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POLICE.

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DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT STATUES... :. •
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ROBE, AUGUST 14. COURT OF CHANCERY, THURSDAY, Ave. 24.
The %lit of July was a day of rejoicing for all thi .•Tirettatrir CHANCELLOR sat In
his private Mani to-day. for
queries and literati at Busch', and highly interesting to the th. c PurPose of hewing motioue. The first matter was an applies.
tbtott relative to , Lady who had recently been declared a lunatic,
inhabitants of that city. On a neighbouring, hill there has
t :.0 the, hearing was with closed doors, his Lordship especially
stood, from time immemorial, a large marble column,' g teat what passed might not publicly transpire, because it
there was a tradition that it belonged to a great temple of was possible an arrangement might take place, it is not in our
understood Lady tir Hercules, which had stood there in remote antiquity. For power to state either the nature of the application or the
tuftres. We
these two years past the magistrates have causedlkearibtions
.ceedingt.r.i.o.T7d. estley to be the individual to whom pro-
to a great extent to be made on the spot, the result itX
which confirmed the troth of the tradition. From time td w. The application V.
nootateowneellona sloe geacearee oortoeLieharair
of
the
time important monuments of ancient architecture and 110- piltiottir, was renewed to-day, alter notice given. The plaintiff'
man inscriptions were brought to light, and everything in- eutitmeted to sell part of her garden ground to the dafentlauts, for
&heated that a most extensive edifice had stood there. At the urpose of carrying their line of canal through ; beyond that
length the foundations of an immense temple were unceri piece l:
ii ?If through 1 Client was n nook or land, also belonging to the
%Tree!, with entrances to several covered passages. These gtt JrthiCh hael'grt6ot 'bhciecnhcoitnwtas treeticefsmor,"antl o "wan thetl wooeroks trocana„ln
wt re examined • and, on the day aberiesnentioned, the tilos spot, a compensation for it was tendered to the plaintiff; but
workmen found' in one of ,hem several niches wallnittispi; which the refused to accept, !and moved fur the present injunction
They were opened, and in like,ipf them is found a Z.. 8. to prevent the works going on.
Alf. HART, for tire defendants, said the application proceeded
lossal winged Victoria of broaseintof admirable work- from
o;a quarrel between the agents of the patties, and that in point
reariship. In another six large busts, one of them repre- merit the motion was totally without foundation, the works hay
sowing Faustina, the consort of Marcus Aurelius, and a snot proceeded ever since February last until the present men.ent.
highly-ornamented breast-plate of a horse. In a third and The Loan Citaxeet.non did not think it necessary that the
fourth a richly-gilt statue, four and a half feet high, of a Counsel toe the plaintif eltould reply. The principles upan which
the Court granted injunctions in cases of this :sort were an
captive King mid a colossal arm ; all of them arc likewise well un-
derstnodi thats it was almost abetted to ask for an injunction in the
of bronze, an
of fine workmanship. There are also se-
veral inscriptions in the building, one of which mentions foresaiTylntanee. I e would therefore refuse it, without prejudice
application for a compensation for the land, or an issue re-
the Brixia Romana. The eyes of the King and of the sirciing it.
Victoria are of onyx. They are all in perfect preservation, This case, if we remembee rightly, occasioned much discussion
in the flow of Commons during the progress of the Bill obtained
and, from the situation in which they were found, it is rel.
by the Company last session.
dent that they were concealed and walletl up for security,
EIPABTE HUDSON. IN THE MATTER OF CLARKE AND
for both the winos and arms of the Victoria were taken Off RAMSDEXt, BANKRUPTS.
snd laid at her feet. In this case a petition had been presented to the Vice-Char-Mine
- - ---- by a Mr. Hudson, ass creditor of the bankrupt Ramsden„ praying
that the commission which had issued against him Otamedett)
might be superseded, on the ground of its bidet; a concerted com-
mission, and that Ramstlen was not a bawl tick trader within the
meaning of the Bankrupt Laws. On reading the affidavit* In op-
position to the petition, his Honour said that enough appeared In
them to justify him in directing an issue to try the validity of the
commission, and also whether it was concerted or not, in the ceutse
of which tacos must come out that would leave the parties impli-
cated in the transaction open to be &eh with by a Court of hew in
a manner which it was not competent for a Court of Equity to ilti.
