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the Ministers ; these ascribed it to the rationa lity of their doctrines; and the Church Clergy ascribe it partly to the vigour of the Dissent ingln stitutionS for various purposes, both Of religion and charity." We hail these appearances as full of promise for the future; The Dissenters improve the Church ; the intelligence of the lower orders improves the higher in time. It is true that our literature has hitherto been almost exclusivel y calculated for idle lo un gers ; the diffusion of taste for liberal' knowledge in the. middl e an d . lower Classes will in time, open a demand for all manner of bOoks. As yet a bookseller dkel hardly venture on the publication of an exten• sively scientific Work, from :tbe limited nature of the demand ;, and a Review dedicated to sucli an important subject as Jurisßrudence has been commenced lately, for the first time, while in Germany several periodical riblications are devoted to .furisprudence, -- as well . as to . Philosophy and Theoloy. But. Literature is • • • ceasing to be exclusively,' aristocratic, and is becoming every day more' and more popular. Till . a 'knOviledge of all the 'oh'. jects of importance to the welfare of mankind becomes popular, there is little chance of im provement. The lawyers, for instance, will never improve thelaWS till they are compelled' by the dissatisfaction of the body of the people.' The Legislature must be 'stiinulated by the people, for .booby Lords of themselves Will, never originate any thing. It is the sam e with every thing. Improvement below will force improve, ment "above, or. throw what is,uppermost under- Most.--- I Morni;zg Chronicle. We yeiterate. our prayer on behalf of the starv ing. Spaniards: The case of these unfortunate beings is no less worthy of deliberate considera tion than of effectual relief. " They cannot work," and to beg; for. themselves " they are ashamed." They cannot. work, because they are almost in every instance 'of a ,class of society unused to manual labour. One half or mo re are women—ladies . lay birth and breeding—and children ; the rest,, with few exceptions, are Gentlemen, so compromised with the Camarilla Government, by services either military or civil to the Constitution, that the - absolute certainty of death or of a dungeon, left them no-alterna tive but'aU immediate flight from *M. Some of these.ekiles, instead of proceeding at once to, England, sought refuge at first in (...iibraltar, and others in the neighbouring State of Portugal" From Gibraltar, after a residence of consider able dUration, they were stiddenly driven, at the requisition of FerdinanXs Ministers, in many in stances without being allowed time to pack up their 'clothes.. The reingees who had been granted an asylum in. Portugal during the latter years. of King JOhn, and the ahninistration of the Princess Regent, have peen,: within this twelvemontli, :expelled the country, by Miguel. The, above two . descriptions of:Spaniards con stitute the bulk, 'of those .Who are sometimes talked of as being less fit objects of provisio'n bv the British Government, or of support by 'indi vidual charity than, their - brethren who had arrived on British ground . before them. In our judg ments, the Claims of are alikeof all, we mean, who.-were expelled from SPain by the threats and persecutions of that odious despo tism, which, „,,holds every thing. English in the same abhOrrenee with its own constitutional .sub jects, and would persecute us equally if it had the power. But we have heard it alleged by connexinus of the British Government, that many Spaniards had voluntarily taken shelter h e r e , for the sake of being fea. and maintained by the charity of England. Good God ! have they who gave utterance .to such an accusation, reflected for a moment on the meaning : of it ?: The highest rate of payment from the funda of the Committee (for it is their list, not the Go vernment one, which has furnished us with mat ter for this article), we believe, has in no case exceeded 48s. or 50s. per month to any fathei of a family, perhaps two guineas ; but we take the outside calculation. Men of the highest rank among the exiles were forced to exist upon that pittance—the inferior ranks upon much less. Now let any ,Englishman just answer us—what sort of existence such an income as 25/. or 301. per annum would afford a .human creature whose home was London ? And what species of sen tient animal that must be,, who could, as a pro fitable speculation, think of taking a : passageon board ship from Spain, where sufficient food might be had to,support life for I.W. or 2d. per day, to:the capital of England, where twice the awn will hardly do more than buy cat's meat ? repeat, that nobody who can exist at all in • Spain would, comp to England to b e half-starved on such "allowances as , were made, even at the. ,best of times, ,by the Conunitt ee . Then as to working for their own subsistence I Is labour so attainable by, sout banded and experienced native workmen, that foreigners of shattered frames, and ignorant of drudgery, anuat be censured tbr an un- . wol. i tignos to work ? the trench emigrants re -2... „i vmg abode 150,0001. per • . annum i 4. ront British charity, are, said,,in many eases, to have earned large sums by 41w industry. True, th e F renc h are more, Versatile. and ingenious th an the Spa niards: the French,emigrants swarmed here in a period, of war when hands were scarce and la boux was abundant. . Is that the situation of the country now ? But, i n f a ct, those of the wretch ed Spaniards who - can find opportiputy, do la hour hard to get bread. for .their childt vit ; and they do not lesortr;eitherto Government or to the Committee. It is .for the helpless, for those who are too feeble to exert themselves, or for whom' the overstocked market has . no demand, that we are now imploring the benevolent spapa