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all injudicious legislation; but they would be dealt with, and may still, we trust, be dealt with, .1 . 1 -re medies drawn from the common stork of political prudence, temper, and justice. . They need pot overwhelm the state, or decompose, us did the penal lawi, the Irish nation, and separate its ele ments, as if they bad never been combined. The religious war being happily ended, it is nevertheless extremely possible that other sources of confusion may have been opened; and even by those vigorous hands, and through an un successful application of that same upright spirit, to which Ireland is indebted for her release from the Popery code. One cruel aggravation of every disturbance to which Ireland has been exposed during the last half century, was the, extreme po verty of the people upon whom the arts of excite ment operated, and their enormous numbers. That the country at large was overstocked with inhabi tants, we by no means affirm. The island would have supported twice the number, had capital ex isted or been employed to call forth productive labour; but the want of commercial and manufac. Luring industry left no means of livelihood for the growing population, except what was afforded by the cultivation of the soil ; so that land became the most marketable commodity, if not the only one; and by degrees the greater portion of the estates throughout the kingdom were cut up into miserable patches, such as the spade of a single peasant might search, for a scanty crop of half-manured potatoes. The 40s. freehold law made this multiplication of paupers an instrument in the hands of every 'squire for extending his political influence ; so that the political spirit of the country was de based, and its surface over-run, by a destitute and pitiable, but useless and dangerous, popula tion. Under these circumstances, and with a view to their amendment, the Legislature, it short time ago, passed a Bill to prevent the subletting of lands, a Bill which the Irish land lords would never have endured, so long as the 40s. freehold law subsisted. We, with many others, were favourable to the enactment of that measure, trusting that it might effect a future good, and not sufficiently adverting to the risk that the benefit might be arrived at through great and intoler , able suffering. The conduct of a large proportion of Irish landlords was such as to warrant shut appre hension. Without regard to the wretched creatures whom their own ambitions and sordid policy had for many years been entrapping into a ruinous occu pancy of their estates, they took all occasions since the passing of the law to expel abruptly the small tenants wholesale on every lapse of term that oc curred, and, failing that contingency, on every arrear of rent. The consequence has been the banishment and destruction of thousands of miserable families, ousted from their cabins with scarcely a garment to cover them, or the means of satisfying the keenest pangs of hunger. There are, unfortunately, no poor laws in Ireland, so that this ruthless system of the landlords was carried on with impunity' to them selves. One letter from Dublin of Saturday last, described the sudden OcCUptilion of a coin mon in the county of Meath, by upwards of five hundred families. The poor creatures were as suddenly expelled. A contemporary asks whence this mass of starving colonists could have pro ceeded, appearing by the question to throw a doubt upon the probability of the narrative. We reply, that there is no part of the three southern provinces of Ireland, where a famishing multitude might not be speedily collected, and the scene of the Lloyd common wretchedness be got up within eight-and forty hours: The country swarms with ejected pau pers : the law, founded, as we think, on principles easily defensible in the abstract, has, we are afraid, Undergone an unmerciful operation, and will require Net early revision from the assembled Parliament, or dreadful things may be anticipated from a people so despairing of benefit but from eloinge. The project of a repeal of the Union, unripe, as it was justly deemed, and unpromising last year, puts on a dif ferent aspect since the precedent of Belgium has been set up. With the predominant feeling of cer tain classes of men in Ireland, whose personal, inte. rest is their only country, and with the poisonous energy of Mr. O'Connell to act upon it, it seems ns if the " repeal of the Union" ought not to be looked at by his Majesty's Government as one of the every-day babbles of fiction, no sooner blown than lourste—nees. Both the King and the now Ministry in France have shown considerable tact and discretion in the forbearance, amounting almost to nonchalance, with which they have received the messengers, the rips plitudings, and the greetings, with which they have been saluted from this and other countries. Nothing is so tempting to national or individual vanity as flattery ; nothing so likely to compromiso their own neutrality, or that of foreign Governments towards them, as that they slionid be induced so nitwit as to reply to the warm eutogiums of their addressers with any thing like correiponding warmth. This forbearance on the part of the new French authori ties is the more laudable, as they cannot but be that, in much that has been said and done by their admirers hi other countries, " more is meant than meets the ear." Having been ourselves among the earliest to admire and avow our admiration of the heroic exertions of the French people, we cans rot be supposed to blame those who honestly par take of the same sentiments. Mit, among the crowd who have rushed forward to hall the daystar of liberty in France, there are, doubtless, some, and t h ose amongst the loudest in their devotions at its shrine, who would gladly make revolutionary irtove menta in one country the signal and pretext for similar steps in their own; and we need not say that nothing , would tend more to discourage th e spirit of itenonterference in other countries than that Otir new Government there should, either directly mw' indirectly, encourage such a dispositioo elsewhere. This was the fatal error which the National Con-. vention, iii the first revolution, fell into, anti ryas ramie the pretext of the long train of evils with tshich Europe was afterwards afflicted. The Drench revolutionists of that day held Out an avowed en couragement to the discontented in every country to rally round their standard, and look to them for encouragement. This was any thing but the noes iniederenee now so wisely recommended, and hitheito acted upon, towards Franca and :Belgium ; end. naturally led the way to results which never can he too much deplored. It is not alwaye that nations, ~ more than individttals lento W;Stiotri from experienee, On Nit Occasion, however, it ep~ pears to he the ease, and we applaud it !Alike for its value and its rarity..