Star.
London, England, 1829-08-29 00:00:00

THE A1:.111'.

A detachment belonging to the :6th Regiment of Foot has re-
ceives' orders to march from London for Bristol, un route to
A detachment belonging to the 73d Regiment of Ititantry has
received orders to march from London for Bristol, on route to
Spike Island.
A: a Garrison Court Martial held at Government (louse, De-
vonport, on the 19th inst. private John Parker, of the 94th Begs.
ment, was tried ow the following charges :—Drserting Ins depot at
the Citadel on the 4th of June lost, and not returning till brought
hick by an escort ow the 17th instant, anti taking (ruin bis master
a suns ..t :tit and a suit of clothes. Being found guilty, he was
sentenced by the Court to make good the money and clothes, re•
ceive-500 lishes, and be marked with the letter D. on the lett side.
At the sure Court, private Willism Walker, of the 85th Light
[Main's', was tried (or desertion, and making away with his side
arm-, on the 15th of July last; .otsi the Court findine hint guilty
of both charges, sentenced him to b,• branded with the letter 1),
on tit.r left side, three months imprisonment at hard Ithour in
Exeter Bridewell, and his pay and all,twatices to be stopped till his
r arms are paid for—pan or which sentences were carried into
eascution in George's-square, on the morning of Friday last.

ICK, A CC. C 6.
'lll- Royal Artillery, Quern's Dragoon Guards, 60th Rifles,
and titld U.timrrt, had a fled day at Newcastle, heroic M tor-
Grin ta% Sir Edward RI keney, on Jl.mday. The day was rtopi-
titma. bat the Shannon Regatta prevented a number of ..prctat:tr4
viltwg tin: see ne.
Mon av the firkt division of the .51.1 Regiment arrived in the
New Barrack.; of Cork.
Ninthd iy afternoon the last divi,ion of the :4th Ileguttent em-
barked at Cove, tor Halifax.
Vesterilty ni whim; the ife.terve Companies of the '4th
merit left 04-k, for Nluiling r.
A squadron of the Sth Ilu.sar, has arrived in Uuldin, from En-
ta•killett.
The held-quarter& of she Stith Regiment, under Lielitelutl-
ColOtlti Wym•liant, aft New *Alone., At BIM

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Ago. £7.
Before Mr. Justice GAUL=
CIIARGE OF MURDER. •

Ann Harris was charged on an inquisition with felo-
niously killing and slaying Mary Fryer.
Mr. ADOLPIIUS, Mr. BRODRICK, and Mr. PRATT,
were for the prosecution, and Mr. BA cox for the prisoner.
Mr. Tobias Brown said that he was a surgeon and
apothecary at Camberwell. By direction of the parish-
°dicers he went to the prisoner's house in Regent-street,
Rosemary Branch-lane, to examine a body, on the 15th
of April, after an application by the beadle. The prisoner
...lid at the time, " I will allow no one to enter." At five
o'clock in the afternoon he returned, in company with
Mr. Bristow, a surgeon. Found the corpse of a female
in a back bed-mom. It was apparently the corpse of an
old person. The body was examined, and there was a
contused wound on the right side of the frontal bone,
about two inches in length and width. The skin was
broken. The wound appeared to have been given by some
blunt instrument. There were bruises on the left side,
and marks of leeches behind the ear. On the back of
the head there was an incised wound above an inch and
•t half or two inches in length, and just penetrating to the
hone. There were also bruises on the back and shoulders,
and great discolouration. On the left fore arm, just
above the left wrist, there was an ulceration, apparently
caused by some tight bandage. He examined the legs
and found bruises on them. He then opened the skull,
and found an extravasation of blood, to the amount of

