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UXBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

GUILDHALL.
On Saturday a middle-aged man, who gave the name of
Lehmen Cohen, was brought before Mr. Alderman Kelly,
charged with stealing 21 squirrel-skins from Messrs. .Finigan
and Co., wholesale furriers in Noble-street, Foster-lane'•
Mr. Hobler reserved his defence, and the prisone.- was
committed for trial,
William _French, the driver of Bartlett's Fulham omnibus,
was charged with ill-treating a horse.
The complaiat was made by Mr. Gompertz, the Secretary
to the Animals' Friend Society.
The defendant sa;d he had repeatedly protested against
driving the horse, and his master had promised him a fresh one.
Mr. Alderman KELf..7I fined the defendant 20s.
Mr. Alderman MaoluY attending to dispose of business
which required the signature of two Magistrates, alluded
to a letter in the Times of that day respecting the City Tithe
Act.

The Clerk said the writer was mistaken in supposing that
if no alteration were made at the end of the first seven years
in the rating, none could be maec till seven more years had
elapsed. An alteration might be• made at any period after
the termination of seven years, b It. whenever it was found
needful to alter the assessment, no fiwther amendment could
be made till seven years bad elapsed. There was no error as
to the date of the rate in dispute.

THAMES-OFFICE;
On Saturday, John Clark, the chief male of the ship
Eleanor, from Quebec, now lying in the river, and Alexan-
der Mitchell, the cook of the same vessel, were b,-ought before
Mr. BRODERIP and Mr. GREENWOOD, charged with the wilful
murder of a seaman, na:ned Benjamin Driscoll, otherwise
Yarmouth, on the high seas, on the homeward voyage to
London.

After a lengthened examination of witnesses, they were
bound over to prosecute, and the piisoners were committed for
trial for the wilful murder of Drisco2l.

1 On Monday evening a few,.of those pure .spirits
called teetotallers paraded the streets cf this town (Liver-
pool) with their handkerchiefs suspended from their walking
sticks, singing one of their favourite ditties in praise of total
abstinence. They were followed by a motley group of young
aspirants to tee-total honours, who ever and anon gave
" ready chorus," which added not a little to the novelty of "the
sccoe.—Mercury.
Oti Monday last, the only child of Mr. Luke Wild,
printer, 6.f Bonney Brow, near Manchester, we found
smothered to ri,,ath in a privy. It was about twenty.rnonths
old, and had only been out of the house about a quarter of an
hour.

The Dublin Evening Pose says--." We ha taken
pains to collect the latest accounts of the crops fromve all parts
of the empire; and truly do we rejoice to find that, notwith-
standing the long continuance of adverse weather, the prOspeets.
of the farmer are still encourag,i,g."
A Bust BODY.At Lambeth-street on Friday a
maid of all work, named Battershy, charged.tlre wife of a
butcher with an assault. It appeared that comolainant had
excited the curiosity of the defendant on several oocasions, by
hinting that she " could a tale unfold," respec,ing some
naughty behaviour on the part of defendant's husbasid. At
last the butcher's spouse, tantalized beyond all bearing-, took
advantage of an accidental encounter with the complianant,
and, in her own phrase, "tried to shake it out of her." It
came out in the course of the investigation that Miss BO-
tersby was much given to mischief-making of the kind re-
ferred to, and the Magistrates dismissed the charge, hinting
pretty plainly that she had only met with her deserts.
Tour ACTIVITY.—We are informed that the
Tories have opened a subscription. to cover the expense of
the next municipal election in this city, and that Mr. Hayman,
heads the 1":5t with a subscription of five pounds. They mean
to spend all the money,— Western Times.

• It may be no6eed as rather a remaikahle warm-.
stances, thatlour streeteqd Lynn near to each oti,ier, have
lately all produced an instance Anti-Malthusian tendency ;
for is each of them a female .has been put to bed with twins,
and the four accouchements have taken place almost simulta-
neously.—Norwich Gazette.

For the cure of hydrophobia, the following simple
ani easy method is recommended ; when' aDy person receives
a bite from a rabid animal on the hand, put .;t immediately into
warm water, say a quart, and as quickly as it lan be obtained
pour in a half; pint or more of the liquor potascia; keep the
hand saturated in it for at least three or four hours; the
warmth must be kept up : after which apply a linseed poul-
tice ; continue it on the part bitten for two nights and two
days. From a bite in any part of the body, where the teeth.
by havinr, to pass through clothes, are cleaned, little is to. be
apprehended.