lilies of our countrymen... If we did not kqotv them to be .in the last stage of misery, we would spare the public these painful and harassing so licitations. it has been asked, and by ourselves as well as others,..why does not the Government provide for them, since the parishes are riot bound to do so by law, and since human creatures in . a Christian land:mustaiot be seen to perish? We answer, that we do not know. why Government re jeces the entreaties Which have been presentectto it, - not once but frequently, and with the most pressing W e judge no mail. warmth. The Minister hag declined the pto .proposal take upon the pub lic treasure this sacred burden , and we f u lfil a more imperious duty in acting upon his refusal than in making it a topiC.ol animadversion. We cail upon the charitable to obey th e commands of God—to feed the hungry, to cloth e the naked, • and to take in the:houseless and shiver ing stranger. It is asked of us, W I►l at can private charity do ?" We say, more than the want of private charity." If it cannot subsist and sheltei one thousand foreign poor in corn- T etency and- comfort, and for a course of years , it can keep alive and in resignation to the will ,of Providence the half or fourth part of a thou sand, for months, or weeks, or hours. It can alleviate some misery, it can appease some gnaw ings -of inward pain, it can' save even, ,one impther'4 heart from breaking, when it saves' from famine one breadless child. If private charity cannot do all for the destitute, some thing.for the affluent it -can do : it is •social •a a • manly, feminine, 'Claistian . dlityi•--a duty which needs no other recommendation than the exquisite pleasure of performing it. A. -letter which we here subjoin places before our readers one or two of the' mitheroits claims upon their benevolence, who are ta" be found among. the banished patriots of Spain. .We - can vouch fOr . the truth of the statements, and foi• the exern . • plary merit : of the parties ; • but our chief solici tilde is, we confess, : : to set on foot a provision for the body at large, " TO THE EDITOR OF THE . TIMES.. "' • " Somers -town, Oct. O. " SlR—The kind part von' have :taken in favour of the Infortunate Spanish exileF, and th.e apPahing situation of these illustrious victims of tyranny, the description of whitili . ,you haye sq• frequently and affectingly drawn, : urge me, to address you; .when their circumstances are worse than ever, and when no hope .reinains.of /heir escaping the-dreadful fate .which threatens those who have neither bread 'to support nor clothes to slieltei them. • 'Ntiy Sir; the poor Spaniaids of the list of the Coinmittee 'are' li terally starving, and soon, perhaps, Nvill fherlireathe their last, under no ,other shelter than, that of the . . wintry sky. 1 : "It not, howevef;to - ilte getieral .case, of ti,ie refugees that I now call your attention. You have proved 'their warmest advocate and their, best•frierso; but I now appeal to:you on behalf 'of two families of distitiptished. rank, who are incurably • compro mised with the despotie"Govertiment, and who being both composed of ladies and children,' , and haying, no Other means to exist upon -than 016 scanty allow-' ance of the Committee, now exfiausted, are in the deepest misery. • " The names of the . respectable fathers Of these faMilies will be enough to recommend _them to your protection, and to induce you to rescue from actual starvation the innocent and harmless objects of their) parental tenderness and conjugal affection.. • : " Lieutenant-Colonel Don .Epifanio Mancha is one*Of the, two gentlemen : he lives at No: 28; Derbyroid, - Kingsland-road, and 'is' labouring under a chronic disease that affli c t s ,hi m. d ou bl y at the be ginning of winter: but his sufferingSaie bey'ond'endit;' ranee when he considers his wife, his three dauglit'ers, , and two sons destitute of all the necessaries Of life..A ". The othergentieraan is 4..ientenant.oloneltio - n Vicente Valiterra, late Governor of Peniscola, and 'who for a•long'career of, honourable service- to his: 'King and country has been -banished from-Spain, after an imprisonment of -four Years. He was re- Auccd either to leave his co'Untry or to undergo the priishment of death, - kir hiShighly patriotic conduct at a most impprtant 1-le now lives with his wife,, .twO : danghters, an d n t wo . sonS; at I.\To Phoar: x-street, Somers-town., . These,nre,.Sir„ the two families ; beg you to recommend, to your .friends, and which I hope will ind in your protection the relief of .which they are eminently deserving. R." (Times.) • The bitterness, of abuse which the, Roman !Catholic : declaimers in Dublin are in: .the -habit of venting against such of the Protestant . porters of 'their cause who may happen to:differ : with them on any point, proves, ,pretty clearly Ihat,.althoughfiberaiity is their.profession, the: worst intolerance is their practice: The turning 'out of Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald,, the constant and, ;hereditary adVodate of Emancipation,' . from the • !representation of Clare, was an inStance. of their gratitude, only equal,: to that which ,they: evinced when, at a former time, they took their., petition, out of the hands of the . late Mr. ilenry ;Grattan, and entr us t e d it t o another, merely because Mr. Grattan :declined to sub mit his free judgment as a Member of Parlia ment to the dictation'and control of Mr. O'Con nell and his party. The recent deounciations against Mr. Lavalette Hutchinson, : also the con stant and hereditary promoter of the Catholic claiMs, .is another instance of their gratitude; asr well as of their consisteney. 