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the helm that caused the accident. The Mater of
the Dundee wished the helmsman's head had been
under the ship's bottom.
The charge of negligence, unskilfulness, and
drunkenness, together with the confession, was dis-
tinctly negatived by the evidence of the Master and
crew of the Dundee.
The case stands over for further argument.

Bow•matr.--Joseph Treble and John Ashman
were put to the bar, accused of having received a
quantity of paper-hanging from a man named Long,
a porter in the employment of Messrs. Cox, of Play-
house-yard, Whitecross- street, knowing him (Long)
to have stolen it from his employers. Long has been
committed for trial some days ago, with two other
men, charged also with receiving the stolen pro-
y. The present prisoners were then remanded,
rwant of sufficient evidence to warrant their final
or rt
committal.—Mr. ALLEY attended yesterday on be-
half of the prosecutors, and stated that Mr. AiooL-
PI,UB and he having had a consultation upon the sub-
*t, were both decidedly of opinion, that it was ab-
solutely necessary to accept the offer of the prisoner
Treble to be allowed to become a witness for the
Crown, as without his testimony they could not pos-
eibly convict the other prisoner. After some little
discussion on this subject, Joseph Treble was sworn.
and stated that he wasa paper-hanger, living at No.
123'2, Upper Thames-street, nnd knew the prisoner
Ashman, 'who was also a paper-hanger. The witness
then proceeded to relate the manner in shish the
prisoner had procured, through his means, the paper
in question from Long, for which he paid him con-1
siderably under the trade prices; and he swore that
Ashman knew from him (Treble) that Long had
stolen it from his einplo)ers.—(Here the pri,soner,
who is a respectable-looking man, cast a look of in-,
dignation at the witness, and ontrmored the words
Perjured scoundrel.”)—After the depositions of Mr.
Clements, an architect, who had employed the pri-
soner to paper some new houses of his in Dorset-
place, Clapham-road, and which he papered with
part of what he bad purchased front Lotig, were
taken, as well as those of the officers who apprehended
him, and of Mr. Cox, who stated that he and his
brother had been robbed to an amazing extent for
some time past, the witnesses were bound over to
prosecute, and the prisoner committed for trial.—
Treble was ordered to be kept in custody also.
!Valiant Percival, a private soldier in the Ist regi-
ment of Grenadier Guards, was brought up by Jeffer y s,
charged with a burglary in the Red Lion public-
house, Chandler-street, Hanover-square. The pr i-
soner was quartered in that public-house, and here-
tofore had borne an excellent character both there
and in the regiment, in which he was a non-com-
missioned officer, but about three months ago he ad-
dicted himself to drinking, and was in consequence
broke. On Monday night he absented himself from
his quarters, and when the family was retired to rest
be returned, and climbing up the roof of the kitchen
be got in at one of the chamber windows and stole a
Valuable silver watch, with which he decamped. Be-
fore daylight, however, be was met in company of a
woman, walking along Coventry-street, by a serjeant
and corporal of his regiment, who took him into cus-
tody for being out of his quarters, when he spewed
great unwillingness to part with the woman, saying
she had got his watch. The woman admitted this,
but refused to give it up unless she received a shil-
ling, which, according to her account, was owing to
fiber by the prisoner. The corporal gave her a shit-
ling and obtained the watch ; and this watch turned
,gut to be the. identical one stolen from his guar ters.
In his defence before the Magistrate, he denied all
knowledge of the robbery, and said the watch had
been given to him.—lie was committed for trial.
MA RLBOROUGII•STREET.—THE LATE OUTRAGE IN
CHARLES-STREET.—Yesterday, Hannah Pethick, Ma-
ria Angel, Mary Haggerty, and John Burnell, charged
with being concerned in attacking and throwing igr.
Thayers out of the window of a house in Charles-
street, underwent another examination. The evidence
adduced went to prove that Burnell was in the house
at the time, and quitted it immediately after the trans-
action; and Thayers, who was much recovered, added
many particulars to his former testimony, but did not
identify any of the prisoners as concerned in the out-
rage. They were remanded.—The Parish Officers
have established a regular party of patrol in Charles-
street, who remain on duty night and day ; and the
neighbourhood has been kept in considerable order
since the addition of this most necessary regulation.
UN ION•H A LL.- PaoritET.—Joseph Decker, a
man attired in a rather primitive style, with a cloak
wrapped round his body, a leather girdle round his
loins, a long beard, barefooted and bareheaded,
with a staff in his band, a native of Boston, in Ame-
rica, who has for a considerable time resided in
Virginia-court, Elizabeth-row, Dock-head, and gone
about the villages in the neighbourhood of Londoui
preaching and baptizing in the open air, was yester-
day charged by the Rector's. Warden of Camberwell
with being an impostor and a vagabond, and with
creating a riot on Monday night at Camberwell. On
Monday afternoon, a female, one of Decker's fol-
lowers, appointed to meet him at Camberwell, for
the purpose of being there baptized by him in Cam-
berwell Canal. On her arrival, he offered up a prayer
on her behalf. The people paid great attention to
him till he took the woman by the hand (she having
fastened her clothes down to the lower part of her
legs), and led her into the canal; when they began
to shout and huzza, and throw dead dogs and cats
,into the water. He requested the good people to be
quiet for a few moments. Silence being a little re-
stored, he took his station in the water, by the woman's
aide, and having put one hand to her shoulders, after,
a few questions, dipped her, by gently forcing her
into the water backwards. She came out dripping wet.
A cloak was then thrown over her, she shook hands
with Decker, and walked home, four miles, in her
wet apparel. As soon as she was gone, the crowd
assembled began to play tricks with Decker ; they
pushed him into the water, trod upon his feet, and
buffeted him about. The Churchwardens interfered,
and brought him to Union-Hall, but it being eight
o clock before he arrived, the Magistrate was gone,
And he was ordered to be taken to the watch-house
till next day. On his being brought before Air.
CHAMBERS, the Magistrate, it appeared that the pri-
soner had committed no legal offence, he had not
begged alms ; when money was offered to him—and
some persons did offer him sovereigns—he revised ,to

