The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-11 00:00:00

TILE LONDON JOURNALS. ExXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, September 11, 1822. • [MORNING POST." The following intelligence, which we sincerely trust will prove unfounded, at least so far as England is said to be concerned, was received late yesterday afternoon in the City, in a letter dated Smyrna, the 2d of August : " The Austrian Naval Captain has addressed a document to the Senior British Officer, with a Declaration of the Austrian Government enclosed, stating, that they will not in any way acknowledge the Greek Blockade ; and, at the - same time stat ing, that these orders are the result of a mutual arrangement between Eniland, - Austria, and France, and that these three Powers do intend to act in concert to enforce this determina tion. This information is certainly authentic and official, al though Austrians only have received orders from their Govern ment to that f,lfect.'! This is not the first time that we have heard of the intention of the Austrian Government not to acknowledge the Greek blockade. It was an-: i)ounced almost immediately after the Ordinance' of the Greek Senate had made its appearance, and is of a piece with the other acts of partiality and injustice committed by the Austrian Court in behalf of its Ottoman friends, against a brave and oppressed Christian people, fighting for all that is dear and sacred in the eyes of man and' God. But it is the first time that England has been charged with the disgrace of having joined in that cruel and impolitic determi nation—a charge which, we are convinced, is not less false than abhorrent ; for we recollect than instead of refusing to the Go vernment of Greece the exercise of a right which we have, claimed and exercised -ourselves, and the principle of which is justified and admitted by the acknowledged law of nations, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islandsissued a Proclamation, on receiving the Greek Ordi nance, announcing the existence of the blockade, and warning British vessels against infringing it. We recollect also that when the French-Papers brought up this important Proclamation, we re joiced at the course followed by Sir Thomas Maitland, and expressed our satisfaction that something like justice should at .last have been done towards the Greeks. [NEW TI M ES.] Among the French Deputies of the fifth part of the Chamber about to be renewed, are several men', whose names it is a disgrace to Royalist France to have seen in her Legislature. If they should be again returned to the Chamber, it mould imply either a great neglect in the Mi nister of the Interior, or a great defect in the laws, or both. The laws we know are defective, inasmuch as they do not specifically exclude men who were guilty of the blackest treasons to their Sovereign; but these laws should be amended ; and we hope M. de Villele will have energy enough to effect the amendment. Is it not mon strous, that a man, who was appointed by the King to the high and important office of Prefect, and who not only betrayed his trust and violated his oath, but had the audacity, in the character of the King's Prefect, to issue a Proclamation, declaring the Throne of the Bourbons to have fallen for ever, and threatening to punish any at tempt to support it as rebellion—is it not Inonstrtis, we say, that such a man should still be eligible to the office of a Legislator, under the same Bourbon throne ? Yet such is the case of M. De St. Aulaire, one of the Deputies going out. Besides him, Lafayette, Constant the Swiss,. and Manuel, are also going out. The history of these men should be made known to their con stituents ; and this, we should think, would be amply sufficient io prevent their re-election. The electors are no doubt ignorant of Lafayette's con duct to poor Marie Antoinette—of Benjamin COnstant's base flattery of the despicable Direc tory—and of Manuel's proclamation of Napoleon the Second. Yet all these men are ready to swear allgiatrce to Louis XVIII. as faithful Deputies ! The law should not permit: such gross and shameless-inconsistencies. [TII E TI-MES.] 'Much fluctuation occurred yesterday to Bank Stock, probably occasioned by the statements recently circulated, that the Directors intend to reduce the rate of interest on their capital. The opening price of the stock- was 253; it then sud denly defined to 245 ; rose afterwards to 250, and closed at '247. We understand, however, that considerable doubts prevail among well informed persons, whether. the measure will really be adopted by the Court. It is said, that the sums likely to be required of the Bank by Government, for the pension-commutation scheme, agricultural loans, &c., will be sufficiently exten sive to call into operation nearly the whole - ,of the disposable capital ; and that, though the inte rest paid for its use is at a loiv rate, there will be an adequate reserve fund from the gains of for mer years, to continue the