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London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

DDLESEX SESSIONS, OCTOBER :26.

John I ilbury R11:I Thomas million'', were ildicted for
assaulting Mr. Dawson, tke headburough of Poplar.
The prosecutor, in obedience to the ciders of the
vestry, was going his rounds on a Saturday night, to
see that all the public-houses were clmel at twelve
o'clock. The defendants were drinking at the Com-
mercial public-house; and the landlord had several
times attempted to remove them, but in vain. On ti e
appearance of the prosecutor for this purpose, they dis-
regarded his authority, deprived him of his staff, and
with it severely beat him about the head.
Several watchmen were called in to the assistance of the head-
hot ough, and the prisoners were ultimately taken into custody.
The prisoners were found Guiley, and sentenced to be imprisoned
two months in the House of Correction.
&heard Stockman, James Roiae, John French, and
John Field, were indicted for a riot, and for assaulting
Peter Holt.

Field pleaded Guilty, and was ordered to enter into his own re-
cognizance' to keep the peace.
This assault arose nut of a pugilistic combat, which
took place on the 11th of July last, in a field near
Paddington, where between 2,000 and 3,000 persons
were assembled, amongst whom were the ptisoners ;
Stockman being engaged in seconding one of the
combataws. lhe prosecution was instituted by the
Select Ve.try of Paddington, in order to put an end to
the disgraceful scenes which these fithts constantly
occasion. The prosecutor (Holt), who is a constable,
having endeavoured to make his way into the crowd
in order to stop the fight, was received with the most
violent abuse, which induced him to retire quickly.
He then procured the assistance of Bradbury. another
constab'e, and bOth proceeded to the spot. Their ap-
proach was v.on perceived by the mob, who seemed de-
termined to tesist any interruption in their spoil. The
con•tables, however, mule their way through the
crowd, and se;zt-d upon one of the ringleaders, whom
they proceeded to take into custody. No ve.istatice
was miee to this, but they were followed by the whole
assembly, and pelted with dirt, bricks, and every mis-
sile which could be procured. Of course they were
most severely injured, and the prisoner whom they
bad its custody, was also much hurt, being knocked
down by some of the brickbats intended for the offi-
cers. The prisoners were all proved to have been pi el,en't,
and to have tak,n 2n active part in this disturbance.
Stockman and Maine asserted that they left the place upon the'
first appearance of the constable.
After much evidence had been gone through, the Jury found
Stockman and Ratite guilty of the riot and assault; and French
guilty of the assault only.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that conduct of which the
prisoners bad been found guilty, deserved the most ex-
emplary punishment, but as they had already suffered
an imprisonment of five weeks, this would account for
the indulgent nature of the sentence. Stockman and
Raine were ordered to be imprisoned three weeks longer,
and to enter into their own recognizances to keep the
peace, and French was ordered to be imprisoned seven
days and then discharged.
JULIET AND THE THUNIE.

Among the numerous other questions of assault and
battery which occupied the grave attention of the Court,
the complaint of the lovely Juliet must not be over-
looked. We give the fair prosecutris that nanie, be-
cause she was distinguished in private theatricali for
enacting to the life the tender heiress of the Capulets.
In one of her tragic moods she happened to suit the
word to the action rather oddly, by getting the thumb
of her friend, Mrs. Jane Hancock, into her mouth, and
almost snapping it off. The morsel, however, though
savoury, was tough, and Juliet was forced to content
herself with fixing her mark as our Saxon Nobles used
to do to their grants ard contracts, by biting it with
the " wang tooth." Mrs. Hancock meanwhile was not
idle, for while her left thumb was thus indented, her
right fingers were employed -in making open woik cif
the lovely Juliet's cap, which she tore to tags. Jane
it seems got the worst of this contest, for she was car-
ried off in a tainting state, while Juliet triumphantly
finished her soliloquy in a " vault, an ancient receptacle,"
not amid the " ghosts of her buried ancestors," but
amidst spirits of a more congenial nature.
Mrs. Hancock, last Sessions, indicted Mrs. Gaurom
(so mortals name her whom " the Gods" call Juliet)
for biting her thumb: and though the serving men of
the Capulets could lawfully bite their own thumbs, as
appears by the Poet's testimony—" Sir, do you bite
your thumb at us?" " No, Sir, but I do bite my thumb ;"
—yet it was held that a L ldy of the House of Capulet
could n 't lawfully bite another Lady's thumb, and so
Juliet was sentenced to pay a fine to our Laid the King.
Her legal advisers, however, encouraged her to turn
the tales on Mrs. Jane by a counter indictment, and
accordingly Juliet now appeared in the character of
prosecui rix, producing as incontrovertible evidence. of
Jane's violence, " a thing of shreds and patches," uh.ch
, had been a cap before it was torn in the affray above