--41fornin9 Irerokt, The reformation in the administration of ustice, which was promised in tho Speech from the 'l' hrone at the cotrimencement of tbc lust Session of meta, has yet to be carried into eNect. It is true sonic alterations ill the practice of the law were made during that Session, ,but wu fear they callow, be called improvements. Those alterations con, silted in the abolition of the NVelsh system of jisdi. cature.—a system which afforded more cheap and expeditious Justice to the people than the one that is substituted for it; a system, moreover, in which the inhabitants `of the prineipality expre , sed their confidence; and, though tiny admitted some reforms were necessary, they deprecated abolition. A few of the aristocratic families of Wales supported the tiwesure, but it was curried o..lKaitist the sense of the grcat Wily Of the penple. peOple, We need not wonder sit Shill, when iso find that the same Bill by which this abolition has been effected 'vent to inercase the pa. trottsge of the Ministers of the C.7rown, by the up. Intinttnent or three newlndges,with a salary of 5,0004 Si year each, in the Courts sa Westminster. At the same time that this addition in Imola to tile exPenseg of the jtolitiot establistiment .or this country, totions that we hose fur Stidgeo tit it i 7 n°- (,'nitttof 14chequer, who ! ext , ,e;it a t the frrintis of tler 4 , 4 ' g rind Summer Assnies, have ve r y dicey in the Court Est of 'elle ( *` pier, It is true toe Welsh Judgeships have been abolished, hut the e x, pence of their appointments Wit* MU SO great 1)I; soma thousands as that of the three judges who are totart eppo i n ted in their place. TIMIS flOith(T F cheapness in the administration of justice, nor ace. mmy in the appointment of Judges, been con sulted; and this is all the " reformation" which the !people have obtained ! The dearness of justice- is !one of the greatest grievances under which the `Two* of this country at present labour, and every lattempt to reform the abuse has hitherto proved ~ abortive. It is true there are some Courts of local ijurisdiction, in which - justice may be had compara tively cheap; but another grievance—that of nto a:poly—prevents their being in much favour with :the public. One of these is the Lord Mayor's , Court Which hus a jurisdiction over certain causes of action arising in the city. In that Court, the 'other day, the 'Recorder, who presides as. assessor to !the chief civic magistrate, expatiated on the ad !vantages which the cheapness and expedition of the process afforded to suitors. He said that the Re tion which had been then tried, and in which fare plaintiff, a dealer in spirits, had obtained a ver diet for 61. 10s. against the defendant, as the 'price of a certain quantity of spirits delivered, if brought in any of the superior Courts at Westmin 'stet., would have produced a bill of coats to the amount of 401. or .501.; whereas in this Cowl they would not amount to more than one-tenth of either sum---that is, to 41. or IV. Again: the plaintiff in ,the -higher Courts would not obtain his money sooner than nine months lifter the verdict, while here he could get his decree in two or three days. .This is not quite accurate, inasmuch as the success plaintiff in the superior Courts can sue out eie eution en his judgment after four days of the ensu ing. Term have elapsed, unless in these four days the defendant should have moved for a new triad, or taken some other step to set the proceedings aside. Still it •must be admitted that the.superior Courts ,afford great opportunities for dilatory and vexatious proceedings by • writs of error, sham pleas, &c., which are ti disgrace to justice; but the cheapness and despatch of such civil tribunals as the Lord Mayor's Court and the Palace Court are not much estimated by the public, in consequence of the mo nopoly of Attorneys and - Barristers in these Courts, which prevent suitors from employing as their legal advisers men in whose talents and judgment they can have confidence. What the public want is cheap and expeditious law, without the drawback and positive nuisance of legal monopoly.—Morn in a Herald . The repeal of the Union has, at the present mo ment, it seems, many advocates in Ireland. The circumstance which has more immediately brought the repeal into favour is the success of the Belgians. But why should the resistance of the Belgians have produced this effect on the Irish mind ? The truth is, that Ireland is in a most diseased state, and the people, like drowning mew, catch at every straw within their reach. We bear of removals by whole sale of the peasantry under the Sub-letting Act, and of their squatting down by five hundreds on. commons, thence to be again ejected by force. The proceedings of the CorpUration of Kelly, who de molished and burned the Cabins of live hundred trespassers, who were left without a shed to cover diem, or a morsel to eat, speak volumes as to the stilt a of the. country where such scenes are enacted. Ireland, before the Union, was a Protestant con quest, all power being -in the bands of the Protest alai, backed by England. A repeal of the Union would leave Ireland in a very different state from that in which she