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TIM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1834,

should not deem his position, elevated as it is—too
sgfe.—Morning Advertiser.

The Globe thought fit last night, in humble and
distant imitation of Mr. O'Cannell, to impeach the
correctness and impartiality of the Reporters for the
Metropolitan Press. The occasion of this new im-
peachment is the fact that some. of the Morning
Joutnals yesterdayof recorded,
awhile
others omitted
8.1)7.; mention of, the hisses with which the health of
Lord Brougham was received at the civic festival at
Guildhall on the preceding day. Since there is dis-
crepancy in the accounts, it cannot be doubted that
there must have been incorrectness on one side or the
other, but the circumstances scarcely warrant the im-
putation of partiality. For our own report we can
only say that its accuracy has been confirmed to our
entire satisfaction, by the testimony of a great number
of persons who were present at the scene which it
described. Our Contempbrary cautions the Reporters
against repeating the garbled and erroneous repre-
sentations of last Session. This is the language of a
Journal very naturally dissatisfied with . the figure
which the Reformed House of Commons made in
the reports furnished during the last Session to the
diurnal press of the metropolis. We, on the contrary,
maintain that there never was a Session of Parliament
in which greater justice was done to the debates of the
two Houses of Parliament than in the last ; that the
reports were generally faithful, accurate, and able ; and
that whatever disappointment the advocates of the
Reform Bill may have experienced is the fault not of
the reporters, but of that House of Commons which
the Reform Bill called into existence. It is a little
hard upon the reporters that they should be stigma-
tised because a Lord Chancellor gets hissed at a city
dinner, and Members of the House of Commons do
not always conduct themselves with senatorial gravity
and wisdom. The reporters of the daily press are men
of every variety of political opinion. Their party pre-
dilections, when they have any, are always independent
of, and not unfreonently adverse to, those professed
by the journals to which they severally contribute.,
They are necessarily men of edneati. n and intelli-
gence. They are generally men of unquestionable in-
tegrity and honour. From their position they con-
stantly act upon each other at once as a stimulus and
as a check. These circumstances supply the best
guarantee for the general correctness and impartiality
of their reports that can, we believe, be devised—a
guarantee with which the public ought to be and is
fully satisfied. Particular instances of deviation from
the direct and honourable course there may have been.
It would be miraculous indeed were it otherwise. But
a fact may be confidently alleged in favour of the fi-
delity and discretion with which the reporters of the
London press habitually discharge their arduous duty
to the community, to which we believe no parallel is to
be found in the history of any other body, public or
private, namely, that their conduct, as a body, has
never in a single instance been impeached, unless by
men under the visible influence of disappointment,
jealousy, or anger.—Morning Post.

THE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROB-

BERY IN BATTERSEA-FIELDS.

On Monday Willia»z Hill, the driver of one of the go.carts
which ply at the Elephant. and Castle, was brought before
Mr. Murray at Union Hall Police Office, charged on sus-
picion with being one of the parties concerned in the at-
tempt to rob and murder John Culley, a private in the
Woolwich Division of Marines in Battersea-fields, on the
night of Tuesday the 28th ult. The office was thronged
during the investigation, the parochial authorities of Batter-
sea having taken up the matter with great zeal, in conse-
quence of the daring nature of the outrage perpetrated in.
the vicinity of their own dwellings. •

residing
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William Roberts stated that-he is a car
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at No. 10. Wellington-street, Ne,-....in,t0n and
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Tuesday night, the 28th of
vate ‘../ctober, he went into the
Rockingham Arms, at i:oe-corner of the New Kent-road,
nearly opposite to tilt? Elephant and Castle, between
the hours of s'a: and seven o'clock. He then saw a pri-
to the marines standing at the bar in
`,onipany with the prisoner and two other men, whom
he should• know again. The marine appeared to have
been drinking, and he heard him say that he wanted
to go to Battersea, and inquired if he could have a cab
to go there ? The prisoner said that he could have one
of the flies which plied there, and witness heard the marine
agree to go by that conveyance, saying that it was all right.
The prisoner had on an old blue frock coat at the time.—(At
this examination the prisoner wore a drab great coat, which
covered nearly the whole of his person.)—The witness
added, that he then left the Rockingham Arms, leaving the
marine, the prisoner, and the two other men standing in
front of the bar drinking. Witness thought no more of the
circumstance until last Saturday:evening he read an ac-
count in the newspapers of an attempt to rob and murder a
soldier in Battersea-fields, and it immediately occurred to
him that the parties he had seen at the Rockingham Arms
were those to -whom it referred. He therefore lost no time
in acquainting the police of the circumstance, and at the
same time gave a description of the prisoner to policeman
102, of the M division._ _