recorded. Mrs. Ganrom had persuaded herself, that
the exhibition of the cap would have produced an effect
egos! to that of Mr. Burke's celebrated dagger, Mr.
Whitbread's pewter pnt, or Mr. Hume's bandana; but,
alas! the Middlesex Jury were no judges of the sublime.
They said—

What should be great you turn to farce;
And laughing to scorn the destruction of Juliet's cap,
they acquitted Mrs. Hancock of the assault laid to Ler
charge.

Solventur risu tabula, to 'luaus abibis.

LONDON SESSIONS, OCTOBER 26.
Yesterday, these Sessions commenced before the Right
!lon. the LORD MAYOR, the LORD MAYOR elect, the
REcnnnea, SHERIFFS, and a Bench of Aldermen.
Thom is Johnson, a respectable middle-aged man, was
indicted for assaulting Mr. James Stephens.
Mr. BOLLAND stated the case.—The prosecutor is a
Gentleman living on his fortune at Deptford, and the
defendant is a person employed in the shipping business,
at the same place. They both had come to town from
Deptford, on the 30th of June, to attend a sale at Gar-
raway's. They were too late for the sale, so they went
and dined together at the sign of the Bell, in Grace-
church-street. They had some wine after it, a small
quantity he believed. He should tell them that his
client's head could not bear even a little liquor, and
when he took it it would so effect him, that to strangers
his conduct would appear wild and eccentric, and as a
man not in the full possession of his faculties. n'hea
the bill was brought he objected to some items, and
went down stairs to .the bar. In going away, he
wished the landlord to add to the account 3s. which had
been paid for securing the places in the coach home- •
wards. • The landlord refused, saying he •had nothing
to do with it, and the defendant then said, "Pho! don't
mind him ; don't speak to him, he (meaning the prose-
tutor) is mad, and I am his keeper;" and with that he
took up a stick and beat the prosecutor over the
shoulders and sides in a most violvnt manner. The
prosecutor appealed for protection to those around him
from the violence of the defendant, saying that he was
not mad, and disclaimed that the defendant was his
keeper. He refused to go with him back in the coach,
saying he had property about him, and a Mr. Ward,
who happened to be present, offeted his services, and
saw him home to Deptford, first having made him de-
posit, in the safe keeping of the landlord, his money,
901. in notes, his gold watch, and some parchments.
Mr. Chides Lennox, the landlord of the Bell, proved
the patties being at his house on the day mentioned ;
they had a pint of wine. The prosecutor, on going
away, quarrelled with the form of the bill, and not the
tems. Witness, to indulge him, inserted the words
44 •••• Stephens, Esq." in the bill Thought his con-
duct rather queer. The defend ant said that the prom-
cator was mad, and he was his keeper. He made an
observation in the tap-room, that he ought to have a
guinea a Jay instead of a guinea a week for having the
charge of such a fellow. Witness did not see the assault.
Mr. Ward, a dealer in turtle, corroborated all the facts of Mr.
13ollandis. opening speech, and added that be saw the prosecutor
home to Deptford, 4nd that he was much affected and alarmed by
the conduct of the defendant. •

Some other witnesses were then called, who also corroborated
the facts of the case as stated.

