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letter to him, which, if it was produced, would show that
he entertained no unkind feeling towards him.
Mr. JARDINE said that the bail he should require
vould be the defendant in 50/.. and two sureties i 1.
!ach, to keep the peace for the next twelve moot
The defendant, before he was locked up, asked what
was to become of his property ?
Mr. JARDINE—It is not yours, and I shall make no
irder about it.

MARLBORO UGH. STREET.
MILITARY OUTRAGE.—John Hewett and Thomas
Rosselton, privates in the 7th company of the Grenadmr
Guards, were placed at the bar, before Mr. LONG, the
sitting Magistrate, on the following charge :
Mr. James Pearson, a respectable tradesman, residing
in East-street, Golden-square, stated that about half-
past nine on Tuesday night he was proceeding along
Regent-street, when he observed the defendants walk-
ing arm-in-arm on the footway pavement, with swagger-
ing gait, and evidently intoxicated. The prisoner
Hewett was flourishing a heavy baton (or turned walk-
ing-stick of solid chesnut), and rushing from his com-
panion, commenced an indiscriminate attack upon per-
sons he met with. Men, women, and children were
prostrated with dangerous contusions by the prisoner in
his drunken furor, and witness was about being attacked
when he sprang forward, and, seizing the prisoner by the
throat, secured him. The other prisoner was also given
in charge to the police, after which he behaved in
riotous and disorderly manner, and attempted to rescue
himself and his companion.
Mr. LONG said he should fine the prisoners 40s. each,
or one month's imprisonment.
The Sergeant of the company to which the prisoners
belonged said that no means would be afforded them
from the Regimental Fund to pay their fine.
The prisoners were removed, chap-fallen, to the lock-
up cells, to await the arrival of the prison van.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
IMPOSITION OF WATERME N.-Dr. Bowring, late
M.P., applied yesterday morning to Mr. Burrell, for a
summons against a waterman, against whom he had to
prefer a gross case of overcharge.
The Learned Gentleman stated that on Monday last
he arrived off the Custom-house in a Rotterdam steamer.
He hired a boat, belonging to a man named Hubbard,
to convey him to Hungerford Market, and when he got
there the man demanded ss. as his fare. The applicant
was willing to give the man 35., which was exactly
double his legal fare, and offered it to him, but he re-
fused to take it, and insisted upon the payment of the
original demand, 55., which applicant paid to him to
avoid further dispute. He (applicant) would not have
made this application, but a few days since he was on
board of a foreign steam vessel lying off the Custom-
house, and a sailor was rowed alongside. Tne fare de-
manded was 2s. 6d., and the sailor having first gained
the deck of the steamer, handed the waterman a sove-
reign to take his fare out of, when the latter put it in
his pocket, and, laughing at the sailor, rowed away.
This circumstance alone showed the character of the
watermen plying below bridge, and he (complainant), if
only on behalf of the public, was most anxious to punish
such offenders.

Mr. BURRELL concurred in the sentiments expressed
by the applicant, and granted the summons.

IMPIETY OF DESPOTISM.

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 11.—The Emperor ar-
rived on the afternoon of the 3d instant at Moscow.
His Imperial Majesty, accompanied by the hereditary
Grand Duke, alighted at the chapel of the miraculou•
image of our Lady of here, and thence repaired to the
little palace of the Kremlin, about which a vast crowd
collected and remained to a late hour. Next day, at
an early hour, the Kremlin was thronged, and the bells
majestically announced the Emperor's arrival in the
church. At 11 his Imperial Majesty, followed by the
hereditary Grand Duke, Grand Duke Michael, Duke
Maximilian of Leuchtenburg, the Archduke of Austria.
the Princes of Prussia and the Netherlands, Prince Eu-
gene of Wurtemburg, Field Marshal Prince of Warsaw,
Count Paskevitch of Erivan, and a numerous staff of
Generals, was received at the gate of the Assumption
Cathedral by the Metropolitan of Moscow, who ad-
dressed him as follows :

" Most pious Sovereign—Thy ancient capital has
learnt with veneration bow, in rendering homage to
the deeds of the past generations, thou hast inspired
present and future generations with an ardour for fresh
achievments, and how, by setting the example, thou bast
mitigated the fatigues of life in the camp. This ancient
capital at length beholds thy features, and its joyful
eyes seek above all in thine the reflection of the happi
ness which has just shone in thy house, whom our bles
sings accompany. Thy first-born has returned to thy
arms, after captivating the hearts of foreign nations by
the virtues he received from thee when he came into
the world, and which thou bast developed in him by
education. Thanks to thy paternal solicitude, the af-
fection of thy eldest daughter for her native land has
kept her for ever to her country by rendering her hus-
band a son of Russia. Come into this sanctuary of the
Lord, and unite thy thanksgivings to ours ; and may
the blessings of Heaven never cease to shower upon
thee, whose heart teems with gratitude towards the
Almighty."
After doing homage to the images and relics, the Em-
peror repaired to the palace called Granovitaia Palata,
and thence to the new palace built after the ancient
style of Russian architecture, and therefore called Te-
remny. On the same day the Emperor dined at Prince
Galitzin's, the Military Governor-General of Moscow.