Mr. MURRAY.—Look at the prisoner attentively, and
Slate whether you have any doubt as to the identity of his
person ? The witness said tl:at he had frequent opportunities
of seeing the prisoner as he passed the Elephant and Castle
previously to the night in question, so that be was quite
confident as to his identity, and also to the fact of his having
had a blue frock coat on at the time.
The prisoner's legal adviser here stated that he went
down to Woolwich, and saw the man upon whom the out-
rage was committed, and that he gave a different account
of it from that which had first appeared.
Mr. MURRAY, upon hearing' this, addressed the person
who had last spoken, and said that as he was attending pro-
fessionally for the accused, it was, to say the least of it, very
injudicious in him to have had any intercourse or conversa-
tion with the marine on the subject of the charge against
his client.

The prisoner's advisers said that he merely went down to
see how the marine was ; that he did not go there for the
purpose of putting any questions to him, but merely to hear
whether he implicated an innocent man, now in custody, and
who had undergone an examination at that office on Friday,
charged on suspicion with being the driver of the go-cart in
which the parties who committed the outrage, went down
from town to Battersea ; (the person alluded to was exa-
mined at this office on Friday, his name is Woodroffe, and
on the following day be was committed to Brixton, for ac-
sorting andgeneral ill-treatment of his wife).
Mr. MURRAY, again addressing the attorney, said, that
as the legal adviser of the prisoner, he should have had no
communication with the marine, as by the line of conduct
lie had pursued on the occasion, he only exposed himself to
observation.

The witness Roberts, in answer to questions put by the
solicitor, said that the blue coat worn by the prisoner on
the n;ght in question reached down about to his knees. He
did not see any of the parties leave the Rockingham Arms,
having left before they did. • He heard the men, whO were
drinking with the marine at the above house, when he in-
quired if lie could not ride
tiown to Battersea, say in
answer, " It's all right, •:.e 'will take you."
Mr. M. yaker-
itn stated that when the witness Roberts
gave him
11,-)^1" information of what had transpired at the
' ~itmgham Arms, he proceeded to Caroline-place, West-
square, and there apprehended the prisoner at his lodgings.
On examining the apartment he found an old blue frock
coat cut up lying in a cupboard.—(The coat was here
produced with the tails cut off, and other parts also cut,
net worn.)—The witness also produced a shirt worn by the
prisoner when taken into custody with spots of blood on
the left wrist.
The prisoner here exclaimed " That old coat of mine

was cut up about six weeks ago to make me a waistcoat,
and I can prove it. The stains of blood," said he, "on
that shirt came from my own person."—He here pulled up
his shirt sleeves, and exhibited the lower part of his arms,
on which a rash was visible, and said that some days ago
he drank a draught of cold water while he was in a state
of perspiration, and afterwards a rash broke out all over
his body, and that it was the blood which issued from his
wrist that stained the shirt in the manner it then appeared.
Inspector Brown, of the M division, on being sworn,
stated that on Sunday morning, while he was on duty at
the station-house in the Southwark Bridge-road, the pri-
soner, who was then in custody, expressed a wish to com-
municate something to him with respect to the outrage at
Battersea. After having been told that whatever he might
say upon the subject would be again related when he was
brought before a Magistrate, the prisoner proceeded to say
that ha was at the Rockingham Arms, along with the ma-
rine aad two other men, whose names he knew, on the
night of the 28th ult., and that the marine treated them.
and ;lave him a glass of rum and a glass of gin to drink.
That -during the time they were standing at the bar, the
math) a having expressed a wish to go to Battersea, he (the
priso aer) undertook to procure a fly for him, and accord-
ingly went and got one off the Elephant and Castle stand.
The prisoner further said to witness, that he did not ac-
con' pany the marine and the other men to Battersea, but
rely .ained in town ; and he also complained to the inspector
of he hardship of being taken into custody on a charge of
311 he was innocent, and said that he should tell the

