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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

AUSTRIA.
1, April 10.—A disgraceful outrage took place
to which Mr. , all Englishman,
k.ccidentally meeting a religious
g was taking a part, parading
to pull his hat off as thelost was
mob, in their incomprehensive jar-
him uncover his head, which he, either from
of their patois, or feeling conscientious scruples on
mint, neglected to do : his hat was consequently dashed
v the mummers, inebriated as they were rather with the

:h the Kir

strong beer of Munich than moved by any real
.devotional
catholic feelings. He responded with an arguwentum ad
baculum on the shoulders of the offender, when one and all
they set upon him tooth and nail, and like a seeond Peutheus,
he would infallibly have been murdered by them in their bac-
chanalian fury had not a body of gendarmerie thought proper
to rescue him.

st time that violence of this nature has
nrpetrated on the body of a British subject in this
Indeed it is the hot-bed not of tolerant conscientious
i Catholicism, but of the Papacy in its most rabid, un-

s is not t

raising form.
is moment the celebrated orientalist and poet Ruckert,
e point of leaving Bavaria for Berlin, whither he has
vited by the enlightened Kineof Prusia, with a salary
) dollars, and, as 1 am credibly informed, the main
)f his sudden departure is the unworthy manner in
e, as a Protestant, considers his creed to have been
eated here. A certain fanatical Dr. Eberhard has
aching from his pupil in St. Michael's, the thunders
arch against the Protestants, and all those having
'ot with them. Offended at these unjustifiable at-
t body of enlightened Protestants, Professor Tiersch
e number, petitioned the King to put a stop
Some trifling notice was taken; not, however, in
the just resentment of the attacked. This is
le of soreness. The Reformers complain
at, on the occasion of religious processions, when
ry are drawn out, Protestant as well as Catholic
are compelled to kneel down in the street before
,issimurn— a measure in direct variance with the
s of the constitution given tO Bavaria in 1818, by
-•sal toleration is accorded to every creed.

only cans,

Pope views this attempt at extension of his power in
ny with no small interest. I remember very well

avellinrg in an eilwagen with a Roman Catholic priest, who
as returning from Rome, where he had kissed the Pope's
ot. He related to me the following words spoken by the
)1y father :—" Ah ! you are going to Bavaria. King Louis
indeed a pious monarch : in short, he is the only true
hristian in Germany, and were it in my power I would
:tend his kingdom to the very gates of Rome."

UPPOSED MURDER AND ROBBERY

am the Manchester Guardian of Saturday last.)
t a quarter before five o'clock on Tuesday morning
dam Livesey, a smaliware weaver, living in Jackson's-
.ate, on going clown the street, saw a man lying
of a cellar. He went to him, and, as the man
ae insensible, he obtained the assistance of a po-
man, who got the man conveyed to the Town-hall, where
lied in about an hour afterwards, without having spoken
ord from the time of his being found. As he was not
,wn, placards were printed, describing his dress, and stat-
the circumstances under which he was found. It was
sequently discovered that the name of the deceased was
tthew Naylor, a mechanic, lately living in Kingston-

a the course of Thursday, Inspector Bibby, in conse-
nee of some information which had been communicated
he police, apprehended a man named Thomas Roach, a
;on of bad character, who was brought up at the Borough
irt yesterday—morning. Superintendent Sawley stated
circumstances under which the deceased was found, and
vho lived with the prioner, came to the Police-
receding night (Thursday), and stated that he had
: she added, that he caused her to rob and plun-
ms, in order to maintain him, and said she would

e him, and she wanted him to be punished. She then
t on to state, that on Thursday morning he said to her,
)u had like to have lost me altogether; we had a bit of
tin Jackson's-row, on Tuesday night, with a man. We
)thing on him : the others took his coat, and I believe
;filled."—[The girl here denied that the prisoner made
the latter expression.]—When the prisoner was sp-
aded, they found a pair of trousers belonging to him,
had several marks of blood upon them.
Buckley, the girl above alluded to, was then sworn.
black eyes, and one of them was nearly swollen
e stated, that the prisoner had beaten her in a most
manner. She had lived with him, and he was con-
beaten her when she had not money to give him.
days ago she left him. On Tuesday night she met him ;
_
and said they had had a row in Jackson's Row