Mr. A unt.rmus addreshnd the Jury for the defendant.
The NECORDEIL summed up; and the Jury, after some &libera-
tion, returned a vel diet of Guilty of the simple assault, acquitting
hint of any malicious intention, or any attempt on the property of
the prosecutor.
The Court fined him 101. to be paid to the King, or to be impri-
soned until such line be paid.

SURREY SESSIONS, OCTOBER 26.
Mary Jane Sere wits indicted for robbing her
master's house of a quantity of linen and plate.
Mr. Wallis, an atchitect and surveyor, residing in
Great Charlotte.street, Blackfriars•road, stated that the
prisoner had been in his service about ten months. On
the 31st of August last, he returned, with his Lady,
from the country, and found that the prisoner had ab-
sconded from his house, leaving on the kitchen table
the following note, addressed to her mistress:
" Madam—lnn consequence of your house being rob'd Busing
my absence from home, as induced me to leave you—be asured
that I am inocent, and would gladly come back to you again,
could you think it proper. I have done everything that lays in my
Mumble power to please.—Your humble servant, " J. SERLE."
At first the prosecutor did not suspect that the pri-
soner was the person who bad robbed the house, but
circumstances have stisen, that made it pretty evident
that she was the guilty individual. She was traced to
her lodgings at No. 12, Eagle. street, Red Lion-square,
by an officer, who took from her person fifteen dupli-
cates of property pledged belonging to Mr. Wallis,
principally consisting of linen and plate, the whole of
which she had. pledged with different pawnbrokers
about town.

As many as ten or twelve pawnbrokers were in attendance, to
produce plate and linen which they had received from the prisoner.
She was found tiuilty, and the Governor of the Jail
having informed the Court that she had before been
sentenced to suffer death (but which sentence was com-
muted to four years and a half imprisonment in the
Penitentiary), she being deemed an incorrigible cha-
racter, was sentenced to 14 years' transportation, the
full punishment the Cout t could aJjudge for that offence.
Two impudent young rascals, named Thompson and
Williams, were convived of stealing a coral necklace
from the infant child of Mrs. Murray, a_poor shop-
keeper, of Carlisle-place, Lambeth.
The child was playing behind the counter by her•
self, and being observed by these two lads, one of
them (Williams) stepped into the shop, and tore the
necklace from the child's neck. The little girl cried
out as well as she was able, " Mother, the boys have
taken my beads." And their actions having been also
watched by a neighbour, they were instantly purssied
and overtaken, with the beads in their possession.
They were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment in Brixton
Home of Correction.
John Russell was indicted. for stealing the sum of ss.
the property of Daniel Stroud, a bookseller.
The prosecutor's boy stated, that be saw the prisoner
take his purse out, and draw money from it. When his
m..ster seized him, the prisoner said that he was robbing
him, and desired that a constable might be sent for.
The CHAIRMAN. in charging the Jury, observed that it was by
no means imposbible that the prosecutor might have left 15s. on the
counter, and that ss. of it might have gone by other means than the
iriaoner.—The Jury dicyuitteil the prisoner.

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AUSTRIAN NEUTRALITY.

NISSOLONGHI, SEPTEMBER 4.

The Greek Journals contain the following intercepted
letters, which will give some idea of the Leutrality of
tie Austtias Agents :

TO MY DEAR AND SINCERE FRIEND, R. S. S. VICE-CON.
_ SUL OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA, AT ZANY'S. _

lly DEAR FRIEND-1 hasten to inform you, that I
have just received your letters from the 22d to the 30th
of June, as well as the numbers from 34 to 45 of the
Journal published at Missulonghi. I have also received
your last letter, dated July 2, with two sheets of the
same Journal, wh:ch I read with a striae at their vain
presumption. I feel greatly obliged to you for your
sincere friendship, and for the services which you ruder
us. I trust you will preserve for me the same friend-
ship, and that you will inform me of your health, and
communicate all the news you may have, as well as
send
,me the latest numbers of the Greek Journals
which it shall be in your power to procure.—l wish you
health and happiness.
VIZIER REDSCHID PACIIA, &c. &c.
Camp of Missolonghi, July 14.
LETTER ADDRESSED TO IBRAHIM DACHA.

