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London, England, 1829-12-03 00:00:00

passable on foot ; on the same day the cold at Kon;gshurg
was ten degrec3.

FROM THE WESER, NM% L 4•

It is positively affirmed that the Committees-of the Diet
of the Duchy of Brunswick have propesed the pat till aboli-
tion of the very onerous personal tax which was first intro.
duced (luring the existence of the kingdom of Westphalia.
The admirab'e administration of the public treasury, and
the gradual redemption of the del,ts, afford the posaility
of dispensing with this tax. No doubt. is entertained that
his Serene Highness, always desirous to promote the
welfare of his subjects, wiil accede to a proposal which is
so agreeable to their wishes. The Estates had besides
granted this tax for three years only, which have long since
expired, and it ought the: efore to have ceased, or to have
been granted anew.

=tam, ,vov. 14.:

Ac.tounts from Z walie, of the 9th inzt., say, " We
have certain information from hick, in Bosnia, that the
village of Gatta, which is a league and a half from our
frontiers, and is chiefly inhabited by criminals, who have
taken refuge there, and make plundering excursions into
the country they have abandoned, has been burnt and
totally laid waste by the Turks, and 12 of these wretches
put to death, because they had even attacked and plun-
dered the Turks, and killed one of them. Though the
number of these crimit.a!s is thus reducid by twelve, it
were to be wished that they had suffered, as a warning to
others, by the arm of justice."
BERLIN, NOV. 26.

Accounts from St. Petersburgh say, that no doubts are
now entertained of the speedy evacuation of the Turkish
dominions, including tha principalities. It was a'sa -re-
ported, that as soon as the Russian troops have returned
rom Turkey to the interior of Russia, the army will have
a different organization. It is also said that, under the
direction of Count Canarin, the Minister of Finance, a
groat improvement may be expected in the civil adminis-
tration, with a view to economy and to facilitate the des-
patchof business.

The Prussian Slate Gazette of the 27th
Nov., informs us that the Emperor of RusslA
has been afflicted with shivering fits and ague,
but not dangerously:—

ST. PETERSBURCO, NOV. IS.

His Majesty the Emperor has laboured f,r some -days
under an indisposition, which gives, however, no ground
for alarm, as it appears from the following bulletins,
signed by his Majesty's physician, that he is already get-
ting better :
" Tim FIaST BULLETIN.—Last Tuesday (10th Novem-
ber), at 8 P.M., his Majesty was seized with a shivering
fit, which was followed during the night by a fever fit...
_ .

" In the morning it appeared that his Majesty's indis-
position was an ague', caused by his having. twice taken
cold. The disorder has since taken its usual course; from
the beginning there has not been in any organ any distant
symptom of disease (:r inflansmation, and during the last
three days and nights the fever has gradually abated.
-Though his Majesty feels himself rather debilitated by the
continuance of the fever, we hope that the disorder will
soon take a favourable turn.

(Signed) CRIGHTON RAUCH.

" Nov. 16, 189."

, •
" SECOND BUI.LETIN.—His M:ijesty has passed a quiet
night, and woke only three times from eleven at night till
c4glit in the morning ; but little alteration has taken place
in the fever fits.
" Nov. 17. " CRICHTON ItAUCH."

The following are extracts from Lisbon Papers
of the 22d Nov., and Brussels of the 2d inst.:—

LISBON, NOV. 21

The Gazette contains a decree of his Majesty for the
suppression of the crime of sacrilege and robbery of churches.
This crime lrtvina become very frequent of late, it is abso-
lutely necessary to adopt prompt and effectual measures for
its suppression, rewa.ds arc therefore offered for the disco-
very of the criminals, and the Judges are directed to proceed
to their trial without any delay, and they are not in any
case whatever to siter or modify the penalties imposed by the
laws. Those who shall purchase effects stolen from churches,
or receivers of the same, shall incur the same penalties.

THE HAGUE', NOV. 20.

In the Second Chamber of the States General, tie
project of law fixing the amount of the laud tax far 1830,
and the quota of the several provinces, was rejected
by 51 votes to 43.
M. de Secus brought forward a project of law in three
articles, for putting an end to the prosecutions commenced,
and for suspending the eff,cts of the penalties inflicted by
the legislation of 1815, now abrogated. The project of
law, and the explanatory memorial accompanying it, were
ordered to be printed far the use of the Members.
unussims, NOV. 28.