~efore, and that she had like to have got shut [quit]
altogether. He said, that they knocked a man down,
sut he had nothing on him ; that the other fellows got his
had a hard run for it. Last night
when witness went into Deansgate, she saw the
)out a man being found in the cellar, and she called
isoner and told him that was what he had mentioned
upon which he said he would kill her. They went
er, and when he got her into a dark street, he
down, and jumped on her. She then went to

the night

shoes, and the

r produced the trousers, and said, he asked the
.e he was on Monday night ; and he said, he met
as a baker, hut did not know his name ; and he
at the Turf Tavern, and different places about
11 eight or nine o'clock the following morning.
red, and found that that was the fact, and that
lept in a lodging
house, in Cupid's Alley, the

!r, in his defence,. said, it was all spite., lle was
wing woman [the witness Buckley] from bad
d that she was connected with another man, and
quit of him.—He was remanded until Thurs.

The exchange of flint for percussion cap - guns to the
army, will cost this year £130,000.
Mit. JosEpH HualE.—This ingenious gentleman is now
learning Irish by way of completing the measure of his ac-
complishments; arid we may state in proof of his profici-
ency, that the other evening Ile presented a petition in the
House of Commons, which he stated was signe4
medical " by every
man residing in the county of Kilkenny, except
three, who didn't live there !"—ilforning Herald.

MISCELLANEOUS

There is not in the present session of parliament one single
bill for the construction of an original railway.

CANTON BEGGARS.--LDUrillg the first month of this year
upwards of 130 beggars died about the streets of Canton, in
consequence of the severe cold and continual wet.

There has been a cardinal of every nation, except an Irish
one—perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of
the Pope in making bulls.—Su;inburne's Courts of Europe.

LAW IN THE FAR WEST.—" Gentlemen of the jury,"
said a lawyer in defence of his client, " I say, that ere mag-
nanimous sun shines in the heavens, though you can't see it,
kale it's behind a cloud; but you know it, though I can't
prove it. Now, if you believe what I tell about the sun,
you are bound by your Bible oath to believe what I tell you
about my client's case; and if you don't, why then you call
me a liar; and that I'll be squataw'd if I'll stand any how.
So, if you don't want to swear false, and have no trouble,
you had better give us a verdict."—American paper.
A paragraph appeared in the papers a few days since head-
ed `• The Silk Gown," containing a statement that the
question of clerical gowns being worn by Wesleyan ministers
was in agitation by that body throughout the country, and
that in consequence of the disapprobation manifested of the
Rev. W. Bunting's appearing in one, he had withdrawn
himself till conference. We learn that it is not true that the
question is in agitation by the Wesleyan body througnout
the country. As regards Manchester itself, even there the
subject is anything but agitated. So far from the Rev. W.
Bunting having withdrawn himself, he still continues to
preach as before, and in his gown.—Morning Herald.
A general order has been issued to the troops stationed in
Ireland, that in future, when escorting prisoners, the oldest
and steadiest soldiers be placed in the van and rear-guard,
and that no communication whatever be permitted to take
place between the prisoners under escort and the civilians ;
and that interference be repelled with the point of the bayo-
net. It is also ordered, that on the military reaching the
gaols or bridewells, the destination of the prisoners, the old
, and steady soldiers be detached, and placed in such positions
as will protect the escort from the intrusion of the mob, and
that they are in no instance to suffer an intruder within the
reach of their musket and bayonet with impunity.
A few days since, as some men were digging in a garden
near the Windmill, at Pebmarsh, when about a foot only
from the surface, they arrived at an earthen quart jug. On
examination, it was found to contain 269 pieces of silver coin
—one of Oliver Cromwell, one Philip and Mary, the re-
mainder being those of Charles I. and 11. Elizabeth, and
James 11. The weight of the whole was 41b. 7oz. The gar-
den in which they were discovered being parish property, the
churchwardens and overseers have taken possession of the
treasure for the present.—Essex Herald.
The Globe contains the following :—" Robberies.—On
Monday, from the Treasury, the following property :—A
brown Petersham great-coat with velvet collar, lined with
dark plaid ; a carpet bag, containing a pair of brown trousers,
a plush waistcoat, a black satin stock, and other articles."
We trust that the evil-disposed person who stole the above-
mentioned articles, will immediately restore them to the dis-
consolate owner. Unless he does so, it is impossible that the
Premier can make his appearance at her Majesty's table.
MR. FORSYTH.—The ex-secretary of state, Mr. Forsyth,
has been sued in a ward court for the sum of 18 dollars !
The suer must be a locofoco, for Mr. Forsyth would have no
dealing with a rascally whig. But what presumption for a
plain man to coerce Mr. Forsyth to pay a debt ! A man of
his distinction has no business with dollars and cents. It is
honor enough for a tradesman to furnish his goods without
looking for pay. If the ex-secretary has any other small
debts about town, his creditors may send their bills. pro-
perly authenticated, to this office, we will settle all such mat-
ters for him, on account of the love we bear the late ad-
ministration.—. American paper.

