Star.
London, England, 1830-10-08 00:00:00

FRAZER'S MAGAZINE.

Perhaps a higher encomium cannot be paid to a party-writer than to
say, that both sides are pleased to peruse his productions—the one
because they admire the sentiments ; the other, because while they con-
titann the sentiments, they cannot but admire the talent employed to
pervert what they deem the truth. The latter, we must confess, is the
specks of pleasure we enjoy whet) perusing the political articles in this
Magazine. We are decidedly of opinion the Duke of Wellington's
Administration 11.,s hitherto proved the best this country ever had to
direct its affairs ; and we are willing to give it credit for future good
endeavours. We therefore cannot admire the attacks on it, made in no
Lss than three articles; in the current number of this Magazine ; nor do
we approve of the sentiments on Mr. Huskisson ; yet we would not like
to Lave been without reading these articles, as there is a polemical
smartness ahaut them which is eunusing,:if not instructive. The article on
The Colonists" is likewise no great favourite as to its opinions ; but it Is
welt deserving the perusal, even of antagonists. Both the Portrait of
Moore, and the accompanying Notice, we think a littte leaning towards
e.t.a:mine. Ardent admirers of " lAllah Rook," and its author,
whom we place as now the first of living poets, we cannot relish
any puny attempts to depreciate his merits; and we trust he has not yet
tsl.4 crabbed, wrinkled brow, which is here given him by the artist.
We saw him about a twelvemonth ago without it, and hope nothing has
occurred to afflict him since, with so much of the yams irritabile
yahoos, as is here attributed to him. The " Wheel Overboard" is a
sailor's yarn of great merit, and the writer sketches from nature with
fidelity. We recommend the article on "Hieroglyphics" to all who
wish a Royal way to a most important, but difficult study. In this
short essay is conveyed the outline of all the late discoveries on this
:tibject. The progress of writing through the figurative, symbolic, and
phonetic system of hieroglyphics, is truly curious. This essay is illus.
tmted by a plate of the phonetic alphabet, and is to be continued. The
let few of " Galt's Life of Byron" is a very fair appreciation of an able
w.olzit. The American Tradition is an original, by Galt.
We have, in the above review, passed over, perhaps, the most amusing
article in the Number, entitled " Unpublished Poems and other Mis..
tortunes of a Man of Genius," and we have passed it over, because we are
I'--tending to extract front it the sample which, according to our rule,
we:are inclined to give of all works noticed in this department of our
.i.tarnal. The paper is replete with humour, but we think the follow.
i aft history of the rise and termination of a first attack of the tender
s ion, will amuse our Readers:—

" I was crossing a harvest field, and stumbled over a whcatehcaf into
the arms of Isabella Carolina, the sole-daughter of a celebrated cow.
keeper. Never had I seen her lovely face before, and the suddenness of
Our present meeting only served to heighten charms, which seemed to
we the pattern work of Nature's manufacture. My feelings choked my
1, ma:ince—l 4:lt the blood in my cheeks, and my heart stood still. We
looked into each other's eyes—and oh ! that first long look, who that
has I'ver known, can ever forget it, or who, that could ever forget, can
et. r know it? Sweet maiden,' said I, at length recovering front my
leetable astonishment, sweet maiden, excuse my abruptness, I
lieu; not of your being on the other side of the wheatsheaf. What may
be tour name ?'—' My name,' replied she rosily, (as that undeservedly
ii.u.cessful rhymer, Moore, would say,) my name is Isabella Carolina,
and lily father is the great cow-keeper.' She could say no more, for at
that moment her father came up, and, addressing her in a tone of
parental remonstrance, told her to go home and be d—d. She obeyed
the tint part of his injunction—the latter remained to be fulfilled 1
e. For, what was life without the light of Isabella Carolina's

