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LONDON, SATURDAY E/ENING, AUGUST 18, 1832.

their statements. Whether it is the intention of'
the magistrates to benefit their clerks by this regu
lation is perhaps worthy of consideration ; it is cer•
wilily a question, whether it would not be prudent
to prevent their being concerned for prosecutions in
ar►y case..

► with the prisoner about six weeks ago, in conse•
que►►ce of his calling upon him, and representing
himself as a dealer in antiquities, at the same time
offering a pair of ancient pottery vases for sale,which
witness ultimately purchased. He saw nothing further
of him till about a fortnight ago, when he met the
prisoner accidentally in the street, who stopped him.
to say he had to dispose of a number of bronze
antiques, found on an estate near Naples, pulling out
one of the pieces of bronze, now produced, as a
specimen. Witness, who was ignorant of the value
which connoisseurs set upon these fragments of anti-
quity, purchased, at various times, the whole 16
pieces, for somewhere about 91., which was only a
trifling reduction of the price which the prisoner
himself asked for them. Having accidentally learned
that a similar description of antiques were to be
seen at the Egyptian Hall, witness went to look at
them, for the purpose of ascertaining what was the
real value of his purchases. He inquired the price
of a vase, upon which the persons to whom he put
the question asked him if he had purchased any
vases similar to that lately? He told him he had,and
also other descriptions of antiquities, giving his card,
and inviting the inquirer to come and inspect them.
Monsieur Castellani did call that same day, and im-
mediately identified the 16 bronze antiques now pro-
duced. Mr. Till said he gave them up instantly,
and he very much regretted that the nature of the
case required him to come forward, because it might
possibly appear that he had not acted with due
caution in making such purchases from the prisoner.
He begged, however, to state, that he had been
completely deceived by the plausibility of the pri-
soner's representations, and from his being a
foreigner.

The Magistrates observed they had known and
dealt with Mr. Till long enough to know that not
the slightest imputation could attach to him in the
transaction.

The prisoner declined saying any thing in defence.
Mr. DYER should fully commit him upon the
charge of stealing the bronze antiques.

TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.

Charles James, who has been several times con-
victed for selling unstamped papers, was brought be-
fore Mr. Alderman THORP.

The officer yesterday observed the prisoner sell-
ing caricatures, and also a variety of publications.
Re purchased the Poor Man's Guardian, and other
works. The defendant was very communicative,
and said that since he had been released from prison,
he had journeyed through Kent and the adjoining
counties, and had been very successful. The officer
then brought him to this office.
Among the many papers seized was one which
represented a scene from King Richard 111. " as
performed at the Theatre Royal, St. Stephen's,
completely damned by an overflowing audience.
Characters—Duke of Gloster, Captain Nosey;
Deighton and Forrest, the smotherers of innocence
(creatures of Gloster), Messrs. Lumberland and
Latherall (who are in the act of smothering some
one, who exclaims " Oh my Bill.")

Glos. " Come to me after supper,
When thou shalt'st tell the process of its death ;
Meantime, but think how I can do thee good,
And be inheritor of thy desires :
Farewell till then."

Another was termed, The Devil's Menagerie of
State Paupers, which represents a variety of beasts
and birds, the heads forming likenesses of those
who are receiving benefits from the pension-list.
Mr. Alderman THORP committed the prisoner
for three months.

IRELAND.

LIMERICK PETTY SESSIONS, SATURDAY.

A LIMERICK LASS.

The first charge investigated was one of assault,
in which Mr. de Courcey, the butter inspector, was
plaintiff, and a young lady, named Kiely, a niece of
Mrs. Sheehy, of Roche's-street, innkeeper, was de-
fendant.

Mr. de Courcey stated the nature of his complaint
in a few words. He had been, he said, on a country
excursion at Penfield, near Ballysimon, the summer
residence of Mrs. Sheehy, on Thursday last, and had
there met Miss Kiely, who had resided with her
aunt, and in whose company he was to have dined.
It so occurred, however, that a dispute arose between
the young lady and himself before dinner, and her
conduct on the occasion obliged him to now bring
her before the bench to answer for it. She had, in
fact, taken a wine-glass from off the table, and had
struck him with it over the nose, cutting it severely,
and swelling all the neighbouring parts, particularly
his cheeks and upper lip, in a dreadful manner by
the blow.

