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the prfetical effects it has produced; beanie these are consider-
ationsilupon which the whole WOW' 11:"theproposition depend;
—they on the other hand insisted upon the small number of
persona enjoying the elective, franchise in Edinburgh, the, tenure
by which it held, and the number, wealth, good order,
flatulent, and and learning of the inhabitants of the Northern, Me-
tropolis--consideiations applicable _indeed to; the , feigned pur-
pose, but quite foreign to the real merits of the question.—
The principle upon which the Representation of the United
Kingdom is founded, is not that every particular place or, ie-
d
trict shall be represented by Members sent into the House of
Commons by the express and immediate operation of its num-
bers, wealth, or learning, and in proportion thereto ; but that
these and every other national interest—that these and every
other element of social value,or importance, shall be adequately
represented, in fact, by such, means as the Constitution has pro-
vided. We maintain that the Constitution has 'provided means
which in practice conform to this principle, and fully accomplish
this purpose. We appeal to the general prosperity and happiness of
the country, to'its glory both in arts and arms, to its continued and
unabated progress in domestic improvement, to the exalted and
secure eminence of its rank amongst the nations of the world—
to all of which Scotland has contributed her full quota of genius
and patriotism, and industry, and from all of which she reaps in
return her ample share of advantage—as an unanswerable and
overwhelming proof that all the ends of good Government are
substantially attained by our representative system as it now exists.
This argument has been a thousand tildes adduced. The Reformers
have never yet been able to answer it, and we are persuaded they
never will. The case immediately under consideration affords,in-
deed a peculiar and most forcible illustration of the nature and ef-
ficacy of virtual representation. The man who goes to Scotland
to inquire how the Members are sent into the House of Commons
by her different counties and cities and boroughs, will probably
return with the impression that she is very imperfectly or er-
roneously represented in the Imperial Parliament; but let the
same 'man take his station in the Gallery of the House of Com-
mons, on any occasion when a question interesting to that part
of the empire is to be discussed—he may shut his eyes, if he
pleases, and abstain from any enquiry as to the name or country
of any particular speaker; accents will certainly fall upon his ear
quite sufficient to correct the opinion he had formed, and to con-
vince him that an infusion of Scotch interest had in some way or
other been brought about, much stronger than any thing seen or
heard in Scotland had indicated to him.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The debate in the House of Commons, on Thursday night,
relative to the question at issue between the public and the Dean
and .Chapter of Westminster, affords some curious vecimeus of
that Parliamentary logic which is often used to perpetuate abuses.
The Dean and Chapter having been ordered by the House, in
compliance with a motion of Mr. Hume, to make a return of the
fees exacted from visitors to see the Abbey and its monuments,
that venerable body did make such return, but at the same time
they made a reference to their charter, as the authority for levy-
ing those fees, and also indulged in certain comments, not very
respectful towards the House, toi to the necessity of protecting
their property against "aggression and encroachment." This
sly imputation the House took as meekly as if it had never been
exceedingly sensitive of its dignity on occasions where it had re-
ceived lees provoCation. Mr. Hume, not considering the informa-
tion furnished by the return satisfactory, moved, on Thursday,
for the production of the charter of Elizabeth, under which,
the Dean and Chapter, by their own showing, derived
title to the disputed fees. What could be fairer than this?
The Demand Chapter were either right or wrong in the con-
struction which they put upon their charter. If they were
wrong, it was proper that the High Court of Parliament should,
in A question between them and the nation at large, have en oportu-
nity of rectifying their mistake, and preventing the money of the
King's subjects from being taken out of their pockets without
authority by law. If they were right, then it was fair to give
them an opportunity to prove their claim to the satisfaction of
the nation by laying the documentary evidence before Parlia-
ment. Mr. Peel had agreed to the motion for the return of the
fees, but he opposed that for the. production of the charter.
This seemed a little inconsistent,- but the reason which he
gave for it makes the .matter worse. He said, "it was ra-
ther a discouraging return for the readiness with which he
had acquiesced in the former motion of the Honourable Member
relutims to this subject, that he should follow it up by calling for
documents," Really this is a very juvenile way of meeting a ques-
tion of public principle. Had he conceded to .Mr., Hume a matter
of mere personal favour, he might be allowed to impute ingrati-
tude to him, who made no courteous acknowledgment of his
kindness. But how could Mr. Hume imagine he owed the Hon.
Secretary his personal thanks for what he gave him credit for
conceding as a matter of public justice? If Mr. Peel believed it
to .be improper to agree to the original motion for the return of
the fees, he • was bound, on his own sense of rectitude and his
obligation as a Member of Parliament, not to assent to it; but if
he were of opinion that the motion was a proper and. necessary
one, he was equally bound, by the most solemn considerations
that can govern the human will, not to resist it. This lan-
guage of Mr. Peel. would lead . one to believe that lie regarded
the duty of a British Senator as something that might be made
a subject of compromise with any opposing Member of Par-
liament for the convenience of both parties. But be added
that he opposed the production of the charter on the principle,
that it was evidence of the title by which the Dean and Chapter
held their property. Why, that was the very reason for its
production. It could chew whether the Dean and Chapter had
really a right to any and what fees, as part of that property
which they claimed. The charge was, that they exacted fees
to which they had no right ;—to chew Parliament that their
charter authorised them to take those fees would be a triumphant
answer to that charge, and it would be their interest as well as duty
to furnish this proof. ~ Besides, when a question is agitated in
Parliament or „any other court of inquiry, it is obvious that the
fairest and shortest way of deciding it is to procure the best evi-
dence; and where the question is, the extent of authority con-
ferred by a charter, the best evidence is the production of the
charter itself. 'The interpretation put upon an instrument by
a party is never taken in a Court of Justice, where that in-
strument is in existence and can be inspected by the Court.
Besides, in the present instance, the immemorial usage was
contrary to the assertion of the Dean and Chapter; and what
was to decide between the image on the one side; and the as-
sertion on the other, but the original document ? If indeed
there were zertain funds appropriated by charter or grant for the
support of the Minor Canons, and the Dean and Chapter divert-
ed thew 'funds from their original intention, and allowed fees to
be taken from the public fur the ,maintenance of the Minor Ca.
noes in lieu of the funds so misapplied, that body would have
good reation,to throw all the obstacles they could in the way of
the inspection of their documents; but in the same proportion
ought 'Mr. Peel, as a salaried gnardian of the public interests,
fi,vl. anxious that no pretence of right should be allowed to justify
an usurpation. ... . . . , .

