The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Last night produced, as usual, the statement of the Revenue for the year just terminated, and of that which terminated in January, 1829, for the sake of comparison. To be brief, there has been a decrease,—a decrease in the greater part of the articles ; but that decrease has been smaller than we could have conceived or expects ed. considering the clamours that have been rai-ed, of ruined' trade, commerce, and agricul ture. Upon the whole year, it is one million me hundred and sixty-five thousand pounds.— It is to he observed also, that the decrease pulls up," if we may use the expression,—it gees not augment through the several corre eponding quarters, hut diminishes. For example, the inferiority of the first quarter ending April, 1829, to that of April, 1828, is 535,9631. — Had this decrease pervaded the several quarters of the whole year, we should have a general de ficiency of upwards of two millions; but the de ficiency of the quarter just ended, below that of January, 1829, is only 332,786/.; and we ob serve that, in the important article of customs, thus (palter even exceeds that of the correspond quarter of last year : so that, in truth, the year just ended, instead of declining, has been apie-oaching nearer and nearer to the year before. To account, also, for some of the decrease of the quarter ending January 5, 1830, as compared with that of January, 1829, or to reedier it less distressing, it should be recollected that the in come of the quarter ending January last year ex hibited a very large increase over that of 1828. Tee quarter's revenue of the latter was only 12,326,079 i., that of the former was, as seen in the tahle, 13,022,300/., making a difference of 686,`221/. Substitute the quarter ending Ja nuary, 1828, for the corresponding quarter of last year, and we should have an improvement of 353,4:35/., instead of a deficiency of 332,7861., tm the present quarter.—Times. We lay before our readers the Accounts of the Quarter ended sth January. It exhibits a decrease as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year of 332,7861. On the Cus toms there has been an increase of 62,6541. — (in the other branches a decrease. The year ended sth ,Inninny, 1830, compared with the year ended sth January, 1829, is 1,165,4491. On every branch there is a decrease, except the taxes, on which there is a slight increase of 47,26-11. On die Excise it is not considerable, amounthig to 950,6541. With an increasing population, a stationary revenue is alone a falling off ; and as our population has increased consi dereldy during the last four or five years, while the Revenue has not increase], the community, as. a whole, have necessarily deteriorated some what. With the habits of the people of this country, if' the population should not have con tinued to increase of late years, this would still indicate privation, for a population like ours can only be kept stationary by suffering. One of the branches of the Quarter on which there is a con eiderable decrease is Stamps, 60,057/. Yet we are told that more than usual pains have been taken to swell this branch. According to a con temporary (the Standard), " It has hitherto been customary for the Law List, which is made up from the names of those professional gentle men who have renewed their certificates, to be published about the middle of February, so that consequently the fees were paid at the commence ment of the month, and of course came into the April quarter. This year, however, notices were scent round to the profession, that the List would he completed on the Ist inst., and the Licenses, accordingly, were in time to swell the accounts that will ha published to-morrow. When it is recol lected that every London attorney pays twelve guineas, it will be seen that no inconsiderable sum has been borrowed by this means from the April quarter." We have no doubt that when teeplanations are given, it will also turn out that tioniething or other which ought to have come into this quarter, has been delayed. There is, we believe, a constant anxiety to swell the quarter as much as possible ; and we do not, therefore, attach much importance either way to these state ments. We see nothing to afford room for despondency. At the same time we see enough to demand from all who possess influence, the utmost exertions to effect some alleviation of the burdens which press so heavily upon the people of this country. We trust the idea of enriching a nation by depreciating the currency, is now abandoned for ever. We have already suffered too much from this nostrum. We cannot allow this occasion to pass without expressing our e arueet hope that this country and America will at length abandon the policy from which both have suffered, In the almost boundless regions of the United States, what scope for the pro duction of valuable returns for the manufactures of England ! Immense sums which might have been beneficially expended in extending the cul tivation of the soil, have been sunk in manu facturing establishments in New England that ial(' no dividends, This money may be con ,. entered as fairly thrown away. We rejoice to licar that the present Executive of the United States entertain the most friendly disposition to wards England ; and we trust that this disposi tion will he fairly met on our part. Why should there not he the best disposition between the two nations, which have so many reasons for being on the best terms with each other ? .Morning Chronicle. In another part of our columns will be found the Official Returns of the Stale of the Revenue. It will be seen that the present quarter's Reve nue has fallen off, as compared with the corres ponding quarter of the last year—the total amount of the former being 13,022,300/, anti that of the latter only 12,689,514/., leaving a decrease of 332,7861, It is said that the actual decre:Ae is much more, but the deficiency has been in part supplied by a sum of in 500,000/. plid