FATAL MINE ACCIDENT.—An awful accident:
occurred at the South Caradon Mine near Liskeard, on
Friday last ; when a miner fell into the shaft, a depth of about
60 feet, and was taken up dreadfully mutilated and quite dead.
—Cornwall Gazelle.
MUTUAL AFFECTION OF A CAT AND A PIG.—
There are now at Mr. Munnerley's, Legs of Man Inn, in
Preston, a kitten and a young pig. which, from the time they
saw the light, entertained fur each other an affectionate and
playful attachment, th.it has at once' astonishedc... ad amused
all who have witnessed its exhibition. They were " born"
about the same time, and the pig being an odd one of a litter,
and deficient of a teat, was brought into the kitchen by the
cook, and fed with milk, &c., along with the kitten. They
soon began to form and to maintain (as Kings' sppeches say)
.4 the most amicable relations," and became, indeed, insepar-
able companions. Their food. was given to them in one
saucer, from which the little grunter would frequently toss it
with his snout, and the mewer, quite as expert, pull it out with,
her paw, each with a view to secure their respective shares
without detriment to the other. They would lie together at
the fire quite unconcerned at what was going on under the
management of their busy friend the cook, and when inclined
for exercise, would jump up, gambol and roll together on •
floor, or pursue each other alternately up and down the pas-
The cat had some advantage in agility, indeed, and
sage, even to the inn door, to the infinite diversion of b. b owl doeurlsd.
re-
treat ; buti the pi
etines pulltghe pigs cars or its tail, and seek speedy
soon bad his playful revenge by rolling
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superior weight upon his feline teazer. Both became familiar
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with all in the house, and ahnasvainegredpatsosetdhetirnnatinitiscs;vaAy,t
tlhenegptilgt,
however, about six weeks
could no more restrain his tendency to corpulency than could
tt o eavnedn for
less a kitchen
genteel
pet, and
an alderman, having daily access to turtle soup ad libitum. lie
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lodgings in the stables. The cat and he have not, however
(though some weeks have elapsed) forgotten their old associa.
tions; and it is remarkable that should puss but hear her
ter transferred e became
more o
solitaryarg e
quondam companion grunt, she will immediately leap from the
chair or the friendly knee on which she sits purring, run to
the stable and make up to the pig, who testifies his gratifica-
tion by sundry clumsy earresses and extra gruntings. --Preston
Observer.

LISKEARD.-111.e harvest has commenced in this
neighbourhood, the weather being very fine; but the crop of
wheat is expected to be much under an average one, the late
ungenial weather having injured it very materially.

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Years.—William Buchan, aged 15; Frederick 12;
William Jones, 16; John Roberts, 19.
Transportation for Seven Years..—James Johnson, aged 26;
Robert Burrows.

To Two Years' Imprisonment.—Edward Wilkiins, aged 15.
To Six Months' Imprisonment —John Williams, aged 21 ;
and Robert Fisher, 22 (six weeks of the term solitary); Ca.
therine Wilson, ditto ; Charles Hillier, 51, ditto ; John Bir-
kett, 20, ditto ; John Jones, 19, ditto.
To Four Months' Imprisonment.—.Tooeph Turner, aged 19
(four weeks solitary).
To Three Months' Imprisonment.—. John Martin, aged
52 ; Charles Jones, 50 ; Sarah Young, 60 (dire() weeks each
solitary),

To -Toro Months' Imprisonment.—Ann Gillharrt,, aged 48 ;
Margaret Furnace, 39; William Walker, 33 ; Ellen O'Brien,
20 ; d6?rn Woods, 17.

Pour oth,-rs to a few days' imprisonment.
Seventy-three prisoners were discharged by proclicarior,
and the Session ierolinated.

I.—Mr. Thomas Wright, Pf Milbank, Westminster,
corn•dealer, was charged by Mr. Murt:‘Y, tt,e inspector of corn
returns for the market towns of Uxbridge; with having made
a false and fraudulent statement in his return of wheat
bought on ThuNday last. The charge was made under the
9 Geo. IV., c. 60, s. 46.
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The Magistrates decided that the case was a fit one for a
jury, and called upon Mr. Wright to find bail to ays wer the
charge at the sessions. Bail was immediately procured.

Mr. Knot, who unites with the trade of a tailor considerabf
literary abilities, on Saturday summoned Mr. Taylor, a profes•-
sional gentleman, before the Lord Mayor, for an assault.
Mr. Taylor was at the Mitre Tavern, in Fleet-street,
arguing with a friend, when Mr. Knot, who was in another
box, inter:z!red on the defendant waking use of the word
" emanate," anj declared that there was no such word in the
English language. From this emanated a general discussion
as to the propriety or the word, Mr. Tay:nr declaring that
its use was sanctioned by the Court of Aldermen and Common
Council, and that Mr. Knot might as well dec tare that there
was no such word as cabbage. ,‘ Yes, there is such a word,"
said the complainant, " and it has two meanings,
not admit your authority for the use of the word ~but I do,
,rtfapate,
which I not only declare not to be English, but that it not
even a word at all." The company sided with Mr. Knot,- .end
Mr. Taylor on going home was unable to lay his hands ou.a
dictionary in which he could satisfy himself of their beitPAl
snch a word. Mr, Knot, thinking he had carried the joke-y
rather too far, sent an apology to the defendant ; but on his'
coming into the Mitre Tavern on the following evening, the
complainant asked him if anything had emanated from the
inquiry of the previous night, which Mr. Taylor replied to by
a blow on the face, which blackened the complainant's eye.
The complainant said it was all a joke, he knowing per-
fectly the meaning of the word.
The defendant acknowledged the assault, and said that the
renewing of the conversation of the previous night plainly
showed a desire to insult him, and that a slap in the face was
the best way to settle it.
The LORD MAyou.—.l shall order you to, find bail, and
you may have to answer at the bar for the assault.
Mr. Knot said, if the defendant would give a sovereign to
a charity, he would forego the charge, which was complied
with.