two ounces, on the left side of the brain. This would
cause death; he believed it arose from a wound on the
opposite side, which was the usual effect—from the con-
tused wound on the opposite side of the head. The brain
was otherwise healthy ; he examined the abdomen and
other cavities, and found them peculiarly healthy for a
woman of her apparent age. Judging from all appear-
ances, he believed that death had been caused by the ex-
travasation of blood upon the left side of the head.
Cross-examined by Mr. BACON.—The only persons
present were myself, my brother, and Mr. Bristow. We
could not tell how the contused wound had been inflicted.
Such a wound was not so likely to be caused by a fall as
by a blow, as the weight of her body was not sufficient,
although she fell in a fit. But that would depend upon
the height from which she fell. There was neither frac-
ture nor depression of the skull. The leech wounds were
on the left side of the head, where the extravasation of
blood was. Drowsiness and headache are commonly the
symptoms of extravasation of blood, and leeches are fre-
quently applied to relieve those symptoms. If the con-
tused blood had not produced extravasation it would not
have caused death ; he could not say whether the bruises
on the back were caused by blows, falls, or lying in bed
for a length of time ; he did not make any examination
of the bruises, so as to say they were not caused before
death ; he did not make the examination advised by Dr.
Hutchinson, of removing a part of the skin, to try whe-
ther infiltration of blood into the cellular tissue had
taken place.

Re-examined—He believed that the bruises had been
caused by injuries before death. The wound on the head
could not have been caused by her falling from her feet,
or low chair or bed. There were abrasions of the skin,
caused by lying in bed, and bruises apparently produced
by blows or falls.

In answer to a question from Mr. Justice GASELEE,
the witness said that he was of opinion the wound had
been inflicted three days.
Mr. John Bristow, a surgeon, at Camberwell, and who
had examined the body with the last witness, agreed with
him perfectly in what he had stated.
Cross-examined by Mr. BecoN—He once saw the de-
ceased at the house of the prisoner. She was tied in a
chair, and the explanation given was, that it was to pre-
vent her falling out when asleep. Such bruised appear-
ances would sometimes be produced in old people by mere
pressure. There was nothing improper, to all appearance,
in the mode in which the deceased had been tied in the
chair.

Mary Spencer, a married woman, and living at Regent-
street, Rosemary Branch-lane, next door to the prisoner,
said that she had known her these two years, and that
she had also known the deceased two years, and believed
her name to be Fryer, but did not know her Christian
name. Was only once in Mrs. Harris's house—the house
was like her's, and there were six rooms in it. She kept
a chandler's shop, and Mrs. F. slept in the back room on
the first floor. The deceased appeared to be upwards of
seventy; she was very healthy ; she used to run about as
smartly and as quickly as a little girl. In some things she
did not speak plainly. Could not say whether she ate and
drank at the table with Mrs. Harris. Mrs. Harris's con-
duct was very unkind towards the deceased : she had seen
her strike her in the garden with a pitchfork, or broom-
stick, or any thing which happened to be lying there ;
never in her life heard Mrs. Harris speak kindly to the
deceased. About a month before her death heard Mrs. Fryer
call out for water, and Mrs. Harris (apparently) took the
light out of her own bed-room into that of Mrs. F. She
said, " You d—d old bitch, what do you want ?" She
asked for some water. She then heard blows, and the
deceased called out, " For GOD'S sake don't—do leave
off l" She heard three or four blows given. When
Mrs. Harris returned to her room, she said, " D—n
her, I have settled her for to-night ; there will be no
more about water." This was at eleven at night. On
the Sunday before the death of the deceased, Mr. Harris
spoke to Mrs. H. about the old woman; and she said,
" D—n her, roll her in a sheet, and throw her from top
to bottom." Heard no more of her till Tuesday, when
she died.

by Mr. BACON—I was about two
yards and a half from my own door when I heard the
words used by the prisoner to Mrs. F.
Charles Spencer, the husband of the last witness, said
that he knew the deceased. She died on the 14th cf
April. Recollected the Sunday week before her death.
He heard the prisoner say to the deceased with an oath,
" Get up !" He heard a blow struck, and the deceased
cried out.

Margaret Brush, servant to Mrs. Harris, said that Mrs.
Fryer's bed-room was on one side of Mrs. H.'s bed room.
The windows looked into the same yard. Two months
after she had left the service heard that Mrs. F. was dead.
The prisoner used to send her food to the deceased. The
prisoner beat her very severely, and used her very ill.
Has heard the prisoner my, when the deceased had done
any thing to aggravate her, that she would murder her,
or throttle her, for she would not be troubled with her.
Cross-examined by Mr. BACON—The deceased some-
times used provoking language to the prisoner. She was
in very bad health, and could hardly move. She used
sometimes to untie her shoe-strings, and untie her apron-
strings, in order to aggravate the prisoner, and she spoke
harshly to her.
Re-examined—She used to call her an old bawd, and
beat her with a cane, or any thing which came to
hand. Sometimes she beat her without her having done
any thing.
By the Jul:ion—Sometimes, when I went to bed, have

found Mrs. Fryer lying partly on the bed and partly on
the floor. I have awakened her, and induced her to go
to bed. Never saw the deceased lying upon the floor upon
her face after she went to bed.

