The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-25 00:00:00

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Sti• limited '; an ad' Aluttom !ly Moo" LatnlM as befog PALS. d. to & 1 5 O 2 0 O 0 8 5 0 6 6 6 2 3 O 4 h il 40g. caco h . 189. WC"' tardi'l' or eV" 211. t° rrs. tog• 6 '0 5 0 4 1 •) to £2 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 2 1 Ll l4 „ the is Cool' hor histed „ iany ;:"" i rnal°' he Evil' the 11"' ' COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND left town about half.past one o'clock rater* on her return to Kew. The Duke OUCUMBERLAND returned to his residence at Kew in the Afternoon. -Tlie Duke of WELLINGTON left town between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday morning, to attend hie MaJam ,- at in' palace at Windsor. The Rtusian and French Ambassadors had a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Spanish and Prussian Ministers had interviews with ' the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. A numerous deputation of English distillers, headed by : • Mr: WODEHOUSE, M.P.. for Norfolk, including Messrs. WEYMOUTH, CURRIE, SMITH, 0. SMITH, &C., waited on the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at the ' Treasury, and had a conference with the Right Hon. Gen . tienfan. • A deputation of the Scotch distillers, accompanied by the Right Hon. W. DUNDAS and Sir G. CLEar, Bart., the Members for the city and shire of Edinburgh, attended at the Treasury yesterday, and held an interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Don T. MasicAnExa, one of the Chamberlains to the young Queen of PORTUGAL, transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir- G. MURRA Y entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner yesterday evening, at his residence inßelgrave-square. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Tavistock, at his house in Arlington-street, from his seat Oakley House, Bedfordshire ; Lord and Lady Suf field and family, at their house in Park-place, from their seat Gunton Hall, Norfolk ; the Hon. Misses Grimston, at their • • house in Upper Grosvenor-street, from their seat, Berkhamp stead Castle, Herts ; Lady Elizabeth and Miss Talbot, in Heft , ford-street ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, at the Burlington • - • , Hotel, from Cheltenham ; the Hon. General Meade, at ditto; Mrs. Teasdale, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's street, from righton ; the Rev. Mr. Irving, at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-st., from Rochester the Rev. T. Leigh Bennett, at ditto, from Ox fordshire ; the Misses Hyde, at ditto, from Newbury ; Captain ,•,,,r,,and Mrs. Coulson, in Dover-street, from Tunbridge Wells ; R.'Gbrdon, Esq. M.P: in Bruton.street, from his seat, Kemble 'House, Gloucestershire ; Lady Ventry, Miss Jones, and suite, at • Marshal Tho mpson ' s H ote l , Caven di s h -square, from France; .Le Baron De Daiser Sylbach, at ditto, from ditto ; Rev. C. Henley, at ditto ; Rev. C. S. Torrins and John Torrins, Esq. at ditto; Sir E. L. Bulwer, Esq. at ditto ; Frank Wright, E sq . a t ditt o; George and ady Dashwood, at the Brunswick Hotel, „, Hanover-square, from their seat, Kirkleton Park, O x f or d s hi re • Mt. Harvey and family, at ditto; Gilbert Heathcote Esq. M.P. ` , . • at ditto, from his seat, Stocken Hall, near St am f or d . ; Sir Chas. and Lady Sulivan, at ditto, from Ember Court, Surrey; Earl and an_t Countess Nelson, in Portman-square, from Canterbury. 141 DEPARTURES. The Duke of Norfolk, from St. J ames ' s sq uare, for his seat, '14:".. The Castle ; the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family, r ,fur their seat, Goodwood, Sussex ; the Earl of Surrey, from Horsham; Captain Lysett, for Portsmouth; Mr. Harboard, from' Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Richmond; Sir Hungerford Hoskins, Bart. from the Burlington Hotel, for his seat, Harwood, Herefordshire; - Ark wood, Esq. from ditto, for ditto; Captain Dunlop, from ditto, for Glasgow; Captain and Mrs. Knight, from Albemarle-street, for Brighton ; Joseph -• ' Haigh, Esq. Mrs. Haigh, and Miss Haigh, from ditto ; Captain F. V. Cotton, from ditto; Wm. Munro, Esq. from ditto. `WM. WILBERFORCE, Esq., late M.P. for Yorkshire, at his late audit at Hall, caused to be returned to his tenants at North Frodiegham, Brigham, Thornham, &c. ten per cent. on their rents. Mi. F. LEWIS commenced his official duty • on Monday, as Treasurer of the Navy, at his Office in Somerset-place. The retirement, from age and infirmity, of one or more of the present East India Directors, has been for some days confidently talked of. It is rumoured that, in the event of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S Bill for the appointment of an additional Equity Judge passing into a law, it is arranged for Mr. Brceensrer n to be the Judge. The Chief Baron did not appear in Court, at Waterford, until half.past eleven o'clock, on Friday, in consequence of the melancholy tidings of the death of his nephew, received by the morning mail from Dublin.— Dublin The Rev. C. NAIRNE, M.A., of Trinity College, has been presented by the Loan CHANCELLOR to the Rectory of Stadoxhurst, in Kent. It is'supposed that many of the English capi talists, who hold about forty millions of French Rentes, will, in all probability, withdraw a considerable part of this large sum, under existing cireumstances, and invest the same in the new English Three and a Half per Cents., which, in the opinion of the Bulls, will materially assist the operation of converting the Four per Cents. into Three and a Half per Cents. It is said, we know not with what authority, that the Aldermen have decided against introducing the new police into the City. A Correspondent of a provincial Paper asks, to Why should net the New Forest be sold, or let in lots, for Three per Cent. Consols ?" The Parks, as well as the outskirts of the town, in all directions, were thronged on Sunday with crowds of persons, who, as far as that goes, certainly exhi bited no signs of national distress. An interesting record, being an action for breach of promise of marriage, brought by a Miss ELIZA . BETH NORTHEAST against THOMAS ST. JOHN GRANT, Of Kilmurry, Esq., was to have been tried here at the pre sent Assizes, but has been withdrawn, the defendant hav ing, as we understand, consented to pay the lady 1,0001., besides full costs, as between attorney and client.