up by the East India Company the way Of anticipation. If this report be true, which we do opt vouch for, the decrease would be great indeed. islm it is, even on the face of the official documents, there is evidence enough of the de clining prosperity of the country. The , net produce of the R evenue f or th e year ending January 5, 1829, was 48,305,3221., while that for the year ending January 5, 1830, is only 47,139,8731., leaving a decrease of 1,165,4991. Thus the deficiency of the whole year, coin pared with the preceding one, is considerably above one million. There is no doubt that great exertions had been made to swell the ac counts of the present quarter, to prevent, at this difficult and delicate crisis, the exhibition of a more alarming deficit. Extraordinary means have been used to enforce the payment of the assessed taxes some months before the usual time, notwithstanding which there is a falling off under this head of Revenue, as compared with that of the corresponding quarter, of 9,3201. Under the head of Post-office the decrease has been 20,0001.; which is a circumstance that strongly proves the stagnation of business. The Standard states that . among other branches of die Revenue which have been anticipated may be mentioned Attorneys' certificates. The fees upon these cert ificatesused to come into the April quar ter, not being paid until the beginning of Febru ary. This year, it is stated, notices were sent round to the profession that the Law List, which is made up from the names of those professional gentlemen who have renewed their certificates, would be completed on the first of January, and the licences that would otherwise have contri buted to the April quarter were its time to aug ment the returns of the present one. The only item of Revenue which shows an increase in the present quarter is that of Customs, in which the atnimentation is 62,654/., hut in which there •would have been a deficiency, if what is reported allout the East India Company's duties be true. The decrease on the Excise in the present quar ter amounts to the large sum of 154,30 G/. No thing can be more indicative of the poverty of the working classes, whose consumption of ex cisable articles is thus proved to be considerably diminished on the whole, notwithstanding the prevalent fascination of cheap gin. The Stamps have fallen off' to the amount of 60,0571. — while under the head of Miscellaneous there is a decrease of 151,7571., compared with the cor responding quarter. Those Journalists who always take the increase of the Revenue as an infallible test of a continuing, if not an increas ing, prosperity, are precluded by their own line of argument from denying that a decrease in the Revenue is as conclusive evidence of national adversity. The late hour at which we have an opportunity of taking a cursory glance at the Returns prevents us from making further ob servations upon them at present, except to point the attention of our readers to the circumstance, that the decline in the Customs for the whole year, as compared with the preceding one, is up wards of 100,0001. ; and the deficiency in the Excise for the same period very little short of a million, being 950,6521.—a decrease which can not be accounted for but on the supposition that we have already mentioned.—Morning Herald. We this day lay before the Public the Official Abstracts of the produce of the Revenue for the Year and Quarter which terminated yesterday, compared with tl►e net produce of the Revenue for the Year and Quatter which ended on the sth of January, 1829. We regret that these documents do not place the state of the national finances in so favourable a light as we could have desired, and were at one time inclined to expect. Neither on the other hand, however, do they afford any just grounds for despondency or dismay. The languor which has for a consider able period prevailed in many important branches of the national industry could scarcely fail to pro duce a correspondent diminution in the proceeds Dl' the pUblic revenue. Some decline in the receipts of the year and quarter was therefore naturally to be expected, and the statements now before us chew that its actual extent is too inconsiderable to afford ground for any serious apprehension. These statements will, we fore see, afford to some persons a pretence for de claiming upon the decay and ruin of the coun try ; nor is it improbable that these persons will be the same who for several months have taken the most gloomy view of the state of British co►mnerce and industry, although nothing can be more clear, if the opinions they have been in the habit of expressing upon the latter subject were sincere, tha❑ that they ought to derive topics of consolation rather than dismay from the actual state of the Revenue—to manifest surprise and joy that it is so good, rather than disappoint ment that it is not better. The total deficiency in this year, as compared with the last, is 1,165,4491., the falling off under the head of Excise alone, being 950,6521. In the Quarter, the failure, in comparison with the corresponding Quarter of last year, is 322,7861., nearly the half of which amount comes under the head of Miscellaneous, a branch of revenue de pending almost wholly upon accidental causes, and affording therefore no criterion of national welfare. The failure in the Excise for the Quarter is only 60,057/. From the facts thus presented to us of a diminution in that depart ment of the Revenue which is the most im portant of all as a criterion of the general pro sperity, and of the comforts and enjoyments of the great mass of the people, amounting in the whole year to 950,6521., while in the last Quarter it has fallen off no more than 60,0001., it may, we think, very fairly be inferred that the commerce and manufactures of the country have been in a state of greater activity, that the great bulk of the people have had more constant em ployment, and greater means of consumption and enjoyment during the last three months than during the preceding nine. If we cannot congratulate the nation on its advancing prospe• rity, it is at least consolatory to find that it does not retrograde with accelerated, or even with continued rapidity. If we ex tend our view over a longer period than the last two years, and compare the Revenue of the years and quarters which ended respec tively on the sth of January 1828 and 1830, the comparison will then indeed no longer be disheartening, but on the contrary highly cheer ing and satisfactory. The Revenue of the year just ended is greater than that of the year which terminated on the sth of January, 1828, by 495,1981. ; that of the quarter, greater than the corresponding quarter of that year, by 353,435/. We now refer our readers to the detailed Official Statements which aprear in another part of o►►r Paper, repeating, that however we may regret the fact.