gs. lists if Mr. Pulma n Lon i u t s.wbarf; jec T t, h l e to r w e . of more th ' Mr. COVENTRY . fli e, gb' . for the present expunged the 11 ° t m ade 00 Ninon his claim. di str icts d till is cot yet . , completed. Several lists were adjourne Nioaday, the 23d instant. let for HYTHE. ot The Barristers resumed the revision of the lists borough on Wednesday. t i . The Court was occupied till five o'clock , when journed to ten o'clock to-morrow. _____ . ........ ______-- R. HO ' S NEW ROMANCE AND REALIT"- v alua ble OK In this age of reality a bit of the romantic is doubly re, if at the same time it happens to be true • and such, i ofli 'not misinformed, will prove to be the two-fold claim 00, Theodore Hook's extraordinary tale entitled which is on the point of making its appearance. Ille unrivalled piquant as well as the most perilous of the many s u- . exploits of the hero are to be here set forth, under the ~..s ; it touc hes perintendence, at least, of a pen that turns all into amusement ; so that Pascal Bruno (who wag 3 m erry ie fellow withal) will he pretty sure to rob us of our 5-Ifeel' during the progress of his o nr story, whatever may ings at its close. ' dein 9T A few days ago a priest committed suim A 0 the hotel at Tours, by cutting his throat. He a rriveu °soli " Pascal 13r mo st previous Saturday, and alighted at the Ecclesiastical toy nary, where he remained only two days, being, Per h2P P 10- h willing to defile a place he held sacred with his hloo u • fa la- . is travelling trunk were found 2,000 f. in gold, se c unt 't or 3 able oo jewels,. and stock receipts for reeks to the arilSee tr,es Of. per annum. He belonged to the diocese of been , was 43 years of age, and is supposed to i car driven to this act by the misery he indur e d from al l in able disease. li A violent storm of rain, like the bursting e a t of waterspout, fell on the 28th ult., in the arrondissere!rel/ St. Pons, in the Herault. Its effects were most sev't.;bi' felt in the beautiful valley between that town and S t 'e ils• nian. Act new road lately formed along the side ' l ` of inourit.on . was completely destroyed to the ecteeot;. two leagues ;, tw o brid ges were carr i e d away by the torr the' together with a mill at th e fo , t of one of the m ; And The' miller and the whole of his family have disappea.rect_top et m po a n il s s , a t n h d e d le il t i t g e e r n s c , esfromTouloaunsde laurgegaogbeliVnts°:ent o f by mules along the old road. passengers, • es the The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Bayonne r oi ,bor follol • the p u r e e s e c u a r President n a et s psrreefsrsnemn th e theo t f hrn n Chamber of Hying anecdote, warranting its authenticity. Th e beo m hi e s a d su es r c e e w m a l al a s sdr u.n the t n .the h e exclusion peronfne srepsa,oifnw warmly tra o n n ly G , votedte d its adoption. When, in Ma last, Don Carlos was B PP -- t do ins Huesca, the Bishop wasy iby his frie o ~ . strong.) , urged to leave the Palace, fearing lest Don Carlos mig n f Off in execution the decree, issued on the passit‘ -, ned above procur v a o d te, denouncing death to all the Proce r u e n - 0 re ores, who had taken part in it. The 1315 u rell fused to stir, ' • were not accustomed to set examples of cowardi c e'i' saying that the high dignitaries of the Y - Dos Carlos, on making himself master of Huesca, took u r i to quarters in the episcopal palace ; the bishop retiriPproo one small room in it with bare walls, truckle be d ' - a OOO chairs, a table, and a crucifix. Some ofthe officers ° Carlos went to the door, and invited him to the com e to e l King, but he refused even to adnait them until they thr ea t t ::, ° ogy r : e : wu i r t ril ;o no_nsware P t , he his 3... to . force their way in. He then threw it open , 57 0 0 with calmness and dignity," there IS g ent you You see that wealth here for you to take, but if the man who , big' recollects that I was President of the t Prr a e n r d eli t h i r ble' cr o take my head. Revolutions require caus m f ar a y rCatholic I,:inlki of a Priest will strengthen the Don Carlos dared not to meet, the cause of of a man se fi t ? ' ia e • energy and determination. The Bishop'sy cell was lo t - violate, but the Palace was shamelessly plundered. Among the ane c d o t es re l ate d o f Count Bourolosb1:, whose death we lately Prole " There was a . ,i 0 announced, is the follow i° . g 'es wi 