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Last night, a meeting was held at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, for devising the best means of aiding the Corporation Commissioners in their inquiries into the state of the London Corporation and the muni- cipal coin panics. Mr. Dillon, of the house of .Morrison and Co. was in the chair. Mr. Dillon, Mr. Franks, Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. Fearon, and others addressed the meeting, and expressed their determi- nation to give the Commissioners all the assistance in their power. A Committee was appointed to manage the business on the part of the citizens ; and the meeting then separated.

At a meeting of the Common Council, on Thursday, some discus- sion took place relative to the mode in which the inquiries of the Com- missioners were conducted. Several members objected strongly to their being carried on in the Town-Clerk's house, and not publicly. Sir Peter Laurie wished every matter of the kind to be transacted with open doors. It was explained, that on account of the number of docu- ments to be consulted, it had been found more convenient to conduct the inquiries at the residence of the Town-Clerk, their custodier. It was said that the Commissioners refused to hear opinions from the wit- nesses, and merely asked for facts.

At a meeting of the proprietors of Bank stock, held on Thursday at the Bank, the usual half-yearly dividend of four per cent, was declared to the Court. In answer to a question put by Mr. Williams, the Chairman stated that the four per cent. was not taken from the annuity fund, but was out of the interests and profits of the concern. A meeting of the shareholders of the London and Birmingham Railway was held at the City of London Tavern on Thursday, for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings of the Directors, and of formally electing the Directors under the Act of Parliament. The report seemed to give universal satisfaction ; and the Directors having been appointed, the meeting broke up.

Another house in the East India Trade, Shotton and Company, (late Shotton, Malcolm, and Company), is stated in the Cape Town papers lately received, to have failed for a large amount.

The late Mr. ,John Graves, hide and skin salesman has bequeathed to the Butchers' Charitable Institution for affording Relief to Decayed Master Butchers, their Widows, and Orphans, founded in the year 1828, the munificent sum of 5,000/. sterling towards building almshouses.

Lord Melbourne has given directions for the payment of 201. each to the Police constables Brooke and Redmond, as a compensation for the severe injuries they received in the Calthorpe Street affair, on the 13th of May last. The total amount subscribed for the widow of the Policeman Cully, is 330/. 16s. 6d.; of which 102/. 3s. 6d. was subscribed by the men of the various divisions of the force, and 228/. 13s. by the public.

Considerable excitement prevails with the licensed victuallers of St. Pancras, in consequence of the alterations which the newly-elected Vestry have recently made in the assessments on public-houses. It ap- pears that, upon the last assessment, house property generally has been reduced 5,842L, or about 1,+ per cent, in the gross rental, whilst the assessment of the public-houses has been very seriously increased. There are 176 public-houses in the parish, and their assessment to the former rate was 11,8451.; which has been increased by the new Vestry to 13,659/., being an advance of 15 per cent. on that description of house property. Two meetings of some of the publicans interested have been held ; and we understand they are taking measures to try the right of the Vestry to impose such heavy assessments, which have in some instances been increased 40, 50, and 100 per cent. They consider that their houses ought to be rated upon the same principle with those of others—viz, the fair amount of rental they would let for in compari- son with other houses ; and contend that to assess them in considera- tion of their business, is a tax upon income and an imposition upon in- dustry.

On Tuesday, the neighbourhood of Duke Street was in a state of much ferment, in consequence of its being the day appointed for the sale of the goods of Mr. Cousins, printer, 18, Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, which had been seized for half a year's Assessed-taxes. The whole of Mr. Cousins's house was placarded with large bills, stating that his goods had been seized for Assessed taxes by Mr. Davis, the collector, and that a broker named Barter had undertaken the job, &c. The effigies of Mr. Davis and of Mr. Barter (the Standard says, of Lords Grey and Brougham) were suspended from a long pole put out from the second.floor window. This attmcte I general attention, and a large crowd collected about the place: At an ea ly hour, several members of the Marylebone Association for the Abolition of the Assessed-taxes came down to Mr. Cousins's house, and continued there the greater part of the day. The broker, however, never made his appearance ; and it transpired that he had on Monday witheanwn the man whom he had placed in possession ; consequently no sale took place, nor can there now until a fresh seizure be made. It is not known whether the collector will insist on the seizure of the goods, as the withdrawal of the man in possession was the act of the broker, and, no doubt, proceeded from fear. In the evening, the effi- gies were taken in, and the greater part of the placards pulled down ; but the crowd continued for some tame, and the affair' was argued very hotly; snme defending the course adopted by Mr. Cousins, and others saying that he ought to pay the taxes like his neighbours. An action was brought in the Mayor's Court, on Monday, before áe Recorder and a London Jury, by a Yorkshire ham merchant, for tbe price of some damaged hams which had been sent to a London cu- tomer, but which he returned as unsaleable, and refused to pay for. The plaintiffs salesman said, that they had been sold at 20s. a hundred- weight below the market price, because they were certainly " out of condition—heated and gone at the bone." The following conversation then passed between this witness and the Recorder.

