Star.
London, England, 1831-09-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL UNION.

Tim PoLEL—At Meetii- of the National
l'ilion, held last night nt the Rotunda, Julian
Ilihhert. Esq. in the Chair, the following resolU-
lions were iinaniinir!gly passed, on the subject of,
tie late events in Poland. There were above 1000
ineinhers present :

Resolved, That this Meeting view with the bitterest
indignation the coyote which have lately been permitted by
civilized Europe to take place at Warsae, in which a brave
and heroic people. contending for their civil tights and na-
tional indliendence. have been atrociously slaughtered by
hordes of barbarians brought from Tartary and Siberia, as
she most convenient tools of an odious and overwhelming
despotistn.
-"that in proclaiming our unsmiling grief at the tragical
result, we consider it our duty to express our admiration of
ae personal sacrifices and unparalleled self-devotion dies
trsti by the Polio in the whole of this memorable etrwgle,
we cortslee- tie Polish nation at the moment In which its
o xistence is the most in danger, as being more entitled to the
admiration of mankind than, in the most brilliant periods of
i.s past history; the defence of Warsaw, an open town, with
/-...stily raised works, manned by Inadequate numbers, with-
ut ammunition, bring rendered abortive only by
mass,s of brute force, successively brought to slaughter in a
state of intoxication, under imperial orders, that the place
see to be carried in spite of military warnings—cost what-
ever it might. _ .

That this meeting blushes for the name of Englishmen
that the power and political ascendancy of this country should
Lire been withheld in arresting so frightful a career of des-
potism, injustice, and blood ; that we consider ourselves
compromised as a nation professing itself free, in having en-
tertained a delusive confidence in the men now in power,
who make such ostentatious prcfessions of respect for justice
aril liberty, which in this case they have so palpably and
hypocritically betrayed ; and we, therefore, consider that it
is the duty of every member of both houses of parliament to
demand and insist on such explorations as may tend to res-
cue the character of the existing generation of Englishmen
front the indignation of posterity when this Polish tragedy
bt roma the subject of history.

upon earth, is to be certain beforehand of being supported
and applauded and success wished for ? No, the French Ca-
binet will not coniribute hs share to give birth to and to
propagate such a despairing belief, a belief which would sap
all the foundations of morality, and destroy the civil and
political tics of society. No, the French Cabinet,
which owes (very thing to the thunder that strikes at
the violators of principles, will not hesitate, in acting, to
maintain these principles ; it will assume the noble initiative
in a manner calculated to make them triumph ; it will in-
terpose with vigour and dignity ; it will induce other
friendly Cabinets to adopt the same course ; it will impose
k upon malevolent Powers; it will compel Russia to bring
to general peace and tranquillity that sacrifice which justice
and clear righ►imperiously exacts from it; and it will col-
lect, as the price of these generous measures, the right of
being enabled to say, I have caused the re-entrance of a
brave nation into the European family—l have satisfied
French honour—and I have consolidated for France and foe
the world the reign of order and of liberty.
" Su noble and elevated an object is certainly not beneath
the attention nor is it beyond the means of the French ca.
binet. Thus the undersigned still reserve the hope that
Isis Excellency the Minister cf Foreign Affairs will make
known to them his decision on the subject of the moots
which by order of their Government they bad the honour so
address to him in their official papers of the 3d and 4th inst.
Seeing the urgency of the moment, and the cry of distress
which comes from the banks of the Vistula, they reckon on
a powerful and effectual answer. Should the French Cabi-
net, nevertheless, not deem it proper to give to the under-
signed the answer so much desired, they will be eager to
present themselves at the Hotel of the Ministry, to receive
the verbal overtures which his Excellency Count Sebastiani
may wish to make to them. The nature of the COMMUDi.
cations which they may receive will direct their future con.
duct, conformably to the orders of their Government.
" Paris, Sept. 15."

T it however mach this was the cause of England, it
was iv a tem-fold degree that cf the French Government,
whose establishment was as much in opposition to the prin-
ciples of the Holy Alliance, and as much endangered by it,
as the Revolution in Poland ; and, therefore, the cause of
Poland and the cause of France were identical, independent
of the generous aid lent by Poland in the most critical periods
of the French revolution, and the pledges of support given by
influential French Patriots previously to the commencement
of the Revolution at Warsaw. We, therefore, highly ap-
plaud the manifestations of public indignation which have
appeared in Paris, and hope they will not subside until jus-
tice on this subject is done to the French name.

