The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE. PUBLIC JOURNALS. To judge from the long delay which has oc curred in executing the threatened assault upon Shumla, the Russian force brought forward for that service, if not originally insufficient, has been rendered so by the unlooked-for vigour of the enemy, or by the mismanagement of its own leaders. It is, indeed, affirmed by military men, that the loss already sustained, from inadequate supplies, from fatigue and sickness, in a far more. serious degree than from the sword, has much impaired the strength of the Imperial army ; but whether the supposed tardiness of the general operations he really ascribable to this cause, is mere c onjecture to all but those who are officially informed. The notorious imper fections of the medical establishment of Russia (if it deserve the name of an establishment) in the field, must greatly aggravate the evil of wounds and diseases, and the consequent ten dency of an active campaign to break down the most formidable army. A good deal of import ance is attached to the departure of Nicholas at such a moment to the distant and comparatively insipid quarter of Odessa. But Odessa is the seat of his principal magazines, and the spot where any negligence or inefficiency on the part of those whose duty is to arrange the expedi tion of the necessary stores by sea, might be, and perhaps has been, attended with injury to the service. There is, moreover, a circumstance hinted at which may, though we know not that it has any influence in separating the Em peror from his camp—we mean the mission of diplomatic and military agents from Powers not cordial in their approbation of the war, to the head-quarters of his Imperial Majesty. Now, since it would be the business of such deputies to place themselves near the Imperial person, and therefore, so long as his Majesty remained in the field, to enjoy the opportunity of closely watching the movements and condition of the army, the incidents of the campaign, and the hourly ebb or flow of fortune,' there seems no thing ridiculous in the suspicion (whether it be founded in fact is another question), that the Russian Government might prefer a superine sentience exercised by fbreigners at Odessa, to one in the centre of the invading force. Mean time, the speculators on warlike chances are not idle, nor the projectors of territorial changes, which it is presumed must issue from them. A .week or ten days ago a journal reputed to be in the confidence of the French Ministry, quoted a long extract from a pamphlet entitled " Of the :partition of Turkey." This, if we may judge from the extracts, is unquestionably an amusing work. We, who have not yet forgotten those supercilious epigrams, whereby Buonaparte was wont to announce in the Moniteur the down fall of a throne, or the transfer of a nation, can recognize in the professed " partition of Turkey" a true scion of that imperial stock. We have, first—Turkey conquered, and Greece reoonquered ; then, proceeding from such simple data, we find, 2dly, that Austria is to have Bul garia, Sera, Bosnia, Croatia, and Upper Al bania, all in full sovereignty. Next our parti tioner gives the admiring world to understand, that these full sovereignties are to he nothing more than compensations ! for sacrifices which his docile client, Prince Metternich, is doomed by the same decree to inflict upon the House of Hapsburg ; for, Stlly, Austria must relinquish the whole of her Italian provinces,—Venice, Modena, Parma, Milan itself, to the Royal House of Savoy, whose dominions are to be baptized again under the name of the sub-Alpine' monarchy, of which the capital. (so minutely provident is this partition monger) will be •alter nately Milan and Turin. 4thly, (now for it,) the House of Savoy cedes to France the island of Sardinia in full sovereignty—to be for ever A part of France—on the same footing as Cor sica. France shall besides take possession of Landau, and of the other districts of Alsace and Lorraine, which were detached from her in 181.5, and given to Prussia and Bavaria, which two powers are to receive a suitable indemnifi cation in money" (not from France, be it ob served, but) from the Germanic confederation. sthly, The Duchy of Savoy, the peculiar patri rnemy of the House which takes its name, is to be weested from the same House of Savoy, and turned over to the cantons of Switzerland, which are in return to be robbed of some territory held by them beyond the Alps. • fehly, Constanti nople, with Romelia, Macedonia, an the dis. trims bordering on the Bosphorus, as fax as Mount Olympus, and part of Asia, are to he tendered to the Duke of Modena, of the Aus trian House of Este, and guaranteed by all the Powers of Europe. 7thly, Russia to have Moldavia and Wallachia. Such are the chi meras which French writers deem it worth while to honour with notice ; and this fresh partition of Europe,—for it is nothing less,--this jumble merit of universal violence, fraud, and plunder, the netif projector assures us is an affair of not the smallest difficulty, simply a " reconstruction of Europ,e." We forgot to say that England likewise has ti share of the gentleman's liberality, not of course in any dirty territorial, commer cial, pecuniary, air other tangible form,—no ; but she is to have the invaluable privilege of giving good advice to .4..ustri, and following in the wake of France, as the sole Conditions on which she will be permitted, to recover her lost " ascendancy." This is an obvious improve ment on the priest , who refused a halfpenn y - to a starving. man, but generously offered him his blessing.