•• This event formed a new era in my existence; and throughout the
period of sweet perplexity which intervened between the kindling and
estmetion of this my spirit's maiden passsion, poetry was my solace,.
my sheet anchor, my never.failing stay. I was then to myself, as I
dank not I shall be to posterity, a marvel and a mystery. I admired
myself, and was admired by Isabella Carolina. Being no longer young
enough to starve without repining, I bethought me of seeking some em-
ployment which might initiate my liver in the digestive process. This
idea, once formed, could I for a moment hesitate whither to bend my
,oil-pursuing steps ? No ! My heart was fond and bold, and bade
me be a cowherd. The nonsense of punning I despise too much to de-
precate its exercise; therefore let the; word-eormeators make the moat of
Inc courage and my selected avocation. To be a cowherd was to be a
tender of cows...the great cow-keeper was in want of youthful servants,
and who was the great cow-keeper ?—lsabella Carolina's sire ! I offered
my services to him and was accepted. To those who have loved, or
who are now loving, I need not say with what unutterable joy I dwelt
all day, and dreamt all night,on the beauty of my bosom's queen. The
various interchanges of affection, constantly carried on among the cattle
and the poultry, were so many heart-thrilling proofs to me of the all-
pervading power of mighty love ; while the poetry of my passion was
undisturbed by any of the realities so fatal to visionary minds. Very
rarely had 1 tile happiness of beholding Isabella Carolina—that of
speaking to her never. The state of dreamy delight was, however, des-
tined to have an end. The great proprietor went on a distant journey,
and kis sponse bwins ibebella Carolina and myself enjoyed
tle• mutual outpourings of our hearts in those evening perambulations
which are so favourable to the fervour of first love. I was now a very
fine fellow, endowed with many superior qualities, and above all with
a delicate sensibility, which has been the source of all my joys and sor.
rows. This sensibility had originally made me the slave of love, and
to it I was also indebted for my liberation. In one of those delicious
twilights. so often describea to little purpose, I was seated by the side
ce• inc beloved, beneath the foliage of a beautiful arbour, and then it
was that an ibtense conviction of our mutual dependence and changeless
affection tilled our hearts to overflowing. Being more eloquent than
Isabella Carolina, I undertook to give a voice to all we thought anti felt,
end very well I did it. I detailed to her my ideas of human felicity,
to which an union of interests, tastes, and affections were indispensable.
She listened with tearful attention. ' This continued would be
r. our power—this would be a realization of poetic dreams, a perpetuity
of joy beyond the reach of fate—would it not, my love?' Yes,' re-
plied Isabella Carolina, blowing her nose.
Not the peaceful villagers at the sound of the martial horn—not
the astonished dead at the sound of the archangelic trump--felt, or will
fsel—fied, or will fly—as 1 felt and fled at the sound of Isabella Caro-
lina's nasal note. This was truly a blow to my hopes—the fairy fabric
of my fancy's rearing fell before it—.and all again was desolation ! How
could a man of my feelings support this ? Was it excusable ? Was
it lemMine ? Was it human ? Could it ever enter into the contem.
plation of a susceptible being, that Isabella Carolina's nose—that any
pretty maiden's nose was made to be blown ? No—the thing is moon.
teivable, unjustifiable, monstrous, and unpardonable. Thus, then,
ended the first of that long list of love adventures which have been my
bleating and my bane—which have called forth the eternal tones of my
poetry, and the unimportant groanings of my grief."
Justice requires of us to say, that we think the following is an un.•
charitable attack on a class of literary labourers who have, as a body,
no other distinction from other humble literary pioneers, than that they
are in general very poor. We can see nothing in their species of
reporting, which necessarily implies vice, more than in any other.—
Now all this may be very dull, but it has the small defect of being all
Scheer.

The fact is, however, that parliamentary reporters are held in much
disrepute, from being confounded with another class of men--the most
degraded that walk upon the earth. I mean the penny-a-line reporters—
the fellows who send the newspapers in a bill on a Saturday morning, to
the following effect :

To Diabolical rape ...
Atrocious murder ...
Sanguinary riot
Dreadful conflagration

a. (1.
2 3e
3 2
4 le
4 9

• Total ... 14 4
These are decidedly the lowest fellows breathing : you may talk of
immures, hangmen. night-men, resurrection-men, and so forth : but
they arc, one and all, gentlemen of nice sensibilities, delicate feelings,
and high honour in comparison with these worthies. Some glimpses of
human feeling occasionally break in even upon the bosom of the hang.
man in his hours of retirement and repose ; but the penny-a-liner, like
she spirit of evil, is destined to prowl perpetually amid scenes of misery
and crime. The innocent joys, the happy passages of mortal existence'
have nu charm for him.
- To the penny-a-liner, as the poet says
" A house a-fire is breakfast, and a rape
• Serves for a luncheon—murder is his dinner :
Welcome to him is clime in every shape,
Woe and misfortune clothe and feed the sinner.
Thieves' scoundrels, knaves, find morsels for his jaws,
And as effect fast follows after cause,
'He grows the fine original he draws."