touch the money. If any we asked him to eat, ),t
would take a little, just eaough to support nature-
but if money was put in his lap be would put it
and leave them, wishing them good speed:
CHAMBERS said the man was a foolish 1,3 t
his conduct was harmless, and ordered him to be
discharged. The prisoner said, that for four years
he had been called to preach Cutnisr, and he ha
gone on his luster's business, without purse or scrii.).
he had not touched coin for that period, and yet i;
never wanted food. Elijah was I,:d by ravens, and
Gon also provided for him. His object is to restnee
primitive Christianity ; and the mission whkb he
received from Gon is to go among the heathen, ll*
Greeks, and Turks, to convert them to true
tianity. He is soon to set sail for Greece, ;11,14
visit Jerusalem. His passage has been paid by a ttl.,
tleman, a friend of his. He was asked to prnsernv,
the persons who assaulted him at Camberwell, budge
replied, No, Gon forbid that I should pa any rmal
-in bondage ! Gou forgive them, they knew not who
they did !"
Lam amt-sTnEET.--Mary Short was charged by
William Stokes with robbing and attempting to
der him. The prosecutor, an elderly mall, on Sa
turday night accompanied the prisoner into als
brothel in George-yard, NVhitechapel, when he was
knocked down, beat in a cruel manner, ar.d rubbed
ng
of 13s. 4d. and a paper of tea.—Committed for trial.
GALVANISM.—The body of George non:, who was
executed at Aberdeen last Saturday week, havi
been given for dissection to Drs. FICENE and Elmo,
was subjected to a series of galvanic experimezt,.
The body was brought into the diss.cting-r,;m0,:,,
about an Ivar after the suspension, and still retained
nearly its natui al heat. The upper part oldie spinal
cord and the sciatic nerve were immediately l: i 1 bare,
and a galvanic arc was then established, by aeplyin.
the po.itive wire to the spine, and the negative to t!ii
sciatic nerve, when a general convulsive starting ni
the body was produced. Another communicant*
was then made between the spine and the ohm
nerve, and considerable contractions took Ilace in the
arm and fore-arm. When the circle was !orn;c:l tint
the spine and radial nerve, both at the eil;:al and
wrist succes y, powerful contractions of the min.
cies of the whole arm and hand were produce.;. 'The
hand was closed with such violence, as to resist the es.
ertions of one of the assistants to keep it o;.en. Was
a connexion was established between the radial rem
and the supra and infra orbital nerves, s-r-elig
tractions of die muscles of the blow, face, and mouth,
were produced, so as to affect the under jaw, and to
distort the countenance in a very singular manner.
flue eye-lids were strongly contracted ; and when the
wire was applied directly to the ball of the eye, the
iris contracted and dilated very sensibly. A galva-
nic circle being formed, first between the par vague
and diaphragm, and then between that muscle aai
the great sympathetic, little obvious effect was pro-
duced. After applying galvanism directly to the
nerves above mentioned, the skin of the face was
moistened w ida water, and upon running &sit
over different parts of it, similar effects wet pro-
duced in the muscles of the face, as by directcoweae
nication made with the nerves. The tongue %tulles
moved in all directions, by touching the surface with
the galvanic wire. The whole experiments were per-
formed in about an hour and a quarter, when the heat
of the body was considerably diminished. A power.
ful galvanic apparatus (consisting of about SOO pair
of plates) was used ; but from not being insulated a
considerable quantity of the galvanism escaped, se
that every metallic substance about the table was
highly charged.