— Times. Tile report which was yesterday so.generally circulated in the. City , of the intention of the Earl of Aberdeen , to resig n the offi , ..e of Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, is not, perhaps, so ill-founded as most people seem to imagine. The treatment which his Lordship—the only man of any talent in the Administration, besides his Grace of Wellington and Mr. Peel, and who is as amiable in all the relations of private life, as lie is distinguished for his knowledge of foreign Courts, and his intimate acquaintance with science and literature—has experienced on more than one occasion, would have long ago disgusted men of lees acute feelings than his Lordship, and it was ,mentioned to us some time ago, on No indifferent authority, that the only reason which preVented his Lordship from resigning wa s, his anxiety not to disturb the councils of his Sovereign. How far subsequent con duct en the part of the Commander-in-Chief may have influenced his Lordship, we have no means of knowing ; lout _the circumstance of an Ambassador to a Foreign Court having been ap pointed without his knowledge (indeed we be lieve the first intimation of the appointment was that of the said diplom atist calling en paisant at the Foreign Office for his instruction s !) is not likely to have given him a greater taste for office. With regard to the ether ru mour ,— that of the Marquis of Lansdowne succeeding the Earl of Aberdeen, it need merely be observed, that it is within the range of possibilities. We do not, however, consider it as at all probable. The principles of the Marquis of Lansdowne would not coalesce very gently with those of the Duke of Wellington ; and as he has shewn him self as unambitious of office, as he is certainly independent of it, we augur that this portion of the rumours of the day will turn out to have been a false scent.—Morning Advertiser. Another valuable Report on the subject of Crime has been distributed—that from the Select Committee on Criminal Commitments and Con victions, which was re-appointed last Session. The Committee, after noticing the increase of crime in general, of late years, and the compara tive unfrequency of atrocious crimes, observes : " Thus it appears, that although the number of offences in the mass of our dense population is very considerable, yet, when the subject comes to be examined, security of life and limb was never greater. Property, it is true, is not equally safe, but even here there is not any large proportion of offences, which reach to the ruin of the person against whom the offence is committed, or to sub ject property in general to any very serious risks. The most usual, numerous, and troublesome crimes, consist of stealing from the house or the person, goods which are easily transported, and may be quickly converted into money. This view of the subject is important, for two reasons—the one, as it tends to show that, with some remarkable ex ceptions, the state of society is not one' of great depravity; the other, that it gives to the opera tions of Government a body which may be acted upon by law. Gangs of pickpockets, pilferers, arid even housebreakers, may be to a great degree con tracted and restrained by means of preventive police and exemplary punishment; their crimes are not the impulse of blind passion, which is satisfied to sa tiate itself and to suffer for the enjoyment, but the result of a calculation of unprincipled men on a cool view of their interests. If you can make the hazard greater than the probable gain, you may rest sure you will diminish the crime. On the other hand, it must be confessed, that of late years the art of crime, if it may be so called, has increased faster than the art of detection. The improvement of commu nication, the employment of young thieves by th e older and more practised, the crowded state of our gaols, and other causes, have tended in many parts of the country to make the plunderers of property a species of organized society, having their division of labour, their regular leaders, and premeditated means of escape. At the same time, in the agri cultural counties, the business of detection is often left to a village constable, who is perfectly unfit to deal with any but village crimes. In many of our large towns, likewise, police has not been improved in most instances with the increase of population; and in some instances this defect appears to arise from worse than negligence." There is, no doubt, much truth in these obser vations of the Committee. The atrocious crimes in England are comparatively few. It is always much easier to deal with men who calculate than with men who act from blind impulse ; and " if you can make the hazard greater than the pro bable gain, you may rest sure you will diminish the crime"—" If you can cast salt on a bird's tail," &c. The great difficulty we have to struggle with is, that the thieves are good calculators, and the Magistrates bad calculators ; that the thieves act frora " a cool view of their interests," and the Magistrates act too often from passion, which is always a bad counsellor. France and England afford more than one contrast with re spect to crime. We possess the crimes which may be easiest acted on by police and law ; but, to use the language of the Committee, we have not improved "in the art of detection." The French, again, have made a much more rapid progress in the art of detection; but they have a greater proportion of crimes against the person, both as compared with the whole amount of crime and compared with the population, than we have ; and crimes against the person can be least acted on by law. This is very happily illus trated in some of the late Reports of the Keepers of the Seals on the State of i Crime. All the skill of preventive police is unavailing against crimes which are the impulse of blind passion. When " unprin cipled men, who act on a cool view of their ir.te. rests," shall abound as much in France as in Eng land, they will be in as advantageous a position as that in which we happily are, for " acting on crime by law." Security of life and limb was never greater—and even in the case of property production is never paralysed from any idea of risk or insecurity. It is not so much the amount of property which is taken by depreda tors, as the manner in which it is taken that de termines the influence on production. For in stance, if we were to compare England and Ire land, it is probable that one single hawl of a bank parcel, or gutting of a silversmith's shop in England, will exceed in value all the thefts in Ireland in a year. But yet thieving as carried on in Ireland, is infinitely more mischievous than the thieving in England. For instance, the pil fering in Ireland operates as a complete bar at present, in most of the counties, to the introduc tion of a spirited agriculture suited to the cli mate. Every one who knows any thing of Ire land is aware that, from the humidity of the cli mate, the turnip husbandry, which would reno vate their worn soils, is peculiarly adapted to that country. But the moment a gentleman or farmer has turnips above the ground,. the people pounce upon them, and in spite of all his efforts make in time a clearance of the field. The de. predators are chiefly children, sent by the pa rents, under the idea that no man would be so . cruel as to punish children for such a venial of fence. We