The Recorder—" Were the hams good for any thing at all ?"—" Yes."

" Did you eat any of them ?"--." No; but I selected out of the same lot some for my own consumption ; and they were just of the same description. 1 coa- sidered it a sale, and I never heard of such a thing as sending out hams for a sample."

" Are you in the habit of selling hams of this kind to the defendant ?"—" Yea. About twelve months ago I sold him some hams which had lost their bloom; they were gone at the bone." " What do you mean by 'gone at the bone ?' "—" Why when they sink at the bone."

" You mean when they get the dry rot."—" No, my Lord, it's the wet rot.* " The rot is wet first, it then becomes the dry rot ; but either is unfit for food."

After a few words in cross-examination of the witness, from Mr- Gurney, the defendant's counsel, this edifying conversation was re. Burned—

Recorder--" Were these things fit to eat ?"—" Yes, my Lord, at that time.* " They must have got out of condition rather, I suppose ? "—" Oh, yes, hams will go out of condition."

" Have they moved off of their own accord? "—"Moved off? No." Mr. Sedgwick, a York ham-merchant; deposed that he had offered 74s. a hundred for half the lot to which the hams in question belonged. They were very fine hams in quality, but, from bad packing, they had been damaged at the bone.

The Recorder—" What was the appearance to the eye? "—" Very bad, cer- tainly. They were rather putrid ; a nasty appearance caused by a hole made in the barn, through which thewind went on the jumpers."

The Recorder—" I know ; the long white maggots! But I dare say they were good for all that? "—" It was merely local, and the hams of finest quality go first."

The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. [Is Mr. Law emulous of the fame of Sir Peter Laurie, that he de- scends to such displays as the foregoing? Low jokes and flippancy are tolerated in third-rate barristers, because they tend to relieve the dry details of a court of justice ; but surely a judge should be the foremost to check such indecency, not to be guilty of it. We hope that the re- porter of this trumpery trial has much of the Recorder's wit to an- swer for.]

Mr. Richard Heale, a shopkeeper, at No. 9, Mincing Lane, has been selling for some time past an article called " Prepared British Leaf," that is, sloe and whitethorn leaves, instead of tea ; not however pas- sing it off for tea. On Monday, Mr. Mayow, the solicitor to the Excise, seized ten thousand pounds weight of it, upon the premises ; and applied at th Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, for an information

against the manuf ; when the following conversation passed between him and S:;‘ Peter Laurie.

The Lord Mayer—' 44 gave notice of this practice of dressing up sloe.leavee, in

the shape of tea, long ago to the Excise Board."

Mr. Mayow—" We have been watching the proceedings of the concern, and

we think that this is the time for acting." Lord Mayor—" How long has it been going on?" Mr. Mayow—" The patent is dated 1881." Lord Mayor—" How has the patent been granted, in the very teeth of the act of Parliament for preventing such a dangerous nuisance ?" Mr. Mayow—" It is not for me to say how." Lord Mayor—" I dare say a man can have a patent for any thing now, so that a caveat be not lodged. In this case it appears to me to be very extraordinary. • Upon what act do you go for penalties ?" Mr. Mayow—" Upon the 17th of George Ill., cap. 29. We do not mean to go for all the penalties, for that would be ruin to the manufacturer. The amount of the penalties, in the event of conviction, would exceed 50,000/. Our object is to put a stop to the practice, which is most decidedly illegal." Lord Mayor—" Is this stuff sold in any quantities? It smells more like snuff than tea."

Mr. Mayow—" I can't tell; but we have found upwards of a hundredweight of it at one tea-dealer's warehouse at Brentfortl."

Lord Mayor—" I said that no doubt it was sold to mix with real tea, just at British brandy is sold to mix with foreign." Mr. Mayow—" We shall try whether the sale of such a material is lawful or not."