Last night, about 11 o'clock, a serious accident befel a
roman, in the employ of Mr. Cobley, of Essex-street, Whitechapel.
who was driving his master's cart thsoiigh Fleet-street, in a state of
complete intoxiration. While seated on a basket in his cart, with the
ivies in his hand, he became stid4eilk incapable of keeping his hold,
and was thrown upon the pavement just at the time when a hackney.
coach was passing, the wheelcof which went over his head, which was
lacerated terribly. He was attrrled to St. Bride's watch-house, where
Mr. Hutchinson, of Farringdon-street, promptly attended and deemed
his wounds. He appeared much injured.

POLICE REPORT& 7

MANatow-nousz. —Jane Brown and Nam Field, two women of
the town, were brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having
robbed a little Jew, named Solomon, of three half-crowns, in the neigh-
bourhood of Petticoat.lane. _ _

It was stated, in the course of the examination, that many of the
women of the town about Whitechapel regularly make assaults upon
drunken or otherwise disabled men, for purposes of plunder, and that
although they appear to be about the streets to pick up customers for
another purpose, dick chief object is to pick pockets.
The two prisoners. it appeared from evidence, were standing at the
corner of Petticoat-lane, when the prosecutor was walking quietly home.
Brown went up to him, and asked him to give them some gin. He
refused to have any thing at all to do with her, but she took hold of
him, and said she would compel him to act like a gentleman. He
struggled to get away, but in vain ' • she held him tight grasped round
the neck, while Field approached, and deliberately searched ltim, took
all he bad, (three half-crowns,) from him, turned his pockets inside
out, and departed. Brown then released him, but a watchman who was
passing at the end of the lane observed the latter part of the transaction.
The prosecutor appeared to him quite flurried, and was actually be-
ginning to run away from the two women, instead of endeavouring
to secure them, and one of them was hallooing after him. When
the watchman asked what the matter was, however, he was told by the
prosecutor that the two females had robbed him. Upon one of them
three half-crowns were found, wrapped up in the corner of her shawL
They pretended to be wholly unacquainted with each other.
Upon being put to the bar, they were immediately recognized as old
, bands at this work.

They both declared this was the first time they ever appeared, except
for bits of rows in the streets, before a Magistrate.
Some of the officers laughed at this statement, and declared that they
were a most notorious pair, who would stop at nothing.
The LORD MAYOI said it would be too bad to allow them to
remain longer living upon plunder, and committed them both for

A waterman was charged by two gentlemen with having demanded
mac than his legal fare fot! conveying; them to a steam.vessel in the
river.

The complainants stated that as soon as they appeared at the wheel
to take a boat to the Kent steam-vessel, all the watermen were anxious
to have the job. They step pa into the boat of the defendant, who
rowed them over, but refused to take less than a shilling, sixpence being
his fare by Act of Parliament. lie was also very saucy.
Defendant—'Tis false ; I wasn't saucy—and 'tie false to say I de.
mantled more than my fare.
This proof of civility did not much serve the case of the defendant,
who made a curious defence. I rowed the two passengers across to the
steamer as she was going along quickly, and so I ran a hazard with my
boat.