know a case of a Baronet who gave an advantageous lease of land to a spirited farmer from England, under the idea that the rest of the tenantry might benefit by the example. On his return to Ireland, after an absence of a year or two, lie found the whole farm in grae.s.. On his remonstrating with the far mer he was answered, that if he had proceeded with his English farming he would have been utterly ruined, as he could keep nothing on the ground. The Bishop of Kildare o_,4ndsay) succeeded in saving a field of turnips by the stratagem of proclaiming ar. • the Chapel that he intended to plough up the field, and he wished the people to take up the turnips within a given time. If he had prohibited the people he would not have been able to preserve any, klere then we have an instance of depredations to a trifling value being of the most ruinous consequence, while in England, ,depredations to an enormous a mount as a whole do comparatively little injury. Adam Smith, after the Economists, had his en umerates the Cl ergy , t h e l awyers, t h e pro ductive and unproductiv e c l asses, among the latter he who live on the p ro d uct i on ; but he for thieves—a pretty numerou s c l ass , w h o g s o o l t d i e t 1 11, tax the community to a considerable amount, but not to such an amount as to interfere with production. It has often resemblance bee n observed b between w t e h e a n t there are many points of the Turks and ourselves, in legal matters ; and . we perceive, from a traveller, that their poli ce i s not behind that of London in the encouragement of crime. " There is a provision favourable to • murderers ; for if the perpetrator i s luck y enou g h to (Yet out of the way before he is discovered, the get and Waiwode can charge the blood on the people before whose door the murder was committed, in a town or village, and levy upon them 40,000 aspers, the stated price, so that there is seldom much dilience used to appre hend the criminal himself. ' Justice, we see, is ingenious in every country.—Morning Chron. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR RE LIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUITS, ISM SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq. Chief Commissioner. Berkshire—Reading, Tuesday, Oct. 21. Oxfordshire—Oxford, Wednesday, Oct, 22. Gloucestershire—Gloucester and City, Friday, Oct. 24. Worcestershire—Worcester and City, Monday, Oct. 27. Herefordshire—Hereford end City, Wednesday, Oct. 29. Monmouthshire—Monmouth, Friday, Oct. 31. City and County of Bristol—Monday, Nov. 3. Somersetshire—Bath, Wednesday, Nov. 5. Somersetshire—Wells, Friday, Nov. 7. Devonshire—Exeter and City, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Cornwall—Bodmin, Friday, November 14. Devonshire—Plymouth, Monday, November 17. Dorsetshire—Dorchester, Thursday, November 20. Wiltshire—Salisbury, Saturday, November 22. Town and County of Southampton—Tuesday, Nov. 25. Hampshire—Winchester, Wednesday,:November 26. Kent—Dover, Saturday, Vovember 29. City and County of Canterbury—Monday, December 1. Kent—Maidstone, Wednesday, December 3. Sussex—Horsham, Friday, December 5. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. T. B. Bowits, Esq. Commissioner. Rutlandshire--Oalham, Saturday, October 18. Lincolnshire—Lincoln and City, Nonday, Oct. 20. Nottinghamshire—Nottingham and Town, Wednesday, Oct. 22. .Derbyshire—Derby and Borough, Friday, Oct. 24. Yorkshire—Wakefield, Tuesday, Oct. 25. Yorkshire—Kingston-upon-Hull, Monday, Nov. 3, Yorkshire—York and City, Wednesday, Nov. 5. Yorkshire—Richmond, Saturday, Nov. 8. Durham—Durham, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Northumberland—Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town,Thurs day, Nov. 13. Cumyerland, Carlisle, Monday, Mov. 17. Westmorland—Kendal, Wednesdap, Nov. 19. Lancashire—Lancaster, Friday, Nov. 21. Lancashire—Liverpool, Saturday, Nov. 29. Cheshire—Chester and City, Wednesday, Dec. 3. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. W. J. LAw, Esq., Commissioner. Hertfordshire—Hert, Thursday, Nov. 6. Essex,—Chelmsford, Saturday, Nov. 8. Essex—Colchester, Monday, Nov. 10. Suffolk—lpswich, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Norfolk—Yarmouth, Thursday, Nov. 13. Norfolk—Norwich, Friday, Nov. 14. Suffolk—Bury St. Edmunds, Monday, Nov. 17. Cambridgeshire—Cambridge, Tuesday, Nov. 18. Cambridgeshire—Ely, Thursday, Nov. 20. Norfolk—Lynn, Friday, Nov. 21. Northamptonshire—Peterborough, Monday, Nov. 24. lluntingdonshira—Huntingdon, Tuesday, Nov. 25. Bedfordshire—Yedford, Wednesday, Nov. 26. Northamptonshire—Northampton, Thursday, Nov. 27. Leicestershire—Leicester, Saturday, Nov. 29. Staffordshire—Litchfield, Monday, Dec. 1. Staffordshire—Stafford, Tuesday, Dec. 2. Shropshire—Shrewsbury, Friday, Dec. 5. Warwickshire—Coventry, Monday, Dec. 8. Warwickshire—Warwick, Tuesday, Deg•. 9. Buckinghamshire—Aylesbury, Priday, Dec. 12. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Jacob Smith, Diorama, Regent's-park, from Sept. 2, to Oct. 31. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Faflows., Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton manufacturer, to surrender Oct. 2, at six, 3, and 10, at ten, at the Office of Mr. J. E. Norris, Halifax. Norris, Halifax ; Williamson, Gray's Inn-square. Thomas More, Tipton, grocer, Sept. 15, 16, Oct 10, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham- Norton and Chaplin, Gray's-Inn-squnre, London, or Spurrier and In gleby, Birmingham. William Nelson, Broad-street, Golden-square, oil and colourman, Sept. 12, at eleven, 16, and Oct. 10, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Atkins and Davis, Fox. Ordinary-court, Nicholas-lane. John Morris Herring, Aberystwith, Cardigan, victualler, Sept. 16, at one, 19, at twelve, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Davies, Palsgrave-place, Temple. Philip Buckley Edwards, Tanyralt, Carnarvon, mer chant, Sept. 3, 9, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Clarendon buildings, Liverpool. Kearsey and Hughes, Lothbury, or Williamson, Brunswick-street, Liverpool. Abraham Edmunds, Worcester, timber-merchant, Sept. 11, 12, and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Hop-polelnn, Wor cester. Cardale, Buxton, and Newton, Gray's-Inn ; Parker and Smith, Worcester. William Wetherell, Home-House, Manfield, Yorkshire, horse and cattle-dealer, Sept. 13, 19, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Castle and Anchor Inn, Stockton, county of Durham. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square, London, or Raisbeck, Wilson, and Faber, Stockton. It is remarkable that Plymouth is at this mo ment crowded with foreigners from the opposite extremities of Europe,—Russia and Portugal, who are here under cir cumstances which cannot but awaken great public interest. _Plymouth Journal. IMPROVEMENTS IN COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.--Yesterday morning a number of workmen commenced their labours in Covent-Garden Market, for the intended improvements. Stone-masons were employed in pulling down the stone pillar, which was surmounted by four gas lights. The column was erected at the sole ex pence of his Grace the Duke of BEDFORD, and cost 9001. It never answered the intended purpose, as it was not of sufficient height to diffuse the light generally through the Market. Several workmen were alio employed in pulling down the stalls. _ A new Report of the Commissioners for Building Churches has been printed by order of the Rouse of Commons. It states that 69 churches and chapels hasl been completed, and that accommodation had been provided for 107,200 persons, including 59,650 free seats, to be appropriated to the use of the poor, at the time of making the last report; and since that time, 15 new churches and chapels have been built, with accommodation for 20,333 persons, including 10,688 free seats for the poor. Also, that 46 new churches and chapels are now building, to ac commodate 65,472 persons ; and the estimated expence of building which is 363,798/. 18s. Applications have been made from 41 places, the population of which, according to the PeOsoa of 1821, amounts to 829,733, and for which there is at present phurch accommodation for only 113,085. The Commissioners state, that since the opening of the commission they have already determined on, and made provision for, the erection of 213 additional churches and chapels ; and that the Exchequer Bills which had been issued to July 17th, 1828, amounted to the suns 'of 518,9,800/. ST. A:%4E,5%:-STREET.—This region of club houses and resort of fashion, wh;ch, only six weeks ago, was thronged with carriages and pedestriapp cf the first order, now presents a dreary void, and scarcely boast* 4 patprian wheel upon its pavement, or a fashionable saun terer on its confines. At CROCKFORD'S the curtains are all bagged, and the costly mirrors enveloped in muslin, to protect them from the files, EVetl the kitchen fires are scarcely lighted—sad not a soul is to be seen, except now and then a solitary passer through tomb who drops ifs per hazard. At WkiiTt's, two or three I..onlionfixtares have the whole house to themselves; and at BoopLes one desolate member, with his elbows on his knees, and Ns hands enveloping his chin, may be seen occupying the bay-window for hours. At Baooxs's, even Whig gisrn is a time extinct, and the up-stairs' shutters are not so much as Oiled. At GRAIIAM'S, where more money is lost, and won than at more and notorious places, scarcely more thin one table can be wad.. The Cocoa-tree is denuded of its branches; at the Colonial neither coffee nor sugar is in request; while at the Coffee mill the very Fcales and weights are getting rusty. At the Albion, the few rea4oing lovers of high living, at low prices, congregate at seven ; arA4 the guards, who cannot march when they ilease, are seen gliding by 4nee ancj tWPa into their new house, as if half-ashamed at the ungentility of being seen in town on the eve of September. At PBX TOWN., where, scarezly a month ago, not an attic was to be obtained for love or money, every bed is disengaged while NUGER'S choicest hands are emplOyed on shooting-jackets :Ad gaiters. Sic transit gloria munch Such is the state of St. James's-street in the autumn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—An ancient-looking Greenwich pen sioner, with a simple, smiling, gentle little creature by his side, addressed Sir JOHN PERRINO yesterday as soon as he entered the Justice-room, to complain of a breach of faith on the part of the parish officers of Cripplegate towards him. He said they had promised to give him 21., and they had only given him half that sum. " For what were they to give you 21. ?" asked the Alderman. The prisoner pointed with his thumb at the female, and, after a little hammering, and show of delicacy, he hinted it was to be his Marriage portion with the young woman, whom he had married on 3londay last, at Cripplegate Church, she having formerly been an incumbrance on the parish. The MAGISTRATE inquired their respective ages. The , husband said he was 56, and his wife about 30. "And what means of supporting her have Sou?" con tinned the Alderman. The husband said his pension and his labour would be sufficient for that, and proceeded to state that the commit tee had sent for him to offer him terms, and he had repeat edly told them he would consent to marry the woman only on conditiOn that he should not be at any expense for the ceremony, that a wedding-dinner should be provided for them, and that he should have besides a sum of 21. with her. The overseers wanted him to take the 21. alone, but he told them over and over it would not suit him. On the way to the church, it being agreed he should have what he asked, he solicited Thorn, the beadle, to give him the cash in hand before he tied the knot, but Thorn put him off with a pledge that he would perform the promise as soon as the ceremony was over. After it was concluded i he would give him no more than a single pound. Thorn said this was not the truth. He had not pro mised to give him 21., but merely said he might rely upon receiving whatever the overseers had stipulated, and he (Thorn) was informed this was 21., including all expenses, being the amount usually given in such cases. The woman was a pauper, receiving ls. 6d. a-week, and had for some time been importuning the parish-officers for a marriage portion, stating that she had been living for a twelvemonth with the old man, but that she was much ashamed of her disgraceful situation, and as he was willing to marry her if she could get something to make them comfortable in the beginning, she hoped the overseers would meet their wishes. She was told to send the old man, and he came repeatedly to his house, and was introduced to the com mittee, where he was told the expenses of the ceremony would be reckoned in the 2/. Those expenses were, 15s. for the church-fees, and 7s. the wedding-ring. Sir Jolts, who seemed surprised at the amount of the church-fees, asked the man if they had been living together for a year ?