- they present, they do not afford the least ground for despondency or apprehension. The liability to vicissitudes is an inseparable attendant upon varied, complicated, and extensive coin mace. This is one of the inconveniences to which, as a great commercial and manufacturing people, we must be compelled to submit. lint so far as we may form any judgment from the documents now before us, it is certain that this evif does not in the present instance press very heavily upon us.---Morning Post. FEROCIOUS ATTACK BY A LEOPARD IN Tint Ti Ea.—On Saturday morning a young man, named CaoNint, went into the yard in the Tower, round which the cages of the beasts are placed, for the purpose of re moving the bones which had been swept nut of the cages after the beasts had been fed, and had been employed only a few wends in putting them in a basket, when on raising his head, he pemeeived one of the leopards push back the door of his cage with its paw, the keeper having neglect ed to bolt it. Before CRONE ir could stir many paces or raise the least alarm, the infuriated beast sprang towards him,. The poor fellow end •avoured to Lind shelter behind some ti I ribq, when the kopard pounced u i ..on him, and stick. ing hia immense clews og. either side of his neck, grasped the hack of his neck with his tusks, and kept a f ist hold. Caw:: calle:1 out for assistance, and reaching out his baud, endeavoured to force open the keeper's room door, but it as lam tOllcti. The keepers at length came to his assistance, and endeavoured to entice the beast away, but finding they could not succeed, they stunned the animal by giving biro some tremendous blows on the head w ith a large fowling-piece. CaolleV's neck and shoulders were se riously iajured, and he now remains in Guy's Hospital, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION.HOUSE. The I.ORD MAYOR said yesterday, with regard to numerous attacks made upon him relative to the state of the streets,—" I find my situation, as Chief Magistrate, exposes me as a butt to be shot at by every fellow who can fire paper bullets. I am written to and assailed, as if it were my fault that the streets are in an ill condition. It seems to be expected of me that I ought to send regiments of men to sweep the streets clean from one end or the city to the other. Now I have no such power : I have nothing to do with it. The communications are all anonymous, but they are extremely harassing. The'persons to whom it is proper to apply are the Commissioners of the Court of Sewers. They make the Contracts, and the arrangements for the cleansing the streets, and have ample powers for punishing in case of neglect, and those powers they exercise at a regular court called a Court of Sewers. One or two of the Common Councilmen in each ward are Commissioners. The filet is; I believe, that there is not now so high u price given for what can be got from the streets as formerly, and the contractors do not remove it until it suits their con venience. Besides, snow is at no time a marketable commodity." Mr. nobler believed they considered it was not within their contract to remove snow. One of the parish officers of Bishopsgate stated, that in consequence of the state of the streets, they had ordered out all paupers who could wield a broom to assist the contractors. If other parishes would act in a similar manner the streets of the city would soon be in a passable condition. We are informed that the contracting scavengers engage to sweep all their districts twice every week, and that they seldom, if ever, perform more than half of that contract, being satisfied to let the mud and filth accumulate in immense quantities, and then make a single job of it each week. Thus passen e'ers are often covered from head to foot, although they walk close to the shop-windows. 'f he Com missioners of Sewers, however, by whom, no doubt, complaints of this kind would be most strictly at tended to, sit generally on Tuesdays at Guildhall, where all who object to the present state of the streets ought to send communications. Every de puty of a ward is in the commission, and the inhabi tants who arc annoyed by the neglect should apply to their representatives; and whoever it is proved that a contractor has omitted to perform his con tract, he may be lined on application to the Com missioners generally, who stale that the inhabitants, who have the best means, must take upon them selves to watch, and by themselves, or their ser vants, enforce the due execution of the contract. GUILDH ALL. Maria Eyton, a middle•aged woman, was charged with conducting herself in a disorderly manner at some chambers in Serjeants'-inn, Fleet -street, oc cupied jointly by Mr. Peter O'Mealy and Mr. Kelly. Mr. O'Mealy stated, that some connexion had existed formerly between Mr. Kelly and the pri soner, but it had been broken off, and Mr. Kelly had been in Ireland. Having returned to this country, the prisoner came to his chambers to annoy him, and he had Mr. Kelly's permission to order her to leave the premises. She had refused to leave on the previous evening, and he had been