The examples of the communes of Eghem, Co'scamp,
has roused the people from their lethargy. Ghent is
going to give a splendid proof of its formal disavowal of
the intrigues that have been teo long allowed. A counter
petition, which has been in circulation only since this
morning, is already covered with numerous signatures.
This petition of Ghent says, among other things, " We
are convinced that the un'imited liberty of instruction
would only tend, in the present state of things, to give to
the vicars and curates the exclusive power of educating
the people.
" informed by history and by our own recollections of the
perpetual abuse which the priests have made of this tight,
and well assured that a clerical education is not in the 19th
century suited to our children, who are all intended for the
career of the sciences or manufactures, we protest against
this general right of teaching, which, is our small parishes,
where the sacerdotal power is immense, would only esta-
blish a monopoly in favour of the priests.
" With the exception of one grievanre, the tax on grind-
ing corn, which his Majesty knows has been laid before
hint by the general wish, we protest not against all
the other demands, but against 'he intention of those who
express them, and the disrespectful form given to them by
a party which is always ready to turn to its profit whit
it seems to oppose, and which every where sows disorder
and agitation."

We have received the following from our

Paris Correspondent :

C PARIS, DEC. 1.

" You have no doubt observed with what vehe-
mence the liberal Journals, for the last eight days,
have been inculcating the idea of what they call a
coup d'clat, in the form of an additional article to the
Charter;proceeding from the constituent power which
is claimed forthe Crown, the object of which was to
be such a modification of the law of elections, as to
secure a majority of the Chamber of Deputies in favour
of the Ministerial party. I did not take any notice
of these rumours when they arose, because I was
unable to trace them to any authentic source, and
,10,V I may say that they have either keen who:ly_
'Without- foundation, or at lettit', that if the project
has been ever entertained, it is for the present laid
aside. Sunday is the great day at the Tuileries,
when Cardinals, Courtiers, and Counsellors of State,
come to pay their respects to the Sovereign, and to
give and receive intelligence as to all the current
rumours of the day. The essenee of this con-
versation is distinguished in the higher circles
by the rattle of le vent du chateau, which
i the evening is spread over the saloons of the
r
, bourgs Sr. Germain and St. Honore, and next
jag is distilled in ten thoussnd forms over all
r stricts of Paris. On Sunday last the rumours

rriti'previous week appeared to have attracted a
greater crowd than usual to the levee at the Tuile-
ries ; but those who are best able to collect and
appreciate the voices of men of all parties, who meet
Co bow and to gossip in the presence of Royalty,
have pronounced the decision 1 have already hinted
at, qn the rumours so industriously circulated by the
adversaries of the Ministry. Those, however, who
had been most active in giving currency to such
sinister reports, while they admit that the question
of an additional Act to the Charter, for tli pur-
pose of vitiating the electoral system, had never
been actually under discussion in the council of Mi-
nisters, now contend that individual Members of
the t abinet had employed certain confidential per-
sons to examine the question, with a view to ascer-
tain the practicability of the measure proposed, and
that one of those persons having prepared a project
or scheme of an act, in conformity with the views
of his employers, had been tempted by self-conceit,
or imps udence, to mention the matter to a political
personage of some distinction, through whose indiscre
tion it had reached the Journals, in the alarming form
which it afterwards assumed; but it is now acknow'-
ledged on all hands, as. I mentioned above, that if
the question had ever been seriously agitated in any

quarter, it is now abandoned, whether f►oat the op-
position it has received from the liberal Journals, or
from its intri►:sic impracticability, it is not perhaps
of much consequence to enquire. But assuredly, if
the Monarchy is to be saved,' and such is the con-
stant cry of the Royalist party, it is not by a recur-
rence to the absurd pretext of a-constituent power
inherent in the Crown.