present dividend for some time to come. If this should prove to. be the case, the Proprietors will reap the advan tage of having formerly permitted the Directors to withhold the disclosure of the real state of their affairs ; since it is evident, had the entire profits been then shared, that a diminution must now have taken place, and the incomes of numerous persons lessened who made them their depend ence. Whether this reserve fund- will hold out till the arrival of a more prosperous period in the affairs of the Bank, is another question. The approaching half-yearly meeting of the Court of Proprietors will give rise, without doubt, to some interesting discussion. ( - BRITISH PRESS.] We hope that the Austrians have not acted the, part ascribed to them. Such a direct viola tion of the neutrality which their Government - has professed would be disgraceful. A letter from Smyrna, detailing the efforts made by the french and Austrian Consuls and the Commanders of two French vessels, so save from the fury of the Greeks, the Turks w Ilo,after the capitulation of Athens, sought refuge under the French and Austrian nags, represents 'the French as actuated by a similar friendly feeling for the Turks. The rage of the Greeks, it says, was excited by the ara•ival of intelligence that eight thousand Turks had advanced through the pass of Ther mopylae, and entered Thebes, and that another corps of 15,000, had approached by the way of Negropont. This news, and that brought by the fugitives from Scio respecting the villages of the Mastic, induced the Greeks to attack the Turks, of whom they are said to have killed from 700 to 800. The remainder (about 400) fled to the Euro pean Consulate for protection, and 'were at last with much difficulty got on board the French ships. In the mean time between 2,000 and 3,000 Greeks were endeavouring to escape, in consequence of the advance of the Turkish corps from Negropont. Lieutenant Argous, the Commander of a French vessel called l'Estafette, caused these men to be blockaded in the port of Athens, and would not allow them to embark until the Turks had first been secured. The article eulogises the gallantry and resolution of the Fre i nch in protecting the 'Turks ; but the fate of the unfortunate Greeks, after the advancing Turkish force had reached Athens, is left unnoticed. {MORNING CHRONICLE.] Those who have read the very remarkable article in The New Times crying so lustily for help for a sinking state, very naturally inquire what has happened since the death of Lord Lon donderry, to render it necessary to fill the chasm in the Cabinet produced by the loss of one of no very extraordinary proportions, with a first-rate Titan. During the lifetime of the late Foreign Secretary, our contemporary never discovered that commanding eloquence and brilliant oratory were things to be desired, and he saw Mr. Canning about to take his departure for India without bewailing the event, as calculated to hasten materially the decline and fall of corruption. The nightly hum from the Ministerial side of the House then answered all the purposes of Go vernment, and to have mentioned eloquence would have been ill manners. But now things are suddenly changed, the monotonous bee-like note of those who have been filling their thighs with honey, will no longer sooth the senses, and lull the ears of our Country Gentlemen plundered of their sweets. The stirring spirit of economy and Reform, is to be met by a torrens dicendi copia— the nothingness of the system is beginning to appear, it would seem, and the inflation of Mr. Canning's breath is called for to plump it out, and make it look_seemly, plausible, and sound. There is something, however, very portentous in this extraordinary demand for the powers of persua sion. A Government founded on public opinion could never need for its very existence, as our contemporary describes, the assistance of elo quence. America requires no eloquence 44 to reclaim the deluded and re-animate the faithful." A plain unadorned exposition of affairs is found sufficient to preserve its people from delusion, and to give them reason to rely on the wisdom of their Government. Where there is manifest utility, there can be no occasion for the poetry of persuasion—the art, for the most part, of cap tivating the imagination, in order to mislead the judgment. It needs no eloquence to convince the people of England that the reduction of taxes effected last Session was a great good ; but it will require much to persuade them that their purses may not be still more spared, and that they are the happier or the richer, because a number of privileged Gentlemen are largely paid for nothing to do at their cost. But it were idle to insist further on so trite a truism, as that ob vious utility recommends itself, and that elo quence exerted in its savour is trifling, and against it powerless. [MORNI NG lIERALD.T The new Law of Marriage seems destined-, in carrying its enactments into execution, to encoun ter more obstacles than even its most violent op ponent had apprehended. It is certain that the object of the Legislature was to amend that part of the Act of George 11., whereby marriages, ce lebrated by licenses improperly obtained, or by bans irregularly published, were absolutely void at any distance of time. The consequence was, 'that either party, after years of cohabitation, was, `liable to- become the victim of the other, or even of a third party—be abandoned and ex posed, with perhaps a numerous offspring, to lasting poverty and disgrace. The titles and inheritances of the parties also were insecure.