The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-27 00:00:00

THE LATE ROBBERY AT EAST HAM.

the. P__i6ilt - FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
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, :„to 4,„ e.. Earl of Fife, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street,
elm .",,iied C. the Royal Lodge, Wind.or ; the Bishop of Oxford and
he assik kr P.l.o_,Yd, at ditto, from Caddisdon Palace, near Oxford; Lord
L..Y Brudenell, at their house in Hereford-street, from
kip t9loill,l7.B,araensDowager Marchioness of Exeter, at her house in
rgeuglelir Ilt, at HotelFentofnr'het• seat at Roehampton ; Mr..and Mr.s.
, St. James's-street, from their seat in
• Baud hi
1.-, • vett re; John Markham, Esq. at the British Hotel, Jermyn-
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,te.,f_rona Brussels ; Lord Bavning, at Bryant's Hotel (late
jat Iv; 40174..`,8),1. Conduit-street, from e hiselhurst, Kent ;J. Malcent,
ury ~ . i,i6., oi ;nt.s.itto ; Lieutenant-Colonel O'Hara, at Gould's Hotel,
he seer ,14:tet, trineet•from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, in Grosvenor.
from
f 01° dis, Cheltenham.
CHANGES.
he %IA of
• tSitTosvenor at his seat Eaton Hall, Cheshire, from Flint.
the tv'''-o b)iii:v;i i 11.01 y rd Henry Cholmondeley, from Cholmondeley House,
Lon a visit to the lion. C. Arbuthnot, at his seat,
stews7...,ea o%rd Lod
au, ~,,, r._ ge, Northamptonshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd,
led a. .. tool '
.4117er-street, for their seat in Wilts ; Lieutenant-Colonel
:h be fr, 'R,litiafir,o7.lFenton's Hotel, for Brighton ; Capt. Leigh, from
otel, for Brighton William Mason, Esq. from
, -, • for Ra
tha.leiltoPt, 11 th ; Henry Grattan, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Grattan,
he.p_.
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,ii, Jyyt's Hotel (late Warne's), for Brighton ; Mrs. Dewar,
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d no' vice, ,v. • ARRIVALS AT BATH.
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1115 .' too Finer ~., zhrington, Sir R. and Lady Vaughan, Le Compte
s take!' et cSt 'Ma Rochefoucault, General Cameion, Lieutenant-
he ,),,,,„ Hamilton;
Major and Mrs. Morgan,. Major and Mrs. Spinks,
„tre t" Onaha. Captains and Mistresses Nurse, Blair,
e s, pines, Nvi,.,.!t.eynolds, Lieutenant Lys, Rev. Messrs. Bowles,
csnam, Mortim.er., Ray, Brownlow. Mr. and Mrs.
itZ,tter,R
. Uerta Muloch, Gillingham Sweet Robins .n, Adams
11•1:•,Prenville, Austin, Simpson,' Lloyd, Boston, Halkett,
t,i;) ‘..ester, Wicklam, Morris, Green, Holland, Hayter,
Evans, Marsham, Brock, Foster, Toker, Whitmore,
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„I- yuchesson, Hallam, Hamilton, Green, Mistresses
,itio:n Markham, Cobham, Mulse, Ware, Turner, Orr, Carey,
tttto,74„.Hawkins, Tyndale, Kersteman, Millie, Miss Gil-
Ns.. 'len, Butts, Stevens, Tanner, Ware Kersteman,
, Alford, Morris, Hawkins, Gibbons, &c. '
Lt„, ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.
,tok,4u,noneraile, Lady Duncan, Sir John and Lady Lambert,
tre`itholcson, Col. Andrews, Major Perks, Major Richards,
~ litledge, Captain Connell, Captain and Mrs Foy
'WA, •" Mahon Mr and Mrs Smart • Nle-srs J k' : Mil:
ii, r Wood, , • 1 • ,-, . en Ille, 1
444triei G.C.F. Alder, H. Thompson, L. Lane, H. Trail,
it4,,,.....nthth, J. Holmes, W. Leinan, L. Harrison, Willis,
~ l'' riarwood, Biowne, Smith, Mathews, and illoxham ;
III! Z_a Wood, Johnson, Patrickson, Cooper, Vassal, Walker,
ik 'mYthe, sx.
:I,..VALS AT MACKENZIE'S HOTEL, EDINBURGH.
Ni."'lchael Clare, Bart., and Lady Clare ; William Mac-
kot.i!,r44q.; John Boyd, Esq. and Mrs. Boyd, of Wosid
,s 7, waby, Esq. ; -- Robertson, Esq. ; John La,month,
"4 rarkhall ; Wm. .Larmonth, Esq.

