The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The statement we made some days since that Thiers • was dismissed because he would not take upon him , self the disgraceful responsibility of evading the obli gations of a treaty, we now repeat. We should un hesitatingly retract the opinion if we believed it to be unfounded. We have, however, been but the more confirmed in it, and in recurring to the subject, with the experience of the efforts made by Lou is Philippe to construct a new Administratio n, we bring . new and . strong arguments to the support of our original posi • . tion. Since we first called attention to the disastrous effect that must result from a perseverance in the po licy that led to Thiers's dismissal, the British Govern .- ment have received assurances, that so far from desir ing to withdraW from the Quadruple Alliance, the King and the Government of France are most anxious and determined to adhere to it. We, never said—we never insinuated—that Louis Philippe was disposed formally to withdraw from that alliance. We kne* he would riot,--we knew he dared not do it. But against his professions we placed and again place, his acts, which demonstrate that, while nominally a member of the *Western Alliance, he is in effect in league with the Northern Despots. What importance the British Government may be disposed to attach to • the assurance of French fidelity to the Quadruple Al liance we do not pretend to conjecture. It would, we may observe,have been Tess maladroit if Louis Philippe had intimated an intention of returning rather than ad hering to the fulfilment of his obligations. Applying , however the trite but comm on - sense test , non v e r bs so d facia, to the conduct - of the French Government, or of the French King, the people of England will be dis posed to place but little confidenee in his assurance. Why was the Administration of Thiers broken up ? No one has given —no one has attempted to give—to this question any other answer than what we ourselves suggested—because he shrunk from becoming the dis creditable instrument of a discreditable purpose. We blame not the French press—in part fighting the battle of a political party—in part watching over their own freedom, threatened by the infliction of such a calamity as Persil in the Government—for overlook ing the more remote but not less serious consequences of the Ministerial change. It was, however, too ob vious that the immediate cause of this change laid bare the despotic predilections of him who effected it to pass it over altogether unnoticed : and, accordingly, it was by a part of the press strenuously maintained that Thiers had asked not merely for the fulfilment of the terms of the Quadruple Treaty—not alone for co operation but for direct intervention. For such a de fence of Louis Philippe's conduct there was no ground. His Minister asked merely for that which was guaran teed under treaty—this we cannot repeat too often or too forcibly—and was dismissed because he insisted on its fulfilment. Judging, then, from the single fact of Thiers's dismissal, we at least place no reliance on the assurance of the French Government that it is anxious to adhere to the Quadruple Treaty. Whatever be the names we may find gazetted in the Moniieur, we know that virtually the 'Foreign Minister of France will not he changed. Will its foreign policy ? The question must receive a speedy answer, from the line of conduct adopted towards the cause of the Queen of Spain —the Queen of the Constitution of 1812. France is hound to eo-operate in the consolidation of her throne. The King of the French has refused to cc-operate. Will he persist in his refusal ? Louis Philippa cannot remain—he cannot be allowed to remain—a merely nominal party to the Quadruple Treaty. little time another "assurance" that he is anxious to adhere to the Alliance may be—certainly ought to he —followed by a refusal to permit him. Bear in mind that we epee?: not of the French nation, nor of the French Government, as it should be constitutionally constructed, but of the concentration in an individual of the functions of Sovereign and Administration. That the people of France can be detached from our liberal alliance we have no apprehension : and we con fess it is not altogether without satisfaction we see the pro Tress paripasszt of an abandonment of the Quad rueie Treaty, &c,, and a menaced crusade upon the liberties of France. The appointment of Persil and Gasparin will go down well in history, as facts con tcmpo;•aneous with the violation of the national ho nour. It will, however, he well if the former do not lead to results that may, in consequence of the latter, find no sympathy among the liberal Governments of Europe.—Morning Chronicle. Time," says Lord Bacon, "is the greatest of all innovators." The position, we believe, has never, tie to the present moment, been disputed. Now some people begin to question its truth. There are persons who maintain that the Tory Peers are the greatest of all innovators. It is beyond all doubt that in their own case, at least, they are so. Time has been trying his hand at an innovation on the constitution of the Upper - House for more than a century and a half ; but the progress he had made in the operation was, until within the last few years, scarcely perceptible. As if wearied with his slow, though, in the long run, sure mode of going to work, their Lordships have determined on doing the thing themselves ; and doing it they are with a vengeance. We are sure that old father Time must now be ashamed of himself. The Lords. have effected more during the last Session in the way of innovation on the construction of their House, than lie has done since the revolution of 1688. Let them only proceed as they have begun, and the labours of the great in - novator mentioned by Bacon may be dispensed with. There is a very homely, but very expressive phrase, " Give a man rope enough, and—" our readers, we doubt not, can finish' the sentence. Let the Tory Lordlings only get their own way a little longer, and they, will do for themselves what might otherwise have. cost the Reformers a lifetime of hard incessant labour. It is quite a misnomer to call them Conservatives-- there never was a more glaring perversion of language. They are Reformers, and of the right sort too. No matter what they call themselves—no matter what name others apply to them, they are, practically, the best Reformers extant I To be sure, they do not see this ; but, as Locke says, a man's perceiving or not perceiving a fact, does not affect the existence of that fact. Lord Lyndhurst, however, we are persuaded, sees clearly what he is about, and with us it is now a question whether he be not a greater Reformer than O'Connell himself. What, if it should turn out that the real cause of the hostility which exists between the two is, that they consider each other as rivals in the great cause of Reform ? What matters it that the one goes covertly to work, whilst the other openly ap plies his battering ram to the hereditary House. The services of the former may, notwithstanding, be greater than those of the latter. Of this we are certain, that Lord Lyndhurst is, in point of fact, the most efficient coadjutor that O'Connell has. It is, then, a most un grateful thing on the part of reformers to call the Noble Lord a Tory or Conservative, or any such thing. He is nothing of the kind. He onl y assumes that guise that he may the more-effectually serve the cause of Reform. Let his Lordship