was when that event took place. It would give tuitional independence to the Irish people. We have no doubt that the improvement of the country would be effected much more rapidly under a separate Legislature than under an united Legislature. The property mid intelligence of the • island would hear directly on the Parliament.; mei having to bear the responsibility of their own mea sures, without the support of British gold or 'British bayonets, the landholders hod other influential per sons would be taught prudence by circumstances. But there is no disguising the fact, that a separated Legislature would put un end to the Established Church. Indeed we have no doubt that the desire to be rid of this incumbrance is not one of the least powerfill motives for a repeal. The Catholics,l almost to a man, must feel indignant at seeing the Ministers of the religion of one-seventh of the people, if so much, made an Established Church. The Protestants eon have no wish to see the Catho lic religion established; but they might have no objection to a compromise —each religion paying its own clergy, The Protestant landholders of Ireland have very little Church property ; and in the aboli tion of tithes, they would be great gainers. 't here are few persons in Ireland who would not rejoice at seeing a different appropriation of the enormous re venue of a sinecure Church. Thus a number of causes are tit work to inspire the Irish witlea desire of eleinge.-111orning Chronicle. The following paragraph appeared in the Court ,lournal of Sattirdey lust : " It is stated in a Morning Paper that Ministers were .mided by their official agent, Mr. Cartwright, as M the real state of the Netherlands, and that they were con sequently without information upon which they could rely.. This is not the fact. An English Member of Par liament, of good judgment, who was at Brussels, took the pains of inquiring into the rear state of atTairs there, and in the country generally ; and transmitted accounts to the Foreign office. The statenients of this gentleman differed, se e believe, materially from these of Mr. Cartwright ; and their correctness Iris been shown by the event. We un derstand that the tents communioatrd by him hail some material influence in bringing - about the important deei , dun against intervention, which we last week announced excluaively." We are not aware that any 'Mortal Paper af-' firmed that Miniaters were misled reapectmg Belgium by Mr. Cat twright. They were (as we lately hinted) too well acquainted with the merits of that gentle. man, to be misled by him ; but; though Molesters might prefer the accounts of an English Member of Parliament, of,good judgment, at Brussels to those of their Secretary of Legation; poor Prince Frede rick night not he aware that in this country we go nerally mined to diplomatic situations abroad per• spas who are fit for norhingat home. Thus, though Ministers could pot rely on the uccounta of Mr. Cart wright,they scttd,bim, notwithstanding, to Frankfort to represent this country at the. Diet. The infor mation, however, on which r Ministers do not choose to act, is deemed sufficient for the British public, and accordingly these diplomatic gentry may be ea .sily recognised In certain journals by their tone of antiiciency and imp or t eOO7-410/11ing Chronicle.. lrr another part of this day!s paper will be found an account of one of those brutal exhibitions known by the name of military floggingi, which, to the disgrace of the Legislature and the country, still authorized by the inw of the land. We had thought that the commiseration expressed in ' behalf of the poor maw who - was • lately tortured after the same fashion, for being found Mdeep at his post, and the universal indignation' vented against an Act, which if committed art 4 brute animal, would have formed a proper builject fur prosecution by the " Society for the Prevention of CrAelty to Animals," would have deterred tiny Court Martial from having re course a second time to the same horrible and !mi liaria!) punishment ; but it seems that we not only thought too highly of the influence of public opinion on military: resolves—a _similar scene having since been exlubited--4ut that we were also mistaken in calculating that no public journalist would be found utterly dead to all feelings of humanity as to de fend suck merciless anti savage conduct. Such is the fact, and the following is part of the defenee:— " We have received," says our cotemporary, " an im mense number of letters on the subject of the late military flogging, the majorityof which are omitted in strong terms of reprobation. We are as anxious as any of our cor. respondents to spare our fellow-creatures all tiiiiiecc4iiry suffering, and should rejoice sincerely were it possible that military flogging could be entirely dispensed with. : Con. stitutetf, however, as our army is at present, we think that the llabitity to such a purrishment is absolutely necessary to the maintivince of that discipline, without which we fear our soldiers would Ipeome, like the degenerate legions of Rowe, tyrants v hag their unarmed fellow.eitixens, and rewards in the pre .tee of a foreign enemy." Nome time ago the same wiseacre would no doubt have told us that a Striereign chosen front among tt►hpeople, tike Lotus Philip of Prance or who should demean himself by using his legs to walk about the streets,.