Elizabeth Rudd—Was acquainted with the deceased,
and saw her the morning of her death. On speaking to
the prisoner of the deceased's death, she said, " Yes, she
was laid out comfortable." Went by the prisoner's de-
sire to see the body. The deceased had on a clean shift.
Witness touched the face. Mrs. Harris said that the
deceased had died at 5 o'clock, as her alarum went down.
Returned at half-past nine, and observed that the de-
ceased had a sleeping jacket on, two caps on her head,
and a pair of lambs' wool stockings on her legs. Asked
Mrs. Harris for something to put the corpse decent with,
and she said, " D—n your eyes ! what business had you
to let the doctor up stairs ?" She had not let the doctor
up stairs, but he came up whilst she was standing over
he corpse.
Martha Rudd said she was eleven years of age in Au-
gust. Knew the old woman, and one day Mrs. Harris
desired her to come and look at her d—d old bitch."
She did so, and saw the deceased sitting in a back-room,
on a rush-bottomed chair, the bottom of which was gone,
and under it was a little wash tub. She had shoes,
stockings, and a flannel night-cap on, but her body was
quite bare. The prisoner struck her several times across
the back with a cane ; and the deceased said, " For
Gore's sake, don't." This was about three weeks before
the death of Mrs. Fryer.
Cross-examined by Mr. BACON- She was very dirty,
and so were her clothes.

Thomas Simpson said that he knew the deceased. He
paid no money to the prisoner for her support ; she had
641. a year income ; it was the net of the deceased to go
and board with the prisoner ; she was the wife of George
Fryer, who had been dead about ten years.
Cross-examined by Mr. BACON—I am the executor
and residuary legatee of George Fryer's will. Mrs Fryer
never made any complaint to me about Mrs. Harris's
treatment.

Re-examined—l never saw Mrs. Fryer whilst she was
with the prisoner, except in company of the prisoner.
The prisoner was then called upon for her defence. She
said that she knew not how the blow came upon the fore-
head of the deceased ; she did not know that it was there,
and that it must have been done by some other person.
Mr. BACON called several witnesses, who spoke to the
humane and quiet character of the prisoner.
Mr. Justice GASELEE said that the question which the
jury had first to decide was, whether the deceased came
to her death by the blow on the forehead described by the
witnesses ? secondly, whether the prisoner was the per-
son who struck the blow ? and thirdly, whether the blow
was struck with a previous intent to murder, or merely in
the heat of passion without any such intent. If the jury
found the affirmative of the first two questions, and the
second part of the third, they would convict the prisoner
of manslaughter. If they found the affirmative of the
first two questions, and the first part of the third, they
would convict her of murder.

The jury retired, and in about an hour returned with a
verdict of Guilty of Manslaughter.
The Learned JUDGE expatiated upon the enormity of
the prisoner's offence, and sentenced her to be transported
for life.

CONSTITUTION RESPECTING THE JEWS.
BY POPE GREGORY XII.