CAMBRIDGE.—The following notice has been signed by
the vice-chancellor and heads of colleges :—" Whereas, it
has been represented to the vice-chancellor and heads of col-
leges, that several resident students of the university have of
late been engaged in riding in steeple chases, and otherwise
promoting the same, we, the vice-chancellor and heads of
colleges, hereby order and decree, that if any person in stata
pupillari be hereafter found guilty of either of the offences
above described, he shall be liable to the punishment of rus-
tication or expulsion, as the case shall appear to the vice-
chancellor and heads of colleges to require."—Cambridge
Advertiser.

THE DEAN OF YORK.—Mr. H. W. Bull, solicitor to the
dean, has addressed a letter to the newspapers, requesting
that "the public will suspend its judgment on the dean's
conduct in ecclesiastical affairs until he has had an opportu-
nity of bringing the proceedings of the late pretended visita-
tion before the superior tribunals, and of exposing before
competent and impartial judges the unwarrantable manner in
which, under the disguise of a visitation, it has been attempt-
ed to pass a sentence of deprivation against him upon alleged
simonaical charges of which he is altogether innocent."

MR. WOOD'S WILL.—In this case the costs incurred in
the Ecclesiastical Courts considerably exceed £50,000. The
costs of the pending appeal before the Privy Council will be
enormous. We understand that the fees alone, which have
been given to the numerous counsel with their briefs, amount
to between five and six thousand pounds. The Attorney-
General's brief is marked 1000 guineas ; Mr. Pemberton's,
800 guineas ; Sir F. Pollock's, 500 guineas ; Sir William
Follett's, Dr. Phillimore's, Dr. Addams's, and two or three
others, 400 guineas each. The juniour counsel, we hear,
received 200 guineas each with their briefs ; and it should be
stated that an additional fee (called a " refresher,") varying
from 10 to 15 guineas, is daily given to each counsel during
the inquiry. The amount of interest which has accumulated
on the property left by the testator, since his death, exceeds
£200,000.

REDUCTION IN GERMAN POSTAGE.—On the 6th of this
month the British postage on letters passing between the
United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced
from is 6d on letters posted in London, and from Is. 8d on
letters posted in the country, to a uniform rate of 6d. The
Hamburgh Post-office has also reduced its rate on British
letters from about 4d to 2d, so that upon London letters
there has been a positive reduction of is 2d, and on country
letters of ls. 4d, as respects Hamburg correspondence.

EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF ENGLISH HORSES INTO

FRAN CE.—A private letter from Boulogne states that the
French government has entered into a considerable contract
in this country for supplying the new regiments of cavalry
being now raised with English chargers, in consequence of
the difficulty experienced by Marshal Soult, the minister of
war, in procuring horses from the French breedeis suitable
for the heavy cavalry, they generally being small and light,
and not able to compete with the Austrian and Russian
cavalry. For the last month or six weeks Boulogne has had
the appearance of a horse bazaar, as a great number have
already been landed from Dover, when they are immediately
marched off by the parties from different regiments to St.
Omer, Ayr, St. Pol, Amiens, Beauvais, Compeigne, and
Paris. It is stated that the contract is for 20,000 at the rate
of 500 and 600 francs each.

EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The editor of the New York
Commercial Advertiser makes the following apology for the

non-appearance of its usual commercial remarks and market
intelligence :—" During the week many of us were detained
from duty by severe indisposition. One who attended to the
advertising department was detained at home by this cause ;
the person who attends to the marine department was kept
away by having three of his family down with the scarlet
fever, one of whom died. On Saturday morning, one of us
who attends to the stocks and money matters was confined
to his bed during the day. The one who takes care of the
office as usual, at nine o'clock, was called away to take leave
of his father, who was supposed to be dying. Another, who
left his family, as he supposed, well, early in the morning,
was notified at nine o'clock that since he had left home his
infant child had died. In addition to this four compositors
were absent on account of illness."

TAGLION I, THE DANCER.—This woman, whose sole merit
is that she dances well—of all merits the least meritorious—
is actually Pted throughout Europe ; received at the table of
emperors and empresses, hussared by counts ; presented
with a purse of diamonds by one super-opulent fool, and
with a chariot, with solid silver spokes to its wheels, by ano-
ther ; demanding for a few nights of piroueting and bound-
ing at the Italian Opera, a sum which would feed the peasantry
of a province for a month ; amassing money which might
raise the drooping sculpture, painting, music, and literature.
of an empire. What was the engagement' which Taglioni
had the modesty to demand at the theatre of Drury Lane ?
One hundred pounds a-night for herself three nights a week,
and six hundred pounds to be paid for the services of her
father as ballet-master ; nine hundred pounds to her brother
and sister to dance with her; with two benefits to herself,
guaranteed to her at six hundred pounds; one-half a benefit
to her brother, guaranteed at two hundred pounds; in all,
six thousand pounds ! All this is monstrous ;it actually dis-
gusts the mind to think of such sums lavished on a parcel of
jumpers—even the effrontery of the demand is offensive.
Here is a knot of the meanest of mankind—the very dross of
Parisian life—actually think their caperings worthy of being
paid at a rate which the liberality of a nation has scarcely
ever offered to their greatest benefactors. The noble poet,
the most profound philosoper, the greatest mechanical in-
ventor, the most gallant soldier, all would be regarded as
exorbitantly over-paid by half the sum which these vulgar
contributors to the Italian Opera think themselves entitled
to demand, and, by the prodigal folly of fashion, actually ob-
tain.—Blackwood's Magazine.

BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT DAGENHAM'
ESSEX.—On Thursday morning a lengthened examination
took place at the Ilford House of Correction, before Messrs.
Pierse and Mashiter, magistrates for the county of Essex, re-
lative to a burglary and extensive robbery which took place
at the house of Mr. Henry Gray, a respectable farmer re-
siding at Dagenham, and for which two men, named Joseph
Oliver and Abraham Bush, are in custody. From the evi-
dence it appeared that an entrance to the house of Mr. Gray
had been effected by the thieves removing some bars and
lattice-work from the pantry window ; and after getting in
the burglars made their way to the cellar, and regaled them-
selves with strong ale and other good things. They also
carried away a vast quantity of pickled pork,- upwards of 42
store hams, and a variety of other property. The prisoners
being suspected characters, one having returned from trans-
portation, and the other having been frequently convicted of
different offences, police Sergeant Teddenham, K 36, assisted
by a local constable, searched their premises, and found
buried in the garden of each nearly the whole of the stolen
property. They also found nearly a waggon load of pro-
perty of almost every.description, which left no doubt that
they (the prisoners) have for a length of time been carrying
on a most extensive system of plunder. Amongst the arti-
cles found at the house of the prisoner Oliver was a large
pistol loaded with ball, and on its being produced, Mr. Gray
observed, he had no doubt its contents were intended for
himself, or any person in his house who might have dis-
turbed the prisoner or his companions on the night of the
robbery. Mrs. Gray identified the pork and other things
produced as belonging to her husband, and amongst other
things a leg of mutton, which was in the larder, and intended
for the next day's dinner. At the end of the examination,
the prisoners, who conducted themselves in rather an impu-
dent manner both to the prosecutor (Mr. Gray) and the
other witnesses, were remanded to a future day, to give time
to the constable to trace out the owners of the other property
found in their possession.—Times.