- wonWbe despised by his subjects; but the event has slime that King may not only King' without being burn heir to a throne, refusing to breathe the fresh _ air of Heaven, but That he may even render himself more popular by 'doing, in some measure, as nature intended that all his fellow-mortals should do; and such, we ques tion not, would also be the result of any attempt to do away with the " to such a punish ment" as flogging, however " absolutely necessary to the maintenance of that discipline, without which," the writer fears, " our soldiers would become, like the degenerate legions of Rome, tyrants among their unarmed fellow-citizens, and cowards in the presence of a foreign enemy." ThiS is the first time that we ever heard of British soldiers, however they might become tyrants, being " likely to become cowardi" before a foreign enemy—we had, indeed, always been of opinion that courage was a plant of native and universal growth among us, and of such a stubborn and hardy nature, that the mere circum :ivance of lw.eoming a soldier could not uproot it; but it seerns,. from the above statement, that a de cent proportion of flogging—that is to say, as much las will confine a soldier for a fortnight or a month to the sick-room—is absolutely necessary to maintain this hardy plant in full health and vigour ; and why ? •Ilecause, says this admirable writer on military disci .pline, "it is undeniable that the army is recruited from the lowest and least educated ranks of society—a very strong check is therefore necessary, both for the safety of the country, and the men themselves when :in actual service." Now we think it extremely " - deniable" that " the army is recruited from the `lowest and least educated ranks in society," and. we give, as proofs of the fact, not only the universal esteem in which the English army was held when it was making its campaigns abroad, but the quiet and orderly conduct universally maintained by it at 'home. We have ourselves seen portions of it in all quarters of the world, and instead of finding-in them the characteristics of men who have been "rc ,- cruited from the lowest grades of society," we have been pleased to observe art intelligence, and so briety, and civility, which are not to be met with among the troops of any other nation. But be this us it may, the public is not so foolish as to be lieve, at this time of day, that courage is to be flogged into a soldier any more than learning, or common sense, into an idiot ; and we therefore say, let the sentiments unanimously entertained by the people of this country be expressed with vigour on the subject—let petitions be got up and sent from all quarters to his Gracious Majesty, and the dis 'grace, so shameful to the Legislature and to the country, of allowing a human being to be tortured by the lash until he is on the point of expiring, will no doubt be done away with. The British soldier requires not the lash, either in order to prevent him from becoming " a tyrant at home," or " a coward before a foreign foe"—he is equally amenable to the call of honour as either the French or the German —the punishment itself is also not only degrading, but calculated to produce the most mischievous effects—the time is favourable for effecting a change favourable to humanity; and we therefore hope and trust that it will be used its it ought, in favour at once of sound polity, and of the still more urgent calls of suffering humanity.—Morning Advertiter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANS] ON.HOUSI,I Mr. Belton, vestry cleric of the parish of Sr. Pancras, in the city, summoned two of the pari shioners for having refused to pay the poor-rate. One of the defendants objected on the ground of his house being unfairly rated: the objection made by the other was extraordinary. Ile alleged that the rate was made riot for the support of the poor, but entertainment for the parish officers. He stated, that about a century ago, a parishioner of the name of Chapman left by will 2/, for tut annual dinner for the pansh•offieers ; but that sum being thought in sufficient, the officers indulged in a Blackwell dinner, and paid for it out of the poor-rate. In consequence of this abuse in the application of the money, he should object to pay the rate. The Loan MAvou said, they all knew there were great abuses in the application of money left for the poor : he must make an order for payment of the rate; but he thought it a very proper subject for an appeal to the sessions. The defendant then entered his appeal, and the parties retired. now.sornEor. On Saturday nighty about o'clock, as Mr. Limas, the sitting Magistrate, was disposing of a ease of no public interest, Mr. Thomas, the police superintendent, entered the office in a hurried manner, and was followed by Mr. Charles Kemble, Mr. Meadows (the comedian), Mr. Pierce Egan, and others. Mr, Thomas immediately advanced to the bench, and whispered something to the Magi,. trate, who requested that Mr. Kemble should be shown to the bench, where he took a seat accordingly, Mr. Halls telling him that he would attend to his busi ness in a few minutes. The occasion of Mr. Kemble's visit was soon whispered about, and it having trans pired that a fracas had taken place between that gentleman and Mr. Wesmacott, the reputed editor of the Age newspaper, the appearance of the latter pet son was looked for with some curiosity, it having been stated that he had just received a severe casti gation in the lobby of Covent-garden theatre from Mr. Kemble, in consequence of some scandalous allusions which were published in the Age, reflecting upon the moral char:icier of Miss Fanny Kemble. The appearance of Mr,: Kemble as be entered the office indicated the excited feelings under which he laboured, and that circumstance, together with a formidable bamboo stick which he carried with him, afforded pretty strong evidence of the use to which it had been just applied. When the busioess before the bench was disposed of Mr. thus, addressing Mr. Thomas, understo o d to say that some person had a charge of assault to prefer against Mr. Kerable : • if so, be (Mr. Hulls) was ready to hear it. - Mr. Thomas—Mr. Westmaeott, of the Age, is the complaining party, Mr.Ams—le he here P—Mr. Thomas—No, Sir, ho is not; but, at 'he accused me of partiality in uto tatting Mr. Kemhlo into custody for assault ing him In the theatre, I requested Mr. Icembla to accompany me here to meet Mr. Westmacotes charge. hfr. Kemble here stepped forward, observing that he Was ready to unin . er any ebarge that might be preferred against him. Mr. there any person present ready to prefeen charge against Mr. Kemblel4—Mr.,Thomss replied in the negative. Mr. llaus—Then I 4011 Certainly not detain