Mr. HART now presented a petition on the part of the hack-
mph, mayirg that his Lordship would discharge the order trade
by the Vice-Chancellor.
Mr. MONTAGu admitted that the order ss it stood was not satis-
factory to either patty. As it regneded his client Hudson it was
objectionable, Nell on account of the expense that tqing the issue*
would occasion, and also because his Honour the Vice-Chancellor
had not named who the parties were that should be plisintifiii or de-
fendants on the trhsl, or who should be examined as witnesses, in
order to prove the act of concert.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it was downright nonsense
in cases like this to direct an issue to be tried without naming the
parties to the record, as well as these whose examinations should Le
taken.
Mr. Mowvanu said it was usual in the Vice-Chancellor's Court
to leave the arrangement of those matters to Counsel, and that, in
the event of their agreement, the order was drawn up accordingly ;
but if they did net agree, then application was made to the Court.
The Loan CHANCELLOR complained of this as a total ahem-
don of the practice of the Come. He wished to know upon what
authority such a proceding was allowed ? The consequence of
such a course was, that matters were twice heard instead of being
disposed of at first. He could not bend to the authority of any
Judge with respect to the establishing a new practice in this Court.
Ile must deity, and toilet have it understood that lie did deny, the
right of either the Master of the Rolls or the Vice-Chancellor, to
alter the practice ut the Curt, even if it were to improve it. He
himself never presumed to do so, without consulting the other
Judges of the Court upon the subject.
Mr. 3loxtecu thought the practice, whether right or not he
would not rely, was sometimes most convenient; though in this
case it certainly was attended with great inconvenience. lie then
oroeceded in his argument, and concluded by hoping that his Lord-
ship would either supersede the commission, or name who should
be the parties to the record, and the persons to be examined on the
trial of the issues.
)Ir. PHILLIMORE followed on the same side.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, having to atttnl at the House of
Lords at three o'clock, to prorogue Pitt lament, postponed the fur-
ther bearing of the case to a future day.

LAW INTOLLIGENCE.

PA RAGRE LES.

'Paragreles, when made in the simplest manner, consist-
of wooden poles from 33 to so French feet high, and fixed
in die firmest manner in the ground ; on the top of each of
which is fixed n scarp point of yellow brass wire, about
the eighth of an inch in diameter; to the bottom of this is
fixed, by means of a ring, another yellow brass wire, about
a 16th of an inch diameter, continued all the way along
this pole to three or four feet under tits ground, and fixed
to the poles by small w're staples.
11y this description it will be seen that Paragreles are
merely lightning-rods trade in the simplest and cheapest
form, by which it is prop sed to draw down the electric
fluid from the clouds, au-I by that means to prevent the
formation of hail.
The Paragreles ought to be placed at the distance of
439 Flemish feet from one another. When any tall trees
happen to be growing where the pole ought to be placed,
the trees may be made use t f instead of erecting a pole. It
as not necessary to say that as the Paragreles are intended
T.) draw down electricity, care ought to be taken, wherever
they are placed, to warn the ecuntry people not to go too
near them during storms.
Repeated trials in America, in Its'y, in France, and in
Seitzerland, recommend strongly Paragreles to the atten-
tion of agriculturists. Mr. Thollards, Professor of Na-
tural Philosophy at Tarbes, in the Upper Pyrenees, says
that be has seen, during six successive atonal which took
place there, ead of April, Bth May, 3d, 15th, 16th, and
17th June, 1821, some districts, covered with Paragreles,
preserved, es if by enchantment, in the middle of other
districts in which the inhabitants had not taken the same
precaution, and which latter were totally laid waste. Mr.
Astolfe, engineer, saw in the month of June, 1824, two
frightful stormy clouds, which poured down an immense
quantity of hail upon a considerable extent of country,
which passed harmlessly over a space furnished with Pa-
ragteles. There only fell some large hailstones between the
first and second line of Paragreles, but in the interior there
was only seer, to the great astonishment of the spectators,
to fall, in place of hailstones, drops of the consistence of
snow. The Journal du Commerce of Lyons, of 3d Aug.