-- Water ford Chronicle. It is a remarkable fact, that no eldest son of the house of BRAGANZA ever lived to reign, some accident or circumstance having always occurred to prevent it. The living of Offham, in Kent, has been presented by the LORD CHANCELLOR to Viscount Lord Tonatworox, for his Lordship's nephew, the Rev. CECIL HALL. The Governors of Christ's Hospital having completed the additional new buildings for the accommo dation of the children, agreed, at a general court holden in the said hospital on Friday last, that 140 presentations for boys, and 10 for girls, should be at the disposal of the Governors, in rotation, for the admission of children in the institution, in the course of the present year; and ordered that a list of the Governors' names be presented to the public, and delivered at the counting-house. A correspondent, referring to the non-entrance into St. James's Park when a passage was promised, asks whether it would not be advisable to call a public meeting of the householders of the adjoining parishes, to express their wishes, and to ask the Members for Westminster to carry the petition to the fountain head ? Times. As all the French shipping and seamen at Toulon and Maraeilles, as well as that of the adjoining Italian and Spanish ports, are employed in the expedition to Algiers, so as to render the communication s with the ocean, and the exportation of goods impossible for avant of freights, some of our ship-owners, whose vessels are lying idle in port, or which sail in ballast in search of freights, might find their advantage in looking into the French ports in the Mediterranean, Mr. LLOYD'S work on the Fields Sports of Scandinavia promises to be one of the most valuable pro ductions ever given to the Sporting World. It is full of individual adventure, often of the most romantic and pe rilous kind. The chase of the bear in the savage and al most interminable forests of Sweden and Norway was the principal object of this enterprizing English gentleman, who, often for this purpose, passed whole nights in the wilderness. In this daring pursuit he destroyed a greater number of that ferocious animal than has been achieved by any other individual, and his success obtained him a special introduction to the King of SWEDEN. Yesterday morning, in consequence of infor mation given to the Excise, Mr. BURGESS, a supervisor, and SMITH, another officer, went to the house No. 3, Centre -street Hackney-road, and discovered in a room on the first floor a 22-gallon still and about SO g a ll ons o f wash, p art of which was in a forward state of preparation to be worked off, and in the same room was a bottle of what is technically called " jiggered" spirit. The only persons on the premises at the time were a person named TOS. (wh o some years since kept a barber,s shop in Ho'ywell-lane, but has long been suspected by the Excise officers as a manufacturer of the " crature," and a youth isetting named W YATT. The former had evidently been engaged his st ill i n working order when the officers enter ed, r and the l atter v , afte havin secured e premi, cn yed th e i r prisoners before g a Magistrate, th who sentenced PRYOR. t menthe, aondPa,3"iisci,a a fi r n: ed of3 01., or to be imprisoned three the youthWYATT, N rho had been in the h ouse Duly a few minutes when they were sur prised by the o fficers. The poor barber, who had appa- made up his m i nd to such a result, treated the matter Wao rather J oe in . ul arly, and h av i ng ki ssed some f ema l e friends were attendance to k his fe went off in tip top spirit s to serve his three now months in ate> the House of correction. LIT EILATUItE. HISTORY OF CHIVALRY AND THE CRUSADES. EDINBURGH, 1830. The second volume of this history, which completes the fifty-first number of Constable's Miscellany, has been completed by its author, the Rev. H. Stebbing, in a style and with a spi rit worthy of his former volume. It possesses much ably-condensed information, and gives a creditable epitome of those phenomena in the history of human absurdity, the First, Second, and Third Crusades. HERALDRY OF CRESTS.-LONDON, 1830. A work on Heraldry, by the Editor of this volume, appeared some months ago, and was no ticed by us in terms of praise proportioned to its deserts. Of the present work we may speak in terms of equal approbation—it is full of intelli gence on the subjects of which it professes to treat, and the plates of the different crests—the most popular and common among which appears to be the boar's-head--are very faithfully and elegantly executed. Altogether the volume will be an acceptable addition to the stores of those who are curious in matters of heraldry. MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIFE AND HER PARAMOUR. CARLOW ASSIZES, MARCH 20. Catherine Smith was put to the bar, charged with the murder of her husband, Nathaniel Smith, by giving him a mortal wound on the back part of the head. at Torneduff, in this county, on the night of the 18th of January last, of which he languished until the 24th, and then died. The prisoner was a middle-aged woman, low in stature, and her countenance indicated nothing of ferocity. During the trial she displayed the most unflinching fortitude, and evinced no emotion except when her child was produced as a witness against her, when she wept for a moment or two bitterly. William Styles, about twenty years old, the para mour of the prisoner, and whom the Crown had allowed to become an approver, sworn.—Stated his knowledge of the deceased, who lived near witness's place of abode, and proceeded in his deposition as follows :-1 knew him three or four years; be was married ; I knew his wife ; they had four children, the eldest of whom is grown up; Nathaniel Smith is dead (identifies prisoner, his wife.) On the 18th of January last, three or four hours after nightfall, I saw Smith at a place called the Croppy-gap, about thirty perches from his own house; it was agreed between me and Catherine Smith to kill him there ; Catherine Smith was with him at the Croppy-gap; I had a pronged fork belonging to my uncle in my hand ; I stood behind the ditch, and knocked him down with the pitchfork / by a stroke on the back part of the head; he fell into the ditch. Catherine Smith struck him with a stone on the body, and then threw a smaller stone on his head ; wh en I gave him the stroke, a small portion of the fork attached to the prongs was knocked off, the rest remained in my hand; after we had done this, we went home together to her house; she promised to marry me, and give me all the property she had ; Smith was not able to leave the place after he was struck; he was brought into the house, and died on the follow ing Sunday, the 24th January; I saw him on Friday night, and he could speak then. On Sunday morn ing Catherine Smith took some of a mixture of tobacco-water, supplemint (corrosive sublimate) and turpentine, which had been used for curing the scab in sheep, from a red jar, and put it into a tin pannikin, and then gave it to the deceased to drink; this was about the time the bell rang for prayer; she then took a handkerchief off her neck and smothered him. The prisoner offered no defence, and the jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of— Guilty. The usual formalities were observed in passing sentence. The prisoner, whose fortitude maintained her as well after conviction as during her trial, de clared that the whole was the result of a conspiracy against her. She pleaded her pregnancy in bar of execution, when a jury of matrons was immediately summoned, who pronounced her quick with child, and execution was postponed accordingly. MANNERS OF THE DAY.