notbe disheartenedbecause his motives have been impugned, his prin c ipl es misrepresented, and himself treated with ingratitud e by the people whose interests he is labouring so zealously to promote. This has been the fate of many a patriot before him, and probably will be of many a patriot after him. His Lordship is doubtless sustained and encouraged in his present course by the conviction that he is counteract ing the effects of his labours, when he really was a. Tory, and he sees that this can be most effectually done by affecting still to belong to that party. He commenced his career as a Republican, and no man of discernment, who watched his conduct during last Session, can doubt for a moment that he has returned to the principles of his early life, and is determined to close his public career as he commenced it. What greater proof could he furnish of his having re embraced Republican principles than is afforded in the means he is taking to destroy the Upper House. Before twelve months elapse the poor deluded Peers, whom he is leading like so many sheep to their own ruin, as hereditary Legislators, will see, aye, and feel too, the force and justice of Lord Melbourne's remark, that God has given their leader the possession of great talents, but that the devil directs their applica tion." They will think that the last-meritiOned per sonage has at any rate directed their application in this particular case, though the country may think differ ently.—Morning Advertiser. All Europe has, lately seen how adroitly the Russian Government has " diddled" this country on the sub- In a ject of the "Greek loan." But who can .wonder at this or any other humiliating proof of the servile sa crifice of British interests to Russian ascendancy, seeing that our transactions with the Court of St. Petersburgh are managed by two such incapables as Lord Palmerston and Lord Durham, the one as chief of our foreign policy, the other as representative of the Majesty of England at the Court of Czar ?, It would indeed be difficult to say whether the " juvenile Whig" or the " Aristocratic Radical" has on all oc casions exhibited more of that innocent credulity of disposition and meek complaisance of temper which in vites the practice of Russian frauds and the infliction of Russian insults. When the Whigs basely aban doned the Polish nation to their fate, whose wrongs were the fertile theme of their generous declama tion while out of office—when they refused even to make a manly remonstrance on behalf of that op pressed people to the haughty Czar, they were not satisfied with allowing the treaty of Vienna to be cancelled by the extinction of the nationality of Po land. This was not sufficient evidence of their pusil lanimous subserviency to the will of the insolent Auto crat ; so, under the guidance of Lord Palmerston, as . the genius of our foreign policy, the Whig Mi nisters extracted from the pockets of the overtaxed people of this country some millions sterling, under pretence of a compact, which, by the severance of Belgium and Holland, had " ceased and determined," in order to recruit the nearly exhausted Exchequer of a Govern ment which has, ever since the subversion of, Napo leon's power, been indefatigably engaged in endea vouring to supplant the influence and damage the in terests of Great Britain, by all the treacherous arts of an insidious policy. That disgraceful transaction of the Russian-Dutch loan job, which enabled the Mus covite tyrant to give the last blow to the liberties of Poland, we denounced at the time that it was ender discussion in the Legislature ; and when many of the " Liberal" Members of the Commons, who have since affected great sympathy with the Poles, were assisting to sacrifice that ill-fated people at the altar of Russian ambition, in order to gratify the recreant Whig Minis ters of the Crown, one of whom—the " candid" Lord Althorp—intimated that even if Russia had no right to the money it was politic to bribe her to maintain a pacific course of policy. Thus, England, that van quished, under a former Government, the mighty Napoleon with the resources of genius and civilisation at his command, has been brought to such a depth of political debasement by our Whig rulers as to purchase with gold the treacherous friendship of the chief of the barbarians of the North. Whenever Russia raises a monument to her political benefactors, above the names of her own Diplomatists, Statesmen, Generals, and Admirals, she should inscribe those of Lord Palmerston and his Whig colleagues. Nor, indeed, upon the pillar of Russian ascendancy should the name of Lord Durham be omitted. The insults which he bore with on his voyage to St. Petersburg, by way of Constantinople, have been soothed by abun dant ,cajolery since. The good terms on which he stands with himself and the Imperial oppressor of the Poles, may be collected from the following panegyric upon his servile submission to the ambitious barbarian, w ith which his friends have favoured the public, through that Press which the ultra-liberal Statesman vainly attempted to gag by criminal informations : Notwithstanding his ultra-liberal politics; Lord Dur ham is personally very acceptable to his Imperial Ma jesty (of Russia), who is said to be charmed (so it appears the Autocrat does not close his ears to the voice of the charmer'), as well as his august Consort (how sentimental !) by the soft and conciliatory man ner of the Noble Lord, which no one can more happily assume, when he pleases, than the chief of the lions:: o Lambton." If he could assume the tone of a manly and energetic representative of England, it might be less pleasing to the Czar and his " august Consort," but it would be better for the dignity and interests of England, nor should this great nation he so readily befooled in Turkish affairs, or ,defrauded in regard 'to the " Greek loan."—Morning Herald. Any person who has witnessed the simpering, self-satisfied manner of Lord Palmerston, and had the misfortune of listening to his lady-like and hesi tating accents in the House, must he satisfied, after reading through the leading article in the Globe of last night on Spanish affairs, that none but the im mortal chief himself could have penned it. If we are to believe that article, the state of Spain is the most desirable possible. The Quadruple Treaty has worked out the object for which it was made—the Queen is prosperous and content—and England and France, happily united to the last, are able to in- dulge the soothing satisfaction of being the authors of so much good. No one could imagine that the country alluded to in that pastoral was Spain, from which the nobility and every man with a shilling to lose are flying to Italy and France—where the Royal power is put under by a drunken soldiery— where provincial Juntas defy the authority of the central Government—where a bankruptcy exists in fact, and is about to be officially declared—and lastly, where an insurrection, which began with seven hundred men, is now extending its arms to every part of the kingdom, with organised forces amounting at least to one hundred thousand. No one could sup pose that the treaty alluded to is that famous con vention by which England has been left all the work to do, and all the money to pay, while France has played a double part, and kept on terms with both parties—that convention, in consequence of which the blood of Englishmen has been sold in a mercenary cause, and British subjects compelled to eat the bitter bread of a French