—" On and off abeut that time," replied the pensioner. " Were you living together at the time you were mar ried?" said the Alderman.—" Yes, certainly," replied the husband. The wife explained, that they were obliged to find their own dinner out of the U. given them on leaving the church ; and the Alderman, after hearing the parties pa tiently some time longer, said the impression en his mind was, that the old man had been misled, or had misunder stood the committee, and that he might not suffer a disap pointment at such a time, he would recommend the gentle men of Cripplegate to give him the other sovereign. lie could do no more than recommend it—it was a•matter in which he had no authority. Thorn told the old man to appear at the board on Friday. Arrintrr AT BURGLARY.—A man, who said his name was John William Sackett, was charged with attempting to break open the premises of Mr. George Ward, carpen ter, in Greystoke-place, Fetter-lane, between twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning. Susanna Moone, daughter of Moone, who lives opposite Mr. W.'s gate, said she beard some one pass up and down the court several times, at a late hour, on which she put out the light and watched at the window, and saw a man take the padlock off and ge away. She called to the watchman and described the man's dress. The latter put out his light and concealed himself, on which the pri soner came towards the spot, and the watchman took him into custody. On searching him, a small cbissel or jemmy was found upon him, which exactly fitted the marks made in the deor by the person who had attempted to force it open, but was prevented by an inner lock and bolt.—The prisoner was the man who took off the padlock, although she did not see his face. The prisoner protested his innocence, but Sir JOHN PERRINO said he was sorry that lie could not believe him innocent of the charge; the facts were too strong against him, and he must rebut them at the Old Bailey. The prisoner was fully committed, and the witnesses hound over to appear at the next Sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--A milkman named Robert Mills, who supplies the neighbourhood of Lei center-square and that district with milk, was brought from the watch-house of St. Ann's parish, Soho, charged with assaulting a young female servant, and seducing her into one of those infamous brothels in Little Dean-street. The complainant, a very pretty-looking girl, who was accompanied to the office by her mistress, the wife of a re spectable tradesman in Castle-street, Leicester-square, stated, that on Wednesday afternoon, when the defendant called at her master's house to leave the usual supply of milk for the use of the family, he asked her if she could manage to take a walk out that evening ; she replied that she could, and in fact that she intended going that evening to see a friend in Stanhope-street, May-fair. The defendant said that he wan also going in that direction in the evening, and he would accompany her part of the way. They accord ingly met at an appointed hour, and walked together some short distance towards May-fair, when suddenly the de fendant stopped in Princes-street, and asked her to go in with him to a house that he pointed out close by, to sit a while, and have some refreshment. Thinking that the house was a tavern, she said she did not mind going in, and she accompanied him there ; but they had no sooner got into the passage of the place than she immediately suspected it not to be a tavern, particularly.as an odd-looking woman came and brought them a candle to go up stairs with.—. Upon this suspicion, she asked the woman what sort of a house that was, and the latter very candidly told her that it was a house of accommodation for stray ladies and gentlemen; and guessing at once the sort of accommodation that such houses afforded, she (the complainant) instantly darted out of the place, and upbraided the defendant with the treachery of his conduct. The defendant then seized hold on her, and endeavoured to detain and bring her back to the house, but she gave him a slap across the face, and ran off as fast as she could home, and immediately told her mistress how the defendant had treated her ; and her mistress, know- ing where the defendant lived, employed a watchman, and had the defendant soon after taken into custody and lodged in the watch-house. The defendant, who seemed to wish to turn the whole matter into a joke, had nothing to say for himself, and after a severe reprimand from the Magistrate for his base treachery to the poor girl, he was fined 10s. for the assault, in at tempting to detain her by force. MARYLEBONE.— William Canadine, a young man of respectable appearance as a working mechanic, was charged with having, by false pretences defrauded John Marshfield and others. John Marshfield, foreman to Mr. Cubitt, the builder, of Gray's-inn-lane, to whom the prisoner had been recom mended, by the clergyman of the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, received directions from Mr. Cubitt, on the 17th of March, to give the prisoner employment, and provide him with tools until he could get some of his own. He did so ; and finding he was destitute, be supplied hitn out of his own means with food, clothing, and money. On the following Friday the prisoner told Mr. Marshfield his uncle, Mr. Scott, a banker in the city, was dead, and would be buried on Sunday, at Norwood Church, and that in consequence of his death, be was entitled to receive 1,2001. When Se'Pßdn , mornipg came, he asked Mr. Marshfield to lend him a suit of clothes, to war at the ftmeral, because the mourning which he had ordered was not ready, and borrowed his watch and seals, that he might appear more respectable, and money to pay his expences, and with all this he absconded. Mr. Marshfield found his watch, in a few days, pawned for gl.,- at the shop of Mr. Harrison,' Tuthill-street , Westmipste- • and diseoyered the prhoper . on Monday last, as he was making bay, in a field at burn ; and as soon as the prisoner saw ltim, he threw down his rake, said he w as guilty, and hoped to be transported, for he had been mi serable some time. Richard Can a dine, a brother of the prisoner, who lives in Great Smith -street, Westminster, stated, that the pri saner married a niece of Mr. Scott, a banker, in the city. Sbe is de4d, but he believes Mr. Scott is living. There were, Other complai74ntp, b u t this charge was