" That in spite of the Jesuitical mediations of hollow
friends, by which the energies of the Poles were latterly pa-
ralysed and divided, anti in spite of adverse appearances, we
hope that every true Pole, in every division of that once
great country, will persevere in the course so nobly marked
out by those who have already fallen victims, and will never
lay down their swords till they have effected the extermina-
tion of their savage invaders, and secured the liberties and
independence of their country.

~ KNAZIEWICZ,
46 L PLATER."

PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.

NORTHAMPTON PREIS PRESS.
The Notqhatnplon Free Press, taking advantage of the
hint we gave them, have succeeded, we see, in opening the
Northampton Town Hall to the public. There will, hence.
forth, be no more private judicial investigations there. Mr.
Cooke wrote to the Mayor in behalf of several gentlemen in
the town, insisting on their right to attend Petty Sessions,
and giving notice that they intended to try the question le-
gally, with which view they would attend to demand admix.
sion on the following Monday. The Mayor replied, that
be had not, and never had a wish to exclude any person !
A good joke this, after what has transpired.—BucksGaserfe.
REFORM Bit-L.—The gentlemen appointed by Govern.
ment as commissioners, to obtain the information necessary
to enable Parliament to fix the boundaries of the towns to
which the elective franchise is to be extended, or those in
which any other alterations are to be made in the constitu.
ency, under the Reform Bill, visited Huntingdon last week,
for the purpose of making the inquiries set forth in their in.
structions. They were accompanied by intelligent surveyors.
and were extremely particular and minute in their investiga-
tion. We understand that the following is the statement of the
1 number of male occupiers of 101. houses within the borough
All Saints

St. .. Benedict .. ... 47
St. Mary ... ...
St. John's... .. ... 90

" J. II IBBERT."

