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/7 (3 ' quare, bad L ikr, dishonesty. • _ • 4.) Mr. CO'IANT sentenced Armstl of 201., or to be imprisoned for tl o s. t ok , + in consideration of some favourably of Sandiland, the same fine was sse.' _ ."; 114 ) ••• 4 / - ; •t" term of imprisonment, in default • = //( mitigated to six weeks. /41 1..) - 4114 THAMES POLI 1) been convicted of tong to pay a fine .hree months ; and, e point in the case imposed, but the of payment, was CE. (No. 12,662.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1833. (PRICE 7D.) shillings, but next to his skin, near the waistband of his breeches, were seven sovereigns and three .51. notes. James Hone, to a regimental recruiting draft for the sum of 201. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF DARNLEY. On May 1 will eppear, in 3 vols. post Bvo. NI ARY OF BURGUNDY; or the Re volt of Ghent. By the Author of " Darnley," " Henry Masterton," London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. It appeared from the evidence of a clerk in the house of Messrs. Brown and Co.,bankers, of Leeds, that, on the 2d or 3d of January last, the prisoner en dorsedpresented itnhaemceheocnk theto hi him the a m oun t i n t wo 51. no t es o f the Leeds bank and 10 sovereig ns . Th e c h ec k was f or warded to back of orf payment, ym W ent ilne and ss paid Messrs. Brown, Jansen, and Co., their London gents, who, on:presenting it for payment to Messrs. Cox an d Greenwood, the army agents, found that it was a forgery. Captain Hope proved that the signature to the check was not written by him, and Sergeant Ro binson of the Coldstream Guards deposed that the check was written by the prisoner, but he could not swear to the signature. On this evidence, Mr. Birt, of the firm of Clarke and Co., solicitors, Craven -street, Strand, who ap peared for the prosecution, pressed for the committal of the prisoner, who, declining to say anything in answer to the charge, was accordingly ftfly com mitted for trial. The LORD MAYOR--:--I am sorry to find an aged man shaming his grey hair by getting into such a condition. How did it happen ? Sailor—Why, your Lordship, I only happened to be getting for ward a little. Just published, Price Svo., stitched, PRACTICAL RETRENCHMENT the LEGITIMATE OBJECT of REFORM. Getting forward ! Getting backward, you mean. You do not call tumbling about the street getting forward, do you ?—(A laugh.)—l did get a little too much, please your Lordship, but I hope I sha'n't be so bad next time.—(Laughter.) The next time ! How can I think of giving this money back to you if I have to expect that you will repeat this conduct ?—l'll carry myself as steady as I can ; that's all I can promise. _ _ _ By JOHN PENNY, Editor and Proprietor of the " Sherborne Journil." London : Longman and Co. ; Ridgway ; Hamilton and Co. ; and Penny and Co., Sherborne ; Benson, Weymouth BRITON'S PICTURE OF LONDON. Just published, with 110 Views, Plan of the Streets, and Maps, 27th Edition, corrected to the present time 9s. bound (with the Maps only, 64.), ORIGINAL PICTURE of LONDON; forming a Guide to the Metropolis ; with a De• scription of its Environs. &c. By J. BRITTON, F.S.A., &c. Why, who are the best friends you have P—The Lord only knows. I often get into rum hands; but the rest of my family is in Norfolk, lam the worst off of all of them, but I don't grumble. I am sorry for it, for I believe you to be a very honest fellow.—There you're right, my Lord ; but I am quite satisfied. The policeman said he thought he knew the de fendant as a fisherman. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. W ORSHIP-STREET. Just published, price 6d., OPERATION of the CORN LAWS during the last SIXTY YEARS, stated in the Shape of Substantive Propositions. 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Last week two gentlemen arrived in Stafford from London, apparently the agents of some party, in the matter of the proceedings in the House of Commons relative to thelate election for the borough. • Considerable curiosity was excited respecting them, and many rumours were in circulation, the principal one being to the effect that they were the agents of Government, and had come to collect evidence " to disfranchise the borough." They proved, however, to be Sir Robert Sydney (a Parliamentary agent, we believe), and Mr. Thomas, of Swansea, and they had come in the interest of Captain Gronow, as will be seen from their own statements, made at a meeting of which we are about to give an account. A printed notice was distributed on Saturday morning last, inviting " those burgesses and electors who were desirous of preventing the disfranchise ment of the borough," to a meeting at the George Inn, in the evening. Shortly after the appointed hour (six o'clock), a good number of the burgesses assembled. Mr. C. Flint, with two or three of the principal supporters of Captain Gronow at the late election, entered the room, and Mr. FLINT stated that there were two gentlemen in an adjoining room, Sir R. Sydney, and Mr. Thomas, of Swansea, who were anxious to attend the meeting, if the burgesses and electors present desired them to do so, in order to give their opinions, and to advise them what course they ought to pursue, with the view of securing to themselves the continued possession of their rights and privileges. If it was the wish of the meeting, he would introduce those gentlemen to them.