, . .
REMARKABLE DAY.—Ttlis the anniversary 0
sir William I)avenant, the dramatist, 1668; Henry
Woodward; the comedian, 1777; • and Dr. Benjamin
Franklin, 1790, Yesterday was the anniversary of
the deaths of George Villiers, Duke .of Ducking lam,
1668 ; and of 11uffon, the naturalist, 1778.1 •
muanrs,,—We have this day the disgreeable duty of record-
ing, 'that on Thursday last, a person of the name of Boyd was
cruelly murdered on the road near Falkirk. Various rumours are
afloat as to the circumstances under which the horrible event took
place; but 33 we have not been able to procure such an authentic
account as we could depend upon we must defer entering
st present into all the particulars. It would appear that, on
the day mentioned, which was the trysting fair-day of Falkirk, a
dispute had taken place in the evening, between two country lade,
regarding a young
.woman. They, however separated soon after,
and one of the men and the young woman proceeded about
o'clock, homewards—and reached the road, a little to the
1010 of Callenilor wood, nowise suspicious of an attack, for it
was Clear day-light,
,and they bad met numerous parties on the
road moving homewards like themselves. At the place men
' tioned, however, they saw the person from whom they had but
a short time, befpre separated, come forward, accompanied by
three others, who immediately attacked the young man, and en-
deavoured to take, the girl from him. At this moment, a farm
seriant -,the name of Boyd, along with his brother and several
others, happtned to come up, and being called to, they lost no
time in :giving their assistance. One of the fellows instanich
tly
Struck Boyd on the temple . with a large stone, wh
brought him to
,the ground, and another of the party, not sa-
tisfied, with this act of violence, drew from his pocket A large
clasp knife, with which he stabbed him four times in the abdo-
men, laying the unfuitunate man at his feet weltering in blood.,
Medical aid was of no avail; for the wounds were so deep and
severe, that the intestines , protruded, and the popr sufferer linger-
ed iu the utmost 'agony till, the.following evening, when be ex-
.pited, surrounded by a sorrowing inether, a • wife, and three
,helpless children, f_rikr.i4)
inhuman affair , have been.l of the individuals concerned in this
odg.si iu our jail; 'and it is gratifying
r for us. to bP enabled to, add, that there is reason to believe the per-
t :son: who committal the
,foul Heed is among the number. Boyd
• . was a man about thirtY.years of age, and always considered quiet
I anti inotraniive.—(Stirling Journal.)