Total .. .. ... 277
—Besides which, there are 20 resident freemen, which will
make in all a constituency of 297 ; so that some other place
must needs be annexed, to make up the number of voters.
Noitraamerox,Sept. 17.—Wheat, red, 55s to fibs; fine,
6fre to 70s ; Barley, grinding, 366 ; malting, 38s to 435 ;
A C.wPY OF Till LAST OFFICIAL LETTER ADDRESSED TO Malt, 68s to 725; Oats, 28. to 325; feed do. 23s to 275.
M. szBaaTIANI IV THE POLISH MITOSIS AT PARIS. Tick Beans, --s ; small do 381 to 41s. Peas, grey, 35s to
37s ; White, —a • Rye, —, to 38. per qr. Flour, 48a to
•• The undersigned had the honour of presenting to his 545, sack of 2801bs.
Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs an official paper DAVENSOM, Sept. 14.—Wheat, 601 to 675; Barley 34a
dated the 3d instant, in which, in pursuance of the order on to 40s ; Oats. 27s to 335; Beans, 36s to 411,
MARRlED.—Tuesday last, at Hardingston, John Mee.
tie part of their Government, after having made a true and eer, Esq. of this town, to Elisabeth Sophia, eldest daughter
succinct expose of all that they were to do in the event of an of the late W. Whitworth, Esq.
ut.successful application to the French Cabinet, they ad. DlED.—Wednesday sennight, at Stony Stratford, Bucks,
in his 49th year, Mr. John Sirett.—Yesterday se'nnight, at
(tressed themselves to his Excellency again, requesting to
North Stoneham, Hints, Mr. Parsons, late of Walcote, near
krow what aid and assistance the French Cabinet believed Lutterworth.
itself decidedly enabled to afford the Polish cause, and in MIDLAND REPRESENTATIVE.
tie course of what time and at what period such aid and as-1 THE POLITICAL COUNCIL AID THR CUEEEHCS.—
sistar ee could be given. The undersigned added at thu end At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday evening last, the
et their official paper the testimony of the assured hope which memorial
.cioocfrtiewCou'nelil adjyoutZd again
further consideration and
till
sm
they entertained that the 'Notch alinistry, considering the •• the following evening. On Wednesday evening they again
urgency of the moment and the true interests of France, met, and after another discussion, which lasted five hours,
would no longer hesitate to give a favourable answer, and and which seemed to create considerable interest, the memo.
one conformable to the wishes of the French nation,
nil was agreed to ; and a deputation, consisting of Messrs.
and ' Attwood, blunts, Jones, Hadley, and W. Weston appointed
they concluded by the declaration that if, contrary to all ex- ' to present the same to Earl Grey in the ensuing week.
pectaticm, his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs' Oa Monday evening last, a meeting of the working
was not disposed either to promise them immediate aid or to chi•tin anti others was held at theearing public office, Moor.
et, for purpose of Mr. John Heaton, of
fix the period of it, that then the undersigned would be sgueddersfield,the and others,h explain the objects of the Co-
constrained by the enters of their Government to consider operative Societies now established throughout the king.
their mission as terminated, and to occupy themselves no don; and of detailing the particulars of their progress.—.
further with it, except to state in their own justification • Stun after seven o'clock, the large room was crowded to
; excess, and many returned unable to gain admission. In
what they had dog in :he course of their mission. . the absence of Mr. U. Edmonds, who was to have pre-
•• A w:ek p.ss..l from the time of sending the above- sided, but who was prevented from attending till a short
mentioned official paper. to which the undersigned thought time after the meeting had commenced, Mr. O'Brien, the
to take
Mid:hand Re
epresentative, was requested and
it their duty to add it second, dated the 4th instant, relative
to the intelligence published in the Journals respecting the ceodnitsorntedof
STATE or THE IKON TRADE.—.Such is the ruinous
events which took place at Warsaw on the 15th and 18th of depression in this branch of manufacture at the present time,
August. The time passed without the least sign of interest ; that pig iron, which cannot be sold for less than 41. per ton,
to
um:int:nemties : the manufacturer, may be now bought
, n the part of the French Government that could tend to ; ra
aun
dictate to the undersigned how to shape their ulterior con. i Tlyielpirit of incendiarismPerhas again appeared. During
duct in conforwity with the statements in their official , this week the produoe of three farms, in the vicinity of
paper of the 3d. At length they received yesterday by post 1 Whitchurch, Saop, together with barns, outhouses, acc. was
farms
omescu
seventeenhis vet eon-
direct communications from Warsaw. These conimunica. I 1'4%17! saratiadelan nTnneendfaThar Irv:
corn
tions, dated the 26th of August, confirm the establishment . sleeks fella prey to the flames.
of a new legal Government, and they continue to the under- t Wednesday last, being the anniversary of the birth.* of
signed the powers with which they were furnished, and in the late Robert Raikes, Esq. the founder of Sunday Schools,
was celebrated as a Jubilee in this town, in common with
Lt., respect change the requests which the undersigned have other places, by the friends of those useful institutions, hall
felt it their duty to address to the French Cabinet in their a century having elapsed since their- first establishment,.
official papers of the 3d and 4th instant. Early in the miming Prayer.meetings were held at man,
ote dissenting places of worship. The total number 41e
'• To enable his Excellency to judge of the nature of the
children assembled on this interesting occasion could net
facts set forth i.n these communications, and of the present have been much less than 10,000, those in the " Union"
state of affairs ia;Poland, the undersigned have the honour alone, amounting to nearly 5,000. The Birmingham Sun.
to address to hit" subjoined copies of the circular despatch day School Union was formed Feb. 13, 1815, it contains at
tandeulptrseaultdinao2l23gzhialuss;t2,422 boys; 2,227 girls; 191
of the Natio* Government, previous to the 15th of Aug.
prepared on the eve of the late events at Warsaw—of the Btam—utaliax, Sar. 15.—We have a very full supply of
despatch of the 23d August, drawn up under the auspices of new wheat, both of our own growth and of leish,the quality
andue
,cotnhdeidlortriing prat
Prince Crartoryski—of the dispatch of the 24th August,
in
g°i4tolntitein many
e
Instancesuf
signed by the new Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. de Alo- that. lazy, and
'realise! inuour superior
riarkets slate withinual ir
2c.ed to°
rawaki, with the Decree of the Chambers of the 17th Aug. 41 per 621bs of that of the English ; prices have receded
changing the form of the Government. These different pa. tull 44 per 621bs to.day, for old and for new what; flour,
in consequence, is difficult to quit. There is less demand
pees make known the true situation of Poland. If it is
for malt, and a desire on the part of the maltster to com-
critical, it is surely the necessary result of the total aban- matey wetting with new barley, expecting it to produce a
donment of that country by the cabinets of Europe. If it better article than that from last year's crop; hence a fair
is not yet desperate, it is owing to the miraculous perse- demand for the latter, which, however, is exceeded by the
prniz d oast
b alarsuley co
untiannucr
peas meteutra atea:ll sale at
verance of the Poles, who, in spite of all the evils arising su quotations,
er and
from the war, the plague, the wily stratagems of Russia, for pig feeding; and Indian corn sells pretty readilyruv for the
the hostility of neighbours, and the indifference of friendly latter purse, at 15s to 16s per 1961b5. There are en.
Cabinets—who, menaced by all, and supported by no one, quiries tot boiling peas, and for winter seed tares, but the
have irrevocably determined to fight to the last extremity.
prictureu:s a;hunouste yet e
trade;stasbilillshed.very It, isidliffituctuulet,to sill sild
What effect will this grand and sublime spectacle, unique business has been done in Irish new, to arrive at alesakillo'
in its kind, have upon the Cabinets of Europe ? WUI it to 24s per quarter, and the quality of the samples bets'
rouse them out of that indifference with which they have fide average.
The meat market dull, excepting the best thine. iht al&
hitherto considered Poland, combating single handed against dna pioneering being ordinary., Beef, 5d to 61 i mass%
so many enemies, *pima such an host of evils ? If, which ca to 644 ; Veal, fid to 74 ; Lamb, 71 to 711; Pork,lld In'
we cannot admit, this indifference should be prolonged, will bid per lb. sinking 'Moffat.
it not induce men to think that justice, manifest right, and HASHASEET, Sept. 13.—A moderate supply of hay and
noble and generous determinations, only lead to reverses stnw
90s.s:DadSithebulliterttleusb.utgno !"GUs. doing ;
ton. the former at 70.' to
and to destruction, whilst it is sufficient to be strong to WOISESTIIII, Sept. 14.—Weer had two thousand new
violate all lava; to trairple under foot all that is sacred pockets at fuseket en Satureay ; of these 1504 were sold;