'The . scurrilous treatment which Lord:Rossmore has received, for daring to, retain any opinion of his own, after going unusual lengths to serve the Popish cause, is another example of the readiness with which Protestant favours are forgot, wl :niever heretic support stops short of absolute subset., viency. In fact, these declaimers act as if they were determined to have , no Protestant friends who will not submit to be their abject toole - and slaves. Penee their, ,gross abuse of Mr. Cob bett and Mr. Hunt, for having the presumption to think for themselves.—Morning Herald. ANCIENT WELL On . the shores of the Moray Firth; in the larish of thiffas ; stands the small but . nelitland ifiriving fishing station. of Binghead. .Th'i . 0,...-. . • .. . . . .. is ofno very ancient standing ; but the promontory is said by antiquarians to have formed a station for ! the Romans when that wonderful people colonized our rugged strands. To the 'north is a perpendicular rock,which the Danes surrounded with a rampart of-oaken logs, or. stakes, portions of which have been frequently (lug: tip,• together with hatchets, and quantities of 'Mined .grain. In digging at the time of the erection' of the hiir . - bour, the worthy proprietor informed : us his men found about thirty small figures of bulls cut in stone that 'Are supposed to have been trophies carved by the Romans, as We strike ritedals, in commemoration Of any signal.victory. I Another scrap of Roman antiquity was dug up by the workmen,' a small brass coin; which an eminent antiquary,. Sir T. Dick Lauder, said was one - of the tokens in common Use among the Roman soldiers to note their allowance of wine. But by far the most- curious and antique object at Burgllead is a large well, cut ont of the Solid rock, like aehamhe'r, to the depth of abOlit twenty feet, and twel ve f eet square. • YOu descend .to , the spring of th e roc k, by a fli g h t o f twenty-six steps; cut also out which h ave , b een M uc h ! worn by footsteps, suppos e d to !be those of the and their successors, the' Danes • conjecturedthat' 'gigantic ' Roman soldiers, been the one used in days of ,this i f ,, o o,e r riel it bmy is utsh p te la h u sao si l. b de l i y ers of the ga.riiso.n. . Ten .. ) present populatiOn of Butghead daily fre quenting the . the spring, would searcely„perhap s in de such an impression centuries, have ma on these lye rock. The well w a s di scovered steps of massive - some • ,; rVilen improvements about fifteen year:, ago, N. ernents al— . of water on the pier were in progress. ± ~y . 4 was severely felt by the labourers, and as they were one day lamenting their scarcity of thi s nature, cheap but ;•nvaluable element of man suges rrted .that they should dig in a cert a i n . - spot, where, according to mime m ,orial tradition, resolved _ a well would be found. They to try, and • immediately. commenced operations ; but after excavating to the depth df tentwelve feet or • on. the side of the hill, they gOt.tired oldie pro ject and desisted. .The late Duke of Gordon, who was one of the proprietors of the harbour, anti who happened at the time to be visiting, heari ng the story of the well, "told the men to _i:___ _ _ dig away, and . not to mind a day or two's labour,. They ccordingly - set46 .. again*, and at length sue ceededLat th e depth of frOin twenty to thifiy feet from the surface, in finding the.long.hidden well,. and verifying the truth of the old tradition. .i—lnverness Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE' EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT APOTHECARIES' HALL —Yesterday three men, who have been labourers at Apothecaries' Hall, were brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having plundered the ware houses of the establishment of property to the amount of upwards of 1,000/. One of the principal servants of the establishment stated, that large quantities of quicksilver; scatinnony,• and other valuable drugs, had been stolen out of the warehouses. None of the stolen property had been discovered,- but information had.been received which warranted the apprehension Of the prisoners, who were known to have lived in -much better - Style than their salaries of twenty' shillings a week each coidd enable: them to support. it was 'supposed that this statement was sufficient to warrant the detention of the ' p oisoners until the act i v i ty of the police mi g h t be attended with suceJss; 'but The' LORD Mivott said , that; before he could think of remanding them, some adequate cause must be shown. His Lordship at the same time observed, that tie should ,not require any thing' to be stated that :might operateas an impediment tO'detection, A .witness• was• then sent for, and the following. extraordinary statement was made by a person named Corbey,- who keeps livery stables near Whitechapel road youngest prisoner Called upon the wit ness at the.stables, and told'him that he and another had got 501hs. of quicksilver at Apothecaries'-hall, mid disposed •of it,:and that he -(Witness) 'would be surpeised in a day 'or two at something which he should , hear. Accordingly, in • a 'few days witness heard of the extensive robbery at Apothecaries'-hall. On.the Wednesday after the robbery, • the youngest prisoner again called upon - him, and made him a con fidant, 'and to a.stillf:greater extent. "He had, he said,. concealed himselFin the warehOuSe, and let in some persons on Sunday, he 26th of October, and they were all near being discovered - by a child, who sad' them enter, and whotold his father. While in the warehouse they had' bread and' meat, and they packed up the goods: They had paid 'a man 10/. to take away the•property, but that person 'sent word' to them that he would not take away' the'goods ex, cept they would consent to give,him 101. iticire. They were therefore obliged to send for a'hackney coach utati,- who took • the plUnder away- for M. It • was stated that thisaccount agreed with the circumstance 'to which others could bear testimony. 