" A very indecent discussion has been for some
time carried on in the French Papers as to the
succession to an office of great distinction and
emolument, that of First President of the Cour des
Comptes, at present held by the Marquis de Mathe
Marbois, a man of distinguished merit, but far ad-
vanced in years, and for some time seriously indis-
posed. The discussion relates to the degree of M.
do Marbois'sindisposition,and to the probability of an
catty vacancy, in which case, according to the Quo-
tidienne and the Gazette, the office is destined for the
Count de Peyronnet, as a recompence, no doubt,
for the zeal he has lately evinced in favour of the
Ministry of M. de Polignae, and perhaps alio to
compensate for the mortification he experienced at
the late election at Bordeaux. In the meantime it
is Strongly asserted, that the present incumbent is
rapidly recovering, and is about to resume his seat on
the bench, when those who have been so busily can-
vassing the succession, must look rather strangely
at each other, and at him, if they have any feelings
analazous to those which we still cherish in England
" By an Ordonnance in this morning's ilionitenr,
and the report of the Count de Chabrol, on which
it proceeds, it appears that a very great reform, in
point of economy at least, has taken place in the de-
partment of the French finances since the year 1811.
On the lit of January, in that year, the Ministry of
Finance, and the Treasury together, presented an
effective, or personal force of 1,528 persons,
who were maintained at an annual expense of
4,893,315 francs. On the Ist of January,
1822, the number of official persons connected with
the department eras reduced to 1,017 and the
relative expenses to 3,009,650 francs. On .the Ist
of January, 1828, the personnel of the department
was further reduced to 915 persons, and the ex-
penses to 2,822,900 francs, and on the Ist of Sep-
tember last (1829); it is stated in this report, that
the number of individuals employed amounted only
to 867 persons, and their emoluments to 2,662,700
francs. This statement seems to indicate a serious,
desire on the part of several successive Ministers to
efftet a substantial and economical reform in one
department at least of the French Government, and
affords an example which might perhaps be benefi-
cially applied to more than one department of the
English Government. It will be seen from the
figures I have just quoted, that the average pay of
all the official persons connected with the depart-
ment of the French finances, from the lowest class
up to the principal employes, including the 'Minister
himself, amounts to something less than 1201. a
year, a rate which it might not be amiss to compare
with :he details exhibited 114 our own Red Book."

The activity of the Pamphleteers on India is
increasing, and another has just been put forth
by MURRAY, entitled " The Territorial Gavern-
ment and Commerce of the East India Com-
panv." It would seem from the Preface that
this Essay has been rejected from a Review, the
Quarterly, we presume, for which it was ori-
ginally prepared, although its style and matter
certainly are equal to the average articles in the
leading periodicals. A variety of facts deve-
loped, relating to the taxation of India, are alone
sufficient to entitle this pamphlet to considera-
tion, and the acquaintance the writer exhibits
with the country gives a degree of
_plausibilityto
his arguments, which few advocates of monopoly
have hitherto carried with them.
The author admits, what indeed he could not
dispute—the fulfilment by experience of the
anticipations expressed by Mr. RiciaArtias and
others in 1813, of the extension of the India
Trade by its liberation ; and he concurs in the
correctness of Mr. ThexAßDs's assertion with
regard to the erroneous notions entertained of
the impossibility of the Hindoos separating from
their respective castes. Mr. CoLEBROOKE, the
distinguished oriental scholar, has furnished
sufficient evidence to rectify this, so prevalent,
idea ; and it appears agreed " that almost every
" occupation, though regularly it be the pro-
" fession of a particular class, is open to most
" other classes, and that the limitations, far from
" being rigorous, do in fact reserve only the pecu-
" liar profession, that of Bralimana, which con-
" sists in teaching the Veda, and officiating at
" religious ceremonies." This disposes at once
of the objection of the monopolist, that the reli-
gion and habits of the Hindoos will always pre-
vent their becoming industrious, and it appears
also to be established, that notwithstanding the
exaggerated accounts of their simplicity of diet,
and aversion to flesh, the Hindoos are very much
indined to live better as they grow richer, and
the richer they become the better customers we
arc likely to find them. Hence the importance
of introducing European capital and machinery
among the Indians becomes clearer than ever, as
we get rid by degrees of the notions of their in-
capacity for improvement.
We should be very much ashamed of joining
in an indiscriminate cry of mismanagement or
oppression against- the Company for adopting
a system of taxation, the merits of which
are so differently appreciated by the most
-experienced persons. Time author of the
pamphlet is an advocate of the present plan
of levying the duties by what is called the
ltyotwar Settlement, or contracts with the cul-
tivators of the land individually. The Zemin-
dary Settlement established by Mr. FRANCIS,
in 1793, was a contract with the renters, and
was designed to fix the demand of the State
upon land, and to create a class of proprietors
like the English landlords. It was probably
superior in theory to the Ryotwar, which neces-
sarily brings the tax-gatherer into perpetual con-
tact with the population, exciting all the disgust
attachable to our Excisemen and Collectors of
Assessed Taxes. The assessment is extremely
heavy, being 20 per cent. and upwards on the
produce, and we are glad to find the author
admits the justice and policy of reducing it. He
appears however to be insensible to the intrinsic
evil of a tax upon produce, which whether levied
under the name of Ryot, of Tithes, of Metayer,
Rent, or otherwise, must necessarily be a check
to industry and production, which a fixed as-
sessment would, by comparison, affect very
slightly. We do not attach much weight to the
animadversions quoted from WARREN HAST-
lNGS"theoretical speculations:" it is
t language of men who are at a los,
to give gicvoemaga maireis aitson fur their opinions ; and - is
part of the ignorant and sophistical method of
arguing practised in all countries by the enemies