Mr. Ketnble a moment longer. Mr. Kemble bowed, and IVitio libollt to retire, when Mr. Thomas observed, that he bad sent an officer to apprise Mr. Westmaeott of Alr. Kuria;la's at tenthutee, and perhaps it. would be us well for Mr. Kemble to wan the return of the messenger. Kemble is quite at liberty to go when he pleases, but as the messenger will probably soon ram wilt, an answer from Mr. Westmaeott, Mr. Kemble will, I dare say, have no objection to wait a hale longer. Mr. Kemble - -Certainly not, Sir; an ex p ec t as a gentleman 10, that I may not be detained in the absence of any charge against me. Mr. Thomits—llere is this messeng er . A police constable, accompanied by a young man employed at the Age office, bete came forward, and the latter said ( 114 at Mr. We+tmacott Iltltlbie to attend, in consequence of the injuries ht, had ri eeivesl from Mr. Kemble. Air. Kemble, in n satemtie manner, asked the young man whether Mr. Westmaeott wss so fa disabled as to prevent his walking to the office ? The young man replied, that Mr. Westmaeott wns wholly unable to walk ; and added, that he did not consider Mr. Kemble had uny tight to cross question him. Mr. Ittus—Were you present .nt the nssault, young men ? The young meu replied that he bed not witnessed the transaction, but he was ready to *pose to. the situation, in which hehad left Mr. pestmecot t. Mr. HALIS—IS any person present who saw the assault committed ? Mr. 'Thomas--I was witness to the' latter part of it, but as I did not see the com tnencentent of the affair, perhaps it would be as well to procure some other evidence. Mr. Westmacott received certainly severe punishment, but it did not disable him from walking from the theatre. Westmacott's messenger here said that he was instructed to request the Magistrate to defer the hearing of the ease to Tuesday morning. Mr. HALLS--Certainly ; and I dare say Mr.' Kemble will have no objection to attend then. Mr. Kemble—l shall be quite ready to attend your summons, Sir, whenever my presence is re quired. Mr. Kemble then bowed to the Magistrate, and left the dice. The fracas, it appears occurred in the passage immediately behind the second tier of boxes. Mr. Westmacott was sitting in the boxes a few seconds before it took place; but whether he was sent for to the lobby, or came out by accident, we could not ascertain. As soon, however, as he appeared in the . hlobby, Mr. Kernble met him, and after a brief and rather violent altercation, the noise of which drew severel gentlemen from the boxes, Mr. Kemble struck Mr. Westmacott a violent blow on the side of the head with a stick, and continued beating him Has he lay prostrate at his feet. Mr. Kemble is re. ported to have been very much agitated, and he was heard to exclaim as he struck Mr. Westmacott," You villain I will teach you to call a child of mine a ----." Mr. Westmacott appealed several times to the gentlemen who were present to interfere; but the feeling was so arcing against him, that the ;chastisement which be received appeared to give general satisfaction, and as he retired from the theatre be was loudly hissed. On the appearance 'of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Westmacott claimed his protection, and called upon him to take Mr. Kemble into custody and convey him to Bow-street. This Mr. homes did not at the moment feel him- Self justified in doing, and Mr. Westmacott immedi ately charged him with a dereliction of his duty ; in consequence of which, Mr. Thomas undertook to procure the attendance of Mr. Kemble before the magistrate, Mr. Westmacott at the same time under taking to appear and substantiate his charge. With reference to the very gross expression said to have been applied by Mr. Westmacott to Miss Fanny Kemble (and which weliave given on the authority of a gentleman who distinctly heard Mr. Kemble use the words above stated), our reporter was unable to learn when or how it had been used. In the Age of Sunday, the 10th instant, will be found a coarse and unjust criticism on the acting and per sonal appearance of Miss Fanny Kemble, but we could discover no allusion in that article reflecting on the chastity of the young lady. A full explanation will, however, in all probability take place before the magistrate, should Mr. Westmacott feel inclined to follow up the charge against Mr. Kemble. The affair has excited a considerable stir in the theatrical world, and at a late hour on Saturdey night several gentlemen who were cognizant of the assault called ut the office of the Age for copies of the previous Sunday's paper, which contained, as they conceived, the offensive paragraph. The gentlemen, however, could get no satisfaction o n t h at p o i nt , an d the door was soon after closed to prevent the admission of strangers. A lad, about 16 years of age, named George Cle ments, was charged, in the course of the day, with having absconded from his master, Mr. Harrison, au ironmonger, residing at 106, Tottenham-court-road, and embezz'ing the sum of la, which he had re ceived to take up a bill of exchange. The case was remarkable for the extraordinary determination of the lad to take to the highway after he had spent the money, for which purpose he bad actually provided himself with a pistol, powder, and bullets. It appeared that he absconded with the money on the 2,1 of October, and, from information received by Mr. Harrison, Gardner, an officer, proceeded to Rochester on Friday last, where he found the pri soner detained by the person at whose house be lodged. That person told the officer that he dis, covered the lad in the act of stealing from the house on the previous evening, with a pistol primed, loaded and cocked, concealed beneath his coat, and sus. pecting that he intended to do some mischief he de 4sined him. The officer, on questioning the prisoner, drew from him that he bad spent nearly the whole of his master's money in a circuitous route from London, and having read of the exploits of several famous highwaymen, ,Dick Turpin and others, he had determined to commence the life of a freebooter, and