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THIS EVENING, Jmlb, at light o'clock,
• Mr. Wilson will give a SELECTION of the
FAVOURITE SONGS OF THE SEASON.
PROGRAMME. _ _ .

GENERAL TOM THUMB will POST-'
• TIVELY CLOSE his EXHIBITIONS is LONDON on the
20th of July, and immediately leave for several of the provincial
towns, Ireland, Scotland, and Faris. The General has had the dis-
tinguished honour of three times visiting, by Royal command, her.
Most Gracious Majesty and the Royal Family. The elegant presents
from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Duke of Devonshire, and
others, may be seen, . The General exhibits in the day time ,froin
Eleven to One, and from Half-past Two to Five, In CATLIN'S
INDIAN GALLERY, Egyptian-hall; and in' the Evenings gives
Concerts •at the ADELAIDE GALLERY, from Seven to Nine
o'Clock. Admission One Shilling. •

SUMMER AiSSAZES.
ROMP- ClRCUlT—Hertford, July 13.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a

referred to to keep watch.. They went, however, into the
round-house, and after sleeping for some time, awoke and
began to quarrel. The -deceased wanted to fight, which
Spilsbury refilled to do, and the deceased getting very noisy •
and determieed to-fight, Spitsb,ury went below. .to the prr-
soner, who was aileepin bed, to complain of- him.- The
prisoner told' him to goback and fight it out. Spilsbury on
this -went on-deck, and meeting the mate he had a quarrel
and 'a tussel with him. Whilst this was going on the pri—
soner came on deck with a 'pistol in bis hand, and parted
Spilsbury and the mate. The mate then went below and the,
prisoner then moved towards the deceased, and then, evi-
dently by seine' Accident, the pistol went off,- and the ' de-
ceased was shot. The prisoner evinced the greatest sorrow
went on shore immediately and procured a surgeon, and
fetched him again, the .next morning. His skill, however; •
was quite unavailing, and the deceased died on that day. .
Mr. Coeiceunzi -addreased the jury, contending that the
thing was altogether an accident: •- - " -
Mr. Justice WIGHTINIAN summed up the case, telling the
jury that -if they were satisfied
_that death had been occa-
sioned by a eatelessnse'of_ the pistol by the prisoner, it was
manslaughter. If they were not satisfied of this they must
acquit him.
After a long consultation they returned a verdiet of .Not
Guilty, and the prisoner was forthwith discharged. '
Benjamin Hunt was indicted with having unlawfully and
maliciously set fire to a dwelling-house, the property of Sir
J. W. Pollen.
Mr. Polden prosecuted. The prisoner was undefended.
The evidence in 'this case was verycircumstantial, and we
were certainly surprised at the verdict.
A woman was called, who-stated that she went about the
country selling nightcaps and lucifer-matches. On the 14th
April she was at a public-house, when she saw the prisoner,
and he purchased of her two boxes of these' matches. Oa
the sth of April, late in the evening, an uninhabited cottage
of Sir J. W. Pollen, which was situated with several others
near to where the prisoner lived, was on fire. The cottage
was built of mud, with a thatched roof. The back part of
the roof came down very near to the ground, so that a per-
son might have easily put a match Into it, and as it was away
from the road, Would not have been awn. - 'Very-shortly be=
fore the fire was observed the prisoner had been seen near to
the house, behaving -called at a cottage situated close to the
one that was burnt. •He was subsequently met by a man
whom he knew, at a'Short distance from the cottage at which
he had called.. • The :man stopped and spoke- him. Whilst
they were talking together the-fire was perceived by-the wit-
ness, who exclaimed " There is a fire down in old Hunt's
house," which • was the name of the person OCeupying the
cottage immediately adjoining the one buret. The prisoner
replied to thit that he suppoSed • they were singeing a pig.
Witness- said he did not think: they would. be engaged in
singeing a pig at that time of day, and invited prisoner to go
down with him and See out the matter. The prisoner refused
to go, and the witness went without- hint Helmand the cot-
tage on fire, and saw that the• • fire had' e.breirienced in the
thatch. He and-:several otherpersons Whn . 'were assembled-
then set to work and endeavoured to.. -extinguish the
flames. Whilst thus engaged. he 'perceived the prisoner
standing by, and asked him to carry a bucket, which he
refused to do ; and did, in fact, take no part in endeavour-
ing to put out the fire. The cottage was entirely Consumed.
The next day a search was made near the fire, and close
on the spot, and for several yards beyond' it, a quantity of
matches were found scattered on the ground. In a hedge
near to the house the cover of a match-box was -picked up,
which, on being shown to the woman who had sold matches
to the prisoner, was like, she said, those she sold to him,
'though she confessed she could not read. A small bit of
brownish paper was also picked up close to the house,
which had evidently been ignited. Next morning the
prisoner' was apprehended. -He was found' at work with
his jacket off, which was lying on the ground at some dis-
. tance from him. On the policeman going to this jacket, and
taking it up, prisoner said he was very welcome to search it,
but that he would find nothing there. The policeman
searched, and found a hole in the lining of the pocket, and
within this hole the lucifhr matches ; 4e also found a crumpled
piece of paper, which resembled the bit of paper picked up
near the fire.