The Holy Mother the Church, of which CIISIST is the Head, in
the wide diffusion of her innate charity to all mankind, never
ceases to compassionate with pious affection the peculiar remains
of the ancient Israelitish race and people of Gots, and grievously
mourns that the nation of the Jews, once distinguished by gifts and
graces, whose was the adoption of sons, the glory, the covenant,
the giving of the law, the obedience and promises, of whom also
according to the flesh. Coarse our SAVIOUR vouchsafed to be born,
new for so many ages dispersed over various parts of the world,
and, like an infectious flock, miserably wandering through pathless
and unwatered places, is perishing with hunger and thirst for want
of the word of GOD and the water of life, and is driven far away,
not only from the earthly Jerusalem over which the LORD wept,
but, what is more grievous, from the heavenly Jerusalem also, un-
less they confess Come, whom they have denied. With which
compassion and grief, we also, being not a little moved, are from
day to day always devising some means, which, under the mercy
of Gon, may better promote their conversion and salvation, and
enable them to walk in the way of understanding, from which they
have debarred themselves. Wherefore, meditating on these things
with solicitude of mind, and treading in the steps of Pope Nicholas
V. of blessed memory, and of some other Roman pontiffs our pre-
decessors, by the present general constitution we enjoin all patri
arch., archbishops, bishops, and other prelates of churches, and those
also who are invested with the dignity of cardinals, that in their re-
spective cities, countries, and places, in which reside any number of
Jews sufficient to constitute a synagogue, they take care that on the
Sabbath, or other stated day of every week, before those Jews, con-
yoked in a place appointed, but not a consecrated place or one in
which divine services are accustomed to be performed, before some
Master in Divinity or other competent person to be chosen by
them, with a suitable saluyi to be furnished by the contributions
of the Jews themselves, or otherwise, as to them shall appear more
proper, sermons or lectures (in the Hebrew language, if possible)
be delivered, in which shall be expounded to them the Scriptures
of the Old Testament, namely, of Moses and the Prophets, but
especially those which are read on that Sabbath, or which have
been read in their Synagogues, but according to the interpretation
of the Holy Fathers, and the true sense of the Catholic Church,
and that those sermons and lectures do treat of the truth of the
Christian religion, of the certain advent and incarnation of the
Sow of GOD, of his nativity, life, miracles, passion, death, burial,
descent into Hell, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven; of his
Gospel preached throughout the world by his Apostles and other
saints, confirmed by innumerable and most eminent gifts and the
glory of illustrious miracles ; of his spiritual and true kingdom ;
of the &holiness of the impious worship of idols; of the calling of
the Gentiles ; of the perpetual desolation of Jerusalem and the
country of those Jews, and their captivity And perpetual dispersion
throughout all the world ; and of other doctrines and articles en-
forcing the like argument from the law and the prophets; more-
over of the long-continued and disappointed expectation, enter-
tained by the Jews, of the advent of the !avatar( and his carnal
kingdom; of their vain hope, by which they have been often and
even daily deceived, of a return to the land of promise, and the
restoration of a third temple; and finally, of their manifold and
various errors and heresies into which they have sunk since
they refused to acknowledge CHRIST the Lotto coming in the
Seth, and of the false interpretation which their Rabbis have
given of the Holy Sceiptures, which, perverting the letter
and sense, by fables, falsehoods, and various methods and
subtleties, they have corrupted and wrested, and still continue
to corrupt and wrest ; and that, with a prudent consideration
of time, place, and argument under discussion, they treat of
an other things which may convert them to an acknowledgment of
the truth, to a correction of their errors, and to the orthodox faith ;
and that, by demonstrations true, and drawn from the Holy Scrip-
tures, without any detraction or wrath, but with great charity and
modesty, they endeavour to open to them the light of truth. To
which sermons and lectures, we will that all and every the Jews
of both sexes, from twelve years old and upwards, not prevented
by sickness or other lawful cause, of which they ought to inform
the Ordinaries residing in the cities or places as aforesaid, or com-
kg from any other place, although they have no residence there, do
assemble in each district, so that at least a third part of them, and
never less than a third part, be always present. Which if they
shall neglect to do, they are forbidden all intercourse with the
faithful, and by other punishments inflicted according to the de-
gree of contumacy at the pleasure of the Ordinary. till they shall
have made due satisfaction, let them be compelled to hear those
sermons. But if any one of the faithful shall have been so regard-
less either of his own salvation, or of that of hie neighbour, with
which every individual is charged, as to have directly or indirectly
hindered or kept them away from such salutary lectures, or in any
way what attempted to do so, let him be instantly bound
with the sentence of excommunication, and be proceeded against
by other punishments entirely at the discretion of the Ordinary.
But the Emperor, and all Kings and Princes, Republics, Magis-
trates, and temporal and secular Lords, we beseech and conjure in
the Loan, that to Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Or-
dinaries aforesaid, and their Vicars and Ministers, they afford their
aid in the premises, in the confidence of receiving a moat abun-
dant reward from Aunante GOD in the supreme mansions of glory
everlasting.

ILLUSTRATION OF OLD VULGARISMS.

FROM 711 XllllOll.