con sidered by Mr. GRIFFITH sufficient to answer the ends•of justice, and he was committed for trial. Some months ago the prisoner was convicted under a similar charg e , and sent to the House of Correction. There he Otaii;ed the good opinion of the clergyman, and after wards turned it to ;he abovp aegoitnf • • Heitry Ansel', driver of the hackney-coach, No. 76, was brought before Mr. Gulp - witand Mr. 1 11,AWLINsOn, in custody, ,undeohe following . serious circumstances:— On Sub4y night, about eight o'cloik, he galloPed furiously across the New-road, from tpFer Norton-street to Osna burg-street, by Trinity Church. Jane Howlett, a poor woman, was crossing the road at the time, with a child in her arms, and Mr. Henry Quinton, of 21, Upper Seymour street, Euston-square, who was waiting on the spot for a Paddington stage to take him to the city, saw her in danger, and ran to assist her, but his efforts were worse than unavailing, for the horses knocked them all down ; one wheel went over the woman,land broke four of her ribs; and another grazed the shoulder of Mr. Quinton, very much injured one of his hands, and put the thumb of the other hand out of joint ; but the child most fortunately escaped, with only bruises from the fall. The coachman took no notice of the accident, but galloped along to Williams's mews, in Mary-street, and when the persons who followed him came to the yard, they found him in the act of taking off his plates, to avoid prosecution. The poor woman was taken to Middlesex Hospital, where she remains in great danger; and Mr. Quinton was so much hurt as to prevent his coming forward yesterday to give evidence. The prisoner said his reins were broken, and he had lost the command of his horses. The Magistrates told him it would be well if the woman recovered, otherwise his life would be in danger ; and committed him to the New Prison until that knowledge is ascertained. WORSHIP-STREET.— William and IJenry Ledge (brothers), and James Lee, a carman, were under exami nation the greater part of yesterday, charged with an ex tensive robbery, committed in January last, upon the premises of Mr. Peter Callender, Bermondsey, a wholesale leather-seller and dresser, to whom the prisoner Henry Ledge was apprenticed. The warehouses were broken into at a very early hour of the morning, and great part of the stolen property, 124 skins of leather, found in the course of the same day in a loft ever a stable, near Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, in pos session of the family of the Ledges and the prisoner Lee. The evidence, which Was extremely voluminous, having been taken, Mr. TWYFORD determined on committing the prisoners, but remanded them for the present to consider whether they should be tried in Middlesex, where the pro perty was discovered, or in Surrey, where the robbery was committed. HATTON-GARDEN.— George Upward, the Bow street patrol, who was charged on Wednesday at this Office by Bolton, a watchman, in Chapel-street, Pentonville, with being drunk, and thereby prevented from endeavouring to take a thief who was reported to have entered the area of a house in that street (see the account in yesterday's paper), now came forward to prefer a complaint against the same watchman for assaulting him. The young man who had informed the patrol that he bad seen a person descend into the area eame forward and cor roborated his statement. Mr. LAING asked what became of the supposed thief? Complainant—l know not, Sir; I was dragged away to the watch-house before I could have any opportunity of satisfying myself whether or not any such person had ac tually got into the house, and it is most likely that if he had, he seized the opportunity of the watchman's improper interference to make good his escape. Mr. Sergeant SELLON reproved the defendant for inter fering so unwarrantably with the duties of the patrol, told him that his conduct was too gross for summary punish ment, and that he should therefore order him to find bail to answer to the charge at the Sessions. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. WEDNESDAY, Auo. 27.—High water 28 min. past 12. —Wind E. S.E.—Arrived the Thetis, Townley, from Dublin; Lune, Prowse, from ditto; Corsair, Goodwin, from Belfast ; Birmingham, Head, from Dublin ; Lord Nelson, Dixon, from Dumfries ; Sovereign, Kegg, from Stornaway. CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The James Peake, for Prince Edward's Island ; Montreal, Leith, for Montreal ; St. Peter, Gernatrom, for Elsineur ; Wimmeline Kranenbay, Prange, for Amsterdam ; Margaret, Bush, for Barbadoes ; Majestic, Hodson, for Bahia ; Nautilus, Jacobs, fOr Liver pool, Nova Scotia; Lady Byron, Pickering, for Vera Cruz; Sisters, Handy, for Africa. ASSEMBLY Rooms.--Notwithstanding the sensation which had been so recently created by the Ball at the Montpelier Rotunda, the announcement that his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON intended to honour the Full Dress Assembly at the Rooms with Isis presence on Monday evening, created a general bustle in the fashionable world ; and as early as seven o'clock, an immense crowd collected round the entrance, all anxious to obtain a view of the illustrious individual, whose visits to Cheltenham have ever diffused such general and heartfelt pleasure...—. The preparations made by Mr. and Mrs. LEa for the oc casion, were on a splendid and extensive scale. The gallery was thronged with spectators, and the superb Ball Room nearly filled with an almost unprecedented display of rank, beauty, and fashion, before ten o'clock—when the arrival of his Grace was announced by three distinct and enthusiastic cheers from the populace assembled in front of the vestibule. The Duke, with the Princess ESTERNAZY and her daughter, were ushered into the room by Mr. MAR SHALL, Master of the Ceremonies; and their entrance was hailed by every mark of respect from the numerous assem bly—the band playing " See the conquering hero conies." Shortly after his arrival, the dance recommenced, and the Princess honoured Colonel DummtEscl by joining him in a quadrille. , His Grace was decorated with the insignia of the Garter, and appeared in excellent health and spirits.— He expressed himself highly gratified with the attention which had beetk shewn him, and remained about half an hour, when he retired much to the regret of /00 of the Rite of fashionable society in Cheltenham.— Cheltenham Chronicle. PARTING WITH AN OLD FRIEND.