prison allowance. None but an incorrigible egotist could, in the face of the myriad of facts which have falsified every one of his predictions since the beginning of the contest, and in defiance of the present miserable state of Spain, indulge in that self-com placency which distinguishes alike the language of tile Noble Secretary in his speeches in the House and his articles in print. Can he imagine that there is any person in society so ignorant of passing events as to be deluded by his statements, or that all classes are not agreed in looking upon him as the main author of the calamities in which the Peninsula, particularly the Spanish part of it, is to-day involved ? He took up the Queen's cause when it was sound at heart, and likely to be respected abroad ; the revolt, only nominal in the Basque provinces, the people dis posed to support a progressive system of improvement, and the public credit so good, that 70 was the price of stock in the Foreign Markets. We need not say how he leaves the cause this day, or look with a pro phetic view on the greater calamities which are now impending. Let any unprejudiced person glance upon both pictures, and must not the profound conviction be the result, that the imbecile policy of the British Government has been the main cause of the ruin of the Queen of Spain ? The writer of the article we allude to is not content with smiling over his own handy work, but he goes out of his way, to sneer at those independent journals which have given the pub lic true information on the - course of events in Spain. He assumes it as a fact, that they have announced the occupation of Madrid by Don C ar l os and the ruin of Isabel as events certain to take place instantly ; but we look in vain into our columns for any such anticipations. We have been content to place the gradual rise of the Carlist power before our readers, without venturing to assume the termination of events which rests on a greater will than ours—as we do not say to-day that Don Carlos must reach Ma drid, but that the chances in favour of his doing so are hourly rising in his favour. It will be his own fault i o f he ca does not. The Globe, in a paragraph is calls us a semi apart from its leading article, quoting from the _Morn ing -official Carlist organ. Now, really thi s making a little too free. We are not the organ of either party, and we observe on this and all othe r quest i ons a neutrality and independence which our Contemporary would do well to copy— in th ose parts o f i ts co l umns w hi c h are not t allotted y, to Downing-street.—/Iforning Post. SUDDEN DEATH. —On Sunday evening Mr. Chas. Benton, a wine merchant, residing in Portland-place, was at tending St. John's Wood Chapel, with his wife and four children, when being suddenly seized in his pew by a fit of apoplexy, be fell down, and almost immediately expired. A surgeon, who was in attendance, used every means to resusci tate the unfortunate gentleman, but in rain ; and is his opinion that the attack was brought on by the crowded state of the ehapel, which caused such excessive heat that several ladies fainted in consequence. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1836. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday, Mr. Stockdale, the bookseller, who published the " Memoirs of Harriet Wilson," appeared before the LORD MAYOR, and requested that his Lordship would be so good as to present to the Court of Aldermen a memo rial upon the subject of a desperate and grounless attack which he said had been made upon his character in the report presented to Parliament by the Prison Inspectors, after their investigation into the state of Newgate. He was led to adopt this measure in order to obtain an oppor tunity of exposing before the Court of Aldermen the utter injustice.of the denunciations contained against him as the publisher of a medical work, which had been found amongst the prisoners in the gaol, and which the inspectors had described as abounding in obscenities. He considered that the Court of Aldermen were bound to do him all the jus tice in their power, as they had taken occasion, in denying that the book was deserving of such a character, to reflect most harshly upon his. The LORD MAYOR, upon reading the memorial, said that it was a paper of so libellous a nature that he should not feel justified in presenting it to the Court of Aldermen. Mr. Stockdale—l have been prevented by the influence of the inspectors from having it presented to Parliament, and as to the violence of the language, if I were the master of stronger language I should certainly use it in characte rising the falsehood of the accusation against me. The LORD MAYOR—Nothing is to be got by violence, but if you give me a memorial merely stating what you say are facts, and requesting to be heard to prove them, I can have no objection to present them. Mr. Stockdale—l happen to be furnished with the most providential evidence on the subject—the letter of Dr. Bailey himself. The LORD MAYOR—I shall present any memorial sta ting that you are aggrieved to the Court of Aldermen, and they will decide upon the question of hearing you. Aaron Rawlings, a big strong well-dressed fellow, who has been in the habit of informing against publicans for keeping their houses open a few minutes after the general time for closing, and for allowing persons to tipple imme diately after the commencement and immediately before the conclusion of Divine service, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having extorted a sovereign from Wil liam I3irbeck, a licensed victualler, residing at 67, Cole man-street. _ _ The complainant had made a complaint to Sir John Key a few days ago, that three men, who were known to be common informers, had called upon him, and said, that if he would stand some money they would prevent him from being informed upon on any occasion ; and Sir John Key advised him to mark a sovereign, which was the sum they required, give it to them, and cause them immediately at terwards to be taken into custody. The prisoner requested that the Lord Mayor would post pone thencase until he should procure legal assistance. The Loan M AYOR-I wish to hear the evidence first. Mr. Birbeck stated, that on Friday night the prisoner and another man called at his house, and had a pint of por ter ; and the prisoner called him out, and said, " The fact is, we are doing business ; and if you drop us something, we'd not trouble you, nor let any one else trouble you." The LORD MAYOR—Did he say what business they had been doin , r? Complainant—No ; but I inferred what it was, from 'knowing that publicans had been summoned to Guildhall for keeping their houses open during the hours of divine service, and allowing gambling, and I knew him by sight to be an informer. The LORD MAYOR—Had you kept open your public house to an improper hour ? Complainant—Not to my knowledge. Mr. W. Baker, the owner of the Auction Mart Tavern, saw the complainant, from a place in which be concealed himself, hand a marked sovereign to the Prisoner, who pro mised that neither he uor anybody else should give Mr. Birbeck anv trouble. The prisnaer was remanded till to-morrow. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday' several highly respectable individuals were led to this office, in consequence of what they read in the newspapers relative to the singular charge made against Mr. John Withers Powell, on Tuesday evening last, who was ordered by Mr. Laing to find bail, when it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman was subject to aberration of intellect through the least excitement, and that he was what he represented himself to be, a special pleader, and formerly a Coroner for Kent, to obtain which .situation he had expended a considerable sum of money at the election ; he was educated as an - attorney, and his connections were of the greatest respectability. Mr:LAING told them that he never before saw a man conduct himself in so strange a way, and inquired whether they were willing to become his , bail ? They hesitated, and said it was probable, if they did so, he might_ commit himself in a similar manner, or they would readily become his security. " _ _ Waddington, the gaoler, had seen the gentleman that morning, and he was quite a different person—he seemed calm and collected, and conversed reasonably. Mr. LAING advised his friends to proceed to the prison where he was confined, and speak to him, which they did, at the same time informing them that, had it not been for his having threatened him with an action, in order to in timidate him, he would have let him off ; but he was not to be intimidated. _ _ ...... Shortly afterwards his wife, a delicate-looking lady in a state of pregnancy, was introduced to Mr. Laing who ex plained to her the circumstances of his apprehension, and said that he was found in Leather-lane, addressing 200 per sons about a donkey, and when before him he raved ; it was lucky that he was not ill used and plundered of his property. Mrs. Powell (who seemed much depressed) said, I think so. She stated that the least thing excited him, and he was disturbed in his mind. Mr. V LAING—Has he ever been confined ? Mrs. Powell —Once, before our marria g e. Mr. LAING—How long have you been married ? Mrs. Powell—Six years, Sir. He was confined to his room for the last week, and yesterday he was engaged in some pri vate business, which ruffled his mind and worretted him, at Gray's Inn. He put me into an omnibus, with the inten tion of accompanying me home, when it started off with out him, and I did not hear of him until I read the account in the newspaper. Mr. LAING—What is his general conduct ? Mrs. Powell—Very mild and correct. Mr. LAING—Does he ever ill use you? Mrs. Powell —No ; quite the contrary. He met with a heavy loss, which is the cause of his conduct. Mr. LAING-1 never met with such extraordinary con duct. He ordered Waddington to proceed immediately to the prison, and bring Mr. Powell to the office, and in a short time he was brought before Mr. Laing, perfectly col lected. Mr. LAING said he had been informed that he was the person whom he represented himself to be, and he thought it very extraordinary that an individual of his respectability should have conducted himself in so strange a manner. Mr. Powell—l am,extremely sorry if any personal obser vations escaped me to give offence to your Worship. Mr. LAING advised him to restrain himself in future, and told him he was now dismissed ; on which he quitted the office with his wife and friends. Thomas Smith, a ruffianly-loooking fellow, was charged by William Smith, his own brother, with having stabbed him with a penknife. The prisoner was ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Georgiana Norman and Elizabeth Anderton, smartly at tired females, were finally dxamined, charged by Mary Price, an elderly woman, residing at No. 4, Chapel-place, Coram-street, St. Pancras, with having robbed her of 3/. 145., and several articles of wearing apparel. A short time ago the prisoners called upon the prosecu trix, meanly clad, and agreed to sleep in her room at a trifling sum per week, and on the following day they broke open a box and stole the 3/. 145., which she had saved through her industry, and likewise the whole of her clothes, with which they absconded ; and they were not traced until a few evenings ago, when they were found walking the streets stylishly dressed, with rings on their fingers and watches by their sides, but none of the pro perty was found. The prisoners denied that they ever lodged with the pro secutrix, and consequently the robbery. Mr. LAING had no moral doubt of their guilt, but the evidence being deficient he must discharge them. - An officer said that Norman had been before in custody. Norman—What, me ? I was never but once in an of fice before, and then I was prosecutor. Officer—l know you by your voice. Don't you recol lect when you lived with a Life Guardsman in East-street, Marylebone ? Norman (affecting surprise)—Oh ! gracious God ! me live with a Life Guardsman, never. Officer—What, not when you bolted with another sol dier, a corporal ? Norman—Oh dear, never. Mr. LAING had no doubt but that they robbed the poor old woman, and that their finery was purchased with her property. Thornton said that as far as their watches and trinkets went they were mere toys, the watches which appeared to be gold hangin g by their sides could be purchased f or Is., and their rings for hi. each.—(Laughter.) The prisoners were then discharged, and on leaving the office they were laughed at, with a cry of " there goes two queer swells." Eliza Pearce, a well-looking girl, eighteen years of age, was finally examined, charged by James Pearce, her father, a coach proprietor, of Dean's-place, Islington, with having robbed him of 8/. 135., and other property. The prisoner was living with her parents, when she became acquainted with a pot-boy in the neighbourhood, with whom she ab- UNION-HALL. In the course of the day a Mr. Whitfield, who described himself a musician, applied for the Magistrate's interference and advice. The applicant stated, that some days ago one of his children was taken ill of the measles, and that he took it to an apothecary, who administered some medicine. The child, however, getting worse, he took it again, when the apothecary's wife, who served in the shop, weighed some powder, and directed that it might be taken by the child, which was accordingly done ; it, however, got worse, and died the preceding day, previously, however, to which, its head and face swelled up in a frightful manner, and its mouth was in such a state of ulceration, in consequence of the medicine, that he had no doubt to those causes pro duced by the powders was to be attributed its dissolution. He added that there was an outcry in the neighbourhood where he lived on. the subject of the child's death ; that the clergyman refused to perform the funeral service unless the case was investigated ; and, under these circumstances, he (applicant) requested the Magistrate's advice how he was to act on the occasion. The MAGISTRATE said that he had only to apply to the Coroner for the district, who would summon a Jury, if he considered the circumstances were such as to render it ne- cessary. The applicant having thanked the Magistrate, than withdrew. THAMES-OFFICE. Yesterday Captain William Blain, the master of the ship Clansman, from the Mauritius, lying in the St. Kathe rine's Lock, was brought before Mr. BALANTINE and Mr. BRODERIP, on a charge of violently assaulting John Baxter, a foremast man on board. Mr. BALLANTINE convicted him in the full penalty of 51. and the costs. The money was immediately paid. Captain Blain was then charged on a summons with re fusint, payment of the Steward's wages, the balance of which he claimed, amounting to 151., for his services on a voyage to the Mauritius and back. The Steward's evidence was, that disgusted with the treatment he met with on the outward voyage, he made affidavits of the Captain's bad conduct at the Mauritius, and deserted from the ship. He was given into custody for that, and remained in custody four days. He afterwards entered into another contract with the Captain, to come borne as Steward, at the rate of 21. 