Star.
London, England, 1830-09-09 00:00:00

POLICE REPORTS.

llfaxinow.xottax.—The officers of St. BotoltionAldgate, applied to
the Loan MAYOR for an order to the parish of an-street, to sup.
port the child of a woman named Cole, who had been married to a man
named Gavin, now a convict in New South Wales.
Binnersley, the beadle of Aldgate, stated that the poor woman had
been separated from Gavin, her husband, several years ago, the convict
having been comported for life for felony. Under the impression that
the conviction was a legal and final divorce, she thought proper to marry
a man named Cole, by whom she had a child, which became chargeable
to the parish of Coleman-street, inasmuch as it was born there. The
officers of that parish, however, wanted to throw the onus upon the pa-
rish of Aldgate, where Cole, who had lately died, had made a settle.
meet. The child had been put to nurse by the latter parish, and certain
expenses incurred in the rearing of it had been paid, but the
which bad thus stood the brunt of the expense, determined to fLis)arthbe
burden upon the proper shoulders, for the poor woman was wrong in her
law when she thought that the verdict at the Old Bailey divorced the
husband from the wife.

The LORD MAYOR thought the question was one which ought to be
referred to another tribunal

The beadle said that the parish of which he was an officer felt much
at being obliged to support the poor of another parish. The child was,
he said, evidently born in wedlock, Gavin having been slin at the birth,
although he was not the father.
Mr. Nobler said that the ass must be referred to Doctore.coamloos.
L•maers-Sraser.—Yesterday, a singular instance of the force of
imagination was detailed to the Magistrates, in defence of a charge
brought against • female named Jane Stuart,w by Mr. Atkins, a
reaLele inhabitant of Prinee's.street, Ratcliff-highway.
;.taltkins stated that about two o'clock on that morning, he and
his family were aroused from their sleep by vlsedntt cries of "Murder I"
and " Help l" apparently from a female vi He roes immediately,
and went downstain, when he discovered the He
at the bar nearly
in a state of nudity in his back yard, still min out " Murder, murder I"
and in • state of considerable agitation. The honk not being able
to account, 'Wife: eerily, for her presence there, he gave her into
custody.
The woman, in eeplanadon, said she lived Ina street at the back of
the complainant's house, and lawns retired to bed early, she fell into
• sound slumber. She thee fancied niter drams that a deaf and dumb
woman was making horrid faces at her, and at length proceeded to at.
tack her. Impelled by terror, she sprang out of bed and jumpedout
of the window, and managed, by an eztrordbary exertion, to oath some
high walls, and get into the complainant's premises, where, still under
the ides that she was pursued by her visionary antagonist, she called
for assistance.

The Magistrate, after some questions, found that her Imagination had
been omMembly assisted by copious libations of gin the previous
evening, and after Dams proper admonition, discharged the defendant.
Prairie?: "yawn, a young man who stated himself to be a:clerk
out of employment, was charged by Policeman E. 64, on suspicion
of felony.
The Policeman stated that the prisoner ran suddenly against him
between one and two o'clock on that morning, and his hat telling of,
a glass tumbler rolled out on the pavement. Suspecting it to have
been stolen, he took him to the station.houpe, and on searching him,
discovered two silver salt-spoons and a cut salt castor. The former
were marked with the inidals M. L. and W.