Every eye was hew riveted on the young lady,
whose appearance, contrary to the impression pro-
duced on our minds by Mr. De Courcey's charge,
indicated the gentlest feminine deportment and mo-
dest and retiring manners. She is of a delicate and
slender form, and very prepossessing, if not very
handsome—in a lover's eye she would certainly
appear both. Her defence, as was given in evi-
dence, was as follows:

Some time before dinner hour, Mr. De Courcey
and his friends arrived at her aunt's house, in which
there is but one room not used as a bedchamber,
apart from that in which meals are usually served
up. In this room Miss Kiely and a young female
acquaintance of her's were preparing to receive their
visitors. The former was undressed, and the latter
was assisting her equipment by lacing her stays.
This vas theourinteresting
woo not
situation nk on fo
‘tvhne ladieshave when
Mr. De.
rived, like another Gilbert Glossin, burst into the
room. Instead of retiring on the instant, he boldly
I.loi as
maintained his footing, and seemed as fixed to the
he stood immoveable, despite of all remonstrance,
like the pestilent visiter from whose bad influence
the affrighted world now seeks to be disengaged.
There are few men, we think, of ordinary feelings,
who would have been proof against the expostula-
tions of two young girls in such a distressing situa-
tion, and undaunted by the rebuke even of their
eyes. As it was, the complainant used very coarse
expressions, because the ladies did not leave the
apartment immediately upon his entering it, forgetting
that the flight of ladies is not always practicable when
they are in their dishabille, and wholly regardless of
what decorum must have suggested to himself. But
Miss Kiely heroically asserted the dignity of her
sex, as we are about to show. When dinner was
announced, the young lady was, of course, invited
to sit down ; but she declined. She was again in-
vited, but declined again. On being entreated a
third time to sit down, she said, " I cannot sit in
the company of so iniquitous a fellow (meaning Mr.
De Courcey ;) I cannot stoop to such society :"
sentiments which drew from the complainant a
retort in the following words—" you ! Is it
the likes of you who would say so : two sods of a
keerawn." We confess we are not yet so previn-
cialized as to understand what the latter branch of
this sentence means. We never heard it before, and
are ashamed to write it down. But we who per-
form the humble office of reporters, are sometimes
reduced to the condition of the maitre des basses
wurres, who has commonly dirty work to do, with-
out always finding gold.
Miss Kiely was highly incensed by the expression
just noted, and though simply the niece of an inn-
keeper, she was animated with the true spirit of a
virtuous woman notwithstanding. She run to the
dinner table, seized a wine-glass, and flung it in the
face of Mr. De Cooney, from whose wounded nose

(PRICE 7D.)

the blood flowed copiously. But we must describe
4r. De Courcey's nose.
Mr. De Courcey's nose is Roman, or, speaking
in more modern phrase, of the Wellington charac-
ter. It is very large, and forms a high angular
point at its junction with the forehead, causing a
rather abrupt declivity towards the cavernous orifices
below. There is nothing about it of a graceful de-
clination, such as is described between the plane
and the prime vertical circle—nothing of the easy
and natural slope to either end from the centre part
as in the structure of the Athlunkard bridge. It is
quite a perpendicular nose ; and any one falling from
the top of it would be sure to be killed. The blood
having ceased to issue forth, dark purulent matter
had formed around it, and it looked for all the world
like the crater of Vesuvius, with lava resting on its
bosom, after the flames subside.
The Magistrates, after a consultation of a few
minutes, fined the young lady 2s. ed., and awarded
the costs of the suit against her.
Mr. Barry—You can take the full value of your
nose out of that, Mr. De Courcey.—(Laughter.)
Miss Kiely was then banded out of Court.—
Limerick Herald.