compelled to give her into custody. Mr. Alderman FAREBRoTIIER said, if she had a claim on Mr. Kelly, she had a right to call at his chambers, and Mr. Kelly had nut attended to prove that she had no claim. Mr. O'Mealy said, he could give evidence on that point; but — The Alderman thought be ought not to enter upon a subject of this nature in Mr. Kelly's absence and without his knowledge. As Mr. Kelly had not attended, she must be discharged. Mr. O'Mealy said, Mr. Kelly would be out of town till Thursday ; he would not be so har,h us to ask that the prisoner should be detained in prison till that time, but he hoped that the Alderman would require her to appar on that day. The Alderman did not know that any sufficient ground had been stated to justify that course: if she came again to the chambers, she might be put into custody again. Mr. O'Mealy replied she had thrown a chair at him ; and bud attempted to bite and strike him with a poker. " The prisoner said, she had borne seven children by Mr. Kelly, who had lived with her since she was between 13 and 14 years of age, and she considered herself much ill-used. Six of her children were dead, and she did not know what had become of the other one, but she had left it with her relations. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, if she had any claim on Mr Kelly for the maintenance of the child, she ought to apply to the overseers, who would look into the case for her. He would advise her to keep away from the chambers. The prisoner had determined never to go to them again, and upon this promise the Alderman dis charged her. BOW-STREET. Yesterday au elderly man, whose appearance and address were very respectable, was charged before Mr. MlNstal.t, with having stolen nine volumes of dicfet eat literary productions from the sale-room of Messrs. Machin and Debenham, the auctioneers of King-street, Covent-Garden. The prisoner gave the name of John Jones, but it is supposed that this is not his real name. The prisoner was frilly com mitted to Newgate for trial. A young woman, named Eliza Errington, was charged by a poll; -constable with having bee❑ found on that morning in mile attire. It appeared that the constable observed the pd saner walking down the Strand, and as her face and dress did not correspond, he was induced to stop her, when he found that she was a woman, and suspecting that the clothes which she WOW bad been stolen, or that the disguise had been used for the purpose of a robbery, he took her into custody. The duplicate of a watch, which he found upon her person, served to confirm his suspicions, and her statement bcieg altogether strange and contradic tory, he felt it his duty to bring her before a Magi strate. In reply to questions by the Magistrate, the young woman stated that the clothes belonged to a friend of her's, a baker, who resided at Wat ford, and she merely put them on to have a " lark," while her friend, the baker, was at home in bed, and her prolonged absence would no doubt cause him a great deal of anxiety. Mr. MiNsuum, said that her friend's anxiety was not likely to be much abated, as he intended to com mit her as a loose and disorderly person, who had made a very unseemly exhibition of herself in the public streets. The constable, in answer to the Magistrate, said that he knew her to be a woman of the town. A young man here stepped forward and denied thi,z, stating that the young woman was his wife. Mr. MtNsnum asked him if he knew the party whose clothes his wife wore ?—The young man shook his head, and declared that he knew nothing of him. V. .Mr. MiNsnuLL—Am I to understand, then, that you allow your wife to keep company with other men, and puss her• nights with them ?—The young man replied, that the truth was, his wife and him self had been living apart for some time, and had been reconciled to each other within the last few days. 54. MINSTWIA, observed, that the young vvoni „ n had not mended her morals by the reconciliation; and as for the husband, his conduct in coming for ward with such a story was most barefaced an d im pudent. The young woman was then committed for seven lays to the House of Correction as a loose and dis orderly person. M A 61,110110 U G 11-STREET. Yesterday somas hankers, late a foreman in the service of Captain Cochrane, the brother of Lord Cochrane, ‘vliu is proprietor of an extensive patent lamp and od establishment in Regent-street, and James Hazel, also in the service of Captain Coch rane, were brought before Mr. CONANT, the sitting magistrate, charged with a series of extensive depre dations on the property of their employer. Hankers Iwas brought up by habeas from Whitecross-street prison, where he is at present confined for debt, and the following are the particulars of the CSIle, as they transpired:— Captain Cochrane had, it appeared, for a consider able time past felt convinced that some person or persons in his establishment were plundering him in a large degree, as he occasionally missed vast quan tities of cocoa-nut oil from his warehouse, which he knew had never been sold or used; but he was utterly at a loss on whom to rest his suspicion, until some days ago, when he suddenly received a visit from one Senor Nogues, a Spaniard, who disclosed to him that the prisoner Hankers was the principal in the robberies, and that he was assisted by another man in the establishment, whom he (Senor .'Vogues) could point out in person, although he did not Know his name. Captain Cochrane, on this information, had an immediate muster made of all the men in his employ for the inspection of the Spaniard; and the latter, without any hesitation, pointed out amongst a great number the prisoner Hazel as the accomplice of the foreman in the system of plunder. At the time Senor Nogues gave this information to Captain Cochrane, the foreman was already a prisoner in Whitecross-street gaol at the suit, as it appears, of the said Signor, for an alleged debt of 301.; and the Spaniard's knowledge, or professed knowledge, of