names. of the men who went in the cart with the wounded

fietgeant *Craw, of the M division, was also present
when the prisoner made the above voluntary statement.
Mi. MURRAY here asked the prisoner if he wished to
make any statement relative to the 'charge ; that it was not
compulsory on his part to do so, but that if he did he (the
Magistrate) was bound to hear what be had to say. Pri-
soner—l saw tbe_soldier on last Tuesday night week at the
Rockingham Arms, and he wanted to go to Battersea, and
I fetched a young man, the driver of a go-cart, to him, and
they agreed, but I did not go myself. (The prisoner here
stopped.)
Mr. MURRAY—no you wish to say any thing else ? Pri-
soner—Not at present.
Mr. MURRAY said that he should hear what evidence the
prisoner thought proper to produce relative to the blue
frock coat found at his lodgings, and which he stated had
been cut up six weeks ago to make him a waistcoat.
Elizabeth Pegg was then called, and she stated that she
knew the prisoner, and was in the frequent habit of being at
hislodgings. She knew that he used to wear a blue frock coat.
Mr. MURRAY—What has become of that coat. Wit-
ness—lt was cut up.
Mr. AIURRAY—How long ago is it since it was cut up?
Witness—About a month ago, I think.
Mr. MURRAY—Refresh your memory, and recollect as
near as you can the precise day on which it took place. The
witness, after some deliberation—lt was last Wednesday
week, I now recollect, that the coat was cut up.
Mr. MURRAY--What makes you so certain now as to
the day ? Witness—The reason is that I was present at
the time, and it was about ten o'clock in the morning.
Ever since then, the prisoner has worn the drab coat he
now has on.
Mr. MURRAY—Did you see the prisoner on last Tues-
day night week, the day previous to that on which you have
stated you saw the coat cut up? Witness—Yes, I saw him
on that night, and he was at borne by nine o'clock.
Mr. MURRAY—What makes you so certain upon that
point ? Witness —He is always at home to his supper
at nine o'clock, and he was at home on that night as well
as others.
Mr. Munnav—Have you had any conversation with the
prisoner relative to the coat ? Witness—None ; but I was
present- when the policeman fetched it away from his
lodgings.
The MAGISTRATE, after having remarked on the variance
in the statements of the prisoner and the witness be Called
with respect to the coat, remanded the former until the
wounded man is enabled to attend.
Mr. Mills, a gentleman residing at Battersea, who has
taken great interest in the proceedings, told the Magistrate
that since Culley's removal from the Hospital Board at
Knightsbridge Barracks to Woolwich, he had called at the
latter place to see him. Culley, although severely wounded
in the face, and very much bruised about the body from the
kicks of his desperate assailants while lying on the ground,
was now getting better. He (Mr. Mills) had seen the Ad-
jutant of the division to which he belonged, who gave him
a most excellent character. Culley said that he thought
that he should be enabled to identify the parties by whom
he had been attacked and robbed, and had a perfect recol-
lection of his having been struck in the face with a knife
or some sharp weapon. That the blow was given with
such force as to divide his nose, and he then fell to the
ground, and was kicked in the body until he was reduced to
a state of insensibility.