The LORD 111av0a...-But that did not entitle you to the double price.
Defendant—But it prevented me from giving the gentlemen the
change. They gave me a shilling, and just as 1 was putting my hand
in my pocket to give them change, away goes the steamer, and your
Lordship knows that if I did'nt get out of the swell I might be
swamped. (A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR said that explanation would not do. He assured
the defendant that if the watennen continued such practices they would
lose their trade altogether. His Lordship then fined the defendant ten
shillings.
Onu.num.x.—Yesterday, Charles Woodssaa was finally examined
and committed for trial, on a charge of obtaining goods front various
tradesmen, under false pretences.
Harrow-oaanix.—George Henry ding was brought up yester.
day for re-examination.
An elderly gentleman stated that he represented the house of White,
Francis, and ‘Vhite, of Nine Elms, Roman Cement manufacturers. The
prisoner, about the month of August, came to their house in a one-horse
chaise, and gave them a small order ; he then said that he was a partner
in the house of Palmer,Croker, and King, Solieitors,Oray's Inn-square.
He himself was not a solicitor, he said, but they were in the practice of
purchasing properties with doubtful or deficient titles, and making good
rights; and his department was to superintend the repairing of build.
lags on such properties previous to their being sold ; and in this way
they had very extensive dealings. Some time after the prisoner obtained
a larger quantity of goods on the same representation. On enquiry they
found that there was no such firm as that represented by the prisoner.
They were never paid for the goods so obtained.
Mrs. Ledger, of Hertford place, Waterloo-road, stated, that the pri-
soner was a lodger with her, and bad run up a bill of 81. in her debt ;
and one day two police officers came to her house for the prisoner, fur
having pawned a piece of cloth (he was a tailor by trade) and the
prisoner requested, as a favour, that she would let him have two silver
spoons to pawn, to relieve him from his trouble. She immediately did
so, and the prisoner promised that she should have the spoons returned
in the-course of an hour; he never returned them, nor paid the debt:
and this circumstance occurred, I believe, in the month of May last.
John Hall, Livery-stable-keeper, Newington Butts, stated. that some
some time ago the prisoner came to his stables and bargained for the
use of a hone and chaise, for three days each week, for three months
certain ; he said that he was a dealer in cigars, and had an extensive
connection fifteen miles round London. The hire upon was 455.
per week, or 151. per day. A deposit was dem from the prisoner,
he being a stranger ; but this he managed to evade, saying, he was
going to receive a small bill of 101. and he would then pay a week's hire
in advance. He obtained the horse and chaise, but instead of coming
to pay the hire, he sent home the chaise with a stranger, the whip
broken, and the horse bearing the most evident marks of cruel treat.
meat. Mr. Hall had pursued him at a civil court for the debt tern the
.expenses had accumulated to a considerable sum, and then learning the
prisoner's character, he did not proceed to arrest him.
Mr. Lento put several questions to the
.prisoner regarding the late
Essex and other elections, in which it appeared he had had or pre-
tended to have had, some connection.
The prisoner replied that he had connections all over England, hav-
ing formerly been a commercial traveller. In reply to other observa-
tions, he said that no one could give him a bad character, as no one in
this country had ever known him to be guilty of a dishonest act.
Mr. Lanni regretted that tradesmen should suffer themselves so
easily to be thus duped ; and said that none of the cases were sufficient
to send to a Jury. It was, however, improper that the prisoner should
be suffered to go at large on the public, and he must find bail.
The prisoner said he could prove in ten minutes that he was worth
8,0001. or 9,0001.
Mr. Laura replied, good bail would be required, but he would not
then name the amount. The prisoner was accordingly locked up.
Mnir.woaouon-wrawnv.—Yesterday a number of the household-
ers inhabitants of the parish of St. James, appeared to answer um-
mouses served upon them by the collector of poor-rates for that parish,
for their refusal to pay the amount of rate demanded and just now
fallen due.