— (" Shouts of "Yes, yes.") Mr. Flint then left the room, and immediately returned with Sir Robert and his companion. Mr. F. moved that Mr. Thomas should take the chair; and in that motion the meeting unanimously concurred. Mr. THOMAS very briefly explained the object of the meeting, by reading the notice by which it had been convened. The object was to prevent the dis ranchisement of the borough.—(Applause.) f Mr. FLINT believed Sir Robert Sydney had something to communicate to the meeting; he therefore would, with the permission of the chair man, call upon that gentleman to address them. Sir ROBERT SYDNEY immediately responded to the call. He said it was but two or three days ago that he and Mr. Thomas entered the town en tire strangers to every one, excepting a casual ac quaintance he (Sir Robert) had with Mr. Flint; they had consequently been beset with difficulty in the execution of tlrir mission. He regretted that his Learned Friend (Mr. Thomas) had been called to the chair; otherwise he would have entered into many particulars which would have interested them, respecting Captain Gronow, whom he had known from his boyhood upwards. He would have informed them of the habits of life of the Hon. Member, of the respectability of his family and connexions, and of his high and ho nourable sentiments. Sir Robert Sydney then ob served, that after he and his friend had been in town a short time, they had ascertained that the petition which had been presented to the House of Commons against the return of Captain Gronow, appeared to be little understood by the burgesses who had signed it. They had been induced to make strict inquiries respecting the circumstances under which the signatures had been obtained; and the further they went, the more fully satisfied were they that the prayer of the petition had not met with the approbation of the petitioners, and that their names had been obtained by misrepresentation. Several had stated that the instrument which they had signed was confined to the point of the qualifi cation of Captain Gronow. One of the prayers of the petition was, that the elective franchise should in future be limited to the la householders—a prayer which it was so inconsistent in the free men of the borough to unite in, that he felt convinced unfair means had been used with them to obtain their signatures, many of which, he understood, had been obtained, whilst the deluded men were in a state of intoxication. This would, no doubt, be a serious subject for investigation by the House of Commons; and no doubt all persons who had been concerned in practising the fraud would be called to the bar of the House, and from thence committed to Newgate.—(Laughter and cheers.) Sir Robert then said, the best course they could adopt, he thought, would be to come to a resolution to this effect. Ile then read the first reso lution, which was seconded by Mr. Robert Jones, and carried unanimously. The second resolutioo was then proposed by Sir R. Sydney, and seconded by Mr. Kingstone. Carried unanimously, with cheers. Sir Robert then added, that he had no been able at present to give the subject a long con. sideration, and he had not arrived at present at all the facts. He had been surprised beyond measure to learn, that one of the poll books at the late elec tion had been lost. He bed not yet discovered whether Captain Gronow had been made acquainted with that extraordinary fact, but he supposed nut. He had been equally surprised to find, on reading This res“lution, it will be observed, contains the names of several gentlemen, who are requested to act as a committee of investigation. Neither Mr. Keen, Mr. Seek erscri, nor Mr. Webb, attended the meeting, and their names were used without their authority. the petition against the return, that the petitioners complained that they themselves had been bribed. They could scarcely have been aware of the existence of the Act of Parliament of the 2d Geo. 11., wherein, in the 24th chapter, it was enacted, that any person lawfully convicted of bribery, should be for ever disqualified for voting for Members of Parliament-- no matter whether for this or any other borough, or for any county. Mr. C. FLINT then addressed the meeting. He said, a great deal of misrepresentation had gone forth respecting the proceedings which were the subject of that night's consideration. It had been stated that their Hon. Member, Captain Gronow, had given evidence, or had proposed to do so, for the purpose of visiting the burgesses of this bo. rough with penal consequences. He could, on Cap tain Gronow's behalf, give that statement an un qualified contradiction.