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11", The Duke of WELLINGTON come to town
IkrjesdaY night, from his seat at Strathfieldsaye. The
114'44 Minister, the Marquis of SALISBURY, Viscount
ullourir, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL,
ht rite CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, had interviews
his Grace yesterday at the Treasury.
11le Marquis de BARBACENA came to town
AQUfliday, from the residence of the young Queen of Port-
AL at Laleham. The Marquis, after an interview with
11t?,razilian Minister, yesterday proceeded to the office of
. iti,4epetary of State for Foreign Affairs, and had a long
review with the Earl of ABERDEEN.
lkie Marquis de PA LMEL L A visited the Duke
gettiNGTON yesterday.
Ti
$ le Prussian Minister and Count D'OFALIA,
4Opanish Minister on a special mission, transacted bu-
atiee
.44 With the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign-
kl`lollSieUr FALCK, the Ambassador from the
witherlands, had an interview yesterday, at the Colonial-
'with Sir G. MURRAY.
Nlt'!'lle Bavarian Minister transacted business
rday at the Foreign-office.
Nte he Lord Chamberlain transacted business
'day at the Home .office.
Tth._.vv° King's Messengers were sent off on
night from the Foreign-office, one with despatches
d CSWLEY, our Ambassador at Vienna, and also
Lord RETTESBURY, our Ambassador on a special mia-
tc ° the Emperor of RUSSIA ; the other with despatches
.4. S. CANNING.
bhSit JOHN LEACH is considerably better, he
oat yesterday for nearly two hours, and, it is expected,
ti, 11l resume his Sittings, at the Rolls' Court, on Satur-
!lext.
tttkEETING OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE PITT
ki4--On Thursday last a numerous and highly respect •
peeting of the members of the Pitt Club took place,
he purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
• etetitionint, Parliament against the claims of the Roman
A'petition to that effect was accordingly drawn
trtd agreed to.—Leicester Herald.
SZ
3. I INNER TO LORD MORPETH.—According
a,etY appearance this great national banquet will far
hired in magnificence any thing which those who into-
)l4 themselves about it had, in the beginning, antiei-
It, We have already mentioned that the Duke of
cirrllt will be in the chair. We have now the plea-
Cl 4 to state that the Marquisses of WESTMEATII and
11211 canoe are expected to act as Vice-Presidents.
lcT,e Will, besides, be a great attendance of Noblemen and
Chet" of the House of Commons who advocate the
647 o 1 Civil and Religious Liberty ; were it not, indeed,
e shortness of the time, there is no doubt that every
!'idual of either class now in Ireland, and not iticapa-
Cd by illness, would be present. The dinner arrange
are to be on a scale of great splendour. Mom:assort
r; Olt his own price for the tickets, and he engages to do
,dthir.f_ , that can be done in his way in this country.—
MorniNg Register.
superb landau, of beautiful proportions,
Lbeaia publicly shown for the last few days at the mann-
ik:qrY of !rigors. Houtz:wren, Long-acre. It has been
j;.: built by them for the young Queen of PORTUGAL,
lb's' for a state carriage, is one of the lightest, though
hrt tawdry of the kind we have seen for some time. The
11,4,,18 are of very light (or as it is called) Braganza green,
ai,3l emblazoned with the heraldic bearings of that ilium-
I,jo house, and finely relieved with deep gold frame-
C 4. The harnmercloth is of scarlet, very full at the
rg• and ornamented With a rich deep fringe of the
calour, which gives to the whole a splendid ap-
akrartce. Among the other carriages just finished at the
4ufactory, is a travelling carriage for Mr. SC HICELER,
kili/.iVate gentleman at Paris, which, without possessing
tqfh of external decoration, is one of the most elegant
I„ MEI we have seen. We were also shown a vis-a-vis
kttnied for the lady of the gentleman just named. It is
4,4 yet quite finished, but when complete, it will, we have
bodoubt, be one of the most splendid, costly, and tasteful
Iltriaggs of that kind which has been built for exportation
, s
~.14111Y years.
tiftlee the last story respecting the danger of
VIIII with a certain energetic tragedian, has been bruited
t in society and the various newspapers, several singu-
Land laughable anecdotes have been revived concerning
ipZ: Among them we cannot forbear noticing the follow-
morning when the company (amongst whom
it:the gentleman in question) of a very celebrated little
54incial theatre were rehearsing a favourite tragedy, it
teetled to be the part of this actor, in the concluding
ti.to die with great feeling and pathos in the arms of one
104 domestics. The subordinate, however, not support-
klihim to his heart's content, he unnaturally opened his
• and, in a tone of great irritation, exclaimed—"
you hold me better?" Upon which the other,
eell.g infected with the same anger, replied in a fit of
it, then, hold yourself!" at the same
i.k7t Walking away, and withdrawing his arms in such a
iksk'ner as to leave poor M— sprawling on the ground,
rat the uncontrollable laughter of the bystanders.—
°Phing Paper.
itiIiPitECEDENTED MATCH.—A well known
r
ting gentleman has made the following match :—He
.taken_ SOO/. to 1001. that he produces a man to run one
tZ, 1760 yards, at one start, in four minutes and 30 se-
q 'IN to start once in six weeks, from the 25th of No-
ttther, 1828, to give one week's notice to the parties, and
t4ke 131 ace within 25 miles of Lond. If accomplished,
tval be what never was done by any former pedestrian.
it.eLTBIOLIS TYPOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTE.—
N cl is well known to literary people that, in preparing
iii°ths for the press, it is usual for the printer, after the
.rt:f-sheets have been seen by the author, to go over them
b2l and clear them of what are called typographical
"Ts, such as wrong spellings, inaccuracies of punctua-
and similar imperfections. In performing this of-
for a celebrated northern critic and editor, a printer,
iiw dead, was in the habit of introducing a much greater
lriber of commas than it appeared to the author the
li7re required. The case was provoking, but did not pro-
a formal remonstrance until Mr. W-----N himself
.."lentally afforded the learned editor an opportunity to
kr,ifY his dissatisfaction with the plethora of punctuation
;ger Which his compositions were made to labour. The
.o°l.thY printer, coming to a passage one day which he
d not understand, very naturally took it into his head
at it was unintelligible, and transmitted it to his em-
tZY", 'with a remark on the margin, that " there ap-
Ored Some obscurity in it." The sheet was immediately
iled, with this reply, which we give verbatim—" Mr.
sees no obscurity here, except such as arises from the
h quantity of commas, which Mr. W----N sperm{ to
141 his tin a pepper-box beside him, for the purpose ef dusting
proofs witb."--Edinburgh Literary Journal.