FRANKFORT ON THE MAINE, AUG. 7.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

There is certainly to be found both consola-
tion and hope in the indignation of Europe
against the brute power which tramples down
German liberty. It supports us in our degrada-
tion, and promises relief. We do not doubt its
progressive force, in proportion as our rulers in-
crease their tyranny. The mouth-pieces of Mi-
nisters, whether in France or England, may sound
their notes of moderation. It is very decorous,
no doubt, that Cabinets should keep on civil terms
with their " old and faithful allies ;" and every
one appreciates the courtesy with
which a Minis-
ter may disavow the diatribes in which he, all
the while, exults. It is, therefore, well to find,
even in the liberal Press of London, recommen-
dations of calmness and disapproval of violence,
in the discussion of acts, which outrage not only
the institutions of German, but the spirit of the
age, and the feelings of the civilized world. But
this will not silence one patriot voice, nor check
one patriot pen. All will unite in efforts to
keep the sword unsheathed for a while; yet each
will urge on the spirit of Europe to the now ine-
vitable contest, and work up the people to the
pitch in which desperation flings away the scab-
bard. it is in vain to represent the points in-
volved in the Protocols of the Diet as merely
German questions ; or to preach cold theories
of egotism and isolation. The science of Poli-
tics is widely expanded of late. Other systems
than those which have too long held back the
world are unfolded. Truth is broader and clearer
than it was. If Statesmen have not a higher
mission than of old, they at least see with an
enlarged vision. Almost any man can now read
and understand a few plain axioms, which un-
ravel a web that is no longer complex or intri-
cate. The free countries of Europe have now
one common interest, and that is the mainten-
ance of general freedom. Each is virtually bound
to aid the other. It is a debt of national ho-
nour, apart from all doctrines of selfishness.
But if Poland, Italy, and all Germany are en-
slaved, can France and Belgium (should England
stand aloof) hope to escape ? And what then
becomes of England, if, one by one, every other
Constitutional State succumbs ? Will she be
able to resist the giant combination, that even
now aims its shafts against her, over the bowed
heads and prostrate bodies of the crushed
nations ?

We are told that Germany is populous and
strong enough to work out her own relief against
the despots. I deny the assertion. Populous
enough she is, it is true. But France and
England, in sanctioning the distribution of her
territory into some dozens of small States,
handed her over, gagged and manacled, with teeth
drawn and claws clipped, into the clutches of
the three despotic Powers. Germany is a coun-
try of shreds and patches. It is impossible for the
various Sovereigns, much less the various peo-
ple, unarmed and unorganised as they are,
to consolidate any bond of union by which they
could resist the compact and embodied power of
either Austria or Prussia alone, to say nothing
of Russia. What then could our mockeries of
States and Sovereigns do against the million of
bayonets which the triumvirate can command ?
It is cruel as well as unjust to taunt the small
States of Germany with their submission. And
it is both ungenerous and unwise if France and
England wash their hands of the affair, and leave
millions of the ardent friends of liberty to perish
in their thraldom.

It is said that Germany should not blame
France or England for her present state. I main.
tain that she has every right to do so. If they
sanctioned the broad surface of Germany being
cut into a Harlequin's coat, they should have
fostered and protected the living body of intern-
ast
Eenro which it may be figuratively said to cover.
jihaenFieTtottne-11raiktortprotocols, is an
undoubted fact. Their best advocates admit,
that " they gave a negative answer to the inquiry
as to whether they would interfere, and thereby
encouraged the Diet." And what a fatal affir-
mative have their two negatives composed ! I
can well imagine the policy (so to call it) which
led to this. It was, no doubt, the condition de-
manded by the despots for their promised con-
sent to the settlement of the Dutch question.—
The French and English Governments balanced
what seemed a prospective evil against a present
good, trusting to the sincerity which guaranteed
the unholy compact, and they abandoned Ger-
many to secure Belgium. Admitting the neces-
sity to which they thought it wise to yield, Ger-
many has, individually, no less a right to com-
plain. But the case much stronger if we
look back a little to what might have been
done, and by which even the apparent ne-
cessity might have been avoided. Within
this year, even miracles might have been ac-
complished in the cause of constitutional free-
dom in Germany. Its subtle spirit had pene-
trated into the hearts and minds of the people ;
the very rulers, were unable to resist it. Man)
of the small States and several of the slender
Monarchs vied with each other in proofs of en-
lightened feeling. The universal sympathy with,
and the enthusiastic generosity towards, the
Polish refugees, and the debates of the various
Chambers, showed what the people and their
Deputies felt. The ample liberty of the press
and the publicity of trial gran,ed by the Grand
Duke of Baden—the emancipation of the Jews
and the formation of a National Guard by the

co-Regent of Hesse, and many other minor acts
of liberalism, told what these petty Sovereigns
were disposed to do in the spirit of generous
emulation, had they been properly upheld and
encouraged by England and France ; and if, so
far from that, they were abandoned to the rage
of Austria and Prussia, and left to choose be-
tween spoliation and submission, is it to be won-
dered at ? And who is to blame ? These puny
parodies on sovereign power ? or the two great
Monarchs at the head of nations note all-powerful ?
And in looking at the King of England, can
we shut our eyes on the King of Hanover, or
cease to lament that the character of the one
should be so thoroughly implicated in the con-
duct of the other ? If, as it is said, and no
doubt with great truth, King William has re-
signed all interference in that latter wretchedly-
governed country, and made it over to his Pre-
sumptive Heir, one question naturally presents
itself. What right had he, divine or human, in
fiction or fact, to abandon the people whom it
is his sacred duty to govern well, into the gripe
of a man svho is morally certain to rule them
badly, and who, be it remembered, may by very.
probable circumstances never have any legal right
to reign over them at all ? The fate of three
millions of people should not be thus sported
with. But if King William chooses to disem-
barrass himself of his duty, let him do so openly
tor the sake of his own honour. Let him abdi-
cate at once; and then the unfortunate Hanove-
rians will at least know what they have to expect,
and be able to decide on what they have to do.
In one word—a little month has changed the
whole face of German politics, and the whole
tone of German feeling. War, which was so
lately locked forward to with horror by the true
lovers of their country and of rational liberty,
would be now hailed with delight. It is, in fact,
the only possible chance for Germany. The
despots are compromised and commi ted to a
line of absolute tyranny. The impunity of their
first attempt has destroyed all the salutary fear
which they had begun to entertain of popular
opinion, and of French and English union in
its support. They are now deaf to reasoning and
blind to results. It would be as useless to ap-
peal to the hard hoofs that trample on an over-
thrown group of children. What, then, can the
grieved and indignant patriots do ? Emigrate
to America, as it is said the learned and elo-
quent Rotteck already contemplates; or take
the bolder course of stirring up the public mind,
and hastening in every possible way the grand
crisis of a general European war. How far
France and England may sympathise in this
view of the case it is not for me to judge. It is
enough for me to repeat that it is our only
chance.

The Reform Bill promises to be fertile in
matters of art. An eminent sculptor, we hear, has been
chosen to perpetuate in marble the labours of the chief
men of the ministry. The hint is to be taken from the
sinning of Magna Charts, and the portraits of Lord AL-
THORP, Lord BROUGHAM, Lord J. RUSSELL, Sir F.
BURDETT, Earl GREY, Mr. COKE of Norfolk, and other
Reformers, are to put on the sentiment of patrinti.m in
Parian stone. Nor is this all, a column of granite 189
feet high is proposed to be erected, with the KING on the
summit, and the base ornamented with b is-reliefs, descri-
bing in bronze the different stages of the Reform Bill,
with its final triumph. Other columns of the same cha-
racter are talked of. We will venture to pr,dict that
none of them will be carried into execution. When the
nation was clapping its hands and shouting for the victo-
ries of NELSON, an eminent sculptor, FLaxmAN, proposed
to carve a Britannia, some two hundred feet high, on
Greenwich Hill, in honour of our naval triumphs. The
nation applauded the notion, as they do the Refi•rm Co..
lumn, and then turned to something else, and thought no
more about it.—Athenceum.