CONLTANTINOPLE, MARCH 24.—The following are the
energetic representations which Austria and Russia (filled
with compassion for the melancholy situation of the Chris-
tians in Syria and Palestine) have joined in presenting to the
Porte in behalf of their Christian brethren, the object of
which is to maintain the privilege formerly granted to them.
In particular the Porte is most earnestly recommended to
appoint a governor immediately dependent on the Porte for
Palestine and its chief towns of the Holy Land, who should
reside at Jerusalem, to which the port of Jaffa should be.
long, in order to keep open a communication with the Medi-
terranean, likewise to take steps to put an end to the abuses
and the oppressions to which the Christians are exposed, to
treat all the inhabitants with equal impartiality, and to afford
them the same protection in the administration of justice
equally, to afford a friendly reception to all pilgrims who visit
the Holy Land. All the differences between the clergy of
the Greek Roman Catholic and Armenian churches shall
cease. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, who generally resides
at Constantinople, shall have the facility to visit his diocese,
which has hitherto been attended with much trouble and ex-
pense. A commission shall be appointed to regulate the
affairs of the church, consisting of the Governor, the Patri-
arch of Jerusalem, or his Vicar-General, the elder of the
Latinast and Armenian consuls, and a prelate, as commissioners.
Lastly, each shall endeavour to facilitate the repairs of the
churches and convents which have been ruined or damaged,
and measures to be taken to maintain strict discipline among
the Turkish soldiers who have to guard the holy sepulchre,
&c. Letters from Damascus say that Count Szechenzi has
died of the plague in that city.—Allgenteine Zeitung.

THE CONVICT MITCHELL.—The Northern Star states
that this young man, who has been reprieved from execution
for the murder of Mr. George Blackburn, at Barnsley, has
confessed "to have been guilty, of more than a thousand
robberies. some of them accompanied with the greatest vio-
lence, and many with extraordinary results, before he had
attained his seventeenth year !

MARRIAGE IN SCIENTIFIC LIFE.—Dr. Lardner and
Mrs. Heaviside, now in Philadelphia, will be married this
week. By the last accounts this lady has been divorced
from Captain Heaviside ; so there is nothing in the way of
the two philosophers becoming one. Will some one in
Philadelphia give'us a description of the wedding.—From a
New York paper.

CHAIN-BRIDGE OVER THE DANUBE.—A coffer-dam for
a new chain-bridge over the Danube, at Pesth, is proceeding
very vigorously under Mr. Adam Clark, an English engi-
neer, assisted by thirty English workmen. Their solidly
constructed piles have hitherto withstood the immense
masses of ice brought down by the Danube, to the great en-
hancement of the fame of English engineering.
On Thursday, the usual distribution of the Royal Maundy
Bounty took place at Whitehall. The recipients of each sex
were 22, the number of years that the Queen has lived ; and
they received £1 and 22 silver pennies ; besides £1 : 15s. to
each woman, as composition for the old clothing whiCh used
to be given, and XI : 10s. in lieu of provisions which once
formed part of the bounty. On the preceding Monday and
Tuesday, the Royal Minor Alms were distributed to up-
wards of 900 persons, who received ss. each, and also the
Royal Gate Charity of 13s. each to 168 persons, all above
the age of 60 years, except in a few cases of a special nature,
such as blindness and great affliction. •
THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.—Her majesty, upon leav-
ing Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, left strict com-
mands that immediately upon the news of the safety of the
President reaching London, a special messenger should be
dispatched to Windsor.with the intelligence, and it having
been (alas ! too confidently) stated in London, on Tuesday
evening, that some information had been received respecting
this vessel, which left no doubt that it had been heard of,
and was in safety, Mr. Rogers, a Queen's messenger, ar-
rived express at Windsor from town, shortly after 8 o'clock
that evening, and her majesty, immediately after his arrival,
had the inteligence communicated to her, through the Lord
Chamberlain, when the Queen and Prince Albert expressed
the highest, satisfaction at the gratifying communication.
THE LOST WAGER.—TWO young Englishmen, (says the
Gazette des Tribuneaux,) after breakfasting the day before
yesterday at the restaurant of the Marroniers at Bercy, were
crossing the bridge from the Quai de la Rape to the Quai
de la Gare, when one of them took off his paletot and hat,
gave them to his companion, and plunged headforemost into
the river. Some bargemen, hearing the splash, but not hav-
ing seen the previous preparations, immediately went off in
boats, and, as the diver rose to the surface, seized him and
carried him ashor,e, in spite of his remonstrances, and the
joyous laughter of his friend, who remained on the bridge.
The bargemen conducted their dripping prize before the
Commissary of Police, in order to prove their claim to the
reward given by the city to those who save drowning per-
sons. How this question may be decided we know not, but
the magistrate had great difficulty in dissuading the young
Englishman from lodging a complaint against the bargemen,
fur causing him to lose a wager he had made with his fellow-
countryman that he would jump from the bridge and swim
down to the Pont d'Austerlitz.