1525, contains a fact precisely similar, which happened to
the vineyards of Corsier. Whilst the hail fell in great
Abundance upon the meadows and fields situated without
the line of Paragreles, there only fell upon the vines some
'Lakes of snow, or rather of a watery substance softer than
.now. An hour afterwards another cloud crossed the same
vineyards, and presented the same phenomenon.

PARIS CORRECTIONAL POLICE.
SITTINO OF AUGUST 16.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police presented to-day the melan-
choly spectacle rat' a mother of a femily, surrounded by five children,
and accused of being an accomplice with two of them in a robbery.
A most painful sensation naturally arose in the mind of every one
st seeing the two youngest of these unfortunates carried in the arms
of their mother, whose eyes were bathed in tears, they gazing and
smiling with all the unconsciousness of infancy at the novel spec-
tacle of an assembled Court of Justice. The charge accused the
young ROW I.2CIICIX, scarcely ten years old, as being the perpe.
trator of numerous robberies, to a serious amount, committed by
her with the help of false keys.
The woman !Adieux, her mother, was accused as having incited
her to the commieimi of the crime, and as 'having been the re-
ceiver of the stolen property. The eldest of these children, Stephen
Lachatiz, aged 17, was accused of baying stolen six francs in the
shop of a fruiterer. These three are the only ffidividnals of the
number detained in consequence of any accusation. and if the three
youngest share the imprisonment of their mother, it is only because
their tender age renders them as yet entirely dependent on her care.
young Lachaux and her brother have confessed the fads al-
leged against them, but with a positive declaration that their mo.
thew was an entire stranger to their proceedings.
The President having caused the brother to be removed for the
purpose of interrogating Rose Lachaux separately, a judgment may
be formed of the unfortunately precocious understanding of this in-
fant. She was obeerved, In her confession of the circumstances, to
avoid with astonishing sagacity everything that could in any way
compromise her mother, to answer questions, to examine the de.
positions of witnesses with the most inconceivable readiness and
address, and lastly, to persist in affirming that she alone had con-
ceived and et:tented the robberies which were laid to her charge,
without the participation or connivance of any one. When the ac-
cused heard the requisition of M. the King's Advocate, who con-
cluded by demanding that sentence of imprisonment should be
pronounced upon the woman Lachaux, the heart-rending scene ex-
ctted considerable sensation among the spectators, from which even
the magistrates thetr.selves were by no means free. The three cul-
prits, throwing themselves upon their knees, were clamorous in
their despair. " Pardon, pardon, for my mother," exclaimed the
young girl. " I alone am guilty, my poor mother is innocent !
Pardon, Messieurs the Judges. pardon for my poor mother!"
Stephen leachaux joined his entreaties to those of his sister. " I
am guilty," cried he with sobs, " condemn me to ten years' im-
prisonnien% but let my mother be acquitted, do not condemn my
mother!" The three youngest children stretched their little
hands towards the tribunal, and added their cries to those of their
relatives.
111. Theodore Perrin offered acme observations in favour of the
woman Lathan:. lie quoted the case of the child surnamed Le
Petit Poucet (a case which we reported some months since), who
alone, at the age of nine years, had conceived and executed a great
number of robberies- lie drew the conclusion, that the young
Bose might. as well as that young thief, have acted without tits in.
stigition and co-operation of her mother.
'l'he Court, alter a long deliberation, acquitted the womaa
Lichens, condemned her son to six months' Imprisonment, and,
deciding that the young Rose hail noted from Ignorance {sans
dircernmext), ordered that she should be committed to the Peril-
' tentiery for two years.
A case of assault wits heard, in which the parties were an old
man, a locksmith, and a woman minted Dramas' said to be well
known in the vicinity of the Luxembourg for her devotion and her
abusive language. 11cr neighbours in the Rue J'Assas whisper
about that she often goes from the Prefecture of Police to the pawn.
broker's, and some people make no scruple of saying this publicly;
of this number was C'anet. A sort °Equated took place in the
street between them ; the locksmith called niadamebalmas a spy,
who retorted with a most unclassicil epithet ; a mob collected in
the street, and old ('met soon fell under the united blows of the
female fury and her daughter.
