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London, England, 1824-10-21 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1824.

EUROPEAN REVIEW.

On Wednesday, Oct. 20, was published, by B. 1). POUCHEE,
No. 7, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, London,
THE FOURTH NUMBER of the EURO-
PEAN REVIEW.
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GENERAL SHOW OF LIVE STOCK AT EDIN-
BURGH-1324.

THE COMMITTEE of the HIGHLAND
SOCIETY of ~SCOTLAND, appointed to superintend
the exhibition in the current year, do hereby INTIMATE,
that the GENERAL SHOW of , LIVE STOCK will take
place at EDINBURGH, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth of De-
cember next, 1824; . when, in pursuance of ' former advertise-
ment by the Society, the tellowing PREMIUMS will he
awarded fir the several Classes of Stock after-mentioned, reared
and fed by Proprietors or Tenants in Scotland, viz.-

POLICE 1 N TELLiGENG E.

BURGLARIES IN THE CITY.

MANTSION HOUSE.—Two youngmen, named Mart hi and
Cook, were examined before the Lox) MA von, upon a charge
of burglary. For some time past thd, City has been unusually
free from depredations of this nature; but all at once ware-
houses and dwelling-houses have beta broken open. With re-
spect to Cook, a watchman belonging to flishopsgate Ward,
deposed, that very late on Sunday right last, as he was going
his rounds he observed a man standirg near the house of Mr.
Stott, the oilman, 'of Ilishopsgate-street. On witness's ap:
proach he reeled about, and pretended to be very drunk ; hot
when witness walked up close to him, he suddenly took to his
heels and fled with astonishing rapidi*, Witness, on looking
about observed the flap of Mr. Stott', cellar raised, and at the
same moment the prisoner Cook pa: his head out, but, the
watchman drove him back and then jumped upon the •flap,
and called for assistance. He afterwarls found Cook concealed
in a corner of the cellar. A great mmber of picklock keys,
and other burglarious apparatus, were PtaTauptin theprentisg.
Cnok in hislitTence declared, that he was going home early
on Sunday morning, and In pamting through Bishopsgate-street
fell through the trap-door, which doebtlevs some bad character
had pulled open, and left. so. He was trying to get out of the
disagreeable situation, when the watchman•walked up, and vil.
lanously shut him down, until others came to hisaid, and then
the story of robbery was made out, and he was bought to the
watchhouse as a housebreaker.

The prisoner, after this account of the busbies, gave an ad.
dress and very confidently spoke of his respeetwility and theproof of it; but the officers were told upon inquity that no such
person resided in the neighbourhood.
The LORD MAYOR told the prisoner Cook, tlat a Jury must
judge of the probability of the truth of his stay ; but he ap-
prehended they would account for the occurrence in some other
way. Cook was fully committed.
Martin was examined finally on a charge of }making into the
house of Messrs. Robson and Co. stationers, of Tower-street.
The prisoner had been seized by a soldier as he was running
tom a bulk which was before Mr. Itobson's shop window. A
hole had been made in the partition between the bulk and the
shop, and a vast number of housebreaking implements were
found in the bulk. Two other men who had, it was believed,
been in the bulk, escaped. After the prisoner's apprehension
his lodgings were searched, and a quantity of stamps and sta-
tionary was found there. This property was identified by Mr.
Whitaker, of Walbrook, as having been stolen from his
warehouse, which was broken open a short time ago. Tito
strong box had been hrokcs open, but it happened to contain
but little cash. Collins, the beadle, got into the house at the
top, but did not succeed in apprehending the thieves.
The soldier who apprehended the prisoner had a desperate
conflict with him, for Martin was determined to make a last
effort, and both of them were rolling in the mud when assist-
ance arrived. The soldier had pounced upon the prisoner
equally determined not to be disappointed.
The soldier appeared to give evidence under arrest. Lie bad
been unable to account satisfactorily for his long absence on the
night of the burglary to the Captain of his company, and upon
appearing at tile guard-room after his exertions, was put under
immediate arrest.

The Lonn M.synit said, that he regretted extremely, to see
a man who behaved so well on the occasion of the burglary un-
der arrest. He requested that the serjeant would state to the
Commanding Officer the nature of the services rendered by the
soldier, and that in all probability his abscence was caused
by the part which he had taken on the occasion of such im-
portance.
The serjeant said he had nothing to do but take care of his
prisoner. He also observed that his prisoner had absented
fihnself upon former occasions, and begged that the Lord
Mayor would himself apply to the Commanding Officer upon
the subject.
The prisoner said nothing, and was ,fully committed for the
two burglaries.
• The prisoner has since his confinement given a history of the
late burglaries in the City. He has been thr some time con-
nected with a desperate gang of housebreakers, and has within
one year been concerned in no less than nineteen burglaries.
On some of the occasions he said the thieves obtained some
booty, hut no where to a great amount • the police regulations
of the City often baffled their plans. ft is feared that the pri-
soner's disclosure, though very complete, will be of little ser-
vice against the parties implicated. During the examination,
at which many of the prisoner's friends were present, a snuff:
box was stolen from a gentleman's pocket in the Justice-room.
On the preceding day the pocket of another person was picked
of a handkerchief, while the Lord Mayor was admonishing
some culprits.

