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IRELAND. " To John Shell, Esq., M.D., Ballyshannon, County Donegal." THE COMMISSION COURT. DISTURBANCES IN GALWAY.--The steam frigate Cyclops has gone round from Tarbert to Galway Bay to assist in quelling disturbances ar:sng out of dis puted rights of fisheries. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN TRISIITOWN.—On Sun day a man named Francis Reddy, who resides at Iri.slitown, whilst at dinner with his wife, attempted to murder her by stabbing her with a knife in the ide. The alarm was given, and the culprit was at sonce secured. The woman was taken to Vincent's Hospital, Stephen's -green, where she remains under the care of Surgeon Ferrall. The wound is of a very serious nature, but the doctors hope not of a vital character. The prisoner was brought before the ma gistrates of College-street office yesterday, and re manded for further examination until the result of the injury can be satisfactorily ascertained. A SECOND CROP OF FRUIT.—About three weeks ago, some strawberry plants in the garden of Mr. J. Bancroft, a retired farmer, cf Mayfield cottage, Witton, near Nurthwich, were observed to be a second time in flower, and though there was but little expectation that the blossom would ripen and mature into perfect fruit, the gardener induced Mr. Bancroft to let the plants alone, even at the risk cf losing their produce next summer, in order to see how far they would progress in the ripen ing of the fruit at this late period of the year. Accord ingly the plants wero let alone, and on Monday last we had brought to our office some very fine strawberry blossoms, and two large strawberries ; one, measuring upwards of three inches in circumference, was scarcely mature, but the other was quite ripe ; and we found it Co be much better flavoured, and containing more saccha-. rine matter than this fruit possessed on the average during the last season. We understand that upwards o a pint of strawberries were gathered in the garden on Sunday last. It is right to state that these plants were not protected or sheltered by walls, nor close to any source of artificial heat, but were in the open garden, on a slope near a fish-pond, having, however, the advant age of the sun's rays during the morning and the middle o the day. 11, ith the strawberries and blossom was also brought from the same garden a small twig of a black currant bush, with fruit upon it, passing from the green into the darker col o ur w hi c h betokened ripening. The tree on which this fruit is now exhibiting a second crop this sr anon is not n e ar a wa ll, b u t on ly h a s the morning sun. There is not a forcing-glass about the premises, and the only manure applied during the year, and that only once, either to the strawberry-plants or the currant bushes, was some horse-dung. The bush was well covered with fruit ; but we understand that one or two frosts during the night last week have caused it to fall in considerable quantities, and what remains cannot of course bd expected to become ripe. —Manchester Guardian. MILDNESS OF THE SOUTH WALES SEASON.—The " duck and green peas," so dear to gourmanderie, is a daily dish with us here at the end of October. In the garden of Mr. Morgan, of Dark-gate, there are now some of the finest peas we have ever seen. Several i f our gardens look like spring. In Mr. Brodribb's, i f Bellevue school, for example, there are budding strati - berries, and more than oneof the apple trees is in bloom. —lVdshman. A SAPIENT JURY IN KENT. —At the Sandwich in resp ec t o f a char sessions, on Thursday l as t, " twelve wise men "re turned a verdict of " Not Guilty" against a female prisoner, but aecompanied it w i th tt e hope that she would not do it again I—Canterowy firigri a -r- rt , LitiOiltioalindlords receiving out of Kerry rent to the it --- trair6s,oool. per annum, do not contribute one shilling to the agricultural society of that county.— Cork Examiner. SUBSCRIPTION FOR FATHER MATHEW. DUBLIN, OCT. 29.—The Duke of Leinster has for- warded a subscription of 501., distinct from his pre vious contribution to the Mathew Testimonial. His Grace has intimated that he holds a subscription of 251. from Earl Fortescue towards the fund for reliev ing Father Mathew from his pecuniary embarrass ments. The following communication has been addressed to the Dublin Evening Post : " 3, Smith's- buildings, Oct. 28, 1844. " Sir,—l have been requested by the Dowager Countess of Clanricarde to place in your hands a 101. note to be applied to the fund now being collected for the relief of Father Mathew's difficulties. It is with great pleasure that I comply with her Ladyship's re quest. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, "CHARLES GRANBY BURKE." Dr. Shell, of Ballyshannon, has received the fol lowing letter : " Cork, Oct. 25, 1844. "My dear Friend,—l want words to express my gratitude for your untiring zeal in the sacred cause of temperance, and your great kindness to myself. " Teetotalism owes much to your exertions, and I partly attribute to your example the strict fidelity with which the pledge is observed in Ballyshannon and the surrounding districts. " By coming to my aid in the hour of my embar rassments, when many were inclined to abandon me to my fate, you have added to the obligations already expressed. With fervent prayers for your happiness, I am, dear Dr. Shell, yours moat sincerely, " THEOBALD MATHEW. The Lord Chief Justice and Chief Baron Brady took their seats in Court at ten o'clock. CHARGE OF MURDER.E lizabeth 11PDonnell was charged with the wilful murder of her infant child, at Palmerstown, on the 20th August. The indictment contained twelve counts. Mr. Brewster, the Hon. Mr. Plunket, and Mr. M'Kane attended for the Crown; Mr. Curran for the prisoner. The first witness called was a little girl, of appa rently eight years of age, the daughter of the accused. She was taken to thetable weeping bitterly, and when the mother and her child were confronted, the scene became extremely distressing—both cried bit terly ; the grief of the former being exhibited in the most agonising exclamations of sorrow and despair. The CHIEF BARON asked Mr. Brewster if it was the child who had lodged information in the case ? Mr. Brewster replied in the affirmative. The CHIEF BARON observed that the child was very young, and, probably, instead of coming into Court from a sense of justice, she was acting from what she conceived to be a pressure of ohligation, the weight and influence of which she did not understand. Mr. Brewster admitted he felt a difficulty in the case, but the indictment was preferred from a sense of duty. The CHIEF BARON said the child was a passive in strument in the hands of the Crown. Mr. Brewster admitted such to be the fact, and was wiling to act as their Lordships directed. Mr. Curran said, that if the prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of "concealing the birth of her child," the Crown would, perhaps, abandon the charge for the capital offence. Mr. Brewster consented to the proposition—his own feelings concurred in it, and his opinion was that the case would end in the manner suggested. The CHIEF BARON said that, on reading the infor mations he felt it would be difficult to maintain the case against the prisoner. The CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that there were many circumstances in the case t-liding to throw much sus picion and doubt upon it, and to lead to the impression that the allegation could not be fully and clearly sus tained. The indictment for murder was then withdraw n, and a verdict returned of "guilty of the concealment," and the prisoner was removed. TRIAL OF HENRY MURPHY, SOLICITOR.—Henry Murphy, one of the attorneys, was charged with burn ing several original documents connected with a suit in Chancery, in whit:h the prosecutor here was the plaintiff. These documents were receipts for rent, and necessary in the progress of the suit. Mr. Mur phy claimed from Captain Richardson the sum of .50/. as the balance of a bill of costs, which it was alleged be never furnished, and when the legality of his charge was questioned, he wrote to the captain to say, that he would burn one of the documents every day until he received the money, and until all were con sumed. The case was stated by Mr. Brewster, and the let ters formed a remarkable portion of his address to the jury. It would appear by the letters of the prisoner that he burned four documents, as he wrote on four occasions to Captain Richardson, enclosing the ashes of burned paper, with a small portion of eac h docu ment to satisfy him that they had been actually destroyed. Thomas Morrin, one of the conducting clerks in the Rolls Chancery-office, produced the bill in the cause of Richardson v. Preston, for the purpose of showing the court the nature of the suit in which Mr Murphy was engaged. Captain Richardson deposed that he had handed Mr. Murphy all the documents necessary for conduct ing the suit in Chancery. He identified the portion of a burned receipt, which he received enclosed in a letter, in the handwriting of Mr. Murphy. He also identified portions of other material documents sent to him in letters, written by the traverser. Some of the ashes of paper was contained in each letter. Mr. Curran objected to the reading of the pieces of paper which purported to be receipts, inasmuch as they were not stamped. Mr. Brewster held they were "exhibits" in the cause—as such were described in the indictment— and should be received as legal evidence in this pro secution. Mr. Curran contended that the case did not come within the meaning of the Act under which the pri soner was indicted, as that Act only contemplated the protection of records in public offices. The CHIEF BARON, in charging the jury, expressed his opinion that the documents were public, inasmuch as they formed part of a suit pending in a superior court. The jury, after an absence of seven minutes, re turned with a verdict of—Guilty. The prisoner was then remove I is custody of the gaoler. LAW INTELLIGENCE. I INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 31 IN THE MATTER OF RENTON NICHOLSON. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Wednesday James Murdoch was charged with uttor ing a forged bill of exchange, purporting to be ac cepted by a Mr. Barbour, of Manchester. He had surrendered himself on aturday at the office of the Police Commissioner, in the Old Jewry, confessing that he had committed forgeries to the extent of 400/. on the National Provincial Bank. His manner seemed to indicate derangement, and it was ex• pected his self-accusation would turn out to be moon shine ; but the letter written to the police of Man chester brought Inspector Buckley to town yesterday morning, armed with a warrant for the prisoner s apprehension. Sir C. MARSHALL asked the inspector if he could identify the prisoner as the individual named in the warrant ? The inspector said he could not. The prisoner admitted he was the person. Sir C. MARSHALL thought the better course was to send the prisoner to Manchester for examination, and delivered him to the officer. Mr. Richards, a carpenter, complained of a bread! of faith on the part of Mrs. Parkes, in respect to hei recent lottery for paintings. He said he was tht purchaser of two tickets in the lottery, one of which he presented to his daughter, who attended the draw ing, and heard her number drawn a prize of 100/. Upon applying for it the same day, he was told nc person could be admitted, but an authorised list of prizes was being printed. He went next day and saw a printed list, in which his number was omitted. IL then peremptorily demanded to see tLe check-book in which the prizes had been taken down at the moment of drawing, as under the state lottery system the Government always allowed this satisfaction to ticket-holders. He was told it could not be shown to him, but he had an indirect message from Mrs. Parkes that three 100/. prizes had been omitted (and inferior prizes substituted), and his number was pos sibly one of those. After several attendances he was laughed at by the secretary, who told him he wat labouring under the mistake that the number of the picture 249 was the number of the ticket, and he was at liberty to inspect the books. As a week had passed over, it was useless to refer to the book then, and the applicant wished the Alderman to take up th e matter as a public grievance. The lottery was to consist o' 14,000 tickets, and 2,100 prizes. He wanted to know why three of the prizes had been subtracted in the distribution ? Sir C. MARSHALL asked if the young lady had the ticket with her when she attended the drawing ? Mr. Richards said she had. Sir C. MARSHALL said the case had occurred out of the City, and, therefore, he could have no juris diction, but he had no objection to state his view.— that if Mrs. Parkes invited the ticket-holders to la present at the drawing, and a prize was drawn against a number, which prize through some mistake could not be found, Mrs. Parkes was bound to make good the loss to the purchaser of the ticket. If not, the lottery would be altogether a delusion. It was not, however, a case in which he could interfere. Three wretched-looking girls were placed at the bar on a charge of stealing a loaf of bread, from the shop of Mr. Maddox, baker, Fleet-lane. They pleaded guilty to the charge, but stated that they were driven to it by hunger. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL asked what part of the country they came from ? and was answered that one was from Essex. one from Hampshire, and the thi r d from Dublin. They were unkno w n to the constables. The two first were released on a promise of at once leaving town for the country ; and the third was ordered to be passed to Ireland. BOW-STREET. Wednesday Inspector Barton, of the G division of police, was charged by Lord Ranelagh with having violently assaulting him, in the Strand, on Monday afternoon. The case occupied much time, but may be stated in a short compass. Lord Ranelagh said that he was walking with Sir Thomas Hare towards Charing•cross at about two o'clock, shortly after the police had received instruc tions to clear the carriage -way for the return of her Majesty from the Royal Exchange, when two con stables came up to him and ordered him and his friend to get on the pavement, at the same time pushing them in a rude manner. He remonstrated with them, upon which the defendant walked up to him from the other side of the road, and, without making any inquiry relative to the dispute, pushed him with great violence on to the kerbstone. He (Lord Ranelagh) then endeavoured to strike the defendant, who immediately seized him by the neckcloth, and addressed him in so excited a manner as to convince his Lordship -that he had no sort of control over either his language or his conduct, and was therefore a very unfit person to be a police officer. His Lordship called Sir T. Hare, who gave some corroborative evidence, and expressed an opinion that the defendant used an unwarrantable degree of vio lence on the occasion. Rupert Richbell, who did not see the commence ment of the altercation, heard the inspector demand ing his Lordship's card. Lord Ranelagh was then walking from the middle of the road (which had been cleared) towards the pavement, followed by the de fendant and several other policemen. His Lordship complained of his not being able to pass along without the interference of the police, and declared th a t, hav ing been i nsu lt e d, h e would force his way across in spite of them. The defendant appeared to be having hold of his Lordship's coat; he had a staff in the other hand. 1 The defendant's solicitor commented briefly upon the foregoing statements, and examined the follow ing witnesses, who were kept out of Court until called upon. No. 65, G diviAion, said he saw the complainant and his friend walking in the road after it had been cleared. Heard defendant call and tell them to go out of the carriage-way ;he spoke in civil terms to them. They made no reply, but attempted to force their way past defendant, who stood before them and resisted them, having previously repeated his former request. Lord Ranelagh raised his arm, and struck a violent blow at the inspector with his closed fist, afterwards raising his umbrella with the other hand, and exclaiming, " You vagabond, don't stop me," or words to that effect. Defendant evaded the blow, and, taking Lord Itanelagh by the arm, forced him upon the pavement. his Lordship then demanded the inspector's name and number, of which he made a memorandum. In reply to defendant's application for his Lordship's card, he said, "Card be d—d,” and walked away. Police-constables G 197, G 137, and G 106, and Inspector Shackell, all denied most positively the as sertion of his Lordship that the defendant seized him by the neckcloth, or used any unnecessary violence. They stated that the blow which Lord ftanelagh aimed at defendant was received by a by-stander, whose mouth bled profusely in consequence. The road had been effectually cleared, his Lordship and Sir Thomas Hare being the only persons out of the lhNienoemrtolasen. tT e a i low t wr h yda l s s iat i b c s l De e vis . haenargiydd A ,arnl l e l nfoor t v h ayic e entago w rby i ay t ,t nesses said that the a th n the d ed d_ cic e o c n la tp r r e ao d lriicee " ty. th ,o a f t statements whatwwhieerhe the facts deiemade,. it was difficult to p et an se e ; a b o u f t b , y ev i e li n s 6 aufittheoem were it admitted that the The insolvent in this case, who was well known upon town as the proprietor of the Garrick's Head Hotel and Tavern in Bow-street, Covent-garden, and the " Chief Baron" of the " Judge and Jury" So ciety held there, was described in his schedule as a hotel keeper and agent for discounting bills, and an author, and printer and publisher. He had also been the editor and proprietor of a publication called the Town, the Crown newspaper, the Illustrated London Life, and Nicholson's Nodes. The amount of debts which appeared in his schedule was about 2,4001., of which 1,2001. was without consideration. He attri buted his insolvency chiefly to the defalcations of a person named Abbott, who had the management of the hotel business, and by whom he lost nearly 4,0001 in little more than twelvemonths. His petition was supported by Messrs. Cooke and Woodruffe, and opposed by Mr. Nicholls on the part of Messrs. Burnett, the distillers. It appeared from the evidence, which was ♦ery lengthened, and occupied the Court nearly the whole of the day, that the insolvent had kept the Garrick's Head about three years. When he first took that hotel a gentleman of the name of Lane became his security, and wished that the arrangements and pecuniary affairs of the hotel should be managed by a person named Abbott. In little more than a year, when they came to settle the accounts, it was found that there was a defalcation to the amount of 4,5001. in Abbott's accounts, for which he could afford no satis factory explanation. Finding that this extensive loss had rendered him insolvent, he called together his creditors, to whom he made an offer of paying them at the rate of 6001. a-year, and they all seemed to consider the offer a very fair one. However, in less than a week after offering the composition, he was served with an immense number of writs, and con sequently compelled to keep out of the way, to the serious detriment of his business. By great exertions he was enabled to pay 1,2001. out of those debts, but owing to the loss of a large sum of money by specu lations at Hampton, Epsom, and other races, where he had booths, he was unable to do otherwise now than seek the assistance of this Court. After some further evidence, The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said, although the insolvent had no money at the Bank at the time he gave the cheque, yet all the circumstances of the case proved that there was not the slightest intention of fraud on his part. The whole facts of the case fully proved that the insolvent's conduct had been fair and straightforward through all the transactions, and Le (the Learned Commissioner) felt bound to order him to be dis'charged forthwith. The insolvent then left the Court. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY - MORNI'MG, NOVEMBER 1, 1844. Lordship actually took place, after what had occurred, upon his own showing, he hardly knew that he could blame the inspector (who had received strict orders to keep the road clear) for his share in the transaction. It appeared to him that the only respect in which the defendant neglected his duty, was in not taking the Noble Lord into custody; and therefore he thought he must dismiss the case. Thomas Jones, who had been nearly four years confidential clerk and collector to Mr. Bohn, book seller, of York-street, Covent-garden, was committed on six charges of embe zz l emen t, preferred by his late master. John Williams was brought before Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate, charged with having attempted to commit a burglary in the house of Mr. Berry, watchmaker, 53, Parliament-street. Policeman A 84, deposed that he was on duty in Par liament-street about twelve o'clock the night previous, and heard a noise like the ringing of a crow-bar falling on the pavement. He went up to the spot and found the prisoner, with several other persons, standing near to the shop of Mr. Berry, watchmaker, the prisoner having the crowbar in his hand. Witness immediately seized him, but the others m a d e o ff. O n exam i n i ng t h e doors, he found a mark, caused by the insertion of a crowbar, and two other marks underneath the shutters. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Carter and William Smith, respectably dressed youths, between fourteen and fifteen years of age, were charged with stealing fifty seven yards of linen from the shop of Messrs. Carr and Goodall. William HorsOd stated that as he was passing the prosecutor's shop he observed the prisoners standing together inside at the counter, making some trifling pur chase. Smith had on an ample cloth cloak. Carter was keeping the attention of the two persons serving behind the counter. Smith drew from a shelf underneath the counter the roll of cloth in question, which by degrees he drew up under his arm to the cloak, unnoticed by any person in the shop. They shortly after left together, and witness continued to follow them until he met with police-constable No. 50 of the C division. Mr. Goodall identified the cloth as being the property of the firm, and of the value of between 2/. and 31. The prisoners made no defence, and were fully com mitted for trial. himself expressed it, subjecting him to considerable pecuniary loss—in fact, adding something like injus tice to injury—he should not insist upon his attend ance, but should hold the prisoner to bail for six months, so that captain Lawson, on his return from Alexandria, might have an opportunity of indicting and prosecuting him for the serious injury he had in flicted upon him. The prisoner was ordered to find two sureties in 401. each for six months. THAMES POLICE. On Tuesday a man named K . * was charged with breaking sixteen panes of glass in a public house, kept by Mr. Abbott, and was fined 405., the value of the glass. As the demolition of the windows still went on, Mr. Abbott set two constables to watch the premises. It was soon discovered that some person in the house was also a party to the de molition, as the broken glass in the latter instances had fallen outward. Suspicion lighted on the pot boy, and he was seen by a constable to break three squares of glass with a piece of coal, and when ar rested a stone was found in his pocket. The prisoner denied that he had broken any of the glass. He was on good terms with his master, who had not given him notice to leave, and there was nothing to instigate him to the act. He was himself struck in the eye by one of the stones, which had been thrown from the street, and the stone found in his pocket was the one which struck him, and which his master must admit h e (th e prisoner) had been de sired to keep. Mr. Abbott admitted such to be the fact, but said he had every reason to believe that the boy was party who broke the wind ows f c r o o n in n connected out. with the Mr. BALLANTINE said if the windows had been broken in this instance from without he would have inflicted a heavy penalty, but, as it stood, it was a case of wilful damage, and the law only allowed him to impose the amount of the damage. The prisoner must therefore pay 35., or go to gaol for seven days. The fine was immediately paid. Captain Macdonald, master, and Andrew Gray, a steward, of the Isabella Watson, from Calcutta, were charged on Custom-house informations with being concerned in the " unshipping and carrying and con veying" of three quarts and one pint of brandy, and seven pounds of cigars, by which they had incurred penalties of 1001. each. Mr. Pelham applied for a postponement of the case until this day, that he might apply to the Board of Customs for a mitigation of the penalty, the goods having been inadvertently unshipped by the parties. Mr. Potbury, clerk to the Solicitor of Customs, offered no opposition on the part of the Crown. Mr. BALLANTINE ordered each defendant to enter into sureties, himself in 60/. and two sureties of SOL each, for their appearance this day. The report of Inspector White (of the Thames police) was, that after sunset he saw a cart and horse come out of Wigram's ship-yard, at Black wall, the defendant Gray being in his company. White asked Gray where he was going to convey the contents of the cart, and he replied "To the captain's house," and that he had just left the Isabella Watson in the dock. As White had received certain information that there was a good deal of contraband property in the cart, he seized the whole of the goods, which con sisted of the cigars and brandy mentioned in the information • a box of jewellery worth 200/., a por tion of which is of foreign manufacture, and liable to duty ; a dozen of champagne, 12 bottles of eau de Cologne, sugar, tea, and other articles liable to duty, and a quantity of furniture, the whole of which was seized by the inspector, and conveyed to the Queen's warehouse, where the confiscation at' the whole or part of the property awaits the decision of the Com missioners of Customs. When the inspector stopped the cart, Gray said the captain was close behind, and White looked for him, but could not find him. He afterwards saw Captain Macdonald in his own house, and informed him of the seizure. The captain said it was a bad job, and asked White if it could be settled without an exposure. White said it could not, and arrested him on the part of the Crown. The value of all the goods seized is about 3501. CLERKEN WELL. MAIIYLEBONE. Wednesday Captain Charles Irvine, R.N., who is upwards of seventy years of age, was brought up on a warrant to answer the charge of having written and sent a letter to Edward Walter Forester Walker, a Captain in the Scots Fusileer Guards, with intent to induce him to fight a duel with him. Captain Walker handed in the letter containing a challenge to fight with swords, when Mr. LONG, after he had perused the same, asked Captain Irvine (who admitted that the writing was his) what he had to say ? Captain Irvine-1 have this to say, Sir, that I called on Captain Walker to meet me in Belgium, and under these circumstances I submit, that no breach of the peace having been con templated in this country, there is nothing of which you can take cognizance. Mr. LONG —This letter clearly contains a chal lenge to Captain Walker, and it is my duty to do all in my power to prevent this duel from taking place. Captain Irvine—As I before observed, Sir, I wished Captain Walker to meet me in Belgium. I had no intention whatever of committing a breach of the peace in• this country. Mr. LONG—I must take care that you do not. Captain Irvine—l ought to have brought Captain Walker here instead of his bringing me before you; he has abused me in the grossest terms. Mr. LONG—I shall require you to find bail to keep the peace, yourself in 200/., and two sureties in 1001. each. Captain Walker read extracts from other letters addressed to him and Captain Hamilton (also of the Fusilier Guards), and the magistrate perused some of the epistles ; they were penned by Captain Irvine, who upon more than one occasion had challenged the above-named military gentlemen to fight him with swords. In one of the letters were these words :- 4 1'11 cut you in pieces, or you shall me." The letter was (said Captain Walker) a most extraordinary pro duction. It appeared Captain Hamilton was in the first in stance challenged by Captain Irvine to fight him at Ostend. Captain Walker, in consequence of the extreme age of Captain Irvine, and taking the cir cumstances of the case alt o g e th er into consideration, advised his friend to decline the " honour" of being " cut into pieces" abroad, and hence arose the chal lenge to himself for his interference in the matter. Mr. LONG (to Captain Irvine)—l shall alter my former decision, and call upon you and your sureties for double the amount of bail which I had before fixed upon. Captain Irvine—A most gross attempt has been made to swindle me out of 4001. Captaiu Walker and Captain Hamilton have both virtually challenged me to fight, and they can't deny the fact. Captain Walker—l do deny it. Captain Irvine (to Mr. Long)—May I ask you, Sir, what has induced you to double the bail ? Mr. LoNG—I have doubled it, believing that your circumstances are such as to warrant my doing so. It' you are really disposed to keep the peace, the sum in which you and your hien Is are bound over can be of no importance. Captain Irvine—For what period am I to te bound, Sir ? Mr. LONG—For twelve months. Captain Irvine (after some little hesitation)—Very well.