Thd MURDER, &c. in. MARY-LE-BONNE.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
On Saturday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. STIRLING and a Jury
of respectable tradesmen, assembled ;it the Rose of Normandy
public-house, in High-street, to hold an inquest on the bodies of
Mr. Cooper, and that of his murderer, ----- Pollard.
The first witnessed examined was William Chapman, No. 57,
High-street, surgeon. He was called on, about a quarter before
eight o'clock, on Friday night, to attend the deceased, William
Cooper. Witness went directly, and was informed that deceased
had been removed over the way, to the house of Mr. Chadwick.
Witness went there, and found the deceased lying on the floor,
quite dead ; his clothes were covered with blood, but no wound
was • visible ; witness cut his clothes down in front, and there
discovered a wound on his left breast; it was an incised wound
of a little more than an inch in length ; it passed obliquely for a
short distimee under the skin, and then through the cartilaginous
terminations of the ribs, and he had reason to imagine, from the
instantaneous death that followed, that it had reached the heart.
He was unable to speak positively that the wound had caused
death: but he believed it had.
The Coroner—Have you opened the body ?—Mr. Chapman—
No, Sir.
Coroner—Then how can you state he died from a wound in
the heart? Mr. Chapman—l have not opened the body, and
can only state from supposition that he died from a wound in the