FINE ARTS.

SPIRIT OF THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE.

I'. HOWARD.

Having so frequently discussed, in terms of
deserved praise, the merits of these very popular
graphic etchings, we have little to add in the way
of criticism. - We may, however, remark, that
the Illustrations of " Twelfth Night ; or, What
You Will," are fully equal to the former set ;
indeed, in more than one respect they are supe-
rior. There is more ambition about them, more
display of character, and a more comprehensive
variety. The opening print, Viola rescued from
the Wreck, is full of spirit ; the countenances.
'of the different mariners are pourtrayed in a
free, bold, and animated manner; especially the
one who is hauling a rope from the wreck, and
whose eye alone is visible. This eye has infi-
nite power and expression. Sir Andrew Ague-
cheek and Sir Toby Belch at their carousals, is
characteristic of the admirable scene which it
undertakes to delineate ; we can give it no higher
praise. Malvolio before Olivia is a truly sweet and
fanciful sketch, surrounded by a graceful sylvan
landscape, with a sparkling fountain in the distance
which Claude might have loved to paint. The
appearance of Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and
others peeping from between the trees, greatly
enlivens the picture, which is still further em-
bellished by the classic drapery of Olivia, whose
attitude is grace itself. The remaining illustra-
tions to which we can here merely allude, do
credit in their several degrees to Mr. Howard's
pictorial fancy. His disproportions of the human
form, as particularly evinced in the case of Viola,
whose stature is much too great, nearly equalling
that of the male-characters, are the only draw-
backs to the very great satisfaction with which we
have beheld these otherwise unimpeachable il-
lustrations.

LITERATURE.

THE PROTESTANT.
THREE VOLS. LONDON. 1828.