14 would show the most choice dishes at table. A enter bettiin 'as taken, and judges chosen. They attended an d merit of one of the Princes,. which was sq Pr o , e d I; fu ° 1 costly that they conceived it could not be out str ' PP roo d any other. After this they were present at the s e- ot Prince's, when there graced the centre of the table bat appeared to be a pine apple of enormous size. W h , e l l be attention had been spread around it, the Prince cak e " 1 ,,,e CO 1 of the judges, and said loudly, ' Borowski', w here: forth ! ' On this the supposed pine fell to pieces, ect o c i appeared the Count had been cased up, who resP 1 r e bowed round to the company, when the - Judges cle..'itnot pthinaet andtlie sietsc l e n o d ,lt P ei ri t a e s e otbe:s the having so , dainty(elista,dtogasienteibetfohreebehti,s thgeuests -,.. With P silver A ----------- --''"‘"."..------,, ES, E dou N bleTbotto L m With silver hunting cases .. . .............................. L'..bieb* LEVER E R W .... A ..... T .. .. G ... 1 .6 16 6 : This celebrated construction.' ..............accurate on " cot" (the most _ leo . watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest iroP" 0 00' i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four Wei,. no per hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Lona °. Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cernhill, oe. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in esch- .. 16.,.... .. 111 ....2.11.14.1.1.14.1•6•11•11•11M, the BIRTH. On the 11th inst., at St. Andrew's-place, '` e . eu lady of 11. H. Aliddlemass, Esq., of a son. . . . , .....---- MARRIED On the 11th inst., at St. Matthew's., Brixton, Mr I n b fi e e fi ld e , lte i Cowper, youngest son of the late E. Cowper, Efq. , F f „ pg., o Harriet Jane, fifth daughter of the late 'Wm. Ber is°- ' Leytonstone. Joe. -lione On the 11th inst., at the Great Carter-lane Meeting-jost, Biggs, Esq., of Leicester, t o Matilda, daughter of W. 0 . A solicitor, London. „, od Or On the 30th ult , W. Butterfield, Esq., of Gray's Inn, l' ° - to Mrs. Woollen, Of Brighton. On the 10th inst., at Hemel Hempstead, William 1(x -e -Ater of of Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, to Elizabeth Harriet, third- emu ' the late Joseph Field, Esq., of Hatfield. ; f /Y id ' On the lgth inst., at Alligton Wm. Swain, Esq.,J ri l ° Boni , port Harbour, to Elizabeth, eldest dauhter of the late J• Esq., Allington. ion, . A., 11 511 ' On the 12th inst., a t St. J ames 's, Clerkenwell, Mr. T. --- of the Strand, to Lydi a , second daughter of H u g h Andre", of Claremont-square.. —.-------------- of On the the Bth On the 2 8 of the late S dth ir i ce, aged 2) 597 13. T. S. Alderney, son inst., F. l : o ;: fhE: t oi. • Islffi , iugr a l. 3,,tF, ag rLaaty e n d m: ii 7 ison, 7 ng, . Ktt r o e. n ßa , l ~ Hants, L * o Lower e rjcoanlinadaFirbEeigis, sellief , at Fulham, aged 69, Philip Francis, E sq" On hn the e e 9 2 ' t , h th inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. Alderney, widow of the e late R. H. Hamilton, Esq. of the Customs. n the —lst ult., a ' t sea, Charles Forbes Gordon , of 01 0 9 the Regiment Madras Infantry, third son of the late George Gordwi' Esq., aAed 23. eeti On the 11th i ns t., ag ed 73, Mrs. Ann Thatcher, of Wat er -sir widow of Mr. G. Thatcher. On the 9th inst. at Rochester. Alexander Broadfoot, 111. D., De' puty Inspector of hospitals. .11 130 0- On the 9th inst., at Islington , Bella , relict of W. B. man, of Peutonville, surgeon. On the 9th inst., Mr. W. Stucley, of Bloomsbury-Cunt, Sir On the 11th inst., at Gateshaw, Roxburghsbire, agou,.,`i De" Charles Ker, of Gateshaw, a Principal Director of the 31airoto partment of the British Army, and a Deputy Lieutenant oi .- burghshire. w of th e On the Bth inst., at Versailles, Mrs. Henderson, wido late A. Henderson, Esq. M.P. iw d° lt On the 9th inst., at d E m ilia, arefield Place , M iddlesex, A. Boucherett, Esq., of Willingham, Lincolnshire. k .10110 At Calcutta, in lt, ged 39, the Hon. Frederic , cos. Shore,Chief Commissioner as forthe Saugur and N erbadda Proven Loudon: Prnr. - eo and Publnthed y MURDO ° un ty 112, Strand, at The Sun atlice, No. 1 12 , Str and, in the c° of Middiesez.