— These were deplorable consequences of the law, were the source of a multitude of evils—and proved the impolicy of having ever reduced the matrimonial union to a mere civil contract, where by it was divested of the sanction of religion.— We are not now, however, disposed to make any comment on this point. The preserft Act was passed to correct the defect in the former law, and to obviate the recurrence of similar evils. It makes all marriages, when once celebrated, no matter whether lawfully or unlawfully, good and valid to all intents and purposes, so far as they were allowable by the Ecclesiastical laws before the Act of George 11. Thus the principle of the law is founded in justice, and is without ob jection, except perhaps in the sudden transition from one extreme to the other. But the details of the law are so encompassed with doubts and difficulties—there is such a want of method and pre cision—the clauses are so obscured with technica lity, and every part so incumbeeed with references and repetitions, couched in such enigmatical lan guage,• that four out of five who sit down to peruse it will rise with a very confused idea, or rather no idea at all, of its enactments. A com pliance with the required formalities becomes therefore impossible, and in this respect it is de- Went in one of the internal characteristics of ' law. For how can obedience be yielded to a law, the subject matter of which is impossible, and the provisions unknown or unintelligible ? It does appear strange, that a law, which is meant to regulate the tenderest,' and one of the most universal connexions in life, should be sur rounded with so many difficulties. How much of the Act of Henry the Eighth was repeated by the Act of Edward the Sixth, how much of both was repealed or revived by the twenty siith of George the Second, and, finally, what effect the present law may have on all the former, first-rate lawyers are unable to come to any thing like an unanimous decision. When Doctors thus disagree, what chance of escape is left to the simple unsophisticated public ? BM those faults are not peculiar to the laws concerning mar riage. There is not, perhaps, one chapter of our legal Code—we mean the . Statue Law—that is not liable to similar objections. The defects of the Marriage Laws hive been noticed and canvassed, because every individual in the community, women as well as men, is immediately or indirectly interested in the clear and proper understanding of them. Other chapters of our Statute Laws have not become the subjects of frequent com plaint or of critical remark—not that they are more perfect, but becatise they have not so ge neral an operation. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court, at which the RECORDER sat as Assessor. SWAINE V. DAVIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a sworn broker, to recover 51. ss. 6d. from the defendant, who is the clerk of an attorney, but practising himself. On the part of the plaintiff, the case shewn was, that he was employed to distrain for rent in the house of the defendant.— He found the latter in great distress, and in such circumstances as induced him to take man out of possession, and to advance the money himself upon the defendant's promise to repay him. The plaintiff sent repeatedly for the money, but could never obtain more than a part, although on these occasions the debt was never, denied, and it was proved that the defendant made a promise to pay the plaintiff the 51. The defendant's counsel said that the Si. which his client promised to pay, according to the evidence, might be some other 51., perhaps belonging to a client. In fact the defendant had long paid the debt, and a witness would prove the payment of 2/. A Jew was then called into the box, who swore that he was present when the defendant, some time about June, paid the plaintiff 2/. This witness underwent a long and severe cross-examination by Mr. BOLLAND, and the effect was declared by the verdict of the Jury. Mr. BOLLAND said the object of the defendant, in return for the kindness shewn him, was, if he could not get rid of the whole debt by putting the slip shod fellow whom the Jury had seen in the box, to throw the costs upon the plaintiff, in reducing the debt to 3/. ; for he doubtless conceived that by reducing it below 41. the plaintiff would be liable to costs, as the sum ought to have been proceeded for in the Court