—AbOU two years ago a sailor had the misfortune to take on board more grog than ballast, and falling into the hold, dislo cated his shoulder. The poor fellow was at sea, and being without proper surgical aid, lost the use of his limb. It hung useless from his body, and proved a great burthen. Having applied to the most celebrated surgeon in. London, he was told that nothing could be done for him but re moving the arm from the socket. He was not so ready at first to part company with his arm, but being told it would never again render him any assistance, Jxcit consented to have it off, observing at the time that no hull should keep en board more cats than could catch mice. He was ad mitted some months since to Guy's Hospital, and prepared for the operation. All the pupils attended to see the ope rator take the arm off, and nothing could exceed the skill displayed by Sir _on the occasion. The arm was put aside: to be taken away. JACK never uttered a word until it was over. He then said, " I should like to see my arm, if you have no objection." " None," re plied Sir "if you desire it." The amputated limb was brought, and JACK, taking the hand, exclaimed very deliberately, " Farewell messmate ! You and I have weathered many a tough gale together, and now we must part. You have been a good friend to me : I shall never find such another !" The surgeons were struck by the odd manner in which he had taken leave of his arm, and a handsome subscription was entered into for his benefit. He got well in a few weeks, but he has not yet lost the re collection of parting with his old friend. MYSTERIOUS MURDER/IN NEW SOUTH WALES.—By the sagacity of a favourite dog, the murdered body of an old man was found a few days ago, in a hole, where it had been attempted to be concealed, on one side of the road leading from Sydney towards Botany Bay. The deceased is recognized as THOMAS Tumult, a stockman, in the employment of a Mr. Wieser, who has appeared as an evidence on the Coroner's Inquest. The purport of his evidence is, that the deceased reported, on the previous Tuesday, his having met with a marl whom he suspected to be a bushranger. They had some trifling conversation; which led him, the deceased, to form no very favour able impression of his new acquaintance.. Upon the deceased going out next morning, Mr. WEST says he ad vised him to be cautious of the stranger ; the deceased re plied, he was net afraid, provided the man did not . come upon him unawares. Deceased left home in the morn ing, and never returned after. No intelliganite could be gathered of his fate till a dug, which was faithfully at tached to him, led the master towards a spot of ground which seemed to have been recently dug up ; the dog here expressed all that canine sagacity could to induce his master to search the spot closer—he scraped away part of the earth, and Mr. WEsT having dug into the surface, to his amazement found the murdered body of his servant plunged, into a hole. The throat of the poor fellow was cut, and several stabs appeared on various parts of the body, which was in a state of nudity. It was exam ined by a surg eon , who gave it as his opinion that . the man cuold, not hav e lived more than three mioutea after he was stabb e d. • A by.the deCea sel l o f t h e man ansWeriai the description give"' stranger alluded to, was seen near.WEsT's Station, employed in washing a pair of 'trousers in a creek—the trousers are represented to be similar in appearance to those worn by deceased at the time of his departure, This stranger ,has since been taken into custody ; he is thought to be insane. Sunday forenoon, but without inquest wiout be " i a t t i g 6 ab ti l onto cas Sa t t a u n r y da c ) iea a r nd light on the myste rious affair. They have returned a verdict of wilful nuirder against some person or persons unknown.—:Frorn an Australian Paper of Jan, 1.... , EDINnt otis MR. AUSTIN. _ li] The ease of thi s un f ortunate gent l ema n et. ] much interest in Greenwich. The prevailinlNßE nion is, th a t M r . A ust i n cannot legally be prolteasvi ed by the di rectors of the hospital, inasmuch 1 May 5 was only a servant to Sir J. Thompson, thr "I call I treasurer, who upon being appointed was 0b e.,X' e ,„ to produce securities to th e amount o f 2 6 V „ ) ckw,.: consequently th e h osp i ta l must proceed aril N.- executors, who alo ne can b r i ng t h e c h arg e ch ° ll ' 4 bezzlement agai nst A ust i n. , c se ...., 4 „ Upon the examination at Bow -street, on we, OZe day night, the bulk of acceptances found in his_ . ! ". were produced before the Magistrate, and insF 1. 0 4 1. by Mr. Payne, the deputy to the present trees 11..4,1 Sir Wm. Johnston Hope. They are to an inul 4 4 7 tr amount—some are not yet payable, and others; N ock 5 been over-due two or three years, but most of ',IL. ; w appear not to haVe bee n out o f hi s han d s , as, %sr" do not bear his endorsem ent . Th e ot h er d o cun .1-c--.. also were produced, a n d exam i ne d b y Mr. p`` 1. 'bß and Mr. Bicknell. Since the apprehension of Mr. Austin, h ig i q g and family have removed f rom t h e h ouse on SY i , Z ham-common, and h ave gone to res id e i n Ge, t!: fittl ' skeet, Greenwich. The following ex t raor di nary circumstance l Ittitt . thi place on the morning that Mr. Austin fie t ' l F 0t,:.! Sydenham, an d i s the general subje c t of ct I l i ' : ) 446 - i tion throughout th e town. A journeyman ' g li t ; fe , layer, residing in Greenwich, named Robert, sl ikeis kinson, was proceeding to his labour at Levi"" the on the Sydenham-road, when, in passing ° I ti lei am foot-path, his a t tent i on was attracte d to a Pie, 4°42101 paper that was lyi ng on some road-stuff, 6 3 ' . .Ziee been heaped upon th e e d ge o f t h e patis* . —* appeared as if it had been recently placed or tir ° iN A there. Two pers ons were procee di ng at some U'l tance, and must have passed the spot. Park A n e took up the paper, and to his utter astonishin g , turned to be a 1,0001. Bank of England note, g '; new, and without any endorsement or other )i ttle upon it. He'went to work with the`treasure il bk,,. . . . k pocket, and on his return home in the eveniut 04 . 1 very properly named his lucky adventure to 0 ; 7 ..... respectable persons of the town, who • advised. I , ,,Pttfil to take it immediately to the Bank, which ', 41"-yir cordingly did on the next day, and explainet 11 4 ' , .. , extraordinary manner in which it came into i t il i ji:** session. He was d es i re d t o l eave t h e note WI 1 ,211, , I 1 cashier, in order th a t th e necessary steps sh° p itti.