The old woman, having been brought before the Tribunal of
Correctional Police, charged with the utistietneetiour, she protested
her regard for God and ter King.
The President having remarked that that honourable sentiment
did not in the least make wounds which she hail inflicted slighter,
she vociferated, " I invoke the testimony of my landludy, who, like
myself, belongs to the fraternity of the Holy Sacrament. '
The President—The fraternity of the Holy Sacrament has
nothing to do with cases of misdemeanour : let your Counsel
speak.
The Advocate, after a short discussion upon the fact, yielding to
the views of his client, read the following certificates :
'• The undersigned certifies to all whom it concerns, that Ma-
de tie Dalinal has given proof' of the most unbounded loyalty to
the Royal family, in making known, in time of great difiicuity,
all the enemies of the Bourbons, and in labouring to maintain the
order and tranquillity of this great capital, during the years of 1816,
1817, 1813, and 1819.
(signed) "The Baron LAME,
" Lientenant-Colonel of the Oendenneric."
" The Curate of St. Etienne du Moat, VicanGeneral of Va-
lence, Bishop of Grenoble, certifies that the widow Thelma in.
shirrs the greatest confidence by her religious and political prin-
ciples."
The widow Halms was condemned to a fortnight's imprison-
cnt, and her daughter to the same punishment for 24 hours.

We arc sorry to nuderetaint --that sickness among chil-
dren is just now ve, y prevalent in Edinburgh,
and that, in
many instances, it has proved fatal. A putrid sure throat
seems to be the most general malady, and its ravages In
some families have be::n most distressing. Inflammation
and cholera morbus are also by no means uncolninor•--
EdivLsrgh Ohtur!?-.

THE IVATERMEN AND THE STEAM-BOATS.
*Nei 0 N-110 USE.—Yesterday several watermen were brought
before the Lotto MAYON, on charges of having taken more pas.
sengen than by the law they were entitled to do.
One, named Ilcarel, was lined M., for taking I I passengers out of
the Sir Edward Banks steam-boat, when by law he was entitled to
take only eight. The defendant had a boat of three tons' burthen,
instead of the common wherry, and therefore no charge was made
against him as endangering the lives of the passengers.
The Rulers of the Watermen's Company attended, and declared
that it would be absolutely necessary to have a new Act of Parlia-
ment for the regulation of the disorders occasioned by the water.
men and the steam-boats. Mr. Drinkald, one of the Rulers,
stated, that although he had been accustomed to the water all his
life, he never went on board without considerable apprehension. It
was matter of astonishment to him that lives had not been lost con.
Windy, as they were endangered. Some of the watermen got large
boats, like that used by the defendant, and overpowered the others,
It was only on the Sunday before that three wherries were sunk.
He advised the I Mayor not to mitigate the penalties in any in.
stance, if he wished to abate the evil.
The Loon MAYO tt said, he valued the watermen highly,
regretted. for their sakes, to see this spirit of disorder prevail
amongst them. as it must ultimately occasion the steani.boats to
he brought in store to land the passengers without the use of their

boats.
1141 Lo lIDS/11 suggested, that a police-boat should be employed
on the spot, manor:: by two active men, to preserve order amongst
these men, and bring the offenders to punishinent. A similar regu-
lation was adopted by the proprietors of stage coaches, and they
Mond it to their interests to pay men out of their own pockets to
preserve order. Ile had no t' OA the proprietors of the steam-
packets whirl do the semi. ills Lordship said, if such men were
I found, he would swe:tr them in as constables, to give them autha.

sit y to net.
The Rulers of the Wstenuen's CoMining expressed their con.
fidence in the salutary effects of such a measure.
A Waterman said, the Alpe nitrates of the Thames Police held,
that those watermen were first entitled to fares who were brat at the
steaabnats. The conseriance was, that there was a general con-
te,t to get first. in which lives would one day be Inst.
The Lon n Mayon said he held no such doctrine. The fares
were to be taken Recording to their turn in waiting at the stairs, and
he would line every one who was brought before hint, and convicted
of vitiating that cyder.