of Requests. But it should be known, that where a debt amounted originally to a sum above 41., and was paid in instalments, the balance could be recovered in that Court with costs, although under 41. The Jury immediately found for the plaintiff—Damages 51. ss. 6d. The RECORDER remarked, that this case formed a strong instance of the utility of the Lord Mayor's Court,and the advan tages which it presented to the citizens. Had this action been brought in one of the higher courts—of the Common Pleas or the King's Bench—although the plaintiff gained the action, yet he would have had heavy costs to pay—costs far beyond the amount of the damages he recovered. In four actions like the present, which he had tried that day, the costs which the plaintiff's would have had to pay, beyond the legal costs and damages which they recovered, would have amounted to above one hundred and twenty pounds. He was aware that he should have an increase of his labours when this became known, but he did wish to see the citizens aware of the advantage of their privileged court, and that they could there avail themselves of the services of sensible Juries, and obtain justice without a loss. SPOR'T'ING INTELLIGENCE. TAVISTOCK RACES-FIRST DAY. A Fifty Pounds Plate, the best of heats. Three miles. Mr. E. Clarke's ch. m. Norna - - - 3 1 1 Mr. Leach's Cleveland, by Amadis - - 1 3 2 Mr. Trelawney's b. m. Barbara - - . 2 2. 3 Mr. Austin's ch. g. Nutcracker - - 4dr - Even betting between Barbara'and Cleveland; 4 to 1 - agst Norna. A most excellent race. ' _ A Sweepstakes of sgs each, for horses not thorough-bred.— Two-mile heats. Rode by Gentlemen. (11 Subscribers.) Mr. Leach's br. m. Minna, rode by Mr. Templer - 1 1 31r. Carpenter's b. m. Taviton, rode by Carthew - 2 2 Mr. Robins's b. h. Tavistock, rode by Mr. Brendon ' 3 3 Mr. Savile's b. g. Whiz Gig • - - dr A District Stake of Fifty Pounds ; two-mile heats. The pro perty of Officers of the Western District. Capt. Hawkins's br. g. Blacksmith, rode by Mr.Carthew 2 1 1 Mr. J. Templer's br.m. Escape, rode by Mr. J. Templer 1 2 2 Mr. Auvergne's b. h. Jack, rode by Mr. Auverne ' 3 3dr Five Subscribers did not name. SECOND DAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 30 sovereigns added by the Stewards, for horses of all ages. Two-mile heats. Mr. Trelawney's Barbara, by Bucephalus- - - 1 1 Mr. Clarke's ch. m. Norna - - - - 5 2 Mr. Leach's b. g. Cleveland - - - - 3 3 Mr. Templer's b. m. Escape - .. . - 3 4 Mr. Leach's br. m. Minna - - - - 4 5 Capt. Hawkins's br. g. Blacksmith - - - bolted The heats were bravely contested, and afforded general gra tification. On the second day a private match for 50 guineas, between Mr. Hawke's brdwn gelding, rode by Mr. Taunton's training groom, and Mr. F. Willesford's black gelding Harry, rode by Master R. W. \ % Tillesford , was- Won by the latter in admirable style. Moor game shooting began on Monday last; and, we are told, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, that the birds are very plentiful; although by some sportsmen difficult to be killed, even with a great expenditure of powder and shot. A great change has taken place in the fashion of horses Until lately nothing under 16 hands was thought of for the chase : but the buyers at the late. fairs in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire would not look at any thing above 15 hands and one inch, or thereabouts. Black horses have also fallen into dis credit:" Greys and brown bays are the favourite colours. Of the former, an iron grey has the decided preference. It rates 10'per cent. above any other colour.—( Maidstone Journal.) BOXING. On the memorable spot where Gas extinguished the fine science of George Cooper, and shewed to the ring that gasconade was of no use when opposed to merit, the battle between Joshua Hudson and Barlow, the Yorkshireman, took place yesterday, on the Heath, a few miles to the eastward of St. Albans. The combat excited more general interest than any which has taken place since Neate beat the Gas-light man, and thousands were pending . upon the issue. Hudson weighed more than 13 stone, and was considered far above weight for his frame; Barlow weighed 12 stone 2, as clean as'a: smelt.— Seconds, Tom Owen and Randal for Hudson ; and Belcher and Harmer for Barlow. THE BATTLE. Round 1. When in attitude the disparity in size was much against Barlow. Not a whisper was heard in a ring of some thousands, regular at a blow up. The men advanced to each other with much caution, and Josh. let loose with his left hand upon the Yorkshireman's throat, which reddened it. Barlow made a return blow upon the body, which moved Josh. off his guard, and a rally followed, and some exchange of blows took place and a separation followed, when York bled at the nose. Josh. got within his nice distance again, and let loose left and right. The left was rather a light blow, to give effect to the strength of the right, which told like a smith's hammer upon the side ,of the head, and floored York as clean as a shot would in the right mark. Be came upon the hard ground with such velocity that his . head bounded from it again like a racquet ball, and he was lifted up senseless.