—(Applause.) If they would only, as reflective men, consider for a moment the absurdity of such a line of conduct, they would be convinced of the falsehood of the statement. Many other false reports and statements had passed cur rent, from the beginning of these proceedings to the present time; and he must say of their opponents, that they had the peculiar tact, when they originated measures of an offensive nature, to endeavour to show that they emanated from the other side, and to throw the odium upon them.—(Hear, hear.) He should like to ask a few plain questions.. Who was it that had been attempting to defend the ancient rights and privileges of the borough—who was it that had incurred any expense for that purpose be sides Captain Gronow ?—(Applause.) He (Mr. Flint) had been in London, at his request, in sup port of their cause, and one of their own body had likewise, at his request, been to town for the same purpose of attempting to obtain a remedy for the grievances of which the burgesses of Stafford had so much reason to complain. He must say that there had not been a town in England so unconsti tutionally and so illegally dealt with as Stafford.— (Applause.) One of the first principles of the British Constitution was, that every individual, much more every body of men, when their right to retain an important privilege was in question, should be considered innocent until proved guilty.— (Cheers.) But in the case of this borough, a Bill had been brought into the House of Commons, and had been read a third time, and it was therefore their duty to acquiesce in it; but the preamble of that Bill, he must say, was most unjust and unfair : it stated that which had never been proved, that of which the burgesses of Stafford had never been found guilty.—(Hear, hear.) And why had that Bill been brought into Parliament ? Why, to prop up a petition, one of the prayers of which was, that the return of Rees Howell Gronow, Esq., should be declared null and void, and that William Blount, Esq., should be declared duly elected.—(Hisses and groans.) At whose request was this Bill of In demnity introduced to enable another to sneak into Capt. Gronow's place ? And who caused the second petition to be signed ? He must say that that man was a despicable man, who came amongst a body of mechanics, to misrepresent facts, and to state what was false, in order to induce them to do a thing im properly and in the dark, for the purpose, ultimately, of destroying their own rights and privileges.— (Applause.) This was no party question. It was not whether they approved of this person or the other as their representative , it was a question vi tally affecting their privileges ; it was whether they should continue to enjoy their birth-right, or whe ther, cajoled by fraud and misled by falsehood, they should be unwittingly the instruments of cutting off themselves and their posterity from their ancient privileges.—(Applause.) The petition, praying that the one they had be fore signed might be withdrawn, was then read by Mr. Flint, and afterwards received the voluntary signatures of several who were present. Mr. FLINT then observed, that another petition, one to the House of Lords, against the Indemnity Bill, had also been prepared, and it would lie for the signatures of the burgesses, and the electors at large. Thanks were afterwards voted to the CHAIRMAN, who complimented the burgesses on their good order. After several rounds of hearty cheers, the meeting separated. SURREY SESSIONS. RYE GATE, APRIL 9. The General Qiarter Sessions for Surrey were held yesterday, at Ryegate, before Sir W. JOLIFFE, Bart., chairman, and a crowded bench of magis trates. STIPENDIARY CHAIRMAN. After the Grand Jury had been sworn, the clerk of the peace read the report relative to the appoint- ment of a stipendiary chairman, and an amendment to it, which had been agreed to at a former session, to the effect, that a stipendiary chairman should be appointed by the magiArates—that he should be a barrister of seven years' standing—and that his salary should be 800/. On its being moved that the report be confirmed, Sir T. TURTON moved an amendment, " That the report be not confirmed." No one seconded it, and it was therefore withdrawn. ADDITIONAL SESSIONS TO RELIEVE THE ASSIZES, A report was read, recommending that adjourned sessions should be held in the week previous to the assizes, with the view of avoiding sending a great many prisoners for trial at the assizes, of saving ex pense to the county in the conveyance of prisoners to distant parts of the county for trial, and to reduce the expenses of prosecutors, witnesses, &e. The number of cases which were sent to the assizes in three years, and which could have been tried at adjourned sessions, amounted to 3511. The average expense of each case tried at the assizes was 131. or 141.; but if the prisoners were tried at the sessions, the expenses would be less than one quarter of that sum. Colonel CHALINOR, in moving that the report be received, said the Committee had endeavoured to divide the time as conveniently as possible, and not more than five or six weeks would in future elapse between each adjournment. The expenses of con veying the prisoners to Guildford last year amounted to 1,6001.; there were 117 prisoners for trial, 92 of whom might have been tried at the sessions. The average expense of prisoners at the assizes was 131. 