" As." To ask. This word, which now passes for a mere yid
prism, is the original Saxon form, and used by Chaucer and
others. See " Tyrwhitt's Glossary." We find it also in Bishop
Bale's" God's Promises." " That their synne vengeaunce aired
continually." Old Plays. i. 18. Also in the " Four P.'s," by Hey-
wood, " And aced them thys quebtion than." Old Pl. i. 84. An
acing is used by Chaucer for a request. Ben Jona= introduces it
jocularly :
" A man out of wax,
As a lady would as."
Manses, vol. 6, p. 85.
Between she Cup and the Lip." The proverb that many things
fall out between the cup and the lip, is • literal version of one hi
Latin. Aruba inter pocula ac lobo csdaatt. The origin of which
was as follows :—A King of Tbrace had planted a vineyard, when
one of his slaves, whom he had much oppressed in that very work,
prophesied that he should never taste of the wine produced In it.
The monarch disregarded the prediction, and when at an enter-
tainment he held a glassful of his own wine made from the grape
of that vineyard, he sent for the slave, and asked him what be
thought of his prophecy now; to which the other replied, 6' Many
things fall out between the cup and the lip," and he had scarcely
delivered this singular response, before news was brought that a
monstrous boar was laying waste the favourite vineyard. The
King, in a rage, put down the cup which he held in his hand, and
hurried out with his people to attack the boar; but being too
eager, the boar rushed upon him and killed him, without having
tasted of the wine. Such is the story related by some of the Greek
writers, and though evidently apocryphal, it certainly is productive
of a good practical moral.

" 14 the merry p 14." This is said of those who have drunk freely
and are cheerful in their cups. Among the ancient northern na
tions, it was customary to drink out of large horns, in which were
placed small pins, like a scale of distances, and he who quaffed
moat was considered as a toper of the first magnitude, and respected
accordingly. The merry pin was that which stood pretty far from
the mouth of the horn and he who, at a draught, reduced the liquor
to that point, was a man of no ordinary prowess In bacchanalian
contest.

" Under the rose be it spoke's." The rose being dedicated by
Cupid to Harpocrates, the God of Silence, to engage him to con-
ceal the amours of Venus, was an emblem of Silence ; whence to
present it or hold it up to any person in discourse, served instead
of an admonition, that it was time for him to hold his peace ; and
in entertaining rooms it was customary to place a rose above the
table, to signify that what was there spoken should be kept ptip
vete. This practice is described by the following epigram :
Et rosas Hos Veneris cajun quo facts laterent,
liarpocrati matrix dons dicavit Amor,
Inds rosam mensit heves suspendit amid.
Cunvivii et sub ea dicta tacenda Kim.
Potter's Alt. Greece.

" Cast." This word, which is now generally applied to fanad
cal preachers and hypocritical apprentices in religion. derives its
name from two Scotch Presbyterian Ministers, in the reign of
Charles 11. They were father and son, and both called Andrew
Cant ; and Whitelocke in his " Memoirs," p. 511. after narrating
the defeat at Worcester, in 1651. says, " Divers Scotch ministers
were permitted to meet at Edinburgh, to keep a day of humilla
tion, as they pretended, for their too much compliance with the
King ;" and in the same month, when Lord Argyll had called a
Parliament, ,Ir. Andrew Cant, a minister, said in his pulpit, that
" Goa was bound to bold this Parliament, for that all other Par-
liaments were called by man, but this was brought about by his
own hand."

" t please the pigs." In this phrase there is not only a pecu-
liarity of dialect, but the corruption of a word, and a change of one
thing for another. In the first place, on, in the midland counties,
is used for if ; and pigs is evidently a corruption of rys, the sacred
vessel containing the host in Roman Catholic countries. In the
last place, the vessel is substituted fur the power itself, by an easy
metonymy in the same manner as when we talk of " the sense of
the house," we do not mean to ascribe intelligence to a material
building ; but to the persons in it assembled for a deliberate pur
pose ; the expression therefore signifies no more than " Deo voltaste,"
or Goa willing.