The defendants, one and all, said that the rate now demanded of them
was an enormously increased one u compared with any poor-rates they
had ever paid before, and when they asked the collector tor some expla.
nation as to the cause of the increase, he refused to give them any, and
they therefore certainly refused to pay the rate without an explanation,
and so they should continue to do.
The collector said the increase was In consequence of the expense of
the New Police, and he did not think any explanation was necessary, as
the rate had been fixed, and he had nothing to do but to collect it.
The defendants said this was the first time they heard anything of
the new police in this matter, for in the notices, and the account for
rates, not one weed was said about the police, but the whole was de-
manded as and called poor-rates.
The collector said that although they were called poomates, they, in
fact, were both police and poor-rates.
The defendants said that ought to be stated, and no mystery snide
about the matter, and several of them declared they should take time
to 'onsider whether they would pay the rate at all or not, in its present
shape; and so the matter rests for the present.
Tat GILEtIf.IETED Mourrza.—An Wetly gentleman, named
Macdonald, living in Wardour-street, Soho, was brought to this Office
upon a warrant, charging him with having committed divers assaults
upon his wife.
The complainanant, a young and elegantly.dressed female, detailed
numerous instances of her husband HI-treating and assaulting her. His
passion, she observed, she attributed to a jealous temperament, without,
however, the slightest cause, for he would upbraid her of infidelity if
she but ventured to look nut of the window, or even to turn her head
while walking along the streets with him.
The defendant, Who during his wile's statement made frequent inter-
ruptions, now solemnly declared that he was a much-injured man, and
that his suspicions of Mrs. Macdonald's infidelity towards him- were
but too well founded, inasmuch u he had discovered that the complain.
ant more than once, under the pretence of visiting an aged parent, had,
in fact, been staying at the house of her paramour.
Mrs. Macdonald vehemently denied the charge made against her by
her husband, who, she said, had of late become most ridiculously jea.
lour without any cause, and would scarcely suffer her to be out of his
sight.
The Magistrate observed, that the law was always open whereby the
defendant, if he sustained any injury, could obtain redress, and directed
him to find bail to be of good behaviour towards his wife, which not
being provided with, he was consigned to the custody of ,Marsden, the
jailer, until it should be forthcoming.
Biany-te-Bouz.—.Yesterday, Charles Ellison, the driver of
a Greenwich stage-coach, was charged before Mr. Garremst with
having occasioned the death of Richard Taylor, a groom in the service
of George Minshull, Eeq. the Bow-street Magistrate, by wilful mis•
conduct in driving.
It was stated by Mr. Minshull, that he and his family bad been
spending some time at Stone, in the Isle of Thanet, and on Thursday
last they left it, and came by a steam packet to London. On that oc-
casion he was driven by the deceased from Stone to Margate in a gig,
and he ordered him to come on with the gig to London, and stay a night
upon the road. Here all that came under Mr. Minshull's own Meer-
vation ceased, but as the case demanded that defendant should be held
in custody to await the decision of an inquest jury, Mr. 31inshall was
not required to produce witnesses, but give a recital of the facts as key
had been represented to him. Mr. Minshull went on to state, that on

Friday morning, at New Cross, between Greenwich and London, as
the deceased drove steadily along, he was met by two Greenwich
stages. driven by the defendant and another. The road bad been fresh
stoned, and the Greenwich coachmen, being in competition. took advan-
tage of the two sides, wraith were more beaten than the middle, and the
defendant tieing on the wrong side, ran foul of Mr. Minshull's gig, broke
the near shaft of it, and the wheel of the gig went over his head, and
seriously injured it. He was taken to a public-house in a senseless
condition, and afterwards sent in a to Mr. Minshull's house
in Bentinck.street, Mary-la-bourne. Great hopes were entertained that
he would recover, but erysipills came on, and, notwithstanding the best
medical assistance was employed, he died at ten o'clock on Wednesday
night, and left a widow in the last stage of pregnancy, who is also In
Mr. Minshull's service.
The defendant said he believed he could bring evidence to prove that
the accident was occasioned by the restiveness of Mr. Minshull's horse,
which started out of its course while the coach was passing.
Mr. Mirohull described the horse to be aged, and very quiet, and
very unlikely to do otherwise than to go straight forward after a long
journey, and he raid he placed the utmost dependence upon the prudence
of the deceased, for he was a most trustworthy servant.
The defendant's solicitor asked Mr. Minshull whether the defendant
had not acted with great propriety since the accident occurred ?
Mr. Minshull said, he came to him on Saturday morning, and gave
him his address, and acknowledged that if the accident was occasioned
by the Greenwich coach, he was the driver of it; and he believed be was
extremely sorry on account of it.
Mr.GairriTH said something must be done to check the impetuosity
of the rival coachmen near the metropolis, or cues of this melancholy
nature might frequently occur, and he ordered the coachman to be de-
tained.