Lord Mayor—" The defendant, I suppose, will be defended by counsel?" Mr. Mayow—" No doubt of it."

Lord Mayor—" If he is guilty of a penal act, and gets a friend to sue for the

penalties, will not that prevent other proceedings?" Mr. Mayow—" Not if it be fraudulently done." The Lord Mayor then signed the information.

Joseph Kaye was summoned on Tuesday on a charge of having forged the name of his master, Mr. Thomas Dutton, to a check on Lubbock and Co. for 348/. Mr. Dutton is in a state of extreme bodily decrepitude, but his memory is good. He denied having given a check for such a sum as 348/., or that the handwriting to the check produced was his. Kaye, who had been procured for him at one of the club- houses, seems to have acted not as a servant merely, but rs a private secretary, keeping his cheek-book, fill up checks, &c. Mr. Dutton said that he had not behaved well of late, i.nd had misapplied several sums entrusted to him by his decrepid master to make various payments. When the prisoner was taken a piece of paper was found upon him, which he wished to prevent the officer from laying hold of: it contained several imitations of Mr. Dutton's handwriting upon it. Kaye de- dined saying any thing, till he should be provided with le.l advice; and the case was adjourned.

Mr. Harvey, a wine-merchant in the City, was charged on Friday, with having forged a bill of exchange for 300/. and another for 2641. 18s.; both of which he had offered for discount to a bill-discounter in Change Alley. The bills were drawn in the name of Mr. Samuel Arboine of Mark Lane, a wine and spirit broker; who stated that his name, which was on the bills, was a forgery. The prisoner made no de- fen ce.

A young shopkeeper of Tottenham Court Road, was charged. at Bow Street, on Thursday, with collecting a crowd of disorderly

persons before a wax figure exhibition-room in High Holborn. The prisoner, it seems, had the faculty of laughing in so irresistible a manner, that all who came near him, during his fits of merriment, felt the contagion and laughed too. Sir F. Roe would not admit his excuses, and fined him five shillings ; but as he had not five shillings at command, he was sent to the Stationhouse. Here he gave some fellow, who he thoutht was a Policeman, his coat to pawn. The man =Ter returned with it ; and he was reconducted to the Police-office in a very sober mood.. He begged hard for a remission of his fine, in consideration of his losses ; but it was not granted. After some delay, he procured the money, and was discharged.

John Wood, alias Underwood, a fat elderly man, was examined yes. on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. He is an experienced and very adroit writer of begging letters, and has shown much ingennity in inventing tales of wo. Under the name of Miss Charlotte Rickey, he has lately received money from Earl Spencer, Lord Palmerston, Sir Herbert Taylor, and others' whom he imposed aspen by telling an affecting tale of seduction and desertion. He had ustri similar stories under the names of Emily Rowe and Eliza Sullivan. The evidence against him being incomplete, he was remanded.

A number of hackney-coach proprietors were fined in mitigated penalties, on Monday, at the Maryleboia: Office, on the information of

Byers, for not having the letters stating the number of persons they are-allowed to carry, painted an inch in length, as the Hackney-Coach Act requires, upon their vehicles.

The Honourable Mr. Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry, was summoned on Thursday, by a cabman, for refusing to pay his fare.

The cabman stated, that Mr. Fitzgerald hired him from Bond Street end to his residence, 23, Park Road, Regent's Park ; for which he offered him a shil- ling. Witness demanded 8d. more fur back fare ; but Mr. Fitzgerald refused, observing that the cabman was a damned fool, for he rode home every night and never paid more than a shilling.

Mr. Broughton—" Why, I thought back carriage was abolished altogether."

Mr. Phillips, the clerk, informed the Magistrate that a cab or coach-man was entitled to back carriage where the distance exceeded three miles from the General Post-office.

Mr. Fitzgerald said he did not dispute the cabman's statement ; he merely wished to ascertain whether he was bound to pay back-carriage or not. The cabinan assured the Magistrate, that the line of boundary ran through she Alpha Cottages, and included part of Hanover Terrace. Mr. Fitzgerald's residence was beyond either of those places.

On reference to the Office-map, which is properly marked, Mr. Broughton meertained that the cabman was entitled to back-carriage ; and accendingly ordered the defendant to pay Is. for the fare, 2s. 6d. for the summons, 2s. 6d. loss of time, and Is. 6d. for the hearing.

Mr. Fitzgerald to the cabman—" Well, you are right in point of law, and I was wrong ; so here is another 2s. 6d. for you."