—The required recognisances were then enterk d into for Captain Irvine keeping the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects, but more particularly towards Captain Walker and Captain Hamilton, for the next twelve months. The sureties were Major Charles Walker, of Lea mington House, near Ipswich, and a barrister named Hawkins, of Lincoln's Inn. QUEEN-SQUARE. Wednesday a respectable-looking man, in busi ness as a dairyman, was charged on suspicion of stealing a watch from a person who had met the pri soner and four or five other acquaintances on the pre vious evening at a skittle-ground, and had not been there many minutes before he fell asleep. When he awoke he discovered that his watch had been stolen from his pocket. As the only reason assigned for sus pecting the prisoner and giving him into custody was that he had endeavoured to rouse the prosecutor to give him some drink, and had left the company before the watch was missed, and as a respectable trades man stated that the accused was a very honest well conducted man, Mr. BOND said that there was not the least ground for suspecting the prisoner more than any other of the party, and immediately discharged him. A general dealer, residing at 26, Little Chapel street, having been recently fined 103., at the instance of the police, for exposing goods in the front of Lis premises, so as to obstruct the footway, he complained of being singled out when others were permitted to violate the law without being at all interfered with, and took a summons against his next door neighbour for a similar offence. Mr. BOND inflicted the penalty of 103. Defendant thought it very hard, and said it was all spite. Mr. BOND observed that the public were much in convenienced by goods being exposed on the foot and carriage-way. George Owen was charged with violently assault .ng Joshua Ererard, and Anne Everard his wife. The complainants deposed that they were in a private room in a beer-shop, on the Liverpool-road, when the prisoner came in and assaulted them with the utmost violence. The woman, whose face was dreadfully swollen, swore he loosened all the teeth upon one side of her face by the violence of his blow,:, and she bled profusely from the mouth. Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ? Prisoner (an oil man)—My daughter has been ruined in the house, and has poisoned herself. Mr. GREENWOOD—I can't hear anything about the poisoning. What have you to say to the assault ? The father, however, went on to say that his daughter, who had been seduced by the complainant's son, had given birth to a child in a cab, and— Mr. GREENWOOD—I can't hear anything about that. It has nothing to do with the charge of assault. The father—But my daughter —my child—poisoned herself on Monday night. I did not hear of it until last night, and I was enraged. I went to the lodg ings of her seducer, and meeting the father and mo ther there, and seeing my daughter in the bed, I might have attacked them, but they struck me first. Mr. Ingoldsby, a surgeon, deposed that on Monday night last, the prisoner's daughter having taken poison, he was called upon to attend her. She was, however, in a fair way of recovery until last night, when she was again thrown into convulsions by the excitement. When her father entered the room enraged, she, fear ing he would injure the complaintants, jurn,,ed out of bed, and, in endeavouring to shield them, received, as he was informed, a blow herself. She was now in a most dangerous state. Mrs. Everard was bleeding from the mouth when he entered. His object in at tending was to prevent the recurrence of further vio lence, as it would probably prove fatal to the patient. Mr. GREENWOOD—Don't you say the prisoner struck the patient ? Witness—l heard that he did in the scuffle. The old man passionately exclaimed—" Struck my own daughter ! Let her come here, and I know she would not say I struck her. Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced him to pay a fine of 21., or a month's imprisonment. p riat Not having tm. v he r m l. oney, he wa s comm itt e d. Wednesday B. Dia mon d, propr i etor o f a Weston-ho u se, Western street,lsuomught the advic e an d ass i s t ance v King's-cross, luntic asylum, of the magistrate, stating that a f ew d ays ago a gen tleman came to him, and requeste d hi m to rece i ve into his asylum his sister, who was insane, and whom he had just brought from Brighton. He stated that her husband was a man of property residing in York shire, 'and that whatever the demand for her main tenance was should be satisfied. Applicant refused to receive the patient, unless there were two medical certificates testifying her insanity. These the brother obtained, and he received the woman, who was labouring under insanity of a very aggravated kind; in fact, she was so violent that she disturbed all the other patients, and on this account he was most anxious to be freed from her. Upon inquiry, how ever, it turned out that her husband was not worth a farthing, and finding that she would be a perpetual burden upon him, ne went before the St. Pancras . Board of Guardians, and stating the case to them, asked them to receive the woman into their house as a destitute lunatic pauper in their parish; but they refused to do anything for him. Mr. COMBE (addressing Mr. Keys, the overseer) — Here is a destitute lunatic pauper in your parish, will you refuse her admission ? Mr. Keys—l have no doubt but some of the authorities at Brighton advised the brother to take her here, so that they might be freed from the burden. Mr. Comsu—Well, if that be so, you can indict them for a conspiracy, but that forms no excuse for refusing to admit the woman. Mr. Keys— the gentleman has got his answer from the board. I can't interfere. Mr. COMBE —Does your board mean to say that a destitute lunatic pauper is to remain in their parish without taking any steps to relieve her ? Mr. Keys— He ought to have been more cautious. Mr. COMBE—Why, it is clear the gentleman has been imposed upon. If he should turn her upon the streets, dare you refuse to receive her ?. Mr. Keys— Let him do so at his peril. The Clerk—And you refuse to receive her at your peril. Mr. Keys—lt is not our doing, but his Own. Mr. COMBE—Not your doing ? \\Thy, what do the peop!e pay heavy rates for? Is it that destitute lunatics may be suffered to roam about the parish, or burden one of its ratepayers ? The law is, that the workhouse is open for the reception of destitute per so.is who may have casually came into the parish. I the St. Pancras parish permit this unfortunate urea. tare to wander about the streets, it is my opini m they will subject themselves to an indictment for n e . glect of duty. After some further discussion, during which M e , Keys admitted Mr. Diamond to be a highly respect': able gentleman, LAMBETH-STREET. Some weeks since a number of wretched-looking objects applied at this court for intercession to obtain for them the amount of gratuities due to them from the Spanish Government, or such other relief as would protect or remove them from the state of wretched ness into which they were plunged by withholding the pensions and gratuities due to them. The state ment made by the applicants was such as was calcu lated to awaken the deepest sympathy, but from the numerous communications which have since reached Mr. Henry it is quite clear that some of them, at least, do not deserve all that sympathy which was at first awakened. Amongst other communications re ceived by Mr. Henry was one from an officer in the Spanish Legion, who appeared to be intimately ac quainted with the whole merits of the case, and who commenced his letter as follows :-- " Sir,—l regret to perceive by an account in the news papers that your sympathy and the public charity have been imposed on by a scamp of the name of M'Cormack, formerly in the Spanish service." The communication went on to state that the man M'Cormack (who had been spokesman on the occa sion alluded to, and to whom a benevolent indivldual had since sent 10s.)was undeserving of the slightest sympathy. A communication was also received from Senor Castaneda, the commissioner for the settlement of the claims of the Spanish Legion, from which it appeared that