15s. a month, being ss. more than he had going ont. The Captain had offered him 6/., but 151. was due. The Captain said that Mealing had forfeited his wages by deserting from his ship. Mr. BALLANTINE ordered him to pay the man accor ding to the original contract-21. 10s. per month, and the costs. , On Tuesday evening an inquest was held in the Board-room of Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne and a re. spectable Jury, on view of the body of Ellen r Dick son, aged 25, a married woman, who poisoned herself with arsenic, under the following circumstances : —lt appeared that the de ceased had only been married about two months. Last week her husband absconded, and the deceased ascertained that he was living with a young woman whom she (deceased) knew by the name of Sally. The discovery was a great shock to the deceased, who, from the time of the intelligence reaching her, gave way to excessive despondency. On Saturday evening the deceased was taken alarmingly ill, and on being questioned by a Mrs. Mullins, who lodged in the same house, she admitted having swallowed arsenic.—Mr. Harrison, a surgeon, was sent for, and attended, and endeavoured to administer antidotes, but the deceased resisted violently, and knocked the medicine out of his hand. She was ultimately conveyed in a coach to the hospital, where the stomach pump was used ; but the poor suf ferer rapidly sunk, and died a few hours afterwards.—Verdict, " Temporary . derangement." An inquisition was taken on Tuesday before Mr. Stirling, at the Prince Blucher, Twickenham-common, on view of the body of Philip Plasterer, who hung himself with a cord. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased lived with his wife in a'cottage on Twickenham. common. He was a servant in the family of the late Baroness Howe, but previous to whose death he left from being too infirm, and was allowed by her Ladyship a pension of 14s. a week. After her death this continued; but a few weeks ago he received information from Sir Wathen Waller, by his bailiff, that the pension would be discontinued. Since then his manners became greatly altered, and having been confined to his bed for some months, he ob served to his wife that death would release him from all his troubles. On Monday morning, as he appeared very melan choly, he was closely watched by his wife, but on her leaving for a short time, he took the opportunity of cutting the line of the clock weight, by which he suspended himself from the bed-post. When found he was instantly cut down, but no sign of life remained.—Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." From the Glasgow Evening Post it appears that a few days ago the waggon containing the elephants in Womb. well's menagerie, then exhibiting in Dundee, was discovered to be on fire. Every effort was immediately made to extinguish the flames by such of the keepers as were on the spot, as well as by the people connected with the other shows ; and they were soon brought under. The elephants fortunately did not sustain any serious injury; but they must have either suffered severely, or died of suffocation, had the flames been much longer in being observed, as they were making considerable progress when they were discovered, and would have soon reached the huge and sagacious animals. As it was, the clouds of smoke in which both were involved affected them not a little, and it is even thought that the female, lady-like, fainted; but, by administering a restorative, consisting of a pailful or two of beer and whisky, to her and her more robust helpmate, they in a short time recovered from the unfavourable conse quences produced. A bear also suffered a good deal from the smoke, and was for a short time thought to be in danger; but he ultimately recovered without the aid of' a cordial. Bruin, it appears, is a member of the Temperance Society, and either could not or would not participate in the reviving draught which had so salutary an effect upon his neighbours. The fire originated in a small apartment at the end of the waggon used by two young men connected with the menageries as a sleeping place, and divided from the portico occupied by the elephants by a partition. On the lads retiring to their dormitory, one of them, an Irishman, affixed a candle to the side of it ; and, thinking he would sleep the sounder after getting something comfortable, went out to visit a neighbouring tavern, leaving his companion, who immediately fell fast asleep without get ting into bed or taking off his clothes. The candle ignited the wood-work to which it was attached, and on Paddy's return the flames had gained such an ascendancy as completely to appal him. On seeing them he vociferated " Murder, mur der !" " Fire, fire I" The alarm was thus given, and means were taken to overcome the destructive element. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 6.—Sir Robert Peel, and a distinguished party, after partaking of the pleasures of the field, last week, on the estate of Mr. John Fleming, M. P., Stoneham Park, dined with that gentleman, when a large party was invited to meet him. Sir F. Burdett has taken Belle Vue House for six weeks. The fares by steam to Havre are now only ss. and 3s. ; and ss. and 3s. 6d. to Guernsey and Jeisey. At several points between this town and Winchester the railway is proceeding with rapidity, as well as in other parts upon the line. TWO-WHEEL CARRIAGES.—By an Act just passed, exemption is granted for any carriage with less than four wheels (not let to hire), drawn by one horse only, what ever may be the construction of the carriage—provided the value of the carriage, together with the cushions, or other ar ticles used, shall not exceed 211., and shall be marked with the name, residence, and the occupation of the owner, in Ro man letters of two inches, at least, in height, and of a propor tionate breadth. This latter requisition it is intended rigidly to enforce. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--On Monday morning a servant girl, about eighteen years of age, at Stamford, went to milk her master's cows in a neighbouring close, and not re turning at the usual time a person went in search of her, who, hearing a groan near a well in the close, was induced to exa mine it, and found her at the bottom. When drawn up she was found to have her throat cut deeply, and was quite insen sible, but not dead, the well having very little water in it. She was taken to the county hospital, and hopes are enter tained of her recovery. It appears that she had made an at tempt upon her own life, having first cut her throat and preci pitated herself afterwards into the well. Some disappointment in her affections led to the rash attempt. _ _ _ -------- SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, a shocking accident occurred in Oxford-street to a respectable lady between sixty and seventy years of age, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, residing in Mary-street, York square, Regent's-park. The lady was in the act of crossing Oxford-street , on her return to her residence, and when she arrived about the middle of the crossing two Paddington om nibus drivers were racing against each other at a furious and frightful rate, by one of whom she was knocked down. Her thigh bone was shockingly fractured, besides several ribs, and the unfortunate sufferer was immediately conveyed to the hos pital. The drivers continued their furious speed, and escaped, evidently intoxicated. CHRISTIANIA, AUGUST 25.