what he spoke to Captain Cochrane about arose, he said, from his happening to be a lodger in the house of Hankers, in Bread-place, Somers -town, and having, he said, repeatedly wit nessed the introduction there by both prisoners of large quantities of oil stolen from Captain Cochrane's warehouse. Captain Cochrane, acting upon this information, had a detainer lodged at Whitecross street prison against Hankers for the felony, and he had Hazel taken into custody on the spot, • and brought before a Magistrate, where Senor Nogues repeated his statement respecting the guilt of both prisoners, and Hazel immediately admitted the truth of the accusation against him, for that he had fre quently, at the instance of Hankers, carried off from Captain Cochrane's premises as much as 20 gallons of cocoa-nut oil at a time, and conveyed it to Han kers' house ; so that %e hat the Spaniard had stated was, he said, perfectly correct, and he supposed that not much less than 200 gallons of oil were in this way stolen by himself and Hankers. Yesterday, when both prisoners were placed at the bar, Signor Nogues was again in attendance, and, as on the former occasion, was accompanied by an interpreter : but, to the utter astonishment of the Magistrate, of Captain Cochrane, and of every body else present, the worthy Spaniard, when called upon to repeat his former statement, denied that he had ever said any thing to criminate either of the prisoners, and declared that he knew nothing on earth about either their guilt or their innocence; and, in short, he was so utterly oblivious of past transactions, not only as regarded his powers of vision, but of speech, that as far as his testimony could go, no case whatever could be sustained against either of the prisoners. Hazel, however, did not avail himself of this opportunity to escape, for he still, as on the former day, admitted, to the fullest extent his own guilt, and declared the guilt of Hankers; and added, that on the first day the Spaniard spoke the truth, what ever he might chance to be doing to-day. Notwithstanding this confession of guilt by the prisoner, Signor Nogues was still immoveable, for Ire persisted that he knew nothing on earth about the robberies spoken of, or whether or not the pri soners were implicated in them. The prisoner Hankers fully agreed with the as sertion of -Senor Nogues to-day, as far as he (Hankers) was concerned; for he declared that he knew nothing of the robberies, and that the whole confession made by Hazel was utterly false, as far as it regarded him (Hankers); and said, that if Hazel had 'Committed the robberies spoken of, he (Hankers) was entirely ignorant of the fact. Al though, however Hankers agreed in this instance is it h Senor Nogues, he was far, he said from approv ing of the Senor's conduct on every occasion, for the Senor, be said, had arrested him for an alleged debt, and locked him up in prison, that he (tI e Signor) might have the better opportunity of in tricuing with his (Hankers') wife, who, there was no doubt, had already fallen a victim to the seduc tive arts of the Spanish patriot. Senor Nogues denied this accusation of having intrigued with his landlord and debtor's wife, al though he admitted having locked the landlord up fur the present ; but it ssas, he said, for a just debt. The Magistrate had nothing to do with the debt, or intriguing part of the transaction; but he certainly was very much surprised indeed at the total want of memory in this Spanish gentleman, of even what he had himself distinctly stated itt this office on a former -- day. As; however, - there was at present 110 other evidence beyond the confession of one of the pri soners, they must both be remanded to a future day. The prisoners were then removed to their respec tive places of confinement. John Fuller, the man who is in custody, charged with desperately assaulting Mr. Nangle, one of the overseers of St. Giles's parish, was again brought before the Magistrate, Mr. Nangle being now, for the fast time since the attack upon him a week ago, able to venture abroad. Mr. Lyon, one of the parish surgeons, had at tended Mr. Naugle, who is still in a very feeble state from the effects of the wounds inflicted on him, and he found that the complainant had received a despe rate blow, he believed from the prisoner's fist, on the face, which split open his lip and loosened four of his teeth, and that being knocked down by the blow, and falling on the pavement, he also received an ex tensive wound on the head, which bled profusely ; and he also bled copiously from the nose and ears.— The complainant was not, however, now in any danger, although it might be some time before he would be perfectly restored. Mr. Naugle said, that this was the second attack the prisoner had made upon him, for it was not long ago that the prisoner was convicted and punished at the sessions for a brutal assault on him on a former occasion. While the complainant was detailing the parti. culars of this former attack, the prisoner, who laughed outright during the whole proceeding, interrupted him thus Why, your worship, if y ou li s t en t o Mr. Nangle, he'll srn you a yarn of a sermon as long us any methodist parson." Mr. Nangle said that not only himself but the master of the workhouse Isere tbliged at one time to go about armed, to protect themselves against the prisoner, who always carried a large knife, with which he swore he would tip them open like pigs. Prisoner—l never said that time that I would stick you, Mr. Nangle, whatever I may do now. It was the master I said, and you are not the master, you know, yet. Mr. CONANT said that this was a most wanton and cruel attack upon a man, because he did not violate his duty as a parish officer, by giving away die parish funds to persons who had no claim on them, and which funds were originally established for the support of the aged and infirm. Formerly the poor used to be grateful and thankful for relief, but there scented to lie no such feeling