" Bumper." In many parts of England any thing large is called
a bumper. Hence a bumping lass is a large girl of her age, and a
bumpkin is a large-limbed uncivilized rustic ; the idea of grossness
of size entering into the idea of a country bumpkin, as well as that
of unpolished rudeness. Dr. Johnson, however, strangely enough
deduces the word bumpkin hoe bump ; but what if it should
prove to be a corruption of bumbard, or bombard : in low Latin,
bombardus, a great gun, and from thence applied to a large flagon,
or full glass. Thus the Lord Chamberlain says to the porters who
had been negligent in keeping out the mob—
" You are lazy knaves :
And here ye lie, baiting of bombard, when
Ye should do service."—Stairs. Ben. VIII. Oct 5, Scene 3.
" Baiting of bombard" is a term for sitting and drinking, which
Nash in his Supplycacyon to Dettyll," calls by the like metaphor,
" bear baiting." So Sbakspeare again in the Tenyest, says—
" Yond same black cloud, yond huge one,
Seems like foul bombard, that would shed his liquor."
Tempest, Jet t, Scene t.
Which Theobald rightly explains thus :—" A large vessel foe
holding drink, as well as the piece of ordnance so called."
" Latter Lammas."—Lammas day is the first day of August, so
called quasi, Lamb-mass, on which day the tenants that hold lands
of the Cathedral of York, which is dedicated to St. Peter, ad Vin-
cula, were bound by that tenure to bring a living lamb into the
church at high num.—Cowell' s Interpreter. Lammas Day was
always a great day of account, for in the payment of rents our
ancestors distributed the year into four quarters, ending at Candle.
mas, Whitsuntide, Lammas, and Martinmas, and this was as
common as the present divisions of Lady-day. Midsummer,
Michaelmas, and Christmas. In regard to Lammas. in addition
to its being one of the days of reckoning, it appears from
the Confessor's laws, that it was the specific day whereon the Pc-
terpence, a tax very rigorously executed, and the punctual pay-
ment of which was enforced under a severe penalty, was paid. In
this view, then, Lammas stands as a day of account, and Latter
Lammas will consequently signify the day of doom, which in effect
as to all payments of money, or worldly transactions in money, is
never. Latter here is used for last, or the comparative for the au•
perlative, just as it is in a like case in our version of the book of
Job," I know that my Redeemer limb, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth," meaning of course the
last day, or the end of the world. That the last day, or Lat-
ter Lammas, as to all temporal affairs. is never, may be illustrated
by the following story :—A man at confession owned his having
stolen a sow and pigs ; the father sonfessor exhorted bins to make
restitution. The penitent said some were sold, and some were
killed, but the priest, not satisfied with this excuse, told him they
would appear against him at the day of judgment if be did not
make restitution to the owner, upon which the man replied,
" Well, I'll return them to him then.
" Lydford Law." In Devonshire and Cornwall this saying is
common :

" First hang and draw,
Then hear the cause by Lydford Law."
Sometimes it Is expressed in this manner, " Lydferd Law, by
which they hang men first, and try them afterwards." Lydford
was formerly a town of note, but now an inconsiderable viUage on
the borders of Dartmoor, not far from Tavistoek. It is famous
for a ruined castle, under which is a dungeon that used to be a pri-
son for the confinement of persons who offended against the Stan-
nary Courts of Tavistock, Ashburton, Chapford, and Plimpton.
These Stannary Courts were erected by a charter of Edward 111.
for the purpose of regulating the affairs of the tin mines in Devon-
shire, and of determining causes among the timers, whether cri-
minal, or actions for debt. The proceedings were very summary,
and the prison horribly offensive. Near Lydford Is a famous wa-
terfall, and a most romantic view down the river Lyd, over which
is a curious bridge built with one arch. The parish is the lirgest
In the kingdom, 'Deluding the whole Forest of Dartmoor. Wm.
Browne of Tavistuck, and the Author of Britannia's Pastorals, gives
a humorous description of Lydford in the reign of James I.