the case of M'Cormack had undergone the most strict and impartial investigation, and that, so tar from his having cause to complain, he hial beet, most liberally treated. William Duvall, the second mate on board tl.e Prince Oscar brig, who has been remanded for some weeks on a charge of gouging and forcing out one of the eyes of his ca pt a i n w i th his thumb, c arid al=o in flicting other injuries on his person, was brought up for final examination. The following letter received by the chief clerk from: Captain Lawson, dated " S out h Shields Oct 26," was read : , COMBE advised the applicant again to apply to the parish, as he felt confident they would not, after consideration, refuse to receive her. The gentleman left the Court, went to the work house, and made the application ; he returned to the Magistrate, and stated that the authorities persisted in refusing to receive the lunatic. Mr. ComnE advised him to apply to his solicitor. Eliza Jones, alias Burdill, was charged with breaking Thomas Burdill's arm in two places, with a poker. The prosecutor has been living with the prisoner for the last two years. Last Monday night, he was aroused from his sleep by the violent noise she made below stairs. He went down to pacify her. She, seizing a poker, b ro k e his left arm. Having comm i tte d t hi s injury, she went outside the door, and smashed every window in the house that was within her reach. ‘; I must acknowledge Mr. Henry's kindness in not enforcing my appearance at the sessions, as it would be attended with considerable recuntary loss to me as well as inconvenience ; and, considering the way I am situate, it would be inflicting a greater punishment on me than a longer imprisonment would on the prisoner Duvall ; and as I trust in the course of a week to be able to pro ceed on my intended voyage, I must, with many tanks to Mr. Henry for his endeavour to give the prisoner a just punishment for his offence, be content with the punishment that is in Mr. Henry's power to inflict upon him." , Mr. HENRY expressed the strongest reluctance to part with the prisoner until he took his trial, and was adequately punished for his ruffianly conduct; but feeling that by compelling Captain Lawson to come to town to prosecute when he was on the point of sailing with his vessel, he would be, as the captain The prisoner complained that the prosecutor had knocked her down and jumped on her; but this he posi tively denied.—She was fully committed for trial. UNION -HALL. Wednesday an elderly man, named Morris, was convicted of obtaining money under the old deception of pretended illness and forged signatures to a peti tion for relief. His detection was owing to the curious accident of Horsford, the Mendicity officer, passing at the time the prisoner was exhibiting his petition, and displaying all the well-feigned symptoms of se vere disease. The moment he caught sight of the officer he ',_‘bolted," leaving his petition behind him ; the officer gave chase, having for six years known him as an impostor, and captured him. Mr. TRAILL sentenced him to three months' im prisonment, with hard labour, telling him that the next time he was brought up he should be sent to the sessions. Mary Bonner, Mary Williams, and Margaret Davis, were charged before Mr. Traill, with stealing a valuable gold watch, the property of Mr. Chapple, of No. 31, Piccadilly. The complainant stated that as he was, between ten and eleven o'clock the preceding night, walking along the Westminster-road, the three prisoners came up and surrounded him. In a moment one of them made a pull at his watch, and they all ran, but he seized one of them, while a policeman pursued the other two and secured them. No property was found on them, but they had not been long locked up when a woman named Lloyd brought the complainant's watch to the station house, having (by her account) found it under the gate of the Freemasons' School, the spot where the complainant was robbed. In the course of the examination it was stated the particular place where the robbery took place was nightly infested with prostitutes of the lowest order, who make a point of insulting and robbing persons passing in that direction. The prisoners were remanded till Saturday. GREENWICH. Scarcely a day passes at this court without several cases being brought before the magistrates, under the Act of the 34 and 4th of Victoria, for using abusive and threateuing words. In one which occurred yes terday, Mr. Jeremy stated it to be his determination to put down, if possible, these sorts of cases, us they were as disgraceful to the parties who appeared in them as they were disgusting to the public, whose ears were continually assailed with the most filthy and blackguard language. lie should, therefore, fine the defendant 40s. for using the language imputed to him, ss. the cost of witnesses, and 2s. costs. WANDSWORTH. ---- Wednesday, a lad, about 14 years of age, was con victed of throwing stones at the trains passing on the South- Western Railway. Mr. Dalby, the superintendent of the railway police, said that there had latterly been a great many complaints made of stones being thrown at the trains whilst in passage, and it had been found necessary, in order to abate this dangerous nuisance, to solicit the aid and interference of the metropolitan police. Inspector Buisane said he had, in consequence, instructed his men to take into custody all persons whom they found throwing stones upon the railway. Mr. PAYNTER observed that the lives and limbs of railway passengers were endangered by such a prac tice. What defence had the prisoner to make to the charge? The prisoner said the train was too far off for him to hit it. FATAL ACCIDENT in the EXPERT. MENTAL MINES at CHATHAM. CHATHAM, OCT. 30.—The public are already awn that a sham siege has been for some days past going on upon the Chatham Lines, in the neighbourhood of the casemate barracks, where Captain Wynne, of the Royal Engineers, is attacking the glacis of a fortifi cation, which Lieutenant Penrice, of the same corps, is defending. Previous to this day several explosions have taken place without any important result or ac cident, and it was generally understood that others would take place to-day. In the early part of the afternoon great sensation was created in Brompton, Chatham, and the neighbourhood, by the rumour that a serious and fatal accident had taken place in the mines, and on proceeding to the spot it was found that the report was but too true. From information obtained on the spot, it appears that in the course of the morning a charge of 2501b5. of gunpowder was fired in the right branch of Lieutenant Penrice's countermines, and about half-past one o'clock a smaller charge of about 51b5., besides some loose powder, was exploded. After air had been pumped into the mines for some time, three men, namely, James Sullivan, a private in the East India Com pany's Sappers, and Harris and Bailey, two privates in the Queen's service, entered the branch where the explosion had taken place, for the purpose of digging out the loose earth. In a few minutes Bailey came out of the mine, saying that the foul air so affected his head that he could not stand it any longer. Sul livan and Harris not making their appearance, some alarm was excited, and corporal Dent and private Murphy entered the mine in search of them, when they found them lying at the further end of the branch in a senseless =tate. Corporal Dent, although seriously affected by the vapour, succeeded in getting Harris out, but Murphy was unable to assist Sulli van, and fell senseless in the passage, completely choking it. Some delay occurred in extricating Murphy, and when that was effected, Lieu tenant Muggeridge, who was in charge of the party, led his men in to rescue poor Sullivan, who was lying on his face at the extreme end of the branch. He immediately got out, arid Mr. Weeks, a surgeon, of Brompton, being sent for, was promptly on the spot, and applied remedies, but in Sullivan's case without effect, as, owing to the delay in getting him out, he was quite dead. Murphy and Harris were conveyed on stretchers to the hos pital in Brompton barracks, where they are doing well. Several of the party who entered the mine the last time were more or less affected, and the Lieute nant himself was partially delirious for some minutes after he came out. Immediately after the accident all further operations in the works ceased, and it is understood will be totally abandoned. Mr. Hindes, the coroner of the district, will hold an inquest on the deceased, who was much respected in the corps, and the inquiry is looked forward to with some anxiety, as it is asserted that the pumps used for the purpose of forcing air into the mines were defective ; but it is proper to say, that judging from the great care with which all the operations were conducted, that asser tion will, no doubt, be found to be untrue. The mother of the prisoner said she was a widow, left with nine children, and she hoped the magistrate would deal leniently with the case. Mr. PAYNTEB observed that the prisoner was not a mere child; he was old enough to know that he was committing a very serious offence. He considered the prisoner's conduct was most wanton, and unde serving of any leniency ; he should therefore convict him in the sum of 51., and if that sum was not paid, he would be committed to the House of Correction for six weeks. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MUSEUM.