---2 and 3tol on Josh., and the ring very uproarious. • 2. Josh., taking advantage of his success, and his adver sary's stupidity from the death-hammer blow, went to work again.—Barlow hit out, but his fighting was at the body, and Josh. having so fine a lead with such superior strength, hit him down again. 3. Hudson went in and hit his adversary down off-hand. 4. Barlow seemed to know a bit where he was, and hit Josh. in his body as he approached him, but it was useless ; Josh. dropped him with his left hand. 5. Barrow was hit down from the scratch, and it was evident that Josh. would give hint no time to get relieved from the dorse the hit had put him into. The 6th round ended the battle, and Josh seemed to pay very little regard to the .Judge's observation on a late trial, that " a man might shew his science, but not hit too hard."— Josh was administering some severe punishment in this round, when Belcher in a manly manner got between the men and saved the blows from• Barlow, which must have been serious, and Barlow being in the same state of insensibility, Belcher resigned the combat for him. • It lasted six minutes. A second -battle, of seven minutes, was fought between Ward, who beat Acton, and the brother of Burke, who fought Randall. It was p u lley baulky and bloodl ess , an d it is suffi cient to say that the fight consisted of throwing, and the men are wooden ones to be called boxers. It was -a sixty miles day or disappointment.- POLICE INTtLLIGENCE. MANSION-HOU SE.-=Margar et. I)4y, a masculine feniale from the sister-country, was brought before the Lord MAYOR, 'charged with having attempted to bite a man's nose off—an at tempt' in which she very nearly succeeded. The poor man, whose name is l'urdon, and who is between 69 and 70 years of age, stated, that he.went into a public-house with - a couple of friends to drink a little porter. They had not been seated long, when the prisoner, who had been drinking with some paviers at the bar, approached him, and took a sud den dislike to his appearance, which dislike she testified by calling him a most opprobrious name. He told her she was an Irish faggot to call him so much out of his character, but he little expected the chastisement he was to receive for the liberty he took in his reply to her. Scarcely were the words out of his mouths, when she ran over to him, threw her arms round his neck, and seized his nose with her teeth. He cried out and endeavoured to extricate himself, but she had the strength as well as fierceness of a tiger, and had not some men ran to his assistance, he must inevitably have lost his nose. The poor old man's speech was evidently injured by the desperate violence with which he had been treated by the ferocious creature at the bar. One of the men who were the means of saving the nose, after having confirmed this account of the brutal transaction, stated that he (witness) endeavoured to force away the prisoner by in terposing his arm between her and the complainant, but her strength rendered his effort totally useless, and the nose would certainly have come off if the landlord had not seized her by the throat, and actually choked her, as one would choke a bull-dog, off her hold. The woman was very much in liquor at the time, but she had her strength to the last, and ably opposed those who were called in to convey her to the justice-room. She had been brought up on the day the assault was com mitted, hut the LORD MAYOR sent her to the Compter, to re cover from the effects of the copious draughts she had taken. On being placed at the bar yesterday, she looked (to use the language of her companions) as if butter would not melt in her mouth ; and, after having declared she had been " disguised" the day before, said, that " herself and her country" had been abused by the complainant, but she had no recollection of the vengeance she had taken. the LORD MAron desired that the barbarous creature should be committed to prison in default of bail, observing, that she resembled but few of her countrywomen, or, indeed, of the women of any nation. An Irishman who had witnessed the scene suggested that all the prisoner's front teeth should be drawn. He was sure that as soon as she was let loose, her countrywomen would punish her for her cruelty.—The prisoner was then committed. GUILDHALL.—(NEW MARRIAGE ACT.)