'Part of a leg of pork was fotind on the premiseS:on the Menday morning when the robbery was discover et.l;l and the child'allUded to had given the informa tion before stated.' . • - The' first witness stated that the'warehonse had been elosed on•the Baturday night As usual at : ten, 'o'CloCk. - He 'passed through :the warehouse to the Counting-house, and persons might ha:ve been hidden at the - time in the former place:, On the Monday , roorningthe flap of the cellar door was foundopen, and it was' Soon • diSeeiVered . that extensive plunder had talien;place. - Cha'rl'es' and ThOmas Hurdsfield apprehended the .priOners, and searched them at their house. The ,youn2pst pri::inner said, " If . you don't search other people's places as well as mine, my eyes, but I'll let:them know something before long." The other prkonerS said they knew math* at all about the robbery, and the officers found nothing at the house . . , of any of than. , • • Pie LORD MAYOR asked the prisoners whether they would •all promise to come forward when re gnired ?—Tlicy all promised; and his Lordship, having told them that, they were bound to assist to the utmost in detecting the authors. of those daring depredations, discharged them. A West India merchant, of unquestionable, re spectability,, was brought before the, LORD MAYOR, chaiged with having been (to use the modest lan guage of the constable in whose custody he, was) " unable to see liimsellhome." The LORD MAYOR, who perceived that the de fendant's countenance was most wofully cut and swollen, asked by what accident the gentleman at the bar became so helpless ? The defendant held down his head, and The LORD MAYOR said to him—l think, Sir, I have had the pleasure of seeing you before. !•• The: defendant, with A deep sigh--.1(ou are right, my Loi.d. The LORD MAYOR--And how (lid you happen to meet with this disagreeable accident ? You are so much disfigured that 1 scarcely knew you. The Constable--Please your Lordship, the gen-. tlernan had a drop too much,. and .he was tumbling about the streets, so I took him to the Compter, where they washed him clean and pat him to bed. —(A laugh.) ~ The LORD MAYOR—But how did your face be come so much injured ? (The defendant's face was something like the representation of Baron Mon ,chausen in the caricature shops.) The defendant,-Oh i I fell down before the officer came to my assistance. lam much obliged .to him for the care he took of me. The :Loin MAYott said •the defendant was under obligations to the officer. :the defendant, who is rather advanced in years; then made bow -to the Lord M a y or , sa id t h a t h e shonld . avoid,falls of the kind-as much. as possible in future, and departed.: . • BOW-STREET. Yesterday afternoon as this office was about to dose, a middle-aged man, of very short stature, and a native of Germany, who gave , his flame as Martin Perstandeg, w a s br ou ght by a ,Bow-street officer, and charged before'Sir - R.Biastsan - d Mr. MiNsitmx, the sitting Magistrates, un d er t he following circum stances : - • A young lad , abOut . the age of 16 or 17, stepped r .. forward and 'stated, that he was the servant of Mr. . . bOokieller, at No. 39, Chaneery-lane . , and , he attended oil his part to i n stit ut e a charge against the defendant. In December he came into his master's shop, and said that he was in very great distress, and wished to know whether he could give him any employment. Mr. Wilkes replied that he ,dick not think he could ; but after a shoit time he said he recollected he had ooine inantiscripts, which, although he did not want at pt'esent, he would , give him to read over, and he would make some subsequent arrangement' With him._ Mr.Wilites then gave him the ManuseriptS, and the priSoner, iii a short time Walked out. He came several times again, but at last disappeared entirely without having brought thein back; Mr. Wilkes,' in consequence, 'offered rewards for his apprehension, but he had not been able tofixid him till that - day: .FerStandeg.—Nell, but you have not heard my story. All that you have stated is not. true, and why..does not Mr. Wilkes attend here himself? Boy—fie is engaged on business. Perstancleg.7-Oh, very well. I will state then to the administrator Of. the law my case (addressing, Sir. Richard). , Sir r l am a literaryzentleman, and well known at every library and ,literary society. I was engaged by Mr. Wilkes to correct and read' over . ~, .... - these manuscripts, for which I was to receive one guinea. I went to him a short time after I had got them from him aad had read them over, to as k for my money, bathe refused to give me any. 1 consequently would_ not give him all his manu scripts; and he then thought , proper to post me in every place and. paper, although at the same time he knew very well where to find me. lam known, r I again re p ea t, to every. li terar y soc i ety o f any note. • Sir RICHARD.—Prav, Sir, how long have you been in En g l an d ? "Defendant—Twenty years, you and in .that time I have man age d to pick uworship.; p a tolerable knowledge of the English l an , gunge. • Sir RICHAR D c I perceive; btit what reason, may I ask, did Mr. Wilkes assign for not paying yon for your labour ? Defendant (shrugging his shoul ders—Ob, your Worship, there are - many Others in the same predicament as mySelf. He gave me one shilling, and I dare say wanted me to take out t h e rest i n bread, meat, and cheese. Sir RICHARD. (in surprise)--What, then, does gees sh o p ? Fer this. bookseller. keep ti cheesemon standeg—not exactly, but he never pays those whom he employs in what is called hard cash. Sir RIcHARD—Then, perhaps, this manuscript was gotten by hinfainongst the waste paper.used for the cheesemongery business ? Ferstandeg (langh ing)—l really think it was. The chief • stilistance of it is a refutation and proofs against the right of Dr. Robert Fellowes's succession to-the property of the late Cursitor Baron Maseres. •I was engaged by Wilkes to read over an correct this, for which I was to receive the sum of one guinea. He, how ever; refused me this, and I was compelled, for my own security, to preserve the manuscript in my own hands, as it is worth more than 201., • from the im portant testimonies contained in it. I will,.hoWeVer,. not be frightened by him. Sir RicitAnD—l understand, Mr. Ferstandeg, that you were exercising your talents, I shall knot mention particularly what sort, in Scotland. • Sir . Richard here paused, expecting an answer, but not receiving one, continued—'Yon preached there, did you not ? Defendant—No, I did not ; but .1. gave lectures on the translation of- the Bible from 'the, Hebrew,and Greek. Sir Rica/um—But you found the.people of Scot land too 'sharp for ycit4. They, you must acknow-.