ih order-that he might exonerate • himself, which
he could het", Most,eonipletelY.
Bradtield,--He could have done no such thing. lam
able to establiSh the charge most completely.
Mr. IlAnstEn.•—Then the informations were laid- at your
instance ?
Mr. Bradfield—Certainly ; I have ne hesitation in admitting
it ; and I should have laid them myself, but that it happens I
am myself a material Witness, and I could not be.informer and
ialess too.
Mr. HARMER—I repeat that there is notthe least foUndation
for 'the chap against Mr. Perry ; and Imust observe that it is
really shaMeful that a man should be going about' the- town
piitting respectable tradesmen to expence and trouble, and tra-
ducing their character without any just cause whatsoever.
Mr. Bradfield--I repeat that I have good ground of com-
plaint. The practices I charge against Mr. Perry are s.
Mr. 11,mm:it—Sir, You shall not stand there and traduce
My client, who is as respectable a rum as any -
Mr. Bradfield was replying, When he was stopped by
Air. HALLS, who said he would not have accusations bandied
about on either. side. Mr. King had withdrawn the infortha-
tiOn, and that was quite sufficient.
Mr. King upon hearing this said, " Certainly, Sir ;" anti
turning' upon his heel he hastened out-of the office, remarking
as he went, ".
am poor, it is true, but I am not yet' an in.-
• • •
former."
At Mr. Mirmer's request the informations were impounded,
in order that he might, if he those, take steps against Mr.
Bradfield (we suppose for a malicious prosecution).
Mr. Bradfield, on the other hand, declared he would,exhibit
fresh informations • and here the matter rests-for the present.
t LnitALL.---Vesterday two young fellows named. Bryn-
isiTia:tnrei,loJug.rt
grocer,
cfarir
truck
at ,e
dchiol,ntanr2greovall.viiAtTit
,:tetet
carriage-way
stealing
property32gflolt..iusaoyof
fn!)ie.noist
under repair, the lad who had charge of the trock.found it im-
possible to get over; but a stranger (Callaghan) volunteered
his assistance, add was performing this kind office, .when C.
Herdsfield, the officer, came up, and knowing Callaghan to be
a notorious character, and seeing Bromley, whom he also knew,
close behind the truck, he followed. .At the instant of turning
up a street, the robbery was effected, so that the officer did not
see it ; but Bromley appeared in a moment running off with
the sugar, and was secured by - Herdstield, and souse of the
passengers seized Calliwhan. The prisoners denied all know-
.edge of each other. Harrison, the Illarshalman, being asked
ithe knew Callaghan, who had just offered his address, and
laid claim to being a respectable journeyman shoemaker, re-
plied, he did, very well. He was a noted thief—a dragsman.
A. constable of St. Sepulchre's also recognized bins as an old
customer—he used to say he was a shoemaker. As no act of
concert between the prisoners could be sworn to, Bromley was
committed for the robbery, and Callaghan as a common thief,
for three months to the House of Correction.

Manr.nortouen-STREET.--- Yesterday a middle-aged wo-
man applied for a warrant, under the following circumstanus :
She stated her name to be Susannah M'Quilkin, a married
woman, whose husband was at presient in the country.; she had
been for souse time obliged to fill the situation of cook in fami-
lies, and some months ago went into the service of Mr. Mattem,
a grocer and oilman, residing. at .No. 55, Lower Grosvenor-
street; she has frequently, mace she has been in this service,
being of rather a nervous habit,: been very much alarmed by a
practice which Mr. Alattern pursued, of firing and letting off
squibs of gunpowder anti craceis all over the house for his
amusement. On Tuesday Mr. Mattem had a party of friends
to dine with him, and she commenced making up the kitchen
fire ; but the instant she thrust the poker into it, an explosion
took place of, the most appalling nature; the whole contents of
the grate were scattered upon her person and about the kitten ;
the place was in an instant filled with smoke, which rendered
it impossible to see a yard before her, and she became. sense-
less, and was - disfigured -in a most shocking manner ; her
breast and neck were burnt so dreadfully; that it would be diffi-
cult to describe the state they were in. She had immediate
recourse to surgical advice, but as the Gentleman she had con-
sulted, anti who had dressed her wounds, said that it would be
impossible for her to do any work for a long time, she wished
to have the means afforded her of retiring into a privatelodging,
until She should he in some degree recovered ; and fet;ing con.
vinced that Mr.•Mattem was the author attic injuries she had
sustained, site applied to him for a trilling allowance for her
lodging and board, until she got better, and to pay the expences
of her surgeon ; but he refused to do either, and she was com-
pelled to apply-to the Magistrate.
Mr. Mattem Said that lie was-altogether innocent of the of-
fence alleged against him : he had never put any thing into
the fire, nor had he gone near the kitchen on that day. lie
was extremely sorry, he said, for the great injury the poor wo-
man had sustained. lie was willing to keep the woman in his
own house until she got-cured. •
Sir G. FAIMANT said he did not consider Gs. for lodgings,
and lfts. for board, very extravagant fbr the week, and surely
Mr. Mattem could not refuse to pay the poor woman's surgeon's
expences.
Mr. Mattem said he should follow the Magistrate's advice;
and the parties left the office with the understanding that the
poor woman was to have the allowance she asked for.