NECROLOGY OF 1832.—The Revue liney-
clopedipe enumerates the following distinguished Euro-
peans as having died in the first six months of the present
y,ar —ln England—ClL/sane, the poet; MUNDEN, the
actor; Dr. BELL, founder of the Madras system; CZIO
CLEMENT', the celebrated pianist and composer; Mrs.
MUSTERS, the MARY CHAWORTH of Lord BYRON ;
BENTHAM ; and Sir J. MACKINTOSH. In Sweden—F.
ORMIE, a distinguished writer, by suicide. In Girmany
—Bishop SAIBIER, a learned theologian; FREDERICK de
GENTZ, Aulic Counsellor ; ZELLER, the friend of GOETHE ,
and the latter distinguished personage himself. Switzerland;
BENsTETTEN, the philosopher and friend of HALLER, MU L.
trie, ; and NAEFF, the founder of the deaf and dumb
,ehool of the Canton de Vaud. In Italy—Count de SAURAU,
Austrian Minister at Tuscany; Cardinal PACCA ; Prince
CAMILLE BORGIIEsE, brother-in.law of NAPOLEON ; and
the A .be ANGELO CESARS, astronomer at Milan. is
France—M. CASIMIR PErsiza, Prime Minister; General
LAMARQUE, the republican liberal ; Marquis de CiLau-
vELIN, defender of the sitne cause; M. de IIIar.TIGNAc,
Minister of CHARLES X. ; the Duke de MotcrissQuiEu,
Minister of Louis XVIII. ; General BILLIARD, French
Plenipotentiary at Brussels; CUVIER, the naturalist ;
CHAMPOLLION, the Egyptian antiquary ; BEMUsAT, the
oriental scholar; GARCIA, the composer, father of MA-
LIBRAN, and tutor of ADOLPHE NOURRITT ; General
BALLAsTNROI ; and the Prince of CASTELCICA LA; besides
others of less note.

Thursday an inquest was held at the Pem-
broke Arms, Eirl-street, Kensington, on the body of Mr.
CHARLES MooRE, timber-merchant, of West Kensington-
terrace. The deceased was returning in company with
his son in his chaise from his timber-wharf at Pimlico,
.vhen the horse was frightened in Earl's-court, by a boy
iying a kite in the road, and he started off at terrific Speed.
MOORE, jun. jumped out without injury, but the de-
ceased, in attempting the same act, pitched violently on
his head. He died in twenty-four hours, in great palm
Verdict—Accidental Death.

On Thursday, at noon, a most alarming fire
took place at Gatacre-park, a farm in the occupation of
Miss TONGUE, by which the whole of a large stock of hay
and clover, just harvested, 44 bags of wheat, thrashed for
market, and the extensive out-buildings, were P""-1.1
de—
stroyed. The fire was purely
A most distressing eircumtance oc:;urred at
niiitird wk,st we !w:1•2`,t2:;.. Irv& w=
laughter having quarrelled, the husband interfered, when
the wife, in the moment of passion, stabbed him several
times in the body, which caused instantaneous death.
The wife, we hear, has heretofore been insane. The Co-
roner's Jury brought in a verdict of " Wilful murder,"
end she has been committed to take her trial at the pre-
sent Assizes.—Devizes Gazette.

ATROCIOUS BARBARITY.—On Wednes-
day the keeper of a Boston beer-shop, of the name of
HOWELL, on being followed by his dog, in Grove-street,
contrary to his wishes, suddenly seized the faithful animal,
And, drawing his knife, cut its throat and tore out its en-
trails. The people who witnessed this act followed and
Footed the brute, who threatened to serve some of them
the same. He was had up before the Mayor, undcr the
Act provided for such eases ; and on a further charge be-
ing made against him, requiring bail, he tv,,s sent to p;
son, nobody choosing to give bail ; he has since been lik-
rated.—Boston Herald.

SINGULAR ESCAPE OF AN INVETERATE
DRUNKARD FROM AN ATTACK OF CDOLERA.—I attendtd
to elderly man on the 19th of July, who died in the blue
stage after an illness of about twelve hours. his wife was
intoxicated during the day on which he died, and watched
at his bed-side until the time of his death, which was in
the evening, She then removed the dead body, and
boldly entered the bed, sleeping between the same coverings
under which her husband died. This person has not been
infected up to the present date (August 10th), although a
❑eighbouring female, who assisted her to remove the body,
took the infection, and went through the blue stage, from
which she is now recovered. The neighbours informed
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it
will be generally allowed that the prophylactic v•rtet• can-
not be attributed to the gooseberries.—(lr. Thomas, of
Liverpool, in the Medical Guzet:e.)