with that intention purchased the pistol, powder and bullets, and was about to take " to the road," when he was stopped by his landlord. The boy added, that while yet a mere child, an old woman told his mother that he would surely come to the gallows, and so strong bad this prophecy worked upon his imagination, that he thought it must be fulfilled, and was, therefore, cureless as to what he did, Mr. Harrison, the hoy's master, gave him a good clunacter previous to this trarisacti" ?Ir. lints, after observing upon the mischievous efi'ects of such books as the " Life and Adventures of Dick Turpin," remanded the prisoner for further examination. A charge or compounding at information under n penal statute was preferred against Johnson, the nefarious informer. The result was, that Mr. Lints directed that no information should, for the future, be received from Johnson at Bow-street dim MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Saturday n very fine youth, about 12 years of age, respectably dressed am! carrying a wallet well stored with linen and other necessary articles of wearing apparel, was brought before sit%DYER, the sitting Magistrate, under the following circum stances : One of the new police constables stated, that .about six o'clock in the evening biforo, just as it wee getting dark, he met the youth. in Piccadilly, and seeing from his appearance and manner in the street, looking about him as if ignorant of where be was, and having his wallet on his shoulder, that he was evidently a stranger in London, and, on quce. tioning him, finding such to be the fact, in order to prevent any mischief happening to him, he cop; veyed him to the police station for the night, where the lad:gave the account of himself which he WOUI4 now relate to the Magistrate. The youth, who seemed to be a very intelligent lad, on being questioned by the Megistrate as to how he came to be east alone on the streets of Lon don, stated that he wars a native of America, heving b ee n born at a village within a few miles of New York, his father being an Irishman, and his mother a native of America, and the former a pensioned soldier, belonging to the 26th English Regiment of F o ot. About two years ago, he said, his tither and mother died within a short space of time of each other, in America, and he was left quite destitute, alone and unprotected, having neither brother nor sister; but the people of the village very humanely, tOok charge of him, and he was not suffered to want for any thing while he remained there', nor should be still, had he wished to continue with them. About nine months ago, however, he said, not feeling disposed to be u burden upon strangers, n o knowing that he had relations, particularly an uncle, in Ireland,ll4lo were very well off,and he was ,:are would do something for him if he could get to he quitted his native village and Came down t,l New York, where he hung aboin the shipping in the harbour there for several days, getti ng a bi t of Toad no w end then, as h e could, i n the hopes that 4 so me Captain of a skip wo u ld. ta k e compassion on him, and bring him over t o E ngland; and fortunately at last he was successful, for the Commander of an American trading vessel to this coun try, on hearing his little tale of distress, took pity on him, end gave him a free passage, &c to Portsmouth, where h e l a nd ed 1 . " him as, en gave SR, on putting him ashore. Having often, he said, heard his fa t h er , t a lk- a great deal about Chatham, and that it was the depot of the 26th regiment, he stet off from Portsmouth, and' walked to Chatinitn, Itvhere, on his arrival, in February last, he made in 4piiry if any of the 26th regiment were there, and Ite was fortunate enough to find out a comrade of leis father, a pensioner also of the same regiment, and an Irishman too. This man took care of him at his own lodgings, fed and clothed him, and paid as much regard to him as if he had been his own Son, from his arrival in Chatham until Friday last, ..the day the policeman found him in the street. On that day the pensioner brought him up to London ;from Chatham, as l►e was coining to receive his pen sion, and after having got paid he purchased the wallet and all the things it contained, and gave them to him, and then took him to a public-house, and gave him his dinner and 12s. in money, afterwards ,walked with him through three or four streets, and then suddenly stopping, he told him he was very sorry to be obliged to part with him, but said that he could not afford to take care of him any longer; and as he was not returning to Chatham himself, but was going to another place far distant, he must leave him to provide for himself as well as he could, end the man then quitted him and disappeared in an instant into another street. Being a total stran ger in London, he was wandering about, not know ing where to look for a bed, although he had money to pay for it, when the policeman stopped him, and . took care of him for the night. The Magistrate, who seemad considerably inte rested in the boy's storyund his artless manner of relat ing his adventures, would take care the youth should have a safe conveyance to Ireland, and immediately sent for the overseers of St. James's parish, where the boy wits found, and where he slept at the police . - station the night before. The overseer, on hearing the particulars of the lad's case from the Magistrate, said that the youth could not be properly considered altogether a pauper, inasmuch as he had some money to support himself with; and the parish, therefore, was cer tainly not bound to take charge of him ; but, under all the peculiar circumstances of his interesting case, and at the desire of the Migistrute, he (the over seer) would take care that the lad should be safely passed to Ireland by the usual conveyance, without any demand being made on his little stock of money, as most probably he would want that in Ireland be fore he could reach his relations. The youth seemed very grateful, and so expressed himself for the kindness shown him; and