For several weeks past letters have been received, through
the Rochester and Chatham post-offices, by several respect-
able families, stating that the party, who is stationed out at
such a place (naming it), is either killed, drowned,, or has
died of some disease, thereby throwing families into the ut;
most distress. It appears that the wretch who writes these
letters finds out respectable families who have sons abroad,
and then immediately writes to them a most distressing let-
ter, detailing their deaths. The family of Mr. Hillier have
had three or four of these letters ; also a widow lady in Ro-
chester, having an only son. The writer assured her that
her son was drowned at the place where he was stationed
abroad. It, however, happened that her son was in this
country on leave of absence, and was visiting at Stafford.
Some clue, we believe, has been obtained of the villain, and
we hope soon to hear of his being placed before the tribunal
of justice.—Maidstone Gazette.

Ma. JUSTICE WIGIITMAN.—The legal gentlemen, and
others connected with the Western Circuit, are delighted
beyond measure with the new judge, whose dignified deport-
ment and agreeable manner on the bench have been the
theme of general praise. To talents of the first order he
unites a peculiar aptitude for business, with a thorough
knowledge and ready application of the law. He listens to
the arguments of counsel with the most placid and evident
consciousness of his own ability to unravel and dispel all
legal sophistry, and he decides the point, however abstruse
or difficult, with that ease and decision which at once carry
conviction to every mind. His summing up is particularly
clear and striking. With a masterly facility he selects and
contrasts all the material points of the evidence, and, by
picking out the corn with an unerring hand, and rejecting the
chaff, he submits the case to the jury in so lucid and concise
a manner that they are enabled to form a correct judgment
of the law and facts, and to give their verdict without doubt
or difficulty. Altogether, a more gratifying and perfect
judicial debut has never been witnessed ' • and it is acknow-
ledged on all hands that the elevation of Mr. Justice Wight-
man to the bench is one of the happiest legal appointments
of modern times.