POLAND.

M A ItLllO ROD G H.STREBT.
Di:wrist:v.—Yesterday, a regular Jack Tar, named Wm.
Bartlett, residing in Kensington, charged two market gar.
deners with selling bim a piece of dressed cotton for Irish
and thereby defrauding him of 21. It appeared, that
the prosecutor, while passing through Coventry-street, was
met by two duffers, who prevailed upon him to enter a
public-house adjoining, and look at " some beautiful
Irish which they had to sell " a bargain."—
After some bartering, it was agreed to let Bartlett
have the piece for two sovereigns, and Jack proceeded
home with his bargain. He then, however, found that
the linen was cotton, and he instantly proceeded to look after
the men who had duped him. The prisoners were met with
and given in custody, and the sailor swore positively to
their identity. They, in vain, declared they were innocent,
and were conveyed to this Office, where several respectable
individuals swore that at the time the prosecutor stated he
was in their company, they were at Hammersmith following
their vocation as market gardeners. This fact was so fully
established to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, that the
prisoners were honourably discharged, great regret being ex•
pressed at the unintentional mistake.
A man, named Untoin, as we understood, was charged by
a policeman of the name of Colley, C division, with illegally
disposing of " Bcrthold's Political Handkerchief," and
" The Poor Man's Guardian," for which offence he was sen-
teneed to three months' imprisonment.
UN lON. HA Ll 6