HAT TON.GARDEN.--THE LOVED M EWEN To.—Vester.
day a young lady of a pretty, simpering manner, presented her-
self to the presiding Magistrate, Mr. ROGERS, and entreated
his advice in an aflair of the utmost moment to her pewit.'
The Magistrate, with his accustomed urbanity, professed
his willingness to do any thing that might contribute w her
or namea
of
hap-
piness, if consistent with his judicial duties.
The applicant then stated, that a gentleman (whose
she was obliged to withhold) had come to her apartments in
Somerstown last night, and taken away from them a portrait
inestimable value. •
Alagistrate—Did its value rest in the portrait or the frame ?
Applicant—The frame was very rich indeed—but, Sir, the
picture itself was inestimable, from the many fond remem—
brances which were associated with it. I would not have sold
it for " such another world of one entire and perfect chry,„
solite."
,Magistrate--I presume the portrait was that of the parson,
you allude to—was it not?
Applicant—Ycs,.Sir (a tear, brighter than the brightest gem
plucked from the darksome caves of the ocean, started to the
humid eye of the fair suppliant as she resumed her narrative of
this much-loved memento)—it was given Me l lhinoirsevlfieswoimnge
eighteen months ago, but as he and I have quarrelled, he was
resolved to deprive me even of the solitarysolace
his dear image, even on canvas.
Magistrate—l am afraid, Madam, this is a case in which I
cannot interfere. The portrait was merely a gift, which the
giver, however unkindly, might at any time reclaim.
The Lady heaved a sigh, and withdrew.

UNION-HAL L.—Mr. W. 11. Bodkin applied. yesterday to thee.
Ai: :tog irsatvr ne
.eisafnoer, orderßorough.
o u 11 to
Ictom appearedp el the parish fl
this
poorieer S'wt.h7se-
viour's to grant an allowance to a poor Irishman residing at No.
name issnarcy, had applied by letter to Mr. canning for relief',
stating, that ins two children were just dead and his wife dying
of the small-pox. This letter Mr. Canning sent to the Mendacity
Society for investigation, and one of the visitors going to the
poor man's lodging, his wife was found in the most distressing,
state. Immediate application was made fbr parish relief, which
was refused on the ground that the man had applied on the Oth
instant, and on the pariah surgeon sending to see the woman,
1,
jetted to thisaeendad‘ising llerro
arrangement.nitwai he
to tTheS
poorrnta drat Small.
pox Hospital,
swore at the over-
seer grantett him no relief on Friday week (the Ilth), and that
powder,tim a
1'
a
Surgeon
told him t
sent
ayouif come t
man
tli enext
see
ee
11is
Vlife,whoita l,
senthe 111)
morning and say how
she was, when an offer was made to remove her to the Hospital,
which he objected to at her request. she being unable to be re-.
moved ' • since that day no further notice was taken of her.
The MAorsT RATE reprobAted this neglect, and granted an°
order for seven shillings a week, and that the surgeon should
visit the poor woman immediately., Be at the same time in
formed the Overseer, in a decided tone, that because a pauper-
was Irish he was not to be deprived the benefit of the law.
It was ascertained that the poor man had 'just parted with
his last pawnbroker's ticket to a milkweman fora little milk
for his wife, who would certainly have perished but for this in-
terference.

We are happy to learn from the IJampshtre
Chronicle, that Dr. Iltrcurstsow, whose ammeter, profes-
sional talents., and attention its Medical Superintendant of Abe
Milbank Penitentiary, were so clearly established in a Com-
mittee of the 'louse of Commons, is appointed by his Alajesty's
Government to the Dock-yard at Sheerness.

PRlct

LITERARY NOTICES.