—We understand that the leading object of this novel, from which so much is expected, is to exemplify the ultimate effects in modern high life of the following different descriptions of marriages (according to the present received method of classification) namely, the marriage de convenance, the bon mariage, and the mariage delicieux. TITHE MEETING.-ST. ANDREW'S HOL.• max.—Yesterday a Meeting of the Parishioners of St. Andrew's Holborn, was held at the Parish Workhouse, Little Gray's Inn-lane, to consider of the best means of proceeding with regard to the Rector's claim for tithes, be having lately sent notices to some of the parishioners, calling on them to furnish his solicitor with the names of their solicitors, with a view of filing bills in equity to enforce his claims. At twelve o'clock a numerous meet ing assembled, and Mr. MANSFIELD was unanimously called to the Chair. He explained that the object of calling the meeting was to receive the Report of the Com mittee of the parishioners to inquire into the claims of the Rector. The Report of the Committee was read, recommending the inhabitants not to pay tithes on premi ses for which they had not before been paid ; and that the inhabitants should form a common purse to resist the claims of the Rector. An opinion of a Learned Counsel of the law was read, stating that the Rector had no claim on new houses, nor on houses for which a payment had not been uniformly made from time immemorial. The Report was then received. After which, subscriptions were entered into, for the purpose of defendisg those against whom actions might be brought for the non payment of tithes. MURDER IN ROSS-SHIRE.---THREE MEN APPREHENDED..--SO anxious have the officers of the Crown in Edinburgh been that every possible inquiry should be made into the murder of HELEN MacxENzat, that J. F. STODART, Esq., advocate, has been sent to Ross-shire, to superintend renewed investigations. On Monday this gentleman, accompanied by the Sheriff and Procurator-Fiscal, proceeded to Invergordon, where they still continue taking precognitione. During the exami nation of some of the witnesses, circumstances were elicited which induced the authorities to order two men (one of them the deceased's nephew), residing at Barbara. ville, near the church of Kilmuir, to be apprehended. In their progress to Barbaraville the officers observed a man run off on seeing them approach. They instantly pur sued, and with some difficulty succeeded in securing him : he proved to be the nephew of the deceased. The officers then took into custody the two men, and also a shoemaker, who resides about 100 yards from the house which poor HELEN occupied. Yesterday they were taken in the mail-coach from Invergordon to Tain, and lodged in the gaol there, where they are now confined in separate cells. While on the coach the prisoners were not permitted to I hold any communication with each other ; one of them was placed in the fore part of the coach, one behind, and the third inside. The shoemaker, HELEN'S neighbour, observed to a person sitting close by him—" I am h a ppy that I have been apprehended, that the case may be sifted ; for, as I resided near the woman, my neighbours would cast suspicion on one. lam entirely innocent, and I know I will soon be set at liberty; but as for that man inside" (meaning the deceased's nephew), "he is the murderer. He has not been sober since." A knife, the handle of which is covered with blood, and a petticoat, have been found, which it is likely will lead to some im portant disclosures. One of the prisoners, on his first ex amination, we understand, stated that he received no part uf the deceased's property, but his wife contradicted this, and mentioned that he had some days after the murder taken 141. out of HEratsr's house, and gave a reason for doing so that he was afraid others who had a better legal title to the cash would have carried it off. Some of the prisoners, it has also been observed, have had more money since the murder than they could honestly have come by. A n.ae and woman, who were ordered to be taken into custody, left the district some weeks ago, but are now, we learn, in Aberdeenshire, and will be brought back....-In verness Journal. DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUND. Yesterday the Members of the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund Committee assembled in Kean's private room, for the purpose of making arrangements for their annual dinner, which is to take place on Wednesday next, at the Freemasons' Tavern. An interesting subject, viz., " A provision for the Orphan Children of Decayed Actors," was for some time under discussion, and Mr. Thompson, who had searched and collated the Records banded down from the immortal Founder of the Institution, read a letter, dated " Septem ber, 1789," which he had selected from many others, which proved that the son of an actress of Drury-lane Theatre had by his talent become Prime Minister of England (Canning)! - and that the next son (Samuel Reddish), an orphan, was reared, well fed, indifferently clothed, but certainly classically educated, by the Drury_ lane Benevolent Fund. Young Samuel (as appears fioin after-correspondence) became an accomplished scholar and gentleman ; but his talent (backed by the interest of Sheridan and his rising brother George) no sooner raised him to a high civil si tuation abroad, than he died. We give a copy of the boy's whimsical letter, as a proof of an ardent mind, where youthful ambition was properly directed : " TO THE DIRECTORS OB DRURY-LANE TIIEATRICAL FIND. "Scorton, Sept. 20, Mt/. " GnicrLkmEN,—Having now attained an age when I must shortly expect your kind guardianship to cease, permit the feel_ ing heart of a grateful but inexperienced boy to thank you for your more than paternal kindness. The sound and liberal edu cation which your bounty has bestowed on me will, I hope, en able me to struggle courageously with the great world into which I am so shortly to be thrown; and that in whatever situation chance may place me I shall acquit myself with that unsullied reputation which it will be the anxiety and ambition of my life to attain and preserve. I now venture on A LAST INTRUSION on your liberality. I learn from my reading that in the world a LIGHT accomplishment frequently proves a recommendation, when sound erudition passes,unnoticed. In your attention to my head, my dear and kind guardians, MY HEELS HAVE BEEN TO. TALLY NEGLECTED—I have never learned to dance! Though I am GRACED as the best classic scholar at Scorton, I am very GRACELESS at entering a room. If you will allow my last six months' tuition to include dancing, your now giateful BOY may, perhaps, when a MAN, be spared many a blush for his lIEELS in that society where his HEAD may chance to place him. I hope you'll pardon the vanity of AN AMBITIOUS BOY, and grant his re quest ; and if you would add to that kindness by allowing a new pair of leather breeches for present use, five-and-ninepence ar rears for cricket-bats and fruit, and only THREE MONTHS' ITALIAN, I think I shall then be 'armed at all points,' and ready to en counter those worldly difficulties which to the buoyancy of youth are always light." ANSWESFROM THE FUND COMMITTEE. " Cricket-bats, Italian literature, - and leather breeches AL LOWED--.DANCING opposed as unnecessary to a classical scholar, but will betaken into consideration in next month's Committee." The leading of the epistle and its eccentric answer ex cited much admiration and laughter ; and after the trans acting of some routine business the Committee adjourned, with " leave to sit again." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES T East Sussex Hunt March 26 Anson Hunt 30 Cottesmore Hunt 30 Mallon April 1 Mostyn Hunt l' Croxton Park Newmarket Craven l2 Holderness Hunt 14 Catterick Bridge 14 The Hoo l7' Bath Spring 21 Newmarket Ist Spring 26 Chester May 3 Newmarket 2d Spring lts Liverpool Spring l2l Clifton and Brio of l2! York Spring l7 St. Albans lB Stafford 24 Epsom 25 Manchester June 2 Ascot Ist Meeting 8 Beverley 9 '0 COME. Newton June 9 Buxton l6 Stockbridge l6 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21 Newcastle-under-Lyme 29 Liverpool July 6 Ludlow 7 Newmarket l2 'Stamford 21 Oxford Aug. 3 York lO Worcester lO Goodvood 10 Burton-upon-Trent 24 Warwick Sept. 1 Northampton 8 Lichfield Doncaster 20 Walsall 22 Lincoln 211 Newmarket Ist October Oct 4 Newmarket 2d October lB Newmarket Houghton...Nov. 1 HORSE RACING AT NAPLES. Periodical races now regularly take place in Naples.— On the Bth of February two were run at the Campo di Marte ; the first between a Sicilian and Arabian horse— the former, of the breed of Prince Batera, gained the day; the second between two English horses, one of which be longed also to the Prince of Batera, who was again the conqueror. The day was beautiful. His Royal High ness the Duke of Calabria and the other Princes of the Blood were on the ground, as well as a great concourse of the Noblesse and many foreigners of distinction. The Commissioners of Trinity-House, Lon don, have caused a green buoy, marked with the word " Wreck," to be laid 18 fathoms to the westward of a vessel sunk in Sea-reach. The said buoy lies in three fathoms at low-water neap-tides, with the following mark and compass bearings, viz.—. Shellhaven House and Trees on with Holyhaven Point. bearing N. w. by w. The Windmill which stands to the Westward of Southend Terrace M . by u . The Nore-Light Vessel s. a. E. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Among the other literary novelties announced for immediate publication are the following :—" The King's Own," a Tale of the Sea, by the Author of the " Naval Officer"—" Walter Colyton," a Tale of the Reign of JAMES 11., by the Author of " Brambletye House"—" The Separation," a Novel by the Author of " Flirtation"—" Notes on Haiti," by CHARLES MACKENZIE, Esq. made during his residence in that Republic—The Poetical Works of the Reverend GEORGE CROLY—" Tales of the Colonies," by W. HowxsoN, Esq. Author of " Sketches in Canada" —The third volume of " The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. Donnaince—and " Personal Narrative of an Officer in the English Army of Occupation in France." On Monday se'nnight a man of the name of HARTLEY, employed by Mr. HuTciiiiisow, on Sheffield_ moor, was suddenly deprived of the toes of one of his feet. The poor fellow was attending a chaff-cutting machine, which is worked by a horse, when, wishing to remove a stick which impeded the cutter, he attempted to thrust it backwards with his foot. At the same moment the horse moved, and his toes were instantly severed. The Bucks Gazette has the following curious statement as to " epidemics amongst cattle :"—A farmer in the neighbourhood of Buckingham had about 20 of his sheep affected with sore throats and blindness. On allow ing the rest of his flock to occupy the ground on which the diseased ewes had been, nearly the whole were attacked with the same complaint, and the greater part are at this time so blind as to require being led to their food and water, thus proving that there are epidemical distempers among animals as well as human beings. It is a curious coincidence that scarlet fever has been very prevalent and unusually fatal among children in the same village. SILK TRADE.—The silk manufacture, we understand, is at present in a very active state in this town and neighbourhood ; and we are informed that in the vicinity of Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, where a con siderable number of weavers have already relinquished weaving cotton ginghams for that of silks (Persians), a further body of 30 or 40 are now preparing looms for the same purpose. The whole are employed by an emi nent London house.—Manchester Mercury. While JUNOT was one day reconnoitering near the lines at Torres Vedras, he was accidently wounded by a sentry, when Lord WELLINGTON (not then the Duke) knowing that the enemy were at that time deeti titute of every thing in the shape of comfort, sent to re quest his acceptance of any thing which Lisbon afforded, that could be of service to him; but the French General was too much of a politician to acknowledge the want of a y thing. At the Cavan Assizes, the Grand Jury have found bills of indictment for an aggravated assault pre ferred against Mr. VERMiIt MOORE, a member of the north-west bar, for shooting at a number of those men named Irish teachers. The accused party io this case is said to have been a Brunswieker ; the accused is connected with the Bible Society. The trial of Mr. Mooaß has been postponed to the next Assizes.—Dublin Morning Register. An interesting case is to be tried at the en suing York Assizes, rn which it is expected the Attorney- General, Sir JAMES SCARLETT, will go down on a spe cial retainer. The question at issue involves the validity of the will of the late JOHN MARSDEN, Esq., of Hornby Castle, and the possession of that residence, with the sur rounding property. The claimant is Admiral TATHAM. The details will be singularly curious and interesting. Information has been given to the Police office, at Bow-street, of the loss of a child, under singular circumstances, and which is supposed to have been car ried off by a party of vagabond jugglers. The child is five years of age; her name is CHRISTINA MERRIL! s, and her parents reside at No. 2, Green-street, Blackfriars road. On the 3d inst. she was returning from school, and stopped to see. the tricks of a party of jugglers in the street, whom she followed to Charlotte -street, and has not been heard of since by her friends. The mother of the child has been in a state of distraction ever since. In quiry has been made at tile different workhouses in the me tropolis, but no tidings have been obtained of the girl.