• ledge, are astonishingly clever. Ferstandeg—l do not know. exactly to what you ' point, Sir Richard. I can only say that I completely defeated five -Scottish, collegists. L Ala not know whether that shows them clever. (Laughter.) •Sir RICHARD—WeII, well, we will stop, that sort of conversation, and turn to the business before us. Will you. return the manuscript ? Ferstandeg—Ccrtainly not; that is a security_ in the event of his,not paying me. Sir RicttAnD—But it is not the law. There are other means of recovering payment for your trouble. You bring the manuscript thiS:eyening, and we will see .what will be dune. then. Defendant---I have no objection to that, and then you can see what remuneration is- sufficient for my trouble. The parties were here about retiring When.it.was whispered to.the Magistrates that Mr. Wilkes was ,present, and had been some time in the office. Mr.MINSHULL consequently desired them to -come baelq and Mr. Wilkes to step forward. • The ,bookseller being sworn deposed, thlt in the commencement of last December he placed a bill in his window,' purporting that a boy was wanted.— /Dile day the prisoner came in and said that he was 'in great distress; and he did not mind-making him 'self useful. His 'family were without a single loaf, and he would take that place; lie replied that that vacancy hadbeen. filled, -but he recollected he had a :manuscript whiCh he wanted to be • read over -and corrected. -He would give it to him, that he Might 'read a few pages'and consider of -it. -The prisoner in a short time left-the shop, but in an hour returned ,saying he wanted some money-. He asked him for the manuscript again, bUt be. said -he had not got it with hint. He, out of pure charity, then gave him a shilling,- and received a'rnemorandurn (*hid' he held in his hand) from him of the receipt of the book, and his direction, which he gave as Thurlow place, Walworth. Finding he. did not return, he inquired for him- at that place, but the answer he received was that nothing was known of him. George Caen, the boy corroborated the chief part of. Mr. Wilkes's evidence, except in one instance, where he stated that his master had - seen -the pri soner once after• the first time when he asked for his money. He had met him himself several times, and he always declared that unless his :master . paid him a:guinea he would not give up the manuscript; he *mild sooner-burn or sell it to Dr. Fillowes. Sir RICHARD—My. Wilkes you say the man came accidentally into your shop. You,had no pre vious knowledge of him. You affirm these manu scripts are of the greatest importance to you, and yet you trusted them to a man of whom you knew nothing? Mr. Wilkes—But, Sir Richard; I did not entrust them to him ; I gave him no authority to take them. Sir RICHARD—That, then, alters the case very greatly, , and places it in a very serious light. Upon my word, I think the man is guilty of obtaining goods under false pretences. Mr. MINSHULL remarked that it would' be better if,the case stood ovet till'the evening, when further evidence might be adduced. • - Prisoner-i--Very ;well, - your worship, do just as 'you like Send •me to , lie tried by twelve jurymen, Who will acquit Me, , and disgrace you. Sir RICHARD-- , 4101d your tongue, Sir; and offi cer, convey him to the watch -house till seven o'clock this evening.; He was then taken away, and brought up again at the appointed time in the evening. • Mr. MINSHULL then inquired if Mr. Wilkes had been able to produce any further evidence; but he was answered in the negative. Sir RICHARD observed, that he thought already sufficient evidence had been adduced. In his opi nion the prisoner had obtained the manuscript under a false pretext. 'Whatever his intentions were, the law had no right to notice, and he should therefore commit him to take his trial for larceny. Mr. Wood inquired what value he should put upon the manuscript ?. , —Sir RICHARD—The value of the paper.. - • Mr. Wilkes said, that there were two quires of paper, and that would amount, for waste paper alome,. to threepente. . • The prosecutor and his witness Were then bound over in:the necessary-recognizanees to prosecute the prisoner at the next Clerkenwell Sessions.--The prisoner was then rem,:xed. AIARYLEI3ONE. Littleivood and.Brind, pawabrokers, 40, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park, were charged, yes terday, before Mr. GRIFFITH, with. acting contrary to the statute 39 and 40'Geo. W. cap. 39, see. 16. William Atkinsoit was the informer, and Eliza beth Arinfield„ll, Sol's-row, Elampstead-road, who says she is - employed by Atkinson to search after Cases, under the assumed name of Smith, was the witness. Elizabeth Armfield, alias S mith, stated, that on the 25th of September last she pledged a dessert spoon at the shop of the defendants for 3s. 6d.— After she got home she missed the ticket of it; ,and really thought she had lost it; and the same even-' ing, in consequence of that loss, she applied to the: defendants for a printed form of an affidavit, and re ceived one. When The went to bed she found the ticket " concealed - beneath her clothes," and, com• paring it with the affidavit, it was not so accurately set out therein as the law requires. • The affidavit, the ticket, and the Act of Parlia ment, were then, at the instance of the informer, put into the hands . of the Magistrate, and he asked the witness if she intended to swear she had lost the ticket ?