Inferior samples fetched 80s. to 85$ ; some mouldy, 75s ;
'good averaged 90s to 965; and prime, 100 e. to 105 s.
Al ARRIED.—On Thursday last, atAston, Mr. Docker,
s.
to Mary Ann, daughter of T. Bower, Esq. both of this
town—On the 6th, at Telgnmoutb, Devon. J. 8. Sodas,
R q of Gay-street, Rath,
to Miss Spooner, of Widcombe-
house, near Bath, daughter of the late Capt. Spooner, of
Leigh-court, Worcestershire--At Eimbridge, on Thursday
week, the Rev. J. Ampblett, M.A. to Anne, youngest
daughter of the late G. Prince, Esq. of Elmbridge, Woe-
cestershire--On Tuesday last, at Walsall church, Wm.
Fletcher, Esq. to Jane. second daughter of J. Russell. Esq.
of Bescott-hall, neer WelselL
UIED.—The 4th inst. at Midhurat, after only two days
illness, J. Samuel, second son of J. Taylor, Esq. of Moor
Green.—On the 30th nit. at the house of John Nicholls,
Eaq. Persball, near Eccieshall, Anna Catherina, the only
child of Frederick Adolphus and Elizebetha Heedmark, of
()elite, the capital of Gestriklo. in Sweden Proper. She first
married, in Calcutta, Win. Haverkam, Esq late of 113311.
bletlon, Hants (many years a member of the Hon. East India
Company, and Secretary to the Right Hon. Warren Hast-
ings, Governor General of Bengal,) by wham she was left a
widow with two children, a daughter and a son, who both
survive her. Secondly, she married Richard Warren, Esq.
of Stafford, v.hom she also outlived many veers. '
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD ADVERTISER.
MEETING Or SILL Weave/is...On Monday a meeting
of the 'ilk heaven, in the neighbourhood of Alklilleton,
assembled, to the number of 500 or GOO, in the market-
place, Middleton, to deliberate on the comae to be pursued
relative to an attempted reduction, by several small maim-
amerces, of one halfpenny per yard in the price of weavirg
unmet. It was finally resolved to oppose the reduction,
and a communication of their intention was made to the
Failsworth weavers, who expressed their determination to
abide by it also.
Tr, NR-011,1? or °INGRAM WEAVERS.-4i very serious
breach of the peace took place on Monday last, by a party of
journeymen gingham weavers, owing, in a great measure, to
a misconception between them and Mr. William flail, a
considerable manufacturer, in New High-street.
GREAT MELTING AT LIVERPOOL.Thii town as-
sembled at twelve o'clock, on Monday, in Clayton-square,
to petition the House of Peers in favour of the Reform Bill.
At the appoin ed hour, between five and six thousand per-
sona filled the square, and in a few minutes the gentlemen
of the Committee appeared In the balcony of the Bull
Inn. Among them were most of those who are wont to
take an active part in public proceecii• gs ; but it was
'remarked that they were on this occasion supported by
many of our mote wealthy and influential merchants. wbo
are not accustomed to attend public assemblies. Among
them were several whose sentiments were known to
be, until this moment, adverse to Reform, but their pre.
sence testified that they had yielded to a sense of duty and a
conviction of right at a most opportune moment. They
were hailed with much good-natured applause, and the en-
thusiasm of the people, during the entire proceedings, was
such as to convince Sir Charles Wetherell himselt, bad he
been present, that the popular opinion has undergone no
change on the Reform Bill. On the motion of 51r. Earl,
Sir Joseph Birch, one of the newly-elected baronets, was
called to the chair. Though long a member of parliament,
it was the first time that he appeared on a public occasion,
in his native town; but the moment was one when every
man who valued the public tranquillity was bound to unite
with others in conveying to the House of Lords the sentiments
of the country on the great measure about to be sent up
to their Lordships. Mr. Wallace Currie was the next
speaker. He was followed by Mr. James Brander, the bro.
ther of our Mayor, who with great energy said, " the fac-
tion had hearts of steel, and faces of brass." Mr. Henry
Booth moved the second resolution, and Mr. Rathbone the
third. 111 r. Rushton was the next speaker ; he was followed
by Col. Williams, Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr. Aikin, Mr.
Cropper, slr. Robertson Gladstone, and Mr. Joseph Ewart,
all eminent merchants, and Lord Molyneux and others.
The tone of the different speakers was singularly firm ; and
it was remarked, that the more decidedly they spoke res-
pecting the possibility of the Bill being rejected by the Upper
House, the more vehemently they were applauded.—
Though they all agreed that the Bill was not likely to
be 'ejected, they were also unanimous in opinion hat olet
refusal of the Lords to pass it would he followed by the
most alarming remits. A political and commercial crisis
would be the consequence ; and one speaker hinted at the
possibility of embarrassing their enemies by a refusal to pay
taxes until the Bill, approved of by the people, the House
of Commons, and the King, had passed into a law. The
meeting lasted for three hours, and on separating gave three
hearty cheers for the King. The petition has already re-
ceived several thousand signatures ;the people hassle to
sign it ; and In the Exchange Newsroom the stratus of
merchants in half an bout. covered several sheets. 'flees.
thuds= in favour of the Bill is greater at this usemeng disc
ever it has been in LiverpooL
WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, Sept. 14.—We bad a
good supply of beasts, btu that of sheep was not so Wises
at our last fair. Beef, 55 6d to 6s 61 per stone ; Mutton,
84 to 6id per lb. prime, 7d ; Beasts, 500 ; Sheep, 5000.
LIVEEPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The business in cot-
ton last week has been very extensive, with a very steady
market for all kinds, particularly for the better qualities of
Bowed, Orleans and Mobiles, which are rather dearer.—
2,000 bales of American have been taken on speculation,
I and 650 for export; for the latter account there is a good des
but little at present in bond.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF BURGLARY.—George
Neith, a harnese-maker, was charged under these circum-
stances : A young man, the son of Mr. Hill, of Nelson-
place, Walworth, said he did not get home till two o'clock
that morning. The street door opened with a latch, and
on trying it he found he could not get in. He Raw a man
through the key-hole, whom he threatened if he did not open
the door. The prisoner then opened the door, and gave a
lighttd match and a tinder-box to him. He never saw him
b:fcre and the inmates of the house being awakened, it was
discovered that a waistcoat and pair of breeches had been taken
out of Mr. Hill's bed-room while he and his wife were asleep;
the tinder-box had also been' taken away—The prisoner,
in his defence, said he had been drinking at a place in the
Old Kent-road till 12 o'clock; he then met with a female,
who took him to Mr. Hill's house, and said she lived there.
She kept him in the passage, aril said she could not take
him into one of the rooms for fear of discovery by her
friends. They remained together for some time, and be fell
asleep. When be evoke he found his companion was gone.
After scrambling about in the dark, he found the tinder.
box, with which he struck a light. Ile picked up a waist-
coat, which he gave to Mr. Hill's son, on his opening the
door, as &scribed. He declared his innocence of any felo-
nious intention. lie. Cnanneas considered that such a
tale was probable, and discharged the prisoner.