GROUSE AND BLACK Cocx.—Perhaps it is not
generally known, even among sportsmen, that the grouse and
the black cock, a black game, are inveterate enemies; and
whenever they come in contact, are sure to wage war against
each other : the black cock, being much the must powerful
bird of ti.e two, always comes off victorious, while the grouse,
" being game to the bottom," never yields to his anta-
gonist till death compels him. Many Gentlemen, especially,
we believe, in North Wales, are now encouraging the breed
of the black cock as much as possible, but they are surely
not aware, that when the black cock is introduced on the
hills where grouse are plentiful. that every year they will
find the latter birds rapidly diminishing, till they become
quite scarce, or even wholly extinct. Some instances we have
beard of, especially in parts of Yorkshire. and other counties. as wall
as in Scotland, that where these fine birds have bred on the same
ground, the black cock has almost exterminated the grouse. Now
those gentlemen who enjoy the manly sport of grousing, and peke
these bird* to the others, will do well in not allowing the black
cock to increase much on their rousing grounds ; if they do, they
may rely on it that in a few years they will have real cause to
regret it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A young lad was charged with having robbed a man of two
squares of soap and a pocket book.
The prosecutor was walking up a street in the neighbourbotal of
West Smithfield, when be was accosted by the prisoner, who
mediately claimed acquaintance with him. and offered, seeing. „
he said, that he appeared a " little on," to see him home. fl,
prosecutor Inspecting, not recognising the prisoner, that he in.
tended to rob him, pretended to be much worse than he really
was, and he very soon felt him put his hand into his right hand
coat pocket, and take out of it two squares of soap. Shortly after
he discovered hint taking a pocket book from the other pocket.
Not finding a watchman, he made an excuse for turning back, by
asking the prisoner to take a drop of beer with him, and on his ar.
rival at the watchhouse he Wd bold of him, and on the door being
opened be gave him in charge. The prisoner immediately ddi
scrod up the articles. The Alderman committed the prisoner
BO W—ST 'MET.

A fellow named Thaws Tuft, who is an itinerant vender of
pamphlets in the employment of a London bookseller, who goes
about the villages in the vicinity of the metropolis to vend his
works, was brought before Sir RICKARD Mons last night, charged
with committing the following atrocious outrage
Mrs. Sophia Coleman said, that she and her husband resided at
Turnbam Green in a cottage of their own, which was isolated from
other buildings. On Monday last the prisoner came to the front of
the house with a parcel of books and pamphlets, which he offered
for sale. She told him that she wanted none of his books. He
offered to leave various numbers of works for her inspection and
approval, but she peremptorily refused. He left the door, and
went round to the back of the house where a watch-dog was kept ;
the dog barked at him, and he struck the dog with a stick; the
animal bit him, and he ran away. On Wednesday morning, be.
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, the prisoner came to the house
again armed with a two-prong pitch-fork, and went deliberately
to the dog's kennel, and stabbed the faithful animal repeatedly.—
She (witness) cried out " Murder! " and entreated the prisoner to
spare the poor dog's life ; but be continued to thrust the weapon
into the dog till he fell dead. When she attempted to interfere to
save the dug, the prisoner lifted up the fork, and struck it forcibly
at her person, and if the prbngs had not caught some articles of
wearing apparel which were hanging on the line, she would have
sustained considerable injury. The prisoner bad got the fork
sharpened at a smith's shop in the neighbourhood a few minutes
before.

Sir R. Bianca—lt appears that the fellow came with the most
cool deliberation to kill the dog, and it is lucky for him he did not
wound Mrs. Coleman with the fork, or he would have been com-
mitted on a capital charge.
The prisoner attempted to justify his conduct, but
Sir R. BIRNIII told him that he deserved the severest punish-
ment, and committed him for the assault on Mrs. Coleman, in de-
fault of bail.

A young man came to this Office yesterday, and stated that he
had been robbed on the preceding evening of St. all the money he
possessed in the world. By his account he had been a clerk to an
attorney at Lincoln, and he came from Lincoln to London, on
Thursday night, for the purpose of engaging as clerk to a solicitor,
who bad been the agent of his former employer. When he got off
the coach, he was spoken to by a young woman, who asked him if
he did not come from Lincoln ? He replied that he had just come
from that place by the coach; she made inquiries about different
persons and streets well known in that city, and expressed bench
very much delighted at meeting a countryman. She led him up a
passage; and while she was conversing with him, she contrived to
extract his money from his pocket. He did not discover his loss
till some time after he had parted with her ; and, to add to his
distress, he found on inquiring at the office where he had expected
employment, that the gentleman had suddenly died, and his esta-
blishment was broken up.
The young man was asked what he applied for ? He replied,
that as he had not a penny in the world, he only required a pass to
carry him ba.k to Lincoln, which be obtained, and kit the Office.