—(From a Cor respondent )—The above Institution has recently expe rienced several important alterations and improvements, and has received some valuable additions from the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. The horns pertaining to different animals hare been judiciously arranged, and may now be seen to far better advantage than they were before, when they were indiscriminately huddled together. Two newly discovered specimens of cervi have been lately introduced into the museum ; one of them was presented to the Directors by Major Harris, which that gentleman procured whilst he was proceeding on his mission to Shoa. It is a species of antelope, and is boldly and elegantly striped with white annular sones, si milar to the zebra. The horns of this beautiful animal are two feet in length, and spirally formed. It would ap pear to have heretofore escaped the notice of naturalists. The other is a red deer (a male), shot in the valley of Munnipore, in the Raj-Mal district. The antlers of this latter animal are out of all proportion to the size of its body, and present a very formidable front. It is stated to be exceedingly fierce and untractable. To the ornitholo gical department some interesting additions have been made. Several novel species of falcons, cranes, and divers have been received peculiar to Northern India. The bat (vespertilio) family has been considerably augmented. The most extraordinary feature in the entomological collection is the •' aninattel leaf"—the very curious in tra-ceneeeting link between the anim-il end vegetable being—which has recently beat received by 1)r. Hors field, the curator of the museum, from a friend resident i n Bengal. This woederful production of nature so critically in every particular resembles a faded leaf; that the tunic scrupulous observer would find a difficult task to decide to which order of the creation it is-longs. It ie said to be the onle specimen of the kind in this coun try, and it certainly forms a most interesting and unique feature in natural history. DARING BUR GLARY .—C AUGHT IN THE FACT.--O n Mr. F. 11. Bowrin g , sin o f Dr. Bowring, M.P., Sunday evening a daring burglary was committed in the has been elected f e ll ow o f T r i n i ty C o ll ege, Cambridge. A TOO COMM ON T ALE .— A young g i r l o f e i g h teen house of Miss P arr y, o f S t . Paul's-street, North, w hi c h ended in a most unpleasant denouement at the expense of previously of unexceptionable character, and who lived the depredators. It seems that on Sandity- afternoon, Miss about seven years ii; two pl,,eos in Maidstone, was about Parry and her partner left home abo u t th ree o ' c l oc k , to August. last diseharged f rom h er p l ace, on account ol her take tea at the house of a relative; a lodger in the houseay, being in the family-way, and came home here (17bargritort also lett rib lo t ,ix o'clock to go to eh a pA, an d no sooner Mall;rhe) to her friends. About a month since a full, was the co.ist clear than four well-known characters greet n child was found by two boys in a pond at rich booty. ended ope so , i i r ratiens in hopes or raisin g it distance from the house, and was suspected by "le sees 011 e of the' party first knocked at Se door. andnilin fie• parishioners to h ave come f rom the cottage who - re she 00 answer, they concl u d e d it was a ll r i g h t and separated, ' lived. This was strenuou s ly denied by tier mother, who, two taking their st an d as watc h men at e i ther end of St. however, admitted that her daughter had recently mis- Paul's-street, a n d th e ot h ers, name d Beard and Smith,. earried, and said that evid ence o f this fact would be proceeding- by the back way to effect an entrance to found in the cesspool of the house. A coroner's inquest the premises. It appears that the thieves well knew the was held on the child. - A surgeon wbo hail been called habits of the i.,,5, and that ss Pdi St. in to examine the young wo man , cou ld not give an opinion N a p, c h urc h, was se ldo m - ho Mi me much arr bef y , ore atten nine. ng On as to whether she had been delivereel or had miscerried. this occasion it eo happened she did no t go to c h urch, but Her mother• attended b e f ore t h e coroner , an d state d that her daught e r h a d never b een i n t h e fam i ly - way, and coming hastily home elmut eight o' c l oc k, saw a l i ght in the front room, and applying h er e y e t o t h e k eyhole, saw there brine. no sa ti s f actory ev id ence to connect the young woman with th e S ee ly f oun d, an open verdict Still, the case w a s ef so sue pi c io ue a c i te - a fellow roaming about t h e p assage i n search of plunder. was returne With greet presence of mi n d, Mi ss P arry hastened d. racier that the respectabl e p ar i s hi oners d e t erm i ne d on quietly over to an opposit e ne i g hb our, prosecuting the inquiry. The cesspool w as searc h e d, quickly spreading, betbre the thieves h and the alarmad any s us pi c i on and no evidence of mis c arriage f oun d th ere i n . T he of their danger, they w e r e p ounce d upon by the back young woman unde rwen t a s ec ond m e di ca l exam i nat i on way, and the spoil f o u n d upon t h e i r persons. by the same surgeon who had examined her b e f ore , an d Being had before the ma g i s t ra t es on M onday they who now in c li ne d to the opi n ion th a t she had weakened had been re - were fully committed to the ass i zes . A s t h ey were gularly confined. The unhappy girl h erse caught on the premises, th ere i s li tt l e d ou b t of their con by her situation, and doubtless agitated by grief shame are viction, and as they have eac h gone through a similar and remorse, became alarmingly ill, and we told , ordeal once before, th ere are strong h opes that their re closed her miserable life on Wednesday w ee k, i n a state turn to Cheltenham w ill h e guarded against for one of delirium, calling fur " her poor boy." Sh e i s now seven years at l eas t.—Ch e l ten h am Examiner. " where the wicked cease from troubli ng , an d t h e weary THE LIVER POOL P RESS AND THE BIRKENHEAD are at rest." We regret to be obli ge d to a dd , that the FESTIVAL. —The pa s t wee k h as b een a b usy one with reputed father of the child, and, w e f ear we must say, the Liverpool pres s . N ever , w i t hi n our recollection, has the destroyer of this unfortunate gi r l, i s a married man any great event i n thi s p art o f t h e country set so many editors, reporters, and comp os i tors i n mot i on, or caused living in Maidstone. This melanch o ly a ff a i r has cast a s deep gloom over our usually peacef u l an d h appy hamlet, so many columns of m a tt er t o b e p il e d upon each other, and it is to be hoped that it will serve as a warning in as the Birkenhead F est i va l. O ur Chesh i re neigh otherai places against reckless and i mmora l i n d ulgence in hours have unquestionably no cause to compl as s , as these first acts of thoughtless indiscretion, which inv o l ve correspondents o ften d o , o f want o f not i ce, or ome consequences so terrible as th ose we h ave been called egotistical speakers are in th e h a bi t o f say i ng, that all their upon to relate.—Maidstone Gaz e tt e . elegant specimens of rhetoric were e i t h er b urked or cur- FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday Higgs held an inquest at St. G eorge ' s H osp i tal, on the space was devoted t o th e f es t iva l, an d t h e consequence was, body of William Ricketts, aged thi rty five, carman in the that for half-a•crown this w ee k an d l ast, a man might 72 service of Messrs. I'aprell and H o ll and, upholsterers to Purchase columns o f the Mail, inter s p erse d w i t h platecolumns of the M ercury , and a map; ;2 s ; 42 peered from the evidence of the t wo fellow -servants o her Majesty, in Marylebone-stre e t, S t . J ames ' s. It ap f I columns of Gore's Advertiser ; a b ou t 51 columns of the Standard, and a plan; 60 ool urens o f the Chronicle ; a n d deceased that they were retirin g f rom Wi ndsor Castle on 63 columns of the Courie r ; w i t h a li t h ographic view— laden with furniture. The night wa s wet night of Tuesday, the loth i nst ., w i th a waggon making, in all, the en or m ous num b er o f 460 columns! t, and boisterous, enough, we should think, t o gratit the greatest Y and the two witnesses took shelter on t h e waggon be- newsp e p er gourmand th a t ever live d for any one neath the tarpauling, and when th ey were between , BrentfOrd and Hounslow they felt th a t t h e w h eels had week of his mort a l career . Th en, look at the walls passed over some obstruction, and i nstant l y heard de- of the town! walls literally covered with newspaper ceased cry out,'" For God's sake co me d own, I sin run placards, of all size s an d shapes from the doubl e double . over." They descended from th e waggon an d found de- crown to fooleeap quarto, and printed in type s var yi ng ceased in the act of rising fro the road and s t an di ng on from 50-line pica antique d own to great primer. Such a week for bill-stickers ! Never, in the hottest his left leg, the right one being useless and bleeding. , ! period of a eoittested election, had the lords of the They wished to take him to the first surgeon's, but he .., I ) )rush and paste such a glorious harvest-time I A refised to go, preferring the . hospital. to which they cum- strenger entering the town towards the end of last ,eyed him. He was slightly ititoxieitted, and they tSought : weA, and casting hie e y ea a l ong t h e walls and the that his sitting on the s h a f ts and iallio g off cause:? fife . L 414,..0 lida oi th e houee S, might. well be pardetued for accident. Mr. 0. Curdy, h ouse surgeon, sa i d deoeirs..4 agieieg that bu s i ness was at a stand, and that all the wa small bones of th e r i g ht f oot which s admitted with e x t ens i ve laceration an recch-n-d fracture of ! im instant community had bet a k en t h emse l ves to their houses to ohe d amputation of the toes n p.ad about tin k on h ea d and its decks—its banquets, its eceseary. Mortification ensiled s i ball-, t pnwes,,ion, and its fi rewor k s, 4 s l4 the same w ere two days afterwards, acc e m p art i e d b y delirium. tr . m,n,y, . ~ , in a " full, t rue , an d part i cular " manner in et ortn, which continued until h e ex pi re d on T uesday Ipst. Ver- , , t he oewspepers I And verily, b e wou ld not have been diet—" Accidental death." t f ur ~,r ung, for, we believe, the newspaper s never 'h ad A curious and some w h a t amue i ng i nc i dent, Oceurre(i c iloineeee sales. and, of course, if they had buyers in the Strand during the raising of dm r„y a l pnwessi,:n. P r ey must have had readers. In' short, Thu press has It is usual on all such public occasions to have many of ' immortalised Birkenhead to auell an extent that it must the police stati..med in different parts of the streets ! eow n It o e, heed ' 1 l'neee than ever.