Yesterday the young man upon whom the outrage and
robbery had been recently committed in Battersea Fields
was conveyed from the Marine Barrael,..3 at Woolwich, the
medical officer_having given it as his opinion that his exa-
mination at the office would not be attended with any de-
gree of danger now. The wounded man was accompanied
by the sergeant of the division to which he belongs, besides
Mr. Mills, of Battersea, and Sergeant M'Craw, of the M
was ann:mneed
aotnt el)
reprecedingday,geianhvoestaiig,oatttenr
division. At
.three o'clock in the afternoon Hill, the man
e
of the
mwhano,
RAY, and Mr. ELGARiI,
it is necessary to withhold, were brought before Mr. Muir-
examinatio,n. 'I l• marine, of the county Magistrates, for
rine, upon entering the office, ap-
peared oe in a very weak and debilitated state, which
7.„, principally attributable to the quantity of blood he
lost on the night lie was attacked. His face was pale and
emaciated, and the principal injury he seemed to have sus-
tained was the wound which extended down the length of
the nose, and which was strapped over with adhesive plais-
t-_tr ; in fact his-appearance was so much altered from that
rrevious to the outrage as to render it a matter of some
difficulty for the witnesses who had seen him in the com-
pany of the parties suspected of the offence, to recognise
him again as the same person.
Mr. MURRAY on seeing the complainant immediately
directed that he might be accommodated with a chair, and,
addressing him, desired that he would not agitate himself,
but give his evidence slowly, and not exert himself so as to
aggravate his weakly condition of body.
On being sworn, he stated his name to be Edward Cub-
ley, instead of Culley, and that lie was a private in the
Royal Marines. He remembered Tuesday, the 28th of
October, on which day he obtained a furlough from his
Commanding Officer, and left Woolwich for the purpose of
corning to town. He stopped on the way at Greenwich,
and had some refreshment there with a young man, an ac=
quaintance of his, in the course of which they drank to the
extent of three or four pots of porter. From thence he
came on by himself to town, and stopped at the Rockingham
Arms, near the Elephant and Castle, where be had two
pints of porter, a penny loaf, and some butter. At this
time it was getting rather dark, the gas lamps being lit. He
remained in the above house about half an hour, and then
went away and walked along for some time, and as he in-
tended to go to the house of the Rev. Mr. Weddell, of Bat-
tersea, he inquired of a stranger the way to that place. He
then walked on for some distance further, and again inquired
of another man whom he met, and who walked by his side.
As lie was walking side by tide with the man he had last
spoken to, the latter turned suddenly upon him and struck
him upon the bridge of the nose with something sharp, and
with such force as to knock him down and render him in-
sensible. He added that he had no remembrance of any
thing afterwards until his wounds were being dressed at the
house of the surgeon in Battersea-square.
In reply to Mr. MURRAY, the complainant stated that
he had no recollection of having entered into conversation
with any men at the Rockingham Arms. He left that house
alone, and did not remember getting into a go-cart or any
other vehicle.
The MAGISTRATE here desired Hill, the man who was
examined on the preceding day, might stand forward, in
order to ascertain whether the complainant could recog-
nize him. Hill, it will be remembered, was seen in the
company of the marine at the Rockingham Arms, and
when the former was taken into custody he made a volun-
tary statement to Inspector Brian, in which he made an ad-
mission that he was drinking with the complainant at the
above house on the night in question, that he afterwards
procured a go-cart for him to ride to Battersea, but that
lie did not proceed there with him. Hill also save the
names of the driver of the go-cart, and the three men sus-
pected of having committed the outrage, and who since it
occurred have kept out of the way,
Mr. MURRAY, addressing the complainant, desired him
to look at the prisoner Hill, and state whether he had any
recollection of ever having seen him before.
The complainant, in reply, said that he had not.
Mr. MURRAY—Then you don't remember seeing him at
the Rockingham Arms ? The complainant again answered
in the negative.
Mr. MURRAY, addressing the prisoner Hill, said, " You
made a voluntary statement before me yesterday, in which
you said that you were one of the men who was in com-
pany with the marine at the Rockingham Arms on the
eight of the 22d ult. Have you anything further to add
to it ?" Hill said that he had nothing further to say than
that he was there when the marine came in ; that he drank
with him ; and that he afterwards procured a go-cart for
him to go to Battersea.
Mr. MURRAY asked the complainant whether he was not
intoxicated at the time, and the reply was that he was not.
This avowal, however, was contradicted by Roberts, the
carpenter, who, it will be remembered, was the person who
gave information to the police in the first instance, which
led to the discovery of the names of the parties suspected
to have been concerned in the outrage.
A Mr. Matthews was also called, and he stated that he
was at the Rockingham Arms on the night the marine
called there, and that the latter was evidently intoxicated
at the time. The witness also heard him bargaining with
the men to take him to Battersea in a go-cart. He added
that he could identify the men, and immediately pointed out
Hill as one of the parties whom the marine was treating at
the Rockingham Arms, on the night in question.
In reply to Mr. MURRAY, the complainant said that he
had thirty shillings when he left Woolwich, ten shillings of
which he placed in his knapsack, and he was robbed of the
whole of it, except what lie spent on the road, and two
shillings and sixpence which was found in his purse, after
the outrage was committed on him.
Mr. MURRAY here directed the attention of the com-
plainant to another man in custody (whose name at present
it is necessary to suppress), and asked him whether he re-
collected having met with him at the Rockingham Arms ?
This last prisoner has made a confession of great import-
ance to the case, implicating other parties in the outrage ;
but at this stage of the inquiry it is considered requisite
not to publish it, as it might tend to defeat the ends of
public justice.
The complainant having looked earnestly at the accused,
said that he had some recollection of having seen him as he
was leaving the Rockingham Arms to proceed to Battersea.
Mr. MURRAY said that, from all that had yet transpired
respecting the investigation, it was probable that some mix-
ture of a deleterious nature had been put into the liquor,

which the complainant had been drinking on the night men-
tioned. It was evident that he had but a very imperfect
recollection of what had occurred after he once entered the
Rockingham Arms, and met with the men suspected of
having committed the outrage upon him. He (the Magis-
trate) should therefore remand the two priscners, in order
to give the necessary time for the apprehension of other
parties implicated in the offence.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday afternoon, just at the closing of the regular
business of this office, Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., a bar-
rister on the Oxford Circuit, as well as in the metropolitan
Courts, was brought up on a warrant by Goddard the
officer, on a charge of having used abusive epithets and
threatening language to W. Shutt, Esq., one of the Ma-
gistrates of the M arylebone Police-office, with intent to ex-
cite him to the commission of a breach of the peace.
Pritchard Godson, Esq., M.P., attended as the friencl of
Mr. Lee, and Mr. C. Phillips, the barrister, as (we believe)
the mutual friend of the complainant and defendant.
Mr. HALLS, the Magistrate, who granted the warrant,
retired with the parties to a private room for the purpose
of hearing the case, but the reporters made application to
know if it was intended that it should be a private exami-
nation ? _ _

Mr. HALLS immediately desired that the reporters should
be admitted, and saw no particular occasion for privacy,
adding, he was sure they would abstain from publishing any
matter which would necessarily wound the feelings of either
of the gentlemen concerned,
Mr. Shutt having been sworn, the information which had
been taken from him in writinc, at the time the warrant was
issued was read over to him, and was to the following effect :
" William Shutt, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace of the Police Office, Marylebone, maketh oath
and saki', that on Saturday last, the Bth of November, the
defendant, Francis Valentine Lee, met him in Regent-
street, and stopping him, told him he was a liar, a scoun-
drel, and a coward, and said, I have a great mind to horse-
whip you,' at the same time holding out his whip In rather
a threatening attitude. By this language and the manner
of the defendant, witness had no doubt that Mr. Lee in-
tended to excite him to commit a breach of the peace."
Mr. Shutt having signed this deposition,
Mr. HALLS, addressing Mr. Lee, said,--I will put it to
your own intelligence and experience, Sir, that if you admit
having used the words sworn to, they are quite sufficient to
compel me to bold you to bail. Ido not think it absolutely
neeessary for the purposes of this inquiry, that the circum-
stances which gave rise to it should he entered into ; but at
the same time I beg you to understand that I am perfectly
ready to bear any statement that you may have to make.
Mr. Lee—As a professional man, I am fully aware that
this is not the time or place, strictly speaking, to make any
statement beyond the mere admission or denial of the words
imputed to me ; but I am quite prepared to enter into all the
circumstances of the case. I received a communication some
time ago, stating that when a friend of mine, who sought to be
admitted a member of the Clarence Club, was about to be
ballotted for, Mr. Shutt, in a conversation with Mr. Bulkeley
Williams, said he (Mr. Shutt) objected to him, or intended to
object to him, because he was the associate of blackguards.
Mr. Williams said, " Can you point out any one black-
guard with whom he associates ?" " Yes," was Mr. Shutt's
reply, " I will tell you one—Valentine Lee, of the Oxford
Circuit, because I have called him a liar to'his face with
impunity, and he did not resent it ; but," added Mr. Shutt
to Mr. Williams, " I make this communication to you in
confidence." " Good God," said Mr. Williams, "Do you
think I can receive such a communication in confidence ?

Certainly not ;" and the conversation was on the following
day communicated to me.
Here Mr. Lee produced rather a voluminous correspon-
dence, and said,—l have here letters which will fully
Here Mr. Shutt rose, and interrupting Mr. Lee, with an-
appeal to Mr. Halls, said,—The case is not, I trust, to be
tried here, and I object to the reading of those letters to
which Mr. Lee refers.
Mr. Lee—But I wish to state all the circumstances, and
the Magistrate has given me leave to do so.
Mr. HALLS-1 certainly did say I was willing to hear
anything you might wish to state ; but if you lmit the
words, and I believe you will not deny them, it is quite
sufficient authority for me to direct you to find sureties -to
keep the peace.
Mr. Lee—l admit the words with one exception-. Ido
not believe I made use of the word " scoundrel." I admit
that I called Mr. Shutt a liar, a blackguard, and a coward,
but Ido not remember the term " scoundrel." I might,
however, have used it.
Mr. Charles Phillips here observed that perhaps his
friend Mr. Shutt would be satisfied with a promise from Mr.
Lee that he would not again annoy him in the street.
Mr. Lee (with a careless sort of air and smiling)—O, I
have no objection to make a promise of that kind. I have
accomplished my object, and that is all I could desire. I
shall not condescend to notice Mr. Shutt at all'in future in
the street or anywhere else.
Mr. HALLS suggested that perhaps an apology from Mr.
Lee for the terms which he had used would not be ob-
jected to.
Mr. Shutt wanted no apology.
Mr. Lee—Nor shall I make one under any circumstances.
Mr. Shutt said Mr. Lee was at liberty to say anything
he chose privately, but he would not be insulted in the
public streets.
Mr. Lee—Once more I admit using the terms men-
tioned. I thought as I spoke then, and I think so now,
and see no reason whatsoever to withdraw one syllable of