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The prisoner said, all the articles, except the glass tumbler, were
his own property, and he could not conceive how it got into his hat.
The Magistrate said that it was very clear the property had been
stolen from some chop or coffee-house, and remanded the prisoner till
Friday, to give the officer time to maks some inquiries about him.
Wonsifir-rrnizr.--Yesterday morning a waggon, laden with 32
boxes of tin-plate, and 26 bags of nails, weighing about four tons, was
brought to the Office, and a woman named Freeman, and an appren-
tice named lady, were placed at the bar, with a man named Hewitt,
the former charged with readying the property, knowing it to be stolen,
and the latter on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery.
The property, said to be worth upwards of 200 L was alleged to have
been stolen from Mesas. Orasebrook and Munro's City Road Wharf,
Regent's Canal, and was found on the premises of the prisoner Free
man, who keeps a store-shop in Church-street. The prisoners were
remanded, after a very short examination.
Mem Graeae, a single woman, was finally examined and committed
for trial, on a charge of concealing the birth of a child.
Toww.H.a.z..—Jasses Miller, 14, and Henry All'Afoart, were
charged with stealing five pair of pistols, the property of Mr. Hill,
gunmaker, Today-street. The prisoner DP Mann was In the employ of
the prosecutor, and tempted, as be said, by his companion, be left his
master's house open for the prisoner, Miller, to enter, who came between
12 and 1 at night, and took the pistols away, which the other (though
told be was sot bound to criminate himself,) admitted as far as the
stealing, but threw back the charge of tempting, insisting he was the
party seduced. Owe pair of the pistols was found by Kinsey, the
officer, at a pawnbroker's in the Hackney.rosd, where Miller bad at-
tempted to pledge them. They were produced, and sworn to by the
prosecutor, and both prisoners committed for trial.
Quxicit-snusax.—Ekenor Frost, about 22 years of age, formerly
a servant in the household of her Royal Highness the Princess of Den-
mark, was charged with robbing Henry Shepherd of 41. 10s. The pro-
secutor, who was extremely lame, and went upon autches, from the
injuries he had received in jumping out of :a window to catch the pri-
soner, was accommodated with a chair. He stated, that on Sunday
evening he accompanied her to a house in the Almonry. Before he got
to sleep, the prisoner jumped out of bed, seised his clothes, and ran out
of the room with his money, which she found in his pockets, 4L 10s.
Witness got out of bed, and in order to prevent her getting away, he
from the window into the street, but lamed himself so severely,
that was forced to be taken to the Westminster Hospital.
The prisoner, in her defence, said that Shepherd's clothes fell off the
bed, and his money dropped out, and she merely put it in her pocket to
take are of it for him.
Mr. MAKRIOTT committed the prisoner for trial.

TAXIS IN THE NETHERLAND/1.-10 Belgium every-
thing is taxed—bread, meat, servants (even female servants about 12s.
year each), windows, gardens, fire-places, hooaes, spirits (to more than
the first cost in the ease of gin), ground, dogs, and in short everything
that the eye or heart of man can fix upon, has a duty laid upon it, and
that not trifling. By way of example, about 91. 10s. is paid on every
head of cattle =posed in the butchery of Bruges this is a municipal
taxi foe the fact is, that if an article is not reached by • dovernment
imposition, a municipal tax lays immediate hold of it. As in the case
of the mouturt—a tax which has made so great a sensation (it is one on
flour, besides the bread tax)—when the mouton was abolished by the
gt•ros, it ones mooed in Brussels at a municipal tax, sad is only this
moment done away with. At Bruges it has best Impended is mesa
queue of public tumuite.—Speehuisr.

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SCINTILLA.
IM-1.441111.
"1 trander," quoth John, to his friend t'otha day,
" Why OW LOW are ID DARK and obsessiv e
" If the wisdom's anploy'd in the manna you say,
" The Law &said be all that is pure."
" The reason is elm," quoth his Mend, in reply.—
" And as plain es the sun it is bright ;
" They are made when good folks are asleep, by the bye,
" And are fused In the nuns' of the night."
PADDY BULL.—A Dublin Paper, enumerating the mu-
tations produced in the Green Isle by the late elections, makes the fol.
lowing good hit, which, considering the soliese.aliont, is by no means
out of pleas In Roscommon, O'Connor Don displaces Mr.
who never attended in his plate." This looks mighty like locating as
Donna where.