This is a tale of the time's of Queen Mary,
when Bishop Bonner was in high court favour.
It is penned—so far as we can collect from the
nature and bearing of the incidents—in a spirit
inimical to the Catholics, as if it were intended
rather to cater to the prejudices, than the amuse-
merit, of the public. There is little novelty in
the volumes, and still less entertainment, though
they abound in dialogue, and awkward attempts
at character ; one of which, an old shrewd Eng-
lishwoman, named Gammer Plaise, an uncom-
promising enthusiast in support of the Reformed
Faith, seems to have been suggested by Sir
Walter Scott's exquisite sketch of Manse Head-
rigg, in the novel of Old Mortality. Another
display of character, in the person of an honest
but narrow-minded country Justice, Sir John
Baker, is more felicitous. Harpsfield, however,
who is drawn in a style intended to be vigorous
and masculine, is an elaborate failure. Such an
unnatural monster scarcely existed even in the
revolting days of Queen Mary. lie is a per-
fectl) gratuitous scoundrel. In our selection of
extracts, we can find none more worthy than the
following sketch of the above mentioned English
Justice ; he is in every respect a Vicar of Bray,
and so far amusing :--

" Sir John had been one of the first in the reign of
Henry the Eighth to take the oath acknowledging the su-
premacy of that king, an assumption of authority that
formed the first step towards the downfal of Popery in
this kingdom. And not many years after, the complaisant
Sir John had been alike acquiescent in subscribing the Six
Articles, so likely to re-establish that very power which
Henry had taken such hold steps to overturn. When Ed-
ward the Sixth mounted the throne, Sir John's compliant
temper never forsook him, since he then became a joyful
follower of the Reformation, the newly established Church,
and laws in its support. On the death of that young
king, when the prudent Sir John learned that by his last
will, Edward had bequeathed the crown to the Lady Jane
Dudley, the worthy magistrate posted off for London, ex-
pressly for the purpose of presenting himself before the
Lady Jane, to congratulate her upon her accession to the
crown. But when he arrived in London, and there found
that the Lady Jane's short-lived rule was no more, and that
Mary was proclaimed in her stead, he, like a loyal and
dutiful subject, turned his steps another way, posting for-
ward to congratulate Queen Mary. But his zeal for the
Reformed Church during the time of King Edward, pro-
cured for him a frown from the swarthy brows of his new
mistress, and Sir John was at first a little disconcerted.
But the ingenious and complying never need despair ; so
that the worthy Knight soon completely regained all his
lost favour, by the extraordinary zeal with which he joined,
as a co-operator, her Majesty's inquisitors in routing out,
and helping to bring forward, the unlucky Protestants,
wbo were playing at:hide and seek about Canterbury. These
exertions at length procured fur him a nomination under
the special commission as above stated. But Mary was
now dead,- and Elizabeth proclaimed Queen ; so that all
things were certain once more to take a change. And
who now rejoiced more for her accession to the crown than
Aid Sir John Baker? Who felt more kindly hearted to the
rescued Protestants than this humane and worshipful Jus-
tice of ►the Peace ? And he who, in Queen Mary's time,
would have kissed the Pope's toe, or that of his Holiness's
puppy dog at her command,—now that Elizabeth ruled,
would have hanged the Pope, and his hulls, and his priests,
all in one string, to pleasure the new Queen."

LIFE IN INDIA.
THREE YOLS. LONDON. 1828.

'there is infinite variety, as •well of descrip-
tion as of character, in these entertaining volumes,
which are the production of an author full of his
subject, and acquainted with it in all its numer-
ous ramifications. The work, without possessing
any particular brilliancy or novelty of plot, pro-
fesses to give an account of the indigenous
customs and peculiarities of India, more espe-
cially of the provinces in the neighbourhood of
Delhi, though the author, with a modesty of an
uncommon character, would lead his readers to
ccnclude, from the title-page, that his descrip-
tions of men and manners were chiefly restricted
to Calcutta. Instead of this being the case, they
embrace, with striking felicity, the immense range
of country situated on either side the Ganges,
nearly up as far as the Himalaya Mountains.
The third volume is laid more particularly in
this vast extent of territory, and teems with brief
but vigorous details of Agra and its ruined mag-
nificence. With regard to character, the work
is full of it ; but the one which stands out most
prominently in the foreground, is decidedly 0
famous Pindaree chief and
Meer Sing, the
robber, elf - whose numerous escapes from justice
we have an account nearly as animated as the
never-to-be-forgotten one of Hassan, the ,ligyp-
tia» Hey, in the splendid tale of Anastasius.
This bandit is drawn with a vigorous and dra-
matic power, and is put in fine relief to
the crawling sycophantic Ali Cawn, his in-

sidious enemy. In the course of the tale
we meet with the following particulars re-
specting a Hindoo tribe of phansygars (pro-
fessional murderers), at present little known in
England, but who, it seems, are among the pests
of earth,_and enter in early life into a vow never
to spare the traveller who may fall into their
hands :