what I said.
Mr. HALLS said a warrant had been issued upon this
complaint, and he did not like to take promises in cases of
this kind, because, generally speaking, both parties were in
the wrong. If Mr. Shutt, however, was satisfied with the
promise made by Mr. Lee that he would not again annoy
him in the street, there was of course an end of the matter,
but otherwise Mr. Lee must give bail.
Mr. Shutt—After what Mr. Lee has just now said, I
shall insist upon bail, certainly.
Mr. Lee had rather give bail at once than have any fur-
ther controversy, and said he supposed the worthy Magis-
trate would not object to his friend Mr. Phillips for one
surety.
Mr. HALLS (laughing)—O, certainly not.
Charles Phillips, Esq., of Bedford-square, and Pritchard
Godson, Esq., M.P., were then bound in recognizances of
1001. each, and Mr. Lee in 2001., for the appearance of the
latter at the Sessions, and meanwhile to keep the peace to-
wards all his Majesty's subjects, and towards W. Shutt,
Esq., in particular.
The parties then retired.

Q UEEN- S Q UARE.
Yesterday Charles Swaine, in the employ of Mr. Bush, of
Little James-street, Gray's Inn-lane, appeared to a sum-
mons taken out against him by Lord Tullamore before Mr.
WHITE for furiously driving a horse and cart in the public
streets, and breaking the pannels of his Lordship's cabriolet.
Mr. WHITE told him that the damage was estimated at
five guineas ; be, however, had no power to order him to
pay more than 51. for the damage. He was also liable to a
penalty of forty shillings for furiously driving, but he would
mitigate that penalty to ten shillings and costs.
The defendant offered to pay five shillings per week.

Mr. WHITE told him that he must make his own arrange-
ments. If the money was not paid he must commit him to
the House of Cerrection.

The money was not paid, and the defendant was locked up.

LAMBETH-STREET.

AN ACTRESS IN A NEW CHARACTER. - Among the
disorderlies brought to this Office was Mrs. Blanchard,
the wife of the late, and mother to the present, comedian
of that name, who was charged with being drunk, and in-
capable of taking care of herself on the night before.
Police constable Cumming, H 186, on the preceding
night, at about half-past eleven o'clock, while on duty in
East Smithfield, observed the prisoner roll over once or
twice on the foot pavement. Supposing it to have been the
result of accident, he assisted her up, and put her fairly
on her legs again ; but she had not proceeded mer than
half a dozen steps before she had another roll on the pave-
ment. He again assisted her, and not wishing, from the
respectability of her appearance, to take her to the station-
house, he assisted her on for some distance, when he
thought she would be enabled to go along ; but finding that
she had got worse, and that she refused to give her ad-
dress, he felt it to be his duty, in justice to the lady herselF,
to take her to the station-house. On their arriving there
his charge made an excellent use of her tongue, over which,
very different from her limbs, she appeared to exercise the
most perfect control. She assumed all the air and dig-
nity of a duchess, and told constables, inspectors, and ail
that she would make them suffer on the next day for pre-
suming to, interfere with her, or depriving her of her li-
berty ; but being decidedly drunk she was detained for her
personal safety.
Mrs. Blanchard, who is seventy-four years of age, and
was rather fantastically attired, assured the Magistrate that
she was overcome more from fatigue than anything she had
taken. The fact was that she had come all the way from
Vauxhall, and, her shoe-strings pinching her, she stooped
down to adjust them, when the policeman came up, and
took her to the station-house. . _

Mr. WALKER. hoped her shoe-strings would not pinch her
so tight for the future, and discharged the old lady, advi-
sing her to be a little more cautious for the future.

Sunday the 2d inst. the wife of Thomas Wilson,
servant in Lainshaw, was safely delivered of three female
children, who, with the mother, are alive. and doing well.
The mother has had no children these ten years past.—
Glasgow Chronicle.