LISBON, APRIL s.—There is at present in this city a peer
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, of whom neither
Debrett nor Queen Victoria herself has any knowledge. I
mean the Right Hon. Baron Mu'linger, fifth of that title,
whose ancestor was raised to the peerage on the 28th of June,
1661, by King Charles 11., in reward for services rendered to
his father during the civil war. To drop all mystification,
the individual in question is the Portuguese Count de Mes-
quitella, a Miguelite nobleman of very ancient family, whose
ancestor was ambassador at the court of Charles I. The
Count has commissioned his nephew, the Chevalier d'Horta,
now in London,, to make application in the proper quarter
for the recognition of his title and rights annexed to it; and
I understand that if he should succeed so far, he intends to
male a push at once into the House of Lords (though an
alien by birth), and if successful in that too, to bid adieu to
this country and settle in England. This is rather a novel
and curious case. I have seen the original patent, bearing
the king's sign manual, as well as a number of private letters
from his majesty, and some of the other principal personages
of the British court to the count's ancestor ; and though I
am not able to judge of their authenticity, I certainly can
vouch for their antiquity, the letters especially, being as
tattered as the colours of any crack regiment after the Pen-
insular war.—Morning Herald.
NEW STEAM COMPANY IN NEWRY.—We learn by the
Newry Examiner, that a most influential meeting was held,
in the Assembly-rooms of that town, on Monday last, for the
purpose of forming a company for the purchase of a steamer
to ply between Newry and Liverpool. " A resolution," says
the Examiner, " was passed in the affirmative, and another
that the capital of the company should be £lO,OOO, a thou-
sand shares of £lO each. The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed a committee :—Rowan M`Naghten, Francis Carvil,
A. Postley, Hill Irvine, and John Donnelly, Esqrs. It is
gratifying to find the spirited merchants of Newry alive to
the encouragement of home companies. In Dublin we have
a steam company which is dividing large dividends, and in
Belfast there is another which is most prosperous. We see
no reason why in Newry, Cork, and other thriving sea-
ports, home companies for steam transit should not be as-
tablished and rendered prosperous, The good work has been
commenced in Newry, and we wish the new company every
success.—Dublin Monitor.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A strange story appears in
the morning papers, of a young lady who has been discovered,
disguised as a man, among the male prisoners at Westminster
Bridewell. The tale is, that she is of a respectable family in
Sussex ; but that, being seduced by a footman, she dreaded
the displeasure of her parents, and escaped to London in a
suit of her brother's clothes. She afterwards encountered a
variety of adventures and privations ; always keeping her sex
concealed. At last she was committed as a rogue and vaga-
bond to the Bridewell ; but why, does not appear. The
whiteness of her neck excited the suspicions of a shrewd
turnkey ; although she had before, without detection, bathed
with the male convicts, and her arms had been examined by
a surgeon, who thought she had some cutaneous disease.
Letters have been sent down to Sussex to discover her family ;
for she will not tell her real name. She was known by that
of George White. She is said to be enciente.

REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM.—In consequence of
the vacancy occasioned by the death of General Ferguson,
all parties have been on the alert, and a spirited contest may
be expected. Mr. Fox, who was the gentleman to be brought
forward as the ministerial candidate, has taken alarm at sun-
dry indications of the state of public opinion in this town,
and wisely declined the proffered honour, "safe" as the
borough used to be booked by our local whigs. Tuesday,
the " liberals" (falsely so called), held a private meeting,
and resolved to support Mr. Larpent, a thorough unmitiga-
ble whig, the most unpopular genus of politicians ; and as he
comes recommended by Sir John Cam Hobhouse, is no
doubt a resolute partisan of the present imbecile and wanton
administration. On Wednesday, a numerous meeting of
conservatives was held at the Assembly Rooms, when the
following resolution was adopted with the most cordial en-
thusiasm :—" That this meeting, having full confidence in
the political integrity and ability of Mr. Walter, pledges it-
self to use all legitimate means to secure his election as a
member of parliament for the borough of Nottingham." An
important section of the radicals have also determined to
support Mr. Walter, in acknowledgment of his zealous and
honest opposition to the new poor-law, as well as in gratitude
for the humanity and perseverance with which (during the
time he sat in parliament for Berkshire) he uniformly advo-
cated every measure that had a tendency to promote the
comfort and happiness of the industrious classes.
MILITARY OUTRAGE AT CANTERBURY.—On Thursday
last Captain Byng Doherty, Captain John Allgood, Captain
Edmund Doherty, and Captain John Goddard, of the 13th
and 14th light dragoons, at present stationed at the garrison
at Canterbury, were brought before the mayor and other
magistrates to answer the following charge :—William Brad-
ley, inspector of police, stated that shortly after 12 o'clock
on the previous night, the defendants, with others not in
custody, were rioting about the streets in a state of intoxica-
tion, and creating considerable disturbance. He went up
and expostulated with them, and stated that if they did not
pass on quietly he would be compelled, in the discharge of
his duty, to take them into custody. They promised they
would do so, but in a few minutes they renewed the hal-
looing and shouting, upon which he approached them a
second time, accompanied by other police officers, and being
grossly abused by Captain Doherty, he took that gentleman
into custody. Some of the other defendants attempted a
rescue, when he charged some by-standers to aid and assist,
and, finally, the whole of the above defendants were con-
veyed to the station-house and locked up. A few minutes,
however, had only elapsed, when a body of soldiers belong-
ing to the 13th and 14th regiments came to the station-
house, headed by two men dressed as officers' servants, and
one of them declared that Captain Doherty was his master,
and that they (the soldiers) were determined to have the
officers out. They then endeavoured forcibly to enter the
doors of the station. house, but were resisted by witness and
other policemen. In the skirmish that ensued, the door in
the passage which led to where the prisoners were confined
was broken in by them, and he (Bradley) was seized by the
throat and dragged out of the station-house into the street,
and, while there, he saw several of the soldiers try to force
the iron bars which secured the window, and by that means
obtain admission to the lock-up. They employed an iron
bar which they had obtained for this purpose, and they
threatened to knock him down with it if he dared to inter-
fere. After some time the defendants were liberated, and as
they came out singly they raised a loud shout of exultation.
Upon Captain Doherty 's release, he took off his cap and
hallooed loudly, and at i
that time the window shutters of the
station house were driven n, and many of the windows shat-
tered. The whole party, which consisted of between :30 and
40, then went down the street shouting and cheering.—
The defendants called no witnesses to contradict the state-
ment, and admitted that they were rather noisy," but de-
clared that they in no way encouraged the soldiers in the
mischief they had committed, nor had they (the defendants)
assaulted anybody or damaged property of any kind. They
severally expressed their regret for what had taken place, and
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quarter sessions, and take their trial. The officers of the
14th, by the magistrates' decision, have placed
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under orders for India in May.