" These wretches, bred almost from their cradle to their
accursed profession, are never tempted to make an attack
until they are in numbers and a situition likely to secure
their success. They will follow travellers for weeks, and
if they find themselves too weak in number, make the
signals for reinforcements of their owe gang, only known
to themselves, and patiently wait until they arrive; strictly
adhering to the fundamental rules of their society, that no
murder is to be committed within two hundred miles of the
phansygar villages, where they live as farmers. No booty
is ever to be sold, within some hundred miles of the spot
where it was captured ; and no earthly inducement is to
cause them to spare the lives of those they have once at-
tacked, nor are they even to use fire arms, or depart from
their own distinctive weapons. The pre-concerted plan
of this dreadful fraternity was, that on a given day, all
their different parties, who were out in every direction, tra-
versing the provinces of Asia, should meet in a particular
haunt in the jungle near Delhi, which was a well-known
rendezvous, bringing with them all the plunder they had
taken, there to be examined, classed, and divided into se-
parate bales, like the •merchandize of regular traders ; and
distributed to different gangs, who were, in the disguise of
merchants, to carry the whole to the great fair of Hurd-
war, which is the central ground where all the nations of
India may meet. At such rendezvous the cattle taken un-
derwent a general metamorphosis-; bullocks were deprived
of their horns, white beasts were dyed black, and light
manes and tails stained blue or red, and in general, so com-
plete was the change, that it would have been impossible
for the owners to recognise them.. Every individual arti-
cle underwent a scrupulous investigation, and all precise
marks were carefully effaced. The clothes of the victims
were made over to those who were to act r s old clothes
dealers ; jewels to jewellers, and the arms to armourers.—
From the time the arrangements were completed, and the
distribution made, the parties strictly kept to their new
cha►acters; and though troops with different merchandizes
might meet at the same serai, they had no intercourse in
public sr private, and amongst the whole tribe at the fair,
the same rule was maintained. Having disposed of their
goods, they returned to their villages, where an equal divi-
sion of the profit was made, and sacrifice offered fur their
successful enterprises."

Our author is particular happy in his sketches
of female character, in proof of which we may in-
stance Flora Melville, and Harriette Manton, the
latter—we are ashamed to speak ill of a lady, a
little bit of a reprobate; and the former, a model
of all that is amiable as a wife and mother. The
scene in which Mrs. Melville's husband dies
in an
_lndian desert, and that in which she digs
his grave, and hears, before it is half-finished, the
long howl of the expectant jackal', cannot be read
without interest. It is a novel and striking idea,
and well worked out. Altogether we may un-
hesitatingly recommend " Life in India," as a
temperately written and well-Sustained work of
fiction.

THE JUVENILE KEEPSAKE.

LONDON. I 829.

INIr. T. Roscoe—a name consecrated in the
annals of English historical literature—has not,
in his present little work, disparaged that illus-
trious name. His Juvenile Keepsake (which,
by the bye, is not so juvenile as it looks ; con-
taining matters, whether in prose or verse, fitted
for mature readers) is a truly elegant little gem,
whose engravings alone are sufficient to stamp
its excellence and ensure its circulation. In
the whole wide range of the English annuals
we kHow not where to find a more tasty, elegant,
and finished engraving than that of the IVlenai
Bridge. It stands in the very first rank of
pictoral merit. Zoe aid Muriotti too is remark-
able for its finish, and the exquisite figure of the
Greek girl, who looks up in the face of her lover
with a truly enviable expression of endearment.
With regard to the literary contributions they are
various, rambling a from grave to gay, from lively
to severe," with remarkable ease and grace.
The Editor's own papers are not among the
least valuable in the volume ; as the sweet little
poem entitled the ‘, Young Absentee," which
we regret that our very circumscribed limits pre-
vent us from extracting, will testify. On the
whole, we feel inclined to place the Juvenile
Keepsake in the front rank of our modern
annuals.

A subscription is raising for the erection of
a church in the Fore3'.- of Bere.

