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London, England, 1830-03-29 00:00:00

HEBDOMADARY.

THIS DAY.—Set youitWeit 5 minutes faster than the time ac-
cording to the sun dial. Saturn sets 4 morning.
To.atoaaow.—.Sicilian Vespers, 1282.
WEDIIRSDAYIOOII enters first quarter 2 min. past 7 morning.
THURSDAY, APRIL I.—Mercury rises 17 minutes past 5. On
this day the antient Roman women offered sacrifices to Venus
Verticordia, that she might Infuse chastity into their hearts.
Their offerings were Bowers and myrtles.
FRIDAY.—Noted in the Catholic Calendar. The sorrows of the
Blessed Virgin.—Cambridge Term ends.
SAT uItDAY.--Bun rises half-past 5 —sets half-past 6.—Oxford
Term ends.

NEW STATE PAPER-OYFICE.—The well-known man-
sion which has been in the Suffolk family for many years past, and
which was situated at the corner of the ornamental enclosure in St.
James's Park, between the Treasury and Duke-street-steps, has,
within the last three weeks, been levelled to the ground, and the
whole of the materials disposed of in lots by public auction. On
the site of the above mansion a building is immediately to be erected
for the department belonging to the State Paper-office, the present
building fn Great George-street being not only in a moat dilapidated
state, but also considerably too contracted for the purpose.
EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE Or A YouNG
Max.—lnformation was given on Friday at the different Police-
offices in the metropolis, by Mr. Evans, printer, of Ilford, in Es-
sex, of the extraordinary disappearance of Samuel Green, his jour-
neyman, who had been for some time in his employment. He stated
to the magistrate.. that he had a suspicion that his servant had been
murdered. The young man is about twenty-five years of age, and
on the night of Saturday week he received his weekly wages, be-
tween 305. and 2L and he went to a public-house, the sign of the
Red Lion. There were a number of persons in the same house
drinking, and some of them he had ascertained, were persons of
very bad character. The young man left that house before one
o'clock on the Sunday morning, and was afterwards seen with some
of the parties who had been drinking in the public-house with him,
on Ilford.bridge, but from that period to the present moment be had
not been seen nor heard of. Handbills had been circulated in every
direction, giving a description of his person, but no tidings could be
heard of him. It was stated that the young man had been at sea,
and his body was marked with an anchor and ship.
INQUISITION or LUNACY.—Saturday, at the Cado-
gan Arms, Sloane-street, an Inquisition was held by order of the
Loan CHANCELLOR, to ascertain whether a Lady of respectable
family, residing in Sloane-street, a spinster, 44 years of age, was of
unsound mind. The Chief Commissioner stated to the Jury that it
was an amicable abaft . en. Mrs. Bradbury proved
that she keeps a beige kr f disordered in mind, in Little
Chaises. The lady in quads. has bon In bee house since 11145,
and labours under great signals. of mind. fibs was melancholy,
of wham& her throat cut, and bad attempled to commit suicide.
—Aran liwards, her attendant la the betas of the last witness,
pm Misused the impwandaus if the Lady's mind ; eight or nine
*ass a itigUihe whams out of bed to get the chopper to
cut of ber hood. fibs was gabs wild about money, and would give
as mach as ars guineas for the most trifling service. A surgeon of
the isnablishammt fully proved the onsoune.nm of the Lady's mind.
Whorl*** saw her, two yews ago, she said she should give no
wawa, WI kr bled was cut of. After hearing the evidence, the
asainisslesmound Jury visited the Lady, in an adjoining mom, af.
ter which the Jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict that
the lady had been a lunatic, without lucid intervals, few the erstof
May, 1825.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MATIggitrIOUSE.
Saturday Robert Bright, porter to Mr. Tull, of Fenchurch.
street, warehousemen, was charged on suspicion of having broken
into his master's house on Tuesday night, and stolen between six
and seven pounds in cash from his desk. Mr. Tull's clerk proved
that the desk was forced open in the night and the money taken.
Michael Riddle, a shoemaker, whose house adjoins Mr. Tull's,
stated, that on Friday the pri;oner, whom he had known by sight
for some time, called on him to order a pair of shoes, and asked
him, in a joking way, if he could keep a secret ? Witness pro.
Weed to do so ? The prisoner then said he had taken a fancy to
Mr. Tull's servant-maid, and wanted to get to bed to her, and if
witness would let him get from the top of his house on Mr. Tull's,
he could get alongside of her. Witness consented, and the prisoner
came on Tuesday night, and after some time went up panelling (a
laugh.) After some time he came heck, and said the old cook was
in the way and it was no go, and requested the witness not to say a
word about the matter. The prisoner said that the account given
by the witness was false. He was remanded to give time for further
evidence.
BOW.STREET.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Mary Moriarty •11111 charged with
being drunk and disorderly in the street on Friday night. The
policemen by whom she had been taken into custody, deposed to