There is a legislator for you!

The Reverend Robert Maclure appeared at this office on Wednes- day, with witnesses to disprove nearly the whole of the statement of the cabman respecting the disappearance of two gentlemen at his resi- dence in Queen Ann Street without paying their fare, the character of the house as a resort for gamblers, and other circumstances which were fully detailed in last week's Spectator. The cabman produced some witnesses, who gave contradictory testimony to that of Mr. Maclure's witnesses ; but many of them prevaricated grossly. The fellow him- self was once during the examination obliged to admit the truth of the evidence against him. Mr. Rawlinson, the Magistrate, said that Mr. Maclure had cleared his character from every imputation upon it ; and beheld the cabman to bail to appear at the next Sessions, in case any indictment should be preferred against him.

A black woman, named Mary Mitchell, living in the Almon, West- minster, and well known on the pave, was brought before the Magistrate at Queen Square on Thursday, for being drunk and disorderly. The Policeman found Mary Mitchell rolling on the pavement, shouting "Liberty for eber !" he endeavoured to persuade her to go home ; but she declared that she was a free woman and in a land of liberty, and she would not go home until she thought proper. She was ordered to be committed to the House of Correction for fourteen days. Before she could be removed, she flew at the Policeman, and seizing him by the hair, commenced a violent assault upon him with her fists, accompanied with a torrent of Blackamoor Billingsgate from her tongue. For this the lady was sentenced to a month's additional imprisonment. [This is a great moral lesson to the Anti-Slavery Society. Here is an example of the inability of the Blacks to comprehend the nature of liberty, which will be a valuable illustration of the arguments of the Anti- Emancipationists. Mary Mitchell's notion of liberty is that of doing -what pleases her ; and it is her delight to get drunk and id& up her keels. Yet she has been for some time a resident in this country, where it is said all are free. "What then are we to expect from eman- cipated slaves," might the Planter say, "in a land where they are strangers to liberty, if a Mary Mitchell is uproarious in 1Vestminster? " A caricature of a naked starving Negro, crying out for food, and catching at flies with one hand, while with the other he brandished a dagger, was published at the time of the passing of the Slavery Abolition Bill, to warn the E mancipationists of the danger of the measure. A graphic sketch of Mary Mitchell, wallowing in the kennel at the door of a gin. shop, and bawling out "Liberty for eber !" must surely carry convic- tion even to Ministers themselves. The Slaveowners would doubtless give up the 20,000,000/. to prevent the demoralizing example of Mary Mitchell from spreading in Jamaica.] Mr. Francis Dickins, a solicitor, was brought before the Union Hall Magistrates on Monday, charged, on suspicion, with embezzling a bill of exchange, the property of the Reverend Edward Martin. The reverend complainant stated, that be resides in Regent Street, Ken- nington Cross ; and that he had been lately appointed to the vicarage of Paington, Devon. He became acquainted with Dickins in the King's Bench, where he was a prisoner. His charge against the ac- cused was for having surreptitiously obtained from him a bill for 40/., which, to the best of his belief, was drawn on the 13th, but antedated to thelOth ult. He gave the bill to the accused, who drew upon him, and haaccepted it, payable at 38, Lincoln's Inn Fields. At the time the bill was given, the accused Faid that he would get it discounted by fl rich relation. Witness gave him the bill solely for the purpose of pains it discounted; and the arrangement was that the accused was to,

have had the loan of 10/. to procure some furniture for himself. At the time of receiving the bill, the accused requested that he might be furnished with a note by the complainant, saying that it would make it appear a matter of business ; and he did comply with the suggestion. Mr. Dickins here produced the letter alluded to; it was addressed to him, and was as follows.

"10th August.

" My dear Sir—Enclosed you have my acceptance of your dmughtior 401. 6$. 84. r should most gladly have given cash, but for the next month I cannot spare any, having had a severe expense in the protracted illness of my wife. Before this bill be. comes due, I am certain to receive 5001. belonging to bee in the hands of Lord Lore. dale, who is her trustee, and near relative. In fact, from a communication with his Lordship yesterday by letter, I have no doubt that in the course of ten tl.tys I can have this money. However. I know your circumstances are pressing, and therefore cannot hesitate to accept for the sum I owe you. I should be glad you would make inquiries about the house you mentioned, as it would suit my friend. You may safely vouch for his being a good tenant, but you am bear in mind that being uncertain in his movements, he does not wish to be tied down by a longer tenure than three months. " Dear Sir, laithfully yours. EDWARD MARTIN."