7s. 6d., but at the sessions the expense for each prisoner was 21. 3s. 4d.—The report was agreed to, and the Court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A TRUE HEARTED SAILOR .—A weather-beaten old sailor, with a white head, and skin which an Eastern climate had marked in the most determined manner, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having had a great deal too much grog on board on Monday night. A policeman said that the sailor caught hold of him by the arm as he passed along the street, and said, " I say, shipmate, give us a lift as fares theßlue Boar." Witness saw timc the old man was far gone in liquor, and readily towed him along. At the Blue Boar, However, the landlord knew nothing about him, and rjused to accommodate him. As the grog began to trip up his heels, the witness thought the best thing to do with him was to lodge him in the station-hous e . The sailor wai uncon scious of the difference between a watchhouse and a plubc-honunsrds. in his eat the time, and wa s q uietly deposited on t he i n pocket were found a few Sailor—Fisherman ! what do you mean by a fisherman ? I never fished in ray life. I'm none of your half-and-half seamen ; I am a real ship-o'-war's man. What the -- do you call me a fisherman for ?—(Laughter.) The Lofty MAYOR—I am sure you are a real seaman, and I dare say you would fight now for your King, old as you are ? Sailor—Ay, please your Lordship, or for any one else that I liked. I've had many a hard day's battle, but I can fight still, though my head is grey these 30 years. I can't give you these batik-notes until I find that you are in safer hands.—Thank you, my Lord, I think you had better not trust me to-day.-(Laughter.) 'Why, you don't intend to get drunk so soon ? I hope not, but I would not swear it—(Laughter)— but your Lordship had better keep the money. And suppose I don't give it to you, if you drink too much to-night ?—Why, then, your Lordship, give it to the poor, and good luck to 'em with it.— ( Loud laughter.) Three poulterers of Leadenhall-market, of t ery good characters, were brought up,charged with hav ing purchased stolen fancy fowls. A gentleman who resides in the country stated that he had lost 18 fancy cocks and hens, some thieves having picked a few bricks out of the wall of his henhouse and stripped the roost. The defendants said that they had done as all other poulterers were in the habit of doing—pur chasing of countrymen. They were willing to give up the stolen property, and would, if they could catch the thieves, prosecute them. They were discharged. GUILDHALL. A DEAR HOLYDAY FROLlC.—Richard Dyer, a mechanic, was brought before Sir JOHN KEY yester day, charged with assaulting Giovanni Legalo, an aged itinerant musician. The old Italian was passing along Holborn with a musical instrument hanging before him, when it struck the defendant it would be a funny thing to knock the old man head over heels across a child's chaise that was going along the pavement. It was done in a moment—the instrument was shattered, and the Italian much frightened and bruised. The defendant ran away, but was overtaken. A gentleman who was passing, described it as a wanton and disgraceful outrage. The defendant did not mean to do any harm, but he knew not what he did In reply to a question from Sir JOHN KEY, the Italian said lie thought his instrument could not be repaired for less than 20 francs. Sir JOHN could not excuse such gross misconduct towards an inoffensive foreigner. He should re quire compensation fur the assault and loss of time, as well as the damage. The prisoner offered 10s. That will not do, replied Sir JOHN. The prisoner, after pausing a lirtle, offered 20s. No, said Sir JOHN, you must bid higher. Prisoner could not. He was a poor hard-work ing man, and really could not spare more. Well, unless you pay him 305., I will commit you to hard labour for two months, rejoined the Magis trate. If you are pinched severely to raise this sum you will not be punished more than you deserve. I wish to impress this affair on your memory. The prisoner sorrowfully agreed to pay the money, and was disch,:rged. A smart young woman, named Ann Hayden, who had a green pocket-handkerchief about her head in place of a bonnet, was next put to the bar. Isaac Easley, a watchman, found her sitting in a recess on Blackfriars-bridge, about 4 o'clock in the morning. He told her he could not allow her to remain there, and she then raid that she had walked till she was tired, and, if he must force her away, she hoped he would take her somewhere for pro tection, as she had no home nor friends. He took her to the Counter. Sir JOHN KEY asked if she was sober ? The watchman said, quite so. The prisoner, in reply to questions from the Ma gistrate, was living with her husband in the neigh bourhood of the Cornwall-road, and he having told her in anger that she should not remain in his house, she had walked out and strolled up and down till she was tired. Sir JOHN asked if she had informed her husband where she was? She said she had not. Sir JOHN inquired if she would now go home if he discharged her? She promised that she would; upon which he dismissed her, telling her that if her husband ill-treated her, she had better apply to the Magistrates for protection than follow the course she had adopted on the present occasion. BOW-STREET. CHARGE AGAINST AN M.P. OF UNLAWFULLY PAWNING.