flinging his little wallet over his shoulder, he bowed to the Magistrate, and departed ut►der the care ofthe overseer. WARYLEBONE. On Saturday night a ragged dirty old man, named John Driscoe, was placed at the bar, and a police constable, No. 6 of the division D, entered the wit ness•box to prefer a charge against him. Previously to the appearance of these parties,. a lady, Mrs. !croft, of No. 3, Cutnberland-place, New-road, had taken a chair by the side of the Ma gistrates, and before the policeman began his state ment she addressed Mr. Griffith, and said, " Will yen bear me, Sir ?" Mr. Gnivrrrtt•--Most certainly, Madam; go on. Policeman—l beg your pardon, Sir; I want a warrant against that lady fur striking me in the exe cution of my duty. Mr. Cam , Frett—Go down, Sir. She has a very serious charge to make against you, and I shall hear nothing you have to say until also has done. Mrs. Holcroft—ln Wimpole-street, Sir, this afternoon, I saw that poor helpless old man standing upon the curbstone, quite an object of pity ; and that policeman came up, and, without any cause whatever, took hold of him and dragged him along like a culprit, in a most unfeeling cruel manner. I said, " What are you going to do with him ?" and he replied, " I am going to take him to the station house for begging in the streets." The charge was false, Sir; he was not begging. I took his part, Sir, and I followed him to Marylebone-lane, and the inspector threatened to lock me up for interfering, and I gave the poor man a shilling, and said I would lay his case before a Magistrate. Mr. ClawFmt told her he believed she had acted very properly ; and to the policeman he said, " You now hear the charge against you ; what reason had you for taking that man into custody ? Ile was do ing nothing wrong it appears." Policeman—l saw him begging, Sir, of three ladies. Mrs. lloleroft—Upon my oath, Sir, he was not begging. Policeman—Perhaps you did not see him, madam; but he is a notorious beggar, and the inhabitants complain of him. Mr. GRIFFITH (to the porceman)--.What did he say to the indica ?. Policeman—l was not near enough, Sir ' to hear what he sa id, b u t h e too k o ff his hat end h a followed them, holding out his bend, and they gave him something. Mr. GRIFFMI—What did they give him ? Po liceman-1 believe it was a penny ; it fell upon the pavement, and he picked it up and put it in his pocket. I went up to him and raid, You know this is wrong; I must take you to the station-house." He answered, " Forgive me this time, and I will not do it again.'' I took hold of him to lead him away, and this lady came up, and she said to me, " You d---d reseal, how dare you do this ?" Mr. GRIFFITH—Did she make use of that ex pression ? Policeman—Yes, Sir ,• and. I said, " I beg pardon, I am only doing my duty; if I do not apprehendthis man, I shall loge my situation." The lady replied, " get along, you tL--d rascal," anti she took hold of the beggar's arm, and said, " take him to my own house, and do as I like with him." I told her she must first go before my sts ppior officer. She struck me two or three times going down WimpoleNstreet, and, when she got into Wigmore.etreet she pulled the beggar into Bridgman s, the confectioner, and struck me again, and tried to push me away. Some one said, "For God's sake, don't make such a noise, for a person up stairs is ill." She tried still to take the beggar away by force, and a young man in the:Shop entreated her to desist, and follow him quietly to the station-house. She shook me, and caught hold of my hair, and in trying to pull the beggar away, she tore the sleeve of his coat. off, and a mob of 190 persons collected around us. I thought she was a lady, because of her appearance, and I supposed she was deranged, in consequence of her language and conduct. When we got to the station.house,she abused Mr. Lazenby, the superintendent, and Mr. Adamson, the inspector, as she had done me ; and told them we were a set of vagabonds in the streets, and she would have us abandoned altogether. Mr. Laitenhy threatened to lock her up, because of her violence, and he desired I me to take out a warrant against her. Mr. GftiFPlrtl eked whether the beggar was known at that office. All the officers knew him, and Alderson, who was gaoler in J u ly, 1809, pro d uced his book, and showed Mr. Griffith that on the Bth of that month he was caught begging in the streets with plenty of money in lnit pocket, and Mr. Raw Union committed him to the House of Correction for fourteen days; and it appeared on that occasion that the night pre ceding hit apprehension be partook of the pleasures of a festivity, at the house of one Boyle, in St. Giles's, and in company with others of his fraternity devoured an " Alderman in chains " for so feasting beggars den om i nate d a b o i led turkey with sausages. Mr. GRIMM said, he had no : doubt he was a notorious beggar, and the policeman did right in taking him to the watch house; and be observed, that Mrs. Holcroft should have known more than she did before she interfered. Mrs. Holcroft—At all events the policeman used too much violence, for the poor old man is very weak and infirm. Alderson—lndeed, madam, you are mistaken; he eery sturdy and obstinate, and when I took him to prison, I found it difficult to manage him. Mrs. tloleroft—l did not strike the policeman.— (To the beggar.)—Did you see me stake him ? Mr. GRIFFITII—He is so grind an impostor, you cannot expect one word of truth to come out of his mouth. Policeman--The lady not only struck mo, but pushed me about like a little child : she Is vary powerful. - - - r k . , Mr. GRIFFITII—(to Keys, the present gta4eri)rr He is en old rogue it seems; there, take Wolof' again to prison. 