—" She made a mistake, and supposed she had lost it;" said Atkinson ; " but yoUr Worship 'must know she found it afterwards under her clothes." •• "Pray, do. not interrupt my question," replied the Magistrate;" but let the w i tness a nswer for herself. D o - you swear,-Wom an t h at you h ad lost the ticket ?" Elizabeth Arrhfield, alias Smith=--The t i c k et NUN lost at the time, yoUr Worship, w h en I a pplied for the affidavit. tpon my oath; ,I . SVear it was lost at the time; but I found it afterwardS,. when I went to hed, in'the fold of my gown., " Then it was not lost," said 'the Magistrate, f or it was all• the time upon your person.' And having the ticket before him, he farther said he had nothing to do with the affidavit, and the information was dismissed. James' Horatio Halliday was charged by Joseph Pinnock With an. assault. The defendant was fi nc d . 20i. _ _ 111A RLFIOROUGII-STREET. . - BRUTAL 11.AULT..— Yesterday T. Beech, 'Esq. appeared before th e sitting Magistrate , H. M. DYaR, E sq . to prefer a am . char ge against a fellow, named jriltOm Kaby, the driver of the hackney-coach No 85% for having committed a most outrageous and unprovoked assault upon him. . The complainant about six o'clock yesterday evening, was passing through Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, when he observed, nearly opposite the Museum gates, a horse lying an the ground, and a large cart, loaded with coals, resting on his body. There Were a number of persons (amongst whom was the prisoner) endeavouring to extricate him fro►n his painful situation; but complainant conceiv ed that they were rather retarding than facilitating the poor animal's release, and actuated by' feeling, motives, he),vas*,indeced to suggest, that if some of, the coala,were discharged' into the street, and three or four persons would ,go, behind the cart and bear . upon, it,.the shafts would lie raised, and the horse would be enabled to. get upon his feet. The pri soner instantly turned,_round and said,. `` Hold your tongue, 'you - - foolq :iyott;' are ;not inclined to do any good, but' you. are endeavouring to do all the. harm you can." The complainant attempted- to't•e monstrate with the defeittltmt upon his abusive con ' duct, when the rutliau.strueit him a tremendous blow in the face, which nearly dislodged the-eye from' its socket, and felled him to the-ground; while lay ing ther'e he kicked him about the legs and head in so 'savage and dreadful a - manner that the spectators cried out " Shame and ratirder !" ' A number of very respectable witnesses fully cor roborated all that Mr. Beech had said. The MAGISTRATE observed that a grosser case he never heard of, and had he not been informed that - the defendant had a wife !and several children, he would sentence him to pay - 14 - highest penalty which the law,allowed; but being made acquainted with that fact, be should tine him .in the mitigatie,d penalty of 4/.. . A genteel•looking young man, who gave his name John Jennings, was charged on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery lately committed at Lord Mart land's. AViS, the officer, stated to the Magistrate, that in consequence of information he received the preced ing evening, he went 'to a'house and took the -.pri soner into custody. Upon searching his person he found in his trousers' pockets two silver spoons with Colonel Stapleton's crest. engraved upon them : he had also a great number of pawnbrokers' duplicates for plate,, glass, books &c. Mr. and Mrs. Coxhead were. both in attendance, but they could not identify the prisoner.ris the man who bad offered to sell them Lord Hartland's books. The prisoner was cothrnitted to prison till further inquiry could be made. HATTON-GARDEN. .• William Appleby, the individual who was charged at this office on Tuesday, with assuming the. cha, racter of a Master in Chancery, and under that coun terfeit representation. othimself, practising upon the credulity of the public, and fraudulently obtaining various sums of money to a,large amount, was yes teiday again 'placed at the-bar before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. MerjeanCSM.l.ON and Mr. LAtsG, on a charge of having obtained under the above false-pretence 381. - . 4s. froth a rope-maker, of the naine'of John Clementson, residing in :Manchester. After a long hearing, the prisoner was fully com mitted upon the charge, and orders were given by the Magistrates that application shotild be made at the Accountant-General's office to know whether such legaeies is . the prisoner spoke of were really in existence or not. Several Mimi parties npop whom the prisone r h a d practiied in a • similar way, "were in the office, but declined to prosecute. • TTNION-HALL. ' Since the.new regulations have been adopted for the metage-of coals, in the county of Surrey, the coal-meters have been extremely. .vigilant is the de tection of frauds to which the public were subjected previously. In addition to :the. convictions which have recently taken place at this office, several in formations have been applied for and obtained against individuals in the coal-trade for bribing the labouring coal-meters, by - giving . them fees over and above what is allowed by the act, for permitting certain irregularities to occur in the - measurement of coals. Yesterday the following cases were heard before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. IioNE. Mr. Todd, an extensive coal-merchant, carrying business at the Northumberland Wharf, was sum moned on an infOtmation charging him with giving Richard Morris, one of the Surrey labotiring aoal .