—Liverponl courier, dressed in eof..tir(d eb.tin_4, ;e; ord e r the noire effectually CAp . roftE OF THE DOVER MURDERERS IN SPUM- E ° keep an ey e upon thieves and pickyocket,. one oi' 111 - :tY Wooos.--Our readers ore Revere that a reward of these men had illeeevered c common inc'f 41 he "'''e "f '-,/, has hen offered by Government for the apprehen pinking the poek.q of a student of Kiug's C.dlege, old st t ni j;f th e men charged with the murder of a pollee fook him into custodv.. At the sionn moment, ns some mar t at Dtiver. Misch iliterest was excited in the neigh of thy constablas who asere !seeping the tine were about ' botirbooti ore Thursday, by a report that two: of them, te penette unite him. tnistal(ing their b ro th er offi cer in st e l e ! and William Clarke, had been captured in the the coloured clothes for a friend of die thief's who wished woods at Stockbury tallies, Fibout four miles from M . . to re,eo e hint, th e y began 'o belabour him widi their ; stw l e, The report, on inquiry, turned out to be true, staves ; and it. was runt until after be had received several ; 'Th e , roilowing are the aarticulars :—O n Tuesday last, very s, , ver e bliss on th e h ea d t succeeded that he in mak- Mrs. Deacon, the elde s t sister of the prisoners, went to ' ini th em belie ve that he was what he represented him- ! the shop of Mr. Worster, a wholesale toy-dealer in self. The thief wan however, us' cured. ' - L.,nd,)n, and being asked by Mrs. Woreter if she had Ole of the mest beautiful lunar 1 31- Ptiolnella We • heard of her brothers, she repled "0, yes, and lam rememb e r to hive ever witoessed was visible here ! gi,ing to meet them (training the time and place) to i (Bright en ) oil S:iturday evening, between tune and rent give them some money and a change of clothes." Mrs. o'cleck. The day had been dull awl clondy, but the Worster, 011 her husbands return, lammed him of what evenin g was brieht, and the sky n'arly cl , tnikss. had passed, and he decided on following the woman Dea- About oine o'eloek, a light fleecy cloud passed over the : con to the place she had mune.d; for which purpose, having .surface of the moon, whieh slots immeilietely serrottreled obtained the assistance of another dealer, named Sharp, by a halo of great brilliancy. Next tile moon came a • lie proceeded on Thursday morning, in a four-wheeled large ring of pale li e lit, becoming, at th e distance of carriage to Stockbury valley, on the road leading four or five diameters of the moon, yellow, This wrs from Maidstone to Sittingbourne. About a mile before enclosed by concentric circles of all the prismatic ' reaching the Squirrels public-house, they saw the colours, quite as brilliant as in the solar raitilr,w. The woman Deacon with two men behind a hedge. On this breadth, howev e r, was muc h greater , eac h eelour occur they stopped their vehicle, and jumped over a stile. pying more breadth than that of an entire rainbow, and They were observed by the two men, who ran off to the outer purple belt being still wider. This beautiful ' wards the wood ; but being overtaken, surrendered appearance l as t e d a b ou t t h ree minutes, durin g the pas- : without any r es i s t a n ce , a n d were t a k en i nto custody. sage of the cloud; and several times afterwards, as other The men state that they have been living in the woody similar clouds crossed the moon's disc, th e phenomenon since the occurrence, hut strongly deny any participal. that bell was repeated. We Our3P I VP4B4W it a second and a third ' titan in the murder. They further state, time ;the second time exhibiting less brilliancy, but the quite tired of this mode of life, they had determineeVon third time, about ten o'clock, precisely RS we saw it at giving themselves up to the police at Dover next -Week. first. The di ame ter o f th e halo appeared to be about . John was well disguised, being dressed iti a good '§ dreiris,' but : ite left Dover. ten degrees. —Brighten Gazette. suit of black. William was in a labours Caterto4 e --4 lady nnlliPF herself Mrs. Crump, a ll ich ;stored from that worn when who with her son has been residing here some time, has they deny having heard anything of their brother decamped, leaving her expenses undefrayed. The lady Thomas since he left them on the 9th of September I is of middling stature, rather. pretty, very near-sighted, and both of them appeared eNtremoy harassed and and *ears spectacles. The son is not so tall, and has trembled vfolentlY. TN) prisciners were - taken to Dover, peculiar dark piercing eyes. He generally lons a very an d a fter heing e ka mtne d b e f ore the magistrates on Fri dark shaggy kind of coat, very long in the back, and no day morning, were fully committed to Maidstone gaol.— buttons.—BriAtoa Gazette. - I Maidstone Journal, The prisoner was committed in &fault of payment. EXTENSIVE FIRES. FIRE AT A PRINTING-OFFlCE.—Shortly before nine yesterday morning a very alarming and extensive fire broke out in the store-room of Mr. Lewis, letter press and copper-plate printer, Finch-lane, Cornhill. The utmost exertions were used to stay the progress of the fire, while messengers were dispatched for the engines. Several of the London establishment, with a good party of firemen, were in almost immediate attendance, but the fire was not extinguished until a considerable quantity of the stock was destroyed. Mr. Lewis is, fOrtunately, insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. FIRE IN DRURY LANE.--Gbnsidlerable excitement prevailed amongst the inhabitants of this locality in con sAtience of the cliserery of fire in the lower part of the house of Mr. Mitchell, baker, Wych-street, Drury lane. In this, as in the previous instance, there was no kek of assistance, and the engines quickly arrived from the Farringdon street and Chandos-street stations, but behire the fire could be arrested in its progress the shop and its contents were completely destroyed. Mr. Mitchell is not insured. DIED. A , fatt. Oct. 24, at L uc k nam, Wi lts, Andrew Christian 136( 1 9 t0 e Oct. 24, at Waltham-cross, Harman Dyson, Esq. , _'ark- la ne , age d 82. wife of ()et. 2.5, at the Cottage, - Romford, Essex, Jemims , John T urner , E sq. e, Oct. 25, at Greenwich, Grace, the wife of Charles WY K° E Oct.. , 25. of Garthmeilie. •R s ilet'' at Brooklands, Great Oakley, Essex, John Esq., M.D. l i ter c ' t Oct. 25, Frances Dorothea Sparrow, youngest clang Mr. T. Sparrow, of New North -street, Red Lion-squ are. Oct. 26, Mr. Collier, River-terrace, Islington. L .G e org e Oct. 26, a t Ludlow, Catherine, eldest daughter 0 1 Henry B rown, Esq., of Marine-square, Brighton. „‘,. Job° Oct. 26, a t El m-tree Cottage, Sidcup, Kent, .I''''' Kendrick Turner., Oct. 26, a t Wi nchester, Elizabeth, wife of John s i n g ' of South ampton. ag 0" Oct. 27, a t Charles -street, Northampton-square, fir' 1 Over, Oct. 2 ed 77. the a te 7, at St. David's, E xe t er, Eli zabeth, re li c t 0. , Josias Gard, Esq., aged 88. ar Oct. 27, Th omas Ifosegood, Esq., surgeon, Bla—^kill street, South war k. Oct. 27, at Coventry, Georgiana Maria, the wife ' 4'l' 13. Twist, Esq. 00 Oct. 27, the Hon. Arthur Annesley, eldest son of Vises Valentia. Ito Oct. 27, at Upton, Essex, Anne, relict of the late Je bill Wackerbarth, Esq. Oct. 28, Mr. S. J. Daniel, of Richard-street, Isl in gl j d;o l4 Oct. a, in I 3 ryanstone-street, Frances, t h e wife o , Ti,ftart, Sr Inspector-General of Army Hospitals.„ . Fislier' Oct. 28, Mary Ann Timbrell, the daughter of - fd Esq., Montague-place, Clapham-road, a g e d 10. „ 0 -roa On the 27th inst., at Myrtle Cottage, Welling, ' Bow-road, Elizabeth, relict of the late!Mr. H. 313:Wr._......------' ...fp... 3f/ Llntion : Printed and Published by MURDO n 11 r • go. 112, St ran d, P r i nter, at The Sun Offi" 3 ' oti nti nt Strand, in the Pr ec i nc t o f t h e Savoy, i n the "" tilid4leaez, Friday, N9yerillier 1, 1844. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. 1 4 . 54 LONDON, OCT. 31.—Wind t hi s d ay a t noon , E. to . fresh breeze and fine. DEAL, OCT. 30.—Wind S.E. fresh breezy ; 10 11r ." r : S.S.E., mod.—Sld. Thomas Snook, Cape and Waring!: BRISTOL, OCT. 29.—S1d. Emily, Ichaboe; Renfrof shire, St. John's, New Brunswick. so OFF DARTMOUTH, O CT . 