The. Rulers Of the Company then went away, upon the under.
standing that they wrath! aid in carrying into effect the regulation
suggested by the lxwil Mayor.
Pail:Atli OF TRUST.
R. Phillips. the person who was charged tinder Sir T. Planer's
Act, with having embezzled a quantity of stock, the property of
Lieutenant Donnely, a retired officer on half-pay, was brought up
again for final examination.
Mr. II u airy ES. his solicitor, produced a lever, which had
been written by the prosecutor in 1821, to the prisoner, expressing
his willingness that the latter should invest the money either in
his own name, or the name of the prnsecuta. The Learned Soli.
rime stated, that his client had invested the money in his own name,
anti he could thereby emirs and trnnstnit the dividends to the pro.
Reenter, who hail net given lien any power of attorney to receive it
otherwise. The selling out the stuck would be found a mere matter
of debt.
The LOAD M,Avou censured the tnosaction as a nefarious
breaet of trust but said that the discretion given by the prosecu.
•or to ti.e prisoner, t..t ii.vest it in either name, took the case out of

the reach of the Act
THE FRENCH GIANT.
ROl7-RTREET.—On Wetlee.day taming great curiosity was'
excited at this office, by the circumstance of Monsieur Louis, the
" French Giant," attending as the prosecutor of a youth, named '
Wm. Evans. for picking his pocket. The occurrence, which took
plac.t in the Strand, at desk, attracted a crowd at the time, and a
vast numbcr of persons teelowed M. Louis to the office, who he was
glad to take refuge in a room until the Magistrate came to the office.
Sir IL HtaNIE having taken his seat, and the prisoner being
placed at the bar, it buz of anxious curiosity in the office, which was
crowded to excess, announced the entrance of M. Louis, and cer-
tainly the highot expectation that could have been formed of seeing
something wonderful was realized. He stood amongst the camps.
ratively diminutive spectators (and there were some good tall mn
too), like oar London atonement, towering above the dwellings by
which it is surrounded. A capital scene took place when he pre-
.cnted himself before the Magistrate. Sir R. BIREIE, who wit
writing on the bench, was not aware of his approach, and on per-
ceiving some one stand before him, he raised his eyes, and as soon
as he had time to measure the amazing altitude of M. Louis, he
started back in astonishment, but in a moment recovering himself,
he bowed, and said, " I am glad, Sir, to see so fine a production of
our common mother before me." M. Louis modestly replied to the
compliment ; and Sir R. Br Metz ( who, by-the-by, is an admi-
rable actor), rase from his chair, and upon his toes, looking up
at M. Louis, said, " I hare the advantage of an elevation of seve-
ral inches a ground, and I hare, as you see. made the most Only-
self; but We of no use—you are taller than I am." This was
said with great humour.. end excited a good deal of merriment.
Ledbetter and Gardner, two very tall officers of the establish-
ment, placed themaelves illOggeidet of M. Louis, but they did not
reach to his ehailders ; he arrod leaning his elbow upon the top of
• partition, over which Gardner (who is six feet two inches) coed
scarcely look. 31. Louis, independently of his extraordinary
height, is one of the best-proportioned men we ever saw ; it would
be difficult to imagine a form in which perfect symmetry and grace
are so happily blended; his face, too, is a model of manly
beauty. It might be supposed that we were puffing, but it would
be unjust to omit this opportunity of describing so extraordinary
a man.
The principal witness was a Waterman named Richards, whose
head reached to M. Louis's trowsers' pocket, and it appeared front
his statement that the prosecutor was walking along the Strand,
near Exeter 'Change, when the prisoner followed behind him, and,
standing upon tiptoe, quietly dived his hand into the prosecutor's
pocket, and drew out his handkerchief, which he handed to a
companion, who made off with it. The witness called out to 31.
Louis, " I eel, Sir, that 'ere chap has picked your pocket of you
property." 11. Louis turned about, and geeing the prisoner, said,
" You rascal, what do you mean by robbing me?" and giving
hint a tap on the mouth, he staggered for three or four yards, and
fell down; he was then seized by Richards, but he refused to stir,
And was carried all-fours to the Office.