Common ,Jury.)
COBB V. STORY.

This ease commenced on Thursday and did not con-
clude untillate:ou Friday. It Was an action brought by
Mr. Cobb, a printer at Hertford, and also the proprietor
of the Herts County Press newspaper, against Mr. Story,
the clerk of the peace for that county, to recover a sum
of 150 L, for printing the register of voters for last year:
. Mr. Platt and Mr. Grimston were for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Montague Chambers conducted the case for the
defendant. _
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PAST I.—The Flowers of the Forest—Carl, noo the Queen's come
—The Last Lay of Chatelard—John Knok's First Blast—We're a'
Noddin—Tibbie, I hae seen the Day—Ye banks and braes o' bonny
Doon—Green grow the rashes 0.
Mr. Wilson will sing, by request, the celebrated scene from the
opera of " Fre Diavolo,", descriptive of the life of a Brigand.
PAST IL—The Battle o' Killiecrankie—The Blackbird—My Spouse
Nancy—The Laird o' Cockpen—Saw ye Johnnie coming—The Reel
o' Tullochgornm

_ _ •
RIDING HABlTS.—Ladies ,are invited to in-
sped those made by Messrs. NICOLL; nablt-makers to the
Queen and most of,the Ladles of the Court.
Cards may be had at 114, Regent-street, London.
Messrs. Nicoll offer moderate prices, as a further hulocement to a
correct fitting habit,

Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.
Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music-
shops, and at the Music-hall.
Mr. Wilson's-last morning at Hanover-square Rooms, will ho on
Wednesday, July 17, at Two o'clock.

It appeared -from the statement of the Learned
Counsel for the plaintiff and the evidence that was -ad—
duced, that Mr. Cobb had been applied to last year "to
print a certain number of copies of the register of voters,
and he was bound to complete the work within a given
time, in conformity with the Act of Parliament. By
employing extra bands and making great "exertions, it
was completed within the time, and the plaintiff sent in
his bill, which amounted to 1501 A portion of the Ma-
gistrates at the qnarter sessions considered this amount
excessive, and Mr. Cobb was called on for an explana-
tion, when he asserted that the charge was a reasonable
one, and offered, in order to avoid all litigation, to- sub-'
mit the matter to soy respectable London house and
abide by its arbitration.. The Magistrates assented to
this proposition, but instead of consulting Mr. Cobb, it
appeared that they sent the register to Messrs. Shaw and
Sons, of Fetter-lane, and inquired for how much they
would print the same number of copies, -and those gen-
tlemen not being aware of the circumstances under
which the register was printed, or the exertions required,-
estimated the cost at an amount considerably less than,
the plaintiff's demand. Upon this the quarter sessions
refused to at' the bill, ant. tens pd- the plaintiff 45L,
and upon his refusing to take hat sum they ultimately
offered to gUe 751., which sum he also refused, and after
various attempts to have the business settled amicably,
he was at length compelled to adopt the.present pro-
ceeding
to recove'r the sum due to him.
In support of the plaintiffs, divers persons employed
in their office were'examined, who spoke to.the exertions
required to complete the work within the time, and wit-
nesses from Messrs. Spotiswoode's, Hansard's, and other
eminent printing establishments;' were called to prove
that the charge made by the plaintiff was very reason-
able ; and it was stated that the charge in London, at
the lowest, would have been 1801. or 190 L for the same
'work, so that allowing for the difference of wages in
London and theprovinces, the charge was still very rea-
sonable.
Mr. CHAMBERS, on behalf of the defendant, alluded to
the necessity' imposed upon the Janice* of protecting the
inhabitants frOm any improper expenditure of the county
rate, and he said the defence; he was instructed to set up
was that the amount offered to the plaintiff" was quite
sufficient compensation for the work performed by him.
. Witnesses were called in support of the Learned Coun-
sel's statement, who, express:od their opinion that 76L
was quite sufficient payment for the printine•° of the re-
gister ; and Mr. Dorant, a clerkin the defendant's
office, was called to.prove that on a former occasion the,
plaintiff bad made a tender to print the register for, 45L
It appeared, however, in cross-examination, that at that
time the work would have been
_performed under very
different circumstances, and would ,not have required so
much "exertion to complete it.
Mr. Baron PARKE summed up the whole case to the
jury, who, after deliberating. for abopt a minute, re-
turned a kerdict for the plaintiff for.the full. amount
claimed.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Arrangements have been made for Dr. RYAN to deliver
LECTURES on the evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays,
and Professor BACHHOFFNER en Tuesday and Thursday evenings;
these Lectures, as well as the Morning Lectures, will abound in
interesting experiments. LONOBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE ex-
hibits the human face on a gigantic scale, curiously contrasted with
the living man. Casts of INSCRIPTIONS, taken by Miss Wilson
from the WALLS of the TOWER of LONDON, cut by Lord Guilford
Dudley and other State Prisoners, as well as WORKS of the FINE
ARTS, are magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-'ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING BELL and
DIVER, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. &c. The Music is.
conducted 67 T. Wallis, Mus. Dec.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-pries.

IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN'of. 30,000,000
FLORINS; authorised by his Majesty the EMPEROR of

AUSTRIA.
On the 2d of SEPTEMBER, 1844, there will take place at
YIENNA, the DISTRIBUTION of 700 GAINS, amounting to
70,1701. sterling. There being only 700 Bonds in all, each Bond must
obtain one of the above 700 Gains, the highest of which are 23,0001.,
5,0001., 1,5001., 1,0001.. Ste., &c., and the lowest 501. each.
A few Bonds can be had for 1281. each,
_Ayr with the deduction of
the 501., which they must at least obtain, for 75L halves and fifths
in proportion, being a considerable reduction from the former price.
LOAN of the GRAND .DUICE of BADEN of 5,000,000 FLORINS,
NEGOTIATEU in the YEAR 1841.
The SEVENTH DISTRIBUTION will take place M. Carlsruhei
publicly and irrevocably on the Ist of AUGUST, 1844, when 440
Gains a/rill-be obtained. One Gain 0(.35,000 florins, 10,000, 5,000,
.3,000, Sec. The lowest Gang being 65 florins each ; and 12 florins
are equal to 1/. sterling.
Price oft share, ills. ; Eletien for 572; Twenti-three for 101. Sec.

•
For full particulars and Bonds of the above lnins apply to Messrs.
J. A. Ficblvarz,saild, Bankers, Frankfort on-Maine, or, to save
postage, all applications by letter can be addressed, Mr. A Scliwarza-.
child, Plough-court, Lombard-street, London.

Mr. Justice Wturcritex having summed up these facts to
the jury, after a short consultation they returned a verdict of
Guilty,