heart.
Coroner—Have you opened the body?—Mr. Chipman.—No,

Sir.
Coroner—Then, Sir, let the body be opened, and commune
nicate your opinion to us as soon as possible.
The brother of,Mr. Cooper here rose, and said he objected to
the body being opened.
Coroner—Who are you, Sir? What are you, Sir? We can-
not be influenced by your objections. If we deem it necessary
we must have the body opened.
• One of the Jury said, they did not wish to digress the feelings
of the family' of the deceased by having the body opened, and the
Jury really did not consider there was any occasion to open the
body.
Coroner—Really, Gentlemen, I. cannot be put down in this
manner, nor will I. If I think it necessary to have the body
opened, it shall be done.
A desultory conversation here ensued, in which the Jury ex-
pressed their unanimous opinion, that there was no occasion to
open the body.--A message at this moment was brought from
Mr. Griffiths, the Magistrate of Marylebone Office, stating that
as the room in which the Jury were assembled wits very much
crowded, he tendered the use of their room for that purpose.
The Coroner immediately acceded to the proposal, and the
Jury quitted the room; and having viewed the bodies, they re-
assembled in the Magistrates' Room, in the Police:Office.
At half-past nine o'clock the examination of *itnessee recom-
menced. Mr. Chapman was again called, and said he had since
examined the body and probed the wound; he had not opened
the body, but lie had every reason to believe that the wound had
occasioned death. He was not aware how the deceased, Mr.
Cooper, came by the wound.
Hewitt, the Chief Officer of Marylebone, here produced the
knife, which had been in his possession since the murder was
vommitted.—Mr. Chapman said it was such a knife as would
have inflicted the wound.—(A shudder of horror pervaded the
Jury as they examined the dreadful weapon, which was covered
with blood.)
George Jepp, of 23, Great Barlow-street, Marylebone. I
am porter to Mr. Elsemore, of High-street. I was down in the
kitchen of Mr. Elsemore's house, when Mrs. called me up to
see what was the matter at Mr. Cooper's house. The first thing
I saw was Mr. Cooper lying outside his own shop door, part in
his own shop and partly on his area rails. I hastened into the
shop, and saw a man Whom they said had committed the deed ;
that man I was informed was Jame, Pollard. I went up to him
and took hold of the back of neck by the left hand, and by
his arm with my right hand; I brought him out, and the watch-
men wanted to take him into their custody. He then had not
the knife in his hand. I said, " You are the man ?" He replied,
" I am ;" and he added, " I em the man; but I shall be a dead
man shortly ;" or, " I am a dead man." Mr. Cooper was
wounded, and the blood was flowing from hitiltis lie lay on the
ground. I did not observe any wound on the person of Pollard
until he came into Grotto-passage; and, on ascending the
first step leading to this Office, lie fell on the stone step,and would
have fallen to the ground if I had not held him. Then 1 disco.
vered he was wounded, and he was immediately taken to the In-
&Mary. He said nothing more to me than that he was a dead
man, or that he should soon be a dead man. I saw neither Mrs.
Cooper nor Mrs. Cooper's sister. He was in the dark part of
the shop when I went in. He had not a knife.in hiashand.when
I laid hold of limn.,
In answer to some questions put by the Jury, lie 5ai4107.40,
no one else in the shop but Pollard. There were isurtlviiecha
men at the door, but they seemed afraid to enter. Aim* tot
The Coroner said, they were not inquiring into the catohysi
the watchmen. If they had not done their duty, it wasloctitos
Watch Committee to call them to' account. lo ,rite
Mary Jones, the mother of Mrs. Cooper, .waisthen called, add
said, I am a widow, residing in Mr. Cooper's house. ,At the
time the last witness entered, I was behind the counter. Jepp
could not see me, but I twas behind the counter looking for the
knife which Pollard had thrown away at the time in question.
Mr. Cooper's sister came to see him on account of being unwell.
Pollard came to see after her. I told hint she was not there,
and he would hardly believe it. He said he would return at
seven o'clock. At that hour he Caine, and Mr. Cooper said,
he should not come into his house, and Mr. Cooper's sister
went into the passage to speak to him, What passed
between them I do not know, but Mr. Cooper's sister returned
' into the parlour, followed by. Pollard, who then stabbed Mr.
Cooper. Seeing me, he said, " I shan't hurt you," and he then
stabbed himself in the side once or twice, and I said, ".will no
one take this rascal." The deceased, Mr. Cooper, turned round
and said, " Lord have mercy upon me!" he staggered to the
shop door and there be fell; his nose was much cut by falling on
the stone steps or railing. I did not hear the conversation at the
shop door, but a little girl who overheard them, said they were
quarreling. Mr. Cooper's sister must have been in the passage
when the wound was inflicted. Mrs. Cooper was in the par-
lour, and she was stabbed in the shoulder and in the breast. I
saw Pollard with the knife iu his hand, which was bloody up to
the hilt. Mrs. Cooper hastened to the door to her husband,
when she fell down exhausted. Mr. Cooper's sister was taken
away, and dressed by a doctor, and I have not seen her since.--
[The poor woman wail much affected while giving her testimony,
and particularly when the knife was shown to her.]
William Thomas Cooper, the deceased's son, was then exa-
mined: lie said, I was sitting Beside the fire, in the parlour, in
the company of my father and mother, who were talking to-
gether, when Pollard, who is acquainted with my aunt, came to
ray father's ho4e, on Friday, evening, about half.past '7 o'clock.
Pollard came through the shop zo the parlotir dotiv, and said he
wanted to see my aunt. My father said he should not come into
the shop ; my aunt got up, said she would see him, and went into
the passage and spoke to Pollard. After some time I heard the
street door' shut, and Pollard came to the parlour door. My
father got up, and told Pollard that he wanted to go out and
.bring some of his things from hie door where they were ex-
hibited for sale. Pollard said lie should not go out unless he
allowed him to come in. My father said he should nut come
in, and Pollard then stabbed him in the, side with a large
knife. Pollard then ran at me with the knife, evidently
with an intention to stab me also : but I took up the poker and
knocked the knife out of his hand. I think I also knocked his
hat off, for I saw it lying on the ground. I then ran past Pol-
lard, and although he placed his foot against the door to prevent
the front going out, I squeezed past him, got into the street, and
went over to Mr. Chadwick, and requested him to' come to my
-father's assistance. When I returned to the house, I found my
father lying at the door dead. I did not hear any more words
pass between Pollard and my father, further than my father say-
ing be should not come into the house, and Pollard saying he
should not go. out, unless he allowed him to come in. lam now
between thirteen awl fourteen years of age. I did not see
Pollard strike my mother or my aunt, although I have heard
they were wounded.
Juror—You say you saw Pollard strike your father?--Yes,
Sir.