•, meteis, the ofsum lOs. byway of a gratuity for yielding to an irregularity committed on the de fendant's preMises: , '.The defendant, who pleaded " not guilty," had a solicitor in attendance on his behalf. Nix. Jemmett was for the coal-meters. Richard Morris, a labouring meter, .stated, that he was on duty at the Northumberland-wharf on the I lth of October. In the. course of that even- 1g Richard Greenfield gave witness 10s. over and above the metagerof the - :couls that were measured at the wharf during► the day. Witness having been directed by the principal coal-meter to submit to any irregularities that, he might see in the course of the day, accepted' the above sum, which he after wards gave to Mr. Tourquand, his principal. Cross-examined by the defendant's solicitor-4 did not demand the sum' of Greenway, the defend ant's clerk. There was no solicitation on my part. On the Monday previously Greenway said that he should give me 10s. for perMitting certain irregu !elides at the wharf. The money was net for clver work,—that I swear,—but for permitting certain. frauds•on the purchaser. The solicitor—Now I ask you, on the 9th did you 'witness any thing improper.: going forward, .at. the wharf ?—" Yes, I did.". t • . " What was it ?"—Witness— , l saw a " long five." This description of irregularity, as it was called, but what . might be deemed a very gross fraud on the purchaser of coals, was explained by the witness. He said that a " long five' was when an individual purchased a room of coals, a quantity consisting of dive clialdrons and one vat, instead of his receiving the whole, six sacks, and sometimes more, were either left at the bottom of the barge belonging to the coal merchant, or carried' away during the process of 'loading the waggons, and placed . among his own :stock on the wharf. The defendant's solicitor asked the witness if he was' not aware that he was himself guilty of an offence by receiving a bribe ?—The witness replied, that he had acted according to the instructions he 'received from the principal coal-meter. Mr. HONE---The man acted in:perfect conformity to the instructions he received, and-the plan was ar ranged for the purpose of detecting a system of fraud which there was scarcely a doubt had been carried to a great extent. • Mr. Tourquand proved that • he•received the ten shillings from the witness, and also confirmed the evidence of the latter as to the instructions he re ceived. The defendant's solicitor here endeavoured to fix on the plaintiff a charge of neglect of duty. and drunkenness ou the day set forth in the information. He added, that he was prepared with evidence to show that the witness did . not receive the money by way of bribe, fur permitting irregularities, but that he had demanded it for working over hours. John Greenway, the defendant's Clerk, was then called, and he tatett : that on the '6th•Of October, Morris asked him if , they: " tipped " any thing. Witness said he did not understand what he tneant 'by " tipped." Morris said, " Let us come to .an understanding." ;He then said, that he was in the habit of receiving money at other wharfs, and that he should expect me to give hins some also. He did not explain for what he was to have the money Witness recollects the 11th of October. Morris was drunk . on that day'; be commenced drinking a t nine o'clock in tha morning, and borrowed five-penceof witness to get some gin. Ile was very full o f drink,'Said the witness, so much so, that lie was ob liged to lie down in the lobby, and daring the tim e .his duty was neglected.. About seven o'clock the same morning, Morris said to witness, " I hare been waiting for this money a longtime, and I ought to get it now for not paying partleular attention to the measurement . of the coals." Witness, in reply, said that he was to blame for not minding- his business. Morris then said that he had been detained at the wharf late of evenings over time, and e+ mornings. Upon this remonstrance bei witness admitted that he gave Morris 108. By Mr. '3 SfETT.----11e.• ;did not . Lk... " long five": meant until 'lte.::stiw•its des/14h newspapers. The day upon :which.lhef was chargi4l with having 'practised the'' the " ldfig five," he (witness) 'was :cot Mr. Llnyt4 the purchaser of the,rooni: his full measure.' .• Mr. JEMMETT ridiculed the idea of the coal-merehattes clerk, pretending that he rant of the meaning of a "long five" until explained on .a recent occasion in the The learned Counsel submitted that the the defendarqwas fully established, and set up was an aggravation, and called fo penalty. The principal coal-meter . having stated ris was an extremely abstemious man, an . wasperfectly sober on the day in question The MAGISTRATE observed that the forth "in the information were confirthed point, adding, that without the preient Veen adopted to detect frauds of that th the public would be as liable - as ever to p! this case he ilionld certainly inflict the ti (201.).0111bedefendant, having been info) he was in 'opulent circumstances. - The defendant's solicitor gave notice of Another informaticin was exhibited agai ton Megurey, a dealer in coals, who wa with having given' Morris, the witness in case, the stun of 75., for- submitting to au rity in the Measurement of - coals. The witness deposed, that on the II th he received 7s. of the defendant,- r -that is t " o i for two long fives," and 2 s . f or f u r n i s l ",. ivith the Weekly accounts. Jr A technical objrxtion'was here taken b: tots fendant's solicito r to th e Ch r i st ia n -.namoSe.. %r the information, which was quashed on accou. the inaccuracy. Mr. Hove--Although this information has b quashed in consequence of an inforritality,it is, a! that should go before the public, in order to sal the practices which Bate been Carried . :On 11 ' coal-trade, and which exposure, togetl4'With vigilance,of the principal coat=tneters, Mould ten' a, great degree, if not to do away' with them alt' Cher, to materially diminish them. Thel'a was another information itgainst a *ltinuda for a sithiler offeeeti, but he failing watt the summons, a warrant was granted to compel The officer who was intrusted to serve the sutra', on the defendant Was assau lt e d at th e coa l - Nebel one of the firm, against whom a warrant bas b issued for committing a breach of the peace. 