SENTENCES AT THE OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday morning the Recorder passed sentence upon the
prisoners convicted during the present session, at the Old
Bailey. For Death—Thomas Williams, John Butler, Pa.
trick Mullin. Wm. Arnold, Henry Dizon, Thomas Ehnes,
Thomas Simpson, Edward Dowling, Thomas Sumpter,
Thomas Smith, Wm. Hone, Daniel Pace, and Jas. Rogers,
for housebreaking; Thomas Stacy, James Blackett, Joshua
Edward Cohen, and Wm. Anderson, for burglary ; Henry
Halkham, Hannah Green, George M'Laughton, Hannah
Jones, and Walburgis Eloise Roulette alias Christiana Eck-
bereft, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; Joseph Carter, and
Edward Johnson, for hone-stealing; Eliz. Bacon, Elia.
Lee, and James Sullivan, for stealing from the person ; Geo.
Bayley, George Forecast, and Francis Bayley, for coining.
The following were sentenced to be transported for life :
Henry Smith, William Barnes,William Hughes. James Car-
ney, Henrietta Latudie, James Blackthoene, William Glee-
son, Henry Brown, John Byrne, Mary Arnold, Daniel Field,
Mary Mecher, Jas. Janson, John Jackson, Elizabeth Jones,
William Hart, and Isaac Thomas.
For fourteen years:—Joseph Powell, Thomas Bigwood,
otherwise Francis, Ann Davis, Elizabeth Jordan, Samuel
Horatio Larkman, Thomas Upley, William Harris, Mary
Cross, John Judd, jun. Emma Wright, Jane Charington,
Richard Booker, Henry Atkins, Samuel Butler, Jane Bruce,
John Unshorn, Thomas Jones, and Henry Rhodes.
Various prisoners were sentenced to short terms of ►mprl.
sonment.