—Yesterday a tall young Swede with a formidable pair of mustachios, and who represented himself to be 25 years of age, led before the Alder man a short little woman whose age she was ready to swear was 34, to take the affidavit prescribed by the new Act. The Alderman, Sir R. CARR GLYN, in reading the affi davit perceived that both the parties resided in the parish of St. Luke's ; whence they came to take the affidavit before him. He asked the reason why they did not go before the Magistrate in their own district—the Magistrate of theparish of St. Luke's? The young man answered, impatiently, that he undeistood the Act allowed the parties to make the affidavit before any Magistrate. On referring to the Act, it was found that it did allow the parties to go before whatever Magistrate they pleased, and the affidavit of the couple was read by Mr. Payne, the Chief Clerk, preparatory to its being sworn, when he immediately detected an error in it; it did not, as it ought to have done, state how long they had lived in the parish where they now resided. Sir R. C. GLYN asked, whether there were not printed forms prepared to facilitate such matters, to be filled up by the parties themselves ? Mr. Payne replied, that none had yet been prepared at this office. The Magistrate then handed the affidavit back to the young man, and told hitn he must go and get another drawn up, for that was not a proper one. The young man who had probably already had an immen sity of trouble in his endeavours to get himself bound for life, and who perhaps conceived that this step would end it all, seemed to lose all patience at the rejection of his affidavit (for it appeared to have been carefully written by himself ).—The blood rose in his face, and taking the affidavit, he tore it to pieces in a furious manner, then putting on his hat, which he slapped upon his head, he marched out of the office, leading away the fair candidate for matrimony, and slammed the door after him' violently, in a manner that expressed great indig nation. The agitation of his partner appeared to be almost as great, but hers was apparently more of sorrow than of anger. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—WESTWOOD'S ROBBERY.— Yesterday the examination of Solomons and Alexander, on sus picion of the robbery atnlr. Westwood's, jeweller , was resumed before F. A. ROE, Esq. the Magistrate, when the Office was excessively crowded. Alexander was cautioned to divulge all he knew of the affair, ,but he could only speak as to his pur- . chasing the stolen property from the prisoner, Solomons, and disposing of it to Mr. Green, the jeweller, of Oxford-street. These were the only additional facts adduced to what has al ready appeared. solomons fell in a fit, on which he was sup ported out of the office, and was with difficulty recovered, when he cried very much. lie was remanded, and Alexander .liberated. WORSHIP-STREET.—DESPERATE GANG.—A young fel low of the name of Grant appeared at the Bar, charged with a most aggravated assault on Mrs. and Miss Young, residing at Hackney. Mr. Young, the father of the young lady, stated that he had been with his family (on the occasion of the late fire-works) at the Mermaid in Hackney, and was returning home between eleven and twelve o'clock, when, as he passed. Gibraltar walk (his family being a short distance before him), be heard the cry of " murder !" repeated several tithes, and was hasten ing to the spot from whence the cries came, when he met his wife and daughter running towards him, pursued by the pri soner, who he learnt had, in concert with five others, brutally ill treated his daughter, by throwing her down, and exposing her person, and had struckbis wife and son in a most desperate manner. M. Young, on being sworn, identified the prisoner as one of the.gang who ill-treated herself and daughter. Robert Young, the son of the prosecutor, also swore the pri. soner was one of the gang; that a man who had been rescued from the officer was the person who threw his sister down and forced up her clothes, but that it was the prisoner who struck his mother a desperate blow in the face, and•on his flying to his mother's assistance, was himself struck; the prisoner was with difficulty secured; the rest of his party escaped. The Magistrate demanded of the prisoner who the other parties were ? The prisoner denied any knowledge of them, and said he had been that evening to attend a Benefit Society, and was re turning quietly to his home, when he heard the cries and ran to render his assistance. Magistrate—You must put in good bail, Sir, to answer this at the Sessions. ' UNION-HALL.—SINGULAR CASE.—Yesterday a very well dressed young man, who said his name was Heyry Marshall, was brought from the watchhouse, where he had been lodged the night before, charged by . the driver of a hackney coach under the following singular circumstances : The defendant, about two o'clock yesterday morning, hired a coach at Knightsbridge, and desired the coachman to drive to Clapham Common, where, he said, his father resided. The coachman drove there and knocked at several houses, but could find no Mr. Marshall. He demanded his fare, which prisoner was unable to pay, and he consequently lodged him in the watch house. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the defendant whether he had given his real name ? and called upon him to pay the coachman's fare, which amounted, after all the transactions of the night, to IL 6s. The defendant repeated the assertion he had made to the coachman ; but there was a hesitation and confusion in his manner - which convinced the magistrate that he was telling a falsehood. Mr. CHAMBERS then assured him, that if he did not pay the coachman's demand he should go to the Brixton mill, a place kept for the instruction of rogues and vagabonds. This intelligence shocked the defendant excessively. He burst into tears, and promised to pay the money if the Magistrate permited him to go to his father. Mr. CHAMBERS resolved, that the Gentleman should give a candid account of himself, and finding that he was disposed to stick to the name of Marshall and Clapham Common, ordered that a commitment should be made out. Some Gentlemen who were present during the investigation went to the defendant as soon as the Magistrate had signified that he was not to be trifled with, and offered to pay the fare and expences if a true statement was made by the defendant. The terror of the mill then had the effect of persuading the defendant to say that his name was not Marshall, but no pro mise could induce him to give his real name and address. He had, he said, been at the theatre the night before and lost five sovereigns, but' in what manner he did not know. The defendant was then committed to Brixton House of Correction in the name of Henry Marshall. THAMES POLICE, BIGAMY.— Yesterday Mrs. Jane Brown, otherwise Sherham, otherwise Cowey, charged on Monday last at this office with having three husbands, by Mr. Cowey, who stated that he was her lawful husband, was broughtfrom prison for the purpose of being admitted to bail. Messrs. Besant and Jones,' Solicitors, Southampton-buildings, Chancerv-lane, tendered themselves as her sureties, and were accepted Mr. Cowey, who made the charge against the fe male prisoner, and who had the tables turned upon him, by being accused himself of bigamy, was committed to Clerken- Lace well prison, for want of securities, to be examined an •- -- fe , day- . Messrs. Besart and Jones undertook to produce thl ti male on Monday next, when the re- exam i na ti o n of the 5114 - i bi; lar charge will'take place. Persons" Neve been dispatche" both parties to obtain evidence to prove the alleged marriag e ' o p TOWN-HALL,. SOUTHWARK.--Pintlous DRIVINGhfi DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday. Charles Foamier afl ot Woad,Alderman were brought before S. J. SMITH, ell a r g an a with violently driving through. the Borough High-stree t ; e ble running over and endangering the life of Mrs. Purfleld, a 4 ,, old Lady, 84 years of age. It appeared that yesterday In s S, ing, between ten and eleveßo s clock, the prisoners were ob ed driving a chaiqe-cart through the naixow part of the, ll , l cn Le street, near the Justice-Room, w ith suc h ve locity, a" t he accident was apprehended. Mrs. Purfleld was cressing. frog road, and from her ext reme age cou ld no t ge t o ut of the „" - ra until the horse knocked her down a nd trod u pon her leg, . 2 . 55 . which it entirely lacerated the flesh from the knee downwn e Fowler, the owner of th e ho rse an d car t, p u ll e d up Wh en as had done the mischief, and wanted to go, as he said the wor n vi a was not much hurt ; but he was forcibly detained by theg, ° „je and brought before the Alderman, whilst another Inun'ir. conveyed the wounded Lady to St. Thomas's Hospital." - ',. Alderman SMITH remarked, that under such circumstenc' it was his duty to remand them till the final result was kno'"l - accordingly. 1 - 1 A ON-GARDE N.—Yesterday morning, one of t he Besa l S 4 of St. Pancras Parish applied for a summons for a man 'isn', Wm. Suter, who had for some time b e en in the habit of bel,t ing and dreadfully ill-using his wife, a poor woman in the stage of pregnancy. It appe a red that on Friday last the V e : e , had beat and kicked her until she bled a t th e m outh and n - , r , in consequence of which her life is considered in much de l * The Magistrates issued a warrant for his apprehension. CORONER'S INQUEST. Melancholy Suicide and Singular OccurrenC e • he On Saturday last an Inquest was held at t Globe, the corner of Baker-street, in the New-road, beforF„S' STIRLING, Esq. ' Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. W lll n Thornton, aged 75, a respectable gentleman, posses sing , property in the neighbourhood of Marylebone, who had n° mitted suicide. It' appeared from the evidence of the wife of a person ral e Strong, that' deceased had for some time been labouring O m mental derangement, but had of late been much better. '",, t Friday morning last she came down from deceased's romp/ li t his request, to get him some barley water, which she brolg e if in half an hour, and deceased at that time expressed h,i 14113 „„a much better; she returned into the room about 9 o „„ in g on her going in, she observed the blood flowing from a in the throat ; deceased had at the time a knife in his right "'— and the wound was inflicted on the right side of the threat',. ve s Isaac Strong being sworn, deposed he is a builder, and in deceased's house. Witness usually goes out in them 710 at six o'clock ; but previous to his so going he general' c •d a y on deceased to see the state of his health; he so called on P l a i t morning, when deceased appeared perfectly calm, and better than he had been for some time befote. Ile then left4-...