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

Miler the Afanagenzent of Mr.. CLARKE, Sole Lessee.

Last Night hnt Three of the Engagement of Miss DELCY
and Mr. TEMPLETON, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-
lane.
rrilliS present TUESDAY, April 20, 1811, will be per-
formed Auber's Opera of

FRA DIAVOLO.
Written, and adapted to the English Stage, by Mr. Rophino
Lacy, under whose direction the Musical arrantements
will be conducted.
Leader of the Orchestra (which will be considerably aug-
mented) Mr. Aldridge;
Zerlina
Fra Diavolo Mr. Templeton.
Lorenzo
(The last night but four of his engagement.)
Lord Alleash Mr, G. Horncastle.
Lady Alleash.... Miss E. Honner.
After which, the Farce, in one act, called
LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN.
Colonel Stanmore Mr. W. H. Bland.
Captain Postlethwaite.. Mr. H. Holl. I Trusty.. Mr. Baker.
Mrs. Greville Mrs. W. H. Bland.
Mrs. Stanmore.. Miss Cleaver I Mrs. Prattle.. Mrs. Clarke.
To conclude with
BOMBASTES FURIOSO.
King Artaxomines. Mr. Baker.
General Bombastes Mr. G. Horncastle.
Distaffina Mrs. P. Crowe.
TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the Entertainments will
commence with the Drama of A ROLAND FOR AN
OLIVER. Alfred Highflyer, Mr. H. Holl ; Maria Dar-
lington, Mrs. W. H. Bland.—After which will be revived
Weber's celebrated Opera of DER FREISCHUTZ.
Agatha, Miss Delcy ; Rodolpb, Mr. Templeton ; Caspar,
Mr. G. Horncastle ; Prince Ottocar, Mr. F. Gardner ;
Anna, Miss E. Honner.—To conclude with the Melo-Drama
of the WARLOCK OF THE GLEN.
On THURSDAY—A Favourite OPERA.
On FRIDAY—Miss DELCY'S BENEFIT, and the last
night of Miss Delcy and Mr. Templeton.

TO CORRESPONDENTS

Can any gentleman of the committee inform us why we were
not furnished with a ticket to the dinner to Commodore
Napier until the eleventh hour, and then only on our appli-
cation, and after all the local and London morning papers
had been supplied ? We have a letter in our possession,
too, which will require explanation.

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