POLICE REPORTS.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday the acting-overseer of St. Giles's In the Fields
attended with a lad, for the purpose of having him appren-
ticed to an inhabitant of St. Sepulchre's. The following
dialogue ensued between the boy and the Magistrate :
Alderman Atkins : How old are you? Buy, Fifteen, sir.
Alderman : Can you write ? Boy :No air. Alderman :
Can you read ? Boy :No sir. Alderman : Can you say
your Catechism? Boy : No, air. Alderman : Can you
say your prayers ? Boy : No, sir. Alderman : Do you
ever go to Church ? Boy • No, sir. Alderman : How
long bare you been in the Workhouse? Boy • Ten years,
sir. Mr. Ald. Amiss said that this was a most discre-
ditable case to the overseers of St. Giles's, for it was their
duty to see that the poor children were instructed in their
duty to GOD and man. He should not assent to the bind-
ing.—The assistant-overseer said that the neglect ear that
of the master of the poor-house, and he begged to state that
there was a chapel in the workhouse, which might account
for the boy's answering that he did not go to church. The
party to whom the boy was to be bound offered to stipulate
that be would cause him to be taught reading and writing,
but, as sufficient notice had not been served on St. Se-
pulchre's, the Alderman still refused to aign the indentures.
HATTON GARDEN.

SPOIIIIII4I EXTRAON.DIWAIN.We understand Mr. 11110-
ton and Air. Charles Wynne are backed to shoot 900 couple
of snipes in two days, in the Isle of Man. They both left
Long's Hotel on Sunday for that purpose. A by-bet of
great importance is
Roces err Tilt= SITE...Zit:IIa of a letter
from the Agent at Lloyd's at the Isle of Skye:—" The
Juventus, 'Kinlay, from Sligo to London, struck on a
sunken rock off Castlemon, on Friday, the 9th of Septem.
her, and received considerable damage. The rocks off Cas.
demo% on which so many vessels have been wrecked of
late, are not laid down on the common charts of this coast,
and on few charts correctly. Some of them are but very
partially seen at low water, and the depth of water quite
dose to them varies from eight to twelve fathoms, or more."
THE SOLITARY MAarsza.—A bottle has been
picked up on the coast of Jetland. containing a letter, in
Danish, to the following effect:—" Lost, the whole of the
crew, carried off by the cholera, except myself, Nicholas
Pedason, second midshipman of the ship Henrietta Doro-
thea, of Bergen (Norway), the 7th of August, 1831."
MARCH OF INTELLECT.— A person reading a
quotation from the London Literary Gazette, respecting
the consumption of oil, found the usual abbreviation, Lon.
don Lit. Gas. Upon asking the meaning of a neighbour,
he replied it means that London is lit with gas.
CLINATOLOGY.—HumboIdt observes. in his ac-
count of some recent investigations into the climate of Asia,
that at Astrakhan be had seen some grapes, fully as large
and well ripened, as had they been growing in Italy or the
Canaries, though in the same quarter, indeed somewhat
more to the south, namely, at Hitler, which is in the same
latitude as Avignon, It is no uncommon occurrence to find
the centrigrade thermometer fall to 28 degrees and 30 de-
grees below zero. At wsk, at the very height of
simmer, he inspected awe dug in a turfy soil, where it
derived but little shelter from trees, and found, at a depth
of six feet only, a layer of congealed earth nine feet and a
half in thickness, which was intersected with small threads
of ice, and contained groups of crystal of solid water, like
a porphyroid rock. At Jakoutsk, where the thermomoter
stands as high as 62 degrees, subterraneous lee is a common
and constant phenomenon in defivee of the elevated tem-
perature of the atmosphere in July and August. In the
teeth of these facts, tropical animals and tigers, precisely si.
milar to the natives of India, even to their enormous us ,
are found in Siberia at this very day.
The British and Foreign School Society is si-
tuated in the Borough-road, leading from the Obelisk by
the Surrey theatre to the Stones•-end in the Borough. It is
a latge substantial building, consisting of a dwelling-louse
for the master and mistress, committee sad board rooms,
and spacious schools in the wings for the children ; erected
farm the designs of Samuel Robinson, Esq. This society
is founded on the principles of Joseph Lancaster, and is
open to all religions, while the National Society is on those
of Dr. Bell, and exclusively devoted to the established
church of Ilogrand. Lancaster opened his school in 1799,
and this society was established in 1808, and remodelled
in 1813. Mr. Highmore in his two works on public cha-
rities, namely, the ' Pietas Londinensis and Philantropia
Metropolitana,' has given most copious and interesting sc.
counts of this society and its operation in different parts of
the globe. The titles of the society at the time of the be.
forenamed alteration of its regulations was, " The Institu-
tion for promoting the British system for the Education of
the Labouring and Manufacturing ( lasses of Society of
every Religious Persuasion ;" and it furnishes instruction to
all persons, natives or foreigners, who may beast from time to
time to the school, and for the purpose of being qualified as
teachers in this or any other country. It is open to the
children of parents of all religious denominations, for read-
ing, writing, arithmetic, and needlework. The lessons for
reading consist of extracts from the holy scriptures ; no ca-
techisms or peculiar religious tenets are taught; but envy
child is enjoined and expected to attend regularly the place
of worship to which the parents belong. In 1814. the title
of the society was altered by motion of the late Mr. Whit-
bread, to " The British and Foreign School Society," and
various useful amendments and alterations adopted. The
present officers of this institution are the King, Patton;
H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex and Prince Leopold, Vice-
Patrons ; the Duchess of Kent, Patroness of the female de.
pertinent ; the Dimino of Bedford, and eight other ladies
of distinction, Vice. Patronesses; the Duke of Bedford, Pre.
aident ; the Marquis of Lsnsdown and twenty-two °dna
noblemen and gentlemen, Viee-Preildents; William Alien
'Req. Treasurer; David D. Scott, Esq. Secretary ; the Rev:
.Dr. Schwabe, Foreign Secretary ; James Millar, . As.
station Secretary; Mr. TAW, Ruident Schoolmaster; and
Mr. Joseph Oster, Collector.—Eleim's Topographies!
Dittiosteny of London.

