Sir James Searlett applied on Saturday to the Court of
King's Bench, on behalf of the Comoration of Colchester, for a rule for a erim;11,:l it fonnation egainst Air. Thomas Jefferson Hogg, one of the Co:Tun:dour Collimissiono ; who, it was all.,ged, had used some libel- ion, again-t tl:e May, r and Corporatiol, in consequence
of their to give certain in:Orin:aim' to the Commissioners.
Sir jilnues :milt( !pled, th it Mr. flog:.; had altused his authority; and entered hilt, a long deleiive Ui t7a, character and conduct of the i 'orpo-
ration of C,:h.;,ester. The Court, beavea% r, the rule: no corn opt ructiw had liven sliment, mid there ira no gluon(' for a criminal information.
Fusscil Davies, \dal was cnrnvietrul, at the sit ticgs after last term, of having sworn fal-cly that Lord AInimul offered him IOL for his vote at thg last Hertford election, wits brought up f1)1* judgment on Monday, and sentenced to eighteen months' inuprisonment in the Coldbath Fields prison.
A mulling- of hatters, tailors, and builders, have been charged at the Police-offices during the week, with using threats and intimidation towards mechanics not Unionists who persisted in working for their respective masters. In some instances they have been fined and im- prisoned ; and in others discharged for want of proof against them; but the particulars of their examinations have been generally uninte- resting.
At the Thames Police-office, on Thursday, a complaint against the Captain of one of the East India Company's chartered ships lately arrived from Bombay, was made by a shoemaker, named Musgrove, who lives in Old Gravel Lane. He said that his son was a sailor on board the vessel, and been so severely flogged with the cat-o-nine tails by the Captain's orders, that he went to his hammock and never left it, but died after six weeks' illness. A sailor, who had been on board the same vessel, said that his story was true, and that young Musgrove was ill when he was flagged. Another of his shipmates had received six dozen lashes; aml two had jumped overboard, in order to escape similar punishment. Two other seamen appeared in the course of the day, giving the same account of tile Captain's conduct. A warrant was issued for the Captain, who is now residing in the neighbourhood of Lon- don, to attend at the Office on Saturday.
On Monday, a servant woman in the house of a lady residing in Baker Street, Portman Square, fell from the sill of the parlour- window, which she was cleaning, into the back area. She bad been ix the act of pushing up the sash of the window, and caught her fingers in it, which startled her so much that she fell instantly. The woman& was not killed, but very much hurt : she was sent to the hospital.
Some scaffolding, which had been raised in front of a public-house in Silver Street, Golden Square, near Regent Street, gave way on Thursday afternoon, bringing a great heap of rubbish downs with it, under which six persons were buried. They were extricated with dif- ficulty; and it was found that one little girl was only slightly injured, another's leg was broken, and four workmen were sent to the [hospital, but are not expected to recover. Another man clung to one of the poles of the scaffolding, and was thrown a considerable distance with great violence on the pavement: his skull was fractured, and he died imme- diately. The work was going on under the superintendence of Mr. Costello, a builder in Brownlow Street. It is stated that the poles were much decayed by dry rot.
Two ladies were walking on Blackheath on Thursday week, when an Italian boy with a monkey came tip to them to beg. They refused to give him any thing; but he followed them, still begging. One of the ladies then told him o o away; when the monkey sprung at her,
and bit her severely on the arm. Shc fainted, and was curried home : the boy and the monkey ran off.
Some person, as yet undiscovered, stole a quantity of silver spoons from Lord Bexley's house in Great George Street, on Monday.
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