• MOST SEItENZ HIOIINESS—I have received up to the
3J inst. the letters which his Excellency Ahmet Effendi
has addressed to your Highness, and I. hasten to send
them to you by a
.faithful man, who will await
your in det s.
The fanatics of our island every day distort the splen-
did actions of your Highness: this affects us much, and
augmews our desire of having direct communication
with you. lam in constant correspondence with the
garrison a Modon, and send regularly there the news
of your victorirs, o:hurwise it wou:d remain in igno-
rance c.f everything going on in the interior of the
1' loponnesos.
The Captain of the Austrian brig Arethusa, imme-
i.iately on its arrival from Suda, sent to his Excellency
Ahmet Effendi the letters from your Highness. The
same Captain endeavoured to present personally the
letters which he had for the Seraskier Pacha ; but not
being able to succeed therein, he intrusted them to me
on his return. I have dispatched a packet to Alex-
andria, to inform the Viceroy of Egypt of your victo-
ries. I think it useleas to continue my political corre-
spondence with you respecting the affairs of the I'elo
ponuesus, for your victories have, as it were, made us
well acquainted with the country.
M. M. Trani, whom I have sent oh my own business
to the fortresses of the Morea, is instructed to present
l.imselt to you to receive your orders.
I have the honour to be, &c.
G. KOKKINS.

&ate, July 16, 1825.

FRENCH PIPERS.

FROM THE ETOILE OF TUESDAY.
MADRID, OCTOBER ts.
The King's health is perfectly re-established. His Majesty and
the Royal Family axe at the Escurial.
It was on the evening of the 26. h of September that
the brilliant expedition sailed from Ferrol, which is to
reinforce the gar, isons of Porto Rico and the llavannah.
It is under the orders of Major• General Don Joseph
Miranda y Cabezcn, second in command in the island
of Cuba : it consists of the following corps—the 3d
light regiment of Catalonia ; the 3d regiment of Ga-
licia ; a brigade of artil:ery ; and three frigates—the
Lealtad, Iberia, and Perla.
This expedition, which is the third sent to the same
places since the le-establishment of the legitimate Go-1
vernment, is composed of chosen troops, remarkable for
their excellent disc;pline. They embarked in the highest
spirits, amidst reiterated cries of " Long live the King!"
IteME, OCTOBER 12..
The light-house, in which the light is successively
r.l).:an and concealed frr equal intervals, has been tried
with complete success in the port of Auzio. Another
has been placed on the Clementine tower, in order to
point out to mariners the mouth of the channel of Fri-
micino. Three reflectors enlighten the sector com-
pr'sed between Cape Auzio and Cape Linaro. The
occultation and the bright light may be distinguished
by the naked eye from Palo—that is to say, at a dis-
tance of It Roman miles.
NAPLES, OCTOBER a.
his Majesty set out yesterday morning, at six o'clock,
to inspect the palaces of Caserta and St. Leucio. He
gave orders for some repairs and improvements, and
rr turned in the evening to the capital.
Baronitothschild arrived here from Paris the day before yesterday,
LEGHORN, OCTOBER 12.
We have news from Alexandria to thesth September.
A part of the new expedition had already set sail ; the
remainder was to sail on the 6th. the attempt made
by the Greeks to barn the shipping in the port of Alex-
andria bad caused the Pacha to hasten the expedition
with such ardour, that it has been able to sail a month
sooner than it would otherwise have done.
We have melancholy accounts of the piracies committed by the
Greeks. It is said they have sunk the Austrian ship Severe.
CONSTANTINOPLF., SEPTEMBER 24.
Accordorg to reports in circulation here, the Capitan
Paella's fleet has been dispersed by the Greeks in the
Cretan Seas.
• the accounts from the Noma are rather contra-
dictory : it seem; certain, however, that Ibrahim Riche
is in lull retreat to the coast, and that he has desired in
the most pressing terms thatiseinforcemems be sent him
ithout delay.
The Oriental Spectator, which before .the opening of
the campaign had represented Ibeihim Pacha as a Ge-
r.eral who endeavoured to subdue the Moreotes by his
inkiness and humanity, allows now, in its number of
ti.e It It of September, that Ibrahim has been induced.,
by his policy to destroy all the towns and villages in the
i tenor of the Peninsula.
In Candia, the insurrection is nearly general, and the
expediton which the Ilydriots have sent thither proves
aat no Natter fears ate entertained for the Morea.
FROM THE COURIER FRANCAIS.
TRIESTE, OCTOBER
Utters from II dear of • September 1-3, though they
give a satisfrtiot y account of the affaits of Greece, say,
h.rwever, that the troops of Ibrahim Paella ate still in
cos,.ession of Tripolizza, but the Greeks, they say, are
active in cutting off the communication between that
place and the interior, to starve the garrison. Thus the
news of the entire evacuation of the interior of the Mere.'
by the Egyptian troops seem not to be confirmed.
The Observer cf Trieste publishes the following ar-
ticle i—V4 e have at lengvh swim private information of
the fate of the Austrian brigantine the Pi ince of Schwan-
zeriburg, Captain Bar barovich, of which no news had
been heard since it sailed in 1820, from Odessa, batod
for Nice. A pirate, condemned to death at Malta
some time ago, confessed that he had captured that
vessel and murdered the captain and the whole clew.