having found her in the street in a state bordering on madness,
caused as they were credibly informed, by her having drank 14
l
of gin. A drunken man charged her with having robbed
glasses
she knocked him down. They brought her to the watch.
house, where she was put into the strong ;room, and there she
stripped herself naked, and hung herself with her garters., but was
cut down in time to save her life. After she recovered she took the
garters off another prisoner and again hung herself, but was again
cut down. When she became sober she expressed sorrow for what
she had done.—The Magistrates committed her to the House of
Correction.
MARLBOROUGII-STREET.
J. Marshall, coachman to Lord Chichester, was charged with
having driven his lordship's carriage over Mr. Thomas Payne, of the
firm of Payne and Cullen, importers of leeches, residing in Skier's.
court, Cannon-street, City.
Clements, the inspector, stated that about two o'clock on Satur.
day morning the prisoner came to the watchhouse and said that he
was anxious to give himself up to the police, in consequence of
having accidentally killed a gentleman in Hyde-park. He ac.
cordingly detained the prisoner, and in the course of the morn.
ing he went to his lordship's residence. Upon his business being
known, his lordship sent the following written communication
to the Sitting Magistrate, explaining the nature of the accident
" Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon of Friday, March
26, Lord Chichester's carriage, driven by the coachman, J. Mar.
shall, accidentally came le.contact with Mr. Payne's gig, which
was in consequence overturned, and the wheels of Lord Chiches.
ter's carriage passed over the body of Mr. Payne, who was in-
stantly carried to St. George's Hospital, where he died the same
night. The accident happened opposite Stanhope-street, Hyde.
park."
The prisoner, who appeared to be deeply affected at the melan-
choly accident, said that he was extremely sorry for the accident,
which was innocently done by him, and the only explanation which
he could give was, that one of the horses was "fresh," and he had
not sufficient command over it.
He was ordered to be remanded until Wednesday, when he will
be committed on the coroner's warrant for manslaughter.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Titoism Davies, a respectable-looking young man, shopman to
Meurs. Sewell and Cross, the extensive linen-drapers of Compton.
street and Knightsbridge, was charged' with stealing two pieces of
silk, the property of his employers. It appeared that a manages of
the business at Knightsbridge, where the prisoner was employed,
suspected bim ; and, after the business of the day on Friday, fol-
lowed him into Piccadilly, and took from hint a bundle he was
carrying in his hand, which contained two pieces of silk, proved by
private marks to be the property of his employers.—The prisoner
made no defence, but was remanded to give time for other charges
to be brought against him.
A man named William Sneld wad charged by Mr. Besford, silk.
mercer, Southampton-street, Strand, with stealing a number of
silk handkkerchiefs from his shop. The prisoner, had a com-
panion, who escaped.—He was remanded.
LA M BE TH -STR P:E T.
John Myers, a Jew, was charged by Mary Mahoney with as.
saultlng her.
" What is your complaint?" asked Mr. MATTHIAS.
" Plase your worship," said Mrs. Mahoney, " he came up to my
basket and twin me for an orange, and I gave him one. What's
the price of it ?' says he. A penny,' says 1, and its richly worth
it, though I says that same that shouldn't say it.' No, it arn't,
says be,' you b—y Irish mare—neither better nor worse—yer wor-
ship, ' and I'll knock yer eye out.' Ya expression is vety
abominable,' says I, ' but you musn't strike me, though.' With
that he says the same words back again, and I says, 0, you nasty
baste,' says I".—
Mr. MATTHIAII-0, he called you a mare, and you called him
a beast.
" Yes, says I, you nasty baste, and I won't be abused by the
likes of ye. Then he knocked me down straight in the kennel ; but
I didn't think nothing o' that, and was going to give him a slap
again, when he took up his foot, and knock't my basket of oranges
all ova with it."
Mr. ifasTnras—Have you any witnesses?
" 0 yes, plenty, yer honour, but they're not here."
The prisoner said that the complainant struck 11:m first, and abused
him ; and called a witness, another Jew, who was sworn.
' Mr. Miasmas asked him if he were any relation to the other ?
" Eh !" replied he, cocking up his left ear.
The question was repeated, but he did not comprehend it, anti
said, " I'm rather hard of hearing, sir."
" Well, what do you know about it ?" enquired Mr. M.
" Vy, your vorship," said the Jew, " dish votnan called that
young man a facabint thief, and I thinks I should be likes to do
vot he did if I was called such names."
Mr. MATTHIAS—WeII, but did you hear him call this woman
any thing ?
" No, replied the Jew, " 'pon my honour. shir."
" Aye, you were deaf then," replied the Magistrate, " let the
woman be remunerated for the mischief dune to her goods. How
much will satisfy you, woman?"
" GOD forbid, sir." said Mrs. Mahoney, " that I should wrong
any_body. A shilling's the rich worth o' them."
The defendant was ordered to pay the shilling accordingly, and
the cost of the warrant.