THANES PoLIcE Orricz.—Yesterday a lunatic, named Charles
Hedges, a sailor lately belonging to the Lowther Castle East Indiaman,
was brought before Capt. ItICHIBELL and lilt. BALLANTINE, for the
purpose of being passed from the pariah of St. Paul, Shadwell, where
he had become chargeable, to St. James's, Westminster, the place of
his legal settlement.
The unfortunate fellow, a fine young man, on being brought into the
Office, uttered a few incoherent sentences, and: stared wildly around.
Mr. BALLANTINE directed that he should be removed and kept quiet
in one of the private rooms of the Office, during the proceedings.
Maria Hedges, a young woman, the sister of the sailor, who stated
herself to be a servant in the family of Oladwin,lir.in Leioester.square,i
said, that after the arrival of the Lowther Castle er brother had been
laid hold of by a lodging house-keeper in Shadwell, who had received
his wages at the India House, where he had taken her brother, and had
brought in a bill for 111. 9s. for board, lodging, and clothing, although
her brother bad only been in the house three weeks, and had no other
clothes but what he stood in. Her brother was afterwards moved by an
order of 111 r. Broderip's of the '1 homes Police, to Shadwell Workhouse,
on her making an application for that purpose. She had heard that his
insanity was brought on by the ill-treatment he had received on board
the ship.
Mr. BALLANTINE inquired if the young man was in good health
before he left England ?
The witness replied in the affirmative. Her brother was labouring
under illness a few years since in Ireland, but his mental faculties were
never impaired, and previous to his going on board the Lowther Castle
he was in good health.
Mr. BALLANTINE asked if there was any person present who was
I aware of the lodgtng.house keeper's receiving the man's wages, and
could prove hie derangement was, brought on by ill-treatment ?
G. Lake, &seaman of the Lowther Castle, said, during the outward-
bound voyage, Hedges, the lunatic, was brought out to be punished by
order of Capt. Bettie, the commander. His shipmate had only been
taken off the doctor's list two days, and after he received nine lashes he
appeared so bad that the doctor stopped the punishment, and Hedges
was released. He was never right after he received the flogging. and
became deranged. He was brought home in irons to prevent him doing
any violence to the crew. Witness was present at the India House, and
saw the lodging-house keeper in company with Hedges at the payaffiee,
who was taken there to receive his wages. Witness never sate him with
any other clothing but what he had on since he came on shore, but the
lodghrg-house-keeper had charged for various articles of wearing apparel
in the bill he gave to the sister.
Mr. BALLANTINE inquired if Hedges did any work after he was
fiVe.—He did do a little work, your Worship, for a few weeks,
although he was not very well ; but after that he went quite mad. He
never appeared right from the time he was punished, and was unable
to attend properly to his duty.
Mr. BALLANTINE asked Mr. Sarjent, the relieving overseer of St.
Paul's, Shadwell, the course he intended to adopt with respect to the
unfortunatejunaticy.

Mr. Sarjent replied, that he was about to pass the man to St. James's,
Westminster, the place of his legal settlement.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Have you any certificate of his insanity ?
Mr. Sarjent handed to the Bench a certificate from Dr. Bateman, the
parish eangeon, which certified that Charles Hedges was of unsound
mind, and unfit to be at large.
Mr. BALLANTINE said, the proper course to be adopted in this case
was to send the unfortunate man at once to a lunatic asylum, and an
order must be made on the parish to which he belonged to support him.
Mr Sarjent said, the:course pointed out by the Worthy Magistrate
I should be immediately adopted.
The sister of the sailor, who appeared much affected at the situation
of her brother, said she had reason to believe that her brother, who was
insane, had never been provided with proper necessaries in the lodging.
house by the landlord, who had received IIL 171. at the India-house,
and brought him in, debt all but Os.
Mr. BALLANTINE directed Mr. Evans, the chief officer of Thames
Police, to make inquiries into the affair, and summon the lodging.
housekeeper before him.
Union- Natl.—Yesterday, a man named Mitchell, a glassblower,
in the employment of Mr. B. Pellatt, of Holland-street, Blackfriars-
road, was charged with stealing a number of glass shades, the property
of his employer.
The estimated loss sustained by Mr. Palau, in consequence of the
peculation of several of his workmen, amounted annually to between
5 and 6001. and the hours at which the business was carried on by
night, as well as by day, rendered It a difficult matter to detect the
plunderers. In the present instance, one of the other men observed the
prisoner filling his pockets with articles of glass, previously to leaving
the premises. The honest servant immediately repaired to the fore.
man in an adjoining house, and having informed him of what he had
seen, the latter procured a constable, who apprehended the prisoner,
and in his possession was found the property which be was charged
with stealing., He was committed.
In the month of May last, the house of a tradesman, residing in
HilLstreet, Fryers.street, was broken into and robbed by two men,
I named Luppage and Spradbrou. A constable apprehended Luppage,
with some of the stolen property in his possession, as he was leaving the
premises, and be was subsequently tried and convicted of the offence.
Spradbrow on that occasion made a most determined resistance, and
beat the constable in such a dreadful manner, that his life was despaired
I of, and the former effected his escape. He has been at large since the
outrage and robbery until yesterday, when Chief Constable Hallappre-
headed him in the 'Edgware-road. He was committed.