29 . —P aynevo t s d e Mi nu end Martinique, for Havre. FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Hinde,F °l4 Talbot, for London. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.--- 414 Tenedos, Graham, Callao; Elizabeth, Fickle, Cuba; CO (lonia, steamer, Boston, left 16th inst.; Corsair, Halifax Sld. Empress, Garland; Rival, Watkins; and William Henry, Ichaboe; Kingston, Africa; Abigal and Fin' conia, New Orleans ; Jane Hammond and SovereU St. John's, N ew Brunswick. Off. Susaiinah, maraeso Georgiana, Quebec; John Walker (supposed) Iclitib ° ' ; Ambassador (supposed) Charleston ; Wanderer (sue' posed) St. Lucia. The Kingston, Newham from bucto to Hull, whi c h went as h ore at Pri n ce Edvvii r " . Nand, 22d ult has been cond emne d. CLYDE, 001:. 29. —Alice Haviland, St. John's, Brunswick. Sld. Medora, Trinidad ; OOP rine, 1 - 4 r Good Hope. MARGATE, OCT. 30.—The Jaspar, Evans, from Liver; pool to Lond on , was b roug h t i n here last nig h t le leaky. NITON, ISLEOF WIGHT, OCT. 30 —Th e Eva %. , -, -1/ r 4 rine, of Hambu rg h, l a d en w i t h railway iron fr , .oin ar"; % . was found asho re thi s morn i ng a d i relict, and is n o t pected off, HULL, OCT. 29.—S1d. Sisters, Ich-tboe. IN Till CANNEL—Brightman, Antigua. gad GRIMM!, OCT. 29.—The A pparenees, from Pv'dir pool to Ystadt, has put in here leaky, and must charge. MARKET NE WS.—(YESTERDA Y,) HAT MARZETIII. 0 SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Mead ow Huy, 4.,., 4, 3/ los , 1,,, ft Useful ditto, 4/ 12 s t o 5/ ; fi ne U pland ditto, 51 ,7 to 5/8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10 8 t o 5/ 18s ; O at Straw It' 1/ 10s ; Wheat St raw , I/ lo s to 1 1 12s per load fair average supply, and a steady inquiry. CumBERLAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12 ; to 411 0 Useful ditto, 41 1 1113 to 514 s ; fine Upl an d dito, 6155 0 51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 12 s to 5 1 16s; Oat Straw, 1i1„/34 1/ 12s ; Wheat St raw , 11 12 s to 1 1 14s per loaf. Dar moderate, and trade somewhat active. N 1 WHITECHA.PEL.—Coarse Mead ow H ay, 3 / 8s to 4 : 1 0 Useful ditto, 41 lOs t o 51 ; fi ne U pland ditto, 513681 5185 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, V o l, to 1/ lOs ; Wh e at St raw , 1 / lOs to 11 12s per 1 Both Hay and Straw move d o ff s l ow l y at our quotao° 0, MEAT MAEZETS. SOTJTHALL, Orr. 30.—For th e t i me o f year we - V 0 ; large supply of B easts on o ff er t hi s morning ; but to, of other kind s o f s t oc k was b y no means extert,e Prime Mutton sold steadily, at full prices, but othel'il the demand was extremely inactive. Beef, from 25 45 ; to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 4d t0_,,,, and Pork, 2s 6d t o 3 s 8d per S ib s. Supply :—Bell' 62 ; Sheep, 1,598 ; Calves, 51; Pigs, 42. oil ROMFORD, OCT. 30.—Prime Scot s an d t h e best bot Downs were in fair request, at last week's prices ; 11 l those of all other kinds of stock were with diffiel i v supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d •, Mutton , 9 10d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6.ti t i f o lil 6d per 81bs. Suckli ng C a l ves, 18s to 30s ; quarte elf Store Pigs, 16s t o 20 s ; and Mitch Cows, with tb Small Calf, 16/ to 1915 s each. ti t HA)ILSHAM, OCT. 30.—The supply of Beasts for ee s 'this morning w as somew h at more than equal tom A the wants of the b u y ers , h ence the Beef trade wasm,"of and prices had a d ownwar d tendency. In the val ue other kinds of sto c k we can not i ce no material varia , "a ,, 0 l Beef, from 3s to 4 s ; M utton, 3s to 4s ; Veal, 35 ' 3,s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 6d per 81bs. k O B ARUNDEL, OCT. 29.—F or most ki n d s of fat stock , ir supply of which was moderate, we had a sluggish quiry, on the foll ow i ng terms :—Beef, from 3s 0.0, 4 0 Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s • Veal, 34 8d to 4 s 2d ; an d A" 2s 6d to 3s 6d per Blbs. ; for CHICHESTER, OCT. 30.—W e h a d a steady inquaLlt Sheep, at fully previous rates. In other kinds of 5 , 1 '0 comparatively littl e was d o i ng. Beef, from 2s 8104 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s ; 0 Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, I ,, f , Si lell " 30s ; quarter-old St ore Pi gs, 16s to 195 ; and ' Cows, with their Small Cali - , 161 to 191 each. r CORN AVERAGES. l . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE.; OF BRITISH GO B. (ti' For the We e k en d e d tict 26, 1814, mods up from th e Returnbok In pector in the differe•A Cities and T, wn in England and v g e r a lkn t perial Quarter. d 464 Cld I Oats Barley p ß e etn: ... ........ ;,.. ;'l' AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. weeks ending WHEAT. HAM:MI OATS. , itvc BRAN 4. ---..--....—.. . ........—__..__....._.—•, ----'3- Sept. 28 21 45 3ai6i 20 5 i 3 ... . j 73731 1 5 35 / • ... 19 5 ! 1 46 46 3 I 1 33 3 6 9 i 20 6' 37 5 36 0 : 44 ~ W; 8 0 36 9 si • ' 146 01 34 9. 0 i It :39 3 37 0 • 0 Iritt , r.3.t.t.i. .tOORIMATR AVZILACES OT THE SIX " Itf lal ‘Vti0.a......... 45, 113.1 Oats ......... 20, , 7,',1 Hean5.........96 - 0 ''grief.... ..... :Ai 4.1. 1 Rye 37s 73.1 Pe.,me ...... ....: 314 * DUTIES OW FOR.WION COR.W. L ei Wheat ...... ...i'On. tki. i 0itL.......... ac Od. ! Beat, ...... .... ',' 64 , !jades' ... 4B Od. 1 aye ......... 5, 6.1.1 Pease .......... ' • dc e Colonel de Bouffet Montaub an , th e f r i en d of rii-a Napoleon Louis, Who has undergone four yearg'an, imp . risotionent out of five, to which he was C l l ,ieinned In 1840 by the French Mollie? of Peers, ir the part which he took in the t..4air of Boulogne , ff rived here lest week by the steam-boat from DiePP e ' il , ; 4 the purpom of arranging in En g l an d some impor;, affairs which had suffered from his long inaprisontneP!, Brighton Gazette. THE HARE IND THE PEASANT• - -AlthOUP ji of the pure-minded who otY. , r incense at Exeter I I : 1 , s t may not be conscious of the fau, i 3 is nevertheless 0 , 11 rue, that John Bull has his idols, to the which,;"%; most sanctimonious face, he is ever and anon sa critio is i men, women, and babes. John, with a look of P 1 t he disgust, talks of the superstitions of the past and 4:41 0 present : he laments the darkness of the heathen !l ei , have their sacred apes, their consecrated croco' ll bo Nay, John does more than this. John unbuttons j, pocket, and pay s men to b uild ships, that truth and .4,, dom may be carri e d to id olaters. He enlists misto aries—he sends forth the hopeful and strong -hea r/ yeti wither b e n ea th a pestilential climate, so that, t he withering, th e y may b e m i nistrant of civilization to 0 savage, And all the while—simple John—that he paying for and lab our i ng i n these good works—he 0 his own pet idols —his own baboons and alligators — 1 j I his " bold peasantry," as their constant victims. Al he ere John shall aga i n count up these abominations °,` e lf heathen, let hi m ca l cu l ate the number of men, with P. to wives and families, sacrificed at every quarter sessions, the idols of th e l an dl ord—to his hares, his phesg°,ool' and his partridges !—Punch.—[W e regret that weThe, not also present our readers with the picture, re , Game Laws, or th e S acr ifi ce of the Peasant to the JO of by which P unc h pa i n f ully, but graphically, illustratehi a few strok es o f hi s penc i l, an age of cruel oppressiolli.)o PROPOSED PARTIAL REMOVAL OF FARRIN°IOO4 MARHET.—The M ar k e t C omm i ttee of the CitY ;"ia% advertised that p ort i on o f F arringdon market ad..l°'" Shoe-lane, for sale, in building lots. fee/ AN OLD STREE T NEWLY NAMED.—CateatOß'-' has been name d Gresham-street, and the end 'W I labell e d acc or di ng l y , ,4 BIRTHS. Oct. 26, at Castle Bernard, county of Cork, Visc notel Bernard, of a daughter. id p( Oct. 23, at Fr an kf ort - on-the-Maine, Lady Downie, W , 4 .. Sir Alexander D own i e , M D., of a son. Oct. 26, at Ch awton House, Hants, the lady of E ci/iIP of Knight, Esq., ju n ., o f a son. Oct. 26, at Muswell-hill, Hornsey, Mrs. E. L. More' a daughter. Bi ro Oct. 26, in To rr i ng t on-street, the wife of Arthur B Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister, of a daughter. Oct. 26, Mrs. Clowes, of Tulse-hill, Surrey, of a son. ~01, Oct. 25, at th e C ottage, Romford, Essex, the lady 0 ' , Turner, Esq.. of a d aug h ter. o f Vq . ' Oct. 27, at S car b oroug h , the lady of John Dawson. - • a daughter, stillborn. ttl Oct. 27, at Sh ooter ' s- bi ll, the widow of Lieutenant Edna. Nicolls, R N., of a daughter. Out. 27, at W an dl e H ouse, Wandsworth, Mrs. l irillis ° Langton, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Bth o f J u l y, at the Cathedral Church, Madra s %w JO it' ° Gunning Seymer, Esq., Acting Principal, Diocesan i ll ' o ftlis tion, to Avice, widow of the late Captain H. J. Ogilv ie ' 23d Regiment Madras Light Infantry. On the 9th of September, at the residence of the 1 100 Minister, n eat Th un, Sw i tzerland, Robert Gregan .seel,noolo of the late M a j or -G eneral Robert Craufurd, to FannY,r,,,,;, eldest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral ThomasWo"T Oct. 22, at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, the Rev• to i e Rhodes, of L , yton. Essex, to Lo u i sa , d aughter o f the • T. Peacock, Esq., of South Kvme, Lincolnshire. 005 Oct. 23, at M ongs t own O lnirch, Captain George n.bto• Rltert,on, 25 t h Regiment. Bombay A rmy , to Jane, datiZioll' of Brabazon Newcomer), Esq., otC,inlla, countyof Roscol"_ rO g . l , i °'a. ,: , ~~ . , , f' P' , , I.+.i