of improvement. All theory is made up of ex-
perience—not by mere individual observation,
but by availing of the knowledge and wisdom
of others as the materials of judgment ; and it
is prepsterous to hear the Company's servants
talk as if the science of Government could bo
best learned by the simple process of eating and
drinking, and making money for a few years in
the country, the best method of ruling which
is in question. The best part of the pamphlet
appears to' us, that in which the necessity of a
change in the administration of justice is urged.
The writer (who, be it remembered, is strongly
impressed with the excellence of most things dine
by the Company) on this subject, does not con-
ceal the truth. " Delay," he says, "is the main
" defect in the judicial system of India. The first
" and great cause of this delay is the want of legal
" knowledge and legal education amongst the
" judicial servants of the East India Company ;
" the second is the multiplication of the appellate
" jurisdiction ; and, lastly, the very limited em-
" ployment of the natives in this branch of the
" public service. We do not hesitate to say,
' " that no English gentleman should preside in a
" civil Court, who has not the same qualifica-
" lions, as to the knowledge of the laws of In-
" dia—British, Mahommedan, and Hindoo—
" as would be required from a Judge similarly
" circumstanced in Europe. Years must be
" passed in acquiring this knowledge, but years
" will be saved in the despatch of public busi-
" ness. The minute distribution of property in
" India, the numbers of the population, the
" religious character of that population, and the
" distance of many districts from the seats of
" Government, render the present system of
" successive appeals, and the consequent neces-
" shy of recording law proceedings, wholly in-
" consistent with the due and speedy adminis-
" tration of justice. Delay operates as denial ;
" and the only effectual remedy is to employ
" legally qualified persons on the Bench, and to
" trust them with a greater extent of final de-
" cision. In regard to the introduction of na-
" tires into the judicial departments, to be really
" useful, the class of employments must be
" much raised. Adequate remuneration will
" amongst them, as elsewhere, purchase talent
" and official integrity. But it will be said
" their employment must supersede that of the
" natives of Great Britain. Be it so : in this
" supervision, however, the Government of India
" will be directly benefitted—first by the reduc-
" lion of expense ; and, secondly, by creating an
" official aristocracy among its subjects, attached
" by the ties of -interest to the necessary un-
" stable rule of foreigners."
Reasoning on the assumption that " absolute
government is and must be the character of the
British Government in India," the Pamphleteer
has, as might be expected, a horror of coloni-
zation, for fear of the introduction of the
European habits of expressing discontents, and
resisting what is believed to be oppression.
t. is useless to argue this point with one

who considers the immediate removal of tur-
bulent or suspeeted Europeans from India,
an indispensable attribute of the Executive
Government ; and it is moreover unnecessary to
enter at length into his protestations against
free settlement, because there is really nothing
in them beyond what we have heard often be-
fore. Ile, however, applauds the late regula-
tions, which permit Europeans to enjoy a li-
mited term in coffee and cotton plantations,
though such permission is in direct opposition
to his own opinion. However, with regard to
the Company, we suppose the grand maxim of

her defenders must be, " whatever is, is tight."
Of the injustice of the countervailing duty on
East India sugar, the Pamphleteer cannot be
more sensible than we are. The people of India,
as he contends, have a right to demand a re-
ception for their produce in the markets of Bri-
tain on the same terms as are granted to the
other colonial possessions of the British Crown.
Little notice is taken of the China trade mo-

nopoly as a distinct grievance ; but the summing
up of the pamphlet endeavours to justify the
continuance of that monopoly, by the want of
means of otherwise supplying the deficiency in
the territorial assets. Upon this allegation it is
only necessary to remark, that if the Company
must needs continue to be thus supported at the
public expense, the proper way of doing it is
by an annual grant from Parliament, after an
audit of the territorial accounts, and not by ap-
propriating to a principal body a branch of Bri,
tish commerce, to the exclusion of the rest of
the KING'S subjects. If the Sovereigns of
India must necessarily be traders, let them be so
on the same footing as other people ; but let
Parliament beware how they give ear to specious
pretences, which are, the more dangerous, when
mixed up with so much talent and information
as arc displayed in the pamphlet under our
notice.