-Mr. Mullett, an upholsterer andlooking glass manufacturer in the Strand, appeared at this office yesterday, before Sir F. ROE, to prefer a charge of unlawfully pawning a looking-glass, his property, against a Member of rte House of Commons, who had hired the glass, with other articles of furniture, from him somt - , time ago. The defendant did not come forward to meet the charge, and, as two summonses had subsequently been issued for his appearance, Sir F. ROE should issue a warrant against him, as he conceived he had given him ample time to meet the accusation. A person who appeared on behalf of the Hon. Member, requested the Magistrate to defer the hear ing of the case for another week. — Sir F. ROE should certainly not consent to a further postponement, and the Magistrate then asked )Ir. Mullett if he would swear that the property found at the pawnbroker's was the same he had lent to the defendant, and whether it had been pledged without his knowledge or consent ? Mr. Mullett had brought the pawnbroker forward, and the looking-glass was now in the office. He lit Ter gave th e d e f en d ant an y authority to pawn it. Sir F. ILE then directed that a warrant s huuld be issued for the apprehension of the Hon. Member, arid the execution of it was intrusted to Ledbitter and Stevens, the officers. CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A SOLDIER.-- Thomas Batchelor, late a private in the Coldstream guards, was brought before Sir F. RoE in order to be finally examined on the charge of having forged the name of hi s comman di ng officer, Captain infant a severe blow on its mouth, and afterwards beat and kicked her dreadfully. In short, my life is daily in danger from his brutal conduct, said the prosecutrix. Police constable 138, G—Your Worship, the prisoner is a dreadful character. When I was called to take him into custody I found the neighbourhood in a state of alarm. On conveying him to the station-house I heard him say that he would do for the child or the mother. Mr. BROUGHTON—What did he mean by the word do? Constable—Why that he would murder them. That if he could not murder the mother he would the child. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the complainant)—How long have you been married to this man? Com plainant—Thirteen months. And out of that time how long have you been happy ?—Not a day; for on the first day of our marriage he got drunk. Another police constable said that, on taking the prisoner to the station-house, he said in his hearing that he had only married the for her 1001., and that having got that she might then go to the devil and the child too. Serjeant Tilt—My opinion is, that the child won't ive many days. Her mouth is now black from bruises. Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ? Prisoner—Why; that it's all wrong. I never struck her. Van, one of the officers of the establishment — Your Worship, he is a dreadful fellov when drunk, when sober he is quiet enough. The magistrates fined the prisoner in the sum only of 205., or three weeks' imprisonment, a sen tence so mild that it surprised every one present. The prisoner was, in default of payment, com mitted to prison. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. FALSE CIIARACTERS.—John Armstrong, better known to the police by the title of Captain Arm strong, was brought before Mr. CONANT yesterday, charged with having given a false character to a young man named Sandiland (who was placed at the bar with him), for the purpose of enabling the latter to obtain the situation of footman in the fa mily of John Hopton Chichester, Esq., of Wim pole-street. Mrs. Chichester stated that on Thursday week the prisoner Sandiland applied for the situation of footman which was vacant in her establishment, stating that he had lived in Scotland, with a gen tleman named Brown, who was about to quit Eng land, but he would have no objection to come to town from Windsor, and give him a character. A day was accordingly fixed when Mr. Brown was to wait on her, and when he did call he was referred to her mother, Lady Knatchbull, to whom the pri soner Armstrong, under the name of Brown, gave so satisfactory a character as to induce Mrs. Chi chester to engage the prisoner Sandiland at once. Lady Knatchbull saw the prisoner Armstrong, at the request of her daughter, and he then represented himself to be the Mr. Brown with whom the prisoner Sandiland said he had lived, at the same time declaring that he had no fault to find with the prisoner; and