„' and about 10 o'clock was sent for by his (witness's) an d When he arrived he found deceased weltering in his b19 014 / 0 - t it a knife clenched fast in his right hand. A surgeon was re for, who used such means as he thought proper. W r itn, r e "„; the mained with deceased from that time until he died. ..; er . e best of witness's knowledge, deceased has no family whate' de , Mr. Norton, of Gloucester-place, New-road, su rgeon , bre posed he has attended deceased for many years, and fb r „ t f r t. past he has been suffering under mental derangement, v,e4/ 5 05 quently making use of many incoherent expressions. 11 ', s he was sent for to attend deceased on Friday morning last, he found him in the state as described,by the former wi sv . ses. Deceased had a wound in the right side of his threat,;c;, parently inflicted with a sharp instrument, and whic h stoned his death. uP The Jury having viewed the body, the Coroner sum the case, and under his direction brOu g ht i n their ver' " Died in a' state of temporary derangement." „bell Soon after the verdict was given the Coroner departed, o i t h the witness Strong requested to have the ki - life given Ilim ; ',1 1 bC which the deceased had committed the rash act, and wil"„ned stated belonged to ,him : his request was accordingly complied with ; it vas one of those knives that contain eight or ten 0 , ferent instruments : the blade was so very blunt, that it ad prised every one how the deceased could commit the with it. • t i t sa The witness had no sooner, however, received the knife sn for he said, " Gentlemen, it is now all settled ; I thanki';fhi s the verdict you have given, but I am his natural son.% eel created a gnat sensation through the Jury-room, an d uv t as one was eager to know why he did not say so before ; ' d t he the case had been fully inquired into, a verdict given, w e nt: Coroner gone, the matter was obliged to rest for the 1„r however, seven" of the Jurymen then in the room, drew, their resolution, and presented it to their forem a n, ,giving itA t er to Opinion that a fresh inquest ought to be taken. A,'" Coro that effect was transmitted on Monday morning to W e , ica s ner, who in the evening returned his answer, th a t as the , n est, nothing in the statement of Strong to warrant a fresh ing he could not comply with their request. cec l ' The matter therefore rests upon the verdict first proneld gs Mrs. Thornton is a very old and infirm lady, nearly as 4 $ 5 her unfortunate husband : she appeared to be so very in.'' co not to be able to take any part in her household or fam"Y rt in cans. The 'deceased has been for many years Mary-le-bone, and at his death was owner o f between t ee 60 houses in the' same parish. Thornton-place derives i ts from him as the builder. reside oa :cer A sporting schoolmaster, a few days s'torio, bought a dog of the pointer breed; but the animal, C O the not possessing the nessary qualifications, was re turned the purchaser, accompanied by a note, quaintly stating, t ll3. " dog knew nothing of Punctuation !" • COURSE.OF EXCHANGE, September 1 0 . c. 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Wilde, of in hill, of a son. - , Dalla°,'„,,, EXTRAORDINARY' BIRTH:—A few days ago, 3 " r NO.- - the county of ( arlow, a poor woman; of the name °' 1 4,00. 1 ,' was delivered of five children, three maks and P' ° l ,i t i r ieci l '" They lived for three days, were baptized, and we re one grave. The mother is doing well. „of MARRIED. e ldest 5°- to August 31, at Wotton, in Surrey, ,Charles, 1,..1ig., Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, G.C.B. a n . l i - 7, t t ' on• of Frances, only , daughter of John Evelyn, Esq. of " r-- „ Escl: ht On the 3d instant, at Throwley, Francis Brame.i;he Rig Gore-court, to Mary Jane, youngest daughter f Hon. Lord Harris, of Belmont, Kent. tbe l* DIED. f Carr ° On Monday evening, at Shacklewell, M rs' S me lt" aged 73. Joh?' • On Tuesday last, at Dalham, near Newmarket, cobrl7,- ray, Esq. formerly Captain and Adjutant i n the,n the l'e Volunteers, and afterwards Captain and Adiutgrntlitia• 9,.5 -market market Division of the Ist Cambridgeshire Local -,, - ( 1 ,. Th° lll On Wednesday, aged 43, Mary, the w ife of "" ' ~,,f , Hodgson, of York. On Tuesday last, in the 88th year of her age, Mr,?-irotia . Batty, ° at the house of her grandson, .111 r. W. W 1. loag i Green, near Huddersfield. , at ' Sept. 1, after a lingering illness, in his 70th Year t ; ton-court, near Wye, Mr. Edward Clifford, Yo ng ' . __----- Printed and Published for the PnoPRI E ToitS, ..... Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. 13. CAUsT OP'