BIRTHS.
Nov. IZ, at Sharpham, in Devon, the Lady of John Bassi,
Esq. M. P. Captain in the Royal Navy, of a son.
A few days ago, at Claditch, near Inverary, the wife fills
bouriag men, of tiro fine boys and a girl, who, with the axe*
are doing well. What is something remarkable, the fathesisal
of three at a birth!

MARRIED.
Nov. 10, at Craighead, the Rcv. Archibald Bruce, one slat
Ministers of Stirling. to Georgina, eldest daughter of Wel
Batik% Esq. of Craighead.
Nov. 12, at Callender, Mr. John M'Kinlay, late of the rl
Regiment, to Johanna, only child of the late Mr. John NU
lay, of Ardwhillary.
Tuesday sennight, at Seillingfiret, Stion, of 110114
to Mary Dobson. of Kelfield. The bridegroom his had Ant
wives ; his first wife died in March, 1819, and he was marrsi
to a second wife in November, 1819. This second wife Ms
March, 1821, and he was married to his third wile in Norm
her, 1821 ; so that he has actually had three lawful wives isto
years and eight months!
Frlday,.at Carisbmok, Isle of Wight, Lieutenant li. ReeA
of the 26th Regiment of Foot, to Clara, second daughter
ly
muel Acton, Req. late of Stanwell.
Saturday, at Newington, Mr. William Stannard, R.N. tolls
Matilda Jermer, only daughter of the late John Richardlkii
water Jenner, Esq. of the Island of Antigua.

DI ED.
Sept. 15, at the Cape of Good Hope, Dr. Iluesey, ulsd
resided there fourteen years as Inspector of Military Ilospiak
Sunday, at his father's house, Gtove-street, Hackney,
James Briggs, of Leadtohall-street, bookseller, aged 23.
Sept. it), at Waterford, Virginia, James Muir Scott, TO
June 9, at Calcutta, in the East Indies, aged 26, GrorP
fourth son of Mr. Thomas Potts, merchant, of Birmiugkrule
fell a victim to the prevailing disorder of that climate.
Lately, at Larkbear House, near Exeter, Alargantovaniat
daughter of the late Bennet Langton, Esq. and the Rani°
Countess of Ruthes.

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