-- Her description is fair complexion, blue eyes, teeth de cayed, and two out in front ; has a burnt scar on her right elbow, and a small scar under one ear. She wore a white straw bonnet, with black ribands, black tippet and sleeves,. laced boots, and black stockings. POLICE INTELLICENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Stanton and Mr. Scott, two livery-stable-keepers, attended on summonses for conspiring to defraud Mr. George Salter, of Clapham, of a horse, value 501. Mr. Salter went to Smithfield last Friday to buy a good chaise-hors,, and was recommended to Scott's stables in Jewin-street, where one was shown to him, and he pro posed an exchange for one he bad at home, which was not high enough for harness, but was worth as much, being an excellent hunter. On Monday complainant went there with his horse, and found Mr. Scott just going out, but he said he would be bound by any bargain complainant should make with Stanton, who looked like the foreman. Complainant stipulated that they should try each other's horse, and that defendant should warrant his horse sound. Stanton rode the first trial, and complainant then started with the one he was about to purchase, but he found very soon that the animal was a complete roarer, which stag gered and foamed so as to excite universal attention. He returned in a few minutes to Jewin-street, but his horse had been removed in the interim, and Mr. Stanton had also departed. He left the roarer, and had not been able to get his own horse, or the value of it, from either of the defendants. Sir JOHN PERRINO, after consulting the Chief Clerk, said, there had been some chicanery in this ca+e, but he could not take it up as one of felony. Mr. Salter might indict the parties for conspiracy, or bring an action against them, as he should be advised. Mr. Salter assured the parties he would indict them. BON/-STREET. A man, named John White, was yesterday brought in custody before Sir IL BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS, by a constable of Hammersmith, charged with having unlaw fully pawned a pair of sheets and a blanket, the property of the pepson with whom he had lodged. Upon inquiry into the circumstances of the case, it was found that the property had been redeemed by the prose cutor before the apprehension of the prisoner. The charge was therefore dismissed, and the magistrates took occasion to comment upon thepractice of county magistratessending cases before them which might and ought to have been dis posed of by themselves. Scarcely a week passed without charges being brought to this office from Hammersmith, Brentford, Hampstead, and other places several miles die tant from the metropolis, at all of which places there were magistrates residing, whose duty it was to dispose of all cases that came within their respective jurisdictions ; in stead of which parties were dragged to town upon the most trivial charges, and at a heavy expence and loss of time both to prosecutors and witnesses. The police magi strates had quite enough to do without being called upon to dispose of cases occurring at a distance from the dis tricts in which they presided, and unless the practice were put a stop to, and the local magistrates did their duty, an application ought to be made upon the subject to the Lord Lieutenant of the county to compel them to act. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN ANCIENT FATHER.—Yesterday a very pretty-look-,' ing young woman, about twenty-five years of age, of the name of Collins, attended before Mr. DYER to identify the reputed father of her child, a remarkably sickly-looking 1 infant, which she carried in her arms. Upon Mr. Shadwell, the assistant overseer, laying the usual documents before Mr. Dyer, the female was desired to point out the father of her child. " This is the father," exclaimed the young woman, blushing deeply as she touched an old man, whose few silvery hairs bespoke that he had long since arrived (or at least he ought) at the years of discretion. " Is that the father of your child ?" inquired the worthy Magistrate, whose astonishment was excited by seeing such a patriarchal-looking personage standing in such an awk ward situation. " He, and only he, is the father of this child," replied the young woman, while a still deeper blush tinged her face than before. " I don't think that I am the father of the child," re sponded the old man in a faultering tongue. Mr. DYER observed, that unless he was capable of show ing the impossibility of access he was considered in law, upon the oath of the female, to be the father of the child. Old man—That 1 am not able to do. Mr. DYER here asked Mr. Shadwell how much would satisfy the parish per week ? Mr. Shadwell—The parish will be satisfied with two shillings and sixpence per week. Old man—l am not able to pay that sum ; indeed I- am not ; besides, I am so reduced that I must apply to the parish for assistance to enable me to live. Mr. DYER-An order must be made out, for it is utterly impossible to let the parish be at the expense. " I don't think I am the father of the child," said the old man, "for"—and here he made a full stop. " You are the father of my child, you wicked old-man," rejoined Miss Collins; " and had it not been for your flat tering tongue I should never loved." "Oh Lord !" ejaculated the old man, at the same time shaking his few silvery locks and tail, as much as to sty that he doubted the protestations of the female. Mr. DYER here interrupted any further observations for the present, by asking the reputed father how much could he allow per week ?—" Nothing," drawled out the old man. Mr. Shadwell—lf you will make the order for two shillings and sixpence we will be perfectly satisfied. Miss Collins—Half-a-crown a week is of no use to me, for it is impossible for me to keep the child for that money ; besides it will not take the breast, owing to its being so sickly. cannot pay that," replied the old man, " for I was 69 years of age last birth-day, and am Very badly off. At one period of my life I was rich, but I have lost my fortune, and am now completely reduced." Mr. DYER—Do you know the circumstances of the de fendant? Mr. Shadwell—He has a pension of thirty pounds per annum, and I believe that is all he is pos sessed of. Mr. DYER—Then we will make an order for two shil lings and sixpence per week. The old man most solemnly assured his worship that he was not able to pay even sixpence per week. The appeal was, however, unheeded, and the order was accordingly made. The parties were about retiring, and the old man had just turned his back, when a female, with an infant in her arms, pushed her way up to the table, and begged that his worship would order the defendant to pay her the sum of thirteeen shillings for work and labour done. Mr. DYER inquired in what manner was the debt con tracted? " Oh," replied the applicant, "he knows all about it, and he cannot deny it, and therefore I wish you would make him pay me." Mr. DYER.