amongst them now. Mr. Nangle had actually given a supply of bread and cheese to the prisoner, although he had no right to it, a short time before this last assault, on the same day ; but instead of using it, the prisoner flung the cheese, &c. at him, and it fell in the mud, and wag destroyed. Prisoner—Yes, your Worship, be gave me a slice of cheese as thin as that any gentleman who happens to have only one eye even, could read the newspaper through it. The Magistrate then ordered the prisoner to be locked up, and to give 4S hours' notice of bail for his appearance to answer the chalge at the Sessions. he prisoner, as he %rag retiring from the bar, eyed Mr. Naugle with a furious glance, and declared that whatever punishment might await him on this charge, if he survived it, he would settle an ever lasting account with Mr. Nangle. Ireland has ills enough belonging to her, without the imputation, as stated by mistake, of having ori ginated this worthy. London, it appears, owns him, and it is his victim who derives his origin from the sister isle. NIARYLEBONE. Twelve or fourteen bakers were summoned before Mr. HosKINs yesterday, for, as stated by Johnson, the informer, refusing to weigh their bread, accord ing to the 9th section of the Act 3d Geo. IV., e. 106. Ihe informer's witness, William Skinner, gave evidence, that on Wednesday evening, the 30th of December, he bought a 21b.-loaf of bread at the shop of Mr. David Steel, in Great Titchfield-street, Marylebone. He paid sd. for it; he was served by a female : he asked her to weigh it, and she re fused ; and he saw no scales in the shop suitable for that purpose. In answer to Mr. Charles Phillips, who was em ployed by Mr. Steel, he said there were two other pet sons with him, named Brookes and Prutton.— Brookes looked through the window, and listened at the door ; and Prutton carried a bag, to receive the bread for that night. They called at 20 or 30 shops, but neither of those persons were present. He had been in Johnson's employ three or four years, and received ss. a day. Mrs. Steel and Miss Grace Steel (the only fe males who serve bread in Mr. Steel's shop) were examined. They knew nothing of the features of the witness; they never refused to weigh a loaf when a customer required it, and a machine for it is placed upon the counter, which no person could, if they desired to see it, overlook. Mr. Phillips asked the wittiest which of the ladies served him? Skinner—l don't recollect. Mr. Phillips—Can't you tell whether it was an old lady or a young lady ?—No. Mr. Phillips—Do you happen to know positively whether it was a man or a woman ?—A woman, but I don't know her person; I never swear to any person. Mr. Phillips—A safe plan enough. The witness afterwards prevaricated respecting the time when the alleged offence was committed, and Mr. HosiciNs dismiss&d the charge. Mr. John Sweetland, at the corner of Howland street, was the next defendant. Skinner said he was served there by a male; and in answer to questions put by Johnson, after Mr. Sweetland had declared that no man ever served in the shop but himself, he said the person who served him was dressed like a master. Mr. flosKlNs called Johnson's attention to the conduct of his witness. "You see," said he, "h• makes a point of not speaking to persons, how then can he describe dress ?" Johnson—l don't know, your Worship, I was not with him. Mr. llosxis—The case is dismissed. A case against Mrs. M'Gregor, at the corner of Goodge•street, was not proved. Mr. John Black, of Charlotte -street, was next, and Skinner stated that he was served by a man. Mr. Black said, " I suffer none of my men to seme in the shop. Did I serve you ?" Skinner— I can't say. Mr. Black—l am an old nian, and always wear glasses. If I served you, you must recollect me. Skinner—l never swear to any person. Mr. HOSKINS (to Johnson)—Your witness's making it a rule to identify nobody may be conveni ent to him, but it lessens the force of his evidence very materially, and in this case I shall not convict. Johnson was about to enter on another charge— Mr. HOSKINS told him, if he could not pro duce evidence more conclusive, it was only wasting time to go on ; and Johnson, having no other wit ness, withdrew the remainder of his informations. LAMBETILSTREET. Patrick Namara and Elizabeth Al' Namara were yesterday brought up for final examination before Mr. WALKER. - Salter, a clerk belonging to the Stamp office, deposed to having given four 5/. notes to Mr. G. Warburton on the 25th of October. lie took the particulars of the notes. The 5/. note produced was one of the notes so paid. Craven Honeyman deposed to having changed two Si. notes for Mr. G. Warburton. The notes have since been paid into the Bank. One of them had been traced to the male prisoner. Mr. WALKER asked if the prisoners had any thing to say, and on their replying in the negative they were fully committed to Newgate for trial. Jane Rawlings and Pete, Rawhngs were brought before Mr. WALKER, charged with having stolen a quantity of silver spoons, and other property, be longing to the mistress of the female prisoner, Mrs. Livingston, of Arbour-square, Commercial-road. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. Ii ATTON-GARDEN. A young woman, of the name of Mary Sheehan, who succeeded in obtaining a situation as a servant, by means, it appears, of a fictitious character, was yesterday placed at the bar, before Mr. Serjeant SELLON, charged by her mistress, Jemima Parker, of No. 9, Seymour-place, Somers-town, with steal ing a silk handkerchief, and other articles, her pro perty. The prisoner, in her defence, insisted that she had received the article; as a present, from her mistress. She was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL Some days ago a gentleman, named Da?ford, wad brought to this office by the parish-officers of Lam beth, for the purpose of having an order made upon him for the maintenance of an illegitimate child, sworn to him by a young woman. The defendant positively asserted that the woman was wrong in the identity of his person ; declaring that he had never seen her in the course of his life, until the day she pointed him out to the parish-officers as the father of her child. After this declaration on the part of the defendant, the Magistrates entered into a most rigid examination of the woman, to ascertain whether she had perjured herself, and sworn the child to the wrong father. In the course of the investigation, the mother of the child related how and where she had met with the defendant, who prevailed on her to accompany him to a " house of accommodation," in a street leading out of the Westmiester-road. She admitted that she had only met him upon one oc casion, he having broken his next appointMent with her : and she afterwards went into service, where she became enceinte, and afterwards left her situation on that account, and was delivered of a child in Lambeth parish. She then entered into an account of the manner in which she afterwards dis covered the father of her child. Remembering that she first saw him in the Kennington-road, when she recovered from the effects of her accouchement, she went there one morning, and had net walked about the place many minutes, when she observed the de fendant come out of a large house; and, on inquiry at a baker's shop in the neighbourhood, she there ascertained that the defendant resided there. On obtaining this information, she apprized the parish officers of the circumstance, and they subsequently applied for a warrant against the defendant, the re sult of which was, that he was taken into custody, and had the child sworn to him, as above described. The woman then detailed several circumstances which she alleged happened on the day she met the defendant, while in his company, in order, as she said, to bring the affair to his recollection. In the first place, she could find the house he took her to, and could also describe the furniture in the room; and as a further proof of her accuracy en the sub ject, she said, addressing the defendant—" Don't you know you called the old lady who opened the door, 4 Mother,' and put five shillings into her hand before we went up stairs ? I think," added she, " the old lady, if she were here, would know both of us, for she stared very hard in my face in the passage." The defendant pleaded utter ignorance of all that had been alleged, upon which in was sug gested that the woman should lead the way to the house alluded to, followed by the beadle and the defendant, for the purpose of pointing out the place she meant. On their arrival she was anxious to enter the house in order to question the mistress of it, but the defendant exhibited a reluctance to go GI forward, and the consequence was, the parties came back to this-office, and the old bawd was sent for; but she disclaimed any knowledge of either partly saying, that she male a point, as long as she fol lowed her present occupation, of never taking itrli particular notice of the persons by whom her house was frequented. The mother of the child asserted that the de. fondant was the father of her child, while he, on the other hand, as positively declared that the baby was no more his than it was the offspring of any other stranger in the office. He also said, that his appear• ance had undergone such a change since last Fe binary, the time of the alleged intercourse, that hie nearest blends scarcely knew him now, having, at that particular tia►e, a pair of tremendous large blark - whiskers, which he shortly afterwards shaved off.. Mr. SWABEY said, the woman described that the person with whom she went had large whiskers therefore this declaration strengthened her statement. Under all the circumstances, the Magistrate agreed to postpone the further bearing of the caso on the application of the defendant, who said that he should be enabled to bring forward evidence rebut' the woman's statement. In the meantime Mr. SWABEY, having been ar prized that the defendant had entered into an ar rangement with the parish-office:s, and paid them stun of 271., the magistrate expressed a decided ob' jection to settling the business in that way, and ac , cordingly desired that the defendant might be brought, before him. Yesterday the defendant having ar tended, it was then admitted by the overseer, that the parish had received a sum of 271. from the de• fondant, in lieu of his granting a weekly sum for the maintenance of the child. Mr. SWABEY, as well as the other Magistrate ) present, condemned this mode of doing businesir and desired that the money advanced by the de' fendaut should be again restored to him, and that they should make an order upon him to pay 4s. a per week for the support of the child. The magi trates also said, that whatever doubts had existed is their minds about the defendant not being the father of the child, this arrangement that he had entered into, after having stated his intention of rebutting her evidence, convinced them that the girl's stateruest was true as to his being the father of her child. WinLm Charles rhora a , J onathan Jonathan Sir Ch u. lloyee John Fai George I George Edward isa a , L The v the Pro Assured the most All ps due at C Receipts at the C five Ags meet be Londe Just put TH novelty necesoler: eentially tulually ntml of Subjects printed, confided include 1110RA1 ROTA: MINES CONCI ENTO: ORNIT THE T EMIR( WORSHIP-STREET. SHOCKING DEPRAVlTY.