TUE EVENINO

LONDON.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, MI
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE ()CLOCK.

Consols opened tbis morning at 87i for the Account, and up to
this hour very little is doing.

In the Foreign Market Spanish has somewhat improved, in
other articles there is very little doing.
Current Prices: New Spanish 13, Old Spanish 173 8. Russian
921 1, Mexican 703 71. Austrian 981 3, Colombian New 7411,
Brazilian Scrip 81 8 disc. Mexican &tip 81 8 disc. Greek Bonds
29, Guatemala 51 43 discount.
PtIICR OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2251,1 22414
31 er Cent. Iced. 8678 87
3 per Cent. Cons. 87% %
3% per Cent. OVA •% 'A
3} per Cent. Red. 94% 1/
4 per Cent. New 10314 % 1/8 1/4
Long Ann. 20 15-16 21
India Stock 266%
India Bonds 10 12
LUX* Ezclieq. Bills par 2 prem.
CI0() and £2OO ditto 2 4
Cons. for Acct. 877/8

FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Austrian lids 5 p Ct. Alex. Scrip, 1825,
Brazilian Bonds, 74 Ditto Acct. 8% # I % dis.
Ditto Acct. 74 Neapolitan Bonds,
Do. Setip,spC.lB2.s, Porno. Bonds, 6 pC.
Ditto Acct. 8% j % dis. Ditto for Ace. 61% # 61
Vuenos Ayres Bonds 83% DittoScrip,lB2s, 6 pC.
Milian Bonds, 6 p Ct. Portuguese Bonds
Colombian Bds,6pC. 75% . Prun. Bds. 5p C.
I.6itto Acct. Do. Bonds, 1822,
Ditto Bonds 1824, 74% Itussakis,l di2,6 p C. 92%
Ditto Ace. 74% Span. 5 p C. Cons. 17% # I #
Danish Bonds, .5 p Ct. Ditto Acet. 17% I %
Do. Marks Banco Ditto 510
Ditto Bonds. 182$, 66j Span.s p. Ct. C. 1823,
Greek Bonds French Renter, SpC. 99f. 75c.
Do. 8d5,182.5 5 p Ct. 29 French Itentes,3p C.
Ditto Acct. Exchange, 25f. 20c.
ales. Bonds, 70# Guatemala Scrip,
Ditto Acct. 703 Ditto Acct. 5 dis.
D0.80nd5,1825, 6 p Ct. Russian Inscript. 6 p Ct.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK'