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, July 13.
- - CROWN COURT. .
. - (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
John Gurd, a boy, aged 16, was indicted for having felo-
niously aSsaulterCaroline Berger, a child under ten years
of age.
Mr. Sewell conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was
defended by Mr. C. _Saundprs. .
This is a case We should not refer to, but to give publicity
to an important decision pronounced by the Learned Judge
on a point of evidence.
The prisoner had-been in the employ of a Mr. Hancock,
who was not the ‘piuseciftbr, and in went of fact had nothing
to do with the prosecution. When, however, the charge was
made against the prisoner. and before he-was apprehended,
his master told him it would be much better for him to con-
fess. and if he did so, he would prevail, if he could, with the
father of the child not to take any steps in the matter. The
prisoner en.this said, "If. he (Mr. Hancock) would send for
the surgeon he would confess.", The surgeon was sent for,
and the prisoner then made a satement.
Mr. SAUNDERS, for the prisoner, objected to that statement
being received in evidence. It was made, he contended;
after an inducement .held out to confess by his master who
had sufficient authority over him, to render any statement
subsequently made by the prisoner, in consequence of that
inducement, inadmissible. The Learned Counsel cited 2 Russ'
on Crimes, p. 839, and the cases there cited.
Mr. SEWELL, on behalf of the Crown, contended that, in
order to render a statement inadmissible that had been made
in. consequence of, an inducement held out by a third person,
it was absolutely necessary that that third person should be
one in some way connected with the charge, and having some
authority in reference to it.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN (after consultation with his Learned
brother, Mr. Justice Patteson) decided that the party hold-
ing out the inducement being clethed with the authority of
" master," was sufficient to exclude the statement made in
consequence of such inducement.
Mr. SEWELL then stated to the jury that,. in consequence
of the decision, he did not think that he could support the
case,,and he should therefore not proceed with it.
A verdict of Not Guilty was then returned, and the pri-
soner was discharged.
Robert Raez was indicted for the murder of John Harrison,
by shooting him with a pistol.
Mr. Sewell prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr.
Cockburn and Mr. Raulinsere
On the case being called on, Mr. RAULINSON stated to the
Court that he should demur to the indictment, which he ac-
cordingly did. Several grounds of objection were urged in
the demurrer, but.all were abandoned but one. This was
that the indictment charged the prisoner with having com-
mitted this murder on the high seas, and that there was no
proper venue. In'the margin was the venue "Hampshire.""
Then there was an inducement stating that the parties were
on the . high seas when the alleged offence was committed.
The indictment after this inducement went on to allege each
fact to have taken place ".then and there," without directly
averring that it was upon the high seas.
Mr. Itsmissox contended that the averment of place was
not sufficient. It ought to have averred in express terms'
that each fact had taken place on the high seas, 2 Stock Cr.
Pt. 455. The,bnly. venue of importance in this indictment
was that in the margin, which was Hampshire.: The " then
and there" consequently must, be referred to this venue, and
nqt to that stated In the indictment. But even if it were
not so held, it would still be bad for uncertainty, as it would
not then appear to which venue the "then and there" re-
ferred ; and the King e. Rolls, 1 Re. Rep. 223, was cited as.
an authority. , _
'Mr. SEWELL argued. that the. "then and there" must
necessarily have reference to the last venue, which was the
-immediate antecedent.
Mr. Justice WIMITAIAN (after C:Onsulting with Mr. Justice
Patteson), decided in favour or the' Crown; and the prisoner-1
was called upon to plead over. .
Mr. COCKBURN then put in a special plea, which was to
this effect :—That the alleged Offence had been committed on
the high seas. near to Spalatro, in Italy. That a charge,had
been preferred against the prisoner at Spalatro, alleging the
crime to have been committed within the jurisdiction of that
Court. That that charge bad been gone into, and. the pri-
soner acquitted.
Mr. SElmet, prayed some time to consider this plea,
which was granted by the Court. After the Learned
Counsel had done, I}e 'informed the Court that he had deter-
mined to take iesuetlipon it, which lie did in the regular form
and manner.
The jury were then charged to inquire of the truth of this
plea.
In order to prove it, an Italian was called, who- swore that
he knew the handwriting of the chief registrar of the Civil
and Criminal Court'of Spalatro. He also stated thathe knew'
the seal of that Conk., and had seen the original A paper
was then put into his hand, and he .swore that the signature
to the paper was, the signature of the chief registrar, and that
the seal attached to it was the seal of this Court. .
The paper was then tendered in evidence.
Mr. SEWELL objected to its reception. He contended that
before it could be made evidence it must be proved that the
Court had jurisdiction over this offence, and that some lawyer
acquainted with the cases of' the parties must prove that this
paper was in the nature.of a record, and that it was, in paint
of fact, 'a valid instrument.
Mr. Justice WieninteN admitted it. ,
On its being:read It
,proved.to be a document in the. shape
of a certificate 'to this effect :—That the prisoner had been .
tried at Spalatro for homicide; that he had been convicted
and sentenced to live years' imprisonment; that an appeal
had been brought in a-superior court; and that the judgment
had been ordered to be suspended, and the prisoneedischarged.
It was then contended; on the part of the Crewn, that there
was no -evidence that the Pria°oo;'' had been dtily acquitted.
That the prisoner ought to have pr-oduced -the whole of the
record, in order to see what the cliergo win, and upon what
grounds the acquitt,'ti had taken place,
' I
It
was replied, 00 the part of ti?r, prisoner, that this .docu-'
ment was sufficient proof of the trial and the acquittal, and
the case of Rex v. Colson, 1 Leach, 135, was cited as AU 4U"
thority.
• Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN' decided against its sufficiency, on
the ground that it did net appear, from the paper, that the,
judgment was final. The language of the document was that
the judgment, be suspended. Per anything that he (the
Learned Judge) could tell to the contrary, this snsocin- 9
.the judgment had been obtained on thc2 file‘ii-A,9, ,
voi
10
defect in the proceedion-s, 91 Victf vi.iiolallte merits, an there
was netthiqg to snow` that it could be pleaded in bar to an-
other Charge preferred at Spalatro.
The jury were then directed by the Learned Judge to. 1.14
that the prisoner had not been oreviolitty rt.*, /*Q.,
'3yyll the did, an l theic ygclit 144 if en e i ekeied.
' lap ilrlapiOf viii again 4rralgn t anti Pleo9, Uq.6giityl
an the trial proceeded p
~t 4; ,9,§M ili4nr,
•ro Kr. pnygli tbiili 91,4 M. itil}. ilaN, Ail intbrined the jury
that he- ehmild give up the charge of —,— me,. i
~.ter, and press the
case against the pfiSene,r only as a charge of manslaughter.
Having' detailed the circumstances of .the icaee, hf lie-lie
Ict
witnesses to prove it, who spoke RI
.faiientiag agta"i.:.
'.'be prtapper wal.the -eleit9A: 4. tie .Wt 4 6401 "the Ctifef.
tap], MA 110 &WOK ii is 01111 - of tire., men under his rein.
wand. in' Fobruary, in thle year, the brig was iv.;.... 4.
gpalatro, in Italy. The, liaokon2!, '',,ity _ ~ 6 v
...1 0c,,,.i.i. - -5-1 - . went on shore and
sever,. v. ..iem got intoxicated, among whom was the de-
ceased and the ship's, carpenter. wile-71.7 imrealled as alvit-
PFZ-4 wltVit eitl,:tif rtrii.iiik„sli...„ 4.q*ci,
f int
.. 4 fieltt ~i. 11,- ii, i -Teßirfl, J4),ty born•dlt was
ile tiro or the !teccas. an TiPFY Qbe rAille44al:l4l4Vic.) ~ .

The Learned Judge, addressing the prisoner, said that he
had been' convicted of one of the worst ofences known to the
law, as it was impossible to anticipate what loss of life might
ensue from it. It was necessary that the punishment should
be somewhat in proportion to the offence. His Lordship then
sentenced him to transportation for life.
Henry Capel, a respectable-looking man, and a surgeon,
was indicted for the manslaughter of his own child, Emily
Ann Capel.
Mr. Sewell prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by
Mr. Nixping.
The facts of this case are very few. It was proved that
the prisdher had -been married but a short time before the.
occurrence. The child. killed was his first child, and was
about 14 weeks old. A servant stated that she heard her
mistress shriek out, and went into the kitchen where she
was. The prisoner was there, and she saw a small stick on
the ground, broken in two. On the child's head there was a
tnark, and some blood. The prisoner said it would not have
happened, if the stick had not broken. An old nurse stated
that she also went into the kitchen, and saw the stick and
the mark on the child's head. She said to prisoner that he
ought not to stirke his wife. He replied that she had made
use of bad words, and that it was necessary to correct her.
She then took the child, which died in a few hours after.

A surgeon proved that he had made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body, and that he attributed the death to the
blow on the head.

Mr. MISSMG addreesed the jury for the prisoner, relying on
the unsatisfactoiy nature of the evidence.
Mr. Justice liTiGnTatAN, in summing up, told the jury that
if they were of opinion that the prisoner had attempted to
strike his wife, and had occasioned the death of the child,
though without intending it, he would be guilty of man-
slaughter, as beating his wife was an illegal act. If, how-
ever, they were not satisfied, and thought the blow was in-
flicted in some way by sheer accident, they must acquit him.
After a short consultation they returned a verdict of Not
Guilty.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—Yorke July 12. •
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
William Anderson was indicted for a burglary in the house
of Ann Wood, at Haworth, on the.23d .of April last. Mary
Cowl and Ann Robinson were charged with receiving the
proceeds of the robbery, knowing that they had been stolen.
Mr. Elsey and Mr. Fulleine conducted the case for the pro-
secution ; Mr. Wilkins appeared as counsel for Cowl, and Mr.
Bliss for Robinson.

The principal witness against Anderson was a young lad,
fourteen years of age, who had been an accomplice in the
robbery, and was now admitted evidence for the Crown. He
said that the day before the robbery was committed he came
to York with the prisoner Anderson, and, went to lodge in
Walmgate, in the house of Mary Cowl. He came from Hull,
and on the way between Hull and Beverley became ac.:
quainted with,Anderson. Anderson, in the course of conver-
sation with him, asked him if he would like to be a "finger-
smith," and said that he (Anderson) would be the " nailor."
The day 'after they came to York, Anderson and he went to
Mary Cowl's about five o'clock, .and after loitering about for
some time they came to Mrs. Wood's house. Anderson then
took a chisel:out of his coat pocket and prised the door open.
Both went in and went up stairs. They searched the house
arid tried to get into the room where Mrs. Wood slept, but
finding the inmates were being disturbed, they took the
things which they
,had already found, and left the house.
Knaggs,then went on to state that they returned to Cowl's,
and there saw. Cowl and Robinson; that they showed to
them the 'things which had been taken from Mrs. Wood's;
that they got part of the plunder, and assisted in concealing
the remainder. The fact of the robbery having been proved
by other testimony, evidence.was adduced to show that the
prisoner Anderson,' 'in company with linaggs, was seen
loitering about Hey,worth the evening of the robbery, and
about eight o'clock ,wereobserved getting over the fence out
of the garden of ,theproseentrix.- It appeared also, that en
the constable gdingto•CownlibiiSO; she at first denied that
'Anderson hid brought any bundle to her house, but on its
being found in. the coal-hole with a quantity of stolen pro-
perty, she said he,had brought a bundle, but she thought he
,had taken it away with hini•again.
Mr. Wilkins and :Mr. Bliss addressed the jury for the pri-
soners Cowl :awl Robinson.- •

His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found Anderson-Guilty, acquitting the female
prisoners.—Sentence was defeired.
Charles Cluderay was charged with having, at Bradford, on
the 30th of March last, robbed Johr*Clayton.
-Mr. Hardy and Mr-Johnstone were' for. the prosecution;
and Mr. J. Hill foir the-prisoner.
' The preseentoriin this'eaSels', it appeared, a coal-miner,
and on the day,:in.....4.,Aition ,had been at Bradford-market.
On his return home in the evening having arrived at a place
called Boning-lane, near Bradford, he 'was attacked by four
men, who knocked him down, arid took from him some mut-
ton, lard, and other articles. He was-so much injured by the
blow he received,, that he was unable-to give any account of
the persons by whom he had 'been assaulted, .and was con-
veyod burie-in'a•very prpcaricnis state; so much so that, his
lire was fur :setae -time in very considerable danger. Two
persons whsi miero• at some little distance at the time of the
robbery, and saw.tbe. transaction, spoke to the prisoner as
being one of the parties engaged in it.
The prisoner wagfound Guilty.—Sentence deferred.

‘There are two things which are at present engag-
ing the gossip of the town, The one, the rapid strides
the Polka has made in the good paces, of all classes.
The other; the singular virtues contained in ,a;' little
lozenge. While the former. 14 provoking the followers
of " 'rarpsichore" to Jain in its graceful dance, the other.
is giving sweetness and power to the -huMan voice, and
drawing mbre closely the 'levers of" Thalia" to her side;
The far-famed Dr. Stolberg, of grankfort, the,invcntor
of the voice lozenge, will have a glorious monument
erected in never-dying cadences to hio memory, the
vocal tones of our brilliant singers being rendered more
enchanting by-his aid, and the amateur .being, raised
higher in estimation of his private admirqrs.—Court
Gazette. • .

GRAND BANDYrr-,',4..-41VLESe HODSE.—His Grace
the Duke-•iif Wollington„gave a grand banquet on
Satnr-
day evening at Apsley House,,to 00' Pigccrs of the regi-
ments reviewed iluring the morning. His
Royal Highness the Duke'. of Oanxbridge; attended by
Baron Knesebeek; bonoured.the Duke company,
and among.; the-diiiingitished individuals present were
General i.Lord -Viscaunt Combermere, Sir John Mac-
donald, the•-,Aajutant.:Gofieral ; Lardy Fitzoy Somerset,
the Marquis oftendonderry, Sir George Napier, Gene,
ral Sir Willoughby 'Gordon', Quartermaster-Qtncral
Colonel MacdoyVall,:COlOnel Hall, Lo'd
.s4lo,un, Colonel
Cochrane; Colouel _Barriarti, CoAouel lAaseelles, &e. &e,
The band 4;f tip (§Wiil;aoiVV- 'o4arcls, under the direction
pf l4r, q;ta1011, WOO .attendance, and played during
dittneT.`a selection of the most popular ' airs. The party
broke up about half-past nine o'clocl;v-when, the Noble
Duke and several of his eitiestrA left Apsley House- to
attend the Operq, •
TILE Hoxiw OT. 0(IMNIONS, DY .
45,VIPW$DA 4,SRet 0 are requested to state,
that the SeeCtlO Toluule.of the above work;-dedicated, by
remission, to Sir. Robert Peel, is published, this claA Ly
Mr. Colburn, of Great MaribOroug,h-street, 1-,1i.4 may
be had of all booksellers. 3Y4t.., .9.914trAl ttas;. Pt 4-
pp .
fp
blished the go-tyiag;'-4,gon,
go tile, !'F.vs' 4en,eLtMl4l3;. ekr.
Tif.4 mornoira. .0 -tide Babylonian Prir.cess.•
Dedicated; to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, '2 vols. small Bvo.-s.:The Marchioneds of
Londonderry's Narrative a hOT Visit' "to the Courts of
Vi en- q q9fisimltT e'As, ?Pies, vol Svo.
. —2=l4 Thu Y9.1‘114 • f *l4 Striekbind's
i,`Liv4 0 • the que4s-cltr•gngiqucl, eanrising the Sequel,
lOf the Life Queen Elizabeth, the complete Life of
' Arnie of Denmark.

t.
THE 'MANUFACTURES OF • PAISLET.--at this
moment, when the manufacturing skill of France is fos-
tered and promoted by Government awards and konnlnlsl
it is exceedingly,gratifying that the skill of our own
native weavers has afforded another proof4their un-
surpassed 51(411 nncl indotry. A scarf shawl has been.
submitted to , us, the invention of Messrs. Oraham and
Smith, of Ludgate-street (late Everington and (,lraham).
Volir P0911f4 are so eonstruptecl;as Weld :into. faiv-pnty(
different effects ;: either colour can he.work alone, any
two together,. three, or all four, according to. the caprice
of the wearer. Mr. Robert Kerr, of Paisley, is the •en-
terprlsl4o Rigl-UraPturer. who has accomplished the.
"Ye4ving one WOO' this extraordinary- shawl, whiph
is pronounced to ne a soionad 001300 ml 001ar treeto
merit than anythirig of the kind that hog appeared in
the French exposition of manufacittroi.