The prisoner had nothing to say, and was fully committed
for trial.
I dim R. Biascax ordered one of the officers to procure a coach for
M. Louis, and to keep the passage clear, that he might be. pro-
tected from the annoyance of the crowd.
INSOLENCE OF A 'WATCHMAN.
The Rev. Mr. Croft. of Sytleuham, Kent, was brought up
yesterday on the charge of a watchman, named Hands, for being
disorderly.
The watchman's statement was, that lie saw the defendant in the
Strand about eleven o'clock on Wednesday evening, talking to a
man of very shabby appeatance, and lie beard something about
money pass. lie went up to them, thinking that the gentleman
might have been robbed, and asked what they were talking about,
and the defendant thereupon abused him very much, and became
very disorderly.
Sir R. BlitNlE—And prey, Sir, what was the abuse and dis-
order ?
Hands—Why, Sir, he coiled me an impertinent fellow.
Mr. Croaky, in his defence, said he was accosted by a man in the
Strand, who begged alms, and gave a very piteous account of the
distresses of his wife anti family. The defentiaat gave hint lid. ;
and being curious to know whether he might not be nn impostor, he
watched, and saw him go into a public house. Vi'hen he came out
the defendant-placed himself in his way, and the man ar;,aiii begged
alms of him. He then gave him 20. Led again the fellow went into
a public-house. Convinced that he was an impostor, he once more
placed himself in his way, buttoning up his coat, and slouching
his bat so as to disguise himself, and for the third time the man
accosted him with a request for alms. The defendant then old
him that he was a worthless fellow to get money in that way,
and had just uttered the word " money," when the watchman
came up, and said " Hallo d what is this about money ? what do
you do here ? I shell take you to the watch-louse." The defendant
told him he was an impertinent fellow, and Hands then seized him
by the collar, anti dragged him to the watchdiotese.
Sir R. Br NIE animadverted in terms of just severity upon the
conduct of the watchman, and suspended him from his office, ob-
serving, that he should have discharged him at once altogether, but
he was willing to inquire into his previous character. The proba-
bility was that he would be diseharged ; " But," said Sir Richard,
" before I deprive a man of his bread, I must at least take the
trouble to inquire into his circumstances and his general conduct."
The watchman, for the present, is of course euepetsded.
EARLY DEPRAVITY.
HATTON-GARDE/C.—Yesterday, Jaen fireffee. a little urchin
not more than eleven years old, but who has been at least 20 times'
in custody, on various charges of robbery. was once more placed
at the bar of this office, accused by his own father, a poor Indus-
trious man, residing in Maiden-lane, Battle.bridge.
The father, with tears in his eyes, entreated Mr. Sergeant SEE-
LOW to get the little wretch sent out of the country, or he would
most assuredly be hanged. lie had already been three times pri-
vately whipped, and html spent nearly two years in confinement,
but without effect ; it seemed as if a propemity to thieving was
ingrafted in his very nature, and lie was completely callous to
corporeal punishment.
Mr. Sergeant St.r.t.ow declared that he had never met with
such an incorrigible little wretch in all his experience, but un-
fortunately he had as yet evaded the grasp of the law.
The father said, that on a recent occasion he had locked him
up in a room by htniself, to try what effect solitary confinement
rmaandele betianinboguidindieieralepnpoioftheoitsif
would have on bun ; but he contnved, while there, to force open a
dineekh,i,:th,xereremetrieoyn worastisnomdientginaiesnyldatetedo
father's clothes and threw them into the yard. lie then took a
silver watch out of the desk; mid there bieng
escape, he resolutely ascended the chimney, and gut out on the
roof, where he was detected by one of the ledgers, and secured,
with the watch enecealed in hie bosom.
Mr. Sergeant 5F.1.1.0N regretted that lie was not suffered to de-
part, as the case would then have been complete against hint, and
there was no doubt but he would have been sent out of the country.
However, at present be should be committed to the House of
Correction for three month, more; and the conviction should be
recorded, and sent to the Sessions.
The young villain seemed very glad to go back to his old lodg-
ings, probably in the expectation of meeting some of his emu-
vrilliqe It is calculated that this Turpin In miniature