Joni Butz..—The admirable discretion of three Yorkshiremen, who
last week went in quest of a melancholy friend of theirs, goes be
my commendation. They had a suspicion that be had made away with
himself, and their suspicion was well grounded, for they found him over
bead and ears in a well, and, without asking bow long he had been
there, in the well they left him, until be could be taken out by due
form of law. Taking it for granted that he was well.drowned, they
thought It as well to wash their hands out of the businies—and away
they walked, well.a.day 1 all three together, to fetch a constable—.s
water.bailiff, I suppose.—who came in three hours afterwards, and gave
them leave to take him out. Before they went, however, these well.
judging Northern. deeming that, although the corpse itself might not be
much the worse of an additional soaking, Its ha might, fished up the
latter, and deposited it on dry land.
SPLENDOUR of THE ANCIENT FLEMINGE.—At a
repast given by one of the Counts of Flanders to the Flemish Magi'.
trate., the seats they occupied were unfurnished with cushions. Those
proud burghers fol&d their sumptuous cloaks and sat on them. After
the feast they were retiring without retaining these important and costly
articles of dress ; and on a courtier reminding them of their apparent
neglect, the burgomaster of Bruges replied, " We Flemings are not
in the habit of carrying away the cushions after dinner !" A similar
story is told of Robert Duke of Normandy:—" The meetings of the
different towns for the sports of archery were signalised by the most
sp,. did display of dress and decoration. The archers were babited in
damask, and the finest linen, and tarried chains of gold, of great
weight and value. Luxury was at its height among women. The
Queen of Philip the Fair of France, oa a visit to Bruges, exclaimed
with astonishment, not unmixed with envy, I thought myself the
only Queen here ; but I see six hundred others, who appear more
so than I.' "--From Dr. Lather's Cyclopedia, History of the No.
Ithorlands.

MOVING MOUNTAINS IN CALABILIA.—From each side
'of the ,deep valley or ravine of Terranuova, enormous masses at the
adjoining flat country were detached and cast down into the course oldie
river, so as to give rise to great lakes. Oaks, olive trees, vineyards,
and corn, were often seen growing at the bottom of the ravine, as little
injured as their companions from which they were separated in the plain
above, at least 500 feet higher, and at the distance of about three
quarters of a mile. In one part of this ravine was an enormous mass
200 feet high and about 400 feet in diameter at Its basis, which had
been detached by some former earthquake. It is well attested that dais
mass travelled down the ravine near four miles, having been put in
motion by the earthquake of the sth of February. The momentum of
the " tare movitine," or lavas, as the flowing mud is called in the coun-
try, is no doubt very great ; but the transportation of masses that
might be compared to small hills, for a distance of several miles at a
time, is an effect which could never have been anticipated. The
first sabount not to Naples of these two great slides or landslips was
couched in these words --" Two mountains on the opposite sides of
the valley moved from their original position until they met in the mid-
dle of the plain, and there joining together, they intercepted the causes
of the rive."—Loll's Geology.
MAXIMS FOR MARRIED LADIES. —The following
maxims, if pursued, will not only make the man in love with mar-
riage, bat cause them to be good husbands ,-..The first is to be good
yourself. To avoid all thoughts of managing a husband. Neva try
to deceive or impose on his understanding, nor give him uneasiness, but
treat him with affection, sincerity, and respect. Remember that hus-
bands, at best, are only men, subject, like yourselves, to error aad
frailty. Be not too sanguine, then, before marriage, or promise your.
selves happiness without alloy. Should you discover any thing in his
humour or behaviour not altogether what you expected or wish, pass It
over, smooth your own temper, and try to mend his by attention, cheer-
fulness, and good nature. Never reproach him with misfortunes, which
are the accidents and infirmities of life—a burden which each has en-
gaged to assist the other in supporting, and to which both parties are
equally exposed ; but instead of murmuring and reflections, divide the
sorrows between you, make the best of it, and it will be easier to both.
It is the innate office of the softer sex to soothe the troubles of the other.
Resolve every morning to be cheerful all day, and should any thing
occur to b.adt. your resolution, suffer it not to put you out of temper
with your husband. Dispute not with him, be the occasion what it
may ; but much sooner deny yourself the trifle of having your own
will, or gaining the better of an argument, than risk a quarrel or create
a heart-burning, which it is impossible to foresee the end of. Implicit
submission in a man to his wife is ever disgraceful to both, but implisit
submission In the wife is what she promised at the altar, what the geed
will revere her for, and what is, in fact, the greatest honour she can N.
airs. Be assured a woman's power, as well as her happiness, has no
other foundation than In ha husband's esteem, which it is her imams,
by all possible means, to preserve and increase. Study, therefore, his
temper, and command your own. Enjoy with him satisfaaion, sham
and sooth his cares, and with the utmost assiduity conceal his infirm'.
des.—.4merioan Farmer.