LANSET it•STItEET •Mee be the Captain of a West Indianan,
appeared voluntarily before the Magistrates to answer the tom.
plaint of his wife, who had made an application to the Magistrates
on a former day, requesting that they would compel her hus-
band to support her. She then stated that her husband had re-
fused to allow her a maintenance, unless she became the inmate
of the workhouse of the parish they then resided in, Limehouse.
She, agreeable to his wishes, about six months since entered the work.
house, and was there allowed lls. a week from her husband for support.
A few days before, however, the overseer turned her out of the house,
and she was then destitute of the means of support.
Mr. WALKER thought the officers had exercised a sound discretion
in discharging Mrs. D. from the poor-house, and said that he would
make no order on the subject, nor would he advise the parish officers to
interfere; and the parties left the office.

Another inquest was held before the same Coroner asd Jury, on the
body of John Carey, a bricklayer's labourer, 22 years of age.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was employed with
others in pulling down some old houses in Hackney-yard, Old-street.
He came to work on Wednesday morning, in a state of intoxication,
and, in spite of the remonstrances of his fellow-workmen, proceeded
with an iron crow-bar to undermine a stack of chimnies, which fell upon
him, sad crushed him in so dreadful a manner that he expired in the
an hour afterwards.imerli Robert Wyatt, the house-surgeon, said that he had not been able
to make a post smartest examination of the body in consequence of the
friends of the deceased, who was an Irishman, having strongly objected
to it; and they had even gone so far as to demand the body bdore if
was cold, threatening to destroy the hospital if their request was not
complied with. He had, ;however, but little doubt that injury to the
brain was the cause of his death—Verdict "Accidental Daub."

Yesterday afternoon an inquest war held before Tamar.' STIRLING,
Esq. at the Bear and Castle, Oxford-street, on the body of Mr. John
Tow, late landlord of the Bear and Castle tap.
Hannah Phillips stated, that she was servant to the deceased. On
Tuesday night, at eleven o'clock, she went to bed, leaving her master
and mistress in the bar. Her muter appeared very dull that evening,
but from what cause she did not know. At six o'clock the following
morning she heard him go down stairs, and on witness coming down
stairs shortly afterwards, she was surprised to find the bar.door
open, and no one in the bar ; she went to the cellar door, and called to
the deceased, to know if he was there, and he replied, " I am here."
Shortly after this she heard some person groaning in the cellar, and or
going down the stairs, found her master lying at the bottom of th
stairs, covered with blood. She immediately gave an alarm to the in.
mates, and a surgeon was sent for, but the deceased expired a few
minutes afterwards.
Charles Buckman, a lodger in the house, stated that on hearing the
alarm given by the last witness he went into the cellar, and found the
deceased lying as she had described. He was alive, and groaning dread.
fully. On lilting the deceased's head up, he saw that his throat was
cut. Deceased had for some time past appeared very dejected, but wit.
ness could not state from what cause. - -

Mr. logs, a surgeon, stated that about twelvemonths ago he attended
the deceased, who was then labouring under a disease oiled "Delirium
tremens," a nervous disorder. On Wednesday morning be vas sent for
to attend deceased. Ile found him alive, but he died within half* mi-
nute after. Be had severed the windpipe, and all the principal arteries.
There was a razor found close by his side.
The Jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.