" You will acknowledge this, directed at my friend Lewis Peacock's, 33, Lincoln s Inn Fields."

Mr. Dickins said that he had consented to receive the bill for the expenses incurred in his professional capacity in obtaining the release of the complainant from the King's Bench Prison, and in anticipation of further expense in accompanying the complainant into Devonshire to take possession of his living.

Mr. Martin said that Mr. Dickins had repeatedly promised to re- store him the bill or the money. The following questions were then put to him by the accused.

" Will you swear that you live at No. 100, Regent Street, Kennington Cross?" ---" I will ?"

" Do you possess the living of Paington, in Devon?"—" I do."

" By whom were you presented ?"—" y Sir Hugh Evelyn."

" W here is the baronet at present ?"—" In the King's Bench Prison." " Was he a prisoner there on the 10th of August last ?"—" I do not think he was."

" What consideration did you give for the presentation ?"—" None, so help me God."

Mr. Murray remarked upon the impropriety of a clergyman especially making such an appeal ; he was already upon his oath, and there was no neces- sity whatever for appealling to the name of the Deity in these proceedings.

The complainant apologized, and said that it was in his anxiety to show that there was nothing improper in his conduct in the transaction. The accused proceeded to put other questions to the complainant, and asked him what was the value of the living with which he had been presented ? Complainant—" The value is 3,6001." " How long have you been in possession of the living ?"—" About six weeks."

"How many persons has Sir Hugh Evelyn presented to this living ?"— Believes one other ; but the person to whom it was presented having miscon- ducted himself, it was taken from him by the Bishop, who afterwards pre- sented it.

" Has not the Bishop now possession of the presentation ?"—" He has." By Mr. Murray—" Is there no question as to Sir Hugh Evelyn's right to present?"—" Certainly not, for he administered to the late property of his brother, who was a lunatic."

"Why do you not take possession of this valuable living?"—" I mean to do so when I can raise the money to go down." Bythe accused—" Where is the presentation at this time ?"—" In the hands of the Bishop." On your oath, la e you not placed it in the hands of Lord Lonsdale for ?"—" No, it has been in no other hands than those of the Bishop and my- self. Mr. Fife, the coachmaker, advanced the money for the stamp to the pre- sentation."

The Magistrates finally determined that the charge against Mr. Dickins was not substantiated, and released him from custody.

[The Church is truly in a fine condition, when patrons and incum- bents of livings are in gaol, and the latter are guilty of such transactions as the above Police examinations develop.] On Tuesday, James Grainger was charged with the offence of bigamy. The certificates of two marriages were produced by a Po- liceman, and both wives were in attendance; but the one last married, being willing, as she had been heard to say, to do any thing to get her husband out of trouble, denied that she was his wife, and declared that she was living with him as his mistress. The prisoner said that he did not consider himself married to his first wife ; it was a parish affair, the overseers having inveigled him into it. Mr. Murray inquired whether = the prisoner had not gone through the ceremony of marriage with his first wife.

Prisoner—" I admit that I was before the clergy, but then I defy them to produce my handwriting. The fact is, I can't write, I only made my mark, and the lawyers tell me that it is not a legal contract."

The Magistrates remanded the prisoner.

It is perhaps not generally known, that a clause has been inserted in a recent enactment (the 2d of William IV.) which confers the power on the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to proceed for penalties against any tradesman who may, in the exercise of his loyalty or taste, place the royal arms, or other attractive insignia, over his shop in such a position that the ornament shall be raised above the line of the shop- front. A Regent Street shopkeeper was summoned before the Ma- gistrates, at Marlborough Street, on Wednesday, to answer for this offence. The case, however, was not then decided.

on a charge of being concerned in a robbery upon Messrs. Hankey, the William Pegg, who with his brother was discharged some time ago

i 1- bankers, was examined at the Hatton Garden Office on Tuesday, on suspicion of being implicated in an extensive robbery upon Mr. M‘Rae, a snuffbox-maker in Ave Maria Lane ; and with forging the name of Mr. Kimpton, a jeweller, in Smith Street, Northampton Square, to a bill of exchange. He seemed to be connected with Coster's gang, and was remanded for further examination.