" I. FORBID TILE BANNS."—In the early
part of November, while the clergyman was publishing •
the banns of marriage in a village church near this town,
between and —, a bluff-looking countryman ex-
ciaimed in a loud voice, " I forbid the banns."—" You
will be required to state your reasons hereafter std the
" I will, Sir," replied the party addresikti—
" That man has bad three wives already, and I'm sure he
don'a want another."— Cheltenham Chronicle.
A wonderful instance of the sagacity of in-
fo-kr animals may be seen at Nether side, parish of Avon-
dale, the residence of ALEX. ALLISOir, Esq., of Letham.
flint gentleman has three greyhounds, accustomed to
ceutsing, and three hares living together in perfect friend-
chip. They all ftcd in the same dish, and run about pro-
mistuously. The hares show.:no symptoms of fear ; and
the greyhounds, in return for such confidence, allow puss
to enjoy herself in safety.—Glasgow Chronicle.
On 'Wednesday erpnng some alarm was cx-
ited in Newington, owing to the following eircutustamut :
—About seven o'clock, as a tradesman residing in the
neighbourhood was passing an unfinished house near Tri-
lity-square, be saw a min busily engaged in burying
4mietbing tied up in a cloth in the earth. The tradesman
.vent to the watch-house, and the consul& afterwards
~roceeded to the spot, and seeing that the ground had
!teen distutbad, he began to dig away until he found the
arm and leg cf an adult tied up carefully in a cloth. By
this time a crow') bad coreeted about the place, and the
constable was urged to tAce two membcts off to a pro-
fessional. man, %vim pronounced that they belonged to a
:lel'unet person, and had undergone dissection. The an-
.touncement appeased the crowd, and the leg and arm
.were again consigned to the hole they were takes out of,

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DA')

These Sess:ons commenced this morning before ;_.
Right Hon. the I.oßu MAYOR, Alderman ATKI:46, I
the usual City Authorities. ni
TI e presiding Judges are Mr. Justice LirriznAo
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN.
This being the first Sessions (luring the P.—
it"-
MAyoralty, the Lora) MAYOR, ettended by the SuO
came down to the Court in St.tte.
A SUMMARY STATEMENT, DESCRIPTIVE OP THE VARIOUS OF,-*
wt.:a WHICH TilF, PRISONERS SE ERALLY STAND CtIARGE°.
In
Stealing in dwelling-houses 2 Embezzling ............. . ........
Burglary 1 Stealing from the person ." 1
Ilonsebreaking 4 Receiving stolen goods ••'
Rape
Highway robbery
Uttering Counterfeit Coin, Uttering Counterfeit Coin, 3
having •I.cen before con- first offence ...............
witn