-i taken to find its owner if poss ibl e, w i t h a JO 1 1 ' 1 understanding that, should it be identified, he I tir , be entitled t o a sa l vage o f one - e i g h t h of t h e and ?age', and, provided it was not claimed at the i 111 4 4 41 twelve months, he would have it returned to. Sai,4 With this promise the fortunate bricklayer re° ' 4 .A home quite elated with the result of his m issie I t ' 4 i - ---- at all events, he will be entitled to 1251. 1 °H the present period, and although every exertil been used, no claimant has come forward• extraordinary circumstance has produced vario mours, but we refrain from giving them put Parkinson is now employed at Crowley's Greenwich. A Board of Directors will be held at the 11 4 on Saturday next. the ilf 4 t ' A V, Se / 1 '4 4 of 'ON I' Itite lii 4- est pia the At tad 8,4 tams, 7rvalat SUMMER ASSIZE INTELLIGENT NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LANCASTER, AO' Robert , Franiley, aged 23, was indictedi saulting Ann Holt, a child, under ten years 0 at Over Darwen, in June last. Ann Holt examined by Mr. BRANDT-10 0 11 :1 prisoner. She rec o ll ec t e d th e l ast t i me s h e b thing to do with him. It was on the Monde . between four and five o'clock. He sent her P waste. He came directly after she had beg, pick'waste. (The child then described the at e Martha Kay came up - directly after, and W, soner went to the engine -room. Martha 1( 1 : 1 to the waste-room for some wast e . Sh e aske d had been done to her, but she did no t t h en te )i 1 she told her at night. She could walk weld went home. She told her mother the next ing; she durst not tell her before ; she 0 15 w i of his beating her. Her mother brought her:cl fast to the factory th e next morn i ng ; s h e CO w' eat it. Ann Donkinson, the mother of Ann Holt marriage, observed nothing particular respeeti l ' , daughter on the night th at t h e o ff ence took Jt She did not eat her supper, but she t h o ugh g e , was from the warmth o f' the weather. She, • not eat her breakfast, an d th en s h e inquire° 'A.p li was the matter, and her dau g ht er to ld h er ,, i ti G. " Robin would not let her bid e ." ti er ( o. ' o All then explained to her. - She had never o nce c tioned the matter to her. She went to 1 ‘.., 11.1 d;i0 1 tt l'cui Tins, and she sent her to the . constable, Ka .! k2der n who examined her. He asked her question°. 1 1 4 , ::'''' , 4in went to work on the Tuesday. Her daughter kti 4 ' al -lit born in 1818. t el,i' N u The Learned Jud g e summe d u p very mil° di 1 4 „ a ' The Jury found th e prisoner guilty of attett c oml . ' t " Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Then, gentlemco, t ' tt . -I' , 'cl t an acquittal. 1 ,0 r Nileu , The wretch was or d ere d to b e d eta i ne d to alit IN't • ea t , for the misdemeanour at the SessioLa o r t 4 kuri ar There were several other cases tried in the c 4k red( of the d a y. "til k AI a Y On the Civil side, one case occupied Pellthegi:'sre. the Court the whol e d a y. It was a quest i o n Ni- st out of the estate of a bankrupt. —„,..„--..--..... V c cal A few days since, a f e m a l e p ass i ng n ear n o t t„, k stile, Holborn, w a s a sk e d by a young woman , 9e dio , t o c 1 ,3 about 18 years of age, to hold h e r i n f ant w hil e s he % c o , some part of her dress. She consented, b ut h a d o °itio hE taken the child than the oth er ran o ff towards 14° 4 and has not since been heard of. It til" to.. _______/ N I ., NE: • BIRTHS. et, 1 3 , r ate On the 22d i ns t ant , i n N ort h -crescent, Gower -4r 41 4 811 lady of J erem i a h Di c k , Esq., of a daughter. o'l s I,,'kt "ie itrc On the 28th i ns t ant , Mrs. Philip Good e , of 1 - i ° - 44,, / ! id Suestreet, Fitzroy-square, of a son . vt i tp ' th e On the 28th instant, the lady of Mr. Willis''' 'N.... , Threadneedle -street, of a daughter. co o tr oti s' irs • On the 18th instant, at Castle-Fogarty, i n the aos4 ,, N (1 , of Tipperary, Ireland, the lady of James Lenigan , 9 \1; l ' l t , ~! 1 a daughter. v , p,,, u r i, MARRIED. d i e t;'!, th e ' On the 26th instant, at Paul's Cray, Kent, by - 0 11 ,:',,ltt, -1 John Simons, rector, Thomas Atchison, Esq. 0°3 ,001 t‘ l itit c ; the Royal Regiment of Artillery, to Lydia Simon° , ) ', IN ; daughter of the venerable rector. . ), lii r-..;‘, • On the 28th instant, at St. • Mary's, Latubet.-!10 t i Rev. C. Turner, Mr. G. L. A. Behrens, of Mar l ' - f 1 a, Josephine, third daught e r o f M r ., J osep h N e wton, " ~; e v i l k e uingtop, 1 e ti,, l 'k : On the 23th instant, at Brixham, Devon, by t ,., ) s q ~1!,,,, H. F. Lyte, Edward Dunsterville Puddicombe, ), e ait - mtti t : Furnival's-inn, to Margaret, eldest daughter of .54.1 smell R. W. Leslie, Esq., of Stradmore-house, Cardiga n t o 14 1, 1 On the 28th instant, at St. Botolph, Aldersg 3 o! eh l t't t Mr. John Crisp, of Beccles, in the county of Su t (107'Illy i Esther Sewell, of Paington, Devon. Tfn 1 P t` lt Y, On the 28th instant, at Streatham Church, ' 3—'4 , 1 1 Nr Eli, sa q Esq., Broad-street-buildings, to Ann Caroline , e 4 , ,, vhit t )l , ll R ay l e y, niece of Thomas Butler, Esq., Trinity-sq ua f r w i th iith On the 27th instant, Jacob Montefiore, street, Finsbnry-square, •to Jtuitina Lydia, E e s ld g e ' et °ol, a :d 1 4t i of Benjamin Gompertz, Esq., of Kennington -P , tati s4 Vau 1 xhall. , gul ge • tuay ,4' tit u - 1 i b 3 rl t". l, , • t e La e a Itls t - eert a i )f . 4 ii : et as t, - "Ptti tlich 1 „ k)r 44 ' iii ard e , tl ta rne, -. oerie i Card .n( m eBs ItTtet. DIED. • 10 1°1 1 Oa the 24th instant, a t L eam i n gton, Wanvic Philip Carteret Silvester, Bart. and C. 8., a Pool in the Royal Navy, Ai At Boulogne-sur-Mer, of hopping cough, the °ift and the eldest daughter of Thomas Rose, Esq. , ° Do i place, St. James's—Thomas Reid, aged 3 yor s 'a .1' 15th ; Grace Margaret, aged 5, on the 24th ; 411 , vi; IV aged 8, on the 24th instant. ° ) On the 25th instant, at Bromley, Kent, re. Perism, eldest daughter of the late Rev. George vicar of Lathhury * Bucks. , aeli#, 1 1 : On the 28th instant, at Kew-green Miss Cor r $ per, eldest daughter of George and Cerdelia Pep?' ' 25th year of her age. f - On the 27th instant, Mary, the beloved wife 0- fd" Darby, Esq., of Ashton-house, Herts. On the 22d instant, su dd en ly, Margaret, wif e °I tir Fryer, Esq. of Lansdown-place, Bath. .°° - o' .i fe 4 ) l 4l 1. 1 b aY jr a :ztl l , hr e 4 -4 4c / 11 1, 1 1 k , PRINTED and P UBLISIIID by AIURDO - Wu t i to Sum' Orricx, 112, STRAND, LONDOIf•