Jurist—Did you see Pollard stab your father?—yes, Sir I
saw him plunge the knife into his breast.
Juror—When Pollard made a blow at.. you, had he a knife in
his hand?Qh ! yea, Sir ; and I believe he intended to stab me.
Henry Parker, a lad fourteen years of age, said, I reside at No.
4, Mary-la-bonne Court. I was errand boy to Mr. Cooper. I
was there when Pollard cause on Friday afternoon, and he in-
quired for Mr. Cooper's sister. The old lady (Mrs. Cooper's
mother) told him she Was not at home, and he again called about
half-past seven in the evening. I saw him come into the shop in
the evening, and puss towards the parlour. Mr. Cooper said he
should not enter his place. He th;n went into the passage, where
be was joined by Mr. Cooper's sister, and they continued in con-
e versation far some time. I saw him go to the street door, and
sharpen the knife on the step of the door, and he then returned
it in to his breast. I hid behind the door, because I thought that
Pollard intended to stab me ; I thought so, because I naW him
exhibit the knife. Pollard scent to the parlour door, and Mr.

Cooper got up, and said he wished to take in his goods ; but Pol-
lard said he should not go out unless he allowed him to come in.
When Pollard came in, he said, " Where is Cooper," or "Wil-
liam Cooper?" I heard my master call out " Oh!" as if he had
been hurt or distressed, and I then called the watchman. I did

not hear my mistress cry out.
The Coroner said, the facts seemed to be extremely clear. The
man went to seek after Mr. Cooper's sister; not finding her at.
home, he proposed to call again in the afternoon, which he did,
and then he passed through the shop to the parlour door. Mr.
Cooper wanted to go out to get in his goods, but Pollard said he
should not, unless he admitted him in. The fellow then stabbed
him in the side, and the son, who was the first witness examined,.
very manfully knocked the knife out of his hand, and notwith-
standing Pollard placed his legs across the doorway, the youth
made his escape, and hastened to procure a surgeon. The old
lady proved that she saw Pollard come into the shop, and throw
the knife across the counter. Several persons then entered the
shop to secure Pollard, when he said, " I Jun the man-4 am the
man who did it." There could be, therefore, no doubt, upon
looking at the evidence, accompanied by the man's own admis-
sion, that he (Joseph Pollard) was the man who murdered Mr.

Cooper.
Mr. Wilmott, one of the Jury, said, they considered that the
sister of Mr. Cooler ought to be brought before them, and exa-
mined.
The Coroner said, he did not see any necessity for calling the
woman. If they were examining witnesses for cutting and
maiming the woman, they might then examine all the witnesses
they could bring forward to substantiate that fact.
Mr. Wilma said, it was remarkable that the woman did not
cry out for assistance. By her not crying out, he thought she
was privy to the transaction.
The Coroner said, that the woman was herself wounded, and
confined in the Infirmary, in a dangerous state, and could not be
brought forward. The imputation against her, now suggested,
was in the highest degree absurd, and unfounded.
The Jury consulted together, and then the Foreman said, they
were desirous of having the sister of Mr. Cooper examined.
Coroner: Why, good God, Gentlemen, if I thought she could
be of any service to you, I would have her sent for, but I really
do not see what she could prove. Who' could have stabbed Mr.
Cooper but Pollard--could the son have stabbed him with the
poker ? Here, then, you have the evidence of one person who
saw him sharpen the knife, then return it into his breast ;
and another saw him inquire for William Cooper; and when
he did see the person for whom he inquired, he stabbed him
to the heart, and for what?--merely because he said he should
not come into his house. Why, any roan was justified in re-
fusing admittance to such a fellow; if he was not, no man's
house would be his castle. There can be no doubt that this
man, Joseph Pollard, did commit this murder, and, upon con-
sidering the evidence of the old lady, there can be no doubt that
he stabbed himself; but there is no evidence to prove in what
state of mind he was in at the time.
The Jury again consulted together, and then said that they
had no doubt that Pollard did kill Cooper; the only doubt they
entertained was, whether Cooper's sister, on account of her not
crying out, was a party to the transaction.
Coroner Gentlemen, you must give the woman credit
for any fear she might have experienced on the occasion. If you
had the woman before you, and if it were proved that there exist-
ed the closest connexion between the woman and Pollard; and
even supposing they had slept together the night previous could
you ask the woman if she was a party to that transaction? If you
did, I should tell her not to answer the question.
The Jury once more consulted together, and the foreman said
—" Our verdict is—that James Pollard did go with a malignant
intention to Murder William Cooper."—A verdict of Wilful
murder against James Pollard, was then recorded.
The Inquest on the body of Pollard, was then postponed
to-morrow (Tuesday), at one o'clock, and the Court then ad-
jot:rued, at a quarter before 12 o'clock.
At the close of the Inquest, it was proposed by the Jury to
raise a subscription to reward Jepp for his bold and manly con-
duct iu taking Pollard into custody.