Entering a warehouse •
intent to steal ................
r. and ...............................
Of the above number, 33 are chzsged
in the City, and 151 in the County. ...
STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE,
MADE UP TO TUESDAY EVENING, li
Prisoners under sentence of death ............ . ...................
Prisoners under sentence of trmspertation for life ...............
14 years ...••••• tt)
7 years ......
Imprisoned for felony and misdemeanours forcertain periods 20
For trial at the ensuing Sessions .............................»•»...•. I
Committed under the Bankrupt Laws ...............................
Wheso judgments .arc respited .......................................... $
Acquitted on the ground of insanity, and remain ................
1
Committed for trial for Conspiracy ....................... ...........
For trial at the lower Sessions ............... . ................ .......
Males 215 I Females ..........129 'Total ........... 315
OLD COURT.
uLriitt,,h, intent
.:tit:sust
Wil'iam James, aged 22, was capitally indicted f°u.
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Dela&
eal.
s landlord of
edToifm
November,prtisectitor stthateednitgbiaat lee wliad
indmill.street, Rea
was held at his house, after s,curing all the doors ant
windows, I.e took the box belonging to the sucielY up_
stairs, and went to bed. About five o'clock in the 001:0
ing he was awoke by two of the new policemen raßie_.s
at the door, and informing him his house had been brolc:'
open. It w.ts then dise,iveted the window beef
be'''.
t theos
°lite":
yid
forced, but it apeared the thieves were alarmed before
r
they could get held achy property. • lit
'lwo of the new policemen deposed that on the 1'4.4
in question, as they were pa.sing the prosecutor's h°:ct
they observed two men standing against the windroft.z
a third upon the window leads. On their appooc,o;o
them they all ran off, and the prisoner turned uiCg
Smith's-court, which is not a thoroughfare. The
followed and found him rolled up under a parcel of str!sct
pretending to be asleep. He was taken into custoilYt
on being searched, a chisel was found upon him.
ic t
The prisoner put in a long written defence, in whl, to
began by appealing to the truth of his statemen;,ll
that God who seareheth all hearts, and to WhWlrest
secrets are known." After making this appeals thef his
of the defence was reasoning on the improbability °f
h Mn 4 committed
LIT the offence. tarP
Mr. Justice TLEDALE summed up, and the
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilt,
Death.
Mary Ann Brown, aged 19, was capitallye4 f`"
indict lci,
stealing in
he dwelline-house or Frances
Maria
theTPhearpel;4')'sercesuit,
a gold wat, value M., the property of Maria are' hs 0 I
oierdaantd
apnrisaodtltosi,nwinhaohaoruesebotinh " NYlll..:treer,
Esetettrix was
Strand. On the 10th of November, the preeectilino the
,ts,eilla.eitiddhi:ocpnoivlrlteort,euvdrottifihntaghteitiobeedrlieg.roiltei
fttd
bfureoleln,:tut,lainokinielmfai:lr:nznni:tuggni,'
Caroline Josephs stated, that she lived in i„ nor
court, Haymarket; on the 10th November the 11.. On
came to her in great distress, and wanted to hovra‘c
a gold watch ; witness at first refused, but on the Pnd6r,
coming a second time, and telling her that she Want' lads
to pay Mr. Wright for a tree admission to Drury-
theatre, she consented to advance the money.
the
The watch was here produced, and identified by ,
prosecutrix as her property. f 11'e
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN said the capital parte° ,jor,
charge could not be sustained. The indictment, .Ivairar
the house where the property was stolen from, bet%to
ing to Frances Sparrow, widow, when it tutted lether
was a single woman. It was fur the Jury to
she was guilty of the larceny. 'J they
The Jury consulted for some time, and then..rt; stolen
thought there was no proof of the prisoner ba".-°
the watch. ;life(4
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—From the situation .1! tits
the parties I suppose, Gentlemen, you do not belle° .
testimony of the witnesses, h t
Foreman—We certainly are not satisfieA - with

%lc cd a; a common ut-
terer 1
Coining 2
Sheep-stealing

statements.
Verdict—Not Guilty. 110
James Stevens was capitally indicted for breaking,
entering the dwelling-house of Mr. R. Wissett, and 67
ing a gold watch, value 141., his property.
A person who had been one of the new polt6el
stated that he saw the priEonner running from the PI:001
cutor's louse, and en fo:lowing him and taking bin
I
custody the watch was found in his pocket.
Mr. Just'ce LITTLE' A LE—What was the Ivey',
your leaving the police ? Witness—Because I lave
a much better trade, my Lord.,—(A laugh.) • '0,41
The prisoner sail he saw a gentleman thraw the
away, anti he thought th.re could be no WO
picking it up. '4401'
Mr. Justice LITTLEDA LE summed up, and the du.,
mediately returned a verdict of Guilty—Death. if
Henry Holmes was indicted for a rape on the
of Ilarmah Ball, a child of twelve years of ar' 001
evidence is unfit for publication; and the trial ha'.
concluded when our Reporter left.

NEW COURT- I steP
• 10.11 n Jones and Robert Furze were convicted °` t 1.6
ieg, on the 21st of November, two hat-, value '244's'vie
property of Mr. John Smith, of Compton-stree''
minster.
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN recaznised the prisavell al
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offenders, one of them 11A been before transportdh. gee°
The COURT sentenced them to be transported '4l
years. ir f sh,r
Mary Dawson was indicted for stealing a Pa' °f tipr
from the house of G. R. Dawson, Esq., MX., °
Grosvenor. sti eet. Verdict—Guilty.