I. The HERMIT in EDINBURGH ; or. Slretchca of Man:
nerd and real Characters and Sdenes in the Drama of Life.
In 3 voltanes 18s
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This work far exceeds the other Hermits of
the day, inasmuch as real characters and actual.
scenes in the Sc'ottish capital fill its pages. I,t it
a common Opinion that it is a continuation of
former celebrated publications by the Modern
Spectator, NY bilbt it is positively asserted by some
that the witty satirist starts here for the first
time in the field of Criticism. Whoever he be,
du. work is a most amusing publication ; its
satire gliding on the swift wings of tight wit and
good humour, lashing without personality, and
exciting mirth without malice. What adds great=
lv to the interest of the work, is its embracing a
lapse of twenty years up to the present day, and
depicting all the diverting characters and scenet
during that period, the tframatis person being
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ofti
and
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It 'The BEAUTIES of MODERN LITERATURE, in
:Verse and .-Prme. To which is prefixed; a. Preliminary
• Vievi of the Literature of the Age,. by M. M‘DzitmoT,
Esq.-Author of a Critical Dissertation on' Taste. In 1 vol.
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This ►vork comprehends the spirit of English
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comprising a variety of Interesting and very di-
venitied subjects,' from grave to gay, from lively
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the Editor. As. a parlour window and post-
chaise companion, calculated to improve and ex-
pand the mind, it will he found most excellently►
well adapted. The preliminary essay, which ex=
tends through a hundred pages, is evidently the
production of a mind of very Considerable talent
and acquirements, and frilly illustrative of the
writer's proposition, that there is no subject which
a writer of genius takes up, on which he cannot
exercise all the genius -of which he is master.—
The remarks on composition, as well as on the
'literature of the age, are very pertinent and jita
dicious.

111. WOLSEY the CARDINAL, and his TIMES, Courtly,
Political, and Ecclesiastical.—.By GEORG': firiwann„ Esq.
Author of Lady Jane Grey and her Times. illustrated with
a Portrait and Autograph of the Cardinal, and numerous
Cuts, Ids.

The subject of this volume is a memorable in-
stance of the instability of human grandeur. Mr.
Uowaril's object has been to compile such a life
of Wolsey as should refer principally to personal
biography, and
,to the peculiar customs and man-
ners of the times,

Under this view of the subject, the pomp and
splendour of the Cardinal's establishment ; his
insolence in prosperity, and his pusillanimity in.
adversity, as matters of historical interest, are
well detailed, and furnish much curious informa-
tion. Works of the kind before us (it is well
observed in the last number of the Gentleman's
Magazine) are excellently fitted to supply the
defects in history, where a leading personage
may not have his proper share of distiqction,
and the result be much the same as spoiling a
drama by curtailing the acts and speeches of the
principal character. Another contemporary-
(the Critical Gazette) says, " Mr. !toward has
depicted Wolsey exactly as we think he was.
In the several stages of his progress, and onward
to his decline, fall, and death, the heart and
mind of this singular man are figured to us in per-
haps the best of all possible ways--in his de-
meanour and his actions." There is another par-
Ocular also, in which this work has an essential
value ; namely, in reconciling some chronological
discrepancies, arising from time different modes of
notation used by the earlier annalists. Of the
splendour of Wolsey's establishment, seine idea
will be formed, as well RS of the state of the
times, by the fact that his 4 cheine roll' cotta.
prised upwards of eight hundred persons, of all
ranks, including nine or ten peers, or sons of
peers, fifteen knights, and forty esquires; but
then it must be stated that these latter were not
considered as domestics, but as friends who re-
sided in 'his family either for education and
knowledge of tie world, or for state purposes,
merely adding to the show on days of ceremony.
Three boards were daily spread in his ball,
wherever he might be resident : at the head at
the first sat a priest, in the office of a steward ;
at the head of the second, a knight, us treasurer;
and at the third, an esquire, who was always
conptrol
plerol7sessfltet:
nh)onuch interest.t
seloltlThe volume, al-
together,

When GEOHOE 111. and his Queen visited the
camp at Worley, in Kssex, in 1778, they fixea
their head-quarters at Lord Panto 's, at Thorn.
don-place. The magnificence with which the
Noble Peer received his Royal Guests may be
inferred from the expences of three days) vildas
amounted to 12,0001.

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1:11,
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isauetrteti
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KIND from one circumstance) viz.:—Whenever
Isis MAJESTY approached it certain gate in the
park, there ho found the isolated stranger in the
act of alighting from his horse to open it for his
fSpuorlovile)poresheiigndnit.uktleOniongfehtfiliiiit:.gaelthshuilmia:ndecasi)inierwitirsiipnitgylie iwaKazatHh—:
:honour, hut if you will Knight my horse,perhaps
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were said of him.