[FURTHER PARTICULARS. 3
Mrs. Cooper received four wounds. One in the left shoulder,
near the joint, one behind the ear, which left the ear attached
only by a piece of skin; the third on thesight side of the throat,
which divided some of the superficial vessels, and is still attended
with a good deal of tumefaction, from the effused blood ; the
fourth wound is on the right arm, beginning near the wrist joint,
and continuing nearly to the elbow, separating the integuments,
and doing sonic injury to the muscles. This divided part, as
well as the ear, have been adjusted by Mr. Chapman, the Sur-
geon in attendance, thereby giving it every chance of uniting.
41rs. Cooper has been made acquainted with the death of her
band. She bore the recital of sad intelligence with more
r gnation than was expected, yet it was evident that it made
a deep and heartfelt impression. Mr. Chapman, who attends
her is, we are infbrmed, extremely apprehensive that her intel-
lects will suffer from the shock. She complains that appalling
sights are ever present to her eyes, and that a circle of fire en-
compasses her. Every precaution that medical skill could suggest
has been adopted by Mr. Chapman, to arrest the progress of
these alarming symptoms.

William Thomas Cooper, the youth who gave evidence on the
Coroner's Inquest, on Saturday night, has since been seized with
a fever, which is supposed to have arisen from the frightful im-
pression left upon his mind by the late catastrophe.
Mrs. Bicknell still remains in the Infirmary. Her woundiare
not considered dangerous, and it is expected that she will shortly
be convalescent.

Pollard's body was opened on Saturday night. The heart,
as was expected, was not penetrated. The knife entered
high up in the ribs about the situation of the heart and passed
obliquely downwards through the diaphragm, and punctured the
stomach. He died from hemorrhage. There was tievly a gal-
lon of coagulated blood found in the cavities of the chest and abdo-
men. The intercostal artery, we are informed, was not divided,
as by some was imagined, when he plunged the knife between

the -ribs.
Some of the Medical Gentlemen, who have visited the Infir-
mary, have proposed taking a cast of Pollard's head, in order to
submit it for phrenological observation.
Mr. Chapman has asserted, that, in his opinion, Pollard made
an attempt to plunge the knife into his heart, in the same manner
as he did In that of Cooper ; but the knife touching on the honey
part of the rib, instead of the cartilaginous, as in Cooper's coseilie
was disappointed in his attempt, and then had recourse to the
side. Mr. Chapman asserts ,this on account of an incision he
had observed on the front of the chest. It is, therefore, evident
that it was a premeditated attack on the heart both in Cooper's
and in that of his own.

Daaanrut. RlOT.—Yesterday another of those &graceful
riots which have of late been so frequent among the lower class
of the natives of Ireland in the metropolis, took place on the
south side of Waterloo-bridge. The, parties were the Connaught
men and Limerick men. The immediate scene of their violence,
which lasted from eleven to four o'clock, and was the source of
great terror and alarm in the neighbourhood, was Gloucester-
street, Francis-street, Oakley-street, the Westminster-road, &c.
The cause of the contest we have not learnt, but in the course of
the affray they walled the passengers, and beat and wounded
them in a very serious manner. One young man, named Wil-
liams, was attacked by the champion of the Connaught men, who
struck him on the back of the bead; the blow cut the skin, and
laid the skull bare. He was then knocked do*n, and received a
kick on the forehead. In this state be was conveyed to Mr.
James, a surgeon in St. George's Circus, who dressed his
wounds, and he was conveyed to Guy's Hospital. In the evening
he was taken to his friend's house. A strong party of con-
stables went to put an end to the riot, and they at length suc-
ceeded in lodging sixteen of the ringleaders in the Surrey and
Lambeth Watch-houses. A rescue was subsequently attempted ;
but a reinforcement of officers, having arrived with loaded car-
bines, one of which was fired in the air to intiinidate the rioters,
this had the desired effect, as they soon after dispersed.

Messrs. FuLLEfts, brothers, pawnbrokers, Dig-
beth, Birmingham, about fifteen years• ago, missed a
large quantity of gold coin, amounting to six or
seven -hundred pounds ; and after an ineffectual
search in every probable place of concealment, con-
aude4 that. the property had been stolen. They
have recently built themselves a new house, and in
taking down that which they formerly inhabited, the
lust treasure was discovered.