THB ROYAL INSTITUTIONS 1 EARTIMN gouNn.--
Wrq Witiprsillil4'64. the Iff oerutient hq,ye just pgebßpf4
ibis `4lenclicr pi't,46-004Rie trifig A,s
rst-4f4ee. ThjSricp *tag 60-10014—ofiman.,

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thqreby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

THE BANK CHARTER..
The following is a copy of the petition presented to
the gouse of Lords, on Friday, from the Society for-the
Emancipation of Indestry, by the Earl of Mountcashel
To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and
• Temporal in Parliament assembled:
The petition of the Members of the .S9clety fur the
Emancipation of Industry hereby sheweth--*
That • your petitioners are variously connected with,
and interested. in, trades and professions which bring
them to a knowledge of the difficulties which the Men,.!-
- tary Law of 1130 -has thrown in the Way of all .classes
of producers ; and to a conviction of the privations and
sufferings which it has' inflicted upon artisans and la-
bourers.
That your petitioners have paid -particular attention
, to the Working of that laW, and are prepared to prove
from incontestible evidence that it has taken from the
poorer classes of society upwards of thirty millions ster-
ling annually, by depriving them of the fruits of their
labour, to the amount of, that enormous 'sum. -
That while taxes-have been imposed on articlesvf con•
suiuption, which the
_producer and. the vendors were al-
lowed by means of paper money to, recover, 'during the
late" war, from the consumer, the poor producers of
those gOo'ds are deprived, by the Act of 1819, of the
means of charging those taxes to the parties who ought
to pay them.
That your petitioners bad hoped, that when the time
arrived for the reconsideration of the Bank Charter,
some means would be taken for the correction of this
grievous error ; but they are alarmed to see by the Bill
which has just passed the' House. of Commons, and is
now, before your Lordships' House, that 'there is no in-
tention of correcting it.
That, on the contrary, plans are pronosed'for adoption
which will have the effect of still further contracting the-
amount, as well as the free and proper use of the circu-
lating "medinna,of the country, to the increased injury of
the prodnetive classes, their further impoverishment—
the enriching of those who can live without labour, at
the cost of the poor producers of the wealth ; the en-
riching of the foreigner at their expense ; and, the heart-
less surrender of the industrious members of the commn-
inanity to the grasp. and thraldom of money dealers and
Usurers.

That if this Bill should become law, it is impossible
that the National Debt can be reduced, that the interest
can continue to be paid, and that the taxes can much
longer be extorted from those who are now unjustly com-
pelled to pay them. Already the miseries endured under
our monetary, system, introduced in 1819, little under-
stood, but miserably felt, have expressed themselves in a
desire fur organic changes on the part of the operative
classes. :By such means the constitution Of this country
has become materially altered, and symptoms of this
character still extensively exist. Your petitioners, with
reference to the effect of an insufficiency, of remuneration
for labour, induced by the causes before assigned, cannot
but refer with alarm to the distressing accounts daily re-
ceived from Suffolk and, other English counties.
That the effect of the passing of the present measure
will be an increase of pauperism, which will deprive the
wealthy of much of the benefit they appear to derive
from the lower prices of all commodities ; that the
farmer and landowner will begin to find the pressure of
the rates intolerable, attended, as it will be, by a great
reduction in the average price of corn ; and that dis•
affection and despair will soon convert our labouring '
people—once the most loyal, and still the most patient
and enduring of any on the face of the earth--:-into a
lawless, truculent, and revengeful, race.
That the reasons urged for the adoption of the Bill now
,before Parliament, are not. only not justified, but con-
tradicted by the evidence of history, reason, and expe-
rience ; that the spirit and influence which dictated them
has already seduced the House of Commons to vote—
contrary to its recorded opinion under happier auspices
—that what is morally wrong may be politically right ;
that the labour, which is destructive to the health of fac-
tory women and children of tender years, which is an
impediment to their moral improvement and religious
instruction, and a means, it is to be feared, of destroying
their souls as well as their lives, is yet so necessary to the
manufacturing and commercial interests of this great
nation, that these wretched slaves cannot be suffered to
remit even a sixth part of their daily toil ; that this
miserable alternative is a consequence of that ill-advised
measure of 1819, which will be more fearfully aggravated
in its effects on these victims of an erroneous money
system, when the new law has given increased severity
to the old one ; and that the blessing of Heaven cannot
be expected to rest upon this country if evils of such
magnitude us these are to be the fruits of its legislation.
That your petitioners humbly submit, that the very
fact of gold being the most convenient measure of ex-
change between countries trading on equal terms,
renders it the most unfit to form the currency of a
country more highly taxed than others—that the only
currency suited to a country in the highly-taxed con-
dition of Great Britain, is a symbolic currency (that is,
one without intrinsic value), a medium of interchange
Out, with the responsibility of the Government, and
being receivable in payment of taxation, would be at
least as secure as gold—that, consequently, such sym-
bolic money should be convertible into gold at its market
or real price in such money, and not at an arbitrary
price, which, unless disadvantageous to the country,
cannot come into operation, as no foreigner dealing with
us will be bound by it; that the inevitable consequence
of fixing a low price on gold is the reduction of the
price of productive, industry to the same level. Your
petitioners, therefore, humbly submit, that even if your
Lordships see fit to pass the said Bill during the present
session, it should contain a provision that the Bank of
England should be required to pay the amount of these
notes on demand in gold, at the market price only, and
not at the Mint price. '