—The proceedings against the Minister Lovenskicld began yesterday. He has not, however, appeared to the summons. M. Sorensen ap peared as prosecutor, and M. Petersen as Counsel for the de fendant, in whose name he formally objected to the compe tency of the Tribunal. The proceedings will be continued to-day. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS• TOM-HOUSE, SEPT. 7. The Chieftain, Moore, from St. Vincent's; St. Leonar d ' Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Elizabeth, Kelso, Cape of Good Hope; Tune, Ellis, Odessa; Julius, Head , St. Lucia ; Avon, H ut ; ting, Sydney and New South Wales ; London, Ball, Bal t . Ayres ; Neptune, Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland; 811 AI e sure, Wolley, Odessa; Westbrook, Freeman, Jamaic a ; L 'v r- r - 1 thusa, Wakefield, Canton; Industry, Lovett, Tobago; l' a " of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend ; John Pink, Smith, Jam aica. ENTERED OUTWARDS, SEPT. 7. The Nesbitt, Simpson, for Jamaica ; Neptune, Bolin, Gag e; Brunswick, Brown, St. Petersburgh ; Ann, Burgess, Tobag Tourist, Whitcomb, Antwerp; Tancred, Crosby , B arb , Dryad, Head, Cape of Good Hope ; Sea Nymph, Sin't Buenos Ayres ; William, Sanders, Smyrna. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, SEPT. 7 : The Singapore, Loche, for Singapore ; Orontes, Currie' Rapid, White, Madras ; Maria Felix, Dutilva, Lisbon ; Sams cri ' Corfu and Zante ; Tourist, Whitcomb, Antwerp; o; Chadwick, New York. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Sitrr.7'. The Williams, Mears, for Riga; St. Charles , Beauva is, Calais; Blackness, Pettybrown, St. P e tersburgh; Ja r r i ; Rickerbash, Elsincur; Vesta, Kruger, Pillau; CharolN° Clark, Memel; William Henry, Angus, Honduras. ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6• The Sir Walter Scott, Foster, from Africa ; Vere, Edtvarurg' Africa; Majestic, Mowatt, St. Petersburgh Malvonia, Glll ' ' St. Petersburgh ; Lively, St. Petersburgh : Columbus, man, Brahstadt; Twee Gebroedcrs, Antwerp ; Adam Lodge, Pace, New York ; Boyne, Foster, St. Petersburgh; Parke, Alexandria. ENTERED FOR LOADING, SEPT. 6. . s The Valiant, Bragg, for Barbadoes • Susannah CoIIVP Crabb, Constantinople ; Stormont, Ibister, ' Demerara; .s°l; blem, Purdy, Elsineur ; Union, Alsen, Loubourg; i r a Fi ti k t 13erivic. ' Wade, Lisbon; Hilah, Hammond, Nw York • Chace, New York ; Victoria, Rusland, Quebec ; 'Caledonia, Pelcber, Quebec ; James, Copland, Riga; Magnet, P a y le ' Savannah. Roseau, CLEARED OUTWARDS, SEPT. 6. ufieldt The Mary Sharp, Brown, for Singapore; Mary Hig".,;- eve, Thom, Leghorn; Intrepid, Stewart, Demerara • Ellen, A,e l „ 4 Quebec ; Susquehanna, Bright, New York ; 'George %a"; ning, Timothy, Barbadoes ; Charles Eyes, Muss, Valpsra°7 Victoria, Rossland, Quebec ; Sophia, Ulenburg. SAILED. The Lancashire Witch, Grayson, for Rio Janeiro; Hox, St. John's, N. B. ; Catharine Dorothea, Brake ; ' Cremorne, Henwick, Constradt ; Iris, Rampert, Elsineurt! Margaretha, Matilde, Rotterdam ; Albertino, De Groot, terdam ; Lapwing, Osbazu, Syra; British Union, St ue!' Leghorn ; Vrow Anna, Antwerp; Calcutta, Raisbecky:Jp: housic; Asia, Hannah, Restigouche"; Vrow Henrietta , Af c i; Rotterdam ; Engelina, Bok, Rotterdam ; Louisa, Fre den Hamburgh ; Industrie, Zellien, Ostend; Borussia, Elsin eur; Margaretha Johanna, Elsineur. TELEGRAPHED. Off Holyhead, inward-bound, the Bootle, from Puerto Ca' bcllo. EAST INDIA. Arrivals at Calcutta.-The Lloyd's, from Madras and Co; long ; Sir John Beresford, Liverpool ,• Lady Grant, APrkilafio: China and Singsper:; War Witch, kril 23, China ; April 23, Moulmein and Amherst ; Navarino, April 24, u "' and Singapore ; Mangles, April 24, China, Singail e jle, Madras ; Children, April 24, Singapore and Penang ; b. April 27, Havre, Rio, Pondicherry, and Madras ; JA 3 a . April 29, Singapore ; Virginie, April 30, Moulmein ; his jesty's ship Andromache, May 1, Madras. for Departures from Calcutta.-The Jupiter, April 1 5, n d Liverpool; Catherine and Hibernia, April 15, CaPe. l B 9 - 7, London; Comala, April 23, Liverpool; Hindostan, APr l m o . London ; Indus, April 25, and Gol, April 26, Bourbon; '4, narch, April 26, Liverpool ; Dalla Merchant, May 4, Sint' pore. a pre; Departures from Saugur.-The Castor, April 21, for l' a Aor il Sir John R. Reid, April 22, Mauritius ; Stirlingshire' ' 1 ;y; 22, New South Wales; John Adam, April 26, B° d o n; Comala, April 28, Liverpool ; Hindostan, April 30, Lr' n Elizabeth, April 30, -. The Mangles, Curr, a nd 1.41 0 Y,„j Garret, were loading for London ; Sir John Beresford Monarch for Liverpool. front Arrivals at Bombay.-The Golconda, March at; China ; Hon. Company's brig of war Thetis, March 28, I r ee Eucles, April 1, Liverpool ; Childe Harold, London an d L i, of Good Hope ; William Turner, London ; John Stallll4 or, verpool ; Mermaid, April 6, London and Ceylon ; G overn Liver Arrivalfret London. at Sydney.-The Abel Gower, April 221 London. of ACCIDENT FROM INTOXICATION.-An Otii ' l those fearful accidents which originate in that debasing ft be drunkenness, occurred on Tuesday evening to a Ma n ° 05r name of John Gibbon, a bricklayer by trade, res iding haf t Blackhart-yard, Westminster. The man and wife bad nit, abroad all day, squandering in drink the money which theA,o hour of the preceding week had procured, and had left for protection of the house their daughter, a little girl betviree'ss the ages of five and six, in order that by their return hent.teil night a fire and other necessary comforts might be pr e r in for their reception. Gibbon, upon entering the apartnie n :mf the evening, in which was burning a brisk fire, with a Pd, thrust between the bars of the grate, seized the poker' "dot wielding it with all the carelessness of inebriety, swore he would murder his wife if she would not fetch hint 9° o more gin. The woman, herself int o xic a t e d, had yet jus t se e 4 e as no a ug r left e h dh ot poker t oper in ceive t b e the hands dangerof a of so dr formidableuaken ira roan, a a w n e d ac re tempted by main force to wrest it from him. In the strugslllo which ensued the heated iron was passe d across the fib, dreadful face, rea fui entering manner. one i of his waseyes, immediatelyand scorching conveyedhitn in 06 to a I 1 e i . oo l bouring surgeon's, where his wound was dressed, but, the peculiarity of its position, and the highly d an cierous 4 6 racter of the injury received, it is more than probable tbas,lo poor fellow will no t e v en t ua lly rec o ve r ; at all events the ' of his eyesight is too certain. delaid6 On Thursday afternoon, the ship Royal A o ith, sailed from Greenock, for St. John's, New Brunswiel/44,00 317 adults, and 23 children passengers, belonging to the le'seot of Skye, and the other districts of the Highlands a t Sir the suffering from distress. They are most unquestionaloar poorest class of emigrants that have left the Clyde this 46 of and, let what may befal them in the interminable Loa America, cannot be worse off than they appear to hav e beep in the land of their nativity. The poor creatures hay f a the r either lazy beyond measure, or rack-rented, .which we _ 0 0 0 suspect, by the Highland chieftains, their landlords, to dreadful extent, else they could not have made such a rable appearance. -Glasgow Evening Post. ip The brig Sisters was lost by fire off Gorgon is the bay of Leghorn, on the 13th of August. The 4 ,1'00 supposed, was caused by the self-ignition of coals, wilt boor' vessel was principally laden from Liverpool to Pecagr se e The heat from the coals was first felt on the 15th , %° sica ; and although the Captain and men made eve r y for two days to keep the fire under, it proved al la p ' o , They did not quit the ship until she was totally in flan d l l r a few hours after they took to the boats, they were P n l c ad e heie by an Austrian vessel, and brought to Leghorn."