DONCASTER CORPORATION DEBT.—The
Corporation having received the large amount of tho
sale of the Rossington estate, on Thursday paid off
50,0001. of their debts, and will again sit on Monday
for the purpose of paying off further sums.—Doneasic)
Gazette.
SCARCITY AND DROUGHT AT SYDNEY.—
The following extract from a letter just received by
Mr. George Graham, of Windsor, from his son, who is
residinwat Sydney, gives a lamentable account of the
state Orthe crops, and the high price of water, as well
as provisions, occasioned by. the late drought. The
letter is dated April 16 :—" The weather for the last
two months has been intensely hot, and we have not
had a singto shower of rain. To decribe the state this
country is in would be impossible. The torn crops of
all kinds, as well as fruit, are completely parched up.
The settlers, to save their flocks of cattle, drove them
on the young corn before it had got a foot high. The
crass is completely parched. The farmers have pulled up
even the roots to feed cattle ; and so great hai bee -1 the
scarcity of fodder, that the leaves and branches have
been torn off the trees for miles. All the ponds are
quite dry, and the rivers are lower than ever they were
known to be before. The cattle of all kinds are dying
by hundreds in all parts of the colony for want of water.
As you travel the country you see dead cows, sheep,
and oxen by the road side in every mile ; and as to ve-
getables there are none left. I saw cabbages of inferior
quality a fortnight back, sell for from id. to 12d. each,
and now none are to be got even at that price.
Dement potatoes, in Sydney, are selling at 2d.
per lb. I expect they w,il be dearer soon. Flour
at Sydney is selling at 40s. per 100 lbs., and next
week I expect it will be 50s. In the country
places it is much dearer. From good authority I hear
there are not three months' consumption for Sydney
of flour in the whole colony. Ido not know what will
be done. The Governor, I dare say, will charter a few
ships to fetch corn and flour ; but when it arrives I do
not know how the emigrants will be able to pay for it.
You can form no opinion of the state of the whole co-
lony ; every person complaining of the want of water.
Water is selling at Sydney at 3d. per pail of two gal-
lons ; and even at that price it is hard to be Lot. As
tor meat, it is as you may expect. As the cattle are
dying from thirst, the whole is poor stuff. Of late I
have seen no good meat in Sydney. The heat of the
weather during the last ten days has been intense, having
blown hot winds, which really are suffocating. The
only things which th.ive are the mosquitoes, and they
torment us terribly."
DESTRUCTIVE AND ALARMING FIRE.-011
Sabbath morning, just after the people had assembled
in church, a sudden and altogether unexpected blaze of
flame burst fo.th le the tan work of Mr. John Mitchell,
St. Ninian's, Stirling. It was distinctly observed from
the windows of the Rev. Mr. Frew's church, imme-
diately contiguous. Information of the cause having
been communicated, the people instantly left the church,
and applied themselves heartily to the business of stop-
ping the conflagration. In the other church in the vil-
lage, which is at some distance, the alarming fact was
intimated more quietly ; and the people whisper-
ing to each other the cause for leaving the church,
the rumour spread until something approaching to
a panic ensued, every one hastening to the spot. As
these two churches are large, and generally well filled,
certainly not fewer than from two to three thousand
people were assembled within a few minutes. The
alarm was very quickly communicated to Stirling ;
and in little more than half an hour the fire engines
from the town and the castle were upon the spot.
Notwithstanding all the zeal and activity displayed.
no assistance was of any avail in saving the house
in which the fire originated, nor other two commu-
nicating with it, and together forming three sides of a
square. As it was early seen that the atteymeepatsetdo
save these houses would be totally useless, the
loin cared for, and every exertion was directed to the
safety of another range of buildings, consisting of
house two stories high, containing leather ; Mr.. Mita-
chell's house (out of which the furniture was twice be.
gun to be removed), also two stories ; and a currying
shop of the same elevation, After the untiring perse.
verance of hours, the property was saved. The actual
loss consists of three houses, such as are. used by tan-
ners : about two hundred tons of bark, an engine for
crushing bark, and a quantity of leather.—. Edinburgh
Courant.
AN ExQuisiTz.--In the Insolvent Debtors'
Court on Monday an attorney's clerk appeared to ob-
tain bail on a debt, with costs, of 781. The debt was
due to a perfumer, and Mr. Commissioner Bowen asked
the clerk whether he dealt in the perfumery. He said,
" Oh, no, Sir; it is for various articles supplied to me."
He was discharged on bail.