MANCHESTER IVIUSICAL FESTIVAL.—We
stated, a few weeks ago, that the surpins amounted to the
sum of 5,0001. The Committee have divided it amongst
the undermentioned charities, in the following proportions
To the Infirmary
House of Recovery 350
Lying-in-Hospital 3OO
Ladies' Auxiliary to ditto 5O
Eye Institution l5O
School for the Deaf and Dumb 3OO
Salford Dispensary 5OO
Chorlton Row ditto 4OO
Ardwick and Ancoats ditto 3OO
Lock Hospital lOO
Humane Society 5O

"We are much gratified in being able to state, that
two men have been apprehended, charged with the
brutal treatment and robbery of Mr. Greenhill, at
East Ham, and of whose guilt there appears but
little doubt. Two Irishmen, Michael Cashom and
John Brien, who were in the employ of Mr. Green-
hill, but who absconded directly after the robbery,
were traced to Bristol, and there taken, with the
gold watch and a hat, the property of the venerable
gentleman, and which he has sworn to he those he
had in his possession when assaulted. The prisoners
have arrived here, and are confined in the new prison
to await their trial at the ensuing assizes. They are
young men, the one twenty-five and the other
twenty-six, and in their prison dress have not that
ferocious appearance which might have been ex-
pected from the murderous attack they are supposed
to have made upon their master. A very ludicrous
scene followed the introduction of these men at the
gaol. They were, as is customary, taken to a bath,
provided for the purpose of maintaining that cleanli-
ness which is so observable in every partof the prison;
Cashom first went through the ceremony without ob-
jection, and was conducted to a yard in the gaol uni-
form, unperceived by Brien, who was-then required to
undergo the like wholesome discipline; but on his
entering the place, and observing a copper boiling
with water, and an oven in the process of heating, at
the same time casting his eyes upon the clothes of
his late companion, which contained neither flesh nor
bones, his ignorant mind became alarmed, and nei-
ther promises nor threats could induce him to enter
the bath. He was frantic with the idea that he was
either to be boiled or roasted alive, which he con-
cluded had been the fate of Cashom. After a strug-
gle in which the prisoner struck one of the assistants
upon the face, which drew blood, he called loudly
for a priest, and begged to have time to pray; for
nearly half an hour he was allowed to remain on his
knees, apparently in devout prayer, but at the con-
clusion, he was not convinced of his safety from
either water or fire, and in order to get him into the
bath, his clothes were torn from him piecemeal, and
at last he was thrown in neck and heels; having,
however, enjoyed the luxury fora short time, he was
as unwilling to be again clothed, and in the necessary
force obliged to be used, he received some bruises.
He afterwards expressed his contrition for the
trouble he had given, but still declares that it arose
from his fears that his partner had been either boil-
ed in the copper or destroyed. in the oven.—Esse,r
Herald.

NEW SECT.—A license was on Wednesday
applied for at the Registry-office, Chester, and granted, for
a house in Stockport, as a place of worship, for a new sect
of people there, lately sprung up, who deno:ninate them-
selves Gomerian Druids .I—but of their peculiar tenets we
know nothing.— York Courant.

Many of the young wheats are said to be
much injured by the slug, to intercept the ravages of
which, some farmers have applied a coating of quick lime;
others, as a greater attraction, have spread the land with
cabbage and turnip leaves.

GROSS OUTRAGE.—Yesterday evening week,
just at dark, a daughter of Mr. HEBBLEWIUTE,' while
walking about the premises of his house, in Finkle-street,
Cottingham, was seized by two ruffians, who had hidden
themselves there, and treated in a most brutal manner.
The principal feature of their atrocity may be considered as
original, at least in this part of the country. One of them
held the poor girl by main force, covering her eyes with
one hand, whilst the other, with a pair of scissors, evi-
dently provided for the purpose, clipped off the greatest
part of her hair. There can be little doubt that this base
and cowardly act has had revenge for its source, and that
the parties are no strangers to the neighbourhood. A re-
ward of twenty guineas has been offered for the discovery
of the offenders. The young lady's bonnet, hair, and
combs were found not 100 yards from her father's Louse.—
Hull Packet.