- --4 " f-.. Journal. rs tgl‘ es. A correspondent of one of the French pap a o f some pains to prove that all the manufacturing w ealth" to to o land and citizen prosperity of London is to be trace fi t popular custom of advertising. By his account there e ij: species of fabric, from pinmaking upwards, that i ,.. i csi : 1 ) 102; without a systematic operation of advertisement. ` - ' i/ e - elcf, e ing-maker (he says) not only inserts several in the "- 0 1 l" 1 400 he sends his men to chalk the walls within forty great cities. One publisher pays 8,0001. a year fo i l . ; thl his new works, and one great auctioneer expends less 201. a day for making known to the public the Iola?! estates he has to sell. The writer then goes into a ea, o tts.„" to show that the newspapers which contain those, 6 "1,11S ments are mines of wealth to the proprietors, and a ° d to ! I _, d all Frenchmen who are devoted to their country's e v e ry tb,,a'r e vertise every thing they have to dispose of, and for t 0 pi,. they want, by which their fortunes will be mad e, benefited, and the press, the great support of their liv` enriched. c l e 4 One of the most important discoveries conn ecte r , 11 0 ' with the science of geology has been the recent on to. be Hopkins, with respect to the phenomena of elev noont, yst the mineral veins of Derbyshire, according to his a ce e iy, b o result of his examination had been to this effect- 41 °0d g 4 the direction of the axis of dislocation which had north fissures in them filled with mineral matter was true rloagaeo south, while that of the structure of the work sca s bets ee north and south ; thereby showing the connection magnetism and the theory of mineral veins. (ADVERTISEMENT.) L + irl Lir ° POWERFUL cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing o genis with the music finished in a very superior manner, ar e wita,,ipif Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same des cri p t l , Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. Cox S.Avoa; i :Loaott Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Corn lll , :o ue 0 0.50 , N. B. The small musical boxes, 3i inches long, coni . '„ es , st in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell each. of BIRTHS. the 114 On the sth inst., at Myrtle Hall, Sidmouth, Devo n ' G. Manning, Esq., of a daughter. att' On the 6th inst., at Chelsea , the lady of Jam es SPa of a son. MARRIED. the ile Sar ajj On the 18th ult., at St. Anne's Chu hc rch, Kew , -doniaa H. Ward, M.A., Mr. Frederick Pyne Andrevvcs, to .00 b ! Parkhurst. son 0 0 00 On the 6th inst., at Penshurst, Kent, William, " 1 i s sist_ no eti' Peel, Esq., of Taliaris, Carmarthenshire, to Ann e wino" daughter of J. W. Lloyd, Esq., o f Danyralltrin the and of South Park, Penshurst, Kent. of the ' life DIED. On the sth inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Charlotte, jo u Vice-Admiral Sir Willoughby Lake, K.C.73. E s q., f° eft riper At l i die of O pe n n t a h n e g. 4th inst., in Berners-street, Robert Scott, On the 30th of Ail, drowned whilst bathing in o tr ac ora s 'ip o. Madras, aged 21, James Blanchard, of the “Earl_ s f_ ., o f the last surviving son of the late John Blanshard, q o . East India Company's Naval Service. of f otO lt - - yoU e London : Printed and Published by 1111J1Ilh , i s o l f l2 iii S d r ese d x ,.at The Sun Oilier, No. 11 - 2, St:" I eit • rit ) Pei tak, a eOttl Sev, tile r ,top To i tw o trit best S trel atld ken Will Glu am!, insh teat *WI hem QOM °Per st ui bp ym rr Cot, hay 0 011 So Site Sots lei ~t 1 111 kat Inn Of the N ?t, it, m; P sconded, taking with her a considerable sum .-c money. She was not heard of for some time ; but the other day she was observed lurking about the house during the ab sence of the family, with the exception of a younger sister, who refused to admit her, and closed the door ; she, how ever, climbed over a wall, and proceeded to her father's bed-room, broke open the drawers, and stole the Si. 13s. and other property, which were shortly after missed. Senell, an officer of the N division, received information that the prisoner was living at a notorious brothel in Eliza-place, Rose-street, Long-acre, where she was passing her time in extravagance and debauchery ; and on proceeding thither he found her dressed in a dashing style, and ascertained that she had been there for several days, was in the habit of going to the theatres, and walking about the streets, for the purposes of prostitution. The father, with tears in his eyes, said that she had plundered him at various times of from 1501. to 2001., and he had still protected her, but she was now too hardened. _ Mr. LAlNG—There she is; is it your intention to pro secute your own child ?—Father (crying)—Not if she can be punished without. Mr. LAING—She cannot. Are you ready to prosecute her ? Father (wiping his eyes and hesitating)—No, I'll not prosecute her, but I can never receive her back again. I should not be safe. Mr. LAING—Then she is discharged. The father and the mother then proceeded towards the bar, and affectionately requested her to accompany them home. . .. Prisoner (retreating from them)—No, I will go, and do what I like—she then made a rush towards the door. _ _ The father then said, " take your own way," and has tened from the office with his wife, while the daughter ran off in a different direction. The conduct of the wretched girl excited disgust and indignation, whilst the utmost sympathy was felt for the unfortunate parents. Norah Creina Mahony, an Emeralder, rich in the brogue of her native mountains, was charged with having stolen a tub containing sixty-five huge oysters, the property of George Bradley, residing in Broad-street, St. Giles's. The prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday John Hardinzan was charged before Messrs. BuaRELL and GRAHAM with being found in the area of the house, No. 3, Romney-street, 'Westminster, and stealing a quantity of lead, the property of the landlord of the house. The prisoner, who did not make any defence, was fully committed to the Westminster Sessions for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two women were brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged with having pawned some articles belonging to their ready-furnished lodging. The evidence against one of the prisoners being incon clusive, the' MAGISTRATE directed she should be discharged. As soon as this was done, a respectably-dressed young man stepped forward, and announced himself as the husband of the woman who had been released. Mr. CHAMBERS expressed some surprise at the contrast in the appearance of the two parties, the wife being in rags, and though quite young, wearing a look of premature and unhealthy old age. The husband said that her present disgraceful situation arose from her incorrigible propensity for gin. He was the son of a respectable tradesman, and followed a business which enabled