—Friday, Oetobar 15,1d87. UNION HALL. Yesterday Elizabeth Goff, alias Wilson, an elderly wo man, was brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with intermarrying with Peter Wilson, her former husband being at the time alive. The complainant was married to the prisoner, who at the time represented herself to be a single woman. Soon after their marriage another man, named Goff, a pensioner in Chelsea College, came forward, and, having claimed her as his wife, demanded her restoration, and threatening with vengeance any person who prevented her from going back to him. The complainant at once expressed his con sent to resign her to the person who had the best right to her, but the Chelsea pensioner subsequently changed his mind, and, instead of taking the prisoner back, he suddenly left his old quarters and went off, with the view of kerping out of the way and preventing any proceedings in the affair. The complainant, having ascertained where the prisoner's first marriage took place, procured the certificate, which he produced to the Magistrate, and at the same time expressed his determination to prosecute her for the offence. Mr. WEDGWOOD, having examined the certificate of the first marriage, asked the prisoner whether she had ever gone by the name of Goff ? Her reply was that she never had, and that the only man she was ever married to was the complainant. The father 'said that, now she was getting old and ugly, the complainant wanted to get rid of her by trumping up a charge of bigamy against her ; that he bad her taken into custody seventeen different times on this charge, and taken before Magistrates, by whom she was on each occa sion liberated, there being not a particle of evidence against her. - The complainant denied this latter assertion; and said that he had ascertained that the prisoner's first husband was now living at Bath._ Prisoner—lt's a lie. You had better give me victuals and clothing, which I stand in much need of, instead of bringing me up here as a criminal to the bar of justice. This is all a trick to get rid of me, but I'll stick to you, my old boy, while you have got a shirt to your back. You'll not send me over the herring-pond this time. The Magistrate having explained to the complainant the evidence that would be required to establish such a charge as that which he had brought against the prisoner ; and upon his undertaking to bring it forward on a future day, she was accordingly remanded for that purpose. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday Creole La Grasse, a man of colour, was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, the sitting magistrate, on a charge of being concerned in the massacre of eleven persons be longing to a tribe of Hare Indians, at Mackenzie River, in the territory of - the Hudson's Bay Company, in North Ame rica, in the winter of 1835-6. The prisoner having stated his name, through the medium of an interpreter, Mr. Tod briefly related the circumstances under which the prisoner was apprehended. Mr. BRODERIP asked if the constable was provided with the necessary vouchers and documents, and Mr. Tod put in a variety of papers, consisting of the case laid before the law officers, their opinions thereon, the depositions and ad missions of the culprits, the appointment of the constable, and the powers and privileges of the Hudson's Bay Com pany. It appeared that among other persons in the employ of the Governor and Company in the course of their trade with the native tribes, were three half-bred Indians, natives of the Indian territory in the vicinity of Mackenzie River, named Baptiste Cudian, Baptiste Jourdain, and Creole La Grasse, the prisoner, the two former being Christians, and they being baptised ; the other was not. Cudian acted as interpreter, and a woman with whom he used to cohabit left him in consequence of ill-usage, and became the wife of one of the Hare Indians, who were in the neighbourhood of Norman Fort, on which Cudian formed a deadly plan of revenge, and, with the assistance of Jourdain and La Grasse, massacred eleven of the above unoffending and peaceable tribe, and burnt their habitations. Among the persons mur dered were several women and children. It was some time after the massacre that the Hudson's Bay Company were made acquainted with the circumstances, when the parties were put under arrest. La Grasse subsequently stated, and his deposition was taken on oath, that he and his com pan* Jourdain were led by Cudian to participate in com mitting the crime, under the impression made by Cudian, representing that their lives were just on