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L • it e ~e will I , ( t t th e t he t tak(. t fr it ve.. ) ,•met `'vent. sl ( ‘'Airr : c e :sive k,,, IA p ' , 4 c h eat k 4, , i4. ~,ini ..... ~,,04 (1 tin (I,' Car 4:4 ta&ridii 41 t 4 lad / \,! BL, SINGULAR ESCAPE. The workmen employed in excavating, * deepening the bed o f t h e dry dock can only low their occupation when the tide is out,.► J P), at which t i me they pursue thei r occu p a tion b',, d by day and night, using by night fires end 0 0- / lights; and as th e p art w h ere t h ey are at Fello employed cons i sts o f ,so lid f reesto n e rock, tbeit are; from its hardneas, obliged to have keene r ', recurrence to blasting the rockwithgunpowd er : and last night, between nine and ten o'clo c j they had prepared a blast properly charged, O le the workmen retired to a distance for safety a match had been placed to the powder ; ever, it did not ignite, and they all returned 1 0 their work again (26- in number), and beg s ti their various operations, surrounding the .1 0 , where the blast had b een p re p are d, an d t wo mer e who had the mana gemen t o f th a t p ar t of i 0 work, went, as .the other men thought, to Pr, pare another part of the rock for a second v tempt ; instead of which. it appears the two rye s . e began to use their drill. in the hole where V I charge was, and in the operation the drill str ,^ fire, and the blast exploded like the roar of i v non. Out'of the 26 men, there was not ", e that was four yards from the spot where the roc*; was bored; it spas shivered and scattered abO i l i them, and sever a l l arge pi eces 20 an d 30 viol s distance ; yet not a-:than was hurt, except ti i( 1 two who were working - at the drill, an d r eachil over the powder at th e time . it exploded. V e i s appea re d a t th e ti me muc h h urt , an d i t feared they had lost their sight; 1, however; find, on inquiry after them - to-day, they are b`, l l slightly hurt—indeed I felt a great, interest ' I , the matter, for I passed the place l as t n icht the other men were leaving their work at the r e ' turn of the tide, and I had the fcrgoing narrr tive from them se l ves , a nd t h ey appeared troll thankful for the providential 'protection they 1 0 been favoured with,--Liverpoot Paper 0 Tuesday. BIRTHS. • . On the llth inst. at Brighton, Lady Charlotte-Calthorr e ' of:a daughter. • • •V On the 12th inst. is Vigo- s t ree t, R egen t rs t ree t, t lady.of Miles .Marley, Esq. of a son. On the 12th iast. at his house in (.3harlotte-stre': Blootostoury-square, th e l a dy o f A re hih a kl Bad(limot' Esq. surgeon, of a daughter. • " On the 15th inst. at Woodford; EsseX, the lady of t l ! e Rev. G. R. Gray, of a son. The lady of the Ray. James Miller, of Durham, of a 0). On the 13th inst. the - lady of Alexander Dobie, solicitor, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at Alilford, Hants, Mr. Chadds Wea Clark, of the King's-road, Bedford-row, to Catheri ne Spence, eldest daughter of Thomas Davison, Esq. of BO .ford-row, and of Saltgrass, near Lymington. On the 11 th inst. at St.. Mary's, Islington, by the C. Simeon, the Rev. A. S. Thelwall, A.M., of Trini t, . College, Cambridge, to Georgiana Anne, eldest datigln et of Mr. Tahourdio ; of - Islington. On the 11th inst: at St. Nicholas Church, Roehe r i by the• Rev. George Harker, Thomas Rawlings, Es,i; ° e the 40th Regim e nt, to Charlotte Ctirrie,'youngest daugh te r of William Hillier, Esq. of Boley-hill, Rochester. .01, the 11th inst. , at "Ssimerton,- by the Hon. and g e :.; B. W., Noel, John Janes Smith, Esq. eblest , son • 71 " John Wyldbore Smith, Bart. of the Down House, DorFet sh!re, to-Frances, eldest daughter of John Frederick Esq. of Sonnerton-house, in the county of Sainerset. On the 11th inst. at Shelton, in Yorkshire, Locke, ju n . E sq . o f t h e. I st or Ki ng ' s D ragoon t 63 0' eldest on of Wadham Locke, Esq. of Wu - Melt:PA House, i t Wiltshire, to Caroline_, eldest daughter of Henry Dionn e son, Esq. of Skelton. On thcßtli inst. at •Edmanton,• by the Rev. D a ses' a Warren, William Iletify," - Elliot, Esq. surgeon, Ronater terrace, Westminster, late of Finsbury- place, Lontlini, t° Helen, youngest daughter of Capt. Roper, of Edmonton . On the 11 th inst. at Nutfield, Surrey, by the Rev, :% lf• Saadford (after a courtship of . many . years}, Saunders, Esq. of 13urstow-lodge, to Mary Ann, t he amiable and aethomplished daughter of William Cleraent!: EN. of Kenting s . I mme di ate l y a f ter t h e ceremony, °- happy couple set of in a barouche and four for the Vd ir finest. DIED, On the 6th inst.. at NVolc.vster , Lieut. Henry TbOP l45 . Edridge, of the Corps of Royal Engineers, fecund po ( 4 the late Rev. Dr. Edridge. On the 11th just, Mrs. Zachary, aged 79, at StrO d ` on-the-Green, near Kew, sincerely regretted by her rda thms and friends. On the 12th inst. Anna, the wife of John Carrioli,Pl' of Southgate. On tie 10th inst. in her ..s , l4ltyear, CarolineFtftv% g ' wife of Richard Paterson, Esq. of Blackheath. . , On the 11th inst. in his 77th year, Mr. Pitt,' d E"' aionton. On the 12th. inst. at Smith -street, Chelses, after geeing illness, borne"with Christian fOrtitude and rctig" ,tion, Miss Frances Bennett, in the Zed you-ether 4e. • Ori the 10th inst. in Great Marylebone•strret,' Aony -widow of Henry Dupont, Esq. of the llot Elizt, wife of the Rev. William Astley G. R. CV'' , perpetual curate of Flixton. PAINTED and PUBLISIIED by NURDO YOLING, 0 $ . 6 Sun OXficg .j ,lll, Ltnims.. Intsb.l ..ce` - Divi; o' e E T FR. Rill t I lnheri Irter.h :.---- N.t . 'N:Qart 'lighig