Mary English was brought befste Mr. Laing under the
following circumstances. Thomas Shaw, pollee constable.
found the prisoner on Islington Green, crying most pite-
ously. He removed her to the station house, where, be-
coming more composed. she stated that she knew she was
beyond the reach of Gon's mercy. The Magistrate desired
the policeman to take her to Islington workhouse until her
friends were made acquainted with her design upon her life.
QUERN-SQUARE.
ATTEMPTED SUlClDEYealefdaj, a young woman,
enceinte, about twenty-five years of age, but who refused
to give her name or direction where she lived, was brought
before Messrs. Marriott and White, on a charge of attempt-
ing to destroy herself, under the following melancholy eir.
cumstances :—The unfortunate female, who possessed a very
prepossessing countenance, was met with, on Thursday last,
about half-past three in the morning, opposite the barracks
in Hyde-park, leading into Knightsbri4e, by John Sul.
liven, policeman of T. Division, 139. She appeared to be
suffering from intense anguish of mind, and labouring
under the tortures of deep affliction. He asked her what
brought her there? She made no reply, but gave way to
her tears, and at the same time wok a phial from her
armpit ; which she had no sooner done, than she drank
the contents before it could be taken from her. She asked
for water, but witness said he had none to give her. Upon
which she said that her life was in danger, as she had taken
laudanum. Witness immediately took her to St. George's
Hospital, where the stomach-pump was used, and the con-
tents were extracted. But after the operation, she stated
that she would do it again. From that time she gradually
recovered, and is now in a convalescent state. Upon being
asked for her defence, she replied that she wanted her li-
berty. The magistrate (Mr. Marriott), In a very solemn
manner, entle.ivoured to impress upon her the enormity of
the offence she was about to commit, observing that she
ought to be thankful that, by the interposition of Providence
she had met with those who had preserved her life. She
was committed, with a special order from the magistrate to
the governor of Tothill.fields prison. The unhappy woman
refuses to give any account of betel', and, preserving a
sullen silence, will not enter into conversation with any one.
She has on a black silk bonnet, • white silk shawl, and a
striped gingham gown, and is about five feet two inches in
height.