the point of being sacrificed by the Indians, in order to obtain possession of a woman, one of their wives, whom he had previously de bauched, and who was the only individual saved in the ge neral massacre, except a couple of young lads and some children, who made their escape, favoured by La Grasse and Jourdain, The massacre in question had given much uneasiness, and was expected to be productive of great in convenience to the trade and Company, and their establish ments in the Indian territory, and was very likely to investi gate a very terrible retaliation on the English. The Go vcrnor and Company were, therefore, desirous that no means should be omitted of bringing the murderers, as an example not only to their own servants, but also to satisfy the Indians that any wanton offences committed against them should not go unpunished. From a letter to Mr Geo. Simpson, dated Norway House, July 17,1836, the following extract was read .—" Baptiste Cudian, Creole La Grasse, and Baptiste Jourdain, the actors in the horrid murders that took place at Mackenzie's River in the wintcr of 1835-36 were brought before the Council this season, and underwent a very strict examination. Cudian confessed that he despatched four persons, and Jourdain, although present and appeared to take an active part in the massacre, denies that he either killed or -wounded any. On the contrary, he says that he saved a woman who had been wounded from being des patched by Cudian, and assisted some boys who were in the camp to escape. Creole la Grasse was sent home. by Mr. Tod for Rupert's Land. The prisoner Cudian, who was principal in the murder that took place at Mackenzie's River, has been committed to gaol, and is to be brought to trial at the instance of the Crown at Three Rivers. On the 13th he was taken to the Lower Province of Canada by the Governor's desire. In answer to my application to the Attorney-General fie. Lower Canada for advice as to whether the parties should be taken to the Upper or Lower Province for trial, I was informed that it was the Governor-in-Chief's desire that they should be taken to the Lower Province. I, therefore, mean to take the principal, Cudian, and. Jourdain, who will be admitted King's evidence, along with me, via Moore ; but, as it would be impossible to take all three toge ther, and there be no other conveyance this season to Canada after my departure sufficiently secure, I mean to send La Grasse to Canada, via England, which will be a less expensive mode than employing a crew expressly for his eonveyance." After other extracts from the papers had been read, from which it was evident that the massacre was concocted by Cudjan from motives of revenge, in con sequence of the woman with whom he cohabited having left him, and become the wife of one of the Hare Indians, and the commitment of La Grasse for the murders he had committed been put in, Mr. BRODERIP asked the prisoner,, through the inter preter, if he had anything to say why he should not be sent to Montreal for trial ?----The prisoner said he was not alone when the massacre was perpetrated. Cudian and Jourdain killed some. He (La Grasse) killed four, three men and one child. Mr. BRODERIP said he should commit the prisoner to Clerkenwell-prison for a month. The prisoner was then locked up. MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL " UNCLE HORACE."—We have read this novel with much interest, equally delighted with the variety and truthfulness of the cha racters introduced, as we have been charmed by the spirited and effective style in which the narrative and dialogue are conveyed. " Uncle Horace "is a picture of old bachelorship in its most perfect form ; but we most admire the exquisite taste and skill with which Mrs. Hall has delineated all her female subjects. We feel that they are real in their origin —so graphically and naturally are they developed and sus tained throughout.—Edinburgh Evening Post. A few days ago as a farmer's wife, residing betwixt Easingwold and Thirsk, was searching in the pasture for hen's nests, one of the cows attacked her, and struck one of its horns under her chin, which penetrated through the roof of her mouth, lacerating it in a most dreadful manner. Her daughter, who witnessed the distressing scene, seized a large stick, and happily sneceef!ed in driving the furious animal away, otherwise the unfortunate woman would hoe been destroyed on the spot.