him to realise an income sufficient to support both in great comfort, but all his prospects were likely to be destroyed by the drunken conduct of his wife. Mr. CHAMBERS—The only way to cure her is to make her drink a glass of salts for every glass of gin she takes. Husband—l've tried everything—but it is of no use. I should like to know if anything could be done with some of the pawnbrokers' shops, for it is those places that occasion gin-drinking as much as anything. They will take in any cr triflinal b article and lend 2d. or 3d. on it, and this money in variily goes to the gin-shop. You may see women, after pledging their children's or husbands' shoes or bats, walk into the gin-shop and spend the money. If it had not been for some the pawnbrokers, my wife would not have been the drunkard she is. Mr. CHAMBERS, after properly lecturing the woman, allowed her to leave the office. A poor old Scotch woman, on crutches, was placed at the bar before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged on the police-sheet with haring been found sleeping on the step of a door. When questioned at the station-house, she accounted for her forlorn situation by saying that she had only come to London that day, and had not the wherewithal to procure a bed. Mr. CitAmaEns—Well, Annie Grant, what brought you here ? Annie—l did na come fra Scotland. I came fra. Birmingham tom just to speak wi Sir Josias Rowley, Ibr ye maun ken I'm the widdy o' Jock Grant, who sailed wi the Admiral ane de'ed at sea in his ship ; but waes me! when I fbund out his grand toon house, they tell'd me he was awa to the north. Mr. CHAMBERS—I'm afraid you came here to beg. Annie—Fac as decal, I never beggit a baubie in aw my life, an I'm no gaun to begin the noo. Ye see, I workit a ling time at sail weaving in Birmingham, but I fell doon a cellar-hole, as I was gaun intil a shop, and brock my leg. They took me to the workhouse, and set it, but they made sic an awfu job o't that I'm lamed for life. Mr. CHAMBERS—And pray how many miles a day can you walk on those crutches ? Annie—Aught miles and a half weel, but on the road I was aye faint for want o' meat and drink, and an hungry stomach's unto sair to bide, so as I wadna beg I sell'd my claes, and all I've gotten in my pock is twa auld matches and a sark. If I could get on to Gateshead I wad do fine. Mr. CHAMBERS—Why do you want to go there? Annie—lt's my husband's ain parish. Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, our poor box is rich enough to pay your passage to Hull. Shall I send you by the steamer there ? Annie—Dinna send me to Hull that way. I lost twa bairns and a gude husband at sea, and I canna bide the thocnt on't. I've only ane laddie left, and he's whar I dinna ken. Mr. CHAMBERS—WouId you like to hear news of him ? Annie—*Deed, Sir, I wad be maist thankful. Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, inquiry can be made at the Ad miralty-office. Now, which would you prefer, that I send you by a steamer, or commit you to prison for three days, in order to enable you to get a pass, and a shilling a day while on the road ? Annie—A shilling a day ! Eh, goodness gracious ! commit me at ance, and let me hac the siller. According to her wish, the old woman was committed for the shortest possible period. Edward Byrne, a well-dressed young man, about twenty years of age, was charged with having, last night at seven o'clock, violently assaulted Bridget Murphy, a poor apple woman, and having in a most brutal manner broken her arm. The prisoner had nothing to allege in extenuation of his conduct, except that he had been drunk. The MAGISTRATE recommended him to pay .5/. to the woman, or he must be committed for the assault. The prisoner went out and settled the matter. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a Jew, named Lazarus, a dealer in old clothes, residing in Cutter-street, Houndsditch, applied to Mr. RAWLINSON for his assistance, under the following ludicrous and extraordinary circumstances : From the statement made by the Israelite, which drew forth continued bursts of laughter, it appeared that about an hour since he was wending his way along Bell -street, Paddington, with his bag stuffed with old clothes, " so better as new," when he was called in by a man named Peter M'Crill, who keeps a shop at No. 1, in the same line of " piss.ness." Peter then whispered cautiously in his ear, that his wife being out of town he was determined upon" a spree," and in order to raise the needful for that purpose, he had a bargain to dispose of, such as he thought might tempt any Jew. He then drew from a drawer a large roll of glittering lace, which he asserted was silver, and offered it for 2s. 6d. Complainant thinking it an eligible offer, paid the money, and left the shop with his bargain, which he tried at the next pawnbroker's shop, and found it nothing but copper-lace, thinly washed with silver. He returned to M'Crill's shop, complained of the imposition, and de manded the money back, but M'Crill refused to return it, saying that it was a fair bargain. The Jew here exhibited the spurious article, which he said was not worth 2d., amidst much laughter and merriment. M'Crill having been sent for by the? Magistrate's order, shortly arrived ; and in answer to the charge, denied that he had warranted the lace to be silver. He merely called the Jew in and told him that among some old clothes which he had recently purchased was some lace, which he would sell him for 2s. 6d. The Jew cast a hasty glance on the lace, and whetting it on the ground, as his prototype Sky lock did the knife, no doubt taking it for silver, put it has tily in his pocket, and having paid the money, walked, out of the shop highly elated with his bargain. So far from his wife being out of town at the time, she sat in the little parlour behind the shop at the time, and could scarcely help laughing at the extraordinary eagerness with which the Jew seized the bait. The lace, if silver, would be worth more than 20s. Mr.. RAWLINSON, upon the extraordinary instance of a Jew being taken in, told the complainant he could not in terfere. He must get rid of his bargain as well as he could among his brethren in Hounsditch. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday William Ruddell, a private in the Coldstream Guards, and Mary Jones, a common prostitute, were brought before Mr. HARDWICK for final examination, on a charge of robbing a gentleman, named Haynott, of three bank notes of 10/. each, and three or four sovereigns. The prisoners, who offered nothing in defence, were fully committed to take their trial at the ensuing sessions at the Central Criminal Court. W OR SHIP-STREET. Yesterday A. liutchins (advanced in years) was placed at the bar, before Mr. GetovE, charged with stealing three quart pots, the property of Mr. William M'Pherson, pro prietor of the Rosemary Branch. Mr. M'Pherson within the last few months had lost as much as 20/. worth of pots. Not only he, but Licensed Victuallers all round, have been considerable losers. The prisoner, who used to bring him saw-dust, was the last per son he suspected. He brought the dust in a sack, and he (prosecutor) supposed he used to take the pots away in it. Brown, an officer of the establishment, looked at the " Newgate Calendar," and found the prisoner's name there, having been convicted for stealing timber. Mr. GROVE told him that there was no doubt of his suf fering transportation, as a record of his former conviction would be produced against him.