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Mr. BECKET lately lost a very °Lou
stallion : it wai seized with a bleeding at the nostr.ilseigir
Sunday, and again on Monday, when it diede•-'
Times.

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POWER OF IMAGINATION.---TW°
father and son, were lately employed in digging tbe Plod
land in the neighbourhood of this town: Whe,ti 1514
commenced their labours in the morning they
down their coats beside each other. Happening t° ibe
pat ated in the course of the day, the son,. who no
stouter. of the two, -oncoming to put on his COak los"
evening, found, to his horror, that it was much Us:, bit
for him. His arms were girded as if in a stocklli!''eitt
shoulders were squeezed together, and, as for buttan_alr're
an,. amplitude of chest rendered that a physical
oty. In place of considering that he had taken ,_Aurabs;
wrong coat the poor fellow immediately concluo'-
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his arms and body had become outrageously sWolleffo'
tliA this could not have originated otherwise thin ti.hg
the bite of an adder. In the utmost agitation
homewards with the jimp coat on his back, which
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on his tortured imagination all the puius of the alit! die 11
which consumed the vitals of Hercules. . At 000
disrobed himself, tumbled into bed, and in fancied skoeff;
roared out lustily for the doctor. His cries broughts!oinea
mother, and other relatives around him, who Ali
sincerely in the lamentation of the pushioned 00°. pip h..4i6
Here he Ly bemoaning his hard fortune, and, ",..e9rtiag
manhood, shedding torrents of tears, while renr—d
the inexorable fate which seemed about to cut hir
the prix le and vigour of his days. The solrnyetisil
lives and by-standers were sure that his bulk Was
far, er and larger, fomentations were applied to ever,..'
br
of his stout frame, and the keenest inquisition ";trulli
to discover the marks of the fatal woutol, while 1;0121:
after nostrum against eddir-stangs and elfi-shots ware tr,
proffered by each old womsn in the neighbourhoo‘h, 0 As
midst of this sad hullabaloo a'aaut poor John, 'ice° :!,
shouting that lie felt himself (growingl'll.7o 4;4° '
hogshead, and that he must inevitably br..ak 11-w
noise in one mass of corrupted hinuoursa 09';
tore was given to the affair by the lathe; 0'1;
ing into the h .use, crying cut in or,' ye
" is our Jack here ?" " What for, sir, 13'evor
that
awa wi' my coat, and leave me yews'
about me like a shapeless sack. Y've made ape",--hst Vi•
o'me to the weans in the Lnanwe'l, ye goner,'
a`ti eo;#
are !" An examination of the errata' took places ,%ell
N, in confusion, sought a cure for his imaginal' ortilt
in repose, while the doctor, who, in bruathlesshastek, •
at this interesting juncture, had nothing for n: ti,e ateor
hearty laugh at the simplicity of his patieal, s:!l'ry el*
ward looks of the bystanders who had so'cO"'`,ll`tie
thistd in his fictitious suiferings„paidey A 617

LAW

fELLIGENCE.- (THIS DAY.)

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
111 MATTE!! OF REMINGTON, STIMIENSON, AND CO.

BAN.
Mr. DANIEL, stated that this was tl:e peti'ion of Mr,
Power who,„ some tiinisinee, being in tl:e want of nt.lney,
applied to Mr. Reenriand Stephenson f,e a that gen-
Cattail agreed to lend him 10001. upon a bond being en-
tered into; an assignment made of ten shares in the Im-
perial Gas Company ; and a deposit with Mr. Row-
land Stephenson of several valuable pictures, the pro-
perty of Mr. Power.
The bond was drawn up,
with Rowland
the gas shares
assigned, and the pictures deposited
Stephenson. The money was not foi th-
as
coming at the appointed time, Mr. Stephenson assigning
a reason the scarcity of money in the bank, in conse-
quence of the heavy runs upon it. Rowland Stephenson,
however, stated that he should soon be able to raise the
money.. During the interval the house of Remington an!
\-0. became bankrupts, and the petitioner never received
but 6,0001. The pictures deposited with Rowland
rtePhettson were handed over- to the assignees, who
~,eholed to give them up without an order from the Court.
The present petition was therefore rendered neces-,ary for
the
Purpose of getting repossession of them. The as-
the were perfectly willing to yield up the property if
Coort thought that they ought to do so.
Thtt Vict-CHAwer.m.o, made the order as prayed.