--.A Magistrate has no power to interfere with debts, and therefore you must summon hint to the Court of Requests. Upon hearing this the countenance of this ancient Don Juan brightened up, and he left the office. The two fe males and the parish officer followed in his wake. LAMBETH-STREET. Larry Collins and John M' Grath were brought up for re-examination, charged with being concerned in the robbery at the Mint. Mr. Powell, the solicitor to the Mint, attended ; and, after some conversation between him end Mr. WALKER, the prisoners were remanded for a week, to give the officers time to procure additional evidence against them. A curious practice of the Jews, with respect to a certain form of marriage ceremony, was detailed in a charge of assault preferred by Rachael Simmonds against Moses Jac*. The case, as stated before the Rev. Mr. MATHIAS by the complainant, was, that the defendant had come to her house and struck her repeatedly. Rev. Mr. MATHIAS—What was the cause of his as saultinz you ? Complainant—Your Worship, I was his wife, but I have - divorced myself from him. Rev. Mr. Manirns—What ! divorce yourself ! Then do you think you are at liberty to marry again ? Complainant—Yes, Sir. A person present, in explanation, said the parties, being Jews, had married in the form called Meeadish—a cere mony which takes place in the presence of two witnesses, and, though binding, yet, upon one of the parties disagree ing, the High Priest had power to divorce them ; and this was one of those caes. Rev. Mr. MATHIAS-Why, the Jews are in a better situation than us Christians. If I want a divorce, I must apply, like Lord Ellenborough, to the llouse of Lords; hut the Jews have, it appears, a much shorter and less expensive mode of settling matters. I don't think they will gain much by emancipation, at least in this particular. The two informers Joseph and George Wise yester day brought a carter before Mr. HARDWICK, for having his name and number chalked upon his cart, and not painted, as the Act directs. The informers went upon the Act of the 18th Geo. 111., and upon which the lowest penalty is 40s. Mr. H ARDWICK, upon looking at the Act, said, he did not see how he could convict upon it, for it only said that "every person shall put or paint," and asked the informer how he get over that. Wise said, that it was not the intention of the Act that a person should chalk the address on his cart, when it might be so easily washed off. Mr. HARDWICK would not go into the intention of this person or of that in framing an Act ; he sat there to ad minister the law as it stood, and would certainly not vict the defendant. A gentleman made application to Mr. HARDWICK for a' summons against a person who kept a ferocious dog, which had bitten him on Tuesday morning. Mr. HARD NICK regretted that the law did not give him any power to interfere. Mr. Osborn, the Chief Clerk, said that the keeping a dog who could be proved to have bitten more than one person, was an indictable offence. Mr. HARDWICK would grant the applicant It summons, and hear what the other party had to say. A Russian, named Abraham Nestrow, was brought be fore Mr. HARDWICK, under the following circumstances : It appeared that the prisoner had gone into a house in Red Lion-street, Whitechapel, about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, and bolted himself into it, telling the persons who lived in the house that it was all right. They, however, did not appear to be of the same opinion, and gave the prisoner in charge to a policeman. When taken into custody, he behaved with great violence. Mr. HARDWICK committed the prisoner for three months to the House of Correction. UNION-HAM,. Yesterday two men, named ,§iddons and Robbins, were brought before Mr. SWABEY, charged with breaking into the Cooper's Arms, in Kent -street, and stealing pro perty to a considerable amount. The prisoners were committed. In the course of the day a lady, named Clark, attended at the office, for the purpose of detailing the particula►s of a robbery committed that morning. She stated that she was an outside passenger on the Tally-ho Canterbury coach, and that while sitting on the back part of the vehicle, her pocket was cut by a sharp instrument, and her pocket-hook, containing one 51. note and eleven sove reigns, stolen. The robbery was committed between Greenwich and the Bricklayers' Arms, and it was at the latter place the discovery took place. CARWELI"—This new tale of domestic life, which has for its second title " Crime and Sorrow," is, we we understand, from the pen of the widow of the late Mr. Tuomas SHERIDAN. The plan of the story is a com plete departure from the beaten track of fiction, and in volves the rarest eloquence and pathos. The authoress is mother to the Honourable Mrs. NORTON, who has lately distinguished herself in the literary world. The family of SHERIDAN is indeed illustrious for genius. AFFECTION.—The affidavit of an Irishman swearing the peace against his three sons thus concluded :—" And this deponent further saith, that the only one of his children that showed any real affection was his son LARRY, for he never struck him when he was down." Literal despatch from the late GEORGE CANNING to Sir CHARLES BAGOT, Ambassador at the Hague : " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch " Is giving too little, and asking too much ; " With equalized duties the French are content, " So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms full fifteen her cent. —Literary Gazette. A curious scene occurred in the shop of Mr. BALL, draper, of Oundle, on Saturday last.—A fellow in the garb of a sailor, after being very importunate for "charity" of Mr. B. without success, at length drew from his pocket—not a pistol or other offensive weapon—but a bottle of port wine, saying that as Mr. B. had been pretty civil to him, he would treat him with a glass ! Who, after this, may not question distress !—Stamford News. HANGING TOGETHER.- A Scotch parson, in the great rebellion, said in his canting prayer, " Lord bless the grand Council the Parliament, and grant they may all hang together !" A country fellow, standing by, said, " Amen, with all my heart, and the sooner the better; and I am sure, 'tie the prayer of all good people !" " Friends," says Mess JoRN, " I don't mean as that fellow means; but pray that they may all hang together in ac cord and concord !"—" No matter what cord," answered the rustic, " so 'tis but a strong cord." JUDICIAL DIGNITY.