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serrations, and the Cries of "Poll! poll 1" and confusion '
*ere so great, that. very few, if any, heard any
i thing he add. lie stated that what had fallen from
Marsham, so-far froth inducing those present to vote
for Mr. Peel's re-election was as wide as the Eas.s was
from the West from having any such tendency. Did
they consent to elect Mr. Peel, and the proposed
measure prevailed, they might as well at once adopt the
principle of universal sufferage.—(Great applause, confu-
sion, and cries of poll, poll.)—The Re;e. Doctor then sat
down. _

M. GIRDLESTONE made an ineffectual attempt to ad-
dress the Meeting. It was said ,he intended to have
spoken against Mr. Peel's re-electior, but the cries for
going to Poll were so universal and powerful that he could
not proceed.
The Vice-Chancellor then left his chair, took his 'teat
at the table before him, and the polling commenced.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

M AICSIO:i.HOUSE.

MA RLBOROUCiI-LSTREET.
Yesterday, a well-dressed man, but extremely vulgar in
his language and manner, named Tobias Burke, about 35
years of age, was brought before Mr. Cos ANT the magis-
trate, in custody of Avis the officer, under warrant oi.:an
the following charge, preferred against him at the instance
of a young lady named Bruce residing in Bedford- place,

Russell-square.
Mr. Blackmore, a solicitor, attended with Miss Bruce
aid stated, on behalf orthat lady, the particulars of the case
thus :—ln the year 1821, Mr. Blackmore said, Miss Bruce
had the great misfortune to become acquainted with the
prisoner, who paid his addresses to her, and in the end
married her, professing himself to be a sin3le man at the
time. After living with the prisoner, however, for about
18 months, the friends of Mies Bruce diseaVered the pain-
ful fact that the prisoner was already a married man{ and
had a wife then living in Ireland, •and that he had prac-
tised all abominable fraud on this young lady, whom he
hatigtus deceived ; and, determined to sever so disgraceful
a connexion, as well as to punish the prisoner for his atro-
city, they instituted a prosecution against him for bigamy,
upon which dotage the prisoner was tried 'at the Old
Bailey, and, at a very heavy expense on the part of Miss
Bruce's father, in bringing over witnesses and others from
Ireland, a clear conviction was had against the prisoner,
_and he was transported for seven years. From that time
until recently, nothing was heard or thought of the pri-
*met by. Miss Bruce or her friends, as he was sent out of
the country ; but Miss Bruee's father, a most respectable
gentleman, not resting satisfied with thus getting rid of
the prisoner•, determined that no shadow of pretest should
remain for imagining any matrimonial claim. to subsist be-
tween the prisoner and his daughter, and proceeded in the
Ecclesiastical Court, until he obtained, at much additional
expense, a full and entire divorce. In the early part of
November last, however, the prisoner returned, it seems,
from transportation, and to the great astonishment and
alarm of Miss Bruce, whose father unfortunately is now
dead, presented himself at her house ; and, although that
lady refused to hold any communication, directly or indi-
rectly, with him, he has ever since continued to torment
and annoy her with lettets and visits to the house, claim-
ing, or affecting to claim, her as his wile,—delivering mes-
sages to tin- servant for her, and altogether conducting
himself in a manner that has so ahrined Miss Bruce, that
she has been compelled to adopt, by the advice of her
friends, the present course to protect herself, as she abso-
lutely fears some personal violence from the prisoner, par-
ticularly as she was one of the -prineipal witnesses upon
whose testimony he was convicted of felony and transported.
Ile (Mr. Blackmore) therefore ettled upon the Magistrate
to require of the prisoner sufficient bail to keep the peace
towards Miss Pruce, and to refrain front annoying or mo-

testing her in future.
Miss Blom R. genteel young lady, was now sworn, and
confirmed in rtsiyyartieular the statement of Mr. Black.
more, and Alfi,that being now without a father she was
fearful tlatc.:fire prisoner would force his way into the
house, and use some personal violence to her. While giving
her evidenee, Miss Bruce, who was dressed in deep mourn-
ing for her father, wept and subbed most bitterly, and
averted her eyes from the fellow who had inflicted so deep
an injury upon her peace of mind.
Miss Bruce's female servant was also examined, and
stated that the prisoner came frequently to the house in-
sisting upon seeing Miss Bruce, and when answered from
the area, the street-door being always by Miss Bruce's
orders refused to be opened to him, he would threaten vio-
lence with his fist and stick, so that the witness was dread-
fully alarmed. To the best of her recollection, the first
day the prisoner called was the sth of November last, and
he Lad called upwards of a hundred times since.
The Magistrate asked the prisoner if he had got his dis-
therge as a transport? The prisoner said that he had; but
be had not just then got it with him--he had left it at
home; hut if necessary, he could send for it, or inquiry
might be made of Mr. Capper, at the Transport-office, who
could state that lie was regularly discharged.
The Magistrate asked the prisoner where be had been
transported to, and what time he had served ? 'the pri-
soner replied, that he had been transported to Bermuda,
:and had served upwards of six years there, the remainder
of his sentence having been remitted to him by the Govern-
ment, and he returned home from Bermuda to Portsmouth
in the Aurora, King's ship.
In reply to the charge against him, he denied that he had
gone to the home of Miss Bruce with any intention of
annoying that lady, but with a desire to give her up some
levers of her's that he had, and to receive hack some of his
letters from her, for which he had repeatedly written to
her, but received no answer. He also understood, he said,
that soon after his quitting the country, " his wife,"
alluding to Miss Bruce, had a child, and the dictates of na-
ture urge.l him to feel anxious about what had become of
the child.
Mr. Vat-I:more said, that it was an abominable false-
hood in the prisoner to say that Miss Bruce had had a
child. No such circumstance ever took place, and the
prisoner merely said so with a view to wound still deeper
the feelings of the unhappy young lady. " But," sail Mr.
Blackinore, " I can tell Mr. Burke, that although Miss
uce's father is dead, and he may think that she is now
unprotected, he will find that she has friends enough who
will see that she is not wronged or insulted ; and that Mr.
Burke shall not continue to annoy her with impunity."
Miss Bruce now stated upon her oath, that it was totally
false to say that she had had a child.
Prisoner—Will you allow me, Sir, to put one question
to my wife? Mr BI—:I.:more (to the pritorier.)--your
impudence exceeds any thing I ever knew, to call this lady
your wife, when you know you have not the slightest
claim to do so.
Sir G. FARreANT said that he would soon convince the
" doctor" that tne girl did go to the Sessions with an inten-
tion to indict.
The Magistrate then questioned Mr. Fitzpatrick, the
chief clerk of this office, who makes out the hills of indict-
ment at the Middlesex Sessions, and he stated that the
young woman did apply for a bill of indictment against
the " doctors," but the evidence was not deemed sufficiently
strong to prepare one op,
The two " doctors," who are Jpwe, then withdrew, as
did Mr. Adolphus soon after.