his only reason for parting with him, was on account of being about to quit England. Ballard, one of the officers of this establishment, in consequence of information he received from Mr. Henry Dyer, went to the residence of Mr. Chi chester, and when the prisoner Sandiland came to take possession of the situation, he called him into the dining-room, and without informing him who he was, he questioned him as to the parties with whom he had stated he last lived. The prisoner repeated that his last situation was with the Mr. Brown who had given him a character, and the situation before that in which he had been engaged was with Sir T. Troubridge. Witness then discovered himself, and taxed him with having received a false character from Armstrong. At first the prisoner denied it was so, but afterwards admitted it was the fact, and begged witness to let him go, as he had been driven by distress to commit the imposition. Witness then took him into custody, and kept a watch for the other prisoner, whose person was well known, and whom lie succeeded in apprehending last Saturday. Mr. CONANT, addressing himself to Sandiland, asked how he came to apply to Armstrong for a character ? He wished him to answer this question, provided he thought fit, as Armstrong was aware that he was known at this office, and it was im portant to know whether he offered his services to servants out of place, or whether they applied to him Sandiland had applied to Armstrong, from having heard that he was a person who would furnish him with a character. Armstrong, h tea onr being charge, but u t calledmerely saidn f r h his ehp defence, oed did not deny fot lenity, on account of his age, and also on account of his humane motives, in attempting to benefit poor servants, who could not get situations for want of characters. Ballard here intimated that the prisoner Arm strong had been committed from this office and from High-street-office for the same offence as the present. If necessary, cases could be brought against him where he had given characters to im proper persons. One man, to whom he had given character, had robbed the family in Connaught-ter race, where he had been engaged as footman ; and a woman who had obtained a situation through his SINGULAR APPLICATION.—A gentleman, whose name was said to be Freeman, applied to Mr. BAL. LANTINE for a warrant to apprehend the Captain of a merchant vessel, for committing a robbery on the high seas. The applicant came home as cabin-passenger in the ship in question from Van Diemen's Land, and during the voyage the vessel became very short of sh reduced.iship, provisions, the and h commander mo Fortunately u t anna e allowances eerly o tfh%evyh ifcehi o ai f ng all rweiet d o h n taon board Ase mil etr we hi American sufficient provisions for the remainder of the voyage; but a fresh dilemma arose : the Captain had no money to pay for them, and, under these circumstances, requested him (the applicant) to lend him sufficient cash for the purpose. He acceded to the request, and paid the commander of the American vessel upwards of seventy pounds ; and the provisions were immediately sent on board. A bill of parcels was made out in due form, and the owners of the ship were made his debtors, the Captain certifying that the account was correct, and guaranteeing the payment of the money when the ship reached England. He locked up the bill in a drawer in his cabin, and a few days afterwards the Captain made a formal demand of the bill. He, of course, refused to give it up, and the Captain, assisted by the mate and two or three of the seamen, made a forcible entry into his cabin, broke open his boxes, threw his clothes about, and stole the bill, which he had since presented to the owners, and obtained the money. Mr. BALLANTINE said it was a very strange pro ceeding, and inquired when the ship arrived in the port of London. The applicant said she arrived in the river last October, but was still in dock, and the Captain lived close by. The reason he had not applied be fore was, that he had not been able to meet widi the mate or any of the crew until within the last two or three days. The Captain had not only taken away the bill, but had destroyed several papers of very great importance to him. Mr. BALLANTINE said that might be made the grounds of a civil action, but not of criminal pro ceedings. The claim of the applicant on the owners was still as good as ever. The bill was only the evidence of that claim, and was still in existence. The gentleman said the bill was as good as money to him, and he had applied to the owners, who said they had once paid the amount and would not pay it again. If he had not found the money, the ship, which was then in fourteen or fifteen de grees of south latitude, would have been compelled to put into Valparaiso, or some other port, and the voyage would have been consequently delayed. Mr. BALLANTINE said the treatment of the appli cant, after the services he had rendered, was cer tainly harsh; but the offence with which he charged the Captain was not a robbery, and he should not be justified, particularly after the length of time that had elapsed, in issuing a warrant to apprehend him. He was, however, liable to an indictment for obtaining fraudulent possession of the hilt, which the owners could be compelled to produce in Court. This was the only step he could advise the applicant to adopt. The gentleman thanked the worthy Magistrate for his advice, and said he should certainly act upon it. MARYLEB ONE. THE SNOB AND THE PENSlONER.