—The following con versation is said to have passed between a venerable old lady, and a certain presiding Judge of the 'State of Ohio. The Judge was supported on the right and on the left by humble associates, and the old lady was called to give evi dence:— President Judge--Take off your bonnet, madam. Lady—l would rather not, Sir. P. J.—l desire you to pia off your bonnet. Lady—l am informed, that in public assemblies the women should cover the head ; such is the custom—and of course I will not take off my bonnet. P. j. Why, you are a pretty woman, indeed ! I think you had better come and take a seat on the bench. Lady—l thank you kindly, Sir, but I really think there are old women enough there already.— American Paper. HUMOROUS ANECDOTE OF AN ILLUSTRI OUS PERSONAGE. — Sir E. NAGLE, who died the other day, was a great favourite with an Illustrious Personage, who enjoyed his jokes as much as a celebrated Prince of the olden day did those of " Fat JACK." The gallant Knight possessed an excellent disposition, combined with the rough but honest bluntness of a British seaman, the ebullitions of which were sometimes not checked even by the presence of exalted rank. Several months ago the " must finished Gentleman" in the realm, in order to per plea and excite Sir EDMUND, gave private orders to have, amongst other dishes, a roasted leg of Bagsbot mutton brought to the table, directing, however, that it should be Pierced in almost every direction by small skewers, but so rlaced that they should not be seen externally. The dish was accordingly laid on the table, and " a cut" was re quested by the lord of the feast. Sir EDMUND introduced his knife, and the ineffectual endeavours to extract a slice, coupled with the carver's expletives, produced such roars of laughter as have not for the last ten months been heard in the princely retirement of Windsor's Royal forest. I DARNLEY.—This new work, by 'the author lof " Richelieu," has conjured up all that interest and awakened that powerful sympathy, hitherto principally excited by our great northern magician. The bright days of chivalry and romance, of tilt and tournament—the young warrior fearlessly perilling his life, animated by the thoughts of his lady-love—the gallant war-horse, majes tically prancing, as if proud of hii rider—the spacious arena surrounded by beauty and fashion, by bright eyes and sunny smiles—the hope, the fear, that agitates the breast of the spectator, as victory appears to hover round or to desert the favourite champion—these times live over again in the pages of Darnley, and will be long remem bered for the reality with which Mr. JAMES has suc ceeded in investing the important personages who figure upon the scene. ALARMING FIRE ON THE THAMES.— At eleven o'clock on Tuesday the neighbourhood of Wap ping and the water side was thrown into the greatest state of alarm, by the discovery that the brig Placnix of Car rigan, lying opposite to Brown's Wharf, was on fire. On making enquiries, the threatened calamity appears to have originated in the following manner. A cinder, through some accident, falling from the caboose dropped through the hatchways, and coming in contact with the hemp which was stowed away in the hold it immediately ignited. On the flames being perceived several persons, who were at the time on the quays and in- the shipping alongside, hastened to lend their assistance, and it being fortunately full tide they with buckets, &e. threw in such an immense quantity of water, that they shortly subdued the fire and extinguished the conflagration. NOCTURNAL FIGHT WITH A LION.—A number of lions are met with among the hills of Canfornia, and they are said to be very ferocious. A former com mandant of this province, in the year 1821, was travelling near the golf of Molexe, the western side of which passes the road from San Diego, whence he had come; and finding it impossible, from the lateness of the hour, to reach Lo retto before morning, resolved upon sleeping in one of the valleys near the shore. His two aims, youths of 16 and 18 years of age, accompanied him. The father, being apprehensive of lions, which he knew to be plentiful among the mountains, slept with a son on either side of him, charitably supposing, that if one of these animals should approach the party during the &gilt he would certainly attack the person sleeping on the outside. About mid night, a wandering lion found out the retreat of the trio, and, without his approach being perceived, leaped he et h his cries and suff e rings of their parent , grappled the lion te up claws, a w the s, andfat father, h in mane whosea r,d body tailerect, e inserted proceeded o f u t g t l o i i t a o in c,o savet his their father; and th e alii m et , e manfully, who finding his prize contested, became furio us; the combat was most blood y . After being d rea df u ll y lacerated, the two brave youths su ccee d e d , w i th a small knife, in killing their ferocious enem y , b ut, unhappily for the death and their own severe wounds. They both, with 'lit - 11.1'4y, survived • and are, I understand, still livi ng i n California, although dreadful objects—the features of on e o f th em being newly i afflicted boys 0n 0 were enough obliterated....Hardis Travels in Atexico. SPIRIT .OF THE PUBLIC ;QVINALS The termination of the debate on Mr. Daven port's motion suggests few remarks beyond those which accompanied the progress of it. The oppo nents of the motion resisted it on two grounds — either, in our judgment, a full justification of the defeat sustained by the mover—lit, that the object professed was unattainable ; 2d, that the real object was pernicious. If any one specific evil had been held up by Mr. Davenport as calling for investiga tion before a Committee, it is plain that a large num ber of gentlemen who voted with Ministers in this instance, would gladly have supported the proposi tion to inquire; and it is not very clear to us that Government would have shewn themselves at all un willing to adopt it. But when any tiling so monstrous is insisted on as that the House of Com mons, whether in a Committee of 658 Members, or by a detachment of from 15 to 30, should abandon all its other ditties for that of hearing evidence col lected from every county, city, town, outport, ware house, parish —nay, hamlet—throughout the kin dom, touching the principles, the history, the con dition, and prospects of landlord and tenant, master and servant, manufacturer and jourtneyman, mer chant and shipowner, farmer and pauper, seller and consumer, capitalist and adventurer, banker, bullionist, import, export, currency, barter, all the affairs which compose men's interests and the in terests which excite and stimulate them to action— when, we say, a mass of subjects like that, only part of which is comprehended in the above enumeration, is gravely proposed for the text of Parliamentary in quiry, with a formal view to ascertain such remedies as might be wanting to the ten thousand evils dis coverable through such a process, it really appears to us astonishing that any House of Commons could listen patiently to so wild and wanton a proposal ; and much more, that by a series of adjournments, a whole week of the time of Parliament should be wasted, at that period of the session when public and practicable business the most various and impor tant ought to have been employing diligently the at tention of every member of the legislature. If, ho„ - ever, the avowed object was vague and immeasur able, what was the real one ?