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DOCILITY OF THE ELEPH•N v.—The Duke of Devon-
shlle's elephant was kept at his (brae's villa at Chiswick, under cir-
cumstances peculiarly favourable to its health ad docility. The house
in which she was shut up was of Leis diemnime, well ventilated, and
arranged in every particular with a paps owl to the comfort of the
animal. But she often had the range of a vadoss paddock ; and the
exhibition of her sagacity was, therein% donWy plowman, for it was
evidently not affected by a rigid coninement. At the robs of her
keeper she came out of her house, and immediately took up a broom,
ready to perform his bidding, in sweeping the paths, or the grass; she
would follow him round the enclosure with a pail, or a watering-pot,
showing her readiness to take that share of labour which the ele-
phants of the Best are so willing to perform. Her reward was a curet
and some water; but, previously to satisfying her thirst by an ample
draught, she would exhibit her ingenuity in emptying the contents of
a soda-water bottle, which was ttly corked. This she effected in r
singularly adroit manner; press the small bottle against the ground
with her enormous foot, so as to hold it securely at an angle of about
forty-five degrees, she gradually twisted out the cork with ha trunk,
although it was very little above the edge of the neck; then, without al.
tering the position, she turned her trunk round the bottle so that she
might reverse it, and thus empty the water into the extremity of the pro-
boscis. This she actually accomplished without spilling a drop, and she
delivered the empty bottle to the keeper before she attempted to discharge
the contents of the trunk into the mouth. She performed another trick,
which required equal nicety and patience. The keeper, who was amts.
touted to ride on her neck, like the totokonts or elephant.drivers of India,
had a large cloth or housing, which he spread over her when he thus
bestrode her in witnewhrt of Oriental state. Upon alighting, which she
allowed him to do by kneeling, be desired her to take off the cloth. This
she effected by putting the muscles of her loins in action, so that the
shrinking of ha loose skin gave motion to the cloth, and it gradually
wriggled on one side till it fell by its own weight. The cloth was then
of course in a heap, but the elephant, spreading it carefully upon the
grams with her trunk, folded it up as a napkin is folded, till it was suf-
hdeotly compact for her purpose. She then poised it with her trunk
fora few seconds, and by one jerk threw it over her head to the centre
of her back, where it remained as steady as if the burden had been ad-
justed by human hands. The affection of this poor animal for her
was very great. The man who had the charge of her in 1828,
when we saw her, had attended her for five years, having succeeded
another who bad Jan with her eight or ten years. When first placed
under his dine, she was intractable for some time, evidently eventing
the loss of her former friend ; but she gradually 'meanie obedient and
attached, and would cry after him whenever he was absent for more than
a few hours. The elephants of India in the same way, cannot easily be
brought to obey a stranger, and manifest a remarkable knowledge of
their old mahouts if they should meet after a long separation. The ele-
phant of the Duke of Devonshire was about 21 years' old when she died,
early in 1821. It was understood that the disease which carried her
of was pubsorsary consumption.

BIRTH.

The Bth instant, at Clapham Common, Mrs. Frederick Borradailr.
of a son.

MA.

I The 4th inst. at Talgarth, Major Holford, of Kilgwyn. Carmarthen-
' shire, to Miss Ovsne, of Buckland, Brecknockshire.—The 7th inst.
at Petersfield, R. Hopkins, Eq. of Alresford, to Miss Susanna, eldest
daughter of Vice-Admiral °Ward—The 28th ult. at Geneva, Mr. J.
Choisy, Professor, to Maria Amelia, fifth daughter of the late J. L.
Siordet, Esq. of London.

DIED.

Tuesday last, at his residence, Brunswick-place, Regent's-park, J.
Wilson, Esq. of Seaton Castle, Yorkshire, and of Cane-grove, in the
island of St. Vincent. in the West Indies, Lieutenant. Colonel. and
Member or the Council in that island, and a Magistrate and one of the
Deputy-Lieutenants for the county, and late Member of Parliament for
the dty of York..—The ath inst. Mr. J. Pringle, of Lloyd-street, Pea-
tonville, aged 62.—The 7th inst. at Foot's Cray, in consequence of a
fall from his horse, O. Jones, Esq. of Saliabury.square.—The 7th Wet.
at his residence, Lower Tooling, Surrey, N. J. Murat, aged 00.—Tbe
29th ult. at Evesham, Harriet, the youngest daughter of the late T.
Smith, Esq. et that place, in the 40th year of bet age.
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