Hierom Holmes, who is charged with marrying Miss Slee of Graves- end, his wife being alive at the time, was again brought up, on Wednes- day, and again remanded, in consequence of the absence of a material witness. Considerable merriment was excited by the appearance of a i foppish elderly man, who, having seen an account n the newspapers of the examination of the prisoner, in which Miss Slee was described ass beautiful and highly-accomplished young lady, came to the office in the hopes of meeting with her, and offering his hand in marriage, in case the accused was found guilty of the offence imputed to him. The un- fortunate lover did not arrive until the case had been disposed of; and the prosecutris having left the office with her solicitor, Mr. Flower, he

hastened to the chambers of that gentleman, and had the mortification of ascertaining that_ the object of his sudden attachment was on her road home. He immediately mounted his steed, and rode off at a fu- rious rate, having previously expressed a determination to see the lady, and make known to her the object of his visit.

John Brookland, a carpenter, was charged, on Wednesday, with creating a disturbance in Islington Chapel last Sunday evening. The Reverend Mr. Gilbert, the preacher, had taken his text, and was about to proceed with his sermon, when he requested the prisoner, who was walking about the aisle, to take a seat ; on which he made a spring at one of the lamps, exclaiming, " What are you preaching about? You know nothing about Jesus Christ here." He pulled down the lamp ;

the alarm of which caused the utmost confusion in the chapel; and he continued to use observations against the preaching of the gospel, which

caused an impression that he was either intoxicated or insane. Wit- ness assisted in taking him from the chapel to the Stationhouse. He added, that the prisoner's conduct excited so much alarm, that the screams of the ladies who were present were terrific, and many of them fainted away. The pew-opener proved that it would take 30s. to re- pair the chandelier. The prisoner said in his defence, that he had read the Scriptures, and that the word of God was not preached in Islington Chapel; which he could prove if an opportunity was allowed him. Mr. Laing committed him to prison for one month, in default of payment for the damage; and ordered him to find two sureties of .50/. each, for his appearance to answer the charge at the Sessions. Brook- and was then led from the Court to be locked up ; and during the way, he was quoting figurative passages from the Bible and New Testament, saying that preachers knew nothing of the world or Christ, although they preached about them.

A very fashionably-dressed woman, who said her name was Mrs. Amelia Goatley, was committed, on Thursday, to prison for fourteen

days, and to be kept at at hard labour, for begging from door to door at Knightsbridge. She said she was the sister of Mrs. Wilson, of Duke Street, St. James's; whose furniture had been seized for payment of the Assessed-taxes; and that she had only been collecting a penny subscription to relieve her.

Prince Lieven's coachman and footman were charged, on Wednes- day, at the Mmlborough Street Office, with having brutally assaulted a poor man in Berkeley Street, whom they knocked down and then dragged by the legs along the pavement. Both these fellows were drunk : for which offence they were fined five shillings, and ordered to procure bail to appear again at the office when the man whom they abused can give evidence against them.

Hannah Hutchinson, a girl of fourteen, was examined on Monday, at the Worship Street Office, on a charge of having stolen a mahogany

box, containing plate, jewellery, and trinkets, the property of her mis- tress, Mrs. Martha Newbury, of Perceval Street. The principal part of the property was found upon the prisoner, who had ran away with it. She was undoubtedly tutored in this business by older thieves. After a long examination, she was remanded for a week.

Information was given at the Thames Police Office, on Thursday week, of a robbery on board the Mata brig, which lately arrived from Rio Janeiro, committed by one of the passengers, who was supposed

to be a respectable merchant. It appears that before leaving the ship, he took an opportunity of slipping into the cabin unobserved, and car-

rying off a packet containing gold in bars to the value of 3001. He also went off without paying his passage; and his trunk, which he left with the Captain as a pledge for payment, was found to contain little of value.

Captain John Brown, of the ship Brunswick, from Hamburg, was held to bail on Friday, for cruelly beating one of his apprentices with a rope's end. He flogged the boy, without any justifiable cause, for a quarter of an hour, and bruised him terribly.

The Magistrates of the Lambeth Street Office were, on Saturday, engaged for some time in investigating the circumstances attending an extensive burglary in the house of Mr. Morris, in Assembly Row, Stepney. On Friday week, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, on returning from a party, found that an entrance had been made into their bedroom from an unoccupied house next door, by boring a large bole through the party-wall. Wearing apparel, jewellery, and plate, to the amount of 1,000/. was carried off. Suspicion fell on a servant and a young man, who had been observed lurking about the house ; but as there was no direct evidence against the parties, they were remanded.