That admitting the propriety of such regulations as
may prevent fraud, your petitioners deprecate as unwise,
impolitic, unconstitutional, and unjust, all those parts of
the Bank Charter Bill which limit the amount of private
transactions of trade in the shape of promissory notes, as
tending unnecessarily and mischievously to °ripple the
energies of the nation, and to deprive the working
classes of desirable employment.
That your_ petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that
they may be suffered to prove, before a Select Committee
of your Right Honourable House, the truth of the alle-
gations they herein make, in order that the before-men-
tioned Bill.may not receive the sanction of your Lord-
ships ; and that your petitioners may receive such relief
as, in the eStimation of your Right Honourable House,
their case may seem to require. And your petitioners,
as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Signed on behalf of the members of the Society.
July 9th, 1844.

• CIRCULAR TO THE HOUSE .OF LORDS.
• Office of the Society, 22, Parliament-street,
July 8, 1844.
My Lord,—Tice Committee of the Society for the
Emancipation of Industry earnestly call the attention of
your Lordship to the consequences which must ensue
from the Bank of England Charter Bill passing through
Parliament in its present state. The Committee are
convinced that the sure tendency of the measure is
still further to impair the fair return to capital
and industry in this kingdom, by a contraction of
the circulating medium, when, in point of fact, tin ex-
pansion of the circulation is -imperatively required to
relieve the increasing productive energies of this highly-
taxed country ; to prevent the continued depression of
the wages of labour, and the miseries of the operative
classes incident to it ; and to avert that dbilinution of
rents of land which, viewed in connexion with-the exist.
ing charges upon it, threatens to deliver over our landed
interest to the iron graSp of the money power.
The Committee of the Society are induced to hope
that the Bill in question will yet be stayed, until a dis-
tinct inquiry is instituted into the probable effect of the
measure. They are more anxious that this investiga-
tion should take place, because it cannot fail to have
been observed, that throughout the discussion in the
House 'of Commons, the Prime Minister, who has con=
ducted the Bill, has studiously avoided any reference to
the National Debt and indirect taxation of the eountry—
essential elements in the question of the currency.
The Society for the Emancipation of Industry have
endeavoured to bring before the public and Parliament
the following important consideratioes
That were Parliament legislating for the currency of
a country in which direct taxation only existed, a cur-
rency such as that now proposed, .olgold, at 31.175. I*i,,
the continental price. or a paper convertible into the
precious.metala-at that rate, might be consistent and just.
That the monetary Bill of 1819 was based on the;
I. erroneous' principle of requiring the Bank of England
to take up its notes at a Mint price, axed prior to the
existence of thQ present scale of the-National Debt and
taxation •,‘ that the atlCAuations and panics that have
oeenrred have arisen from the attempt to compel the
Banic of Ragland to pay its notes in gold, otherwise
than at the ,market price in such notes. as in the years
Betweer. 1797 and 1819 t and that the more rigorous.
-"`complement" of the Bill of 1819 can only strip to
aggravate instead of to prevent such fluvtAt4tions and
rAmos, when fromra failing harvesl. tbreign loans,
or ether investments, or .a disiurbance of the balance o.c
trade, gold shall flow out of the eountry.
That whenever prices expand in this Qoontry to a re-
munerating level,—namely, to that just and proper leTel
which permits of taxatio,u being added tQ. Daiwa -or
gold prices,—then, widge, our r,Vzent system, gold, not
being pc-einittell to, r4e in prim, becomes the cheapest
cOliem94.itY in' t 1 intaket, ,and is .sure.tia be en-
gorted ia ourmanufactured goods.
_That tho trio 'amount Of taxation in this country,
first by Customs and Excise on the pee,clueing
classes,' to the extent of about thirty-five millions annu- _
ally, enhances the yrice of all commodities produced, and
consequently requires a circulating medium so. expansive
in its nature as to permit taxation, indirecarleried, to be
Added to natural price ; withoust such a medium, the
taxation, for the, most, part, rests,
upon the producing
classes---:an end - unjust, impolitic; in its issue Tgiucus,
;and
a never ctinteniplatekl,, by, ,Le&islattiro when this
, :form of taxation wasimpossd,
Thit in 179:Z; the nation, under -the administration of
ritt, adOpted a legal-tender paper eurryncy onver-