—Yesterday Thos. Jones. about sixteen years of age, was charged with at' tempting to commit a burglary, in the dwelling' house of Mr. John Norris, pork-butcher, Worship' street. Kemp, a watchman, stated—l was on duty about two o'clock this morning, and saw the prisoner with two others lurking about Mr. Norris's house; I watched them a considerable time, and saw the pri' soner force the bar of the shutters, and upon which several of the shutters fell down and made a g reat noise; they looked about very cautiously to see if they were watched. Another watchman began to cry the hour, which alarmed them ; I secured the prisoner, and the other two made off. The pri , soner said he was watching the other two men, anal if they had got in he intended to inform the w a tch. man. Ile told me on our way to the watch-house that the Magistrates could only give him three months for it, as he had not entered the premiso• Upon searching him at the watch-house two centre bits and a phosphorus box and matches were fount' secreted upon his person. Mr. BROUGHTON was sorry to see such a y o uth pursuing such a dreadful career, which if not stop' ped in time must end in an ignominious death. The prisoner here seemed greatly affected,sttu-oped his feet in agony, and wiping his eyes, as if in tears , exclaimed, " God forbid that my poor dear tether should hear of this disgraceful conduct." Mr. BROUGHTON—I hope those are tears of re" penitence. I tun happy to see such contrition; you have had a narrow escape, and I trust it will prove . a warning to you; if you had entered the premise* you would, in all probability, have forfeited your life. You arc young, and appear inexperienced , and no doubt the instrument in the hands of solve daring housebreakers. lam sure you don't mid , stand using those dangerous implements wi t h s u ffe, dent skill at your age. I must punish you—it will perhaps save you from the gallows; you are there' fore sentenced to three months' imprisonment to hard labour in the House of Correction. Prisoner (taking his handkerchief from his ere' and bursting into an immoderate fit of laughter)-" Thank your Worship ; that's just what I said would be. Now, I'll tell you what I'll do—you don't think me capable of using those implement!' I'll tip you two shillings for them ; they are no us e_ to you, so you might as well let me have them--" they will be of great service to some of my tte quaintauces, who are professional men. Mr. BRouGuToN—Let him be removed directly Prisoner (on being removed)—You might 09 well take my money—they are of no service to you —l'll fork out the blunt and tip down upon the nail —come, you might as well let me have them" ? so you won't, then I think you had better. He was with great difficulty taken from the bar.... A Bowl, The Am Allegori ttibut The Caa The Cas Crownin Religion. The Gat Prolerpi °idlelia Vanity Aladdin The Stu The Nai The Ant Infant ti A Visit The Jun Dove, in his Children Belinda Attiring Eve at tl Feats o tiered olden Minerva Lord Ru Rune cretar Beside meats, d cuted in gant ly sent the tion of tl pronoun perfect a tecteti matical cuts,' in novelties Few and iunq ollowinj favourA “-w e terms su wonder, is not on less exec; decorativ laud cou Gazette, " Ti 1 9 , Pearan lubtnetit 4 is the n bhrineoi Woet elei for Dec. 4,, T1 in ita ext °attune/ a nterliur wonder :( During the Consulate, BUONAPA UTE, SIG' cording to Bouitammt, used soinetimea to perambulat e Paris in disguise, in order to learn the opinion entertaine of him by the commonalty; and on one of these oecs . : sions be was actually driven out of a shop by an 0 1 woman, and he and his Secretary were obliged to take t ° their heels, because the First Consul had spoken disc' epeetfully of himself. In at engagement at Stradbally-bridge, be, tween Queen ELIZABETH'S troops and th e re b e l s , a s sh the Irish without the pale used to be called, Sir A ntruisnilt ° CORBY, the QUEEN'S General, was slain, and his wel l giving way, in a few minutes after his son FRANCIS ate:, the sane fate. The wiv es o f Sir Ansx.sisnEn and 1 7 son were witnesses of th e b a t t l e f ront a w i n d ow o f mansion in the immediate neighbourhood. It might het ° been supposed that their two-fold loss would have over whelmed the ladies; but at that period they manage d thele things with business-like propriety. " Tuke heed, I pill you, mother-in-law," said the widow of FRANCIS, wire° she saw her husband fall, " that Sir ALEXANDER. "1: killed the first, and that I am entitled to my tierce widow of his heir."—Spectator. MARRIED. On the 29th ult. at the British Ambassador's, Pariso l ' J. Cooper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., barrister-at-10 1 ' to Frances, daughter of Matthew Donelan, of the coun t of Galway, Esq., and niece of the Right lion. the tat of Fingal). On the sth inst. at Kesgrave, W. P. Wood, Fellow t' t Trinity College, Cambridge, second son of M. Wood, Egli M.P., to Charlotte, only daughter of E. Mocr, Esq., ° Great Bealings, Suffolk. On the 28th ult. at Dublin, A. F. Blyth, of the 15 0 ' or King's Hussars, to Susan, daughter of F. Roche, Egl' of Roche Mount. On the sth inst. at Camberwell, D. nankin, Esq., °/ Stanstead, Herta, to Elizabeth Dorothy, only child of u' Potter, Esq., of Peckham. On the sth inst. at St. Botolples, Ilishopogate, the Re: It. B. Perkins, of Christ-church, Oxford, to Sarah; OM' daughter of Mr. Clode, of Bishopsgate. DIED. On the Sd inst. at his seat, Fiaeshade Abbey, N o rth' amptonshire, in the 91st year of his age, the lion. JO O Munckton. On the sth inst. Catherine, wife of Mr. J. Tesogooilf Dufour's-place, Golden-square. _ _ On the 4th inst., at Upper Tooting, James Pope, Es'Y aged 76. On the 4th inst. Ellen, youngest daughter of J. Bid' kett, Esq., Cloak-lane. On the 4th inst. at Kensington, Mr. F. 'Tress, in Il i° 54th year. On the 2d inst. at Brighton, the widow of the lite C": Robinson, Esq., aged 71. On the 3d inst. at Knightsbridge, Mr. D. W. Malt!: well, eldest son of Mr. D. Maydwell, of Leatherhei o " Surrey, aged 18. On the let inst. at Kensington, Air. R. Nott, of CO herwell, aged 81. On the 4th inst. Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. ir Hankins, of Union-street-east, Spitalfields, aged 66. PAINFIED AND PUDI,DSIIXD IIY 2,411RD0 YOUN©, A TILE SU X OI,ICE, 112, SWAN]) LONOON• " Tlii . - • 1 tll way ; of all tho Ladies, a !ernatili t to recom . - -Atlas, " Ir, a to „ kdsi unique fr Ur reeeii Noy . 8, " The bent p op , Prvaent G " The 4 kl instr Nnte Ltsi Itnek eon 4 1 etsie rip ii *hick thi S hould be G--1