02, iggfo , g The policeman asked for a warrant against at. Holcroft. His application was not answerik* he said he should lay the case before .his sppetlfl officers. lIATTOSLOARDEN. On Saturday, a young women, a *wait, era/ . name of Susan Reynolds, was brought up lositii" Mr. LAING for re-examination, charged with aklalitt, to a very considerable extent property beta:44 l o her fellow-servants, and to the, families in whole service she had lived. Mr. LAING remanded the prisoner until Thutully next. FRANKFORT PAPERS. rnarilrroar, Ocr. s *. ,: Tu our immediate neighbourhood, at Metre, /Cede stein, satbrloengc, 2 o;i o ps r ono t fi roo tsema p:s aarl o cryh f N uf F o ; n a ll,t u inn are e.sde pOl n, tesdustterd,7„ he 1, With respect to the strength and urge niptioP of site cawartwic,erotrhobi means outs opo e ivhne i ptiv e alttnsirye , iheozrt uiesa t i:mi l sialtta i l e aont r ntifi,ta i l:;:ailua a uis eoknt : sp • lb e ee:ipeywi 'v gfae a rpti.xb r t ai i iiiptil o tee, : ;l 0 a e., n a v rito 0 da r .lc e a a da persons e experienced !iu r ss t iou s tp s i:: :::s et • 0 0 010 now . e clo!r e i g r e 6 bmio e i s u rtlri l oi s p:4 r t egra i go e 0 , 1qb....... th r il l di sc ::: ' ib, ° ala ti, ,tt.b: re:t:v, . a 11 ° I : several other tn ititPretend° lblit Ibtr -4havet periur classes of society, and direct their eriatione, It it also staid they hays plenty of money, what:lris mit brat According to letters from Casiel the VieCtOr 11034,110""4,.. a considerable park of Willey tarbir reeneri_ .._,..-4100 oft measures of precaution similar in r ebjeet- 16 :, .--_-, i : mentioned assembling of ;tier on the lidanere ‘lB t he supposition maybe, considering the remoteness of thee:ere of the insurrection, no other motion CM he diseerned, ° 111 ! cause the most complete tranquiilitY Pr#lll. at P°l4e itself, and in the whole of Lower Hesse. tsr, a t e; 4. rrinferra Our ITeseitut Gazette aye nothing . teAsy of lie ft' eurrences in Upper Hem. Several reports are iticirl,," e la x t p io m n sit w io h n i , cl b r i l i r t av it e re li e t h tl arac e to tedciriswtilithentohuegebbietof intiteritistrwo..ool4 A soldier in the Grand Doke* 40nicesjfh° sr it & eery days in the hands of the inturgents, norm' that -A day, towards the evening, firm wilLttrellsed flor: came on horseback to the camp of the ingli _r_ rlli teisd conference* with the leader s , and then retired, 31... en distributed money among them. It is every wnely "; ported that the payments of the insmtents are, where made in convention money:e4 opeeiee l o l° , d ad has scarcely been seen among ns for l ornAll2l i n ' i lMiii ) . in that part of the country in particular / 10 "::"": 0, of peered. An anecdote is also ht NOY ;: d ..iiri '' A some insurgents who were drinkisik: ~2 f P",7";;- 1 11 1 n in did Public-house, when a great person alitfr'",,:i - n it i l e sh 'r equipage, went up and saluted thee, lana.ting w r - h . - , iti el bill, amounting to 53 florins, drove nff 1 1,.. u V1' l '' s — vs ; p r o truth there may be in these stories Mai P"'".,: re Y :7' be" the examination of the prisoners, nrwh °9l. " --- 1 W itridt been brought to Friedburg. It is nowlinfortenerlf am certain that the disturbances, far instanev, et Off ti r c i a . the work of native inhabitants. Some Per ib t :„tagai there are very odions to the peopk. Seeirs l 'fv:". - 0 ( 4 11 to fly. The rebels burnt bundles of rlf IdfreltirtriL.,,, ;hi kinds. The same happ ened at Burgenkello,os:l-'..' receiver of the taxes narrow l y ?se s p ed the iiitite'.i The insurgents are said to amount td 4,001)*1i , rr 6i ,„ who saw theca encamped in a meat,* nee P.: " and heard them debate whether they itiatTa,-'O, ill posed at the commencement, take first Greeley, ilill r% ro, 5 berg, then Darmstadt , estimate them at 13,000`men. ; persons are known to.be of their number, and aunt* are named some citisens of Darmstadt, who ISn a .i.,4' ago left their houses in very bad eireamstanees, of the insurgents have fallen, but it reena..4 ol - 01 nr r" 7 the troops have been wounded. Lettere ' front places speak in glowing terms of the feerliVldePii * *urgent' have caused among the peerealth .1 010111 Some fugitives have already come here. it 10475. inner! that martial law is to tu proclairrrit ~,, t ,17. lity prevails in Staekenberg and Rhein Hewn. ~. 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SA 64 ....NI. ........ -- ..---- Tatroo....Wheo (a 2360.4 34 c at. :3''''' Sr. Aosrat.l.-,W ea to tag -.430 es. to Ts. Od. La ßon vo m c is os — ro l tl eat W °b h (a eat ltve'tftl) ( l4W a ll4 ;e A) ; 4l2' ..i l ) ° : l-- L .Ar tl tilarlitt.it:-114.'a113:8:11:1‘)111:::1-"7:**41::::ts:11114t:1' . ..01114 ISt. Od.—Beef, fa—Mutton, Sd, AL ~,12., ... II turrom—Wheat, 221. 00.--Darley, 11 1 ; ---, ...s. . - 4 1 j, to ..- Nettzsmos—Wheat. 21s. to 23, lkoLci.,,rark. ". Os. to 7s. Od.-.lleer and Muttsm. OIL to Po. oats. 7 i'' IN." . Hotter, ltd. per lb. , malOY) ~, f Lisksson—Wheat, 21s. Od. to 245, P.1.-••. ,--- ...plc b to ID' to 7s. dd. . 1 6, ST. Counts—Wheat, Ils. to 2/25...-Itar,cl, 04, .....--. and Mutton M. to 5.1 Veal and Lain% 4.1. to __-- - 4,4 VOLINOt PRINSI.O .4/41) POILNOOD Ili MVO osont. THU SUN Orrocr lie • Samos ______,_. ____,:........................................„ BlRT H ienu, of S. Coisoit On the the 16th inst. Mrs. 11. Illartioehu, street, of a daughter. 1r 0 1 ) On the 16th inst. at Winchmore-hill, Mil. J. 11.vo of a son, still-horn. SOO On the 16th inst. Mrs. J. T. Ratlorr, of Ge t street, Southwark, of a daughter. , MARRIED. 7'. On the 16th inst . at Walworth, T. 0. Phillln r':(101 af B. --yartater-terrace, to Miss F..lls4betb f's Ei rt "' - Busted, Sussex. DIED. Oa the 16th inst. in Great Russell -street, Wri,,`lhtlllrgri in the 91st year of her age , the Dotrager 1.44 3''....:: relict of the late Admiral Sir,Geor Young e(1411.1111L gg ' piece, Bucks. , ~,, A A. Oa the 16th - inst. at- Witulloshanit Sur re Y' li. . Edt , valued age of 90, Elisabeth, reliot of the late Pt. . • , c i wartl Cooper, Rector a windkolotn. 0a the 14th inst. after a long Incßes, MA/ Atil l . I " l i trife of Neil Malcolm, Esq., of Lamb-4114, Kent, 81 Poltalloch, North Britain. r" wall, Oa the 16 th ins t. at Aladford, Lanneestort• L'/".4( n after it long illness, loasersaily larooattd, Chrijtiurd Lettbridge, Esq. Deputy 8,,,,,0ur . o r t hat Donor' g Fabler of the -.---. Corporatio --- —.777- f'-r. VOUS t "..k4