HOUSEBREAKING EXTRAORDINARY.--On
Saturday night a married woman, between 30 and 40
years of age, secreted herself inside the premises in Milne
square occupied by the Equitable Loan Company, at the
time the warehouse was locked up, where she remained
till Monday morning about six o'clock, having in the in-
terval forced open a desk, and possessed herself of about
54./. in silver, a watch, half a dozen of silver tea-spoons,
and one or two other articles of no great value. Atter
having been locked up for more than thirty ]►ours, she at-
tempted to effect her escape by lowering herself with a
rope from a window on the fourth or fifth floor, into Bull's
Close ; but whether the rope broke, or whether she had
miscalculated the height from which she had to descend—
and from the circumstance of her having lengthened the
rope by tying several pieces of twine to it, this is the more
likely—she fell about twenty or thirty feet, and broke her
back in more places than one. The noise occasioned by her
all brought the watchman to the spot, when the breaking
out was discovered, and the money found scattered about
the place. The unhappy woman was subsequently con-
veyed to the Royal Infirmary, where she now lies with little
hopes of recovery.—Edinburgh Observer.

A CORPORAL'S LOVE.—The following cu-
rious letter was lately found amongst the papers of a de-
ceased magistrate:—
" Glasgow Barracks, 26th May, 1797.
" Honoured Sir,—This is to let you know that I, Hugh
Galley, corporal in his Grace the Duke of Gordon's regi
went, humbly begs of your Honour, that he, through your
help, might marry Jeanlll‘Donald, prisoner in the Cells of
Glasgow, who was put in through bad company that she
misfortunately, happened to be in, and brought her to a'dis-
grace by folly—it being her first crime since she was born,
Honoured Sir,—l, your humble Servant, will be happy to
marry her before your face, if you think that I am in a
scheme. Honoured Sir,—l beg of you, if it will not take place
any other way, be so kind as to send for her to your house,
and let me marry her there, and then confine her back
again, and I will be happy to have the pleasure of that same.
Honoured not angry for being so positively, be-
cause lam afraid that the regiment will move from the
barracks, and that is the reason of it. I can give you a
sight of certificates from the parish that I was brought up.
Honoured Sir—l trust in my God that you will have pity
on me, and the Lord will pay your kindness. Honoured
Sir—All that I have said to you I hope that your good
sense will conceal it from my officers and brother soldiers ;
not that I see any shame in it, but they would look down
on me for ever for marrying any out of the confinement.
My good character you may 'hear in the regiment ; thank
God that they have nothing to say to me as yet. Honoured
Sir,—l am your humble and most obedient sorrowful ser-
vant, till death,
" HUG GALLEY, corporal, North F. Highlanders.
" To Mr. , Magistrate in the city of Glasgow."—
Edinburgh Observer.

A MELANCHOLY STORY.—An interesting
young woman, named ANN Re:n, the wife of a green
grocer, in London, was reduced to the last stage of a de-
cline, and given over by her medical attendants; but she
had conceived a hope that her cure would be certain if she
could only reach Cheltenban. Her husband (whose affec-
tionate solicitude does honour to his heart) resolved on re-
moving the companion of his youth to this town, at What-
ever expense it might cost him, and applied to two or three
coachsoffices when the coaches were leaving; but ouch was
the death-like appearance of the mere shadowy form be had
brought as a passenger, that every coachman refused to
convey her, fearing she might the upon the road. The
husband, however, being still anxious to console the last
hours of a wife he tenderly loved, by granting her last
request, hired a covered gig, and commenced a three days
journey to Cheltenham. His wife cheered his spirits in the
fatiguing task which affliction had imposed on hisn, by
repeated assurances that Cheltenham would restore her to
health and to his arms. The husband was melancholy, and
observed that his poor wife betrayed intense anxiety on the
third day to reach the end of her journey, repeatedly
urging him to hasten the progress of the vehicle. When
they arrived within six miles of Cheltenham she expressed
her delight at the circumstance ; but before he could elicit
a second reply from her, she had expired by his side. In
an agony of mind he stopped at a cottage by the road side,
there he obtained permission to leave the dead body of his
poor wife. while he drove into the town to fetch one of her
relations who resided there. He returned with the utmost
speed, but his deeply distressed feelings were destined to
receive another wound, the infliction of which almost re-
duced him to a state of despair. Probably suspicious of a
dark and fearful character had taken possession of the mind
of the cottager, who refused to allow him a sight of his
wife's corpse, until a Coroner's inquest had been bald upon
it.—The unfortunate husband was kept in this state of
suspense until after the Coroner and Jury had viewed the
body, when a verdict-of " Died by the visitation of God"
was returned ; and the following day her remains were
consigned to the grave.—Cheltenham Chronicle.