—Yesterday William Lacy, a pensioner, was brought before Mr. HOSKINS, the sitting Magistrate, charged with steal ing four pairs of new shoes from George Dix, a son of St. Crispin : and also with bilking a cabman in the most ungentleman-like manner out of his fare. The mender of souls, a natty little fellow, about two feet and a half perpendicular height, and with a pekooliar squeaking voice, said, pleases your Vorship, that ere good-for-nothing warmint is a countryman of mine, and I meets him yesterday afternoon, which being Easter Monday ►n course w e went to have a drop of summer. He told me, your Vorship, as how he'd got no blunt, and so 1 treats him werry handsomely, and gives him a friendly consarn of bread, onions, cheese, beer, and hot sheep's heads, and indeed awl I had. I accorr• modates him by letting him pig in a bed in my stall, with four of my young'uns ; but notwithstanding all my kindness the willain gets up at six o'clock this morning and bolts with four pair of bran new shoes. There (violently exclaimed the little cobbler, waxing t-xceedingly wrath)—there's a piece of ungratefulness, —(Laughter.) Vell, I sued ' arter him, your Vora. ship, and nailed him in Oxford-market, in the worry act of taking his pension, and so I gived him in charge; for 'pon my soul I thinks he deserves a good welting, as such wagabones as him doses gemmen'a hearts and makes 'em as tough as leather, and there's, an end of generosity. A cab-driver here stepped forward and said, as how the gemman at the bar had patronized his vehicle from five minutes to eight in the morning up to that 'ere blessed time. His fare was 9s. 4d., which the gemman wouldn't tip. _ Mr. HosKrNs—Well, prisoner, what have you to s'y about stealing the shoes ? Prisoner (turning his quid)—Not a ha'peth. Pm shot if ever I see'd them at all. Here's my karakture (holding out a dirty piece of paper) vich vill last longer than that 'ere snob's. Mr. HowlNs—Prosecutor, when did you se your shoes safe ? Dix—Vy yesterday was e werry arternoon ; and as true as they call me little Georgy Dix, my customers anticipates them coming home to eight, to ge to Greenwich fair. . Prisoner---How could you see them wh'•n yqu %vas blind drunk ? anylmw's I felt them, and that's the same thing. Mr. HOSKINS—Had you been drinking ? Yes, your Vorship, but I don't consider as ho.vv was intoaticated, for I could stand on ray legs, and I'm blowed if I don't think that's werry fair for Easter.7(Laughter.) Mr. HOSKIN; detained the prisoner to give the policeman an opportunity of tracing the shoes, and (Irdered the knight of the whip to be paid out of the money found upon the prisoner. CERTIORARI.—A correspondent expresses his surprise that, among other law reforms, no inquiry s'!ould hitherto have been made into the extraordinary way in which justice is often defeated, by the facility with which writs of certiorari are at present obtained ; often (as in a recent case at the Suffolk Assizes) by anticipa tion, without its necessity or propriety being known or examined into by any competent tribunal. I , le adds the., while so much form and difficulty exists in changing th.e ve nue in civil suite, it is extraordinary that criminal charges cm lee changed from Court to Court, and pro , :ecu tors of test htra , sed and worn nut, on little more than the payr, - .ent ot c rtain fees at the Crown-office. LITERATURE.—The following new and pe p drr Works have la.ely been published by Mr. Burr., ti Iles-street, Cavendish.square:-1. " Aims and Ends," by Mrs. SHERIDAN. 2. " Lives of Banditti and Rob inrs," by C. 11.1.terAuLANE, Esq., 2 vols. 3. " The In -Ir:bible Gentleman," by the author of " Chartley," 3 vols. 4. "Records of my Life,' by the late J OHN T AYLOR , E sq . 5. Lights and Shadows of German Life," 2 vols. And, diortly will be published, 6. " Memoirs of Msrshal Ney; !"rO,ll his original manuscripts and papers in the possession M . the family. Editions French and English, in Svc,. Sunday last a Bull issued by the POPE was read in all the Roman Catholic Chapels in the me tropolis, exhorting the clergy to bestow all possible attention on t4eir flicks, and to be unceasing in their insti uctions to he Catholic community, in warning them of the danger 1 infidelity, which was now spreadingi rasi.duiyr,paon,edd,ati—s t icking their h o ly r e li g ion. The Bull, t lirected against the French, a. his 'lnane.) has dee aced in rivate, that he considered the United Kingdom of Eng: !and, Scotland, and Ireland, one of the most religious and moral in the w orld, and where the Sabbath was observed with the greatest piety and decor w,