—the restoration of paper-currency, not convertible into gold ! This was the sum of all the remedies recommended for our national distresses by the most zealous friends of the inquiry—from Mr. Davenport to Sir Francis Burdett. That Sir Francis should have made the speech ascribed to him, would be deplorable under any circumstances, and no less surprising, if we did not know, by frequent example, how liable to perver sion are the clearest intellects, when the esprit du corps, or any strong prepossession, seizes hold of them. Mr. Western used to be called a clever sort of man, until his brains were turned by these ludicrous chimeras about small bank-notes and exaggerated prices. The Hon. Gentleman has been very con sistent : he has sung but one note, and that was a one-pound inconvertible bank -note, which tine Member for Westminster now re-echoes. " High prices, 18 years ago, were paid for every thing : therefore, by all means," cry the country gentlemen, " let us have high prices." But that is less than half the subject, let us observe. Eighteen years ago we had a war, and the general monopoly of which that war, through a concurrence of unexampled cir cumstances, was the occasion. The country flous risked then—so far as bustle was prosperity. Why, therefore, do not the country gentlemen invoke war, as the mother of high prices, instead of con fining their invocation to " bank-notes," - which were only another consequence of the war, through Mr. Pitt's deep inroads on the resources of the Bank of England ? If prices rise, so must the cost of producing British goods for exportation. If the price of goods increases, our competition with foreigners in the foreign markets must of ne cessity become less powerful every day. Then there follows an enormous multitude of journeymen with their families, thrown out of work by the masters ; then succeeds an immense addition to the poor rates, and a proportional fall of rents ; so after de ducting fairly a fall of rents from the preceding ex travagance of the prices, we ask Sir Francis Burdett how he likes his bargain, and what he has profitted by tine change ? War, which separates nations, admits of very opposite financial and monetary mea sures being resorted to by the nearest neighbours. Each forms a world in itself—the transfer of capital from one to another, is difficult—of persons and of manufacturing skill and means, little less so : force rules all, and disturbs the na tural equilibrium. But in a peace of long cOntinu snce, the tendency of all nations, contiguous and distant, is towards a common level. Capital wi 1 migrate with the artisans whom it engages, front high-priced countries to the low-priced. The prices of the latter in consequence will gradually rise, while those of the former diminish, and during that approximation, the working classes who enjoy, and are encouraged by, the increase of wages in the younger manufacturing countries, will prosper;— while those of the old countries must decline. If there be not that eager demand in the home-market for the produce of the English farmer, which for merly enabled him to obtain 80s. for his corn, it is because the wages of the manufacturer do not enable him to buy so much or so dearly. It is vain for Sir Francis or Mr. Western to contend with causes such as these. Tine season of low pro fits affects not the manufacturer only : the landlord cannot bolster himself up by a corn-law, a foreign market for British manufactures is as necessary for him as for the capitalist who deals in cotton. If the landlords would have back again their by-gone grandeur, they must plunge the country into war, and force the Minister to draw by loans yearly mil lions from the capital of the people of England, wherewith to extend outlay and stimulate prices. That, and that alone, will do their business. 'Why have they not the courage to demand it ? They can but be refused, and they still may raise their yell about the currency.—Times. We regard it as a matter of hearty congratulation for the country, that a beginning has at length been made to that greatest and most longed for of all re forms, a reform in the proceedings of Courts of Jus tice, having for its end the relief of the subject from the miseries of delay and of expense. Lord Lynd hurst, himself, the bead of the English law, made on Monday last a speech explanatory of at least the outlines of the proposed ameliorations which embrace many most important features in the pleadings and practice of all the superior courts in the tribunals of justice for Wales, and in the equity and bankruptcy jurisdictions. If the Chancellor has not warranted an expectation that all would be done immediately which many have been hoped for, he has at least broken that dismal spell under which the country had sunk for so long a period,—the despair of ever at tiny time witnessing an admission, on the part of lawyers of rank, even that any portion of our whole judicial system was short of unimprovable perfection. Those who have been used to the mystificatioes with which former Judges have either evaded or en veloped the alleged abuses in their profession, st ill be struck with the plainness and perspicuit y of the statement of the present Lord Chancellor. We look upon this speech, however, as only the prelude to other and more important reforms.—Times. revision of f si o all of monopolies our sy s system i tn ii Sir George Phillips (of Mancheste r ) i s reporte d to have said on Monday evening, th at t h e " manu facturers the monopoly o f th e E ast go fa ef e n t te u arx r a e al r : s iao looked e f t o coi r atl r hl e ye l i e t f t o a abolition India Company, and of that which existed in the trade in corn." Sir George Phillips was far nearer the mark than Mr. Davenport, with his currency nonsense, and his plan for curing a natural fall of prices, by a factitious rise in them, effected through the old, vulgar, and tyrannical nostrum of a debase ment of the currency. If the mover of the inquiry into " the state of the nation" had come forward with a manly resolution against the continuance of vexatious and costly taxes—against those systems of licensed plunder termed monopolies, and in be half of a further diminution of the public eXpendi ture—he might have found support from men of ail parties in the House of Commons, very different 8 • '79