SHARIG ram.
Anglo Mexican 5 pm. 100 30
Anglo Chili= 100 5
Bolanos 400 25
Castello &F.spirito Santo 100 5
Hayden 100 5
Pasco Peruvian - 100 5 -
Royal Waldeck 100 1
United Mexican 40 20
Ditto New 40 10 22 23
Welch Iron & Coal 25 15 Se 7*
Marine Alliance 100 5 51 1
Birmingham and Liverpool 50 3 3* f
British Iron Company - 100 25 19* 19
British Rock & Patent Salt 10 5 91
Canada Company 1,00 . 10 - 59
Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 10 91

85 88 75
101 1 /
34 11

2i i iii

The afflicting deals of the late melancholy accident
which befel the Comet steam vessel, have awakened in
the public mind the strongest sensations of sympathy
and indignation—of pity for the unfottunate sufferers—
and iust resentment at the negligent conduct of those
to whose care so many valuable lives were entrusted.
Numberless cases of ordinary shipwreck have occurred,
attended by circumstancetof far greater calamity, but in
these it has been usual to bow to the decrees of PROVI-
DENCE with submissive resignation, as human skill and
human means ate as nothing when opposed to the power
of the elements of Nature—the tempest and a lee shore.
Here, however, the misfortune has been solely and ex
elusively occasioned by the slovenly and disgraceful
negligence of the fellows who had the management of
the vessels; .ind nearly three score of our fellow-creatures,
at the moment of indulging in harmless mirth and en-
joyment, on a voyage of pleasure, are precil hated into
eternity,from the mere neglect of cat tying a lamp a-head
But out of casual evil permanent good may often he
derived, as we hope in this instance will happen. It is
evident that the direction of steam navigation can no
longer be entrusted to individuals, with safety to thZ
community, and we confidently trust that Parliament
will speedily interpose to protect the lives of innocent
persons. Stearn-boats of every description should be
placed under due regulations with regard to navigating
by night and by day. Those regulations should
be carefully drawn up by experienced and skilful
men, and rigorously enforced by heavy penalties.—
Above all, the masters of steam vessels ought to be
licensed by the respective Corporations of the Trinity
House, on full and perfect proof not only of being able
and competent Pilots, and thorough seamen, but also
that they are of mature judgment, season, and s:•und
discretion ; for, it is a crying abuse to entrust the safety
of so many lives as ate ctoweed together on those
voyages, to the ignorant stupidity of a blunderer,
picked up at the pleasure of the owners ; and it is also
against the spirit and meaning of our existing Nevi-
g ition Laws to leave so important a duty as the pre-
servation of unsuspecting passengets to mere chance.—
We conceive, it therelote, to be absolutely necessary,
that Government should interfete, and ssatch over die
conduct of steam navigation, by appointing Inspectors
for this express purpo e. Many laws have Lenenacted,
with this v:e v, for the regulation of stage-coaches,

though accidents in these respeets are below all com-
parison iu magnitude,and imp stance:

The Scotch Papers still continue the melancholy de-
' tails of the foss of the steam-boat Comet,' and they speak in strong
terms of reprehension against the Captain of the Ayr, not on ac.
count of the accident, though it. appears a want of skill was dis-
played on hoard botb vessels—hitt for his inhumanity, in not ren-
dering all the assistance in his power to rescue the sufferers. lie
bas put forth his defence. and we give him the benefit of it, though
it is far from being satisfactory. It will be seen by the details
given in another part of our Paper, that the LORD AnvnosTl is very
active in promoting an investigation into the melancholy affair;
and that warrants have been issued against the Master of the Ayr,
and othtri implicated in the unfortunate business.
We have already Stated that the report of Mr. Mime, of Apply,
having been one of the isictims in this awful calamity, is unfounded;
indeed we know 'not how the report could have originated, as lir.
Dowort, being a principal owner of the Comet, would have been
one of the first persons named by the Ciiptain, bad he been one of the
number; besides, we learn by a letter from that Gentleman, written
about a fortnight ago, that he did not intend leaving Appin, wi.lt
his amiable family, until the 3d or 4th of next month.

This forenoon we received German Papers to the
21st inst. but they contain no news of any interest.
One of them, the Allstmeine Zeitung, states that the
funds of various States had risen at Frankfort, and
makes the following observations on the subject: